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REGULAR MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION
MAY 4, 1995
A REGULAR MEETING OF THE FRIENDSYKX)D PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION WAS
HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1995, AT 6:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HAI.J.. COUNCIL
CHAMBERS. THE FOLLCWING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT:
McHUGH -VICE CHAIRMAN
WHITI'ENBURG
WASSON
CRESS
FINGER
HOOVER -CITY PLANNER
HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINA'IDR
BRINKMAN -SECRETARY
KNEUPPER -CITY ENGINEER
WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, BAKER AND DICKSON ABSENT, VICE CHAIR McHUGH
CALLED THE MEETING 'ID ORDER. THERE WAS GENERAL DISCUSSION REGARDING
THE CCMPREHENSIVE PLAN. CITY PLANNER HOOVER ADVISED THE CCM1ISSION
THAT THE PLAN HAD NOT BEEN RETURNED 'ID HIM BY J. T. DUNKIN AND
ASSOCIATES. THERE IS A PROJECI'ED TIME FRAME OF 'IWO 'ID THREE WEEKS FOR
CCMPLETION.
WITH NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, JFANIE McHUGH ASKED FOR CCMMUNICATIONS FRCM
THE PUBLIC WHICH DID NOT APPEAR ON THE AGENDA. HAVING NONE, THE
Ca.1MISSION GAVE CONSIDERATION 'ID THE FOLLavING:
1.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR A ZONE CLASSIFICATION CHANGE
REQUEST OF CCMMUNITY SHOPPING CENTER (CSC) 'ID OFFICE PARK DISTRICT
(OPD) FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 307 E. PARKW)()D -BURI<E.
A PUBLIC HEARING WAS ESTABLISHED FOR JUNE 5, 1995.
2. CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE REC�IDATION REGARDING THE CCM'1ERCIAL
SITE PLAN FOR BURKE OFFICE BUILDING -307 E. EDGEWCX)D.
CCM1ISSIONER FINGER MADE A MOTION 'ID TAKE THE ITEM FRCM THE
TABLE. �SSIONER WASSON -SECOND
VOTE FOR: UNANil-OUS
OPPOSED: NONE
CITY PLANNER HOOVER EXPLAINED THE EXISTING BUILDING IS A
NON-CONFORMING USE AND WOULD BE LESS NON-CONFORMING SHOULD IT BE
ZONED FOR OFFICE PARK DISTRICT. THE CITY IS REQUIRING A LEITER
FRCT-1 THE STATE REGARDING THE DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION, THE
Ca.1MISSION IS REQUIRING '!'HAT PARKING SPACES 16 AND 22 BE REMJVED
IN ORDER 'ID AI..L(J.� ANGLED PARKING AND GREATER LANDSCAPING.
SIDEWALKS WERE DISCUSSED AND THE CCT1MISSION STATED THAT SIDEWALl<S
WOULD BE REQUIRED.
CQ\1MISSIONER WASSON MADE A MOTION 'ID APPROVE THE SITE PLAN
CONTINGENT UPON THOSE ITEMS BEING ADDRESSED 'ID THE SATISFACTION OF
STAFF. THOSE ITEMS ARE: LEITER FRCT-1 TxDOT REGARDING DRAINAGE,
LOTS 16 AND 22 REMOVED WITH MORE LANDSCAPING, AND SIDEWAIJ<S ARE
INDICATED ALONG CASTLEWOOD AND ON FM 518.
SECOND: WHITI'ENBURG
VOTE FOR: UNANil-OUS
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OPPOSED: NONE MOTION CARRIED
3.MINUTES FOR APPROVAL -APRIL 20, 1995
APPROVED AS READ.
4.cn-1MUNICATIONS FRa1:
A.STAFF
CITY ENGINEER KNEUPPER STATED THAT THE CITY HAD GONE OUT FOR BIDS
'ID CONSTRUCT A WATERLINE FRCM EAGLE LAKES 'ID SAN JOAQUIN ESTATES.
THE CITY IS ALSO REHA BILITATING THE ELEVATED WATER S'IDRAGE TANK
LOCATED NEAR THE HIGH SCHOOL. THE CITY OF LEAGUE CITY HAS
DEANNE,'IBD 65 ACRES OF LAND BEHIND SAN JOAQUIN WHICH THE CITY HOPES
TO ANNEX IN THE NEAR FUTURE. THERE WILL BE PUBLIC HEARINGS
REGARDING THE ANNEXATION. THE DEVELOPER HAD Ca-1E BEFORE THE
CXM-1ISSION REGARDING THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION WHICH WILL BE
SUBDIVIDED IN'ID 3/4 'ID 1 ACRE LOTS.
THE CITY HAS SUBMITI'ED A NCMINATION FOR THE URBAN STREET PROJJ.!x::T,
A JOINT EFFORI' BE'IWEEN TxOOI' AND HGAC, FOR THE PAVING OF MUSTANG
ROAD. IN ADDITION, THE CITY IS MAKING APPLICATION FOR A HAZARD
MITIGATION GRANT TO CCMPLETE DRAINAGE PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTED BY
CLAUNCH AND MILLER ENGINEERING DURING THE FIRST PHASE OF THE
MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN.
B.C(M,llSSIONERS
C(M,llSSIONER CRESS ASKED ABOUT AREA WHICH WILL BE ANNEXED BY TI-IE
CITY. ENGINEER I<NEUPPER STATED THAT THERE WERE APPROXIMATELY 72
Ha--IBS PROJECTED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THE LAYOUT WAS YET TO BE
DETERMINED. AT PRESENT, IT WOULD APPEAR THE ENTRANCE WOULD BE
THROUGH SAN JOAQUIN.
VICE-CHAIR McHUGH STATED THAT THIS WAS CXM-1ISSIONER WASSON' S LAST
MEETING. WITH NO PURTHER CCMMUNICATION, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED.
THERE HAS BEEN' '!WO SUBDIVISION PRESENTED 'ID THE CCM-1ISSION
RECENTLY, ON UNIMPROVED BUT ON CITY ACCEPTED AND MAINTAINED
STREETS. COUNCII1'1EMBER DICKEY HAD STATED THERE SHOULD BE SOME
MEANS BY WHICH THE CCM-1.ISSION COULD REQUIRE OR SUGGEST THAT THE
DEVELOPER UPGRADE THOSE STREEI' PRIOR 'ID APPROVAL. CXM-1ISSIONER
WHI'ITENBURG STATED HIS OBJECTIONS TO COUNCIIMEMBER DICKEY'S
ASSUMPTION THAT THE CCM-1ISSION COULD REQUIRE OR EVEN IMPLY THAT
SUBDIVISION 'WOULD NOT BE APPROVED UNLESS A STREET WAS PAVED AND/OR
UPGRADED. THE CITY 'WOULD BE LIABLE FOR A LAW SUIT BECAUSE SUCH AN
IMPROVEMENT IS NOT SUPPORI'ED BY ORDINANCE. THIS WAS ALSO THE �72ii= A=RNEY.
CI.AUDIA L. BRINKMAN -SECREI'ARY