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HomeMy WebLinkAboutP&Z Minutes 1994-09-08 Speciall SPECIAL MEETING PLANNING AND ZONING Ca.1MISSION SEPT.EMBER 8, 1994 A SPECIAL JOINT MEETING OF THE FRIENDSWOOD PLANNING AND ZONING CCMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPI'EMBER 8, 1994, AT 6: 00 P .M. IN THE CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOLLCJNING MEMBERS WERE PRE;SENT: BAI<ER -CHAIRMAN FINGER McHUGH DICI<SON CRESS WASSON J. T. DUNI<IN -CONSULTANT HOOVER -PLANNER HENRY -DEVELOPMENT COORDINA'IDR BRINKMAN -SECRETARY WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, CCMMISSIONER JORDAN HAVING RESIGNED HER POSITION, CHAIRMAN BAI<ER OPENED THE MEETING 'ID CONSIDER THE FOLLCJNING: 1.DISCUSSION WITH CITY COUNCIL AND J. T. DUNI<IN AND ASSOCIATES REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. CITY PLANNER DAVID HOOVER STATED THAT IN THE IATI'ER PAR!' OF JUNE THE CCMMISSION HAD MEI' WITH J. T. DUNI<IN REGARDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND HAD MET WITH DUNI<IN A TOTAL OF 5 MEETINGS. HE STATED THAT BEFORE THE FINISHED PRODUCI', THE CCM1ISSION HAD ELECTED TO MEET WITH CITY COUNCIL 'ID GET THEIR RECCM-1ENDATIONS REGARDING BOTH THE LAND USE PLAN AND CHANGES TO THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. DUNI<IN DISCUSSED THE LAND USE PLAN AS IT REIATES 'ID ZONING, STATING THAT ZONING WILL TAI<E CARE OF ITSELF AFTER THE LAND USE IS WORI<ED OUT. HE EXPLAINED ALL THE STEPS THE CCMMISSION HAD TAI<EN 'ID ARRIVE AT THE PRODUCT THAT WAS BEING PRESENTED 'ID THE CITY COUNCIL. DUNI<IN INDICATED ON THE MAP, THE DIFFERENT THOROUGHFARES IN RELATION 'ID THEIR CORRESPONDENTS IN LEAGUE CITY AND IN PEARLAND. THE GRAND PARKWAY IS STILL SCME 15 'ID 20 YEARS IN THE FUTURE. DISCUSSION CENTERED ON SURFACE WATER REQUIREMENTS, POPUIATION BUILD-Our, AND INDUSTRIAL LOCATICNS. CITY COUNCIIMEMBER STEWARI' STATED THAT THE PROPOSED 60,000 POPUIATION BUILD our WAS MUCH TOO HIGH AND WOULD LII<E TO HAVE THAT FIGURE RE-EXAMINED. HE ALSO SPOI<E ABOU'r A REGIONAL DETENTION POND THAT WOULD BE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE ARE NO EXISTING TREES SUCH AS MR. BOFYSIL' S PROPERTY OFF OF FM 528, SOUTH OF FM 518. HE ALSO STATED THAT THE DETENTION POND WOULD NOT HOLD WATER UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES AND COULD, THEREFORE, BE USED AS SOCCER FIELDS. COUNCIIMEMBER DICI<EY STATED THAT THERE WERE SQ.'1E SIGNIFICANI' AREAS THAT NEED 'ID BE RECLASSIFIED AND CCM1ENTED THAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES. DUNI<IN SAID THAT WHEN THE LAND USE PLAN IS COMPLEI'E, THE CCM1ISSION COULD REVIEW THE PERMITI'ED USE TABLE OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND REDEFINE THE USES. COUNCIIMEMBER LCME DISCUSSED SEVERAL ISSUES, SUCH AS OBD RECLASSIFICATION AND THE RECIASSIFICATION OF BUSINESSES ALLCJNED IN THE DIFFERENT DISTRICTS, ADDING THAT FRIENDSWOOD DID NOT NEED MORE AU'ID REPAIR PIACES EXCEPT BEHIND A FENCE. SHE AGREED THAT LUBE PIACES COULD REMAIN IN THEIR CURRENT ZONE CIASSIFICATION; HCWEVER, BODY REPAIRS SHOPS SHOULD BE LIMITED 'ID INDUSTRIAL OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREAS. SHE I 1 P&Z 9/8/94 Page 2 FURI'HER COMMENTED THAT POPUI.ATION SHOULD NOT EXCEED 45,000 AND THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON HCM THE CITY COULD CONTROL GROtlI'H. HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS WERE ADDRESSED AS WERE PARKS MAINTAINED BY HCMEXJ"tmER' S ASSOCIATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE 'IWO ENTITIES DISCUSSED THE PROPOSED LAND USE FOR CAMP MANISON AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BAY ARF.A BLVD. AREA. J. T. STATED THAT HE ¼DULD WRITE A PRELIMINARY DRAFT OF THE LAND USE PLAN AND WOULD MEET WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING C(M,1.ISSION IN A FEW WEEKS. WITH NO FURI'HER C(M.1ENTS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED. C!/4.JL�=- ---------�--�----•