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Home My WebLink AboutP&Z Minutes 1990-07-19 Regularn I l l REGULAR MEETING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JULY 19, 1990 7:00 P.M. AGENDA THE FRIENDSV.UOD PLANNING AND ZCNING COMMISSION HELD A REXmLAR MEETING CN THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1990, AT 7:00 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL C'OUNCIL CHAMBERS. THE FOIJ...cMING MEMBERS WERE PRESENT: BAI<ER -CHAIRMAN KONCABA McHUGH RODGERS WASSON THa.1PSON -Cl'I'Y ENGINEER BRINKMAN -SOCRETARY WITH A QUORUM PRESENT, COLBURN AND HOLZSCHUH ABSENT, THE FOIJ.,CMING ITEMS WERE CONSIDERED: 1.CG1MUNICATIONS FRCM THE PUBLIC '101 BURKE PRESENTED A PRE APP FOR HIS SUBDIVISION 'IO BE LCCATID CN CAST.LThJOOD. THE C<M-ITSSION AGREED THAT THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION MEI' THEIR GUIDELINES AS PREVIOUSLY PRESENI'ED. 2.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FINAL PLAT OF GOLDMAN ACRES -REPLAT OF Im'S 6 AND 7, FRIENDSWX>D ES'l'ATES SUBDIVISION ON MYRTLEWOOD -GOirnAN. THE COMMISSION RE.VIEWED THE PIAT OF GOLDMAN ACRES. ca,,.MISSIONER WASSON MADE A IDI'ION THAT THE FINAL PLAT OF GOLDMAN ACRES -REPLAT OF IOI'S 6 AND 7, FRIENDSV.UOD FSI'ATES SUBDIVISION ON M'iRI'I.,ThUOD, BE APPROVED. SEC'OND: KONCABA VOTE FOR: UNANIMOUS OPPOSED: NONE MaI'ION CARRIED. 3.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION �ING THE FINAL PLAT OF FALCON RIDGE II, A 44.9640 ACRE TRACT OF LA.ND OUT OF THE SARAH McKISSICK LEAGUE (J.R. WILLIAMS), ABSTRACT NO. 151 -BOGREN. THE ro.1MISSION REVIEWED THE FINAL PLAT OF FALCON RIDGE II AND CCMMISSIONER KONCABA MADE A IDI'ION THAT THE FINAL PLAT BE APPROVED. SEC'OND: WASSON VaI'E FOR: UNANIMOUS OPPOSED: NONE MaI'ION CARRIED. 4.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE FINAL PLAT OF KEYSTONE MF.AIX:MS -26 ACRE TRACT OF LA.ND OUT OF THE S.E. WHITNEY SUBDIVISION ON FM 528 -BOGREN. ENGINEER THCW'SON INFORMED THE CCMMISSION THAT THE DEVELOPER HAD YE!' TO OBTAIN A STATE HIGHWAY PERMIT. ADDITIONALLY, THa.1PSON INFORMED THE CCMMISSION OF A RIGHT··OF-WAY WHICH WAS 'IO BE r 1 I l l P&Z 7/19/90 ABANOONED. THCMPSON STATED THAT HE HAD BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE CI'I'Y'S ATTORNEY TO CLARIFY IF THE RIGHT-OF-WAY HAD TO BE ABANDONED BY INSTRUMENT OR IF IT COUI.D BE ABANDONED BY WAY OF PLAT. HE STATED THAT MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING, WHO HAD PREPARED THE FINAL PLAT OF KEYSTONE MEAIXMS, HAD MADE Nal'E OF ABANOONMENT ON THE PLAT. THCMPSON STA'I'ED THAT HE WOUID PREFER TO WAIT UNTIL THE CITY ATIOfillli-Y MADE A DETERMINATION BEFORE '.rIIE �..NDONMENI' WAS ACCEPTED IN THIS MANNER. C'CM-1ISSIONER McHUGH EXPRESSED HER CONCERN WITH THE APPROVAL OF SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH CONTINGENCIES. SHE POINTED OUT THAT SUCH APPROVALS MADE ADDITIONAL WORK ON THE STAFF AS WELL AS CREATING ADDITIONAL WORK FOR THE CCMMISSION. SHE SAID THAT PLATS, WHICH WERE APPROVED WITH CONTINGENCIES, HAD 'IO CGIB BEFORE THE CCMMISSION TO BE RATIFIED AND CONFIRMED AND DID NaI' SAVE TIME FOR THE DEVELOPERS. DISCUSSION FOLLO;vED CONCERNING THE PARTICULARS OF KEYSTONE MEAIX:MS AFl'ER 'WHICH CCMMISSIONER KONCABA MADE A MOTION THAT THE FINAL PLAT OF KEYS'IONE MEAIXMS BE APPROVED CONTINGENT UPON REX:::EIPT OF THE PERMIT AND CCMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY A'ITORNE'Y. SECOND: McHUGH VOI'E FOR: KONCABA, McHUGH, RODGERS, BAKF.R OPPOSED: WASSON MOTION CARRIED 5.PRE APP ·-POLLY OAKS (RESERVES K & L) -O'FARRELL. MR. GARTRELL PRESEN'I'ED THE PRE APP OF POLLY OAKS. THE CCM-1ISSION EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN THAT THREE OF THE DRIVEWAYS \\DULD EXIT ONID FM 518. MR. GARTRELL INFORMED THE CCMMISSION THAT WHEN A PROPERTY HAD 120' OF ROAD FRONTAGE ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, THE STATE HIGHWAY DEPAR'IMENT � AlJ'I01ATICALLY ISSUE ONE PERMIT FOR DRJVEMAY ACCESSIBILITY. HE STA'I'ED THAT THE PROPOSED PLAT v-.UJLD ENABLE THE PROPERI'Y CMNERS THE MOST FRCl-1 THEIR PROPERTY. ca-1MISSIONER BAl<ER INFORMED MR. GARTRELL THAT DEED RF.STRICTION MUST BE REX:::EIVED 10 DAYS PRIOR TO FINAL PLA'r APPROVAL. THE ca-1MISSION APPROVED THE PRE APP AS PRESENTED BY MR. GARTRELL 6.CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REC.,AROING THE PRELIMINARY PLATOF WIIDERNESS TRAILS SUBDIVISION -97.14 ACRES -TCl-1 NORI'HRUP/BUDMcDONALD. MR. l'XX>LSEY ADDRESSED THE CCM-1ISSION CONCERNING THE SEVEN CON TINGENCIES TO THE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL OF WIIDERNESS TRAILS SUBDIVISION. HE ADVISED THE ca-1MISSION THAT THEIR U'l'ILITY CCM,1E'NTS HAD BEEN ADDRESSED. l'XX>LSEY SAID '!'HAT THE NAMES OF N. WILDERNESS PilIBS COURT AND S. WILDERNESS PINES COURT HAD NOT BEEN CHANGED AND ASKED IF THE CCMMISSION HAD ANY PREFERENCES. HE FURTHER STATED THAT BEECHWOOD AND BU'I'IOM'mD WERE NAMES USED ON 'l'HE ORIGINAL APPROVED PLAT OF WIIDERNESS TRAILS AND l@JUESTED THAT THOSE NAMES BE RETAINED, ADDING THAT IT WAS NaI' l\.N ISSUE SHOUID THE PLANNING C(M,lISSION INSIST UPON THE NAME CHANGE. v-."OOLSEY TOID 'I'HE CCMMISSION THAT ALL Lal'S WOUID BE 90' AT THE BUILDING LINES AND THE DEVELOPERS WERE WAITING FINAL D:OCISION FR(lv'J THE CITY REGARDING THE LANDSCAPE ISLANDS IN THE CUL-DE-SACS. HE WENT ON 2 n 11 l J P&Z 7/19/90 TO SAY THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND DRAINAGE STATEMENI' REGARDING 'I'HE IMPACT ON WILDERNESS TRAILS 1 & 2 HAD BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CCMMISSIONERS. \'WI.SEY SAID THAT 'I'HEY HAD ROCEIVED PRELIMINARY APPROVAL FROM THE CLFAR CREF.K DRAINAGE DISTRICT AS WELL. REGARDING DRAINAGE, MR. "U)I.SEY SHcmED THE PLANS OF THE DETENTION POND WHICH VIUUI.D HAVE METERING DEVISES IN THE DRAINAGE PIPE TO :REX;tJIATE THE WATER FLCM INTO THE CREEK. HE EXPLAINED THAT WATER WOULD FALL INTO BOl'H CHIGGER AND CCMARD'S CREEJ< FRCl-1 WILDERNESS TRAII.S III AND SAID THAT THE DETENTION POND WAS DF.SIGlED FOR A ONE HUNDRED YFA.R STORM. ENGINEER COLLINS STATED THAT THE DEI'ENI'ION POND SHOUID HELP THE EXIS!'ING SUBDIVISION, AS WATER FROM THE PROPERTY NOW FI..GvED IN WILDF.RNF.SS TRAilS 1 & 2. UNDER THE NEW SYSTEM, THE WATER FROM THE PROPERTY WOUID BE DIRECTED INTO 'Th'D SEPARATE DIRECTIONS, THEREBY ELIMINATING SCME WATER FROM WILDERNESS TRAILS 1 & 2. CITY ENGINEER THCl-1PSON SAID THE PRELIMINARY DRAINAGE DESIGN OF WILDERNESS TRAIIS WAS TO BE ADFx:2UATE FOR THE WHOLE WILDERNESS TRAII.S SUBDIVISION; H�, GLEN SHANNON WAS ADDED ONTO THE WILDERNESS TRAII.S DRAINAGE PLAN AND THERE WAS NO LONGER ADEX)UATE DRAINAGE DESIGN FOR THE PROPOSED SECTION III. CHAIRMAN BAKER EXPRESSED HIS CONCERNS WITH REX:'-.ARD 'IO THE SUBDIVISIONS WHICH WOULD BE AFFOCTED BY SECTION III OF WILDERNESS TRAII.S. CCMMISSIONER WASSON SUGGESTED A MORATORIUM TO STOP DEVELOPMENT UNTIL THE PROBLEMS WITH CHIGGER CREEK ARE CORRECI'ED. CITY ENGINEER THCl-1PSON SAID THAT IN THE PRELIMINARY STATE, THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE APPEARED ADmUATE BUT HE WANTED TO SEE A DETAILED DRAINAGE ANALYSIS BEFORE FINAL APPROVAL WA..c; GRANTED. HE ADDED THA'r IF THE DEVEI.OPERS WERE TO RUN A WHOLE NEW OUTFALL, ADFx:2UATELY SIZED, ONE-HALF MILE TO THE CREEK, THE PROBLEM viOUID BE SOLVED BUT THAT THIS Vl'OUID BE AN EXPENSIVE ALTERNATIVE . MR. \'WI.SEY CCMMEN'I'ED THAT APPROVAL HAD BEEN GRANTED WITH CONTINGENCIES AND THOSE CONTINGENCIES HAD BEEN MET. CHRIS SCHERMER SUGGES'l'ED THAT P&Z ACCEPT THE PRELIMINARY BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER HAD MET ALL THE REQUIREMENI'S AND THE CITY ENGINEER RECOMMENDED PRELIMINARY ACCEPI'ANCE. HE ADDED THAT P&Z COUID THEN GO TO THE CITY TO ADDRESS THE ThD PROBLEMS; AN OUTFALL THAT OOESN ''l' SEEM TO BE viORKING IN SECI'ION I AND A NEED FOR MORE GUIDANCE IN DFALING WITH FRIENDSWOOD DRAINAGE. MEANWHTIE, THE DEVELOPER'S NEED TO 1-1.iOVE FO™ARD HAS BEEN SATISFIED AND CITY COUNCIL WILL BE BROUGH'l' INrO THE ISSUE WITH nEGARD TO CITY WIDE DRAINAGE. c:x:MMISSIONER WASSON SAID THAT IF THE EXISTING PROBLEM WAS NOI' CORRE>:TED AND IF FALLING LF.AF WERE NaI' UPGRADED, THERE WOULD BE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THERE COUID BE FLCX)DING IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENI' AND TRAFFIC FI.CM FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLF.S COUID BE IMPEDED. CHAIRMAN BAKER SAID THAT THE DRAINAGE PLAN WAS A G<X>D HYDRAULIC 3 f l l J P&Z 7/19/90 DESIGN, BUI' HE HAS NaI' BEEN TOI.D THIS WIIJ., NOT HURT THE OTHER PIDPLE IN li'RIENDSWOOD. HE SAID THAT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PLANNING AND ZCNING CQ.'-1MISSION TO MAKE SURE THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT DID NaI' HURT ANY arHER CI'l'IZENS. MR. ¾(X)ISEY CC11.iMENTED THAT HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CLEAR CREEK DRAINAGE DISTRICT. CHAIRMAN BAKER SAID THAT THE 'IBO ENTITIES HAD EQUAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT CCDD HAD THEIR cmN CONSULTANT WHILE P&Z HAD CITY ENGINEER THOOPSON AS THEIR CONSULTANT. BAI<ER SAID THAT HE UNDERST(X)D THE CCNSULTANI'S WERE A GREAT DFAL MORE I<Na-JLEDGEABLE THAN THE CXM1ISSION MEMBERS AND THE DISTRICT MEMBERS, BUI' SCME ENGINEER IN THE PAST HAD MADE A MISTAKE AND THE CITIZENS WERE PAYING FOR IT. CXM-1ISSIONER WASSON SAID SHE WOULD FEEL BEITER IF THE CITY vX){JW HIRE SG1EONE TO FIND OUT WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE EXISTING WIIDERNESS TRAIIS, WHAT IT WOUID TAKE TO GE!' CORRFX:T THE PROBLEM, THEN CCMMI'l' TO FIXING IT BY BUDGETING FOR THOSE CORREC'I'IONS IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET. SHE SAID SHE WOUID FEEL A GREAT DEAL MORE W1FORTABLE ABOUI' APPROVING THE SUBDIVISION. MR. "'OOLSEY SAID THAT DEVELOPMENT WOUID HELP THE PROBLEM FOR THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION AND ENCOURAGED THE CCMMISSION TO GRANT APPROVAL m.SED ON THOSE CONTINGENCIES WHICH, HE SAID, HAD BEEN MET. WASSON SAID SHE FELT DRAINAGE PROBLEMS SHOULD BE CORRECTED BEFORE THE DEVEI.OPMENT WAS PUI' IN. CHAIRMAN BAKER SAID HE FELT THAT THE C<MITSSION HAD DISCUSSED ALL THEY COULD ON THIS SUBDIVISION. WASSON ASI<ED FOR ENGINEER THCT-1PSON'S OPINION WI'l'H RmARD TO THE CG1MISSION GRAID'ING PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. THa.n?SON SAID HE UNDERSTOOD THE DEVELOPER'S INTENT WITH DRAINAGE AND WAS WILLING 'IO APPROVE 'l'HE DRAINAGE FOR PRELIMINARY APPROVAL; Ha-vEVER, STATED THERE WAS NCYr NF.AR ENOUGH DATA AVAILABLE FOR FINAL APPROVAL AND "UULD REX)UIRE A GREAT DFAL MORE DETAIL THAN WHAT HAD BEEN GIVEN. HE FURTHER STATED THAT HE THOUGHT THE DEVELOPER l'.UUID FEE:L MORE CCMFORTABLE IF ALL ISSUES WERE SOLVED IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES BUI' SINCE THE DEVELOPERS WERE WIJ.J,ING 'IO 00 AHEAD AND PUSH FOR FINAL APPROVAL, HE IDULD AGREE WITH PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. THCMPSON SAID WIS WAS A Ca-1PLICATED PLAT BECAUSE THE WATER "UUID 00 INTO 'IBO DIFFERENT WATER SHEDS. WASSON SAID 'I'HAT 'I'HCMPSON WANTF_D MORE CALCULATION AND YET THE DEVELOPERS DID NaI' WANT 'IO DO THOSE CALCULATIONS UNTIL THEY HAD RECEIVED PRELIMINARY APPROVAL. CHAIFMAN BAKER SAID THAT WHEN THE DEVELOPERS LEFT THE MEETING THEY WOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE PLAN HAD BEEN ACCEPrED. McHUGH SAID THAT SHE W'.XJID ABSTAIN FRa-1 THE varE. CHAIFMAN BAKER ASKED IF ANYONE WOULD MAKE A MCYrION THAT THE! PRELIMINARY PLAT BE APPROVED WITH NO CONTINGENCIES. CG1MISSIONER WASSON SAID THAT THE PLAT REAIJ,Y COUID Ncr.r BE APPROVED WITH NO CONI'INGENCIES. WCOISEY SAID THE PLAT HAD PRELIMINARY APPROVAL WIW CONDITIONS AND STATED THAT THE ISSUE WAS HAD THOSE CONDITIONS BEEN Mm'? DISCUSSION FOLLCWED AND CXM,JISSIONER l'ITASSON MADE A MOTION THAT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT BE APPROVED WITHOUT CONI'INGENCIES. SECOND: RODGERS VOl'E FOR: WASSON, RODGERS, KONCABA, BAKER ABSTAINED: McHUGH 4 r-1 I l P&Z 7/19/90 MCYI'ION CARRIED. 7.RATIFY AND CONFIRM THE FINAL PLAT OF SUMmD -18. 736 BEING ALLOF TRACTS B & C OUT OF BUX::K 7 OF FRIENDSWOOD SUBDIVISION UX;.ATEDIN THE SARAH McKISSICK LF.AGUE A-51 (IOC.ATED ON SUNSET) -BOOREN. CI'.l.'Y ENGINEER THa.1PSON ADVISED THE CCMMISSION THAT ALL CONTINGENCIES HAD BEEN SATISFIED WITH REX;ARD TO THE! FINAL PLAT OF SUMmD. CHAIRMAN BAKER SIGNED THE MYLARS API'ER RE.VIEW BY THE CCMMISSION. 8.PRE APP -22 ACRES (LAND I..OCKED) -BUD McOONAI..D AND ID1 NORTHRUP. THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS A LARGE TRACT OF LAND IOCATED OFF BLACKHAWK AND FM 2351. THE CCM1ISSION CONSIDERED ALTERNATIVES, NONE OF WHICH SEEMED VIABLE CONSIDERING THE CCMMUNITY ATTITUDE REX:;ARDING DRIVEWAYS WHICH WOUID EXIT ONTO BLACKHAWK BLVD. CCM'1ISSIONER WASSON SUGGESTED THAT THE DEVELOPERS CONSULT WITH Sc.ME OF THE PROPERTY OONER'S ON FM 2351, WHO HAVE LAND ABUITING THE CAPTIONED PROPERI'Y, TO DISTINGUISH IF THEY WOUID BE WILLING TO GIVE ACCESSIBILITY TO THE PROPERTY. CHAIRMAN BAKER STATED THAT THE CCMMISSION WANTED TO HELP THE DEVELOPER IN THE DEVELOFMENT OF HIS/HER PROPERTY; H(J,,7.EVER, THE CCMITSSION ALSO HAD TO CX)NSIDER EXIS'rING HCME:CMNERB. MR. McDONALD AND MR. NOR'rHRUP ASKED IF THE CCM1ISSION "DULD LOOK FAVORABLY UPON THEIR REZONING THE 22 ACRES TO SFR (SINGLE FAMILY RESIDllil'IAL) FRCM THE MFR-H (MULTIPLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLING DISTRICT -HIGHEST) AS IT rs CURRENTLY ZONED. CHAIRMAN BAKER AND CCMITSSIONER WASSON OOl'H CCMMEm'ED THAT THE CITY LOOKED FAVORABLY UPON SFR. 9.AMENDED REPLAT OF AN AMENDED REPLAT OF SAN JOAQUIN ESTATES SErl'ION1, Im 1, BLCCK 1 -D. O'FARRELL. THE CCf.:lMISSION REVIEWED THE AMENDED REPLAT OF AN AMENDED REPLAT OF SAN JOAQUIN. Ca.1MISSIONER KONCABA MADE A MCYI'ION THAT THE REPLAT BE APPROVED. SK'OND: RODGERS VOTE FOR: UNANIMOUS OPPOSED: NONE MaI'ION CARRIED 10 • MINUTF,S FOR APPROVAL JUNE 7, 1990 -APPROVED AS READ JUNE 21, 1990 -APPROVED AS CORRECTED JULY 5, 1990 -APPROVED AS READ OlLL�eLg , CLAUDIA L. BRINKMAN - SEX:RETARY 5