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MINUTES SPECIAL JOINT MEETING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PECAN PLACE SUBDIVISION CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBERS 135 1ST STREET SE PARIS, TEXAS MONDAY, APRIL 25, 2005 12:00 NOON 1. The Special Joint Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission and City Council Subcommittee for the Pecan Place subdivision was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by Chairman Reeves Hayter. A. The following members were present: Bobby Myers Karen Wilkerson Rick Poston B. The following member was absent: Carl Lucas C. Also present were Shawn Napier, City Engineer; Lisa Wright, Director of Community Development; Brandon Chaney, surveyor; Mitzi Rader, developer of Pecan Place; and A. W. Clem, IV. 2. Discussion of and possible action on recommending the approval of the Master Plat for the Pecan Place Subdivision. Reeves Hayter informed the Subcommittee that the issues with the plat were (1) a concern of adequate traffic flow; (2) that a large amount of growth is out on FM 195, and 34th Street represents the only access from Loop 286 to FM 195; and (3) the Master Plan calls 36th Street to be a collector level street. He said he wanted to come to a compromise that allows them to develop and the City to maintain access through the development. Brandon Chaney showed a plat indicating recommended revisions. The developer asked if the City had considered upgrading 36th Street, and the City Engineer stated there was no money to do that with. Mr. Chaney stated that other subdivisions in the area had been granted waivers of curb and gutter requirements, and said the developer of this projectwould like to request that. Mr. Chaney showed two additional plats: one showing 34th Street going straight through the subdivision, and the other showing a curve from 34th Street to 36th Street. The second plat has design problems; and drainage needs to go east, and there is not much elevation to get it there. The first plat