19 - Master Thoroughfare Plan Amendment from a Major Arterial to a Major Collector Roadway on SE 3rd Street-FM 1497 from S Church Street to CR 12600

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Item No. 19 Memorandum TO: Mayor, Mayor Pro -Tem and City Council Grayson Path, City Manager FROM: Andrew Mack, AICP Director Planning & Community Development SUBJECT: Public hearing to consider and take action regarding the petition of the City of Paris for a Master Thoroughfare Plan Amendment from a Major Arterial Roadway to a Major Collector Roadway on SE 3rd Street/FM 1497 from S Church Street to County Road 12600, MTG. DATE: July 25, 2022 BACKGROUND At its meeting held on July 5, 2022 following extensive citizen input, the Planning & Zoning Commission recommended approval of this City initiated change to the Master Thoroughfare Plan. Staff has reviewed the above segment of the Master Thoroughfare Plan in relation to a new proposed Sugg Subdivision along SE 3rd Street recently rezoned by the City for new duplex construction. The current plan calls for an Arterial Roadway Classification and the Development Staff Team believes this classification inside and outside the loop to the ETJ is unrealistic and unnecessary. It also would have negatively impacted the planned development of the subdivision site now planned for 2 duplexes. Therefore it is recommended that the roadway functional classification should be reduced to a Major Collector requiring a lesser ROW of 60 ft. which is consistent with the existing roadway ROW width currently at 70 ft. in Width. Staff received numerous calls from citizens along this roadway that received mailed notices required for this minor amendment to the Comprehensive Plan. A number of Inputs were also received in opposition to the proposed change. Unfortunately, more detailed information informing the citizens more thoroughly as to what this change entails in that this will have absolutely no affect at all to their property was not better explained in easy to understand terms with the advanced hearing notice. In fact it caused a bit of a stir. However, once explained to the public at the hearing and to each of the many callers, they fully understood the reason for the change and all their concerns were eliminated. RECOMMENDATION