04-A P&Z Pecan Gap Min 05-23-05
MINUTES
SPECIAL JOINT MEETING
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL
SUBCOMMITTEE FOR THE PECAN PLACE SUBDIVISION
CITY HALL WEST ANNEX-CONFERENCE ROOM
150 1 ST STREET SE
PARIS, TEXAS
MONDAY, MAY 23,2005
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 members were absent:
Carl Lucas
C.
Also present were Shawn Napier, City Engineer; Lisa Wright, Director
of Community Development; Brandon Chaney, surveyor; and Mitzi
Rader, developer of Pecan Place.
2.
Discussion of and possible action on recommending the approval of the
Master Plat for the Pecan Place Subdivision. Reeves Hayter reminded the
Subcommittee that the issues regarding the plat were (1) there was no
entrance on FM 195, (2) a collector street needed to go all the way through the
subdivision, (3) there was a dangerous curve by Brownwood Subdivision, and
(4) whether there should be curb and gutter along 36th Street.
Items one and two had been addressed by extending a street from 34th
through to FM 195. Item three had been addressed by removing the corner lot
from Phase I and making it ineligible for construction.
With regard to Item 4, the Subcommittee discussed whether it should
recommend to the City Council that curb and gutter be required along 36th
Street. The developed stated that the Rader Family Trust hoped to sell lots in
Phase I in order to gain capital to build later phases. She cited concerns over
the cost and the problems that could result from curb and gutter being built
at a location to which drainage comes from an area where there is no curb
and gutter. She referenced other subdivisions in the area that were not
required to build curb and gutter.
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The Subcommittee stated that they were concerned about not requiring curb
and gutter along 36th and then the collector street taking years to build. They
agreed that they would feel comfortable with recommending no curb and
gutter if there were some assurances that the road would be built within a
reasonable amount of time. Chairman Hayter asked if there was a provision
in the Subdivision Ordinance allowing for a deposit, and Shawn Napier
explained that there had been in the past, but it had been removed in 2004.
He said it would be helpful in this situation, and others, if that provision were
updated and put back in.
Rick Poston left the meeting.
The developer stated that she would agree to a timeline to construct the
collector street, and the Subcommittee asked if she could amend the Master
Plat to show phasing, to include at what phase the street wquld be built; to be
reviewed by the Subcommittee one final time. She said she would have no
problem with that, but asked if there was any way the item could be taken to
the June P&Z. She explained that she had family health issues that had to be
taken care of, and she had made commitments to the Trust that necessitated
this item being taken care of as soon as possible. Lisa Wright recommended
that the Subcommittee provide Mrs. Rader with instructions of what the
revised plat should show and have Mr. Chaney submit a plat in accordance
with those instructions by this Friday, in time to make the June P&Z. The
Subcommittee agreed.
Motion to recommend that (1) no curb and gutter be required along 36th Street
in consideration of the agreement by the developer to construct a collector
street from 34th through to FM 195; (2) the plat indicate phasing at least
through III; (3) Phase II include the construction of the collector street up to
at least Kendra Drive; and (4) the collector street be completed through to FM
195 by at least Phase III, was made by Bobby Myers, seconded by Reeves
Hayter. Motion carried 3-0. Lisa Wright reminded the developer that this
Subcommittee only made a recommendation and neither the P&Z nor the
Council were obligated to follow it; therefore, it was essential that the
developer attend both upcoming meetings.
3.
The meeting adjourned at 1 :15 p.m.
APPROVED THIS
DAY OF
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Chairman