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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMin - City Council - 1985 - 03/05 - CalledALLEN CITY COUNCIL ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS CALLED - PUBLIC HEARING/MEETING MARCH 5, 1985 Present• Allen City Council Allen Planning & Zoning Commission Donald P. Rodenbaugh, Jim McClure Rex Womack Jim Wolfe Ward Paxton Gary Koch Mayor Bobby Glass, Chairman Jerry Wilson, Vice Chairman Wayne Armand, Secretary Jack Pennington John Garcia Absent: Absent: Scott Hoover Joe Farmer, Mayor Pro Tem City Staff: Jon McCarty, City Manager Marty Hendrix, City Secretary Bill Petty, Director of Community Development Tom Keener, Development Coordinator Guest: Scott Cantine, Project Manager with Harland Bartholomew & Associates, planning consultants The called - public hearing/meeting of the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission on the Comprehensive Plan was called to order by Chairman Glass at 8:01 p.m, on Tuesday, March 5, 1985, in the cafetorium of Reed Elementary School, 1200 Rivercrest, Allen, Texas. The called - public hearing/meeting of the Allen City Council on the Comprehensive Plan was called to order by Mayor Rodenbaugh at 8:02 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 1985, in the cafetorium of Reed Elementary School, 1200 Rivercrest, Allen, Texas. There were approximately 68 people in attendance at this public hearing/meeting. Presentation of Proposed Comprehensive Plan (Agenda Item III) Scott Cantine, Project Manager with Harland Bartholomew and Associates, the city's planning consultants, spoke before the people present on the comprehensive planning process from the beginning of the process with the holding of public meetings by the City Council and the Planning and Zoning Commission; to selection of committee members for the Oversight Committee; to the work on and completion of the citizen survey document; to the work of the subcommittees on the plan elements; tothe com- pletion of the work for the final proposed comprehensive plan document; and the scheduling of the public hearings on the proposed plan. Mr. Cantine then provided the demographics of the city, including the population, square miles of the city and the proposed figures for future build out of the city. ALLEN CITY COUNCIL ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS MARCH 5, 1985 Page 2 Presentation of Proposed Comprehensive Plan (Cont'd) Mr. Cantine then presented a slide show presentation which contained pictures of existing residential neighborhoods, Main Street showing local businesses, the industrial areas showing InteCom and DLM, and other commercial business areas, the schools, and areas of Allen that are still vacant farm land. Mr. Cantine presented the land use plan as of 1989 showing the existing areas committed for development and the areas already developed; the land use plan as proposed in the compre- hensive plan; the thoroughfare plan and explained the major thoroughfares in the city; showed a slide of the park plan and explained the difference between neighborhood parks, community parks, and athletic complexes; showed a slide of the community facilities showing the location of fire stations and city hall facilities, showed the existing residential development in the city and advised of the conditions of the various areas and those that needed rehabilitation. Mr. Cantine also explained the elements for urban design, the health and human services, and government services, and highlighted some of the goals and policy statements for those elements. At this time, Mayor Rodenbaugh advised the audience how the public hearing would be conducted. Public Hearing Opened by Planning & Zoning Commission (Agenda Item IV) Chairman Bobby Glass opened the public hearing for the Allen Planning and Zoning Commission on the proposed compre- hensive plan. Public Hearing Opened by Mayor for City Council (Agenda Item V) Mayor Rodenbaugh opened the public hearing for the Allen City Council on the proposed comprehensive plan. Jim Rushing, Route 1, Box 107, Allen, Texas, and spokes- person for the Kittyhawk Airport Homeowners Association, spoke in regard to their request that the Kittyhawk Residential Airport be designated on the planning map in the Comprehensive Plan as an active residential airport. Nick Williams, representing Mrs. Frances Williams of Montgomery Farms, read the attached letter into the record (See Attachment No. 1). Robin Russell, resident of Buckingham Polo Estates located east of State Highway 5, south of Stacy Road and north of Exchange Boulevard, spoke regarding the city's recent annexation of her property, the fact that she is located in the McKinney School District and not the Allen School District when she lives less than one mile from the High School, and why the city did not zone the property for light industrial or multi -family rather than the neighborhood residential that is shown on the land use plan. c�a ALLEN CITY COUNCIL/ ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS MARCH 5, 1985 Page 3 Citizens Speak on the Proposed Plan (cont'd) (Agenda Item VI) Mayor Rodenbaugh advised the individuals that spoke that their requests would be addressed and taken into consideration. Mayor Rodenbaugh also advised that the school district change would have to be undertaken by the McKinney School District and the Allen School District. Woody Wells, resident of Buckingham Polo Estates on the corner of State Highway 5, advised that he felt that there needs to be something else, rather than residential, on his property and he would like to see something changed. Gary Oistad, 743 Leading Lane Circle and a member of the Land Use Subcommittee, responded to the comments made by the residents of Buckingham Polo Estates by stating he felt the subcommittee had difficulty in assigning land uses in that area due to the McKinney School District and stated "Why give the tax base to the McKinney Schools?" George J. Anderson, 307 E. Coats, advised that he lived in an area designated LIM (Low Intensity Mixed Use) and he had noticed only one other area designated in that way and he asked what types of uses could be placed in this designation. He also stated that he felt that the city should take another look at this designation. Mayor Rodenbaugh and Scott Cantine, the planning consultant, advised of the definition of LIM and the uses existing there now and that this property was part of the Central Business District. Bill Dyer, 7608 Carta Valley Drive, Dallas, Texas, and property owner in the Buckingham Polo Estates, advised that he had not intended to speak, however, he responded to the comments made by Mr. Oistad and stated that he felt that the property owners in Buckingham Polo Estates were being put at a disadvantage by the city. Ed Peabody, 304 Willow Creek Circle in Willow Creek Estates, asked about the location of an area to the south of his property that was shown to be designated for high density residential and asked if that meant apartments. He added that he had been advised that there would not be any apartments near his property, and that area was zoned for light industrial. Various members of the Planning and Zoning Commission and the City Council advised Mr. Peabody that this area had been zoned for apartments for several years. Larry Schwartz, 810 Springbrook, asked about the total buildout of the city and if the population statistics given and the number of square miles in the city were correct, it meant that there would be about 4,000 to 5,000 people to a square mile in density. He wondered how that number com- pared to other cities and if it was high or low. Mr. Cantine, planning consultant, advised that this figure was fairly average and would be low in comparison to Dallas and other highly developed areas. During the public hearing, Mayor Rodenbaugh advised several times that the map in the comprehensive plan was a land use map and not a zoning map. tin ALLEN CITY COUNCIL/ ALLEN PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING PROCESS MARCH 5, 1985 Page 4 Citizens Speak on the Proposed Plan (cont'd) (Agenda Item VI) Mr. Schwartz also advised that he had seen the term "quality residential neighborhood" reflected in the citizen survey and in the proposed comprehensive plan and wondered what that term meant. Mayor Rodenbaugh explained his interpretation of the term and that it pertained to the overall community rather than the individual neighborhoods or a specific type of house. Lee Smith, 408 Greenbrook, commended the plan and asked how the greenbelts would be acquired, would they be public lands or private, and how would they be maintained. Mayor Rodenbaugh answered the questions on the greenbelts areas. Mayor Rodenbaugh asked the people that had served on the Oversight Committee of the comprehensive planning process to raise their hands. There were approximately 15 members of that committee present. Public Hearing Closed by Planning & Zoning Commission (Agenda Item VII) Chairman Bobby Glass closed the public hearing for the Planning and Zoning Commission on the comprehensive plan. Public Hearing Closed by Mayor for the Allen City Council (Agenda Item VIII) Mayor Rodenbaugh closed the public hearing for the City Council on the comprehensive plan. Adjournment (Agenda Item IX) Chairman Glass adjourned the meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission at 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 1985. Mayor Rodenbaugh adjourned the meeting of the City Council at 9:20 p.m. on Tuesday, March 5, 1985. These minutes approved on the 28th day of March 1985. PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION: Bobby GiassN Chairman WaynedArmanc, Secretary These minutes approved on the 4th day of April 1985. CITY COUNCIL: Donald RodeRMa or Marty Hendrix, Try Secretary 41