Min - 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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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