R-2007-02 authorizing establishment of Lakes at Fairmont Greens/preparation of service and assessment plan

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CITY OF LA PORTE 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, TX 77571 www.ci.la-porte.tx.us Phone: (281) 471-5020 I Fax (281) 470-5005 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD January 16, 2007 On November 6,2006, City Council received a workshop overview concerning a request from Mr. Joe Fogarty to present a concept concerning planned amenities for the Lakes at Fairmont Greens residential development. At issue was the Harris County Flood Control District's (HCFCD) portion of Taylor Bayou between Section 1 (platted) and Section 9 (not platted) of the development. The developer proposed consideration for the City of La Porte to accept a segment of Taylor Bayou bounded by SH. 146 and McCabe Road from HCFCD into public domain (See Exhibit, Fairmont Greens Recreational Trail). City Council directed Staff to pursue the proposal to accept responsibility for the stated portion of Taylor Bayou. As with the Port Crossing and Bayforest Retreat developments, HCFCD, during the review process of the drainage outfall structures for the developments, requested additional easements for maintenance purposes. Additional allocation, however, has a detrimental effect upon the lots planned for the subdivision. The concept requires the City to accept responsibility for the stated portion of Taylor Bayou and, in turn, assign the maintenance responsibilities over to the Public Improvement District (Pill) for that housing development. HCFCD will only consider abandoning easements to governmental agencies. Preliminary engineering designs for the planned amenities have been coordinated with the Port Crossing and The Preserve at Taylor Bayou developments and determined to have no impact upon upstream or downstream drainage plans. In addition: 1. Arete appeared before the TIRZ Board to brief the concept and received preliminary approval for the project. 2. Plats and Construction Drawings are under review for approval by Harris County, HCFCD and the City. Pending the Council's decision to accept responsibility for the channel, the City will receive a copy of the Express Approval Sheet from Harris County. 3. The subject channel is planned to be incorporated into a public amenity that benefits the entire project and provisions are made for Public Improvement District funding to be allocated to the maintenance of the project. 4. Submitted Plats reflect this amenity as a detention reserve, dedicated to the public with the City's right of entry. All pedestrian, water or park features are incorporated into the channel improvements and not overlapping any public ROW (e.g. alley). 5. Preliminary designs for the fence bordering Section 1 and Taylor Bayou have been reviewed and formal construction drawings for the fence and the improvements to Taylor Bayou have been ordered by the City. 6. A signed developer's agreement has been received by the City and CCR's have been submitted for review and approval by the City Attorney. As a measure to preserve the current costs contained in the bids for the construction of the Southeast La Porte Trunk S~wer and Infrastructure for Section 1 of the development, the City, under direction from Council, initiated and forwarded a letter to HCFCD (attached as an exhibit) to consider abandoning their interest in that portion of Taylor Bayou impacting the Lakes at Fairmont Greens Development and assign responsibility to the City of La Porte. Attachments