09-19-13 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing and Workshop of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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Planning and Zoning Commission Minutes of July 18, 2013 Commissioners Present: Richard Warren, Phillip Hoot, Helen LaCour, Danny Earp, Mark Follis, and Hal Lawler Commissioners Absent: Doretta Finch, Lou Ann Martin, and Les Bird City Staff Present: City Planner Masood Malik, City Engineer Julian Garza, Assistant City Attorney Clark Askins, and Office Coordinator Peggy Lee 1. Call to order. Meeting called to order by Chairman Hal Lawler at 6:02 p.m. 2. Roll Call of Members. Commissioners Warren, Hoot, LaCour, Earp, Follis, and Lawler were present for roll call. 3. Consider approval of June 20, 2013, meeting minutes. Motion by Commissioner Hoot to approve the June 20, 2013, meeting minutes. Second by Commissioner Follis. Motion carried. Ayes: Commissioners Warren, Hoot, LaCour, Earp, Follis, and Lawler Nays: None 4. Open Public Hearing to receive public input on Rezone Request #13-92000001, which has been requested for 12.2544 acres of land being a portion of a 17.7717 acre tract of land located along Canada Road, further described as TRS 692C, 693113, 706 and 707, La Porte Outlots as recorded in Volume 83, Page 344, of the Deed Records of Harris County, William M. Jones Survey, Abstract 482, La Porte, Harris County, Texas. The applicant seeks to have the property rezoned from General Commercial (GC) to High Density Residential (R-3) for proposed Mariposa Apartment Homes at Pecan Park. Chairman Lawler opened the public hearing at 6:05 p.m. A. Staff Presentation City Planner Masood Malik presented the staff report. The applicant has requested 12.2544 acres along Canada Rd. be rezoned from General Commercial to High Density Residential for the purpose of developing 180 apartment homes to be known as Mariposa Apartment Homes at Pecan Park. Public hearing notices were mailed to 21 property owners located within 200' of the subject site. The City received two responses in favor of the rezone. Staff recommended approval of the zone change request with a stipulation that the developer provide written confirmation of a tax credit award for the project from the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs.