1999-05-24 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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e e There are several TIRZ boundary issues or questions that City Council reviewed at the May 17th Workshop. The TIRZ boundary that we began with (Exhibit "A" to Ordinance #2316) was essentially the map under consideration last December minus the lower end of Little Cedar Bayou Park.. The numbers on the attached exhibit labeled "Draft: For Discussion Only" correlate to the following points. 1. Councilman Gay at the March 1 Sth Council meeting mentioned the addition of San Jacinto and West Main from Broadway to SH 146 to provide opportunity for future improvements anticipated in our Comprehensive Plan and Bayfront Master Plan. City Council: Recommends Addition 2. LPISD in our discussions has asked consideration for the TIRZ to be used as a funding vehicle for a new elementary school campus. The property owned by LPISD is a 13.8 acre tract at the southwest comer of Avenue D and Sens Road. City Council: Recommends Addition 3. Since TIRZs must be contiguous West Main Street, Fairmont Parkway, proposed Bay Area Boulevard, and Sens Road are shown here as connectors to the LPISD property. While two routes are not required staff felt these provided reasonable options. As far as future eligible projects, both routes could be used for: . Roadway improvements . Intersection improvements . Signalization . Landscaping The Bay Area Boulevard route is also the proposed location for major water and sewer lines. Of course. as with any other area shown projects mayor may not be approved by Council and integrated in the final plan. City Council: Recommends Addition 4. There is quite a bit of open space in this area that could develop and therefore contribute to the "tax increment". I believe TXI was not interested in this area because it involves multiple owners of smaller tracts and to my knowledge they were not pursing contracts for purchase in this area. If Council is interested, this area could be added and the existing businesses could be excepted (Blue Flash, Boncosky Trucking Terminal, etc.). . Some but not all utilities are available to this area. . Drainage will be a concern for development in this area. . The zoning is G. C. and L.I. . The approximate size is 2S acres. City Council: Recommends Addition (excepting existing businesses) S. SH 146 right-of-way: Council may want to add this just to make the inclusion of SH 146 uniform. City Council: Recommends Deletion 6. The area just west of this tract is the Dutko-Cook property. Recently, Ed Dutko told me that he is losing 70 acres (of his remaining 90 acres) to wetlands. He has stated that he