1999-05-24 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing

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e e would like to re-configure his and Jim Clifton's apartment project to put a high density residential project (35 + acres) surrounded by woods and dedicate the remaining 70 acres to the City as a park or preserve. We are trying to confirm this wetlands issue with his consultants. The effect of this 70 acre wetlands designation is the loss of projected R-I development in the TIRZ. This area along McCabe Road could be added. It does have some development obstacles mostly sewer capacity and drainage issues. The sewer capacity would be helped by sewer improvements made to support the WeemslDutko/Cook tract. The approximate acreage is 25.4 acres and the zoning is PUD with an underlying land use ofR-l. Recall that R-I developments by themselves are not as attractive as commercial/industrial developments. They have a greater impact on services such as Police, Fire, Solid Waste, etc. However, this area could be considered as replacement of some of the acreage possibly lost to Wetlands. This issue could be considered later on as an amendment. We did, however, want to inform you of Mr. Dutko's conversation. City Council: Recommends Addition (extending area 6 east to So. Broadway) 7. This is Forest View Mobile Home Park and was not originally considered because of the high concentration of residents which could influence the type ofTIRZ (residential vs. commercial). Just visual inspection of the size of the TIRZ as proposed indicates that the area is less than 10%. However, there is probably no strong argument to include this area. City Council: Recommends Addition 8. There is approximately 8.3 acres of vacant land that is adjacent to and wraps around the car wash at Broadway and McCabe. This area has access to utilities, its one development obstacle may be adequate drainage. As in area #4, TXI may not have considered this area because they were not pursuing land purchase and did not receive different direction from the City. The present zoning is R-3. City Council: Recommends Addition 9. These two street rights-of-way, Park and Bayshore, previously connected to the north line of Little Cedar Bayou Park which has since been removed. I recall the intent was to have options for an improved pedestrian and vehicular route from the proposed hotel site to Little Cedar Bayou Park, the fitness center and eventually the golf course. This linkage was a recommendation in the Bayfront Master Plan. If Council wishes, we will look to re- establish that link by guessing on an appropriate route. This too is also something that could be considered later as an amendment. City Council: Recommends No Changes At This Time 10. We recommend Council consider adding these locations as utility routes to the existing trunk mains in the K Street right-of-way. City Council: Recommends Addition II. Blocks 1114 and 1118 have some title problems. In short, it appears that early developers issued titles based on one plat or layout and another plat with a slightly different layout was filed for record. The end result is owners with titles that do not match the recorded plat and the possibility of more than one deed issued for the same piece of ground. The TIRZ revenues could be used to secure the property, clean up the title and market the property. City Council: Recommends Addition Areas Added by the City Council: