2002-06-10 Regular Meeting, Public Hearing, and Workshop Meeting

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. -- City Council Minutes 6-10-02 - Page 5 Recommendation of Staff - Recommends Council consider approval of General Plan, Development Agreement and Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU02-002. Council took a break from 8:58 p.m. unti19:12 p.m. There was no action taken. 9. Council considered approval or other action regarding an ordinance authorizing approval of a General Plan, Development Agreement and Special Conditional Use Permit SCU02- 002 for proposed industrial, commercial and retail development to be located in an area south of Fairmont Parkway, north of McCabe Road and between the existing Union Pacific Railroad tracks and State Highway 146 South, known as the Texas Import!Export Park. Director of Planning Doug Kneupper presented summary and recommendation and answered Council's questions. Mr. Kneupper asked for approval of a planning effort that lays in place guidelines to be followed; and as individual sites come in, those would come before the Planning and Zoning Commission and Council. Planning and Zoning Commission had their Public Hearing on May 16, 2002 and made a unanimous recommendation to approve this general development plan agreement for Texas Import!Export Park. Assistant City Attorney John Armstrong read: AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, CHAPTER 106, MORE COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS THE ZONING OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, BY CHANGING CLASSIFICATION OF THAT CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND HEREIN DESCRIBED; APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF LA PORTE AND LA PORTE 81 LTD., LA PORTE 82, LTD., AND LA PORTE 115, LTD., STUART HA YNSWORTH, GENERAL PARTNER, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN APPROXIMATE 292-ACRE TRACT IN THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TO BE KNOWN AS THE TEXAS IMPORT-EXPORT PARK; MAKING CERTAIN FINDINGS OF FACT RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; FINDING COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF. Motion was made by Councilperson Ebow to approve this ordinance as presented by Mr. Kneupper. Second by Councilperson Engelken with condition of improvements made to use that $50,000 for the intersection at Wharton Weems. A second motion was made by Councilperson Young to table this item for more discussion. There was no second. Mayor instructed return to the original motion. Councilperson Meismer asked for condition of improvement to intersection of Wharton Weems to be completed within twelve months of Phase I completion. Mayor questioned Councilperson Engelken if this was an acceptable addition to his condition. Councilperson Engelken agreed with Councilperson Meismer's addition. The motion carried. Ayes: Griffiths, Ebow, Mosteit, Meismer, Engelken, Warren, Mayor Nays: Beasley and Young Abstain: None