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• • Minutes, Planning and Zoning Commission December 1, 1980 • Page 3 7. Mr. Kenneth Schick appeared before Planning & Zoning repre- senting Mr. Kenneth Bryan for the rezoning of Outlots 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 from Residential to Commercial - Apart- ment. Schick requested consideration for commercial 240 foot frontage along Spencer and balance, approximately 12 acres for multi-family. Certainly Schick felt Spencer, or West Main, is all going to be commercial. He asked that the prop- erty be rezoned zone "C". After looking at the plan and the surrounding area, a motion was made by Blackwell to recommend to City Council a rezoning to zone "C" for this property. The motion was seconded by Grant. The motion carried, 4 ayes and 0 nays. Ayes: Springall, Grant, Blackwell, Muston Nays: None 8. Trans-Continental Services, represented by Mr. Hoyt Gibbs and Mr. Richard Florance, posed the question before Planning and Zoning as to their zoning classification. Mr. Gibbs stated the project including offices, warehouse, container storage and repair shops will be located on the Florance property just east the intersection of State Highways 225 and 146, north of the railroad right-of-way. Cost of installation will be • approximately 12 million dollars, and employ some 130 persons. Florance presented to Planning & Zoning a study done by a Houston firm as to the best use for the Florance property, which was put into the Lanore Corporation in September 1979. The study brought out that residential use of the land was out of the question for several reasons: no support facilities, the bridge across the ship channel will cause even more traffic, and the population shift is more to the westerly areas of La Porte. The study revealed that heavy industrial was not possible due to land size and location; therefore, this project was the best use for the area and the acreage. The property is presently zoned Commercial - Light Industrial with special permits. Questions followed the presentation by members of Planning & Zoning. Grant, what kind of material will you handle and what is the traffic pattern? Gibbs stated all the units outside the yard will be empty, all material storage will be in the warehouse which has a complete sprinkler system and fire partitions between different cargos. Roughly, I would say 150 to 200 units a day will move in and out of the facility. Springall questioned the stand-still traffic mornings and evenings? Gibbs stated they anticipated a normal 8 to 5 opera- tion with round-the-clock security; we anticipate the shop will be a two shift operation. • Muston asked if the member of Planning & Zoning felt that this project fell within the present zoning? Blackwell stated that if they were looking for a place to put such a project, this certainly seems to be a good one.