06-15-2000 Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Fairmont Pazk East, Secti~ght • Preliminary Plat 8/17/00 - P & Z Meeting Page 2 of 4 Sidewalks Staff notes that Section 5.02 of the Development Ordinance empowers the Commission to require pedestrian sidewalks when it feels their inclusion will serve the public interest. Staff recommends the inclusion of sidewalks along all roadways in Section Eight including Driftwood .Drive. This would be consistent with the Commission's actions on Sections Six and Seven. Responsibility for construction of the sidewalks should be specified by covenant as well as stated in writing on the Final Plat for Section Eight. Parkland /Open Space Attached to & incorporated as part of this staff report are two documents dealing with the pazkland/open space issues for Fairmont Pazk East. - Memo from John Joerns, Assistant City Manager dated 8/9/00 - Letter from Fairmont Pazk East H.O.A. dated 8/4/00 The Commission may wish to refer to these documents for more details. However, the following points summarize the pazkland issues and concerns. • The Fairmont Park East Homeowners Association Board has previously contacted the City regarding parkland issues. • Staff contacted the Boazd to see if there might be an opportunity to work with the homeowner's association in redesigning the detention basin to be usable park space. • The homeowner's association was willing to discuss development of the detention basin into usable parkland/open space. They also expressed interest in acquiring additional parkland/open space for private use by the homeowner's association. • Staffvisited with Mr. Eddie Gray regarding the Association's open space concerns and the possibility of securing parkland/open space by applying the parkland/open space provisions of the Development Ordinance to Sections Six thru Eight. If this provision were applied, the resulting pazk/open space azea would be approximately 1.28 Ac. • Mr. Gray indicated that he preferred not to have any pazkland/open space extracted from Section Eight. He hoped to continue the platting process for Section Eight without intemzptions or delays, and without changing the proposed lot pattern. • Mr. Gray then visited with the Fairmont Pazk East Homeowner's Association President regazding their concerns.