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

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.. s August 9, 2000 TO: Mayor and City Council Planning & Zoning Con Robert T. Herrera, City FROM: John Joems, Assistant SUBJECT: Fairmont Park East Homeowners Association Parkland Consideration Parkland in Fairmont Park East The Fairmont Park East Homeowners Association has previously contacted the City regarding parkland issues. The need and/or desire foradditional parkland/open space in Fairmont Park East Subdivision is a complicated issue that may soon involve actions by both P&Z and City Council. The following is a rough outline of the key issues. Recent Events Looking at the unsightly detention basin and seeing the maintenance challenge that the homeowners association has with the 8.5+ Ac detention basin, staff contacted them to see if there might be an opportunity to work with the homeowners association in redesigning the detention basin to be usable and maintainable. The City's benefit or interest would be the potential to acquire additional public parkland in an area that is parkland deficient. Note: the City has approximately $26,250 in this park zone fund which will grow to $36,050 if Fairmont Park East Section 8 is approved as proposed. • The homeowners association (Board) was willing to discuss development of the detention basin into usable pazkland/open space and they expressed interest in acquiring additional pazkland/open space for private use by the Homeowners association. It was also noted that this may be an opportunity to resolve the dispute. regarding payment of taxes on the improvements to the 1.9 Ac owned by the City and leased to the homeowners association (swmuning pool and park area at Driftwood and Mesquite). • Staff indicated we would visit with Eddie Gray regazding the possibility of acquiring pazkland/open space when he develops in Section 8 of Fairmont East. Recently, Eddie Gray's consultant filed, for review, a Preliminary Plat for Section 8. • Staff visited with Eddie Gray regarding the association's open space concerns and the possibility of securing pazkland/open space by applying the pazkland/open space provisions of the Development Ordinance to Sections 6-8. If this provision were applied the resulting pazklopen space azea would be approximately 1.28 Ac. Also, the City would have to return the $26,250 collected from Mr. Gray for fees in lieu of land.