07-15-2004 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Preserve at Taylor Bayou • August 19, 2004 Page 4 of 6 extensions are made to serve this development. Sanitary sewer service is not readily available to this site. There is a sewer force main located along the south line of this property that transports sewer to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority plant. The City prepared along-term sanitary sewer master plan for providing sewer service to areas of southeast La Porte (copy attached). The master plan calls for the elimination of a lift station # 12 and new lift station to be constructed neaz the corner of intersection of A 104 and McCabe Road. Utility plans must be coordinated with City Staff. This development will not be allowed to connect to City of La Porte Lift Station # 40. • Drainage -This property lies within the Taylor Bayou Watershed. The City has a master drainage plan for the Taylor Bayou Watershed that was performed by the Civil Tech Last year. The plan calls for regional detention for this area. Efforts should be made to work with the developer north of McCabe Road towards the implementation of this master drainage plan. The channel improvements to Taylor Bayou are not designed to directly receive storm water runoff from this project. The General Plan, therefore, shows that storm water will be detained using a basin system in each phase to regulate run-off. Outfalls have to be determined and coordinated with the Army Corps of Engineers and County Flood Control. Permits must be presented to the City. • .Nature Preserve The applicant is willing, and the Army Corps of Engineer permit states that the dedication of approximately 77.5 acre nature preserve is to be made to the City. While the issues are being worked towards resolution, several questions remain. While the City maintains an interest, a concept of dedicating "The Preserve" to the City of La Porte must be considered in light of the City's Parks Master Plan 2002. The concept needs to be presented in more detail, including the layout, clearing of tallow trees and other brush, trail materials used, other structures being built (eg. decks, benches etc., if any), estimated yearly maintenance costs and possible control of hours of operation to see if the acquisition is in line with the City's projected budged The City would also require a detailed, formal dedication instrument including all Army Corps mandates to review before considering final acceptance of the concept. The City of La Porte remains a party to facilitating any dedication to Harris County or other agency. Last month, the applicant visited with Oliver Spellman, Pakks Director for the Harris County. The County was interested in the "gift" idea but concern is that it would be repetitious to the Armand Bayou Education