01-16-1997 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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• • Proposed Texas Import/Export Industrial Park Overview• The following development proposal spans many critical Comprehensive Plan issues. If this plan were approved, it would represent a major policy shift from the Comprehensive Plan. The purpose of this presentation is to give Staff and the Planning & Zoning Commission a greater understanding of the possible development of more than 250 acres of land within the City of La Porte. A careful analysis of the impact of the project on the community versus the benefit would need to be developed before Staff could recommend in favor or against a project of this kind. Staff does not have any recommendations at this time. The following description was developed by the Developer and is intended for information purposes only. I think we should ask as many questions as possible during this presentation. Description of Project: Brief of Develocers Summary) The Texas Import/Export Industrial Park is a project presently in the planning stage by the current owners of the property. The proposed development would occupy 252 acres north of Mc Cabe Road between State Highway 146 and the Bayport Industrial District. The Development would be a mixed use industrial park which would include warehousing, packaging, office and retail with related transportation infrastructure of rail and connecting roads. The total projected development costs over the next 5 years will be approximately $200,000,000. The westerly 87 acres of the development adjoining the Bayport Industrial District and the existing Union Pacific rail line would be developed into a rail and truck handling area with related support facilities. This transportation infrastructure would include an area for the storage of a 1,000 to 1,500 rail cars transloading facilities for movement of products to the trucks. On the east side of Powell Road dock high warehouse and packaging buildings would be constructed in acampus-type setting. These structures would be of architectural concrete design situated in a well landscaped, esthetically pleasing surrounding with a plan and design for the total development which would present an architectural continuity between structures. This area would accommodate approximately 2.5 million square feet of warehouse and packaging space and require an approximately $90,000,000 investment. The remaining 20 acres adjoining State Highway 146 and Mc Cabe Road would be developed into offices and retail complexes which would accommodate the needs of the adjoining area facilities when fully developed. The transportation infrastructure including rail, streets, sound abatement, landscaping, and Phase I streets and connecting roads for the warehouse development would be completed within 18 months of the start of construction, projected for completion during the 4th quarter of 1998. It is also projected that the warehouse and packaging facilities would be constructed and occupied at a rate of 500,000 square feet per year thereafter. Office and retail construction would begin approximately 12 months after initial construction begins and can be completed within a 4 year period. The total project would be completed within a 5 year time frame.