05-20-2004 Regular Meeting and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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O� L A A CITY OF LA PORTE PLANNING DEPARTMENT 9�/ 604 W. Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, TX 77571 / m www.d.la-porte.bws Phone: (281) 471-5020 / Fax (281) 842-1868 TE XA8 MEMORANDUM FOR RECORD JUKE 10, 2004 TO: Planning and Zoning Commission FROM: City Planner SUJECT: Texas Import/Export Project. For your reference, the aerial photo of the project (Industrial Park) area is at enclosure 1. As some of you know, the current Special Conditional Use Permit #02-002 for the referenced project will expire on June 20, 2004; after its final extension. Given that no actions could be taken in the time remaining to fulfill the requirements of that permit, Mr. Stuart Haynsworth submitted an application for a new permit.on May 28, 2004. While it was understood that Mr. Haynsworth would resubmit the same General Plan, he expressed issues and concerns with the current Developer's Agreement. The application was submitted with a list of issues from Mr.. Haynsworth (enclosure 2) which are summarized as follows: • Request for initial building' permit for 8 acres of Phase 1-A of the SCUP being- the 8 contiguous acres to the Union Pacific Rail Road for the purpose of constructing a rail yard. • Request that conveyances of land for streets not be required until respective subsequent building permits are granted in those respective areas. • . Request that any payment requested for a traffic study not be required since the County has undertaken the construction of an overpass at Fairmont Parkway and Powell Road [it should be noted that the overpass is actually designed to be over the UPRR], or in the alternative that .any payment for that purpose be made only if a building permit is granted for any area east of Powell Road, and an agreement with the City is reached concerning economic benefit and need for the study. []Vote: on the subsequent SCUP it was recognized that the payments to the City would not be for . the overpass but for other development impacts as them become identified] • Agreement on location of needed drainage detention reserves taking into account existing drainage projects and planned detention locations such as nearby owners' land in the flood plain.. Given the complexity of the issues, the lack of a certified development site plan and the lack of time available to coordinate the issues, a meeting with Mr. Haynsworth's group was held on June 10, 2004. In attendance were Mr. Haynsworth (Partner), Mr. Golden (Partner), Mr. ,HI A