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HomeMy WebLinkAbout06-20-1985 Public Hearing and Regular Meeting~~ ~ ~ • AGENDA PUBLIC HEARING AND REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO BE HELD JUNE 20, 1985, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY HALL, 604 WEST FAIRMONT PARKWAY, LA PORTE, TEXAS, BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO O:ZDER 2. PUBLIC HEARING CALLED TO ORDER ITENI 1 REQUEST OF MRS. GEORGIA FLEENER TO REZONE BLOCK 653, LOTS 1-32, FROM COMMERCIAL TO INDUSTRIAL A. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING REQUEST B. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING REQUEST ITEM 2 REQUEST OF MRS. MARGARET CONNER TO CONSIDER APPROVING A DUPLEX IN AN "R-2" RESIDENTIAL ZONE WITH THE PROPERTY LOCATED IN BLOCK 983, NORTH F.ALF OF LOT 25 AND ALL OF LOTS 26 AND 28. A. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF MRS. CONNER'S REQUEST B. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF MRS. CONNER'S REQUEST PUBLIC. HEARING CLOSED. 3. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON rIAY 16 , 1985 . 4. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON MAY 30, 1985. 5. POSSIBLE VOTE ON BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE AND RECREATION PLANS 6. PRESENT COMMUNITY FACILITIES AND SAFETY PLANS -BOB SPEAKE 7. ADJOURNMENT 7 . ,~ • • . - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZOidING COMMISSION JUNE 20, 1985 1. At 7:00 p.m. Chairman Andy Wilson called the meeting to order. Members of the Commission Present: Chairman Andy Wilson, Members Bobby Blackwel Bruce Hammack, Charlie Doug Boyle, Janet Graves Members of the Commission Absent: Members Karl Johnston, Lola Phillips City Staff Present: City Attorney John Armstrong, City Engineer Bob Speake, Chief Building Official David Paulissen, Director Parks & Recreation Stan Sherwood, Engineering Secretary Tina Anger, Executive Secretary Gwen Jackson Others Present: Ms. Adair Sullivan, Ms. Margaret Conner, Ms. Barbara Neal of the Bayshore Sun, Rita Jackson and several interested Citizens. • 2. Andy Wilson called the Public Hearing to order. Item 1 Request of Mrs. Georgia Fleener to rezone Block 653, lots 1-32, from commercial to industrial. Mrs. Fleener was not present to present her request. The Commission decided to pass on to the next public hearing and suggested Mrs. Fleener be placed on the next Agenda for Planning and Zoning if she wished to be. Item 2 Request of Mrs. Margaret Conner to consider approving a duplex in an "R-2" Residential zone with the property located in block 983, North half of lot 25 and all of lots 26 and 28. Mrs. Conner came before the Commission stating her name and address and the above request. Andy Wilson asked if there was a motion to rezone Mrs. Conner's property • . ~ • • Minutes, Regular Meeting . La Porte Planning & Zoning Commission June 20, 1985 - Page 2 of 3 Commissioner Boyle made a motion that Mrs. Conner's property be rezoned, 2nd by Commissioner'Hammack. The motion carried. Ayes: 4 Nayes: 0 The Public Hearing was closed at 7:08 3. Chairman Wilson moved to item 3 on the Agenda to Consider the Approval of the Minutes of the Regular Meeting Held on May 16, 1985, and item 4, to Consider the approval of the minutes of the Regular Meeting held on May 30, 1985. Commissioner Hammack made a motion to approve the minutes, Commissioner Boyle seconded. The motion carried Ayes: Boyle, Hammack, Graves, Blackwell, Wilson Nayes: 0 4. Item 4 approved with item 3 above. • 5. Chairman Wilson asked that a motion be entertained to vote on Beautification and Conservation and Open Space and Recreation Plans that were presented at the last Planning and Zoning meeting on May 30, 1985. Commissioner Blackwell made the motion that these plans be approved. Commissioner Hammack seconded. Motion passed with 4 ayes 0 nayes. Ayes: Boyle'; Hammack, Graves, Blackwell, and Wilson. Nayes: 0 6. Andy Wilson asked that Mr. Bob Speake present the Community Facilities and Safety Plans. Mr. Speake, City Engineer, gave a brief synopsis of the Community Facilities and Safety Plans as was discussed in the attached memo. To keep up with the City's needs, expansions are planned for the library, city hall, airport and police and public works departments. A brief discussion of the proposed expansion of the airport drew comments from Commissioner Charlie Boyle. He said the prime concern should be safety and he also stressed the • need for a lengthened runway, saying it should be 4,000 to 4,500 feet to accomodate larger aircraft and to allow for pilot's error. He also said that better lights and improved instrument percision capabilities for landing are needed. It was suggested that Mr. Boyle meet with Steve Gillett, assistant direstor of public works, next week • . ~ • • Minutes, Regular Meeting La Porte Planning & Zoning Commission June 20,1985 - Page 3 of 3 to discuss the airport expansion plan. Before the meeting adjourned, Mrs. Helen Mc Ferren wanted to address the Commission about sewer problems behind her house across Little Deer Creek. It was suggested that she talk with the City Engineer, Bob Speake about this. 7. Commissioner Hanunack made a motion that the meeting adjourn . The meeting adjourned at 7 : 48 P .T1. ~,~ • . • • FROM: Georgia A. Fleener P.O. Box 580468 .Houston, Texas 77258-0468 T0: City of La Porte RE: Zoning Re-evaluation This is to notify the City of La Porte that I wish to begin proceedings to re-evaluate my land located at 17th street, Harris County, Texas (legal description, Block 653, Lots 1-32, Town of La Porte. According to the appraisal done of April 27, 1983, by E.I. Tarin & Co., the highest and best use was reported as commercial and light industrial use. Recently, I was informed that over a year ago the City of La Porte had re- zoned the land in this area commercial only. Unfortunately my property is for sale or lease and will be more difficult to market as commercial only. Considering other properties in the area are still used as light industrial, I would appreciate an expeditious ruling on this matter so I may have the advantages to sell or lease this property to a potential buyer/leasee in the near future. Cordially, • • • CITY OF LA FORTE PHONE (7131 471-5020 • P.O. BOX 1115 • LA FORTE, TEXAS 77571 Cash ~ Che RECEIPT G14593 DATE ~~~-~S Money Order Cashier Check RECEIVED FROM ~K~~~~~ ' PAYMENT FOR AMOUNT $lD0 ~ ~ • DESCRIPTION L~ ~~ •• • T0: BOB SPEAKE FROM: D 'A LISSEN DATE: 4/24/85 SUBJECT: RE-ZONING LTS. CITY OF LA PORTE INTER-OFFICE MEMO 1-32, BLK. 653 LP • The City has received an application from Mrs. Georgia A. Fleener for the re-zoning of lts. 1-32, blk. 653 LP from their present "C" Commercial classification to ''I" Industrial. The purpose of the re-zoning is to make the property consistent with other properties in the immediate area and to make the property easier to sell or lease. ~~~ • The property in question is located on the West side of S. 16th ~between''''Spencer Hwy. and Barbours Cut Blvd. The site is fenced and the previous tenant used the site as a construction company yard and office. The above use was and is and acceptable use of the property with its present zoning classification. The request indicates that the City "re-zoned the property over a year ago." The property was not re-zoned but several uses were removed from the' parameters of Commercial and placed under Industrial. Mrs. Fleener was not aware of the change and has lost at least one group of tenants whose truck terminal use was not allowed on the "C" zoned property. ~ Lam- _._.._,._._~w.__..._. _. _. ~~ _. The site faces S. 16th Street on the front and S. 17th Street on the rear. Other Industrial uses exist within 1/2 mile of the site including BFI Inc. and Chemlime Corp. Both of these use are on the West side of 16th and include heavy trucking in their operations. Without a use proposed it is difficult to judge the overall impact on the area from such a re-zoning. Industrial zoning does fit the character of the area however. The re-zoning to Industrial would be consistent with the proposed new zoning ordinance and map. The proposed map shows the property to be "HI" or Heavy Industrial. The site is within one mile of the Southern Pacific Railyard and within one city block of rail service. • • PAGE 2 RE-ZONE BLK. 653 CONT. RECOMMENDATION The staff has reviewed this request with respect to the proposed master plan and find it to be substantially in conformance with it. The site is surrounded by both light and heavy industrial uses and fronts on a truck route. The re-zoning in and of itself will not have a negative effect on the area. Any Industrial use must have a special use permit from the P & Z Board of Adjustments so individual uses will still be reviewed based on their merits. Based on the above review, staff would recommend that blk. 653 lts. 1-32 be re-zoned from "C" Commercial to "I° Industrial. • • :: • '' • . ~ !~'" • `'-.. -' _ • . ~ ~~;~U`_ u~~ ~ :~ / <-/~- ~~ Cam, ii~-d?!/1 l~~ i L~ Z> x~~ LC~C/ c~ , ~~ J -7~ ~~ .. ~7'l~~/~c.. L ~~l ,1 ~~Cr~-L Z /5 ~ ~fu _, .. - /' ~.:. ~~ L, - ~ .. ~ i ~ • • ::~. 03/ 19/85 Margaret Conner 215 N. Holmes La Porte, Texas 77571 Re: Duplex Zoning Blk. 983 Dear Ms. Conner, The City has received your letter regarding the location of a duplex in an "R-2" residential zone. To place a duplex in a residential zone requires much the same procedure as a rezoning. You have met the minimum square footage of 850 square feet per dwelling unit. .Listed below are the steps needed to complete the duplex zoning process. The first step is the letter of request that you have already submitted. 1. Submit duplex request to the Planning and Zoning Commission. 2. The .City Secretary wi ll set a meeting for the Planning and Zoning Commission to con sider the request. 3. Planning and Zoning will hear the request and at this point will set a date for public fearing. At the time of the • public hearing by P & Z, they will request that City Council hold a public hearing.on the matter. 4. A pulic hearing will be held by the City Council on the duplex request. A writt en recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission will be presented to Council after their public hearing. 5. will either City Council approve or deny the duplex request. _ If approved, an ordin ance will be passed to allow a duplex and a certified copy of the ordinance will be sent to the property owner. This process is some what complicated and time consuming. If, however, you don't understand the process or if I or any of the City staff may be of further service please contact us. Respectfully, ~~ D. A. Paulissen Y cc: Bob Speake ~.' ~' • • I ImI T I I I I I I ~ i i i~~ S~W~OH 0 0 0 a ~~ N r ~I N M N N ~- r i`~ v_ 1 .. • • - ---_-. LOT i"TRo- '~ ~" {. Rood 2.9 - --~-~ ~ ~o I ~ I LOT ~ i z 8 FRAME I ' v ~~ GARAGE ~ ~- ~~ \~4~ 3 ~, h; I ~ }' ~ ~ LOT ~ ONG. • I c ~p ) ~ 2~ . ~AREA~~ • v Q! ~ ~ ~. ~ - A- - Z ~ Z, •~ ~. t_OT 41 c , ~~ I ~~ I h (. OT ,.~ ~ ,• 25 t'ta ~ ~ R II r~ i- I • .: 4/6/83 SCALE: 1" _LG FEET I. B. NELSON, REGISTERED PUBLIC SURVEYOR, N0. 1703, DO HEREBY ~::.I'IFY THAT THE PLAT SHOWN HEREON ACCURATELY DESCRIBES AN ON THE ~ !JND SURVEY MADE UNDER MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION ON THE NORTH iiALF OF LOT TWENTY-FIVE (25) AND ALL OF LOTS TWENTY-SIX (26), :TY-SEVEN (27), AND TWENTY-EIGHT (28), BLOCK NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY- -: :? E (983) OF THE TOWN OF LAPORTE, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLAT THEREOF :~ _ORDEa IN VOLUME 1 AT PAGE 27 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF HARRIS COUNTY, \.A S . _ .. __ ._~.a_...e__:._N._CROACHbiENTS_ARE SHOWN AS FOUND ON THE GROUN,D__AND ALL IMPROVE- '`' 'T ~ ARE SHOWN THEREON . ~. tiU.. 41610 :-,~HASER: F.OBERT S. RATLIFF s %~t. r. .i n IFF B. tiELSOIv ;G. PUBLIC SURVEYOR ' i ~~~3 ENST^~ 125' I ~~~TRoN ~? r. o p ~ ---~~/ s ~ - 4 _ 1~a • ' 14.x• . '^ t CSR. ~ ~ r: a ~~' ~PoR7. ~ . ~' 3 1' G. `~ O . °' . ~ ~ h~ ~` ~ w m~ ))~ ~ (Q o z ~~9 ;~ _ _.- - o < WE3~ ^~ SOv 7H j, GF l.V j Z 7 ~L ~ I STOGY ` 'a z FRAME ~3~. oo~~Kl: ,~ f RES. WALK ~ '~ N ~ 5 /.sl1b Tho ssvT' //Z .Cof26 ~~ ~ ~ iIRo-! -o 0 NORTH i o~ LOT z5 ~ LOTS ~ 26, 27 ~ 28 BLOCK 983 J. B.•NELS0~1 ,;• q 1703 0 : e G ` ~s~, c ~~:~~~' /C,SUA. it/o rc : s~B,rccr to f- ~s p ~/~/d 6 0~ T/S~a / o o y C~ F/i o d ~~OI.v , c -~-/ • „'~ .j ~~ j. ~ • • - ~~ ,`~ ~~ CITY OF ~A PORTE ~ - ~ , : =:e .'"~+* '~ PHOye (713) 471-5020 • P. O. Box 1115 • La PORT E, Texas 77571 ,1 .fib fi. ~ `~ ~i 1 i. `j 3 r r, i _: ~ ~w `e c rte.,,,.,, '~..-- ~~.... L.- ;. s „ - \.. ~ . +~ , ~ . ".-....5 a 'd,~ 3•'•.c""` °r _ . .. 2 - .1 _ ue .. ~ ... ,, - , ~ 4 ~~~~ T 1 SIT.. .,Ij(.yj6t~L.Ilikr..~M'~traArLld aJ l..at`~-.:.:.r... e..y .a ,... _r.~.n1~.. a.r..JtGiMIL'r1+a.i.:aa`-tit ..dt~re~l+....+ .ti.i'~ii4JM._L •,A Sefiw`S+rarl _ #..-+~~.Ar ~.ft!A.4.r iC•VDa.rLtY~e...-~ =- T0: Planning and Zoning Commission FROM: John Joerns Director of Community Development DATE: May 13, 1985 SUBJECT: Proposed City Utility Aiaster Plan ~-4 tL ~~v J.~~v At your May 16 meeting,~Staff will brief you on the proposed Utility Master Plan, which consists of three component parts: (1) Stormwater Drainage Plan, (2) Potable t•7ater System, and (3) Wastewater Collection and Treatment Plan. The following documents make up the Utility ttaster Plan: ,~TORhiWATER DRAINAGE 1. Volume 1: Section 1.4.1 (Pages 1-31 through 1-34) and Exhibit 10. 2. Volume 3: Sections 4.3.7 and 4.3.8 (Pages 4-21 through 4-23) and Exhibits 2g and 38. __ 3. Master Drainage Plan, by O'Malley__and_Clay_,.Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1982. POTABLE taIATER 4. 5. 6. Volume 1: Section 1.4.2 (Pages 1-34 through 1-39) and Exhibit 11. Volume 3: Section 4.3.13 (Pages 4-34 through 4-36) and Exhibits 24 through 28 and 37. Feasibility Study for Long-Range Potable ~•7ater Supply, by Turner Collie and Braden, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1983. ,~ -- l • Page Two • May 13, 1985 RE: Proposed City Utility Master Plan ~r!ASTE~~IATER 7. Volume 1: Section 1.4.3 (Pages 1-39 through 1-42) and Exhibit 12. 8. Volume 3: Section 4.3.13 (Pages 4-34 through 4-36) and Exhibit 36. 9. Comprehensive 47astewater Collection and Treatment Plan, by Turner Collie and Braden, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1983. A synopsis of each plan follows: STQRM4IATES DRAINAGE Stormwater which falls~in the City drains eastward into Galveston Bay or southward into the Armand Bayou and Taylor Lake watersheds through a series of open channels managed by Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD). The Master Stormwater Drainage Plan provides the vehicle by which the City can coordinate improvements • to those channels with HCFCD and administer a City-wide Stormwater management program. In drafting the plan, the consultants identified the following storm drainage problem aces in the City and proposed the following solutions: ,. ~$QBLEM SOLUTION A. Shallow flooding in 1. New channel to divert --.__.......____.--Lomax _ _-_w~ste'rrr..-half of Lomax watershed to Big Island Slough. (City) 2. Concrete line Big. Island Slough in Fairmont Park. (City). 3. Improve channel crossing at SPRR yard on North "L". (SPRR) 4. Improve drainage structures beneath Strang Yard and SH • 146. (SPRR) Ti' ~, ~ . • • Page Three htay 13, 1985 • RE: Proposed City Utility Master Plan B. 100-year flooding of Little 1. Upstrea m improvements to Cedar Bayou. Little Cedar Bayou. (City) C. 100-year flooding in College 1. Divert (half of) stormwater View/Spenwick. to new HCFCD Channel B109. (HCFCD) D. Poor drainage in South. 1. Realign channel A104-07 La Porte. 2. Channel improvements to "" A104-12 and A104-12-01 3. Improve drainage structure beneath SH 146. Problems A, B, C are proposed for improvements during the first five years of the recommended Capital Improvements Program. The agency expected to fund the project is shown in parentheses. POTABLE 4]ATER The annexations of Fairmont Park, Lomax, Spenwick, and College View, in the past fifteen years, brought into the City large land areas having separate water systems. 7+he master Plan formalizes an ongoing program directed at a single;~inter-connected city-wide storage and distribution network. It also provides for future main extensions to serv e anticipated:.future developrr,ent, for additional pumping and elevated storage capacity to accommodate --expected growth, and for fire lines ~ se~rving-~Spenwick. The La Porte Area Water Authority (LPAWA) is preparing for the day when the Harris-Gelveston Coastal Subsidence District will no longer allow ground water to be withdrawn in sufficient quantities to support our needs. The target year for conversion to surface water is 1990. The study (reference 6) commissioned by the authority has explored several possibilities: In fact, the LPAF7A has instructed their consultants to investigate still another potential source of treated water under their current Engineering Services Agreement, thereby continuing its search for the most economical means of converting to surface water by 1990. • L~ - f . • Page Four • hiay 13, 1985 RE: Proposed City Utility Master Plan FIASTEt~1ATER The problem of integrating annexed areas having different infrastructures into the City also extends to sanitary sewage. The Master Wastewater Collection and Treatment Plan addresses that issue in great detail. htuch of the City's existing collection system suffers from ground water infiltration into leaking joints, cracked lines, and poorly sealed manholes. Public 1r7orks has had an active program to cure this problem. Relief sewers are also proposed in the plan, mainly in the old town site area. The City has many small lift stations, (especially in Lornax) and the plan calls for the abandonment of 12 and the replacement of 2 of the City's 34 stations. One new lift station is to be constructed. A centralized monitor and control system is proposed for the pump station network. The Fairmont Park area suffers from a trunk sewer main which is seriously overloaded during peak wet weather flows. The plan • addresses this problem, as well as the discontinuity between the annexed areas with a large trunk secaer which will eventually parallel Big Island Slough and Fairmont Parkway from northwest Lomax to the City Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). This new trunk sewer will permit the City to abandon the small College View STP, which no longer meets state standards, and divert those flows to the City STP. The plan also provides ~o.r a reasonable network to serve future development of now vacant lands linked to the new Fairmont Parkway Trunk Sewer. The City STP is now running at near capacity and sometimes exceeds -~-------~-tRa-~e ~ -D i s c h a r g e P e r m i t L i m i t s d u r -i-n g -~t~ -r~reMa~~re-n : -- T h e p l a n c all s for an immediate expansion from 2.8 million gallons per day (MGD) to X4.2 MGD, which will serve the City's needs through 199U. Future expansions will raise the plant's capacity to 7.0 MGD and to 10 MGD when the City is mature. JJ/tla • ~~-~l • • CITY OF LA PORTE MEMORANDUM • T0: Planning oning Comrnission FROM: John Joe , Director of Community Development Stan Sherw o , Director of Parks & Recreation DATE: May 22, 1985 SUBJECT: Proposed Open Space and Pedestrian System and Beautification and Conservation Plans At your May 30, 1985 meeting, staff will present for your consideration the above referenced components of the Comprehensive Plan. The two components may be found in the following references: • OPEN SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM 1. Volume 1: Section 1.5 (Pages 1-43 thru 1-4g) and Exhibit 13. 2. Volume 3: Section 4.3.12 (Pages 4-29 thru 4-34), Exhibit 34, and Appendix 4 (Pages 4-1 thru 4-6) BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION 1. Volume 1: Section 1.8 (Pages 1-62 thru 1-68) and Exhibit 15. 2. Volume 3: Sections 4.3.9 thru 4.3.11 (Pages 4-23 thru 4-24), and Exhibit 32. • • • Page Two • Planning & Zoning Commission Following is a synopsis of each plan: OPEN SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM Table 1 outlines the parkland and recreational facilities serving our citizenry in the Comprehensive Plan. The City will grow from 48 developed acres of parks now to 240 acres at maturity. Note that this will be less than half the national standard, but that the total does not include future mini-parks and compensating open space dedicated by residential developers via the Development Ordinance. The plan provides for adequate recreational facilities in all areas, except golf. The plan features a city-wide P,egional Park (on Little Cedar Bayou), a fdorthwest La Porte Community Park in Lomax, a Central La Porte Cornrnunity Park (north of Fairmont Parkway at the pipeline corridor), and ten neighborhood parks. The City park system will be linked together via an improved trail system (mostly .within existing right of way corridors) for walkers, joggers, and bicyclers. • City management of Sylvan Beach remains a possibility. If the County were to agree to this, eventual development of Sylvan Beach into a beach and water sports center would provide our citizenry with a special recreational opportunity. The consultants identified recreation as the most underdeveloped commercial market in the City and the one having the greatest future potential. Sylvan Beach could serve as a magnet for such a market. The consultants strongly urged the City to promote the revitalization of Sylvan Beach by developing a master waterfront plan and constructing a 500-slip municipal marina complex, as recommended in the Capital Improvements Plan. • • ' TABLE 1 OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES UNIT STANDARD ARKS 1-7 Ac. Mini Parks 2,500 7-25 Ac. Neighborhood Parks 5,000 25-50 Ac. Community Parks 15,000 50-250 Ac. Regional Parks 50,000 TOTAL PARKLAND Acres 200 • Football/Soccer Fields 10,000 Baseball/Softball Fields 2,500 Tennis Courts 2,000 _.Handball/.Racquetball Courts 20,000 Basketball Courts 5,000 Swimming Pools 20,000 9-Hole Golf Courses 25,000 18-Hole Golf Courses 50,000 • POPULATION PER UNIT+ City of La Porte 1985 1990 201 (25,000) (33,000) (102,00 2,777 Not (9) 25,000 3,300 (1) (10) NA 33,000 (0) (1) NA 33,000 (0) (1) 521 273 (48) (121) 12,500 - 8,250 (2) (R) 2,778 2,539 (9) (13) 1,563 1,737 (16) (19) 20,.00.0 ... -33,000 (1) (1) 2,500 2,539 (10) (13) 5,000 6,600 (5) (5) NA NA (0) (0) NA NA (0) (0) + Total units in parentheses ~ National Recreation and Park Association guidelines • • Page Four Planning & Zoning Commission • BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION This important plan seeks to establish a unifying visual identity for La Porte, one that lets anyone traveling into or within the City know they are in La Porte. Entrances to the City by road or by water will be marked with lighted, custom-designed signs treated with irrigated landscaping. Thoroughfare medians and intersections will be marked with attractive, standardized signage and planted with trees and grass and/or irrigated landscaping treatment. Activity areas in and around public facilities and City parks will be intensely landscaped and perhaps display creative works such as architectural structures and sculpture. Conservation projects are planned for the north bank of Little Cedar Bayou and for Little Deer Creek, to preserve these rare natural settings for future generations to enjoy. If implemented, the Beautification and Conservation Plan will . provide concrete evidence of our citizenry's expressed desire for the city to mature as an attractive urban community. It should encourage developers and private citizens to do their part to enhance this image. U ~=~~ ~ ~ ~. ~~ ` ~` ~~ CITY OF LA FORTE PHONE ( 713 ) 471 •5020 • P. O. Box 1 1 15 • LA PORT E, TEXAS 77571 ~r,a ~ 3.-e?~~~.H,f7 CITY OF LA FORTE INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM T0: Planning & Zoning Commission FROM: John Jde~~ Director of Community Development ~... , DATE: June 17,1985 SUBJECT: Proposed Community Facility and Safety Plans • At your-June 20, 1985 meeting, Staff will present for your consideration the above referenced components of the Comprehensive Plan. The two components may be found in the following references: 1. Community Facilities: A. Volume 1: Section 1.6 (Pages 1-50 through 1-57) and E x h i b i t 14 . __ _. ~.__.~_ a..___.~a.M_...~ , ..~... ,._. . B. Volume 3: Appendix 5 (Pages 5-1 through 5-7). C. Airport Master Plan for La Porte Municipal Airport, Coffman Associates, 1985. 2. Safety: Volume 1, Section 1.9 (Pages 1-68 through 1-7~I) and Exhibit 16. • Page Two • June 17, 'i 985 Community Facilities & Safety Plans • Following is a synopsis of each plan: COMMUNITY FACILITIES Reference 1B contains guidelines for all public facilities likely to be needed to serve our citizenry in the future, whether privately or publicly owned. Table 12 of Reference 1A narrows the focus down to public facilities. Table 2, following, summarizes those facilities included within the proposed City Capital Improvement Program. La Porte Independent School District anticipates constructing a second high school, a vocational school, a new junior high school, and two more elementary schools within the district during the next 35 years. The market study revealed that the City could be a viable location for a 60-100 bed hospital owned by a health management organization. Such a hospital would initially need to draw -from adjacent cities for its required 60,000 service area population. • Reference 1C is a detailed twenty year master plan for La Porte Municipal Airport (LPMA), which is classified as a General Utility Stage 1 General Aviation Airport by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Major features of the Airport Master Plan are: LPMA now houses about 200 mostly single-engine aircraft, which figure is expected to grow about 3% per year to 370 by the year 2005. Annual operations (take-offs and landings) are expected to increase about 5% a year, from about 80,000 to 222,000 by 2005. These important forecasts assumes Hobby ..~...~..i.~.po,~.x~_.Ellington AFB, and -Baytown--~.-irpartw-w-i-l-l-µ-compete with LPMA in the General Aviation Market. The existing runways have adequate width and strength for General Utility Stage 1 use. The NW-SE runway should be lengthened 200' at the NW end. Most future development should be concentrated in the area south of the runway intersection. Scheduled for phased construction in that area are a large apron for aircraft open storage, a terminal building, and two hangers for private lease. The second area for future development is west of the runway intersection, where 18 T-hangers and 3 corporate hangers will • eventually be constructed. • ~ • Page Three '' June 17, 1985 Proposed Community Facility & Safety Plans • Runway markings and lighting and other navigational aids will be upgraded to accommodate non-precision instrument approaches. The airport consultants recommend that the City purchase small parcels of land at the NW, NE and SE corners of the airport property. These parcels lie within the runway Clear Zones in which no obstructions to aircraft guide paths should be permitted. Finally, the consultants provided specific guidelines to that height hazard and land use zoning regulations for the airport and its surrounds may be included in the City's proposed new zoning ordinance. SAFETY PLAN The aspect of this plan dealing with emergency evacuation of the City was presented to the Cornmission by the Staff on April -18. This memorandum addresses the part of the Safety Plan dealing with emergency shelters. • Table ----2, -following, -speaks to the need to expand City facilities to maintain an acceptable level of municipal services as the City grows. These services include response to emergency situations. Exhibit 16 of Reference 2 designates public emergency shelters which are the existing and proposed schools, hospitals, community centers, and government buildings shown on Exhibit 14 of Reference 1A. The. safety aspects of the master planning effort revealed a need rp,.r a _C; t,y,..,Ecr~e-r_gen.c.y. _operation.s..._..P,],.ars._.:-i..a}~.-...a~l-so--..r.-afl~e~ts-.-,:..City participation in a regional evacuation plan. The consultants recommend that the City promote such a regional plan, as well as improvements to the SH 146/225 evacuation routes by the State Highway Department. r • • CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FIVE-YEAR LONG-RANGE LAND BLDG. AREA LAND BLDG. AREA FACILITY (ACRES) (10O0SF) (ACRE S) (1000SF) NEW FACILITIES Community Center 0 0 15 15 Cultural Center 0 0 5 20 Social Services Center 0 0 $ 20 Government Center 0 0 $ 20 Court House 0 0 4 10 Fire Stations 0 5 8 15 Fire Training Center 5 10 0 0 TABLE 2 COMMUNITY FACILITIES EXPANSIONS City Hall p 0 3 6 Police Department 0 0 3 12 Public Works Department 0 0 8 12 Public Librar .~ _ ....~.. ,...Y_v__ _ _... ~ _ _._ _._0 _ _..._ . . _.____..___Q._~,__.. _s....,......._. u..-..._ _._._......1.5 .~ _ _ ._, . Airport 23 0 0 250 TOTALS 28 15 66 395 n U • MEMORANDUM May 21, 1985 • T0: PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS FROM: ANDY WILSON SUBJECT: APPOINTMENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION At their meeting of May 20, 1985, the La Porte City Council appointed me as Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. I am very proud to serve in this capacity, and I look forward to moving ahead toward the goals and important decisions that face the Planning and Zoning Commission in the near future. Together we can continue the positive work schedule developed under the leadership of Doug Latimer. I look forward to working with each of you. ~i ~~'l"~ ~,C~~:-4-~% • Andy Wilson, Chairman Planning and Zoning Commission A41/cb • • • AGENDA • REGULAR MEETING. OF THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO BE HELD. ON I~~AY 30, 1985, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY HALL, 604 WEST FAIRMONT PARKWAY, LA PORTE, TEXAS, BEGINNING AT 7:00 P.M. 1. CALL TO ORDER 2. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MASTER UTILITY PLAN - B. SPEAKE • 3. REVIEW OF BEAUTIFICATION & CONSERVATION AND OPEN SPACE & RECREATION - S. Sherwood and B. Speake 4. ADJOURNr1ENT • STATE OF TEXAS • COUNTY OF HARRIS • CITY OF LA PORTE MEETING NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION WILL MEET IN A REGULAR MEETING, AT 7:00 P.M. ON THE 30TH DAY OF MAY, 1985, IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF THE CITY HALL, 604 WEST FAIRMONT PARKWAY, LA PORTE, TEXAS. I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT I POSTED THIS NOTICE ON THE BULLETIN BOARD LOCATED AT A PLACE CONVENIENT TO THE PUBLIC IN THE CITY HALL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE AT 5:00 P.M. ON THE 24TH DAY OF MAY, 1985, AND THAT SUCH NOTICE WAS POSTED FOR AT LEAST THE THREE DAYS PRECEDING THE DAY OF THE MEETING, THAT SUCH NOTICE WAS POSTED BEFORE THE MEETING WAS • CONVENED OR CALLED TO ORDER, AND THAT SAID MEETING WAS CALLED BECAUSE OF AN EMERGENCY OF URGENT PUBLIC NECESSITY. WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF LA PORTE, TEXAS, THIS THE 24TH DAY OF MAY, 1985. ~•, ~, \ ,,. -, ~ ~ ' ' ~' 1~, CITY OF LA PORTE ~~ CHERIE BLACK CITY SECRETARY U • CITY OF LA PORTE MEMORANDUM CJ T0: Planning oning Commission FROM: John Joe , Director of Community Development Stan Sherw o , Director of Parks & Recreation DATE: May 22, 1985 SUBJECT: Proposed Open Space and Pedestrian System and Beautification and Conservation Plans At your May 30, 1985 meeting, staff will present for your consideration the above referenced components of the Comprehensive Plan. The two components may be found in the following references: OPEN SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM 1. Volume 1: Section 1.5 (Pages 1-43 thru 1-4g) and Exhibit 13. 2. Volume 3: Section 4.3.12 (Pages 4-29 thru 4-34), Exhibit 34, and Appendix 4 (Pages 4-1 thru 4-6) BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION 1. Volume 1: Section 1.8 (Pages 1-62 thru 1-68) and Exhibit 15. 2. Volume 3: Sections 4.3.9 thru 4.3.11 (Pages 4-23 thru 4-24), and Exhibit 32. • -"~ i r Page Two • Planning & Zoning Commission Following is a synopsis of each plan: OPEN SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM Table 1 outlines the parkland and recreational facilities serving our citizenry in the Comprehensive Plan. The City will grow from 48 developed acres of parks now to 240 acres at maturity. Note that this will be less than half the national standard, but that the total does not include future mini-parks and compensating open space dedicated by residential developers via the Development Ordinance. The plan provides for adequate recreational facilities in all areas, except golf. The plan features a city-wide Regional Park (on Little Cedar Bayou), a Northwest La Porte Community Park in Lomax, a Central La Forte Community Park (north of Fairmont-Parkway at the pipeline corridor), and ten neighborhood parks. The City park system will be linked together via an improved trail system (mostly within existing right of way corridors) for walkers, joggers, and bicyclers. • City management of Sylvan Beach remains a possibility. If the County were to agree to this, eventual development of Sylvan Beach into a beach and water sports center would provide our citizenry with a special recreational opportunity. The consultants identified recreation as the most underdeveloped commercial market in the City and the one having the greatest future potential. Sylvan Beach could serve as a magnet for such a market. The consultants strongly urged the City to promote the revitalization of Sylvan Beach by developing a master waterfront plan and constructing a 500-slip municipal marina complex, as recommended in the Capital Improvements Plan. • .-"~ i • TABLE 1 OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES POPULATION PER UNIT+ * City of La Porte UNIT STANDARD 1985 1990 2018 (25,000) (33,000) (102,000) PARKS 1-7 Ac. Mini Parks 2,500 2,777 Not Specified (9) 7-25 Ac. Neighborhood Parks 5,000 25,000 3,300 10,200 (1) (10) (10) 25-50 Ac. Community Parks 15,000 NA 33,000 51,000 (0) (1) (2) 50-250 Ac. Regional Parks 50,000 NA 33,000 102,000 TOTAL PARKLAND Acres 200 521 273 425 (48) (121) (240) • Football/Soccer Fields 10,000 12,500 8,250 9,272 (2) (4) (11) Baseball/Softball Fields 2,500 2,778 2,539 2,488 (9) (13) (41) Tennis Courts 2,000 1,563 1,737 2,372 (16) (19) (43) Handball/Racquetball Courts 20,000 20,000 33,000 17,000 Basketball Courts 5,000 2,500 2,539 3,778 (10) (13) (27) Swimming Pools 20,000 5,000 6,600 11,333 (5) (5) (9) 9-Hole Golf Courses 25,000 NA NA NA 18-Hole Golf Courses 50,000 NA NA NA (0) f0) (0) • + Total units in parentheses '~ National Recreation and Park Association guidelines • Page Four Planning & Zoning Commission • • BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION This important plan seeks to establish a unifying visual identity for La Porte, one that lets anyone traveling into or within the City know they are in La Porte. Entrances to the City by road or by water will be marked with lighted, custom-designed signs treated with irrigated landscaping. Thoroughfare medians and intersections will be marked with attractive, standardized signage and planted with trees and grass and/or irrigated landscaping treatment. Activity areas in and around public facilities and City parks will be intensely landscaped and perhaps display creative works such as architectural structures and sculpture. Conservation projects are planned for the north bank of Little Cedar Bayou and for Little Deer Creek, to preserve these rare natural settings for future generations to enjoy. If implemented, the Beautification and Conservation Plan will . provide concrete evidence of our citizenry's expressed desire for the city to mature as an attractive urban community. It should encourage developers and private citizens to do their part to enhance this image. '" ~ ~ ~~S ~~ ~ • CITY OF LA PORTE MEMORANDUM T0: Planning oning Comrnission FROM: John Joe , Director of Community Development Stan Sherw odd, Director of Parks & Recreation DATE: May 22, 1985 SUBJECT: Proposed Open Space and Pedestrian System and Beautification and Conservation Plans At your May 30, 1985 meeting, staff will present for your consideration the above referenced components of the Comprehensive Plan. The two components may be found in the following references: • OPEN SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM 1. Volume ~1: Section 1.5 (Pages 1-43 thru 1-49) and Exhibit 13. 2. Volume 3: Section 4.3.12 (Pages 4-29 thru 4-34), Exhibit 34, and Appendix 4 (Pages 4-1 thru 4-6) BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION 1. Volume 1: Section 1.8 (Pages 1-62 thru 1-68) and Exhibit 15. 2. Volume 3: Sections 4.3.9 thru 4.3.11 (Pages 4-23 thru 4-24), and Exhibit 32. G ~ Page Two • Planning & Zoning Commission Following is a synopsis of each plan: OPEN SPACE AND PEDESTRIAN SYSTEM Table 1 outlines the parkland and recreational facilities serving our citizenry in the Comprehensive Plan. The City will grow from 48 developed acres of parks now to 240 acres at maturity. Note that this will be less than half the national standard, but that the total does not include future mini-parks and compensating open space dedicated by residential developers via the Development Ordinance. The plan provides for adequate recreational facilities in all areas, except golf. The plan features a city-wide P,egional Park (on Little Cedar Bayou), a northwest La Porte Community Park in Lomax, a Central La Porte Community Park (north of Fairmont Parkway at the pipeline corridor), and ten neighborhood parks. The City park system will be linked together via an improved trail system (mostly within existing right of way corridors) for walkers, joggers, and bicyclers. • City management of Sylvan Beach remains a possibility. If the County were to agree to this, eventual development of Sylvan Beach into a beach and water sports center would provide our citizenry with a ,.special recreational opportunity. The consultants identified recreation as the most underdeveloped commercial market in the City and the one having the greatest future potential. Sylvan Beach could serve as a magnet for such a market. The consultants strongly urged the City to promote the revitalization of Sylvan Beach by developing a master waterfront plan and constructing a 500-slip municipal marina complex, as recommended in the Capital Improvements Plan. r~ U TABLE 1 • O PEN SPACE AND RECREAT IONAL FACILITIES POPULATION PER UNIT+ * City of La Porte UNIT STANDARD 1985 1990 20' (25,000) (33,000) (102,0( RKS 1-7 Ac. Mini Parks 2,500 2,777 Not Specif: (9) 7-25 Ac. Neighborhood Parks 5,000 25,000 3,300 10,2( (1) (10) (10: 25-50 Ac. Community Parks 15,000 NA 33,000 51,0( 50-250 Ac. Regional Parks 50,000 NA 33,000 102,0( TOTAL PARKLAND Acres 200 521 273 4~ (48) (121) (2! • Football/Soccer Fields 10,000 12,500 8,250 9,2; Baseball/Softball Fields 2,500 2,778 2,539 2,4f (9) (13) (4' Tennis Courts 2,000 1,563 1,737 2r3"i (16) (19) (4 Handball/Racquetball Courts 20,000 20,000 33,000 17,OC (1) (1) (6 Basketball Courts 5,000 2,500 2,539 3,7i (10) (13) (~7 Swimming Pools 20,000 5,000 6,600 11,3= (5) (5) (9) 9-Hole Golf Courses 25,000 NA NA NA 18-Hole Golf Courses 50,000 NA NA NA • + Total units in parentheses * National Recreation and Park Association guidelines Page Four Planning & Zoning Commission • BEAUTIFICATION AND CONSERVATION This important plan seeks to establish a unifying visual identity for La Porte, one that lets anyone traveling into or within the City know they are in La Porte. Entrances to the City by road or by water will be marked with lighted, custom-designed signs treated with irrigated landscaping. Thoroughfare medians and intersections will be marked with attractive, standardized signage and planted with trees and grass and/or irrigated landscaping treatment. Activity areas in and around public facilities and City parks will be intensely landscaped and perhaps display creative works such as architectural structures and sculpture. Conservation projects are planned for the north bank-of Little Cedar Bayou and for Little Deer Creek, to preserve these rare natural settings for future generations to enjoy. If implemented, the Beautification and Conservation Plan will • provide concrete evidence of our citizenry~s expressed desire for the city to mature as an attractive urban community. It should encourage developers and private citizens to do their part to enhance this image. C ~. .~)/ w.}, ~ .(Jrlhil~ V4 .?f ~^Y r1iJ r~ ; ` ~~~~~ '~`~ ~ CITY OF L FORTE ~ ~ ~ i PHONE 1713) 471.5020 ~ ~ ~ • P. O. Box 1115 • LA FORTE. TEXAS 77571 ~'. ,, z ~ i ~ • ~, a ,, ~ ] 1,, ~ ~ ,a +' ~ s { ~4 1 ~ 1s~dt~l .li.1'3~i1~.ioiafC.r.I}af~.wYa.~l.~ ...~..«.rnlJ1i:Yi1.r~761.{ ~ ~ ~P, .n'~~iK ~ ~i ~ L :lS.+iNOY6~. as. M1/~f ~ ~ __ ~~?r _ . ~a1 J ..rtY4 V6iR:~n.A~Y+10 v - v. J 5~• CITY OF LA PORTS INTER-OFFICE MEMORANDUM T0: Planning & Zoning Commission FROM: John J ~ ;, , Director of Community Development DATE: June 17,E 1985 SUBJECT: Proposed Community Facility and Safety Plans • At your June 20 1 85 meeti 9 ng, Staff will present for your consideration the above referenced components of t•he Comprehensive Plan. The two components may be found in the following references: 1. Community Facilities: A. Volume 1: Section 1.6 (Pages 1-50 through 1-57) and Exhibit 14. B. Volume 3: Appendix 5 (Pages 5-1 through 5-7). C. Airport Master Plan for La Porte Municipal Airport, Coffman Associates, 1985. 2. Safety: Volume 1, Section 1.9 (Pages 1-68 through 1-7~+) and Exhibit 16. • • Page Two June 17, 'i985 Community Facilities & Safety Plans Following is a synopsis of each plan: COh1MUfJITY FACILITIES Reference 1B contains guidelines for all public facilities likely to be needed to serve our citizenry in the future, whether privately or publicly owned. Table 12 of Reference 1A narrows the focus down to public facilities. Table 2, following, summarizes those facilities included within the proposed City Capital Improvement Program. La Porte Independent School District anticipates constructing a second high school, a vocational school, a new junior high school, and two more elementary schools within the district during the next 35 years. The market study revealed that the City could be a viable location for a 60-100 bed hospital owned by a health management organization. Such a hospital would initially need to draw from adjacent cities for its required 60,000 service area population. • Reference 1C is a detailed twenty year master plan for La Porte Municipal Airport (LPMA), which is classified as a General Utility Stage 1 General Aviation Airport by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Major features of the Airport Master Plan are: LPMA now houses about 200 mostly single-engine aircraft, which figure is expected to grow about 3~ per year to 370 by the year 2005. Annual operations (take-offs and landings) are expected to increase about 5% a year, from about 80,000 to 222,000 by 2005. These important forecasts assumes Hobby Airport, Ellington AFB, and Baytown Airport will compete with LPMA in the General Aviation Market. The existing runways have adequate width and strength for General Utility Stage 1 use. The fdW-SE runway should be lengthened 200' at the NW end. Most future development should be concentrated in the area south of the runway intersection. Scheduled for phased construction in that area are a large apron for aircraft open storage, a terminal building, and two hangers for private lease. The second area for future development is west of the runway • intersection, where 18 T-hangers and 3 corporate hangers will eventually be constructed. Page Three '' June 17, 1-985 • Proposed Community Facility & Safety Plans Runway markings and lighting and other navigational aids will be upgraded to accommodate non-precision instrument approaches. The airport consultants recommend that the City purchase small parcels of land at the NW, NE and SE corners of the airport property. These parcels lie within the runway Clear Zones in which no obstructions to aircraft guide paths should be permitted. Finally, the consultants provided specific guidelines to that height hazard and land use zoning regulations for the airport and its surrounds may be included in the City's proposed new zoning ordinance. SAFETY PLAN The aspect of this plan dealing with emergency evacuation of the City was presented to the Cornmission by-the Staff on April 18. This memorandum addresses the part of the Safety Plan dealing with emergency shelters. • Table 2, following, speaks to the need to expand City facilities to maintain an acceptable level of municipal services as the City grows. These services include response to emergency situations. Exhibit 16' of Reference 2 designates public emergency shelters which are the existing and proposed schools, hospitals, community centers, and government buildings shown on Exhibit 14 of Reference 1A. The. safety aspects of the master planning effort revealed a need for a City Emergency Operations Plan which also reflects City participation in a regional evacuation plan. The consultants recommend that the City promote such a regional plan, as well as improvements to the SH 146/225 evacuation routes by the State Highway Department. • ~ ~ r • TABLE 2 COMMUNITY FACILITIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAM FIVE-YEAR LONG-RANGE FACILITY LAND (ACRES) BLDG. AREA (1000SF) LAND (ACRE BLDG. AREA S) (1000SF) NEW FACILITIES Community Center 0 0 15 15 Cultural Center 0 0 5 20 Social Services Center 0 0 8 20 Government Center 0 0 8 20 Court House 0 0 4 10 Fire Stations 0 5 8 15 • Fire Training Center 5 10 0 0 EX PANSIONS City Hall 0 0 3 6 Police Department 0 0 3 12 Public Works Department 0 0 8 12 Public Library 0 0 4 15 Airport 23 0 0 250 TOTALS 28 15 66 395 • • .~ a .~ _ . _ ; ., ~~ CITY OF ~.A PORTE _~i~ '4, ' '+ \'':'!+* :> ~ PHO+~E 1713 ) 471-5020 • P. O. BOX 1115 • LA PORT E. TEXAS 77571 ~ ~ a ~ ? " - ^, r "' tr ;ad - . vli Ta ~ ~ ,~ Y j. t ! t ~ ~ ~ ~ ~"'- ti ~ ' f ~ d L ti..., ~++.. t..- . ti- ~ eVwy ~~~ 'Y i 10-. i -e 4~ ~ ~. y ~.J+ :~~3i.-- ~'_s,~.-'«cs~i.,.~..:.~:+.:...... ...,.~.-. ...r,.:.a~.~.~.~i...r,••~-:......y,a~:.t~....:r..~a - ~.-...:...a..rir..,.a..~a..i.fi...~...a.~+':.w.;.:r_..i"-ae.+.e.~.^2..ri.~..-.iix'.~.3« ~=.e/ T0: Planning and Zoning Commission FROM: John Joe rns Director of Community Development DATE: May 13, 1985 SUBJECT: Proposed City Utility piaster Plan ~ti ~~v J~~w At your May 16 meeting,~Staff will brief you on the proposed Utility Master Plan, which consists of three component parts: (1) Stormwater Drainage Plan, (2) Potable L•later System, and (3) Wastewater Collection and Treatment Plan. • The following documents make up the Utility ttaster Plan: S~OR1•i~•IATER DRyI~1AGE ~1. Volume 1: Section 1.4.1 (Pages 1-31 through 1-34) and Exhibit 10. 2. Volume 3: Sections 4.3.7 and 4.3.8 (Pages 4-21 through 4-23) and Exhibits 29 and_38. _ , 3. Master Drainage Plan, by O't~ialley and Clay, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1982. POTABLE t•IATER 4. Volume 1: Section 1.4.2 (Pages 1-34 through 1-39) and Exhibit 11. 5. Volume 3: Section 4.3.13 (Pages 4-34 through 4-36) and Exhibits 24 through 28 and 37. 6. Feasibility Study for Long-Range Potable ~•later Supply, by Turner Collie and Braden, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1983. • ,~ - ~ _. Page Two • May 13, 1985 RE: Proposed City Utility Master Plan 41ASTE[•JATER • • 7. Volume 1: Section 1.4.3 (Pages 1-39 through 1-42) and Exhibit 12. 8. Volume 3: Section 4.3.13 (Pages 4-34 through 4-36) and Exhibit 36. 9. Comprehensive Wastewater Collection and Treatment Plan, by Turner Collie and Braden, Inc., Consulting Engineers, 1983. A synopsis of each plan follows: STOR1.1i~JATER DRATTJAGE Stormwater which falls~in the City drains eastward into Galveston Bay or southward into the Armand Bayou and Taylor Lake watersheds through a series of open channels managed by Harris County Flood Control District (HCFCD). The hfaster Stormwater Drainage Plan provides the vehicle by which the City can coordinate improvements to those channels with HCFCD and administer a City-wide stormwater management program. In drafting the plan, the consultants identified the following ;storm drainage problem aces in the City and proposed the following solutions: PBQ~ M A. Shallow flooding in . Lomax ,. SOLUTIOld 1. New channel to divert western half of Lomax watershed to Big Island Slough. (City) 2. Concrete line Big Island Slough in Fairmont Park. (City). 3. Improve channel crossing at SPRR yard on North "L". (SPRR) 4. Improve drainage structures beneath Strang Yard and SH 146. (SPRR) ~' •. Page Three • Ptay 13, 1985 RE: Proposed City Utility Master Plan B. 100-year flooding of Little . Cedar Bayou. C. 100-year flooding in College View/Spenwick. D. Poor drainage in South. . La Porte. 1. Upstream improvements to Little Cedar Bayou. (City) 1. Divert (half of) stormwater to new HCFCD Channel B109. (HCFCD) 1. Realign channel A104-07 2. Channel improvements to A104-12 and A104-12-01 3. Improve drainage structure beneath SH 146. Problems A, B, C are proposed for improvements during the first five years of the recommended Capital Improvements Program. The agency expected to fund the project is shown in parentheses. • POTABLE tdATER ;The annexations of Fairmont Park, Lomax, Spenwick, and College View, in the past fifteen years, brought into the City large land areas having separate water systems. 'the Piaster Plan formalizes an ongoing program directed at a single;~inter-connected city-wide storage and distribution network. It also provides for future main extensions to serve anticipated;.future development, for additional pumping and elevated storage capacity to accommodate expected growth, and for fire lines serving Spenwick. The La Porte Area Water Authority (LPAWA) is preparing for the day when the Harris-Gelveston Coastal Subsidence District will no longer allow ground water to be withdrawn in sufficient quantities to support our needs. The target year for conversion to surface Grater is 1990. The study (reference 6) commissioned by the authority has explored several possibilities: In fact, the LPA4lA has instructed their consultants to investigate still another potential source of treated water under their current Engineering Services Agreement, thereby continuing its search for the most economical means of converting to surface water by 1990. • ~~ l V a~:~,.. Page Four • htay 13, 1985 RE: Proposed City Utility Master Plan 4IASTEj•IATER The problem of integrating annexed areas having different infrastructures into the City also extends to sanitary sewage. The Master Wastewater Collection and Treatment Plan addresses that issue in great detail. Much of the City's existing collection system suffers from ground water infiltration into leaking joints, cracked lines, and poorly sealed manholes. Public Works has had an active program to cure this problem. Relief sewers are also proposed in the plan, mainly in the old town site area. The City has many small. lift stations, (especially in Lornax) and the plan calls for the abandonment of 12 and the replacement of 2 of the City's 34 stations. One new lift station is to be constructed. A centralized monitor and control system is proposed for the pump station network. The Fairmont Park area suffers from a trunk se~.~er main which is seriously overloaded during peak wet weather flows. The plan • addresses this problem, as well as the discontinuity between the annexed areas with a large trunk sewer which will eventually parallel Big Island Slough and Fairmont Parkway from northwest Lomax to the City Sewage Treatment Plant (STP). This new trunk .sewer will permit the City to abandon the small College View STP, which no longer meets state standards, and divert those flows to the City STP. The plan also provides £o•r a reasonable network to serve future development of now vacant lands linked to the ne~a Fairmont Parkway Trunk Sewer. The City STP is now running at near capacity and sor:etimes exceeds State Discharge Permit Limits during wet weather. Tile plan calls for an immediate expansion from Z.8 million gallons per day (PiGD) to 4.2 MGD, which will serve the City's needs through 1994. Future expansions will raise the plant's capacity to 7.0 MGD and to 10 MGD when the City is mature. JJ/tla • ~~-~l • 'Tl~:i,,v~C,~ ~ ~/~->-tip ~ / J C)72C..~ ~~C.,~ -Cyc..~ 71 C~ c~ :uu e~l~L-- --~ ~~ LiivL Gc ~C ~~c,~ ~ C%~ ~L ~~~ ~- ~ ~ ~iv G ~ - ~ G~7~~/-~.... L • .P_ - /' ~:. -: r / _. - L • 03/ 19/85 Margaret Conner 215 N. Holmes La Porte, Texas 77571 Re: Duplex Zoning Blk. 983 Dear Ms. Conner, The City has received your letter regarding the location of a duplex in an "R-2" residential zone. To place a duplex in a residential zone requires much the same procedure as a rezoning. You have met the minimum square footage of 850 square feet per dwelling unit. .Listed below are the steps needed to complete the duplex zoning process. The first step is the letter of request that you have already submitted. 1. Submit duplex request to the Planning and Zoning Commission. ;2. The ..City Secretary wi ll set a meeting for the Planning and Zoning Commission to con sider the request. 3. Planning and Zoning will hear the request and at this point will set a date for public tearing. At the time of the public hearing by P & Z, they will request that City Council hold a public hearing .on the matter. 4. A pulic hearing will be held by the City Council on the writt A t l Planning f~om the recommendati9 11 en -- ex--reques .-- up _ _ _ . ._ and Zoning Commission will be presented to Council after their public hearing. 5. City Council will either approve or deny the duplex request. If approved, an ordin ance will be passed to allow a duplex and a certified copy of the ordinance will be sent to the property owner. This process is some what complicated and however, you don't understand the process or if staff may be of further service please contact • Respectfully, ~~.'~-~ D. A. Paulissen time consuming. If, I or any of the City us. cc: Bob Speake r-) ,,, C - ,.. • • ICI I I~ i I I I I ~" S~3W~OH z 0 0 0 Q ~_~ \ ~ ~~\ \ N N d" • ~ t, ~~ __ • • • r_~ 11 ~`I0.o. I L07 29 ' ~ 11••IRDN neo ^°°'• EA57'ti 125 '{ '' ~ ~ '° r----- 5 ~ ~ -- ~9 ~ ~ LOT ii i . 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NELSON, REGISTERED PUBLIC SURVEYOR, NO. 1703, DO HEREBY ~::.i'IFY THAT THE PLAT SHOWN HEREON ACCURATELY DESCRIBES AN ON THE ~ !JND SURVEY MADE UNDER MY DIRECTION AND SUPERVISION ON THE NORTH iiALF OP LOT TWENTY-FIVE (25) AND ALL OF LOTS TWENTY-SIX ("[6), ~TY-SEVEN (27), AND TWENTY-EIGHT (28), BLOCK NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY- : ;?E (983) OF THE TOWN OF LAPORTE, ACCORDING TO MAP OR PLAT THEREOF :. :c?RDED IV VOLUME 1 AT PAGE 27 OF THE MAP RECORDS OF fiARRIS COUNTY, 1.x,5 . _ ,. A ENCROACHMENTS ARE SHOWN AS FOUND ON THE GROUND AND ALL IMPROVE- " 'T~ ARE SHOWN THEREON. F , tiU.: 4 1610 il/o J'c : SuBTC~t Let /S ."HASER: ROBERT S. RATLIFF OvN7d6 or s 7'J;t, , n IFF r~tr /oo c~C~,q, F/i o d ~/o~,v , a • B. ^iELSOh r ~:i;. PUBLIC SURVEYOR . ~;3 J. B..NEL5O~ I 'y 1703 e :'Q~c~~~ts~~`c' !i~'SUR t'-~-1 • FROM: Georgia A. Fleener P.O. Box 580468 Houston, Texas 77258-0468 T0: City of La Porte RE: Zoning Re-evaluation This is to notify the City of La Porte that I wish to begin proceedings to re-evaluate my land located at 17th street, Harris County, Texas (legal description, Block 653, Lots 1-32, Town of La Porte. According to the appraisal done of April 27, 1983, by E.I. Tarin & Co., the highest and best use was reported as commercial and light industrial use. Recently, I was informed that over a year ago the City of La Porte had re- zoned the land in this area commercial only. Unfortunately my property is for sale or lease and will be more difficult to market as commercial only. Considering other properties in the area are still used as light industrial, I would appreciate an expeditious ruling on this matter so I may have the advantages to sell or lease this property to a .potential buyer/lessee in the near future. • Cordially, ~. CITY OF LA FORTE PHONE (713) 471-5020 • P.O. BOX 1115 • LA PORTS, TEXAS 77571 Cash ~/ ~ Che RECEIPT G14543 DATE ~`-~-1~ S Money Order Cashier Check RECEIVED FROM iK~~ ~ i ~%~ PAYMENT FOR /Z~~~~2"~ -- J '.: . AMOUNT $lOD ~ ~~ ~~~ DESCRIPTION ~"`~ • -{ f • T0: BOB SPEAKE FROM: D 'A LISSEN DATE: 4/24/85 SUBJECT: RE-ZONING LTS. CITY OF LA PORTE INTER-OFFICE MEMO 1-32, BLK. 653 LP L~ The City has received an application from Mrs. Georgia A. Fleener for the re-zoning of lts. 1-32, blk. 653 LP from their present "C" Commercial classification to "I" Industrial. The purpose of the re-zoning is to make the property consistent with other properties in the immediate area and to make the property easier to sell or lease. H~TORY • The property in question is located on the West side of S. 16th between Spencer Hwy, and Barbours Cut Blvd. The site is fenced and the previous tenant used the site as a construction company yard and office. The above use was and is and acceptable use of the property with its present zoning classification. The request indicates that the City "re-zoned the property over a year ago." The property was not re-zoned but several uses were removed from the- parameters of Commercial and placed under Industrial. Mrs. Fleener was not aware of the change and has lost at least one group of tenants whose truck terminal use was not allowed on the "C" zoned property. ~ll~~ I S The site faces S. 16th Street on the front and S. 17th Street on the rear. Other Industrial uses exist within 1/2 mile of the site including BFI Inc, and Chemlime Corp. Both of these use are on the West side of 16th and include heavy trucking in their operations. Without a use proposed it is difficult to judge the overall impact on the area from such a re-zoning. Industrial zoning does fit the character of the area however. The re-zoning to Industrial would be consistent with the proposed new zoning ordinance and map. The proposed map shows the property to be "HI" or Heavy Industrial. The site is within one mile of the Southern Pacific Railyard and within one city block of rail service. 1 . ~ .. ~ f • PAGE 2 RE-ZONE BLK. 653 CONT. ECOMMENDATI01~ The staff has reviewed this request with respect to the proposed master plan and find it to be substantially in conformance with it. The site is surrounded by both light and heavy industrial uses and fronts on a truck route. The re-zoning in and of itself will not have a negative effect on the area. Any Industrial use must have a special use permit from the P & Z Board of Adjustments so individual uses will still be reviewed based on their merits. Based on the above review, staff would recommend that blk. 653 lts. 1-32 be re-zoned from "C" Commercial to "I" Industrial. • •