MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
City Council Chambers Wylie Municipal Complex
2000 State Highway 78 North
Wylie, Texas 75098
Regular Business Meeting
February 4, 2003
7:00 pm

Notice was posted in the time and manner required by law and quorum was present.

CALL TO ORDER

Chairman George called the Regular Meeting to order at 7:05 p.m.

PLEDGE AND INVOCATION

Commissioner Phillips offered the Invocation and Commissioner Adamcik led the Pledge of Allegiance.

CITIZEN PARTICIPATION

No one appeared to speak.

CONSENT AGENDA ITEM

1. Consider and act upon approval of the Minutes from the January 21, 2003, Regular Meeting.

A motion was made by Commissioner Snider, and seconded by Commissioner Chapman, to approve the Minutes as submitted. Motion passed 6-0.

ACTION ITEMS

1. Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding a Preliminary Plat for Wyndham Meadows Addition, being all of a certain 12.45 acre tract of land, generally located east of Eubanks Lane and north of Brown Street, and being part of that tract of land described in a deed to Riverbend RV Park in Volume 4751, Page 2469 of the Deed Records of Collin County, Texas (DRCCT) and part of that tract of land described in a deed to Bobby C. Beilue as recorded in County Clerk's File No. 92-0036204 of the DRCCT, and being situated in the Francisco De La Pina Survey, Abstract No. 688, City of Wylie, Collin County, Texas.

Thompson stated that the subject property totals 12.45 acres in size and will create 52 single-family residential lots for attached housing and a rather large area for common use to be maintained by the Homeowners Association. Although the property is zoned both Multi-Family (MF) and Townhouse (TH), the entire tract will be developed to Townhouse standards with a minimum of 3,500 square feet for exterior lots with side yards and 3,000 square feet for interior lots without side lots.

Commissioners questioned the location of the power line easement. Thompson stated staff and applicants had considered several changes, but the applicant had chosen the one under consideration. The overhead power line easement crosses the middle of the property, but can be platted and used for lots as long as no structures are built under the lines. The majority of the easement will be developed as a common area with walking trail and maintained by the Homeowner's Association.

Alan Adkins, 5949 Sherry Lane, Suite 1225, Dallas, Texas, a representative for the developer, stated that the lots on the north and east side in Block A will be rear entry lots to use the existing alley. The lots on the south in Block B will be front entry lots. Commissioners discussed the proposed relocation of the alley on the east side off Brown Street. Adkins stated that the intention is to move the alley further to the north because the widening of Brown Street will close it and the new residential street will have a dividing median, which the alley will be a conflict.

A motion was made by Commissioner Snider, and seconded by Commissioner Adamcik, to recommend approval to City Council of the Preliminary Plat for Wyndham Meadows Addition. Motion passed 6 - 0.

2. Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding a Final Plat for the Wylie I.S.D. Transportation Center Addition, being all of a certain 10.009 acre tract of land, generally located east of Country Club Road (F.M. 1378) and north of West Brown Street (F.M. 3412), and being all of that tract of land described in a deed to the Wylie Independent School District as recorded in County Clerk's File No. 2001-027918, Deed Records of Collin County, Texas, and being situated in the Charles Atterbury Survey, Abstract No. 22, City of Wylie, Collin County, Texas.

Thompson stated that the Plat officially creates the single lot of 10.009 acres to accommodate the new bus maintenance and storage facility of the Wylie Independent School District. To expedite completion of the facility for use during this school session, an early release for construction was granted with the approval of the Preliminary Plat. The office/maintenance building is currently 9,700 square feet, and a bus washing structure and parking for employees and buses was constructed. A future expansion of 10,000 square feet for the maintenance building is projected but not constructed at the time of platting.

Commissioners had no questions for the applicant. A motion was made by Commissioner Adamcik and seconded by Commissioner Chapman, to recommend approval to the City Council. The motion passed 6 - 0.

Commissioner Porter adjourned the regular meeting to reconvene for a work session.

WORK SESSION

1. Discuss revisions to the Comprehensive Plan. Thompson introduced the discussion by reviewing the philosophy of the Comprehensive Plan and highlighting several points of conflict requiring review and revision. Staff and the Commission will formulate revisions to the Plan and offer these to the Council for adoption, rather than hire a consultant or convene a broader citizen's committee. The final document will not be another booklet, but a multi-fold Plan/Map with text of philosophy, goals and recommendation on the reverse side.

Land uses created by recent zoning changes which differ from the Plan recommendations (Bozman Farms, Birmingham, Herzog, McCreary, Sage Creek) were sketched onto the Plan. Not all of this existing zoning is valid, and some could be cited on the Plan for transition to other uses. Commissioners offered the following suggestions during the discussion:

1. Regency Park should remain retail or Business Center uses. It was noted that this area, along with the retail recently rezoned by Herzog to the east, will be larger than the new retail "Town Center" at 78 and 544, and should not be allowed to grow larger and take business from the Town Center.
2. The unzoned area west of Regency should stay as planned - for medium- and low-density residential - to follow the historic philosophy of radiating decreasing residential densities out from retail centers and to protect the Town Center.
3. The area south and west of the Country Club/Brown intersection should remain low-density residential, especially because of the floodplain open space corridor to the west.
4. The Town Center at 544 and 78 should be extended to include the Albertson's/Home Depot area. The Business Center at this area should be expanded west to the High School/Founders Park.
5. The existing Village Center retail areas were evaluated, and several were relocated to more major intersections. The retail at 544 South and Vinson was moved to the existing zoned retail on Vinson at Pheasant Creek. The single retail center north of the North Texas plant was divided into two, with one at Paul Wilson and the new Park Boulevard and the second at Eubanks and Park.
6. There was discussion about the location of a new municipal complex. Several sites were suggested as well as the desire to keep the complex at its current location.
7. Thompson suggested the need to provide more areas for nonresidential uses in order to generate sales taxes and relieve residential uses of providing the entire tax burden.

Staff will clean up the sketch plan with tonight's recommendations and provide a clean base with these recommendations for discussion at the next meeting. Commissioners were asked to continue review of the previously furnished plan/maps and note any major issue or concern, which they may want considered in future Commission reviews.

ADJOURNMENT

A motion was made by Commissioner Hughes, and seconded by Commissioner Snider, to adjourn the meeting at 8:30 p.m. Motion passed 6 - 0.