MINUTES
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
City Council Chambers Wylie Municipal Complex
2000 State Highway 78 North
Wylie, Texas 75098
Regular Business Meeting
May 6, 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.

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE 

Chairman George offered the Invocation and Commissioner Porter 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 April 15, 2003, Regular Meeting.

A motion was made by Commissioner Chapman, and seconded by Commissioner Phillips, to approve the Minutes as submitted. Motion passed 5-0.

ACTION AGENDA

1. Consider a recommendation to the City Council regarding a Final Plat for the McMillan Junior High/Davis Intermediate School Addition, being a replat of Lot 1, Block A of the Wylie Junior High School Addition, and being all of a certain 44.889 acre tract of land, generally located north of Park Boulevard and east of Country Club Road (F.M. 1378), being situated in the Mercer Phalen Survey, Abstract No. 695, City of Wylie, Collin County, Texas.

Thompson stated that the Final Plat is an amendment to the Preliminary Plat, which will accommodate two schools of the Wylie Independent School District. The subject Plat will create the necessary utility easements on the 44.889-acre lot to accommodate the new Davis Intermediate School facility, as well as right-of-way for the future expansion of Park Boulevard. Thompson reviewed the history of the subject property and the final annexation into the City of Wylie on December 10, 2002.

Commissioners questioned the WISD portion of widening Park Boulevard. Ronny Klingbeil, 111 West Main Street, Allen Texas, represented the engineer to the property, stated that the WISD will extend the west bound lanes of Park Boulevard just before the flood plain. The City and County will complete the eastbound lanes.

A motion was made by Commissioner Phillips, and seconded by Commissioner Chapman, to recommend approval of the Final Plat to City Council. The motion carried 5 - 0.

MISCELLANEOUS

Thompson reviewed a population estimate submitted by the North Central Texas Council of Governments, which compares a growth percentage of the surrounding cities for the years 2000, 2002 and 2003.

Thompson reviewed a newspaper article discussing a lawsuit between a Dallas-based developer and the City of McKinney for preventing the company from building multi-family projects in McKinney. The City of McKinney has the highest concentration of affordable housing units in the county. The residential properties do not create enough property tax revenue for the school district and more commercial tax base is desired.
  

ADJOURNMENT

Motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Phillips, and seconded by Commissioner Hughes. Motion passed 5-0, and the meeting was adjourned at 7:40 p.m.