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Planning & Zoning Commission Minutes – June 5, 2012 Page 1 of 3
City of Georgetown, Texas
Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
Minutes
Tuesday, June 5 2012 at 6:00 PM
Council Chambers
101 E. Seventh Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626
Commissioners: Ercel Brashear, Chair; Porter Cochran, Annette Montgomery, John Horne,
Roland Peña and Robert Massad
Commissioners in Training: Scott Rankin
Commissioner(s) Absent: Sally Pell
Commissioner(s) in Training Absent:
Staff Present: Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner; Jordan Maddox, Long Range Planner; Carla
Benton, Planner; Mike Elabarger, Planner and Stephanie McNickle, Recording Secretary.
Chair Brashear called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
Chair Brashear stated the order of the meeting and that those who speak must turn in a speaker
form to the recording secretary before the item that they wish to address begins. Each speaker
will be permitted to address the Commission once for each item, for a maximum of three (3)
minutes, unless otherwise agreed to before the meeting begins.
1. Action from Executive Session
Consent Agenda
The Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that the Commission may act
on with one single vote. A Commissioner or any member of the public may request that any
item from the Consent Agenda be pulled in order that the Commission discuss and act upon it
individually as part of the Regular Agenda. The Planning and Zoning Commission's approval of
an item on the Consent Agenda will be consistent with the staff recommendation described in the
report, unless otherwise noted.
2. Consideration of the Minutes of the May 15, 2012, meeting of the Planning and Zoning
Commission.
3. Consideration and possible action on a Preliminary Plat for 9 non-residential lots on 94.08
acres, to be known as Windmill Hill. PP-2011 -011 (Mike Elabarger)
4. Consideration and possible action on a Preliminary Plat for 10 model home lots on 2.33 acres
in the F.A. Hudson Survey, to be known as Teravista, Section 322A, Phase 1, located on Scenic
Lake Drive. PP-2011-002 (Carla Benton)
Motion by Commissioner Cochran to approve the consent agenda including the Planning and
Zoning meeting May 15, 2012 minutes as amended. Second by Commissioner Massad.
Approved. (6-0)
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Regular Agenda
6. Consideration and possible action on a Preliminary Plat for 1 multifamily residential lot on 10.84
acres to be known as Texas Housing Foundation Subdivision. PP-2012-003 (Jennifer C. Bills)
Chair Brashear requested item #6 to be presented before item #5
This Preliminary Plat, located north of Northwest Boulevard and west of I-35 will create
one (1) multifamily residential lot. This will be the location of the Gateway Northwest
Apartments, which is planned to be 180 units and will be developed by the Texas
Housing Foundation. The 10.84 acres have remained undeveloped. There is one Heritage Tree
located along the southeastern property line. The plat will dedicate 722 linear feet of right-of-
way (ROW) for Washam Drive. As development continues north, Washam Drive will be
continued all of the way to Airport Road.
Chair Brashear opened the Public Hearing. No one came forward to speak, the Public
Hearing was closed.
Motion by Commissioner Massad to approve the Preliminary Plat for for 1 multifamily
residential lot on 10.84 acres to be known as Texas Housing Foundation Subdivision
contingent upon the final vacation of the Gateway North Subdivision Final Plat. Second by
Commissioner Pena Approved. (6-0)
5. Consideration and possible action for the vacation of the Gateway Northwest Subdivision Final
Plat. (Jennifer C. Bills)
The applicant is requesting the vacation of the entire Gateway Northwest Subdivision. The
Final Plat was recorded in 1985 but none of the improvements (paved streets, water,
wastewater, etc.) were ever constructed. The plat consisted of fifteen 0.20 acre multifamily
lots and 3 larger non-residential lots. In place of the area west of Washam Drive, including
the right-of-way (ROW), there will be a new preliminary plat, the Texas Housing Foundation
Subdivision. This will be the location of the Gateway Northwest Apartments, which will be
developed by the Texas Housing Foundation. The remainder of the old plat will remain
unsubdivided until development is planned. The existing drainage easement and public
utility easements will be required to be dedicated by separate instrument. The ROW for Janis
Drive will not be dedicated and the connection to the existing segment will not be required,
per the Planned Unit Development approved April 10, 2012. There is an existing wastewater
line within the Janis Drive ROW that will also require an easement. All of these easements
must be dedicated by separate instrument before the vacation can be recorded with
Williamson County. Similarly, the vacation will be recorded right before the Final Plat for the
Texas Housing Foundation Subdivision, to replace the Washam Drive ROW.
Motion by Commissioner Massad to Approve of the Vacation of the Gateway Northwest
Subdivision, conditioned on the dedication by separate instrument of the easements as shown
on Exhibit 4 attached and the dedication of Washam Drive as shown on the Texas Housing
Foundation Subdivision. Second by Commissioner Horne. Approved. (6-0)
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7. Public Hearing and possible action on a Rezoning from Residential Single-Family (RS) District
to Local Commercial (C-1) District for Quail Meadow, Unit III, Block 10, Lot 5 (pt), located at
2501 Oak Lane. REZ-2012-005 (Carla Benton) Staff report by Carla Benton. The applicant has
requested to rezone the property from Residential Single-Family(RS) District to Local
Commercial (C-1) District to provide a property line resolution. The remainder of the lot facing
Oak Lane will remain residential.
Chair Brashear invited the applicant to speak. Mr. Veade, representing Mr. Laubach, stated the
commercial property has been paying the taxes on the property under consideration and he and
the residential owner would like to resolve the concern.
Chair Brashear Opened the Public Hearing, no one came forward the Public Hearing was
closed.
Motion by Commissioner Pena to recommend to the City Council approval of the Rezoning
from Residential Single-Family(RS) District to Local Commercial (C-1) District.
Second by Commissioner Montgomery. Approved. 6-0
8. Update on the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB) Meetings. (Annette
Montgomery) Commissioner Montgomery reported on the June 8, 2012 Georgetown
Transportation Advisory Board meeting.
9. Questions or comments from Commissioners-in-Training about the actions and matters
considered on this agenda. NA
10. Reminder of the July 3, 2012, Planning and Zoning Commission meeting.
11. Motion to Adjourn at 6:43pm