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November 1, 2016
City of Georgetown, Texas
Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting
Minutes
Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at 6:00 PM
Council and Courts Building
101 East 7th Street, Georgetown, Texas 78626
Commissioners present: Josh Schroeder, Chair; Kevin Pitts, Vice-Chair; Tim Bargainer, Alex
Fuller and Andy Webb
Commissioner(s) Absent: John Marler
Commissioners in Training: Gary Leissner, Aaron Albright
Commissioner(s) in Training Absent: na
Staff Present: Sofia Nelson, Planning Director; Valerie Kreger, Principal Planner; Jordan
Maddox, Principal Planner; Juan Enriquez, Planner; Carolyn Horner, Planner; Matt Synatschk,
Planner; and Karen Frost, Recording Secretary.
A. Chair Schroeder called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. and lead the Pledge of Allegiance.
Chair Schroeder 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 is permitted to address the Commission once for each item, for a maximum of three (3)
minutes, unless otherwise agreed to before the meeting begins.
B. As of the deadline for this agenda, no persons were signed up to speak on items other than
what was posted on the agenda.
Consent Agenda
The Statutory Consent Agenda includes non-controversial and routine items that may be acted
upon with one single vote. An item may be pulled from the Consent Agenda in order that it be
discussed and acted upon individually as part of the Regular Agenda.
C. Consideration of the Minutes from the October 18, 2016 P&Z meeting. Stephanie McNickle,
Recording Secretary
Motion by Commissioner Pitts to approve the consent agenda including the minutes from
the October 18, 2016, Planning and Zoning meeting. Second by Commissioner Bargainer.
Approved 5 – 0 – 1 (Marler absent)
Legislative Regular Agenda
D. Public Hearing and possible action on a request to Rezone approximately 74.415 acres of the
David Wright survey located at 2101 Airport Road from C-3 General Commercial to IN
Industrial. (REZ-2016-030, Project Cat) Sofia Nelson, Planning Director
Nelson presented the staff report. This rezoning matches the Future Land Use Plan and
staff recommends approval.
The Public Hearing was opened and closed with no speakers coming forth.
Motion by Pitts, second by Fuller to recommend approval to the City Council for the
rezoning. Motion approved 5 – 0 – 1 (Marler absent)
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E. Public Hearing and possible action on a request to Rezone 3.5 acres of San Gabriel Estates,
Block 1, Lot 22A located at 700 Booty’s Crossing Road from the Agriculture (AG) District to
the Neighborhood Commercial (CN) District. (REZ-2016-024, Faith Impact Church) Juan
Enriquez, Planner
Enriquez presented the staff report. He stated a tree survey will be required for the Site
Plan review. Staff recommends approval.
The Public Hearing was opened and closed with no speakers coming forth.
Motion by Fuller, second by Webb to recommend approval to the City Council for the
rezoning. Motion approved 5 – 0 – 1 (Marler absent)
Item I was taken here, out of order by action of the Chair. See action below. At the end of Item I,
Chair Schroeder left the dais and the meeting declaring a conflict of interest on the remaining items.
Vice-Chair Pitts ran the remainder of the meeting.
F. Public Hearing and possible action on a request to Rezone approximately 83.5 acres in the
W. Roberts Survey located north of Fairway Lane and south of Shell Road, from the
Agriculture (AG) District to the Residential Single-Family (RS) and Local Commercial (C-1)
Districts. (REZ-2016-025, Hidden Oaks at Berry Creek) Carolyn Horner, AICP, Planner
Horner presented the staff report, stating the proposed zoning district matches the Future
Land Use Plan and recommending approval. She also stated that there will be Hwy 195
access to the residential and commercial portions of the subdivision.
Vice-Chair Pitts opened the Public Hearing.
Gary Starzinski of 30305 St. Andrews had questions about the development and concerns
about the flood control and types of housing being proposed that could possibly affect their
property values.
Ercel Brashear of 30401 St. Andrews stated he feels the zoning request is appropriate for the
area but wants resolution of the existing and future water issues. He showed a video clip of
rushing water through the neighborhood from a heavy rain event. He wants to go on
record with his concerns and direction to be given to staff to work to alleviate this problem.
Paul Nelson of 30308 St. Andrews spoke concerning the flooding issues, stating that the
video showed one event, but that they seem to be getting worse with each storm. He
appreciates the development of quality homes but says there needs to be some way to move
the water across the land in a more efficient way without washing away their properties.
The public hearing was closed with no more speakers.
Tim Moltz, the engineer for the applicant spoke to the concerns. He stated the developer is
providing water quality and detention ponds and are working on the storm water to be
taken out Fairway Lane to St. Andrews and downstream, all underground and reducing the
amount of sheet flow on those streets. He also stated the construction access for Phase 1 of
this subdivision would come from Shell Road and for Phase 2 would come from Hwy 195.
No access would be driving through Berry Creek subdivision.
David Munk, the city Development Engineer stated that he had worked with TxDot to
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address the water issues. According to reports from TxDOT, the runoff was not caused by
Hwy 195. There was further discussion by the Commissioners and Munk stated he would
continue to work with the neighborhood. He assured the commission that the new
developer would be taking care of their own storm water runoff. The preliminary plat will
come to the commission for further review in the future.
Motion by Bargainer, second by Fuller to recommend approval to the City Council for the
rezoning. Approved 4 – 0 – 2 (Marler absent and Schroeder recused.)
G. Public Hearing and possible action on a request to Rezone approximately 10.058 acres in the
Frances A Hudson Survey located at 555 Rabbit Hill Road from the Agriculture (AG)
District to the Business Park (BP) District. (REZ-2016-026, Enterprise Pipeline) Matt
Synatschk, Planner
Synatschk presented the staff report stating the Business Park zoning district would allow
the variety that is sought for this use and provide a buffer between the I35 commercial
districts and the residential districts to the east. Staff recommends approval of this
application.
Vice-Chair Pitts opened the Public Hearing.
Brett Miler, 4310 Highway 29 west, owns the adjacent property and is concerned not only
about his property values, but the health and safety of having a pump station in the city
limits. He is concerned about the aesthetics and the noise that are associated with a pump
station.
Vice-Chair Pitts closed the Public Hearing with no other speakers coming forth.
Jordan Maddox addressed the concerns of the speaker. He explained that when the
applicant first came in, the property was not in the city limits, but that it was annexed in for
the city to have controls over the zoning and development of the property. The developer
of this property purchased extra acres to provide greater setbacks, is providing a housing
structure for the pumps, is adding a large landscape buffer to alleviate noise and site issues
and is developing above and beyond the code standards.
Motion by Bargainer, second by Webb to recommend approval to the City Council for the
rezoning. Approved 4 – 0 – 2 (Marler absent and Schroeder recused.)
H. Public Hearing and possible action to Rezone Lot 1, Block F, Summit at Rivery Park Phases 5
& 6, located at 1101 Woodlawn Avenue to amend the Summit at Rivery Park Planned Unit
Development (PUD) District. (REZ-2016-027, Sheraton Georgetown) Valerie Kreger, AICP,
Principal Planner
This item was pulled by staff.
I. Public Hearing and possible action on a request to Rezone approximately 165.65 acres
described as 142.80 acres in the N. Porter and A. Flores Surveys, 0.68 acres, 5.07 acres, and
12.31 acres in the N. Porter Survey and 4.79 acres, being Blocks 1 – 3 of the North
Georgetown Additions, located between Austin Ave. and N. College St. south of FM 971,
from the Residential Single-family (RS) and Local Commercial (C-1) Districts to the Public
Facilities (PF) District. (REZ-2016-029, San Gabriel Park) Valerie Kreger, AICP, Principal
Planner
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Kreger presented the staff report and application. The public park is being rezoned as a
“housekeeping” item to bring the park into compliance with the current use. It received the
RS zoning district as a default zoning district many years ago and with future updates to the
park being funded and planned, the zoning district needs to be consistent with the use.
Staff is recommending approval of the rezoning. Schroeder asked if there would be any
impact on existing businesses that serve or sold alcohol. Kreger responded that the uses in
place in and around the park would not be changed.
Chair Schroeder opened the public hearing.
Jennifer Gwinn of 803 N. Myrtle St. had questions about the effect of the changes on her
property that backs up to a section of the park. She was directed to talk to staff separately
regarding her specific questions.
The Public Hearing was closed with no other speakers coming forth.
Motion by Bargainer, second by Fuller to recommend approval to the City Council for the
rezoning. Motion approved 5 – 0 – 1 (Marler absent)
J. Presentation and Discussion on Williams Drive Study. Jordan Maddox, AICP, Principal
Planner
Maddox explained that the Commission would have a joint meeting with the Georgetown
Transportation Advisory Board on November 15th to discuss the Williams Drive Corridor
Study. He suggested members and public go to transportation.georgetown.org to review
the proposals and discussions that are occurring. He stated the final report is due at the end
of March. More information to come.
K. Discussion and possible action regarding the potential Planning and Zoning meeting
schedule for the 2017 calendar year.
The calendar for 2017 was presented to the commission. The meetings will still be on the
first and third Tuesdays at 6:00 p.m. with the exception of specific holidays. Motion by
Fuller, second by Webb to approve the 2017 schedule of meetings. Approved 4 – 0 – 2
(Marler absent and Schroeder recused.)
L. Discussion items:
Update on the Unified Development Code Advisory Committee (UDCAC)
meetings. (Commissioner Bargainer) No report was given.
Update on the Georgetown Transportation Advisory Board (GTAB) meetings.
Questions or comments from Commissioner-in-Training about the actions and
matters considered on this agenda. No questions.
Joint GTAB and P&Z meeting November 15, 2016
Reminder of the next Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on December 6,
2016 at Council Chambers located at 101 East 7th Street, starting at 6:00 p.m.
Motion to Adjourn by Fuller, second by Bargainer at 7:24 p.m.
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Josh Schroeder, Chair P&Z Commissioner