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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-07-10 Minutes• • • A meeting of the 1989 in the Board Mountain Street, MEMBERS PRESENT: MEMBERS ABSENT: MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE FAYETTEVILLE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION Fayettevile Planning Commission was held on Monday, Julyk, of Directors Room of the City Administration Building, 113 West Fayetteville, Arkansas. Jerry Allred, J.E. Springborn, Gerald Rlingaman, Gerald Seiff, J. David Ozment, Jack Cleghorn, Ernie Jacks and Fred Hanna Julie Nash OTHERS PRESENT: John Merrell, Don Bunn, Elaine Cattaneo, members of the press and others MINUTES The Minutes of the Planning Commission meeting of June 26, 1989 were approved as distributed. FINAL PLAT OF HEATHER HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION SAM MATHIAS & DENNIS SMITH - NW CORNER OF HWY 45 E & GULLEY RD (W.C. 345) The second item on the agenda was the final plat of Heather Heights Subdivision submitted by Sam Mathias & Dennis Smith and represented,by.Mel_.Milholland for property located at the northwest corner of Hwy 45 E and Gulley -Road (W:C. 345) containing 20.60 acres with 6 proposed lots. Don Bunn, City Engineer, stated that there were no significant problems noted by the Plat Review Committee and all services are available to all the lots. Sewer is not available to the lots, but the lots are such a size that they would be approved for sewer by the City. The staff reco.u'uends approval of this final plat subject to payment of the parks fees, submission of subdivision covenants if there are any and the approval of Washington County. Chairman Jacks advised that the Subdivision Committee did not meet on any of the items on this agenda. MOTION Commissioner Allred moved to approve the final plat with the stated stipulations, seconded by Seiff. The motion passed 7-0-0 with Ozment arriving late. PRELIMINARY PLAT OF MISSION ESTATES JIM LINDSEY - N OF HWY 45 E ACROSS FROM STARR ROAD The third item on the agenda was a preliminary plat of Mission Estates submitted by Jim Lindsey for Ben Israel and represented by Allen Reid of Professional Land Surveying for property located on the north side of Highway 45 East just east of Starr Road just outside the City Limits and containing 31.17 acres with 60 proposed lots. The zoning is anticipated to be R-1, Low Density Residential, after it is annexed. Planning Commission July 10, 1989 Page 2 Commissioner Ozment arrived at this point. Don Bunn, City Engineer, advised that this plat is being presented as though it were in the City Limits and they have reviewed it in that manner. Annexation procedures have been started. This is located right at the City's sewage discharge point. There were no significant problems brought up at the Plat Review Committee, but there were several easements that were asked for that have been provided. He added that as of this date no detailed construction plans have been submitted, but they will be reviewed as they are submitted to the City. It is the staff's recommendation that the preliminary plat be approved subject to the annexation of the property, the final approval of detailed plans and specifications for all the public improvements, payment of the required parks fees, Plat Review Comments and no development within the flood plain. In answer to a question from Commissioner Klingaman, Mr. Bunn stated that he is not sure that any of this property is in an officially recognized flood plain. Commissioner Klingaman asked if the designated green space shown will be developed. Mr. Bunn answered, no, it will not be developed. MOTION Commissioner Hanna moved to approve this preliminary plat -subject to the comments by the City Engineer, seconded by Co'„issioner Springborn and followed by a question by Commissioner Klingaman. He asked if lots 1 & 2 would present any problem with the new accesses onto Highway 45. Mr. Bunn stated that whether they get access there will depend on the Highway Department. The question was called and the motion to approve passed 8-0-0. FINAL PLAT OF HEMINGWAY RIDGE SUBDIVISION, PHASE I ROCK REED - N OF STUBBLEFIELD RD, W OF OLD MISSOURI RD The fourth item on the agenda was a final plat of Hemingway Ridge Subdivision, Phase I submitted by Rock Reed and represented by Dave Jorgensen of Jorgensen & Associates for property located north of Stubblefield Road and west of Old Missouri Road containing 5.21 acres with 18 proposed lots. Property is zoned R-1, Low Density Residential. Don Bunn, City Engineer, stated that most of the improvements have been completed as of today and there are no additional comments by the Plat Review Committee. The problems with traffic along Stubblefield Road remain and there has been a contract executed with Milholland Engineering who is in the process of doing detailed plans and specifications for the street improvements which will consist of widening Stubblefield to 31' from Old Missouri Road to Harold Street. The construction is expected to be done in 1990. Mr. Bunn noted that he has submitted a map to the Planning Commission that shows an overall view of how this development is planned to tie its future phases of Hemingway Ridge Subdivision with future phases of Yorktowne Square to the west 78 • • • Planning Commission July 10, 1989 Page 3 which are planned. This includes two ties back into to Yorktowne Square eventually and a tie over to Old Missouri Road. The staff recommends approval of the final plat subject to the execution of a contract with the City for the remaining public improvements that are to be done there, Plat Review Coil„ents, the filing of the Subdivision Covenants at the final plat stage if there are any and the payments of the parks fees in accordance with the City Ordinance. Chairman Jacks advised that this layout with future phases is obviously geared to not crossing that stream. Mr. Bunn agreed that no one is planning to place a road across Mud Creek there. Chairman. Jacks stated that he thought the Planning Connission would like to have a recommendation from the staff about where they should as least make provisions for streets to go through to tie these two areas together and indeed, at some future date, plan on bridging that stream. Chairman Jacks stated that is quite a distance to have no way to cross the creek and it seems that they should make some sort of provisions for this. He asked Mr. Merrell, Planning Director, to have staff to take a look at this. John Merrell stated that this is something that they need to consider and they are taking a look at it in the Zion Road report that staff is going to submit to the Planning Commission also. Commissioner Seiff asked who is planning to develop the future phase to the North. Mr. Bunn stated that it is of the same ownership as this phase, Rock Reed. Commissioner Seiff asked what the present width of St-ubblefield Road is. Mr. Bunn stated that it is 18' to 20' wide. Dave Jorgensen, representative, stated that they are in agreement with the recommendations'the staff. In answer to a question from Commissioner Seiff, Mr. Jorgensen stated that he isn't sure the second phase would be the whole circle north and west of this project but probably half of that. If Wade Bishop puts in the project immediately west of this project before Mr. Reed starts the second phase, it will most likely include the east/west road. Chairman Jacks advised that he isn't against the cul-de-sac or loop street approach to these but that leaves you needing to get through a street sometimes without having to drive around the world to do it. Mr. Jorgensen stated that he will be bringing a preliminary plat in on the property in the northwest quadrant of this area and they would like to be able to tie the two together. However, there is a big ravine that goes down through this property that they might not be able to cross. Chairman Jacks stated that he thinks it is the responsibility of the engineer to give some thought to this matter of access through some of these areas when they are planning a development. Commissioner Seiff stated that the street is about 700' long and until those future phases are put in, it is just a dead-end street. He asked if the • • Planning Conn'uuission July 10, 1989 Page 4 temporary cul-de-sac is going to be there until the next phase is started. Mr. Jorgensen answered, yes. MOTION Commissioner Ozment moved to approve the final plat subject to staff recommendations and Plat Review comments, seconded Cleghorn. The motion passed 8-0-0. WAIVER OF SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS (LOT SPLIT #1) MATEEL GRAY - N OF HWY 45 ON OAKLAND -ZION ROAD The fifth item on the agenda was a request for a waiver of the subdivision regulations (Lot Split #1) submitted by Mateel Gray and represented by John Suggs for property located 3/4 miles east of the City Limits on the north side of Hwy 45 East on Oakland -Zion Road (W.C. 83) containing 9.8 acres. Don Bunn stated that water is directly available to both tracts which are well above the 1.5 acre minimum that would be required for the installation of septic tanks. The County has approved the lot split. Staff recounends that this lot split be approved subject to the owner contacting the utility companies and Warner Cable to determine if any additional easements are required, payment of the required parks fees, submission of the survey to the Planning Office and that the requirements of the County be fulfilled. - John Suggs, Representative, stated that the purpose of this request is to make the property more marketable. He asked if they need to contact the utility companies about easements and report back to the Planning Commission now or at the time it is sold. Chairman Jacks answered, no, the Planning Commission would approve this contingent on those things happening and he would be working with the City staff on all that. MOTION Commissioner Allred moved to grant this lot split subject to staff's recommendation, seconded by Seiff. The motion passed 8-0-0. OTHER BUSINESS Item #1: John Merrell, City Planning Director, stated that he had received word from Al Raby last week that he is nearing the point that he is ready to supply a draft of the Unified Development Ordinance which includes the new zoning ordinance, landscaping, tree protection, etc. Mr. Raby is planning to get that in the mail to them as early as this week and has suggested that they sit up the next workshop that will be on this ordinance. The dates that have been proposed are either August 2nd, 3rd or 4th or anytime during the week of Monday, August 7th. -7q Planning Commission July 10, 1989 Page 5 He added that it is his recommendation that they maybe they look at the week of August 7th to give them all enough time to look at it. Chairman Jacks stated that one critical item is to get the Highway Department people here. He noted that he is on a Subcommittee that has been working on how to tie Fayetteville & Springdale together as far as major streets are concerned and he thinks there are some differences in what the Committee has done and what Mr. Raby is coming up with. He stated that he had talked to Larry Wood of Northwest Regional Planning about this to find out if Steve Mitchell will be available for this. Mr. Wood stated that he would check with Mr. Mitchell tomorrow. Commissioner Seiff and Commissioner Klingaman stated that they would not be available on August 2, 3 & 4. The consensus was that the week of August 7th would be best for all the Commissioners. Chairman Jacks advised that Al Raby is committed to giving them recommendations about major streets down to the major collector category but nothing on the lower categories. The actual Master Street Plan should come along with all of the new plans will be coming from Northwest Regional with Larry Wood as a result of the meetings with the State Highway Department. • John Merrell stated that staff would confirm the meeting date with the Planning Commission later this week. Item #2: John Merrell stated that he had provided the Planning Commission a copy of a map that the Drafting Department had done which depicts the proposed Farmington annexation and its potential impact on the City of Fayetteville growth area. He noted that the City learned of this annexation last week and the Board of Directors are quite concerned about this. It is his understanding that the mayor of Farmington, Mayor Drake, and Mayor Martin of Fayetteville had a brief meeting at which time the City (Fayetteville) has agreed to at least temporarily drop its protest of this proposed annexation to allow the two staffs to get together and iron out some sort of compromise or understanding. However, this annexation is slated to be on the agenda of the Farmington City Council at their meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. for the third reading of the ordinance. Hopefully, some sort of compromise can be reached. Chairman Jacks asked where the City of Fayetteville stands legally on this. Mr. Merrell stated that they have a problem in that the City Attorney has resigned and the man who is in effect taking his place, City Prosecutor (Terry Jones), is law partners with the City Attorney of Farmington. However, they did get in touch with Jim McCord and the understanding is that a neighboring municipality can legally try to annex the growth area of another city. Item U3: • • • Planning Commission July 10, 1989 Page 6 Chairman Jacks advised that Larry Wood had given him a notice of the summer meetings of the American Planning Association of the Little Rock Chapter. There annual meeting will be held on July 14th & 15th up at Winrock and on July 13th there is a Planning Commission Workshop at UCA in Conway. This is geared to the needs of Planning Commissioners, Public Officials, etc. to provide a better understanding of the subdivision regulation process and related readings such as drainage and Master Street Plan. They will talk about subdivision ordinance, subdivision review process, streets, drainage, parks and affordable housing. The registration fee is $45.00 or $50.00 at the door. Mr. Merrell has stated that there is a small quantity of money availableif some of the Commissioners are interested in making that Conway meeting. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.