12.12.11 CAB Minutes MINUTES
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Comprehensive Plan Advisory
TOWN OF Committee Meeting SPER 108 W. Broadway St.,Prosper, Texas
Town of Prosper Municipal Chambers
Monday, December 12, 2011, 6:30 p.m.
Prosper is a place where everyone matters.
1. Call to Order/Roll Call
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 p.m. Roll call was by round-table call out.
Committee members present included: Chair Jason Dixon, Vice Chair Craig Moody, Secretary Ane
Casady, Jordan Simms, Michael Goddard, Ann Lieber, Daniel Ting, Kelly Cooper, Doug Trumbull, Kyle
Huckelberry, and Meigs Miller.
*Mark DeMattia and Eric Nishimoto informed of their absence prior to meeting.
Staff present included: Mike Land, Town Manager; Chris Copple, Planning & Zoning Manager; and
Melanie Videan, Planning Technician.
Consultant team present included: Brandon Gonzalez and Dan Sefko, Freese&Nichols;
2. Consider and act upon minutes from the following Comprehensive Plan Advisory
Committee meeting:
• November 14, 2011 Regular Meeting(Revised)
Motioned by Trumbull, seconded by Ting to approve item 2. Motion approved 11-0.
3. Discuss the video"False Choices—The Story of Agenda 21."
Discussion
Cooper: Explained presentation handout and offered definitions to assist members with their
understanding of the topic.
Lieber: Offered her viewpoints on sustainable development. Concerned that the Town is incorporating the
same language that most other Town's utilize in their Plans and that the North Central Texas Council of
Governments (herein called the NCTCOG) is dictating how Prosper develops.
Ting: Questioned the validity of sustainable development debates, citing the random placement of uses in
Houston as an example of what results from municipalities not properly zoning.
Dixon: Offered his viewpoint that the concepts surrounding Agenda 21 are not present in the Town's
draft Comprehensive Plan(herein called the Plan). Reminded the Committee that the Plan will be updated
in five years.
Moody: Agreed with Dixon, adding that should certain phrases need revisions, the Committee should
address such as the Committee moves forth.
Miller: Suggested the Committee move forward with the task of reviewing the Plan. Assured Ms. Lieber
that the NCTCOG is simply a recommending body.
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Committee members discussed light rail. Some were concerned about the costs of such a development;
others preferred to review an economic analysis before rendering a viewpoint on the matter; and a
suggestion was offered to allot for a light rail station in the Plan, in the event once is developed, as there
is no way to know whether or not one would come to fruition.
4. Discuss matters related to the update of the Comprehensive Plan, including,but not limited
to, livability, transportation, housing strategies, infrastructure assessments, economic
analysis,the implementation plan, and the Future Land Use Plan.
Summary
Gonzalez: Noted items given to Committee members prior to meeting. Reiterated topics discussed at the
November 14, 2011, and introduced discussion topics for the evening, which include the Community
Character Draft, Transportation, and a continuation of the Economic Analysis discussion from the
November 14, 2011 meeting.
Discussion on the Community Character Draft
Gonzalez: Briefed on revisions to the Community Character Draft (herein called the Draft), as requested
by the CPAC members during their November 14, 2011 meeting.
Dixon: Asked to receive a red-lined copy of the Draft to make revisions easier to locate.
Consultant, Committee members, and Staff discussed the following topics: 1) map revisions regarding
major and minor gateway areas into Prosper; 2) revisions to page 13 regarding previously approved
apartments, with staff noting what zoning approval recommendations are; 3) case-by-case multi-family
zoning and how it does not necessarily follow the current Comprehensive Plan; 4) revisions to page 17
regarding bright light terminology; 5) revisions to page 18, which updates the map to reflect the
gateways; 6) revisions to page 35, which updates the Old Town Core Plan and includes the use of historic
decorative elements (such as lighting poles); 7) educating the public regarding mixed uses, 8)revisions to
page 17, paragraph 2 regarding the reference to young families; 8) clarification regarding page 19's
reference to vertical and horizontal mixed use; 9) the visibility of vertical mixed use developments from
single family subdivisions; 10) restricting the Old Town Core District to horizontal development rather
than vertical development; 11) a planned Town Center; 12) examples of developments approved by the
Planning & Zoning Commission; 13) revisions to page 6 regarding high density in Town Center; 14) the
integration of a Town Center with the Old Town Core District; 15)references to pages 8, 16, and 20, with
an agreement to keep language regarding light rail in the Plan as written so that development may be
guided rather than be constructed at the will of a developer; 16)revisions to page 20 regarding references
to blighted areas; 17) costs of a light rail station; 18) agreement to strike the last section of the sentence in
paragraph four, page 30.
Motioned by Lieber, seconded by Casedy to remove references of transit-oriented development from the
Plan prior to the second Town Hall meeting to be held at an unknown date and location. Motion failed 3-
8, with eight being in opposition to the motion.
Discussion on Economic Analysis
Consultant, Committee members, and Staff discussed the following topics: 1) ad valorem methodologies
and calculations per acre for each category listed and the derived gross tax value, which yielded a result
of $66 million in property taxes collected, 2) the tax gap analysis that looked at comparator cities'
population versus budget on per capita expenditures, which derived $55 million for future expenditures.
The overall conclusion was that Prosper is financially stable.
Dixon: Requested the consultant team provide data on Sunnyvale.
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Transportation
Consultant, Committee members, and Staff discussed the following topics: 1) Traffic Impact Analysis
reports based on the Future Land Use Plan to determine areas in need of change, 2) recommendations to
revise approximate locations of thoroughfares. The following areas and revisions were discussed:
Old town Core District
Broadway Street: A four lane, divided roadway transitioning to a two lane boulevard north of Preston
Road with boutique offices that need on-street parking on the boulevard section.
First Street: Craig Street to Coleman Street.
Dallas North Tollway back road: Access needed for continuity that will allow development on both sides
of Prosper Trail. It will also minimize the impact of retail traffic.
Hayes Road: Retail to be located in the triangle section where Hayes Road meets Preston Road, which
will aid traffic flow on Preston Road and provide access to properties abutting Hayes Road.
Town Center Loop: Remove Coleman Street loop and realign it to flow into Richland Boulevard, which
will allow access into the Town Center development and provide a back road to the U.S. 380 retail
corridor.
U.S. 380 Corridor: Currently under the Texas Department of Transportation (herein called TXDOT)
design. Area between the Lovers Lane loop will have frontage to provide access to businesses along the
frontage. Most of U.S. 380 will be down-graded in the same fashion Preston Road through Frisco was.
Other recommendations include: 1) monitor long-term regional transit decisions, 2) coordination with the
North Texas Tollway Authority for the expansion of the Dallas North Tollway, 3) coordination with
TXDOT for the expansion and/or reconstruction of U.S. 380, and 4) coordinating with developers
regarding gateway features and amendments to the Thoroughfare Plan as development occurs.
Land: Noted that Town identification will be etched in the stone or concrete on the corridors and how the
lighting will illuminate the etching.
A brief explanation of the NCTCOG's Mobility 2035 Regional Transportation Plan was given.
Discussion on Issue Prioritization
The consultant team explained an exercise the Committee participated in, which is summarized below:
Since time has passed since the Committee prioritized issues, the consultant team allowed the Committee
members use red dots to indicate their top priorities. Committee members were given four green dots and
one red dot, which was to signal their one most important issue.
A possible date for the Town Hall meeting was discussed, noting that all topics will be introduced to the
public. Also discussed were dates the consultant team is to have the entire Plan to the Committee for their
review, methods of advertising the Town Hall meeting and materials to the public, and the timelines for
the Planning& Zoning Commission and Town Council public hearings on the draft Comprehensive Plan.
5. Possibly direct Town Staff to schedule topic(s)for discussion at a future meeting.
There was no discussion on this item.
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6. Adjourn
Motioned by Trumbull, seconded by Casedy to adjourn.
The meeting was adjourned at 9:05 p.m.
Melanie Videan, Planning Technician e Casady, Secretary
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