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08.16.1994 Town Council Minutes135 PUBLIC HEARING - LAND USE PLAN TUESDAY AUGUST 16, 1994 CITY HALL - 109 SOUTH MAIN STREET 7:00 P.M. THOSE PRESENT: MAYOR SMOTHERMON: COUNCILMEMBERS; STEPHEN COFFMAN, BILL CROSSWHITE AND RALPH BOYER. DON BROWN AND MIKE DALTON WERE ABSENT. ADVISORY COMMITTEE PRESENT: PHIL COOPER, CHAIRi•IAN AND DAVID FERGUSON. LINDA MAHARD, MARK CAREY AND GEORGE BOYCE WERE ABSENT. HUNTER & ASSOCIATES PRESENT: HAL JONES AND MARK HILL CITIZENS IN ATTENDANCE: SHEET ATTACHED CALL TO ORDER: MAYOR SMOTHERMON CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. THE PROSPER CITY COUNCIL HELD A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE LANE USE ASSUMPTION PLAN RELATING TO POSSIBLE ADOPTION OF IMPACT FEES ON THE ABOVE TIME, DATE AND PLACE. MAYOR SMOTHERMON CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 P.M. AND TURNED THE FLOOR OVER TO PHIL COOPER, CHAIRMAN OF THE ADVOSORY COMMITTEE. THE FIVE MEMBER ADVISORY COMMITTEE WERE THE ONES WHO CAME UP WITH THIS PLAN. PHIL EXPLAINED HOW THE COMM- ITTEE CAME UP WITH THE DIFFERENT LAND USES SHOWN ON THE MAP DISPLAYED AND THAT THEY HAVE USED THEIR BEST JUDGEMENT IN THE ASSUMPTIONS OF WHAT PROSPER WILL SEE IN THE WAY OF GROWTH IN THE NEXT TEN YEARS. HAL JONES WITH HUNTER ASSOCIATES WAS INTRODUCED AND GAVE THE AUDIENCE AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT THE LAND USE ASSUMPTION PLAN IS ALL ABOUT AND THE REASON FOR IT. THIS IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE IMPLEMENTING OF IMPACT FEES FOR THE CITY . THIS PLAN IS HOW THE COMMITTEE FEELS THE CITY WILL GROW WITHIN A TEN YEAR TIME PERIOD. THE CITY HAS 16,803 ACRES WITHIN IT'S E.T.J. AND THE COMMITTEE HAS USED A GROWTH RATE OF 4.2% PER YEAR. THIS PLAN WILL PROVIDE A BASIS FOR DETERMINING THE NEED FOR CAPTIAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE POPULATION. AT THIS POINT THE MAYOR OPENED THE MEETING UP TO DISCUSSION FROM THE AUDIENCE. SEVERAL SIGNED IN WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL AND/OR ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE MAYOR CALLED THE FIRST NAME OF FRED WILSON. MR. WILSON HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE LAND USE PLAN AFFECTING EAST FIFTH STREET, AS SHOWN ON THE MAP TO BE PUBLIC OR SEMI-PUBLIC LAND. MR. WILSON OWNES A LOT IN THIS SECTION AND WANTED EVERYONE TO KNOW THIS IS PRIVATE LAND NOT PUBLIC AND HE THINKS IT WHOULD BE CHANGED. THE COMM- ITTEE EXPLAINED THAT THIS LAND IS IN THE ARE OF THE EXISTING SCHOOL AND THE MAP IS ON A SCALE OF 1" TO 2000' AND THEY ARE AWARE OF THE FACT THAT THE NORTH SIDE OF E. FIFTH STREET IS PRIVATE LAND NOT PUBLIC. SECOND, THE MAYOR CALLED RAY SMITH, RAY IS A REPRESENTATIVE OF OKLAHOMA PUBLISHING COMPANY (OPUBCO) OPUBCO OWNES SEVERAL HUNDRED ACRES WITHIN OUR E.T.J. AND HAS A VERY STRONG INTEREST IN THE WAY THE LAND IS PLANNED FOR USE. RAY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE RETAIL/COMMERCIAL AREA ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDRY BEING SH 38Q. HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS STRIP, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE APPROXIMATELY 900',WIDENED. HE ALSO HAD SOME CONCERNS AS TO THE SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA, AT THE ENTRANCE WAY OF THE CITY. THIRD, THE MAYOR CALLED HELEN EVE LIEBMAN WITH THE NELSON CORPORATION REPRESENTING OPUBCO LAND ALSO. HELEN BROUGHT ALONG MAPS SHOWING THE SAME CONCERNS ADDRESSED BY MR. SMITH. THE MAPS SHOWED EXACTLY HOW THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE CHANGES MADE IN THE RETAIL/COMMERCIAL AND SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT AREAS. 136 CONT. PAGE 2 PHIL COOPER EXPRESSED HIS GRATITUDE FOR THEIR CONCERNS AND HOW MUCH THE COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL APPRECIATED THEIR INPUT,BUT FOR THE CITY AT THIS TIME THEY FEEL THE PROPOSED LAND USE AS IS WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE PRESENT BUT MIGHT BE CHANGED BY NEXT YEAR. NEXT, THE MAYOR CALLED TOM JONES WITH THE ARCHER CORPORATION. THE ARCHER CORPORATION OWNES A PIECE OF LAND ON SH 289 AND FTI 1193. MR. JONES WAS CONCERNED BY THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN PROPOSED BY THE COTf1ITTEE. THEY ARE SHOWING ON THE MAP A THOROUGHFARE ROAD, EAST & WEST ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDRY OF THE ARCHER TRACT. THEY FEEL THIS IS UNFAIR AND THAT THE ROAD SHOULD BE MOVED TO THE EXISTING HICKORY CREEK DRIVE SO THEY DO NOT HAVE TO BARE THE BURDEN ALONE FOR THE MAJOR ROAD. THE MAYOR ADDRESSED THIS WITH THE FACT THAT THE CITY DOES NOT OWN HICKORY CREEK DRIVE AND NO ONE IS QUITE SURE WHO DOES AND NOTHING WILL BE DONE UNTIL THE OWNERSHIP OF THE ROAD IS IDENTIFIED. MOTTON BY RALPH BOYER AND SECONDED BY BILL CROSSWHITE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING FORTH A RESOLUTION FOR ADOPTION OF LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS FOR IMPACT FEES AT THE REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL MEETING, TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 1994. MOTION CARRIED. /MAYOv CIT SECRET 137 S I CN I N SII F. hT AL1. PF, It SONS IN ATTFIN I) A r W F' P I. F: A.", F. SI (;rl PUBLIC HEARING LAND USE ASSUMPTIONS k k -l- 17 2 1 L4L-- 3. _2r -c4 2- 4 5 7 8 9 29 10 30. II 31. 12 32 13. 33, 14 * 34 . 15. 35. 16. 36. 17 37. 18. 38 19. 39 20. 40.