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HomeMy WebLinkAbout10-11-99 TC MinMinutes of the Board of Aldermen meeting TOWN OF WESTLAKE, TEXAS MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN AND THE PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION October 11, 1999 Present: Scott Bradley, Mayor Fred Held, Mayor Pro -Tem Don Redding, Member Bill Frey, Member Abe Bush, Jr., Member David Loeser, Member Buddy Brown, Planning & Zoning Commissioner Allen Heath, Planning & Zoning Commissioner Sharon Sanden, Planning & Zoning Commissioner Hank Barry, Planning & Zoning Commissioner Trent Petty, Town Manager Stan Lowry, Town Attorney Dennis Wilson, Town Planner Melanie Vanlandingham, Town Landscape Architect Ginger Crosswy, Town Secretary Absent: Bill Greenwood, Planning & Zoning Chairman Page 1 of4 C E Wkyski r Item # 1: Mayor Bradley called the Board of Aldermen meeting to order at 6:07 p.m. by announcing a quorum consisting of Alderman ,Bush, Alderman Frey and Alderman Redding. Item #2: The Board convened into executive session at 6:10 p.m. as Mayor Bradley read the items to be discussed. Alderman Held and Alderman Loeser arrived during the executive session. The Board recessed out of executive session at 7:15 p.m. and reconvened into open session at 7:30 p.m. Item #3: No action was taken coming out of executive session. Mayor Bradley told the assembly that Item #4 would be heard at the end of the agenda. Item #5: Motion by Alderman Bush, seconded by Alderman Redding, to approve minutes of the regular meeting held on September 27, 1999, as presented. The motion carried unanimously. Item #6: Motion by Alderman Held, seconded by Alderman Frey, to pay all outstanding bills as listed. The motion carried unanimously. Item #7: Motion by Alderman Loeser, seconded by Alderman Redding, to adopt Resolution No._ 997 12 adding Trent O. Petty as a signatory on the Town's checking accounts. http://www.westlake-tx.org/agendas/am 101199.htm 10/26/99 4 8 I6nutes of the Board of Aldermen meeting The motion carried unanimously. Page 2 of 4 Item #8: The Board received a presentation by John Hesseler of HKS, Inc. and Sarah Adams of SWA Group on the hardscape design for the Fidelity project. Item #9: PUBLIC HEARING to consider an application filed by the SWA Group requesting a variance to the Town's standards for sidewalk location and materials. This application is for the Fidelity project. Mayor Bradley opened the Public Hearing at 7:46 p.m. John Hesseler of HKS, Inc. and Sarah Adams of SWA Group made the presentation to the Board. Melanie Vanlandingham of Newman, Jackson, Bieberstein, the Town's landscape architect, gave the staff s view of this application. Dennis Wilson of J.D. Wilson and Assoc., the Town planner, also spoke on this item. After a lengthy question and answer session the Public Hearing was closed at 8:21 p.m. Item #10: Motion by Alderman Redding, seconded by Alderman Frey, to approve this variance request subject to the conditions put forth in the memo from Newman, Jackson, Bieberstein dated October 6, 1999. The motion carried unanimously. Item #11: PUBLIC HEARING to consider an application filed by GlenWyck Farms, Ltd. requesting a variance to the Town's sign standards. Mayor Bradley opened the Public Hearing at 8:23 p.m. by stating that the applicant had requested that this item be tabled until the next regular meeting. Since no one wished to address the Board on this matter, the Public Hearing was continued at 8:24 p.m. Item # 12: Since Item #I I was continued there was no action taken on this item. At this time Mayor Bradley asked the Mayor Pro Tem, Fred Held, to assume the chair since a portion of the property included in the rezoning request is owned by the Mayor and his wife. Item #4: JOINT PUBLIC HEARING to consider rezoning the property located in the area of the intersection of Ottinger Road and Dove Road from "R-40" Estate Residential requiring one acre lots to "R-80" Estate Residential requiring two acre lots. Being tracts of land out of the J.Gibson Survey, Abstract No. 592, Tarrant County, Texas and being comprised of the following tracts of land, being all of the Carpenter Addition, as recorded in Volume 388-120, Page 90, Plat Records, Tarrant County, Texas, a tract of land owned by Scott and Kelly Pace Bradley, as recorded in Volume 13502, Page 90, D.R.T.C.T., a tract of land owned by Charles Wayne Gilchrist, as recorded in Volume 10681, Page 0188, D.R.T.C.T., a tract of land owned by Wayne Hoover, as recorded in Volume 5492, Page 93, D.R.T.C.T., a tract of land owned by Jerry N. Moore, as recorded in Instrument No. 551152, D.R.T.C.T., a tract of land owned by Dwayne Mahan, as recorded in Volume 13557, Page 248, D.R.T.C.T., and a tract of land owned by Susan Mahan, as recorded in Volume 12099, Page 0989, D.R.T.C.T. The Board of Aldermen opened the Public Hearing at 8:27 p.m. The Planning & Zoning Commission also opened the Public Hearing at 8:27 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Held read into the record a letter from AIL Investments, L.P. opposing the rezoning and a letter from W. Ray Brown in favor of the rezoning. AIL Investments, L.P. is a major landowner in the area and Mr. Brown resides at 2100 Ottinger Road in Keller. Mr. Bill Resch, Vice President of Hillwood Development Corp., spoke to the Board in opposition to the rezoning of the 31 acres making up the Hoover and Moore properties which were recently purchased by Hillwood Development Corp. Dennis Wilson, the Town planner, explained why the Town is considering this rezoning. At this time the floor was opened to anyone wishing to address the Board on this matter. Speaking in opposition to the rezoning was: W. L. Gilchrist of 2590 Ottinger Road in Westlake. http://www.westlake-tx.org/agendas/am 101199.htm 10/26/99 Minutes of the Board of Aldermen meeting Those speaking in favor of the rezoning were: Leslie Sagar of 2190 Ottinger Road in Keller. Terri Bailey of Mahotea Boone Trail in Westlake. Perry Rupp of 2190 Ottinger Road in Keller. Mark Hooper of 5920 Mahotea Boone Trail in Westlake. Page 3 of � 8 T After a lengthy question and answer session there was a motion by Commissioner Brown, seconded by Commissioner Heath, to close the Public Hearing for the Planning & Zoning Commission. There was a motion by Alderman Bush, seconded by Alderman Loeser, to close the Public Hearing for the Board of Aldermen. The Joint Public Hearing was closed at 8:56 p.m. At 8:57 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Held announced that the Planning & Zoning Commission would move to Suite 207 to deliberate this matter and the Board of Aldermen would recess until the Commission had completed its deliberation. Upon reconvening in Suite 207, the Planning & Zoning Commission heard a motion by Commissioner Heath, seconded by Commissioner Barry, to recommend approval of the rezoning as presented to the Board of Aldermen. Commissioner Brown then opened the meeting up for discussion. After a question and answer session where Mr. Resch of Hillwood Development Corp. was asked several questions, the vote was taken. The motion was defeated with Commissioner Heath voting in favor and three votes against. After much more discussion there was a motion by Commissioner Barry, seconded by Commissioner Sanden, to recommend rezoning all of the property to "R-80" except the 31 acres now owned by Hillwood Development Corp. with that portion of the rezoning application being tabled until the first Planning & Zoning Commission meeting held after January 15, 2000. The motion carried unanimously. There was a motion by Commissioner Barry, seconded by Commissioner Heath to adjourn. The motion carried unanimously. The Planning & Zoning Commission meeting was adjourned at 9:35 p.m. The Board of Aldermen meeting reconvened at 9:40 p.m. Item # 13: Mayor Pro Tem Held asked for the recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission. Commissioner Brown told the Board that since Hillwood Development Corp. had committed not to take any development action on the Hoover and Moore properties which they have purchased, the Commission is recommending the rezoning of all of the property in question with the exception of the Hillwood property; that the rezoning of the Hillwood property be tabled until the Board can receive a recommendation from the Planning & Zoning Commission after the first P&Z meeting held after January 15, 2000. At this time there was a motion by Alderman Loeser, seconded by Alderman Redding, to approve the rezoning in accordance with the Planning & Zoning Commission's recommendation. The motion carried unanimously. http://www.westlake-tx.org/agendas/am 101199.htm 10/26/99 4 88 nutes of the Board of Aldermen meeting Item #14: Motion by Alderman Bush, seconded by Alderman Frey, to adjourn. The motion carried unanimously. The Board of Aldermen meeting was adjourned at 9:48 p.m. Scott Bradley, Mayor Buddy Brovfri, Commissioner ATTEST: i ing Crosswy, own Stgllary Page 4 of 4 http://www.westlake-tx.org/agendas/am 101199.htm 10/26/99