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Planning Commission Meeting Minutes
February 25, 2008

The February monthly meeting of the Lavaca Planning Commission was held on March 24, 2008 at the City Hall.

Members present were Steve Hockaday, Mary Ray, Addie Heard, James Patterson and Gina Smithson. Also present were Mayor, Hugh Hardgrave and Gerald Atkins. Guests for the public hearing included Tammy Frizell, Jack James and one other individual.

The public hearing was called to order at 7:00pm by Chairman, Steve Hockaday. Steve announced the proposed subdivision guidelines draft and opened the floor to comments and/or questions. Steve also stated that he had spoken to another developer who had read over the guidelines and was pleased with the document. He also asked Steve to mention that he would like to see the city hold the developer to their “as built”. Mayor Hugh Hardgrave asked if there was anything in the guidelines that required sidewalks. Jerry stated that he did not believe that we were requiring sidewalks although we had talked about it as a committee. Tammy Frizell stated that she believes sidewalks are necessary and to ensure that she will have them in her new subdivision, she is going to require that the contractor put them in. She wants them on one side of the street and those contractors working on that side will be given a credit to have the sidewalk built. Jerry stated that the committee will take that into consideration. Later in the meeting, Steve pointed out that on pg. 13, sidewalks are required and that we needed to discuss and modify if necessary based on discussion.

Tammy Frizell had a question regarding what constituted a private street & the difference between a private street & private drive. Jerry clarified that the paragraph referencing private streets is meant to inform the developer that if they want the city to be responsible for maintaining their street, then they would have to petition for that. Tammy stated that she was going to have a private drive put in for emergency vehicle access, but not request that the city maintain it….. it would be more of a private drive. Jerry stated that there were no issues, as long as if she sells the lots later, she would need to draft a private agreement for maintenance (i.e. the city would not pick up the maintenance at that time). Tammy also asked about pumps on pg. 21. She said that she thought she was told that she had to have a pump large enough to anticipate future growth, but that is not what is reflected in these guidelines. Jerry stated that we are requiring a larger pipe in these guidelines for growth, but we do not mention pump size. Jerry went on to say that pump size should correspond with pipe size and that the committee would need to discuss revising that section.

Steve asked if there were any additional comments/questions and there were none. He thanked everyone in attendance for their feedback. Steve addressed the committee and stated that at our next meeting, we needed to review and/or make changes to the following areas of the subdivision guidelines: sidewalk requirements, pump stations and private streets. We will also vote to take the subdivision guidelines to the city council in May.

Addie gave a motion to accept the meeting minutes with a 2 nd from Steve. The meeting minutes were approved without opposition and signed by Chairman and Secretary.

A motion was made by Steve to close the meeting with a 2 nd from Gina. Meeting was adjourned at 7:48pm.

The next meeting is scheduled for Monday, April 28 th.

 

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