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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda 09-19-06 City Council A G E N D A #2621 CITY COUNCIL MEETING CITY OF UNIVERSITY PARK, TEXAS TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2006 AT 7:00 P.M. MCCULLOCH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HIGHLAND PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL AUDITORIUM 3555 GRANADA I. INVOCATION – City Manager Bob Livingston II.PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE – City Manager Bob Livingston III. MAIN AGENDA A. CONSIDER: Award of contract to low bidder for in-place pavement recycling – Smallwood Pages 2-5 B. PUBLIC HEARING: Legacy/Hillcrest (Chase Bank Building) – Persaud Pages 7-27 IV. ITEMS FROM THE FLOOR Anyone wishing to address an item not on the Agenda or having questions about items on the Consent Agenda should do so at this time. Questions and comments regarding Main Agenda items may be made when that item is addressed by the City Council. As authorized by Section 551.071(2) of the Texas Government Code, this meeting may be convened into Closed Executive Session for the purpose of seeking confidential legal advice from the City Attorney on any agenda items listed herein. AGENDA MEMO (9/19/06 AGENDA) DATE: September 19, 2006 TO: Bob Livingston City Manager FROM: Jennifer Shell, P.E. Civil Engineer SUBJECT: In-Place Recycling of Asphalt Pavements at Various Locations, Project No. 42694 Main Miscellaneous CONSIDER APPROVAL OF BID AND AWARD OF A CONTRACT for the labor and materials furnished for the In-Place Recycling of Asphalt Pavements at Various Locations Project, No. 42694. There are two plan holders for this project. Bids were opened Friday, September 15, 2006, at 10:30 A.M. The bid results will be presented at the September 19, 2006, Council Meeting. This project will include the reconstruction of existing asphalt streets using in- place recycling of asphalt. The streets involved are attached, as well as a map of the streets involved. The budgeted account number is 44-44-4410, Project No. 42694-2300. IN-PLACE RECYCLING OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT, PROJECT NO. 42694, LOCATIONS STREET NAME BLOCK(S) FROM TO SMU Blvd 2800-3000 Central Expwy Airline Dublin 6600-7000 Daniel Lovers Airline 7700-7800 Southwestern Caruth Villanova 3200-3300 Airline Hillcrest Villanova 3500-3700 Turtle Creek Blvd Baltimore Villanova 3900 Tulane Pickwick Wentwood 3500-3800 Turtle Creek Blvd Tulane Centenary 3800-4000 Baltimore Preston Marquette 4000 Pickwick Preston Caruth 3600-3700 Thackery Baltimore Hanover 3400-3500 Hillcrest Thackery Stanford 3600 Thackery Turtle Creek Blvd Preston 7200-8400 Amherst Northwest Pkwy Pickwick 7800-8200 Greenbrier Wentwood Southwestern 4200-4400 Westchester Lomo Alto Glenwick 4300 Douglas Armstrong Armstrong 6500-6600 University Glenwick Shenandoah 4100 Preston Douglas Normandy 4100 Preston Douglas Daniel 3200-3300 Airline Hillcrest IN-PLACE RECYCLING OF ASPHALT PAVEMENT AT VARIOUS LOCATIONS, PROJECT NO. 42694 Bids will be taken in the Conference Room at 4420 Worcola, Dallas, Texas 75206 at 10:30 A.M. on Friday, September 15, 2006. We currently have two planholders, Cutler Repaving, Inc. and Remixer Contracting. Bid results will be presented at the September 19, 2006, Council Meeting. AGENDA MEMO (09/19/2006 AGENDA) DATE: September 19, 2006 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: Harry Persaud, MRTPI, AICP, Community Development Manager SUBJECT: Hold a public hearing and consideration of a request by Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, representing Legacy Hillcrest Investments, LP, for a change of zoning from Multi family “MF-2”, Parking “P” and Office “O-2” zoning district classification to Planned Development District and approval of a PD concept plan. The subject tract is approx. 2.0696 acres more or less, situated between Daniel and Haynie Avenues and West of Hillcrest Ave., and described as lots 5 thru 12, Block 3, University Park Addition, City of University Park. The said tract is zoned MF-2, P and O-2 and owned by Legacy Hillcrest Investments, L.P Background/Analysis: In 2001, P&Z denied a request by Legacy Hillcrest Investments for 270,500 sq. ft. of mixed uses on the subject tract. Another request for 290,000 sq. ft. was considered on March 6, 2006. P&Z requested the applicants to consider amending that concept plan in view of the strong comments made by residents opposed to the proposed development. The request was amended to 260,000 sq. ft. and P&Z denied that request on April 17, 2006. The applicants then submitted a request for approval of an amended concept plan for 217,500 sq. ft. which was considered by P&Z on July 17, 2006. Recommendation: At its regular meeting on July 17, 2006, P&Z voted 3 – 2 to recommend approval ofaPD Concept Plan with a total of 135,000 sq. ft. gross floor area, excluding the 8 units of town homes, subject to the following conditions: (1) Height of the proposed building on the O-2 site shall be limited to the height of the existing building (2) A maximum of 25,000 square feet for restaurant /retail space (3) Building height west of the common area shall not exceed 35 feet. (4) Parking to be provided at the rate of 1:200 square feet for retail and restaurant, and 1:300 square feet for office space and (5) with 19 staff conditions. Attachments: 1. P&Z Report 2. Amended Concept Plan (Large color copies) 3. Amended Land Use Statement and PD conditions submitted by the applicants. 4. ULI Parking Calculations 5. Memos from Dannie Cummings 6. P& Z minutes of July 17, 2006 City Council Report DATE: September 19, 2006 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council FROM: Harry Persaud, MRTPI, AICP, Community Development Manager RE: PZ -06-002 GENERAL INFORMATION APPLICANT: Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, representing Legacy Hillcrest Investments, LP LOCATION: s The subjectite is situated west of and abutting Hillcrest Avenue between Haynie and Daniel Avenues. REQUEST: Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, representing Legacy Hillcrest Investments, LP, requesting a zoning change from Multi family “ ‘ MF-2’, Parking ‘P’ and Office ‘O-2’ zoning district classification to Planned Development PD-34, for a tract of approx. 2.0696 acres situated between Daniel and Haynie Ave. and West of Hillcrest Ave., and described as lots 5 thru 12, Block 3, University Park Addition, City of University Park. The subject tract is zoned ‘MF-2’, ‘P’ and ‘O-2’ and owned by Legacy Hillcrest Investments, LP. EXISTING Multi family ‘MF-2’, Parking ‘P’ and Office ‘O-2’ ZONING: SURROUNDING LAND USE: North: PD-1-R for retail uses in Snider Plaza. South: General Retail “GR”, Single family Attached SFA and Single family SF-3. East: UC-1, SMU West: Multi family MF-2 STAFF Background: COMMENTS: Legacy Hillcrest Investments submitted an application dated November 15, 2005, requesting a zoning change from Office 2 ‘O-2’, Parking ‘P’, and Multi family ‘MF-2’ to a Planned Development District. Building heights based on current zoning classifications are as follows: Office ‘O-2’ - 60 feet, Parking ‘P’ - 35 feet and Multi family ‘MF-2’ - 35 feet. The existing height of the Chase Bank building is approx. 72 feet with an approx. net rentable floor area of 52,000 sq. ft. In accordance with the comprehensive zoning ordinance, a new building which exceeds of 40,000 sq. ft. of floor area or requires more than 200 parking spaces may only be permitted in a Planned Development PD district. In 2001, the applicant requested a zoning change to allow the following mixed uses on the subject site and that request was denied by P&Z. 9 Story Offices 162,000 sq. ft 1 Story restaurant 25,800 sq. ft. 1 Story bank 8,000 sq. ft. 2 Story library 39,800 sq. ft. Below grade YMCA 34,900 sq. ft. Total 270,500 sq. ft. Public Hearing, March 6, 2006 : The Planning Zoning Commission held a public hearing and considered a concept plan (dated February 20, 2006) at a special called meeting on March 6, 2006. That plan showed the following maximum floor area for various uses not to exceed 290,000 sq. ft. plus a maximum of 8 single family units. The concept plan also included a request for the City Council to consider a “maximum of 306,000 square feet plus single-family at the Detailed Site Plan stage if the Council believes the additional square footage will enhance the project.” The concept plan showed the following maximum floor area by uses: Office/ Hotel/Multi Family 225,000 sq. ft. Bank 15,000 sq. ft. Retail 20,000 sq. ft. Restaurant 20,000 sq. ft. Library 40,000 sq. ft. Single Family Residential 8 Units Total 320,000 sq. ft. The City’s traffic consultant pointed out at that meeting on March 6, 2006, that a reduction of floor area by 10 – 25% would provide the necessary “wiggle” room to allow for better traffic flows in that 3 neighborhood over time. The Planning Commission requested the applicants to address the comments which were made by residents who spoke in opposition and return on April 17, 2006 for further consideration. Amended Concept Plan Dated April 5, 2006: The applicant resubmitted another concept plan on April 13, 2006, which reduced the maximum square footage by about 7% from 290,000 to 270,000. The breakdown of uses by maximum floor area is as follows: Office/ Hotel/Multi Family 225,000 sq. ft. Bank 15,000 sq. ft. Retail 20,000 sq. ft. Restaurant 17,500 sq. ft. Library 35,000 sq. ft. Single Family Residential 8 Units Total 312,000 sq. ft. However, at the meeting the applicant presented a concept plan which called for a maximum of 260,000 sq. ft. P&Z voted unanimously to deny the request. Amended Concept Plan Dated June 8, 2006 The applicant submitted a revised concept plan dated June 8, 2006. The plan noted that the total floor area will not exceed 217,500 sq. ft. plus 8 single family homes. Maximum floor area for various land uses: Office 175,000 sq. ft. Bank 15,000 sq. ft. Retail 22,500 sq. ft. Restaurant 17,500 sq. ft. Library 30,000 sq. ft. Single Family Residential 8 Units Total 260,000 sq. ft. The revised concept plan shows the maximum building height measured from grade as follows: Height of Signature Element @ Hillcest and Haynie – 123 feet. Height of Signature Element @ Hillcrest and Daniel - 120 feet 4 Maximum building height @ Hillcrest and Haynie – 90.92 feet Maximum Building Height @ Hillcrest and Daniel - 87.92 feet Height of Signature Elements west of Common area – 77.22 feet Maximum building height west of Common area on Daniel – 40 feet Maximum building height east of the parking garage at Daniel – 49 feet. Dannie Cummings has reviewed the traffic study and forwarded a memo attached. Additional staff comments (including comments from Dennis Wilson) are incorporated in the proposed PD conditions below. NOTIFICATION: A public notice was published in the Park Cities News on August 31, 2006 and notices were mailed to owners of real property within 200 feet of the subject tract. At the time of this report, 15 responses were received opposing the request and 2 in favor. A total of 21% of land area within 200 feet is opposing this request which requires a three fourths vote of City Council to approve this item, in accordance with Section 15-101 (6) of the Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance. CONDITIONS FOR PD CONCEPT PLAN: After reviewing the concept plan submitted by the applicants, staff is proposing that the following list of conditions and stipulations be added to the PD concept plan approval. The Ordinance for this Planned Development District will be drafted after City Council’s action and direction to staff. 1.Site utilities including but not limited to the specific location, number and spacing of fire hydrants, will be reviewed with the detailed site plan submittal. 2. The Concept plan for the proposed development assumes that the City will abandon a 22 feet strip of street right-of-way on Hillcrest Avenue and the alleyway west of the existing bank. The abandonment and or sale of City right-of-way is subject to City Council consideration and approval. 3. The location shown on the concept plan for dumpsters will not work. The number and final locations of all dumpsters are subject to further review and approval with the Detailed Site Plan. 4. The unencumbered travel lanes on Haynie Avenue west of Hillcrest shall be a minimum of 20 feet wide. 5 5. Traffic exiting the garage on Haynie shall only proceed east to Hillcrest. 6. Recommended traffic mitigation improvements will require the Hillcrest-Daniel intersection to be reconstructed, NOT simply “adding lane width”. Details of construction (including design services, traffic signals, drainage, utilities, street lights, and etc) and level of participation should be identified in the PD ordinance. 7. The size of the proposed building has been described in the PD conditions using various numbers. Staff recommends that one number be used consistently in all the documentation. Gross . floor area (GFA) is typically used and recommended in this case 8. Signage size, display and locations shall be reviewed with the detailed site plan . 9No on-street parking shall be counted toward meeting the proposed development requirements. Required parking spaces shall be wholly contained within the below-grade parking garage. . 10. On-street parking shall be maximized at the City’s discretion Parallel parking along the south side of Haynie will impede traffic flows to the Daniel/Hillcrest intersection and staff recommends deleting these spaces. 11. Parking spaces for the uses shown on the Concept Plan shall be calculated in accordance with the Urban Land Institute (ULI) mixed-use parking methodology. The parking design and layout including the underground parking structure shall be reviewed with the detailed site plan. 12. On Daniel and Hillcrest, the following streetscape standards must be met: (i) minimum 1' wide dismount adjacent to on-street parking spaces; (ii) minimum 5-foot wide tree planting zone; and (iii) minimum 12-foot wide sidewalks. No architectural overhangs are permitted over the streetscape unless specifically approved by the City. 13. On Haynie between Hillcrest and the common area, the following streetscape standards must be met: a minimum 10-foot wide sidewalk with 5-foot tree plant zone either in the sidewalk or adjacent to the parking spaces shown on the Concept Plan. 14. All street trees shall be shade trees and shall be planted on 22- foot centers (or as may be otherwise approved by the City) along all street frontages, except where prohibited due to driveway access. The City may vary any of these requirements to provide consistency with streetscape standards that may be approved for the Snider Plaza area. 6 15.Pedestrian lighting and streetscape furniture will be provided by the Development and shall be consistent with any standards that may be approved by the City for the Snider Plaza area. 16. Retail (including banking uses) shall be provided at grade along the Hillcrest frontage, and along the Daniel Ave. frontage for 360 feet from the intersection with Hillcrest, excluding the common area. However, a maximum of 90 feet of either frontage may include banking uses. Retail shall be provided to a minimum 60-foot depth. 17. A stepped floor plate shall be provided for retail along frontages with a sloping adjacent grade in order to facilitate at- grade access to retail uses. No fewer that four floor elevations shall be provided along Daniel between Hillcrest and the Common Area. 18. All retail entries shall be inset at least 5 feet from the front building wall. Canopies over the sidewalk shall be provided for at least 75% of the building frontage. 19. The Common Area shall be located at grade with adjacent public sidewalks. Approval of the design of the “Common Area” shall be subject to the complete discretion of Council with consideration of the detailed site plan. It is anticipated that it will provide a public amenity in terms of its use by the public and its role in serving as a terminus for Snider Plaza. The applicants will present the proposed PD concept plan, traffic study and parking analysis at the meeting and answer questions. Dannie Cummings has been contracted by the City to review the traffic and parking studies. Dannie will also be available to answer questions. ATTACHMENTS : 1. Amended Concept Plan (Large color copies) 2. Amended Land Use Statement and PD conditions submitted by the applicant. 3. ULI Parking Calculations 4. Memos from Dannie Cummings 5. P& Z minutes of July 17, 2006 7