Jul 06, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission

IT'LL BE CLOSE. MICHELLE.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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OUR FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON JUNE 4TH, 2026.

[1. Discussion and possible action on the minutes for the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held on June 4, 2026.]

SO MOVED. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER HESTON.

SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROBERTSON.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION INDICATE BY.

SO BY SAYING AYE. AYE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

[2. Discussion and possible action on the Preliminary Plat of Ashland Reserves Section 1 Preliminary Plat Review as submitted, and to consider updates to the Ashland Land Plan as it relates to this section located on the northeast corner of Ashland Blvd. and FM521.]

SECTION ONE PRELIMINARY PLAT REVIEW AS SUBMITTED AND TO CONSIDER UPDATES TO THE ASHLAND LAND PLAN AS IT RELATES TO THIS SECTION.

LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ASHLAND BOULEVARD AND FM 521.

MR. SPRIGGS, WOULD YOU PLEASE INTRODUCE THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSIONERS. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SECTION 1 RESERVES OF ASHLAND.

LOCATION, AS NOTED, IS NORTHEAST CORNER OF ASHLAND BOULEVARD AND 521 FM.

521 THAT IS AS YOU KNOW, ASHLAND IS PART OF THE STRATEGIC PLAN AGREEMENT WITH MUD 82, AS WELL AS THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY THAT WAS PASSED IN 2023. THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU FOR LAND AND WE'LL SHOW YOU JUST A LITTLE LATER.

GRACIE, IF YOU CAN MOVE TO THE GRAPHIC. THERE WE ARE HERE.

AND IF YOU GO TO THE LEFT FROM THERE, STOP AND JUST KIND OF GO TO THE LEFT.

IT IS THE NEXT PAGE, I APOLOGIZE. KEEP GOING DOWN.

AS YOU SEE HERE, 4.0 ACRES. THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA WOULD BE THE COMMERCIAL RESERVE THAT WOULD BE ON THE CORNER RIGHT WHERE SECTION 8 HITS ALONG. 521 WE ANTICIPATED SOME OF THIS LAND TO BE DEVELOPED AS COMMERCIAL IF YOU WOULD ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT.

THIS PARTICULAR PLAT WENT BEFORE THE CITY ENGINEER FOR A REVIEW AND THERE WERE SOME MINOR COMMENTS THAT WERE COPIED TO THE COMMISSION AND TO CITY COUNCIL REGARDING SOME OF THE LABELING ON THE PLAT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE HOPING TO GET CLEARED BY THE TIME IT GETS TO COUNCIL, WE HAVE TO POST BY WEDNESDAY WOULD BE TYPICALLY IF WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL RESERVE ALONG A COLLECTOR OR ARTERIAL ROAD, WE WE LIKE TO SEE SOME GOOD ACCESS MANAGEMENT.

SO IN THIS CASE, JUST IN CASE THEY BRING IN TWO COMMERCIAL USES, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENTS.

THAT REQUIREMENT, AS OUTLINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER IS BEING FORWARDED TO THE OWNER FOR APPROVAL.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL USERS IN MIND, THEY MAY NOT BE COMPATIBLE AND TO HAVE CROSS ACCESS EASEMENT, IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE NOT TO, BUT WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEARED UP BY COUNCIL.

THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM, I THINK, ON THE LIST REGARDING THE NOTES, THAT WE HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT WE'LL RECEIVE THE CLEARING ON THOSE AS WELL.

SO WE'RE ASKING THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO ENTERTAIN THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT.

AND ALSO NOTED WE'VE COPIED THE CONCEPT PLAN IF YOU WOULD KEEP ROLLING GRACE.

SO THAT'S THE CONCEPT PLAN THERE. THE COLORFUL DOCUMENT, IF YOU COULD ZOOM IN THERE IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH OUTLINED THIS PARTICULAR LOT TO BE COMMERCIAL.

AND JUST AS AN UPDATE, THE RED THAT YOU SEE ALONG 288 B IS STILL TO BE LOOKED AT IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS COLLECTOR ROAD THAT WOULD LEAD TO THIS BOULEVARD. BUT IF YOU WOULD POINT TO THE RED IN THE MIDDLE ALONG.

521 I THINK IT'S THE SECOND ONE TO THE LEFT, TO THE LEFT, RIGHT THERE.

DOWN ONE. YEAH. THAT WOULD BE THIS RESERVE. ALSO I'M SORRY.

ATTACHED WOULD BE THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS FOR THE COMMERCIAL USES IF YOU WOULD KEEP ROLLING DOWN GRACE JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE CHARACTER, YOU'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND ELEMENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED.

JUST KEEP ROLLING THROUGH ALL OF THE GRAPHICS.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE COMMERCIAL TO BE LOCATED ALONG 288 AND HOPEFULLY ALONG FM.

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AND THAT'S JUST SHOWING YOU A LITTLE CHARACTER THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP IN THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED FOR THE SCHOOLS. SO EVERYTHING SHOULD BLEND IN INCLUDING SOME OF THE SIGNAGE THAT YOU SEE THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO DEFER NOW TO THE COMMISSIONERS.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE. I NOTED THAT THEY DO HAVE SOME SIGNAGE THAT, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL MIGHT HAVE A LITTLE INPUT IN IF YOU HAVE INFLATABLES AND THOSE SORT OF THINGS ON TOP OF THE COMMERCIAL, IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE AGREEMENT INTO OUR SIGN CODE.

SO OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE FROM STAFF.

I'LL DEFER TO THE COMMISSIONERS. HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR EITHER STAFF OR THE APPLICANT.

HOW CLOSELY DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE ACTUAL BUILDING HEWING TO THIS KIND OF VISION BOARD OF WOOD WITH OVERHANGS THAT YOU GOT HERE. COULDN'T INTRODUCE YOURSELF IF YOU DON'T MIND ME.

YES. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JAKE WITH PLANNING.

DESIGN. WE'RE THE APPLICANTS FOR THIS ITEM, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IN TERMS OF THE SITE PLANS WE ARE, I GUESS OR WILL BE ABIDING BY THE DESIGN STANDARDS THAT HAVE BEEN SET IN THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND WITH COUNCIL IN TERMS OF THE EXACT MATERIALS BEING USED, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION.

OKAY. SO I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, BUT I KNOW IT'S JUST LIKE I JUST MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO BLEND IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WITH THE SCHOOL SITE.

AND I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME EXAMPLES THAT I'VE SEEN, SUCH AS IN MISSOURI CITY WHERE IT SORT OF LOOKS LIKE WOOD, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A MASONRY PRODUCT OR A FACADE TYPE PRODUCT.

OKAY. LIKE THE LOOK OF WOOD. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IF YOU WANT TO FORWARD THE COUNCIL WITH COMMENTS, FEEL FREE TO DO THAT. IF YOU WANT TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE MASONRY LOOK OF SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE JUST RECEIVED THE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.

BUT YEAH, WE CAN DEFINITELY FORWARD YOUR COMMENTS TO COUNCIL.

ANYONE ELSE ON THE QUESTIONS TO THE APPLICANT QUESTION OR COMMENTS.

IF NOT I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE. SO THE MOTION AS I MENTIONED IS IF YOU COULD FORWARD THIS TO COUNCIL THAT ALL OF THE COMMENTS BE CLEARED PRIOR TO IT BEING, I GUESS, ENTERTAINED BY THE COUNCIL.

THE ONLY OUTSTANDING ISSUE THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH THE APPLICANTS ALSO IS DUE TO THIS BEING A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

WE'RE HOPING THAT BY THE TIME IT DEVELOPS AS COMMERCIAL, THAT THIS WILL BE A LIMITED ANNEXATION AND THAT THE CITY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COLLECT THE TAX BASED ON THE SALES FOR THE COMMERCIAL.

THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE'RE BEING WE FORWARDED TO THE APPLICANT, AND HOPEFULLY BY THE TIME THEY SPEAK TO COUNCIL THAT WE CAN WORK OUT ALL OF THOSE DETAILS.

BUT THAT DOESN'T NEED TO BE PART OF OUR. IT DOESN'T.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PLAT. ONLY A LOT OF THOSE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ITEMS. WE WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT COUNCIL IS COMFORTABLE THAT IT MEETS THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND THE SPA AGREEMENT.

DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR COMMENT? NO, NO. YOU ASKED MINE.

AS LONG AS WE'RE COMFORTABLE WITH COUNCIL MAKING THAT DECISION ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM US.

I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR ASHLAND SECTION 1 RESERVES CONDITIONED ON ALL COMMENTS BEING CLEARED PRIOR TO COUNCIL CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER HESTON.

SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SPOOR. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT IS OUR LAST ITEM.

YES, SIR. AND WE NEED. THE MINUTES. YES, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.