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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 - 1980 1 YOU ARE INVITO a .r TO ATTEND -;,d CITYWIDE 8E1.EGT1CtM ML~E1'INa T©` FOAM A 1171 ol I 4f `r d ~Ntd W11ir df~lwlMi~ y/M0 M N~I fUP Sa ~t o! a• 1 1N,~rini~q d~pbyNlNi. 1•~kt. J* Aw 0*0 *ids W4 iWo ""N"s. s Y' i 4 wo . . ~t ,I K C~ ( y1 ( ) L '`:1 5-~-}rt5 10 FL "in ~r' i . 0r 'J, Ella i a Lxk ly, as A a+ ~ ,4 i , 1M1 3~ x ¢ { a3M1 ti r~~ ) t7 ~ r~ .i „T ~1 py'~~a((1 t~E SL "'i~~ }ty. ti.~kt it ~(f~~4r}~ }t ' ,~t~ ~r Y M1 {r52li }~'f ~ ~ , M1y I>1p~~~12l a( ~wr ~d~h! a~ai~ 1i'.. wad Pk, S ~ N T ry I Minutes 4 Land Use Planning Committee Workshop October 30, 1980 6:30 p.m. r Senior Citizen Center I. Review of Public Continents j 1 The Committee reviewed all comments received from the public ~ during August, September and October. Items disccused were; A. North Carroll Extension Question A presentation was made by Northwest Area representative Dwain Vance, Discussion followed concerning such things as impacts on other neighborhoods (i.e, Elm Street) if Carroll. was not FF extended. A suggestion was mad,^that Carroll Boulevard Extension remain as presented on the plan which is to continue as the long range plan of the City - that North Carroll would be extended due North to tie into Highway 77. There was no objections raised by any committee members, therefore the Committee, conclusion was to leave the long range plan as outlined in the Draft Guide Major Thoroughfare Plan (Platel4). B. Windsor Extension Question Consideration was given to public comment that Windsor should not be extended in a continuous arterial west to and through the park, Steve Brinkman indicated detail park planning was now underway on North Lake Parks and he could not give a f recommendation at this time on what such action would mean on the park, Rick Svehl.a, Director of Public Works indicated earlier detail street plans ,throu,'n the nark provide wide mediums, primarily for pedestrl'an safety. T'herfore it was the conc'ensus of the committee that future detail, park and r' street planning in the North Lake area provide particular attention to pedestrian safety, however since such detail is beyond the scope of this study such detail could not be incorporated in the Guide. i A suggestion was made to leave the current major thoroughfare plan generAl alignment as presented. Theta was no objection, therefore the Committee conclusion was to leave the Lon; Ransd 'flan as outlined in the Draft Guido Major 't'horoughfare lar. (plate 14). r 1 Land Use planning Committee Ainutes, October 30, 1930 Page Two C. Fctor Street Extension The question concerned whether or not Fctor Street should be extended to Oak to tie into future street planning by North Texas State University,. Discussion centered around whether or not enough information on North Texas State University planning was available at this time to make a decision, There- fore a suggestion was made to leave the Thoroughfare plan as presented without Eater Street being extended to Oak and re- classified as a major arterial, but add wording to the effect that future detail study maybe needed, Such wording would be; "The Land Use Planning Committee wants to Texas State University and Texas Womens Universitytboththaveta long range plan, These long range plans have not been reviewed by this committee and some details may be in conflict with the Denton Develo Mont Guide, The only known conflict at this time involves the Ector Street area," There was no objection received from the Committee, therfore the conclusion was to include the above wording in the ! but leave the current long Range Major Thoroughfare Planuase presented on Plate 14 which does not show Ector Street as a major arterial, D. Bell Avenue Routing North of University The Committee recognized future potent,Eal datail traffic engineerin problems but suggested such were beyond the scope of this Su de, However, this guide does rocognize as a major policy that Bell should be routed north as a major north/ south artery, Wherefore the current Mta,jor Thoroughfare Plan (plate 14) will show Bell on the current alignment in order to officially affirm the above policy, There was no objection to the sugg esti.on therefore Plat 14 wi i indicated on the Guide, ll be so IZ, Review of Committee Comments of Draft C,uide J tt was reported that only two committee members, Carol Wheeler Liston and Batty Bailey submitted comment6 for su,1~ anted changes, Their suggested changes were not any suggested policy chan es r but were changes intended to emphasize areas of ,ubl { that the guide was unclear in some major areas, lltwascthe Committee members' feeling that the Guide covered these i areas already but with some rewording and re-emphasis this I might be made clearer to these groups. Therefore they submitted gu major areas,ggeated draft guide changes basically in the following f 1, Current sewer and water designed for 100,000 people. i}ei~ore future expansion study ecological cost, and educate citi4ens to those before deci 2, ding to expand, TrRnsportation policies be more integrated with all modes, 3. Input of neighborhoods into future decision-m ad more continued communication between peopleandnNe their representatives, P 4 ` Land Use :nrning Committee Rinutes, oetober 30, 1980 > Page ThreE: 4, Encourage more specific energy policies, Copies of all the changes were handed out to the Committee, The Committee saw no major problem with such changes but it was suggested that the staff edit and ret " Ype Volume IY changes and submit back to Team Planning Leaders for one last check before releasing to the public as the Final Consensus Guide of the Committee, The Planning Team Leaders and interested Committee members were to meet on Thursday, November 6, 1980, 12;00 at City Nall. for this final review of changes, 111. Determination of Future Schedules Its was suggested that after the Team Leaders release the final copy on November 6, 1980, that the public be given until. November 20, 1980 to submit: any written comments, speoi°ically soliciting any item that may have been overlooked by the Committee, Upon receiving all written comments the Team`Leaders would review comments for determination of need for additional j major study by the full committee, The Team Leaders were authotized to supervise minor editing and text modifications but woUtd bring back to the full Committee any new proposed major policy if any were so indicated particularly in areas not previously resolved by the Committee. Upon completion of this Final Review Period then a formal ; presentation to the Planning and Zoning; Commission and City Council would be prepared in early December. Committee member Ray Stephens suggested the recommended procedure would be for the Council to receive the report only in December and reset it to the Planning and Zoning Commission for public: hearing and study, and for the planning and Zoning Commission to make a formal recommendation to the Council, The procedure was agreeable to all Cormtittee members, IV, Adjournment The City of Denton Land Use Planning Committee formally adjourned its full Committee work, unless a speciAl called meeting was deemed necessary by their planning team leaders, prior to the preeantation to the City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission. i i N . I 1YY' \1~ 111 L REP.RE'SENTATXVES SELECTED AT DECP,MBER 17, 1079 MEETING i Developer Interest Barry Down (Builder - Developer) 1204 University Drive West Denton, Texas 76201 382-3656 i E Ran C, Rylander (Developer) 300 West 7th Ft. Worth, Texas (817) 336-9768 Tom Pouts (Realtor - Developer) 1900 Marshall Denton, Texas 78201 387-7223 i Bob Crouch (Realtor) 801 N. Locust Denton, Texas 78201 362-6707 k t Alvh Whaley (Homebuilder) 2129 Pembroke Denton, Texas 76201 387-8443 i Jesse Coffey (Developer) Rt. 1, Box 240 ; Sanger, Texas 762,66 458-3424 si . Chttrles Hopkins (Builder) 1421 N. Elm , Denton, Texas 76201 g8d~3031 i , 1 F<.>Gk _2.. East ! Mike Cochran 1124 Austin Street Denton, Texas 74201 387-0995 Bonlta Minor (Legal Secretary) 305 Loop 288, N, 4 Denton, Texas 76201 382-4107 Rev, M.' R. Chew, Jr. (Pastor) 107 S, Wood Street Denton, Texas 76201 387-4794 i Northeast Roy 1 eMaster (Plant Engineer) ~ 2200 Ascot Denton, Tens 78201 382-1159 Carol Wheolor-Liston (Teacher Child Dov, & Graduate Student) 2,220 N. Locust Denton, Texas 76201 387-8643 E Floyd D, McDaniel (14. T. S, U. Professor) E 2315 Royal Acros Denton, G15 Coxa 76201 ' Southwest Gracie Tunnell (Graduated Student) 1423 Xnight Denton, Texas 76201 382»27411 Brian Dubin 1 1910 Leslie Denton, Wont s 76201 588-3347 887-3831 (ask for Security Department) N -3 _ Lloyd Sanborn (Administration Social Work) 2015 jacqueliue Denton, Texas 76201 566-3784 383-3631 (Office) West i Will Wagers (Systems Analyst) 1712 Broadway Denton, Texas 76201 382-.0280 566-1411 (Office) ,Tiin Manton 1319 Scripture Denton, Texas 76201 387-4353 Mark Roden f 710 Gober Denton, Texas 76201 506-2858 South August Brnwn (Consultant) P, 0 Box 264 Denton, Texas 76201 566-6256 George Olufsen (Retired) , 2901 Santa Monica Drive Denton, Texas 76201 Lill' j87-6030 Richard 'E, Johnston (No To So U. PI'of 06800 712 ftidgecrost Circle Denton, Texas 76201 E 387-7369 r 4 E t, t v Northwest B. Dwain Vance (Professor of 1310)09y) 2124 Glen Garden Dontoii, Terms 762,01 387-3271 r (Office) i~ I I k ii E [ i i f y, i i LAND-USE PLANNING COMMITTEE PLANNING PROCESS t j j ~ X980 , 3 j fi f 1] INTRODUCTION Denton, Texas is a unique community that offers the best of two worlds, Since the City was established in 1857, it has func- tioned and grown as an independent self-supporting community. in addition, the location of Denton at the summit of one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in the nation provides an added ingredient that'is not only unique but provides the opportunity to develop a diversified and vigorous economic link with the larger Dallas-Fort Worth market area. An upbeat and growing community { in a setting of serene neighborhoods and natural beauty is an en j viable position for any community. Denton's growth has been steady over the years, doubling in I size siiiae 1950 and showing growth of over 48% from 1960 to 1970, which was twice the 25% rate of growth in the decade from 1950 to 1960. This growth pattern slowed somewhat in the early Ws but a recent study by the City indicates that the growth potential is k significantly increasing with projections of a population from 65,000 to over 75,000 as early as 1985, , where will this growth occur? How will it effect our present quality of life in Denton? What about the growth after 1985 what i 1oould we like to see Denton become? These type of questions have f a continually been asked in Denton over the last few years, h ww, The City is responding to these questions in a very progressive way. The leader in that response will be the format ton early in 1980 of a Denton "80" committee that will look comprehensively at I the future of Denton,in such areas as cultural activities, education, health, public facilties, recreation, environmental issues, trans- portation, and land use, As part of that effort, the City Council has initiated an additional emphasis on the future land use questions by commissioning a Denton "80" Land Use Subcommittee to also recommend. a specific Land Use Policy Guide that-can be used in day to day I decision making on such things as location of new apartment; units, ! commercial areas, neighborhood preservation, thoroughfare alignments, I and other similar Land Use questions. These type of City Land Use Plans are usually done by profes- sional planners like Denton's 1960 and 1974 plan. But the City Council and 1P&Z were concerned that this tyre of traditional Land f Use planning effort would not reflect the local values and desires of arts citizens, Therefore, the City Council initiated a relatively new process of Land Use Plan development where the Council and P&z will work as equal partners with citizen representatives of the total community to develop future land use policies,' This joint effort will include the entire planning process identification of issues and objectives, design of alternative land use plans, and finally arriving at a consensus proposal. By invol- ving across section of the total community in the entirety of r ;1:: N'18.d'414✓q. R.af r•ln'srsr•♦ the plan preparation process and allowing these individuals to express and act upon their concerns during the development of the plan, it is believed that a more realistic and effective guide for development will emerge a plan of realistic proposals reflecting Denton's community values. THE CITYWIDE PLANNING COMMITTEE To produce this Land Use Policy Guide a 46 member Citywide Planning Committee has tentatively been established. This Comm- itteo will be composed of residents, policymakers, developers, civic leaders, and public officials, selected to represent a cross- f section of those persons who are both directly and indO:e7tly con- cerned with the future development of the City of Denton. i Two methods for selecting representatives will be used to form the 46 member Committee. Established agencies, organizations and commissions which are already involved in planning ~)r development in the City will be invited and asked to send representatives to participate in the planning workshops I i s 3 I~ i i Div F The remaining representatives include 18 citizens-at-'large; 7 persons representing development interests homebuilders, devel- opers, realtors, bankers and large land owners+, and 1 person to represent -other civic gr:,::rr. .,,.,,..~..»..w.,.j These representatives are to be selected at an open meeting on December 17, 1979, The meeting is to be open to all citizens of Den{, on, At the open meeting, the persons attending will be asked to split into eight subgroups. Six of these will represent sectors of the City, the seventh will represent development interests and the eight civic groups at large, Each group will select represen- tatives by whatever means they choose. The selection of these I representatives will. complete the Committee of 46, I I r I _ -4- xt....rd..:c•Y'.i.Seri'v.; tVM`k1ka.:+. w f ry TENTATIVE* COMMITTEE STRUCTURE City Council 3 Planning and Zoning q County Commissioners 1 IJ School District Board l Chamber of Commerce 1 Leaque of..,11,5Zmen Voters 1 Park Board 1 Utility Board 1 Housing Authority Board I CDBG Committee N.T.S.U. Students 1 N,T S.U. Administration 1 T.W.U. STUDENTS 1 T.W.U. Administration 1 Other Civic Groups i. Industrial Representatives 1 Developer Interest 7 Bankers Realtors i ' Develoepre Large Land Owners , City Residents N.W, 3 N. E. East 3 1.W. 3 S.E. West 3 TOTAL 47 i EX OF'F'ICIO MEMBERS Hous ng Auth. D rector School. Supt i Ftata Hwy, Dept. QIty Manager Public Works Dir, * Final structure to be detarminoa by the City Council at their j December 4, 1979 meeting. a i r. T ii THE PLANNING WORKSHOPS The Citizens Planning Committee will be charged with the task of proposing a general plan and policies for future growth and development. The medium through which they will make the planning choices is the "planning workshop" - educational work sessions which provide a context in which the participants can design and evaluate the issues, the available alternatives and the policies which can encourage the desired development pattern. The first and second workshops focus on general planning concerns and grin- i ciples. The third and fourth defines the problems and issues j perceived by the committee, The fifth outlines solutions to i these issues through the design of alternative land uiie plans The sixth and seventh enables the committee to reach a ooncensus on what development policies should be proposed to encourage' the ultimate realization of the objectives identified as desir- able. These concensus policies would then be presented to the city's poli.oymakers as a proposed guide for future development in the city. s ~ ~W •o.'L' .r, v.aV,Ii.§4.fii ta<[t C.^rv`v,'~•',xA~P.w^ TENTATIVE* PLANNING SCIIEDULE December 17,_J979 1 Open meeting to select Citizen representatives for Land Use Study. Jr~nua~ Workshop 1 - Introduction 1 Workshop 2 - Introduction February ~ 1 Workshop 3 - Issues Identification I Workshop 4 - Neighborhood Preservation Tour. l March Workshop 5 - Land Use Design Alternatives A ri1 Ma I Concensus Workshops I June 3 Vinol draft citywide Land Use Goals recommendation to full Denton I 118610, committee. 1 Final draft Land Use Policy Guide recommendation to City Council, I t i * Subject to final Council determination, Committee "80" scheduling t and Citywido Land Use Committee desires I I i I r r -7- i i WORESHOP L AND 2 The first and second workshops will be directed to developing this common language. It is unrealistic to expect all citizens to successfully involve themselves in a complex undertaking such as the preparation of a city-wide plan without these educational sessions. Through these two workshops, the citizen planners will be familiarized with the planning process in terms of what itis, i how it will be applied and what will be their own roles and res- ponsibilities, as well as with some planning terms and vocabularies that will be frequently used in the workshops. They will also be familiarized with some basic tools and theories of city planning. A hands-on involvement from citizens will require this effort on the part of the staff to provide an educational orientation to the citizens. This orientation will by no means make everyone experts in city planning, but it will give enough background so each will understand what he is supposed to do in the planning work- sh(,ps and generally how they will do it. Both workshops will be i two to three hour sessions with no committee preparation required. JJ i WORKSHOP THRSE AND FOUR T ent y ncr Goa s_an Issues in the third and fourth workshops, tl+e members of the planning 5 Committee will identify the problems and isoues, The identified issues will serve as a basis for work in the fifth workshop, when the alternative deve?.opment plans will be prepared by workshop participants, I Y~_ j A. W ` 1 MSS. T ~ . \ I + y1~ + I t ysiVA., 1, u-,....... . , rr1{qq~s The format to be utilized for identification of issues Nill be a 10 to 15 page educational discussion questionnaire to be com- pleted by each member of the Planning Committee at the meeting. This exercise will allow all the participants to indicate the nature and degree of problems or potential within the City. In addition to providing a variety of basic attitudinal information this session will prove to be a valuable educational tool as the questionnaire itself is so designed, Interspersed with numerous questions and responses, the participants will examine and question the applicability of a number of basic planning concepts and considerations as discussed in the first and second workshops. The fifth workshop will continue the discussion questionnaire sessions in a field trip situation. Probably on a Saturday mor- ning the group will tour various older neighborhoods that may or may not be subject to special neighborhood revitalization or preservation efforts, F'IF'TH WORKSHOP The fifth workshop will be devoted to the preparation of alternative Land Use plans by the workshop participants. The resolution of major planning issues defined in the third and fourth workshop will be the primary objective of this workshop. To facilitate the design efforts and to generate a number of alter- native plans, the members of the Planning Committee will be divided into five to six teams, each team consisting of sevon to eight -10- . ..r ♦I w. I:a ti.l 2ir ..1 ll. . A'.l E$ ~l f `.j members. Each team will be engaged in a concentrated session of exchanging ideas and thoughts, all directed at the major issues defined a•n the third workshop. This problem solving group inter action process w•i.11.,,Qahtinue through most of the session, culmin- ating in the preparation of a plan by each team. The tools or design kits to L,) used in the fifth workshop will include a large base map approximately 10' x 101. Each team will indicate development proposals by means of colored wooden building blocks of size 1" x 1" x I", each cc,lor representing a different activity. Housing will be indicated by block& of yellow color, commercial by red color, Industrial by purple color, parks and opon space by green color, etc. The overall proposal by each team, i visually represented on the urban game board with the aid of design kits, will be designated as one alternative. Thus, there will be five to six alternative land use plans when the session is completed. f i t -1i- =3 3 WORKSHOP SIX AND SEVEN CONCENSUS PLAN The consolidation, evaluation and final approval of the con- census plan and policies comprising the Denton Development Guide will be subject to a minimum of two committee sessions. in the first session, the physical framework and policies aggregated from the five alternative plans and questionnaire res- ponses, will be introduced. Participants will make final revisions and additions. The procedures used in aggregating the physical concepts and policies from the five alternatives into a consolidated i policy package will also be resolved at this session. JJ! During the interim between Workshop 6 and 7 the planning staff will articulate and graphically display the objectives, concepts, I policies, and program proposals into a coordinated draft of the complete development guide, The draft Denton Development Guide will than be provided to the workshop participants for final review, i comment and revision in Workshop 7. Additional workshops will be ~ f ~ arranged if desired by the committee, K' IIANWM,~rw ~ 1 ~ 7I cwt/rts~ r t 7 1 1 .S '111444 7MM1 Mw ~.J {9 PLAN ADOPTION/ After a consensus plan is completed four or five members will ' be selected as co-chairpersons to present the Land Use Goals to the Denton "80" full committee, In addition the Land Use Policy Guide will be presented to the P&Z and City Council for final review and consideration for official adoption, i THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF TIME CITIZENS PLANNING COMMITTEE Defining what kind of a city structure is needed must reflect the particular values and desires of the citizens themselves, The citizens must identify the type,size,and quality of development they see as important to the future of the city and must resolve any conflicts among the various objectives to assure achievement of the most important objeoti,ves. As mentioned, while the professional planners can project what impact various alternative policies will have on the city's growth and development, they cannot determine if the type and quality; of 1 development which results or the choices and rife styles which will be available are those that are valued by the citizens of the city. This is exactly why a Citizens Planning Committee composed of residents, j i policymakers, developers, civic leaders and city officials was esta- 4 , blished to represent a cross section of those who are both directly and indirectly concerned and affected by the future development of the City, f -13- The primary function of this planning committee would be to work from the beginning to the end of the planning process They would define problems and issues in such areas as housing, transportation, ~ open space, etc., and actually prepare a set of alternative plans to address those issues. They would also gather grass root inputs from their neighbors and friends and utilize them in the planning workshops. The final task of than group would be to select the best alternative based on socioeconomic, institutional and environmental impacts The environmental impacts would be determined by the technical staff and the socioeconomic impacts would be determined y by the committee members themselves. No prior education or civic experience is required. No special study efforts or time other than attending the workshops is required, ~ What is required is a committment and responsibility to accomplish the objective of a community concensus Land Use Policy guide. I -l4- E I, NI YA:tAh;ti l3Nj,{FF2(47SjRi>HWluw..rr•^'° i