08-20-1996 (City Council) Minutes Minutes of the Wylie City Council
and Planning and Zoning Commission
Special Called Meeting
August 20,1996
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Swartz called the Joint City Council and Planning and Zoning Commission
Meeting to order, August 20, 1996 at 7:00 p.m. with the following Councilmembers
present: Wanda Sparks, Cleo Adams, Reta Allen, Joel Scott and J. C. Worley. John
Mondy was absent.
JOINT WORKSESSION - CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING & ZONING
Guiding the City's Planning Process: Elements of the Comprehensive Plan
and their Relationship with the City Ordinances
Mike Collins, City Manager stated that the purpose of the joint worksession was to
better understand the specific uses for the comprehensive plan.
Kelly Shaw, City Planner, gave an overview of the different uses in the
comprehensive plan, with one of the uses being multi-family. He explained the necessary
steps in planning and the best use of land. He stated there was currently about 400 acres
designated as multi-family and at the present time only 15 acres are developed as multi-
family. Shaw said that the zoning ordinance development standards need to be re-
evaluated for multi-family.
WORKSESSION - CITY COUNCIL
FY 1996-97 Budget
Collins gave an overview of the new insurance rates and benefits offered by the
current insurance carrier - Texas Municipal League.
STAFF REPORTS
CITIZENS PARTICIPATION
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~° ADJOURNMENT
As there was no further business to come before Council for consideration, the
meeting was adjourned.
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