03-29-2005 (City Council) Minutes MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE WYLIE CITY COUNCIL
& THE WYLIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
Tuesday, March 29, 2005— 6:00 p.m.
Wylie Municipal Complex—Council Chambers
2000 State Highway 78 North
Mayor John Mondy called the Wylie City Council Joint Meeting to order, Tuesday, March 29, 2005 at 6:04
p.m. with the following Council members present: Mayor Pro Tem Eric Hogue, Councilman Chris Trout,
Councilman J. C. Worley, Councilman Merrill Young, and Councilman Earl Newsom. Councilwoman Reta
Allen was absent.
Staff present were: City Manager, Mark B. Roath; Assistant City Manager, Mindy Manson; City Engineer;
Chris Holsted; Planning & Zoning Director, Claude Thompson; Public Information Officer, Mark Witter,
and City Secretary, Carole Ehrlich.
Dennis Larson,Chair of the Wylie Planning and Zoning Commission called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m.
with the following commission members present: Eic Alexander, Red Byboth, Dave Hennesey, and Kathy
Spillyards. Scott Ames arrived at 6:40 p.m.
• Presentation and discussion of Development Proposal for the 186.5-acre Jones tract, south
of FM 544 and west of Regency Business Park. (ZC 2005-01) (Herschel Leffel of
MeritageHontes and Rob Adams of Adams Engineering)
ZC 05-01/186-acre Jones Tract:
Planning and Zoning Director, Claude Thompson introduced a proposal, tabled by the P&Z to be reheard
April 5, 2005 stating that major concerns requiring Council direction include proposed lot size and
residential density which does not conform to the recommendations of the Comprehensive Plan and the
extension of McCreary Road.
City Engineer, Chris Hoisted addressed the McCreary extension, stating that the City is negotiating a land
swap with the City of Sachse to locate all of the McCreary extension on the Jones tract so that it can be
constructed entirely as part of this development. He also stated that the land fill (closed portion) can be
utilized for park and recreation activities.
Herschel Leffel of Meritage Homes,the applicant,presented the proposal and led the discussion of land uses
and lot sizes. He stated that the adjacency to the land fill and deteriorated Regency industrial development
and the major overhead electrical transmission line dictate smaller lots and lower cost homes.
Council/Commission members responded that instead of smaller lots these adverse conditions dictate fewer,
larger lots and higher values if not commercial/industrial uses rather than residential. Orville Jones,property
owner, stated that his family has stewarded this land for 5 generations, and it was the wish of his mother(a
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realtor in the Park-Cities and Preston Road area)that the land be developed for the mixed uses as proposed.
Also present but not speaking were Rob Adams and Stacy Stockton of Adams Engineering.
• Presentation and discussion of Development Proposal for the 59.3-acre Housewright tract,
north of FM 544 and the Wooded Creek Addition, south of Sage Creek Phase 8 and east of
Sage Creek Phase 4 and 7. (ZC 2005-03) (Bruce Prine of Ashton Woods Homes and John
Bull of Dowdy Anderson Engineers)
ZC 05-03/59-acre Housewright Tract:
Planning and Zoning Director, Claude Thompson introduced the proposal, tabled by the P&Z to be reheard
April 5, 2005 stating that the proposal continues the same lots sizes of the existing Sage Creek development
but does not comply with the recommended larger lots and lower density of the Comp Plan.
City Engineer, Chris Hoisted addressed Council concerns that the proposal created too much traffic
congestion, especially along Claybrook. He reviewed the traffic study which concludes that the proposed
development as well as existing development does not burden Claybrook, and that adequate alternative
routes are available to provide normal traffic relief and emergency access. He stated that the applicant has
proposed to extend Mainstream to Riverway,which will additionally reduce potential for congestion.
Neal Heckel of Ashton Woods Homes presented the proposal, assisted by engineer John Bull of Dowdey-
Anderson. He stated that Ashton Woods has increased house size and cost throughout Sage Creek as the
market allowed, but there is no market for acreage lots. They also plan to provide 30 acres of public park
land with a trail, and believe that this provides the effective density close to that envisioned by the Comp
Plan.
Council/Commission generally recommended that larger lots were most appropriate for this isolated pocket
surrounded by natural open space,and asked the feasibility of an additional north-south street along the west
side of Muddy Creek to provide additional access (suggesting that the Thoroughfare Plan be restudied to
consider such). Also present but not speaking were Bruce Prine of Ashton Woods, property owner Ronnie
Housewright and realtor Chris Lander.
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With no further business to come before the Wylie City Council and the Wylie Planning and Zoning
Commission,the meeting was adjourned at 7:10 p.m.
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