2010-06-21 CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JOINT PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF THE JOINT PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PEARLAND, TEXAS,
HELD ON JUNE 21 2010 AT 6:30 P.M., IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL"
3519 LIBERTY DRI�E, PEARLAND, TEXAS
I,Tiayor Tom Reid and P&Z Vice-Chai'rperson Ron Capehart called the public hearing to
order at 6:34 p.m. with the following present -
Mayor Tom Reid
Mayor Pro Tern Scott Sherman
Council Member Ed Thompson
Also in attendance: City Attorney Darrin Coker, Assistant City Manager Mike Hodge,
Assistant City Manager Jon Branson, City Manager Bill Eisen, Planning Director Lata
Krishnarao, Senior Planner Angela Gantuah, City Engineer Narciso Lira, and Planning
Office Coordinator Judy Krajca
Senior Planner Angela Gantuah explained the Joint Public Hearing process for the
attending public, and explained that the Planning & Zoning Commission meeting will
immediately follow the Joint Public Hearing.
Mayor Tom Reid called' to order the Public Hearing for Conditional Use Permit No.
2010-014 at 6:37 p.m.
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I request of Janice and Bonnie Howard, applicants and' owners of the Houston
Memorial Gardens Cemetery, on behalf of Theresa and' Eric Walls, owners of the 3.0i
acre Tract of Land, for approval of a conditional use permit to allow the existing
Houston Memorial Gardens Cemetery the addition of the adjacent 3 acre tract, both
being located in the Cullen Mixed -Use (C -MU) Zoning District, on the following
described property, to wit:
Legal Description: Approximately 57.231 acre tract of land, out of tracts 41, 42, 55, 56,
57 in the Allison Richey Gulf coast Home Co. Subdivision as Recorded in Plat book 2,
Page(s) 24 of the Brazoria County Plat Records, located in the H.T. and B. Company
Surveys, Section 20, Abstract 506 in Brazoria county Texas, and! A 'Tract of Land
Containing 3.0 Acres, more or less, out of Lot 54 of the Allison Richey Gulf Coas!
Home Subdivision of the H.T. and B.R.R. Company Survey, Section 20, Abstract 506,
Brazori'ia County.
JPH Minutes
06/21/10
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General Location: 2310 Cullen Blvd. and 2426 Cullen Blvd., Pearland Texas
P&Z Vice -Chairperson Ron Capehart read the purpose into the record.
Senior Planner Angela Gantuah presented the staff report and stated staff
recommends approval of the Conditional Use Permit.
Janice and Bonnie Howard, owners, 2410 Cullen Blvd., Pearland, Texas spoke briefly.
There was no one present to speak for or against.
Council Member Ed Thompson inquired about the fencing that would surround the
cemetery.
Planning Director Lata Krishnarao stated if the property owners have an existing
wooden fence, then the Howards would need to meet with the property owners to see if
they can leave the existing fence, and add vegetation.
Council Member Woody Owens expressed that there has been concern over traffic
issues on Cullen Blvd. City Engineer Narciso Lira commented that the road shoulder
has been improved and is passable both north, and south bound. Mr. Lira stated when
Cullen is completed, it will be even better, Mrs. Janice Howard stated that when the
road is completed, it will probably solve all the problems, and, added that they have
also been working with the police officers that direct traffic flow for the area .
P&Z Commissioner Neil West asked if the new police station employees are
experiencing any traffic issues. City Engineer Narciso Lira stated he does not feel
there are any issues.
P&Z Commissioner Henry Fuertes asked why the cemetery was not shown on the
zoning map. Senior Planner Angela Gantuah stated that even though the Howards
own the property on both the east and west side of Cullen Blvd., this CUP only affects
the property adjoining the cemetery on the west side.
Mayor Tom Reid, adjourned the Public Hearing for Conditional Use Permit No. 2010-04
at 6:56 p.m.
Senior Planner Angela Gantuah stated that a second item was on the agenda, but did
not meet the timeline for posting the zone change sign, so Zone Change No. 2010-02Z
was withdrawn.
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Tom Reid adjourned the Public Hearing at 6:57 p.m.
Judy Keaf6a, Pa6ning Offjce doordinator
-Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected on, this 23 rd day of August 20101, A.D,
Milayo�r Tom Reid