2012-09-24 CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING MEETING MINUTESMINUTES OF A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
PEARLAND, TEXAS, HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2012, AT 6:30 P.M. IN
THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, CITY HALL, 3519 LIBERTY DRIVE, PEARLAND,
TEXAS.
Mayor Reid called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. with the following present:
Mayor
Mayor Pro -Tem
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
City Manager
Deputy City Attorney
City Secretary
Absent: Councilmember Greg Hill.
Tom Reid
Susan Sherrouse
Woody Owens
Scott Sherman
Keith Ordeneaux
Bill Eisen
Nghiem Doan
Young Lorfing
Others in attendance: Jon Branson Assistant City Manager; Mike Hodge Assistant City
Manager; Matt Buchanan President of Economic Development Corporation; Rick
Overgaard Assistant Finance Director.
PURPOSE OF HEARING — PUBLIC COMMENT AND TESTIMOM REGARDING THE
ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN UNUSED ROAD AND PUBLIC EASEMENTS ON
PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF W.
BROADWAY STREET AND KIRBY DRIVE.
STAFF REVIEW OF THE ABANDONMENT OF CERTAIN UNUSED ROAD AND
PUBLIC EASEMENTS ON PROPERTY GENERALLY LOCATED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF W. BROADWAY STREET AND KIRBY DRIVE. Mr. Darrin Coker,
City Attorney.
Deputy City Attorney Nghiem Doan reported Alvin Independent School District
submitted a petition for abandonment of certain unused road and public easements to
construct it's newest high school.
CITIZEN COMMENTS:
Jeff Couvillion Director of the Building Program of Alvin Independent School District
addressed Council stating he appreciates the City's consideration on the abandonment
of these easements for the future site of Alvin's new high school.
Page 1 of 3 —9/24/2012
COUNCIUSTAFF DISCUSSION:
Councilmember Owens asked for clarification on the three separate public road
easements.
Deputy City Attorney Nghiem Doan stated the east west 40 foot easement is comprised
of two side by side 20 foot easements. The third easement is the north south 20 foot
easement.
Councilmember Owens stated this is one of the few thoroughfares Pearland has that
does not have a school zone. His concern is the school entrance off of FM 518 will
impede the traffic in that area.
Jeff Couvillion Director of the Building Program for Alvin ISD stated a Traffic Impact
Analysis has been submitted for preparation for plating the site. There will be an
entrance coming off of FM 518 as well as the southeast corner onto Kirby. The main
entrance will be the southeast onto Kirby.
Councilmember Owens stated a traffic signal will need to be installed and a cut across
the median.
Jeff Couvillion stated the Traffic Impact Analysis does address the traffic signals. The
Analysis shows there will be enough space between the signal installed at Kirby and
the entrance off of Broadway as well as the signal installed at Southern Trails. He
further stated the school does not expect to have a lot of bus traffic at this campus,
because of the density of this area and the two mile radius to be bus eligible.
Councilmember Owens asked Jeff Couvillion to take another look at the Analysis if
there really is a need to have an entrance at FM 518, and if the southeast corner onto
Kirby entrance would satisfy. The road next to the Fire Station that comes off of Kirby
already has a traffic light that could be an option for an entrance. Councilmember
Owens further stated his concern of the traffic impact it will create if the entrance is off
of FM 518.
Jeff Couvillion stated Alvin ISD has not finalized the site at this time, but up to this point
they have been looking at FM 518 and Kirby entrances. Two entrances are necessary
for the amount of traffic coming in and out of a high school. They typically do not like to
mix bus traffic, student traffic and parent drop off traffic. If possible they like to keep it
separate. Having two entrances is something Alvin ISD holds as a standard.
Mayor Pro -Tem Sherrouse asked City Manager Bill Eisen when the City expected to
add to Kirby which will bring more traffic down Kirby.
Page 2 of 3 —9/24/2012
City Manager Bill Eisen stated the City does not have a designated date or schedule at
this point. Although with the opening of Alvin High School and the Kirby Project should
somehow tie together.
Mayor Pro -Tem Sherrouse asked when the Alvin High School may open.
Jeff Couvillion stated the earliest is 2016.
ADJOURNMENT:
Meeting was adjourned at 7:39 p.m.
Minutes approved as submitted and/or corrected this the 12th day of November, A.D.,
2012.
Q-c�
Tom Reid
Mayor
ATTEST:
t+Rl......
Ofing ,T aw
y SeoWary
Page 3 of 3 —9/24/2012