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SPECIAL MEETING
PLANNING COMMISSION
First Floor Conference Room
December 3, 2007
A Special Meeting of the Planning Commission was held on December 3, 2007 with the
following members present:
Commission members present: Chairman Glenn Bodwin
Vice Chairman Lynda Kay Makin
Commissioner Sina Nejad
Commissioner Marty Craig
Commissioner Greg Dykeman
Commissioner Ted Moor
Commissioner Patrick Gibbs
Alternate Commissioner Randall Collins
Commission members absent: Commissioner Dale Hallmark
Commissioner Walter Kyles
Alternate Commissioner Steven Johnson
Also present: Stephen Richardson, Planning Manager; Jill Cole, Recording Secretary;
Adina Abshire, Planner; Tyrone Cooper, City Attorney, Tom Warner,
Public Works Director
REGULAR MEETING
1) Replat - Lots 3-3E, DuPont Beaumont Industrial Site No. 1: Consider the Replat
of Lots 3-3E, DuPont Beaumont Industrial Site No. 1.
Location: North of Highway 347, in the City of Beaumont's Extraterritorial
Jurisdiction
Applicant: Schaumburg & Polk, Inc.
Mr. Richardson presented the staff report. The Planning Manager recommends
approval of this request with a variance to the lot width requirement for Lots 313
(50') and 3C (90').
Schaumburg and Polk, Inc,, representing DuPont, has applied for a replat of Lot 3,
DuPont Beaumont Industrial Site No. 1 into Lots 3-3E, Beaumont Industrial Site
i ) No. 1. This replat is a continuation of the sale of property to Eastman Corp. for a
proposed plant costing in excess of $1 billion.
Planning Commission
December 3 , 2007
Lots 3B and 3C do not meet with minimum 100' width for industrial lots. The
Planning Manager is recommending a variance to the lot width for those two lots.
The Subdivision Regulations state that minimum lot widths within the ETJ shall be
based on the proposed use corresponding to the zoning requirements if developed
within the city limits.
Mr. Richardson recommended approval of the request with a variance to the lot
width requirement for Lots 3B (50') and 3C (90').
Three notices were mailed to property owners within the subdivision and within 200
feet. No responses in favor or in opposition were returned.
Chairman Bodwin opened the public hearing and asked for the applicant's
continents.
Bill Westbrook with Schaumburg & Polk, Inc., the applicant, addressed the
Commission and answered questions from the Commission.
Chairman Bodwin asked for comments in favor or in opposition. No comments
were made. The public hearing was closed.
Commissioner Craig made a motion to approve the Replat of Lots 3-3E, DuPont
�i Beaumont Industrial Site No. 1 located north of Highway 347, in the City of
Beaumont's Extraterritorial Jurisdiction with a variance to the lot width requirement
for Lots 3B (50') and 3C (90'). Commissioner Collins seconded the motion. Motion
to approve carried 8:0.
OTHER BUSINESS
Workshop - The Mediplex - west side of N. Major at Folsom Extension
Mr. Richardson stated that this project would probably be on the agenda for the
Joint Public Hearing of the Planning Commission and City Council in January,
2008.
Joe Ping with Allco distributed materials to the Planning Commission and
introduced Barbara Mulroy, Director of the Associated General Contractors of
Southeast Texas.
The Mediplex is a multi -phase, multi -building healthcare and retirement related
project proposed on the 54 acre site that is currently located in Beaumont's ETJ.
They propose a retail space in the front of the property.
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Planning Commission
December 3, 2007
In response to Chairman Bodwin, Mr. Ping said that they are proposing a 4 year
completion time.
Discussion followed between the Commission and Mr. Ping regarding GC-MD-2
zoning instead of GC -MD zoning, the number of units for the nursing home,
utilities that are already in place and possible opposition to the project.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS, THE MEETING WAS ADJOURNED
AT 3:45 P. M.
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