City of San Marcos - File #: ID#15-396

• File #: ID#15-396
• Version: 1
• Type: Action Item
• Status: Individual Consideration
• File created: 7/2/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/21/2015
• Title: 7:00PM Receive a Staff presentation and hold the second of two Public Hearings to receive comments for or against granting a petition by Highpointe Communities for voluntary annexation and annexing for all purposes, a 417.630 +/- acre tract of land out of the William H. Van Horn Survey, Abstract No. 464, Hays County, Texas. Being a portion of those certain 100.22 Acre, 67.53 Acre, 248.77 Acre, and 5.01 Acre Tracts Conveyed to JOQ - San Marcos Ventures L.P. by Deed of Record in Volume 1820, Page 715, of the Official Public Records of Hays County, Texas. Generally located on the east side of IH 35, south side of Posey Road and east side of Old Bastrop Road.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/21/2015	1	City Council

AGENDA CAPTION:
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7:00PM Receive a Staff presentation and hold the second of two Public Hearings to receive comments for or against granting a petition by Highpointe Communities for voluntary annexation and annexing for all purposes, a 417.630 +/- acre tract of land out of the William H. Van Horn Survey, Abstract No. 464, Hays County, Texas. Being a portion of those certain 100.22 Acre, 67.53 Acre, 248.77 Acre, and 5.01 Acre Tracts Conveyed to JOQ - San Marcos Ventures L.P. by Deed of Record in Volume 1820, Page 715, of the Official Public Records of Hays County, Texas. Generally located on the east side of IH 35, south side of Posey Road and east side of Old Bastrop Road.

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Meeting date: July 7, 2015 - 1st Public Hearing
July 21, 2015 - 2nd Public Hearing

Department: Planning and Development Services

Funds Required: N/A
Account Number: N/A
Funds Available: N/A
Account Name: N/A

CITY COUNCIL GOAL: Economic Development; Quality of Life and Place

COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ELEMENT(s): Land Use: Goal 1; Neighborhoods & Housing: Goal 4; Economic Development: Goal 4

BACKGROUND: This is a voluntary annexation request submitted by Highpointe Communities for approximately 417.630 acres for a mixed-use development. The site is generally located on the east side of IH-35 and south side of Posey Road, at the southern edge of the City of San Marcos, and will also be bordered by Old Bastrop Highway. The majority of the site is located within the City's Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). Highpointe Communities (Trace) has also requested Planned Development District (PDD) zoning and the creation of a Public Improvement District (PID) to finance the infrastructural needs of the development.

The location of the Trace development will make it a southern gateway into the City of San Marcos. The project is planned to consist of employment center uses, commercial uses, and a mixture of residential uses. Trace anticipates approximate...