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Home My WebLink AboutCC 2004-02-05 Minutes MINUTES OF THE THE NORTH RICHLAND HILLS CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION ON THE SOUTH GRAPEVINE HIGHWAY CORRIDOR STRATEGY HELD IN THE DAN ECHOLS SENIOR CENTER, 6801 GLENVIEW, NORTH RICH LAND HILLS, TEXAS - FEBRUARY 5, 2004 - 6:00 P.M. City Council Present: Mayor Oscar Trevino Mayor Pro Tem Joe Tolbert Councilman John Lewis Councilman Scott Turnage Councilman Frank Metts, Jr. Councilwoman JoAnn Johnson Councilman David Whitson Councilman Tim Welch Staff Present: Larry J. Cunningham, City Manager Paulette Hartman, Assistant to the City Manager Patricia Hutson, City Secretary John Pitstick, Director of Development Jim Browne, Parks and Recreation Director Larry Koonce, Director of Finance Mike Curtis, Public Works Director Dave Pendley, Building Official Ashley Stathatos, Marketing & Research Richland Hills City Council & Staff Present: Councilman Herbert G. Reynolds Marty Harrison, Economic Development Specialist Mr. Bill Cunningham, Leland Consulting Group, and Mr. Rick Leisner, HNTB, facilitated the meeting. 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Trevino called the work session to order at 6:00 p.m. City Council Work Session Minutes February 5, 2004 Page 2 of 4 2. PRESENTATION OF DRAFT FINAL REPORT and 3. DISCUSSION OF PRPOSED DRAFT FINAL REPORT Mayor Pro Tern Tolbert present at 6:10 p.m. Mr. Bill Cunningham and Mr. Rick Leisner presented a PowerPoint presentation of the draft final report of the South Grapevine Highway Corridor study. The presentation consisted of reviewing the corridor opportunities for the South Grapevine Highway, Rufe Snow and Glenview corridors, the vision for the revitalization of the corridors and implementation plan. The consultants reviewed the trade areas for the corridors, summarized the development demand, reviewed and explained opportunities by land use type, and identified activity centers for investment. The consultants identified eight village areas and briefly discussed with Council the development concepts: · Village #1 - Mall/North Hills Hospital Village - located in southeast quadrant of the 820 and South Grapevine Highway Interchange - development concept would include the potential to link to the hospital and land uses consisting of regional retail/entertainment, hospital campus and urban mixed-use. · Village #2 - Church/Bank Village - located between Vance Road and Parchman Street on the west side of South Grapevine Highway - development concept would allow an opportunity for North Richland Hills Baptist to expand by vacating a public street and designating as a private street to accommodate expansion and orientation to South Grapevine Highway and providing opportunities for neighborhood retail fronting South Grapevine Highway. · Village #3 - Future Joint Recreation Center - located in the southeast quadrant of the South Grapevine Highway/Popplewell Street intersection - development concept would include a joint recreation/community center, provide opportunities for expansion and redevelopment of the existing bank and possible retail fronting on South Grapevine Highway. · Village #4 - Walker Commercial Center Village - located between Scruggs Drive and Flory Street on the west side of Grapevine Highway - development concept would address aesthetic improvements needed along Walker Construction facility frontage and provide a business park identity for the area and redevelopment of the residential area to include a mix use of residential, service commercial and light industrial uses. · Village #5 - Albertson's Retail Village - located at the southeast corner of Grapevine Highway and Rufe Snow Drive in Richland Hills - development concept would consist of an anchor retail to service the adjacent neighborhood City Council Work Session Minutes February 5, 2004 Page 3 of 4 and provide opportunities for residential redevelopment and mixed-use development. · Village #6 - Glenview/Rufe Snow Village - located at the northwest corner of Glenview Drive and Rufe Snow Drive - development concept includes the redevelopment of the former Food Lion building into public use and/or office space, retail development along Rufe Snow Drive and residential development on the adjacent vacant land consisting of small lot single family and town homes with a public park connecting the residential and office areas. · Village #7 - Booth Calloway/Glenview Village - located in the area of Booth Calloway/Glenview Drive intersection - development concept consists of a regional retail center and medical support office with pedestrian trails linking the village with the Mall redevelopment site and the hospital. . Village #8 - South Grapevine Highway/Glenview Village - located on the northeast quadrant of the South Grapevine Highway/Glenview Drive intersection - development concept consists of mixed-use development along the Grapevine and Glenview frontages and urban housing. The consultants also briefly reviewed the urban design and streetscape elements anticipated for each of the villages. Councilman Turnage left the work session at 6:45 p.m. The guiding principles used to outline an implementation strategy were highlighted. Council was advised that from the October 2003 work session with the joint cities, actions for change were formulated based on the two council's top ten high priorities. As a result of the prioritization, the two Councils had 6 common strategies. These 6 strategies are reflected in the report as highest priority items. The remaining strategies that were included in each city's top ten priorities are reflected in the report as high priority items. The action plan for implementation of the strategies was developed based on the prioritized strategies. The consultants briefly discussed the factors for success that will be necessary for the implement plan to succeed. 4. DIRECTION/DISCUSSION REGARDING FINAL REPORT There was a short discussion on the report with each of the Council members commenting on their support of the presentation and the revitalization of the corridors. Council briefly discussed the potential opportunity to redevelop the Eckerds/triangle area on Grapevine Highway. It was agreed by the Council that this area might be the logical place to begin revitalization efforts. Councilman Welch left the meeting at 7:00 p.m. and Mayor Trevino left the meeting at 7:07 p.m. City Council Work Session Minutes February 5, 2004 Page 4 of 4 There was discussion on the need for the two cities to begin a process of identifying standards and an overall process and to reach an agreement on the aesthetic treatments at the intersections. The Council agreed that the priority strategies presented were the highest priorities, for Staff to continue to work at staff level on the priorities and to work towards bringing the plan and a joint local agreement to both the North Richland Hills and Richland Hills City Councils for approval and adoption. Councilman Reynolds, Rich/and Hills, commented that he felt with cooperation between the two cities and staff, the plan will be beneficial to both cities. Councilman Reynolds will be reporting back to the Richland Hills City Council for their comments and interest in moving forward with the implementation and adoption of the study and interlocal agreement. 5. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Pro Tem Tolbert adjourned the work session at 7:30 p.m. """.'" CJiC'J.I....£;:-IIt',. ....... .I.~,~.~;:-;.;:-:.!.tV~....-..._ " ....,~.. .. 7. ..:- ·'n .. ~ -: ... te., ~ , I \ ' A' 1=ST: \. ~ .. r .- ~-~ ~:~! . r \ . _ ~~.. h... i ã" .~ ?t64ÏJ¡¡;i'. \ ' Patricia Hutson - City Secretary