PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION
MINUTES OF MEETING HELD
November 27, 2013
November 27, 2013
A
regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of
Tioga, Texas was held Wednesday, November 27, 2013 at Tioga City Hall,
600 Main Street, Tioga, Texas.
Call to order: The public meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m.
Declaration of a Quorum: A quorum was declared. The committee members present were Arlene Joice, Janet Sloane, and Kristi Staples.
Prayer was given by Kristi Staples.
Minutes:
Minutes for the October 23, 2013 meeting were considered. Kristi
Staples made a motion to accept the minutes with Janet Sloane making a
second. Motion carried with all ayes.
Review Maps: Maps of the city, ETJ, and school district were reviewed. Questioned whether school has plans for land behind the ag barn.
Continued review of P&Z Comprehensive Plan for needed updates.
Discuss Goals of P&Z: Reviewed
insight gained from meeting with Bill Hubbard concerning extending the
ETJ and activities of Ray Roberts. Will look at ways of approaching a
program from an educational perspective to gain support from the
community. We will research schools with environmental programs already
in place. We will look at the Haggerman Wildlife Program as a model or
as insight into the development of a program for Tioga. The committee
will invite Rebecca Holcomb, the junior high/high school science teacher
from Tioga Schools to a meeting in the future to gain knowledge from
her experience and training as a science teacher and person with
forestry training.
Jerry White, the County Planner, put out an invitation to come to a meeting after the first of the year.
Committee
needs to compose a list of possible contacts at the state and federal
level, such as the Corp of Engineers and Texas Parks and Wildlife.
Next Meeting: Planning and Zoning Committee will meet Wednesday, January 29, 2014. There will be no December meeting.
Adjourn: Motion
made by Kristi Staples to adjourn meeting, second by Janet Sloane.
Meeting adjourned at 8:11 p.m. Votes: All ayes motion carried.
PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MINUTES
OF MEETING HELD October 30th, 2013
A regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Tioga,
Texas was held Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 at Tioga City Hall, 600 Main
Street, Tioga, Texas.
Call to order: The public meeting was called to order at 7:04 p.m.
Declaration of a Quorum: A quorum was declared. The committee members
present were Arlene Joice, Janet Sloane, Kristi Staples and Linda Waldrop.
Prayer was given
Minutes: Minutes for September 26th meeting were considered. A motion was made
to accept minutes with a second.
Motion carried with all ayes.
Bill Hubbard, board member of the Lake Ray Roberts Planning
Commission invited to give P&Z Commission members insight as to thinking
and researching efforts to improve Tioga today and in the very near future. Bill
Hubbard has been greatly involved in many aspects of Tioga’s future planning.
There are a number of suggestions Bill offered:
-Look at the Grayson County RMA to see where growth is expected.
-Reviewed city and county map for thoughts on proper usage of land.
-Suggested attendance at TCOG meetings for understanding and
complications we will face.
-Take advantage of “small town training” through “CERT”
-What can be done now; look out for the people of Tioga
-Issues of water capacity with growth, new business and the need for
The Planning and Zoning Commission members held further discussions after
Bill Hubbard left. The Commission will look at the map to see where we might
start to focus on bringing opportunities for recreation and learning into Tioga
using current resources that had been focused on in the past. Corp property,
trails, etc. The Commission will continue to look at these options along with
researching information through TCOG. The Tioga ETJ will be looked at closely
as well to make recommendations for city protection of land.
The Planning and Zoning Commission members will begin discussion concerning
all the stated issues and recommendations at the next meeting.
Next Meeting: Planning and Zoning committee will meet Wednesday November
Adjourn: Motion made to adjourn meeting, second by Janet
Sloane. Meeting adjourned at 9:04pm. Votes: All Ayes, motion carried.
