Manvel City Council postponed the second reading of the zoning change for the Presidio development at its Oct. 5 meeting as concerns remained about traffic and water capacity.
About the project
The Presidio development, located east of Hwy. 288 along Hwy. 6 and south of Del Bello Lakes, includes retail uses such as Target and Kroger, potential medical facilities including a proposed MD Anderson Cancer Center, and other commercial uses, as previously reported by Community Impact.
The development also includes plans for roadways connecting Hwy. 6 to the Hwy. 288 frontage road, including a proposed two-lane thoroughfare connecting Hwy. 6 and Manvel Parkway, according to city documents.
The plans include around:
Updated plans also remove nearly 3 acres of park space and increase the area dedicated to drainage and detention from about 78 acres to nearly 144 acres, documents show.
Latest update
At the Oct. 5 meeting, City Council postponed the second reading of the zoning change, which would remove the residential component and increase the area dedicated to drainage and detention.
Concerns remained among council members regarding buffer yards between the medical-use area and the south side of Del Bello Lakes, water capacity, traffic and compliance with previous agreements.
City Manager Dan Johnson also confirmed the city doesn’t have the capacity to provide water service for the development.
“We want to provide direction to staff to ensure ... the concerns expressed by council on behalf of the community regarding traffic, water, wastewater … are adequately addressed,” Mayor Dan Davis said. “If not, this is dead in the water and the hope is that in the next meeting those are addressed.”
Some context
The proposal presented to council in June included 58 acres of residential development, which has since been removed to accommodate an increase in detention volume and expand the detention area, documents show.
At the Sept. 21 workshop, representative Michael Rusk with Houston-based LJA Engineering, the engineering firm behind the project, said the detention plan was revised by moving the pump from south of Hwy. 6 to the north side, allowing the system to use a gravity outfall without a pump.
Looking ahead
City Council will now consider the second reading at its Oct. 19 meeting.
