Odessa council approves Park Hill sports-complex zoning, pool repairs, street resurfacing, finance signatories and board appointments

Odessa City Council on March 11 unanimously approved a set of routine and project measures, including original zoning for a planned sports complex, a $157,387 pool repair contract, a $511,850 street restoration contract and updates to financial authorized representatives.

The approvals advance a request by Park Hill/Park Bell Ranch to rezone a 104.187-acre tract to a planned-development recreation center district to allow construction of the sports complex, authorize repairs at Floyd Gwynne Pool, fund pavement work on about 16 miles of city streets, update city representatives on local investment pools, appropriate $22,000 for EMS personal protective equipment and confirm multiple commission appointments.

Council opened a public hearing on a request by Park Hill (Park Bell Ranch) to rezone a 104.187-acre tract identified in the notice as located in Section 40, Block 41, T-1-S, T&P RR Company survey, abstract 16, Ector County. City planning staff asked the council to adopt the developer's exhibit as part of the planned-development approval and to add conditions A through C to the resolution. Planning staff said design is in progress and referenced differing completion estimates in the meeting (a staff estimate of about 80% design completion and an indicator that the drawing before council was a 60% submittal). Councilman Thompson moved to…