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Council member opposes Meadowstone/Randall Road rezoning, citing traffic and infrastructure limits
Summary
Council members discussed a proposed Meadowstone project on Randall Road and a council member strongly opposed rezoning to R3, citing inability to upgrade connecting streets and anticipated cut-through traffic and safety risks.
A staff presenter described a Meadowstone proposal encompassing approximately 40 acres on Randall Road with mixed-use elements; council members raised concerns about increased density and traffic impacts on local streets.
The presenter (voice S6) summarized the site as roughly 40 acres, split across parcels with a large waterway and the potential for mixed-use and commercial by-right uses. In response, a council member (voice S4) said the area already includes dense developments and that rezoning to R3 would be too dense for existing local infrastructure. “It's too many people, too dense. We're never gonna get out on 264. And there's no way to improve where we need to improve,” the council member said, citing Brentwood, Hillcrest and Ford roads as constrained corridors.
Council discussion noted a plan to require a turn lane at the corner of 264 and Ford for one project, but members said that mitigates only part of the problem. The council member said the city should not approve additional R3 parcels without the ability to upgrade key connecting streets and worried about increased cut-through traffic through residential neighborhoods.
What happens next: the matter will return with more detailed engineer review when engineers are available; no formal zoning action was recorded in the excerpt.
