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WE HAVE EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.WE MIGHT HAVE TO HAVE SOME LITTLE BREAKS DURING THIS MEETING, BUT, UH, WE'RE GONNA GET GOING AND GET AS MUCH AS WE CAN DONE, GET DONE.
[Call to Order]
AFTERNOON.IT IS 2 35 ON THURSDAY, MAY 26TH, 2022.
TODAY'S MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.
I'M THE COMMISSION CHAIR, MARTY STEIN.
UM, AND TO ESTABLISH THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS, I WILL CALL THE ROLE THE CHAIR IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MODEST IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER NELSON, PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
AND COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE PRESENT IS PRESENT IN PERSON.
UM, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER PRESENT IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER KANE IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER DALTON PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER SMITH IS PRESENT.
AND DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT IS PRESENT.
WE HAVE 16 MEMBERS WHO'VE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL.
UM, FOR THE RECORD, OUR MEETING, UH, FORMAT ALLOWS PLANNING COMMISSIONERS TO PARTICIPATE EITHER VIRTUALLY OR ON MICROSOFT TEAMS. UM, BUT TO COMPLY WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW, UM, THE CHAIR OR ACTING CHAIR MUST BE PRESENT IN THE ROOM.
UM, ALL COMMISSIONERS WHO PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY MUST BE BOTH AUDIBLE AND VISIBLE.
UM, AND OF COURSE, COLLECTIVELY, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR QUORUM.
SO, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU'RE WITH US ON TEAMS, REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR CAMERAS ON.
SO WE CAN COUNT YOU FOR QUORUM.
IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING, SPEAK UP AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE STEPPING OUT.
AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU RETURN TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY.
UM, IF YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, UM, YOU CAN FIND THE FINAL AGENDA WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
ALL ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY ARE INCLUDED IN OUR FINAL AGENDA PACKET.
UH, WE ASK THOSE OF YOU CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
AND OUR VIDEO QUALITY WILL BE BETTER IF YOU KEEP YOUR CAMERA OFF AS WELL UNTIL IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK.
[Director’s Report]
WE MOVE TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, AND I'M SECRETARY TO THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
DETAILS FOR JOINING IN-PERSON OR VIRTUALLY ARE ALWAYS POSTED ON THE AGENDA AND ON OUR WEBPAGE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY OUR PLAT APPLICANTS, THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVED OUR TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 42 LAST WEEK.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE HELP THAT WE GOT FROM YOU AND OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
UM, THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THOSE CHANGES IS JUNE 10TH.
AND FOR OUR APPLICANTS, I WANT TO NOTE THREE SPECIFIC THINGS THAT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTIFICATION AREA FOR, OR THE NOTIFICATION AREA FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS, VARIANCES AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS IS NOW 300 FOOT RADIUS.
THE, UM, AT DAYS OF ADVANCE NOTICE REQUIREMENT IS NOW 20 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
UM, FOR THOSE ITEMS, WE HAVE EXTENDED THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, AND IT'S NOW CONSISTENT AMONG ALL THE VARIOUS TYPES OF APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN FINALLY, PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATIONS THAT USED TO REQUIRE VARIANCES FOR SUBDIVISION NAMES WILL NO LONGER NEED SUCH VARIANCES.
THERE ARE OTHER CHANGES, BUT THOSE ARE THE THREE MOST CRITICAL ONES.
UM, YOU CAN GO TO HOUSTON PLANNING.COM AND SEE THE MOST, UM, SEE THE, THE CODE AS IT HAS BEEN CHANGED.
UM, THE NEXT MAJOR FER AND FREEWAY PLAN ACTIVITY IS THE 2022 MTFP OPEN HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15TH.
FROM FIVE 30 TO 7:30 PM THE OPEN HOUSE WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY.
THERE WILL NOT BE A PHYSICAL MEETING THIS YEAR.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION ON MTPS, PLEASE VISIT HOUSTON, TEXAS HOUSTON TXT GOV SLASH PLANNING SLASH TRANSPORTATION, OR JUST GO TO HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.UM, IN CLOSING, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT (832) 393-6600.
OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
AND AS ALWAYS, VISIT HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.
I, I WANNA ADD MY THANKS TO, OR OUR THANKS TO, UH, HARRIS COUNTY FOR THE WORK WE DID ON, ON THOSE AMENDMENTS.
THAT WAS A LONG TIME HAPPENING, AND IT FINALLY GOT DONE.
I THINK THAT'S A GREAT VICTORY.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE DIRECTOR? HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON
[Approval of the May 12, 2022 (MTFP Workshop) and May 12, 2022 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
TO APPROVAL OF THE, WE HAVE TWO SETS OF MINUTES TO APPROVE THE MAY 12TH, 2022, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN WORKSHOP AND THE MAY 12TH, 2022 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES.UM, I GUESS WE'LL DO TWO SEPARATE VOTES ON THOSE.
IF THERE'S NO, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE WORKSHOP MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THEM? ALLMAN ALLMAN.
AND THEN ON THE MAY 12TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, UH, IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM? MOTION POROUS PERLE.
IS THERE SECOND ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, WE WILL GO ON AND, UH, ATTEND TO ROMAN
[I. Presentation on draft Sidewalk Network Ordinance, CH 40 City Code of Ordinances (Muxian Fang)]
NUMERAL ONE, WHICH IS GONNA BE A PRESENTATION ON THE DRAFT SIDEWALK NETWORK ORDINANCE, WHICH, UH, ENCOMPASSES CHANGES TO CHAPTER 40 IN THE CITY CODE.UM, JUST FOR EVERYONE LISTENING, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE COMMISSION HAS EVER HAD A PRESENTATION ON THIS.
WE HAVE A VERY DRAFT ORDINANCE.
THE PURPOSE IS TO EDUCATE THE COMMISSION TODAY AND THE PUBLIC, AND THIS WILL BEGIN A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, AND WE'LL BE HAVING FURTHER DELIBERATIONS ON IT DOWN THE ROAD.
WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION ON IT TODAY.
SO, WITH THAT, MS. FUNG, WOULD YOU GO AHEAD? NO.
HTV MICROPHONE AT PODIUM, PLEASE.
RIGHT NOW, IS THERE ANOTHER MIC TEST? IT'S GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE DAYS.
I JUST, I JUST KNOW IT UNTIL THEY GET THE OTHER ONE WORKING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAD CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS MU FONG WITH PLANNING.
UH, THIS IS IAN FONG WITH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK NETWORK ORDINANCE, UH, WHICH IS INCLUDED INTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION PACKAGE.
COMMISSIONERS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, LACK OF SIDEWALKS HAS CREATE SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS FOR HOUSTONIANS TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS AND PROVIDE BETTER GUIDANCE FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY, THE CITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPT THE CURRENT SIDEWALK ORDINANCE WITH THE WALKABLE PLACES AND TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE IN AUGUST, 2020.
DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE, WE LEARNED THAT THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOES NOT PROVIDE ENOUGH OPTIONS TO, UH, ADDRESS THE CYBER CHALLENGE IN THE CITY IS EXPERIENCING AND IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO CREATE A COMPLETE CYBER NETWORK IN THE CITY.
THEREFORE, STAFF COORDINATE WITH THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, AND A MASS OFFICE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES TO PROPOSE AMENDMENTS TO THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE.
FIRSTLY, I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A QUICK REFRESHER ON THE CURRENT SIDEWALK, UH, STANDARDS.
ACCORDING TO THE SIDEWALK ORDINANCE, MINIMUM FOR FEE SAFETY BUFFER IS REQUIRED ALONG ALL PUBLIC STREETS.
THE MINIMUM SIDEWALK RISK IS ESTABLISHED BASED ON EITHER THE LOCATION OF THE AREA OR THE STREET CLASSIFICATION.
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AS YOU COULD SEE ON THE SCREEN WITHIN THE CPD, THE MINIMUM SIDEWALK RISK IS EIGHT FEET ALONG A MAJOR SURFACE.THE MINIMUM WIDTH IS SIX FEET ALONG LOCAL STREET, THE MINIMUM WIDTH IS FIVE FEET.
UH, THERE ARE SPECIAL RISK REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STREETS AND WALKABLE PLACES STREET, UH, DEPENDING ON THE CONTEXT.
SO, UM, WHEN IS CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SIDEWALK REQUIRED? ACCORDING TO, UM, CHAPTER 40, SECTION 5 52 B, NEW SIDEWALKS ARE REQUIRED IF A NEW, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME IS CONSTRUCTED OR NON SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IS CONSTRUCTED OR EXPANDED BY MORE THAN 25%, OR NEW PARKING LOT IS CONSTRUCTED OR EXPANDED BY MORE THAN 25% OR MORE THAN 10 PARKING, UH, UH, SPACES, OR THE PEDESTRIAN REALM IS ESTABLISHED FOR OFFSITE PARKING OR CONSTRUCT A NEW ROADWAY WITHIN A PUBLIC STREET.
THE CURRENT SIDEWALK ORDINANCE PROVIDES THREE OPTIONS TO MEET THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS.
UM, IF A DEVELOPMENT MEET ONE OF THE EIGHT CRITERIA LISTED IN, UH, SESSION 40 DASH 5 56 B, IT WILL AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR SIDEWALK EXEMPTION.
THIS CRITERIA INCLUDES, LIKE THE EXISTING SIDEWALK IS IN GOOD CONDITION AND MISS THE CURRENT MINIMUM WITH REQUIREMENTS.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT FRONTS A PUBLIC STREET LOCATED IN A PLANNED COMMUNITY.
WE, UH, WITH AN APPROVED PROTECTION PLAN, WHICH PROVIDES PROTECTION PATHWAYS OR A DEVELOPMENT FRONT, A PUBLIC STREET, WHICH IS A GRAY SEPARATED FREEWAY THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN AT GREAT FRONTAGE ROAD.
SO THE ORDINANCE LIST, UH, A SCENARIOS WHICH WILL AUTOMATICALLY EXAMINE SIDEWALKS.
UM, THE SECOND OPTION IS TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK AT THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
AND THE THIRD OPTION IS IF YOU ARE NOT QUALIFIED FOR SIDEWALK EXEMPTION AND YOU DON'T WANT TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK, UM, THE OPTION IS TO, UH, FOR YOU TO ALLOW YOU TO SUBMIT A SIDEWALK STANDARD MODIFICATION APPLICATION TO EITHER WAIVE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION OR MODIFY THE SIDEWALK WASTE.
BY SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO PAY, UH, $1,204 NON-REFUNDABLE APPLICATION FEE AND DOCUMENTS, UH, SUPPORTING YOUR REQUEST.
IF THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE APPROVE YOUR APPLICATION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO MEET THE SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS.
AND IF THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE DISAPPROVE YOUR APPLICATION, YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A REQUIRED SIDEWALK.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE THREE OPTIONS.
THE CURRENT ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, TO DO.
UM, DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ORDINANCE, WE REALIZED THAT THESE THREE OPTIONS ARE NOT SUFFICIENT TO HELP THE CITY CREATE A COMPLETE SIDEWALK NETWORK.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE APPROVES AN APPLICATION TO CONSTRUCT US, UH, TO NOT CONSTRUCT SIDEWALK BECAUSE IT'S INFEASIBLE TO CONSTRUCT THE SIDEWALK ALONG AN OPEN DIGIT STREET, THEN IN THIS SITUATION, THE PROPERTY OWNER DOESN'T NEED TO DO ANYTHING.
THIS WILL CREATE MORE SIDEWALK GAPS IN THE CITY, AND MAY THE CITY CONTINUE TO MISS THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ESTABLISH A COMPLETE SHOWER NETWORK.
WE BELIEVE WHEN IS INFEASIBLE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS OR DEVELOPERS TO CONSTRUCT A REQUIRED SIDEWALK.
IT'S IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY FOR THEM TO PAY A FEE IN NEW SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION TO ALLOW THE CITY TO ESTABLISH A SIDEWALK FUND TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS IN THE CITY LATER.
THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS KEEP OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO THE SAME, AMEN.
BY ALLOWING SUBMITTED SIDEWALK STANDARD MODIFICATION APPLICATIONS TO MODIFY THE SIDEWALK RISK ONLY THE MODIFICATION APPLICATION DOESN'T ALLOW WAIVER OF SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION.
BECAUSE WE ADD OPTION FOUR, THE PROPOSED OPTION FOUR ALLOWS PROPERTY OWNERS DEVELOPERS TO PAY THE FEE IN LIEU OF SO CONSTRUCTION.
IF THEY MEET THE AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, OR THEY REQUEST TO PAY THE FEE, AND THE REQUEST IS APPROVED BY THE COMMITTEE.
THE PROPOSED SIDEWALK FEE TO NOT BE A SIDEWALK WILL BE CALCULATED BASED ON THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION COST PER SQUARE FEET.
DEMAND OF THE FEE WILL BE DETERMINED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS BASED ON THE ACTUAL SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION COST OF THE CITY SIDEWALK PROJECTS.
UM, I WANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE SIDEWALK IN NEW FEE OPTION DOES NOT DEPRIVE THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHT TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALK BY THEMSELVES.
IT JUST PROVIDE ONE MORE OPTION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME TO CONSTRUCT THEIR OWN SIDEWALKS, AND I WILL EXPLAIN THE FEE IN NEW,
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UH, OPTIONS IN MORE DETAILS IN THE COMING SLIDES.IN ADDITION, ON THE SCREEN, YOU MAY NOTICE THAT THE SIDEWALK STANDARD MODIFICATION FEE IS PROPOSED TO BE REDUCED.
THE APPLICATION FEE WAS ESTABLISHED BASED ON THE ESTIMATED STAFF TIME, UH, NEEDED FOR PROCESSING AND REVIEWING EACH APPLICATION.
AFTER ONE AND A HALF YEARS, UM, IMPLEMENTATION STAFF REVIEW THE APPLICATIONS MORE EFFICIENTLY.
THEREFORE, THE NEW SIDEWALK MODIFICATION APPLICATION FEE IS BEING REASSESSED BASED ON STAFF TIME.
UH, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO FINALIZE THE ASSESSMENT.
WE BELIEVE THE APPLICATION FEE WILL BE REDUCED SIGNIFICANTLY.
THE GOAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS IS TO PROVIDE MORE OPTIONS TO PROMOTE A COMPLETE SIDEWALK NETWORK IN THE CITY.
PROPERTY OWNERS COULD CHOOSE TO PAY IN THE FEE NEW OF, UH, CONSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALK IN TWO SCENARIOS.
FIRSTLY, WHEN A PROPERTY OWNER CONSTRUCT A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A LOT, WHICH HAS NOT BEEN FURTHER SUBDIVIDED AFTER OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, HE OR SHE WILL AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFY FOR PAYING THE FEE.
AS LONG AS THE LOT DOES NOT FRONT A WALKABLE PLACE STREET OR 2D STREET IS NOT A CORNER LOT.
IT DOES NOT MAKE A MORE THAN 20% OF THE BLOCK PHASE IS NOT A BLOCK FACE WITH NO EXISTING SIDEWALK AND IS NOT ON THE SAME BLOCK AS THE SCHOOL.
SO THE REASONING OF THIS IS THAT IN HOUSTON, THERE ARE MANY NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS BUILT WITHOUT SIDEWALKS.
MORE AND MORE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES ALONG THESE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS ARE RECONSTRUCTIVE, REQUIRING THESE HOMES CONSTRUCT PIECEMEAL SIDEWALKS CONNECTED TO NOWHERE, DOES NOT PROMOTE WORKABILITY OR IMPROVE SAFETY.
IN THIS SCENARIO, THE PROPOSED FEE KNEW OF SIDEWALK OPTION ALLOWS PRODUCT OWNERS AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIED FOR PAYING THE FEE AS LAW AS THEY MEET THE CRITERIA.
JUST TALK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE SCREEN.
UM, NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ON ALL THE LOTS WITHIN THE RED BOUNDARY ARE AUTOMATICALLY ELIGIBLE FOR PAYING THE FEE.
SO IF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME CONSTRUCTION DOES NOT MEET THE AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA, OR THE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER BELIEVE IS INFEASIBLE TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK, HE OR SHE WOULD SUBMIT, COULD SUBMIT A REQUEST TO PAY THE FEE IN NEW YORK SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION BY, UM, BY SUBMITTING THE APPLICATION AND ASIDE WHAT PLAN, PAYING THE APPLICATION FEE AND PROVIDING SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS.
UPON REVIEWING THE APPLICATION, THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE WILL DETERMINE WHETHER IT MISS ONE OF THE FOUR CRITERIA LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
UM, THERE ARE, LIKE THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION IS INFEASIBLE, OR, UH, THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION CREATES UNSAFE CONDITIONS, OR THERE IS AN APPROVED SIDEWALK PROJECT ON THE SAME BLOCK PHASE, OR CONSTRUCTING THE SIDEWALK ADVERSELY IMPACTS ON A PUBLISHER PROJECT.
SO IF THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE DETERMINES IT MEETS ONE OR MORE OF THE CRITERIA, THE COMMITTEE WILL APPROVE THE APPLICATION AND THE PROJECT OWNERS COULD CHOOSE TO PAY THE FEE.
IF THE COMMITTEE DISAPPROVED THE APPLICATION, THEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK.
THE SIDEWALK FEE WILL BE, UH, COLLECTED BASED ON, UH, SIDEWALK SERVICE AREAS, WHICH ARE SIMILAR TO PUBLIC CENTERS.
THE MAP IS A PROPOSED SIDEWALK SERVICE AREA VIA PROPOSED, UM, THE PROPOSED AREA BOUNDARIES ARE CREATED BY CONSIDERING MULTIPLE FACTORS.
FIRSTLY, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP, THE SIDEWALK SERVICE AREAS ARE DIVIDED BY FREEWAYS, WHICH CREATE PHYSICAL BARRIERS.
MOST SIDEWALK PROJECTS DO NOT CROSS FREEWAYS.
UH, USING FREEWAY TO DIVIDE THE SERVICE AREA WILL HELP TO PREVENT A SO PROJECT INVOLVING MULTIPLE S WA SERVICE AREAS AND MANAGING MULTIPLE, UH, SO FUNDS AT THE SAME TIME.
UM, ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTORS IS THE FUND ADMINISTRATION.
WE ORIGINALLY, UH, PLAN TO USE THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARY AS THE CYBER SERVICE AREA BOUNDARY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE 80 A SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY.
UM, IT WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT TO MANY MANAGE 80 A FUNDS.
AND FURTHERMORE, IT MAY TAKE YEARS TO COLLECT ENOUGH FUNDING TO CONSTRUCT ONE SO PROJECT IF THE SO SERVICE AREA IS TOO SMALL, DEVELOPABLE AREA IN EACH AREA IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT FACTOR.
THE SERVER AREAS OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM LOOP ARE BIGGER BECAUSE MOST OF THESE SETTERS INCLUDE, UM, DEVELOPABLE AREAS SUCH AS AIRPORTS, PARKS, LAKES,
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SHIP CHANNEL RESERVOIRS, ET CETERA.WE ALSO CONSIDER THE NUMBER OF PERMITTING ACTIVITIES IN EACH AREA.
RECENT PERMITTING ACTIVITIES REFLECT THE DEVELOPMENT TREND, AND, UH, COULD PROJECT THE AMOUNT OF SO FUND COLLECTED IN EACH AREA.
THERE ARE MORE PERMITTING ACTIVITIES INSIDE SYSTEM 10 LOOP, THEREFORE MAKING THE SIDEWALK SERVICE AREA OUTSIDE SYSTEM 10 LOOP BIGGER COULD HELP TO BALANCE THE AMOUNT OF PERMITTING ACTIVITIES IN EACH SERVICE AREA.
AND, UM, WE ALSO TAKE POPULATION INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, BECAUSE IT REFLECTS THE AWA DEMAND IN EACH AREA.
SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP, AWA SERVER AREA TWO IS THE LARGEST AREA.
UH, HOWEVER, UM, WE KNOW IAH THE B AIRPORT AND, UH, LAKE HOUSTON ARE IN THIS AREA.
AND, UH, SERVICE AREA NUMBER 14 IS PRETTY BIG.
HOWEVER, THE PERMITTING ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA ARE RELATIVELY LESS.
UM, IN BRIEF, THE PROPOSED SERVICE AREA BOUNDARIES ARE CREATED BASED ON A COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE FACTORS.
AGAIN, UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRM WILL BE TO ENSURE WE HAVE A COMPLETE AWA NETWORK AND ARE NOT CREATING A SERIES OF UN CONNECTED SIDEWALKS THAT DON'T SERVE ANY REAL PURPOSE.
TO DO THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING A 70 30 SPLIT BETWEEN BUILDING SIDEWALKS IN THE AREA.
THE FIELD WAS COLLECTED AND A CITYWIDE SIDEWALK, UH, NETWORK BASED ON NEED.
THE INTENT OF 70 30 SPLIT IS TO ACHIEVE A COMPLETE AWA NETWORK IN THE ENTIRE CITY, NOT JUST IN CERTAIN AREAS.
THERE ARE AREAS IN THE CITY WITH LESS DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES.
AS A RESULT, THESE AREAS MAKE LESS, LESS SIDEWALK FUND.
THE 70 30 SPLIT WILL HELP TO BALANCE THE SIDEWALK PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, A SIDEWALK PROJECT PRIORITIZATION PROCESS WILL BE ESTABLISHED, AND THE FUND WILL BE MANAGED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND IMPLEMENTED BY THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, THE CHIEF TRANSPORT.
THE CHIEF TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WILL COORDINATE WITH THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE AND THE MASS OF, UH, OFFICE WITH, UH, PEOPLE OF, WITH DISABILITY TO ADMINISTER THE, UM, AWA FUND.
UM, HE WILL DEVELOP AND MAINTAIN THE AWA PRIORITIZATION PROCESS FOR FUNDS, PROVIDE AN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, AND PROPOSE UPDATES TO THE AWA SERVICE AREA MAP AND AWA PRIORITIZATION PROCESS WHEN NEEDED.
THE SIDEWALK PRIORITIZATION PROCESS IS NOT FINALIZED YET, BUT THE MAIN FACTORS TO PRIORITIZE PROJECTS ARE SAFETY, INCLUDING TRAFFIC SAFETY AND PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES, PRESENCE OF MAJOR TRIP GENERATORS SUCH AS SCHOOLS, PARKS, LIBRARIES, CHURCH, ET CETERA.
IF AN AREA WITH MORE SENIORS OR KIDS UNDER 16 YEARS, UH, OLD, THIS AREA WILL HAVE HIGHER PRIORITY FOR SIDEWALKS.
UM, WE HAVE POST THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE LANGUAGE, THE, UM, PROPOSED OUR SERVERS AREA MAP ON THE WEBSITE, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON MAY 20, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL END ON JUNE 23RD.
ON JUNE 23RD, UH, SEVENTH WILL PRESENT A SUMMARY OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THEN IN JULY, WE WILL PRESENT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEES.
UM, IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY, WE EXPECT THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION, UH, IN LATE SUMMER, AND HOPEFULLY THE ORDINANCE WILL BE EFFECTIVE FROM OCTOBER 1ST, 2020, UH, TOO.
THIS IS A WEBSITE OF, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE HAVE SENT THIS LINK TO THE PUBLIC VIA NEWSLETTERS.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAVE RECEIVED TODAY, I HAVE RECEIVED ABOUT 10 COMMENTS ALREADY.
UH, WE WELCOME THE PUBLIC PROVIDER INPUT AND HELP US STREAMLINE THE ORDINANCE.
WITH THIS SAID, I'M READY FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.
I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS, SO WHO WANTS TO START? COMMISSIONER JONES, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UH, I'VE GOT A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, BUT I, I FIRST WANT TO IDENTIFY THE SERVICE AREAS AND, AND OUR, UH, DIRECTOR, BROWN WALLACE BROWN HAS, HAS, UH, HEARD MY CONCERNS PREVIOUSLY, AND THAT IS THAT A NUMBER OF THESE SERVICE AREAS ARE OVERSIZED.
I WILL REFER TO, I WILL SAY, UH, AND I'LL BE SPECIFIC SERVICE AREA 14.
I KNOW THAT IT INCLUDES THE BARKER RESERVOIR, SO I WILL DISCOUNT THAT, OF COURSE, MM-HMM
BUT, UH, IN THAT SECTOR, IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY LARGE TO THE EXTENT THAT IT RUNS SOUTH
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TO SOUTHWEST FREEWAY.UH, AND, AND SIX 10, NO, IT'S, IT'S THE BELTWAY, BUT YET 30% OF THE DOLLARS COLLECTED ARE CITYWIDE.
SO WE'RE REALLY, WE'RE AS IT IS IN, IN THE AREA OF MY CONCERN, WHICH IS THE AREA OF WEST OF THE BELTWAY, SOUTH OF I 10 IN, IN THAT QUARTER.
BUT THOSE 30% DOLLARS ARE GOING CITYWIDE, AND THEN THE BALANCE CAN BE SPREAD IN A VERY, VERY SIGNIFICANT AREA.
AND WE FEEL THAT AT, ARE REFERRING TO THE MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FOLKS THAT IT BE ALLOCATED TO OR DIVERSE, SHARED WITHIN AN AREA, MUCH SMALLER.
NOW, WE REFER TO FREEWAYS, UH, WHETHER THAT'S WEST PARK TOW ROAD, OR I WOULD EVEN CONSIDER WESTHEIMER SINCE IT IS ALSO A FARM TO MARKET ROAD.
BUT, UH, DEFINING AREAS THAT ARE MUCH SMALLER.
SO THOSE DOLLARS ARE APPLIED WITHIN A REASONABLE DISTANCE TO WHERE THOSE FUNDS ARE GENERATED.
WE ARE VERY CONCERNED AND VERY, UH, ADAMANT ABOUT YOU WANNA JOIN THE MEETING, SOME OF THOSE MATTERS.
SECONDLY, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, THE OPTION FOR THE FEE IN LIEU, I'M ASKING FOR THE RATIONALE.
IT'S UNDER SECTION 45, 60 B AS, I GUESS IT WOULD BE B ONE WHERE, UH, UNDER DED IT SAYS THAT THE LOT IS NOT A CORNER LOT AND AN INTERSECTION OF TWO PUBLIC STREETS.
HOWEVER, THEN SAYING IF IT IS A CORNER LOT, THEN BY, ON ITS OWN TERMS, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO PUT A SIDEWALK, WHICH IN ON THE CORNER LOT IMPLIES BOTH STREETS.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LOOK AT, UM, THE FOLLOWING, E, F, AND G, UM, THEN YOU HAVE A SCENARIO WHERE THAT'S THE ONLY SIDEWALK BUILT UNDER E WHEN THE LOT MAKES UP 20% OR LESS OF THE LINEAR LENGTH OF THE BLOCK FACE.
THAT CAN EASILY BE APPLICABLE TO THAT SAME BLOCK THAT HAS THE CORNER AND THAT CORNER HOME.
LIKEWISE, F UH, SAME CIRCUMSTANCE.
THE LOT IS A BLOCK FACE WHERE NO SIDEWALK EXISTS, UH, OR EXISTING SIDEWALK IS LOCATED WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE LOT.
UH, YEAH, FIVE OF THE SAME BLOCK FACE A AGAIN, THERE'S A, THERE'S A DOUBLE STANDARD HERE, AND THAT IS THAT ON THE CORNER WE'RE REQUIRED TO PUT A SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES, BOTH STREETS, THE FRONT AND THE SIDE.
BUT YET UNDER THE FOLLOWING, UH, E, F, AND EVEN G, BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE VICINITY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE SIDEWALK.
SO YOU TRULY END UP WITH A SIDEWALK TO NOWHERE.
SO MY CONSIDERATION IS THAT IF IT'S GOING TO APPLY WITH, UH, THE FEE IN LIEU THAT D BE REMOVED.
SO, AND I HAVE OTHER COMMENTS I WON'T SHARE TODAY.
IT'LL TAKE A LOT OF TIME, BUT I'LL PUT ALL THAT IN WRITING AND SEND IT IN.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT IT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO HAVE EVERYTHING IN WRITING SO THAT WE CAN REALLY LOOK AT IT.
SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, ROBS, UM, YEAH, I'LL FIRST TO COMMISSIONER JONES' POINT, I'LL, I'LL SUGGEST THAT I THINK WE OUGHT TO CONSIDER THE OPPOSITE, WHICH IS THE, IF YOU SHRINK THE SIZE OF EACH SECTOR AND THEN, UM, YOU BUILD UP 70% OF THE MONEY IN THAT SECTOR, AND THAT'S A HIGHLY DEVELOPED SECTOR, YOU'RE GONNA JUST BE BUILDING THESE BEAUTIFUL, MONUMENTAL SIDEWALKS ALL IN ONE PART OF THE CITY.
YOU'LL HAVE OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY THAT AREN'T GETTING ANY NEW SIDEWALKS, WHICH I DON'T THINK IS THE INTENT HERE.
UM, DO YOU, CAN YOU GIVE US ANY SENSE OF WHAT SORT OF DOLLAR FIGURES YOU'RE PROJECTING THAT YOU'RE GONNA GENERATE FROM THIS? UM, AT THIS POINT, I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT NUMBER.
THE REASON IS BECAUSE AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAVE LOTS OF OPEN DIGIT STREETS.
THE COST TO CONSTRUCT CYBER LONG CURB AND GUTTER AND THE VERSUS THE CAUSE OF LONG OPEN INDUSTRY IS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.
UH, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORLD TO FIND A, UM, LIKE CREATE ONE FEE, WHICH FITS LIKE ODD SCENARIOS TO MAKE IT SIMPLE.
SO WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I'D LIKE TO SEE BEFORE WE'RE DONE.
JUST HAVE SOME SENSE OF HOW MUCH MONEY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE, THE MONEY'S GONNA START BUILDING UP.
YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SIDEWALKS TO BUILD.
YOU HAVE 10 YEARS TO SPEND IT MM-HMM
AND THEN YOU HAVE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS TO EXTEND AFTER THAT MM-HMM
AND IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE JUST GONNA END UP WITH THESE PILES OF MONEY THAT, UM, ARE GONNA BE BUILT ON SIDEWALKS.
BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, SOMEONE DOWN THE LINE'S GONNA GO GRAB THEM FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
I, I KNOW YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR HEAD NO, BUT I'M JUST, MY EXPERIENCE IS YES, IN 20 YEARS, SOMEONE'S GONNA CAMPAIGN ON TAKING THAT MONEY AND USING IT FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
I MEAN, IT, IT, IT'S GENERALLY HOW IT GOES IN MY EXPERIENCE.
UM, UH, ALSO I NOTE IT'S REALLY SPECIFIC IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT THE MONEY CANNOT BE USED FOR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE.
UM, I'M, CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO ME IN A, IT FEELS LIKE WHAT'S GONNA END UP HAPPENING IS
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YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE MAYBE KIND OF, SO-SO, AND INSTEAD OF REPAIRING THEM, WE'RE GONNA TEAR 'EM OUT AND BUILD NEW ONES AND CALL THOSE NEW SIDEWALKS.SO, WHICH DOESN'T SEEM VERY EFFICIENT.
WE, WE TALK ABOUT THIS WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE PUBLIC WORKS ALREADY HAVE A SEPARATE FUNDING, UH, TO, FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR, ET CETERA.
AND, UM, WE, THE REALLY, THE MAIN INTENT OF THIS ORDINANCE TO, UH, PROMOTE THE NETWORK, AND WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE ARE SO MANY SIDEWALKS ARE MISSING.
SO WITH THE PRIORITY IS TO USE THIS MONEY FOR SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S FUNDING THE OTHER FUNDING IN THE CITY FOR SIDEWALK REPAIR.
I WOULD JUST ASK YOUR GROUP TO CONSIDER THAT IF THE SIDEWALK, UH, THE OUT DOLLARS ALLOCATED FOR REPAIR GO DOWN AND WE, THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GOING UP FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION WERE, WE COULD GET OUTTA WHACK WHERE WE'RE, WE CAN ONLY BUILD NEW SIDEWALKS AND WE'RE NOT REPAIRING THE EXISTING STRUC INFRASTRUCTURE AT THE RATE WE SHOULD BE.
UM, ON YOUR CORNER LOT QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES IS, IS IF YOU HAVE A 10 ACRE SHOPPING CENTER AND YOU REDO THE PARKING LOT, OR WE SIDEWALKING ALL, BOTH SIDES ALL THE WAY AROUND.
UH, WILSON, IF YOU COULD GO TO SLIDE, UM, WITH LIKE THE, THE, UH, AUTOMATIC ELIGIBILITY THAT'S LIKE, SO THOSE CORNER LOT, UH, THE DIFFERENT, LIKE, UH, NOT THIS ONE, TWO MORE MAYBE.
SO THOSE CRITERIA ONLY FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
LIKE THIS IS REALLY CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, IN THE, WHEN WE REVIEWED THE FIREWALL MODIFICATION APPLICATIONS IN THE PAST ONE AND A HALF YEARS, THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT ARE THE MOST KIND OF WITHIN YEARS, MAYBE THE FEE WILL BE HELPFUL FOR THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE ALL, THEY ARE NOT AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIED FOR PAYING THE FEE BECAUSE, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, THEY, UM, INTRODUCE MORE TRAFFIC AND IT'S COMMERCIAL.
LIKE THE, THE SCALE OF DEVELOPMENT, THE INVESTMENT IS MUCH BIGGER COMPARED WITH THE SIDEWALK.
SO THERE'S, OKAY, I'LL SEND SOME REQUIRED, IT'S NOT BY THIS.
YEAH, IT'S, AND THE SECOND SCENARIO IS LIKE, IF YOU REALLY THINK THE EXISTING CONDITION PREVENTS YOU TO COMPLY TO, TO CONSTRUCT A SIDEWALK, GO TO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, WILSON, THEN YOU COULD APPLY TO PAY THE FEE.
UH, THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE WILL REVIEW IT CASE BY CASE.
I'LL, I'LL SEND, I'LL EMAIL YOU SOME COMMENTS 'CAUSE THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE ABOUT NONS, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND OR IMPROVEMENT.
AND THERE'S SOME QUESTIONS AS TO WHAT MODIFIES WHAT.
I'LL, I'LL SEND YOU MY COMMENTS ON THAT.
YOU KNOW, I, I THINK IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IF WE HAD SORT OF AN OVERVIEW OF, WELL, I GUESS WE CAN GO LOOK AT CHAPTER 40 TO, IS THAT, DOES THAT ENCOMPASS ALL THE SIDEWALK REGULATION THAT WE HAVE? MM-HMM
SO IF, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T OBVIOUSLY ISN'T THE ONLY SIDEWALK PROGRAM WE HAVE, SO WE'VE GOT OTHERS.
AND TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT WHAT COVERS WHAT YOU'D HAVE TO LOOK TO AT CHAPTER 40, WHY DON'T YOU JUST SEND YOUR COMMENTS IN AND THEN WE'LL RESPOND BACK TO THEM.
LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, WE KNOW THERE WERE SOME LIKE, UM, SIDEWALK TO SCHOOL PROJECT, OR THOSE PROJECT ARE MA UH, UH, MANAGED BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY MAY NOT BE IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT WE KNOW THERE ARE MULTIPLE ONGOING, UH, PROGRAMS HELPING.
THERE WAS A, A SAFE SCHOOL SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
THERE WAS A PARKS TO STANDARD SIDEWALK PROGRAM.
I MEAN, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF MM-HMM
SO, AND THEN JUST MY LAST QUESTION.
DO Y'ALL ANTICIPATE THE CITY BONDING THIS REVENUE STREAM AT ANY POINT? I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALLY ADDRESSED IN THE ORDINANCE, WHETHER THEY CAN OR CANNOT BOND.
WE, WE ANTICIPATED A PAY AS YOU GO.
WHO ELSE WOULD HAS A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER OLIVER? UM, YEAH, I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS.
UM, NUMBER ONE, JUST CONFIRMATION, 'CAUSE I COULDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE, THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A SIDEWALK, YOU'RE ALSO TALKING ABOUT THE RAMPS.
AND PERHAPS LIKE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A WHOLE EDGE OF A BLOCK FACE OR A WHOLE BLOCK, THAT YOU LOOK AT CROSSWALKS AND RAMPS ON EITHER SIDE.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T LOOK AT THAT, THEN HAVING THE SIDEWALK, AND I'M SURE ESPECIALLY WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE OF DISABILITY, UM, THAT WILL CONSIDERED, I ASSUME THE CROSSWALK.
UM, I NEED TO CONFIRM, BECAUSE THE CROSSWALK YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MIDDLE BLOCK CROSSWALK OR OH, NO, NO, NO.
I'M, I'M THINKING THE A DA RAMP, I'M THINKING THE A DA RAMP AND THEN THE CROSSWALKS ACROSS
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STREET, NOT, AND USUALLY AT INTERSECTION.I'M NOT NECESSARILY TALKING ABOUT NO, SO NOT MIDDLE.
BASICALLY, THE CITYS PROJECTS WOULD FOR SURE, UM, INVOLVE THE, UM, THE RAM, THE 80 METER A DN REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE THE MASS OFFICE WITH, UH, PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THEY'RE INVOLVED.
BUT WHEN REQUIRED, WELL, YEAH.
AND, AND I JUST WANTED THAT CONFIRM.
I, I JUST WANTED THAT CONFIRMED BECAUSE I COULD, I'VE SEEN SIDEWALKS BEING CONSTRUCTED AND THEN THEY JUST DON'T DO THAT RAMP MM-HMM
SO ANYWAY, I'M SURE THE CITY WOULD NOT DO THAT, BUT I JUST WANT CONFIRMATION.
SO, UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT FEE IN LIEU OF, AND I UNDERSTAND THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE AND, AND, UM, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THERE NEEDS TO BE SOMETHING IN THE ORDINANCE WHERE THERE'S A FORMAL PROCESS FOR OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO, UM, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SIDEWALK PROJECTS SUCH AS THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
I THINK ISDS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT SOURCE.
UM, BECAUSE THE, I MEAN, THE CITY, THERE'S JUST NO WAY THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WHOLE CITY, THERE'S NO WAY THAT THEY CAN KNOW HELP, YOU KNOW, IT COULD HELP PRIORITIZE PROJECTS MM-HMM
AND I THINK THAT IT NEEDS TO BE, UM, SOMEHOW INCLUDED IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THERE IS, THERE IS A CONDUIT FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION.
AND, UM, AND BOTH ON PRIORITIZATION AND ALSO JUST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROJECTS MM-HMM
UM, AND ALSO, YES, I WAS THINKING ABOUT, AND WE, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE OTHER DIFFERENT SIDEWALK PROJECTS, AND AGAIN, I'M MOST FAMILIAR WITH THOSE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THAT THERE'S COORDINATION THAT'S DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS.
BUT YOU GUYS COULD LEVERAGE THOSE DOLLARS IN THIS PROGRAM, AND I'M, YOU KNOW.
ACTUALLY, WE ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE, UM, THE GROUP IN PUBLIC WORKS WHO MANAGE THE SAFE TO SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THE SO PROGRAM YEAH.
AT THES PROGRAM, DEFINITELY THERE WILL BE MORE COORDINATION.
IT MIGHT BE WORTH IT TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A LIAISON IN EACH OF THE AREAS WHO COULD COMMUNICATE WITH US ABOUT THE WISHES OF, WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA, OUR OVERARCHING GOAL IS TO USE THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY TO CONNECT, YOU KNOW, PEDESTRIANS AND, AND SMALL CHILDREN AND LADIES PUSHING BABY CARRIAGES.
OR ANYBODY PUSHING BABY CARRIAGE.
I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA PEOPLE, PEOPLE PUSHING BABY CARRIAGES MM-HMM
UM, BUT, UM, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE DON'T WANT TO BUILD SIDEWALKS WHERE THEY DON'T MAKE SENSE, WHERE THEY DON'T CONNECT THINGS, WHERE THEY DON'T THE SIDEWALK TO NOWHERE, AS COMMISSIONER JONES SAID.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE, THE MORE LIAISON I THINK WE HAVE WITH PEOPLE ON THE GROUND IN THE AREAS, MIGHT IT, IT MIGHT HELP US.
ESPECIALLY, AND LIKE I SAID, ALSO, I KNOW YOU SAID TRANSIT AGENCIES AND EVERYTHING, BUT I THINK ISDS THROUGH THEIR FACILITY DEPARTMENTS, THEY HAVE RECORDS OF WHERE THEY HAVE ISSUES WITH SIDE, YOU KNOW, MISSING SIDEWALKS OR WHATEVER.
ANYBODY ELSE? YES, COMMISSIONER SMITH.
UM, A COUPLE OF COMMENTS, AND ONE OF 'EM IS GONNA BE ON THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE PRIORITY, SO IF THE OPERATOR COULD GO TO THAT.
BUT, UM, JUST, JUST LOOKING THROUGH MY NOTES VERY QUICKLY.
UM, YOU, YOU SAID THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE FEE IN LIEU IS UNDER, UNDER CONSIDERATION AT THIS POINT.
MY ADVICE OR COMMENT WOULD BE TO MAKE THAT UNDERSTANDABLE AND, AND ABLE TO BE JUDGED AS FAIR TO THE APPLICANT COMMUNITY.
IT WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, MY, MY ADVICE THERE.
UH, WE WILL KEEP DOWN THE, THE QUESTIONS.
THE OTHER, UH, COMMENT OR THE NEXT ONE IS, UM, IT, IT, WITHOUT GETTING TOO DEEP INTO THE WEEDS OF THE EXEMPTION PROCESS THAT EXISTS INVOLVING A COMMITTEE, BUT I WAS STRUCK BY THE PAY YOUR FEE AND FIND OUT THE RESULTS LATER NATURE OF, OF OUR, OF OUR CURRENT EXEMPTION OR, OR REVIEW PROCESS MM-HMM
UM, WILL THIS IN GENERAL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WHO ARE PUT INTO THAT YES.
THAT PARTICULAR PATH? I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD THING.
COMPLIMENT THAT, THAT, UM, THE, UH, LIST OF PRIORITIES I PUT HERE IS THE INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION THAT YOU PROVIDED WAS OUR OVERALL, UH, GOAL IS GAP REDUCTION CONNECTIVITY AND SO ON.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT EXPLICITLY LISTED AS A GAP OR AS A, AS A PRIORITY HERE.
UM, THIS IS, THIS IS MORE GENERALIZED PRIORITIES FOR SIDEWALKS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS THE, THE
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FILLING OF GAPS.SO, UH, TO PICK UP ON COMMISSIONER ALMOND'S EXAMPLE, UH, THERE ARE EXAMPLES, PERHAPS NOT CURRENT ONES, BUT, UH, UH, AN APPLICANT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, UH, DOES HIS SIDEWALKS ON TWO FACES, PUTS IN A COUPLE OF VERY NICE AND COMPLIANT, UH, A DA RAMPS MM-HMM
THAT LEAD TO A CURB ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SIDEWALK.
SO ONE IDEA, UH, THAT I HAVE THAT, THAT RELATES TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND COULD RELATE TO THAT GAP FILLING IS THAT ONE OF THE OPTIONS FOR THE, UH, THE PLANNING, UH, OFFICIAL AND THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WOULD BE TO CREATE A MATCHING PRO A PROJECT THAT'S A MATCHING FUND OF SORTS, OR A, OR A COMPLIMENTARY ONE, SO THAT THE CITY ISN'T PUT IN A POSITION OF PUTTING THE APPLICANT ON ONE CORNER TO BUILD THAT THERE.
BUT THE CITY HAS AN, UH, A READY TO GO METHOD OF PROVIDING THAT ACCESSIBILITY ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AND IMPROVE THE GAP FILLING THERE.
SO THAT'S A, THAT'S AN IDEA I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER AS YOU GO, BUT GREAT IDEA.
UM, OVERALL, I, I COMPLIMENT YOU ON IT.
UH, MY LAST PIECE OF ADVICE IS, UH, WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK SPECIFICALLY WITH COMMISSIONER NELSON.
WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO HIS WISDOM ON PAST PROGRAMS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THIS, AND ANY COMMENTS HE MIGHT HAVE MIGHT BE QUITE USEFUL.
UM, I WANT TO ADJUST YOUR, ONE OF YOUR COMMENT REGARDING THE MATCHING FUND.
ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW, THE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW THIS OPPORTUNITY, FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A
UM, THIS, OUR PROJECT FUND, UH, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO DO SO.
SO WE, WE DO, LIKE THE FUND IS NOT ONLY JUST FROM THE COLLECTIVE FEE, BUT WE ARE OPEN FOR LIKE THE OTHER SOURCES AS WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? YES.
COMMISSIONER JONES? WELL, PARDON ME.
IT HAS TO DO WITH THE SIDEWALK EASEMENT.
WE REFER TO IT IN, IN THIS AMENDMENT DRAFT, BUT IT'S NOT FURTHER DEFINED.
IS IT DEFINED IN SOME OTHER PLACE? OR WHERE MIGHT IT BE? I SEE, I GUESS I'M CONTEMPLATING IT WOULD BE FOR A CONFLICT WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UH, AND THEREFORE IT WOULD BE OFF, OFF THE PROPERTY OFF THE RIGHT OF WAY, ADJACENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT I GET CONCERNED THAT WHAT WE'RE REFERRING TO MIGHT BE, IN ESSENCE A TAKING, UH, FORCING, UH, A PROPERTY OWNER, A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER FROM GIVING UP FIVE FEET, SIX FEET, 10 FEET, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE FOR, FOR A SIDEWALK, UH, THROUGH THE EASEMENT FORMAT.
THERE IS A DEFINITION IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS DRAFT ORDINANCE.
I, I READ THAT, BUT I'M TERMS OF IDENTIFYING OR DESCRIBING WHERE IT WOULD APPLY, HOW IT, IT WOULD APPLY.
UH, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER WHO SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.
MUAN, IN CASE THERE'S A QUESTION.
I'M JONATHAN BROOKS WITH LINK HOUSTON.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF NEAR NORTHSIDE, UH, NORTH OF CALLINGS WORTH OF COUNTY NEAR HARDY.
VERY MIXED NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF SIDEWALKS.
UM, I'M HERE ALSO AS LINK HOUSTON'S DIRECTOR OF POLICY AND PLANNING.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY NOT BE AWARE OF US, WE'RE A SMALL NONPROFIT.
WE FOCUS ON EQUITY AND, AND THROUGH TRANSPORTATION, WALKING, BIKING, TRANSIT, UH, SIDEWALKS IN HOUSTON TO OFTEN DO NOT EXIST OR THEY'RE IN POOR CONDITION.
TO THE POINT EARLIER ABOUT MAINTENANCE, UM, WE KNOW THIS, THIS IS NOT NEW TO ANYBODY, BUT, UM, REALLY A SIDEWALK NETWORK IS REALLY ESSENTIAL FOR MANY HOUSTONIANS.
93% OF ALL TRANSIT TRIPS THAT ARE ON LOCAL BUS OR RAIL, OR BOTH BEGIN AND END WITH A WALK AND GETTING TO THAT FIRST STOP IT, THE AVERAGE WALK IS 0.24 MILES.
AND THAT'S BASED ON HOUSTON METRO DATA.
ALSO, OWNING A VEHICLE IS EXPENSIVE, OWNING AN INCREMENTALLY ADDITIONAL VEHICLE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU FOLLOW IT ALL THE, OR HAVE BOUGHT A CAR RECENTLY.
SO THE, WE AS, AS BEEN MENTIONED BEFORE, UM, THE CITY OF HOUSTON DOES HAVE THREE EXISTING SIDEWALK PROGRAMS, PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, MAJOR ARTERIAL, AND SAFE ACCESS TO SCHOOLS.
UM, THE ONLY ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT GETS MUCH ATTENTION AT ALL IS THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY, AND UNTIL RECENTLY, THAT HAD A MORE THAN A YEAR BACKLOG.
UH, SO THANK YOU MAYOR TURNER AND COUNCIL FOR RESOLVING THAT IN STAFF.
UM, WE SUPPORT POLICY CHANGE, WHICH CAN REASON REASONABLY BE EXPECTED TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE EQUITY AND JUSTICE.
UH, WE DO WANT MORE AND BETTER SIDEWALKS.
WE, WE KNOW THIS ORDINANCE AS IT'S PROPOSED NOW DOESN'T INCLUDE MAINTENANCE.
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THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, SHOULD BE FIGURED OUT.WE HAVE ALSO REACHED OUT TO DIRECTOR BROWN AND MUHAN AND OTHERS, AND TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND THIS AS IT'S COME UP.
UM, LISTEN TO THIS, LISTEN TO THIS.
ALSO, THIS IS RELATED TO REDUCING PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR, ESPECIALLY FOR ACCESSORY DELI DWELLING UNITS, ADUS, AND, UM, WOULD CREATE MORE OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE TO AFFORD TO STAY IN THEIR HOME.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACCESSORY UNITS ON THEIR PROPERTY, ONE OR MULTIPLE, UH, WHETHER THEY WERE GRANDFATHERED OR CREATED RECENTLY, THERE'S A WHOLE MIX.
UM, THIS IS, THIS COULD BE A WAY TO IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY AND SIDEWALKS ARE KIND OF PART OF THAT.
UM, I'M TRYING TO SKIP AROUND HERE BASED ON CONVERSATION IN MY MARKS, BUT A FEW COMMENTS THOUGH ABOUT THIS.
UM, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE COULD RESULT IN SOME MORE RESOURCES FOR SIDEWALKS, THAT THE 15 GEOGRAPHIC SECTORS OR WHATEVER WE END UP WITH, UM, COULD MEAN THAT THERE ARE SIDEWALKS IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF A REGION.
YOU KNOW, ONE PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPS FASTER EVEN WITHIN ONE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD THAN THE OTHER PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THERE COULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO EQUITABLY AND STRATEGICALLY MOVE RESOURCES AROUND TO CONSTRUCT WHOLE ELEMENTS TIME.
AND SO I'LL JUST CONCLUDE AND WE WILL PROVIDE THESE IN WRITING, BUT THAT, UH, WE'RE STILL, WE WANT TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
WE SUPPORT MORE SIDEWALKS AND WE WANNA WORK WITH PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC, UH, TO REALLY GET THIS RIGHT AND MAKE AN INCREMENTAL POSITIVE STEP FORWARD.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND PLEASE DO PUT THAT IN WRITING SO THAT WE CAN GET IT IN, IN OUR RECORD TO WORK ON.
BRODERICK F BUTLER, B-U-T-L-E-R.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BRODERICK BUTLER AND I RESIDE IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON.
ZIP CODE 7 7 0 1 6 TO DEAL WITH A COUPLE OF POINTS BROUGHT UP BY COMMISSIONERS.
UH, THERE ARE MORE THAN JUST, UH, ENTITIES LIKE, UM, TURS.
THERE ARE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS THAT EXIST THAT WOULD ALSO AND CURRENTLY EXIST IN AREAS LIKE BEL AIR, THE HEIGHTS, UH, THAT DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH METRO AS FAR AS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS WHERE A, A BUCKET IS CREATED AND A POOL OF MONEY IS MATCHED AND THE PROJECT IS DONE, AND PEOPLE WALK AWAY WITH 50% OF THEIR MONEY STILL IN, IN THEIR POCKET TO GO DO ADDITIONAL PROJECTS.
TO TALK TO THE COMMISSIONER'S POINTS ABOUT INCLUDING OTHER ENTITIES, UH, ISDS, CIVIC CLUBS, UH, THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE TOURS, WHICH I WILL BE GOING TO OUR TOURS TODAY.
BUT ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WITH A TOURS IS, AND A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, SOME OF THEM ARE DEFUNCT.
SOME OF THEM DON'T HAVE A GOOD CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE PARTICIPATION THAT IS AMAZING.
THEY HAVE ONLINE MEETINGS, THEY ARE IN THE SPACE.
BUT TO COVER A MAP WITH A MAP OF ENTITIES THAT ARE SORT OF LIKE BLINKING LIGHT BULBS, SOME COVERAGE, BUT NOT ALL COVERAGE, MORE THOUGHT AND PROCESS NEEDS TO BE IN THAT.
IT IS A GOOD STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THE BALL GETS OVER THE FENCE AND YOU TROT THE BASES.
BUT MY MESSAGE TODAY IS I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE SIDEWALK NETWORK ORDINANCE ONLY IF IT ENSURES EQUITY AND FUNDING AND RESOURCES TOWARD COMMUNITIES LIKE MINE IN NORTHEAST HOUSTON.
I UNDERSTAND THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES BEFORE US ARE, ARE BEFORE US IN REGARDS TO THE SIDEWALK DISCUSSION, BUT NORTHEAST HOUSTON WILL BE PATIENT, UH, TO WAIT IN THE QUEUE FOR THE UPCOMING FORTHCOMING PHASES.
UH, OUR COMMUNITY CURRENTLY REQUIRES MAINTENANCE UPGRADES AND NEW INSTALLATION OF SIDEWALKS.
I HAVE A SIDEWALK THAT EXISTS IN MY COMMUNITY THAT HAS GONE NOWHERE FOR 20 YEARS, AND THERE'S A BUS STOP FROM HERE TO YOU.
AND IT WOULD BE NICE TO COMPLETE THAT AFTER, UH, TWO DECADES.
SO, UM, WE ARE IN FAVOR OF ANY ORDINANCE THAT PROMOTES THE CONSTRUCTION OF PROPER AND SAFE SIDEWALKS ALONG WITH ADEQUATE LIGHTING.
THAT IS A PART OF A REAL PERSON DISCUSSION THAT YOU GET, THAT A PERSON IS WALKING ALONG THE SIDEWALK AT DARK, GETTING OFF A BUS, GOING FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
LIGHTING IS A, THE DISCUSSION THAT'S SORT OF LEFT OUT, WE, THE RESIDENTS OF NORTHEAST HOUSTON WOULD APPRECIATE BEING A PART OF THIS IMPORTANT POLICY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT DISCUSSION VIA OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD CIVIC CLUBS, HISD, COMMUNITY LEADERS, RESIDENTS, AND OUR LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS.
I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE THEM.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? ARE YOU IN SEGMENT THREE, OR WHERE OF THE LITTLE MAP? DO YOU KNOW WHICH SEGMENT YOU'RE IN? I AM, I CAN'T TELL BECAUSE I CAN'T SEE AND OH, HERE YOU GO.
I'M ON THE OUTSIDE OF SIX 10 MM-HMM
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AND 7 7 0 1 6.SO I'M ALONG HIGHWAY 59 OR US 69.
YOU LOOK TO BE IN THREE TO ME.
AREA OF THE MAP, NOT A LITTLE COLOR BLIND, BUT IF IT'S TO THE UPPER, BUT IF IT'S, I'M A GUY, IF IT'S TO THE, THAT'S ME.
AND THAT ENTIRE AREA, WHICH WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE INDIVIDUALS SAY EAST, SORRY, NORTH OF SIX 10, EAST OF 59 ENCOMPASSES A LARGE AREA, BUT I LIVE DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE.
SO WHEN I AM COMING HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU, WE ARE SPEAKING FROM OUR COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, SO THAT WE CAN HOPEFULLY HAVE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS, UNDERSTANDING POLICY DISCUSSIONS TO GO BACK IN AND ACCOMPLISH THINGS THAT THE DIRECTOR, THE CITY RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO HAPPEN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THE CITY BUDGET JUST CAME UP.
WE HAD A DISCUSSION WITH BUDGET, UH, OFFICIALS TO TALK ABOUT THE VARIOUS CITY DEPARTMENTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A SIDE DISCUSSION, WHICH IS INFRASTRUCTURE AND SIDEWALKS ARE EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE, AGAIN, AS A LOGICAL PERSON AND A ONCE ENGINEER, BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT ALL THE WAY, I FIND IT VERY STRANGE THAT WE DO HAVE SIDEWALKS THAT GO NOWHERE.
YOUR, YOUR INPUT IS GONNA BE REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS WE DEVELOP THIS AND WE, WE REALLY VALUE YOUR PARTICIPATION.
SO AGAIN, IF YOU COULD JUST REGISTER SOME OF YOUR COMMENTS ONLINE SO WE DON'T LOSE TRACK OF YOU, UH, WE, WE REALLY COULD USE YOUR HELP IN.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN FIGURING THIS OUT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE SIDEWALK, UH, ISSUE? OKAY.
WELL, WITH THAT, NOW WE GO, WE WANT PUBLIC COMMENT.
DID, DID YOU HAVE SOME CLOSING COMMENTS OR ARE YOU DONE? I'M FINE.
UM, WE ARE READY TO GO AND WE'LL BE BACK IN A MONTH OR SO TO, UM, REPORT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS WE RECEIVED.
I, I HAVE A TWEAKS, HAVE A QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER TO MR. BUTLER'S POINT ABOUT THE LIGHTING, WAS IT CONSIDERED THAT THESE FUNDS COULD BE USED FOR LIGHTING IN, IN COORDINATION WITH THE SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION AND EXCLUDED INTENTIONALLY? OR WAS IT NOT CONSIDERED? WE, IT IS NOT PART OF THE DISCUSSION.
I WOULD DEFINITELY, UH, IN, IN BRING IT BACK TO THE GROUP.
I THINK, I THINK IT'S BRINGS UP A GREAT POINT, YES.
CHAIR, I, I, I WOULD ADD CLARITY ON WHETHER THIS IS LIMITED TO SIDEWALKS ALONG THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY VERSUS OTHER TYPES OF PEDESTRIANS.
I COULD SEE, UH, APPLICANTS COMING IN AND SAYING, WELL, WE NEED A, UH, PARK CONNECTION THAT'S REALLY AN EXERCISE TRAIL.
OR, UH, PERHAPS SOMEONE SAYING, WELL, WE, WE, WE NEED A BICYCLE ROUTE ALONG HERE.
ANY OF WHICH COULD BE FINE, BUT THAT'S A POLICY DECISION THAT OUGHT TO BE CLEAR TO THE COUNCIL AND, AND TO US AS WE MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL IS, IS THIS LIMITED TO SIDEWALKS ALONG STREETS OR IS IT, ARE THE USES OF THE FUNDS BROADER THAN THAT IN SOME FASHION, WHETHER IT'S STREET LIGHTS OR OTHER TYPES OF BED PI, UH, BIKE OR BED FACILITIES? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER HEINZ, CAN YOU HIT YOUR MIC? I DON'T THINK WE CAN HEAR YOU ON, SORRY.
UH, TO MR. BUTLER'S, UH, POINT I, I'M THINKING ABOUT THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
UM, THE 30%, UM, IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, HE HAS, UH, A GAP IN HIS SIDEWALK THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR SOME TWO DECADES.
NOW YOU HAVE COIN IN THIS 30% BUCKET.
WHAT IS THE PROCESS, OR WOULD BE THE PROCESS TO RESOLVE THAT ISSUE? OKAY, SO BASED ON, LIKE, WE ARE STILL FINALIZING THE PROCESS, BUT BASED ON THE DISCUSSION IS LIKE DEFINITELY WE WILL, UH, THE CHIEF TRANSPORTATION PLANNER, WE COORDINATE WITH DIFFERENT STAKEHOLDERS TO, TO GATHER THE POOL OF, SO PROJECTS WILL BE NEEDY IN THE CITY.
AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE, LIKE, WE ALREADY CREATE A JEFF, UM, LIKE THE SIDEWALK SCORE, LIKE CYBER PRIORITY SCORE MATRIX.
IT'S REALLY OBJECTIVE, LIKE INVOLVE, UH, DIFFERENT SPECIFIC ELEMENTS REFLECTING THE FACTORS SHOW ON THE SCREEN.
LIKE IF THE PROJECT, UM, THEY HAVE HIGHER SCORES, LIKE THEY MEET ALL THOSE THINGS AND HAVE HIGHER SCORE, THEN IT HAS A HIGHER PRIORITY.
BUT, UM, THE CHIEF TRANSPORTATION PLANNER WILL WORRY, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, THE MASS OFFICE AND THE STAKEHOLDERS KIND OF LIKE USE THE OBJECTIVE CRITERIA TO ESTABLISH THE PRIORITIES AND THEN ESTABLISH LIKE ALSO BASED ON THE AVAILABLE FUND.
AND THEN WE'LL FROM THERE, YEAH, I THINK WHERE I'M GETTING AT TOO IS IN THAT PROCESS, UM, IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ENTITIES AND ENTITIES, UM, BUT INDIVIDUALS, RIGHT, WHO ARE ON THE STREET OR ON THE SIDEWALK WHO ARE USING THE SIDEWALK, IF WE DEFINE, UM, A MECHANISM FOR THEM TO, UH, KIND OF RAISE THE FLAG THAT HERE'S A GAP, RIGHT? AND THAT FLAG IS THEN DEPOSITED INTO SOME REPOSITORY
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THAT THEN GOES INTO AGENCIES AND DEPARTMENTS AND SO ON.I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CLOSE THE GAP FROM THE INDIVIDUAL RESIDENT TO THE AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS ALL THE WAY TO THOSE WHO ARE GONNA IMPLEMENT THESE REPAIRS OR NEW CONSTRUCTION.
IT, IT COULD BE AS EASY AS UTILIZING 3 1 1, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU DO A CALL FOR, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHAT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE COMPLETED OR SOMETHING.
I, YOU KNOW, BUT I KNOW YOU'LL BE WORKING ON THAT.
AND FOR CLARITY, WE ARE NOT MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATION ON THIS AT THIS POINT TODAY.
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YEAH, OR IN 30 DAYS ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST, IT, IT'S INFORMATIONAL FOR, UH, THE, FOR THE DEPARTMENT AND ALSO TO, YOU KNOW, GET THE BENEFIT OF YOUR WISDOM COMMISSIONERS IN HOW WE DEVELOP THIS.
SO, BUT THE KEY OF THE 30% IS TO ADDRESS THE EQUITY ISSUE THAT'S CAME, THAT'S BROUGHT UP.
I MEAN, SIMILAR TO THE TURS MONEY THAT'S USED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING OUTSIDE OF THAT TOURIST DISTRICT.
I MEAN, THERE ARE MODELS ALREADY WHERE WE PULL MONEY FROM ONE SOURCE AND PUT IT SOMEPLACE ELSE.
AND WE HAVE TO EVALUATE IS 30% THE RIGHT NUMBER OR 25% OR 35%? AND LOOK, WE'LL GET THE CHANCE TO EVALUATE EVERY YEAR AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS WHEN YOU SEE THE POOLS OF MONEY YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE IN A YEAR OR TWO'S TIME.
IF WE GET A REPORT ANNUALLY, HOW WE WOULD MAKE RECOMMEND MODIFICATIONS.
AND, AND AGAIN, THE DEPARTMENT'S GONNA SEND THIS TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'RE GONNA BE THE ONES TO ULTIMATELY TO MAKE THE ULTIMATE DECISION ABOUT WHAT THE POLICY SHOULD BE.
WITH THAT, I GUESS WE WILL MOVE ON.
I JUST, NO, I JUST WANTED TO, TO SIMPLY SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
I THINK IT'S WONDERFUL AND I REALLY APPRECIATE COMING TO US AND PRO LETTING US PROVIDE OUR INPUT.
OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO, UH, COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM IS HERE.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM IS WITH US VIRTUALLY, AND I, I THINK YOU SAW THAT COMMISSIONER TAHI CAME IN QUITE A BIT AGO.
I THINK WE HAVE A SPEAKER ON OUR TEAMS. OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER? RANDALL BESI.
COULD YOU SPELL HIS LAST NAME? HELLO, MY LAST NAME IS BAXLEY, B AS IN BRAVO.
RANDALL IS LIKE THE SUPERMARKET.
OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD MR. BAXLEY.
UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK, UH, ONE TO THE FEASIBILITY IDEA THAT I HOPE THAT, UH, THERE WILL BE A LOT OF EFFORT GIVEN TO MAKING THINGS FEASIBLE.
UH, NOT JUST, UH, GOING, NOT DOING A LOT OF UNFEASIBLE.
UM, I HAVE THE EQUITY THING THAT THE LINK IS TALKING ABOUT AND THAT MR. BUTLER IS TALKING ABOUT.
YES, WE NEED THOSE EQUITY, UH, THOSE, THE, THAT LAST MILE TO METRO IS VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
AND ALSO GETTING THE INFORMATION FOR WHERE THE 40, WHERE THE CHANGES TO 40 ARE.
UH, I SORT OF, UH, I SORT OF TRIPPED UP INTO THIS MEETING TODAY, AND SO I APOLOGIZE FOR JUST TRIPPING AROUND HERE.
AND I DON'T WANT TO TRIP WHEN I GO OUT ON MY SIDEWALKS.
UH, I RECENTLY HAD A, A COUPLE OF WEEKS THAT I COULDN'T EXERCISE, DO MY WALKING WITH MY PHYSICAL THERAPIST BECAUSE SOMEHOW I, THE SIDEWALKS JUST WEREN'T GOOD.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE WILL GET THIS STRAIGHT AND, UH, WE CERTAINLY WANT, OH, THE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SPECIFICALLY SPEAK TO IS THE SIZE OF AREA FOUR AND OF THE OTHER AREAS THAT EVEN THE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE VERY LARGE WHEN YOU CONSIDER WHAT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ACTUALLY ARE WITHIN, WITHIN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
I SEE THREE DISTINCT AREAS AS YOU LOOK AT THEM.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER BRINGING THE AREAS DOWN SMALLER AND NOT CROSSING THE FREEWAYS WITH THEM.
BUT INDEED, WE WANT TO CROSS THE FREEWAYS IN OUR AREA.
WE HAVE THE GREATER NORTH NORTHSIDE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT YEARS AGO DID AN H CAC STUDY FOR LIVABLE CENTERS.
AND THAT STUDY, THAT STUDY IS WORKING ON EQUIPMENT AND AS WE GO DOWN EQUIPMENT AND CONTINUE INTO, INTO FIFTH WARD TIME AS YOU GO, AS YOU GO INTO FIFTH WARD.
MR. AXLEY, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
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WE KIND OF HAVE TO MOVE ON, BUT I WOULD, UM, ASK THAT YOU GO TO THE DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE AND YOU'LL SEE A LINK TO THIS SIDEWALK, UM, PROPOSAL.AND GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THAT.
YOU CAN LOOK AT ALL THE DOCUMENTS IN CHAPTER 40 AND THEN, UM, GO AHEAD AND INPUT THE REMAINDER OF YOUR COMMENTS IN THE, IN THE SPOT ONLINE IF YOU COULD DO THAT.
IT WAS JUST BASICALLY THAT THERE IS NO STRUCTURE IN FIFTH WARD OKAY.
FOR, FOR THE MONIES THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT, YEAH, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
WITH THAT, WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, UH, PLATTING ACTIVITY.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM AGAIN.
UM, I, I JUST PICKING UP ON WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT SPEAKER WAS, WAS ALLUDING TO, WHAT CAN I, CAN I ASK STAFF WHAT IS THE REASON FOR NOT FOLLOWING THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARIES ON, ON, ON DIVIDING OUT HOUSTON? WHY, WHY CREATING? WE COVERED THIS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION, BUT I'LL LET MS. FUNG GO OVER IT AGAIN REAL QUICK.
UH, WE ACTUALLY START WITH, UM, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BOUNDARY.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE 80 A SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY, SO IT WOULD BE REALLY DIFFICULT TO MANAGE 80 A SEVERAL FUNDS IN THE CITY BECAUSE WHEN IT'S TOO SMALL, UH, IT'S REALLY HARD TO COLLECT ENOUGH MONEY, UH, EFFICIENTLY TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALK.
SO THAT, THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE REASON.
AND COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK YOU TO TURN YOUR CAMERA ON 'CAUSE WE CAN'T COUNT YOU AS BEING PRESENT IF WE CAN'T SEE YOU.
SO, SO MY, MY OTHER QUESTION IS, THANK YOU.
SO MY OTHER QUESTION IS, IS, UM, SETTING OUT THEN I, I, I GUESS, I GUESS THERE, THERE, THERE, THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS THAT I'M THINKING OF, OF, OF SETTING OUT THOSE BOUNDARIES.
THEY, THEY COULD BE SETTING OUT THE BOUNDARIES BASED ON A, UH, MORE OF A CONSTRUCTION, MAINTENANCE, UM, TYPE OF, UH, TYPE OF EFFICIENCY, IN WHICH CASE YOU WOULD WANT CONTIGUOUS SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS TO BE GROUPED TOGETHER.
BUT THE OTHER WAY TO DO THAT MIGHT BE DOING IT BASED ON TYPOLOGY IN, IN OTHER WORDS, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, UNITY STRUCTURE OR BUSINESS STRUCTURE OR IN INDUSTRIAL TYPES OF FUNCTIONS MIGHT BE ONE GROUP.
AND, AND SO IT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER THEN TO PLAN FOR THE SIZE AND THE TYPE OF SIDEWALK THAT MIGHT GO INTO THAT, THAT SPACE.
SO, SO I GUESS LOOKING AT IT BASED ON THE CONTIGUOUS BOUNDARY PIECE, I GUESS YOU GUYS WERE LOOKING AT MAKING THE BOUNDARIES THEN BE MORE FUNCTIONAL FOR, FOR, FOR PUBLIC WORKS RATHER THAN THE PLANNING SIDE OF THINGS.
DID HE, IS HE LACK, MAY I SAY SOMETHING? OH YEAH, GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU FOR THOSE THOUGHTS.
WE, WE DID LOOK VERY CAREFULLY AT THE BEST WAY TO, TO, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THE CHOICE WAS FOR THE EASE OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THE CHOICE WAS FOR, UM, A NUMBER OF FACTORS, ONE OF WHICH IS OUR ACCOUNTING ABILITY, UM, IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
BUT WE, WE HEAR YOU AND WE'VE HEARD COMMISSIONER JONES AND WE'LL LOOK INTO IT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM.
UM, OKAY, WE ARE MOVING ON NOW.
WE WE'RE ABOUT AN WE'RE WE HAVE A LOT TO DO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY,
[Platting Activities A & B]
UH, PLANNING ACTIVITY ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPL ITEMS. NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 41 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 84 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 85 THROUGH 141.
MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE A CHANGE IN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM NINE, BUILDING HOPE, UM, FROM APPROVED TO DEFER PER THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS, UM, NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUAL SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
WE DO HAVE, UM, A SPEAKER SIGNED UP, UM, BUT BEFORE, LET'S GO AHEAD AND, UH,
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SEE WHAT ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY.COMMISSIONER HY? YES, MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 5 8 16 THROUGH 19 30, 47, 48, 79 AND 82.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER, ITEM 16 THROUGH 1927.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? UH, 58 PLEASE.
ITEM 58 AND COMMISSIONER DALTON, ITEM 5 8 18, 19 AND 82.
UM, WE WILL, UM, GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPEAKER, UH, COMMISSIONER AMY PECK, DISTRICT A, IT LIKE, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NINE.
UH, SHE'S NO LONGER SPEAKING ON THAT ITEM.
UM, BUT THAT IS THE ITEM THAT YOU CHANGED THE RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER.
ALRIGHT THEN, IF THERE IS NO ONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING IN SECTION A AND B, WHICH SHOULD BE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 41, UM, WE CAN PROCEED WITH VOTING ON THOSE AND WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND FOR ALL ITEMS IN A AND B, EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 5 8 16 THROUGH 19 27, 30, 47, 48, 58, 65 THROUGH 67, 79, AND 82.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION CLARK? MOTION CLARK? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
OUS PER BORIS PERLE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, THIS WILL BE 5 8 16 THROUGH 19 27, 30, 47, 48, 58, 65 THROUGH 67, 79 AND 82.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MAR? IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA GARZA.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES NOTING THAT COMMISSIONERS DALTON HESLER AND ROBBINS HAVE ABSTAINED ON THEIR RESPECTIVE ITEMS. UH, WITH THAT WE CAN GO TO ROMAN NOOM OR TO, UH,
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm and Aracely Rodriguez)]
SECTION C PUBLIC HEARINGS.I NEED TO BE EXCUSED FOR JUST A MINUTE.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER NELSON IS STEPPING OUT AND I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM, BUT YOU REALLY HAVE TO KEEP YOUR CAMERA ON FOR US TO BE COMPLIANT WITH A TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW.
SO JUST, JUST FOR, UH, CLARIFICATION, N DON'T KEEP MY CAMERA ON JUST FOR COMMENTS, VOTING, ET CETERA, IT HAS TO BE ON THROUGH THE DURATION OF THE MEETING.
THAT'S, THAT'S THAT LITTLE BLUR BY SAY AT THE BEGINNING OF, OF EVERY MEETING, THAT IN ORDER FOR US TO HAVE YOU PARTICIPATE VIRTUALLY, YOU HAVE TO BE BOTH VISIBLE AND AUDIBLE AT ALL TIMES.
WE DIDN'T MAKE 'EM, BUT THAT'S THE RULE.
OUR, OUR LEGAL, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL IS NODDING AND WAVING.
I THINK YOU CAN BE INAUDIBLE IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING AND THAT KEEPS BACKGROUND NOISE DOWN, BUT, BUT VISIBLE.
YEAH, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR MIC OFF.
SO MS. POE PHLEGM C PUBLIC HEARINGS BRIANNE POE PHLEGM.
ITEM 1 42 IS ALLENDALE TOWN SITE SECTION A PARTIAL PLAT NUMBER EIGHT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALLEN GENOA ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 25 IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED TO CONFER WITH LEGAL STAFF'S.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 42 ALLENDALE TOWN SITE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 42? HEARING? NO RESPONSE? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, SO WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND? MODEST? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR
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SAY AYE.ITEM 1 43 IS AMENDED PLAT OF EDA PLACE, PARTIALLY PLAT NUMBER 13.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF LA BRANCH AND RUTH STREETS AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, THE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED.
WITH THIS ITEM, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 1 43.
MS. WOODS, THAT'S SPELLED W-O-O-D-S? YES.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH MIC IS WHERE YOU OH YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
YEAH, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT, THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, YET.
SO I, THE ISSUE THAT I WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, WITH THE COMMISSIONERS IS THE ISSUE OF DENSITY AND TRAFFIC.
SO, UH, I GUESS I'M KIND OF SPEAKING BLINDLY BECAUSE AS I SAID, I HAVE NOT SEEN THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT.
SO MAYBE IF YOU COULD SPEAK TO THAT.
UH, CAN WE PUT UP THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS, THERE YOU GO.
THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THREE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THE CORNER.
SO HOW, HOW MANY STORIES WERE THERE? WE DON'T KNOW.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO REGULATE HOW HIGH STRUCTURES ARE.
BUT WE COULD ACT, WE COULD MS. POE PHLEGM AT SOME POINT.
IF YOU COULD GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION TO HER, WE CAN GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION SO YOU CAN REACH THE BUILDER, THE PERSON WHO'S APPLYING FOR TO DO THIS.
WE COULD ASK YOU THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, AND WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY, UM, AUTHORITY ON, ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THERE.
THERE WILL BE MORE TRAFFIC IF THERE ARE THREE HOUSES.
UM, THIS PLAT APPLICATION MEETS ALL THE, THE RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO IT'S A SHALL APPROVE ITEM.
UM, BUT THE BEST WAY TO FIND OUT, I THINK, IS TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE APPLICANT, WITH THE BUILDER AND JUST ASK THE QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AMENDED PLAT OF ALAMEDA? PLACE? PLACE? HEARING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT.
I HAVE QUESTION CONDITIONS HAVE, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER, THIS PLAT TITLE IS A MOUTHFUL.
COULD WE, WE DON'T FREQUENTLY SEE AMENDING PLATS IS MY INTERPRETATION THAT THERE WAS A PARTIAL REPL THAT PREVIOUSLY DIVIDED THIS LOT AND NOW THE SAME APPLICANT IS COMING BACK.
HELP ME UNDERSTAND THE TITLE HERE OF AMENDING PLAT VERSUS PARTIAL REPL.
WITHOUT GETTING TOO FAR IN THE WEEDS, IF YOU CAN ACTUALLY, THIS IS ACTUALLY A VERY OLD, I MEAN THE, THE AMENDED PLAT OF ALAMEDA PLACE IS A VERY OLD PLAT.
AND THIS IS SOME PRIOR DOCUMENT? YES.
I, IF YOU EVER FIGURE OUT THE NAMING PROCESS, LET ME KNOW 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO FIGURE IT OUT.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION SMITH CLARK.
OPPOSED? A THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 44.
ITEM 1 44 IS BRAD BRADBURY FOREST, SECTION NINE PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG CE TWO DRIVE NORTH OF BRADBURY FOREST DRIVE, AND NORTHWEST OF VERNON WOOD DRIVE IN HOUSTON, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CREATE ONE LOT AND REDUCE THE BUILDING LINE FROM 20 FEET TO 18 FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REDUCE THE BUILDING LINE FROM 20 FEET FROM THE REQUIRED 20 FEET TO 18 FEET.
DUE TO AN ENCROACHMENT, WE ARE AWAITING LEGAL REVIEW.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR LEGAL, UH,
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DEED RESTRICTIONS.REVIEW PENDING STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 44, BRAD BREWERY FOREST IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 44? HEARING NONE.
UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SIGLER? IS THERE A SECOND JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG BRICKMAN STREET, NORTH OF THORNTON STREET, WEST OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE, AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGALIST.
PENDING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR LEGAL DEED RESTRICTIONS.
REVIEW PENDING STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT SLIDE LOOKED LIKE FOUR LOTS, NOT THREE LOTS.
THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON BRINKMAN PLACE, ITEM 1 45 IS OPENED.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? IS THERE SOMEBODY IN THE CHAT? OT OTTER BACK? I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WHAT'S THAT? CHRIS OTTER BACK.
WE NEED THAT FOR THE CLOSED CAPTIONING.
SO THANK YOU FOR SPELLING YOUR NAME.
YES, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS BEING DEFERRED.
UH, BUT WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK FOR DEFERRAL.
THEY HAVE NOT MET THE SIGNAGE REQUIREMENT.
THE SIGN, UH, INFORMING THE NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN TORN IN PIECES FOR QUITE SOME TIME NOW.
AND I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE THE NEW PROPERTIES OVERLOOK MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, THAT SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT WANT TO HAVE COMMENTS AND HAVE, UH, THE ABILITY TO, UH, MAKE THEIR OWN COMMENTS AS WELL.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER BECAUSE THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS NOT COMPLETED THEIR REVIEW OF IT.
UM, SO I THINK WE, WE PROBABLY WILL BE DEFERRING IT, BUT WE'LL ALSO LOOK INTO THE NOTIFICATION TO MAKE SURE THE NOTIFICATION WAS MET.
DO YOU, WERE YOU AWARE, MUCH AWARE OF THAT ISSUE? YES.
WE DID RECEIVE, UM, AN EMAIL TODAY, UH, SHOWING, REQUESTING ABOUT THE, UM, THE SIGN.
IT'S JUST LIKE, IT WAS, IT'S, IT, IT WAS, IT'S LIKE A PAPER, NOT A PAPER SIGN, BUT A, LIKE A PLASTIC SIGN.
SO IT WAS, IT HAD FELL DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO IT MET THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
IT'S JUST THAT IT, IT FELL DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'RE GONNA MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, POSTED IT PROPERLY.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS MR. OSTERBACK? IT DID.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 45 BRINKMAN PLACE? OKAY.
HEARING NO RESPONSE, WE, UM, HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? HINES HINES.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALL ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
HELLO COMMISSIONER, THIS IS PAUL NELSON.
I'M BACK LINE COMMISSIONER NELSON HAS RETURNED.
ITEM 1 46 IS CHAMP'S CORNER, PARTIALLY PLAT NUMBER ONE THE SIZE, LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF SAMPSON STREET AND PRESTON AVENUE NORTH OF HARRISBURG AVENUE AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND ONE LOT AND ADJUST A COMMON LINE BETWEEN THE, BETWEEN AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REPLANT A PORTION OF A LOT WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESTRICTIONS BY PLAT INTO AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST IN 2016, THE OWNER RECORDED THE CHAMS CORNER PLAT, WHICH CONSISTED OF A CITY BLOCK AND TWO UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND THREE LOTS.
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THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF PRESTON AVENUE AND SAMPSON STREET.IT IS A REPL OF AN EXISTING UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND A SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
THERE IS AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT CROSSES THE LOT LINE JOINED BY THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND THE LOT.
THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO RELOCATE THE LOT LINE TO THE EAST TO DEVELOP THE EXISTING BUILDING INTO A PIZZA OF RESTAURANT.
THE ENTIRE CHAMPS CORNER PLAT IS OWNED BY THE SAME FAMILY.
THIS RE PLAT WILL MOVE A LOT LINE THAT WILL ALLOW THE OWNER TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
THE LOT THAT IS BEING CREATED IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 42 AND THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE IS A CORONER PROPERTY THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO THE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS POST NO, NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST.
LEGAL REVIEW INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
THIS PLAT WAS, UH, DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, LEGAL HAS, UH, FOR FURTHER LEGAL DE DEED RESTRICTIONS, REVIEW LEGAL HAS REVIEWED IT AND IT, AND HAS INDICATED THAT IT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 46, CHAMPS CORONER IS OPEN, IS CONTINUED.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 46 HEARING NO RESPONSE? UH, WE HAVE A, UH, RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY, I'M CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBINS SECOND.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 47.
ITEM 1 47 IS CLAREMONT PLACE, SECTION ONE, PARTIALLY PLAT NUMBER EIGHT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY ALONG HOMEWOOD WEST OF DENTON STREET.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THIS PLAT WAS, UH, DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION 'CAUSE THERE WAS CONCERN ABOUT THE SIGN, UM, NOT, UH, THAT IT WAS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET.
THE APPLICANT HAS MADE ALL, UM, IT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MADE ALL PREPARATIONS AND TOOK CARE OF IT AND NOW THE SIGN IS FINE AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 47 CLAREMONT PLACE IS CONTINUED.
UM, NOTIFICATION HAS BEEN MET? YES.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WITH US WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 47? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLATS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
UH, IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION JONES? IS THERE A SECOND? AYE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 48.
ITEM 1 48 IS EASTWOOD EDITION PARTIAL RELA NUMBER THREE.
THE SIGNS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF WALKER STREET AND LOCKWOOD DRIVE AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
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LEGAL, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.WE ARE AWAITING LEGAL REVIEW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS DE FURTHER PLA FOR LEGAL DE RESTRICTIONS REVIEW PENDING.
THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS ON OUR, UH, AGENDAS FOR EASTWOOD? FOR EASTWOOD IT SAYS APPROVE.
UM, WELL WE WANNA BE SURE THAT THE LEGAL REVIEW HAS, HAS HAPPENED.
OKAY, SO IT IS APPROVED? YEAH, IT IS APPROVED, YES, MA'AM.
THIS IS, UM, THIS, THIS PLAT, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S APPROVED THIS ONE.
UM, IT'S, IT HAS A SPECIAL MINIMUM, UH, BUILDING LINE ALONG WALKER STREET AND UM, AND THEY ARE AT THE CORNER OF WALKER IN SOUTH LOCKWOOD DRIVE.
AND, UH, AND THEY'RE CREATING TWO LOTS.
AND, AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL FOR THIS.
UH, LEGAL DID PROVIDE THE INFORMATION THAT THIS WAS APPROVED.
I CONFUSE 'EM WITH THE OTHER ONE.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SPECIAL BUILDING LINE? YES.
IT'S 'CAUSE IT'S REQUIRED TO HAVE A 22 FEET, UH, A FOOT, UH, UH, FRONT BUILDING LINE, WHICH THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH.
THE ONLY QUESTION THAT WAS RAISED ABOUT THIS ONE WAS, UH, THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DID SUBMIT, UM, A UH, A SPECIAL A LOT SIZE APPLICATION, BUT THEY JUST RECENTLY SUBMITTED IT ON, UM, ON LAST WEDNESDAY.
SO THIS APPLICATION CAME IN FIRST, SO THEREFORE IT IS A SHALL APPROVE ITEM.
SO CAN WE GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 48 EASTWOOD EDITION IS OPEN AND I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 48? HEARING NO RESPONSE? UM, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? NOT IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK CLARK SECOND ALLMAN.
ITEM 1 49 IS FOSTER PLACE, PARTIALLY PLA NUMBER 28 THE SIZE LOCATED EAST ALONG CARTER STREET AND ALONG DRAYER STREET IN HOUSTON.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 49, FOSTER PLACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 28 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON IT? 1 49.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION POROUS PERLE BORIS PERLE SECOND SIGLER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 50 FOSTER PLACE PARK NUMBER 29.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG FOSTER STREET, WEST OF COOL BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OF YELLOWSTONE BOULEVARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WEE PLA IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LODGE.
THERE ARE NO ES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLA, ALTHOUGH FILE SEPARATELY AND THE APPLICANT HAS NOW MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
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IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 50 FO PAR, UH, FOSTER PLACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 29 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 50? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MA? IS THERE A SECOND CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 51, ITEM 1 51 LEATHER GREEN SECTION THREE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG HOLCOMB BOULEVARD AND WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLAN IS TO CREATE TWO UNRESTRICTED RESERVES.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AND MORE TIME IS REQUIRED TO FULLY REVIEW ALL THE NCE AND RESTRICTION WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE COMMENTS WITH THIS PLAT.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLATTERS TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW LEGAL MORE TIME OR REVIEW AND FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE SEE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 51 LEVITT GREEN IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 51 LEVITT GREEN? UM, I THINK PART OF THE COMPLICATION ON THIS ITEM IS BECAUSE THERE'S A JOINT REFERRAL ACTION ONGOING.
SO THAT'S WHAT LEGAL'S WORKING ON BECAUSE WE PLOTTED THIS NOT TOO LONG AGO AND THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
I MEAN THEY GOT A MAJOR BUILDING GOING ON THERE.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, WHAT ARE THEY DOING DIFFERENT THIS TIME? THEY'RE PROPOSING A STREET AND THEY HAVE UM, THEY WANNA CREATE FOUR STEP STREET ALONG THE PUBLIC STREET, BUT, UM, IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY WANNA EXTEND PRIVATE STREET ON THE SUB STREET, BUT THAT'S NOT, UM, THAT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF CHAPTER 42.
SO WE HAVE SOME MORE WORK TO DO ON THIS ONE? YES.
UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? ABRAHAM.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 52.
ITEM 1 52 IS NANTUCKET RESIDENCES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST OF FOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE AND SOUTH OF SAN FELIPE STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LODGE ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO S REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AND MORE TIME IF REQUIRED TO FULLY REVIEW ALL
MADAM SIR, IF YOU PLEASE HIT THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 52 NANTUCKET RESIDENCES IS OPENED.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 52? UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MAR SECOND JONES.
PINE TRAIL OF SECTION LINE PART NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF DALE ROAD AND SOUTH OF SOUTH LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER CHAPTER 42 STANDARDS AND TO ALLOW LEGAL MORE TIME PREPARED TO STUDY AND REVIEW SEPARATELY FILED THE RESTRICTION STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE TO THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
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HEARING FOR 1 53 PINE TRAIL SECTION NINE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE IS OPEN.I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 53? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? GARZA GARZA.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM 1 54, ITEM 1 54, PINE 12, SECTION NINE PART TWO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, A TJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF WALLACE FIELD ROAD AND SOUTH OF SALT LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR THIS ITEM.
STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA CHAPTER 42 STANDARDS AND TO ALLOW LEGAL MORE TIME PREPARED TO STUDY AND REVIEW SEPARATELY FILED DATE RESTRICTION STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU THE PLEASE DO THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
OKAY, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 54 PINE TRAIL SECTION NINE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO IS OPEN.
UH, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 54? UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? A IS THERE A SECOND MA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM 1 55, ITEM 1 55 IS ROSA STATE'S REPL.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH ALONG PAUL QUINN ROAD, WEST OF WHEATLEY STREET IN HOUSTON.
CORPORATE LIMITS THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE 12 LOTS AND SIX RESERVES.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE C BBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, MADAM CHAIR, BUT PLEASE THIS COMMISSION YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 55 ROSA ESTATES IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 55? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLATS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION BARA.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 56.
ITEM 1 56 IS SPRING OAKS REPL NUMBER ONE, PARTIAL RELAID NUMBER SEVEN, THE SIZE LOCATED WEST ALONG BAY, BAY ROAD, SOUTH OF WATERBURY, EAST OF BENGAL ROAD AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS THE REASON FOR RELAID IS TO REDUCE THE FRONT BUILDING LINE AND CREATE ONE LOT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS PLA THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBCO 1 0 1 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 56 SPRING OAKS IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS ANYONE, UH, LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 56? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MAD SECOND CLARK.
UH, THAT WILL CONCLUDE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS WERE SHORT STAFFED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION AND HAD TO COVER IT YOURSELVES, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR HARD WORK.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Muxian Fang, Tamara Fou and Aracely Rodriguez)]
D VARIANCES ITEM 1 57 MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA CHAIR ON THIS ITEM.PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HE ABSTAINS ON THIS ITEM.
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AND HEIS WILL BOTH ABSTAIN.THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMIT SOUTH OF WEST ALABAMA STREET AND WEST OF BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO NOT PROVIDE RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION ALONG ALABAMA COURT AND SECOND, TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO HAVE ES ON ALABAMA COURT WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH OF LESS THAN 60 FEET.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, UH, STAFF'S WELL I GUESS IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 57? NO.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION? CAN YOU TURN ON YOUR MIC? SORRY? WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ARE YOU WAITING FOR? OH, WE NEED TO FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION ON THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE STREET AND WHAT, UM, IMPROVEMENT IS GONNA BE DONE ON THE SITE.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MAAS GARZA GARZA? SECOND.
ITEM 1 57 IS DEFERRED ITEM 1 58.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY EAST OF LOOP 4 94 AND NORTH OF PINEDALE LANE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE FIRST STREET WITH A COOLER STACK THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO SUBDIVIDE A 4.3 ACRE PROPERTY INTO TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT WITH ASSETS THEA AND EXISTING ASSET EASEMENT, WHICH ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE.
THE APPLICANT REQUIRES TO EXTEND, EXTEND FIRST STREET INTO THE PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE EXISTING PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ADJACENT AREAS, EXTENDING FIRST STREET WILL CREATE AN EMPATICO DEVELOPMENT.
THE REQUIRED PUBLIC STREET WILL BE REQUIRED TO CAUSE SAN JACINTO WEAVER AND WILL STOP INTO AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL UM, DEVELOPMENT.
A 30 FOOT WHITE ASSET EASEMENT WAS CREATED IN 1982 TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SUB SITE.
THIS ASSET EASEMENT WILL BE PERPETUAL AND NON-EXCLUSIVE, PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY AND TO THE ADJACENT CHECKS TO THE E STAFF.
COORDINATED WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST TO STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANT AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 58 CHAVIS RANCH.
UM, THEN, UH, WE WILL GO TO, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SIGLER SECOND JONES.
ITEM 1 59, ITEM 1 59, KATY HAWKLEY, 77 ACCO TRACK GP.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, A TJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF KATY, HAWKLEY ROAD AND SOUTH OF WEST ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE.
SHOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY NORTH, SOUTH, OR EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
GP PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH TWO POINT OF ACCESS TO KATY HAWKLEY ROAD TO THE WEST PER CHAPTER 42 AT LEAVE.
ONE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET ARE REQUIRED TO BE DEDICATED.
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THERE ARE NO STREET CONNECTION, NORTH STREET CONNECTION WILL PROVIDED IN ADJACENT AREA.THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT CANNOT MEET THE REQUIREMENT.
THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST, A LICENSED DP WAS GRANTED A VAN TO NOT PROVIDE AN EAST, WEST STREET AND TO THE SOUTH.
ISD WAS FLATTERED WITHOUT A NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTION TO THE NORTH, THE REQUIRED NORTH SOUTH PUBLICITY WAS STOPPED INTO THE ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT.
AND PAUL, THE RUSHING PARK PARK OVERALL GRANTING AT THE VARIANT WOULD NOT BE IN TO PUBLIC SAFETY AS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO A MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIR.
ALSO, THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE A BIKE PEDESTRIAN ASSET EASEMENT CONNECTION TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS THE PARK AND TO THE SOUTH TO THE SCHOOL.
THIS WILL ALLOW FUTURE RESIDENTS TO ACCESS TO THE PARK AND SCHOOL.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP, SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 59? KATIE HOCKLEY? UM, THEN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO, IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION FOR PER FOR PERLE? IS THERE SECOND CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 60, ITEM ONE 60.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SIX 10 AND EAST OF TC JESTER BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 38 SINGLE FAMILY LOT WITH PRIVATE STREET AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE OAK FOREST DRIVE WITH A COOLER STACK.
START RECOMMENDATION IS TO THE FURTHER PLA OR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW AND TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON NECK WEDNESDAY STAFF RECEIVED TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE SHOWING SUPPORT FOR THE VARIANT REQUEST AND VOICING CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY, INCREASED TRAFFIC AND NOISE.
THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UH, WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC SPEAKER, UH, DELINDA HOLLAND.
HI, COULD YOU COME FORWARD? AND FOR THE RECORD, THAT'S H-O-L-L-A-N-D.
MY NAME IS DELINDA HOLLAND AND I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE SHEPHERD FOREST CIVIC CLUB.
AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE CIVIC CLUB AND THE 1000 HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SHEPHERD FOREST CIVIC CLUB IS URGING THE CITY TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE FOR THIS PROJECT AND ALSO NOT REQUIRE THIS DEVELOPMENT TO BE OPEN INTO OAK FOREST STREET IN ANY WAY.
THE OPENING OF OAK FOREST INTO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE HOMEOWNERS OF SHEPHERD FOREST DUE TO THE INCREASED TRAFFIC AND NOISE TRYING TO AVOID EAST TC GESTURE AND OR ELLA BOULEVARD.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ALREADY BECOME A RACEWAY THOROUGHFARE AND THE OPENING OF OAK FOREST WOULD ONLY MULTIPLY THIS PROBLEM.
MANY RESIDENTS IN SHEPHERD FOREST CURRENTLY UTILIZE OAK FOREST AS A MAJOR PEDESTRIAN AREA FOR WALKING THEIR CHILDREN PUSHING STROLLERS OR WALKING THEIR DOGS.
BERRY DRIVE CURRENTLY CONNECTS EAST TC JEER TO ELLA BOULEVARD AND PROVIDES THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS.
THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE WOULD NOT CHANGE THE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS IN SHEPHERD FOREST.
OAK FOREST DRIVE IS THE MAIN ARTERY FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN THAT ARE ALREADY FORCED TO WALK ALONG UNSAFE SIDEWALKS IN DITCHES ALONG OAK FOREST NORTH OF STONECREST.
INCREASED TRAFFIC WOULD ONLY MAKE THE SITUATION MORE DANGEROUS FOR THESE SCHOOL CHILDREN.
THE OPENING OF OAK FOREST THROUGH A PEDESTRIAN GATE COULD ALSO POSE A SECURITY RISK, MAINTENANCE EXPENSES, AND A CONSTANT SOURCE OF PROBLEMS FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ON VOLMER STREET IN SHEPHERD FOREST, WE ALREADY HAVE A PEDESTRIAN GATE THAT ALLOWS ACCESS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY THOSE LIVING ON SHERWOOD VAGRANTS ARE OFTEN SEEN USING THE GATE FOR ACCESS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SCHOOL-AGED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SEEN MANY OCCASIONS TRYING TO CRAWL OVER THE GATE NUMEROUS TIMES AS THIS PEDESTRIAN GATE AND THE ATTACHED FENCES BEEN VANDALIZED, CUT, KICKED IN, OR TORE DOWN.
OUR EXPERIENCE WITH THE GATE OR ACCESS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ONLY BEEN A CONSTANT SOURCE OF PROBLEMS, SECURITY RISK, AND EXPENSIVE MAINTENANCE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE SUPPORT THE GRANTING OF THIS VARIANCE BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND RESPECT.
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT NO ACCESS GATE BE REQUIRED TO BE INSTALLED BY THE DEVELOPERS OF THIS PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? YES.
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I, YOU MAY KNOW THIS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BOUNDARIES IN THIS AREA, WOULD CHILDREN THAT, THAT LIVE IN THESE HOMES GO TO A SCHOOL TO THE NORTH OR IN SOME OTHER DIRECTION TO THE NORTH? SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE ASKING US TO DENY A PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OR JUST VEHICULAR ACCESS? BOTH, UH, THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY IMPACT THOSE CHILDREN'S ABILITY TO WALK TO SCHOOL? THAT'S A CONCERN FOR ME, I BELIEVE.DO YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ON THAT? WELL, THE SIDEWALK ALONG OAK FOREST, IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP THERE, UH, THE CHILDREN CAN'T WALK ALONG THERE.
NOW THERE'S A CITY, A SIDEWALK AND CITY DITCHES THAT THEY DO NOT MAINTAIN THAT IT'S A CONSTANT BATTLE WITH THE CITY.
AND CURRENTLY, UH, IF THEY WALK THAT WAY, THEY WOULD BE FORCED TO WALK IN DOWN OAK FOREST STREET.
SO THE CHILDREN, MOST OF THE CHILDREN THERE DO NOT USE A OAK FOREST AS THE ACCESS OVER TO WALTER PI SCHOOL CHILDREN WITHIN THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THERE ARE OTHER, UH, WAYS TO GET AROUND TO WALTER PI SCHOOL.
YOU CAN GO DOWN TO ELLA BOULEVARD OR GO UP TC JESTER.
IS THE ELEMENTARY OR MIDDLE SCHOOL ALSO TO THE NORTH? UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL TO THE NORTH.
BUT IT'S YOUR STATEMENT THAT AT THIS TIME THERE'S NOT A SIGNIFICANT WALK TO SCHOOL ACTIVITY WITHIN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ALSO BECAUSE THE DISTANCE TO THE ELEMENTARY AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL ARE REALLY TOO FAR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO CROSS 34TH STREET, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN WALKING TO SCHOOL, UH, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MS. HOLLAND.
ISN'T THE HIGH SCHOOL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON 34TH? IT'S ON WEST 34TH.
IT'S, IT, IT'S UP OAK FOREST INTO THE RIGHT.
IT'S HALFWAY BETWEEN ELLA BOULEVARD.
I'M REAL FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA AND I SEE A BUNCH OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS WALKING ON 34TH.
34TH IS VERY, VERY CROWDED THERE.
MOST OF THOSE KIDS COME FROM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF APARTMENTS ALONG 34TH STREET.
AND ALL OF THOSE ARE ZONED OVER TO WALTRIP HIGH SCHOOL AND A GREAT NUMBER OF THOSE.
BUT AS FAR AS OUR SECTION TWO THAT'S AFFECTED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT, THERE ARE VERY FEW THAT, UM, FROM THERE.
SO YOU DON'T THINK ANYBODY IN THIS DEVELOPMENT HAVE HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THAT WOULD WANNA WALK OVER TO THE HIGH SCHOOL? WELL, WE WERE TOLD ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE TARGETING COLLEGE AGE, UM, PEOPLE.
SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL KIDS THERE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU MS. HOLLAND.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ.
UH, IN THE, IN THE, UH, LAYOUT OF THE SUBDIVISION PRIVATE STREETS, IT APPEARS THERE'S A CONNECTION AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER.
UM, WOULD THAT PROVIDE A PEDESTRIAN ROUTE TO TC JESTER FOR THE RESIDENTS OF, OF THIS SUBDIVISION? YOU MEAN HERE? UH, YES.
THE, THE, UH, IT'S AN INTERIOR CORNER THERE AND THERE'S AN EAST WEST PRIVATE STREET LABELED, UH, HENRY CLAY AVENUE THAT, THAT STUBS TO FRESHMAN STREET PRIVATE STREET.
THE, CURRENTLY THERE'S AN ASSISTING ASSET EASEMENT ON THE SITE THAT CONNECT THROUGH THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE WEST UP TO TC JET.
BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW BECAUSE, UM, PRIVATE STREET ONLY SERVE RESIDENTIAL, SO THERE MIGHT BE A CONFLICT ON THE ASSET EASEMENT AGREEMENT.
SO THAT'S, UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TO REVIEW DURING THE DEFERRAL.
COMMISSIONER CLARK HAVE QUESTION.
COULD WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WHEN YOU BRING THIS BACK TO US, IF IT GETS DEFERRED TODAY, LET US KNOW THE DISTANCES TO THE SCHOOL.
I MEAN, I SEE CHILDREN WALKING ON OAK FOREST.
I SEE CHILDREN WALKING ON 34TH.
AND SO IF WE SEND THEM OVER TO TC JESTER ELLA, THOSE ARE REALLY LONG DISTANCES.
I LIVE NORTH OF THE AREA AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY SERIOUS DISTANCES, SO I'D LIKE TO KNOW THOSE DISTANCES PLEASE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN DEFERRAL, PERIOD? WELL, AND, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, THESE ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES THAT ARE YES.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY TARGETED COLLEGE STUDENTS, BUT, UM, YOU WOULD EXPECT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FAMILIES OR POTENTIALLY, YEAH.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER ARE, UM, A, THE, UM, THE PARCELS LABELED A-B-C-D-E-H, THOSE LANDSCAPE RESERVES.
SOME OF THEM ARE, UM, PARKING, SOME OF THEM IS COMPENSATED OPEN SPACE WITH AMENITIES PLAN.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 60? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? CLARK.
IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND MS. RODRIGUEZ, YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN TWO WEEKS? YES.
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PARK, ITEM 1 61.THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT NORTH OF CROSS TIMBER STREET AND EAST OF SHEPHERD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PUBLISHED STREET TO BE 50 FEET WIDE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRE 60 FEET WIDE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED 30 SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND FIVE PARKING SPACES ON A SHARED ON SHARED DRIVEWAYS WITH ACCESS TO A PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SIDE TO ADDRESS MINIMUM 1400 INTERSECTION PACING ALONG MARTIN ROAD, WHICH IS ABOUT 2,400 FEET LONG.
PREVIOUSLY, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED MULTIPLE PLOT WITH NO NO NORTH SOUTH PUBLISHED STREET DEDICATION.
AFTER FURTHER COORDINATION BETWEEN STAFF AND THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT AGREED TO REDESIGN THEIR PROJECT TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED NORTH SOUTH PUBLISHED STREET.
THIS NORTH SOUTH PUBLISHED STREET WILL EVENTUALLY BE EXTENDED FURTHER SOUTH, IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THIS AREA, PERCEPT 42.
THE PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH STREET IS REQUIRED TO BE 60 FEET WIDE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PUBLISHED STREET TO BE 50.
THE PROPOSED 50 FEET RIGHT AWAY WILL BE ADEQUATE AS THE ADJACENT AREA ARE MAINLY USED FOR RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
THOSE THEREFORE STAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION STAT RECEIVED.
FEW COMMON IN EVENT WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE VARIANT REQUEST.
SOME OF THE PUBLIC, UM, FEEL THAT THEY NEED TO HAVE A 60 FEET WIDE PUBLIC STREET TO ADDRESS TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND ANOTHER DOES NOT WANNA HAVE A PUB, ANY PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION IN THE AREA.
AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER.
I I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH, BUT THE PRESUMPTION OF THIS PROPOSED STREET, UH, WHICH ENDS IN A STUB AT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY MM-HMM
IS THAT IT IT IS PRACTICAL TO EXTEND IT IN THE FUTURE.
HAVE YOU GIVEN CONSIDERATION TO THAT AND MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION? UH, YES.
UM, YES, IT IS PRACTICAL AND IT IS REQUIRED PERCEPT 42 TO BE EXTENDED LIKE IT'S REQUIRED TO ADDRESS EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION SPACING SO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, THEY CAN DEVELOP, UM, DEDICATED THE NORTH SOUTH AND PROBABLY SUBDIVIDED AND I CANNOT DESIGN FOR THAT, BUT SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
BUT IT IS FEASIBLE WHEN THE SOUTHERN TRACK AND, YEAH.
THE, MY, MY, I'M PAUSING BECAUSE THE, THE TRACK TO THE SOUTH APPEARS TO BE, LET'S CALL IT, UH, 120 FEET WIDE AND YEAH.
UM, THEY WOULD LOSE 50 FEET OF THEIR 120 FOOT WIDTH, UH, OR REQUEST A VARIANCE FROM THE COMMISSION TO NOT DO A CUL-DE-SAC OR AN EXTENSION.
SO, UH, I SOMETIMES, UM, SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS ACQUIRE MULTIPLE TRACK AND WE DEVELOP.
SO WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS STAGE WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
BUT IT'S STILL POSSIBLE TO BE A EXTENDED THROUGH.
CARTER ERNST, MR. ERNST E-R-N-S-T.
I DON'T KNOW IF HE IS VIRTUAL OR HERE VIRTUAL.
MR. ERNST, ARE YOU LISTENING? CARTER ERNST.
MR. ERNST DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 61 MARTIN PARK? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION TAHIR TAHIR.
IS THERE A SECOND? JONES JONES.
ITEM 1 62, ITEM NUMBER 1 62 MIDTOWN CENTRAL SQUARE, THE SIZE LOCATED, UM, EAST OF MILAN STREET, WEST OF CHERRY, AND NORTH OF WEBSTER STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING EVENTS TO ALLOW A ZERO FOUR BUILDING LINE FOR A NEW ONE STORY STRUCTURE ALONG WEST GRADE STAFF SUPPORTS THE REQUEST EVENTS.
THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURES ON THE SIDE WERE CONSTRUCTED WITH ZERO FOUR BUILDING LINE.
UM, SINCE THEY PREDATE THE ORDINANCE, THEY'RE QUALIFIED FOR GRANDFATHER.
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BECAME THE SOLE OWNER OF THE WHOLE SITE.THEN HE START TO REMODEL THE 14 STORY TOWER ALONG TERRA AND WEST GRAY AND DEMOLISHED THE TWO STORY BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF WEST GRAY AND MILAN.
AFTER THE STRUCTURE WAS DEMOLISHED, THE OWNER START TO CONSTRUCT A ONE STORY RETAIL BUILDING WITHOUT A PERMIT.
IN 2015, THE CONSTRUCTION WAS STOPPED BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AT THAT TIME, THE MAIN STRUCTURE OF THE BUILDING WAS COMPLETE.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A RANCH TO ALLOW THE NEW STRUCTURE TO HAVE A ZERO FOUR BUILDING LINE, DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST GRAY.
IN OCTOBER, 2016, THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTED REQUESTED DUAL BUILDING LINE RENTS SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS THAT THE PRODUCT OWNERS PROVIDE POSSESSION FRIENDLY ELEMENTS ACCORDING TO THE SITE PLAN SUBMITTED AT THAT TIME.
SINCE THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANT THE RENTS IN 2016, THE PRODUCT OWNERS, UH, CONTINUED TO CONSTRUCT A ONE STORY STRUCTURE WITHOUT RECORDING THE PLA.
SINCE THE PREVIOUS PLA HAS EXPIRED, THE APPLICANT MUST READJUST THE RENTS ON THE SITE PLAN.
THE LIVE BROWN BUILDINGS ARE GRANDFATHER STRUCTURES.
THE BLUE BUILDING IS THE ONE, UH, THE NEW ONE STORY STRUCTURE AND THE HATCH AREA IS THE PORTION ENCROACHED INTO THE BUILDING LINE AND NEEDS THE RAINS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN MIDTOWN, WALKABLE PLACE.
ALL THE ADJACENT STREETS ARE DESIGNATED AS PRIMARY WALKABLE PLACE STREET.
THE REQUIRED MINIMUM PEDESTRIAN ROUND RACE IS 20 FEET EXCEPT THE PEDESTRIAN ROUND RACE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT MEET ALL OTHER MIDTOWN WALKABLE PLACE ROUTE SINCE THE SUBSTANDARD PEDESTRIAN RUN, WHICH WAS CREATED PRIOR TO THE WALK PLACE ORDINANCE.
AND THERE IS A TWO-WAY BIKE LANE ALONG WEST LANE, WHICH CREATES A BUFFER BETWEEN THE PEDESTRIANS AND THE VEHICLE TRAFFIC GRANTING THE, UH, ANCE WILL MEET THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
DURING THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, SOME PUBLIC BROUGHT UP, UH, PETITION SAFETY CONCERNS CREATED BY THE BUSHES, PLENTY AT THE CORNER OF MILAN AND WEBSTER.
AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, THE APPLICANT AGREES TO REMOVE THE BUSHES.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT WILL PLAN ADDITIONAL SIX FOUR INCH CALIBER STREET TREES ALONG WEST GRADE AND INSTALL A BICYCLE REPAIR STATION ALONG MY LAND.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED RAMPS AND PROVING THE PLAN SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE ASK FOR SPEAKERS.
UM, THE F THE APPLICANT, MATT TUCKER IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, DO YOU WANNA WAIT OR, I HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER.
AND THIS, THAT IS E-S-P-I-N-O-Z-A-E-Y, UH, SANCHEZ.
S-A-N-C-H-E-Z? YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
I'M A MIDTOWN RESIDENT AND I LIVE ADJACENT TO THE BUILDING.
JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND THE CITY FOR LISTENING TO US, THE 2016 MAIN CONDOMINIUM, HOA MEMBERS AND THE MIDTOWN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FOR WORKING WITH US.
ALSO LINK HOUSTON, AND THEN OTHER PEOPLE FROM THE AREA.
AND SO THANK YOU FOR IMPROVING OUR SAFETY AND OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE TREES AND THEN THE, THE REMOVAL OF THOSE BUSHES AT THE CORNER OF MILAM AND WEBSTER.
UM, MR. TUCKER, I I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO THANK, UH, STAFF, UM, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A WHOLE.
UH, THIS PLAT WAS PRESENTED TO ME BY THE DEVELOPER, UH, AND ALL THE TEETH THAT WERE UNCOVERED BY MUSHIN AND THE REST OF THE STAFF WERE, UH, VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THIS BACK TO THIS, UH, APPROVABLE POSITION.
I THINK IT'S A, A GOOD DEVELOPMENT ALL IN ALL IN THE END.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? UM, ANYONE ELSE WANNA SPEAK ON MIDTOWN CENTRAL SQUARE ITEM 1 62.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE DISCUSSION? YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER SMITH, I DON'T RECALL SEEING BIKE STATION AS A CPC 1 0 1 REQUIREMENT BEFORE.
SO, UM, THE APPLICANT, LIKE GIVEN THE DEFERRAL, THE APPLICANT, THEY, UH, VOLUNTARILY OFFER TO PROVIDE THIS, UH, THE, UH, BUY REPAIR STATION BECAUSE THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A REALLY WALKABLE AREA.
UM, THERE ARE LOTS OF BICYCLES AND IT'S
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RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UM, THE BIKE LANE.THEY JUST OFFER THIS, UM, AS KIND OF, UM, SHOWING, UH,
IT MAKES ME A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE THAT THAT WOULD THEN BECOME A, A, A REQUIREMENT.
I, I COME IN AND, AND THANK THE APPLICANT FOR VOLUNTEERING.
BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF NERVOUSNESS THERE.
I, I REMAIN IN FAVOR OF THE, THE RECOMMENDATION, BUT USE CAUTION.
I MEAN, I THINK WE COULD SOMEHOW USE THIS AS A, AN OFF, OFF THE MARKET KIND OF THING BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OPTIONS THAT I SEE FOR THAT SITE.
AND YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WORKING WITH STAFF.
IS THERE SOME WAY WE COULD SAY THAT THIS IS APPROVABLE ONE TIME, BUT IT'S NOT A STANDARD FOR PLANNING COMMISSION? I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW.
I I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN BECAUSE WE'LL COME UP WITH ALL KINDS OF THINGS MOVING FORWARD IF WE, YOU KNOW, JUST APPROVE ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD NOT MAKE IT A STANDARD, SAY THAT IT'S NOT A STANDARD, THIS IS A VARIANCE TO IT OR SOMETHING.
SO ALL DIFFERENCES, UM, ARE LIKE EVALUATE CASE BY CASE.
AND ON THIS SPECIFIC SIDE, UM, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION WITH THE APPLICANT, THEY, THEY OFFER THIS AND THEN WE, WE JUST TAKE IT WITHIN.
YEAH, SO I GUESS WHEN IT'S WRITTEN UP, WE JUST NEED TO BE REAL CLEAR THAT THIS IS A VERY HEAVILY, UH, PEDESTRIAN AREA.
LOTS OF BIKE, UH, BICYCLES LANE.
UM, WITH COMMISSIONER SMITH, WE DON'T WANNA MAKE IT A STANDARD, BUT IT'S AN AMENITY THAT FITS THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND JUST A REMINDER, I MEAN WE'VE DONE THINGS LIKE THIS AT A EV.
WE REQUIRED THE MURAL, WE'VE HAD SELF-CLOSING TRASH CANS BEFORE FOR DEVELOPMENTS.
I MEAN, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SET UP PRECEDENT.
IT WOULD JUST FIT THE CONTEXT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS I BIKE IN THAT VERY AREA AS A LOT OF PEOPLE DO, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS.
AND THESE BIKE REPAIR AMENITIES ARE VERY COMMON.
HOAS ARE DOING THEM ALL THROUGHOUT.
WE DO 'EM IN THE HEIGHTS, THE HEIGHT ASSOCIATION, I THINK.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT NEEDED AMENITY AND IF THEY'RE WILLING TO DO IT, I, I, I'M ALL IN FAVOR OF IT, BUT I, I DO AGREE THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE A PRECEDENT, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT IT IS A PRECEDENT 'CAUSE WE'VE DONE OTHER THINGS THAT WERE NOT PRECEDENTS.
I DON'T REMEMBER EVER US DOING IT BEFORE.
YEAH, NO, THE POINT'S WELL TAKEN, BUT MM-HMM
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO, UH, GRANT THE, THERE IT IS, GRANT AND APPROVE.
UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION? CLARK.
IS THERE A SECOND? BALDWIN BALDWIN.
ITEM 1 63, ITEM 1 63 MODERA SPRING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF LUTA ROAD AND SOUTH OF SPRING CYPRESS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI TO NOT DEDICATE A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STOP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET TO ADDRESS EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION FACING ALONG LUTA AND SPRING STIPEND.
APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE WILL CREATE AN IMPERICAL DEVELOPMENT AS THE REQUIRED NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET WILL BICE THAT ASSISTANT DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER POSSIBILITY TO PROVIDE A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET TO THE WEST TO ADDRESS FUTURE TO OFFICER CIRCULATION.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST THE VARI AND APPROVE THE PLUS SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, THE, UH, APPLICANT, MATT TUCKER IS HERE JUST FOR QUESTIONS OR DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THIS APPLICANT? IF NOT, UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 63 MODERNA SPRING OR IT'S MODERNA SPRING MODERNA? YEAH.
UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR PERLE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ITEM 1 64, ITEM 1 64 RICHMOND APARTMENTS.
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IS LOCATED IN FOR BEND COUNTY ETJ, ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF WEST BELFORT STREET AND EAST OF HOLLAND ROAD.THE APPLICANT REQUESTS TWO RENTS.
THE FIRST RENT IS TO PROVIDE A COMMON OPEN SPACE AREA INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE FOR THE PROPOSED LOST LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE SECOND RANGE IS TO ALLOW LOTS AND PARKING RESERVES TO TAKE EXCESS VIA EXCESS EASEMENTS RANGING FROM 20 FEET TO 31 FEET.
IN LIE OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS.
THE OVERALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS 4.329 ACRES.
22.5% OF THE AREA IS DEDICATED TO LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE.
THE, UM, IZED AND PA ACCESS EASEMENTS WILL BE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED BY, UM, THE HOA.
THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE ACCESS VIA MOUNTAIN HALL LANE, A PUBLIC, UH, 60 FEET PUBLIC DRIVEWAY FOR BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONER COURT HAS GRANT, UH, RENTS FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND FOR BEND COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE SUPPORT THE PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED RENTS AND APPROVING THE PLAN SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. FONG? UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 64 RICHMOND DEPARTMENTS? NOT MADAM CHAIR.
UM, I JUST HAD A COMMENT REGARDING, UM, MS. FONG'S STATEMENT ABOUT COMMISSIONER'S COURT GRANTING THE VARIANCE.
WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH THE PRECINCT THAT THIS IS LOCATED IN, BUT THE VARIANCE HAS NOT YET BEEN APPROVED THROUGH FORT BEND COUNTY.
IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED, BUT UNTIL THE PLAT GOES FORWARD, THERE'S BEEN NO VARIANCES APPROVED THROUGH THE COUNTY.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
UM, DOES THAT HAVE ANY BEARING ON OUR RECOMMENDATION OR, BUT BASED ON THE COMMUNICATION WITH CAN THEY SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT? SO YEAH.
WE WILL REMAIN THE SAME RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON 1 64? OKAY.
IF NOT, UM, THEN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE US ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO HEAR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM 1 65, ITEM 1 65 IS REGAL MANOR.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN BOTH HARRIS COUNTY AND FORT BEND COUNTY AND HOUSTON'S EX EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 19 ACRE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE INTENDED FOR A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND, UH, NOR TERMINATE RITA DRIVE AND GREAT OAK GLEN, UH, DRIVE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS.
AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, STAFF DETERMINED THAT A VARIANCE IS NOT REQUIRED TO EXTEND NOR TERMINATE ROSITA DRIVE AS A CUL-DE-SAC.
AS THERE IS AN EXISTING 50 FOOT WIDE PIPELINE EASEMENT ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PLA THE PROPERTY WILL MEET THE INTERSECTION, EX EXCEPTION REQUIREMENTS TO NOT CROSS AN, AN EXISTING PIPELINE, UM, BY A STREET MORE THAN EVERY 2000 FEET.
AS THE CURRENT INTERSECTION SPACING THERE IS 1,680 FEET.
UM, STAFF IS ALSO IN SUPPORT OF NOT EXTENDING NOR TERMINATING GREAT OAK GLEN DRIVE.
UM, UH, STAFF, UH, HAS DETERMINED THAT THE STREET PATTERN OF GREAT OAK SECTION ONE, WHICH IS THE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH, ALREADY HAS TWO POINTS OF ACCESS AND THE STREET PATTERNS PROVIDE ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FOR THE AREA.
IN ADDITION TO THIS EXTENDING GREAT OAKS GLEN DRIVE WOULD BE DIFFICULT DUE TO THE SPACING REQUIREMENT FOR THE ENTRY RAMP FOR WEST PARK, UH, TOLLWAY.
UH, THE SITE PLAN ALSO SHOWS THAT THERE ARE TWO PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS ALONG WEST PARK HIGHWAY, WHICH WOULD MEET HARRIS COUNTY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS.
UM, AND UPON FURTHER COORDINATION WITH BOTH COUNTIES, WE ALSO DETERMINED THAT, UH, TERMINATING GREAT OAKS GLEN DRIVE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC IS ALSO NOT NECESSARY AT THE SITE AS IT WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE EXISTING TRAFFIC CONDITIONS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE, THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS AS THE OVERALL
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INTENT OF CHAPTER 42 IS MET.AND, UH, BOTH COUNTIES HAS POSED NO OBJECTIONS TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, STAFF HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, WITH CONCERNS FOR, UH, TRAFFIC, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, IF NOT, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 65 REGAL MANNER? OKAY.
IF NOT, UH, WE LOOK TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS BEFORE US ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE A DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER SMITH? UM, SIMILAR QUESTION TO THE ITEM WE DISCUSSED EARLIER ABOUT, UH, WALKING PATH TO SCHOOL.
UM, ARE THERE SCHOOLS TO THE SOUTH OR THE EAST OR THE WEST THAT, UH, ONE OF THE VARIANCE IS REQUESTED? IS A STU STREET THERE OR IS THERE ANYTHING RELATED TO SCHOOL PATH THAT THAT WAS CONSIDERED IN THE, IN THE REVIEW? YES.
SO THERE IS A SCHOOL, UM, TO THE WEST AT GEORGE BUSH HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, AND THERE IS AN EXISTING, UM, SIDEWALK THAT KIND OF HAS A PATH TOWARDS THE SCHOOL.
UM, BUT THE SCHOOL'S IN A DIFFERENT, UM, SCHOOL DISTRICT FROM ZONE THAT, YEAH.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE US ON THE SCREEN.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? GARZA? IS THERE A SECOND? JONES JONES.
ITEM 1 66, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON.
I'LL NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER DALTON NEEDS TO LEAVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT IN THE FREELAND STORY DISTRICT WEST OF STUDENT WOOD STREET, AND SOUTH OF WHITE OAK DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION ALONG THE 25 FEET WIDE RESERVED STREET STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW STAFF RECEIVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENT WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE VARI REQUEST AND WOULD LIKE TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF DISTRICT.
THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WHAT WOULD BE THE REQUIRED DEDICATION? FIVE FEET OR HOW MUCH IS IT? 12.5.
YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S A STREET THAT'S NOT PAVED OR ANYTHING.
NO ONE'S EVER USED IT, BUT A LUMBER TRUCK IN CASE WE WANTED BACK? YES.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK FROM THE PUBLIC ON, UH, ITEM ONE ON 1 66 SOLAR STREET PLAZA? UM, HEARING NONE, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION MAR SECOND GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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EXCEPTIONS.ITEM 1 67, MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO, UH, ABSTAIN, ABSTAIN FROM 1 67.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HEIS WILL ABSTAIN ON THIS ITEM.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF SPEARS ROAD AND WEST OF ELLA BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI, I'M SORRY, A SPECIAL RECEPTION TO ALLOW A CUL-DE-SAC TO EXCEED 350 VEHICLE TRIP PER DAY BY ALLOWING 36 LOTS INSTEAD OF 35.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE W REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A CUL-DE-SAC WIC 36 SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
THERE ARE, THERE IS ONLY ONE LOT OVER THE CUL-DE-SAC REQUIREMENT AND THIS MODIFICATION IS ABOUT 3% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD AND WOULD NOT BE DISPROPORTIONATE TO THE REQUIREMENTS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING OFFICE DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE, THE SPECIAL RECEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO US ON ITEM 1 67? HUE LANDING, LANDING, NOT STAFF'S.
RECOMMENDATION IS ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SIGLER.
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AYE.UH, SECTION F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS IS EMPTY AND WE GO TO
[Platting Activities G - I]
SECTIONS GHNI.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS GH AND I AS ONE GROUP.
SECTION G EXTENSION OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 68 THROUGH 1 76 SECTION H NAME CHANGES.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS. SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GH AND I.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS? COMMISSIONER SIGLER, ITEM 1 68 AND ONE 70.
1 68 FOR COMMISSIONER HY UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? ROBBINS, BALDWIN, SECOND ROBBINS.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES WITH COMMISSIONER SIGLER AND ABSTAINING ON THEIR THOSE ITEMS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN SECTION J.
SECTION K DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Nick Parker, Ramon Jaime Leon, Jacqueline Brown)]
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.ITEM 1 78 78 18 BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF BRIGHTWOOD BOULEVARD AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF BUFFALO SPEEDWAY AND DRUMMOND STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ALLOW A 18 FOOT BUILDING LINE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG BUFFALO SPEEDWAY, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
UM, THE LOT WAS PLOTTED WITHIN SOUTHERN OAK SECTION TWO OF 1949 WITH A 10 FOOT PLOTTED BUILDING LINE ALONG BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
UM, BUFFALO SPEEDWAY IS A 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, MAJOR THIRD FOR LINE WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG THE EASTERN AND WESTERN BOUNDARY.
THE DISTANCE FROM BACK OF A CURB TO THE PROPOSED RESIDENCE IS APPROXIMATELY 37 FEET ALONG BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS IN KEEPING WITH THE PROPOSED IS IN KEEPING WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS MOST OF THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ARE LOCATED AROUND THE SAME DISTANCE.
IN ADDITION, THE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE LOT WILL BE ALONG DRUMMOND STREET, A LOCAL STREET STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BILLING LINE OF 18 FEET IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 ALONG BUFFALO SPEEDWAY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. HAMID? LEON.
SO WILL THE DRIVEWAY COMING OFF OF BUFFALO SPEEDWAY GO? UH, I MEAN, YES.
WILL THAT GO AWAY AND YEAH, IT, UH, IT WENT AWAY.
SO THEY REDESIGNED THE, THE, THE, THE SIDE PLAN TO SHOW THE DRIVEWAY THROUGH.
AND THEN CURB CUTS CAN NO LONGER GO BACK.
UH, SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? THE CURB CUTS CAN NO LONGER GO BACK ALONG THE FLOW SHEET? YES.
UH, THE PROPOSAL IS TO REMOVE THE EXISTING, UH, AXIS AND PROPOSE NEW CURBS.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 78.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO IS HERE TO ADDRESS THIS ON 1 78? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MORRIS ALMAN ALMAN SECOND.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF SHEPHERD IN NORTH OF RICHMOND, ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF QUI STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE A 20 FOOT PRIVATE STREET FOR A GARDEN STYLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS TWO EXISTING DUPLEXES AND APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL FOUR EFFICIENCY, FOUR EFFICIENCY UNITS TO THE REAR OF THE RESERVE FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT DWELLING UNITS.
THE DENSITY OF THE SITE BE APPROXIMATELY 27 D UNITS PER ACRE.
QUALIFYING THIS PROPERTY AS A GARDEN STYLE DEVELOPMENT.
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PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION AND VARIANCE REQUEST IS IN LINE WITH PLAYING DEPARTMENT'S LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVE.ADDITIONALLY, FIRE PROTECTION CAN BE MET FROM THE PUBLIC STREET IN ACCORDANCE TO CHAPTER 42.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE A 20 FOOT PRIVATE STREET FOR GARDEN STYLE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. PARKER? UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO, TO US ON THIS ITEM? UM, THEN WE'LL GO.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? BARZA.
NOW WE GO TO ITEMS 180 THROUGH 180 9.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS 180 THROUGH 180 9 TOGETHER AS THEY'RE RELATED.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF PARK ROW, WEST OF HIGHWAY SIX AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG PARK ROW FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER FOR FURTHER STUDY AND LEGAL REVIEW.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD? UM, ONE, UH, MADAM CHAIR? YES.
JUST, UH, SINCE THIS CAME BEFORE US TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT WAS, IF I RECALL, EXCEPT FOR THE SAME REASON AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT WAS, IT WAS KIND OF FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT WAS FILED, JUST KIND OF AN OVERSIGHT.
SO, UM, IS THERE A REASON WHY WE ARE TAKING THIS LONG TO GO THROUGH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS TO CONFIRM THE BUILDING LINE? I, I'LL LET, I'M GONNA PUNT THAT TO OUR, TO, UH, MS. MICKELSON SINCE IT'S A LEGAL DEPARTMENT ISSUE.
KIM, ARE YOU THERE? THERE YOU ARE.
KIM MICKELSON WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.
UM, JUST IN GENERAL AND, AND I APPRECIATE THE QUESTION.
AS YOU KNOW, MS. HOWARD RETIRED IN DECEMBER AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON HOW TO BEST GET, UH, DEED RESTRICTION WORK COMPLETED.
UM, WE HAVE HIRED AN OUTSIDE FIRM ACTUALLY TO DO THAT WORK NOW.
AND I THINK THIS IS MAYBE JUST THE SECOND ROUND THAT WE'RE DOING WITH THEM.
SO WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
IT'S JUST TAKING SOME MORE TIME AS THEY GET USED TO THE PROCESS AND THE ISSUES THEY NEED TO LOOK AT.
OKAY, DIRECTOR, I'D LIKE ADD SOMETHING TO THAT, BUT DON'T WORRY.
WE, WE APPRECIATE, THEY, WE REALLY HAVE ONLY BEEN WORKING WITH THEM FOR TWO, FOR TWO ROUNDS AND WE, WE THINK THAT WE'RE, IT'S, THIS HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR US FOR A WHILE.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT, BUT WE ARE ON THE RIGHT ROAD TO IMPROVE IT AND WE, WE REALLY WON'T SEE THESE DELAYS ANY LONGER.
SO, UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS FOR HILLTOP OAK DRIVE? IF NOT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? ABRAHAM.
IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 90.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE TO STEP OUT OF THE MEETING.
UH, ABRAHAM WILL HAVE TO LEAVE.
ITEM 1 90 16 0 2 KIPLING STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF WESTHEIMER ROAD AND NORTH OF WEST ALABAMA STREET ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF MENDEL STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ONE FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MANDEL STREET FOR A PERGOLA ADDITION TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
THE STAFF, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER PER APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW OF DEEP RESTRICTIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE SIDE SETBACK AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING INTO? BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THERE WERE SIDE SETBACKS.
I THINK THERE IS A, NOW THERE IS A DEED RESTRICTION ISSUE ON THE SIDE.
ON THE SIDE THAT HA I, I CAN'T REMEMBER.
THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED BEFORE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
AND THERE'S DETAILS THAT ONE WOULD PUSH IT OVER TO THE, TO THE BAT AND ONE WOULD PUSH IT OVER TO THE RIGHT.
SO IT'S, IT'S WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION TO MAKE SURE.
UM, WE DO HAVE PUBLIC SPEAKERS.
THEY HAVE BOTH SPOKEN BEFORE, SO THEY'LL
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EACH HAVE JUST ONE MINUTE.AND THEN VIRTUALLY WE HAVE CAROL WK.
UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? OH, THERE YOU ARE.
ARE YOU, ARE YOU, I HAVE NOTHING NEW TO SAY.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE NEIGHBORS HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT GRANT THIS VARIANCE.
'CAUSE IT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THINGS GOING WRONG IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING WITH US AGAIN.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO US ON 1602 KIPLING STREET? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD.
HI, MY NAME'S CASSANDRA MALDONADO.
I'M WITH THE BUILDING COMPANY FOR MS. WONG.
WE HAVE SUBMITTED ALL OF THE DEED RESTRICTION PAPERWORK OVER TO MS. MICKELSON WHO WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH.
UM, JUST TO ENSURE THAT THIS EXPEDITES THE PROCESS, UM, MS. WONG SPOKE WITH THE COMMITTEE AT THE LAST VARIANCE MEETING TO ENSURE THAT HER POINT WAS UNDERSTOOD.
SHE'S NOT TRYING TO BUILD ANYTHING, UM, TOO EGREGIOUS.
SHE'S JUST TRYING TO BUILD A PERGOLA FOR HER CHILDREN TO BE ABLE TO RELAX UNDER WHILE READING A BOOK.
UM, WE'VE GONE THROUGH, WE'VE MADE SURE OUR SIGNAGE IS UP TO DATE.
OUR, ALL OF OUR PLANS ARE POSTED THAT WAY ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE AWARE OF WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO DO.
SHE'S NOT TRYING TO DAMAGE THE COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY.
SHE'S JUST TRYING TO ADD A LITTLE BIT OF BEAUTY TO HER MEAGER LANDSCAPING.
SO IF THE COMMITTEE COULD JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND WHILE THEY'RE REVIEWING THIS, IT WOULD DEFINITELY BE APPRECIATED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP.
ARE, DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
DID YOU FILL OUT A THING LIKE THIS? I CAN'T FIND IT HERE.
I SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UH, VIRTUALLY, BUT I CAME HERE AND I GUESS THAT'S THE CONFUSION.
JUST CAN YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR US? T-U-L-L-A-I.
I'M A RESIDENT MANDEL PLACE AND I'VE BEEN ON THE DEED RESTRICTION COMMITTEE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
MY CO-CHAIRMAN LARRY CARBO, LEFT BECAUSE HE SAW THAT THIS WOULD BE DEFERRED AND WE'RE GONNA DEFER COMMENTS UNTIL NEXT TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
ANYBODY ELSE ON KIPLING STREET? UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER FOR FURTHER STUDY AND LEGAL REVIEW.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? MODEST.
ITEM 1 91, ITEM 1 91 40 12 MEADOW LAKE, THE SIZE LOCATED WEST OF WILLOW ROAD ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN FELIPE STREET IN THE NORTH SIDE OF MEADOW LAKE LANE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCE TO ALLOW A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE AND LIVE THE ORDINANCE CARD.
25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG SAN FELIPE STREET FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO REFER TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR LEGAL REVIEW.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? ANYONE WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS US ON THIS ITEM? UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION GARZA GARZA A ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
A OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 1 92 800 WALTON STREET THE SIZE LOCATED THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WEST PATTON STREET AND WALTON STREET WEST OF I 45.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A THREE AND A HALF FOOT BILLING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE.
REQUIRED 10 FOOT BILLING LINE ALONG WEST PATTON STREET FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE APPLICATION TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO REDESIGN.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION.
OKAY, QUESTIONS FOR MR. PARKER.
UM, IS WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, UH, WILL PRICE MR. PRICE
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DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT.ANYONE ELSE ON 800 WALTON STREET? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? MODEST.
UM, THAT WILL CONCLUDE EVERYTHING UNDER PLATTING ACTIVITY.
[III. Establish a public hearing date of June 23, 2022]
ROMAN NUMERAL THREE.UM, WILL ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF JUNE 23RD, 2022 FOR THE FOLLOWING, BRICK AND STONE AT LYDIA PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER ONE, CAROLINA PLACE, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER THREE, CRAWFORD PLACE REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION WHOLE DALE EDITION PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, LAKEWOOD PINE SECTION 15, SPRING BRANCH ESTATES NUMBER TWO, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER 14, TIMBER LAKE, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, WEST HOUSTON PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO, WEST HAVEN ESTATE.
NUMBER 11, WESTHEIMER ESTATES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 15.
SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO AND EXTENSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO SET JUNE 23RD? AYE.
[IV. Public Hearing and Consideration of Hotel Saint Augustine located at 4118 Loretto Drive (Hector Rodriguez)]
TAKE US TO ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF HOTEL ST.AUGUSTINE LOCATED AT 4 1 1 8 LORETTO DRIVE.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS HECTOR RODRIGUEZ WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, DEVON'S ON VACATION ITEM.
NU FOLLOWS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH THREE VARIANCES FOR THE ST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE AL COLLECTION, A SPECIAL PARKING AREA THAT'S EAST OF MANDEL STREET AND NORTH OF RICHMOND AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES.
VARIANCE NUMBER ONE IS TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOTEL WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL TEST AREA AND A RESIDENTIAL STREET.
UH, NUMBER TWO, TO ALLOW THE HOTEL WITHIN 750 FEET OF A PUBLIC PARK.
AND VARIANCE NUMBER THREE IS TO ALLOW THE HOTEL TO BE LOCATED ALONG A MINOR, UH, COLLECTOR STREET, NOT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE PROPOSED THE PROPOSAL IS A SMALL LUXURY BOUTIQUE HOTEL, UH, DESIGNED TO COMPLIMENT THE MENNEL COLLECTION AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY.
THE HOTEL WILL BE ONLY TWO STORIES HIGH AND SURROUNDED BY LUSH LANDSCAPING STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST VARIANCES.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU CAN OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS THE APPLICANT, PATTY NEWTSON JOINER.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL THE TIME.
AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STAFF AND THEIR WORK ON THIS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE ALSO PART OF THE APPLICATION, UM, THAT ARE ON THE, UH, TEAMS INVITE.
SO I'D LIKE TO JUST INTRODUCE GREG MARCH BANKS.
WE ALSO HAVE MARK SCOTT WITH PROJECT CONTROL THERE, THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COMPANY TO BUILD THE HOTEL.
AND WE HAVE, SO LIA WITH, UM, BUNKHOUSE WHO IS, ARE GONNA BE THE OPERATORS OF THIS 71 KEY BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
UM, WE, UM, WANNA JUST GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW ON SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE.
WE'RE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE HAD PRESENTATIONS BEFORE 27, BEFORE THE MIDTOWN TOURS.
WE DID NOT HAVE ANY, UH, NEGATIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT.
WE DO REALIZE THAT WE'RE IN MONTROSE, VERY MONTROSE IN MIDTOWN, A VERY SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO HAVE OUR, UH, LANCASTER MEETING UNTIL LAST NIGHT.
AND, UH, WE DID HEAR SOME CRITICISM.
AND THE CRITICISM WAS NOT ABOUT THE VARIANCES, BUT IT WAS ABOUT PARKING.
AND WE ALL KNOW HOW SPECIAL MONTROSE IN MIDTOWN IS, BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE EXTRAORDINARY HISTORICAL AREAS THAT DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING.
AS, UH, MR. RODRIGUEZ EXPLAINED, WE DO NOT NEED A PARKING VARIANCE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE COME OUT OF OUR CONTACT WITH LANCASTER, AND WE WANNA THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR TIME, IS THAT WE HAVE THE 71, UH, PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ALLOWED, UH, UNDER OUR SPA.
AND WE HAVE, UH, 24 PARKING SPACES ON OFFSITE.
UM, I CAN'T POINT BUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE ON, UH, THE 24 PARKING SPACES ON THE, UH, THE BLOCK.
WE CALL IT THE RICHMOND MENDEL BLOCK.
WE HAVE 47 PARKING SPACES ON SITE FOR THE HOTEL IN ADDITION.
UM, AND WE MEET THE, AND WE HAVE 10 EXTRA PARKING SPACES WITHIN
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OUR SPA.BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CONTACT IS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE PARKING IN PROXIMITY TO THE HOTEL.
AND, AND BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE 71 KEYS, BUT IT'S VERY SMALL BALLROOM, 1900 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE OPERATION.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO HAVE LARGE, UH, EVENTS.
IT'S MEANT TO COMPLIMENT THE MANNE COLLECTION.
AND, UM, YOU'LL SEE WE HAVE 24 PARKING SPACES ON THE, UM, WE CALL 'EM MUSEUM SPACES.
THOSE ARE ACTUALLY PART OF OUR SPA AND THAT IS TO SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY THE WHOLE MANAL CAMPUS.
BUT THE FLAVIN, UH, IS NOT OPEN PAST 7:00 PM AND SO MR. MARCH BANKS HAS REACHED AN ACCOMMODATION WITH THE MANAL TO PROVIDE SELF PARKING.
AND, AND THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
EVEN THOUGH THE HOTEL WILL BE OPERATED WITH VALET, A LOT OF PEOPLE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD SELF PARK.
SO THESE 24 PARKING SPACES WILL BE AVAILABLE, UM, FOR THE, FROM THE HOTEL FOR SELF PARKING.
IN ADDITION, THE MANNE HAS AGREED TO DO A 10 FOOT DEDICATION ON LORETTO STREET.
IT CONNECTS BASICALLY FROM RICHMOND AVENUE TO, UH, WEST MAIN.
AND IF YOU RECALL, METRO IS ALSO WORKING ON A BRT AND THERE'LL BE A STOP AT THIS LOCATION.
AND THIS IS, UH, GOING TO ALLOW US TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO LORETTO SO THAT WE COULD DO DIAGONAL PARKING ON LORETTO AND THEN POTENTIALLY HAVE AS MUCH AS 45.
AND MS. ALMAN, YOU COULD PROBABLY TELL ME OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, HOW MANY WILL FIT.
BUT, UH, 45 TO 55 DIAGONAL PARKING SPACES.
BUT WE WANNA ACCOMMODATE LANDSCAPING AND OTHER ISLANDS TO MAKE IT INVITING.
SO WHILE THE ORDINANCE ONLY REQUIRES US TO HAVE 71 PARKING SPACES IN SUPPORT OF OUR 71 KEY HOTEL, WE WILL ACTUALLY, WITH THE 17 PARKING SPACES ON SITE PER CLOQUET, THE 24 SELF PARKING SPACES ON THE MUSEUM SPACE BEHIND THE FLAVIN, AND POTENTIALLY 45 TO 55 PARKING SPACES ON LORETTO, WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ABOUT 91 OFF SELF-PARK OFFSITE SPACES THAT ARE ALL WITHIN, UH, 40 FEET OF THE PROPOSED HOTEL.
SO, UM, WE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE, UM, DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN.
AND OUR NEXT STEP IS TO MEET WITH THE MIDTOWN TURS, THE MONTROSE TURS COUNCIL MEMBER ABBEY AND PRECINCT ONE TO TALK ABOUT HOW WE CAN EXECUTE AND ACCELERATE IMPLEMENTATION.
'CAUSE OUR GOAL IS TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY HERE IN THE, UH, IN THE MANAL CAMPUS.
UM, AND I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO MR. MARCH BANKS.
GREG, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
WELL, LET ME JUST SAY, SAY A COUPLE THINGS.
UM, THANKS PATTY, UH, FOR LAYING THAT OUT.
SO WELL, I'M, UH, WE'RE REAL HONORED TO BE ABLE TO WORK ON THIS FINE PROJECT WITH THE MANNE.
I'M A HOUSTON NATIVE, AND ACTUALLY, EVEN THOUGH I LIVE IN AUSTIN MOST OF THE TIME, MY WIFE AND I HAVE A HOME IN THE, UH, MUSEUM DISTRICT AREA.
THIS PROJECT'S BEEN THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN PLANNING.
UH, WE HAVE SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS SO FAR ON, UH, ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING AND ALL SORTS OF CONSULTANTS.
IT'S, AS WE TALKED ABOUT, A SMALL BOUTIQUE HOTEL, ONLY 71 ROOMS. AND IT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, TWO STORIES.
IT'S INTENTIONALLY LOW DENSITY, AND IF YOU SEE THE PICTURE THERE IN YELLOW, ALL THE LITTLE BUILDINGS IN YELLOW, IT GIVES A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE THESE LITTLE COURTYARDS IN BETWEEN.
UM, WE SELECTED BUNKHOUSE, UM, THE GROUP FROM AUSTIN.
UH, THEY HAVE, THEY CURRENTLY MANAGE NINE HOTELS IN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO.
ALL OF THE ONES THEY MANAGE TODAY ARE A HUNDRED ROOMS OR LESS, OR ACTUALLY ALL LESS THAN A HUNDRED ROOMS, WHICH THIS IS THEIR SWEET SPOT AND THEY'RE VERY EFFECTIVE AT IT.
I THINK WE'VE, UH, THOUGHTFULLY ADDRESSED MANY OF THE IMPORTANT ISSUES FROM NOISE TO, UH, DELIVERY, INGRESS AND EGRESS.
UH, AND THEN ALSO, UH, PARKING FOR SURE.
AND WE'VE DONE ADDED LANDSCAPE, UH, TO CREATE SHADE.
AND THEN THERE'S STORM WATER DETENTION WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE, UH, EXTENSIVELY.
SO WE ARE, UH, EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I'LL ALSO JUST SAY THIS, WE'VE COMPLIED WITH ALL THE CITY REQUIREMENTS ON ALL THE FRONTS, BUT THE FEEDBACK WE GOT PART OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS GOT LAST NIGHT FROM A NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS SELF PARKING, YOU KNOW, REALLY CHALLENGED US AND WE WORKED ON IT REALLY FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS.
AND THE NEIL AS USUAL HAS, AND IT'S BEEN CONSISTENT WITH ALL MY DEALINGS WITH THEM, THEY HAVE SHOWED FLEXIBILITY AND CREATIVITY AND COME UP WITH, I THINK A, A, AN EXCELLENT ANSWER TO THAT ISSUE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF CHOICE IN TERMS OF PARKING, INCLUDING SELF AND VALET.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND JUST SO I CAN RUN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I SPELL YOUR NAME IS SPELLED THE WAY IT SOUNDS, RIGHT? MARCH BANKS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY.
UM, LET ME GO AHEAD AND CALL THE SPEAKER WHO'S IN THE
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ROOM AND THEN WE CAN SEE IF WE NEED ANYBODY ELSE.THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DOUG SHOULDERS, C-H-I-L-D-E-R-S.
THANK YOU FOR STICKING AROUND TILL FIVE OR FIVE 30.
UM, I, UH, I DON'T HAVE A SCRIPT, UH,
THIS HAS BEEN A, UH, 11TH HOUR, UH, CHANGE TO THE PLAN.
SO I AM PREPARED TO, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MEMBER.
I, I LIVE ON 1600 BLOCK OF, UH, BERNARD STREET, WHICH IS ABOUT 400 FEET FROM THE, THE, THE CLOSEST CORNER ON THE HOTEL.
UM, AND THERE'S A GROUP OF US WHO HAVE BEEN VERY, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PARKING AND THE, UH, THE PARKING IS REALLY A FUNCTION OF CITY CODE.
FRANKLY, I THINK MR. MARCH BANKS AND I HAD THE CONVERSATION AND, UH, WE'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT THERE'S SOME STUPIDITY IN THE CODE, IF YOU WILL, THAT UM, YOU CAN BUILD A 70 ROOM HOTEL, A HUNDRED SEAT RESTAURANT, A 150 PERSON BALLROOM, UH, AND HAVE 50 EMPLOYEES, AND YOU STILL ONLY HAVE TO PROVIDE 71 PARKING SPACES.
SO THAT'S BEEN THE GIST OF THE, THE TROUBLE THAT WE'VE HAD AT REACHING, UH, ACCOMMODATION.
I THINK I FEEL, AT LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, FEEL, I THINK THERE ARE OTHERS GONNA BE ON THIS CALL THAT ARE NOT IN AGREEMENT, UH, THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT JUST SPILLOVER PARKING.
IT'S NOT, IF IT'S NOT CONVENIENT TO PARK NEAR THE HOTEL, UH, IN A FREE SPACE, YOU HAVE TO VALET, PEOPLE WILL GO A HUNDRED FEET TO THE WEST AND PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON BERNARD WEST MAINE AND CULLET.
AND SO WE NEED TO WORK ON THE FUNDAMENTAL CODE ISSUE HERE BECAUSE A HOTEL, NOT ALL HOTELS ARE ALIKE.
AND WHEN YOU PUT A RESTAURANT IN A HOTEL, IF IT'S A DESTINATION RESTAURANT, IT BECOMES QUITE A PROBLEM.
I KNOW THE PRODUCT, UM, IT IS WELL SUITED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WILL BE AN ADDITION, AN ENHANCEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE A COMMITMENT FROM THE MANIL AND FROM, UH, FROM THE MARCH BANKS COMPANY TO WORK ON THIS SOLUTION.
UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'VE ADDED 24 SPACES OVER AND ABOVE CODE THAT WILL BE OPEN, UH, UH, ON, ON MANILA PROPERTY.
UH, AND THEY'VE COMMITTED TO GRANT, THE MANILA IS GRANT COMMITTED TO GRANT 10 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY ALONG THE PAR THE STREET IN FRONT OF THE HOTEL THAT WILL BE, UH, REDEVELOPED WITH ANGLED PARKING.
THAT'LL BE FREE AND OPEN TO, SO THE INCLINATION OF VISITORS TO THE HOTEL WILL NOT BE TO GO DOWN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY WILL BE MORE INCLINED TO GRAB THAT CLOSE SPOT ON, UH, ON, ON STREET PARKING TIME.
UH, SO THAT'S REALLY, UH, I'M, I'M PLEASED TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED, UH, UH, UH, SORT OF ACCOMMODATION HERE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HOPE MY FELLOW, YOU KNOW, MY NEIGHBORS WILL SEE THAT.
I HOPE THAT WE'LL HAVE A CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH THE OPERATORS, UH, AND WITH THE OWNERS AND WITH THE MANIL TO MAKE SURE THIS IS, THIS IS A VERY DYNAMIC AREA.
IT'S GONNA REQUIRE ONGOING MANAGEMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? APPRECIATE YOUR INVOLVEMENT IN BEING HERE TODAY.
YOU OKAY? UM, SO DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER, DO WE WANNA CALL ON ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S ON THE SCREEN CURRENTLY? DO YOU WANNA MADAM CHAIR, THERE IS A SPEAKER.
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, YES, GO AHEAD.
AND WOULD YOU YEAH, GO AHEAD, MS. TARCI.
UM, I AM A RESIDENT, UH, ON THE WEST MAIN BLOCK.
I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF, UH, QUESTIONS BOTH FOR THE COMMISSION AND ALSO FOR, UM, UH, MR. MARCH BANKS.
UM, FIRST IS THERE, UH, TRAFFIC FORECASTING THAT'S REQUIRED TO BE PERFORMED WHEN, UH, THESE TYPE OF HOTELS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, PROPOSED? IF SO, WHAT IS THAT FORECASTING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE? WHAT'S THAT PROCESS, UH, AND HOW ACCURATE IS IT? UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHO THE BEST PERSON TO ANSWER THAT IS, BUT IF IT ISN'T REQUIRED, UM, PERHAPS IT, YOU KNOW, IT SHOULD BE, I DON'T KNOW.
GO AHEAD AND ASK YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY ANSWER THEM.
UM, THE, THE SECOND ONE ON THESE ADDITIONAL SPOTS THAT ARE PROPOSED ON THE OFFSITE, UM, I SEE IT, THERE SEEMS TO BE IT'S BEEN, UH, INCREASED OVERNIGHT, BUT HOW, UM, HOW LONG ARE THOSE GUARANTEED FOR? I GUESS HOW LONG ARE THOSE SPOTS GUARANTEED FOR? UM, HOW LONG WILL THEY STAY KIND OF AS, UM, OFFSITE PARKING? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, PLANS CHANGE ALL THE TIME, AND SO IF THEY DECIDE TO DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH THAT,
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IS THERE SOME KIND OF TIME GUARANTEE ON THAT? UM, AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS A, UM, I UNDERSTOOD ALSO FROM THE LETTER THAT WAS SENT OUT THAT THOSE SPOTS ARE INTENDED TO BE FOR EMPLOYEE PARKING AND THEN ANY OVERFLOW.UM, HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ON ANY GIVEN DAY OR NIGHT SHIFT DO YOU EXPECT TO BE THERE? HOW MANY CARS ESSENTIALLY ARE TAKING UP FROM EMPLOYEES? UH, THAT, THOSE 24 SPOTS, THAT'S ALL.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND ASK STAFF TO ANSWER THE FIRST TWO OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
UM, DO YOU WANNA STEP IN MR. RODRIGUEZ? YEAH, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, THAT WOULD BE PUBLIC WORKS IN ENGINEERING THAT DOES A TRAFFIC STUDY, WAS ONE REQUIRED? I DON'T KNOW.
I, IT DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE COUNT OF OCCUPANCY.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OCCUPANCY IS.
I DON'T KNOW IF SEVEN ONE ROOMS SEVEN ONE ROOMS, BUT AS FAR AS OCCUPANCY FOR THE ENTIRE STAFF, WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW IF RICHARD, WELL, PERHAPS MR. MARCH BANKS CAN ANSWER IF THEY DID A STUDY OR NOT.
I, WHAT I'M HEARING IS I DON'T THINK ONE WAS REQUIRED, BUT, UM, ONE, ONE WAS NOT REQUIRED.
BUT LET ME SPEAK TO THE, THIS ISSUE BECAUSE, UM, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER GAVE US A LOT OF GOOD GUIDANCE, AS DID SOME OTHERS.
AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS WE CONCENTRATED ON, AND IT'S A VERY FAIR QUESTION, IS WE CONCENTRATED A LOT ON THE, THE MOVEMENT OF TRAFFIC.
AND SO AT ONE KEY POINT, ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE MENIL STAFF MEMBERS MADE A GREAT SUGGESTION AND WE HAD THE, THE LOADING ZONE AND THINGS ON THE WEST MAIN SIDE OF THE PROJECT, AND SHE SUGGESTED, WHY DON'T WE FLIP IT? AND SO EVERYTHING FROM THE NORTH IS WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE AS QUIET AS POSSIBLE.
AND IT, WE MOVED ANYTHING THAT WAS, UM, MORE CUMBERSOME OR WOULD BE MORE BOTHERSOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.
SO COLLET BECAME THE REAL, A REALLY WORKING LITTLE STREET THERE WHERE THE VALETS WILL WORK THAT STREET, THE DELIVERIES COME TO THAT STREET, AND THEN IT'S LIKELY THAT SOMEDAY IN THE FUTURE THERE'LL BE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE SOUTH OF THAT.
SO IT REALLY TRIES TO USE THE HOTEL AS A BARRIER TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THAT MATTER, THE REST OF THE MANNE CAMPUS.
NO SOFTWARE WAS APPLIED HERE TO TRY TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
IS THAT RIGHT? I WOULD'VE TO CHECK WITH WALTER P. MOORE AND SEQUENCE.
I JUST FEEL LIKE I, MR. DURANTE, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP AND WE'RE ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS NOW SO WE DON'T ALLOW BACK, APPRECIATE BACK AND FORTH, BUT, UM, THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION IS, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC STUDY COMPLETED BECAUSE THERE WAS NONE REQUIRED, HOWEVER THEY WENT TO, SOUNDS LIKE THEY WENT TO SOME LENGTHS TO ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE ISSUES FROM TRAFFIC WOULD BE.
UM, AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION WAS ABOUT IS THERE A GUARANTEE ON THE PARKING SPACES? YEAH.
ON THEY, THEY NEED TO PROVIDE A, A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR ANY OFFSITE PARKING, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND THERE, SO THERE IS AN ACTUAL LEASE CONTRACT REQUIRED FOR IT.
IT'S REQUIRED PERMITTING, YES.
SO MR. MARCH BANKS CAN ADDRESS THAT HE'S WORKING, THEY WERE LITERALLY, WE WERE WORKING ON THIS 24 HOURS, RIGHT? YES.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE TWO, WE'LL HAVE TWO LEASES ON OFFSITE PARKING.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE, THE, UH, SITE DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, PLAN THERE, IT HAS 47 HOTEL SPACES ON OUR BLOCK.
THERE'S 24 THAT ARE SHOWN, OR IT SAYS 24 SPACES RIGHT THERE TO THE SOUTH OF THAT.
AND WE HAVE A LEASE ALREADY IN PLACE.
AND THEN LAST NIGHT WE PUT THIS DEAL TOGETHER FOR THE OTHER 24 SPACES THAT YOU SEE OVER TOWARDS THE FLAVIN.
AND SO THAT WILL BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE YEAR CONTRACT WITH SOME OPTIONS TO RENEW.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THE MANNE OWNS THAT PROPERTY AND OWNS ALL THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST OF THERE, AND THEIR PLANS WILL PROBABLY BRING ABOUT OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE SO THAT PARKING MIGHT MIGRATE INTO OTHER PARKING STRUCTURES THAT MAY BE BUILT, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE'LL BE ASSURED OF A FIVE YEAR TERM ON THE 24 NEXT TO THE FLAVIN.
AND MR. UM, MARCH BANKS, DO WE KNOW THE EMPLOYEE COUNT FOR THE HOTEL? WE DON'T KNOW IT EXACTLY TODAY, BUT, BUT IT'S GONNA, IT, IT'S GONNA FLEX, LIKE ALL KEEP IN MIND A HOTEL'S 24 7, SO IT FLEXES.
AND SO IT'S KIND OF A QUESTION OF WHERE IN THE DAY AND THE NIGHT YOU ARE.
AND IT CAN RAMP UP TO AS MANY AS 35 TO 40.
UM, AND THEN IT, IT'LL GO BACK DOWN AND IT'LL BE AS FEW AS 5, 4 3 LIKE THAT.
AND HOPEFUL THERE'S HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY WE'LL HAVE THE BRT ALONG RICHMOND, WHICH WILL, UH, BE PART OF A SOLUTION TO ANY PARKING.
WELL, I WAS, I WAS GONNA SAY ONE THING.
I CO-FOUNDED BUNKHOUSE THE OPERATING COMPANY HERE, AND WE, LIKE I'VE MENTIONED, WE OPERATE NINE HOTELS.
WE ALSO OPERATE FOOD AND BEVERAGE.
AND SO IN DOWNTOWN, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE,
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ONE OF OUR DOWNTOWN FOOD AND BEVERAGE OPERATIONS, WE PAY FOR MASS TRANSIT.WE PROVIDE ALL KINDS OF OTHER BENEFITS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE MANAGE THAT EVEN WHERE WE HAVE NO PARKING SPACES.
AND, AND THIS IS SOPHIA ALIO, UM, FROM BUNKHOUSE.
AND I JUST WANTED TO JUMP IN, UM, AND SAY THAT WE ARE USED TO OPERATING OUR HOTELS WITHIN, UM, LARGER KIND OF NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE WE'RE SEEING HERE, AND WE'RE VERY SENSITIVE TO WHERE OUR EMPLOYEES PARK AND KIND OF PROVIDING THEM, UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY SUPER OFFSITE PARKING AND THEN WAYS TO KIND OF SHUTTLE THEM IN IF NECESSARY.
SO, UH, THE EMPLOYEE PARKING IS OUR FIRST CONCERN TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE ANY GUESTS OR RESIDENTS.
UM, AND THEN SECONDLY TO THAT IS THE VALET AND THE SELF PARKING.
AND I, I NEED FOR YOU, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF THE RULES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, I NEED FOR YOU TO STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR US.
UM, SOPHIE, S-O-P-H-I-E, ALIO, A-U-R-E-L-I-O.
AND DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? IT DID, YES.
UM, MS. MATER, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? MADAM CHAIR? RICHARD SMITH IS HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE TIA RICHARD SMITH.
WELL, ANY, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WANNA SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? I THINK THE PERSON, UH, NAMED KUMAR A I I DON'T HAVE THEIR LAST NAME.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE HOTEL? YES.
I REGISTERED, I ALSO REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
COULD YOU GO AHEAD, I DON'T, HAVE YOU LISTED ANY PLACE? COULD YOU, UM, STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR US? YES.
MY FIRST NAME IS HERBERT, H-E-R-B-E-R-T.
LAST NAME SHAPIRO, S-H-A-P-I-R-O.
REAL QUICK AND DOWN AND DIRTY.
I LIVE A BLOCK AWAY RIGHT NOW.
PEOPLE SPEED DOWN MY STREET TRYING TO AVOID LIGHTS ON RICHMOND.
NUMBER TWO, THERE IS NOT ADEQUATE PARKING.
THERE IS PARKING RIGHT NOW THAT IS AVAILABLE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPOSED SITE, BUT THE MANNE ELECTS NOT TO DO ANYTHING THERE.
YOU CAN GO BUY THAT PROPERTY RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY SAY THEY USE IT FOR STORAGE IN THREE QUARTERS OF THAT BLOCK IS NOT BEING THERE.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS THE 71 KEYS.
THEY GO AHEAD AND SAY, I HAVE 47 OFFSITE AND 24 OVER HERE.
SO NOW WE HAVE GOOD HOUSEKEEPING OR HOUSEKEEPING AND STAFF.
THEY SAY IT'S GONNA BE 40, 45, MAYBE DOWN TO FIVE.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND DO THAT RIGHT NOW.
ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THE STAFF PARKS THERE.
NOW, IF WE MOVE THEM, THERE'S NO STAFF PARKING.
NOW, A LOT OF THIS WAS DONE LAST NIGHT BECAUSE I RAISED A LITTLE BIT, USE THE WORD HELL ABOUT IT.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN EVERYBODY'S COMING OUTTA THE WOODWORK AND SAY, I'LL GIVE YOU 70 PARKING AND DIAGONAL AND ALL THAT.
WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR IT? THEY HAVEN'T PUT IT IN WRITING AND THEY'RE NOT GUARANTEEING IT.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE THE STAFF NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
THEY SAID SOMETHING ABOUT THE VISITING CHAPEL.
I WALK BY ALL THESE PROPERTIES EVERY DAY.
THE INE CHAPEL MAYBE HAS 10 PARKING.
SO TO GO ON FURTHER WITH ALL THAT, HOLD ON ONE SECOND.
YOU STILL HAVE THE STAFF THERE THAT NEEDS TO PARK SOMEWHERE.
YOU HAVE THE HOUSEKEEPING TO PARK SOMEWHERE, AND THEN YOU ALSO HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO COME AND VISIT SOMEWHERE.
NOW LET'S GO ON TO THE FOOD SERVICE.
SO NOW WE HAVE, UH, RESTAURANTS OF A HUNDRED PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS AND MAYBE A BANQUET GOING ON UPSTAIRS OF ANOTHER 150 PEOPLE.
WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PARK? THEY'RE GONNA PARK ON MY STREET.
I MEAN, RIGHT NOW I GOT ASSESSED IN THIS CITY FOR A $979,000 FOR A 6,200 SQUARE FOOT LOT FOR AN 1800 SQUARE FOOT 1929 BUNDLE BELOW.
AND YOU WANT ME TO SIT THERE AND PAY A MILLION DOLLARS IN ASSESS TAXES FROM WHERE? I CAN'T TALK ON THE MR. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED.
THERE'S JUST NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL, IT'S ALL SMOKE AND MIRRORS.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARK, MR. SHAPIRO.
SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THIS PROJECT MEETS ALL THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE ARE NOT DISCUSSING A PARKING VARIANCE FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE VARIANCES WE ARE CONSIDERING HAVE TO DO WITH OTHER ASPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO PARKING REALLY ISN'T WITHIN OUR PURVIEW AT THIS TIME.
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THE WORK THAT YOU, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE APPLICANT ARE TRYING TO DO TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS BETTER.AND I THINK THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT.
UM, BUT I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, IT'S, THIS ISN'T A PARKING VARIANCE THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION.
MADAM CHAIR, I THINK I HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER.
I ALREADY, WE DID DOUG CHILDERS.
UM, CAROL WALK WAS HERE ON ANOTHER ITEM, BUT I THINK SHE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE AS WELL.
BUT AFTER THE CHANGE, IT'S LAST NIGHT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE? YES, MA'AM.
THIS IS THE MANAL SELLING THIS, UH, PROPERTY TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
SO MANELL WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE OR IS IT GONNA BE THE OTHER PERSON WHO'S PER, OR IS IT THE OTHER ENTITY THAT'S BUYING THIS THAT'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE? OKAY.
I WANNA KNOW WHO'S, WHO'S GONNA BE, WHO WE DEAL WE'RE DEALING WITH.
MR. MARCH BANKS, THE MENIL IS SELLING IT TO MR. MARCH BANKS, BUT I'D LIKE HIM TO MR. MARCH BANKS.
DID YOU HEAR THE QUESTION? YES, I DID.
UH, IT'S A NEWLY FORMED ENTITY.
THE MANIL IS A, THE LARGEST INVESTOR IN THE ENTITY, BUT THE ENTITY IS, UM, MANAGED AND CONTROLLED BY, UH, MY ORGANIZATION.
SO THE MANNE IS PUTTING THE LAND IN AS AN EQUITY INVESTMENT AND ADDITIONALLY PUTTING CASH INTO THE NEW HOTEL VENTURE.
S-C-O-T-T I'M PART OF THE PROJECT TEAM FOR MR. MARK BANKS.
AND MY COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF THE WORK.
UH, WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE MANDEL RICHMOND BLOCK WHERE WE'LL, WE'VE REACHED AGREEMENT WITH OUR CONTRACTOR.
THEIR PARKING AND THEIR SUBCONTRACTOR PARKING WILL BE 100% ON THAT BLOCK.
THEY WILL ALSO HAVE OVERFLOW, UM, MATERIAL STORAGE AND LAY DOWN AREA ON THAT BLOCK.
AND THEN OUR CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC PATTERNS WILL BE LIMITED TO USE OF LORETTO AND QUI ONLY.
UH, THIS IS A VERY, UM, INTIMATE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WITH, UH, UH, ONLY TWO STORY BUILDINGS.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HEAVY CONSTRUCTION AS A RESULT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC, SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PERMANENT DAMAGE TO SURFACE STREETS.
AND THERE WILL BE A ROUTINE CLEANING CYCLE THAT GOES ALONG BY THE CONTRACTOR DURING CONSTRUCTION.
AND FINALLY, AS CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES BEGIN, THERE'LL BE A PERIMETER FENCE ERECTED BY THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE DURATION OF CONSTRUCTION.
I KNOW THAT'S, THIS IS A VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, SO WE APPRECIATE ANYTHING YOU CAN DO TO MITIGATE THE CONSTRUCTION INCONVENIENCES.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? OKAY.
UM, IF THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UM, WE WILL NOW GO ON TO CONSIDERATION OF THE VARIANCES.
UM, MR. RODRIGUEZ, DO YOU WANNA JUST GO THROUGH THE VARIANCES AGAIN REAL QUICKLY? SURE, SURE.
UM, TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOTEL WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL TEST AREA, A RESIDENTIAL STREET, THE PROXIMITY TO A PUBLIC PARK LESS THAN 7, 750 FEET, AND TO ALLOW THE HOTEL TO BE LOCATED ALONG A MINOR COLLECTOR.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT ALL THE VARIANCES.
COMMISSIONER HINES? UH, THIS IS RICHARD SMITH WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
I THINK WE, YES, I THINK WE'RE OKAY.
THAT'S ALL I WAS CHECKING, MA'AM.
UM, JUST TO RECAP, UM, IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, UH, JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, I DON'T THINK'S A 24, DON'T THINK, MIKE, THERE'S A 24 MINIMUM SPACES THAT ARE ON THE SOUTH, UM, EAST CORNER.
AND WHAT I HEARD WAS THAT THAT WOULD BE CONTRACTED FOR FIVE YEARS.
AND UM, AND AFTER THAT FIVE YEARS, WILL THOSE 24 MOVE SOMEWHERE ELSE OR THEY, THEY COULD, THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO RELOCATE THEM SOMEWHERE ELSE.
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A YEAR TO YEAR, UH, LEASE AGREEMENT.BUT THAT 24 IS REQUIRED TO BE MAINTAINED SOMEWHERE.
A ACTUALLY, THE, THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES ONE YEAR CONTRACT, A LEASE AGREEMENT MM-HMM
THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
SO IF THEY HAVE 24 YEARS, MAY I, MAY I, THE, THE CODE REQUIRES A MINIMUM NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES WHERE AS LONG AS THEY PROVIDE THEM WITH A SPECIFIC DISTANCE FROM THE HOTEL, THEY CAN HAVE THEM, THEY CAN MOVE THEM ANYWHERE.
AND, AND THEN IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE WAS THE, AGAIN, TRYING TO BE CLEAR, THE LORET LORETTO, UM, DIAGONAL PARKING THAT'S IN ADDITION TO THIS OR IT'S IN THE RIGHT SIDE.
AND I GET THE LOCATION WHERE IT'S LOCATED ON STREET PARKING AND IT'S IN ADDITION TO EVERYTHING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
IT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ON STREET, BECAUSE THAT IS ON STREET, IT CAN'T COUNT TOWARDS THEIR PARKING THAT I GET.
AND THE COMMUNITY, WHEN THAT WAS AGREED LAST NIGHT, THAT KIND OF SHIFTED THE BALL A BIT.
COMMISSIONER ALLMAN? I WAS THINKING THE LORETTO PARKING WAS, WAS NOT WITHIN THE PUBLIC, RIGHT? 'CAUSE THEY HAD DEDICATED ADDITIONAL 10 FEET, BUT IT IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
OH, IT IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BECAUSE THEY DID IT TO DEDICATE THE 10 FEET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE ONE.
SO I, I, I TEND TO LOOK AT THESE HOTEL VARIANCES, UH, WITH, WITH, UH, A PRETTY TIGHT EYE TOWARD THIS.
AND, AND THIS STRIKES ME AS QUITE UNUSUAL TO HAVE NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT THREE OF FAIRLY FUNDAMENTAL PARTS OF THE HOTEL SPACING ORDINANCE EFFECTIVELY.
UH, HERE, UM, WHAT DOESN'T PERSUADE ME IS THE TITLE LUXURY.
UM, WITH ALL RESPECT TO, TO THE APPLICANT, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE OPERATOR.
WHAT IS PERSUASIVE TO ME IN, IN VOTING IN FAVOR OF IT, IS THE CONTINUING, UH, INVOLVEMENT OF AN INSTITUTIONAL OR BROADER ENTITY THAN JUST THIS.
IF, IF, UH, IF THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED AS A, AS A SOLO OPERATION BY A, BY A LOAN ENTREPRENEUR, AS WE OFTEN SEE, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AS PERSUADED AS I WILL, UH, WAS BY THIS PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO SORT OF CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE POINTS THAT INFLUENCED ME.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? MANIL WEREN'T INVOLVED.
I WOULDN'T VOTE FOR THIS EITHER.
I DON'T THINK THEY'LL DO ANYTHING THAT HARMS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR THEIR ENTITIES THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
WELL, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO, TO GRANT THE THREE VARIANCES.
I THINK I DID CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF I DIDN'T.
UM, SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? TAHIR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[V. Excuse the absences of Commissioners Clark, Mares and Victor]
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE.UH, WE DO NOT NEED TO EXCUSE CLARK OR MODEST SINCE THEY WERE BOTH HERE, BUT WE DO BY ACCLIMATION.
I WILL ASK YOU TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER VICTOR IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION.
[VI. Public Comment]
UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
THEY, MADAM CHAIR, THERE WERE TWO, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO COULDN'T SPEAK ON ITEM.
UH, ONE OF THESE ITEMS, AND I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE THERE, BUT I'LL CALL THEIR NAMES.
AND THE SECOND ONE WAS MIRANDA.
MIRANDA CARMEN OR ANGIE URBANA ARE NOT PRESENT? UM, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON.
DID WE MISS THEM OR, YES, THEY, IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH A VARIANCE, UM, ITEM, UM, 1 48, BUT WE ACTED UPON IT.
OH, THEY DID? THEY SIGNED UP AFTER WE'D DONE IT? YES.
WELL, IF NEITHER OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE STILL WITH US, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION HINES.