* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. MUTE [00:00:01] . OKAY. IT IS, UH, [Call to Order] IT'S LATE YOU GUYS. IT'S 2 31 ON THURSDAY, JULY 21ST, 2022. TODAY'S MEETING AT THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. I'M THE COMMISSION CHAIR, MARTY STEIN. AND TO ESTABLISH WE HAVE OUR QUORUM, I'LL CALL THE ROLE THE CHAIR IS PRESENT COM. UH, VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ABRAHAM IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER CLARK PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER, HE IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MODEST PRESENT, COMMISSIONER NELSON NELSON. PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER POR PERLE IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER SIGLER IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER TAHIR, TURN YOUR CAMERA ON, IF YOU WOULD, SO WE CAN SEE YOU. UM, COMMISSIONER CAN MY CAMERA IS ON. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER KANE IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER KANE PRESENT, VIRTUALLY PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER DALTON IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SMITH PRESENT, PRESENT VIRTUALLY, AND DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. PRESENT IS PRESENT. WE HAVE 16 MEMBERS WHO RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL. WE HAVE A QUORUM. UM, SO OUR, OUR MEETING FORUM FORMAT ALLOWS THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO, UH, PARTICIPATE EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON. UM, TO COMPLY WITH THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS LAW, WE NEED THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE VIRTUAL TO KEEP THEIR CAMERAS ON SO WE CAN SEE THEM WHEN THEY SPEAK. UM, AND YOU KNOW THE DRILL COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE VIRTUAL, UH, TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S JOINING US TODAY. WELCOME. UM, IF YOU'RE HERE TO DISCUSS A PARTICULAR ITEM ON THE COMMISSION'S AGENDA, YOU CAN FIND THE FINAL WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. ALL WRITTEN COMMENTS RECEIVED IN ADVANCE BY NOON ON WEDNESDAY ARE PART OF THE FINAL PACKET. WE HAVE THOSE. WE ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED. UM, AND YOUR CAMERAS OFF UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED ON TO SPEAK. UM, A NUMBER OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. UM, UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, 1 35 CLAREMONT PLACE, 1 41 LONG POINT ACRES 1 46 RIVERSIDE TERRACE AND ONE 50 TIMBER LAKES WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED. THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THOSE. AND ALSO UNDER DEVELOPMENT PLATS WITH VARIANCE. REQUEST 180 1, WHICH IS THE 25 11 LOCK LANE ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. [Director’s Report] WITH THAT, WE'LL GO TO OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN AND I AM SECRETARY TO THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IN DEFERENCE TO OUR VERY LONG AGENDA TODAY. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. AND I KNOW THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. UM, WITH THAT, WE [Approval of the July 7, 2022 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes] WILL GO TO APPROVAL OF THE JULY 7TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, WHICH WERE IN YOUR PACKET. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? CLARK SECOND GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UM, [I. July 2022 Semiannual Report of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on Water and Wasterwater Impact Fees (Rudy Moreno)] [II. July 2022 Semiannual Report of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on Drainage Impact Fees (Rudy Moreno)] WHILE WE, UH, WEAR OUR HATS AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, WE WILL DEFER ROMAN NUMERAL ONE AND TWO AND HEAR THOSE AT A FUTURE, UM, MEETING. IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY? YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER NELSON. ALL RIGHT, GOOD. SO THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO [III. 2022 Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Amendments and Recommendations (Sharon Moses-Burnside)] ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, THE 2022 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN, AMENDMENTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, PUBLIC HEARING. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. AFTERNOON, SHARON, MOSES BURNSIDE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION. WE ARE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT THE 2022 MAJOR FOR PLAN. IF WE COULD GET OUR PRESENTATION UP ON THE SCREEN. I BELIEVE JOHN IS WORKING THE, THERE WE GO. WE'LL HAVE IT HERE FROM A VIRTUAL PERSPECTIVE. THERE WE GO. SO WHAT WE DID, WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING DIFFERENTLY, JUST LIKE WE DID LAST TIME. WE ARE GONNA KIND OF PRESS THROUGH SO THAT WE CAN GIVE YOU MORE TIME WITH THE APPLICANTS. SO GO AHEAD AND START THE SLIDE PLEASE. PRESENTATION, JOHN. SO THE AGENDA'S PRETTY SHORT. [00:05:01] YOU SEE THE INTRODUCTION. WE'RE GONNA, UH, KIND OF RUN YOU THROUGH THE TIMELINE AND THEN WE'LL GET THROUGH THE END AFTER THE APPLICANT'S AND ADJOURN. GO ON TO THE NEXT ONE FOR MORE INFORMATION. IF ANYBODY'S INTERESTED, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE. ALL THE INFORMATION IS LOADED THERE, PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU'LL JUST KIND OF CLICK ON THAT SLIDE RIGHT THERE, JOHN, I WANNA SHOW KIND OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE MAJOR THOROUGH, FAIR AND FREEWAY PLAN PROCESS. SO WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE OPEN HOUSE, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE WORKSHOP, AND NOW WE ARE ACTUALLY AT THE PUBLIC HEARING PHASE. I'M SHARING MOSES BURNSIDE CAN HEAR THE BACKGROUND NOISE BACK THERE. HOLD ON A SECOND. OKAY. SURE. MS. BURN? MM-HMM . BURNSIDE. CAN WE GET THAT MUTED? CALL THE STOP. HELLO? CAN YOU MEET? OKAY. IT LOOKS LIKE GREAT. THANK YOU. SORRY FOR THAT. NO, GO AHEAD. SO, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU WHERE WE ARE. WE'RE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'VE GOT THE APPLICANTS HERE, AND THEY HAVE PLENTY TO TALK ABOUT. SO I'M GONNA GET OUTTA THE WAY. AGAIN, I'M SHARON MOSES BURNSON. I'M THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION MANAGER. I'LL BE BACK HERE IF YOU NEED ME, BUT WE'LL GET RIGHT. STARTED. GO RIGHT ON. OKAY. OKAY. AND JUST CONFIRM OUR FORMAT IS WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. MM-HMM . AND ANY, UH, AND THEN ARE WE GOING TO HEAR FROM, UM, STAFF TO, TO RESPOND TO THAT? YES. THIS IS YOU. IF THERE IS ONE, IF THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE. SO AT THIS POINT, I CAN JUST KIND OF LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE AFTER THEY GET THROUGH SPEAKING, BUT THERE WILL BE A COUPLE THAT WE HAVE, WE MAY PROPOSE SOME ALTERNATIVES TO. OKAY. SO YOU'LL MAKE SURE YOU GIVE US THE HIGH SIGNS WHEN YOU WANT COME BACK, THEN WE'LL CALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. EXACTLY. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WHOLE THING AND CLOSE IT AT THE END. MM-HMM . OKAY. SO, UH, WITH THAT, THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UH, 2022 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AMENDMENTS IS OPEN. AND OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ON AMENDMENT A. AND THAT IS ADAM FRANCE FROM REPRESENTING BGE ON, UH, BOOTY PRUITT ROAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M ADAM FRANCE WITH BGE, UM, AMENDMENT A IS, UH, BOOTY ROAD AND PRUITT ROAD LOCATED IN THE, UH, CITY FE IN J MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT THREE. UH, THAT'S THE LOCATION ON THE MAP HERE. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, THIS IS A ZOOMED IN EXHIBIT SHOWING THE LOCATION, UH, EAST OF I 45 AND SOUTH OF RAYFORD ROAD. UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO DELETE THIS MAJOR COLLECTOR FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN, UH, TO MATCH THE RECENT UPDATES THAT WERE DONE TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAJOR, THOROUGH FAIR PLAN N 21. OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REPORT? YES. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON BOOTY PRUITT ROAD? IF NOT, UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO AMENDMENT B FULTON STREET. SAN JACINTO STREET. RALPH DELEON. THERE YOU ARE. I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA BE VIRTUAL. COME HERE. I ALSO ADDED A FEW SLIDES TO THE PRESENTATION THAT THEY PREPARED. SO I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF T 21. THIS ITEM FIRST APPEARED AS A COMMITTEE REPORT ON THE JANUARY AGENDA. THE BOARD AGREED TO PREPARE AND SUBMIT AN APPLICATION. THAT APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED IN MARCH AND THEN BROUGHT BACK TO THE BOARD. I MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE FIVE OUTTA THE SEVEN BOARD MEMBERS LIVE INTS, UH, THE BOUNDARIES OFTS 21. SO THEY ARE RESIDENTS AND THEY'RE AFFECTED BY THIS, UM, ITEM. UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S AN INTENT TO COME BACK AT SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENT AND ALTER OR TRIGGER ALTERING OTHER SECTIONS OF THE ENTIRE A ALIGNMENT. THEY STARTED WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE FIRST. WE CAN GO TO THE SLIDES AND I CAN SEE 'EM OVER THERE. YOU SEE IT'S A RED DOT. THIS IS AN A, A CONNECTION BETWEEN FULTON AND SAN JACINTO. AND IT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY. IT WAS FIRST BROUGHT INTO THE PLAN AROUND 2010 AS PART OF A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CALLED HARDY YARDS. THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO PROCURE THE AERIAL RIGHTS FROM A, FROM UNION PACIFIC. IT WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. SO THEY BUILT AN ALTERNATIVE PROJECT THAT WAS A MAIN STREET BURNETT PROJECT. SO ANOTHER PROJECT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE INTENDED FUNDS. IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. HOW DO YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OKAY. YOU CAN SEE IN CONTEXT THE WHOLE AREA. UM, IT SHOWS IN PURPLE. AT THE VERY BOTTOM IS THIS PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT. YOU CAN SEE IN RED. ABOVE THAT IT'S, UH, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, UM, LABELED 3.3. THAT IS ACTUALLY THE CONTINUATION OF THE SAME, UH, CONNECTION ON FULTON. AND THEN IT EVENTUALLY, IT, IT, IT CONNECTS AT BOUNDARY AND THEN WHERE, WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL SWINGS ONTO FULL BOUNDARY AND THEN IT, IT ENDS UP ON AN IRVINGTON. THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. [00:10:05] THIS IS JUST BASICALLY AN ARROW PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA. THE LOWER PORTION OF THE PHOTOGRAPH, YOU CAN SEE A BIG GRASSY AREA. IT'S AN OLDER ARROW PHOTOGRAPH WE GOT FROM GOOGLE EARTH. IT'S, IT WOULD BE, THE ALIGNMENT IS DOWN ON THE LOWER SIDE. IT'S REALLY TO SHOW YOU THAT FULTON ITSELF IS, IS PART OF, IS A, BASICALLY IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET WITHIN A VERY COMPACT AREA THAT HAS, UH, A LOT OF HISTORIC CHARACTER, A LOT OF, UH, EXISTING TREES. IT'S CURRENTLY A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THROUGH BETWEEN BOUNDARY AND, UM, EQUIPMENT. IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS TO SHOW YOU, THIS IS FULTON AT, AT, UM, I BELIEVE FORGET THE CROSSROAD, BROOKS. THIS IS TO SHOW YOU THAT THE EXISTING CANOPY AT THE TREES ARE CONTIGUOUS. THEY CROSS OVER THE ROAD. IF YOU WERE TO ADD 10 FEET, THIS IS THE SAME SITUATION. THIS IS FULTON AT THE 2,900 BLOCK. WHEN THIS WAS PUT INTO THE MAJOR THOROUGH FE PLAN, IT DID NOT CONTEMPLATE THE FUTURE CONSTRUCTION OF, UH, I'VE GOT TWO MINUTES LEFT. GO AHEAD. YOU CAN WRAP UP, UP THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE LIGHT RAIL. THESE ARE HOMES THAT ARE, WOULD BE IMPACTED IF YOU CAN JUST SKIPPING, 'CAUSE WE'RE OUT OF TIME HERE. THESE ARE HOMES ON FULTON. THIS SHOWS YOU BASICALLY THE PURPLE LINE IS A 60 FOOT RIGHTAWAY. THE WHITE LINE SHOWS AN 80 FOOT RIGHTAWAY. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW HOW MANY HOMES WOULD BE IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF A ROAD HERE. MOVING ALONG. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS RED DOTS THAT TELLS YOU HOW MANY HO HOMES IT HAVE TO BE. UM, EITHER MOVED OR OR RAISED. MOVING ON AGAIN. NEXT SLIDE. THIS THE INTERSECTION WHERE FULTON TIES INTO, UH, WHERE, WHERE THE LIGHT RAIL SWINGS FROM. BOUNDARY ONTO FULTON SHOWS YOU THE PURPLE LINE IS THE CURRENT RIGHT OF WAY. THE WHITE LINE IS THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY. AND THIS SHOWS YOU THE BUSINESS BEING IMPACTED. AND THEN I WANNA GO TO JUST THE LAST SLIDE AND I'LL GET OFF HERE. KEEP, IF YOU CAN JUST SKIP TO THE LAST SLIDE. NO ONE BEFORE THAT. SORRY, I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT SLIDE. THAT'S, GO BACK ONE MORE PLEASE. IN A NUTSHELL, YOU'LL SEE IN A SECOND IN ABOUT A THREE AND A HALF MILE STRETCH WITH, YOU HAVE THE 45, THE 59, YOU HAVE THE LIGHT RAIL, YOU HAVE THE HARDY TOE ROAD CONNECTOR, AND YOU HAVE THE LESION VIADUCT. AND SO, AND METRO'S LIGHT RAIL. SO YOU DON'T REALLY NEED, THERE'S NO CAPACITY. THERE'S NO NEED FOR CAPACITY. ALL THOSE ROADS ADDING CAPACITY. THIS IS REALLY, HERE IT IS, IT'S A ROAD OF CONVENIENCE. THERE'S NO TRAFFIC COUNTS, THERE'S NO JUSTIFICATION AS FAR AS HAVING ANOTHER ROAD. THANK YOU. GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE CALL SPEAKERS? I THINK WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS AND WE DO WE HAVE A RESPONSE FROM THE CITY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? COMMISSIONERS? NO, WE'RE GOOD. OKAY. YES. PROPOSED MAD CHAIR, MS. MOSES BURN HAVE PROPOSED. WE HAVE A PROPOSED ALIGNMENT FOR THIS SEGMENT OF THE ROAD. SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THAT IN. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, OKAY, SO STAFF HAS A, YES, THAT'S RIGHT. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, THIS IS PETER ECKLES STAFF. I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT REQUEST. AND WE'RE HERE TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR CURRENT THINKING ON THIS AMENDMENT AND TO, UM, SUGGEST AN ALTERNATIVE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AT THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING THAT IS TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER. THIS IS NOT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO BE, UM, FOR ACTION TO BE TAKEN ON TODAY, BUT SIMPLY, UM, TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON WHERE WE'RE AT. SO, YEP, THIS IS THE CORRECT SLIDE RIGHT HERE. UM, CURRENTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, PENDING ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS AT THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING, STAFF WILL PROPOSE AN ALTERNATIVE AMENDMENT TO RECLASSIFY THIS SEGMENT RATHER THAN DELETE TO RECLASSIFY IT FROM FOUR LANES WITH 80 FOOT. RIGHT OF WAY IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO TWO LANES. 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY IS A MAJOR COLLECTOR STREET TO MATCH THE CHARACTER OF THE SECTION OF THE STREET, UM, NORTH OF BURNETT AND THROUGHOUT THE NEAR NORTH SIDE. UM, THE, UH, APPLICANT HAS, UM, SUGGESTED A NUMBER OF CONCERNS WITH THIS AMENDMENT REQUEST. BUT BROADLY SPEAKING, CENTRAL CONCERN HERE IS ABOUT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND THE IMPACTS OF, UH, THOROUGHFARE THAT DOES NOT MATCH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT HERE. WE'VE DONE OUR BEST TO MATCH, UM, THE EXISTING PORTION OF, UM, FULTON STREET NORTH OF BURNETT, UM, WITH THE CLASSIFICATION OF THIS FUTURE ROAD IN THE CASE THAT IT IS BUILT. UM, I WILL NOTE THAT WE'RE, UM, BROADLY THROUGH OUR, UM, ANALYSIS FOR THIS. AND WE'VE DONE OUR INTERAGENCY COORDINATION, WE'VE GOT LETTERS OF OBJECTION ALREADY RECEIVED FROM TDOT, FROM METRO, FROM OUR INTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS LIKE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. SO THERE IS A LOT OF OBJECTION TO FULLY DELETING THIS, BUT WE CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN, UM, ABOUT INTRODUCING A FOUR LENGTH OR REFER TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THAT'S, THAT'S JUST AN UPDATE ON OUR THINKING. UM, AND WE'LL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ARGUMENT. THANK YOU. GREAT. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER? THANK YOU. YOU MR. ECOL. THANK YOU. UM, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS. UM, I'M GONNA, I HAVE A LIST. I, MR. DELEON, DO YOU, ARE ALL THE PEOPLE ON YOUR LIST HERE OR [00:15:04] I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE NAMES. UH, DANIEL ORTIZ IS NOT PRESENT. UM, JORGE BUSTAMENTE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. MONTY LARGE. OKAY. COME FORWARD. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS MONTY LARGE. I LIVE ON FULTON STREET. UM, WE RESTORED A HUNDRED YEAR OLD PLUS HOUSE, UM, IN A HISTORIC MANNER. WE GOT A, A SETBACK, UH, UH, VARI VARIANCE IN ORDER TO PLACE IT IN LINE WITH SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS. UM, WE, YOU KNOW, BEAUTIFUL, UH, I CONSIDER IT A VERY BEAUTIFUL STRETCH OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE MOVED A HOUSE, WE PHYSICALLY MOVED A HOUSE FROM MIDTOWN INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN ORDER TO PRESERVE IT AND TO BE, UH, IN CHARACTER WITH WHAT IS LARGELY A HISTORIC DISTRICT THERE. UM, WE LOVE IT. WE HAVE TWO SMALL KIDS. I HAVE A THREE MONTH OLD AND A 3-YEAR-OLD. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY, UM, WE SORT OF BEGAN THIS PROCESS, ONE OF THE THINGS I SHOULD ALSO SAY, I'M ON, I'M ON BOARD, UH, UH, CHURCH 21. UH, SO WE WANTED TO HAVE ROAD HUMPS SPEED, UH, REDUCTION MEASURES ALONG THE STREET. AND, UM, STARTED A PETITION AND THEN FOUND OUT QUICKLY THAT BECAUSE IT IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO DO THAT. UM, FULTON HAS SERVED AS SORT OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET. IT DOESN'T, HAS SORT OF, HAS AN IDENTITY, UH, COMPLEX WHERE IT DOESN'T REALLY KNOW EXACTLY IF IT'S A, A RESIDENTIAL STREET OR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. AND I, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT IT IS MORE OF A CHARACTER OF A RESIDENTIAL STREET. WE HAVE SMALL KIDS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A, A SLOW, UH, STREET IN ORDER FOR PEOPLE TO, UM, NAVIGATE AND FOR OUR KIDS TO PLAY. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, MARY LAWLER. MARY LAWLER IS NOT PRESENT. AND, UM, OKAY. THAT'S IT. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO IS LISTENING OR WITH US WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON, UH, THE FULTON STREET, SAN JACINTO STREET AMENDMENT PROPOSAL? IF NOT, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, UH, LETTER C, WHICH IS SOUTH WAYSIDE DRIVE. LOVET INDUSTRIAL, CARMEN PEARSON. MS. PEARSON, ARE YOU THERE? MS. WAIT, I'M SORRY. JUST TO CHECK THERE ARE PEOPLE RAISING THEIR HAND TO SPEAK ON THE FULTON STREET MEASURE? JUST ON, ON VIA MICROSOFT TEAM. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REALLY HEAR YOU. ARE YOU CARMEN PEARSON? NO, YOU'RE NOT. OKAY. OH, OH, OH, OH. OKAY. WE, THE CHAT, THE HAND RAISE FEATURE DOES NOT WORK FOR, UM, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO THE CHAT TO SPEAK. SO DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT TO SPEAK ON, ON THE FULTON SAN JACINTO? NO. MADAM CHAIR. THERE'S, NOBODY HAS WRITTEN A COMMENT, BUT LIKE, THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE THAT HAVE RAISED THEIR HANDS TO SPEAK. OKAY. UM, CAN THEY PUT THEIR NAME IN THE CHAT? YEAH. CAN CAN YOU GO, CAN YOU HAVE THE PEOPLE WHO WANNA SPEAK PUT THEIR NAME INTO THE CHAT FEATURE AND THEN WE CAN RECOGNIZE THEM? WE CAN'T GET YOU FROM THE CHAT, FROM THE HAND RAISE. I CAN CALL ON YOU 'CAUSE YOU'RE THERE, , BUT CAN YOU ASK YOUR OTHER, WHOEVER'S LISTENING, GO AHEAD. IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON FULTON SAN JACINTO, PUT YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT. OKAY. ANYBODY IN THERE? YES MA'AM. WE HAVE TWO. THE FIRST IS ESMER SULLIVAN. OKAY, WE'RE GOING BACK TO LETTER B EVERYBODY. SO ESMER SULLIVAN. HELLO. HI, I AM ESMER SULLIVAN. OKAY, GO AHEAD. UM, I'M MARRIED TO MONTY LARGE. UH, SO I'M THE MOTHER OF THE TWO SMALL CHILDREN. I HEAR THEM IN THE BACKGROUND. I APOLOGIZE. UM, MONTY MENTIONED WE LIVE ON A STRETCH OF FULTON. UH, THAT IS A, A REALLY LOVELY BLOCK. IT'S, YOU KNOW, ALTHOUGH IT'S CLOSE TO, UH, HARDY YARDS DEVELOPMENTS, IT'S TOTALLY A, A COMPLETELY RESIDENTIAL STRETCH OF FULTON. UM, ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN HARDY YARDS IS RESIDENTIAL. SO FAR. UH, THE NEWEST DEVELOPMENT ON OUR BLOCKS, WE HAVE SOME NEW TOWN HOMES GOING IN, BUT THEY'RE, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE YOUNG PEOPLE MOVING IN. WE HAVE YOUNG FAMILIES MOVING IN TO THIS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL. SO IT, IT'S, UH, IT'S REALLY AS MONTY UH, MENTIONED AS WELL, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET SPEED BUMPS, UM, IN THAT PART OF FULTON FOR YEARS. AND THIS CLASSIFICATION KEEPS [00:20:01] US FROM ACCOMPLISHING THAT. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY PEOPLE COME TO OUR HOME AND NOTICE PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, FEEDING THROUGH THE STREET AND SAY, WHY CAN'T YOU GET SPEED BUMPS FROM THE CITY? WE DID IT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. AND WE HAVE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM THIS COMPLICATED PROCESS. SO, UM, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THAT FULTON IS, EVEN THE AREA THAT IS CLOSEST TO DOWNTOWN IS PRETTY SOLIDLY RESIDENTIAL. UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AND WE LIKE IT THAT WAY. IT'S, IT'S A VERY CHARMING AREA. IT'D BE REALLY ASHAMED TO RUIN THIS PART OF THE STREET, ESPECIALLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. UM, WHO'S THE NEXT SPEAKER? THE NEXT SPEAKER IS NAZANIN SULLIVAN. OKAY. I THINK THAT WAS NAZA SULLIVAN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONES AND MUTE THEM RIGHT NOW. THIS IS CAUSING A LOT OF INTERFERENCE AND WE HAVE A LONG MEETING TODAY. SO PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONES OR MUTE THEM SO WE CAN CONTINUE WITHOUT ANY ANSWER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. VICE CHAIR. OKAY. DID WE NOT JUST HEAR FROM ZAINE SULLIVAN? NO, THAT WAS A DIFFERENT LAST NAME. SULLIVAN. OH, OKAY. SO ANNA SULLIVAN. YES. THAT'S, THAT'S ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I AM THE SISTER OF ESPAR SULLIVAN AS YOU , AND I ALSO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF SIGN IN ON THE NEVER HEAR ME. THERE'S A LOT OF THEIR APPEARANCE. WE, I'M SORRY, WE'RE HAVING TROUBLE HEARING YOU. WE HAVE A LOT OF FEEDBACK. I'M GONNA ASK EVERYBODY ELSE TO, TO SILENCE THEIR CELL PHONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. TRY AGAIN, MS. SULLIVAN. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? BARELY SPEAK UP. CAN. OKAY. WELL, I JUST, I AM THE SISTER OF SMAR SULLIVAN, UM, AND OF THE INFORMANTS AND CHILDREN, BUT I ALSO JUST WANTED TO CO-SIGN THAT THIS STREET IS EXTREMELY RESIDENTIAL, IT'S HISTORIC, UM, PREDOMINANTLY LATINO, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD LIKE THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO BE MINDFUL OF THE WAY THAT THEY'RE TREATING HIS. NOW, YOU'RE MS. SULLIVAN, YOU WERE MUTED. IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. THAT HOLDING WAS MUTED. YES. OKAY. I'LL BE VERY FAST THEN. JUST TO SAY THAT I WANT TO CO-SIGN THAT. FULTON STREET IS A, IT'S EXTREMELY RESIDENTIAL. THERE ARE CARS DURING, BY INTENSE SPEEDS. AND I DON'T REALLY SEE THE UTILITY IN WIDENING THIS. WHEN YOU HAVE THE NEW ALLEGION STREET THAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED, YOU HAVE MAIN STREET RIGHT THERE, THERE ARE OTHER MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AROUND WITHOUT CUTTING INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, DISRUPTING PEOPLE'S HOMES, ET CETERA. AND THE, NOT TO MENTION THE EXPENSE, UM, FOR SOMETHING THAT IS WHOLLY UNNECESSARY, HARMFUL TO THE COMMUNITY. AND REALLY, THERE'S NO UTILITY WHEN YOU HAVE THESE OTHER THOROUGHFARES AND DON'T, I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND, UM, WHY IT CANNOT BE RECLASSIFIED FOR THE BEST OF EVERYONE WHO'S ACTUALLY LIVING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT. TO SORT OF, UM, PUT EMPHASIS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE INSTEAD OF JUST FOCUSING ON CONSTANT COMMUTING. OKAY. YOU KNOW, SORT OF CAR CULTURE. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WHO'S NEXT? THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BELINDA BISHOP. BELINDA BISHOP. BELINDA BISHOP IS NOT PRESENT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANNA LARGE. ANNA LARGE. YES. HI, CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. FANTASTIC. I'M SORRY I'M NEW TO THIS. UM, I'M, UM, ALSO WANTED TO SPEAK ON, UH, BASICALLY I WANTED TO PIGGYBACK ON EVERYTHING THAT ZAINE SAID. SHE'S MUCH MORE EDUCATED ON THIS TOPIC THAN I AM, BUT I DO, UH, ALSO REALLY ENJOY THAT FULTON IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND, AND THAT, THAT SENSE OF COMMUNITY WOULD BE COMPLETELY DISRUPTED BY WHAT, WHAT, AS SHE SAID, SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS VERY UNNECESSARY AND IN LIGHT OF HOW MUCH SHE USED IS CHANGING EVERY DAY, ALL OF OUR BEAUTIFUL LITTLE NEIGHBORHOODS DAILY, YOU KNOW, NEW SKYSCRAPERS GOING UP, BIGGER STREETS, MORE FREEWAYS. IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S TRUE TO MY HEART BECAUSE I SEE MY, UH, MY NIECES GROWING UP. AND I HATE THAT HOUSTON HAS LOST SOME OF THAT. UM, SOME, SOME OF THAT SENSE OF ITSELF, UM, IN TERMS OF BECOMING A, YOU KNOW, A HUGE MAJOR CITY, WHICH IT IS. BUT WE'VE ALSO LOST SOME OF THE, UM, THE UNIQUENESS BY LOSING SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I FEEL LIKE FULTON IS A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF THAT. SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF FULTON BECOMING A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S NECESSARY. AND I THINK IT WOULD DEFINITELY DISRUPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE AND THAT CULTURE. SO THAT'S IT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE. IF THERE IS NO ONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FULTON SAN JACINTO, WE WILL MOVE ON TO LETTER C SOUTH WAYSIDE [00:25:01] DRIVE. AND WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UM, OUR PRESENTER, CARMEN PEARSON, MS. PEARSON REPRESENTING LOVET INDUSTRIAL, UM, MS. MOSES BURNSIDE. CAN YOU, UM, MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THIS OR GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE FOR ME PLEASE? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS SOUTH WAYSIDE ALIGNMENT THAT, UH, LEVIT INDUSTRIAL IS ASKING FOR DELETION FOR THROUGH THIS PROPERTY HERE. IT CONFLICTS IN THEIR PERCEPTION AND CONFLICTS WITH STATE HIGHWAY 35. AND THEY'RE SAYING THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE THERE. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE SOME MAPS THAT SHE, THAT CARMEN WANTED TO SHOW THE AREA AND WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE LAND USE. GO TO THE SLIDE. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. CAN YOU ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT, PLEASE? SO THAT SHOWS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IT ALSO SHOWS SOUTH WAYSIDE DRIVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT GOES THROUGH AND HOW IT CONFLICTS AND CROSSES WITH STATE HIGHWAY 35. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT ON THIS. NOW WE WANT TO SHOW THIS BECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CARMEN WANTED EVERYBODY TO SEE. TEXDOT PRO PROPOSED DESIGN. WE WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA SAY THAT WE DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA BE THE ACTUAL DESIGN YET AND WE'VE GOT A DISCLAIMER ON THAT, BUT SHE'S SHOWING HOW IT IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED FROM TDOT AND AS IT WOULD GO THROUGH THAT PROPERTY. SO THE REQUEST FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, C THIS PARTICULAR ONE, IS THAT THEY WANT THIS ALIGNMENT DELETED FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SEGMENT. NEXT. SO HERE'S THE REQUEST. IT'S OF CURRENTLY A, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOUR, I'M LOOKING BACKWARDS, SORRY, I APOLOGIZE. FOUR LANES, 100 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. UM, BUT IT'S NOT A PROPOSED ROAD, IT'S A PROPOSED ROAD, SO IT'S NOT THERE YET. NEXT SLIDE. NOW I WANNA STOP THERE BECAUSE FOR THIS ONE I JUST WANNA TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT SINCE I'M UP HERE. IF YOU ALL WOULD GIVE ME A LITTLE GRACE HERE. SO WE HAD THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION MEETING REGARDING C SOUTHWEST SIDE. WE HAD, UH, HARRIS COUNTY THERE, WE HAD METRO THERE, WE HAD TDOT, WE HAD EVERYBODY THERE, ALL THE PLAYERS THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT. UH, WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT OF COURSE WE ARE NOT AT THE RECOMMENDATION PHASE AT THIS POINT. HOWEVER, THIS PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT HAS, UH, THE REQUEST FOR DELETION IS NOT, UH, GETTING THE, I GUESS I WOULD SAY THAT HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS DOES NOT SUPPORT THE DELETION. UH, AND TDOT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE DELETION. ONE OF THE REASONS IS, IS BECAUSE THEY HEARD HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND TEXDOT HAS ACTUALLY WORKED TOGETHER TO KIND OF COME, UM, COME UP WITH SOME IDEAS FOR THE AREA. AND THIS IS ONE OF THE IDEAS. EVERYTHING HAS NOT BEEN VETTED OUT YET. THEY'RE STILL WORKING ON THEIR PROCESS. WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW STATE HIGHWAY 35 IS GOING TO BE ALIGNED, BUT THEY ARE NOT, UH, IN FAVOR OF THAT DELETION. AND WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IT. WE'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION MEETING WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT MORE, BUT WE DO HAVE A REJECTION, A LETTER OF OBJECTION TO THIS DELETION REQUEST FROM TXDOT METRO HAD NO POSITION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MS. BURNSIDE? OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM OR I'LL MAKE A CALL? IS THERE ANYONE HERE OR LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON SOUTHWAY SIDE DRIVE? MS. PEARSON IS IN THE CHAT, BUT SHE'S HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY SPEAKING, SO I DID PROVIDE THE CALL NUMBER, BUT NOT SURE IF SHE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO JOIN. OKAY, MS. PEARSON, I'M ON THE CALL. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. WE KIND OF DID THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU. DO YOU WANNA UM, YES, , COULD YOU HEAR IT? I SAW THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SHARON. I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. SORRY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS TO WHAT SHARON WAS SAYING AND THAT, UM, NUMBER ONE, UH, THE, IF YOU CAN GO, UH, ONE SLIDE FORWARD PLEASE. SO RIGHT NOW IT'S AN UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY. UM, THEY ARE DOING SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UH, TO THE RIGHT OF WAY NORTH OF THAT. UM, BUT THERE'S NOTHING IN THE CIP PLANS FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXISTS ON OUR PROPERTY. UH, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, AND WE'LL, WE'LL LOOK AT BACK AT IT, UM, THE, IT, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN DOES SHOW, UH, PROPOSED TEXT DOT, UH, EXTENSION THROUGH THERE, BUT IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE, UM, EXACTLY THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXISTS. SO [00:30:01] AS SHARON MENTIONED, I UNDERSTAND THAT TXDOT HAS ISSUED A LETTER THAT THEY'RE NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT. HOWEVER, I WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THAT THEIR ALIGNMENT DOES NOT FOLLOW THAT PARTICULAR RIGHT OF WAY LINE. UM, AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT IS THAT THERE'S A RAILROAD, UH, ON MACA BETWEEN MACA AND THE, AND THE PROPERTY. THERE'S ALREADY A, AN AT GRADE CROSSING ON DIXIE DRIVE. SO ANOTHER AT GRADE CROSSING ON AT MACA SEEMS VERY UNLIKELY FROM THE, FROM THE RAIL POSITION. AND I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM TO GO OVERHEAD WITH THAT. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO AS SHARON POINTED OUT, UM, THE TECH DOT PLANS CURRENTLY END AT DIXIE. UM, WE HAVEN'T SEEN WHAT THAT ALIGNMENT WOULD LOOK LIKE, BUT AS I SAID, IT DOESN'T FOLLOW THE, THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY FOR SOUTHWEST SIDE. OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION OR ARE YOU FROZEN? UH, ONE MORE. NO, , ONE MORE THING I WANTED TO KNOW. IS THAT, UM, THE, THE SOUTHWEST SIDE RIGHT OF WAY ENDS, UM, VERY SHORTLY TO THE SOUTH OUT OF, AT AN EXISTING PARK. SO EVEN IF THAT WERE TO STAY THE WAY WAY IT IS, UH, IT WOULDN'T GO MUCH FURTHER THAN THAN WHERE IT'S ENDING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. OKAY. GOT IT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, AND SO WE'VE HAD THE, THE STAFF RESPONSE, SO WE'LL TAKE THIS ALL UNDER CONSIDERATION WHEN WE DO OUR CONSIDERATION IN A COUPLE MONTHS. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON SOUTH WAYSIDE DRIVE? NO ONE IN THE CHAT. NO ONE HERE. OKAY. THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO, UH, D FRAN ROAD. GERALD GRISSOM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS GERALD GRISSOM WITH BGE. UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR FRAN ROAD, UH, IT'S FAIRLY SIMPLE. WE'RE JUST, UH, PROPOSING TO REALIGN IT, UH, KEEP ITS CURRENT WIDTH, KEEP ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION, SLIDE IT TO THE EAST ABOUT 600 FEET. UM, WE HAVE LETTERS OF NO OBJECTION FROM, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM TDOT, UH, TS 25. UH, IT WILL MODIFY THE ALIGNMENT TO ALLOW A MUCH, UM, LOWER COST CROSSING OF THE CHANNEL. THERE'S A FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE CHANNEL, UM, THAT RUNS PERPENDICULAR TO THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT. SO IT WILL GREATLY DECREASE THE COST OF THAT CROSSING, UH, BY ABOUT 35%. UH, SO THE MAINTENANCE ON THE CITY WOULD ALSO RE BE REDUCED BY THAT. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRISSOM? OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, ANY RESPONSE FROM THE, OKAY. UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FRAN ROAD? NO, I HAVE QUESTIONS FOR MR. GRISSOM. UM, ANY, I'M SORRY, WHO'S SPEAKING? WHO IS SPEAKING? OKAY. I, THEY, THEY HAVE DISAPPEARED. I DON'T THINK THAT, THAT, THAT WASN'T COMMISSIONER DALTON. RIGHT? OKAY. YEAH, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, THE QUESTION PERIOD IS ONLY FOR THE, THE COMMISSIONERS NOT FOR THE PUBLIC AT THIS POINT. UM, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, I WILL CALL ON YOU. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT. ONE MORE TIME. ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FONDREN ROAD. LETTER D. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO LETTER E MADDEN ROAD. JENNIFER CURTIS. AH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT MADDEN ROAD. UH, THIS, UH, SEGMENT IS LOCATED IN FORT BEND COUNTY IN HOUSTON, CTJ, KIND OF SOUTHWEST, GENERALLY FROM HOUSTON. UM, THE SEGMENT IS A COLLECTOR STREET. IT'S ABOUT TWO MILES OR SO LONG FROM END TO END. CURRENTLY ON THE MAP, UH, PART OF IT IS EXISTING AND PART OF IT IS PROPOSED. THE [00:35:01] PROPOSED PORTION IS REALLY JUST ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET SOUTH OF A PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE RUNNING PARALLEL. UM, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THAT, THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OF MADDEN ROAD IS A SANDPIT OPERATION. UM, SO WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO REMOVE THE, UM, THE FUTURE PROPOSED PORTION OF MADDEN ROAD AND REALIGN THE REMAINDER TO FOLLOW THE EXISTING PAVING, WHICH WOULD TEE INTO WESTMORE ROAD, ANOTHER COLLECTOR STREET THAT RUNS NORTH SOUTH. UM, THIS PROPOSED CHANGE HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY FOR BEND COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. THAT'S THE NEXT SLIDE. UM, AND WE ALSO DID COORDINATE WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH, THE, THE SANDPIT OPERATION AS WELL. UM, AND THEY HAD NO OBJECTION EITHER. SO IN SUMMARY, UH, THIS IS A COLLECTOR STREET. UM, THAT PART OF IT DOES NOT EXIST TODAY, AND WE'RE ASKING TO DELETE THE PART THAT DOES NOT EXIST FROM THE MAP. THAT'S IT. AND THIS WOULD PUT US IN SYNC WITH THE FORT BEND COUNTY MAJOR. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? HEY, DO WE THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON ROAD? NOBODY IN THE CHAT. NOBODY LISTENING. MADDEN ROAD. MADDEN. I'M SORRY. SORRY. MADDEN ROAD. I'M IN THE DARK HERE. OKAY. WITH THAT THEN WE WILL GO ON TO LETTER F WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD, AND A ROAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI. UH, FIRST, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE FOR THE PASTOR TO SAY A FEW WORDS, A FEW BRIEF WORDS. SURE. TO INTRODUCE HIS VISION. CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND DO THE PRESENTATION FOR THE RECORD, AND THEN I'LL CALL ON THE PASTOR? YES, WE CAN DO THAT. AND YOU'RE A RODRIGO DE LA GARZA. I AM RODRIGO DE LA GARZA WITH STUDIO RED ARCHITECTS, AND WE REPRESENT, UH, NOVA JERUSALEM CHURCH. UM, WE'RE HERE TO REQUEST YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THE LE OF THE FUTURE WEST, UH, RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT THAT DIVIDES THE SITE. IT IS FROM CHINEY ROCK TO HERE IN CLARK. UH, WHEN THE, UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, ONE MORE. OKAY. SO, UH, WHEN THE CHURCH BEGAN THE MASTER PLANNING PROCESS FOR THEIR SITE, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT BROUGHT TO THEIR ATTENTION THAT THE CITY'S M-T-P-F-P MAP SHOWS A RIGHT OF WAY PATH THAT DOES NOT CORRESPOND WITH EITHER A 2015 SURVEY COMMISSIONED BY THE CHURCH OR THE INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THEM BY THE CELLAR AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE. AFTER REVIEWING RECORDS, IT APPEARS THAT THE PATH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS ADJUSTED AS DEVELOPMENT SOUTH OF THE SITE EXPANDED. THE SHIP HAS MOVED, UH, THE EASEMENT FARTHER NORTH INTO THE CHURCH'S SITE AND HAS CHANGED THE DIRECTION OF TRAVEL TO AN, UH, TO AN EAST TO WEST TRAJECTORY. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE, UH, YOU CAN SEE A DOCUMENT FROM THE SELLER'S PACKAGE. THIS, THIS WAS GIVEN TO THE CHURCH. UH, NEXT SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS WHAT THE CHURCH THOUGHT THEY WERE GETTING, WHICH IS AN ALIGNMENT SOUTH OF THEIR SITE. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND THIS IS A, THIS IS THE SURVEY. AS YOU CAN SEE AS WELL, THE ALIGNMENT IS FROM THE NORTH, UH, EAST CORNER TO, TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE. UH, BUT ONCE THEY BECAME DEVELOPMENT, THEY REALIZED THAT THIS WAS NO LONGER THE CASE. SO, UH, THIS, THIS, THE DIFFERENCE IN PATH SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTS THE CHURCH'S ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE TRACT EFFECTIVELY. THE SECTION OF THE SITE WITH FRONTAGE ACCESS AND VISIBILITY FROM HIGHWAY 90, WHICH IS GENERALLY THE MOST ACCESSIBLE AND DEVELOPABLE IS REDUCED SUBSTANTIALLY BY THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT. UH, DEVELOPING OR SELLING THE SECTION OF THE SITE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE CHURCH'S OVERALL STRATEGY TO MANAGING DEVELOPMENT COST, AND REALIZING THEIR VISION FOR THE CHURCH. IT ALSO DIVIDES THE SITE IN A WAY THAT THE PROJECT IS PLANNED WOULD NO LONGER FIT ON THE SITE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHEN THEY CAME TO US, WE, WE DID SOME MASTER PLANNING FOR, FOR THEM. EH, HERE YOU CAN SEE THIS, THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE, [00:40:01] OF WHAT THE PROJECT, HOW BIG THE FOOTPRINT WOULD HAVE TO BE TO WORK. SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PLANNED WITH WHAT THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD, UH, ONLY TO, TO FIND OUT THAT THAT'S NOT NO LONGER THE CASE. UH, SO WE THINK THIS WOULD BE VERY DETRIMENTAL FOR THE SUCCESS OF THE PROJECT, UH, BECAUSE IT FORCES US INTO A MUCH SMALLER FOOTPRINT AND IT DOESN'T FIT THE VISION OF THE, OF THE CHURCH OR THE PASTOR. UM, ADDITIONALLY, IN ORDER TO EXPAND WEST AIR PER ROAD, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO CREATE AN OVERPASS THAT WOULD GO OVER HIGHWAY 90 AND THEN WOULD SLOWLY DESCEND THROUGH OUR SITE. UH, SO BY THE TIME THE, THE GRADUAL SLOPE AN OVERPASS, BY THE TIME THE GRADUAL SLOPE COMES DOWN, IT BECOMES A, A BIG PHYSICAL BARRIER, UH, AND VISUAL BARRIER FOR OUR PROJECT. SO, WHICH IS ALSO DETRIMENTAL, UH, AND, AND DANGEROUS, UM, AS A SITE PLAN FOR A CHURCH AND A SCHOOL. WE'RE CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY EFFECTS OF HAVING A CONTINUOUS AND FAST, UH, MOVING TRAFFIC CIRCULATING THROUGH THE SITE. UH, THANK YOU, UH, FOR THE, FOR THE REASONS ABOVE, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IN FINDING A WORKABLE SOLUTION FOR THE CHURCH. WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS PROPOSAL. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I CALL SPEAKERS? OKAY, THANK YOU, MS. MOSES BURNSIDE, WE'RE GONNA, I'LL CALL ON YOU IN JUST A MINUTE. GO AHEAD AND PRESENT THE CITY'S THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. WE DO HAVE A, AN ALTERNATIVE THAT WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE. AND BRANDON MOSELEY, THE PROJECT MANAGER OF THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IS GONNA DISCUSS IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. HI, MR. MOSELEY. HOW YOU DOING? GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. GREETINGS, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS BRANDON MOSELEY WITH THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. I AM THE, UH, PRINCIPAL, UH, PLANNER OVER THIS AMENDMENT. DURING THE WORKSHOP AND OPEN HOUSE, UH, PHASES, WE RECEIVE MULTIPLE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC ON HOW IMPORTANT THIS CONNECTION IS NEEDED TO THE OVERALL NETWORK. WE WOULD LIKE TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST OF A DELETION AND CONSIDER A REALIGNMENT AND RECLASSIFICATION. NEXT SLIDE. I'M SORRY. STAY ON THIS SLIDE. SORRY, I WASN'T TALKING TOO FAST. IN THE RECONSIDERATION, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO ONE SHORTEN THE REQUEST SEGMENT FROM US HIGHWAY 90 MAIN STREET TO SOUTH POST OAK BOULEVARD. NUMBER TWO, REALIGN THE PROPOSED MAJOR THIRD RAIL WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD, ALLEN ROAD FROM US HIGHWAY 90 TO SOUTH POST OAK BOULEVARD. AND RECLASSIFY THAT SEGMENT AS A FOUR LANE MAJOR COLLECTOR WITH AN 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. NEXT SLIDE. I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE ARE NOT AT THE RECOMMENDATION PHASE AT THIS TIME, THEREFORE, THE, THE ALIGNMENT BEFORE YOU IS NOT OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK DILIGENTLY TO FIND A SUITABLE ALIGNMENT FOR ALL CONCERN. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. MOSELEY COM? COMMISSIONER ALLMAN? YES. I'VE HEARD YOU SAY THIS ISN'T THE FINAL ALIGNMENT. THIS IS NOT, I HAVE A QUESTION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK. I STILL HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT, THAT, UM, GO BACK. ONE SLIDE PLEASE. THE PROPOSAL, IT DOES NOT, UM, ALIGN WITH AIRPORT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF MAINE. RIGHT. WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THAT. WE'LL, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH, UM, WITH HARRIS COUNTY TEX, DO EVERYONE IN INVOLVED, BUT THIS IS JUST, WE JUST RIGHT. WE'RE WORKING THROUGH IT. I APPRECIATE SEEING AN ALTERNATIVE. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. YES. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. MS. MOSES BURNSIDE. YEAH. I JUST WANNA ADDRESS, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, JUST TO QUICKLY, UH, WE DID PROPOSE A NORTH ALIGNMENT. WE LOOKED AT IT, IT WASN'T REALLY RECEIVED VERY WELL. SO WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS PROCESS. THIS IS A CHALLENGING AREA, BUT WE ARE SURE THAT WE CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH WILL APPROVE AND WE WILL ALL BE HAPPY WITH. SO JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW WE DID START THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT WHERE IT'S GONNA END. YEAH. WE HONESTLY DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW IT'S GOING TO END YET. WE'RE STILL WORKING. IT'S LOOKING LIKE IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. UH, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WON'T. WE, WE'VE GOT GREAT MINDS WORKING WITH US AND WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH A, WITH AN ALIGNMENT THAT WILL WORK FOR THE CHURCH AS WELL AND NOT RUIN THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS AS WE MOVE FORWARD. OKAY. RIGHT. BUT WE'RE NOT DELETING IT . OKAY. DID, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? COMMISSIONER JONES? YES. THANK YOU. UH, IT APPEARS IN THE CONCEPT OF AN ALTERNATIVE THAT IT FOLLOWS A PIPELINE EASEMENT. IS THAT THE CASE KIND OF IN THAT SOUTHWESTERN DIRECTION? UH, E EAST OF, OR WET WEST OF POST OAK? YES, IT'S POSSIBLE. YES. GOOD LUCK, . WE'RE STILL ADDRESSING IT. WE'RE STILL ADDRESSING IT. WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, OTHER AGENCIES RIGHT NOW. THEY HAVE SOME TIME, FORTUNATELY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US YOUR NAME? UH, [00:45:01] MY NAME JOSE SANCHEZ. OH, OKAY. ARE YOU MS. UM, SALGADO? NO, I'M OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME THEN PLEASE. OKAY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY THAT'S GIVEN TO ME. CHURCH. I'M THE PASTOR OF CHURCH. I AM CONSCIOUS THAT YOU WERE FORMED FOR A PURPOSE. YES. AND THAT'S TO DESIGN THE BEST WAY FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW OF OUR CITY. BUT I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO HELP ME TO SUPPORT ME BECAUSE THAT LAND WAS BOUGHT WITH A PURPOSE, WITH A GOAL IN MIND. AND THAT'S A CONVERTED INTO A PLACE OF RESTORATION FOR THE YOUTH, FOR FAMILIES, AND FOR HOMES. AND THOSE PEOPLE NEED ADVICE AND LOVE. AND I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU SOMETHING OF THE CITY THAT I, IN THE COMMUNICATION OF THE CITY, THEY SAID THAT, UM, 1,100 YOUNG PEOPLE IN HOUSTON, THEY CONFRONT EVERY MONTH CRIMINAL CHARGES. AND THEY ASK THEMSELVES, HOW CAN WE DRAW THEM AWAY FROM VIOLENCE? IN 2019, THE MAYOR OF THE CITY, SYLVESTER TURNER, HE PRESENTED AN INITIATIVE TO PREVENT THE YOUTH TO END UP BEING INVOLVED IN VIOLENT ACTS. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. HE ASSURED THAT THE, THE VIOLENCE OF THE YOUTH IS AN EPIDEMIC AND THAT LANDS NEEDS TO BE PUT ON FOR PREVENTION. 2021, ONCE AGAIN, MAYOR STER TURNER ACTIVATED A NEW PLAN TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM. BUT IN 2022, AUTHORITIES IN HOUSTON SAID THAT FROM JANUARY TO FEBRUARY 56, HOMICIDES WERE COUNTED. AND WHAT DOES THAT INDICATE? OUR CITY IS FOUND IN, IN THE MAJORITY OF DEATHS ARE YOUTH AND CHILDREN. THERE'S WHERE WE SEE THAT THE AUTHORITIES, THEY ARE, THEY ARE FIGHTING AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WHAT'S BEST. BUT WE ARE AWARE THAT PEOPLE CANNOT CHANGE BEING IMPRISONED. PEOPLE CAN CHANGE, CHANGING THEIR WAY OF THINKING, BEING. AND ALSO, PASTOR, I'M SORRY YOU'RE OUT OF TIME. I'M GONNA HAVE TO, UH, WRAP UP. BUT WE DO APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANT WORK YOU'RE DOING AND WE'RE GONNA WORK VERY HARD TO WORK OUT IN ALIGNMENT THAT WORKS FOR BOTH THE CHURCH AND, AND THE TRANSPORTATION. SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANK YOU. AND WE, WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. LETICIA SALGADO. MS. SALGADO. HI. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS LETICIA SALGADO AND I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER WITH MY PASTOR FROM MORE THAN 20 YEARS IN THIS CITY. SO I HAVE FOR FOREHAND WITNESS OF ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HE DOES TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS HIS MA MAIN VISION, HIS MAIN GOAL TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE REALLY NEED TO DEVELOP DEVELOPING THESE, UM, CONSTRUCTIONS SO WE CAN HELP A LARGE, LARGER AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING VERY HARD WITH THE COMMUNITY HELPING IN EVERY WAY WE CAN. WE HAVE FOOD BANKS, WE HELP THE COMMUNITY. WE VISIT THE [00:50:01] SHELTERS, WE VISIT THE OLDER PEOPLE, WE VISIT THE PRISON. SO WE HAVE THE, OUR, OUR MINISTRY IS A LARGE OUTREACH MINISTRY. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PLEAD WITH YOU AND ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION BECAUSE WE REALLY, REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS CONSTRUCTION DONE SO WE CAN HELP THE PEOPLE, LIKE MY PASTOR SAY, UH, THE YOUTH IS HIS MAIN GOAL. BECAUSE THAT'S THE FUTURE OF THIS CITY. AND I WANNA THANK YOU. AND I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LARGE SUPPORTER PEOPLE. UM, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE SOME OF THE LEADERS FROM OUR CHURCH THAT ARE HERE TO SAY THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THIS CONSTRUCTION. 100%. THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND PLEASE TAKE IN CONSIDERATION. GOD BLESS YOU ALL. WE'RE GONNA GET IT FIGURED OUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN TO SUPPORT ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON LETTER F WEST AIRPORT BOULEVARD. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE TO G FAIRVIEW STREET. MADAM CHAIR, THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE CHAT WITH THEIR HAND RAISED. I'M SORRY. GIVE STATE THE NAME PLEASE. IT'S A TELEPHONE NUMBER. UH, SORRY. THERE ARE, THERE ARE NOW SEVERAL. UH, THE FIRST ONE IS HALEN PEREZ. HALEN PEREZ. HALEN PEREZ DOES NOT APPEAR TO WANT TO SPEAK ANYBODY ELSE? YES. OH, HELLO? HELLO? HELLO. YES, I AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS HAYLEN PEREZ. GO RIGHT AHEAD. RIGHT AHEAD. I RAISE MY HAND 'CAUSE I'M, I PLEAD WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF NEW JERSEY. I'M SORRY, I'M GETTING FEEDBACK. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ON WEST AIRPORT? NO, I JUST RAISED MY HAND ALONG WITH OTHER PEOPLE. SO, SO WE, WE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT. OKAY. WE GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL NOTED. WE ARE NOTED. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED? NO. OKAY. ALRIGHT, WE WILL, WE HAVE ONE MORE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. UM, STATE YOUR NAME. CINDY AGUILAR. OKAY. CINDY AGUILAR. GO AHEAD. YES, I'M HERE TO SUPPORT, UM, OUR PASTOR, NEW JERUSALEM CONGREGATION. WE KNOW THAT THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR US BECAUSE WE ARE IN NEED OF, YOU KNOW, MAKING THIS SITU, THIS WORLD BETTER. AND I THINK THAT WITH THE PLAN AND EVERYTHING THAT OUR PASTOR HAS PRESENTED, IT'S ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, AS A MINORITY HISPANICS THAT WE ARE, WE'VE SEEN AN IMPROVEMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND SO WE COME TOGETHER KNOWING THAT THIS IS A PLAN FOR US AS A MINORITY TO BE ABLE TO GET A BETTER LIFE AND A BETTER FUTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN. SINCE WE ARE THE ONES WHO LIVE HERE, WE'RE THE ONES WHO CONGREGATE. AND SO WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT, LIKE MY OTHER SISTERS AND BROTHERS HAVE SAID, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED PERCENT BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ME AS BEING A SINGLE MOTHER FOR YEARS, MY LIFE WAS CHANGED. SO I KNOW THAT WE CAN IMPACT MANY OTHER FAMILIES AS A MINORITY GROUP. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. YES. UM, OKAY, WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO LETTER G FAIRVIEW STREET. AND THIS WILL BE ADAM FRANCE FROM BGE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. I'M ADAM FRANCE WITH BGE, UH, AMENDMENT. G IS THE FAIRVIEW COLLECTOR AND UNNAMED THOROUGHFARE. WE ARE REQUESTING TO RECLASSIFY THIS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR TO MATCH THE UPDATES THAT WERE RECENTLY DONE TO THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN 2021. UH, IT'S LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ETJ WITHIN MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT THREE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I COULD ANSWER FROM THE COMMISSION? ANY QUESTIONS? NO. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, COME FORWARD. THANK YOU. MR. FRANCE? YES, GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE LOOK. MISSION JUAN SANCHEZ WITH SANDRO GROUP. I REPRESENT THE OWNERSHIP GROUP IN WHICH THIS PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE COLLECTOR ROAD IS GONNA HUGELY IMPACT THAT. UH, IT'S A HUNDRED ACRE TRACK ALONG RAYFORD ROAD AND, UH, THE OWNERSHIP GROUP, QUITE FRANKLY IS NOT OPPOSED TO THE COLLECTOR ROAD. UM, WE WOULD JUST LIKE TO WORK ALONGSIDE THE CITY AND, UH, BG GROUP AND THE, UH, THE GROUP THAT'S REQUESTING, OR THAT'S HERE BACKING THE, THE, THE PROJECT. UM, WE WERE A LITTLE LATE TO IT 'CAUSE WE WEREN'T HERE. WE DIDN'T RECEIVE THE NOTICE IN TIME TO COME TO THE INITIAL OPEN HOUSE FORM. AND SO WE DIDN'T BRING OUR CONSULTANTS WITH US TODAY BECAUSE OF THE SHORT NOTICE. BUT, UH, WE JUST WANTED TO, TO SHOW UP AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD [00:55:01] LIKE TO WORK WITH YOU GUYS AND, AND WOULD LIKE TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION FOR THE ALIGNMENT TO WORK OUT EFFICIENTLY FOR OUR, OUR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT SOME POINT, WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE, WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO ENSURE THAT, THAT OUR, UM, OUR PLANS FOR THE LAND ARE GONNA BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHILE ALIGNING THE, THE MAJOR COLLECTOR ROAD. AND SO, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY ALL WE HAD. OKAY. VERY REASONABLE. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER JONES? CAN YOU, UH, POINT OUT WHICH TRACK YOUR GROUP? SO WHERE, WHERE YOU SEE THE BOTTOM ROAD WHERE IT SAYS GROGAN'S MILL, RAYFORD ROAD, THE BOTTOM, I GUESS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPOSED COLLECTOR ROAD, WHICH IS ALL THE GREEN SPACE THERE, IT'S ROUGHLY 104 ACRES MORE OR LESS. AND UH, RECENTLY THERE WAS A BYPASS THAT WAS BUILT OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH, WHICH KIND OF RUNS ALMOST PARALLEL WITH, UH, HANNAH ROAD. AND SO, UM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY ALL THE FORESTED AREA. IT'S KIND OF A HOLE IN THE DONUT, SO TO SPEAK, IN, IN THAT SUBMARKET. SO WE, UH, AGAIN, OUR OWNERSHIP GROUP, UH, WE DON'T HAVE IMMEDIATE PLANS FOR IT, BUT AT SOME POINT IT WILL BE SOME SORT OF A COMMERCIAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COLLECTOR ROAD, UM, YOU KNOW, ALIGNS WITH, WITH SOME SORT OF A FUTURE USE FOR IT. AND WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE TO WORK ALONGSIDE WITH YOU GUYS AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MAKE IT A GOOD PROJECT. AND HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MR? NOT YET. OKAY. NOT YET. BUT YOU WILL DO THAT? YES. OKAY. SO SHE'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU? YEAH, SURE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOU'RE WELCOME FOR BEING HERE. YOU'RE WELCOME. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FAIRVIEW STREET? MAY I JUST, OH, GO AHEAD MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, FOR CLARITY'S SAKE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF CONFUSION ON THIS ALIGNMENT AND WE NOTICED THAT IN THE OPEN HOUSE. LET ME FIRST STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE OPEN HOUSE AND THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS SENT WELL IN ADVANCE. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE DELAY WAS ON THIS END, HOWEVER, WE SHOULD HAVE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO RECEIVE THE NOTICE, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THIS PERSON TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN CLARIFY WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE. BUT I WANNA STATE FOR THE RECORD ALSO THAT THIS WAS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. SO NOW WHAT WE ARE DOING IS RECLASSIFYING IT TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR, WHICH WILL THEREFORE REDUCE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO 80 FEET ON, YOU KNOW, TOTAL 40 ON EACH SIDE. SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE MORE BENEFICIAL TO, UH, THE APPLICANT OR THE PERSON HERE THAT'S SPEAKING FOR THE PO UH, POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. SO JUST FOR THE RECORD, I JUST WANNA GET THAT CLEAR THAT WE HAVEN'T CHANGED ANYTHING. ONLY THING WE'VE DONE IS REDUCE THE CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT, SO IT WOULD BE ACTUALLY BENEFICIAL MORE SO. AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, ALSO, MONTGOMERY COUNTY HAS ALREADY ADOPTED THIS, SO YES. IF EVEN IF WE DON'T, IT'S, YOU'VE STILL GOT MON MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I MAPS THE LINE. YEAH. SO THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT AS WELL. OKAY. THANK THAT. I GUESS THE OTHER QUESTION, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT SHE, UH, I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. WE'LL TALK. OKAY, WE'LL GO AT YOU GUYS. WE'LL DO THIS OFFLINE. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FAIRVIEW? OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON TO NORTH PARK LETTER H SKYMARK DEVELOPMENT. JORGE LEE. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GEORGE LEE WITH SKY MOUNT DEVELOPMENT. OKAY, GO AHEAD MR. LEE. THANK YOU. UH, OUR REQUEST IS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO DELETE A PORTION OF NORTH PARK DRIVE. UH, THIS PORTION, THIS SEGMENT OF NORTH NORTH PARK DRIVE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTH, NORTH EAST OF HOUSTON. IT'S INSIDE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ETJ AND IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, CURRENTLY NORTH PARK DRIVE STOP AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARDIS ROAD AND THERE'S NO WAY AWAY OR PAVEMENT TO THE WEST OF ARDIS ROAD. MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALREADY ADOPT THE MAJOR FREEWAY PLAN IN 2021, DELETE THIS PORTION OF THE MAJOR . SO WE ARE REQUESTING THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO DO THE SAME THING AS UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YES, WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT LETTER FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY PRECINCT FOR COMMISSIONER. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. NEXT. YES, UH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S OUR REQUEST, THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO UPDATE THE MAJOR FULFILL PLAN TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY MAJOR PLAN. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK [01:00:01] YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU MR. LEE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. LEE FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD? OKAY, UH, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON LETTER H NORTH PARK DRIVE? OKAY, WE'LL GO ON TO LETTER I, PNA FOUR LANE AND WEST ROAD. BLAKE MEYER. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS BLAKE MEYER WITH BOER PROPERTIES. I'M HERE TO REQUEST DELETION OF PNA FOUR LANE ACROSS THREE PARCELS. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, NEXT SLIDE. THIS LOCATED IN THE ALDEN AREA. UM, THE, UH, ROAD TRAVEL FROM EAST TO WEST. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. MR. LEE, COULD YOU MUTE YOUR PHONE? THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. THE ROAD TRAVELS FROM EAST TO WEST. THE REASON I'M REQUESTING IS DELETION IS BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS WILL BE THE MTFP POLICY WILL STILL REMAIN IN PLACE. THE MTFP POLICY STATES THAT NO CHANGES SH SHOULD BE MADE THAT WILL FRUSTRATE THE GENERAL PATTERN OF THOROUGH AFFAIRS, VIOLATE THE PLAN'S HISTORIC INTEGRITY OR AFFECT THE THEORIES OR CONCEPTS UNDERLINING THE, THE PLAN. I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE THE BURDEN OF PROOF ON THAT. I UNDERSTAND I HAVE TO SHOW COMPELLING REASONS AS WELL AS PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE CHANGE AND I'M PREPARED TO DO THAT. SO FOR COMPELLING REASONS, THE GENERAL PATTERN IS NOT FRUSTRATED. UH, IF WE COULD GO TO SLIDE SEVEN OF THE PRESENTATION. IT'S LABELED AREA MAP, PLEASE. THE GENERAL PATTERN IS NOT FRUSTRATED. THIS HAS SHOWN THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY HAVE BEING DEVELOPED, UH, OVER THE COURSE OF DECADES, UH, VERY LONG TIME. UM, PROPOSED PINA FOUR LANE IS NOT GOING TO BE BUILT, UM, AT ANY POINT IT LOOKS LIKE. AND EVEN IF IT IS BEING BUILT, IT BRINGS NO VALUE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY CONNECTIVITY FROM EAST TO WEST. GRANTED, IT IS NOT AS CONVENIENT AS A STRAIGHT SHOT, BUT THERE IS CONNECTIVITY TO GET THERE BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE ROAD WILL HEAD SOUTH AND DEAD INTO ANOTHER EXISTING MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. UM, THE OTHER, UH, COMPELLING REASON IS THE HISTORIC INTEGRITY IS NOT GOING TO BE VIOLATED BY THIS CHANGE. MY QUESTION HERE IN LIES IS WHICH HISTORIC INTEGRITY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AT EVERY SINGLE MAP PRIOR TO 2009, THIS ROAD THAT I'M REQUESTED DELETION OF WAS SHOWN TO THE SOUTH OF ALL THE PARCELS AFFECTED, UH, THAT IT NOW CROSSES. SO PRIOR TO 2009, MY PARCEL AS WELL AS MY NEIGHBOR'S PARCEL, WHICH ARE IDENTIFIED AS B AND C IN MY APPLICATION, WERE NOT AFFECTED BY THIS ROAD. UH, AND IN THEORIES AND CONCEPTS OF PLAN DESIGN, YOU HAVE, I HAVE ALDEAN BENDER TO THE NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY. POINT SEVEN SEVEN MILES. I HAVE ALDE. GO AHEAD. A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE PLEASE. THANK YOU. I HAVE, UH, ALDE MALE ROUTE 1.4 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. UH, AT ITS CURRENT INTERSECTION WHERE IT'S SHOWN ON LUTH ROAD. UM, IT DOES NOT MEET THE GOALS OF THE N TFPS THEORIES AND CONCEPTS TO HAVE ONE MILE SPACING. IF YOU MOVE IT FURTHER SOUTH LIKE I'M REQUESTING HERE, UH, IT WILL MEET THOSE GOALS AND THEORETICAL CONCEPTS OF ONE MILE SPACING AS WELL AS THE HISTORIC MAP. PRIOR TO 2009, I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHY THAT MAP WAS CHANGED. I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF HAS BEEN ABLE TO LOCATE IT. I'VE WORKED WITH SHARON WHO'S BEEN ABUNDANTLY HELPFUL. UM, WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT FAR YET TO UNDERSTAND THE WHYS OF WHY THAT WAS CHANGED. AND THEN I HAVE ECONOMIC REALITIES OF THIS, THIS PRO, THIS PROPERTY. PARTIAL A IS SUBJECT TO A NOTE TO A LENDER. UH, IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH FOR ME TO MAKE A DEDICATION WITH THIS. UH, IT IS ALSO BEING JOINTLY DEVELOPED WITH 1.75 ACRES TRACK DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH, OUR SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR THAT IS NOT SUBJECT TO THIS APPLICATION. UH, IF THIS RIGHT OF WAY HAS TO REMAIN, THAT DEVELOPMENT CANNOT PROCEED, THE DEAL WILL FALL THROUGH AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. UM, SO THAT WOULD DIMINISH PARCEL A'S USEFULNESS. PARCEL B WOULD HAVE ITS CURRENT USE AND ULTIMATE VALUE IMPACTED 'CAUSE IT'S PROBABLY GONNA AFFECT ABOUT 25% THE ENTIRE WESTERN PORTION OF THAT PROJECT. AND PARCEL C BASED ON THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT, UH, WILL ALSO BASICALLY BE ELIMINATED. IT'S ONLY 165 FEET WIDE. THIS IS A HUNDRED FOOT RIGHT AWAY. UH, IT'S GONNA TAKE IT OUT AS YOU CAN SEE IN THAT, THAT UH, SCALED AREA MAP THERE. UM, FINAL TWO POINTS. UH, THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, IF ANY, IS DECLINING BECAUSE ACCORDING TO, UM, STAFF'S AMENDMENTS, PUBLIC HEARING REPORT, THE POPULATION IS DECLINING WHILE JOBS MAY BE INCREASING. UM, THE, UM, SO IF ANY OF THAT, THAT PUBLIC BENEFIT IS IN DECLINE. UH, FURTHERMORE, I HAVE A SUPPORT LETTER FROM HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT TWO THAT SAYS THEY WANT THIS, THIS ROAD RIGHT OF WAY REMOVED. THEY INTEND TO REMOVE IT AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION IS GOING. I'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM AGAIN AND HAVEN'T GOT A RESPONSE BACK, BUT THAT WAS JUST THIS WEEK, SO THEY PROBABLY JUST HAVEN'T HAD A CHANCE TO GET TO IT YET. SO, AND FURTHERMORE, IF YOU DETERMINE THERE IS STILL A PUBLIC BENEFIT TO THIS REMAINS, I JUST ASK, YOU KNOW, HOW MUCH OF THIS BURDEN DOES PARCEL A SPECIFICALLY HAVE TO BEAR? UH, IF IT REMAINS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, WE'RE WE STILL HAVE TO PUT IN DETENTION FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT THE RIGHT OF WAY IN ITS CURRENT LOCATION WILL SPLIT THE PROPERTY IN HALF. I'M GONNA BE LEFT WITH TWO VERY SKINNY, UH, AND LONG PARCELS, THEY'LL PROBABLY BE FOUR TIMES AS LONG AS THEY WILL BE DEEP. UM, I CAN'T DO MUCH OF ANYTHING WITH [01:05:01] THAT, UH, TO BE FRANK. SO, UH, WITH THAT I'LL DEFER TO THE STAFF. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS BRIEF QUICKLY FOR FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY. MS. MS. BURNSIDE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. IF WE COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE DO HAVE A PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE FOR THIS PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT AND I, I WANNA STATE THAT MR. UH, MEYER IS CORRECT. THERE WAS PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION IN 2009 REGARDING WEST ROAD AND I WAS ABLE TO LOCATE IT. SO I ACTUALLY HAVE THE REASON AND RATIONALE FOR THE ALIGNMENT THAT THE STAFF CHOSE. APPARENTLY THE APPLICANT THAT ORIGINALLY CAME IN HAD AN ALIGNMENT THAT THE STAFF DID NOT APPROVE OF. AND SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY TOOK THE ALIGNMENT, UH, OF WEST ROAD AND KIND OF MADE IT GO TO A SOUTHERLY DIRECTION SO THAT IT WOULD HAVE A CENTER LINE TIE WITH AN EXISTING STREET, WHICH WAS PINFOR LANE. SO THEY WERE TRYING TO CONNECT IT AND ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM AN EXISTING ROAD. SO THAT'S KIND OF HOW IT TOOK THAT SLOPE. UH, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD, THEY ALSO WANTED TO ALLOW WEST ROAD TO CROSS HARDY TOW ROAD AND THAT THAT CROSSING WOULD ALIGN WITH PINFOR STREET, UTILIZE AN EXISTING LOCAL STREET RIGHT OF WAY, AND THAT THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAD A EAST CONNECTION BEYOND, UH, HARDY TOW ROAD. SO THAT WAS THE REASON IN RATIONALE FOR IT IN 2009. FOUND IT LAST NIGHT. SO I'LL BE HAPPY TO SUPPLY YOU ALL WITH THESE IF YOU WANNA DIG A LITTLE BIT DEEPER TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ON IT. BUT WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING AT THIS TIME, IF YOU LOOK RIGHT THERE, THE BLUE LINE, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT WE REDUCE RECLASSIFY THIS ROAD TO A MINOR COLLECTOR AS OPPOSED TO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BECAUSE IN THAT AREA WE BELIEVE A MINOR COLLECTOR COULD SUPPORT IT AND IT WOULD GO EAST, WEST. AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THE ALIGNMENT AND KIND OF MAKE IT SLOPE DOWN AND GO ALONG THE PROPERTY LINES OF, WE'VE GOT A, WHICH IS MR WE MEYER'S PROPERTY, WHICH OF COURSE DOESN'T COMPLETELY SATISFY YOU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT THIS IS THE BEST WAY WE COULD SEE IT. AND THEN IT GOES ALONG THE BORDERLINE OF B AND C OF THOSE TWO PROPERTIES. SO IT WOULD BE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE OF B AND C, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, SO IT WOULDN'T REQUIRE A HUNDRED FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, IT WOULD ONLY REQUIRE 60 FEET. SO WE'VE REDUCED THAT A LITTLE BIT AND IT WOULD ALSO REDUCE SOME OF THE REQUIREMENT FROM MR. WEE MA'S PROPERTY AS WELL BY GOING TO A MINOR COLLECTOR AS OPPOSED TO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THAT IS A PROPOSED ALIGNMENT. UH, OF COURSE WE ARE NOT AT THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING, WE'RE STILL WORKING THIS THROUGH. OKAY. OKAY. THANKS FOR THE UPDATE. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. UM, SO THAT, AND I REALIZE THAT WE'RE JUST DEALING WITH THAT SEGMENT. MM-HMM . BUT I THINK ALSO YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT OTHER, THE OTHER PORTION OF IT, I DON'T, AND I DON'T KNOW THESE ROADWAYS, BUT, BUT TO THE EAST MM-HMM . WHERE IT DOESN'T EXIST AND IT'S PROPOSED, ARE WE JUST LIKE, ARE WE GONNA MOVE IT OVER HERE AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THIS OTHER SECTION THAT, WHAT DO WE DO WITH THAT? AND IT CONNECT. AND SO HOPEFULLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT. WE ARE. AND LET, LET ME ELABORATE, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT FURTHER ON THIS ONE. WE DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND IN 2015 THAT A MINOR COLLECTOR GAT ROAD WAS ACTUALLY ADDED TO THAT AREA. AND THE REASON THEY ADDED IT WAS 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE, THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE CIRCULATION THAT THEY WANTED THERE. SO IT DOESN'T SHOW ON THIS PARTICULAR MAP, BUT I THINK MR. MEYER ALLUDED, ALLUDED TO IT, IF YOU GO BACK, GO BACK A COUPLE OF SLIDES FOR ME PLEASE. IN THE AREA MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT GAT ROAD EXTENDS OVER TO THE EAST. NOW THAT ROAD WAS ADDED AS A MINOR COLLECTOR IN 2015 JUST TO INCREASE CIRCULATION IN THAT AREA. SO THAT WAS KIND OF OUR MINDSET. IF WE COULD TAKE THAT MINOR COLLECTOR, EXTEND IT OVER HERE AND CONNECT IT TO THE NEXT ROAD SO THAT THERE'S EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY AND THEN NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIVITY. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE BLUE LINE, IF YOU COULD SEE GA ROAD, IT KIND OF EXTENDS OVER FURTHER TO THE EAST. CAN'T REALLY SEE IT FROM THERE. YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S A, A LITTLE BITTY LITTLE THIN BLUE LINE. ALL OF THAT IS A MINOR COLLECTOR THAT WAS ADDED IN 2015. SO THAT'S KIND OF THE HISTORY OF WHAT WE LOOKED AT AND TRY TO, HOW WE, HOW WE KIND OF CAME TO CONSENSUS OF TURNING THAT INTO A MINOR COLLECTOR SO THAT WE DIDN'T LOSE OUR RIGHT OF WAY, WE DIDN'T LOSE OUR EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY AND WE'RE STILL ABLE TO MAINTAIN CIRCULATION WITHIN THE AREA. WE'RE STILL STUDYING. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE LISTENING OR WITH US TODAY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON PINAFORE LANE WEST ROAD? IF NOT, WE'LL GO TO LETTER J LUTA ROAD, MR. FRANCE. AGAIN, MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO STEP OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES. OKAY. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS TAHI IS GONNA STEP OUT. GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS AGAIN. I'M ADAM FRANCE WITH PGE. UH, THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS THE DELETION OF LUTA ROAD SOUTH OF US 2 92 JACK ROAD. UH, WE CURRENTLY, WE HAVE AN APPROVED MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT, UH, SUPPORTING THIS REQUEST AS WELL AS OUR, UM, INTERNAL STREET NET NETWORK WITHIN THE DUNHAM POINT DEVELOPMENT. UH, THIS IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S ETJ, WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT THREE. AND THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL PHYSICAL ENCUMBRANCES THAT WOULD PREVENT, UH, THE CONTINUATION OF LUTA PASSED ITS TERMINUS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF US TWO 90, SUCH AS AN EXIT RAMP, AN IN AN ENTRANCE RAMP, AND, UH, THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD. [01:10:01] ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? HEY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, STAFF? NOTHING. OKAY. UM, IS THERE ANYONE HERE OR LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE LUTA ROAD AMENDMENT? HEARING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE, UM, TO THE KS. WE'VE GOT K ONE THROUGH FOUR. ARE WE, CAN WE DO THESE ALL TOGETHER OR HOW, JUST ONE AT A TIME. SORRY, I'M PLANNING TO JUST DO THEM REALLY QUICKLY, ONE AFTER THE OTHER, IF THAT'S OKAY. OKAY, LET'S DO IT. OKAY. JENNIFER CURTIS? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, JENNIFER CURTIS MET PLANNING AND DESIGN. THE KINGWOOD AMENDMENTS ARE FAR NORTHEAST, HALF IN HARRIS COUNTY, HALF IN LIBERTY COUNTY. AND THE SLIDE THAT'S UP RIGHT NOW IS A COMPOSITE OF THOSE TWO THOROUGHFARE PLANS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO MESH THE TWO TOGETHER AS BEST WE CAN. LIBERTY COUNTY IS IN THE PROCESS OF, HAS ALMOST COMPLETED A MOBILITY STUDY, UM, WHICH WILL LEAD INTO A NEW MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. UM, AND WE HAVE MET WITH THEM AND I'LL GET TO THAT. UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS, JUST TO RECAP, UM, ONE OF THE MAJOR CONSTRAINTS IN THIS AREA IS LOOSE BAYOU, WHICH HAS A VERY, VERY WIDE FLOODWAY AND FLOODPLAIN OF SEVERAL THOUSAND FEET IN SOME PLACES. AND SO A LOT OF THE DRIVER OF THESE REQUESTS IS, UM, THE CROSSINGS OF LOOSE BAYOU. UM, THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CHANGES ARE THE PREVIOUS ONE IS THE EXISTING MAP TODAY, AND THIS SLIDE SHOWS, UM, IF YOU CAN YEAH. UM, THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO THE SET AS A WHOLE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. AND THIS IS THE, UM, THE MAP PRODUCED BY STAFF OF THE AMENDMENT REQUESTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, SO I'LL TAKE, UM, TWO SEGMENTS TOGETHER. KINGWOOD DRIVE, UH, ONE A AND ONE B. UM, WE'RE CONSIDERING THESE TO KIND OF BE INTERCONNECTED REQUESTS. UM, SO JUST BRIEFLY, NEXT SLIDE. OH, YOU GOT IT. UM, KINGWOOD DRIVE. SORRY. IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE MAP. UM, KINGWOOD DRIVE CURRENTLY GOES DIRECTLY EAST WEST, UM, AND CROSSES LOOSE BAYOU AT A PLACE WHERE IT IS ABOUT, UM, 2,700 FEET WIDE AT THE FLOODPLAIN. UM, A VERY LARGE BRIDGE. UM, AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS TO REALIGN THIS PORTION OF KINGWOOD TO HUG THE EDGE OF THE FLOODPLAIN AND HEAD NORTH, WHICH ULTIMATELY WILL GO TO A NARROWER CROSSING POINT WHERE WE CAN CROSS MORE AT A RIGHT ANGLE INSTEAD OF AT AN ACUTE ANGLE, UM, WITH A NARROWER BRIDGE OR A, YEAH, A, A SHORTER BRIDGE. UM, SO THAT IS REQUEST ONE A, ANY, LET ME JUST SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON ANYTHING SO FAR. CAN I CONTINUE ? OKAY, GO AHEAD. THANK YOU FOR KEEPING ME HONEST. UM, OKAY, SO REQUEST ARE WE ONE B? YES. OKAY. SO REQUEST ONE B IS, UM, THE OTHER HALF OF KINGWOOD, WHICH WE'RE PROPOSING TO ADD AS A NEW THOROUGHFARE, WHICH WOULD PICK UP WHERE WE LEFT OFF, UM, WITH ONE A. AND THIS ACTUALLY WOULD HAVE THE CROSSING OF LOOSE BAYOU THAT WE'RE PROPOSING AT, AT MORE OF A RIGHT ANGLE AND AT THE ALMOST THE NARROWEST PART WE COULD FIND OF THE FLOODPLAIN. UM, THAT CROSSING IS STILL ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET WIDE. UM, AND THIS CONNECTION WOULD GO TO THE GRAND PARKWAY. UM, THIS IS KIND OF A REGIONAL MOBILITY PLUS THAT WE'VE, WE ARE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT MAKING THIS CONNECTS FURTHER EAST INTO LIBERTY COUNTY, INTO THE CITY OF DAYTON TO FM SIX CITY SIX, I BELIEVE. UM, IT ALSO WILL HIT A COMPLETE INTERCHANGE WITH THE GRAND PARKWAY, WHICH, UM, WOULD HAVE THE ON AND OFF RAMPS. UM, SO THAT ALSO BENEFITS KIND OF JUST NORTH SOUTH MOBILITY AND MOBILITY FOR THE REGION BY MAKING THAT INTERCHANGE WITH THE GRAND PARKWAY. THE NEXT RAMP TO THE SOUTH IS JUST AN UNDERPASS. UM, THERE'S NO RAMPS, SO IT WOULD ONLY BE AN EAST WEST ROUTE. UM, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO DELETE THE SEGMENT OF KINGWOOD TO THE SOUTH THAT WOULD BECOME JUST AN UNNAMED THOROUGHFARE, UM, THAT WOULD STILL PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY IN THE AREA, BUT WE WANNA ADD THIS NEW THOROUGHFARE, UM, TO PROVIDE THIS REALLY STRONG EAST WEST CONNECTION. WE THINK FROM 2100 EAST INTO LIBERTY COUNTY. UM, WE'VE ALSO, UM, MET WITH THE TWO PROPERTY OWNERS EAST OF US THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED AND BOTH OF THEM HAVE INDICATED SUPPORT OF THE NEW KINGWOOD ROUTE. UM, ALSO MET WITH, UM, LIBERTY COUNTY ENGINEER AND HAVE A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION FROM THEM AND SPOKE WITH HGAC ABOUT THE MOBILITY STUDY AND THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THIS. UM, SO THIS IS, UM, WE JUST DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE THIS IS A, A REALLY STRONG IMPROVEMENT TO THE NETWORK. UM, NEXT SLIDE. UH, LET ME, IS THAT, CAN I ANSWER QUESTIONS END OF ONE A, ONE [01:15:01] B. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? I WAS GONNA ASK ABOUT THE CROSSING OF LOOSE BAYOU. IS THAT YES. A MAJOR ORDEAL? WHAT? UM, YES. SO ALL THE CROSSINGS OF LOOSE BAYOU ARE GOING TO BE A MAJOR ORDEAL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. JUST CHECKING. THEY'RE, THEY'RE BIG. YOU NOTICED THAT? OKAY. YES. OKAY. K TWO. YES. SO MOVING ON TO K TWO. THIS IS MILLER WILSON ROAD. UH, MILLER WILSON ROAD IS A NORTH, SOUTH FAIR AFFAIR. UM, IT IS PROPOSED TO CROSS LOOSE BAYOU PRETTY MUCH RIGHT AT THE COUNTY LINE. UM, AFFECTS A COUPLE OF OFFSITE PROPERTY OWNERS, BUT ALSO, UM, A GOODLY PORTION OF THE BRIDGE WOULD BE IN ONE PROPERTY AND THEN THE ENDING OF THE PROPOSED BRIDGE WOULD BE IN A DIFFERENT PROPERTY, UM, JUST NORTH OF THE COUNTY LINE. SO IT'S, IT WOULD BE VERY COM COMPLICATED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE PARTIES WOULD HAVE TO BE INVOLVED TO MAKE THAT CROSSING HAPPEN. AND IT IS ALSO A VERY, VERY WIDE CROSSING. SO WE ARE REQUESTING TO DELETE THIS SEGMENT OF MILLER WILSON BETWEEN THE NEW KINGWOOD LOCATION AND THE OLD KINGWOOD LOCATION. UM, SINCE THERE'LL STILL BE A THOROUGHFARE IN EITHER END, IT'S JUST THAT SHORT SEGMENT. UM, OF COURSE TWO IS NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO K ONE AND, AND OR K ONE A AND K ONE B. SO IF, UM, ONE A AND ONE B ARE NOT ENACTED, THEN THERE WOULD HAVE TO BE SOME MASSAGING OF REQUEST NUMBER TWO AS FAR AS THE END POINTS ARE CONCERNED. UM, BUT THEY DEFINITELY PLAY INTO EACH OTHER AT THE END OF TWO QUESTIONS. OKAY. OKAY. THREE, THANK YOU. SO K THREE IS MAGNOLIA LANE. MAGNOLIA LANE IS A COLLECTOR STREET. IT'S ON BOTH HOUSTON'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND ALSO AN EXTENDED PORTION FURTHER WEST ON, UH, HARRIS COUNTY'S, UH, MOBILITY PLAN. UM, IT'S A FEW MILES WIDE AND IS PROPOSING A CROSSING OF LOOSE BAYOU AT THIS LOCATION. HOWEVER, UM, LOOKING AT KIND OF THE, THE REGIONAL MAP WITHOUT OUR PROPOSED KINGWOOD CONNECTION, UM, MAGNOLIA LANE HERE IS REALLY FUNCTIONING AS KIND OF THE HALFWAY POINT BETWEEN TWO EAST WEST THOROUGH AFFAIRS. AND WE FEEL LIKE, ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE ADDING THIS NEW KINGWOOD CROSSING AT THE NARROWER POINT OF LOOSE BAYOU THAT HAVING ANOTHER COLLECTOR STREET CROSSING, UM, A VERY WIDE PORTION OF THE BAYOU JUST NORTH OF IT IS KIND OF SUPERFLUOUS. WE FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THE KINGWOOD CONNECTION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING WILL CARRY EAST WEST TRAFFIC BETTER AND LONGER. UM, SO WE'RE REQUESTING TO DELETE JUST THAT EASTERNMOST PORTION OF MAGNOLIA LANE WHERE IT CROSSES THE BAYOU. OKAY. QUESTIONS AND K FOUR. OKAY, SO K FOUR, UM, IS A, A DIFFERENT TONE THAN THE OTHERS. THIS ONE IS NOT AFFECTED BY YOU LOOSE BAYOU. UM, WE WERE HOPING BY REQUESTING K FOUR TO REALLY ESTABLISH THE ALIGNMENT OF THIS NORTH SOUTH THOROUGHFARE THAT REALLY IS CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY LINE OF, OF THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. AND WE ARE HOPING TO FIGURE OUT TO WORK WITH STAFF AND TO WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ABOUT WHAT IS THE BEST ALIGNMENT FOR EVERYONE. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHAT BROUGHT THIS ONE FORWARD. UM, OF COURSE WE'RE PROPOSING WHAT WOULD WORK BEST, UM, FOR THE SITE THAT WE'RE WORKING ON. UM, BUT WE ARE OPEN TO OTHER ALTERNATIVES. THE PROPERTY OWNER IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF US HAS JUST GIVEN A LETTER OF OBJECTION TO THIS SEGMENT REQUEST. AND I'M, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET A MEETING AND, AND HOPING TO WORK WITH THEM ON WHAT THEY DO WANT TO SEE. UM, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'RE, WE'RE OPEN TO OTHER OPTIONS HERE. WE REALLY WANNA WORK WITH EVERYONE AND FIGURE OUT WHAT'S BEST AND IF WHAT'S BEST FOR THIS YEAR IS THAT WE DON'T DO ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE WORKING ON IT IN THE FUTURE. UM, BUT THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THIS REQUEST. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? OKAY, I'LL ASK MS. MOSES BURNSIDE TO ADD TO THIS. THANK YOU. UH, MADAM CHAIR, CAN I GET THE DOCUMENT CAMERA TURNED ON PLEASE? SO JUST TO, FOR SIMPLICITY'S SAKE, ALONG OUR INTERAGENCY COORDINATION, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS FOR MOST OF THE ALIGNMENT SET ARE BEING REQUESTED. SO K ONE A ONE B, UH, K 2K THREE, NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION, HOWEVER. K FOUR, WELL LET ME BACK UP TO SAY KB, WHICH IS KK THREE, WHICH IS MAGNOLIA LANE. THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S CROSSING LIBERTY COUNTY. RIGHT? WE LIBERTY, LIBERTY COUNTY LINE, THE, THE NORTH SIDE ONE IS CROSSING COUNTY LINE, THAT'S KK TWO. WE DID GET THE LETTER OF NO OBJECTION FROM LIBERTY COUNTY, BUT K FOUR IS THE ONE WHERE COMMISSIONER STATED THAT HE WOULD DEFER TO THE PROPERTY OWNER. WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANTED THAT ALIGNMENT CHANGED. WE DID GET THE LETTER AS SHE STATED THAT THERE WAS UH, UH, AN OBJECTION TO THE ALIGNMENT, BUT I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOMETHING HERE ON THE DOCUMENT CAMERA. THIS IS THE LAST ONE, SO PLEASE BEAR WITH ME. ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE HERE IS ACTUALLY HOW [01:20:01] THE ALIGNMENT FLOWS. AND I DID GET A, AN EMAIL FROM JENNIFER LAST NIGHT ASKING ABOUT EXACTLY WHERE DOES THAT LINE UNDER THE MIC. I'M SORRY, THOUGHT I WAS TALKING LOUD ENOUGH. IS THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER? IT'S HAVING TOO MUCH FUN HERE . EXACTLY. WHERE DOES THAT LINE FALL? AND SO WE LOOKED AT IT FROM THE GIS PERSPECTIVE AND WE COULD SEE KIND OF HOW IT FALLS ON THE PROPERTY LINE. SO WE PUT IT ON THE DOCUMENT CAMERA, I HOPE YOU ALL CAN SEE IT CLEARLY. ALSO HAVE THAT AT YOUR, UH, TABLE THERE. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT SOLID RED LINE GOING NORTH SOUTH. THAT IS THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF THE PROPOSED WOLF ROAD. WOLF TROT IS WHAT THEY CALL IT. THAT'S THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT. THE LITTLE DASHES, THAT'S THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT THAT JENNIFER CURTIS AND HER, UH, MADE UP, MADE A PLANNING IS BRINGING FORWARD THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE RIGHT, RIGHT THERE TO THE EAST. THEY'RE THE ONES THAT'S SAYING, WE DO NOT APPROVE OF THIS ALIGNMENT. WE BELIEVE THAT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR PROPERTY. UH, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO WITH THAT PROPERTY IN THAT AREA, BUT WE ARE COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO THIS ALIGNMENT. SO HERE IS A CHALLENGE. WHILE MS. CURTIS HAS BROUGHT FORTH FOUR AMENDMENTS IN ONE, WE ARE LOOKING AT THEM AND WE DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO THE GREATER HALF OF THEM, BUT THAT WOLF TROTT IS A CHALLENGE BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO, UH, EXCLUDE THIS OWNER FROM HAVING THE RIGHT TO THIS THOROUGHFARE AS WELL. SO MOVING FORWARD, I'M NOT SURE HOW WE'RE GONNA GO FORTH WITH THAT, BUT I WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS TO THE OTHERS, EVEN CONSIDERING THE LOOSE BAYOU CONCERNS AND THE LOOSE BAYOU ISSUES. THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION AGREES WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT, BUT THAT WOLF TROT, WE HAVE A CONCERN WHERE EVEN COMMISSIONER SMITH STATED THAT IF THE OWNER DISAPPROVED, THEN HE WOULD DEFER TO THAT. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT AND WE'LL HAVE TO DECIDE HOW TO, UH, BRING THAT TO YOU IN THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING IN THE NEXT MEETING. OKAY? OKAY, WE GOT IT. OKAY. ANY, ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UH, I JUST HAVE ONE. UH, YEAH, COMMISSIONER KING I'M TRYING TO FOLLOW ALL ALONG. UM, BEFORE YOU REMOVE THAT, UH, IS IT THE OWNER, ARE THEY OBJECTING TO THE SOLID LINE OR THE DASH LINE? I'M CONFUSED. THE SOLID LINE IS WHAT EXISTS TODAY AND THEY'RE OBJECTING TO THAT. THEY WANT TO KEEP THAT, THEY WANT TO KEEP IT. OKAY. NO CHANGE. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT I, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT. RIGHT? THEY'RE OPPOSED TO THE DASH LINE? THEY'RE OPPOSED TO THE DASH. WELL THEY'RE OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGE IS WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. I'M I'M TRYING TO CONTINUE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. OKAY. WOULD THEY BE LANDLOCKED IN? NO, YOU'RE YOU IF YOUR PROPOSAL WENT THROUGH SO NO. SO WOLF TROTT, UM, WOULD STILL AFFECT THEIR PROPERTY. WE ARE JUST CHANGING. IF YOU CAN PUT THE PUT ON BACK, PUT THE ON BACK. IF I'M GONNA SNEAK OVER HERE FOR A MINUTE AND POINT AND THEN I'LL COME BACK. OKAY. TALK LOUD. OKAY. SO WOLF TROT IS ALREADY IN THEIR PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. SO REALLY THE EFFECT WOULD BE JUST TO CHANGE THE POINT OF EXIT FROM HERE TO HERE. SO WE'RE CHANGING KIND OF THE ANGLE AND THE EXIT POINT, BUT THEY STILL HAVE FRONTAGE ON WOLF TROT UP FURTHER NORTH ALL THE WAY TO THE GRAND PARKWAY. DOES THAT ANSWER THE QUESTION? SO THEIR PROPERTY ISN'T WHERE THE, THE DOTTED LINE IS? THE DOTTED LINE WOULD PICK UP KIND OF AT THE EDGE, AT THE PROPERTY LINE AND, AND KINDA SWING THE THOROUGHFARE FURTHER IN AT A MORE RIGHT ANGLE AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT NOW WHERE IT'S A VERY ACUTE ANGLE ALMOST FOLLOWING THE PROPERTY LINE PARALLEL. RIGHT. BUT JUST NOT QUITE, IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OFF AT AN ANGLE. UM, SO THE, THE ACTUAL CHANGE ON THEIR PROPERTY WOULD BE VERY SLIGHT IF THIS AMENDMENT WERE APPROVED. UM, SO THEY'RE NOT REALLY LOSING FRONTAGE. THEY MIGHT BE LOSING A FEW HUNDRED FEET OF FRONTAGE, BUT THEY STILL HAVE ACCESS TO WOLF TROT WITHIN THE REST OF THEIR PROPERTY. IT GOES ACROSS, I THOUGHT THE OWNER WAS TO THE LEFT OR WEST OF THAT. MY CLIENT IS TO THE WEST AND DR. MORGAN IS TO THE EAST. OKAY, GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. WELL YOU'LL WORK THIS OUT. WE'RE TRYING TO WORK IT OUT. YEAH. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? UM, OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS WHO WANNA SPEAK ON ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS, ANY OF THE KINGWOOD AMENDMENTS? K ONE THROUGH FOUR ONE BK 2K THREE K FOUR. HEARING NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD. UM, IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENTS, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. OKAY. THE NEXT STEPS REAL QUICK, PLEASE SLIDE QUICKLY. QUICKLY. CAN YOU CHANGE MY SLIDES PLEASE? BASICALLY THIS IS IT. WE'VE, WE'VE CROSSED IT WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE NEXT MEETING IS A RECOMMENDATION MEETING. THAT IS SEPTEMBER 1ST. THAT IS WHEN WE'LL BRING FORTH OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU BASED UPON ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE LEARNED AND THE FACTS THAT WE'VE UH, UH, WORKED THE FACTS THAT WE'VE GATHERED DURING THIS PROCESS. SO THERE IT IS. JUST CLICK AGAIN PLEASE, JOHN AND I'LL GET OUT OF YOUR WORD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. AND WE HAVE TO BE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. BY SEPTEMBER 30TH. OKAY. ALRIGHT, I'M ASSUMING THERE WERE NO QUESTIONS WITH THAT. UM, THANK YOU. WE WILL GO AHEAD TO ROMAN [Platting Activities A & B] NUMERAL FOUR PLATING ACTIVITY SECTIONS A AND B. OKAY. [01:25:03] 8 48 LEMME UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS R LEE. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 33 SECTION A. CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 73 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 74 THROUGH 1 33. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER? YES, MADAM CHAIR. I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 14, 23, 24, 37 AND 52. OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER SIGLER? UM, ITEM 23. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? UM, OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS COMMISSION ON ANY OF THE ITEMS BETWEEN ITEM ONE AND 1 33? HEARING NO RESPONSE? WE CAN PROCEED WITH VOTING ON. YES. HELLO? DID I HEAR SOMETHING? YES, MADAM. YES, MADAM CHAIR. UM, IF THIS IS ABOUT THE RELOTTING I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS PLEASE. WHAT NUMBER? UM, I DON'T HAVE, LET ME PULL UP MY PHOTOGRAPH OF IT. IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING. IT SAYS IT'S THE NEW SUBDIVISION. LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL REPL. YEAH, THAT'S ITEM 1 41. IT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN. HAS IT NOT? OH THAT ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA ANYMORE. THERE'S NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY, UM, BACK TO UM, WE ARE A AND B. A AND B. THANK YOU. WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON A AND B AND WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ALL ITEMS IN A AND IN SECTIONS A AND B. SAVED AND EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 14, 23, 24, 37 AND 52. IS THERE A DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? GARZA GARZA. MODEST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH WILL BE ITEMS 14 23, 24, 37 AND 52. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS AND SIGLER ABSTAINED [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, Arum Lee, John Cedillo, and Devin Crittle)] THAT'LL TAKE US TO PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SECTION C. MADAM CHAIR? YES. COMMISSIONER SMITH? YES. UH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO LEAVE THE MEETING AND WE'LL BE UNABLE TO RETURN. OKAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SMITH WILL BE LEAVING US. OKAY. ITEM 1 34. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN FL. ITEM 1 34 IS CHAPMAN COVE, REPL NUMBER ONE, THE SIZE LOCATED ALONG BRAGG STREET BETWEEN CHAPMAN AND TERRY STREETS IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR PLAT IS TO CREATE 11 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. TERRY PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 34, CHAPMAN COVE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED BPC AND YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO PLUG A, UH, I THINK YOU'RE IN. I CAN LOOK IN ONE BAG AND HOME. I MIGHT CAN PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR MIC. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. WHERE WAS I? UM, GOT ME, I OPEN THE PUBLIC, LOST IT OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN ON CHAPMAN CODE I 1 34. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? ANYONE LISTENING? THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MODEST CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [01:30:01] UM, ITEM 1 35 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 36, ITEM 1 36 IS CLAREMONT PLACE. SECTION ONE PARTIAL PLAT NUMBER 10, THE SIZE LOCATED ALONG DENTON STREET NORTH OF CARROLL WOOD DRIVE IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. 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 CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR, BE PLEASED TO COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 36 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 36? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? AYE. A. THANK YOU JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 37. ITEM 1 37 IS COTTON OAKS ESTATES REPL. NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH ALONG ORBAN LAKES NORTH OF DOVERS, SHIRE STREET, WEST OF GOSLING ROAD IN HARRIS COUNTY. EXTRA, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE 38 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND FOUR RESERVES. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER LEG FOR LEGAL REVIEW. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS AND REQUEST MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW OF THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 37 COTTON OAKS ESTATES IS CONTINUED. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER. SARAH YEAGER COME FORWARD PLEASE GO BACK. ONE SLIDE PLEASE. YEAH. COULD WE GO BACK? ONE SLIDE? GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GO AHEAD. UM, I LIVE IN THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY AND I Y'ALL INVESTIGATING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS A LITTLE BIT MORE? YES WE ARE. OKAY. 'CAUSE THERE ARE STILL, HE HASN'T CHANGED ANYTHING AND IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE HE HAS, THERE ARE SOME DEED RESTRICTION VIOLATIONS. OKAY. WELL THAT'S WHAT OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS NOW TRYING TO GET THAT WE WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DEFER IT FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS TO FURTHER STUDY THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THAT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. AND WE WON'T GET ANOTHER NOTICE. WE JUST HAVE TO KEEP COMING EVERY TWO WEEKS UNTIL, WELL, THERE'S ONLY ONE MORE DEFERRAL, SO, OKAY. IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS IS THE LAST, UM, BUT YES, YOU'LL, YOU'D HAVE TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. WOULD IT HELP IF I SHOWED YOU WHAT WAS WRONG? WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU GO AHEAD, I WAS GONNA SUGGEST THAT I'LL STEP OUT WITH, WITH THE SPEAKER. OKAY. THIS IS MS. NICHOLSON WHO'S OUR LEGAL COUNSEL AND SHE'LL STEP OUT AND IF YOU CAN GIVE HER THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE THAT MIGHT HELP. OKAY. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A COPY OF THAT? I DO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAVE. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 37? UM, THEN WE ARE BEING ASKED TO DEFER THIS ITEM. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER 1 37 AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? HEES SIGLER, SIGLER SECOND HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 37, I MEAN 1 38. ITEM 1 38 IS EDGEWOOD SECTION 10, PARTIALLY PLA NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG WAYSIDE DRIVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF WAYSIDE DRIVE AND WILLOW GLEN STREET IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND REDUCE THE BUILDING LINE. THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLA EARLIER THERE WERE TWO, UM, TWO LADIES WHO, UH, TWO LADIES WHO ARE, ARE RESIDENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DID MAKE A A CONCERN ABOUT PARKING AND TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY ABOUT PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I SPOKE WITH THEM. I LET THEM KNOW THAT THIS IS A SHELL OF PROOF. HOWEVER, THEY JUST WANTED TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT THE PARKING AND, UM, THEY DID SIGN UP AND YOU, YOU PROBABLY HAVE THEIR [01:35:01] INFORMATION BUT THEY HAD TO LEAVE, UNFORTUNATELY. OH, SO THEY'RE NOT HERE. YES. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THEM THOUGH. OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE, UH, CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS BESIDES THE, THE MEETING THAT I HAD EARLIER. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 38 EDGEWOOD SECTION 10 IS OPEN. WE DID HAVE SPEAKERS, UH, MONICA TERRELL, TER TERRELL, VERONICA FRANCIS, AND TOMMY DARRIO AND NONE ARE PRESENT, BUT MS. POPLE HAS, UH, EXPRESSED THAT THEY HAD CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING AND AND DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE ITEM HOUSE. YES. OKAY. UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 38 EDGEWOOD SECTION 10. IF NOT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED. NELSON NELSON. IS THERE A SECOND MA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 1 39. ITEM 1 39 IS GAME CREEK RESERVE THE SIZE LOCATED NORTH ALONG RICHMOND AVENUE, WEST OF FOUNTAIN VIEW STREET AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS PLOT. 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, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 39 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 39 GAME CREEK RESERVE HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS. IS THEIR DISCUSSION IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALL ALLMAN. IS THERE A SECOND JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 40, ITEM ONE 40 IS LAKEWOOD PINE SECTION 15. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF LAKEWOOD PINES BOULEVARD AND WEST OF W WEST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND HOUSTON'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE REASON FOR REEF PLAT IS TO CREATE 60 LOTS FOR RESERVES AND RIGHT OF WAYS. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PORTION OF A LANDSCAPE OPEN SPACE RESERVE INTO LOTS AND TO ALLOW THE SECTION TO HAVE A UNIQUE NAME. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A REPL OF A LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE RESERVE CREATED WITH THE LAKEWOOD PINE SECTION 10 SUBDIVISION IN 2019. THE LOTS ARE SIMILAR IN SIZE AND SINCE THIS IS A RE PLAT OF A RESERVE, THE SECTION WILL STAND ALONE AND IT WILL BE LOGICAL TO NAME THE PLAT AS ITS OWN SECTION. HOWEVER, THE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE RECENTLY, THE NAME VARIANCE IS NO LONGER REQUIRED. THE LANDSCAPE AND OPEN SPACE RESERVE IS NOT REQUIRED AND THE RE PLAT IS CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN PATTERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS REFLECTIVE OF THE GENERAL PLAN. THIS PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLAN COMMISSION PER LEGAL REVIEW, UH, REVIEW BY LEGAL IN RE LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THIS ITEM AND NOW THEY, THEY SAID THAT IT DOESN'T VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 40 LAKEWOOD PINES IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40? OKAY. HEARING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED. IT'S ONLY ONE VARIANCE NOW, RIGHT? YES. IT'S ONLY ONE VARIANCE. ONE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION CLERK? THERE A SECOND. AYE ISH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 41 LONG POINT ACRES HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 42, MELODY OAKS PARTIAL RELA NUMBER 17, ITEM 1 42. MELODY OAKS PARTIAL [01:40:01] RELA NUMBER 17 PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE, THE SIGNS LOCATED ALONG JANET ROAD, EAST OF JOHANNA STREET AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 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 PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM TERRA PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 42. MELODY OAKS, UH, NUMBER 17. THIS IS PARTIAL REPLY. 17. UM, IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. DO WE HAVE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 42? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE MOTION GARZA GARZA. IS THERE A SECOND? MODEST? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, ITEM 1 43. MELODY OAKS PARTIAL REPRE PUTT NUMBER 25 ITEM 1 43. MELODY OAKS PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER 25 AND EXTENSION. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG JAN DRIVE IN EAST OF JACQUELINE ROAD AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE 23 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THIS PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION. PER LEGAL REVIEW, LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. HOWEVER, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK HAS REQUESTED TO DEFER THE PLAT TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE COMMUNITY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS DEFER THE PLAT PER THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST. STAFF HAS RECEIVED, UH, NUMEROUS, UH, LETTERS AND EMAILS CONCERNING THIS PLAT. THERE'S A GREAT CONCERN ABOUT PARKING AS WELL AS TRAFFIC CONCERNS CONCERNING THIS PLAT. UM, IN RESPONSE TO THAT, THE APPLICANT DID PROVIDE A REVISED, UH, PLAID THAT YOU SEE ON YOUR SCREEN. AND NOW THERE IS EXIT POINTS FROM JANET DRIVE AS WELL AS JACQUELINE ROAD. WELL, MR. BLOCKED 'CAUSE THE SENDER ISN'T IN YOUR FACE SENDER LIST, PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR, UH, PLEASE. EVERYBODY MUTE YOUR PHONES AND COMPUTERS UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK. GO AHEAD. STAFF HAS ALSO CONSULTED WITH, UM, HARRIS COUNTY, I AM SORRY, HAS ALSO CONSULTED WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, UH, TRAFFIC DIVISION, UM, CONCERNING A POSSIBLE, UM, TIA FOR THIS, UH, PROPERTY. AND THEY SAID THAT, UH, NO THEY WOULDN'T REQUIRE IT BECAUSE OF, UH, OF THE, OF THE AMOUNT OF, UH, LOTS IS IT'S TOO SMALL. SO A A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS IS NOT REQUIRED? YEAH, IT'S NOT REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SIZE. OKAY. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NUMBER SPEAKERS. UH, FIRST IS TIM TOLL, T-O-A-L-E. MR. TOLL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. UH, THE SECOND SPEAKER IS PEDRO BOYEL, B-O-I-T-E-L, NOT PRESENT. AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MARIA HINTZ, H-I-N-T-Z NOT PRESENT. DAVID BIXBY, B-I-X-B-Y DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. AND, UH, THI DE QUINN, D-E-Q-U-I-N DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LISTENING OR IN THE CHAT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 43? OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? QUESTION A QUESTION. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. MODEST. SO DO WE KNOW ON THE ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS, WILL THOSE BE WORKING GATES, EMERGENCY GATES? DO WE KNOW ANYTHING BY CHANCE? NO, I DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION. I'M SORRY. BUT WE COULD ASK THE APPLICANT AND HAVE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION. YEAH, NO, I I THINK WE'D ALL BE CURIOUS. UM, AND I I DID UNDERSTAND THAT THE PURPOSE OF COMMISSIONER, UM, PECK, I MEAN, SORRY, COUNCIL MEMBER PECK'S, UH, DEFERRAL REQUEST WAS THAT SHE'S ATTEMPTING TO HAVE A MEETING? YES. OKAY, SO WE HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HAPPEN BEFORE BACK YES. AND AS IT IS, IT'S A SHALL APPROVE. YES. SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, AND, AND THE APPLICANT HAS ADDED THE SECOND POINT OF ACCESS YES. TO TAKE SOME OF THE HEAT OFF OF. UM, OKAY. UM, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE WHO'S, UH, INDICATED THEY WANNA SPEAK TODAY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 1 43? ROBINS. [01:45:01] ROBINS IS CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED. OKAY. ITEM 1 44. EXCUSE ME, WILL YOU UM, PLEASE NOTE MY ABSTENTION ON THIS? OKAY. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER, UM, SIGLER IS GONNA ABSTAIN ON ITEM 1 44. UH, ITEM 1 4 1 44 MEMORIAL GREEN, SECTION TWO, REPLANT AND EXTENSION PARTIAL REPL NUMBER THREE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT AND IS LOCATED ALONG AND NORTH OF WILLOWS GROVE LANE, UH, EAST OF LITCHFIELD LANE, SOUTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE. THE REASON FOR REPLANT IS TO CREATE SIX LOTS. UH, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF. RECOMME RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLANT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE UM, PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 44 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 44? HEARING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION? MAD? IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UH, ITEM 1 45, ITEM 1 45. NEW AND MANNER PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 27. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT AND IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF HOSKINS DRIVE AND CARWOOD LANE, EAST OF BLAYLOCK ROAD AND NORTH OF HAMMERLY BOULEVARD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT HAS NOT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAT FOR NOT MEETING NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 45 NEW AND MANNER IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON NEW AND MANOR? YES, MADAM CHAIRWOMAN. I'M SORRY. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. OKAY. COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? YES. BRANDY HAMMOND. OKAY. BRANDY HAMMOND? YES. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. UM, I WAS GOING TO SPEAK ON A DIFFERENT RELOTTING, BUT THE THINGS ARE STILL, UM, ALIGNED IN THE SAME WAY. AND IT'S ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA. THERE ARE MANY, MANY, UM, PLOTS OF LAND THAT ARE BEING RE PLATTED AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT BUILT TO BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND, TO CONTINUE TO WITHSTAND ALL THE NEW TRAFFIC THAT THAT WILL BRING. THE ROADS ARE, IN MANY CASES, SINGLE ONE WAY, UM, ON EACH WAY ROADS AND WITH ALL THE NEW CARS THAT ALL THESE NEW HOMES WILL BRING. THAT IS, UM, A FUTURE PROBLEM THAT'S GONNA BE CREATED THAT WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE IMMINENT DOMAIN IN MANY CASES TO WIDEN ROADS. ALSO, THERE ARE MANY OLD TREES IN THIS AREA AND THE NEW HOMES THAT ARE BEING BUILT IN MANY OF THESE PLACES ARE PAVING OVER ALMOST ALL OF THE NATURAL DRAINAGE, WHICH IS THE GRASS AND WHAT HAVE YOU. AND THAT CAN END UP CREATING NEW FLOOD PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO THINK OF YET. UM, LET'S SEE. ALSO, OUR ELECTRICITY. UM, EVERYTHING IN THIS AREA IS STILL PRETTY OLD AND OUTDATED. WE ALREADY HAVE EXISTING PROBLEMS WITH THE HOMES THAT WE ALREADY HAVE WITH THE NEW HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THE AREA. AND THAT IS ANOTHER FUTURE PROBLEM THAT WILL BE CREATED BY ALL OF THESE PLS. UM, OTHER THINGS ARE JUST, WE'RE LOSING SIGHT OF OUR HORIZON, LITERALLY. UM, WHEN MANY OF THESE HOMES THEY'RE BUILT, THEY'RE TWO STORY, TWO AND A HALF STORY. AND WHEN YOU START DRIVING THROUGH THESE AREAS, YOU LOSE NOT ONLY THE HORIZON, BUT YOU LOSE OUR BEAUTY OF OUR MATURE HEALTHY TREES THAT ARE PART OF WHAT MAKE SPRING BRANCH, SPRING BRANCH. AND LAST, UM, THIS CAUSES, THANKS MS. HAMMOND. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. [01:50:01] UM, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 45? HEARING NONE THE UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM IS TO DISAPPROVE FOR NOTICE. UM, AND LET, HOLD ON. I'M COUNTING FORM AND 11. OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE GOOD. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SIGLER? IS THERE A SECOND? BARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 1 45 IS DISAPPROVED. ITEM 1 46 IS, UH, RIVERSIDE TERRACE. IT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN. 1 47 ROBIN AT REPL NUMBER ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS CILLO. ITEM 1 47 IS ROBINETTE PARTIAL RE PLA NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG FUQUA STREET, WEST OF COTTINGHAM STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE PLA AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM COMM UH, CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 47 ROBINETTE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. DOES ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON 1 47 HEARING? NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBS ROBBINS. IS THERE A SECOND? HINES HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 48. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN CRIDDLE. ITEM 1 48 IS ROSEDALE GARDENS PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG FINCH STREET AND WEST OF ELBRIDGE STREET IN HOUSTON CITY. CITY LIMITS THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE 12 RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THREE RESERVES. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 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 SUBJECT TO THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS IN OPPOSITION. AND WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. UM, THE FIRST IS GERTRUDE SONY AIR HERE. SHE'S AND WOULD YOU PULL THE MIC UP? THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. HUH? THANK YOU MADAM CHAIRMAN AND FELLOW COMMISSIONERS. UM, MY NAME'S SONYA AND I LIVE AT 72 20 SIXTH FI STREET. AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE RELOTTING OF THIS PROPERTY IN THE FIRST PLACE. I FEEL THAT IT'S GONNA RAISE MY TAXES, MY HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE, MY FLOOD INSURANCE, AND MOSTLY MY PEACE OF MIND BECAUSE IF YOU REPL ONE ACRE OF LAND AND PUT 12 HOUSES ON IT, UH, YOU ARE PUTTING LOTS OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREET. AND THAT'S ABOUT 24 TO 30 CARS MORE THAN WE HAVE. THE STREET IS NOT EQUIPPED TO CARRY THAT MUCH TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT'S A VERY NARROW STREET AND IT'S, UM, THERE'S TWO DITCHES ON EACH SIDE. SO IF YOU HAVE A PEDESTRIAN THAT'S WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU HAVE CARS COMING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, WHERE'S THAT PRODE PEDESTRIAN SUPPOSED TO GO? SO I'M OPPOSED FOR THESE REASONS AND I'M ALSO OPPOSED THAT I'M IN THE TWILIGHT OF MY YEARS AND I DON'T WANT TO BE, UM, WHERE I HAVE ALL THIS TRAFFIC NOISE AND CRIME AND WHATEVER MIGHT BE BROUGHT. [01:55:02] SO I'M ASKING THE COMMISSIONERS TO REJECT THIS PROPOSAL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME. I'M NOT A VERY GOOD SPEAKER, BUT I THINK I DID MY BEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU MS. SONIER. UH, KATHY GUNTER. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. I'M KATHY GUNTER. I AM OPPOSED TO THIS PROJECT FOR THE REPLANTING OF, UH, LOT 51, BLOCK TWO. I AM THE FOUNDER OF THE HOUSTON GARDEN CIVIC ASSOCIATION, AND I FOUGHT VERY HARD TO BRING DEED RESTRICTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY. I ALSO FOUGHT VERY HARD FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCKS, UH, BECAUSE THIS, UM, UH, THE REPLANTING WOULD NEGATIVELY IN, IN IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY. IT WOULD CHANGE THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY. MANY OF THE HOMES OVER THERE SIT ON ACRES. UH, AND, UM, WE JUST LIKE THE WAY IT IS. UM, IT ALSO WAS, WAS WOULD DRIVE UP OUR CURRENT TAXES AND IT ALSO WILL AFFECT OUR TRAFFIC. JUST LIKE MS. SONYA SAYS, SHE'S MY NEIGHBOR. WE ARE HOPING THAT TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE SAME FABRIC THAT IT ALREADY HAS WITH OUR COMMUNITY BEING WHOLE AND NOT BEING CHOPPED UP. AND, UM, WE JUST, AND WE ALSO DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT KIND OF PROPERTIES THESE ARE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE RENTAL PROPERTIES OR HOUSING PROJECTS. AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF HOME HOMEOWNERS AND A LOT OF SENIORS, UH, THAT LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO, THANK YOU. UH, IT IS MY PRAYER THAT YOU, UH, WE ARE OPPOSED AND THAT YOU STOP THE REPLAY. THANK YOU, MS. GUN. JUST A QUICK, I AND I WOULD NORMALLY, WHAT WE SAY THIS ITEM ON MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE OF CHAPTER 42, AND WE'VE BEEN DETERMINED THAT IT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THEREFORE IT'S A SHALL APPROVE UNDER STATE LAW FOR US. WE, WE HAVE TO VOTE FOR IT. UM, BUT DID YOU ATTEMPT TO DO A MINIMUM LOT SIZE APPLICATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU WEREN'T UNSUCCESSFUL OR, WELL, I DID A MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK FOR A, A DIFFERENT SECTION. SO I DON'T THINK IT IS EFFECTIVE TO, YEAH, I MEAN, THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY THE WAY TO PREVENT THIS IN THE FUTURE FROM THE FUTURE. IT'S A LOT OF WORK, BUT YES, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE CAN OFFER BASICALLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS CLARENCE PRIVOS JR. GOOD EVENING. I'M CLARENCE PRIVO AND I, UH, OWN THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO WHERE THIS, UH, UH, REPLANT IS LOOKING TO TAKE PLACE. AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I KNOW IS, I KNOW IF, IF THEY BRING IN, UH, UH, WHERE THEY'RE LOOKING AT 12, UH, RESIDENTS AND I'M, I DID THE MATH ON IT AND I SAID, WELL, UH, AVERAGE FAMILY HAS GOT TWO ADULTS AND TWO KIDS. AND IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT TIMES 12, THAT'S ALMOST 50 PEOPLE NEXT DOOR TO ME. SO, UH, I BOUGHT, I PURCHASED MY PROPERTY, UH, BECAUSE I WANTED THE PEACE AND QUIET AND THE TRANQUILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THE LOTS ARE LARGE. UH, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FOOT TRAFFIC. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF VEHICLE TRAFFIC. SO I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THAT, UH, IF YOU, UH, ALLOW THIS REPLAY TO TAKE PLACE, UH, ALL THAT WILL CHANGE. THERE'LL BE, UH, THERE'LL BE, UH, I GUESS PEOPLE NOT GETTING ALONG WITH EACH OTHER. IF YOU GOT THAT MANY PEOPLE, PEOPLE ON ONE LOT, IF YOU HAVE 50 PEOPLE ON ONE LOT, THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME ISSUES. AND, UH, AND WHETHER IT BE, UH, CRIME OR DRUGS OR WHATEVER IT, IT MIGHT BE, UH, I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD OPPOSE, UH, THE REPL AND, UH, AND LET ME CONTINUE TO, MY HOUSE IS STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT I'LL BE THROUGH WITH IT HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE YEAR. AND I STAY SAFE FOR A LONG TIME TO, TO BUILD THIS HOUSE BY MYSELF. SO ANYWAY, I WAS A FIREFIGHTER FOR THE CITY. I RETIRED AND THAT'S WHERE MY MONEY WENT. I PUT MY MOTHER IN A NEW HOUSE AND I'M BUILDING A NEW HOUSE FOR MYSELF. AND IF IT DOESN'T WORK OUT, I'LL HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER PLACE TO BUILD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. PRIVOT. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. MM-HMM . THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? NO. OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO IS ONLINE. UM, STEVEN GRAY. MR. GRAY, ARE YOU LISTENING? OKAY. HE DOES NOT APPEAR [02:00:01] TO BE PRESENT. UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LISTENING OR WITH US WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 48? WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE CHAT. YES, WE HAVE ONE. TTA COLLINS. OKAY. TTA COLLINS? YES. UH, UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE PLAT. UH, I AM IN FAVOR OF PROGRESS. I DON'T SEE WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS GOING TO INTERFERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE'S A LOT OF OLDER HOMES IN ILL, ILL REPAIR SITTING ON ACRES OF LAND AND I AM VERY MUCH IN, IN FAVOR OF IT. UH, MS. GUNTER DAUGHTER WAS, WAS TRYING TO BUY MY LOT TO DO THE SAME THING TO REPL AND, AND DEVELOP THE LAND. SO, AND IN REFERENCE TO, NO, NO OFFENSE, CLARENCE, BUT HE'S BEEN BUILDING ON THAT HOUSE FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS AND THERE IS NOTHING GOING ON DOWN THERE CURRENTLY. SO I CAN'T SEE HOW THAT'S GOING TO BE. THE HOUSE IS GONNA BE FINISHED BY THE END OF THE YEAR 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WORK TO BE DONE. SO I AM VERY MUCH IN FAVOR FOR THE REPL OF THAT LOT DOWN THE STREET FROM ME. I'M AT 7 3 0 2 FICH. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. COLLINS. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 48 ROSEDALE GARDENS? YES. COME RIGHT FORWARD PLEASE. YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. MY NAME IS DIANE WILLIAMS. I LIVE AT 74 32 FINCH STREET. THAT, THAT'S ALMOST A, A HOUSE ACROSS. LET DEVELOP AT, HOLD ON A SECOND. COULD CAN WE MUTE? GO AHEAD. I'M SORRY. YEAH, I LIVE ABOUT, OR ONE OR TWO HOUSES ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP AT. AND I'VE BEEN THERE ALMOST 30 YEARS AND EVERYBODY ON THAT STREET AS I KNOW OF, HAS RAISED THEIR CHILDREN AND THEY'RE GOING ON. WE'RE LIKE SENIORS. WE, WE ALL KNOW EACH OTHER. WE GET ALONG EACH OTHER AND LIKE THEY SAID, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH HEAVY TRAFFIC AND, AND CRIME IS VERY LOW THERE. AND I'M, I'M ASKING Y'ALL NOT TO LET THIS HAPPEN TO US BECAUSE WE FEEL THAT THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN. IT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND THEN IT'S GONNA BE MAYBE GUN PLAY AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS. SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO LET THIS, LET US BE BACK ON. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? UM, OKAY THEN WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 48 IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE ITEM. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK COMMISSIONER BARZA? YES. JUST QUICKLY FOR ALL OF YOU. I, WE SO APPRECIATE YOU ALL BEING HERE. THE PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE TODAY IS THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE ITEM. IT MEETS ALL OF CHAPTER 42. THERE IS NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO, THIS BODY CAN DO TO HALT THIS PROCESS GOING FORWARD. HOWEVER, YOU MENTIONED LOOKING AT MINIMUM LOT SIZE, UM, AND EVEN SETBACKS, BUT THE LOTS ARE FAIRLY LARGE. THE WHOLE IDEA WILL BE THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY. OH, RATS. I THOUGHT THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY. I APOLOGIZE. YOU WANT ADDRESS THAT? YEAH. LET ME ASK THE DIRECTOR TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME. THANK YOU. I, I, I BELIEVE, AND WE CAN RESEARCH THIS FURTHER, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THE LOTS ARE TOO DEEP AND THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE ON THE BLOCK, THE BLOCKS ARE TOO LONG AND THE RESIDENTIAL USE IS NOT SUFFICIENT IN ORDER TO DO A MINIMUM LOT SIZE ON THIS STREET. BUT WE'LL CONFIRM AND GET BACK WITH THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT GO AHEAD. NO, I, YEAH, THERE ARE TOOLS, UM, IN THE TOOLBOX THAT, THAT THE CITY OFFERS NEIGHBORHOODS TO HELP OFFER THEM PROTECTION. THE ONE THAT I WAS THINKING OF IS NOT AVAILABLE TO YOU BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZE, UH, BEING AN ACRE. HOWEVER, UH, THE CITY WILL WORK WITH YOU TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOU TO STOP FURTHER, UM, DEVELOPMENT OF HAPPENING IN A MAJOR WAY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, MY APOLOGIES THAT I CAN'T VOTE WITH YOU, BUT, UM, STATE LAW DEMANDS THAT I VOTE, UM, FOR THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. HEY, ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. UM, THEN, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. IF THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? THE, THE MOTION THAT NO ONE WANTS TO MAKE, I WILL MAKE. OKAY. THANK YOU. GARZA. SECOND. SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, THAT TAKES US TO 1 49 SPRING BRANCH ESTATES. ITEM [02:05:01] 1 49 IS SPRING BRANCH ESTATES NUMBER TWO, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER 14, THE SIZE LOCATED ALONG CAROUSEL STREET, WEST OF HAUSER STREET AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE FOUR LOTS. THERE ARE NO BRANCH REQUESTED WITH THIS, UM, ITEM, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION AWAITING LEGAL REVIEW. LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THE PLAT AND HAS REVIEWED THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND THEY FIND THAT THEY DO NOT, UM, VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF PLAT OR THOSE FILED. SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 49 IS CONTINUED. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT IF, DOES ANYONE WANT TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 49? UH, IF NOT, THEN I'M NOT CHAIRWOMAN. I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. OKAY. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? YES, MY NAME IS BRANDI HAMMOND. B-R-A-N-D-I-H-A-M-M-O. WENDY, I'M SORRY, HAMMOND, DIDN'T YOU ALREADY SPEAK ON AT THE PREVIOUS? OH, YOU, SO YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN ON THIS? YOU'RE NOT, THE PROBLEM IS, IS YOU HAVE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, SO IT'S FINE IF YOUR COMMENTS ADDRESS THE SPECIFICS OF THIS ITEM. OKAY. OTHERWISE, YOU CAN WAIT AND SPEAK. IF YOU'RE SPEAKING GENERALLY, YOU SHOULD WAIT TILL THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION AT THE END OF THE AGENDA. BUT IF YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK SPECIFICALLY ON SPRING BRANCH ESTATE'S NUMBER TWO, GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. IT'S, IT IS BRIEF. OKAY, GO AHEAD. BUT IT DOES AFFECT ME. OKAY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY, DUE TO THESE RELAS THAT IT DOES START A CHAIN REACTION WHERE A REPL STARTS SMALL, IT WILL START TO JUST CHAIN REACT TO WHERE THE FOLLOWING PROPERTY NEXT TO IT WILL THEN GET RE PLATTED AND SO ON AND SO FORTH. SO I'M OPPOSED TO IT. OKAY. THAT'S RIGHT. AND THAT'S WHERE THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE PROGRAM IS PO A POTENTIAL HELP WHERE IT'S AVAILABLE AND WHERE IT, IT COMPLIES IN THE CITY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 49? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION? MA SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 50 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 51 WASHINGTON TERRACE. ITEM 1 51 IS WASHINGTON TERRACE, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER 10. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH ALONG ISABELLA STREET AND SOUTH OF ALABAMA STREET AND EAST OF EMANCIPATION AVENUE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED, UM, ADVANCED COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, THERE IS A 25 FOOT SETBACK AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WILL BE APPLIED, UH, AS A CONDITION. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 51 WASHINGTON TERRACE IS OPEN. I HAVE ONE SPEAKER. UM, UH, IS IT AE HINES HINES? H-I-N-E-S? UH, DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 51 WASHINGTON TERRACE? YES. HELLO? HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE. MY NAME IS JOCELYN LIGHTFOOT. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. YEAH, EXCUSE ME. I'M NERVOUS. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. UM, SO I LIVE ON ISABELLA STREET. I'M ACTUALLY TWO HOUSES AWAY FROM THE PLOT THAT WE ARE SPEAKING OF. UM, I AM NOT THE OWNER. HELLO, MS. WHITE FOOT. MS. WHITE FOOT, WE LOST YOU. IS, ARE YOU MUTED MS. WHITE FOOT? SHE'S HONOR. OH, STAR SIX IF YOU'RE ON THE PHONE. [02:10:03] STAR SIX. YEAH, I THINK WE HAVE LOST MS. HINES. IS THERE, UM, I'M SORRY. LIGHT FOOT? WHITE FOOT? YES. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 51? OKAY. UM, MS. WHITE FOOT ONE MORE TIME. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, I'M SORRY, MS. WHITE FOOT. UM, THE, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION GARZA SECOND CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 52. ITEM 1 52 IS WHISPERING PINES ESTATES PARTIAL RELA NUMBER 12, THE PROP, THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED EAST ALONG WOOD VINE DRIVE, AND NORTH OF SHADY VILLA LANE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE. THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL, UH, SETBACK SHOWN ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WILL BE APPLIED TO THE PROPERTY. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 52, WHISPERING PINES IS OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? UM, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 52? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLATS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? AYE. A. IS THERE A SECOND? ROBIN ROBINS, ALL THOSE? I'M, I'M ALL THOSE FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, OKAY. WHO DID WE JUST HEAR? I BELIEVE THAT WAS MS. LIGHTFOOT. OKAY. MS. LIGHTFOOT, I'M SORRY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? 6 7, 6 TECHNOLOGY'S WONDERFUL. OKAY, WE ARE ON ITEM 1 53 0 6 6 7 6. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. MS. LIGHTFOOT, WE COULD NOT CONNECT WITH YOU AND WE HAD TO GO AHEAD AND GO. UM, I 1 3 6. IT WOULD LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR REMARKS. NOW. WE'VE ALREADY VOTED ON THE ITEM, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE YOUR REMARKS, YOU CAN. WAS IT APPROVED? YES, IT WAS. IT'S A, IT'S A SHALL APPROVE ITEM FOR US, SO WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE THE AUTHORITY NOT TO APPROVE IT. OKAY. I'M JUST TERRIFIED THAT I'M GONNA BE NEXT TO BE PUSHED OFF THE BLOCK, LIKE MY NEIGHBORS WERE. WE NEED TO, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN THE TAXES, MY LANDLORD WILL HAVE TO RAISE THE RENT, WHICH IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN BE DONE NOW. SO, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY YES, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER GARZA, MS. LIGHTFOOT, UH, I KNOW YOU'RE RENTING RIGHT NOW, BUT THERE ARE SOME PROTECTIONS THAT CAN BE HAD FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT WOULD DISALLOW A SUBDIVISION, UM, OF, OF YOUR, OF A LOT, UM, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT, UM, THAT, THAT YOU KEEP BASICALLY THE STATUS QUO. UM, WHAT YOU COULD DO, NOW, I REALIZE YOU'RE A RENTER THERE, BUT YOU COULD TALK TO THE OWNER AND YOU AS, AS A NEIGHBOR, COULD TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORS ABOUT PUTTING THE, UM, MINIMUM LOT SIZE ORDINANCE IN PLACE AND POTENTIALLY A SETBACK ORDINANCE IN PLACE. UH, IT WILL TAKE SOME VOLUNTEER WORK, BUT IT CAN BE DONE AND YOU DO NOT HAVE TO BE A PROPERTY OWNER TO DO IT, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO SIGN. SO, OKAY. UM, YOU CAN CALL THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT TOMORROW. THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO GIVE YOU INFORMATION THAT YOU CAN SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND I'M SORRY THAT WE COULDN'T CONNECT WITH YOU THERE, BUT THANK YOU FOR NO WORRIES SPEAKING TO US TODAY. UM, OKAY, THAT'LL TAKE US THEN I THINK, TO 1 53 WILDWOOD GLEN. 1 53 IS WILDWOOD GLEN, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO AND EXTENSION. THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE TWO PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST NORTHEAST INTERSECTION, EXCUSE ME, NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF FM 29 20 AND GLEN ELLEN LANE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE. THE APPLICATION ORIGINALLY [02:15:01] INCLUDED A VARIANCE REQUEST, BUT THE VARIANCE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM BY THE APPLICANT AND IS NOW A SHALL APPROVE PUBLIC HEARING. ITEM REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, OH, EXCUSE ME. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE WITH THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 53 IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK MR. CALVERT. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 53? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION JONES SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, THAT WILL CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION. WE [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Geoff Butler, Tammi Williamson, Tamara Fou and John Cedillo, Devin Crittle)] MOVE ON TO D VARIANCES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS COMMISSIONER KANE. I NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KANE. UM, I THANK YOU. ALSO, I NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS BACK WITH US. I'M BACK. YES. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, ARE YOU WITH US ANYMORE? I DON'T SEE HIM. OKAY. PLEASE FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG HAS LEFT THE MEETING. OKAY. 1 54. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. ITEM ONE 50, UH, FOUR VIA AUBURN LAKES. THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED TO THE PREVIOUS TWO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF GOSLING AND SOUTH OF RAYFORD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND ALONG TYPE TWO PAES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND GLITZ PER WAY, NOR TERMINATE IT WITH A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE CONSISTS OF A RESERVE THAT WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE IN 2007 TO NOT EXTEND A SUB STREET FROM THE NORTH. THE APPLICANT'S REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THIS VARIANCE AGAIN IN ORDER TO REPL THE SITE IN THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE PREVIOUS PLAT. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A GRID SYSTEM THAT ALLOWS FOR ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND THE STREET EXTENSION IS NOT REQUIRED FOR INTERSECTION SPACING. IN ADDITION, THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 140 FEET SOUTH OF AMWELL ROAD, WHICH FEATURES THE CUL-DE-SAC. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR A SAFE VEHICULAR TURNAROUND IN LIEU OF PROVIDING A CUL-DE-SAC WITHIN THE SUBJECT TRACT. STAFF FINDS THE, THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42, CONSIDERING THE FEATURES OF THE EXISTING STREET SYSTEM STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? UM, YES, I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. GO AHEAD. NOT REALLY A QUESTION. AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I MISSED AND I APOLOGIZE EARLIER FOR MS. UM, I, I UNDERSTAND YOUR, UM, RATIONALE FOR NOT WANTING TO EXTEND. I DO THINK THAT, UM, BROADER PICTURE IN MANY CASES NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT ACCESS. IT SEEMS THE COMMISSIONER'S MICROPHONE IS CUTTING OUT. IT'S CUTTING. IS THIS BETTER? YES. OKAY. SORRY. THAT, UM, THAT ACCESS TO SCHOOLS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AND PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE. NOW YOU DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS AND IN SOME CASES THAT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA. BUT THERE IS A SCHOOL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF RAYFORD ROAD, UM, AND TO THE EAST, AND AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE, UM, THEY HAVE PROVIDED, THERE'S SIDEWALKS ALONG THAT PORTION OF RAYFORD. THEY PROVIDED A SAFE ROUTE FOR THE KIDS TO GET TO THE CAMPUS AND EVERYTHING. AND I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO SEE PERHAPS THAT, UM, AND I WILL DO MY BEST TO CATCH THESE THINGS EARLIER, BUT, UM, THAT STAFF COULD PERHAPS LOOK AT, UM, ACCESS TO SCHOOLS. NOT JUST VEHICULAR ACCESS, BUT PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLE AND PROVIDE SOME SORT OF CONNECTIONS. CERTAINLY. HEY, THANK YOU. GOOD COMMENT. ANYBODY ELSE? UM, OKAY, I DON'T THINK WE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 1 54, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT SHE WAS ON A PREVIOUS ITEM. I BELIEVE I HAVE A SPEAKER. PARDON ME? I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A SPEAKER. OH, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK ON THIS ONE TOO? RIGHT? COME ON, I'M SORRY. I, YES, MY NAME IS GOOD EVENING. UM, MY NAME IS SARAH YEAGER. YES. WHAT ELSE? OTHER INFORMATION DO YOU NEED? NOTHING, JUST GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I LIVE NEXT DOOR. UM, AGAIN, IT'S SINGLE FAMILY [02:20:01] BEING BUILT WITH CONDOS. UM, UM, IN A NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY, LARGE HOUSES ON LARGE PROPERTY, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE SIDEWALKS. THEY'D HAVE NO SIDEWALKS. THERE IS LOTS OF FOOT TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY LITTLE KIDS GOING SCHOOL AND STUFF. WHO'S IN CHARGE OF CHECKING ALL OF THESE THINGS TO MAKE SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT? LOT SIZES. UH, IT'S, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THERE'S 5,000 SQUARE FEET LOT SIZES IN THE ETJ AND THEY ARE NOT 5,000 SQUARE FEET AT ALL. NOT EVEN CLOSE. WELL, I ASSUME WE HAVE REVIEWED THAT. UH, MR. BUTLER, CAN YOU RESPOND THIS APPLICANT IS UTILIZING THE COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE PROVISION, SO THEY'RE PROVIDING REDUCED LOT SIZES IN EXCHANGE FOR OTHER OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE PLAT. AH, AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT. YES. DO THAT, CORRECT. YEAH. ALRIGHT. RIGHT. YEAH. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER RECOURSE ? UM, IN TERMS OF, I DON'T KNOW, MAKING SURE IT'S DONE RIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, I MEAN THE PROJECT WILL BE SUBJECT TO ALL KINDS OF, YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION PERMITS AND, AND OTHER THINGS. YOU KNOW, THE DEFINITION OF DOING IT RIGHT, OF COURSE IS SUBJECTIVE AND SUBJECTIVE. YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT AGREE. DID DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN, DID YOU WANT TO COMMENT? I JUST WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT WHAT OUR TEAM DOES WHEN THEY LOOK AT THESE AND WHEN THEY WORK WITH THE APPLICANT IS THEY MAKE SURE THAT EVERY ASPECT OF THIS PLAT ADHERES TO THE RULES THAT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL HAVE GIVEN US THROUGH CHAPTER 42 AND THROUGH OTHER ASPECTS OF IT. AND THAT IF THE LOTS ARE LESS THAN WHAT YOU KNOW, ARE TYPICALLY REQUIRED, THEY ARE DOING WHAT, WHAT THE RULES REQUIRE THEM TO DO IN ORDER TO GET THAT BENEFIT. I'M SURPRISED THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS, UH, NO SIDEWALKS ARE REQUIRED IN HARRIS COUNTY. ARE THEY? SO THEY, I I CAN'T COMMENT ON THE COUNTY RESTRICT, BUT THEY ARE PROVIDING SIDEWALKS PER THEIR AMENITIES PLAN. SO A CONSIDERATION FOR THIS REQUEST IS THAT THE TRACK FRONTS NOT ONLY GLITZ SPUR AND THE STREET ALONG THE SOUTH, BUT THE STREET ALONG THE WEST AND THERE'S SIDEWALKS THAT LEAD INTERNALLY TO THAT STREET. SO YOU COULD WALK FROM INSIDE THIS SUBDIVISION UP TO RAYFORD IN, IN THOSE STREETS. OKAY. OKAY. SO THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK NETWORK. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE PROPOSING 'EM IN, IN THIS TRACK THERE. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE NORTH . OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. YAGER. UM, OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 54? UM, OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MARK? IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 55. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBER MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ELLI RODRIGUEZ. ITEM 1 55 BEFL PROPERTIES. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG CLAY STREET AND NORTHEAST OF LEELAND STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIX SINGLE FAMILY LOT WITH ACCESS TO A SHARED DRIVEWAY, ONE FRONT LOADING LOT AND ONE GUEST PARKING SPACE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BUILDER LINE ALONG VELASCO STREET STOP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. SO THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF CLAY STREET AND VELASCO STREET. THE PROPERTY ABUSED A 19 FEET DRAINED DISH AND COLUMBIA TYPE PACK AND BY THERE IS NO DIRECT VEHICLE ASSET PROVIDED TO VELASCO STREET AND, UM, DUE TO THESE ASSISTANT PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS, THEREFORE PROVIDING A GREATER BORDERLINE ALONG VELASCO STREET WILL BE IMPRACTICAL FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. PER THE STIPEND, THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE A WIDER PEDESTRIAN ALARM ABOUT 19 TO 21 FEET WITH SICKLE SIDEWALK AND 16 FEET WIDE SAFETY BUFFER. THE APPLICANT WILL ALSO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY BY PROVIDING A SIDEWALK CONNECTION ALONG CLAY STREET AND THE ASSISTING TRAIL ALONG THE LCO STREET. SO GRANTING AT THE VARI WILL MEET AND PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THE UM, APPLICANT IS, IS [02:25:01] UH, WITH US IF YOU, ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED. NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 55 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBINS? ROBINS. IS THERE A SECOND MA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 56. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMS. YES. HOLD ON ONE SECOND. COMMISSIONER SIGLER PLEASE NOTE MY ABSTENTION. OKAY, I WAS BEING TOLD TO PAUSE. COMMISSIONER HE DO THIS ONE MORE TIME. I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THIS AS WELL. OKAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER'S HEIS AND SIGLER WILL BE ABSTAINING FROM THIS ITEM. GO RIGHT AHEAD MS. WILLIAMS . ITEM 1 56 IS BRIDGE CENTRAL GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY BOUNDED BY THE GRAND PARKWAY TO ITS WEST CYPRESS CREEK TO ITS NORTH MASON ROAD TO ITS EAST AND BRIDGELAND CREEK PARKWAY TO THE SOUTH. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG MASON ROAD BETWEEN NORTH BRIDGELAND LAKE PARKWAY AND RAY ROBERTS LAKE DRIVE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. BRIDGELAND CENTRAL GP IS AN APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND ACRE GENERAL PLAN OF MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT STAFFS FIND THE REQUEST IN KEEPING WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. THE GENERAL PLAN ESTABLISHES A HIERARCHICAL STREET NETWORK SYSTEM IN A MOSTLY GRID DESIGN TO HELP TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN AND AROUND THIS AREA. THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE DETENTION LAKES ARE A COMPONENT OF THE OVERALL 11,000 ACRE BRIDGELAND DEVELOPMENT DRAINAGE AND DETENTION PLAN. THE INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG MASON ROAD IS APPROXIMATELY 3,220 FEET, WHICH IS A 24% DEVIATION OF THE STANDARD. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A PROPOSED TRAIL SYSTEM FOR NON VEHICULAR TRAFFIC OR NON VEHICULAR MOBILITY. THROUGH THE FUTURE SUBDIVISIONS AND AROUND THE PROPOSED DETENTION AREA, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THEIR REQUEST. THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND TO APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF'S NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS INCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK? ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MARK SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES WITH AND SIGLER ABSTAINING. ITEM 1 57 FRAZIER ESTATES. I FORGOT THAT WAS STILL ME. 1 57 IS FRAZIER ESTATES. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH AND ALONG BOUDREAUX ROAD WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 49 TOMBALL PARKWAY AND EAST OF SHAW ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE THREE ACRE LOT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE LOT TO HAVE LESS THAN 20 FEET OF FRONTAGE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE TRACK TO ITS NORTH SHARE AN EXISTING ACCESS AND HAVE BEEN IN THIS CONFIGURATION SINCE AT LEAST 2005. ALTHOUGH THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES AT LEAST 20 FEET OF FRONTAGE, THE SITE AND ITS NEIGHBOR ARE FUNCTIONAL FLAG LOTTS THE COM. THEIR COMBINED FRONTAGES IS 20 FEET AT REUX ROAD FROM THE STAFF PORTIONS WITH THE SITE OWNING 10 FEET. THE SITE IS NOT PROPOSING TO INCREASE THE DENSITY AND THE EXISTING ACCESS CAN STILL BE UTILIZED. A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT WILL BE REQUIRED BY RECORDATION. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENT AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS? UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? WE DO NOT. UM, ITEM 1 57 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS AS JUST STATED. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION HEINZ. MOTION JONES SECOND HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 58, ITEM 1 58 IS GENERATION PARK EAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 7.6 ACRE PROPERTY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY. ARIS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH OF LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY, EAST OF SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY AND PROPOSED TIMBER FOREST. [02:30:02] THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE RESERVE TO BE RESTRICTED TO THE WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT USE AS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL DEFERRAL. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. GO AHEAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE RESERVE TO BE RESTRICTED TO WASTEWATER PLANT USE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO TAKE ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED PUBLIC ACCESS TO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. THE PROPOSED WAYS FOR OUR TREATMENT PLANT WOULD BE SERVICING TWO GENERAL PLANS, BOTH PROPOSING LARGE SCALE INDOOR SHOW WAREHOUSE USE. THE PROPOSED ACCESS EASEMENT WOULD BE 60 FEET WIDE AND WILL UTILIZE AN EXISTING 12 FOOT DIRT ROAD FOR OVER HALF THE DISTANCE SHOWN IN YELLOW. AND UH, AND THE APPLICANT PROPOSED ANOTHER 12 FOOT WIDE ALL WEATHER ACCESS ROAD IN COMPLIANCE WITH TCEQ REQUIREMENTS SHOWN IN PINK TO EXTEND THE REQUIRED ACCESS. THE PROPOSED PLAN IS WITHIN A LARGE ACREAGE PARCEL THAT WAS ONCE A GENERAL PLAN THAT HAS SINCE EXPIRED. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A NEW GENERAL PLAN FOR THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE SURROUNDING ACREAGE. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. OKAY, IF, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? NO. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IS THERE A MOTION GARZA? IS THERE A SECOND PROVINCE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 59. ITEM 1 59 IS GENERATION PARK SOUTH WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 3.2 ACRE PROPERTY IN HARRIS COUNTY. EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH OF LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY, EAST OF SAN HOUSTON TOLL ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO WATER PLANT UTE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO TAKE ACCESS VIA ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED PUBLIC ACTS. PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE PLOW WAS DEFERRED LAST CYCLE TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO COORDINATE WITH THE MUD TCEQ AND COUNTY ENGINEER REGARDING THE FORM OF ACCESS AND TO CONFIRM IT WILL MEET ALL ENGINEERING AND TCEQ REQUIREMENTS. THE APPROVED GP AND FOR GENERATION PARK SOUTH PROPOSES A CUL-DE-SAC STREET TO THE NORTHWEST SHOWN IN WHITE. AND THE WATER PLANT PROPOSES A 60 FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT SHOWN IN YELLOW. THAT WOULD AGAIN UTILIZE AN ALL WEATHER ROAD TO BE BUILT TO TCEQ STANDARDS. THE ACCESS EASEMENT WILL PERPETUALLY PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT SITE UNTIL SUCH TIME A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY PROVIDES ACCESS. COUNTY ENGINEER HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION STAFF COMMEND RECOMMENDS GUARANTEEING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UM, DO WE HAVE, YES, I HAVE A QUESTION. I'M SORRY. AND I MISSED, IS THERE, UM, ALSO UTILITY EASEMENT IN ADDITION TO THE VEHICULAR ACCESS EASEMENT TO GET SERVICES BACK THERE? UH, I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY, UM, NOT THAT I SEE AT THIS POINT. I DO SEE THAT THERE'S SANITARY WATER PARTS BUT I UM, I DON'T SEE ANY AT THIS POINT, BUT THOSE COULD BE ADDED BY SEPARATE INSTRUMENT AS WELL. OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, NO ONE WISHES TO SPEAK. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK SECOND SIGLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 60, ITEM ONE 60 IS GROVES AT SPRINGWOOD. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS TWO MEETINGS. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG KIRKENDAL NORTH OF CYPRESSWOOD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR A DUPLEX COMMUNITY. THE APPLICANT INITIALLY REQUESTED VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING TWO SUB STREETS OF THEIR PROPERTY NOR TERMINATING THEM WITH CUL-DE-SACS. THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE REVISED THEIR DRAWINGS TO INCLUDE AN INTERSECTION WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARY. MEETING THE INTERSECTION SPACING AND STREET EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT PER THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS INCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS? WE DO NOT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION ALLMAN? IS THERE A SECOND JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 61. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS TWO MEETINGS. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN IN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, ALONG BAMMO NORTH HOUSTON ROAD WEST AND NORTH OF WEST RICHIE ROAD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE TO DEVELOP A CHURCH. THE [02:35:01] APPLICANT INITIALLY REQUESTED VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG BAMO NORTH HOUSTON ROAD BY NOT EXTENDING KLINE MEADOW DRIVE TO THE NORTHERN PLAT BOUNDARY. THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE REVISED THEIR PLAT TO INCLUDE A STREET INTERSECTION AT THE SOUTHEASTERN BOUNDARY, MEETING THE INTERSECTION SPACING AND STREET EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT PER THE CPC ONE OH FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY. QUESTIONS? SO THERE'S THE VARIANCE REQUEST HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 61? NOBODY IN THE CHAT. UM, WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON, ARIEL SANCHEZ SANCHEZ. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 61? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT. IS THERE A MOTION? HEES HEES SECOND. AYE ISH. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 62. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMARA FU. ITEM 1 62 IS KICKAPOO TRADE CENTER GP. THIS ITEM IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY IN THE ETJ ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE KICKAPOO ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 117 ACRE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING BOTH A NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WEST, UH, STREET THROUGH THE SITE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. UH, THE SITE IS PROPOSED TO BE A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE USES, UM, IN THE PROPERTIES AROUND THE SITE. UM, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED A VARIANCE FOR KERMER COMMERCIAL LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SITE TO ALSO NOT PROVIDE A NORTH, SOUTH OR EAST WEST STREET. UH, IN 2014, UM, THE OVERALL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THIS AREA WILL BE MAINTAINED AND THE EXISTING STREET GRID NETWORK IS ADEQUATE IN THIS AREA. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THEIR REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS AND COUNTY HAS, UM, NOT POSED ANY OBJECTIONS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. FU? UH, IF NOT, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR 1 62? WE DO NOT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALLMAN SECOND MAUS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 63. ITEM 1 63 IS LEE'S LANDING. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST UH, MEETING. THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY AND THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION ALONG SKINNER ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT ON A TWO LAKER, UH, SITE. THE APPLICANT'S REQUESTING A VARIANCE EXCEED THE, UH, LOCAL INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A STREET, UM, THROUGH THE SITE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. UM, THE SITE IS PROPOSING A VERY LOW DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE ALSO HAVE SEEN THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTED A VARIANCE TO THE EAST OF THE SITE AT CYPRESS POINT LAKE ESTATE SECTION FIVE TO NOT PROVIDE A EAST, WEST STREET. UM, THE OVERALL STREET NETWORK AND THE CIRCULATION, UM, WILL BE MAINTAINED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE, UM, UM, THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. VU? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION JONES SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER, UH, ROSENBERG HAS REJOINED US. UM, ITEM 1 64. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM. OKAY, COMMISSIONER, HES WILL BE ABSTAINING ON THIS ITEM. CAN STEP OUT. YOU CAN, YES. YOU, YOU MAY WANT TO REFERENCE SOMEBODY ELSE. I HAVEN'T LEFT. MS. ROSENBERG. UH, YOU KNOW, WE CALLED ON YOU 'CAUSE YOU WEREN'T, YOUR CAMERA WASN'T ON AND WE CALLED ON YOU A COUPLE TIMES AND YOU DIDN'T RESPOND. SO WE HAD TO, UNLESS YOU'RE VISIBLE, WE CAN'T COUNT YOU. SO, BUT NOW YOU'RE BACK, WHICH IS THE IMPORTANT THING. THANK YOU. [02:40:01] UM, ITEM 1 64. OH, GO AHEAD MR. SEDILLO. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 64 IS LH RANCH GP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 559 ACRE, UH, PROPERTY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WEST ALONG HUFFMAN, CLEVELAND ROAD AND NORTH OF KINGWOOD DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GENERAL PLAN TO BE USED LARGELY FOR SINGLE FILING DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE TO EXCEED UH, INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE WESTERN BOUNDARY. AND TWO, TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING ANY NORTH SOUTH STREETS THROUGH THE SOUTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARIES. SHOWN THE GENERAL PLAN IS OUT OF THE LH RANCH PARCEL, WHICH INCLUDES THE ADJACENT ACREAGE SHOWN IN BLUE AND MUST INCLUDE SAID ACREAGE AS COMMON INTEREST PROPERTY. WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT SUBJECT TO, UH, SORRY TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO REVISE THE GP BOUNDARY, INCLUDING THE ADJOINING CONFIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND TO ADJUST VARIANCE LANGUAGE. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 64? NO, WE DO NOT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION HINES HINES SECOND ROBINS. ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 65. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 65 NEXT TO LOGISTIC PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMITS NORTH OF GREEN ROAD AND EAST OF LEE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO NOT PROVIDE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET AND TO NOT, TO NOT EXTEND BUT TERMINATE A STOP STREET WITH A TURNAROUND. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE PROPERTY IS NEARBY THE GEORGE BUSH AIRPORT AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP ONE INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND ONE DETENTION POND. THE PROPERTY ISED BY MULTIPLE PIPELINES AND IS AFFECTED BY THE EXISTING OVERFLOW FROM A BAYOU AT THE NORTHEASTERN AREA. BECAUSE OF THIS EXISTING PHYSICAL CONDITION, THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO DEVELOP ON THE HOT NORTH AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE. SO PROVIDING THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WEST STREET WILL MAKE THIS PROJECT IMP IMPACT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. GREENVILLE RIGHTING PROJECT, A DETENTION POND IS BEING PROPOSED OR PLANNED AT THE SOUTHEAST PROPERTY AREA HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE. THIS DETENTION POND WILL HAVE ACCESS VIA A PROPOSED TURNAROUND FROM THE STOP STREET LOCATED AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. ACCESS TO THE TURNAROUND WILL BE LIMITED TO THE DETENTION POND USED AND SO THEREFORE THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE TO TERMINATE THE STOP WITH THE TURNAROUND WILL STILL WILL STILL PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AS THE DETENTION POND WOULD NOT INCREASE VEHICLE TRAFFIC AND AS WILL BE USED FOR MAINTENANCE PURPOSES ONLY. THE APPLICANT ALSO PROVIDED A TRAFFIC STUDY WHICH WAS REVIEWED BY THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK AND THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING. AFTER FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW, THE ASSISTING STREET PATTERN IN THIS VICINITY IS ADEQUATE FOR THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. THE GRANTING OF THE VARIANCES WILL BE CONTINUED TO THE STIPEND. ANY MODIFICATION TO THE STIPEND WILL MAKE THE VARIANT INVALID AND THE NEOPLASM SUBMITTAL WILL BE REQUIRED. THE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLA TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENT AND DID CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, WE DO HAVE A, I HAVE A SPEAKER SIGN. JOYCE SMALL. JOYCE SMALL NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO SIGNED OR WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 65? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION BARZA SECOND TAHIR BARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 66, ITEM 1 66 OLYMPIA FALLS RESERVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN PORTMAN COUNTY NORTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ADHERENCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION FACING BUT NOT PROVIDING AN EAST, WEST PUBLIC STREET. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST. THIS IS A SECOND DEFERRAL AND THAT WOULD LIKE [02:45:01] TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. OKAY. THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF THE OLYMPIA FALL AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SEEK WITH SERVED FOR DRAINING DETENTION, WATER WASTE PLAN AND DUAL SITE AND OPEN SPACE. FIRST CHAPTER 42. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN EAST WEST PUBLISHED STREET TO MEET THE 1400 INTERSECTION FACING REQUIREMENT. IF THE BEARING IS GRANTED, IT WOULD CREATE AN EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION STATION OF ABOUT 4,800 FEET BETWEEN LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY AND A PROPOSED MAJOR . THIS INTERSECTION STATION WILL NOT MEET THE INTENT AND THEY REQUIRE STREET IF NEEDED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE INTERNAL TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THE FUTURE. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ADDRESS THAT COMMENT AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FROM MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAT ON THIS? I THINK SO. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? A IS THERE A SECOND? AYE HEINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 67. ITEM 1 67 IS QUARTET DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CTJ AND HARRIS COUNTY BETWEEN JONES ROAD AND NORTH ELDRIDGE PARKWAY AND BETWEEN CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD AND GRANT ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE, A VARIANCE FOR THE RESERVE NOT TO HAVE FRONTAGE AND ACCESS FROM A 60 FOOT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT INSTEAD FROM A 60 FOOT INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT AND TWO TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING AN EASTWEST PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED TWICE PREVIOUSLY PENDING A GENERAL PLAN BEING SUBMITTED, WHICH IS NOW APPROVED EARLIER IN THIS MEETING. SAT HOF DRIVE AT MILL RIDGE DRIVE WAS RECORDED IN 1992 IN THE REGENCY GREEN SECTION TWO SUBDIVISION. THE REMAINDER OF THE ACCESS FROM THIS SITE IS AN INGRESS EGRESS EASEMENT DEDICATED IN 2020 AS PERPETUAL AND NON-EXCLUSIVE. THE SAT HOF DEVELOPMENT GP INCORPORATES ALL OF THE TRACKS OF COMMON OWNERSHIP AT THE EASTERN PLAT BOUNDARY IS A PUBLIC STUB STREET OF SAT HOF DRIVE COMING FROM JONES ROAD DEDICATED BY THE JONES ROAD APARTMENTS. RECORDED SUBDIVISION ALONG THE EASTERN PLAT BOUNDARY IS AT 80 TO 90 FEET. HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT EASEMENT AND DITCH. UM, THE EXTENSION OF SAT HOF DRIVE FROM THE EAST IS INFEASIBLE DUE TO THE A-C-F-C-D DITCH AND THE UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY IN THE MULTIFAMILY SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS USING THE SPACE AS A COMMON OPEN SPACE AND PLAYGROUND. ALSO, THE ACCESS EASEMENT FROM THE PORTION OF SAT HOF DRIVE AT MILL RIDGE IS NOT OWNED BY THE TRACT OWNER. THUS DEDICATING THE 60 FEET ACCESS EASEMENT AS A PUBLIC STREET IS NOT UNDER THIS PROPERTY'S CONTROL. THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A PUBLIC STREET TERMINUS AND A CONDITION ON THE GENERAL PLAN IS THAT WHEN THE PROPERTY OF THE EASEMENT IS DEVELOPED, THE PUBLIC STREET DEDICATION WILL BE REQUIRED. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. THEREFORE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THERE'S NO ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENT AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? NO. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? CLARK? IS THERE SECOND ZIGLER ZIGLER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. I'M EXCITED 'CAUSE I JUST GOT A TEXT THAT THE, UM, ASTROS WON THE FIRST GAME WALK OFF HOME RUN IN THE NINTH. YAY. OKAY. OKAY. SHE WALKED OUT OF THE MEETING. NO, THAT WAS BECAUSE MY GRANDDAUGHTER WAS CALLING ME. OKAY. TO TELL ME THAT THEY OKAY, SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. MADAM CHAIR. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEMS 1 68 AND 1 69 TOGETHER IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. OH IT PLEASES. YES MA'AM. YES MA'AM. SOPHIA SKYLINE BONNER IS 1 68 AND SOPHIA SKYLINE COBB IS 1 69. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND WEST OF YALE STREET ALONG COBB STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE VARIANCE OF THREE FEET ALONG TXDOT PROPERTY FOR BOTH APPLICATIONS AND SOPHIA SKYLINE BONNER HAS AN ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL [02:50:01] VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE A SECOND VISIBILITY TRIANGLE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS. THE STARTS ARE LOCATED AT THE SOUTHERN INTERSECTION OF BONNER STREET AND COBB STREET. THE SITE IS A REPL OF LOTS FROM THE DEER PARK EDITION FIRST RECORDED IN 1914. SOPHIA SKYLINE COBB IS A REPL OF TWO LOTS INTO SIX LOTS SHARED DRIVEWAY AND SOPHIA SKYLINE. BONNER IS A REPL OF ONE LOT INTO THREE FRONT LOADING LOTS. BOTH SITES ARE DEDICATING FIVE FEET TO THE ROADWAYS FOR SUFFICIENT WIDTH. A TWO FOOT WIDE SOUND BARRIER WALL SEPARATES TEX PROPERTY AND THE TWO PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS. THE SOUND WALL SPANS THEIR ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE BLOCK AND CREATES A DEAD END FOR BONNER STREET. ALSO, THERE'S A DRIVEWAY THAT PROVIDES ACCESS TO A LIFT STATION BETWEEN THE SOUND BARRIER WALL AND THE TRAVEL LANES OF THE SERVICE ROAD OR THE FEEDER ROAD. THERE'S ROUGHLY 82 FEET. THERE'S ROUGHLY AN 82 FOOT DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SOUND WALL AND THE SERVICE ROAD. ALONG I 10 SIMILAR REDUCED SETBACK VARIANCES HAVE BEEN GRANTED JUST ALONG THE SOUTHERN, JUST ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF I 10 NEAR MARINA STREET. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE, EXCUSE ME. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST. AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, YOU MAY NEED TO VOTE ON THESE I ITEMS SEPARATELY. OKAY. UM, WE WILL DO THAT. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND I DO, THE ONLY PERSON SIGNED TO THAT I HAD TO SIGN TO SPEAK WAS THE APPLICANT WHO'S AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS? ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? UM, SO THE FIRST ITEM THEN IS 1 68 SOPHIA SKYLINES BONNER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION. OH, SORRY. MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. GARZA GARZA ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON 1 69 SOPHIA SKYLINES COBB TO PRONOUNCE COBB? YES. OKAY. UH, SAME THING? YES MA'AM. NO ONE SIGNED STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE MR. GARZA GARZA. AGAIN. MODEST SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND THEN WE'RE ON ONE 70. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM ONE 70. OKAY. COMMISSIONER HY ABSTAINS ON ONE 70. ITEM ONE 70 IS ZAA SPRING GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN NORTH HARRIS COUNTY NORTH AND ALONG FM 29 20 BETWEEN FLAVE ROAD AND HOLSWORTH DRIVE, THE APPLICANT WAS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING LONG CASTLE DRIVE AND NOT EXTENDING NOR TERMINATING IN A CUL-DE-SAC HANOVER WAY. THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THE GENERAL PLAN WHICH NOW MEETS ALL ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS, THEREFORE NO VARIANCE IS REQUIRED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN AS CONSENT. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? WE DO NOT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ZIGLER JONES IS THE SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Devin Crittle)] THAT'LL TAKE US. WE HAVE NO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS 1 71. AND I JUST WANNA NOTE OF THE LAST 37 ITEMS WE HAVE DISPOSED OF ALL BUT FIVE AND I WANNA THANK THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF FOR FIGURING OUT HOW TO DO IT AND IT WORKED GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. EXACTLY. YEP. COMMISSIONER COULDN'T BE HEARD ON MICROPHONES. YES. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE WAY IT OUGHT TO WORK. YEP. UM, OKAY. 1 71. 1 71 IS HAR HAROLD STREET RESERVES. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMITS NORTH OF BERRY ROAD AND SOUTH OF ALDEAN WESTFIELD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG HAROLD STREET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A 1.2 ACRE RESERVE WITH AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL OFFICE TOWER CONSTRUCTED ON THE SITE. THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO KEEP THE TOWER AND ITS CURRENT USE. LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE SITE IS THE GREATER JERUSALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, WHICH SPANS THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. REQUIRING A STREET AT THIS LO, EXCUSE ME, REQUIRING A [02:55:01] STREET AT THIS LOCATION WOULD REQUIRE BOTH SITES TO BE DEMOLISHED IN ORDER TO MAKE A RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTION FROM HAROLD STREET, HAROLD STREET TO JENSEN STREET. STAFF BELIEVE THIS IS SOUND PUBLIC POLICY TO ALLOW INTERIOR RENOVATIONS TO THE OFFICE TOWER WITHOUT REQUIRING A PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE TRACK. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT AND APPROVE THE PLEDGE SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK. CLARK. IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 72. ITEM 1 72 IS KIRKDALE BUSINESS CENTER. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY ALONG KIRKDALE ROAD AND WEST OF ELLA BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE A PROPOSED PUBLIC STUB STREET WITH A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 9.9 ACRE RESERVE INTENDED FOR A COMMERCIAL OFFICE PARK. THE SITE IS BOUNDED BY HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL FEE STRIP TO THE WEST, A RECORDED SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH AND A NEWLY PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN TO THE EAST WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN IS A SECTION WITH PLANNED RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH THE PUBLIC STREET STUBBING INTO THE RESERVE. THIS PROPOSED RESERVE QUALIFIES FOR AN EXEMPTION TO NOT HAVE A PUBLIC STREET CROSS. THE 180 FOOT RECORDED DRAINAGE EASEMENT AT THIS LOCATION EXTENDING THE PROPOSED STREET WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND THE OVERALL AREA AS THE SITE ONLY HAS FRONTAGE ON KIRKDALE ROAD, HARRIS COUNTY HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST. AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED. UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION QUESTIONS, SIR. MR. CRILE? UH, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT. UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION HINES HINES SECOND MAD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [Platting Activities G - I] THAT TAKES US TO GH AND I. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. IF IT PLEASE, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS, GH AND I AS ONE GROUP. SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 73 THROUGH 1 77 SECTION H. NAME CHANGES CONSIST OF ITEM 1 78 AND SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEM 1 79. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL. ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GH AND I. UM, THERE ARE NO ITEMS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER STAFF AND NO CHANGES IN RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS FOR THIS CATEGORY? UH, YES MA'AM. CHAIR, I'M A STATEMENT FROM ITEM 1 75. OKAY. COMMISSIONER HEIS WILL ABSTAIN ON 1 75. WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR A MOTION? YES, A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR GH AND I. GARZA, GARZA, SIGLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. WE HAVE NO J KAY IS MADAM CHAIR. THIS IS STAFF MEMBER. YES. MADAM CHAIR. STAFF MEMBER GEIGER. MAY I CLARIFY THAT THERE WERE NO CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE AND ITEM NUMBER 1 79 IS UNDER DEVELOPMENT. PLAS? YES, CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, WE [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Nick Parker, Jacqueline Brown, Ramon Jaime Leon)] ARE ON K. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBER OF HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOSE MENDOZA COMMISSION. A STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 1 8 1 29 39 0 3 ALITO STREET AND ITEM 180 40 0 2 ELWOOD STREET TOGETHER AS THEY ARE RELATED. SORRY, I WASN'T LISTENING. SORRY I WASN'T LISTENING'S. GO AHEAD. IF A BUSINESS, A COMMISSION, A STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 1 79 AND ITEM 180, UH, TOGETHER AS THEY'RE RELATED. OKAY. THE SITES ARE LOCATED, UH, AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SCOTT STREET AND ALITO STREET AND AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SCOTT STREET AND ELWOOD ELWOOD STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR TWO NEW SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEXES IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING, [03:00:01] BUILDING LINE ALONG SCOTT STREET AND FER. THE STAFF HAS SUPPORT THAT REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO NEW SINGLE FAMILY DUPLEXES ON THE VACANT LOTS. THE DISTANCE FROM BACKER CURVE TO THE PROPOSED RESIDENCES IS APPROXIMATELY 21 FEET ALONG SCOTT STREET. AND THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY TO THE SIDES WILL COME OFF THE, UH, LOCAL STREET FOR BOTH SIDES. THE PROPOSED VARIANCE WILL NOT IN US TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY AND WELFARE ADDITION. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT D DR. CAROLYN AS THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF THE HOUSTON AND COMMUNITY SMALL RENTAL PROGRAM. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET IN LIEU OF THE ONUS REQUIRE 25 FOOT BUILDING, BUILDING LINE ALONG SCOTT STREET WITH THE CONDITION TO PROVIDE THREE INCH COPPER STREET TREES ARE PERMITTING STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? UM, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED FOR? I HAVE NO, NOBODY SIGNED IN ADVANCE EXCEPT FOR THE APPLICANT. UM, BUT DO WE HAVE PEOPLE IN THE CHAT? YES, MADAM CHAIR. THERE'S ONE ASHLEY SIMMONS, BUT I DID NOT APPEAR TO SEE THEM IN THE CHAT ANY LONGER, BUT THEY DID REQUEST. OKAY. ASHLEY SIMMONS, ARE YOU STILL WITH US? I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. HI, YES, I'M A RESIDENT ON ELWOOD STREET AND UM, I APOLOGIZE. I DID WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 1 79 AND 180, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ON. YES, YES. AS BOTH OF THOSE VARIANCE REQUESTS DO AFFECT ME. UM, SO MY CONCERN IS, UM, ALTHOUGH I'M IN FAVOR OF PROGRESS, I'M HAPPY WITH THE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN SUNNYSIDE AT THIS TIME. I DON'T THINK THAT THE VARIANCE REQUEST THAT'S BEING REQUESTED AT THIS TIME WOULD BE APPROPRIATE. UM, MY MAJOR CONCERN IS WHEN I WAS READING THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME, UM, I KNOW THAT THE OWNER DID SAY THAT THEY WOULD BUILD SIDEWALKS ALONG ALITO AND ELWOOD STREET. HOWEVER, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THOSE SIDEWALKS WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED BECAUSE IN MOST, IF NOT ALL OF THE HOSES ALONG ALITO AND ELWOOD, THERE'S A WATER DITCH SYSTEM. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, MY UH, SIDEWALK DOES NOT RUN ALL THE WAY THROUGH. IT ACTUALLY STOPS AT THE END OF MY, UM, MY PROPERTY. SO MY MAJOR CONCERN IS HOW WOULD YOU BUILD THESE SIDEWALKS TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORS. UM, ALSO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, BOTH, BOTH VEHICULAR AND FOOT TRAFFIC, ALITO AND ELWOOD, BEHIND BOTH OF THOSE STREETS IS THEY MIDDLE SCHOOL? SO MY MAJOR CONCERN IS FOR THOSE STUDENTS WHO WALK TO SCHOOL EVERY DAY, UM, THE VISIBILITY FOR THEM, UM, BEING ABLE TO SEE AROUND THAT AS THEY COME AROUND THAT CORNER TO AND FROM SCHOOL. UM, ALSO I AM A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE AESTHETICS, UM, AND THE UNIFORMITY THAT THESE TWO DUPLEXES WILL CAUSE. SO MOST HOMES THAT I BELIEVE IN THAT AREA DO FOLLOW THE 25, UM, FOOT, UH, BUILDING LINE. UM, AND SO I, I BELIEVE THESE, THESE TWO HOMES, ESPECIALLY WITH THEM FACING THE STREET, WOULD DEFINITELY AFFECT THAT AS FAR AS THE, UM, UNIFORMITY AND THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS? YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. MS. SIMMONS. UM, I THINK ON THE SIDEWALK ISSUE, DO, ARE WE SHOWING SIDEWALKS ON THE SITE PLAN OR MM-HMM . YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT. THERE IS A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THE LOCAL STREETS AND A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG THE MAYO FER. AND JUST TO CLARIFY, THERE IS AN OPEN DITCH ALONG THE, THE LOCAL STREETS, BUT THERE IS SUFFICIENT SPACE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE OPEN DITCH FOR THE SIDEWALK TO BE PROVIDED. OKAY. SO DID YOU HEAR THAT MS. SIMMONS, THERE ARE SIDEWALKS, BUT THERE'S THAT IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE TO PUT THEM BETWEEN THE, THE DITCH AND THE PROPERTY LINE. SO ARE THOSE SIDEWALKS WILL GO BETWEEN IN FRONT OF, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE DITCHES OR BEHIND? BEHIND? 'CAUSE IF YOU LOOK ON THOSE STREETS, I DON'T SEE SUFFICIENT ROOM TO BUILD THOSE SIDEWALKS BEHIND THE, BEHIND THE DITCHES. YEAH. IT, IT, IT'LL BE BEHIND THE DITCH. THERE'S APPROXIMATELY, PER THE SURVEY PROVIDED APPROXIMATELY, UH, 10 AND A HALF FEET OF AVAILABLE SPACE FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE HIGH BANK OF THE OPEN DITCH, THERE'S 10 AND A HALF FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE DITCH. SO THERE IS SPACE FOR THE THING. AND THAT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE TO GET PERMITS AND EVERYTHING THAT'LL HAVE TO BE DONE THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ACCORDING TO THE CITY STANDARDS AND, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT. UM, AND DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS SOME OF THE OTHER, IN TERMS OF THE, THE VISIBILITY WILL BE ALSO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DETERMINED, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE PERMITTING STAGE THAT, THAT IS CORRECT. BUT THE APPLICANT, IT IS OBEYING BY THE 15 BY 15, UH, VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT THE INTERSECTION. SO THERE'S A FOUR FOOT OKAY. 15 BY 15 FOOT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, WHICH ENSURES THAT YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE AROUND THE CORNER. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. UM, AND I THINK THAT WAS IT. WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? NO, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ALSO. [03:05:01] OKAY. I'LL CALL ON YOU IN JUST A SECOND. ALL RIGHT. UM, SO GO AHEAD. THE NEXT SPEAKER, WILL YOU ANNOUNCE, UH, YOUR NAME PLEASE? MY NAME IS LAVANA ALLEN. I LIVE AT 4 2 2 6 ALITO. OKAY. UM, MY CONCERN IS MOSTLY, UM, MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON THIS STREET ACTUALLY ARE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT ARE BUYING THEIR HOMES. SO WHEN YOU BRING IN RENTERS, SOMETIMES, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT RENTERS DON'T CARE ABOUT PROPERTY VALUE. THEY DON'T CARE. SO I'M WONDERING ABOUT THE SAFETY 'CAUSE THIS, THIS STREET IS PRETTY SAFE AND THEN I'M WORRYING ABOUT OKAY. THE ROTATING, UM, PEOPLE THAT WILL BE COMING IN AND OUT OF THESE UNITS BECAUSE THESE ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES, THEY WON'T OWN THIS PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. ALLEN FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THAT'S NOT REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE ANY, UM, AUTHORITY OR CONTROL OVER. UM, BUT UM, YOU KNOW, YEAH, TALK, YEAH. AND, AND TALK TO THE OWNER, UM, ABOUT IT. 'CAUSE THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEAL WITH THEIR, THEIR TENANTS. SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE IN THE CHAT. UM, THEN WE WILL MADAM CHAIR. OH YES, GO AHEAD. THIS IS JOYCE OWENS, THE APPLICANT. GOOD AFTERNOON. GO AHEAD, MS. OWENS. UH, YES, I, I WOULD IF POSSIBLE, UH, THE TWO LADIES THAT SPOKE, I WOULD LOVE TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM IF IT'S A MEMBER OF STAFF THAT COULD GET THEIR INFORMATION. BUT I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THESE ARE PART OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE MAYOR'S INITIATIVE AND BOTH OF THOSE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS ARE FOR A DA OR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES. UM, MAYBERRY HOLMES IS THE BUILDER. HE BUILDS A FABULOUS, UH, HOME I THINK HE WOULD ADD TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM AND BE ABLE TO GIVE THEM MORE INFORMATION AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. THANK YOU, MS. OWENS. THAT'S AN EXCELLENT IDEA. DO WE HAVE THE PHONE NUMBERS IN THE CHAT? UM, HOW CAN WE DO THAT? UM, MS. SIMMONS AND MS. ALLEN, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD GO AHEAD AND PUT A CONTACT NUMBER IN THE CHAT AND THEN WE'LL GET THAT TO THE APPLICANT, JOYCE OWENS? SHE'LL GET IN CONTACT WITH YOU AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE A, A WAY TO TALK TO SOMEBODY WHO KNOWS A WHOLE LOT ABOUT THE PROJECT. MADAM CHAIR PAR, UH, PARDON ME, BUT I AM PUTTING MY PHONE NUMBER IN THE CHAT. OKAY. SO JOYCE, MS. OWENS IS GONNA PUT HER NUMBER IN THE CHAT AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 79 OR 180? UM, IF NOT, THEN, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE BOTH OF THESE ITEMS. DO WE NEED SEPARATE VOTES ON THESE, PLEASE? OKAY. SO FIRST ON ITEM 1 79. 39 0 3. ALDO, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE CLARK? IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON ITEM 180 4 0 0 2 ELMWOOD, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE. AYE, CLARK SECOND MODEST. SORRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 180 1 LOCKE LANE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 180 2 GLEN HAVEN BOULEVARD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAME CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RAMON ION. ITEM 180 2 25 35 GLENHAVEN BOULEVARD. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF GLENHAVEN BOULEVARD AND KIRBY DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE WITH 12 INCHES OF RUBLE. ROOF OVERHANG IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 ALONG KIRBY DRIVE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. THE DISTANCE FROM BACKHOE CURB TO THE PROPOSED RESIDENCE IS APPROXIMATELY 22 FEET ALONG KIRBY DRIVE. THE PROPOSED RESIDENCE IS KEEPING WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS MOST OF THE RESIDENTS ARE LOCATED AT THE ORIGINAL PLATE. 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG KIRBY DRIVE. IN ADDITION, THE PROPERTY IS SUBJECTED TO A 50 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG GLEN HAVEN BOULEVARD AND VE ACCESS TO THE LOT WILL REMAIN ALONG GLEN HAVEN BOULEVARD. A LOCAL STREET STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET WITH 12 INCHES OF ROOF OVERHANG IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25, UH, BUILDING LINE ALONG KIRBY DRIVE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. JA LEON? UM, DO WE, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT IF NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 180 2. UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? [03:10:01] MOTION GARZA SECOND ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 180 3. GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JACQUELINE BROWN. ITEM 180 3 IS 2201 HERMAN DRIVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST OF 2 88 EAST OF ALAMEDA ROAD AND ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HERMAN DRIVE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE 25 FOOT ORDINANCE. REQUIRED BUILDING LINE ALONG ALAMEDA FOR AN ADDITION TO A PROPOSED OFFICE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE ADDITION IS APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET AND WILL NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT IS RESTRICTING ACCESS TO THE SITE ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND PROVIDING ALL REQUIRED PARKING SPACES IN AN OFFSITE PARKING LOT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE 25 FOOT ORDINANCE REQUIRED BUILDING LINE ALONG ALAMEDA FOR AN ADDITION TO A PROPOSED OFFICE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. BROWN? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. IF NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON 180 3, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. IS THERE A IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALLMAN? IS THERE A SECOND? MARK? MARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 180 4, ITEM 180 4 IS 1701 NINA LEE LANE. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF TC JEER BOULEVARD NORTH OF I 10 AND ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST 43RD STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST 43RD FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT HAS REMOVED ACCESS TO THE LOT FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND DEDICATED THE REQUIRED FIVE FEET TO THE RIGHT OF WAY IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN. THE DISTANCE FROM BACK OF CURB IS APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET. THE REQUEST IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 15 FEET IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST 43RD FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. BROWN? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? YES, WE HAVE SOMEONE IN THE CHAT NAME. WE HAVE A JASON ROBERTS. HEY, JASON ROBBINS. ROBERTS. SORRY. JASON ROBERTS. MR. ROBERTS? YES MA'AM. YES. YES MA'AM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. UH, AND I'M ACTUALLY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF, UM, ITEM 180 5 IS THE ONE I WAS SUPPOSED TO SPEAK. I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE 'EM SEPARATED HERE. UM, LEMME CHECK ONE. THE ITEM WE'RE ON NOW IS, IS 1701 NINA LEE LANE. SO, SO THE ITEM I WANTED TO SPEAK ON WAS, UH, THE, THE PIECE WAS IN REGARD TO THE FIVE FOOT DEDICATION, UM, REQUIRED, UH, FOR THIS, UH, RIGHT OF WAY OR THE, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE EXPANSION THAT'S SHOWN TO BE PLANNED. UM, HOLD ON, MR. ROBERTS. YES MA'AM. I'M TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT, ARE YOU SPEAKING ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT? NO, I THINK 40. WELL, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE ONE THAT'S CLOSE TO 43RD STREET? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SORRY. WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU WERE ON THE RIGHT, THE RIGHT ITEM. GO RIGHT AHEAD, I'M SORRY. YES, MA'AM. WE, WE APPLIED FOR, FOR THE, UH, THE VARIANCE TO THE 25 FOOT BUILD LINE, BUT WE'RE ALSO TRYING TO, UH, NOT DEDICATE FIVE FEET OF OUR PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND, UM, AND WE WERE TOLD THAT, THAT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE BUILD LINE VARIANCE BUT NOT APPROVE THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY REQUEST. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THAT RIGHT OF WAY REQUEST 'CAUSE IT AFFECTS OUR ORIGINAL, UH, FLOOR PLAN. UM, MY CLIENTS ARE DELL AND SUSIE CANTRELL. THEY'RE AN EL ELDERLY COUPLE TRYING TO MOVE INTO THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD AS THEIR DAUGHTER AND GRANDKIDS. UM, IT'S ALSO MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN. UM, SO THEY NEED A ONE STORY HOUSE AND THAT AFFECTED THE, THE FLOOR PLAN. UM, THE, THEY PURCHASED THIS LOT BECAUSE IT FITS FIT THEIR BUDGET. THEY HAD A SURVEY DONE, UH, PRIOR TO CLOSING, WHICH SHOWED NO INDICATION OF THESE NEW, UH, RESTRICTIONS OR REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR THE, [03:15:01] FOR THE THOROUGHFARE. UM, AND THEY PLANNED, THEY SPENT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY PLANNING THEIR HOUSE ACCORDING TO THE SURVEY. UM, THEY HAD IT APPROVED BY THE HOA WHO WAS ALSO UNAWARE OF, OF THESE NEW REQUIREMENTS. UM, THE, THE CURRENT HOUSE THAT SITS ON THIS PROPERTY THAT HAS NOT BEEN DEMOED YET IS 16 FEET FROM THE STREET. UM, AND WHICH PUTS THE PROPERTY LINE AT ABOUT 10 FEET FROM THE STREET. IF WE BUILD THIS NEW HOUSE. UH, WELL FIRST OF ALL THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL OTHER HOMES ALONG 43RD WITH, WHICH ARE SIMILAR DISTANCE FROM THE STREET. THERE'S A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT'S EVEN CLOSER AND MULTIPLE, UH, MATURE OAK TREES ALL ALONG THE STREET. THOSE WOULD ALL BE AFFECTED IF THIS WIDENING PROJECT ACTUALLY HAPPENED. UH, THE, THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WOULD'VE TO BE DEMOED. ALL THE TREES WOULD BE DEMOED. UM, AND THESE OTHER HOUSES WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, EVEN CLOSER. UM, IF WE BUILT THE, THE NEW HOUSE AS WE ORIGINALLY INTENDED, IT WOULD BE 25 FEET FROM THE STREET AS, AS THE STREET STANDS, THERE WOULD STILL BE ROOM FOR A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK AND A FOUR FOOT BUFFER ZONE. UM, IF THE STREET WAS WIDENED AFTER THAT RESIDENCE WAS BUILT, THE HOUSE WOULD STILL BE 20 FEET FROM THE STREET. UM, THERE'D STILL BE ROOM FOR THE SIDEWALK AND THE BUFFER. UH, AND MY MY POINT TO ALL THIS IS IT SEEMS UNREASONABLE TO IMPOSE THIS REQUIREMENT TO DEDICATE FIVE FEET OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THIS ONE PROPERTY WHEN THERE'S ALL OF THIS OTHER EXISTING, UM, STUFF AROUND THAT'S NOT, THAT'S, THAT'S JUST GONNA STAY. AND SO I WAS HOPING TO GET RECONSIDERATION ON THAT ONE PIECE OF THIS VARIANCE. SO, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED AS ORIGINALLY PLANNED. UM, BECAUSE IT JUST SEEMS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT 43RD IS GONNA BE ACTUALLY WIDENED. IT'S ALREADY CURBED AND GUTTERED AND THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH AROUND IT THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD PREVENT IT, PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING, UH, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT CONSIDERABLE, UH, UM, MONEY BEING SPENT, YOU KNOW, TO, TO ACCOMMODATE. THANK YOU MR. ROBERTS. I I'M GONNA LET MA'AM STAFF RESPOND BECAUSE, BUT I MEAN IF WE, IF WE GIVE THE, THE DEAL ON RIGHT OF WAY IS YOU EITHER DECIDE THAT YOU'RE GONNA GET IT, WHICH IS KIND OF A PROTECTION FOR THE FUTURE SO THAT YOU HAVE RIGHT. IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYBODY IS GONNA WIDEN 43RD TOMORROW, BUT, UM, WE DO IT AND THEN WE DO IT EVERY TIME WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY. AND IT'S, IT'S A POLICY OF THE CITY. I'LL, I'LL LET STAFF, I MEAN THEY DID CONSIDER THE, THE REQUEST, BUT UH, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME VIEW OF IT AS YOU DO. I'M SORRY TO SAY, BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK WE'RE DOING IT FOR A HIGHER PURPOSE. BUT GO AHEAD MS. BROWN. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THAT'S CORRECT. IT WAS CONSIDERED, BUT SINCE IT WAS ALREADY PART OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THAT WASN'T SOMETHING THAT THE DEPARTMENT WANTED TO GRANT. RIGHT. AND, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS TO MAP OUT WHERE WE MAY IN THE FUTURE NEED RIGHT OF WAY. AND, AND WE GET IT AS WE CAN. AND THAT'S JUST, THAT'S HOW THE, HOW WE DO IT. SO, MADAM CHAIR QUESTION. YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA. SO THEN, UM, IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO, UH, GIVE THEM A VARIANCE ON THE BUILDING LINE, ON THE SETBACK? 'CAUSE IF IT'S CURRENTLY AT THE 15, UH, AND THEY GIVE UP THE FIVE, THEN IT WOULD THEN OSTENSIBLY BE AT THE 10, WOULD IT NOT? THAT'S WHAT I WAS, I WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO UH, TRYING TO GET THAT. THAT'S RIGHT. AND I WAS, I WAS TOLD THAT, UM, BECAUSE THAT WOULD VIOLATE OUR, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS. 'CAUSE THE 15 FOOT LINE IS PER THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND I WAS TOLD THAT EVEN IF I HAD A LETTER FROM OUR HOA APPROVING IT, THAT BECAUSE IT, BECAUSE IT VIOLATES THE DEED RESTRICTION, IT WOULD BE IMMEDIATELY, UH, DISMISSED AND NOT EVEN DECIDED ON. BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD PREFER. UM, IT'S, IT'S, I'VE ALREADY HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR HOA AND THEY, THEY APPROVE IT. , UM, WAS TOLD THAT MAKES GOOD SENSE, SIR. BUT WE, WE CANNOT VIOLATE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO WE ARE BETWEEN A ROCK AND A WORK PLACE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, I'M SORRY. UH, MS. MICKELSON, DID YOU WANNA RESPOND? YEAH, I, I'LL JUST ADD TO THAT WITH REGARD TO THE RIGHT OF WHAT, RIGHT OF WAY ISSUE THAT, YOU KNOW, PLATS HAVE TO BE APPROVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL THE VALID PLANS AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY. AND THAT DOES INCLUDE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN WITH REGARD TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. UNLESS THERE'S SOMETHING IN THERE, I HAVE SEEN RESTRICTIONS WRITTEN THAT SAY, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE OUR, THESE ARE OUR REGULATIONS AS PRIVATE [03:20:01] DEED RESTRICTIONS UNLESS THE HOA ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVES. OTHERWISE I DON'T THINK THAT THAT EXISTED HERE, THOUGH. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR CERTAIN ON IT. UM, IT'S, I, TO ME IT'S VERY RARE. UM, PERHAPS THE APPLICANT KNOWS IT SOUNDED BUT WE'D WANNA SEE 'EM. YEAH. AND IT SOUNDED AS IF HE'D ALREADY APPROACHED IT WITH THE, THE CIVIC ASSESSMENT. RIGHT. WE DID SPEAK WITH HIM AND SAID THAT THERE'S AN OPTION TO POTENTIALLY DEFER AND LOOK DEEPER INTO THAT UM, ISSUE, BUT I THINK THE APPLICANT WANTED TO, UM, PURSUE THIS TODAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UH, IS THERE ANY, UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? JUST NO. OKAY. UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE BASED ON THE, YOU KNOW, CONDITIONS THAT WERE STATED. UM, DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MODEST. IS THERE A SECOND? BARA NELSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A A NO I OPPOSED. THE MOTION CARRIES. AND WE GO TO OUR LAST ITEM UNDER PLATTING ACTIVITY 180 5. ITEM 180 5. 25 23 STANMORE DRIVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF SAN FELIPE, EAST OF KIRBY DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT MASONRY WALL ON THE PROPERTY LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE. REQUIRED EIGHT FOOT MAXIMUM HEIGHT WALL, UM, ALONG SAN FELIPE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 10 FOOT MASONRY WALL ON THE PROPERTY LINE FOR SECURITY AND SOUND ATTENUATION OF TRAFFIC FROM SAN FELIPE. THE PROPOSED MASONRY WALL IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THERE ARE OTHER FENCES OR WALLS BETWEEN EIGHT FEET AND 10 FEET IN HEIGHT AND WILL NOT BE INJUR INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT MASONRY WALL IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED EIGHT FOOT MAXIMUM HEIGHT WALL ALONG SAN FELIPE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. BROWN? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? NELSON NELSON, SECOND NELSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, THAT'LL TAKE US TO [V. Establish a public hearing date of August 18, 2022] ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE. TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF AUGUST 18TH, 2022 FOR THE FOLLOWING, BEALE STREET DEVELOPMENT, INWOOD PINES VILLAGE, GLEN ALLEN ESTATES PARTIAL REPO NUMBER ONE HAZARD GREEN HUDSON PARK, REPL NUMBER ONE, LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 10 MELBOURNE PLACE, SECTION ONE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FIVE, NANTUCKET RESIDENCES, RICHLAND HEIGHTS, WEST HOUSTON EDITION PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO, REN WOOD EDITION PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FIVE AND YELLOWSTONE LANDING. IS THERE A MOTION TO SET? AUGUST 18TH FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. JONES? IS THERE A SECOND? HINES HINES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ROMAN [VI. Public Comment] NUMERAL SIX IS PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, I HAVE ONE PERSON CRAN UH, CRANDALL GAGE CRANDALL GAGE. HE LEFT. OKAY. UH, IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL VI. AND A MOTION TO ADJOURN MOTION. CLARK HINES. I CAN BARELY TALK PLEASE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. THANK YOU. I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA GET A CHANCE TO HAVE THE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.