* 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. [Call to Order] [00:00:05] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS TWO 30 ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 19TH, 2023. THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. I'M COMMISSION CHAIR MARTY STEIN. AND BEFORE WE TAKE ROLE, I HAVE A COUPLE NEW COMMISSIONERS TO WELCOME FIRST MICHELLE VAR, WHO WAS UH, CONFIRMED BY CITY COUNCIL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO AND WAS JUST SWORN IN. SO WE, WE WELCOME YOU AND REPRESENTING HARRIS COUNTY IS PATRICK, AKA WE WELCOME YOU LOOK FORWARD. YOU HAVE BIG, BOTH HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT WE KNOW YOU'RE UP TO IT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND I'M SURE YOU'LL GET A CHANCE TO MEET EVERYBODY AT SOME POINT DURING THE MEETING. WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, CALL THE ROLE TO VERIFY OUR QUORUM. THE CHAIR IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CLARK IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER KOVAR? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER? HE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MORRIS. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NELSON WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS PRESENT? UH, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER. WHAT NEXT? COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR PRESENT. UM, COMMISSIONER KANE, ARE YOU WITH US? COMMISSIONER KANE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER DALTON. COMMISSIONER DALTON DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT AND COMMISSIONER MANDUKA IS PRESENT. UH, AND I'M SORRY, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT IS PRESENT. 16 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL. WE HAVE A QUORUM TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY. WELCOME. UM, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM AND YOU ARE HERE IN THE ROOM, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE FILLED OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE YELLOW, I MEAN LITTLE WHITE, UM, RECTANGULAR FORMS. EVEN IF YOU SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE. GO AHEAD AND SIGN UP HERE. UM, IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL AND YOU WANNA SPEAK ON AN ITEM, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND ENTER THAT INTO THE UM, CHAT PLACE. UM, THE, UH, FINAL AGENDA WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS NOW POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE AND, UM, ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS THAT WERE SENT IN BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE FINAL AGENDA. UM, WE ASK THOSE OF YOU CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK AND ALSO KEEP YOUR CAMERA OFF UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON. UM, ONLY ONE ITEM HAS BEEN, UM, WITHDRAWN TODAY AND IT IS NUMBER 97 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS. THAT'S, UH, TALENA WAY. THERE'LL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. UM, [Director’s Report] WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, SECRETARY TO THE COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, CITY COUNCIL WILL, UH, TAKE ACTION ON THE CHAPTER 42 AND BUILDING CODE CHANGES, UM, REFERENCED AS THE THE RESIDENTIAL BUFFERING CHANGES. UM, NEXT WEDNESDAY. I WELCOME, UM, YOU ALL'S, UH, YOU ALL HAVE REVIEWED THIS. COUNSEL WILL BE TAKING ACTION NEXT WEEK. UM, LET ME KNOW IF YOU WOULD LIKE A COPY OF THE DRAFT AND UM, I'M HAPPY TO SHARE IT WITH YOU AGAIN. UM, THAT ACTUALLY CONCLUDES MY REPORT. UM, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 360 6 24. AND AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YOU CAN USE THAT SHORT REPORT TO ASK THE DIRECTOR ANY COMPLEX QUESTIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT. NO COMMENTS, NO QUESTIONS. UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE HAS JOINED US. [Approval of the January 5, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes] UM, WE ARE NOW GO TO APPROVAL OF THE JANUARY 5TH, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, WHICH ARE IN YOUR PACKET. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THEM? ALLMAN SECOND MODEST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [Platting Activities a & b] AND NOW WE WILL GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE PLOTTING ACTIVITY. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. [00:05:01] MY NAME IS ARM LEE. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS. NOW REQUIRING NOTIFICATION, SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 86 SECTION A. CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 45 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 46 THROUGH 86. 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. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WHO, UH, REGISTERED THEIR OPPOSITION TO ITEM 30, WHICH IS PARK AT PINE MOUNT, BUT THEY DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK. UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS BETWEEN ITEM ONE AND 86? HEARING NONE, WE CAN PROCEED WITH VOTING ON THESE, UH, COMMISSIONERS WITH THE ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE, UM, INDIVIDUALLY. COMMISSIONER, HE? YES. MADAM CHAIR ITEMS SIX, SEVEN, AND 14. OKAY. AND COMMISSIONER SIGLER. ITEM SEVEN AND 14. SEVEN AND 14. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYTHING WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? UM, OKAY THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH VOTING ON SECTIONS A AND B AND WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B. SAVE AND ACCEPT FOR ITEM SIX, SEVEN, AND 14. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? SECOND. GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH WILL BE ITEMS SIX, SEVEN, AND 14. VICTOR MODEST, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS, HE AND SIGLER ABSTAINED. UM, OKAY THAT TAKES [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, Arum Lee,John Cedillo and Devin Crittle)] US TO SECTION C, PUBLIC HEARINGS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN PAUL FLYNN. ITEM 87 IS A LIST PARK, PARTIALLY PLA NUMBER ONE, THE SIZE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF ARNOLD AND CHANDLER STREETS NORTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT AND REPL A PORTION OF A SHARED DRIVEWAY. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION TO ALLOW LEGAL ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVIEW DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE REPL, A PORTION OF THE SHARED DRIVEWAY. LEGAL HAS REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS AND THIS PROPOSED REPL VIOLATES CHAPTER 42. THE PLOT IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 42 DASH 1 45 A ONE. A SHARED DRIVEWAY SHALL A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 18 FEET AND THE CREATION OF THE LOT WILL DECREASE THE WIDTH OF THE SHARED DRIVEWAY AND THE OBLIGATION TO MAINTAIN THE SHARED DRIVEWAY SHALL BE THE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS SUBDIVISION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS DISAPPROVED THE PLOT. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 87, UH, IS CONTINUED. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER. UM, TOM BERG. BERGIT BERGIT IS MR. BERGIT WITH US? OKAY. I MAY HAVE BEEN INCORRECT. WE HAD A COMMENT FROM HIM AND I'M NOT SURE HE WISHED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 87? ALICE PARK? PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. NOTHING IN THE CHAT HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE ITEM BASED ON DEED RESTRICTIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? IT'S IT'S NOT. I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT FOR DE RESTRICTION. IT VIOLATES CHAPTER 42. CHAPTER 42. I'M SORRY, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE WRONG NOTE. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION S SECOND ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND ITEM 87 IS DISAPPROVED. UM, 88. ITEM 88 IS BRINGHURST NOBLE. MAJESTIC. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST AT MAJESTIC STREET, SOUTH OF CADE, WEST OF HOMESTEAD ROAD AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND CHANGE THE BUILDING LINE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. [00:10:01] THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOW RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIRMAN, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 88, BRINGHURST NOBLE, MAJESTIC IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ANYBODY IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 88? HEARING NO RESPONSE? UH, 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? MOTION JONES? SECOND. I I WILL SECOND. BUT UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT ON, FOR THE RECORD FOR THE APPLICANT ON CENTER POINT'S FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE. UH, NOTE IF THEY COULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, PLEASE. BUT I WOULD SECOND THE MOTION. OKAY. THE SECOND THEN IS COMMISSIONER MAR. UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 89. ITEM 89 IS EASTWOOD MANOR. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY ALONG EASTWOOD. THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE THREE NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 89 EASTWOOD MANOR IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. ANYONE LISTENING OR HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 89 EASTWOOD MANOR? HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION SIGLER SECOND ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 90. ITEM 90 IS HAZARD. PLACE THE SIZE LOCATED WEST ALONG HAZARD STREET, NORTH OF FAIRVIEW AND HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. 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 OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 90 HAZARD PLACE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK WHEN NO ONE'S IN THE CHAT. ANYONE LISTENING OR WITH US WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 90 HAZARD PLACE? HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? HI, SECOND MAD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 91. ITEM 91 HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY SOUTH OF LAWNDALE AVENUE ALONG CORAL STREET AND SOUTH OF BO BOWIE STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THE THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT, UM, AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 91 HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT AS DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91 HOUSTON GATEWAY ACADEMY? IF NOT, UM, WE'LL LOOK TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS TO DEFER THE ITEM. UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? MOTION TO DEFER GARZA GARZA. IS THERE A SECOND? VICTOR? VICTOR, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 92. ITEM 92, CASHIER STATES THE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY ALONG BENNINGTON STREET, EAST OF HOFFMAN STREET. BENNINGTON, UM, IS A MAJOR COLLECTOR THE STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES VIOLATE DE RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION [00:15:01] REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 92 CASHMERE STATES IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT. ANYONE LISTENING OR HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92? UH, HEARING NO RESPONSE WILL LOOK TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? BALDWIN BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND PER CORIS? PERLE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 93. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS CILLO. ITEM 93 IS MASA AMINI. THIS SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY ONE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS ALONG STEVEN STREET, SOUTH OF COLLINGSWORTH STREET AND WEST OF US HIGHWAY 59. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE 24 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND FIVE RESERVES ALONG SHARED DRIVEWAYS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAT FOR FAILURE TO MEET NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 93, UH, MASA AMINI IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR WITH US WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93? HEARING NOW? RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE ON THE BASIS OF NOTICE DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER MORRIS, UM, JUST, I GUESS COMMENT. THIS IS ANOTHER ONE ON THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION WAS TO, ON THE SHEER DRIVEWAY THAT THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THAT FIVE FOOT, UH, BUILDING LINE FOR CENTER POINT OR THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE WITH, WHICH I KNOW IT'S NOT CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS. SO IT'S JUST NOTE TO THE APPLICANT TO LOOK INTO THAT. 'CAUSE IT CAN BE ISSUES WITH THE, I MEAN, I'M IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT REGARDING THE, THE, UH, THE DISAPPROVAL. SO I'LL BRING THAT UP AS WELL. AND FURTHER DISCUSSIONS, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL PUT THE MOTION FORWARD. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DISAPPROVE FROM COMMISSIONER MODEST. IS THERE A SECOND? VERA? COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DISAPPROVED. UH, ITEM 94. ITEM 94 IS MISSION GREEN NORTH PARTIAL RELA NUMBER THREE AND EXTENSION. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A HALF ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AT THE EAST INTERSECTION OF PADERA DRIVE AND LOA DRIVE NORTH OF BENU STREET AND EAST OF CLOTHING ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO EXTEND THE SIZE OF A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO WATER PLANT USE AND TO REDUCE A 25 FOOT PLATTED BUILDING LINE TO A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AND MORE TIME IS REQUIRED FOR FURTHER REVIEW. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW FURTHER STUDY, UH, AND REVIEW OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 94 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94? UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? BALDWIN BALDWIN, SECOND ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DEFERRED. ITEM 95. ITEM 95, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WCID NUMBER ONE, LIFT STATION NUMBER THREE. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. IT SITS ON THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WILDERNESS ROAD AND PINE CANYON DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLY IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO LIFT STATION USE. REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS. UM, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT, UH, PER CPC 1 0 1 CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED FOR ITEM 95, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WCID NUMBER ONE LIFT STATION. UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED, NO ONE IN THE CHAT. ANYONE LISTENING OR WITH US WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95? UM, HEARING [00:20:01] NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? AYE. ISH. SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 96. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN CRIDDLE. ITEM NUMBER 96 IS RIVERSIDE TERRACE, SECTION SIX, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER FIVE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS LOCATED SOUTH ALONG MCGREGOR WAY AND EAST OF ALAMEDA ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND REDUCE THE BUILDING LINE. THIS ITEM WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR FAIR FARE. DURING OUR RESEARCH, WE LEARNED THAT THIS PORTION OF MCGREGOR WAY IS SHOWN AS A MAJOR FAIR FARE ON THE MAJOR FAIR FARE AND FREEWAY PLAN, BUT THE HIERARCHY TABLE DOES IN FACT LIST THIS AS A MINOR COLLECTOR SUFFICIENT AT 70 FEET. THE MAJOR AIRFARE WAS DOWNGRADED AROUND 2015, AND OUR TRANSPORTATION TEAM WILL WORK TOWARDS CORRECTING THIS ISSUE BY SUBMITTING AN AMENDMENT LATER THIS YEAR. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT WITHOUT A VARIANCE SUBJECT TO THE 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. AND WE HAVE REC, WE HAVE RECEIVED OPPOSITION RELATED TO THE FUTURE USE AND THE BUILDING LINE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 96 RIVERSIDE TERRACE IS OPEN. WE HAVE A SPEAKER, CRAIG, UH, WINESTOCK. MR. WINESTOCK. GOOD AFTERNOON. I WAS JUST GONNA MENTION THAT ON THE UH, SITE MAP, THERE'S A EASEMENT FOR CENTER POINT THAT WE'RE GONNA SWITCH TO, UM, ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE. INSTEAD OF DISSECTING THE PROPERTY, UH, WE'VE TALKED TO CENTER POINT AND THEY'RE GONNA, UH, WORK UP A PROPOSAL. AND THERE'S ALSO A, A SANITARY, UH, SEWER THAT GOES, UH, PARTWAY ONTO THE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY'S AGREED TO ABANDON. AND WE'RE GONNA CAP IT OFF AND PUT A, A SANITARY SEWER, UH, OKAY. MANHOLE. AND YOU ARE THE APPLICANT MR. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. UM, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? AND THIS HAS BEEN COMMUNICATED TO STAFF. OKAY? YES. GREAT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR WISH WITH US WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96 RIVERSIDE TERRACE? HEARING NO RESPONSE, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT. TWO CONDITIONS. IS THERE. DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ALLMAN? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. UM, YOU HAD MENTIONED, OKAY, ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, IT'S SHOWN AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR, I BELIEVE ON THE, ON THE PLAN IT'S SHOWN AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, THE THE MAP. THE MAP THE MAP, YES. CORRECT. YEAH. OKAY. BUT ON THE LISTING MM-HMM . IT'S NOT, IT'S DOWNGRADED OR IT'S, IT'S NOT IT LIKE A LOCAL STREET. IT IS A COLLECTOR. OKAY. YEAH. UM, IT'S A WHAT? IT'S A, A COLLECTOR. OH, A COLLECTOR. OKAY. SO, AND, AND YOU SAID THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE, THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT IS GONNA HAVE TO SUBMIT AN ADDENDUM TO THE MAP MM-HMM . SO WHEN THERE'S A, WHEN THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THOSE TWO. BECAUSE HOW DOES IT GET CHANGED ON ONE AND NOT THE OTHER? AND THEN, OKAY. NO, NO, I CUT YOU OFF. GO AHEAD. OKAY. NO, NO, NO, THAT'S IT. SO, SO MY QUESTION IS, I I WAS SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THEY HAVE TO SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT SINCE IT WAS CORRECT ON ONE OF 'EM. AND SO I WAS JUST CURIOUS. SURE. SO THE HIERARCHY TABLE IS WHAT, WHAT RULES IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS? SO THE MAP WOULD ESSENTIALLY MATCH WHAT'S IN THE, THE HIERARCHY TABLE. UH, THAT WOULD AMENDMENT, THAT WOULD BE A PART OF THE AMENDMENT TO MAKE SURE THE MAP MATCHES WHAT'S IN THE HIERARCHY TABLE AS A COLLECTOR. OKAY. BUT WE'RE GONNA, SO WE HAVE TO SEE THAT AS AN AMENDMENT OR THERE, IT'S, IT'S AN ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENT WE'LL HANDLE DURING THE GOOD. THAT'S WHAT, YEAH. I THOUGHT THAT WOULD JUST NOT, DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT FOR US TO HAVE TO HEAR. IT'S HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY DURING THE PROCESS. OKAY. OKAY. GREAT. THAT WAS, THAT ANSWERS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU, MARK. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS ON ITEM 96? UM, OKAY. UH, I THINK WE DID, DID I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CLOSED. ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION? UM, STAFF'S [00:25:01] RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBSTITUTE CONDITIONS. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? BALDWIN BALDWIN, SECOND JONES. JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 97. I'M SORRY. KNEW THAT I KNEW THAT. UM, AND I THINK, UH, ILEANA COLI, MS. COLI, YOUR ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. OKAY. . UM, OKAY. ITEM 98. ITEM 98 IS THREE PILLARS. TOWN HOMES. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH ALONG FIFTH, 15TH AND A HALF STREET WEST OF BELL STREET AND EAST OF TC JESS BOULEVARD IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS, THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO GREAT FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 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 98 3 PILLARS, TOWN HOMES IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE. NOBODY IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING? DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OH, I THINK YOU WERE JUST POINTING TO THE SCREEN. SORRY. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98? THREE PILLARS? YEAH. YES. OKAY. COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? YEAH. ANDY CHASE. LAST NAME C-H-A-S-E. OKAY. I HAD SENT A FEW EMAILS IN ABOUT, UM, THIS PROJECT HERE. WE, WE, THERE'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, UM, TO THE WEST OF IT AND TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS ALREADY TRIED TO BE RE PLATTED FOR SIX HOMES. UH, UH, I COULD BE WRONG. UM, THIS IS NOW A RE PLATTING FOR FOUR HOMES. THERE'S ALREADY TRAFFIC ALL ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET FROM THESE MULTIFAMILY HOMES THAT PARK THERE. SO IT'S NOW A ONE LANE STREET WITH GARBAGE AND RECYCLING THAT GOES DOWN THERE. NOW. YOU CAN'T EVEN FIT A FIRETRUCK IF YOU WANTED TO DOWN THE STREET. THAT'S IT. IT, IT'S BECAME A HAZARD TO HUMANS, ANIMALS, AND A SAFETY PROBLEM. UM, I, I MEAN, THE PICTURES TODAY, IF YOU JUST SAW THE, EVERYBODY FROM THE MULTI-FAMILY HOME PUTS ALL THEIR TRASH ONTO THAT PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY CAN'T EVEN FIT IT ON THEIR OWN. 'CAUSE A TR UH, UH, THE, THE GARBAGE MAN CAN'T EVEN GET DOWN THE ROAD TO PICK THEIRS UP ANYMORE. SO IT'S, IT'S, UH, ALSO GONNA CAUSE A MORE OF A, UH, FLOODING PROBLEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF DRAINAGE THEY'RE EVEN THINKING ABOUT PUTTING IN, BUT, UH, THERE'S ALREADY MASSIVE WATER THAT GETS HELD UP ON THIS STREET NOW BECAUSE OF ALL THE MULTIFAMILY HOMES TO THE EAST. OKAY. THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES YOU RAISED WILL BE, UH, DEALT WITH, UM, GOING FORWARD, SHOULD THE, IF AND WHEN THE PROJECT IS BUILT BY THE PERMITTING SECTIONS OF PUBLIC WORKS, THAT'S PRIMARILY THE DRAINAGE OR ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES, ACCESS ISSUES, UM, SOLID WASTE. I'M, I'M GONNA ASK THIS 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW. DOES SOLID WASTE REVIEW THE, UH, COLLECTION PLAN ON THESE? YES, THEY DO. SO THEY HAVE REVIEWED IT AND THEY, THEY APPROVED IT. OKAY. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT HAD TAKEN PLACE. UM, THIS, UM, PROJECT MEETS ALL THE CURRENT REQUIREMENTS OF CHAPTER 42, AND THEREFORE, FOR US, IT IS A SHALL APPROVE UNDER STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCE. UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. UM, WE KNOW THAT STEPPED UP DEVELOPMENT, UH, PARTICULARLY IN SOME OF THE ALREADY DENSE AREAS OF THE CITY, UM, IS CREATING CONCERNS FOR PEOPLE. AND, UH, WE HEAR YOU, YOUR COMMENTS WILL BE PART OF THE RECORD, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, YEP. ANY, ANY COMMENTS FOR THE SPEAKER FROM THE COMMISSION? NO. NO. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE NOW WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS IS THEIR DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA GARZA. SECOND. SECOND. SIGLER SIGLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? [00:30:01] THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 99. ITEM 99 IS TIMBER LAKES FIRE STATION. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG ROYAL OAKS DRIVE AND THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF ROYAL OAKS DRIVE AND SPRINGING OAKS DRIVE WEST OF GLEN LOCK DRIVE AND HOUSTON, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO REPL LOTS IN THE PARKING RESERVE, CREATED IN 1964 WITH THE TIMBERLAKE SUBDIVISION AND TO RESERVE RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE TIMBERLAKES VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION STAFF IS REQUESTING A DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR FURTHER REVIEW OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE OWNERSHIP OF THIS PROPERTY AS IT RELATES TO A PUBLIC ENTITY USAGE. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED COMMENTS IN ADVANCE CONCERNING THE PLAT CONCERNING THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED USE ON DRAINAGE IN THE AREA, AND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM A RESIDENT AND THE TIMBER LAKES TIMBER RIDGE, UH, ASSOCIATION, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. 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 99 TIMBERLAKES FIRE STATION IS OPEN. WE HAVE SPEAKERS. UM, MR. LIAM KAMINSKI. GOOD AFTERNOON. IT'S LIAM COMISKEY. UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THE, THE REPL. UH, I JUST CAME HERE. I BROUGHT, UH, 15 SIGNATURES, REPRESENTING 13 HOUSES WHO ARE ALL AGAINST IT ALSO. UH, I BELIEVE TOM'S HERE HE IS GONNA TALK MORE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE ISSUE, BUT, UH, MYSELF, I'M MORE, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE NOISE, THE HOOP AND HOLLERING, THE, THE STORAGE FACILITY, YOU KNOW, OUT THERE. THEY'VE GOT, UH, CONTAINERS, UH, OCEAN CONTAINERS SITTING OUT THERE. THEY'VE GOT, UH, OTHER VEHICLES. WAS PARKING THERE FOR A LONG TIME, SO IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, LIKE TRAILERS AND STUFF LIKE THIS. AND IF THEY GET MORE PARKING, MORE BUILDING, LIKE I SAID, TOM'S GONNA TALK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, THEIR, THE CONCERNS ON THE, UH, DRAINAGE. BUT, UH, MINE IS MORE THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GONNA BE STORAGE PLACE FOR, YOU KNOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. ANY COMMENTS FOR THE SPEAKER? ANY QUESTIONS? UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARCELLA COMISKEY. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARCELLA COMISKEY. I AM OPPOSED TO THE REPL OF TIM, THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT OF TIMBERLAKE TIMBER RIDGE. UM, SAME ISSUES I HAVE IS THE NEEDLESS EARLY MORNING, LATE EVENING PRACTICING THE SIRENS. UM, THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS, UM, THEY HAVE TWO BLOCKS AWAY WHERE THEY CAN PRACTICE THEIR SIRENS IF THAT, IF THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. UM, ON THE, WHEN THEY VOLUNTEER, THEY HAVE TO PRACTICE THE SIREN SOUNDING TWO BLOCKS AWAY. THERE IS NO HOUSES, UM, EARLY IN THE MORNING, LATE AT NIGHT, IS NOT VERY FRIENDLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THEM. AND ALSO, UM, RIGHT BEHIND ME, UM, I WOULD SAY MAYBE 50 FEET AWAY FROM THE EASEMENT. MY BACKYARD, MY FENCE LINE. THEY HAVE TWO HAZMAT CONTAINERS. THERE'S NO GATES AROUND THEM. THERE'S KIDS THAT PLAY, THERE'S KIDS THAT ARE MISCHIEF. THEY CAN GET INTO THOSE. UM, I, I JUST KNOW THAT THERE'S UN I THINK IT'S 1993 AND 12 0 2, 12 0 3 IS THE UN NUMBER. IF THEY GET, I FEEL LIKE IF THEY GET THIS LAND, THEY'RE JUST GONNA DO WILLY-NILLY WHAT THEY WANT. THEY HAVE NO REGARDS FOR THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE DIRECTLY RIGHT BEHIND THEM. AND WE'VE ASKED THEM ON MULTIPLE TIMES TO PLEASE, COULD YOU, UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALLOWED AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TO DO THEIR SIRENS, BUT WHAT'S THE POINT OF, UH, WHY CAN'T THEY JUST DO IT AT NOON IF IT'S JUST PRACTICING? SO, UM, THAT'S WHERE I STAND AND I HOPE THAT IT DOES NOT GET REPLANTED. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU. THANKS. UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE, I THINK, DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE CHAT? OKAY, GO AHEAD. TOM. TOM LAME. L-A-N-G-M-E-A-D. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND SPELL YOUR NAME FOR US AGAIN? IT IS L-A-N-G-M-E-A-D. FIRST NAME TOM OR THOMAS. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. AWESOME. MADAM CHAIR, COMMISSION STAFF. UH, UH, APPRECIATE Y'ALL HAVING US. AND AGAIN, WE'RE, WE LOVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AGAIN. WE LIKE [00:35:01] HAVING 'EM NEARBY, BUT AGAIN, LIKE MARCY AND LIAM SAYS IT'S TOO CLOSE TO HOME. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM A PARK. WE'VE GOT A POOL THERE. AND ANY EXPANSION WILL ALSO, UM, DO FURTHER DAMAGE. UH, PREVIOUS SPEAKERS TALKING ABOUT FLOODING. WE HAVE STRONG FLOODING IN THE AREA. ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL DEFINITELY CAUSE EVEN MORE FLOODING. WE HAVE HOUSES THAT ARE SINKING AND LIKE LIAM SAYS, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, 15 PLUS SIGNATURES, UH, TALK TO EVERYONE NEAR AND AROUND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND EVERYBODY IS AGAINST US. WE LIKE TO SEE, UH, ALTERNATIVES. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, I, SO WE DO, WE HAVE A LETTER FROM THE TIMBER LAKES TIMBER RIDGE ASSOCIATION. IS ARE, IS THAT YOUR HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION? YES, I ATTEND THE MEETINGS. OKAY. HAVE YOU BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM? WE HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THEM. SO IT'S SORT OF SURPRISED THAT YOU'RE ALL AGAINST IT. HERE'S WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T CARE BECAUSE LIKE MARCY AND LIAM SAID, AND EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED OUR PETITION SAYS THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEM, BUT IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN THE AREA, AND IT ESPECIALLY AFFECTS THE PEOPLE LIKE MY HOME THAT BACKS UP AND THE HOUSES RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME. THERE'S SUBSIDENCE GOING ON. YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE RIGHT THERE IN THE PICTURE THERE'S A HUGE WATER. WELL, AND WE'RE ONE OF THE FEW AREAS, UH, IN THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA THAT STILL BASICALLY RELY ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT ON GROUNDWATER, WHICH HOPEFULLY THAT MIGHT CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW, THAT THAT'S A WATER WELL RIGHT THERE. AND OUR ENTIRE AREA IS SINKING, COMBINED WITH FLOODING IN THE AREA AND ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT ONLY MAKE THAT AREA WORSE. OKAY. SO WE'RE, I'M RIGHT THERE ON HICKORY, HICKORY HOLLOW. OKAY. I, UH, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN C CAN WE GET CLARITY? THEY'RE THERE NOW, RIGHT? I MEAN, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS THERE NOW. IT IT'S A MINI, IT'S, IT'S A MINIATURE, IT'S A MINIATURE STRUCTURE. AND LIKE LIAM AND MARCY SAID, THEY'VE GOT A A, A FUEL TANK BACK THERE, WHICH IS DANGEROUS. MIGHT NOT EVEN BE PERMITTED. THEY'VE GOT OTHER STRUCTURES AND IT, AND IT DID ORIGINALLY BACK IN 1950 WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS DEVELOPED, IT WAS A PART-TIME FIRE DEPARTMENT. AND WITH THE NEW, UM, TAXING AUTHORITY IN THEIR AREA EXPANDED, THEY NOW ARE FULL-TIME. AND I GET IT. THEY NEED, THEY NEED BETTER QUARTERS, BUT IT WAS JUST ORIGINALLY IT WAS A VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT STAFF PART-TIME. OKAY. IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF YOUR ISSUES MAY BE, UM, RELATED TO HA SITTING DOWN AND HAVING A DISCUSSION WITH THE, WITH THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN TERMS OF THE OPERATION OF THE SITE AND WHERE THEY STORE THINGS AND WHAT THEY DO, UM, WHICH AREN'T STRICTLY SOMETHING THAT THIS, THIS BODY CAN REGULATE. BUT, UH, WE WILL TAKE ABSOLUTELY. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST A HUNDRED PERCENT AGAINST THE REPL. WE THINK THAT THEY CAN, UM, IF THEY WANNA STAY WHERE THEY ARE, I MEAN, WE'RE THAT, THAT'S FINE. THEY OWN THE LAND, THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH IT, BUT WE WANT 'EM TO STAY ON THE EXACT FOOTPRINT THAT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON. OKAY. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS IS TO DEFER. SO WE WILL BE, WE'LL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS, UM, INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS IF THANK YOU. THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION DEFERS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO'S SIGNED UP? ROBERT ETT, H-A-N-C-H-E-T-T. OKAY. ROBERT ETT? YES. CAN YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. UM, I, UM, LIVE NEXT TO, UH, THE FIRE STATION. I, UM, AM AT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SAYING EVERYBODY THAT, UH, JUTS NEXT TO THE FIRE STATION IS OPPOSED TO IT. I KNOW BERNICE MLAI THAT HAS SHARED, UH, THE PROPERTY. SHE IS ON THE CORNER OF, UH, TIMBERLAKES DRIVE AND, UH, ROYAL OAKS IS IN FAVOR OF THE, OF THIS. SHE SENT IN A LETTER I SHARE, I HAVE A FIVE SIDED LOT. I SHARE LIKE 20 FEET, UH, WITH THE FIRE STATION. THEY HAVE BEEN, DID THE, I HAVEN'T HEARD THE, UH, SIRENS IN YEARS. THE, UH, THE NOISE POLLUTION IN THE, UH, IN THE AREA IS FROM ALL THE DOGS ON THE, UH, ON THAT BACK STREET BARKING ALL NIGHT LONG. UH, I DON'T BELIEVE THE, UH, FLOODING, THE, THE FLOODING AS YOU SEE FROM THE PLAT GOES TOWARDS, OR THE, UH, DRAINAGE GOES DOWN AWAY FROM, UM, UH, THE FIRE STATION AT A PARK GOES INTO THE, UH, THE LAKE AREA. MOST OF THE FLOODING THAT, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASON I'M IN FAVOR OF THE FIRE STATION, STAYING ON THE REPLANTED AREA. WE OFTEN ARE FLOODED INTO THE SUBDIVISION, UH, BECAUSE OF, UH, UH, PANTHER CREEK AND SPRING CREEK FLOODING OUR TWO MAIN, UH, AGGRESSORS. THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN [00:40:01] ACTIVE TO MY CONCERNS. THEY, I DON'T THINK I'VE HEARD, UH, THE MORNING OR EVENING, UH, UH, SIRENS AND YEARS. THE ONLY TIME I'VE HEARD 'EM IS, UH, THE WEEK BEFORE CHRISTMAS WHEN SANTA CLAUS RIDES AROUND ON THE FIRE TRUCK AND THEN THE KIDS COME UP TO THE FIRE STATION IF THERE'S A CONCERN ON HAZMAT MATERIALS. UH, THE, UH, THEY SAID THEY'RE HOLDING, UH, DIESEL THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEW BUILDING. UM, I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF A SHOTGUN FIRE STATION. I THINK WE NEED THE NEW FACILITIES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANY QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER? UM, ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 99? I SEE THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE. DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, THIS IS MS. CURTIS. HELLO. WELCOME. HI, JENNIFER CURTIS. META PLANNING AND DESIGN. UM, WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE RESIDENTS WHO CAME OUT AND SPOKE TODAY. SOME ISSUES THAT I WAS NOT AWARE OF. UM, I DO THINK, I MEAN, GIVEN THE SITE IS AN EXISTING VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT JUST COME ALONG WITH THAT, BUT, UM, WE DEFINITELY CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE GONNA BE MADE. UM, I CAN SAY, I KNOW THE SITE IS SUPPOSED TO BE CONVERTED INTO AN ESD SITE, SO IT'LL BE, YOU KNOW, CONTROLLED BY THE COUNTY AND, AND THERE'LL BE PROBABLY SOME MORE REGULATORY, UM, CONTROL IN THAT CASE. UM, BUT THE GOAL REALLY IS TO IMPROVE THIS SITE. THAT'S WHY THIS REPL IS HAPPENING BECAUSE AS, AS ONE OF THE, UM, SPEAKERS SAID, THIS IS A, A, A SHOTGUN SITE AND THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT BETTER, AND PART OF THAT PROCESS IS THIS REPL. SO, BUT WE'LL, WE CAN TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE COMMENTS AND, AND I THINK MAYBE SOME OF THE ISSUES CAN BE RESOLVED BY JUST SOME CONVERSATIONS. EXACTLY. GREAT. UH, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. MM-HMM . APPRECIATE IT. UM, IF WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99, UM, WILL, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. UM, IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO JUST, I'M SORRY, JUST GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER HEIS FOR CLARIFICATION THOUGH. THERE, THERE ARE SOME DEED RESTRICTIONS REVIEW THAT WE'RE STILL CONCERNED ABOUT. OTHERWISE, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WHY ARE WE DEFERRING MICROPHONE PLEASE? I'M SORRY. SO THE QUESTION WAS, IS WHY ARE WE DEFERRING THAT THIS, BUT THERE ARE, IS YOUR MIC ON MS. NICHOLSON? I IT SAYS IT'S ON. NO, IT'S NOT. WE NEED TO FIX THAT BECAUSE YEAH, WE NEED TO FIX THE MIC. LEGAL. YEAH, WE NEED TO CALL ON HER . UM, YES, THERE ARE STILL SOME ISSUES THAT WE WANNA REVIEW MORE CLOSELY IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. UM, VERY OFTEN THERE ARE PROVISION THERE, IT'S RECOGNIZED THAT PUBLIC SERVICES BEING PROVIDED LIKE THIS ARE EXEMPT FROM DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT THERE ARE SOME LIMITATIONS. I WANNA BE SURE THAT THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO GRANT THAT VARIANCE THAT THEY'VE PURPORTED TO, AND I'VE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO READ THOSE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? HI, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. HINES. HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 100. ITEM 100 IS WEST 12TH STREET MANORS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF PRINCE STREET AND WEST 12TH STREET, WEST OF NORTH DURHAM DRIVE, AND NORTH OF WEST 11TH STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE A SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT WITH FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A DEDICATION OF FIVE FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 10 FEET ALONG PRINCE STREET, A LOCAL PUBLIC STREET, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFFS RECEIVED FEW COMMENTS IN ADVANCE WHO ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE VARIANCE REQUESTS. THEY VOICE CONCERNS REGARDING DRAINAGE, LACK OF PARKING, INCREASED DENSITY, INCREASED TRAFFIC, AND INADEQUATE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO PRINCE STREET. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PROPOSED REPL WILL VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY. AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS TO COORDINATE WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 100 WEST 12TH STREET, MANORS IS OPEN. WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, UM, JASON INGER, B-E-E-S-I-N-G-E-R. MR. INGER? YES, THAT'S ME. [00:45:01] GO RIGHT AHEAD. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. HUDY. MY NAME IS JASON BEISER. I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER AT 1 2 1 5 PRINCE STREET. I DON'T HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE DEFERRAL. UM, SO LONG AS, AS THAT IS, IS THE SUGGESTION OF THE STAFF AND WHAT'S LIKELY TO HAPPEN. UM, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OTHER, UH, INTEREST HOLDERS WHO HAD HOPED TO BE HERE TODAY, UM, BUT INDICATED THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BASED ON THIS, THIS HEARING BEING DEFERRED. UM, THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY I THINK THE REPL VARIANCE SHOULD BE DENIED. UH, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH BEING THE CONCERNS THAT WERE, THAT WERE VOICED IN IN THIS, UH, THE PRIOR SUBMITTED COMMENTS. UM, BUT PERHAPS MOST PERSUASIVELY A VARIANCE REQUIRES A SHOWING OF HARDSHIP. UH, AND THE APPLICATION DOES NOT MAKE ANY SHOWING OF HARDSHIP. THE APPLICATION DOESN'T MAKE ANY ARGUMENT THAT IT, THAT THE OWNER IS BEING DEPRIVED OF COMMERCIALLY VIABLE USE OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S SIMPLY A MATTER OF, UH, THE OWNER WANTS TO PUT FIVE TOWN HOMES ON A SINGLE LOT AND THEY THINK THAT THEY NEED THE VARIANCE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. AND THAT, UM, UNDER THE STATUTE DOES NOT, UH, FOR A VARIANCE PROVIDE. SO, UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THE REPLY, I'M, I'M OPPOSED TO THE VARIANCE. UM, BUT I CERTAINLY DON'T OPPOSE THE DEFERRAL, UH, WHILE, UH, THE STAKEHOLDERS AND, AND THE APPLICANT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR, THEIR FEET UNDERNEATH THEM. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU. AND WE'LL, YOU CAN COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS IF, IF WE GO AHEAD AND DEFER IT. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS IT, UH, DINA, UH, BOER BAVA? DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? BUZZ BUZZER? EVA, DINA, OR DINA DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. UM, HELLO? UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? TOP LEFT. SEE YEAH, IF, IF YOU'RE MUTED, TRY STAR SIX. MS. BAZ. UH, EVA, UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? OKAY, GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE THOSE PLEASE. UM, JAY, CHRIS ELLIOT, E-L-L-I-O-T. OKAY. J ELLIOT. HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. EXCELLENT. HI, UM, MY NAME'S CHRIS ELLIOTT. UM, E-L-L-I-O-T-T. ACTUALLY TWO T'S AT THE END THERE. THANK YOU. UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF TIMBER GROVE MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS AN ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD TO, UH, SHADY WOOD. UM, WE ARE, UH, NOT IN FAVOR OF THE VARIANCE, UH, OR THE REPL. UM, WE THINK THERE'LL BE, UH, OBVIOUSLY TRAFFIC ISSUES, UH, ALONG WITH, UM, SOME, UH, SAFETY ISSUES, UH, REGARDING THE VARIANCE BEING REDUCED TO FIVE FEET. UM, PEDESTRIANS AND BIKES THAT GO BY THERE, UM, NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE DOWN PRINCE STREET. UM, UH, THERE IS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC THERE TOO. UM, AND THEN MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE, UH, SHADY WOOD, UM, DEED RESTRICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW, UH, ANYTHING, UH, OUTSIDE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THOSE PLOTS AND, UH, ESPECIALLY, UH, NO SHARED DRIVEWAYS. SO, UH, SUPPORT THE DEFERMENT, UM, AND, UH, DEFINITELY OPPOSE THE, UH, THE REPL. OKAY, THANK YOU. THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT STAFF IS, UH, INTENDING TO LOOK AT IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. UM, EXCELLENT. THANK, UH, NE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE CHAT? ALLISON NEWPORT, N-E-W-P-R-O-P-O-R-T, ALLISON NEWPORT. HI. UM, SINCE THE, THE ITEM'S LIKELY TO BE DEFERRED, I'LL DEFER TO NEXT TIME AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER. THANKS. THAT'S IT. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYBODY LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK THIS WEEK ON ITEM 100 WEST 12TH STREET? MANORS? OKAY, HEARING NO RESPONSE, UM, COMMISSION ARE, IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? AND IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? BALDWIN BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? YES. JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS. UM, THE FINAL ITEM AND PUBLIC HEARINGS IS ITEM 1 0 1. ITEM 1 0 1 IS WHITE OAK CROSSING SECTION FIVE, PARTIALLY PLAT NUMBER ONE, THE SIZE LOCATED IN HOUSTON, TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION [00:50:01] IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY EAST OF LOOP 4 94 AND SOUTH OF PINEDALE LANE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELIGHT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PROPOSED RE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY ADV, ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLOT 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. THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 1. WHITE OAK CROSSING IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED NOBODY IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR IN THE ROOM WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON WHITE OAK CROSSING? ITEM 1 0 1, HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS IS THEIR DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? A SECOND MAD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler, John Cedillo, and Devin Crittle) ] CARRIES. THAT WILL TAKE US TO SECTION D VARIANCES, BEGINNING WITH ITEM 1 0 2. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HE WILL RECUSE ANN AND COMMISSIONER SIGLER AND COMMISSIONER SIGLER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. ITEM 1 0 2 IS BRIDGELAND CREEK LAND VILLAGE GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS, THE HARRIS COUNTY, ETJ, SOUTH OF US, TWO 90 IN WEST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG A PROPOSED SEGMENT OF PEAK ROAD BETWEEN JACK ROAD AND NORTH BRIDGELAND. LAKE PARKWAY. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED, UH, ADJACENT TO A CONFLUENCE OF CYPRESS CREEK AND A TRIBUTARY RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OF PEAK ROAD. THIS AREA IS DESIGNATED AS A FLOODPLAIN AND A FLOODWAY, AND THE APPLICANT HAS IDENTIFIED THE AREA SUCH ON THEIR GP. STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 REQUIRES A PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION EVERY 2,600 FEET, INCLUDING A RIGHT OF WAY LEADING INTO RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS BETWEEN PEAK AND THE GRAND PARKWAY. THESE SECTIONS WILL FEATURE MULTIPLE STREET CONNECTIONS TO JACK ROAD AND TWO MULTI-USE TRAIL CONNECTIONS TO PEAK OVER THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE AREA. THIS WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION OPPORTUNITIES IN LIEU OF AN EAST TO WEST STREET CONNECTION. IN ADDITION, THE REMAINING SEGMENT OF PEAK ROAD IS SHOWN AS DRAINAGE OR OPEN SPACE, WHICH WOULD NOT GENERATE THE LEVEL OF TRAFFIC THAT WOULD WARRANT ADDITIONAL STREET CONNECTIONS. HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS GRANTING APPROVAL OF THE GP PER THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES YOUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 2? IF NOT, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS THERE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? BORIS PERLE? IS THERE A SECOND? JONES JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES WITH COMMISSIONERS. HES AND SIGLER ABSTAINING. ITEM 1 0 3 CANOPY ON WASHINGTON. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG WASHINGTON WEST OF FIGHTS BOULEVARD IN SOUTH OF I 10. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A RETAIL COMMERCIAL CENTER. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 10 FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG YALE AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 25 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON AVENUE AND YALE STREET, BOTH DESIGNATED MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. THE APPLICANT IS PURSUING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR RETAIL COMMERCIAL CENTERS ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE. THIS PROVISION IS INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT ON CORRIDORS 80 FEET WIDE OR LESS. ALTHOUGH YALE QUALIFIES FOR THIS CONSIDERATION, THE SITE DOES NOT MEET ALL OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS. THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THE YALE SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE PER FOR THE PROPOSED EAST STRUCTURE. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL FEATURE AN ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USE WITH A 10 FOOT PATIO AREA BETWEEN THE STRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTY LINE. THE PEDESTRIAN REALM WILL FEATURE A NINE FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK AND FOUR FOOT BUFFER ALONG YALE. THIS WILL BE SUITABLE PEDESTRIAN REALM FOR YALE CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED USE TRANSPARENCY AND ROADWAY CHARACTERISTICS THAT ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CC ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. [00:55:02] OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. JUST EDUCATIONAL COMPARED TO THE WALKABLE PLACES STANDARD, WHAT CRITERIA DID IT NOT MEET? SO THE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR REDUCED BUILDING LINE. WHICH ONE DID IT NOT MEET? IT? THE BIG ONE IS THE PARKING ALONG YALE BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE THAT, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LOCATE THE PARKING BEHIND THE BUILDING, WHICH THEY'RE DOING IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT FROM THE WASHINGTON SIDE. BUT ON THE YALE SIDE, MOST OF THE PARKING IS, IS ABUTTING YALE, THEY'RE REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE FOR JUST THE PORTION WHERE THE STRUCTURE BUTTS THE PEDESTRIAN NOT FOR THE PARKING AREA. AND THE NORTHERN SECTION IS STILL PARKING? YES. OKAY. JUST SO I UNDERSTAND. THANKS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE TO WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS. ANYBODY HAVE COMMENTS ON CANOPY ON WASHINGTON? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THERE ON THE SCREEN. GRANT THE VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? GARZA GARZA. SECOND HEES HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 1 0 4. ITEM 1 0 4 IS EXPEDIA TOWING. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED LAST CYCLE AND STAFF IS AGAIN RECOMMENDING DEFERRAL PER APPLICANT REQUEST. AS SUCH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. GO AHEAD. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A TWO ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WEST OF HARDY TOLL ROAD AND NORTH OF, UH, GRANT PARKWAY 99 AND IS INTENDED TO BE A SINGLE COMMERCIAL RESERVE SERVING AS A DISPATCH CENTER FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE VEHICLES AND TOW TRUCKS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO, TO BE ABLE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A 30 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC STREET WITH APPROXIMATELY 200 FEET OF FRONTAGE INSTEAD OF THE 60 FOOT MINIMUM WITH REQUIREMENT. BY NOT DEDICATING TO THAT RIGHT OF WAY, CITY STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. CURRENTLY. RICHARDSON STREET SHOWN IN YELLOW, UH, IS A SUBSTANDARD WIDTH FOR ACCESS AT 30 FEET WIDE AND WAS INITIALLY EX INITIALLY ASSISTED AS AN ACCESS EASEMENT FOR THE SURROUNDING ESTATE LOTS. THE REMNANTS OF THAT PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT ARE SHOWN IN BLUE AND THE REQUIRED RIDEWAY DEDICATION IS SHOWN IN RED. ADDITIONALLY, RICHARDSON BEING THE SOLE POINT OF ACCESS FOR THE PROPERTY MANDATES THAT ANY TOWED VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC WILL BE REQUIRED TO GO THROUGH A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH, ALL WITH 50 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAYS THE CURRENT POINTS OF ACCESS ARE SHOWN IN YELLOW IN THE AERIAL. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION. SAF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER, UH, TO CONSIDER VIABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE WIDENING AND CUL-DE-SAC REQUIREMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UH, WELL ACTUALLY, UM, YES. COMMISSIONER MORRIS IS THERE, ARE, ARE Y'ALL LOOKING AT TURN RADIANCE WITH THE TOW TRUCK AND ANY VEHICLES ATTACHED TO IT OR HOW DOES THAT, WHAT, WHAT WAS THE GO INTO ACCOUNT LIKE TURN, WHAT'S THE FIRST STATE AGAIN? LIKE ANY KIND OF TURNING, TURNING RADIUS, I'M SORRY. REALIZED ANY KIND OF LIKE TURNING RADIUS WITH THE TOW TRUCK AND ANY ATTACHED VEHICLES, UM, ONTO THE PROPERTY OR FROM THE PUBLIC DRIVEWAY? WELL, I GUESS BOTH. BUT IS THAT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN GENERAL? UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN, UH, YES AND NO. SO THAT SIDE WOULD BE MORE ANSWERED BY THE, UH, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERS SINCE THEY'RE TAKING THE ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS. UM, THAT'S ALSO KIND OF WHY WE CITY STAFF IS NOT REALLY IN SUPPORT. WE DO WANT THE WIDEN STREET. UM, IF THEY DO NOT EXTEND, WE WOULD ALSO KIND OF, UH, PUT IN THE REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A CUL-DE-SAC AND THOSE ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS WELL. UM, BUT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, I WOULD SAY DEFER TO COUNTY ENGINEER. RIGHT? 'CAUSE IT'S NOT YOUR, YOUR YOUR STANDARD VEHICLE. IT'S ESSENTIALLY LIKE A TWO TWO WIDTH, TWO TWO LENGTH VEHICLE THAT YOU'VE GOT. I WOULD IMAGINE SO, YEAH. OKAY. COMMISSIONER SIGLER, UM, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM BECAUSE IT'S A, UM, IT'S A VARIANCE AND THERE AREN'T DEED RESTRICTIONS. THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN NOTIFICATION TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR HAS THE HOA OR ANYONE BEEN NOTIFIED? UH, YES. IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING AND THIS IS A VARIANCE IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION. THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO IS HERE TO SPEAK ON, UH, CANOPY ON WASHINGTON? IF NOT, UM, EXPEDIA TOWING, I'M SORRY. EXPEDIA TOWING. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANYTHING THAT YOUR COMMISSIONERS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. ANY QUESTIONS OR THINGS? NOPE. OKAY. THEN IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MODEST SECOND. DEAR BLAND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DEFERRED ITEM 1 0 5, LITTLE YORK LANDING ITEM 1 0 5, LITTLE YORK LANDING. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A ONE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH ALONG MAJOR COLLECTOR WEST YORK AND WEST OF WHEATLEY [01:00:01] STREET IN THE ACRES HOMES AREA, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 14 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND THREE RESERVES ALONG A TYPE TWO PAE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED 1400 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING TIPPET STREET NOR TERMIN IN A CUL-DE-SAC. THE CURRENT BLOCK FACE LENGTH ALONG WEST YORK IS 2200 FEET AND INTERSECTION. SPACING IN THE ACRES HOME AREA IS A CONCERN. UH, STAFF AND PUBLIC WORKS HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT IN CONSIDERATION OF A PEDESTRIAN BY CONNECTION AND ALTERNATE LAYOUTS THAT MAY BETTER SERVE THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE RECEIVED SOME ADVANCED COMMENTS WITH THE APPLICATION REQUESTING MORE INFORMATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO FURTHER PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW COORDINATION WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND STAFF TO CONSIDER ALTERNATE VIABLE DESIGN LAYOUTS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS, UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS QUESTION, SO FOR STAFF. IF NOT, UM, OUR SPEAKER IS MR. VANDY SHEPHERD. MR. SHEPHERD, GOOD AFTERNOON. HOW YOU DOING? GREAT. UM, HOW'S EVERYBODY? THIS IS MY FIRST TIME BEING AT ONE OF THESE HEARINGS. WELCOME. BUT, UH, ANYWAY, I'M A RESIDENT RIGHT NEXT TO TIPT, AND TIPT IS THE DEAD END. AND MY CONCERN IS, IS ABOUT THREE CONCERNS. ONE OF THEM IS, UH, WILL THEY ENTER THE APARTMENT, THE, UH, PROJECT THROUGH TIPPIT BECAUSE YOU SAID SOMETHING ABOUT A CUL-DE-SAC. AND THEN MY OTHER ISSUE IS, UH, DRAINAGE. UM, BECAUSE EVEN IF THEY PUT ATTENTION POND, SOMETIMES TENSION PONDS MAKE THE GROUND RECEDE UNDER THERE AND IT'S NOT RIGHT BY THE TENSION POND. IT'D BE LIKE OFFSET. 'CAUSE I, I'VE WORKED AROUND TENSION PONDS AND IF THEY NOT CONCRETE, IF THEY JUST DIRT, THEY, THEY, THEY MAKE THE DIRT RECEDE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME AND SEE, THAT'LL MAKE PEOPLE'S PROPERTY, UH, SINK AWAY FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY, IF YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING. YES, WE DO. OKAY. AND THE OTHER CONCERN IS, UM, ON PHILLIP AND LITTLE YARDS, EVER SINCE THEY REDID IT, THE MANHOLE COVER, EVERY TIME THE WATER GET HIGH, IT JUMPS OFF EVERY TIME AND PEOPLE HIT THAT HOLE. IT'S A HAZARD AND IT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED. OKAY. WE, WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT HERE IS MR. UM, SMITH. AND, AND I JUST, I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MR. SHEPHERD ON THE, THE MANHOLE ISSUE, AND I'LL GET WITH YOU ON THE MANHOLE ISSUE AFTER THIS. OKAY? YEAH. OKAY. ABSOLUTELY. UM, THE DRAINAGE, THE DRAINAGE WILL BE THE APPLICANT. THE BUILDER WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL OF THE DRAINAGE, CURRENT DETENTION REQUIREMENTS, THE NEW DETENTION REQUIREMENTS, THE GO NEW YORK, IT WON'T COME BACK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? WELL, I'M NOT SURE, AND I, I THINK THAT THAT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT SOME OF THE PROPERTY OVER THERE ON TIP IT ALREADY, IT FLOODS WHEN THE WATER GET HIGH. OKAY. SOME OF THOSE HOUSES THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED IN THE AS, NOT BY THIS BODY, BUT BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN THE PERMITTING PHASE. AND MR. SMITH CAN HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL IF HE, IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE TO TALK TO HIM. OKAY, I WILL. AND ON IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS, MR. CILLO, WHERE IS THE ACCESS AT THIS POINT? IF YOU, HE CAN MAYBE ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. GO BACK TO THE PLAT WILSON. THE ACCESS ACTUALLY COMING OFF DIRECTLY OFF OF LITTLE YORK, SO IT WAS TAKING, UH, DIRECT ACCESS ONTO A, THE TACTIC, PAE, WHICH DID ENDS TO THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. UH, AND TIPT IS NOT A POINT OF ACCESS, OF COURSE, THAT'S THE REQUESTED VARIANCE, IS TO NOT EXTEND IT OR UTILIZE A FOR ACCESS AT THIS POINT. AND THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED. RIGHT. AND THE, AND THE PART OF THE ISSUE IS THAT TIPT IS NOT WI WHOLLY WITHIN THE PROP. THIS PROPERTY, IT, IT OVERLAPS AND SO RIGHT. IT IS OVERLAPS, RIGHT. YEAH. SO THAT'S, AND I THOUGHT SOMETIMES THE CITY WILL TAKE SOME PROPERTY, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THEY'LL IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE HOUSES. RIGHT. BUT THAT, THAT WON'T HAPPEN. THAT WON'T BE A FACTOR HERE. THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY CONCERN. BUT THANK YOU. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THIS. SO, UM, WILL BE BACK PROBABLY IN TWO WEEKS AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO, TO COME BACK AT THAT TIME AND ALSO FOLLOW UP WITH MR. SMITH IN THE MEANTIME ON YOUR PUBLIC WORKS ISSUES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 5? NO. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER QUESTIONS, ANYTHING YOU GUYS WANT IN THE INTERIM PERIOD. IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION HINES HINES SECOND ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 6, ITEM 1 0 6 IS MCKEE AT HARDY YARDS. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG BURNETT STREET, EAST OF BURNETT CASA DE AMIGOS TRANSIT CENTER. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDEVELOPING [01:05:01] EXISTING BUILDING INTO A BAR AND COFFEE SHOP. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DUAL BUILDING LINE IN VISIBILITY, TRIANGLE VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURE TO BE RETROFITTED AT THE INTERSECTION OF MCKEE AND BURNETT STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG BURNETT BETWEEN MCKEE AND HARDY STREETS. BURNETT STREET WAS RECENTLY RECONSTRUCTED WITH A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK AND A THREE AND A HALF FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. MCKEE FEATURES A FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK AND A FIVE AND A HALF FOOT BUFFER. BOTH STREETS ALLOW ON STREET PARKING PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN BUFFERING DURING BUSINESS HOURS. THE PROPOSED RECONSTRUCTION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WILL INCLUDE ADDING GROUND FLOOR FENESTRATION ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BUILDING. THE BUILDING LONG PREDATES CHAPTER 42, BUT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR AN EXEMPTION DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION. THE PROPOSED ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USE AND TRANSPARENCY ARE WELL SUITED TO THE EXISTING PEDESTRIAN REALM CONDITIONS ON BOTH. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO OFFERED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL STREET TREES ALONG THE KEY AND CLOSE AN EXISTING CURB CUT OFF. BURNETT STAFF FINDS THESE IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING SITE ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GOALS FOR MULTIMODAL TRANSIT AND REPRESENT SOUND PUBLIC POLICY. THE HARRIS COUNTY TOLL ROAD AUTHORITIES EXPRESS NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. ONE OTHER THING TO NOTE ON THE CPC FORM, IT SAYS APPROVE THE PLAT PER CONDITIONS LISTED. IT SHOULD SAY GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT PER CONDITIONS LISTED. OKAY. GOT IT. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY, ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6 MCKEE AT HARDY YARDS. IF NOT, UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? CAN WE JUST CONFIRM THAT THESE CURB CUTS ARE A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL? I STILL SEE THEM ON THE SITE PLAT THE, IS THERE A ENTRANCE OFF MCKEE AND WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE? INTO THE BUILDINGS? SO THE ONE INTO THE BUILDING IS THE ONE THAT'S GONNA BE CLOSED. OKAY. UM, THAT CAME UP DURING THE, THE CHECK-IN PROCESS. SO IT MAY NOT BE REF IT, IT'S CERTAINLY THERE ON THE GROUND, BUT I SPOKE WITH THE APPLICANT AND THAT IS, IT SHOULD BE ON THE CPC FORM ABOUT THE THREE INCH CPER TREES. AND THEN THE CLOSING OF THE, BUT I DIDN'T IS THE CLOSING OF THE STREET. OKAY. AND WHAT ABOUT THE MCKEE ONE WHERE IT SEEMS TO GO INTO SOME GRASS OR SOMETHING HERE ON, ON THIS DRAWING? I'M JUST LOOKING AT THIS ONE. YEAH. THAT THE PARKING IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE SITE. WE DISCUSSED THE ONE ON BURNETT. UH, I I CAN SPEAK TO THE APPLICANT ABOUT THE MCKEE ONE AS WELL. I MEAN, IT DOESN'T SEEM TO GO ANYWHERE. RIGHT, RIGHT. IT THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE PART OF THE OUTDOOR AREA. SO CAN WE MAKE OUR MOTION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CLOSE THE MCKEE STREET PRESERVING MORE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE OLD ONE INTO THE BUILDING AT BURNETT STREET AS A CONDITION OF THE MOTION. WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? SO YOU CAN MAKE, OKAY. OKAY THEN I'M DOING THAT. OKAY, SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION OR, OKAY. COMMISSIONER HINES, I JUST HAD A QUESTION. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, IS THERE ANY SORT OF BUFFERING, UM, ARE THEY DOING A FENCE OR WHAT, WHAT'S, WHAT'S BETWEEN THEM AND THE NEIGHBORS KNOWING THAT THEY HAVE THESE BIG OPEN PATIOS AND HARDY OUT BEHIND THEM? I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S REQUIRED. I CAN CONFER AND, AND GET A BETTER ANSWER IF FOR JUST A MOMENT. I JUST CURIOUS. IT'S JUST SEEMS LIKE THE, THE BIG PATIOS AND, UM, ANY HARDSHIP TO THE NEIGHBORS OR WHAT THEY COULD DO SINCE THEY'RE OFFERING TREES AND EVERYTHING ELSE. DO YOU THE APPLICANT HERE BY ANY CHANCE, THE APPLICANT, MADAM CHAIR DAVID WHITE IS ON THE LINE. PARDON ME? DAVID WHITE IS ON THE LINE. OKAY. I'M SORRY. COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME? YES, MADAM CHAIR DAVID WHITE WITH TETRA LAND SERVICES ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. UH, THERE IS CURRENTLY A, THOSE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY FENCED AND, AND THE, THE RENDERINGS PROVIDED BY, UH, BY THE DEVELOPER SHOW, UH, ACTUALLY IMPROVED FENCING TO, TO BLOCK THAT OFF. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THE PICTURES HERE FROM, UH, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH. OKAY. SO WE, DO WE KNOW WHAT THE HEIGHT OF THAT FENCE, IS IT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE? UH, I, I COULD VERIFY THAT, UM, THAT LOOKS LIKE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE PER ON THE, PER THE RENDERING, UM, DOESN'T EXACTLY LOOK LIKE 10, AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE LIMITED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO THAT. UM, I DO KNOW THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPER AND THE ARCHITECTS INVOLVED, UM, HOUSTON HEIGHTS VENTURE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, PERMITTING AND SUBMITTING THEIR PLANS FOR SOME TIME NOW. UH, AND THOSE PLANS, I BELIEVE WERE ALL APPROVED, INCLUDING THE ELIMINATION OF THE CURB CUTS, UH, THAT YOU GUYS ARE REFERENCING RIGHT NOW. AND, UH, WE, UH, THE STAFF HAD, UH, REQUESTED AN AN UPDATED, UH, DRAWING, WHICH WE SENT OVER TO 'EM, WHICH SHOWED THE ELIMINATION OF THOSE CURB CUTS. SO THAT WON'T BE AN ISSUE. SO, BUT I MEANT TO SAY THAT IT INCLUDED AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE TO THE TO, UH, OF, WHAT [01:10:01] DO WE CALL IT, OPAQUE NATURE OR NON OPAQUE NATURE. WHAT IS THE WORDING OF IT? O SOLID. THAT'S WHAT I MEANT TO INCLUDE WITH MY REMOVAL OF THE CURB PADS. OKAY. LET ME, COMMISSIONER HEINZ, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES. IT'S JUST A, THE PLANS, UM, YEAH, THE RENDERING, WHICH I DON'T THINK THE RENDERING, WE'LL MAKE IT A CONDITION, WE'LL MAKE IT A CON, BUT RIGHT. THE, THE PLANS DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE ANY SORT OF BUFFERING. VERY, OKAY. WELL IT LOOKS LIKE WE'LL GET THAT IN OUR, IN OUR MOTION. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS ON THE ITEM? THANK YOU MR. WHITE, APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE. UM, SO DO WE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE, TO APPROVE, TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION OF SOME KIND? NORTH, NORTHERN BACK? YES. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I'D LIKE TO ADD, IF THEY COULD BUILD A, UM, EIGHT FOOT OR FIVE FOOT CONCRETE BLOCK WALL THAT'S A FIVE INCH BLOCK WALL BETWEEN THE TWO PATIOS, THEY SHOULD WRAP THE BLOCK WALL AROUND ALL THE PATIOS. UM, OKAY, MR. LET'S ASK THIS AN ISSUE THE APPLICANT ISSUE THROUGHOUT THE HEIGHTS AND ALL OF THAT WITH, WITH, WITH THE SOUND OF, UM, YEAH, I, I, THAT IT LOOKS TO BE ON THE PLAN ALREADY. YEAH, IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENED. I BELIEVE THAT IS PART OF THE, I BELIEVE THAT IS PART OF THEIR PLAN SET. YEAH, I'M TOO COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, ARE YOU LOOKING AT THE DRAWING? NOT TO INTERRUPT, BUT I MEAN THE, THE PLAN SET DOES, DOES ALLOW INTO, INTO ACCOUNT, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE AND TO, AND TO CREATE A BUFFER THAT'S BOTH AESTHETICALLY PLEASING AND ELIMINATES ANY ISSUES WITH SOUND. I BELIEVE I'M LOOKING AT THE DRAWING EVERYBODY ELSE'S BETWEEN THE PATIOS IS A FIVE INCH BLOCK WALL. RIGHT. THERE'S NOTHING REFERENCED PAGE LEFT IN THE GREEN SPACE BETWEEN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OKAY. FENCE OR ANYTHING. YEAH. YES. DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN, IF I MAY, I THINK WHAT THE COMMISSIONER'S ASKING IS CAN THAT FIVE INCH BRICK CONCRETE WALL WRAP THE PATIOS ALL THE WAY AROUND A A WOOD FENCE? A PIG FENCE ISN'T GONNA DO ANYTHING FOR SOUND? UM, EXCUSE ME, IF THAT'S HIS QUESTION. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A FIVE FOOT HIGH CONCRETE WALL, NOT A FIVE INCH WIDE CONCRETE WALL. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, REGARDLESS OF ITS HEIGHT. I'M SORRY, I THINK WHAT HE'S ASKING IS FOR IT TO WRAP THE PATIOS, NOT JUST BE ON, NOT JUST BE BETWEEN THEM AS OF OKAY. BUT WOULD THAT REPLACE THE, THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE? WHEN YOU SAY WRAP THE, THE PATIOS? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN. MAYBE, MAYBE A BETTER WAY TO SAY IT IS DIVIDE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY ON THE PROPERTY LINE, UM, BETWEEN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY 50 50 DIPTI MATTHEW MADAM CHAIR. YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, SO IIII CAN UNDERSTAND COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG'S COMMENT. I THINK, I THINK THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE THERE IS RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOMES, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, CAN THE APPLICANT AND APPLICANT IS HERE SO THEY MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER, CAN THEY PROVIDE A SOUND BARRIER? SO, SO OF ANY, OF ANY HEIGHT, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HEIGHT IS, BUT ALONG THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE, IN ORDER TO SORT OF SHIELD THE SOUND FROM THIS HAPPENING, FROM THIS PROPERTY TO THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, I THINK THAT CONDITION, IF, IF YOU SO CHOOSE, YOU CAN DISCUSS THAT WITH THE APPLICANT AND, AND THE BUFFERING REQUIRE, THERE IS NOTHING, NO BUFFERING REQUIREMENT BECAUSE THIS IS, THIS IS NOT AS HIGH TO GET TO ANY BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS. SO COMMISSION MAY CHOOSE TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF THEY WILL BE WILLING TO PUT CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TREES ON THAT SIDE APART FROM THE WALL. SO I THINK THAT IS SOMETHING AT THE TABLE IN THE COM APPLICANT CAN ANSWER. OKAY. SO JUST TO CLARIFY, THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE, AND WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND AT THIS POINT, IS FOR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. UM, MR. WHITE, DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED HERE? THAT IN ADDITION TO THE FENCE, THERE ALSO BE A WALL, A SOUND WALL FENCE? FENCE COULD FENCE, COULD BE THE SOUND WALL. THE FENCE CAN BE THE SOUND WALL. OKAY. THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN, THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG IS, IS SPECIFYING. HE, HE WANTS A SOUND WALL BOTH UP AND DOWN AND ACROSS, ACROSS. DOES THE, I I, I THINK THE COMMISSIONER IS CONCERNED THAT A, THAT AN EIGHT FOOT CEDAR FENCE IS NOT GONNA BLOCK ANY SOUND. COMMISSIONER, [01:15:01] CAN WE JUST VISIT WITH THE APPLICANT? ARE YOU WILLING TO PUT AN EIGHT FOOT, FIVE INCH WIDE CINDER BLOCK FENCE THAT WOULD BE A SOUND BARRIER TO THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH? I'M JUST ASKING. YEAH. AND MY COMMISSIONER CLARK, UM, WHY ARE WE MAKING THIS A REQUIREMENT? I MEAN, HE'S OFFERING THIS TALL FENCE, I UNDERSTAND SOUND BARRIERS, BUT IS THAT, IS THAT SOMETHING WE TYPICALLY DO WHEN SOMEONE WANTS TO BUILD? WE NOW REQUIRE SOUND WALLS. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF BARS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. SO THIS IS ONE OF THE FEW TIMES WHERE WE GET THE OPPORTUNITY TO AS A CONDITION OF THE VARIANCE. BUT WELL, WHY WOULDN'T TREES IN THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE BE ADEQUATE? WHY CAN'T WE SAY SOME KIND OF NOISE BARRIER, NOT DEFINE WHAT THAT IS? IS THAT POSSIBLE? UM, AGAIN, BEING IN MIDTOWN FOREVER, YOU KNOW, THIS WILL BECOME A CHALLENGE. UM, THIS IS A BRAUN ENTERPRISE PROJECT. UM, DAN BRAUN BUILDS QUALITY PROJECTS. I THINK IF STAFF WOULD TALK TO THEM, UM, THEY KNOW HOW TO DO THIS STUFF IN THE URBAN AREA. THEY, THEY, THEY CAN DELIVER IT. JUST TELL 'EM THAT THERE'S A SOUND CONCERN. A A CEDAR FENCE DOES NOT BLOCK THE CONCERN THAT THEY'RE A QUALITY DEVELOPER. I THINK THEY'LL, THEY'LL GET IT ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. THAT'S MY OPINION. OKAY. COMMISSIONER GARZA, MR. BUTLER, IS THERE ROOM, IS THERE ROOM FOR TREES TO LARGE CALIBER TREES BETWEEN THAT PATIO OR COULD WE MAKE ROOM LIKE A CUTOUT IN THAT PATIO? SO THERE'S ROOM FOR AN ADDITIONAL NUMBER OF TREES THAT WOULD BE OVER TIME THE BEST SOUND BARRIER VERSUS CONCRETE OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, WOODEN FENCING AND IT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE TO, UH, TALLER THAN EIGHT FEET GIVEN A YEAR OR TWO. I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BETTER QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. THERE APPEARS TO BE ROOM, JUST BASED ON MY IMPRESSION OF THE SITE PLAN. I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF PAVING AND HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT PLANTING A TREE WOULD DO. MR. WHITE, LET, LET'S GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO COMMENT ON THIS. WHAT, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THIS DISCUSSION? ARE YOU MUTED STAR SIX TO UNMUTE? UM, YES. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU. UH, YES, UH, THE FISHER IS CORRECT. RON ENTERPRISES HAS, HAS, HAS DONE A LOT OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UM, ALL THROUGHOUT, UM, UH, MIDTOWN AND THE OTHER CENTRAL DISTRICTS INSIDE THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND THEY, THEY'RE ALL QUALITY, UH, TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKING, BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AS ALWAYS. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ADDING SOME TREES IN THERE ALONG WITH THE FENCING FOR A SOUND BARRIER IS CERTAINLY, CERTAINLY THAT THAT CAN BE DONE. AND, YOU KNOW, ANY, ANY CONCERNS OTHERWISE, UM, COULD BE WORKED OUT WITH THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT TO, YOU KNOW, TO ADD THAT IN, UH, TO MAKE THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS COMFORTABLE AND JUST LIKE, AS I STATED, AS, AS A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO EVERYONE ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PURPOSE OF THE PROJECT IS TO SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN IN PLACE SINCE 1960 AND IS CURRENTLY NOT IN USE. UM, IT IS, IS VERY RUN DOWN AND THAT'S, THEY'RE THERE TO IMPROVE IT AND TO IMPROVE THE ENTIRE SITE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEW HARDY YARD DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DID YOU WANNA CHANGE YOUR MOTION AT ALL OR ARE YOU OKAY? SO WE HAVE A MOTION. OKAY. AND, UH, IS THERE A SECOND ROBINS? SO WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, BALDWIN SECOND ROBINS. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. GOOD DISCUSSION. THANK YOU. UH, THE NEXT ITEM'S 1 0 7. ITEM 1 0 7 IS NORTH ITALIA CITY SAN PATIO. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG TOWN AND COUNTRY WAY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND EAST OF THE SAM HOUSTON TOLLWAY. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DEVELOPING A RESTAURANT WITHIN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SIX FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE FOR CONSTRUCTION FOR A NEW CANOPY OVER AN EXISTING PATIO. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TOWN AND COUNTRY MAJOR ACTIVITY CENTER. THIS AREA CONSISTS OF A CLUSTER OF PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED MIXED USE STRUCTURES ALONG PUBLIC AND PRIVATE STREETS. THE EXISTING STREET SYSTEM FEATURES PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES INTENDED TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY. THE SUBJECT SITE FRONTS A SEGMENT OF TOWN AND COUNTRY THAT FEATURES A SIX FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK, A LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND BULB OUT IN AN ISLAND WITHIN THE ROADWAY. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE CONSISTS OF A 13 FOOT TALL STEEL AND FABRIC CANOPY COVERING THE EXISTING PATIO STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES AND THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA. MR. BUTLER, UM, I REALIZE THIS IS LIKE IN A SHOPPING CENTER THAT PARKING IS NOT REALLY GONNA COME INTO PLAY. UM, BUT MY QUESTION IS, CAN WE MAKE A NOTE THAT THIS PATIO CANNOT [01:20:01] BE CLOSED IN? SURE. I WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT THEN AS, UM, AS A MOTION. WE'VE HAD THAT DISCUSSION BEFORE WHERE IT'S OPEN, WHICH IS LOVELY. EVEN PLASTIC, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER FOR WINTER, BUT NOT CLOSED IN. AND THEY'VE SPECIFIED THE MATERIALS IN, IN THE REPORT. I CAN JUST ADD LANGUAGE JUST TO CLARIFY THAT THAT IS WHAT WE'RE APPROVING AND IF IT CHANGES, IT REVERTS TO THE REGULAR BUILDING LINE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLARK AND I AGREE WITH THAT. JUST DON'T, LET'S NOT JUST SAY ENCLOSED, LET'S SAY PERMANENTLY ENCLOSED BECAUSE THE TENT LIKE STRUCTURE WOULD BE ALLOWED. YEAH, OF COURSE. OKAY. THANK YOU. FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER CVAR. UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, UM, SO SINCE THERE'S GOING TO BE A PATIO, UM, ALONG THE WAY WHERE THERE'S PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, UM, WHAT HAPPENS OFTEN IS THAT, UM, RESTAURANTS AND SO FORTH, THEY'LL PUT THE PATIO CHAIRS ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEY'LL KIND OF MOVE THEM OUT AND IT REALLY IMPEDES WHEELCHAIR ACCESS, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS. AND I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER AND IF THEY COULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T BECOME AN ISSUE. SURE. THIS PARTICULAR SITE, THE PATIO IS ALREADY THERE AND THERE'S A PHYSICAL SEPARATION BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE, THE DINING AREA. SO IT'S NOT WHERE IT WOULD KIND OF BLUR OUT INTO THE, THE PUBLIC STREET EASILY. GREAT, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . YES. YEAH. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT OR ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? HINES, CLARK, CLARK, SECOND HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY WE NEED TO SPECIFY WHICH THE PERMANENT GOVERNOR PERMANENT INCLUSION NOT YOU'RE RIGHT. NON-PERMANENT, I MEAN, YEAH, NON-PERMANENT THAT THEY CAN OKAY. CAN'T BE. SO YOU KNOW THE LANGUAGE THAT, YEAH, BECAUSE I'M JUST BABBLING UP HERE, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT A PERMANENT STRUCTURE APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS SPECIFIED JUST NOW BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. IS THAT OKAY? ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 8, ITEM 1 0 8 IS OAKWOOD TRAILS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH ALONG LUTA ROAD, WEST OF TC JESTER AND EAST OF NER AIRLINE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE TWO PUBLIC STREETS WITH A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT TO COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING AND CONFIRM THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY LINE SEPARATING THIS PLAT AND THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DRAINAGE EASEMENT TO THE WET TO THE EAST. ALSO, THERE APPEARS TO BE A PEDESTRIAN WALKING TRAIL ADJACENT TO THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT BOS THE PLAT AND CONNECTS WITH WIMBLEDON VILLA'S DRIVE. THIS TRAIL IS NOT REFLECTED ON THE PLAT OR THE SITE PLAN AND WILL CONFIRM IF THE TRAIL IS WITHIN A RECORDED EASEMENT. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. CRIDDLE? DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO UH, WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 0 8? NO ONE IN THE CHAT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY DISCUSSION OR, UH, REQUESTS FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. UH, THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MARK SECOND GARZA GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 9, ITEM 1 0 9 IS SPRING CYPRESS MANOR. THIS SITE IS ALSO ALSO LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH ALONG SPRING CYPRESS ROAD, EAST OF GRANT ROAD AND WEST OF NORTH ELDRIDGE PARKWAY. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 44 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, FIVE RESERVES ALONG A SERIES OF TYPE TWO PRIVATE STREETS. THIS PLAT WAS ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED AS A VARIANCE REQUEST TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG SPRING CYPRESS. DURING OUR REVIEW, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THIS PLAT DOES MEET THE INTERSECTION SPACING EXCEPTION TO NOT CROSS A LARGE DRAINAGE CHANNEL OWNED BY HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT. THIS APPLICATION IS BEING APPROVED AS A PRELIMINARY CONSENT ITEM AND A FINAL PLAT WILL BE REQUIRED. MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED UP. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON SPRING SITE RISK MANNER? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. UH, ANY FURTHER DIS ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION JONES? [01:25:01] IS THERE A SECOND? SILER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. BLESS YOU. UM, WE HAVE SECTION E. NO, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Tammi Williamson) ] UH, THE NEXT SECTION IS F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS ITEM ONE 10. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM ONE 10 IS WEST DONOVAN COURT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS WEST OF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE, SOUTH OF WEST TIDWELL ROAD AND NORTH OF PINE MOUNT DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A TYPE TWO PERMANENT ACCESS EASEMENT LOOP STREET CONNECTING MARCELLUS STREET AND WEST DONOVAN STREET WITH PRIVATE ALLEYS EXTENDING OUT, PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE TWO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED. ONE TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG BOTH MARCELLA STREET AND WEST DONOVAN STREET. AND TWO FOR LOTS TO HAVE SOLE FRONTAGE AND ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE ALLEY. STAFF RECOMMENDS TO GRANT BOTH VARIANCES FOR THE FIRST VARIANCE REQUEST. THE CURRENT INTERSECTION SPACING FROM NORTH SEPARATE DRIVE TO BRINKMAN STREET ALONG BOTH MARCELLA STREET AND WEST DONOVAN STREET IS APPROXIMATELY 1,830 FEET. THIS REPRESENTS A 30% DEVIATION OF THE STANDARD ST. PS HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH TAKES PRIMARY ACCESS FROM DONOVAN STREET. BERGSTROM STREET TO THE NORTH WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO EXTEND TO WEST TIDWELL DUE TO MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING. REQUIREMENTS WITH SAM ROSE DRIVE REQUIRING A PUBLIC THROUGH STREET CONNECTING MARCELLA STREET AND WEST DONOVAN STREET WOULD NOT GREATLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. CURRENTLY THE TYPE TWO PAE ENTRANCE ON WEST DONOVAN STREET IS SLIGHTLY OFFSET FROM THE SMALLER PARKING LOT AND LOOP DRIVE AT THE FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, MAINLY USED FOR VISITORS. THERE IS A PEDESTRIAN GATE FROM THE PARKING LOT USED BY THE SCHOOL DIRECTLY EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE WITH ALL LOTS ALONG MARCELLA STREET AND WEST DONOVAN STREET, ESPECIALLY ADJACENT TO THE HIGH SCHOOL HAVING ONLY VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM AN ALLEY. NO PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS WILL INTERRUPT THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG THE LOCAL STREET, WHICH WILL MINIMIZE VEHICULAR CONFLICT WITH PEDESTRIANS AND CYCLISTS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG BOTH MARCELLA STREET AND WEST DONOVAN STREET, WHICH MEETS THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS WHEN THE ADJACENT LOTS HAVE THEIR FRONT DOOR FACING THE STREET WITH DIRECT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION ALONG WITH A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK AND THREE INCH CALIBER TREES. FOR THE SECOND VARIANCE, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING LOTS THAT DO NOT HAVE FRONTAGE ON EITHER A PUBLIC STREET, A PAE OR SHARED DRIVEWAY AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE. INSTEAD, MOST OF THE INTERIOR LOTS HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG PRIVATE ALLEYS AND ALL LOTS ARE PROPOSING VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE ALLEYS. THE PROPOSED LAYOUT MEETS THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE DIVISION, WHICH IS TO ENSURE THE DEVELOPMENTS CAN MEET ALL APPLICABLE CONSTRUCTION CODES, ACCOMMODATE FOR UTILITIES AND PROVIDE FOR MEANS FOR DIRECT VEHICULAR ACCESS, WHICH INCLUDES THE USE OF ALLEYS. DURING THE PREVIOUS COMMISSION MEETING, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE MAIL OUT NOTIFICATIONS. 59 LETTERS WERE SENT TO THOSE WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO GRANT THE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT AND REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS, SPECIFIC CONDITIONS REQUESTED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE ARE ABOUT ENSURING THE FIRE LANES HAVE SIGNAGE REQUIRED BY THE FIRE CODE AND THAT THE 20 FOOT PRIVATE ALLEYS REMAIN CLEAR OF PARKED VEHICLES. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO NEW PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE BEYOND THE THREE PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE FROM LAST CYCLE. THE APPLICANT DEVELOPER AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HELD A MEETING YESTERDAY AFTERNOON TO DISCUSS THE PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL AND BOTH THE APPLICANT AND DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE PRESENT TODAY. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE DID RECEIVE AN EMAIL THIS MORNING FROM THE HEAD OF ST. PIUS SISTER POLLARD STATING THAT THEY ARE NOW IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A NUMBER OF OF PEOPLE WHO WANNA SPEAK TO US ON THIS, UM, BUT BEFORE I CALL THEM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? COMMISSIONER CLARK. MS. WILLIAMSON, IS THERE A SAFE CROSSWALK FROM THAT SIDE OF THE STREET? THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY ON THE OLD SITE PLAN THERE WAS SHOWN, BUT ON THE NEW SITE PLAN PROVIDED THERE ISN'T ONE AND ANY CROSSWALK THAT IS PROPOSED WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS. I I WOULD HOPE THAT AS THEY'RE WORKING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, I'M SPEAKING TO THE APPLICANT NOW AND THE DEVELOPER THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER THAT UM, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU'RE CONCENTRATING A A LOT OF HOMES THERE AND IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THAT ROAD ACCESS. SO WE KNOW PEOPLE ARE GONNA WALK ACROSS THE STREET. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. OKAY. [01:30:01] ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER MAR? SO THE HOMES LONG DONOVAN WHEN I'LL BE FRONT FACING AND DO YOU KNOW THERE WILL BE LIKE INDIVIDUAL ACCESS GATES. THERE WILL HAVE TO BE, THERE WILL HAVE TO BE. UM, I GUESS ARE THERE ANY WAY TO CONTROL WHICH NORMALLY WE WOULD'VE WENT THIS BUT CONTROL PARKING ON LIKE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THERE FOR, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE UP TO PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT, BUT DOES IT MATTER IN THIS CASE? I MEAN, WELL ALONG DONOVAN PEOPLE PARK DURING THE DROP OFF AND PICKUP TIMES FOR THE SCHOOL. 'CAUSE THAT'S JUST CO CORRECT. OKAY. SO CONVENIENT. BUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET, I THINK IT DEPENDS ON THE WIDTH OF THE PAVEMENT. IF IT'S TWO-SIDED PARKING OR ONE-SIDED PARKING, THAT'S PUBLIC WORKS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. IS THERE GUEST? THE GUEST PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT. IT'S INSIDE AND IT'S, THAT MEETS THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL MADAM CHAIR? I HAD A QUICK QUESTION. YES, QUICK QUESTION. COMMISSIONER VICTOR. SO IN A, IN A DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS, HOW DOES THE WATER LINES OR SEWER LINES DOES THE CITY HAVE? IS IT ONE METER? LIKE COMMISSIONER NELSON USED TO ASK THE QUESTION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE HOW DOES THAT WORK AND HOW DOES THE CITY NEED AN EASEMENT? SO ON TYPE TWO PERMANENT ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS PROPOSING, THERE IS NO ALLOWANCE FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES. AND SO ANYTHING GOING INSIDE OF THE PROP, THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO BE PRIVATE. HOW THAT GETS WORKED OUT IS GONNA BE WITH PERMITTING BE A MASTER. WELL IT'S A MASTER METER. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, THE APPLICANT, CHERYL JOSEPH. UM, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT FOR QUESTIONS? OKAY. AND THEN, UM, AMMAN KHAN, YOU OKAY. SO WE'LL HOLD YOU TO THE END. UM, CHARLENE JOHNSON. HELLO. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK. I DID COME THE LAST TIME THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA TO INDICATE THAT UH, WE WERE NOT AWARE OF IT AND WE DID HAVE SOME CONCERNS, BUT THE APPLICANTS, THE DEVELOPER DID MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY YESTERDAY AS STATED. THEY DID ADDRESS OUR CONCERNS. SO WE ARE OKAY WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS OUR CONCERN WAS THE FLOODING. SO THEY SAID THEY WERE GONNA PUT SIDEWALKS IN AND THEY WERE GONNA PUT THE EIGHT FOOT PIPES THAT WOULD HELP. THAT WOULDN'T CAUSE US TO HAVE ANY MORE FLOODING ISSUES. AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD HELP US AS WELL. SO I JUST WANTED TO COME BACK TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THEY DID COME BACK AND MEET WITH US AND WE DO APPROVE OF THE NEW PLANS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT OUTCOME. UM, TIFFANY DAWSON. TIFFANY DAWSON, ARE YOU HERE? DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. UM, TERRY RET. S-E-C-R-C-H-R-I-S-T. TERRY SEACREST NOT PRESENT. UH, SISTER DONNA, DONNA POLLARD I THINK. AND, UM, JAMES RASMUS. HEY, IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING WAS WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL. THAT'S GREAT. UM, AND THEN I'LL THANK THE, THE APPLICANT AND DEVELOPER FOR TAKING THE TIME TO WORK OUT SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COOPERATION IN THAT. DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING OR, OKAY. WE'LL JUST VOTE. UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE LISTENING? WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10 WEST DONOVAN COURT? IF NOT, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THERE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTIONS SIGLER SIGLER. SECOND. SECOND, VICTOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS MS. WILLIAMSON [Platting Activities g - i] GH AND AYE I GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS GH AND I AS ONE GROUP? YES PLEASE. SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 1 11 THROUGH 1 32 SECTION H NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 33 THROUGH 1 35 AND SECTION I. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GH AND I. THERE ARE NO ITEMS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER STAFF AND NO CHANGES IN STAFF RECOMMENDATION. [01:35:01] OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING THAT WE'RE GONNA ABSTAIN ON? COMMISSIONER SIGLER ITEM ONE 15. OKAY, AND COMMISSIONER HY ITEMS ONE 20 AND 1 22. OKAY, NOTED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS GH AND WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN, AYE. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION CLARK SECOND ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN SECTION J OR K. [II. Establish a public hearing date of February 16, 2023] UM, THAT WOULD TAKE US TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO, WHICH, UH, IS TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023 OF, FOR THE FOLLOWING, ASHLYN PATIO HOMES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, AUDUBON PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, UM, BERTO APARICIO MYRTLE STREET DEVELOPMENT, BRIAR CRAFT MEADOWS BRANDON STREET, LUXURY HOMES, REPL NUMBER ONE, GARDEN OAKS FIRST SECTION PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER TWO, MADERA ESTATES, OAK FOREST, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FIVE OR VILLA ESTATES QUICKTRIP STORE NUMBER 79 51 EDITION AND SPRING BRANCH VILLA PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FOUR. IS THERE A MOTION TO SET FEBRUARY 16TH FOR THE HEARINGS? BALDWIN SECOND MAR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [III. Establish a public hearing date of February 16, 2023 for a Daphne Hotel located at 347 W. 20th Street] ROMAN NUMERAL THREE IS TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023 FOR A DAPHNE HOTEL LOCATED AT 3 47 WEST WEST 20TH STREET. IS THERE A MOTION? BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? HEINS GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND [IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 2101 N Shepherd Drive (Geoff Butler) ] THAT'LL TAKE US TO ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE FOR 2101 NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE. MR. BUTLER, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AND 21ST STREET. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN AFFORDABLE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WITHIN A PAIR OF EXISTING UNRECORDED UNRESTRICTED RESERVES. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE FOR THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS BY PROVIDING 193 PARKING SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 207 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GREATER HEIGHTS COMMUNITY IN THE NORTH SHEPHERD DURHAM CORRIDOR. THESE STREETS ARE PART OF A PLANNED RECONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHICH WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED PEDESTRIAN REALM AND HIGH COMFORT BIKEWAYS. THESE ARE IN ADDITION TO EXISTING DEDICATED BIKEWAYS ALONG 23RD STREET, NICHOLSON AND WHITE OAK BAYOU. THE SITE IS ALSO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO METRO BUS ROUTE ALONG SHEPHERD AND 20TH STREET. THESE FEATURES MAKE THE SUBJECT SITE UNIQUELY SUITED TO ACCOMMODATE PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY BETWEEN THE PROPOSED HOMES AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE 14 SPACES LESS THAN REQUIRED IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE. AS THE SURROUNDING MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS GIVE THE SITE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO PROVIDE LESS THAN THE REQUIRED PARKING STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT, THIS ITEM EXPRESSING CONCERNS OVER INCREASED DENSITY. AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER. CAN YOU JUST TELL ME AGAIN ABOUT THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? ARE ALL OF THESE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? ARE THEY MARKET RATE? IS IT MIXED OR DO WE KNOW? I I DON'T HAVE THE PARTICULARS THE APPLICANT'S HERE, BUT IT, IT IS A HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY PROPERTY. OKAY, PERFECT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK. NOBODY IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 2101 NORTH SHEPHERD. SO CAN WE BRING UP THE HOUSING AUTHORITY JUST SURE. FOR THIS TO TELL US IF THIS IS 80% OR WHAT IT IS EXACTLY. YEAH, EXACTLY. JUST I'M ALL FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THIS AREA. RIGHT. JUST WANTING TO SEE WHAT WE'RE GETTING HERE. JUST ESTABLISHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS. OKAY. UM, THEN WHO IS THE HOUSING AUTHORITY REPRESENTATIVE? I'M HERE. I'M OH, OH, OKAY. COME TO THE MIC 'CAUSE WE CAN'T HEAR YOU. IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE. UH, CHARLIE RAFT WITH URBAN GENESIS. BILL, IT'S BEEN A WHILE YOU'VE BEEN . IT'S BEEN LIKE FOUR YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN UP HERE. YEAH. UM, YEAH, SO THIS IS A PROJECT WITH HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY. WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE ABOUT 1500 WITH THE HOUSING AUTHORITY. UM, ACTUALLY WHAT Y'ALL HAVEN'T SEEN ME IN A WHILE IS WE'VE DONE 'EM DOWNTOWN AND IN EDO WHERE THERE'S NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS. SO, UM, THIS ONE IS, UH, 40% AT 80% A MI AND 10% AT 60% A MI. THEN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS HAVE TO ANSWER? OH, THE OTHER HALF ARE MARKET. YEAH. SO HALF MARKET HALF IN THE TWO TIERS. YES MA'AM. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? [01:40:01] DID THAT ANSWER AGAIN, JUST SO I KNOW? UH, IN TOTAL IT'S 186 UNITS. PERFECT. YEAH, YOU TOO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, IS THERE ANY, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, UH, THE PARKING VARIANCE AT 2101 NORTH SHEPHERD? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE? DEAR BLAND, SECOND BALDWIN BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES [Items V & VI] ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE AND SIX, I THINK. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ABRAHAM SARGA. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 34,303 SQUARE FOOT SPECIAL MINIMUM OUTSIZE BLOCK FOR THE, UH, 5,300 BLOCK OF CALHOUN ROAD WEST SIDE BETWEEN RIVERSIDE TREE PARK LANE AND NORTH ROSENE DRIVE. THIS APPLICATION WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND IT WAS DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS. STAFF RECOMMENDS PLANNING COMMISSION TO FORWARD THIS APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THE APPLICATION AREA CONSISTS OF FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, REPRESENTING 71% OF THE LOTS IN THE APPLICATION AREA. A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 34,303 SQUARE FEET EXIST ON FOUR LOTS IN THE APPLICATION AREA. THE APPLICATION, I'M SORRY. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT FROM OWNERS OF FIVE OF THE SEVEN LOTS REPRESENTING 99% OF THE TOTAL AREA NOTIFICATION WAS MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE APPLICATION AREA. AND TWO, TIMELY BREEDING PROCESSS FROM PROPERTY OWNER WAS RECEIVED BY STAFF. THE APPLICATION IS WITHIN THE LOOK MORE ABSTRACT 51. THE EARLIEST HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1930S WITHOUT MAD CHAIR. WE ARE READY TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE, UM, SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TAMARA BELL RIGHT HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, LONG TIME NO C UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF THIS MINIMUM LOT SIZE, UH, APPLICATION. AS YOU ALL KNOW, I WAS ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF THIS WHEN IT CAME UP AS IFICATION FOR CHAPTER 42 WAS BEING ALLOWED. AND MANY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS WERE WORRIED ABOUT THE ENCROACHMENT. UH, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO PRESERVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THE WAY THEY WANT 'EM AND THE WAY THEY LIVED IN THEM FOR DECADES. AND SO, ANYTIME ANYBODY GOES THROUGH THIS AND GETS THEIR NEIGHBORS TO SIGN IT, I KNOW Y'ALL DEFERRED THIS LAST WEEK, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A ONUS, UM, TASK TO TAKE ON. AND IT IS THE TASK THAT YOU ALL HAVE ALLOWED CITIZENS TO DO TO PRESERVE THEIR COMMUNITY. SO I WISH YOU ALL WOULD APPROVE THIS ONE WITHOUT HESITATION BECAUSE WE FOLLOWED WHAT YOU ALL TOLD US TO DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MS. BELL. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK. UH, ELWIN C LEE, MR. LEE. GOOD. A GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M EL WIN LEE. I WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO. I TOOK THE TIME TO COME DOWN SO THAT HOPEFULLY MY PRESENCE WILL INDICATE HOW IMPORTANT THIS INTO IS TO ME AND PERHAPS ADD SOME WEIGHT TO MY WORDS. UM, BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND, UM, UM, BEEN ON THE CIVIC CLUB AND ALONG WITH MY FELLOW RESIDENTS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE HAPPY THAT THERE'S A SECTION 42 PROCEDURE, WHICH WILL HELP US DO THAT. I WOULD, UH, LIKE TO ASK THE COMMISSION, SINCE I KNOW ALL OF YOU WERE HERE LAST TIME, TO RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO GET INTO ISSUES THAT NOT, THAT ARE NOT BEFORE YOU, AND JUST, UH, ADDRESS THE NARROW ISSUE WHETHER WE'VE MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 42. I KNOW THERE ARE, UH, SEVERAL MEMBERS FROM THE CIVIC CLUB WHO WILL ALSO, UH, SPEAK TO THIS ISSUE AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. LEE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? UM, THOSE ARE THE SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE SIGNED UP. DO WE HAVE OTHERS WHO GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE PLEASE? SASHA KALA. OH, K-A-L-A-J. JAMES DOUGLAS. OKAY. HANG ON ONE SECOND. SO IT'S SASHA. SAS. SASHA. SASHA. SASHA. HI. IT'S, UH, THIS IS SASHA KAPU. S-E-S-H-A-K-A-L-A-T-A-T-A-P-U. OKAY, MS. KA. I AM, UM, WE GO [01:45:01] RIGHT AHEAD. I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD, MS. KAPA. UH, YES, THANK YOU. UM, YES, I AM LEGAL COUNSEL FOR, UH, THE OWNER OF THE SOUTHERNMOST TRACK THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE IN THIS, UH, MINIMUM LOT SIZE RESTRICTION. THE TRACK THAT'S REFERRED TO AS RESERVE TRACK A, UH, I REPRESENT 53 26 CALHOUN, LLC, WHICH IS THE OWNER OF THE SUBDIVISION KNOWN AS UNIVERSITY RIVERSIDE PARK, WHICH IS ALL OF THE LOTS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO RESERVE TRACT A UM, YOU, MY, OUR FIRST ISSUE, AND I SPOKE, I SPOKE ABOUT THIS, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, I I HAVEN'T HEARD NOTHING NEW FROM, UH, I THINK WHEN IT WAS DEFERRED THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A, UH, A, A REPORT FROM, UH, LEGAL COUNSEL ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE TRANS ORIENTED DISTRICT DESIGNATION ON THIS, UH, REQUEST. UH, AND IN REVIEWING THAT TOD, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THE TOD MAKES IT CLEAR THERE AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE ANY MINIMUM SIZE RESTRICTIONS OR, OR THESE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS IN ORDER TO GET THE TOD DESIGNATION. AND IT WOULD SEEM UNFAIR AND, AND INAPPROPRIATE TO, TO THEN ALLOW, UH, SUCH A DESIGNATION TO TAKE PLACE AFTER THE TOD UH, HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR CALHOUN STREET. UM, REGARDING RESERVE TRACK A, IT'S, AS WE SAID LAST TIME, IT'S NOT A FULL-SIZE LOT. UH, IT'S REFERRED TO AS A PARKING LOT, BUT IT IS NOT A PARKING LOT. IT'S A, IT'S A VACANT LOT OWNED BY THE SUBDIVISION UNIVERSITY OF RIVERSIDE PARK. UM, VACANT LOTS, UH, SHOULDN'T BE INCLUDED IN THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE RESTRICTIONS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S SMALLER THAN THE, UH, THE RESTRICTIONS THEMSELVES. SO I, I UNDERSTAND WHY THEY INCLUDED IT. THEY INCLUDED IT BECAUSE WITHOUT RESERVE TRACK A, THEY CAN'T GET TO THE STREET. UH, AND YOU HAVE TO GO STREET TO STREET IN ORDER TO HAVE THE DESIGNATION. BUT IT'S PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR, WE, WE OWN THAT LOT, WE'RE OPPOSED TO THE RESTRICTIONS AND THE RESTRICTIONS DON'T MAKE SENSE, UH, FOR THAT PARTICULAR LOT. UM, THE OTHER POINT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT A NUMBER OF THESE APPLICATIONS, UH, AND I'VE LOOKED AT THE APPLICATIONS, UH, INCLUDING INCOMPLETE DATA, UH, IMPORTANT DATA LIKE WHAT SUBDIVISIONS THE LOTS BELONG TO, WHICH LOTS TO DO OR DO NOT HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IF ANY. UH, THEY, THE, THE APPLICANTS HAVE SORT OF LEFT THAT, THOSE, THOSE BLANK. UH, BECAUSE IN OUR VIEW, THIS, THIS EFFORT IS AN EFFORT TO SORT OF, UH, HAVE AN IMPACT ON, UH, THE LITIGATION BETWEEN SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORS AND 53 26 CALHOUN, LLC. UH, I DID MENTION THE LAWSUIT LAST TIME, UH, A LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF RIVERSIDE PARK AND IT INCLUDES A CLAIM THAT MR. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. CAN YOU WRAP UP VERY QUICKLY? I'M SORRY. YEAH, VERY QUICKLY. YEAH. THERE'S A CLAIM THAT THE SUBDIVISION, UH, IS, UM, IS INCLUDED IN RIVERSIDE TERRACE. AND THERE'S, AND THE, THE CLAIM ALSO IS THAT THE OTHER LOTS IN THIS AREA ARE ALSO PART OF RIVERSIDE TERRACE. OUR POSITION IS THAT THEY'RE NOT, AND THAT IT WOULD CON, IT WOULD FURTHER COMPLICATE AND CONFUSE MATTERS TO IMPOSE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS WHEN THE ORIGINAL, WHEN THERE'S A, THERE'S A LEGAL QUESTION ABOUT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THEMSELVES. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE WILL ASK OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP LAST WEEK AND WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW, BUT I'M GONNA FINISH CALLING ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. UM, OKAY. SO WHO IS NEXT? DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UM, OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? LAST CALL FOR SPEAKERS FOR ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR. THIS IS THE WEST SIDE. JAMES? YES. JAMES DOUGLAS. OKAY. MR. DOUGLAS, GO RIGHT. YOU KNOW, I DON'T, I YES, AND I, I DID CALL IN AND SIGN UP. I LIVE AT 53 18 CALHOUN AS THE SPEAKERS BEFORE ME HAVE INDICATED ABOUT 90 YEARS AGO, THIS COMMUNITY WAS CREATED TO BE A LIVABLE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, MOST OF THE LIVES ARE HUGE. THE HOMES ARE HUGE AND WE'VE LIVED FOR 90 YEARS AS A PEACEFUL RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. IN FACT, UH, A FEW YEARS AGO, THE TEXAS MAGAZINES SAID THAT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST EXCLUSIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE COUNTRY. UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT THIS REMAIN THE SAME KIND OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'VE HAD FOR OVER 90 YEARS. AND SO WE WOULD ASK THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER APPROVED THIS MINIMUM LOT SIZE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE AND LIVE IN THE PEACEFUL COMMUNITY THAT WAS CREATED OVER 90 YEARS AGO. THANK YOU MR. DOUGLAS. [01:50:01] APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH US AGAIN. UM, ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO, DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE WEST SIDE? OKAY. THEN WITH THAT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, UH, MATT? YES, MADAM. I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT. MY NAME IS KIMBERLY PHILLIPS. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE CIVIC CLUB, THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR THIS AREA. AND WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE MINIMUM LOT APPLICATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. I AM GLAD WE GOT THAT ON THE RECORD. ANYBODY ELSE? LAST CALL. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND I'M GONNA ASK, UH, MS. MICKELSON, OUR LEGAL ADVISOR TO, UH, COMMENT ON SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WE ASKED YOU TO CLARIFY LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS THE REASON WE DEFERRED IT. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. I CAN BE BRIEF OR I CAN GO INTO DETAIL, UM, BY BEING BRIEF. THE BRIEF ANSWER IS THAT, UM, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE COMMENTS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE RAISED AT THE LAST MEETING AND LOOKED AT, UH, THE DOCUMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED IN THE APPLICATION ALONG WITH THE ORDINANCE. AND WE AGREE WITH STAFF THAT THIS COMPLIES WITH THE ORDINANCE AND SHOULD GO FORWARD TO COUNSEL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE DETAILS? ANY, WHAT? WHAT IS THE CURRENT LAND USE OF THOSE TWO SMALL TRACKS? I MEAN, VACANT UNIMPROVED, WHAT? ARE THEY UNRESTRICTED OR WOULD THEY BE RESTRICTED TO RESIDENTIAL? ONE IS RESTRICTED TO, UH, SINGLE FAMILY LOT. THE LARGER ONE, THE LARGER ONE, THE SMALLER ONE IS, UH, RESERVED FOR PARKING. SO IT COULD BE ANY OR, OR EASEMENT. OH, EASEMENT. YES. I THINK WE DETERMINED THAT THERE MAY BE WATER METER EASEMENTS ON THERE. THE ORIGINAL PLAT, IF YOU ALL DIDN'T SEE THE PLAT, BECAUSE THIS, THESE AREAS WERE NOT PLATTED, RIGHT. THESE ARE ALL INDIVIDUAL TRACKS. SO THEY, UM, IT WAS NOT A REPL THAT CAME THROUGH. SO THE PLAT, THE PLAT AREA FOR RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY PARK WOULD BE GRANDFATHERED, UM, INTO THE, THE PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED. OKAY. SO TO CLARIFY, YOU'VE REVIEWED THE, THE TOD ISSUE. YOU HAVE REVIEWED THE LAWSUIT ISSUE, CORRECT. ALL ISSUES THAT WERE REMAINING IN CORRECT. THE LAWSUIT, THE TOD, THE, THE TOD ORDINANCE, BY THE WAY, DOES NOT ANTICIPATE THE REVERSE. IT ANTICIPATES WE WON'T CREATE A TOD WHERE THERE ARE THESE AREAS, BUT IT DOESN'T ANTICIPATE THE REVERSE. SO WHERE THERE'S TOD, WE COULDN'T HAVE ADDITIONAL SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZES. NO. WHERE THERE IS ALREADY, IF TOD PRECEDES THE APPLICATION, THE ORDINANCE APPEARS TO ALLOW THE CREATION OF MINIMUM LOT SIZE. OKAY. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? JUST COMMISSIONER RAM SO THAT WE'RE CLEAR. CLEAR WITH MUD, UM, , SO THIS WILL NOT INHIBIT THE, THE POSTER FOR TESTER FROM DEVELOPING IT THE WAY THAT THEIR PLAT SPEC, YOU KNOW, SPECIFIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT. IT IS AN APPROVED PLAT AND WOULD NOT BE SUBJECT TO THE LOT SIZE RESTRICTIONS AT THIS POINT. WE CAN'T REPLY THEM. APPLY THEM RETROACTIVELY. OKAY. COMMISSIONER VICTOR? NO. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? I KEEP, I'M SEEING THINGS . YES. OKAY. UM, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, MR. ZIA, YOU WANNA RESTATE YOUR RECOMMENDATION? OF COURSE. UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA, SECOND SIGLER, ALL THOSE, I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANNA MAKE THIS MOTION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT'S GOING TO CITY COUNCIL. AND NOW WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN FOR ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLO LINE BLOCK FOR 5,300 BLOCK OF CALHOUN ROAD WEST SIDE. YES. THIS IS AN APPLICATION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A 67 FOOT SPECIAL MINIMUM BILLING LINE BLOCK FOR THE 5,300 BLOCK OF CALHOUN ROAD WEST SIDE BETWEEN RIVERSIDE THREE PARK LANE AND NORTH, UH, NORTH ROSE SMITH DRIVE. AGAIN, THIS APPLICATION WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE THIRD FOR TWO WEEKS. AND OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS FOR THIS APPLICATION TO BE FORWARD TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. THE APPLICATION AREA ALSO CONSISTS OF FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. A MINIMUM BUILDING LINE OF 67 FEET EXISTS ON FIVE LOTS IN THE APPLICATION AREA. A THIS REPORT PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT IS A 99% AND A NOTIFICATION WAS MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE APPLICATION AREA. AND TWO, TIMELY BREEDING PROCESS FROM THE PROPERTY OWNER WAS RECEIVED BY STAFF. APPLICATION IS WITHIN THE LOOK MORE ABSTRACT 51. THE EARLIEST HOUSE WAS CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1930S WITH AMAD CHAIR. WE'RE READY TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. [01:55:03] SORRY. UM, OKAY. WE NEED TO HAVE A SEPARATE PUBLIC HEARING. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED. UM, WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MS. BELL? TOMORROW BELL. THIS ALSO FALLS WITHIN MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AND I AM THE PRESIDENT AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS APPLICATION AS WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? UM, ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK? MR. LEE? HELLO? HOLD ON. I'M, I JUST CALLED, UH, AL, WIN C LEE. UH, JUST CLARIFYING, THIS IS FOR THE LINE. THIS IS FOR THE BUILDING LINE? YES. I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES, UH, THAT SET OFF AS VERY IMPORTANT AND, AND WITHOUT IT, IT, UM, HOUSES WOULDN'T BE THE SAME. SO I CERTAINLY SUPPORT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. UM, WHO WOULD LIKE, WHO ELSE? HELLO? YES, GO AHEAD. STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS EVA CANNA AND, UH, MY PROPERTY WAS, UM, WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SUBMITTED FOR APPROVAL OF THE REPLANTING OF THE PROPERTY AND I, UM, TODAY AND, UH, I HADN'T HEARD ANYTHING, UH, ON THE, DURING THE MEETING IN, IN REGARD TO THAT. YEAH, I, MS. KENNA, I, TO CLARIFY, WE ARE HAVING A PUBLIC HEARING ON A SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDING LINE BLOCK IT. I THINK YOU'RE SPEAKING ON A DIFFERENT ISSUE. OKAY. DO YOU KNOW, UH, CA CAN I ASK YOU TO HOLD ON AND WE CAN CALL ON YOU DURING, UM, THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE END OF THE MEETING? SURE. OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 5,300 BLOCK OF CALHOUN ROAD? THE BUILDING LINE? YES, I WOULD LIKE, YES. KIM KIM PHILLIPS, AGAIN, THE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE HOA RISING IN, IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICATION. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. PHILLIPS. UH, ANYBODY ELSE? AND YES, THIS IS JAMES DOUGLAS. AS I SAID EARLIER, UH, I LIVE AT ON 53 18 CALHOUN, SO I'M ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE MOST EFFECTIVE BY THIS SETBACK AND I AM ONCE AGAIN SUPPORTING THE, UH, RECOMMENDATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON UH, ROMAN NUMERAL SIX? YES, THIS IS, UH, CIA KAPU ON BEHALF OF, UH, THE AIR TRACK. A OWNER. I REITERATED THE POINTS I MADE BEFORE. I DON'T EVEN STILL FEEL THAT THE TRANSIT IAN DISTRICT DESIGNATION, UH, THE PURPOSE OF IT IS DEFEATED IF MINIMUM LOT SIZE RESTRICTIONS ARE ALLOWED, THESE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS ARE ALLOWED AFTER THE POD DESIGNATIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? YOU'RE BREAKING UP A LITTLE BIT. YES, IT DOES. OKAY, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING? UH, IF NOT, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO FORWARD THIS TO CITY COUNCIL. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LEGAL COMMISSIONER CLARK? UM, NOT NECESSARILY FOR LEGAL. I JUST, I HAD ASKED LAST MEETING, WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF THIS LOT? THE SMALL LOT ON RIVERSIDE TREE PARK LANE? I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION PLEASE? YES. WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF THAT LOT? THE LITTLE TEENY TINY LOT FROM CALHOUN TO THE, TO THE BACK OF THE LOT. BEAUTIFUL. NEITHER LOT MEET 67 FEET. SO WHEN THEY DON'T MEET 67 FEET, FEET, WHAT IS, WELL MY QUESTION, LEMME FINISH MY QUESTION. I WANNA KNOW THE DEPTH OF THE LOT AND DID YOU I CAN THAT FOR ME, YES, I CAN DEFINITELY TELL YOU WHAT THE DEFINITION OF THE LOT IS BASED ON THE OKAY. UNDER THE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF A MINIMAL OUTSIZE AND BUILDING LINE, UH, THE LOT IS CONTIGUOUS LAND UNDER COMMON OWNER SHEET AND NO, I KNOW ALL THAT. I WANNA PHYSICALLY KNOW WHAT IS THE DEPTH OF THAT LOT. HOW MANY FEET? YES, IT IS 200 SQUARE FEET. IT'S STAND BY. I'M SORRY, I'M TRYING TO SEE IT FROM HERE. 57 67. 10 BY 20. SO 10. OKAY. 10 FEET. SO BASICALLY WE'RE JUST RENDERING THIS UN USELESS NO, IT'S UNBUILDABLE. NO, NO, IT DOESN'T APPLY TO THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE IT HAS A VALID PLAT THAT HAS BEEN RECORDED. OKAY. THAT'S MY QUESTION. SO IT WILL REMAIN IN THAT SAME WITH THE OTHER ONE. SO THAT LITTLE TEENY TINY LOT IS NOT INCLUDED. OKAY. WELL IT IS INCLU IT WILL BE INCLUDED. SHOULD THAT PLA, SHOULD THAT AREA EVER BE RE PLATTED INTO A LARGER LOT, THEN THE BUILDING LINE WILL TRIGGER. BUT AS LONG AS, BUT AS IT EXISTS TODAY, [02:00:01] IT HAS NO EFFECT. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO FORWARD THIS TO CITY COUNCIL. IS THERE A MOTION? MA? VICTOR, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND IT TOO WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU MR. ZERIA. [VII. Public Comment] UM, THAT WILL TAKE US TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND UM, I'M GONNA CALL FIRST ON EVA. EVA CANNA, ARE YOU STILL THERE? YES, I'M STILL HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN. I, SO ARE YOU SPEAKING ABOUT AN ITEM ON THIS WEEK'S AGENDA? DO YOU KNOW THE NUMBER? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, WE CAN HEAR YOU. HELLO? HELLO? YES, MA'AM? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I'M HERE. YES I CAN. OKAY. WHAT, WHICH ITEM ON THE AGENDA DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO US ABOUT? UH, ABOUT THE REPLYING OF MY PROPERTY AT 1400 RING HERS THAT IT WAS, HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TODAY FOR APPROVAL STAFF. CAN YOU HELP ME, MS. MACHO? BRINGHURST. OKAY. IS ITEM 80, UM, THE APPLICANT? IS IT, IS IT BRINGHURST? NOBLE. MAJESTIC? IT'S BRINGHURST, B-R-I-N-G-H-U-R-S-T. AND THE ZIP CODE IS 7 7 0 2 0. WE, WE HAD AN ITEM NUMBER 88 UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS, UM, FOR A REPL. AND IT WAS APPROVED? IT WAS APPROVED, YES. ALRIGHT, THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'RE HERE TO SERVE. RIGHT? OKAY. UM, AND THEN THE NEXT SPEAKER WHO SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS IS RONALD S. ROBERTS. MR. ROBERTS, CAN YOU TALK RIGHT INTO THE MIC? OOPS, SORRY. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RON ROBERTS AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE, UH, BROOKHAVEN CIVIC CLUB, WHICH IS LOCATED, UH, SOUTH OF SIX 10, UH, SOUTH LOOP BETWEEN, UH, SCOTT AND CULLEN STREET. OKAY. AND SO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, WE, UM, IT IS A SUBDIVISION LISTED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. AND WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, UM, A RESTRICTION CONTRACT OR RESTRICTION, UH, UM, THAT'S, UM, FILED WITH THE, UH, DEED RESTRICTION OFFICE. AND, UH, SO I'M, WHAT, WHAT MY COMMENT IS, IS THAT, UH, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE, UH, PUBLIC RECORD AND, UH, AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE TO LOOK AT, UH, THAT THERE ARE, UH, AND WE'VE BEEN HERE NUMEROUS TIMES. BROOKHAVEN SUBDIVISION HAS TO, UH, SPEAK ON, UH, UH, ON, UH, APPLICATIONS FOR DIVIDING LOTS AND BUILDING MULTI, UH, FAMILY, UM, STRUCTURES ON THE LOTS IN ID RESTRICTIONS. IT, IT, UH, UH, IT, UH, SAYS THAT, UH, IN THE, UH, SUBDIVISION THAT, UH, ONLY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, UH, UH, SHOULD BE, WILL BE BUILT ON, UH, ON THE PLATS, ON THE LOTS. AND THAT, UH, NO LOT SHOULD BE DIVIDED. AND, UH, ACCORDING TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S, UH, I GUESS, UH, SECTION 42 SOMETHING OR ANOTHER THAT, UH, ESTABLISHED LOTS, UM, CANNOT BE DIVIDED, UH, INTO SMALLER LOTS THAN ONES THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED. OKAY. SO THERE IS AN APPLICATION TO DIVIDE A PARTICULAR LOT AND, UH, IT WILL BE SMALLER THAN, THAN ANY OF THE LOTS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THERE. SO, UM, AND ALSO, UM, THE OTHER PORTION THAT I WANTED TO SPEAK OF WAS, UH, OH, AND THE, UH, THE VARIANCE, THE WAY WE UNDERSTAND THE VARIANCE IS THAT, UH, THERE HAS TO BE LIKE, FOR A VARIANCE TO BE APPROVED, THAT THERE SHOULD BE, UH, SOME TYPE OF HARDSHIP OR SOME TYPE OF, UH, UM, UH, HEALTH OR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE FOR VARIANCE TO BE APPROVED. AND AS FAR AS I KNOW, NONE OF THAT EXISTS. MR. IF, MR. ROBERTS, YES. IF I CAN JUST CONFIRM. SO I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE ALBERTA VILLAS? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S IT. YES. OKAY. SO THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION ACTED ON AT OUR LAST MEETING. YES. AND OUR, UH, [02:05:01] LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AS THEY ALWAYS DO, DID A PRETTY EXTENSIVE REVIEW OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND I'LL LET MS. NICHOLSON SPEAK. YEAH. THANK, THANK YOU. MM-HMM . AND THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT ALWAYS REVIEWS THOSE. THE INITIAL, UH, RECOMMENDATION CAME BACK. YOU ALL WILL REMEMBER THE PLAT CA THE REPL CAME IN INITIALLY FOR FOUR LOTS, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THAT DID VIOLATE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MEET MINIMUM LOT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE ESTABLISHED IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. WHEN IT CAME BACK THE SECOND TIME, IT WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS THAT DID NOT FACE ON ALBERTA, BUT RATHER FACED ON RED BLOOD. RED BLOOD, EXCUSE ME. UM, AND WE WERE PROVIDED, I THINK AT THAT MEETING, A COPY OF DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT PURPORTED AT THAT FIRST MEETING THAT PURPORTED TO FURTHER RESTRICT THE LOTS IN THE WAYS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPLAINED HERE TODAY. WE TOOK THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS BACK, I LOOKED AT THEM AND DRAFTED A PRELIMINARY OPINION AND SENT IT BACK TO OUTSIDE COUNSEL WHO HAD PROVIDED THE ORIGINAL OPINION. THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE WERE PROVIDED APPLIED NOT TO BLOCK L, WHICH IS WHERE THIS RE SUBDIVISION OCCURRED, BUT APPLIED TO BLOCK Q, WHICH IS A BLOCK FURTHER NORTH ON KIND OF A CURVED STREET, I WANNA SAY MONARCH OR, UM, AND THAT WAS, UH, K CIRCLE. BUT IN, UH, IN ANY EVENT, IT DID NOT APPLY TO THIS BLOCK. IN, IN PARTICULAR, THE RESTRICTIONS THAT APPLIED TO BLOCK L WERE MET BY THE SUBDIVISION PLAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED TO, TO COMMISSION. THUS THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION FROM OUTSIDE COUNSEL WAS THAT IT DID NOT VIOLATE. SO, AND I, I DO KNOW THAT I, I BELIEVE A COMPLAINT HAS BEEN FILED WITH OUR DEED RESTRICTION, UM, SECTION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, WHICH IS THERE JUST TO RE-REVIEW THESE KIND OF QUESTIONS. SO I KNOW THEY'RE LOOKING AT IT AS WELL. IT WILL GET A SECOND LOOK. YEAH. SO THIS ITEM HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN ACTED ON BY THE COMMISSION AND, AND HAS BEEN CONCLUDED. AND, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMING DOWN AND MAKING YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. SO THE, UM, UM, UM, THE INFORMATION THAT I FOUND SAID THAT THERE HAS TO BE LIKE A, UH, A HARDSHIP OR A, UH, AND, AND WE DETERMINED THAT THERE, THERE WAS, BUT THERE'S NOT A VARIANCE. IT'S NOT A VARIANCE. SO I DIDN'T RECALL THAT THERE WAS A VARIANCE ON THIS SIDE. YEAH. IT WAS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING. YES. YEAH. SO GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER. SO SIR, LET, LET ME TRY TO HELP MAKE, EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT WHAT MS. MICKELSON SAID WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FIRST APPLICATION, WHICH WAS TO DIVIDE THAT LOT INTO FOUR RIGHT HOMES. RIGHT. IT DID NOT MEET THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. WE, WE DETERMINED THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT DETERMINED THAT. BUT WHEN THE APPLICANT CAME BACK WITH ONLY TWO HOMES ON THE SITE AND THE HOMES ARE IN FACT SINGLE FAMILY, WHEN THE APPLICANT CAME BACK WITH TWO DIVIDED THE WAY THEY WERE, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT DID MEET THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND BECAUSE IT MET THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND IT MEETS OUR CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS, THERE IS NO HARDSHIP REQUIRED. IT WAS, THEY WERE NOT ASKING FOR ANY SPECIAL CONSIDERATION AND SO THEY DID NOT NEED TO PROVE HARDSHIP. AND THAT IS ALLOWABLE WITHIN OUR RULES. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. OKAY. THAT, UH, KIND OF HELPS, BUT I KNOW YOU'RE NOT HAPPY NOT TO THE END. WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU'RE NOT HAPPY. RIGHT. BUT THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME. THANK YOU. UM, ROMAN NUMERAL EIGHT, WE DO NOT NEED TO ACT ON SINCE COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG IS HERE AND THE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA. OKAY. , SORRY TO KEEP YOU GUYS HERE. UM, THE PREVIOUS CALLER WHO CALLED ABOUT AN APPLICATION, SHE HAS SINCE LEFT. WE, UM, HAVE AN APPLICANT CLARIFYING THAT IT IS NOT THAT APPLICATION. WE LOOKED AT THE PLA TRACKER APPLICATION AND THAT APPLICATION CURRENTLY IS INCOMPLETE. SO WE HAVE NOT SEEN IT. COMMISSION HAS NOT LOOKED AT IT. OKAY. SO IT'LL COME ON OUR AGENDA. WE JUST DON'T HAVE A WAY TO COMMUNICATE BACK TO THAT PERSON WHO CALLED. OKAY. HOPEFULLY SHE'S STILL WATCHING OR LISTENING. OH, SHE, SHE LEFT ALREADY, SO WE CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH HER. SO THIS IS JUST FOR PUBLIC RECORD. OKAY. WELL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE IT. YEAH, WE'LL SEE. OKAY. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MATER? IT'S, IT'S IN PLA TRACKER. IT'S UH, DO WE HAVE THE APPLICATION NUMBER? IT'S 2 0 2 3 0 0 3 7. SO YOU DON IS THE APPLICATION YOU DON'T CONTACT HER TO ABOUT IT'S BEING INCOMPLETE? WE JUST CAN'T, WE DON'T KNOW THE CONTACT PERSON. WE, THEY, THEY CAME IN TO THE CHAT AND THEY LEFT [02:10:01] AND, BUT ON THE APPLICATION. OH, SHE WAS THE APPLICANT? YES. AH, OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU . WE WILL CONTACT HER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? FLOOR SECOND. ALL, WHO DID YOU JUDGE? ALL UNANIM. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. * 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.