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FROM CITY HALL ANNEX.IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV.
[Call to Order]
UH, THIS IS A MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.I'M COMMISSION CHAIR MARTY STEIN, VERIFYING OUR QUORUM.
I'LL CALL THE ROLE THE CHAIR IS PRESENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN? PRESENT.
MAD IS GONNA BE VIRTUAL PRESENT.
DID YOU ALL CAN SEE AND HEAR COMMISSIONER MAD.
WHO IS VIRTUAL? UH, PAUL NELSON.
COMMISSIONER NELSON WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER KAIN PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER KAIN IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER DALTON PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER DALTON IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER MANKA IS NOT PRESENT.
UH, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT.
17 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, UH, TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY.
UM, IF YOU'RE HERE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, YOU CAN FIND THE FINAL AGENDA WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT WEBSITE.
ALL ADVANCED CO COMMENTS RECEIVED BY THE DEPARTMENT, UM, AS OF NOON YESTERDAY ARE INCLUDED IN OUR PACKETS.
UM, AND IF YOU, I ALREADY MENTIONED, IF YOU'RE IN THE ROOM AND YOU WANNA SPEAK, FILL OUT A LITTLE FORM.
FOR THOSE OF YOU CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER, PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED UNTIL IT'S, YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
AND ALSO YOUR VIDEO IF, UM, UNTIL YOU'RE SPEAKING.
UM, ONLY ONE ITEM I BELIEVE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
IT IS ITEM 1 0 8 WEST 12TH STREET MANNERS, AND THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THAT.
I'M, I'M, YOU KNOW, REINFORCING THAT.
'CAUSE I THINK WE DID HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WHO WERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY 1 0 8 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
[Director’s Report]
ALRIGHT.UM, AND WITH THAT, IT WE MOVE TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN.
I'M SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, I HOPE YOU ALL HAD A SPLENDID ST.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ALSO CELEBRATED ST.
VALENTINE'S DAY BECAUSE IT IS OUR EIGHTY FOUR EIGHTY THIRD BIRTHDAY.
WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON FEBRUARY 14TH IN 1940, AND WE CELEBRATED WITH COFFEE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE OFFICE.
UM, SO HAPPY BIRTHDAY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WANNA GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ORDINANCE THAT'S MAKING ITS WAY, UH, THROUGH TO CITY COUNCIL.
GREAT PROGRESS IS BEING MADE ON OUR PROPOSED ENABLING ORDINANCE.
UM, UPDATE DRAFTS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR LET'S TALK HOUSTON WEBPAGE.
THE PROPOSAL ALLOWS FOR A VARIETY OF NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVEN PROTECTION OPTIONS FOR SPECIFIED AREAS.
CALL THAT WOULD BE CALLED A CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
UM, THE PROPOSAL RIGHT NOW CALLS FOR A MINIMUM OF 51% SUPPORT BY PROPERTY OWNERS, AND IT'S ENVISIONED AS AN EQUITABLE AND EASIER TO USE OPTION THAN SOME OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD PROTECTION OPTIONS, SUCH AS DEED RESTRICTIONS IN HISTORIC DISTRICTS.
UM, A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING WAS HELD AT THE HISTORIC, I'M SORRY, AT THE HOUSTON ARCHEOLOGICAL AND HISTORIC COMMISSION ON FEBRUARY 9TH, AT WHICH TIME THE COMMISSION APPROVED THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT PROPOSAL AND MOVED IT FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
THEY AUTHORIZED CITY COUNCIL TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ORDINANCE IS NOT AT CITY COUNCIL YET.
UM, WE WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL ON FEBRUARY 20, UH, I'M SORRY, ON FEBRUARY 22ND AT 9:00 AM THAT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT ENABLING ORDINANCE.
WE'LL ALSO BE SPEAKING ABOUT CONSERVATION DISTRICTS ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT 3:00 PM AT THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED, YOU CAN CHECK IN THERE.
UM, THE VIRTUAL ATTENDANCE LEAK IS AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBPAGE, SO THE NEXT TWO TIMES TO HEAR ABOUT IT ARE FEBRUARY 21ST, 3:00 PM LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC HEARING AT 9:00 AM FEBRUARY 22ND.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THE
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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600.OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 360 6 24, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM AND SEE.
LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG FOR MORE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE DIRECTOR? IF NOT,
[Approval of the February 2, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
UH, WE MOVE TO APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023 MINUTES.UM, I THINK THESE WERE IN YOUR PACKET.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? MADAM CHAIR ONE.
CORRECTION UNDER, UH, ITEM G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL, IT'S NOTED THAT I HAD ABSTAINED FROM ITEMS 1 72 THROUGH 1 75 AND IT WAS 1 72 AND 180 5.
SO COMMISSIONER HY ABSTAINED ON ITEM 1 72 AND 180 5, CORRECT? YES.
LET THE MINUTES REFLECT THAT, I ASSUME.
UM, ANY OTHER ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS? COMMISSIONER DALTON? YES, MA'AM.
UM, LAST AGENDA, I MEANT TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 24, NOT 23.
THERE WAS A NUMBERING CHANGE FROM THE DRAFT AGENDA TO THE FINAL AGENDA.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO REFLECT THAT I ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 24.
AND NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE SUBMITTED, REVISED, UM, UH, AFFIDAVITS WHERE THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THAT.
UM, OKAY, WITH THAT WE HAVE A MOTION OR WE NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? AYE.
AND NOTE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MONKA HAS JOINED US.
[Platting Activities a & b]
UM, I THINK THAT TAKES US NOW TO PLANNING ACTIVITY ROMAN ONE, MS. LEE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 95 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 62 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBER 63 THROUGH 95.
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.
UH, LET'S START BY GETTING THE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE OUT OF ORDER THIS WEEK.
COMMISSIONER HACH? YES, MADAM CHAIR, ITEMS 5 8 9 15 16, 26 AND 46.
AND COMMISSIONER DALTON ITEMS 14, 19 43, 57, AND 58.
UM, WE WILL GET THOSE IN ORDER.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS IN SECTIONS A OR B.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? WE DO NOT.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE ITEMS FROM ONE TO ITEM 95, HEARING NO RESPONSE.
AND WE'LL PROCEED ON VOTING FOR SECTIONS A AND B AND WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ALL ITEMS IN A AND B SAVE.
AND EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 5, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 19, 26, 32, 33, 43, 46, 57, AND 58.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION JONES? IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA GARZA.
FORGOT ABOUT YOU THERE FOR A SECOND.
UM, AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH FOR THE RECORD IS ITEM 5 8 9 14 15, 16, 19, 26, 32, 33, 43, 46, 57 AND 58.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION CLARK SECOND.
PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS HEIS, DALTON AND SIGLER ABSTAINED.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Devin Crittle, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, John Cedillo, Arum Lee, and Aracely Rodriguez)]
WITH THAT, WE GO TO SECTION C, PUBLIC HEARINGS.MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THIS NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS 96.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER, HE WILL BE ABSTAINING ON ITEM 96.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 96, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ONE 10, WHICH IS A VARIANCE REQUEST, AND ROMAN NUMERAL NUMBER THREE AND FIVE AS THEY'RE ALL RELATED TO THIS PROJECT.
SO THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST ALONG ASHLAND STREET AND NORTH OF WEST 20TH STREET.
UH, THIS FIRST ITEM IS ASHLAND PATIO HOMES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, ITEM 96.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG AND EAST OF ASHLAND STREET AND NORTH OF WEST 20TH STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE RESTRICTED RESERVE RESTRICTED TO PARKING, LANDSCAPING, OPEN SPACE, DRAINAGE, AND INCIDENTAL UTIL UTILITY PURPOSES.
THIS PROPOSED RESERVE IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE SEVEN PARKING SPACES FOR A NEARBY PROPOSED DAPHNE HOTEL JUST TO THE SOUTH.
LEGAL REVIEW HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING DOES VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND MUST REMAIN IN RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DEFERRAL TO DISCUSS THE LEGAL OPINION OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS DURING THE TWO WEEK DEFERRAL PERIOD.
STAFF HAS ALSO RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS OPPOSING THE USE OF THE PARKING ON THE TRACT.
THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF WEST 20TH AND ASHLAND STREET, JUST SOUTH OF THE ASHLAND PATIO HOMES PROJECT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A FIVE STORY BOUTIQUE HOTEL ON THIS TRACT AND IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE VARIANCE ALONG WEST 20TH STREET.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO, TO DEFER PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
ROMAN NUMER NUMBER THREE IS A OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE FOR THE DAPHNE HOTEL JUST PRESENTED.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW OFF STREET PARKING TO BE LOCATED OVER 500 FEET FROM THE HOTEL SITE.
THERE ARE THREE PROPOSED OFFSITE SPACES FOR THE HOTEL.
ONE OF THE SITES IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 96, WHICH IS ASHLAND PATIO HOMES.
THIS SITE VIOLATES DEED RESTRICTIONS AND CANNOT BE USED FOR PARKING PER LEGAL'S LATEST REVIEW.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO REQUESTED A DEFERRAL ON THIS ITEM.
AND FINALLY, ROMAN NUMERAL NUMBER FIVE IS A CONSIDERATION OF A PROPOSED DAPHNE HOTEL.
THIS HOTEL IS LOCATED ON THE SAME TRACK AS THE PARKING VARIANCE AND THE ITEM ONE 10, EXCUSE ME, THE HOTEL IS LOCATED ON THE SAME TRACK AS ITEM ONE 10 AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WEST 20TH STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE HOTEL SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A HOTEL TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA TO ALLOW A HOTEL TO BE CONSTRUCTED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO PROTECTED USES, AND TO ALLOW A HOTEL TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A TWO LANE STREET AND A PUBLIC ALLEY.
MADAM CHAIR, IF ITEM 96 ASHLAND PATIO HOMES CANNOT BE USED AS PARKING, IT WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUEST, THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND THE HOTEL VARIANCE.
ALL FOUR ITEMS HAVE BEEN DEFERRED PER THE APPLI APPLICANT'S REQUEST, AND THEY'LL LOOK INTO FINDING A SOLUTION DURING THE TWO WEEK DEFERRAL PERIOD.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, MADAM CHAIR, AND YOU CAN VOTE ON THESE FOUR ITEMS SEPARATELY.
WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96, AND YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ASHLAND AND PATTY HOLMES PARTIAL RE REPLY NUMBER ONE AT THIS TIME.
UM, PROCEDURALLY WE HAVE ACTUALLY TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS HERE.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 96.
WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE, UM, HOTEL APPLICATION.
THE OTHERS ARE NOT PUBLIC HEARINGS.
BUT I THINK WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON ALL OF THESE.
SO DO YOU WANT US TO GO AHEAD AND DO ALL OF THESE TOGETHER? YES, MA'AM.
SO YEAH, IF YOU'RE LISTENING, WE'RE TAKING ALL THE DAPHNE HOTEL ITEMS TOGETHER RIGHT NOW.
SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 96 IS OPEN.
ANDREW LANG, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW OR AT THE END OR BOTH? UH, BOTH PLEASE, MR. LANG.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS ANDREW LANG WITH BGE.
UM, WE ARE THE APPLICANT FOR THESE PROJECTS.
UM, JUST FIRST AND FOREMOST WANTED TO MAKE ONE POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UH, THE DOCUMENTATION PROVIDED BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT TO US IS ACTUALLY FOR A UTILITY EASEMENT.
IT IS A PRIVATE UTILITY EASEMENT, NOT A PUBLIC UTILITY EASEMENT, AND THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS CONTAINED WITHIN THAT
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DOCUMENTATION.SO THE DEFERRAL PERIOD WILL BE USED TO, UH, HAVE THAT DISCUSSION WITH THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, AS WE FIRMLY BELIEVE.
AND OUR, OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION CONCURS THAT THERE IS NO RESTRICTION ON THIS PROPERTY RESTRICTING IT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, AND THEN I'M AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, AFTER SPEAKERS COME UP.
LET ME SEE IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR NOW.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, COME BACK, MR. LANG, BUT THE INTENTION IS NOT TO TEAR DOWN THAT STRUCTURE ANYMORE.
AND THERE'LL BE A NEW PLAN WITH PARKING PRESENTED AT A LATER DATE.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE INTENTION IS TO PROCEED WITH THE PLANS AS AS SUBMITTED.
UM, AND THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BEING ACQUIRED, BUT FOR THE MOMENT WE ARE PROCEEDING WITH THIS APPLICATION.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER, UM, I HAVE IS FREDERICK, UH, RI, MR. RI, DID I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY? L-E-T-T-I-E-R-I? YES.
UH, CAN I REFER TO LATER PLEASE? YEAH, IF YOU DON'T WANNA SPEAK NOW, YOU CAN SPEAK, YOU CAN SPEAK BOTH TIMES.
UH, I'M, MY NAME IS MARCUS SIMPSON.
I LIVE AT 2034 ASHLAND, WHICH IS, UH, THE HOUSE NEXT TO THE ITEM NUMBER 96.
UH, MY NEIGHBORS AND I ALSO SUBMITTED SOME COMMENTS AND, UH, A PROTEST SHEET, UH, PROTESTING ANY, UH, DEED, ANY VARIANCE TO THE DEED RESTRICTION? UM, I THINK WHAT I JUST HEARD MR. LANG SAY WAS THAT THEY DON'T AGREE THAT THERE IS A DEED RESTRICTION, UM, IN WHICH CASE, I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY WOULD NEED TO APPLY FOR VARIANCE TO THAT SAID DEED RESTRICTION.
HOWEVER, THROUGH, UH, ADVICE OF OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, THERE IS CERTAINLY A DEED RESTRICTION IN PLACE WHEN THE, UH, SUBDIVISION WAS INITIALLY CREATED 12 YEARS AGO OR SO.
UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO RECAP, UH, MY COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, UH, WHICH ARE POINTING OUT THE, UH, NEED TO, THAT THE APPLICANT MUST SHOW, UH, ALL FIVE OF THE, UH, EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE.
SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, REITERATE AND ALSO HAVE SOME TIME AT THE NEXT HEARING TO, UH, GO OVER ANY NEW INFORMATION THAT COMES UP FROM THE APPLICATION.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND SPEAK AGAIN.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I, I THINK IT'S WORTH MENTIONING THAT, UM, WE CAN'T GRANT VARIANCES TO DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THAT, THAT THOSE ARE SACROSANCT.
THEY HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH US.
THE VARIANCES HAVE TO DO WITH ACTUAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT CODES AND ORDINANCES THAT ARE RELATED TO THE CONSTRUCTION, NOT THE USE OF THE LAND.
COULD I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
IF THERE IS NO VARIANCE THAT YOU COULD GRANT, UH, WHAT'S BEING, IT'S A BUILDING LINE VARIANCE.
WELL, FOR ITEM 96, I THOUGHT IT WAS, UH, REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEED RESTRICTION.
IS THAT RIGHT? UH, THE, THE APPLICANT, IF YOU'D LIKE, GO AHEAD.
UH, JUST FIVE CLARITY ITEM 96 IS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 1 93 FOR THE LAND USE.
SORRY, I'M SPEAKING ABOUT THE WRONG ITEM.
AND, BUT IF, IF THE DETERMINATION AS IT HAS BEEN SO FAR BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT IS THAT THAT VIOLATES SEED RESTRICTIONS, WE CANNOT, WE CAN'T GRANT THAT VARIANCE WOULDN'T BE OKAY.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT YEAH, CURRENTLY LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR THE COMMISSION, UH, HAS STATED THAT THERE IS A DEED RESTRICTION THAT WOULD NOT ALLOW A VARIANCE.
AND IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD, THE APPLICANT CAN TALK TO LEGAL AND THEN WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION IN TWO WEEKS PROBABLY.
I LIVE AT 3 42 WEST 21ST STREET.
AND THE ALLEYWAY, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY TO THE SIDE OF THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT AS IT'S STATED IN THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION, IS ALSO THE, UH, ACCESS AND INGRESS, INGRESS AND INGRESS FOR ALL OF THE HOMES THAT ARE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF WEST 21ST.
AND ALL OF THE BUSINESSES AND HOMES THAT ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT ALLEYWAY AT FACE 20TH STREET, THERE IS, AND ARE MANY PEOPLE WHO WALK THAT ALLEY.
WERE ALL OVERTLY CONCERNED THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT IT'S COME UP, UH, ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THE PARKING, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO CROSS BETWEEN 3 47 WEST 20TH, THE ALLEYWAY AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
WE ALSO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT, UH, OFF STREET PARKING, BECAUSE THEY'RE PROPOSING
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37 PARKING SPACES FOR A HOTEL THAT REQUIRES 51 BY ORDINANCE.WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT THAT IF THIS IS GOING TO REQUIRE VALET ONLY PARKING, WHERE THE VALETS GOING TO BE CARRYING THOSE VEHICLES FOR PARKING, IF THEY'RE NOT IN THE ADJACENT SPACES ON THE PROPERTY, THE ADJACENT HOUSE THAT'S BEING TORN DOWN, AS WELL AS THE, UM, FLOWER SHOP ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH WAS PART OF THE PROPOSAL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER OPTIONS IN WORK, BUT ALL OF THIS WILL CREATE TRAFFIC AND SAFETY ISSUES FOR THE MEN AND WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, PLUS THE PEOPLE THAT WORK AT THE VET WHO'VE WALKED THEIR DOGS UP AND DOWN THIS ALLEYWAY FROM TIME TO TIME.
SO THEREFORE, WE ENCOURAGE YOU NOT TO GRANT THIS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS THAT THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS I HAVE.
MR. AMARAL, ARE YOU VIRTUAL? AL L-M-I-R-A-L-L.
MR. ALMAR UNFORTUNATELY WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE BECAUSE HE WAS CALLED AWAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
UM, I THINK WITH THAT, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON 96.
ARE THERE, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 96? OH, OKAY.
FREDERICK LETTER ARY, RIGHT? YES.
MY NAME IS FRED LAIER AND, UH, SORRY.
UH, I, I'M OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING, OR ACTUALLY NOT SUPPOSED TO THE HOTEL, BUT, UH, THE, THE VARIANCE, THAT REQUEST THAT KNOCKS DOWN A PERFECTLY GOOD HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT 12 YEARS AGO.
AND I AM THE, THE GRANDFATHER OF TWO YOUNG, UH, CHILDREN.
MR. SIMPSON WAS KIND ENOUGH NOT TO EXPRESS THAT HE HAS TWO, AN 8-YEAR-OLD AND A FIVE-YEAR-OLD, UH, SON THAT LIVE IN A HOUSE, WHICH WILL BE ADJACENT TO THIS KNOCKDOWN TEAR DOWN FACILITY, UH, UH, PARKING LOT.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THE USE OF MAYBE THEY COULD SKATEBOARD OVER THERE.
I DON'T THINK, UH, IT'S REALLY ADDING TO, UH, WHAT LOOKS LIKE A PERFECTLY GOOD HOUSE.
YOU COVERED UP IN RED RIGHT THERE.
BUT, UH, UH, IT'S ONLY A 12-YEAR-OLD HOUSE.
UH, WHY IT HAS TO BE TORN DOWN, UH, FOR PARKING, UH, FOR, UH, I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
UM, AND ALSO IT'S MY BIRTHDAY TODAY.
SO, UH, YOU COULD ALL SING TO ME FOR THE REST OF MY TEAM.
IT DOESN'T DO ANYTHING FOR US, REALLY.
IT, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE, SO, OKAY.
WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. LAIER.
WE HAVE COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, WE TO WEIGH THIS OFTEN.
I MEAN, IF, IF, IF THE ISSUE IS GRANT HIM A PARKING VARIANCE OR NOT, HE, AND IF HE COULD TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE CAN OR NOT, THAT'S ILLEGAL, BUT YOU WOULD PREFER THAT WE GRANT HIM THE VARI, THE PARKING VARIANCE WHERE HE WOULDN'T HAVE AS MUCH PARKING VERSUS TEARING DOWN THE HOUSE, WHICH SECURES MORE PARKING FOR HIM.
I REALLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND A WORD OF WHAT YOU JUST SAID,
WOULD YOU, IF THAT WAS 10 PARKING SPACES OR NOT, WOULD YOU BE OKAY IF HE, IF WE, IF HE DID NOT TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE AND KEPT THE HOUSE, BUT HE WOULD STILL BE MISSING 10 PARKING SPACES, WE'D HAVE TO GRANT THEM A PARKING VARIANCE.
IF HE COULD TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE, WOULD YOU RATHER HIM TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE AND MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT? OR WOULD YOU RATHER HIM NOT TEAR DOWN THE HOUSE AND NOT MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT? I'M JUST CURIOUS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S PERSPECTIVE.
SO ARE YOU, ARE YOU TELLING ME AM AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT HE HAS THE ABILITY TO ADD 10 SPOTS TO HIS CURRENT PROPERTY? NO, I'M JUST SAYING THE REASON HE WAS TEARING DOWN THE HOUSE WAS TO CREATE MORE PARKING SPOTS.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT WANT THE HOUSE TORN DOWN, NOR DO THEY WANT PEOPLE CROSSING THE ALLEY.
IT'S PRETTY APPARENT ON NEXT DOOR.
BUT THE ALTERNATIVE MIGHT BE TO GRANT HIM THE PARKING VARIANCE AND THEY WOULD KEEP THE HOUSE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE ANYONE CROSSING THE ALLEY, BUT HE STILL WOULD NOT BE MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO SOMETIMES WEIGH.
SO YOU, YOU'RE, YOU'RE TELLING US YOU DON'T WANT THE HOUSE TORN DOWN.
THE ALTERNATIVE MIGHT BE TO GRANT THE PARKING VARIANCE.
AND MR. LAIER, WE'RE NOT GONNA HOLD YOU TO ANY, ANYTHING.
I PREFER NOT TO ANSWER, ESPECIALLY A HYPOTHETICAL.
I I DON'T ANSWER HYPOTHETICALS.
I I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
WE, WE THINK THAT PERHAPS IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE APPLICANT TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT.
TO KIND OF UN EXPLAIN THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WAS THERE ANOTHER QUESTION? YEAH.
UH, MR. LANG, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN? YEAH,
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JUST GO RIGHT IN.UM, AND MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME BEFORE THE CLOSING APPLICANT, THERE IS ANOTHER SPEAKER WHO HAD SIGNED ON ONE 10 KATE MAJE.
I KNOW, BUT WE'RE NOT ON THAT ITEM.
JUST, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.
UH, SO WE, WE MET, UH, REGARDING THE PARKING LOT ON, ON THE ASHLAND PROPERTY WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ALREADY.
AND THE, THE INTENTION OF PROVIDING PARKING THERE AND TAKING ACCESS ACROSS THAT ALLEY WAS SO THAT WE WOULDN'T BE BURDENING THE PUBLIC STREET WITH THAT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
AND, AND TO SOME OF THE EARLIER POINTS, IT IS INTENDED TO BE VALET PARKING.
AND, UM, WE, THE INTENT BEHIND ALL OF THAT DESIGN DECISION WAS TO, UH, MANAGE AND REDUCE THAT, THAT TRAFFIC THAT'S BEING PLACED ON THE ALLEY.
AND IT WILL NOT BE TRAVELING DOWN THE ALLEYWAY SIMPLY ACROSS FROM PARKING LOT TO PARKING LOT.
UM, THEN, UH, TO COMMISSIONER BALDWIN'S POINT, UM, WE ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING 50 PARKING SPACES AND, UH, ARE UTILIZING SOME BICYCLE PARKING REDUCTIONS.
IN ADDITION, UH, TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, CURRENTLY WITH THE PROPOSED APPLICATION, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED 49 PARKING SPACES.
SO I HOPE, I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES YOUR QUESTION.
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S HARD TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE WITH SPLIT UP INTO FOUR VERY TECHNICAL PIECES.
A PLAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S COMPLICATED.
SO THE DEGREE TO WHICH YOU COULD TRY TO CONNECT WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXPRESSED AN OPINION ABOUT THIS IN THE TWO WEEKS WOULD PROBABLY BE A GREAT IDEA.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. LANG? THANK YOU FOR BEING, OH, SORRY.
AND I THINK JUST ALSO WITH COMMISSION OR ME AN EXHIBIT THAT MIGHT SHOW ALL THESE MOVING PARTS WOULD SURE BE HELPFUL.
YES, WE HAVE SOME PREPARED, I GUESS THEY'RE JUST NOT IN THE PRESENTATION.
BUT THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED TO STAFF ALL.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEE THEM NEXT TIME.
MAYS, MAY I SPEAK, I'D ALSO LIKE TO ASK THAT IN THE TWO WEEKS IF THERE'S ANY INFORMATION ON HOW MANY PEOPLE BIKE TO HOTELS AND IF WE'RE GONNA USE THE BIKE MECHANISM TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES, WHETHER PEOPLE ACTUALLY BIKE TO HOTELS, THAT'D BE HELPFUL.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 96? MA'AM? CHAIR, WE HAVE A SPEAKER IN THE CHAT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
OKAY, MS. CUBA, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, I LIVE ON WEST 21ST STREET, UM, AS WITH THESE OTHER, UM, LOVELY PEOPLE THAT I CALL MY NEIGHBORS.
AND, UM, I UNDERSTAND ANDREW LANG BELIEVES THAT THE APPLICATION PROCESS, THE, AS IT EXISTS RIGHT NOW WOULD BE, UM, WHAT IT IS IN THE FUTURE AND WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IN TWO WEEKS FROM NOW.
HOWEVER, UM, I, I MEAN, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF AT THE ONE WHO'S REALLY DRIVING THIS HOTEL HAS TOLD ME THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
THAT EVEN THE HEARING, PUBLIC HEARING SIGN ON THAT SEVEN PARKING LOT SPACE, UM, ON THE NORTH WHERE THE CURRENT GREENHOUSE IS, THE ASH ASHLAND PATIO HOMES IS, UH, HELLO.
HELLO, MS. CUBA, WE'VE LOST YOU.
WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU, MS. CUBA, IF YOU CAN RECONNECT OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, SIR? YES.
COME FORWARD PLEASE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME.
YEAH, MY NAME IS THOMAS FRANK.
I SIGNED UP FOR THREE AND FOUR, NOT REALIZING HOW THESE WERE PLOTTED OUT.
UH, I LIVE AT 3 32 WEST 21ST STREET.
AND AT THREE O'CLOCK OUR INTERNET USUALLY GOES DOWN AS MY WIFE WAS, AS MY WIFE WAS TEACHING OFFLINE, UH, TEACHING ONLINE.
IT HAPPENED EVERY DAY AT THREE, I THINK THE KIDS CAME HOME AND STARTED HAVING GAME WAR.
UH, I'M I'LL, I'LL LET MY NEIGHBOR TALK.
WE'RE HEARING FROM SOMEBODY ELSE I KNOW.
AND WE'LL, I'M SORRY, RIGHT BACK TO YOU.
SORRY, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M SORRY.
MR. FRAN, GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.
UM, THE THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THERE WERE SO MANY MOVING OBJECTS GOING ON.
NOW, THIS HOTEL ORIGINALLY WAS GONNA HAVE 38 ROOMS, AND WE ARE HAVING A PROBLEM FINDING 37 PARKING SPACES.
AND PART OF THAT IS THE SAME OWNERS OWN THE FLOWER SHOP AT 4 0 1 HEIGHTS, UH, WEST 20TH.
AND THAT WAS GONNA BE TORN DOWN TO ADD PARKING AND THE PARKING THERE.
AND THE PARKING AT THE HOTEL WOULD GET THEM JUST ABOUT THERE TO THE, OR ONE OR TWO SHORT SPACES SHORT.
AND MY CONCERN IS, WELL, TWO CONCERNS WERE WITH THE ALLEYWAY AND IT IS A ONE LANE ALLEY NOT IN GREAT CONDITION, AND WE CAN'T HAVE TWO-WAY
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TRAFFIC GOING DOWN THERE WITH A HOTEL AND PEOPLE USING IT AS AN ENTRANCE OR AN EXIT WOULD CAUSE GREAT CONFUSION TO THAT.AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS PARKING ON WEST 21ST.
LOTS OF PEOPLE WANT TO EXCUSE, UM, BELLY PARKING AND THEY'LL PARK ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEN WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE FRIENDS OVER, PUT OUR TRASH OUT.
SIMPLE THINGS THAT YOU WANT TO OPERATE IN LIFE.
AND, UH, AS I SAID, ORIGINALLY THE, THE, UH, THE FLOWER SHOP, WHICH IS WAS GONNA BE TORN DOWN, BE A PARKING LOT.
NOW IT'S GONNA BE A COFFEE SHOP AND THERE'S ZERO PARKING THERE.
AND SO THIS WILL THROW, UH, AT LEAST 10 CARS ANY ONE TIME INTO OUR STREETS.
AND I'M SORRY, I'M A LITTLE BIT RAMBLING, BUT GOING BACK TO HOTEL BEING 38 SPOTS, UH, 38 ROOMS, AND NOW IT'S 51 ROOMS WITH THE RESTAURANT SERVING ALL THREE MEALS, AND IT'S GONE FROM HAVING TWO TO THREE EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ANY ONE TIME TO 10 TO 12, AT LEAST AT ANY ONE TIME WHERE THE EMPLOYEES GONNA PARK, WHERE THE RESIDENTS GONNA PARK.
I MEAN, THE, THE GUESTS GONNA PARK.
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE COME TO THE RESTAURANT GONNA PARK, IT'S JUST GONNA CLOG THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SOMEHOW THEY NEED TO DEFINE EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DOING, WHICH THEY HAVE NOT, 'CAUSE IT'S 'CAUSE THEY'RE STILL HAVING THE VARIANCE IN MEETING FOR TEARING A HOUSE DOWN.
SO WHEN WILL, UH, MY QUESTION TO THESE DEALS, WHEN ARE ALL YOUR PLANS BE FINALIZED? WHAT ARE YOU REALLY GONNA DO WITH EACH OF THESE PROPERTIES AND HOW'S IT GONNA AFFECT THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD? AND THAT'S WHAT I KNOW FOR NOW.
THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE VERY HELPFUL.
THIS IS A EARLY STAGE OF THIS PROCESS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS TO BE WORKED OUT ABOUT IT, BUT, UM, WE ARE GONNA DEFER IT FOR A COUPLE WEEKS.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND STAY TUNED WITH.
I ALSO HOPE THAT THE, UM, APPLICANT IS IN TOUCH WITH, UM, PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
OKAY, WE'RE GOING BACK TO MS. CUBA.
THEY PUT THIS BUTTON TO HANG UP ON CALLS ON THE HEADSET, WHICH I ACCIDENTALLY HIT, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
SO I WAS, I'LL WRAP UP BY JUST SAYING THAT, UM, CURRENTLY THE PUBLIC HEARING SIGN IN FRONT OF THIS, THE ASHLAND PATIO HOMES, UM, PLAT THAT THEY WANT TO PARTIALLY REPL OR YEAH.
UM, IT CURRENTLY SAYS COMMERCIAL ON THE SIGN BECAUSE I BELIEVE THE PLAN WAS TO INSTEAD TURN IT INTO A, UM, LIKE A BASICALLY OFFICE SPACE NOW INSTEAD OF TEARING IT DOWN AS A RESULT OF, UM, THE OWNER ACTUALLY WORKING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF ACQUIRING TWO MORE LOTS, UM, AT THE OTHER END OF OUR ALLEYWAY FOR POTENTIALLY MAYBE AN ART SPACE SLASH PARKING SPACE.
WE'RE NOT REALLY SURE, AS MY NEIGHBOR MR. FRANK MENTIONED, LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF MOVING PARTS.
UM, AND, AND, YOU KNOW, ANY LITTLE BIT OF THIS CAN CHANGE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.
AND AS I'M AWARE, AS FAR AS I'M AWARE, AS A CIVIL ENGINEER, THERE'S BEEN NO TRAFFIC STUDY DONE ON THIS ALLEYWAY.
THERE'S BEEN NO COUNTS ON HOW MUCH COMMERCIAL USE ACTUALLY DROVE GOES THROUGH THERE BECAUSE THERE IS A HOSPICE, THERE IS A DOCTOR'S OFFICE AS WELL AS A VET THAT ARE ON THE, UH, WEST 20TH SOUTH SIDE OF, UM, OR FACING, YOU KNOW, SOUTH DIRECTION THAT USE THIS ALLEYWAY FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, UM, BILL MENTIONED THE VET, THEY WALK DOGS THAT THEY HAVE IN, IN, YOU KNOW, THEIR CARE DURING THE DAY AND STUFF ALL THROUGHOUT THERE TO JUST MAKE SURE THEY HAVE BATHROOM BREAKS AND EVERYTHING.
UM, AND ANY KIND OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AS RESULTING ALONG THIS 20 FOOT ALLEYWAY, WHICH AS YOU CAN SEE IS NOT IN, YOU KNOW, AWESOME CONDITION AND HAS UTILITY POLES ON BOTH SIDES OF IT, IS GOING TO SEVERELY DISRUPT JUST RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL EXISTING COMMERCIAL DAILY LIFE.
UM, AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE MR. LANG IS ACTUALLY AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, FOR THE ASHLAND HOMES REPL, BECAUSE IT'S THE SIGN THE PUBLIC HEARING SIGN SAYS FOR COMMERCIAL, NOT FOR PARKING LOT USE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT ALSO THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY SAID THAT HE INTENDED TO DO WITH THE ACQUISITION OF THESE TWO AT THE LOTS.
MS. LEY ON THE OTHER END, YOUR TIME IS, IS UP.
BUT, UM, YES MA'AM, THANK YOU FOR BEING, AND I'M DONE.
AND AGAIN, WE'LL PROBABLY BE TALKING ABOUT THIS IN TWO WEEKS AND, UM, HOPE YOU'LL BE BACK WITH US THEN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96? ONLY 96, MA'AM? CHAIR? YES.
UM, THERE IS, UM, AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE CHAT.
I, UM, ALSO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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GETTING A CHECK.COULD YOU, WE CAN'T, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE CAN HEAR YOU, BUT WE, THERE'S SOUND COVERING YOU.
YEAH, I THINK SOMEBODY ELSE IS UNMUTED, THAT'S WHY.
CAN YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR US? SIMPSON.
UM, I LIVE AT 23 ASHLAND STREET.
THAT'S THE HOUSE RIGHT NEXT TO THE 96 PLATTE.
UM, I AM THE MOTHER OF THE TWO YOUNG CHILDREN THAT LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE A CONCERN FOR THIS BEING, UM, PARKING, AS YOU CAN SEE ACROSS THE STREET ON ASHLAND STREET, THERE IS A HUGE, WE ALREADY HAVE A HUGE PARKING LOT, UM, ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR MORE PARKING.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS PARKING LOT OVER HERE IS OWNED BY THE OFFICE BUILDING ON 20TH STREET THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THIS PICTURE ON THE, ON THE, UH, RIGHT SIDE.
UM, BUT IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME TO ADD MORE PARKING AND, YOU KNOW, I ECHO MY NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS WITH THE UNCLEAR PLANS OF THE DEVELOPER ON WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO, UM, TO THIS PROPERTY AND THE EXISTING PROPERTIES, INCLUDING THE EXISTING FLOWER SHOP IN THE HOTEL SITE.
UM, AND JUST ECHOING ALL THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP TODAY AMONGST MY NEIGHBORS, IT'S JUST A HUGE DISTRESS AND A CONCERN THAT IT'S UNCLEAR WHAT THE DEVELOPER REALLY WANTS TO DO.
AND THAT THESE COM THESE PLANS ARE NOT BEING COMMUNICATED TO US, NOR ARE THEY GIVING US AMPLE TIME TO REVIEW WHAT IS IS BEING PLANNED.
AND SO, JUST WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THOSE THINGS.
PLAN ON BEING HERE AND, AND HOPE TO HEAR MORE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THE, UM, GIVE, I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO IN THE HEARING NEXT ON THE SECOND, I GUESS WHEN THIS IS GONNA BE FOLLOWED UP WITH.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND SPEAK AGAIN, AND WE HOPE YOU'LL GO AHEAD AND CONTACT, UM, THE APPLICANT IN THE MEANTIME.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, UH, I'M JUST WEARING MY HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION HAT HERE, NOT PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT I DID COORDINATE THROUGH THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION FOR MR. ACKERLEY TO MEET WITH ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE GONNA ANNOUNCE THE TIME VERY SOON.
THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION AND COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN'S OFFICE IS GONNA COORDINATE IT.
HE'S GONNA MEET WITH YOU, HE'S GONNA EXPLAIN IT.
IT HAS CHANGED, SO HOPEFULLY YOU'LL GET MANY OF YOUR ANSWERS THERE.
AREN'T WE SUPPOSED TO BE GIVEN 20 DAYS NOTICE BE OF THESE CHANGES IN TIME TO COME BACK WITH OUR, I THINK THE, THE APPLICANT HAS MET PROPOSALS, THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT, THAT EXIST NOW, BUT OKAY.
I'M GONNA THANK THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION FOR GOING AHEAD AND ORGANIZING A PUBLIC MEETING BECAUSE I THINK IT IS VERY MUCH NEEDED IN THIS CASE.
BUT MS. SIMPSON, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? OKAY.
UM, THEN WE, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR CON COMMISSIONER, UH, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? ROSENBERG,
UM, I, I USUALLY APPRECIATE WHEN WE COMBINE AGENDA ITEMS, IT'S BETTER FOR A CLEAR PICTURE, BUT I THINK DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THIS ONE, WE SHOULD LOOK AT THE BUILDING LINE AS A TOTALLY SEPARATE AND STANDALONE ITEM AND LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AND BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE, UH, PARKING SEPARATELY AS WELL.
BECAUSE I THINK THEY, EMOTIONALLY, THEY'LL CLOUD IT.
I MEAN, PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO WHAT THEY CHOOSE WITH PROPERTY THEY BUY.
SO I THINK IF WE DIVIDE THOSE UP, IT'LL HELP A LITTLE BIT NEXT TIME, ESPECIALLY FOR, FOR ME.
I, I, I, YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN.
HOW ARE YOU MR. JENKINS? IT'S HARD TO FATHOM IT ALL TOGETHER AND A LOT OF IT'S VERY MARK, MARK THAT IN THE MINUTE SHE'S NEVER DREW IT RIGHT BEFORE
UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? BALDWIN.
IS THERE A SECOND? HEES HINES.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED AT THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THE NEXT ITEM WE'RE GONNA WORK ON IS ITEM ONE 10.
AND NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HINZ, UH, HE IS ABSTAINING ON THIS ITEM TOO.
MR. CRIDDLE, DO YOU NEED TO LAY THIS ONE OUT? I CAN, UH, GIVE A, A BRIEF PRESENTATION ON THIS REQUEST.
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UM, THE DAPHNE HOTEL IS, EXCUSE ME, ITEM ONE 10 IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE VARIANCE OF, UH, TWO FEET FOR A CANOPY, UH, EXCUSE ME, FOR A CABANA AND A GIFT SHOP.UH, SO THERE'S, THAT'S THE ONLY REQUEST WITH THE VARIANCE IS A REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST 20TH STREET.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, KATE MEJIA.
MY NAME IS KATE MEJIA, M-E-J-I-A.
UM, I LIVE AT, UH, 2118 NICHOLSON STREET.
UM, FORGIVE ME, THAT'S MY FIRST TIME EVER DOING THIS, AND I WASN'T SURE WHICH LINE ITEM TO ADDRESS.
UM, MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE VARIANCE, HOW CLOSE IT'S GOING TO BE TO, UH, 20TH STREET.
UM, MY PERSONAL OPINION, IT IS A VERY CONTRIVED BUILDING.
I THINK THEY ARE TRYING TO PUT TOO MUCH INTO ONE SPACE.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ENOUGH PARKING.
MY OTHER CONCERN IS WHEN YOU DRIVE FROM 20TH STREET UP ASHLAND, THEY'RE PROPOSING TWO PARKING LOTS FACING EACH OTHER.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PEDESTRIANS RUNNING ACROSS A REGULAR STREET, AND THAT IS A REGULAR THOROUGHFARE FOR CARS.
UM, I THINK THEY'RE OVERBUILDING FOR THE SITE, AND I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED, AND I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.
IF THERE'S GONNA BE EXTRA PARKING AND THE MUSIC AND THEY'RE GONNA WIND UP ON 21ST STREET, I HONESTLY, I JUST THINK IT'S TOO LARGE FOR WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, AND I WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER, UM, THE LONG-TERM EFFECT OF WHAT THEY WOULD.
A DEVELOPER CAN COME IN AND BUILD SOMETHING AND THEN THEY'RE GONE.
WE'RE GONNA BE THE ONES WITH THE IMPACT ON THIS.
SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THANK YOU FOR COMING HERE TODAY.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MEJIA? OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10? IF NOT, UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM ONE 10 BALDWIN SECOND CLARK.
OKAY, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE.
ROMAN NUMERAL THREE IS THE OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE FOR THE DAPHNE HOTEL.
AND ITEM ONE 10, UH, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW OFF STREET PARKING TO BE LOCATED UP TO 500 FEET FROM THE HOTEL SITE.
UM, MADAM CHAIR, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED ALONG WITH THE OTHER, UH, RELATED APPLICATIONS.
AND, UM, THIS, THIS ACTUALLY, OKAY, THIS IS NOT A PUBLIC HEARING.
WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS, HOWEVER, UM, SO MR. THOMAS, FRANK, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN ON THIS ITEM? YOU CAN.
UM, UH, MY NAME'S TOM FRANK AGAIN AND, UH, MS. SIMPSON BROUGHT UP A, A GOOD TOPIC.
UH, THE MEDICAL CENTER HAS A AMPLE PARKING GARAGE, UH, PARKING SPACE, ESPECIALLY AT THE CORNER OF, UH, 21ST AND ASHLAND.
AND WE ALL WONDER WHY THIS IS ALWAYS EMPTY.
AND WE, YOU KNOW, AND SOMEONE SAID, WELL, BEN, BEN, AS IN BEEN ACCURATE, HE CAN'T GET AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM BECAUSE THEN THE MEDICAL CENTER LOSES ITS GRANDFATHER RIGHTS FOR SOMETHING OR OTHER FOR PARKING.
AND THE QUESTION IS, WHY CAN'T WE GET A VARIANCE? THEY APPLY FOR A VARIANCE TO BE ABLE TO USE THE RENT THAT PARKING LOT AND NOT CREATE ANY MORE PARKING LOTS AND CREEK MORE DRAINAGE PROBLEMS, ET CETERA.
WHAT IS, WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE COMMON SENSE ISSUE HERE? BECAUSE I KNOW MR. LEY SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY BUYING UP A LOT OF DIFFERENT PIECES OF PROPERTY AROUND THERE WHEN THERE'S A PERFECTLY GOOD PARKING LOT THAT'S UNUSED.
NOW IS THAT SOMETHING WITHIN Y'ALL'S PURVIEW? HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET HIM TO DISCUSS IT BEFORE
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO PUT YOUR MIC ON AND SAY THAT ON THE RECORD, PLEASE.
NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID HERMES, H-E-R-M-E-S.
I'LL WITHDRAW BECAUSE OF THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
UM, OKAY, THAT'S, THAT'S IT FOR, UH, ROMAN THREE.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE, ANYBODY IN THE CHAT FOR, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL THREE? UM, LORIANNE CUBA.
HI, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN?
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YEAH, I JUST HAD A QUESTION FOR, UM, MR. BALDWIN.UM, WHAT THE QUESTION WAS THAT MY NEIGHBOR MR. FRANK ASKED WAS, UM, IS THAT UNDER Y'ALL TO KIND OF GUIDE, YOU KNOW, THAT PARKING AREA, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CLIENT LIKE BEN, UM, ACCURATELY MR. ACKERLEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEETING WITH US AGAIN AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO HELP US BETTER UNDERSTAND THIS.
BUT THIS, THAT WASN'T AN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION.
I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD BETTER ANSWER THAT.
I I CAN'T OR SOMEONE COULD, CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE DEVELOPER OTHER THAN THEY'VE AGREED TO ME.
LET'S LET THE, IT'S REALLY A QUESTION FOR STAFF TO ANSWER OR THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPARTMENT.
WHETHER IT'S UNDER OUR PURVIEW.
DO YOU WANT, WHO WANTS TO DO THAT? MM-HMM
COMM, MR. K CRILE, UH, WHAT'S THE EXACT QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE QUESTION IS? THE, THE QUESTION WAS WHETHER THE, WHAT, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THE PARKING LOT TO THE NORTHWEST OF THIS SITE DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE STREET? IF THE, IF THE HOTEL DEVELOPER WANTED TO HAVE A SHARED USE AGREEMENT ON THE PARKING, WHAT WOULD IT TAKE? THE, THE MEDICAL CENTER PARKING LOT OWNER HAS SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR GRANDFATHERING ON THEIR PARKING AGREEMENT.
I'M NOT SURE THAT'S THE CORRECT TERM.
I I THINK WE'D HAVE TO LOOK INTO IT AND, AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER NEXT WEEK.
YEAH, WE DON'T REALLY KNOW AT THIS POINT TO BE HONEST, MS. CUBA, WHETHER WE HAVE, WHETHER THAT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW OR NOT, BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA INVESTIGATE IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
UM, I DON'T THINK I'VE GOT ANYBODY ELSE ON ROMAN NUMERAL THREE.
MR. SMITH, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ON ROMAN NUMERAL THREE? YES.
UH, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT I WANNA MAKE ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY OFFSITE PARKING IS PURPORTED THAT THE OWNER IS CONSIDERING PURCHASING LOTS AT THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OF RUTLAND AND WEST 20TH STREET FOR OFFSITE PARKING, WHICH IS AT THE OTHER END OF THE ALLEY.
THAT IS THE COMMON ALLEY I WAS REFERENCING IN MY COMMENTS EARLIER FOR NUMBER 96.
THE COMMENT THAT I'M MAKING NOW IS FOR THE TRAVEL TIME.
AND HOW ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO PARK THERE? ARE THEY GOING TO BE USING THE ALLEY OR THE SIDEWALKS BETWEEN RUTLAND AND ASHLAND, WHICH ARE IN HORRIBLE REPAIR AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO TRAVEL FROM THAT PARKING LOT TO THE HOTEL? OR IF IT'S GONNA BE AS IT WAS PURPORTED TO BE VALET ONLY, WHICH MEANS THERE'S GOING TO BE A CONSTANT STREAM OF TRAFFIC FROM THE HOTEL UP ASHLAND STREET ACROSS 21ST, DOWN TO RUTLAND, WHICH IS WHERE THE KROGER PARKING LOT IS, BY THE WAY, AND INTO THE PARKING GARAGE.
AND THEN IN TURN OUT OF THAT PARKING LOT UP RUTLAND TO 21ST AND BACK DOWN ASHLAND SO THAT THEY CAN RETURN THEIR CARS WHEN THE PEOPLE LEAVE.
NOW THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT THAT'S FOR HOTEL USE AS WELL AS FOR THE COMMERCIAL, UH, PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE VISITING THE RESTAURANT AND THE, UH, THE GIFT SHOP OR POTENTIALLY THE, UH, COFFEE SHOP ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS GONNA ADD BURDEN, BUT ALSO THREE BLOCKS AWAY IS HELMS ELEMENTARY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WALK DOWN THAT STREET OR DRIVE THEIR CHILDREN TO, TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING OR PICK 'EM UP IN THE AFTERNOON.
AND THAT'S GONNA CAUSE NOTHING MORE THAN A CONSTANT TRAFFIC JAM.
PLUS PEOPLE ARE PEOPLE AND THEY ARE, IF YOU'LL PARDON THE EXPRESSION, LAZY, AND THEY'RE GOING TO PARK WHEREVER THEY FIND PARKING SPOT, WHICH IS GOING TO CAUSE THE RESIDENCES SPARK PARKING IN FRONT OF THEIR HOMES TO BE ENCUMBERED.
ANYBODY ELSE ON ROMAN NUMERAL THREE? ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? UM, MARK WILLIAMSON FROM THE CHAT.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT IT WOULD BE VERY USEFUL TO HAVE THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE GRANDFATHERING ON THE PARKING ACROSS THE STREET IN TIME BEFORE THAT, UH, PUBLIC MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, SO THAT WE MIGHT DISCUSS THAT AS ONE OF THE COMMON SENSE, UH, SOLUTIONS POSSIBLE.
ANYBODY ELSE? COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, JUST A COMMENT.
UM, I THINK USUALLY WE, WE, WE PUT THE BURDEN ON THE DEVELOPER TO, TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS, BUT OBVIOUSLY THE QUALITY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEIGHTS, HAVING THE NEIGHBORS ASSIST AND HELP COMMUNICATE TO THE DEVELOP TO THE OWNER OF THE HOSPITAL, I THINK COULD MAYBE BE A BENEFICIAL.
AND ALSO, UM, I DON'T NECESSARILY THINK THAT FORMAL AGREEMENT NEEDS TO BE SOLIDIFIED TO GIVE THEM A BUILDING LINE VARIANCE, SO TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, MAYBE THEY CAN THINK ABOUT THAT AND WHAT KIND OF PROCESS IT WOULD NEED TO TAKE TO CREATE A HOLISTICALLY BETTER ENVIRONMENT THAT BENEFITS EVERYBODY.
IF I WAS A NEIGHBOR, I WOULD BE STRONGLY URGING THEM TO FIGURE OUT THE SHARED PARKING OPTIONS AND HOW TO MAKE ALL THAT WORK.
HEY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG.
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UM, OKAY, IF WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE WHO WANT, OH, SORRY.UM, THERE'S BEEN A COUPLE MENTIONS OF A, UM, COFFEE SHOP ACROSS THE STREET AND MAYBE IN THE NEXT MEETING CAN YOU LET US KNOW IF THAT'S RELEVANT, UM, AND WHAT THAT PARKING SITUATION IS.
ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS? OKAY.
UH, WITH THAT WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, WHICH IS THE, UM, PARKING VARIANCE FOR 3 4 7 WEST 20TH STREET.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? BALDWIN BALDWIN.
IS THERE A SECOND? DEAR? A BLAND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND NOW WE MOVE ON TO A ROMAN FIVE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF DAPHNE HOTEL LOCATED AT 3 4 7 WEST 20TH STREET.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE HOTEL ORDINANCE TO ALLOW A HOTEL TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA TO ALLOW CLOSE PROXIMITY TO A RESIDENCE, TO PROTECTED USES.
THAT'LL BE THE CHURCH AND THE HOSPITAL NEARBY, UH, TO ALLOW THE HOTEL TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A TWO LANE STREET AND TO ALLOW THE HOTEL TO TAKE ACCESS FROM THE PUBLIC ALLEY THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS APPLICATION BE DEFERRED AS WELL.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN.
FRANK, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN? UH, REAL QUICKLY AS THE PLANS HAVE CHANGED, AND THESE ARE WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MR. ACKERLEY HIMSELF, UH, ORIGINALLY THE COFFEE SHOP, WHICH IS NOW THE HIGHEST FLOORS, WAS GONNA BE TORN DOWN TO MAKE 14 PARKING SPACES.
NOW IT'S GONNA BE A COFFEE SHOP THAT HAS ZERO PARKING SPACES, WHICH MAKES ALL THE PARKING FURTHER AWAY AND THEN BRINGS, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 10 TO 15 MORE CARS THAT NEED PARKING TO THAT AREA.
DOES THAT HELP? IT? IT DOES, YEAH.
AND A STOP CAN JUST CONFIRM ALL THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, QUESTION FOR YOU, MR. K CRILE.
CAN YOU SHOW ME ON THIS EXHIBIT WHERE THE CO PROPOSED COFFEE SHOP IS GONNA BE DIRECTLY WHERE THE COFFEE SHOP IS GONNA BE? IT'S WHERE THE PARKING IS, WHERE, WHERE THE 14 AVAILABLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT ON ROMAN? FIVE? OKAY.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? BALDWIN SECOND JONES.
AGAIN, THANK YOU TO THE, UM, TO THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION FOR, UH, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, CAYMANS FOR ORGANIZING SOME COMMUNICATION IN THE INTERIM.
WHERE ARE WE? WE'RE LIKE WAY BACK 97.
JUST WHEN I THOUGHT WE WERE AT THE LAST PAGE OF THE AGENDA.
WE ARE ON, I HAVE NINE, SEVEN.
EXCUSE ME, ME CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 97 IS AUDUBON, PART PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST ALONE, COMMERCE CREEK, NORTH OF LITTLE YORK ROAD AND EAST OF FAIRBANKS, NORTH HOUSTON ROAD AND HOUSTON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELIGHT IS TO ADD WATER, RE REPRESS PRESSURIZATION USES TO THE LIFT STATION RESERVE AND REVISE THE FRONT BUILDING LINE.
AND TO CHANGE THE 14 FOOT UE TO 10 FOOT, YOU EATON, THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
LEGAL REVIEW FOR THIS ITEM IS PENDING.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR A LEGAL REVIEW.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 97.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? UM, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER PER THE LEGAL REVIEW, UM, DISCUSSION
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HE DID YESTERDAY.COMMISSIONER CLARK, DID YOU WISH TO OKAY.
DO YOU WANNA JOIN US AT THE TABLE WHEN YOU'RE DONE?
WE WERE KIND OF LOOKING FOR YOU.
I JUST, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TO US? I JUST WANTED TO POINT SOMETHING OUT TO YES, MS. OKAY.
HAS THE RECOMMENDATION CHANGED? YES.
UM, LEGAL DID, UH, PROVIDE, UM, REVIEW, BUT IT, IT WAS RECEIVED, UH, LATE LAST NIGHT THAT I DIDN'T SEE, I'M SORRY, WITH EMAIL, UM, TO, UH, APPROVE THE PLAT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS.
SO WE CAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS PLAT.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 97 IS CHANGE TO APPROVE FROM, YEAH.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE, UM, UE ON THE EASEMENT.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THEY WANNA REDUCE IT FROM 14 TO 10.
ISN'T THAT RECORDED ON THE PREVIOUS PLAT OR IS THIS A BRAND NEW EASEMENT? WHY WOULD THEY NEED TO REDUCE IT? YEAH, SO ON THE ORIGINAL PLAT IT WAS A, A 14 FOOT UE.
IF YOU GO TO THE ORIGINAL PLAT, THAT'S, THAT'S A 14 FOOT UE.
THAT, AND IT CONTINUED TO BE A, A 14 FOOT UE WHERE THE 10 FOOT UE IS NOW.
SO THEY WANT TO REDUCE IT DOWN FROM 14 TO 10.
I MEAN, THE UTILITY COMPANY, CENTERPOINT HAS TO APPROVE THAT.
SO I GUESS I'M CONFUSED AS TO WHY THAT'S PART OF THE PRESENTATION AND THE APPROVAL.
WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO APPROVE A DIFFERENT SIZE UE TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
MS. VANDY, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? YOU'RE RIGHT.
WE, WE DON'T HAVE THE, WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY, BUT WHAT HAPPENS IS, UH, THEY REVIEW THE PLATS AS WE REVIEW THE PLATS.
SO DURING THE PROCESS, UM, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT, SO THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO COORDINATE WITH CENTERPOINT, UM, CONCERNING THE UE AND BY FINAL PLAT, UH, APPROVAL, UM, THEN WE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT PLAT.
SO IT'S PART OF THE PLAT PROCESS, BUT THE, UM, THEY CENTER POINT, THE OUTER AGENCY, UM, HAVE TO MAKE THE COMMENTS BEFORE RECOGNITION.
AND THEY, THEY DID MAKE A COMMENT ON THIS PRELIMINARY AND THEY SAID IT IS A RECORDED EASEMENT.
BUT THAT'S JUST YOUR NORMAL PROCESS.
MS. BANDY, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING MADAM CHAIR? MY NAME IS VITA BANDY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THE ORIGINAL 14 FEET UE IS A RECORDED EASEMENT ON THE PLAT AND ANY EASEMENTS RECORDED BY PLAT CAN BE CHANGED WITH THE RE PLAT PROCESS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE APPLICANT IS PURSUING DURING THE PROCESS.
GENERALLY RETURN UES CAN BE 10 FEET PER STANDARDS, SO ONE CENTER POINT.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO REPL IT AND CHANGE IT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT VERY DETAILED EXPLANATION.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR.
'CAUSE IT MADE IT SOUND LIKE WE WERE APPROVING THE REDUCTION AND WE CAN'T, THAT'S THE PROCESS AND I APPRECIATE THAT EXPLANATION.
WE'RE GLAD THAT THAT CENTER POINT IS WORKING RIGHT ALONG WITH US TO, TO MAKE SURE WE'RE IN SYNC ON THIS.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT IT TO COME ACROSS THAT WE WERE RIGHT.
SPEAKERS, I, WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON, UM, ITEM 97.
AND THEN, UH, WITH THAT, IF YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE, WE WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE, WELL, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SAY.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION COMMISSIONER CLARK SECOND GARZA.
UM, IF WE MELT UNDER THE TABLE.
WE HAVE PROVEN THAT IT IS TOO HOT 'CAUSE THE CHOCOLATE'S MELTING.
AND NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SIGLER ABSTAINED ON ITEM 97.
ITEM 98 IS BERTO ABIO MYRTLE STREET DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 45 AND MYRTLE STREET AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
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FOR PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS, UM, 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 OF IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 98 IS OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR IN THE ROOM WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM? MAAM? 98.
YOU WANT? I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN SEE ME.
HI, WELL, UM, I'M CALLING ON BEHALF WELL IN THE MEETING BEHALF OF MY PARENTS.
WE ARE THE NEIGHBORS RIGHT NEXT TO THE LOT RIGHT THERE.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS BASED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M HONESTLY NOT SURE, UH, VERY AWARE OF EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF LIKE BUSINESS WILL BE BUILT IN THIS AREA, TO BE HONEST.
BUT JUST IN THE FACT THAT WE LIVE NEXT TO IT, WE DO HAVE A CONCERN THAT FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE IT'S ALREADY A HIGH TRAFFIC AREA AND THAT ALREADY ALONE BRINGS A LOT OF DISTRESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT AND MY PARENTS ARE KIND OF CONCERNED OF, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THAT IMPACT, UH, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC NOW THAT IS GONNA BE, UH, AN AREA FOR BUSINESS.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING THAT THEY'RE KIND OF CONCERNED WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, ALREADY ACCESSING OUR HOME, UH, IN THAT SENSE AS WELL RELATED TO TRAFFIC.
UM, ANOTHER THING, COUPLE THINGS HERE, UM, THAT I WAS WRITING DOWN.
UM, WE, THIS KIND OF AREA FOR SOME REASON WE'VE LIVED HERE FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS APPROXIMATELY, AND WE'VE BEEN TARGET FOR ROBBERY COUPLE TIMES ALREADY.
AND AGAIN, BRINGING MORE PEOPLE TO THAT AREA.
AND THE FACT THAT WE'RE LIKE RIGHT NEXT TO THAT LOT, WE ARE KIND OF CONCERNED THAT, OKAY, MORE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN THEN, YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE WE ARE, IT'S NOT SO PRIVATE ALREADY.
SO THE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT'S GONNA COME IN THAT PUTS US MORE IN THAT, YOU KNOW, AT THAT KIND OF RISK.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU, UH, BASED ON THE LAY LAYOUT THAT YOU CAN SEE THERE, UH, COMING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE, IT'S ALREADY DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT, THAT THE STREET IS BUILT.
SO MOST OF THE TIME WE DO HAVE TO BE VERY CAREFUL ALREADY.
AND TRAFFIC, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO REALLY STRESS.
LIKE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSE IS, IS KIND OF DIFFICULT.
UM, THE PARKING LOT BEFORE IT WAS BOUGHT, UH, BY THE OWNER, UH, IT WAS OPEN SO WE WERE ABLE TO SEE, UH, WHO WAS COMING, LIKE WHO WAS COMING IN AND OUT FROM THE TRAFFIC.
BUT FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE NOW THAT THERE'S A FENCE RIGHT THERE, WE ARE HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME TO COME IN AND OUT.
SO IF THERE'S GONNA BE A BUILDING THERE, WE'RE KIND OF CONCERNED WITH THAT.
UM, IT JUST, THE FACT THAT IT JUST KIND OF PREVENTS VISIBILITY AND UM, I THINK THAT IS PRETTY MUCH IT FOR WHAT I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY PRESENT AND UH, OFFERED TO BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
SO MAYBE WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK HIM TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK AND MAYBE HE CAN, UM, ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
SO STAY TUNED HERE, OKAY? OKAY.
UM, SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS IN THE CHAT? UM, AMAYA? NOT, UM, THEY DIDN'T GIVE A LAST NAME, BUT FIRST NAME? AMAYA.
ANGIE IS THE FIRST NAME, AND WE ACTUALLY LIVE ON MYRTLE STREET.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO BACK UP OUR, UH, THE PREVIOUS COMMENTER ABOUT TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT IS A VERY, VERY HIGH TRAFFIC AREA.
UM, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE DONE ABOUT THAT.
UM, THEY, THEIR, IN THEIR CURRENT ENTRANCE IS ON THE STREET BEHIND US.
WE ACTUALLY LIVE ON MYRTLE AND, OH, HELLO MS. AMAYA? HELLO? ON MUTE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? NOW? WE CAN GO AHEAD.
SO, YEAH, I WAS, UH, SAY STATING AS WELL WITH THE TRAFFIC.
MYRTLE IS A VERY, VERY HIGH TRAFFIC STREET.
UM, AND SO, UH, I'VE SEEN SO MANY ACCIDENTS AT THAT CORNER AND SO THAT'S OUR CONCERN AS WELL.
UH, WHAT WAS GONNA BE DONE ABOUT THAT AND LIKE THE PER OTHER PERSON SAID CRIME AND IT, IT'S JUST, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IT'S GONNA ATTRACT AND WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE ABOUT TRAFFIC.
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ON MYRTLE STREET.UH, AGAIN, WE'LL, WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME FORWARD.
UM, GENERALLY DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WILL REVIEW THE TRAFFIC INGRESS AND EGRESS AND, AND THOSE ISSUES.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS DONE SPECIFICALLY AT THIS STAGE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT IT WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF EVENTUALLY.
SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL MR. WEAVER R WEAVER.
HELLO, MS. POPLE, COULD YOU MOVE OVER THERE? HI.
HELLO MAYOR, PLEASE LET COMMISSION AND MAD MADAM CHAIRMAN.
UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD WEAVER.
IT'S BEEN AN HONOR TO REPRESENT, UH, HEAD ALBERTO CIO FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN HIS REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY FOR THAT, UH, AMOUNT OF TIME.
AS FAR AS THE TRAFFIC, UH, IS CONCERNED, I WOULD DEFER TO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
UH, WE HEARD A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, MAYBE CRIME IN THE AREA, UH, A ROBBERY.
UH, MY CLIENT PLANS ON BUILDING A SMALL MEXICAN RESTAURANT TO SERVE THE, THE COMMUNITY THERE.
UM, I'LL TRY TO SPEAK POSITIVE ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, BUT I BELIEVE THAT AS FAR AS, UM, THE PRESENTATION OF WHAT HE WILL PUT IN THE COMMUNITY, I THINK IT WILL BETTER IT AGAIN, UH, UH, BEING A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
BUT I ALSO THINK THAT WHEN THERE ARE MORE BODIES AND SOMETIMES, UH, MORE WHAT I WOULD CALL EXTREMELY MILD ACTIVITY, THERE TENDS TO BE LESS CRIME.
UH, WHEN THERE'S MORE EYES, THERE'S LESS CRIME RIGHT NOW THAT AREA'S, UH, NOT DEVELOPED.
AND IF YOU WERE TO STAND IN, IN FRONT OF THAT PROPERTY TO THE LEFT, YOU WOULD SEE AN UNDERPASS, UH, A HIGHWAY.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE FOR BEAUTIFICATION RIGHT THERE.
UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING ABOUT.
THE, THE TWO MAIN CONCERNS TODAY WAS THE, THE TRAFFIC, WHICH I SAID WOULD, WOULD DEFER, AND THEN THE COMMENT ABOUT MAYBE CRIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, HAPPY TO ANSWER.
AND SO THIS IS GONNA BE A RESTAURANT, A SINGLE RESTAURANT.
IT'LL BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS SUCH.
SO, UM, I'LL ASK YOU ALSO TO ADDRESS WHEN YOU SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANTS, OR YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT NOW, HER CONCERN ON VISIBILITY.
I MEAN, THAT IS HUGE CONCERN WITH THE CURVE IN, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE A 25 FOOT SETBACK.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AS WELL, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THE RESIDENTS DO.
SO THAT SHOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT YOU SPEAK ABOUT AS WELL.
ARE YOU ASKING ME AS YOU SPEAK ABOUT THE VISIBILITY CONCERN? WELL, I, I THINK THE, THE, THE, OUR VISITOR, UH, TALK WAS SPEAKING PERSONALLY ABOUT THEIR VISIBILITY IN EXITING THEIR DRIVEWAY.
AND I CANNOT SPEAK TO THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
I JUST KNOW ALL OF US AS HOUSTONIANS AS WE ENTER AND EXIT OUR DRIVEWAYS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL.
YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING.
AND I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT I WAS ASKING.
THE CONCERN ON VISIBILITY IS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BE BLOCKING HER VIEW OR THEIR VIEW WHEN THEY PULL OUT OF THEIR DRIVEWAY.
IT'S A, IT'S A VALID CONCERN THE WAY THAT THAT CURVES THE SPEED OF THE TRAFFIC BECOMES THROUGH THERE.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR SITE PLAN AND IF YOU KNOW HOW TO READ SITE PLANS, YOU'VE GOT A 25 FOOT SETBACK.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE VISIBILITY ON THAT CORNER.
SO I THINK I'M EXPLAINING IT FOR YOU, BUT THAT WAS MY POINT WAS AS THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN THAT? BUT I THINK I'VE TAKEN CARE OF THAT.
WELL, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT.
BUT I WILL SAY THAT MY CLIENT WOULD LIKE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND WILL WORK WITH HIS NEIGHBORS TO HELP CURE ANY OF THOSE TYPE OF ISSUES.
WELL ACTUALLY, COMMISSIONER CLARK, UH, BEAT ME TO MY, MY QUESTION, I, I REALLY JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM THAT THERE WASN'T GOING TO BE A REDUCED BUILDING LINE, YOU KNOW, REQUEST OR THAT, THAT AT THIS TIME, NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
WE HAVE NO VARIANCES WITH THIS SIDE.
YOU GUY WHO'S SPEAKING? I'M SORRY.
SO MR. WEAVER, JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE THIS INFORMATION YET.
SO WHERE IS THE, I ASSUME THE ENTRY IS GONNA BE OFF THE 45 SERVICE ROAD AND NOT THE MYRTLE STREET? THAT'S MY IMPRESSION, YES.
DO WE KNOW HOW MANY PARKING SPACES YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AND, OR SOME IDEA.
AND ARE THEY GONNA BE IN THE FRONT OR BEHIND THE BUILDING, DO YOU KNOW YET? UH, I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE ON THE PARKING SPACES AT THIS TIME.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD BE ONE ISSUE THAT THAT MIGHT ALLOW FOR THE VIEWING, YOU KNOW, AS YOU PULL OUT, IF THERE'S, IF IT'S CLEAR IN THE FRONT WITH A 25 FOOT SETBACK, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE IT WOULD BE IN THE FRONT, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO SPEAK TO OUR TEAM.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, FENCING AND LIGHTING, SINCE YOU ARE BASICALLY, YOU ARE COMMERCIAL, BUT YOU ARE FACING A NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE IS YOUR PLAN TO BUILD A, A TALL FENCE OR TO DO SOME LIGHTING FOR YOUR PARKING LOT? DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA OF THAT AS YET? NOT RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THE PLANS.
BUT AS MENTIONED BEFORE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE TAKE CARE OF OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE WANT TO HAVE ADEQUATE LIGHTING AND, BUT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT AN OVER AN ABUNDANCE OF LIGHT.
THAT WAY IT'LL DISTURB NEIGHBORS EVEN THOUGH THAT THERE'S NO LAWS THAT PROHIBIT THAT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
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RIGHT.THERE, THERE PROBABLY WILL BE LATER
SO I SEE RICHARD SMITH OVER HERE.
MAYBE MR. SMITH COULD ANSWER A FEW OF THESE THINGS AS THIS WILL GO THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS, HOW, HOW THINGS WILL BE LOOKED AT BE, AND CAN I JUST, MR. WEAVER, IF YOU WOULD MEET WITH STAFF AFTER YOU'RE FINISHED AND GET THE PHONE NUMBERS OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE SPOKEN, IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS THIS.
I'M RICHARD SMITH WITH REPRESENTING HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP THAT I'D KIND LIKE TO CHECK IN ON OR CLARIFY, WAS IT ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY? THE FRONTAGE ROAD IS CONTROLLED BY TXDOT AND IT IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT TXDOT WOULD GRANT ACCESS THROUGH THAT POINT.
UM, THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO COME THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS AND TAKE ACCESS TO MYRTLE.
IT, LIKE I SAID, IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY.
I HAVE NOT SEEN TDOT USUALLY GRANT ACCESS ON THESE CASES, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY HAVE ACCESS, A LARGE ACCESS TO A SIDE STREET LIKE THAT.
UM, AS FOR THE, ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN SAY MUCH AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
THE VISIBILITY ISSUE, I COULD UNDERSTAND IF A FENCE WAS PUT OUT AT THE PROPERTY LINE, I COULD SEE WHERE THE NEIGHBOR WOULD HAVE, MAY HAVE A CHALLENGE SEEING THROUGH A FENCE THAT WAS NOT, UM, A LOT, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A WROUGHT IRON FENCE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT ALLOWED SOME VISIBILITY THAT MAY NOT BE AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE, BUT IT STILL CREATES MORE OF AN ISSUE THAN AN OPEN AREA.
IF IT WAS JUST AN OPEN PARKING LOT, AGAIN, THAT PROBABLY CREATE, CREATES A MUCH EASIER VIEWING FOR THEM.
BUT IT'S STILL, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT CONCERN WOULD BE, BUT, AND IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN ACTUALLY CONTROL, UM, EITHER THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS OR WHAT IS IN THE, THE CURRENT PLANNING ORDINANCES.
UM, SO IF, IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS REQUEST, UM, COULD THERE BE A CONDITION THAT THERE NOT BE A FENCE JUST TO ENSURE THAT THERE'S VISIBILITY FOR THE NEIGHBORS? OR IS IS THAT I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO LEGAL, LEGAL ON THAT.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE PREMATURE SINCE WE DON'T EVEN, I MEAN WE'RE JUST DOING A, A PLAT HERE, SO YEAH.
BUT MR. SMITH, FOR, FOR OUR LISTENERS OR FOR THE PEOPLE WHO CALLED IN, UM, EX EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROCESS ABOUT BUILDING PERMITS BEING ISSUED AND THE, THE TRAFFIC REVIEW THAT HAPPENS AT THAT STAGE ONCE YOU'VE GOT A PICTURE OF WHERE THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE AND WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS GONNA BE AND ALL THAT STUFF.
SO THEY'RE DOING, AS YOU SAID, ARE JUST A MOMENT AGO, THEY'RE DOING THE PLOT NOW.
THEY HAVE NOT SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN OR WHERE THEIR PARKING LOT AND THEIR BUILDING AND ALL THAT.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO SUBMIT THEIR BUILDING PLANS ALONG WITH THEIR PARKING LOT LAYOUT, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO BOTH THE BUILDING PERMIT SECTION AND THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE.
AND THEY WOULD, THE BUILDING WOULD LOOK AT THE ACTUAL BUILDING LAYOUT, BUT THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE WILL LOOK AT WHERE THAT DRIVEWAY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.
THE DRIVEWAY IS FAR ENOUGH FROM THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
IT'S ALSO FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION, ESPECIALLY WITH IT BEING A FRONTAGE ROAD, WE'D CONSIDER THAT A MAJOR ROADWAY.
AND SO WE WOULDN'T WANT IT WITHIN 60 TO A HUNDRED FEET OF THAT.
AND WE'D WORK WITH THEM TO, ON THE PLACEMENT OF THE DRIVEWAYS.
AND IN THAT REVIEW THEN WE'D ALSO LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF SITE VISIBILITY THEY WOULD HAVE COMING OUT OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS.
WE USUALLY DO NOT LOOK AT THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
DO NOT, ONE OF THE THINGS I DID STAND UP AND I WAS GONNA SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANT ALSO IS LET THEM KNOW THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND THAT CONCERN FROM THE NEIGHBOR TOO.
SO THIS WILL BE REVIEWED IN DUE TIME IN THE PROCESS IF AND WHEN BUILDING PLANS ARE SUBMITTED? YES, MA'AM.
AND I GUESS ONE LAST PIECE ON THIS, THE TRAFFIC ASPECT OF IT, IF THE, THEY SAID IT'S GONNA BE A RESTAURANT, BUT WHATEVER THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS, ANY DEVELOPMENT, IF IT GENERATES MORE THAN 100 TRIPS, IT MEANS BOTH COMING AND GOING FROM THE SITE IN THE PEAK HOUR OF THAT FACILITY, THEN IT WOULD CREATE AND MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO HAVE A TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
IF IT GENERATES LESS THAN THAT, TYPICALLY IT DOES NOT REQUIRE A TRAFFIC STUDY.
BUT WE DO LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF TRIPS THEY GENERATE AND HOW THAT MAY JUST SORT OF HAVE A GENERAL IMPACT.
WE DON'T LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC ON THE, ON LIKE MYRTLE STREET OR THE FRONTAGE ROAD IN THAT CASE.
BUT IF THEY DID A FOOT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY DID MEET THE 100 PEAK HOURS, THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT BOTH STREETS.
THANK YOU FOR LAYING THAT OUT.
IT'S, IT'S GOOD FOR US ALL TO HEAR THAT, I THINK.
UM, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS FOR ITEM 98? BERTO RICCIO, MYRTLE STREET? UM, PARDON ME? YES,
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WE'RE GOOD.IF THERE ARE NO OTHER SP PUBLIC SPEAKERS, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MADAM CHAIR, I JUST WANTED TO ASK, THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A 15 BY 15 FOOT, UM, VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT THE CORNER OF MYRTLE AND I 45.
OKAY, SO THAT'S ALREADY IN THE CONDITIONS? YES.
I I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION CHAIR.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER MODEST AND I JUST WANNA GUESS MAYBE QUESTION FOR, FOR STAFF 'CAUSE I JUST DON'T SEE IT.
THERE'S NOT AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY OF ANY SORT AT THE MOMENT RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? NO.
I I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I UNDERSTOOD THAT.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER CLARK, I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION AND I WILL THANK THE APPLICANT'S REP FOR GETTING WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND TALKING THROUGH THEIR ISSUES AND CON YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING VISIBILITY AND, AND BUFFERING WITH A FENCE AND, AND WATCHING YOUR LIGHTING AND, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, YOUR COOPERATION WITH THAT.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER MAD, I NEED TO STEP AWAY FOR A MOMENT.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MAD IS STEPPING AWAY.
ITEM 99 IS BRANDON STREET LUXURY HOMES, REPL NUMBER ONE, THE SIZE LOCATED SOUTH ALONG BRANDON STREET, EAST OF SCOTT STREET IN HOUSTON.
THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TAKEN ACCESS FROM A 18 FOOT SHARE DRIVEWAY.
THERE'S NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
HOWEVER, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER CHAPTER 42.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 99, BRANDON STREET, LUXURY HOMES IS OPEN.
FIRST SPEAKER IS BERNADINE WILLIAMS. MS. WILLIAMS, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UH, MY NAME IS BERNADINE WILLIAMS. I WAS BORN AND RAISED ON ELL STREET, WHICH IS THE NEXT STREET OVER.
I'M HERE MOSTLY TO SPEAK FOR MY MOTHER, MARY WILLIAMS. UM, SHE, SHE'S OPPOSED TO THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE SHE'S LIKE, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO ON THIS PROPERTY? THERE'S NO, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PUT THREE PROPERTIES IN THERE? THREE SMALL, TINY LOTS OUT OF THE TWO THAT ARE THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE GREAT FOR SINGLE FAMILY, WHICH IS WHAT IT'S ALWAYS BEEN USED FOR.
UM, AND WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF NEIGHBORS TO MOVE IN.
UM, AND JUST CRAMMING, UH, THREE LUXURY PROPERTIES INTO UH, TWO LOTS.
IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW THAT WOULD BE.
PLUS, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE A LOT OF CONCRETE TOO.
SUNNYSIDE DOES NOT FLOOD CURRENTLY, BUT THE MORE IT GETS PAVED OVER, YOU KNOW, WE RUN THE RISK OF THAT HAPPENING.
UM, SO I HOPE THAT YOU WILL, UM, UH, DENY THE REQUEST.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE THE ABILITY TO DENY THIS.
IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA, BUT WHAT WE WANT TO HELP NEIGHBORS LIKE THIS DO IS SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE, WHICH IS A PROTECTION THAT WOULD PROTECT THE LOT SIZE THAT'S INTACT IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO MAYBE YOU COULD GET WITH STAFF AND LOOK AT WHAT MIKE COULD START THERE FOR SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THIS.
I THINK THERE ARE SOME CHAPTER 42 STANDARDS THAT HAVE TO BE REVIEWED, SO IT'LL PROBABLY BE BACK ON THE NEXT AGENDA SO YOU CAN COME BACK AND SPEAK OR SPEAK TO US VIRTUALLY OR STAY TUNED.
UM, NEXT SPEAKER IS ALMA WILLIAMS. MS. WILLIAMS, AYE.
MY NAME IS ALMA WILLIAMS. UM, I LIVE AT 85 25 KMEL STREET AND I ALSO OPPOSE IT.
UM, IT SAYS, UM, THIS IS BRANDON STREET, LUXURY HOME.
SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT LUXURY HOMES THERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD WANT TO PUT THEM THERE, BUT, UM, I DO OPPOSE, UM, THEM UM, PUTTING THREE LUXURY HOMES THERE, UM, ON TWO LOTS.
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NEAR ME 'CAUSE I CAN ANTICIPATE MY PROPERTY, OUR PROPERTY TAXES GOING UP AND I DON'T WANT THAT FROM MY NEIGHBORHOOD.OKAY, THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN AND BEING THERE WITH US TODAY.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAT? UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE OR LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON BRANDON STREET LUXURY HOMES? ITEM 99 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, UM, PER CHAPTER 42 PLANNING STANDARDS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL? MOTION ALLMAN ALLMAN.
IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA GARZA.
MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, JUST A NOTE.
UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT CAME TO SPEAK TODAY, AS COMMISSIONER BALDWIN SAID, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UM, CITY ORDINANCES THAT YOU CAN USE, YOU CAN PUT IN PLACE TO, UM, TO KIND OF HELP PREVENT THE CUTTING OF THESE LOTS INTO SMALLER PIECES.
AND IT'S, UH, ALTHOUGH IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER, UM, IT CAN BE DONE FAIRLY QUICKLY AND ONCE IT'S PUT IN PLACE, ONCE YOU'VE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION, ALL BUILDING ALL DEVELOPMENT, THAT WOULD BE SPLITTING THOSE LOTS MUST WAIT FOR YOUR APPLICATION TO BE APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED.
SO YOU WOULD BASICALLY, YOU CAN'T SHOVE THE GENIE BACK INTO THE BOTTLE, BUT YOU DON'T LET THE GENIE COME COMPLETELY OUT.
AND STAFF CAN HELP YOU GET THAT INFORMATION AND YOU CAN DO IT FOR YOUR BLOCK, YOUR BLOCK FACE, YOUR ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AS BIG OR AS SMALL AS YOU THINK WILL WORK BEST FOR YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS.
SO PLEASE TALK TO STAFF ABOUT THAT.
YOU CAN DO IT FAIRLY QUICKLY, SO I RECOMMEND IT.
UM, OKAY, WE ARE ON ITEM 100 BRIAR CRAFT MEADOWS.
ITEM 100 IS BRIAR CRAFT MEADOWS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH ALONG CHASEWOOD DRIVE, EAST OF FORT BEND PARKWAY AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR REPLAY IS TO CREATE 19 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TWO RESERVES.
THERE ARE NO BEARINGS REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, UM, OCE TO TRAFFIC TO ADDRESS THE OFFSET TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY LINE BY 10 FEET TO PREVENT THE RADIUS ENCROACHMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORING LOT.
FOR BRIAR CRAFT MEADOWS DRIVE.
ALSO, COUNCIL MEMBER MARTHA CASTEX TATUM ALSO REQUESTED A DEFERRAL ON THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLACES THIS COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 100, BREAR CRAFT MEADOWS IS OPEN.
UM, WE HAVE WITH US THE, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COUNCIL MEMBER MARTHA CASTEX TATUM.
AND HER NAME IS PURITA CHAVE CHAVEZ.
MS. CHAVEZ, ARE YOU WITH US? I'M MADAM CHAIR.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR IN THE ROOM WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 100? IF NOT, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION GARZA GARZA SIGLER.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 1 0 1.
ITEM 1 0 1 IS GARDEN OAKS FIRST SECTION, PARTIAL REPLY NUMBER TWO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED LONG DURHAM SHEPHERD AND WEST 30TH STREET IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 0 1, GARDEN OAKS FIRST SECTION IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 1? HEARING? NO RESPONSE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION CLARKS SECOND JONES.
A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 2.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 20, UH, 7,800 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF MADERA AND THORN NORTH OF TIDWELL ROAD AND WEST OF OATS ROAD.
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IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT MUST INCORPORATE DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINES, BUT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
ARE THOSE FILED SEPARATELY? WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
IN LIGHT OF THE DEED RESTRICT BILLING LINES, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL TO COORDINATE WITH THEIR CLIENT AND CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE SUBDIVISION LAYOUTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS PER APPLICANT REQUEST.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
HE MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 2 MADEIRA ESTATES IS OPEN.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MAD IS BACK.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT.
DOES ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 2 MADERA ESTATES HEARING NO RESPONSE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED IF THERE IS A MOTION TO DEFER GARZA GARZA.
ITEM 1 0 3 IS OAK FOREST, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FIVE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 19,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS TO AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF FISHER DRIVE AND KINLEY LANE EAST OF ELLA BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF WAKEFIELD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TO PROVIDE A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG KINLEY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTS FOR THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY SAID THE RESTRICTIONS STATE THAT ASPECTS OF THE BUILDING LINES ARE UNDER THE DISCRETION OF THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION, WHICH HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THE APPLICATION.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APP.
THE PLAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 3 OAK FOREST SECTION ONE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP IN THE CHAT.
ANYONE LISTENING? WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 0 3? IF HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION SLAR SLAR.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 1 0 4.
ITEM 1 0 4 IS ORVILLE ESTATES.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS 77 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED 7,700 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH ALONG ORVILLE STREET, WEST OF HOMESTEAD ROAD AND NORTH OF WEAVER STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
HE MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 4 ORVILLE ESTATES IS OPEN.
ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 0 4? HEARING NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
DID I NOT ASK FOR A MOTION? MAN, I WAS ON SUCH A ROLL.
SORRY GUYS, I'M GETTING AHEAD OF MYSELF AND I'LL TAKE A BREAK HERE TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER, UM, TAHIR HAS JOINED US A WHILE AGO.
AND I ALSO NEGLECTED TO INTRODUCE, UH, YOLANDA WOODS, WHO IS OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE TODAY, WHILE MS. MICKELSON IS OUT.
WE KNOW YOU TRIED TO HIDE OVER THERE
WE MOVE ON TO 1 0 5 QUICKTRIP STORE.
UH, ITEM 1 0 5 QUICKTRIP STORE NUMBER 7 9 5 1.
THE PROPERTY IS IN HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
IT'S LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF EAST IH 10 FREEWAY AND DALE AVENUE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES VIOLATE SEPARATELY.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED, UH, COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER
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THE PLAT AT THEIR APPLICANT'S REQUEST SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 5 QUICK DRIP STORE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 5 QUICKTRIP STORE? SPEAK UP NOW.
THE PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE CONTINUED IF, IF WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER GARZA SECOND JONES.
ITEM 1 0 5 IS DEFERRED 1 0 6 ITEM 1 0 6, SPRING BRANCH VILLA PARTIAL REPLANT.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY ALONG HOLLOW HOOK ROAD, SOUTH OF GOOD ROOM ROAD.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS BY PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT, UH, TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 6 SPRING BRANCH VILLA IS OPEN.
WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE OR IN THE CHAT.
ANYONE LISTENING, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON SPRING BRANCH? BRANCH VILLA 1 0 6? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALL ALLMAN.
ITEM 1 0 7, MADAM CHAIR, THIS COMMISSIONER DALTON, I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM 1 0 7.
NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER DALTON WILL ABSTAIN ON 1 0 7.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE ONES THAT IT CHANGED FROM AN HOUR AGO.
THE RECOMMENDATION HAS CHANGED.
THE RECOMMENDATION HAS CHANGED, UH, TO GRANT AND APPROVAL.
ITEM 1 0 7 IS TIMBER LAKES FIRE STATION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG ROYAL OAKS DRIVE AND THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF ROYAL OAKS DRIVE AND SPREADING OAKS DRIVE WEST OF GLEN LOCK DRIVE IN HOUSTON'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, TEXAS.
THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REPL LOTS AND A PARKING RESERVE CREATED IN 1964 WITH THE TIMBERLAKE SUBDIVISION AND TO A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CONFER WITH LEGAL PER THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS.
TIMBERLAKE SUBDIVISION, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE TIMBERLAKES VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT 14 BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT.
NUMBER 14 PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT 14 HAS BROUGHT POLICE POWER TO CONSTRUCT AND MAINTAIN FIRE STATIONS FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE PUBLIC.
THIS REQUEST WOULD BE A KEEPING OF THE SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE OF THE RESIDENTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED COMMENTS IN ADVANCE CONCERNING THIS PLAT CONCERNING THE IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED USE ON DRAINAGE IN THE AREA, AND A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENT, FROM RESIDENTS AND THE TIMBER LAKES TIMBER RIDGE ASSOCIATION, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
AND ALSO WE DID RECEIVE A, A PROTEST, UH, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS APPLICATION AS WELL.
HOWEVER, I BELIEVE BECAUSE THAT IT IS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE THAT IT DOESN'T APPLY.
BUT WE CAN, UM, LOOK AT THAT FURTHER.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE APPLY PER THE CBC ON ONE FORM CONDITIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. FLM? UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK.
IT, IT DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING, BUT I JUST NOTE ON THE
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CPC 1 0 1 FORM, THERE'S NO RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.AND THE AGENDA ITEM IS MARKED AS 1 54.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT WHEN PEOPLE ARE LOOKING AT THIS, IT'S VERY CONFUSING.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THOSE TWO THINGS OUT.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE RATIONALE ABOUT THE CHANGED RECOMMENDATION.
ORIGINALLY, YOUR RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DISAPPROVE BECAUSE IT, IT VIOLATED DEED RESTRICTIONS.
HOWEVER, ON FURTHER REVIEW, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT AS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO COMPLY WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IS THAT MS. WOODS? COULD YOU I WOULD DEFER TO LEGAL.
UM, WE RECEIVED A DEED YESTERDAY THAT SHOWED IT TRANSFERRED THE PROPERTY FROM THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS TO THE, UH, EMERGENCY, WHAT IS IT CALLED? THE ESD, THE EMERGENCY SERVICES DISTRICT NUMBER 14.
UM, PER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE, EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICTS ARE A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OF THE STATE.
UH, THE STATE, THE, UM, DOES HAVE POLICE POWERS AND IN ORDER TO EXERCISE THOSE POLICE POWERS, THEY ARE NOT WELL, THEY ARE DOMINANT OVER ANY TYPE OF RESTRICTIONS ON PROPERTIES.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS OWNED BY, UH, POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, THEY'RE, THE USE FOR THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND PROTECTION DOES SUPERSEDE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IT IS NOT THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT IS, IS MAKING THE DECISION TO OVERRIDE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IT IS A, IT, IT'S BY VIRTUE THAT IT IS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY WITH POLICE POWERS.
AND THIS HAS BEEN DECIDED IN BOTH THE COURTS AND THROUGH AN ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONER? COMMISSIONER JONES? YES.
FOR COUNSEL COULD GIVE US, WHAT IS THE DATE OF THE DEED? I THINK IT WAS JUST YESTERDAY.
I WILL TELL YOU IN JUST A MOMENT.
WE ALSO HAVE COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG WHILE SHE'S LOOKING.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, DO YOU WANNA GO WHILE MS. WOODS IS LOOKING FOR, OH, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS FILED ON FEBRUARY 14TH.
SHE FILED, SO THIS WAS A RECENT TRANSACTION? CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? UM, I WOULD JUST, UH, URGE THE NEIGHBORS TO REACH OUT.
UM, BECAUSE AS A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, I MEAN, USUALLY PUBLIC ENTITIES SHOULD GO ABOVE AND BEYOND.
UM, AND SO I THINK IT GETS 'EM PAST ONE HURDLE, BUT I I STILL THINK THAT THAT MAY BE EARS, UM, TO ADDRESS SOME OF THEIR OTHER CONCERNS.
SO, UM, IF THEY FEEL A BIT DEFEATED, I THINK THEY DO HAVE A, AN AVENUE TO, UM, REACH OUT FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.
MS. POPLE, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I JUST, ON ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE, IT SHOWS 1 0 7.
SO I WANTED TO KNOW WHERE SHE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION AND I DIDN'T.
IT'S, I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY ON THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM, THE ATTACHMENTS, THE EXHIBITS, ALL OF THOSE ARE MARKED.
BUT IT'S JUST THE ACTUAL 1 0 1 FORM.
I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED OR THAT YEAH.
UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JENNIFER CUR CURTIS REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT.
DID I SAY THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS CONTINUED? IT'S CONTINUED.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO THANK STAFF, ESPECIALLY LEGAL FOR ALL OF THE, THE HARD WORK THAT WENT IN, UM, IN THE LAST, JUST THE LAST FEW DAYS TO TRY AND GET THIS RESOLVED.
UM, UM, LAST MINUTE, BUT WE MADE IT AND I'M, I'M JUST REALLY PLEASED THAT STAFF HAS BEEN SO HELPFUL.
WE KNOW YOU'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I BELIEVE THERE SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKETS.
UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM VARIOUS RESIDENTS AND, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS IN THE AREA FOR THE PROJECT.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CURTIS? YEAH, UH, I, I JUST, JUST COMMISSIONER JONES.
AND THAT IS FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS PROPERTY? YES, SIR.
I REALLY URGE THE ESD, WHICH RIFLE OWNER OR IF IN FACT THEY ARE
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REALLY, UH, IT'S THE, THE VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT THEY VISIT WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS.THEY BRING THEM IN AND THEY WORK TOGETHER TO DEAL WITH SOME OF THE NOISE ISSUES THAT ARE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION WHEN, WHETHER THAT'S DURING THEIR FIRE DRILLS OR ET CETERA.
UM, THAT COMMUNITY EFFORT IS CRITICAL HERE.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS AROUND DRAINING AND FLOODING.
AND I WAS WONDERING IF A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION COULD BE PROVIDED ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED.
UM, SO THE, THE DRAINAGE PLANS HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED AND IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, APPROVED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY ENGINEERING, UM, THERE'S A LOW POINT ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THE, THE SITE ALREADY IS TAKING WATER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT CONDITION, UM, WILL BE IMPROVED BECAUSE THEY'RE PUTTING IN DRAINAGE FACILITIES AS PART OF THE EXPANSION.
ANYTHING ELSE? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN LARGER DETENTION THAN WHAT WAS THERE CURRENTLY.
IT'S JUST A NATURAL LOW POINT THEY'RE PUTTING IN ACTUAL DETENTION NOW.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBORAH KENNEDY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HEARING US.
UM, TO SPEAK TO YOUR CONCERNS, WHICH ARE VERY VALID, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS ALREADY HAD A TOWN HALL MEETING WITH RESIDENTS.
ALL THOSE CONCERNS WERE VOICED AND HEARD AND ADDRESSED THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOT IGNORING THEM.
THEY'RE GOING INTO ACTION TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS SATISFIED.
UM, AND OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE OTHER INFORMATION AS WELL.
BUT I HAVE BEEN, UM, RESIDENT OF TIMBERLAKES TIMBER RIDGE SINCE 1981.
AND OUR COMMUNITY HAS SEEN ITS SHARE OF DISASTERS.
WHEN PANTHER BEND CREEK COMES OUT OF ITS BANKS ON THE EAST SIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, SPRING CREEK COMES OUT OF ITS BANKS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
THERE ARE NO WAY WE'RE GONNA GET EMERGENCY SERVICES.
IF TIMBERLAKES IS FORCED TO MOVE, THAT WOULD BE TO CRIPPLE THAT FIRE STATION WOULD BE CRIPPLING OUR COMMUNITY.
WE ARE SO THANKFUL THAT LEGAL COULD MEET AND COME TO A WORKABLE SOLUTION.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO, UM, LET Y'ALL KNOW THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS BUILT IN 1969 AS A VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION.
NO ACCOMMODATIONS FOR FIREFIGHTERS SLEEPING THERE.
IN 2018, WE WERE THE LAST ALL VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY TO GO TO A PAID STAFF.
AS THE EXPANSION ON SARDIS ROAD HAS BUILT, LIKE IT HAS 'CAUSE THEIR TERRITORY GOES TO SAWMILL ROAD AS WELL.
OUR PAID VI OUR PAID FIREFIGHTERS LIVE IN A SQUARE 422 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S BEDDING, SHOWER, KITCHEN, BATHROOM.
WE OWE IT TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS TO GET THIS APPROVED SO THAT WE CAN EXPAND MAINLY FOR THEIR QUARTERS.
ALSO AS A VOLUNTEER FIRE STATION.
WE HAVE FOR YEARS VOLUNTEER PEOPLE COME, MEN, WOMEN, THEY TRAIN THEM, THEY EDUCATE 'EM, THEY FALL IN LOVE WITH THE SERVICE.
AND WE HAVE FIREFIGHTERS GOING OUT IN THE COMMUNITY TO OTHER STATIONS.
SO THAT'S ALSO GOING TO EXPAND TRAINING FACILITY.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR GETTING THIS APPROVED AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE.
UM, I WILL SAVE SOME TIME AND NOT REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT I SUBMIT IN MY WRITTEN COMMENTS, BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT A FEW KEY FACTORS AS MS. KENNEDY ALREADY ADDRESSED.
DUE TO THE RECURRING FLOODING THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY, KEEPING EMERGENCY SERVICES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY IS BEYOND CRITICAL.
UM, I AM A REAL ESTATE BROKER AND HAVE A VERY IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF THE DEMOGRAPHICS IN MY SURROUNDING AREAS.
OUR COMMUNITY HAS APPROXIMATELY 75% OF, UM, I'M SORRY.
OUR DEMOGRAPHICS ARE EITHER RETIREMENT AGE OR OLDER.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT AN AGING DEMOGRAPHIC THAT IS GOING TO HAVE AN INCREASED NEED FOR FAST RESPONSE TIMES FROM EMERGENCY SERVICES.
UM, AS MS. KENNEDY STATED TO MOVE THAT FIRE DEPARTMENT AWAY, NOT ONLY CRIPPLES US DURING THOSE EMERGENCY SERV EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WITH HIGH WATER, BUT ALSO RESPONSE TIMES FOR THOSE ELDERLY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THAT SHE PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING ELSE THAT I WAS GONNA SAY IN MY STATEMENT.
SO I'LL LEAVE SOME TIME FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.
BUT THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND YOUR SUPPORT.
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THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN.I'VE LIVED IN THE TIMBER RIDGE TIMBER LAKES SUBDIVISION FOR OVER 50 YEARS.
UM, I'VE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE NEED TO CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS DURING MY HUSBAND'S UNFORTUNATE ILLNESS DUE TO THE EFFECTS OF THE CHEMICALS HE INHALED DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE, UM, AGENT ORANGE CHEMICALS.
SO HE HAD A HOST OF ILLNESSES DUE TO THAT.
UM, ON MORE THAN TWO OCCASIONS, I'VE HAD THE UNFORTUNATE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE TO PERFORM CPR ON MY HUSBAND.
UM, THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I JUST, I COULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE.
I PICKED UP MY CELL PHONE AND DIALED NINE ONE ONE.
OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE WITHIN FOUR MINUTES AND REVIVED MY HUSBAND.
THAT HAPPENED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES DURING HIS ILLNESS.
UH, I PRAY THAT Y'ALL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THIS.
AND, UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR HARD WORK AND, UH, JUST TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE AS MS. KENNEDY SHARED WITH Y'ALL.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES, MANY AREAS IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS AND DURING THE MANY FLOODS THAT WE HAVE.
UM, AND I DON'T REMEMBER IF IT WAS IKE OR HARVEY, THERE WAS A DAYCARE CENTER ON GLEN LOCK ROAD.
IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN ROADS IN MY SUBDIVISION.
THE CHILDREN WERE STRANDED AT THE DAYCARE.
AND OUR, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT'S CALLED, THE FIRE RESCUE, THE HIGH WATER RESCUE TEAM WAS JUST HAPPENED TO BE OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND THEY WENT OVER THERE RIGHT AWAY AND LOADED UP THE CHILDREN AND STAFF AND THEY WERE ALL SPARED.
BUT IT COULD HAVE GONE REALLY BAD HAD OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT NOT BEEN ON THE SPOT.
ANYWAY, AGAIN, I THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, MARCELLA COMISKEY.
UM, I WAS OPPOSED TO THIS PLATING OF THE LAND.
I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I HAVE THE DEEDS THAT I GOT FROM OUR HOA WEBSITE THAT I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT BEING CHANGED I GUESS A COUPLE DAYS AGO, OR I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED.
UM, I DID SUBMIT SOME DOCUMENTATION AND IT, IT'S A PICTURE DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE.
IT'S LIKE YOU CAN SEE THE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHICH I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THEM RIGHT NOW.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR THEM TO GO ANYWHERE.
BUT IF THEY CHOOSE TO, UM, EXPAND, WHY DON'T, UH, TO ME IT, IT MAKES SENSE TO GO TO THE, THE AREA WHERE IT, IT'S EXPANDING, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OUR SUBDIVISION.
'CAUSE THEY ARE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SUBDIVISION AND I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THEM.
AND, UM, ACCORDING TO THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE DEEDS THAT I HAVE, THERE'S JUST SOME, UH, PARAGRAPHS IN THERE THAT, UH, IT STATES THAT ALL LOTS AND SAID TIMBER LAKES, UNLESS OTHERWISE DESIGNATED ON THE FOUR FOR MENTIONED MAP OR PLAT OF THE SUBDIVISION SHALL BE KNOWN AS DESIGNATED RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
AND THEN ANOTHER PORTION IT IS, UM, ON, UH, PART OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS, IT WOULD BE DESIGNATED LOTS.
IT STILL STATES THAT DESIGNATED LOTS ON THE FOUR MENTIONED PLAT FOR SPECIFIC PURPOSES SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
SO I'M JUST A LITTLE, I FEEL A LITTLE BLINDSIDED, BUT YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHY I'M HERE.
WE UNDERSTAND, AND YOUR DOCUMENTATION IS CORRECT SO FAR AS IT WAS EFFECTIVE, BUT THERE IS A NEW DEED NOW.
THE PROPERTY WAS TRANSFERRED AND SO THOSE RESTRICTIONS NO LONGER CAN BE APPLIED.
AND I'M SORRY, CAN I, WHEN WAS IT? UH, REEDED OR RE UH, FEBRUARY 14TH, WHICH WAS TUESDAY.
THANK YOU EVERYONE APPRECIATE TIME TAKING THE TIME TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOSH KENNEDY, I THINK.
WHO IS VIRTUAL? MR. KENNEDY? I, I DON'T, YEAH.
MR. KENNEDY, ARE YOU THERE? HOW ABOUT, UH, LANNY.
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YES MA'AM.I HAVE BEEN FOR QUITE A WHILE.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO SAY HOW IMPRESSED I AM WITH YOUR COMMISSION AND THE WAY IT PROCEEDS VERY THOROUGHLY AND VERY GRACIOUSLY.
UM, I HAVE NOT HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SIT IN ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS BEFORE AND I'M MOST IMPRESSED.
AND FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH, I'M GONNA MAKE MY COMMENTS EXTREMELY BRIEF.
UM, FIREFIGHTERS RESPOND TO PEOPLE'S NEEDS ON PROBABLY WHAT IS THE WORST DAY OF THEIR LIVES.
EITHER THEIR HOUSE IS ON FIRE OR THEY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, AS THE LADY BEFORE SAID.
SO THE, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE ESD ON WHICH I'M A MEMBER, UH, HAS A RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE OF THE VOTERS IN THE DISTRICT TO PROVIDE FIRE SERVICE AND EMERGENCY EMS SERVICE TO THE ME TO THE MEMBERS OF OUR DISTRICT.
AS FOR THE LOCATION, IT'S RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF WHERE ALMOST ALL OF OUR, UH, RESIDENTS ARE.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT INTERESTED NECESSARILY AS MUCH IN PROVIDING FIRE PREVENTION, UH, CARE FOR NOT FIRE PREVENTION, FIRE SUPPRESSION, CARE FOR BUSINESSES ALONG A STRIP ON ANOTHER ROAD, ANOTHER CALLED SAWDUST.
BUT WE'RE INTERESTED IN THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
IN FACT, WE'RE ALL PART OF THAT.
WE'RE ALL MEMBERS OF THAT SUBDIVISION, TIMBERLAKES AND TIMBER RIDGE.
SO, UH, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.
YOU HAVE HAD A FULL DOCKET THIS AFTERNOON AND I APPRECIATE VERY MUCH THE WAY YOU GUYS OPERATE.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR KIND WORDS.
JOSH KENNEDY, I UNDERSTAND YOUR MIC WASN'T WORKING.
DO, ARE YOU, DO YOU WANNA TRY AGAIN? MR. KENNEDY, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD.
YEAH, I HAD TO CALL IN VIA MY PHONE, BUT, UM, NO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS FOR TAKING THE TIME JUST TO, TO HEAR EVERYONE OUT.
AND FIRST AND FOREMOST, UM, AS OTHERS STATED, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE DO RIGHT BY EVERYONE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IS HERE TO HELP THE COMMUNITY NOT MAKE LIVES WORSE.
AND BY ALL MEANS, WE'RE GONNA DO EVERYTHING WE CAN IN OUR POWER TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS ALL ISSUES AS OF WITH THE, WITH FLOODING, WATER, DRAINAGE, NOISE COMPLAINTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF WE PUT A WALL UP ON THE BACKSIDE FOR NOISE, WE, WE ALSO GOTTA TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION OF HOW THAT'S GONNA AFFECT WATER FLOW.
SO THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH THERE THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND IT, IT IS JUST, UH, I WASN'T EXPECTING THE, THE, THE, THE AMOUNT OF SUPPORT WE GOT TODAY AND IT KIND OF TOOK THE, THE WIND OUTTA MY CELL THAT WE DO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
BUT, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE'VE HAD THE MEETINGS WITH PEOPLE, UM, EVERYONE HAS MY CONTACT INFORMATION IF THEY WISH TO REACH OUT TO ME AND WE CAN SIT DOWN ONE-ON-ONE AND TRY TO WORK THROUGH SOME THINGS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
BUT, UM, ON THE WHOLE LEGAL ASPECT, UH, IT IS JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SURPRISE ANYBODY OR PULL, YOU KNOW, THE RULE OVER ANY EYES.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THIS RIGHT AND, YOU KNOW, LEGAL, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A BEAST OF ITS OWN AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE DO EVERYTHING RIGHT.
AND WE FINALLY FOUND THE AVENUE THAT WE COULD DO TO GET THIS DONE.
AND THAT'S, AND THAT'S THE ACTION WE TOOK AND, AND WE DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT AND THE SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WAS, WE WOULD'VE DONE THIS A LONG TIME AGO IF WE KNEW THIS WAS AN OPTION, BUT WE WEREN'T AWARE OF IT.
BUT, UM, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
I'M GLAD WE GOT TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? THOMAS LING MEAD THOMAS, COULD YOU SPELL THE LAST NAME? OH, L-A-N-G-M-E-A-D-L-A-N-G-M-B-A-D.
MR. LANG MEAD DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7 TIMBERLAKES FIRE STATION? HEARING NO RESPONSE.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION NOW IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER QUIRE, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT THIS HAS BEEN A GREAT EXAMPLE OF A WONDERFUL APPLICANT AND ESD, THE NEIGHBORHOOD LEGAL AND STAFF AND THIS COMMISSION WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE BETTER OF THE COMMUNITY.
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UM, I'LL MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR MOTION TO APPROVE WHEN THAT COMES UP, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE.UH, ANYONE ELSE? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS WE IS ON THE SCREEN.
UM, BUT ALSO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE THE FAR DISTANCE THAT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE HAD TO DRIVE, UM, ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
I KNOW I'VE SEEN SOME REPEAT FACES AND, UM, I APPRECIATE, YOU KNOW, YOU COMING AND MAKING YOUR VOICE HEARD AND I ALSO APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF EFFORT THAT THAT TOOK.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION COMMISSIONER CLARK FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, ITEM 1 0 8 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
THAT WOULD CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING SECTION.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Geoff Butler, Devin Crittle, John Cedillo, and Tammi Williamson)]
GO TO D VARIANCES ITEM 1 0 9.MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON.
I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM 1 0 9 AS WELL.
NOTE COMMISSIONER DALTON ABSTAINS ON 1 0 9.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ NORTHEAST OF FM 1960 AND WEST OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE.
GP PROPOSES AN RV PARK WITH A COMMERCIAL SITE AND A DETENTION POND.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED 1400 FEET MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE GENERAL PLAN PER HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING'S REQUEST TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO REVISE THE GEOMETRIC DESIGN OF THE PROPOSED RIGHTS OF WAYYY.
OKAY, QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 1 0 9 IF WE DON'T.
MOTION TO DEFER? WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER AMANDA PACA.
UH, WE HAVE ACTED ON ONE TEN ONE ELEVEN GARAM INDUSTRIES.
ITEM ONE 11 IS GARAM INDUSTRIES INDUSTRIAL PARK.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ, WEST OF WEST HARDY ROAD AND SOUTH OF ALDE BENDER ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES.
ONE TO REPL A PORTION OF AN ALLEY WITHOUT A VEHICULAR TURNAROUND.
TWO TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG THE REMAINDER PORTION OF THE SIXTH STREET, THE HALF WIDTH NOT BEING ABANDONED.
AND THREE TO EXCEED 2,600 FEET INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG WEST HARDY ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS PLANNING TO ABANDON PORTION OF THE ALLEY AND RIGHT OF WAY THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED WITH THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, IT WOULD CREATE AN EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION SPACING OF ABOUT 2,800 FEET ALONG WEST HARDY ROAD.
A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
THE FURTHER REVIEW STILL NEEDED IS ON THE PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF HALF OF SIXTH STREET.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING'S REQUEST.
QUESTIONS FROM MS. WILLIAMSON? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? NO.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
WE HAVE A MOTION, OH, I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE.
FRED MATHIS FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
UH, I WANT TO UH, EXPLAIN A COUPLE THINGS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT DURING OUR, UH, REVIEW DURING THE FER PERIOD.
UH, CAN YOU BRING OUT THE PLAT? OKAY.
ONE ISSUE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ON SIXTH STREET.
THEY'RE ABANDONING HALF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND THEY'RE ABANDONING 40 FEET 'CAUSE THAT'S ON THEIR SIDE OF PROPERTY.
WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO ABANDON ALL OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT DO WE WANNA ABANDON HALF THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE IF THEY ABANDON HALF THE RIGHT OF WAY, WE HAVE A 40 FOOT SEGMENT AND THAT'S SUBSTANDARD TO OUR REGULATIONS.
WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BUILD A ROAD THAT WE WOULD MAINTAIN.
THE OTHER ISSUE IS THIS IS FRONTING WEST HARDY STREET, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THEY NEED TO DEDICATE 50 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY ALONG THEIR EASTERN BOUNDARY AND THEY'RE NOT SHOWING THE ENTIRE PLA BOUNDARY ON UH, WEST HARDY STREET.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.
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OKAY.ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANKS MR. MATHIS.
UM, I THINK WE DO HAVE HAD A MOTION.
AK WAS THERE A SECOND? ALL FOR JONES, UM, FOR DEFERRAL.
ONE 11 IS DEFERRED ITEMS ONE 12 THROUGH ONE 14 ARE GULF BANK LOGISTICS PARK, GP AND SECTIONS ONE AND TWO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY, NORTHWEST OF BELTWAY EIGHT AND EAST OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45.
AT THE INTERSECTION, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED 1400 FEET INTERSECTIONS, BASING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE BETWEEN KLIN DRIVE AND CONLIN LANE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
GULF BELT LOGISTICS PARK GP PROPOSES LARGE WAREHOUSES AND INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS ON SEVERAL, ON SEVERAL SEPARATE TRACKS OF LAND WITH INTERNAL PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS AND ONE PROPOSED PUBLIC STREET WITH ACCESS TO BELTWAY EIGHT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS BEING BISECTED BY SEVERAL PIPELINE AND OVERHEAD POWER EASEMENTS AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE PIPELINE EASEMENTS RUNNING PARALLEL TO KIRKLAND KIRLAND DRIVE.
THE INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG KIRLAND DRIVE IS ABOUT 4,400 FEET AND ABOUT 3,200 FEET ALONG CONLAND LANE.
PER THE ORDINANCE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET BETWEEN KIRLAND DRIVE AND CONLAND LANE TO ADDRESS MINIMUM INTERSEC MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING.
REQUIREMENTS REQUIRING A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET AT THIS LOCATION WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE THE OVERALL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THIS VICINITY.
TRAFFIC CIRCULATION WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE EXISTING STREET PATTERN, WHICH IS ADEQUATE FOR THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL SITE AND ADJACENT AREAS.
PUBLIC WORKS HAS REVIEWED THE PROPOSAL AND POSES.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP.
SECTION ONE AND SECTION TWO, SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY EVENTS PUBLIC COMMENT AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, WE'RE TAKING ITEMS 1 12, 1 13 AND ONE 14 TOGETHER.
IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK SECOND SIGLER.
ITEM ONE 15 IS HIGHLAND HEIGHTS DAVIDSON.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT IN HARRIS COUNTY AT THE EAST END OF DAVIDSON STREET, NORTH OF WEST TIDWELL ROAD AND EAST OF WHEATLEY STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES, ONE TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE DAVIDSON STREET WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC AND TWO, TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED LOTS TO HAVE FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM WIDTH REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE QUEST THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY COORDINATING THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY DESIGN WITH HOUSTON CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE.
ADDITIONAL TIME IS NEEDED TO, TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE A SITE PLAN ILLUSTRATING THE PROPOSED PAVEMENT OF THE COMPLETE TURNAROUND TO SEE HOW VEHICLES WILL BE ABLE TO MANEUVER OUT OF PROPOSED LOTS.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE COORDINATING WITH THE CITY ENGINEER.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS, UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? I DON'T EITHER.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
ITEM ONE 15 IS DEFERRED ONE 16.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 16 IS JANICE ROAD DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND A PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS APPLICATION WAS CONSIDERED IN DECEMBER.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG JANICE ROAD, EAST OF SHEPHERD AND WEST OF OF YALE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSES OF AN APPROXIMATELY 90 UNIT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING EL CENTRO STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG JANICE ON A BLOCK MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 2000 400 FEET WIDE.
THIS COMMUNITY IS EXPERIENCING RAPID REDEVELOPMENT
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OF LARGER TRACKS, SUBDIVIDED AT A HIGHER DENSITY BASED ON THE PLATTING ACTIVITY OVER THE PREVIOUS SIX YEARS.STAFF NOTED IN ADDITION OF 465 NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS DEVELOPED IN THE FOUR BLOCK AREA SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE RESULT IS AN INCREASING BURDEN ON THE EXISTING STREET GRID, WHICH CONSISTS MOSTLY OF TWO LANE STREETS WITH EXCESSIVE BLOCK.
STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED THE NEED FOR A NORTH SOUTH STREET TO PROVIDE NEEDED CIRCULATION AND ACCESS.
THE SITE ABUTS AN UNIMPROVED SEGMENT OF EL CENTRO STREET AT ITS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.
IF EXTENDED TO CONNECT BOTH SIDES OF THE BLOCK, EL CENTRO WOULD SERVE AS A NECESSARY CONDUIT FACILITATING TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FOR THIS GROWING COMMUNITY.
THIS ACTIVITY WILL INCLUDE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE 465 PLUS NEW UNITS, THE PLAN 90 UNITS WITHIN THE SUBJECT SITE AND ANTICIPATED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SERVICING THE NEW RESIDENCE.
THIS STREET CAN CONNECT WITH THE EXISTING SEGMENTS ON NEARBY BLOCKS, BUT IS NEEDED TO PROVIDE CIRCULATION BETWEEN JANICE AND MARTIN IN RESPONSE TO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FROM THE LAST MEETING.
REGARDING OWNERSHIP, THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER PREDATES THE CREATION OF THIS SEGMENT OF EL CENTRO.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS REPRESENTING A BUYER SEEKING TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY REGARDING PARKING.
USING THE APPLICANT'S SITE PLAN AND EXTENSION OF EL CENTRO WOULD DISPLACE APPROXIMATELY 90 PROPOSED PARKING SPACES.
REGARDING THE FEASIBILITY OF THE TRACK BEING BISECTED, THE EXTENSION OF EL CENTRO WOULD DE RESULT IN THE DETACHED TRACK TO THE EAST OF APPROXIMATELY A THIRD OF AN ACRE IN SIZE.
THIS WOULD QUALIFY FOR A NUMBER OF DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS ALLOWED UNDER CHAPTER 42.
AND PER THE APPLICANT, THIS IS NOT A FUNDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT STAFF RECOMMENDS DIS DISAPPROVING THE PLAT AND DENYING THE VARIANCE.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
UM, AS LAST TIME TOO, I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SLIDE UP THERE THAT SHOULD BE, UH, PRESENTING.
WHAT WOULD BE LEFT OF THE TRACK IF WE WERE TO BISECT IT.
IS THAT ONE THE RED DOESN'T SHOW AS WELL ON THE MONITOR? NO, I KNOW, BUT NO, I SENT YOU THIS AND THIS.
THAT WOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT REPORT.
UH, THAT HAS THE WRITTEN COMMENT.
CAN WE GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT ON THE, CAN WE GET THE OVERHEAD PROJECTOR SCREEN DOCUMENT, CAMERA PLEASE.
UH, SO THIS BASICALLY JUST SHOWS THAT WHAT WE'RE LEFT WITH, UH, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE SAME STYLE UNITS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, 60 UNITS NOW INSTEAD OF THE 90 UNITS.
OF THE 60 UNITS, UH, WE HAVE 60%, ONE BEDROOMS, 40%, TWO BEDROOMS. THAT THEN REQUIRES 88 PARKING SPACES.
WHAT WE'RE LEFT WITH ON THE SITE IS ONLY ENOUGH FOR 66 PARKING SPACES.
THAT WOULD BE A REDUCTION OF 25%.
AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED IN CHAPTER 42 IS 10%.
UM, I KNOW THIS SOUNDS FINANCIAL, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF YOU CAN'T DO THE NUMBER OF UNITS REQUIRED TO MAKE SOMETHING PENCIL OUT, THE PROJECT BECOMES INFEASIBLE.
ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT I'D LIKE TO SHOW, UH, AS WAS POINTED OUT, THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED THIS AREA AS AN UP AND COMING AREA, AND ALL OF THESE PLANTS WERE RECORDED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MARTIN PARK, UH, WITH 28 FOOT PAES.
THEY'VE HAD SEVERAL YEARS AND SEVERAL PLATS IN ORDER TO PUT PUBLIC STREETS THROUGH AND HAVEN'T DONE IT YET.
LASTLY, TO ADDRESS AFFORDABILITY, THIS EXHIBIT, UM, SHOWS WHAT THE CURRENT APARTMENT SITUATION IS LIKE IN THE AREA.
ALMOST EVERYTHING IN THERE IS PRE 1975.
THERE IS ONE NEW CONSTRUCTION ON THE CORNER OF JANICE AND SHEPHERD, THE DAKOTA.
OUR RENTS WOULD BE COMPARABLE IF NOT LESS THAN THEIRS.
THE ONLY OTHER THING IS DOWN THERE IN INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS, WHICH IS A HOUSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY AFFORDABLE PROJECT.
QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? MADAM CHAIR? YES.
UM, COMMISSIONER MAR HAS HER HAND UP IN THE CHAT.
COMMISSIONER MAR? UM, ACTUALLY, WELL, I, I PUT IT UP WHEN MR. BUTLER WAS OUT, SO IT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
THANK YOU, MR. SORRY, I I, YOU CAN
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COME BACK TO ME IF YOU NEED TO.MR. BUTLER, I KNOW, UH, A PREVIOUS MEETING WE TALKED IF IT WAS POSSIBLE TO SEE, UM, NOT JUST EL CENTRO'S RIGHT AWAY, RIGHT AT THE IMMEDIATE PLAT, BUT KIND OF EXTENDED BEYOND AND WHAT THE OPTIONS WERE TO KIND OF EVENTUALLY CONNECT ALL OF EL CENTRO.
DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO DO THAT? WELL, EL CENTRO EXISTS SOUTH OF THE PLAT BOUNDARY.
THERE'S, IN THIS, THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT THE BLOCK BECAUSE THE, THE PROPERTY TO SOUTH IS, IS A MUCH MORE EAST TO WEST ORIENTED TRACT AND THIS WOULD BE THE ONLY RIGHT OF WAY BISECTING THE BLOCK.
WELL MAYBE GO BACK TO THAT LAST, UM, EXHIBIT THAT WAS SHOWN.
SO IN YELLOW, WHAT WE ALREADY POSSESS FOR EL CENTRO OR FOR CONNECTIVITY, I GUESS, CORRECT? YES.
THAT, THAT'S PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA, UM, FOR SOME OF THESE CONNECTIONS, THE SCALE OF LIKE IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS? ARE WE TALKING 10 20? DO WE KNOW SO IMPACTED PROPERTY OWNERS THERE? I YOU REFERRING TO THE AMOUNT OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY? IN THIS CASE IT WOULD BE TWO, WELL, WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE TO DO LIKE FULL CONNECTIVITY, THERE WOULD BE TWO, ONE THIS SUBJECT TRACT AND THEN ONE FRONTING MARTIN, AND THAT WOULD CONNECT THE PORTION OF EL CENTRO THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK.
AND AND THAT GIVES YOU AT LEAST TWO INTERSECTION CONNECTIONS FROM JANICE TO MARTIN AND RIGHT.
THAT WOULD BE, AND THEN IF YOU GOT THE THIRD ONE DOWN, YOU COULD GET TO THORNTON THAT WOULD ADDRESS THE INTERSECTION S FACING ISSUE ON THIS BLOCK YARD.
THERE WOULD BE ONE STREET CONNECTING JANICE AND MARTIN.
MR. BUTLER, WHEN WAS THE PIECE OF EL CENTRO DEDICATED SOUTH OF THIS PARCEL? UH, 2006.
WAS THAT PRIOR TO OR POST THE ACQUISITION OF THE OWNER? THE CURRENT OWNER? CORRECT.
AND WHY WAS THAT DEDICATION MADE SPECIFICALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK? WHAT DROVE THAT DECISION TO ADDRESS INTERSECTION SPACE AND REQUIREMENTS U UNDERSTOOD, BUT WHAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT WENT, DID YOU COME TO THEM? DID THEY COME TO YOU? HOW WAS IT DONE? WAS IT THROUGH A REPL? IT WAS THROUGH A REPL.
AND THAT WAS SOLELY AT THE DIRECTION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, YOU GUYS? WELL, AND THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE TIME.
THE PROPERTY FACING MARTIN, SOUTH OF THAT PARCEL, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A SLIVER OF LAND TO THE EAST SIDE OF THOSE TWO PARCELS THAT WOULD BE RENDERED TOTALLY USELESS.
UM, IS THE OWNERSHIP THE SAME OF THOSE TWO PARCELS? CORRECT.
AND, AND HOW MANY PARCELS IN THAT AREA ARE THE SAME OWNER? IF POINTING AT THIS MAP WHERE THE NORTHERN YELLOW ARROW IS, WHERE EL CENTRO POINTS DOWN, THERE'S A COMMERCIAL USE SOME SORT OF LOGISTICS OR MANUFACTURING FACILITY TO THE WEST, AND THEN THERE'S A MULTIFAMILY, A VERY OLD MULTIFAMILY SITE AND A VACANT LOT TO THE EAST OF THAT.
THOSE ARE, THEY WERE ACTUALLY SUBJECT TO AN APPLICATION THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE TIME.
THEY WERE UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP.
SO, SO WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS IF THE NARROW STRIP IS NOT UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP, IN MY EXPERIENCE WITH, UH, ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY TO BUILD STREETS, USUALLY THE CITY DOESN'T DO THAT.
SO HOW WOULD THAT PIECE OF ROADWAY BE DEVELOPED? 'CAUSE USUALLY THE OWNER, THE PROPERTY HAS TO DEDICATE THE RIGHT OF WAY AND BUILD THE ROAD AND THEN DEDICATE IT TO THE CITY.
SO HOW WOULD THAT SECTION BE ABLE TO BE ACQUIRED? WELL, IF, IF I WOULD SPECULATE JUST BASED ON THE, THE RECENT PLATING ACTIVITIES THAT IT, IT WOULD LIKELY COME IN TO BE RE PLATTED INTO SOMETHING ELSE THAN WHAT WOULD EXIST THERE NOW.
AND AT THAT POINT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO SIMILAR TO THIS APPLICANT WOULD DO, UH, TO DEDICATE THE STREET.
WELL, MR. KURTHY, YOU'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT COMMON OWNERSHIP ANYMORE? UM, WELL, I BELIEVE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO DIFFERENT THINGS.
ONE IS THE WAREHOUSE AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE PARCELS TO THE EAST OF THE, THAT COMMERCIAL SPACE.
IS, IS THAT IT? COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? OKAY.
UH, IN ORDER FOR THIS PARCEL ON THE FAR RIGHT TO BECOME USEFUL, UNDER THE SCHEME, UNDER THE PLAN WHERE IT WOULD BE 60 UNITS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PURSUE AN OFF STREET PARKING
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VARIANCE OR HOW TO, HOW IN ORDER TO MEET THAT 80 REQUIRED PARKING SPACES? SO BASED ON THE, THE CURRENT SITE PLAN PROVIDED WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED, RIGHT? THE STREET WOULD DISPLACE THE, THE PROPOSED PARKING.SO WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED WOULD HAVE TO BE REDESIGNED.
WHATEVER IS REDESIGNED IS FREE TO CONFORM TO THE PARKING ORDINANCE, OR, AND WE CERTAINLY BROUGHT THIS UP TO THE APPLICANT DURING THE PROCESS.
WE WOULD BE VERY RECEPTIVE TO, UH, PARTIAL DEDICATION IN, IN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCES.
THE, THE BIG THING IS TO GET THE, THE RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? NEIL SCHECHTER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSION MEMBERS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I A HUNDRED PERCENT AGREE TO DEFINE THIS.
IT, UH, HAS ZERO IMPACT FOR THE COMMUNITY, THE INDEPENDENT HEIGHTS COMMUNITY.
UH, I THINK THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS MORE GREEN SPACE AND ADDING THIS COMPLEX WILL DEFINITELY INTERFERE WITH THAT.
PLUS THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE, THE, UH, EXTRA TRAFFIC ON JANICE BOULEVARD AND TAKING PARKING ON.
JANICE WOULD DEFINITELY CLUTTER UP JANICE AND MAKE IT VERY UNSAFE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE WALKING THEIR PETS AND KIDS PLAYING.
I AGREE WITH THE CITY TO DECLINED IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. SCHECHTER.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK OR ANYONE WHO, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 16? JANICE.
OKAY, THEN WE WILL TURN TO THE COMMISSION FOR DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IT IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE AND DISAPPROVE THE PLAT.
UM, COMMISSIONER MARS HAS HER HAND UP.
SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOUR HAND.
IT'S JUST FOR GENERAL DISCUSSION AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS.
I MEAN, I KNOW NOT JUST IN THIS PARTICULAR APPLICATION, BUT APPLICATIONS IN GENERAL, SOMETIMES WE GET THAT TERM THROWN AROUND ABOUT LIKE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND ALL THAT STUFF, BUT WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO DEFINE OR ENFORCE WHAT THAT IS, I JUST DON'T THINK WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT.
UM, WHAT'S AFFORDABLE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S AFFORDABLE TO YOU MAY NOT BE AFFORDABLE TO ME AND VICE VERSA.
SO I JUST, I I'M ALWAYS REALLY LEERY WHEN THAT GETS BROUGHT UP FOR CONSIDERATION AND THAT'S JUST FOR DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, WE NEED A MOTION OF SOME KIND.
MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND MODEST STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MODEST SECOND, I MEAN, GARZA SECOND MODEST.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OKAY, LET'S HAVE A SHOW OF HANDS PLEASE.
CLARK, OMAN, BALDWIN, ROSENBERG AND JONES OR NO, RIGHT TO DENY NO.
YEAH, THEY'RE AGAINST STAFF ATION.
SO HOW MANY DO WE HAVE? I SHOULD HAVE COUNTED.
WE HAVE, UH, I'M SORRY, HANDS UP AGAIN? NO, THERE WERE FIVE NOS.
WHAT ABOUT, UH, AND EVERYBODY ELSE? ANY OF THE VIRTUAL PEOPLE VOTING KNOW, I, WE NEED TO HEAR THEM.
CAN YOU LET, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST DO A ROLL CALL.
WOULD THAT BE EASIER? YEAH, THAT WOULD BE EASIER.
WE'RE GONNA DO A ROLL CALL THOUGH.
SO BEFORE WE GO, THE, THE MOTION IS TO DENY THE REQUESTED, UH, TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE IS TO AGREE WITH STAFF.
SO A NO IS TO THROW OUT THE DENIAL.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? WELL, NOT TO THROW IT OUT.
YOU SEE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY.
YOU ARE EITHER VOTING YES FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR NO AGAINST IT.
COMMISSIONER VAR? I THINK IT'S A YES.
COMMISSIONER NELSON IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER POROUS? PERLE IS ABSENT.
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TAHIR? YES.COMMISSIONER VICTOR IS ABSENT.
WE HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 YESES VERSUS FOUR NOS AND 1, 2, 3, 4 NOS.
THE MOTION CARRIES AND IT IS DENIED.
UM, OKAY, WITH THAT WE MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 17 LONE STAR ARCHERY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY ETJ, ALONG INTERSTATE 45 SOUTH OF THE WOODLANDS PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING ARCHERY RANGE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THIS RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A 24, EXCUSE ME, A 24 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT RATHER THAN DIRECT ACCESS TO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED OFF THE SOUTHBOUND FEEDER ROAD OF I 45 WITHIN AN EXISTING RETAIL CENTER.
THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE BY A 24 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT CONNECTING THE PROPERTY TO THE FREEWAY.
THIS CENTER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH 42 AND HAS BEEN AS CONFIGURATION FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
A VARIANCE IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO CREATE A NEW RESERVE ENCOMPASSING STRUCTURES THAT ARE SET BACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT ACQUIRE MORE PROPERTY TO HAVE DIRECT FRONTAGE.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THIS REQUIREMENT AS SUFFICIENT ACCESS CAN BE PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING EASEMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.
DO WE? ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON ONE 17? IF NOT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLOT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS IT MADAM CHAIR? THIS IS COMMISSIONER KANE.
UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER IT.
UM, WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR FROM THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER WHETHER OR NOT THEY WANT TO APPROVE THIS.
SO, UH, MONTGOMERY COUNTY IS REQUESTING A DEFERRAL.
SO COMMISSIONER KANE, WAS THAT A MOTION TO DEFER? YES.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER KANE A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL SAY AYE.
ITEM ONE 18 IS MISSIONARY SOCIETY OF ST.
PETER'S, THE APOSTLE CATHOLIC CHURCH, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT NORTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL IN EAST OF TIER WESTERN STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO RESERVES FOR AN EXPANSION OF A STRUCTURE WITHIN AN EXISTING CHURCH CAMPUS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO CREATE THESE RESERVES WITH FRONTAGE ALONG MARYBOROUGH LANE.
A 30 FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS PART OF AN EXISTING CHURCH CAMPUS ALONG OLD SPANISH TRAIL.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING RESERVES RESTRICTED TO RELIGIOUS USES AND DRAINAGE IN ORDER TO CONSTRUCT A RESIDENCE FOR CLERGY.
THE NEW STRUCTURE WOULD HOUSE EXISTING RESIDENTS SO THE CAMPUS WOULD, UH, SO THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD NOT GENERATE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
THE ENTIRE CAMPUS FEATURES SUFFICIENT FRONTAGE ON THE OST IN ETTE LOSS.
CHAPTER 42 ALLOWS FOR RESERVES TO BE PARTITIONED BY MEETS AND BOUNDS, WHICH OFTEN RESULTS IN OUT TRACKS WITH NO DIRECT STREET FRONTAGE.
THE PROPOSED REPL WOULD ACHIEVE A SIMILAR RESULT, THOUGH WITH THE OUT TRACKED ENCOMPASSED BY A SEPARATE RECORDED SUBDIVISION.
IN ADDITION, THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSIBLE BY AN ACCESS EASEMENT THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY AS A RIGHT OF WAY THOUGH FEATURES, SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS TO PUBLIC STREETS.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO MEET THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 40 TWO'S FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT AND RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE VARIANCE AND THE PLAT FOR THE CPC ONE OH FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
IS ALL THAT ON OLD SPANISH TRAIL? THE CHURCH, I MEAN THE TWO STRUCTURED THINGS THAT WE'RE SEEING, THEY ARE THE CHURCH, CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? WE'VE GOT NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? BALDWIN GARZA.
MADAM CHAIR, I'LL BE LEAVING THE MEETING.
WE HAVE TO SAY GOODBYE TO COMMISSIONER HE AND ALSO
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COMMISSIONER ALLMAN.SO IT'S APPROACHING FIVE O'CLOCK.
ITEM ONE 19 IS NEW LIFE COMMUNITY CENTER AND THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG GREENS ROAD WEST OF INTERSTATE 45 IN EAST OF ALL BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING CHURCH AND IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS TO NOT EXTEND AN UNIMPROVED SEGMENT OF GREENS CROSSING BOULEVARD NOR TERMINATE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO SUBMIT NEW REVISED MATERIALS BY NOON.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED, HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER JONES SECOND MONDA? PACA SECOND.
ITEM ONE 20 IS OAKWOOD TRAILS.
THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED ALONG LUTA ROAD WEST OF TC GES AND EAST OF SPRINGS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE VARIANCES TO NOT EXTEND SAFFRON HILLS DRIVE AND WILTON VILLAS DRIVE OR TERMINATE THEM, BOTH WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS PROPOSED TO BE AN 11 ACRE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE INTENDED FOR MULTIFAMILY USE.
THE SITE SITS BETWEEN THE WIMBLETON ESTATE SUBDIVISION AND A HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DRAINAGE DITCH, EXCUSE ME, DRAINAGE CHANNEL TWO PUBLIC TWO PUBLIC STREET STUB INTO THE TRACK FROM THE WILMINGTON SUBDIVISION.
AND THE APPLICANT WISHES TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY WITHOUT TERMINATING THE STREETS WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
IT'S UNLIKELY THE STREETS WILL CROSS THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL IF THEY WERE TO BE EXTENDED.
THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF LORETTA ROAD MAKES THE STREET CONNECT, EXCUSE ME.
THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF LORETTA ROAD MAKES A STREET CONNECTION LESS VALUABLE TO THIS TRACT LAND.
ALSO, THERE ARE TWO PUBLIC CUL-DE-SACS LOCATED NEAR THE DEAD ENDS, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE FOR SUFFICIENT VEHICULAR TURNAROUND ACCESS.
SOLE ACCESS TO THE SITE WOULD BE ALONG LORETTA ROAD WITH INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS ON EACH END OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED DURING THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO CONFIRM THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL ACCESS THROUGH THE SITE TO THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
AND WE HAVE CONFIRMED NO ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF WAY.
EASEMENTS ARE REQUIRED FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
HARRIS COUNTY HAS VOICED NO OPINION.
HARRIS COUNTY HAS VOICED NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. K CRIDDLE? UM, STAFF'S, DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO.
UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? COMMISSIONER MANKA? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ITEM 1 21 IS PERRY ROAD DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN 18 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WEST ALONG PRAIRIE ROAD NORTH OF GRANT ROAD AND SOUTH OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE IN A CUL-DE-SAC SHELTON GROVE FROM THE SOUTH, NOR TO EXTEND INDIGO TRACE TO INTERSECT SHELTON GROVE, BUT TO TERMINATE IT IN A CUL-DE-SAC WITH A REDUCED RADIUS OF 50 FEET FROM THE WEST STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEARLY 18 ACRE RESERVE INTENDED TO BE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS BOUNDED BY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH AND SINGLE-FAMILY SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST AND SOUTH.
THIS SITE WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE FOR THE SAME REQUEST, UH, IN DECEMBER OF 2021, BUT EXPIRED BEFORE THE PLAT WAS RECORDED.
THE MULTIFAMILY SITE PROPOSED A LARGE NUMBER OF UNITS PER HARRIS COUNTY REQUIREMENT.
THE NUMBER OF UNITS REQUIRES A SECONDARY POINT OF ACCESS.
THE MAIN POINT OF ACCESS WILL BE PERRY ROAD AND THE SECOND POINT OF ACCESS WILL BE THE THROUGH THE CUL-DE-SAC OF INDIGO TRACE COURT FROM THE MANDOLIN VILLAGE SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST.
THE GATE PROVIDING ACCESS TO MANDIGO, UH, TO INDIGO TRACE COURT WILL BE LOCKED WITH A NOX BOX AND WHICH WILL ENFOR BE ENFORCED BY HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WITH A NOTE ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
ULTIMATELY, THERE WILL BE NO CUT THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM PRAIRIE ROAD TO MANDOLIN VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, OR TO FAIRLANE VILLAGE SUBDIVISION.
NEARBY TRAFFIC IS FUNNELED THROUGH THE SUBDIVISIONS OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, CYPRESS ROAD TO THE NORTH AND
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GRANT ROAD TO THE SOUTH.EXTENDING SHELTON RIDGE DRIVE WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND REQUIRING THE CUL-DE-SAC COULD, UH, AND REQUIRING THE CULDESAC COULD DISRUPT DETENTION REQUIREMENTS OF OF DETENTION PROPOSED TO THE NEARBY AREAS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PACKETS LIST THE RECOMMENDATION AS APPROVED.
HOWEVER, THE TRUE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF THIS CONCLUDES SAS PRESENTATION.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? HEES HEES.
ITEM 1 22 IS SPRING CREEK TRAILS GP.
THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN IS A 214 ACRE SUBDIVISION IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH OF FM 29 20 AND DEVELOPING THE GRAND PINES MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE ANY RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTIONS TO THE WESTERN, SOUTHERN, AND EASTERN BOUNDARY STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE PER THE ORDINANCE.
UH, THERE IS REQUIRED FOUR SUB STREETS ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
TWO ADDITIONAL SUB STREETS TO THE EAST AND ONE ADDITIONAL TO THE SOUTH.
THE PROPERTY IS BORDERED TO THE WEST AND EAST BY UNRECORDED SUBDIVISIONS AND ON THE SOUTH BY SPRING CREEK WITH A FLOODWAY THAT RANGES FROM TH 30 TO 560 FEET IN WIDTH.
THESE SURROUNDING SUBDIVISIONS ARE COMPOSED OF LARGE ESTATE LOTS AS WELL AS UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
GRAND PINES IS 150 FOOT WIDE, MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR THAT IS ALREADY CONSTRUCTED ON THE GROUND AND THROUGH THE SITE CONNECTING TO THE EASTERN AND NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
THE CURRENT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GRID AROUND THE PROPERTY IS EXTENSIVE WITH GRAND PINES, MUSHIE AND ROBERT CEMETERY SPACED EAST WEST 8,700 FEET.
UH, AND NICHOL SAWMILL AND FM 29 20 SPACE 18,700 FEET NORTH SOUTH.
THE POSITION OF THE SPRING CREEK IS A LARGE ENVIRONMENTAL BARRIER CREATING, HELPING TO CREATE THAT 18,000 FOOT SPAN.
THE SUBDIVISION IS AN EXISTING STU, UH, HAS AN EXISTING STUB JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE GP BOUNDARY SHOWN IN GREEN, WHICH WILL GIVE THE EASTERN PROPERTIES ACCESS TO GRAND PINES ROAD.
AND A CONNECTION TO THE WESTERN BOUNDARY WILL PROVIDE AN EAST WEST CONNECTION TO DIVIDE THAT 18,000 SQUARE FOOT SPAN.
THE LARGE LAWS TO THE WEST RANGE BETWEEN TWO AND SEVEN ACRES IN SIZE AND THE EXTENT, UH, OF THE FLOODPLAIN WOULD MAKE A SIGNIFICANT CONNECTION SUFFICIENT FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS CONNECTIVITY.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE PACKETS DO LIST THE RECOMMENDATION AS APPROVED.
HOWEVER, THE TRUE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES, SAVE AND ACCEPT THE PROVISION OF A SINGULAR RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTION THROUGH THE WESTERN BOUNDARY TO PROVIDE THE APP TO WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MA'AM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. SIDIO? UH, IF NOT, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED? NOBODY WANTS TO SPEAK.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA.
ITEM 1 23, ITEM 1 23 IS 1318 BAEL ROAD.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 36 ACRE PROPERTY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WEST ALONG HARDY TOLL ROAD AND SOUTH ALONG BAML ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE IN A CUL-DE-SAC, WEST HARDY ROAD FROM THE WEST.
THE ADJACENT PORTION OF WEST HARDY ROAD IS UNAPPROVED AND EXTENDING.
IT WOULD DISPLACE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS ON THE SITE.
CURRENTLY, THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT INTEND TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY BUT TO TIE INTO CITY WATER AND, UH, MUD WASTEWATER CONNECTIONS AND MUST PLANT THE PROPERTY TO DO SO.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE A REVISED PLA NAME THAT MEETS PLA NAMING STANDARDS AND TO PROVIDE RECORD DOCUMENTS SUBSTANTIATING THE WIDTH OF BAML ROAD TO CONFIRM WHETHER WIDENING DEDICATION IS REQUIRED.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? OH, SORRY.
UM, IF NO ONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 23, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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CHAIR.I NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW.
COMMISSIONER MOD WILL LEAVE THE MEETING.
ITEM 1 24 IS WEST PARK OAKS GP GENERAL PLAN.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 200, UH, 14 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRA TERRITORY JURISDICTION EAST ALONG HAGGAR ROAD, NORTHEAST OF US TWO 90 AND HEMPSTEAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED 2,600 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOW PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN WILL INCLUDE AND REALIGN THE NORTH SOUTH MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF BATEY ROAD AND THE EAST WEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF BAUER HOCKLEY ROAD.
THE SITE IS INTENDED FOR WAREHOUSE USE AND IS WITHIN A 3,800 FOOT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GRID STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLA FOR TWO WEEKS AT THE REQUEST OF HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND TRANSPORTATION TO ALLOW THEM TO COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANT IN REGARDS TO THE ALTERED ALIGNMENT OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
UM, ANY SPEAKERS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IS THERE A SECOND? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM 1 25, ITEM 1 25 IS WOODLANDS CREEKSIDE PARK WEST VILLAGE CENTER, SECTION SIX, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO.
THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD.
BETWEEN CREEKSIDE FOREST DRIVE AND NEW HARMONY TRAIL.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING RETAIL DEVELOPMENT, IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO CREATE A 10 FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG KIRKDALE AS OPPOSED TO REQUIRE 25 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN THE WOODLANDS TOWNSHIP SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF A CLUSTER OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES SITUATED AROUND A PUBLIC PARK.
THE SITE IS WITHIN AN AREA THAT FEATURES A VARIETY OF USES ALONG A STREET SYSTEM WITH ACCOMMODATIONS FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICYCLES.
THE SITE IS PART OF A RECORDED SUBDIVISION, BUT IS REQUIRED TO REPL AND ADDRESS A VARIANCE DUE TO THE EXISTING STRUCTURES ENCROACHING OVER THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG KIRKENDAL.
THIS SEGMENT OF KIRKENDAL IS 60 FEET WIDE, IS A 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY WITH TWO NORTHBOUND VEHICULAR TRAP LANES.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS SET BACK 24 FEET FROM THE BACK OF CURB WITH ADDITIONAL 10 FEET OF LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE EXISTING STRUCTURES.
THESE RETAIL SPACES FEATURE GROUND FLOOR FENESTRATION PROVIDING TRANSPARENCY BETWEEN THE SPACES IN THE PEDESTRIAN REALM.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT, CONSIDERING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE RETAIL CENTER.
HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR THIS REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CPC ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON WOODLANDS CREEKSIDE PARK? IF NOT, UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? AKA.
IS THERE A SECOND? SIGLER SIGLER.
WE HAVE NO SPECIALIST EXCEPTIONS.
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SECTION F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS BEGINS WITH ITEM 1 26.THIS IS TAMMY WILLIAMS, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON.
COMMISSIONER DALTON? YEAH, WE'RE GOOD.
ITEM 1 26 IS GREENVILLE ESTATES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITH WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH AND ALONG MAJOR COLLECTOR FUQUA STREET, WEST OF MCCOWELL ROAD AND EAST OF SOUTHWEST SIDE DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 38 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITHIN A TYPE TWO PAE SUBDIVISION AND IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG FUQUA STREET.
STAFF REQUEST THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH THEIR CLIENTS.
THERE IS ANOTHER REPLAT APPLICATION ON THIS MEETING'S AGENDA.
FUQUA ESTATES, WHICH WAS JUST DEFERRED THAT IS LOCATED WEST OF THIS SITE WITHIN THE SAME COMMON OWNERSHIP PROPERTY AND SUBMITTED BY THE SAME APPLICANT COMPANY.
THE DEFERRAL WOULD BE TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE AFFECTED PARTIES ON HOW AND WHERE BEST TO PROPOSE A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET WITHIN THIS AREA.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO DEFER THE APPLICATION FOR TWO WEEKS AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER WHO'S WITH US.
IS IT, IS IT MARIA AGUILAR? YES.
I HAD TO, I HAD TO RESUME VIRTUAL.
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OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD.THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE THE TIME.
I LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION SOUTH MEADOWS PLACE, WHICH IS LOCATED ON FUQUA AND AWA ROAD.
AND, UM, ONE CONCERN THAT WE HAD, WE LEARNED TODAY THAT, UH, LETTERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SENT OUT.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY NOTIFICATION.
WE ACTUALLY SAW THE, UH, BULLETIN REGARDING THE MEETING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF, UH, NOTIFICA LETTERS, UH, CAN BE SENT FOR FUTURE, UH, SETTINGS, THAT WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH THE BUILDING, NOT THAT WE COMPLETELY OPPOSE, BUT OUR CONCERNS ARE REGARDING DRAINAGE.
UM, ON THOSE DITCHES ON FUQUA.
UM, THEY'RE CURRENTLY BEING USED AS DUMPING STATIONS FOR TRASH, AND WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE CITY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THE RESPONSE WE NEED WITH THE MAJOR CLEANUP.
SO, YOU KNOW, OUR CONCERN IS DRAINAGE WITH THOSE ADDITIONAL LOTS BEING ADDED.
UM, ALSO IN REGARDS, YOU KNOW, TO THE STREET CONDITIONS.
UH, ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO I SUBMITTED A TICKET FOR DIFFERENT, UH, POTHOLES AND IT WAS DEEMED BEYOND REPAIRABLE.
AND IT HAS BEEN WAITING FOR NOW TWO YEARS GOING ON THREE FROM FUNDING FROM THE CITY, UM, THAT STREET FROM FWAY ROAD FROM IKAWA DOWN TO WAYSIDE ROAD.
UM, IT IS, IT IS TRULY A HAZARD FOR OUR VEHICLES MOST TRY TO AVOID THAT STREET AND NOT TO TALK YET ALONE ON AWA ROAD.
UM, SO WE ALSO HAVE SOME CONCERNS WITH ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND, YOU KNOW, THE ADDITIONAL POTHOLES.
UM, SO WE DEFINITELY NEED SOME ATTENTION.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, IF DEVELOPERS ARE THINKING WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC LIGHT, THERE IS ONE ON BROOKSIDE ROAD, WHICH IS PAST BELTWAY EIGHT.
AND THEN THE NEXT ONE IS ALAMEDA GENOA ROAD.
UM, YOU KNOW, SO THAT WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC.
I DO COMMUTE TO DOWNTOWN AND, UM, IT, IT'S KIND OF A HASSLE FROM FU ROAD TO TRYING TO GET ONTO AWA.
ADDING ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS THERE WOULD JUST MAKE THAT ISSUE A LITTLE WORSE.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF OUR CONCERNS AS RESIDENTS.
UM, WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US.
WE WILL, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THIS ITEM AND WE'RE GONNA, I'M GONNA CHECK ABOUT THE NOTICE, UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, MS. WILLIAMSON APPRECIATE IT IS, WAS THE NOTICE SENT? YES.
AND THERE'S ACTUALLY, THE LETTER IS ATTACHED IN THE PRESENTATION AND YES, NOTICE WAS SENT OUT AND SIGNED NOTIFICATION ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE RECEIVED EVIDENCE OF THE SIGN.
AND SO CAN, SO WHAT IS THE MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT THAT? PEOPLE DIDN'T GET NOTICE.
THE RADIUS OF THE NOTIFICATION PER THE ORDINANCE IS 300 FEET.
UM, AND SO SHE MIGHT BE JUST OUTSIDE OF IT, BUT FOR THE NEXT MEETING I CAN PULL UP THE NOTICE MAP SO THAT IT'S OKAY, CLEAR WHAT THE AREA IS.
LET'S JUST NAIL THAT DOWN BEFORE THE, THE NEXT, NEXT MEETING.
COMMISSIONER COLVARD, JUST IN RESPONSE TO THE, UM, THE LAST PERSON'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE, UM, FLOODING ISSUES AND THE CLEANUP, I'M WONDERING IF SOMEBODY FROM PUBLIC WORKS COULD CONNECT WITH THE CITIZEN.
UH, ACTUALLY THE, THE BEST WAY TO DEAL WITH THE LEGAL DUMPING IS TO CALL, UH, 3 1 1 AND MAKE A REPORT THE MORE OFTEN CALL EVERY DAY IF IT, IT'LL EVENTUALLY GET, YEAH, IF IT DOESN'T GET TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, THE, OF COURSE THE DRAINAGE ISSUES WILL BE DETERMINED BY PUBLIC WORKS, YOU KNOW, IN THE PROCESS AND WE'LL TRY TO REACH OUT IN THE INTERIM.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE IF I AM ALLOWED.
THIS IS MARIA, IF I MAY BE ALLOWED.
YOUR TIME IS UP AND I, WE'VE GOTTA MOVE ON.
WE'LL, WE'LL BE BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND PLEASE COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT OR ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 26? IF NOT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
COMMISSIONERS, IF NOT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION CLARK? IS THERE A SECOND? VERA BLAND.
ITEM 1 27 IS HEBRON SEVENTH DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT IN HARRIS COUNTY EAST AND ALONG MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR WHEATLEY STREET, NORTH OF NORTH VICTORY DRIVE BETWEEN MAR MARJORIE STREET AND JANELLE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO CHURCH USE AND IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A DUAL BUILDING LINE FOR AN ENCROACHMENT OF AN EXISTING BUILDING.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
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THE SITE IS A REPL OF FOUR UNRESTRICTED LOTS FROM THE LINCOLN CITY SEVENTH SECTION SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1949 WITH A PLATTED BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET ALONG MERIDIAN ROAD, WHICH IS NOW WHEATLEY STREET.THE REASON WHY THIS VARIANCE REQUEST IS REQUIRED IS THAT NO EVIDENCE COULD BE FOUND THAT THE EXISTING BUILDING PREDATED THE ADOPTION OF CHAPTER 42 IN 1982.
AND WITH IT, ITS REGULATION OF BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENTS, NO PERMIT COULD BE FOUND FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRUCTURE.
AND AVAILABLE AERIAL IMAGERY PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT COULD NOT DETERMINE WHEN PRECISELY THE STRUCTURE WAS BUILT.
THE AREA OF ENCROACHMENT INTO THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED BUILDING LINE OF 25 FEET AFTER DEDICATION FOR WIDENING IS BETWEEN 11 AND 12 FEET AT THE FRONT OF THE STRUCTURE WITH THE CLOSEST ENCROACHMENT TO APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET.
THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE.
THE PROPOSED REPL SHOWS A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND A DUAL BUILDING LINE FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURE ONLY.
ANY NEW STRUCTURAL OR STRUCTURAL CHANGES TO THE EXISTING BUILDING MUST MEET THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
YOU YOU'RE THINKING THINKING RIGHT? I CAN SEE.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS? NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 27.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IF IT'S ANY DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? COMMISSIONER JONES? IS THERE A SECOND? RA BLAND.
I AM RUSHING, BUT OUR QUORUM IS DROPPING OFF LIKE FLIES HERE.
[Platting Activities g - i]
OKAY.MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS GH AND I AS ONE GROUP.
SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 28 THROUGH 1 41 SECTION H.
NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEM 1 42 IN SECTION I CER.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 43 AND 1 44.
THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR SECTION GH AND I.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER STAFF AND NO CHANGES IN STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS IN GH AND IS SIGLER SECOND CLARK.
CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler)]
J.SECTION K IS DEVELOPMENT PLAS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.
ITEM 1 45 IS 89 31 BARTON STREET.
THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG BARTON BETWEEN THE GULF FREEWAY AND HOBBY AIRPORT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE TO ALLOW FOR A CARPORT OVER AN EXISTING PARKING PAD AT THE FRONT OF A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG BARTON, WITHIN THE EAST HAVEN COMMUNITY.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FEATURES MOSTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG OPEN DITCH STREETS.
THE PREVAILING PATTERN INCLUDES HOMES ON A 25 FOOT SETBACKS WITH CARPORTS AND GARAGES TO THE REAR.
THE APPLICANT RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME REPLACING A HOME THAT WAS DISPLACED BY FLOODING.
THE NEW RESIDENCE WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH A FRONT PARKING PAD IN LIEU OF THE RAMIR.
IN LIEU OF THE REMOVED REAR ACCESSORY STRUCTURE, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 20 FOOT BY 20 FOOT CARPORT TO BE BUILT OVER THIS PARKING PAD.
THE PROPOSED CARPORT WOULD BE BUILT TO WITHIN 16 FEET OF THE PAVE SECTION OF BARTON STREET.
THIS WOULD RESULT IN HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS WHERE VEHICLES PARK IN FRONT OF THE CARPORT RESULTING IN OBSTRUCTION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THIS WOULD BE PARTICULARLY PROBLEMATIC ALONG THIS STREET DUE TO THE LARGE OPEN DITCHES AND RELATIVELY NARROW PAVING.
IN ADDITION, ALLOWING A CARPORT WOULD FURTHER COMPLICATE AN ONGOING CITYWIDE PROBLEM OF PERMITTED CARPORTS CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE REQUIRED SETBACK GRAIN.
THE REQUESTED VARIANCE HERE COULD LEAD TO COMPLIANCE ISSUES FOR OTHER RESIDENTS WHO MAY FILE SUIT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENYING THE VARIANCE.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? BEFORE I CALL THE SPEAKER, UM, UH, AUGUST MURRAY JR.
WHO IS THE APPLICANT, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
[02:50:02]
I WANNA SHARE WITH YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.I'M A SCHOOL AND PROPERTY TAXPAYER.
I SUPPORT OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OUR CITY OF GOVERNMENT.
AND I RECENTLY INVESTED PART OF MY SAVINGS TO FORM A 5 0 1 C3 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION CALLED AMERICAN HOUSING CONNECTION.
WE WILL PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO LOW TO MODERATE INCOME PEOPLE.
I'M A COMPASSIONATE PERSON WHO BELIEVES THAT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER LIFE.
OUR GOAL IS TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION OF HOMELESSNESS.
I BELIEVE IN HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED, AND I BELIEVE I DO THINGS WITHIN THE LAW AND BY THE BOOK.
I TAKE PRIDE IN MY HOME OWNERSHIP.
I BOUGHT MY HOME IN 1978 WHEN I WAS 21 AND I BELIEVE IN GOD AND EVERYTHING GOOD.
UM, MY VARIANCE PERMIT APPLICATION IS FOR A CARPORT AND NOT FOR A PLOT OF, UH, UH, UH, AND NOT FOR A TO SUBDIVIDE A PLOT OF LAND IN AN ALREADY STREET CONGESTED AREA OF TOWN OF A PORT DRAINAGE AREA TO BUILD, UM, UH, MULTIPLE HOUSING.
JUST A CARPORT, A CARPORT THAT WILL KEEP ME SAFE FROM THE HOUSTON'S TREACHEROUS WEATHER ELEMENTS TO AND FROM MY CAR TO GET TO AND FROM MY MEDICAL VISITS.
I, I WORK OUT OF MY HOME OFFICE AND I PLAN ON STAYING IN MY HOME FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
MY HOME OF WHICH I'M ASKING FOR THIS VARIANCE PERMIT IS NOT IN A RESTRICTED AREA.
MY BUILDER, JW TURNER CONSTRUCTION, WAS HIRED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND TEXAS GENERAL LAND OFFICE AS A RECOVERY FOR H HURRICANE HARVEY FOR LOW, UH, INCOME HANDICAPPED SENIORS.
THEIR ENGINEER HAS ALREADY SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS TO PROVIDE THE REQUESTED BUILDING PLANS, UH, AND AND DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE REQUESTED SETBACK LINE REVISION NEEDED FOR MY CARPORT CONSTRUCTION.
IT WILL BE BUILT WITH THE FINEST OF BUILDING MATERIALS AND MAINTAINED WITH WARRANTIES AND IT WILL ALSO BE INCLUDED IN IN MY HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE POLICY.
I AM ASKING YOU HERE AND NOW, PLEASE GRANT ME THIS VARIANCE PERMIT APPROVAL.
I AM A HEART PATIENT AND I HAVE OTHER HEALTH ISSUES AND I'M ALSO A CAREGIVER.
MIND YOU OF AN 88-YEAR-OLD MOTHER
UH, SHE'S ABOUT TO HAVE A, A NEW HOME BUILT THROUGH THE SAME PROGRAM FOR FLOODING DONE TO HER HOUSE AND SHE'S GONNA BE MOVING IN WITH ME.
AND, UM, THIS CAR PART WOULD, WOULD REALLY HELP US BOTH.
UM, AND IT WILL PROVIDE, UH, SHELTER FOR BOTH OF US WHILE I'M CARRYING FOR HER.
I'M NOT ASKING FOR MUCH, UH, JUST A CARPORT.
HOWEVER, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY RESPECT OUR CITY PLANNINGS AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND I RESPECT EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO.
MR. MURRAY, YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED.
SO WRAP UP ONE MORE UP REAL QUICKLY PLEASE.
BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU, OUR CITY BUILDING WOULD BE VERY DISORGANIZED.
I'M ASKING YOU MADAM CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSION TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT ME AND CHANGE THE DENIAL TO AN APPROVAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? YES, NOT.
UM, IS, UH, SO I SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT, UM, MR. BUTLER HAS INDICATED THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPTION FOR A REAR CARPORT.
COULD YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IS THAT FOR REAR CARPORT? FOR A REAR, A REAR CARPORT? I GUESS, I THINK SET BACK A LITTLE BIT FURTHER IS WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
MY BUILDER FAILED TO TELL ME THAT WHEN I GOT TO CHOOSE FROM THREE FLOOR PLANS THAT THEY WERE GONNA REMOVE MY NEW CARPORT THAT I HAD PAID FOR.
AND, AND THE NEW FLOOR, THE NEW UH, UH, FLOOR PLAN WAS DESIGNED TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS, IT IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT, UH, UH, DESIGN.
SO IT, IT DOESN'T MATCH UP WITH THE OTHER HOUSES.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW THEY WOULD APPLY FOR A CARPORT LIKE MINE BECAUSE THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE A DOUBLE DRIVEWAY.
IT'S JUST A SINGLE LITTLE DRIVEWAY THAT GOES TO THE BACK.
I DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION ANYMORE.
SO NOW BECAUSE OF THAT, I'M HAVING TO DEAL WITH A VARIANCE PERMIT TO GET AN APPROVAL FOR SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A CARPORT.
AND IT'S ALREADY HAS THE, HAD ALREADY HAS THE, THE PAD, EVERYTHING.
[02:55:01]
SENT, MY ENGINEER SENT, SENT THE ENGINEER THE, UH, THE CITY, THE REVISION BECAUSE IT'S, UH, OF, OF THE, UH, SITE PLAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT IN A RESTRICTED AREA.SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
I MEAN, I I, WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO, TO BE WITHIN THE, THE GUIDELINES OF THE LAW.
AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SOMETHING SO SMALL OF AN ISSUE COMPARED TO THESE BIG, UH, UH, UH, COMPANIES THAT WANNA BUILD THESE, UH, MULTIPLE HOUSING, UH, FAC, UH, UH, FOR AND CUT UP ALL THESE PROPERTIES.
I, I DON'T SEE HOW ARE THEY GETTING APPROVED FOR THEIR, UH, FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
AND I'M JUST ASKING FOR A SIMPLE CARPORT.
IT, TO ME, IT'S, I'M QUESTIONING THAT.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS, WITH THIS PICTURE? SOMETHING IS WRONG.
THE, THE SYSTEM IS NOT WORKING.
IT'S NOT WORKING FOR SOMEONE LIKE MYSELF, I'M, I'M LIKE A SMALL PERCENT OF THE MASS IN THE, IN MY SUBDIVISION.
IT'S NOT LIKE THE PEOPLE IN MY SUBDIVISION, THEY'RE THE, THEIR, IF YOU LOOK AT THEIR HOUSING, IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW IF I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER JONES? YES.
UH, WE TOTALLY RESPECT WHAT YOU DO.
WE EMPATHIZE FOR THE CIRCUMSTANCE YOU'RE IN.
BUT I WOULD SHARE WITH YOU THAT YOUR CONTRACTOR HAD AN OBLIGATION TO GO THROUGH THE CITY FOR PERMITTING.
HAD THAT BEEN DONE, WE YOU WOULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
AND, AND THAT, THAT IS, THAT IS VERY UNFORTUNATE.
BUT IN A CASE LIKE THIS, I BELIEVE OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF ME, UH, RESUBMITTING ANOTHER, UH, I'M GONNA GET BACK WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS BECAUSE THEY'RE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURES THAT, THAT THE BUILDER DID TO ME.
AND IF I CAN GET BACK WITH THEM, THEY PROMISED ME THAT THEY WOULD MAKE THINGS GOOD WITH ME, THAT THEY WOULD GET ME THIS CARPORT THAT I NEEDED.
THEY WOULD DO WHATEVER IT COST.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY? WHAT, WHAT ARE MY, LET ME, LET ME LET THE DIRECTOR RESPOND TO YOU.
I DO RECOMMEND YOU SPEAK WITH YOUR CONTRACTOR AND, AND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AT THE STATE OF TEXAS.
WE'VE HAD THIS SITUATION HAPPEN MORE THAN ONCE WHERE THE STATE OF TEXAS APPARENTLY SHOWS LITTLE REGARD FOR BUILDING LINES AND HAVE BILLED DRIVEWAYS WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN'T PUT CARPORTS.
YOU'RE NOT THE FIRST ONE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU PROBABLY WON'T BE THE LAST.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM TO HAVE THEM UNDERSTAND WHAT THE RULES ARE IN HOUSTON.
AND SO FAR WE'VE BEEN VERY UNSUCCESSFUL WITH THAT.
IF YOU AND YOUR AND OTHERS LIKE YOU IN THIS SITUATION, START SPEAKING WITH THEM ABOUT THIS, I THINK WE MAY HAVE BETTER, BETTER LUCK.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND IF IT WERE ME, I'D ASK 'EM TO REBUILD THAT PARKING PAD.
THEY'RE NOT, THE BUILDER SAYS, I'M, WE'RE NOT GONNA SPEND ANY, ANY MORE FUNDS ON, BUT THEY'RE NOT THE ONE THAT MAKES THAT CALL.
IT'S THE STATE THAT MAKES THAT CALL.
AND YOU CAN, THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO PAY FOR IT.
SO I RECOMMEND THAT YOU ALSO HAVE, IF, IF YOU GET ANY PUSHBACK FROM THE STATE, HAVE THE, HAVE THE PERSON YOU'RE WORKING WITH CALL OUR OFFICES.
THE STATE IS VERY ACCOMMODATING TO ME.
COMMISSIONER TAHI AND THEN ROSENBERG.
I THINK HE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
IF, IF WE ARE NOT ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE STATE AND THE STATE IS NOT COMMUNICATING WITH US, THEN FOR AN AVERAGE CITIZEN, THE SYSTEM IS FAILING.
SO WHAT CAN WE DO AS AN ENTITY, CITY OF HOUSTON TO PUBLICIZE THIS? I MEAN, MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK TO OUR STATE REPS.
WE PUT IT RIGHT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THEY PRODUCED FLYERS THAT THEY PUT OUT.
IT'S AT THE PERMITTING DEPARTMENT.
THE PEOPLE WHO PULLED THE PERMIT KNEW THE BAD PRESTON THEY WERE DOING WHEN COVID HIT, IT RAISED ALL THE BUILDING PRICES.
SO MY BUILDER REALLY, THEY, THEY, UH, LOST MONEY.
LET ME, LET ME LET OUR DIRECTOR RESPOND.
I I, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA GET INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL.
BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING REALLY, UH, THAT, UM, ROMAN MCALLEN, OUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER, HAS BEEN BENDING OVER BACKWARDS AND WORKING HIS TAIL OFF WITH PEOPLE FROM THE, FROM THE GLO OFFICE IN THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IS PROBABLY ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER, WHICH MEANS THAT IT HAS TO GO THROUGH ALL THE FEDERAL 1 0 6 REVIEWS FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
WHETHER IT'S DESIGNATED AS HISTORIC OR NOT.
IT DOES, UM, THE, THE GENTLEMAN PROBABLY, UM, THE, THE PEOPLE WHO WORKED WITH THE STATE, WITH HIM, WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS, PROBABLY DIDN'T TELL HIM THAT AND PROBABLY DIDN'T ADHERE TO ALL OF THE 1 0 6 REVIEWS POSSIBLY.
UM, THAT CAR, THAT DRIVEWAY WOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN BUILT THERE.
UM, ARE THE REST OF THE HOMES BRICK ON YOUR STREET? YES.
I QUESTIONED THAT PAD THAT THEY PUT DOWN, BUT THEY SAID I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CHOICE.
BUT I THINK THEY WE'RE REALLY MISLED ME.
[03:00:01]
WE'RE, I AM ENCOURAGING ANYBODY, IF ANYBODY'S GOT CONTACTS, FEEL FREE TO CALL 'EM AND WORK WITH THEM.'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS, THIS IS HAPPENING MULTIPLE TIMES IN OUR CITY.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? UM, I WANT TO DISAGREE A TINY BIT.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'RE FAILING HIM.
I MEAN, THE, THE STATE HAS HELPED DELIVER.
HE HAD A CONTRACTOR LIKE, UM, COMMISSIONER JONES TALKED ABOUT.
AND I THINK THE, THE, THE PROCESS THAT SOMEBODY WENT THROUGH TO DELIVER THE PRODUCT IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
I MEAN, I'M CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A FEMALE ELEVATION WITH THE CITY AND THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS.
I MEAN, A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY'S MORE OBLIGATED TO FILL.
I'M SPEAKING PERSONALLY FOR MYSELF AT THE MOMENT, NOT THIS COMMISSION.
I'VE LOOKED AT YOUR FLOOR PLAN.
I'VE, I'M NOT, YOU FLOOR YOUR SITE PLAN, I THINK YOU GO BACK TO THE STATE AND YOU TELL 'EM YOU WANT A DRIVEWAY DOWN THE SIDE OF YOUR HOUSE, WHICH IT WILL FIT.
AND YOU CAN PUT A CARPORT IN THE BACK OF YOUR HOUSE ATTACHED TO YOUR PATIO IN THE BACK AND IT'LL BE MUCH SAFER, MUCH BETTER FOR YOU.
AND I THINK THEY WILL LISTEN TO YOU.
WHEN I LOOKED AT YOUR SITE, I THINK THEY WILL TOO.
AND THAT'LL BE BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THAT'LL BE BETTER FOR EVERYBODY.
SO I AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER CLARK.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO? I UNDERSTAND THIS POSITION, IT ISN'T A FAILURE ON, ON OUR END, BUT COULD WE HELP HIM WITH REAPPLYING ONCE HE DEALS WITH THE STATE? IS THERE ANYTHING WE COULD DO TO LESSEN THAT BURDEN ON HIM OR THE COST REAPPLYING FOR WHAT? FOR IF HE HAS TO COME BACK HERE FOR ANY REASON ON THAT.
BUT IF, BUT IF THE CAR REPORT'S PUT WHERE IT SHOULD BE, HE WILL NOT HAVE TO EVER COME BACK HERE.
BUT IF HE HAS TO COME BACK, COULD WE WORK WITH HIM ABOUT THAT? I'D BE HAPPY TO TALK WITH HIM ABOUT IT AT THAT TIME.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER? OKAY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION BEFORE WE YEAH, MR. MURRAY.
IS THERE A SECOND? ROBINS? ROBINS.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND IT IS DENIED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE.
YES, WE HAVE SOMETHING IN FIVE.
WE DID K NOW WE'RE ON ROMAN FOUR ROMAN, WHICH IS, WE HAVE TWO TWO.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of March 16, 2023]
YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT.UH, WE NEED A MOTION TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MARCH 16TH, 2023 FOR THE FOLLOWING.
REPL NUMBER ONE, ALANI HOMES AT QUEENSLAND STREET REPL NUMBER ONE, ALANI HOMES AT SHREVEPORT REPL NUMBER ONE DEARBORN PLACE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, FAIRDALE TOWN HOMES GRAND PARK VILLAGE GULF WAY TERRACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE LILY SQUARE MISSION GREEN NORTH PARTIAL REPL NUMBER THREE AND EXTENSION NEW AND MANOR PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER 30, PINE MOUNT MEADOWS SALEM ESTATE, SOUTHAMPTON PLACE, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER FOUR, SOUTHLAND PLACE PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER FIVE, SOUTHLAND TERRACE, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER THREE, SUN TERRA SECTION 29 PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, SUN SECTION 30 PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, SUN SECTION 31 PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
SECTION SIX, PARTIAL REPO NUMBER ONE.
IS THERE A MOTION TO SET? MARCH 16TH FOR THE HEARINGS MOTION GARZA GARZA, CLARK.
OKAY, NOW WE HAVE ACTED ON A THREE.
[IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 905 74th Street (Geoff Butler)]
TO ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR, ALL STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 9 0 5 70 FOURTH STREET.THIS SITE IS LOCATED ALONG 74TH STREET.
BETWEEN AVENUES J AND I, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REDEVELOP AN EXISTING CHURCH IN SINGLE FAMILY HOME INTO A MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW 15 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 18.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO UPDATE THE NOTICE SIGN AND TO PROVIDE REVISED MATERIALS BY NOON.
NEXT WEDNESDAY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON I ROMAN FOUR PARKING VARIANCE FOR 9 0 5 70 FOURTH STREET? IF NOT, AND THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS
[03:05:01]
THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? GARZA GARZA SECOND CLARK.[VI. Consideration of a Inn at Fondren Hotel/Motel located at 13831 Fondren Rd. (Devin Crittle)]
SO WE GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF THE INN AT FONDREN HOTEL MOTEL LOCATED AT 1 3 8 3 1 FRAN ROAD.THIS WILL BE QUICKER THAN THE PREVIOUS HOTEL
SO, UH, THIS IS A PROPOSED INN AT FRAN ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE SIX, EXCUSE ME, LOCATED AT 1 3 8 3 1 FRAN ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF HOUSTON CITY LIMITS ALONG FRAN ROAD JUST NORTH OF BELTWAY EIGHT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 40 ROOM HOTEL MOTEL TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF 57%.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
FON ROAD IS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT'S SUFFICIENT AT 100 FEET.
THE MAJORITY OF THE SITES FRONT FRONTING FOND FON ROAD HAVE COMMERCIAL OR INDUSTRIAL USES.
OVERALL, THE RESIDENTIAL PERCENTAGE WITHIN THE 1500 FOOT TEST AREA IS JUST 57% CLOSE TO THE 50% THRESHOLD.
THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OVER 900 FEET AWAY AND IS SEPARATED BY A 150 FOOT WIDE DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
THE HOTEL SITE PROVIDES DIRECT ACCESS TO THE BELTWAY, JUST TO THE SOUTH AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
WEST ARM 200 FEET TO THE NORTH.
STAFF DOES NOT ANTICIPATE PEDESTRIAN FOOT TRAFFIC ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND WILL NOT INTRODUCE UNWANTED TRAFFIC THROUGH ANY OF THE SUBDIVISIONS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPRO, EXCUSE ME, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE FOR THE HOTEL TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF 57%.
AND MADAM CHAIR HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. K CRIDDLE? COMMISSIONER GARZA, JUST MR. K CRIDDLE.
I'M NOTICING HERE THAT WE ARE ON ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, BUT SEVERAL, SEVERAL OF THESE PAGES SAY ROMAN FIVE, SO IT'S JUST A TYPO THAT NEEDS TO BE CLEARED.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL CORRECT THAT FOR THAT ACTION.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, DO I? UM, THERE, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, WE HAVE A SPEAKER IN THE CHAT.
UM, PER DITA CHAVEZ CHAVEZ, C-H-A-V-E-Z, UM, C-H-A-V-I-S.
MS. CHAVEZ, I THINK IS, UH, THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION.
I AM, UH, PURITA CHAVIS, UH, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR VICE MAYOR PROTO AND COUNCIL MEMBER MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, I'M CALLING, UM, I MEAN, I'M SPEAKING TO ASK FOR A DEFER OF THIS 'CAUSE WE DID NOT RECEIVE THIS HOTEL, UH, THIS PARTICULAR HOTEL APPLICATION IN THE DISTRICT K OFFICE, NOR, UM, RECEIVE NOTICE OF A VARIANCE REQUEST.
AND, AND I JUST HAPPEN TO BE CONTINUE LISTENING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND LOOKED AT THE ADDRESS OF THE APPLICATION AND NOTICE THAT IT IS LOCATED IN DISTRICT K.
SO YOU ARE REQUESTING A DEFERRAL? YES, PLEASE.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ROMAN NUMERAL SIX IN, AT FONDREN LOCATED AT 13 8 31 FRAN ROAD.
UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE, BUT THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS REQUESTED THAT WE DEFER THE ITEM WHICH WE NORMALLY EXCEED TO THOSE REQUESTS.
UM, IS THERE DISCUSSION, MOTION TO DEFER.
MOTION TO DEFER BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? VAR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE ITEM IS DEFERRED.
[VII. Public Comment]
UM, LET'S SEE.ROMANS SEVEN IS PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE? UM, WE HAVE A PREVIOUS SPEAKER FOR ONE OF THE ITEMS. ANGIE AMAYA, MAY.
AMAYA DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION ON A GENERAL SUBJECT? I JUST WANT TO GO AND PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT WE HAVE THAT COMMUNITY MEETING ALL ORGANIZED ON FEBRUARY 21ST AT FIVE 30 FOR THE, AT THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION FIRE STATION FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WERE INTERESTED IN THE DAPHNE HOTEL AND ALL THE NEIGHBORS WILL BE NOTIFIED.
AND THE HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION ALWAYS COMES THROUGH WITH THE ORGANIZING THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
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THAT'S GREAT.THIS IS ON THE DAPHNE HOTEL PROJECT.
ANY OTHER NO PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, UH PARDON? YES.
PARDON ME? UH, I'M AWARE OF A CONFLICTING MEETING AT THAT LOCATION DATE.
CAN YOU ANNOUNCE MR. WILLIAMSON? WE NEED, SORRY, I NEED YOU, I'M, I CLEARED IT WITH EMILY AND KEVIN AND THEY PUT IT ON THE CALENDAR BILL.
THIS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AT, AT THAT LOCATION FROM THAT DATE.
JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY, MY NAME IS MARK WILLIAMSON.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER HEIGHTS SUBARU NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL.
AND I'VE HAD THAT DATE RESERVED ON THE FIRE STATION CALENDAR FOR MONTHS.
ARE YOU UPSTAIRS OR DOWNSTAIRS? WE'RE DOWNSTAIRS.
EXCEPT, EXCEPT I, I WAS HOPING TO BE AT THAT MEETING.
OURS IS AT FIVE 30, ISN'T YOURS AT SIX 30? YEAH.
WE'RE GONNA BE DONE BY SIX 30.
SOLVING PROBLEMS ALL THE TIME HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION? CLARK.