* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. KEEP YOUR PHONES [00:00:01] OR CAMERA OR COMPUTERS MUTED AS WELL. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS TWO [Call to Order] 30 ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16TH, 2023. THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. I AM CHAIR MARTY STEIN. TO VERIFY OUR QUORUM, I WILL CALL THE ROLE THE CHAIR IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CLARK PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VAR WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER, HE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NELSON PRESENT. COMMISSIONER POR PERLE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER KANE WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER DALTON PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY, UH, COMMISSIONER AMANDA PAKA PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY AND DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT IS PRESENT, AND 15 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL. WE HAVE A QUORUM. UM, I DO, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ABSENCES TODAY, UH, WHICH IS TYPICAL DURING SPRING BREAK WEEK AS PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING AND OUT OF TOWN. BUT I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT ONE COMMISSIONER HAS THE BEST EXCUSE FOR BEING ABSENT OF ALL, AND THAT IS COMMISSIONER LIBBY VIRA BLAND HAD A BABY GIRL ON FEBRUARY 27TH. UM, HER NAME IS KTA CALLIE FOR SHORT, AND THEY ARE DOING WELL. WE WISH THEM WELL. I HOPE THAT SHE'S NOT WATCHING PLANNING COMMISSION. I DOUBT THAT SHE IS, BUT, UH, WE HOPE TO SEE HER AT LEAST VIRTUALLY VERY SOON. UM, AND NOW ON A, A SAD NOTE, UM, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE THE PASSING OF TWO VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD IN THE RECENT WEEKS. MARY LOU HENRY, AND MICHAEL KRAMER. IF THERE IS NO OBJECTION, I'D LIKE TO CALL, UH, CALL CHRISTOPHER BROWN FROM EHRA. CHRIS, ARE YOU HERE OR ARE YOU VIRTUAL? OH, THERE YOU ARE. YOU'RE DUH. UH, TO COME UP AND OFFER A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT MARY LOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UH, YES, I'M CHRISTOPHER BROWN. UM, IT WAS A WEEK AGO TODAY THAT WE LOST MARY LOU, UH, AN UNDISPUTED TITAN IN THE FIELD OF URBAN PLANNING. IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO START MY OWN CAREER WITH HER. UH, I SPENT THE FIRST HALF OF MY CAREER, 17 YEARS, UH, WORKING FOR MARY LOU AND, AND VERNON, UH, LEARNING FROM WHO I CONSIDER TO BE THE ABSOLUTE BEST AT WHAT SHE DID. AFTER GRADUATING FROM, UH, RICE UNIVERSITY WITH A DEGREE IN ARCHITECTURE, SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN PLANNING RIGHT HERE AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WORKING FOR THE CITY. UH, AND AMONG MANY PROJECTS SHE WAS DOING FOR A THEN FAIRLY SMALL CITY APARTMENT, UH, SHE CREATED THE FIRST THOROUGHFARE PLAN OF HOUSTON'S ETJ AREA. UH, IN FACT, SHE PLACED THE GRAND PARKWAY ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN. UH, THAT THAT'S A FABRIC BY WHICH WE STILL DESIGN TO THIS DAY, THAT THAT'S QUITE AN IMPRINT ON, ON A COMMUNITY AND, AND AN AMAZING, UH, ACCOMPLISHMENT. UH, BACK IN 1963 THAT HAPPENED, UH, I'M GONNA USE THE WORD IMPRINT A LOT. YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THAT SEVERAL TIMES AS I TALK. UM, SHE MET HER EVENTUAL HUSBAND, VERNON HENRY, WHEN THEY WERE WORKING TOGETHER AT NEWHOUSE AND TAYLOR. UH, AND WHEN HE STARTED HIS OWN LAND PLANNING FIRM BACK IN 1967, SHE JOINED HIM ABOUT FOUR YEARS LATER, AND SHE KEPT THE DOORS OPEN UNTIL JUST LAST YEAR, 55 YEARS, DESIGNING COMMUNITIES 50, CREATING COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, AND ADVOCATING FOR A MORE BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT AND ADVOCATING FOR A BEAUTIFUL, SHE WAS A STAUNCH SUPPORTER OF PARKS AND BEAUTIFICATION OF CITIES. AND AS FAR AS IMPRINTS REMEMBER THIS WITHOUT MARY LOU HENRY AND THE ALL, UH, EFFORTS OF OTHERS AT SCENIC HOUSTON, WHERE SHE WAS A BOARD MEMBER FOR A LONG TIME, THERE WOULD LITERALLY BE 10 TIMES AS MANY BILLBOARDS IN THE CITY AS THERE ARE TODAY OVER MANY DECADES. MARY LOU REPRESENTED COUNTLESS CLIENTS HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SHE WAS A BULLDOG FOR HER CLIENTS. Y'ALL, Y'ALL SAW IT. UH, IT WAS BECAUSE SHE WAS AN ABSOLUTE ARTIST AT MAKING AN AN ARGUMENT, TO BE HONEST. RIGHT. UM, SHE SAID MANY TIMES THAT EVERY WEIRD THING FINDS ME WITH REGARD TO HER CLIENT'S PROJECTS. BUT WATCHING HER CRAFT AND THEN PRESENT ARGUMENTS TO THIS COMMISSION WAS LIKE WATCHING A MASTERCLASS. SHE USED A COMBINATION OF INTELLIGENCE, UNBELIEVABLY SHARP MEMORY, UH, AND AN ABILITY TO FIND AND THEN COMMUNICATE SOLUTIONS TO HER ADVANTAGE. SHE COULD [00:05:01] BOIL DOWN THESE COMPLEX TOPICS DOWN TO THE VERY NITTY GRITTY TO MAKE THAT ARGUMENT AND WIN. I'D BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT. BACK IN 1985, MARY LOU WAS RECOGNIZED WITH THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, DIANA DONALD AWARD, UH, FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS AND THE PLANNING PROFESSION. IN 99, SHE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE COLLEGE OF FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS AND THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THE TEXAS PLANNING LEGEND AWARD IN NINE, IN, UH, 2014. AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE RECOGNITIONS, UH, THAT, THAT SHE RECEIVED AS SHE IMPRINTED ON US. AND JUST A FEW YEARS AGO, SHE ACTUALLY RECORDED AN INTERVIEW, A CAREER RETROSPECTIVE, UH, THAT I ENCOURAGE YOU TO CHECK OUT. IF YOU SEARCH MARY LOU HENRY AT UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON LIBRARY, YOU EASILY FIND IT, UH, UPON REWATCHING IT. I, I, I RECALLED SOMETHING SHE SAID THAT REALLY ENCAPSULATES WHY SHE WANTED TO BE A PLANNER. SHE SAID SHE WANTED, AND I QUOTE, TO MAKE PHYSICAL SPACES MORE PLEASANT. THERE'S THAT EXAMPLE RIGHT NOW OF BOILING IT DOWN AND CREATING THAT EDICT, RIGHT. MAKE PL MAKE SPACES MORE PLEASANT. I WOULD SAY THAT THERE'S PERHAPS NO BETTER IMPRINT LEFT BY MARY LOU THAN ON THOSE OF US WHO HAD THE HONOR OF WORKING WITH HER. WE LEARNED FROM THE BEST, AND WE WERE CARRY ON IN SOME VARIOUS WAYS. MANY OF THE PRINCIPLES BY WHICH SHE CARRIED HERSELF. SOME OF US ARE HERE TODAY. UM, WE'RE NOW SPREAD ACROSS MANY FIRMS IN THE CITY, UH, DOING HER WORK. I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH OF HER HAD IMPRINTED ON ME AS I'VE BECOME A PROFESSIONAL NOW. UH, THOSE 17 YEARS SPENT WITH HER AND NOW 17 WITH MY CURRENT FIRM, UH, HAVE REALLY INFORMED HOW I DO WHAT I DO. RIGHT? I WOULD NOT BE HERE, MY FELLOW PLANNERS, WE WOULD NOT BE HERE IF WE HADN'T BEEN UNDER THE TUTELAGE AND MENTORSHIP OF MARY LOU HENRY. MANY OF US GREW TO CALL HER A FRIEND BECAUSE, UH, IN TIME, UH, ONCE SHE DETERMINED THAT YOU WERE WORTH SPENDING TIME ON, UM, SHE WOULD OPEN UP AND SHE WOULD WILLINGLY GIVE HER KNOWLEDGE AND HER CARING. I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF VISITING MARY LOU'S HOME ON MANY OCCASIONS, AND MOST TIMES I COULDN'T GET IN THE FRONT DOOR MORE THAN TWO STEPS BEFORE. SHE'S OFFERING A GLASS OF WINE AND INVITING ME INTO HER LIVING ROOM FOR A CHAT. UM, AS, AS A MUCH OF A FORMIDABLE TALENT AS A PLANNER AND AN IMPOSING PRESENCE AS A PERSON. UH, SHE WAS A GRACIOUS HOST AND A WONDERFUL CONVERSATIONALIST, AND I WILL MISS HER. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING YOU TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT. UM, A VISITATION FROM MARY LOU IS GONNA BE HELD ONE WEEK FROM TODAY, UH, ON MARCH 23RD FROM FIVE TO EIGHT AT THE HEIGHTS FUNERAL HOME, AND THEN THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE THE FOLLOWING DAY ON FRIDAY AT 11:00 AM ALSO AT HEIGHTS FUNERAL HOME, UH, FOLLOWED BY HER INTERNMENT NEXT TO HER BELOVED VERNON IN GLENWOOD CEMETERY. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. CHRIS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. THERE'S NOBODY WHO CAN SPEAK MORE ELOQUENTLY ABOUT MARY LOU THAN YOU, AND WE, WE ALL WILL MISS HER COMMISSION. ANY COMMENTS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD? WELL, I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THAT COMMISSIONER CLARK CLARK. I DON'T KNOW HOW TO FOLLOW THAT OTHER THAN TO SAY THAT I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING CHRIS SAID ABOUT MARY LOU. SHE WAS VERY TALENTED. SHE WAS A TRAILBLAZER. SHE SET THE PRECEDENCE FOR WOMEN IN THE INDUSTRY. UM, SHE TAUGHT US ALL A LOT. AND MICHELLE ALSO TAUGHT US HOW TO BE A FRIEND. UM, I MISS HER. SHE WAS VERY FORMIDABLE WHEN SHE WAS STANDING UP HERE TELLING US, UM, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND THE RIGHT WAY TO DO IT. AND NINE TIMES OUTTA 10, SHE WAS RIGHT. UM, BUT I'LL MISS HER. SHE WAS A DEAR FRIEND. AND, UH, I'LL ALSO MS. MICHAEL. I KNOW IT'S BEEN SAD FOR THE DEPARTMENT. MICHAEL WAS A GREAT GUY. SAME WAY. HE, HE LED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I KNOW THAT HE HELPED. I SEE A COUPLE OF STAFF MEMBERS SHAKING THEIR HEAD. MICHAEL WAS A GREAT MENTOR TO THE STAFF AND HE HELPED ALL OF US IN THE INDUSTRY, HELPED US UNDERSTAND, UH, PARTS OF CHAPTER 42 IF WE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THEM QUITE RIGHT. BUT HE WAS ALSO VERY REASONABLE AND VERY OPEN, UH, ALL THE TIME TO TALK TO YOU AND HELP YOU OUT. AND HE WAS A DEAR FRIEND. I, I DON'T KNOW WHO I TOLD THIS STORY TO, BUT I HAD MY KNEE REPLACED BACK IN 2012, AND I'D ONLY BEEN ON THE COMMISSION ABOUT A YEAR. SO I KNEW HIM FROM THE INDUSTRY, BUT NOT AS CLOSE AS I GOT WITH HIM BEING ON COMMISSION. AND I HAD TO GO ALL THE WAY OVER TO WALKER AND THEN ALL THE WAY BACK HERE. AND I WAS CRUTCHING IT ALONG, VERY SLOWLY. I MADE IT OVER TO WALKER AND I WAS COMING DOWNSTAIRS AND I GOT OFF THE ELEVATOR AND I WAS HEADED TO THE DOOR TO CRUTCH OVER TO, TO HERE. AND HE GOES, OH, NO, NO, COMMISSIONER CLARK, MY CAR'S OUT OUT RIGHT HERE FOR YOU. I'M TAKING YOU OVER THERE. THAT TO ME, JUST SHOWED THE KINDNESS IN HIS HEART. HE WAS JUST A VERY KIND MAN, AND I MISS HIM DEARLY. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TIME. THANK YOU. AND IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS OR COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I JUST WANNA SAY MARY LEE WAS VERY INSTRUMENTAL WHEN I FIRST JOINED THE PLANNING COMMISSION. I WAS FORTUNATE TO BE ABLE TO SPEND A LOT OF TIME WITH HER AND RECEIVE A FAIR NUMBER OF TELEPHONE CALLS WHEN THE DEPARTMENT WASN'T QUITE ON TASK WITH HER. [00:10:01] UH, BUT I LEARNED SO MUCH FOR HER AND SHE REALLY WAS A MENTOR TO SO MANY PEOPLE AND HELPED US TO, UH, REALLY SEE THE CITY IN A BROADER SPECTRUM. AND I'M JUST VERY APPRECIATIVE FOR THE TIME THAT WE HAD WITH HER. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? WELL, ON THAT NOTE THEN, I THINK WE WILL GO DIRECTLY TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT SO THAT WE CAN HEAR SOME COMMENTS. MADAM CHAIR ABOUT, OH, SORRY, SORRY. MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, UM, PAUL HENRY, MARY LOU'S SON HAS JUST ARRIVED. OH, OKAY. UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE HIM AND ALLOW HIM TO SAY A FEW THINGS ABOUT MARY LOU. OKAY. IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. HENRY. YES. HI. WE'RE SO SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, ALL OF OURS. WELL, I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW AHEAD THAT MY MOTHER LIVED BY THIS ORGANIZATION AND SHE BELIEVED IN IT SO MUCH IN, IN ALL OF THE STUFF THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE YEARS. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY ON THE BOARD FOR BEING FRIENDS WITH MY MOTHER AND BEING HER LIFELINE. THANK YOU FOR SHARING HER WITH US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THEN DIRECTOR WALLACE [Director’s Report] BROWN IS GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT MICHAEL KRAMER. UH, I'M GONNA TRY, UM, . SO I I I FIND IT VERY POETIC THAT WE LOST BOTH MARY LOU AND MIKE, UH, SO CLOSE TOGETHER. UM, THEY PROBABLY BOTH FIND IT VERY POETIC ALSO, UM, CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIP, CLOSE FRIENDS. UM, FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T KNOW MIKE HAD, MIKE WAS WITH THE DEPARTMENT FOR 33 YEARS BEFORE HE RETIRED, UM, A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. UH, CAME TO HOUSTON FROM, UH, AFTER GETTING A BACHELOR'S IN ARCHITECTURE FROM TEXAS A AND M. AND THEN HE JUST GOT A MASTER'S IN PLANNING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA. HE, EVERY, EVERY SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, WITH THIS DIVISION, UM, IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS MIKE'S FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT. HE WAS SOMEBODY WHO, UM, LOOKED AT CHAOS AND COULD MAKE SENSE OUT OF IT AND DID. AND SO IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND CHAPTER 42, IT'S BECAUSE MIKE MADE IT THAT WAY. IF YOU GET YOUR AGENDAS ON TIME, IT'S BECAUSE MIKE DEMANDED IT. UM, HE MADE THE MACHINE THAT WE ARE TODAY, UM, WITH HELP FROM THE DIRECTOR AT THE TIME, AND OH, THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, SO EVERYTHING THAT'S RIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE DID, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA SAY MIKE HAD HIS HAND IN IT. UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT MIKE THAT YOU MAY NOT KNOW THAT I'VE LIVED WITH FOR 33 YEARS WITH HIM, WORKING WITH HIM WAS THAT HE WAS THE, HE HAD THE SHARPEST RAZOR WIT YOU WOULD EVER IMAGINE. UM, JUST DRY HUMOR THAT COULD COME FROM NOWHERE. AND HE JUST COULD MAKE YOU LAUGH AT, IN THE MOST TENSE OF MEETINGS. SUDDENLY YOU'RE LAUGHING BECAUSE MIKE SAID SOMETHING. SO ANYWAY, UM, THANK YOU FOR BE LETTING ME SAY THIS. WE, WE MISS HIM DEARLY. WE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM HIM. AND, UM, HE'S A BIG HOLE IN OUR LIVES. WE WILL ALL MISS HIM. AND I, I WILL SAY MARY LOU ALSO HAD A GREAT RAZOR WIT TOO. MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE JOB. I DON'T KNOW. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. UM, DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR DIRECTORS? I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT. YES. COMMISSIONER NELSON, MUCH OF THOSE 33 YEARS I WAS IN PUBLIC WORK. YEAH. AND I WORE MICHAEL OUT ALWAYS THERE WHEN I NEEDED HIM. YEAH. A VERY BIG HELP. UM, SO IN CLOSING, FOR MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH US AT (832) 393-6600, OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 360 6 24. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND LET ME ANNOUNCE, WE'VE BEEN JOINED BY COMMISSIONER HINES AND COMMISSIONER TAHIR. UM, WITH THAT WE [Approval of the March 2, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes] WILL GO QUICKLY TO APPROVE THE MAY, MARCH 2ND, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, WHICH WERE IN YOUR PACKET. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION CLARK? IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ROMAN NUMERAL ONE [I. Public Hearing for the proposed Chapter 42 overall housing amendments (Suvidha Bandi)] IS A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED CHAPTER 42 OVERALL HOUSING AMENDMENTS. THESE ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE. AVITA BANDY WILL PRESENT. GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS BANDI. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS BASED ON THE OVERALL HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS THAT CAME OUT OF THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEES WORK OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, LABLE PLACES LAUNCHED IN FALL 2020 IS OUR EFFORT TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS [00:15:01] THAT ENCOURAGE HOUSING VARIETY AND AFFORDABILITY. IT'S ALL ABOUT CREATING MORE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THE HOUSTONIANS WHO CURRENTLY LIVE HERE AND THOSE WHO WILL MOVE HERE IN FUTURE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. ONE WAY TO PROVIDE VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS IS BY ENCOURAGING, OR IN SOME CASES EVEN ALLOWING MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES THAT WERE ONCE NOT ALLOWED. HAVING DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING OPTIONS CAN HELP ALLEVIATE HOUSING NEEDS, PROVIDE INFILL DEVELOPMENT AT DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS FOR MORE MARKET USERS, AND PROVIDE AT SCALE DEVELOPMENTS WHICH IS MORE EFFICIENT ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS, AND CAN HELP CREATE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WE WILL, PLACES IS ABOUT PROPOSING AND PROMOTING HOUSING TYPES LIKE THESE THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN. WE WILL GO INTO EACH ONE OF THESE FOUR HOUSING TYPES ON THE SCREEN INDIVIDUALLY AFTER EVERY PIECE. I'M GOING TO PAUSE FOR COMMENTS FROM YOU. SO LET'S DO THE FIRST ONE. THE FIRST HOUSING TYPE IS CALLED THE SECOND DWELLING UNIT. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. CURRENTLY RULES ALLOW TWO DETACHED DWELLING UNITS ON ONE LOT TO STILL BE CLASSIFIED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AS LONG AS THE SECOND UNIT IS NO MORE THAN 900 SQUARE FEET. THE PROPOSED CHANGE HERE IS TO ELIMINATE THE SIZE LIMIT ON THE SECOND DWELLING UNIT, SIMILAR TO ATTACHED UNITS WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY NO SIZE RESTRICTION. ALSO, ONE CURB CUT PER PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE WILL SERVE BOTH THE UNITS FOR LAR ACCESS. ANOTHER PROPOSED CHANGE, UM, IS TO RIGHTSIZE THE PARKING MINIMUMS BASED ON THE UNIT SIZE OF THE SECOND UNIT. IF THE FIRST UNIT HAS TWO OFF STREET PARKING SPACES, THEN SECOND UNIT THAT IS A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR LESS WILL NOT REQUIRE ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE FOR UNITS. SECOND UNIT THAT IS GREATER THAN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, BUT LESS THAN 1500, LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1500 WILL PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE. AND IF THE UNIT SIZE IS LARGER THAN 1500 SQUARE FEET, THEN TWO ADDITIONAL SPACES WILL BE REQUIRED. CURRENT RULES REQUIRE ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE SECOND DWELLING UNIT, REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF THE DETACHED. SECOND UNIT, MARKET BASED PARKING WILL IS ALLOWED. THAT MEANS NO PARKING MINIMUMS PER THE CITY REQUIREMENTS IF THE PROPERTY IS IN TRANSIT SERVED AREAS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE MARKET BASED, UH, PARKING AREA AND THE BOUNDARY IN THE END OF THE PRESENTATION. WITH THAT, I'M READY FOR QUESTION. READY FOR QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST PORTION I PRESENTED AND COMMISSION, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE QUESTIONS, BUT KEEP IN MIND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC SPEAKERS, SO WE WANNA FOCUS ON, ON THAT AS WELL. QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. THAT, I GUESS I KILLED THE QUESTION, SORRY. OKAY. OKAY. SO LET'S DO THE NEXT HOUSING TYPE, WHICH IS MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL. THIS MEANS A TRIPLEX, MULTIPLE DUPLEXES, OR A FOURPLEX OR MULTIPLEX WITH NO MORE THAN EIGHT UNITS, EIGHT DWELLING UNITS IN WHATEVER CONFIGURATION. WE USED TO HAVE TRIPLEXES AND QUADPLEXES AROUND THE MID-CENTURY, BUT OVER TIME OUR DEVELOPMENT RULES BECAME SO RESTRICTIVE THAT IN EFFECT, WE ELIMINATED THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE TYPES OF SMALL SCALE MULTIFAMILY. THE PROPOSED CHANGES IS TO ALLOW SMALL SCALE MULTI-FAMILY WITH NO MORE THAN EIGHT UNITS TO, UM, BE REVIEWED UNDER A SPECIFIC SET OF GUIDELINES CALLED MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL. INSTEAD OF THE SAME VEIN OF HIGH RISES AND LARGE SCALE APARTMENT COMPLEXES, THESE WILL BE ALLOWED AN UNRESTRICTED LOTS WITH 50 FEET FRONTAGE AND A 50 FEET RIGHT OF WAY. THE MAXIMUM DEPTH OF THE PROPERTY, ONE 50 FEET, MINIMUM NUMBER OF UNITS THREE AND MAXIMUM EIGHT. HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE, NO MORE THAN TWO TO THREE STORIES. A TOTAL HEIGHT OF 30 FEET IS A LIMIT IN TERMS OF VEHICLE CLEAR ACCESS. THE PROPERTY, IF IT'S AN ALLEY ACCESS, COMES FROM THE ALLEY. UM, FOR CORNERED PROPERTIES, IT IS ENCOURAGED TO HAVE ALLEY ACCESS OR TAKE ACCESS FROM THE SIDE STREETS. THE MAXIMUM DRIVEWAY WIDTH PROPOSED IS 16 FEET WITH FOUR FEET CURB RADIUS, AND UM, ONLY ONE CURB CUT WILL BE ALLOWED PER STREET FRONTAGE. THIS NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YEAH, SORRY. THIS ONE, THE STRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED TO FACE THE STREET WITH AN ENTRY FEATURE AND HAVE REDUCED BUILDING LINES OF FIVE FEET ALONG LOCAL AND COLLECTIVE STREETS, AND 15 FEET ALONG MAJOR AFFAIRS 80 FEATURE LESS UNITS ALONG THE STREET MUST HAVE AN ENTRY FEATURE. AND, [00:20:01] UM, THE ENTRY FEATURE IS ONLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND IT CAN ENCROACH INTO THE FIVE FEET BUILDING LINE UP TO FOUR FEET AS LONG AS THERE IS ADEQUATE SIDEWALKS AND ROOM FOR UTILITIES. THE PARKING REQUIREMENT IS AT LEAST ONE SPACE FOR EVERY UNIT, 1500 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER, AND TWO SPACES FOR UNITS LARGER THAN 1500 SQUARE FEET. THE PARKING MUST BE ON THE REAR SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT NOT IN THE FRONT. CURRENT MULTI-FAMILY REQUIREMENTS, UH, PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT BEING AMENDED WITH THIS. THIS, UM, PARKING PROPOSAL IS ONLY FOR THE MU UM, THAT, UM, WILL QUALIFY THE CRITERIA. AGAIN, MARKET BASED PARKING IS ALLOWED FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN TRANSIT SERVED AREAS IN CASE THE PROPERTY IS UTILIZING THE MARKET BASED PARKING. ONE BIKE PARKING SPACE MUST BE PROVIDED PER UNIT AND, UM, ADDITIONALLY ONE GUEST PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY SIX UNITS. WITH THAT, I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS ON THE SECOND PIECE. OKAY. QUESTIONS ON MU? I HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON. YES, GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER DALTON, YOU HAD MENTIONED THE TWO TO THREE STORY HEIGHT LIMITATION, HOWEVER, A MAXIMUM OF 30 FEET, IS THAT 30 FEET MEASURED TO THE RAFTERS OR IS THAT MEASURED TO THE RIDGE OF THE ROOF? CURRENTLY AS PROPOSED, IT'S TO THE, UH, TOP OF THE ROOF. HOWEVER WE DID HERE. IT'S THERE REALLY ONLY TWO STORIES. YES. AND WE HEARD THIS COMMENT AND WE ARE WORKING WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT TO SEE IF IT IS TO, UM, TO THE EAVES, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, IT'S TO THE TOP. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, MS. BANDY, GO AHEAD. OKAY, SO THE NEXT STYLE, OUR HUFFING TYPE IS CALLED COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENTS. IT'S A CLUSTER OF SINGLE FAMILY OR DUPLEX HOMES LOCATED ALONG A PRIVATELY MANAGED SHARED COURTYARD AROUND THE NATION. THESE ARE ALSO SOMETIMES CALLED POCKET NEIGHBORHOODS OR COTTAGE COATS. OUR CURRENT DEVELOPMENT RULES DO NOT PERMIT THESE STYLE OF DEVELOPMENTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. BUT WE HAVE ENDED UP WITH A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND TOWN THAT HAVE CREATED A CENTRAL COURTYARD LOOKING SPACE BETWEEN LOTS THAT USE EITHER ALLEYS OR SHARED DRIVEWAYS FOR ACCESS. YOU CAN SEE THE IMAGES IN THE SLIDE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OUR INTENT WITH PROVIDING RULES SPECIFICALLY FOR COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENTS IS TO HELP CREATE COMMUNITY AROUND GREEN SPACES FOR SMALLER HOME OPTIONS. THERE ARE SO MANY VARIATIONS FOR WHAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT COULD LOOK LIKE DEPENDING ON THE SITE AND THE DESIRED OUTCOME. ONE OF THE MAIN FEATURES IS OBVIOUSLY THE COURTYARD SPACE, WHICH COULD BE MORE THAN ONE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE PROPOSAL IS TO PLA THESE AS FEE SIMPLE LOTS THAT ARE LOCATED AROUND THE COURTYARD RESERVE. THE SITE MUST HAVE 50 FEET FRONTAGE AND A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, AND THE MAXIMUM DEATH REMAINS TO BE ONE 50 FEET. LOTS CANNOT, UM, LOTS CAN FRONT AND COURTYARDS OR RALLIES, COURTYARD ACCESS DRIVE, PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS OR THE PUBLIC STREET. HOWEVER, AT LEAST 50% OF THE LOTS WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT MUST FRONT ON THE MAIN COURTYARD OR THE STREET TO BE COUNTED AS A COURTYARD FACING LOTS. THE LOT SIZE MAXIMUM IS 3,500 SQUARE FEET AND THE UNIT SIZE MAXIMUM IS 1500 SQUARE FEET. FOR THESE DEVELOPMENT TYPES NUMBER, THERE IS NO LIMIT ON THE DENSITY REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, THERE IS MAXIMUM HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF 30 FEET. ALL COMMON AREAS MUST BE WITHIN A COMMON BINDING AGREEMENT WHEN THESE ARE PROPOSED. NEXT SLIDE. YEAH, THIS SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY. IN TERMS OF ACCESS, ALLEY ACCESS IS ENCOURAGED, UH, ESPECIALLY FOR CORONA CORNER PROPERTIES WITHIN AN ALLEY. THE ALLEY, UM, MUST BE USED FOR ACCESS AND IF IT'S NOT POSSIBLE, SIDE STREETS ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE ACCESS. UM, PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, UH, MUST BE PROVIDED FROM THE PARKING TO THE COURTYARDS AND ALSO TO THE PUBLIC STREET. UM, ONE 50 SQUARE FEET OF UM, COURTYARD SPACE IS REQUIRED PER LOT AND AT LEAST THE COURTYARD HAS TO BE AT LEAST 12 FEET WIDE. THE MAIN COURTYARD HAS A MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENT OF FOUR 80 SQUARE FEET, AND, UH, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN TWO OPPOSING UNITS ACROSS THE COURTYARD HAS TO BE 20 FEET MINIMUM. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IN TERMS OF BUILDING LINE, AGAIN, FIVE FOOT REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG LOCAL AND COLLECTIVE STREETS AND 15 FEET REDUCED BUILDING LINE FOR, UM, ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SAFETY FEET OR LESS UNITS ALONG THE STREET MUST FACE THE STREET. AND THEN AGAIN, THE ENTRY FEATURE THAT IS ONLY ON THE FIRST FLOOR CAN ENCROACH WITHIN THAT FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE. IF THERE IS ROOM FOR SIDEWALKS AND UTILITIES. IN TERMS OF [00:25:01] PARKING, IT'S ONE SPACE FOR THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR LESS UNITS SIZE AND TWO SPACES FOR UNITS THAT ARE GREATER THAN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. ONE GUEST PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY SIX UNITS. AND THE PARKING MUST BE LOCATED IN THE SIDE OR REAR OF THE PROPERTY, AND IT CAN BE DETACHED FROM THE UNITS. AND BECAUSE THERE IS A COMMON AGREEMENT. SO THERE IT'S LIKE A SHARED PARKING SPACE, UM, AND MARKET BASED PARKING RULES WILL BE ALLOWED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE THIRD ONE? QUESTIONS ON COURTYARD? YES. COMMISSIONER TAHIR. I'M CONFUSED. WHY IS THERE A LOT MAXIMUM SIZE OF 3,500 SQUARE FEET? THAT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE LARGE, UH, THE LOTS ARE NOT TOO LARGE. THIS IS, UH, DESIGNED TO ENCOURAGE MORE HOMES THAT ARE, UM, SMALL SCALE OR SMALL SIZE HOMES. THAT'S THE REASON WE ESTABLISHED A LOT. UH, SIZE LIMIT ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT AND IT'S THE MAXIMUM SIZE. OKAY. OKAY. BUT IF SOMEBODY HAS A BIGGER LOT AND THEY STILL WANT TO DEVELOP THIS COURTYARD STYLE, WHY STOP THEM? UM, YES, GO AHEAD. THE MAXIMUM SIZE OF THE LOT IS ONLY A HUNDRED FEET DEEP, 150 FEET DEEP. AND SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF HOMES CAN GO ON THIS SIZE LOT. IF THEY'VE GOT A LARGER LOT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 15,000 SQUARE FEET OR MORE, IT WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR THE COURTYARD. OKAY. UH, I, I THINK WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE SITE SIZE VERSUS THE LOTS WITHIN THE, SO THE PROPERTY SIZE CAN BE ANYTHING EXCEPT THERE IS A DEPTH REQUIREMENT WITHIN THAT PROPERTY. IF I HAVE A PROPERTY OF LET'S SAY 20,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT'S ONLY ONE 50 FEET DEEP, I CAN DEVELOP IT, UH, WITH COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENT. BUT WITHIN THE COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENT, THE INDIVIDUAL LOTS THAT I'M CREATING, THEY CANNOT BE LARGER THAN 3,400 SQUARE FEET. SO THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE ANYTHING. YEAH. GOT IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON COURTYARD? OKAY, LET'S PROCEED. OKAY, SO THE FOURTH ONE, THE LAST ONE, THE NEXT HOUSING TYPE THAT WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS IS CALLED NARROW LOTS. WE ARE DEFINING NARROW LOTS AS THOSE THAT PROPOSE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH LESS THAN 40 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON THE STREET. THESE NARROW LOTS CAN USE DIFFERENT FORMS OF ACCESS FROM A STREET DIRECT REGULAR ACCESS TO THE STREET, A COMBINED OR A SHARED DRIVEWAY APPROACH, OR UTILIZING AN EXISTING ALLEY. THESE TYPES OF HOMES ARE HAPPENING CITYWIDE IN NEARLY ALL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE RESTRICTIONS FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE OR LOT WIDTH. WITH THE CURRENT RULES, ONE OF THE MOST COMMON FORMS THAT WE ARE GETTING ARE NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS WITH MOST OFTEN A TWO CAR GARAGE AS THE ONLY FRONT OF THE HOME DUE TO THE NARROWNESS OF THE NEWLY CREATED LOTS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS HOW A STREET CAN, UH, CHANGE OVER A PERIOD OF TIME TO 11 YEARS WITH THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. THE INTENT IS TO ADDRESS THREE ISSUES, THE IMPACT OF THE CONTINUOUS DOUBLE WIDE DRIVEWAYS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE IMPACT OF THE CONTINUOUS DOUBLE WIDE DRIVEWAYS ONLY EIGHT TO 10 FEET APART ON CITY'S DRAINAGE, UH, EFFECTS THE CITY'S DRAINAGE CAPACITIES DUE TO THE CONSTANT BREAKS WITH SMALLER CULVERTS AND INADEQUATE DRAINAGE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, ANOTHER IS TO ADDRESS THE CONSTANT DISRUPTION OF SIDEWALKS AFFECTING WALKABILITY WITH DRIVEWAYS INCREASING THE PEDESTRIAN AND REGULAR CONFLICT POINTS AND CARS HANGING INTO THE SIDEWALKS. AND LAST IS TO ADDRESS THE CONSTANT DISRUPTION OF SIDEWALKS AND ON STREET PARKING. UM, SORRY. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN OCCUR ON NARROW LOTS, FRONT LOADING LOTS, FLAG LOTS, SHARED DRIVEWAYS AND ALLEY ACCESS LOTS QUICKLY FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THAT IF A LOT IS GOING TO BE SUBDIVIDED INTO TWO NARROW LOTS, THEN THEY MUST SHARE A, UM, DRIVEWAY APPROACH, WHICH CAN WIDEN OUT WITHIN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. THIS WILL REDUCE THE IMPACT OF OUR DRAINAGE FACILITIES, REDUCE THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS, AND WILL ALLOW FOR SOME ON STREET PARKING THAT CURRENTLY WE'RE NOT GETTING. THE OTHER OPTIONS ARE FLAG LOT DESIGN, SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESS AND ALLEY ACCESS LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OKAY, THIS ONE, HERE ARE THE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPOSED RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL PROPERTIES ABORTING AN ALLEY, CORNER OR MID BLOCK MUST TAKE LAR ACCESS [00:30:01] VIA AN THE ALLEY ALL CORNER PROPERTIES. ABORTING AN UNDEVELOPED ALLEY OR NO ALLEY LOTS CAN TAKE LAR ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY OR CAN TAKE ACCESS FROM THE SIDE STREET USING FLAG STAFF OR A SHARED DRIVEWAY OR A PAE, ALL MID BLOCK PROPERTIES ING UNDEVELOPED ALLEY OR NO ALLEY IF OR CREATING LOTS WIDER THAN 40 FEET. INDIVIDUAL DRIVEWAY ACCESS IS ALLOWED AS LONG AS AN UNOBSTRUCTED 22 FEET CURB SPACE IS MAINTAINED. AND IF CREATING LOTS LESS THAN 40 FEET WIDE, THERE IS TWO OPTIONS. LAR ACCESS VIA FLAGSTAFF OR SHARED DRIVEWAY OR PAE IS NEEDED OR LAR ACCESS VIA COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH IS ALLOWED FOR SITES THAT ARE 15,000 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE IS AN EXAMPLE TO SHOW HOW THE COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH LOOKS LIKE, ESPECIALLY IF THERE IS THREE LOTS WITH TWO THAT CAN SHARE. UM, USING ONE DRIVEWAY CUT AND THE THIRD LOT CAN HAVE ITS OWN 12 FEET DRIVEWAY THAT CAN FLARE UP WITHIN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE IS A SLIDE TO SHOW THE CURRENT DRIVEWAY DESIGNED FOR SIX LOTS ON A 15,000 SQUARE FEET PROPERTY AND WHAT IS PROPOSED WITH THE PROPOSED DESIGN. WE HAVE LESS IMPERVIOUS AREA WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE DETENTION CALCULATION FOR PRIVATE PROPERTY. 40, APPROXIMATELY 40 SQUARE FEET PER LOT IS ADDITIONAL AND SAVE TWO ON-STREET PARKING SPACES. SO THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE. AND IN THE NEXT SLIDE, LET'S LOOK AT HOW THESE PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS WILL FUNCTION IN A VIDEO. CAN WE PLAY THE VIDEO PLEASE? TETRIS? NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. OH, IT'S THE SAME VIDEO. OKAY, WE'LL MOVE ON. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE GO. OH, I THINK IT'S TAKING TIME TO LOAD. OKAY, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO FOR FRONT LOADING LOTS, UH, IN TERMS OF BUILDING LINE, IT'S 10 FEET BUILDING LINE AND PROPOSED 19 FEET GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR GARAGES THAT FACE THE STREET FOR LOTS WITH STREET, UM, STREET FACING GARAGES. ONE THIRD OF THE STRUCTURE ALONG THE STREET MUST BE OCCUPIABLE SPACE. THE OCCUPIABLE SPACE CAN BE WITHIN, UM, NINE FEET AHEAD OF THE GARAGE BUILDING LINE, OR FOUR FEET WITHIN FOUR FEET BEHIND THE GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR THE NARROW LOTS. THE COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH MAXIMUM WIDTH IS 24 FEET, BASICALLY 12 FEET ON EACH LOT WITH FOUR FEET CURVE RADIUS. INDIVIDUAL DRIVEWAYS FOR THE ODD LOT WILL BE 12 FEET WITH THE FOUR FEET RADIUS. AND IF NOT ABLE TO MEET THE ONE THIRD REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE NARROW, UM, NARROWNESS OF THE LOT, THEN FUNCTIONAL BALCONIES MUST BE PROVIDED ON THE SECOND FLOOR. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THAT SHOWS AN IMAGE OF HOW THAT ONE THIRD WILL WORK. IT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE DRAFT THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND IF THE LOTS ARE NARROW AND THAT ONE THIRD OOC SPACE IS NOT ACHIEVED, THEN THERE IS TWO OPTIONS. EITHER DO ONE CAR GARAGES WITH THE HOME FRONTING, OR WE CAN DO BALCONIES. ANOTHER OPTION WAS SUGGESTED INSTEAD OF BALCONIES IF WINDOWS CAN BE PROPOSED. WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. FOR SIDE AND REAR ROLLING LOTS UNITS ALONG THE STREET MUST PROVIDE AN ENTRY FEATURE FACING THE STREET. UM, AND FOR DEVELOPMENT WITH FLAG LOTS ACCESS WILL BE SHARED BY ALL LOTS THAT ABOUT THE STAFF. AND, UM, GARAGES IN, IN TERMS OF PARKING, ONE PARKING SPACE PER EVERY UNIT LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO 1500 SQUARE FEET AND TWO SPACES PER UNIT. IF THE UNITS ARE LARGER THAN 1500 SQUARE FEET, THIS IS ACROSS THE BOARD FOR [00:35:01] ALL SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. WE ARE REDUCING THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT BASED ON THE UNIT SIZE. UM, GUEST PARKING FOR ONE PER EVERY SIX UNITS, WHICH IS ALREADY PART OF THE ORDINANCE. IT'S NOT A CHANGE FOR SHARED DRIVEWAY AND PAE DEVELOPMENTS IN TERMS OF, UM, THE PARKING CAN BE DETACHED FROM THE UNITS AS LONG AS IT IS PART OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT. AND GUEST PARKING, UH, RESERVES MUST BE WITHIN THE PLAT BOUNDARY. SO THIS IS A CHANGE FROM WHAT THE ORDINANCE HAS TODAY. NEXT SLIDE IS SHOWING THE ENTRY FEATURE. I KEPT SAYING ENTRY FEATURE CAN ENCROACH INTO THE FIVE FOOT OR THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE. SO THIS IS HOW IT LOOKS IN TERMS OF THE ENCROACHMENT. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OR PROVISIONS, UM, TO HAVE THE LARGE STAKE, RARE ACCESS. SO NEXT SLIDE. YES. UM, INCREASED DENSITY OF UP TO 35 DWELLING UNITS PER AC ACRE. IF THE ACCESS IS COMING FROM THE SIDE OR REAR LOT WIDTH AND LOT SIZE AVERAGING WILL BE ALLOWED AND REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF FIVE FEET ALONG LOCAL AND COLLECTOR STREETS, 15 FEET ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, 80 FEET OR LESS. AND FLAG LOTS. THE MINIMUM, UH, THE WIDTH OF THE STAFF CAN BE AS SMALL AS 16 FEET AND IT MAY BE SPLIT EQUALLY AMONG ALL LOTS. UM, NEXT SLIDE IS SHOWING AN IMAGE OF, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS FROM THE ORDINANCE OF HOW THAT REDUCED BUILDING LINE WILL LOOK LIKE. WITH THAT, I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS ON THE FOURTH PIECE. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS ON NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENT. THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON AGAIN. YES, GO AHEAD. UM, GOING BACK TO YOUR FRONT LOADING LOTS WHERE YOU'RE, UH, PROPOSING A 19 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE, UH, I UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS TO TRY TO GET THE CARS BACK IF THEY'RE PARKING IN THE DRIVEWAY TO GET 'EM OUT OF THE WAY OF THE SIDEWALK. UM, YOU MAY WANNA RE-LOOK AT THAT. WE ARE IN TEXAS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVE TRUCKS AND THE AVERAGE TRUCK IS ABOUT 20 FEET LONG. SO I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING ANYTHING BY DOING 19 FEET WHEN WE KNOW THE NOSE OF A TRUCK IS GONNA HANG OVER INTO THE SIDEWALK. SO YOU MAY WANNA LOOK AT, NOT EVERYONE'S GONNA HAVE A SMALL CAR, THEY DO HAVE TRUCKS. THIS, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA DO ANYTHING. UM, THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENT NOTED. UH, WE CONSIDERED THAT 20 FEET AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE PARKING RESERVE SIZE REQUIREMENTS, THE PARKING RESERVE SIZE RIGHT NOW IS 19 FEET. SO THAT'S HOW WE SETTLED ON THE 19 FEET DEPTH. BUT THANK YOU, APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DALTON. ANYBODY ELSE? YES, COMMISSIONER JONES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR ONE. I THINK A COMMENT THE SECOND I'LL REFER TO IT AS IS YOUR MIC ON CAN IT'S LEAN IN? OH, SORRY. I'M SORRY. EXCUSE ME. IN THE SECOND I REFER TO IT AS THE INTERACTIVE SLIDE OF THE VEHICLE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY. IT SHOWS THAT THAT VEHICLE HAD TO USE THE OUTSIDE LANE OR THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE IN ORDER TO DO THAT. YES. THAT, UH, IF WE'RE SHOWING IT THAT WAY, TELLS ME THAT FROM A PRACTICAL STANDPOINT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT FROM YOUR OWN LANE. I'M JUST, JUST, AGAIN, THE OPTICS CLEARLY TELL ME THAT IN FACT YOU CAN'T MAKE THAT MANEUVER. UH, SECONDLY, I'LL SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE IN, IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT WORLD WITH, WITH BUILDERS. AND THIS IS IN, IN THE COUNTIES, BOTH HARRIS COUNTY, FORT BEND COUNTY, WHERE A BUILDER WOULD HAVE A THREE, UH, A, A TWO CAR GARAGE AND THEN A SINGLE CAR ADJACENT TO IT. AND THEY WOULD CREATE DRIVEWAYS VERY SIMILAR TO THIS. MORE TIMES THAN NOT THAT SPACE. AND IT'S DONE IN A CURVE, LINEAR, WE'RE SHOWING IT MORE IN VERY STRAIGHT LINES, TRIANGULAR SHAPE. WE'RE SEEING, I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS TIMES WHERE THAT SPACE OF GRASS BEING ABLE TO TRY TO MAKE THAT MANEUVER DOESN'T WORK. AND THE HOMEOWNER WILL EITHER BRICK OVER THE GRASS, THEY WILL CONCRETE THE GRASS, THEY WILL DO SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THAT MANEUVER IS TOO COMPLICATED BECAUSE IT BRINGS IN SO MANY DIFFERENT VARIABLES FROM LINE OF SIGHT PERSPECTIVE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER VEHICLE. IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, THE SIDEWALK, YOU KNOW, AND, AND STAYING ON THE DRIVEWAY THROUGH THAT JUST BRINGS IN JUST A LOT OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS VISUALLY AND TRIED TO MAKE THAT MANEUVER. AND THAT'S WHY I'VE SEEN WHERE BUILDERS ARE, I'D SAY PROBABLY JUST SIMPLY CUT COSTS A TWO LANE DRIVEWAY BEING 16 FEET WIDE AND RATHER THAN 24 OR 20, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE HOMEOWNER CUTS THAT THEY, THEY WILL PAVE THAT OVER, THEY WILL DO SOMETHING ELSE BECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZE IT'S VERY PRACTICAL WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO. AND, AND THEY JUST DO IT. AND I'D SAY, YOU KNOW, THE NEIGHBORHOODS [00:40:01] ACCEPT ALL OF THAT. SO I REALLY WISH THAT WE WOULD TAKE A SECOND LOOK, YOU KNOW, A DEEPER LOOK AT THE WHOLE IDEA OF THIS WHOLE SHARED DRIVEWAY WITH TWO UNITS FRONTING THE SAME STREET. I JUST DON'T KNOW. AND I FIRMLY DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THAT'S GOING TO WORK. I THINK IT'S GONNA CREATE COMPLICATIONS WITH YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. UH, IT'S GONNA KIND COMPLICATIONS WITH ONCOMING TRAFFIC AS WELL. AND NOT JUST VEHICULAR TRAFFIC, BUT ALSO PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC. WE HAVE TO BE VERY COGNIZANT, YOU KNOW, OF, OF THAT THREE DIMENSIONS AND, YOU KNOW, IN YOUR REAR VIEW MIRROR, YOU CAN'T DO THAT. SO I THINK WE, I JUST CAUTION THAT WE, WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT BEFORE WE DECIDE WE WANT TO GO FORWARD TOO FAR. THANK YOU. GOT IT. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND ABOUT THE NESS THAT WE DRAW. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ANGLED THAT WAY. IT CAN JUST FLARE UP AS SOON AS YOU ENTER THE PROPERTY. IT'S JUST FOR THE DESIGNING. HOW CAN WE KEEP IT AS NARROW AS POSSIBLE? AND STILL THE MAKE, MAKE THE PARKING WORK WAS THE INTENTION OF CREATING THEM IN AN ANGULAR FASHION, BUT THEY CAN, AS SOON AS THE PROPERTY ENTERS, THEY CAN FLARE UP. TODAY WE HAVE A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF THE ONES THAT FLARE UP AS SOON AS THEY ENTER THE PROPERTY. BUT COMMENTS WELL TAKEN. WE WILL, UH, CONSIDER YOUR COMMENTS. YES. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. UM, ONLY COMMENT I HAVE RELATED TO THE SHARED FRONT DRIVEWAYS IS WHEN THE UNITS ARE DETACHED, THERE COULD POTENTIALLY BE INDIVIDUAL OWNERSHIP AND THOSE DRIVEWAYS NOT BE DEVELOPED AT THE SAME TIME WHEN THEY'RE ATTACHED. THAT WOULD INCLINE TO BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. SO I THINK THERE WOULD NEED TO BE A CAVEAT OR SOMETHING IF THEY ARE DEVELOPED INDIVIDUALLY THAT MAYBE, UM, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY WORK. IF I MAY ANSWER THAT QUESTION, IF THERE IS SEPARATE OWNERSHIP, THEN THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO PLANT THE PROPERTY AS TWO INDIVIDUAL LOTS IN THE FORM OF A FLAG LOT DESIGN. SO THE A DU OR THE SECOND DWELLING UNIT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, IT'S ONLY FOR RENTAL PURPOSES. IT, THE PURPOSE IS NOT TO, UM, SELL THE BACK PROPERTY AND CUT OUT BY MEETS AND BOUNDS. SO THERE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THE SHARED DRIVEWAY. OKAY. IF THOSE UNITS ARE SEPARATED MM-HMM . THEY COULD BE SEPARATE OWNERSHIP AND DEVELOPED SEPARATELY, WHICH SHARING A LOT A DRIVEWAY, A SINGLE OPENING WOULD COMPLICATE THAT PROJECT. GOT IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT'S JUST A CAVEAT FOR SEPARATE OWNERSHIP OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I SEE. THANK YOU. SURE. COMMISSIONER NELSON. YEAH, I, I CERTAINLY WOULD YIELD TO COMMISSIONER JONES AND OTHERS ABOUT THEIR EXPERTISE AT THE DRIVEWAYS AND THE ANGLES AND THE TRAFFIC. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT THE PRELIMINARY SLIDES, IT APPEARS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO APPROACH, UH, PARKING AND STREET CUTS AND FLOODING. THOSE ARE THE BIG THREE AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN SITTING AT THIS TASK . SO I WOULD LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, JUST STRESS THAT IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, THAT THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO PUT INPUT INTO THIS PROCESS SO THAT WE FIGURE OUT SOMETHING TO DO THAT'S DIFFERENT FROM TODAY. THANK YOU. POINT WELL TAKEN. WE'RE YES. COMMISSIONER TAHIR ON THESE ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS. UH, MAYBE FOR THE, FOR OUR ATTORNEY, HOW WOULD THAT AFFECT EXISTING DEED RESTRICTIONS IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T, THAT ONLY ALLOW SINGLE FAMILY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ON A NEW LOT, THEY BUILT A UNIT, WHICH IS NOW ALLOWED TO BE A DU MM-HMM . YEAH. THIS IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT OR ALTER DEED RESTRICTIONS IN ANY WAY. CITY ORDINANCES CANNOT DO THAT. SO SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY ARE STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS. IT MAY DEPEND ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NEIGHBORHOOD BASIS WHAT TERMS ARE USED IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR HOW EXACTLY THAT'S WORDED. BUT YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE ANTICIPATED THAT, THAT, THAT QUESTION WILL COME UP FREQUENTLY, UM, IN IN, IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS DIRECTOR, WALLACE BROWN. BUT I ALSO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT SAVITA WAS CLEAR IN WHAT SHE SAID, THAT WHAT WE'RE, WE ARE NOT IN FACT CREATING A NEW OPPORTUNITY FOR ADU THAT DIDN'T EXIST BEFORE. CURRENTLY THE DEFINITION OF A SINGLE FAMILY UNIT INCLUDES TWO UNITS ON A LOT. THE ONLY CHANGE THAT WE ARE MAKING IS TO THE SIZE AND THE PARKING REQUIRED FOR IT. ANY OTHER? YES. COMMISSIONER CLARK, I'M GONNA APOLOGIZE FOR MY VOICE, UH, BEFORE I START. SO IF IT BREAKS UP, I'M SORRY. FIRST I WANNA SAY AS CO-CHAIR OF THIS COMMITTEE, IT'S BEEN A LONG TWO AND A HALF YEARS, BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT OF HARD WORK BY STAFF AND, AND THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF THAT. UM, THE MU THE AUXILIARY DWELLING UNITS, PARDON ME IN THE COURTYARDS. [00:45:02] GREAT WORK. I THINK WE'RE GONNA BE PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME GOOD PRODUCTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON THE NARROW LOTS. AND, UM, YOU GUYS DON'T THROW DARTS AT ME, . UM, I REALLY WANNA GET BEHIND THEM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE I CAN GET BEHIND THE PROPOSED CHANGES. I KNOW WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, UM, AND I THINK WE CAN FIND A BETTER BUILT PRODUCT, BUT I DON'T THINK THIS IS IT. UM, I HAVE CONCERNS LIKE COMMISSIONER, UM, JONES SAID, WHEN IT SHOWS THAT CAR HAVING TO GO IN THE OTHER LANE, WHICH PROBABLY HAS CARS, WHICH PROBABLY HAS GARBAGE CANS AND RECYCLING BINS, HOW DO YOU DO THAT? UM, ONE OF OUR GOALS HAS BEEN FOR SAFETY OF PEDESTRIANS, WHICH IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. IF I'M PULLING STRAIGHT OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I CAN SEE THAT PEDESTRIAN OR THAT BICYCLE RIDER, THAT SKATEBOARDER COMING PRETTY, PRETTY WELL. I'VE GOT GOOD VISION IF I'M NOW WORRIED ABOUT A CAR IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVE, 'CAUSE IT'S COMBINED. SO I'VE GOT A CAR HERE I'M TRYING TO PULL OUTTA HERE. I'M TRYING TO COME AT AN ANGLE, WHETHER IT'S SLANTED OR IT'S CURVED. I'M NOW LOOKING OVER MY SHOULDERS TRYING NOT TO HIT THE DITCH THAT I'M BESIDE OR HIT THE CAR THAT I'M BESIDE. AND I FEEL LIKE THAT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER THIS SAFETY QUESTION BECAUSE NOW MY EYES ARE OFF OF THE PEDESTRIAN AND THEY'RE ON, 'CAUSE I LIVED IN ONE OF THESE UNITS WITH A, AN OPEN DITCH AND I ALWAYS WORRIED ABOUT DON'T GO OFF THE SIDE IN THE DITCH. UM, AND THAT WAS A STRAIGHT DRIVEWAY. SO I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. UM, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THIS BEING, UH, TAKEN OUT INTO THE ETJ. I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS PRODUCT WORKS IN THE ETJ. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE IT A LITTLE MORE TIME. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANY COMMENTS FROM ANY OF THE COUNTIES ON HOW THIS WORKS WITHIN THEIR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS. SO I THINK THAT WE NEED TO HAVE SOME TIME FOR THAT. AND I KNOW WE HAVE 30 DAYS IF WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME, UM, WITH THE REQUIREMENT OF THE ONE THIRD ON THE NARROW LOTS. ONE THIRD BEING YOUR, UM, ENTRYWAY, UH, AND WINDOWS. IF YOU CAN'T MEET THAT, IF YOU MEET THAT, IT'S NOW YOU HAVE A ONE CAR GARAGE. IT'S NOT A PRODUCT THAT I FOUND TO BE VERY POPULAR IN HOUSTON. IF WE DON'T MEET IT, WE WANT A DOUBLE GARAGE. WE HAVE TO DO A BALCONY, YOU KNOW, IT'S 150 DEGREES OUT HERE IN THE SUMMER, STARTING FROM MAY TO NOVEMBER, THOSE BALCONIES ARE NOT USED MUCH 'CAUSE THE HEAT, HEAT JUST BURNS YOU OUT. I THINK THAT SOMEONE HAD MADE A SUGGESTION THAT COULD WE USE WINDOWS INSTEAD OF BALCONY? I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER THAT. I THINK THAT'S A BETTER OPTION. UM, YOU KNOW, I IT SOUNDS LIKE I COULD JUST GO ON FOREVER AND I'M GONNA TRY NOT TO GO ON FOREVER. UM, WITH THE, UH, NARROW LOTS AND SAYING THAT WE HAVE A PARKING SPACE NOW, WE'VE CREATED A PARKING SPACE ON THE ROAD. THAT MAY BE TRUE, BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN IT'S 18 TO 20 FOOT WIDE ROADWAY AND PARKING, NO PARKING SIGNS HAVE TO GO ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. SO THAT'S A CONCERN. I'M NOT SURE WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING CARE OF WHAT WE WERE TRYING INTENDING TO TAKE CARE OF. AND THEN FOR THE ALLEY ACCESS, UM, I'VE ASKED, SO I KNOW IT'S IN THE RECORD, I KNOW OTHERS HAVE ASKED THAT. IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOMEONE THAT DOES THAT PRODUCT AND FORCE THEM TO DO AN ALLEY, IT SHOULD ONLY BE AN ALLEY THAT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCEPTED BY THE CITY FOR MAINTENANCE. UM, AND SO I'LL STOP THERE AND LET EVERYBODY ELSE COMMENT. BUT SAVITA, I DO APPRECIATE ALL THE HARD WORK YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS. I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE CONCENTRATED ON THIS FOR AN EXTREMELY LONG TIME AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT. SO I KNOW I'M ALWAYS THE MOST VOCAL. UM, BUT THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE APPRECIATION FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE. THANKS, COMMISSIONER CLARK. WE KNOW YOUR COMMENTS ARE BASED ON YEARS AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE BUILDING HOUSES. SO WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND JUST FOR EVERYBODY, WE KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS ON THIS TO WORK OUT WITH THE COUNTIES. WE HAVE WORK TO DO WITH PUBLIC WORKS. UM, BUT YOU, WE CAN'T GO FORWARD UNLESS WE START SOMEWHERE. SO THAT, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. THIS ISN'T, WE'RE NOT VOTING ON THIS. WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC. WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM YOU GUYS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE AT LEAST 30 DAYS AND POSSIBLY MORE IF WE NEED IT TO KIND OF WORK OUT SOME OF THIS STUFF. UM, WE DID THE, THE REASON FOR THE LIVABLE PLACES COMMITTEE, FRANKLY, WAS TO FIX THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY LOSING ITS RIGHT OF WAY, LOSING ITS PEDESTRIAN REALM, LOSING ITS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT ITS PERMEABLE COVER OR YOU KNOW, THE STUFF THAT SINKS INTO THE GROUND IMPER ANYWAY. AND, AND WE WANNA FIX THAT. AND THAT SEEMS TO BE SORT OF THIS, THE STICKING POINT IN ALL OF THIS, BUT WE'RE GONNA FIGURE OUT A WAY TO FIX IT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. SO COMMISSIONER CLARK, JUST [00:50:01] ONE MORE COMMENT. YOU KNOW, AND I'LL SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE INDUSTRY. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LONG TIME, 37 YEARS, SO I DO HAVE A LITTLE, A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE BEHIND ME. AND I'M, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ANY FIXING ANY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TALKING ABOUT, BUT I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE SOLUTION YET. AND I KNOW WE HAVE 30 DAYS. I'M NOT SURE 30 DAYS IS ENOUGH TIME. UM, WHEN WE DO THIS, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO IT RIGHT AND WE DON'T CREATE ANOTHER SITUATION WHERE WE SAY, OH MY GOSH, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT. UM, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO AVOID. YEAH, WE UNDERSTAND. BUT I, BUT I APPRECIATE IT. WE UNDERSTAND. OKAY. MORE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, I JUST HAVE A, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL THE DIFFERENT, UM, TYPES OF CONCEPTS OR NEW TYPE OF HOUSING, UM, THEY VARY A LITTLE BIT. MM-HMM . HOW DID YOU COME UP WITH THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR? UM, GENERALLY IT IS A 1500 SQUARE FEET IS, UH, WE ESTABLISHED THAT AS THE SIZE OF A SMALL HOME, WHICH CAN HAVE ANYWHERE FROM TWO TO THREE BEDROOMS. UM, AND ANYTHING LARGER THAN THAT, WE ARE PROPOSING THAT THE PARKING WOULD BE TWO SPACES PER UNIT IF IT'S LARGER EXCEPT FOR COURTYARDS. WE ESTABLISHED THE, UM, NUMBER AT THOUSAND SQUARE FEET BECAUSE THE IDEA OF COURTYARD HOMES IS LIKE SMALL COTTAGE HOMES AROUND LIKE TINY HOMES SURROUNDED AROUND THE GREEN SPACE. SO IN THAT DESIGN, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOMES ARE SMALLER AND NOT TOO LARGE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HAVING ANY DENSITY LIMIT, ANY LOT SIZE LIMIT, LOT WIDTH LIMIT. SO THAT'S WHY WE WANNA MAKE SURE THOSE HOMES REMAIN SMALL. AND FOR ADUS, UM, THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, RIGHT NOW IT'S 900, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR LESS TO HAVE NO ADDITIONAL PARKING BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY TWO ON SITE AND ANYTHING LARGER THAN THAT CAN BE ALLOWED AS LONG AS THEY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING. SO THAT'S THE OVERALL PICTURE. OKAY. AND, AND THEN ANOTHER JUST GENERAL COMMENT THAT, UM, VERY MINOR WHEN I WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AND THE, THERE WAS A TABLE THAT TALKED ABOUT, AND I ASSUME IT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE, UM, TALKED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. ANYWAY, IT TALKED ABOUT MU MM-HMM . AND I DID NOT SEE THAT DEFINED ANYWHERE BEFORE IT WAS IN THE TABLE. I, I THINK IS WHERE IT WAS IN THE TABLE FIRST. IT, IT'S OKAY. SO AND, AND IF IT IS, THEN I JUST MISSED IT AND THAT'S FINE. I THOUGHT MAYBE DEFINITIONS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THAT'S JUST LIKE A MINOR. IS IT DEFINED? IT'S ALREADY DEFINED. WHEN WE DID THE RESIDENTIAL BUFFERING ORDINANCE, WE ALREADY DEFINED MU AS THREE TO EIGHT UNITS. SO IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE ORDINANCE. OH, IT'S NOT IN THE REVISION. IT'S OH, OKAY. EXISTING. WE'RE AHEAD OF YOU ON THAT ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, CITY COUNCIL JUST APPROVED THOSE. SO IT, IT'S ALREADY IN CHAPTER 42. THAT WAS A TRICK. , WE SNUCK IT IN. SEE HOW, HOW CAREFULLY YOU . GOOD. GOOD CATCH THOUGH. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? NO. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, THEN I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH NO, WE'RE NOT. OKAY. DOING WHAT? THE LAST PIECE IS THE MARKET BASED PARKING, LIKE I SAID, WE WILL TALK ABOUT IT AT THE END. SO WE ARE PROPOSING REDUCED PARKING MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS NEAR HIGH FREQUENCY TRANSIT AND HIGH COMFORT BIKE FACILITIES TO MAKE BUILDING THESE HOME TYPES MORE AFFORDABLE. UM, THIS ONLY MEANS THAT CITY WON'T REQUIRE PARKING MINIMUMS NEAR TRANSIT SERVED AREAS. PEOPLE WILL BE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE PARKING BASED ON THE MARKET NEEDS. THIS WOULD PROVIDE ALTERNATIVES FOR THOSE IN THAT GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC IN HOUSTON OF ONE CAR OR NO CAR HOUSEHOLDS, EITHER BY CHOICE OR BY NECESSITY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE IS A MAP, UM, THAT SHOWS THE AREAS WE ARE PROPOSING THAT FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF ANY OF THE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED TILES, THAT WHEN A PROPERTY IS WITHIN HALF MILE OF RAIL STATIONS, HIGH FREQUENCY BUS STOPS, BLUE ROUTE STOPS THAT ARE WITHIN OPPORTUNITY ZONES PARK AND RIDE AND TRANSIT STATIONS. AND IF, UH, ONE AND QUARTER MILE FROM HIGH COMFORT BIKE PATHS, UM, THEN THERE IS NO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FROM THE CITY. SO THIS IS THE MAP SHOWING THE ENTIRE CITY WITH THOSE, UH, HIGHLIGHTED AREAS WHERE THERE WON'T BE ANY CITY MINIMUM. WITH THAT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE COMMENT PERIOD AS WE OPEN THE COMMENT PERIOD ON LET'S TALK HOUSTON. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UM, WE HAVE A SURVEY THAT IS AVAILABLE, WHICH I THINK IS ALSO GOING AROUND IN THE BACK. UH, THE SURVEY IS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC TO FILL OUT AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK AS WELL AS, UH, THE ORDINANCE RED LINE IS AVAILABLE ON THE WEBSITE TO GIVE COMMENTS. IF THERE ARE ANY COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WISH FOR US TO COME AND SPEAK TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, YOU [00:55:01] CAN CONTACT ME, S BANDI@HOUSTONTX.GOV OR CALL OUR NUMBER AT (832) 393-6600. AND THE NEXT STEPS ARE THE 30 DAY COMMENT PERIOD THAT ENDS ON APRIL 16TH. WITH THAT, I TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK ALL OF THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND ESPECIALLY THE LEADERSHIP. THANK YOU. UM, MS. CLARK AND MR. GARZA WAS AMAZING WORKING ON THE COMMITTEE AND THANK YOU SAVITA. YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB AND, AND A TWO YEARS OF WORK YES. TO, TO GET TO WHERE WE ARE NOW. FIVE YEARS OF WORKING TWO YEARS . YEAH, EXACTLY. IT'S AMAZING YOU DON'T HAVE MORE GRAY HAIR, . YEAH, EXACTLY. UM, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD. OH, I JUST HAVE ANOTHER QUICK COMMENT OF THE MAP THAT WAS SHOWN FOR THE, UM, NO PARKING MINIMUMS. MM-HMM . AND SINCE WE'VE BEEN DEALING WITH JUST RESIDENTIAL, I ASSUME THAT MAP DEALS WITH JUST RESIDENTIAL AND WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ALL TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. YES. WE ARE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE FOUR TYPES THAT WE DISCUSSED TODAY. WE'LL BE ABLE TO USE THE, UM, ZERO MINIMUMS WITHIN THOSE BLUE AREAS. GOTCHA. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED, UH, CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS IS OPEN. WE HAVE PROBABLY AN HOUR'S WORTH OF SPEAKERS. I'M JUST GONNA TELL EVERYBODY I'M GO. SPEAKERS ARE LIMITED TO, TO TWO MINUTES. AND I AM ASKING MS. GEISER TO PLEASE DO A, A BELL OR, UH, RAISE YOUR HAND OR SOME WAY TO DON'T, DON'T. WE'RE GONNA ENFORCE, ENFORCE THE, THE LIMITS BECAUSE WE HAVE SO MANY. OKAY. OUR FIRST SPEAKER, AND I'M TRYING TO CALL ON THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE ROOM FIRST. UM, WE HAVE VIRTUAL AND IN PERSON, BUT I'LL DO MY BEST. MIKE BERGER, WHO WAS A VALUABLE MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. YES, I'M ON THE COMMITTEE. DON'T START MY TIME YET. NOT THERE. HERE, . OKAY. AND YOUR TIME STARTS WHEN YOU GET UP HERE. OKAY. OKAY. GO. YOU READY? YES. OKAY. UM, WE AGREE WITH G I'M MIKE BERGER. I'M REPRESENTING GHBM, THE PRESIDENT OF THIS YEAR, ALSO SAND CASTLE HOMES, AND I WAS ON THE LIVABLE PLACES COMMITTEE FOR THE LAST TWO AND A HALF YEARS. UM, THE LIVABLE PLACES WEBSITE TALKS ABOUT ALL THESE DIFFERENT UNITS, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS TO BUILD HOUSES AND STUFF THAT HOUSTON, THAT SEEMED TO BE THE CRUX OF IT, INCLUDING THE, UH, UH, THING WE'RE DOING HERE. WHEN YOU SAW THE WAREHOUSES, TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO BUILD. I'M IN AGREEING WITH MOST OF THESE THINGS. NOT THAT I MAY BUILD SOME OF THOSE, BUT I, I'LL START THINKING ABOUT IT. SO THERE'S A GOOD THING. UM, I'M REALLY FOCUSING ON THE NARROW LOT STUFF. NARROW LOTS. UH, WHILE WE'RE SAYING IT WAS IN THE LIVABLE PLACES, IT'S NOT ON THE WEBSITE SAYING WE'RE HERE TO PICK ON LIVABLE, ON NARROW LOTS. I DUNNO WHERE THE 40 FOOT CAME FROM. IT JUST CAME OUTTA MAGIC OF A 40 FOOT. THE STANDARD LOT INSIDE THE CITY. INSIDE LOOP SIX 10 AND FURTHER OUT IS 25 FOOT WIDE. THEY'RE ALL OVER THE PLACE. HEIGHTS, SHADY ACRES, DA DA DA, ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHERE BUILDERS STARTED BUILDING. THEY STARTED TAKING 50 FOOT LOTS, WHICH IS THE SECOND MOST COMMON SIZE AND SPLITTING 'EM IN TWO. AND, UH, IT'S THE EXAMPLE THEY GIVE ON THIS COMMON DRIVE. THAT'S THE WORST THING. THIS COMMON DRIVEWAY. IT'S NOT MARKETABLE. PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA BUY THIS. PEOPLE ARE NOT GONNA LIVE ON ON A DRIVEWAY LIKE THAT. AS, UH, LISA, MS. CLARK SAID, YOU'RE GONNA HIT SOMEBODY. I I SENT YOU AROUND A PICTURE SHOWS WHAT TODAY'S STANDARD IS, AND ON THE LEFT IS, AND IT SHOWS A CAR KIND OF MOVING IN THERE. AND WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY PRODUCE THE VIDEO TOO. BUT THAT VIDEO WAS GREAT. IT SHOWS YOU WHAT YOU'RE, IT'S UNSAFE IF YOU TRY TRYING TO BACK OUT OF THAT DRIVEWAY SPACE ON, YOU KNOW, ON THE LEFT SIDE, ON THE LEFT SIDE DRAWING, YOU'RE GONNA BE WORRIED ABOUT HITTING YOUR OWN CAR IF YOU CAN EVEN GET PAST IT. BECAUSE A TYPICAL CAR IS 5.75 FEET WIDE. EVEN THE SMALL ONES ARE 4.75. YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING THIS 10 POINT TURN TRYING TO GET AROUND. RAN. UH, MR. JONES IS CORRECT. THEY'RE GONNA FILL IT IN WITH CONCRETE. WE ARE SUGGESTING WE'RE ALL ABOUT COMPROMISE. YOU KNOW, WE, WE SEE THE STUFF HERE. WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE DETENTION. WE'RE SAYING PUT A 12 FOOT DRIVEWAY IN THE MIDDLE FOR EACH. EACH ONE CAN HAVE THEIR OWN 12 FOOT DRIVEWAY. IT'LL GO OFF TWO FEET AND TWO FEET. NOW YOU DON'T LOSE A PARKING PLACE BECAUSE THE DRAWING HAS SHOWN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. BY BY PLANNING YOU LOSE A PARKING SPACE. SO WE'RE TAKING TWO PARKING PLACES AWAY TRYING TO FIT 'EM ON THE STREET. AND AS YOU GO AROUND THE CITY AND I DID A MAP FOR SAVITA YOUR TIME'S UP. GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP. ALRIGHT, SORRY. UM, NO, NO. PARKING SIGNS ARE EVERYWHERE. ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD'S FULL. NO PARKING SIGNS. THANK YOU. OKAY. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOUR WORK. OKAY, SECOND, MARIAN WRIGHT, W-R-I-G-H-T. HI. HI. I'M HERE. UM, SAME THING. I ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. ALL OF THE THINGS PUBLIC WORKS HAS NOT GOTTEN THIS MESSAGE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY. I UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE FIRST STOP. WE NEED TO BE IN SWEATY GYMS WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN ALL SPEAK TOGETHER. I KNOW THAT THE PUBLIC, UM, WORKS, HAS HAD A PROBLEM LATELY AND SAYS, OH, WE'RE TRYING TO NOT DO MEETINGS IN SWEATY GYMS. THAT'S WHERE WE NEED TO BE. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT THIS. WE DO NOT HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE TO GET RID OF [01:00:01] PARKING REQUIREMENTS. WE JUST DON'T. WE NEED SIDEWALKS. WE NEED PLACES. WE NEED PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. WE DON'T HAVE THAT UNTIL WE HAVE SIDEWALKS. AND I SUGGEST SIDEWALKS ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WHERE BUSES ARE WOULD BE A GOOD PLACE TO START. WE NEED TO START THERE. EVERYWHERE. THEY'RE PUTTING BIKE LANES, THEY'RE TAKEN AWAY PARKING. SO WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PARKING BEING TAKEN AWAY. I'M DEPENDENT ON YOU, MR. BILL BALDWIN, BECAUSE YOU'RE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND YOU PROMISED ME THAT YOU WILL GET THE FIRE STATION OUT OF THE PLACES FOR US TO HAVE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO DO. I TRIED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE WILL HEIGHTS CIVIC ASSOCIATION. THEY WANNA GIVE THEM 10 MINUTES OF A VIRTUAL MEETING. THIS ISN'T GONNA WORK IN 10 MINUTES OF A VIRTUAL MEETING. AND I WANT ALL OF YOU TO LISTEN TO MARKET BASED PARKING. IT'S BAD ENOUGH. THEY'RE PLANNING ON TRYING TO TAKE AWAY PARKING AND NARROW IT. BUT EVERYWHERE THAT WAS BLUE, THEY WANNA HAVE NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS. OKAY, THINK ABOUT THAT. REALLY LET THAT SINK IN. 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE BIKE LANES POPPING UP EVERYWHERE, BECAUSE IF IT'S WITHIN A FOURTH MILE OF A BIKE LANE, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S A GOOD BIKE LANE OR A BAD BIKE LANE, THEY CAN DO THIS. SO WE REALLY NEED TO HAVE THIS ALL COLU WORKING TOGETHER. AND MS. MARGARET BROWN SAID THAT HER DAUGHTER LIVES TIME EXPIRED. SO GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP PLEASE. JUST THAT HER DAUGHTER LIVES IN TOM BALL AND WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO THE CITY AND TO, WE ALL HAVE CHILDREN THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS. LET'S DO IT THE RIGHT WAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. UH, RICHARD MAZANO, M-A-Z-Z-A-R-I-N-O. UH, HI EVERYONE. SO, UM, MIKE ACTUALLY HIT ON QUITE A FEW POINTS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. I'VE BEEN BUILDING HOUSES IN HOUSTON FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW. WE BUILD BIG HOUSES, SMALL HOUSES, COMMON DRIVEWAY HOUSES, NARROW LOT HOUSES, REMODELS, EVERYTHING. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT HOUSTON IS IT'S A VERY MARKET-BASED ECONOMY. WE BUILD WHAT WE BELIEVE IS GONNA SELL AND WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE THE ECONOMY FORWARD, BUT PUTTING MORE RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD. LANDOWNERS ARE ALSO GONNA HAVE TO TAKE A HAIRCUT. THE REASON WE'RE NOT BUILDING FOUR PLEXES ANYMORE IS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE. THE ONLY WAY TO MAKE THEM ECONOMICALLY VIABLE IS THROUGH SUBSIDIES. OR YOU ASK THE LAND SELLERS TO TAKE A HAIRCUT. I THINK THE CITIZENS ARE GONNA HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH THAT. UM, WE ALL SAW THE VIDEO, UM, PULLING OUT OF THE Y SHAPED DRIVEWAY. UH, THE FIRST VIDEO, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY BANGED INTO THE GARAGE. AND I HOPE Y'ALL ARE BETTER DRIVERS THAN ME, UM, BECAUSE I'LL END UP IN A DITCH. UM, MR. JONES BROUGHT UP THE SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL. WHEN YOU'RE ANGLING YOUR CAR AND YOU'RE BACKING OUT, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THE DRIVEWAY. ONLY YOU'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE DITCH. YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT YOUR MIRROR, YOUR SIDE MIRRORS. YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE SEEING THE SKATEBOARDER RIDING BY THE BIKE, RIDING BY THE PERSON WALKING THEIR DOG RIDING, RIDING BY WITH HEADPHONES ON. UM, UM, THE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO BRING UP AS WELL IS IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO PUSH MORE CARS INTO THE STREET. I LIVE ON A STREET WHERE THERE ARE A LOT OF COMMON DRIVEWAY PROJECTS. THE STREET IS FLOODED WITH CARS ALL THE TIME. CITY ORDINANCE SAYS YOU CAN ONLY PARK YOUR CAR IN A PUBLIC STREET FOR 24 HOURS OR LESS BEFORE IT'S SUBJECT TO TOW AND TICKETING. NOBODY SEEMS TO CARE ABOUT THAT AT ALL. OUR STREET IS SO CONGESTED THAT IN THE MORNING YOU'RE KIND OF PLAYING FROGGER, JUMPING IN AND OUTTA CARS BECAUSE WHEN THERE'S TWO CARS ON EACH SIDE, ONE CAR ON EACH SIDE OF THE STREET, TWO CARS CANNOT PASS EACH OTHER DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, YOU HAVE ONE CAR COMING THROUGH, YOU SEE ANOTHER CAR SITTING AT THE END WAITING FOR THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO JUMP IN. AND IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH MORE CARS INTO THE STREET NOW. THAT WAY. MORE CARS ON THE STREET INVITES MORE CAR THIEVES, INVITES MORE CAR PARTS THIEVES AS WELL. SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM IN OUR CITY IS AUTO THEFT. BY HAVING THESE CARS PARKED ON THE STREET AWAY FROM THE HOMES THAT THEY BELONG TO, YOU'RE GOING TO GET MORE NEFARIOUS CHARACTERS APPROACHING THESE CARS THAT ARE, THE HOUSE IS WAY DOWN THE STREET AND THERE'S NOBODY OUT THERE TO WATCH THE CAR. THANKS SO MUCH. YOUR TIME'S UP, BUT GO AHEAD. IF YOU WANNA JUST WRAP UP. UM, THE LAST PART AS WELL, THIS GOT BROUGHT UP EARLIER, WAS THE ALLEY ACCESS. UM, WE HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OF Y'ALL ON A TOUR. THE NON-CONFORMING ALLEYS IN THE CITY OR THE NON ACCEPTED ALLEYS ARE AN ABSOLUTE MESS. OKAY. THEY'RE OVERGROWN. THERE'S STRUCTURES BUILT IN THEM, THERE'S FENCES, THEY'RE UNUSABLE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOU, YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. UH, CRYSTAL CASEY, C-A-S-E-Y. HI, I'M CRYSTAL CASEY WITH, UH, UNICORN SERVICE SOLUTIONS. WE DO PERMIT MANAGEMENT AND COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT. SO PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROCESSES THAT GO AROUND TRYING TO PERMIT THINGS, ESPECIALLY THE ALLEYWAYS. I'M ALSO A THIRD GENERATION HEIGHTS HOUSTONIAN. UM, THE ALLEY, THAT'S ONE OF MY BIGGER CONCERNS. WE'VE ACTUALLY HAD PROJECTS THAT TAKE OVER A YEAR. IT COSTS TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO THE HOMEOWNER. PUBLIC WORKS DOESN'T HAVE A STANDARD BY WHICH THEY REQUIRE THE ALLEYS, SO THEY CHANGE THEIR MIND OFTEN. AND SO UNTIL THERE'S A, UM, A DEFINITION OUT OF PUBLIC WORKS THAT GIVES US THE INFORMATION WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE ALLEYS. I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT PART. [01:05:01] UM, I DO WANNA SAY I LOVE A LOT OF WHAT YOU'RE DOING. I THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. UM, THE MULTIPLE UNITS AND BEING ABLE TO USE IRC CODE IS HUGE FOR CREATING MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN OUR CITY. THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS FOR ME, UM, THAT IS MY MOM HAS BEEN A REAL ESTATE BROKER FOR 35 YEARS. IT'S NOT A PRODUCT I THINK THAT'S SELLABLE RIGHT NOW. I DON'T THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE MARKET WANTS. IT ALSO CREATES A SAFETY BARRIER. UM, I'M A BIG BIKER AND WALKER, UM, AND NOT JUST FOR RECREATION, BUT ALSO FOR TRANSPORTATION. AND I JUST SEE THIS CAUSING A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND SAFETY ISSUES AS WELL AS THE CITY ORDINANCE. 26 DASH 93 STATES THAT YOU CANNOT PARK ON THE STREET FOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS. AND SO I SEE THERE BEING A LOT MORE STREET PARKING, UM, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND WHERE I WORK AND WHERE I LIVE. I JUST THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE REALLY, THE NARROW LOT ISSUE REALLY NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT A LITTLE BIT HARDER BEFORE YOU MAKE A DECISION. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANKS FOR BEING HERE. UH, STEPHANIE GOLDSBY, G-O-L-D-S-B-Y. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS STEPHANIE GOLDSBY. I'M THE FOUNDER OF A COMPANY CALLED URBAN CRAFTSMAN. I DO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING AND DEVELOPMENT IN TOWN INSIDE THE CITY OF HOUSTON. I HAVE A NUMBER OF CONCERNS RELATED, ESPECIALLY TO THE NARROW LOTS AS WELL AS THE PROPOSED, UM, COMBINED DRIVEWAYS. STRICTLY FROM A MARKET DRIVEN STANDPOINT, THIS IS NOT A GOOD THING. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THE, THE A SLIDE THAT WAS SHOWN HAD PICTURES OF, AND I SPECIFICALLY, I BELIEVE THEY'RE IN THE HEIGHTS AREA, PICTURES OF THE WAY THINGS ARE AND THE WAY WE WANT THEM TO LOOK. WELL, I CAN TELL YOU THE PRODUCT, THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW IS ABOUT HALF THE PRICE MARKET WISE OF WHAT WE WANT THINGS TO LOOK LIKE. THAT IS A CONCERN FOR US BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS. UM, OVERALL, I KNOW I LOVE THE WORK THAT THE LIVABLE PLACES, UM, ORGANIZ, UH, THE GROUP IS DOING. I BELIEVE IN THAT WORK. AND I, I ALSO BELIEVE IN MAKING AND BUILDING MORE OPTIONS FOR OUR CITIZENS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE PROPOSED CHANGES RELATED TO NARROW LOTS AND THE COMBINED DRIVEWAYS JUST DO NOT MAKE SENSE FROM AN AFFORDABILITY STANDPOINT. THANK YOU. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. UH, TOMORROW BELL. BELL. HELLO. OKAY, BEFORE I SPEAK, I'M ALREADY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON STAFFLER TERRACE. YOU'VE GIVEN US TWO MINUTES. THIS IS NOT GONNA COUNT AS MY TWO MINUTES FOR THE TWO. MAKE SURE BEFORE I BEGIN. OKAY? YEP. AND, AND I WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO CAME BEFORE ME BECAUSE UNTIL DIRECTOR WALLACE CAME TO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ON MONDAY, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. AND I CAN APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO DIS JUSTIFY SO YOU CAN INCREASE AFFORDABLE HOMES IN HOUSTON. BUT WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO PEARL LAND? THE WOODLANDS AND SUGAR LANDS? 'CAUSE THEY DON'T WANT THIS. I KNOW. WE DON'T WANT IT IN MCGREGOR. AND IT WAS SCARY UNTIL THE ATTORNEY MENTIONED THAT THIS WILL NOT SUPERSEDE YOUR DESCRIPTION OF WHAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS. 'CAUSE IN MY COMMUNITY, THIS AIN'T IT. IT AIN'T THIS. OKAY. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT ON STREET PARKING, EITHER YOU DON'T LIVE BY WASHINGTON AVENUE OR YOU DON'T LIVE BY DIXIE, WHERE WE LIVE, WHERE THE PEOPLE PARK ALL NIGHT WHILE THEY CLUBBING ALL NIGHT, AND THEN THEY STILL SLEEP IN THE DAY MM-HMM . SO YOU CAN'T EVEN GET OUTTA YOUR DRIVEWAY. SO WHEN YOU SAY NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS, AND I SAW ME ON THERE, I SAW ME IN THE BLUE UP THERE, YOU ABOUT TO SCARE THE CRAP OUT OF US BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUILD ANYTHING AND SAY YOU DON'T HAVE NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY WHERE IF YOU PARK OVER 24 HOURS, YOU COMMIT A CRIME. THIS JUST CANNOT BE CONSIDERED. YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT, I APPRECIATE ALL THAT. BUT DENSIFICATION WITHOUT THE INCLUDED INFRASTRUCTURE LEADS TO DISASTER. AND I DON'T SEE ANYWHERE IN ANY DEVELOPMENT WHERE YOU ALL MAKE SURE THE DEVELOPMENT HAS THE QUALIFIED INFRASTRUCTURE. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT DENSIFICATION LIKE THIS, IT IS TRULY ALARMING. PLEASE GET THIS OUT TO THE PUBLIC SO YOU CAN GET EVERYBODY'S TRUE OPINION OF THIS AND MAKE SURE HARD RIDDEN COURT CAN'T BE STOPPED. THIS DOES NOT SAY THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THAT CAN GO INTO WHAT DEED RESTRICTIONS CAN HORRIFY SINGLE FAMILY. 'CAUSE IN 1938, THIS AIN'T WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. BELL KNOW YOU'LL HELP US GET THE WORD OUT. OKAY. UH, SPENCER HUCK. HUCK. MR. HUCK. MR. HUCK. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? OH, OKAY. YOU ALL HEAR ME? WHERE ARE YOU? IT'S A VIRTUAL. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ON VIRTUAL. GO RIGHT AHEAD. OH, IF I CAN LINK, UH, HI, HOW'S IT GOING? MY NAME IS SPENCER HUCK. I'M A REAL ESTATE AGENT, UM, THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES IN NEW CONSTRUCTION REPRESENTING BUYERS AND SELLERS AS WELL AS, UH, LAND ACQUISITION FOR DEVELOPERS. UM, SO I THINK A BIG THING THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE BEFORE [01:10:01] HAVE MENTIONED TO ME IS THE MARKETABILITY OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS AND THE SAFETY OF THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS. UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE THINGS THAT Y'ALL ARE AGAINST RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE, YOU KNOW, THE NARROW LOTS OR THE, THE FRONT LOADERS AS, AS WE CALL THEM, THE CONSUMER IN HOUSTON, THEY ACTUALLY REALLY LOVE THESE. THEY DO NOT LOVE THE COMMON DRIVEWAY PROJECTS. IF YOU LOOK AT ANY OF SALES OF HOMES, IT'S SIGNIFICANTLY HARDER TO SELL THOSE HOMES. AND IF YOU WANNA PUSH THEM OUT, YOU KNOW THAT BACK ALLEYWAY INSTEAD. AGAIN, THAT BRINGS UP STEPHANIE'S POINT OF AFFORDABILITY. IT IS VERY, VERY HARD WITH LAND OWNERS AND, YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES TO HAVE THE BACK ALLEYWAYS BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT RICHARD MARINO BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS THAT THEY'RE NOT MAINTAINED. AND THAT IS ON THE DEVELOPER TO, TO PUT THE COST. AND IT REALLY MAKES THE AFFORDABILITY ASPECT FOR THE END CONSUMER, WHICH IS THIS, WHAT THIS WHOLE THING'S ABOUT, RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT THE END CONSUMERS AND THE WALKABILITY AND THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY FOR THE LIVABLE PLACES. AND TO ME, THE CURRENT PLAN THAT'S SET UP DOES NOT HIT THOSE POINTS THAT I FEEL THAT WERE HIT WHEN IT COMES TO THE NARROW LOTS. OKAY. THANKS. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? YEP, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIC HEITZ, H-Y-M-O-W-I-T-Z. ERIC HEITZ. THANK YOU. THIS IS ERIC. UM, I JUST WANNA VOICE MY, UH, OPPOSITION TO THE, UM, PUSHING ALL THE PARKING OUT ONTO THE STREET. I KNOW THAT IF, UM, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ON THE COMMISSION WERE TO PARK ON SOME OF THE STREETS THAT I'M THINKING OF, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T BE TOO HAPPY THE WAY THEIR CAR LOOKED THE NEXT DAY. AND, UM, THERE, THERE'S JUST A, I, I GUESS I'M KIND OF ECHOING THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE EARLIER. UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THE PICTURES THAT ARE SHOWN IN THE PRESENTATION DON'T SHOW CARS LINED UP AND DOWN THE STREET, WHICH IS MORE REALITY. YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY WAS, THEY WERE TAKING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, BUT TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY, THERE'S CARS ALL OVER THE PLACE. AND, UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS ON A LOT OF THESE STREETS, UM, THEY DON'T FARE TOO WELL. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. UH, MARI UH, MAIRA DIAZ, M-A-I-R-A-D-I-A-Z. MAYOR DIAZ DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. PETER FRIEDMAN, PETER WAS A MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE. HELLO PETER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK ON THE COMMITTEE. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU ALL. AND, UH, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME THANK ALL THE OTHER COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. A LOT OF WORK HAS GONE INTO THIS. I APPRECIATE IT. UM, UH, BEING A MEMBER ON THIS, UH, WE'VE GONE OVER A LOT OF THESE THINGS IN DETAIL AND I, I LOVE ALL THE DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES. LEMME START OFF THERE. UM, THE ADUS, MUR, THE COURTYARD DEVELOPMENTS, I THINK IT'S, IT'S NEEDED IN HOUSTON. IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S BEING DONE IN ALL THESE OTHER CITIES ALREADY, AND IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO KIND OF CATCH UP ON. UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UH, THAT'S SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO, TO HAVE, UM, A LOT MORE OPTIONS AND A LOT MORE, UH, ARROWS IN THE QUIVER. AND THAT THAT'S DEFINITELY GONNA HELP OUT. UM, ON THE NARROW LOTS. THERE'S A, A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON IT. I LIVE IN AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE OPEN DITCH AND NARROW STREETS, AND IT MAKES IT VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR STREET PARKING. SO I, I ECHO THOSE, THOSE CONCERNS. UM, I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF THE COMMON DRIVEWAY AND THE REAR LOADING, UM, FOR THE HOMES. I THINK THAT DOES GIVE SOME OPTIONS THERE BECAUSE OF THE, UH, THE DIFFERENT SETBACK RULES AND STUFF THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT. BUT, UH, REALLY, I, I, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF, A LOT OF GOOD THINGS IN, IN THIS, INCLUDING THE PARKING RULES ON SOME OF THESE DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPES. I THINK IT THAT WILL HELP, UH, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO ADUS AND SOME OF THESE OTHER, UM, ADD-ONS TO, UH, TO EXISTING LOTS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE SOLUTIONS FOR THE FUTURE. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU PETER. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR WORK ON THE COMMITTEE. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AMY TO TO MS, TO HELLO? YES, I'M HERE. YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. HI. SO, UH, MY NAME'S AMY AND, UH, MY FAMILY AND I, WE LIVE IN THE HEIGHTS AREA AND WE'RE ACTUALLY CONSIDERING SELLING TO POSSIBLY PURCHASE A NEW BUILD. AND I'VE BEEN TALKING TO A FEW LOCAL BUILDERS AND UP UNTIL I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THESE PROPOSALS. HONESTLY, THE CITY LOOKS VERY GOOD TO ME RIGHT NOW. 'CAUSE IN ORDER FOR US TO WANT TO STAY IN THE CITY, MY FAMILY AND I WOULD PREFER TO NOT HAVE TO MOVE INTO A SHARED DRIVEWAY COMMUNITY OR EVEN A Y SHOOT COMMUNITY. IT'S JUST NOT PRACTICAL FOR GROWING FAMILIES. AND, YOU KNOW, MY FAMILY IS GROWING EVERY SINGLE DAY. SO I THINK THAT, UM, THAT THESE SHARED DRIVING COMMUNITIES ARE ALSO A LOT MORE ISOLATED AND SEEM TO BE [01:15:01] IN A NEIGHBORHOOD TO ITSELF WITH NO INVOLVEMENT TO THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I ALSO JUST WANNA EMPHASIZE ON THE CONSTANT ISSUE OF THE SHARED DRIVEWAY CAUSING THE STREETS LINE WITH CARS DAY IN AND DAY, NOT IN DAY OUT, WHICH ULTIMATELY DECREASED VISIBILITY IN MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL MORE CLUTTERED. UM, AND THEN THE LAST THING I JUST WANTED TO MENTION WAS THAT I TOO ALSO DRIVE A LARGER VEHICLE WITH SLIGHTLY BIGGER TIRES. SO THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS, ESPECIALLY THE Y SHAPED ONES, ARE JUST NOT FUNCTIONAL FOR ME OR A LOT OF MY NEIGHBORS. SO THAT'S ALL. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. UM, DOUG, THANK YOU. DOUG THORPE, T-H-O-R-P-E. MR. THORPE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. KIM HA HA KIM HA NOT PRESENT. UH, SEAN MASSEK. M-A-S-S-O-C-K. HI, I'M SEAN. MASS. GO RIGHT AHEAD, . THANK YOU. UM, SO I'VE BEEN A COMMITTEE MEMBER AS WELL FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, AND ALSO I'M THE PRINCIPAL AT SEVEN GEN PLANNING WITH 32 YEARS OF PLANNING EXPERIENCE ACROSS THE COUNTRY. SO THE THINGS I'M LIKED OUT OF WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING HERE AND WHAT'S COME OUT IS THIS MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING THAT'S NOT BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW. UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE OF THE ORDINANCES. UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF FOCUS HAS BEEN ON STREETS SCAPE, WALKABILITY, AND LIVABILITY OF THESE PRODUCTS OPPORTUNITIES AND, UH, BARELY KIND OF PIECE BY PIECE THE MIXED USE RESIDE OR MULTI RESIDENTIAL UNIT. THERE IS A WAY TO PROVIDE MULTIPLE UNITS IN A RESIDENTIAL SCALE BUILDING. IT'S A GREAT AND MIXED USE TYPE PROJECTS TO TRANSITION FROM A COMMERCIAL OR A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY. KINDA BUFFERING THE SINGLE FAMILY FROM THE HIGHER USES COURTYARD DEVELOPMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, BEEN SEEING THOSE, ESPECIALLY IN MY AUSTIN AREA FOR OVER 20 YEARS NOW. AND THEN WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THOSE IS BRINGING THE OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE DENSER DEVELOPMENTS, NOT JUST ON THE OUTSIDE EDGES, WHICH IS INCREASING RESIDENTS WELLBEING ON THE NARROW LOTS. UM, YOU KNOW, STREET SAFETY WITH THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS DOES REDUCE THOSE INTERSECTIONS. I DO HEAR EVERYBODY'S CONCERNS THERE. UM, JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A 19 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE MINIMUM DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE HOMES CAN'T BE FURTHER BACK. I KNOW THAT'S MORE CONCRETE, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT COULD PROVIDE FOR BETTER ACCESS AND MANEUVERABILITY THROUGH THERE. UM, BUT THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS DO PROVIDE LESS VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN INTERACTION OPPORTUNITIES AND A BETTER AESTHETICS OF THE STREETSCAPE. UM, ESPECIALLY IF THERE'S NO PARKING ON THE STREETS. AND THEN, UH, THE EASY TRACKS ARE IN THE CITY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL GONE. UM, THESE CHANGES ALLOW FOR BETTER FLEXIBILITY DEVELOPMENT PARCELS WITH A VARIETY OF MARKET DEMAND, HOUSING SIZES AND COSTS. AND LASTLY ON THAT, MARKETABILITY, JUST BECAUSE IT'S ALLOWABLE DOESN'T, AND NOT MARKETABLE TODAY DOESN'T MEAN THAT ONE DAY IT MAY NOT BE A PRODUCT OR A MARKET THAT IS ONE THAT DESIRED BY BUYERS. RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. MASSEK. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND THANK YOU TOO FOR YOUR WORK ON THE COMMITTEE. YOU'RE WELCOME. UM, UH, DIANA MELENDEZ, M-E-L-E-N-D-E-Z. UH, HI. HI. GO RIGHT AHEAD. UH, THANK YOU. UM, SO MY NAME IS DIANA MELENDEZ AND I'M ACTUALLY CURRENTLY LOOKING FOR A HOME, A NEW HOME FOR ME AND MY FAMILY. UM, MY REALTOR ACTUALLY DID EXPLAIN THIS NEW PROPOSAL, AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S JUST NOT GOING TO WORK FOR US. UM, LIKE OTHERS MENTIONED, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE A TRUCK OURSELVES, AND WE STRUGGLE WITH A TWO CAR DRIVEWAY RIGHT NOW. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE A SHARED DRIVEWAY LIKE THIS IS JUST NOT GOING TO WORK. UM, COMING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY OURSELVES, YOU KNOW, WE STRUGGLE WITH ON PARKING, STREET PARKING, UM, DRIVEWAYS ARE JUST NEED TO BE A TWO CAR NORMAL DRIVEWAY FOR US. THAT'S JUST GONNA WORK FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES. TO BE HONEST. OUR FAMILY IS GROWING AS WELL, AND THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE, THAT NEEDS TO CONTINUE TO, UM, BE BUILT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. MS. MELENDEZ. TAYLOR BECKER. B-E-C-K-E-R. TAYLOR? YES. HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GREAT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING THE TIME TODAY. SO I JUST WANTED TO JOIN ON BECAUSE I LIVE OVER IN INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS. UM, A COUPLE YEARS AGO I BOUGHT A HOME IN A COMMON DRIVEWAY, SHARED DRIVEWAY COMMUNITY. UM, AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY IT WAS THE WORST DECISION, UH, I HAVE EVER MADE. UH, SO I AM ACTIVELY LOOKING FOR A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY, SINGLE FAMILY HOME IN THE CITY. AND WHEN THIS WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, I ONLY THOUGHT IT WAS, UM, APPROPRIATE [01:20:01] FOR ME TO EXPRESS MY, MY CONCERNS. AND NOT ONLY IN WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED, UH, YOU KNOW, IN MY, IN MY CURRENT, UH, RESIDENCE, BUT, BUT JUST IN GENERAL, THE IMAGES I WAS SHOWN WITH THE Y SHAPED DRIVEWAY. I, I DON'T SEE HOW THAT IS GONNA WORK FOR ANYBODY WHO HAS BIGGER THAN A TINY CAR THAT IT JUST, IT DOESN'T, ESPECIALLY WITH ANYBODY WHO HAS CHILDREN AND HAS TO HAVE A MID-SIZE SUV, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, IT'S JUST, IT'S NOT QUITE SUSTAINABLE. UM, BUT I LIVE IN A SHARED DRIVEWAY COMMUNITY WHERE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO CARS, YOU HAVE TO PARK OUTSIDE THE GATE AND ON THE STREETS. AND THE AMOUNT OF BREAK-INS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH, AND THE LACK OF VISIBILITY ON THE STREET WHEN YOU'RE WALKING WITH YOUR DOG OR YOUR CHILD AND ANYONE TURNING THE CORNER WHO CAN'T SEE YOU BECAUSE OF ALL THE CARS PARKED ON THE STREET. IT'S, IT'S SO NOT SAFE AND IT IS NOT A SUSTAINABLE WAY OF LIFE. AND THE LAST THING I WANT TO DO IS ENCOURAGE THE GROWTH OF COMMUNITIES LIKE THESE WHERE WE ARE SO ISOLATED IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE IN, BECAUSE WE ARE, WE ARE GATED AND WE'RE SHUT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE ALL THESE CARS PARKED ON THE STREET WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE SO OPEN TO CRIME IN, IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT JUST, IT NEEDLESS TO SAY, I, I AM NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THIS INITIATIVE, AND I DO NOT THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE ANY GROWTH IN TERMS OF SHARED DRIVEWAY COMMUNITIES OR COMMUNITIES WHERE WE'RE SO OPEN TO CRIME AND, AND LACK OF COMMUNITY. THANK FOR, THANK YOU. YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. CRYSTAL LOPEZ, L-O-P-E-Z. HI. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. HELLO. THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. UM, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL LOPEZ AND, UM, MYSELF AND MY FAMILY CURRENTLY LIVE IN THE TIMBER GROVE AREA OF HOUSTON. AND, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT HAS BROUGHT THIS PROPOSAL UP TO US AND ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS, AND I WANTED TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION. UM, WE, IN THE TERRY, UH, TIMBER GROVE AND LAZY BROOK AREA, WE'VE SEEN THESE LARGE COMMUNITY, UM, SORRY, LARGE SHARED DRIVEWAYS COMMUNITIES BEING DEVELOPED IN OUR, UM, COMMUNITY. AND WE DEFINITELY OPPOSE AGAINST THEM. UM, THE PARKING IN THE STREET HAS GOTTEN OUTTA HAND, UM, NOT BEING ABLE TO REVERSE FROM YOUR DRIVEWAY. IT, I MEAN, NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE IN THE STREET TURNING INTO DRIVEWAYS. I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA WORK FOR US. UM, WE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD PREFER PRIVATE DRIVEWAYS, UM, TO CONTINUE BEING BUILT IN OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UM, THANK YOU. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDY MORRIS, M-O-R-R-I-S, AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS LINDY MORRIS. MY NAME IS MORRIS SENIOR PLANNER WITH CGES BAILEY PLANNING, A BOUTIQUE PLANNING FIRM FOUNDED BY PLANNERS FROM FOR HOUSTONIANS. WE ARE 100% IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE HARD WORK FROM STAFF AND THE ORDINANCE CHANGES OF THE LIVABLE PLACES ORDINANCE. OUR FIRM SUPPORTS DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPOLOGY OPTIONS AND INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENTS FOR OUR CLIENTS AND ALL HOUSTON HOUSTONIANS AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO LEAD THE NATIONAL HOUSING MARKET. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, ZION ESCOBAR, E-S-C-O-B-A-R? YES, SIR. OKAY. ZION ESCOBAR ALSO A COMMITTEE MEMBER? NO. OKAY. AND, UH, JASON GUS GUSTAFSON, G-U-S-T-A-F-S-O-N. I'M JASON GUSTAFSON. UM, WE'RE INVOLVED IN REAL ESTATE IN AND AROUND HOUSTON, DEVELOPING BUILDING HOUSES. UM, ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE GHBA, UH, WE ARE IN SERVICE OF THAT END CONSUMER, THAT HARDWORKING HOUSTONIAN. WE TRY TO DELIVER AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT THEY ACTUALLY DESIRE. UH, WE GOT A LOT OF GOOD, THE NEAT PICTURES, THE, WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE. IT KIND OF REMINDS ME WHEN I WALK THROUGH FIRST CLASS ON, UH, AIRLINES ON MY FLIGHT, ON MY WAY BACK TO COACH. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO BE IN THE FRONT, BUT I'M IN THE BACK. THAT'S WHAT WORKS FOR ME. . UM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE TRY TO DELIVER IS WHAT, WHAT WORKS FOR THE HOUSTONIANS. UH, WE'D ALL LIKE SOME UTOPIA OUT THERE, BUT NOT EVERYBODY CAN AFFORD THAT ON THE NARROW LOTS. YOU HAVE THE, UH, THE SHARED DRIVEWAY ISSUE WE TALKED ABOUT, I THINK ONE OF THE GUYS THAT SAID HE IS 31 YEARS IN PLANNING. THE NUMBER OF PEDESTRIAN VEHICLE INTERACTIONS, I BELIEVE WAS A WORD. REALLY DOESN'T CHANGE. SAME AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE COMING IN AND OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY NOW. THEY'RE JUST DOING IT. AS COMMISSIONER CLARK SAID, LOOKING OVER THEIR SHOULDER. UM, I'VE BEEN HIT BY A CAR WHEN I WAS ON A BIKE. I GOT A SCAR ON MY FACE, HAD A FRIEND WALKING NEXT TO ME HIT BY A CAR, [01:25:01] HE DIED. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I TAKE LIGHTLY, THE SAFETY. UM, AND I WONDER IF YOU'RE REALLY MODELING THE, THE TRUE TURNING RADIUS OF THOSE CARS. I THINK THE GRAPHIC WE SAW LOOKED LIKE IT WAS JUST A VECTOR GRAPHIC, DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A REAL TURNING RADIUS WITH REAL WHEELS ON THE FRONT OF THE CAR. IT ALSO DIDN'T HAVE THE CAR THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO BUY BACK, THAT 20 FOOT SPACE. YOU CAN GET A CAR ON THE STREET. SO YOU'D ALREADY BE WAY OUT PROBABLY HITTING THAT CAR. THOSE EXTRA CARS MAKE IT HARDER TO SEE PEDESTRIANS. NOT EASIER. UH, A CLEAR SIGHT LINE WITH NO CARS ON THE STREETS, A LOT SAFER THAN CARS CHECKERBOARDED AROUND. UM, USUALLY IT'S UP TO THE PEDESTRIAN. BUT WE KNOW WHAT WE CARE ABOUT MOST IS OUR KIDS. THEY'RE GONNA BE RIDING THEIR SKATEBOARDS. THEY'RE GONNA BE WALKING, THEY'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT SOMETHING ELSE. THEIR PHONES, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THE PERSON IN THAT CAR IS THE NUMBER ONE DEFENSE AGAINST HITTING A PEDESTRIAN. AND IF YOU GOT 'EM BACKING OUT AT WEIRD ANGLES TO SAVE A LITTLE DETENTION, THERE'S OTHER WAYS TO SOLVE DETENTION. WE ALL KNOW IT. WE CAN ALL DO IT. WE, WE CAN DO THAT ANOTHER WAY. UM, AND I, THE PARKING ON THE STREET SEEMS LIKE A, A GOOD THING TO AVOID INSTEAD OF TRY TO GET MORE OF THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. I FOCUS ON THAT SAFETY, YOUR TIME'S UP. BUT DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? YEP. JUST FOCUS ON SAFETY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, TOM HUGHES, H-U-G-H-E-S, TOM HUGHES. YES. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, YEAH, AS THE GENTLEMAN JUST SAID, THE GRAPHIC SHOWN THE CAR ENTERING THE DRIVEWAY, THAT TO BE REALISTIC, YOU NEED TO SHOW CARS IN EVERY AVAILABLE PARKING SPOT IN, ON THE STREET. AND SO THAT WILL, LIKE, HE, THAT WILL INCREASE THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING IN THERE. AND THEN ALSO, YOU BECOME SUBJECT TO WHETHER OR NOT YOUR, HOW BIG YOUR NEIGHBOR'S CAR IS, IF THEY HAVE AN OVERSIZED CAR, AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY'VE PULLED ALL THE WAY UP TO, YOU KNOW, UP AGAINST THEIR, THEIR GARAGE. SO NOW YOU HAVE YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU NOW HAVE A POTENTIAL NEIGHBOR CHALLENGE THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH. UM, I, SO THOSE ARE KIND OF MY TWO MAIN POINTS I GETTING NAVIGATING INTO THOSE DRIVEWAYS. AND THEN, UH, WHEN YOU'RE GONNA BACK OUT, YOU KNOW, I, I JUST DON'T SEE THAT AS BEING FEASIBLE. I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYBODY MENTION THAT THEY'RE BEHIND THIS. UM, SO ANYWAY, I, I GUESS THAT'S THE EXTENT OF MY CONVERSATIONS. I DON'T THINK THAT GRAPHIC WAS REALISTIC. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. HUGHES. UM, THEN, UH, MIGUEL SOLOMON, S-A-L-O-M-O-N. MIGUEL? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. UH, I'M A REAL ESTATE BROKER. I SPECIALIZE IN THE INNER CITY AREA. I'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS, UH, FOR, UH, CLOSE TO 30 YEARS. WE'VE BEEN, UH, REALLY SELLING INNER CITY REAL ESTATE, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON REALLY THE TOWN HOME TYPE PRODUCT, THE NARROW LOT, UH, PRODUCT THAT YOU REFER TO, UH, FOR MOST OF THAT TIME. UH, AND I THINK, UH, AS WE'VE HEARD FROM LOTS OF PEOPLE, BOTH BUILDERS, UH, AND, AND RESIDENTS, PEOPLE WHO LIVE, WORK IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, I THINK THE, WHAT'S FAILED HERE IS TO GET THE INPUT FROM THE POPULATION, FROM THE, UH, CONSTITUENTS WHO, WHO LIVE AND, AND WANNA LIVE IN THESE PLACES. UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN TODAY'S WORLD, PEOPLE DON'T WANT SHARED DRIVES. THEY WANT, UH, PRIVATE DRIVES. THAT ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES WHERE WE LIVE IN A CITY WHERE, UH, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A CAR. WE DON'T HAVE A GREAT MASS TRANSIT LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, WASHINGTON DC AND NEW YORK CITY. WE, WE NEED CARS AND WE NEED PLACES TO PARK 'EM. UH, THIS SHARED DRIVE IDEA, UH, THE, THE EFFECT THAT IT HAS AT THE END OF THE DAY IS FOR, FOR THOSE TWO HOMES THAT ARE SHARING A DRIVEWAY, YOU'VE ELIMINATED FOUR PARKING SPACES. AND THOSE PEOPLE, THEIR GUESTS ARE BEING PUSHED ONTO THE STREET. UH, MANY OF THESE STREETS ARE NO PARKING STREETS. UM, AND, AND, UM, AND MAYBE YOU GAIN ONE, MAYBE AT THE MOST TWO STREET PARKING PLACES BY ELIMINATING FOUR PRIVATE PARKING SPACES, UM, YOU'RE NOT ALLEVIATING THE PARKING PROBLEM AT ALL. AND THAT IS NOT WHAT THE PEOPLE WANT. THAT IS NOT WHAT THE CUSTOMERS WANT. THE, THE, THE DATA SHOWS THAT, UH, JUST IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UM, I I, I PULLED SOME DATA YESTERDAY JUST TO SEE WHAT THE LAST FIVE YEARS SHOWS AND THE PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE BUYING, UH, TWO STORY HOMES HAS DOUBLED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS IN AREA 16, WHICH IS RICE MILITARY, UH, WEST END, UH, VARIOUS AREAS. I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED. GO. CAN YOU WRAP UP VERY QUICKLY? YEAH. AND, [01:30:01] AND SIMILAR, UH, IN AREA NINE, WHICH IS THE HEIGHTS, GREATER HEIGHTS, SHADY ACRES, UH, PEOPLE WANT PARKING. IT'S SAFER IF THEY PARK ON THEIR PROPERTY, WHERE THEIR VEHICLES ARE BEING GUARDED BY THEIR NEST CAMS, THEIR, THEIR VIDEO DOORBELLS. UM, THANKS VERY MUCH. SO, SO YOU NEED TO LISTEN TO THE CONSTITUENTS. OKAY. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. UM, THE FINAL SPEAKER IS KIM HA, WHO I CALLED BEFORE, BUT SHE HAD MIC PROBLEMS. MS. HA, KIM HA. OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OKAY. UM, MY NAME IS KIM. UH, I LIVE IN TIMBER GROVE AREA. AND THIS MATTER WAS BROUGHT UP TO ME BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND I KIND OF WANTED TO SPEAK AGAINST IT. I AM NOT FOR THOSE NARROW DRIVEWAYS. IT WILL DEFINITELY CAUSE A FLOOD OF CARS, UM, PARKED IN THE STREET. UM, I HAVE A FOUR-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER, AND I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF HER RIDING DOWN, UH, HER RIDING HER BICYCLE DOWN THE STREET KNOWING THAT IT, YOU, YOU'RE GETTING BLIND SPOTS LEFT AND RIGHT, NOT KNOWING WHERE CARS ARE COMING IN DUE TO ALL THOSE PARKED CARS IN THE STREETS. I'M, I'M JUST NOT, IT'S JUST NOT SAFE TO ME. AND KNOWING PEDESTRIANS CAN GET HIT OR ACCIDENTS CAUSED HAPPENING. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. THANKS VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS. I HAVE SIGNED UP. DO WE HAVE ANY NEW PEOPLE IN THE CHAT? PAUL LA NATOS. SPELL IT PLEASE. L-A-M-N-A-T-O-S. YES. OKAY. ARE YOU PRESENT, PAUL? UH, YES, MA'AM. I AM. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. WONDERFUL. SO I, I LIVE IN THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS. UH, I HAVE A WIFE, THREE CHILDREN, AND THE SHARED PARKING IDEA, I'M JUST VERY AGAINST IT. UH, IT'S ALREADY HARD ENOUGH, UH, TO DRIVE IN THE HEIGHTS AND JUST THE ADDITIONAL, THE ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ARE JUST, THEY'RE VERY, UH, VERY FRIGHTENING, UH, TO PUT IT LIGHTLY. SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S MY COMMENT. UM, I'M AGAINST THE SHARED PARKING, AND THANK YOU FOR MY TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? I'D LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING. JUST A MOMENT, MA'AM. ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? JOE DUNHAM, D-U-N-H-A-M. OKAY. JOE DUNHAM, D-U-N-H-A-M. HI, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE, I REGISTERED EARLIER ON THE, THE APPLICATION, SO I GUESS THOSE, YOU DIDN'T GET THAT LIST OF PEOPLE. UM, BUT, UH, THIS DEFINITELY HAS, IS SOMETHING THAT SNUCK UP ON PEOPLE. I'M A HOMEOWNER. I WORK IN THE, UM, THE CITY. I HAVE A SMALL BUSINESS, ALSO HAVE A NEW 16-YEAR-OLD DRIVER. UM, SO, UH, THE THOUGHT OF SHARING A DRIVEWAY WITH, WITH MY NEIGHBORS WOULD BE HORRIBLE. UM, SOMEONE USED THE WORD DRIVEWAY MANEUVERING, YOU KNOW, UM, GOOD LORD, YOU COME HOME, YOU'VE GOT A MILLION THINGS ON YOUR MIND, YOU HAVE TO PARK PERFECT. MOST OF US DON'T DO THAT, LET ALONE, AGAIN, A 16-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AND THEIR FRIENDS COMING OVER. UM, NOT ONLY THE, THE, THE COMPLICATIONS WITH EVERYBODY, I'M, I'M ALSO EQUALLY WORRIED ABOUT THE SAFETY. UM, AGAIN, WE ALL HAVE ENOUGH ON OUR MINDS, UM, TO BE WORRIED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ANGLES. AND IF WE CAN SEE, ONE LADY WAS TALKING ABOUT, IF YOU'RE WALKING AROUND, ALL THESE CARS PARKED ON THE STREET, IF YOU COULD EVEN SEE AROUND THEM. I, I'VE SEEN SO MANY, SO MANY PEOPLE, UM, UH, WALKING AROUND MY, MY PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THAT, I LIVE ON A STREET, UM, WHERE WE JUST DID THIS. I LIVE ON WAKEFIELD, I'LL THROW THAT OUT THERE. AND THEY JUST DID HUGE IMPROVEMENTS TO OUR STREET, MAKING IT, UM, ALL SPACIOUS AND OPEN AND NEW SIDEWALKS. BUT THEN THEY CAME IN AND MADE ONE WHOLE SIDE OF OUR STREET, NO PARKING. SO THE THOUGHT OF IF THAT WE DID THESE WIDE SHAPED DRIVEWAYS ON OUR STREET, IT WOULD BE A NIGHTMARE. IT'S OUR STREET'S ALREADY PACKED ENOUGH. UM, I DON'T LIKE THE THOUGHT OF MOVING CARS, HOMEOWNERS CARS, TO HAVE TO PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR OWN PROPERTY, UH, BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY, PEOPLE BREAKING IN. UM, DANGEROUS THINGS GETTING HIT. AND I ALSO WANTED, THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WAS SOMEBODY ELSE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY CALLED IT FROGGER. I CALL IT PLANNED CHICKEN. IT'S CRAZY WHAT PEOPLE DO THROUGHOUT THE HEIGHTS. FOUR PEOPLE PARKED ON THE SIDE. YOU ACTUALLY PULL IN, STOP AND LOOK, ARE YOU GONNA WAIT? ARE YOU GONNA, WHERE AM I GONNA GO? AND THERE'S, THERE'S NO, UH, DIRECT COMMUNICATION FLOW, AND IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SAFE ON THE ROADS. OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. THANK YOU. UH, JACK JACKAL WATSON, W-A-T-S-O-N. HI. HI. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. UM, WHAT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THE ME AND THE AESTHETICS OF IT, AND THE ACTUAL PARKING ITSELF. I LIVE IN THIRD WARD. THESE, UM, AESTHETIC BUILDINGS DON'T MATCH THE NEIGHBORHOODS. IF YOU'VE GOT HOUSES BUILT IN THE 1920S AND YOU'RE BUILDING A WOODEN WITH A, WITH A COURTYARD, DOESN'T MATCH THE AESTHETICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS, UM, TYPE OF ELONGATED PARKING THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. THEN [01:35:01] YOU'VE GOT CLUBS IN THE AREAS. SO YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE THAT PARK ON THE STREET. NOW THEY'VE GOT, UM, TICKETED PARKING OR, OR WHERE YOU NEED A TAG. AND THEN YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHO ARE GOING TO THE CLUBS, PARKING. SO THERE'S REALLY NOWHERE TO PARK, AND IT LOOKS CRAZY. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO WHAT I WANTED TO BRING FORWARD TO YOU IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE ARE, OKAY, SO THEY SAY THEY WANT SPEED BUMPS OR THINGS LIKE THAT IN THE, IN THE AREA SO THAT THEY CAN DRIVE THROUGH, THAT'S GONNA LOOK ABSOLUTELY CRAZY TOO. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GOT, YOUR DEVELOPERS ARE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEN YOU'RE BUILDING THESE MODERN BLOCKS OF CEMENT OR THESE, UM, STRUCTURED BRICK BUILDINGS WITH A COURTYARD. OH, THAT LOOKS REALLY NICE, DOESN'T IT? AND YOU'RE NOT UTILIZING THE DRIVEWAYS THAT THEY'RE OVERGROWING AND NEIGHBORS ARE FIGHTING OVER THOSE SPACES TOO. WE DON'T KNOW WHO TO GO TO OR WHAT TO DO. AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT. VERY NICE COMMENTS. THANK YOU. UM, AUSTIN, IS IT, UH, PAR, UH, PO COOLEY, P-O-O-L-E-Y. THANK YOU. UH, WITH, UH, HE'S NEW LIBERAL. SO, UH, I REALLY LIKE THE, UH, MISSING MIDDLE, UH, CONCEPT. UH, THE COURTYARD YARD STYLE IS AWESOME. I JUST HEARD ABOUT, UH, PEARLAND COMMUNITY, UH, ANNOUNCED YESTERDAY WITH A WHOLE BUNCH OF MANUFACTURED HOMES THAT ARE, UH, GOING FOR A HUNDRED TO $150,000. THAT'S VERY AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE. THAT'S WHY PEOPLE MOVED IN PEARLAND FOR THESE, UH, DIFFERENT STYLES OF LIVING. UH, BUT I DID WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS. UH, I KIND OF FIND IT A LITTLE FUNNY THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY AND THEY'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE DESIGN WALL. WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ALL THIS, UH, LOOKING AROUND YOUR SHOULDER, BEING AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS, THAT MAKES IT MORE SAFE FOR PEOPLE TO BACK OUTTA THEIR DRIVEWAY AND FOR PEDESTRIANS ON THE ROAD, BECAUSE YOU'RE BEING MORE COGNIZANT OF WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE YOUR CAR IS AS YOU MANEUVER IT OUT. IF YOU JUST JACKET IN REVERSE AND GO STRAIGHT OUT, THAT'S UNSAFE. SO ALSO WITH THIS, UH, SHARED DRIVEWAYS, LESS CONCRETE, LESS COST OVERALL, LESS, UH, LAND, UH, THAT IS, UH, GIVEN TO PARKING, UH, THAT'S ALL GOOD. AS RESIDENT YOUNG PERSON, IT LOOKS LIKE AROUND HERE, UH, WITH A 4-YEAR-OLD AND 2-YEAR-OLD, I DO WANT TO SEE, UH, A FUTURE WHERE WE DON'T NEED CARS. CARS ARE A WANT. UH, SO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO TO ELIMINATE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, TO REDESIGN OUR, UH, COMMUNITY, TO BE MORE, UH, PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. I'VE NEVER SEEN A BAD BIKE LANE EVER. WE NEED MORE OF THEM. WE NEED MORE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, UH, AVENUES TO, UH, GET AROUND TO LIVE MORE, UH, SUSTAINABLY, TO LIVE MORE AS A COMMUNITY. WHEREAS, UH, EVERYONE WITH THEIR OWN CAR HAS A, UH, HAS IS ISOLATED BECAUSE THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN CAR. THEY'RE NOT PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THEY'RE IN THEIR OWN BUBBLE. SO AS WE, UH, MOVE FORWARD HERE IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, IN THE NEXT 10, 20 YEARS, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE GIVING, UH, MY CHILDREN THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN A BETTER COMMUNITY THAN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU, MR. POOLEY. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. UH, HOWARD MAPLE, M-A-P-L-E? YES. THANK YOU. UH, I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THE COURTYARD STYLE PROPOSAL, UH, BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW VERY SMALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO BE BUILT IN WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE MOST PEOPLE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD, UH, AN ENTIRE LOT OR EVEN A A 25 FOOT LOT. UH, I HAVE A SINGLE, I HAVE A SMALL DUPLEX FLOOR PLAN IN MIND WITH A SHARED FRONT PORCH. AND SO IT'S GREAT THAT THE COURTYARD STYLE CODE ALLOWS PORCHES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE SIDEWALK. SO, UH, THANKS TO SAVITA AND HER TEAM FOR, UH, PROVIDING THIS OPTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAPLE. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. JACKSON? UH, CHESIRE. C-H-E-S-I-R-E. I KNOW IT'S NOT YOU, . I'M TIRED, BUT I'M NOT THAT TIRED. OKAY. JACKSON, J-A-X-O-N-C-H-E-S-I-R-E. ARE YOU THERE? NOT PRESENT. UH, DANIKA SIMPSON. S-I-M-P-S-O-N. AH, THERE YOU ARE. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. ACTUALLY, IT'S DANICA SIMPSON. I'M SORRY. NO PROBLEM. UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, AND I JUST KIND OF FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY. SO I WANTED TO KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS [01:40:01] THE EXPECTED PRICE POINT ON THESE DEVELOPMENTS? BECAUSE ONE THING THAT CONCERNS ME IS THAT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT DENSITY, UM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT KIND OF CONNOTATES TO ME THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO BE MORE OF A LANDLORD CITY RATHER THAN AN OWNERSHIP CITY. SO THAT KIND OF STICKS OUT IN MY MIND. AND THEN ALSO, WHERE ARE WE TARGETING TO PUT THESE DEVELOPMENTS? IS IT GOING TO BE IN CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE GENTRIFYING OR IS IT ALL OVER THE CITY? AND THEN ALSO, WHO ARE THEY GONNA BE TARGETING THESE COMMUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS? IS IT FAMILIES, URBAN PROFESSIONALS, OLDER PEOPLE? WHAT IS THE TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC? UM, PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY ALLUDED TO THE FACT ABOUT THE, UH, PARKING WITH THE BARS. AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT BECAUSE WE HAVE NO ZONING. SO YOU CAN HAVE A BAR NEXT TO ALL OF THESE MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS. SO HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE RESIDENTS WHEN ALL OF THE BARS OR ALL OF THE PEOPLE FROM THE BARS ARE PARKING WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED OR WHERE THEY SHOULD BE DESIGNATED AS RESIDENTS? AND THEN ALSO, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE SAFETY ISSUE. IF WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING MORE PEOPLE, UH, PACKING THEM MORE DENSELY INTO THE CITY AND INTO THESE AREAS, HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE FIREFIGHTERS' ABILITIES TO FIGHT FIRES? UM, HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT OUR POLICING, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF MY CONCERNS. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. AND I, I THINK I URGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS PROCESS 'CAUSE YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED. UM, KATIE PRITCHARD, P-R-I-T-C-H-A-R-D. GO. GO AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEP. HI, MY NAME IS KATIE PRITCHARD. I AM A HOMEOWNER IN THE HEIGHTS AREA. I HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE IN THE INNER CITY WHEN I PURCHASED MY HOME AND THE BIG SELLER WAS BUYING A HOME WITH A PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. UM, I THINK WE, I WOULD, I WOULD PERSONALLY NEVER BUY A HOME WITH A SHARED DRIVEWAY. I THINK THAT PRODUCT IS JUST NOT WHAT HOUSTON NEEDS. WE NEED TO BE REALISTIC IN KNOWING THAT THE PARKING IN HOUSTON, ESPECIALLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IS ALREADY A PROBLEM. AND IN DOING THIS, YOU ARE ADDING TO THE PROBLEM INSTEAD OF SOLVING THEM. UM, IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH COTTAGE GROVE RICE MILITARY WASHINGTON AVENUE AREA, THOSE STREETS ARE VERY NARROW. AND WHEN YOU GO DOWN BLOCKS THAT EVEN ALLOW PARKING, YOU, THOSE PARKED CARS ARE TAKING UP AN ENTIRE LANE. SO IT IS VERY UNSAFE TO BE DRIVING DOWN THEM. UM, THEY DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS. SO YOU'RE, YOU, IF YOU'RE WALKING YOUR DOG, YOU'RE GOING IN AND OUT OF CARS, CONSTANTLY LOOKING OVER YOUR SHOULDER FOR OTHER CARS. IT'S JUST NOT SAFE. UM, THANK YOU. THAT'S IT. THAT WAS IT. DID THAT OKAY. DID THAT CONCLUDED YOUR REMARKS? THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. OKAY. JACKSON CHESHIRE, C-H-E-S-H-I-R-E. HAD MIKE PROBLEMS. ARE YOU THERE NOW? HELLO? THANK, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALRIGHT. HI, I'M JACKSON CHESHIRE AND I'M A YOUNG MAN WHO'S GROWN UP IN HOUSTON MY WHOLE LIFE. RECENTLY, LIKE I HEARD ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES OF A SHARED DRIVEWAY. AND I REALLY DON'T THINK THIS IS A GOOD CHANGE FOR OUR SOCIETY. 'CAUSE ALREADY LIKE IF THERE'S THE DRIVEWAY CHANGES GO THROUGH, I'M GONNA LOSE A PRIVATE PARKING SPOT IN MY OWN DRIVEWAY. AND THEN THAT'S ALSO JUST GONNA FILL UP THE STREETS MORE TOO. 'CAUSE I KNOW AT LEAST IN HOUSTON, THERE'S LOTS OF PARKING ISSUES, ESPECIALLY. SORRY, SOMEONE'S MIC'S ECHOING. NO, WE CAN HEAR YOU. OKAY. OKAY. BUT YEAH, I JUST THINK IT'S GONNA FILL UP THE STREETS MORE AND IT'S GONNA REALLY MAKE IT HARDER IN GENERAL TO FIND PARKING. BUT THIS ALSO, LIKE IN THE FUTURE, WOULD MAKE ME NOT NOT WANNA PURCHASE A HOUSE IN HOUSTON. I CAN'T SPEAK WITH THIS. MIKE. YOU LIKE OKAY. HELLO, THIS, HELLO. OKAY. THE ECHO'S GONE NOW. GO AHEAD. WE GO AHEAD. BUT WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY IS, IN THE FUTURE AT LEAST, I THINK IT WOULD BE, THIS WOULD DEFINITELY NOT MAKE ME WANNA BUY A HOUSE IN HOUSTON WITH THE SHARED PA WITH THE SHARED PARKING SPACE. 'CAUSE WHY WOULD I, LIKE, WHY WOULD I WANNA SHARE MY PARKING SPACE WITH MY NEIGHBOR AND LOSE, AND THEN I'D MAYBE HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET AND COULD RISK DAMAGING MY CAR IN A VARIETY OF OTHER THINGS. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. CHESHIRE. WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. UM, OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT? JOSE SALAS. JOSE? IS IT S-S-A-L-A-S. OKAY. JOSE SALI OR SALAS? YES. HELLO. I'M HERE. GO AHEAD. OKAY. YEAH, NO, I JUST WANNA, UH, SAY THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENTS, UH, FOR THE COM UH, SHARED DRIVEWAY. [01:45:01] UH, RECENTLY BOUGHT A HOME IN, UH, HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE BIG, UH, THINGS I WAS LOOKING FOR. I DRIVE A, A LARGE TRUCK AND I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN TOWED MULTIPLE TIMES HERE IN THE CITY, UH, FOR PARKING ON THE STREET. SO, UH, I WANTED MY OWN, UH, PARKING SPACE AND A DRIVER F-150 THAT'S LIKE THE MOST COMMON VEHICLE HERE IN, IN TEXAS. SO, UM, YEAH, BASICALLY I, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS, UH, AMENDMENT, UH, FIXES ANY OF THE ISSUES, UH, OR THE PRODUCTS SO THAT PEOPLE WANT HERE IN HOUSTON, AS PEOPLE SAID, UH, TODAY. AND, UH, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT? OKAY. I THINK WE HAVE CONCLUDED ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON ROMAN NUMERAL ONE. UM, WITH THAT I WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, AS WE SAID, WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO ON THIS. WE GET THAT PEOPLE LIKE THEIR DRIVEWAYS AND, UH, WE ORIGINALLY STARTED ON THE COMMITTEE BY JUST SAYING, LET'S FIGURE OUT A LOT WIDTH WHERE A SHARE WHERE A STRAIGHT IN DRIVEWAY WORKS AND LIMIT IT TO THAT. AND WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT. THIS WAS KIND OF A, A COMPROMISE TO STILL COME UP WITH A WAY TO BUILD A 25 FOOT LOT, BUT MAYBE WE NEED TO GO TO A 38 FOOT LOT OR, YOU KNOW, 38 FOOT WIDE LOT TO DO IT. SO WE'LL WORK ON THIS. WE'VE GOT WORK TO DO. SO I'LL HAVE A COMMENT. DR. YES, GO AHEAD, MS. BANDY. YEAH, YOU'RE CONTINUING. PARDON ME? JUST WANTED TO SAY WE ARE CONTINUING. WE'RE CONTINUING. OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT CLOSED. IT IS CONTINUED FOR 30 DAYS. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GARZA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR, UH, WADING THROUGH ALL OF THIS. IT, THERE'S A LOT HERE TO BE CONSIDERED. SO HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS, HERE'S THE SILVER LINING. WE DIDN'T GET PUSHBACK ON SECONDARY DWELLING UNITS. WE DIDN'T GET PUSHED BACK ON MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL AND WE DIDN'T GET PUSHED BACK ON COURT, UH, COURTYARD STYLES. SO THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEWS. THAT IS REALLY, REALLY GOOD NEWS. NOW, NO STOP SURPRISING TO ANYONE IS WE KNEW WE WOULD GET PUSHED BACK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM. BUT I WANNA MAKE A POINT HERE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ALL KNOW THAT HOUSTON IS A CAR CITY. WE ALL KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. BUT YOU KNOW, FORBES HAS THIS REALLY INTERESTING ARTICLE FROM NOVEMBER, 2022 CALLED THE 28 36 RULE. AND IT SAYS THAT YOU SHOULD NOT SPEND MORE THAN 28% OF YOUR HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON HOUSING. AND THEN ANOTHER 36% CAN BE SPENT ON ALL YOUR DEBT, INCLUDING YOUR CAR. THAT'S 64% OF SOMEONE'S INCOME. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 30, UNDER 40 AND UNDER 50 WHO DO NOT BRING HOME ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE A HOUSE AND A CAR. AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WHAT WE ARE DOING WITH THIS ORDINANCE IS TO TRY AND CREATE INFILL HOUSING THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE PEOPLE WHO WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD TWO CARS, THREE CARS. THAT IS THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS HOUSING FOR. IT MIGHT BE A RETIREE, IT MIGHT BE A RENTAL TO A COLLEGE STUDENT. IT MIGHT BE TO THE YOUNG MARRIAGE WHO ARE JUST MOVING OUT ON THEIR OWN AND SAVING TO BUY A HOUSE. THIS HOUSE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. WE KNOW THAT. BUT YOU CANNOT HAVE FULL OUT SUBURBAN LIVING IN THE INNER CITY. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE PLANS FOR THE NEXT 20, 25 YEARS OF WHAT THIS PARTICULAR BIT OF HOUSING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS COMMITTEE, SOME OF FOR AND SOME ARE AGAINST, HAVE SAID, I DON'T THINK THIS IS GONNA WORK TODAY. AND THE ANSWER IS, I KNOW IT'S NOT GONNA WORK TODAY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE NEXT 20, 25 YEARS. AND IF YOU CAN AFFORD TO LIVE IN THE SUBURBS, YOU PROBABLY ARE, IT'S SCHOOLS, IT'S HOUSING, IT'S CARS, IT'S YARDS. BUT THIS IS MAYBE NOT FOR YOU. THIS IS FOR SOMEONE ELSE WHO'S RETIRED, WHO IS LOOKING AT DOWNSIZING, WHO IS STARTING A FAMILY, WHO IS LOOKING TO LOOK CLOSE, LIVE CLOSE TO THE UNIVERSITY ON A TRANSIT LINE. SO AGAIN, WE ARE NOT FORCING PEOPLE WITH THREE CARS TO MOVE INTO A DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY DON'T WANNA LIVE IN. WE JUST WANNA OFFER MORE OPTIONS. SO I'LL CLOSE BY SAYING, AND I TOOK LONG NOTES, SO I'M GONNA READ 'EM. UM, THANK YOU TO OUR PLANNING STAFF, OUR COMMITTEE MEMBERS, OUR STAKEHOLDERS, AND THE PUBLIC ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEXT 30 DAYS FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION AND THEIR INPUT INTO REAL VIABLE POSSIBLE CHANGES TO CHAPTER 42. AND WITH THAT, I WILL CLOSE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU AND COMMISSIONER CLARK FOR YOUR CO CHAIRMANSHIP OF THIS COMMITTEE. IT'S BEEN A MAMMOTH TASK. YES, YES. GO AHEAD, MI COMMISSIONER. I KNOW WE'RE ALL TIRED AND WE'RE GONNA ONLY BE HERE TILL NINE 30 AT NIGHT, BUT I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE OF COMPROMISES AND I, I KEPT HEARING THE SHARED DRIVE. I DON'T THINK THEY HAD TO BE SHARED, BUT IF WHAT YOU GET WITH YOUR 26 FEET DOES NOT PARK BUT ONE CAR ANYWAY, IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ONE FOOT ON EACH SIDE OF THIS DRIVEWAY, WHICH WOULD THEN STILL ALLOW FOR 24 FEET VERSUS 26 FEET, THE DRIVEWAYS WOULD NOT BE SHARED. [01:50:01] YOU'D STILL HAVE THE SAME 12 FOOT DRIVEWAY THAT MR. DISH BERGER HAD IN HIS DRAWING. THEY WOULD JUST, IT WOULD STILL ALLOW FOR NON-AIR DRIVES, REDUCED CURB CUTS OFF STREET PARKING WHERE WE DON'T HAVE IT. WE WOULD ELIMINATE THIS AND WE CAN STILL GAIN THIS WHERE YOU WOULD GET 24 FEET VERSUS 26 FEET EVERY SO OFTEN. YOU'RE NOT SHARING A DRIVE AND YOU'RE SOLVING SEVERAL OF YOUR PROBLEMS. WE ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD MAXIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE AND ENCOURAGE TRUE GRID AND OTHER TYPES OF IMPERVIOUS OR IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE. IMP I GET IT. PERVIOUS. I THINK THAT OUGHT TO BE PART OF THIS ORDINANCE TOO WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT 25 FOOT, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DENY PEOPLE THE ABILITY TO PARK TWO CARS IN THEIR FRONT YARD. WE'RE JUST TRYING TO ELIMINATE THE CURB CUT, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE ON STREET PARKING, MAKING IT SAFER THAN THIS RIGHT HERE, WHICH DOES NOT ENCOURAGE WALKABILITY IN A DENSIFYING ENVIRONMENT. SO THERE'S A COUPLE OF GOOD COMPROMISES I THINK THAT COULD WORK HERE. JUST A LITTLE MORE WORKING AND SOME HELP WITH YOUR GRAPHICS. OKAY. I I DIDN'T, EXCUSE ME. I I ACTUALLY DIDN'T FOLLOW WHAT YOU SAID, SO LET'S NOT TAKE ANY MORE TIME. CAN YOU DRAW IT? I DREW IT OUT FOR YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. I DID DRAW IT OUT FOR YOU. OKAY. YES. COMMISSIONER RUSH. AND THEN I HAVE ONE MORE, I JUST WANT ONE MORE COMMENT. SORRY I, 'CAUSE I DID THIS EARLIER ON THE SHARED DRIVE, Y'ALL, I DO WANNA MAKE A COMMENT JUST FOR THE, FOR THE COMMISSION. 'CAUSE WHILE WE WERE HERE, WE HAVE TWICE AS MANY SHARED DRIVE APPLICATIONS ON THIS AGENDA THAN WE DO SINGULAR DRIVES. YOU HAVE FIVE, UH, ITEMS ON THE AGENDA THAT EQUATE TO ONLY 14 UNITS. AND YOU HAVE SEVEN APPLICATIONS THAT EQUAL 63 UNITS ON THIS AGENDA THAT WE'RE GONNA VOTE ON. WHERE THESE APPLICANTS ARE WANTING SHARED DRIVES. THEY MORE PEOPLE ARE APPLYING FOR THE SHARED DRIVES THAN NOT THE SHARED DRIVES IN THIS AGENDA THAT WE HAVE TODAY. AND I THINK THEY KNOW THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION REALLY LIKES SHARED DRIVE TOO. SO ANYWAY, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UH, I THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD POINT, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, BECAUSE OUR JOB IS TO FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC REALM AND THE CONTINUITY OF WHAT'S PUBLIC. I RESPECT ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS. I'VE BEEN ON THE OTHER SIDE. UM, BUT FROM A SAFETY QUALITY OF LIFE AND OTHER ASPECT, UM, SHARE DRIVES AND, UH, OTHER, UH, COMPONENTS OF THIS DESIGN ARE WHAT ARE BETTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYBODY ELSE TO SHARE. UM, THE SECOND PIECE OF THAT IS WE HAVE TO STOP ASKING PEOPLE, HAVING PEOPLE ASKED TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT, UH, BY ASKING FOR A VARIANCE TO DO SOMETHING VERSUS, UH, GETTING A VARIANCE WHEN SOMETHING IS UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT. CURRENTLY OUR PROCESS IS SET UP TO DO WHAT WE, WHAT I FIND TO BE THE RIGHT THING IS A VARIANCE THAT PROCESS IS NOT HELPFUL AND DETERS FROM, UM, CERTAIN QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS BEING DONE. THIRD OF ALL, YES, WHEN YOU'RE COMPETING A SHARED DRIVE TO INDIVIDUAL DRIVES, THERE WOULD BE A MARKET, UH, COMPETITION. HOWEVER, WHEN YOU LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD AND SHARE DRIVES ARE STANDARD, THERE IS NO MARKET COMPARISON IN, IN IN COST BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT'S STANDARD. UM, I AGREE WITH THE SPEAKER WHO SPOKE ABOUT MORE AWARENESS, CREATES MORE SAFETY, UH, COMMON SENSE AND I'M GLAD SOMEBODY BROUGHT THAT UP. BUT IN ALL, UH, I, I DO THINK EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS ARE IMPORTANT. I DO THINK THEY NEED TO BE CONSIDERED, BUT OUR ROLE HERE, IN MY OPINION, IS THE PUBLIC GOOD, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER. BUT I DO THINK WE CAN BENEFIT THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER IE UM, STANDARDIZING CERTAIN ASPECTS, UM, AND, AND, AND IMPROVING PROCESSES TO, UH, UM, GET PROJECTS APPROVED. UM, I THINK, UH, IS WHERE WE SHOULD FOCUS OUR TIME AND EFFORT. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, WE'LL HAVE MORE TIME TO DISCUSS THIS IN TH AT 30 DAYS OR AT SUCH TIME THAT THIS COMES BACK TO US. SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU MS. BANDY. THANK YOU. [Platting Activities a & b] OKAY, WITH THAT WE MOVE TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO PLATTING ACTIVITY JUST TWO. I SUGGEST IT'S JUST TWO. IS IT RAINING? IS IT FLOODING OUT THERE? GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ARM LEE. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SECTIONS A AND B ARE ADAMS ONE THROUGH 91 SECTION A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 47 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 48 THROUGH 91. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, [01:55:01] COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER HY? YES, MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 5, 6, 12 16 29, 42, 45. I'M SORRY, 43, NOT 45 51, 60 AND 73. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AND COMMISSIONER DALTON, ARE YOU THERE? YES, MADAM CHAIR. I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS THREE AND 14. OKAY, ANYBODY ELSE? UM, OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE. WE'D HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT SO WE CAN PROCEED WITH VOTING ON SECTIONS A AND B AND WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B. SAVE AND ACCEPT FOR ITEMS 3, 5, 6, 12, 14, 16, 29, 42, 43, 51, 60 AND 73. MOTION GARZA POURS PER SECOND GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, UH, WHICH I WON'T REPEAT, ARE THOSE SAME ITEMS I JUST MENTIONED? ALL THOSE, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION GARZA SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS, HE AND DALTON ABSTAINED THAT TAKES US [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Devin Crittle, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, John Cedillo, Arum Lee, and Aracely Rodriguez) ] TO SECTION C PUBLIC HEARINGS CHAIR. UM, I NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. OKAY. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MAD HAS TO LEAVE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS LIO. ITEM 9 3 2 IS ALANI HOMES AT CARWOOD RE PLAT NUMBER ONE BESIDES LOCATED NORTH ALONG CARWOOD DRIVE EAST OF NORTH WAY WAYSIDE DRIVE IN CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT. THERE ARE NO VARIS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PLACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 92 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK, AND WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92? HEARING? NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION FOR POROUS PERLE. IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 93 AND 94 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 95, MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM MS. ITEM. OKAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HYS WILL ABSTAIN ON THIS AND AS WILL MR. BALDWIN AND WILL, AS WILL COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVON CRIDDLE. ITEM NUMBER 95 IS ASHLYN PATIO O HOLMES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. THIS ITEM WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED AT THE LAST TWO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST ALONG ASHLAND STREET AND SOUTH OF WEST 20, WEST 21ST STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE. THIS PUBLIC HEARING INCLUDES A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 42 DASH 1 93 TO ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY LOT TO BE REPLANTED INTO A COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO BE LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET. STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A REPL OF TWO LOTS FROM THE ASHLAND PATIO HOMES. SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN TWO, TWO, EXCUSE ME, RECORDED IN 2011, THE APPLICANT HAS INFORMED US THAT THE SITE WILL BE USED AS OFFICE SPACE FOR THE DAPHNE HOTEL SITE DUE TO THE LAND USE VARIANCE JUSTIFICATION FOR SUPPORTING THE VARIANCE MUST INCLUDE SUPPORT FROM THE PROPERTY OWNERS FROM THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, ANY SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBOR AND STAFF HAS NOT BEEN PRESENTED AT HARDSHIP FOR THE RESERVE TO BE LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET. ALSO, IF THE SITE IS TO BE USED AS COMMERCIAL OFFICE, SIX PARKING SPACES ARE REQUIRED FOR THE SITE AND ONLY TWO HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. CURRENTLY. STAFF BELIEVES THIS REQUEST IS PREMATURE AT THIS TIME. THE OWNER OF LOT ONE HAS EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST TO CONVERT THE SINGLE FAMILY LOT INTO COMMERCIAL USE. LEGAL HAS CONFIRMED THE COMMERCIAL USE WILL NOT VIOLATE RE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. MADAM CHAIR, DUE TO THE PROTESTS, CHAPTER 42 REQUIRES A THREE FOURTHS MAJORITY VOTE FROM THE COMMISSIONERS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. AND MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM AND THE [02:00:01] APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK AS WELL. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED ON THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT, ANDREW LANG IS HERE. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ANDREW LANG. UH, I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH BGE. WE ARE THE APPLICANT FOR THE ASHLAND PATIO HOMES PUBLIC HEARING. UM, THE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU TODAY, UH, WE UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE STAFF'S CONCERNS AT THIS TIME. UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY ALL THAT WE'RE REQUESTING RIGHT NOW IS THE ABILITY TO CON, TO MAINTAIN AND CONVERT, UM, THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. UM, AT THE MOMENT, IT IS BEING USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT DEVELOPMENT IS COMPLETED. UM, AND, AND I THINK, I THINK MAYBE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN, UH, MAKING LAND USE CHANGES THROUGH, THROUGH PLATTING, UM, PURPOSES AND, AND PERMITTING ISSUES. AND SO ESSENTIALLY OUR REQUEST IS TO BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, UTILIZING THIS, THIS HOME, UH, EVENTUALLY AS OFFICE SUPPORT SPACE FOR THE DAPHNE HOTEL. UM, BUT FOR THE MOMENT, UH, ALL WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO, UH, MOVE THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS, WHICH WILL ALLOW US TO, UH, CONTINUE WITH SOME OF THE OTHER PERMITTING ISSUES THAT MR. CRIDDLE REFERRED TO. UM, THERE WILL BE PARKING AVAILABLE FOR THE SITE. UM, AS YOU'LL SEE WHEN WE, WE GET TO THE DAPHNE HOTEL PRESENTATION, WE HAVE MADE REVISED, UH, PARKING PLANS TO ACCOMMODATE WHAT HAS BEEN PROPOSED. UM, AND, AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST IN THE CONTEXT OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, AND CERTAINLY, UM, WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU, YOU GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. UM, AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. UM, THE DEVELOPER, MR. LEY IS HERE AS WELL, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM, AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE A PRESENTATION LATER REGARDING THE DAPHNE HOTEL. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? UM, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU'RE BASICALLY SAYING YOU WANNA LEAVE THIS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE THERE AND USE IT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES? OH, WHAT, WHAT I'M SAYING IS DURING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IT'LL BE, CONTINUE TO BE USED FOR EVENTUALLY FOR, FOR A SINGLE FAMILY. AND THEN ONCE, ONCE THE, UH, THE SUPPORT SPACE IS NEEDED FOR OFFICE, UM, WE'LL RECORD THE PLOT AND, AND CONVERT THE, CONVERT THE BUILDING ACCORDINGLY. UM, BUT A AS WE STATED IN SOME OF THE PREVIOUS HEARINGS, UM, INITIALLY THE PLAN WAS TO DEMOLISH THE RESIDENCE AND USE IT AS A PARKING LOT. THAT IS NO LONGER THE, THE, THE GA THE GOAL OF, OF THIS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, FOR NOW IT'S GOING TO REMAIN A, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, BUT WE JUST NEED TO BE ABLE TO MOVE PAST THE PLATTING PROCESS TO, TO CONTINUE WITH OUR DEVELOPMENT. SO, MR. LANG, HELP ME. SO YOU ARE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE THOUGH, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT VARIANCE THAN WHAT A YEAH, SO WE'RE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. UM, SINCE THIS IS A PARTIAL REPL, UM, WE'RE REQUESTING TO, TO CHANGE THE LAND USE. AND THEN, UM, THE, THE LOT ITSELF IS SLIGHTLY BELOW, UM, THE 5,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM. RIGHT. SO THE, THOSE ARE THE TWO REQUESTS. WE DON'T HAVE THE THINGS THAT WE REQUIRE TO GRANT THAT ORDINANCE, IS THAT CORRECT? AM I, I'M WRONG. AM I WRONG ABOUT THAT? I'M SORRY. WELL, THE, THE COMMISSION COULD, COULD DECIDE TO GRANT THE VARIANCE IF THERE, UM, IS A, A THREE-FOURTHS VOTE IN SUPPORT. OKAY. I'M SORRY. DIDN'T MEAN TO SPEAK FOR KIM, BUT YEAH. OR MISSON. I KNOW THERE'S A, A THREE-FOURTHS OF THOSE PRESENT. UM, OF THOSE PRESENT. YEAH. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER NO, NO OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. I DO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. YES. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. SO THE, THE, UM, PLA THAT'S SHOWN ON HERE, THE, THE FIGURE THAT'S SHOWN ON HERE, IT SAYS RESERVE A RESTRICTED TO PARKING, LANDSCAPING, OPEN SPACE, DRAINAGE, BLAH, BLAH. THAT'S NOT IT ANYMORE. YEAH, IT'S RESTRICTED TO COMMERCIAL. OKAY. RESTRICTED TO COMMERCIAL, NOT PARKING. YES. YES. COMMISSIONER ANYMORE? CORRECT. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER JONES APPLICATION WITH THE APPLICANT. YES. COME BACK, MR. LANG. YES. COMMISSIONER. HAS THE APPLICATION THAT SUBMITTED APPLICATION CHANGED THE LAND USE TO COMMERCIAL NOW OR WAS IT INITIALLY, UH, STATED AS COMMERCIAL? IT, IT WAS INITIALLY PARKING AND THROUGH OUR MEETINGS WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, IT, IT SEEMED IMPORTANT TO THEM, UH, IN, IN OUR CONVERSATIONS THAT THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, UH, NOT BE DEMOLISHED FOR THE PURPOSES OF A PARKING LOT. UM, SO WE, WE TOOK THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT AND DECIDED TO REVISE OUR PLANS TO, TO USE IT AS AN OFFICE SPACE, UM, KEEP THE STRUCTURE INTACT, BUT RENOVATE [02:05:01] THE INTERIOR TO BE, TO BE USED AS A, AS AN OFFICE SPACE. OKAY. SO WITH THAT, WAS THERE A REVISED APPLICATION SUBMITTED? I MEAN, I JUST WANNA COMMISSIONER, BUT WE'RE TALKING VERBALLY, BUT YOU KNOW, AND, AND YES. COMMISSIONER THE COMMITTEE FORM. THERE WAS, BUT IT'S IN WRITTEN FORM TO CHANGE THE USE YES, SIR. FROM THE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL? YES, SIR. THERE WAS. OKAY, THANKS. WE DO, WE DO. OKAY. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS WILLIAM SMITH. I, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M WILLIAM SMITH. I LIVE AT 3 42 WEST 21ST STREET. ONE OF THE HOUSES WAS ORIGINALLY, UH, BUILT AS PART OF THIS PATIO HOME COMPLEX. IF THIS HOUSE IS CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, IT'S THE ONLY ONE IN OUR ENTIRE BLOCK THAT, THAT FACES ASHLAND AND WEST 21ST. THAT WILL BE COMMERCIAL DEATH BY A THOUSAND CUTS, HAPPENS FREQUENTLY IN THE CITY. AS I HAVE STATED PREVIOUSLY TO YOU GUYS BEFORE, THAT COMMERCIAL CREEP WILL BE COMMERCIAL CREEP, AND IT ONLY TAKES ONE TO START. WE'RE ONLY ASKING THAT THIS HOUSE REMAIN A RESIDENCE. NOW IT COULD BE RENTED AND THE OWNER COULD DO THAT, AND THAT'S UP TO THEM. AND I PERSONALLY WANT TO THANK BEN KERLEY, THE DEVELOPER OF THE DAPHNE HOTEL, AND HIS STAFF, UH, STEPHANIE HAMILTON AND ANDREW LANG FOR FINDING PARKING THAT IS OFFSITE FOR THE HOTEL THAT DOESN'T REQUIRE THIS TO BE DEMOLISHED, BUT LET'S NOT TAKE IT FURTHER AND LEAVE IT AS A RESIDENCE WHERE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AND IS NOW CURRENTLY PLOTTED THAT WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? OKAY. THOMAS FRANK, UH, MY NAME IS THOMAS FRANK. I LIVE AT 3 32 WEST 21ST, WHICH IS, UH, AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS LOT. UM, MY PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, THIS SHOULD SAY A, A RESIDENCE BECAUSE ONCE YOU TURN A COMMERCIAL, MY FEARS ARE THAT AT THAT POINT IT MIGHT MAKE IT EASIER TO TEAR DOWN, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL BY THIS GROUP. AND LIKE, UH, MR. SMITH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE WORKING WITH BEN, UH, BEN LEY AND ANDREW LANG AND STEPHANIE, AND THEY'VE BEEN VERY COOPERATIVE. THEY ARE LISTENING AND THEY'RE WORKING, BUT WE JUST THINK THAT THIS THING SHOULD, UH, THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY SHOULD BE, UH, RESIDENCE AND, UH, KEEP IT AS FAR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AT LEAST AT THE NORTH SIDE OF THE ALLEY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, PETER, UH, AL, A-L-M-I-R-A-L, PETER AL IS NOT PRESENT. MARCUS SIMPSON. MARCUS SIMPSON PRESENT. OKAY. AM NOT ON COMMISSIONER. GO RIGHT AHEAD. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. UM, UH, I HAD SOME OTHER COMMENTS FROM MAYOR PREPARED SINCE, UM, THE NOTICE THAT WE GOT WAS, DID NOT INCLUDE SOME OF THESE DETAILS. UM, BUT I THINK THE GIST IS THE SAME, THAT THE, THE RESTRICTION TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE SHOULD BE, SHOULD NOT BE, UH, SOMEHOW, UH, GOTTEN AROUND THROUGH A REPL, EVEN IF IT WAS FOR CURRENT RESIDENTIAL USE TO BE LATER TURNED INTO COMMERCIAL. AS I DON'T SEE THE NEED FOR A VARIANCE NOW. IF IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUED TO BE LIVED IN, THEN I WOULD SUGGEST THE APPLICANT, UH, COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION WHEN THERE'S A NEED TO REPLY AT THE PROPERTY. UM, ADDITIONALLY, I'M STILL NOT CLEAR, UM, UNDER THE CURRENT APPLICATION, WHICH I HAVEN'T SEEN AS, UM, ANOTHER COMMISSIONER MENTIONED. WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT IT NOW. SO I HAVEN'T SEEN, UM, THE APPLICATION ITSELF WITH THE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION, BUT, UM, I'M NOT CLEAR THAT, UM, THE APPLICATION IS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE COMMISSION TO VOTE. UH, TODAY SPECIFICALLY, UM, WE'RE OPPOSED AS THE OWNER OF LAW ONE IN THE SUBDIVISION, WE'RE OPPOSED TO ANY REPL FOR COMMERCIAL USE OR OTHER. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. SIMPSON. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LAUREN SIMPSON. LAUREN SIMPSON. YES. OH, HELLO. CAN YOU HEAR ME? GO RIGHT AHEAD. YES. HI, UM, MY NAME IS LAUREN SIMPSON. I LIVE IN, UH, 2030 ON 2034 ASHLAND STREET. UM, UH, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO THIS AJA ADJACENT PROPERTY THAT'S IN QUESTION. I TOO, UM, DISAGREE WITH MAKING, UM, THIS PROPERTY USED FOR COMMERCIAL. UM, YOU KNOW, AS STATED PREVIOUSLY, IT WAS DE, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY, UM, WAS DEED RESTRICTED. UM, AND IN MY UNDERSTANDING OF DEED RESTRICTION, IT'S A FORMAL CONTRACT BETWEEN ALL PARTY, UH, ALL PROPERTY OWNERS THAT, UM, [02:10:01] ARE JOINTLY SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTION. AND WHEN I BOUGHT THIS HOUSE IN 2011, IT WAS DEED RESTRICTED TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UM, AT, YOU KNOW, AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME RESIDENCE AS I'M CONCERNED, UM, BRINGING UP MY FAMILY, UM, EVEN WITH THE, AS A COMMERCIAL USE, LIKE MENTIONED EARLIER THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, BY FELLOW NEIGHBORS THAT ONCE YOU START TURNING THINGS INTO COMMERCIAL, IT WILL CONTINUE. AND I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I NEVER ENVISIONED THAT MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE BEING A OFFICE SPACE WHEN I BOUGHT MY HOME 11 YEARS AGO. UM, AND IT SHOULD STILL BE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. I, AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE COMMERCIAL AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE PARKING LOT, WHICH THANKFULLY THAT'S NO LONGER IN QUESTION. OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? YEAH, I JUST DON'T, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS IF THERE'S A, IF THERE IS A DEED RESTRICTION IN PLACE, WHICH THERE IS, WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOME IN 2011, HOW I GUESS THEY, THAT THIS VARIANCE WOULD HAVE TO BE GRANTED IN ORDER TO, UM, OKAY. YOUR TIME'S UP, BUT WE'LL ASK THE QUESTION. WE'LL ASK YOUR QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YEAH, THAT WAS, UH, KIND OF MY QUESTION AS WELL. IS THIS A DEED RESTRICTION QUESTION OR IS THIS A PERMIT? EVERYBODY KEEPS SAYING IT'S A DEED RESTRICTION. WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO MODIFY DEED RESTRICTIONS AND GRANT ANYTHING. SO IF THAT COULD BE CLARIFIED, I THINK IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY ONE WE COULD VOTE ON, ONE WE CAN'T. SECOND IS, UM, I NEED TO BE EXCUSED AND I WILL JOIN THE MEETING VIRTUALLY, SO, OKAY. WE CAN DO THAT. WE CAN DO THAT. DO YOU HAVE TO GO RIGHT THIS SECOND? OKAY. HOLD ON JUST A MINUTE. WE'RE ABOUT TO LOSE QUORUM. CAN CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION? YES. I'LL, I'LL ASK, UM, TO STAFF TO CLARIFY. SORRY. MM-HMM . I'LL ASK STAFF TO CLARIFY, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING IS IT'S A PLAT RESTRICTION, NOT A DEED RESTRICTION. UH, SO, SO THE INITIAL, WHEN WE FIRST PRESENTED THIS, THE VERY, FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME, IT ALWAYS HAD A SINGLE FAMILY FACE OF THE PLAT RESTRICTION OF THE PLA, RIGHT. THAT COULD BE PLATTED AWAY. UH, THE INITIAL LEGAL REVIEW WAS THAT IT DID VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE'VE, WE CORRECTED THAT. YEAH, WE'VE CORRECT, CORRECT CORRECTED THAT SINCE THE, UH, PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL. SO THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO THIS IS NOT A DEED RESTRICTION QUESTION, IT'S NOT A DEED RESTRICTION IN THE SENSE OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS THAT, THAT THIS COMMISSION CANNOT CHANGE. STATE LAW HAS ALLOWED A PROVISION THAT WE CAN, IN A REPL PLAT RESTRICTIONS, RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE ONLY ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT CAN BE REMOVED BY REPL. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND HOW ARE WE ON QUORUM? WE'RE GOOD. WE'RE OKAY? I THINK WE'RE FINE. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. YOU CAN GO WAIT, WAIT. I'LL TELL HIM. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT, MR. WE'LL CALL YOU UP AT THE END OF THE SPEAKERS. OKAY. SO WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95 ASHLAND PATIO HOMES? IF NOT, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND THE COMMISSION WILL CONFER ON THIS ITEM. UM, MR. CRIDDLE, LET ME JUST ASK THE FIRST QUESTION. IF THIS HAD BEEN PRESENTED AS A VARIANCE REQUEST TO KEEP THE HOUSE NOT FOR PARKING, BUT TO CHANGE IT TO COMMERCIAL, WOULD YOU AT THIS POINT HAVE WHAT YOU NEEDED TO RECOMMEND THAT? UH, WE STILL DON'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT FROM THE LOT ONE OWNER AND THE ORIGINAL, UH, REPL. WE, WE, WE WOULD STILL NEED THAT. AND FROM MY CALCULATIONS, UM, NOT TO GO TOO FAR INTO THE, THE HOTEL SIDE OF THE PROJECT, BUT, UH, THERE'S 54 PARKING SPACES BEING PROVIDED. UH, THIS SITE, THE HOPE THE ASHLAND PATIO HOME SITE WOULD REQUIRE SIX. UH, SO THEY WOULD, THERE'S TWO LOCATED ON, ON SITE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT'S SINGLE FAMILY. UH, SO THERE'D BE ONE SHORT, THERE WOULD BE ONE PARKING SPACE SHORT THAT'S NOT ACCOUNTED FOR IN ANY OF THE PARKING ANALYSIS. OKAY. SO YOUR, YOUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO DENY IT AS WE SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. AS A NEW, OKAY. I CAN'T REMEMBER A TIME WHEN WE'VE SORT OF SAID, WE'LL, GO AHEAD AND, AND GRANT THIS AND YOU'LL FIGURE IT OUT LATER, SO, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UH, COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION? HEARING NONE, UH, NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. MR. UM, LANG LANG LANG. I'M SORRY. . OKAY. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. [02:15:01] I JUST WANTED TO ADD ONE THING AFTER CONFERRING WITH, UH, MR. KERLEY, IF IT, IF IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE, UM, WE WOULD BE WILLING TO ADD A FACE OF PLOT RESTRICTION REGARDING THE, THE VARIANCE AND ALSO, UH, A PERMITTING RESTRICTION THAT IF, UH, ANYONE WERE TO USE THE, THE PROPERTY FOR ANY OTHER USE OTHER THAN FOR THE DAPHNE HOTEL IN THE FUTURE, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE THIS BODY TO, TO ADDRESS. SO OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION, IF THAT CHANGES STAFF. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER CLARK, I, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION AND MAY, MAYBE IT'S THIS HEAD COLD, BUT I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED. HOW DID WE GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO MAKE A REALLY MAKE A EDUCATED DECISION TODAY, OR WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT DOCUMENTATION? HOW DID WE GET THERE? SO IT, THERE'S BEEN A CHANGE OF THE, OKAY. THE, THE PROJECT, UM, NOT ALL OF IT, BUT THERE'S BEEN PORTIONS OF IT THAT HAVE BEEN REVISED AND WITH THE REVISIONS CHANGES SOME OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WASN'T ORIGINALLY CONSIDERED WHEN IT, WHEN IT WASN'T THERE. BUT THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN MOVING PIECES THAT WASN'T HERE ORIGINALLY. THOSE MOVING PIECES DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT MAKE IT A PARKING LOT OR JUST THEY ALL OF A SUDDEN JUST CHANGE THEIR MIND. , SORRY. YEAH, IF I CAN, GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS. THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TI MATH. UM, I THINK THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION. IT'S DIFFICULT TO ANSWER THE, OR THE, WHEN WE GOT THE NOTICE, WE WORKED WITH THE APPLICANT AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE ALWAYS WANT TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT, MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE SENT THE NOTICES, WE'VE MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. THERE WERE THREE BIG, A BIG A BIG APPLICATIONS, AND WE WORKED WITH THEM TO GET THE NOTICES OUT IN TIME. AFTER THE NOTICES WERE SENT, THE CHANGE OF USE WAS PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT FROM PARKING TO, UM, AND AFTER, THIS IS AFTER THE MEETING, I THINK AFTER THE PARKING TO CHANGE IT FROM PARKING TO UH, HOUSE AT SOME TIME. IT REMAINED AT THAT, THAT THEY WILL USE IT AS A HOUSE AND THEN AS AN OFFICE. SO FOR US, THERE HAS BEEN CHANGING, YES, MOVING PARTS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, APART FROM ALL OF THAT TODAY, WHAT WE HAVE AT THE TABLE IS A VARIANCE APPLICATION FROM CHAPTER 42, 1 93. AND FOR THAT SPECIFIC PORTION, WE, WE ALWAYS HAVE, STAFF HAS ALWAYS COME BACK WITH THE RESEARCH TO YOU PRESENTING THAT IT MEETS ALL CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS, WHICH, AND OTHER ORDINANCES, WHICH IN THIS CASE IT DOESN'T MEET PARKING. AND THE OTHER PORTION OF IT IS THAT WE'VE ALWAYS PROVIDED YOU A SUPPORT FROM THE HOA OR THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNER FOR WHICH 42, 1 93 WAS WRITTEN TODAY. WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE OWNER OF LOT ONE THAT THEY ARE NOT IN SUPPORT, SO WE DON'T, AND WE HAVE A WRITTEN DOCUMENTATION FROM THEM FROM SINCE YESTERDAY. SO WE ALSO GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION, UH, EV ALMOST EVERY DAY. UM, SO DID WE, YES, WE DID CHANGE. WE, WE, OUR RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE SHOULD HAVE HAD AS THE APPLICANT OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE DECIDING ON THIS APPLICATION TO CHANGE. SO THAT'S WHY IT IS ALSO PREMATURE FOR US TO MAKE A DECISION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JONES. YEAH, THANK YOU. UM, MS. MATHER, I DON'T, CAN'T SPEAK FOR HOW, HOW THIS COMMISSION WILL RESPOND, BUT, UH, COULD THE APPLICANT EITHER WITHDRAW, RESUBMIT SO THAT I'M JUST SOMEWHAT FUZZY OVER KIND OF WHERE WE ARE AND NOW WITH A, WITH A SUBMITTAL THAT'S CHANGED, UM, WITHDRAW, RESUBMIT, KIND OF BASICALLY START ALL OVER. I, I JUST WANNA SEE IF MM-HMM . DEPENDING ON WHAT ACTION WE TAKE THAT WOULD THE APPLICANT HAVE, YOU KNOW, A FURTHER PATH TO TAKE THAT WE WOULD THEN CONSIDER? UH, MAYBE I'M NOT CLEAR. I'M JUST TRYING TO BE SOMETHING VAGUE 'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA GO AND HOW, HOW TO, I DON'T WANNA PUT, UH, THOUGHTS IN PEOPLE'S MINDS ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING AND THAT WITH THE APPLICANT NOT NECESSARILY PENALIZING THEM. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTION. THAT DOES THE APPLICANT HAS A FURTHER PATH TOWARDS GETTING IT SUBMITTED AND POSSIBLY IF APPROVED, IF, IF THE COMMISSION DOESN'T APPROVE TODAY OR WHATEVER HAPPENS? YES. SO THE, UH, JOHN, IF YOU'LL GO TO THE RECOMMENDATION SLIDE, THE REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL IS, IS BASED ON FOUR FACTS. ONE THAT IT DOESN'T HAVE PARKING. SO TO START THERE, I THINK THE APPLICANT CAN FIND OUT IF THEY ARE GOING TO MEET THE PARKING OR NOT, OR IF THEY ARE NOT GOING TO MEET IT WITH, THERE'LL BE A PARKING VARIANCE FOR THE REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY. THAT IS A START. THEN THE OTHER PART WOULD BE TO FIGURE OUT IF THIS IS GOING TO STAY AS AN OFFICE SPACE, THEN HOW CAN HE [02:20:01] OR THEY GET A SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THAT OFFICE SPACE TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH A CHANGE OF VIEWS. 42, 1 93 SECTION SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY DID BUY THIS PROPERTY KNOWING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A HOUSE. SO IF THERE IS NO SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN WE WILL COME BACK PROBABLY AGAIN WITH THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, BUT IT'LL BE STILL UPON THE COMMISSION TO MAKE THE FINAL DECISION, WHICH IT IS TODAY AS WELL. SO THOSE TWO ARE THE START STARTING POINT. THEY CAN WORK ON IT AND THEN COME BACK, PRESENT THOSE ARGUMENTS AND, AND WE CAN REVIEW IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND DISAPPROVE THE PLAT. AND, UH, MS. NICHOLSON, WILL YOU EXPLAIN WHY WE HAVE THE BURDEN OF A TWO THIRDS VOTE? SURE. AND, AND I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN, THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO THINGS I'D LIKE YOU ALL TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IF YOU, IF THERE IS NOT A MOTION THAT PASSES THAT SUPPORTS STAFF RECOMMENDATION, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT IF THERE IS A, UM, A WRITTEN OPPOSITION FROM THE LANDOWNERS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL PLA TO THE CHANGE, UM, ON THE RE PLAT, IT MUST TAKE A THREE QUARTERS VOTE OF MEMBERS PRESENT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND WE CAN COUNT MEMBERS VIRTUALLY, OBVIOUSLY VOTING MEMBERS OR ALL MEMBERS, UH, VOTING MEMBERS. OKAY, SO IT WOULD NOT INCLUDE, RIGHT, OKAY. FOR EXAMPLE, YEAH, I WOULD INTERPRET THAT AS VOTING MEMBERS. OKAY. UM, ONLY THOSE WHO CAN CAST VOTES COULD CALCULATE FOR THE, FOR THE THREE QUARTERS. UM, THE OTHER IS THAT BECAUSE THIS IS, THESE ARE VARIANCE REQUESTS THAT ARE BEFORE YOU AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THAT, THAT YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE THE FINDINGS OF WHY THEY FIT WITHIN THE VARIANCE STANDARDS THAT ARE CONTAINED IN YOUR ORDINANCE. UM, INCLUDING I THINK PRIMARILY UNDUE HARDSHIP AND SELF IMPOSITION I THINK ARE TWO OF THE STAFF'S MAJOR CONCERNS. I'LL DEFER TO THEM, BUT YEAH, ON SPECIFICS. OKAY, SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA STAFF RECOMMENDATION, GARZA SECOND ROBBINS. ROBBINS, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES WITH COMMISSIONERS, HE AND UM, BALDWIN ABSTAINING. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, ARE WE GOING TO TAKE ANY OF THE OTHER DAPHNE ITEMS WITH THIS? NOT WITH THIS ITEM, BUT WE WILL ASK YOU TO TAKE 'EM TOGETHER AS THEY COME UP. OKAY? YES MA'AM. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THEN WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 96. ITEM 96 IS BRANDON STREET LUXURY HOMES, RELAID NUMBER ONE, THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG BRANDON STREET, WEST OF SCOTT STREET AND SOUTH OF BELFORT AND THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON TO REPL IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TAKING ACCESS FROM AN 18 FOOT WIDE SHARE DRIVEWAY. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER UH, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, AND OFFICE OF CITY ENGINEER, UH, TO REQUEST IN CHAPTER 42 PLANNING STANDARDS. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A REVISED DRAWING AND THE PLAT MEETS CHAPTER 42 PLANNING STANDARDS AND THE HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS OFFICE AND ENGINEERING DIVISION HAVE NO LONGER HAVE ANY OBJECTION. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 96 BRANDON STREET LUXURY HOMES IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96 HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? JONES JONES. SECOND ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 97 MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON. I'LL NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING. OKAY, THANK YOU. AS LONG AS QUORUM IS STILL THERE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER DALTON. WE'RE THERE BUT IT'S GETTING CLOSE. SKIMPY. OKAY. ITEM 97. ITEM 97 IS BIO CRAFT MEADOWS. THE BESIDES LOCATED EAST ALONG CHASEWOOD DRIVE SOUTH ALONG CHASEWOOD DRIVE, EAST OF FORT BEND, COUNTY PARKWAY AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR REPLAY IS TO CREATE 19 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TWO RESERVES. THE BEING THERE IS NO [02:25:01] BRANCHES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THIS PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER VICE MAYOR PRO TIM ARTHUR KAS SATU REQUEST. SAS RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 97 BREYER CRAFT MEADOWS IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97? HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLOT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION HINES. OKAY, HINES SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 98 AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE FILING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RA RODRIGUEZ. ITEM ITEM 98 BURN POINT. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF BURN AND WELL STREET E OF SHEPHERD DRIVE IN THE CITY LIMIT. THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW BURN LOADING LOT ALONG BURN STREET AND TWO LOTS ALONG ALONG WELL STREET. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THIS FLAT WAS THE PREFERRED RESTRICTION. REVIEW AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS FLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLA OR THOSE FILE SEPARATELY. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT FOR THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 98 RUN RUN POINT IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. NOBODY IN THE CHAT. ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON BRUN POINT HEARING? NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION POS PER, IS THERE A SECOND NELSON? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 99. ITEM 99 DEARBORN PLACE, PART TWO NUMBER TWO, THE SITE LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF SHIPPER DRIVE AND WEST ALABAMA IN THE CITY LIMIT. THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MADE ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLEDGE SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENTS. MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE SEE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 99, DEARBORN PLACE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE HAVE NOBODY IN THE CHAT. ANYONE WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM 99 DEARBORN PLACE? HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK CLARK. IS THERE A SECOND? JONES JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 100. ITEM 100 FAIRDALE TOWN HOMES. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF FAIRDALE LANE AND EAST OF DOWNTOWN VIEW DRIVE IN THE CITY LIMIT. THE REASON FOR REPLAY IS TO CREATE SIX SINGLE FAMILY LOT WITH AN 18 FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY AND ONE PARKING RESERVE. THE PLA IS LOCATED IN THE ST. GEORGE TUR AND THE ST. GEORGE TUR HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE RE PLAT. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT, ALTHOUGH FILED SEPARATELY. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR IS TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. UH, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 100 FAIRDALE TOWN HOMES IS OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UH, IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION HAY. IS THERE A SECOND? ALL ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [02:30:01] AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 1, ITEM 1 0 1 4 WEST HOME. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT ALONG PINE MOON DRIVE AND WEST OF ANTOIN DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND TWO FOR SERVE WITH A PRIVATE STREET. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLOT WILL VIOLATE BIO DE RESTRICTION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RESTRICTED TO BUSINESS USE, SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SECOND DEFERRAL TO CONTINUE COORDINATING WITH LEGAL STAFF. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 1 FOREST WEST HOMES IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON FOREST WEST HOMES? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION BALDWIN BALDWIN. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DEFERRED. ITEM 1 0 3, I'M SORRY. ITEM 1 0 2 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 0 3, MADAM CHAIR, IF WE CAN TAKE A STEP BACK. THE UH, ITEM 1 0 2 IS GRAND PARK VILLAGE STAFF ASKED AT THIS TIME THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD ALLOW AND ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE FOR GRAND PARK VILLAGE ON THE APRIL 13TH PLANNING COMMISSION. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE GRAND PARK VILLAGE PROJECT FOR APRIL 13TH? THAT'S WHAT I, YES, MA'AM. OKAY. YES. YES. MOTION BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? POROUS PERLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ESTABLISHED FOR APRIL 13TH. ITEM 1 0 3. ITEM 1 0 3 IS GULF WAY TERRACE PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE. THE SIZE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF HEINZ STREET AND BENNETT ROAD, WEST OF FRE ROAD AND SOUTH OF EDGEBROOK DRIVE. THE REASON FOR RE REPLY IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO ARRANGEMENTS OF REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT 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 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 3 GULF WHITE TERRACE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. UH, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? NELSON? IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 4, ITEM 1 0 4 LILY SQUARE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG COOLEN BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY SIX 10. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PROPOSED WE PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE BASE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FILE SEPARATELY, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IN EVENT, MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE HIT THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 4 LILY SQUARE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED. DOES ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON 1 0 4 LILY SQUARE HEARING? NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION FOR CO PERLE SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 5, ITEM 1 0 5, MISSION GREEN NORTH PARK TWO V, PLANT NUMBER THREE AND EXTENSION. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN FORT BEND COUNTY ALONG LO BEA DRIVE AND NORTH AL DRIVE. THE, THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLANT IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO WATER PLANT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANT TO ALLOW A TEMPLATE BORDERLINE ALONG LO BEA DRIVE A LOCAL PUBLISHED STREET THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE ASSISTING WATER PLAN WAS PLOTTED WITH A 25 FOOT BORDERLINE WITH MITCH AND GREEN NORTH SUBDIVISION [02:35:01] IN 1985. MITCH AND BED MUD NUMBER ONE, NEED A BACKUP GENERATOR TO KEEP THE WATER PLAN OPERATING DURING HARSH WEATHER DUE TO THE ASSISTING FACILITY AND MULTIPLE EASEMENT CROSSING THE PROPERTY. THE ONLY PLACE WHERE THEY COMPLETE THE GENERATOR IS IN THE AREA ENCROACHING THE 25 FOOT BORDERLINE ALONG LOA DRIVE. LOA DRIVE IS A LOCAL PUBLIC STREET AND A MINIMUM 10 FOOT BORDERLINE WILL HAVE BEEN ALLOWED. HOWEVER, FOR SECTION 42 DASH 1 55, PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS REQUIRED TO MATCH THE PLATY 25 FEET BORDERLINE ON THE SINGLE FAMILY LOT ACROSS THE STREET. GRANT OF THE VARIANT WOULD NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PROPERTY HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. THE WATER PLANT IS VITAL TO PROVIDE CLEAN SUPPLY OF WATER TO THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD. THE APPLICANT WILL ALSO PROVIDE A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE COVERED BY A LANDSCAPE TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR BEND COUNTY ENGINEER OFFICE. POSTEDS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THE PROPOSED WE PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLOT OF THOSE FILE SEPARATELY, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND STAT. DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 5, MISSION GREEN NORTH IS OPEN. I HAVE A SPEAKER WHO IS WITH US, UH, SIGNED IN THE CHAT. PATRICK COOK. COOK. MR. COOK? YES. I'M JUST HERE FOR COMMENT. OKAY. ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? YEAH. YES MA'AM. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OKAY, THANK YOU. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 5 MISSION GREEN NORTH HEARING? NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STATUS RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALLMAN ALLMAN. IS THERE A SECOND? TAHIR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 6, ITEM 1 0 6. NEW AND MANOR PARTIAL. WE PLAT NUMBER 30. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS, UH, NORTH OF LEY BOULEVARD IN LONG CAMPBELL ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. UH, REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THERE ARE NO VARI VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS DUE TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR FURTHER REVIEW OF DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINES PER 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 ITEM 1 0 6 NEW AND MANNER IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6? YOU DO THEN COME FORWARD PLEASE. AND IF YOU WOULD, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME. HELLO, MY NAME IS YVONNE SILVA. S-I-L-V-A. I HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BEFORE TO ASK SOME CHANGES. I LIVE IN SPRING BRANCH CLOSE TO THIS, UM, DEVELOPMENT AND I JUST WANNA HAVE AN INPUT WITH THE, FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE PUBLIC DOESN'T SEEM TO KNOW ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON, WHICH I FIND VERY DISTURBING. I KNOW THAT I'M HERE ON A DIFFERENT MATTER AND WE HAD NO IDEA OF, WE DON'T HAVE A SAY. I I FIND IT VERY DISENCHANTING THAT THE, THAT THIS COMMISSION DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE PUBLIC WHERE THAT IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT AFFECTS US, NOT REALLY Y'ALL. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE INPUT WITH THE COMMITTEE AS TO COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON. BECAUSE WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO PARK YOUR CAR IN THE ZERO LOTS, I MEAN WE'RE SHOOTING EACH OTHER FOR LESS THAN PARKING SPACES RIGHT NOW. SO I THINK THAT THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE TAKEN A LOT MORE SERIOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6? UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IF THERE QUESTION THOUGH. YES. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. IS THIS A 10 A FLAG LOT WITH JUST 10 FOOT FOR ACCESS? DOES THAT MEET THE CRITERIA? YES. YES IT DOES. 10 FEET CAN MAKE IT. YEAH. FOR THE FLAG LOT, UH, LAYOUT, THE 10 FOOT ACCESS IS FOR A DRIVEWAY AND EVERYTHING CURRENTLY, I THOUGHT IT WAS AGAIN, SO THE 10 FEET IS FOR ONE, UH, LOT. AND THE OTHER 10 FEET AS YOU SEE THE BUILT TO LINE. SO THERE'LL BE 20 FEET SPACE FOR THE DRIVEWAY. [02:40:01] AND THE, THE REQUIREMENT WOULD BE TO HAVE THIS BOTH DRIVEWAYS COMBINED FOR BOTH THE LOTS AND IT SPLITS TO GET THE LOT FIRST, FIRST LOT AND THEN THE OTHER ONE. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, UM, IT DOESN'T SHOW AN EASEMENT FOR THE PEOPLE TO USE THAT DRIVEWAY. OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THIS ONE . WE WILL FIGURE IT OUT AND COME BACK TO YOU. THANK YOU. IT LOOKS ODD. GOOD. GOOD CATCH. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, CAN WE GET A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. BALDWIN BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? HINES HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. ITEM 1 0 7, UH, ITEM 1 0 7, PINE MOUNT MEADOWS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS ALONG PINE MOUNT DRIVE WEST OF BRINKMAN STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLY IS TO CREATE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND ONE RESERVE. UH, REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DE RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR FURTHER REVIEW OF DEED RESTRICTIONS, UH, PER CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 7 PINE MOUNT MEADOWS IS OPEN. WE HAVE A SPEAKER, UH, MICHAEL MOORE. MR. MOORE, ARE YOU THERE ? UH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL MOORE. UH, M-O-O-R-E. UH, I REPRESENT, UH, MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND. WE LIVE AT 52 0 4 SUMERY. OUR BACKYARD, UM, IS ADJACENT TO A PART OF, UH, THE LOTS THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING, UM, UH, CONSIDERED FOR, UH, IF YOU LOOK, UH, ON THE SCREEN, YOU SEE A BLUE SWIMMING POOL. THAT'S OUR YARD. WE ARE ADJACENT TO THERE. WE MOVED IN HERE TWO YEARS AGO. UM, THE BIGGEST ATTRACTION TO THE PROPERTY THAT WE PURCHASED AND WE LIVE ON IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, UH, PINE FOREST, WHICH WE ARE IN, AND PINE FOREST ANNEX, WHICH IS, UH, WHERE THE PROPERTY, UH, IN QUESTION IS WE'RE SUBDIVIDED AND, AND BUILT AS, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON SUBSTANTIALLY SIZED LOTS. AND THAT'S WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE. UM, I ALSO SPEAK, UH, ON BEHALF OF CATHERINE HILLARY, OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR ON ONE SIDE, AND FRANCIS SMITH ON THE OTHER SIDE. MS. HILLARY, UH, ALSO BACKS UP. SHE'S ON THE CORNER OF PINE MOUNT AND SUE MARIE HERB BUILDING, UH, IS ALSO ADJACENT TO THIS. WE ARE OPPOSED, UH, TO THIS. IT'S OUR BELIEF THAT, UH, THIS DOES VIOLATE THE, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THAT PROPERTY. AND, UM, THIS WOULD CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS IS NOT WHAT WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS WANT. WE ARE OPPOSED. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. MOORE FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO RE, TO DEFER THIS ITEM. UM, I THINK WE ARE GIVING IT SOME FURTHER REVIEW AND, UH, WE WELCOME YOU TO COME BACK IN A COUPLE WEEKS AND, UH, SPEAK AGAIN. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7 PINE MOUNT MEADOWS? OKAY. HELLO? YES, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? ETHEL HEIKAL. COULD YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME PLEASE? H-I-K-A-L. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. AND I ALSO AM ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY. UM, YES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THIS REPL IS NOT COMPATIBLE OR COMPLIANT WITH OUR DE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE BINDING ON ALL PURCHASERS OF THE SUBDIVISION PROPERTY. AND THE RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN AUTOMATICALLY RENEWED AND TO PERPETUITY. UM, WE'VE GOT THE DEED RESTRICTION, STATE SPECIFIC SETBACK LINES AND SIDE BOUNDARY LINE. UM, WE'VE, YEAH, AND WE'VE NOTICED IN THE NA SURROUNDING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE IMPERVIOUS SURFACE OF LOTS ARE, IS OVERTAKING, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS WHOLE AREA. SO I NEED TO SPEAK UP FOR OUR URBAN WILDLIFE, REDHEADED WOODPECKERS, BLACK SQUIRRELS, RABBITS, POSSUMS, HUMMINGBIRDS, AND MONARCH BUTTERFLIES. THESE ARE BECOMING LESS AND LESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF ALL THIS BUILDING AROUND US. WE ARE IN TOTAL OPPOSITION TO THIS REPL. AND LIKE I SAID, THIS IS [02:45:01] NOT COMPLIANT WITH OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS AND I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU SHARING YOUR COMMENTS WITH US. UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON PINE MOUNT MEADOWS? OKAY. UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, THEN COULD WE GET A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? GARZA GARZA. IS THERE A SECOND? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. . OKAY. ANYONE OPPOSED TO DEFERRAL? UM, THE, DID WE VOTE? YES, WE DID. OKAY. YES, THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DEFERRED 1 0 8 IS IS WITHDRAWN. 1 0 9 SALEM ESTATE, UH, ITEM 1 0 9 SALEM ESTATE. THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMIT ON THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CLIFFWOOD DRIVE AND LA MAC DRIVE NORTH OF WEST BELFORT. THE PURPOSE OF THE RET IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT REVIEW BY LEGAL IS CURRENTLY PENDING. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 9 SALEM ESTATE IS OPEN. THE APPLICANT, UH, JOYCE OWENS IS WITH US FOR QUESTIONS. THE FIRST SPEAKER IS KIM. UH, IS IT SAKI? S-A-U-K-E. SOKE. SORRY. OH, JUST SA OKAY. NO E OKAY. DO YOU WANNA COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? I'LL COME FORWARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HI AYE. AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER SALEM ESTATE AT THIS POINT. AND UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS KIM SOUK AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF WILLOW MEADOW CIVIC CLUB, INCORPORATED, HOA. AND I WANNA ADDRESS THE RE PLATTING OF LOTS AT 44 30 LEMAC AND 96 0 7 CLIFFWOOD DRIVE. AS THIS HAS CAUSED MUCH CONCERN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, THE MAIN ISSUE REVOLVES AROUND THE NEW SUBDIVISION NAMED SALEM ESTATE. THIS INDICATES THAT WILLOW MEADOWS WILL NOT BE THE SUBDIVISION FOR THIS RELAID. AND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN GOVERNING DOCUMENTS WILL NOT BE IN EFFECT FOR THIS NEW SUBDIVISION. SALEM ESTATE WILL HAVE ZERO OVERSIGHT BY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF WILLOW MEADOWS AND WILL BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING IT WANTS. SO A CLARIFICATION IS NEEDED FOR THIS. THE SECOND ITEM IS THE, UH, QUESTION OF WHY THIS IS SUBMITTED UNDER OCEANFRONT REALTY REALTY, LLC AS A DEVELOPER AND NOT MISS SALEM AS THE OWNER. AN EXPLANATION FOR THIS IS DESIRED. ALSO AS A MATTER OF IMPORTANCE IS THAT OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS DON'T LIMIT WHAT CAN BE BUILT ON TWO LOTS. SO WHY WOULD AN OWNER GO THROUGH THE EXPENSE AND EFFORT TO RELA UNLESS THERE IS SOME INTENTION TO CHALLENGE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NO ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY TO HOLD THE HOMEOWNERS TO WHAT THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO AFTER THE RE IS COMPLETE. IT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL IF THE CIVIC CLUB HAS AN APPROVED SITE PLAN PRIOR TO THE REPL, AND IT IS NOT LIKELY THE CIVIC CLUB WILL APPROVE A HOUSE 15 FEET CLOSER TO THE STREET. AND WE ENCOURAGE THE, UM, POSTPONEMENT OF THIS POSTPONEMENT OF THIS FOR THE HOMEOWNERS TO WORK WITH THE CIVIC CLUB. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JEAN LAMONTE, L-A-M-O-N-T-A-G-N-E. I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT. THAT WAS A VERY ATTRACTIVE WAY TO PRONOUNCE MY NAME. IT'S ACTUALLY JUST LIKE CHAMPAGNE JEAN LAMONT. THAT SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TOO. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU TO YOUR PLANNING STAFF FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER. I'M A RETIRED ARCHITECT AND PLANNER. UH, I AM, UH, THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE CHAIR FOR WILLOW MEADOWS. HOWEVER, I'M SPEAKING HERE AS A, AS A RESIDENT WHO LIVES ON CLIFF FOOT. UM, AS KIM HAS ALREADY EXPLAINED, IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE A BIG SIGN GO UP SAYING THAT A SUBDIVISION WAS BEING PLANNED WITH THE NAME OF SALEM ESTATES. I UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY NOT A CRITICAL THING, EXCEPT THAT IT DID DISTRACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM [02:50:01] ADDRESSING THE QUESTIONS THEY PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ASKING WHEN THE SIGNS WENT UP. THE REPL IS A LITTLE CONFUSING TO US. WE HAVE NUMEROUS COMBINED LOTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NONE OF WHICH HAVE BUILDINGS STRADDLING LOTS. WE HAVE AN UNUSUALLY LARGE LOT AT THIS TIME AND A REQUEST TO RELOCATE THE BUILDING LINE. NOW ON CLIFFWOOD, 100% OF THE HOMES ARE SET BACK FROM THE STREET AT LEAST 25 FEET. SOME OF THEM FURTHER, YOU'LL SEE ON YOUR PLATH THAT THE NEW BUILDING LINE IS SHOWN AS 10 FEET. WHAT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO DO IS JUST HAVE A, HAVE 30 DAYS, UH, WHICH WOULD BE GRANTED BY THIS DEFERRAL TO TALK TO THE HOMEOWNER AND SEE WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE THEY LOOKING AT. NOW THE COMBINED LOTS, UH, ARE OVER 22,000 SQUARE FEET AND IT'S THE DEEPEST WOULD MAKE THIS, THE DEEPEST PROPERTY WITH NOW WITH AN EXTENDED BUILDING LINE. THE, UM, THE AVERAGE HOME ON LA MAC, WHICH IS THE LESSER STREET OF THE TWO OF THE TWO STREETS INVOLVED IN THIS REPL, IS 1600 SQUARE FEET AT 40% COVERAGE OF A 22,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. YOU'RE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL FOOTPRINT EXCLUSIVE OF POOL OF ABOUT 8,900 SQUARE FEET. SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON. WE, WE'VE NOT BEEN IN THE BUSINESS OF DISCOURAGING PEOPLE FROM BUILDING OUR, OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE WANNA WORK WITH PEOPLE WHO HAVE MORE THAN ONE LOT. BUT WE DO WANNA THANK YOU FOR GIVING US A FEW EXTRA DAYS TO TRY TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS. THANK YOU. UH, WE, AND I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT WE WILL, UM, DELAY IT FOR TWO WEEKS. AND, UH, I WILL ASK, UH, JOYCE OWENS IF, UH, IF YOU WOULD MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH THE SPEAKERS, UM, TO SEE IF YOU CAN ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS. UM, MADAM CHAIR? YES. OH, JOYCE OWENS. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU'RE READY TO CALL FOR ME. NOT YET. YOU MAY HAVE ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS. I'LL RESERVE FOR LAST. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 0 9 SALEM ESTATE? OKAY. IF NOT, WE'LL CALL JOYCE OWENS THE APPLICANT. MADAM CHAIR JOYCE OWENS HERE. I'M IN COVID RECOVERY. UM, SO PLEASE FORGIVE ME, I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE CIVIC CLUB. WE TYPICALLY DO WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING. I CAN'T ANSWER ALL OF THEIR QUESTIONS. UM, WOULD YOU LIKE FOR ME TO MEET WITH THEM ON LATER OR WOULD YOU LIKE ME TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION NOW? MADAM CHAIR, I THINK GIVEN OUR AGENDA, IT'D PROBABLY BE HELPFUL IF YOU WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH THEM SINCE WE'RE WE'RE GETTING READY TO DEFER IT, IF THAT WOULD BE OKAY. OKAY. THAT THAT WOULD BE FINE. I'LL POST MY PHONE NUMBER. IT'S ON THE SIGN AND ON THE LETTERS. AND I, I'LL SEE IF, UH, ONE OF THE PLANNERS COULD GET THE PHONE NUMBER FOR MS. SAKI. I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME AND I'LL FOLLOW UP LATER TODAY. YES, MS. SLC. AND YEAH. AND WE'LL, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET YOU THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION AS SUCH AS WE HAVE IT. I GUESS WE HAVE IT. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. OWENS. WE APPRECIATE YOUR RESPONSIVENESS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, IS THERE ANY COMMENT OR QUESTION FROM THE COMMISSION? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE A MOTION? BALDWIN A SECOND JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. ITEM ONE 10 SOUTHAMPTON PLACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FOUR, ITEM ONE 10 SOUTHAMPTON PLACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FOUR. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A ONE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WILTON STREET AND RICE BOULEVARD, EAST OF SHEPHERD DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CONSOLIDATE TWO LOTS AND CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED FOR THIS ITEM AND THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AND MORE TIME IS NEEDED FOR SUFFICIENT STUDY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS WITH THIS APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW FOR FURTHER LEGAL REVIEW. UH, STUDY AND REVIEW. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 10 SOUTHAMPTON PLACE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED, NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON SOUTH HAMPTON PLACE? UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE ARE NO IS NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION CLARK SECOND POROUS FERTILE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 11. ITEM ONE 11 IS SOUTHLAND PLACE PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER FIVE. THE SITE, THE SUBJECT SIDE IS 67 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS WEST ALONG LOZIER STREET, SOUTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL AND EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO BRANCHES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE [02:55:01] PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRIC OR VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION STAFF. RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 11, SOUTHLAND PLACE IS OPEN. I HAVE A SPEAKER, UH, JACQUELINE WATSON. MS. WATSON, I HAVE JACQUELINE AND VEDA. OKAY. YOU GONNA COME TOGETHER? YES. MY MOTHER, MY 85-YEAR-OLD MOTHER. HI. UM, WE LIVE AT, SHE LIVES IN THE AREA OVER THERE AND THEY'RE DOING ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE NOT INCLUDING HER AND SHE WANTS TO SPEAK. YEAH. UM, I PURCHASED A PROPERTY AND ON THREE LOTS OF LAND. UM, THE PERSON TO WHOM I PURCHASED HIS FROM WAS A LAWYER, JIMMY ASHLEY, UH, MR. MONTAN WHO HE WAS THE, UM, THE AGENT WHEN I PURCHASED IT, HE SAID THE, THE, THE I'VE GOT HIGH WALLS AROUND THIS PROPERTY. HE SAID THE WALL IS NOT ON THE LINE. THE LINE IS OVER. IT GOES OVER BECAUSE MY NEIGHBOR IS THE CITY BECAUSE ALLEGHENY IS ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND THERE'S A MAIN STREET WHICH IS DIXIE DRIVE. AND SO IT, THIS IT CON IT CONTINUES STRAIGHT DOWN. NO, I ITEM IT'S NOT US. YEAH, YEAH. THAT WE ARE SPEAKING ON THE WRONG ITEM. SPEAKING ON, I BEG YOUR PARDON. YOU SIGNED UP ON BOTH ONE 11 AND ONE 12. YOU ARE THE ONE WHO DID THAT. . OKAY. WE'LL BE BACK. WE UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. THE SAME. YEAH, EXACTLY. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ONE 11? ANYBODY IN THE CHAT KNOW IF HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ONE 11 IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA GARZA, SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND NOW ON ITEM ONE 12, SOUTHLAND TERRACE. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. IF YOU COULD SHOW THAT I'VE RETURNED TO THE MEETING. OH, GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG FOR COMING BACK. OKAY, ITEM WHO'S PRESENTING ON ONE 12? THAT WOULD BE ME. ITEM ONE 12 SOUTHLAND TERRACE. THREE FLAT NUMBER THREE. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 7,700 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH ALONG ORVILLE STREET. I'M SORRY, NORTH ALONG DIXIE STREET, WEST OF, UH, ALLEGHENY, NORTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE ONE, UH, UNRESTRICTED RESERVE REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. SORRY, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT. ARE THOSE FILED SEPARATELY? THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION STAFF. RECOMMENDATIONS TO, 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 FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. AND NOW WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 12 AND CALL ON VEDA WATSON AND JACQUELINE WATSON, CAN WE GET CLARITY FROM STAFF THAT IT'S 36,000 SQUARE FEET, NOT 7,000 SQUARE FEET OR SOMETHING THAT HE SAID. YEAH, MR. THAT IS, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. YES, THAT IS CORRECT. UH, MY, THAT FORMER SCRIPT WAS ON THE WRONG SITE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO RIGHT AHEAD. SO WE OKAY. CONTINUE. YES, BUT I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT THE PERSON TO WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, AND HE AND MYSELF HAVE GOT A MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE LINE, WITH THE, WITH THE BORDER. I THOUGHT HE WOULD'VE BEEN HERE TODAY. WHAT MY MOTHER MEANS IS THAT THERE'S THE, BECAUSE IT'S IN THIRD WARD, THE AREAS ARE NOT CLEARLY DEFINED. OKAY. SO HE, I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY 1998. THE NEIGHBOR, I THOUGHT WAS THE CITY, AND THEN THERE WAS AN EMPTY LOT. THE EMPTY LOT IS NOW SOLD TO THIS INDIVIDUAL. WE, WE, WE TALKED WHILE HE, HE, HE, HE COMES OCCASIONALLY, AND I SAID, 'CAUSE HE, HE HAS IT AT A PARKING LOT FOR CARS. SO THEY WERE PUTTING THE CARS, THE BACKSIDE NEAR [03:00:01] TO, NEAR TO MY WALL. I SAID, I DON'T WANT IT TO COME SO CLOSE BECAUSE IT MIGHT DAMAGE THE WALL. SO I SEE HE MOVES, HE'S MOVING. HE PUT SOME, UM, BOULDERS BOLD, NOT YES. BOULDERS. YES. NOT THAT, UM, FENCING. AND HE CAME OVER PAST, THAT'S HIM, THAT'S THE CITY. HE'S OVER MY SIDE. I SAID, ARE YOU GONNA GIVE ME A LETTER TO REMOVE THOSE POSTS WHEN I'M READY FOR IT TO BE REMOVED? HE SAYS, NO, I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU. I WAS DONE TALKING. OKAY. I WAS FINISHED TALKING. SORRY. BY LUCK, BY GRAMMAR. ANYWAY, I WOULD LIKE, I GOT A SURVEYOR AND THE SURVEYOR GAVE ME BACK MY MONEY. HE SAID HE CANNOT, UM, SURVEY THE GROUNDS BECAUSE IT'S A HORSE AND PONY IN THAT AREA. BECAUSE IT'S A WHAT? HORSE AND PONY IN THIRD WARD. THEY, THEY HAD HORSE, HORSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU, WHERE YOU TYPE UP YOUR HORSE. OH, OKAY. SO IT'S A HORSE AND PONY AREA, MEANING THAT THE LINES ARE NOT CLEARLY DEFINED. OKAY. AND THAT'S A PROBLEM THAT SHE'S HAVING, BEING BULLIED THIS WAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO ARE YOU THERE IS AN EASEMENT. YEAH. THAT'S A CITY EASEMENT. YES. ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE PROPERTY. YES. WHICH BELONGS TO THE CITY. YES. AND HE CANNOT BUILD INTO THAT EASEMENT. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE POSITION IS BECAUSE WHEN I GOT THE SURVEYOR, HE SAID HE CANNOT, BECAUSE THERE IS NOT A MARK TO DISTINGUISH WHERE THE LINE STOPS OR WHERE THE LINE IS TO GO. SO WHAT'S, SO WHAT'S HAPPENING? HOLD ON A SECOND, PLEASE. WHAT'S HAPPENING? THEY HAVE A CLUB THAT PARKS THERE AND THEY PARK IT CLOSE TO MY MOM'S WALL, SECOND REPAIR OF THE WALL. AND THEY URINATE IN A DRIVEWAY AND YOU CAN'T EVEN PARK. GO UP IN THE DRIVEWAY. AND THEY'RE PARKING IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY YOU'RE SAYING? CORRECT. THIS IS YOUR OPEN PARKING? YES. LET ME GET ON WITH IT. BUT YOU'RE TO THE, YOUR MOTHER'S PROPERTY IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE HIGHLIGHTED HERE, RIGHT? YES. SEPARATED BY THE RIGHT OF WAY. OWNED BY THE CITY. YES. OKAY. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT GETTING THAT PARTITION IDENTIFIED BECAUSE MY MOM HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF BEAUTIFUL TREE THAT'S BEEN THERE AND CUTTING THE GRASS THAT'S BEEN THERE. AND HE'S THREATENED TO CHOP DOWN THE TREE AND ALL THE THINGS THAT SHE'S PLANTED THERE. WELL, THEY NEED TO KNOW. WELL, AFTER, AFTER FINISH SPEAKING, THEY NEED TO KNOW PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOU TOO. OKAY. OKAY. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. OKAY. I THINK WHAT MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS IF YOU CAN GIVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, PHONE NUMBERS TO MS. MATER NEXT TO YOU. YEAH. UM, WE WILL, WE'LL, COMMUNIC THIS IS A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN YOU AND THE OWNER, BUT IT DOES SOUND LIKE YOU, YOU MAY HAVE A CAUSE TO GET THEM TO STOP WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND WE CAN HELP WALK YOU THROUGH THAT THE BEST WE CAN. DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING THAT COMMISSION CAN DO ABOUT THAT AT THIS POINT, BUT THE PLAT, AS IT AS IT'S SHOWN, MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS. BUT NOBODY CAN JUST USE A CITY EASEMENT LIKE THAT. EXACTLY. SO, SO, SO I, I GOT A LETTER TO, TO COME HERE TODAY. RIGHT? THAT'S YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND I HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS THAT I NEED TO CALL ON TOO. YES. SO, UM, IF WE CAN GO AHEAD AND DEFER YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS, TALK TO MS. MATO, AND THEN WE'LL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND GIVE YOU SOME MORE INFORMATION. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS PHILLIP LEE, LEE. MR. LEE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. AND REBECCA WILKINSON. WI MS. WILKINSON IS NOT PRESENT EITHER. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12? SOUTHLAND SIGNED UP TERRACE. I SIGNED UP. OKAY. SPELL SIGNED UP. I DON'T HAVE YOU ON THAT ITEM, BUT COME FORWARD. COME ON. I CALLED THE PLANNER OF THE DAY, UH, TO BE ON THAT. YEAH, YOU MAY BE ON A LIST. I JUST, I'M, I HAVE A LOT OF LISTS HERE IN FRONT OF ME. OKAY. MARTY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALL RIGHT. BUT BEFORE I BEGIN, MAY THE QUEEN OF PC WHO WAS MARY LOU, REST IN PEACE. I HAD NO IDEA NONE. JANE KL WEST AND I WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT HER A FEW WEEKS AGO. 'CAUSE IF YOU CAN'T TELL, THAT'S WHO I'M FOLLOWING IN. OKAY. SO WHEN I GROW UP, I ALWAYS SAID I WANT TO BE LIKE MARY LOU . SO, UM, I I, I MEAN IT [03:05:01] AS SHE REST IN PEACE. UH, I AM HERE TODAY. I, UH, I AM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FOR THIS AREA AS WELL AS I LIVE IN SOUTHLAND TERRACE, WHICH IS SOUTH MCGREGOR SERVICE CLUB. AND I WANNA READ A LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT ALFONSO LLOYD, UH, THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, PARTIAL REPLANTING OF SOUTHLAND TERRACE, WHICH INCLUDES THE REPLANTING OF LOTS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT OF BLOCK 35 AND LOTS NINE THROUGH 10 OF BLOCK 36, AND A PORTION OF LAREDO STREET AS PRESIDENT OF SOUTH MCGREGOR CIVIC CLUB. I REPRESENT OVER 350 HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN THE RIVERSIDE TERRACE AND SOUTHLAND TERRACE SUBDIVISION. WE ARE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE OR REPLANTING OF THE BLOCKS ABOVE MENTIONED LOTS. AND, UM, KINDEST REGARDS, AL LLOYD, WE HAVE HAD NO LESS THAN SEVEN MURDERS. SEVEN IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. WE HAD THREE IN ONE DAY AT FOUR 30 IN THE AFTERNOON. THE D THE CLUBS ON DIXIE THAT HAVE INUNDATED US IS BEYOND ANYTHING YOU COULD IMAGINE. WE'VE BEEN TOLD THIS IS PLANNED TO BE A CLUB. NOW YOU ALL DON'T CARE WHEN Y'ALL REPLAY WHAT THEY USE IT FOR, BUT YOU HAVE A PARKING REQUIREMENT IF YOU'RE DOING A CLUB, IT'S 14 PER THOUSAND. AIN'T NOWHERE TO PUT 14 PER THOUSAND ON IT ON THIS LOT. THIS IS, YOU PUT ALL THESE LOTS, THIS USED TO BE DIXIE HARDWARE AND SEA EXPANDED AND BOUGHT HOUSES BESIDE HIM. HE NEVER REPLANTED. HE JUST PUT MORE NUTS, BOLTS, AND SCREWS IN THE HOUSE WHERE THE HOUSE WAS BEFORE. SO WHEN YOU ALL DO THIS, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD THEY PLANNING A STRIP CLUB, THEY PLANNING A CLUB AND ALL THAT. HOW YOU ALL, AND THIS IS WHAT THE LADY WAS SAYING BEFORE. I'M COMING HERE NOW 'CAUSE Y'ALL TELLING ME THIS IS WHERE MY COMMENTS ARE. BUT WHEN I COME IN NOW, LOOK LIKE YOU COULD CARE LESS WHAT I SAY. 'CAUSE THE PLANNER OF THE DAY HAS DECIDED THIS SHOULD BE APPROVED. THAT MAKES NO SENSE. I'M NOT KIDDING. WE HAVE HAD PEOPLE HAD HEART ATTACKS, THEY HAVE HAD TO CALL THE POLICE 'CAUSE THE FIRE, THE AMBULANCE COULDN'T GET DOWN. DIXIE COULDN'T GET DOWN BOWLING GREEN BECAUSE EXACTLY WHAT YOU ALL SAID ABOUT THESE NEW TERRACE HOMES. THEY PARK ON THE STREETS. WE EVEN HAD THE NO PARKING SIGNS PUT UP ON DIXIE. THE CLUBS TAKE 'EM DOWN BEFORE THE CITY IS OFF. DIXIE, MS. BELL, YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED. SO JUST GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP FOR US PLEASE. I AM BEGGING YOU ALL THE CONSIDERATION THAT Y'ALL GAVE EVERYBODY BEFORE US TO DEFER IT. I'M ASKING Y'ALL TO DEFER THIS BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE EXTREME DETRIMENT. THIS IS NOT BEHIND A BAR WEATHER. IT'S ALL HOUSES ON TAMPA. OKAY? THIS IS ALL RESIDENTS. SO I'M BEGGING Y'ALL TO PLEASE DEFER THIS THANK YOU AND GIVE US TIME. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND YOU ARE ON MY LIST, BY THE WAY. I JUST HADN'T TURNED THE PAGE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12 LAN TERRACE? OKAY. COMMISSION STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT. UM, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, DEFER THIS FOR MORE INFORMATION IN CASE THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO USE ANY OTHER TOOLS IN OUR MAIL, IN OUR MAILBOX, , ANY OTHER TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX, ARROWS IN OUR QUIVER, ALL OF THOSE THINGS TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO, AND PERHAPS EVEN GET IN TOUCH WITH THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO SEE IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE, TAKE SOME ACTION HERE. OKAY. AND YEAH, PERHAPS THE, UH, MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALSO TO HELP, UM, THE WATSONS LOOK INTO THAT ISSUE. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL AND, UH, CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING SAY, AYE. A AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. OKAY. ITEM ONE 13 . ALL RIGHT. ITEM ONE 13 IS SUNTER SECTION 29 PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN WALLER COUNTY WITHIN SUNTER SECTION 29 AS THE RIGHT OF WAY OF TANARA DRIVE. SO VITA DRIVE AND HARBOR RIDGE DRIVE NORTH OF CLAY ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CHANGE THE STREET NAMES OF SO VITA DRIVE TO APPLE, ROSE LANE, AND HARBOR RIDGE DRIVE TO GOLDEN DUST DRIVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE PACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STATUS RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 13 SECOND TARA SECTION 29 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. UH, ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON SUNTER SECTION 29, [03:10:02] HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION FOR IT. POUROUS PER SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSE THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 14. ITEM ONE 14 IS SUNTER SECTION 30 PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE. THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED IN WALLER COUNTY WITHIN SUNTER SECTION 30 AS THE RIGHT OF WAY OF SEA WEST LAKE DRIVE NORTH OF CLAY ROAD AND EAST OF SHIP ROAD. SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED THAT THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CHANGE THE STREET NAME OF SEA WEST LAKE DRIVE TO SORAN HILL DRIVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORUM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 14. SINCE SECTION 30 IS OPEN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED. ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON ONE 14? HEARING NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK CLARK. SECOND HINES HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 15. ITEM ONE 15 IS SONARA SECTION 31 PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE. THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN WALLA COUNTY WITHIN THE SONARA SECTION 31 AS THE PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY OF MYRTLE BLAST DRIVE, WHICH IS NORTH OF CLAY ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPL IS TO CHANGE OF STREET NAME FROM MYRTLE GLASS DRIVE TO STINGRAY COVE DRIVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 15 SUNTER SECTION 31 IS OPEN. WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ONE 15? HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. MOTION HINES HINES GARZA GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 16. ITEM ONE 16 IS TRAILS OF KATIE, SECTION SIX, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH OF KINGSLAND BOULEVARD AND EAST OF ECHO RUN DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE SIX SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THE SITE IS A REPL OF SIX LOTS FROM THE TRAILS OF KATY, SECTION SIX SUBDIVISION. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE COS WITHIN THE NEW REPL OF THE SIX LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW STAFF NOTICE SOME INCONSISTENCIES IN THE LOT SIZES BETWEEN THE REPL AND THE CURRENT PLAT, WHICH MUST BE CORRECTED BEFORE GIVEN A FINAL RECOMMENDATION. MADAM CHAIR, IF THAT PLEASE, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 16 TRAILS OF KATIE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO, OH, I I AM SORRY. I DO. TASHA RENO. TASHA RENO. R HI, THIS IS, GO AHEAD. HI, THIS IS TASHA RENO. SPELLING OF MY LAST NAME IS RENO, LIKE THE CITY. THANK YOU. UM, I THANK YOU. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, I AM A RESIDENT OF TRAILS OF KATY, THE HOUSE, THE HOUSES THAT ARE LOCATED BEHIND THE SOON TO BE CONSTRUCTED TOWN HOMES. WE ARE JUST KIND OF LEARNING ABOUT THIS THROUGH THE PUBLIC NOTICE THAT YOU ALL HAVE PUT UP. BUT AS WE'RE READING THROUGH IT, I JUST WOULD LIKE TO GET ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY ARE MEANING BY, UM, NOT WANTING TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE, AS WELL AS GET A CREDIT FOR EXCESS COS AND ALSO TALK TO US AS A SUBDIVISION HOW THIS WILL IMPACT US. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BECOMING A PART OF THE HOA AND SUBDIVISION THAT WE HAVE AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE MORE INFORMATION AS WE'VE BEEN AROUND THAT WAS ZONED COMMERCIALLY. LOOKS LIKE THEY WANNA CONVERT IT TO RESIDENTIAL AND ACROSS FROM US, WE HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT JUST HODGEPODGE OF THINGS THAT ARE POPPING UP. I GUESS DUE TO LACK OF SELL OF THE LAND, THEY'RE FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES AND SO THAT WE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WHAT WILL BE THERE AND HOW THAT IMPACTS US AS HOMEOWNERS. I WOULD LIKE FOR THE APPLICANT TO REQUEST A MEETING WITH THE HOA TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. [03:15:01] OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, WE WILL ASK, UM, I'LL ASK OUR STAFF, UH, MR. K CRIDDLE TO PASS THAT ALONG TO THE APPLICANT. UM, AND GO AHEAD. MR. K CRIDDLE? NO, YOU CAN FINISH MAAM. YEAH, AND, AND SEE IF, IF HE, HE CAN, IF THE APPLICANT WILL, WILL MAKE YOUR MEET WITH YOUR GROUP. UM, WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 16? UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? ALLMAN ALLMAN SECOND. AYE A ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. OKAY. THAT COMPLETED 24 PUBLIC HEARINGS. YES. OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Devin Crittle, John Cedillo, Petra Hsia, Geoff Butler, and Tammi Williamson) ] SECTION D VARIANCES. VARIANCES. AND I'M GONNA, THIS IS A GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT I HAVE. UM, MS. LEE IS HELPING ME DETERMINE WHEN PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP IN THE CHAT WHO WANNA SPEAK. IF YOU WANNA SPEAK ON AN ITEM AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR NAME IN THE CHAT, THAT WILL HELP US SPEED. AND THEN WE WON'T HAVE TO CALL FOR SPEAKERS ON ANY ITEM. IF YOU WANNA SPEAK AND YOU DON'T FEEL THAT YOU'RE BEING CALLED ON, JUST SPEAK UP AND SAY I WANNA SPEAK. OKAY? BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA GO AS FAST AS WE CAN HERE. OKAY. ITEM 1 17 17 A AND R INVESTMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG AIRLINE DRIVE AND NORTH OF I 45. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANT TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO HAVE ASSETS AND FURNISH ON A 36 WIDE ASSET EASEMENT INSTEAD OF, UH, INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC STREET. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST. I AM STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE ON THIS ITEM. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE MOTION? MOTION GARZA GARZA, SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. ONE 18 BO BRO, ISN'T IT BOSE ROAD. ROSE. ROSE ROAD. OKAY. SORRY. THE SITE IS, THANK YOU. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ NORTHEAST OF FARM MARKET IN 1950 AND WEST OF CYPRESS WOOD DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED A VARIANT TO EXCEED INTERSECTION FACING ALONG THE NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARY BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH, SOUTH PUBLISHED STREET THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE GP PROPOSES AN RV PARK WITH A COMMERCIAL SITE AND A DETENTION POND. AN ADEQUATE PUBLISHED STREET SYSTEM IS ALSO BEING PROVIDED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE ASSETS AND INTERNAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THIS AREA. A NORTH STAR PUBLIC STREET IS REQUIRED AT THE NORTHWESTERN DP BOUNDARY TO ADDRESS INTERSECTION FACING. HOWEVER, GRANTING OF THE VARIANT WILL NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC SAFETY. TRAFFIC STIPULATION WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE PROPOSED STREET NETWORK AND THE ADJACENT CHECKS TO THE NORM WILL HAVE PUBLIC STREET FUNDAGE ALSO. UM, IN THE FUTURE IN NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STATE WILL BE PROVIDED TO THE EACH. WE WILL HELP TO IMPROVE THE OVERALL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. HARRIS COUNTY IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GPS SERVICE TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENT AND DID CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION MANKA. THANK YOU. MOTION MANKA. SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 19. ITEM ONE 19. KENNY CROSSING NORTH THE SITE I LOCATED IN THE ETJ IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WEST OF US 59. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING CAN'T RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANT TO ALLOW VIEW RESERVE TO HAVE FUNDED AND ASSETS VIA AN ASSET EASEMENT THAT ISN'T SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST PERCEPTIVE. 42. A RECORDED UNRESTRICTED RESERVE IS ALLOWED TO BE SUBDIVIDED BY MAKING BOUND WITHOUT A WE PLOT. HOWEVER, THIS REQUIREMENT IS NOT ALLOWED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY. THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A SUBDIVISION PLA APPLICATION TO CREATE A TENT RESERVE. A PERPETUAL, NON-EXCLUSIVE ASSET EASEMENT WILL ALSO BE PROVIDED TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO THE RESERVE WITH NO PUBLISHED STREET FURNISH. MONTGOMERY COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REVIEW THIS APPLICATION AND HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANT REQUEST. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANT AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC [03:20:01] COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS ON ITEM ONE 19. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION JONES ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 20. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON. I'VE REJOINED THE MEETING. OH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DALTON. OKAY, ONE 20 CONCEPT NEIGHBORHOOD ON ROBERT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY IN THE CITY LIMIT NOR E HARRISBURG BOULEVARD AND NORTHWEST OF DORK STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANT TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BORDERLINE ALONG SHERMAN ROBERTS AND GARO STREET AND TO, AND TO NOT PROVIDE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE EASEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ? UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 20. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE A MOTION FOR P FOR PERLE? IS THERE A SECOND? AYE A. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. SORRY. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 21. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL BE RECUSING FROM THIS ITEM. OKAY. AND BALDWIN TOO, NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS BALDWIN AND HE ARE ABSTAINING ON ITEM 1 21. MADAM CHAIR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE, TAKE ITEM 1 21 ROMAN NEW RULE FIVE AND ROMO NEURAL SIX TOGETHER AS THEY ARE RELATED. ARE YOU SURE IT IS NOT SIX AND SEVEN? IT SAYS SIX AND SEVEN THERE, BUT I THINK I HAVE FIVE AND SIX AND SEVEN. FIVE SHOULD BE THE OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AND SIX SHOULD BE THE DAPHNE HOTEL. OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE 1 21 ROMAN FIVE AND ROMAN SEVEN. OKAY. FIVE AND SIX. FIVE AND SIX. YES MA'AM. SHOULD BE FIVE AND SIX. THIS IS CORRECT. THAT'S WRONG. THE AGENDAS THERE. IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT IS. IT'S A MIRACLE. THERE WE GO. WE'RE, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THE WHOLE, ALL OF THE RELATED HOTEL APPLICATIONS IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. COULD WE TAKE THE REST? OKAY. ALRIGHT, GO RIGHT AHEAD. ALRIGHT, STARTING WITH ITEM 1 21. UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WEST 20TH STREET AND ASHLAND STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A FIVE STORY BOUTIQUE HOTEL ON THIS TRACK AND IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE FOR A PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE ALONG WEST 20TH STREET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE SITS ON A RECORDED UNRESTRICTED RESERVE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AS THE MASON ROBERTS HOTEL, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2019. THE PLAT WAS GRANTED A SIMILAR REQUEST FOR A REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG WEST 20TH STREET, BUT THE HOTEL WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED. NOW THE PROJECT WILL PROCEED AS THE DAPHNE HOTEL WITH A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT DESIGN. A PORTION OF THE SITE IS ABIDING BY THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE NEAR THE COURTYARD AREA, BUT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TWO FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A GIFT SHOP WITH A ROOF TERRACE AND A CABANA. THE GIFT SHOP ENTRANCE WILL HA, EXCUSE ME, THE GIFT SHOP WILL HAVE AN ENTRANCE ALONG WEST 20TH STREET AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A TWO FOOT PROTECTIVE AWNING THAT WOULD ABUT THE PROPERTY LINE. WEST 20TH IS A PLAN 70 FOOT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SUFFICIENT IN ITS CURRENT WIDTH. THE SITE HAS A 15 FOOT PEDESTRIAN REALM AND A 17 FOOT BACK CURB DISTANCE FROM THE FACE OF THE GIFT SHOP TO THE CURB. THE SITE HAS A SEVEN FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER WITH A SIDEWALK THAT VARIES FROM SIX TO EIGHT FEET DUE TO THE EXISTING OAK TREES THAT ARE TO BE PROTECTED. THE CONSIDERATION OF THE PROPOSED HOTEL DAPHNE INCLUDES THREE VARIANCES TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A, EXCUSE ME, TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, TO BE LOCATED WITHIN 750 FEET OF A PROTECTED USE AND TO ALLOW AND TO ALLOW DRIVEWAY ACCESS ALONG ASHLAND STREET. AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THE HOTEL WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED AS THE MASON ROBERTS HOTEL IN 2019 WITH THE SAME EXACT VARIANCE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY. AT THAT TIME, THE PROJECT DID RECEIVE SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORS AND THE NEARBY CHURCH AND OTHER VARIOUS GROUPS BASED ON THE ROOM COUNT. STRICT APPLICATION REQUIRES, EXCUSE ME, BASED ON THE ROOM COUNT, STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A VARIANCE FOR THE HOTEL TO BE LOCATED AT THIS SECTION. THE AREA IS MIXED, USED AND VERY WALKABLE ALONG THIS STRETCH OF WEST 20TH STREET. THE BAPTIST TEMPLE CHURCH HAS EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THE BOUTIQUE HOTEL AND, AND HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT LOCATED IN [03:25:01] YOUR PACKET. CONSIDERATION OF THE OFF STREET PARKING. THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW OFF STREET PARKING TO BE LOCATED OVER 500 FEET AWAY FROM THE HOTEL SITE. THE HOTEL IS PROPOSING 51 ROOMS AND 16 PARKING SPACES WILL BE, WILL BE PROVIDED ON SITE. THE ORIGINAL PARKING PLAN INCLUDED THREE OFFSITE LOCATIONS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A HOME AND A FLOWER SHOP TO BE DEMOLISHED. NOW A VACANT SITE HAS BEEN SELECTED AT THE EASTERN END OF THE BLOCK, WHICH WILL PROVIDE 29 SURFACE PARKING SPACES WITH ACCESS FROM RUTLAND STREET. THE NEW SITE WAS SIT ON TWO UNRESTRICTED RE RESERVES, WHICH ALLOWED FOR PARKING USE. WITH THIS CHANGE, NO STRUCTURES ARE REQUIRED TO BE DEMOLISHED. UH, MADAM CHAIR, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE PARKING VARIANCE IS STILL REQUIRED DUE TO THE NINE SPACES THAT ARE PROPOSED OVER 500 FEET FROM THE HOTEL SITE. OVERALL, STAFFING IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE VARIANCE, THE PROPOSED HOTEL LOCATION IN THE OFF STREET PARKING LOCATIONS. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE A CONDITION OF APPROVAL THAT'S ALREADY SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN IS TO MAINTAIN A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ALONG ASHLAND STREET AND TO PROVIDE A TREE PRESERVATION PLAN FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S URBAN FORESTER FOR THE OAK TREES ALONG WEST 20TH AT THE TIME OF RECORDATION. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATIONS. WE DO HAVE SI WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE HOTEL AS THE BUILDING LINE AND THE PARKING VARIANCES ARE ONLY CONSIDERATIONS. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. SO I THINK, UH, JUST TO KEEP THINGS, YOU KNOW, CLEAR, WE'LL JUST TAKE THESE UP ONE AT A TIME AND WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO RIGHT NOW IS ITEM 1 21, WHICH IS THE, THE VARIANCE BUILDING. THE BUILDING LINE. OKAY. AND SO THE FIRST SPEAKER I HAVE ON THAT IS WILLIAM SMITH. THANK YOU. HELLO AGAIN. UM, I FIRST OF ALL THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK AGAIN. THIS, UH, CHANGE IS BEEN VERY HELPFUL THAT BEN ACKERLEY, THE DEVELOPER AND OTHERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING, UH, MR. UH BALDWIN, WHO HAS FACILITATED A MEETING WITH THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION'S FACILITIES WITH THE NEIGHBORS. AND WE ARE, WE ARE, I AM IN PARTICULAR, AND I BELIEVE SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE NOW, UH, HAPPY ABOUT THE PLAN FOR THE PARKING, WHICH IS GOING TO, UH, UH, HAVE VALET AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT DOWN THE 20TH STREET. IT'S GONNA TAKE IT TO A, A RESERVED OFFSITE PARKING SPACE FOR THE HOTEL. AND IT WILL NOT REQUIRE THE ABOLISHMENT OF THE, OF THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING OR THE FLOWER SHOP AT THIS POINT IN TIME. SO I'M EXPRESSING MY SUPPORT FOR THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH US. YOU MADE IT A BETTER PROJECT. OKAY. UH, AND THEN THOMAS FRANK, UM, ONE THING OF NOTE, UM, WE WERE, UH, MENTIONED THAT THERE HAD APPROVAL OF BAPTIST TEMPLE. THAT CHURCH NOW HAS NEW SIGNS ON IT, THAT IT'S A DIFFERENT CHURCH. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT MATTERS OR NOT, BUT IT'S NOT BAPTIST TEMPLE ANYMORE. UM, ANYWAY, IF WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT THE FIRST ONE WITH THE VARIANCES, UH, ABOUT THE E THE EASEMENTS, UH, WE'RE FINE. WE'VE WORKED WITH BEN, WE'RE TALKING WITH THEM. OUR MAIN CONCERNS ARE ABOUT PARKING. AND WE HAVE SOME ISSUES WE'LL BRING UP LATER WHEN WE ADDRESS PARKING, BUT THE BAPTIST TEMPLE APPROVAL MAY NOT, UH, HOLD WATER ANYMORE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I THINK THEY JUST CHANGED THEIR NAME. MAYBE. WELL, YOU HAVE TO DO SOME SORT OF LEGAL DOCUMENTATION. YEAH, THEY REBRANDED SORT OF DIFFERENT DENOMINATION REBRANDED. IT IS. OKAY. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. I DIDN'T SAY THAT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO, UH, WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 21? JUST 1 21. MR. LANG. OH, MR. LANG. GREAT. I WANNA TELL THANK YOU SO MUCH TO YOU AND, UM, AND THE DEVELOPER FOR WORKING SO HARD TO MAKE THIS A PROJECT THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN SUPPORT. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS ANDREW LANG WITH BGE. WE ARE THE APPLICANT ALONGSIDE MR. LEY FOR THE DAPHNE HOTEL. UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO START BY THANKING, UM, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN IN, UM, FACILITATING OUR, OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK MR. SMITH WHO HAS BEEN, UH, DILIGENT AND, AND VERY EASY TO WORK WITH AND, UM, HAS BEEN HANDLING A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND, UH, AGREED. I THINK THAT, UM, WORKING TOGETHER, WE'VE MADE THIS A BETTER PROJECT AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR APPRECIATION. UM, AND AS FAR AS THE BUILDING LINE VARIANCES ARE CONCERNED, I THINK EVERYTHING IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD. BUT, UM, I'LL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS PART OF THE APPLICATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. LANG? COMMISSIONER ALLMAN? NO. OKAY. NO, I, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. UH, I'M JUST CURIOUS AND [03:30:01] IF, IF I'M EARLY, I DON'T AND NOW, NOW THAT WE'RE NOT TAKING 'EM ALL TOGETHER, IT, IT, IT, HOW DO Y'ALL PLAN TO SECURE THE PARKING SO THAT YOU KNOW, THE RICE BOX OR ANY OF THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES CUSTOMERS TO THOSE SITES? DON'T JUST PARKING YOUR PARKING SPOTS. UH, I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS, UH, A PLAN TO HAVE, UH, SECURITY CAMERAS ON SITE, UM, LIGHTING THAT WILL BE PROVIDED ON SITE. UH, AND I THINK, AND I, I DON'T WANT TO SPEAK OUT OF TURN, BUT I BELIEVE THERE'S SECURITY THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, UH, THAT WILL BE PATROLLING BACK AND FORTH. IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THE HOTEL'S VALET ONLY THE VALETS WILL HAVE RFID. IT'LL BE GATED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD QUESTION. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. UM, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD, UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION GRANT AND APPROVE IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE ANY DIS FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE THEN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. CLARK. CLARK. IS THERE A SECOND? HEES HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NOW WE MOVE ON TO, ARE WE GONNA DO ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE NOW? OKAY, LET'S DO IT. WE'LL WORK FROM THE BOTTOM UP. OKAY. ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE IS THE OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE FOR, UH, 3 47 WEST 20TH STREET. UH, YOU'VE ALREADY MADE YOUR COMMENTS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SPEAKING AGAIN, MR. SMITH, YOU COULD GET A PRIZE FOR THE MOST I COULD. INDIVIDUAL SPEECH. THANK YOU. UM, ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE IS MR. ACKERLEY HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN LETTING US KNOW HOW HE INTENDS TO SECURE THE PROPERTY AND KEEP IT, UH, KEEP IT SAFE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY HAVING GATES AND RFIDS ONSITE SECURITY. AND ALSO, I THINK YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE THERE, UH, PATROLLING FROM TIME TO TIME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SOME SORT OF SECURITY. BUT ALSO THE FACT THAT, UH, HE HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY MR. BALDWIN TO PUT IN, I THINK THE WORD IS PERMEABLE, UH, BASE FOR THE YEAH. FOR THE PARKING. SO IT WILL ALLOW WATER TO SINK THROUGH. RIGHT. WHICH IS ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE BECAUSE WE FLOOD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FREQUENTLY. SO WE WANT TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN DONE SO FAR ONCE AGAIN. AND I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT FOR THE NEXT ONE TOO. OKAY. WE'LL SEE YOU IN A MINUTE, THOMAS FRANK. MR. FRANK ASKING QUESTIONS TO CLARIFY. UM, THE RFID PARKING WOULD ONLY BE ON THE, THE PARKING SPACES AT RUTLAND AND 20TH. THE RIGHT SPOT SPOT WOULD NOT HAVE THAT. UM, UH, SO THAT COULD BE AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE GETTING THERE. FIRST. OUR PROBLEM LIVING ON 21ST STREET IS THAT PEOPLE DON'T WANNA USE VALET PARKING 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA COST 'EM 10 BUCKS BETWEEN, UH, FOR A TIP AND, UH, AT LEAST 10 TO 15 MINUTES AND THAT PEOPLE WILL PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE IS TAKEN AWAY, UH, OUR ABILITY FOR OUR QUIET ENJOYMENT OF OUR, UH, LIVING ACCOMMODATIONS. AND ALSO WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT VALET PARKERS HAVING TO GO A WHOLE A BLOCK RUNNING. YOU KNOW, USUALLY A VALET CO SEEMS TO WEAR BLACK CLOTHES AND AT NIGHT THIS WOULD BE AN ISSUE RUNNING DOWN THE ALLEYWAY AND ALSO DRIVE, POSSIBLY DRIVING CARS DOWN THE ALLEYWAY OR DOWN 21ST BECAUSE GOING AROUND 20, UH, 21ST STREET, THEY DON'T HAVE TO HIT THE LIGHTS AT, UH, ASHLAND AND RUTLAND, TWO DIFFERENT LIGHTS AND WAIT. AND THESE GUYS ARE MAKING MONEY. THEY WANT TO HUSTLE, THEY WANT TO MOVE, THEY WANT TO KEEP THE PEOPLE HAPPY. AND SO OUR CONCERN IS KEEPING CARS OFF OUR STREET IN FRONT OF US. WE WANT HIM TO DO WELL. WE WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BUT WE ALSO WANT HIM TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR, WE'RE NOT INCONVENIENCED. SO THANK YOU. WE, WE HEAR YOUR COMMENTS AND I, WE'LL JUST SAY SOME OF THIS. YOU NEED TO WAIT AND SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT IN PRACTICE. AND IF YOU'RE HAVING A PROBLEM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS SOME PROGRAMS TO DO, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS. WELL, WE'RE WORKING ON THAT TOO BECAUSE, OKAY. SO THAT'S AN OPTION. AND ALSO, AND ALSO, UH, MR. LEY SAID HE WOULD HELP US, UH, FINANCIALLY SUPPORT IT IF WE NEED TO PAY FOR OUR OWN, UH, SPEED CUSHIONS. AH, . THAT WAS VERY NICE OF HIM. I JUST WANNA GET THAT ON THE RECORD. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE HEARING? NO RESPONSE? UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE WHAT ARE WE OFF STREET PARKING THERE? THE VARIANCE. WE'RE APPROVING THE VARIANCE. YES. YES. THANK YOU. [03:35:01] OKAY. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. MOTION ALLMAN SECOND GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN WE GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL SIX. MM-HMM . UH, ROMAN NUMERAL SIX IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE DAPHNE HOTEL LOCATED AT 3 4 7 WEST 20TH STREET. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. OKAY, MR. SMITH? YES, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, MR. ACKERLEY AND HIS TEAM FOR HELPING US THERE. THEY'VE BEEN OFFERED SOME FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THE POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CALMING MEASURES AND OTHER VARIANT OR CHANGES TO OUR STREETS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UH, PURSUING THROUGH. UH, ABBY CAME ABBY CAYMAN'S OFFICE. AND, UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO KATE DILER, WHO I THINK HAS EITHER ONLINE OR NOT HERE ANY LONGER, BUT SHE'S GONNA SHEPHERD US THROUGH THAT PROCESS AND APPRECIATE IT. BUT THE LAST IS TO THANK EVERY ONE OF YOU HERE FOR BEING THE PEOPLE THAT YOU ARE. YOU ROCK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND BACK AT YOU? YEAH. AND MR. FRANK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP. DOES ANYBODY ELSE WANNA SPEAK ON ROMAN NUMERAL SIX? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE HOTEL VARIANCE. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK CLARK, SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OKAY. UM, OPPOSED COM COMMISSIONER ROBBINS VOTES? NO. UM, IT PASSES WITH ONE NO VOTE FROM COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WITH THAT WE RETURN I THINK TO ITEM 1 22. ITEM 1 22 IS DELL CREEK GP. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 27 AND A HALF ACRE PROPERTY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION LOCATED AT THE STUB END OF ULRICH STREET, WEST OF FM 2100 AND NORTH OF PROPOSED CROSBY TOWN CENTER. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A THREE TRACKED GENERAL PLAN WITH TWO TRACKS INTENDED FOR EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING RV PARK WITHIN THE GP AND ONE TRACK FOR RESIDENTIAL AND AGRICULTURAL USE. THERE ARE TWO VARIANCES CURRENTLY BEING REQUESTED. ONE, TO NOT PROVIDE ANY NORTH SOUTH STREETS THROUGH THE PROPERTY AS SHOWN WITH RED. AND TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT AS SHOWN IN BLUE. TRI ADHERENCE TO CHAPTER 42 WOULD REQUIRE THAT AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC DRIVEWAY STUFF THROUGH THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND ONE THROUGH THE SOUTHERN STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO CONSIDER, UH, TO COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND CITY STAFF FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF ALTERNATIVE AND VIABLE GENERAL PLAN LAY OUTS AS OTHER VARIANCES MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES PLA STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? I THINK WE ARE ACTING ON 1 22 AND 1 23. CORRECT? THIS IS JUST 1 22. 1 23 HAS A SEPARATE VARIANCE. OKAY, SO WE'RE DOING 'EM SEPARATELY. OKAY. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THE GENERAL PLAN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION HINES HINES? SECOND. SECOND. AMANDA, PARKER CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 1 23 MADAM CHAIR. OH, I'M SORRY. NO. OKAY. 1 23. 1 23 IS DOUG CREEK. SECTION ONE. SUBJECT SITE IS A NINE POINT 18 ACRE PROPERTY IN HARRIS COUNTY, ETJ WEST OF FING, 2100 AND NORTH OF PROPOSED CROSBY TOWN CI CROSBY TOWN CENTER. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, UH, TO BE AN EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING RV PARK TO THE SOUTH AND IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES TO ALLOW A PRIVATE STREET TO BE A DIRECT EXTENSION OF A PUBLIC, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO ALLOW A, TO EXTEND AND NOT TERMINATE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC ULRICH LANE. AND THREE, TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS VIA A 60 FOOT WIDE ACCESS EASEMENT INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. HEARINGS OF CHAPTER 42 WILL REQUIRE THAT ALRICH STREET TERMINATE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC AND AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. MUST TAKE ACCESS FROM A PUBLIC STREET, NOT LESS THAN 60 FEET WIDE. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND CITY STAFF TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE DESIGN LAYOUTS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 23? NO, WE DON'T. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. [03:40:01] IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? MOTION. SECOND. AKA ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, 1 24 MADAM CHAIR, BEFORE WE HEAR THAT, COULD I FOLLOW UP WITH A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS? UHHUH NUMBER ONE, CAN WE BE SURE WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE HOTEL ITEM? I THINK STAFF HAS INDICATED WE'VE NOT HEARD THAT IT WAS CLOSED, SO I JUST WANNA BE ABLE TO REFLECT THAT IN THE RECORD. YES, I DID CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'M QUITE SURE JUST, WE CAN ALWAYS CHECK THE RECORDING, BUT IT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN A DREAM, BUT, OKAY. AND, AND WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO CONFIRM WHO VOTED IN SECOND ON 1 22? THE MOTION SECOND. HOLD ON. 1 22 WAS HEINZ AND CLARK. YEAH, THANK YOU. OKAY. HEINZ AND CLARK AND CLARK. HE AND CLARK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, WE GOTTA KEEP UP HERE GUYS. ALL RIGHT. 1 24 FRIEDLAND TRACK. GP, MADAM CHAIR, I'LL ABSTAIN AND STEP OUT FOR THIS ITEM. OKAY, COMMISSIONER HEIS WILL ABSTAIN ON 1 24 AND TRACK GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN WALLER COUNTY NORTH OF MORTON ROAD AND WEST OF FARM MARKET 28 55. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEEDING INTERSECTION FACING BETWEEN A PUBLISHED STREET AND FM 28 55 ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN GP BOUNDARY THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE GPE PROPOSED A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH MAY OF THIRD AFFAIRS AND COLLECTOR STREET SYSTEM THAT WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE ULAR ASSETS TO THE ADJACENT AREAS. THE DEDICATION OF THE MAY THOROUGHFARE BISECTING, THE PROPERTY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSTON AND WALLET COUNTY MAY THOROUGHFARE FREEWAY PLAN TO GRANTING THE VARIANT TO ALLOW TO EXIT THE INTERSECTION FACING WILL STILL MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AS TRAFFIC CIRCULATION FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE PROPOSED THREE PATTERN. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP P SUB TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE. UM, ON 1 24 FRIEDLAND TRACT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. MOTION CLARK CLARK, SECOND GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 24. ITEM 1 25. SORRY. YES. KICKAPOO INDUSTRIAL PARK, REPL AND EXTENSION, THE SUBJECT SIZE, A 33.3 ACRE PROPERTY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY, SOUTH OF US. TWO 90 BETWEEN KICKAPOO ROAD AND MIR ROAD, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED 2,600 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH, SOUTH, OR EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THE PLAZA WITHIN A GRID OF THREE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OF HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY, MIAN ROAD AND KUPPU ROAD, AS WELL AS SOUTH OF TEX HIGHWAY TO US, TWO 90 TO THE NORTH. TRUTH RESTRICT ADHERENCE TO CHAPTER 42 WERE REQUIRED TWO INTERSECTING RIGHT OF WAYS ALONG THE BLOCK. FACE OF HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY, THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICATION IS A RE PLAT OF A SECTION AND GENERAL PLAN AND DOES NOT MEET THE PLAT NAMING STANDARDS. WE HAVE NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE, UH, APPLICATION STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ADDRESS THE PLAT NAME AS THE CURRENT NAME POSTED IN THE AGENDA DOES NOT MEET NAMING STANDARDS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER MOTION BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND FOR PER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 26. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PET SHAW. ITEM 1 26 IS COLE GROVE, SECTION ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH OF HAMMERLY BOULEVARD, EAST OF HOLLISTER STREET AND SOUTH OF M NORRA LANE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SUBDIVISION CONTAINING 297 LOTS AND FOUR RESERVES INTENDED FOR DETENTION IN COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES. THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO EXCEED THE 1400 INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG HOLLISTER STREET BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO EXCEED, OH, THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO EXCEED THE 1400 INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG AM NORA LANE BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. AND THE THIRD VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW [03:45:01] LOTS TO TAKE ACCESS FROM PRIVATE ALLEYS. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER REVIEW AND TO ALLOW TIME TO RECEIVE REVISED MATERIALS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS AND THERE ARE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION AND THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. BEFORE WE CALL SPEAKERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU. OKAY. YVONNE SILVA. MS. SILVA, SHE'S . GO AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS YVONNE SILVA. S-I-L-V-A. I KNOW YOU HAVE DEFERRED THESE PLANS, BUT I HAVE BEEN IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE FLOODING ISSUES THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT HAS CAUSED. AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, HAVE MY ANSWERS. I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I WANT ANSWERS TO. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE SOME STUDIES DONE. MY FAMILY LOST THREE HOMES BECAUSE THE CITY OF HOUSTON ENGINEER HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON. SO I'M TRYING TO PROTECT MY PROPERTY FROM FLOODING. AND I DON'T APPRECIATE, I MEAN, ALL THIS STREET STUFF, THE, THE CITY'S USING THE STREETS AS A DRAINAGE, SO THEY'RE GONNA FLOOD ANYWAY. I BROUGHT UP MY CONCERNS PRIOR TO THE CENTER POINT, UH, SIDEWALK. AND WHEN THAT DEVELOPMENT WAS STILL A HORSE PASTURE. SO MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS NEVER BEEN HELPFUL AND THE CITY FOR THAT MATTER ABOUT OUR ISSUES. AND NOBODY WANTS TO FLOOD BECAUSE THEN YOUR PROPERTY IS WORTH ZERO. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHY HUD AND, UH, FEMA ARE NOT BEING ADVISED WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY FLOODING ISSUES ARE ISSUES REGARDING FLOODING AND SPRING BRANCH ARE NOT BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY. IT'S A JOKE ALSO. WE CANNOT COMPARE OURSELVES TO OTHER CITIES BECAUSE WE HAVE NO ZONING. SO THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND LIKE I SAID, PLEASE, I WANT ANSWERS TO WHY IS M NORRA GONNA BE A PRIVATE STREET WHERE THE DRAINAGE IS GOING? WE HAVE BABY POOLS AS RETENTION PONDS. THAT DOESN'T HELP ANYBODY WHEN IT RAINS. UH, THE OTHER THING, UH, THE RESIDENTS ARE NEVER NOTIFIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON. I THINK THAT'S WHY I'M THE ONLY ONE HERE. SO I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE BEING VERY TRANSPARENT IF NOBODY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVEN MENDOZA. MR. MENDOZA, MR. MENDOZA DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON COLBY GROVE? IF NOT A STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD? COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, I HAVE A QUESTION. UM, IT, IT APPEARS THAT MAYBE THE SIDEWALKS ARE REALLY NARROW AROUND THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WHEN THEY DEVELOP THEY WILL HAVE TO PUT IN HOW WIDE WOULD THE SIDEWALKS WOULD? WELL, THEY HAVE TO RECONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS TO MEET. UM, WE HAVE REQUESTED THAT THE APPLICANT PROVIDE LIKE A STREET SCAPE EXHIBIT SHOWING WHAT'S GOING TO BE PROPOSED. YEAH, THERE'S A SCHOOL TO THE NORTH NOT FAR. AND IT WOULD BE REALLY GOOD TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE SIDEWALK ACCESS. GOOD TO, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT IN A DEFERRAL PERIOD. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? MADAM CHAIR STEVEN MENDOZA PUT IN THE CHAT THAT HE DIDN'T HAVE A MICROPHONE ISSUE. HE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM. OH, COULD YES, MR. MENDOZA? GO RIGHT AHEAD. STEVEN MENDOZA STAR SIX SIX STAR SIX. YOU SHOULD UNMUTE. MICROPHONE. YES, GO AHEAD. WE CAN HEAR YOU. THAT WAS JOHN. OH, THAT WAS JOHN. OKAY, MR. MENDOZA, IF WE CAN'T HEAR HIM, WE'RE HAPPY TO RECEIVE STAFF COMMENTS BY PHONE. (832) 393-6600. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. UM, I DON'T, WHERE WERE WE? WE HAVE, OKAY, WE'RE ON, UH, COLBY GROVE. HAVE WE WE HAVEN'T VOTED. OKAY. WE HAVE NO MORE SPEAKERS ON COLBY GROVE. UM, MR. MENDOZA CALL IN AND GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS. THAT WAY THE MATTER'S BEING DEFERRED SO YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT TIME. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? AYE. A, IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 27. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. 1 27 IS LYNN STREET ESTATES. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG LYNN STREET EAST OF US HIGHWAY 59 AND WEST OF ALTOONA. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A COMMUNITY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES [03:50:01] ALONG TYPE TWO PAES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND STAPLE STREET THROUGH THE SITE, NOR TERMINATE IT WITH A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW. THE SITE CONSISTS OF A FORMER CITY WATER PLANT THAT WILL REDEVELOPED INTO AFFORDABLE HOUSING. THE REQUEST WILL TERMINATE A 9 690 FOOT SEGMENT OF STAPLES STREET AT THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY DUE TO THE LENGTH OF THE STREET, THE NUMBER OF EXISTING HOMES THAT USE IT FOR ACCESS AND THE POTENTIAL FOR MORE HOMES TO BE ADDED. STAFF HAS CONCERNS THAT THIS REQUEST WOULD IMPAIR SAFE TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION, AND ACCESS. STAFF HAS MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND SUGGESTED ADDING VEHICULAR TURNAROUND OTHER THAN A TRADITIONAL CUL-DE-SAC, AS WELL AS A PUBLIC TRAIL CONNECTION THROUGH THE SITE CONNECTING LINN STAPLES TO TOUGHLEY PARKED TO THE WEST. THE APPLICANT IS CONSIDERING THESE OPTIONS AND NEEDS ADDITIONAL TIME TO REVISE THE APPLICATION STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENTS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, OKAY. FIRST SPEAKER IS DRIO MARTINEZ. M-A-R-T-I-N-E-Z. HI, YOU WANNA GO LAST? YES MA'AM. PLEASE. OKAY. BERNICE PRYA. P-R-A-D-I-A. HI, GOOD MORNING, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. UM, OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, RATHER. UH, I WAS HERE DURING THE LAST MEETING AND I'M, I DO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT WAS DEFERRED. UH, I'M HERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A CLARIFICATION ON THE MAP THAT WAS MAILED OUT TO ME BECAUSE I DO, UH, OWN PROPERTY THAT'S BOARDING, UH, THE BOARDS, THE, THE, THE FEET OF THE VARIANCE. UM, THERE'S NOTHING SHOWING ON THE MAP OF A RETENTION POND, WHICH, UH, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IN THAT NEIGHBOR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, DURING HARVEY, WE FLOODED FROM COLLINSWORTH TO BRIE, WHICH IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE, THE MAIN STREET ESTATES. IF THIS IS, UH, DEVELOPED, WHICH IT WILL, I'M SURE IT BE DEVELOPED, IT'S GOING TO HINDER THE WATER FROM, UH, SOAKING ABSORBING INTO THE GROUND NATURALLY. SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, UH, REQUEST THAT THEY ENSURE THAT PROPER DRAINAGE IS PUT IN UNDERNEATH SO THAT WE WON'T EXPERIENCE ANY MORE IMPACT OF HEAVY FLOODING IN THAT AREA. OKAY. YES, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'LL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITH PUBLIC WORK. SO IT WILL BE A DRAINAGE REVIEW. MR. BUTLER CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD. OKAY. BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE ABSOLUTELY ADDRESSED. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN DENISE PRYA HAYNES. HI. UM, I HAVE RENTAL PROPERTY THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LAND STREET IT ESTATE THAT'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPED. AND, UM, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT LYNN STREET BEING SUCH A NARROW STREET AS IT IS ALREADY, AND THEY'RE PLAN TO WIDEN IT A LITTLE BIT, WHICH IS TO TAKE THE DITCH AND MAKE THAT PART OF THE LYNN STREET. UM, THERE ARE HOMES ON EACH SIDE OF LYNN STREET. UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT MAYBE PUTTING SIDEWALKS THERE FOR PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH THE WALK. UH, IF YOU BUILD THESE HOMES THERE, IT'S LIKE, I GUESS 59 NEW HOMES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPING. THAT'S MORE PEOPLE, THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC. PEOPLE ARE READY, SPEED UP AND DOWN THAT STREET AS IT IS. AND, UH, I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UH, PUTTING SIDEWALK A SIDEWALK AT LEAST MAYBE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET AND MAYBE, IF NOT A SIDEWALK, UH, CONSIDER MAYBE A SPEED BUMP TO SLOW DOWN THE, THE SPEEDING OF THE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THERE. OKAY. AND THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY CONCERN. AND JUST TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AND, UH, AT THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. OKAY. AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. UM, WILL THERE BE A SIDEWALK, MR. BUTLER? CAN YOU JUST TO ANSWER THAT, THANK YOU. ONE WILL BE REQUIRED UNLESS THEY DO THE FEE IN LIEU. UM, THERE WOULD LIKELY HAVE TO BE A SIDEWALK EASEMENT THROUGH THE PROPERTY. 'CAUSE THE DEDICATION JUST BRINGS IT OVER THE TOP BANK OF THE DITCH THAT'S IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. AND NOW DARIO MARTINEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I'D LIKE TO BRING UP AGAIN IS, IS, UH, THE SITE IS THAT IS CLOSE TO THE CANCER CLUSTER UP FROM THE UNION. PACIFIC RAILROAD IS WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE, OF THE DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, WHY DO YOU WANNA EXPOSE 300 FUTURE ESTONIANS TO CANCER? THAT'S MY FIRST THOUGHT. SECONDLY, IT SEEMS LIKE THE PROJECT'S NOT GONNA BE MOVED FROM [03:55:01] TUFFLEY TO THE TUFFLEY PARK AREA. IN, IN DOING SO IN THAT, THEN THERE SHOULD BE A TRUE ACCESS TWO ENTRY POINTS OR AN EXIT POINTS. ONE IN THE MAIN ENTRANCE AND IN THE CUL-DE-SAC, POSSIBLY AROUND STAPLES. BUT THEY PROJECTED TO HAVE TO HAVE ACCESS IN AND OUT, BOTH FOR MEDICAL SERVICES OR EVEN CITY SERVICES. ANY, ANY SERVICES CAN BE PROVIDED. NOW, SINCE THIS IS A PRIVATE STREET, UH, WHAT TYPE OF CITY SERVICE ARE GONNA BE AVAILABLE TO THE RESIDENT IN TERMS OF THE GARBAGE PICKUP? WHO'S GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T. GO AHEAD. COMMISSIONER. THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THE CITY OF HOUSTON DOES NOT HAVE WASTE SERVICES ON PRIVATE STREETS. THEY WILL HAVE TO CONTRACT WITH SOMEONE TO PICK UP THE GARBAGE. THEY, THE PRIVATE STREETS DON'T HAVE STREET LIGHTS, WASTE SERVICE OR SIDEWALKS TYPICALLY. OKAY. NOW, IN THAT, IN DOING SO, THERE'S A PRIVATE STREET ON, ON CORNER BRILL THAT THE RESIDENTS USE. UH, GARBAGE PICKS UP, BUT THE, THE RESIDENTS BRING THE RECEPTACLES TO THE LAND STREET. SO EVERY FRIDAY THERE ARE 24 RECEPTACLES. WOMEN, YOU KNOW, RECYCLING REFUSE. SO IF IT'S THE OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROVIDE TRASH, THEN THAT SHOULD BE SO, OKAY. THAT'S FOR ONE. NOW SECONDLY, THE PROPERTY THAT'S INDICATE, SORRY, GO AHEAD. SECONDLY, PLEASE WRAP UP 'CAUSE YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED. THE, THERE'S NO RETENTION PONDS ON THE PROPERTY. AGAIN, WITH THE CITY'S HAVING ACCESS FROM TUFFLEY TO LYNN, THAT'S 18 ACRES OF PROPERTY. IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE SEVEN ACRES FOR DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S ONLY BEING 11 PRO 11 ACRES OF FOR WATER ABSORPTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND ALSO THE TRAFFIC ASSESSMENT AS WELL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I DO HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, I'M SORRY. ANNE GUILLORY. HELLO, MS. GUILLORY. HELLO. HOW ARE YOU? FINE. OKAY. UM, SO AS YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS ANNE GUILLORY. ANN, I HAVE THE LOT ON THE CORNER OF LYNN AND ROLAND. HOWEVER, I KNOW THE DEVELOPERS ARE DOING THEIR PREPARATION, BUT THEY'RE DROWNING ME. I HAVE VIDEOS, I HAVE PICTURES OF WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN RELEASING THIS WATER. SUNNY DAYS, NO RAIN. AND I HAVE SWIMMING POOLS. YESTERDAY I SAT ON THE LAND. I KNOW I'M NOT THAT LITTLE, BUT I'M NOT THAT BIG EITHER. CAN YOU TELL ME HOW THIS LAND IS SO SATURATED? I WENT IN FOUR INCHES. THAT'S HOW SOFT THE GROUND IS. THE VIDEOS TELL WHERE THE WATER IS COMING FROM. THE, THE AREA WHAT USED TO HAVE THE TANKS ACROSS, AND IT'S ALL, MY WHOLE LAND IS SATURATED. THE BLOCKS THAT THE HOUSE WAS SITTING ON WAS TWO BLOCKS. HALF OF IT IS A BLOCK AND A HALF. THE OTHER HALF IS ONE. THAT'S HOW DEEP. OKAY. THE OTHER PART THAT I NEED CLARIFICATION ON, THEY WANNA COME AND BUILD HOMES. OKAY, THAT'S FINE. ACROSS HOW CAN YOU BUILD HOMES ON LAND THAT WAS CONTAMINATED? THAT'S WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND. IF THIS IS PART OF THE RAILROAD AND THEY HAVE DOCUMENTATION SHOWING THAT THIS IS PART OF THE CASHIER AND THE LIBERTY, UH, RAILROAD, UH, SOUTHERN PACIFIC, HOW CAN YOU BUILD HOMES ON THAT WHEN THE OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED FROM THIS CONTAMINATION? I DON'T GET IT. SO YOU'RE BRINGING IN HOMES AND BRINGING IN MORE DEATH. OKAY. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND. AND THE CONTAMINATION ISSUE IS A, A LARGER ISSUE THAT MAYBE WE CAN GET AN EXPLANATION ABOUT WHAT KIND OF, IF THERE WAS REMEDIATION OR IF IT WAS A, THE, YOU KNOW, THE, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER THE, THE, THE ORDINANCE THAT YOU CAN, I'M SORRY, SIR. THAT'S OKAY. TIME SOON. OH, UM, NO, I WAS, I I KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION. YES. A MU MUNICIPAL DESIGNATION SETTING POSSIBLY TO DO IT. UM, BUT AGAIN, SINCE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THIS ITEM, WE'LL TRY TO GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ON IT AND STICK WITH US AGAIN NEXT TIME. AND WE CAN, WE'LL ASK MR. BUTLER TO REPORT BACK TO US. DO YOU NEED COPIES OF THE, THE VIDEO AND THE PICTURES? SURE. YOU CAN SEND THAT TO, I MEAN, IF YOU WANT MR. BUT MEAN YEAH. I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT GET THE INFORMATION TO MR. BUTLER. AND IF THERE IS, AND WHEN THE CITY HAD CAME OUT, UH, AND I WAS SURPRISED, I STILL HAD HIS NAME ON MY PHONE, SIMMONS, S-I-M-M-O-N-S THAT WORKED FOR THE CITY. WHEN THEY HAD WORKERS OUT THERE, THEY WENT THROUGH THE AREA WITH THEY MACHINES, THEIR TRACTORS OR WHATEVER, AND THEY SLICED STRAIGHT THROUGH THE COVID. NEVER DID COME BACK AND REPLACE IT. OKAY. WELL THAT'S, AND DID I SAY IT RIGHT? YEAH, WE NEED TO REPORT. I SAW YOU LAUGHED. YOU SAID IT RIGHT, EXACTLY. YEAH. OKAY. EXACTLY. AND WE GET THAT INFORMATION TO MR. BUTLER. IT MAY BE THAT YOU NEED TO CALL HIM [04:00:01] TOMORROW AND DO IT, BUT WE'LL, IF WE CAN FOLLOW UP ON IT, WE WILL. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON LIN STREET ESTATES, UM, IF NOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BEFORE WE VOTE? HOPEFULLY TO DEFER. THIS IS, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON. I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION. OH, GO AHEAD. THIS IS FOR, UH, MR. BUTLER. I'M LOOKING AT THE DRAWING RIGHT NOW. APOLOGIZE, MY CHILD HAS ON HER TABLET. UM, ALL OF THE RESERVES HERE SHOWN ON THE PROPERTY ARE RESTRICTED TO LANDSCAPE, OPEN SPACE, COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE. CAN A DETENTION POND BE PLACED IN A COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE RESERVE? YES. THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE AN AMENITIES PLAN WITH THE PLAT AND HAVE THAT RECORDED. THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'VE ASKED FOR DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. OKAY, THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. GOOD QUESTION. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 1 27? I'M SORRY, POES PER SECOND BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 28. ITEM 1 28 IS LOCKWOOD SOUTH SECTION TWO. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG LOCKWOOD NORTH OF NAVIGATION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A COMMUNITY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG PUBLIC STREETS AND SHARED DRIVEWAYS, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE TO ALLOW A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING A FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND TWO, TO ALLOW 76 LOTS LESS THAN THE REQUIRED 3,500 SQUARE FEET WITH 61 OF THOSE BEING LESS THAN 1400 SQUARE FEET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS. MAD CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. JEFF JUMPED INTO THAT QUICK. I NEED TO, UH, ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM. OKAY. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG WILL BE ABSTAINING ON THIS ITEM. SORRY. GO AHEAD MR. BUTLER. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE LOCKWOOD SOUTH GENERAL PLAN AS A COMMUNITY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND PUBLIC GREEN SPACE ALONG THE BUFFALO VALUE, THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT 50 HOMES WILL BE RESERVED FOR HOME BUYERS WITH INCOMES BETWEEN 80 AND 120% OF AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME. IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO DEVELOP A PORTION OF THE PROPOSED LOTS, APPROXIMATELY 14 BETWEEN APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND FEET AND 1400 SQUARE FEET. CHAPTER 42 ALLOWS LOTS TO BE SUBDIVIDED AS SMALL AS 1400 SQUARE FEET, UTILIZING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT RESTRICT THE DWELLING UNIT DENSITY OR PROVIDE FOR COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE RESTRICTED TO THE RESIDENCE OF THE SUBDIVISION. IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT IS DEVELOPING THE SITE AT 14 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM 27 UNITS PER ACRE REQUIRED FOR THE LOT SIZE REDUCTION PERFORMANCE STANDARD. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING ROUGHLY AN ACRE OF OPEN SPACE TO BE USED FOR A SYSTEM OF TRAILS AND COURTYARD ACCESS TO THE PROPOSED HOMES. THIS ACHIEVES THE RESULT SIMILAR TO THE INTENT OF THE COMPENSA COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT, BUT WITH ACCESS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. FURTHERMORE, THE SYSTEM OF TRAILS AND SHARED ACCESS FOSTERS A MORE WELCOME ENVIRONMENT FOR PEDESTRIANS REDUCING THE NEED FOR WIDER RIGHT AWAY. FOR COMMERCIAL TRACKS, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO A CONDITION THAT COMBINES ABUTTING FRONT LOADING DRIVEWAYS TO A 24 FOOT OPENING WHERE POSSIBLE, WHICH FURTHER REDUCES POTEN POTENTIAL PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICULAR CONFLICTS. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST AS MEETING THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE IN REPRESENTING SOUND PUBLIC POLICY AS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY'S LIVABLE PLACES. INITIATIVE STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCES AND APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CCP C ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS. WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES THEIR PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, THE APPLICANT, KENT MARSH IS WITH US. MR. MARSH. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UM, BEFORE I BEGIN MY COMMENTS, I WOULD BE SORELY AMMI IF I DIDN'T MENTION THAT. UH, 51 YEARS AGO, UH, MY FIRST JOB AS A ARCHITECTURAL STUDENT AND POP PLANNER WAS WITH VERNON MARY LOU HENRY, AND, UH, I WAS SURELY MR. SURELY MR. DOCUMENT. CAMERA PLEASE. ABOUT, UM, 1980, UH, SHE TWISTED MY ARMING, CONVINCED ME TO, UH, TAKE THE A ICP EXAM, WHICH I PASSED. SO I'VE BEEN AN A ICP PLANNER FOR, UH, 34, 37 YEARS NOW AND UH, IT'S BECAUSE OF HER, UH, PLANNING. UH, IF I COULD GET THE ELBOW. UH, HI. YOU GOT THE ELBOW? GOOD. ALRIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS KENT MARSH. I'M THE APPLICANT FOR LOG WHICH SOUTH SECTION TWO. THIS, UH, 76 SINGLE FAMILY LAW FOR SALE DEVELOPMENT IS A TRUE AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT SUPPORTED [04:05:01] BY FUNDING FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON CURRENTLY, AND THESE HAVE CHANGED. CURRENTLY 100% OF THESE HOMES WILL BE PURCHASED BY APPLICANTS WHO HAVE A MAXIMUM HOUSEHOLD ANNUAL INCOME OF 120% OF THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME FOR HOUSTON AND OVER HALF OF THEM, 40 BEING PERMANENTLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING AFFORDABLE TO BUYERS AT OR UNDER 80% A MI, WHICH IS VERY SIGNIFICANT BY THE WAY. LOCKWOOD SOUTH SECTION TWO IS PART OF THE EAST BUFFALO BIO PARTNERSHIPS MASTER PLAN AND CURRENTLY IS BEING IMPLEMENTED IN THE PARTNERSHIP OF WITH CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY. THE LOCKWOOD IS THE PROJECT IS NOW CALLED IS COMPRISED OF AFFORDABLE RESIDENTIAL HOUSING REQUESTED AND SUPPORTED BY THE AREA RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND OVER 10 ACRES OF NEW PARK SPACE. THIS AREA INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC OPEN SPACES INDICATED BY THE LOCKWOOD SOUTH MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING THE BUFFALO BIO MULTI-USE TRAIL AND ASSOCIATED AMENITIES AND MULTIMODAL ACCESS TO THE EXPANDED TONY MARONE PARK TO THE WEST. TO SUPPORT THE AFFORDABILITY OF THE COMPONENT, IT WAS NECESSARY TO INCREASE THE DEVELOPABLE DENSITY, WHICH HAS THE COMPLIMENTARY BENEFIT OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL PUBLIC OPEN SPACE. THE TWO REQUESTED VARIANCE TO SUPPORT THIS NEED, ONE, WHILE THERE IS SIGNIFICANT OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE SECTION TWO, THE PROPERTY CONFIGURATION PRECLUDES MEETING ALL PERFORMANCE STANDARDS REQUIRED FOR COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE. THE SECOND VARIANCE INCREASES THE DEVELOPABLE AREA BY NOT PROVIDING AN UNNECESSARY WIDENING OF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR A SINGLE-SIDED NON-RESIDENTIAL STREET. THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS BOTH OF THESE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THESE TWO VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE LOCKWOOD SALE SECTION TWO PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS OF THE 1 0 1 FORM AND THE MARKUP THAT WILL PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING SUPPORTED BY THE CITY TO THE COMMUNITY. I'LL TRY TO ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS LOOKS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. MARSH? I THINK WE'RE GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28. HELLO? HELLO. OKAY, UM, WE'LL GO BACK TO NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 28. MR. BUTLER. UM, I STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS NOT BEFORE US ON THE SCREEN, BUT IT IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THERE IT IS, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. YAY. SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREATED IN HOUSTON. OKAY, ITEM 1 29 VICTORY COTTAGE. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG VICTORY WEST OF MONTGOMERY. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A COMMUNITY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG A TYPE TWO PAE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND CORAL STREET THROUGH THE SITE, NOR TERMINATE IT WITH A 60 FOOT RADIUS. CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG VICTORY IN A BUT'S 20 FOOT OF A STUB PORTION OF CORA STREET. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A LINEAR TURNAROUND THAT WILL ALLOW FOR TR SAFE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION WHILE COUNTING FOR THE OFFSET INTERSECTION WITH THE SUB STREET. THE STREET IS NOT REQUIRED TO BE FULLY EXTENDED THROUGH THE SITE TO SATISFY INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 WOULD INVOLVE COORDINATING WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO PROVIDE THE CUL-DE-SAC. THE PROPOSED TURNAROUND MEETS IDM STANDARDS FOR ALTERNATIVES TO STANDARD CUL-DE-SACS FOR STREET SEGMENTS OF THIS LENGTH. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 29. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE ON THE SCREEN THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK SECOND FORST PERLE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 30. ITEM ONE 30 IS VIEWS AT WHEATLEY. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG WHEATLEY, SOUTH OF WILBERFORCE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSED A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY OF HOMES ALONG TYPE TWO PAES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND GARIN STREET THROUGH THE SITE, NOR TERMINATE IT WITH A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR REVISED MATERIALS RELATED TO THE APPLICANT'S WRITTEN JUSTIFICATION. THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST WOULD TERMINATE AN APPROXIMATELY 450 FOOT LONG SET STREET SEGMENT WITHOUT THE MEANS FOR VEHICULAR TURNAROUND. CONSIDERING THE HEAVY AMOUNT OF REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, STAFF HAS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT NO TURNAROUND WOULD CREATE AN UNSAFE CONDITION ALONG GARIN. [04:10:01] THE APPLICANT IS CONSIDERING ALTERNATIVES AND NEEDS MORE TIME TO MAKE REVISIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS, UM, MARIAN LUNTZ, L-U-N-T-Z, TO BE FOLLOWED BY JAMES CANAAN TO SPEAK. UH, MY HUSBAND, UH, JIM CANNAN AND I LIVE ON, UH, THE INTERSECTION OF TUSKEGEE AND GARAN IN HIGHLAND HEIGHTS. AND SO THIS IS VERY CLOSE TO WHERE WE LIVE AND WE JUST, UH, WANTED TO THANK MR. BUTLER FOR HIS COMMENTS AND CLARIFY THAT WE AGREE, UH, THAT THE 1000 BLOCK OF GARAN THAT, UH, GOES IMMEDIATELY UP TO THE LOT IN QUESTION IS A VERY SHORT STREET WITH VERY FEW, UH, UH, HOMES ON IT. AND, UH, THERE REALLY ISN'T. UH, WE HAD UNDERSTOOD INITIALLY THAT THE PROPOSAL WAS TO CUT GARAM THROUGH TO WEEKLY AND NOW WE SEE THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE. 'CAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN VERY DISRUPTIVE TO OUR STREET. BUT, UH, JUST TO THE POINT THAT THAT HE MADE, THERE JUST ISN'T ANY, UH, SPACE FOR VEHICLES TO TURN AROUND AT THE END OF WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY NOW A DEAD END STREET. SO WE JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. MY HUSBAND, WHO IS UH, MORE OF A BUILDER, UH, HAS MORE SMARTER THINGS TO SAY THAN ME, BUT I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT. . THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. CANAN. YES. UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, THANK THE COMMISSION FOR BEING HERE. I'D LIKE TO THANK TARSHA AND UH, JEFF BUTLER. UM, WE LIVE AT, UH, GARAN IN TUSKEGEE. WE OWN THE LOT THERE. WE'VE BEEN, UH, WE BUILT OUR HOUSE. WE'VE BEEN THERE THREE YEARS. WE'RE VERY HAPPY. ALMOST THREE YEARS. UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SO HAPPY IS BECAUSE OF GARAN STREET. TUSKEGEE'S VERY HARD TO DEAL WITH. GARAN IS VERY NICE. IT'S LIKE A PARK. IT'S FULL OF WILDLIFE AND ANIMALS AND WE'RE VERY CONCERNED THAT THE BUILDER WILL USE GARAN AS A RIGHT OF WAY FOR THEIR CONSTRUCTION. FOR ALL THE TRUCKS. FOR THE PLUMBERS. THEY'LL PARK ON GARAN, YOU KNOW, THE WORKERS. UM, I'M NOT ANTI-DEVELOPMENT. I LOVE ACRES HOMES. I LOVE OUR HOUSE. I LOVE GARAN STREET AND UH, I LOVE DEVELOPERS. I HOPE THEY HAVE A GREAT PROJECT, BUT I JUST DON'T WANT THEM TO RUIN GARAN IN THE PROCESS. OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. ANYBODY ELSE ON VIEWS AT WHEATLEY? UH, IF NOT THEN UH, WE'LL LOOK TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLA. ANY DISCUSSION? IT'S TO DEFER. IT'S TO DEFER. DUH. OKAY. SORRY. OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER. THANK YOU SAVIOR. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. AYE. HI. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DEFERRED. AND THEN WE MOVE TO ITEM 1 31 VIEWS OF DOWNTOWN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM 1 31 IS VIEWS OF DOWNTOWN. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH AND ALONG INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 EAST FREEWAY BETWEEN WACO STREET AND LOCKWOOD DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY AND IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG EAST FREEWAY OF 10 FEET. IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FEET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING PROPOSING TWO LOTS WITH BOTH LOTS. TAKING SEPARATE VEHICULAR ACCESS TO SOLO STREET, THE APPLICANT IS NOW PROVIDING A LAYOUT OF THREE LOTS THAT TAKE DIRECT VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM A 16 FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY FROM SOLO STREET. SOLO STREET IS CURRENTLY AN OPEN DITCH STREET WITH AN APPROXIMATELY 18 FEET PAVEMENT WIDTH. PUBLIC WORKS HAS REQUESTED A VISIBILITY TRIANGLE OF 20 BY 20 LARGER THAN WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE TO HELP MAINTAIN A CLEAR CONE OF VISION FROM SOLO STREET FOR ONCOMING TRAFFIC TO THE SERVICE ROAD. AND THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED AND THAT IS NOW ON THE PLA. THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED BUILDING LINES IS FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND STREET FUNCTIONS. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE TRAVEL LANES AND THE PROPOSED HOMES WOULD BE MORE THAN 31 FEET, WHICH IS SUFFICIENT SAFE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO AGREED TO THE CONDITION THAT THE RESIDENTS ON LOT ONE WILL FACE SOLO STREET WITH A FRONT DOOR AND HAVE DIRECT VEHICULAR ACCESS, DIRECT VEHICULAR, DIRECT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO BETTER ENGAGE WITH THE PUBLIC REALM. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THEIR REQUEST. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND IMPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS WE HAVE RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. HEY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MS. WILLIAMSON? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 1 31 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION JONES. SECOND CLERK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT [e. Subdivision Plats with Special Exception Requests (Geoff Butler)] TAKES US TO E SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. I AM GONNA [04:15:01] STEP OUT FOR A MOMENT AND ASK MY VICE CHAIR TO TAKE OVER. I'M READY. GO. ALL RIGHT. THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON. I'LL BE ABSTAINING FROM 1 32. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. ITEM 1 32 IS NAES ROAD GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, ALONG FM 1960 WEST OF INTERSTATE 45. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG PUBLIC STREETS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE EASTERN AND WESTERN BOUNDARIES. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS BISECTED BY A SEGMENT OF NAES ROAD WHEN COMBINED WITH THE DEDICATION OF PROPOSED COLLECTOR BUTTERFIELD. THE SITE WILL FEATURE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST, EAST WEST, TRAFFIC CIRCULATION WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE SITE OF BUTTS, RECORDED SUBDIVISIONS AND COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT DO NOT OFFER PRACTICAL CONNECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY. STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED STREET SYSTEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? I'M NOT SEEING ANYONE HERE. NO. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ON ITEM 1 32. UH, NAS ROAD, NANS ROAD GRANT, THE REQUESTED SET OF SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED. ARE THERE QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION AND AKA SECOND. THANK YOU. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE'LL [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Geoff Butler) ] MOVE ON TO F UH, RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS. ITEM 1 33. ITEM 1 33 IS DICE DUPLEXES. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG LUCILLE STREET EAST OF US HIGHWAY 59. THE APPLICANT PROPOSED A SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG A TYPE TWO PAE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO TERMINATE JEWEL STREET AT ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY WITH NO CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO MAKE CORRECTIONS TO THE PLAT AND TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE. SI IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEM 1 33 DIES? DUPLEXES. WAS THIS THE ONE THAT WAS MOBILE, UH, RV PARK OR SOMETHING BEFORE OB HOME BEFORE? NO. IT WAS ALWAYS DUPLEXES. WELL, THERE'S NOTHING THERE NOW. IT LOOKS LIKE FOUNDATIONS TO AN OLD MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT, BUT I I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS WE DID IT BEFORE. MOBILE HOME? DON'T BELIEVE SO. NO. ALRIGHT. UM, ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONERS. ALRIGHT. UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON ITEM, UH, ONE 30 3D DUPLEXES. WE HAVE A RE, UH, REQUEST TO DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION? ALLMAN ALLMAN. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 34. ITEM 1 34 IS IN GLOW GLOBAL PLACES. SECTION ONE. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, ETJ, ALONG OLD RICHMOND AND GAINES ROADS. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE COMPLEX. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE AN EAST TO WEST STREET THROUGH THE SITE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A STREET GRID SYSTEM OF OLD RICHMOND GAINES, BINET, AND HIGHWAY SIX. THESE STREETS FEATURE MOSTLY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES THAT ARE SUITED TO ACCOMMODATE THE TRAFFIC ANTICIPATED FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE AN EAST TO WEST STREET THROUGH THE SITE IN ORDER TO SATISFY INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. THE SITE IS TO THE WEST OF A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY AND SEVERAL COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT WOULD MAKE A COMPLETE STREET DEDICATION. IMP PRACTICAL STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. WE ARE ON ITEM 1 34 IN GLO GLOBAL PLACES. SECTION ONE. WE HAVE A, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HERE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? UH, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED. IS THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENT? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NOT. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION. DALTON. DALTON FOLLOWED BY CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? AYE. HEARING NONE THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. IF IT PLEASES THE [Platting Activities g - i] COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS G, H AND I AS ONE GROUP. PLEASE DO. SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 35 THROUGH 1 45 SECTION H. NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS AND SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 46 AND 1 47. [04:20:01] THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G, H AND I. THERE ARE NO ITEMS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER STAFF AND NO CHANGES IN RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. ANYONE HERE? ALL RIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? TAHIR SECOND CLARK. CLARK OUR, OUR CURRENT TEENAGE BOY CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER DALTON ABSTAINS FROM ONE 40 AND 1 41. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. WE WILL MAKE THAT NOTATION NOW. ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW THE CHAIR IS NOW BACK. WE ARE SKIPPING [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Tammi Williamson) ] J ADMINISTRATIVE AND MOVING ON TO K DEVELOPMENT PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. WOW. GREAT JOB. VICE CHAIR. ITEM 1 48 IS 1 1 3, 3 EAST, SEVENTH AND HALF STREET. THE SITE IS LOCATED, UH, THIS COMMISSIONER DALTON, AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE, I HAVE TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS ONE AS WELL. OKAY. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER DALTON ABSTAINS ON 1 48. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG STUT STREET NORTH OF WHITE OAK DRIVE. THE APPLICANTS IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE TO ALLOW A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG STUDEWOOD STREET, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND TWO, TO ALLOW DIRECT CURR ACCESS TO A SINGLE FAMILY LOT FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME. STAFF RECOMMENDS TO DEFER THE APPLICANT FOR TWO WEEKS PER APPLICANT'S REQUEST. WE ASK THEM TO SEE IF THE PROJECT CAN BE REDESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE THE DRIVEWAY APPROACH FROM THE LOCAL STREET EAST. SEVENTH AND A HALF STREET STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE COMMENT, PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE OPPOSED TO THE VARIANCE MAINLY FOR THE EXISTING HISTORIC CHARACTER AND PROPOSED AESTHETICS. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? NO, I WOULD JUST YES OUT IF YOU'D MAKE IT FAIRLY CLEAR ON STU WOOD. WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT ABOUT DENYING THIS ACCESS THROUGH STU WOOD, THE NORTHERN FOUR HOUSES, ALL. MM-HMM . MADE THE SAME APPLICATION, WHICH WERE DENIED. I'D BE MORE INCLINED TO GRANT THEM A GREATER VARIANCE KICKING THEM CLOSER TO STU WOOD. WE'RE NEVER GONNA ENLARGE THAT, BUT SINCE IT'S BECOME THE BOOST LINE, I MEAN WE'VE BEEN ELIMINATING THESE CURB CUTS FROM THE ASH BUILDING. 1136 WOODLAND, 1132 BAYLIN, THE EXACT SAME TYPE OF PROPERTY. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO MAYBE EVEN COME BACK AND LOOK AT SCOOT. ASK FOR A GREATER VARIANCE ON THE SETBACK. IT'S NOT POSSIBLE. THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINE OF 20 FEET FOR NO HILL. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY'RE GONNA NEED TO LOOK AT ANOTHER OPTION. OKAY? OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION HINES HINES. SECOND. ALL ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. SPEAKER 1 49. JUST ON THE NEXT ITEM. OKAY, SO ALL AND ALLMAN. OKAY. HINES ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL, SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 49. ITEM 1 49 IS 1 1 1 4 STU STU STREET. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG STUDEWOOD STREET, SOUTH OF WHITE OAK DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG STUDEWOOD STREET, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE CORNER LOT IS 5,800 SQUARE FEET AND IS CURRENTLY VACANT. IT WAS PLOTTED WITH NO BUILDING LINES ON EITHER STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW ONE STORY, 2,215 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH ATTACHED GARAGE. THE PROPOSED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG SUIT WOOD STREET IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS MANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IN THE AREA ARE SET BACK CLOSER TO THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE. FURTHERMORE, THE SITE WILL BE TAKING DIRECT VEHICLE ACCESS FROM STU STREET, THE LOCAL STREET. THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 34 FEET FROM THE BACK OF HERB ALONG STUDEWOOD STREET, WHICH IS, WHICH WILL NOT HINDER ANY SITE VISIBILITY. THE REQUEST AND SITE PLAN WAS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, WHERE IT WAS ULTIMATELY WITHDRAWN FROM CONSIDERATION DUE TO LEGAL'S INTERPRETATION THAT WHAT WAS PROPOSED WOULD VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS. IN THE INTERIM, ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO LEGAL AND NOW THE RECOMMENDATION AS THIS WOULD NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE WRITTEN, PUBLIC WRITTEN COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? I DO. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. UM, BEN COUCH. DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ANY QUESTIONS? DON'T THINK SO. I THINK IT'S STUY STREET, ISN'T IT? YEAH. LIKE STUY PARK, STUY STREET, ST. WOODS. YOU WERE, YOU WERE CLOSE HAD I EVEN LIVED THERE. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER [04:25:01] DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS TO APPROVE MOTION. ROSENBERG GARZA ROSENBERG. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, THAT'LL TAKE US TO, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR, WHICH IS AN OFF STREET PARKING WAIT VARIANCE. OH, SORRY. ROMAN NUMERAL THREE. OKAY. ROMAN [III. Establish a public hearing date of April 13, 2023] NUMERAL THREE IS TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF APRIL 13TH, 2023 ON THE FOLLOWING, ALANI HOMES AT QUEENSLAND STREET OT. NUMBER ONE, ALANI HOMES AT SHREVEPORT REPL NUMBER ONE, ARVIN LANDING ARVIN PARK, LL LUXURY HOMES FOSTER PLACE, PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER 36, FOSTER PLACE, PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER 37 MASA AMINI EGRETE ESTATES RANCH COUNTRY PLACE, ROCK HOMES PLAZA, STELLAR MART, TOLEDO COURT, AND REN WOOD ESTATES. IS THERE A MOTION TO SET APRIL 13TH FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? MOTION. MOTION POUR IS FER SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, OKAY, SO WE [IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 2311 Washington Avenue (Geoff Butler)] ARE IN ROOM NUMERAL FOUR CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 2311 WASHINGTON AVENUE. MR. BUTLER, THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG WASHINGTON EAST OF SAWYER IN WEST OF HOUSTON AVENUE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES RENOVATING AN APPROXIMATELY 6,800 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL STRUCTURE FOR THE PURPOSE OF CREATING A DOG DAYCARE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE 13 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 18 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF WASHINGTON AND THE NORTHERN SIDE OF UNION STREET. THE SITE FEATURES AN EXISTING SURFACE PARKING LOT WITH ACCESS TO BOTH STREETS. THE APPLICANT WILL UTILIZE MOST OF THE EXISTING PARKING LOT FOR OFF STREET PARKING AND THE REMAINDER FOR AN ENTRYWAY, DUMPSTER, AND AN OUTDOOR DOG RUN. THE OFF STREET PARKING ORDINANCE DOES NOT HAVE A CLASSIFICATION FOR DOG DAYCARE. SO THIS REQUEST IS BEING CONSIDERED UNDER THE REQUIREMENTS OF FOR CHILD DAYCARE. THIS REQUIRES 18 SPACES BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PETS AND EMPLOYEES. THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO USES WARRANTS ALLOWING LESS PARKING SPACES NOTICE, NO, EXCUSE ME, NOTING THE LACK OF PEAK DEMAND FOR DROP OFF IN PICKUP SERVICES FOR PETS THAT DO NOT FOLLOW TRADITIONAL WORKDAY HOURS. PER AN EARLIER STAFF ANALYSIS OF PURE CITY PARKING ORDINANCES, THE APPLICANT PROPOSED ONE PARKING SPACE FOR PER 500 SQUARE FEET IS CONSISTENT WITH OTHER DOG DAYCARE PARKING REGULATIONS. IN ADDITION, THE SITE IS IN A WALKABLE AREA WITH CONVENIENT ACCESS TO PARKS AND A NEWER MULTI AND NEWER MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENTS THAT ADVERTISE PET FRIENDLY ACCOMMODATIONS. THESE SITE CONDITIONS ENABLE MORE CUSTOMERS TO WALK TO THE SUBJECT SITE, REDUCING THE NEED TO PROVIDE ON ONSITE PARKING. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRAIN. THE REQUESTED VARIANCE REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THE SITE DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT, THE SITE, HIM EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACES, NOISE AND PEST CONTROL. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? I THINK WE NEED TO GET A COMMITTEE TO LOOK AT SOME, SOME REGULATIONS. OKAY. OKAY. UM, SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO PEOPLE REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. UM, ANDREW ALLMAN IS HERE AND AMBER WOODS DO ARE YOU HERE FOR QUESTIONS OR, I MEAN, THEY'RE JUST FOR QUESTIONS. JUST QUESTIONS. OKAY. AND MS. WOODS SAID JUST QUESTIONS AS WELL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS? NO, I I JUST WANNA SAY, I MEAN, I HAVE REALLY BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS DOGTOPIA THING ON WEST GRAY AND ON WHEREVER THE CHOCOLATE BAR THING IS. THERE'RE NEVER ANY CARS THERE. I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S NEVER ANY CARS THERE. AND I DRIVE IT EARLY IN THE MORNING AND EVERY DAY AT FIVE O'CLOCK. AND MAN, WE AGONIZED. I DUNNO IF THERE'S ANY DOGS THERE OR NOT, BUT THERE ARE NO CARS WE AGONIZED OVER THAT. WE, THE DOGS ARE NOT MY PROBLEM. BUT COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, I DO THINK, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM THAT, WE SORT OF ARBITRARILY PICKED CHILDCARE AS THE PARKING METRIC FOR DOG CARE. AND I THINK WE OUGHT TO COME UP WITH A BETTER METRIC WHETHER WE TREAT IT JUST AS RETAIL OR WE FIND SOME OTHER JURISDICTION. AND I DON'T THINK WE NEED A COMMITTEE TO DO IT, BUT IT IS SILLY. IT'S LAUGHABLE THAT, THAT THE ME THE THE BASELINE IS CHILDCARE FOR A PET DROP OFF. OKAY. HELP US THINK OF WHAT THAT WOULD BE. OKAY. OKAY. YOUR ASSIGNMENTS. I GOT IT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBINS. ROBINS SECOND. BALDWIN BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THE NEW [04:30:01] DOGGY DARE DAYCARE GURU IS AMONG US, AMONGST US. NUMBER SEVEN, JUST FOR PARKING ONLY. OKAY. AND THEN IS IT TRUE WE GO TO ROMAN SEVEN? WE DO. OKAY. [VII. Consideration of Inn at Fondren Hotel/Motel located at 13831 Fondren Rd (Devin Crittle)] ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN? YES. YES MA'AM. UM, ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN IS A HOTEL CONSIDERATION FOR AN INN AT FRAN. UH, THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS TWO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST AREA OF HOUSTON CITY LIMITS ALONG FRAN ROAD AND NORTH OF BELTWAY EIGHT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 40 ROOM HOTEL TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA OF 57%. STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. FRAN ROAD IS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SUFFICIENT AT 100 FEET. THE MAJORITY OF THE USES FRONTING FRAN, HAVE COMMERCIAL, EXCUSE ME. THE, THE MAJORITY OF THE SITES FRONTING FONDANT ROAD HAVE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES. OVERALL, THE RESIDENTIAL PERCENTAGE WITHIN THE 1500 FOOT TEST AREA IS 57. DURING THE PRE PREVIOUS MEETINGS, WE HEARD FROM COUNCIL DISTRICT K ABOUT EXISTING PROBLEMS IN THE AREA RELATED TO CRIME AND OTHER ACTIVITIES THAT COULD TAKE PLACE IN A LOWER ROOM COUNT HOTEL. THE APPLICANT HAS NOT DEMONSTRATED HOW THESE CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED AT THIS TIME. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. K CRIDDLE? UM, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS, UM, LISA SCURLOCK, MS. SCURLOCK, ARE YOU WITH US? THIS SHE DOES NOT SEEM TO BE PRESENT. AND THEN, UH, PORT I'M PRESENT. AH, HELLO. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD MS. SCURLOCK. UH, I'M HERE TO COMMENT ON THE END AT FOND RIGHT. OKAY. UH, I FEEL THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY, UM, HOTELS IN THE AREA, APPROXIMATELY 12 HOTELS AND MOTELS IN THE HAR CLARK AREA. THE AREA BOUNDED BY 2 88 AND THE BELTWAY AND THERE ARE AT LEAST FOUR HOTELS ON SOUTH MAINE BETWEEN SOUTH POST OAK AND FOND AND THREE NEAR FOND. THEY ARE WHAT WE CALL HOT SHE MOTELS. WE ARE OPPOSED TO THESE TYPES OF MOTELS IN OUR AREA. AND THAT'S MY COMMENT. OKAY. WE HEAR YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MS. SCURLOCK STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. PURITA CHAVEZ, C-H-A-V-I-S REPRESENTING, UH, VICE MAYOR PRO TEM. MARTHA CASTEX. TATUM. MS. CHAVIS, ARE YOU? THANK YOU MAAM. GO, GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. UM, MY NAME IS PURITA CHAVIS, C-H-A-V-I-S AND AS MADAM CHAIR STATED, I AM THE CHIEF OF STAFF OR VICE MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT K. UM, SHE WAS ON THE LINE, BUT SHE HAD TO LOG OFF. UM, BUT WANT TO THANK, UM, EVERYONE FOR TAKING THE CONCERN, HER CONCERNS, UM, INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL AS THOSE CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THIS APPLICATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND I YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU. AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. VERY HELPFUL. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ROMAN NUMERAL SIX? THE YES. COME RIGHT, COME FORWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. MY NAME IS, UH, AL GANDHI WITH GANDHI DESIGNS. UH, I'M THE AGENT FOR THE OWNER. I JUST WANTED TO, UH, PUT A COUPLE OF, UH, ITEMS IN THE LIST FOR MAYBE APPROVAL. ONE OF THE MAJOR ASPECTS THAT I WANT TO PUT, UH, BRING IN WAS THAT FONDANT ROAD ITSELF IS A COMMERCIAL, UH, ZONING, UM, AREA. AND, UH, FROM BELTWAY EIGHT ALL THE WAY TO 90, UH, THERE'S NOTHING BUT COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSES IN THAT WHOLE, IN ENTIRE DISTRICT. AND, UM, AND ALSO FOR THE PARKING AREAS, UH, WITHIN ABOUT A THOUSAND FEET OF THE SIDE, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THERE IS NO MAIN ENTRY INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA AS WELL FROM FRONT RUN ROAD ITSELF FROM BELTWAY INTO 90. AND, UM, THERE'S NO DIRECT ACCESS INTO ANY NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL. I KNOW THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR ASPECTS THAT WAS A CONCERN FROM LAST TIME. UM, I AM TRYING TO MAKE THAT, UH, THE PROJECT THAT I'M DOING MORE OF A, UH, MORE URBANIZED, UH, MODERN DESIGN IN ANYTHING ELSE. SO I WAS JUST WANTED TO PUT MY, UH, 2 CENTS INTO IT AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS TO CHANGE YOUR MIND, I WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATIVE. SO, OKAY. HO HOLD ON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE, FOR THE APPLICANT? I DID SUBMIT A RENDERING, BUT I DON'T THINK IT CAME UP, BUT THAT'S OKAY. YOU MIGHT JUST GET WITH COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEK TATUM, WHATEVER, AND SEE IF YOU COULD WIN HER OVER. IT MIGHT SWAY THE COMMISSION TO SOME DEGREE. I THINK THAT'S THE [04:35:01] OKAY. . OKAY. SO YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UH, ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE INIT? FOND YES. YES. THIS IS BECKY EDON. SORRY. I'LL JUST BE VERY, COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN? SURE. BECKY EDMONDSON. E-D-L-O-N-D-O-N. I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE WEST AREA IMPROVEMENT CORPORATION AND CO-PRESIDENT OF THE WEST NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A AREA. AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE COMMISSION FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR AGREEING WITH US THAT THIS VARIANT SHOULDN'T BE GRANTED. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE A COMMENT. THERE WERE ALREADY TWO MOTELS ON FOND. ONE AT 1, 3, 2, 5, 5, AND THE OTHER ONE AT 1 3, 2, 4, 5, UH, BOTH OF WHICH, UM, AT LEAST ACCORDING TO CRIME REPORTS SUPPORT PROSTITUTION AND THERE HAVE BEEN MURDERS AND OTHER CRIME. AND WE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE WORKED SO HARD WITH THE COUNCIL DISTRICT, WITH THE FIVE CORNERS MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WITH THE TUR, WITH THE , THE, THE IMPRESSION OF DURING KATRINA TIMES. CNN DID AN EXPO, THE STREETS OF FONDANT. UM, AND WE'D JUST LIKE TO SEE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS HEALTHY AND GOOD FOR THE AREA. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. ANYBODY ELSE ON THE INIT FONDANT? OKAY. HEARING NO FURTHER COMMENTS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE. IS THERE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. ROBINS. IS THERE A SECOND? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DENIED. UM, OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, WE DO NOT NEED TO ACT ON SEVEN. PARDON [VIII. Public Comment] ME? PUBLIC COMMENT. OH, OKAY. COMMISSIONER CLARK. THANK YOU. UM, CHAIR STEIN. I JUST, I WANTED TO MAKE A CLARIFICATION. EARLIER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE NARROW LOT PRODUCTS AND YES, THERE ARE SEVEN SUBMITTALS THAT DID SHARE DRIVEWAYS, WHICH IS A, IT'S A GREAT THING, BUT THERE'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE OF WHAT EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT. TYPICALLY, UM, THE LOTS IN HOUSTON ARE 50 FOOT WIDE BY ABOUT A HUNDRED FOOT DEEP. SORRY, I'M TRYING TO MAKE IT THROUGH. THE SMALLEST FRONTAGE THAT WAS SUBMITTED WAS 50 FOOT WIDE, BUT IT'S 200 DEEP. UM, AND IT RANGED ANYWHERE UP TO 200 BY 400. THOSE JUST MAKE, IT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE. TAKING ONE LOT AND SUBDIVIDING IT INTO TWO WHEN IT'S 50 BY 100 VERSUS THIS MUCH LAND WHERE IT DOES MAKE IT VERY FEASIBLE TO DO A SHARED LOT PRODUCT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, THEN WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADJOURN. MOTION. MOTION. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. WE ARE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.