* 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. I WILL BE GONE. [00:00:02] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WHERE'S MY SCRIPT? [Call to Order] GOOD AFTERNOON. IT IS TWO 30 ON THURSDAY, MARCH 31ST, 2023. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. I'M COMMISSION CHAIR MARTY STEIN. UM, TO VERIFY WE HAVE A QUORUM, I'M GONNA CALL THE ROLE THE CHAIR IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CLARK, ARE YOU WITH US VIRTUALLY? SHE MAY OR MAY NOT JOIN VIRTUALLY. UH, COMMISSIONER COLVARD PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER, HE VIRTUALLY IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER HINES IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES HERE, IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MODEST PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NELSON WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR, PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BLAND PRESENT VIRTUALLY IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER KANE IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER DALTON PRESENT VIRTUALLY IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER MONDA PKA IS NOT PRESENT. DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE 13 MEMBERS RESPONDING TO ROLL CALL. WE HAVE A QUORUM, UM, TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO IS WITH US TODAY. WELCOME. UM, I'M GOING TO JUST REMIND YOU, UM, TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED IF YOU'RE WITH US VIRTUALLY OR ON A CELL PHONE, UM, UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY ARE CALLED ON TO SPEAK AND KEEP YOUR CAMERAS OFF AS WELL UNTIL YOU SPEAK, THEN YOU OF COURSE MAY TURN THEM ON. UM, WITH THAT, [Director’s Report] WE ARE GONNA MOVE TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. I AM SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UM, I WANNA ANNOUNCE TO EVERYONE THAT ON APRIL 1ST WE HAVE, UM, ATTORNEY YOLANDA WOODS JOINING US. SHE IS TRANSFERRING INTO THE LEGALS REAL ESTATE SECTION TO WORK WITH KIM PRIMARILY ON OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT SHE WILL, UM, DO OTHER LEGAL MATTERS AND OTHER LAND USE MATTERS AS NECESSARY. SO I WANNA WELCOME YOLANDA. I DON'T THINK SHE'S ON THE CALL TODAY. UM, I SEE KIM AND NOPE, SHE'S SAYING SHE'S NOT HERE. SO, UM, KIM MAY WANNA INTRODUCE HER IN PERSON NEXT, NEXT MEETING. UM, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HOUSING OPTIONS, WHICH ALL OF YOU HEARD LAST WEEK OR LAST MEETING ARE OPEN FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. UNTIL OUR NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON APRIL 27TH. THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE CHANGES ARE DESIGNED TO OFFER MORE EQUITABLE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS, AND WE WILL PRE BE PRESENTING THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PUBLIC IN THE FOLLOWING FOUR MEETINGS. AND WELCOME ALL OF YOU TO JOIN US. MONDAY, APRIL 3RD, WE'LL BE AT THE AI LEAF COMMUNITY CENTER. SATURDAY, APRIL 15TH, WE'LL BE AT MAGNOLIA COMMUNITY CENTER, TUESDAY, APRIL 18TH, IT'S A VIRTUAL MEETING ON TEAMS. AND THEN THURSDAY, APRIL 20TH, WE'LL BE AT THE LEON EL CASTILLO COMMUNITY CENTER. IF YOU WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT EXACTLY WHEN, WHAT THOSE TIMES ARE, UM, YOU CAN CONTACT ANY OF OUR TEAM AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. UM, THERE ARE MANY, MANY WAYS TO GET INVOLVED WITH THIS AND MANY OTHER PLANNING DEPARTMENT ACTIVITIES INITIATED. UM, YOU CAN FIND THEM ALL BY VISITING OUR WEBSITE. UH, THE PROPOSED CONSERVATION DISTRICT ORDINANCE WAS ON YESTERDAY'S CITY COUNCIL AGENDA. THERE WAS, UM, REALLY VERY GOOD DISCUSSION AMONG THE COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBERS REPRESENTING THE SIX PILOT AREAS EXPRESSED THEIR SUPPORT AND ENTHUSIASM FOR THE PROJECT. THE ITEM WAS ULTIMATELY TAGGED AND WILL BE HEARD AGAIN ON APRIL 5TH, AT WHICH TIME COUNCIL WILL TAKE ACTION ON THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN GO TO LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG AND SEE THE ORDINANCE AND ALL OF THE FAQS SURROUNDING IT. UM, IN CLOSING, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600, OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4. YOU CAN ALWAYS VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM FOR DETAILS AND SEE. LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG FOR MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION. THIS CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE DIRECTOR? IF NOT, UM, WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, WELL, I'LL FIRST ALL RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER MANKA, YOUR SEAT HAS BEEN MOVED. , I'M SORRY. WE HAVE SOME ABSENCES, [00:05:01] SO WE'RE SHIFTING AROUND. UM, WHAT ELSE? UM, JUST A A ANOTHER PROGRAM NOTE. UM, OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE, KIM MICKELSON, IS WITH US TODAY, BUT SHE IS VIRTUAL, SO I JUST, I THINK WE, WE CAN ALL SEE HER, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS QUESTIONS, WE CAN CALL ON HER VIRTUALLY. AND I WANNA ASK STAFF, I DID NOT RECEIVE AN ADVANCE SPEAKERS LIST THIS WEEK. SO THESE ARE THE ONLY SPEAKERS I HAVE. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. JUST CHECKING. OKAY. WITH THAT, WE MOVE [Approval of the March 16, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes] TO APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE MARCH 16TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. UM, THEY WERE IN YOUR PACKET. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? MOTION BALDWIN BALDWIN, SECOND ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, [I. Acres Home Mobility Study Presentation (Muxian Fang)] THAT TAKES US TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE, WHICH IS A REPORT, UM, ON THE AKER HOME MOBILITY STUDY. MS. FANG, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. LONG TIME . UM, SO TODAY, UH, THIS IS MU FANG WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. TODAY I WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE YOU A BRIEFING ABOUT THE ACRES HOME MOBILITY STUDY COMMISSIONERS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, UM, THE RECENT REDEVELOPMENT TREND IN ACRES HOME AREA HAS CREATED SERIOUS MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY CHALLENGE FOR THE EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO ENHANCE THE STREET NETWORK, DEVELOP STRATEGIES TO PROMOTE MULTIMODAL TRANSPORTATION AND IMPROVE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY IN THE AREA. MAYOR TURNER INSTRUCT, UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORLD TO CONSTRUCT A MOBILITY STUDY TO ADJUST THIS CHALLENGE BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE. AS A RESULT, IN FEBRUARY, 2022, UH, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS INITIATE THE MOBILITY STUDY IN THE AREA. A SERIES OF PLANNING MEETINGS AND THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE HELD THROUGH THE PROCESS. UM, WE FORMED THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION IN DECEMBER, 2022 AND COMPLETE THE FINAL MOBILITY REPORT IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO, THE ACRES HOME MOBILITY STUDY AREA IS APPROXIMATELY TWO SQUARE MILES IN HOUSTON ACRE HOMES. UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BONDED BY WEST LITTLE YORK ON THE NORTH, WESTWELL ON THE SOUTH, REALLY ON THE EAST, AND TC JET ON THE WEST. THE STUDY AREA, UM, WAS ORIGINALLY PLANTED IN 1920S. IT WAS ESTABLISHED AS A LOW DENSITY RURAL AREA WITH LIMITING NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTIVITY MOST ORIGINALLY CREATED. LOTS ARE 80 FEET WIDE, 500 FEET LONG, AND ONE ACRE IN SIZE. MANY STREETS IN THE AREA ARE OPEN DIG STREETS WITH NARROW PAVE. THE EXISTING STREETS WAS SUFFICIENT TO MOVE PEOPLE AROUND WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ORIGINALLY ESTABLISHED. HOWEVER, SINCE 2016, THE AREA HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT REDEVELOPMENT GROWTH. MORE THAN 15% OF THE LAND HAS BEEN REDEVELOPED IN THE PAST SIX YEARS. MANY ORIGINAL LAWS HAVE BEEN SUBDIVIDED. ON AVERAGE, EACH ORIGINAL ONE ACRE LOT IS SUBDIVIDED INTO 19 SMALLER LOTS. AS A RESULT, MORE THAN 2,400 NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS HAVE BEEN CREATED IN THIS AREA. THE PURPOSE OF THE ACRES HOME MOBILITY STUDY IS TO IDENTIFY TRANSPORTATION RELATED IMPROVEMENTS THAT ADJUST, UH, MULTIMODAL NEEDS AND GROWTH RELATED MOBILITY CONCERNS IN THE PROJECT AREA. THIS STUDY BUILDS OFF THE FOLLOWING FIVE GOALS FROM THE ACRES HOME COMPLETE COMMUNITY ACTION PLAN. THEY ARE CREATING SAFE STREETS, BUILDING GREAT STREETS, IMPROVING FLOOD RESILIENCY, EXPANDING MOBILITY OPTIONS, AND CREATING A NETWORK OF ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES FOR HIKING, BIKING, AND HORSEBACK RIDING. THREE PUBLIC MEETINGS WERE HELD AT KEY 30 MILESTONES, UH, EXISTING CONDITIONS, GAP ANALYSIS AND MOBILITY PLAN. DURING THREE MEETINGS, DISCUSSIONS WERE HELD AND, UH, AND INPUT COLLECTED TO CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE RESIDENT'S TOP PRI UH, MOBILITY PRIORITIES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. WE FIND OUT THE COMMUNITY'S TOP TRANSPORTATION RELATED CONCERNS INCLUDE LACK OF SIDEWALKS, SPEEDING, AND TRAFFIC SAFETY. THE RESIDENTS WILL ASK TO PRIORITIZE THE AREAS IN WHICH THEY WILL SPEND. THEY WILL SPEND MONEY IF THEY WERE MAKING DECISIONS. THE HIGHEST PRIORITY IS ENCOURAGE LESS DEVELOPMENT OF GROWTH, WHICH [00:10:01] CITY STAFF ALREADY EXPLAINED IS NOT POSSIBLE. UM, DUE TO THE STATE LAW AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON CODE OF ORDINANCE, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CANNOT STOP DEVELOPMENT. BUT WE ARE MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO GUIDE THE DEVELOPMENTS AND HELP THE CITY GROW SUSTAINABLY. UM, THIS PLAN WAS CREATED TO HELP FACILITATE RESPONSIBLE GROWTH IN THE AREA. THE OTHER HIGH PRIORITY ITEMS INCLUDE MAKING SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS ON EXISTING STREETS AND CONSTRUCTION OF SIDEWALKS, BIKE LANES, AND GREENWAYS. BASED ON THE TRANSPORTATION RELATED CONCERNS WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS, WE DEVELOPED FIVE CATEGORIES OF MOBILITY IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES TO ADJUST OUR FINDINGS. THEY ARE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, BIKE LANE IMPROVEMENTS, ROADWAY PAYMENT IMPROVEMENTS, AND STREET CONNECTIVITY. EACH OF THESE STRATEGIES ARE CONSISTENT WITH CITY OF HOUSTON PLANS, INCLUDING VISION ZERO, BIKE PLAN PLAN, HOUSTON CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND RESILIENT. HOUSTON. THE MAJOR SAFETY PROBLEMS ARE RELATED TO SPEEDING AND LACK OF PEDESTRIAN, UH, FACILITIES. THE STRATEGIC SOLUTIONS ARE TO IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WITH HIGH PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES AND LOCATIONS WITH HIGH VEHICLE CRASHES AND HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. THEN ADD APPROPRIATE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE LOCATIONS. MEANWHILE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AWARENESS. THE MOBILITY STUDY IDENTIFIED DIFFERENT TRAFFIC CLAIMING DESIGN OPTIONS SUCH AS RUMBLE STRIPS, SPEED HOMES, SPEED CUSHIONS, AND RACE CROSSWALK. THESE SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE RECOMMENDED INSIDE OF THE STUDY AREA WHERE THE STREETS ARE SMALLER AND SPEED LIMITS ARE LOWER. THE MOBILITY STUDY ALSO IDENTIFY OTHER SPEED MONITORING AND AWARENESS STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC SAFETY SUCH AS DSDD, HAWK, RR, FB, LACK OF SIDEWALKS AND POOR SIDEWALK CONDITIONS ARE TWO MAJOR CONCERNS WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS IN A ACRES HOME. THIS CHALLENGE WERE CREATED BECAUSE MANY STREETS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE BUILT WITHOUT SIDEWALKS AND THE BUILD SIDEWALKS ARE LACK OF MAINTENANCE OVER THE TIME. TO ADJUST THIS CHALLENGE, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR EFFORTS WE COULD MAKE. ONE IS TO REQUIRE NEW DEVELOPMENTS. MEET THE CURRENT SIDEWALK REQUIREMENTS, EITHER CONSTRUCT A REQUIRED SIDEWALK OR PAY THE SIDEWALK IN NEW FEE. TWO, IDENTIFY LOCATIONS WHERE SIDEWALKS AND OR SIDEWALK UPGRADES ARE NEEDED, AND EXPLORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON EVALUATION OF EXISTING ROADWAY CONDITIONS. NOT EVERY ROADWAY IN THE AREA HAS SUFFICIENT ROOM TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET TO MEASURE AVAILABLE RIGHT OF WAY. THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT MAP IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ON THE MAP. THE STREETS WITH GREEN LIGHTS HAVE EXISTING SIDEWALKS. THE YELLOW STREETS ARE IDENTIFIED AS THE OPTIMAL STREETS WITH SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES. THE ORANGE ONES ARE IDENTIFIED AS THE OPTIMAL STREETS WITH SIDEWALK ON SOUTH OR WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD. AND THE PINK STREETS ARE IDENTIFIED AS, UH, FEASIBLE FOR THE SIDEWALKS ON NORTH OR EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE HAS RECEIVED MANY APPLICATIONS TO NOT CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN THE STUDY AREA. BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING PHYSICAL RESTRICTIONS, THE SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS MAY WILL HELP THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE MAKE DECISIONS IN THE FUTURE. THESE GRAPHICS ILLUSTRATE HOW SIDEWALKS CAN BE IMPROVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SOTO STREET IN THE STUDY AREA. LACK OF BICYCLE FACILITY IS ANOTHER CONCERN WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE RESIDENTS. AS A COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO GROW, WE DO SEE THE NEED TO ADD BIKE LANES IN THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE LOCATIONS, WE COULD ADD A DEDICATED BIKE LANE ALONG WIDER STREETS, LIKE THE ONE ON THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER OF THE SCREEN FOR THE STREETS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ROOM SHARE. ON STREET BIKE LANE WILL BE AN OPTION LIKE THE ONE ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER ON THE BICYCLE IMPROVEMENT MAP. THE STREETS WITH DOT LINES ARE THE PLANNED BIKE LANES IDENTIFIED ON HOUSTON BIKE PLAN. BASED ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND GAP ANALYSIS, THE MAJOR SURFACE WEST ROAD IS IDENTIFIED AS A OPTIMAL STREET CONSTRUCTED WITH A DEDICATED ON STREET BIKE LANE, RIVER FALLS, AND, UH, BARB STREET ARE IDENTIFIED AS OPTIMAL STREET CONSTRUCTED WITH A SHARE ON STREET BIKE LANE. THESE GRAPH ILLUSTRATE HOW THE DEDICATED ON STREET BIKE LANE CAN BE IMPROVED ALONG WESTED WELL. AND THESE GRAPH ILLUSTRATE HOW THE, UH, SHARE ON STREET BIKE LANE CAN BE IMPROVED ALONG RIVER FALLS POOL. ROADWAY PAYMENT CONDITION IS A COMMON CONCERN IN THE AREA. TO ADJUST THIS ISSUE, WE COULD IDENTIFY LOCATIONS FOR PAYMENT IMPROVEMENTS AND EXPLORE MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES. THIS INCLUDE THE MASS, UH, STREET REHABILITATION PROGRAM WAS TOWARD IMPROVING THE STREET SERVERS. UM, THIS PROGRAM [00:15:01] WILL IMPROVE 2,210 LANE MILES OF STREET EACH YEAR. THIS MAP SHOWS THE PROPOSED PAYMENT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE STUDY AREA. PAYMENT IMPROVEMENTS WERE IDENTIFIED FROM THE PAYMENT CONDITION IN INDEX PCI. IN THIS AREA, PCI IS A RATING FROM ZERO TO A HUNDRED DESK USED TO PROVIDE A SNAPSHOT OF CONDITION OF THE ROW. WE SET THE, UH, PAYMENT IMPROVEMENT PRIORITY BASED ON EACH STREET'S. PCI CONNECTIVITY IS A UNIQUE CONCERN IN THE STUDY AREA, GIVEN THE NARROW EXISTING STREETS, LIMITED EXISTING NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIVITY, RAPIDLY GROWING POPULATION, AND LACK OF MULTIMODAL UH, OPTIONS. TO OVERCOME THIS CHALLENGE, WE NEED TO CREATE MORE NORTH SOUTH STREETS TO IMPROVE THE MOBILITY IN THE AREA. UM, THE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR THIS EFFORT INCLUDE, UH, LIKE IMPROVEMENT FROM DEVELOPERS AND THE COUNCIL DISTRICT SERVICE FUND, ET CETERA. CONSIDERING THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION COSTS, THE CITY WILL MANY RELY ON DEVELOPERS TO CONSTRUCT A NEW ROADWAY AS THEY DEVELOP THEIR LAND. NEXT SLIDE. YES, PLEASE. UH, TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND PROMOTE A SAFE MULTIMODEL TRANSPORTATION NETWORK. THE CITY OF HOUSTON CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 42 IS ESTABLISHED MAXIMUM INTERCESSION, SPACING AND MINIMUM DRIVEWAY BASED REQUIREMENTS BASED ON STREET CLASSIFICATIONS. THE STUDY AREA HAS LIMITED NORTH SOUTH CONNECTIVITY AND MANY OF STREETS ARE VERY NARROW. THE ISSUES CAUSED BY BOTH OF THESE ITEMS ARE ANTICIPATED TO WORSEN DUE TO THE POPULATION GROWTH OCCURRING IN THE AREA. DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION AND EXISTING CONDITION WITH DEVELOPMENTS ON, SOME LAWS ARE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE A 50 FEET WIDE NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET AND PROVIDE STREET WIDENING ALONG THE EXISTING STREETS TO MEET THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, STREET COMPLIANCE OF THE ORDINANCE WILL REQUIRE DEVELOPERS DEDICATE A 50 FEET WIDE DRIVEWAY OUT OF AN 80 FEET WIDE LOT AS INDICATED ON THE MAP. THIS WILL MAKE MANY LOTS UNDEVELOPABLE. AS A RESULT, MULTIPLE APPLICANTS SUBMIT VARIOUS APPLICATIONS TO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED 50 FEET WIDE RIGHT WAY, DEDICATION AND ALLOW EXCESSIVE EAST WEST INTERCESSION SPACING IN THIS AREA. THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, HAS GRANT THIS TYPE OF RENTS BECAUSE, UH, STREET COMPLIANCE OF THE ORDINANCE WILL CREATE DISPROPORTIONATE DEVELOPMENT COST BY REQUIRING MORE THAN HALF OF THE LAND TO BE DEDICATED FOR ARRIVAL PURPOSE. HOWEVER, WITH THE INCREASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, AN INCREASE IN VEHICULAR CHIPS IS EXPECTED. EXEMPTING NORTH SOUTH STREET DEDICATION WILL DENY THE AREA THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY TO HELP THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROW SUSTAINABLY IS VERY IMPORTANT AND NECESSARY TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO IMPROVE THE NORTH-SOUTH CONNECTIVITY IN THE AREA. CONSIDERING THE UNIQUE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THE ONGOING REDEVELOPMENT CHAIN IN THE STUDY AREA, IN CONCERT WITH, UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, WE DETERMINE IT WILL BE FEASIBLE TO ADD MORE SMALLER STREETS IN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA, WHICH ALLOW WALKING, BIKING, AND DRIVING, AND WILL HELP MITIGATE IMPACTS TO LOCAL RESIDENTS. THE NORTH SOUTH STREETS, UH, IDENTIFY, UH, ON THE MAP ARE DETERMINED BASED ON THE FOLLOWING, UH, FACTORS. ONE, THE LOT FRONTAGE AND LOSS SIZE. MOST OF THE ORIGINAL ONE ACRE LOT WITHIN THE STUDY AREA ARE ONLY 80 FEET WIDE, REQUIRING, UM, THE 50 FEET DEDICATION WILL CREATE A DISPROPORTIONATE CAUSE. AND, UM, SO WHEN OTHER CONDITIONS ARE SIMILAR, IT IS MORE FEASIBLE TO REQUIRE THE ROADWAY DEDICATION ON LOT WITH WIDER STREET FRONTAGE AND LARGER SIZE. TWO, THE PROPERTY OWNERSHIP ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION WILL BE HARD TO IMPLEMENT WHEN MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE PARTIAL DEDICATION TO THE SAME ROADWAY AT THE SAME TIME. WHEN A STREET IS NOT FULLY DEDICATED AND CONSTRUCTED, PARTIAL DEDICATION AND CONSTRUCTION WILL NOT IMPROVE THE AREA'S MOBILITY AND ACCESSIBILITY. INSTEAD, IT WILL CREATE, UH, MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY CHALLENGE THREE. INTERCESSION SPACING CHAPTER 42, UH, REQUIRES A MAXIMUM 1400 FEET INTERCESSION SPACE ALONG LOCAL STREET. WHEN ORDINANCE, WHEN FEASIBLE, THE PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH STREET LOCATION SHOULD MEET THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS. SOME OF THE NORTH SOUTH STREET IDENTIFY ON THE MAP DO NOT MEET THE MESS. UM, THE 1400 FEET INTERCESSION SPACE REQUIREMENT, THE MAIN REASON IS THAT STREET COMPLIANCE OF THE INTERSECTION SPACING, UH, WILL REQUIRE PARTIAL RAPID DEDICATION AND CONSTRUCTION FROM MULTI, FROM MULTIPLE PROPERTY OWNERS IN BRIEF. CONSIDERING THE UNIQUE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERISTICS IN THE STUDY AREA, IT IS VERY CHALLENGE TO FIND IDEAL STREET LOCATION MEETING ALL CRITERIA. UH, WHEN IT'S FEASIBLE. [00:20:01] THE 40 FEET WIDE STREETS CAN BE DEDICATED FROM A LOT WITH WIDE FRONTAGE WHEN THERE ARE NO WHITE LOT AT THE LOCATION WHERE NORTH SOUTH STREET IS NEEDED, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WALLS WILL SUPPORT PARTIAL ROADWAY DEDICATION FROM TWO ADJACENT LOTS AS ILLUSTRATED ON THE RIGHT WHEN THE FIRST LOT IS DEVELOPED. 30 FEET ROADWAY WILL BE DEDICATED TO ACCOMMODATE A 21 FEET WIDE CURB AND GUTTER ROADWAY, AND AN A FEET WIDE PROTECTION GROUND WITH A FIVE FEET WIDE ON OBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK, NO ON STREET PARKING WILL BE ALLOWED ON THIS ROADWAY. WHEN THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY DEVELOP, THEY WILL DEDICATE AN ADDITIONAL 10 FEET TO COMPLETE THE 40 FEET ROADWAY DESIGN. WE BELIEVE THE 40 FEET WIDE STREETS WILL PROVIDE A NEEDY CONNECTIVITY AND ENSURE SAFE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE PREVENTING SUFFICIENT, UM, BUILDABLE AREA FOR, UH, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT PRESERVING SUFFICIENT BUILDABLE AREA FOR THE DEVELOPMENT MOST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, UH, PROPOSED 28 FEET WIDE PRIVATE STREET TO PROVIDE LOT ACCESS. ACCORDING TO THE ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE, UH, 30 FEET OR 40 FEET PUBLIC ROADWAY. INSTEAD OF THE 28 FEET WIDE PRIVATE STREET. THE PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH STREETS ARE THE MOST FEASIBLE LOCATIONS. THE MAP ON THE SCREEN SHOWS THE OPTIMAL ROADWAY PLAN OVERLAY WITH THE PLATING ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA. THE POTENTIAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE ONGOING PLATING ACTIVITIES. AS YOU COULD SEE, TWO ROADWAYS ARE LOCATED WITHIN TWO PLA BOUNDARIES. PROJECT A IS DEMO HEIGHT, WHICH HAS REQUESTED A RENT TO DEDICATE 30 FEET PUBLIC ROADWAY. IN 2021, THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTED REQUESTED RENT AND THE PLAN HAS BEEN RECORDED. PROJECT B IS LESSON CALLED, WHICH HAS REQUESTED RENT TO NOT PROVIDE ANY RIGHTWAY DEDICATION AND ALLOW EXCESSIVE INTERCESSION SPACING ALONG T WELL, IN 2022, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DENIED THE REQUEST EVENTS. SO IN BRIEF, BASED ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK EVALUATION, THE 40 FEET WIDE ROADWAY DESIGN IS SENSITIVE TO THE LOCAL CONTEST IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ONGOING CITY INITIATIVES SUCH AS VISION ZERO, RESILIENT HOUSTON AND HOUSTON COMPLETE STREETS. THEREFORE, THE TWO DEPARTMENTS WILL SUPPORT THE RANGE REQUEST TO ALLOW 40 FEET WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT RATE DEDICATION INDICATED ON THE MAP, RANK CORRESPONDING LOSS ARE DEVELOPED. HOWEVER, THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE DESIGN CAN BE APPLIED, CDY, IT DOES NOT SET PRECEDENCE FOR OTHER AREAS. IN GENERAL, ROADWAY DESIGN SHOULD MEET THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL REQUIREMENTS. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS MAY APPROVE SUBSTANDARD ROADWAY DESIGN IN UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE BASED ON A CASE BY CASE EVALUATION. WE BELIEVE THE OPTIMAL ROADWAY PLAN WILL NOT ONLY HELP THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAKE DECISIONS WHEN REVIEWING PLANNING ACTIVITIES IN THIS AREA, BUT ALSO PROVIDE THE PRODUCT OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS GUIDANCE WHEN THEY DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA. SO THE MOBILITY STUDY IS AN IMPORTANT TOOL FOR THE CITY. UM, THE PLAN DEPARTMENT AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS. UM, IN THAT IT PROVIDES A DETAILED LIST OF PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS COMMUNITY CONCERNS AND IMPROVE SAFETY AND MULTIMODAL ACCESS. IN THE STUDY, UH, AREA, THIS INFORMATION WILL INFORM FUTURE PROJECT SCOPING EFFORTS. RESULTS FROM THIS STUDY WILL ALSO PROVIDE HELPFUL GUIDANCE TO CITY STAFF AS THEY ARE IDENTIFYING FUTURE PROJECT FUNDING AND PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. ADDITIONALLY, AS NEW DEVELOPMENTS CREATE, UH, SEEK REVIEW AND PERMIT APPROVALS FROM THE CITY, THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT TO DELIVER IMPROVEMENTS. IDENTIFY. IN THIS MOBILITY STUDY, COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THE ALL COMMUNITY CENTERING LOCAL KNOWLEDGE IS CRUCIAL TO ACHIEVING THE, UH, SUGGESTED IMPROVEMENTS. WITH THIS SAID, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UM, APPRECIATE THAT VERY COMPREHENSIVE AND DETAILED REPORT. THAT WAS A, A GREAT WORK. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR MS. FONG? NO, WE DON'T. OKAY. WELL, THAT'S GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, UH, WE'LL STAY TUNED. THIS WILL HELP US UNDERSTAND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE GONNA BE COMING OUR WAY IN THE FUTURE. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, UH, LET'S NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COMMISSIONER HINES AND COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, WE'VE KIND OF ALL MOVED IN. IF YOU WANNA, IF YOU WANNA MOVE, WE, WE, WE'VE SHIFTED AROUND TODAY. I DON'T KNOW WHY. WE JUST DID . THERE WAS A BIG HOLE. OH, IT USED TO BE. [00:25:01] YEAH. IF, IF YOU'RE HAPPY, I SUGGEST YOU STAY THERE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. [ Platting Activities a & b] THAT'LL TAKE US TO ROMA NUMERAL TWO PLANNING ACTIVITY, WHICH, UH, BEGINS WITH SECTIONS A AND B. UH, 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 ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 26 SECTION SECTION A. CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 75 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 76 THROUGH 1 26. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER SIGLER? UM, YES. ITEM 6, 8, 31 AND 32. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER DALTON, LOOKS LIKE SHE HAS STEPPED AWAY. COMMISSIONER HY ITEMS 4 6 10 53 62 THROUGH 65 AND ONE 15. OKAY. AND ONCE AGAIN, COMMISSIONER DALTON, ARE YOU THERE OR, OKAY, SHE APPEARS TO BE ABS OR TEMPORARILY OUT. UM, OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE. UH, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE HAS SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THE LIST, BUT NOBODY IS SIGNED UP HERE TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. ARE WE PRETTY SURE NO ONE WANTS TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING FROM ITEMS ONE TO 126? OKAY. IF WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, THEN WE CAN PROCEED WITH VOTING ON SECTIONS A AND B AND WOULD EN WHAT? WHAT IS, OH, IT'S THIS LIST. NO, SIGN UP TO SPEAK. OH, OKAY. B FOR SURE. COUNCIL, YOU HAD ME PANIC THERE FOR A SECOND. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. UM, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B SAVE. AND EXCEPT FOR ITEMS, UM, 4, 6, 8, 10, 31, 32, 53, 61 THROUGH 65 AND ONE 15 MOTION. VICTOR, IS THERE A SECOND? MAD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. I'M SORRY. THAT WAS AN AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH WILL BE ITEMS 4, 6, 8 10 31, 32 53, 61 THROUGH 65 AND ONE 15. IS THERE A MOTION? ROBIN? SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED THE MOTION? AYE. THANK YOU. THE MOTION CARRIES NOTING THAT COMMISSIONERS HACH AND SIGLER ABSTAINED. [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, Aracely Rodriguez, Devin Crittle, Arum Lee, and John Cedillo)] OKAY, WITH THAT WE GO TO SECTION C, PUBLIC HEARINGS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN FL. ITEM 1 27 IS BILL STREET DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF BILL STREET AND 20TH STREET AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO LANDSCAPE IN OPEN SPACE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO DEFER THE PLAT TO CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIR OF PLEASE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 27. BE PLACES OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON BEAL STREET DEVELOPMENT? UM, IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED OR IS, UH, NOT CLOSED. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS WAITING FOR A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. MOTION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? HINES HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. ITEM 1 28. ITEM 1 28 IS BRIA PLACE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST ALONG DUNLEVY STREET, NORTH FAIRVIEW STREET AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED. SEPARATELY. STAFF'S [00:30:01] RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM CONCERNING THE HOUSES THAT WILL BE PLACED ON THE LOTS, UH, WILL BE FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS. HOWEVER, THIS IS A REQUEST TO SUBDIVIDE ONE LOT INTO TWO LOTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS AND HAVE MET ALL. AND THE, UM, THE APPLICATION HAVE MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS. AND THIS IS A SHALL APPROVED PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM 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 ITEM 1 27 OR EIGHT BRIA PLACE IS OPEN. WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS. UM, AND I'M GOING TO TRY TO CALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN PERSON FIRST AND THAT WILL BEGIN WITH, UH, ANAKIN HOLS SITTER ANAKIN. HOLS SITTER. I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT. IT'S, UH, IT'S SPELLED H-O-E-L-S-A-E-T-E-R IS CORRECT? YES, IT IS. OKAY, THANK YOU. I'M ORIGINALLY FROM NORWAY, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S FUNNY. UM, SO, UM, I'M HERE WITH A COUPLE OF MY NEIGHBORS. I LIVE IN 2313 PARK STREET, WHICH IS BEHIND THIS PROPERTY AND IT'S CATTYCORNER TO THIS PROPERTY. AND I LOOK DIRECTLY DOWN ON IT. AND, UM, IN, IN PRINCIPLE, WE DO NOT OPPOSE THE REPLYING OF THIS PROPERTY, BUT IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY WENT OUT IN HOUSTON CHRONICLE AND, UH, PUBLICLY CLAIMED THAT HE'S BUILDING A SHORT-TERM HOTEL BUSINESS RENTAL. SO AIRBNB AND, UH, VRBO PROPERTIES. UH, AND HE OWNS THESE PROPERTIES AND HE'S BASICALLY STATED THAT HE'S GONNA START BY BUILDING SHORT-TERM RENTALS ON THESE PROPERTIES, WHICH WE FIND, YOU KNOW, CONCERNING. AND, UH, I'M NOT REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS. I'M JUST A CONCERNED CITIZEN. AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THE IDEA OF, UH, SHORT-TERM RENTALS BEING BUILT ON A BLOCK THAT IS 100% RESIDENTIAL. UM, AND, UM, YES, THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S MY COMMENT TO THIS. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND I JUST WILL SAY THIS IS A PROBLEM. WE ARE HEARING ABOUT A LOT PEOPLE THAT, UM, LIVE NEXT TO PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED OR ARE BEING USED AS AIRBNBS, AND THEY TURN OUT TO BE SORT OF PARTY HOUSES AND THERE'S SOME BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS. UM, UNFORTUNATELY WE DO NOT REGULATE USE IN HOUSTON. WE DON'T HAVE ZONING. UM, AND THIS, THIS MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS AT THIS POINT, UM, FOR WHAT IS BEING REQUESTED FOR, WHAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR. SO FOR US, UNDER STATE LAW, WE ARE OBLIGATED TO APPROVE THIS. OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE. MAYBE AFTER WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, WE'LL LET HER WEIGH IN. BUT WE HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DENY THIS ON THE BASIS OF WHAT IN ITS INTENDED USE IS. AND WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT. IT'S JUST THAT IT SEEMS TO US THAT BASICALLY THE APPLICANT HERE IS BASICALLY LYING ON HIS APPLICATION BECAUSE HE'S STATED IN FEBRUARY THAT THIS IS WHAT HE'S PLANNING TO DO, AND NOW HE'S ASKING FOR PERMISSION TO BILL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH ARE FINE BY US, BUT THAT'S JUST COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. SO, BECAUSE ALL I HAVE TO SAY HERE, WE KNOW THAT THEY WON'T BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. WELL, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HE'S PLANNING TO DO, BUT HE HAS IN HOUSTON CHRONICLE GONE OUT IN AN INTERVIEW AND MY NEIGHBOR HERE IS HE'S, UH, AN ATTORNEY AND HE CAN TELL ME MORE ABOUT THIS, THIS WHOLE THING. BUT, AND HE'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT THIS IS WHAT I'M PLANNING TO DO. I'M BUILDING A BUSINESS, 10 10 PROPERTIES OF SHORT TERM RENTALS. AND IN ORDER TO DO THIS, HE ACTUALLY TORE DOWN TWO MULTI, UH, COMPLEX UNITS, WELL, RENTAL UNITS, SO THAT THOSE WERE MORE AFFORDABLE PROPERTIES HERE. AND I CAN TOTALLY SEE WHY HE WOULD GO AFTER PROPERTIES LIKE THAT AND REPLACE THEM WITH SHORT TERM RENTALS. IT'S JUST A PROBLEM. SO, YEAH, THAT I TO I THERE WAS MORE WE COULD, COULD DO AT THIS POINT. BUT THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. GLAD YOUR COMMENTS ARE ON THE RECORD. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, ETHAN. MICHELLE GANZ. GANZ GANZ, SORRY. GANZ. YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. SO I'M ETHAN MICHELLE GANZ WITH THE MONTROSE RESIDENCE COALITION. AND, UH, HERE'S MY THING. UH, IS IT A HOTEL OR IS IT RESIDENTIAL? RIGHT, BECAUSE IF IT'S EXCLUSIVELY BEING USED FOR AIRBNBS, THEN IT'S NOT RESIDENTIAL, IT'S A HOTEL. AND THAT WOULD MEAN THAT IT DOESN'T QUALIFY FOR WHAT Y'ALL ARE APPROVING. SO MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU ARE, IF YOU'RE NOT, UH, COMFORTABLE DENYING IT YET, MAYBE WE COULD HAVE A LITTLE MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THIS SINCE WE HAVE QUESTIONS. IS IT A HOTEL, IS IT A HOME? MAYBE WE COULD GET A COUPLE WEEKS OR SOMETHING. UM, DENY, YOU KNOW, BEFORE JUST TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, I I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ADDRESS THIS. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DEFER IT, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT THE COMMISSION WANTS TO DO. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK, [00:35:01] UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HERBERT RAST, RAST. MR. RUST. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, UH, STATE MY OBJECTIONS IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS. I HEAR. WHAT DO YOU SAY ABOUT RESIDENTIAL HOUSING? AND I THINK IT IS BEST IF OUR NEIGHBOR, WHO IS A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, IS ADDRESSING THE LEGAL ISSUES. SO I DEFER TO HIM. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SPEAKING WITH US TODAY. UM, OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS HILLARY HAYNES. I THINK MS. HAYNES IS VIRTUAL. MS. HAYNES, THERE YOU ARE. YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. AND YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD IS H-A-I-N-E-S SPELLED? YES. MY LAST NAME IS H-A-I-N-E-S. THANK YOU. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. SO I AM ALSO, UM, I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF MONTROSE. UM, AND I BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE ISSUE BETWEEN BEING HOTEL VERSUS RESIDENTIAL. WE KNOW THAT MONTROSE HAS A CRISIS OF NOT HAVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. SO SEEING, UM, I I AGREE WITH A DEFERMENT AND, AND BEING ABLE TO INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT THIS IS A HOTEL VERSUS, UM, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT LIKE 0.2 MILES AWAY ON PARK STREET, LIKE 16 UNITS, UM, THAT USED TO BE HOUSING IS NOW AN AIRBNB HOTEL. SO LIKE, CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS ALREADY AN ISSUE WE'RE SEEING WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, I THINK THAT REALLY, UM, JUST POINTS THE NEED FOR, FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION. SO THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO GIVE COMMENT. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JASON GINSBURG, G-I-N-S-B-R-G. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. FIRST OF ALL, MY APOLOGIES, I'M AFRAID THAT I'M THE ATTORNEY THAT EVERYONE IS SPEAKING OF , SO SORRY, WISDOM, SORRY IN ADVANCE. BUT, UH, SO I GUESS IT'S MY JOB TO GET TO THE LEGAL EASE OF THIS. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO TELL YOU AS AN ATTORNEY, IF SOMEONE WENT DOWN TO THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE AT 2 0 1 CAROLINE AND OFFERED A CLERK A DEED AND TOLD THE DEED, HEY, THIS IS TOLD THE CLERK, THIS IS A FRAUDULENT DEED. UM, THAT CLERK WHO'S JUST A BUREAUCRAT AND CERTAINLY NOT A COMMISSIONER, WOULD REFUSE TO RECORD THAT DEED. HERE WE HAVE THE APPLICANT, UH, MR. GERALD SHARPTON GIVING INTERVIEWS IN THE CHRONICLE, GIVING INTERVIEWS IN HOUSTONIAN MAGAZINE SAYING THAT THIS IS MY HOTEL BRAND. THIS IS, I'M, IT'S GONNA BE A BIG BRAND, YOU KNOW, I'M BUYING, I'M TAKING DOWN LOTS ALL OVER HOUSTON TO BUILD THIS. AND, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THIS IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE, BUT YET TO PLANNING, UH, TO YOU FIND COMMISSIONERS, HE SUBMITS A PLAT THAT SAYS THIS IS GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ONLY. WELL, THE TEXAS PENAL CODE, YOU KNOW, EXPRESSLY STATES THAT SOMEONE CANNOT FILE, UH, YOU KNOW, A FALSE ITEM AND A PUBLIC RECORD. AND SO I DO THINK THIS COMMISSION, WHICH IS NOT LIMITED TO JUST THE PLAT, I KNOW THAT THIS COMMISSION IS NOT JUST HERE TO RUBBER STAMP WHATEVER, UH, THE PLAYING DEPARTMENT PROVIDES TO YOU GUYS. YOU, YOU GUYS CAN, YOU KNOW, READ BETWEEN THE LINES. YOU CAN ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENT AND YOU CAN REALIZE THAT NO MATTER WHAT MR. SHARPTON PUT ON THIS PLAT, IT IS A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT HE'S GOING TO BE OPERATING THERE. AND YOU SHOULD TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SEND A MESSAGE, UH, TO THE PEOPLE OF HOUSTON THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE NOT GOING TO ALLOW, UH, THIS KIND OF ACTIVITY, THIS HOTEL ACTIVITY ADJOINING ALL THE RESIDENCES ON THIS BLOCK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, AS MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, A HUNDRED PERCENT RESIDENTIAL, I BELIEVE THIS IS WITHIN Y'ALL'S AUTHORITY. AND, UH, I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER DENYING THE REPL ON THAT BASIS. AND I, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. MM-HMM . UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHELLE, UH, REEV. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? LEV MIGUEL. CARMEN LEV, YES. GO RIGHT AHEAD. SURE. UM, MY NAME IS MIGUEL KERMAN. LEV, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE DUNLEAVY PARK HOMEOWNERS COALITION, AND I, YOU KNOW, PUT TOGETHER SOME THOUGHTS ON A QUIET SUNDAY EVENING. ONE OF MANY THAT I'VE ENJOYED OVER THE YEARS, UM, AND HOPEFULLY NOT ONE OF MY LAST, I KNOW SEVERAL FOLKS OWN SHORT-TERM RENTALS, UH, IN AND AROUND HOUSTON. THEY'D GIVEN ME MANYFOLD ANECDOTES OF YOU, HOW THEY'VE BEEN RENTED OUT EVERY SINGLE WEEKEND NONSTOP FOR THREE TO FOUR YEARS, WHILE REGALING ME WITH HARROWING TAILS THROUGH CLENCHED TEETH OF, YOU KNOW, SORTED AND OCCASIONALLY DEPRAVED BEHAVIOR THEY WITNESSED ON THEIR SECURITY CAMERAS. SO MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS IF MR. SHARPENS ALLOWED TO SKIRT THE SPIRIT AND LIKELY THE LETTER OF THE LAW BY CONSTRUCTING THESE STR UNDER THE GUISE OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, WHICH IS A CLASSIC CASE OF ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS OVER PERMISSION, THERE'S [00:40:01] A HIGH PROBABILITY THAT I'LL HAVE FOUR TO SIX OR MORE, UH, HEDONISTIC HOTELS WITHIN 15 TO 20 FEET OF MY AND MY SON'S BEDROOM WINDOWS, WHICH I'M SURE NOBODY WOULD, WOULD, WOULD WANT. UM, BUT SETTING ASIDE THE IMPENDING DRAIN ON OUR STRETCHED RESOURCES POLICE FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO MONITOR, RESPOND TO, AND ATTEMPT TO LIMIT SHARPTON HOTEL GUEST TRANSGRESSIONS, I I BESEECH YOU TO CONSIDER THE SANCTITY AND SANITY OF SOMETHING I THINK WE ALL TAKE FOR GRANTED UNTIL IT'S DEPRIVED, WHICH IS A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP. SO, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, A RELIABLE AND SAFE HAVEN FOR FAMILY WITHOUT FEAR OF 4:00 AM COMINGS AND GOINGS AND DJS SPINNING UNTIL DAYBREAK AND THE INEVITABLE PARKING AND TRAFFIC HEADACHE SURELY TO COME IF THE, THE SHARPTON DROPS NEXT DOOR. BUT AS A LONG TIME HOUSTON RESIDENT TAXPAYER AND, AND HOMEOWNER, I HUMBLY ASK, PLEASE HELP PROTECT ME, MY FAMILY, AND MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS FROM THIS POTENTIALLY, I'D SAY INSIDIOUS ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION. AND TO BE CLEAR, I DON'T DISAVOW CAPITALISM. MR. SHARPTON, FROM THE COMFORT OF HIS RIVER OAKS, UM, CUSTOM LIVING ROOM SOFA, SHOULD BE ABLE TO SUCCESSFULLY GROW HIS VERY BIG BRAND AS INTENDED IN A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, UH, TO HIS HEART AND HIS WALLET'S CONTENT. I JUST ASK THAT IT NOT BE AT THE, THE COST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S HEALTH AND SAFETY. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UM, CHAIR, YES, SORRY TO INTERRUPT. UM, JUST WANTED TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK JOINED THE MEETING AT 3:07 PM OKAY. COMMISSIONER CLARK, THERE YOU ARE. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER CLARK IS WITH US. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. HELLO. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER IS NANCY COOK. I WANNA REITERATE, UM, THE SAME KIND OF CONCERNS THAT I HAVE THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE STATED. UM, I, I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT SOMEONE IS PRESENTING THIS AS A RESIDENTIAL PLACE OF DWELLING WHEN IN REALITY, IN HIS OWN WORDS, MR. SHARPTON HAS SAID THAT, UM, THERE WILL BE MORE OF THOSE KINDS OF BUILDINGS OR EVEN A FULL SCALE HOTEL. I SEE THE SHARPTON AS BEING A VERY BIG BRAND AND, AND FOR ME, WHO LIVES IN A, IN THIS LOT, UM, I, I LIVE ON PARK STREET AND IT'S A, A PROPERTY THAT IS COMPLETELY RESIDENTIAL. UM, I'VE ENJOYED THE CAMARADERIE, THE SUPPORTIVE SYSTEMS, THE CHECKING ON EACH OTHERS, UM, THAT HAS GONE ON, UM, TO WHEN, WHEN THE NEIGHBOR'S IN NEED OR THINGS LIKE THAT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANY WAY THAT HAVING THESE KIND OF MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS THAT HE'S PRESENTING TO YOU AS IF THEY'RE JUST GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS, UM, IS IS IN IN ORDER. UM, I I VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT, THAT DUPLICITY IN TERMS OF HIS PRESENTATION. SO I WOULD STRONGLY URGE YOU TO CAREFULLY LOOK AT THIS, EXPLORE IT, AND SEE EXACTLY NOT ONLY WHAT HE SAYS IN, IN TERMS OF HIS PRESENTATIONS TO YOU, BUT WHAT HE SAYS TO THE MEDIA, BECAUSE TO ME, THOSE ARE TWO DIFFERENT MESSAGES THAT ARE COMING ACROSS. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AND THE FINAL SPEAKER I HAVE LISTED IS SAMIR SHAW. SHAH. MR. SHAW, THERE YOU ARE. GO RIGHT AHEAD. I, YEAH, SO I, I'M, I'M, I'M SAM SHAW. I'M ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN ON THIS BLOCK. UM, I HAVE A 2-YEAR-OLD SON AND HIS BEDROOM WINDOW IS CATTYCORNER TO THIS PROPERTY. UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE HE, HE NEEDS QUIET SLEEP. I, I, I DON'T WANNA HAVE TO BE, UM, HAVING TO ADDRESS NOISE ISSUES IN, UH, CONSISTENTLY OVER TIME. UH, I KNOW THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO MR. SHARP TO, IN, IN, IN AN EFFORT TO WORK WITH HIM ON THIS. UH, HE'S BEEN NONRESPONSIVE. SO I ASSUME GOING FORWARD, IF THIS PROJECT WERE TO GO FORWARD IS THAT WE WOULD GET THE SAME SORT OF TREATMENT. UM, AND, AND THAT, THAT CONCERNS ME, ONE, BECAUSE NOT ONLY THIS IS THIS, IS IT THAT THIS IS A, A HOTEL IN DISGUISE BEING, UM, YOU KNOW, PERMITTED AS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. BUT, UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED WITH THE CRIME, THE TRAFFIC AND THE NOISE THAT COMES WITH THIS. AND THEN THE, AND THEN, AND THEN US HAVING TO FIGHT WITH THE, THESE SORT OF ISSUES WHILE USING, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC RESOURCES, YOU KNOW, TO, TO MANAGE THIS. UM, YOU, YOU STATED THAT, THAT THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT AGAINST STATE CODE OR WHATEVER, BUT I, I I, I, I WOULD LIKE YOU FOR YOU GUYS TO ADDRESS THE CITY CODE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT THAT CONCERNS ADJOINING HOTELS [00:45:01] TO STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY. ANOTHER COMMENT THAT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO, TO MAKE IS THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE FIRST OF, OF THE SECOND PLOT THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, APPLIED FOR, THERE'S ANOTHER PROPERTY, UM, RIGHT DOWN ON THE CORNER OF MARYLAND AND DUNLEVY THAT HE WILL BE APPLYING FOR AS WELL. SO THAT, THAT'S TOTAL OF FOUR TO FIVE HOMES THAT POTENTIALLY COULD BE RENTAL PROPERTIES. THAT'S, THAT'S ALMOST 25% OF THIS BLOCK THAT COULD BECOME NIGHTLY RENTAL PROPERTIES. AND THAT'S KIND OF, THAT'S UNACCEPTABLE IN A FULLY RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT'S DOWN THE STREET FROM THE SCHOOL AND THAT HAS RETIREES, CHILDREN AND, AND FAMILIES. I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE WAY THAT WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. I THINK WE, WE ALL HEAR YOU COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. YEAH, WE DO HEAR YOU. BUT I MEAN, RECOGNIZE OUR HANDS ARE TIED. WE CAN'T CONTROL WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR HOUSE. YOU CAN AIRBNB IT TOMORROW, YOU CAN MAKE YOURS A SHORT TERM RENTAL, AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT EITHER. THESE MEET THE CRITERIA THAT WE ARE GIVEN. THEY WILL BE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. IF THEY TAKE THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES AND THEY RENT THEM, THEN THAT FALLS UNDER A DIFFERENT SET OF RULES AND REGULATIONS. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET WITH YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, ABBEY'S VERY AVAILABLE AND THE AT LARGE MEMBERS TO SEE IF YOU WANT TO REGULATE THE USE OF AIRBNBS OR SHORT TERM RENTALS. BUT THAT'S BEYOND THE PURVIEW OF THIS BODY, WHO'S REALLY JUST LOOKING AT WHETHER IT MEETS THE CRITERIA TO BE REPLANTED INTO THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, OF WHICH WE WILL WON'T BE ABLE TO CONTROL THEIR USE AFTERWARDS. JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE FEEL THE PAIN, BUT THERE IS REALLY NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. UH, AND LET ME CALL ON, IF I MAY, UH, KIM MICKELSON, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL FOR THE COMMISSION. UM, MS. MICKELSON, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT, BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN PUBLICLY STATED THAT THESE ARE GONNA BE OPERATED AS HOTELS, THAT IT, THAT IT REQUIRES A REVIEW. WE HAVE EXTENSIVE REVIEW FOR HOTELS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS, IT REQUIRES VARIANCE. W WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS OUR ABILITY AT THIS POINT? CORRECT. YEAH, I, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE COMMENTS BROUGHT UP TO, UM, THE INTENDED USE OF THESE PROPERTIES. UM, AS YOU STATED, THE CITY OF HOUSTON DOES NOT DIRECTLY REGULATE SHORT TERM RENTALS AS SUCH, AS, AS MANY TEXAS CITIES DO, AND HAVE OFTEN ENDED UP, FRANKLY, IN LITIGATION. IT'S A VERY FRAUGHT AREA TO TRY AND GET INTO. BUT, BUT, UM, THE, THE CONCERN ABOUT, UM, THE, THE NATURE, THE TRANSIENT NATURE OF THIS, WHICH OUR HOTEL ORDINANCE MAY IN FACT COVER, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE APPARENT IT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TWO STATEMENTS. LET ME PUT IT THAT WAY. UH, I, I MIGHT ASK THAT YOU ALL DEFER THIS, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US TWO WEEKS FOR ME TO GET WITH GENERAL COUNSEL SECTION, UM, WHO, WHO WOULD GENERALLY, UM, HELP REGULATE THIS. OKAY. I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WORTH IT. YES. COMMISSIONER VAR. THANK YOU. UM, AND IN FACT, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS THINKING AS WELL, THAT THE DEFERRAL MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE, BUT I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. UM, ARE, ARE WE AWARE OF WHETHER THERE'S A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THIS AREA THAT MIGHT HAVE ANY SORT OF RESTRICTIONS AGAINST AIRBNB? IT'S, I, I, YEAH, IT'S IN MONTROSE AND I THINK, I BELIEVE IT DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND THERE MIGHT BE, AND, AND THAT IS AN AREA WHERE DEED RESTRICTIONS CAN HELP IN PREVENTING SHORT-TERM RENTALS. BUT I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CASE HERE, A DEED RESTRICTION OR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RULE. OKAY. UM, OKAY. AND THEN, UM, YES, SO, SO I, I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA FOR US TO TAKE, UM, A FEW WEEKS TO TAKE A LOOK AT. CAN, CAN PUBLIC MAKE COMMENT? OH, I, I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T REALIZE WE HAD ANOTHER SPEAKER. I'LL CALL ON YOU IN A SECOND. JUST A MINUTE. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER. BUT YES, I, I AGREE. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A SINGLE FAMILY, UM, OR IF IT'S A ACTUAL HOTEL. AND SO IF THESE STATEMENTS ARE CONFLICTING, THEN THAT DOES NEED TO BE CLARIFIED. COMMISSIONER SEGLER IS THE APPLICANT AND PRESENT, I AM THE, I AM THE APPLICANT'S ARCHITECT, BERNARDO RIOS. OKAY. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FROM HIM? YES. YEAH. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME? MY NAME IS BERNARDO RIOS, RIOS. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT WE ARE, UH, PROPOSING TO SUBDIVIDE THE PROPERTY AS MANY PROPERTIES ARE INTO TWO LOTS. AND WE ARE PROPOSING TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, ONE ON EACH PROPERTY. UM, THE INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, POTENTIALLY WILL BE SHORT-TERM RENTALS. IT COULD ALSO, UH, BE MANY OTHER THINGS, BUT THE CLIENT IS NOT AT ALL [00:50:01] PROPOSING TO BUILD A HOTEL ON THIS PROPERTY. IF WE WERE TO BUILD A HOTEL, THERE'D BE MANY OTHER RESTRICTIONS THAT WE'D HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. UM, SO WE ARE DESIGNING TWO HOUSES TO GO ON THIS, ON THE, ON EACH OF THESE TWO LOTS. VERY SIMILAR IN SCALE AND SIZE AS, UM, MR. JASON, UH, GINSBURG, I FORGET WHAT'S HIS LAST NAME, WHO LIVES NEXT DOOR. SO IT'S ALMOST IDENTICAL AND EN MASSING TO HIS PROPERTIES. OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER, DID YOU WANNA HEAR ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU, MR. RIOS. DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR STATEMENT? YES, IT DID. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AND I'VE GOT ONE MORE PERSON SIGNED UP. DARRELL SHARPTON. MR. SHARPTON, ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? UH, YES, I AM THE APPLICANT. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. HI, YES, I JUST WANNA, UH, ECHO THE, UM, ECHO WHAT BERNARDO SAID. YEAH, I'M, I'M ACTUALLY SORRY. I'M HERE PICKING UP MY KIDS. IF NOT, I WOULD BE THERE IN PERSON, BUT, UM, BUT YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, WE'RE SUB, WE'RE SUBDIVIDING THE LOT AND WE, WE ARE INDEED BUILDING TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UM, AND YEAH, LIKE WE, I, I DO, I DO INTEND TO DO SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT I'M NOT AT ALL BUILDING A, UM, I'M NOT AT ALL BUILDING A HOTEL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST A, IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND I COULD, YOU KNOW, SELL IT DOWN THE ROAD. I COULD PUT A LONG-TERM RENTER IN THERE AND I COULD CONTINUE SHORT-TERM RENTAL. THIS IS THE FIRST REAL ESTATE PROJECT I'VE EVER DONE. UM, I'M, I'M NOT A BIG CORPORATION. I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, I'M A GUY WHO LOVES THE MONTROSE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I'VE INVESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I, I DON'T KNOW, I, I, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S ALL I REALLY NEED TO SAY, BUT, UM, I, UM, I'M, I'M NOT, I'M NOT AT ALL LOOKING TO, TO DISTURB THE PEACE. I'M HERE TO MAKE THE LATE NEIGHBORHOOD MORE BEAUTIFUL AND, AND CREATE BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURES. AND EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE HAS ADDRESSED AS A CONCERNED, UM, IS EXACTLY WHAT I'M A HUNDRED PERCENT AGAINST AND, WHICH IS WHY I DO WANT TO DO THIS. BUT, UM, ANYW, WHO I, I, I WOULD, UM, I MEAN, I WAS OBVIOUSLY CONCERNED WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS. I'M ALWAYS AVAILABLE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT VIBRANT OR ELLE OR ROOST OR ANYWHERE. I'M, I, I LIVE IN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE RESIDENCES AND I, I, I REALLY LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WHICH IS WHY I WANT TO BE THERE. BUT, UM, SO I DON'T KNOW. IT PAINS ME TO HEAR THIS SORT OF SPEAK ABOUT IT, BUT I LOVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE. UM, I HAVEN'T BEEN AVOIDING ANYONE, AND I JUST WANNA SAY I AM BUILDING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND HOMES THAT WILL BE VERY TASTEFUL. AND, UM, BUT YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M DEFINITELY NOT BUILDING A HOTEL, UH, WHATSOEVER. OKAY. AND I, I THINK WE, WE HEARD THAT, I THINK SOME OF THE SPEAKERS SAID THEY HAD REACHED OUT TO TRY TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU AND HADN'T GOTTEN A RESPONSE. SO WE WOULD URGE YOU TO RESPOND AND TRY TO MEET WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT, ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. UM, WE JUST, WE ALWAYS FEEL THAT THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PROCEED WHEN YOU'RE DOING A REAL ESTATE DEAL IN A, IN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 28? UM, YES. COMMISSIONER SIGLER. UM, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF. IF, UM, HE, HE JUST STATED THAT HE'S BUILDING TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIALS, THAT'S WHAT HE PLA PLATTED IT FOR. IF, LET'S SAY THE PLANS WOULD COME IN AND THEY LOOKED DIFFERENT, WOULD SOMETHING BE TRIGGERED AT PERMITTING? YOU KNOW, LIKE THEY LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS FIVE BEDROOMS AND FIVE BATHROOMS AND WE WOULDN'T KNOW IT. WELL, PERMITTING, PERMITTING WOULD, BUT WOULD PERMITTING NOTIF FLAG THAT? NO, CO. GO AHEAD, MS. MATER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSION, IF IT WAS, IF IT IS PERMITTED AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, DOESN'T MATTER IN THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS, BEDROOM. OKAY. IT WOULD NOT BE. SO THERE'S NO WAY TO SAY LATER. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, OKAY. NO REGULATION. COMMISSIONER KOVAR, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK AGAIN? I APOLOGIZE. AND I'M KIND OF THINKING ON THE FLY, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS WHETHER THERE COULD BE A CONDITION UPON THE APPROVAL OF IT IF, IF IT WERE TO APPROVE, I STILL THINK DEFERRAL MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA JUST TO DO YOU JUST TO, YOU COULD GO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND, MAKE A MOTION FOR THAT. YEAH. CAN I PLEASE, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DETER, DEFER SO THAT WE CAN HAVE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME TO STUDY THE ISSUE. THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION VAR TO SECOND BALDWIN, UM, TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I JUST WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT. MADAM CHAIR. I WANNA BE CLEAR ABOUT WHAT WE ARE GONNA DO IN THE DEFERRAL. UM, IN THE DEFERRAL LEGAL, UM, WANTED TO CHECK WHAT [00:55:01] WAS PUBLICLY STATED IN THE, IN THE NEWSPAPER VERSUS WHAT THE APPLICANT JUST STATED TODAY. CORRECT. AND I MEAN, WHAT IF THE APPLICANT STATED WHAT HE DID TODAY, WHAT DOES IT, UH, JUST, YOU KNOW, PLAIN DEVIL'S MATTER WHAT HE SAID, RIGHT. UM, UH, LAST MONTH. SO WE'RE DEFERRING SO THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORS COULD GET TOGETHER TO HAVE A CONVERSATION. I THINK MAYBE THAT'S PROBABLY THE REASON. OKAY. WHAT WE CAN, WHAT WE CAN DO. FAIR. BUT I, I THINK COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, UH, MS. MICKELSON, IS THERE ANY OTHER REASON THAT YOU WOULD LIKE IT TO BE DEFERRED? YES, I THINK THERE ARE MORE ISSUES TO LOOK INTO RATHER IN, IN ADDITION TO THE STATEMENTS THAT APPEAR TO MAYBE HAVE BEEN MADE IN A NEWSPAPER AND WHAT WAS STATED TODAY REGARDING THE PURPOSE AND POINT OF THE, OF THE SUBDIVISION WITH REGARD TO SPECIFICALLY OUR HOTEL ORDINANCE AND REGULATIONS. SO YEAH, THERE ARE, THERE ARE OTHER LEGAL ISSUES I THINK NEED TO BE LOOKED AT. OKAY. BUT AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO APPROVE IT WAS TO APPROVE. BUT WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER. COMMISSIONER CLARK. LET ME, UH, COMMISSIONER HINES ASKED THE QUESTION THAT I WAS, I WAS GOING TO ASK. THANK YOU. OKAY. YES. COMMISSIONER VAR. YES, I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT, UM, PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY ALSO FOR THE APPLICANT TO MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OF YOU AT THIS TABLE HAVE EVER, UM, HAD A ISSUE WITH THE PARTY HOUSE BEING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT IS NOT FUN. YOU KNOW, FIREWORKS GOING OFF AT 2:00 AM AND, UM, PEOPLE PULLING OUT A GUN AND JUST, I MEAN, JUST THE CRAZIEST STUFF THAT HAS HAPPENED AND, UM, I HEAR, I HEAR THE APPLICANT, UM, I HEAR MR. SHARPTON, UH, SHARING THAT HE DOESN'T INTEND FOR THAT TO BE THIS SORT OF ENVIRONMENT, BUT I THINK, UM, IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY TOWARDS ASSUAGING THE RESIDENTS OR MAKING THEM FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE IF, IF, UM, HE MET WITH THEM AND, YOU KNOW, FIGURED OUT SOME WAY TO ENSURE THAT THERE WAS A PROCESS FOR KICKING PEOPLE OUT OF THE HOUSE IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ENGAGING IN THAT SORT OF ACTIVITY. UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT FOR, FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED. AND I DON'T THINK THAT HE WANTS TO HAVE THAT SORT OF, UM, ENVIRONMENT EITHER, IT SOUNDS LIKE. SO I, I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY TO GET TOGETHER AND, AND TALK IT THROUGH. OKAY. YOU GOT IT. AND, AND FOR FULL DISCLOSURE, I LIVE NEXT TO A AIRBNB AND, AND A DEVELOPER BOUGHT A PROPERTY AND RENOVATED INTO TWO DWELLINGS. UH, SO I'M NOT EMPATHETIC TO EITHER, CAUSE YOUR OPTIONS ARE 3 1 1 9 1 1 AND BEFORE IT'S DEVELOPED, IT'S WHAT THE REASON WE'RE DEFERRING BUILDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER AND MAKING IT IT CLEAR TO HIM YOUR POSITION AND, AND WHAT YOUR ACTIONS WILL BE, UM, IF, UM, THERE ARE SOME VIOLATIONS, UH, ONCE IT'S CONSTRUCTED. GOOD COMMENTS. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, WE DO HAVE A MOTION. SECOND TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING IF THERE'S NO EFFORT. MADAM. HELLO? MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER. HE, OH, YES, COMMISSIONER, HE, GO AHEAD. YEAH, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK MS. MICKELSON AS PART OF HER REVIEW THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME SOMETIMES DEED RESTRICTIONS DO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE REGARDING, UH, RENTAL, UH, LIMITATIONS. AND SO AS PART OF HER REVIEW, SHE CAN JUST MAKE, YOU KNOW, GIVE, GIVE SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE DUE RESTRICTIONS DON'T HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE LIKE THAT. OKAY. DID YOU GET THAT COMMISSIONER OR MS. MICKELSON? YES. WE'LL, WE'LL DO A DOUBLE CHECK ON THAT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? OKAY. THE MOTION IS, UH, COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND. SORRY, THINK COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND HAS HER HAND UP. OKAY. COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND. AYE. THANK YOU. UM, I JUST WANTED TO I GUESS, STATE IT FOR THE RECORD AND UM, FOLLOW UP WITH SOME OF THESE COMMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MADE AROUND, UH, OUR INABILITY TO DICTATE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AFTER IT'S BEEN BUILT, AFTER THAT LAND USE HAS BEEN APPROVED. UM, YOU KNOW, WHILE WE MIGHT BE DEFERRING SO THAT A CONVERSATION CAN BE HAD, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT WE STILL CAN'T ENFORCE ANYTHING THAT COMES OF THAT AGREEMENT. AND I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S CLEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, WHILE IT'S GREAT FOR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE NEIGHBORLY RELATIONSHIPS THAT ISN'T REALLY UNDER OUR PUR PURVIEW. YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION. OKAY. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL. OKAY. WE HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER THAT'S 1 36. OH, SORRY, SORRY. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? [01:00:01] THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 28 IS DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS. ITEM 1 29, ITEM 1 29 IS FL TUCKER LONG DRIVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH ALONG LONG DRIVE IN NORTH ALONG MAYFAIR DRIVE AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO DEFER THE PLAT TO CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. MADAM CHAIR, BUT PLEASE COMMISSION YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 29 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 29 FL TUCKER LONG DRIVE HEARING. OKAY. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION. MOTION JONES SECOND MODEST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 30 AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ELLI RODRIGUEZ. ITEM ONE 30 B WEST HOLMES. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT ALONG MOND DRIVE AND WEST OF ON POINT DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLAN IS TO CREATE SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND TWO RESERVE WITH THE TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREET. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS FLOOD WILL VIOLATE SEPARATE FILE DATE RESTRICTION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RESTRICTED TO BUSINESS USE AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY LOT. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLOT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. A STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR AT THE PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 30 FOREST WEST HOMES IS CONTINUED. UH, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK IN THERE. NOTE IS NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 30? HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THEN CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAT ON THE BASIS OF DEED RESTRICTIONS. UM, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS MOTION MODEST? SECOND. SECOND. WHO SAID SECOND? SECOND COVAR? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DISAPPROVED. ITEM 1 31. ITEM 1 31 IS IN WOOD, NORTH SOUTH STORAGE. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG ANTOINE DRIVE, SOUTH OF MOUNT HOUSTON ROAD. AND HOUSTON EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. THE REASON FOR REED PLAT IS TO CREATE AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND REMOVE A ONE FOOT RESERVE ALONG ANTOINE DRIVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM, MADAM CHAIR, BUT PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 31 INWOOD NORTH SELF STORAGE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 31? HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION AMANDA. SORRY. MOTION SIGNALER. SECOND. AMANDA MANDUKA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 32. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN CRIDDLE. ITEM 1 32 IS IRVINGTON PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF COLLINSWORTH STREET AND WEST ALONG ELER STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO [01:05:01] CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE 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 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 32, UH, IRVINGTON PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE IS OPENED. WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE OR IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 32? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION TO HEAR SECOND ROBIN ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. CARRIES ITEM 1 33. ITEM 1 33. NEW AND MANNER PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER 30. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT NORTH OF HAMMERLY BOULEVARD IN ALONG CAMPBELL ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT, UM, 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 1 33 NEW AND MANNER IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 33? HEARING NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? YES. JUST UH, YES. JUST FOR MY COMMISSIONER HINES. UM, THE EASEMENT, THE TEXTS STAFF PORTION. THAT, THAT'S WHAT WILL BE RECORDED. UM, THAT'S YEAH. THE STAFF PORTION OF THE FLAG LOT. THAT'S WHERE LOT ONE AND YEAH. SO LOT ONE. THAT'S LOT ONE. STAFF PORTION. YEAH, BUT BUT THAT'S THE TECH STAFF PORTION? YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THIS, SORRY. FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN IT, IT JUST LOOKS, YEAH. UM, NOT TECHNICAL. , YOU NEED TO JAZZ THAT UP A LITTLE . OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY DISCUSSION? UH, STAFF, UM, OH, SORRY. MAKE A NOTE TO THE APPLICANT FEET. SO IF THEY USE THAT FOR INGRESS ACCESS AND THEN UTILITIES NEED TO GO THROUGH THERE FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO THAT BACK LOT THAT MAY BE CUTTING IT, THAT 10 FEET MAY NOT WORK. THE OTHER 10 K ISN'T EASY THOUGH. HUH? THE OTHER 10 FEET ISN'T EASEMENT RIGHT? WELL THE DEDICATED TO LOT ONE OR LOT TWO, I'M TALKING ABOUT FOR LOT TWO TO GET, TO GET UTILITIES AND EVERYTHING TO LOT TWO, THEY JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THEY GOT ADEQUATE ING LIKE ACCESS FOR THE INGRESS IN THAT, THAT PROPERTY AND THEN FOR UTILITIES TO RUN DOWN TO SERVE THE BACK LOT. OKAY. YEAH. AND IT'S PART, NOT PART OF THE ORDINANCE, SO IT'S JUST MORE OF A NOTE TO THE APPLICANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'VE GIVEN THEIR SELF ENOUGH WITH THERE. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER JONES? YEAH, JUST ON THE UTILITIES, UH, GIVEN IT'S PRIVATE, THEY CAN PUT IT TO YOUR MIC. IT'S HERE. UH, THEY CAN PUT IT UNDER THE PAVEMENT. YEAH, UNDER THE PAVEMENT. WATER SEWER DRAINAGE CAN GO ALL UNDER THE PAVEMENT SINCE IT'S ALL PRIVATE. OKAY. SO IT JUST KINDA LIMITS, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL HAVE RESTRICTIONS. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM 1 33? MOTION BALDWIN. BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? HINES HINES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 34. ITEM 1 34 IS PARK STREET GREEN. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST OF MOND STREET, SOUTH OF INDIANA STREET AND NORTH OF FAIRVIEW STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL [01:10:01] INDICATES A THREE FOOT SIDE BUILDING LINE AND A FIVE FOOT REAR BUILDING LINE SHOULD BE APPLIED TO BOTH LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE ADDITIONAL DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THE ITEM ON THIS ITEM. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 34 PARK STREET GREEN IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. NOBODY IN THE CHAT IS THERE ANYONE IS MOTION IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIED AND EAST OF SHAHAR STREET WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS. TWO. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STATUTE'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE CONDITION. THANK YOU. IS THERE ROBIN DRIVE? THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLANT IS TO CREATE, UH, ONE SINGLE FAMILY, NO, SORRY, FIVE. SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. UM, OH. FRONTING PINE MAT DRIVE. UH, REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS. HOWEVER, WE HAVE HAD PREVIOUS LEGAL REVIEW THAT DIFFERS IN OPINION WE WOULD LIKE MORE TIME TO REVIEW THESE. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS DUE TO FURTHER PLAT FOR FURTHER REVIEW OF DEED RESTRICTIONS PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR, UM, PINE MONT MEADOWS IS CONTINUED. MY FIRST SPEAKER HERE IS MICHAEL MOORE. MR. MOORE. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UM, IT'S MICHAEL MOORE, M-O-O-R-E. UM, I SPOKE AT THE LAST MEETING AND I, TODAY I REPRESENT, UH, THE NEIGHBORS ALL SURROUNDING THIS LOT. CATHERINE HILLARY, WHO LIVES ON, ON THE, THE CORNER, UM, OF SUMERY AND MONT. WE, UH, AND HER ENTIRE BACKYARD BACKS UP TO THIS PROPERTY. OUR BACKYARD BACKS UP MOSTLY TO THIS PROPERTY. WE'RE AT 52 0 4 ERY. OUR NEIGHBOR FRANCIS SMITH LIVES JUST A FEW. HER PROPERTY IS JUST A FEW FEET FROM THERE. AND THEN ETHEL AL WHOSE PROPERTY HAS THE MOST, UH, IS THE MOST ADJACENT TO IT. UM, THIS WAS ATTEMPTED ONCE, I GUESS THIS WAS ALLUDED TO, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, FINDING THAT THIS DID, UH, VIOLATE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. IRONICALLY, A MONTH BEFORE WE PURCHASED OUR HOUSE AND MOVED IN, WE MOVED INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LAYOUT OF HOUSES, YARDS, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND THE EXPECTATION THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD, THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE MAINTAINED AS IT HAS BEEN FOR DECADES AND DECADES. IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE, UH, WE HAVE TREES, WE HAVE HOUSES WITH SUBSTANTIAL YARDS, AND WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED TO PUT IN HERE IS OUT OF CHARACTER WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD PUT INCREASED STRESS ON UTILITIES, ON DRAINAGE, RAINWATER, DRAINAGE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES WHEN YOU TAKE A VERY SMALL LOT AND TRY TO FIT FIVE OR SIX HOUSES ONTO IT. [01:15:01] WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS. I SPEAK, LIKE I SAID, FOR ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS SURROUNDING THIS, WE'RE OPPOSED. AND IT IS OUR BELIEF IN OUR ASSESSMENT OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT THIS WOULD VIOLATE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. AND I SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. MOORE. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS KEVIN TAYLOR. MR. TAYLOR? YES. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME'S KEVIN TAYLOR. UM, I ALSO LIVE AT 52 0 4 AND IN ADDITION TO, UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT MORE TO SAY THAN WHAT HE DID, BUT IN ADDITION TO, I DID LOOKING AT THE THING IT DOES, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE, BASED ON THE WAY IT'S SAID, IT ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT 90, 95% NONPERMEABLE AFTER, AFTER THEY COMPLETED ON THERE. 'CAUSE THEY ONLY REQUIRE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF, UM, PERMEABLE AREA. AND I JUST, WE HAVE, WE LIVE IN A VERY FLAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT DID FLOOD AND FOR HURRICANE IKE, I BELIEVE. AND THEN THEY DID SOME WORK ON PINE LOT TO, TO BETTER THE DRAINAGE. AND IT DID NOT, DID NOT FLOOD WHEN WE HAD HURRICANE HARVEY. AND, BUT NOW WE'RE HAVING A LOT MORE OF THESE, UM, LOCATIONS, WHICH ACTUALLY HAVE NO, NO REQUIREMENT TO DO ANY KIND OF FLOOD MITIGATION. AND SO WE'RE BASICALLY WORKING TOWARDS BASICALLY OVERRIDING THAT AND PUTTING ALL OF OUR HOUSES IN DANGER, UH, WHENEVER WE HAVE, UM, THESE LARGE WEATHER EVENTS AGAIN. SO, UM, AND ALSO I DID MENTION IN THERE THAT THEY, THAT THEY, ONE OF THE OPTIONS WOULD BE TO PUT MOBILE HOMES IN WHICH I, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S A DIRECT, UM, AGAINST DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE. UM, AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ETHEL, UM, HIAL, H-I-K-A-L. DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? HEIKAL, HEIKAL GO RIGHT. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UH, YES, I SPOKE LAST TIME AT THE LAST HEARING AND I JUST REITERATE WHAT I SAID. I I TOTALLY OPPOSE THIS REPL AND I FEEL IT DOES VIOLATE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHICH I HAVE SENT TO THE COMMISSION. A FEW. YES, THAT MS. HEEL, YOU'RE BREAKING UP A LITTLE. NO, RESIDENTS WOULD BE ERECTED. OKAY. I'M SORRY. BUT ANYWAY, I, I JUST WANTED, I JUST WANTED TO RESTATE MY OPPOSITION. OKAY. SO I THINK I'VE SENT IN ALL MY COMMENTS TO YOU. THANK YOU. GREAT. THANK YOU. YES. AND WE DO HAVE ALL THE COMMENTS THAT WERE, THAT WERE RECEIVED. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. UH, WHO ELSE DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 36 TODAY? PINE MOUNT MEADOWS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER TO STUDY THE DEED RESTRICTIONS A LITTLE FURTHER. UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? BALDWIN BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? VAR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE ITEM IS DEFERRED PUBLIC HEARING. CONTINUED ITEM 1 37. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS . ITEM 1 37 IS REED TERRACE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FIVE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 67 SQUARE, 6,700 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH ALONG MALLOW STREET, EAST OF SOUTH SCOTT STREET AND NORTH OF REED ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTS WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AND MORE TIME IS NEEDED FOR SUFFICIENT REVIEW OF THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. WE HAVE EVENT RECEIVED. NO ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS DUE TO FURTHER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS, SO ALLOW LEGAL MORE TIME FOR STUDY AND REVIEW OF THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 37 REED TERRACE IS OPENED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. UH, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAT AND ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON REED TERRACE? 1 37 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, UM, ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS. IF NOT, IS THERE THEN A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. MAR JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 38, ITEM 1 38. HEARING IS CONTINUED. I'M SORRY, DID I SAY CLOSED? NO, YOU DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. OH, OKAY. PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED. THANK YOU. [01:20:01] OKAY. 1 38. ITEM 1 38 IS RUTH STREET ESTATES. THE SUBJECT SIDE, A QUARTER ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH OF LONGWORTH STREET AND NORTH OF BLO STREET, WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND ONE PARKING RESERVE ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUEST WITH THIS ITEM AND THE PLAT HAS MET NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION STAFF. RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 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 FOR 1 38 IS OPEN. RUTH STREET ESTATES, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK AND WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 38 RUTH STREET HEARING? NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER MODEST. I KNOW SOMETIMES COMMISSIONER CLARK SAID THAT. SO I'LL JUST SAY IT. JUST, UM, FOR APPLICANTS TO TAKE NOTE OF CENTERPOINT'S, UM, REQUIREMENT OF FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS. UH, 'CAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE PLAT, BUT, OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, IS THERE THEN A MOTION, UM, TO, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM 1 38. MOTION SIGLER. SECOND TAHIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 39, ITEM 1 39. RU LINDA STATE, THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG RUTLAND STREET NORTH OF WEST EIGHTH. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLANT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT 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. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT AT THE APPLICANT'S OR TO APPROVE THE PLAT, UH, PER CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY, UH, CONTINUE THE, OR OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 39 RUTLAND ESTATE IS OPEN. THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS. UM, FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, MARK WILLIAMSON. MR. WILLIAMSON, THANK YOU. UH, MARK WILLIAMSON. M-A-R-K-W-I-L-L-I-A-M-S-O-N. UH, WE HAVE HERE ANOTHER CASE WHERE SOMEONE IS COMBINING SOME DEED RESTRICTED LOTS AND SOME NON DEED RESTRICTED LOTS AND ATTEMPTING TO CREATE A BUILDING LINE THAT VIOLATES THE PORTION OF THE DEED. THAT PORTION OF THE RESULTING LOT HA CARRIES A BUILDING LINE THAT IS TWO LIBERAL WITH RESPECT TO, TO THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION, UH, BUILDING LINE, AND PARTICULARLY THE GARAGE LINE. SO THE PORTION OF ANY HOUSE THAT IS BUILT ON THE LOT THAT IS DE RESTRICTED, THAT WOULD BE ON WHAT USED TO BE, UH, TRACKED 24 A AND LOT 25 WOULD HAVE TO BE SET BACK 66 FEET, NOT 17 FEET. AND THE HOUSE WOULD BE SET, HAVE TO BE SET BACK 15 FEET, NOT 10 FEET. NOW THAT WOULD BE A, UH, SOMETHING THAT WOULD'VE TO BE CAUGHT AT, UH, AT PERMITTING, BUT I THINK THE APPLICANT, IF HE'S IN THE ROOM, SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. WILLIAMSON. UM, I WAS GONNA GO TO LEGAL. DO YOU WANT COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? WELL, MARK, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT WE FORWARD THOSE TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENTS SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS? AND I'LL RECOMMEND THAT WE DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. I HAVE, I HAVE A, A FILE CODE NUMBER, UH, P 7 1 16, MARK, MARK, I'LL GIVE YOU, FORWARD IT TO THE STAFF. IT'S OKAY. THEY WON'T YEAH, I'LL GET WITH YOU. THANK YOU. AND WE'LL ASK MS. LEE TO CONTACT YOU. UH, ERIN LEE WILL, WILL CONTACT YOU. SHE'S THE STAFF PLANNER ON THIS ITEM AND SHE'LL GET THE INFORMATION FROM YOU AND WE'LL GET THAT. UH, MS. MICKELSON, DID YOU WANNA COMMENT? NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY IN OUR REVIEW. SO I'D, I'D BE HAPPY TO LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE, WHAT, WHAT MR. WILLIAMSON HAS. OKAY, WE WILL LOOK AT THAT. AND WE DO HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER. AND IS THERE BALDWIN, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BOULEVARD? UM, MR. DECKER, THE APPLICANT, DID YOU WISH TO COMMENT? UH, STAFF? NO, I'M, I'M FINE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER ITEM 1 39 AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? I'M, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER. WE HAVE A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION [01:25:01] CARRIES. OKAY. IT'S LIKE A LITTLE GROUNDHOG DAY THERE. OKAY. ITEM ONE 40 SALEM ESTATE ITEM ONE 40 SALEM ESTATE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY ON THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CLIFFWOOD DRIVE AND LEMAC DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLANT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE D RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 40 SALEM ESTATE IS CONTINUED. THE ONLY PERSON I HAVE SIGNED IS THE APPLICANT. JOYCE OWENS. MS. OWENS, DID YOU WISH TO SPEAK OR JUST FOR QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. JUST QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40? 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. MOTION JONES SECOND MAD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 41 OH, ITEM 1 41 IS SOUTHAMPTON PLACE PARTIAL RELA 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 OF REQUEST WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED LAST CYCLE FOR CONTINUED LEGAL REVIEW. THAT REVIEW INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED. SEPARATELY, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 41 SOUTHAMPTON PLACE IS CONTINUED. UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 41? HEARING NOW RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? BALDWIN BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 42. ITEM 1 42 IS SOUTHLAND TERRACE, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER THREE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 3,900 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF DIXIE DRIVE AND ALLEGHENY STREET NORTH OF ALL SPANISH TRAIL AND EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS OF THE FACE OF PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCE COMMENTS REGARDING POTENTIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO, UH, FENCE POSTS INTO THE UNDEVELOPED ALLEGHENY STREET PUBLIC WORKS HAS BECOME INVOLVED IN, IS INVESTIGATING THE MATTER, AND THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THAT THEY WILL REMOVE THE POST PRIOR TO FINAL SUBMISSION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR WILL PLEASE THE COMMISSION. HE MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 42 IS OPEN. WE HAVE SPEAKERS, UM, VEDA WATSON, MS. WATSON, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIRMAN MEMBERS. I'M VIDA WATSON. UM, I CAME THE LA AT THE LAST MEETING, BUT DUE TO THE UNCERTAINTY OF HOW THINGS HAS PROCEEDED, UM, I WASN'T SURE WHAT WAS GOING ON. I'VE NEVER BEEN TO THIS MEETING OR THIS ATMOSPHERE BEFORE. AND OF COURSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED OF WHAT, HOW THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN PROGRESSING. HOWEVER, UM, I'VE SPOKEN, I'VE SPOKEN TO JOHN WHO WAS VERY COOPERATIVE AND HE TOLD ME CERTAIN STEPS THAT WILL BE TAKEN. HOWEVER, UM, THE DOUBT IS THAT I SAW THIS MAN PUT THE POST DOWN AND IT IS A DOUBT WHETHER HE IS GOING TO ACCEPT REMOVING THEM BECAUSE I, I INFORMED THE CITY ABOUT IT AND NOTHING WAS DONE. AND ALSO THE EASEMENT WHEREIN A PLANK IS PUT OVER THE DRAINAGE. IMAGINE THE DRAINAGE IT IS PUT AND THEN THE LID WAS REMOVED. I HAD TO CALL THE CITY TO HAVE IT REPLACED. [01:30:03] IT'S A FLOODING HAZARD IF IT IS BLOCKED. RIGHT. SO THESE ARE MY CONCERN. AND THEN THE PARKING, WHICH JOHN ALSO ADDRESSED, WHICH I WAS VERY PLEASED, BUT I WASN'T TOO HAPPY BECAUSE OF COMMUNICATION IN THE, IN THE INTERIM. OKAY. WELL, WE'RE SORRY YOU DIDN'T HAVE THE COMMUNICATION. WE'RE GLAD MR. SADIA WAS ABLE TO HELP YOU. YES, WE HOWEVER, I WOULD EXCUSE, SORRY. OH NO, GO AHEAD. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT IS THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURES. OKAY. WHAT I, WHAT MR. CILLO JUST TOLD US IS THAT PUBLIC WORKS HAS BECOME INVOLVED IN THIS, THE POSTS IN THE EASEMENT AND THAT THEY WILL BE REMOVED AND THAT WILL BE A CONDITION OF THIS PLAT GOING TO FINAL APPROVAL. OKAY. SO, WE'LL, THE STAFF WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT. AND MR. CILLO, CAN YOU ATTEST THAT WE WILL MAKE SURE THOSE POSTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED? IS THAT SOMETHING WE CAN DO PRIOR TO IT GOING FORWARD? OKAY. OKAY. AND MY NEXT QUESTION IS, THERE ARE LOTS OF ACTIVITIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OF COURSE THERE ARE CLUBS THAT ARE OPERATING. THERE'S A MOTEL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, AND WHEN OTHERS COME IN IT, SOMETIMES IT'S CHAOTIC. NO POLICE IS THERE TO, TO, TO, TO BE GUIDING GUARDING ANYTHING. I MEAN, OF COURSE YOU DON'T WANT THEM TO BE IN ONE PARTICULAR AREA, BUT IF ANOTHER CLUB, WHICH I HEARD WOULD BE BUILT THERE AND THE CITY CANNOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NOW WHY SHOULD I PUT UP WITH THAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT LIFE IS THERE FOR THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD? I, I AM SORRY FOR THE, THAT CONDITION IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SOMETHING BASED ON THE USE. THAT'S, WE DON'T HAVE ZONING. WE CAN'T SAY THAT CAN'T BE A CLUB. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE ANY POWER TO DO. OUR, OUR AUTHORITY IS LIMITED TO APPROVING, UM, THE, THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH HAS TO DO WITH THE SETBACKS AND THE, YOU KNOW, AND THE MOBILITY AND OTHER THINGS. NOW PUBLIC WORKS WILL BE ADDRESSING THE DRAINAGE ISSUES AND IN TERMS OF, OF HOW THIS PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED AND WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. THAT'S KIND OF BETWEEN YOU AND, AND THE POLICE IF NECESSARY. BUT, UM, I'M VERY SORRY, BUT WE CAN'T REALLY HELP YOU THERE. I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE CITY HAS REGULATION OF A PARKING BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE CROWD, YOU MUST HAVE A PLACE FOR PARKING. I AND HAVE YOU ADDRESSED THE PARKING MR. CILLO ISSUES? COME TO THE MIC, PLEASE. EXCUSE ME. YEAH. UM, MS. WATSON'S CONCERNS COME OUT OF THE, UH, THE, THE UNAPPROVED RIGHTWAY BEING UTILIZED AS A PARKING LOT BY THE, UH, BY THE OWNERS IN OUR SURROUNDING PEOPLE. UM, AS IT EXISTS, THESE PROPERTIES ARE LOST, BUT HAVE EXISTED AS COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES FOR, FOR DECADES. UH, SO THEY MAY BE UTILIZING SOME ASSETS OF PARKING THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN PREEXISTED OR PREEMPTIVELY APPROVED. AS FAR AS THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL BE GOING IN, THERE WILL BE PARKING REQUIREMENTS PLACED REGARDING THE USE WHEN THAT COMES TO REVIEW AT THE PERMITTING CENTER, DEPENDING ON WHAT IS DONE, IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A CLUB, IT COULD POTENTIALLY BE A RESTAURANT OR A, YOU KNOW, A APARTMENT COMPLEX, SOMETHING. SO DEPENDING UPON THAT USE. SO WHEN THE, WHEN THAT IS DETERMINED AND IT IS GO, THEY GO TO PERMIT THE DEVELOPMENT, THEN PUBLIC WORKS WOULD, WOULD DEAL WITH THOSE ISSUES. AND WE DO HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVE FROM PUBLIC WORKS. MR. SMITH, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU FOLLOW UP WITH MS. WATSON? MAYBE EXPLAIN TO HER THE, THE PROCESS GOING FORWARD? OKAY. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER. THANK YOU MS. WATSON FOR BEING BACK WITH US. TAMARA BELL. MS. BELL, ARE YOU THERE? TAMARA BELL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO'S SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 42? SOUTHLAND TERRACE. OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS ARE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS WHO SAID THAT? MY DAUGHTER? YES, YOU CAN SPEAK. COME ON. I FEEL LIKE YOU CUT HER OFF JUST A LITTLE BIT. OH NO, GO AHEAD. WHAT'S YOUR NAME? STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. JACQUE WATSON. AGAIN. JACQUELINE WATSON. I'M VITA WATSON'S DAUGHTER. YES. UM, YES, IN TERMS OF THE PARKING SITUATION, WHO THE PEOPLE GO AND THEY PARK ON THE CITY LOTS IN WHICH WE WILL FURNISH YOU WITH PICTURES WHEN IT HAPPENS [01:35:01] ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHTS. UM, THEY'RE CHARGING 20 $20 TO PARK ON THIS AREA. AND THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADDRESS, THE, THE DIAGRAM THAT HE PUT UP THERE DIDN'T INCLUDE I GUESS WHERE THE, THE S GRAVEL IS. THAT'S CITY LOT. LOT. AND THE ONE CLOSE TO THE WALL IS MY MOTHER'S LOT. SO ON THE DIAGRAM ITSELF, HE'S JUST DRAWN ONE BIG, HUGE RECTANGLE AND NOT MADE THOSE PROVISIONS FOR THAT SHOW. THE PLAT WILSON. SEE, SO WHEN HE FIRST TURNED IT IN, IT WAS ONE BIG RECTANGLE. IT'S CHANGED FROM TWO WEEKS AGO. OKAY. SO IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT. SO I DON'T THINK IT'S, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SPECS AND YOU SAY THIS IS THIS SIZE AND YOU'VE GONE 10, SAY IT'S 10 FOOT AND ON PAPER IT'S 10 CENTIMETERS. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME AND I'M LOOKING AT IT. OKAY. MR. SADIA, YOU WANNA EXPLAIN THAT FOR US? UM, THIS IS, UM, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SUBMITTED. THE, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE AS FAR AS THE SHOWING OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE EAST. UM, UH, THERE'S NO DIFFERENCE REALLY. I, I THAT I KNOW THEY MADE SOME ADDITION TO THE, UH, LANGUAGE, BUT NOTHING AS FAR AS THE ACTUAL DRAWING ITSELF. OKAY, SO IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS. CORRECT. THEY ARE SHOWING IT CORRECTLY. THEY'RE SHOWING THAT THE ALLEGHENY IS TO THE EAST OF THEIR PROPERTY. IT'S AN UNAPPROVED RIGHT OF WAY, AS WELL AS TAKING THEIR FRONTAGE ALONG DIXIE TO THE SOUTH OF THEM. UM, THEY ARE PRO THEY ARE PLATTING THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND SO THEY ARE OPERATING WITHIN THE ORDINANCE STANDARDS. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. MATER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. I THINK I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY, I THINK THE QUESTION IS THE BAR THERE IS PARKING HAPPENING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS UNIMPROVED THE ALLEGHENY RIGHT OF WAY. I THINK THE RESIDENT IS ASKING WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT THE PARKING, UM, UH, IN THE, IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THAT IS CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY. OKAY. AND DO YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT QUESTION OR DO YOU WANT US TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? I, I, GO AHEAD. DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN. IF THERE ARE CARS PARKED IN THAT RIGHT OF WAY, YOU SHOULD CALL EITHER THREE ONE ONE OR CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT CLOSEST TO YOUR HOME AND THEY WILL REMOVE THOSE CARS. THEY'RE ILLEGALLY PARKED. I'M SORRY, SIGN. OH, PUT UP A SIGN. CAN WE PUT UP A SIGN? MAYBE WORK THROUGH THE COUNCIL, UM, OFF COUNCIL MEMBER OFFICE. I MEAN, I KNOW I'VE HAD SIMILAR THINGS IN, IN MY COMMUNITY. TYPICALLY YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE WILL BE PRETTY RESPONSIVE TO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU GIVE 'EM ON THAT. LET'S LET OUR PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE WE, THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIVE AT ALL. GO AHEAD, MR. SMITH. GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND CO UM, COMMISSIONERS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WILL SUGGEST TO HER AND I WILL WORK WITH HER, UM, I HAVE, I WAS OUT A COUPLE OF DAYS THIS LAST WEEK, SO I HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO FOLLOW UP WITH HER DIRECTLY. I DID CHECK, YEAH, EXCUSE ME. DID HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK WITH HER DAUGHTER, UM, EARLIER THIS WEEK AND I NEED TO FOLLOW UP WITH THEM YET AGAIN TODAY. BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WILL DO IS GET WITH THE HOUSTON, UM, PARKING, DEPART PARKING GROUP WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE, ADMINISTRATIVE AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS SECTION OF PUBLIC OF, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND LET THEM KNOW THEY ACTUALLY DO HAVE STAFF THAT WORK TILL 11:00 PM SO IF I, WE CAN PUT THIS ON THEIR, UM, RADAR TO HOPEFULLY GO BY AND CHECK IT ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS. AND IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, IF THEY SEE THIS HAPPENING, THEN THEY CAN TAKE ACTION ON IT. ALSO, IF IT'S HAPPENING AFTER 11:00 PM THAT GETS TO BE A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I CAN TALK TO REGULATORY AFFAIRS GROUP THERE, THE HOUSTON OR PARK HOUSTON AND SEE ABOUT HAVING THEM HAVE AN INVESTIGATOR GO BY THERE IN THE EVENINGS OR AT NIGHT OR LATER IN THE NIGHT ON THE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AND CHECK IT OUT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR, FOR THAT HELP. THAT'S WHAT RECOMMENDATION TO HER WOULD BE. I DO ALSO WANNA SAY THOUGH, IN TERMS OF NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS LIKE THIS, CALLING 3 1 1 IS CRUCIAL BECAUSE YOU GET A RECORD THAT THE PROBLEM IS EXISTING AND THEN THAT GIVES PUBLIC WORKS SOME BASIS ON WHICH THEY MIGHT, YOU KNOW, MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS, SIGNS, WHATEVER. SO CALLING 3 1 1 IS IMPORTANT. I THINK WE DO HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC SPEAKER IF YOU'D COME FORWARD. PLEASE MA'AM, AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. YES, I'M DR. SANDRA CORNELIUS AND I ALSO LIVE ON DIXIE DRIVE. OKAY. AND I ALSO REALIZE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH PARKING. UM, SO IF THERE'RE GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA, I THINK THE CITY PLANNING OR WHATEVER DEPARTMENT TO LOOK AT, UM, OR GIVE APPROVAL FOR THESE BUSINESSES, THEY REALLY NEED TO GET A GOOD LOOK AT, UM, PARKING IN THAT AREA. I WAS APPROACHED, UH, BY A CONTRACTOR OR A DEVELOPER WHO WANTED TO BUY [01:40:01] MY FOUR LOTS THAT I MAKE ACTUALLY LIVING ON. WOW. AND CLAIMED THAT HE WANTED TO USE IT FOR PARKING, UH, FOR SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO DEVELOP ON DIXIE DRIVE. WE'RE HAVING A HORRIFIC TIME WITH THE AMOUNT OF CLUBS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THAT STREET. IF THEY ADD ADDITIONAL, UM, FACILITIES OF THAT SORT, BECAUSE I ALSO KNOW THAT THEY HAD JUST OPENED UP AN, AN OVERNIGHT CLUB FROM 11 TO SEVEN. UM, SO, UM, WE WOULD CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THAT SOMEONE COME AND INVESTIGATE, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LITTLE QUIET STREET DURING THE WEEKDAYS, HOWEVER, AT NIGHT IT, IT GOES BERSERK. UH, THE SAME AS ON SUNDAYS. I HAVE PROBLEMS WITH PEOPLE PARKING IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I'VE CONTACTED THE PARKS DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THE MAN'S NAME IS BROWN OR JIM BROWN OR JAMES BROWN OR SOME, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, HIS, UH, EMAIL CAME BACK TO ME. WELL I, I WORKED IN A FACILITY WHERE YOU CAN READ YOUR EMAIL, BUT IT COULD APPEAR THAT IT WASN'T READ. UH, I'VE WRITTEN A, AN ENTIRE, A LONG MESSAGE TO HIM ABOUT GIVING ASSISTANCE. THEY PUT SOME SIGNS UP, THEY SEND THE CITY PARKING INDIVIDUALS TO COME, UH, I GUESS THEY'RE METER MAIDS OR WHATEVER, BUT THEY COME ONCE THEY COME AROUND SEVEN AND THEY DON'T COME BACK. OKAY, WELL MR. SMITH IS GONNA HELP US, UM, SEE IF WE CAN GET THE, A BETTER INVESTIGATION OUT THERE. SO THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT, UM, TO UH, ADD TO YOU SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, ARE YOU GUYS, UM, WITHIN A CONSTABLE DISTRICT? UM, A CONSTABLE DISTRICT? YEAH, HARRIS COUNTY CONSTABLE. YEAH. YES. I SPEAKING FOR PERSONAL, UH, EXPERIENCE. IF YOU REACH OUT TO THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, THEY HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS THAT'S CALLED AN ALERT SLIP AND THEY WILL PATROL ROUTINELY AND RESPOND TO US. SO IF YOU SAY, I'M GOING OUTTA TOWN FOR VACATION FOR A WEEK, CAN YOU STOP BY MY HOUSE ONCE A DAY? THEY WILL DO THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IF YOU TELL THEM THERE'S AN ISSUE, THEY SHOULD PATROL. AGAIN, I'M SPEAKING FOR MY OWN EXPERIENCE IN NEIGHBORHOODS I LIVE IN, BUT, UM, IT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND AND THEY WILL DO IT WELL, WE NEED IT EVERY WEEK. NO, I THINK IF YOU TELL THEM THERE'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM, THEY SHOULD BEGIN TO COME OUT AND THEN IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, MAYBE THEY'LL CONTINUE THAT CONVERSATION. YEAH, I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S ANOTHER VEHICLE FOR YOU THAT I'VE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED AND BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL WITH AND WE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCED THAT WE CAN CALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY MAY OR MAY NOT. THEY'RE OFF DUTY POLICE OFFICERS WHO WORK. RIGHT. THIS IS THE CONSTABLE'S OFFICE. I UNDERSTAND. OKAY, I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON SOUTHLAND TERRACE? PARTIAL REPL NUMBER THREE. OKAY. UH, WITH THAT THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS AND THERE IS A CONDITION THAT THE POSTS BE REMOVED, WHICH WE WILL FOLLOW UP ON. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION AND, AND THE, THE DRAINAGE IS BEING ADDRESSED. THAT DRAINAGE WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE REGULAR PROCESS BY PUBLIC WORKS? YES. OKAY. IS THERE A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? BALDWIN? IS THERE A SECOND? SIGLER? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 43 TRAILS OF KATIE CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER. HI, I WILL NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING AND I WILL. OKAY. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HEIS WILL BE LEAVING ALSO. UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, MADAM CHAIRMAN, I NEED TO DEPART AS WELL. OKAY. WE ARE LOSING COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG AND COMMISSIONER. HE OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. MR. K CRIDDLE. ITEM 1 43 IS TRAILS OF KATIE, SECTION SIX, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. 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 ANY COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE WITHIN THE NEW REPL OF THE SIX LOTS BEING LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET. AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, A NEARBY RESIDENT SPOKE ON THIS ITEM AND HAD QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE COS REQUIREMENTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE PROJECT STAFF ALONG WITH THE APPLICANT. WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO HELP COORDINATE A DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THIS NEIGHBOR. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I DID NOT SEE ANY SPEAKERS ON TODAY'S ITEM, BUT MS. RENO IS THE RESIDENT IN QUESTION THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO CO UH, COORDINATE WITH. [01:45:01] UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 43 TRAILS OF KATIE IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED, NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 43 HEARING? NO RESPONSE. UM, WILL TURN TO THE COMMISSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? JONES? IS THERE A SECOND VICTOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 44, ITEM 1 44 WAYBURN ESTATE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF HOMESTEAD ROAD AND WAYBURN STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE SIX SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS A REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE D RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. UH, WE HAVE, UH, NOT RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT, UH, 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 1 44 WAYBURN ESTATES IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED. WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON 1 44 WAYBURN STATES 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? BALDWIN SECOND COLVARD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. THANK YOU. OPPOSED THE MOTION CARRIES. [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, John Cedillo, Petra Hsia, Geoff Butler, Tammi Williamson, and Devin Crittle)] THAT WILL TAKE US TO SECTION D VARIANCES BEGINNING WITH ITEM 1 45. ITEM 1 45 A AND R INVESTMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT ALONG AND WEST OF AIRLINE DRIVE IN NORTH OF I 45. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI TO ALLOW A, AN ONE UNRESTRICT RESERVE TO HAVE ASSETS AND FURNISH ON A 36 WIDE ASSET EASEMENT INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC STREET THAT IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE PROPERTY WAS PLATTED AS ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE WITH NO ONLINE BUSINESS PART IN 2001ST CHAPTER 42. THIS RESERVE COULD BE SUBDIVIDED BY MEETING AND BOUND WITHOUT A VPL. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT CHOSE TO SUBMIT A VPL APPLICATION TO CREATE TWO RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING ADVANCE TO ALLOW B TO HAVE FURNISH ON AN ACID EASEMENT INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC STREET. THERE IS AN ASSISTED MOTEL ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY WHICH WILL BE LOCATED WITHIN RESERVE B ON FACE OF THE PLOT. THE APPROVAL OF THIS WILL REPL WOULD MAKE THE ASSISTED MOTEL TO VIOLATE THE FUNDED REQUIREMENT, HER CHAPTER 28. SO THIS VARIANT REQUEST IS SELF-IMPOSED. THE PROPERTY OWNER OWN THE ENTIRE RESERVE AND THEY CAN CREATE TWO RESERVE AND STILL MEET THE FUNDED REQUIREMENTS. THEREFORE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE BILLING REQUEST BUT APPROVE THE P SUBSTITUTE PROVIDING THE REQUIRED FUNDED, UM, 60 FOOT OF FUNDING FOR BOOK RESERVE AND SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? CAN'T THEY JUST MAKE A FLAG LOT FROM AIRLINE OVER TO RESERVE B AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE 60 FEET? I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DIDN'T JUST DO THAT. MS. YEAH. CAN'T YOU DO THAT RIGHT THERE? WHY DIDN'T THEY DO THAT? ANY PARTICULAR REASON THEY DIDN'T DO THAT? MS. MACHER GO AHEAD ADDISON. THE, THE APPLICANT DECIDED TO MOVE FORWARD, UM, THE WAY IT IS WITH UM, NOT PROVIDING THE FUNDING REQUIREMENT TO SURE BE BECAUSE THAT HOW HE WANT TO SELL THE RESERVE AID AND THE REASON WHY HE WANTED HAVE, UM, RESERVE AID ALL THE WAY, UM, THE ENTIRE PRODUCT ON THE AIRLINE IS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO HAVE, UM, AN ASSISTANT COMMERCIAL AND HAVE ENOUGH SPACE TO MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT. BUT THAT EVEN THOUGH IF THEY DO HAVE THE FURNISH THE PROPERTY ON THE MOTEL, THEY CAN ALWAYS LEASE THE PARKING SPACES IF NEEDED WITH THE FUTURE PROPOSED SURVEY. HE'S JUST TRYING TO CIRCUMVENT THE RULES. THAT'S [01:50:01] YOUR COMMENT? YES. YES. OKAY. . OKAY. UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. SO, UM, AT THIS POINT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE BUT TO APPROVE THE PLAT IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? YES. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION BALDWIN AND SECOND WAS MA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED THE MOTION? AYE THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 46, ITEM 1 46, CONCEPT NEIGHBORHOOD ON ROBERT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY NORTHEAST OF PARIS BOULEVARD AND NORTHWEST OF GEORGE STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE BE SERVED AND IS PLANNING TO RENOVATE THE ASSISTANT BUILDING ON THE SITE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TRUE VARIANCES TO ALLOW PORTION OF THE BUILDING TO HAVE J FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG ROBERT STREET, SHERMAN STREET, INGAR AVENUE AND TO NOT PROVIDE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE EASEMENT AT THE INTERSECTION. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADI ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OF ABOUT THE PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT BY NOON NECK ONEE THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ ON ITEM 1 46? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO HAS SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT IF NO ONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 46. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND. YES, COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND. UM, I JUST HAD A QUICK CLARIFI CLARIFICATION QUESTION FOR STAFF. UM, WHAT IS OUR USUAL PROCEDURE FOR DECIDING THAT WE'RE GOING TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE? THEY WILL SH THEY WILL HAVE, UM, IT WOULD BE REVIEWED BY PUBLIC PUBLIC WORK AND SOMETIME THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE BETWEEN THE BACK OF THE CURB AND THE BUILDER LINE THAT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY TRAFFIC CONCERN AT THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN BALDWIN SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 1 47 MADAM CHAIR? YES. COMMISSIONER CLARK. COMMISSIONER CLARK, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW I CAME BACK TO THE MEETING A FEW MINUTES AGO. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, 1 47 AND 1 48 CORRECT. ITEM 1 47 AND 1 48 IS DELL CREEK GP AND DELL CREEK SECTION ONE. THE SUBJECT SITES ARE A 27 AND A HALF ACRE GP AND A 9.5 ACRE SECTION IN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ LOCATED AT THE STUBB END OF ALRICH STREET WEST OF FM 2100 AND NORTH OF PLATTED CROSBY TOWN CENTER. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A THREE TRACK GENERAL PLAN WITH TWO TRACKS INTENDED FOR THE EXTENSION OF AN EXISTING RV PARK WITHIN THE GP AND ONE TRACK FOR RESIDENTIAL AGRICULTURAL USE. THE VARIANCE BEING REQUESTED IS TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING ONE OF THE TWO REQUIRED NORTH SOUTH STREETS BY ORDINANCE AS SHOWN IN RED. THE VARIANCE REQUESTS AT THE LAST COMMISSION REQUESTED TO NOT PROVIDE ANY RIGHT OF WAYS BUT THE APPLICANT HAS OPTED TO PROVIDE A NORTH SOUTH STREET AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY AND STAFF IS SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE GP IS BOUNDED ON THE WEST BY AN EXISTING 100 FOOT WIDE RAILROAD. UH, RE REMOVING THE REQUIREMENT TO EXTEND OR REC LANE TO THE WEST. THE SITE IS BOUNDED ON THE SOUTH BY A 100 FOOT WIDE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL EASEMENT AND A 300 FOOT WIDE CENTER POINT FEE STRIP WITH TRANSMISSION TOWERS MAKING ANY RIGHT OF AWAYS EXTENDING SOUTH INFEASIBLE. STRICT ADHERENCE TO CHAPTER 42 WOULD REQUIRE AT LEAST TWO PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY STUBS THROUGH THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY SHOWN IN PINK. HOWEVER, THERE IS A SMALL SUB SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH WEDGED BETWEEN THE EXISTING ROAD AND MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR FM 2100 PROVIDING A SECOND RIGHT OF WAY TO THE NORTH WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY SIGNIFICANT CONNECTIVITY OR CIRCULATION AND CONTINUE TO FUNNEL ANY TRAFFIC TO FM 2100 DELL CREEK SECTION ONE. ALSO PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED VARIANCES TO TAKE ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT AND TO NOT AND TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC OR RICK LANE IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED REVISIONS INCLUDING THE DEDICATION OF A CUL-DE-SAC SHOWN IN RED WITHIN THE SECTION AS WELL AS TAKING ACCESS FROM THAT CUL-DE-SAC REMOVING ALL VARIANCES FROM SECTION ONE. SECTION ONE. ALSO PROPOSES TO BE A NINE AND A HALF ACRE ADDITION TO THE EXISTING RV PARK TO THE SOUTH. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP AND PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. [01:55:01] MADAM CHAIR, UH, UH, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE VARIANCE. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN FOR UM, BOTH ITEM 1 47 AND 1 48 ARE AS TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR BOTH JONES? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MANKA SECOND. UH, WE GOT JONES AND MANKA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 49 THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 1 49 AND ONE 50 TOGETHER. OH GREAT. OKAY. UM, E DANIEL DEVELOPMENT NORTH AND E DANIEL DEVELOPMENT SOUTH. THE START IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT ALONG DANIEL STREET, WEST OFF EMANCIPATION AVENUE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES TO NOT PROVIDE RIGHT AWAY DEDICATION ALONG DANNY STREET TO ALLOW 10 FOOT BORDERLINE AND 15 FEET GARAGE BORDERLINE AND TO ALLOW THREE FOOT BORDERLINE ALONG A PORTION ON B UP STREET. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DE FURTHER PLOT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY. UM, THAT WE SEE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT, UM, VOICING OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY EITHER. UM, 1 49 AND ONE 50 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER BOTH ITEMS? MOTIONS SIGLER. IS THERE A SECOND? COVAR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. MOTION CARRIES. 1 51 SORRY. 1 51. GO AHEAD. ITEM 1 51, PUSH CHECK CHAMPION FOUR BAPTIST CHURCH. MORE CLIENT REFLECT NUMBER ONE. THE SITE INDICATED IN HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG SPRING NER ROAD AND WEST OF FABO ROAD. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED ADVANCE TO NOT EXTEND FABO SHADOW CREEK DRIVE BUT TO TERMINATED WITH THE CULDESAC. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW AND TO ALLOW AND TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON. NEXT MONDAY. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENT AND THEY CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ITEM 1 51 IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MAD SECOND ROBINS. ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 52. OKAY, WHO'S DOING 1 52? OH . DON IS STILL TALKING. WOMAN OUT THERE BOY, MAYBE NOT. OKAY. SORRY YOU'RE WORKING HARD TODAY. MR. CILLO. ARE YOU KICKAPOO? YES. OKAY, WHICH IS ITEM 1 52, WHICH WAS NOT WHAT WAS ON THE SCREEN. SO I'M A LITTLE, OH, KICKAPOO BUSINESS PARK. THERE WE GO. KICKAPOO BUSINESS PARK ITEM 1 52 SUBJECT SIDE IS A 33.3 ACRE PROPERTY IN THE HARRIS COUNTY. EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY, SOUTH OF US TWO 90 BETWEEN KICKAPOO ROAD AND PREMIERER ROAD, BOTH MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED 2,600 INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH, SOUTH STREET OR EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE PLAT IS IN A GRID OF THREE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OF HEMPSTEAD HIGHWAY, REMON ROAD AND KICKAPOO ROAD AS WELL AS TDOT HIGHWAY TWO 90 TO THE NORTH. THE PLAT IS BORDERED ON THE NORTH BY TWO HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL EASEMENTS, ONE BEING 180 FEET WIDE, THE OTHER BEING ABOUT 100 TO 120. FURTHER THE PROPERTY AS A LARGE DETENTION POND TO THE MEDIAN NORTH AND US TWO 90 DOES NOT HAVE A FURNITURE ACCESS ROAD TO INTERSECT THESE, THIS VARIANCE WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED WITH THE GP THAT IS BEING REPLANTED AND EXTENDED BY THIS SINGULAR PLAT. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE, UH, THE APPLICATION IS A PLT OF A SECTION GENERAL PLAN AND PROPOSES AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE USE. WE HAVE, UH, RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO GRANTING THE VARIANCE STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUEST [02:00:01] OF VARIANCE AND IMPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGN NO SPEAKERS ON 1 52. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE, WHICH IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION AKA. IS THERE A SECOND JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 53. GOOD AFTERNOON MA'AM. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. ITEM 1 53 IS COL GROVE SECTION ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH OF HAMMERLY BOULEVARD, EAST OF HOLLISTER ROAD AND SOUTH OF ANORA 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 LOCAL INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG HOLLISTER ROAD BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO EXCEED THE 1400 UM, LOCAL STREET INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG A NORA LANE BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. AND THE THIRD VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW LOTS TO TAKE ACCESS FROM PRIVATE ALLEYS. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO RECEIVE REVISED MATERIALS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. LEE? I THINK WE HAVE UM, UM, I'M SORRY. I SAID YOU SAID YOUR NAME WRONG. SORRY. OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. UM, WE HAVE A SPEAKER, YVONNE SILVA I THINK IS REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. MS. SILVA, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY, NOT PRESENT. UM, QUESTION QUESTION FOR STAFF. YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. COMMISSIONER MA. SO JUST LOOKING AT THE CC 1 0 4, ARE THERE TWO ACCESS POINTS OR JUST THE ONE OFF ON NORA? SO ON M NORA THERE ARE TWO ACCESS POINTS AND ONE ON, UM, HOLLISTER ROAD. WHERE AM I MISSING THAT? SECOND ONE ON M NORA. OH, OKAY. THIS LITTLE ONE THAT'S YEAH, THERE'S LIKE A SIX ELIZABETH FOOT. YEAH. AND THEN THERE'S A UM, 28 FOOT ONE ON THE OKAY, SO THAT MEETS THE NEEDS FOR THE LOT. THE NUMBER OF LOTS, RIGHT. OKAY. THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, OKAY, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT IS TO DEFER. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION? MODEST SECOND. ROBINS. ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THAT'LL TAKE US TO NUMBER ARE WE 1 54. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. ITEM 1 54 IS LAMAR CONSOLIDATED, ISD CAMPUS COMPLEX GENERAL PLAN. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY ALONG BEL AIR EAST OF FM 7 23. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF RESERVES ALONG PUBLIC STREETS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL COMPLEX. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY PROVIDING ONE NORTH SOUTH STREET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED TWO AND TWO EAST WEST STREETS. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED THREE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THESE REQUESTS. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON A BLOCK BOUND BY TWO EXISTING MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, ONE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE AND A PROPOSED COLLECTOR. THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING FULL DEDICATION OF THE PROPOSED STREETS WHERE THEY INTERSECT THE ALIGNMENT SHOWN ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROVIDING A HUNDRED FOOT WIDE LOCAL STREET CONNECTING THE INTERIOR OF THE GP WITH THE ABUTTING THOROUGHFARE AND COLLECTOR GRID. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR TRAFFIC TO CIRCULATE WITHIN THE GP AS THE SURROUNDING TRACKS ARE DEVELOPED. IN ADDITION, THE SITE WILL FEATURE AN INTERNAL SYSTEM OF ACCESS EASEMENTS PROVIDING ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAFFIC TO CIRCULATE WITHIN THE SITE. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR AMPLE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION WHILE COUNTING FOR THE LARGER FOOTPRINTS REQUIRED FOR A K THROUGH 12 SCHOOL CAMPUS. FORT BEND COUNTY'S EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42. RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE GP PER THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. BUTLER? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO I HAVE NOBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO [02:05:01] GRANT THE VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLATS ON THE SCREEN. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION SIGLER SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 55 LYNN STREET HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 56. ITEM 1 56 IS MOCK INDUSTRIAL PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, ALONG GREEN BETWEEN FAIRBANKS, NORTH HOUSTON AND HOLLISTER. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TWO RESERVES FOR EXPANDING AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL FACILITY. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT DEDICATING DRUM ROLL DRIVE THROUGH THE SITE NOR TO TERMINATE IT WITH A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG A SEGMENT OF BREEN CONSISTING MOSTLY OF INDUSTRIAL USES. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES EXPANDING THEIR FACILITY AND IS PLATTING ALL PROPERTY UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP. THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY ABUTS A SUBS STREET FROM THE WEST BANK COMMUNITY, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH WHILE THE ABUTS RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH. THE PREVAILING PATTERN ALONG BREEN IS OF SIMILAR INDUSTRIAL USES THAT RELY ON TRUCK TRANSPORTATION. THIS SEGMENT OF DRUM ROLL MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 150 FOOT DEEP AND IS USED FOR ACCESS BY TWO ABUTTING HOMES. WHILE THE STREET DOES NOT MEET CHAPTER 40 TWO'S, EXEMPTIONS FOR STREET EXTENSION AND PROVIDING VEHICULAR TURNAROUND, TERMINATING WOULD ACHIEVE A SIMILAR RESULT AS ENVISIONED BY THIS SECTION. HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CC ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, OKAY, HOLD ON. SORRY. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. WE'VE GOT NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MANDA PAKA MANKA SECOND S. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 57 MADAM CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN FROM THIS ITEM. OKAY. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MANDA PAKA WILL ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 1 57. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM 1 57 IS PROVIDENCE PLACE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY EAST AND ALONG ELLA BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF FM 1960 AND NORTH OF WEST RICHIE ROAD AND THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BUTTERFIELD ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE THREE VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED, ONE FOR REDUCED BUILDING, LINE OF FIVE FEET FOR LOTS AND ADDITIONAL ENCROACHMENT FOR PORCHES AND STOOPS. TWO FOR LOTS TO HAVE SOLE FRONTAGE AND ACCESS FROM PUBLIC ALLEYS. AND THREE, TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG ELLA BOULEVARD STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF ALL THREE REQUESTS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 60 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON A PUBLIC LOOP STREET WITH ALLEYS. AS PART OF HARRIS COUNTY'S IMAGINATION ZONE PLANNING INITIATIVE, THE PROJECT IS PROPOSED TO MEET THE COUNTY'S HUD GUIDELINES TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF 51% A MI AND UP TO 75% A MI. THE FIRST VARIANCE REQUEST IS FOR REDUCED BUILDING LINES, FIVE FEET SIDE BUILDING LINE FOR CORNER LOTS IDENTIFIED IN ORANGE. ALL OF THESE LOTS WILL TAKE VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE REAR AND WILL PROVIDE FRONT PORCHES AND FRONT DOORS TO THE COMMON COURTYARD. THE SECOND COMPONENTS OF THE BUILDING LINE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW AN AN, AN ENCROACHMENT OF FIVE FEET INTO THE 10 FEET BUILDING LINE FOR PORCHES, AWNINGS, CHIMNEYS, AND ROOF OVERHANGS, AND A FURTHER ENCROACHMENT OF TWO ADDITIONAL FEET FOR UNCOVERED STEPS AND STOOPS. THE SECOND VARIANCE IS FOR LOTS TO HAVE SOLE FRONTAGE AND VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM ALLEYS INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STREETS. THESE REQUESTS MEET BOTH HARRIS COUNTY'S GUIDELINES OF THE IMAGINATION ZONES AND WITH OUR LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVE GOALS OF REAR VEHICULAR ACCESS FOR PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, COMMON COURTYARD SPACES AND HOMES THAT HAVE ACTIVE FACADES THAT ENGAGE AND ENHANCE THE STREET SCAPES. THE THIRD VARIANCE REQUEST IS TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ELLA BOULEVARD FROM ROMANO PARK LANE TO THE PROPOSED AS MEINA STREET. THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A MINIMUM DISTANCE OF 600 FEET BETWEEN TWO LOCAL STREETS ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 357 [02:10:02] FEET. THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ROMANO PARK LANE AND THE MINOR COLLECTOR BUTTERFIELD BUTTERFIELD ROAD IS SMALL ENOUGH THAT ANY PROPOSED PLACEMENT OF THE PUBLIC STREET WOULD VIOLATE THE MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UM, IT'S GREAT TO SEE ONE OF HARRIS COUNTY'S, UH, IMAGINATION ZONES COME TO FRUITION HERE. UM, OKAY. UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. OH, YES, WE DO. THANK YOU. COME FORWARD, I'M SORRY. PATRICIA NEWTSON. JOINER. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. UM, PATTY KNUTSON JOINER WITH KNUTSON. WE'RE A TEAM MEMBER WITH HARRIS COUNTY ON THIS PROJECT. I WANNA CONGRATULATE AND THANK, UH, THE COUNTY JUDGE, THE COMMISSIONERS FOR HAVING THE VISION TO DO THE IMAGINATION ZONES BECAUSE IT'S GONNA MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE DO DEVELOPMENT. AND JUST TO DO A COMMERCIAL FOR THIS, IT JUST DOESN'T APPLY TO HARRIS COUNTY PROJECTS. IT'LL APPLY TO ANY APPLICANT WHO WANTS TO DEVELOP FOLLOWING IMAGINATION SUMPS. AND, UM, SO THANK YOU DIRECTOR WALLACE FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP. AND, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS TO SEE IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY CLARIFICATION. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. NIXON? WILL THESE BE AFFORDABLE HOUSES? 10%? YEAH. ALL OF THEM. 70 UP TO 75%, MINIMUM OF 51. BUT, UH, AND, AND I WANNA ALSO ACKNOWLEDGE GLO BECAUSE WE CAN GO UP TO 75%. UM, AND THEY HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN WORKING WITH THE COUNTY, UM, ON HELPING US LAUNCH THIS, SO. TERRIFIC. ANY OTHER COMMENTS QUESTION? YES. COMMISSIONER JONES AWAY FROM THE PLANNING MATTER, AND THAT IS WATER SEWER DRAINAGE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING, WE'RE IN A MUD AND FROM UTILITY DISTRICT. YES. SO WE'RE, AND BEING AN EXTEND ONE OR WAS ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT? IT'S ALREADY IN THE DISTRICT. SUPER. YEAH. THAT'S GREAT. THANKS FOR YOUR WORK ON THIS. I KNOW YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN, IN MAKING THIS HAPPEN. WELL, AND THANK YOU GUYS. 'CAUSE WE COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT IF, IF MARGARET STAFF AND EVERYBODY WEREN'T ON THE SAME PAGE, SO, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANKS GUYS. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANT, WANNA SPEAK ON, UH, PROVIDENCE PLACE? IF NOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS GRANT AND APPROVED BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBINS SECOND. MOTION. JONES CLARK. OKAY. I'M SORRY. I GOT ROBINSON JONES BEFORE I HEARD YOU . OKAY, YOU'LL, YOU'LL, OKAY, WE'RE GONNA DO ROBINSON CLARK. OKAY. OH NO YOU DON'T. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. SO WHO'S ACTUALLY NOW THE MOTION? HUH? WHO'S ACTUALLY THE MOTION? THE MOTION WAS, UM, ROBINS AND CLARK. OKAY. OKAY. WE'LL SAVE JONES FOR ANOTHER DAY. . OKAY. ITEM 1 58 AND 1 59. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, ITEMS 1 58 1 59 ARE TERMINAL EXPANSION SECTION THREE AND TERMINAL EXPANSION SECTION FOUR. THE SITES ARE LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS JUST SOUTH OF BUFFALO BAYOU, AND EAST OF WAYSIDE DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO RESERVES RESTRICTED TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USE, AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A BRIDGE LIKE STRUCTURE TO CROSS OVER AND ABOVE HARBOR DRIVE, WHICH IS A PUBLIC STREET. THE APPLICATION ALSO INCLUDES A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND A PUBLIC STREET ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLEDGE TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. K CRILE? UH, I DON'T HAVE, UH, JUST WHAT, WHAT IS AHEAD? THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR? YES. SO, UH, THE STRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO TRANSPORT MATERIAL OVER THE RIGHT OF WAY. UH, WE WANT SPECIFIC DIMENSIONS OF THE HEIGHT TO MAKE SURE, UH, IT'S CLEAR FOR, FOR RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES. SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA. BETTER NOW THAN LATER. . OKAY. UM, I DON'T, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON TERMINAL EXPANSION. THREE AND FOUR. UM, SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER BOTH ITEMS? MAD SECOND. HEINZ HINES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 60, ITEM ONE 60 IS VIEWS AT WHEATLEY. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS TWO COMMISSION MEETINGS. THE SITE [02:15:01] IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG WHEATLEY, SOUTH OF WILBERFORCE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITY OF HOMES ALONG TYPE TWO PAES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND GUAPAN NOR TERMINATE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG WHEATLEY WITHIN A STREET GRID SYSTEM THAT CONFORMS TO INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. THE SITE ABUTS A DEAD END 450 FOOT SEGMENT OF GUAPAN, A 30 FOOT WIDE STREET. THE APPLICANT HAD INITIALLY REQUESTED TO TERMINATE THE STREET WITHOUT A CUL-DE-SAC. THEY HAVE SINCE REVISED THE PLAN TO INCLUDE A T TURNAROUND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. THE T TURNAROUND CONFORMS TO SPECIFICATIONS IN THE IDM FOR ALTERNATIVES TO CUL-DE-SACS ON DEAD END SEGMENTS OF THIS LENGTH. THE TURNAROUND WILL ALLOW FOR SAFE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES ALONG GARIN STREET WHILE ALLOWING THE APPLICANT MORE SPACE FOR THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER. WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THIS. THE FIRST IS MARIAN LUNTZ, L-U-N-T-Z, MS. LUNTZ. MARIAN LUNTZ DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. UM, AND THEN JAMES CANAN, K-A-N-A-N. MR. CANAAN ALSO DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. IS THERE A UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT. OKAY. UM, THEN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? THERE IT IS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBINS SECOND VICTOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT CONCLUDES VARIANCES. WE HAVE NO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Geoff Butler)] SECTION F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS. ITEM 1 61 IS CRH BUSINESS PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ ALONG CYPRESS ROSEHILL, NORTH OF US TWO 90 AND SOUTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS PARK. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO MEET INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY DEDICATING A NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE SITE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS, THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG A SEGMENT OF CYPRESS ROSE HILL THAT FEATURES A VARIETY OF USES AT A VERY LOW DENSITY. DUE TO THE SIZE OF THIS TRACT AND THE LACK OF NEARBY PUBLIC STREETS, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO CREATE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST PUBLIC STREETS TO MAKE INTER, EXCUSE ME, TO MEET INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BASED ON THE ABUTTING SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND THE RELATIVE LACK OF DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. IT WOULD BE UNLIKELY THAT PUBLIC STREETS PROVIDED WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE EXTENDED IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO NOT PROVIDE THESE STREETS TO BE A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42. HARRIS COUNTY HAS EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CPC ONE OH INFORMED CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 61? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MAN. PAKA MAN. PCCA SECOND COVAR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 1 62. ITEM 1 62 IS DICE DUPLEXES. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG LUCILLE STREET EAST OF US HIGHWAY 59. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG TYPE TWO PE PAE SYSTEM. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO TERMINATE JEWEL STREET AT ITS WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFER TO ALLOW TIME TO MAKE CORRECTIONS ON THE PLAT AND REVISE THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE DEAD END OF A PUB PUBLIC STREET MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 700 FEET. THIS CONDITION HINDERS SAFE TRANSPORTATION AS THERE IS NO MEANS FOR VEHICULAR TURNAROUND WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. STAFF MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER TO DISCUSS ALTERNATIVES TO TERMINATING THE STREET WITH THE REQUIRED CALL SIX, EXCUSE ME, A CUL-DE-SAC WITH SIX, UH, 60 FOOT RADIUS. THE APPLICANT IS CONSIDERING THE OPTIONS AND NEEDS MORE TIME TO MAKE REVISIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP. UM, [02:20:01] STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER S SEGLER SECOND BALDWIN BALDWIN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT WILL [Platting Activities g - i] TAKE US TO SECTIONS, GH AND I MS. S. THANK YOU SHAW. SHAW . NO, IT'S ALL GOOD. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS. GH AND I AS ONE GROUP. OKAY. SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 63 THROUGH 180 9 SECTION H. NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS AND SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS ONE 90 THROUGH 1 92. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GH AND I. THERE ARE NO ITEMS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER STAFF AND NO CHANGES IN STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY ITEMS WE NEED TO, UH, YOU WANNA ABSTAIN ON COMMISSIONER SICKLER? YES. 1 65 THROUGH 1 68, 1 71, 1 72 AND 1 75 THROUGH 1 77. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? UM, OKAY THEN IS THERE A MOTION FOR, UH, APPROVAL ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS GH AND I? MOTION BALDWIN. BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND JONES ALL. I'M SORRY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SIGLER ABSTAINED ON THE ITEMS STATED. THAT [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Tammi Williamson)] WILL TAKE US TO SECTION K DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. ITEM 1 48 IS 1 1 3 3 EAST, SEVENTH AND A HALF STREET. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG STUDEWOOD STREET NORTH. 1 93. UM, YEAH, I SAID THE WRONG NUMBER. YEAH. NO, YOU'RE GOOD. OH, OKAY. I WAS GONNA SAY, MY GOODNESS. YES. GOING CRAZY. OKAY. UH, NORTH OF WHITE OAK DRIVE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE TO ALLOW A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG STU WOOD STREET AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. AND TWO, TO ALLOW DIRECT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO A SINGLE FAMILY LOT FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCES. THE CORNER LOT IS SEVEN 800 SQUARE FEET AND IS CURRENTLY VACANT, RECENTLY DEMOLISHED. ONE MONTH AGO. IT WAS PLATTED WITH THE NOR HILL EDITION IN 1922 WITH NO BUILDING LINES ON EITHER STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW TWO-STORY 4,500 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH ATTACHED GARAGE. THE NEW STRUCTURE WILL COMPLY WITH THE 20 FOOT DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINE ALONG THE FRONT OF THE LOT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ENCROACH THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SWI STREET. THE GARAGE IS ORIENTED TO TAKE VEHICULAR ACCESS ALONG STU WOOD STREET. THE LOCATION OF AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY CURB CUT THE MORE THAN 20 FEET BACK OF CURB DIMENSION ALONG STU WOODIES SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING LINE REDUCTION OF FIVE FEET. HOWEVER, SINCE THE LOT IS VACANT, MAINTAINING THE VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS RELATED AND SELF-IMPOSED. THE MAJORITY OF THE ORIGINAL SINGLE FAMILY CORNER LOTS IN THIS AREA PREDATE THE ORDINANCE AND THUS TAKE ACCESS FROM STU WOOD STREET. HOWEVER, THE THOROUGHFARE HAS EVOLVED TO HANDLE A HIGHER VOLUME OF TRAFFIC AND SERVES AS HIGH FREQUENCY METRO BUS ROUTE THROUGH THE GREATER HEIGHTS. THAT IS ALSO A CURRENT BOOST PROJECT WITH A BUS STOP JUST NORTH OF THIS SITE AT EUCLID STREET. EACH CURB CUT TO A SINGLE FAMILY LOT FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS CONSIDERED A POTENTIAL TRAFFIC CONFLICT POINT. RELOCATING THE DRIVEWAY FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WILL IMPROVE, IMPROVE PUBLIC SAFETY AND WELFARE, ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG THE BUS ROUTE, AND BETTER SERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. ELIMINATING THE CURB CUT FROM STUDEWOOD STREET WOULD ALSO FOLLOW THE ACT OF GUIDELINES OF VISION ZERO HOUSTON'S HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SAFER STREETS FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION AND ALIGNS WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S COMMITMENT TO THE DEVELOPABLE OF WALKABLE PLACES, COMPLETE STREETS AND LIVABLE PLACES. RELOCATING THE DRIVEWAY TO EAST SEVENTH AND A HALF STREET WOULD NOT DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF REASONABLE USE OF THE LAND. AND THE VACANT LOT ALLOWS FOR HOME DESIGN OR CONFIGURATION TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. GRANTING VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE MAJOR TH WILL NOT BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE. WELFARE. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO RECOMMENDS DENYING THE REQUESTED VARIANCES TO ALLOW A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG STUDEWOOD STREET AND FOR THE CORNER LOT TO TAKE ACCESS FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STAFF HAD RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE AT LAST WEEK'S MEETING. AND, UM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO SPEAK. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON BEFORE I CALL [02:25:01] THE SPEAKERS? IF NOT, UH, FIRST SPEAKER'S. JENNIFER CURTIS. AND WE DO NEED THE DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE. HTV OR WHO DOES THAT? THE DOCUMENT. CAMERA H OKAY. DOCUMENT CAMERA. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN, WHERE THE APPLICANT, UM, THE BUILDER IS ALSO HERE TO SPEAK AS WELL. UM, SO, UM, I WANTED TO GO THROUGH A FEW FACTS THAT I THINK, UM, WOULD SHED SOME LIGHT ON WHY THE BUILDER, UM, THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, UM, I MEAN THEY ALREADY HAVE FULL CONSTRUCTION PLANS FOR THIS SITE THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED. AND, UM, LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING AREA, I THINK IT WAS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE. THERE'S AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY ONTO STU WOOD AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE EXHIBIT HERE, EVERY SINGLE CORNER LOT ON BOTH SIDES OF STU WOOD WITHIN TWO OR THREE BLOCKS ALSO HAS A CORNER DRIVEWAY. THE CORNER DRIVEWAY HAS BEEN THERE FOR ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. THIS PLAT WAS RECORDED IN 1922. SO, UM, LOOKING AT THE SURROUNDING HOMES, INCLUDING SOME HOMES THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH A SIDE DRIVEWAY, I THINK IT WAS REASONABLE FOR, UM, THE ASSUMPTION TO BE MADE THAT THIS HOUSE COULD ALSO CONTINUE TO USE THE SAME SIDE DRIVEWAY THAT IT ALREADY HAD. UM, THERE'S A HOUSE TWO HOUSES DOWN THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH A SIDE DRIVEWAY UNDER STU WOOD. UM, SO THAT WAS, UM, A CONDITION THAT IS EXISTING THAT IS NOT SELF-IMPOSED. THAT'S HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS DESIGNED. UM, ALSO THE LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER FOR THIS AREA. EVERY SINGLE HOUSE IN NORWOOD HAS A REAR GARAGE AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THE CORNER LOTS. THEY ALL HAVE A REAR GARAGE ON THIS, ON THE CORNER. THEY GO TO THIS SIDE, BUT EVERY OTHER HOUSE HAS A GARAGE IN THE REAR. THEY DON'T HAVE THAT SNOUT WITH THE GARAGE RIGHT AT THE FRONT OF THE STREET. THE BUILDER IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN THAT CHARACTER AND TRYING TO BE A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND NOT JUST BUILD A GIANT MONSTROSITY WITH THE GARAGE FACING RIGHT ONTO THE STREET. THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD A NICE HOUSE THAT FITS IN WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO COMPROMISE. UM, THEY'RE PROPOSING A TURNAROUND ON THE LOT WITH THE SIDE DRIVEWAY SO THAT THE CARS WON'T BE BACKING ONTO STU WOOD. THEY'LL HAVE THE ABILITY WITH A T TURNAROUND TO COME NOSE FIRST AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT ONCOMING TRAFFIC BEFORE ENTERING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. UM, ALSO, I, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT IT IS A BOOST ROUTE AND THERE IS A METRO BUS STOP, BUT IT'S NOT ON THIS LOT. IT'S FURTHER UP. SO, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT PRESENTS AS MUCH OF A CONFLICT AS EVERY OTHER DRIVEWAY ON STU WOOD THAT'S ALREADY THERE, THAT THIS ISN'T EXISTING SCENARIO AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO KEEP WITH WHAT THEY ALREADY HAVE ON THEIR LOT. UM, AND THEY'RE NOT PUTTING THE, THE DRIVEWAY IS ABOUT 22 FEET DEEP. THE GARAGE IS NOT AT THE 20 FOOT SETBACK. IT'S FURTHER BACK AND THE SIDEWALK IS FURTHER BACK FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO THERE'S A GOOD LEASE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND THE SIDEWALK. THEY'RE NOT BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK, THEY'RE NOT BACKING ONTO STU WOOD. THIS IS AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BUILT LIKE THIS AND THEY JUST WANT TO KEEP BUILDING IT THAT WAY. UM, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, UM, STUDIO WOOD IS A 30 MILE AN HOUR STREET IN THIS AREA. IT'S GOT ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION. SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S TWO LANES OF HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC. YOU'RE NOT GETTING THOUSANDS OF TRIPS PER DAY ON THIS STRETCH OF STUDIO WOOD. IT'S NOT A, A SPEED ROUTE. SO I THINK GIVEN ALL THOSE CONDITIONS, IT'S REASONABLE TO GRANT THIS VARIANCE. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. HOLD ON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CURTIS? OKAY. YES, COMMISSIONER ARD. UM, HOW FAR IS THE BUS STOP? IT'S ON THE NORTH CORNER OF THAT BLOCK. SO APPROACHING THANK YOU. EUCLID, WHICH IS THE NEXT STREET TO THE NORTH. DID ANYTHING ELSE? WAS THAT IT? OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, MARK WATSON, WHO I IS THE BUILDER. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, I'M ACTUALLY THE LEAD ARCHITECT FOR THE BUILDERS FIRE FIND HOMES. OKAY. UH, IT'S OKAY. SORRY. . UM, WE'VE BEEN BUILDING IN THE HEIGHTS FOR ABOUT 17 YEARS. UH, WE'RE PROBABLY THE ONLY UPPER END BUILDER THAT ACTUALLY OFFICES IN THE HEIGHTS. SO EVERYTHING THAT AFFECTS THE HOMES AND THE [02:30:01] PROPERTY VALUES IN THE HEIGHTS AFFECTS US MORE THAN OTHER BUILDERS. WE'RE, WE'RE A LOT MORE VESTED IN THE HEIGHTS BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE THAT WE BUILT, UH, NOR HILL I'M KIND OF PERSONALLY ATTACHED TO BECAUSE I'VE DESIGNED HOMES ON ALMOST EVERY STREET IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS AT LEAST THIS ONE SECTION OF THE HEIGHTS. UM, I KNOW THAT PLANNING THINKS THAT IT'S COMPLETELY FEASIBLE TO FLIP THE DRIVEWAY TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND I'M STILL GONNA HAVE JUST AS MUCH SPACE TO BUILD WITH, EXCEPT THEY'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT I'M GONNA GIVE UP 16 FEET OF BUILDABLE SPACE BY PUTTING A DRIVEWAY ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE GARAGE AT THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY. AND THAT GIVES ME A SUPER NARROW FRONT ELEVATION THAT'S GONNA BE REALLY HIGH JUST TO PUT A 30 FOOT WIDE HOUSE VERSUS A 50 FOOT WIDE HOUSE. AND THE VALUE IN THE PROJECT WON'T BE THERE. AND THE CURB APPEAL, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN, IS GONNA BE GREATLY IMPACTED. AND OUR WHOLE GOAL IS TO ELEVATE EVERY SINGLE PROPERTY THAT WE BUILD ON HIGHER THAN IT WAS BEFORE AND KEEP THE HEIGHTS THE WAY THAT IT'S FAMILY FRIENDLY AND GREAT LOOKING. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAVE. THANK, THANK YOU. HOLD ON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. WATSON? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, SO JUST TO CLARIFY, SO THE STAFF WOULD BE WILLING TO GRANT THE VARIANCE FOR THE, THE 20 FOOT SETBACK IF THE, THE WAS ON THE OTHER, IF THE DRIVEWAY WAS OFF THE SIDE STREET, BUT CORRECT. CORRECT. OKAY. BUT NOT, ALRIGHT. UM, QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO HOW THERE IS A DRIVEWAY BETWEEN THE, THE EXISTING CUP CURT AND THE PROPOSED, UM, BUS YES. THE, THE LOT THAT IS IMMEDIATELY NORTH, WHICH ACTUALLY HAS THE BUS STOP ALSO HAS ONE OF THE OLD EXISTING YEAH. LIKE IT'S REBELLED. YEAH. AND UM, I MEAN I, I SORT OF KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHERE THE APPLICANT IS COMING FROM. I THINK THE, THE THING IS THIS WAS DONE IN WHAT, A HUNDRED YEARS AGO RIGHT? AND WE JUST HAVE AN EVOLUTION OF THIS STREET AND IT'S EITHER, EITHER WE'RE FOR THE BOOST QUARTER OR WE'RE NOT. RIGHT. AND, AND WE HAVE TO WORK TO KIND OF FIX THEM WITH THAT EVOLUTION. UM, HAD ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN I FORGOT. UM, I'M SURE WITH A GREAT QUESTION. I JUST CAN'T THINK OF IT RIGHT NOW. I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. MAYBE, MAYBE SOMEBODY ELSE WILL SPEAK FOR A MINUTE. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? IT HELPS. UM, ON WOODLAND, WE ACTUALLY HAD A DPV VARIANCE IN, IN LATE 2000. IN 2022 THAT PLANNING COMMISSION FIRST DENIED. THEN THEY RESUBMITTED WITH, IT'S ALSO A CORNER LET, THEY RESUBMITTED MOVING IT TO WOODLAND AND THEN IT WAS APPROVED FOR THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE. THAT WAS THE QUESTION WAS, WHICH, WHICH, WHICH ONES HAVE WE, IF THERE'S BEEN RECENT BUILDING GOING ON, WHICH ONES? I GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION SHUT H OFF DOCUMENT CAMERA HT V CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW THE PRESENTATION? WE DON'T NEED ANY, THE TEAMS. THERE WE GO. SO YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, I ESSENTIALLY WENT BACK THROUGH ALL OF OUR DIGITAL RECORDS. UM, SO THE COLORS, I MEAN YOU, THE NOR HILL SIDE IS THE ONE THAT IS RESTRICTED SINGLE FAMILY. AND SO THAT'S WHY THE COMMERCIAL SIDE IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF STU WOOD. BUT ON THIS SIDE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE DIFFERENT YEARS OF WHEN DVS HAVE COME IN. AND YES, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS GRANTED FOR THE, THE DIRECT VEHICLE ACCESS, BUT THOSE ARE A DECADE OLD. UM, AND SO IT'S BEEN OUR PUSH FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW TO TRY TO KEEP MAJOR THOROUGHFARES MORE CLEAR. YEAH. BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE HAD THIS CONVERSATION MAYBE ABOUT 2, 2, 3 YEARS AGO. WE, ABOUT 36 WOODLAND. WE WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY, FAIRLY CONSISTENT. IS IT OKAY FOR ME TO SPEAK? YES, PLEASE. WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT ON, AND LOOK, I DRIVE STUDENT WOOD MORE THAN ANY, ANY OF YOU. I MEAN EVERY DAY 15 TIMES A DAY AND IT, AND, AND IT'S GETTING MORE AND MORE TRAFFIC. IT'S GETTING BACKED UP FROM THE SCHOOL AND THE SAFETY OF THE KIDS THAT ARE BEING LET OUT AT THREE O'CLOCK. I MEAN, WE'VE BEEN ELIMINATING THESE CURB CUTS BECAUSE THERE'S TONS OF PEOPLE ON THESE SIDEWALKS. WE ELIMINATED ON THE ASH BUILDING, WE ELIMINATED ON 1136 WOODLAND. WE'VE BEEN FAIRLY CONSISTENT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE BUS LINE. IT IS A LITTLE DECEIVING 'CAUSE YOU SEE ALL THOSE CURB CUTS FROM THE OLDER STRUCTURES. BUT AS THEY BECOME REDEVELOPED, WE'VE BEEN ELIMINATING THE CURB CUT, ESPECIALLY THESE LOTS THAT ARE 66 FEET WIDE. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, 16 FEET WIDER [02:35:01] THAN THE TYPICAL LOT. MANY OF THEM, IF THEY'RE ONLY 50 FEET, HAVE AN UNDUE BURDEN. THERE'S NOT AN UNDUE BURDEN WHEN YOU HAVE AN EXTRA 16 FEET OF WIDTH. AND MS. WILLIAMSON, DOES VISION ZERO HAVE AN ACTUAL RECOMMEND? HOW IS THE NOT TAKING CURB ACCESS FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PRODUCT OR, YOU KNOW, COMMENSURATE WITH VISION ZERO GOALS? IT'S ABOUT REDUCING THE VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT ZONES. SO EVERY TIME THAT A VEHICLE AND A PEDESTRIAN WHEN A ON A SIDEWALK THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFE SPACE. EVERY TIME THAT WE HAVE A DRIVEWAY CROSSING IT, THAT'S ANOTHER CHANCE FOR SOMETHING TO HAPPEN. OKAY. AND IF, IF I CAN GO AHEAD, CONTRIBUTE MORE TO THAT, MONT WILL HAVE MORE PEDESTRIANS THAN THE CROSS STREET WILL. RIGHT. AND THAT'S, SO IT'S MOVING IT AWAY FROM WHERE THE MAJORITY OF THE PEDESTRIANS ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BUS STOPS BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING RUNNING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. THEY'RE RUNNING ACROSS, YEAH. . RIGHT. AND VISION ZERO IS A POLICY THAT WE'VE ADOPTED AS A CITY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, COMMISSIONER , MR. SMITH FROM PUBLIC WORKS HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS TO SAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M RICHARD SMITH FROM PUBLIC HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AGAIN. UM, ONE THING I DID WANT TO CLARIFY. WHEN A PROPERTY IS CLEARED THAT WE DO NOT GRANDFATHER THE DRIVEWAYS. SO IF THE HOME HAD REMAINED, YES, THE DRIVEWAY WOULD'VE, COULD'VE REMAINED, BUT SINCE IT WAS CLEARED, THE THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND REQUEST A NEW DRIVEWAY. AND WE DON'T GRANDFATHER DRIVEWAYS. SO THE FACT THAT IT'S BEING MOVED OR MAY BE MOVED IS, YOU KNOW, THAT IT CURRENTLY, THERE'S A DRIVEWAY CUT THERE IS KIND OF IRRELEVANT TO THE CONVERSATION AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. CAN I SAY SOMETHING? UM, GO AHEAD. OKAY, SURE. UM, IT'S KIND OF FUNNY THAT THE 2017 DV DPV IS COME TO THE MIC LITERALLY POINTING, IT'S LITERALLY POINTING AT A HOME THAT IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH A STEW WOOD DRIVEWAY. RIGHT NOW IT IS THE LAST HOUSE TO BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AN OPTION TO BE ON SEVENTH STREET. AND SEVENTH AND A HALF STREET IS ONLY FIVE FEET NARROWER THAN STU WOOD. AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT ON THE FRONT AND THE SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY BECAUSE WE HAVE SIDEWALKS ON BOTH PLACES. SO STATING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN CONFLICT ON STU WOOD IS, IS KIND OF MISLEADING BECAUSE YOU HAVE VEHICLES AND PEDESTRIANS ON BOTH SIDES. YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FAR MORE PEDESTRIANS ON STU WOOD. I WALK STU WOOD EVERY DAY. OKAY. THERE'S NOT ACTUALLY THAT MANY IN THIS AREA. YEAH, UP TOWARDS THE SCHOOL. AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF STEW WOOD WHEN THE STUDENTS ARE COMING OUT RIGHT AT FOUR O'CLOCK, BECAUSE I WALK STUDEWOOD EVERY DAY. THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE TRAFFIC ON THE OTHER SIDE, NOT AS MUCH. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? YES. COMMISSIONER HEINZ. ANY INSIGHT STAFF, UH, ANY INSIGHT STAFF ON THE, WHAT WAS MENTIONED BY THE ARCHITECT ABOUT A PROJECT THAT'S CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH A DRIVEWAY? RIGHT. SO THAT WAS ON THE MAP JUST SOUTH OF THAT WHERE IT SAYS 2017 DPV. THAT WAS A 20. OKAY. YEP. SO THAT WAS GRANTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION SIX YEARS AGO NEARLY. AND THEY COULD JUST NOW BE GOING THROUGH PERMITS. YEP. BUT AT LEAST THE DPV YEP. BEFORE THE BUS LINE WAS EVEN ANNOUNCED. THANK YOU. CAN COMMISSIONER COLVARD, WHEN WAS BOOST THE BOOST LINE ANNOUNCED MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO? YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. COVID MAKES A LITTLE BLURRY. YEAH. COMMENTS? UM, SO WE HAVE A STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE VARIANCE AND IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I WOULD ASK SOMEONE TO MAKE A MOTION. I'LL MOVE FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN MOVES FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DENY. IS THERE A SECOND MA? SIERRA BLAND. OKAY. WE HAD MA BEFORE YOU SPOKE UP, I KNOW THERE'S A DELAY. SORRY. UM, IF THERE IS NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. I'M SORRY. IT'S DENIED. OKAY. SO THAT CONCLUDES PLATTING ACTIVITY AND WE MOVE TO [III. Establish a public hearing date of April 27, 2023] ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, WHICH IS TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF APRIL 27TH FOR THE FOLLOWING FOSTER [02:40:01] PLACE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 35 HEIGHTS DAYCARE. JACKSON HILL, KIDS ARE KIDS. JOHNSTON GLEN PINE CREST SECTION ONE, REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION SPRING BRANCH ACRES. SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FOUR, SOUTHLAND TERRACE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FOUR, THORNTON INDY HEIGHTS. REPL NUMBER ONE WILLOW CREEK RANCH, SECTION NINE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. OKAY. UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO SET APRIL 27TH FOR THE HEARINGS? MOTIONS, SIGLER, SECOND VAR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. I HAVE NO [IV. Public Comment] ONE SIGNED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? UM, WE HAVE UH, ONE SPEAKER. OKAY. WHO IS THE SPEAKER? OH YES, COME MISS. SORRY. JENNIFER CURTIS. OH, THANK YOU. UM, JENNIFER CURTIS, META PLANNING, UM, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE MOBILITY STUDY PRESENTATION THAT WAS GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING. UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THE MOBILITY STUDY OBVIOUSLY IS THERE'S PUBLIC MEETINGS AND IT'S PUBLICIZED AND THERE'S A LOT OF NOTIFICATION OF HOW, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S AS PUBLIC AS IT CAN BE GIVEN THE NATURE OF THE BEAST. UM, BUT IS THERE A WAY THAT THE PLANS FOR, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE PROPOSED THROUGH STREETS ARE, ARE PROJECTED TO GO BECAUSE THE, THE, THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE IMPACTED ARE VERY DELIBERATELY SELECTED, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UM, BASED ON THE PRESENTATION THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE LIKE, NOTIFIED THAT THEIR PROPERTY HAS BEEN CHERRY PICKED TO HAVE A STREET ON IT? DOES THAT GO ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN? IT JUST SEEMS LIKE, UM, FOR THE EXPECTATIONS OF FUTURE BUYERS OR PEOPLE THAT DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW THAT A MOBILITY STUDY HAS BEEN DONE, THERE'S NOTHING ON ANY OFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION. THERE'S NOTHING ON A THOROUGHFARE PLAN. THERE'S NOTHING THAT FOREWARNS SOMEONE WHEN THEY BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, OH, I'M GONNA HAVE TO PUT A STREET THROUGH HERE. AND THEY MIGHT BE THINKING, YOU KNOW, I'M WITHIN INTERSECTION SPACING, I'M OKAY. AND THEN THEY DEVELOP A PLAN AND GO THROUGH A LOT OF EXPENSE AND EFFORT AND SUBMIT IT THINKING THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE. AND THEN, OOPS, WHOOPS, THERE'S A STREET FAIR QUESTION. LET THE DIRECTOR RESPOND. SO IF I'M, IF I'M HEARING YOU CORRECTLY, THE, THE MAP THAT SHOWED WHERE THE ROADS OPTIMALLY COULD BE MM-HMM . IS BASED ON INTERSECTION SPACING. IT'S NOT, IT, IT WAS JUST A MEASUREMENT OF THIS IS WHERE THE ROADS FALL, IF WE DID OUR INTERSECTION SPACING PER THE FEET THAT ARE REQUIRED. SO WHAT I HEARD, AND MAYBE I MISHEARD, WAS THAT IT WAS ALSO BASED ON, UM, THE SIZE OF THE TRACKS BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF TRACKS IN THAT AREA THAT ARE ONLY 80 FEET WIDE AND ANY ONE TRACKED WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BEAR THAT BURDEN. DIP. DID YOU WANNA RESPOND? I COULD TRY TO DIP FROM PLANNING DEPARTMENT DURING THIS STUDY. IT WAS, IT WAS AN, ALL THE TRACKS WERE ANALYZED AND EVERY, EVERY TRACK WAS NOTIFIED. SO NOTIFICATION WAS GIVEN TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD FOR THE MOBILITY STUDY. SO THAT ANSWERS ONE QUESTION. IN THIS AREA, THERE IS INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIRED BY CHAPTER 42. THE 1400 FEET INTERSECTION SPACING APPLIES ON THE ENTIRE AREA AND IT IS LACKING THOSE INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIRED STREETS MOBILITY PLAN PROPOSES A TENTATIVE OR A, A, A LOCATION THAT WILL MAYBE BE FEASIBLE. SO IT IS A GUIDANCE FOR PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND PLANNING COMMISSION THAT THESE STREETS COULD HAPPEN HERE. IT BY NO MEANS SAYS THAT THE STREET WILL AND ONLY HAP WILL AND COULD ONLY HAPPEN AT THIS LOCATION. SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN THIS AREA ARE AS AWARE AS ANY PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE CITY. IF THEY ARE WITHIN THAT 1400 FEET WINDOW, IF A STREET IS NEEDED THERE, THE PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THOSE STREETS ARE ALSO NOT AWARE THAT THE STREET SHOULD HAPPEN HERE. THEY MUST READ THE ORDINANCE TO KNOW THAT THE STREET COULD BE REQUIRED THERE. YEAH. AND THE, I'M SORRY, REPORT AND THE PLAN IS POSTED ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE. I MEAN, I THINK IT WOULD BE, IT'S A FAIR THING TO TRY TO ADVERTISE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE DEVELOPING IN THAT AREA TO CONSULT IT AND LOOK AT IT. IT, IT'S MAINLY INFORMATION THAT'S GONNA BE USED TO GUIDE THE PLANNERS IN MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR VARIANCES AND OTHER THINGS. I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT YOU. NO, IT'S, IT'S ALSO INFORMATION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION BECAUSE I THINK WHAT IS EASY TO FORGET WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PLAT IS THAT WE GAVE A VARIANCE SIX MONTHS AGO. WE GAVE A VARIANCE A YEAR AGO. AND IT'S EASY TO FORGET THAT DOWN THE ROAD SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO GET A CROSS STREET BECAUSE WE [02:45:01] NEED MOBILITY. AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL CAN REFER BACK TO ON TIME AT TIMES AND SAY, WELL, WE'VE GOT A VARIANCE REQUEST GENERALLY AROUND WHERE THAT ROAD SHOULD BE FOR INTERSECTION SPACING AND MAYBE WE NEED TO THINK TWICE ABOUT THIS VARIANCE REQUEST. WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY, YOU'RE ASKING WHO SHOULD, IF THEY SHOULD KNOW WHETHER THEY, THEY COULD BE IMPACTED BY THAT, AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY'RE FOLLOWING CHAPTER 42. RIGHT. SO THERE'S NO WAY, UM, UH, SUBSERVE THAT, IF ANYTHING, IT GIVES US KNOWLEDGE TO SAY, WELL, CHAPTER 42 SAYING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, PER ORDINANCE, THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE A NORTH, SOUTH, OR EAST, WHATEVER. AND THIS BACKS UP US POTENTIALLY DENYING THAT VARIANCE REQUEST. IF, IF THE STUDY NOW, WHICH ACTUALLY HAPPENED ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO OR TWO MONTHS AGO, WHERE SOMEBODY IN ONE OF THOSE PLATS CAME THROUGH AND ASKED FOR A VARIANCE REQUEST, WHICH WAS PART OF CHAPTER 42. SO IT DIDN'T REALLY MATTER, BUT THE STUDY GAVE US THE CONFIDENCE OF SAYING, WHAT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST TO GRANT THAT VARIANCE. RIGHT. AND I, I THINK MY QUESTION IS AIMED MORE TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS, FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IF SOMEBODY'S BUYING THAT PROPERTY, ARE THEY GONNA BE ABLE TO EASILY DISCOVER THAT IT'S IMPACTED, BUT BUYING ANY PROPERTY, THEY STILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO CHAPTER 42. YEAH. AND GO THROUGH WHATEVER VARIANT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO MM-HMM . IT KIND OF DOESN'T, I MEAN, I WOULDN'T SAY IT DOESN'T MATTER, BUT LIKE, THEY STILL HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS, PERIOD. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENTS. SO THANK YOU. GOOD DISCUSSION. UM, WE DO NOT NEED TO ACT ON ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE. WE'RE SO HAPPY YOU'RE BACK WITH US VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER VERA BLAND AND CONGRATULATIONS. WE ALL CONGRATULATED YOU LAST, LAST MEETING, BUT YOU WEREN'T HERE. SO , THANK YOU. GREAT. UM, THEN WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ANYTHING WE HAVE, WE COULD ADJOURN. I I DO HAVE ONE THING. SURE. EACH OF YOU HAS IN FRONT OF YOU A LETTER, AN, UH, AN EMAIL FROM MS. GLADYS HOUSE. SHE WAS HERE EARLIER TODAY AND ASKED, UM, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED TO EACH PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER. AND SO WE'VE DONE THAT. OKAY. NOT LET IT BE SAID THAT COMMISSIONER ROBIN FAILED IN HIS DUTY. OKAY. NO, THANK YOU. UM, I SHOULDN'T, I SHOULDN'T JOKE AROUND ABOUT THINGS. ALL RIGHT. UH, WE ARE ADJOURNED. WE, I WE DON'T HAVE TO VOTE ON ADJOURNING. YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE DON'T. NO, YOU DON'T. YOU DON'T HAVE TO. YOU CAN. YOU WANNA DO IT? WE'LL HAVE A MOTION. LET'S HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. MOTION HINES. OKAY. MOTION HINES. IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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