* 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. [00:00:02] IT IS CLOSE [Call to Order] TO TWO 30. I HAVE TWO 30. IT'S, OH, DO YOU? OKAY. I HAVE 2 29, BUT THAT'S OKAY. THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH, 2023. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER. I'M THE CHAIR, MARTY STEIN. I'M GONNA CALL THE ROLE TO VERIFY. OUR QUORUM CHAIR IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER GARZA. PRESENT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. PRESENT, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. PRESENT, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER UH, CLARK IS, PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER KOVAR PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HEIS WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER HINES WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER JONES? HERE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MODEST PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NELSON. HERE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? HERE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. PRESENT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER. PRESENT. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LATE. COMMISSIONER VICTOR WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER DEERA BLAND. PRESENT VIRTUALLY IS VIRTUAL COMMISSIONER KANE PRESENT VIRTUALLY VIRTUAL COMMISSIONER. DALTON IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER AKA WILL BE ABSENT. DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. PRESENT IS PRESENT. 15 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL. THAT'S A QUORUM. UM, TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY, WELCOME. IF YOU'RE GONNA ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, UM, MAKE SURE AND YOU'RE IN THE ROOM. MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE FORMS TO EVERY, UM, THE, UH, STAFF'S FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE. ALL ADVANCED COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY NOON YESTERDAY ARE IN THE COMMISSIONER'S PACKETS. WE HAVE THOSE. UM, IF YOU ARE CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER, PLEASE REMEMBER TO KEEP YOUR DEVICE MUTED UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED ON BY NAME TO SPEAK. AND, UH, ALSO KEEP YOUR CAMERAS OFF UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON. THE ONLY ITEM I HAVE WITHDRAWN, UM, TODAY UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS IS ITEM 1 0 5, FL TUCKER LONG DRIVE. THERE'LL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON THAT ONE ITEM. [Director’s Report] UM, NOW WE GO TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN AND I'M SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. UH, LIVABLE PLACES IS PAVING THE WAY FOR MORE CONNECTED, RESILIENT, AND LIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS. AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT TODAY. UM, PUBLIC COMMENT WILL CLOSE THIS AFTERNOON, BUT, UM, WE ARE STILL LOOKING FORWARD TO, UM, COMPILING ALL THAT INFORMATION. DIPTI, UH, MATURA AND S BDI WILL WILL FILL YOU IN ON THIS. UM, WE HAVE AN UPCOMING MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN WORKSHOP. IT'S SCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, FROM ONE UNTIL TWO 30. WE WOULD LIKE ALL COMMISSIONERS TO BE THERE. UH, WE, IT, WE MUST HAVE A QUORUM, BUT IT'S ALWAYS BETTER IF WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE. SO PLEASE MAKE YOUR ARRANGEMENTS TO BE HERE. THE WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD IN PERSON, AND THERE'S A VIRTUAL ONLINE OPTION THROUGH TEAMS. UM, IF YOU, IF YOU ATTEND BOTH MEETINGS BY TEAMS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LOG INTO THE MTFP MEETING AND THEN LOG OUT AND THEN LOG BACK INTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, JUST FOREWARNED. UM, AND THEN IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. WHERE WE GOING, WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BIKE TO WORK. BIKE TO WORK DAY IS FRIDAY, MAY 19TH. IT'S A CITY SPONSORED EVENT STARTING AT 7:15 AM AND IT CONCLUDES AT CITY HOLIDAY 8:00 AM UH, THERE ARE FLYERS AT THE DOOR, OR YOU CAN VISIT HOUSTON BIKE PLAN.ORG OR CALL OUR OFFICE AT EIGHT THREE TWO THREE NINE FIVE TWENTY SEVEN FOR MORE INFORMATION. IN CLOSING, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT EIGHT THREE TWO THREE NINE THREE SIX SIX ZERO, OR YOU CAN CALL OUR PLANNERS OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 4. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? IF NOT, [Approval of the April 13, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes] WE WILL GO TO APPROVAL OF THE APRIL 13 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, UM, WHICH WERE IN YOUR PACKETS. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION BALDWIN BALDWIN, SECOND ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [I. Report on public comments and engagement for proposed Chapter 42 amendments] UH, ROMAN NUMERAL ONE IS A REPORT ON THE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED TO DATE, UM, FOR THE PROPOSED CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS, LIVABLE PLACES. MS. MAURA, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DIPTI MATH AND I'M EXCITED TO SHARE OUR ENGAGEMENT. SO WE'VE BROKEN DOWN [00:05:01] IT INTO TWO PARTS, AND SO I'LL DO THE ENGAGEMENT PART AND AVITA BANDY WILL COVER THE COMMENTS. OKAY. SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO SHARE, UH, OUR ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS FOR THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE'S WORK. YOU WILL HEAR ABOUT THE COMMENTS WE RECEIVED, UH, THROUGH THIS, THIS ACTIVITY FROM AVIDA IN A MINUTE. SO NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. WILSON. FROM EARLY ON THIS, UH, ON THIS, UH, LIVABLE PLACE ACTION COMMITTEE WORK, WE STARTED ENGAGING WITH THE PUBLIC TO ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS. ALL OUR LIVABLE PLACES MEETINGS, COMMITTEE MEETINGS WERE HELD, UM, VIRTUALLY AND WERE OPEN TO PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND WERE HEAVILY ADVERTISED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. SO WE HAVE SOMETIMES HAD OVER 200 ATTENDEES IN OUR LIVABLE PLACES MEETINGS. NEXT SLIDE. ONE KEY THING WE LEARNED FROM OUR OTHER ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS IN VARIOUS OTHER PLANNING ACTIVITIES IS IT IS BEST TO ENGAGE WITH C ESTONIANS. WE NEED TO GO WHERE THEY WERE, WHERE THE COMMUNITY WAS. SO WE WENT TO SOCIAL EVENTS, WE WENT TO PARKS, WE WENT TO MUSIC CONCERTS, AND WE WENT TO TRANSIT STOPS. THE LIST IS REALLY SMALL ON YOUR SCREEN. I'M SO SORRY. BUT HERE IS AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF OUR PRESENCE IN HOUSTON. FIRST OFF, WE CREATED AN INTERACTIVE WEBPAGE CALLED LET'S TALK HOUSTON. THIS PAGE ALLOWS PUBLIC TO VIEW THE LIVABLE PLACES, MEETINGS ONLINE, PROVIDE COMMENTS, AND TAKE THE SURVEYS WE POSTED DURING THE ALMOST THREE YEARS OF COMMITTEE'S WORK, WE HAVE BEEN FORMULATING OUR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY. ON LET'S TALK HOUSTON, ABOUT 5,400 PEOPLE HAVE VISITED THE WEBSITE. WOW. ON EACH LIVABLE PLACES MEETING, WE HAD ENGAGEMENT ACTIVITY OR HOMEWORK ACTIVITY THAT INCLUDED READING ARTICLES, DRIVING AROUND THE CITY AND SUBMITTING PICTURES AND SHARING WHAT KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN HOUSTON. THIS ACT ACTIVITY WAS OPEN TO PUBLIC, AND THE PUBLIC WAS ENGAGED. WE REACHED OUT TO NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE EARLY ON, AND THERE IS A LIST AND NUMBER OF MEETINGS WE DID ON THE SCREEN, AND WE MADE PRESENTATIONS TO ABOUT NINE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND MULTIPLE UPDATES TO OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. WE ALSO CONDUCTED CITYWIDE PUBLIC MEETINGS WHERE WE WENT IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL TO GET MAXIMUM OUTREACH. WE ALSO HAVE BEEN GOING AND WILL CONTINUE TO GO TO METRO TRANSIT STATIONS AND BUS STOPS TO GATHER PUBLIC INPUT. AS I SAID, WE WENT WHERE PEOPLE WERE, SO WE WENT TO MANY NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, COMMUNITY LEADERS, GROUP ASSOCIATION DISCUSSIONS, AND VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS. THERE ARE ABOUT 14 EVENTS WE WENT TO. UH, THERE WERE ABOUT EIGHT PRESENTATIONS WE MADE TO VARIOUS ADVOCACY GROUPS. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. HERE'S A MAP, UH, OF A, A QUICK MAP SHOWING WHERE OUR MEETINGS WERE AND THE AREA WE COVERED. UH, IT'S REALLY SMALL ON THE, ON YOUR SCREENS. I'M SORRY. I HOPE THIS ONE IS BETTER. MANY OF OUR MEETINGS WERE VIRTUAL AND GIVEN TO VARIOUS PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS. THIS IS THE LAST SLIDE. IN ONE OF OUR MOST RECENT SURVEY, WE ASKED HOUSTONIAN QUESTIONS RELATED TO PARKING AND THE FOUR HOUSING OPTIONS THAT YOU, YOU WILL BE DISCUSSING TODAY. WE COLLECTED ABOUT 400 SURVEYS SO FAR, THESE SURVEYS WERE CONDUCTED IN PERSON, WERE FILLED BY, BY HOUSTONIANS AFTER WE DISCUSSED DELIVERABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH THEM. QUICK SNAPSHOT OF WHAT WE LEARNED. ABOUT 41% OF OUR RESPONDENTS WERE RENTERS. 26. 26% GOT TO WORK WITHOUT TAKING A CAR. 46% WOULD CHOOSE TO SAVE MONEY ON HOUSING IF IT MEANT ONE OR ZERO PARKING SPACES AND GARAGE IN THE FOUR HOUSING TYPES. IF YOU HAVE SEEN OUR SLIDES, UH, GARAGE APARTMENTS WERE SUPPORTED 67%, AND THE COURTYARD, UH, KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WAS SUPPORTED 59% BY THE 400 OR SO SURVEYS WE RECEIVED. AND THE LAST ONE, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLOSE THIS PRESENTATION BY STATING THAT LIVABLE PLACES COMMITTEES WORK AND ITS RECOMMENDATIONS HAS BEEN WELL RESEARCHED, WET, VETTED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND AS A RESULT OF THREE YEARS OF STUDY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, WE ARE STILL LISTENING. SO PLEASE FOLLOW US VIA LINKS ABOVE. AND NOW OVER TO SAVITA BANDI. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND I'LL JUST SAY, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A QUITE AN EXTENSIVE AND COMPREHENSIVE PROCESS, AND YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB YEOMAN'S WORK, AND I KNOW IT STILL CONTINUES. SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE AND CONTINUE TO DO DIPTI. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SAVITA BANDY ION, MY NAME IS SAVITA BANDY. I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT HIGHLIGHTS OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS RECEIVED ON CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS, PART OF THE LOUISVILLE PLACES PROJECT. AFTER ALL, THE ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED AND FEW SUGGESTIONS PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS, UH, I'LL PRESENT AT THE END, LABLE PLACES IS ALL ABOUT PROPOSING [00:10:01] AND PROMOTING HOUSING TYPES LIKE THESE THROUGH CHAPTER 42, ORDINANCE AMENDMENTS WHERE NOT PROHIBITED BY THE RESTRICTIONS. OVERALL, WE RECEIVED ABOUT 300 PLUS COMMENTS, AND WE ARE STILL ANALYZING THESE COMMENTS. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE COMMENTS RECEIVED IN SUPPORT ARE THAT THESE VARIETY OF HOUSING OPTIONS WILL MAKE HOUSING AFFORDABLE AND MARKET-BASED PARKING REGULATIONS WILL MAKE ROOM FOR MORE HOMES. REDUCED NUMBER OF DRIVEWAY CUTS WILL PRESERVE SIDEWALKS AND ALLOW ON STREET PARKING TO HAPPEN. NEXT SLIDE. YES. THANK YOU. UM, OVERALL PUBLIC WAS CONCERNED ABOUT, UM, ONE ASPECT OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES RELATED TO COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH. MANEUVERABILITY INCREASED ON STREET PARKING, NO PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE FOR GUESTS, NARROW STREETS WITH OPEN DITCHES, DIFFICULT TO PASS OR PARK GREATER BUILDING LINES, TAKING ROOM AWAY FROM THE HOME AND REQUIRING LER ACCESS FROM ALLEYS NOT MAINTAINED BY THE CITY. SO THESE ARE COMMENTS. WE RECEIVED AN OPPOSITION OF, UH, THE PROPOSAL. WE DID NOT RECEIVE MANY COMMENTS ON SECOND DWELLING UNITS, MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL OR COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENTS, BUT THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS PROVIDED BY COMMUNITY LEADERS. THIS IS THE SLIDE. SO COMMUNITY SUGGESTIONS. UM, HERE ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS WE RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT WE COULD CONSIDER WITH YOUR GUIDANCE, CONSIDER A SIZE LIMIT FOR SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT. UM, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 1500 TO 1800 SQUARE FEET. CONSIDER CHANGES TO MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS UP TO FOUR UNIT. MU MAY BE ALLOWED ON ALL STREET TYPES, BUT IF IT IS FIVE TO EIGHT UNIT MU ONLY ALLOW THEM ALONG MAJOR FERAL COLLECTOR STREETS. AND, UH, ONE PARKING SPACE FOR U UNIT, UH, MU THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR LESS IS, UM, IS A REQUEST FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM, CHANGE GUEST PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO ONE SPACE FOR EVERY FOUR UNITS AND REDUCE MARKET PAY BASED PARKING BUFFER. I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU HOW THE MARKET-BASED PARKING BUFFER CHANGES AFTER WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY AND, UM, TOOK A SECOND LOOK AT THE MAP. SO HERE WE WERE ORIGINALLY PROPOSING, UM, THAT FOR ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OF THE FOUR HOUSING STYLES, IF THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN EITHER HALF MILE DISTANCE OF RAIL STATIONS, HIGH FREQUENCY BUS STOPS, BOOST ROUTES, OR WITHIN HALF MILE DISTANCE FROM HIGH COMFORT BIKEWAYS, UH, THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CITY MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS. HOWEVER, THIS MAP WAS UPDATED AFTER WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY TO FURTHER NARROW THE CRITERIA FOR MARKET BASED PARKING. SO THIS IS THE SLIDE. UM, HERE IS THE REVISED MAP WE ARE PROPOSING, UH, IN TERMS OF THE CHANGES. WE CONTINUE TO KEEP THE HALF MILE BUFFER FROM EXISTING LIGHT RAIL, UH, AND, UM, BUS RAPID TRANSIT STATIONS. HOWEVER, WE DROPPED THE BUFFER, UM, FOR, UM, HIGH FREQUENCY BUS STOPS THAT HAVE 15 MINUTE HEADWAY AND TO QUARTER MILE, AND ALSO QUARTER MILE BUFFER FOR BLUE ROUTE STOPS THAT OVERLAP WITH OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND ALSO OVERLAP WITH CENSUS TRACKS THAT HAVE 25% OR LESS, UM, 25% OR HIGHER ZERO CAR OWNERSHIP. SO WE COMBINED IT WITH THE CAR OWNERSHIP DATA AND ALSO OPPORTUNITY ZONES. AND ONLY THOSE BLUE ROUTE STOPS HAVE BEEN CAPTURED. UM, AND ALSO QUARTER MILE DISTANCE BUFFER FROM EXISTING HIGH COMFORT OFF STREET AND DEDICATED ON STREET BIKEWAYS. UM, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THIS IS NOT AN AERIAL BUFFER. YOU CAN SEE THAT THE BUFFER IS, UH, KIND OF ZIGZAG. IT IS BECAUSE OF IT'S A WALKING DISTANCE BUFFER AND NOT AN AERIAL BUFFER. SO CAN WE JUST SWITCH BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN BOTH THE BUFFERS TO SEE THE DIFFERENCE, PLEASE AND THE NEW ONE. SO THAT'S THE BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE AND WHAT WE PLAN TO CHANGE TOO. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE SEND EMAIL TO LIVABLE PLACES@HOUSTONTX.GOV OR CALL OUR, UM, MAIN LINE. YOU CAN LEAVE COMMENTS ON LET'S TALK HOUSTON TO REACH US OR REACH US WITH ANY QUESTIONS. WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION AND REQUEST THAT YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS. WE'LL BE BACK NEXT MEETING ON MAY 11TH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY, AND I'M READY FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, FIRST QUESTION, QUESTION THOUGH IS LET'S MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE STARTED TODAY AND HEAR FROM SPEAKERS AT THE CONCLUSION OF THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES. [00:15:01] AND THEN AT THAT POINT YOU GO BACK AND SAY, OKAY, THESE ARE GONNA BE OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. THEY'LL COME TO THE COMMISSION IN IN MAY SOMETIME. UM, MEANWHILE IT DOESN'T MEAN PEOPLE CAN'T COMMENT, IT'S JUST WE HAVE TO HAVE A, A SHUTOFF AT SOME POINT ON WHICH WE BASE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS. IS THAT FAIR STATEMENT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, PERFECT. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, THEN WE WILL GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH THE PUBLIC, WE'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I'M GONNA TAKE THE SPEAKERS. I HAVE SHEETS FOR FIRST, BUT I ALSO HAVE A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE. SO I'M JOCKEYING BETWEEN THE TWO. BUT FIRST SPEAKER I'VE GOT IS TROY ALLEN, MR. ALLEN. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. I THINK WE'RE OUT THERE TOO. YEAH. AFTERNOON. UM, MY NAME IS TROY ALLEN. I REPRESENT THE GRETA HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION. UM, I DID NOT PLAN TO GO FIRST , SO, UM, AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM PLENTY OF OUR MEMBERS, BUT JUST FROM THE THINGS I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT. SO, UM, PART OF WHAT WE DID WAS WE DID GO THROUGH AND OUR STAFF, WE WENT THROUGH AND LOOKED AT THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED ON THE LET'S TALK HOUSTON.COM. AND, UM, I APPRECIATE THE REPORT THAT WAS ALREADY SET, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER A FEW OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT WE SAW IN THE COMMENTS. UM, THERE WERE OVER 300 COMMENTS AFTER GOING THROUGH ALL THE DUPLICATIONS AND REPLIES TO OTHER COMMENTS. WE COUNTED 255 TOTAL COMMENTS THAT WE COULD READ. AND THERE WERE 193 AGAINST THE, AGAINST THE PLANNING COMMISSIONS AND PLANNING COMMISSION LIBERAL PLACES RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE, UM, CHAPTER 42 NARROW LOT STUFF. AND THAT WAS JUST REGARDING TO THE NARROW LOT. THERE'S 24 IN SUPPORT, 25 NEUTRAL, DID NOT SAY. SO THAT'S ALMOST 80% OF COMMENTS WERE AGAINST THAT PROPOSAL. THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS BUILDERS ASSOCIATION REPRESENTS OVER 1600 MEMBERS. AND WHAT WE'RE ALSO ABLE TO DO IS WE RECEIVE 200 OVER 200 EMAILS FROM CITIZENS THAT LIVE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON OR WITHIN THE ETJ THAT ARE AGAINST THE CHAPTER 42 NEURAL LOT RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL. ADDITIONALLY, WITH ALL THOSE COMMENTS, UM, MY REQUEST THAT I HAVE HERE TO PLANNING COMMISSION IS THAT I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'LL COME BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION, AS YOU SAID SOMETIME IN MAY, AND THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, OTHER DATES AS WELL, IS THAT, UM, IF THAT, IF THIS IS VOTED OUT AT PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT IT IS VOTED OUT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THERE'S A JOINT CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETING THAT GOES OVER QUALITY OF LIFE, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AS WELL AS PUBLIC SAFETY AND NEIGHBORHOOD REGULATIONS THAT GOES ON WITH IT AS WELL. UM, OTHER THAN THAT, LIKE I SAID, YOU'LL HEAR FROM PLENTY OF OUR MEMBERS THAT HAS PLENTY OF OTHER THINGS TO SAY ABOUT IT. BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THOSE KIND OF, SORT OF SNAPSHOTS OF WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE COMMUNITY AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING FROM EVERYONE THAT WANTS TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. AND ONCE AGAIN, WE DO APPRECIATE THE PLANNING, UM, STAFF AS FAR AS HELPING US TO BE ENGAGED IN THIS PROCESS. BUT THAT'S ALL THE COMMENTS I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND MR. ALLEN, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR FAIRNESS, WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THE EMAILS, I KNOW THEY'VE BEEN SENT TO CITY COUNCIL. THEY DO SEEM A LOT OF THEM SEEM TO BE COMING FROM ONE EMAIL ADDRESS, SO YES, MA'AM. SO WHAT, HOW IS THAT WORKING? YEAH, SO, AND I'LL SAY, SO WHENEVER THE EMAIL'S SET UP FOR, TO MAKE IT AS EASY FOR FOLKS AS POSSIBLE, WE WANTED TO HAVE THERE 16 CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'LL TELL YOU IS THAT BEFORE WORKING ON CITY COUNCIL, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO MY OWN CITY COUNCIL MEMBER WAS. YEAH. SO TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR FOLKS THAT AREN'T USUALLY USED TO BEING ENGAGED IN THIS, THERE'S A WEBSITE CALLED SAFE, SAFE SIDEWALKS, CLEAR STREETS.COM, THAT SHOWS PICTURES, AND AS WELL AS A VIDEO OF, UM, A LOT OF THE ISSUES THAT WE SEE WITH THE CHAT REPORT TOO. SO WHENEVER YOU GO ONTO THERE, YOU CAN TYPE IN A FORM LETTER, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S A FORM LETTER. YOU KNOW, I DON'T LIKE FORM LETTERS, IT'S BEING FORMER STAFFER, BUT IT'S JUST ONE CLICK OF A BUTTON AND CITIZENS ARE ABLE TO GO AND LOOK AT IT AND TO SEND INFORMATION TO ALL THEIR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AT LARGE AND DISTRICT CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO IN ORDER FOR THE PROGRAMMING ON THAT PART, WE DO HAVE IT COMING FROM ONE EMAIL ADDRESS, BUT IF YOU SEE ON THE, UM, CC LINE, IT HAS THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON'S EMAIL ADDRESS SO THAT WE'RE CAPTURING THAT AND WE'VE BEEN ENGAGING THEM. AND SO THAT WHENEVER IT DOES COME UP FOR PUBLIC HEARING ON, ON CITY, ON FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE GONNA HAVE ABOUT 200 PEOPLE UP TO SPEAK ABOUT IT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND I, THE REASON I ASK IS I, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE DOING YOUR JOB, YOU, YOU HAVE A POSITION ON THIS AND YOU'RE GONNA ORCHESTRATE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE TYPE OF RESPONSE THAT YOU WANT, AND THAT'S YOUR JOB. AND THAT'S GREAT. I JUST, I WANT EVERYBODY TO SORT OF UNDERSTAND HOW THAT WORKS AND, AND ALL FAIR, IF I MAY JUST 10 SECONDS JUST SAYS THAT, YEAH, WE, LOOK, I AM WITH THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, AND THAT IS OUR POSITION ON THE ISSUE. RIGHT? BUT THEN AS FAR AS EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING WITH COMMERCIALS, AS FAR AS ANYTHING ONLINE, DIGITAL CAMPAIGNS, MAIL CAMPAIGNS, WE BELIEVE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS SHOULD BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO HAVE THEIR SAY IN IT. AND IF IT DOES COME IN A FORMULA LETTER, THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR THEM. WE JUST WANNA MAKE THE PROCESS AS EASY AS POSSIBLE FOR THEM TO COMMENT. THANK YOU. AND YOU, YOU ARE ENTITLED TO HAVE A POSITION. YOU HAVE A GREAT STAKE IN THIS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR ENGAGEMENT. AWESOME. I REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOU ALL. THANK [00:20:01] YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DOUG SMITH. HI, MR. SMITH. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS DOUG SMITH, AND I DON'T HAVE A HORSE IN THIS RACE OTHER THAN THE FACT I'M A CITIZEN THAT'S CONCERNED. AND I HAVE TO AGREE WITH YOU, YOUR COMMENT THAT THIS WAS YEOMAN'S WORK. THIS IS THE THIRD MEETING RELATED TO THIS THAT I'VE ATTENDED, AND THAT'S WHY IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO CRITICIZE WHAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S OBVIOUS THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT. UH, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE IS THAT THE CITY RECENTLY PASSED THE CONSERVATION ORDINANCE, AND THIS ORDINANCE SEEMS TO DO THE SAME THING THAT THEY TRIED TO STOP DOING WITH THE, OR CONSERVATION ORDINANCE. AND THAT CONCERNS ME, AND I THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER. UH, SECONDLY, UH, AND I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT FOR ALL OF YOU TO CONSIDER, THAT IS THE CITY'S POPULATION IS DECREASING. THIS REPORT SHOWS THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD 150,000 HOMES OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, BUT THE CITY'S POPULATION IS DECREASING. FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, THE CITY'S POPULATION HAS DECREASED, AND EACH YEAR THAT DECREASE HAS GOTTEN LARGER. UH, DURING THE FIVE YEARS OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, UH, THE TOTAL POPULATION HAS DECREASED SIX TENTHS OF 1%. AND I FEAR THAT RESIDENTS FLEEING THE CITY MAY POSSIBLY CONTINUE DUE TO SEVERAL THINGS. FIRST OF ALL, THE NEARLY 100% INCREASE IN WATER RATES TIME. OKAY. YOUR TIME'S UP. COULD YOU WRAP UP REAL QUICK? OKAY. UM, YEAH, WELL, THERE ARE FOUR THINGS. WATER RATE'S, A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, LOUD RUMBLINGS OF A MONTHLY TRASH FEE. SINCE HOUSTON IS THE ONLY CITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ONE. UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE SEVERE BUDGET RESTRAINTS BECAUSE OF THE MAYOR'S DECISION TO USE ONE TIME ARPA FUNDS FOR ONGOING EXPENSES. AND THEN OF COURSE, THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM. THAT IS THE HUGE LIABILITY THEY'RE SUBJECT TO, UH, WITH THE, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT. UH, SO I, I THINK THAT'S IT. UH, OTHER THAN THE FACT THERE'S BEEN TALK HERE ABOUT THE PARKING I CHECKED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS 200 HOMES, AND I WENT BY ON A SUNDAY MORNING EARLY. THERE WERE 306 CARS PARKED ON THE STREET AND IN THE DRIVEWAYS. AND I THINK YOU NEED TO LOOK VERY CLOSELY AT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THIS ORDINANCE. OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU MR. SMITH. APPRECIATE YOUR THOUGHTFUL COMMENTS. UH, JENNIFER CURTIS. I'M SHORT. HI. UM, HI. JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN. UM, I ALSO AM A RESIDENT IN HOUSTON, CTJ, AND AS A CONSULTANT, I DON'T DO A LOT OF INNER CITY SMALL LOT DEVELOPMENT. UM, BUT I DID WANNA KIND OF LOOK AT, UM, MY PERSPECTIVE ON SOME THINGS THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T BEEN STUDIED YET. AND I THINK, BUT MY TAKEAWAY FROM THIS ON THE WHOLE, I LOVE A LOT OF WHAT IS IN THIS DOCUMENT. I CAN TELL STAFF PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO IT. I LOVE PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT. WE WANNA PUT MORE TOOLS IN THE TOOLBOX FOR DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S FANTASTIC. THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS IN THIS DOCUMENT THOUGH, THAT ARE TAKING TOOLS AWAY FROM PEOPLE. UM, THE TWO BIG ONES THAT JUMP OUT TO ME ARE BASICALLY ANY LOT 40 FEET OR LESS IS DENIED DIRECT DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO THE FRONT, AND TAKING THAT PRODUCT AWAY FROM THE INNER CITY. YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE HOUSING IN THE CITY, AND THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S COUNTER TO THAT INTENT. AND THEN ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I THINK MAYBE GOT OVERLOOKED IS THE WAY THE DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR FLAG LOTS AND FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE REQUIRES THAT IF YOUR HOUSE IS ADJACENT TO A FLAG LOT, YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM THE SIDE FLAGSTAFF DRIVEWAY, EVEN IF YOU HAVE 50 OR 60 FEET OF FRONTAGE, IF THERE'S A DRIVEWAY BESIDE YOU, YOU HAVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM THE SIDE. YOU CAN'T TAKE ACCESS FROM THE FRONT. THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S TAKING OPTIONS AWAY FROM PEOPLE. AND THEN THE SAME WAY THAT THE, THE DEFINITIONS HAVE BEEN CHANGED, IF YOU'RE DEVELOPING SMALLER LOTS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE OPTION TO PROVIDE SOME LARGE LOTS THAT HAVE FRONT ACCESS AND SOME LOTS THAT HAVE SIDE ACCESS. IF YOU HAVE SOME SMALL LOTS, EVERYTHING IN THE PLAT HAS TO HAVE SIDE OR REAR ACCESS. THAT SEEMS LIKE IT'S REMOVING TOOLS FROM OUR TOOLBOX. AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE. SO I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE ANOTHER LOOK AT THAT. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. THAT'S, YOU HAVE TO YOUR COMMENTS AND WE'LL, I MEAN, AS A LOT OF THESE THINGS WE HAVE SORT OF PUT OUT THERE IS THIS, MAYBE WE SHOULD JUST GO THIS WAY AND DO 40 FEET AND WE DON'T HAVE OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATION YET. SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR YEAH. YOUR COMMENTS. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. UM, OKAY. NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, IS IT [00:25:01] JEFF? UH, TURN, TURN NOISE OR TURN, TURN CLOSE. . WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS JEFF TURNO. I OWN A HOME BUILDING COMPANY IN AROUND THE SIX 10 LOOP, AND I PRIMARILY BUILD ON NARROW LOTS. THE CHANGES PROPOSED HERE TODAY FROM CHAPTER 42 ARE DETRIMENTAL TO MY BUSINESS AND MY HOMEOWNERS. WE UNDERSTAND THE INTENT BEHIND THIS IS TO CREATE MORE WALKABILITY WITHIN THE CITY, PRIMARILY WALKING DOWN SIDEWALKS. WE UNDERSTAND HOMEOWNERS PARK IN DRIVEWAYS, AND, AND WHEN PEDESTRIANS WALK DOWN SIDEWALKS, THEY HAVE TO WALK AROUND THE VEHICLES. ONE BIG CHANGE IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE IS TO TAKE, UH, TWO HOMES THAT ARE GONNA BE BUILT NEXT TO EACH OTHER AND CREATE A SHARED DRIVEWAY TO CREATE A KIND OF Y SHAPE. UH, THAT'LL REDUCE THE PARKING ACCESS ON THE DRIVEWAYS AND PUSH CARS INTO THE STREET FOR PARKING. THAT SOLVES YOUR PROBLEM AND PARK FOR HAVING STRAIGHT A STRAIGHT SHOT DOWN A SIDEWALK. BUT, UM, WHAT IT IT DOES DO IS WITH ALL OF THESE NARROW LOTS, MOST OF THESE SUBDIVISIONS DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS ANYWAY. WHEN WE DO NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE HAVE TO BUILD A SIDEWALK ON OUR LOT. SO YOU HAVE 30 FEET OF CONCRETE AND THEN YOU GO INTO GRASS. AND SO RIGHT NOW, IF YOU WANT TO WALK IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU HAVE TO WALK ON THE STREET. NOW WITH MORE MARKED PARKING, IT MAKES IT UNSAFE. ANOTHER BIG CHANGE IS THE ALLEYWAY CHANGE. SO WITH THE NEW PROPOSED CHANGES, IF YOU HAVE AN ALLEYWAY BEHIND THE LOT THAT YOU'RE DEVELOPING, YOU HAVE TO FACE THE GARAGE INTO THAT ALLEYWAY. NOW, RIGHT NOW IN HOUSTON, MOST OF THE ALLEYWAYS ARE, ARE NOT MAINTAINED. AND SO THIS FORCES DEVELOPERS TO PUT MONEY INTO DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO MAKE THOSE, UH, BUILT UP SO THAT THEY CAN BE USED. THAT COST, GENERALLY, DEPENDING ON THE ALLEYWAY, WILL COST $20,000 TO $60,000 TO IMPROVE. NOW THAT COST HAS TO GET PASSED ON TO THE HOMEOWNER HERE IN TEXAS. FOR EVERY $1,000 OF HOME COST INCREASE, THAT PRICE IS 22,000 TEXANS OUT OF HOME OWNERSHIP. JUST IMAGINE WHAT THAT NUMBER LOOKS LIKE IF IT'S $20,000. SO THE DECISIONS WE MAKE HERE TODAY ALL HAVE, UM, ALL HAVE CONSEQUENCES, AND THEY HAVE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THEM TIME. THAT'LL DO VERY GOOD. . YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH PUBLIC WORKS ON THIS ALLEY, UM, SITUATION. SO THAT THAT MIGHT END UP WITH SOME MITIGATION THERE THAT WILL MAKE IT NOT AS ONEROUS AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING. WE HOPE WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING ON IT. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR THE TIME. OKAY. CRYSTAL CASEY, SEE, HELLO. HELLO AGAIN. GOOD TO SEE EVERYONE. UM, I JUST WANNA SAY AGAIN, HOW MUCH I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT YOU'VE PUT INTO THIS. UH, THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT I ACTUALLY REALLY LIKE , UM, THE OPTIONS FOR HOUSING. UM, AND AS I'VE SPOKEN BEFORE, UH, THE CHAPTER 42, THE NARROW LOT THING IS THE ONE THAT, THAT IS REALLY, I BELIEVE, GONNA BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR COMMUNITIES. UM, I ACTUALLY SIT ON THE BOARD OF SCENIC HOUSTON. I OWN A COMPANY THAT DOES GOVERNMENT CONSULTING AND WE ALSO DO PERMIT MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING. SO WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS PROCESS. UM, AND I HAVE BEEN AROUND REAL ESTATE FOR 35 YEARS. MY MOM IS A BROKER. I LIVE IN THE INNER CITY. I LIVE, UH, IN THE GREATER HEIGHTS. AND MY OFFICE IS ACTUALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HEIGHTS. I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SAY THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO SUPPORT. I ACTUALLY RIDE MY BIKE FOR TRANSPORTATION WHEN I CAN, AND I WALK, UM, THE CARS ON THE STREET. IT'S NOT SAFE. I HAVE ME AND I HAVE A SON WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. WE PUT HIM ON THE BACK. HE DOESN'T RIDE A BIKE INDEPENDENTLY YET. WE HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT MULTIPLE TIMES JUST TRYING TO CROSS THE STREET BECAUSE THERE'S VERY LIMITED VISIBILITY. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING 10, 15, 20 MILES AN HOUR, SOMEBODY COULD STILL DIE AND SOMEBODY COULD STILL GET HURT. SO I THINK THE DEFINITION OF SAFETY MAYBE NEEDS TO BE DEFINED A LITTLE BETTER. UM, THIS IS ALSO GETTING RID OF A LOT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OR ATTAINABLE HOUSING. WORKFORCE HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT'S A REALLY BIG THING RIGHT NOW. I SAT IN A ROOM WITH 10 DEVELOPERS TODAY AND THAT WE'RE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY AT THE STATE LEVEL TRYING TO CREATE MECHANISMS TO CREATE MORE WORKFORCE HOUSING. THIS TYPE OF PRODUCT IS WORKFORCE HOUSING. AND IT JUST SEEMS TO ME, AND I MEAN NO DISRESPECT AT ALL, BUT IT JUST SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S PERSONAL TASTE THAT'S DRIVING THIS AGENDA THAT YOU DON'T LIKE FRONTLOADING HOUSES OR TOWNHOUSES. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REASON TO DISRUPT THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY AND TO PUT PEOPLE OUT OF BUSINESS AND REALLY HURT THEM FEEDING THEIR FAMILIES. WE'VE ALREADY PUSHED SO MANY OF OUR BUILDERS OUT TO THE COUNTIES AND IT'S VERY SAD 'CAUSE THESE ARE GOOD BUILDERS WHO HAVE INTEGRITY AND CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITIES. I DON'T THINK YOU WILL FIND ANYBODY WHO LOVES THIS CITY MORE THAN ME. I'M A THIRD GENERATION FROM HERE, AND I WANT US TO HAVE OPTIONS. AND I BELIEVE THAT SOME OF THE OPTIONS YOU'VE COME UP WITH ARE GREAT, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD ONE PERSON IN AGREEMENT WITH NARROW LOTS. I'M SUPER INVOLVED IN MY COMMUNITY, AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I JUST HOPE YOU WILL RECONSIDER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, MS. CASEY. [00:30:01] UM, MIKE BERGER, AND THANK YOU MIKE FOR SERVING ON THE LIVABLE PLACES COMMITTEE, ALL THESE ISSUES. I, I'M, I'M ON THE COMMITTEE. WE APPRECIATE ALL YOUR WORK. THANK YOU. AND DOING IT FOR A COUPLE YEARS, BEEN WORKING HARD AT IT. I'M MIKE BERGER. FOR THOSE THAT OWN ME, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION AND THE OWNER OF SAND CASTLE HOMES. I BUILD INSIDE THE LOOP, UH, NATIVE HOUSTONIAN. I'M HERE TODAY TO SPEAK AGAINST THE NARROW LOT PROVISIONS BEING PRESENTED. I WOULD ASK EACH OF YOU TO LOOK AT THE LIVABLE PLACES WEBSITE AND SEE THE MISSION OF THE COMMITTEE. IT WAS TO PROVIDE MORE TYPES OF BUILDING FOR MISSING MIDDLE HOMES, MAKE ADUS EASIER TO BUILD, INCREASE HOME TYPE OPTIONS, AND PROOF SAFETY FOR PEDESTRIAN CYCLISTS AND REDUCED PARKING REQUIREMENTS. I'M NOT SEEING ANYWHERE WHERE OUR MISSION WAS TO MAKE IT HARDER TO BUILD ON NARROW LOTS, FORCE THE USE OF VALLEYS AND INCREASE THE SETBACKS OF THE GARAGE. NOWHERE IS IT IN THERE. IT'S NOT ON THE WEBSITE. IN FACT, TODAY WE LET OFF WITH ALL THESE GREAT THINGS. IT DOES. AND I AGREE WITH WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. ALL THOSE ITEMS I JUST MENTIONED. THAT'S WHY I WAS ON THE LIVABLE PLACES COMMITTEE. UM, WE FIRST, FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE SEEN THE PLANNING VIDEO SHOWING HOW DIFFICULT IT'S TO GET INTO YOUR GARAGE FROM A SHARED DRIVEWAY. AND THAT VIDEO WAS WITHOUT ANYONE PARKING IN THE STREET. WHAT IS EVEN HARDER IS BACKING YOUR CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE AND NOT GOING TO THE DITCH, WATCHING NOT DITCH YOUR HOME AS YOU'RE BACKING UP. PEDESTRIANS ARE IN THE WAY, ONCOMING CARS 'CAUSE OF ALL THE CARS ON THE STREET. SO IT'S MORE, IT'S DEFINITELY MORE UNSAFE THAN WHAT WHAT IS CURRENTLY HAPPENING NOW WITH OUR DRIVEWAYS, WHICH ARE STRAIGHT SHOT IN. UM, SECOND, IT TAKES FOUR NARROW LOT HOMES TO PRODUCE ONE ON STREET PARKING. IT TAKES TWO SETS OF THESE TO PUT TOGETHER ONE PARKING. OKAY? A LOT OF HOMES ARE ALREADY BUILT. SO THIS, YOU MAY NOT EVEN EVER GET YOUR PARKING SPACE. YOU'RE GONNA LOSE FOUR SPACES BECAUSE EVEN YOU LOOK INTO THE DRAWINGS IN THE, UH, IN THE, UH, CHAPTER 42, THAT ONE SIDE DOESN'T HAVE ANY PARKING. YOU GOT A LITTLE SWOOPY THING TO GET INTO YOUR GARAGE. IT'S NOT BIG ENOUGH FOR ANYTHING BUT A TINY LITTLE CAR LIKE THAT. UM, NEXT TO THE ALLEYWAY PROPOSALS, WHICH YOU, I GUESS YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT ALREADY HERE, THEY'RE NOT THE REALITY OF HOUSTON. MOST OF THESE HAVE BEEN TAKEN OVER BY RESIDENTS, HAVE OUTBUILDINGS ON THEM, ARE OVERGROWN AND CAN NEVER BE USED WITHOUT THE CITY TAKING ACTION AGAINST THOSE WHO HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS. I CAN TELL YOU FROM EXPERIENCE, THE CITY HOUSTON WILL NOT GET INVOLVED TAKING CARE OF ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. THEY WILL NOT, THEY ABSOLUTELY REFUSE TO TIME. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. GOOD. THANK YOU, MIKE. UH, AUSTIN POOLEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. AUSTIN POOLEY, HOUSTON NEW LIBERALS. UH, FIRST I WANNA THANK, UH, THE LIBERAL PLACE COMMUNITY FOR, UH, BEING A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, FOR BEING OUT THERE AND, UH, REALLY SHOWCASING WHAT, UH, WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE, UH, AND EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY. UH, I LOVE THE MARKET-BASED PARKING IDEAS. I AM ACTUALLY VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE REVISIONS. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MARKET-BASED PARKING EXPAND TO BE, TO COVER THE ENTIRE CITY OF HOUSTON. UH, NOT BE REDUCED IN THE WAY THAT, UH, HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED HERE. UH, WE SHOULD REALLY BE ENCOURAGING, UH, MARKET-BASED PARKING SO THAT FOR THE FUTURE OF MY KIDS, UH, WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS A, UH, A HOUSTON WHERE WE DON'T HAVE TO USE CARS AS TRANSPORTATION, WHERE IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE HAVE BETTER TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, MORE TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS, THAT WE CAN, UH, REDUCE THE PARKING STEADILY OVER TIME. AND THAT'S WHAT MARKET BASED PARKING WILL DO. AND I WANT, WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT, UH, INCREASE, NOT DECREASE AS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION HAS BEEN PROPOSED. UH, ALSO WITH THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS, UH, DO WANT TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. UH, IT FORCES A SLOWER REVERSE, UH, FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMING OUT OF THEIR HOMES AS OPPOSED TO THE STRAIGHT DRIVEWAY WHERE YOU CAN JUST GUN IT IN, IN REVERSE. UH, IT'S MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY. UH, WE REALLY SHOULD BE WORKING ON ELIMINATING DRIVEWAYS ALTOGETHER. WE'RE USING, USING CONCRETE, UH, IN, IN A VERY VALUABLE LAND WHERE WE COULD BE, UH, UTILIZING THAT LAND IN A MUCH, UH, MORE PROFITABLE OR MORE EQUITABLE, UH, USE, SUCH AS, UH, MORE DEVELOPMENT. SO WE SHOULD REALLY BE WORKING ON REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE WE'RE UTILIZING, UH, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. SO, UH, THOSE ARE THE TWO ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO SAY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. UM, KATIE PRITCHARD. HI, UH, MY NAME IS KATIE PRITCHARD. I AM A HOMEOWNER IN HOUSTON IN THE HEIGHTS, AND I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF DISTRICT C. I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSED CHANGES OF CHAPTER 42, ESPECIALLY THE SHARED DRIVEWAY IDEA. UM, AGAIN, I AM A HOMEOWNER IN THE GREATER HEIGHTS, AND I HAVE SEEN FIRSTHAND HOW BAD PARKING IN THAT AREA CAN BE. THE STREETS ARE FULL. IT'S AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE. HALF THE TIME WITH A SHARED DRIVEWAY, YOU'RE TAKING SPOTS AWAY FROM THE HOMEOWNER AND PUSHING THEM TO AN ALREADY BUSY STREET. [00:35:01] UM, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN DOWN THE STREETS IN THE HEIGHTS, COTTAGE GROVE RICE MILITARY IN THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VERY NARROW. WHEN PEOPLE ARE PARKING ON A STREET WHERE YOU CAN EVEN FIND PARKING, THEY'RE TAKING UP HALF OF A LANE. SO FOR WALKERS AND BICYCLE RIDERS, IT CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. I'VE DONE IT MYSELF. I'VE ALMOST BEEN HIT MULTIPLE TIMES. UM, ON ANOTHER NOTE, CRIME IN HOUSTON IS NOT GETTING ANY BETTER ANY DAY SOON. SO WHY WOULD ANYONE WANT TO RISK THEIR CAR ON THE STREET? WITH THE NUMBER OF BREAK-INS HAPPENING ON THE DAILY, I WOULDN'T WANT TO. I'VE PARKED ON THE STREET TWICE IN LIVING HERE. I'VE BEEN BROKEN INTO ON BOTH TIMES. AS A HOMEOWNER, ONE OF THE BIG ITEMS I WAS LOOKING FOR IN MY HOUSE WAS TO HAVE THE PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. I WANTED THE SPACE FOR MY FAMILY AND MY GUESTS TO BE ABLE TO PARK AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT PARKING ON THE STREET BLOCKS AWAY FROM MY HOUSE. THE DRIVEWAY AS PROPOSED, IS SOMETHING I WOULD NEVER PURCHASE AS MY NEXT HOME. IF I HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN A NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME WITH A SHARED DRIVEWAY AND A RESALE, I WILL ALWAYS GO FOR THE RESALE. UM, AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WITH THE SHARED DRIVEWAY, YOU ARE CREATING A LOT MORE ISSUES THAN YOU'RE SOLVING ANY, AND I JUST HOPE Y'ALL CAN REALLY CONSIDER THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, GINGER BALDWIN. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS GINGER BALDWIN. I'M A FIRST TIME HOME BUYER IN THE SUNSET HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I SEE THE APPEAL OF A FRONT LOADING, UM, HOME. BUT I UNDERSTAND NOW, LIVING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LAST TWO YEARS, HOW HARMFUL IT COULD BE TO NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT PROPER DEED RESTRICTIONS. CARS ARE CONSTANTLY BLOCKING OFF MY SIDEWALKS, SO THERE'S LITTLE STREET PARKING FOR MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO UTILIZE. AND THIS DOESN'T EVEN MENTION THE CONCRETE USED INSTEAD OF GREEN SPACES, UM, WHICH ARE PRONE FOR, UH, FLOODING ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS. UM, I WOULD LIKE FOR THE PUBLIC FOR THOSE WORRIED ABOUT STREET PARKING TO REFLECT ON THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES, UM, DRIVING DOWN A STREET WITH DUAL STREET PARKING AND REFLECT IF THEY'VE DRIVEN FASTER OR SLOWER BECAUSE OF THAT. AND, UM, I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET. I WANNA THANK THE COMMISSION FOR LOOKING TO OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD BEFORE. AND I REALLY HOPE THIS PASSES BECAUSE I THINK IT DOES A LOT OF GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MS. BALDWIN. UM, JOE DUNHAM. HELLO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TALK TO YOU GUYS. YOU'RE HEARING LOTS OF DIFFERENT THINGS, BUT I, I WANNA THINK, TALK ABOUT AS IF YOU WERE LIVING IN ONE OF THESE PROPERTIES. I MEAN, WE ALL GO TO THE GROCERY STORE, YOU GO TO DIFFERENT PLACES. HOW OFTEN DO YOU SEE SOMEONE PARKED INCORRECTLY? THEY'RE PARKED OVER THE LINE. THEY THEY'RE PARKED CROOKED. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE. I MEAN, THAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY HAVE THE WHOLE PARKING LOT TO, TO, TO POSITION. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE COMING HOME AT THE END OF THE DAY, A LONG DAY. AND MY NEIGHBOR, ONCE AGAIN HAS PARKED CROOKED. I COULD, I CANNOT IMAGINE HAVING TO HAVE THIS RELATIONSHIP WITH MY NEIGHBOR. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF THESE GATED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, THAT PEOPLE BUY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWING THAT THEY'RE HAVING TO GO INTO THAT. BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE EVERYBODY WHO WANTS TO OWN A HOME IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON UP 40 FOOT OR UNDER THAT 40 FEET, BY THE WAY, IS HUGE. YOU'RE A GAZILLIONAIRE IF YOU'RE BUYING A LOT THAT'S 40 FEET OR WIDER. BUT, SO, BUT HAVING TO SHARE EVERY TIME YOU GOT HOME, BE CRAZY. ALSO, JUST THE THOUGHT OF IF YOU HAVE KIDS, I HAVE A NEW 16-YEAR-OLD DRIVER. OH MY GOODNESS. SO, AND I'M A SINGLE MOM, SO IT'S JUST THE TWO OF US. BUT LOOKING AT THESE MAPS AND LOOKING AT HOW YOU'RE EXPECTING PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE, MY NEIGHBORS WOULD HATE ME EVERY DAY. THEY WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT. UM, HOUSTON IS HUGE. IT IS HUGE. THAT'S PART OF WHY WE LIVE HERE. WE LOVE IT. WE'RE PROUD OF OUR CITY. UM, AND I, AND I'M ALL FOR ALL KINDS OF, OF BIKING AND WALKING. I THINK THAT'S GREAT. BUT THE THOUGHT OF IT TAKING OVER OUR MAJOR ROADWAYS, IT REALLY SCARES ME. I MEAN, I HEAR Y'ALL ARE SAYING LIKE, YOU'RE MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT A BICYCLE TO WORKDAY. THAT'S AWESOME BECAUSE IT'S SO RARE BECAUSE WE DON'T DO IT. SO THE THOUGHT OF THESE MARKET BASED PARKING AREAS SCARES ME. THE THOUGHT OF HAVING TO, UM, HAVE TO TAKE AN UBER TO GO SEE A FRIEND BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A PARKING SPOT. THAT THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ANY FUN. CAN'T IMAGINE THAT FOR OUT OF TOWN. FAMILY COMING TO STAY WITH ME AND THEM HAVING TO PARK SOMEWHERE OUT, OUT FARTHER AWAY IN UBER INN BECAUSE THEY CAN'T PARK IN MY HOUSE BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM. UM, SO THAT'S THOSE, THOSE ARE MY BIG THOUGHTS. I JUST WANNA PUT IN REALITY THE THOUGHT OF SHARING THAT DRIVEWAY. UM, SO THANKS FOR HEARING ME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SANDCASTLE HOMES, PEOPLE TURNING OUT TODAY. UM, OKAY. UH, LET'S SEE. OKAY. OKAY, PAUL, UH, LAOS, LA MACHOS. SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCE THAT. UH, NO WORRIES. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME'S PAUL ADOS. I'VE LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR 32 PLUS YEARS, UH, LAST 25. I'VE LIVED IN THE HEIGHTS. I'M A BUSINESS OWNER IN THE HEIGHTS. UM, I'M A FATHER OF THREE. I OWN A, [00:40:01] A BIG, BIG WHITE F-150 TRUCK THAT I'M SUPER PROUD OF. UM, THE IDEA OF ME HAVING TO SHARE THAT, UM, WITH, WITH, WITH MY NEIGHBOR WHO ALSO HAS A BIG TRUCK. UH, THE LADY THAT JUST BROUGHT THAT TO MY VISION, UM, THAT, THAT SEEMS SCARY, BUT I, I BARELY WALK WITH MY KIDS, UH, IN THE HEIGHTS. 'CAUSE IT'S JUST THE TWO CARS. YOU, YOU HAVE THEM DRIVING DOWN AND, AND YEAH, THEY DO DRIVE A LITTLE SLOWER. UM, I'M STILL WORRIED THAT MY FIVE-YEAR-OLD MIGHT GET HIT BY A CAR. UM, SO I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU TO ONE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND TWO, I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY AGAINST THIS WHOLE SHARED DRIVEWAY IDEA. UH, AND I DON'T NEED TO TAKE THE FULL TWO MINUTES. I JUST THINK IT'S, IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY BAD. OH, I LIVE IN DISTRICT C THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS AFTERNOON. BUT I BET YOU LOVE THE 19 FOOT SETBACK INSTEAD OF 17. 'CAUSE YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PARK YOUR TRUCK LEGALLY NOW. . BUT MY, MY TRUCK, IT, IT, IT FITS NOW IF I JUST NUDGE IT UP ALL THE WAY TO THE DRIVEWAY OR TO THE GARAGE AND BLESS YOU FOR DOING THAT. YEAH. IT'S, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. NO, IT DOES DRIVE ME NUTS. 'CAUSE ALL THEY DO HAVE TO DO IS JUST PULL UP A LITTLE MORE AND IT WOULD BE FINE. WE WISH, BUT YEAH, BUT THEY DON'T. 19 WILL GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF WIGGLE. WHAT IF WE JUST GOT THE POLICE TO GIVE THEM PARKING TICKETS AND LEFT IT AT 17? YEAH. YEAH. YOU WHAT? WE CAN WE GET A SPECIAL FORCE DIRECTED TO THAT? YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT POINTS WELL TAKEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MA'AM. Y'ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. CARLOS ESPINOZA NOT HERE. HELLO. I'M HERE. I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE VIRTUAL. OKAY. SOMEBODY SIGNED YOU UP AS IF YOU WERE IN PERSON. GO RIGHT AHEAD MR. ESPINOZA. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, MY NAME IS CARLOS ESPINOZA. I'M THE PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH CGS BAILEY PLANNING. UH, MY WORK AS A LAND USE PLANNER IS MOSTLY DONE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON LIMITS. UM, ENCE OF CLIENTS HAVE REACHED OUT TO ME TO, TO SAY THAT THEY'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THESE CHAPTER 42 CHANGES THAT BRING MORE OPTIONS TO THE HOUSTON AREA. UM, WE ALSO HAVE REACHED OUT TO STAFF OVER THE LAST COUPLE MONTHS TO MAKE SOME OF THESE CHANGES HAPPEN, EVEN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL APPROVALS AND PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVALS TO GO ABOUT IT THROUGH VARIANCES AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT A LATER DATE, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU, THE CITY HOUSTON STAFF AND DIRECTOR WALSH FOR PROVIDING A GREAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CAMPAIGN. AND EVEN AFTER THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PERIOD HAS SAID THAT STAFF HAS DEDICATED AND WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITIES AFTER THIS MEETING. UM, THEY'RE DOING OTHER MEETINGS EVEN AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES IN, IN THE HOUSTON AREA. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS CRUCIAL TO CREATE SAFETY AND BUY-IN FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE ALL AGREE THAT I HAVE ATTENDED MULTIPLE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT THE CITY OF HOUSTON STAFF HAS PROVIDED TO CONGRESS OF HOUSTONIANS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED AND HAVE MOSTLY OKAY. THESE CHANGES, AS STAFF HAS EXPLAINED IN THE PRESENTATION, THESE CHANGES CREATE A SAFER HOUSTON FOR US. HOUSTONIANS THAT LIVE HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. NARROW LOTS CREATE, CREATE NOT A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR US THAT PEOPLE THAT DRIVE, WALK OR EVEN BIKE AROUND HOUSTON, UH, THESE CHANGES ARE NOT ENDING NARROW LOTS. THEY'RE JUST PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS TO US THAT WANNA LIVE AND STAY HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON THAT CURRENTLY DO NOT EXIST. WE URGE IT TO SEND THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE HERE HAVE SAID THAT THESE NUMBERS ARE QUOTE UNQUOTE, THERE ARE NUMBERS, QUOTE UNQUOTE AGAINST IT. BUT IF NEED TO BE, WE CAN BRING IN THE PEOPLE WHO ARE FOR IT AND WE WILL DO THAT AT CITY COUNCIL. TO END THIS, I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT WE NEED OPTIONS AND THIS GIVES US OPTIONS TO ALL HOUSTONIANS. SO RIGHT NOW WE DON'T HAVE THAT MANY OPTIONS AND THIS WILL OPEN THE CANVAS TO HAVE MORE OPTIONS FOR OUR DEVELOPERS AND HOUSTONIANS THAT WANT TO STAY HERE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MR. ESPINOZA. UM, OKAY. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ABDEL. UM, MAAD. ZIRA, UH, I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT TERRIBLY. SORT OF CLOSE. ANYWHERE NEAR CLOSE ENOUGH. . HI. HI. UH, I HAVE TWO MINUTES, RIGHT? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AS AN ADVOCATE FOR HOUSTON'S GROWTH AND PROSPERITY, I FULLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 42, RECOMMENDED BY THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE. THESE AMENDMENTS INCLUDE MARKET BASED PARKING, SHARED DRIVEWAYS, AND REDUCED MINIMUM LOT SIZES ON ALL OF THESE. I BELIEVE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT THING TO ADD TO THE CITY. MARKET-BASED PARKING IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF A THRIVING METROPOLITAN AREA. REGULATION SHOULD NOT DICTATE HOW MANY PARKING SPACES A DEVELOPMENT REQUIRES. INSTEAD, WE MUST GIVE DEVELOPERS AND CONSUMERS THE FREEDOM TO CHOOSE THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF PARKING, ESPECIALLY IN AREAS WITH EASILY ACCESS TO PUBLIC TRANSIT. BY DOING SO, WE CAN REDUCE HOUSING COSTS, ENCOURAGE THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE TRANSPORTATION ROADS, AND CREATE MORE WALKABLE TRANSIT ORIENTED CITIES. I ALSO SUPPORT [00:45:01] THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SHARED DRIVEWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THIS POLICY CAN REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF CONCRETE USED IN CONSTRUCTING DRIVEWAYS, INCREASE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, AND CREATE MORE STREET PARKING OPPORTUNITIES. GIVEN THAT DRIVEWAYS ARE UNUSED FOR MOST OF THE DAY, WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THE UTILIZATION OF THAT LAND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. REDUCING MINIMUM LOT SIZES IS, IS ANOTHER IMPORTANT POLICY RECOMMENDATION. BY DOING SO, WE CAN INCREASE THE SUPPLY OF HOUSING AND REDUCE THE COST OF HOUSING FOR RESIDENTS. THESE AMENDMENTS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO CREATE A THREE-PRONGED APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM PARKING. THEY ALLOW US TO ADDRESS THE TRIDENT OF PARKING EFFICIENCY, THUS ADDRESSING AN ISSUE THAT REMAINS AT THE FOREFRONT OF ANY HOUSTONIAN MIND THAT HAS DEALT WITH THE MIND-NUMBING PARKING SITUATION. PREVIOUS GENERATIONS HAVE PUT US THROUGH THESE POLICIES CAN ALSO ALLOW US TO START TAKING THE STEPS TO CHANGE OUR TRAFFIC PARTS, TRAFFIC PATTERNS, NOT ONLY FOR THESE GENERATIONS, BUT FOR THE FUTURE. AS ONE OF THE YOUNGER INDIVIDUALS IN THIS ROOM, I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE OF THE CITIZENS AND INDIVIDUALS HERE. THUS, I HAVE CHOSEN TO LEAN ON THE COLLECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF INDIVIDUALS, ORGANIZATIONS SMARTER THAN I AM. THESE ORGANIZATIONS IN THE STUDIES THEY PROVIDE HIGHLIGHT HOW CITY AND COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF OUR OWN HAVE SEEN BENEFITS FROM THESE SORTS OF PROPOSALS. FOR EXAMPLE, A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA BERKELEY FOUND THAT ELIMINATING MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN SAN FRANCISCO RESULTED IN A 30% REDUCTION IN THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES BUILT PER UNIT OF HOUSING WITHOUT ANY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON NEARBY STREET PARKING. THIS ALLOWS DEVELOPERS SUCH AS SOME THAT ARE HERE TODAY TO BUILD MORE HOUSING UNITS, INCREASE AFFORDABILITY TIME, INCREASE DRIVING SIZE. NOW OF COURSE I SAID COLLECTIVE, SO THERE'S OTHER STUDIES, BUT TWO MINUTES YOUR TIME'S UP, BUT WE'LL CALL IT THERE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR VERY PASSIONATE PRESENTATION. UM, OKAY. NICK HALSTON. NICK OLSTON. HI. UM, I'M FROM ALE, TEXAS. UH, AS A HOUSTONIAN WHO'S INTERESTED IN A BETTER FUTURE FOR HOUSTON, I'M IN FAVOR OF THE CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED BY LITTLE PLACES. ACTION COMMITTEE. HOUSTON'S A GROWING METRO AREA AND MARKET BASED PARKING'S ESSENTIAL TO A GROWING METRO AREA. I FEEL LIKE REGULATIONS CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT DICTATE, UH, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES, DEVELOPMENTS NEED. WE NEED TO GIVE DEVELOPERS AND CONSUMERS A CHOICE AS TO THE AMOUNT OF PARKING NEEDED FOR DEVELOPMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE NEARBY TRANSIT OPTIONS. IF WE CAN CONTINUE ON OUR CURRENT PATH, WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CHANGE TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN THIS CITY. ARBITRARY PARKING MINIMUMS ARE BAD FOR HOUSTONIANS, BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, AND BAD FOR THE CONTINUED HOUSING AFFORDABILITY IN THIS REGION. ALSO ON SHARED DRIVEWAYS, UM, I THINK THAT THEY'RE PERSONALLY A GOOD IDEA 'CAUSE IT'S BETTER FOR LAND USE. AND MOST OF THE TIME DRIVEWAYS AREN'T USED THROUGHOUT THE DAY. SO WE SHOULD PRIORITIZE THAT LAND USAGE BETTER, LIKE, AND ALSO CONSTRUCTION OF THE SAID NEW DRIVEWAYS WILL ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL STREET PARKING WITHIN THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JARED SITTON. S-I-T-T-O-N. MR. SITTON IS NOT PRESENT. OKAY. AND THEN WE HAVE SOME VIRTUAL SPEAKERS. STEVE RUDIN. MR. RUDIN, ARE YOU THERE? OR RUDIN? YEAH. YES, RUDIN. THANK YOU. I'M HERE. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK. UM, MY NAME IS STEVE RUDIN. MY COMPANY IS LLOYD RUSSELL HOMES. WE'VE BEEN BUILDING HOMES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR OVER 21 YEARS, AND I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 42. SPECIFICALLY WITH REGARDS TO SHARED DRIVEWAY REQUIREMENTS FOR LOTS UNDER 40 FEET AND WIDTH. THIS CHANGE WILL ELIMINATE A HOMEOWNER'S PARKING SPACE, WHICH IN TURN FORCES MORE ON STREET PARKING. IT ALSO CREATES AN OBSTRUCTION TO ACCESS THE GARAGE WHEN A CAR IS PARKED ON THE DRIVEWAY. I ALSO DISAGREE WITH CHANGING THE REQUIRED GARAGE SETBACK FROM 17 FEET TO 19 FEET. CURRENT 17 FOOT REQUIREMENT ENABLES A CAR TO BE PARKED ON THE DRIVEWAY WHILE STILL ALLOWING THE SIDEWALK TO BE CLEAR FOR PEDESTRIANS. UH, THIS IS MORE OF AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE. THANKS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. UM, KEN BOON, B-O-I-S-E-N. MR. BOYEN, ARE YOU THERE? OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK, THANK YOU. VERY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. SURE. UH, I WORK FOR A HOME BUILDER HERE IN HOUSTON, AND, UH, WE BUILD TYPICALLY INSIDE THE LOOP. AND IF PEOPLE WANTED TO BUY SHARED DRIVEWAYS, YOU WOULDN'T SEE US FIGHTING IT SO MUCH. 'CAUSE IT, IT SEEMS TO MAKE SENSE WHEN YOU, YOU FIRST TALK ABOUT IT. BUT I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE WHERE WE BUILT, UH, NEAR THE HEIGHTS AREA, UH, WITH COMMON DRIVEWAYS, 17 UNITS. AND ONCE WE STARTED [00:50:01] CLOSING THE HOMES THERE, UH, IT, SO THERE OBVIOUSLY THERE'S, THERE WAS ONLY STREET PARKING. IF YOU HAVE A 17 UNITS ON A COMMON DRIVEWAY, THEN, UH, WE HAD PEOPLE COMPLAIN ACROSS THE STREET AND THEY TOOK AWAY THE PARKING FROM IT. SO JUST YOU, YOU THINK THAT THERE'S GONNA BE THIS PARKING WHEN YOU'RE DOING A SHARED DRIVEWAY, BUT WHAT YOU REALLY WIND UP WITH IS NO PARKING AT ALL THERE. SO THAT REALLY HURT US AS WE'RE TRYING TO SELL THESE UNITS WHERE THERE IS NO PARKING IN THE SHARED DRIVEWAY AREA BECAUSE THERE'S 17 UNITS. IT'S NOT JUST A SPLIT DRIVEWAY, BUT THEN EVERYTHING ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET IS GONE NOW. SO THAT'S JUST ONE THING TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THAT WHILE IT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT THING AND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE ALL THIS STREET PARKING AVAILABLE, THAT STREET PARKING CAN BE A, UH, GONE THE NEXT DAY. AND IT DIDN'T EVEN GIVE OUR RESIDENTS A CHANCE TO RESPOND SAYING, HEY, WE WANT THIS AREA IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES. IT WAS JUST GONE. NO PARKING SIGNS CAME, THE CITY CAME AND THEY PUT UP THOSE SIGNS. SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT. UM, THE LAST THING IS THAT THE, UH, JUST REAL QUICK, THE LAST, THE SHARED DRIVEWAY, IT'S NOT FUNCTIONAL. NOBODY WANTS TO BUILD A PRODUCT AND SELL IT WHEN YOU CAN'T USE BOTH SIDES OF YOUR GARAGE EASILY. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, SPENCER HUCK. OKAY. SORRY. OH, THANKS. HEY, HOW'S IT GOING COUNSEL? MY NAME IS SPENCER HUCK. I'M A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN AND A REALTOR, UH, WITH CITY QUEST PROPERTIES. CITY QUEST PROPERTIES. WE FOCUS ON NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, SALES, AND WE SELL ABOUT 500 NEW CONSTRUCTION HOUSES A YEAR THROUGHOUT THE INNER CITY. UM, AS YOU CAN ASSUME, I OPPOSE THIS. UM, AND IT'S NOT ONLY ABOUT THE BUILDERS AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE HOLD A LOT OF OPPOSITION FROM THE BUILDERS. I THINK WHAT WE'RE MISSING HERE IS THE RESIDENTS AND THE CONSUMERS. UM, WE SELL COMMON DRIVEWAY PROJECTS ALL DAY LONG. WE SELL FRONT LOADERS ALL DAY LONG. UM, SPEAKING TO WHAT THE LAST PERSON SAID, THE CONSUMERS WANT THE FRONT LOADERS. AND IT SEEMS THROUGH THE OP, UH, THROUGH THE PROPOSAL THAT Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING THAT THE CITY DOESN'T NECESSARILY LIKE THEM. IF THAT IS THE CASE, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDMENT OF THE COSTS THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH BUILDING THESE SHARED DRIVEWAYS. IF YOU HAVE A LOT THAT'S 5,000 SQUARE FEET AND YOU WANT TO BUILD THE DO THE Y SHAPE DRIVEWAY THAT Y'ALL ARE PROPOSING, IT'S GONNA ADD COST TO THE DEVELOPER AND IT'S ALSO GONNA LIMIT THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON IN THE CITY. I GET TONS AND TONS OF BUILDERS CALLING ME. THEY'RE REALLY STRUGGLING WITH A LOT OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT HAPPENED TWO YEARS AGO TO THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS, WHICH INCREASED THOSE COSTS. AND THEN NOW WE'RE MAKING CHANGES AGAINST THE FRONT LOADERS. SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MAKE SENSE TO ME ON THE COST THING BECAUSE WHEN YOU INCREASE THE COSTS OF THESE DEVELOPERS, IT'S THUS INCREASING THE COST OF HOUSING. SO IF THE GOAL IS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND THE GOAL IS FOR TO MAXIMIZE THE LAND USE AND ALL OF THAT, THIS ACTUALLY DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE. IF YOU HAVE A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, LIKE I WAS SAYING, A BUILDER GOING IN AND BUILDING THIS SHARED DRIVEWAY IS GONNA ADD THAT ADDED COST. AND IT'S ALSO GONNA FORCE A LOT OF CONSUMERS TO NOT BUY NEW CONSTRUCTION HOUSES. THEY'RE GONNA GO IN AND BUY THE RESALES BECAUSE WHEN I TALK TO THE CONSUMERS, JUST TIME, JUST ONE SECOND. GO AHEAD AND WRITE THAT. THANK YOU. WHEN I TALK TO THE CONSUMERS, THEY HAVE NO IDEA THIS IS HAPPENING. AND I THINK THIS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE GHPA TO REALLY GET AN OUTREACH TO THE CITIZENS AND HAVE NO IDEA THIS IS GOING ON. AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IF THIS IS SUCH A BIG, A BIG CHANGE THAT AFFECTS SO MANY PEOPLE, ALL OF THE RESIDENTS IN HOUSTON, WHY ARE THEY NOT INFORMED? UM, SO THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE TIME. APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS RICHARD MASINI. OH, OKAY. TYPO. I HAVE SOME PICTURES FOR EVERYBODY TOO. TYPO ON THE DESK. DOCUMENT CAMERA, PLEASE. WHILE THOSE ARE ALL GETTING PASSED AROUND, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON A FEW THINGS THAT SOME OTHER PEOPLE BROUGHT UP. ONE WAS, UM, TRYING TO MAKE OUR CITY MORE LIKE SAN FRANCISCO, A CITY THAT HAS A MAP OF HUMAN FECES AROUND THE CITY WHERE PEOPLE ARE LEAVING LIKE IT'S ON FIRE AND IS THE MOST EXPENSIVE CITY IN AMERICA, IS NOT A CITY WE WANT TO EMULATE. UM, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN EARLIER MENTIONED THAT, UH, WE'RE PROVIDING A NEW TYPE OF, UM, NARROW LOT PROPOSAL THAT'S ALREADY AVAILABLE. IT'S ALREADY BEEN BUILT. UM, IT IS AN OPTION NOW. WE'RE NOT ADDING THAT. UM, SO GOING THROUGH THE PICTURES REALLY QUICK, I'M JUST GONNA JUMP IN. PAGE ONE IS A PHOTO FROM THE LIVABLE PLACES PRESENTATION OF THE EXAMPLE OF A Y SHAPED DRIVEWAY APPLIED IN THE REAL WORLD ON WINSOME STREET. PHOTO TWO SHOWS THE VARIOUS SCENARIOS WE'VE ALL BOUNCED AROUND. THE MIDDLE IS THE Y SHAPE PROPOSAL. AFTER VIEWING THE COMPUTER ANIMATED VIDEO OF [00:55:01] THE PARKING SCENARIO, MIKE DISH BERGER AND I BUILT A MOCKUP OF THIS, THIS DRIVEWAY CANNOT BE NAVIGATED SAFELY. I WOULD INVITE ANY ONE OF YOU OUT TO THIS MOCKUP, COME DRIVE IT WITH US. I'LL BRING COFFEE, KACHESS DONUTS, WHATEVER ANYONE WANTS. AND HONESTLY, PLEASE COME SEE HOW DIFFICULT THIS REALLY IS. PAGE TWO SHOWS WHAT LIVABLE PLACES EXAMPLE OF THE Y SHAPED DRIVEWAY ON WINSOME LOOKS LIKE. NOW, EXACTLY LIKE, UH, COMMISSIONER JONES PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, UH, AT PLANNING COMMISSION A FEW WEEKS AGO, THE HOMEOWNER HATED THE DESIGN AND TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO IMPROVE IT TO THEIR LIKING. IT IS ALL CONCRETE NOW. NO PERMITS, NO NOTHING. THE LOWER PHOTO SHOWS HOW CONGESTED SOME OF THESE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS HAVE BECOME. PAGE THREE IS ANOTHER PHOTO SHOWING HOW TIGHT IT IS TO NAVIGATE DOWN A NORMAL STREET. WITH PARKING ON BOTH SIDES, TWO CARS CANNOT PASS ONE ANOTHER. NEXT, THERE'S SOME SNIPPETS FROM A STUDY BY MONASH UNIVERSITY TRAFFIC INSTITUTE. TO PARAPHRASE, THE MANY FINDINGS HIGHLIGHTED ON-STREET PARKING IS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED CRASH RISK COMPARED TO ROADS OF THE SAME CATEGORY WITHOUT ON-STREET PARKING. THE SENTENCE CUT OFF AT THE BOTTOM SAYS THE COMBINATION OF BEHAVIOR CHANGES SLOWING DOWN SEEN IN THE DRIVING SIMULATOR IS THEREFORE LIKELY TO TRANSLATE TO HIGHER CRASH RATES IN REAL WORLD URBAN AREAS WHERE VEHICLES ARE PARKED ON THE STREET. PAGE FOUR IS A STUDY CONDUCTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, TO PARAPHRASE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 20% OF ALL URBAN ACCIDENTS ARE RELATED TO CURB PARKING TIME. HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE REASONS WHY THIS AND DANGERS OF CURB PARKING PRESENTS. PAGE FIVE IS INFORMATION ON CAR THEFTS THAT MOST CAR THEFTS OCCURRED ON, ON STREET PARKING. YOUR CAR IS FAR SAFER IN YOUR DRIVEWAY OR IN YOUR GARAGE. AND PAGE SIX SHOWS AN ALLEY THAT A COLLEAGUE IS DEVELOPING, TALKING ABOUT THE ALLEY ISSUE OF UNDEVELOPED ALLEYS, WHERE YOU CAN SEE WHAT THE ALLEY LOOKS LIKE ON THE MAP AT THE TOP, AND THEN WHAT THE ALLEY ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE ON THE BOTTOM FROM THE SATELLITE IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE IT'S FILLED WITH FENCES, TREES, CARS, A GARAGE, AND IT'S THE DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CLEAN ALL THAT ALLEY UP AND BUILD THE PROJECT FOR TWO HOUSES. OKAY. THANK YOU EVERYONE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU GIVING US YOUR COMMENTS IN WRITING SO WE CAN REVIEW 'EM. UH, THOSE ARE ALL THE SPEAKERS THAT I HAVE. IS, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS? MADAM CHAIR? THERE'S AT LEAST TWO IN THE AUDIENCE. WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? UH, MICAH IRVING AND MARIAN WRIGHT. OKAY. MICAH IRVING ERON. BUT IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH, YOU KNOW. OKAY. I'M USED TO IT SINCE HIGH SCHOOL. UM, OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS MICAH ERON, COMMUNITY MEMBER AND PRESIDENT OF CNL HOUSTON. UM, I JUST WANNA START WITH A REALLY IMPORTANT FACT. THE AVERAGE HOUSING PRICE IN HOUSTON FROM 2011 TO 2021 HAS GROWN 90% IGNORING INFLATION. THIS ENORMOUS COST GROWTH IS, IN PART, IN PART, CAN BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE RESTRICTIVE NATURE OF PRESENT HOUSING POLICY, HOUSING POLICY THAT THE PROPOSER FORMS TO THE ORDINANCE WILL NO DOUBT IMPROVE. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE FEEDBACK THE COMMISSION HAS RECEIVED HAS NOT ADEQUATELY REPRESENTED THOSE OF US IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SUPPORT NOT ONLY THE AMBITION OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN, BUT ALSO BELIEVED IT WAS NOT AMBITIOUS ENOUGH UNDER THE PROPOSED REFORMS. MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IS LIMITED TO TWO TO THREE STORIES AND LESS THAN EIGHT UNITS. I SEE NO JUSTIFICATION FOR SUCH A LIMITATION. THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD ALWAYS BE TO ALLOW PEOPLE THE FREEDOM TO DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THEIR PROPERTY AND ONLY INTERVENE SO AS TO RESTRICT THIS FREEDOM WHENEVER IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. YET, IT SEEMS FREQUENTLY THAT THE CONTEMPORARY ASSUMPTION IS THE OPPOSITE IN REGARDS TO HOUSING. IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE FACT THAT AT LEAST IN THIS REGARD, FREEDOM IS THE EXCEPTION RATHER THAN THE RULE. UM, AND RED TAPE IS SEEN AS A MECHANISM TO IMPROVE AFFORDABILITY INSTEAD OF ITS GREATEST ENEMY. IF, IF A DEVELOPER WANTS TO BUILD A FIVE STORY MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY WITH 12 UNITS PROVIDING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY TO 12 FAMILIES, WHO SHOULD TELL THEM THEY LACK THE RIGHT, UNDOUBTEDLY THE RIGHT OF PEOPLE TO GET HOUSING AND PROPERTY OWNERS TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY AS THEY WISH OUTWEIGHS THE RIGHT OF NEARBY HOMEOWNERS TO PROHIBIT NEW DEVELOPMENT SO AS TO FURTHER INFLATE THEIR HOME PRICES. IN THE SAME VEIN, WHILE IT IS THE CASE, THIS POLICY MAKES GREAT PROGRESS IN THE ROLLING GR UH, ROLLING BACK OF PARKING REGULATIONS. I AM VERY SAD TO SEE THE WATERING DOWN OF THESE REFORMS. WE TRUST INDIVIDUAL CHOICE IN MARKETS, GIVEN THERE IS NOT A CLEAR AND PRESENT FAILURE IN THEIR CAPACITY IN ALL OTHER INSTANCES. YET IN HOUSING, WE TEND TO DO THE OPPOSITE. SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS COME TO PLACES LIKE THESE AND CRY BLOODY MURDER. WHEN DEVELOPERS AND CONSUMERS ARE GIVEN THE CHOICE ON HOW MUCH PARKING THEY WANT, CALLING FOR DRACONIAN GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION AND RED TAPE TO ENFORCE THEIR OWN PREFERENCES ON EVERYBODY ELSE, WE, WE WOULD NOT TOLERATE THAT MINDSET IN ANY OTHER CONTEXT. AND I SAY THAT WE SHOULD NOT TOLERATE IT HERE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. PERFECT TIMING. UM, OKAY. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE NEXT SPEAKER? MARIAN WRIGHT. MARIAN WRIGHT TO BE FOLLOWED BY RYAN DAY. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. HI. SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA SAY I'M NOT A MEMBER OF SANDCASTLE HOMES. I HAVE NOTHING TO DO [01:00:01] WITH SANDCASTLE. SECONDLY, I WANNA SAY THAT ON THIS SIDE, THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LOOK JUST LIKE MY SON. I HAVE A SON THAT AGE, SO I GET BOTH SIDES OF IT. WE GET THAT I'M A RESIDENT THAT LIVES IN THE HEIGHTS. I DIDN'T BUY A HOUSE WITH A FRONT LOADING DRIVEWAY. MR. BALDWIN SOLD ME MY HOUSE. IT WAS AN OLD BUNGALOW THAT WAS REMODELED AND ADDED ON TO. AND I CAN TELL YOU THE KIDS THAT GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE, BECAUSE IT WAS MY KID AND HIS HOCKEY TEAM THAT GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE, AT TIMES I'D HAVE EIGHT AND 10 KIDS SPEND THE NIGHT WHEN THERE WERE LITTLE, THE MOMS WOULD DROP 'EM OFF AFTER HOCKEY PRACTICE, NO PROBLEM WITH PARKING. AS THEY GOT OLDER AND AS THEY AGED, THEY ALL STARTED DRIVING. YOU'RE NOT GONNA FIT A HOCKEY BAG ON A BIKE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA GO FROM WILLOWBROOK OR SUGAR LAND. YOU'RE COMING IN YOUR CAR. AS THE KIDS GOT OLDER, SOMETIMES I'D HAVE 10 KIDS SPEND THE NIGHT AT MY HOUSE. THEY WOULD PARK IN FRONT OF MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSES, AND SOMETIMES THEY ALMOST PARKED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO WHERE YOU LIVE, BECAUSE THAT'S HOW MANY OF I HAD, I HAD MY NEIGHBORS AS HOT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE AT TIMES. AND THAT WAS JUST WHEN THEY WERE THERE ON SATURDAY NIGHTS. WE WENT THERE AND WE SPOKE WITH MY NEIGHBORS. WE FIGURED IT OUT, AND WE CAME UP WITH WHOSE HOUSES THEY COULD PARK IN FRONT OF AND WHOSE THEY COULDN'T. THAT'S HOW WE LIVED FOR YEARS UNTIL THEY ALL WENT AWAY TO COLLEGE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE. WE HAVE NARROW STREETS. MY STREET ACCOMMODATED PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. 'CAUSE I LIVED ON ONE OF THE WIDER STREETS IN THE HEIGHTS. I HAD CURB AND GUTTER. I DIDN'T HAVE DITCHES. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS DO HAVE DITCHES. WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO HAVE STREET PARKING. AND IF, AND I HAVE SEVEN SPOTS AT MY HOUSE THAT I CAN ACTUALLY FIT NORMAL SIZED CARS ON. SO I DO HAVE OFF STREET PARKING THAT I CAN FIT PEOPLE ON, BUT NOT EVERYBODY DOES. AND WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE WAY REAL PEOPLE LIVE. YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A BABY AND PUT A BABY ON THE BACK OF A BIKE AND DRIVE 'EM AROUND. YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO IN A CITY THAT'S THIS BIG. WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. SO UNTIL WE FIX THAT PART OF IT, WE CAN'T GET RID OF PARKING REQUIREMENTS. Y'ALL ARE GOING ABOUT IT BACKWARDS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU'VE, YOU'VE EXEMPLIFIED WHY THIS IS SUCH A TRICKY, HARD, COMPLEX ISSUE FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I THINK YOU SAID RYAN DAY, BUT HE'S ALREADY SPOKEN. IT'S NOT, DID YOU NOT SPEAK? NO, MA'AM. I'M SORRY. IT'S OKAY. I HAVE, I MARKED YOU DOWN. NO WORRIES. I JUST DREAMED THAT YOU SPOKE. I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME, UH, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS RYAN DAY. I REPRESENT HERITAGE HOMES. UH, MARRIAGE IS THE THIRD LARGEST BUILDER IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND THE LARGEST BUILDER OF NARROW LOTS, UH, WITHIN THE CITY. UH, SO WE HAVE A VESTED INTEREST IN WHAT'S GOING INTO THESE CHANGES. UH, MERITAGE STRONGLY OPPOSES ONLY TWO PORTIONS OF THE PROPOSED, UH, CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS. UH, AND IT'S BECAUSE THEY DON'T PROVIDE OPTIONS. RATHER THEY DICTATE, UH, AND REQUIRE SHARED DRIVEWAYS ON LOTS THAT ARE 40 FOOT, UH, OR LESS. UH, AS WELL AS REQUIRE, AND THIS HASN'T REALLY BEEN HIT ON MUCH TODAY, REQUIRE A 22 FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED CURB ON LOTS 40 FOOT AND WIDER. A 22 FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED CURB FORCES THE DRIVEWAY ON A LOT LINE, UH, OVER TO THE LOT LINE AND REDUCES IT DOWN TO 10 FEET. UH, IT'S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THE INTENT BEHIND THESE CHANGES IN PART IS TO MINIMIZE THE SIZE OF DRIVEWAYS TO REDUCE IMPERVIOUS COVER IN HOPES OF REDUCING FLOODING. UH, THEY REDUCE AT MOST ON LOTS THAT ARE LARGER THAN 40 FEET. UH, 75 FEET OF IMPERVIOUS COVER AND ACTUALLY ON THE SHARED DRIVEWAY, THE INCREASE IMPERVIOUS COVER. UH, WHILE WE AGREE THAT REDUCING IMPERVIOUS COVER IS A GOOD GOAL, THE PROPOSED SOLUTIONS HAVE MANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED TODAY. UH, THEY CREATE A DANGER FOR PEDESTRIANS AND BICI BICYCLISTS DIFFICULTY FOR HOMEOWNERS ENTERING AND EXITING THEIR DRIVEWAY TO WHERE THEY'RE MO MORE FOCUSED ON NOT GOING INTO A DITCH OR THEIR OWN GRASS THAN LOOKING BEHIND THEM, UH, IN THE STREET. UH, THEY TAKE AWAY PARKING SPOTS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY. FORCED PARKING TO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY CREATES A HIGHER LIKELIHOOD OF VEHICLES HITTING LIGHT POLES AND TRANSFORMERS THAT ARE LOCATED ON THESE LOT LINES, UH, THAT THESE DRIVEWAYS ARE GETTING CLOSER TO AND CARSS DRAINAGE ISSUES ON LOTS. IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU HAVE TWO HOMES SHARED DRIVEWAY. WHERE'S THAT DRAINAGE GOING? UH, IT ALSO CREATES A LESS DESIRABLE AND LESS AESTHETICALLY PLEASING, UH, PLEASING NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOME. UH, THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO REDUCE IMPERVIOUS COVER AS EVERYONE ON THIS, UH, BOARD KNOWS, UH, THROUGH COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE, LOT COVERS REGULATIONS. IF THE CONCERN IS FOR LOTS OF COMMUNITIES THAT WERE BUILT AND PLATTED YEARS AGO, UH, LET'S NOT FORCE THESE REQUIREMENTS ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS. UH, WHERE IMPERVIOUS COVER IS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WITH, UH, THEIR DRAINAGE AND AND TIME DETENTION CRITERIA. I CONSIDER YOU, UH, UH, CONSIDER PROPOSALS FROM PLANNING COMMISSION THAT, UH, ACTUALLY HAVE BENEFITS THAT OUTWEIGH THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES. THANK YOU. SORRY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE? NO OTHER SIGNED AT THIS END. ARE THERE ANY BY CHAT? OKAY. [01:05:01] THEN, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM IS OFFICIALLY CLOSED. YES. MS. BANDY, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THANK YOU TO ALL THE SPEAKERS WHO CAME HERE. UM, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY WE ARE STILL RECEIVING COMMENTS AND WE WILL COMPILE ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, COMMENTS AND SEND THE LIST TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS A CONSOLIDATED LIST. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARZA. UH, YES, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, EVERYONE, UM, I WANNA THANK YOU ALL. I'M A CO-CHAIR OF LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE. I WANNA THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I KNOW THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE CAN NEVER BE ENOUGH OUTREACH. YOU'VE GOT PEOPLE WHO GO HOME AND TAKE CARE OF KIDS AND THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE TIME TO BE INVOLVED. WE SEE IT IN ALL OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. SO I REALLY WANT TO TELL YOU, I APPRECIATE ALL OF YOU BEING HERE. GRANTED, I KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THESE ISSUES, UM, MULTIPLE TIMES. UM, BUT WE KNEW THAT FROM THE VERY OUTSET THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE EASY. SO I WANNA THANK BOTH, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE STAKEHOLDERS FOR THIS SUBCOMMITTEE. 'CAUSE IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF YEARS. AND I WILL TELL YOU AS CO-CHAIR, IT'S BEEN A LONG HAUL, BUT WORTH EVERY MINUTE. UM, SO A COUPLE THINGS I WANTED TO SAY IS, UM, YOU'VE HEARD A LOT TODAY ABOUT PARKING AND OTHER ISSUES ABOUT Y SHAPED DRIVEWAYS. BUT WHAT I WANNA MAKE A POINT OF IS, UM, LIBERAL PLACES TOUCHED ON MULTIPLE, UH, ITEMS. YOU KNOW, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT CREATING BUFFER ZONES, UH, BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND HIGHRISE AND MID-RISE BUILDINGS. UH, WE WANT TO KEEP LIGHTING FROM, UH, LIGHT POLLUTION FROM BLOWING OVER INTO SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE FOR THAT. UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LOWERING RESTRICTIONS SO THAT WE CAN BUILD MORE OF THAT MISSING MIDDLE TYPE OF HOUSING THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING ANYMORE. YOU SEE IT IN THE MANTRAS AND THE, AND IN THE HEIGHTS AND IN THE EAST END OF FOURPLEX A SIXPLEX, YOU DON'T SEE THEM NEW MORE BECAUSE, UM, THE ORDINANCE IS CURRENTLY IN PLACE TODAY. IT MAKES IT ONEROUS AND EXPENSIVE TO BUILD THOSE. SO WE WANNA KIND OF TAKE SOME OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS AWAY. UM, IN ONE OF OUR MEETINGS, WE HEARD CARROTS AND STICKS. YOU KNOW, SO IF YOU KNOW THAT OLD METAPHOR, THE IDEA IS YOU OFFER THE DONKEY CARROTS TO MAKE HIM MOVE, BUT OCCASIONALLY A STICK IS NECESSARY. SO WHAT WE'RE HEARING TODAY IS THIS IS GONNA ALLOW US TO EXPAND THOSE GARAGE APARTMENTS FROM 900 SQUARE FEET TO LARGER TO I THINK SVI, ISN'T IT? 1500 NOW? 15 TO 1800. WE HAVE TO PICK A NUMBER, BUT WE DIDN'T YET. THAT WAS, SO FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE MOTHER-IN-LAWS, I DON'T, YOU GET A LARGER SPACE FOR HER TO LIVE FURTHER AWAY FROM YOUR HOUSE, . THANK YOU. SO, UH, BUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT HERE IS THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THIS ORDINANCE FOR EVERYONE. THE IDEA IS THIS, AND I'LL JUST BE BLUNT, IF YOU HAVE BEEN LIVING IN THE SUBURB OR SUBURBS AND YOU HAVE FOUR F1 FIFTIES, YOU PROBABLY SHOULDN'T LIVE IN A SMALL CONDO IN THE INNER CITY. IT DOESN'T SUIT YOU, IT DOESN'T SUIT YOUR LIFESTYLE. IF THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD, THEN THAT'S GREAT, BUT IT ALSO PROBABLY MEANS YOU DON'T HAVE FOUR F1 FIFTIES. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAKING MORE DIFFERENT KINDS OF HOUSING AVAILABLE FOR MORE PEOPLE. I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT THE TWO ITEMS THAT CAME UP TODAY REALLY ARE MOSTLY THE Y SHAPED PARKING DRIVES. AND, UM, AND WHAT WAS THE ONE, THE 40 FOOT AND AND PARKING ON THE STREET. WHEN YOU CONSIDER ALL THE ITEMS THAT WE'VE COVERED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, THAT MEANS WE'VE HIT HOME RUNS. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD IN THIS ORDINANCE. AND I WANT YOU ALL TO TAKE A GOOD SERIOUS LOOK AT IT. AND REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD TODAY. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND FRANKLY, YOUR CHILDREN FOR THE NEXT 20 YEARS. TODAY, BUILDERS ARE ARE BUILDING ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE THAT WE PUT IN PLACE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND AT THE TIME, WE THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT IDEA. WE THOUGHT FRONT LOADERS AND RICE MILITARY WERE GONNA BE A OKAY. YOU CAN'T GET A FIRE ENGINE DOWN THOSE STRAITS. THAT WAS A SEE WHAT YOU'VE WROUGHT TOUR, UH, WHAT THE ORDINANCE IS ACTUALLY MADE HAPPEN. SO, LIKE SO MANY OF YOU SAID, UM, YOU CAN'T LEGISLATE COMMON SENSE. YOU CAN'T LEGISLATE COURTESY. BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE IT, AND I DO MEAN THIS, SERIOUSLY EXPAND THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUILDERS TO BUILD SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY THAN THEY BUILD TODAY AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE. I DID THE METAPHOR OF THE SHOPPING MALL, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T NEED TO ANYMORE. 30 YEARS AGO, SHARPSTOWN MALL WAS THE PLACE TO BE. IT IS NOT TODAY. AND WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR HOUSING DOESN'T TURN INTO THAT. WE DON'T WANNA TURN THE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE TODAY INTO A LIABILITY FOR SOMEONE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. WE DON'T WANNA SEE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOODS LEVELED AND TORN DOWN AND REPLACED WITH SOMETHING NEW. BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY. I WANT TO THANK ALL OUR COMMISSIONERS FOR, UH, STICKING WITH US THROUGH ALL OF THIS TIME. AND I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW WE ARE SERIOUS AS A HEART ATTACK ON GETTING THE, THE GOOD PARTS OF THIS, WHICH I THINK ARE MOST OF THEM PASSED. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARZA. AND THANK YOU AGAIN, ALWAYS TO YOU AND, AND COMMISSIONER, UM, [01:10:01] UH, CLARK FOR YOUR CO-CHAIRING THIS COMMITTEE, WHICH WAS TALK ABOUT YEOMAN'S WORK. A LOT OF WORK. I'M EXCITED. WE'RE, WE'RE DRAWN TO THE END OF THIS PROCESS. WE'RE GONNA GET SOME OF THIS DONE. I KNOW WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THINGS WE DISAGREE ABOUT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF AGREEMENT AND WE MAY BE ABLE TO COME TO SOMEPLACE, YOU KNOW, ON THE THINGS THAT WE DISAGREE ABOUT AS WELL. SO STAY TUNED. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. AND WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD NOW, THANK YOU. AND START THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. I MEAN THE REGULAR PART OF THE PLANNING, THE REGULAR PART. AND NOTE FOR THE RECORD, THE COMMISSIONER'S POROUS PERLE AND TAHIR HAVE JOINED US. UH, WE ARE MOVING [ Platting Activities a & b] TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO PLANNING ACTIVITY. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. UGH, I'M DYING. 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 0 3 SECTION A. CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 59 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBER 60 THROUGH 1 0 3. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. I DO HAVE A SPEAKER WHO IS HERE, WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 35 RUTLAND ESTATES. SO WE'LL TAKE THAT SEPARATELY. UM, COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE THERE ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER SIGLER? YES. ITEMS 5, 6, 13, 14, AND 15. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE WITH AN ITEM TO TAKE SEPARATELY? UM, OKAY, SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND HERE ON ITEM 35. I SEE THAT'S RUTLAND ESTATES. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. AGAIN, DIPTI MATH HERE. I DON'T KNOW IF WILSON GOT A CHANCE TO PICK UP THE MARKUP ON ITEM NUMBER 35. IT'S A, IT WAS A PUBLIC HEARING INITIALLY AND UH, IT WAS A PRELIMINARY AND WE RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. AND THEN CURRENTLY BASICALLY IT IS A FINAL PLAT FOR ONE LOT AND, UH, ALONG REDLAND STREET AND, UH, RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. WE'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKER TO SEE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. OKAY. THE SPEAKER IS, UH, MARK WILLIAMSON. HE'S VISUAL. HE'S VIRTUAL. HELLO, MR. WILLIAMSON. GO RIGHT AHEAD. YES, MA'AM. THE, THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE WHEN IT FIRST CAME UP AND THEN DISAPPEARED OFF THE AGENDA ENTIRELY, UH, WAS THAT IT, UH, THE LOT, THE BUILDING LINES PROPOSED ON THE, UH, ON THE PLAT CONFLICTED WITH THE, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS ON HALF OF THE LOT BEING PLATTED. AND, UH, I LEFT MY CONTACT INFORMATION, ALTHOUGH I KNOW SEVERAL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS KNOW HOW TO GET HOLD OF ME AND LEFT THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT CONFLICTED. UH, AND, UH, SINCE IT DISAPPEARED, I WASN'T WORRIED, UH, I ASSUMED THAT THEY WERE GOING BACK AND REWORKING IT, BUT THIS SEEMS TO BE BASICALLY IDENTICALLY THE PLAT THAT WAS OFFERED BEFORE. SO I WONDERED WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THAT. THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. SO ONE OF THE LOTS IS DEED RESTRICTED, WHICH WOULD HAVE A GARAGE SACK BACK SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S THERE. THE SOUTHERN LOT WOULDN'T HAVE THAT SAME RESTRICTION, SO THEY COULD REDRAW THE LINE WITH THE GARAGE LINE FURTHER BACK. ISN'T THAT CORRECT, MARK? I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT IT IS. YEAH. THE GARAGE LINE CONSIDERABLY FURTHER BACK AND THE FRONT BUILDING LINE FIVE FEET BACK. YEP. OKAY. MS, CAN WE JUST DEFER THIS ONE? YEAH, MS. MATER CAN, AND I'LL GET YOU TO DESCRIPTION. DO, DO YOU THINK WE SHOULD CHANGE YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER OR DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD BEFORE WE TALK ABOUT IT? MADAM CHAIR? UH, IF THE COMMISSION PLEASES, WE CAN DEFINITELY DEFER, UM, BECAUSE IT IS A SIMPLE PLAT AND IT COULD BE A MARKUP, BUT I'M NOT SURE, UH, UH, IF THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT WAS PROPOSED AS A PRELIMINARY PLAT. I'M LITTLE HESITANT TO SAY THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD CHANGE TO DEFERRAL BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T INFORMED THE APPLICANT EITHER. UH, IF YOU WOULD GIVE US SOME TIME, I COULD DIG IN AND SOME DO SOME RESEARCH AND GET BACK TO YOU TODAY. UH, DO YOU WANNA HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER THIS TO THE END OF THE MEETING? THAT WOULD BE NICE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 35 TILL THE END OF THE MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA GARZA. UM, THAT'S BALDWIN GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS LATER IN THE MEETING. OKAY. UM, WITH THAT, SO ITEMS ADMITTED, WE HAVEN'T VOTED ANYWHERE YET. YEAH, [01:15:01] YEAH. SO WE'RE GONNA PROCEED WITH VOTING ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B SAVE. AND EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, AND 35, UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ALL ITEMS? MOTION POS, PERLE. IS THERE A SECOND? ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES. AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH WILL BE ITEMS 5 6, 13, 14, 15, AND 35. IS THERE A MOTION? MAR SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SIGLER ABSTAINED ON ITEMS 5, 6, 13, 14, AND 15. UM, OKAY, THAT WILL [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, John Cedillo, Devin Crittle, and Arum Lee)] TAKE US THEN TO SECTION C. PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. I'M MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ. ITEM 1 0 4, BELL STREET DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF BELL STREET AND 20TH STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLANT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND ONE LANDSCAPE RESERVE. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLOT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTION. LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THE PORTION OF LOT FOUR BEING RE PLOTTED INTO A LANDSCAPE, AN OPEN SPACE MUST REMAIN AT A LOT. SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLOT. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IN EVENT, MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME AND THAT WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN THE FIRST CHOICE ALREADY. OKAY. UM, THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 0 4 BEALE STREET DEVELOPMENT IS CONTINUED. THE SPEAKER I HAVE IS MARY VI, THE APPLICANT. HELLO. I'M IN THE MIDDLE OF A DENTAL PROCEDURE, SO I DON'T WANNA EMBARRASS MYSELF. . GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MARY VIRE WITH THE INTER FIELD GROUP. THE TRACT OF BEAL STREET DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN A TRAILER PARK SINCE ABOUT 1960, AND NOW IT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. A 205 SQUARE FOOT SLIVER OF LAND, UH, WAS ACCIDENTALLY PLOTTED INTO A THE WEST, UH, BILL AT 21ST STREET NORTH OF THE TRACT. THERE WAS, UM, THE OWNER OF SUBJECT TRACT CONTACTED IN TOWN HOMES AT THAT TIME IN TOWN HOMES, THEN DEED THE LAND BACK TO THE OWNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, AT THAT TIME, UM, THE, WHEN THE LAND WAS ACCIDENTALLY PUT INTO THE NORTH PLAT, IT WAS NOT RESTRICTED AND THEREFORE THE INTENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FOR THE LAND WHEN DEEDED BACK TO THE OWNER OF SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT IT WOULD NOT BE DEED RESTRICTED. UM, SO THIS IS THE THIRD APPLICATION THAT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, WE ARE NEAR RESOLVING THE MATTER. UM, OUR COUNSEL, THEY'RE WORKING UP A CORRECTION DEED, UM, THAT NEEDS TO BE FILED OF RECORD. AND SO WE EXPECT THAT TO BE VERY SOON, WITHIN MAYBE A WEEK OR SO. SO WE HAVE REQUESTED OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO, UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S LEGAL, UH, THAT YOU PLEASE ALLOW US, UH, AN EXTENSION ON OUR APPLICATION AND IF OR OTHER OPTION IF YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO APPROVE ON A CONDITION THIS PRELIMINARY PLAT ON CONDITION THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO RECORD THE PLAT UNTIL THAT DOCUMENT HAS BEEN FILED OF RECORD AND PRESENTED AT RECORDATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THE PACKET HAS BEEN PROVIDED, RIGHT? AND I THINK WE HAVE THE, THE EMAIL YES, MA'AM. FROM MR IS FAR? YES, MA'AM. UM, SO THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL WOULD BE TO ME, SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NEVER DONE. I DON'T REMEMBER EVER ON A MATTER OF WHERE OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS DETERMINED THERE'S A DEED RESTRICTION VIOLATION THAT WE WOULD SAY, WE'RE GONNA APPROVE THIS CONDITIONALLY AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN WORK IT OUT. I MEAN, THAT JUST SEEMS TO, TO ME TO [01:20:01] BE A STRETCH FOR US. NOW, WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO GIVE AN EXTENSION EVEN ON THE 30 DAY, UM, YES MA'AM, BUT I'M GONNA ASK OUR LEGAL COUNSEL, MS. MICKELSON, TO KIND OF TALK TO US ABOUT THAT. 'CAUSE THAT'S ALSO UNUSUAL. WE HAVE TWO NEW AND UNUSUAL REQUESTS HERE BEFORE. THERE'S ALWAYS, ALWAYS A NEW DAY AS FAR AS CREATIVE, IF NOTHING ELSE. UM, YES, AND I I WOULD SAY THIS, THAT I WOULD AGREE WITH, WITH YOUR COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONDITIONAL APPROVAL IF YOU GET THIS WORKED OUT. WHILE I THINK, UM, MS. WOODS AND I FEEL LIKE IT PROBABLY WILL GET WORKED OUT FAIRLY QUICKLY AS IT'S BEEN LAID OUT BY MR IS FAR, THAT'S STILL AN IFFY PROPOSITION. I THINK SOMEBODY HAS TO TRACK THAT CONDITION AND MAKE SURE THAT'S HAPPENED AND SO FORTH. UM, STATE LAW DOES PROVIDE AN OPTION FOR AN APPLICANT TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL 30 DAYS FOR REVIEW OF A PLAT. UM, REALLY FOR NO REASON AT ALL. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY HAVE TO COME TO THIS BODY AND ASK FOR THAT IN WRITING. WE HAVE IT IN WRITING. UM, I ASKED MR IS FAR TO, UM, CONFIRM AGAIN TO TODAY THAT HE DID REPRESENT THE, THE APPLICANT HERE, THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND, UM, BY EXTENSION MS. VILLA REAL. AND, UM, SO WE HAVE IT IN WRITING, HE CAN REQUEST IT. IT IS UP TO THE COMMISSION WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO GRANT THAT EXTENSION OR NOT. IT'S TOTALLY DISCRETIONARY IN STATE LAW STATES THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MAY GRANT AN EXTENSION AND CAN THEY REQUEST A SUBSEQUENT 30 DAY? I MEAN, HOW IS THERE A, A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF EXTENSIONS? NOT A LIMIT. OKAY. UM, AND SO WHAT OTHER OPTIONS WOULD THE APPLICANT HAVE IF, IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DISAPPROVED THE PLAT AND THEN THEY WENT BACK AND WORKED IT OUT? THEY'D HAVE TO REAPPLY CORRECT. AND, AND START THAT PROCESS AND HAVE ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, BUT AT THAT POINT IT WOULDN'T BE OKAY. CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA. AND SO WOULD WE THEN, IF THERE'S A 30 DAY WINDOW SOMETIME WITHIN THAT 30 DAY WINDOW, OR DO WE AT THIS TIME PICK A SPECIFIC DATE WHEN THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO COME BACK TO US WITH THEIR SOLUTION? YEAH, I, I THINK YOU'D, I, I'D DEFER TO THE APPLICANT, BUT I WOULD THINK BASED ON MY CONVERSATION VIA EMAIL WITH MR IS FAR THAT IT'S THE 30 DAYS REQUESTED. OKAY. SO IT WOULD BE YES TO THAT NEXT, NOT MAY 11TH, BUT MAY LET ME DO MATH FIFTH. THAT WOULD BE, I'LL TELL YOU THAT RIGHT. 25TH. OKAY. IS IT 25TH? IS THERE A REASON WHY? BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN ON OUR AGENDA FOR 30 DAYS ALREADY. IS THERE A REASON WHY THIS HASN'T ALREADY BEEN DONE SINCE IF IT'S SO EASY, I'M JUST, I'M PUSHING BACK A LITTLE BIT HERE. SURE, SURE. THIS IS AN EASY FIX. OKAY. SO, AND DURING THE LAST APPLICATION, UM, WE HAD TO, WE WITHDREW BECAUSE AGAIN, WE WERE HAVING THE MATTER. WE INITIALLY THOUGHT, WELL, WE'RE GONNA SUBMIT FOR A PARTIAL REPLY, UM, CALL IT A LANDSCAPE, IT'S JUST LANDSCAPING. SO THEN WE HAD TO WITHDRAW AND THEN WE RESUBMITTED. AND THEN DURING THE SECOND SUBMITTAL, WE WERE INFORMED THAT THEY FELT THAT LOT FOUR, WHICH IS THE LOT IN WHICH THAT 205 SQUARE FEET COMES OUT OF, WAS GOING TO FALL UNDER THE 60% COVERAGE. SO WE WERE RE RE IT WAS ASKED OF US TO GET A COPY OF THE APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR THAT LOT. SO WE DID APPROACH TOWN, UH, IN TOWN HOMES, WHICH THEY WERE VERY NICE. THEY WORKED AND HELPED US GET ALL OF THE, THESE DRAWINGS AND APPROVALS. WE DID AN EXHIBIT, WE SUBMITTED THAT EXHIBIT TO PLANNING, AND THEN WE WERE GIVEN AUTHORIZATION TO RESUBMIT. BUT I BELIEVE THAT, SO AFTER WE SUBMITTED, I BELIEVE THAT MAYBE SOMETHING WAS SEEN THAT WE NOW HAVE TO DO A CORRECTION DEED TO REMOVE THAT. SO THAT WAS THE REASON THAT, UM, WE HAD TO, OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER JONES. YEAH, THANK, UH, JUST THINKING THROUGH OPTIONS, MIGHT THE OPTION BE AS WELL TO WITHDRAW, WORK OUT THE DETAILS, THE CORRECTION DEED AND RESUBMIT? THAT'S, YEAH. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE AN OPTION, SIR. MAY I, MADAM CHAIR, I CAN ADD A LITTLE BIT TO THE REASON WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN TAKEN, WHY THIS HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED SO FAR. UH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN MR. IS FAR WAS, WAS, UM, HIRED TO ASSIST ON THIS MATTER, BUT I BELIEVE IT WAS SOMETIME AFTER THE DEFERRAL AT YOUR LAST MEETING. HE LOOKED THROUGH THE TITLE WORK THAT HE WAS GIVEN. THE DOCUMENT THAT WE FOUND IN OUR TITLE WORK THAT WE'RE RELYING ON FOR [01:25:01] THE, FOR THE CONFLICT WAS NOT IN HIS, AND THAT WAS JUST LITERALLY TWO, TWO AND A HALF WEEKS AGO. SO, OKAY. SO THE PRO FROM DOVER CAME IN AND PART OF OKAY. GOT IT. GOT IT. UH, ANY OTHER THOUGHTS? COMMISSIONERS? DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM? UM, 1 4 21 0 4. OKAY. UM, HEARING NO OTHER SPEAKERS WILL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, GET THAT DONE. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE. WE HAVE A REQUEST FROM, UH, MR IS FAR WHO MANY OF YOU KNOW USED TO SIT IN MS. MICKELSON'S SEAT. UM, BUT, UM, TO FIRST REQUEST WAS TO GRANT A CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, AND HIS SECOND REQUEST WAS, IF WE DIDN'T DO THAT, WAS TO DO A 30 DAY EXTENSION. SO I SEE THREE OPTIONS, THIS APPROVAL, CONDITIONAL APPROVAL, 30 DAYS. I'LL MOVE THAT. WE HAVE THE 30 DAY EXTENSION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, TO DO A 30 DAY EXTENSION. IS THERE A SECOND? NO PROBLEM. OKAY. I THINK I SAW TAHIR FIRST. OKAY. THAT'S, UH, BALDWIN AND TAHIR. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I'LL ASK ONE QUESTION. THIS DOES NOT SET ANY TYPE OF PRECEDENT. OH, NO. OKAY. NO. EACH CASE IS, IS INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDERED. I WOULD ASK THAT THE MOTION REFLECT THAT THIS IS PURSUANT TO STATE LAW AND REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT SO THAT IT'S CLEAR IN OUR RECORDS. OKAY. YES, I DID HEAR YOU SAY THAT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION, SAY, AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. DO HAVE A 30 DAY EXTENSION. JUST RECOGNIZING THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER VOTING CHAIR PERSON ON THE COMMISSION THERE. MADAM CHAIR? YES. OH, I'M SORRY. I HAVE ONE OTHER THOUGHT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO LEAVE THAT OPEN FOR THE NEXT MEETING? OH, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. SO THE PUBLIC HEARING ISN'T CLOSED. PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED, WHICH I ALSO HEARD AS PART OF THAT MOTION. OKAY. UH, ITEM 1 0 5 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM 1 0 6, FOSTER PLACE, ITEM 1 0 6, FOSTER PLACE, PARK VISTA NUMBER 35. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY WITH THE COOLING BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OF YELLOWSTONE BOULEVARD. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED. WITH THIS ITEM, THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC ONE CONDITION. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR IS TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 6 FOSTER PLACE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON 1 0 6? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLATS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I OBJECT. YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA. JUST, UM, WITH REFERENCE BACK TO 1 0 6, THIS IS EXACTLY KIND OF THING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL BEEN TALKING ABOUT TRYING TO GET RID OF. YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY DON'T MIND WHEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THESE OR TWO OF THESE ON A BLOCK. WE SEE THEM WHEN THEY PUT IN PLACE, MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO HELP PREVENT THIS FROM HAPPENING. BUT, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGHT IS DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY, 16 UNITS, UM, NO PLACE FOR, UH, WATER TO GO AND STREETS FLOOD, AND CHILDREN CAN'T GET TO SCHOOL. AND, AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE WE NEED TO, UM, IF WE DON'T MAKE THE CHANGES THAT ARE CURRENTLY RECOMMENDED, AT LEAST TAKE A SERIOUS LOOK AT THESE FRONT LOADERS AND SEE IF THERE'S SOME OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO WHERE, I MEAN, WE WOULD RESTRICT THEM TO NOT BEING ACROSS FROM CHURCHES OR SCHOOLS OR, OR COMMUNITY CENTERS. I MEAN, THAT MIGHT BE OUR NEXT BEST OPTION, BUT I, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT IT'S WIDE OPEN. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A SORT OF THING THAT WE APPROVED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. WE'VE SEEN WHAT THE RESULTS OF IT ARE, AND MOST OF US DON'T LIKE THE RESULT. SO, UM, I JUST, UH, ASK YOU TO, TO, FOR PATIENCE AND BEAR WITH US AS WE'RE TRYING TO COME UP WITH GOOD SOLUTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER GARZA. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SIGLER SECOND MA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 7, ITEM 1 0 7, HEIGHT DAYCARE. THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT ALL ALONG WEST OF AIRLINE DRIVE AND NORTH OF WEST COVA K STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE [01:30:01] WE PLAN IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BUILDER LINE ALONG AIRLINE DRIVE. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRE 25 FEET BUILDER LINE, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION. REQUIREMENT. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THIS PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLOT, ALTHOUGH POWER SEPARATELY. HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON. NEXT WEDNESDAY, STEP HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM, MADAM, CHAIR IT. TO PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 7 HEIGHTS DAYCARE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7? HEARING NOW? RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. I AM SORRY. I SHOULD HAVE, UH, HELD UP MY HAND SOONER. UM, IN LOOKING AT THE PLAT OR ACTUALLY THE SITE PLAN, I NOTICED THAT THEY HAVE A DROP OFF AREA IN FRONT, FRONT THERE. MM-HMM . AND IT'S TAKEN UP LIKE EIGHT PARKING SPACES. YEAH. AND THERE'S ALREADY A REDUCTION IN PARKING SPACES BECAUSE OF BICYCLES, WHICH IT, I GUESS IT, WELL, IT MEETS THE ORDINANCE, OTHERWISE THERE WOULD'VE HAD TO BEEN A PARKING ORDINANCE. VARIANCE. I MEAN, A PARKING, UM, VARIANCE. UM, YOU'RE ALREADY TAKING AWAY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PARKING FOR BICYCLES, WHICH I'M NOT SURE WOULD OCCUR. I THINK IT'S EVEN EQUAL TO THE NUMBER OF STAFF MEMBERS THAT THEY HAVE. UM, I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WOULD OCCUR AT A, AT A DAYCARE CENTER WITH THAT, THAT MANY STAFF OR PEOPLE TAKING THEIR CHILDREN TO DAYCARE WOULD USE BICYCLES. BUT, UM, YOU'RE USING, YOU'RE TAKING UP EIGHT SPACES FOR, IT APPEARS TO BE THREE DROP OFF PLACES MM-HMM . AND DOESN'T REALLY, I WOULD LIKE, LIKE FOR STAFF TO LOOK AT THAT OR PUBLIC WORKS, WHOEVER NEEDS TO, WE'LL DEFINITELY DO IT. IT WAS PART OF THE CONVERSATION, BUT WE'LL LOOK INTO IT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD. UH, ANY, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION FOR PERLE SECOND ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 8, ITEM 1 0 8, JACKSON HILL KIT OR KIT. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY ALONG AND WEST OF JACKSON, HILL STREET, AND SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE A COMMERCIAL RESERVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING EVENT TO ALLOW A FIVE FOOT BUILDER LINE ALONG JACKSON HILL STREET. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 10 FEET, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THIS PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DE FURTHER PLAT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON. NEXT WEDNESDAY. STAFF DID RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT, WHO IS IN OPPOSITION OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND IS CONCERNED ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC. SO MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 8 JACKSON HILL KIDS ARE KIDS IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 8? COMMISSIONER GARZA? UM, I JUST WANTED STAFF TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS. I DROVE BY THERE YESTERDAY BEFORE MY APPOINTMENT. AND, UM, AND I NOTICED THAT, UM, THE, THE, THE LOT IS BASICALLY FLAT AND THIS DRAWING THAT WE SHOW, UH, HERE SHOWS TWO FEET WHAT APPEARS TO BE TWO FEET WORTH OF INFILL. AND I BELIEVE THE LIMIT, THE CITY LIMIT IS ONE FOOT. AND SO I'M JUST CONCERNED, I KNOW THAT IF I LIVE CLOSE BY, I'D BE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER SHEETING OFF OF THAT PROPERTY UNDER MY PROPERTY. UM, AND THERE'S HOUSING AROUND AS WELL AS COMMERCIAL. BUT AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THEM RAISING THIS LOT UP BY TWO FEET OFF THE, BASICALLY THE SIDEWALK LEVEL WHEN IT'S CURRENTLY FLAT. SO IF WE COULD HAVE SOMEONE DO AN ONSITE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER VAR? YES. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR KIM. UM, I SAW IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT, UM, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS WAS CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THE NEIGHBORING BARS IN THE AREA AND THAT THERE'S RESTRICTIONS ABOUT THAT. BUT WHEN THERE ARE EXISTING BARS, CAN YOU PLEASE UM, ELABORATE ON THE RULES? YOU KNOW, IF YOU WERE TO BUILD A DAYCARE NEAR THEM? SURE. THE, THE RESTRICTIONS ON, UM, PLACES THAT SERVE OR SELL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES APPLY WHEN THEY'RE COMING IN. AND THAT'S MEASURED. SO IF, IF THE SCHOOL, A CHURCH, A DAYCARE CENTER [01:35:01] IS PREEXISTING THE ALCOHOLIC SERVICE, UH, BUSINESSES NEED TO MEASURE FROM THAT. BUT IF THEY COME IN AFTERWARDS, THEY KNOW WHERE THEY'RE COMING IN. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? OKAY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE ITEM. UM, DO WE HAVE, DID I, DID WE HAVE, WE HAVEN'T MADE A MOTION YET, BUT WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC HEARING? DID WE FINISH? YOU CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING. WELL, IT'S A DEFERRAL. OH, EXCUSE ME. YES. YES. OKAY. I DIDN'T THINK I ACTUALLY OPENED A PUBLIC HEARING. YOU DID, YOU DID OPEN IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE A MOTION TO, UM, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER THE ITEM? MOTION BALDWIN. IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 9. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS . ITEM 1 0 9 IS JOHNSTON GLEN. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 4.3 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS EAST ALONG BAYOU GLEN ROAD WEST OF BELTWAY EIGHT AND SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF MEMORIAL DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO LARGE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A LOT TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A PUBLIC 20 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY INSIDE THE REQUIRED 50 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY. WALNUT BEND, UH, SECTION NINE WAS RECORDED IN 1966 AND CREATED THE CUL-DE-SAC OF BLUE WILLOW DRIVE, AS WELL AS A 20 FOOT OFFSHOOT THAT EXISTS AS A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND PROVIDES THE SOLE ACCESS TO WHAT WAS TO BE A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT. LOT TWO BEING A PORTION OF THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT SITE ONLY HAS ACCESS THROUGH THE 20 FOOT WIDE ACCESS RIGHT OF WAY. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED. SEPARATELY, WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE CONCERNS OF THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC FOR LOT TWO. USING THAT 24 WIDE RIGHT OF WAY AND POTENTIAL DAMAGE TO THE NEIGHBOR'S PROPERTY STAFF, A RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS REQUIRED CHANGES IN THE NOTIFICATION SIGN. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 9 JOHNSTON GLEN IS OPEN. WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, UH, ALLISON WILKINS. ALLISON, HELLO EVERYBODY. YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. HELLO EVERYBODY. THANK YOU FOR, UM, HEARING US TODAY. MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO A SMALL PORTION OF THIS LOT. I CAN, UH, SHARE SOME, SOME IMAGES FOR CONCERN THAT THAT PIECE OF LAND ACTS AS A CRUCIAL DRAINAGE POINT FOR ABOUT HALF OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS, IT DRAINS OUT INTO, UH, BUFFALO BAYOU EVENTUALLY, SPECIFICALLY MY YARD ACTUALLY TO THE SIDE. THE WHOLE BACK HALF DRAINS THROUGH. YOU CAN SEE DRAINAGE THE BACK. SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR, OR HOW THE DRAINAGES ARE GONNA BE ADDRESSED. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MR. CASTILLO, YOU WANT TO ADDRESS HER THAT CONCERN? MA'AM, ARE YOU THE LOT SEVEN TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE PROPERTY? YEAH, I AM LOT 14. OKAY. I BELIEVE YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE TOO. LIKE I SAID, I HAVE SOME, I HAVE SOME HIGHLIGHTED, UH, YEAH, LOT 14. OKAY. SO YOU SEE THAT LITTLE CORNER MY ENTIRE YARD DRAINS OUT THROUGH THERE. BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, ALL OF SHADY RIVER DRAINS THROUGH MY YARD TO A SINGLE, UM, A SINGLE SEWAGE ENTRY POINT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. SO THIS ENTIRE SHADY RIVER COMES THROUGH HERE AND THEN BACK. AND, BUT SPECIFICALLY REGARDING THIS LOT, THAT BACK CORNER OF LIGHT OF LOT 14, EVERYTHING DRAINS OUT THROUGH THERE. OKAY. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, THE HOUSE THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE BUILT IS KIND OF KITTY CORNER IN THAT CORNER, MEANING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT DRAINAGE PATH. UH, SO AGAIN, I CAN SHARE AN IMAGE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT. SO THERE ARE EXISTING DRAINAGE, UH, EASEMENTS ON THE PROPERTY. THE EASTERN 40 FEET OF THE ENTIRETY OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS A PART OF THE DRAINAGE GOING TO BUFFALO BAYOU TO THE NORTH. UH, THERE ARE EXISTING DRAINAGE EASEMENTS THAT WILL NOT BE ENCUMBERED BY THE PROPERTY LOT ONE TO THE NORTH. MM-HMM . HAS AN EXISTING HOUSE ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY AND THEY ARE JUST IN KIND INCORPORATING THE EASTERN PORTION OF THAT SEWING PLANT AS PART OF THEIR BACKYARD AND HAVE NO SHOWING OF INTENTION TO BUILD ON THERE AS OF YET. UH, THE, NEARLY THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN. UH, SO THEY ARE, THERE ARE ARE DRAINAGE ASPECTS THAT ARE COURSE, UH, REQUIRED. UM, AT THIS POINT OF COURSE THAT'LL KIND OF COME TO THE, UH, UH, HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT CONCERNS AS WELL AS THE ENGINEERING. RIGHT. AND YEAH, SO THERE WILL BE, THERE WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO A DRAINAGE PLANNING AND GET CLEARANCES AND ALL THAT, BUT THAT'LL HAPPEN LATER IN THE PROCESS. BUT THAT WILL BE, AND DOES THAT, AND IS THIS IN THE, UM, THIS IS IN THE CITY, CORRECT? CORRECT. AND THEY DO HAVE A, AN APPROVED DRAINAGE PLAN. YEAH. AND SO, UH, MS. WILKINS, IF YOU CAN PUT YOUR [01:40:01] CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT, UM, WE'RE GONNA PASS IT ALONG TO, UM, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WHO CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU AND KIND OF EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT PROCESS ABOUT HOW THAT WILL BE, HOW THAT WILL BE DETERMINED. OKAY. RIGHT. AND, AND SO TYPICALLY THE DRAIN PLANS WILL INCLUDE THE SURROUNDING LAND, CORRECT? NOT JUST THAT LOT, JUST NO, THAT NOT, I MEAN, THEY WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT WHERE THE RUNOFF IN THAT LOT GOES. CAN I, LET'S CALL ON OUR PUBLIC WORKS REP, MR. SMITH. WE'RE CALLING RICHARD SMITH TO THE PODIUM TO, TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENT. MS. WILKINS. GO RIGHT AHEAD, MR. SMITH. I WOULD LOVE TO SHOW THESE SITE PLANS SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, I THINK IT'S THE DRAINAGE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED AND YOU CAN, OKAY. WELL LET ME, LET ME LET MR. WE WILL, WE'LL DO THAT OFFLINE, BUT LET ME LET MR. SMITH RESPOND RIGHT NOW. GOOD, ADAM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RICHARD SMITH. I'M REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS. WE WILL, THE DRAINAGE PLAN WOULD LOOK AT HOW THE EXISTING DRAINAGE IS GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS, AGAIN, NOT ONLY WHERE IS IT GOING, BUT WHERE IT'S COMING FROM. SO ANY CHANGES IN THE DRAINAGE WOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT DRAINAGE SHOULD BE ACCOUNTED FOR IN THAT DRAINAGE PLAN. SO IF THEY'RE BUILDING A HOME, THAT WOULD BE IN A, IN THE PATH OF THE EXISTING DRAINAGE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW HOW THEY'RE ADJUSTING THE DRAINAGE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT ISSUE. OKAY. WOULD YOU BE, WOULD YOU FOLLOW UP WITH MS. WILKINS? YES, MA'AM. YES. MS. WILKINS, PLEASE GO AHEAD AND PUT A PHONE NUMBER IN THE, UM, CHAT IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. AND, UM, OKAY. I HAVE A PHONE NUMBER AND AN EMAIL ADDRESS. THANK YOU, MA'AM. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND I'LL ACTUALLY HAVE STAFF FROM OUR STORM DRAINAGE THAT DEALS WITH THIS IN THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE. GIVE HER A CALL. SUPER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. UM, OKAY. WE ALSO HAVE THE, UM, APPLICANT IS CHAIR PRESENT FOR QUESTIONS. MS. JOYCE OWENS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK OR JUST QUESTIONS? NO, I'LL SPEAK. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. MADAM CH MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS JOYCE OWENS COMMISSIONERS, UM, I'M THE APPLICANT. GOOD AFTERNOON. LISTEN, I, I HAVE HAD A MEETING WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBORS. I WENT OUT ON THE SITE, WE SENT OUT LETTERS TO EVERYONE IN THE, UM, PROTEST AREA. AND I WENT OUT TO THE SITE ON, UM, APRIL 15TH, AND I MET WITH FIVE OF THE NEIGHBORS. MOST OF 'EM ARE IN THE CUL-DE-SAC, UH, RIGHT THERE THAT ABUT THE PROPERTY. AND I'VE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE WALNUT BEING SECTION NINE HOA. I'VE TALKED TO THEM ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. ONE IS THE DRAINAGE AND, AND I ALSO HAVE RECEIVED AN EMAIL BACK FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FROM THE BUFFALO BAYOU WATERSHED COORDINATOR THAT NO ADDITIONAL LAND IS GONNA BE REQUIRED. AND THE DRAINAGE THAT THEY HAVE THERE, OOPS, I DIDN'T MEAN TO DO THAT IS SUFFICIENT. SO WE HAVE MET WITH THE, THE FOLLOWED UP WITH THE FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT, UM, REGARDING THE, THE DRAINAGE OF COURSE, BECAUSE A PORTION, THE LARGE PORTION OF THE LAND IS IN THE FLOOD WAVE AND THERE IS A, A DRASTIC DROP OFF. AND SO THE ONLY VIABLE LOCATION IS ABOUT 20 FEET HIGHER, I BELIEVE IS IN THAT SOUTHWEST CORNER. SO OUR CONCEPTUAL DRAINAGE PLAN WAS APPROVED, BUT IT DOES NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE AS FAR AS THE DRAINAGE. AND I THINK I'VE SPOKEN WITH MS. WILKERSON, UH, WITH LOT 15 OR 14, UH, HOW THAT DRAINS. AND SO WE DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT EARLIER. SO THE PLAT IS BEING DEFERRED. I WILL BE BACK ON THE SITE ON SATURDAY, UH, TO CHANGE THE SIGNS. AND THEN I'VE ALSO NOTIFIED EVERYONE THAT WAS IN THE, UH, MEETING WITH US ON THE 15TH THAT THE PLAT, THAT THE PLAT IS BEING DEFERRED. SO MS. WILKINSON, I'LL BE AVAILABLE IF YOU'D LIKE. I, I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ALSO. I THINK I STILL HAVE YOUR PHONE NUMBER, UM, REGARDING YOUR CONCERN. AND THEN I'M GONNA BE IN TOUCH WITH MR. SMITH ALSO BECAUSE ON THE CPC 1 0 1 PUBLIC WORKS IS ASKING FOR THAT 20 FEET TO BE INCORPORATED INTO THE PLAT BOUNDARY. HOWEVER, THERE ARE TWO MANHOLES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE, UM, CUT, PLUG AND ABANDONED OR REROUTED SOME KIND OF WAY. AND I THINK THAT'S A, UM, HARDSHIP FOR ONE SINGLE OWNER TO TAKE ON TO RELOCATE CITY FACILITIES. AND SO I'LL FOLLOW UP WITH MR. RICHARD SMITH, UH, AFTER PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, TO FURTHER DISCUSS THAT TIME. GREAT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK MS. OWENS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR USUAL EXCELLENT ENGAGEMENT. WE APPRECIATE IT. YOU DO SUCH A GREAT JOB THAT WAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OH, UM, JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER BEFORE, UM, THE COMMISSION VOTES, UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK HAS STEPPED OUT. OH, OKAY. COMMISSIONER CLARK IS NO LONGER WITH US IN THE MEETING. THAT IS RIS PERLE. OKAY. AND POROUS PERLE AS WELL. THANK YOU. OKAY. [01:45:01] DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 0 9 JOHNSTON GLENN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? ROSENBERG SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 10 PINECREST SECTION ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN CRIDDLE. ITEM ONE 10 IS PINE CREST SECTION ONE, REPL NUMBER ONE IN EXTENSION. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST OF GESNER ROAD AND SOUTH OF CLAY ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE TO BE LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE PLAT BOUNDARY. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A 74 SINGLE FAMILY LOT DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE PINE CREST MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY. THE GENERAL PLAN HAS VARIOUS AMENITIES INCLUDING A COMMUNITY CENTER WALKING TRAILS, PARKS, AND LAKES LOCATED CENTRALLY WITHIN THE GENERAL PLAN. CHAPTER 42 REQUIRES THIS NEW 75 74 LOT DEVELOPMENT TO LOCATE THE SHARED COS SPACE WITHIN THE PLAT BOUNDARY. THIS REQUEST IS TO LOCATE THE COS RESERVE WITHIN CLOSE WALKING DISTANCE JUST ACROSS THE STREET AND WITHIN SECTION EIGHT. STAFF BELIEVES THIS REQUEST IS WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF THE ORDINANCE. THE PLAT ITSELF IS LOCATED ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE GP AND SUPPORTING THIS VARIANCE WILL ALLOW THE AMENITIES TO BE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED WITHIN THE OVERALL AREA. THE TOTAL COS REQUIRED IS, IS AROUND 6,800 SQUARE FEET AND THE RESERVE ITSELF WILL PROVIDE ROUGHLY 28,000 SQUARE FEET OF COS THE RESERVE, EXCUSE ME. THE COS RESERVE WITHIN SECTION EIGHT WILL BE CONDITIONED TO BE RECORDED PRIOR TO OR SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THIS PLAT REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS. ITEM. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ONE 10 IS OPEN PINECREST. SECTION ONE. UM, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT FOR QUESTIONS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON PINECREST? ITEM ONE 10. HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION SIGLER SIGLER. SECOND CULVERT CULVERT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 11. ITEM ONE 11 IS SOUTHLAND TERRACE, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER FOUR. THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH ALONG KILGORE STREET, EAST OF BOWLING GREEN AND WEST OF ALLEGHENY STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND EXTEND A SHARED DRIVEWAY TO THE REAR OF THE THREE LOT DEVELOPMENT. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON, ON THIS ITEM. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 11 SOUTHLAND TERRACE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. UM, PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER CLARK IS BACK, UM, IN THE COMMISSION MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAT TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11? I GUESS NOT. IS THERE ANYONE PRESENT OR LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11 SOUTHLAND TERRACE? HEARING NO RESPONSE. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? OKAY. MORRIS JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 12. ITEM ONE 12 IS SPRING BRANCH ACRES, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL RELAID NUMBER FOUR. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 32,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SPANNING BETWEEN SPRINGBROOK DRIVE AND CLAY ROAD EAST OF WINFERN ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE 2 7900 SQUARE FOOT SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TAKING ACCESS FROM SPRINGBROOK TO THE NORTH AND TO CREATE A 15,000 SQUARE FOOT UNRESTRICTED [01:50:01] RESERVE TAKING ACCESS FROM CLAY ROAD TO THE SOUTH. THERE ARE NO VARIS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 12 SPRING BRANCH ACRES IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12? HEARING NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALLMAN NELSON SECOND ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 13. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 13 THORNTON INDY HEIGHTS REPL NUMBER ONE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST OF YALE STREET AND ALONG THORNTON THORNTON ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO REVISE FOUR LATS THE DENSITY HA AND ADD A RESERVE. UH, REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THE REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DE 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 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. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 13 THORNTON INDY HEIGHTS IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLATS SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA GARZA. IS THERE A SECOND JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 14. ITEM ONE 14. WILLOW CREEK RANCH, SECTION NINE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER ONE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION ALONG HOLD THE EARTH ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO REMOVE A PIPELINE REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF I PLEASE DO THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 14, WILLOW CREEK RANCH, SECTION NINE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON WILLOW CREEK RANCH? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE A IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? TAHIR SECOND MODEST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 15. ITEM ONE 15 IS REN WOOD ESTATES. UH, MADAM CHAIR, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. UH, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS ALONG AND WEST OF WYCLIFFE DRIVE AND SOUTH OF TIMBERLINE ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. UH, MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO NOTE THIS PROPERTY IS A PART OF A SPECIAL 30 FOOT, UM, A SPECIAL, UM, BUILDING LINE APPLICATION THAT THEY ARE ABIDING BY. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 15 REN WOOD ESTATES HAS CONTINUED. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON REN WOOD ESTATES? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALLMAN SECOND. MODEST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THAT [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Petra Hsia, Devin Crittle, John Cedillo, and Geoff Butler)] CONCLUDES PUBLIC HEARINGS. WE MOVE TO SECTION D VARIANCES. DO YOU WANNA GO BACK TO 35? 35? OKAY, WE'RE READY FOR 35. OKAY. SORRY, CAN YOU JUST WAIT ONE SECOND. OKAY. WE ARE RETURNING TO ITEM [01:55:01] 35. RUTLAND ESTATE, MS. MATER. HI. UH, SO ITEM NUMBER, UH, 35 STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW. OKAY. IS THERE DISCUSSION ? DOES, IS IT A PUBLIC HEARING THOUGH? IT'S NOT PUBLIC? NO, IT DOES NOT. IT IS A CONSENT PLA WE WERE ABLE TO REACH TO THE APPLICANT AND, UH, THERE, THERE MAY BE BUILDING LINES. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE A LEGAL REVIEW. SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL. OKAY. THEN WE'D NEED A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 35, BALDWIN SECOND GARZA GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY, NOW WE RETURN TO ITEM ONE 16. ITEM ONE 16, CHAMPION LIFE CENTER SECTION TWO. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG SOUTH FARM MARKET 29 20 AND NORTH OF SPRING SITE WITH ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE WHERE AN EXISTING CHURCH AND PROPOSED DETENTION POND. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE GREYSTONE LANE WITH THE COOLER DOCK. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF REQUEST IN 2021, PLANNING COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED A VARIANT TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE THE SUB TREAT WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC. THE SUBDIVISION PLOT EXPIRED AND WAS NEVER RECORDED. THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS NOW DRESSING THE SAME VARIANCE. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF COVINGTON BRIDGE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND THE SECTION TO THE EAST CHAMPION LIFE CENTER SECTION ONE WAS ALREADY GRANTED A VARIANT TO NOT PROVIDE ANY NORTH SOUTH EAST, WEST PUBLIC STREET. SO WITH THE VARIANT GRANTED WITH A SECTION TO THE EAST AND WITH THE ASSISTANT PHYSICAL CONDITION ON THE PROPERTY, STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE REQUEST TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE GRATION LANE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC WILL BE PRACTICAL. SO TRAFFIC COLLISION WILL BE ADDRESSED WITH THE ADJACENT ESTABLISHED STREET RISK SYSTEM, WHICH WOULD MEET THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. STATE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THERE IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA? MOTION GARZA SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 17, ITEM ONE 17, CONTENT NEIGHBORHOOD ON SHERMAN. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG ROBERT STREET BETWEEN COMMERCE STREET AND SHERMAN STREET, UM, NORTH OF HARRISBURG BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING EVENT TO ALLOW A GEO BORDERLINE ALONG A PORTION OF SHERMAN AND COMMERCE STREET TO RENOVATE AN ASSISTING BUILDING. STAFF REQUEST A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENTS. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I KNOW AN EXISTING BUILDING. WHAT ELSE ARE WE LOOKING FOR? I MEAN, I SEE THE 10 FOOT BUILD LINE, NOT WHERE THE BUILDING IS, BUT WHAT ELSE YOU LOOKING FOR? WE, WE WANT TO SEE, UM, A SIDELINE CROSS SECTION TO SEE WHAT KIND OF PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENT THEY'RE BEING PROPOSED ON THE AREA, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SITE PLAN? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK NOBODY IN THE CHAT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION BALDWIN SECOND. MODEST. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 18. GOOD AFTERNOON MA'AM. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. ITEM ONE 18 IS CORNER AT GREENS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF GREENS ROAD AND WEST OF WAVERLY DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SUBDIVISION CONTAINING THREE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND A RESERVE RESTRICTED FOR DETENTION INTENDED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 163 SPACE MOBILE HOME PARK. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW THE RESERVE RESTRICTED FOR DETENTION TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A 28 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF A PUBLIC STREET. AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE DELANEY ROAD ON THE EAST IN A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO RECEIVE REQUESTED MATERIALS FROM THE APPLICANT. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY [02:00:01] ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SHAW? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER. I SHOULD ASK, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? NO, NO, GO AHEAD. I'M JUST CONFUSED ABOUT THIS. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN DELANEY ROAD, WHERE IS IT? I MEAN, IS DOES IT GO ALL THE WAY OVER THERE TO WAVERLY? NO. UM, THE APPLICANT IS ACTUALLY ABANDONING IT GOES INTO THE PROPERTY, BUT THE APPLICANT IS ABANDONING, UM, PART OF DELANEY ROAD INTO THE PLA AND IT'S UNIMPROVED SO YOU CAN'T SEE IT, RIGHT? YEAH, FROM THE, FROM THE AERIAL. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM ONE 18? MOTION GARZA, GARZA SECOND. ALL ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 19. THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE TOGETHER ONE 19 AND ONE 20. OKAY. DEVELOPMENT NORTH AND SOUTH. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT. ALL ALONG DENNIS STREET, WEST OF EMANCIPATION AVENUE, THERE'S TWO SUBDIVISION PLAT THAT ARE BEING CONSIDERED TOGETHER AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE CONSIDERED ONE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT WITH COMMON OWNERSHIP. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES ON EACH DE DEVELOPMENT MODE PLAT ONLY, AND THOSE THREE VARIANCES ARE ONE TO NOT PROVIDE 15 FEET RIGHT AWAY. DEDICATION ALONG DENNIS STREET. SECOND TO ALLOW A 10 FEET AND 15 FEET GO WASH BUILDER LINE ALONG DENNIS STREET AND THREE TO ALLOW THREE FEET BUILDER LINE ALONG A PORTION OF BACHELOR STREET. AGAIN, THESE VARI ANSWERS ARE BEING REQUESTED ON THE NORTHERN TRACK PLATFORM. ONLY STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. UM, THOSE BOTH SUBDIVISION PLAN ARE PROPOSING SINGLE FAMILY PHONE LOADING LODGE WITH ACCESS TO DENTIST STREET. UM, DENTISTRY WAS PLOTTED AS A 20 FEET WIDE ROADWAY IN 1923. SO PER CHAPTER 42, A 15 FOOT RIGHT AWAY, DEDICATION IS REQUIRED ON BOTH SIDE OF DENNIS STREET TO CREATE A 50 FOOT RIGHT AWAY, WHICH IS REQUIRED PER THE ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE THE ENTIRE 30 FOOT RIGHT OF AWAY DEDICATION WITH A PLAQUE TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS EAST DENNIS DEVELOPMENT SOUTH TO PRESERVE BUILDABLE AREA ON THE NORTHERN PROPERTY DUE TO HAVING SMALL DEPTH OF ABOUT 40 FEET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE STREET WITH THIS RIGHTWAY DEDICATION, WHICH WILL NO LONGER CENTRAL AND TIDE WITH THE ADJACENT PUBLISHED STREET TO THE EIGHT. AND WITH THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO CONSTRUCT 16 NEW FRONT LOADING LOT WITH INDIVIDUAL PRIVATE DRIVERS NEXT TO EACH OTHER ON A BLOCK THAT IS ONLY 270 FEET LONG. THIS IS NOT A PEDESTRIAN FAILING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH CONTRADICT WITH WALKABLE PLACES AND LIVABLE PLACES. INITIATIVES STAFF COORDINATED WITH THE APPLICANT AND PROJECTED ITS TRUE DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT, AT LEAST ON THE SOUTHERN PLOT TO MINIMIZE DRIVEWAYS INCREASED SAFETY TO PEDESTRIAN AND PRESERVE ON TREE PARKING. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT DECIDED, UM, NOT TO CONSIDER THIS SUGGESTION AND WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE CURRENT PROPOSAL. STEP ALSO SUGGESTED A SECOND OPTION TO CREATE A 45 FEET RIGHT AWAY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE PEDESTRIAN WELL, BUT, UM, THE APPLICANT DID NOT HAVE TIME TO EVALUATE THIS OPTIONS, SO THEREFORE THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND DISAPPROVED THE PLA THE ONLY RECEIVE ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND, UM, AND THEY VOICE HIS CONCERN OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FLOODING AND LACK OF PARKING. OKAY. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND I'LL CALL HIM TO SPEAK, UM, ON THIS ITEM, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FIRST FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ FOR STAFF? NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. UM, JEFF BUTE, IS IT BUTE? GO RIGHT AHEAD. YES, THAT WAS CORRECT. UM, THANK YOU. MAD THE CAMERA PLEASE. I'M SORRY. OH, I PREPARED A FEW, UM, SLIDES TO SHARE, UH, WHEN IT'S TIME. SO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, I WANNA THANK YOU, UH, FOR LETTING US SPEAK. MY NAME'S JEFF BUTTE WITH WINDROWS LAND SERVICES. WE ARE THE APPLICANT, UM, WE'RE REPRESENTING ASPEN GRAY HOMES AND JERRY ALEXANDER WITH ASPEN GRAY IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY. UM, OF COURSE WE WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THE VARIANCE IN LIGHT OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DISAPPROVE AND I'VE PREPARED A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO WALK THROUGH WHY. UM, AND ALSO I DID WANT TO SAY AS WELL THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION [02:05:01] TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND THE PLAT ACROSS THE STREET UNLESS OUR DEVELOPER UTILIZES THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS ON THE SOUTH SIDE. UM, IN MY OPINION, IT'S NOT RELATED NECESSARILY TO THE MERITS OF, OF OUR VARIANCE REQUEST. UM, ALTHOUGH I AM PERSONALLY IN SUPPORT OF, UM, PRESERVING ON STREET PARKING AND INCREASING WALKABILITY AND IN SUPPORT OF MUCH OF WHAT THE LIVABLE PLACES, UM, UH, UM, THE LIVABLE PLACES GROUP HAS COME UP WITH, UM, I THINK THAT IN MY OPINION, THIS RECOMMENDATION TO DENY AND ATTEMPTING TO APPLY SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WHICH AREN'T, WHICH AREN'T FLUSHED OUT YET TO THIS PROPERTY, UM, UNNECESSARILY AND A LITTLE BIT PREMATURELY. UM, SO OUR PLAN THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO STAFF IS A COMPROMISE AND OUR DEVELOPER IS AGREEING TO WIDEN THE EXISTING STREET TO 20 FEET TO ALLOW FOR PARKING ON THE NORTH SIDE AND TO SHIFT SOME OF THE DRIVEWAYS TO ALLOW FOR AS MANY PARKING SPACES AS POSSIBLE. UM, ON, ON THE SCREEN THERE, YOU SEE I WANNA START WITH OUR RE THE JUSTIFICATION FOR OUR REQUEST TO UTILIZE THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF, UM, SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLAT FOR THE WHOLE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. YOU CAN SEE THAT WITH A 15 FOOT DEDICATION ON THE NORTH, IT ONLY LEAVES A 23 FOOT, 23 FOOT BUILDABLE AREA, MINUS THE BUILDING SETBACKS ON THE BACK AND THE FRONT. AND SO THIS SEVERELY LIMITS THE AMOUNT OF LAND ON THE NORTH. UM, AS YOU CAN ALSO STREET THE, SEE THE DENTIST STREET RIGHT OF WAY IS 20 FEET AND THE EXISTING PAVEMENT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED MO MO MOSTLY OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE SOUTH BY 12 FEET. SO BY DEDICATING 30 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTHERN PLAT, WE'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE RESOLVING THE RIGHT OF WAY SITUATION WHERE THE CURRENT PAVEMENT SITS OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY BY OVER 12 FEET. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THE AREA IN BLUE WOULD BE THE 30 FOOT DEDICATION, WHEREAS THE AREA SHOWN IN RED WOULD BE THE 15 AND 15. COULD YOU DO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE? ON THE NEXT PAGE YOU CAN SEE THE FULL BLOCK FOR DENNIS STREET FROM BASTROP TO HUTCHINS. TIME GO, GO AHEAD. OKAY. THE 30 FOOT DEDICATION SHOWN IN BLUE WOOD ACTUALLY LINE UP WITH THE EXISTING PARCEL LINES TO OUR EAST AND ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE IS ALSO AN HISTORIC CHURCH WHICH SITS IN THE WAY OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT A 15 FOOT DEDICATION ON THE NORTH IS, IS JUSTIFIED OR WOULD BE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY. IN THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE ANOTHER DETAIL OF THAT, THIS EXISTING CHURCH THAT SITS TO OUR EAST AND OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SHOWN THERE IN YELLOW. AND THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THIS LAST SLIDE IS OUR, OUR OUR PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THE, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT. YOU CAN SEE ON THE NORTH THERE ARE SIX LOTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. UM, WE'VE, WE'VE TRIED AS BEST WE COULD TO GROUP THE DRIVEWAY SO THAT THEY'RE COMMON ON THE CENTRAL LOT LINE SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS MUCH PARKING AS POSSIBLE BASED ON THE IDMA 20 FOOT PAVING SECTION CAN, CAN ALLOW FOR PARKING ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET. AND SO, YOU KNOW, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THEY WERE, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A SHARED DRIVEWAY IN THE SOUTH. HOWEVER, WE'RE GIVING AS MUCH PARKING AS WE CAN ON THE NORTH, AND EVEN IF WE DID A SHARED PARKING ON THE SOUTH, UM, I DON'T, IT WOULDN'T ALLOW FOR ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING GIVEN THE WIDTH OF THE STREET. THE WIDTH, THE, THE PAVEMENT IS CURRENTLY 18 FEET AND WE'RE, UM, THE APPLICANT'S AGREED TO INCREASE TO TWO 20. UM, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT OUR PEDESTRIAN REALM IS IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. UM, SO ON THE NORTH SIDE WE HAVE A 20 FOOT, 21.8 FOOT PEDESTRIAN REALM. THAT RANGES UP TO 25.2. AND WE'RE ALSO LEAVING AT LEAST 17.2 FEET FOR PARKING BETWEEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND THE SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE, ON THE WEST SIDE, AND ON THE EAST SIDE AT LEAST 19.2 FEET FOR, FOR CARS TO PARK BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND THE SIDEWALK. WE'RE ALSO IN, WE'VE ALSO INCREASED THE, UM, SAFETY BUFFER FROM FOUR FEET TO FIVE, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS. AND THIS SITE PLANT ALSO INCLUDES A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ON BOTH THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH SIDE. UM, AND ON THE SOUTH SIDE WE HAVE A PEDESTRIAN REALM THAT IS AT LEAST 28 FEET ON THE WEST AND 2024 FEET ON THE EAST. AND SO ALSO JUST WANTED TO KIND OF BRING IT BACK TO WHAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUESTING HERE, WHICH IS THE REDUCED BUILDING LINES ALONG DENTIST STREET, UH, FOR A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR THE PRINCIPAL STRUCTURE AND A 15 FOOT FOR THE GARAGE. AND THIS WOULD STILL LEAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR CARS TO PARK, UM, ON THE DRIVEWAYS BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND THE SIDEWALK. UM, AND THEN ALSO TO DEDICATE THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF DENTISTRY AS OPPOSED TO THE NORTH. UM, SO THE NIGHT, THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION. WELL, I'VE ALREADY COVERED MOST OF THESE POINTS, SO IT, I WANNA OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS. UM, AND ALSO ADD THAT THERE IS SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER THE PLAT ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS A SHALL APPROVE ITEM, WHICH I WOULD LIKE TO BRING UP BECAUSE WE ARE MEETING AND EXCEEDING THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE ORDINANCE, EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THE MULTIPLE DRIVEWAYS. THEY TAKE ACCESS AND BLOCK PARKING, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO PROVIDE PARKING ON THE NORTH. AND I, I DO THINK THE PLATINUM, THE SOUTH MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS AS IS AND AS EL AIL SAID, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES ATTACHED TO IT. [02:10:01] OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, CAN, CAN YOU TELL US WHY YOU'RE RESISTANT TO DOING THE SHARE DRIVES IN THE SOUTH? YES, WITH THERE'S DETENTION REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE IN QUESTION. UM, YOU KNOW, STAFF DID PROPOSE AS OF YESTERDAY, UM, THAT IF WE WERE TO INCREASE OR DECREASE THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM 50 TO 45 THAT, UM, WAS ASKING IF THE LOTS COULD TAKE ACCESS FROM A 16 FOOT SHARE DRIVE ON THE SOUTH. UM, THERE'S SOME QUESTION AND THE ENGINEER STILL NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT OPTION A BIT MORE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER CAN COMMIT TO TODAY, BUT ALSO WITH THE WIDTH OF THE PAVING, UM, EVEN IF THERE WAS A SHARED DRIVEWAY IN THE SOUTH, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT BARKING PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. UM, AND IT IT ALSO FURTHER RESTRICTS, UM, THE BUILDABLE AREA ON LOTS THAT ARE ALREADY, UH, QUITE SHALLOW IN DEPTH. DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? OKAY. ANY, ANYTHING ELSE? YOU LOOK, YOU'RE THOUGHTFUL THERE THAT YOU SAID JUST TRYING TO, JUST TRYING TO PUT ALL THIS TOGETHER. 'CAUSE I MEAN THERE'S GOTTA BE A MIDDLE GROUND HERE THAT, THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE. AND MAYBE IT'S SHARED DRIVES ON THE SOUTH AND ONLY PARKING ON THE SOUTH OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT DID I HEAR CORRECTLY IT'S BEEN DEFERRED SO WE CAN'T, IT'S BEEN DEFERRED TWICE, SO WE HAVE TO ACT ON IT TODAY. I TAKE THINK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT AND LET ME ASK, UM, FOR OUR LEGAL COUNSEL TO TALK ABOUT THE WHETHER OR NOT THE SECOND ITEM IS A SHALL APPROVE. THAT SEEMS LIKE SORT OF A LOOPHOLE TO ME. WELL, WE, SO THIS HAS BEEN PRESENTED ALBEIT INTO PLATS AS REALLY A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT AND THEY'RE BANKING ON THE, THE, YOU KNOW, GETTING THE VARIANCE ON THE TOP SIDE IN ORDER TO, AND, YOU KNOW, WITH THE OFFER TO DEDICATE ON THE BOTTOM SIDE, UM, GREAT, IT DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THE CURRENT, UM, RIGHT OF WAY OF DENNIS. UM, CAN'T, YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T MEET THAT. SO I DON'T THINK IN TALKING WITH STAFF THAT IT IS A SHALL APPROVE LARGELY BECAUSE OF THAT AND OKAY. YEAH. YEAH, I I THINK THERE ARE STILL GROUNDS TO, TO DENY THAT. AND AGAIN, UH, IT'S BEEN PRESENTED AS A UNIFIED RIGHT PROJECT TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE, THE OTHER PARCEL. UM, OKAY. COMMISSIONER MODEST AND THEN, AND IT MIGHT BE A, JUST A CONVERSATION, A QUESTION FOR STAFF, BUT, UM, WITH THIS PROPOSED REALIGNMENT OF DENNIS AND I UNDERSTAND THE EXISTING CHURCH TO THE EAST NORTHEAST, BUT ARE WE THEN IMPARTING AN UNDUE HARDSHIP TO THE PLA TO THE EAST BECAUSE THEN TO KEEP THAT PROPOSED ROADWAY ALIGNMENT CONSISTENT, WE'D BE ASKING THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO DEDICATE 30 VERSUS 15 AND 15, RIGHT. SO, UM, IT'S, IT FEELS LIKE IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THIS APPLICANT, WE'D MIGHT BE PUNISHING SOMEBODY ELSE IN THE FUTURE. I MEAN, AND MAYBE THAT'S SIMPLIFYING IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT JUST TO KEEP THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT, YOU'RE NOT ASKING 1515, YOU DON'T ALMOST HAVE TO ASK 30 FROM THAT PROPERTY OWNER. RIGHT, OKAY. WHICH IS A PUBLICLY OWNED BIG TOWN WE DEVELOPED. I WHAT IS, I DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UM, I'D LIKE TO ASK PUBLIC WORKS, UM, ABOUT IS THERE A PREFERENCE TO HALF AND HALF, ESPECIALLY WITH A PUBLIC AGENCY OWNING THE OTHER PROPERTY. PLUS I DO KNOW THERE'S SOME INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA AND IT, IT WOULD PUBLIC WORKS HAVE A PREFERENCE OR RECOMMENDATION? GOOD QUESTION, COMMISSIONER. I MEAN, SORRY, MR. SMITH, ENGINEER SMITH, SIR SMITH. GOOD AFTERNOON. AGAIN, COMMERS, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS IS NECESSARILY A PUBLIC WORKS ISSUE. IT MAY BE A CHAPTER 42 ISSUE, WHICH IS TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. I WILL SAY THAT I DO KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LARGE WATER LINE ON THE NORTH SIDE AS WELL AS A SMALLER SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT RUNS OUT THERE ON, IN DENNIS STREET. SO THIS IS ONE THAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE CASES WHERE ANY SHIFTING OF THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE TO BE LOOKED AT WITH PUBLIC WORKS. AND WHEN I SAY A LARGE WATER LINE, I'M TALKING ABOUT A 72 INCH WATER LINE. WHOA. OKAY. OKAY. IS, IS THAT WORTH A DEFERRAL JUST TO COORDINATE? COMMISSIONER NELSON HAS A TECHNICAL TERM FOR THAT. I, I THINK, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS COMPLICATED TO, YEAH. UM, COMMISSIONER GARZA. SO, UM, MR. BTE, MY, MY CONCERN HERE IS, UM, YOU SAY THAT THE SOUTHERN PORTION IS A SHALL APPROVE, UM, BUT FRANKLY YOU'RE USING IT AS LEVERAGE TO GET THE VARIANCE ON THE NORTHERN PORTION. AND MY CONCERN IS YOU'RE SHOWING THEM IS LINKED, BUT THEY'RE ABSOLUTELY NOT LINKED. YOU ARE LINKING THEM TOGETHER AND IT'S QUITE POSSIBLE THAT YOU COULD GET APPROVAL ON THE NORTH SIDE AND SELL THE SOUTH SIDE AND NEVER DEVELOP [02:15:01] IT. AND SO THE VARIANCE WOULD NOT CARRY OVER, YOU KNOW, TO THE NEXT PERSON. IF WE WERE TO MAKE ONE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IE YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE 30 FEET. SO MY CONCERN HERE IS IF YOU HAD PRESENTED IT AS A, AS A SINGLE HOLE, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GIVING YOU A VARIANCE ON THE NORTH SIDE KNOWING WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ON THE SOUTH. BUT WITH TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES AT THIS POINT, ITEMS, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW I FEEL COMFORTABLE, UM, GRANTING ONE BASED ON THE OTHER WHEN THE OTHER MAY NOT EVER HAPPEN. WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE, THE WAY IN WHICH WE PRESENTED THIS IS, DOES NOT INDICATE ANY ILL WILL. WE, WE DID PRESENT AS ONE INITIAL APPLICATION ORIGINALLY, UM, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION WITH STAFF BACK IN JANUARY AS TO HOW THIS SHOULD BE REVIEWED. SO WE SUBMITTED AS ONE, WE THEN SPLIT IT TO TWO, IT WENT BACK TO, WENT BACK TO ONE, AND IT'S ENDED UP BACK TO TWO NOW. UM, SO THIS, THIS HAS BEEN UNDER REVIEW SINCE JANUARY IN SOME PRELIMINARY FORM IT WAS OFFICIALLY ACCEPTED AS COMPLETE TWO, TWO TO THREE CYCLES AGO, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE AT THE LAST DEFERRAL. UM, SO I, I HEAR YOU AND I UNDERSTAND AND, AND IT'S ALSO THAT WE, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE THOUGHT THESE WERE ACTUALLY TWO SEPARATE PLATS TO BEGIN WITH. WE WEREN'T TRYING TO LEVERAGE ONE AGAINST THE OTHER AT ALL. UM, THE DEVELOPER IS STILL IN HIS FEASIBILITY PERIOD, SO HE DOESN'T OWN THIS PROPERTY. UM, HE'S NOT AT LIBERTY TO NECESSARILY GO, YOU KNOW, BUILD THESE TOMORROW. HE'S GOTTA WORK OUT QUITE A PROCESS. HE'S HERE IF, IF ANYONE DOES HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WELL, UM, BUT WE, YOU KNOW, WE DO THINK THIS IS A BIT OF A COMPROMISE SOLUTION. WE'RE GIVING FIVE FEET, FIVE FEET, UM, SAFETY BUFFERS, SIX FOOT SIDEWALKS, WHICH IS IN EXCESS OF THE MIN OF THE MINIMUM. WE'VE TRIED TO SPACE THE DRIVEWAYS ON THE NORTH AS BEST AS POSSIBLE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN PRESERVE SOME ON STREET PARKING, UM, WHICH AT LEAST, WHICH WOULD BE AT LEAST SIX UNITS OR AT LEAST SIX PARKING SPACES PER THE PLAN WE'VE PUT TOGETHER. OKAY. SO I, I WOULD ASK YOU TO, OR JUST HOPE YOU WOULD CONSIDER IN LIGHT OF THAT, THAT, LIKE I SAID, WE SUPPORT THE LIVABLE PLACES INITIATIVES, THEY'RE NOT PASSED YET. AND WHEN THIS DEVELOPER STARTED RESEARCHING THIS PROPERTY MONTHS AGO, ALMOST A YEAR, HE'S LOOKING AT THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCES, WHICH WE WE UNDERSTAND. WE UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU. SO ARE Y'ALL AWARE OF THAT 72 INCH WATER LINE? 'CAUSE WE SHIFT THE RIGHT OF WAY, I THINK Y'ALL BECOME RESPOND . WELL, WE'RE NOT, THIS, THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT A SHIFTING OF THE RIGHT OF WAY. LIKE THE, IF COULD YOU PUT THE FIRST, THE FIRST SLIDE UP AGAIN PLEASE. SO IT, IT'S AN UNUSUAL CONDITION, WHICH IS DOCUMENTATION FOR OUR VARIANCE OH YES. ON THE CAMERA, PLEASE. IF POSSIBLE. SO, YOU KNOW, THE UNUSUAL CONDITION, THE UNUSUAL CONDITION IS REALLY THE JUSTIFICATION FOR WHY WE SOUGHT THE VARIANCE IN THE FIRST PLACE. AS I SAID, THE, THE DENTISTRY PAVING IN THIS SECTION IS ACTUALLY 12 FEET OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE SOUTH. SO ANY INITIAL RIGHT OF ADDITIONAL RIGHT OF DEDICATION TO THE NORTH DON'T MAKE A LOT OF COMMON SENSE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S LOCATED TO THE EAST. THIS PAVING SECTION IS SHIFTED CURRENTLY, LIKE I SAID, OVER 12 FEET OUTSIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY TO THE SOUTH. SO BY PROVIDING A FULL 30 FEET ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WE'RE ACTUALLY COVERING ALL OF THE PAVEMENT PLUS ADDITIONAL LAND OUTSIDE OF THE PAVEMENT ON THE SOUTH INSTEAD OF A 15 FOOT DEDICATION, WHICH WOULD COVER JUST BARELY THE PAVING SECTION. UM, IN, IN OUR AREA THERE IS THE WATERLINE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN, IT IS NOT SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. UM, I CAN SEE IF I CAN PULL UP THE, THE, UH, TOPOGRAPHIC OR EXISTING CONDITION SURVEY TO CHECK MR. SMITH. DO WE, DO YOU KNOW WHERE THE WATER LINE IS? NO, YOU'RE FINE. GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, RICHARD SMITH WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND LOOKING AT OUR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM MAPPING, IT APPEARS THE WATER LINE IS ON THE NORTH SIDE, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU FROM THAT. I CAN'T TELL YOU EXACTLY WHERE, WHETHER IT WOULD BE, I WOULD, LEMME SEE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME THAT IT WAS WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY, BUT I CAN'T, WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING OUT THERE AND TAKING A LOOK AT WHERE THE, WELL, WHERE THE, UM, VALVES AND STUFF ARE TO EXACTLY FIND IT. IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO SAY FOR SURE THAT IT'S EXACTLY, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THESE ARE, LIKE I SAID, WE USE A GIS SYSTEM THAT LAYS OUT WHERE THEY, WHERE WE BELIEVE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT OCCASIONALLY THINGS DON'T GET SHIFTED IN CONSTRUCTION AND NOT NECESSARILY ACCORDED CORRECTLY. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, NOT TO MAKE ANY BLAME HERE, BUT, UH, WE WERE JUST PART OF A CAROLINE RECONSTRUCTION A COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HERE. THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE AN 18 MINUTE CONSTRUCTION. IT TOOK FOUR YEARS 'CAUSE NOTHING IN THE GROUND WAS WHERE IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. NOTHING. YEAH, I KNOW THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I DIDN'T QUITE GET YOUR NAME FROM WINDROSE, BUT DID YOU SEE WHAT WE DID OVER THERE ON ITEM 1 0 4 WHERE THE APPLICANT REQUESTED IN WRITING, YOU'D HAVE TO SCRATCH SOMETHING RIGHT QUICK, UH, FOR A 30 DAY DEFERRAL, WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWABLE UNDER THE STATE LAW. I UNDERSTAND THAT MAYBE THE COMMISSION WOULD BE AMENABLE TO, SINCE IT APPEARS TO BE QUITE COMPLICATED [02:20:01] IN YOUR AGE OR WITHDRAWAL DEFERRAL. YEAH, THAT'S, I WAS GONNA ASK THE SAME THAT MR. JONES ASKED, WHICH IS MAYBE A WITHDRAWAL VERSUS A DENY. SO I DIDN'T WANT TO ASK THAT AND START TO SET THE PRECEDENT, YOU KNOW, POTENTIALLY ESPECIALLY SO SOON. SO I, I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING IT UP AND I'LL SEND AN, I'LL ASK OUR DEVELOPER RIGHT NOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING HE'S WILLING TO DO. IT'S UP TO, OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STAFF IS WILLING SUPPORT, BUT I CAN, CAN ASK. OKAY. LEGAL. YEAH, IT'S LEGAL. YEAH, I, YEAH, WELL, I MEAN, I KNOW IT'S LEGAL, BUT, OKAY. THE FACTS, COMMISSIONER ROBINSON, THE FACTS, I THINK THE FACTS ON THAT ONE WERE VERY SPECIFIC WHERE THEY HAD TRIED TO FILE A DEED TO CORRECT IT, THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO CORRECT IT AND IT, IT SEEMED ADMINISTRATIVE. I THINK IF WE GO DOWN THIS PATH, WE'RE JUST GONNA HAVE, START HAVING EXCESSIVE DEFERRALS ON EVERY MATTER. THAT'S COMPLICATED. OKAY. UM, I HAVE ANOTHER PERSON WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK VIRTUALLY. RON PETIT. IS THAT, DO YOU KNOW WHO RON PETIT IS? YES. RON PETIT IS THE ARCHITECT WHO WORKED ON SOME, WHO WORKED ON THE DESIGNS. OKAY. FOR THESE PARTICULAR HOMES. ALRIGHT, LET'S, LET ME CALL ON RON PETIT TO SPEAK. MR. PETIT, ARE YOU THERE? YES, I'M HERE. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY? GO RIGHT AHEAD. NO, I WAS JUST SAYING THAT ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS, SOMEBODY ON THERE TALKED ABOUT ADDING THAT SHARED DRIVEWAY TO THE SOUTH AND WE'RE RESTRICTED, YOU KNOW, 60 FEET OFF THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR A DRIVEWAY. I, THERE'S NO ROOM. WE ONLY HAVE 50 FEET LEFT. UM, I MEAN, I GUESS WE COULD SPLIT IT AND THEN COME IN FRONT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TWO PARALLEL STREETS TO EACH OTHER. I DON'T KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT CAME FROM, BUT THAT'S ONE THING I WOULD BE OBJECTING TO . OKAY. WELL, I MEAN, I MEAN, IT'S EASY TO SAY. I MEAN, I'M, I'M NOT, I'M ON THOSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEES AND THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS, BUT I THINK, UH, EITHER TRAFFIC OR PLANNING IT'S 60 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY AND THAT JUST CUTS OUT ANY LOT THAT'S 50 FEET. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. MM-HMM . UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON, UM, ITEM WHAT ITEMS? ONE 19 AND ONE 20? UM, OKAY. MS. MACHER, DO YOU WANNA ADD SOMETHING PLEASE? YES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. SO, SO I'LL START BY ANSWERING MR. PETIT, UH, QUESTION. SO THE LOTS ON THE BOTTOM ARE 50 FEET WIDE. THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS A 16 FEET WIDE SHARED DRIVEWAY AND WE WERE ABLE TO TALK WITH THE APPLICANT LAST MINUTE AND WE KNEW THIS DISCUSSION WOULD HAPPEN. SO WITH THE 15 FEET LOT, A 16 FEET SHARED DRIVEWAY, WHICH WILL COME FROM THE STREET ON THE WEST AND GO DEAD END INTO THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY BECAUSE ALL THE LOTS HAVE FRONTAGE ON A PUBLIC STREET, 16 FEET SHARED DRIVEWAY IS ALLOWED WITH A GARAGE BUILDING LINE OF FOUR FEET. SO ULTIMATELY THEY CAN BUILD, THE ONLY PLACE THAT THEY'RE NOT BATHING TO BUILD IS 16 FEET ON THE BACK AND A FIVE FEET BUILDING LINE FROM THE FRONT. SO THE DISCUSSION WAS WITH THAT, I DON'T KNOW THE MATH NOW, BUT I THINK THERE IS STILL BUILD PRETTY GOOD, DECENT BUILDABLE AREA. ALL THE LOTS THAT YOU SEE THAT ARE DIVIDED, UH, 50 FEET, LOTS THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO THREE PACKS, THEY DO THE SAME THING. SHARED DRIVEWAY, 16 FEET, AND THEN THERE IS A WHOLE HOUSE. SO IT IS ESSENTIALLY THE SAME THING. IT JUST TURNED AROUND. UM, THAT'S ONE POINT I JUST WANTED TO BRING UP. AND WITH 45 FEET OF RIGHT OF A DEDICATION, ULTIMATELY THEY WILL GAIN THE FIVE FEET THAT THEY ARE LOSING RIGHT NOW WITH THE 30 FEET DEDICATION THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. OH, OKAY. SO, SO THOSE ARE THE FACTORS, THE FACTORS THAT YOU COULD CONSIDER. AND ONE MORE THING I WOULD LIKE TO ADD IS THE 30 FEET DEDICATION ON THE SOUTH, EVEN THOUGH THE ENTITY IS A GOVERNMENT ENTITY ON THE EAST SIDE, THE ORDINANCE STILL ONLY REQUIRES HALF AND HALF. THE GOVERNMENT ENTITY MAY DEDICATE IT, WHOEVER THAT IS, HOWEVER, THE REQUIREMENT ONLY WILL BE HALF AND HALF. SO WE MAY NEVER GET, OKAY. SO THEY'D HAVE TO DO 15, THE CHURCH REALLY CAN'T DO 15. RIGHT. BECAUSE, AND WE WOULD LOSE IT AND, AND THAT IS HOW IT WOULD BE, BUT WE WON'T BE ABLE TO REQUIRE THE DEDICATION OF 30 FEET ON THE SOUTH SIDE. YEAH, IT, IT'S TOO BAD. IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A JOINT REFERRAL SOLUTION WOULD BE, BUT I REALIZE THAT'S ONEROUS. UM, OKAY. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO SAY? WELL, COMMISSIONER MODEST, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE SOLUTION THE APPLICANT'S TRYING TO COME UP WITH, BUT THERE'S JUST, UH, A LOT OF IMPACTS THAT THE SOLUTION HAS ON NOT JUST THEIR OWN PROPERTY BUT THE EXTENDING AREA. SO FOR THAT REASON, I KNOW I'M NOT COMFORTABLE GRANTING THE VARIANCE OR VOTING IN FAVOR FOR THE VARIANCE. SO MY QUESTION'S KIND OF, IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO CHOOSE TO WITHDRAW AND MAYBE COME BACK TO THE TABLE, BUT I, I KNOW I'M NOT COMFORTABLE AS THE CURRENT SOLUTION IS SHOWN AND I THINK THE SOLUTION REQUIRES MORE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT, QUITE FRANKLY. UM, BUT IT, THERE'S TOO MANY EXTERNAL IMPACTS THAN JUST YOUR, YOUR PLAQUE QUITE FRANKLY. OKAY. SO IT'S KIND OF A QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT. DO YOU WANT A DENY OR WITHDRAWAL ? I [02:25:01] WILL MOTION TO DENY, BY THE WAY. UM, OKAY. DID YOU MAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? DID I HEAR YOU JUST SECOND? WELL, I'M KIND OF ASKING THE APPLICANT IF HE WANTS TO WITHDRAW. IF NOT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO NO, I MEAN, WE, WE DON'T WISH TO WITHDRAW. I DON'T THINK IT WOULD CHANGE ANYTHING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND THE, THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS I DIDN'T HEAR THE END OF THE DISCUSSION IF THE EXTENSION IS STILL ON THE TABLE. UM, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT THAT WAS UNTIL WE HAVE A MOTION TO DO THAT, WE WON'T KNOW. OKAY. OKAY. I MEAN, I'M GONNA PUT A MOTION TO DENY DISAPPROVE FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. SO THAT IS ESSENTIALLY A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MODEST. I WE HAVE A SECOND NELSON. IT IS. AND THAT IS ON BOTH ITEMS? MM-HMM . YES. ONE 19 AND ONE 20. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? OKAY. OKAY, WE HAVE TWO NOS. BALDWIN AND JONES. ANY OTHER NOS? OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. THEY ARE DENIED. THANK YOU. OKAY, ITEM 1 21, ITEM 1 21. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER KANE. I'M GONNA LEAVE THE MEETING AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER KANE. OKAY, ITEM 1 21 ESPERANZA BARK CYPRESS GP THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG BARQUE CYPRESS VOTE AND NOR OF GROVE KEY VOTE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND ONE RESERVE FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE WHILE OR KEY DRIVE WILL COAC. STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. YOO DRIVE IS A 60 FOOT WIDE LOCAL PUBLIC STREET TO STOP INTO THE EASTERN GP BOUNDARY AND MUST BE EXTENDED TO ADDRESS MINIMUM INTERSECTION FACING REQUIREMENT EXTENDING THE, THE REQUIRED STREET WILL HELP TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION THE AREA BY PROVIDING ANOTHER POINT OF ASSET TO THE SITE AND TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. THE APPLICANT PROPOSING TO UNRESTRICTED ASSURE WITH THE INTENT TO CONSTRUCT MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THE PROPOSED MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WILL GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC AND THE EXTENSION OF THE STREET IS NEEDED TO ENSURE ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND TO ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC FROM THE ADJACENT PUBLIC STREET. SO OVERALL, THE PLA THE APPLICANT HAS NOT ELABORATED A GOOD JUSTIFICATION TO SUPPORT THE BY REQUEST AND CAN STILL MEET CHAPTER 42 BY EXTENDING THE STREET. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF A STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE BEARING REQUEST AND PUT THE G THE, THE GP SUBJECT TO EXTENDING THE REQUIRED PROPERTY STREET THROUGH THE SIDE. OKAY, QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ. UH, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. ALEX LONGORIA. MR. LONGORIA DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE GO ON UP. HI, COME RIGHT, COME AHEAD. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR CLIENT TO DISCUSS THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE THE SUBST STREET TO THE BARKS BRANCH SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DIMENSIONS ON THERE ARE, THEY'RE APPROXIMATE. BECAUSE I THREW THIS EXHIBIT TODAY, I, I WAS, AND MY INTENTION WAS NOT TO SPEAK TODAY TO THE, UH, AND ALLOW THE STAFF'S APPROVAL BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THE RULES ARE. HOWEVER, AFTER I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WHEN ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE WAS THE EXTENSION OF THAT STREET INTO BARKER'S RANCH SUBDIVISION 1, 2, 3, AND FOUR. THAT SUBDIVISION HAS, THOSE SUBDIVISIONS HAS BEEN IN THERE STARTING IN 2005 AND THEY WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH 2015. AND, UM, THEY TAKE THEIR ACCESS AND EGRESS AND IT AND INGRESS FROM GROSS SKI ROAD AND FROM BARKER CYPRESS. UM, ADDING THE STUB STREET WOULD ADD ANOTHER ELEMENT INTO IT WHERE IF YOU BUILD IT, PEOPLE ARE GONNA USE IT. AND WE THINKING THAT, THAT, THAT MORE THAN LIKELY BOTH RESERVES WILL BE HUGE APARTMENTS AND, UM, ALLOWING FOR AN ADDITIONAL ROAD INTO TO BY, UM, CIRCUMVENT THE INTERSECTION DOWN AT BARKER CYPRESS AND ROKY GOING THROUGH THAT. VERY LONG STREETS. AS YOU CAN TELL, THE SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST ARE BASICALLY LONG RUNS OF STREETS, NOT A COLLECTOR STREET. IT'S A REGULAR RESIDENTIAL STREET. THAT WAS MY QUESTION OF BALANCING WHETHER I SHOULD NOT ASK FOR A VARIANCE AND BUILD THE ROAD OR NOT STUB INTO IT AND JUST ASK FOR THE CLIENT TO HAVE THAT LONG, UH, THE HUGE, UH, 15 ACRE [02:30:01] SITES OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL BEING DEVELOPED IN TWO PHASES, POSSIBLY THREE. NOW THAT'S MY, THAT'S MY ONLY REASON FOR THE VARIANCE, IS TO LIMIT ANY POSSIBLE ACCESS OR EXTRA TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH BARKER'S BRANCH. OKAY, THANK YOU. GOT IT, GOT IT, GOT IT. HOLD ON. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER JONES, THANK YOU. JUST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD AND YOU, I'M SURE YOU DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER, BUT I SUSPECT WHERE BARKER, WHERE THIS ROAD WOULD COME THROUGH, I'VE GONE UP AND DOWN BARKER SHOPPERS QUITE A BIT AND I IMAGINE THAT THERE'S A, A LONG ESPLANADE WITH NO BRAKE OPENING. NO, THERE'S PLENTY OF ESPLANADES OPENINGS IN IN, IN THERE. YES, THEY'RE A LITTLE LONG, BUT WE COULD, WE WOULD BE CUTTING WHERE WE NEED TO CUT, WE'D CUT FOR AN OPENING, BUT THERE'S PLENTY OF ESPLANADES UP AND DOWN ON THAT BASED ON THE AERIAL. I DON'T HAVE IT. I DIDN'T BRING IT, BUT, UH, I, ON OUR CONCEPT, JUST LOOKING AT IT, I, I DON'T REMEMBER HOW MANY I HAD BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO A PLAN. I JUST USED NUMBERS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT WAS GONNA BE ON THIS TRACK, HOW MANY UNITS COULD THEY GET? WE ALSO DID RESIDENTIAL DESIGNS ON THIS AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS WAS CUT OUT FOR A COMMERCIAL VENTURES BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN THE, IN THE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES, THE LONG COMMERCIAL. WE'RE INUNDATED WITH COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. RIGHT NOW, I PERSONALLY THINK MULTIFAMILY IS A COMMERCIAL VENTURE. Y'ALL THINK IT'S RESIDENTIAL AND IT'S A GOOD MIX FOR SINGLE FAMILY? I DON'T THINK SO. YOU WANNA SEPARATE THOSE TWO, IN MY OPINION. WE HEAR THAT A LOT. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER ALLMAN? YEAH, IF THE, UH, IF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVED AND THE ROADWAY WAS CUT THROUGH, UM, THAT SUBDIVISION COULD, WHERE DOES IT, IT APPEARS THAT ALL THE ROADS DEAD END OR THAT YOU COULDN'T GET OVER TO THE NEXT MAJOR THOROUGH THOROUGHFARE TO THE EAST, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. THAT'S BOUNDED BY, I THINK, UH, I'M JUST GONNA SAY I THINK IT'S ATTICS. NO. YES. ATTICS ADD TO THE MIC PLEASE. OH, THAT'S BOUNDED BY ATTICS RESERVOIR IN THE AIRPORT TO THE EAST. TO THE EAST. OKAY. SO, SO REALLY THE ONLY PLACE AT THAT, THAT THEY WOULD BE CUTTING THROUGH IS, IS TO THAT SUBDIVISION AND THEY COULDN'T HAVE ANY OUT OUTLET. SO THERE'S REALLY, FROM WHAT I CAN SEE, NO REASON FOR THEM TO CUT THROUGH TO THAT SUBDIVISION. THE, IT WOULD BE THE SUBDIVISION CUTTING THROUGH TO THE MULTIFAMILY. THERE YOU GO. AND SO WELL, SO THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING AT AND WHICH GIVES ANOTHER POINT OF ACCESS, UHHUH. YEAH. GIVE US ANOTHER POINT OF ACCESS. SO ANYWAY. AND GIVES THE SUBDIVISION ANOTHER POINT OF ACCESS. OKAY. EMERGENCY VEHICLES. HUH? AND THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES. YEAH. THANK YOU. OKAY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. OKAY. UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ROBBINS IT, IT'S ODD THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULDN'T BE HERE VOICING THEIR OPINION. WERE THEY NOTIFIED THERE'S NO NOTICE IN THE COUNTY. MM-HMM . MM-HMM . THEY MIGHT NOW CAN I BE CLEAR WHERE THESE ACCESS POINTS ARE? I SEE THE WILD ORCHARD DRIVE. IS THERE, ARE THERE MORE THAN THAT THERE? UH, THE SUBDIVISION ALONG BARKLAY CYPRESS? CORRECT. THERE'S ONLY ONE, UM, FURTHER TO THE NORTH. THAT'S SABLE TREE. TREE. MM-HMM . TREE. BUT THERE'S A HOUSE THERE. YEAH, THERE'S A HOUSE THERE. IT WON'T CONNECT ANYTHING. WELL, I SEE THE STUB OUT AT WILD ORCHARD DRIVE, BUT I DON'T SEE THE AVAILABILITY TO GET TO SHELL TREE DRIVE. DO YOU? YEAH. SABLE TREE DOESN'T SEEM LIKE AN OPTION. YEAH, I ONLY SEE THE WILD ORCHARD. ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? THEY SAY TWO. I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE OTHER ONE WAS. JUST CURIOUS. YEAH, I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST THE, SO MAYBE WE SHOULD ASK MR. LONGORIA WHAT, WHAT THE BLUE LINE IS ON HIS DOCUMENT. MR. LONGORIA, WHAT'S THE BLUE LINE? THE BLUE LINE REPRESENTS THE TOP OF THE PLAT THAT WE PROPOSE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IF I MAY LOOK AT THAT EXHIBIT. UM, THERE'S ON FROM THE BLUE LINE TO THIS DOCUMENT CAMERA TO THE STUB STREET, THERE'S 550 FEET [02:35:01] THAT LITTLE SHORT DISTANCE. 5 25 0 5 25, SORRY. OKAY. YEAH. THAT'SS THE WIDTH OF THE TRACT, INCLUDING INCLUDING THE DETENTION EASEMENT, WHICH WE WILL BE ADDING ADDITIONAL 20 FEET TO THAT EASEMENT PER, UH, FLOOD CONTROL'S REQUEST FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN. OKAY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE FOR YOU TO, WOULD, WOULD BE AT WILD ORCHARD? YES. WHICH IS OKAY, THAT'S WHAT WE SEE. OKAY. I WASN'T SURE WHAT THE BLUE LINE IS, BUT THAT'S, KEEP IN MIND THAT'S WHERE THAT PLAT WAS APPROVED TO PUT THE SUB STREET THROUGH WHEN IT WAS PLATTED. WHEN IT WAS FIRST PLATTED. OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE DISTANCE ARE MUCH LONGER. IF YOU WERE APPLYING, EXCUSE ME, IF YOU WERE APPLYING THE RULE EQUALLY EVERY 1400 FEET THERE WOULD'VE BEEN A STEP STREET, RIGHT? OKAY. AND IT, WHAT IT DOES, IT BASICALLY MAKES US A 500, A 400 AND 490 FOOT BY 550 FOOT SQUARE UP THERE. THAT'S BISECTED BY A PUBLIC STREET. SO IT SEVERS THE, THE WHOLE TRACK THAT THE, THE 15 ACRES. RIGHT. OKAY. THAT WE, I THINK WE GOT IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. COMMISSION. COMMISSION. ALLMAN, I MOVE, UH, APPROVAL OF STAFF RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. A. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? ROBINS OPPOSED. OKAY, WE HAVE TWO, TWO NOS. SIGLER AND ROBBINS. ANY OTHER NOS? OKAY, THE MOTION CARRIES. MADAM CHAIR FOR THE RECORD. COMMISSIONER CLARK HAS DEPARTED FROM THE MEETING VIRTUALLY. RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM 1 22. OKAY. ITEM 1 22. FIRST AT CHAMPION BOARD BAPTIST CHURCH, NORTHLINE RELET NUMBER ONE AND ATTENTION THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG SPRING STU ROAD AND NORTH OF FARM MARKET 29 20. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANT TO NOT EXTEND FAVO SHADOW CREEK DRIVE, BUT TO TERMINATE WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR AN ASSISTING CHURCH AND A PROPOSED DETENTION POND. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH AND EIGHTH OF A FUTURE MI MIDDLE SCHOOL AND WEST OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. THERE'S A LOCAL PUBLIC STREET FAVO SHADOW CREEK DRIVE THE STUB INTO THE EASTERN PLOT BOUNDARY IN 2017 PLANNING COMMISSION, THE UNITED VARIANT DO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE DISTRICT WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC. HOWEVER, TODAY THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO NOT EXTEND IT BUT TO TERMINATE IT WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC. STOP COORDINATED WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED STREET LAYOUT. EXTENDING THE REQUIRED STREET TO PASSADE WAY TO THE WEST WILL BE IMPRACTICAL AS IT WILL CONNECT WITH A STREET THAT IS NOT MAINTAINED BY HARRIS COUNTY. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A, A MINIMUM EIGHT FOOT WIDE PEDESTRIAN ACID EASEMENT THROUGH THE STO SIDE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED CUL-DE-SAC AND FACADE WAY, WHICH WOULD MEET AND PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. SO GRANTING OF THE VARIANT IS BASED ON THE PROPOSED USE AND THE STIP PLAN LAYOUT. ANY MODIFICATION TO THE PLA IT WOULD, UH, TRIGGER THE RISK SUBMITTAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. OKAY, THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ. WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS, UM, BEGINNING WITH THE APPLICANT. CHRIS TODD, MR. TODD, ARE YOU THERE? UH, YES MA'AM. THANK YOU. UH, I CAN JUST STAND BY IN CASE THERE'S QUESTIONS REALLY BEING AVAILABLE IN CASE THERE WERE QUESTIONS TO THE SUPPORT OF THIS VARIANCE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DANNY PHILLIPS. UH, YES MA'AM. I WAS HERE FOR THE SUPPORT AS WELL. SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT, I'M CERTAINLY HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN, UH, THE FINAL IS AUGUST WONDERLICH. MR. WONDERLICH? YES. THANK YOU. UH, SAME THING. WE'RE HERE IN SUPPORT OF IT JUST TO SHOW THAT KLEIN ISD IS ALSO IN, IN SUPPORT OF, UH, DOING IT THIS WAY. OKAY. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP. OKAY THEN UM, WE'LL TURN TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS ON THE SCREEN. GRANT AND APPROVE, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? [02:40:01] IS THERE A MOTION? ROBINS? ROBINS. IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. STAFF RECOMMENDATION 1 23 MADAM CHAIR, ITEM 1 23 IS KEAL ESTATES. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY WEST ALONG KATY HOCKLEY ROAD AND SOUTH OF US TWO 90. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO TAKE ACCESS FROM AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT. UH, MADAM CHAIR IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THE ONE-LINER STATE TO DEFER PER DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, BUT I RECENTLY, UH, COMMUNICATED WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE REQUEST IS DEFER PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. UM, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP ON THIS ITEM. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ALLMAN ALLMAN SECOND SIGLER SIGLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. IT'S DEFERRED. 1 24 NORTHWEST COMMERCIAL PARK. CAN YOU TAKE OVER FOR A SECOND? SURE. I'M GONNA ASK VICE CHAIR GARZA TO TAKE OVER FOR A MINUTE. ITEM 1 24 IS NORTHWEST COMMERCIAL PARK. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 20 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG ZUP STREET NORTH OF US TWO 90 BETWEEN BACK E AND ROBERTS ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. AS SHOWN IN RED STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. UH, THE A UH, THE PROPERTY IS A LONG LOCAL RIGHT OF WAY ZOO STREET AND IS WITHIN THE 1400 FOOT MARK OF INTERSECTIONS OF ZOO STREET AND US TWO 90. THE PROPERTY IS THE LARGEST AND MOST VIABLE PROPERTY TO PROVIDE A NORTH SOUTH STREET, UH, NORTH SOUTH STREET BETWEEN THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OF ROBERTS AND BKE ROAD, WHICH ARE SPACED NEARLY A MILE APART TO THE IMMEDIATE NORTH IS NEARLY 200 ACRES OF AGRICULTURAL PROPERTY UNDER ONE OWNER. AS COMMERCIAL AND WAREHOUSE PROPERTIES CONTINUE TO DEVELOP, IT WOULD BE SOUND PUBLIC POLICY TO PROVIDE A NORTH, AN ADDITIONAL NORTH SOUTH STREET AND EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THAT LARGE AGRICULTURAL TRACT. IN DOING SO, PROVIDING SUFFICIENT CONNECTIVITY TO ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY NETWORK AS BAUER HOCKLEY TO THE NORTH IS PRONE TO FLOODING DUE TO THE SURROUNDING CREEK AND FLOODPLAINS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS PER APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO FURTHER COORDINATE WITH STAFF IN HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS. UH, MR. CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. SEDILLO. UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON 1 24 NORTHWEST, UH, COMMERCIAL PARK. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, SEEING NONE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, HEARING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION ON ITEM 1 24 NORTHWEST COMMERCIAL PARK TO DEFER PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST? MOTION MAR SECOND. SECOND, BERT VAR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. ITEM 1 25 STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER. MR. K CRIDDLE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. ITEM 1 25 STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF ASHWORTH STREET AND MAGNOLIA STREET, JUST WEST OF HOMESTEAD ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW, ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE FOR A WAREHOUSE ALONG ASHWORTH STREET AND MAGNOLIA STREET. AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY. DEDICATION ALONG ASHWORTH STREET STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLA TO GATHER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. WE BELIEVE ONE OR MORE OF THE WAREHOUSE STRUCTURES WERE RECENTLY BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT AND WE'RE LOOKING FURTHER INTO THE CONSTRUCTION HISTORY ON THE SITE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE PROTEST LETTER IN ADVANCE, UH, IN OPPOSITION. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO'S SIGNED UP ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER BALDWIN SECOND ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 26. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. 1 26 IS TOMPKINS THE RESERVE GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, ETJ, SOUTH OF WESTHEIMER PARKWAY AND NORTH OF KATY GASTON ROAD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN ALONG PUBLIC STREETS AND IS REQUESTING TWO SPECIAL [02:45:01] EXCEPTIONS AND THREE VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW, INCLUDING THE PROPOSED POINTS OF ACCESS ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE OF THE GP STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AGAIN IS TO DEFER ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION GARZA GARZA? SECOND. I HEAR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THAT CONCLUDES VARIANCES. WE HAVE NO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Petra Hsia, Geoff Butler, and John Cedillo)] SECTION F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS. GOOD AFTERNOON MA'AM. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ITEM 1 27 IS CYPRESS GREEN GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF FM 29 20 AND HFE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION. THE REQUESTED RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT IS TO ALLOW THE PORTION OF DESIGNATION DESIGNATED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF MASON ROAD SOUTH OF HOLDER WREATH ROAD TO HAVE A CENTER LINE RADIUS OF 1800 FEET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 2000 FEET. AND THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUESTED IS TO EXCEED THE 1400 FEET INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG A LOCAL ROAD. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS AND HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS. THE DESIGNATED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OF MA MASON ROAD, SOUTH OF HOLDER REEF ROAD HAS A PROPOSED CENTER LINE RADIUS OF 1800 FEET. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 2000, THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT ENSURES MINIMUM ENCROACHMENT INTO ADJACENT WETLANDS AND DRAINAGE EASEMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE LOCAL STREET OF TUSCAN TERRACE DRIVE IS APPROXIMATELY 1,558 FEET, WHICH IS A 11% DEVIATION FROM THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 1400 FEET. GRANTING OF THE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT IN SPECIAL EXCEPTION WOULD STILL MAINTAIN AND PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AS THE OVERALL GP WOULD PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE NETWORK OF STREETS TO DISTRIBUTE TRAFFIC FLOW. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT IN SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORMS AND CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SHAW? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP ON THIS ONE. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA GARZA. SECOND ROBINS. ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 28. ITEM 1 28 IS ANOVA SECTION TWO. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ETJ EAST OF FM 2100 SOUTH OF FOLEY ROAD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SECTION OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO CREATE A NORTH-SOUTH STREET ALONG ITS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS WITHIN THE SONOVA GENERAL PLAN TO THE EAST OF LAKE HOUSTON. THE SITE IS SITUATED BETWEEN A PROPOSED SEGMENT OF EAST LAKE HOUSTON AND GOLF CLUB DRIVE PER THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN. STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 REQUIRES A LOCAL STREET TO BE PROVIDED AT THE SITE TO SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT OF A PUBLIC STREET EVERY 1400 FEET. THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THIS SECTION OF THE GP MUST BE RESERVED TO CHANNEL STORMWATER SOUTH AND EAST OF THIS SITE. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING A NEW SEGMENT OF EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND WIDENING FULLY ROAD ELSEWHERE WITHIN THEIR GP. WHEN COMBINED WITH THE OTHER NEARBY COLLECTORS AND THOROUGHFARES, THESE STREETS WILL PROVIDE ADEQUATE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION OPPORTUNITIES. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? JONES JONES. IS THERE A SECOND? ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 1 29. ITEM 1 29 IS TEAL GARDENS. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FORT BEND COUNTY ETJ ALONG TEAL BEND BOULEVARD NORTH OF HIGHWAY SIX AND EAST OF THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD 11. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SUBDIVISION OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG PUBLIC STREETS. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO LOCATE AN INTERSECTION AT LEAST 600 FEET FROM THE NEAREST STREET ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND TO CREATE AN EAST TO WEST STREET ALONG ITS EASTERN BOUNDARY. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF [02:50:01] BOTH REQUESTS. THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEASTERN INTERSECTION AT TEAL BEND BOULEVARD AND TRAMMELL FRESNO ROAD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN INTERNAL SYSTEM OF PUBLIC STREETS THAT WILL CONNECT TO TEAL BEND APPROXIMATELY 530 FEET NORTH OF AN EXISTING INTERSECTION. THE APPLICANT SHOWS THIS LOCATION, UH, OF THIS INTERSECTION TO ALIGN WITH AN EXISTING MEDIAN OPENING AND TO AVOID ANY SITE DISTANCE ISSUES WITH AN EASTBOUND CURVE OF TEAL BEND SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. STAFF FINDS ITS JUSTIFICATION TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENT. IN ADDITION, THE SITE IS TO THE WEST OF MULTIPLE ACREAGE TRACKS, WHICH ABUT SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS WITH NO SUBST STREET CONNECTIONS. GRANT, THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH SOUND PUBLIC POLICY CONSIDERING THE LIMITED OPPORTUNITIES FOR STREET TO BE EXTENDED. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE VARIANCES AND APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CCPC ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS. WE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS, UH, NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA GARZA. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. I'M TALKING FAST BECAUSE WE JUST HAVE A QUORUM RIGHT NOW. JUST, JUST NOW. NOBODY CAN LEAVE. CANNOT LEAVE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ITEM ONE 30 AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. I STAY AS LONG AS IT'S OKAY. ITEM ONE 30 IS VENTANA LAKES EAST RESERVES AT PEAK ROAD SECTION ONE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY 22 ACRE PROPERTY IN THE LO LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY. EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF BOTH MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STOCK DIG, SCHOOL ROAD AND PEAK ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING MULTIPLE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED 600 FOOT MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING BY ALLOWING TERRAZA DRIVE TO BE ONLY 515 FEET FROM CORTANA UH, RIDGE DRIVE AND IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF THE MARKUP REQUIREMENT THAT THE DRAINAGE AND DETENTION PROPERTY TO THE NORTH BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE BOUNDARY OR TO BE RECORDED PRIOR TO SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THIS PLAT STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST, BUT NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE RECONSIDERATION REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DEFERRAL TO FURTHER COORDINATE WITH STAFF AND COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR, UH, PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST. AND AS THIS IS THE SECOND AND FINAL DEFERRAL, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A QUICK PRESENTATION A SECOND. THE SUBJECT SITE IN RED IS OUT OF THE VENTANA LAKES GP, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2018 AND HAS SINCE BEEN RECCO, UH, HAS SINCE RECORDED A MAJORITY OF THE INTENDED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS SOME DETENTION AND DRAINAGE RESERVES AS OF 2021. THE PROPERTY IN GREEN HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT WITHOUT BEING PLATTED. THE SUBJECT SITE WAS PURCHASED OUT OF THE GP IN 2022 AND A MAJORITY OF SAID SITE IS BEFORE US TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION. THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE INTENDED DRAINAGE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IN BLUE ARE THE LAST REMNANTS OF THE REMAINING UN PLATTED PROPERTY WITHIN THE GP NOT OWNED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL. THE SUBJECT SITE EFFECTIVELY ISOLATES AND CUTS OFF THE REMAINING PRO DETENTION PROPERTY FROM THE REST OF THE GENERAL PLAN AND PER THE ORDINANCE THAT REMNANT SHOULD MUST, SHOULD BE RECORDED AS PART OF THE GP WITH WHAT IS POTENTIALLY THE LAST PLAT OF THE GENERAL PLAN. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS WITH THE APPLICATION STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO FURTHER PLA FOR TWO WEEKS PER APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW, UH, FURTHER CONSIDERATION. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. CILLO? UM, NO UNSIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ROBINS? ROBINS SECOND. I HEAR. I HEAR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. [Platting Activities g - i] OKAY. OKAY, MS. SHAW, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? MM-HMM . WOULD YOU LIKE US TO TAKE SECTIONS, GH AND I TOGETHER? YES, PLEASE. , DO YOU JUST NEED A MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE FOR ALL ITEMS IN SECTION GH AND I? YES. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? BALDWIN BALDWIN. SECOND. AYE. TAHIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. SORRY. WE'LL GET YOU NEXT TIME. WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler) ] JK VARI, UH, DEVELOPMENT PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. ITEM 1 41 IS WEST LANE, EXCUSE ME, 11 WEST LANE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG WEST LANE WITH REAR FRONTAGE ALONG SAN OPPE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH AN ACCESSORY STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LONG ALONG SAN OPPE AS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FEET FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG SAN OPPE IN THE TALL TIMBER SECTION OF RIVER OAKS. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH THE ACCESSORY STRUCTURE WHILE THE HOME WILL ABIDE BY THE SETBACK ALONG WEST LANE. THE ACCESSORY DWELLING WILL ENCROACH WITHIN THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES ALONG THE REAR PROPERTY. . THIS SEGMENT OF SAN FELIPPE DOES NOT HAVE A PLATTED 25 BUILDING LINE AND HAS NUMEROUS ENCROACHMENTS WITHIN THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SETBACK. MULTIPLE VARIANCES HAVE BEEN GRANTED ALONG [02:55:01] THIS CORRIDOR, INCLUDING TWO OPPOSITE OF THIS PROPERTY THAT WERE APPROVED. UNDER SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING THE REQUIRED DEDICATION ALONG SAN PHILLIPPE AND THE REVISED PROPERTY LINE WILL BE WITHIN 15 FEET OF THE BACK OF THE CURB AND THE STRUCTURE WILL BE SET BACK IN ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS REQUEST WILL NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE VARIANCE THE RIVER OAKS PROPERTY ASSOCIATION HAS WRITTEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM MOTION ROBBINS. IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [III. Establish a public hearing date of May 25, 2023] THAT'LL TAKE US TO ROMAN THREE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 25TH. UH, MS. MICKELSON, DO WE HAVE TO READ THESE OR CAN I JUST REFER TO THE LIST ON THE SCREEN AND SET THE MOTION OR IS THERE A REASON WE HAVE TO READ 'EM? THERE IS NOT A REASON YOU NEED TO READ THEM. OKAY. WHY HAVE WE BEEN DOING IT? ? I DUNNO. WE'VE BEEN DOING IT FOREVER, BUT YEAH. OKAY. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 25TH, 2023 FOR THE, UH, PLAT APPLICATIONS LISTED ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU AND ON THE AGENDA? MOTION SIGLER SIGLER. IS THERE A SECOND? ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, [IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 2711 Harrisburg Avenue (Devin Crittle)] WE GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE. 27 11 HARRIS HARRISBURG, SORRY, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. THE SITE WAS, IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG A BELOW GRADE SEGMENT OF HARRISBURG, EAST OF NAGLE AND WEST OF DELANO. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESTAURANT WITH OUTDOOR SEATING IN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. FRONTING NAGLE. THE APPLICANT WAS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW 15 SPACES INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 52 STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE EAST END, ALONG THE GREEN LINE OF METRO'S LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN APPROXIMATELY 6,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITHIN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. WITHIN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. FRONTING NAGLE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REDUCTION IN THE PARKING REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW FOR PORTIONS OF THE SITE TO BE USED FOR RECEDING AND LANDSCAPING RATHER THAN SURFACE PARKING. THE SITE IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY'S MARKET BASED, EXCUSE ME, JUST NORTH OF THE CITY'S MARKET BASED PARKING AREA AND JUST OUTSIDE THE AREA THAT WAIVES THE PARKING REQUIREMENT NEAR TRANSIT STATIONS. WHILE THE SITE TECHNICALLY DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR A PARKING EXEMPTION, THE AREA FEATURES MANY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE UNDER UNDERSTOOD TO REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE USE. THESE INCLUDE PROXIMITY TO TWO TRANSIT STATIONS, A MULTI-USE TRAIL ALONG HARRISBURG AND A ROBUST STREET GRID SYSTEM WITH ANTI, OR EXCUSE ME, AMPLE, MULTIMODAL ACCESS. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO GATHER WRITTEN SUPPORT AND TO UPDATE THEIR NOTICE SIGN. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS WILL NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENT FROM THE PUBLIC OBJECTING TO THE REQUEST'S IMPACT ON STREET PARKING. STAFF HAS ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC IN SUPPORT CITING PROXIMITY TO RAPID TRANSIT STAFF HAS ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN SUPPORT FROM METRO. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER. UM, MARIA KAVANAUGH. ARE YOU THERE? MS. KAVANAUGH? MARIA KAVANAUGH DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 27 11 HARRISBURG? UM, SO WE'RE DEFERRING THIS AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. CORRECT. ANY DISCUSSION BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION TO DEFER GARZA GARZA. IS THERE A SECOND? JONES JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [V. Consideration of a Studio 6 Hotel/Motel at 14402 Old Chocolate Bayou Road (Devin Crittle)] UM, ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE STUDIO SIX HOTEL MOTEL. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED AT 1 4 4 0 2 OLD CHOCOLATE BAYOU ROAD. THE SITE, THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HOUSTON. CITY LIMITS JUST NORTH OF BELTWAY EIGHT ALONG OLD CHOCOLATE BAYOU. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A HOTEL TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND TO ALLOW A HOTEL TO TAKE ACCESS FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT. STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THIS STUDIO SIX HOTEL APPLICATION WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED A VARIANCE MARCH 17TH, 2020, TO ALLOW 64 ROOMS TO BE LOCATED WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND TAKE ACCESS FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT. AT THAT TIME, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS TO DENY THE REQUEST, BUT THE [03:00:01] DECISION TO SUPPORT THE VARIANCE WAS OVERTURNED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. NOW THE APPLICANT HAS RESUBMITTED THE APPLICATION WITH 60 ROOMS. THE APPLICANT STATES, AFTER FINALIZING THE PLANS, HE REALIZED THE FIRE LANES WOULD NOT FIT ON THE SITE UNLESS THE PARKING, LANDSCAPING, OR THE ROOM COUNT WAS TO BE DECREASED. HE ULTIMATELY DECIDED TO DO, TO REDUCE THE ROOM COUNT AND MAINTAIN THE LANDSCAPING BUFFER AND PARKING REQUIREMENT. STAFF WILL MAINTAIN ITS RECOMMENDATION TO NOT SUPPORT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. MADAM CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT IF THIS VARIANCE REQUEST IS NOT IS DENIED TODAY, THE APPLICANT DOES HAVE AN APPROVAL FOR 64 UNITS ON THIS SITE. UM, ONE MORE THING, MADAM CHAIR, THE NEED FOR THE RESUBMITTAL. THE NEED, THE NEED FOR THE RESUBMITTAL OF THE APPLICATION IS BECAUSE REDUCING THE ROOM COUNT HAS A MORE STRINGENT REQUIREMENT THAN ADDING ROOMS. WE DIDN'T THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW THE REDUCED ROOM COUNT WITHOUT BRINGING IT IN FRONT OF PLANNING COMMISSION. MADAM CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT HAS MADE HIMSELF AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? I DON'T HAVE A, A SPEAKER SIGNED UP. DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER? I, I BELIEVE, UH, DOMINIC, MICHELLE IS WHO I HAVE ON MY LIST. OKAY. DOMINIC? MICHELLE, ARE YOU THERE? DOMINIC? MICHELLE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE OPENING IT UP FOR ATION YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED TO SAY. I MEAN, I THINK WE BEAT THIS HORSE TO DEATH OVER HERE BETWEEN THIS LANDSCAPE BUFFER AND THESE FENCES AND THIS BUFFER WITH THE DRAINAGE AND, AND ALL THEY'RE DOING IS REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ROOMS TO INCREASE THE DRIVE FOR THE FIRE TRUCK TO GET AROUND THERE, WHICH MAKES THE WHOLE THING SAFER. SO I KNOW THE STAFF DIDN'T SUPPORT THIS BEFORE, BUT I TEND TO THINK WE MADE A GOOD DECISION LAST TIME AND THIS EVEN MAKES IT BETTER BY REDUCING IT BY FOUR ROOMS. SO I'M, I'M INCLINED TO MOVE FOR AN APPROVAL. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, UM, TO GRANT THE VARIANCE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, SECOND JONES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. OPPOSED? NAY GARZA. OKAY. ANY OTHER NOS? WE HAVE ONE NO GARZA. UM, AND THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE VARIANCE IS GRANTED. ROMAN [VI. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Special Minimum Building line Block Renewal for the 800 Block of Columbia Street, east and west sides – MBL 46REN (Bennie E. Chambers III)] NUMERAL FIVE SIX, SORRY. SIX PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDING LINE BLOCK RENEWAL FOR THE 800 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA STREET EAST AND WEST SIDES. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS BENNY CHAMBERS II WITH THE P DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE P DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF A 17 FOOT SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDER LINE FOR THE 800 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA STREET EAST AND WEST SIDES BETWEEN EAST NINTH AND EAST EIGHTH STREETS. PREVIOUSLY THE MINIMUM BUILDING LINE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2002. THESE BLOCKS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS SOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. ACCORDING TO OUR ANALYSIS THAT THIS APPLICATION AREA CONSISTS OF 22 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS REPRESENTING 92% OF THE TOTAL AREA. ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED THAT A PROTEST OF THE APPLICATION MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS. ONE PROTEST WAS FILED. EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR RENEWAL APPLICATIONS PER THE ORDINANCE SECTION 42 DASH 1 78 D. HOWEVER, I DID RECEIVE 12 EMAILS OUT OF THE 22 PROPERTY OWNERS SUPPORTING THE RENEWAL OF THE MINIMUM BUILDING LINE. THIS APPLICATION IS IN THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, WHICH WAS PLATTED IN 1892. AND THERE ARE SEVERAL HOMES WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE 1920S. WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, WE ARE READY TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE UH, SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDING LINE BLOCK RENEWAL FOR THE 800 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA? OH, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. JUST FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, OKAY, IF THERE'S NO ONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, WE NOW CONSIDER, UH, AND I THINK THE MOTION THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL YES. FOR APPROVAL. I, OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THAT. BALDWIN SECOND MODEST. ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL. I WILL JUST LIKE SAY I APPRECIATE THE STAFF GIVING US THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT AND REACHING OUT FOR SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT. I KNOW THE ORDINANCE, [03:05:01] I DON'T AGREE WITH THE ORDINANCE AND IT'S OPEN TO SOME INTERPRETATION, BUT I THINK HAVING THAT INFORMATION IS AN IMPORTANT DETERMINING FACTOR FOR MY VOTES. ABSOLUTELY. AND NOTE TO APPLICANTS ON RENEWALS, IT'S MAKES IT A LOT EASIER IF WE KNOW THAT. [VII. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Special Minimum Lot Size Block Renewal for the 800 Block of Columbia Street, east and west sides – MLS 46REN (Bennie E. Chambers III)] OKAY. ROMAN NUMERAL SEVEN IS A PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK RENEWAL FOR THE 800 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA STREET EAST AND WEST SIDES. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS BENNY CHAMBERS II WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF A 6,600 SQUARE FOOT SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE FOR THE 800 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA STREET EAST AND WEST SIDES BETWEEN EAST NINTH AND EAST EIGHTH STREETS. PREVIOUSLY THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE ORDINANCE FOR THE BLOCK WAS PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL ON NOVEMBER 26TH, 2002. THESE BLOCKS ARE LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON HEIGHTS, SOUTH HISTORIC DISTRICT. STEPH RECOMMENDS THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. ACCORDING TO OUR ANALYSIS, THE APPLICATION AREA CONSISTS OF 22 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS REPRESENTING 92% OF THE TOTAL AREA. ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WERE NOTIFIED THAT A PROTEST OF THE APPLICATION MUST BE FILED WITHIN 30 DAYS. ONE PROTEST WAS FILED. EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR RENEWAL APPLICATIONS PER THE ORDINANCE SECTION 42 DASH 1 78 D. HOWEVER, I DID RECEIVE 12 EMAILS OUT OF THE 22 PROPERTY OWNERS SUPPORTING THE RENEWAL OF THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE. THE APPLICATION IS IN THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, WHICH WAS PLATTED IN 1892 AND SEVERAL OF THE HOMES WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE 1920S. WITH THAT MADAM CHAIR, WE ARE READY TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED FOR THIS EITHER. NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS SPECIAL MINIMUM LOT SIZE BLOCK FOR THE 800 BLOCK OF COLUMBIA APPLICANT? AGAIN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO. UM, IF NO RESPONSE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. YES MA'AM. DISCUSSION MOVED. BALDWIN SECOND TAHIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES WILL BE FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY. ROMAN [VIII. Public Hearing and Consideration of a Special Minimum Building line Block Renewal for the 400 Block of W. 23rd Street, north and south sides – MBL 45REN (Abraham Zorrilla)] NUMERAL EIGHT PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIAL MINIMUM BUILDING LINE BLOCK REMOVAL RENEWAL FOR THE 400 BLOCK OF WEST 23RD STREET, NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES. MR. ZIA, THANK YOU. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ABRAHAM Z. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF A 44 FOODS SPECIAL MINIMUM BILLING LINE BLOCK FOR THE 400 BLOCKS OF WEST 23RD STREET, NORTH AND SOUTH SIDE BETWEEN, UH, NICHOLSON STREET AND ASHLAND STREET. PREVIOUSLY, THE MINIMUM BUILDING LINE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 2ND, 2003. THESE BLOCKS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. ACCORDING TO OUR ANALYSIS, THIS APPLICATION AREA CONSISTS OF 40 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS REPRESENTING 80% OF THE TOTAL AREA. ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WERE PROVIDED NOTICE STATING THAT A PROTEST OF THE APPLICATION, UH, MUST BE FILED WITHIN A 30 DAY PERIOD. THREE PROTESTS WERE FILED. EVIDENCE AND SUPPORT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE RENEWAL APPLICATIONS FOR THE ORDINANCE. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF SUPPORT WHEN THE APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED, REPRESENTING 70% OF THE TOTAL AREA. THE APPLICATION IS WITHIN THE, UM, EXCUSE ME, HOUSTON HEIGHTS SUBDIVISION, WHICH WAS PLOTTED IN 1892 AND SEVERAL OF THE HOLES WERE ORIGINALLY BUILT IN THE 1930S WITHOUT MADAM CHAIR. WE READY TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS BEGINNING WITH DR. MASU, UH, SHAFI. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK FOR THE TAKING THE TIME TO, UM, HEAR MY PROTEST. I'M AGAINST THIS, UH, 44 SETBACK AND I HAVE VERY QUICKLY, I HAVE FOUR REASONS. I'VE BEEN IN THAT, UH, IN THAT BLOCK FOR 18 YEARS. WHEN I BOUGHT THE HOUSE, I KNEW I BOUGHT THE SETBACK. UM, BUT I THINK THINGS HAVE CHANGED THE PAST 20 YEARS. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THE SETBACK WAS TO PREVENT TOWN HOMES FROM COMING TO THAT BLOCK. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT I THINK 44 FOOT SETBACK IS ARBITRARY. IT COULD BE 25 FEET AND YOU CAN STILL PREVENT THE TOWN HOMES FROM UH, BEING BUILT IN THAT BLOCK. ALSO, THIS IS [03:10:01] PROBABLY THE ONLY BLOCK IN THE WHOLE HEIGHTS THAT HAS A 44 FOOT SETBACK. IF YOU DRIVE AROUND THE, UH, HEIGHTS, YOU SEE 10 FOOT, 20 FEET, 20 FEET, BUT NOT 44 FEET. UM, THE OTHER THING IS THAT YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY, MOST HOMES, MILLIONS OF PEOPLE OWN HOMES AND THEY HAVE BACKYARDS. WE CANNOT HAVE BACKYARDS BECAUSE THEY, UH, REQUIRE THIS 44 FOOT SETBACK. SO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO HAS TO HAPPEN IN THE FRONT YARD. SO WHAT IF I WANT TO HAVE A BARBECUE IN MY BACKYARD? I DON'T HAVE A BACKYARD BECAUSE I'M SUPPOSED TO. UM, I'M SUPPOSED TO GO WITH THAT 44 FEET SETBACK. IF I WANNA HAVE A SWIMMING POOL, I CANNOT PUT IN THE BACKYARD BECAUSE THERE IS NO BACKYARD I HAVE TO PUT IN THE FRONT YARD. SO IT TAKES AWAY MY FREEDOM TO DO WHAT I WANT ON MY PROPERTY AND I CANNOT DO THOSE THINGS BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE 44 FEET, UM, FAR FROM THE STREET. UM, AND FINALLY THIS AFFECTS THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY BECAUSE IF I WANT TO SELL MY HOUSE AND SOMEONE WANTS TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE AND COME CLOSER TO THE STREET, THEY CAN'T BECAUSE THERE IS THIS DE RESTRICTION. UH, FINALLY AND ONE MORE POINT. THERE IS ANOTHER DEED RESTRICTION THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THIS. AND WE CAN PUT MORE THAN ONE HOUSE ON EACH PROPERTY BECAUSE OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. I THINK THAT ALONE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE TOWN HOMES COMING TO THAT BLOCK TIME AND WE DON'T NEED THIS ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNIFER HENDRICKSON. THANK YOU. SO THE DOCUMENTS THAT I FORWARD, ARE THEY IN THE PACKETS OR SHOULD I USE THE DOCUMENT CAM? GO AHEAD AND USE THE DOCUMENT CAM. OKAY. DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE. UM, ARE YOU READY FOR ME TO BEGIN? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD. MY NAME IS JENNIFER HENDRICKSON. I LIVE AT 4 4 2 WEST 23RD STREET. UM, I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION OF THE RENEWAL OF THE THIS APP APPLICATION FOR THE 44 FOOT SETBACK. I HAVE A UNIQUE POSITION OF UNDERSTANDING WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS CREATED. MY NEIGHBOR THAT LIVED NEXT TO ME WAS THE ORIGINATOR OF THAT APPLICATION IN 2002 ISH AND IT GOT APPROVED IN 2003. IF YOU LOOK AT EXHIBIT ONE, UM, ON THE SCREEN, SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STREET, I'M AT 4 4 2. THE NEIGHBOR THAT ORIGINATED IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO ME UP AT THE CORNER OF 20, UH, THIRD AND NICHOLSON. THOSE ARE THE TOWNHOUSES THAT HE WAS TRYING TO OPPOSE. AND I WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THAT BECAUSE THEY WERE BUILDING IT AT HIS ZERO LOT LINE ORDINANCE. I'M AN ARCHITECT, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS. SO I SIGNED A PETITION IN 2002 SAYING I I'M AGAINST ZERO LOT LINE. WELL, HE COULDN'T GET ENOUGH SUPPORT ALONG THE STREET, SO HE NARROWED HIS POSITION TO THE 400 BLOCK OF WEST 23RD STREET. HOW DID I FIND THIS OUT? I REBUILT ON MY PROPERTY IN 2007. I WENT TO PULL A PERMIT. I LITERALLY HAD THE FACE OF MY NEW BUILDING EXACTLY WHERE MY ORIGINAL BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE, WHICH WAS CLOSER TO THE STREET. I GO TO PULL A PERMIT AND THEY SAY, NOPE, YOU CAN'T DO IT. SO MY 25 FOOT SETBACK NORMALLY GOT TURNED INTO 44 FEET. IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE, THE REASON WHY I'M EMOTIONAL ABOUT IT IS 'CAUSE MY LOT IS ORGANIZED LIKE THIS. 50 FEET BY 130 FEET, 44 FEET MAKES THE FIRST 30% OF MY LOT UNUSABLE. IF I WANNA PUT A GARAGE 25 BY 25, THAT TAKES IT FROM THE BACK. I CAN'T BUILD IT IN THE FRONT. SO IT'S GOTTA BE IN THE BACK, ACCESS IT BY THE ALLEY. SO I'M COMPRESSING WHEN I CAN BUILD ON MY PROPERTY. I HAD TO DO A REDESIGN AND I LOVE MY HOUSE. I LIVE THERE. I'M STILL THERE, BUT I DO BELIEVE THE 44 FOOT SETBACK IS AN ISSUE ON LOTS MY SIZE. YES, THE GENTLEMAN THAT'S HERE PROBABLY GONNA SPEAK HIS LOT IS ORIENTED LIKE THIS, 75 FEET. IT CAN AFFORD A 44 FOOT SETBACK. I THINK WHEN HE WENT DOWN THE STREET, PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING UP FOR AND THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY CANNOT DO ANYTHING WITH THAT 44 FEET, THE FIRST THIRD OF THEIR PROPERTY. DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS? SO YOU CAN HAVE A FEW MORE MINUTES IF YOU WANT. I JUST WISH I'M IN SUPPORT OF A SETBACK. I JUST WISH IT WAS MORE REASONABLE IN A 25 TO 30 RANGE. MUCH LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING TONIGHT, I'M OPPOSED TO THE 44 FOOT NUMBER. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, WESLEY FIAT. ALRIGHT. THANK Y'ALL FOR SEEING ME. UM, I GOT 15 OF 22 SIGNATURES TO EXTEND THE ORDINANCES AND, UM, WE THINK THAT, UH, IT'S A GOOD THING. EVERY ONE OF THE ONES WHO SIGNED WERE ON BOARD WITH THE SETBACK AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING NEW HOUSES BUILT CLOSER TO THE ROAD [03:15:01] AND DISTURBING THE NATURE AND FEELING OF OUR BLOCK. WHEN WE FIRST, UH, SAW OUR HOUSE THAT WE ENDED UP BUYING ON 23RD STREET, WE WERE VERY ATTRACTED TO THE STREET BECAUSE OF JUST THE AMBIANCE AND THE NATURE AND THE FEELING OF HAVING SUCH BIG FRONT YARDS SEEMED LIKE A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND LET'S SEE, UM, THERE'S ON THE 300 BLOCK OF WEST 23RD, THEY RECENTLY BROUGHT, BOUGHT OR BUILT THREE TOWN HOMES THAT COME RIGHT UP TO THE STREET. AND THERE'S SOME FOLKS THAT HAVE HOUSES THAT ARE SET BACK ABOUT LIKE OURS ARE. AND I FEEL BAD FOR THOSE PEOPLE BECAUSE IF THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIGN THAT OR UH, AN ORDINANCE TO KEEP HOUSES FURTHER BACK TO MAINTAIN THE CONTINUITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M SURE THEY WOULD DO THAT. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. UH, TERRY FI. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, WE, MY HUSBAND AND HE WAS THE ONE THAT WAS KIND OF IN CHARGE OF GETTING ALL THIS TOGETHER. AND I JUST WANNA SAY WE LOVE THAT STREET. I KNOW IT DOESN'T WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE WITH THE SETBACK, BUT THE SETBACK IS THERE. MOST OF THE HOUSES ARE DONE. I DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF NEW BUILDING GOING ON IN THAT STREET. UM, WE LOVE THE FACT THAT AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY, PEOPLE ARE OUT IN THEIR FRONT YARDS. WE CAN TALK TO THEM, WE CAN VISIT WITH THEM. THE KIDS ARE OUT THERE PLAYING. UH, WE DO HAVE A BACKYARD, UH, WHEN WE DO HAVE A FRONT YARD, EVEN THOUGH THE BACKYARD MIGHT BE SMALLER, BUT THERE IS A BACKYARD. SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, WE LOVE THE STREET AND WE'RE REAL HAPPY WE'RE THERE. AND WE HOPE THAT YOU GUYS, THAT THIS WILL GET APPROVED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. MONICA DERA. MONICA DERA. HI. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. SO I, WE, WE ALSO LIVE ON WEST, UM, WEST 23RD STREET. AND WE RECENTLY BUILT OUR HOUSE AND WE HAD TO BUILD AT THE 44 FEET, UH, SETBACK. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE HOUSE AND WE WOULD HATE TO RUIN THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? ARE YOU STILL THERE? MS. DELLA ERTA, WE LOST YOU. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL JAMES STEINBECK. JAMES STEINBECK? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME ALL RIGHT? PLEASE? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU. I HAVE LIVED ON THIS BLOCK FOR CLOSE TO 40 YEARS AS AN OWNER AND A RESIDENT OF MORE THAN ONE PROPERTY, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF TWO DIFFERENT PROPERTIES. I WAS VERY MUCH INVOLVED HERE A LONG TIME AGO. I WAS INVOLVED WHEN THE FIRST PETITION WAS DONE 20 YEARS AGO. AND AT THAT TIME WE ABSOLUTELY HAD NO CONFLICTS OR ANY REASONS OF ANYONE TO DENY OR NOT LIKE THE IDEA OF THE PROPER SETBACK LINES THAT WAS MOST IN COMPLIANCE FOR EVERYONE. RECENTLY, AS MONICA DELLA SERTA HAS COMMENTED, WE HAVE JUST RECENTLY GOTTEN RID OF AN OLD BUNGALOW HOUSE THAT HAD A 40 FOOT SETBACK LINE PRIOR TO THOSE PETITIONS. AND WE BUILT A NEW HOME. AND WHEN WE WENT TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT, THEY SAID WE MUST COMPLY WITH THE 44 FOOT SETBACK LINE, AND YOU CAN COUNT ON THE FACT THAT WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE A 44 FOOT SETBACK LINE. WE LIKED THAT WE DID THAT, WE BUILT A HOME. ACCORDINGLY, WE FEEL LIKE THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES WITH THESE PROPER SETBACK LINES ARE GOOD. IT WOULD BE A GREAT DEVALUATION IF IN FACT WE HAVE THESE OTHER COMPLICATIONS THAT THESE PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED. AND I'LL STAY BRIEF. ONE OR TWO MORE THINGS I WOULD LIKE TO SAY, I'M GONNA PRIOR, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER, POLICE COMMISSIONER AND, UH, THE SECURITY COMPANY. I DID THE DEMOGRAPHICS ON THE CRIME ELEMENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD COMPARED TO THE BLOCKS AROUND IT. AND BECAUSE OF THESE SETBACK LINES AND NOT HAVING THE ACCESS AND THE PARKING PROBLEMS IN THE FRONT, WE HAVE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO CRIME FACTORS COMPARED TO ANY OF THE OTHER BLOCKS NEARBY. WE DON'T HAVE THE PARKING PROBLEMS THAT YOU HEARD TALKING ABOUT THE 42. WE DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEMS WITH THE, UH, DOUBLE DRIVEWAYS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE ISSUES. OUR PARKING IS GOOD, OUR FLOW OF TRAFFIC IS GOOD. I WAS IN CHARGE OF A TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE NICHOLSON PATHWAYS TO HAVE PROPER SITE TIME CARS CROSSING THAT STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NO STOP SIGNS ON 23RD PRIOR TO AND COMING UP TO THE NICHOLSON AREA, THESE SETBACK LINES ARE VERY IMPORTANT. AND IF WE LOST, THEY'LL HAVE SETBACK LINE BY THAT PETITION. IT WOULD GREATLY DEVALUE A LOT OF THE PROPERTY VALUES THAT WE HAVE HERE. AND IT WOULD ALSO BE A GREAT CONFLICT ON SAFETY FOR THE PATHWAY. AND IT WOULD ALSO BE A, A, UH, A NEGATIVE FACTOR RELEVANT TO THE CRIME ELEMENTS. OKAY. WE FIND THAT THIS BLOCK IS A, IS A [03:20:01] SHINING EXAMPLE. THANK YOU, MR. STEINBECK. I'VE GOTTA INTERRUPT YOU. YOUR TIME'S UP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BUT THANK YOU. OKAY, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS AARON MCCULLOUGH. AARON MCCULLOUGH. AARON. UM, OH, THERE YOU GO. GOOD. A GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M ACTUALLY SPEAKING TO YOU FROM THE PORCH OF MY, UH, HOME ON 400 WEST 23RD, 4 0 7. UM, WE'VE OWNED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A YEAR NOW, AND ONE OF THE REASONS WE DECIDED TO PURCHASE IN THIS BLOCK WAS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BLOCK. UH, WITH THE HOME SETBACK, 44 FEET. IT FEELS LIKE A A COMMUNITY. WE HAVE LARGE FRONT NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR KIDS CAN PLAY IN THE FRONT YARD. AND AS MR. STEINBECK MENTIONED, UH, IT HAS A, A FEELING OF SAFETY. UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RENEW THE BLOCK BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF THE MAIN ATTRACTIONS THAT BROUGHT US HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SO, UH, WITH THAT WE ALSO FEEL LIKE WE DO HAVE ACCESS TO OUR BACKYARD. WE ALSO HAVE A SWIMMING POOL IN OUR BACKYARD AND HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF BOTH THE FRONT AND THE BACK. AND IT IS A, UH, IT'S A DIFFERENTIATING FACTOR COMPARED TO THE BLOCKS TO THE EAST AND WEST OF US. THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. MCCULLOUGH. UH, THOSE ARE THE ONLY SPEAKERS I HAVE. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 400 BLOCK OF WEST 23RD? UH, HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO CITY COUNCIL, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION QUESTIONS THEN? DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN BALDWIN, SECOND MAD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THE APPLICATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, OKAY. I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? OKAY. AND I SHOULD ANNOUNCE THAT ITEM X, I MEAN, ITEM 10 WAS POSTED IN ERROR, SO WE DO NOT NEED TO ACT ON THAT. UM, ROMAN NUMERAL 11 IS TO ADJOURN. IS THERE A MOTION? GARZA, GARZA, ALLMAN ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS FOR STICKING IT OUT. QUORUM, QUORUM WISE. THANK YOU. YES. YEAH, I THINK A NOTE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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