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AND GENTLEMEN.[Call to Order]
COMMISSIONERS, TAKE YOUR SEATS PLEASE.
IS IT ON? IT IS 2 31 AND UM, I AM NOW CALLING TO ORDER THE MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
IT IS NOW 2 31 ON THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, 2023.
I WILL BE CHAIRING TODAY IN THE CHAIR'S ABSENCE, MARTY STEIN.
AND THIS IS A SEPARATE MEETING FROM THE MTFP, SO I WILL CALL THE ROLE TO VERIFY QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER A SECOND AND SEPARATE MEETING.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME FIND MY ROLE.
I WAS GONNA SAY, ALRIGHT, IT DOESN'T HAVE MY NAME ON IT, BUT WE'LL HAVE TO DO.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW, UH, AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS, I'M GONNA CALL THE ROLE.
PLEASE ANSWER THE IN THE AFFIRMATIVE TO MARK THAT YOU ARE PRESENT.
THE CHAIR, MARTY STEIN, IS NOT PRESENT.
THE VICE CHAIR, SONNY GARZA IS PRESENT.
RODNEY, HE PRESENT DAMIEN HINES.
WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
KEVIN ROBBINS WILL NOT BE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
UH, MEGAN SIGLER PRESENT, UH, ZAHAR TAHIR HAS STEPPED OUT.
VIRTUALLY SCOTT KAIN PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
MAGGIE DALTON, PRESENT VIRTUALLY PRESENT, VIRTUALLY PATRICK.
I KEEP WANTING TO PUT AN EXTRA SYLLABLE IN THERE.
AND SECRETARY MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT.
THAT IS 18 AND WE HAVE QUORUM AND WE WILL CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING.
UM, TO EVERYONE ELSE WHO'S JOINING US, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, YOU CAN FIND THE FINAL AGENDA WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.
ALL ADVANCE COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY NOON YESTERDAY ARE INCLUDED WITH THE FINAL AGENDA.
IF YOU ARE WITH US IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX AND WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT A SPEAKER FORM AND RETURN TO STAFF.
WE ASK THAT THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CONNECTED BY PHONE TO USE STAR SIX TO MUTE AND UNMUTE, AND THOSE OF YOU ON COMPUTER TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICE MUTED UNTIL YOU ARE CALLED UPON TO SPEAK.
ALSO, OUR VIDEO QUALITY WILL BE BETTER IF YOU KEEP YOUR CAMERA OFF UNTIL YOU ARE REQUESTED TO SPEAK.
COMMISSIONERS ATTENDING VIRTUALLY.
I REMIND YOU THAT VIDEO MUST BE ON, UM, THROUGHOUT THE MEETING FOR YOU TO BE COUNTED AS PRESENT.
[Director’s Report]
TO, UH, MARGARET WALLACE BROWN AND THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MR. CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I AM MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, SECRETARY TO THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, I HAVE A FEW ANNOUNCEMENTS.
SO, UM, FRIDAY, MAY 19TH IS BIKE TO DAY 2023, OR AS WE CALL IT IN CITY HALL HELMET.
UM, THE CITY SPONSORED EVENT STARTS AT SEVEN 15 THAT MORNING AND CONCLUDES AT CITY HALL AT 8:00 AM VISIT BIKE, I'M SORRY, VISIT HOUSTON BIKE PLAN.ORG OR CALL 8 3 2 3 9 5 2700 FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THAT IS, THAT'S ALL MY ANNOUNCEMENTS, SO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM FOR DETAILS OR SEE.
LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG FOR MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION.
DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN.
[Approval of the April 27, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF THE 20, UH, APRIL 27TH, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CHANGES? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? CLARK, CLARK, SECOND JONES.
ALL, ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ROMAN ONE, PLATTING ACTIVITY, SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT PLATS, BEFORE WE BEGIN, I'M SHOWING THAT ITEM 35
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HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.IS THAT CORRECT? I'M LOOKING WITHDRAWN.
[Platting Activities A & B]
AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 0 7 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 67 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS ARE NUMBER 68 THROUGH 1 0 7.
UH, MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE A CHANGE IN STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 63 TRILLION SECTION FIVE.
UM, IT HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM APPROVED TO DEFER PER THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS, NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUTTA ORDER AND THERE ARE NO OTHER CHANGES TO STAFF.
RECOMMENDATIONS MR. CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLANT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE CONSIDERING ITEM ONE THROUGH 1 0 8.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR THESE ITEMS. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 0 8? 1 0 7? PARDON ME? 1 0 7.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN SEPARATELY FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION? COMMISSIONER HAYS.
I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 60 AND 78.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
I I'M SORRY, WAS THAT 60 AND 78 PLEASE? UH, 60 AND 78.
UH, ALL RIGHT, ITEM 23, COMMISSIONER GARZA, WHICH ITEM? I'M SORRY, 23.
23 ITEM MR. CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON.
COMMISSIONER, I NEED TO ABSTAIN.
I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 3, 4 56, 57, 58, 59 AND 63.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE LOOKING AT ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 0 7, SECTIONS A AND B OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
NOW FOLLOW ME ALONG THIS IN CASE I GET THESE WRONG.
I'M SHOWING ITEMS TO BE PULLED FOR SEPARATE CONSIDERATION ARE 3, 4, 8 23 29, 30, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63, AND 78.
MY CLARIFICATION, COMMISSIONER GARZA, I WOULD LIKE TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 23.
ALRIGHT, IS THAT IT? JUST ONE ITEM 23.
ALRIGHT, MR. CHAIRMAN, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO REPORT THOSE, REPEAT THOSE ITEMS FOR US? OKAY.
AGAIN, EVERYONE
SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 0 7? LES, THOSE ITEMS I JUST MENTIONED, MOTION ALLMAN, SECOND VICTOR, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE WILL NOW CONSIDER ITEMS 3, 4, 8 23 29, 30, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 63 AND 78.
ALL, ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, John Cedillo, Devin Crittle, and Arum Lee)]
UH, ITEM C, RELAS REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH NOTIFICATION.GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 1 0 8, ALMA LANDING.
THE SET IS LOCATED IN THE CITY SOUTH OF TEWELL ROAD AND WEST OF METHOD DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED.
WITH THIS ITEM, THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SEPARATE TO THE CPC
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1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.MR. CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 8 ALMA LANDING IS NOW OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHATTER ONLINE? NO.
ALRIGHT THEN, IF THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE ARE ON ITEM 1 0 8, ALMA LANDING.
UM, YOU THE, UM, WE HAVE, UM, AN APPROVAL.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED.
IS THERE A MOTION? HAY SECOND JONES JONES.
QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
ITEM 1 0 9, ITEM 1 0 9 BE STREET DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY, UM, AT THE INTERSECTION OF BELL STREET AND 20TH STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
UM, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS FLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTION.
A PORTION OF THE LAW CANNOT BE SUBDIVIDED AND MUST BE, UM, A LOCKED.
AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING UNDER THE STATE LAW, THE APPLICANT REQUESTED AN EXTENSION FOR 30 DAYS AND PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTED A 30 DAY EXTENSION.
THEREFORE, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER PLA PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
MR. CHAIR, IS IT PLEASE TO THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY O CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 1 0 9 BEAL STREET DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE A, A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER THIS.
KIM, IS THERE A NEED FOR A VOTE ON THIS TO DEFER SINCE IT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED? SINCE IT'S APPEARED ON THE AGENDA? AGAIN, BECAUSE OF THE, THE COMPUTER SYSTEM THAT THAT'S USED, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND ASK FOR A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE DEFERRAL AS REQUESTED AT THE LAST MEETING.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE SIGLER JONES? QUESTIONS? CAN, CAN WE GET CLARITY ON THE PORTION THAT VIOLATES THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? I'M STILL A LITTLE CONFUSED THAT ALL OF THIS TRACK IS JUST A PORTION OF IT THAT VIOLATES IT, RIGHT? A LITTLE PORTION.
TINY SA LITTLE TINY LITTLE THING RIGHT THERE.
THIS 60, IT IS A TINY SLIVER AND THAT IS WHAT IS HOLDING IT UP.
IT NEEDS TO BE RELEASED FROM THE RESTRICTIONS, WHICH MR IS FAR HAS ASSURED ME.
OR THEY CAN GIVE IT TO LOT FOUR OR SOMETHING.
THAT'S ALL WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THAT ONE LITTLE SLIVER THOUGH, RIGHT? HE THINKS YES, THAT'S ALL THAT'S HOLDING IT UP.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON THE SIGN BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER? ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? WITH THAT, UH, WE HAVE AGAIN, A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE, UM, WAIT, DID I JUST TAKE THIS MOTION? I DID, YEAH.
JONES AND THE QUESTION AND ALL WE HAVE NOW IS A VOTE.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED AND THE PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED.
ONE 10 COVINGTON HOMES ITEM ONE 10, THE SITE LOCATED IN THE CITY ALONG MAYPORT STREET, EAST OF SHEPHERD DRIVE IN SOUTH OF US 59.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WIPA IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VALUE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE POWER SEPARATELY.
UM, STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
MR. DEPUTY CHAIR, TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN ON ITEM ONE 10 COVINGTON HOMES.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? NO ONE ONLINE.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS LISTING.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS, HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION? MAD SECOND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
ITEM ONE 11 DEBERRY VILLAGE, ITEM ONE 11 DEBERRY VILLAGE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF DEBERRY STREET AND CALHOUN ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLANT IS TO CREATE FOUR LOTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DE RESTRICTIONS.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADV ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN ON ITEM ONE 11, DEBERRY
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VILLAGE.I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? NO ONE IN THE CHAT.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE WILL, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION ISH? SECOND TAHIR.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 12 DUNHAM POINT, SECTION SEVEN REPLAT NUMBER ONE, CHAIRMAN AON, EXCUSE ME, I'M MOMENT RECUSE FROM THIS ITEM.
WOULD YOU NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HEIS IS REC RECUSING HIMSELF FROM THIS ITEM? THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE PLAN COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 12 IS DUNHAM POINT, SECTION SEVEN RELA NUMBER ONE.
THE SUBJECTS SIDE IS AN 11.8 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH OF ALONG JACK ROAD AND EAST OF MASON ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO ALTER THE EXISTING 25 FOOT BUILDING LINES ALONG ALL LOTS TO BECOME A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
ALONG ALL LOTS, NO PROPERTY LINES OR LAND USE DESTINATIONS ARE CHANGING FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIR, IF FOR PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED ON ITEM ONE 12, UH, DUNHAM POINT, SECTION SEVEN, REPL NUMBER ONE.
I HAVE, UH, SPEAKER RALPH LOPEZ.
MR. LOPEZ, ARE YOU PRESENT? IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD PLEASE.
OH, YOU'RE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE ON ITEM ONE 12 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING WITHOUT, WITH THAT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SIGLER? SECOND.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 13 IS EYF PROPERTIES.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS ALONG RICHMOND AVENUE AND IC STREET, JUST EAST OF LEY STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND REVISE THE BUILDING LINE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE SITE IS ALONG A SECONDARY TO STREET, TOD STREET, WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS, HAS THE OPTION TO PROVIDE A 20 FOOT PEDESTRIAN REALM.
HOWEVER, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE IS REQUIRED BY DEED RECORD.
THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO SHOW THIS ON THE PLAT WITH THE ADDITION OF THE 25 FOOT DEED.
RESTRICTED BUILDING LINE REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, MR. CHAIR, WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 13 EYF PROPERTIES IS OPEN.
I DO HAVE A SPEAKER ON ONE 13.
MS. OWENS, MR. CHAIR, GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ITEM ONE 13.
SEEING THAT WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 14.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY ALONG AIRLINE DRIVE AND NOR OF WEST CA K STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLAN IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A GEO BORDERLINE ALONG AIRLINE DRIVE INSTEAD OF 25 AND STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO DEVELOP A DAYCARE
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FACILITY WITH PARKING ON THE BACK AND IT ALSO PROVIDING A FIVE FOR RIGHTWAY DEDICATION TO WIDEN AIRLINE DRIVE AS REQUIRED PER CHAPTER 42.AS U IS BEING REQUESTED ALONG AIRLINE DRIVE TO PROVIDE A MORE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT BY ENHANCE ENHANCING THE PEDESTRIAN REALM, UM, PER THE SIP, A 15 FOOT WIDE PEDESTRIAN WELL WILL BE PROVIDED WITH A MINIMUM EIGHT FEET, 11 INCHES CLEAR SIDEWALK AND SIX FOOT LANDSCAPE SAFETY BUFFER, WHICH MEET THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE APPLICANT ALSO WILL BE ADDING AN ARTWORK ON THE STAIRWELL STOREFRONT TO INCREASE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND PEDESTRIAN.
AND DURING THE DEFERRAL, THE APPLICANT ALSO REVIVED THE PARKING LAYOUT, WHICH IS NOW A MEETING OF CHAPTER 26.
REQUIREMENT AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THIS PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE P SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION, NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENTS.
MR. CHAIR, APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 14 HEIGHTS DAYCARE IS CONTINUED.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, GARY MEYER.
MR. MEYER, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD PLEASE.
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES.
MY NAME IS GARY MEYER AND I AM A PROPERTY OWNER OF LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET.
FROM THIS PROPOSED, UH, DEVELOPMENT, I HAVE BEEN THERE 25 YEARS.
I HAVE SEEN, UH, THE FLOODING THAT HAS INCREASED AS TIME HAS GONE ON.
AND MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS TO HAVE THE 25 FEET SET BACK TO KEEP IT THAT WAY AS IT OR ORIGINALLY HAS BEEN DEED RESTRICTED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
AGAIN, FOR DRAINAGE AND FLOOD CONTROL, TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE GREEN SPACE AND IMMEDIATELY TO THE SOUTH.
I NEED EVERYONE TO KNOW THAT THERE IS A LARGE PRODUCE PLACE THAT HAS 18 WHEELERS THAT COME IN AND GO DOWN THAT AT ALL TIME.
THAT IS WHERE IT IS PLANTED ON, I THINK 19TH STREET, WHICH IS NOW KNOWN AS ROBBIE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF 18 WHEELERS IMMEDIATELY THERE BESIDE THE SITCO STATION.
SO I NEED THAT TO BE AWARE FOR THE CITY AND, UM, I'M JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND THE FLOODING.
THAT'S MY BIGGEST THINGS AND I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR MY TWO MINUTES.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. MEYER? OKAY, MR. MEYERS, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE IS, THIS IS JUST THE FIRST STEP.
THERE WILL BE LOTS OF, UM, OF GOING THROUGH, THROUGH THE CITY GOVERNMENT, LIKE PERMITTING PROCESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE KEEPING TABS ON WHAT'S GONNA BE HAPPENING VIS-A-VIS FLOODING.
HOWEVER, IF YOU WOULD BE, I'VE GOT YOUR INFORMATION, UHHUH
OKAY? THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL.
SIR, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE, WE STRUGGLE WITH THIS.
IF WE PUSH THE BUILDING BACK 25 FEET, ALL THAT HAPPENS IS THE PARKING LOT IS CLOSER TO AIRLINE AND THE BUILDING ITSELF IS PUSHED FURTHER BACK CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WE FIND THAT IF WE MOVE THE BUILDING TO THE FRONT AND HAVE THE PARKING IN THE BACK, THEN IT SLOWS THE TRAFFIC DOWN ON AIRLINE.
AND WHAT WE GOT IN EXCHANGE WAS A WIDER SIDEWALK WALK THROUGH THERE.
THAT, THAT PARKING, SO I MEAN PARKING AMOUNT OF PARKING, IS IT ONLY ON AIR PARKING? IS IT ONLY ON AIRLINE? IS WHERE IT'S ONLY ON AIRLINE.
SO, SO IT WILL NOT BE ON LOUISE OR ROBBIE AS THEY'RE NOW KNOWN AS AS OPPOSED TO I THINK THEY WERE PLANTED AS 19TH AND 20TH AVENUE.
IT'S JUST THE PARKING WILL BE BEHIND IT INSTEAD OF IN FRONT INSTEAD OF IN FRONT OF IT.
SO ME AND LOBBY AND THEN AIRLINES.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY WOULD PUT IT TO THE, THEY COULD HAVE PUT THE PARKING LOT IN THE FRONT, IN THE BUILDING, IN THE BACK AND THEN THEY WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE THE SAME BUFFER AND SIDEWALK.
SO WHAT WE GOT IN EXCHANGE BY LETTING THEM MOVE TO THE FRONT, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING VISIBLY ATTRACTIVE THAT WILL SLOW DOWN THE TRAFFIC, THUS THE ARTWORK.
PLUS THE ENHANCED BUFFER AND THE ENHANCED SIDEWALK AND THE COVERED SIDEWALK.
THAT'S WHAT WE GOT IN EXCHANGE FOR THAT.
IF IT'S JUST ALONG THE AIRLINE, THEN I, I WOULD, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH THAT AS LONG AS IT'S NOT ENCROACHING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE ON ITEM ONE 14.
UM, MR. MEYER WAS THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAD LISTED.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS COMMISSION, EITHER HERE IN THE CHAT? NOT AT ALL.
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GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM ONE 14 TO HEARING OH YEAH.TO GRANT THE REQUESTED HEARING.
SINCE I'VE GOT NO OTHER SPEAKERS, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OUR HEARING? NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION CULVERT BALDWIN, FOLLOWED BY CULVERT.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 15 JACKSON HILL.
UH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION AS THIS WOULD BE THE SECOND AND FINAL DEFERRAL.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE WESTERN INTERSECTION OF JACKSON HILL STREET, LILLIAN STREET, AND BARNES STREET, JUST SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND REQUEST A VARIANCE FOR A REDUCED FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG JACKSON HILL STREET.
THE RESERVE IS A LITTLE OVER A HALF ACRE AND THE DEVELOPER INTENDS TO BUILD A DAYCARE ON THE SITE.
JACKSON HILL STREET IS A 50 FOOT MINOR COLLECTOR, WHICH REQUIRES A FIVE FOOT RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FROM THIS PLAT.
AFTER THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG JACKSON HILL STREET WILL BE ROUGHLY 11 FEET, SEVEN INCHES.
STAFF WOULD PREFER A 15 FOOT PEDESTRIAN REALM, AND THE APPLICANT STATES THE PEDESTRIAN ROUND MAY AFFECT THE SIZE OF THE PLAYGROUND AREA ILLUSTRATED ON THE SITE PLAN.
STAFF WILL MEET WITH THE APPLICANT DURING THE REFERRAL PERIOD TO DISCUSS THE MATTER IN FURTHER DETAILS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE HEAR, EXCUSE ME, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
AND MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS BOTH IN OPPOSITION AND SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE'RE ON ITEM ONE 15 JACKSON HILL.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED.
MR. REED, ARE YOU PRESENT? I, I, I JUST PUT MY NAME IN JUST IN CASE, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
I'M PRESENT, BUT IIII DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS ONE.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM ONE 16 JOHNSON.
GLENN, EITHER HERE IN THE CHAT.
SEEING NONE, UH, MR. CHAIR, THAT WAS, UH, ITEM ONE 15 JACKSON HILL.
MR. REED, I CALLED YOU FOR ONE 15 INSTEAD OF ONE 16.
SO I'LL BE CALLING YOU CONFUSED.
I'LL BE CALLING YOU MOMENTARILY.
NO ONE IS CONFUSED AS I CAN ASSURE YOU.
KIDS OR KIDS? I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER CAN, CAN WE GET CLARITY ON THE RULE ABOUT THE BARS AND THEN CAN YOU IDENTIFY WHERE THESE BARS ARE BEFORE IT COMES BACK TO US? IS THERE A RULE FOR BARS AND DAYCARES? SO NOT IF THE DAYCARE GOES IN LAST.
A BAR CAN'T COME IN WHERE THERE IS A CERTAIN SENSITIVE USE, A CHURCH, A DAYCARE, ET CETERA, OR SCHOOL.
BUT IF THE SCHOOL COMES IN LATER AND CHURCH COMES IN LATER AND KNOWS THERE'S A BAR NEXT DOOR, SO BE IT.
I ALSO HAVE A, UM, LISA AKER, E-A-K-E-R LISA AKER SIGNED WITH TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 15 JACKSON HILL.
ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, WE'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER PER THE APPLICANT'S, UM, REQUEST AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION? TAHIR SECOND.
LISA, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
THE MOTION PASSES THE I THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED AND THE A THE REC THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED, BLAH.
REMEMBER I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 1230.
ALRIGHT, WELL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 16, JOHNSTON GLENN.
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 SOUTHWEST OF MEMORIAL DRIVE SOUTH ALONG BUFFALO BAYOU.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT 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 RIGHT
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OF WAY THAT IS 20 FEET WIDE.INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 50 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
WALNUT BEND SECTION NINE WAS RECORDED IN 1966 AND CREATED THE CUL-DE-SAC OF BLUE WILLOW DRIVE, AS WELL AS A 20 FOOT WIDE OFFSHOOT THAT EXISTS AS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY SHOWN IN RED, WHICH PROVIDES THE SOLE ACCESS TO WHAT WAS TO BE A SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT THAT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED.
LOT TWO BEING A PORTION OF THE SEWAGE TREAT.
FORMER SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT ONLY HAS ACCESS TO THAT 20 FOOT WIDE RIDE OF WAY.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY, WE HAVE RECEIVED, UH, ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING CONCERNS FOR THE CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC FOR THE LOT AND, AND POTENTIALLY THE, UH, DAMAGE TO NEIGHBOR PROPERTY.
UTILIZING THAT FOR CONSTRUCTION STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MR. CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR JOHNSON GLAND IS CONTINUED.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS SIGNED UP, INCLUDING MR. BRIAN REED.
STATE YOUR NAME AND GO RIGHT AHEAD.
I'LL LIVE IN THE LOT ON THE, ON THE MAP THERE.
UM, OUR BIGGEST CONCERNS ABOUT THIS ARE OF COURSE FLOODING AND, UH, YOU MENTIONED TO THE OTHER GUY THAT THIS MIGHT NOT BE THE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT, UH, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS MULTIPLE FLOODS, MEMORIAL DAY, TAX DAY, AND OF COURSE HARVEY, THE WATER WAS FOUR FOOT DEEP ON THIS LOT.
UM, AND UH, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE RAISED AND WE DID GET A A A, WE DID GET A RESPONSE A COUPLE DAYS AGO THAT ACKNOWLEDGED THAT WHILE THE WATER CAN'T BE DIVERTED AWAY FROM THIS LOT THAT SAID, BUT THERE'S A SANITARY 20 FOOT SANITARY EASEMENT ON TWO SIDES OF THIS THAT CAN BE USED TO PUSH THE WA TO, TO DIVERT THE WATER EITHER INTO THE BAYOU, WHICH RUNS ACROSS THE NORTH SIDE OR A RAVINE WHICH RUNS ON THE EAST USING A SANITARY EASEMENT TO BUILD A SWALE TO DIVERT THE WATER SEEMS TO EX DIRECTLY CONTRADICT WHAT WE'RE NOT, WHAT WHAT WHAT THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO THERE.
SO I'M VERY CONCERNED WITH WHAT HAPPENS THERE.
UM, IS THIS THE RIGHT TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT CONCERN? THE MIC IS YOUR SIR.
WE WILL HAVE STAFF ANSWER QUESTIONS NOW OR PERHAPS GET WITH YOU AFTER THIS MEETING TO EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.
AND PERHAPS ANSWER SOME OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
THE, UH, THE OTHER QUESTION WE HAVE IS THAT 20 FOOT ACCESS, UM, THAT GOES THROUGH MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR'S FRONT YARD.
UM, THERE'S NOT REALLY A ROAD THERE.
UM, AND IT'S FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE, WE'VE LOOKED INTO IT OURSELVES AND AS NEAR AS WE CAN TELL THAT LAND MIGHT ACT NOT ACTUALLY BE OWNED BY THE CITY, IT MIGHT BE OWNED BY THE, UH, THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER STILL.
UM, BECAUSE NOTHING WAS EVER DONE WITH THAT WITH, WITH THAT LOT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHO ACTUALLY OWNS THE GROUND THAT THAT EASEMENT IS ON.
WE CAN FIND OUT WHO OWNS THE LAND ALL AROUND IT.
MR. SEDILLO, DO YOU HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION? UM, ON, ON THE ACTUAL 20 FOOT ACCESS, THERE IS A SMALL PAVEMENT FOR TREADING FOR THE TIRE.
SO IN THE MIDDLE THERE IS A GRASS MILL, BUT THERE'S SMALL, UH, DEGREES OF PAYMENT THERE.
THERE'S ALSO UTILITIES IN THERE SUCH AS MANHOLE COVERS AND OTHER ASPECTS FOR, UH, DRAINAGE DETENTION.
SO AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL IT IS OWNED BY THE CITY.
IT WAS DEDICATED AS PART OF WALNUT BEND NINE A AS PART OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AND IT SEEMS THAT WE HAVE BEEN MAINTAINING AS SUCH.
THANK AS FAR YOU AS THE SWELL AND THE OTHER DEGREES FOR THE DRAINAGE AND DETENTION, I WOULD DEFER TO UH, PUBLIC WORKS.
MR. SMITH, DID YOU WANNA ADDRESS THESE ITEMS AT THIS TIME? THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS.
AS FOR HIS COMMENT ON THE DRAINAGE, WHAT THEY CANNOT DO IS MOVE THE DRAINAGE FROM THIS PROPERTY OR MAKE THAT DRAINAGE STAY ON THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES WHERE IF IT CURRENTLY FLOWS OFF OF THOSE PROPERTIES ONTO THIS PROPERTY.
WHAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT NOW IS WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO WITHIN THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
THE NEW LOT ONE AND LOT TWO, WHAT THEY DO WITHIN THEIR OWN PROPERTY.
AS LONG AS THAT DOESN'T BACK THAT WATER UP INTO THOSE ADJACENT LOTS, THEY WOULD BE OKAY.
SO WHAT THEY WERE GONNA DO IS AS THE DRAINAGE CAME OFF OF THE ADJACENT LOTS ONTO THEIR LOT, THEN HOW THEY MOVE THAT THROUGH THEIR LOT WOULD BE UP TO THEM.
SO IF THEY'RE GONNA PUT S SWES OVER THERE, SOMETHING THEN TO BRING IT THROUGH THEIR LOT DOWN TO THE EAST OR TO THE NORTH TO THE BAYOU OR TO THE DRAINAGE EASEMENT, THAT WOULD BE PERFECTLY ADEQUATE AS LONG AS THEY, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE NOT DIVERTING THAT WATER SOMEWHERE ELSE OFF OF THEIR PROPERTY ONTO THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES OR KEEPING THE WATER FROM FLOWING OFF OF THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ONTO THIS PROPERTY.
SO MR. SMITH, THEY'LL STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PERMITTING AND EVERYTHING ELSE AND GET APPROVAL.
THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE DE THE SITE PLAN LAYOUTS, ALL THE DRAINAGE DETENTION, THE PLANT DRAINAGE PLAN, THINGS LIKE THAT TO
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SHOW THAT THE WATER IS GOING TO BE ADEQUATELY ADDRESSED.SO COMMISSIONER CLARK FOLLOWED BY VART.
JUST TO CLARIFY, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC THAT'S HERE, MR. SMITH, ANY WATER FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE AROUND THESE LOTS RIGHT NOW THAT FLOWS ONTO THOSE LOTS WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW.
THEY'LL HAVE TO CAPTURE THAT ON THESE LOTS, CORRECT? THEY MAY NOT HAVE TO CAPTURE IT PER SE.
THEY WOULD HAVE, I MEAN IF IT'S FLOWING OFF THE ADJACENT LOT ONTO THIS LOT, THEY CAN'T DAM IT UP, THEY CAN'T DAM IT AND MAKE IT MAINTAINED ON THAT ADJACENT LOT.
IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO COME ONTO THIS LOT AND THEN BE ROUTED OR, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY DETAIN IT AND THEY CAN, THEY JUST CAN'T, I GUESS I SHOULD HAVE SAID IT.
SO DAM DON'T HAVE, CAN'T CAN'T A DAM TO CAUSE THEIR NEIGHBORS TO HAVE THEIR WATER THAT WAS FLOWING THIS WAY.
THEY CANNOT REDIRECT THE WATER AND THEN THEY CAN'T DIRECT THEIR WATER FROM THESE LOTS ONTO THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, YES, I NOTICED THIS IS A VERY WOODED AREA AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU KNOW, TREES ACTUALLY CONSUME A LOT OF WATER.
I MEAN THEY, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE DO NOT, UM, GIVE THEM ENOUGH CREDIT AND SO I'M JUST, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS OVER THE FLOODING.
I I UNDERSTAND WHAT THIS GENTLEMAN IS SAYING, UM, AS THIS IN A FLOOD PLAIN AND ALSO YEAH, I WOULD ASSUME SO
I YOU NORTHEAST CORNER IS WITHIN THE FLOODWAY ABOVE.
AND THE REST OF IT IS PARTIALLY RIGHT ON THE BAYOU? YEAH.
SO THERE IS PORTION, AS HE SAID, THE PORTION ON THE NORTHEAST IS IN THE FLOODWAY, BUT THE PORTIONS, THE REST OF IT IS JUST IN THE FLOODPLAINS.
SO THAT IS DEVELOPABLE, DEVELOPABLE BY THEM.
AND I MEAN, SO I AM SURE, BUT I'M JUST ASKING THAT, THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS WOULD TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S ACTUALLY, UM, ABSORBED BY THE TREES WHEN THEY'RE CONSIDERING, I MEAN
SO IT'S LARGER THAN 15,000 SQUARE.
THE LOT IS LARGER THAN 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THEY WILL HAVE TO DO DETENTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND THAT WILL COME IN IN PERMITTING.
SO THEY'LL HAVE TO FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY CHANGED FROM IMPERVIOUS TO PER, I'M SORRY, FROM IMPERVIOUS TO IMPERVIOUS COVER, WE'LL GET ACCOUNTED FOR WITHIN THE PLANNING OR THE PERMITTING STAGE.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, MR. REED, HOLD ON.
YEAH, SO, SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE, USING THE SANITARY EASEMENT TO CREATE A SWALE, WHAT THAT WOULD DO WAS ALL THE STORM WATER THAT IS CURRENTLY DRAINING FROM THE NEIGHBORING LOTS ONTO THIS LOT WOULD THEN BE DIVERTED INTO THE BAYOU.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE'S SIX OR SEVEN LOTS THAT MAYBE HALF THE LOT DRAINS INTO THIS DRAINS INTO THIS LAND AND THERE'S CURRENTLY A LAKE THERE.
NOW THIS WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE A RETENTION POND FOR WALNUT BENT.
WALNUT BEND WAS DESIGNED BEFORE THEY HAD RETENTION PONDS, BUT IN EFFECT IT IS FUNCTIONING AS A RETENTION POND FOR AT LEAST SEVEN LOTS THERE.
SO PUSHING ANY, SO PUSHING ANY WATER IF AND THE WATER THAT IS DRAINING FROM THOSE LOTS ONTO THIS ONE.
AND THEN IMMEDIATE, WHAT IS GOING INTO WHAT IS BASICALLY A LAKE, IT'S, IT'S PROBABLY 10 OR 15 FEET DEEP RIGHT NOW.
IT'S ACTUALLY THE OLD RIVER BOTTOM FOR BI BUFFALO BAYOU BEFORE THE ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS STRAIGHTENED IT.
UM, AND IF YOU LOOK ON THE, UM, IF YOU LOOK ON THE ELEVATION MAPS, IT'S UM, SO THE, THE BOTTOM LEFT CORNER IS ABOUT HALFWAY BETWEEN THE A HUNDRED YEAR AND THE 500 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
BUT YOU CAN SORT OF SEE THAT, THAT CURVE ON THE UPPER HALF OF THAT.
THAT WAS, UM, THE WATER LEVEL RIGHT NOW IS 20 FEET BELOW THE 500 YEAR PLANE.
UM, SO, AND DOING ANYTHING TO CHANGE THE WATER COLLECTING IN THAT POOL IS GONNA JUST PUSH MORE STORM WATER IMMEDIATELY INTO THE BAYOU.
SO DOING ANYTHING ON THIS LOT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ELIMINATE A FLOOD A A WAVE RETENTION POND.
I THINK MR. REED, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY HERE IS NOT TO DEBATE THAT HERE, BUT TO GET IN TOUCH WITH, STAY IN TOUCH WITH MR. SMITH AND MR. SEDILLO AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS UNDERSTAND THE PLANS AS THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING FORWARD.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS IS TO APPROVE IT.
SO IT'S, WE ARE, WE HERE DO NOT DISCUSS PERMITTING AND WATER FLOW AND ALL OF THAT, ALTHOUGH IT DOES COME UP.
SO I THINK YOUR BEST OP OPPORTUNITIES TO STAY IN TOUCH WITH MR. SMITH AND MR. SEDILLO AND FIND OUT WHAT EXACTLY IS GOING ON SO YOU CAN REPORT BOTH FOR YOUR OWN, UH, CONFIDENCE AND TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
AND WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS BY THE WAY, SO WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
MR. SMITH AND MR. MR. CILLO, DO YOU HAVE, UH, MR. UM, REED'S INFORMATION? I I HAVE HIS EMAIL HERE.
OKAY, I'LL, I'LL GET IT FROM YOU.
ALRIGHT, THE NEXT SPEAKER I HAVE IS ERICA KING.
ERICA KING ON ITEM ONE 16, JOHNSTON GLEN,
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ANYONE ONLINE? ALRIGHT.AND THEN AGAIN I HAVE, UH, MS. OWENS, JOYCE OWENS, I, YES, MR. CHAIR.
JOYCE OWENS, I JUST WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, UM, FROM LAST WEEK'S MEETING ON, ON A COUPLE OF ITEMS. ONE BEING THE DRAINAGE.
AS AS, AND I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MR. RICHARD SMITH AND WE ARE WORKING WITH THE CIVIL ENGINEER.
UM, THERE IS A, THERE IS A DROP OFF.
UH, JOHN, DO YOU HAVE THE SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE HOUSE, COULD YOU PUT THAT UP PLEASE? I DO, UNFORTUNATELY, I DO NOT HAVE, IF IT'S AVAILABLE, I DO NOT HAVE THAT IN THE PRESENTATION.
SORRY, YOU DON'T HAVE IT? WELL, THE, THEY'RE PROPOSING ONE SINGLE STORE, ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME, AND IT IS, IT IS AT THE SOUTHERN, UM, HELP ME JOHN AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, WHICH IS THE HIGHEST ELEVATION.
AND I ALSO SPOKE WITH, WHEN I WENT OUT AND MET WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, RYAN POLLEN, HE DOESN'T LIVE RIGHT IN THE UM, 300, UH, UH, RADIUS FOOT RADIUS, BUT HE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT REGARDING, UH, SOME MITIGATION IN THE BAYOU.
SO I THINK HE SAID THAT THERE WAS SOME MONIES THAT WERE, UM, GRANTED FROM HARVEY AND HE'S WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY ON THAT.
AND THEN FURTHER, I DO WANNA CLARIFY THAT THE 20 FOOT, UM, PUBLIC EASEMENT, UH, IS THE, IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND WE ARE GOING TO BE WORKING WITH THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT AND THE JOINT REFERRAL COMMITTEE TO ABSORB THAT PORTION INTO THE LOT AND THEN THE OWNERS WILL TAKE AN EASEMENT ON TOP OF THAT IF I SAID THAT RIGHT, MR. SMITH AND THE OWNER HAS CONSENTED TO DO THAT.
ALRIGHT, MR. SIO, UH, THANK YOU MS. OWENS.
MRS DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA ADD AT THIS POINT? UH, AT THIS POINT, UH, WITH THAT, IF THE, THE, UH, THE, UH, DEVELOPER INTENDS TO ABSORB THAT UH, 20 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, THEN THAT MEANS THAT THE REASON FOR THE VARIANCE WOULD BE DISSOLVED.
SO, BUT AT, AT PORTION THEY HAVEN'T DONE AT THIS POINT THEY INTEND TO, WHICH WOULD OF COURSE REMOVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE VARIANCE.
SO, UH, QUESTION YES COMMISSIONER, UM, MS. OWENS, UH, THERE'S TWO LOTS BUT IT'S ONLY ONE BEING BUILT ON.
UH, THE LOT NUMBER, THE LOT THAT FRONTS ON THE CUL-DE-SAC ON BAYOU GLEN SOUTHERNMOST, IT'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE AND IT IS TO REMAIN AND THEN THEY'RE PROPOSING ONE NEW STRUCTURE ON THE PROPOSED LOT TWO OH ON PROPOSED LOT TWO, TWO, THE SOUTHERN MOST LOT THE SOUTHERN.
UM, I'LL JUST, I GUESS MAKE THIS NOTE FOR THE RECORD IN CASE LOT ONE EVER NEEDED TO OR WHATEVER DEVELOPED, Y'ALL WOULD NEED LIKE AN EASEMENT ACCESS THROUGH LOT TWO TO GET TO IT.
UM, OR THE NORTH, THE NORTHWEST.
UH, ERICA KING ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK? ALRIGHT.
SHE WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEM ONE 16? JOHNSTON GLENN.
WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION? CLARK SECOND JONES.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE THE MOTION PASSES.
ITEM ONE 17 IS LANEWOOD ESTATES.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF LANEWOOD AND CAM WAY DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE THREE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ARE REQUIRED TO FRONT ON LANE LANE WOOD DRIVE AND IS SUBJECT TO A 30 FOOT FRONT BUILDING LINE AND A SIX FOOT INTERIOR BUILDING LINE.
THE APPLICANT IS NOW AWARE OF THE RESTRICTIONS AND INTENDS TO COMPLY WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE A REVISED PLAT BY NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED ON ITEM ONE 17 LANEWOOD ESTATES.
I HAVE A STEPHANIE CODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK CODY, C-O-U-T-Y, STEPHANIE.
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ALL RIGHT, NO RESPONSE THERE.IS THERE ANYONE HERE OR ONLINE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEM ONE 17 LANEWOOD ESTATES? ALRIGHT THEN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFER THIS ITEM? HINES HINES SECOND ALLMAN ALLMAN.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED AND THE PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON EASTWOOD STREET SOUTH OF ALICE STREET AND NORTH OF FAULKNER STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPRO THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, UH, WE'VE RECEIVED ONE ADVANCED COMMENT IN OPPOSITION.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM ONE 18 ELIAS WAY IS OPEN.
A MR. UH, WELL I ASSUME A MR. WILLIE GREEN.
WILLIE GREEN ARE YOU PRESENT? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO BACK TO THE SECOND SPEAKER CHAIR.
I THINK THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS, THE WRITTEN COMMENTS NOW? YES, BUT IT SAYS SPEAKING.
MS. OWENS, MR. CHAIR, I'M JUST HERE AVAILABLE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS FOR MS. OWENS? ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE, UH, STEPHANIE CODY, C-O-U-T-Y, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? HEARING NONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ON ITEM ONE 18, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? MOTION JONES.
ALRIGHT, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
THANK YOU AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG.
WELL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 19.
ITEM ONE 19 IS PEACHTREE HOMES.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 12,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH OF WEAVER AND EAST OF LOCKWOOD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE FOUR RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TWO INDIVIDUAL PARKING RESERVES ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APP.
THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL, REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AND MORE TIME IS NEEDED FOR SUFFICIENT REVIEW.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR LEGAL REVIEW.
MR. CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION MAY OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 19 PEACHTREE HOMES IS NOW OPEN.
VIRTUALLY FIGUEROA JUST SIGNED UP.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? ONE 19 PEACHTREE HOMES WE, NO, SHE'S WITH STAFF I BELIEVE.
UM, AGAIN, IS THERE NO ONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE AGAIN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, EVERYONE, THERE'S THIS BARRIER TODAY.
SO, SORRY, DID I SAY THAT? IT MIGHT BE ME CONFUSED.
I'M SITTING BY HIM SO NO ANSWER REQUEST.
THIS ITEM AND THE P HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? IT
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DID.ALRIGHT COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING ELSE? ALRIGHT AGAIN, WE'RE ON ITEM ONE 19.
PEACHTREE HOME TO THE RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER FOR REVIEW OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? AYE HA.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEFERRING THIS ITEM.
THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CONTINUED WE'LL GO TO ITEM ONE 20 PLATINUM ESTATES.
ITEM ONE 20 IS PLATINUM ESTATES.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY THREE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS WEST ALONG MENDOCINO GLEN SOUTHWEST OF KINGWOOD DRIVE EAST ALONG SAN JACINTO RIVER FORK.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE IS TO CONSOLIDATE THREE LAWS TO CREATE ONE LARGE RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM IN THE APPLICATION, UH, HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN ON ITEM ONE 20 PLATINUM ESTATES.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLATINUM SUBJECT CONDITIONS LISTED.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION SIGLER SECOND ALLMAN ALLMAN.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION ALONG EAST TEX DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLANT IS TO CREATE FIVE LOTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE THE 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.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN ON ITEM ONE 20, UH, 1 21 RUBY PLAZA.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE OR ONLINE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
COMMISSIONERS, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MANKA MANKA.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
ITEM 1 22 STERLING SHIRE PLACE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT EAST OF NORTH WAYSIDE DRIVE AND ALONG STERLING SHIRE STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE REPLY IS TO CREATE TWO LOTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE D 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.
MR. CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 22 STERLINGS SHIRE PLACE IS NOW OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON STERLING SHARE PLACE WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE SA UH, THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IF THERE IS NO QUESTION OR COMMENT, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? VICTOR? SECOND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Petra Hsia, Devin Crittle, John Cedillo, and Geoff Butler)]
MOVE ON TO SECTION D VARIANCES.MR. CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER DALTON.
WE'LL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT ITEM 1 23 BUSINESS STREET IN TRI STREET DEDICATION SECTION TWO AND RESERVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN FORT BEND COUNTY ALONG BUSINESS STREET AND WEST OF FARM MARKET 1464.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BUSINESS STREET TO HAVE A CENTRAL LINE RADIO OF 1000 FEET FEET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRES 2000 FEET.
RIGHT NOW THE LINER SHOWS THAT RECOMMENDATION AS TO GRANT AND APPROVE.
HOWEVER, BEFORE THE MEETING, UM, CENTER POINT REQUESTED A DEFERRAL TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW THOSE.
THAT RECOMMENDATION NOW TO DEFER THE PLA FOR THE STUDY AND REVIEW.
ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UM, BY THE WAY, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UM, IS THE APPLICANT HERE OR WHICH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IF YOU COME FORWARD, PLEASE MS. CURTIS? I DIDN'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS.
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COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON ITEM 1 23 AND THE RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER A MS. ALLMAN? IS THAT A MOTION? YES, THAT'S A MOTION.UH, MOTION BY ALLMAN SECOND CLARK.
QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
HEARING NONE THE MOTION PASSES AS THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 24.
ITEM 1 24 CONCEPT NEIGHBORHOOD ON SHERMAN THE SITE LOCATED IN THE EAST END DISTRICT, NORTHEAST OF HARRISBURG BOULEVARD AND NORTHWEST OF GEORGE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A THERE TO ALLOW A JEWEL FOOT BORDERLINE ALONG PORTION OF SHERMAN AND COMMERCE STREET FOR AN ASSISTANT BUILDING.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO RENOVATE THE ASSISTANT BUILDING TO USE A COMMERCIAL PURPOSES PER THE DISCIP PLAN.
THE APPLICANT WILL REMOVE ALL THE ASSISTANT DRIVEWAYS ON COMMERCE AND SHERMAN AND REPLACE IT WITH PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS.
UM, PER THE APPLICANT EAST END DISTRICT ALREADY MADE IMPROVEMENT TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, PROVIDE AN AMPLE PEDESTRIAN ROUND WITH FIVE PIECE SIDEWALK AND WATER LANDSCAPE BUMPER.
HOWEVER, ALL THE ADJACENT PUBLIC STREET ARE SECONDARY TO THE STREET AND THE APPLICANT IS STILL REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK AND FOUR P WIDE SAFETY BUFFER.
SO THE APPLICANT AGREED TO WRITEN THE SIDEWALK TO UM, A TICK SIDEWALK ON ALL STREET AND THE REMAINDER OPEN SPACE AREA AND UP TO THE BUILDING THAT WAS USED AS A POCKET PARK IN THE FUTURE.
THE SUB SIDE IS PART OF A LARGER PLAN IN THE EAST END DISTRICT IN WHICH THE DEVELOPER HAD ACQUIRED MULTIPLE BLOCKS WITH THE GOAL TO RENOVATE THE ASSISTANT BUILDING AND TO PROMOTE WALKABILITY.
SO OVERALL GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE WILL MEET AND PRESERVE THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE AND WOULD ALSO PROMOTE THE WALKABLE PLACE INITIATIVE.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT AND DID CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE, UH, MR. ANDREW MOND.
WHO IS THE APPLICANT HERE VIRTUALLY MR. ALMOND, ARE YOU THERE? UH, YES SIR, I'M HERE.
DID YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE COMMISSION OR JUST TAKE QUESTIONS SIR? UH, JUST QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALMAN AND FOR STAFF.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE NO QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON 1 24 CONCEPT NEIGHBORHOOD ON SHERMAN WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS? IF THERE ARE NONE, IS THERE A MOTION? BALDWIN AND JONES.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 25.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 25 IS CORNER AT GREENS.
UM, THERE IS A CHANGE IN RECOMMENDATION, UM, ON THE ONE-LINER IT SHOWS APPROVE.
HOWEVER, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON WE RECEIVED NOTICE FROM HARRIS COUNTY THAT THEY WILL LIKE TO DEFER THE PLAT AND SO THEREFORE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS NOW TO DEFER.
UM, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF GREENS ROAD AND WEST OF WAVERLEY DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SUBDIVISION CONTAINING THREE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND A RESTRICTED AND ONE A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO DETENTION.
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 INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC STREET.
AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE DELANEY ROAD IN A CUL-DE-SAC.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEVELOP A 163 SPACE MOBILE HOME PARK WITH A DETENTION RESERVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS ACCESSIBLE BY A 28 FOOT PERPETUAL AND NON-EXCLUSIVE ACCESS EASEMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME PARK AND A 130 FOOT HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL EASEMENT.
THEREFORE EXTENDING DELANEY ROAD, AN UNIMPROVED ROAD NOT REQUIRED FOR INTERSECTION SPACING WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL DUE TO THE SITE'S LOCATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER HARRIS COUNTY'S REQUEST.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ON ITEM 1 25 CORONER AT GREENS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO DEFER THE PLA SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS, UM, PER HARRIS COUNTY'S REQUEST.
OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? AMANDA PACA.
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SECOND.ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 26 GRAND MASON.
G CHAIRMAN GARZA, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THIS ITEM COMMISSIONER.
HE IS RECUSING HIMSELF FROM ITEM 1 26.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF GRAND PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF PEAK ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING DAMAGE TO ALLOW LOVAL ROAD IMMEDIATE THOROUGHFARE TO PROVIDE A 1,200 FEET CENTER LINE RADIUS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 2000 FEET.
STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE COORDINATING WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT REGARDING TO THE PROPOSED CENTRAL LINE RADIUS.
UM, STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENTS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 26.
IS THERE ONE HERE? WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON 1 26 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER PER HARRIS COUNTY'S REQUEST.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION MANKA JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
ITEM 1 27 HARRIS COUNTY MUD AT 1 27 HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 5 0 6 STORM SUGAR PALM STATION NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH OF FUTURE EE, LAKE HOUSTON, PARKWAY, AND E OF FARM MARKET 2100.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PROPOSED RESERVE RESTRICTED TO PALM STATION TO HAVE ASSET VIA A 30 FOOT WIDE ASSET EASEMENT.
STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED INFORMATION BY NOON WEDNESDAY.
WE'RE ON ITEM 1 27 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS? UH, JUST WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONER, WHAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION? UM, IT'S ABOUT THE ASSET EASEMENT.
WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS TEMPORARY AND THAT IS A CONCERN FOR STAFF.
ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT WE'RE ON ITEM 1 27 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? AMANDA AKKA? SECOND.
ITEM 1 28 IS HIGHTECH MACHINE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF FARM TO MARKET 5 29 AND WEST OF NORTH ELDRIDGE PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING MACHINE SHOP AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE RESERVE TO HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG AN ACCESS EASEMENT RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT SOUTH OF EMMETT ROAD AND WEST OF NORTH ELDRIDGE PARKWAY.
THE 50 FOOT PERPETUAL AND NON-EXCLUSIVE ACCESS EASEMENT IS PAVED WITH CONCRETE AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT TRACK AND NEARBY PROPERTIES.
THE EXISTING MACHINE SHOP HAS LONG BEEN SOLELY ACCESSIBLE BY THE 50 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT AND THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO SATISFY PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
HARRIS COUNTY HAS EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE'RE ON ITEM 1 28 HIGH TECH MACHINE.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS LISTED.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? MANKA SECOND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY WEST ALONG KATY HOCKLEY ROAD AND SOUTH OF US TWO 90.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THREE SINGLE FAMILY LIVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS CONSIDERING REMOVING ONE OF THE LOTS FROM THE PLAT BOUNDARY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND, SECOND AND FINAL DEFERRAL
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TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT REVISED DOCUMENTS BY NOON NEXT WEDNESDAY AND COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING.MR. CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
WE'RE ON ITEM 1 29, KES STRAITS WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO DEFER AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE AGAIN.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 30.
ITEM ONE 30, MONTROSE CAR CARE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS JUST NORTH OF ALABAMA STREET AND EAST ALONG MONTROSE BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO BE LESS THAN 60 FEET IN WIDTH.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
MR. CHAIR, YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PACKETS INCLUDES COMMENTS, BOTH IN SUPPORT AND IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REQUEST.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. K CRILE.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE ON ITEM ONE 30, MONTROSE CAR CARE.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP AND WE'LL GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE.
SASHA BABB, YOU WOULD COME FORWARD.
SIR, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UM, I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE MM-HMM
I'M A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE PARK FOUR AND PARK FIVE CONDOMINIUMS. UH, DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE.
I'M SORRY, YOU WERE GETTING THE CAMERA.
UM, WELL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, THIS APPLICATION IS NOT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S BEST INTEREST.
UNFORTUNATELY, ON THE WEST ALABAMA SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, THEY'VE BEEN SUBSTANTIALLY REMODELING THEIR BUILDING WITHOUT PERMITS.
THE WORK HAS NOT NECESSARILY BEEN GOOD, BUT I'VE SUBMITTED SOME PHOTOS.
THERE'S SOME HERE AND THERE WAS SOME IN THE INFORMATION I SUBMITTED BEFORE.
UM, THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN RED TAGGED BY THE BUILDING INSPECTORS FOR NOT HAVING PERMITS YESTERDAY, SO IT'S GOT A RED TAG RIGHT NOW.
NOW THEY'VE FILED SOME PERMITS IN THE PAST, BUT NONE HAVE BEEN APPROVED FOR CONSTRUCTION.
UH, ONE WAS FILED UNDER THE MONTROSE, UH, CAR CARE NAME FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.
NOW, I DON'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT ALSO I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT ON THE DRAWING ON THE APPLICATION, UH, THEY ADD TWO THREE INCH CALIPER TREES ALONG THE MONTROSE, UH, FRONTAGE, THAT'S FINE AND WELL, BUT THE, THE NEIGHBOR'S TREES ALREADY PROVIDE A CANOPY HERE IN THIS SPACE THINKING THE NEW TREES WOULD BE DWARFED BY AND THEY MIGHT LIKELY DIE, UM, BENEATH THE EXISTING ONES WHILE TRYING TO COMPETE WITH THEM.
I MEAN, IN MONTROSE WE SEE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION AND WE AT THE PARKS, WE TRY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE'VE CULTIVATED RELATIONSHIPS WITH BUILDERS, DEVELOPERS, AND MANY OTHER STAKEHOLDERS.
BUT SADLY, THIS APPLICATION IS STANDING ON A FOUNDATION OF DISHONESTY AND BAD FAITH.
ALSO, IT ISN'T BEST PRACTICE, IS IT NOT? I'M SORRY.
IS IT NOT BEST PRACTICE FOR AN ENTITY TO CONSIDER LOT RESTRICTIONS BEFORE ACQUIRING ITS LAND AND THEN CLAIMING A HARDSHIP? UM, THIS REQUEST DESERVES AT BEST OF PAUSE AND RECONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AGAIN.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR SPEAKER? MR. BABB? C CAN I GET COMMISSIONER, IS THIS EXPANSION OF SOMETHING NEXT DOOR OR IS THIS TOTALLY NEW? LET'S ASK, WELL, MR. BABB, LET'S, LET'S HAVE STAFF ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
THIS IS BASICALLY A NEW PROJECT.
TROS COCKER USED TO BE ACROSS THE STREET IN AN OLD GAS STATION LOCATION.
THIS WOULD BE FOR ALL NEW, A NEW SITE FOR THIS ENTITY.
THEY, WELL, THEY HAVE TWO LOTS.
THEY HAVE, THEY INTERCONNECT THERE, THERE'S A LOT ON ALABAMA, AND THEN IT KIND OF GOES AROUND BEHIND AROUND A A, IT'S A, UH, CHEVRON STATION AND THEN BEHIND IT, THE, THE, UH, TO THE MONTROSE SIDE.
AND I THINK THE VARIANCE IS FOR THE MONTROSE SIDE.
SO THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DID YOU WANT STAFF TO WEIGH IN PRESENTATION, PLEASE? YEAH, I MEAN, SO THEY OWN A PORTION ON ALABAMA THAT CONNECTS TO THIS PORTION ON MONTRE PERMIT? NO, NO.
I'M NOT SURE OF THE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWN.
THIS SPECIFIC TRACK IS A COMBINATION OF DIFFERENT TRACKS.
UM, I'M AWARE IT'S BEING RELOCATED, BUT IN FRONT OF US TODAY, IT'S JUST THIS 52 FEET OF THAT FRONT ON MONTROSE THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AND THEY OWN NO ADDITIONAL LAND ADJACENT TO THIS? N NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF.
WAIT, COMMISSIONER
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ADD, THIS CAME UP, UM, SOME TIME AGO WHEN THE REQUEST TO DEMOLISH THE FORMER STRUCTURE THAT WAS ON THAT PROPERTY, UM, CAME TO THE CITY'S ATTENTION.AND MY RECOLLECTION FROM THAT PERIOD OF TIME IS THAT THEY DO OWN SOME ADJACENT LAND THAT KIND OF GOES THROUGH THE REAR OF SOME OF THE OTHER PROPERTY AND OUT TO ALABAMA.
SO THAT THERE WOULD BE, BUT THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS REQUEST.
THE VARIANCE IS ONLY FOR THE MONTROSE SITE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
COMMISSIONER VAR, AM I UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED SOME CONSTRUCTION? SO THE SITE'S CURRENTLY VACANT.
UH, I BELIEVE HE MAY BE REFERRING TO THE ORIGINAL SITE, UH, JUST SOUTH OF ALABAMA.
BUT THIS SITE IS, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THIS IS A VACANT SITE AS WE, AS WE SPEAK.
SO THOSE PICTURES, AND I SAW THEM IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS PACKET TOO, AND SOMEBODY HAD MADE A COMMENT THAT THEY, IT LOOKED LIKE THAT THEY HAD STARTED TO BUILD SOMETHING, BUT THE PICTURES, WHAT ARE THE PICTURES? I WAS THERE THIS MORNING.
IT'S MAKING, UM, AND THEN THE PICTURES WHERE THEY'RE SAYING THAT THERE'S KIND OF SHODDY BUILDING MATERIALS, WHAT ARE, WHAT IS THAT REFERRING TO? I MUST BE THOROUGHLY CONFUSED.
WOULD YOU COME UP? UM, COMMISSIONER VAR HAS A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, I THINK ONLY YOU CAN ANSWER.
SO THE PICTURES THAT YOU WERE SHOWING THAT WERE WHERE YOU HAD A CONCERN THAT, THAT THE, UH, THE BUILDING WAS SHODDY.
WHAT, WHAT ARE THOSE PICTURES OF? OKAY.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE THERE THAT'S SORT OF A BRICK WALL.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF, UH, MORTAR BETWEEN THEM.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF SET IN HAPHAZARD, SORT OF HAZARDOUS.
THERE'S ALSO, UM, OUTSIDE FINISHES OF THE WALL THAT THEY DON'T ALIGN WITH EACH OTHER.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S OPEN, UH, THESE SORTS OF THINGS.
IT, IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A GREAT JOB.
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOOK, THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT FOR IT.
IT, IT'S, IT'S RED TAGGED RIGHT NOW.
SO THAT'S WHERE I, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT TRACK, BUT IT'S A DIFFERENT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S, I WANT, IT'S A DIFFERENT TRACK, BUT IT IS THE SAME BUSINESS, THE SAME OPERATION.
SO IT'S THE SAME FACILITY, FORTUNATELY, OR UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED TODAY.
SO, BUT LET ME WHILE YOU'RE THERE, UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAD QUESTIONS? NO, COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU MR. NO, I JUST WANT, ALRIGHT, THANKS.
I WOULD JUST LIKE MR. CRIDDLE TO MR. CRILE TO CLARIFY.
THE PICTURES THAT YOU SAW ARE DIFFERENT SITES, UH, THAN WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
UM, I ALSO HAVE ANN MILLER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ANN MILLER ON ITEM ONE 30.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, IN ADDITION, I HAD, WE HAD A NUMBER OF COMMENTS, UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, PEOPLE WHO WERE OPPOSED OR SUPPORT BUT DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 30 MONTROSE CAR CARE? EITHER HERE OR ONLINE? YEAH.
MS. MILLER, ARE YOU THERE? I THINK SHE'S MUTED.
MS. MILLER, YOU ARE, UH, MUTED.
MS. MILLER, CAN YOU HEAR ME? SHE'S ON HER.
MS. MILLER, CAN YOU HEAR ME AT ALL? I'M SORRY WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
UH, THIS IS JUST ON YOU, BUT WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
CAN YOU UNMUTE OR CLICK YOUR MICROPHONE? COUNT ONE, TWO, THREE.
AUDIO? YEAH, YOUR AUDIO IS MS. MILLER.
GO TO THE, GO TO THE MORE OPTIONS UNDER THE THREE BUTTONS.
GO TO SETTINGS AND CHECK YOUR AUDIO SETTINGS.
UM, MS. MILLER, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU.
YOU'VE GOT THE MICROPHONE IN FRONT OF YOU ON TEAMS. CORRECT? CAN YOU, UM, DO WE HAVE A TELEPHONE NUMBER? ANOTHER OPTION IS TO CALL IN BY TELEPHONE.
TO REACH THIS MEETING BY PHONE, YOU DIAL (936) 755-1521.
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AND THIS CONFERENCE ID IS 8 9 5 2 0 7 1 4 4 POUND 1 4 4 POUND.MS. MILLER, DID YOU HEAR ALL THAT? OKAY.
DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TRY AND CALL IN? WE'LL WAIT FOR YOU.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY.
I AM THE, UH, BOARD, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE PARKS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AT 3636 14 MONTROSE.
TODAY, I AM SPEAKING AS A NEIGHBOR, UM, IN THE ROOM OR MY FELLOW BOARD MEMBERS, ONE OF THOSE AS SASHA BAB AND SOME NEIGHBORS.
UM, I WANNA MAKE CLEAR THAT THE TWO, THE TWO PROPERTIES ARE THE SAME ENTITY.
IT'S RES CAR CARE MAKING AN L-SHAPED BUSINESS OUT OF IT.
AND I KNOW THEY MIGHT BE TWO DIFFERENT PLOT OF LAND, BUT THEY ARE THE SAME COMPANY, THE SAME OWNERS.
SO, AND I'LL LET Y'ALL FIGURE THAT OUT, BUT I AM FROM HOUSTON.
I UNDERSTAND ZONING AND I LOVE THAT ABOUT HOUSTON.
I LOVE HOW CREATIVE IT MAKES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LIVE IN A, I LIVE IN AN URBAN AREA.
I'M LOOKING AT IT TWO 30 STORY BUILDINGS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
WE ARE GOOD NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE GOOD RELATIONSHIPS, BUT TRUST IS IMPORTANT AND SO IS QUALITY.
THIS PROJECT WAS RED TAGGED YESTERDAY.
IF YOU LOOKED AT THE CONSTRUCTION AND LOOKED AT THE PICTURES, IT'S ALARMING.
WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WHEN THE PROPERTY MOVES AROUND TO THE MONTREZ AREA, AND AGAIN, IT IS ONE BUSINESS, IT WILL BE MONTZ CAR CARE.
ALSO, ONE PERMIT STATES THAT IT'S SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AGAIN, I'LL LET YOU FIGURE OUT WHAT THAT IS, BUT IT'S NOT TRUE.
WE HAVE A TOUR PROJECT COMING IN THROUGH MONTROSE FOR A BEAUTIFUL MONTROSE BOULEVARD.
NOW WHAT WE HAVE IS SHODDY CONSTRUCTION, WANTING TO FACE MONITORS.
WE HAVE STORAGE FACILITIES THAT HAVE NO SETBACK.
WE WANT, AT THE VERY LEAST, THIS PROJECT SHOULD BE DEFERRED BECAUSE IN OUR OPINION, UH, WE THINK IT SHOULD BE RECONSIDERED FOR A LOT OF REASONS.
BUT I THINK THAT MR. BAB HAS GIVEN YOU THOSE REASONS, BUT WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN TRUST THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE RECEIVED THE A I A AWARD FOR 50 YEAR PRESENTA, UH, PRESERVATION THREE YEARS AGO.
WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS.
UH, COMMISSIONERS OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. MILLER? MS. CULVERT, HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK WITH THE APPLICANT AND SHARE YOUR CONCERNS? I, I SEE SOME OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT THE MATURE TREES AND AND SO FORTH.
HAVE YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY? WE DO KNOW ABOUT THE TREES AND THEIR, AND, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE APPLICANT, THE, UH, OFFER TO PLANT THE TWO TREES.
THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT THERE ARE ALREADY MATURE TREES THERE AND THEN THE TURS PROJECT COMING THROUGH IS GOING TO AFFECT THAT AS WELL.
THEY'RE GONNA TAKE A 10 FOOT SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES OF MONTROSE AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT RIGHT THERE.
UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD A, WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO THE APPLICANTS WERE AND WE WERE TRYING TO TALK TO, TO, TO FIND OUT WHO THEY WERE.
COMMISSIONER, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UM, SORT OF.
I I JUST, I'M WONDERING IF, CAN WE DO SOMETHING TO FACILITATE THAT CONTACT, MR. CRIDDLE? I WOULD, WE WOULD BE.
WE, WE, WE, WE TALKED TO EVERYONE.
I'M LOOKING AT HANOVER, HINES ANNUNCIATION CHURCH.
WALGREENS, KROGER, THE KROGER SITE THAT WAS JUST TORN DOWN.
WE TALKED TO ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THE RELATIONSHIPS WE HAVE.
MR. CRIDDLE HERE IS GOING TO PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE DEVELOPER.
I'LL PUT MY, UH, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT FOR YOU.
UH, AND YOU CAN REACH OUT TO ME WHEN, UH, WHENEVER YOU'RE AVAILABLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH AT THE SAME TIME.
I STILL THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF TALKING TO DO,
AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL AND OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE QUESTIONS, UH, BOTH FOR YOU AND FOR OURSELVES.
COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, ANY QUESTIONS SPECIFICALLY FOR STAFF? IF IN FACT THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED AS RECOMMENDED QUESTIONS THAT YOU WANT ANSWERED IN TWO WEEKS, LIKE WHAT OTHER PROPERTIES DO THEY OWN IN NEAR PROXIMITY? GOOD QUESTION, RIGHT? YEAH.
YES, COMMISSIONER, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UH, CAN WE GET AN ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY THAT ALL OF THOSE PHOTOS ARE OF? I REALIZE IT'S TWO DIFFERENT PLATS, BUT IF THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION THAT THOSE PLATS WILL BE CONNECTING OR TO JUST, JUST TO FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE IN REGARDS TO, ARE WE ABLE TO CLARIFY IN THAT, IN THAT REGARD?
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YES.COMMERCIAL, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL CONSIDER, UM, SOME OF THE ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ABOUT THEM OWNING ADDITIONAL, UH, LAND AND IT BEING, UH, RECENTLY RED TAGGED.
UH, WE'LL MAKE SURE, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT'S, UH, READILY AVAILABLE, UH, NEXT CYCLE.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, JUST FOR MY OWN NOTIFICATION, THE, THE LOT CAN'T BE NARROWER THAN 60 FEET, HOWEVER, IF THE LOT IS NARROWER THAN 60 FEET, WE'D BE AND IT WAS LANDLOCKED OR, OR, OR WHATEVER.
IS THERE ANY, UM, PROCESS OR PROCEDURE FOR THAT TO BE ADDRESSED? OR IS IT SOLELY THROUGH THE VARIANCE PROCESS? 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T FORCE THE LAND TO BE NON DEVELOPABLE IF THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE, UH, IF THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PLATTING PROCESS.
UH, AND THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE, UM, IT'S A RESERVE.
SO ALL OUR RE NOT ALL OF OUR RESERVES, COMMERCIAL AND UNRESTRICTED REQUIRE 60 FEET.
SO IF THEY'RE PROPOSING IT AS A RESERVE, IT WOULD HAVE TO MEET THAT 60 FOOT.
UM, SO IT DEPENDS IF, WHEN THEY SUBMIT, IF IT'S A RESERVE, WILL, WILL REQUIRE THAT 60 FEET.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AGAIN, I HAD A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS WHO, UM, UM, EXCUSE ME, PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO MAKE, UH, NOTES AND COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? UH, MONTROSE CAR CARE.
UH, MY NAME IS, UH, HILDA ABEL.
I'M A PROPERTY OWNER ALONG WITH, UH, ANN AND OTHER MEMBERS OF, OR OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS AT, UH, THE PARKS, UH, FOR, UH, SO MAY IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
UH, I JOINED, UH, THE FELLOW PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, WHO ARE OPPOSING THE VARIANCE REQUEST AT THE PROPERTY AT 37 0 9 MONTROSE BOULEVARD BY MONTROSE CARE CAR CARE, WHICH DOES HAVE AN EXISTING AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR BUSINESS AT 47 20 MONTROSE AND ALSO OWNS NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA, WHICH IS, I GUESS THAT ADJOINING LOT THAT YOU SEE ON THE MAP.
SO I, I KNOW THAT, UH, YOU RELY ON THE STATED PURPOSES OF THE STANDARD ZONING ENABLING ACT, EVEN THOUGH THIS IS, UH, IT MAY NOT NECESSARILY APPLY, BUT I KNOW YOUR OBLIGATION AS STEWARDS OF THE CITY, OF, UH, OF HOUSTON, UH, IS TO PROMOTE HEALTH, SAFETY, MORALS AND GENERAL WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, AS A STEWARD OF THE GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PROGRESSIVE AND DIVERSE CITY OF HOUSTON, THAT I AM VERY PROUD TO CALL MY HOME.
I ASK YOU TO CONSIDER ULTIMATELY, UH, THE, UH, EFFECT OF THIS USE.
AND SO IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE IT, UH, WHAT THE, THE INCREASED LIGHT POLLUTION AT NIGHT, UH, THE NOISE POLLUTION DURING THE DAY OF AN AUTOMOTIVE, UH, CARE, UH, CAR REPAIR AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION 24 7 DUE TO ITS USE OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY DURING FLOODING.
BY THE WAY, WOULD YOU JUST GET WITH STAFF WITH THE SPELLING OF YOUR LAST NAME? YES.
BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT CORRECT FOR THE RECORD.
THERESA OVER HERE WILL GET THE SPELLING OF HER.
AGAIN, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ITEM ONE 30.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE LOOKING AT DEFERRING ITEM ONE 30 MONTROSE CARD CARE FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? SEEING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL? BALDWIN? SECOND.
ITEM 1 31 NORTHWEST COMMERCIAL PARK.
ITEM 1 31 IS NORTHWEST COMMERCIAL PARK, HTV.
CAN YOU SHOW THE PRESENTATION ON TEAMS? MAY WE PLEASE HAVE THE PRESENTATION ON THE SCREEN? THANK YOU.
OKAY, ITEM 1 31 IS NORTHWEST COMMERCIAL PARK.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 20 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG ZUB STREET, NORTH OF US TWO 90 BETWEEN BACKY AND ROBERTS ROAD, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
AS SHOWN IN RED STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE PROPERTY ALONG LO IS ALONG LOCAL RIGHT OF WAY ZOO STREET AND IS WITHIN THE 1400 FOOT MARK OF THE INTERSECTION OF ZOO AND US TWO 90.
THE PROPERTY IS THE LARGEST AND MORE VIABLE PROPERTIES TO PROVIDE THE
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NORTH SOUTH STREET BETWEEN THE TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OF ROBERTS ROAD AND BACKY 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 CONT TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE AGRICULTURAL TRACT.
IN DOING SO, PROVIDING SUFFICIENT CONNECTIVITY TO THE ADJACENT RIGHT OF WAY NETWORK AS BAUER HOCKLEY IS PRONE TO FLOODING DUE TO THE SURROUNDING CREEK FLOODWAYS AND FLOODPLAINS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION, SITE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DENY, DENY THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES, THAT'S PRESENTATION.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON ITEM 1 31 NORTHWEST COMMERCIAL PARK WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WANTING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? NO.
THANK YOU AGAIN WITH THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
DENY THAT REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS LISTED COMMISSIONS.
OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? PARKER AMANDA PKA? SECOND.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, HEARING NONE.
THE ITEM IS, UH, THE REQUEST IS DENIED THE VARIANCE AND THE PLATY, UH, APPROVED.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 32, WHICH IS SMS 1960 EAST LIMITED LTD BELIEVE SO, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT AND WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ ALONG FM 1960 EAST OF LAKE HOUSTON.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR AN UNSPECIFIED USE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT DEDICATING NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO SUBMIT REVISED MATERIALS AND TO MEET NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT AND PLAT NAMES HAVE BEEN CORRECTED FROM THE POSTED DRAFT AGENDA AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPRESENTATION.
WE'RE ON ITEM 1 32 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER FROM ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WANTING TO SPEAK TO IT? NO.
AGAIN, WE'RE ON ITEM 1 32 SMS 1960 EAST WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION AKA MANKA SECOND CLARK.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
ITEM 1 33 STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER.
ITEM 1 33 STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF ASHWORTH STREET AND MAGNOLIA STREET IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DUAL BUILDING LINE VARIANCE OF 4.2 FEET ALONG ASHWORTH STREET FOR A WAREHOUSE AND A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 6.2 FEET ALONG MAGNOLIA STREET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A REPL OF THREE LOTS FROM THE MOUNT HOUSTON SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1909.
THE DEVELOPER HAS RECENTLY CONSTRUCTED TWO METAL WAREHOUSES ON THIS SITE WITHOUT A PERMIT.
ASHWORTH STREET IS A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THAT REQUIRES FIVE FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION FROM THIS PLAT, THAT RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION WILL PUSH THE WAREHOUSE ABOUT 4.2 FEET AWAY FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
MAGNOLIA STREET IS A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND WIDTH, BUT HAS NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
THE SAME WAREHOUSE WILL SIT ABOUT 6.2 FEET AWAY FROM THE MAGNOLIA RIGHT OF WAY AT ITS NEAREST POINT.
SUPPORTING THIS REQUEST WILL ALLOW THE DEVELOPER TO CONTINUE WITH THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE BUSINESS.
THE APPLICANT HAS COORDINATED WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE DUAL BUILDING LINE VARIANCE SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIR, WE HAVE RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS AND OPPOSITION IN YOUR PACKET.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
WE'RE ON ITEM 1 33 STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
ARE THERE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS COMMENT.
THIS APPEARS TO BE AN EXAMPLE OF WE'RE REWARDING THEM FOR BAD BEHAVIOR, SO I WANNA FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT.
UH, CAN, CAN YOU HELP ME FEEL BETTER ABOUT IT? THE COMMENTS SAY THEY'RE NOT A VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR.
THEY DID SOMETHING WITHOUT A PERMIT.
WE COULD MAKE THEM MOVE THEIR BUILDING.
THOSE ARE VERY, VERY GOOD COMMENTS.
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STAFF MAY BE A LITTLE LIMITED ON THE OPTIONS, UM, OUTSIDE OF SUPPORTING THE REQUEST.MR. CRIDDLE, I, I BELIEVE OUR ONLY JOB AT THIS POINT IN TIME IS TO BRING THEM INTO COMPLIANCE, WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE.
I AGREE WITH YOU, COMMISSIONER, THAT THERE'S, I WOULD BE HAPPIER IF PERMITS HAD BEEN PULLED, BUT THE BUILDING, WE CAN, AS A MATTER OF FACT, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT OUR ONLY OPTION.
UH, BECAUSE THIS IS IN HARRIS COUNTY, ETJ, IT'S NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, OUR ABILITY TO REQUIRE THEM TO, TO GO BACK TO BUILDING PERMITS ARE LIMITED.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS THAT THE APPLICANT MAY HAVE BUILT OR ACCIDENTALLY BUILT, UM, AT THE RIGHT OF A THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SCREEN IS IT'S A, IT'S A PAPER STREET.
SO THEY MAY HAVE NOT, UM, DONE THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO SEE IF IT WAS A PAPER STREET.
AND I'LL DEFER TO MR. AKKA IF HE WANTS TO ADD ANYTHING.
HOWEVER, AS I SAID, OUR ABILITIES ARE LIMITED HERE, BUT COULD WE REQUIRE BETTER SIDEWALKS, LIGHTING, SAFETY, A MURAL, SOMETHING RIGHT.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO THEM UNDER WHAT OUR OPTIONS ARE.
IS THE, UH, IS THE APPLICANT HERE VIRTUALLY? YES.
MY NAME IS MELISSA LOPEZ AND I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS COMP, UH, OF THIS PROPERTY.
UH, BEFORE YOU START, WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU SPELL YOUR LAST NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? LOPEZ.
GO RIGHT AHEAD WITH YOUR EXPLANATION AND THEN WE'LL, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY OUR OWNER DID, OUR CLIENT PRETTY MUCH DID, UH, BUILD THE WAREHOUSES WITHOUT PERMIT.
UM, AT THIS MOMENT WE ARE DOING A FIVE FEET RIGHT OF AWAY DEDICATION, UM, AND IN THAT SPACE AND ADDITIONALLY TO IT, WE ARE GONNA DO A SIDEWALK TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE IS PEDESTRIAN AREA FOR THEM TO WALK AROUND.
UM, SO WE ARE TRYING TO IMPROVE FOR SURE, UH, THE WHOLE AREA.
WE'RE GONNA DEMOLISH THE FENCE THAT YOU SEE IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THERE.
AND, UM, YEAH, AT THE MOMENT WE DO NEED PRETTY MUCH THE VARIANCE REQUEST BECAUSE IF WE DON'T GET IT THEN WE CANNOT COMPLY WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
UH, AND THAT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS SO WE CAN GET OUR PERMITS.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, POCKET IN.
DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS? UM, I THINK, UH, STAFF DISCUSSED THAT, OH, I THINK STAFF DISCUSSED THAT, UH, TO EXPLORE OPTIONS, BUT AT THIS POINT, UM, OTHER THAN THE SIDEWALK THAT, UH, THAT IS BEING OFFERED THERE, UH, BUT WE CAN STILL CONTINUE TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY FURTHER OPTIONS AND DIFFER THAT AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO CONTEMPLATE A TWO WEEK DEFERRAL TO EXPLORE THOSE OPTIONS.
SO WE HAVE A, UH, ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER RATHER THAN GRANT.
UM, AND MAYBE, UH, TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR SINCE THERE ARE PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION, THIS OWNER.
AND SO MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE THIS BACK TO THE OWNER THAT THIS OWNER MAY WANNA CONSIDER SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFICATION.
IF YOU'RE DOING A SIDEWALK, MAYBE YOU DO SOME ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING OR SOMETHING TO BE A BETTER NEIGHBOR TO YOUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, CONSIDERING THIS WAS DONE IN THIS MANNER.
ALRIGHT, THEN COMMISSIONER, UH, THIS IS FRED.
THIS IS FRED MATHIS, UH, FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
YES, PLEASE GO RIGHT AHEAD, SIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
OKAY, WE LOOKED, WE LOOKED AT THE PERMITS FOR THIS BUILDING AND WE COULD NOT FIND ANY IN THE SYSTEM, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE WEREN'T ANY PERMITS.
UM, WE LOOKED AT POSSIBLE, THERE'S BUILDINGS WERE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO 2001, MAYBE IN THE 1990S, BUT WE COULDN'T FIND ANY PERMITS.
NOW IT COULD HAVE BEEN BECAUSE OF, UH, HURRICANE, WELL, TROPICAL STORE ALLISON BACK IN 2001.
IT WIPED OUT A LOT OF OUR RECORDS.
IT MAY HAVE BEEN LOST BECAUSE OF THAT STORM.
SO GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF DOUBT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN PERMITTED.
NOW THOSE ARE THE EXISTING BUILDINGS.
THE SECOND BUILDING THAT WAS CON THAT WAS, UH, CONSTRUCTED, DID NOT GET A PERMIT.
THEY HAVE SUBMITTED PLANS TO TRY BEING IN COMPLIANCE AND THEY ALSO, THERE IS A VIOLATION FOR THAT EXISTING FENCE IN OUR RIGHT OF WAY ON MAGNOLIA STREET.
THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IN COMPLIANCE, THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PLATTING.
UH, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE PLANS IN THE SYSTEM, UM, AND UM, WE'RE OKAY WITH, UH,
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SUPPORTING THE VARIANCE.AND THEY, UH, WE WOULD ALSO ACCEPT IF THEY HAD A SIDEWALK ALONG ASHWORTH STREET AS, UH, PART OF, UH, BEAUTIFICATION.
IS THERE A STANDARD SIDEWALK WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY IN THAT AREA? SHOULD IT BE FOUR FEET, FIVE FEET, SIX FEET? SHOULD THERE BE A BUFFER? UH, USUALLY, USUALLY, UH, ABOUT SIX FEET.
IS THERE NORMALLY A BUFFER BETWEEN THE CURB OR NOT REALLY IN HARRIS COUNTY? I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THIS WORKS.
WHAT WOULD MR. CRILE, WHAT WOULD BE LEFT IF THEY HAD A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK ON THE BUFFER? DO THEY HAVE ANOTHER FOOT FOR A BUFFER OR NOT REALLY? UH, THEY DON'T HAVE ROOM RIGHT.
IT, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT IT A LITTLE MORE.
AND CAN WE SEE IF THERE ARE ANY UTILITIES OR OBSTRUCTIONS THAT MIGHT PROHIBIT A WHEELCHAIR FROM GOING DOWN THAT SIDEWALK IN THE PERIOD OF THE DEFERRAL? YES, SIR.
MR. CRIDDLE, UH, MR. MATHIS MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT SIDEWALKS ON MULTIPLE STREETS.
AM I MISTAKEN? YEAH, IF FRONT, UM, MAGNOLIA STREET ISN'T CONSTRUCTED, ASHWORTH IS OKAY.
SO IT WOULD BE ON AF ASHWORTH FOR SURE.
UH, I GUESS WE WOULD CARRY THAT REQUIREMENT OVER WHENEVER MAGNOLIA GETS, UH, CONSTRUCTED.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM BALDWIN TO DEFER RATHER THAN GRANT.
SO IS THERE A SECOND FOR A DEFERRAL? SECOND SIGLER.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON ITEM 1 33 STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER, UH, FOR TWO WEEKS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND I'M, I'M GUESSING, UM, UM, MORE DEDICATION OR, UH, MORE SPECIFICS FROM THE CLIENT.
SO WITH THAT, UH, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE FOR A DEFERRAL.
SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL SAY AYE.
THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
MR. CRIDDLE, DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT YOUR MARCHING ORDERS ARE FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS? NO SIR.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEMS 1 34 AND 1 35 TOMPKINS RESERVE, GP AND SECTION ONE CHAIRMAN GARZA.
I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THESE ITEMS. YES, COMMISSIONER HEIS WILL BE RECUSING FROM 1 34 AND 1 35.
UH, TOMPKINS RESERVE GENERAL PLAN IN SECTION ONE, THE GENERAL PLAN WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE, IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, ETJ, SOUTH OF WESTHEIMER PARKWAY IN NORTH OF KATY GASTON ROAD.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN ALONG PUBLIC STREETS AND IS REQUESTING TWO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND THREE VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTIONS, SPACE AND REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
WHEN SECTION ONE IS FULLY DEVELOPED, THE SITE WOULD ADD A MINIMUM OF 85 HOMES WITH HUNTER LANE IS THE SOLE POINT OF ACCESS.
HUNTER LANE IS APPROXIMATELY 18 FEET WIDE, 3,600 FOOT LONG DEAD END STREET PROVIDING ACCESS TO 41 TRACKS.
STAFF HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THIS APPLICATION COULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION AND ACCESS BY LIMITING ACCESS TO A LONG AND NARROW STREET THAT MAY NOT BE SUITED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
STAFF HAS SUGGESTED ALTERNATIVES THAT THE APPLICANT WILL CONSIDER DURING THE REFERRAL.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
ANYONE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ITEMS 1 34 AND 1 35? OUR HEARING? NONE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMENTS IF I MAY PLEASE.
UH, I KNOW SOME HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY.
I TRIED TO BUY IT OR THE PIECE OF THE SOUTH 10 YEARS AGO.
UM, AND IN MY RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION WITH THE UTILITY DISTRICT THAT IT ORGANICS INTO, UH, FORT BEND 58, YOU PROBABLY KNOW OF IT.
YOU KNOW, THEY CONDEMNED WHAT IS ON THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THIS TRACT.
UH, AND WITH THAT, THE, THEY TOLD ME THEY WOULD DENY ACCESS, THEY WOULD DENY A ROAD MAKING THAT CONNECTION.
THEY OWN THE THE DITCH THOUGH.
YOU KNOW, WHAT I DON'T LIKE IS WHEN WE END UP REQUIRING, I'LL CALL 'EM, YOU KNOW, ROADS TO NOWHERE.
SO I, I HAVE, UM, RESERVATION ABOUT REQUIRING OR ADDING A CONDITION THAT A STUB ROW BE CONNECTED.
I KNOW THE OTHER SIDE, THEY PLATTED AT, UM, MONTEREY AT SOMETHING.
UM, THEY PLOTTED IT BUT THEY DIDN'T BUILD THE ROAD.
UM, SO I JUST SAY I HAVE RESERVATIONS ABOUT MAKING REQUIREMENTS WHEN THERE'S NOT, UM, THE ABILITY TO, TO FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THAT.
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ELSE? ALRIGHT.UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON 1 34 AND 1 35 TOMPKINS RESERVE.
WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON BOTH.
ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MODEST ALLMAN ALLMAN.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
BOTH THESE ITEMS ARE DEFERRED.
[e. Subdivision Plats with Special Exception Requests]
EXCEPTIONS.I'M GONNA ABSTAIN ON ITEM, UM, 1 36.
IF YOU WOULD MAKE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SIGLER IS ABSTAINING ON ITEM 1 36.
I'LL ALSO BE ABSTAINING FROM 1 36.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER DALTON.
ITEM 1 36 IS A MIRROR SECTION 26.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF MKI ROAD AND NORTH OF PROPOSED HOLDER ROAD IN THE ETJF HARRIS COUNTY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW AN INTERSECTION SPACING OF 1,805 FEET BETWEEN MKI ROAD AND PROPOSED TALL CO DRIVE ALONG THE NORTHERN PLATTE BOUNDARY.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS DEVELOPING 60 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND FIVE RESERVES WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.
JUST NORTH OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE HOLD WIDTH ROAD.
THIS SECTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN WAS MARKED UP TO ADDRESS INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
ONE NORTHERN STUBB STREET IS BEING PROVIDED AT 1800 FEET AND THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES THE STREET AT 1400 FEET.
THIS IS WITHIN A 29% DEVIATION OF THE STANDARD AND JUSTIFICATION FOR SUPPORTING THE REQUEST IS TO ALLOW VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM THE MAJOR AIRFARE TO TRAVEL NORTH WITHOUT TRAVERSING THROUGH RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
STAFF WILL REQUIRE THE PORTION OF HOLDER ROAD JUST SOUTH ADJACENT TO THE PLAT TO BE RECORDED PRIOR TO A SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THIS PLAT, WE'VE RECEIVED NO OBJECTION FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIR, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE NO ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
WE'RE ON ITEM 1 36, AMIR SECTION 26 AVENUE.
NO AND SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
ANYONE WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? THANK YOU.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS LISTED.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? AMANDA PACA.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
GOOD AFTERNOON MR. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF GRANT ROAD, EAST OF PROPOSED BARKER CYPRESS ROAD AND WEST OF TGE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS RE IS PROPOSING A 320 ACRE GENERAL PLAN OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG GRANT ROAD.
STAFF REQUESTS THIS APPLICATION BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS TO COORDINATE BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING ABOUT THE ALIGNMENT OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR FER BARKER CYPRESS ROAD.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON ON THIS ITEM.
ALRIGHT, THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL.
I DO DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UM, AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Petra Hsia, Geoff Butler, and John Cedillo)]
ON TO SECTION F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.ITEM 1 38 IS GARRETT LAIDIG ESTATE.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY NORTH AND ALONG BURTON CEMETERY ROAD BETWEEN MATHIS ROAD AND BENFORD ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG BURTON CEMETERY ROAD.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS RURAL AND LOW DENSITY.
THE INTENT IN PLATTING THIS PROPERTY IS TO CREATE LOTS FOR HOMES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THE EXISTING RESIDENT WITH THE RESERVE FOR THE FARM ANIMALS AND POND.
THE LARGE ADJACENT TRACT NORTH
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OF THIS SITE IS AN INDUSTRIAL SITE FOR CONSTRUCTION AGGREGATE MATERIALS SUCH AS PULVERIZED STONE, ENLARGED PILES SURROUNDED BY RAILROAD LEADS.THE EXISTING BLOCK LENGTH IS APPROXIMATELY 5,400 FEET LONG ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND IS ABOUT 202,600 FEET FROM BENFORD TO THE FARTHEST EDGE TO THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
HOWEVER, REQUIRING A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET AT THIS LOCATION WOULD NOT PROVIDE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT OF INTERNAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION DUE TO THE RELATIVELY NARROWNESS OF THE PLAT DEPTH AND MORE MEANINGFULLY THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL SITE.
A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE BETTER SITUATED IN THE LARGE ACRE TRACK TO THE WEST.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO REQUEST THE GRANTED GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE THAT EFFECT ON MOST SPEAKERS.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE ON 1 38 GARRETT LAND ESTATES WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE WANTING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AGAIN WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR A MOTION? MOTION? AMANDA PACA.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS EAST OF WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD AND SOUTH OF WEST GULF BANK ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND A PARKING RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG DEWALT STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST DEWALT STREET AND THIS EXISTING BLOCK WAS RECORDED IN 1937.
THE EXISTING BLOCK LENGTH IS APPROXIMATELY 2,600 FEET ALONG DEWALT STREET BETWEEN WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD AND BECKLEY STREET.
DEWALT STREET IS A DESIGNATED MINOR COLLECTOR, WHICH IS PART OF A, OF AN ESTABLISHED GRID OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD AND WEST GULF BANK ROAD AND MINOR COLLECTORS DEWALT STREET AND BECKLEY STREET.
TO ENSURE ADEQUATE CIRCULATION FOR THE AREA, THIS GRID WAS CREATED AS A 2000 OR 2018 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AMENDMENT REMOVING THE SEGMENT OF A PROPOSED MAJOR COLLECTOR THAT WOULD'VE EVENTUALLY CONNECT ROSALYN ROAD AND CARVER ROAD TO THE WEST AND INSTEAD DESIGNATED THE EXISTING BECKLEY STREET FOR THEIR EAST AND FERGUSON WAY TO THE SOUTH.
AS MINOR COLLECTORS WITH THIS ESTABLISHED GRID OF DESIGNATED STREETS ESTABLISHED ON THE MTFP STAFF FINDS THE VARIANCE REQUEST JUSTIFIED BASED ON THE MTFP AMENDMENT REPORT.
STAFF FOUND THE, THAT DESIGNATING THESE MINOR COLLECTORS SUPPORTS THE MOBILITY NEEDS OF THE AREA AND MAINTAIN CONNECTED CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN WEST MONTGOMERY AND GULF BANK ROAD.
HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT I SPOKE WITH A GENTLEMAN THIS MORNING WHO EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO SPEAK.
ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT TWO SPEAKERS.
ANTHONY RICHARDS, WHO IS CALLING IN ANTHONY RICHARDS.
MY FAMILY HAS OWNED PROPERTY FOR OVER 50 YEARS ON DEWALT BETWEEN BECKLEY AND WEST MONTGOMERY.
UH, I AM OPPOSED TO ALLOWING THE VARIANCE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE THIS IS LESS THAN A HALF AN ACRE.
AND NOW THEY'RE WISHING TO PUT FOUR HOMES AND GET A VARIANCE.
I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, SIX HOMES ON LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE.
WHICH IF THE CITY STARTS THIS HERE, YOU CAN SEE WHERE WILL HAPPEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IT WOULD INCREASE THE TRAFFIC AND ALL RESIDENTS GOING TO THESE LOTS WILL ONLY BE ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH DALT IF THE VARIANCE IS GRANTED.
UM, IT WON'T BE SUFFICIENT AREA FOR EMERGENCY APPARATUS TO ENTER THEIR PROPERTY TO PROPERLY EXTINGUISH FIRES 'CAUSE THEY'LL BE RIGHT ON TOP OF THEM.
UM, ALSO IT WOULD INCREASE, UH, ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE, WHICH THIS STREET IS JUST A TWO LANE NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.
UM, THERE'S NO, UH, STORM DRAIN ON THESE STREETS.
THESE STREETS HAVE DITCHES THAT THE CITY HAS HARD TIME MAINTAINING AND KEEPING THEM CLEARED.
SO THIS TOO WILL HAMPER DRAINAGE WHEN WE HAVE LARGE RAINS.
AS WE ALL KNOW, HOUSTON IS PRONE TO THAT.
UH, AND IT ALSO WILL HAVE LESS GREEN SPACE.
THE REASON WHY THIS AREA DOESN'T TYPICALLY FLOOD IS BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF GREEN SPACE BECAUSE THE HOUSES SITS ON LARGE LOTS AND THERE'S VERY LITTLE RUNOFF WATER TO THE CITY'S, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE
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BECAUSE IT'S COLLECTED BY THE LARGE LOTS.UM, THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY CALL IT ACRES HOMES AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
MR. RICHARDS, YOUR, YOUR TIME IS UP.
I WISH THAT THE CITY DENIED THE VARIANCE AND IF THEY CHOOSE TO BILL HERE, BILL IT ACCORDING TO CODE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR SPEAKER? MISS, MR. ANTHONY RICHARDS.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AMANDA MATHIS.
AMANDA MATHIS, WHO WAS VIRTUAL, I BELIEVE.
UM, I'M AMANDA MATHIS AND I LIVE ON DALT STREET.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD THE DITCHES FLOODS UP, UH, THE, THE, THE CITY REALLY HAVE NOT DONE A TOO OF A GOOD JOB AS FAR AS CLEARING THE DITCHES OFF.
YOU ARE HAVING SIX HOMES ON ONE LOT FROM BECKLEY TO WEST MONTGOMERY IS A A, A SPEED TRAP.
NOW WE WANT TO ADD SIX HOMES ON ONE LOT, AND BEFORE WE KNOW IT, IT'LL BE SIX HOMES ON A A LOT OF LOTS.
THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE HORRIBLE.
I REALLY OPPOSE HAVING IT DONE.
UH, I'VE TALKED TO SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS AND THEY OPPOSED IT ALSO.
UM, IF WE HAVE TO COME BACK TOGETHER AGAIN AND, AND, AND COME ALL TOGETHER AS FAR AS AS, AS, AS LETTING THE CITY KNOW WE WILL.
BUT WE INITIALLY OPPOSED HAVING SIX HOMES ON ONE LOT.
I HAVE A 1 2400 SQUARE FOOT HOME ON ONE LOT AND I JUST CANNOT SEE HAVING SIX HOMES.
UH, LIKE MR. RICHARDS SAID, I WISH THEY WOULD DO IT, DO IT TO CODE.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR SPEAKER? UM, JUST COMMENT, COMMISSIONER, MAD COMMENT FOR THE SPEAKER IS THAT IF YOU LIKE THE CHARACTERISTIC OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU MAY WANNA TALK TO CITY STAFF ABOUT, UH, POTENTIALLY LOOKING AT MINIMUM LOT SIZE APPLICATION.
NO, BELIEVE I'VE DONE THE SAME THING.
SO, MS. WILLIAMSON, WOULD YOU TELL US WHAT ORDINANCES ARE IN PLACE THAT ARE, ARE ALLOWING FOR THIS TO, TO GO FORWARD? SO ALL OF THE LOTS, UM, THERE'S ACTUALLY TWO OF THE LOTS THAT ARE GREATER THAN 3,500 SQUARE FEET AND FOR THE LOTS THAT ARE LESS THAN 3,500 FEET, BUT THEY'RE USING THE DENSITY REGULATIONS TO GO UNDER 3,500 SQUARE FEET IN THE CITY.
THIS IS A SHARED DRIVEWAY PROJECT, AND SO IT'LL BE ONE ACCESS POINT FOR THE SIX LOTS GOING INWARD INTO THE SITE.
UM, AND THE SHARED DRIVEWAY IS LESS THAN 200 FEET, SO IT MEETS FIRE CODE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY'LL HAVE THE THREE FOOT EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, THE STREET WIDTH, THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH IS LARGE ENOUGH TO HANDLE THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED, IT MEETS ALL OUR REQUIREMENTS AND IT'S BASICALLY A SHALL APPROVE EXCEPT THE BLOCK LENGTH IS TOO.
SO FULL DISCLOSURE, I LIVE, UH, MY HOUSE IS ON THIS MAP.
UM, I I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS AROUND THE PROCESS FOR THIS PROJECT.
WAS THERE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIRED? WHAT? THE QUESTION WAS, WAS THERE NOTIFICATION, RIGHT? YES.
WAS THERE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR THIS? OH, A PUBLIC HEARING? NO.
SO THERE'S A SIGN ON THE PROPERTY.
I ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN THE, WE SENT OUT LETTERS AND THEN I HAVE A PICTURE.
THERE'S THE SIGN UP ON THE PROPERTY.
IT ONLY HAS A SMALL FRONTAGE ON 75 FOOT FRONTAGE ON ONE STREET.
SO THERE'S ONE SIGN AND THEN WE SENT OUT LETTERS TO ALL THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS.
THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY OWNERS HAD TO BE TOUCHING OR, OKAY.
DO YOU SEE? YEAH, IT'S A'S THE MAP.
IT'S VERY SMALL AND I THINK THAT I MIGHT HAVE TECHNICALLY BEEN SUPPOSED TO GET A PUBLIC NOTIFICATION AND I DON'T KNOW THAT I GOT ONE IF LETTERS WENT OUT, BUT I'LL DOUBLE CHECK ON WHAT THE ACTUAL RADIUS IS THERE.
UM, I WOULD NOTE PARKING IS VERY DIFFICULT ALONG THESE STREETS AND WITH TRAFFIC, UH, PEOPLE MOSTLY PARK ON THE STREETS AND TRAFFIC MOVES VERY QUICKLY DOWN THESE ROADS, UH, PEOPLE COME DOWN VERY, VERY QUICKLY EXCEEDING SPEED LIMITS.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PUSH BACK AGAINST THIS VARIANCE OR AGAINST THAT REQUIREMENT, BUT I WOULD THINK THAT HAVING A ROAD MOVING THROUGH THAT PROPERTY WOULD ACTUALLY BE VERY BENEFICIAL FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CIRCULATION.
COMMISSIONER, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS? YES, SORRY.
COMMISSIONER COVAR, GO RIGHT AHEAD PLEASE.
YEAH, SO, UM, I I WAS NOTICING IT DIDN'T REALLY SEEM TO FIT THE REST OF THE CHARACTER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MANY HOMES ON ONE LOT, BUT, UM,
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TO UM, TO COMMISSIONER MA'S POINT, I MEAN, WHAT UM, OPTIONS ARE THERE IF YOU CAN'T DO A MINIMUM LOT SIZE, IS THERE ANOTHER OPTION FOR THE NEIGHBORS? THE RESTRICTIONS? I MEAN, I I I, I WOULD UNDERSTAND THE CONCERN ABOUT PARKING TOO.THAT'S A, A PUBLIC SAFETY DEED RESTRICTION.
WE, WE ALSO, AKER HOME IS ALSO ONE OF THE SIX PILOT AREAS FOR THE NEW CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
AND SO WE MAY, WE WE HAVE BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMMUNITY, UM, UP THERE ABOUT CREATING A CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT IT, IT MAY BE THIS AREA AND THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE BECAUSE I BELIEVE BECAUSE THE, UM, USE OF THE PROPERTIES AREN'T ENOUGH RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S INDUSTRIAL USE IS UP THERE AND SO THEY WOULDN'T QUALIFY FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
NOT ON D WELL, ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? ALRIGHT, MS. WILLIAMSON, ANY CLOSING THOUGHTS AT ALL? I'M GOOD.
LEAVING 10 FEET OF BUILDABLE AREA AFTER A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
SO COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE ON ITEM 1 39 HIGHLAND VIEWS.
THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS TO GRANT THROUGH REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLEDGE SUBJECT CONDITIONS LISTED.
ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD FOR A VOTE? I, I DO HAVE ONE.
UM, AND SO BASICALLY THEY'RE TRYING TO DO A HYPER VERSION OF WHAT I'M SEEING HERE NORTH OF HAMPTON AND WEST OF ROSLYN.
SO EFFECTIVELY THAT DEVELOPMENT JUST TO THE WEST OF ROSLYN IS A SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT.
AND, AND THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING HERE ON DEWALT DIRECTOR.
CAN YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION? HOLD ON.
SO THEY, THEY ARE DOING A SHARED DRIVEWAY THERE, THERE'S A NUMBER.
I'M NOT SURE IT TRULY MEETS THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO, BUT, BUT THIS IS HAPPENING IN AKERS HOME ON A REGULAR BASIS.
WE SEE, I I THINK THIS COMMISSION HAS APPROVED AT LEAST SIX OR SEVEN IN 2023.
UM, AND IT, IT'S A, IT'S A TRANSITION THAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T HAVE THE TOOLS IN PLACE TO PREVENT IT IF YOU WANTED TO, UM, I, I THINK IN THE PAST THE COMMISSION HAS BELIEVED THAT SHARED DRIVEWAYS ARE BETTER THAN FRONT LOADERS AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT YOU'VE TYPICALLY ALLOWED COMMISSIONER.
ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AGAIN, WE ARE ON 1 39 WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION? HOLD YOUR NOSE MOTION MAD.
UH, THE NAYS I NEED, I NEED CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT THE MOTION IS FOR? OH, I'M SORRY TO GRANT THE VARIANCE.
THE MOTION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUB CONDITIONS LISTED.
AND I'VE GOT TWO, IT'S A SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
IT'S A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
SO ARE WE ALL SQUARE ON? ARE WE ALL SQUARE? DO WE NEED MORE CLARIFICATION THERE? BUT I HAVE TWO NOS AND THEY ARE COMMISSIONER HINES AND COMMISSIONER CULVER.
WERE THERE ANY OTHERS? COMMISSIONER RA BLAND AND COMMISSIONER RA BLAND.
IS THAT IT? ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THE MOTION PASSES.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM ONE 40 KELLY ESTATES.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 28 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION EAST OF LOOP 4 94 SOUTH OF PROPOSED MILLS BRANCH ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES, A LARGE DETENTION RESERVE WITH A LIFT STATION AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
AS SHOWN IN RED, THE SUBJECT SITE IS PROVIDING MUCH NEEDED THOSE CIRCUITOUS NORTH SOUTH STREET EXTENDING FROM ARGONNE WOODS DRIVE TO THE SOUTHWEST, BECOMING KELLY FOREST WAY TO BECOME SCENIC PINES DRIVE TO THE NORTHEAST, BUT IS EXCEEDING THE 1400 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THAT NORTHERN BOUNDARY NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE
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IS LARGELY UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY AND PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL CONNECTION NORTH WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ADVANTAGEOUS TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION OR CONNECTIVITY.HOWEVER, THERE IS ADJACENT PROPERTY WITH UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP SHOWN IN YELLOW, UH, THAT THE PROPERTY MUST INCLUDE WITHIN THEIR PLAT BOUNDARY OR PROVIDE A GENERAL PLAN.
ALSO, THERE ARE RIGHT OF WAY ALIGNMENTS THAT, UH, AND ACCESS ISSUES THAT MUST BE ADDRESSED IN RESPONSE TO THE PHYSICAL CONDITIONS OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THE ADJACENT COMMON INTEREST PROPERTY AND TO ADDRESS RIGHT OF WAY ALIGNMENT AND CONNECTIVITY CONCERNS.
MR. CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
WE'RE ON ITEM ONE 40, KELLY ESTATES WITH A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? NO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER ONE 40 KELLY ESTATES.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? A MOTION JONES.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
ITEM 1 41 IS VENTANA LAKES EAST RESERVES AT PEAK ROAD SECTION ONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 22 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS, 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 ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PEAK ROAD BY PLACING SICILIAN GROVE, OH, SORRY, TERRAZA DRIVE, UH, TO BE ONLY 515 FEET FROM EXISTING CORTONA RIDGE DRIVE AND IS ALSO REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION TO THE MARKUP REQUIREMENT THAT THE DETENTION AND DRAINAGE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AND BLUE BE INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE BOUNDARY OR TO BE RECORDED PRIOR TO OR SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH THIS.
PLAT STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE SPECIAL EXCEPTIONAL REQUESTS AND HAS COORDINATED WITH THE APPLICANT AND COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT TO ALLOW THE DETENTION PROPERTY TO THE NORTH TO BE RECORDED PRIOR TO SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH VENTANA LAKES, UH, EAST RESERVES AT PEAK ROAD SECTION TWO SHOWN IN, UH, YELLOW.
THE SUBJECT SITE, UH, IN WITH IN RED IS OUT OF THE VENTANA LAKES GP, WHICH IS APPROVED IN 2018 AND HAS SINCE RECORDED A MAJORITY OF THE INTENDED RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS SOME DETENTION AND DRAINAGE RESERVES.
AS OF 2021, THE GP PROPERTY IN GREEN HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL WITHOUT BEING PLATTED.
THE SUBJECT SITE WAS, UH, SUBJECT SITE WAS PURCHASED OUT OF THE GP IN 2022 AND MAJORITY OF SAID SITE IS BEFORE US TODAY FOR CONSIDERATION.
THE SUBJECT SITE AND THE INTENDED DRAINAGE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AND BLUE ARE THE LAST REMNANTS OF THE REMAINING UN PLATTED PROPERTY WITHIN THE GP NOT OWNED BY HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL.
THE SUBJECT SITE EFFECTIVELY ISOLATES AND CUTS OFF THE REMAINING POTENTIAL PROPERTY WITH THE REST OF THE GP AND PER THE ORDINANCE, THAT REMNANTS SHOULD BE RECORDED AS PART OF THE GP WITH THE LAST POT, WITH THE POTENTIALLY LAST PLAT OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
AS SUCH, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A LETTER THAT THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH WILL BE RECORDED WITH FONTANA LAKES SECTION TWO TO BE SUBMITTED THIS SUMMER.
GRANTING THE, UH, GRANTING THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION WOULD ALLOW, UH, UH, TO ALLOW, WOULD ALLOW TO PROVIDE A CONNECTION SUFFICIENTLY SPACED FROM BOTH STOCK DIG SCHOOL ROAD AND CORTANA RIDGE DRIVE DIRECTING TRAFFIC AWAY FROM SOUTH MATEY CREEK IN THE EVENT OF FLOODING AND WOULD NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO EXCEPTION, NO OBJECTION TO THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MR. CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES SAS PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 41.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WANTING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? NO.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION? I I JUST HAVE A QUESTION.
HE QUICK TRIGGER, UM, JUST FOR MY IFICATION, WHO, WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, THE, UH, PROPOSED MEDIAN CUT? MEDIAN CUT OR THE, THE, UH, APPLICANT WOULD POTENTIALLY COORDINATE WITH THE COUNTY ENGINEER AND, AND THEY WOULD WORK TOGETHER TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE MEDIA CUT WOULD TAKE PLACE AND WHO, WHO, WHO WOULD ACTUALLY DO THAT WORK? I BELIEVE THE DEVELOPER.
KORO TO THE NORTH IS PART OF A CURRENT CIP PROJECT, SO THERE MAY BE, UH, CHANGES IN, IN PLAN FOR THE EFFECT, BUT THAT WOULD NOT AFFECT THIS AT THIS POINT FOR THAT ENTRY.
ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER ALMAN? YEAH.
UM, IS THERE A WAY TO LOOK AT, UH, OR GET ACCESS UP TO THE, LIKE TO THE INTERSECTION OF STOCK DICK AND PEAK? I ASSUME IF IT'S NOT SIGNALED IT WILL BE SOON.
SOMEDAY AND THEN THEY COULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL.
I'M SORRY, I COULDN'T HEAR THAT LAST PART.
THEY COULD GET ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL, I MEAN, WELL ACTUALLY IT'S A WHOLE SCHOOL COMPLEX ACROSS THE STREET THERE.
AND IF, UM, THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN COMMENTS AND TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT TO THE, TO STOCKDALE SCHOOL ROAD? WELL, NO, WELL TO UM, NO IT TO PROVIDE SIDEWALKS.
OH, MAYBE TO THE INTERSECTION OF SIDEWALK
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STOCK DECK.AND PEAK AND SO THAT THE KIDS COULD GET TO THE SCHOOL COMPLEX.
THERE'S LIKE A HIGH SCHOOL ELEMENTARY AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
WELL, THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF THE DETENTION.
THEY ARE TO RECORD WITH THE FINAL, SO THAT WOULD BE OH, SO BUT THIS IS OUT OF THE ORIGINAL GP, WHICH THEY DO NOT OWN.
THEY DO ARE COORDINATING WITH THE GP TO RECORD IT WITH THEIR SECOND SECTION.
HOWEVER, STOCK DITCH GORO DOES CURRENTLY HAVE A CIP PROJECT COMING WHERE THEY ARE DOING IMPROVEMENTS.
AND SO I THINK THAT THAT POINT THEY'LL ADDRESS A SIDEWALK AND CONNECTIVITY, ESPECIALLY ADDRESSING THE SCHOOL.
WE COULD POTENTIALLY REQUEST SOMETHING ALONG PEAK ROAD TO CREATE A CONTINUOUS SIDEWALK.
YEAH, I CAN, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
MAKE THAT MARKUP, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF WE HAVE ANY CONCISION.
COMMISSION IS ANYONE ELSE? WAS THERE A MOTION COMMISSIONER? MOTION? OH, PKA SECOND CLARK.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE.
[Platting Activities G - I]
TO GH AND I.MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE GH AND I AS ONE GROUP PLEASE.
SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 42 THROUGH 1 51 SECTION H.
NAME CHANGES CONSIST OF ITEM 1 52 AND SECTION I.
CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 53 THROUGH 1 55.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO FOR SECTION G, H AND I.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER STAFF AND NO CHANGES IN STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? CLARK SECOND JONES.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE.
PLEASE NOTE THAT I WILL ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 1 43 1 43.
COMMISSIONER HICH, MR. CHAIR, GO AHEAD.
I ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 1 52, 1 52 FOR DALTON.
AND PLEASE NOTE AND PLEASE NOTE THAT I'LL BE LEAVING THE MEETING.
AND WILL YOU PLEASE NOTE THAT I ABSTAINED ON 1 43 AS WELL? SIGLER ON 1 43.
ALRIGHT, IS THAT IT? WE'LL MOVE ON TO J THERE.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler)]
ITEM 1 56 IS A DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE FOR 78 46 LOWER COPY ROAD.THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG NORTH WAYSIDE, NORTH OF LAY ROAD, SOUTH OF TIDWELL.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO CONSTRUCT A DUPLEX WITHIN 10 FEET OF NORTH WAYSIDE.
INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FEET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE STUDY IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOWER COPY AND NORTH WAYSIDE WITHIN THE PARKHURST ESTATES COMMUNITY.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF A LOT THAT WAS PARTITIONED WITH THE WIDENING OF NORTH WAYSIDE IN THE LATE 1990S.
THE REMAINING 45 FOOT WIDE LOT WILL ALLOW FOR 20 FEET OF BILLABLE AREA WITH THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
THE PROPOSED DUPLEX WOULD TAKE VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM LAR COPY AND WOULD BE SET BACK 64 FEET FROM THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LINE.
THIS WILL MINIMIZE VEHICULAR CONFLICTS ALONG NORTH WAYSIDE AND ALLOW FOR AMPLE VISIBILITY AT THIS INTERSECTION.
IN ADDITION, THE PROPERTY LINE IS SET BACK 20 FEET FROM THE TWO SOUTHBOUND LANES OF ALONG WAYSIDE, ALLOWING SUFFICIENT SPACE FOR PEDESTRIAN COMFORT.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE BILLING LINE REQUIREMENT AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
AGAIN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON 1 56.
I SERVE AS VICE PRESIDENT FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 49 50.
WE ARE COMPRISED OF ABOUT SEVEN CIVIC CLUBS.
ONE OF THOSE HAPPENED TO BE CLAREMONT PLACE CIVIC, WHICH THIS DEVELOPMENT IS WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES.
THE CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE IS THAT THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE, WE JUST RECEIVED THE RENDERING, UH, WITHIN HOURS OF THIS MEETING AND WE DISTANCE A CORNER LOT.
AND BECAUSE IT'S A CORNER LOT AND IT BEING A TWO STORY DEVELOPMENT, THE CONCERN IS THE TRIANGLE, THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE THAT THE CITY REQUIRES.
AND IF THEY SIT BACK MORE THAN 20 BACK, MORE THAN 20 FEET IS REDUCED
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TO 20, 25 FEET.SETBACK IS REDUCED TO 20 FEET.
HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO THE 15 FOOT FROM THE PROPERTY LINE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, WHICH WOULD ENABLE PEOPLE TO SEE AS THEY APPROACH THE INTERSECTION, THERE ARE NO TWO STORY STRUCTURES FROM THE 7,500 TO THE 9,300 BLOCK.
SO IN THIS DEVELOPMENT FROM THE BEGINNING OR THE END OF THE SUBDIVISION.
AND THIS IS NOT CONGRUENT TO THE OTHER HOMES SURROUNDING IT.
AND IF THIS IS, THIS EVENT IS IN FACT APPROVED, WE WILL REQUEST TO DEVELOP A CULTIVATION RELATIONSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPER TO BE KEPT ABREAST AND TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
AND AT LEAST TO LISTEN TO THE NEIGHBORS BECAUSE A TWO STORY IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO THE REST OF THE BUILD OF THE COMMUNITY.
ESPECIALLY BEING AT AN INTERSECTION WHERE YOU CANNOT APPROACH THE INTERSECTION WITHOUT THAT 15 FOOT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE,
SO OUR ULTIMATE REQUEST WOULD BE FOR A DEFERMENT, IF POSSIBLE, TO SPEAK MORE WITH THE DEVELOPER SO THAT HE CAN AT LEAST GIVE THE COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO HAVE A VERBAL FORM.
UM, MR. BUTLER, CAN YOU SPEAK TO AT LEAST ONE OF THE QUESTIONS, WHICH IS THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE? CERTAINLY THE, UM, I BELIEVE IT WAS WITH THE WIDENING OF WAYSIDE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A RIGHT OF WAY CUT IN THE SHAPE OF A TRIANGLE.
IT'S ABOUT 20 FEET DIAGONALLY.
IT'S, SO THERE'S NO, TYPICALLY ON A, A RECTANGULAR LOT, THERE'D BE A PLAT REQUIREMENT TO PUT A 15 BY 15 VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
THIS ALREADY HAS A CUTBACK, SO THAT SPACE IS ALREADY PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IN REGARDS TO THE FRONT SETBACK, THIS IS SETBACK 64 FEET, CORRECT.
AND THEN THE OTHER QUESTION, THIS IS JUST TO EDUCATE ME.
I SEE A NOTE THAT SAYS ALL FRONT YARD TO BE GRAVEL FOR EASIER MAINTENANCE AND DRAINAGE.
IS THAT ALLOWED? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW.
WE DIDN'T REVIEW THE LANDSCAPING OF IT.
JUST THE, YEAH, JUST I SEE THAT NOTE AND IT JUST KIND OF STRUCK ME.
I'VE NEVER SEEN IT DONE AND I WASN'T THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF REQUIREMENT.
WHAT, WHAT, WHAT IS THE QUESTION IS ABOUT SIDEWALKS OR JUST ABOUT LANDSCAPING? NO, THE ENTIRE FRONT YARD GRAVEL, JUST TO BE GRAVEL.
UH, LIKE A, YEAH, THE SIDEWALK'S THERE.
THIS IS JUST INSTEAD OF GRASS.
MR. SMITH, AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS.
I DON'T KNOW OF ANYTHING THAT WOULD DETER THEM FROM USING GRAVEL INSTEAD OF GRASS FOR LANDSCAPING IN THE FRONT YARD.
IT'S LANDSCAPING, IT'S IN THEIRS.
UM, THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM WOULD BE IF IT WAS HOUSE COMPACTED AND STUFF FOR PERMEABILITY.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT IT WOULD BE ALLOWED.
JUST SOMETHING ODD THAT WE'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
MR. BUTLER, DO WE HAVE ELEVATIONS AT ALL? THEY SHOULD BE IN THE, IT'S A DUPLEX, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND AS FAR AS WE ARE CONCERNED, UM, THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS SPECIFICALLY FOR WHAT? FOR THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG NORTH SIDE.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE ON ITEM 1 56, 78, 46, LAURA COPY ROAD WITH A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO APPROVE.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION? ROSENBERG, ROSENBERG, SECOND.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, THE MOTION PASSES TO ITEM IS APPROVED.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of June 8, 2023]
ROMAN TWO, WHICH IS TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF JUNE 8TH, 2023 FOR ITEMS A THROUGH Q.WHAT ABOUT THE PARKING? WELL, THAT'S AFTER THAT.
SO NOW GONNA MOVE TO ITEM THREE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 5 4 2 WEST 23RD STREET.
WE HAVE TO VOTE ON VOTE ON THIS JUST BECAUSE WE DID.
I GOT AHEAD OF MYSELF ONCE AGAIN.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON ROMAN TWO.
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SECOND CLARK AND MARS.ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ALL THOSE OPPOSED FOR ME RUNNING THIS MEETING AGAIN ANYTIME SOON.
[III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 542 W. 23rd Street (Geoff Butler)]
THREE CONSIDERATION OF OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 5 42 WEST 23RD STREET.MR. BUTLER, THIS SIDE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT.
THANK AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF WEST 23RD AND LAWRENCE, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A 648 SQUARE FOOT GARAGE APARTMENT AT AN EXISTING HOME.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SINGLE OFF STREET PARKING SPACE AS REQUIRED FOR ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. BUTLER.
I HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED TO SPEAK.
AND MR. CHAIR, MAY I INTERJECT THAT COMMISSIONER VERA BLAND HAS LEFT THE MEETING.
UM, ACTUALLY, MR. LAWRENCE HAD POSTED A COMMENT IN SUPPORT, BUT IS NOT HERE TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ROMAN THREE? COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG.
UH, MR. BUTLER, WHAT IS THE, UM, UM, THOUGHT WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UH, A DU ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN GENERAL WITHIN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS PUTTING THOSE IN MORE DENSE AREAS, THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO BE A CHALLENGE IN, IN ADDING THOSE PARKING SPACES.
IN THE PLANNING FOR ADUS AND THE CONSIDERATIONS YOU GUYS HAVE DONE AS A DEPARTMENT, WHAT'S THE STRATEGY FOR, UM, UH, THAT GOES ALONG WITH ADDING ADUS? IS PARKING REQUIRED? IS IT NOT REQUIRED? WELL, IT, IN MOST CASES, UH, AN A DU ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT IS ALLOWED BY, RIGHT.
UH, YOU CAN DO AN ACCESSORY DWELLING AND, AND, OR A DUPLEX IN ADDITION TO SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, IF YOU WANT TO, IN THE CASE OF A PARKING VARIANCE, UH, WE WOULD LOOK AT THINGS LIKE THE CAPACITY OF THE, THE SURROUNDING AREA TO HANDLE TO, YOU KNOW, REASONABLY CONCLUDE IF PEOPLE LIVING THERE OR USING THE SITE COULD GET AROUND BY MEANS OTHER THAN CAR.
SO WE WOULD LOOK AT TRAILS AMENITIES NEARBY WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE IN EVALUATING THIS REQUEST.
BUT, BUT THE WORK YOU'VE DONE RECENTLY ISN'T PUSHING FOR ADDING ADUS WITHOUT PARKING, OR IS AGAIN, VARIED LOCATION DRIVEN, OH, SORRY.
INSPECTOR WALLACE BROWN, I THINK, THANK YOU FOR THE, THE, THE QUESTION.
SO, THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND HOW THEY BENEFIT HOUSTONIANS.
UM, THEY, UM, VERY MUCH SUPPORTED, UH, THE, THE USE OF THEM BOTH FOR SOFT DENSITY IN, IN PROVIDING MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR NEIGHBORS AND AN AND POTENTIAL EXTRA INCOME FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, WITH THE LIVABLE PLACES RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND AN A DU LESS THAN A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WOULD NO LONGER REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL SPACE.
UM, ANYTHING LARGER THAN A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET WOULD, WOULD REQUIRE ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE.
THIS IS AS LONG AS THE, THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE PROVIDED THE, THE PARKING THAT IT NEEDED.
SO THE HOUSE HAS TWO SPACES CURRENTLY.
AN A DU REQUIRES ONE ADDITIONAL SPACE.
THE RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF LIVABLE PLACES IS THAT WE DO NOT REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR SOMETHING LESS THAN A THOUSAND FEET.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU KNOW ME, I'M THE NIT PICKER.
UM, THIS IS ON 23RD AND LAWRENCE, BUT IN THE WRITEUP IT REFERENCES 42ND STREET.
SO I WAS REALLY CONFUSED FOR A MINUTE.
SO JUST A CLERICAL CORRECTION.
UM, ANYONE ELSE ON, UH, ROMAN THREE? ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, FURTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? MODEST.
MR. CHAIR, YOU MAY HAVE A SPEAKER ON THIS ITEM.
OH, I DON'T HAVE A SPEAKER SHOWING WHO'S OUR SPEAKER? UH, MR. SHALIN NAGI.
THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE IF THERE'S, PERHAPS IF THERE'S QUESTIONS.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, HEARING NONE.
[IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 2711 Harrisburg Avenue (Geoff Butler)]
4 27 11 HARRISBURG BOULEVARD.THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS TWO MEETINGS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG HARRISBURG, EAST OF NAGLE AND WEST OF DELANO.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESTAURANT WITH OUTDOOR SEATING AND AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE OFFICE STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT TO ALLOW 14 PARKING SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 52 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE EAST END, ALONG THE GREEN LINE OF METRO RAIL'S LIGHT, EXCUSE ME, METRO'S LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN APPROXIMATELY
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6,000 SQUARE FOOT RESTAURANT WITHIN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THE REDUCTION IN PARKING REQUIREMENTS WILL ALLOW PROPORTIONS OF THE SITE TO BE USED FOR SEATING AND LANDSCAPING RATHER THAN SURFACE PARKING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE CITY'S MARKET-BASED PARKING AREA, WHICH FEATURES NO REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF STREET PARKING.
WHILE THE SITE TECHNICALLY DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR PARKING EXEMPTION, THE AREA FEATURES MANY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE UNDERSTOOD TO REDUCE DEMAND FOR PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE USE.
THESE INCLUDE PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT, MULTI-USE TRAILS, AND A ROBUST STREET GRID, ALLOWING AMPLE, MULTIMODAL ACCESS.
STAFF HAS CONDUCTED TWO SITE VISITS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE SITE'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
STAFF NOTED THAT THE SITE IS WITHIN COMFORTABLE WALK TO TWO METRO RAIL STATIONS USING THE EXISTING SIDEWALKS.
AND THE HARRISBURG MULTI-USE PATH STAFF ALSO OBSERVED THAT THERE WAS AMPLE ON STREET PARKING AVAILABLE IN NEARBY CLUSTERS OF SIMILAR USES DURING PEAK OPERATING HOURS.
FURTHER, STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF MULTIPLE LOCAL INITIATIVES AIMED AT ENCOURAGING TRANSPORTATION BY MEANS OTHER THAN PRIVATE AUTOMOBILES, ALLOWING REDUCED PARKING AT THIS SITE WILL MAXIMIZE INVESTMENTS MADE IN SIDEWALKS, PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, AND OTHER MULTIMODAL INFRASTRUCTURE STAFF RECOMMENDS GRAND THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW 14 SPACES.
INSTEAD OF 52 STAFF HAS RE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENT IN A PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC, OBJECTING TO THE REQUEST'S IMPACT ON STREET PARTY STAFF HAS ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN SUPPORT FROM THE PUBLIC CITING PROXIMITY TO RAPID TRANSIT.
WE'VE ALSO RECEIVED WRITTEN SUPPORT FROM METRO, THE EAST DOWNTOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, AND THE EAST END CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A MS. MARLA KAVANAUGH SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THERE'S OUR PERSON, MR. LIN SHELINE.
OH, THANK GOD YOU'RE HERE IN PERSON.
ALL RIGHT, MARIA, I'LL GET YOU MOMENTARILY.
YEAH, SO I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO JUST WANTED TO COME HERE AND, AND, UH, GIVE ANY FEEDBACK OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THAT THERE, THAT ANYONE THE COMMISSIONER COMMISSION HAS.
UM, BUT I'M QUITE FAMILIAR WITH THE, UH, WITH THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND QUITE INVOLVED IN THE AREA AND, AND TEND TO, I I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY IN MULTIPLE OFFER SITUATION A FEW YEARS AGO WHEN I HEARD THAT A DEVELOPER WAS WANTING TO PURCHASE IT TO TEAR IT DOWN TO BUILD RESIDENTIAL.
AND I HAVE A INKLING TO TRY TO SAVE BUILDINGS WITH HISTORIC, UH, YOU KNOW, HISTORIC BENEFITS TO COMMUNITIES AS MUCH AS I POSSIBLY CAN, AS THAT KIND OF FITS INTO MY, UH, UH, MY GOALS.
AND SO I'M A I'M, I'M VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS OF THE COMMUNITY SIDE OF THINGS HERE.
AND, AND THAT'S KIND OF MY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WHEN WE DESIGNED THIS SPACE, WE WERE REALLY, REALLY CONSCIOUS OF TRYING TO INCORPORATE GREEN, MORE GREEN SPACE TO THE SITE.
UM, ADDING A GREEN SPACE INTO, UH, INTO THE FRONT PARKING SPOT, FRONT, FRONT PARKING AREAS, UM, TO GIVE, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE, UH, THE SCHOOL, THE PARKS AND, AND THE TRAILS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. NAMI? COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UM, ALWAYS SUPPORT AND APPLAUD THE EFFORT TO, TO SAVE OLD BUILDINGS AND DO THIS KIND OF STUFF.
BUT AS THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, AND LANDLORD, UM, IN AREAS LIKE THIS, WHEN A RESTAURANT'S SUCCESSFUL, IT PUTS A MASSIVE STRESS ON STREET PARKING, UM, TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
THEN THEY'LL ALL COME FOR YOUR HEAD.
SO, YOU KNOW, ASKING YOU HERE, ARE YOU CONFIDENT THE STREETS CAN HANDLE THIS KIND OF PARKING THAT WILL COME FROM A SUCCESSFUL RESTAURANT, SEEING IT HAPPEN IN MIDTOWN AND OTHER AREAS? DO YOU HAVE POTENTIAL TO WORK WITH SOME OF THE SURFACE LOTS OR VALET PARKING AND MAKE SURE YOU CAN MANAGE IT AND MAKE IT BE WIN-WIN LONG TERM, NOT JUST FROM VISION? YEAH.
UH, DEFINITELY SOMETHING I'M VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS ABOUT.
OF COURSE, ANYONE THAT GOES INTO THE BUILDING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE HYPER SUCCESSFUL AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE VERY CONSCIOUS OF THAT.
I, I DO, I DO PERSONALLY OWN, UH, THREE DIFFERENT PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN MARKET BASED PARKING AREAS NOW, MAJORITY IN EAST DOWNTOWN.
AND THE TENANTS WORK OUT VERY, VERY WELL IN THERE.
'CAUSE I AM CONSCIOUS OF WHO WE'RE HAVING GO IN THERE WITH THIS SITE IN PARTICULAR, UH, WE, WE DO HAVE THE, THE STREET TO THE WEST, UH, IS A COMPLETE DEAD END AND THERE IS NO THROUGH TRAFFIC.
UH, THE, UH, ADJACENT PROPERTY IS ALSO, UH, AVAILABLE FOR VALET PARKING IF NEED BE.
I'VE SPOKEN TO, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER VACANT LOT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THERE.
IF, IF IT NEEDS TO BE VALET IN THE FUTURE, THOSE OPTIONS ARE THERE AS WELL.
UH, I, I HAVE A COMMISSIONER QUESTION.
SO I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THERE ARE SOME PICTURES THAT WERE CAUSING ME SOME CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE STREETS.
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UM, SPECIFICALLY, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE HARRISBURG AND G GARROW, OR MAYBE IT'S DELANO, BUT UM, WHERE THEY'RE SHOWING PICTURES OF SCHOOL BUSES HAVING DIFFICULTY NAVIGATING THE NARROW STREETS.THEY'RE SHOWING EVEN FIRE TRUCKS GETTING STUCK IN DITCHES THERE.
UM, SOME OF THE COMMENTS REFERENCE, UM, THE LACK OF SIDEWALKS ALONG ONE PART, UM, AND THE FACT THAT THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES WHO LIVE ON THAT STREET AND IF AS WELL AS CHILDREN WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
RIGHT? AND SO IF, IF THE PARKING OVERWHELMS THE, THIS NARROW STREET, I HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF THESE RESIDENTS.
AND, UH, THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOT SIDEWALKS ALREADY.
UM, AND BECAUSE THERE'S DITCHES THERE.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND OUT.
I MEAN, I THINK I THINK OF IT FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEBODY WHO'S A WHEELCHAIR, RIGHT? UM, IT IS, UM, BIG, A BIG CHALLENGE WHEN YOU CAN'T GET AROUND YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD, OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO NAVIGATE AROUND PARKED CARS.
THEY CAN'T SEE YOU IF YOU, IF YOU'RE IN A WHEELCHAIR, THEY JUST, THERE'S NO VISIBILITY THERE, OF COURSE.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S ONE BIG PROBLEM.
I I I DON'T KNOW THAT, UM, LIKE MOPD COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, ALLOW THEM TO ADD, UM, SIDEWALKS THERE.
IT MAY NOT BE, UM, MOPD IS MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, AND THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HELP WITH THAT SITUATION WITH SIDEWALKS, BUT NOT IF THERE'S DITCHES.
RIGHT? UM, THE OTHER THING, AGAIN, AS SOMEBODY WHO USES A WHEELCHAIR, SOMETIMES WHAT HAPPENS WITH WITH RESTAURANTS IS THEY'LL JUST DO VALET OR THEY'LL DO, UM, THEY WON'T, THEY WON'T OFFER HANDICAP PARKING, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, OR THEY'LL, THEY'LL, YOU KNOW, THEY'LL PUT IT ANOTHER LOT.
BUT THEN YOU'RE, AGAIN, YOU'RE TRAVELING THESE NARROW STREETS.
SO I'M, I'M JUST SAYING ALL THIS, UM, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, OF COURSE, THESE ARE THINGS THAT DO CAUSE ME SOME CONCERN.
FLEXIBILITY AROUND THESE? SO, UH, I, UH, HAVE, UH, TWO LITTLE GIRLS THAT ARE ONE IN THREE.
I'M VERY, VERY HYPER CONSCIOUS WHEN IT COMES TO, ESPECIALLY WITH LIKE CHILDREN.
UM, ON ONE OF MY SITES THAT I RECENTLY RENOVATED THE ENTIRE SITE WORK, WE PURPOSELY ADDED MORE HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE RAMPS AND PARKING.
UM, 'CAUSE I'M VERY CONSCIOUS OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, I'VE GOT A STRONG RELATIONSHIP WITH THE, WITH A FITNESS FACILITY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE, WE HOST, UH, UM, ATHLETES WITH, UH, UH, UH, MIXED ABILITIES QUITE OFTEN.
SO VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS OF THAT.
UH, WE ARE PLANNING ON ADDING SIDEWALKS, UH, ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
IT, IT ADDS MORE BEAUTIFICATION AND, AND OBVIOUSLY IT, IT PROMOTES, UH, THE WALKABILITY OF THE, OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TOO.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY HYPERCONSCIOUS OF THAT.
I, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, SO QUESTION FOR, UM, STAFF, UM, OR THE STREET, AND MAYBE THIS ISN'T THE RIGHT QUESTION FOR YOU, MAYBE PUBLIC WORKS, BUT FOR THAT STREET WHERE THERE ARE DITCHES AND THERE'S A MAJOR CONCERN ABOUT THE NARROWNESS OF THE STREET, CAN THERE BE NO PARKING SIGNS? NO.
I I WAS, I KNOW THAT THE SIDEWALKS, ASIDE FROM NAGLE WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING THE SIDEWALK IN, THEY'RE ALL RELATIVELY NEW.
UM, THERE'S A NEW SIDEWALK ALONG DELANO AND THEN HARRISBURG, AND THEN THE, I THINK BELIEVE GARROS THE NEXT CROSS STREET.
BUT AS FAR AS NO PARKING SIGNS, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN COORDINATE WITH HOW IT WORKS.
WELL, I, I THINK, I THINK THE QUESTION MIGHT BE MORE COULD THE NEIGHBORS, THERE'S SOME RESIDENTIAL NORTH FILE FOR A PERMIT PARKING ONLY AND, AND LOSE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE STREET PARKING.
AND JUST KEEP IN MIND TOO, THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THE SITE ARE, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, BUT THE REST OF THE BLOCK IS OCCUPIED BY COMMERCIAL USES.
SO IN THE BUT TO THE NORTH, IT'S A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSES.
WELL, THERE'S TWO LOTS ON THE BLOCK.
OH, NO, I'M TALKING FURTHER AWAY.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE PARKING NORTH OF GARROW ON THOSE STREETS.
UM, ANYONE ELSE? JUST A COMMENT.
UM, AND I CAN'T TELL YOU THE EXACT AREA ON GAR, BUT THE TIER IS DOING A SIDEWALK PROJECT COMING UP ALONG GARO CANAL AND A FEW OTHER STREETS THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UM, BUT THE, THE TIER IN THE AREA IS GOING IN AND PUTTING SOME SIDEWALKS IN THERE.
COMMISSIONERS, ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONER CLARK, MR. BUTLER, YOU'RE JUST GONNA PROBABLY THROW THINGS AT ME, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER ERROR.
UM,
AND IF YOU COUNT 'EM, IT SAYS IT'S 15.
UH, ONE OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IS DEDICATION OF 10 FEET OF RIGHT AWAY TO DELANO, WHICH DISPLACES ONE OF THE PARKING SPACES.
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THAT IN, WE'RE PRESENTING THIS AS 14 SPACES AS OPPOSED TO 15.AND HOW MANY HANDICAP SPACES ARE DESIGNATED AT THIS POINT IN TIME OF THE 14TH? I DON'T THINK IT SHOWED THERE WAS ONE.
YEAH, I THINK WE COULD ASK FOR MORE.
THEY'D BE REQUIRED ONE FOR EVERY 25.
SO WHO IS THE APPLICANT? WOULD YOU COME FORWARD AGAIN? SO, UM, I DON'T, YOU KNOW, I'M CHAIRING TODAY, SO I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ABOUT MULTIPLE HANDICAP SPACES, AND, AND I THINK MY CONCERN WAS MORE ABOUT PUBLIC SAFETY, OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND JUST BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE.
AND SO IF THERE ARE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE ABLE TO BE, TO BE ADDED, UM, IN ALL OF THESE LOCATIONS WHERE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE, I MEAN THAT, I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S ONE SOLUTION.
AND I, UM, I DO THINK, UM, MAYBE IF MR. SMITH OR SOMEBODY, I'M SORRY IF MR. MR. BUTLER, MAYBE IF YOU CAN REACH OUT AND LET, LET THE, UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS KNOW WHO, WHO RAISED THE COMMENT ABOUT, UM, INDIVIDUALS, NEIGHBORS WITH DISABILITIES ON THEIR STREET HAVING TROUBLE THAT EITHER THERE WILL BE SIDEWALKS OR THERE'S A, A PROCESS TO ADD THEM, YOU KNOW, THROUGH MOPD AND PUBLIC WORKS, UM, PAR REQUESTS.
I MEAN, I THINK, I THINK ONE OTHER OPPORTUNITY MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, TO MAYBE, UM, CONSIDER WHAT, WHAT, UM, YOU WOULD PROVIDE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES WHO COME TO VISIT YOUR ESTABLISHMENT AS WELL.
AND I'M NOT SAYING ADD MORE SPACES, BUT, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST TO KEEP IT IN MIND, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE ALREADY QUITE, UM, THOUGHTFUL ABOUT THESE KINDS OF CONCERNS.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO BRING 'EM UP BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THERE'D BE A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOMEBODY OTHERWISE THAT WANTED TO COME.
LIKE IF I WERE TO COME AND ONE SPOT'S TAKEN, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S IT.
IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WAY.
ALRIGHT, MR. SMITH, DID YOU WANNA ADD ANYTHING FROM PUBLIC WORKS? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY FOR COMMISSIONER COLVARD, THE ORDINANCES AT THE, AND DESIGN MANUALS THAT PUBLIC WORKS WORKS UNDER, IF A ROADWAY IS LESS THAN 20 FEET, THEN NO PARKING CAN BE ADDED, BUT IT WOULD BE ADDED ON BOTH SIDES.
IF IT IS BETWEEN 20 AND 27 FEET, NO PARKING CAN BE DONE ON ONE SIDE AND IF IT IS OVER 27 FEET, NO, THE TYPICAL STANCE IS THAT WE DON'T DO NO PARKING ON THE STREET.
SO THAT'S SORT OF THE PERIMETERS THAT WE GO BY RIGHT NOW.
BUT AGAIN, IT WOULD HAVE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO OUT AND LOOK AT THE STREET.
'CAUSE IF NOBODY'S PARKING ON A STREET AND IT'S 20 FEET WIDE, WE'RE NOT PROBABLY GONNA GO PUT NO PARKING SIGNS ON THE STREET WHERE NOBODY'S PARKING.
BUT AGAIN, SO THAT, AGAIN, THEY'D GO OUT DURING THE DAY AND TAKE A COUPLE LOOKS AT IT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WOULD REALLY JUSTIFY PUTTING THE SIGNAGE UP AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
BUT IT CAN BE DONE BASED ON THOSE PARAMETERS.
I MEAN, I WOULD ANTICIPATE THAT THIS WOULD CHANGE ONCE THIS.
AND SO AGAIN, THEY WOULD, THAT MAY BE A REQUEST THAT WOULD COME BACK IN AT THE TIME THAT, THAT IT STARTS TO CHANGE OVER A LOT.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE PUTTING THREE ONE ONES COME BACK IN AND SAYING, HEY, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS PUT IN TODAY AND THEN THE RESTAURANT WENT IN OR SOMETHING WENT IN AND THAT CHANGED THE SITUATION, THEY JUST NEED TO CLARIFY THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE TO THE ROADWAY.
'CAUSE TYPICALLY PUBLIC WORKS WILL NOT GO OUT AND LOOK AT IT EVERY THREE MONTHS OR SIX MONTHS.
IT'S USUALLY, I BELIEVE IT'S EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS WE WOULD LOOK AT IT.
BUT IF THERE WAS A CHANGE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SOMETHING THAT CHANGES THAT WOULD THEN JUSTIFY TAKING ANOTHER LOOK AT IT, THEY WOULD DO THAT.
IT'S NOT OPPORTUNITY TO BE PROACTIVE ABOUT IT.
THEY WOULD, I MEAN, AGAIN, THEY WOULD GO LOOK AT IT, BUT OKAY, IF THERE'S NO PARKING THERE, YOU KNOW, NOBODY'S PARKING THERE TODAY AND THEY PUT IN A RESTAURANT WHEN IT FIRST OPENS, WE MAY, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT CREATE A SITUATION THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT, NO PARKING THERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE, IT'S ONE OF THOSE WHERE WE TAKE A LOOK AT IT.
BUT WE REALLY DO WANT TO NOT GO AND START REGULATING THINGS THAT DON'T NEED TO BE REGULATED.
MR. ROSENBERG, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I, UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE, YOU KNOW, THE STREETS DON'T BELONG TO ANYBODY.
I MEAN, ANYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO PARK IN THEM.
AND I THINK THAT IS IMPORTANT HERE.
I THINK IT'S UP TO THE PROPERTY OWNER TO ACCEPT THE RISK OR NOT, OF PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO PARK AND GET TO THIS FACILITY AND WANT TO COME AND GO.
I MEAN, THAT'S THE RISK MARKET BASED PARKING RISK AND ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, YOU COULD LOSE ALL THE STREET PARKING THROUGH PARKING PERMITS AND ALL THAT, BUT I DO THINK THERE'S A, A VALID POINT ABOUT A RESTAURANT SPACE THAT WOULD NEED 52 SPOTS, WHICH IN ESSENCE WOULD NEED OVER, YOU KNOW, TWO POINTS.
SOME MINIMAL AMOUNT OF HANDICAP PARKING SPOTS, BECAUSE YOU STILL HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE POPULATION THAT WOULD BE COMING TO THE RESTAURANT.
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YOU MAY THINK ABOUT ACTUALLY YEAH, TWO A DA SPOTS TO BE ABLE TO MEET WHAT YOUR CLIENTELE WILL NEED.'CAUSE THAT ISN'T A COMMON STREET PARKING SOLUTION.
SO I THINK THAT WAS A REALLY GOOD POINT TO BRING UP.
ALRIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? COMMISSIONERS? YES.
AM I MISSING SOMETHING WHERE, WHERE'S THE ACCESSIBLE PARKING? IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT SHOWN.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, JUST FROM, IT'LL BE ON THE SITE, ON THE SITE PLAN.
IT'S JUST NOT SHOWING THERE NOW.
BUT I, I KNOW IT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE WIDTH THAN A TYPICAL STALL.
AND YOU, AND I'M TRYING TO SEE, AND YOU CAN PUT ANXI AISLE IN BETWEEN THEM AND HAVE ONE, IF YOU WANTED TO HAVE TWO, YOU COULD HAVE THE ACCESS ISLAND ONE.
YEAH, I KNOW THEY CAN, BUT RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT SHOWING.
NO, AND THAT'S NOT AN, I MEAN, I'M NOT SURPRISED.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO PULL OFF THE 15, THE 14, RIGHT? UH, WELL YOU, YOU DO HAVE THAT LITTLE, UM, LANDSCAPE BUFFER BETWEEN TWO LOTS BETWEEN TWO PARK INSTALLS MAYBE.
I'M, I'M NOT GONNA DO A MATH, BUT PERHAPS YOU COULD PULL IT OFF.
AND DO WE WANT THE 2.5 BASED ON THE 50, UM, AS A BASELINE OR TWO SPACES AS A BASELINE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION? AND I, I DON'T MEAN TO CALL YOU OUT ON THAT.
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING IN THE TWO SPACES, WHETHER THEY'RE TOGETHER OR APART? FOR, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, THE ANSWER IS YES.
WE, WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE FLEXIBILITY ON THE, ON THE SITE PLAN TO OKAY.
AND, AND JUST ONE OTHER THING I WAS GONNA ADD, IT'S NOT SHOWING ON THE SITE PLAN NOW, AND I THINK IT'S JUST AN ERROR ON OUR END, BUT ON NALE STREET, WHICH IS THE DEAD END, UH, THAT SIDEWALK WILL GO ALL THE WAY UP TO GARROW.
SO THERE'LL BE, IT'LL BE, UH, CONTINUOUS ALL THE WAY UP THERE.
SO, UM, AS FAR AS WE UNDERSTAND TODAY, THERE ARE AT LEAST SPACE FOR TWO HANDICAP PARKING SPACES, CORRECT? TWO A DA.
WE WANNA REQUEST THAT IS THERE'S IS A VARIANCE.
IS THAT A MOTION? COMMISSIONER HINES? I, I WOULD A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS WITH WHATEVER THE LANGUAGE IS FOR THE I DO THANK YOU FOR AT LEAST TWO, UH, ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES.
BEFORE WE GO FORWARD THAT MOTION YES.
HI, HOW ARE YOU? NAME IS WELL, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR STAYING THROUGH ALL THE WAIT.
SO, UM, I'M THE, I LIVE ON, ALONG ALONG NALE STREET, ABOUT 450 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY.
AND I'M THE ONE THAT'S SPEARHEADING, UH, THE PETITION THAT WE HAVE GOING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE 32 SIGNATURES FROM PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, MAINLY ON GAR NAGEL, UH, DELANO, AND, UH, SOME OTHER ADJACENT STREETS OPPOSING THE PARKING VARIANCE.
WE, WE KNOW THAT 52 SPOTS CAN'T FIT THERE, BUT FOR US, 15, A REDUCTION TO 71 PER IN 71% OF SPOTS IS TOO FE THAT'S TOO HIGH OF A REDUCTION.
I, WE BELIEVE, UM, WE ALSO HAVE SUPPORT FROM FIRE STATION 17 FROM CAPTAIN OSCAR SANCHEZ THERE, WHO BELIEVES THAT THE PARKING VARIANCE WILL, UM, IMPACT HOW THE SPEED IN WHICH THEY CAN GET TO, UM, DIFFERENT SERVICE AREAS.
AND I ALSO SPOKE TO PRINCIPAL JUAN GONZALEZ AT RUS MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHICH IS JUST ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
AND HE'S ALSO CONCERNED REGARDING, UH, PARKING FOR AFTER SCHOOL EVENTS, UM, UH, FOR HIS SCHOOL.
UH, THE LACK OF PROPER SIDEWALKS.
I MEAN, ON NAGEL NORTH OF GARROW, THERE'S, UH, NO SIDEWALK ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, NAGEL.
THE WEST SIDE DOES HAVE A PART, UH, UM, SIDEWALKS, BUT THEY'RE ALL VERY OLD AND DETERIORATED.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
UM, MR. NAVI, I'VE SPOKEN TO HIM BEFORE REGARDING THE MAINTENANCE OF THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY, AND HE DISMISSED, UH, MY CONCERNS.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, HE HASN'T SECURELY, UM, UH, KEPT HIS PROPERTY.
SO THERE'S HOMELESS PEOPLE IN THAT BUILDING AND IN THE BUILDING WEST THOSE, UH, BIG BLUE BUILDINGS.
UH, SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
WE DO WANT IT TO BE DEVELOPED, BUT, UH, WE KNOW THAT IT'LL AFFECT US MORE THAN IT'LL, UH, IT'LL AFFECT PEOPLE THAT GO TO THE RESTAURANT.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, ARE THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, THEN WE'RE ON ITEM.
LADIES, ONE OF YOU AT A TIME, PLEASE.
I'M NOT ON THE LIST, BUT I, I I SEE THAT.
BUT STATE, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD
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AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE.MS. CARDENAS, GO RIGHT AHEAD, PLEASE.
UM, I KNOW THEY WANNA PUT THIS NICE PROPERTY OUT THERE.
YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT, BUT SHE'S RIGHT ABOUT THE STREETS.
THEY'RE UNDERDEVELOPED ON THE SIDEWALKS AND RIGHT.
EVEN RIGHT NOW, WHEN PEOPLE PARK IN THE STREETS, THEY'RE SO NARROW THAT YOU HAVE TO REALLY BE CAREFUL WHEN CARS ARE GONNA COME.
CARS OR TRUCKS, UH, WILL GO BY THERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, THE AREA AROUND THERE IS DEVELOPING A LOT.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE NFAS, YOU HAVE A TEMPO, YOU HAVE A WHOLE BUNCH OF NEW, UM, BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE, UM, FESTIVALS, UH, AT THE ESPLANADE, I MEAN, PEOPLE ARE PARKING EVERYWHERE DOWN COMMERCE STREET, I MEAN ALL OVER.
SO IF THEY'RE GONNA PUT THIS, IF THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THIS AREA, I MEAN, ALL THOSE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE FLOCKING THE STREETS TO PARK TO FIND PARKING AROUND THERE.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN IT ALREADY SO MANY TIMES, AND I'M SURE MOST OF YOU HAVE, IF YOU GO DOWN THAT AREA, UM, YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT GO TO NFAS, THEY, OR GO EVEN GO TO THE MINMATE PARK.
AND THIS IS GONNA ADD A LOT OF, UM, A LOT OF CHAOS TO THE STREETS.
SO THE, LIKE I SAID, THE STREETS ARE VERY NARROW.
DELANO STREET IS, IT'S BUILT OKAY, BUT IT'S STILL A NARROW STREET.
UM, HE, I I, I THINK IN MY OPINION, HE'S GONNA NEED MORE PARKING THAN THIS BECAUSE IT'S REALLY GONNA ATTRACT THE PEOPLE JUST LIKE IT, JUST LIKE NAVIGATION CANAL AND ALL THESE NEW PLACES AROUND THERE.
THEY'RE ATTRACTING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.
SO THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN, IS THAT IS THE STREETS.
NOW, IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND SPELL YOUR LAST NAME.
AND RIGHT NOW THE STREETS ARE VERY, VERY NARROW.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR SEVEN, ALMOST 77 YEARS, AND IT'S GOTTEN WORSE AND WORSE AND WORSE.
I HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE DEVELOPED APARTMENTS OR CONDOS OR WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL IT, RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME.
AND THEY HAVE PARTIES AND THEY PARK ALL OVER THE PLACE.
AND IT'S VERY, VERY HARD FOR A CAR.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THEY PARK DOUBLE BECAUSE THEY'RE VISITING AND STUFF, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND IT AND I LET 'EM PARK AND MY AREA RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY, OF MY HOUSE.
BUT WHEN ANOTHER CAR IS COMING OR WHEN BIG CARS ARE THERE, I CAN'T EVEN GET INTO MY DRIVEWAY, MY, MY WALKWAY, YOU KNOW, AND, AND EVERYBODY WANTS TO HAVE PARTIES AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I DON'T MIND THAT.
BUT WHEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE RESTAURANTS, THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE THAT DON'T FIND PARKING, PARKING SPACES OVER THERE, AND THEY'RE GONNA TRY TO PARK ON OUR, ON OUR AREAS AND STUFF.
SO WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? AND THEY'RE VERY NARROW.
DELANO IS BASICALLY USED A LOT FOR AMBULANCES AND FOR THE FIRE TRUCKS, AND THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AT NIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST COMING UP AND NOW ON COMMERCE STREET AND NOW, UM, RIGHT, UH, RIGHT BEHIND WHERE MY BROTHER LIVES ON THE OTHER SIDE, ONE 10, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILDING THERE TOO.
SO IT'S GONNA BE HEAVY, HEAVY TRAFFIC.
SO THEY BETTER FIND OUT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AREAS AND THEY'RE NOT PARKING ON OUR SIDE BECAUSE WE HAVE ENOUGH PARK, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING PROBLEMS AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
I GONNA DO, CAN I, CAN I ADDRESS YOU MA'AM? I'M SORRY, MS. LAMODA, I, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY YOU HEARD MS, UH, I'M SORRY.
YOU HEARD, UH, MR. SMITH MENTION THAT 3 1 1 REQUESTS COULD BE MADE TO THE CITY, LETTING THEM KNOW THAT THERE ARE PARKING ISSUES RIGHT ALONG THESE NARROW ROADS TO REQUEST NO PARKING SIGNS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HEARD THAT OR NOT.
THAT'S WHY I'M BRINGING IT UP.
UM, SO MR. SMITH JUST SAID THAT IF YOU ARE FINDING THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PARKED CARS ALONG THESE NARROW ROADS, THAT YOU CAN CONTACT 3 1 1 AND REQUEST THAT NO PARKING SIGNS BE ADDED TO THOSE NARROW STREETS.
AND I THINK THAT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA.
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ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING THOSE PROBLEMS, I WOULD GO AHEAD AND START MAKING THOSE CALLS NOW SO THAT YOU COULD BE, WE COULD BE PROACTIVE MAYBE ABOUT GETTING SOME SIGNS ALONG THOSE VERY NARROW ROADS.UM, AND THE OTHER THING IS, IF YOU ARE AWARE OF NEIGHBORS OR, UM, EITHER PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR CHILDREN THAT NEED TO GET TO SCHOOL THAT ARE HAVING TROUBLE BECAUSE OF THE NARROW SITUATION AND A LACK OF SIDEWALKS, JUST IN CASE, UM, JUST IN CASE THOSE SIDEWALKS AREN'T ADDED ALONG THOSE STREETS, THERE IS A REC, THERE IS A PROCESS.
THE SAFE SIDEWALKS PROGRAM ACCOMMODATES KIDS WITH KIDS WHO ARE WALKING TO SCHOOL.
AND THE PAR PAR PROGRAM, UM, ACCOMMODATES PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UM, TO ADD SIDEWALKS.
I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT I JUST WANTED TO THROW THAT OUT SO THAT YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE ALWAYS PLAYING ON THE STREETS AND STUFF.
WE DON'T MIND THE TRAFFIC THAT IS THERE RIGHT NOW.
WE EVEN, WE EVEN ACCOMMODATE FOR THE APARTMENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG PEOPLE.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WANT TO HAVE PARTIES AND EVERYTHING, BUT WHEN RESTAURANTS START COMING IN AND STUFF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
THERE'S GONNA BE CHAOS FOR US.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, HE'S SHOWING A, UH, UM, LANDSCAPED URBAN MINI PARK, RIGHT? LOT 43.
AND HOW, WHAT, UM, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT IN, AND IS THAT A, I MEAN, IT'S A PUBLIC PARK.
HE IS NOT DEDICATING IT TO THE CITY.
UM, AND SO I GUESS PART OF THE REASON, OH, FOR THE VARIANCE, THAT GREEN SPACE LOOKS SO NICE, IT LOOKS GREAT, BUT WHAT ENSURES US THAT THAT GREEN SPACE STAYS IF WE'RE GIVING UP PARKING FOR IT.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE ALONG NAVIGATION? THE LINEAR PARK THAT GOES ALONG THE STREET? OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN THE PROPERTY? NO, IN THE SIDE PLAN.
INSIDE THE PLA YEAH, THE EAST SIDE.
CAN YOU LOOK, OH, SO IT, IT IS SET ASIDE FOR, FOR SEATING AND, AND OUTDOOR SPACE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHAT THEIR PERMIT WOULD BE FOR.
UM, IF THEY DIDN'T ABIDE BY THEIR PERMIT TERMS, THEN THAT WOULD BE A COMPLIANCE ISSUE.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? UH, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, I'M SORRY.
MAY I PLEASE? I DON'T THINK YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ONE SHE IS.
SO YOU'RE, I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST, UH, COMMISSIONER SIGLER'S SPEAKING ABOUT, THERE'S A SMALL DASHED LINE ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PLAT THAT'S ON THE, THAT'S NORTH OF HARRISBURG ON THE TOP OF THE YEAH, IT'S, THAT'S WHAT YOU CALLED.
AND IT SAYS, SPECIFICALLY SAYS LANDSCAPED URBAN MINI PARK AND NO.
AND SO JUST IT'S GREEN AREA, RIGHT? YEAH, IT'S THE GREEN AREA.
IT'S, AND YOUR, YOUR CONCERN IS IF, IF THAT IS IN THE FUTURE FOR PARKING.
WELL, I THINK PART OF ME THINKING, OH, IF I WOULD VOTE TO GIVE THIS VARIANCE IS, OH, THAT PARK IS SO LOVELY AND DEDICAT AM MY TRADING PARKING SPACES FOR A GREEN SPACE.
BUT WHAT GUARANTEE DO I HAVE THAT THAT GREEN SPACE REMAINS A PARK, IF IT'S NOT A CITY OF HOUSTON PARK, THEY WOULD HAVE TO PERMIT TO DEVELOP SOMETHING ELSE ON THAT PARK SITE.
AND THEN THAT WOULD, THEY WOULD NEED TO READDRESS THE PARKING AREAS.
THE PARKING AT THAT TIME WOULD BE A CONDITION TOO.
SO COULD THEY JUST DO CONCRETE AND PUT SOME CHAIRS THERE AND THAT'S OKAY WITHOUT THE PARK? WOULD THEY HAVE TO STILL GO GET A PERMIT? LIKE IF THEY JUST HAD THE ASPHALT CONCRETE AND THIS PUT TABLES AND CHAIRS.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE UNDERSTOOD GREEN SPACE IS RESERVED, OR AT LEAST IT'S THERE FOR CONCRETE.
I MEAN, I, I I, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MENTION'S A PARKING VARIANCE AND, YOU KNOW, HOW FAR DO WE GO? UM, I MEAN, I DON'T THINK IT'S REMOTELY SOMETHING WHERE YOU SHOULD BE PUTTING LAND USE RESTRICTIONS ON SPACE.
THERE'S GONNA BE PERMITTED AND DEVELOPED.
AND IF HE WANTS TO REDEVELOP IT, I THINK ANOTHER PERMIT WOULD NEED TO BE CALLED.
I THINK WHAT WE'RE ASKING HIM TO DO IS THINK ABOUT AND BE CONSCIENTIOUS OF IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONALLY, WHAT I SUGGESTED TO PARKING SPACES, THAT WAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR HIM TO CONSIDER.
I THINK HOW MANY, I MEAN, YOU'RE EITHER COMFORTABLE WITH THIS BIG OF A DIFFERENCE IN REDUCTION OF PARKING OR YOU'RE NOT.
UM, AND I THINK, I DON'T, I DON'T WANNA LOSE TRACK OF THAT PERSONALLY.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY BIG VARIANCE, ESPECIALLY FOR A RESTAURANT.
IF THIS WAS A DIFFERENT USE, MAYBE SO, AND I SPEAK FROM PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SUCCESS OF THE VENTURE IS GONNA BE HIS TO BEAR WIN OR LOSS.
SO I MEAN, I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THE, THIS IS A BIG, BIG VARIANCE.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE, THE FOCUS SHOULD BE.
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THE PURPOSES OF CLARITY BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD, I'LL CALL YOU COMMISSIONER ALLMAN.SO COMMISSIONER HINES HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE ADDITION OF TWO A DA PARKING SPACES, BUT THERE HAS NOT BEEN A SECOND.
AND SO I, I WANNA JUST LAY CLEAR WHERE WE ARE.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS, UH, THAT, UH, BEG ANSWERS, BEG FOR ANSWERS.
AND SO AGAIN, THE, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION, BUT NO SECOND.
SO THE WORLD IS OPEN TO US, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
SO I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
SO COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK COMMISSIONER HINES AND, AND WELL TELL ME IF THIS IS, IF THIS IS A VIABLE TO ALSO APPROVAL WOULD BE CONDITIONAL UPON.
HE HAD SAID, OH, I'VE GOT PLACES I CAN VALET, PARK OFF STREET.
AND YOU KNOW, I THINK HE MENTIONED TWO DIFFERENT TRACKS.
AND I WOULD LIKE MAYBE TO SEE SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY SAYS THAT THAT'S AVAILABLE.
'CAUSE I DO THINK IT'S A BIG VARIANCE.
I MEAN, I SUPPORT, I THINK IT'S WALKABLE AND EVERYTHING, BUT IT'S LIKE A BIG ONE.
I DON'T, I'M, BUT I THINK YOU'RE DOING THEN AS YOU'RE SAYING, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE HIM THE PARKING REDUCTION.
WE WANT X NUMBER OF MORE SPACES AND THEN HE'LL HAVE TO FIND THE SPACES SOMEWHERE ELSE, WHETHER IT'S VALET OR OFF PROPERTY.
WELL, NO, I JUST WANT TO, HE SAID THAT HE HAD AVAILABILITY.
I DON'T THINK YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU'RE ASKING, HUH? I DON'T THINK WE CAN DO, JUST SAY YOU'RE REQUIRED TO GET A VALET BECAUSE, 'CAUSE THE, THE VARIANCE WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T CONTROL AND THEN HE SAYS I CAN'T DO IT THEN.
SO WHAT SECRETARY BROWN WAS SAYING IS THAT WE COULD, UM, CONDITIONALLY APPROVE, SAY 25.
OH AND HE NEEDS TO FIND, WAS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? NO, IT ACTUALLY WAS WHAT IT WAS, WHAT SHE WAS SAYING.
FIND 10 SPACES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
BUT, OR NOT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE VARIANCE IS FOR.
CAN I ASK ANOTHER, CAN I ASK A MORE SPECIFIC QUESTION? NO, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER, THERE'S SO MANY
THIS IS NOT A PLANNING A PERMIT FOR RESTAURANT.
HE'S HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET THE RESTAURANT PERMITTED.
SO TECHNICALLY HE'S JUST TELLING US WHAT THE VISION IS.
HE COULD GO AND PUT OFFICE THERE AND HIS PARKING NEEDS ARE GREATLY DIFFERENT.
SO AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FROM A SUPPORT STANDPOINT, HE'S ASKING FOR A CORN SHELL BUILDING, REMODEL, TELLING US WHAT THE INTENT IS.
HE'S GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK TO GET A RESTAURANT PERMIT.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE HANDLED.
AND IF HE NEEDED A PARKING VARIANCE SO THAT THE RESTAURANT'S GONNA GET ITS OWN VARIANCE.
SO I MEAN, I THINK WHAT I DO APPRECIATE, HE IS COMING FORWARD SAYING THIS, MOST LIKELY WILL BE A RESTAURANT.
CAN I PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN PLACE NOW? BUT, UM, WE, MAYBE THE WAY WE SHOULD DO THIS IS DEFER THAT TO THE RESTAURANT OR THE TENANT COMES UP.
'CAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FINAL USE WOULD BE.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PARKING'S REQUIRED TO DEVELOP THE BUILDING, BUT IF YOU SAID, HEY, IT'S GONNA BE AN OFFICE BUILDING OR RESIDENCE, THE PARKING WOULD BE GREATLY DIFFERENT.
UM, SO AGAIN, MAYBE THE BEST THING WOULD BE DEFER, LET STAFF TALK ABOUT IT.
MARGARET, MAYBE YOU, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T KNOW THE RIGHT THING HERE, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT OF THINGS ARE GETTING CROSSED.
HE'S NOT PERMITTING A RESTAURANT.
UM, SO AGAIN, ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER SIGLER.
I THINK I NEED, UM, MY MEMORY GOING WHEN WE HAVE DONE THIS IN THE PAST AND UM, AN APPLICANT HAS SAID A BLOCK AWAY, I HAVE A 20 SPACE PARKING LOT THAT I'M RUNNING AT THAT POINT.
IS THAT WHEN LEGAL GETS INVOLVED AND THERE'S A LEASE THAT GOES WITH THAT OR NO, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
SO BUT THAT TAKES PLACE AT THE PERMITTING STAGE THAT THAT'S A PERMITTING FUNCTION.
WE, WE DON'T, THAT DOESN'T TAKE PLACE HERE, BUT WE DO MAKE OUR RECOMMENDATION BASED OFF OF THEM TELLING US THAT THEY HAVE THAT 20, THOSE 20 SPACES.
THEY HAVE LIKE THAT JUST RECENTLY.
I MEAN, BECAUSE WE'VE ASKED FOR, UM, MICROPHONE PLEASE.
DID THEY HAVE THAT? I MEAN, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M ASKING FOR RIGHT.
REASON THAT RIGHT JEFF, I MEAN RIGHT.
THAT, THAT'S SUBMITTED AT PERMITTING.
THERE'S AN AGREEMENT THAT THEY SIGNED IF THEY YOU LEASE OFF STREET OR OFFSITE PARKING OFFSITE.
DIRECTOR MARGARET WILLIS BROWN.
CAN I ASK THE COMMISSION TO DEFER THIS? YES, PLEASE.
I I WOULD CHANGE MY RECOMMENDATION TO, IT'S A PARKING VARIANCE.
IT CAN BE DEFERRED MORE THAN LET OKAY, WAIT, I'M SORRY.
IT CAN BE DEFERRED A THIRD TIME.
IT CAN, SO WE HONOR IT CAN, IT CAN BE DEFERRED BECAUSE IT'S A PARKING I DIDN'T HEAR UNDERSTAND.
SO CAN SAND IT CAN BE DEFERRED.
UH, I WOULD THEN CHANGE MY MOTION
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TO DEFER ONE MORE TIME.UH, SO THAT, ARE YOU SECOND SECONDING OR, OKAY.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE SAYING IT WAS A SECOND DEFERRAL SO THAT STAFF AND THE APPLICANT COULD FURTHER DISCUSS THIS.
SO, UH, AGAIN, SO MR. BUTLER HAS HIS MARCHING ORDERS.
WHAT EXACTLY DO WE WANT TO SEE IN TWO WEEKS? DO WE WANNA SEE AN ALTERNATIVE? DO WE WANNA SEE MORE PARKING? WHAT DO WE WANNA SEE? I'M A ACCESSIBLE PARKING, UM, UH, SPACE GUY AND GREEN SPACE.
SO MR. BUTLER, THOSE ARE THINGS I WANT TO SEE.
COMMISSIONER ALLMAN AND I'M A, SHOW ME ABOUT THE, THE OFFSITE PART.
I MEAN THE, ON OTHER PROPERTIES THAT YOU COULD USE FOR VALET OR WHATEVER AND HOW MANY SPACES AND SHOW ME THE PROOF OR WHATEVER.
SO IT SOUNDS TO ME AS THOUGH, UM, WE ARE LOOKING FOR MORE THAN THE 15, 14, 15 PARKING SPACES, WHETHER THEY'RE, AND, AND THOSE BEING OFF PROPERTY, BECAUSE WE'RE GOING FROM WHAT, 74 TO 14? 50 50.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
SO THAT'S THE QUESTION AT HAND.
UH, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF BRING THIS BACK TO WHAT WE HAVE.
WHAT MR. BROTHER HAD KIND OF ORIGINALLY INITIATED AND MENTIONED.
YOU KNOW, FOR ME, IF THIS SITE WAS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE FRONTAGE ON HARRISBURG, IF WE DIDN'T HAVE THE, THE, THE WALKING PATH, THE MULTI-USE PATH, UH, WE'RE SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT, UH, METRO STOPS.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, UH, A GREEN SPACE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF, FROM THE, FROM THE TOURS AND THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT THAT'S PUT UP THERE.
YOUR HONOR, THIS, THIS SITE FOR ME WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO DO THIS.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE GREEN SPACE IN LIKE THAT.
YOU WERE MENTIONING COMMISSIONER LOT 43.
WE, I CAN REMOVE THAT AND ADD MORE PARKING.
MY GOAL WAS TO BRING MORE GREEN SPACE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND IF ANYTHING, IT ACTUALLY COSTS ME MORE MONEY TO HAVE IT THERE BECAUSE I'M GONNA WANT IT TO LOOK NICE.
WE'RE GONNA WANNA HAVE TO MAINTAIN IT.
BUT IF YOU GUYS PREFER ME TO TAKE IT OUT, NO PROBLEM.
I CAN TAKE IT OUT AND PUT ADDITIONAL PARKING.
IT JUST DOESN'T LOOK GOOD WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING UP.
IF YOU STAND ON THAT CORNER OF HARRISBURG AND DELANO, YOU WILL SEE MANY, MANY PEOPLE GOING UP AND DOWN THAT, THAT MULTI-USE PATHWAY.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN BEAUTIFIED, IT'S LIGHTED.
THE MARKET-BASED PARKING, WHEN IT BE, WHEN IT, WHEN IT, UH, GOT INITIATED IN EAST DOWNTOWN AND IN MIDTOWN, UH, REALLY SPURRED A LOT OF WALKABILITY.
THERE'S A FANTASTIC RESTAURANT IF, IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN THERE, IT'S CALLED TINY CHAMPIONS INDO, THEY HAVE ZERO PARKING, LITERALLY ZERO.
AND THEY DO A GREAT JOB MANAGING THAT, THAT 'CAUSE THEY'RE CONSCIOUS OF WHO THEY HAVE COMING THERE.
IF THIS WAS NOT ON HARRISBURG WITH THE VISIBILITY, WITH THE LIGHT RAIL, WITH THE BUS LINES THERE, I WOULDN'T BE ASKING FOR ALL THIS.
SO IF YOU GUYS WANT ME TO TAKE OUT THE GREEN SPACE 'CAUSE IT'S NOT THE BEST FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY, NO PROBLEM.
IF YOU COMMISSIONER HEINZ, IF YOU WOULD APPRECIATE ME TO HAVE TWO OR THREE, UH, UH, UH, HANDICAP ACCESSIBLE SPACES.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO THAT.
'CAUSE I'M PROBABLY GONNA DO IT ANYWAYS.
WE HAD AN, TO GIVE ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE, WE HAD A, UH, A, UH, LOI SENT TO US A LETTER OF INTENT SENT TO US FOR A, UH, DOG GROOMING AND BOARDING FACILITY.
WE RESCUED 'EM, THEY'RE GREAT.
COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT FIT FOR THE COMMUNITY, MAYBE.
BUT THE FEEDBACK THAT I GOT FROM A LOT OF PEOPLE WAS, WELL, IT'D BE REALLY NEAT IF WE HAD A CAFE HERE.
IT'D BE REALLY GREAT IF WE HAD SOME SORT OF MAYBE AN EVENT SPACE OR A RESTAURANT OR A PIZZERIA IN AN ICE CREAM SHOP.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE TOLD MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, IT'D BE REALLY COOL IF WE TURN THE BACK AREA INTO A LITTLE PLAYGROUND FOR THE KIDS.
'CAUSE THERE ISN'T ANY KID PARKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UNFOR, THERE'S VERY FEW KID, KID FRIENDLY PARKS, AND THERE'S NO KID FRIENDLY RESTAURANTS.
THESE ARE ALL PASSION PROJECTS FOR ME.
SO WHEN I'M DESIGNING THESE, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING THROUGH MY MIND.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER, I, UM, YEAH, FOR THE RECORD, LIKE PARK SPACE BETTER THAN PARKING SPACES.
BUT, AND I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AND I THINK WE ALL APPLAUD THAT YOU SAVED THIS WHOLE BUILDING AND LOVE THE PASSION THAT YOU PUT INTO THE PROJECT, BUT WE'RE ALSO HEARING FROM THE NEIGHBORS, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BALANCE THAT RIGHT NOW OF, OF COURSE.
AND SO I FEEL LIKE THE NEXT TWO WEEKS HELPS US, MIGHT HELP THEM JUST TALK IT OUT, LET IT DIGEST A BIT, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL COME UP WITH A GREAT SOLUTION.
IF, IF NAGEL WASN'T, SORRY, IF, IF NAGEL WASN'T, UH, A DEAD END STREET.
THERE'S A, IT'S JUST A, IT'S HONESTLY JUST BEING UNDERUTILIZED RIGHT NOW.
IF THAT WASN'T A DEAD END STREET, I JUST DON'T KNOW IF THIS
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WOULD'VE WORKED AND I WOULDN'T HAVE PUSHED FOR IT.BUT I DO SEE NAGLE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT A, A LITTLE BIT MORE PARKING AND, AND, AND REALLY JUST ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE SITE.
AND IF YOU NOTICE HOW WE HAVE IT, WE'RE NOT REALLY PUTTING A LOAD ON DELANO, ALTHOUGH RIGHT NOW DELANO IS A THROUGH STREET FOR THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO GET TO OTHER, UH, MULTIFAMILY AND AND WHATNOT.
BUT HOW WE HAVE IT DESIGNED IS ON PURPOSE.
HAVE IT DESIGNED WHERE, CUTS THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
SO NAGLE TAKES MAJORITY OF THE LOAD, AND THEN MOST PEOPLE WOULD MOST LIKELY GO DOWN GARROW, WHICH IS AN INDUSTRIALIZED STREET WITH, WITH, UH, MULTIPLE WAREHOUSES.
THERE'S ALMOST 200,000 SQUARE FEET OF WAREHOUSE.
JUST ON GARROW ON THAT CORNER.
QUESTION, COMMISSIONER, UM, WHAT YEAR WAS THE BUILDING BUILT? UH, 1952, I THINK IT WAS.
HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS THE SITE? UH, 28,000 CHECKS.
HOW BIG IS THE BUILDING? IT'S 6,000 SQUARE FEET, BUT REALLY IT'S ABOUT 5,200 USABLE.
SO I DID THIS SAME PROJECT ALMOST 20 YEARS AGO IN, IN MIDTOWN, 13 CELSIUS.
YOU HAVE TO TEAR THE BUILDING DOWN TO PARK THE SITE THAT THE, THE PROPERTY'S NOT GETTING ANY BIGGER.
MY RECOMMENDATION, DO WE HAVE A SECOND FOR DEFERRAL YET? WE DO.
I'D LIKE TO PUT A COUNTER MOTION OUT IF POSSIBLE, UM, THAT WE APPROVE AND MOVE FORWARD.
COMMISSIONER HINES HAS CHANGED HIS, UH, MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
WE HAVE A SECOND AND HAS A SECOND WITH ALLMAN, WITH SIGLER, EXCUSE ME, WITH SIGLER.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER IN A SECOND.
IS THAT, IS THAT COOL WITH YOU OR DID YOU WANNA MAKE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT DEFERRAL? WELL, I MAY, I WANTED TO MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION, BUT THAT MOTION HAS TO FAIL TO DO THAT, SO, YEAH, NO, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
I JUST WANNA PIGGYBACK ON, ON WHAT, UH, MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER SAID, YOU KNOW, I LOVE GREEN SPACE.
UM, DEFINITELY I WOULD RATHER HAVE GREEN SPACE IN PARKING.
I THINK WHERE WE'RE ALL STRUGGLING WITH IS JUST THE GIANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 52 AND 15.
AND SO WE HAVE TO BALANCE GREEN SPACE, PUBLIC SAFETY, YOU KNOW, AND THEN THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.
AND, UM, ONE ADDITIONAL THOUGHT THAT I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN ALSO TRY TO DO SOME OUTREACH WITH YOUR, WITH YOUR, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
TRY TO SEE IF THERE'S SOME OPPORTUNITIES TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
I MEAN, I THINK WE'VE KIND OF BEEN BANDI ABOUT A FEW, LIKE THE NO PARKING SIGNS, YOU KNOW, AND THEN I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A GREEN SPACE, SO MAYBE THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED FOR THOSE KIDS IN THOSE AREAS.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE ALL GOOD STARTING POINTS, UM, FOR A CONVERSATION WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, BUT, BUT I, YOU KNOW, AND IF THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE JUST A LITTLE BIT THE NUMBER OF SPACE YET RETAINING GREEN SPACE, THAT WOULD BE IDEAL.
BUT I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE.
YEAH, WE, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY EITHER ELIMINATE THE LITTLE MINI PARK THAT WE HAVE DESIGNED OR, OR MAKE IT SMALLER.
OF COURSE, THESE ARE ALL OPTIONS.
UM, BUT I, I, I'VE GOT THREE SITES NOW THAT ARE IN MARKET BASED PARKING.
I'M VERY, VERY CONSCIOUS OF THIS, SO I'M PROBABLY ONE OF THE EASIEST PEOPLE TO GET AHOLD OF MY, I I'VE LIVED IN EAST DOWNTOWN FOR QUITE SOME TIME UNTIL RECENTLY.
OUR OFFICES ARE THERE, SO I'M VERY, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
SO YEAH, WHATEVER WE CAN DO TO MAKE IT WORK.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CLARK, ONE LAST COMMENT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE CREATED MARKET BASED PARKING FOR A REASON, AND THIS SITE HAS EVERYTHING THAT WE CREATED MARKET BASED PARKING FOR.
AND SO YES, IT IS A HUGE RE REDUCTION, BUT STAFF DOESN'T TYPICALLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THINGS THAT AREN'T FEASIBLE AND AREN'T WORKABLE AND AREN'T THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
UM, SO I GUESS Y'ALL KNOW WHERE, WHERE, WHERE I'M GONNA VOTE ON THIS, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THIS WAS CREATED FOR A REASON AND THIS IS THE REASON THAT IT WAS CREATED.
AND THERE ARE, IF THIS DOESN'T WORK, THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS THAT HE AS AN OWNER WOULD HAVE TO DO, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, OFFSITE PARKING OR THE NEIGHBORS CALLING 3 1 1 AND REQUESTING NO PARKING SIGNS.
THERE ARE OPTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE EITHER BELIEVE IN WHAT WE CREATED OR WE DON'T.
LET'S JUST, AND, AND, AND I WANT TO ADD THAT I DON'T GET TOO SHOCKED THAT LISA AND I ARE ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, IS THAT
THE, THE, THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
WOULD YOU GIVE IT IN TWO WEEKS? WOULD YOU NOT, UM, DO YOU WANNA TEAR DOWN THE BUILDING OR FIND A DIFFERENT USE OR DO YOU BELIEVE IN, IN THE EFFORT? SO I AGREE WITH LISA HERE THAT I'M NOT SURE WHAT WHATEVER'S ACCOMPLISHED IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
KNOWING SHAHEEN, LIKE I DO HIS HISTORY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HE'S GONNA DO IT NO MATTER WHAT.
SO ARE WE MAKING A, ARE WE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT JUST TO SAY WE'VE, WE'VE DONE IT, WE, THE INTENT, WE KNOW HE IS GONNA DO WHATEVER HE'S GONNA DO IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.
UM, IF HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT A TWO WEEK DELAY, THEN WE CAN GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT I THINK IT'S JUST REALLY FOR THE MOTION.
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YEAH.I'D RATHER NOT DELAY IT ANY FURTHER, BUT I'M SURE, BUT I GET IT.
BUT, BUT TO YOUR POINT, UH, CON UH, COMMISSIONER AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S ON THE LIGHT RAIL ON MULTIPLE STOPS.
IT HAS NOT JUST A SIDEWALK, IT HAS A MULTI-USE SIDEWALK.
IT'S LIGHTED, IT CONNECTS EAST DOWNTOWN TO TO TO EAST END.
UM, AND IT, IT ACTUALLY REALLY PAINED ME THAT WE DIDN'T, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET EAST END TO INTO THE MARKET BASED PARKING.
YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A STRUGGLE THAT I THINK A LOT OF DEVELOPERS FACE.
AND, AND, UH, UH, IF, AGAIN, IF THIS WAS INSIDE THE COMMUNITY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, I KNOW IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED, BUT I SEE SO MANY PEOPLE RIDING THEIR BICYCLES, WALKING DOWN THESE TRAILS, STOPPING, STOPPING OVER HERE.
BUT THE TOPOGRAPHY IS PHENOMENAL.
YOU HONESTLY FEEL LIKE YOU'RE SITTING IN MEMORIAL PARK RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE RIGHT IN FRONT OF IT.
IT JUST KIND OF FITS THE, IT FITS THE BILL.
MR. NAVI, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CUT YOU OFF BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
AND WE COULD, WE COULD TALK ALL NIGHT ABOUT THIS.
I, I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO YOU, BUT MY ONLY COMMENT HERE IS THAT, UM, INCLUSION BICYCLES AND I'M NOT SEEING IN HERE AND MAYBE IT IS, I JUST BURIED, BUT I DIDN'T FIND IN HERE THE NUMBER THERE.
THERE'S A RACK, BUT I THERE'S A RACK.
YES, THERE'S, I JUST DON'T KNOW HOW MANY IN THE RACK, BUT THE MARKET'S GONNA TELL YOU HOW MANY BIKE THEY, AND THAT TAKES UP NO ONE, NO ADDITIONAL SPACE.
I ACTUALLY ALREADY HAVE 'EM AND THEY'RE ORANGE AND THEY LOOK REALLY GREAT.
SO, UH, WE ARE NOW DEALING WITH A MOTION TO DEFER FROM HINES AND SIGLER.
IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? CAN I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT? NO MA'AM, YOU CANNOT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE NOW ON ITEM ROMAN FOUR WITH A MOTION TO DEFER FOR TWO WEEKS.
CLARK ROSENBERG AND HA CLARK ROSENBERG AND HA ARE NAYS.
THIS ITEM IS DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
COMMISSIONER KANE DID LEAVE DURING THE DISCUSSION AT 5 29 OH AND HE DIDN'T TELL ME
[V. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 3236 Summer Street (Geoff Butler)]
FIVE, WHICH IS 32 36 SUMMER STREET, WHICH I'LL MOST MENTION IS MENTIONED FOR DEFERRAL.THE SITE IS LOCATED MR. BUTLER WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG SUMMER STREET WEST OF STU MONT AND SOUTH OF I 10.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SIX STORY STRUCTURE FOR AN ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE 26 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AS OPPOSED TO REQUIRED 137.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
THIS REVIEW WILL INCLUDE FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE USE TO DETERMINE IF THE CORRECT PARKING STANDARD IS BEING APPLIED.
A SITE VISIT AND COORDINATION WITH METRO STAFF HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OBJECTING TO TRAFFIC, PARKING, AND THE IMPACT ON AN ABUTTING CEMETERY.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON ITEM 32, 36 SUMMER STREET, WHICH HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL.
I HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT AGAIN, THIS ITEM IS RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL, WHICH WE WOULD TAKE UP IN TWO WEEKS.
YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK TODAY AND AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS, OR ONE OR THE OTHER.
SO I'LL BEGIN BY CALLING OUR SPEAKERS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAITLYN CONNOR.
KAITLYN CONNOR? YES, I'M HERE.
I'M SORRY, WHO'S SPEAKING? THIS IS CAITLYN CONNOR SPEAKING VIRTUALLY.
UM, AS, AS ONE OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF OLIVE WOOD CEMETERY, A LOT OF US ARE REALLY AGAINST ANY KIND OF BUILDING OR PARKING LOT BEING PLACED IN THAT FINAL AND LAST LITTLE GREEN SPACE.
UM, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF FLOODING THAT HAPPENS IN THIS AREA.
THE AMOUNT OF, UH, EMISSIONS AND ISSUES THAT WOULD BE CAUSED ENVIRONMENTALLY.
OLIVE WOOD IS ACTUALLY THE 11TH MOST ENDANGERED CEMETERY IN THE UNITED STATES.
UM, BUT THIS IS ALSO ADDING HARM TO THE, THE VERY FEW BLACK COMMUNITY LEFT IN THIS, UH, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ADDING TO GENTRIFICATION.
AND WITH THE AMOUNT OF APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE COME IN, THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PARKING ON THE STREET ALREADY.
UM, THE NOTIFICATION THAT WE RECEIVED SAID THAT THERE WAS A RESTAURANT IN PLACE OR BEING PUT, UH, INTO QUESTION, NOT A, UH, WORKOUT FACILITY.
SO THAT'S A LITTLE CONFUSING AND HONESTLY PUTTING ANYTHING ELSE THERE BESIDES A GREEN SPACE IS GONNA CAUSE MAJOR HARM AND DEGRADATION TO THE GROUNDS OF THAT CEMETERY AND AFFECTING THE, UH, THE BAYOU AS A RESULT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARYANNE HALEY.
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MARYANNE HALEY.I'M A HOMEOWNER IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND I OBJECT TO THE PARKING VARIANCE FIRST.
UM, THIS VARIANCE REQUEST PRESENTS A DANGER TO THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S ALREADY EXCESSIVE PARKING ON THE STREET, AND THIS PRESENTS A TRUE DANGER TO THOSE, UM, RESPONDING TO EMERGENCY CALLS.
FOR EXAMPLE, I HAD A FIRE IN MY, UH, OUTSIDE MY HOME, UH, VERY RECENTLY.
AND THE FIRE TRUCK DID NOT ARRIVE FOR MORE THAN 10 OR 15 MINUTES.
AND SPECIFICALLY THE REASON WAS THEY HAD TO TURN AROUND BECAUSE OF, UH, A BLOCKAGE ON ONE OF THE PATHS.
OBVIOUSLY, I CANNOT TELL YOU WHICH PATH THAT IS, BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED WITH THE FIRE OUTSIDE OF MY HOME AND THE FACT THAT THE FIRE RESPONSE WAS DELAYED.
UM, THIS PARKING VARIANCE IS EXTREME.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UH, A VARIANCE FROM 167 TO 56.
THAT NUMBER KEEPS CHANGING, BUT THE DELTA IS, IS, IS, IS INCREASING.
UM, THIRD, THERE ARE LOTS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THERE'S ALREADY RECKLESS DRIVING PATTERNS THAT HAS PERSISTED BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND SO I, I BELIEVE THAT THIS, UM, VARIANCE WILL PUSH MORE PEOPLE TO RECKLESSLY DRIVE AND RECKLESSLY PARK, AS WELL AS CREATING DANGER TO THOSE THAT ARE TRYING TO RESPOND TO EMERGENCY REQUESTS.
AND GIVEN THE ELDERLY THAT ARE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS A SAFE, UH, VARIANCE TO BE REQUESTED.
SO I OPPOSE THIS VARIANCE REQUEST.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, DORIS LAMAS.
UM, AND I'M A NEIGHBOR HERE AS WELL.
UM, AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS ALSO SAFETY.
UM, I WAS A PART OF, YOU KNOW, I WAS, I LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE, WHERE THE FIRE HAPPENED.
UM, AND IT DID DELAY THE TRUCK FOR, FOR, FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, SO EMERGENCY VEHICLES NOT BEING ABLE TO PASS THROUGH IS A HUGE CONCERN.
UM, AND ALSO FOR A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING A LOT WITH THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT ARE, UM, BEING PARKED, PARKED HERE FROM THE MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES AROUND US.
UM, THEY'RE COMPLETELY OCCUPYING THE STREETS RIGHT NOW, AND I CANNOT IMAGINE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ISSUE OF THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, UM, AS IT IS NOW WITH SUCH LITTLE PARKING SPACE AVAILABLE.
UM, JUST LAST WEEK, I COULD NOT GET A SOFA DELIVERED BECAUSE THE TRUCK COULD NOT GET IN ON EITHER SIDE.
SO A FIRE TRUCK WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GET HERE EITHER.
UM, SO IF, UM, THAT LITTLE FIRE THAT HAPPENED HERE, UM, IF, IF, IF THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE CASE THAT DAY, THE WHOLE SIX SEVEN TOWN HOMES HERE WOULD'VE BURNED.
SO, UM, THAT SAFETY IS A HUGE CONCERN.
UM, I ALSO HAVE A LITTLE BABY THAT I WALK AROUND THE STREETS WITH AND I MEAN, I JUST CANNOT IMAGINE, UH, THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS ISSUE, UM, WITH MORE CARS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING, EXPERIENCING A BIG ISSUE WITH THE AMOUNT OF CARS WE ARE DEALING WITH RIGHT NOW.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MARYANNE HALEY? YES, I AM HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI, I AM SPEAKING VIRTUALLY.
I, I'M A RESIDENT, UM, NEAR THE, UM, OLIVE CEMETERY THAT WILL BE IMPACTED.
AND I'M VERY CONCERNED THERE'S ALREADY SO MUCH STREET PARKING THAT IS, UH, DUE TO ALL OF THE APARTMENT UNITS THAT ARE, UM, HAVE BEEN BUILT, UH, JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LITTLE CEMETERY.
UM, AS ONE OF THE EAR EARLIER SPEAKERS, UM, STATED, IT IS THE 11TH MOST ENDANGERED CEMETERY IN THE COUNTRY.
AND WE NEED TO PROTECT THAT LITTLE CEMETERY AND KEEP IT, UM, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE HEIGHTS.
I MEAN, IT IS AN VERY IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY OF THIS RESTING PLACE FOR THESE PEOPLE.
AND THERE'S NOT A AREA I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT A RESTAURANT AND THEN IT'S JUST GONNA CREATE MORE TRAFFIC OR, UM, LIKE THE, UH, OTHER SPEAKERS SAID, UH, A LOT OF SAFETY ISSUES.
PEOPLE ARE ALREADY FLYING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU CAN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, WALK OUT ON, IF YOU CROSS THE STREET, YOU HAVE TO LIKE, TAKE YOUR LIFE INTO YOUR OWN HANDS.
RIDING A BICYCLE IS REALLY, UH, SKETCHY RIGHT AROUND IN THERE BECAUSE OF SO MUCH TRAFFIC
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AND, UH, PEOPLE JUST TRYING TO AVOID THE STOPLIGHT.SO THEY JET AROUND THE, UH, CORNER OF THE COMPEL COMPLEX THERE.
AND SO THIS IS, THIS IS NOT, UH, GONNA BE GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN WHERE MORE PEOPLE CAN PARK.
'CAUSE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THESE APARTMENT COMPLEXES WILL BE PARKING THERE AS WELL.
CAN YOU WRAP UP PLEASE? UM, UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UM, END BY SAYING I'M VERY AGAINST THIS, UH, PROPOSAL OF PARK MORE PARKING.
THANK YOU FOR SITTING IN WITH US.
I'M STILL SHOWING VANNY HOUSTON, VANNY HOUSTON TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYONE HERE OR ONLINE VIRTUALLY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? 32 36 SUMMER STREET? YES.
UM, I HAD, UH, REGISTERED TO SPEAK.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT, UH, I OWN A HOUSE ON RICHMOND STREET TOWARD THE END.
UM, THE, UM, IT WAS PROPOSED AS A SOCCER CLUB WHEN THEY SENT THE NOTICE.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SOCCER CLUB, BUT DEFINITELY THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THE REDUCED PARKING.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THEY DID THEIR OWN PARKING ANALYSIS THAT LISTS 56 SPACES REQUIRED AND NOW THEY'RE PROPOSING 26 VEHICLE SPACES AND 22 BIKE SPACES.
UM, AS HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE, THE PARKING ON SUMMER STREET IS PACKED ALL THE TIME.
UM, THERE'S THREE GREAT BIG APARTMENT COMPLEXES, PRETTY NEW.
UH, ONE WAS OPENED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
ONE WAS OPENED IN THE PAST YEAR AND ONE IS ABOUT READY TO OPEN.
UM, AND ALREADY, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PROBABLY NOT FULLY, I'M SURE THEY'RE NOT FULLY OCCUPIED.
THERE'S PARKING IS JUST FULL ON ON SUMMER STREET.
UM, THEY HAVE EMPHASIZED, YOU KNOW, THE BIKE PARKING, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, LA FITNESS OVER ON YALE.
THEY HAVE BIKE PARKING, BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A BIKE THERE, SO I DOUBT THAT'S GONNA REALLY BE USED.
UM, THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT ATTRACTING PEOPLE FROM THE APARTMENTS.
I AM SURE THAT WILL PROBABLY HAPPEN, BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T REALLY CONTROL, YOU KNOW, THAT ISSUE.
UM, LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE CAN I MENTION? UM, THE, THE FACILITY THEY DESCRIBED WAS AN INDOOR FIELD, A SOCCER FIELD, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE ON THE ROOF AND THEN A A AN OFFICE LEVEL.
UM, I GUESS IT'S POSSIBLE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OCCUPANCY COULD CHANGE ON THAT AS WELL.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER POTENTIAL ISSUE.
UH, A LOT OF, WE FEEL LIKE THERE'LL BE A LOT OF CARS DRIVING UP LOOKING FOR PARKING ON RICHMOND STREET.
THERE'S NOT REAL, ANY ROOM FOR PARKING THERE.
I GET PEOPLE BACKING UP INTO MY DRIVEWAY, TURNING AROUND PROBABLY AT LEAST FOUR TO SIX TIMES A DAY.
SO ALREADY, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GETTING A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN RICHMOND STREET.
THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS ON RICHMOND STREET.
THERE'S SOME HOUSES THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE TO THE STREET AND YOU KNOW, NO FRONT YARD.
THANK YOU MS. MADDOX, WE APPRECIATE YOUR STANDING.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK TO THE UH, SUMMER STREET ITEM? YES.
THIS IS STEPHANIE CRANE AND I AS WELL LIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.
YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, MS. CRANE? I'M OBJECT.
AND IF, UM, FIRST OF ALL IT'S GONNA BE A RESTAURANT, THEN IT'S GONNA BE A FITNESS CENTER.
HOWEVER, GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE ARE A PLUS COMMUNITIES BRAND NEW THAT ARE BEING BUILT HAVE BEEN OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OR HAVE ALREADY OPENED UP THAT AS AMENITIES, THOSE COMPLEXES ALREADY OFFER THAT SERVICE ALSO, ONCE AGAIN WITH THE SAFETY CONCERN.
AS FAR AS AMBULANCES, ONCE AGAIN, SOMEBODY SPOKE ABOUT ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING HERE.
FIREFIGHTERS ARE A BIG CONCERN.
ALL OF THE PUBLIC SERVICES THAT ARE VITAL FOR EMERGENCY SITUATIONS ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED EVEN MORE AS THEY ARE ALREADY STRESSED AND STRAINED.
ALSO ACROSS FROM THOSE COMPLEXES ARE GONNA BE A BUNCH OF TOWN HOMES.
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THEY'RE GONNA BE BUILT AS WELL.WE ALREADY HAVE WAY TOO MUCH CONGESTION.
THE ISSUE WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF BUILDING WAY BACK WHEN, WHERE NO INFRASTRUCTURE WAS THOUGHT OF.
NOW WE'VE HAD ALL THIS BUILDING OCCUR AND ONCE AGAIN, INFRASTRUCTURE WAS NOT CONSIDERED.
THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE'RE ON ITEM ROMAN 5 32 36 SUMMER STREET, WHICH IS RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL COMMISSIONERS.
ARE THERE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IS THERE A MOTION? I MEAN, I, I THINK THAT THIS WAS WAIT SEC.
DO WE HAVE A SPEAKER? MR. BUT NO, UH, I'M WITH THE APPLICANT TEAM.
UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT WERE, IF YOU LIKE.
UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE RECOMMENDED FOR A DEFERRAL, SO THERE'LL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN TWO WEEKS.
BUT GO AHEAD, I'LL BE HAPPY TO, UH, WHILE IT'S STILL FRESH IN MY MIND.
UH, SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO CLARIFY A COUPLE THINGS.
THE FIRST THING IS THAT IT, WE'RE ACTUALLY ACTUALLY ASKING FOR 56 TO 28 REDUCTION, NOT 130 SEVENS AS AS IT STATES IN THERE.
AND THE REASON THAT THE 1 37 IS IN THERE AND THE 56 IS THAT WE, WE USE A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS BECAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE FACILITY.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY AN ASK OF 50, UH, GOING FROM 56 TO 28.
UH, ALSO SOMEBODY MENTIONED THAT IT A SIX STORY BUILDING.
IT IS NOT ASS A FIVE STORY BUILDING.
UH, THERE IS NO RESTAURANT PLANNED IN THIS BUILDING.
UH, I KNOW IT STATES IN A, IN A WRITEUP, NOT SURE HOW IT GOT IN THERE, BUT THERE IS NO RESTAURANT PLANNED.
THIS IS A, UH, THIS IS A WORKOUT, A PRIVATE CLUB, A WORKOUT FACILITY THAT'S MEMBERSHIP BASED.
SO THERE'S NO PLANS FOR A RESTAURANT IN THAT FACILITY.
UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD MENTIONED SUMMER STREET PARKING.
I, I REALIZE THAT I SEE IT TOO, DRIVING IN THERE, UH, DRIVING TO THE SITE AND AROUND, I THINK, UH, MY ASSUMPTION THERE IS THAT THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF, UH, CONSTRUCTION ALONG SUMMER STREET WITH THE THREE DIFFERENT APARTMENTS.
AND MY ASSUMPTION IS THAT, THAT THOSE PARKING SPOTS HAVE BEEN TAKEN BY THE CONTRACTORS, WHICH IS VERY COMMON, UH, WHEN THAT HAPPENED.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY MAYBE THE, YOU KNOW, THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S USING IT.
UH, WE ARE PROVIDING 22 BICYCLE SPOTS ON SITE, UH, AS WELL AS WE ARE OPEN TO DOING, UH, UH, SETTING UP A BCYCLE STATION, UH, TO PROMOTE.
WE'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE BAYOU.
WE THINK WE SEE OURSELVES AS A, AS AN AMENITY TO THE, TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, ALSO BEING CLOSE TO THE BAYOU, THE BCYCLE STATION I THINK WOULD, UH, ALLOW THE, THE COMMUNITY A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY TO ENJOY THE, UH, THE TRAILS IN THE BAYOU NEARBY.
UM, IN ADDITION, WE ARE DEVELOPING, WE HAVE AGREED TO DEVELOP AND PAY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF COURT STREET, WHICH CURRENTLY IS JUST AN ASPHALT STRIP.
SO WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE FEEL LIKE THE WHOLE CONCEPT HERE FOR THIS FACILITY IS VERY COMMUNITY BASED.
IF YOU GO AND RESEARCH IT ONLINE, SPHERE CLUB, YOU'LL SEE THAT ARE VERY COMMUNITY DRIVEN.
AND SO ARE WE, UH, WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO TALK TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS AS WELL AS OLIVE WOOD.
WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OLIVE WOOD, UH, SEVERAL, UH, YEARS AGO, UH, WHEN WE INITIALLY PURCHASED THIS LOT AND TRY TO DEVELOP IT.
UH, SO WE, WE HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
WE'RE HAPPY TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, UH, CONTINUE TO, I GUESS, SUPPORT OLIVE WOOD THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO OLIVE WOOD, UM, THAT THEY'VE HAD, YOU KNOW, AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW.
UH, THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEADQUARTERED FACILITY, SO THERE WILL NOT BE A CHANGE IN OCCUPANCY.
THIS, WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO DEVELOP IT AND THEN SELL IT AND TURN IT AROUND AND SELL IT.
THIS IS A HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND THE PLAN IS FOR IT TO BE A HEADQUARTERS BUILDING FOR THIS SPHERE FITNESS, UH, CONCEPT THAT WILL GROW AROUND THE NATION.
SO IT IS A, AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE COULD DUPLICATE IN OTHER PARTS OF, UH, EITHER THE CITY OR EVEN THE COUNTRY.
UM, THERE WAS A MENTION ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S, UH, INADEQUATE.
WELL WE HAVE, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THE WIDENING OF SUMMER STREET INCLUDES ALL THE INFRASTRUCTURE IT NEEDS.
THERE'S, UH, SANITARY SEWER THAT ACTUALLY RUNS, UH, IN BETWEEN OUR TWO LOTS ALONG COURT STREET.
SO THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S THERE AND IT'S VERY NEW.
UH, AND THE LAST THING I SOMEBODY HAD MENTIONED WAS ACCESS, EMERGENCY ACCESS.
I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY MORE GEARED TOWARDS RICHMOND STREET, WHICH IS THE, THE RESIDENTIAL STREET ON THE SIDE.
UH, SUMMER STREET IS PLENTY WIDE FOR A VEHICLE, AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE TO PASS THROUGH EVEN WHEN THERE ARE PEOPLE PARKED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
WITH THAT I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS?
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NO QUESTIONS.AND DO ME A FAVOR, SPELL YOUR LAST NAME, MR. JASINSKI.
ANYONE ELSE? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON 32 36 SUMMER STREET FOR A DEFERRAL.
UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY MR. BUTLER, THE DIFFERENCE IN THE PARKING? SURE.
'CAUSE I SEE THAT TOO, THAT THAT'S A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
SO WHEN THE, THE APPLICANT, UH, TURNED IN THEIR APPLICATION, THEY ASSERTED THAT THIS IS A SPECIALIZED FACILITY THAT WOULD, SHOULD HAVE A LOWER STANDARD APPLIED JUST BY, UM, BY THE CUSTOMER BASE.
IT IT FOR PURPOSES OF NOTIFICATION AND, AND, AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WE FELT TO PRESENT IT AS A, A TRADITIONAL HEALTH CLUB, YOU KNOW, LIKE A LIFE FITNESS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WHICH HAS A MUCH HIGHER STANDARD FOR PARKING.
UM, DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD, WE WANT TO RESEARCH OTHER SIMILAR USES TO JUST KIND OF VET THE APPLICANT'S ASSERTION.
AND IF SO, THEN WE'LL, WE'LL ADJUST ACCORDINGLY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEFERRAL.
IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, UH, OR COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL? ROSENBERG, ROSENBERG, SECOND CULBERT CULBERT.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED, HEARING NONE.
ITEM IS DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS.
[VI. Public Comment]
ROMAN SIX, WHICH IS PUBLIC COMMENT.I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION DURING THE COMMENT? PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ROMAN SEVEN, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT.
ALL THOSE OPPOSED? ROSENBERG IS A NAY RETURN.