* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:02] FROM CITY HALL ANNEX. IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV 12 AT THE TABLE. OKAY. IS IT TWO 30? OH, YEAH. [Call to Order] OKAY. HI THERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, IT IS JUST TWO 30 ON THURSDAY, MAY 25TH. 2023. THIS IS A MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. WE'RE CALLED TO ORDER. I'M THE CHAIR, MARTY STEIN. UM, I'M GONNA CALL THE ROLE TO VERIFY WE HAVE A QUORUM. THE CHAIR IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ALLMAN. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CLARK IS HERE, BUT SHE'S NOT HERE AT THE MOMENT. COMMISSIONER VAR. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER, HE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAREZ PRESENT. UH, COMMISSIONER NELSON IS NOT PRESENT AT THE MOMENT. COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE PRESENT IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. UH, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER WILL BE ABSENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR, PRESENT IS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND. PRESENT VIRTUALLY IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY. COMMISSIONER KANE IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER DALTON IS NOT PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MANKA IS NOT PRESENT. AND SECRETARY, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT IS PRESENT. WE HAVE 16 MEMBERS WHO HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL. WE HAVE A QUORUM TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US. WELCOME. UH, WE, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM, YOU CAN FIND THE FINAL AGENDA WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THEIR WEBSITE. UM, ALL ADVANCED COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED BY NOON YESTERDAY HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE COMMISSIONER'S PACKETS. WE HAVE THOSE AND IF YOU ARE WITH US IN, IN THE ROOM HERE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, MAKE SURE YOU FILL OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE RECTANGULAR FORMS. UM, WE ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER TO KEEP YOUR DEVICE MUTED UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK. AND ALSO OUR VIDEO VIDEO QUALITY IS BETTER IF YOU KEEP YOUR CAMERA OFF UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK. UM, I'LL GO OVER THE RULES FOR PUBLIC SPEAKER. I WAS, I WAS ASKED TO GO OVER THEM A LITTLE BIT. BASICALLY. UM, EVERYBODY HAS TWO MINUTES. OUR, OUR RULES ARE GEARED TO LETTING AS MANY PEOPLE SPEAK AS POSSIBLE. SO WE DO IT HERE PRETTY STRICTLY TO THE RULES. IT'S NOT A QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD, ALTHOUGH THE COMMISSIONERS MAY ASK SPEAKERS QUESTIONS. BUT BASICALLY YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO STATE WHAT YOU WANT US TO HEAR AND IF THEIR QUESTIONS, WE'LL ASK THEM. IF NOT, YOUR TIME IS UP AND WE, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. SO THAT'S IT IN A NUTSHELL. AND ALL OUR RULES ARE POSTED WITH THE AGENDA. THERE AN ELABORATE SET OF RULES ON THE SECOND PAGE. UM, OKAY. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM TODAY'S AGENDA. UM, UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS 1 39, THE AMENDED GULF CREST EDITION 1 45 DRISCOLL COMMONS, 1 46 HARFORD PLACE, 1 54 TEMPLE TERRACE EDITION HAVE ALL BEEN WITHDRAWN UNDER VARIANCES NUMBER ONE 70 STAR WINDOWS BUSINESS CENTER HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND UNDER OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCES. ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, WHICH IS 5 4 2 WEST 23RD STREET, HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. THERE'LL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS. SO WITH THAT, UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WE'LL GO TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. AND IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN TODAY ALSO. AH, OKAY. UM, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WITHDRAWAL OF THE ? OKAY. , PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MONKA HAS JOINED US AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT DIDN'T RESPOND TO ROLL CALL. [Consideration of the May 11, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes] OKAY, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD WITH CONSIDERATION OF THE MAY 11TH, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES, WHICH WERE IN YOUR PACKETS. IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MAY 11TH MINUTES? MADAM COMMISSIONER VICTOR MADAM CHAIR, UH, JUST A CORRECTION FOR I WAS PRESENT IN THE MEETING. IT JUST SAYS REMOTE, SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IS CORRECTED. OKAY. WE WILL GET THAT CORRECTED YOU AS OPPOSED TO BEING VIRTUAL. YOU WERE IN THE MEETING. IN THE MEETING. OKAY. OKAY. YOU GOT THAT? ANYBODY ELSE OKAY WITH THAT? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS CORRECTED? MOTION [00:05:01] VICTOR SECOND GARZA. GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND PLEASE NOTE THAT WE HAVE BEEN JOINED BY COMMISSIONER CLARK. SHE'S RIGHT THERE. KIDDING. SHE WAS . SHE'S HERE OR HERE? I WAS BUT I LEFT. SHE'S LIKE, SHE TIME TRAVELED IN AND OUT. OKAY. [Platting Activities a & b] UM, OKAY, I GUESS WE'RE AT ROMAN NUMER ONE PLANNING ACTIVITY. MR. WILSON. GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS WILSON CALVERT. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPL. ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SEC SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 38. CONSENT ITEMS ARE ONE THROUGH 85 AND REPL ITEMS ARE 86 THROUGH 1 38. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND RELA ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B WE NEED TO CONSIDER SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER HY? YES, MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS SEVEN THROUGH 10, 21, 22, 31, 52, 74, 80 AND 100. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE. UM, ON THE CONSENT AND PLT ITEMS, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE CHAT? NO. UM, IS THERE ANYBODY LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING UNDER SECTIONS A OR B? THAT'S ITEMS ONE THROUGH 1 38. IF NOT, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B AND WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ALL ITEMS IN THOSE SECTIONS. SAVE. AND EXCEPT FOR ITEM 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 31, 52, 74, 80 AND 100, IS THERE A MOTION? MODEST CLARK? UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND NOW ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH IS FOR THE RECORD ITEM 7, 8, 9, 10, 21, 22, 23, 52, 74, 80 AND 100 IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION FOR PERLE? FORES, PERLE ALL ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? SORRY. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES NOTING THAT COMMISSIONER HEIS ABSTAINED. WITH THAT, WE'LL [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Aracely Rodriguez, John Cedillo, Devin Crittle, and Wilsong Calvert)] GO TO UH, SECTION C PUBLIC HEARINGS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ. SO ITEM 1 39 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO I'M GONNA START WITH ITEM ONE 40 BELL BELL STREET DEVELOPMENT. UM, THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF BILL STREET ON 20TH STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND ONE LANDSCAPE RESERVE. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THIS IS THE ITEM WHERE THE APPLICANT REQUESTED AN EXTENSION FOR 30 DAY UNDER THE STATE LAW AND PLANNING COMMISSION, GRANTED THE 30 DAY EXTENSION, UM, TWO CYCLES AGO. SO THE APPLICANT COORDINATED WITH LEGAL AND PROVIDED NEW DOCUMENTATION TO REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLA WILL NO LONGER VIOLATE RESTRICTION. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBSTITUTE THE CP CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION. STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENTS. MADAM CHAIR, APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 40 BEALE STREET DEVELOPMENT IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE HAVE NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT, UM, SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? BALDWIN SECOND ROBINS. ROBINS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 41. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN CREW. BLESS YOU. ITEM 1 41 IS CADILLAC ME TIENDA. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED, EXCUSE ME, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALONG LITTLE YORK ROAD AND VIVIAN ROAD WEST OF US 59. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE [00:10:01] ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 41 CADILLAC ME NDA IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 41 AND I NOTE THAT THE, UM, GO BACK TO THE SCREEN WHERE THE PICTURE IS. HELLO? YEAH, COMMISSIONER, THIS IS COMMISSIONER NELSON. I GOT LOGGED ON. OH, OKAY. COMMISSIONER NELSON HAS JOINED THE MEETING. PLEASE NOTE. OKAY, WE ARE ON ITEM 1 41 AND I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THAT THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, MS. OWENS IS AVAILABLE. UM, IF THERE NO ONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 41, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK IS A ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 42. ITEM 1 42 IS CHOCOLATE JAM WIND BURN STREET DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THIRD WARD ALONG WIND BURN STREET BETWEEN ST. EMANUEL STREET AND US 59. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND A PARKING RESERVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE ADJACENT TO TXDOT PROPERTY INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A PORTION OF TWO LOTS FROM THE HOLMAN OUT LOT SUBDIVISION CREATED IN 1891 HOME EXISTED ON THIS 50 BY 100. TRACKED NOW THREE RESIDENTIAL LOTS ARE BEING PROPOSED ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY OVER TIME. HIGHWAY 59 WAS CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY RESULTING IN THE 25 FOOT SETBACK REQUIREMENT. WIND BURN STREET IS A PLATTED 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY THAT DEAD ENDS AT THIS LOCATION. THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THE HOMES WILL BE PLACED FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE FREEWAY AND GUEST PARKING SPACE IS BEING PROVIDED. FUTURE T PLANS INDICATE NO HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS ARE PROPOSED. NEAR THIS SEGMENT OF US 59, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED. SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE FOR THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE FORTY TWO CHOCOLATE JAM WINDBORN STREET DEVELOPMENT IS OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 42? HEARING? NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? CLARK SECOND MAD NELSON. HEY, ALL THOSE CLARK AND MODEST, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM 1 43. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS WILSON CALVERT. ITEM NUMBER 1 43 IS CONLEY COURT. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMITS EAST OF SCOTT, SOUTH OF YELLOWSTONE ALONG CONLEY STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 43 CONLEY COURT IS OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. UH, NO ONE IN THE CHAT. ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 43 SPEAK UP. HEARING NO RESPONSE TO PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? [00:15:01] HE SECOND ROBINS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 44. ITEM 1 44 IS DADE PLACE. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS ALONG DUNLEAVY AND MARYLAND STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO LOTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL IS DETERMINED THAT, THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT FOR CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 44 DADE DADE PLACE IS OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED. ANYBODY WANNA SPEAK ON 1 44? SPEAK UP NOW. HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION OUS, PERLE AND GARZA. OKAY. POROUS PERLE AND GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES BOTH. 1 45 AND 1 46 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, TAKES US TO 1 47. ITEM 1 47 IS JACKSON HILL. KIDS ARE KIDS. UH, THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE. THE PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE WESTERN INTERSECTION OF JACKSON HILL STREET, LI, LILLIAN STREET AND BARN STREET JUST SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND WE HAVE ADVANCED REQUESTS TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG JACKSON HILL STREET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A LITTLE OVER A HALF ACRE AND THE DEVELOPER INTENDS TO BUILD A DAYCARE ON THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. JACKSON HILL STREET IS A 50 FOOT MINOR COLLECTOR, WHICH REQUIRES FIVE FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FROM THIS PLAT. THE FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE REQUEST IS ABOVE GRADE FOR A SECOND FLOOR OF THE DAYCARE, WHICH HAS A FOUR FOOT OVERHANG THAT ENCROACHES FIVE FEET INTO THE 10 FOOT SETBACK. AFTER THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, THE PEDESTRIAN ROUND ALONG JACKSON STREET WILL BE 15 FEET. THIS PEDESTRIAN ROUND WILL INCLUDE A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK AND A NINE FOOT LANDSCAPING BUFFER CONSISTING OF TREES AND SHRUBS. THE APPLICANT HAS COORDINATED WITH STAFF THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED THAT BAND'S COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM? THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 47 JACKSON HILL KIDS ARE KIDS IS OPEN. UH, THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 47 HEARING NO RESPONSE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THERE ON THE SCREEN TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. COMMISSIONERS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ROBINS ROBINS SECOND BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE FOUR. I'M, PARDON ME? THIS IS COMMISSIONER POR PERLE. I NEED TO STEP AWAY FROM THE MEETING FOR A MOMENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS LEAVING BRIEFLY. UM, ITEM 1 48 LANEWOOD ESTATES. ITEM 1 48 IS LANEWOOD ESTATES. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF LANEWOOD ESTATES AND CAM WAY DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THE REVISED PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON ITEM 1 48 [00:20:01] LANEWOOD ESTATES IS CONTINUED. UM, I DO HAVE A SPEAKER. STEPHANIE, UH, IS IT COTY? C-O-U-T-Y? STEPHANIE COTY DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT ON 1 48? DOES ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 48 LAND LANEWOOD ESTATES? IF NOT, THEN UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK. CLARK. IS THERE A SECOND? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 49. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS LIO. ITEM 1 49 IS MONARCH OAKS PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY 15,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG MONARCH OAK STREET SOUTH OF LONG POINT DRIVE AND WEST OF WORK ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE THREE NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 49 MONARCH OAKS IS OPEN. WE HAVE A SPEAKER, UH, MEREDITH POWELL. YES, I'M ON TEAM. OKAY. HI, UH, MS. POWELL. IT'S P-O-W-E-L-L, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY. UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE MONARCH OAK CIVIC ASSOCIATION. ONE OF OUR ROLES IS TO OVERSEE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THE WAY THAT OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS WORK IS THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON EACH STREET CONTROL THE RESTRICTIONS, UH, THE AMENDMENT TO OUR PROPERTY. WE RECENTLY AMENDED OUR PROPERTY, UM, DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR MONARCH OAKS TO ALLOW FOR THIS REPL AND THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE STREET HAVE APPROVED IT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THAT INFORMATION. THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT SYSTEM, . THANK YOU . OKAY. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 49 MONARCH OAKS? IF NOT, THEN WE WOULD CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MODEST SECOND BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ONE 50. ITEM ONE 50 IS NU PARK REPLAY, SORRY. NU PARK PLACE, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 33 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTHEAST ALONG OLD BOL ROAD AND EAST OF US 59. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND A SMALL RESERVE RESTRICTED TO LIFT STATION AND IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES. ONE TO EXCEED 1400 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET TO THE PROPERTY. TWO, TO ALLOW A LIFT STATION TO HAVE ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS AMUSEMENT INSTEAD OF APPLYING A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND THREE TO EXTEND, TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE. RAVEN DALE STREET WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED THE REQUESTED VARIANCES IN 2020, BUT THE PLAT HAS SINCE EXPIRED. THE COUNTY'S INTEREST AND THE RIGHT OF WAY'S PLATTED BY NOES PARK PLACE, SECTION ONE WERE ABANDONED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT IN 2016 AND GRANTING THE VARIANCES ONE AND THREE WOULD BE IN LINE WITH THE INTENTIONS OF THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT. THE LIFT STATION WAS AN EXISTING CONDITION THAT CURRENTLY TAKES ACCESS FROM A PERPETUAL AND NON-EXCLUSIVE ACCESS EASEMENT. THIS ACCESS EASEMENT WAS CREATED IN 2017 TO PROVIDE ACCESS WITHIN THE SITE AND TO THE EXISTING LIFT STATION. THEREFORE, GRANTING THE VARIANCE WOULD NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OR WELFARE. ADDITIONALLY, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST OF VARIANCES. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 50 NOIS PARK PLACE IS OPEN. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 50 D? HEARING NO [00:25:01] RESPONSE. OH, SORRY. COME FORWARD. DO WE HAVE, DID YOU SIGN UP ON A LITTLE? UH, NO MA'AM, I DID NOT. I WAS ACTUALLY WONDERING IF WE HAD ANY INTERPRETERS IN HOUSE AT THE MOMENT. UM, FOR SPANISH OR? YES. UH, DO WE HAVE AN INTERPRETER? YES. MR. YES. OKAY. MY PARENTS, WE JUST WANTED TO GAIN MORE CLARITY ON, UM, SHE SAID SHE JUST WANTS MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS APPLICATION. OKAY. LET'S LET, LET US GET YOU ON THE RECORD IF YOU WOULD STEP FORWARDS AND TELL US YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. UH, MY NAME IS JOANNA GALVAN. I LIVE ON THE PROPERTY 6 2 2 LARAMIE STREET, HUMBLE, TEXAS. OKAY. JOANNA GOMEZ. GALVAN. GALVAN. GALVAN. OKAY. SORRY. UM, AND YOU JUST WANT MORE INFORMATION? YES. SO MY FAMILY WOULD LIKE MORE CLARITY ON IT. THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS THAN I DO. I JUST KIND OF CAME HERE TO, YOU KNOW, ALLOW, YOU KNOW, ASSIST THEM WITH THIS. UM, NOT THAT I'M MUCH HELP, BUT, UM, AN INTERPRETER WOULD BE GREAT IF NOT, THEY JUST KIND OF WANT MORE CLARITY TO SEE WHERE EXACTLY THE PLAN LIES WITH OUR PROPERTY THAT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND, UM, NOES PARK. MM-HMM . WE'RE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT THAT MIGHT CUT INTO OUR PROPERTY AND OUR BACKYARD. SO THEY JUST KIND OF WANTED TO GET MORE CLARITY ON THAT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE NONE OF THE NEIGHBORS RECEIVED A SIMILAR LETTER AND WE'RE JUST TRYING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON. OKAY. WELL, UM, AND WE'LL LET MR. HECTOR WILL, WILL HELP TRANSLATE HERE, BUT I THINK FOR THE RECORD WE CAN SAY THAT THIS WILL, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO TAKE ANY OF YOUR PARENTS' PROPERTY. OKAY. SO IT WILL NOT, IF YOU COULD JUST TELL THEM THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT REALLY SET UP TO, TO SORT OF DO A QUESTION AND ANSWER IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION. SO WHAT I WOULD ASK IS IF YOU GET YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, UH, TO MR. SEDILLO, HE WILL, HE CAN GET WITH YOU AND, AND HECTOR AND HE CAN COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR FAMILY OFFLINE, IF THAT'S OKAY. IS THAT ALL RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. OKAY. OF COURSE. THANK YOU FOR COMING DOWN. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 50 NOIS PARK PLACE? IF NOT, WE ARE GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE, IMPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS. COMMISSIONERS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION AMANDA. MOTION. AMANDA PAA. IS THERE A SECOND? JONES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 51 PEACHTREE HOMES. ITEM 1 51 IS PEACHTREE HOMES. THE SUBJECT SITE 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 REQUESTS WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. UH, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 51 PEACHTREE HOMES IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 51 PEACHTREE HOMES? HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? VICTOR SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 52. ITEM 1 52 IS REE TERRACE PARTIAL RELA NUMBER FIVE. THE SARGE SUBJECT SITE IS A 6 6700 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH ALONG MALLOW STREET, EAST OF S SCOTT STREET AND NORTH OF REED ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE, OF THE RE FLAT IS TO CREATE TWO NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION. STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MA'AM, CHAIR IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 52 REED TERRACE [00:30:01] IS OPEN. UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK IN ADVANCE. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR IN THE ROOM WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 52? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? ALL ALLMAN CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 53. ITEM 1 53 SOUTH PARK, SECTION ONE PARTS WE PLOT NUMBER ONE THE SITE LOCATED IN THE CITY EAST OF COOLING BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OF I SIX 10. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION. THE LOT CANNOT, THE LOT CANNOT BE FURTHER SUBDIVIDED AND IS SUBSTITUTE A 25 FEET FROM BELOW LINE. SO STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PER, PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO COORDINATE WITH LEGAL STEP HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR, APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. UM, THERE WE GO. I WAS GONNA SAY WE HAD THE WRONG SLIDE UP. UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 53 SOUTH PARK SECTION ONE IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. UM, IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 53 SOUTH PARK? SECTION ONE. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING IN TWO WEEKS? MOTION GARZA GARZA. SECOND, SECOND HA. THOSE GAR GARZA. HE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE UH, THE MOTION CARRIES. THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. PUBLIC HEARING CONTINUED. 1 54 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 1 55 IS WATERLOO CROSSING ITEM 1 55. THE SITE LOCATED IN THE CITY NORTH OF ANDERSON ROAD AND WEST OFF OMI ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE WEAK PLA IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS. I'M SORRY. THAT IS NOT CORRECT. UM, REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS THOUGHT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ONE VARIANT TO ADDRESS SECTION 1 93 TO ALLOW, UM, THE WE PLANNING OF SINGLE FAMILY LOG INTO A RESERVE INTENDED PER MULTI-FAMILY USE. WATERLOO HOME WAS CREATED WITH SEVEN PHONE LOADING LOT AND THE APPLICANT IS RE PLOTTING BETWEEN LOT THREE TO SEVEN. THE APPLICANT TRIED TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER FROM THE REMAINDER LAW, WHICH IS ONE AND TWO, HOWEVER WAS UNABLE TO REACH THEM. SO, UM, STAT WILL LIKE TO RECOMMEND A DEFERRAL TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THIS PROPERTY, UH, OWNER TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENT OR SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IN ADVANCE, MADAM CHAIR, TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. OKAY. AND JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION. THE VARIANCE IS THAT THE 1 93 VARIANCE, WHICH IS YES. AS TO USE MM-HMM . AND SO WE GET THE APPROVAL OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS? THAT'S, THAT IS CORRECT. GREAT. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 1 55 WATERLOO CROSSING IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP. NOBODY IN THE CHAT. IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? I'M JUST MAKING SURE IT'S NOT ON THIS. NO GOOD. OKAY. UH, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 55? UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TWO WEEKS? MOTION BALDWIN HAVE A QUESTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER. LET ME GET A SECOND, SECOND. ONE SECOND, NELSON. OKAY. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DOES THE STAFF REACH OUT TO TRY AND FIND THESE DEALS OR IS THE BURDEN ON THE APPLICANT TO GET A LEVEL OF SUPPORT? WE HAD THIS WITH THAT HOTEL AND, AND I STUDIED THIS WHOLE ORDINANCE, HOW THAT WORKS. WHEN YOU TAKE THE PLAT AND YOU REPL IT, YOU NEED THE PERMISSION OR THE SUPPORT OF THE ONES THAT WERE IN THE ORIGINAL PLAT, RIGHT? YES. UM, IDEALLY, YES. UH, BUT IN THIS CASE, WE ARE GONNA TRY OUR BEST TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER. I MEAN, WE SENT OUT THE LETTERS. THERE'S A SIGN ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY AND THE APPLICANT IS CLAIMING THAT THEY ALSO SENT THE CERTIFIED LETTERS, BUT THEY HAVEN'T HEARD FROM [00:35:01] THEM. BUT THE BURDEN'S ON THE APPLICANT, NOT NECESSARILY US. YEAH, I MEAN, IS THAT HOW THAT WORKS, MS. MICKELSON, DO YOU WANNA OPINE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SHOW A LEVEL, DEMONSTRATE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE ORIGINAL PLAT, CORRECT? I THINK THAT'S CORRECT, BUT I THINK THE, THE HABIT IN THE, IN THE, THE PROCESS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO ACTUALLY DO THE MAILING, ALTHOUGH NOT BY CERTIFIED MAIL. IF THE APPLICANT DID THAT STEP AS WELL, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO GET BACK A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING FROM THE POST OFFICE SAYING IT WAS NEVER PICKED UP OR NO ONE WAS HOME OR, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHO OWNS THOSE TWO PROPERTIES. IS IS THAT APPROVAL A LEGAL REQUIREMENT OR IS IT JUST OUR POLICY TO TRY TO GET IT? I THINK IT'S MORE LIKE A POLICY. OKAY. OKAY. BUT THE ORDINANCE SHOWS THAT THEY MUST DEMONSTRATE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THOSE IN THE ORIGINAL PLAT, SO THAT WOULD BE THE BURDEN ON THE APPLICANT, NOT NECESSARILY THE STAFF, RIGHT. IS THAT NOT HOW IT WORKED WITH THE HOTEL AND DAPHNE THING? MM-HMM . AND I WAS, I WAS GONNA PULL UP THE ORDINANCE, BUT I BELIEVE I, I GOT FROM READING THE BACKUP ON THIS THAT THERE WAS MORE OF A PROBLEM OF EVEN DETERMINING WHO THE OWNERS WERE. IS THAT CORRECT OR NO? UM, I DON'T, I THINK THE PROBLEM WHERE LIKE THOSE PROPERTY RIGHT, RIGHT NOW IS VACANT AND THERE'S A, A HOME RIGHT THERE ON THE SECOND LOT AND IT'S APPEARS THAT IT'S RENTAL, SO IT'S NOT THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNER LEAVING ON THE LOT. OKAY. BUT WE CAN MAIL NOTICES TO THE RECORD OWNER IN HCAD AS YEAH. GO TO THE RECORD TAX RECORDS, YES. THAT'S THE BEST WE CAN DO. MM-HMM . OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER. MODEST. WELL JUST TO FOLLOW UP TO BILL'S QUESTION. UM, I GUESS FOR OUR EDUCATION, IF THEY DON'T RECEIVE A LEVEL OF SUPPORT, DO THEY STILL PROCEED? I MEAN NO ONE RESPONDS. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I'M DIPTI. MS. , GOOD AFTERNOON MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DIPTI MATH. SO, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 42 1 93 WAS WRITTEN RECENTLY IN PAST 10 YEARS. AND THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE WAS TO ALLOW, UH, PLATS WHEN THEY WERE RESTRICTED, UH, BY ONLY PLAT AND THERE WERE NO SUP SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THE PEOPLE WITHIN THAT SUBDIVISION TO HAVE A SAVE AND A VARIANCE WAS REQUESTED. SO THE ORDINANCE DOESN'T, UH, CLEARLY SAY THAT UH, LEVEL OF SUPPORT HAS TO BE PROVIDED. WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT, UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE REPLANTING OUTTA THE SUBDIVISION THAT EVERYONE BOUGHT INTO IT THINKING IT WILL REMAIN SINGLE FAMILY, THEY MUST HAVE A VOICE WHEN THERE IS A VARIANCE REQUEST, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU DEPARTMENT REACHES OUT IF WE CAN AND FIND THAT, UH, HOMEOWNER OR THE PROPERTY OWNER. BUT IN THIS CASE IT COULD BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY'RE ALMOST PLATING EVERYTHING AND LEAVING THE TWO LOTS THAT HAVE SEPARATE ACCESS AND THERE IS NO ACCESS THAT IS BEING SHARED BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE PROPERTY. SO AS WE CONTINUE TO RESEARCH ON THIS PROJECT, WE MAY END UP COMING BACK TO YOU THAT WE MAY NOT HAVE RECEIVED A SUPPORT, BUT THE ORDINANCE MAY, THE VARIANCE MAY STAND BY ITSELF, UH, WITHOUT THE SUPPORT. SO WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU WITH MORE RESEARCH ON IT AND HOPEFULLY MORE ANSWERS. IF, IF I DEVELOPED 10 LOTS, SELL FOUR TO RANDY AND ZAP AND MIRA AND LYDIA AND THEN I'M DECIDED I'M GONNA TAKE MY OTHER SIX AND I'M GONNA GO PUT A SPORTS BAR OVER THERE. IT DOESN'T SEEM FAIR TO ME. THAT'S WHAT I WOULD WEIGH IN AS A PLANNING COMMISSIONER, YOUR INTENT WAS OF THE ORDINANCE WAS TO GET A LEVEL OF SUPPORT FROM THE FOUR PEOPLE THAT YOU BAITED AND SWITCHED . AND SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE WOULD BE ABLE TO USE THAT IN OUR DETERMINATION WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO GRANT THAT OR NOT, RIGHT? YEAH, JUST LIKE WE DID ON THE BUSINESS OR NOT, I THINK THAT WOULD BE WITHIN OUR DISCRETION. COMMISSIONER CLARK, IT MAY NOT BE BAIT AND SWITCH. IT MAY BE THAT THE MARKET ISN'T THERE FOR RESIDENTIAL OR WHATEVER THEIR INTENDED INTENTION WAS. AND SO IF THEY SENT A CERTIFIED LETTER AND STAFF SENT LETTERS OUT, I MEAN WE CAN'T FORCE PEOPLE TO ANSWER, BUT IF THEY CARE, THERE'S A SIGN, THERE'S LETTERS. SO IF THEY CARE, THEY SHOULD RESPOND AND THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE BURDEN OF A PROPERTY OWNER. IF YOU TRY AND YOU MAKE EVERY EFFORT, I MEAN HOW ELSE WOULD THEY CONTACT THEM? SO I THINK THAT'S WHY THE ORDINANCE IS SOMEWHAT GRAY IN THAT AREA. WE'LL COME BACK WITH MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWERS NEXT TIME. OKAY. WELL, AND THE POINT I THINK YOU'RE MAKING IS THAT IT MATTERS WHAT THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S BEING PLOTTED, WHAT THE USE IS GONNA BE MATTERS. SO WE NEED TO KNOW THAT BEFORE WE CAN REALLY TALK ABOUT IT. RIGHT? [00:40:01] OKAY. ALRIGHT. IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION THEN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL AND CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, THE ITEM IS DEFERRED. [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Petra Hsia, Devin Crittle, John Cedillo, and Geoff Butler)] THAT'LL TAKE US THEN TO VARIANCES. ITEM 1 56. ITEM 1 56. UM, THIS SIDE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARY STREET AND LORRAINE STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND FIVE SINGLE FAMILY LOT. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING, UH, MULTIPLE VARIANCES TO ALLOW AN EXISTING BUILDING TO ENCROACH INTO THE BUILDING LINE AND INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT THE CORNER OF MARY STREET AND LORAINE STREET AND TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO BE LESS THAN 5,000 QUIL FOOTERS INSIDE AND TO HOP ON ON A PUBLISHED STREET WITH A RIGHT AWAY WIDTH OF LESS THAN 60 FEET. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW AND TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY NOE STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENTS. OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS? YES, COMMISSIONER? YES. SO TO CLARIFY, THERE'S SOMETHING ALREADY BLOCKING THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE. THERE'S AN ASSISTANT INSTRUCTOR. YES. UH, IT'S A COMMERCIAL BUILDING HAS BEEN THERE LIKE IN THE THIRTIES. OKAY. SO IT IS BLOCKING THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED TO SPEAK WITH NO ONE IN THE CHAT. IF NO ONE WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 56 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. UM, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION MAR SECOND VICTOR? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 56 IS DEFERRED 1 57. 1 57 UH, BUSINESS STREET IN STREET, DEDICATION SECTION TWO AND THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON ETJ IN FORT BEND COUNTY ALONG BUSINESS STREET AND WEST OF FARM MARKET 1464. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW MAY THE AFFAIRS BUSINESS STREET TO HAVE A CENTRAL LINE RADIO OF 1000 FEET FEET INSTEAD OF 2000 THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING A BUSINESS STREET AS REQUIRED FOR THE MAY 3RD FIFTH FREEWAY PLAN AND, AND A MINIMUM CENTER LINE RADIUS OF 2000 FEET IS REQUIRED. THERE'S AN ASSISTING CENTRAL POINT TRANSMISSION LINE RUNNING IN THE EAST WEST DIRECTION ACROSS THE PROPERTY AND BUSINESS STREET MUST ACROSS THIS EASEMENT AT THE 90 DEGREE ANGLE TO MEET AN APPOINT REQUIREMENT. HOWEVER, THE ASSISTING ALIGNMENT OF BUSINESS STREET HAS ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED WITH MISSION TRACE SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTHEAST AND THE APPLICANT IS UNABLE TO MEET UH, THE 90 DEGREE INTERSECTION WITH THE REQUIRED 2000 FEET CENTRAL LINE RADIUS. SO THE APPLICANT COORDINATED THE RIGHT OF WAY ALIGNMENT AND GEOMETRIC DESIGN WITH FOR BEND COUNTY AND WITH CENTER POINT AND BOTH FOR BEND COUNTY AND CENTER POINT. VIEW THIS PROPOSAL AND ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. WITH THE PROPOSED WE DO CENTRAL LINE RADIO, IT WOULD ALLOW THE DEDICATION OF BUSINESS STREET WHILE CROSSING THE CENTER POINT EASEMENT AT AN ANGLE CLOSER TO A PERPENDICULAR TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. THE STATE RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION STA DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN EVENT. AND THIS CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 1 57. NO ONE IN THE CHAT IF THERE'S NOBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON IT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION CLARK CLARK SECOND ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. A OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 58 I. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM 1 58 IS CONCEPT NEIGHBORHOOD ON ROBERTS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON. CITY LIMITS COMPRISING MOST OF THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY SAMPSON STREET, SHERMAN STREET, ROBERT STREET AND GARROW STREET BETWEEN HARRISBURG BOULEVARD AND COMMERCE STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG ROBERT STREET AND A PORTION OF SHERMAN STREET AND GARROW STREET AND FOR VISIBILITY TRIANGLE ENCROACHMENTS AT THE AT THOSE INTERSECTIONS. IN ORDER TO RENOVATE EXISTING STRUCTURES, [00:45:01] STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO RENOVATE AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE BUILDING AND USE IT FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. PER THE SITE PLAN, THE APPLICANT WILL REMOVE ALL THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY CURB CUTS EXCEPT FOR THE TWO PARKING LOT ENTRY DRIVES. ONE ON GARROW AND THE OTHER ON SHERMAN. THE EXISTING ANGLED PARKING FROM ROBERT STREET WOULD HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY OCE AT PERMITTING IN ORDER TO REMAIN. OTHERWISE THE AREA LIKEWISE WOULD BE CLOSED OFF BECAUSE ALL FOUR STREETS ARE DESIGNATED SECONDARY TOD STREETS. THE APPLICANT MUST PROVIDE A MINIMUM SIX FOOT CLEAR SIDEWALK IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE THERE IS AVAILABLE SPACE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SEVEN FOOT SIDEWALKS DESPITE MANY OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURES PLACED ON THE PROPERTY LINE. THE DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS GREATER THAN 20 FEET AND ALL BUT ON S SAMSON STREET, THE SUBJECT SITE IS PART OF A LARGER PLAN IN THE EAST END DISTRICT IN WHICH THE DEVELOPER ACQUIRED MULTIPLE BLOCKS WITH THE GOAL TO RENOVATE EXISTING BUILDINGS FOR MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENTS AND PROMOTE WALKABILITY. A PREVIOUS SITE WAS ON THE AGENDA AT THE LAST MEETING. OVERALL GRANTING OF VARIANCE WILL MEET AND PRESERVE THE INTENTS OF THE ORDINANCE AND WOULD ALSO PROMOTE THE WALKABLE PLACES INITIATIVE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. NOBODY IN THE CHAT. UM, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT IF THERE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. NO QUESTIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLATS. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? BALDWIN JONES BALDWIN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 59. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. ITEM 1 59 IS CORNER AT GREENS. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF GREENS ROAD IN WEST OF WAVERLY DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SUBDIVISION CONTAINING THREE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND A RESERVE RESTRICTED FOR 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 IN LIEU OF A PUBLIC STREET. AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE DELANEY ROAD IN A CUL-DE-SAC. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS AND HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS. WE'RE GOOD? YEAH, I THINK WE'RE GOOD. YEP. HELLO. GOODBYE . THE UH, APPLICANT INTENDS TO DEVELOP A 163 SPACE MOBILE HOME PARK WITH A DETENTION RESERVED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY 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 UNAPPROVED ROAD NOT REQUIRED FOR INTERSECTION SPACING WOULD BE IMPRACTICAL DUE TO THE SITE'S LOCATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE VARIANCES IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. CHA? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 1 59. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 1 59. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION AMANDA PACA MEN PACA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. CLARK. CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ONE 60. ITEM ONE 60 IS CROSS TIMBERS PLACE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH AND ALONG EAST CROSS TIMBER STREET, EAST OF HIRSCH ROAD AND WEST OF LOCKWOOD DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, SOME NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS AND TWO TAKING ACCESS FROM A SHARED DRIVEWAY OFF OF EAST CROSS STEM. A VARIANCE IS BEING REQUESTED FOR REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF FIVE FEET ALONG THE PORTION OF EAST CROSS STEM STREET. A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE STAFF REQUESTS THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS PER HOUSTON PUBLIC'S WORKS REQUEST AND FOR FOR FURTHER COORDINATION WITH PLANNING PUBLIC WORKS AND THE APPLICANT STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION. OKAY. UH, [00:50:01] I ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UM, IF NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 60. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? NO. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? GARZA GARZA. I HEAR, I HEAR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 1 61 MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THIS ITEM. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. HY IS ABSTAINING ITEM 1 61 GREEN GRANT MASON GP THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY E OF GRAND PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF PEAK ROAD. THE APPLICANT REQUEST AN ADVANTAGE TO ALLOW LARO BE ROAD IMMEDIATE THOROUGHFARE TO PROVIDE A 1,200 FOOT CENTRAL LINE RADIUS INSTEAD OF 2000. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA SECOND TIME PER HARRIS COUNTY REQUEST TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE COORDINATING WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT AND THE PIPELINE COMPANY. SO IF THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA PER HARRIS COUNTY REQUEST. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP. THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS IF NOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, IS TO DEFER. THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION, AKA AKA. IS THERE A SECOND? NO. JONES. ALL THOSE? NO. OKAY. JONES THIS TIME. NELSON. NEXT TIME. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DEFER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. 1 62 I 1 62 HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 5 0 6 STORM SEW PALM STATION NUMBER ONE. THE SITE LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH OF FUTURE EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND EAST OF FARM MARKET 2100. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PROPOSEDLY SERVE OR PUMP STATION TO HAVE ASSETS VIA A 30 FOOT WIDE ASSET EASTMAN THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SUB IS PART OF FALCON RANCH PRESERVE GP THAT PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO PROVIDE A PUMP STATION AT THE SOUTHEASTERN GP AREA WITHIN A FUTURE JOINT DETENTION RESERVE TO ASSURE THE FUTURE NEW RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT. THE PROPOSED PALM STATION WILL HAVE ASSETS VIA 30 FOOT WIDE PER PRO PATROL AND NON-INCLUSIVE AT THE EASTMAN TO LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND ROAD. THE ASSET EASEMENT WILL BE AN ALL WEATHER ROAD AS REQUIRED BY THE TESTED COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. SO GRANTING AT THE VARIANT WILL NOT BE NIGERIA TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY OR WELFARE. AND THE PROPOSED YIELD WILL NOT GEN WILL GENERATE VERY LOW TRAFFIC VOLUME. SO HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING OFFICE REVIEWED THIS PROPOSAL AND IS IS IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST. SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. OKAY. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, ON THIS ITEM STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MANKA MANKA. IS THERE A SECOND? NELSON NELSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. SORRY. THE MOTION CARRIES 1 63. ITEM 1 63 IS HUMBLE. ISD MIDDLE SCHOOL NUMBER 11. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ AND PARTIALLY WITHIN THE CITY'S LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY WEST AND ALONG WESTLAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF LAKEWOOD PINES BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE RESERVES FOR A NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES. ONE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BETWEEN TIMBER FOREST DRIVE AND RUNNING ARABIAN LANE BY NOT EXTENDING GOLDEN APPALOOSA CIRCLE AND O' KEITH COLONY LANE, BUT INSTEAD CUL-DE-SAC, BOTH SUBST STREETS AND TWO TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG TIMBER FOREST DRIVE. BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST THROUGH STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS BETWEEN MAJOR THOROUGHFARES WESTLAKE, HOUSTON PARKWAY AND TIMBER FOREST DRIVE. THERE ARE TWO PLATTED SUBST STREETS FROM THE LAKEWOOD PINE SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH AND TWO FROM THE SUMMER LAKE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING [00:55:01] THE EXTENSION OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, TIMBER FOREST DRIVE, AND THE STUBB STREETS OF RUNNING ARABIAN LANE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING NOT TO CONNECT THE REMAINING TWO STU STREETS O' KEITH COLONY LANE AND GOLDEN APPALOOSA CIRCLE, BUT INSTEAD TERMINATE THEM WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC WITHOUT CONNECTING THESE STREETS. INTERSECTION SPACING BETWEEN THE PROPOSED RUNNING ARABIAN AND TIMBER FOREST EXCEEDS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY THE ORDINANCE OF 1400 FEET. THE SECOND VARIANCE REQUEST IS NOT NEEDED. THE INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG TIMBER FOREST DRIVE BETWEEN LAKEWOOD PINES AND SUMMER LAKE RANCH IS LESS THAN THE ORDINANCE MAXIMUM. BOTH THE SCHOOL SITE AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE SUFFICIENT STREET GRID BETWEEN THE THREE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, WEST LAKE HOUSTON, LAKEWOOD PINES AND TIMBER FOREST, AND THE LOCAL STREET SUMMER LAKE RANCH ENABLING INADEQUATE LEVEL AND ADEQUATE LEVEL OF CONNECTIVITY WITHOUT REQUIRING THE SECOND NORTH SOUTH LOCAL STREET CONNECTION THROUGH THE SITE. THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO RESTRICT THE CENTRAL RESERVE BETWEEN TIMBER FOREST DRIVE AND RUNNING ARABIAN FOR SCHOOL AND RELATED USES. THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROPOSING PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS TO BOTH COLD SACS FOR EASE OF ACCESS FOR STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS TO WALK OR CYCLE BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE SCHOOL SITE. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING AND HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAVE NO OBJECTIONS 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 HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FROM MS. WILLIAMSON? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER QUESTIONS. UM, THE SPEAKER IS JUSTIN GREENWOOD AND IF I MAY, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE ISD, THE DESIGN TEAM AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. OH, OKAY. GREAT. MR. GREENWOOD, COME FORWARD. HI. WELCOME. THANKS. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO I'M AT THE END OF RUNNING ARABIAN. OBVIOUSLY THAT GENERATES A LOT OF CONCERN. UM, YOU KNOW, I I MEAN WE'RE TAKING A NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURNING IT INTO A, YOU KNOW, USE FOR COMMERCIAL IF YOU WILL, HIGHLY TRAFFICKED AREA, UH, SCHOOL. WHAT, YOU KNOW, QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT DO WE INTEND THE POPULATION OF THE SCHOOL TO BE? UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE INTEND ON MANAGING THE TRAFFIC? I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW. HOWEVER, WESTLAKE HOUSTON IS ALREADY, YOU KNOW, HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF TRAFFIC. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T PURCHASE THE HOUSE BECAUSE THERE WAS GONNA BE A SCHOOL THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, I I GUESS IS IT ZONE FIRST SCHOOL THAT'S A QUESTION OR IS IT ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL? UM, YOU KNOW, I, WHAT, WHAT WAS IT ORIGINALLY ZONED FOR? AND YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE GO ABOUT MAKING THIS, YOU KNOW, REALISTIC AND REASONABLE FOR EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? BECAUSE THIS JUST BASICALLY TEARS DOWN A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH, YOU KNOW, ONE ACRE LOTS AND WE'RE GONNA DIMINISHED THE VALUE OF EVERYTHING AROUND IT. SO HOW DO WE, YOU KNOW, I GUESS I'VE GOT A, I GOT A LOT OF QUESTIONS REALLY . UM, SO THIS IS IN THE, IN HARRIS COUNTY AND I GUESS PARTIALLY IN THE CITY AS WELL, RIGHT? DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS? WE DON'T HAVE ANY ZONING, SO CORRECT. IT WASN'T ZONED FOR ANYTHING. YEAH. SO CITY OF HOUSTON DOES NOT HAVE COMPREHENSIVE ZONING. THIS IS AN IN-BETWEEN PIECE BETWEEN THE NORTHERN SUBDIVISION AND THE SOUTHERN SUBDIVISION, WHICH ARE PLATTED. THIS PART HAS NEVER BEEN PLATTED, SO IT'S STILL OUT OF ESSENTIALLY RAW LAND. AND THE PIECE INSIDE THE CITY IS THE FAR EASTERN BIT THAT YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THAT'S GRAY AND THE REST IS IN THE ETJ. SO NO ZONING, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY RESTRICTED LAND USE ON IT AT THIS TIME. UM, AND THE SUB STREETS WERE PLATTED WITH BOTH SUBDIVISIONS AND MR. GREENWOOD IS YOUR STREET, UM, IS THAT ONE OF THE ONES THAT'S GONNA BE, UM, WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC RUNNING ARABIAN? IT'S RUNNING, RUNNING ARABIAN. IT'S ALL AT THE END. OKAY. I'M AT THE END OF RUNNING ARABIAN. RIGHT. SO I MEAN I'M, YOU KNOW, I I GUESS, YOU KNOW, JUST THE FENCE. AND SO WHEN THEY CREATED YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY PUT THAT ON THE PLAT AS, AS SOMETHING THAT WAS GONNA BE EXTENDED. SO IT WAS SORT OF, YOU KNOW, ON THE, THE GENERAL PLAN. SURE. UM, AND, AND GUESS IT WOULD BE EXTENDED TO RESIDENTIAL, I GUESS NOT COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? I MEAN THAT'S I GUESS WHAT, WHERE, WHERE MY HEAD WAS AT AND MAYBE MY MISTAKE, I DON'T KNOW IF EDUCATIONAL, IS THERE A A CATEGORY FOR EDUCATIONAL? NO, I MEAN, SCHOOLS ARE NOT CONSIDERED CONSIDERED A COMMERCIAL USE, EVEN IF IT WAS ZONING. THERE'S STATE LAW THAT PROHIBITS CITIES FROM RESTRICTING WHERE SCHOOLS CAN GO. BECAUSE THE IDEA IS IS THAT A PUBLIC SCHOOL IN PARTICULAR IS DESIGNED TO BE WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE. YEAH. SO WE, WE COULDN'T, WE COULDN'T STOP IT EVEN IF IT WAS ALL IN THE CITY AND ALL ZONED LARGE LAW RESIDENTIAL. YEAH. SO OUR ORDINANCE, BECAUSE OF THE MOBILITY ISSUES, REQUIRES THAT SOME OF THESE CONNECTIONS BE MADE. THEY'RE NOT GONNA MAKE FOUR. SURE. BUT THEY'RE GONNA MAKE TWO. [01:00:01] I THINK WE CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH THE ISD, UM, IF, DO YOU WANNA DO IT NOW OR LATER? I, WE CAN PUT YOU IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY WHO CAN TALK ABOUT ABSOLUTELY WHAT THEY THINK THE POPULATION OF THE SCHOOL'S GONNA BE. AND THAT'S, THAT'S IF, IF YOU WANT, WE CAN HEAR FROM THEM NOW. SURE, SURE. OKAY. OKAY. UM, WELL LET ME GO AHEAD AND GET YOU TO SIT DOWN AND IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. COULD YOU JUST MAYBE GIVE US A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT, WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THE YEP. MIDDLE SCHOOL? YEP. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JASON SIBER. I'M THE ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT FOR HUMBLE ISD HI. WELCOME. AND WE JUST PURCHASED THE LAND. WE JUST CLOSED ON IT THE OTHER DAY ACTUALLY. SO THE PLAN IS TO BUILD A 1,250 STUDENT CAPACITY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN OUR AREA. THE SCHOOLS ARE GROW OR THE, THE POPULATION'S GROWING LIKE CRAZY. WE HAVE A LOT OF OVERCROWDING IN SOME OF OUR MIDDLE SCHOOLS AND THIS WAS ONE OF THE LAST PRIME SPOTS AVAILABLE TO BUILD A SCHOOL THAT BIG, TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT MANY STUDENTS IN OUR DISTRICT. AND RIGHT NOW OUR PLAN IS WE WANT TO KEEP AS MUCH OF THE GREENERY AND THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF TREES IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW TO TRY TO KEEP THE TREES AROUND IT, PRESERVE THAT AND HAVE THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT'S A VERY ELONGATED SITE, SO IT'LL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OUR OTHER SCHOOL SITES. AND THEN THE RUNNING ARABIAN ROAD, WE DO KNOW THAT THAT'S ONE THING WE'VE ACTUALLY MET WITH THE SUMMER LAKE. UM, HOA ALREADY, THE, THEIR BOARD WANTS AND EXPLAINED WHAT THE PROCESS IS. THEY'RE VERY ON BOARD WITH THE CUL-DE-SACS AND WE KNOW RUNNING ARABIAN IS ONE THEY DON'T WANT US TO DO, BUT WE ALREADY KNOW THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT WAS ALREADY DEEDED AND WAS PLANNED FOR THE FUTURE. OUR PLAN RIGHT NOW IS NOT TO BUILD RUNNING ARABIAN, WE'RE JUST GONNA BUILD UP TO THE TRACK AND LET IT GO UNTIL THERE'S A FUTURE NEED FOR THAT ROAD AND FOR STUFF, UM, ON THE EAST SIDE OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. OKAY. UM, IF YOU WOULD MAYBE, IF YOU FOLLOW UP WITH MR. GREENWOOD AND KIND OF HELP HIM UNDERSTAND, UH, AND MAYBE GET HIM IN TOUCH WITH, YOU KNOW, THE SUBDIVISION COMMISSIONER JONES, WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. YEAH, NO PROBLEM. WITH RESPECT TO THE PARCEL THAT'S EAST OF ARABIAN. MM-HMM . UH, SINCE YOU, YOU, YOU SAID YOU HAVE NO IDEA YET. MIC CHECK PLEASE. I, I, MY SUGGESTION IS WHEN DO YOU DO, THE FIRST GROUP THAT YOU APPROACH IS THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, MR. GREENWOOD'S NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THEY'RE AWARE OF, OF THE DIRECTION THAT YOU WANT TO GO WITH THIS AND THEY HAVE TIME TO INPUT, CORRECT? YEP. YEP. ONCE WE DEVELOP A PLAN OF WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OVER THERE, WE'LL BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THAT HOA AND THE ONE THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEP. THANK YOU FOR THAT. GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE. WE APPRECIATE IT. I WELCOME. AND WE APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING UP WITH MR. GREENWOOD. YEP. THANKS FOR CONSIDERING OUR APPLICATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE HERE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 1 63? UM, IF NOT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? IS THERE A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION, AKA MAN PACA. IS THERE A SECOND? GARZA GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR. YES. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE ONE COMMENT TO THE ISD AND APPLAUD YOU FOR PROVIDING ACCESS, UM, PEDESTRIAN ACCESS BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE SCHOOL. THAT'S VERY MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK. RIGHT. OKAY. UH, WE ARE ON 1 64 KESTREL ESTATES. ITEM 1 64 IS KESTREL ESTATES. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE. 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 TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO TAKE ACCESS FROM AN EXISTING 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A VACANT TRACT OF LAND FROM AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION CALLED GREENLAND SQUARE. ALL OF THE HOMES IN THE SUBDIVISION TAKE ACCESS FROM AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT. BOTH, BOTH OF THE PROPOSED LOTS ARE HALF AN ACRE IN SIZE, WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE OTHER LOT SIZES IN THE AREA. ULTIMATELY, THIS REQUESTS FOR A LOT ACCESS BY EASEMENT IS A LONGSTANDING EXISTING CONDITION FOR THE SUBDIVISION. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FROM ONE OH CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRILE? UH, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. UM, IF NOT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MANCA MANKA. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. CLARK. CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. [01:05:01] AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 1 65. ITEM 1 65 IS MONTROSE CAR CARE. UH, THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS JUST NORTH OF ALABAMA STREET AND EAST ALONG, EXCUSE ME, JUST NORTH OF WEST ALABAMA STREET AND EAST ALONG MONTROSE BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO BE LESS THAN 60 FEET AND WIDTH AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A REPL FROM MULTIPLE TRACKS FROM THE MONTROSE EDITION SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1915. THE LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION ARE PLATTED AT 60 FEET AND WIDTH AROUND 1988. THE SOUTHERN EIGHT FEET OF THIS LOT WAS ACQUIRED BY THE ADJACENT DEVELOPER TO THE SOUTH, WHICH CONSTRUCTED THE CHEVRON GAS STATION AT THE INTERSECTION, WHICH MOST NEIGHBORS ARE FAMILIAR WITH TODAY. MONTROSE BOULEVARD IS A 90 FOOT MAJOR AIRFARE THAT'S SUFFICIENT AT 100 FEET. THE APPLICANT IS MAKING THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, AND THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THE STRUCTURE WILL MEET THE 25 FOOT SETBACK. STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE MONTROSE TURS 27 HAS PLANS TO IMPROVE MONTROSE BOULEVARD FROM ALLEN PARKWAY GOING SOUTH TO US 59. THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL BE WI WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND WE'VE ASKED THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH THE TURS TO AVOID OVERLAPPING IMPROVEMENTS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT AND FUTURE EFFORTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, AFTER PREVIOUS MEETING, WE DISCUSSED ANOTHER NEARBY PROPERTY THAT WAS OWNED BY THIS, UH, DEVELOPER LOCATED AT NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA STREET. WE CONFIRMED THAT THAT PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECENTLY RED TAGGED, BUT WE'D LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT THIS PROJECT IS NOT BEING CONSIDERED WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY. MADAME CHAIR, PUBLIC COMMENT PACKET INCLUDES COMMENTS BOTH IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION OF THIS REQUEST. AND YOU DO HAVE SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BEFORE WE HAVE SPEAKERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? OKAY. IF NOT, UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE. MARY VIAL, DO YOU WANNA, UM, SPEAK NOW OR WAIT TILL THE END OR BOTH? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS. UM, SASHA BA BAAB, BABB, SASHA BAAB. IT DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. UM, ANN MILLER. ANN MILLER NOT PRESENT. UM, MS. VIAL, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY. UM, 1 65 MONTROSE CAR CARE. SASHA, BOB AND ANN MILLER. I THINK BOTH OF THEM SPOKE LAST TIME, SO WE KNOW THAT THEY ARE OPPOSED. AND, UH, MADAM CHAIR? YES. UM, ANN MILLER IS ONLINE. UM, I'M NOT SURE IF SHE'S UNABLE TO UNMUTE OR, OKAY. MS. MILLER, UM, IF YOU'RE ON A PHONE, IT, IT'S STAR SIX TO UNMUTE. BLESS. SHE CAN'T UNMUTE. OKAY. UM, WELL, FORTUNATELY THEY DID SPEAK TO LET YOU KNOW I'M AVAILABLE. OH, THAT, THAT WAS MARY. OKAY. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT PLEASE? OKAY. ONE MORE TIME. MS. MILLER, ARE YOU ABLE TO UNMUTE? APPARENTLY NOT. AND SASHA, BOB, ARE YOU ABLE TO JOIN US? CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OH, THANK YOU. ARE YOU ANN MILLER? YES, I AM. I'M SO SORRY. OKAY, NO PROBLEM. LITTLE TECHNICAL PROBLEM. GO RIGHT AHEAD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UH, I'M GLAD THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE OWNER IS ON. UM, WE MET WITH THEM, UH, I THINK THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY. UH, AND WE, I SPOKE TO MR. K CRIDDLE AND VERY MUCH APPRECIATE HIS HELP. UM, WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE, UM, WITH THE VARIANCE ON THE PROPERTY AT 37 0 9 MONTROSE, OBVIOUSLY. UM, I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF THE PARK, UH, CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION AT 3636 14 MONTROSE. WHEN WE MET, WE, WE, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS TRANSPARENT AND COMPLIANT. AND I WAS TOLD YESTERDAY BY, UH, MR. K CRIDDLE THAT THE APPLICANT MARY VIAL SAID THAT THERE'S NO RELATION TO THE PROPERTIES AT NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA AND 37 0 9 [01:10:02] MONTROSE. UM, WE WERE TOLD THAT THAT IS IN FACT NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA IS IN FACT THE OFFICE TO COME IN TO MONTROSE CAR CARE. WE SAW THE DRAWINGS ON 37 0 9 MONTROSE. THEY'RE LOVELY, CONSISTENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE VERY HAPPY. BUT WE JUST WANNA ASK THE COMMISSION IF IT NEEDS TO BE REPLANTED TO BE ONE WHOLE PROPERTY TOGETHER. OKAY. THAT'S, OR THAT I, I, I HAVE, I HAVE TO YIELD TO THE JUDGMENT OF THE COMMISSION, BUT JUST WANNA MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE, UH, WE WERE TOLD ONE THING AND MR. K CRIDDLE WAS TOLD ANOTHER. OKAY. SO LET'S HOLD ON THERE AND LET US SEE WHAT MR. K CRIDDLE HAS TO SAY IN RESPONSE TO THIS. ARE YOU, UH, UH, YES, MA'AM. SO, UH, TO STAFF'S KNOWLEDGE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE APPLICANT AND SORT OF DISCUSSED THIS WHOLE SITUATION, UM, FROM WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN PRESENTED AND WHAT STAFF HAS BEEN PRESENTED. NONE OF IT INCLUDES THE PROPERTY THAT'S ALONG, UH, WEST ALABAMA STREET. UM, I KNOW THERE'S A RELATION 'CAUSE BOTH PROPERTIES ARE OWNED BY THE SAME, UM, COMPANY, BUT AS FAR AS REQUIRING THE PROPERTIES TO BE RE PLATTED, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT'S AT NINE 18 IS A FULL LOT. IT'S A UNRESTRICTED LOT, UH, PLATTED SOME TIME AGO. SO IT REALLY DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY RE PLATTING OKAY. AT THIS TIME. SO THE ANSWER IS THERE ISN'T A LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO, TO PUT THE PLATS AS ONE, UM, MS. VI VIAL, ARE YOU THERE? YES. MS. YES. MADAM CHAIR, I AM HERE AND I I WOULD LIKE TO CLARIFY AND, AND I, SORRY, THERE WAS ANY CONFUSION. THE PROJECT ON THE MONTROSE BOULEVARD WILL BE JUST AS PRESENTED. THE NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA STREET IS OWNED BY THE SAME OWNER, BUT THAT WILL BE A SEPARATE DEVELOPMENT. UM, THE OWNER IS AWARE THAT, UH, IT HAS BEEN RED TAGGED. UM, HE DID, UM, I WAS INFORMED TODAY, AND I CONFIRMED WITH OUR ENGINEER THAT THE OWNER HAS REACHED OUT TO HIM AND HE HAS DONE, THE ENGINEER HAS DONE TWO SITE VISITS THAT APPARENTLY, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, UH, THE CONTRACTOR THAT WORKED AT THE NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA DID SUBMIT PLANS TO THE CITY, BUT THEY WERE REJECTED, BUT HE CONTINUED WORK THAT CONTRACTOR'S NO LONGER INVOLVED WITH THE OWNER. UM, OUR COMPANY IS GOING TO WORK WITH THE OWNER, UH, TO BRING THAT PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE. OKAY. AND, AND THEY'RE, THEY, THE INTENTION THEN IS THAT THEY'RE NOT TO BE CONNECTED IN ANY WAY. THEY'LL BE TWO SEPARATELY DIFFERENT ENTITIES? THAT IS CORRECT. MADAM CHAIR. UH, OUR PLANS DO NOT AT ALL INVOLVE, UH, THAT, UH, THAT PROPERTY. OKAY. OKAY. QUESTION. IT'D BE, IT'LL BE, UM, PERMITTED TOTALLY SEPARATELY. OKAY. AND, UM, I THINK, UH, OUR PUBLIC WORKS REPRESENTATIVE, RICHARD SMITH, IS AWARE OF THIS, IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, UM, ABOUT THAT OTHER, THE PER THE PERMITTING ISSUE'S, A WHOLE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENT, DIFFERENT OPERATION. SO IT'S NOT OUR DEAL, BUT IF, IF HE'S HERE, IF YOU WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, UM, OKAY. SO, UM, MS. MILLER, DOES THAT KIND OF ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? NOT REALLY, BECAUSE, UH, WE WERE TOLD THAT THIS WAS NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA WOULD BE THEIR OFFICE FOR RES CAR CARE. AND IF THEY DON'T WALK THROUGH, I MEAN, I I, IF THEY'RE ALLOWED TO WALK THROUGH FROM NINE 18 WEST ALABAMA TO 37 0 9 MONTROSE IN THE BACK THERE, THEN WE'RE FINE WITH IT. BUT IF THEY'RE NOT, I MEAN THAT THEY SAID THAT'S GOING TO BE MONTROSE CAR CARE FRONT FACING OFFICE. OKAY. SO MS. VILLAREAL, WHAT'S YOUR RESPONSE TO THAT? MEDICARE D EXIST? THE BUILDING THAT IS BEING PROPOSED ON THE MONTROSE BOULEVARD HAS OFFICE SPACE. OKAY. SO THE OFFICE SPACE FOR THE NEW 37 0 9 MONTROSE IS ON MONTROSE? THERE IT IS. YES, MA'AM. YES MA'AM. AND THE ONLY PORTION THAT, IF YOU LOOK THAT WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN NOW, IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THE DUMPSTER IS BLOCKING ANY POSSIBILITY, UH, FOR ANY KIND OF CONNECTION AT THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY, OKAY? MM-HMM . OKAY. I, I'LL JUST SAY THAT I, MS. ANN MILLER, I SEE THAT, AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN WE'RE FINE WITH IT. OKAY. WELL, YES MA'AM, WE'RE ON THE RECORD HERE, SO LET US KNOW IF THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. UM, THANK YOU. AND I'D BE HAPPY TO REACH OUT TO, UH, MS. MILLER TO KEEP HER POSTED, UH, ON THE PLANS. IF SHE WOULD, UM, LIKE TO REACH OUT TO ME, I CAN PUT MY PHONE NUMBER IN CHAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. GREAT. THAT WOULD BE YOU'RE WELCOME. WE APPRECIATE THAT MS. VIAL. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, MS. MILLER. [01:15:01] UM, AND IS SASHA BAAB WITH US, OR NOT? I GUESS NOT. SHE'S NOT PRESENT. I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. MS. MACHER, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? JUST WANDERING AROUND. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAME CHAIR. UM, YES, BECAUSE THE, ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH, UH, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS SAYING MAY BE CORRECT AND UM, MAY BE TRUE THAT THEY DO NOT WANT TO CONNECT, HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY. RIGHT, RIGHT. WHAT YOU HAVE ON THE AGENDA IS THE PROPERTY ALONG MONTROSE AND IF THEY MAKE A CONNECTION NOW OR IN FUTURE IS NOT, UH, ON THE AGENDA TO BE DISCUSSED TODAY. RIGHT. AND ALTHOUGH THE APPLICANT MAY OR THE OWNER MAY OWN BOTH PROPERTIES, THE PLA IS NOT NEEDED FOR THE PROPERTY ALONG, UH, UH, WESTHEIMER OR, OR ALABAMA. ALABAMA. YEAH. UH, SO BECAUSE IT'S NOT NEEDED TO BE PLOTTED, THE, THE OBJECT OR CONCERN TO CONCERN TO PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY IS THE PROPERTY THAT IS HIGHLIGHTED HERE AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS BASED ON THAT. SO I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PROMISING IT HERE, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT AS A CONDITION. RIGHT. AND, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE JUST BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO DIFFERENT, UM, SORT OF STATEMENTS OF WHAT THE INTENT WAS, WE WANT IT ON THE RECORD TO GET THAT CLARIFIED, SO THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON MONTROSE CAR CARE ITEM 1 65 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. UH, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION THEN IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, BEFORE THE MOTION, UH, CHAIR? SURE, GO AHEAD. UM, MADAME SECRETARY, QUESTION FOR YOU, UM, TREE CALIBERS, DO WE HAVE THE, I SAW LIKE MOST OF THE OPPOSITION WAS ABOUT THE SIZE OF THE CALIBER OF, OR THE CALIBER OF TREES. UM, IS THERE, DO WE HAVE ANY RECOURSE TO IN LIEU OF A THREE INCH TO NO, THE REQUEST SOMETHING LARGER, THE, I'M SORRY. THE, UH, TREE AND SHRUB ORDINANCE REQUIRES, UH, A CERTAIN SIZE, A CERTAIN CALIPER, AND I GUESS YOU COULD ASK FOR MORE JUST YEAH, I GUESS YOU COULD ASK FOR MORE. WELL, ONES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT? YEAH. THEY'RE LEAVING THE BIG TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, MONTROSE. YEAH. BUT ALSO A REMINDER THAT THE TIER HAS THAT PROJECT AMONG MONTROSE AND THEY ARE INCLUDING EXACTLY TREES AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S COOL. AND I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THOSE PLANT SETS AND, UM, IMPRESSIVE. THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF HANDLING UNDER THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. SO THOSE COMMENTS REGARDING THE, THE, THE TREES THAT'S KIND OF A MOOT POINT WOULD BE HANDLED BY THE TOURS? YES. I THINK THEY'RE GONNA COORDINATE IT. YEAH. BUT THERE IS LIKE AN SORTED EFFORT TO ADDRESS TREES ALONG THE BOULEVARD UNDER THAT PROJECT AS WELL. AND IT MIGHT COORDIN COMPLICATE THE PROCESS IF WE OVERLAY A DIFFERENT REQUIREMENT. ALTHOUGH THAT IS SOMETHING, IF YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION TO INCREASE THE CALIBER ISSUES, I DO NOT. YOU CAN DO IT, BUT I DO NOT, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT HAVE THE CONVERSATION. YEAH. HOPEFULLY THE FOLKS LISTENING WHO HAD A QUESTION ABOUT TREES, THIS MIGHT ALLAY SOME CONCERN. YEAH. AND ANYTIME YOU CAN GET BIGGER TREES, YOU KNOW, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I'D GLAD WE DO. YOU, DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION FOR BIGGER, I MEAN, THE TUR HAS GOT A PLAN TO PUT TREES THERE, SO IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PART OF THE TUR PROJECT. NO, I UNDERSTAND THE TURS PROPERTY, WHICH IS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND, AND THEY HAVE A PLAN, BUT FOR THEIR PROPERTY, IF THEY'RE GOING TO ADD TREES, THEY'RE PROBABLY STILL NEED TO ADD STREET TREES AS PART OF THEIR PLAN. AND USUALLY CODE IS, I'M GONNA LOOK THREE, TWO INCHES, THREE INCHES, THREE INCHES. I MEAN, I KNOW WE'VE ASKED FOR 4, 5, 6, I MEAN SIX PRETTY BIG. OKAY. SO, AND, AND AS WE SAID, IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE SUCH A MOTION, YOU COULD, BUT IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NEED FOR THE APPLICANT TO RESPOND TO BECAUSE THERE MAY BE, IT MAY BE A SPACE ISSUE. YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS. SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET IT DONE AND NOT DEFER IT. BUT IF YOU, IF YOU WANT TO LOOK INTO THIS, I GUESS WE COULD DEFER IT. COMMISSIONER CLARK, MR. CRIDDLE, THE TREES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ARE THEY ON THE RIGHT OF WAY OR ARE THEY ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY? SO THE TREES, UH, WILSON, THERE SHOULD BE A, A STREET PICTURE. UH, THE TREES TECHNICALLY, AND I THINK IT'S IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, NOT WITHIN PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND IT'S NOT EXACTLY IN FRONT OF THE, THIS TREE IS, I BELIEVE THIS IS A TREE THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED THE PAST FEW WEEKS. UH, IT'S NOT WITH IN FRONT OF THE PLAT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED. SO, UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR, WHATEVER WE REQUIRE HERE CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITH THE TURS AS WELL AND WE KIND OF LEAVING IT UP TO THE APPLICANT TO, THAT'S MY CONCERN IS, [01:20:01] IS THAT WE'LL FORCE HIM TO PLANT SOMETHING AND THEN IT'LL GET RIPPED OUT WITH THE MM-HMM . THE TURS WELL AND MAYBE TREES, MAYBE THE TURS IS DOING IS BETTER, SO, YEAH. WELL, AND NOT TO GET TOO IN THE WEEDS, BUT THE CENTER POINT POWER LINES ARE NOT AT THE RIGHT OF WAY. THEY'RE LIKE SEVEN FEET IN AND SO A LOT OF THOSE TREES ARE UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES AND ALL THAT HAS TO BE CORRECTED AND FIXED UNDER THE, THE ROADWAY PROJECT TO GET APPROPRIATE TREES IN THE RIGHT SPOT. RIGHT NOW THE TREES ALONG MONTROSE BOULEVARD DON'T REALLY WORK WITH THE UTILITIES ALONG MONTROSE BOULEVARD. RIGHT. YEAH. SO, OKAY. YES. OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE IS MADAM, MADAM CHAIR. JUST ONE LAST, UH, REMINDER I'D LIKE TO PLACE ON THE RECORD. MR. MCALLEN REMINDS ME THAT, UM, THIS PROPERTY WILL REQUIRE A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS, UM, FOR ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE HISTORIC COMMISSION BECAUSE IT IS LOCATED IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AS IS THE PROPERTY ON ALABAMA. SO OH, HAVE BE ADDITIONAL REVIEWS? NO. OH, OKAY. OKAY. YEAH, SO THAT'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER LAYER. THEY WERE NON-CONTRIBUTING. I THINK THEY WERE NON-CONTRIBUTING BUILDINGS AT FIRST. OH, OKAY. ALL GOOD INFORMATION. OKAY. WHERE ARE WE? UM, MOTION WE'RE DISCUSSING, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT TREES. HUH? NO MOTIONS. GONNA SECOND. YEAH, NO, WE HAVEN'T TAKEN MOTION. ARE WE FINISHED? IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM 1 65? ROBINS CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. GOOD DISCUSSION. OKAY. 1 66 POLK PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS SOUTH AND ALONG POLK STREET AND EAST OF DELANO STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 19 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN A SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF FIVE FEET ALONG POLK STREET. A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FEET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF DOWNTOWN, A REDEVELOPING WALKABLE COMMUNITY. POLK STREET, THOUGH DESIGNATED A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FEATURES, CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH COLLECTOR AND LOCAL STREETS. ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL PAVEMENT WIDTH IS APPROXIMATELY 36 FEET ON AN 80 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, THERE IS AN EXISTING DEDICATED ON STREET HIGH COMFORT BIKEWAY ON BOTH SIDES OF POLK STREET, LEAVING TWO VEHICULAR TRAVEL LINES. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING SIX FOOT CLEAR WIDTH SIDEWALKS AND A MINIMUM FOUR FOOT SAFETY BUFFERS ALONG ALL THREE STREETS. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS AND INTENT OF THE PROPOSED LIVABLE PLACES AMENDMENTS VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE REAR AND FRONT DOOR AND ENTRY FEATURE ON ALL LOTS FACING THE PUBLIC STREETS WITH DIRECT PEDESTRIAN CONNECTION TO THE SIDEWALK. THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE PERMITTED A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG ALL STREET FRONTAGES WITH THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE SECONDARY TOD DESIGNATION ALONG POLK STREET ENDS ON THE EAST SIDE OF ENNI. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSING TO MEET ALL DESIGN CRITERIA REQUIRED OF BEING ABLE TO OPT INTO TOD, INCLUDING THE MAXIMUM 40 INCH HIGH NON OPAQUE FENCE AND THREE INCH CALIBER STREET TREES ALONG POLK. THE TOD ORDINANCE ONLY REQUIRES A 15 FEET PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG POLK, THUS ENABLING A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE IF THIS PROPERTY WERE ONE BLOCK TO THE EAST. GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IS CONSISTENT WITH SOUND PUBLIC POLICY AS THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN AMENITIES COMPLIMENT THE ADJACENT PUBLIC REALM AND MEETS THE LIVABLE PLACES PROPOSED AMENDMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION GRANT AND APPROVE IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION. MOTION TAHIR ALL ALLMAN. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. THE MOTION CARRIES 1 67 ITEM 1 67 IS PRESERVED AT FRIENDSWOOD GP. THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN IS A 71 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT NORTH ALONG PROPOSED STADIUM DRIVE WEST OF I 45 AND NORTH OF EL DORADO BOULEVARD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE INTENDED FOR MULTIFAMILY AND OTHER UNSPECIFIED FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY PROVIDING A NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST STREET AT 1,930 FEET. INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 1400 FOOT [01:25:01] SPACING. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE PROPERTIES, UH, SOUTH OF PROPOSED STADIUM DRIVE ARE ALL PLATTED AND RECORDED OFFERING NO OPPORTUNITIES FOR A RIGHT OF WAY TO EXTEND TO THE SOUTH AND THERE IS RECORDED OF TO THE EAST AS WELL. ALSO LIMITING OPTIONS FOR EXTENSION OF RIGHT OF WAY. THE DEVELOPER INTENDS TO CREATE A MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX AND THE REQUIRED RIGHT OF WAY WITHIN THE 1400 FOOT MARK WOULD UNDESIRABLE DIVIDE THE PROPERTY AS THERE ARE NO OPPORTUNITIES COULD CONNECT TO THE EAST OR THE SOUTH. THE SUBJECT SIDE HAS MULTIPLE ROADWAY EASEMENTS SHOWN IN BLUE, WHICH CAN BE HARD TO SEE HERE, INCLUDING A ROADWAY EASEMENT CROSSING EAST WEST AND THE NORTHERN PROPERTY LABELED WHITTCOMB ROAD AND ANOTHER ROADWAY EASEMENT CROSSING EAST WEST AND THEN TURNING NORTH ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BOUNDARY LABELED AS SHELL BASE ROAD. THE PROPOSED RIGHT OF AWAYS SHOWN IN RED WILL NOT ONLY EXTEND STADIUM DRIVE IN THE SOUTH, BUT WE'LL OVERTAKE SHELL BASE AND WICKHAM ROADWAY EASEMENTS AND REPLACE THEM WITH 60 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS THAT WILL CONNECT TO AND PROVIDE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH, UH, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE WEST. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND IMPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THERE ON THE SCREEN TO GRANT AND APPROVE ANY DISCUSSION ON 1 67. IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION ALLMAN ALLMAN SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, PLEASE NOTE THAT I THINK IS THAT YOU COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE, ARE YOU BACK? OKAY. YES, I AM BACK. THANK YOU. OKAY, SHE IS BACK. UM, ITEM 1 68. ITEM 1 68 IS QUARRY ON GRANT GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF GRANT ROAD, EAST OF PROPOSED BARKER CYPRESS ROAD AND WEST OF TELLY ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 350 ACRE GENERAL PLAN OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS COMMERCIAL AND DETENTION AREAS, AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG GRANT ROAD. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO CONNECTIONS TO THE SOUTH ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GRANT ROAD, EAST OF THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF BARKER CYPRUS ROAD. THE CONNECTION FURTHER EAST IS PROPOSED LESS THAN 600 FEET FROM EXISTING FRICTION CEMETERY ROAD. THE PROPOSED LOCATION AT 403 FEET AWAY WAS COORDINATED WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING CLOSER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY REQUESTED WHEN IT WAS ON THE PREVIOUS AGENDA AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO HAVE THE INTERSECTION FARTHER AWAY FROM THE CURVE IN GRANT ROAD EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE MAKING THE REQUEST FALL. JUST OUTSIDE THE REQUIREMENTS OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF'S NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON 1 68 UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? MOTION AMANDA. SECOND MANDUKA. SECOND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES 1 69. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, UH, MEMBERS OF HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. ITEM 1 69 IS SMS 1960 EAST LTD. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT AND 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 A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE SITE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE CITY AND ETJ LINE EAST OF LAKE HOUSTON. THE SITE ABUTS AN ACTIVE RAIL CORRIDOR WHICH EXEMPTS THE APPLICANT FROM PROVIDING A STREET THROUGH THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. THE REMAINDER OF THE SITE ABUT CITY ON ACREAGE THAT HAS BEEN SET ASIDE FOR WETLANDS MITIGATION. THESE CONDITIONS MAKE ANY EXTENSION OF A NORTH SOUTH STREET. VERY UNLIKELY STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO AS JUSTIFIED CONSIDERING THESE UNIQUE SITE CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UH, DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE [01:30:01] AND APPROVE THE PLAT. ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? HEES. OKAY. HINES SECOND, CCA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UH, ONE 70 STAR WINDOWS HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. TAKES US TO 1 71 AND 1 72. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THESE TWO ITEMS. OKAY, COMMISSIONER. HES WILL BE ABSTAINING ON THESE TWO. THIS IS TOMPKINS RESERVE GENERAL PLAN IN SECTION ONE, THE GP HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE. THE SECTION IS DEFERRED ONCE THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, ETJ SOUTH OF WESTHEIMER PARKWAY AND NORTH OF KATY GASTON ROAD. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN ALONG PUBLIC STREETS AND IS REQUESTING TWO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND THREE VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACE AND REQUIREMENTS. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF EACH REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE FORT BEND COUNTY ETJ, BETWEEN TWO SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES AND THE BUFFALO VOLUME. THE SITE FRONTS HUNTER LANE, WHICH WILL BE USED FOR PRIMARY ACCESS. THE APPLICANT PROPOSING IS PROPOSING A SECOND STREET CONNECTION TO THE SOUTHEAST CONNECTING STANFORD, EXCUSE ME, STANFORD GREEN DRIVE OPPOSITE THE SILVER RANCH DRAINAGE CHANNEL. THERE WILL BE NO ROADWAY CONNECTION ACROSS THE CHANNEL, THOUGH THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL ALLOW FOR STREET CONNECTION IF CONDITIONS CHANGE IN THE FUTURE. STAFF AND THE APPLICANT HAVE REVIEWED POSSIBLE STREET CONNECTIONS THAT WOULD CONNECT THE SITE WITH KATIE GASTON ROAD. HOWEVER, THOSE OPTIONS CREATE ADDITIONAL COMPLICATIONS AS THEY REQUIRE SMALLER TRACKS TO BE DE TO DEDICATE LARGER PORTIONS OF THEIR LAND FOR STREET CONSTRUCTION. STAFF FINDS THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO BE JUSTIFIED CONSIDERING THE UNIQUE SITE CONDITIONS LIMITING STREET EXTENSION OPPORTUNITIES. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE REQUESTS THE GP AND THE PLAT PER THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, UH, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THE GP IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT AND THEN TO APPROVE THE PLAT ON SECTION ONE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH? MOTION JONES JONES SECOND CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES NOTING THAT COMMISSIONER HY ABSTAINS, UH, THAT CONCLUDES VARIANCES. WE HAVE NO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. WE'VE [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Petra Hsia, Geoff Butler, and John Cedillo)] GOT A COUPLE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS BEGINNING WITH 1 73. JUST, JUST A COUPLE MORE . YEAH. ITEM 1 73 IS FUQUAY ESTATES. THE SUBJECT SITE IS A FIVE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG FUQUAY STREET EAST OF WAYSIDE DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 42 LOT TYPE TWO PAE DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO DEDICATE A 40 FOOT WIDE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY INSTEAD OF THE 50 FOOT WIDE REQUIRED MINIMUM FOR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAYS. STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE PROPERTY IS NEARLY 280 FEET, HAS TWO NEARLY 280 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG FEW QUA STREET AND WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED OUT OF A LARGER 19 ACRE PROPERTY WITH A TOTAL OF 800 FEET OF FRONTAGE. GIVEN THE SIZEABLE AREA OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CONSIDERABLE CONSTRAINTS OF MAINTAINING UTILITIES WITHIN A 40 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, THERE ARE NO SUPPORTABLE HARDSHIPS IN THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER APPLICANT REQUEST TO COORDINATE WITH THE OWNER AND CONSIDER OTHER POTENTIAL DESIGN LAYOUTS AND FURTHER DISCUSSION. MA'AM. CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UH, NONE. WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER IF THERE IS, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, AND THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? INTERESTING QUESTION. . WELL, THANK YOU. SIRI? YES. MOTION. SIRI? OKAY. NO. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER? MOTION GARZA GARZA TAHIR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. NOW I'LL BE PARANOID ABOUT TALKING TO MY WATCH. HOW DO I TURN THAT OFF? OKAY. SIRI JUST WANTS SPIRITED 1 74 KELLY ESTATES. ITEM 1 74 IS KELLY ESTATES. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 28 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE MONTGOMERY COUNTY, EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION EAST OF LOOP 4 94 AND SOUTH OF PROPOSED MILLS BRANCH ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES, A LARGE DETENTION RESERVE AND A LIFT STATION RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY'S NORTHERN BOUNDARY. AS SHOWN IN RED STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS PROVIDING A MUCH NEEDED TO THOSE SECUROUS NORTH SOUTH STREET AND IS EXCEEDING THE 1400 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY. THE SUBJECT SITE COULD MEET CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS BY [01:35:01] PROVIDING THE THREE STEPS SHOWN HERE IN RED, UH, BUT, AND NOT, AND NOT PROVIDING A CONNECTION TO UON TO THE NORTH. BUT THE AREA WOULD BE LEFT WITHOUT A CONNECTION TO THE NORTHERN RIGHT OF WAY SYSTEM. INSTEAD, THE PROPOSED CONNECTION TO UON WOULD GIVE SUFFICIT CONNECTIVITY TO THE NORTHERN RIGHT RIGHTWAY NETWORK AND FUTURE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MILLS BRANCH. THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SUBJECT SITE IS BORDERED BY RECORDED PLATS FOR SINGLE-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND THE WOODRIDGE FOREST MIDDLE SCHOOL DENYING ANY ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS TO THE SOUTH. THE PINK LINE SHOWS THE, UH, ONLY EXISTING CONNECTION ACROSS THE PROPOSED WOODLAND MILLS HOSE BRANCH, MIDLAND HILLS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SHOWING HOW NEEDED THE, UH, THE CONNECTING RIGHT OF WAY IS NORTH OF THE PROPERTY IS LARGELY UNDEVELOPED AND PROVIDING ANY ADDITIONAL CONNECTION TO THE NORTH WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ADVANTAGEOUS TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION OR CONNECTIVITY. GRANTING THE VARIANCE THROUGH REQUESTED VARIANCE WOULD NOT ONLY WOULD ALLOW AN UNDIVIDED NEARLY 10 ACRE DETENTION AND DRAINAGE RESERVE THAT WOULD SERVE THE LOCAL FLOODWAY COMING ALONG THE WEST BOUNDARY GRANTEE. THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE WOULD NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROV THE PLA SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS COUNTY ENGINEER HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE. MAD CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK QUESTION. OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER S SO I GUESS, UH, I MEAN I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, BUT HOW DO WE FEEL 20 YEARS FROM NOW? OR, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, DO WE REALLY THINK SOME OF THAT TO THE NORTH WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED? YOU SHOW THE SITE, UH, THE, THE SUB SUBDIVISION PLAQUE PLEASE. SO THEY ARE NOT ONLY CREATING THAT CONNECTION TO THE NORTH ON THE EAST, THEY ARE PROVIDING A SMALLER STUB TO THE UNDEVELOPED AREAS TO THE EAST THAT KIND OF IS BEING LIGHTED. OKAY. I'M SORRY I MISSED THAT. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE. IT'S VERY SMALL, BUT, UM, THEY ARE CREATING THAT CONNECTION TO IT. AN EXISTING STUB ALREADY FROM THE NORTH. THIS WILL NOT DIRECTLY CONNECT ON THAT NORTHERN SIDE, BUT IT WILL GIVE ANOTHER CONNECTION IN THE FUTURE. NO, I APOLOGIZE. I MISSED THAT. THANKS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MA SECOND. ALL ALLMAN? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. [Platting Activities g - i] THAT TAKES US TO SECTIONS, GH AND I. GOOD AFTERNOON MA'AM. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS G, H AND I AS ONE GROUP. OKAY, SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 75 THROUGH 180 SECTION H. NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS AND SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 180 1 THROUGH 180 4. THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS AND I, THERE ARE NO ITEMS TAKEN OUT OF ORDER PER STAFF AND NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS GH AND I MOTION GARZA, GARZA, CLARK, CLARK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UM, WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER SECTION J. [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler)] SECTION K IS DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. ITEM 180 5, ITEM 180 5 IS 1613. ILLA STREET SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG TRILLA, SOUTH OF ALABAMA AND EAST OF ALAMEDA. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THIS HOME TO BE CONSTRUCTED WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE TXDOT RIGHT OF WAY AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 25 FEET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED ON A SEGMENT OF TRILLO THAT TERMINATES AT THE US 59 AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 INTERCHANGE. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A HOME WITH ACCESS FROM TRILLO AND WILL MEET THE REQUIRED BUILDING LINES FOR LOCAL STREETS. THE HOME WILL FEATURE A CARPORT ENTRY PARALLEL WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH WILL DISCOURAGE PARKED VEHICLES FROM OBSTRUCTING THE PUBLIC REALM. THE SITE HAS SECONDARY FRONTAGE ALONG THE FREEWAY INTERCHANGE, WHICH REQUIRES A 25 FOOT SETBACK. THE FREEWAY PROPERTY LINE IS SET BACK BETWEEN 71 AND 103 FEET FROM THE PAVED ROADWAY. THE FREEWAY IS ELEVATED, WHICH ADDS FURTHER SEPARATION FROM THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE AND TRAFFIC. FUTURE FREEWAY REALIGNMENT WILL MOVE THESE TRAVEL LANES BELOW GRADE AT A SOUND BARRIER AND WILL NOT RESULT IN ANY RIGHT OF WAY. TAKINGS FROM THIS SITE. STAFF FINDS THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE REQUESTS TO BE JUSTIFIED CONSIDERING THE UNIQUE SITE CONDITIONS PRESENTED BY THE FREEWAY REVIEW. LEGAL INDICATES THIS REQUEST WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE VARIANCE. WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER, [01:40:01] MS. COMMISSIONER, MODEST? NO, NO QUESTION. BUT I WAS GONNA SAY THANK YOU FOR KIND OF ADDRESSING THE SOUND WALL, UM, COMMENT BECAUSE I THINK SOME, SOMETIMES WHEN WE, YOU KNOW, GIVE, UH, APPROVAL TO MOVE CLOSER TO THE RIGHT OF WAY OR, YOU KNOW, YOU WONDER IF FIVE, 10 YEARS DOWN THE ROAD THEY'RE GONNA MAKE NOISE COMPLAINTS. RIGHT. SO I APPRECIATE THAT, THAT YOU TOOK CARE OF THAT. YEAH. GOOD. ANY, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? YES, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I'VE, UM, TRIED TO DO A BUILDING WITHIN THE 25 FOOT STEP BACK OF T AND HOW TO GET THEIR APPROVAL BECAUSE THE REQUIREMENT, THEY HAVE THAT SAME REQUIREMENT I THOUGHT I DID. AND, UH, IT ALSO, WITH THE UNKNOWN DESIGN CHANGES, IT MIGHT BE WISE TO HAVE T.REVIEW THIS AND SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY CONCERNS. I MEAN, AGAIN, JUST THAT'S ONE OF THE LAST PIECES OF THIS PROJECT. UM, SO WE DO HAVE PRELIMINARY DRAWINGS OF THE NEW FREEWAY, UH, ALIGNMENT. THEY'RE, THEY'RE SHOWING WHERE THE SOUNDWALL LOCATION IS AND IT'S IN THEIR EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY AND THEY DON'T SHOW ANY TAKINGS OF THAT. SO WE USE THAT INFORMATION TO CONCLUDE THAT IT'S LARGELY GONNA BE RECONFIGURED WITHIN THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY AND THEY WON'T HAVE ACCESS TO IT OBVIOUSLY. SO IT'S NOT, THEY WON'T GET, NEED TO GET PERMISSION FOR DRIVING INTO THE THEATER ROAD. BUT IN ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION, IS THERE A REQUIREMENT THAT T DOT APPROVE IT OR NOT? I THINK THAT'S JUST FOR ACCESS. OH, FOR ACCESS, OKAY. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IAN? YEAH, IF I WAS THE HOMEOWNER TRYING TO BUILD SOMETHING, I WOULD STILL WANNA HEAR FROM TDOT. I MEAN, UH, YEAH, THERE'S A LOT OF EXAMPLES WHERE EVERYBODY THOUGHT THEY WERE SAFE AND THIS PLAN TWEAKED OR CHANGED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE WHILE THE PRELIMINARY PLANS, MY UNDERSTANDING THIS IS A DESIGN BUILD CONTRACT AND THIS WILL BE THE LAST PHASE. SO, UM, JUST MY RECOMMENDATION. WELL, WE'LL ASK, ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATION TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT OR DO YOU THINK CERTAINLY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. OKAY. IF THERE IS, UH, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON 180 5. RIGHT? NOBODY IN THE CHAT. UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE, UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR. PARDON ME? MADAM CHAIR? JOYCE OWENS HERE. APPLICANT. OH YES. SORRY, I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU WANTED TO SPEAK. GO RIGHT AHEAD. NO, I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO RESPOND. I HAVE SPOKE, SPOKEN WITH RICK HENDERSON AT TXDOT REGARDING THE NEW ALIGNMENT AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS. I DIDN'T GET IT IN WRITING, BUT WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR ANY KIND OF DRIVEWAY PERMIT. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT FOR APPROVAL, BUT YOU DID REACH OUT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT HELPS. OKAY. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ROBINS BOULEVARD, WHO, WHO WANTS TO SPEAK? NO, NO MOTION. OH, SORRY. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION ROBINS. IS THERE A SECOND, MA? UH, THIS IS A MOTION TO APPROVE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. [II. Establish a public hearing date of June 22, 2023] OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO AND ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF JUNE 22ND, 2023 FOR JUST A HANDFUL OF, UM, APPLICATIONS. UM, AMOS STREET ESTATES, CARTER ESTATES, REPL NUMBER ONE BAR ACRE REPL NUMBER ONE FOSTER ESTATES, OAK FOREST VILLAS AND QT 7 9 5 1 EDITION. IS THERE A MOTION TO SET JUNE 22ND FOR THE HEARINGS MOTION A, IS THERE A SECOND MARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCES. BUT I WANTED TO SHOUT OUT TO, UH, MS. MACHO AND HER ENTIRE STAFF WHO REALLY, UH, WE ONLY DEFERRED I THINK SIX ITEMS IN ALL THE PLATTING ACTIVITY, WHICH WAS A HERCULEAN EFFORT AND, UM, IT WAS GREAT TO, YOU KNOW, GET THOSE CONCLUDED. THANK YOU FOR THAT WORK. UM, OKAY, WE'RE ON ROMAN NUMERAL THREE, BUT IT'S BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO WE'RE ON ROMAN [IV. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 1923 Blodgett Street (Geoff Butler)] NUMERAL 4 19 23 BLODGETT. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG BLODGETT. BETWEEN ALAMEDA AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 88. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES CONVERTING AN EXISTING HOME TO A LAW OFFICE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE TWO SPACES ON SITE RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED THREE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA AND BLODGETT AS WITHIN A DESIGNATED TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT CORRIDOR. THE DESIGNATION QUALIFIES THE APPLICANT FOR A 50% REDUCTION ON THE REQUIRED PARKING BASED ON BEING SITUATED [01:45:01] CLOSE TO HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE TWO OF THE THREE REQUIRED SPACES WITH THE TOD REDUCTION. THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING TWO SPACES ON SITE, INCLUDING ONE RESERVE FOR THE DISABLED. THE SITE IS ALSO WELL SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION WITH AN EXISTING BUS AND RAIL AND PLAN BUS RAPID TRANSIT. FURTHERMORE, THE SITE FEATURES AMPLE ON STREET PARKING ALONG BLOT DURING ANTICIPATED PEAK DEMAND REVIEW. BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS APPLICATION WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE TWO SPACES INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED THREE. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO WRITTEN COMMENTS. UH, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. OKAY. UH, QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER. UM, THE APPLICANT, UH, IS PRESENT, UM, TO SPEAK. UM, JOSE, UH, IS IT VACAS? YES. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK OR JUST QUESTIONS? UH, JUST QUESTIONS. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I GUESS NOT. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO APPROVE THE PARKING VARIANCE. ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION CLARK AND SECOND VICTOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. AND NEXT WE'RE [V. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 2201 Hermann Drive (Geoff Butler)] ON ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE. ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE IS 2201 HERMAN DRIVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG HERMAN BETWEEN ALAMEDA AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 88. THE APPLICANT PROPOSED CONVERTING AN EXISTING HOME TO A LAW OFFICE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE TWO SPACES ONSITE RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED SEVEN. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS AT THE NORTHEASTERN INTERSEC INTERSECTION OF ALAMEDA AND HERMAN AND IS LOCATED WITHIN A BLOCK OF A DESIGNATED TOD CORRIDOR. WHILE THE SITE IS OUTSIDE THE AREA THAT QUALIFIES FOR THE PARKING REDUCTION. THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEATURES MANY OF THE QUALITIES ENVISIONED FOR TO, UH, OBTAIN THE TOD PARKING CREDIT. THESE INCLUDE PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT, ROBUST STREET GRID, AND A COMFORTABLE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE. THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING TWO SPACES ON SITE, INCLUDING ONE RESERVE FOR THE DISABLED. THE SITE IS ALSO WELL SERVED BY PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND IS CLOSE TO A NETWORK OF TRAIL CONNECTIONS THROUGH HERMAN PARK. FURTHERMORE, THE SITE FEATURES AMPLE ON STREET PARKING ALONG HERMAN DURING ANTICIPATED PEAK DEMAND REVIEW. BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS APPLICATION WILL NOT VIOLATE CONDITIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE TWO SPACES INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED SEVEN. WE'VE RECEIVED NO WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? UM, THIS IS ALSO, UH, JOSE ROS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, THEN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE. IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE JONES MADAM CHAIR? UM, THERE APPEARS TO BE SPEAKERS, UM, WHO HAVE SIGNED UP. OH, REALLY? ON ITEM FIVE? MM-HMM . OKAY. I'M SORRY. RETRACT THOSE MOTIONS. YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TELL ME, UM, THE FIRST PERSON WHO SIGNED UP THIS MALCOLM LEE. OKAY. MALCOLM LEE. LEE. MALCOLM LEE. OKAY. AND THE SECOND SPEAKER IS KAREN LEE. KAREN LEE. HELLO? YES. HI. I'M SORRY. GO RIGHT AHEAD. ARE YOU, I WAS TRYING TO DO THE STAR SIX AND IT JUST HAD A DELAY. WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN HAVING TROUBLE TODAY. MY NAME AND I APOLOGIZE. YOU ARE RIGHT HERE ON MY LIST. I JUST MISSED YOU. UH, YOU'RE MALCOLM LEE NAME. THAT'S FINE. I AM MALCOLM LEE. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. YES. UH, DUE TO HEALTH AND SAFETY REASONS, UH, I'M DECLINING TO SPEAK TODAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK IS KAREN. OKAY. THANK KAREN LEE. THERE, UH, NO. UH, IT'S, IT'S, UM, IT, UH, KAREN LEE IS NOT HERE, BUT, UH, THE SAME REASONS. OKAY. UM, ALL RIGHT. SO SHE DECLINES TO SPEAK TODAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ROMAN NUMERAL 5 22 0 1 HERMAN DRIVE? OKAY. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PARKING VARIANCE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF WE ASKED IF THERE WAS FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSION, IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION? JONES, JONES SECOND GARZA GARZA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION [01:50:01] CARRIES. IT IS APPROVED. [VI. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 2711 Harrisburg Avenue (Geoff Butler)] UM, THAT WILL TAKE US TO ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, WHICH IS 27 11 HARRISBURG BOULEVARD. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED THREE TIMES. 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 WITHIN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS TO ALLOW FOR 22 PARKING SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 52 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE EAST END, ALONG THE GREEN LINE OF METRO'S LIGHT RAIL SYSTEM. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESTAURANT WITHIN AN EXISTING STRUCTURE. THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT A REDUCTION IN THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WILL ALLOW FOR PORTIONS OF THE SITE TO BE USED FOR SEATING AND LANDSCAPING RATHER THAN SURFACE PARKING. THE SITE IS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE CITY'S MARKET-BASED PARKING AREA, WHICH FEATURES NO REQUIREMENTS FOR OFF STREET PARKING. THE SUBJECT SITE FEATURES MANY OF THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS THAT ARE UNDERSTOOD TO REDUCE THE DEMAND FOR PRIVATE AUTOMOBILE USE. THESE INCLUDE PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT, MULTI-USE TRAILS, AND A ROBUST STREET GRID ALLOWING FOR AMPO. AMPLE MULTIMODAL ACCESS STAFF HAS CONDUCTED NUMEROUS SITE VISITS TO THE SITE TO UNDERSTAND THE SITE'S RELATIONSHIP TO THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. STAFF KNOW THAT THE SITE IS WITHIN A COMFORTABLE WALK TO TWO METRO RAIL STATIONS AND THAT THERE'S AMPLE ON STREET PARKING AVAILABLE IN NEARBY CLUSTERS OF SIMILAR USES DURING PEAK HOURS. FURTHERMORE, STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF NUMEROUS 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 THE GRANTING THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR 22 SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 52 STAFF HAS INCLUDED THE PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED SITE PLAN, WHICH PROVIDES 14 SPACES. THE APPLICANT WISHES FOR THE INITIAL SITE PLAN TO BE APPROVED, BUT ADDED THE EIGHT SPACES, AN ADDITIONAL CURB CUT IN RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING. STAFF HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENT AND A PETITION FROM THE PUBLIC OBJECTING TO THE REQUESTS IMPACT ON STREET PARKING. 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. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS, THE APPLICANT AND ONE OTHER SPEAKER THAT I, THAT I HAVE. ANYWAY, ARE THERE QUESTIONS FROM MR. BUTLER? YES. COMM? YES. COMMISSIONER ROGERS, YOU SAID THERE'S, UM, MARKET BA BASED PARKING JUST TO THE SOUTH. I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE MAP WHERE, 'CAUSE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH IT LOOKS LIKE A RAIL YARD THAT IS WITHIN, UM, THE MARKET BASED PARKING AREA. THE RAIL YARD? YES. OKAY. BUT IT DOESN'T APPLY TO COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? NO, NO. YEAH, I SEE IT. I JUST, I RIGHT. OKAY. OH, SORRY. THE CENTER POINT AREA. YEAH, IT'S, IT'S OVER TRACKS ACROSS THE STREET AND OVER THE TRACKS ACROSS THE STREET AND OVER THE TRACKS. OKAY. THROUGH THE WOODS. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? SURE. OKAY. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UM, THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS FOR ONLY PROVIDING 14 SPACES AND HE WOULD'VE PROVIDED ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACE AND ACTIVATION USE SPACE FOR THOSE. UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BELIEVES 22 SPACES IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN, NOT MORE IMPORTANT THAN GREEN SPACE, BUT IT'S MORE ADVANTAGEOUS TO PROVIDE 22 THAN 14. MY QUESTION IS, WE COULD LEAVE THAT UP TO HIM TO SUIT HIS BUSINESS PURPOSES BETTER, UM, BY GOING WITH THE 14 UNLESS, BECAUSE THEN THOSE SPACES ARE DEFINITELY PARKING. AND I JUST WANTED TO GET YOUR RATIONALE. WAS THERE A REAL REASON YOU GUYS PUSHED FROM 14 TO 22? THE DESIRE TO INCLUDE MORE SPACES WAS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION AT THE LAST MEETING. UH, THERE WERE SOME CONCERNS BROUGHT UP ABOUT 14 NOT BEING ENOUGH. UM, WE OBVIOUSLY PRESENTED THE LAST PROPOSAL WITH 14 WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL, BUT THE APPLICANT ADDED THE EXTRA SPACES IN RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION AND WE SUPPORT THAT. OKAY. COMMISSIONER GARZA? YES. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. NOW MR. BUTLER, A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS, UH, I UNDERSTAND YOU AND STAFF WALKED IT FROM THE RAIL, UH, FROM THE LIGHT RAIL STATIONS, AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S EIGHT TO 10 MINUTES TO WALK FROM EITHER STATION WEST OR EAST, CORRECT? CORRECT. OKAY. LIKE I SAID, JUST BETWEEN US GIRLS THERE ARE LIKE FIVE BARS AND RESTAURANTS BETWEEN WHERE I LIVE AND WHERE YOU ARE, BUT I'M LIKE, I'LL GET THERE EVENTUALLY. AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, I WANTED TO, UH, THANK THE APPLICANT FOR REVISING AND ADDING THE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE AS APPROPRIATELY AS THE CONCERNS OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMUNITY WERE MADE KNOWN TO THEM. SO I REALLY WANNA EXTEND MY THANK YOU FOR ADDING THOSE ADDITIONAL SPACES. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE LOSS OF THE GREEN [01:55:01] SPACE SET, GRASS PARK IS BASICALLY A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF GREEN SPACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA BE LOSING ANYTHING THERE. IT IS AN AMENITY THAT, UH, THAT THE APPLICANT IS GIVING UP, BUT ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE NORTHWEST SIDE LOOKS LIKE THERE'S OUTDOOR SEATING, WHICH I WOULD EXPECT TO BE ALSO GREEN AND PARK-LIKE. SO AGAIN, MY THANKS TO THE APPLICANT AND TO STAFF MR. BUTLER FOR TAKING A WALK OUT THERE AND SEEING WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CLARK? I APPRECIATE THE, THE APPLICANT DOING THAT AS WELL, BUT IN MY OPINION IT WAS NOT NECESSARY. UM, WE APPROVED THIS REDUCED PARKING PREVIOUSLY, AND I'M GONNA STATE AGAIN WHAT I STATED LAST MEETING. WE EITHER BELIEVE IN WHAT WE APPROVED AND WHAT WE AGREED TO OR WE DON'T. AND I QUITE FRANKLY THINK IT'S A SHAME THAT WE LOST ALL THAT GREEN SPACE ON THIS LOT. UM, I JUST NEEDED TO SAY THAT PUBLICLY. YEAH. OKAY. I'M GONNA ECHO, UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK AND COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG AND OFFER, UH, TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THIS WITH THE 14 SPOTS, NOT THE 22. THAT WILL BE MY MOTION. OKAY. UH, CAN WE, LET ME, I THINK COMMISSIONER COBAR WANTED TO SPEAK. YEAH, SO IF I RECALL AT THE LAST, AT THE LAST MEETING, HE WAS, UM, OPEN TO ADDING ADDITIONAL ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES. IS THAT, UM, I, I JUST WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE DOCUMENTS AND I COULDN'T SEE OH, I SEE. HE'S HERE TODAY. SO THE, THE REVISED SITE PLAN IS IN, SHOULD BE IN YOUR PACKET. THEY'RE IDENTIFIED WITH HC AS OPPOSED TO A LOGO. OKAY. AND, AND I'M SORRY, HOW MANY ARE THERE? THERE ARE TWO. THERE ARE TWO. OKAY. OKAY. UH, BEFORE WE HAVE MOTIONS, I THINK WE NEED TO HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON IT, JUST OUT OF, UH, PROCESS WISE AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. DO YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW OR AT THE END? UH, I, I CAN SPEAK NOW. OKAY. COME RIGHT AHEAD. IT'S SHAHEEN NAGA, UH, NAGA. YES, MA'AM. UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I'M SORRY. NAVI HAVING ME BACK. UM, SOMETHING THAT THIS IS NOT NOTING AND, AND, UH, WE HAD JUST SENT IT OVER MAYBE TWO, THREE HOURS AGO, SO IT'S NOT IN THE PACKET, IS THAT I ALSO HAVE APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 17 PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE ON ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON NAGLE THAT'S ONLY ADJACENT TO MY PROPERTY. SO DOES NOT BLOCK ANYONE ELSE ON NAGLE, JUST MY PROPERTY. AND, AND SO THAT'S, I GUESS I, THAT WASN'T VERY CLEAR WHEN I, WHEN I FIRST SUBMITTED, AND IT WAS JUST KIND OF COMMON SENSE THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE PUT IT IN THE BEGINNING TO SHOW SUPPORT PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, BUT NAGLE AGAIN IS A DEAD END STREET. IT IT IS, IT IS NOT A THROUGH STREET. IT ENDS RIGHT AT MY PROPERTY LINE INTO A BEAUTIFUL GREEN SPACE. UM, AND THAT WAS KIND OF THE IDEA THAT WE CAN CONNECT THE GREEN SPACES FROM THE MULTI-USE PARK, SORRY, THE MULTI-USE, UH, WALKWAY AND GREEN SPACE INTO, UH, ANOTHER GREEN SPACE TO GET TO CEGA PARK, WHICH IS A PHENOMENAL PARK. I THINK IT'S VERY UNDERRATED. MANY PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT. UM, YOU JUST HAVE A LOT OF CONCRETE AND IT'S NOT THE PRETTIEST WALK, BUT, UM, IT IS, UH, IT IS SOMEWHAT CONVENIENT, BUT YES TO THIS, AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREENS NOW, UM, IF YOU PARK ONLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, NOT ON THE LEFT SIDE, JUST ONLY ON THE RIGHT SIDE, WE CAN GET 15 TO 17 PARKING SPACES. OKAY. SO, BUT YEAH, IF I CAN GET THE, IF I CAN PUT THE GREEN SPACE BACK INTO THE PROJECT, I WOULD LOVE THAT. WOULD YOU, CAN YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE THAT ONE MORE TIME? YEAH. WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE 14 SPACES WITH GREEN SPACE INSTEAD OF 22 SPACES? YES. I WOULD PREFER THAT JUST BECAUSE I THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY. UM, IT'S GOING TO PROVIDE A REALLY, REALLY NICE LUSH BUILDING AND FEEL TO THE PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE'RE DOING ALREADY. UM, AND TO ECHO A FEW OTHER PEOPLE HERE, THIS, IF THERE WAS EVER A PROPERTY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE, UM, PUT INTO THE MARKET-BASED PARKING, IT WOULD MAYBE BE THIS, IT'S SANDWICHED BETWEEN TWO LIGHT RAIL SPOTS. IT'S ON NOT JUST A SIDEWALK, BUT ON A MULTI-USE PATH THAT'S LIGHTED AND VIBRANT. UM, IT'S GOT, UH, BEAUTIFUL GREENERY IN FRONT OF IT. UM, IT'S KIND OF THE, IT'S KIND OF THE, UH, UH, THE POSTER CHILD FOR THE REASON OF MARKET-BASED PARKING. SO I WOULD HONESTLY LOVE FOR, FOR EVERYONE HERE TO SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU DECIDE HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS YOU NEED, THIS SHOULD BE PART OF MARKET-BASED PARKING AND THIS IS WHY WE DID IT. THAT'S HONESTLY WHAT I WOULD RATHER PREFER. I'M GONNA PROVIDE WHAT I THINK IS BEST FOR THE COMMUNITY, WHICH THEN IN TURN PROVIDES WHAT'S BEST FOR THAT, THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING AS A DEVELOPER. UM, AND THE REASON WHY I KEPT IT AND DIDN'T LET A HOME BUILDER BUY IT, BASICALLY. OKAY. AND JUST FOR DISCLOSURE, SINCE IT WASN'T PART OF THE, THE, YOUR PROPOSAL, YOUR APPLICATION, YOU, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE 15 SPACES YOU OWN THAT IT'S, IT'S, WELL IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ON THE STREET. IT'S ON NAGLE, WHICH IS THE DEAD END STREET. OKAY. AND IT ONLY, AND IT ONLY ABUTS [02:00:01] MY PROPERTY. OKAY. SO, BUT IF SOMETHING WAS TO BE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE LIKELIHOOD OF IT BEING DEVELOPED, BUT YOU, NOTHING, THEY WOULD GO AWAY JUST YEAH, SURE. FOR THE RECORD. YES. ABSOLUTELY. AND, AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS OR THAT WITH THE, WITH THE LARGE WAREHOUSES THERE ARE, UM, IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AS WELL? YES. OKAY. UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THAT SURE. I APPRECIATE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. OKAY. WE DO HAVE A, AN AT LEAST ONE OTHER SPEAKER, UM, MARIE KAVANAUGH. HI, HOW ARE YOU? IT'S MARIA. HI. GO RIGHT AHEAD. HI. UM, I WAS SPEARHEADING THE PETITION OF THE 32, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. JUST THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, DIRECTLY NORTH THERE AND ALONG SET OF GAS PARK. UM, WE ARE HAPPY WITH, UM, WELL, I THINK THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION BETWEEN THIS MEETING AND LAST MEETING. AT LAST MEETING, AT THE LAST MEETING, IT SEEMED LIKE THE COMMISSION WAS ASKING FOR MORE PARKING SPOTS, WHICH IS WHY THE MR. NAVI ADDED THOSE SPOTS. AND I ACT, WE HADN'T SEEN THE NEW PLANS, UH, THAT WERE SUBMITTED WITH THE 22 SPOTS, BUT THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BENEFIT US IN THE LONG RUN. UM, ESPECIALLY, YOU KNOW, MY STREET, IT'S NAGEL AND THE OTHER STREET DELANO. UM, I GUESS REMOVING, I MEAN, WE WOULD LOVE GREEN SPACE, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE THINK THAT THE MORE PARKING SPOTS FOR A RESTAURANT OF HOW IS IT SIX CLOSE TO 6,000 SQUARE FEET IS MORE BENEFICIAL TO US AND TO OUR NEEDS NOW THEN THE GREEN SPACE, BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SET A GUEST PARK, WHICH WE LOVE. AND YOU KNOW, UM, SO I GUESS I'M JUST A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED OF WHY WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE ORIGINAL 14, APPROVING THE ORIGINAL 14 AFTER DISCUSSING IT LAST WEEK. UM, SO WE, WE, WE WOULD LOVE THE 22 SPOTS, BUT IF, UH, I GUESS IF THE 14 SPOTS ARE APPROVED, THEN THE BURDEN IS ON US AS A NEIGHBORHOOD TO IMPLEMENT, UH, PARKING REGULATIONS ON OUR STREET. I'M NOT SURE THE, I GUESS THE BURDEN IS PLACED BACK ON US INSTEAD OF THE DEVELOPER. YEAH. UH, YES. AND I, I'M SORRY FOR THE CONFUSION. THIS IS AN UNUSUAL CASE, BUT IN RESPONSE TO YOUR PLEA, THE APPLICANT WENT AHEAD AND ADDED THOSE SPACES, BUT HE'S ALSO TELLING US HE HAS AN, AN ADDITIONAL 15 THAT HE CAN UTILIZE ON NAGLE. SO, WHICH SORT OF MITIGATES THE NEED FOR THOSE EXERCISES. WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE COMMISSION DECIDES TO DO ON THIS, BUT, UM, BUT THAT IS JUST STREET PARKING OFF OF NAGLE. YEAH, IT'S STREET, IT'S JUST STREET PARKING. YEAH, IT, IT'S STREET PARKING, WHICH SOMETIMES WE TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION ON THESE. SO, UM, BUT STAND BY AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THE, THE FURTHER DISCUSSION IS. UM, OKAY. THANK YOU MS. KAVANAUGH. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS? NO. ANY PUBLIC SPEAKERS. OKAY. UM, THEN WE'RE GONNA GO TO, UH, COMMISSIONERS AND I THINK COMMISSIONER COLVARD WANTED TO SPEAK. I I THINK YOU HAVE SOMEONE HERE RAISING THEIR HAND. OH, I'M SORRY. IN THE AUDIENCE. YES. COME FORWARD PLEASE. OKAY. HI. AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. YES, I ZAMORE AND I LIVE ON NAGEL STREET, AND I KNOW WHERE THAT DEAD, DEAD END STREET IS. DID HE SAY HE WAS GONNA HAVE HOW MANY PARKINGS? 14 OR 22? 15, 17. 15 TO 17. 15 TO WHAT? 17. THAT STREET IS VERY TINY. HOW IS HE GONNA PARK SIDEWAYS ON BOTH SIDES OR WHAT? BECAUSE THAT STREET IS LIKE A BLOCK LONG. COMMISSIONER GARZA. NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THAT'S ON STREET PARKING. IT'S A VERY NARROW STREET AND IT'S SED VERY NARROW. YOU CAN'T BUILD A PARKING LOT THERE. SO IT'S, IT'S IN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO HE WOULD BE, PEOPLE WOULD BE PARKING ON THE STREET ON NAGLE ON OUR SIDE? NO, ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THAT, ON HIS SIDE. ON HI, YES. ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARROW. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. UM, THE TRUTH IS, IT'S PUBLIC PARKING AND PEOPLE WILL PARK ANYWHERE. HIS, HIS ARGUMENT IS NAGLE. THERE'S NO BUSINESSES, THERE'S NO ACCESS ON NAGLE. SO THAT, THAT PEOPLE WOULD PARK ON NAGLE SOUTH OF GARROW. UM, AND THAT WOULD BE A QUOTE, ADDITIONAL ON STREET PARKING FOR HIS, UH, HIS CUSTOMERS. SO HE'S GONNA BE PARKING ON GARROW? WELL, HE IS PARKING ALL THE, ALL OVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH. HE'S JUST SAYING THERE IS, THERE IS PARKING ON NAGLE THAT DOES NOT IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IS WHAT HE'S SAYING. HIS POINT WAS HE WOULD LIKE TO GO BACK TO THE 14, THE REQUIREMENT [02:05:01] FOR 14 SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE 22 THAT HE OFFERED. AND PART OF THE REASON WAS HE SAID THAT WHAT WE DIDN'T, HADN'T CONSIDERED WAS THAT THERE WAS STREET PARKING ON NAGLE OF SOME AMOUNT. WE, WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE HOW MUCH THAT IS, BUT YOU'RE OPPOSED. IS THAT CORRECT? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YEAH. 'CAUSE I CAN'T, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SEE THAT MANY CARS ON THAT LITTLE BITTY STREET OTHER THAN ON GARROW STREET. YEAH, WELL, OR IN THE, IN THE PARK. EXCEPT FOR WHEN THEY HAVE SCHOOL FUNCTIONS. YEAH. WELL, NOTHING IS GUARANTEED HERE. NOTHING IS SET IN STONE. DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER? I DO. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, OR PERHAPS IT'S JEFF, BUT SINCE YOU'RE SO FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA, UM, CURRENTLY, ARE YOU AWARE IF THERE'S CARS THERE PARKED ON THAT NALE STREET AS IS? I LIVE ON NALE TODAY. YES. THERE'S ARE YOU, ARE YOU, ARE THERE CARS ALONG THAT STREET? THERE'S ALL CARS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE VISITING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE VISITING MM-HMM . AND THEY PARK ON OUR STREET. SO IF THEY'RE GONNA BE IN THE RESTAURANT OR THEY'RE GONNA PARK LIKE, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, IN FRONT OF THE OTHER PEOPLE'S HOUSES AND STUFF, YOU KNOW. AND WHAT ABOUT OUR FAMILIES? IF THEY WANNA PARK THERE, THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO. SO, BUT THIS AREA, I THINK, I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE, THE STREET THAT, THE PORTION OF THE STREET THAT HE WAS REFERENCING THAT ABUTS HIS PROPERTY, THE PICTURE. CAN YOU SEE THE PICTURE? CAN YOU SEE THE PICTURE? OH, YEAH. YOU, THERE'S A PICTURE ON THE SCREENS, THAT ONE. AND I'M, I'M JUST WONDERING, UM, ARE THESE, IS THIS PARTICULAR AREA CURRENTLY FREQUENTLY OCCUPIED BY CARS? SOMETIMES THEY'RE, IT'S KIND OF, SOMETIMES THEY'RE, I DON'T KNOW TOO, EXCUSE ME. HOLD ON. WE'LL CALL ON YOU IN A MINUTE. I, I CAN'T SEE. YEAH, I CAN'T SEE 15 CARS IN THAT LITTLE AREA. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. MM-HMM. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE, THE STRIP THAT, UM, SHE'S REFERRING TO THAT HER VISITORS WOULD YEAH, SHE'S TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT SECTION. SHE LIVES NORTH OF THIS WHERE THERE ARE HOUSES. YES. YEAH. RIGHT. UM, OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON 27 11 HARRISBURG AVENUE WHO HASN'T ALREADY SPOKEN? LAST CALL? ANYBODY OUT THERE? OKAY. NOW WE'RE GONNA TURN TO THE, UH, COMMISSION CONSIDERING THIS. AND COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, YOU SAID YOU'VE BEEN TO THE SITE? I HAVE NOT. IF THERE'S FIVE CARS PARKED ON THAT STRIP OF NAGLE BETWEEN HARRISBURG AND WHATEVER THE STREET TO THE NORTH IS, WILL ANYBODY BE ABLE TO GET OUT AND IT LOOK FROM THAT PICTURE, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S TOO NARROW TO DO A U-TURN WITHOUT GOING INTO THE GRASS. AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S DITCHES. SO I, I THINK THERE'S A CAR PARKED IN THE, THE IMAGE THAT WE HAVE THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A BIT OF A DISTANCE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ROOM TO PARK AND HAVE A, HAVE A LANE OF TRAFFIC. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, BUT THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE ROOM ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF THE STREET. THERE'S ROOM TO PARK. IS THERE ROOM TO TURN AROUND SO YOU CAN GET OUT? WELL, THERE'S A DRIVEWAY FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THEN THERE OF COURSE, IMPROVING THAT FOR THEIR, THEIR PARKING AREA. SO, OKAY, SO YOU'RE COMFORTABLE THAT A CAR WILL BE ABLE TO GET OUTTA THERE? RIGHT. THE, THE DRIVEWAY WILL BE CONNECTED TO DELANO. SO IT CAN, YOU CAN EITHER DO A TURN AND GO BACK THE OTHER WAY OR GO THROUGH TO DELANO. MAY I PIGGYBACK ON COMM COMMISSIONER? VART UHHUH. THANK YOU. UM, SO JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT COMMISSIONER ROBBINS WAS ASKING, UM, WILL ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, IS THIS A PUBLIC WORKS QUESTION, BUT CAN ONE SIDE OF THE STREET BE DESIGNATED AS NO PARKING? JUST SO THAT WHY, RIGHT. WOULDN'T YOU, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ROOM BOTH SIDES OF NALE, YOU'RE NOT, THERE'S NO ROOM TO WALK, IS IT? NO. I DUNNO, I HAVEN'T, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. RIGHT. I THINK THAT'S, WELL, WHO, I MEAN, WHO WOULD, WHO WOULD MAKE THAT REQUEST? DO THEY DO THAT ON THEIR OWN? DO WE KNOW? HERE'S MR. SMITH. YAY. 16 OR 18 MAX. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND MADAM CHAIR. UM, PUBLIC WORKS, IF THE ROADWAY IS LESS THAN 20 FEET, COULD DESIGNATE BOTH SIDES. IF IT'S GREATER THAN 20, BUT LESS THAN 27, IT CAN BE DESIGNATED AS NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE. THAT WOULD BE UP TO SOMEBODY THAT LIVES ALONG THAT BLOCK ON EITHER SIDE TO MAKE THAT REQUEST. AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHERE, WHICH SIDE COULD BE DESIGNATED TO PUT NO PARKING, WHICH WOULD ELIMINATE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF PARKING ON THE STREET. BUT NOBODY LIVES ON THAT BLOCK. RIGHT? I NOBODY LIVES THERE. SO IT WOULD, YOU KNOW THE PROPERTY ON IF NOBODY LIVES THERE? WELL, MR. I GUESS, UM, HE'S THE PROPERTY OWNER. THE APPLICANT COULD MAKE THE REQUEST. HE COULD MAKE THE REQUEST, YEAH. BUT HE, IT WOULD NOT BE IN HIS INTEREST TO DO THAT, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. OKAY. AND WE WOULD ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT IT TO SEE IF THERE WAS A NEED. 'CAUSE IF NOBODY IS PARKING THERE [02:10:01] AT THE TIME, THEN THERE'S NOT A NEED TO PUT NO PARKING PER SE, SO THEN WE PROBABLY WOULDN'T. OKAY. I THINK DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN WANTS TO SPEAK. MR. SMITH, I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU SAID PUBLIC WORKS COULD PUT NO PARKING SIGNS UP TO ME, THAT'S A PERMISSIVE WORD. DOES THAT MEAN YOU MAY MAKE THE DECISION NOT TO? THAT IS CORRECT. IF PUBLIC WORKS WENT OUT AND THEN THEY WOULD DO AN INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT. IF THEY FELT THAT THERE WAS NO NEED TO PUT NO PARKING SIGNS UP THERE, THEN THEY MAY CHOOSE NOT TO. SO IT WOULD HAVE TO BE INVESTIGATED AND LOOKED AT BY THE TRAFFIC SECTION. AND, AND THAT'S FAIR. I JUST WAS WONDERING IF THERE WASN'T SUFFICIENT SPACE TO PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD THAT BE HANDLED? IS ESSENTIALLY CORRECT. AND IT'S, AGAIN, IF THE ROADWAY IS LESS THAN 20 FEET OF PAVING, THEY VERY WELL COULD, COULD LOOK AT IT AND SAY, YES, WE WOULD PUT NO PARKING ON BOTH SIDES AND TAKE ALL THE PARKING ON THAT STREET. BUT AGAIN, BEING A DEAD END STREET, WE'D HAVE TO INVESTIGATE IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT. ARE THERE TANGIBLE CRITERIA THAT PUBLIC WORKS LOOKS AT WHEN THEY MAKE THIS DECISION? YES, THERE IS THOUGH. ONE, THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT THE USE, WHAT IS BEING, WHAT THE ROADWAY IS BEING USED FOR RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, IT'S A DEAD END. THERE'S, AND THERE'S A BUSINESS ON ONE SIDE, THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL. WE'D ALSO LOOK TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS IT BEING, IF PARKING IS BEING UTILIZED OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND IT'S OBSTRUCTING GETTING DOWN THE ROADWAY, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE WOULD LOOK INTO ALSO FOR ACCESS, YOU KNOW, FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES, THINGS LIKE THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSION COMMISSIONER BALDWIN WAS NEXT, AND THEN CLARK. YES. AND THEN CLARK, I JUST WANT US TO CONTEMPLATE THAT MARKET BASED PARKING WORKS. WE, WE'VE HAD IT DOWNTOWN 53 YEARS, 26% OF ALL OF DOWNTOWN IS DESIGNATED FOR PARKING. A RECENT PARKING STUDY FOUND THERE ARE 30 PARKING SPOTS FOR EVERY HOUSTONIAN IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. WE HAVE AMPLE PARKING. WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS ALLOW THE MARKET TO DICTATE HOW WE USE THESE SPACES. IF HE DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES, HE WILL FIND ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES AND RENT THEM. HE WILL BUY HIMSELF A LOT, OR HE WILL GET IN THE PARKING GAME AND BUILD A PARKING GARAGE AND SHARE WITH OTHERS, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING SOUTH OF HIM, WHERE THERE IS MARKET-BASED PARKING AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN TO BE PROVEN IN DOWNTOWN HOUSTON WITH MARKET-BASED PARKING. IN EFFECT, WE PASS NEW MARKET-BASED PARKING BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THIS TYPE OF WALKABILITY. AND IF WE CONTINUE TO REQUIRE MORE PARKING SPACES, WE WILL NEVER GET THE WALKABILITY OR THE SAFETY THAT WE WANT FOR HOUSTONIANS. PLEASE, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EMBRACE MORE MARKET-BASED PARKING AND ALLOW THE FREE MARKET SYSTEM TO DICTATE WHAT IS REALLY NEEDED IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE WILL BE MORE PARKING, THERE WILL BE WAY FOR THE MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR THE TOURS OR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO INVEST IN PARKING THAT IS SHARED PARKING FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. AND I KNOW IT WORKS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN WORKING IN HOUSTON, TEXAS FOR 53 YEARS AND IT WORKS IN EVERY OTHER CITY IN THE WORLD. I ENCOURAGE YOU PLEASE, TO EMBRACE MORE OF A MARKET BASED PARKING CONCEPT. IT WORKS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLARK. MY ONLY CLARIFICATION WAS WITH MR. SMITH, JUST BECAUSE IT'S 18 FEET OR LESS DOESN'T MEAN YOU WOULD, IT'S MANDATORY TO NO PARK ON BOTH SIDES. YOU COULD DO IT ON ONE, BUT LEAVE THE OTHER OPEN. CORRECT? OR WHAT IS IT? MANDATORY TRAFFIC WOULD LOOK AT COULD, I MEAN, IF IT IS LESS THAN, BUT IT COULD, IF IT'S, I KNOW I SAID COULD, IF IT'S LESS THAN 20 FEET, TRAFFIC WOULD PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, IN PUBLIC WORKS WOULD LOOK AT IT. AND THE MOST LIKELY SCENARIO WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD LEAN TOWARDS PUTTING NO PARKING ON BOTH SIDES BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE NARROW ROADWAYS FOR ACCESS. BUT AGAIN, BEING A DEAD END STREET CREATES A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT SCENARIO. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT, THAT THE ORGAN, THE GROUP THAT LOOKS AT IT FROM THE TRAFFIC INVESTIGATORS, FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS WOULD GO OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SEE WHAT ISSUES THEY SEE, ANY CONCERNS, AND LOOK AT WHAT THE ACTUAL USES DURING THE DAYTIME, THINGS LIKE THAT TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS NECESSARY. RIGHT. I UNDERSTAND THAT. MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAID YOU COULD DO NO PARKING ON BOTH SIDES. YOU COULD DO PARKING ON NO PARKING ON ONE SIDE ONLY. THEY MAY ALLOW THAT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. IT WOULD BE UP TO THOSE INVESTIGATORS WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT TO SEE WHAT ASPECTS. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. YES. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, JUST TO COMMISSIONER BALDWIN'S POINT, I AGREE ENTIRELY ABOUT MARKET BASED PARKING. MY ISSUE IS THAT WE'RE NOT A LEGISLATIVE BODY AND THERE IS CURRENTLY, UH, PARKING REQUIRE, THERE ARE PARKING REQUIREMENTS [02:15:01] AND THERE IS A MARKET BASED PARKING DESIGNATED ZONE SOMEWHERE NEARBY. AND WHEN THAT ZONE WAS DETERMINED, THIS PROPERTY WAS NOT INCLUDED IN IT FOR SOME REASON. I PRESUME IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TO THE NORTH. AND SO I OH, GREAT. I'M SORRY. PLEASE LET ME ANSWER. I'M SORRY. I CAN ANSWER THAT. EXCELLENT. WE, WE, WE LOOKED AT THE, THE RAIL, THE LINE THAT, THE NORTH ROUTE, NORTH SOUTH RAILROAD LINE, AND JUST FIGURED THAT WAS AN EASY PLACE TO STOP, PLACE TO STOP. THAT'S ALL WE DID. OKAY. SO IT WAS ARBITRARY. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. I MEAN, THAT'S HELPFUL BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU ENTIRELY. MARKET BASED PARKING WOULD WORK, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE HAVE. AND IT'S NOT, I MEAN, IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE THAT APPROACH, WE NEED TO TAKE IT WITH ALL PROPERTIES. I MEAN, IT'S, WE CAN'T START PICKING AND CHOOSING. THAT'S MY ISSUE. BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK AND I, THAT'S IMPORTANT. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? IF, IF I COULD ADD APPRECIATION, UH, COMMISSIONER, THANK YOU GUYS FOR, UM, ADDING THE SECOND HANDICAP SPACE, UH, THAT ALIGNS WITH THE ORIGINAL PARKING REQUIREMENT. UM, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT. YEAH, THE APPLICANT'S BEEN HUGELY COOPERATIVE HERE, WHETHER WE DO 14 OR 22, HE'S, HE ROSE TO THE OCCASION. SO ANY OTHER ROSENBERG, ROSENBERG, YOU REALLY DIDN'T WANT ME TO TALK AGAIN, DID YOU? NO, I, I I EXPECT SOMEBODY TO MAKE A MOTION HERE, SO, UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE AS PASSIONATE AS, UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, BUT THINKING BIG PICTURE HERE, UM, OUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ENVIRONMENT IS AS CONDUCIVE AND BENEFICIAL AS POSSIBLE. THAT DOESN'T JUST MEAN TODAY, IT MEANS IN THE FUTURE, IF WE REQUIRE 'EM TO DO 22, THEY'LL ALWAYS BE 22. IF WE PRIME IS A MINIMUM OF 14, HE STILL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS STILL HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO PUT 22 SPOTS. BUT WHEN NO ONE PARKS IN THEM, HE CAN PAY, HE CAN MAKE A PARK, HE CAN MAKE A GREEN SPACE, NOT A PARK. THE PROBLEM IS IF YOU GO TO OTHER GREAT CITIES, THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES THAT HAVE OUTDOOR GREEN SPACES THAT HAVE THESE PLACES WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GATHER. YOU DON'T WANT 'EM TO WALK DOWN THE STREET TO GO TO ANOTHER PARK. THE IDEA IS HOW DO YOU CREATE SPACES THAT PEOPLE WANT TO BE IN THAT THIRD PLACE? AND HE SHOULD BE HEAVILY DICTATED TO THAT TO BE AS SUCCESSFUL AS HE CAN, NOT HANDCUFFED BY US, UM, TO MAKE THAT BUSINESS SUCCESSFUL. NO ONE'S SAYING HE CAN'T PUT 22, BUT IN THE FUTURE WHEN THEY'RE NOT NEEDED, HE CAN PUT 14 AND IT'S NOT AN ACT OF CONGRESS. SO I WOULD ALSO AGREE WE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE APPROVAL OF 14 SPACES. OKAY. IS THAT A MOTION? YES. ACTUALLY, I THOUGHT ALL THE NEEDED. HE DIDN'T BECAUSE WE SAID WE HAD TO HEAR FROM THE SPEAKERS. SO ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PARKING VARIANCE WITH A REQUIREMENT FOR 14? YES. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION, ROSENBERG, SECOND CALL. CAN WE, WITH TWO HANDICAPPED PARKING SPACES CORRECT. AS A PART OF YOUR GLADLY. SO THE MOTION IS 14 SPACES, INCLUDING TWO HANDICAP SPACES. AND WE HAVE A MOTION, ROSENBERG, SECOND BALDWIN DISCUSSION. YES. COMMISSIONER HINZ? NO, UH, BILL. OKAY, YOU GOT IT. . OKAY. COMMISSIONER GARZA, JUST A NOTE. AND OF COURSE, I, I DO AGREE WITH MARKET BASED PARKING, BUT I WILL REMIND YOU THAT 14 IS A REDUCTION OF 75% AND 22 IS A REDUCTION OF 60%. SO WE'RE STILL GIVING MARKET BASED PARKING. THAT'S NOT THE ISSUE HERE. IT'S REALLY AN ISSUE OF, IN MY MIND, WHAT IS GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ARE NOT GOING ANYWHERE NEAR QUOTE, THE CURRENT MINIMUM. AND WE ARE GIVING ALLOWANCES FOR MARKET BASED PARKING, BUT NOT 75% IN MY MIND. SO I'LL BE VOTING AGAINST THIS MOTION. THANK YOU. OKAY. FURTHER DISCUSSION. OKAY. YES. JUST A MINUTE. MADAM CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER PORT PERL. YES. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE TWO ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES. OKAY. UM, HOW MANY ARE REQUIRED BY TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS? BECAUSE WE DON'T GET TO DICTATE THAT THEY DO. OKAY. UNLESS WE'RE ADDING MORE. RIGHT. COMMISSIONER SMITH, I MEAN MR. SMITH IS GOING TO ANSWER THAT. YES, MA'AM. BASED ON THE TEXAS ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE PARKING, ONE HANDICAP PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 25 SPACES THAT THEY PROVIDE. OKAY. SO IF THEY'RE PROVIDING 14, I'M SORRY. IF THEY'RE PROVIDING 14, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO HAVE ONE. SO TWO WOULD EXCEED THAT. AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT GOES BASED ON THE NUMBER REQUIRED. IT GOES BACK TO THE NUMBER OF SPACES PROVIDED. AGREED, AGREED. BUT AS LONG AS WE'RE INCREASING AND NOT LIMITING, I'M, I'M OKAY WITH IT. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. TWO SPACES WOULD BE AN INCREASE OVER WHAT IS REQUIRED BY THE CODE. OKAY. THANK YOU MR. SMITH. OKAY. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND FURTHER DISCUSSION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? GARZA. OPPOSED GARZA. ANYBODY ELSE? [02:20:02] LAR, MORRIS, NELSON, NELSON NELSON. EVERYBODY WHO'S OPPOSED? RAISE YOUR HAND PLEASE. MAR NELSON, NELSON GARZA. OKAY. THREE NOS. THE MOTION CARRIES. THE VARIANCE IS APPROVED WITH 14 SPACES, TWO HANDICAPPED, AND WE HAD THREE NOS. THANK YOU. WE NOW YES, MADAM CHAIR. I'M SORRY, WHO WAS THE SECOND ON THAT MOTION? BALDWIN. OKAY. OKAY, WE MOVE ON NOW TO ROMAN [VII. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 3236 Summer Street (Geoff Butler)] NUMERAL SEVEN, WHICH IS ALSO A OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE REQUEST FOR 32 36 SUMMER STREET. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HU OH, EXCUSE ME. THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG SUMMER STREET WEST OF MONT AND SOUTH OF I 10. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN ATHLETIC TRAINING FACILITY ON A COMMERCIAL RESERVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO PROVIDE 26 OFF STREET PARKING SPACES AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 137 STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDYING REVIEW. THE APPLICANT HAS ASSERTED THAT THE PARKING STANDARD IS NOT APPLICABLE TO THEIR USE DUE TO ITS SPECIALIZED, EXCUSE ME, SPECIALIZED NATURE. THEY CONTEND THAT A MORE ACCURATE STANDARD WOULD MANDATE 56 SPACES RATHER THAN 137. THEY HAVE PROVIDED A LIST OF EXAMPLES WITHIN THE AREA THAT ARE HELD TO THE MORE GENEROUS STANDARD. AND STAFF IS IN THE PROCESS OF DETERMINING HOW THEY COMPARE TO THIS APPLICATION DURING A RECENT SITE VISIT. STAFF NOTED CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE FAVORABLE TO A REDUCTION IN EITHER STANDARD FOR THE SITE. THESE INCLUDE A RELATIVELY HIGH NUMBER OF RESIDENCES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, NEARBY TRAILS AND PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION. THE SITE IS WITHIN A COMFORTABLE WALK TO A PLANNED BOOST CORRIDOR ALONG STU MONT AND PLANNED BUS RAPID TRANSIT ALONG I 10. THE BOOST LINE IS IN THE EARLY STAGES OF CONSTRUCTION, AND THE BRT SYSTEM HAS AN ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE OF 2027. STAFF WILL CONSIDER THESE FACTORS AS WELL, AN ANALYSIS OF SIMILAR SITES. BY THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING STAFF HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC OBJECTING TO TRAFFIC PARKING, AND THE IMPACT ON THE ABUTTING CEMETERY. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. OKAY. QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER. WE HAVE QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS ON THIS. OKAY. UM, THE APPLICANT, UH, JOHN CADEN HEAD, DO YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW? YOU WANNA WAIT TILL THE END OR GO AHEAD. YOU CAN, YOU CAN ALSO COME BACK FOR A REBUTTAL, SO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME'S JOHN CADEN HEAD. I'M HERE FOR THE OWNER TODAY. I'M THE OWNER'S ARCHITECT FOR THE BUILDING. UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE JUST A LITTLE BIT OF CLARITY ON JUST THE INTENT FOR, FOR THE FACILITY. UH, IT, IT WAS CALLED AN ATHLETIC TRAINING, UH, FACILITY BY, UH, MR. BUTLER. UM, WHAT THIS IS, IS SPHERE IS REALLY SELF-DESCRIBED AS A, AS A COMMUNITY ITSELF. IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT TRAINING ATHLETES FOR COMPETITION, BUT IT'S REALLY ABOUT A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD WHERE REALLY IT'S NOT REALLY ABOUT TEAMS, BUT REALLY EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME TEAM. UM, AND IT'S REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT IS MORE OF A FITNESS CLUB. SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT JUST SORT OF THE NUMBERS. SO IF WE WERE TO CONSIDER THIS, UH, A FITNESS CLUB, A FITNESS CLUB BY, YOU KNOW, PRESCRIPTION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE FIVE SPACES FOR EVERY 1000 GROSS SQUARE FEET OF FLOOR AREA. A SOCCER FIELD IN ITSELF IS 5,000 SQUARE FEET. HOWEVER, THERE'S IT, THE CLASSES THAT OCCUR ON THE SOCCER FIELD ARE SMALLER BY DESIGN. UH, AND, AND THERE WOULD ONLY EVER BE 10 TO 12 PEOPLE ON SUCH A SOCCER FIELD, UH, BY ORDINANCE. THAT SOCCER FIELD WOULD REQUIRE 25 SPACES, AND IT'S JUST NOT REALLY QUITE FEASIBLE FOR THOSE 10 TO 12 PEOPLE TO GET THOSE CARS TO THE PROPERTY. UM, SO REALLY THIS IS ABOUT SMART DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY. IT'S REALLY TWO PROPERTIES, AND THEN THERE'S A RIGHT OF WAY IN THE MIDDLE. UM, SO IT'S BEEN DETERMINED TO, IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THE GOALS OF THIS OWNER, UM, THERE'S A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF SQUARE FEET THAT WE, THAT WE NEED TO PROVIDE. WE DON'T WANT TO OVERBUILD IT, WE DON'T WANT TO UNDER BUILD IT. UM, AND THEN IT, WE'RE ALSO LUCKY ENOUGH FOR THIS TO BE THE SECOND FACILITY OF A CURRENT, UM, UH, BUILDING THAT HAS RECEIVED SOME SUCCESS. UM, HENCE THE NEW FACILITY, WHICH WILL HOPEFULLY BECOME A PROTOTYPE FOR SPHERE FACILITIES, YOU KNOW, NATIONWIDE. UH, BUT THAT BEING SAID, IT'S SORT OF BEEN DETERMINED BY, BY MARKET THE, THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES THAT ARE REQUIRED. THE EXISTING FACILITY HAS TWO SOCCER FIELDS, AS DOES THIS ONE. UM, IT HAS SOME MERCHANDISE AREAS SAME AS THIS ONE. AND IT ALSO HAS SOME KIND OF LOUNGE AREAS AND KIND OF LOCKER ROOM, YOU KNOW, TYPE FACILITIES. VERY, VERY SIMILAR IN PROGRAM TO WHAT WE ARE PROVIDING. THIS PROPERTY, UM, HAS 30 PARKING SPACES BY, BY OUR, OUR ESTIMATE. UM, I, I'VE BEEN THERE. THEY, AND IT, IT IS APPROPRIATELY PARKED. SORRY, GO AHEAD. YOU CAN GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, SO, SO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS WE DON'T WANT TO UNDER DEVELOP THE [02:25:01] PROPERTY. WE WANT TO DEVELOP THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES. WE DON'T WANT A BIG EMPTY PARKING LOT. THAT'S NOT REALLY WHAT THIS BUILDING IS ABOUT. SO WE'VE DETERMINED THAT 26 PARKING SPACES, UH, WE'VE INCLUDED TWO, UM, ACCESSIBLE PARKING SPACES. UM, AND, AND WE THINK THAT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, INDEED THE APPROPRIATE AMOUNT OF, OF PARKING. UH, WE ALSO DON'T HAVE A, A PARK ON THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, THERE'S REALLY NO SPACE TO RECOVER FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES THAT WE DON'T THINK WE REALLY REQUIRE. THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE, UH, TO PROVIDE THEM VERTICALLY. THAT IS TO SAY WE WOULD HAVE TO BUILD SOME SORT OF A PARKING GARAGE DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING. AND WE JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY CONDUCIVE TO PROVIDING A COM, YOU KNOW, A COMPATIBLE, YOU KNOW, ARCHITECTURE FOR THIS, UH, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY. OKAY. GREAT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER MORRIS? HI, COMMISSIONER ROSE. UM, SO IS IT GEARED TOWARDS THE SOCCER FOOTBALL? IT'S, IS THAT SOCCER? UM, IT, IT'S REALLY A, UM, LIKE A, LIKE A FITNESS TRAINING. UM, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, I WOULD URGE YOU TO, TO CHECK IT OUT. THERE'S A WEBSITE FOR IT. IT IS SPHERE CLUB, THAT'S SPHERE LIKE THE SHAPE DO CLUB. SO IS IT PRIMARY SCHEDULED CLASSES? LIKE THERE'S ONLY ONE OR TWO CLASSES AT ANY GIVEN TIME? CORRECT. UM, CURRENTLY, UM, THERE, THERE IS, THERE ARE CLASSES, UH, HELD STARTING AT SIX O'CLOCK, SEVEN O'CLOCK AND EIGHT O'CLOCK. UH, WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED A STUDY JUST TO JUST FIGURE OUT WHAT THE PEAK OCCUPANCIES FOR THE BUILDING ARE, UM, JUST AT ANY, ANY GIVEN MOMENT. AND I THINK THE NUMBER THAT WE CAME UP WITH WAS MAY, MAYBE 50 OCCUPANTS. I, I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT NUMBER. OKAY. UM, SO YOU, YOU'LL HAVE SCHEDULED CLASSES AND THEN I, ARE THERE ANY OTHER FACILITIES WHERE PEOPLE CAN JUST WALK IN AT THEIR LEISURE OR IS IT PURELY CLASSES? UH, IT, IT, YOU CAN WALK IN AT YOUR LEISURE. THERE IS A, UH, A FITNESS, UM, OR LET'S CALL IT A WELLNESS FLOOR, WHICH MEANS WEIGHTLIFTING, CARDIO EXERCISES AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S ABOUT A 3,500 SQUARE FOOT, UM, UM, SPACE WITHIN THE BUILDING. AND, AND YOU CAN USE THAT AS LONG AS THE, UM, THE FACILITY IS OPEN AND YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE CLUB. OKAY. YEAH, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THEN THE QUESTION MARK OF HOW MANY SPOTS YOU NEED. RIGHT? BECAUSE IF IT WERE JUST FIXED CLASSES, YOU KINDA COULD VERY MUCH PREDICT EXACTLY WHO'S GONNA BE THERE AT WHAT TIME. UM, BUT OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ANSWERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG. UM, COUPLE QUESTIONS. UH, REMIND ME AGAIN, HOW MANY ARE REQUIRED AND HOW MANY ARE BEING PROVIDED IN SPACES? WELL, AGAIN, IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE BUILDING. SO WE, WE CONDUCTED AN ANALYSIS AND WE DID THIS BASED ON IF THIS WERE CONSIDERED A FITNESS CLUB, THEN IT WOULD BE I THINK 137. UH, WE LOOKED AT SI SIMILAR, UM, ORDINANCES BY OUR INTERPRETATION. WE COMPARED IT TO A, UM, UH, A VOLLEYBALL COURT, WHICH, UM, IS PRESCRIBED BY THE ORDINANCE. AND I THINK WE CAME UP WITH 56 REQUIRED SPACES. UM, JEFF, WHAT WOULD YOU BE, JEFF, WHAT DID WE USE? WHAT WOULD YOU ANALYZE? IT'D BE AN APPROPRIATE EVALUATION. THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE DEFERRING A SECOND TIME. UM, I, I DON'T HAVE A EASY ANSWER FOR THAT. OKAY. UH, PART OF THAT INVOLVES GOING TO THE EXAM, THE EXAMPLES THAT WERE PROVIDED AND SEEING HOW THEY'RE USED. OKAY. I I THINK THAT'S VERY WISE. SO WE ARE PER REQUESTING A SECOND DEFERRAL? CORRECT. OKAY. MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS WHAT IS THE MEMBERSHIP RATE FOR THIS FACILITY? I'M, I'M NOT CERTAIN, CURRENTLY I'M ABLE TO WORK OUT THERE FOR FREE. UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT IT'S . I DO, UH, IT'S $30 PER CLASS. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I I WANT TO SAY IT'S IN EXCESS OF PROBABLY $200. UM, BUT THAT, THAT'S AN ESTIMATE. THE POINT BEING IS IT'S NOT CHEAP. IT, SO I MEAN, PEOPLE WANT TO GO HERE, IT'S A DESTINATION. CORRECT. SO THERE'S THAT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, UM, BEING A SPECIFIC TYPE USE, IT'S GONNA DRAW FROM A BROAD RANGE OF AREA. UM, AND THOSE PEOPLE DRIVE. SO IF WE'RE DEFERRING, I'LL LEAVE MORRIS MY COMMENTS TILL NEXT TIME. SO, UH, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? YES, COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD. YEAH, I MEAN, I'M, I'M TRYING TO THINK ABOUT THIS IN TERMS OF FAIRNESS AND COMPARING TO THE LAST ONE THAT WE JUST APPROVED. I THINK IT HAS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT FACTORS. UM, AND I THINK THE MAIN ONE THAT CONCERNS ME MIGHT BE WHETHER THERE'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE WITH SOME OF THESE LITTLE STREETS THAT AREN'T DEAD END STREETS, THAT AREN'T JUST ABIDING THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE GOING OUT TO THE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY CRISSCROSS ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES. AND WHAT I'M SEEING IN THE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT, THAT THERE WERE CONCERNS THAT THERE'S ALREADY, THAT THE PARKING GETS PRETTY FILLED ALL AROUND THERE AND THAT THERE WAS A CONCERN THAT MAYBE THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO MAKE IT, UM, THROUGH THOSE STREETS. SO I, I, I, IF I WOULD, I AGREE WITH DEFERRING, I THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE. I I JUST, UM, WOULD LOVE FOR THAT ISSUE [02:30:01] OR THAT QUESTION TO BE ADDRESSED OR DISCUSSED, YOU KNOW, AT THE NEXT MEETING. SO SUMMER STREET, THE SEGMENT THAT LEADS UP TO THIS PROPERTY, IT'S, IT'S RELATIVELY NEW. IT WAS CREATED WHEN THE, THE MULTIFAMILY AREA. THAT'S THE BIG STREET. RIGHT. AND THAT ONE LOOKS GREAT. I, I AGREE. I JUST ALSO, I REMEMBER FROM THE LAST MEETING THEY WERE SAYING THAT EVEN THAT STREET GETS REALLY PACKED, THAT THERE WASN'T A LOT OF AVAILABLE. BUT CURRENTLY IT'S, THEY ARE SAYING IT'S ALREADY PRETTY FULL AND SO THERE WOULDN'T BE ADDITIONAL SPACES FOR, FOR THIS BUSINESS. BUT, UM, I THINK MY BIGGER CONCERN WAS WHAT SECOND AND LARKIN, AND I'M TRYING ALL THESE LITTLE TINY STREETS WHERE, UM, I COULD DEFINITELY SEE THAT BEING AN ISSUE. AND I, AND I AGREE THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY DRIVING A LOT OF THEM AND SOME OF THEM ARE MAYBE WALKING AND I MEAN, ANYWAY, I I'M JUST SAYING THAT'S VERY DIFFERENT THAN THE LAST ONE THAT WE JUST APPROVED, WHERE IT WAS A DEAD END, THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL SPACES COULD BE USED. PLUS THERE WAS A LOT MORE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC TRANSIT, YOU KNOW, AND THIS IS, THIS HAS SOME, BUT OKAY. WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW MORE SPEAKERS. SO IF, IF YOU ALL DON'T MIND, LET'S GO AHEAD. THE NEXT SPEAKER IS BRIAN. DON CARLOS. UH, I'M ON THE ARCHITECTURAL TEAM. I'M HERE. OH, OKAY. WE'LL GET YOU ANOTHER TIME. UH, STACY, I'M SORRY. UM, VANNIE, UH, VANNEY HOUSTON. I THINK WE DIDN'T, ARE YOU THERE? VANNIE HOUSTON DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. MARGO WILLIAMS, MS. WILLIAMS IS GONNA BE IN PERSON, BUT SHE'S NOT PRESENT. MAD CHAIR. UH, I DID SPEAK WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE THIS MEETING AND THEY ARE GOING TO, THEY ADVISED A LOT OF THE, THE FOLKS WHO CAME IN WHO CONTACTED THEM, THAT THEY'RE GONNA SPEAK AT THE NEXT MEETING. CALL THEIR NAMES, BUT JUST EXPECT A, YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S, THAT EXPLAINS IT. OKAY. STACEY FAIRCHILD DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. JASMINE LEE. JASMINE LEE NOT PRESENT. KAITLYN CONNOR, I'LL BE WITHHOLDING TO THE NEXT MEETING. YOU'RE GONNA WAIT. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, FATIMA HAS ALI FATIMA. HASSAN ALI IS NOT PRESENT. OKAY. UH, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE THAT WOULD WANTS TO SPEAK ON SUMMER STREET? OKAY. UM, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE WANNA SEE BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING, UM, FROM STAFF? I WOULD, I HAVE A QUESTION. I, I THINK, UM, MR. UH, CADEN HAD SAID THERE'S ANOTHER LOCATION IN HOUSTON ON BINGLE. BINGLE. IT'S ON BINGLE. CORRECT. OKAY. SO THAT WOULD BE KIND OF A GOOD, WOULDN'T THAT BE A VERY GOOD WAY TO GAUGE SORT OF WHAT, WHAT THE PARKING USE IS AND, AND USE THAT. CAN WE DO THAT BEFORE THE NEXT MEETING? YEAH, THEY, THEY PROVIDED A NUMBER OF EXAMPLES. UM, THAT CAN BE INCLUDED. IT WOULD FOR SITE VISITS. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU WANNA SEE BEFORE NEXT TIME? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION? HEINZ. HEINZ. IS THERE A SECOND? MA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. IT IS DEFERRED. OKAY. UM, WHERE'S MY AGENDA? OKAY, I DON'T [VIII. Public Comment] HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION? COMMISSIONER CLARK, YOU STOLE MY THUNDERER ON THE DEFERRALS. UM, I'M ALWAYS THE ONE THAT COMPLAINS ABOUT THE DEFERRALS, SO I'D LIKE TO ALSO THANK STAFF FOR WORKING SO DILIGENTLY TO LIMIT THOSE. SO SEE, I DO SAY GOOD THINGS TO STAFF . UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO THANK LEGAL BECAUSE THERE WERE NO DEFERRALS FOR REVIEW OF CCNRS, MAYBE ONE. SO, NO, I'M, I I DON'T BELIEVE THERE WERE. AND UM, I'LL JUST SAY, JUST REMEMBER, I THINK YOU HAVE 17 PUBLIC HEARINGS NEW ON YOUR NEXT AGENDA. RIGHT? AND I KNOW THAT YOLANDA WOODS, THANKS YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE SHORT LIST THAT YOU APPROVED TODAY FOR THE 22ND. YEAH. GREAT. WELL, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYONE. WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BUSY MEETING NEXT TIME, GUYS, SO, UM, EVERYBODY, I'LL BE SICK. EVERYBODY GET YOUR REST. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I'M GONNA BE SICK. I JUST LETTING YOU KNOW. OH, OKAY. OKAY. UH, WE DO NOT NEED TO ACT ON ROMAN NUMERAL NINE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL HERE. SO THE LAST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ADJOURNMENT. IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION CLARK FINDS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. A, WE ARE ADJOURN. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.