[Super Neighborhood Alliance Meeting]
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I AM GONNA START BY CALLING OUT THE, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE HAD REPRESENTATION AT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETING THREE MONTHS IN A ROW, WHICH IS MARCH, APRIL, AND MAY, 2023.SO, AS I CALL YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, IF YOU ARE HERE, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
UM, AND THEN FOR ANYONE I DON'T CALL IN THIS INITIAL LIST, WE WILL BE ABLE TO CAPTURE THEM AFTER WE COMPLETE THIS ROLE.
SO WE'LL START WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE.
RICKY MILLER'S HERE FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE.
KEVIN, COULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY MARK WILLIAMSON? TREASURER.
KEVIN IS HERE AS THE PRESIDENT.
A PRESIDENT IS A LEADER OF AN ORGANIZATION, COMPANY, COMMUNITY TRADE.
I ALSO SEE MIKE, UH, UH, VAN DUSEN, AND I THINK STACY, UH, MAY ALSO BE HERE.
HEY, WARHOL HERE FROM NEAR TOWN.
DEB SMITH AND BARBARA QUATRO FROM HALEY.
AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 64 AND 88, WHICH IS AMY DI.
IF WE DID NOT CALL OUT YOUR SUPER AMY GO AHEAD, PASTOR DEB IS HERE FROM 45.
YEAH, I, I CAUGHT THAT IN THE, OKAY.
PAULA, YOU HAVE YOUR HAND RAISED IS ALSO PRESENT.
HI AMY, THIS IS HUEY DRUMMOND WILSON, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48.
PHILLIP ERNO, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD FIVE RODRIGUEZ 27.
SHE'S TRYING TO GET INTO THE MEETING AND SHE'S ON, SHE'S IN THE WAITING ROOM.
LUPITA TALLEY, SUPER NAMED HOOD THREE SIX.
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SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 51 AND LINDE PARK CIVIC CLUB.ANYONE ELSE? KEN ROGERS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 67.
VICKI MARTIN, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 49 AND 50.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT COMPLETES OUR ROLL CALL.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WANNA ALSO IDENTIFY ANY GUESTS THAT ARE ON THE LINE.
IS THAT THE TIME TO DO THAT, CHERYL? UM, WE CAN DO QUICKLY.
IF YOU'RE A GUEST, UM, PLEASE TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LET AMY KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO ALL OF US ELECTED OFFICIALS.
CHERYL, ELECTED OFFICIALS OFFICE, THE ELECTED OF THE ELECTED OFFICIAL GUESTS.
SORRY, I, I KNOW WE HAVE AT LEAST ONE AND THAT'S THE I'LL TAKE THE FIRST.
I'M FROM COUNCIL MEMBER ALCORN'S OFFICE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME ON ONE OF Y'ALL'S MEETINGS, SO I'M SUPER EXCITED TO LISTEN IN AND HEAR EVERYTHING.
UM, I'M GONNA DROP A FEW, UH, LINKS IN THE CHAT IF YOU WANNA SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER.
UM, AND THEN WE'VE GOT RNA END OF THIS MONTH TALKING ABOUT, UH, BARK IS GONNA GIVE AN UPDATE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THAT REAL QUICK.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS.
THIS IS LINDA TREVINO WITH METRO.
HI, UH, CHRISTINA WITH STATE REPRESENTATIVE PENNY SHAW, AND WE'RE VERY THRILLED TO BE HERE AGAIN TODAY.
UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE WILL ACTUALLY BE WITH US, UH, THIS EVENING.
IT'S DEEDEE CHAVIS WITH VICE MAYOR COLTON.
SHE'S A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT K.
JUST WANT TO, UM, LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT THIS, UH, IN, UH, THIS COMING AS THE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY APPROACH, WE'RE JUST DOING A, WE'RE JUST DOING ATTENDANCE RIGHT NOW.
HAPPY TO BE HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATIONS.
MY NAME'S ANNIE TAPIA AND I'M ACTUALLY WITH HARRIS COUNTY POLLUTION CONTROL AND I'LL BE DOING A PRESENTATION FOR YOU GUYS IN A LITTLE BIT.
I'M NEW TO THIS MEETING AND I BELIEVE I WOULD BE IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 20.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WEREN'T CALLED OR ANY OTHER ELECTED COUNCILMEN, UH, UM, ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT WOULD, WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES? HELLO, MY NAME IS MARK MCGEE AND I'M RUNNING FOR DISTRICT H AND I HOPE TO BE ELECTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
WELL, I THINK WE'RE GONNA THANK YOU.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON INTO THE MINUTES AND AT THE END OF THE MEETING WE'LL GO BACK AND CATCH ANYBODY, UH, FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT, UH, WE MISSED.
UM, YOU GOT A SLEW OF MINUTES.
WE HAD SEPTEMBER OF 2022, MARCH OF 2023.
APRIL OF 2023 AND MAY OF 2023 THAT WERE SENT OUT.
UM, WITH THE MEETING ANNOUNCEMENTS, UH, THE ONLY ITEMS I RECEIVED FOR CORRECTIONS WERE THE CONSISTENCY OF THE WORDING, CHAIRPERSON TO CHAIR.
SO EVERYWHERE IT SAID CHAIRPERSON IN THE MEETING MINUTES, WE CHANGED CHAIR, THE ONE MISSPELLING OF THE WORD CHAIR WE FIXED.
AND THEN, UH, NOTICE ON, UH, CORRECTLY, UH, CAPITALIZING SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS WHEN WE'RE REFERRING TO SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCILS.
OTHER THAN THAT, I RECEIVED NO NOTICE OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR ADJUSTMENTS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SEPTE? UH, I THINK WE CAN APPROVE THEM TOGETHER.
OR DO I HAVE TO DO WE HAVE TO APPROVE THEM INDIVIDUALLY? I THINK WE CAN APPROVE THEM, UH, TOGETHER.
AND THIS IS DOUG AND I MAKE A MOTION.
WE APPROVE THE SEPTEMBER, MARCH, APRIL AND MAY MINUTES AS ADJUSTED AS YOU TALKED ABOUT.
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MM-HMMTHIS IS A GREG SUR GUTTER MADAM CHAIR.
I MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND AND SUBSTITUTE TO WHAT? TO AMEND AND SUBSTITUTE.
THE MOTION IS TO DEFER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SENT OUT AS ATTACHMENTS TO THE AGENDA NOTICE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT ISSUES AND CHANGES RELATED THERETO AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED BY THE MEMORIAL SN 16 REPRESENTATIVE, ARE ADDRESSED BY THE SNA OFFICERS AND DISCUSSED WITH SUCH REPRESENTATIVE.
AND THIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY THE STANDARD THAT WAS AGREED TO LAST MONTH.
SO I'M ONLY ASKING THAT IT BE FOLLOWED.
I'M, I'M SORRY, I'M NOT FOLLOWING THE, THE MOTION WAS TO APPROVE THE AMENDS AS CORRECTED AS I MENTIONED, AND IT WAS MOVED AND SECONDED.
AND YOU'RE SAYING WHAT? I'M SORRY, I, I A MOTION, A MOTION TO AMEND AND SUBSTITUTE, UM, TO AMEND THE MI THE MINUTES TO THE CORRECTION.
SOMEBODY, CAN SOMEBODY HELP ME OUT? I'M, I'M STILL CONFUSED.
THE, A MOTION TO AMEND THE MOTION THAT'S ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
AND WHAT ARE YOU AMENDING? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING? I'LL REPEAT IT AGAIN IF YOU NEEDED TO.
THE MOTION IS TO DEFER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SENT OUT AS ATTACHMENTS TO THE AGENDA NOTICE UNTIL SUCH TIME THAT ISSUES AND CHANGES RELATED THERE TO, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED BY THE MEMORIAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 16 REPRESENTATIVE, ARE ADDRESSED BY THE SNA OFFICERS AND DISCUSSED WITH SUCH REPRESENTATIVE.
BUT THIS WAS SUPPOSEDLY THE STANDARD THAT WE AGREED TO LAST MONTH.
AND SO I'M ONLY ASKING THAT IT BE FOLLOWED.
YOU HAD A CHANCE TO SUBMIT ANY CHANGES YOU WANTED TO MAKE AND ACCORDING TO WHAT, UH, CHERYL JUST SAID, UH, YOU DID NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD PROCEED WITH A VOTE ON THE AMENDED AMEND OR THE, UH, UH, PROPOSAL AS I, I SUGGESTED IN TWO A VOTE.
YEAH, THIS CAME LAST MONTH UP AND I'D ALREADY SUBMITTED CHANGES AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
SO SHE CALLED CORRECTLY ABOUT THAT.
I CALLED FOR THE VOTE IN MY AMENDMENT OR ON THE, UH, UH, TO, UH, ACCEPT THE MINUTES PLEASE.
THAT'S NOT THE MOTION ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW.
IT'S THE MOTION ON THE MOTION.
YOU HAVENT GOTTEN A SECOND TO YOUR, YOUR AMENDMENT A SECOND.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO ASK FOR IF YOU LIKE WHAT WE HAVE A MOTION AND, AND AN I'M, I'M CONFUSED.
WE HAVE A MOTION MADE AND SECONDED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO YOU'VE GOT AN MOTION, YOU'VE MADE AN A SECONDARY MOTION? NO, IT'S THE AMEND AND SUBSTITUTE THAT MOTION, WHICH IS OKAY.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND TO AMEND AND SUBSTITUTE? THAT'S MOTION.
THAT'S, IS THERE A SECOND? ALRIGHT.
UH, THE AMENDMENTS WITH THE AMENDMENTS I, UH, CORRECTIONS THAT I NOTED TO SPELLING AND CAPITALIZATION.
WE'VE GOT SOMEBODY WITH, EXCUSE ME, CHERYL.
UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE WE NOTE THE SECOND NAY.
I I KNOW GREG WAS ONE OF THEM, BUT WHO WAS THE SECOND NAY ON THAT ONE? THAT WAS ME, KEVIN STRICKLAND, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15.
WHO, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOT BACKGROUND NOISE.
CAN WE TURN OFF? UM, UM, GO ON MUTE.
IF YOU'RE NOT SPEAKING, PLEASE MUTE.
I'M GLAD WE GOT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD TO 15.
ADDED ONTO THE MAILING LIST AND YOU WERE ABLE TO MAKE
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IT TO THE MEETING AND WANTED TO WELCOME YOU.I THINK THIS IS YOUR FIRST ONE, SO THANK YOU.
UM, TROY, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME TROY.
ALLEN, UM, TROY, ARE YOU, I KNOW I SEE YOU ON THE LIST.
I AM HERE AND WE WILL TURN THE MEETING OVER TO YOU TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
THE, JUST TO KIND OF GET EVERYBODY UP TO SPEED, THERE WAS A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY OF LAST WEEK.
AND, UH, WE'RE HAVING PRESENTATION FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND FROM THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION TONIGHT, AND TROY IS REPRESENTING THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
I FLIPPED A COIN IN THE AIR LABELED HEAD, YOU KNOW, GBHA
TROY, I HAVE TO ASK WHO YOUR WITNESS WAS WHENEVER YOU DID IT, BUT IT'S FINE.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND GO FIRST, THE CAPTAIN, THE BACKYARD.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.
THANK YOU AGAIN CHERYL, FOR, UM, INVITING ME TO COME TO THIS MEETING.
UM, I WANTED TO COME JUST TO, UM, AS A REQUEST AND JUST TO ALSO FILL IN JUST A FEW OF THE ISSUES THAT CAME UP DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AND PREVIOUS, UM, C CITY COUNCIL ON PLANNING DEPARTMENT MEETINGS AS WELL.
SO ON THE CHAT, 42 OVERALL HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS.
THERE'S A LARGE PACKAGE, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT VIEWS AS A LOT OF CARROTS AND JUST A FEW STICKS IN IT.
AND, UM, FOR THE MOST PART OVERALL WE DO SUPPORT, UM, A LOT OF THE CHAT 42 HOUSING RECOMMENDATION CHANGES SUCH AS THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE WHO WROTE A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF THE, UM, CHAPTER FOUR, TWO HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, I KNOW THAT WAS THE, THE WILL OF THE BODY.
AND I, I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALL RECONSIDER THAT ONLY TO LOOK AT THE PORTIONS OF, ACTUALLY TROY, WE'VE WITHDRAWN THAT LETTER.
THAT LETTER HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
I, I DO APOLOGIZE TELL YOU THAT.
SORRY, I DID NOT, I DID NOT KNOW THAT.
UM, SO I KNOW THAT THERE'S, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY PORTIONS OF IT AND THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF CONTINGENT TO IT AS WELL, AND, UM, I WON'T GET INTO A LOT OF THE OTHER PORTIONS OF IT.
THE ONLY THING THAT I, THAT GHBS STAY STEADFAST ON IS PERTAINING TO THE NARROW LOT PROVISIONS, UM, THAT ARE, THAT HAS, THAT HAS BEEN SET.
AND PART OF THE NEUR LOT PROVISIONS IS THAT IF YOU ARE BUILDING ON WHAT THE CITY CONSIDERS A NARROW LOT, WHICH I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S IF YOU'RE BUILDING ON A LOT UNDER 40 FEET, THAT YOU HAVE TO DO A Y SHAPED DRIVEWAY THAT, UM, HAS A SHARED APPROACH.
SO THAT MEANS ENTRANCE ONTO YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, ENTRANCE OFF OF YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, YET TO SHARE WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR.
AND WHAT WE NOTICE IS THAT THAT TAKES AWAY FROM ON PROPERTY PARKING, WHICH IS THE PRIVATE PARKING, AND ALSO, UM, ASK TO ADDITIONAL STREET PARKING, WHICH WE'VE SEEN THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, DO ACTUALLY NOT WANT MORE STREET PARKING.
THEY WANT MORE PRIVATE PARKING FOR THEIR GUESTS AND FOR THEIR FAMILY AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN, UM, WHENEVER THEY ARE OVER TO VISIT AT THEIR HOUSE.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME CHANGES, SO I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THE CHANGES OF, SO I'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING IN WRITING YET, BUT THAT'S REALLY THE BIGGEST PORTIONS THAT WE FEEL LIKE THIS WHITE SHAPED DRIVEWAY THAT THEIR ENGINEERING IS REALLY ENGINEERING A DIFFICULT MANEUVER TO GET IN AND OUTTA YOUR OWN PRIVATE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, I KNOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALKS ABOUT STEALING FROM THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH SOME OF YOUR MEMBERS SPOKE, UM, TOWARDS DURING, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION, SOME OF THE OTHER MEETINGS.
BUT LIKE I SAID, WHENEVER IT COMES TO ACCESS ON AN OFF OF YOUR PRIVATE PROPERTY, REALLY DO THINK THAT SHARING THAT ACCESS WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR OR SHARING THAT WITH YOUR, UM, WITH WHOEVER'S IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE, REALLY DOES TAKE AWAY FROM A LOT OF THE AMENITIES AND A LOT OF THE ASPECTS THAT PEOPLE SEE WHENEVER THEY SEE HOME OWNERSHIP, WHENEVER THEY SEE PROPERTY, UM, PRIVATE PROPERTY AND OWNING THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE THAT GETS INTO IT.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE PICTURES AND DIAGRAMS, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UM, THE DIGITAL VIRTUAL OPTION DOESN'T REALLY ALLOW FOR THAT.
I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UM, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND TO EXPLAIN OUR POSITION OR HOW WE CAME TO OUR POSITION.
AND ALSO BEFORE I FINISH, I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE CREDIT, I'M NOT SURE THERE IS ANYONE FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON THIS CALL, BUT MARGARET WALSH, BROWN SAVITA, UM, DIP THE, THE ENTIRE TEAM.
THEY'VE BEEN REALLY GRACIOUS AND REALLY GREAT AS FAR AS WORKING ON THESE CHANGES AND WORKING AS FAR AS COMMUNICATING BACK AND FORTH AND KEEPING, YOU KNOW, THAT CONVERSATION GOING.
WE JUST FEEL LIKE THE MA THE, THE MATTER OF PHILOSOPHY AS FAR AS PRIVATE PROPERTY, AS FAR AS KEEPING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITH LESS CARS, UM, OUT ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, I THINK IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO US IN KEEPING THOSE STREETS LESS, LESS TIGHT.
BECAUSE REALLY THE BIGGEST ISSUE, AND SORRY, WE'LL WRAP UP, IS THAT THE BIGGEST ISSUE IS THAT THESE STREETS ARE SOMETIMES VERY NARROW.
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YOU HAVE A 20 FOOT, 20 FOOT WIDE STREET OR 30 FOOT WIDE STREET, AND THEN YOU PUT CARS ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT, THEN THAT MEANS, SO THAT TWO-WAY STREET AND THEN IT'S GETTING EVEN NARROWER, SO NOW YOU'RE PLAYING LEAPFROG OR WHENEVER IT'S TRASH DAY, YOU HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT TRYING TO GET AROUND THOSE CARS.AND UM, I THINK YOU GUYS, AGAIN, FOR YOUR TIME, I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UM, BEING GRACIOUS ENOUGH TO GIMME THIS TIME OFF THIS EVENING.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE NOW GO TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND LET THEM TALK AND THEN MAYBE OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE THAT BOTH YOU AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ADDRESS AT THE SAME TIME.
WOULD THAT BE OKAY WITH YOU, TROY? UM, I JUST, SO THAT I DON'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AS FAR AS THE QUESTIONS GOING FORWARD, I THINK THAT WOULD BE BETTER IF WE JUST ADDRESS WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU GUYS HAVE FOR ME SO OUR PLAN CAN HAVE THEM FULL TIME AS WELL.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY WOULD LIKE AT YOU? I SEE THEIR HANDS RAISED.
DO YOU WANT THE FIRST QUESTION? IS VICKI MARTIN? UH, YES.
UH, TROY, I JUST WANTED TO GET CLARIFICATION.
YOU WANT, YOU'RE ON MUTE, VICKI.
UH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THE INFORMATION BEFORE I TAKE IT BACK TO OUR LEADERS IN OUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, 49 AND 50.
UH, WE HAVE STREETS THAT ARE NARROW.
ONE SUCH STREET WOULD BE RECORD STREET IN THE 7 7 0 2 8 ZIP.
UH, THAT WAS A PROPERTY PURCHASED FROM A CHURCH GROUP IN DECEMBER, AND THEY'RE STARTING TO CLEAR THE LOT.
THAT ADDRESS IS A ONE DIGIT ADDRESS, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAVE APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FOR TWO ADDRESSES.
THEY'RE DOING A DUPLEX, BUT THEY'RE NOT DOING IT AS AB WITH THE SAME ADDRESS.
THEY'RE TRYING TO REDUCE IT BY TWO DIGIT INTERVAL.
AND IN OUR AREA EVERYTHING IS EVERY FOUR DIGITS.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IF WE WERE TO REPORT THIS SO THAT IT CAN GET UNDER THE RIGHT EYES, WHAT WOULD THE LANGUAGE BE THAT WE'RE REPORTING THAT THE OWNER IS TRYING TO DO A TWO SEPARATE ADDRESS? DUPLEX.
SO I, UM, AND I TRY TO BE VERY HONEST WHENEVER I DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER TO CERTAIN QUESTIONS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION MORE GEARED TOWARDS THE CITY.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE ON HOW YOU WOULD, UM, BEGIN TO REPORT THAT.
I BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE WITH PLANNING COMMISSION, WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, BUT I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION THAT'D BE GOOD FOR, UM, FOR THE CITY DEPARTMENTS, JUST AS GHBA, WE JUST REPRESENT, UM, MEMBERS AS FAR AS THE ENFORCEMENT ARM.
UM, THAT'S, THAT'S MORE WITH THE CITY AS FAR AS THOSE COMPETITIONS AND THOSE THINGS.
DOES SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY HAVE AN ANSWER FOR HER? THIS IS DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN, AND MY ANSWER IS THAT WHEN THE, UM, CITY, WHEN THE, WHEN PROPERTY OWNERS SUBDIVIDE PROPERTIES, THE UM, DEFAULT POSITION IS TO GIVE A NEW ADDRESS AND THEY ONLY GIVE AN A AND B IF THERE IS NOT AN ADDRESS TO BE GIVEN.
IF SHE CALLS MY OFFICE, I CAN TALK WITH HER ABOUT IT AND EXPLAIN THAT AND, UM, PERHAPS WE CAN APPEAL AND HAVE THAT DONE DIFFERENTLY IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE, I DON'T KNOW THE PROCESS FOR THAT, BUT I'LL FIGURE IT OUT FOR HER.
SO YES, PUT IT IN THE CHAT FOR ME PLEASE, BECAUSE THE PARKING WOULD BE ATROCIOUS.
YES, PLEASE PUT IN THE PARKING.
OKAY, IS GREG, UH, RHONDA, ARE YOU DOING THE ROLE OF PEOPLE WITH HER HANDS UP? UH, YES.
SORRY GREG, HOW DOES THE NEXT MEETING THANK YOU, TROY, FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
I HAVE A QUESTION, AND I'M NOT SURE IF I KNOW THE BACKGROUND COMPLETELY, BUT I UNDERSTAND THERE'S GONNA BE A REQUIREMENT FOR THE USE OF ALLEYS WHERE THEY EXIST BY PLAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT CONSTRUCTED OR CONSTRUCTED, BUT NOT MAINTAINED.
IS THAT THE CASE? AND IF THAT'S, SO HOW DOES YOUR, UH, GROUP FEEL ABOUT IT? DO YOU HAVE A POSITION? UM, SO CURRENTLY ASK THE LANGUAGE STANCE RIGHT NOW.
UM, BEFORE WE HAD OUR MEETINGS WITH, UM, PLANNING DEPARTMENTS, THAT'S WHAT WE UNDERSTOOD.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, UM, DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN AND DITTY WERE VERY GRACIOUS IN OUR CONVERSATIONS.
AND I THINK WE MADE REALLY PRODUCTIVE, UM, MOVEMENTS TOWARDS MAKING SURE THAT THE ALLEYWAYS, WHENEVER THERE ARE OBVIOUS OBSTRUCTIONS OR ADVERSE POSSESSION CLAIMS OR THINGS THAT ARE BUILT INTO THE ALLEYWAY, THAT MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO GET INTO THOSE PRIVATE FIGHTS WITH PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THAT IN THOSE INSTANCES, WE, UM, THAT THE HOME BUILDER NOT HAVE TO BUILD INTO THE, UM, INTO THE DRIVE INTO THE ALLEYWAY, WHICH IS MY UNDERSTANDING.
BUT IN PLACES WHERE THERE IS A, UM, ALLEYWAY THAT'S CLEAR AND FREE TO BUILD IN THAT WE, WE WILL STILL NEED TO BUILD INTO THAT ALLEYWAY.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING OF IT.
AND OF COURSE MARGARET, YOU CAN STEP IN IF I'M WRONG ON THAT AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
UM, THE, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF ALLEYS
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AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.IT'S CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR CITY AND WE ARE ENCOURAGING IT.
HOWEVER, IF THERE ARE OBSTRUCTIONS OR ENCROACHMENTS, THERE IS A CLAUSE IN THE CHANGES THAT WOULD ALLOW THE DIRECTOR ADMINISTRATIVELY TO, UM, DETERMINE THAT THE ENCROACHMENT COULD BE, THAT THE REQUIREMENT COULD BE AVOIDED BECAUSE OF THE ENCROACHMENT.
AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT WE GOT THAT LANGUAGE DIRECTLY FROM GHBA.
SO THIS HAS BEEN A VERY COOPERATIVE PROCESS WITH THEM.
THANKS FOR, UH, VISITING THE MEETING.
UH, QUESTION IF YOU HAVE, UH, I THINK THERE'S ONE ASSUMPTION THAT'S ALWAYS PLAYING OUT WHEN I HEAR THESE THINGS TALKED ABOUT, AND THAT IS IF THERE'S A PROPERTY AND THAT'S SUBDIVIDED AND YOU HAVE LOTS THAT ARE OF A CERTAIN SIZE, THEN YOU'D HAVE TO DO A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
WHAT IF A PERSON'S PROPERTY NOT RELATED TO ANY OTHER DEVELOPMENT? IT'S JUST A NARROWER LOT PERIOD, MEANING PERSON BUYS A PROPERTY, THEY GO TO BUILD A NEW HOUSE ON IT.
IF IT'S UNDER 40 FEET, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO PUT A DRIVEWAY OR THEY HAVE TO BUDDY UP WITH A NEIGHBOR.
AND IN ORDER TO GET A SHARED DRIVEWAY, WOULD YOU ADDRESS THE SORRY, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
WERE YOU FINISHED WITH YOUR QUESTION? NO, NO.
UH, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S THE END OF IT.
YEAH, GOOD, GOOD TO HEAR FROM YOU, PAUL.
UM, IT'S, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UM, IF THERE IS, IF IT IS THAT CONCERT SITUATION, UH, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION TO GET A VARIANCE.
I COULD BE WRONG ON THAT, BUT THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING FROM WHAT I GATHERED FROM, UM, LAST WEEK'S PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS THAT, UM, THAT INFORMATION AND IS THAT IF THERE'S A COMPELLING REASON, WHICH, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO GET ACCESS FROM ANY OTHER WAY.
OF COURSE IF YOU'RE INDIVIDUAL LOT, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY IT IS A LOT THAT WAS OR ORIGINALLY APPLIED AS 25, UH, FEET OR WHATEVER SITE SPEED AND YOU KNOW, THAT PERSON JUST OWNS AND THEY'RE DOING, UM, RECONSTRUCTION OF THEIR HOUSE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR IS ONLY ONE, ONE BOUGHT ONE LOT THAT'S BEEN BOUGHT, UM, THEY CAN GO DOWN TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR A VARIANCE.
AND OR IF IT IS OF A, UM, PIECE OF LAND THAT IS, UM, THAT OR UNDER THE, UM, HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS CHAPTER FOUR TWO, LET'S SAY IF, UM, IT IS A LOT WHERE THERE'S, UM, YEAH, THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.
THANKS FOR ANSWERING THE QUESTION.
I GUESS IS THE CITY OF HOUSTON ON THE SAME PAGE AS THAT? YEAH, I WOULD LIKE TO, I, THIS IS THE TEAM MATH WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UM, HOW ARE YOU ALL DOING? GOOD EVENING.
UM, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, THAT QUESTION, UH, UH, TO, UH, GREG, ACTUALLY, IF YOU HAVE AN EXISTING LAW THAT'S IN EXISTING CONDITION, AND THAT IS HOW THE LOT WAS PLATTED PRIOR TO THESE AMENDMENTS GO THROUGH AND GET, GET AN, OR BECOME AN ORDINANCE, THERE WON'T BE A NEED OF OR A VARIANCE.
YOU ARE SORT OF A GRANDFATHERED UNDER THAT CLAUSE, YOUR EXISTING LOT.
UM, UNLESS YOU DECIDE TO SUBDIVIDE, UNLESS YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE A PROPERTY THAT'S SUBDIVIDED INTO LESS THAN 40 FEET WIDE LOTS, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NOT KICK IN FOR YOU.
HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD A LITTLE BIT, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE GROUP TO UNDERSTAND.
THERE'S ALSO A PARKING, UH, STREET, LIKE THE PLACEMENT OF THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S IMPORTANT RELATIVE TO THE OTHER DRIVEWAYS.
IS THAT UNDER THE GRANDFATHERED CLAUSE OR IS THAT INDEPENDENT? BECAUSE AGAIN, THAT COULD DRASTICALLY AFFECT THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY DEPENDING ON WHAT'S NEXT DOOR, WHATEVER KIND OF DEPENDS ON YOUR DRIVEWAY, WHERE YOU WANNA PLACE YOUR DRIVEWAY.
THERE CERTAINLY ARE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU'D WANT YOUR DRIVEWAY ON ONE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OR THE OTHER.
UH, AND IT, IT MIGHT BE QUITE, QUITE THE DECISION OR QUITE THE IMPACT IF YOU COULDN'T DO IT ON THAT SIDE.
SO IN, IN SUCCINCT MANNER, IT THERE, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE IS A 22 FOOT, UM, DISTANCE BETWEEN THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY.
SO WOULD THAT PLAY IN TO THIS SITUATION TO WHERE THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO BE 22 FEET FROM THE OTHER NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY? NOT, NOT FOR YOUR EXISTING CONDITION.
UH, TROY, THIS IS, THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR TWO YEARS AND
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I WOULD ASSUME THAT, UH, GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS, UH, HAS PARTICIPATED IN ALL OF THE, UH, MEETINGS, UH, SURROUNDING IT.AND I'M CURIOUS WHY AT THE VERY LAST MINUTE NOW YOU'RE OPPOSED TO THESE WHY SHAPED DRIVEWAYS? THANKS, DOC.
UM, I THINK THAT WHENEVER WE SAY THAT THIS, THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR, FOR THREE YEARS, UM, I BASICALLY WHAT I'VE, WHAT I'VE DONE AND GETTING, GETTING SCREEN RECORDINGS AND SCREEN GRABS AND GETTING TRANSCRIPTS OF CONVERSATIONS THAT'S HAPPENING AMONG LOUISVILLE PLACES.
ALSO, AMONG, UM, THE PLANNING, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS IS THAT WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT JOINT ACCESS OR WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT SHARED ACCESS, THE, THE CONVERSATIONS HAVE BEEN GOING ON.
BUT FOR ME PERSONALLY, IT'S CONVERSATION OF HOW LONG HAS THE DETAILS OR THE, AND YOU KNOW, THE DEVIL'S ALWAYS IN THE DETAILS.
HOW LONG HAS THE DETAILS ON, HOW LONG HAS THE CONCEPTS BEEN LAID OUT FOR THE PUBLIC AND EVERYONE TO SEE? AND I THINK THAT PART OF IT, AND ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS NO FAULT OF PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHICH I THINK THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S DONE A GREAT JOB AS FAR AS LAYING OUT ALL THEIR INFORMATION.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT HAPPENED LAST THURSDAY, UM, AT TOMORROW AT 10 O'CLOCK, THERE'LL BE A CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC MEETING, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, UH, PUBLIC COMMITTEE MEETING FOR QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND I'M STILL NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT WAS PASSED OUT OF PLANNING COMMISSION LAST THURSDAY AS FAR AS THE EXACT LANGUAGE THAT WILL EVEN BE GOING TO BE EITHER HEARD BEFORE QUALITY OF LIFE.
AND SO WHENEVER YOU SAY THAT THIS CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ON FOR A LONG TIME, ONCE AGAIN, THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
AND, UM, WHENEVER WE'VE SEEN THE DETAILS AND WHENEVER WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO GET ALL OF OUR GROUP, OUR GROUP REPRESENTS OVER 1600 BUILDERS AND INSIDE THE CITY OF HOUSTON, OVER 400 BUILDERS.
SO OUR COMMAND AFFAIRS COMMITTEE TAKES THESE CONVERSATIONS VERY LONG AND VERY METHODICAL AND VERY SERIOUSLY.
SO AFTER GETTING OUR GROUPS TOGETHER AND BEING ABLE TO VOTE AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, TO UNDERSTAND THE FULL COMPLEXITY OF IT, THAT'S WHERE OUR, UM, OUR CONVERSATIONS LED TO.
I THINK THAT JUST FOR ONE OF THE POINT, IF I COULD ARTICULATE AS WELL, IS THAT YOU LOOK AT JUST, FOR EXAMPLE, SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCE, YOU ALL WROTE A LETTER IN SUPPORT, BUT THEN NOW WE'VE SEEN THAT THAT LETTER'S BEEN WITHDRAWN.
SO I SAY IT'S THAT THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT HAPPENS WITH LARGER GROUPS LIKE YOURSELF AND LIKE THE GREATEST AND BUILDER ASSOCIATION WHERE IT'S TAKEN CONSIDERATION, ALL OF OUR MEMBERS, UM, VIEWS ALL OF OUR MEMBERS' VOICES.
AND IF THERE WAS A COMPROMISE OR DEAL THAT WAS MADE WITH JUST ONE OR TWO OF OUR MEMBERS, I THINK THAT THAT GOES TO THE LARGER BODY AND LARGER GROUP THAT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED.
AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S REALLY WHERE IT COMES WHENEVER THINGS ARE GIVEN THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION.
AND I KNOW THAT'S A LONG ANSWER, BUT WE REALLY DO TRY TO GET THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATIONS AND THOUGHTFUL ANSWERS TO EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
SO THAT'S REALLY, THAT'S REALLY WHERE THAT, WHERE THAT STEMS FROM AND WHY THAT, UM, WHY THAT CONVERSATION HAS DRAWN OUT FOR SO LONG.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE, WE REALLY DO HATE THAT THE CONVERSATION HAS GONE ON FOR SO LONG.
WE WISH THAT THERE WAS A BETTER SOLUTION.
OR EVEN IF THE LARGE CHAPTER TIP 42 RECOMMENDATIONS THERE ARE BEING COUPLED WITH SO MUCH OTHER STUFF, YOU KNOW, IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE SUPPORT LETTERS THAT WERE WRITTEN, THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT BULLET POINTS OF REALLY GREAT THINGS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO DO.
BUT THEN ALL THAT PAIRED UP WITH THE, UM, THE NEUR LAB PROVISIONS, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE A LOT TO SWALLOW, A LOT TO PROCESS AND A LOT FOR US TO LOOK OVER.
SO, SO THAT, THAT'S MY REASONING FOR WHY IT DOES TAKE SO LONG TO GET AN ANSWER LIKE THAT.
AND, AND I, I PERSONALLY DON'T THINK IT'S LAST MINUTE.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR THE PAST, UM, AT LEAST SIX MONTHS, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A YEAR AS FAR AS SAY, WELL AT LEAST FOR SIX MONTHS, I'LL SAY SIX MONTHS SAYING THAT THIS IS DOES NOT WORK.
AND MANY OF YOU MIGHT HAVE RECEIVED SOME MAIL IN YOUR MAILBOX FROM THE GRAD VOTER ASSOCIATION.
SO WE'VE WENT THROUGH, YOU KNOW, TEDIOUS TASKS OF RESOURCES AS WELL AS TRYING TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY AND MAKE SURE SORT OF THAT JUST THE 200 PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT CAME IN THROUGH THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IS NOT THE ONLY INPUT THAT WE GET FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND FROM PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS PART OF THAT QUESTION, DOUG.
YEAH, AND I WON'T FOLLOW UP BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING SHORT IN TIME HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE.
THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING A THEME MS. RIGHT HAND.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO WORRY ABOUT WITH THE Y DRIVEWAYS BECAUSE IF YOU READ THE REVISIONS OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE, THEY'VE REMOVED THE LANGUAGE FOR THE, UM, COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACHES AND NOW YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LOT THAT'S 33 FEET WIDE IN ORDER TO HAVE A DRIVEWAY, AN ENTRANCEWAY FROM THE STREET, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT YOU WOULD ACTUALLY HAVE TO HAVE THREE LOTS.
YOU CAN'T HAVE A 50 FOOT LOT INDIVID 25 BY 25.
UM, MARGARET BROWN, CAN YOU PLEASE MS. BROWN, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN OR ELABORATE AND KIND OF EXPLAIN THIS SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT WAS DONE? I, AND I THINK THAT ALSO, SORRY NOT TO, NOT TO INTERRUPT
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YOU, MS. WRIGHT.UM, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET THEIR PRESENTATION.
I KNOW THAT DOUG SAID WE WERE RUNNING SLOW ON TIME.
DO YOU MIND IF I JUST, IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS DIRECTLY FOR ME, DO YOU MIND IF I ANSWER THAT FIRST BEFORE WE GET INTO PLANNING DEPARTMENT? IS THAT OKAY IF YOU CAN ANSWER IT? SURE.
I THOUGHT THEY WEREN'T UP TO DATE WITH THE CHANGES.
WELL, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION, UM, NEXT, SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE THEM THE FAIR CHANCE TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION BEFORE WE JUMPED INTO THEIR QUESTIONS.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAD QUESTION.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT YOU WERE UP TO DATE ON IT.
THOUGHT YOU SAID THAT YOU HADN'T REVIEWED IT, SO YOU DIDN'T KNOW.
BUT IF YOU DO KNOW, PLEASE, YEAH, NO, NO, I'M, I'M ADMITTING THAT I DID NOT KNOW, BUT I'M SAYING THAT WHENEVER, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GIVEN THEIR PRESENTATION NEXT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE WANTED TO WAIT FOR THEIR PRESENTATION BEFORE WE JUMPED INTO QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
BUT DIRECTOR, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT, THAT'S WELL, YEAH, YEAH, THAT'S COVERED IN MY PRESENTATION.
AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION OF IN THE GROUP, CATHERINE EASTERLY.
AND THIS MAY ACTUALLY BE MORE FOR DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN TOO, BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE ALLEY SCENARIO, IS THIS PRIVATE PROPERTY ALLEY OR IS THIS CITY RIGHT OF WAY ALLEY.
AND AND WHO MAINTAINS IT? AND, AND AGAIN, THAT MAY BE FOR THE DIRECTOR, THE INDIVIDUAL THAT WENT PAST ME WHEN I WAS STUDYING THIS.
YEAH, THE INDIVIDUAL CITIZEN, UM, MAINTAINS ALLEYWAY.
THESE ARE NOT, MOST OF THEM ARE NOT CITY MAINTAINED ALLEYWAYS, THE CITY MAINTAINED ALLEYWAYS, UM, COMPLEX IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON IS VERY LIMITED.
SO THESE WOULD BE PRIVATE ALLEYWAYS AND THAT WOULD BE MAINTAINED BY THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNER.
AND ALSO THEY WOULD BE NOT ONLY MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNER ALSO, UM, UP TO DATE OR CALLED UP OR CLEARED OUT BY THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO THE HOMEOWNER WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING AND MAINTAINING ALLEYWAY IN MOST PLACES.
HE SAID THAT'S NOT EXACTLY CORRECT.
ALLEYS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PUBLIC ALLEYS THAT ARE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED.
THIS, THIS, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING PERTAINS TO PUBLICLY OWNED ALLEYS REGARDLESS OF WHO MAINTAINS THEM, WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC OR THE PRIVATE, BUT THEY ARE ALL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.
OH, SO THESE WILL ACTUALLY BE CITY ACCEPTED ALLEYS? NO MA'AM.
CITY OWNED ALLEYS, THE WORD ACCEPTED MEANS SOMETHING VERY SPECIFIC.
IT MEANS THAT WE MAINTAIN THEM AND IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY WE HAVE ALLEYS, BUT WE DO NOT MAINTAIN THEM.
SO THE WORD ACCEPTED IS NOT PART OF IT.
THAT WILL TAKE ME AN HOUR TO EXPLAIN.
YOU DON'T NEED TO, BUT, SO THESE ALLEYS WILL BE PUBLIC CITY OWNED ALLEYS? CORRECT.
I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT MIS MISINTERPRETATION, BUT YES, SHE'S, THANK YOU.
AND, YOU KNOW, HANG AROUND, DON'T LEAVE
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UM, SO ANNA, ARE YOU UP AND CAN YOU BRING MY PRESENTATION UP PLEASE? UM, I WANNA DO THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
I KNOW WE'RE ALREADY WELL INTO YOUR MEETING AND I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP YOUR ENTIRE NIGHT, BUT I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION AGENDA ITEMS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEWED LAST THURSDAY ARE ABOUT A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN, UM, UH, THAN WHY DRIVEWAYS AND THIS ORGANIZATION AND THE MEMBERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION HAVE HAD A LOT TO CONTRIBUTE TO IT.
SO I WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS TO YOU.
SO I'M GONNA STOP WITH MY INTRODUCTIONS AND, AND JUST POINT TO THE FACT THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LETTING ME SPEAK TONIGHT.
UM, THE LIVABLE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION RECOMMENDATIONS.
I WANNA JUST REITERATE ONE THING.
THEY FOCUS ON AFFORDABILITY, EQUITY, AND WALKABILITY.
AND SO THEY INCLUDE ALL SORTS OF INCENTIVES TO HELP BUILDERS BUILD HOMES THAT ARE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S A REAL KEY THING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
THE RECOMMENDATIONS ENCOURAGE SMALLER, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY HOMES AND THEY RECOMMEND THAT THESE HOMES SUPPORT EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND PROVIDE FOR A SAFER PEDESTRIAN SPACES.
WE'RE GONNA GET INTO THIS VERY QUICKLY.
UM, LET ME REITERATE WHAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.
WE HAVE ALREADY IMPROVED THE BUFFERING AND SCREENING STANDARDS, WHICH PREVENT, UM, MANY APARTMENTS AND, UM, GARAGES FROM SHINING LIGHTS INTO YOUR BEDROOMS. UM, WE'VE IMPROVED THE SIDEWALK STANDARDS, UH, BY CREATING A FEE IN LIEU OF WHICH DOES AWAY WITH THAT FAMOUS SIDEWALK TO NOWHERE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD.
AND WE'VE CREATED CONSERVATION DISTRICTS FOR THESE SIX NEIGHBORHOODS.
I COULD, I WON'T GO INTO DETAILS OF ALL OF THESE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BEYOND TONIGHT ABOUT ANY OF THOSE THREE THINGS THAT WE'VE ALREADY ACCOMPLISHED.
SO WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT? WE JUST HAVE THIS LAST TRAUNCH OF HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS, AND I'M GONNA GO THROUGH THEM VERY QUICKLY 'CAUSE I KNOW MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD THIS A LOT OF TIMES, BUT I WANNA POINT OUT WAYS THAT YOU ALL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS PROJECT.
AGAIN, I'M GONNA SAY THIS, I'VE SAID THIS A A BUNCH OF TIMES.
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YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS SUPERSEDE CHAPTER 42.IF YOU HAVE ACTIVE EFFECTIVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THERE'S NOTHING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN DO THAT SAID THAT WOULD BE CONTRARY TO THEM.
UM, SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE GO THROUGH THESE.
OKAY, THERE'S FIVE BIG THINGS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THE FIRST ONE IS GARAGE APARTMENTS, MAKING IT EASIER FOR YOU TO BUILD A GARAGE APARTMENT OR, OR WHAT'S ALSO CALLED AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT.
MAYBE IT'S A FIRST HOME FOR YOUR KIDS.
MAYBE IT'S A PLACE WHERE YOUR PARENTS COME WHEN THEY NEED A LITTLE EXTRA CARE, OR MAYBE YOU JUST WANT EXTRA INCOME RIGHT NOW.
IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO PUT AN A DU IN THE BACK OF YOUR HOME, AND WE ARE MAKING IT EASY FOR YOU TO DO THAT.
YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT WE ORIGINALLY RECOMMENDED THAT THERE BE NO MAXIMUM LIMIT ON ADUS.
WHEN WE TALKED TO YOU ABOUT IT, WHETHER THROUGH YOUR INDIVIDUAL SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS OR WITH THIS ORGANIZATION, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR THAT YOU THOUGHT NO LIMIT WAS UNACCEPTABLE.
SO WE STARTED ASKING, WELL, WHAT IS IT ACCEPTABLE LIMIT? AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT ADU NOT BE BIGGER THAN 1500 SQUARE FEET.
WE'VE CHANGED OUR RECOMMENDATION DOWN TO 1500 SQUARE FEET.
AND SINCE THEY MUST CONFORM WITH DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, THEY HAVE TO MATCH THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE THEY'RE ON.
UM, WE REALLY THINK THIS IS GONNA DICTATE THEIR SIGNS QUITE A BIT.
AND SO WE WON'T SEE GIGANTIC, UM, ADUS BEHIND PEOPLE'S HOMES.
BUT THIS IS ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH YOU'VE CONTRIBUTED TO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
NUMBER TWO, WE'RE MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE TO BUILD SMALL SCALE APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
IF YOU REMEMBER, IF YOU'VE LIVED IN HOUSTON FOR A WHILE, YOU MAY REMEMBER TRIPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES AND THOSE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE VERY COMMON IN HOUSTON.
BUT BECAUSE OF OUR RULES, IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO BUILD OR MAINTAIN THEM.
SO MANY OF THOSE THAT ARE STILL STANDING ARE IN VERY BAD DISREPAIR BECAUSE IN ORDER TO REPAIR THEM, YOU'VE GOTTA BRING THEM UP TO TODAY'S STANDARDS, DRIVEWAY WIDTH AND PARKING AND ALL THESE OTHER THINGS.
AND SO WHAT WE WANNA DO IS MAKE SMALL SCALE APARTMENT BUILDING MORE CONVENIENT FOR HOUSTONIANS SO THAT WE DON'T SEE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE INUNDATED WITH LARGE FIVE STORY APARTMENT BUILDINGS.
AGAIN, WHEN WE FIRST PROPOSED THIS, WE PROPOSED THAT THESE SMALL SCALE APARTMENTS UP TO EIGHT UNITS COULD BE BUILT ON YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, BUT WE HEARD YOU AND SO YOU DIDN'T WANT LARGER VERSIONS ON YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO NOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THREE AND FOUR UNITS MAY BE BUILT ON LOCAL STREETS, BUT THAT LARGER UNITS, THE THREE THROUGH EIGHT MUST BE RESERVED FOR COLLECTORS AND MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS ADJACENT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE OTHER THING THAT CHANGED BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS WERE WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED THIS, WE PROPOSED ONE PARKING SPACE FOR EVERY 1500 SQUARE FOOT UNIT.
BUT BASED ON YOUR COMMENTS, WE REDUCED THAT TO ONE SPACE FOR EVERY 1000 SQUARE FOOT UNIT IN TWO SPACES FOR EVERY UNIT OVER A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
SO WE'VE INCREASED THE PARKING REQUIRED FOR THESE, AGAIN, BASED ON YOUR INPUT AND YOUR CONCERN THAT WE WOULD BE INUNDATING YOUR STREETS WITH PARKING.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THESE SMALL BUILDINGS, UH, NEXT SLIDE, ARE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY AND PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE TO THE FIVE STORY APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE ON THE LEFT SLIDE.
WE REALLY WANT MORE ON THE RIGHT, UM, THAT ARE IN BETTER CONDITION THAT REALLY DO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOODS AND ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, UM, YOUR TO, TO BRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
UH, WE'RE CREATING A NEW TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE'VE NEVER HAD IN HOUSTON BEFORE CALLED COURTYARD DEVELOPMENT.
I CAN GO INTO DETAILS ON THIS, BUT BASICALLY, UM, THIS IS A SMALL SCALE, LOW SCALE, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN TAKE PLACE, UM, THAT WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BUILD.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID MAKE A CHANGE TO THIS.
THEY PROPOSED LIMITING THE SIZE OF THESE HOMES.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION OPTED FOR 1800.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE BIT LARGER SCALE OF THESE JUST 300 EXTRA SQUARE FEET, BUT, UM, WE BELIEVE THEY'RE, UM, VERY CRITICAL.
UM, LOTS OF GREEN SPACE FOR EACH LOT.
THERE MUST BE AT LEAST 150 SQUARE FEET OF GREEN SPACE FOR EVERY PROPERTY.
AND SO THIS IS, UM, WE'RE SEEING A LOT OF ACTIVITY, PEOPLE WHO REALLY WANT TO BUILD THESE.
AND WE'RE, AND WE'RE ALREADY SEEING SOME APPLICATIONS FOR THE, FOR THE COMMISSION.
UH, NEXT, SO THE LAST GROUP OF CHANGES TO THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS TO IMPROVE SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT MANY OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE ALREADY EXPERIENCING.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS FOR A WHILE.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT? WHEN A LOT IN AN EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD IS SUBDIVIDED AND NOW THERE ARE THREE OR FOUR HOMES WHERE THERE USED TO BE ONE.
WE SUPPORT INFIELD DEVELOPMENT.
WE NEED MORE HOMES IN HOUSTON.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION, ALL OF US UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO BE BUILDING HOUSING.
BUT WHAT WE WANT IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSING THAT IS BUILT IS RESPECTFUL
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TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO THE STREET ON WHICH IT'S BUILT YOUR STREET, FOR INSTANCE.SO THESE CHANGES, TROY TALKED ABOUT THEM A LITTLE BIT.
THESE CHANGES WILL ENCOURAGE THE USE OF REAR AND SIDE DRIVEWAYS WHEN POSSIBLE, THEY WILL LEAVE THE FRONT OF THE LOT MORE ACCESSIBLE AND THE SIDEWALK MORE USABLE BY EVERYBODY.
WE ARE REQUIRING DOORS AND WINDOWS ON THE FRONT SO IT PROVIDES A MORE NEIGHBORLY FACADE.
WE'RE GONNA SEE MORE OF WHAT'S ON THE RIGHT IN THIS PICTURE THAN WHAT'S ON THE LEFT.
SO HERE'S WHERE THE CHANGE IS AND HERE'S WHERE THE PROBLEM OR THE DISAGREEMENT BETWEEN GHBA AND THE CITY REMAINS.
WE'D ORIGINALLY PROPOSED CHANGING THE FRONT LOADING ACCESS TO A TANDEM APPROACH OF A 24 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAY APPROACH.
UM, WHEN WE REALLY DUG INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT, WE REALIZED THAT GHBA DIDN'T LOVE IT.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T LOVE IT.
AND SO WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID LAST THURSDAY NIGHT WAS THEY CHANGED THIS RECOMMENDATION ON THE LEFT TO PROPOSE THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS SPECIFICALLY FOR LOTS, NO DRIVEWAY, NO FRONT LOADING DRIVEWAYS, NO INDIVIDUAL FRONT LOADING DRIVEWAYS FOR LOTS 33 FEET, OR UM, LESS THAN 33 FEET.
SO LOTS MUST BE 33 FEET, UM, TO GET THEIR OWN DRIVEWAY.
IF THEY'RE NOT 33 FEET WIDE, THEY USE A SHARED DRIVEWAY, AN ALLEY, A REAR DRIVEWAY, A FLAG LOT, OR A PERMANENT ACCESS EASEMENT.
ALL SORTS OF OTHER OPTIONS FOR SMALLER LOTS, JUST NOT FRONT LOADING.
TWO MINUTES, NO LONGER WILL, OH, TWO MINUTES.
NO LONGER WILL HOMES BE ABLE TO USE THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY AS A DRIVEWAY TO ONE HOME.
I KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THIS WHOLE BLOCKS THAT END UP BEING NOTHING BUT DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY.
THIS WILL REDUCE THE NUMBER OF TIMES YOU HAVE TO WALK YOUR DOG OR PUSH YOUR BABY CARRIAGE DOWN A SIDEWALK THAT'S NOTHING BUT DRIVEWAYS OR BLOCK BY A CAR.
YOU KNOW, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THESE CHANGES ABOUT FORCING PEOPLE TO PARK ON THE STREET.
THESE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE FOCUSED ON MAKING THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC TO YOU INSTEAD OF ONE HOME.
YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF JUST ONE HOMEOWNER.
WE'RE PROPOSING THIS CHANGE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THE PUBLIC SPACE SHOULD BE RESERVED FOR THE PUBLIC.
WHILE EVERY HOME NEEDS ACCESS.
IT'S NOT FAIR FOR ONE HOMER TO HAVE A COMPLETE ACCESS.
NOT ONE PERSON CAN USE THE LENGTH OF THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT OF THAT HOME.
IT BECOMES THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THEY DID NOT PAY FOR IT.
FURTHERMORE, THESE DOUBLE WIDE DRIVEWAYS ARE UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS BY MAKING THEM CROSSOVER DOUBLE WIDE SPACE WITH NO REFUGE.
YOU'VE ALL EXPERIENCED HOW FAST SOMEONE BACKS OUT OF THE DRIVEWAYS IN HOUSTON, IT'S IF IT'S ONLY ONE CAR WIDE THAT GIVES PEDESTRIANS AT LEAST A FIGHTING CHANCE.
UM, SO THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT BY LIMITING THE WIDTH, THESE DRIVEWAYS, MORE PEOPLE WILL PARK ON THE STREETS.
THEY DO HAVE GARAGES AFTER ALL.
AND IF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE WORRIED ABOUT CRIME, GARAGES ARE MUCH SAFER THAN EITHER DRIVEWAYS OR STREETS.
THOSE ARE THE BIG RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE REST IS ABOUT PARKING, WHICH I'M HAPPY TO GO INTO, BUT I THINK I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
UM, WE CAN GIVE THIS PRESENTATION TO YOU ALL.
YOU CAN READ ALL OF THIS AND THEN YOU CAN MAKE WHATEVER COMMENTS.
I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA HATE THIS PIECE OF IT, UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO TALK ABOUT IT.
I'D LOVE TO TALK WITH YOU ABOUT, UM, REDUCING OUR PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
WHEN WE FIRST SHOWED THIS MAP TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, YOU ALL WENT CRAZY AND YOU SAID, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
GO BACK, GO BACK, GO BACK, GO BACK.
AND SO WE HAVE REVISED THIS MAP SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF LAND THAT IS NOW MARKET-BASED PARKING.
UM, WE THINK THIS IS A GREAT, UM, ALTERNATIVE TO THE MAP WE ORIGINALLY HAD.
AND WE THINK THIS IS THE RIGHT MOVE FOR HOUSTON'S FUTURE.
UM, GIVE A CALL IF YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT IT.
CAN I BREATHE NOW?
UM, RHONDA, WE'RE GONNA LET YOU HANDLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE QUESTIONS.
TAMARA BELL, UM, HAS A QUESTION.
UH, YOU AND DIPTY, I APPRECIATE IT.
AND THE GHBA, UH, I THANK YOU ALL FOR, UH, COMING TODAY TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS SOMEWHAT WHAT YOU ALL SAID THIS EVENING AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'LL HAVE ON THEM.
UH, I WANT TO GO BACK TO MY, UH, THE COMPOUNDS.
GO BACK TO COURTYARD DEVELOPMENT.
UH, UH, UH, YOU, YOU ALL SAID YOU MADE A CHANGE BECAUSE YOU ALL INCREASED THE MAXIMUM SIZE.
THE CONCERN IS THE MINIMUM SIZE.
SINCE Y'ALL HAVE NO MINIMUM SIZE, YOU GONNA END UP WITH A CABRINI GREENS PROJECT JUST LIKE YOU HAD IN CHICAGO AND THE TENEMENT YOU HAVE ON THE EAST COAST.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN IN THIRD WARD FOR 40 YEARS, WHEN THE, WHEN CHAPTER 42 EXPANDED, UH, INSIDE THE LOOP, THE DE THE DEVELOPMENT, THE DEVELOPERS
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AS THEY USUALLY DO, THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WAS NEEDED WAS NEVER PUT IN.AND NOBODY EVER WENT BACK AND CHECKED.
AND SO YOU HAD NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH FIELD FLOODING THE OLD RESIDENTS THAT WAS ADJACENT TO IT.
UH, OTHER, I I COULD CARE LESS ABOUT HOW BIG THEY GONNA BE.
IT'S THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NO MINIMUM.
SO ON A 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT, IF EACH PERSON GIVES UP 150 OF THEIRS A SPACE, YOU CAN HAVE FOUR, WHAT? FOUR, UH, FOUR PROPERTIES HERE ON THERE.
YOU AIN'T GOTTA MAKE NO COMMENTS.
I KNOW Y'ALL GOING TO QUALITY OF LIFE.
I JUST WANNA ADDRESS THAT IS A MAJOR, MAJOR, MAJOR CONCERN.
UH, AND YOU BROUGHT UP D RESTRICTIONS, WHICH YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP, BUT SINCE YOU BROUGHT IT UP, UH, EVEN IF YOU HAVE YOUR D RESTRICTIONS IN ORDER, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL HAVE A WAY OF INTERPRETING 'EM, BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION FOR ANOTHER DAY.
AND WE, SO I WANNA LET MARGARET ANSWER THAT AND THEN WE HAVE TWO MORE.
AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PUT 'EM IN THE CHAT PEOPLE AND WE'LL GET 'EM THROUGH THE CHAT.
SO, UH, MS. BE I, I RECOGNIZE THE, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ISSUE.
IT, IT IS, SO FIRST OF ALL, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOESN'T REVIEW DEED RESTRICTIONS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT DOES, AND THEY LOOK AT TITLE REPORTS AND WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN SURPRISED AS MANY TIMES AS NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE WHEN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT COMES BACK AND SAYS SOMETHING DOESN'T VIOLATE A DEED RESTRICTION.
UM, IT IS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE WITH US.
WE'VE, WE BELIEVE, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATION.
THEY, THEY KNOW WE DON'T, AND, BUT WE OFTEN HEAR THE PAIN THAT NEIGHBORHOODS GO THROUGH WHEN, WHEN THE, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT IT DOESN'T VIOLATE THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND IF I HAD, UM, A MAGIC BULLET, I WOULD.
BUT, UM, AS LONG AS YOU HAVE ACTIVE EFFECTIVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEN, THEN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WILL SUPPORT THAT.
UM, MARIAN WRIGHT, UM, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT EVERYONE ON THIS CHAT DOES RECOGNIZE WITH THE MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS THAT THERE WILL BE NO OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS IF YOU'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UM, DISTANCE FROM DIFFERENT FORMS OF TRANSPORTATION.
SO IF YOU'RE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM LIGHT RAIL OR BIKE RAIL LANES OR TRAILS OR WHATEVER THEY CALL 'EM, THEY MAKE, THEY CAN, YOU CAN BUILD WITHOUT ANY PARKING OFF STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS AT ALL.
AND, UM, THAT WAS KIND OF JUST GLOSSED OVER AS A TIME RESTRAINT ISSUE.
BUT
I DIDN'T MEAN, I REALLY DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT I DO WANNA POINT EVERYBODY'S ATTENTION.
THIS IS THE MAP THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU CAN ZOOM INTO IT TO ACTUALLY FIND YOUR HOME VERY EASILY.
IT'S BASED ON, UM, QUARTER MILE WALKING DISTANCE TO TRANSIT IT AND, UM, A QUARTER MILE FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES.
SO IT'S A QUARTER MILE WALKING DISTANCE FROM BLUE ROUTE BUS STOPS IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES WHERE MORE THAN 25% OF THE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE NO VEHICLE.
IT'S A QUARTER MILE WALKING DISTANCE FROM EXISTING PROTECTED BIKEWAYS THAT ARE NOT MORE THAN TWO MILES FROM ANOTHER PROTECTED BIKEWAY QUARTER MILE WALKING DISTANCE FROM BUS STOPS WITH A 15 MINUTE, UH, HEADWAY OR HALF A MILE WALKING DISTANCE FROM B RT LRTS.
THIS MAP WAS, HAD MUCH MORE GREEN WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT WITH YOU THE FIRST TIME, AND WE'VE REDUCED MUCH OF THAT.
AND SO THIS IS WHERE IT IS NOW.
UH, I WANTED TO TOUCH ON THE PARKING MINIMUM SINCE WE'RE KIND OF SEGUEING.
THERE IS THIS, IT SAYS, UH, THERE WAS A, SOME WORDING THAT SAID IT WAS ONLY FOR THE NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS.
HOWEVER, IN YOUR SLIDE PRESENTATION IT DOESN'T SAY THAT.
SO, UH, THAT'S THE FIRST PART.
AND THEN THERE ALWAYS IS THIS NUMBER THROWN OUT ABOUT 25% OF HOUSEHOLDS WITHOUT, UH, WITHOUT VEHICLES.
AND IN ANOTHER DISCUSSION WE FOUND OUT THAT EVEN THOUGH THESE PEOPLE DON'T SAY OWN VEHICLES, THEY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS, A LOT OF 'EM ARE ELDERLY WHO HAVE FAMILY WHO BRING THEM THINGS WITH VEHICLES.
AND SO THAT WAS THE POINT THAT THEY JUST ENDED UP ON THE STREET, UH, WITH THE PARKING.
UM, AND THEN THE THIRD PART IS REALLY FOR
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EVERYONE IN THE GROUP.I HAVE RECEIVED SOLICITATIONS FOR PROPERTIES THAT I OWN IN DEED RESTRICTED AREAS ABOUT, UH, BUSTING DEED RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE WITH THESE NEW CHANGES, BASICALLY EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOW FAIR GAME AND THERE'S A LOT OF NICE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THEY'D LOVE TO PUT THESE SMALL, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN.
AND IT'S APPARENTLY WORTH IT LEGALLY, UH, LEGAL COST WISE TO GO BUST THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SO, UM, THAT'S KIND OF A QUESTION FOR THE GROUP, BUT, UH, UH, MS. BROWN, UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE ADDRESS THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO HELP ME REMEMBER WHAT THE FIRST TWO QUESTIONS WERE.
UM, SO MINIMUM, SO MARKET BASED PARKING, UM, BASED ON THE MAP THAT I'VE SHOWN IS, UM, FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION ONLY, BUT IF A BUILDING IS TORN DOWN AND IS REDEVELOPED, THEN IT WOULD BE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD QUALIFY IT FOR THE MARKET-BASED PARKING.
UM, YOUR SECOND POINT IS, UM, 25.
YOU, YOU SAID YOU HAD HEARD 25% OF HOUSTONIANS DON'T HAVE CARS.
UM, THAT'S NOT A, THAT'S NOT A NUMBER WE'VE EVER USED.
UM, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT A CENSUS STATISTIC RIGHT NOW THAT 9.2% OF HOUSTON HOUSEHOLDS, NOT INDIVIDUALS BUT HOUSEHOLDS, UM, HAVE NO VEHICLES AVAILABLE TO THEM AND 41% HAVE ONE VEHICLE AVAILABLE TO THEM.
UM, THEY MAY HAVE FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE CARS.
THERE'S THAT, THAT'S NOT CALCULATED IN THE, IN, UM, THE CENSUS NUMBERS.
SO THAT TELLS YOU THAT 50% OF HOUSTONIANS HAVE ONE OR FEWER CARS, I'M SORRY, 50% OF HOUSTON HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ONE OR FEWER CARS AVAILABLE TO THEM.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON CURRENT REQUIRE CURRENTLY REQUIRES TWO PARKING SPACES FOR EVERY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENT.
UM, EVERY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
AND, UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THAT PROPERTY, THAT LAND THAT IT TAKES TO BUILD THOSE GARAGES, THAT LAND THAT IT TAKES TO BUILD PARKING LOTS, UM, COULD HOUSE MORE HOUSTONIANS AND THAT THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO USE PARKING IS VERY EXPENSIVE AND IT CAN REDUCE THE COST OF A STRUCTURE TO MAKE HOUSES MORE AFFORDABLE FOR HOUSTONIANS.
AND WE BELIEVE THIS IS A STEP WE SHOULD TAKE.
THERE'S A REALLY IMPORTANT CLARIFICATION THAT YOU SKIPPED OVER AND THAT WAS THE MINIMUM PARKING.
IS IT JUST FOR NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS OR WHEN A NEW BAR GOES UP ON WASHINGTON AVENUE, DO THEY GET TO SKIP THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS? NO, I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I ANSWERED THAT.
IT IS JUST FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, JUST FOR THESE RESIDENTIAL TYPES OF, YOU'RE NOTING WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL, I JUST SAID RESIDENTIAL, IT IS JUST THESE RESIDENTIAL TYPES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND THAT DOESN'T EVEN INCLUDE APARTMENT BUILDINGS, IT'S RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT BUILDINGS WOULD BE CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL.
AND SO APARTMENT BUILDINGS WOULDN'T BE CLASSICAL.
WOULDN'T, WOULDN'T BE EFFECTIVE.
AND THE EIGHT PLEXES AND THE EIGHT PLEXES, WOULD THEY BE EXEMPT FROM PROVIDING PARKING? UM, PLEXES WOULD BE BECAUSE THEY ARE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL AND THEY ARE NOT COMMERCIAL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, WE'RE RUNNING OUT TIME HERE.
I GOT, WE HAVE TWO MORE, UH, PEOPLE HAVE TO PRESENT.
KATHY AND NAOMI, COULD YOU SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONS TO CHAT PLEASE? BECAUSE WE HAVE TWO OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING TO SPEAK AND WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.
I'M SORRY TO, I DON'T, DON'T EVEN HAVE A QUESTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TAKE MY HAND DOWN.
AND YOU CAN ALWAYS CALL OUR OFFICE AT (832) 393-6500.
AND PLEASE PUT YOUR, PUT YOUR QUESTIONS IN CHAT.
THEY, I PROMISE THIS IS CHERYL SPEAKING.
UM, THE, I I CAN, I'M GONNA SPEAK 'EM FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
THEY WILL TAKE NOTE OF THE QUESTIONS AND THEY WILL GET BACK WITH YOU.
IS THAT CORRECT, MARGARET? YES.
YOUR YOUR TEAM WILL GET BACK ON THE QUESTIONS.
AND WE HAVE, IT'S A BUSY, BUSY DAY, UM, IN MEETINGS HERE.
SO WE'RE GOING THANK YOU MARGARET.
UM, THIS IS A VERY, UH, VERY, UH, HOT ITEM FOR EVERYBODY AND APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.
WE DID HAVE A PRESENTATION FROM THE HARRIS COUNTY POLLUTION CONTROL.
UM, ARE THEY ONLINE? YES, I'M RIGHT THERE.
AM I ABLE TO SHARE MY SCREEN? UH, YES, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO.
HEY ANNA, CAN YOU, THERE YOU GO.
SO I'M GONNA TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE 'CAUSE I KNOW WE ARE RUNNING LOW ON
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TIME.I AM THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS SPECIALIST FOR HARRIS COUNTY POLLUTION CONTROL ONLINE.
WE ALSO HAVE VERONICA VASQUEZ.
SO SHE IS OUR ADMIN FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE BREAKDOWN OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE POLLUTION CONTROL DEPARTMENT IS MADE UP OF ABOUT 80 INDIVIDUALS AND WE WERE ESTABLISHING 1953.
AGAIN, I'M JUST CUTTING THROUGH ALL OF THIS BECAUSE WE'RE LOW ON TIME.
WE WERE THE FIRST, UM, WATER AND POLLUTION SECTION FOR THE COUNTRY.
WE ALL MADE UP OF FIVE DIVISIONS.
THAT IS THE DIRECTOR'S OFFICE, ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, TECHNICAL OPERATIONS, AND POLICIES AND COMMUNICATIONS.
SO ADMINISTRATIVE, UH, DIVISION DOES COMPLAINT INTAKES, OPEN RECORDS REQUESTS, THEY ANSWER THE PHONES AND THE FILE RECORDS.
THEY DO A BUNCH OF OTHER THINGS OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE COULDN'T FIT EVERYTHING THAT THEY ADMIN TO YOU ON HERE.
BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE INCLUDED THE THINGS THAT THEY DO AS FAR AS COMPLAINTS, WHICH IS THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA TAKE THE RESIDENT COMPLAINTS AND THEY'RE ALSO GONNA BE THE ONES THAT DO THE OPEN RECORDS REQUEST IF A RESIDENT EVER AFFLUENT FOR THE TECHNICAL DIVISION, THE TECHNICAL DIVISION IS DIVIDED INTO THREE SECTIONS, EMERGENCY RESPONSE FIELD INVESTIGATION SERVICES, AND LAB SERVICES.
OUR ER TEAM IS ON CALL FOR 24 HOURS A DAY.
AND AS FAR AS THE ER TEAM, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER UNITS INVOLVED WITH ER IN CASE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING BIG HAPPENS, LIKE OUR AIR MONITORING TEAM IS NOT TECHNICALLY ER, BUT THEY DO HELP WHENEVER THAT WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE INCIDENT FIELD, UH, INVESTIGATION SERVICES.
THAT IS GONNA BE THE SECTION THAT RESIDENTS ARE GONNA DEAL WITH THE MOST IF THEY DO HAVE A COMPLAINT.
OUR FIELD INVESTIGATORS RESPOND TO COMPLAINTS ABOUT ACTIVITIES LIKE ILLEGAL OUTDOOR BURNING, NUISANCE ORDERS, DUST COMPLAINTS, ILLEGAL DUMPING AND SEWAGE.
UH, LAB SERVICES OF CORE LAB SERVICES IS WHERE THEY TAKE ALL THOSE SAMPLES THAT THEY TAKE DURING THEIR INVESTIGATIONS, WHETHER IT BE AN ER RESPONSE INVESTIGATION, IT WOULD BE A REGULAR INVESTIGATION FOR A COMPLAINT, OR THEY'RE JUST TAKING SAMPLES.
OUR OPERATIONS AND POLICY OPERATIONS AND POLICY IS MADE UP OF FOUR SECTIONS.
AIR SERVICES, COMPLIANCE SERVICES, PERMIT SERVICES, AND WATER SERVICES.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY HELP THE ER TEAM AS WELL WHENEVER THERE IS AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.
THAT'S, UH, OUR RAM VEHICLE IS PART OF AIR SERVICES, UH, COMPLIANCE SERVICES.
THEY ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA ISSUE VIOLATION NOTICES IF THERE IS A COMPLAINT OR A VIOLATION.
UH, IF, IF THERE IS A VIOLATION, YOU KNOW, UM, WHILE THEY'RE DOING AN INSPECTION, YOU KNOW, COMPLIANCE SERVICES IS THE ONE THAT FOLLOW US UP.
AND THEN PERMIT SERVICES ARE THE ONES THAT MONITOR THE T-T-C-E-Q PERMITTING ACTIVITIES.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT SUBMIT COMMENTS.
THEY TAKE A LOT OF, UH, THEY DO A LOT OF MONITORING.
THEY DO MONITORING DURING DRY AND WET WEATHER CONDITIONS.
COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION IS THE DIVISION THAT I AM A PART OF.
AND I'M ACTUALLY PART OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND DIGITAL MEDIA SERVICES SECTION.
THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, SECTION.
WE NOTICE THAT, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION WAS ACTUALLY, IT'S PRETTY NEW TO THE DEPARTMENT ITSELF.
IT CAME INTO THE DEPARTMENT IN 2020 AND WE DECIDED TO START DOING OUTREACH.
AND WE NOTICED THAT AS WE GOT OUT THERE, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DID NOT EVEN REALIZE THAT THERE IS A POLLUTION CONTROL DEPARTMENT FOR HARRIS COUNTY.
SO WE ARE TRYING TO BE AS PROACTIVE IN GETTING THE WORD OUT THERE THAT, HEY, WE'RE HERE, THESE ARE OUR SERVICES, YOU KNOW? AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE ACTUALLY, WE REACHED OUT TO YOU GUYS JUST TO, YOU KNOW, MAKE SURE THAT WE LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE.
AND THAT IF YOU DO HAVE A, IF YOU DO WANT TO INVITE US TO GIVE A LITTLE PRESENTATION, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE MEETING OR TO A COMMUNITY MEETING, THEN YOU KNOW, JUST REACH OUT TO US AND WE'RE HERE AND WE'LL CHECK OUR SCHEDULES AND WE'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GO, WE'VE GONE TO A COUPLE OF THEM.
AND IF IT'S AN IN PERSON, EVEN BETTER BECAUSE WE'RE ABLE TO SET UP OUR TABLE, WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE OUT BROCHURES, WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THE PEOPLE AND JUST BRIDGE THAT GAP SINCE WE SAID, LIKE WE NOTICED WHEN WE STARTED IN 2020 THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF RESIDENTS DON'T REALIZE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY HERE.
ANOTHER SECTION THAT WE HAVE IS DATA ANALYTICS.
DATA ANALYTICS ARE THE PEOPLE THAT DO THE MAPS.
SO IF YOU DO KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND YOU DO FOLLOW SOCIAL MEDIA, YOU KNOW THAT WHENEVER WE DO HAVE AN EMERGENCY,
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WE SAY, HEY, OUR, OUR POINTS ARE ON OUR EMERGENCY MAP.SO OUR EMERGENCY MAP IS WHENEVER THE ER TEAM GETS OUT THERE AND THEY START GETTING THE READINGS, THEY START DROPPING THOSE POINTS.
WELL, THE DATA ANALYTICS TEAM PULLS THOSE POINTS AND PUTS THEM ON A MAP AND THEY DO IT IN A SUPER SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME SO THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GRAB THAT, MAKE THE LINK FOR IT, AND PUT IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND THEN THE RESIDENTS ARE ABLE TO GO AND LOOK AT IT.
AND TOXICOLOGY, WE HAVE A TOXICOLOGIST TOO.
THEY'RE PART OF THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
AND WHENEVER, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE ANY INCIDENTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY ARE ABLE TO DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, GIVE US A, A BREAKDOWN, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE SHORT OR LONG-TERM HEALTH IMPACTS OF THE EXPOSURE IS ADDITIONAL DATA.
THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE ALL OF THAT FOR US.
YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES REMAINING, PLEASE.
SO THESE ARE OUR COMPLAINT FORMS. IF YOU DO INVITE US TO GO OUT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WOULD TAKE SOME OF THESE.
THEY SHOW YOU HOW YOU'RE ABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH US, WHETHER IT BE THROUGH PHONE, EMAIL, IF YOU SCAN THE QR CODE, IT TAKES YOU DIRECTLY TO THE COMPLAINT FORM.
IT IS AVAILABLE IN BOTH ENGLISH AND SPANISH.
AND WE, WE CAN ALSO TAKE THIS, WHICH IS GIVES THE RESIDENTS A STEP BY STEP OF WHAT, HOW WE HANDLE THE COMPLAINTS WHEN THEY DO CALL IN, HOW IT STARTS, UH, GETTING THEIR INFORMATION AND ALL OF THEM.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE OTHER THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE, LIKE OUR DATA PORTAL, WHICH AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MEANS, UH, YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL DATA FROM PAST EVENTS.
IT'S ACTUALLY NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO PULL IT FROM LIKE 365 DAYS BACK, AS WELL AS A MORE INFORMATION ON OUR CONCRETE BATCH PLAN INSPECTION.
THERE'S ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN GO CHECK IT OUT.
SOME OF OUR INITIATIVES THAT WE HAVE IS OUR CAMP PROGRAM, OUR RAM PROGRAM, OUR COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS AGAINST, THAT'S US.
AND THEN OUR CONCRETE BATCH PLAN PROGRAM.
WE ARE, I'M SORRY, WE ARE ON, WE ARE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, AND WE'RE ALSO ON NEXTDOOR.
IF YOU SCAN THAT QR CODE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
ANNIE, THERE ARE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT HAVE COME UP ON, UM, CHAT, UM, THAT PEOPLE HAVE ASKED AND SEVERAL OF THEM RELATE TO, UM, AIR MONITORING, AIR MONITORS AND HOW MANY, HOW THERE, HOW MANY THERE ARE, ARE THERE GONNA BE MORE? AND DO YOU HAVE A DASHBOARD, A WEB, UH, THE WEBSITE THAT PEOPLE CAN GO TO? YES.
LET ME WRITE IT DOWN ACTUALLY, UH, VERONICA SHOULD BE ON AND SHE WAS TAKING NOTES.
SO, UH, I VERONICA, IF YOU'RE ON UNCLEAR, CAN YOU PLEASE DROP THE WEBSITE FOR US AND THEN CAN YOU ALSO DROP THE COMMUNICATIONS EMAIL? SO IF YOU DO WANT TO INVITE US TO ONE OF YOUR COMMUNITY MEETINGS, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND DO SO AT THAT EMAIL.
IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT.
AND SHE WILL ALSO DROP THE WEBSITE WHERE THE DATA DASHBOARDS ARE ON THERE AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY MONITORS WE HAVE, EXACTLY WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED AND THE READINGS THAT THEY ARE CURRENTLY GETTING.
WE'D ASK FOR EVERYBODY TO PUT THEIR COMMENTS INTO CHAT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE, I GUESS GREG, CAN WE HAVE, CAN TIME FOR A QUICK QUESTION FOR HER, FOR ANNIE.
I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME HERE TONIGHT.
I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND INSTEAD OF DOING THREE ONE ONE, WE COULD CALL YOU DIRECTLY FOR A POLLUTION ISSUE OR HOW DO YOU INTERACT WITH THE CITY? YEAH, SO ACTUALLY THAT, THAT IS THE THING TOO.
WE NOTICED, UH, THAT AS WE GOT OUT THERE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET AHOLD OF US.
YOU CAN, UH, WE ARE NOW WITH 3 1 1, SO YOU'RE ABLE TO CALL 3 1 1 AND IF YOU DO FALL, THE THING WITH THIS IS THAT WE ONLY SERVICE HARRIS COUNTY.
SO IF YOU FALL WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, THAT WILL GET INVESTIGATED BY THE CITY.
SO THEY WILL ROUTE YOU TO THE CITY.
WHAT WE HAVE NOTICED TOO IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE, IT IS VERY DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE YOU NEED A KEY MAP TO PICK OUT SOMETIMES WHETHER YOU FALL WITHIN THE CITY OR WHETHER YOU FALL WITHIN THE COUNTY.
SO IF YOU DO CALL US DIRECTLY AND WE CHECK OUR ADMINS, THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS THEY DO.
THEY CHECK YOUR ADDRESS AND IF IT HAPPENS TO FALL WITHIN THE CITY, THEY CAN STILL TAKE YOUR, UH, COMPLAINT AND WE'LL FORWARD OURSELVES TO THE CITY.
WE JUST WON'T BE ABLE TO PROVIDE YOU ANY FOLLOW-UP INFORMATION OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THE ONES LEADING THAT INVESTIGATION.
EVERYBODY ON THIS TONIGHT IS SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD IS WITHIN THE CITY.
SO YES, WE WOULD NOT, WE WOULD NOT USE YOU THEN.
UH, SO, BUT THE THING THAT, THE REASON WHY WE WANTED TO BE OUT HERE WAS BECAUSE WE DO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY, UH, SOMETIMES WITH EMERGENCIES.
AND WE DON'T WANT YOU GUYS TO JUST BE OUT THERE NOT KNOWING YOU KNOW, WHAT'S GOING ON.
A LOT OF TIMES WE HAVE HAD EMERGENCIES WHERE WE HAVE TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY.
AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT'S
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HAPPENING, YOU CAN FOLLOW US ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AND YOU CAN GET TO THOSE DATA DASHBOARDS AND YOU CAN KNOW WHAT THAT INFORMATION IS THAT WE'RE GIVING BECAUSE LIKE WE HAVE COLLABORATED WITH THEM.UM, AND I'M, UH, GLAD YOUR STAFF PERSON IS GONNA BE LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS.
AIR MONITORING HAS BEEN A BIG, BIG ISSUE, ESPECIALLY ON CERTAIN PARTS OF TOWN.
SO WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING TONIGHT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE QUESTIONS AND AGAIN, WE'LL DROP OUR INFORMATION DOWN THERE.
UM, THE NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA WAS, UH, PUBLIC WORKS UPDATES.
BASICALLY THE SNA, UM, ALLIANCE HAS A QUARTERLY MEETING WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
I PUT OUT INTO CHAT EARLIER THIS EVENING.
UM, SOME, UM, LINKS FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, THEIR HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS PLAN FOR THE YEAR.
UM, AND THE GUIDE FOR PEOPLE WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND HOW THE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IS PREPARING FOR THE HURRICANE SEASON.
ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK AT THAT IF YOU HAVE ANY MORE.
THAT'S ALL THAT THEY HAD THAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE, UH, AT THE MEETING TONIGHT.
SO THAT'S DONE AND
SO NEXT WE GO TO, UM, OPEN, UH, TO NEW BI OLD BUSINESS AND NEW BUSINESS.
WE DO HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE PENNY MORALES SHAW, WHO I BELIEVE WANTED TO GIVE US A QUICK UPDATE ON WHAT WENT ON IN AUSTIN.
IS THAT CORRECT REPRESENTATIVE? YES.
I CAN GIVE YOU AS QUICK AS I CAN MAKE IT.
HOW MANY MINUTES DO YOU WANT IT TO, TO BE? OH GOD, IF WE COULD KEEP IT TO FIVE, THAT'D BE GREAT.
'CAUSE WE DO WANNA HAVE TIME FOR NEIGHBORHOODS TO SHARE SOME INFORMATION.
I'M STATE REPRESENTATIVE PENNY MORALES SHAW.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT 1 48, WHICH IS GARDEN OAK.
OAK FOREST, UM, PART OF SPRING BRANCH AND THEN TWO 90 THAT GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGHWAY SIX.
UH, AND MY STAFF, UH, DISTRICT STAFF PERSON IS ON CHRISTINA WALSH.
AND SHE'S GENERALLY IN ATTENDANCE AT THE MEETINGS.
UM, SO WE FILED OVER 7,000 BILLS THIS SESSION.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT A FEW OF THE ONES THAT IMPACT MOST PEOPLE.
UH, SCHOOL FUNDING, THE GRID PROPERTY TAXES, SOME VOTER STUFF, BORDER STUFF, COASTAL BARRIER, LOCAL PREEMPTION.
UM, AND MY FOCUS WAS, UH, A LOT OF THINGS, BUT PRIMARILY WHAT WAS WAS ABLE TO PASS WERE ENVIRONMENTAL MEASURES.
AND SINCE WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT THAT, I'LL JUST PIGGYBACK ON THAT.
UM, WE, BECAUSE WE HAVE PETROCHEMICAL IN OUR BACKYARD AND I SERVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS COMMITTEE, I, I TRY TO GET THROUGH BILLS THAT WILL HELP US PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN AREAS THAT HAVE ENVIRONMENTAL, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE EITHER CLOSE TO LANDFILLS OR THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY OR, OR ANY OF THE STORAGE TANKS OR ALL OF THOSE.
UM, SO A FEW OF THE MEASURES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PASS THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE, AND OF COURSE EVERYTHING'S GOING TO THE GOVERNOR NOW, AND HE HAS UNTIL THE 18TH TO SEE WHAT, TO SEE WHAT'S SIGNED AND WHAT'S VETOED.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THEM WAS TCEQ, THE, THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS WHO ISSUES PERMITS, UH, FOR THE INDUSTRY.
THEY'VE NEVER HAD THEIR PERMITTING PROCESS ONLINE.
AND I HAD A BILL LAST SESSION AND THIS SESSION TO GET ALL OF THAT ONLINE SO IT'S EASIER FOR THE PUBLIC TO, TO INTER INTERFACE WITH THEM TO FIND OUT WHAT PERMITS ARE BEING APPLIED FOR, WHAT, WHAT RENEWALS ARE PENDING, UH, HOW TO REQUEST A, A COMMUNITY MEETING OR HOW TO GIVE COMMENTS ON A PERMIT.
AND SO THAT, UH, WE GOT THAT TAGGED ON TO, TO A, A BIGGER BILL AND ALSO RAISING PENALTIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTERS.
AND, UH, WE GOT THAT ON A BILL.
UH, AND ONE OF THE OTHER ONES WAS, OH YES, DETER THE, UH, EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT THAT WE PUT INTO PLACE AT TEXAS LEDGE A WHILE AGO.
FOR SOME REASON, DOWNSTREAM WAS NOT INCLUDED, AND THAT'S REALLY THE REFINERIES THAT ARE MOSTLY IN THE HOUSTON AREA.
UM, BUT IT HAD MIDSTREAM, WHICH ARE THE, THE PIPELINES, UH, AND THEN WEST TEXAS, WHICH ARE MORE THE, UH, THE GENERATORS.
SO WE WERE ABLE TO ADD ON DOWNSTREAM, WHICH IS OUR, OUR INDUSTRY.
SO NOW OUR INDUSTRY HAS ACCESS TO REDUCED EMISSIONS AND THAT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH OUR AIR QUALITY IN THE HOUSTON AND GREATER HOUSTON AREA.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO, TO THEM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT AND, AND BEING ABLE TO REDUCE EMISSIONS THAT WAY.
SCHOOL FUNDING WAS A BIG PRIORITY.
THIS ISSUE, UH, THIS SESSION WE HAD A $32 BILLION SURPLUS, WHICH IS HISTORIC REALLY FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS BUDGET.
SO WE WERE REALLY HOPING TO SEE A LOT MORE SCHOOL FUNDING, UH, TEACHER RAISES.
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WE, WE DIDN'T GET THAT.WE, UM, THERE WAS A, A BIG FIGHT BETWEEN, UH, PER STUDENT ALLOTMENT, INCREASES TEACHER RAISES AND VOUCHERS.
AND BECAUSE THAT WAS IN CONFLICT WITH EACH OTHER, NEITHER OF THEM GOT PASSED.
WE DID SEE COLA INCREASES FOR RETIRED TEACHERS, WHICH WE WERE VERY GLAD ABOUT.
'CAUSE THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN PROPOSING FOR MANY SESSIONS.
YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE, ONE MINUTE REMAINING PLEASE.
WELL, A LOT WENT TO INCREASE ENERGY TO THE GRID AND REDUCE PRICE SPIKES.
UH, THERE'S $17 BILLION SET ASIDE FOR PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
UH, WE MAY BE CALLED INTO A SPECIAL SESSION TO ADDRESS THAT.
AGAIN, THERE'S A BILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S BEEN ALLOCATED FOR THE COASTAL BARRIER TO PROTECT AGAINST, UM, SURGES FROM HURRICANES.
UH, FIREFIGHTERS WILL GO TO ARBITRATION NOW, UH, THAT'S BEEN IN AN, IN AN IMPASSE.
UH, THE HOUSE VOTED TO IMPEACH THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THE VOTE WAS 1 25, UH, MEMBERS TO 23 NOS.
IT WAS 20 COUNTS OF CORRUPTION.
IT'S NOW THE IN THE SENATE'S HANDS TO, UH, CARRY OUT A TRIAL, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN JULY.
UM, AND THAT'S
THANK YOU FOR THE UPDATE ON THE SESSION.
UM, I THINK THERE'S SOMETHING IN CHAT THAT CAME IN, UM, OR WELL, NO, IT DIDN'T RELATE TO THAT.
SO, UM,
UM, NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO OPEN FORUM FOR, AND I WOULD ASK THAT, THAT ON THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD REPS, THAT WHEN YOU ARE BRINGING UP ITEMS THAT RELATE TO WHAT'S GOING ON IN YOUR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, LET'S, LET'S TRY TO KEEP IT BRIEF SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS A CHANCE.
STARTING OFF, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR WHOLE BUSINESS, THE MAYORAL FORUM.
UH, WE THOUGHT WE HAD THE, UM, UH, ASIA SOCIETY BUILDING, BUT WE DON'T BY THE NEED EVERYBODY TO BE PRAYING.
IF YOU ALL HAVEN'T BEEN TO THE ION, MOST OF YOU ALL HAVE LIVED IN HOUSTON A VERY LONG TIME.
IT'S THE OLD DOWNTOWN SEARS BUILDING THAT RICE CONVERTED.
UH, I MET WITH THEM LAST WEEK.
I'M DOING SOME PAPERWORK, BUT I'M TRYING TO GET IT FOR FREE.
OF COURSE, FOR FREE AS WE HAVE NO MONEY
AND SO ONCE I GET THIS, THEN WE'RE GONNA MEET, UH, UM, WE'LL BE MEETING.
THAT'S NUMBER, THAT'S, THAT'S THE OLD BUSINESS NOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS TRYING TO VIOLATE OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE SINCE THE THIRTIES.
UH, UH, WE ARE IN BATTLE WITH CITY LEGAL, WHICH IS NORMAL, UNFORTUNATELY.
THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME FOR US.
WE HAVE THE HISTORIC DISTRICT BATTLE, WE HAVE THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT BATTLE.
WE'RE STILL FIGHTING THE 17 CONDOMINIUMS. NOW WE HAVE SOMEBODY TRYING TO PUT TWO HOUSES TOGETHER THAT LOOK LIKE IT'S GONNA BE A HOTEL.
SO I HAVE A PETITION, UM, ASKING THE CITY TO PLEASE STAY IN YOUR LANE, BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING THE HISTORIC DISTRICT AND ONE OF THE SIGNATURES WAS A POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR A DECEASED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD BEEN DEAD FOR FOUR MONTHS, CITY LEGAL TOLD US, OH, BUT IT'S NOT OUR JOB TO LOOK INTO THAT.
BUT YET THEY WANNA TELL US ABOUT OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, 30 SECONDS, AND WE DON'T AGREE WITH THEM.
AND WE SPENT A MINT GETTING IT DONE.
SO WE'RE GONNA NEED, I'M GONNA NEED YOU ALL TO PLEASE PUT YOUR EMAILS IN THE CHAT.
'CAUSE I REALLY NEED Y'ALL SUPPORT.
WE, UH, THEY, THEY, THEY GAVE US A TWO WEEK DELAY.
WE GO BACK TO PLANNING COMMISSION THE 22ND.
WISH, KEEP US POSTED ON YOUR STATUS.
PASTOR DEB, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I'M GONNA PUT WHAT I WAS GONNA ANNOUNCE IN THE CHAT FOR BREVITY AND JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE'RE HAVING OUR USUAL RESOURCE FAIR.
AND NO BUMMER, SUMMER IS FUNDED.
AND IF ANYBODY WANTS TO PARTICIPATE OR CONTRIBUTE SCHOOL SUPPLIES, I UNDERSTAND WE'RE A LITTLE LOW.
UM, THERE'S A LOT OF COMPETING EVENTS.
I JUST WANNA ANNOUNCE THAT WE HAD A RESOURCE FAIR BLOCK PARTY, UH, IN CGA FOR THE END OF THE CGA EQUITY PROJECT.
WE HAD OVER 33 VENDORS AND CITY AND HARRIS
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COUNTY HEALTH AND, AND HABITAT AND METRO, JUST EVERYONE WAS OUT, OUT.WE REALLY TOOK CARE OF, UH, THE, THE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY DISABILITIES, UH, MAYOR'S OFFICE OF, UH, THE AGENCY OF AGING.
IT WAS JUST A FANTASTIC EVENT.
WE HAD IT THIS SATURDAY ALONG WITH A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON IN THE CITY FROM ONE TO 5:00 PM AND I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THE SUPPORT BECAUSE THERE'S SOME, THERE WAS SOME PEOPLE FROM OTHER SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CAME OUT AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
RHONDA, DO YOU KNOW WHOSE OTHER HAND IS UP? IT DOESN'T HAVE A NAME.
UH, IT JUST SAYS MEETING GUEST.
SO IF YOU HAVE YOUR MEETING, DO YOU HAVE YOUR YEAH, IT'S HUEY.
UH, AND I JUST WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48.
WE'LL BE CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH ON MONDAY, UH, JUNE 19TH AT TRINITY GARDENS PARK, WHICH IS OUR HISTORIC LAND GRANT PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I, I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL ALL COME OUT.
UH, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 22 AND ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITIZENS TRANSPORTATION COALITION.
AND ALSO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH, UH, OUR LOCAL A A RP, UH, AND THE GREATER HOUSTON COALITION FOR COMPLETE STREETS HAVE INITIATED A PROJECT TO CONDUCT 10 WALK AUDITS ALONG THE WASHINGTON AVENUE CORRIDOR THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.
WE BEGIN OUR FIRST ONE ON OR ABOUT THE 24TH OF JUNE.
WE WANNA GO THROUGH THE END OF AUGUST.
UH, UH, UH, BASICALLY WE'RE TRYING TO LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF OUR SIDEWALKS IN PRESENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY FOR IMPROVING THEM.
ONCE WE FINISH THESE WALK AUDITS.
IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED, I'VE POSTED MORE INFORMATION IN THE CHAT.
UH, I'M LOOKING FOR FOLKS TO COME OUT THERE AND JOIN US.
WE DO OUR FIRST ONE ON THE 24TH, ABOUT EIGHT 30 IN THE MORNING, UH, RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING OF I 10 AND, UH, WASHINGTON.
HEY, I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO, UH, AND A CLAP FOR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 48 AND YOU GERMAN WILSON, UH, FOR WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, UM, WITH, UM, HELPING THE CITY TO INVEST MORE INTO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES.
OF COURSE, THE DOJ, UH, IS NOW DOING A THREE YEAR INVESTIGATION, MAKING SURE THAT THE CITY IS ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF ILLEGAL DUMPING AND ENVIRONMENTAL IN THESE COMMUNITIES.
SO THAT BEING SAID, UH, MS. HUEY GERMAN WILSON AND HER TEAM, THANK YOU FOR STAYING ON THE WAR PATH WITH THAT TO HELP NOT ONLY YOUR COMMUNITY, BUT IT HELPS THESE COMMUNITIES THAT ARE DEALING WITH CHRONIC ILLEGAL DUMPING THROUGHOUT HOUSTON.
UM, MS. VICKY, OH, I'M, I'M LOWERING MY HAND.
BARBARA, THE, A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, HOSTED THE EMPTY SHELTER PROJECT, UH, UH, SATURDAY JUNE 3RD AND 535 ANIMALS WERE SPAYED OR NEUTERED FOR FREE.
UH, THIS IS ABOUT THE FIFTH TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN HERE, AND WE, WE TRY TO KEEP 'EM COMING BACK BECAUSE WE FEED THE, THE VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S A, IT'S A A THAT TAKES ABOUT 300 PEOPLE TO PUT ON A THREE DAY EVENT LIKE THAT.
AND, UH, UM, IT HELPS PREVENT ALL THESE, UH, BURST OF UNWANTED ANIMALS IN HOUSTON.
AND WE NEED TO REALLY HAVE ONE EVERY MONTH.
I DON'T KNOW WHY MY, UM, MY VIDEO IS NOT WORKING, BUT, UM, I JUST FOR A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, I KNOW THAT THE LETTER OF SUPPORT, UM, FOR CHAPTER 42 IS MOOT AT THIS POINT.
BUT I THINK WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT, IT MAY NOT BE AT THIS MEETING, BUT CAN WE PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR A FUTURE MEETING OR HAVE A SPECIAL MEETING WHERE WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD IN TERMS OF, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WE'RE FULLY INFORMED AS A BODY, UH, BEFORE A LETTER OF SUPPORT IS, IS SUBMITTED, PERIOD.
BECAUSE I, I WILL TELL YOU, I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO HEAR BY THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF LETTER OF SUPPORT WAS EVEN WRITTEN.
I MEAN, IT, IT REALLY THREW ME OFF GUARD.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE PUT IN THAT POSITION AGAIN AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING OUR BYLAWS AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER IT TAKES, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET IT RIGHT NEXT TIME.
I'M, I'M ALL FOR, BUT ALSO TOO, WITH THE
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LETTER HAVING BEEN WITH WITHDRAWN, UH, CAN WE GET, UM, AN OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION FROM THE CITY THAT THIS IS OR HAS BEEN REDACTED OR MAYBE CHERYL, IT'S A LETTER FROM YOU SAYING THAT WE HAVE OFFICIALLY REDACTED.WE'VE TAKE, WE'VE TAKEN, IT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF, STACY.
CAN YOU SEND US, CAN YOU SEND US IT HAS, I SAID IT'S IN PROCESS, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO SEND RIGHT NOW, BUT YES, WE, IT'S BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
I WILL TAKE, I WILL GET WITH YOU ON THAT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE BODY IS FULLY INFORMED.
AND THAT FORWARD THAT WE HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE IN THE KNOW SO THAT WE'RE NOT CAUGHT OFF GUARD IN THIS SITUATION.
MARIAN ARIAN, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU IN THE BYLAWS.
IT ACTUALLY STATES EXACTLY WHAT STEPS HAVE TO BE DONE BEFORE A LETTER.
BUT I'D LIKE TO FINISH MY STATEMENT.
SO THAT BEING SAID, IT WAS A VERY EGREGIOUS ACT THAT WAS TAKEN IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DID TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY MADE THEIR DECISION.
SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW CAN WE ALLOW A CHAIR TO STAY IN PLACE THAT WENT AHEAD AND TOOK IT UPON THEMSELVES TO SEND A LETTER, HELP ME OUT.
CAN I SPEAK, UH, AS A FORMER CHAIR, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DIDN'T TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THEY MADE THEIR VOTE BECAUSE SHE REDACTED IT BEFORE THEY VOTED.
I WAS AT THE MEETING WHEN SHE GOT UP TO SPEAK, SHE REDACTED IT ON THE SPOT IMMEDIATELY.
UM, YOU DIDN'T REDACT IT? I'D, I'D LIKE, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT MY NAME IS GEORGE DRY AND I ASKED A NEW, HOLD ON.
I'M SPEAKING THE MEETINGS RECORD.
MS. BELL IS NOT FINISHED SPEAKING.
CAN WE SPEAK ONE AT A TIME PLEASE? YES.
UH, SHE GOT UP AND SAID THAT LETTER WAS NOT, YOU CAN WATCH THE VIDEO WAS NOT FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE.
WE HAVE HAD OFFICERS WHO HAVE MADE EGREGIOUS, EGREGIOUS ERRORS, UH, THAT THEY TOOK ON THEIR PERSONAL SELVES, UH, EVEN TO THE POINT PUTTING THEM IN WRITING AND, AND REALLY JUST FLAT OUT GIVING OUT MISINFORMATION.
UH, UH, I MEAN DETRIMENTAL COULD HAVE BEEN ENDING PEOPLE'S CAREERS.
AND WE, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO WRITE THERE TO ALL OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
THEY WERE WRONG AND WE FORGAVE THEM AND MOVED ON.
WHEN WE HAD PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS, THEY WENT TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY'VE SPOKEN, UH, AND WE ARE LIKE, WAIT A MINUTE.
THAT'S NOT WHAT THE BODY, AND, AND THEY CORRECTED IT.
SO WHEN YOU HAVE NEW OFFICERS, YOU CAN, YOU, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE LEARNING CURVES AND ERRORS.
THEY DID THIS, NOT, DID NOT GET VOTED ON WITH THAT CONSIDERED.
'CAUSE SHE STOOD UP AT THE MEETING IN PERSON AND TOOK IT DOWN BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION EVEN GAVE THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
A AND, AND IF I MAY REAL QUICK, CHERYL, UM, I WILL SAY FROM THE CITY SIDE, THIS IS RHONDA AUTER WITH THE MAYOR'S ASSISTANCE OFFICE.
CHERYL, UH, BRIAN AND I SPOKE EARLY THIS MORNING.
WE REALIZED WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
UM, THERE WILL BE NO VOTE TODAY.
SOME PEOPLE THOUGHT THERE WAS A VOTE.
AND DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN HAS AGREED TO STOP USING OR NOT USE ANY OF THAT LETTER.
SO WE DON'T FEEL THAT ANYTHING WAS DONE MALICIOUSLY.
UM, AND IT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED.
Y'ALL HAVE A GOOD SUMMER, EVERYBODY STAY HYDRATED.
LET'S PRAY FOR NO STORMS. AND WHEN IS THE NEXT MEETING? AND THEN WE'RE SET FOR THE NEXT MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER.
AS ALWAYS, IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT COMES UP AND WE FEEL WE NEED TO CALL A MEETING, WE WILL GIVE DUE NOTICE AND DO SO.
BUT THE PLAN, CURRENT PLAN IS TO TAKE OFF THE MONTHS OF JULY AND AUGUST.
SO
YOU KNOW, IF Y'ALL CAN HELP HER WITH PLEASE GETTING THIS FORUM OFF THE GROUND FOR THE MAIL.
TERRY KAMINSKI AND DEB PASTOR DEV.
ANYBODY ELSE I CAN USE ALL THE HELP I CAN GET.
'CAUSE I REALLY WANT US TO DO A GREAT ONE.
UH, IT'S REALLY CRITICAL WHEN YOU HAVE
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AN OPEN SEAT.I'M GLAD TO SEE JANE KL WEST IN THE HOUSE.
I THINK THAT WE HAVE TO GET OFF BECAUSE OF HTV.
AND LET SAY, LET ME SAY ONE THING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE SIDE.
I NOTICED THEY SAID THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO COULD NOT GET IN THERE.
EVERY TIME I GOT A MESSAGE, THERE WAS NO ONE WAITING IN THE WAITING ROOM.
THESE MEETING, UM, LINKS DO CHANGE FROM MONTH TO MONTH.
SO IF YOU'RE NOT FORWARDING OR YOU'RE USING AN OLD LINK, IT WILL NOT WORK.
SO WE WILL, YOU KNOW, WORK ON THE MAILING LIST.
BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG THIS, THIS WEEK, BUT, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC ISSUE, PLEASE CONTACT ME PERSONALLY.
GIVE ME A CALL WHENEVER YOU GET A CHANCE AND I'LL GET YOU GUYS EYE ON TAKEN CARE OF.