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          MEETING. 
          IT'S 
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10 0 6. 
          I'M ROBERT GALLEGOS, CHAIR OF THE COMMITTEE, AND I'M PLEASED TO CALL TODAY'S MEETING TO ORDER. 
          LET ME START BY RECOGNIZING MY COLLEAGUES JOINING US TODAY, BEGINNING WITH VICE CHAIR ABBY CAYMAN. 
          WE'VE ALSO BEEN JOINED BY COUNCIL MEMBER TIFFANY THOMAS, COUNCIL MEMBER DAVID ROBINSON, COUNCIL MEMBER MICHAEL KOSH, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBER AMY PECK. 
          UH, WE ALSO HAVE STAFF FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ASHA JACKSON'S OFFICE. 
          WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CAROLYN EVANS SHABAZZ. 
          WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MARY NAN HUFFMAN, AND WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MIKE KNOX, AS WELL AS COUNCIL MEMBER ALI ALCORN'S STAFF AND LETITIA PLUMMER VIRTUAL. 
          AND WE HAVE, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER LETITIA PLUMMER JOIN US VIR VIRTUALLY AND STAFF FROM MAYOR PRO AND STAFF FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO TEMS, UH, MARTIN'S OFFICE. 
          DID I MISS ANYONE? IF SO, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          UH, WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER CIRO'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU FOR JOINING US HERE, VICE CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW OPENING REMARKS? UH, NO CHAIR. 
          LOOKING FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          AND I THINK WE HAVE A LOT OF, UH, FOLKS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC SESSION TODAY, SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THEIR COMMENTS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          A REMINDER FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS UNTIL THE END OF EACH PRESENTATION. 
          WHEN YOU'RE RECOGNIZED, REMEMBER TO UNMUTE YOUR MICROPHONE. 
          I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTES FOR QUESTIONS HAVE ENDED. 
          NOW SWITCHING TO THE MEETING AGENDA TODAY, THE COMMITTEE WILL RECEIVE UPDATES FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ON PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 42 IN CHAPTER 26, AND WE WILL ALSO HEAR FROM THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT'S ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE CONTAMINATED UP RAILROAD SITE AT, UH, NORTHEAST HOUSTON. 
          NOW, LET ME INVITE OUR FIRST PRESENTERS, PLANNING DIRECTOR, BROWN AND PRINCIPAL PLANNER BANDY, TO JOIN US AT THE PODIUM FOR THE FIRST PRESENTATION. 
          WE'RE READY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. 
          IF YOU'LL PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF FOR THE RECORD AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM JOINING YOU TODAY, DIRECTOR. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR COUNCIL MEMBERS, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE THIS MORNING IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          THERE WE GO. 
          SHORT IS CONVENIENT MOST OF THE TIME, BUT NOT AT THESE CHAIRS. 
          UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT WE HAVE WITH US TODAY. 
          UH, TO MY RIGHT IS, UM, THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR LIVABLE PLACES, UH, SAVITA BONDI. 
          I ALSO HAVE IN THE ROOM WITH US, UM, SOME OF OUR OTHER TEAM THAT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. 
          UM, DIPTI MATER AND HECTOR RODRIGUEZ ARE BOTH HERE AS WELL AS ANNA CILLO, WHO IS OUR COUNCIL LIAISON. 
          SO I THINK WE'VE GOT YOU COVERED FOR WHATEVER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOR US TODAY. 
          I WANNA POINT OUT THAT YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF THINGS IN FRONT OF YOU, AND JUST TO HELP YOU SORT THROUGH WHAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU, UM, YOU HAVE ON CITY OF HOUSTON LETTERHEAD. 
          THE, UM, THE FIRST PAGE IS THE RESULT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION LAST THURSDAY. 
          IT IS THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION TOOK ACTION TO FORWARD THE PACKAGE OF LIVABLE PLACES, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. 
          AND, UM, IN DOING SO, THEY MADE TWO AMENDMENTS AND THOSE AMENDMENTS ARE SPELLED OUT. 
          WE WILL TALK ABOUT THOSE A LITTLE BIT IN OUR PRESENTATION, BUT THAT'S, UM, THOSE ARE THE AMENDMENTS THAT THEY MADE. 
          THERE'S TWO OTHER THINGS I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT IN DETAIL. 
          BUT, UM, THESE AMENDMENTS WILL, THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WILL ONLY, UM, BE EFFECTIVE IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, NOT IN HOUSTON'S ETJ. 
          AND, UM, ALL VESTING ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS AND IN CHAPTER 42 WILL PERTAIN TO THESE PROJECTS AS WELL. 
          THAT, THAT QUESTION WILL COME UP. 
          THE OTHER THING THAT'S IN FRONT OF YOU IS A 11 BY 17 STREET SCAPE. 
          UM, WE'LL REF WE'LL REFERENCE THIS A FEW TIMES. 
          WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT AS THE STREET SCAPE. 
          UM, AND SO WE CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. 
          AND THEN STAPLE TO YOUR, THIS IS A LITTLE CONFUSING STAPLE TO YOUR, UH, RED LINE OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          THE LAST PAGE IS A FLYER THAT ALSO PROVIDES SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IN, UM, THIS HAS BEEN A FLYER WE'VE BEEN DISTRIBUTING, AND IT'S, IT'S VERY USER FRIENDLY. 
          IT MAY BE SOMETHING YOU WANNA REFER TO. 
          ALRIGHT, WITH THAT, I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME THIS MORNING, AND I'M GONNA INTRODUCE SAVITA BANDY, WHO'S GONNA DO OUR PRESENTATION. 
          GOOD MORNING CHAIR AND COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEMBERS. 
          MY NAME IS SAVITA BANDY, PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE CHAPTER 42 AND CHAPTER 26 AMENDMENTS, PART OF THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE'S HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS, 
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THE PURPOSE OF LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE IS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ENCOURAGE HOUSING VARIETY AND AFFORDABILITY. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          MOST NOTABLY, LIVABLE PLACES WILL CREATE A GREATER VARIETY OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL HOUSTONIANS. 
          AND BY AFFORDABLE, WE MEAN SOMETHING MORE ATTAINABLE WITHOUT NEEDING THREE JOBS TO PAY FOR. 
          THESE ARE SERIOUS, BUT OBTAIN GOALS DERIVED FROM VARIOUS PLANS LIKE PLAN HOUSTON, T HOUSTON, AND OTHERS. 
          OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED WITH THESE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE PROMOTE VARIETY OF MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPES, INCENTIVIZE SMALLER UNITS, MAKE STREETS SAFER AND WALKABLE. 
          UM, I'M SORRY. 
          I THINK THAT IS GOING, WE'RE GONNA KEEP GOING WITHOUT THE PRESENTATION, SO WE CAN, IT WILL CATCH UP WITH US. 
          OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED WITH THESE ARE, UH, AND ALSO CAN, SORRY, I'LL DEFER TO THE CHAIR. 
          I THINK SOME OF US, OUR STAFF ARE TRYING TO PRINT OUT COPIES FOR US, BUT WE DON'T HAVE COPIES IN FRONT FRONT OF US. 
          DO YOU HAVE THE UPDATED STUFF? INFORMATION? OH, YOU MEAN THE POWERPOINTS? YEAH. 
          WELL, THIS IS THE POWER COPIES OF, OH, THE POWERPOINTS INCORRECT. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          OKAY. 
          WELL, YEAH, THEY, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WORKING ON IT AT THE MOMENT. 
          CHAIR, CHAIR, CAN THEY DEFER THEIR PRESENTATION AND WE GO TO ANOTHER ONE TILL WE GET THAT. 
          OH, THAT, THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE. 
          IT'S, IT'S, WOULD THAT BE, WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? YEAH. 
          THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT'S FINE. 
          AND WE CAN DO THAT. 
          BUT, BUT, AND THEN I, YEAH. 
          WE'LL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME UP. 
          I'M INTRODUCE I'M THANK YOU. 
          CHAIR IN. 
          INTRODUCE YOUR STAT. 
          THAT'S HERE. 
          YEAH, YOU GET ON MY RIGHT SIDE. 
          IT'S SHORT. 
          WE CAN SEE OURS THERE. 
          J JUST FOR THE RECORD, WE'RE NOW GOING TO THE SECOND PRESENTATION, GIVEN THE, UM, PLANNING DEPARTMENT THE OPPORTUNITY TO CORRECT THEIR POWERPOINT PRESENTATION. 
          UH, SO DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, UH, PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          I'M STEVEN WILLIAMS, DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, WITH ME IS DR. LAUREN HOPKINS, WHO'S OUR CHIEF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST, UH, WHO'S REALLY THE TECHNICAL EXPERT FOR THIS. 
          UH, THE PURPOSE OF THIS, UH, PRESENTATION IS TO BASICALLY GIVE YOU AN UPDATE AND AN OVERVIEW OF WHERE WE ARE, UH, RELATIVE TO, UH, THE, UH, UNION PACIFIC, UH, SITE. 
          I THINK WE WERE SCHEDULED TO DO THIS ABOUT A MONTH OR SO AGO. 
          AND SO REALLY THIS IS A LITTLE, LITTLE DATA, UH, REALLY THE, THE COMMUNITY HAS REALLY COMPLAINED OVER THE YEARS ABOUT THE HEALTH EFFECTS, UH, RELATED TO THE SITE. 
          THE SITE ITSELF, UH, WAS FORMALLY A, A WOOD PRESERVING SITE, U UTILIZING WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS CRISO TO, UH, REALLY TREAT, UH, WHAT I CALL CROSS TIRES THAT GO UNDER, UNDER RAILROADS. 
          UH, WE, WE LATER, UH, THROUGH SOME RESEARCH REALIZED THAT IT WASN'T JUST CRESO THAT WAS, UH, BEING USED TO TREAT THE CROSS TOWERS, BUT ALSO WHAT IS KNOWN AS A CRESO EXTENDER, UH, WHICH REALLY, UH, AND THE MATERIALS AND INFORMATION THAT WE GATHERED AND ACTUALLY CAME FROM TWO SUPERFUND SITES. 
          AND OF, OF COURSE, UH, LAUREN FOUND THAT OUT AND REALIZED THAT THERE WAS PROBABLY MORE TO THE SITE THAN, UH, THE, THE CAREER THAT THAN, THAN THE, UH, CAREER. 
          SO THAT WE HAVE BEEN CON CON CONCERNED ABOUT. 
          IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS THAT, UH, THERE, THERE IS AN, THE EXISTENCE OF A, A PLUME, A CHRIS OAK PLUME, UH, THAT 
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EXTENDS UNDER 110 PROPERTIES, UH, THAT ARE ADJACENT TO, TO THE SITE ITSELF. 
          AND IN SOME CASES, UH, THAT PLUME IS, UH, 10 FEET, UH, THICK. 
          UH, IN OTHER CASES IT MIGHT EVEN BEEN BEEN THIN, BUT RELATIVELY THIN. 
          ALSO, JUST TO EXPLAIN THIS, UH, YOU SEE ON THE SLIDE, UH, THIS SUBSTANCE IS A BLACK TARRY SUBSTANCE, AND IT HASN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO CLEAN, TO BE CLEANED UP. 
          UH, AND I, I KNEW APHY, I'M A NEOPHYTE WITH THIS. 
          AND IN TALKING TO, UH, TCEQ, AND, UH, PART OF WHAT THEIR OVERSIGHT WERE RE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR WAS REALLY, UH, ENSURING THAT THERE WAS CERTAIN LEVEL OF MAINTENANCE AND OVERSIGHT, UH, OF THE SITE. 
          AND, UH, REALLY OVER AND, AND, AND JUST TALKING TO THE EXPERTS, FROM MY OPINION, THEY SAID THAT IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UH, DIFFICULT TO TRULY CLEAN, CLEAN IT UP. 
          UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SITE ONE, ONCE WE FOUND OUT THAT THERE WAS A CHRIS, SO EXTENDER THAT WAS USED RATHER THAN JUST CLEAR, CLEAR. 
          SO, UH, LORI, OUR SCIENTIST, SAID, STEVEN, THERE'S LIKELIHOOD THAT THERE, UH, IS, UH, OTHER SUBSTANCES, UH, WITHIN THE SOIL. 
          AND SHE SAID THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKELY THERE'S DIOXIN. 
          UM, WE WERE, WE WERE GOING TO LOOK AT, UH, CONTRACTING, UH, TESTING OF THE SOIL OUT, BUT IT WAS TAKING SO LONG. 
          AND SO WE JUST DECIDED TO, UH, REALLY GO OUT AND TAKE, TAKE ACTUALLY ONE SAMPLE. 
          AND, AND SHE TOLD ME THE PROBABILITY OF DISCOVERING DIOXIN IN ONE SAMPLE OVER A LARGE AREA IS CLOSE TO NEIL, BUT IT CAME BACK POSITIVE. 
          AND SO THEREFORE, WE DID ENGAGE A CONTRACTOR AND, UH, EXTENDED, UH, THE, THE TESTING. 
          AND SURE ENOUGH, THERE WAS DOCS, AND THAT WAS PRESENT IN THE SITE. 
          THIS WAS DONE IN JULY OF 20, UH, 22. 
          PART OF WHY WE WERE DOING THIS AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, UH, EVEN THOUGH WE DON'T HAVE REGULATORY AUTHORITY OVER IT, IS BECAUSE WE REALLY, UH, WANTED TO HAVE CLOSER, UH, TCEQ OVERSIGHT AND, AND POSSIBLY GET THE EPA INVOLVED. 
          AND SO, UH, WHEN, AND WE REALLY WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING ON OURSELVES. 
          UH, SO IN OCTOBER OF 2022, UM, JUST KNOWING WHAT WE KNEW ABOUT, UH, THE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, A AGAIN, LAUREN, OUR EXPERT TOLD, TOLD ME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD POSSIBLY TEST FOR A ATTIC DUST, UH, AND, AND WE DID IN OCTOBER, 2022. 
          UH, AND, UH, WE DID FIND SOME DUST WITHIN THE ATTICS OF, OF THE HOMES WITH, UH, WITHIN, WITHIN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          ONCE, UH, THE EPA FOUND OUT THAT CERTAINLY WE HAD FOUND OUT DIOXIN WITHIN THE SOIL AND ALSO WITHIN THE ATTIC DUSTS, THEY BECAME VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND ASKED US TO, UH, SEND OUT FLYERS RELATED TO DOCS AND SAFETY GUIDES. 
          AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE THAT, UH, ON, ON YOUR NEXT SLIDE. 
          SO, SO WE DID THAT, AND BASICALLY IT WAS REALLY CAUTIONING PEOPLE ABOUT, UH, HOW TO INTERACT WITHIN THE SOIL, AND CERTAINLY UTILIZATION OF, UH, UH, THE, THE WATER WITHIN THOSE SITES, UH, SORRY, OF, OF COURSE, UH, IF YOU TURN TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WHAT YOU'LL SEE IS JUST, UH, PICTURES THAT WERE TAKEN WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES ITSELF. 
          AND, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE CERTAIN E EMOTIONAL, UH, UH, EFFECTS AND, AND STIGMAS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED, UH, WITH NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, UH, HAVE THIS KIND OF EEE EXPERIENCE. 
          AND, AND MY PERSONAL, UH, INTERACTING, UH, WI WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WITNESS THAT. 
          UH, AND THIS IS JUST PICTURES THAT WE, WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN AND A AND A PICTURE OF, OF THE SITE ITSELF. 
          UH, A STUDY PREVIOUSLY CONDUCTED IN, IN MICHIGAN SHOWED THAT RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY WITH INDUSTRIAL CONTAMINATION EXPERIENCE A A FEELING OF EMBARRASSMENT AND FEAR OF BEING REJECTED BY OTHERS BECAUSE OF THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH INDUSTRIAL, UH, CONTAMINATION. 
          KNOWING THAT OUR, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE HISTORY ON OUR, OUR LAWYERS, UH, SENDING, UH, UH, A LETTER OF INTENT TO SUE TO, UH, UP. 
          AND SO OUR, THE, THE CITY LAWYERS HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY MEETING, UH, WITH, UH, UP LAWYERS AND, AND THEIR, THEIR REPRESENTATIVES KNOWING THAT THAT WAS GOING TO OCCUR. 
          WE THOUGHT THAT 
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IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HAVE SOME CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT GO IN SITTING AND THINKING THAT WE KNEW WHAT WAS BEST FOR 'EM. 
          AND SO WE PUT TOGETHER AN ADVISORY BOARD TO ADVISE US, UH, RELATIVE TO THE INTEREST OF, OF, OF THE COMMUNITIES. 
          UH, AND ON THAT SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD AMPLE REPRESENTATION FROM THE PEOPLE THAT WERE ACTUALLY LIVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. 
          ALSO, WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT WE HAD ADEQUATE REPRESENTATION OF THE VARIOUS, UH, LEVELS OF GOV GOVERNMENT THAT WERE REP THAT REPRESENTED AN AREA. 
          AND YOU SEE THAT WE HAD, YOU KNOW, ELECTED OFFICIALS BOTH, UH, UH, RECOMMENDED ON, ON THE COUNCIL FROM, UH, FOLKS THAT REPRESENT FROM THE CITY LEVEL, THE COUNTY LEVEL, THE STATE AS AS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE, THE FEDERAL LEVEL. 
          BUT WE WANTED TO ENSURE THAT MOST OF THE MEMBERS WERE ACTUALLY FROM THE, THE COMMUNITY ITSELF, AND TO A CERTAIN, SOME OF THE CONCERNS RELATED TO, UH, THE COMMUNITY. 
          ACTUALLY, LAUREN AND I, UH, HAVE CONDUCTED SEVERAL, UH, FOCUS GROUPS WITHIN, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, AND TO JUST LOOK AT WHAT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR INTERESTS WERE, OO OVERALL. 
          UH, THE FIRST, UH, MEETING OCCURRED OF THIS ADVISORY GROUP ON AP APRIL THE FOURTH. 
          AND YOU SEE THE AGENDA THAT WE, WE LAID OUT, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT THEIR ROLE RELATIVE TO, UH, BEING A SOUNDING BOARD FOR THE, THE, THE, THE CITY A A AS WELL AS WE GAVE THEM AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE HAD DONE AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT RELATIVE TO, TO THE TESTING. 
          UM, UH, OUR LAWYERS WERE PRESENT AND THEY REVIEWED THE, THE NOTICE OF INTENT. 
          BASICALLY WHAT, UH, THAT GROUP REITERATED WAS INFORMATION THAT WE HAD GATHERED FROM THE FOCUS GROUPS AND, AND BASICALLY PEOPLE WERE REALLY INTERESTED IN ACCESSING SOME LEVEL OF SUPPORT FOR HEALTHCARE AND, UH, SOME SUPPORT FOR RE RELOCATION OPTIONS. 
          ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IT PRETTY MUCH OUTLINES THE E-P-A-A-A-A ACTIVITIES I MEANT, AND, AND THE SHORT OF IT IS THAT EPA IS REALLY LOOKING AT, UH, AREAS THAT ARE OUTSIDE THE, THE SITE ITSELF. 
          UH, TCEQ HAS RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE, THE, THE SITE, BUT E P'S ROLE IS TO LOOK TO AND, AND, AND ENSURE AND INVESTIGATE WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS SOME ENCROACHMENT OR CONTAMINATION WITHIN THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, JUST FOR THE SOIL MEMBER. 
          TCQ DOES THIS, JUST TELL ME, UM, JUST A LITTLE CLARIFICATION THERE. 
          TC Q'S ROLE IS THE ONSITE CONTAMINATION AND THE CRESO PLUME AND THE, WHICH IS THE UNDERGROUND. 
          AND EPA IS LOOKING OFFSITE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE SOIL CONTAMINATION. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE SLIDE THAT YOU SEE HERE. 
          EPA IS ALSO INTERESTED AND, AND HAS DEVELOPED A, A COMMUNITY ADVISORY GROUP. 
          ACTUALLY, THEY STRESSED THAT WHEN, WHEN THEY MET WITH US, AND ACTUALLY I'M ATTENDING, I THINK IT WOULD BE THEIR SECOND MEETING, UH, TONIGHT, WHICH IS GONNA BE AT OUR P OUR PV, UH, CENTER. 
          THAT GROUP CERTAINLY IS DIFFERENT FROM, FROM OUR GROUP. 
          UH, THE GROUP THAT WE PUT TOGETHER REALLY IS TO GIVE ADVICE TO US AND SERVE AS A SOUNDING BOARD FOR ISSUES THAT MIGHT BE ARISING FROM CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY'S INTEREST AND, AND UP. 
          AND, AND IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT STATUS, AND, AND THIS IS JUST MY SUMMATION OF THAT, WE, WE, WE SEEM TO BE AT A PAUSE. 
          AND, UH, I, I, I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY INFLUENCED BY THE FACT THAT EPA IS LOOKING AT, UH, ENSURING THAT UP DOES ADDITIONAL TESTING. 
          AND I THINK THAT, THAT THE VARIOUS INTERESTS ARE WAITING TO SEE WHAT THE RESULTS OF THAT ARE. 
          AND THAT FROM OUR HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERSPECTIVE, UH, WE HAVE THE RESULTS OF TESTS THAT WE'VE DONE. 
          IT'S OUR OPINION THAT, UH, THE RESULTS THAT WE GET FROM THE EPA EXPANDED TESTING WILL JUST SHOW MORE THE SAME OF WHAT WE'VE ALREADY DISCOVERED. 
          BUT THAT'S OUR OPINION. 
          SORRY. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS. WE 
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HAVE QUESTIONS FROM, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UH, FIRST ON THE QUEUE IS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KUBO. 
          BEFORE, BEFORE WE GO THERE, COUNCIL MEMBER, LET ME ACKNOWLEDGE, WE HAVE VICE MAYOR PRO TIM KAT TATUM JOINING, JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          AND WE HAVE STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER PAULA'S OFFICE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AS WELL. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 
          UH, IT WAS BACK, UH, I THINK IN 2000, UH, 15 WHENEVER I, THERE WAS A FIRST MEETING THAT I KNEW OF THAT WAS AT THERE. 
          UH, REPRESENTATIVE HAROLD DUTTON WAS THERE, UH, AND, AND ALSO COUNCIL MEMBER JERRY DAVIS. 
          UH, AND, AND I WAS THERE AND, AND THERE WAS A BIG DISCUSSION CONCERNING THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A CANCER CLUSTER. 
          AND I, I, MAYBE I MISSED IT. 
          DID YOU, HAVE YOU TALKED ABOUT THE CANCER CLUSTER AT ALL? NO, I DIDN'T MENTION IT. 
          YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S REALLY IRONIC THAT I DIDN'T, UH, THAT'S ONE OF OUR MAIN CONCERNS. 
          UH, USUALLY WHEN THIS LEVEL OF ACTIVITY IS OCCURRING, UH, THERE IS, USUALLY, IT'S NOT A KNOWN CANCER CLUSTER IN THIS CASE. 
          THERE'S A WHOLE LEVEL OF ACTIVITY THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          UH, THERE WAS A REQUEST, UH, FOR EXPLORATION OF THAT, UH, BY THE STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          THEY DID IT. 
          THEY PUT IT ON THEIR WEBSITE. 
          WE DIDN'T SEE IT. 
          BUT ONCE WE SAW THE NUMBERS AND HOW THEY HAD CRUNCHED IT, WE ASKED FOR THEM TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT. 
          THEY DID. 
          AND, UH, THEY, THERE IS A, A, A CANCER CLUSTER RELATIVE TO ADULTS. 
          AND LATER ON, UH, WE, IT WAS DETERMINED THERE, THERE IS ALSO A CANCER CLUSTER RELATED TO CHILDREN. 
          IT'S CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA, RIGHT? YES. 
          YEAH. 
          CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA IS, IS THERE ANY REASON WHY YOU SAY IT'S IRONIC YOU DIDN'T BRING IT UP? I MEAN, I THINK THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, IS THE HEALTH OF, IN THE WELFARE OF THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT COMMUNITY. 
          I MET A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT THEIR LOVED ONES HAD DIED OF CANCER, AND THEY HAD CANCER, AND THEY WERE AT THAT MEETING. 
          AND, UH, UH, I, I HAVE PERSONALLY, BECAUSE I'VE WORKED IN, IN A PIPE GANG, AND I'VE WORKED OUT IN, IN, IN OIL FIELDS, I KNOW WHAT CHRIS SOAK DOES TO YOU. 
          IF YOU GET IT ON YOU, YOU SET ON IT OR WHATEVER. 
          SOME, YOU, YOU, IF YOU GET IT IN YOUR, ON YOUR CLOTHES. 
          AND, AND, UH, YOU, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT, THAT THERE'S THIS PLUME AND IT'S UNDERGROUND. 
          UH, AND HOW, HOW MANY LOTS OR, OR PROPERTIES DOES IT ACTUALLY AFFECT UNDERNEATH THE GROUND? DID YOU SAY 10 OR A HUNDRED? 10? IT'S 110 PROPERTIES. 
          A HUNDRED THAT THE PLUME ITSELF IS UNDER. 
          YES. 
          SO, SO SOMETHING'S GOT TO BE DONE. 
          I MEAN, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S A, A VERY SERIOUS, SERIOUS MATTER. 
          I MEAN, UH, IF IT WAS ME, I'D WANNA RELOCATE AND NOT HAVE MY FAMILY THERE, UH, WITH THIS TYPE OF, UH, SITUATION EXISTING. 
          SO WHAT, WHAT PLANS ARE, ARE THAT YOU CAN TELL US ARE GOING ON, THAT WE MIGHT, WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, TO SATISFY, UH, YOU KNOW, THE HEALTH OF OUR, OF, OF OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE QUALITY OF LIFE COMMITTEE MEETING FOR A REASON. 
          IT'S ABOUT THE QUALITY OF LIFE. 
          I MEAN, AND, AND, AND IF THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK AND DYING, UH, WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET 'EM OUT OF THAT PLUME OR GET RID OF THE PLUME. 
          I I THINK YOU'VE SUMMARIZED THE SENTIMENTS OF THE, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BUT THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE OCCURRING BETWEEN, UH, THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVES AND, AND UP. 
          UH, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY, UH, CORRECT IN THAT THE REASON THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE IT IS THE SITE OF A KNOWN CANCER CLUSTER. 
          UH, AND, AND WE BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE AND, AND THE SITE. 
          I THINK I'M MY TIME'S OUT. 
          PUT ME BACK IN, WOULD YOU? COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          THANK YOU MUCH. 
          GOOD MORNING ALL. 
          I'M DIRECTOR. 
          YOU MENTIONED, UM, ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF TRANSITIONING, RELOCATING FAMILIES. 
          IS THERE A PARTICULAR THRESHOLD, LIKE WHEN DO THEY QUALIFY TO BE TRANSFERRED? LIKE WHAT IS THAT, HOW DO THEY IDENTIFY TO SAY, YOU KNOW,  AND THEN, LIKE, HOW MANY FAMILIES CAN WE DO? 'CAUSE WE CAN'T RELOCATE IT. 
          IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN DECIDED THAT THERE WOULD BE RELOCATION AT ALL. 
          AH, AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE AN OPINION. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME DISTANCE BETWEEN THEIR, THEIR RESIDENTS AND, AND THE SITE ITSELF. 
          CERTAINLY, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS PEOPLE THAT ARE OVER THE KLUM DE PLUME A HUNDRED AND, AND, AND 10 PARCELS. 
          I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A RESIDENT UNDER EACH POSSIBLE, BUT WE, WE THINK THAT'S AN ISSUE. 
          AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, AND, AND COUNCIL MEMBER  ACTUALLY BROUGHT IT OUT. 
          I DON'T, WE WOULD BE CONCERNED, BUT WE'RE MORE CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE IS A KNOWN CANCER CLUSTER. 
          SURE. 
          IT'S, IT'S KNOWN IF, IF WE WERE JUST SUSPECTING THAT IT MIGHT BE A WHATEVER, IT WOULD BE ONE THING, 
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BUT IT'S KNOWN. 
          UH, AND THE, THE IRONY OF THIS IS THAT THE FOLKS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN TELLING US THIS FOR DECADES. 
          SO FOR, FOR THE RELOCATION PIECE, THAT'S A DECISION THAT WILL ULTIMATELY COME FROM THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY. 
          THOSE DISCUSSIONS ARE HAVING, ARE HAPPENING BETWEEN THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVES AND UPS REPRESENTATIVES. 
          GOT IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MUCH. 
          I'M JUST VERY INTERESTED IN THAT PIECE. 
          UM, SO INTERESTED IN THE FOLLOW UP, HOWEVER THAT EVOLVES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          UM, I HAD ONE QUESTION, BUT BEFORE I JUMP INTO THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, I WANNA RECOGNIZE WHAT YOUR DEPARTMENT, UM, HAS HAD TO DEAL WITH, AT LEAST THROUGH MY TERM, RIGHT? STARTING WITH COVID ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 
          WE'RE DEALING WITH CANCER CLUSTERS, WE'RE DEALING WITH OTHER EPIDEMICS THAT HAVE COME UP. 
          UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF YOUR DEPARTMENT, AND I WANTED TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY. 
          I KNOW DR. HOPKINS AND REALLY RESPECT HER WORK. 
          UM, BUT I, DR. HOPKINS, WERE YOU, I, I JUST WOULD LOVE TO KNOW FOR THE PUBLIC SOME OF YOUR BACKGROUND AS WELL. 
          'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN THIS WORK. 
          YES. 
          OH, , UM, I'M, I HAVE A DUAL APPOINTMENT. 
          I'M IN THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT AT RICE UNIVERSITY, AND, UM, AND THEN I WORK FOR THE CITY. 
          SO, UM, IN THAT CAPACITY, I'M ABLE TO DO, UM, EVALUATE, UM, UH, CONCERNS THAT COME UP WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT ACTUALLY AREN'T READY TO, UM, BE MOVED TO INTERVENTION. 
          WE DO RESEARCH SIDE TO SUPPORT POLICY, UM, ON THE RICE UNIVERSITY SIDE, AND THEN, UH, BRING THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT. 
          GREAT. 
          AND YOU WERE INSTRUMENTAL WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE WASTEWATER EPIDEMIOLOGY. 
          YES. 
          UM, THAT REALLY BECAME THE MODEL FOR THE COUNTRY. 
          SO AGAIN, I'M SO HAPPY AND THRILLED THAT AS A TEAM IN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE ALL OF YOU WORKING ON THIS, UM, TO COUNCILOR KUBOSH AND THOMAS'S POINT, I MEAN, THE FOCUS IS THE COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS, ESPECIALLY THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELLBEING OF, OF THE COMMUNITY IN FIFTH WARD. 
          UM, I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON RIGHT, THE FLYERS THAT ARE GOING OUT IN THE INFORMATION. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN ESTIMATE ON HOW MANY RESIDENTS ARE ENGAGING IN THE PROCESS AND WHAT TYPES OF SERVICES, WHILE AGAIN, WE HAVE TO LEAVE IT TO THE LAWYERS NEGOTIATING, AND WE CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT LAWSUIT POTENTIALLY, UM, OR THOSE NEGOTIATIONS, BUT WHAT ARE WE DOING IN THE MEANTIME FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED ILLNESSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS? WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE EFFORTS RIGHT NOW? AND HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE WE REACHING IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE KNOW OF? YOU KNOW, I CAN'T SAY SPECIFICALLY HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WE'RE REACHING. 
          I THINK THAT, UH, BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE THAT AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, WE'VE BECOME MORE ENGAGED WITH THIS COMMUNITY. 
          UH, WE, WE'VE EVEN, UH, HIRED A, A RESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY TO KIND OF HELP US WITH THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT AND THE OUTREACH EFFORTS, A A AND, AND THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. 
          UH, WE GENERALLY, AS A DEPARTMENT, UH, A LOT OF ISSUES FROM INDIVIDUAL PEOPLE ARE REALLY COME OUR WAY. 
          AND WHAT WE DO IS TRY TO, UH, CONNECT PEOPLE WITH THE RESOURCES, A, A AS APPROPRIATE. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S RELATED TO BASIC NEEDS. 
          SOMETIMES IT'S RELATED TO JUST ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE. 
          UH, JUST TO REMIND YOU, UH, WE DO HAVE A UNIT WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT DOES ELIGIBILITY SERVICES, UH, FOR, UH, HARRIS HEALTH, BUT ALSO, UH, FOR MEDICAID. 
          AND WE CAN ACTUALLY, UH, UH, REALLY, UH, UH, ASSESS PEOPLE'S QUALIFICATIONS FOR OTHER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE RELATED PROGRAMS. WE, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER, UH, JOINING US VIRTUALLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR, AND THANK YOU, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS AND, AND DR. HOPKINS FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE, UM, IN THIS SITUATION. 
          UH, DO YOU, I KNOW WE KNOW THAT EPA OR U UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF THE EPA, UM, WAS GONNA START DOING THEIR OFFSITE SOIL, UM, INVESTIGATIONS. 
          DO YOU KNOW, I KNOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HAPPENING THIS SUMMER. 
          DO YOU KNOW, NUMBER ONE, WHEN IT'S GONNA START? AND THEN NUMBER TWO, UM, HAVE WE GOTTEN, UM, APPROVAL FROM ALL 110 FAMILIES TO START GOING TO THOSE LOCATIONS? WELL, A ACTUALLY, FROM A, UH, AN ACCESS PERSPECTIVE, IT WOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF, UH, UNION PACIFIC TO GET THOSE ACCESS AGREEMENTS SIGNED SO THAT THEIR CONTRACTOR COULD ACTUALLY GO ON SITE AND DO EXPANDED TESTING. 
          UH, WE HAVE, UH, EXPRESSED A WILLINGNESS TO, UH, WORK WITH THEM OR, OR, AND THEIR 
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CONTRACTOR AND, AND DO AN OUTREACH AND ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE THEM WITH, UH, A ACCESS TO THE PROPERTIES, UH, FOR TESTING. 
          UH, WE AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ONE OF THE INTERESTS IS RELATED TO INSURANCE, THERE'S, WE'VE DONE RUN SOME PRELIMINARY NUMBERS ACTUALLY, WITH THE HELP OF, UH, UH, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON, UH, TO KNOW WHAT YOU KNOW AND BALL, WHAT BALLPARK COSTS MIGHT BE. 
          BUT WE NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. 
          AND SO, UH, ONE OF OUR PLANS IS TO GO BACK INTO NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET SOME SPECIFIC, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SO THAT WE CAN HAVE A MORE ACCURATE PROJECTION. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          UM, I, I GUESS THE, THE QUESTION IS WHAT, FOR, WHAT I'M HEARING JUST FROM THE COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, IS THAT THERE'S A MIXED, IT'S A MIXED BAG. 
          UM, SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING ADVISED, UM, NOT TO LET ANYONE ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEN SOME ARE WILLING TO GET IT DONE. 
          SO I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET AN IDEA OF ARE WE GONNA HAVE ANY TYPE OF EDUCATION FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO GO OUT AND EXPLAIN TO THE RESIDENTS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE ADVICE OF, OF ANY THIRD PARTY THAT IS IMPORTANT TO ALLOW THEM ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY TO GET PROPER INFORMATION. 
          THIS IS MY OPINION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMICS, RIGHT? I THINK SOME PEOPLE ARE BEING, UH, REPRESENTED BY AN INDEPENDENT LAWYER THAT'S PROBABLY MM-HMM . 
          GIVING THEM THAT ADVICE. 
          IT IS OUR OPINION AS A HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT THE MORE INFORMATION WE HAVE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CONDITIONS. 
          AND SO, UH, WE BELIEVE AND WILL ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO, YOU KNOW, GIVE YOU PEACE CONSULTANTS, UH, ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTIES, UH, SO THAT THAT TESTING CAN BE DONE, UH, WHEN, THANK YOU. 
          WE DID OUR TESTING. 
          WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE ANY ISSUES. 
          UH, IT WASN'T AS BROAD AS WHAT'S BEING PLANNED, BUT BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH, WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO HAVE OUR FOLKS GO OUT AND ACTUALLY GATHER THOSE SAMPLES, UH, WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS RIGHT NOW. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, DR. WILLIAMS. AND AS YOU KNOW, I'M INCREDIBLY INVOLVED AND ENGAGED IN THIS WHOLE SITUATION, SO ANY WAY, ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO IN OUR AT LARGE OFFICE, UM, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. 
          AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE WORK THAT Y'ALL DONE. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KUBOSH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DIRECTOR WILLIAMS, WHEN WAS THIS IDENTIFIED, UH, OFFICIALLY AS A CANCER CLUSTER? DO YOU KNOW WHAT YEAR THAT WAS? DR. HOPKINS, DO YOU KNOW? YES. 
          , UH, 2019, I THINK IT WAS IN THE FALL OF 2019. 
          2019. 
          I SPENT FOUR YEARS AGO. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A FIRE OUT THERE AND THERE WAS 110 HOMES BURNING WITH PEOPLE IN THEM, WE HAD CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND WE'D EVACUATE EVERY ONE OF THEM. 
          AND YET, THESE PEOPLE, UH, ARE, UH, BEING SUBJECTED CONTINUALLY TO THIS CARCINOGEN. 
          UH, I HAVE A BROTHER THAT HAS CANCER, AND I'VE WATCHED HIM GO THROUGH FOUR REGIMENS OF CHEMOTHERAPY OVER THE LAST, UH, EIGHT, EIGHT YEARS. 
          AND, AND IT'S HORRIBLE. 
          AND, UH, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING. 
          WE HAVE TO DO A WHOLE LOT MORE. 
          I'M, I'M STILL CONCERNED ABOUT WHY IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU NEVER EVEN MENTIONED THE CANCER CLUSTERS TO US. 
          I, I, I'M, I'M, IS IT BECAUSE OF THE LITIGATION? IS IT, I MEAN, WAS YOU NOT GONNA SAY IT BECAUSE IT'S SO BAD? OR, I I JUST CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT. 
          NO, I WASN'T, I, I WASN'T TRYING TO AVOID IT. 
          I, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S, I, I GUESS I CONSIDER IT. 
          WE, WE ALL KNOW THAT IT'S THERE. 
          I MEAN, AND REALLY, WHEN I REVIEWED THE PRESENTATION, I SHOULD HAVE POINTED IT OUT, BUT I, I, I DIDN'T, BUT DIRECTOR, THAT, THAT'S MY OVERSIGHT. 
          WELL, DIRECTOR, IT'S THE CENTRAL THEME OF THE WHOLE MESSAGE. 
          YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. 
          I, IT, IT'S, IT'S WHAT'S PARAMOUNT HERE. 
          AND, AND, UM, I, I, I JUST, I JUST BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GOT TO DO SOMETHING. 
          AND, AND IT'S BEEN FOUR YEARS SINCE IT'S BEEN DESIGNATED AS A CANCER CLUSTER. 
          HA HAVE WE TRIED TO GET STATE OF FINANCING TO MOVE THESE PEOPLE? HAVE WE TRIED TO GET FEDERAL FINANCING THROUGH THE EPA OR TCQ? YOU KNOW, TH THIS IS A, THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS MATTER. 
          THESE PEOPLE ARE SICK AND, AND MANY ARE DYING, AND THEY'RE HA THEY COULD I BE HAVING BIRTH DEFECTS? THIS IS ALL COSTING THE PUBLIC MONEY ON, ON MEDICAL BILLS, TOO. 
          SO, UH, I'M JUST, UH, I'M JUST, I GUESS I'M JUST SOUNDING THE ALARM. 
          I WISH WE COULD JUST SEND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT OUT THERE AND JUST TAKE 'EM ALL OUT OF THE FIRE. 
          BUT IT, BUT, BUT THIS, THIS FIRE'S A SLOW BURNING FIRE, AND IT'S HORRIBLE WHEN YOU GET IT. 
          SO, UH, I'LL ACCEPT YOUR EXPLANATION, BUT, UH, THAT OVERSIGHT IS ON ME COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, BUT IT IS, IT IS THE DRIVING FORCE 
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FOR OUR INVOLVEMENT FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN WE KNEW THAT IT WAS, THAT ONCE WE DISCOVERED THERE, WE SUSPECTED THAT THERE WAS A CLUSTER, BUT ALL OF THE TESTING IN OUR EFFORTS WAS TO TRY TO GET A HIGHER LEVEL OF, OF OVERSIGHT OVER THIS ISSUE, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T FEEL THAT WE WERE GETTING ANYWHERE FROM THE STATE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, AND, UH, THANKS FOR SOUNDING THE ALARM TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 
          I, UH, ALSO WANT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND THIS COUNCIL FOR FINALLY, UH, LISTENING TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          UM, LIKE YOU STATED, UH, THEY'VE BEEN ASKING AND TRYING TO GET THE ATTENTION FROM, FROM THE CITY, FROM THE STATE, AND FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UH, AND, UH, NOW WITH THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, UH, WITH, WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND WITH, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD. 
          UH, AND I, MY ASK IS THAT IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE LOCAL ELECTED OFFICIALS. 
          IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE STATE SENATOR IN THAT AREA. 
          IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THAT AREA. 
          IT SHOULDN'T JUST BE THE CONGRESS, THE CONGRESS PERSON IN THAT AREA. 
          IT SHOULD BE ALL OUR STATE SENATOR DELEGATION IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          THEY SHOULD BE IN SUPPORT IN BACKING THIS AND HELPING THESE RESIDENTS. 
          IT SHOULD BE ALL THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE DELEGATION IN OUR CITY. 
          IT SHOULD BE THE ALL CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION IN OUR CITY THAT SHOULD BE INVOLVED IN THIS. 
          YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 110 RESIDENTS WHERE YOU HAVE A PLUME OF CARCINOGEN. 
          UH, AND THESE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR HELP FOR DECADES. 
          UH, AND I, I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'M ASKING ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT JUST THOSE THAT REPRESENT THAT AREA, BUT ALL ELECTED OFFICIALS TO BE SPEAKING UP ON THIS AND TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES. 
          ADDITIONAL QUESTION, WE DON'T HAVE NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS TO DIRECTOR WILLIAMS TO THANK YOU. 
          AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR Y'ALL'S PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WE'LL BE GOING BACK TO OUR FIRST PRESENT, A POINT, POINT OF INQUIRY. 
          UH, ARE THERE SPEAKERS CONCERNING THIS TOPIC THAT ARE HERE THAT YOU WOULD LET SPEAK WHILE IT'S, IT'S GERMANE TO THE SUBJECT, ALL THE SPEAKERS? SO THERE'S NO SPEAKERS HERE FOR THIS? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          MM-HMM . 
          DI, DIRECTOR BROWN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME BACK UP. 
          UH, I KNOW THAT WE WERE HAVING, UH, AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, NOT MATCHING OUR HARD COPY PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT'S BEEN CORRECTED. 
          SO, UH, IF YOU CAN CONTINUE, I THINK WE'RE BACK ONLINE. 
          WE'VE GOT OUR POWERPOINT FIGURED OUT, SO I THINK WE'RE BACK TO THAT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR DEFERENCE IN FIXING OUR LITTLE PROBLEM. 
          WE'RE GONNA, UH, MOVE RIGHT INTO THE RECOMMENDATIONS COMING OUTTA THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          SO, SAVITA, YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          HERE ARE THE FOUR HOUSING TYPES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THESE AMENDMENTS, ALONG WITH THE PROPOSAL ABOUT MARKET-BASED PARKING. 
          I'LL WALK VERY QUICKLY THROUGH MY PRESENTATION, IDENTIFYING CHANGES MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS PART OF THEIR ACTION TO FORWARD THESE AMENDMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL FOR MOST CHAIRMAN OF THESE. 
          HOLD ON, MR. CHAIRMAN, COULD I ASK THE SPEAKER TO SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT? OKAY. 
          I'M KIND OF OLD AND I NEED TO HEAR IT . 
          SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IF SHE COULD SLOW, JUST SLOW DOWN A LITTLE BIT. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR MOST OF THESE HOUSING TYPES, CHANGES WERE NEEDED IN, UH, IDM, WHICH IS THE DESIGN MANUAL TO MAKE THESE PROPOSALS FEASIBLE. 
          PUBLIC WORKS TEAM PROVIDED EXTENSIVE COLLABORATION IN MAKING THE REQUIRED CHANGES TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL. 
          AND I WILL SUMMARIZE THEM IN THE END OF MY PRESENTATION. 
          SO LET'S GET STARTED TO TALK ABOUT THE HOUSING TYPES SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT. 
          SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT MEANS THE SECOND DETACHED UNIT THAT CAN BE ADDED ON A SINGLE FAMILY LOT WHEN NOT PROHIBITED BY DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THE PROPOSAL WAS TO INCREASE THE SIZE LIMIT FOR SECOND DWELLING UNIT FROM MAXIM 900 SQUARE FEET MAX TO 1500 SQUARE FEET MAX, WITH ONE CURB CUT PER STREET FRONTAGE. 
          IN TERMS OF PARKING FOR THESE UNITS, IF THE FIRST UNIT ALREADY HAS TWO PARKING SPACES, NO ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES ARE NEEDED FOR THE SECOND UNIT. 
          IF IT IS THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER, ONE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE WILL BE REQUIRED FOR UNITS THAT ARE GREATER THAN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. 
          MARKET-BASED PARKING IS ALLOWED IF THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN TRANSIT SERVED AREAS. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MEANS A SMALL SCALE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT 
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WITH NO MORE THAN EIGHT UNITS. 
          ON AN UNRESTRICTED PROPERTY, THE MINIMUM SITE SIZE IS 3,500 SQUARE FEET, WITH THE DEPTH OF NO MORE THAN 150 FEET. 
          THE PROPOSAL IS TO ALLOW MAXIMUM OF EIGHT UNITS ALONG COLLECTORS AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, BASICALLY MAJOR STREETS, BUT NO MORE THAN FOUR UNITS ALONG A LOCAL STREET WITH THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT LIMIT OF 30 FEET AS MEASURED PER THE FIRE CODE. 
          SO THE UNITS WILL HAVE A HEIGHT LIMIT OF 30 FEET. 
          ONE CURB, CURB PER STREET FRONTAGE IS ALLOWED FOR LAR ACCESS, AND THE ACCESS CAN ALSO COME FROM THE ALLEY ONE WAY. 
          DRIVEWAYS ARE ALSO ALLOWED FOR THESE KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS ON CORNER PROPERTIES. 
          STRUCTURES ALONG THE STREET MUST FACE THE STREET. 
          SO IN TERMS OF BUILDING LINE, WE WANT THE UNITS TO FACE THE STREET WITH AN ENTRY FEATURE. 
          IN TERMS OF PARKING, IT'S ONE SPACE FOR UNITS THAT ARE THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER, AND TWO SPACES PER UNIT. 
          IF THE UNITS ARE LARGER THAN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, AGAIN, MARKET-BASED PARKING IS ALLOWED FOR THESE KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS IN TRANSIT SERVED AREAS. 
          BUT ONE BIKE PARKING PER UNIT MUST BE PROVIDED IN CASE MARKET BASED PARKING IS USED. 
          THE NEXT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT IS COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENT. 
          COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS CLUSTERS OF LOTS ARE LOCATED AROUND A COMMON GREEN SPACE AND DO NOT NEED PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE. 
          NEXT SLIDE. 
          THIS IS A NEW STYLE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BECOMING MORE POPULAR WITH SMALLER HOMES AND PARKING CAN BE DETACHED FROM THE UNITS, AND AN AGREEMENT FOR MAINTENANCE OF COMMON AREAS IS ESTABLISHED. 
          THERE IS, IN TERMS OF STANDARDS, THERE IS NO MINIMUM LOT SIZE OR THE LOT WIDTH REQUIREMENTS, BUT THERE IS MAXIMUM LOT SIZE OF 3,500 SQUARE FEET AND A MAXIMUM UNIT SIZE OF 1800 SQUARE FEET. 
          THAT WAS CHANGED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, DURING THEIR VOTE TO MAKE THE WHOLE HOMES SMALLER. 
          ALSO, THERE IS NO MAXIMUM DENSITY, BUT EACH LOT MUST PROVIDE FOR ONE 50 SQUARE FEET OF GREEN SPACE TO, UM, THE COURTYARD TO MAKE THE COURTYARD SPACE. 
          THE PROPERTY DEPTH CANNOT BE ONE 50 FEET, AND THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURES CANNOT BE TALLER THAN 30 FEET AS MEASURED PER FIRE CODE. 
          ACCESS TO PARKING CAN BE VIA COURTYARD ACCESS DRIVE. 
          STRUCTURES ALONG THE STREET MUST FACE THE STREET WITH AN ENTRY FEATURE. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, THE PARKING SIZES. 
          THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE ONE SPACE FOR THOUSAND SQUARE FEET OR LESS. 
          AND TWO SPACES ARE NEEDED FOR, UH, UNITS THAT ARE LARGER THAN THOUSAND SQUARE FEET. 
          ONE GUEST PARKING SPACE IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY SIX UNITS. 
          AGAIN, MARKET-BASED PARKING IS ALLOWED FOR THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL. 
          THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT TYPE IS CALLED NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENT. 
          NARROW LOTS MEANS LOTS LESS THAN 40 FEET WIDE, AS DEFINED PER THE AMENDMENTS ARE ALLOWED TODAY OVER THE YEARS PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          OVER THE YEARS PLANNING COMMISSION HAS SEEN AREAS CHANGE QUICKLY FROM TYPICAL 50 BY A HUNDRED LOTS WITH NARROW DRIVEWAYS TO 25 FEET BY A HUNDRED FEET LOTS, WHERE THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE IS TAKEN UP BY A WIDE DRIVEWAY. 
          DUE TO THE CURRENT ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS, PLANNING COMMISSION TASKS, DELIVERABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE WITH FINDING A SOLUTION TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OF TYPICAL LOTS INTO NARROW LOTS WITH WIDE CONTINUOUS DRIVEWAYS, AFTER ASSESSING THE NEED FOR HOUSING AND THE IMPORTANCE OF PRESERVING THE PUBLIC PEDESTRIAN ROLE COMMITTEE AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION ARRIVED AT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, THE OBJECTIVES ACHIEVED WITH THESE AMENDMENTS ARE TO INCREASE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF TIMES CARS AND PEDESTRIANS CROSS PATHS, UM, TO REDUCE THE IMPERVIOUS COVER WITHIN THE STREETS RIGHT OF WAY FOR WHICH DETECTION VOLUME IS NOT ACCOUNTED FOR, AND TO PROTECT A DRAINAGE SYSTEMS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          COMING TO THE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPOSAL, ALL PROPERTIES THAT EBERT AND ALLEY 
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MUST TAKE ALLEY ACCESS AND CORNER PROPERTIES CAN USE EITHER ALLEY ACCESS OR USE ACCESS FROM THE SIDE STREET FOR MIDBLOCK PROPERTIES. 
          IF CREATING LOTS, 40 FEET OR WIDER INDIVIDUAL DRIVEWAYS ARE ALLOWED AS LONG AS 22 FEET CURB SPACE IS PRESERVED. 
          IF CREATING LOTS NARROWER THAN 40 FEET REFERRED TO AS NARROW LOTS, VEHICLE ACCESS MUST BE VIA FLAGSTAFF SHADE DRIVEWAY. 
          PRIVATE STREETS, OR LAR ACCESS MAY BE VIA 10 TO 12 FEET INDIVIDUAL DRIVE FOR LOTS, NARROWER FOR LOTS 33 FEET OR WIDER ON SITES 1500 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER. 
          ON THE PRESENTATION SLIDE, YOU CAN SEE IT IS COLORED IN YELLOW. 
          THAT'S ONE OF THE CHANGES THAT WAS, UM, PART OF PLANNING COMMISSION'S ACTION TO FORWARD THEM TO CITY COUNCIL. 
          ADDITIONAL STANDARDS REQUIRE THAT AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF THE STRUCTURE ALONG THE STREET MUST FACE THE STREET. 
          AND FOR NARROW LODGES LESS THAN 40 FEET WIDE, IF NOT ABLE TO MEET THE ONE THIRD REQUIREMENT, THERE IS TWO OPTIONS. 
          PROVIDE FUNCTIONAL BALCONIES OR PROVIDE 36 SQUARE FEET OF WINDOWS OUT OF WHICH ONE OF THE WINDOW HAS TO BE AT LEAST THREE FEET BY FIVE FEET SIZE. 
          NEXT, I'LL SHOW YOU SOME IMAGES. 
          UM, HERE IS AN EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS HOW THE ONE THIRD OF THE FRONTAGE OF THE STRUCTURE WILL LOOK LIKE, AND THERE IS A REAL TIME EXAMPLE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          HERE IS AN IMAGE THAT SHOWS THE BALCONIES AND THE WINDOWS PROVISION THAT I WAS MENTIONING WHERE, UM, THE PROPERTY HAS A NARROW 12 FEET DRIVE, AND THE LOTS THAT ARE NARROWER THAN 40 FEET WILL HAVE BALCONIES OR WINDOWS IN THE FRONT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          IN TERMS OF ADDITIONAL STANDARDS FOR PROPERTIES THAT TAKE SIDE OR RARE ACCESS, UM, THERE IS, UH, REDUCED BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENTS, AND THE UNITS MUST FACE THE STREET, WHICH IS, UH, AN ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENT. 
          THE GUEST PARKING SPACES, ONE PER EVERY SIX UNITS MUST BE PROVIDED WITHIN PRIVATE PROPERTY, AND THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE ONE SPACE FOR UNITS THAT ARE 1500 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER, AND TWO SPACES FOR UNITS THAT ARE LARGER THAN 1500 SQUARE FEET. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          THIS IS, UM, HOW AN ENTRY FEATURE LOOKS LIKE WHEN, UM, WHEN I MENTIONED THAT THE UNITS MUST FACE THE STREET FOR SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENTS, ESPECIALLY, WE WANT THE UNITS WITH DOORS AND PORCHES AND WINDOWS TO BE ALONG THE STREET TO MAKE THE STREETS LOOK SAFER AND FEEL SAFER. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF INCENTIVES, INCENTIVES FOR SIZE AND REAR LOADING LOTS ARE ADDITIONAL DENSITY ALLOWANCE TO ENCROACH INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE ABOUT 10 FEET, AND REDUCE BUILDING LINES ALONG LOCAL AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STREETS THAT ARE LESS THAN 80 FEET WIDE. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          HERE IS A STREET SCAPE EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS ALL OF THE DIFFERENT, UH, VARIETIES A BLOCK CAN BE DEVELOPED WITH. 
          UM, THE FIRST ONE IS ALLEY ACCESS. 
          THE SECOND ONE IS A SHARED DRIVEWAY WHERE THE SHARED DRIVEWAY TAKES, UM, THE GARAGES ARE IN THE BACK, SO THERE IS A DRIVEWAY THAT GOES TO THE BACK. 
          THIRD ONE FROM THE LEFT YOU'LL SEE IS A COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT'S HOW A PROPERTY COULD BE DEVELOPED. 
          THAT IS A HUNDRED BY A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET. 
          NEXT, YOU WILL SEE A FLAG LOT OPTION, WHERE A 50 BY A HUNDRED PROPERTY CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO LOTS WITH LIKE A COMMON AXIS THAT, UM, IS ON THE PROPERTY. 
          AND THE NEXT YOU WILL SEE IS WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ALLOW A HUNDRED BY A HUNDRED PROPERTY TO BE SUBDIVIDED WITH 33 FEET WIDE LOTS, AND THE LOTS WILL HAVE INDIVIDUAL DRIVEWAYS THAT IS A MAXIMUM OF 12 FEET. 
          AND, UH, THE NEXT ONE IS A SHARED DRIVEWAY OPTION, WHICH IS ALREADY PLAUSIBLE TODAY. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS A CORNER PROPERTY AND THE ACCESS IS COMING FROM THE SIDE STREET. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          NOW I'LL QUICKLY, UM, SHOW YOU A MAP THAT, UM, SHOWS. 
          WE LOOKED AT THE DATA FROM MARCH, UH, JANUARY AND FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR, AND IDENTIFIED THE PROPERTIES THAT HAD NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS. 
          AND, UM, THIS IS THE PLATTING ACTIVITY THAT SHOWS ORANGE IS, UM, FRONT LOADING LOTS, AND THE BLUE IS, UM, AND THE PINK IS, UH, UNITS WITH RARE AND SIDE ACCESS. 
          SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT IS HAPPENING WITH THESE NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS WHEN QUICKLY THE STREET CAN CHANGE INTO JUST BEING DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY. 
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          HERE IS THE REVISED. 
          UM, I'M JUST QUICKLY GOING TO MENTION ABOUT MARKET BASED PARKING. 
          ALL OF THE FOUR HOUSING TYPES THAT I JUST SHARED WITH YOU CAN USE MARKET BASED PARKING, WHICH MEANS THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE A MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENT, BUT THE PROPERTY OWNER CAN DECIDE HOW MUCH PARKING THEY NEED ON THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEY CAN PROVIDE THAT. 
          NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL SHOW YOU A MAP, AND HERE IS THE MAP THAT IS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. 
          AFTER THE INITIAL PROPOSAL, AND WE RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS AND NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK, THE BOUNDARY WAS SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED. 
          THE BOUNDARIES THAT WE USED IN TERMS OF, UH, CREATING THIS MAP OR WALKING DISTANCE, BUFFERS HALF MILE FROM RAIL STATIONS OR BUS RAPID TRANSIT STOPS, QUARTER MILE FROM HIGH FREQUENCY BUS ROUTES WITH 15 MINUTE HEADWAY, QUARTER MILE FROM, UH, BLUE ROUTE STOPS WITH 30 MINUTE HEADWAY, WHICH ARE WITHIN OPPORTUNITY ZONES, AND ALSO WITHIN CENSUS TRACKS THAT HAVE, UM, MORE THAN 25% OF ZERO CAR OWNERSHIP. 
          AND THE LAST ONE IS QUARTER MILE FROM PROTECTED BIKEWAYS, UNLESS THEY'RE LOCATED FURTHER THAN TWO MILES FROM THE ABOUT THREE BUFFERS. 
          SO THAT IS HOW WE ARRIVED AT THIS MAP. 
          NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. 
          AND LIKE I MENTIONED ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN, MANUAL CHANGES THAT ARE RELATED TO DELIVERABLE PLACES, RECOMMENDATIONS HERE IS A SNIPPET BROADLY OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY HAPPENING. 
          IN CHAPTER NINE. 
          DETENTION EXEMPTIONS WILL BE ALLOWED AND ON SITES 15,000 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER FOR ALL DEVELOPMENT TYPES. 
          AND, UH, 97 50 SQUARE FEET OF DETENTION EXEMPTION FOR TRACKS BETWEEN 15,000 SQUARE FEET AND ONE ACRE, NO DETENTION IS CALCULATED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ALLEY. 
          CHAPTER 10, UH, IS, UH, UPDATED WITH ALLEY ACCESS REQUIREMENTS AND PAVING, PAVING WIDENING REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL SUBSTANDARD STREETS, AND UPDATING NO PARKING SIGN INSTALLATION PROCESS. 
          IN CHAPTER 15, THERE ARE CHANGES RELATED TO, UM, NARROW DRIVEWAY APPROACH. 
          AND ALSO SHARED DRIVEWAY IS CLASSIFIED AS A RESIDENTIAL, UM, DRIVE. 
          SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING IN IDM. 
          JUST, UM, TO GIVE YOU, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE LIVABLE PLACES, HERE IS A TIMELINE OF, UM, WHEN LIVABLE PLACES COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED CONSENSUS. 
          IT WAS IN 2022. 
          UM, WE DID 10 MONTHS OF ENGAGEMENT WITH INDUSTRY ORGANIZATIONS, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WE ATTENDED MULTIPLE PUBLIC EVENTS FOR 10 MONTHS. 
          UH, LPAC REVIEWED THE DRAFT ORDINANCE IN FEBRUARY. 
          PLANNING COMMISSION PRESENTATION WAS IN MARCH, AND, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT WAS FROM MARCH TO APRIL. 
          AND PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED WITH EXTENSIVE SUPPORT ON JUNE 8TH AND FORWARDED THESE AMENDMENTS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A COUPLE OF CHANGES. 
          AND TODAY WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU, AND THE NEXT STEP IS, UM, TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR PRESENTATION AND PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ALL OF THIS INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE ON LET'S TALK HOUSTON WEBSITE, AND ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS AND ATTACHMENTS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. 
          WITH THAT, I END MY PRESENTATION, I JUST WANTED TO SAY WE RECEIVED SUPPORT LETTERS FROM VARIOUS AGENCIES LIKE, UM, A PA HOUSTON, HOUSTON LAND BANK, A RP, AND, UM, MULTIPLE INDIVIDUALS ALSO PROVIDED A SUPPORT LETTER. 
          I AM TRYING TO, OKAY. 
          IT'S OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WITH THAT, I END MY PRESENTATION. 
          WELL, THA THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, PRESENTATION. 
          WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS IN THE QUEUE STARTING OFF. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH, UH, CITIZENS ARE ASKING ME TO, UH, ASK YOU TO DEFINE WHAT, UH, THE, UH, MARKET BASED PARKING IS. 
          SO, THE CITY OF HOUSTON CURRENTLY HAS MARKET BASED PARKING, BASICALLY IN THE DOWNTOWN, THE MIDTOWN, AND THE EDO AREA. 
          THE DEFINITION OF IT IS THAT THERE ARE NO MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROPERTIES DEVELOPED IN THOSE AREAS THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER DECIDES FOR HIS CUST FOR HIS OR HER CUSTOMERS CLIENTS AND SO FORTH, WHAT PARKING THEY BELIEVE THEY NEED. 
          IN THIS INSTANCE, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MARKING BASED PARKING, WE ARE EXTENDING THAT THOSE NO MINIMUM TO A MAP AS SHOWN HERE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN. 
          FOR SPECIFIC AREAS THAT WE HAVE RESEARCHED THAT ARE TARGET, THAT ARE, I'M SORRY, TRANSIT RICH, THEY HAVE A HIGH CAPACITY BUS OR LIGHT RAIL. 
          UM, THEY ARE NEAR, UM, ON STREET FULL, UM, UH, 
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BIKE LANES, OR THEY'RE IN OPPORTUNITY ZONES WHERE WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT THERE IS APPROPRIATE BUS SERVICE AND WHERE THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE AT LEAST 25% RATE OF NO CAR OWNERSHIP. 
          SO WE'VE LOOKED CAREFULLY AT WHERE PEOPLE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD CARS AND WHERE TRANSIT COULD SUPPORT THEIR MOVEMENT AROUND THE CITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THIS MAP REPRESENTS. 
          THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, WHEN WE BRING BACK CHANGES TO ORDINANCES, NORMALLY THERE'S, THERE'S A, THERE'S A GOOD REASON FOR IT. 
          WHAT, WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IS THE, IS THE DRIVING MOTIVATION FOR THIS CHANGE? FOR THIS CHANGE? WELL, THE DRIVING MOTIVATION IS BASICALLY THREEFOLD. 
          WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE CHAPTER 42 AND HOW LAND IS DEVELOPING IN HOUSTON, THE FIRST THING THAT APPEARED TO US IS THAT THERE WERE SOME COSTS REQUIRED THROUGH CHAPTER 42 THAT WE COULD RE SOME REGULATIONS THAT WE COULD REMOVE THAT, THAT INCREASED COST. 
          THE PRIMARY GOAL OF ALL OF THESE ACTIVITIES IS TO INCREASE EQUITABLE, WALKABLE, AND AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT TAX CREDIT, AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS REMOVING SOME OF THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING IN HOUSTON. 
          FOR INSTANCE, THE COURTYARD DEVELOPMENT WE REQUIRE FOR MOST PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT, A MINIMUM LOT SIZE LAND IS EXPENSIVE. 
          SO IF WE CAN REDUCE THE LAND THAT HAS TO BE ATTRIBUTED TO A HOME, AND THERE IS A BIG MARKET FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT VERY SMALL LOTS WITH VERY SMALL HOMES, IF WE CAN ALLOW THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, THEN WE CAN ALLOW MORE NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 
          SO THE THREE BIG, BIG DRIVING ELEMENTS WERE TO CREATE A, A PRODUCT THAT COULD BE MORE MARKET, EQUITABLE, WALKABLE, AND AFFORDABLE. 
          SO, SO LET ME ASK YOU, IS, IS THIS GONNA REDUCE THE COST OF HOUSING IN HERE IN HOUSTON, OR HAVE YOU DONE A, A STUDY TO SEE WHAT THIS OVERALL COST INCREASE MIGHT BE, UH, FOR THE BUILDERS AND FOR THE CITIZENS WHO ARE BUYING THE HOMES? NO, SIR. 
          I, WE HAVE NOT DONE THAT STUDY. 
          WHAT WE, WHAT WE ARE DOING IS PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS TO BUILD MORE AFFORDABLE HOMES WITH, WITH ELEMENTS THAT DON'T COST AS MUCH. 
          SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS EXPANDING THE PRICE RANGE OF HOMES AVAILABLE TO, FOR HOUSTONIANS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          PUT ME VICE, VICE CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          AND I'LL NEED TO GO BACK INTO QUEUE. 
          I GOT A, A LIST OF QUESTIONS, BUT FIRST DIRECTOR, UM, I, I JUST WANNA RECOGNIZE THIS HAS BEEN A THREE YEAR PROCESS FOR YOU ALL. 
          YES, YES. 
          SO I, I WANNA RECOGNIZE THE TIME, AN EFFORT THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS. 
          UM, I'LL START WITH MARKET-BASED PARKING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WAS JUST BROUGHT UP. 
          UM, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH, IF YOU PULL UP THE MAP ALL OF DISTRICT C. 
          SO JUST TO CLEAR, I MEAN, IT'S A HUGE CHUNK OF DISTRICT C. 
          SO JUST TO CLARIFY, FOUR BUILDINGS IN THAT AREA, RIGHT ALONG DURHAM SHEPHERD AND OTHER CORRIDORS IN DISTRICT C, THERE WOULD BE NO PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MODELS THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING RIGHT NOW. 
          CORRECT. 
          ONLY THE RESIDENTIAL, I WANNA BE REALLY CLEAR ABOUT THAT. 
          WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL OR LARGE MULTIFAMILY LIKE APARTMENTS, RIGHT? ONLY THE FOUR RESIDENTIAL PARK. 
          BUT FOR MIDDLE HOUSING, FOR SDU, MULTI-UNIT COURTYARD, ALL OF THAT, NO PARKING WOULD BE REQUIRED, PERIOD. 
          IT WOULD BE UP TO THE DEVELOPER AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHETHER TO PUT THAT IN. 
          YES. 
          AND MAY I ADD TO THAT? YES, PLEASE. 
          SO AS YOU'LL HEAR FROM DEVELOPERS LATER ON, I, I TRUST THE DEVELOPERS KNOW WHO THEIR MARKET IS. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A BIG MARKET FOR HOMES WITHOUT GARAGES IN DISTRICT C PARTICULARLY. 
          UM, AND SO WHAT IT DOES IS IT ALLOWS THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH PARKING THEY WANT TO BUY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I, AND WHERE I'M COMING FROM, AND I'VE TOLD YOU THIS MM-HMM . 
          YOU KNOW, I, I RECOGNIZE Y'ALL ARE TRYING TO STOP IT FROM, IT PREVENTS IT IN CREATING A WALKABLE AND FRIENDLY AND SAFE PLACE WHERE IT'S NOT DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN DISTRICT C IS IT'S CAR AFTER CAR, AFTER CAR ON THE STREETS. 
          AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CHALLENGES THAT I'M GRAPPLING WITH AND I THINK OUR CONSTITUENTS ARE GRAPPLING WITH. 
          BUT WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET THAT FEEDBACK. 
          UM, REALLY QUICKLY, THE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE PRESENTED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MM-HMM . 
          DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT ORIGINATED FROM? I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION. 
          THE AMENDMENT MADE THE MOTION, THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS NO. 
          SO THE AMENDMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED ABOUT THE COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT CONCEPT OF REMOVING THAT FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS, DO WE KNOW WHERE THAT ORIGINATED FROM? WELL, SO THE 33 FOOT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE TALKED WITH, UM, OUR PARTNERS AT GHBA ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. 
          WE, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF MEETINGS. 
          WE'VE THROWN THAT OPTION OUT TO THEM TO SEE, TO, YOU KNOW, TEST THE WATER TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN. 
          UH, WE BELIEVED THAT WE HAD, UM, A COMPROMISE IN THE, WHAT THE WHYS YOU MAY IN 
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THE Y DRIVEWAY THAT YOU MAY, UM, HEAR REFERRED TO. 
          AND IT BECAME CLEAR OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS THAT THE BUILDER COMMUNITY DID NOT APP DID NOT APPRECIATE THE Y DRIVEWAY, AND THEY WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF IT. 
          AND BECAUSE WE WERE NOT ENTIRELY SUPPORT SUPPORTIVE IT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, UM, THE COMMISSION LOOKED AT IT CAREFULLY AND MADE THE PROPOSAL ON THURSDAY THAT LET'S TAKE THE Y DRIVEWAY OPTION OUT AND JUST SETTLE ON 33 FEET. 
          AND MAY I JUST CONTINUE ON THIS ONE QUESTION, THEN I'LL GO BACK INTO QUEUE. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, SO ON PAGE, UH, I THINK YOU PULLED UP ONE PAGE. 
          SO IS THAT, CAN, CAN THEY STILL DO ANY FRONT LOADING DRIVEWAYS? I THINK THAT'S MY CONFUSION RIGHT NOW, BOTH ON PAGE 16 AND 19. 
          UM, SO THE AMENDMENT, THAT COUNCIL, THAT THE COMMISSION WROTE IS, IS SPELLED OUT ON THE FRONT PAGE OF WHAT WE HANDED OUT TO YOU. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT, UM, A CON THAT A THIRD, THAT DIRECT VEHICLE ACCESS FROM THE STREET SHALL ONLY BE ALLOWED FOR LOTS 33 FEET OR WIDER. 
          AND SO THE, SO THE FIRST OPTION, THE COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH, THAT'S OUT NOW. 
          IT'S OUT NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THAT'S, I AGAIN, I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF EVERYTHING, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          UM, AND MORE QUESTIONS. 
          SO I'LL GO BACK INTO QUEUE CHAIR. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER THOMAS. 
          THANK YOU MUCH. 
          UM, QUICKLY, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, UH, MAP THAT HAD AN OVERLAY ON IT THAT KIND OF IDENTIFIED THE MAP? THE PARKING MAP? YEAH, THE MARKET RACE PARKING SLOWED DOWN ON SOME OF THAT, BUT STILL WE'RE MOVING KIND OF QUICK. 
          CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH THAT ONE SLIDE? JUST THAT, THAT OVERLAY PARTICULARLY? AND THEN CAN YOU DEFINE COLLECTOR STREET? I'M SORRY, THE WHAT? STREET. 
          COLLECTOR STREET. 
          GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE OF A COLLECTOR STREET. 
          WHERE IS THAT? GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT, WHAT THAT COLLECTOR STREET'S GENERALLY 70 FEET, RIGHT OF WAYS. 
          THEY ARE, UM, STREETS THAT TAKE TRAFFIC FROM NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS LIKE YOUR COMMUNITY. 
          WESTHEIMER WESTHEIMER IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. 
          IT'S A MAJOR STREET. 
          GIMME A, GIMME A NAME. 
          GIMME A STREET. 
          GIMME A STREET. 
          LAVY, DUN LAVY. 
          DUN LAVY. 
          OKAY. 
          COLLECTOR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THEY'RE IN BETWEEN LOCAL STREETS AND MAJOR STREETS. 
          THOSE ARE CALLED COLLECTOR STREETS. 
          UM, HILL HILLCROFT IS A MAJOR. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          CAN WE, CAN I DEFINE THE MARKET BASED PARKING AREA FOR YOU? WELL, I WANNA SEE THE MAP. 
          I WANNA, I WANT THE MAP. 
          I WANNA GO BACK TO THE SLIDE WHERE IT HAD THE OVER THE MAP IS PULLED UP RIGHT NOW. 
          THERE'S ANOTHER ONE. 
          THE DOT, YEAH, THERE'S ANOTHER OH, THE DOTS. 
          OH, THE PLANTING ACTIVITY MAP. 
          UHHUH. 
          SO WE LOOKED AT DATA. 
          SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WE WERE TRYING TO ANSWER FOR OURSELVES IS WHERE IS IT THAT WE ARE SEEING LOT OF NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING? THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS THAT COMPLETELY TRANSITION FROM BEING 50 BY A HUNDRED, LOTS TO 25 FEET WIDE LOTS, AND THE ENTIRE STREET IS TAKEN UP BY DRIVEWAYS. 
          SO WE QUESTIONED OURSELVES TO FIGURE OUT WHERE ARE THE NEXT AREAS, WHERE IS THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING? WE LOOKED AT THE PLATTING ACTIVITY FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY AND PLA AND PLOTTED THE, UH, PROJECTS. 
          WHAT YOU SEE IN ORANGE, THE FIRST ONE, THE ORANGE COLOR IS THE FRONT LOADING NARROW LOTS. 
          THAT MEANS ALL OF THE LOTS THAT ARE, UH, 40 FEET OR NARROWER ARE PLOTTED HERE. 
          AND WHAT YOU SEE IN PINK ARE THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE RARE ACCESS OR SIDE ACCESS. 
          THAT MEANS THEY'RE USING SHARED DRIVEWAYS OR FLAG LOTS OR PRIVATE STREETS. 
          THE KIND OF, UM, SIDE AND RARE ACCESS THAT WE ARE PROMO, WE ARE PROMOTING WITH LIVABLE PLACES. 
          SO IT JUST SHOWS YOU WHERE THE STREETS COULD QUICKLY TURN INTO THESE DRIVEWAYS AFTER DRIVEWAYS IN FUTURE IF THE CHANGES ARE NOT MADE. 
          SO I, I, I, I'LL HAVE, I HAVE THIS DIGITALLY. 
          I, I WANNA COME BACK TO THIS, UM, ONCE I PRINT IT OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW THAT I CAN SEE THIS. 
          UM, BUT TO THE POINT, CLEARLY THERE'S NO DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING ON THE WEST. 
          SO, UH, NOT IN MY DISTRICT, BUT THE CONVERSATION AROUND PARKING IS VERY SENSITIVE. 
          THERE ARE SOME, UH, THERE'S AN AGENDA COMING TO COUNCIL THAT WAS ACTUALLY PULLED TO AMEND A LOT OF THE PARKING ISSUES THAT WE'RE HAVING. 
          AND SO THEN WHAT IS THE, WHAT ARE Y'ALL OFFERING AN ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE WE'RE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH, YOU KNOW, SOLID WASTE, NOT GETTING ABLE, NOT ABLE TO ACCESS, PICKING UP THE TRASH BECAUSE STREET CARS ARE ON THE STREET. 
          MOTION TO EXTEND SECOND. 
          OH, DID I JUST RUN YOUR SHOW? I'M SORRY. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          DID I JUST RUN YOUR SHOW? WELL, I WANNA RECLAIM MY TIME. 
          YEAH. 
          JUST FINISH YOUR, THIS QUESTION. 
          YEAH. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO JUST, WHAT ARE Y'ALL OFFERING IN TERMS OF, UH, RESPONSE TO THE CHALLENGES AROUND PARKING ON THE STREET? 'CAUSE WE'RE ALREADY INUNDATED IN CERTAIN, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, AND MOST OF THAT DEVELOPMENT'S NOT EVEN COMING TO THE WEST. 
          AND WE'RE, WE'RE CROWDED. 
          SO WHAT ARE Y'ALL, WHAT'S THE RESPONSE TO THAT, THE FEEDBACK THAT YOU'VE HEARD? SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH 
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PARK HOUSTON, UM, ON, UH, RESIDENTIAL BASED PARKING, PARKING AREAS. 
          UM, THE, THE MAR, THE MARKET BASED PARKING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS, UM, REALLY SPECIFICALLY FOCUSED ON AREAS WHERE WE BELIEVE THERE IS, UM, THERE IS AN INTEREST IN PROPERTY OWNERS NOT BUYING PROPERTY. 
          WHERE, WHERE WE CAN BIFURCATE THE, THE, UM, DECOUPLE, I'M SORRY, DECOUPLE THE PARKING FROM THE COST OF THE, THE HOME IN AN, IN AN EFFORT TO BRING THE COST OF THE HOME DOWN SIGNIFICANTLY. 
          UM, THIS MAP, I WANNA ALSO POINT OUT THAT THIS MAP IS ONLY ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT. 
          SO THIS DOESN'T SHOW THAT THERE IS NO DEVELOPMENT GOING ON ON THE WEST SIDE. 
          THERE IS ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING IN TERMS OF FRONT LOADING AND REAR ACCESS. 
          YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          DID, DID I ANSWER YOU? I'M NOT SURE I FULLY UNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, THE, THE, I MEAN, JUST THE CONFLICT OF PUTTING MORE CARS ON THE STREET PLAINLY, RIGHT? THE CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH THAT. 
          AND WE'RE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH GETTING CARS OFF THE STREET. 
          UM, PARKING, UH, EVERYONE HAS A CAR. 
          20 YEARS AGO THAT WASN'T THE CASE. 
          UM, AND THEN THE CHALLENGES WITH THAT PARK, HOUSTON HAS ADDED A FOURTH SHIFT JUST TO ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT. 
          WE'VE DONE THAT FOR A COUPLE YEARS. 
          AND SO JUST, AND BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN A COMMON CRITICISM, I JUST WAS CURIOUS ON WHAT THE RESPONSE HAS BEEN WITH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS PLANNING COMMISSION WHEN Y'ALL WERE OUT IN COMMUNITY, IF THAT'S BEEN SOME FEEDBACK RECEIVED. 
          WHAT WAS THE OFFICIAL RESPONSE RELATED TO THAT? WELL, THERE'S A COUPLE THINGS. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, 41% OF HU OF THE HOUSTON HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ONE CAR, OR FEWER AMONG THEM. 
          SO WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT EVERY HOUSEHOLD NEEDS TO HAVE TWO PARKING SPACES. 
          FIRST OF ALL, 41% OF, NO, I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S A, THAT'S A, THAT IS, THAT'S STATISTIC IS INCORRECT. 
          51 PERC, 50 50.1% OF HOUSTON HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ONE CAR, OR FEWER. 
          9.1% HAVE OF HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ZERO CARS. 
          THAT'S OUTTA THE CENSUS STATISTIC. 
          I HAD THAT UP IN A MEETING YESTERDAY. 
          I WISH I HAD THOUGHT TO BRING IT. 
          TODAY'S MEETING. 
          UM, SO 50% OF HOUSTON, OF HOUSTON HOUSEHOLDS HAVE ONE CAR, OR FEWER AMONG THEM. 
          AND YET WE REQUIRE TWO SPACES FOR EVERY SINGLE RESIDENCE THAT IS, IS BUILT. 
          SO THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT WE, WE, WE IMMEDIATELY STARTED LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE REDUCE THE COST OF, OF HOMES FOR HOUSTONIANS, AND IN AREAS WHERE IT MAKES SENSE AND ONLY WHERE IT MAKES SENSE, TRANSIT RICH AREAS, AREAS WHERE THE POPULATION ARE PROVEN TO NOT HAVE A HIGHER RATE OF CAR OWNERSHIP. 
          UM, WE CAN LOOK AT REDUCING THE REQUIRED PARKING SO THAT IT CAN BE SOMETHING THAT COULD REDUCE THE COST OF HOUSING. 
          UH, I, I ALSO, OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COUNCIL, WE, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMMER VIRTUALLY PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR. 
          AND, UM, I, I'M KIND OF IN LINE. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR, UH, FOR, FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I'M IN LINE WITH MY COLLEAGUES, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN AND THOMAS. 
          SO I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE CLEARLY, UM, WHY THE COMMISSION SHOWS TO COMPLETELY ELIMINATE THE COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH. 
          I DO UNDERSTAND THAT'S PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR, UM, OPTION. 
          AND I KNOW THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HAVING SOME DIFFERENT, UM, WAYS IN WHICH WE COULD ACHIEVE THAT, BUT ELIMINATING IT COMPLETELY IS SOMETHING I WOULD LOVE TO GET, UM, SOME MORE DETAILED INFORMATION ON. 
          UM, AND, AND I, AND I DO, AND I DO WANT TO ALSO BRING ATTENTION, UM, TO THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SHARED, THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVEWAYS THAT GO ALL THE WAY, ALL THE WAY UP, YOU KNOW, GUESTS ARE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO PARK THERE. 
          EVEN IF A RESIDENT HAS MORE THAN ONE CAR, THEY CAN'T PARK THERE. 
          THE MIDDLE, THOSE MIDDLE BUILDINGS, THE MIDDLE UNITS ARE TYPICALLY UN UM, UNPOPULAR IN MANY WAYS. 
          AND SO, JUST, IT SEEMS TO ME ELIMINATING THE COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH, WHICH IS THE MOST POPULAR AND MOST, UM, YOU KNOW, MOST POPULAR, UM, IDEA IS, IS JUST BEING ELIMINATED, WHICH IS, IS DEFINITELY A CONCERN. 
          I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A DETAILED DESCRIPTION, EXPLANATION OF WHAT DROVE THE COMMISSION TO MAKING THAT DETERMINATION. 
          UM, COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M, I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH THE QUESTION, BUT LET ME LET, LET ME TRY TO ANSWER IT THIS WAY. 
          LET, LET'S, FIRST OF ALL, I THINK I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT IF YOU DON'T MIND, AND KIND OF DEFINE A COUPLE DIFFERENT DRIVEWAY APPROACHES. 
          I THINK WE'RE, WE'RE MIXING TERMS, AND I WANNA MAKE SURE I'M CLEAR IN WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SO I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          UM, THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS ON THE, THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK IS SOMETHING THAT WAS NOT, THAT WE WERE CALLED A JOINT APPROACH. 
          IT WAS NOT A SHARED DRIVEWAY IN THAT THE DRIVEWAY DID NOT, UM, WAS NOT OWNED BY MORE THAN ONE HOMEOWNER. 
          MM-HMM . 
          IT WAS THE, THE DRIVEWAY ITSELF WAS OWNED BY THE, THE, 
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THE PROPERTY OWNER, THE APPROACH, WHICH IS THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          UM, WE WERE LOOKING TO LIMIT THE WIDTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT, UM, RIGHT OF WAY IS IMPORTANT FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          AND THAT THE WAY DRIVEWAYS ARE BEING BUILT TODAY, THE PROPERTY WITH THE 16 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAY FOR EVERY SINGLE HOME, THE, THE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS BEING, UM, USED EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROPERTY OWNER AND IS NO LONGER ABLE TO BE USED BY THE PUBLIC. 
          I, I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL LATER IF YOU'D LIKE ON THAT. 
          UM, SO WE PROPOSED THIS, UM, JOINT ACCESS DRIVEWAY, ALSO KNOWN AS THE Y DRIVEWAY. 
          I'LL USE THAT TERM. 
          'CAUSE THAT WAS THE MORE COMMONLY USED TERM. 
          UM, THE, THE BUILDER COMMUNITY DID NOT LIKE IT. 
          THEY, THEY WERE OPPOSED TO IT, UM, RECENTLY AND HAVE BEEN VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING. 
          EVERY MEETING THAT I HAD TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION WAS, UM, WAS THEIR OPPOSITION TO IT. 
          SO THE COMMISSION, I BELIEVE, UM, CONSIDERED THE FACT THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE OPPOSED TO IT, LET'S FIND SOMETHING THAT WORKS BETTER FOR EVERYONE. 
          AND THAT'S THE PROPOSAL THAT THEY MADE. 
          OKAY. 
          I, I DON'T KNOW IF, I MEAN, I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN TO THEM ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THEY WERE COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO IT. 
          I THINK THEY DID SUBMIT SOME OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS TO ALLOW FOR THAT. 
          I WANNA MAKE SURE I USE THE PROPER, UM, 'CAUSE I THINK SHE JUST, Y'ALL JUST MOVED THE SLIDE. 
          UM, THE COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH. 
          I DO BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE SOME, UM, OPTIONS THAT WERE, THAT WERE SUBMITTED, BUT WERE NOT ACCEPTED. 
          AND SO, UM, I I, I JUST, I DO THINK THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE A COMBINED DRIVEWAY APPROACH AND WE USE THE FLAG AND THE WHY AND THE SHARED AND ALL THE OTHER ONES, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE A LOT MORE CARS ON THE ROADS. 
          UM, WHICH MEANS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE MORE DIFFICULT 'CAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE STREET PARKING SITUATION THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE HEARING ABOUT. 
          AND SO, UM, I I JUST, I JUST WANNA EXPRESS THAT THAT'S A, THAT'S A CONCERN. 
          JUST ELIMINATING THAT COMPLETELY AS AN OPTION. 
          UM, COUNCIL AND THEN ALSO GO AHEAD. 
          AND THEN ALSO, AND THEN ALSO, UM, I KNOW THAT, UH, IT WAS MENTIONED OF WHO WAS SUPPORTING THIS. 
          AND I KNOW Y'ALL MENTIONED TWO GROUPS, BUT NO, WE HAVE ANY OF THE BUILDER ORGANIZATIONS SUPPORTING THIS. 
          UM, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE HAS SOME CONCERNS AS WELL. 
          SO CAN YOU LITTLE TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE SUPPORT THAT THIS PARTICULAR, UM, ITEM HAS CURRENTLY? COUNCIL MEMBER PLUMBER? WE'LL, WE'LL ADD YOU BACK TO THE QUEUE 'CAUSE THAT'S A DIFFERENT QUESTION THAT YOU'RE ASKING. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THANK YOU CHAIR, VICE MAYOR. 
          TIM ASKED ME TO ASK A QUESTION. 
          UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE OF THE BALCONY AND WINDOWS REQUIREMENTS? YES, SIR. 
          SO, UM, IT IS A, UH, COM COMMUNITY POLICING THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN CONCEPT TO HAVE MORE EYES ON THE STREET. 
          UM, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, SUPPORTS COMMUNITY DE SEP TED, AS IT'S CALLED. 
          AND ONE OF THE PRIMARY ASPECTS OF SEP TED IS TO HAVE MORE EYES ON THE STREET. 
          UM, WE HAVE LOOKED AT, UM, THE TOWN HOMES WHO HAVE THE, THE HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT THAT HAVE BLANK WALLS THAT ARE FACING THE STREET. 
          AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE QUITE HONESTLY COMPLAINED ABOUT THEM FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. 
          AND SO BY REQUIRING THAT A HOME HAS A FRONT DOOR, HAS SOME WINDOWS, UM, THAT FACE AND GIVE EYES TO THE STREET, WE BELIEVE IS AN IMPROVEMENT FOR SAFETY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, AND LIVABILITY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. 
          THEY WILL BE ALLOWED IF THE LOTS ARE 33 FEET OR WIDER. 
          SO THIS ACTUAL EXAMPLE ON THE LEFT SIDE THAT YOU SEE IS A LOT THAT IS 34 FEET WIDE WITH NARROW DRIVEWAYS. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, THE PROPOSAL IS 12 FEET. 
          THIS DRIVEWAY IS ALMOST 12 FEET. 
          SO THIS DESIGN ACTUALLY WILL BE ALLOWED, BOTH EXAMPLES WILL BE ALLOWED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER KUBOSH, THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UH, DIRECTOR, UH, BROWN. 
          WOULD YOU SAY THAT, THAT OVERALL THE ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING WOULD, WOULD REDUCE THE COST OF HOUSING OR INCREASE THE COST OF HOUSING? IT PROVIDES MORE OPTIONS. 
          SO BY REDUCING THE, LET'S SAY THE REDUCTION IN THE PARKING PREVIOUSLY, EVEN IF I WAS BUILDING A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET HOME, THERE IS TWO SPACES REQUIRED RIGHT NOW. 
          I CAN'T BUILD HOMES WITH ONE PARKING SPACE AND THAT KIND OF MARKET, THERE IS LOT OF MARKET FOR THOSE KIND OF HOMES. 
          THE, THE QUESTION WAS TO, TO DIRECT DIRECTOR BROWN, LET THE ANSWER YES. 
          WILL, WILL IT INCREASE THE COST OF A HOME OR DECREASE THE COST OF A HOME? WE BELIEVE IT WILL DECREASE THE COST OF HOME, BECAUSE WHAT IT IS DOING IS PROVIDING A WIDER VARIETY 
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OF HOMES FOR HOUSTONIANS. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW IT IT FOR EVERY, JUST JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS, WE INCREASE THE HOME COST. 
          AND WITH INTEREST RATES GOING WAY UP, UH, IT, IT'S GONNA, IT'S GONNA PROHIBIT A, A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. 
          THE, THE, FROM, FROM BUYING THE HOME, I THINK ABOUT 4 40, 300 TO 5,000, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, FROM BUYING THE HOME. 
          SO WE, WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL NOT TO MAKE ORDINANCES THAT ARE GONNA, AND CHANGES THAT ARE GONNA INCREASE THE COST OF HOMES IN HOUSTON. 
          'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE MOVING TO THE SUBURBS FOR A REASON. 
          AND THAT'S BECAUSE HOUSING IS PRETTY HIGH HERE. 
          THE OTHER THING IS, UM, UH, THE 30 FOOT, UH, HIGH, UH, MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. 
          I, IS THAT A, UM, I, IS THAT, DOES THAT INCLUDE THE CHIMNEY AND EVERYTHING? THE 30 FOOT HEIGHT FOR THE CO FOR THE COURTYARD DEVELOPMENT? YES. 
          THAT'S COURT, THE COURT YARDS. 
          THAT'S THE TOP RIDGE OF THE HOUSE. 
          YES. 
          NOW I KNOW THAT, UH, MARTY STEIN IS STILL THE CHAIRMAN OVER PLANNING, AND I KNOW BILL BALDWIN'S ON THAT COMMITTEE. 
          UH, I I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SEEN HOW THEY VOTED ON IT, AND I'M SURE I CAN GO BACK AND LOOK. 
          UH, I'M, HAVE YOU GONE OVER THIS WITH THE MAYOR? SO DOES THE MAYOR ACCEPT THIS AS YES. 
          SO, SO YOU'VE, YOU'VE GONE OVER WITH HIM. 
          YES. 
          THE THE OTHER THING I, THAT I'M, I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS, IS THE SUPPORT, UH, HAS THE, HAS THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED THIS. 
          THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE CAME OUT AND SUPPORTED THIS. 
          SOME MEMBERS OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE GONE ON THE RECORD AS SUPPORTING THIS. 
          THE ALLIANCE TYPICALLY DOES NOT TAKE POSITIONS TO MY KNOWLEDGE. 
          WE RECEIVED A LETTER ERRONEOUSLY SENT, UM, FROM THE PRESIDENT THAT APPEARED TO BE FROM THE ALLIANCE, BUT SHE REDACT SHE RESCINDED THAT LETTER LAST THURSDAY AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          OKAY. 
          BECAUSE, UH, I RECEIVED THIS FROM, UH, RHONDA SOLDER, UH, AND IT WAS DIRECTED TO, TO, TO COUNCIL MEMBER GALLEGOS, THE CHAIRMAN, AS WELL AS ALL MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          AND IT SAYS, COUNCIL MEMBER DUE TO AN INCORRECT BYLAW PROCEDURE. 
          MAY I READ THE LETTER? IT'S VERY BRIEF. 
          THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE HAS RESCINDED THEIR SUPPORT. 
          UH, THEIR, THEIR RES HAS RESCINDED THEIR SUPPORT LETTER FOR LIVABLE PLACES DIRECTOR, UH, WALLACE BROWN IS AWARE AND HAS AGREED TO STOP USING THEIR, THEIR APPROVAL LETTER WHEN SPEAKING OF PROPOSED LIVABLE PLACES AMENDMENTS, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, DEPARTMENT OF NEIGHBORHOODS RHONDA ORDER. 
          SO I JUST WANNA READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SHE, SHE, THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE ACTUALLY LET US KNOW THAT ON THURSDAY AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          NICK NEXT, UH, VICE CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST WANNA ADD, I HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THE CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. 
          THERE WAS, TRADITIONALLY, IF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE IS INVOLVED IN A PROJECT, THEY DO OFTENTIMES SUBMIT A LETTER. 
          IN THIS CASE, IT COULD HAVE GONE TO A VOTE, AND THE ALLIANCE REQUESTED THAT. 
          SO THE CHAIR RESCINDED THE LETTER, AND I APPRECIATE HER DOING SO, BUT I WANNA, I DON'T WANT THAT TO REFLECT ON HER INDIVIDUALLY, THE TIME AND EFFORT THAT'S BEEN BEEN PUT INTO IT ON HER PART. 
          UM, DIRECTOR, I WANTED TO GO TO ALLEYWAYS IN, DIS IN, LET ME START OFF BY SAYING I LOVE SOME OF THE STUFF IN THIS PROPOSAL. 
          UH, AND I AM PERSONALLY TRYING TO GRAPPLE WITH IT AS OUR RESIDENTS, RIGHT? BECAUSE IT'S A, IT'S A MIXED BAG. 
          I THINK FOR US IN DISTRICT C. 
          UM, SOME OF THIS STUFF IS REALLY GREAT AND AN ANSWER TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH. 
          AND WE'RE, I THINK, GROUND ZERO FOR A LOT OF THESE CHALLENGES. 
          BUT FOR EXAMPLE, WITH ALLEYWAYS, WE'RE GOING, WE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE COLLEAGUES BEFORE MY TIME, BUT FOR FOUR YEARS I'VE BEEN TRYING AND TRYING AND TRYING TO HAVE THE CITY DEAL WITH AND GRAPPLE WITH THIS ISSUE OF ALLEYWAYS WHERE THE CITY HAS SAID, NO, IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THEM. 
          AND I HAVE THEM IN THE HEIGHTS. 
          I HAVE THEM NEAR UNIVERSITY PLACE, I HAVE THEM EVERYWHERE. 
          AND THE SAME ISSUE IS OCCURRING. 
          SO WE'RE ABOUT TO CREATE MORE ALLEYWAY USAGE, WHICH AGAIN, IT'S A GREAT TOOL. 
          BUT AS THE, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE CITY IS NOT COMING IN AND SAYING WE WILL, UM, EITHER ENFORCE MAINTENANCE OR THE CITY WILL TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE FOR THE ALLEYWAYS. 
          NO, THAT IS CORRECT. 
          FOR ALLEYS THAT ARE PUBLICLY OWNED AND PRIVATELY MAINTAINED FOR ALLEYS THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTED BY THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR MAINTENANCE, AND MOST OF THOSE IN THE SOUTH HAMPTON SOUTHGATE AREA ARE ACCEPTED FOR MAINTENANCE. 
          THOSE IN THE HEIGHTS OR NOT. 
          UM, FOR THOSE THAT ARE NOT ACCEPTED BY THE CITY FOR MAINTENANCE, IT REMAINS THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THE ALLEY. 
          WHAT WE ARE DOING IS WE ARE ASKING PROPERTY OWNERS, IF YOU ARE ADJACENT TO AN ALLEY TO PLEASE USE THE ALLEY, UM, AS ACCESS. 
          IT IS A PIECE OF IT, CRITICAL PIECE OF INFRASTRUCTURE FOR OUR CITY. 
          AND BY USING THE ALLEY AS ACCESS, YOU FREE 
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UP THE STREET FOR A SAFER PEDESTRIAN REALM BY NOT INTERRUPTING IT BY A DRIVEWAY. 
          YOU ALSO ACTUALLY, IN MOST CASES, CREATE LESS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE BECAUSE YOUR, YOUR DRIVEWAY IN YOUR GARAGE FROM THE ALLEY IS, UM, IS SHORTER AND AND LESS, I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, NO, I JUST, I, 'CAUSE I I'M GONNA RUN OUTTA TIME. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, THE, AGAIN, THE PROBLEM BEING RIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE POTENTIALLY A DEVELOPER THAT MAY IMPROVE THAT ONE SEGMENT OF THE ALLEY, BUT OVER TIME, I MEAN, AGAIN, OUR ALLEYS ARE ALREADY IN SUCH A, A CHALLENGING POSITION. 
          SO I'M JUST, I'M STRUGGLING WITH THAT. 
          THE CITY'S NOT LOOKING AT THE ACCEPTING OF MAINTENANCE OF ALLEYS AND TOUCHING THAT, ESPECIALLY FOR THE HEIGHTS. 
          UM, YOU TOUCHED ON, UM, JUST REALLY QUICKLY ON SHARED DRIVEWAYS AND MAINTENANCE, AND THEN A QUESTION ON DETENTION, WHICH THE SHARED DRIVEWAYS, I WAS SPEAKING WITH ONE RESIDENT TODAY, FOR EXAMPLE, IF A FLAGGED, NOT A FLAGSTAFF, BUT A, UH, JUST A BASIC SHARED DRIVE WITH THE THREE MM-HMM . 
          UH, MAY I FINISH THIS QUESTION? THE, UM, WE HAVE SOME OF THOSE HOMES THAT WERE BUILT 25 YEARS AGO, AND I HAVE RESIDENTS THAT NEED ROOF MAINTENANCE. 
          THEY HAVE TO GET AGREEMENTS BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU JUST HAVE THAT SHARED DRIVEWAY TO, IN ORDER TO DO THAT ROOF WORK, THEY HAVE TO USE THAT SHARED DRIVEWAY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          POTENTIALLY BLOCKING THE OTHER RESIDENTS AND THEN RE NEIGHBORS. 
          AND LET'S SAY THAT LITTLE SIX PACK AREN'T, WON'T AGREE TO, UH, THE SERVICE SCHEDULES, FOR EXAMPLE. 
          I MEAN, IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT FOR, JUST FROM A MAINTENANCE PERSPECTIVE. 
          HAVE YOU HEARD ANY FEEDBACK ON THAT? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ON THE, UH, CHAIR, DO YOU WANT ME TO GO BACK IN QUEUE? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR. 
          UM, DIRECTOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATION. 
          I, I CONCUR WITH ALL THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE LENGTHY AMOUNT OF WORK THAT'S GONE INTO THIS. 
          YES. 
          SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THANKS FOR ENDURING ALL THIS. 
          AND I, I THINK COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN MADE A GOOD POINT THERE ABOUT THE MIXED BAG NATURE, BECAUSE FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, NOT HAVING ATTENDED THE COMMISSION MEETING LAST WEEK, THERE'S A NUMBER OF COMPONENTS OF THIS MIXED BAG AS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CAYMAN SAID THAT ARE REALLY POPULAR THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ARE UNANIMOUSLY COMING FORWARD. 
          EVERYBODY SEEMS TO LIKE THE MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT. 
          UH, UM, WE, WE, WE LIKE SO MUCH OF IT THAT IT STRIKES ME AS SOMETHING, UM, THAT MIGHT WARRANT, UH, SUBDIVIDING. 
          HOWEVER, BEFORE WE REALLY ADDRESS THAT, I'D, I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO THINK WITH US OR MAYBE SHARE YOUR PERSPECTIVE. 
          I WAS OUT OF TOWN, I HAD STAFF ATTEND LAST THURSDAY'S COMMISSION MEETING, AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS ROBUST PUBLIC, UM, INPUT. 
          AND THEN LAST NIGHT WITH THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY PASSIONED, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          CAN YOU CHARACTERIZE THAT IN YOUR WORDS, WHAT YOU WITNESSED? AND IF IT GIVES YOU A SENSE OF SOME THINGS BEING MORE READY THAN OTHERS TO COME FORWARD? I ACTUALLY AM RECOMMENDING THAT THIS COME FORWARD AS A PACKAGE. 
          I THINK IT, UH, WORKS AS A PACKAGE BETTER THAN IT WORKS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          I, I, I WILL SAY FOR THREE YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE, THE COMMITTEE WHO HAS MADE UP OF A VARIETY OF PEOPLE. 
          AND, UM, REALLY AT THE END, WE HAVE TWO POINTS OF CONTENTION. 
          IT IS THE, THE DRIVEWAY ON NARROW LOT DEVELOPMENT. 
          AND IT IS THE MARKET BASED PARKING. 
          THOSE TWO POINTS, UM, DEPENDING ON WHO YOU SPEAK TO, PEOPLE LOVE IT OR THEY HATE IT. 
          AND THOSE ARE THE TWO POINTS THAT I REGRET DEEPLY. 
          WE'VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET CONSENSUS ON. 
          UM, FOR THE, I UNDERSTAND THE CONTINUING CONCERN ABOUT MARKET-BASED PARKING. 
          TO PUT THAT ASIDE FOR A MOMENT, I, I, WE HAVE, WE HAVE MET WITH THE BUILDERS, UM, AT LEAST FIVE TIMES IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS. 
          I, I'M, MY DOOR IS OPEN. 
          THEY KNOW THAT THEY, THEY CALL FREQUENTLY AND SAY, WHAT ABOUT THIS? UM, YES, MANY OF THEM ARE SITTING BEHIND YOU, EITHER NODDING, MANY OF THEM ARE SITTING BEHIND ME OR SHAKING THEIR HEAD VIGOROUSLY. 
          SO, I MEAN, AND THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S A LITTLE SHAKING OR NODDING , RIGHT? ONE OF THE TWO, DEPENDING ON THE POINTS THAT ARE BEING MADE. 
          SO I REGRET WE DO NOT HAVE A, A SOLUTION THAT EVERYBODY LOVES ON THIS. 
          I AM HAPPY TO KEEP WORKING FOR ONE, BUT I DO NOT THINK IT'S WISE TO SEPARATE THAT PIECE FROM THE REST OF THE PROJECT. 
          AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE THIS IS A PACKAGE THAT WORKS TOGETHER THAT BY PROVIDING THE INCENTIVES FOR THE OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS, UM, IF THOSE GO FORWARD, THEN, THEN WE WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO CIRCLE BACK. 
          WE ARE ALSO AT THE END OF A TERM, SO TO SPEAK. 
          AND HAVING, BEING ABLE TO CIRCLE BACK AND, AND READDRESS THIS IN THE FUTURE DOES NOT SEEM WISE OR DOES NOT SEEM POSSIBLE. 
          OKAY. 
          I KNOW IN UH, PREPARATION FOR THIS MEETING AND RIGHT AT THE VERY START, UM, CERTAIN DOCUMENTS WERE CIRCULATED AND UPDATED, AND I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING 
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ON THE SCREEN NOW THAT REPRESENTS THE LATEST. 
          AND TO MY EYES, IT'S REMARKABLE THAT THINGS ARE CHANGING AS SUBTLY OR AS DRAMATICALLY, AGAIN, DEPENDING ON YOUR POSITION AS THEY ARE RIGHT UP TO THE LAST MINUTE BASED ON COMMISSIONERS ADJUSTMENTS. 
          AND, UH, SO IT, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS ONE. 
          SO IT IS, IT IS INTERESTING. 
          I JUST WANTED TO LEAVE THAT COMMENT FOR THE RECORD. 
          MAY I RESPOND? YES, PLEASE. 
          THIS DRAWING THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, I, I, I'VE USED THIS PHRASE A COUPLE TIMES. 
          IT IS A BUSHEL OF CARROTS. 
          IT'S INCREASED DENSITY, IT'S REDUCED DRIVEWAY WIDTHS. 
          IT'S REDUCED SETBACKS. 
          IT'S, IT'S REDUCED VISIBILITY TRIANGLES. 
          IT IS A BUSHEL OF CARROTS. 
          IT IS A COUPLE OF STICKS. 
          OKAY. 
          , THAT'S, I WAS GONNA PUSH YOU PUSH THE METAPHOR. 
          COUPLE OF STICKS. 
          BUSHEL OF CARROTS. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          WE NOW HAVE A QUESTION FROM STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS SHABAZZ'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR. 
          GOOD MORNING, DIRECTOR. 
          AND THANK YOU TO THE, FOR THE PRESENTATION FROM YOU AND YOUR TEAM. 
          I HAVE TWO QUESTIONS, I'LL REPEAT BOTH QUICKLY. 
          ONE IS DEALING WITH MARKET-BASED PARKING. 
          AS YOU MAY KNOW, DISTRICT D IS A VERY, UH, HAS MANY OLDER COMMUNITIES WITH VERY NARROW STREETS. 
          CHALLENGES INCLUDE TWO-WAY DRIVING AND PARKING ON THESE NARROW STREETS. 
          AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE AVAILABILITY FOR TRASH COLLECTION AND OTHER CONCERNS. 
          I'M GONNA ASK FOR A, IF YOU HAVE A REPORT ON HOW THE MARKET-BASED, UH, PARKING WILL AFFECT DISTRICT D MY SECOND QUESTION DEALS WITH ALLEYWAYS AS WELL. 
          THESE ARE BOTH DEALING WITH OLDER COMMUNITIES WHERE THE CITY NO LONGER MANAGES THE ALLEYWAYS. 
          THAT AS YOU WE SEE ON YOUR, UM, YOUR, UH, UH, DISPLAY THAT, UM, THE MANAGEMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE BY THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, MEANING THE POTENTIAL FOR BLOCKAGES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE EXIST. 
          I UNDERSTOOD YOUR RESPONSE SAYING THAT THE CITY WILL NOT GOVERN THAT. 
          HOWEVER, IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT SOMETHING CAN BE IN AN ORDINANCE OR WHATNOT THAT WOULD GOVERN HOW NEIGHBORS CAN GO PAST ONE ANOTHER. 
          'CAUSE WE DEAL WITH THAT ALL THE TIME, ESPECIALLY ON A PROJECT THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED ON ARDMORE STREET. 
          SO ANY INFORMATION YOU MAY HAVE THAT AFFECTS DISTRICT D, WOULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THAT TO US? CERTAINLY. 
          AND LET ME ASK THE ANSWER, THE SECOND QUESTION FIRST. 
          UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THERE ARE ENCROACHMENTS IN OUR ALLEYS. 
          UM, HISTORICALLY WE'VE NOT DONE A TERRIFIC JOB IN MAKING SURE THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. 
          AND AT THE REQUEST OF THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE INCLUDED IN THIS DRAFT THAT IF THERE IS AN ENCROACHMENT, IT IS A ADMINISTRATIVE DECISION BY THE DIRECTOR TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPERTY TO NOT TAKE ACCESS FROM THE ALLEY. 
          SO WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE ENCROACHMENTS AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, QUITE HONESTLY, IT WOULD BE THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO GET RID OF THAT ENCROACHMENT. 
          NOT THE BUILDERS, NOT THE PROPERTY OWNERS. 
          WE ARE NOT WILLING TO DO THAT. 
          AND SO BY DOING THAT, WE'RE NOT ALSO GOING TO REQUIRE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DO IT EITHER. 
          AND THE MARKET BASED PARKING IN DISTRICT DI, I DON'T OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD KNOW, UH, ANY RESEARCH THAT WE HAVE ON THAT, BUT I'D BE HAPPY TO FOLLOW UP WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          THANK YOU KINDLY. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH? YES. 
          I JUST ONE QUICK LAST QUESTION. 
          AND THAT'S IN REFERENCE TO THE RIGHT OF WAYS, WHICH RIGHT OF WAY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN, IN BETWEEN HOMES OR IN THE FRONT OR THE BACK? WHEN YOU TALKED ABOUT RIGHT OF WAYS EARLIER YOU SAID THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT RIGHT OF WAYS. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER SAYING THAT. 
          I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO. 
          I, I, I CALLED ALLIE'S IMPORTANT INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THE CITY. 
          IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? NO, NO. 
          YOU, YOU USED THE WORD RIGHT OF WAYS I'M, UH, THAT, THAT, THAT PEOPLE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE, THE RIGHT OF WAYS. 
          SO I, I DIDN'T KNOW WHICH RIGHT OF WAY HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE, BEHIND THE HOUSE, ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. 
          WHICH, WHICH RIGHT OF WAY. 
          WELL, RIGHT OF WAY IS TYPICALLY IN FRONT OF HOUSES. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          I'LL GO BACK AND LISTEN TO IT AND I'LL SEND YOU AN EMAIL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER IT. 
          IF YOU COME UP WITH, UH, YES. 
          VICE CHAIR CAYMAN, TRYING TO HELP ON THAT ONE. 
          UM, THE THANK YOU CHAIR, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT DETENTION NEEDS AND DRAINAGE NEEDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 
          UM, WE'RE DOING KIND OF A PARADIGM SHIFT WITH DITCH MAINTENANCE, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. 
          BUT WE HAVE HEARD RESOUNDINGLY FROM RESIDENTS DRAINAGE MATTERS. 
          CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME, 'CAUSE AGAIN, THIS IS YOUR AREA OF EX EXPERTISE. 
          I JUST KNOW WE NEED DRAINAGE, SOME OF THE, UM, COVERAGE EXEMPTIONS FOR DETENTION AND DRAINAGE THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THIS AND THE IMPACTS THERE, IF ANY. 
          I CANNOT, I AM DRAINAGE IS HANDLED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          I, I CAN'T REALLY ANSWER THAT. 
          SO SOME OF THE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, 
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ON THE, JUST SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THE, IN THE HANDOUT YOU GAVE US, LIKE REARED SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESS ALLOWANCE OF A 65% LOT LOT COVERAGE EXEMPTION FROM DETENTION REQUIREMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS, I'M SORRY, I MISUNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU WERE, SO ALL, AGAIN, THIS, I DON'T LEAVE THIS TO PUBLIC WORKS, BUT SAVITA YES. 
          ALL, UH, SO TODAY PROPERTIES THAT HAVE DRIVEWAYS IN THE FRONT, THEY ARE EXEMPT. 
          THEY HAVE THE 65% EXEMPTION, BUT SHARED DRIVEWAYS WERE NOT QUALIFIED FOR THAT EXEMPTION. 
          HOWEVER, THAT WAS, UH, IDENTIFIED AND RECTIFIED. 
          IDM WAS CHANGED, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022. 
          NOW THAT WE ARE PROPOSING THE SMALL SCALE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS AND COURTYARD STYLE DEVELOPMENTS, WE ARE, UM, MAKING CHANGES TO THE IDM SIMULTANEOUSLY THAT ANY PROPERTY OF SIZE 15,000 SQUARE FEET OR SMALLER, IF THEY'RE DEVELOPING IN ANY OF THESE MANNERS, THEY ALL QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION BECAUSE ANY, BECAUSE DETENTION EXEMPTION SHOULD BE BASED ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, NOT HOW THE PROPERTY IS GETTING ACCESS. 
          SO THAT'S WHY IDM IS BEING, UH, AMENDED SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          BUT I'D HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TALK WITH PUBLIC WORKS. 
          MORE DETAILS. 
          YEAH. 
          CHAIR, I'M GONNA ASK 'CAUSE AGAIN, DETENTION IS SUCH A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF THIS AND OUR, MY, MY THING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW, WE NEED MORE DENSITY AND AFFORDABILITY, BUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT KEEP UP WITH WHAT'S HAPPENING, WHICH IS WHY I'M FOCUSING ON OUR ROADS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AS WELL. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN WE, AS CHAIR, WOULD YOU MIND MAKING SURE THAT WE GET A CLEAR ANSWER TO THESE NEW EXEMPTIONS, UH, THAT ARE PART OF THIS PACKAGE? COUNCIL MEMBER, IF I, LET ME, LET ME, SO CURRENTLY THERE IS A 65% EXEMPTION FOR A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, RIGHT? AND WHAT WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ON IS MAKING ALL HOUSING BEING TREATED EQUALLY. 
          RIGHT. 
          AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          I THINK MY ONLY QUESTION IS SHOULD WE BE INCREASING THOSE EXEMPTIONS OR NOT? AND SO THAT, THAT IS, I THINK, SOMETHING PUBLIC WORKS. 
          I DON'T WANNA PUT Y'ALL THE SPOT THAT IS A PUBLIC WORKS QUESTION. 
          YES. 
          BUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE THAT RAISED. 
          UM, AND THEN I, I HAVE ONE REQUEST. 
          UM, I KNOW, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING SO RESPONSIVE. 
          I HAD ASKED A QUESTION OF YOU ALL ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT, UM, SOLID WASTE FIRE, UH, POLICE HAD BEEN BRIEFED ON THE FINAL PACKAGE. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE WERE, UM, INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE PROCESS, BUT I, AS CHAIR PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD REQUEST THAT, UM, YOU ALL PROVIDE A BRIEFING TO THE EXECUTIVE COMMANDS. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE AS FAMILIAR WITH ESPECIALLY THE PARKING IMPACTS. 
          WE'VE HAD HPD COMING AND SPEAKING ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH CAR BREAK-INS AND STREETS, RIGHT? SO THE IMPACTS TO STREET PARKING, I, I DO THINK IT WOULD BEHOOVE US TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, OUR OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, EXECUTIVE LEVELS ARE, ARE FULLY IN THE KNOW ON THIS. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THEY'RE NOT, I JUST WOULD, WOULD APPRECIATE THAT BRIEFING IF POSSIBLE. 
          BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S AT THE, THE REQUEST OF THE MAYOR. 
          I'M JUST PERSONALLY REQUESTING THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          WE, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY HANDLE THAT BRIEFING. 
          UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT STATISTICALLY, UH, THERE IS NO DIFFERENCE IN THE BREAK-INS BETWEEN, UM, BEING ON THE STREET AND ON THE DRIVEWAY. 
          THE BIG DIFFERENCE IS IN THE GARAGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          I, AND I UNDERSTAND, BUT AGAIN, WE'RE LYING, AT LEAST I CAN ONLY SPEAK TO MY DISTRICT WHEN WE HAVE CARS LINING THE STREETS. 
          UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM HPD THAT THAT IS NOT THE BEST PRACTICE IN TERMS OF ATTRACTING PEOPLE TO THOSE STREETS FOR BREAK-INS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          YES. 
          YOU STILL GET CAR BREAK-INS IN DRIVEWAYS. 
          I'M NOT SAYING THAT. 
          AND WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE, PLEASE PARK IN YOUR GARAGE. 
          RIGHT. 
          PLEASE KEEP THINGS OUT OF IT. 
          AND EVERY INDIVIDUAL HAS TO TAKE THAT ON. 
          BUT WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THAT SAME STUFF. 
          UM, LASTLY, YOU ALL HAD SAID THE LIST OF, UM, GROUPS THAT HAD SUPPORTED THIS. 
          IS IT AVAILABLE, I'M ASSUMING YOU'VE ALSO RECEIVED, RECEIVED OPPOSITION AND JUST FOR OUR KNOWLEDGE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE CAN WE GO TO LOOK THAT UP OR HOW DO WE, HOW ARE Y'ALL MANAGING THAT? GO AHEAD. 
          THE LIST OF SUPPORT LETTERS IS AVAILABLE ON LET'S TALK HOUSTON WEBSITE. 
          AND IF YOU WANT, I CAN LIST THE AGENCIES, BUT WE GOT 18 LETTERS OUT OF WHICH ONE IS COMPLETELY OPPOSED. 
          FOUR ARE LIMITED SUPPORT AND ABOUT 11 ARE FULL SUPPORT. 
          RIGHT. 
          SO, AGAIN, I JUST, I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN A LOT OF COMMENTS. 
          AND AGAIN, YOU MAY NOT BE POSTING THEM ONLINE. 
          I'M NOT THAT'S YOUR DISCRETION. 
          WE'RE THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL ONLINE. 
          UM, BUT IT'D BE HELPFUL FOR US. 
          I KNOW I JUST GOT ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD LETTER IN TODAY, UM, WITH SOME, WITH SOME SPECIFICS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND DIRECTOR AGAIN, IF YOU CAN PLEASE, UH, UH, YOURSELF AS WELL AS, UH, HAVE PUBLIC WORKS. 
          UH, GET WITH, UH, VICE CHAIR TO, UH, TO ANSWER HER CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS 
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THAT SHE MAY HAVE REGARDING THESE, UM, UH, UM, REVISIONS THAT YOU'VE PRESENTED THIS MORNING. 
          UH, AND THEN, UH, ONCE THAT WE'VE GOT THOSE, UH, RESPONSES FROM PUBLIC WORKS, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND SHARE IT WITH THE OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I, I, I KNOW THAT, UM, WHEN YOU, UH, PRESENTED, REVIEWED, OR REVIEWED THESE, THIS PRESENTATION WITH ME AND THE VICE CHAIR, I DID MENTION THAT MY, MY QUESTION, UH, WILL BE IN REGARDS TO TRASH CANS AND RECYCLING BINS, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT NOW WITH THIS LIVABLE PLA LIVABLE PLACES HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE ASKING THE DEVELOPER TO ALSO SET ASIDE A SPACE, UH, FOR THE TRASH CAN AND THE RECYCLING BIN. 
          I, I KNOW ON, UH, FOR EXAMPLE, ON YOUR SLIDE SEVEN AND YOU'RE SLIDE EIGHT, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE TRASH CAN, YOU CAN SEE THE RECYCLING BIN. 
          UM, SO I'M, I'M HOPING THAT THAT'S IN THIS RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE LIVABLE PLACES HOUSING RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL SET ASIDE, UH, OR, OR, OR, OR, OR YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY PLACED A, WHERE THE HOMEOWNER PLACES THEIR TRASH CAN AND RECYCLING BIN. 
          THEY HAVE A, A, UH, WOODEN FENCE OR WALL OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU'RE BLOCKING THE, FROM SEEING THE TRASH CAN AND THE RECYCLING BIN FROM THE STREET. 
          I KNOW, I BELIEVE CITY ORDINANCE, AND I BELIEVE YOU WERE GONNA RESEARCH THAT. 
          I BELIEVE CITY ORDINANCE STATES THAT YOU CANNOT EASILY SEE THE TRASH CAN AND RECYCLING BIN FROM THE STREET. 
          BUT WE HAVE SOME TOWN HOMES THAT THEY LEAVE THE TRASH CAN IN THE RECYCLING BIN RIGHT IN THEIR FRONT OF THE BUILDING. 
          'CAUSE THEY HAVE NO PLACE TO PUT IT UNLESS THEY PUT IT IN THEIR GARAGE. 
          UH, AND I'M ASSUMING THEY DON'T WANT THE SMELL OF THE TRASH AND, YOU KNOW, IN THE GARAGE. 
          SO THEY LEAVE IT OUTSIDE AND IT'S JUST, IT JUST, IT'S NICE. 
          OR IN REGARDS TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT? SO WE, AFTER OUR CALL, I SPOKE TO SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT OFFICIAL, AND WHAT WE LEARNED IS THAT THE SCREENING REQUIREMENT AND PUTTING THE TRASH CANS OUT OF SITE IS FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT, UM, THAT IS PRIVATE PICK-UP KIND OF SERVICE. 
          THE REQUIREMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL CANS THAT YOU'RE MENTIONING, THE THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO BE KEPT OUT OF SIGHT. 
          THOSE ARE PART OF PRIVATE DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          IN SOME COMMUNITIES, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS HAVE LANGUAGE THAT SAYS THAT THE TRASH CANS HAVE TO BE KEPT OFF TO OUT OF SIGHT. 
          THE ONLY PROVISION IN CHAPTER 39 DASH 65, WHICH IS THE SOLID WASTE ORDINANCE, IT SAYS THAT THE CANS MUST BE LEFT ONLY ON THE CURBSIDE ON THE EVENING BEFORE THE DAY OF THE PICKUP. 
          THAT'S ALL THERE IS IN LANGUAGE, IN SOLID WASTE. 
          SO THERE IS NO LANGUAGE ABOUT HIDING THEM FROM THE SITE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO, SO THEN THAT, THAT JUST ENFORCES MY CONCERN. 
          UH, IF, IF, IF WE ARE DOING THIS, THEN CAN WE ADD SOMETHING FOR THE DEVELOPER TO PLACE A TRASH CAN IN THE RECYCLING BIN, YOU KNOW, AWAY WHERE IT CANNOT BE SEEN FROM THE STREET EITHER, YOU KNOW, PUT, PUT A LITTLE WOODEN WALL OR A, A, UH, ONE OF THE PLASTIC, YOU KNOW, FENCE WALLS OR, OR SOMETHING WHERE YOU CANNOT SEE THE TRASH CAN AND THE RECYCLING BIN FROM THE STREET OTHER, OTHERWISE, LIKE YOU JUST STATED, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          UH, I LIVE IN A DEED RESTRICTED NEIGHBORHOOD, AND BACK IN 1940S, WE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE GONNA HAVE TRASH CANS AND RECYCLING CANS. 
          SO IT'S NOT AN RD RESTRICTIONS. 
          SO WHAT WE TELL THE RESIDENTS IS THAT I, BACK WHEN I WAS PRESIDENT OF CIVIC CLUB, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING IN THE CITY ORDINANCE REGARDING THAT. 
          YOU JUST CANNOT EASILY SEE IT FROM THE STREET. 
          MEANING THAT YOU STILL CAN SEE IT, BUT IT JUST CAN'T BE LIKE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU. 
          UM, AND THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT DON'T HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHEN YOU DRIVE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU CAN SEE TRASH CANS AND RECYCLING BINS IN PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS. 
          YOU KNOW, SO IF WE, IF WE'RE DOING THIS, LET'S JUST ADD SOMETHING TO SAY, PLACE THE TRASH CAN AND RECYCLING BIN BEHIND A WALL AWAY FROM THE FRONT YARD WHERE YOU CANNOT SEE IT. 
          OKAY. 
          OO OTHERWISE, WE'RE JUST ADDING TO THE PROBLEM. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'LL SPEAK WITH, WE'LL SPEAK WITH SOLID WASTE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          VICE CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          NO, I APOLOGIZE. 
          UM, DIRECTOR, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD, WE'VE BEEN REFERENCING, UH, SOME OF OUR BUILDER ASSOCIATION GROUPS A LOT, AND I REALLY APPRECIATE THEIR TIME AND THE INDUSTRY'S INVOLVEMENT IN THIS. 
          AND I FEEL LIKE YOU ALL HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          UM, I'M GONNA ASK YOU A QUESTION, BUT I ALSO WANNA EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS, I, I RESPECT OUR BUILDERS TREMENDOUSLY AND THEY HAVE INVALUABLE, UM, EXPERTISE IN THIS. 
          BUT AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS. 
          SO I DON'T WANT THAT VOICE TO GET LOST AS WELL. 
          RIGHT. 
          WE'RE NOT ALL SITTING HERE JUST LISTENING TO ONE SIDE OR ANOTHER. 
          AND I, I WANNA BE CLEAR ON THAT, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, SINCE 
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YOU HAD BROUGHT UP THE INVOLVEMENT OF GHBA, CAN YOU, I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS THAT YOU'VE IN BEEN INVOLVED WITH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          SO, GREATER HOUSTON BUILDERS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN A PARTNER OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. 
          WE'VE WORKED WITH THEM ON, UM, ON ALL SORTS OF INITIATIVES. 
          IN FACT, THEY WERE OUR PARTNERS AND THEY SUPPORTED THE, UM, BUFFERING AND, UM, SCREENING ORDINANCE THAT WE BROUGHT TO YOU IN MARCH. 
          THEY, THEY HAVE BEEN AT THE TABLE WITH US VOCALLY AT THE TABLE WITH US SINCE THE BEGINNING. 
          UM, THEY ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE, UM, THE LIVABLE PLACES ACTION COMMITTEE. 
          THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BUILDER COMMUNITY ON THAT COMMITTEE ALSO. 
          UM, AS I TOLD COUNCIL MEMBER ROBINSON A FEW MOMENTS AGO, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO FIND A SOLUTION, UM, WHERE WE BOTH, UM, THAT WE BOTH CAN SUPPORT. 
          UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO OF US. 
          UM, I VIEW OUR JOB, MY, MY RESPONSIBILITY AS, UH, REALLY FOCUSING ON THE PUBLIC REALM, THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC REALM FOR THE PUBLIC. 
          AND, UM, AND THEY, THE, THE, THE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION IS INTERESTED IN CLEARLY THEIR MEMBERSHIP, THEIR, THEIR CUSTOMERS. 
          AND I CAN FULLY APPRECIATE THAT. 
          UM, I, I JUST SIMPLY BELIEVE THAT IT IS NOT IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST FOR THE SINGLE CUSTOMER, THE SINGLE HOMEOWNER, TO HAVE FULL AND COMPLETE, BASICALLY UNFETTERED ACCESS TO AS MUCH OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AS THEY CHOOSE THAT WE, WE, THAT WE INTENDED FOR. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY LET ME, I LIVE IN A FRONT LOADING 25 FOOT WIDE HOME. 
          SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT I CAN GET BOTH SIDES OF IT. 
          I, I BOUGHT ONE. 
          UM, BUT IT IS, NO ONE HAS ACCESS TO THAT PUBLIC LAND EXCEPT ME IN FRONT OF MY HOME. 
          AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS THE PUBLIC'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC REALM FOR THE PUBLIC, NOT THE INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNER. 
          AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE, THAT'S THE PHILOSOPHICAL DIFFERENCE IN WHERE WE ARE. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I, AND I CAN GET THAT. 
          I, UH, AND I APPRECIATE THAT PERSPECTIVE. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE QUESTIONS SOME OF US ARE POSING AND, YOU KNOW, CHAIR ROBINSON IS TTII KNOW PUBLIC WORKS IS LOOKING AT STUFF, BUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF BRINGING ALL OF THIS TOGETHER. 
          WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SPECIFIC AREA OF THE PUBLIC REALM, WHICH IS THE, UH, CITY RIGHT OF WAY, GRASS AREAS AND SIDEWALKS. 
          AND I THINK ONE OF THE CHALLENGES IS WE HAVE A BIG ISSUE WITH OUR PUBLIC REALM AND PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY WITH OUR ROADS AS WELL, SO THAT WE'RE STOPPING AT THAT I THINK PRESENTS A CHALLENGE. 
          AND I'M, I'M HOPING THAT WE HAVE A, A, A MERGER OR A MEETING OF THE MINDS AS WELL WHEN IT COMES TO OUR, OUR ROAD PROTECTIONS. 
          BECAUSE THAT'S, I MEAN, THOSE ARE BEING USED, THE STREETS ARE BEING USED EXCLUSIVELY BY PROPERTY OWNERS RIGHT NOW AS WELL. 
          SO, BUT IF WE HAVE A STREET THAT IS NOTHING BUT 32 FEET WIDE DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY AFTER DRIVEWAY, THERE IS NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT PUBLIC REALM. 
          THERE ARE NO, THERE ARE NO CARS PARKED ON THAT STREET. 
          NO, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T PARK IN FRONT OF SOMEBODY'S DRIVEWAY. 
          IF YOU'VE GOT A STREET OF FRONTLOADING HOMES, YOU HAVE NO PARKING ON THAT STREET. 
          WE STILL HAVE PARKING LINING ALL THE WAY ALONG THE BACK OF IT. 
          SO ON ONE SIDE THERE MAY BE ALL FRONT LOADERS, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE SINGLE BUNGALOWS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONVERTED YET. 
          WELL, YES. 
          AND WE, THEY CAN'T, I MEAN IT, AT LEAST IN DISTRICT, I DON'T WANNA DISAGREE. 
          AND I KNOW, AGAIN, YOU TALK ABOUT PHILOSOPHY, UM, I JUST, I THINK WE'RE ALL GRAPPLING WITH A HU A LARGE ISSUE RIGHT NOW, RIGHT. 
          THAT THE CITY HAS TO, UM, TAKE CONTROL OF. 
          BUT I APPRECIATE AGAIN, UM, THE ETHOS BEHIND AND THE COMMITMENT BEHIND WHAT Y'ALL HAVE PUT FORWARD, UH, AS A SOLUTION FOR PROTECTING PUBLIC RIGHTS OF WAY, UM, FOR PEDESTRIANS AND SAFETY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, WE HAVE A, UM, SOMETHING FROM COUNCIL MEMBER STAFF, STAFF FROM COUNCIL MEMBER KNOX'S OFFICE. 
          THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. 
          I'M LOOKING AT THE SLIDE THAT'S ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. 
          AND WILL YOU HAVE 2011, YOU HAVE A FEW CARS PARKED ON THE STREET? MM-HMM . 
          CAN YOU SEE THAT? YES. 
          MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          AND THEN ON THE BOTTOM YOU HAVE THE TRASH RECEPTACLES. 
          SO THE PUBLIC ASKS US, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS KIND OF THE UPSHOT OF WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION OR WHAT THE CITY IS TRYING TO DO WITH THIS. 
          IS IT BASICALLY PUSHING VEHICLES ONTO THE STREET? NO. 
          GETTING CARS OFF THE STREET? WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE'RE 
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TRYING TO, WE NEED TO EXPLAIN TO OUR CONSTITUENTS, 'CAUSE THIS IS VERY COMPLICATED AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THIS. 
          WE, AND SO, I MEAN, YOU WOULD THINK YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO HAVE SO MANY VEHICLES PARKING ON THE STREET BECAUSE THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER FOR A BICYCLIST AND JOGGERS AND SOLID WASTE TO PICK UP THE CANS. 
          AND SO, AM I MISSING SOMETHING HERE OR, OR WHAT I, UNFORTUNATELY, I THINK IT'S NOT AS SIMPLE AS WHAT WE ALL WANT IT TO BE. 
          YES, MA'AM. 
          UM, FIRST OF ALL, THE PHOTOGRAPH ON THE BOTTOM LEFT, UM, WHICH IS ALL DRIVEWAYS, UM, IS NUMBER ONE, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
          WE REALLY WANT TO LOOK AT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY. 
          MM-HMM . 
          AND WALKING A WALKING OR PUSHING A STROLLER OR RIDING A BIKE ACROSS, OR, UM, OR JUST WALKING A DOG ALONG THAT STREET WITH SO MANY DRIVEWAYS AND SO FEW REFUGES FOR THE PEDESTRIAN IS UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THAT IS, WE ARE A VISION ZERO CITY PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IS PRIMARY FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          AND THAT IS OUR NUMBER ONE ISSUE WITH THIS, IS THAT IT IS UNSAFE FOR PEDESTRIANS. 
          THE SECONDARY ISSUE IS THAT IT IS AN INCREDIBLY LARGE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, THAT IS NOT COUNTED TOWARDS ANYBODY'S EXEMPTION OR IMPERVIOUS SURFACE IN THEIR PRIVATE PROPERTY. 
          UM, IT IS IMPERVIOUS SURFACE THAT THE CITY HAS THAT, THAT IS THE CITY'S NOW AND WE HAVE NO CONTROL OVER IT. 
          AND SO, UM, IT IS A PUBLIC CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER IS NOW PUTTING IMPERVIOUS SURFACE ON THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT OF WAY. 
          THE OTHER ISSUE TO THAT IS THAT NO ONE, EXCEPT THOSE FEW PROPERTY OWNERS CAN USE THAT CURB AT ALL EVER. 
          IF PROPERTY OWNER NUMBER ONE HAS A PARTY, WELL, HE CAN PARK ALL OF HIS FRIENDS IN HIS DRIVEWAY, BUT HE CAN'T USE THE CURB EITHER. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST A CASE OF THERE IS NO PUBLIC ACCESS TO THAT CURB. 
          AND WE, WE DON'T SEE IT IN THOSE PHOTOGRAPHS, BUT WE OFTEN SEE CARS PARKED ACROSS THOSE SIDEWALKS, WHICH GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PIECE OF IT. 
          SO IT'S A CASE OF THE CITY WANTING TO HAVE SOME CONTROL OVER OUR LAND AND MAKE, AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. 
          CAN I ASK ONE LAST QUESTION ON, GO AHEAD. 
          SLIDE 11 ONE, IT SAYS ONE BIKE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT REQUIRED WHEN MARKET-BASED PARKING APPLIED MM-HMM . 
          SO DOES THAT MEAN HAVING A PARKING SPACE OUTSIDE FOR SOMEBODY TO PUT THEIR BIKE? AND WE ALL KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A FEW HOURS WHERE THAT BIKE WENT. 
          SO THAT'S, THAT'S A REQUIREMENT TODAY FOR MULTIFAMILIES. 
          THIS, UH, THE PROPOSAL FOR MU, WHICH IS SMALL SCALE MULTIFAMILY, IS TO, I, I'M SORRY, I, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. 
          CAN YOU SLOW DOWN? WHAT IS MUR WHAT IS THAT MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL THAT IS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FOUR PLEXES, FOURPLEXES. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THOSE KIND OF DEVELOPMENTS. 
          IF THEY'RE PROPOSING MARKET BASED PARKING, OKAY. 
          THEN WE WANT THE, UM, BIKE PARKING TO BE PROVIDED ONE BIKE PARKING SPACE PER EACH UNIT. 
          WELL, I MEAN, TYPICALLY WHEN SOMEONE WOULD RIDE A BIKE, WOULDN'T THEY JUST BRING IT INSIDE? THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE IT OUT THERE OVERNIGHT, WOULD THEY? THEY COULD. 
          IT WOULD BE GONE. 
          WE ALL KNOW THAT. 
          SO I LOCK MY BIKE, I LOCK MY BIKE UP AND IT STAYS WHERE I LOCK IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THERE, THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, SO NOW WE'RE GOING ON TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 
          THANK YOU, DIRECTOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK Y'ALL FOR THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          PUBLIC SPEAKERS WERE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP THROUGH A PRO, UH, THROUGH A PROVIDED FORM BY 5:00 PM ON MONDAY, JUNE 12TH. 
          UH, SEVEN TOTAL SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. 
          HOWEVER, ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AFTER THE 5:00 PM DEADLINE. 
          BUT IF THERE ARE NO OBJECTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE, WE CAN TAKE HER UP AT THE END. 
          ARE THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? NO HEARING, NO OBJECTIONS. 
          WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE ALLISON NEWPORT AT THE END OF THE SPEAKER'S LIST TO ALL SPEAKERS. 
          WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND, AND ANY ORGANIZATION THAT YOU MIGHT BE REPRESENTING, ALL PUBLIC SPEAKERS WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES. 
          NOW WE HAVE THE FIRST SPEAKER, MIKA HAN, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND YOU MAY BEGIN. 
          MIC , PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          OKAY. 
          SECOND SPEAKER, MARIAN WRIGHT. 
          MARIAN WRIGHT, PLEASE COME UP TO THIS PODIUM. 
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HI. 
          I WANNA ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS. 
          FIRST OF ALL, MARKET BASED PARKING IS ABSOLUTELY INSANE. 
          I'VE ALREADY GIVEN MY OPINIONS ON THAT. 
          SO Y'ALL KNOW WHERE I STAND. 
          I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT IT MULTIPLE TIMES, HAVING MORE CARS ON THE STREET AND NOT ALLOW, IF YOU HAVE AN EIGHT PLEX ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, MOST MAJOR THOROUGHFARES YOU CAN'T PARK ON. 
          SO IF YOU PUT AN PLEX ON A STREET LIKE SHEPHERD, YOU ARE GONNA HAVE EVERYONE LIVING IN THAT PLEX WHO HAS A CAR PARKING ON THE SIDE STREETS, IN FRONT OF HOUSES. 
          MS. CAYMAN, UM, YOU HAD WRITTEN A LETTER AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WAS GOING ON ON SUMMER STREET. 
          YOU UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES CONCERNED WITH CARS, PARKING ON THE STREET. 
          WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING TO ACTUALLY HAVE PARKING. 
          NEXT, I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE LETTER FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP. 
          IT WASN'T A PROCEDURAL ISSUE. 
          THE HEAD OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP WROTE A LETTER AND SAID THAT SHE WAS REPRESENTING ALL OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          IT'S ACTUALLY STILL UP ON THE WEBSITE. 
          LET'S TALK HOUSTON. 
          IT HASN'T BEEN TAKEN DOWN. 
          IT WAS NOT RESCINDED ON THURSDAY. 
          AND Y'ALL CAN WATCH IN THE MEETING, WATCH THE MEETING. 
          WHEN SHE SPOKE, SHE SPOKE ABOUT SOMETHING, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WASN'T EVEN MENTIONED IN THE LETTER. 
          AND SHE SAID, I REPRESENT MYSELF. 
          SHE NEVER SAID, I'M RESCINDING THE LETTER. 
          SHE NEVER SAID THAT AT ALL. 
          THAT WASN'T DONE UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE. 
          IF YOU READ THE BYLAWS, IT SAYS, PER ALLIANCE, WE SHALL NOT OFFICIALLY TAKE A POSITION OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE WITHOUT PUBLIC, UM, VOTING AND CONSENSUS BY OUR MEMBERS. 
          READ THE LETTER. 
          IT'S STILL UP. 
          Y'ALL CAN ALL PULL IT UP. 
          THIS HAS TO STOP. 
          THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS HAVE TO STOP USURPING POWER. 
          THEY CAN SPEAK ON THEIR OWN BEHALF OR THEY CAN FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES IN THEIR BYLAWS AND ACTUALLY GET A VOTE AND SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          BUT WHEN THEY TURN AROUND AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAD THAT LETTER, WHEN THEY VOTED, THEY HAD THE LETTER SAYING THAT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTED THEM. 
          THANK YOU MS. WRIGHT. 
          THAT IT NOW COUNCILMAN MY MICROPHONE. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          CHAIR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          I JUST HAD ONE COMMENT FOR THE SPEAKER. 
          OH, MS. WRIGHT, I I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. 
          ONE, IT, IT'S COUNCIL MEMBER. 
          UM, TWO, I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS AND YES, WE'RE DEALING WITH AN ISSUE WITH ALL OF WOOD CEMETERY, SO I APPRECIATE THE SPOTLIGHT ON THAT. 
          I'M SORRY I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING. 
          THAT'S FINE. 
          THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE UNDER THE CHAIR DID REVOKE THE LETTER. 
          I HAVE SEEN EMAILS THAT HAVE PERSONALLY ATTACKED HER. 
          AND I WILL JUST SAY THAT TO GO AFTER THE CHAIR OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE IN A VOLUNTEER CAPACITY DOES NOT LAND WELL WITH SOME OF US. 
          SO YOU ARE INCREDIBLY INVOLVED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE AND WE HAVE TREMENDOUS RESPECT FOR THAT. 
          BUT I WOULD, UM, ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK ALONGSIDE YOUR PARTNERS. 
          THAT'S UP TO YOU. 
          HOWEVER, I WILL SAY, AND I SPEAK FOR SOMEONE WHO IS ALSO A CONSTITUENT OF MINE. 
          SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING TO THE T TO REPRESENT IT. 
          AND IT DOES NOT FALL WELL ON ME. 
          WHEN THERE ARE PERSONAL ATTACKS AGAINST VOLUNTEER CIVIC CLUB LEADERS, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENTS, PEOPLE THAT DONATE THEIR TIME AND ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN, CAN I RESPOND TO THAT OR HOW DOES THIS WORK? GO AHEAD. 
          I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT VOLUNTEERS THEIR TIME FOR A POSITION. 
          THERE ARE BYLAWS THAT HAVE TO BE ABIDED BY. 
          AND IF YOU ARE GONNA TAKE A POSITION AS THE HEAD OF THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP AND YOU DON'T READ THE BYLAWS AND YOU DON'T ABIDE BY THE BYLAWS AND YOU SEND OUT A LETTER THAT SAYS THAT YOU ARE REPRESENTING EVERYONE IN THE DISTRICT, THAT'S NOT RIGHT. 
          AND SHE NEVER DID RESEND THE LETTER. 
          IT'S STILL UP. 
          OKAY. 
          SHE RE SORRY, HANG ON. 
          I'M SPEAKING THAT, THAT, THAT SHE RESCINDED THE LETTER. 
          IT'S IN THE RECORD. 
          SHE RESCINDED THE LETTER. 
          LAST QUESTION. 
          ARE YOU A DELEGATE TO A SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD? NO. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU NICK. 
          NICK, NICK, WE'LL GO BACK TO, UH, MICAH HAN. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHY BEING A DELEGATE HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH HAVING A VOICE. 
          HELLO, WONDERFUL MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          IT'S UNFORTUNATE. 
          I WENT TO THE BATHROOM, THE ONE MOMENT IN WHICH I WAS CALLED. 
          UM, MY NAME IS MICAH ERON. 
          I AM I AM IN YOUR DISTRICT . 
          UM, I GO TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF A GROUP OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS AND STUDENTS CALLED CNL HOUSTON. 
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WE WORK ON HOUSING ISSUES AND I'VE BEEN WATCHING THIS ISSUE VERY CLOSELY. 
          UM, AS Y'ALL KNOW, UH, RENTS HAVE BEEN INCREASING IN HOUSTON A LOT OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS. 
          UH, 64% TO BE PRECISE, THAT'S 15 PERCENTAGE POINTS MORE THAN INFLATION. 
          THAT'S A LOT. 
          AND THAT'S BAD. 
          NOW, ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS IS OUR RESTRICTIONS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING TYPES. 
          OUR POPULATION HAS BEEN GROWING A LOT, 600,000 PEOPLE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS. 
          UM, BUT OUR HOUSING STOCK HAS NOT BEEN GROWING FAST ENOUGH. 
          AND PART OF THE REASON WHY IS 'CAUSE WE REGULATE THE KINDS OF HOUSING YOU CAN MAKE. 
          AND THE, THE, IN THESE CHAPTER 42 AMENDMENTS, IT MAKES SOME VERY COMMON SENSE REVISIONS, I BELIEVE, UH, TO HOW WE REGULATE MULTIPLEXES LIKE TRIPLEXES, QUADPLEXES AND THE LIKE. 
          IT LEGALIZES A LOT MORE OF THOSE TYPES. 
          AND I'M, I'M, ME AND MY MEMBERS ARE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THAT. 
          AND REALLY, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY CRITICIZE THAT ELEMENT OF THESE AMENDMENTS. 
          FURTHERMORE, THE, UH, ROLLBACK OF RESTRICTIONS ON ADUS IS ALSO VERY COMMON SENSE. 
          AND I'VE SEEN PRETTY MUCH NOBODY HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT AS WELL. 
          NOW, ONE THING THAT I'VE SEEN COME UP A LOT IN THIS DISCUSSION AND IN THE UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS I'VE ATTENDED IS THE MARKET BASED PARKING. 
          UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO BE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IF WE ROLL BACK MARKET BASED PARKING, UM, THERE'S JUST GONNA BE NO SPACES FOR ANYBODY. 
          UM, WELL, I WOULD LIKE TO REFERENCE THE EMPIRICAL LITERATURE, UH, ON THE, UH, ISSUE OF MARKET-BASED PARKING. 
          PRETTY MUCH EVERY CREDIBLE ORGANIZATION THAT HAS RESEARCHED PARKING HAS SAID THAT PARKING RESTRICTIONS, BY AND LARGE SPECIFICALLY IN THIS APPLICATION, UM, ARE BAD  PEOPLE FROM THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, PEOPLE FROM STRONG TOWNS. 
          ALL, ALL THE RELEVANT THINK TANKS SAY THAT, UH, OUR PARKING RESTRICTIONS INCREASE COSTS, UH, LEAD TO MORE SPRAWL, UH, CONTRIBUTING TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE COSTS IN THE ABOUT $600 MILLION OF UNFUNDED LIABILITIES THAT WE HAVE IN REGARDS TO INFRASTRUCTURE. 
          AND THAT'S MY TIME. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME AND BEING HERE TODAY. 
          CHEER. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          UM, JUST QUICKLY, IF YOU WANNA FINISH AS A DISTRICT C RESIDENT, I'LL GIVE YOU LIKE 10 SECONDS TO WRAP UP. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME, UH, SOME CONTROVERSY RELATING TO THE NEURAL LOT RESTRICTIONS. 
          THEY SWITCH IT FROM, UH, SHARED DRIVEWAYS AND NOW IT'S SOMETHING DIFFERENT. 
          UM, I ASK THAT IF Y'ALL DO DECIDE THAT THAT IS A BIG PROBLEM AND YOU WANNA MOVE AGAINST THAT MEASURE, PLEASE DON'T TOSS IN ALL THE AMENDMENTS. 
          THERE'S SO MUCH GOOD IN THERE. 
          DON'T THROW OUT THE BABY WITH THE BATH WATER. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND LAST QUESTION, DO YOU OWN A CAR? DO YOU USE A CAR? HOW DO YOU COMMUTE? UH, I DO USE A CAR AND I LIVE, UM, IN A PLACE THAT USE A LOT STREET-BASED PARKING. 
          AND PERSONALLY I LOVE IT BECAUSE IT'S ACTUALLY COMFORTABLE TO WALK AROUND MY COMMUNITY, UH, IN, IN WEST UNIVERSITY. 
          AND I, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH, UH, CARS BLOCKING THE SIDEWALK SO I CAN ACTUALLY GET AROUND A LOT EASIER. 
          SO ARE, I'M SORRY, ARE YOU IN WEST U OR AROUND WEST U? UM, WELL, I'M, I KNOW I'M IN YOUR DISTRICT. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M RIGHT NEXT TO, UH, I'M RIGHT NEXT TO WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE RIGHT ON THE OUTSKITS. 
          GOT IT. 
          I LIVE RIGHT BY RICE. 
          BUT YOU HAVE A CAR? I I DO WANT A CAR. 
          YOU CAN MEET WITH A CAR. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THIRD SPEAKER. 
          WE HAVE GABE ADE AND HE'LL BE, UH, SPEAKING VIRTUALLY GABE. 
          GABE ADE. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CHERRY GALLEGOS. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS YOU THIS AFTERNOON. 
          I'M GABE ADES, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF LINK HOUSTON. 
          WE ARE A NONPROFIT THAT ADVOCATES FOR A ROBUST AND EQUITABLE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK SO ALL PEOPLE CAN REACH OPPORTUNITIES. 
          AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF LINK SUPPORTING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 26 AND CHAPTER 42 BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WILL GET US CLOSER TO LINK HOUSTON'S VISION WHERE EVERYONE CAN BE A FIRST CLASS RESIDENT WITHOUT THE NEED TO OWN A VEHICLE. 
          THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION THIS AFTERNOON ABOUT ON STREET PARKING AND STUDIES SHOW FROM THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION TO THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CITY. 
          I MAKE A MOTION TRAFFIC OFFICERS THAT ON STREET PARKING ACTUALLY ASSISTS SLOW, UH, DRIVERS DOWN VEHICLES THAT HAVE TO APPROACH A ROAD WHEN CARS ARE PRESENT, HAVE TO DRIVE SLOWER. 
          AND IN A CITY THAT'S COMMITTED TO VISION ZERO, THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. 
          WE URGE THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO ADOPT THESE AMENDMENTS, UH, AND TO REMEMBER THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING ALL RESIDENTS, INCLUDING PEDESTRIANS, THOSE WHO USE WHEELCHAIRS, BIKERS, STROLLERS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THOSE WHO TRAVEL BY VEHICLE, THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRAVEL SAFELY IN OUR COMMUNITIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, GABE. 
          UH, WE'RE GOING ON TO, UH, FOURTH, THE, THE FOURTH SPEAKER. 
          UH, RANDY JONES, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM. 
          [02:00:08]
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UH, RANDY JONES IS MY NAME, RESIDENT OF THE CITY FOR 40 YEARS. 
          UH, HOA BOARD MEMBER FOR BOTH NEIGHBORS. 
          I LIVED IN AS PRESIDENT, UH, UH, MY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FOR SIX YEARS. 
          STILL MY, UH, MY, UH, COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS DELEGATE TO THE SUPER NEIGHBOR ALLIANCE AND TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UH, I'M A RESIDENTIAL LAND DEVELOPER IN HOUSTON, ETJ AND IN THE CITY. 
          SO I UNDERSTAND CHAPTER 42, PROBABLY SOMETIMES, MAYBE EVEN BETTER THAN MY SURVEYOR DOES SOMETIMES. 
          I DON'T KNOW. 
          BUT, UH, AND THEN TIED IN WITH THAT, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          I HAVE BEEN FOR SIX, MAYBE EIGHT YEARS NOW. 
          UM, I WILL TELL YOU THAT I VOTED NO LAST WEEK FOR ONE PURPOSE, VERY RELUCTANTLY. 
          AND THAT IS THE 19TH FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR, UH, THE PARKING COMP TIED TO THE PARKING COMPEND, BUT SPECIFICALLY RELATING TO CORNER LOTS. 
          'CAUSE IN A CORNER LOT WHERE I LIVE, FOR EXAMPLE, IN ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD, 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, 28 FOOT WIDE ROAD, YOU HAVE 16 FEET BACK A CURB. 
          I GET THE INTENT OF WHETHER IT WAS 17 FEET TODAY, 19 FEET LATER FOR SIDEWALK SAFETY. 
          I'M TOTALLY THERE. 
          BUT WITH THE 28 FOOT ROAD, 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY OF 16 FEET BACK, A CURB, 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE OKAY? GIVES YOU 26 FEET SUBTRACTING OFF THE SAFETY BUFFER AND THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK. 
          YOU GET THE 17 FEET THAT'S THERE TODAY, I TOOK THE, THE LEAD ON VARIANCES WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTING, UH, RESIDENTS AND THEIR SURVEYORS TO BUILD A NEW HOME AT THE PLACE OF THE OLD ONE ON A CORNER LOT WITH THAT 10 FOOT BUILDING LOT WITH THE EVIDENCE OF THE MATH, IT WORKED, BUT IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE CASE. 
          YOU KNOW, VARIANCES ARE SUBJECT TO A LOT OF INTERPRETATION, PERSONALITIES, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT NECESSARILY UP OR DOWN THOUGH. 
          AND ALL THE PARAPHERNALIA, ALL THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE COLORED OR NOT REFERS TO THE 19 FOOT SETBACK. 
          THE NO REFERENCE TO THE 17, UH, TO THE 19 UNTIL YOU GET INTO 42 DASH 1 57 WHERE SPECIFICALLY REFERS TO THE 19 FEET EVERYWHERE, NOT JUST IN THE NARROW LOTS. 
          AND I AM AN OPPONENT OF THAT AND RELUCTANTLY VOTED NO FOR THAT REASON. 
          BELIEVE ME, I DIDN'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT I HAD NO CHOICE. 
          THANK, THANK, THANK YOU MR. JONES. 
          OH, NO, RANDY, GO AHEAD. 
          SO, SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR ONLY OBJECTION TO ALL THESE AMENDMENTS? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT I NEED TO KNOW THAT. 
          I JUST FELT COMFORTABLE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE WITH THE CHANGES MADE THURSDAY, UM, TO THE 33 FOOT, UH, WIDTH, YOU KNOW, FROM THE SHARE 40 FOOT OR SUBDIVIDING 40, I, IT CAME WITH THAT, WITH MOST OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS. 
          ONLY ONE OTHER VOTED NO, BUT SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF THE 19 FOOT GARAGE SETBACK. 
          YEAH. 
          I HAD TO VOTE. 
          NO, IT TO ME IS A VESTED PROPERTY. 
          RIGHT. 
          I HAVE A PLATTED LOT 10 FOOT SIDE BUILDING LINE ON MY CORNER. 
          YOU CAN'T TAKE THAT AWAY FROM ME TO, I SHOULD NOT BE FORCED THROUGH A COUNCIL ACTION TO HAVE TO MOVE MY GARAGE BACK. 
          IF I EITHER ADD 25 FOOTER SPACE TO MY HOME, EXPAND IT OR TEAR DOWN AND REBUILD THAT IS NOT, YOU KNOW, A, A TREATMENT THAT IS, I THINK RESPECTFUL. 
          DO YOU HAVE AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD FIX THAT? I WOULD LEAVE IT ALONE AT 17. 
          I WOULD JUST LEAVE IT WHERE IT IS NOW. 
          OR AMENDS OF IT APPLIES ONLY TO THESE FOUR, OR ACTUALLY IT'S ONLY IDENTIFIED IN THE NARROW LOCK PROGRAM IN THE OTHER THREE. 
          THERE'S NOT A REFERENCE TO THE 19 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE AT ALL. 
          SO IF IT'S SPECIFIC TO THAT PROGRAM, YES. 
          BUT LEAVE 17 FEET ALONE IN THE STANDARD RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          20 FOOT ROAD BACK A CURB, 60 FOOT RIGHT. 
          OF WAY THE MATH WORKS. 
          SO, SO THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING YOU DO, DO I DO, DO WE NEED TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT UP TO THE ORDINANCE BEFORE IT'S PASSED? YES, SIR. 
          I WOULD TOTALLY RESPECT THAT. 
          WELL, WILL, UH, DO YOU, HAVE YOU DRAFTED AN, WILL YOU DRAFT AN ORDINANCE TO THAT EFFECT? UH, I CAN HAVE SOMETHING WORKED ON. 
          YES, I HAVE IT DONE. 
          JUST BROUGHT MY BACKLINE TO THE TABLE TODAY. 
          WE'LL GET IT TO ME AND I'LL CARRY IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          BECAUSE I'M SURE I'LL TAG THIS. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. 
          AND MR. JONES, IF YOU CAN REACH TO MY OFFICE, UH, IN, IN RE IN REGARDS TO YOUR CONCERNS AND WE'LL RELAY IT BACK TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND SEE WHAT, WHAT COULD BE DONE. 
          IF, IF ANYTHING, APPRECIATE IT. 
          WELL, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF. 
          IF, IF, IF YOU'RE IN, IF, IF YOU WANNA MAKE COMMENTS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW 'CAUSE OUR SCREEN'S NOT WORKING HERE. 
          [02:05:04]
FIFTH SPEAKER, WE HAVE MARIE CARLISLE VIRTUALLY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, YES, GO AHEAD. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH, UM, FOR ALLOWING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS MARIE CARLISLE AND I LIVE IN THE TIMBER GROVE AREA OF HOUSTON IN DISTRICT C I'M HERE THIS MORNING IN OPPOSITION TO THE MARKET BASED PARKING AND SHARED DRIVEWAY PRO PROVISIONS OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTERS 26 AND 42. 
          BOTH WILL SERVE TO WORSEN THE PARKING PROBLEMS FACED BY MANY AREAS OF HOUSTON AND NEGATIVELY IMPACT SAFETY AND WALKABILITY FOR THOSE WHO LIVE THERE. 
          IT DOES SEEM FROM DIRECTORS BROWN'S PRESENT, DIRECTOR BROWN'S PRESENTATION THIS MORNING THAT SOME OF MY CONCERNS ABOUT SHARED DRIVEWAYS MAY NO LONGER APPLY. 
          SO I DO APOLOGIZE IF SOME OF MY DISCUSSION ADDRESSES THOSE PROVISIONS THAT ARE NO LONGER THERE. 
          WITH RESPECT TO MARKET-BASED PARKING, I BELIEVE THAT PROXIMITY TO BIKE PATHS SHOULD BE REMOVED AS A FACTOR IN DEFINING THAT TERM. 
          I DON'T BELIEVE CYCLING IS A REASONABLE, PERMANENT AND PRIMARY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION IN OUR CITY. 
          WITH THE HEAT AND STORMS WE ROUTINELY EXPERIENCE WITH RESPECT TO BOTH MARKET-BASED PARKING AND SHARED DRIVEWAYS, THESE TWO PROPOSALS WILL ONLY INTENSIFY SAFETY ISSUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WITH NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT SAFE AND DEDICATED PLACES FOR RESIDENTS AND THEIR GUESTS TO PARK, CARS WILL BE PARKED IN OUR STREETS. 
          AS EVERYONE HAS DISCUSSED TODAY, MANY OF OUR STREETS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, ARE TWO LANES LACKING ADEQUATE SIDEWALKS WITH CARS PARKING ON ONE OR BOTH SIDES. 
          IT REDUCES THE PEDESTRIAN REALM, EXPOSES PEOPLE TO TRAFFIC. 
          KIDS WHO ARE CROSSING THE STREET CANNOT BE SEEN BETWEEN THE PARK CARS AND VISIBILITY FOR THOSE WHO ARE LEAVING THEIR DRIVEWAYS IS IMPAIRED BY THOSE PARKED CARS. 
          LAST NIGHT, DIRECTOR BROWN INDICATED THAT THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THESE PROPOSALS WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASE IN STREET PARKING, BUT I WOULD QUICKLY DIRECT HER TO SHADY ACRES AND COTTAGE GROVE AS TWO OF THE EXAMPLES OF HOW STREET PARKING IS EXACERBATED WITH INADEQUATE RESIDENTIAL PARKING AND THE SAFETY ISSUES THAT PRESENTS TO THE PUBLIC. 
          FURTHER, JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE'S RESIDENCE IS LOCATED IN PROXIMITY TO A BUS ROUTE, THE PLACES THAT THOSE RESIDENTS MAY WANT TO VISIT THEIR EMPLOYMENT, LOCAL SERVICE CENTERS, HOUSES OF WORSHIP, ET CETERA, MAY NOT BE WITHIN. 
          THOSE, MAY NOT BE IN PROXIMITY TO BUS ROUTES, AND THAT IS IGNORED BY THESE PROPOSED REVISIONS. 
          FINALLY, THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT AND NO GUARANTEE THAT ANY OF THIS WILL RESULT IN MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN HOUSTON. 
          DIRECTOR BROWN DID IMPLY EARLIER THAT THESE PROVISIONS MAY NOT BE APPROPRIATE WHERE I LIVE IN DISTRICT C, BUT THESE ARE CITYWIDE AMENDMENTS AND THEY PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LESS THAN SCRUPULOUS DEVELOPERS TO FURTHER INCREASED DENSITY. 
          THANK YOU, MS. MS. CARLISLE, WE HAVE A QUESTION FROM, UH, VICE CHAIR KAMAN. 
          MARIE, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR WAITING PATIENTLY AND FOR CALLING IN. 
          IT'S GOOD TO HEAR YOUR VOICE. 
          UM, I KNOW THAT YOU WEREN'T ABLE TO FINISH YOUR COMMENTS AND SOMETIMES VIRTUALLY IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO UNDERSTAND. 
          IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND ALSO SENDING YOUR REMARKS TO MY OFFICE, I'D BE HAPPY TO CIRCULATE THEM TO THE REST OF COUNCIL SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING NOTE OF THE SPECIFICS, UH, SPECIFIC CONCERNS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE HOPING THAT ARE ADDRESSED IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IF YOU'RE ABLE TO DO THAT. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, I I THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR INVOLVEMENT, CAN YOU SPEAK REALLY QUICKLY TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN LAZY BROOK, TIMBER GROVE WITH CHILDREN RIGHT NOW AND SCHOOLS AND THE ALREADY INCREASED DENSITY THAT WE'RE SEEING? CERTAINLY. 
          AND, AND FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          I WILL SEND YOU MY REMARKS, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN BE CIRCULATED AND I APPRECIATE THAT OPPORTUNITY. 
          UM, YES, WE ARE. 
          AS MEANT, SOME OF YOU MAY BE AWARE, I KNOW YOU ARE. 
          WE ARE WORKING ON, UM, A PROJECT CALLED SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOLS WHERE WE'RE WORKING ON INCREASING SOME OF THE BIKE PATHS, UM, AND SOME OF THE PEDESTRIAN REALM SO THAT OUR CHILDREN IN OUR AREA, WE HAVE TWO SCHOOLS, UM, ONE LOCATED ON ELLA, ONE ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE I LIVE, ON A TWO LANE STREET WITH NO SIDEWALKS. 
          SO THOSE CHILDREN ARE CURRENTLY WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          THE EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOLS ARE WALKING ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET TO GET TO THAT. 
          PEOPLE WHO LIVE SOUTH OF 11TH DON'T HAVE ADEQUATE WALKING ADEQUATE PEDESTRIAN AREAS TO GET THEIR CHILDREN TO THOSE SCHOOLS. 
          SO FOR OUR COMMUNITY, THIS IS AN ISSUE. 
          AND AS MORE HOMES COME IN WITHOUT ADEQUATE PARKING WITH THOSE RESIDENCES, IT'S ONLY GONNA EXACERBATE THAT ISSUE. 
          AND I THANK YOU ALL AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME. 
          I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MS. CARLISLE. 
          UH, NEXT SPEAKER, UH, VIRTUALLY WE HAVE GEORGE FRAY. 
          GEORGE FRAY. 
          PLEASE GO AHEAD. 
          ME, MR. FRAY. 
          HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          HELLO CITY COUNCIL. 
          MY NAME IS GEORGE FRE. 
          I'M A PARENT SPOUSE, SAFE ROUTES ADVOCATE, CITY ADVOCATE, AND PROUD HOUSTON RESIDENT. 
          TODAY I SPEAK AS THE PRESIDENT OF SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 14 LAZE BROOK TIMBER GROVE, WHICH HAS ACTIVELY ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF LIVABLE PLACES IN 2021. 
          WE SUPPORT INCREASED DENSITY AND ASSOCIATED EFFICIENCY, BUT WE ISSUE OUR OPPOSITION AGAIN TO ORDINANCES AS PROPOSED. 
          I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO PARTAKE IN THE LIVABLE PLACES HOMEWORK. 
          I WELCOME YOU TO VISIT WITH US IN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 14 
          [02:10:01]
AND VIEW THE IMPLICATIONS OF PAST MISTAKES. 
          ALTHOUGH LIVABLE PLACES HAS BEEN ACTIVE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, THE CONTENTIOUS ORDINANCES ARE ONLY RECENT AND CONTINUE TO HEAVILY EVOLVE. 
          I HAVE NOT SEEN YET SEEN THESE CHANGES FROM THE JUNE EIGHT PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M AWARE OF SIGNIFICANT ERRORS FROM LAST NIGHT'S SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE. 
          SO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WE SUGGEST FOR MARKET-BASED PARKING ONLY ALLOW IF THERE IS A HIGH LEVEL OF PEDESTRIAN LEVEL OF SERVICE AND SIGNALIZE CROSSWALKS TO FACILITATE REDUCE DISTANCE TO LIGHT RAIL FROM ONE HALF MILE TO ONE QUARTER MILE OR A JUSTIFIABLE FUNCTIONAL DISTANCE, APPLY LESS THAN 25% CAR OWNERSHIP CRITERIA TO ALL BUS AND BIKE OPTIONS. 
          REMOVE BIKE LANE CRITERIA SINCE NOT EVERYBODY CAN RIDE A BIKE. 
          ANY UPDATE TO BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ONLY APPLY TO PORTION OF PLAT THAT IS ENTIRELY WITHIN DISTANCE. 
          AUTHORIZE ENHANCED ENFORCEMENT TO AVOID CARS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND ON SIDEWALKS. 
          FOR EXAMPLE, TRAINED CITIZENS. 
          JUST LIKE REPORTING A DA PARKING VIOLATIONS. 
          PLEASE ENFORCE GENERAL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY IDM SECTION 1706 AND ENSURE GENERAL SAFETY APPLIES TO BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS. 
          CREATE A STRICTER STANDARD AROUND SCHOOL ZONES, SCHOOL ZONES TO ENSURE VISIBILITY WITH LARGER THAN 15 FOOT TRYING VISIBILITY TRIANGLES DO NOT ALLOW VARIANCES THAT IMPACT STUDENT SAFETY WITHOUT 100% APPROVAL FROM SUPER NEIGHBORHOODS, SCHOOL PRINCIPALS CROSSING GUARDS, SCHOOL POLICE, AND PTO FACILITATE NEIGHBORHOODS TO OBJECTIONALLY OBJECTIVELY. 
          INSTALL PARKING METERS AND NO PARKING SIGNS IN ORDINANCES 45 DASH 1 117. 
          THEN DO NOT ALLOW FENCES AT ANY INTERSECTION. 
          YOUR DRIVER. 
          THANK YOU MR. FRY. 
          YOUR TIME, YOUR TIME IS UP. 
          BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, UH, VICE CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU CHAIR GEORGE. 
          THANK, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR WAITING AND FOR CALLING IN. 
          AGAIN. 
          IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SENDING US YOUR WRITTEN FEEDBACK, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CIRCULATED SO THAT WE GET ALL THE POINTS, UM, THAT YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE RIGHT NOW ON THIS. 
          WE, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU, MR. FRY. 
          UH, NE NEXT ON THE LIST WE HAVE ALLISON NEWPORT, VIRTUALLY ALLISON NEWPORT. 
          MS. ALLISON NEWPORT. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH, GO AHEAD PLEASE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME'S AUSTIN NEWPORT. 
          I LIVE IN SHADY ACRES AND I'M, UH, WITH THE SHADY ACRES CIVIC CLUB. 
          AND I ALSO SERVE ON, UH, SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 15 SHADY ACRES, IS LOCATED NEAR THE HEIGHTS AND REPRESENTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT EXPERIENCED EXTREME DENSIFICATION IN THE PAST 10 YEARS. 
          OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF WORST OF AND WORST CASE DENSIFICATION DEVELOPMENT AS IT RELATES TO PARKING. 
          AND WE ARE FREQUENTLY USED AS EXAMPLES IN PHOTOGRAPHS AND THINGS THAT ARE, UM, EXHIBITED DURING THE LIVABLE PLACES COMMITTEE. 
          I PERSONALLY HAVE ATTENDED LOCAL PLACES COMMITTEE TO KEEP TRACK OF THE CHANGES. 
          AND FOR SHADY ACRES, THESE CHANGES ARE TOO LITTLE TO LATE TO ADD A PROVISION FOR MARKET BASED PARKING APPLYING TO SHADY ACRES, WHICH ALMOST, UH, THE ENTIRETY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS, UH, WITHIN THE, THE MARKET BASED PARAMETER, UM, PARKING PERIMETERS. 
          TO ADD THIS PROVISION JUST ADDS INSULT TO INJURY. 
          WE IN SHADY ACRES NEED MORE PARKING CONTAINED WITHIN PROPERTY LIMIT, NOT LESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND CHAIR? UH, YEP. 
          VICE CHAIR CAYMAN. 
          THANK YOU, CHAIR ALLISON. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, AGAIN, I'M JUST REPEATING, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SENDING US, UH, AS A DISTRICT C RESIDENT, YOUR WRITTEN COMMENT SO THAT WE CAN CIRCULATE THEM. 
          I KNOW HOW INVOLVED YOU ARE IN AN AREA I LIVE IN, UM, AND THE CHALLENGES THAT, THAT WE'RE FACING. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          AND CHERRY, I HAVE A PROCEDURAL MOTION WHEN APPROPRIATE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          VICE CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I MOVE TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD THREE SPEAKERS TO THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS LIST. 
          MIKE BERGER, SPENCER HUCK, AND RICHARD ZAINO. 
          THEY HAD THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD SIGNED UP, UM, AND HAD BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY. 
          SECOND, ARE THERE, ARE THERE ANY OBJECTION OR SECOND ANY OBJECTIONS? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          AND I, I HAVE A MOTION AS WELL. 
          I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES TO ADD TROY ALLEN TO THE SPEAKER'S LIST AS WELL. 
          IS THERE A SECOND TO ADD? TROY ALLEN SECOND. 
          ALRIGHT, ANY OBJECTIONS? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, VICE CHAIR, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE NAMES? SURE. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          AND I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN OUT A LIST AND I DON'T HAVE AN EXTRA PIECE OF PAPER. 
          UM, FIRST IS MIKE BERGER TO BE FOLLOWED BY SPENCER HUCK. 
          [02:15:10]
HELLO, COUNSEL. 
          UM, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS ME. 
          MIKE DISH BERGER. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF GHPA THIS YEAR, AND OWNER OF SANDCASTLE HOMES. 
          I NATIVE HOUSTONIAN BUILT INSIDE THE LOOP. 
          I'M DISTRICT C LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. 
          HERE IS TODAY. 
          UM, I'M GONNA START WITH THIS COUPLE THINGS. 
          ONE, UH, DIRECTOR BROWN TALKED ABOUT THE BUILDERS STEALING THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. 
          EVERYBODY WHO LIVES HERE IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, I GUESS EVERYONE HERE IS A STEELER A PROPERTY BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS AN APPROACH ON THEIR PROPERTY WITH A DRIVEWAY GOING INTO THEIR HOME. 
          I THINK EVERYONE HAS AN APPROACH. 
          SO I DON'T LIKE THE USE OF THAT TERM BECAUSE WE DO HAVE APPROACHES JUST LIKE ALL OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IN, IN HOUSTON. 
          UH, SECOND THE, UH, 33 FOOT, UH, PROPOSAL WAS, WE HAD A PHONE CALL ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          THEY ASKED US TO THINK ABOUT IT. 
          WE GOT BACK TO MARGARET, UH, DIRECTOR BROWN ON TUESDAY, SAID, WE'RE NOT IN FAVOR OF, BECAUSE WHAT THEY'RE SAYING IS, TAKE A HUNDRED FOOT LOT AND DIVIDE IT INTO THREE 30 THREES INSTEAD OF, NORMALLY WE WOULD DIVIDE IT INTO FOUR 20 FIVES, WHICH WILL MAKE A MORE EXPENSIVE LOT, WHICH MAKES A MORE EXPENSIVE HOME. 
          SO THIS GROUND OF PEOPLE THAT A LOT OF US SELL TO, UH, YOUNG PROFESSIONALS MOVING INTO HOUSTON, WE'RE TRYING TO GET PEOPLE TO MOVE INTO HOUSTON AND TO HELP OUR TAX BASE. 
          YOU GONNA WIPE THOSE PEOPLE OUT IS GONNA MAKE IT HARDER TO SELL A HOME FOR UNDER A MILLION DOLLARS WITH, ON A 33 FOOT WIDE LOT. 
          IF YOU GO TO THE HEIGHTS, YOU'LL START SEEING THAT EVERY 33 FOOT LOT, LOT WIDER OR MILLION DOLLAR HOMES, WE'RE NOT AT THAT PRICE YET, . 
          BUT THE REST OF IT, UM, UH, THE NARROW LOT PROVISIONS ARE NOT PART OF LIBERAL PLACES, UH, UH, DEAL. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK ONLINE, DOESN'T SAY THAT. 
          IT SAYS IT'S MISSIONS TO MAKE IT, UH, UH, TO ADD MORE WASTE, TO BUILD HOMES, TO MAKE IT SAFER AND ON AND ON AND ON. 
          DOESN'T SAY WE'RE HERE TO GET RID OF NARROW LOT HOMES. 
          THIS PROPOSAL LASTS, UH, WEEKEND PLANNING COMMISSION TO ELIMINATE, UH, FRONT LOADING DRIVEWAYS IS WIPING OUT A MASSIVE PART OF WHAT WE BUILD IN HOUSTON, TEXAS TODAY. 
          SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I'M IN QUEUE, UH, EXCUSE ME. 
          COUNCIL MEMBER GOOSH. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GONNA BE SPEAKING ON THIS MATTER, UH, HERE IN A LITTLE WHILE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          BUT I'M ALSO VERY, VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT, UH, UH, THE DIRECTOR BROWN DIDN'T STAY FOR THE COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          UH, AND THAT'S VERY DISAPPOINTING, UH, BECAUSE, UH, I THINK THAT, UH, AND AS A STAKEHOLDER, SHE NEEDS TO BE LISTENING TO, TO, UH, ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CALLED IN AND YOURSELF. 
          AND, UH, I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT SHE'S NOT HERE. 
          YES, SIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, SPENCER HUFF. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS SPENCER HUCK. 
          I AM THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF LAND ACQUISITIONS REAL ESTATE AGENT AND TOP PRODUCER AT CITY QUEST PROPERTIES. 
          CITY QUEST PROPERTIES IS A NEW CONSTRUCTION BROKERAGE WHERE WE FOCUS ON GROWING, OH, SORRY. 
          CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. 
          UM, WE'RE A NEW CONSTRUCTION BROKERAGE THAT FOCUSES ON THE GROWTH OF BUILDERS. 
          UM, SO I CONSTANTLY WORK WITH, YOU KNOW, LANDOWNERS AND LET ME, CAN I ADMIT SOMETHING TO BE PASSED AROUND? THANK Y'ALL. 
          UM, AS THAT'S BEING PASSED AROUND, UM, KIND OF SUMMARIZING MORE WHAT I DO. 
          SO I SPEAK WITH LANDOWNERS DIRECTLY. 
          UM, WE WORK ALL IN DIFFERENT AREAS. 
          THIRD WARD, FIFTH WARD, UM, HEIGHTS, SHADY ACRES, LUXURY COMMUNITIES AS WELL. 
          UM, A BIG PART OF THE GROWTH IS HOUSTON HAS BEEN FROM THE BUILDERS, RIGHT? ROOFTOPS COME FIRST, RETAIL COMES AFTER SOMETHING THAT IS REALLY IMPORTANT. 
          AND NOW THAT Y'ALL LOOKING AT, UH, PER PAGE, THE PROPOSAL THAT WAS BROUGHT, UH, ON THURSDAY BASICALLY SAID, THEY SAID, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A COMPROMISE IN ANY LOT UNDER 33 SQUARE FOOT AND WIDTH. 
          WE'RE GONNA ERASE THE SHARE. 
          THE Y SHAPED DRIVEWAY, INHERENTLY ONLY ALLOWING FOR ONE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR TWO TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          ONE IS THE SHARED DRIVEWAY, THE OTHER IS THE FLAG. 
          THE FIRST SLIDE THAT I HAVE FOR Y'ALL ON THE FIRST PAGE JUST SHOWS A BROAD OUTLINE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S, UH, TOTAL LAND PARCELS AND HOW MANY PRIVATE OWNERS THERE ARE. 
          UM, WHAT MIKE JUST BROUGHT UP IS THEY SAID, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED FEET, UH, OF FRONTAGE, WE SPLIT IT INTO THIRDS. 
          MAJORITY OF THE LOTS. 
          IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND SLIDE, MAJORITY OF THE LOTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ACTUALLY, OR ONE THIRD OF THE LOTS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON ARE, UH, 50 FEET AND BELOW. 
          MEANING THAT WHEN YOU SPLIT THE LOT INTO TWO, YOU'RE GONNA BE LEFT 
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WITH 25 FEET. 
          SO INHERENTLY THE 33 FOOT PROPOSAL OR COMPROMISE DOES NOT HELP ANYONE, UM, IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND ALL OF THESE LOTS TOO. 
          KEEP IN MIND, LIKE I SAID, I WORK WITH THE LANDOWNERS, UM, AND SPEAK WITH THEM. 
          OFTEN THEY'RE, THIS IS A PART OF THEIR GENERATIONAL WEALTH. 
          THESE LOTS, YOU KNOW, ARE THINGS THAT THEY'VE HELD ONTO AND THEY'VE HOLD OUT ON THIS SALE TO HELP, YOU KNOW, FURTHER THEIR COMMUNITY OR THEIR FAMILY. 
          IF YOU, IF THIS PASSES THROUGH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THIS WILL INHERENTLY STOP DEVELOPERS FROM DEVELOPING THESE SMALL 5,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS BECAUSE THE COST TO DO SO WITH THE SHARED DRIVEWAY, UH, MAKES IT NOT FEASIBLE. 
          SO I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT TO REMOVE THE NARROW LOT, UH, ASPECT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IN ITS ENTIRETY. 
          UM, FROM THE CHAPTER 42. 
          UM, BECAUSE IT'S TOO BROAD OF A, AN AREA, UM, TO SAY THAT WE HAVE TO ELIMINATE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT. 
          BUYERS WANT FRONT LOADERS. 
          UM, I SELL FRONT LOADERS ALL THE TIME. 
          SOMETHING VERY IMPORTANT TOO. 
          TALKING ABOUT AFFORDABILITY. 
          AGAIN, THESE THINGS BRING COST. 
          I SEE A LOT OF THINGS WITHIN THE PROPOSAL, UM, FROM DIRECTOR BROWN, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NEW THINGS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING UP. 
          NEW THINGS IS FINE, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT. 
          THE BIGGEST THING IS THAT YOU'RE STOPPING A DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROVEN FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS IS SOMETHING THAT THE END CONSUMER WANTS. 
          THEY WANT THEIR OWN PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. 
          ALRIGHT? THEY WANT THEIR BACKYARD. 
          THANK, THANK YOU APPRE. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          LA UM, NEXT STEP IS RICHARD ZAINO. 
          THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR HAVING ME HERE TODAY. 
          I APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, I WASN'T AWARE, IT'S TWO MINUTES TODAY. 
          UH, I PLANNED FOR THREE MINUTES, SO I'M GONNA SUMMARIZE REAL QUICK, BUT I'M GONNA SPEAK AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON. 
          UM, MY NAME'S RICHARD MAZANO. 
          I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MAZANO CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT. 
          UM, WE'RE AN INFILL BUILDER. 
          WE BUILD ALL OVER INSIDE SIX 10, UH, LOOP. 
          UM, TWO OF THE THINGS I WANT TO HIT ON IS OUR CUSTOMER BASE AND THE COST OF, OF BUILDING HOMES. 
          UM, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CUSTOMER GROUPS IS MIDDLE AGED AND OLDER COUPLES THAT ARE DOWNSIZING FROM THE SUBURBS. 
          THEY DON'T WANT A FULL-SIZE YARD. 
          UH, THEY DON'T WANT ITS UPKEEP NOR THE EXPENSE ANYMORE, BUT THEY DO HAVE NEEDS. 
          THEY'RE SETTING THEIR SIGHTS ON RETIREMENT AND AGING IN PLACE AND THEY REQUIRE FUNCTIONALITY OF A FIRST FLOOR LIVING SPACE, A DRIVEWAY FOR GUESTS AND A SMALL LITTLE GREEN SPACE TO LET FIDO GO PLAY. 
          UM, THEY WON'T GET THIS IN 99 OUT OF A HUNDRED HOMES IN A COMMON DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS ITS OWN GARAGE. 
          YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO GET IT IN A COURTYARD, BUT IF YOU'RE AGING IN PLACE, YOU DON'T WANT TO WALK IN 105 DEGREE HEAT TODAY FROM YOUR HOME TO YOUR CAR PARKED OUTSIDE. 
          UM, THIS AGE GROUP, UM, EXCUSE ME, BUT THAT'S ALSO WHY THIS AGE GROUP THAT IS COMING INTO THE CITY LOVES NARROW LOT FRONT LOADED HOMES AND ALSO NEEDS THEM. 
          UM, THEY BRING DISPOSABLE INCOME THAT HAS FLOODED SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, AND BARS THAT WE'VE SEEN THRIVE INSIDE THE LOOP FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. 
          AND THEY FILL THE TAX, UH, TAX COFFERS. 
          UM, WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THESE PEOPLE. 
          WE WANT TO STEAL THEM FROM THE SUBURBS RATHER THAN LOSING THEM TO THE SUBURBS. 
          AND WE NEED A HOUSING TYPE THAT WORKS FOR THEIR LIFESTYLE. 
          MANY OF THESE PEOPLE, THIS IS GONNA BE THE FINAL HOME THAT THEY LIVE AND THEY'RE GONNA WANNA SPEND THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN THESE HOUSES. 
          AND SECOND FLOOR LIVING, HIGH DENSITY COMMON LOT TOWN HOMES DON'T WORK FOR A LOT OF THEM. 
          THE LAST POINT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS KIND OF THE COST OF THESE PROJECTS. 
          WE HEARD. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO BRING COST DOWN. 
          WE'RE TRYING TO BRING COST DOWN. 
          DENSITY DOES BRING COST DOWN ON A PER LOT BASIS. 
          WHEN YOU BUY A PIECE OF LAND, IF YOU SPEND A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ON A PIECE OF LAND AND YOU BUILD 10 HOMES, YOUR LOT COST IS $10,000. 
          IF YOU BUILD FIVE HOMES, YOUR LOT COST IS DOUBLE THAT. 
          THE ISSUE WITH DENSITY, AND I'LL WRAP UP VERY QUICKLY 'CAUSE I'LL SPEAK LATER. 
          THE ISSUE WITH INCREASED DENSITY, IT BRINGS EXORBITANTLY INCREASED COSTS AND TIME. 
          EXTRA ENGINEERING, EXTRA ARCHITECTURE, EXTRA DETENTION, EXTRA CONCRETE. 
          YOU HAVE AN ENTIRELY DIFFERENT TRADE BASE WHEN YOU BUILD A HIGHER PRODUCT THAT CHARGES YOU MORE, YOUR ROOFER CHARGES YOU A LOT MORE ON A THREE STORY HOME THAN A TWO STORY HOME. 
          SO YOU LOSE A LOT OF ECONOMIES OF SCALE AS WELL. 
          SO ALL OF THOSE COST SAVINGS BY BUILDING A DENSER PROJECT ARE SLOWLY CHIPPED AWAY AT BECAUSE OF HIGHER BUILD COSTS. 
          NOT TO MENTION THE SUBSTANTIALLY LONGER PERMITTING TIME ASSOCIATED WITH IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, FOR THE LAST SPEAKER WE HAVE TROY ALLEN. 
          THANK YOU, TROY, ALLEN. 
          GOOD MORNING. 
          WELL, I GUESS NOW GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, THANK YOU ALL. 
          UM, MY NAME'S TROY ALLEN. 
          I'M THE DIRECTOR OF GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS AT THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDER ASSOCIATION. 
          UM, NOT TO REHASH A LOT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ALREADY PLAYED OUT, BUT, UM, I REALLY WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS OF EVERYTHING THAT'S HAPPENED. 
          SO LAST THURSDAY WAS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND THERE WAS A LOT OF MATERIAL SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES 
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THAT WERE MADE DURING THAT MEETING. 
          AND I THINK THAT ONE OF THE BIGGEST REFLECTIONS OF THAT IS THAT IF YOU LOOK AT A LOT OF THE MATERIALS THAT ARE EVEN GIVEN TO YOU IN YOUR RED LINED ORDINANCE IS, UM, ORDINANCE ON PAGE 33. 
          A LOT OF THE MATERIAL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CHANGED IS STILL THERE TO SHOW, UM, SHARED, TO SHOW SHARED ACCESS WITH THE 24 WIDTH DRIVEWAY. 
          SO THE FACT THAT THE PUBLIC IS NOT ABLE TO SEE THE UPDATES THAT HAVE BEEN MADE DURING PLANNING COM PLANNING COMMISSION, AND WE'RE EXPECTED TO NOT ONLY TODAY, BUT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA BE ASKED LATER TODAY TO, UM, TOMORROW TO APPROVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE 21ST WHENEVER THE PUBLIC STILL DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ALL OF THE GENERAL CHANGES THAT'S GONNA BE COMING UP BEFORE THEM. 
          SO WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT PUBLIC FEEDBACK, LIKE COUNCILMAN KUBA SAID EARLIER THAT IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO REALLY GET THE PUBLIC FEEDBACK WHENEVER THESE BIG CHANGES THAT ARE HAPPENING. 
          WE'RE NOT EVEN ABLE TO GRASP PICTURES TO GET DRAWINGS OR RENDERINGS OF YET. 
          AND YOU ALL BE ASKED TO BE DEC DECIDE TO DECIDE ON THIS VERY SOON. 
          SO OUR BIGGEST ASK FOR THE GREATER HOUSTON BUILDER ASSOCIATION IS TO REALLY LOOK AT THE CHANGES. 
          AND ON THE NEUR LOT PROVISIONS, WE THINK THAT THE NEUR LOT PROVISIONS ARE TOO BIG, TOO IMPACTFUL, AND JUST EVERYTHING THEY'RE ASKING US TO REALLY DECIDE ON THE FLY ON THESE ISSUES REALLY DOES NEED MORE TIME AND CONSIDERATION TO BE THOUGHT OF. 
          UM, ONE OF THE FINAL POINTS I WOULD LIKE TO DO TO ARTICULATE IS TO LOOK AT ALL THE GROUPS THAT ARE NOT SUPPORTING THIS. 
          UM, THE LETTERS PROVIDED FROM THE HOUSTON REAL ESTATE COUNCIL, FROM HRBC, FROM THE GRACIE BUILDERS ASSOCIATION, AND MANY OF THE SUPPORT LETTERS THAT WERE PROVIDED IN YOUR BACKUP PACKAGE, LIKE FROM AGAPE HOMES. 
          IF YOU NOTICE, THAT LETTER CLEARLY LEAVES OUT NARROW LOT PROVISIONS ON THE BULLET POINTS THAT WERE FROM THE OTHER FORM LETTERS AS WELL. 
          AND A LOT OF THE OTHER SUPPORTS ARE FROM ORGANIZATIONS THAT GIVE SUPPORTS TO A LOT OF THE BROADER ISSUES, BUT STILL HAS A LOT OF CONCERNS AND CONTENTION ABOUT THE NARROW LOT PROVISIONS. 
          SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY, REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR GUYS' TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. 
          UH, COUNCIL MEMBER KOSH, I, I ASKED, UH, UH, UH, DIRECTOR BROWN, UH, WOULD THIS INCREASE OR DECREASE THE COST OF HOMES AND AND WHAT WOULD YOUR RESPONSE BE? YEAH, SO VERY BRIEFLY, I, IF YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL PROVISIONS, UM, IT, WHENEVER WE SAY THAT WE'RE GIVING A LOT OF CENSUS, IT IS BANNING ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OPTIONS FOR HOUSING, RIGHT? WHICH IS THE 24 FOOT FRONT, 25 FOOT FRONT LOADER HOUSE. 
          UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FOR MOST ENTRY LEVEL, MYSELF, A YOUNG GUY THAT MAKES A DECENT AMOUNT OF MONEY, THAT'S AN ENTRY LEVEL HOME FOR ME THAT I WANT TO LIVE IN, THAT WOULD BE TAKEN AWAY. 
          SO IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY MAKE THESE NARROW LOT HOUSES MORE EXPENSIVE IF YOU'RE HAVING TO BUILD A 33, THE HOUSE THAT THEY SHOWED YOU WITH THE, UM, DRIVEWAY ON THE 33 FOOT LOT IN THE, UM, IN THE FRONT DOOR, THAT'S, IF MY ESTIMATE'S AT LEAST AN 800, AT LEAST A MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE RIGHT THERE. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL BE PUSHING MORE TOWARDS. 
          OKAY, TROY, IF FOR EVERY THOUSAND DOLLARS THAT WE, THAT WE, THAT WE, UH, INCREASE A, A HOME HERE IN HOUSTON, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE BARRED FROM BEING ABLE TO BUY IT? YEAH. 
          SO EVERY A THOUSAND DOLLARS, UM, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE THAT NUMBER. 
          I BELIEVE IT IS 2,600 PEOPLE IN THE HOUSTON AREA. 
          IN THE HOUSTON REGION. 
          WE'RE PRICING OUT OF A HOUSE. 
          I KNOW THAT WE SAY A THOUSAND DOLLARS OVER A 30 YEAR MORTGAGE. 
          THAT'S NOT THAT MUCH MONEY, BUT WHENEVER YOU GET APPROVED FOR A MORTGAGE, YOU'RE APPROVED FOR THAT NUMBER, NOT THAT NUMBER. 
          PLUS A THOUSAND DOLLARS, NOT THAT NUMBER PLUS $5,000. 
          SO WHENEVER WE TALK ABOUT STACKING THESE PRICES, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REAL FAMILIES AND WITH INTEREST RATES INCREASING RIGHT NOW, THAT'S PRICING PEOPLE OUT OF HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU, TROY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENT PORTION OF TODAY'S MEETING. 
          UH, FOR ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WATCHING, YOU MAY SEND QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS BY EMAILING MY OFFICE AT DISTRICT I@HOUSTONTX.GOV. 
          THAT'S DISTRICT I@HOUSTONTX.GOV. 
          SEEING NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, WE'VE MOVED TO ADJOURN. 
          THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR PARTICIPATING TODAY. 
          THIS MI THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WITH 30 MINUTES BEFORE, AN HOUR BEFORE.
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