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[Planning Commission: Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Hearing on July 27, 2023.]
IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV.THE ABSENT COMMISSIONER HEINZ IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MODEST WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER NELSON WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS HERE.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? PRESENT? PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER? UH, VIERA BLAND WILL BE ABSENT.
CAN WE GET A, CAN WE GET THE SOUNDS LIKE ALFRED HITCHCOCK? NO.
COMMISSIONER KANE, CAN YOU, UH, ARE YOU MUTED OR ARE WE MUTING YOU? NO, WE ARE MUTED.
SO DO YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO THE ROOM AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON? HT V WE STILL HAVE A LEVEL.
WE'LL GET YOU TO UNMUTE WITH MEGAN.
I'M GONNA CONTINUE ON THE ROLE.
UM, COMMISSIONER VAR IS, YEAH, COMMISSIONER VAR.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE AND COMMISSIONER KANE ARE ONLINE, BUT WE HAVE TO HEAR THEM.
COMMISSIONER, UH, DALTON IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MON DECCA PRESENT IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER OR DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT.
12 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL.
WE'RE GONNA WORK ON THE TECHNICAL ISSUE AND THEN WE'LL ANNOUNCE WHEN WE CAN COUNT, UH, POROUS PERLE.
COMMISSIONER KANE, CAN YOU HEAR US? YES, I CAN HEAR YOU.
SO COMMISSIONER KANE IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE YES.
SO OUR FORMAT TODAY WILL GIVE EACH APPLICANT AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THEIR AMENDMENT REQUEST, AFTER WHICH WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, IF I THINK I'VE GOT SPEAKERS SIGNED IN ADVANCE.
BUT IF YOU ARE HERE IN THE ROOM WITH US AND YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT A LITTLE WHITE SHEET LIKE THIS THAT YOU CAN GET AT THE FRONT DESK.
UM, IF YOU'RE JOINING US VIRTUALLY AND WISH TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, GO AHEAD AND PUT YOUR NAME AND THE ITEM LETTER IN THE CHAT SPACE.
UM, IF YOU'RE ON A PHONE WHEN I CALL FOR ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS, YOU MAY THEN SPEAK UP.
IN THE MEANTIME, WE ASK THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE CONNECTED BY PHONE OR COMPUTER TO KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON.
AND OUR VIDEO QUALITY WILL ALSO BE BETTER IF YOU KEEP YOUR, YOUR VIDEO OFF UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
EACH SPEAKER WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES WHEN THE BELL RINGS, YOUR TIME IS UP.
YOU SHOULD WRAP UP QUICKLY AT THAT POINT, UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS, YOUR TIME TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION IS CONCLUDED.
WE DON'T ALLOW BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION EXCEPT IN RESPONSE TO A SPECIFIC QUESTION FROM A COMMISSIONER TO A PARTICULAR SPEAKER.
WITH THAT, I WILL INTRODUCE OUR INTREPID MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN LEADER.
THANK YOU FOR THAT INTRODUCTION.
I'M THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING DIVISION MANAGER FOR THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
SO TODAY'S MEETING IS PART OF THE 2023 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST PROCESS.
IT'S BEING HELD IN PERSON, IT'S ALSO BEING HELD VIRTUALLY.
THE INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE ON THE SCREEN IS GONNA SHOW YOU HOW TO JOIN AND HOW TO PARTICIPATE.
YOU JUST SIT THERE FOR JUST A SECOND SO THE PEOPLE OUT THERE IN THE COMMUNITY CAN SEE.
AND THIS IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW ON HOW TO JOIN VIA MICROSOFT TEAMS. GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
IF YOU ARE JOINING, UH, PLEASE MUTE YOUR TELEPHONE SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE BACKGROUND NOISE.
UH, THE CHAIR WILL ASK YOU TO SPEAK WHEN IT'S TIME FOR COMMENT, GO TO THE NEXT SCREEN.
YOU CAN LEAVE US A NOTE OR COMMENT FOR YOUR CONCERNS, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC.
IF YOU'RE GONNA PUT SOME INFORMATION IN THE CHAT, IT'S ALSO ON THE SCREEN FOR YOU TO SEE.
AND WE'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
SO WE'RE GONNA DO A BRIEF, UH, OVERVIEW OF THE TIMELINE.
IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION RIGHT THERE, YOU CAN GO WITH OUR TO OUR WEBSITE.
SO, JANUARY 3RD THROUGH FEBRUARY 24TH, WE HAD OUR CALL FOR APPLICANTS.
THAT WAS APPROXIMATELY ABOUT EIGHT
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WEEKS OR SO THAT WE ALLOW THE APPLICANTS TO, UH, LET US KNOW THAT THEY HAD AMENDMENT PROPOSALS ON FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD AT 5:00 PM WAS THE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL DEADLINE.THE PLANNING COMMISSION WORKSHOP WAS HELD ON THURSDAY, MAY 11TH, AND THE PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE WAS HELD ON THE EVENING OF WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14TH.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND CLICK IT THROUGH, UH, FROM SIX O'CLOCK TO 7:00 PM IT WAS A VIRTUAL ONLY MEETING.
AND THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY.
AND THIS MEETING, THERE WILL BE NO ACTION AT THIS MEETING.
WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE PUT THAT OUT THERE.
THIS IS NOT THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING.
THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETING.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE HEARD, TO SPEAK TO YOU, TO LET YOU KNOW THEIR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS OF THESE PROPOSALS.
THE FINAL MEETING WILL BE THE MTFP RECOMMENDATION MEETING.
AND LIKE THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETING, THE RECOMMENDATION ACTION MEETING WILL BE HELD BOTH IN PERSON AND VIRTUALLY THAT'S GONNA BE HELD FROM ONE O'CLOCK TO TWO 30.
AS THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD TODAY, THE RECOMMENDATION ACTION MEETING WILL BE HELD ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21ST.
AND AFTER THAT RECOMMENDATION MEETING, THAT'S WHEN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST FORWARD THE PROPOSALS TO CITY COUNCIL BY SEPTEMBER 30TH TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, UH, GET CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THIS IS THE MTFP PUBLIC HEARING MEETING.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING DILIGENTLY WITH THE, UH, INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION TO MAKE SURE WE GET SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR YOU ON SOME OF THESE APPLICATIONS.
AND WE'RE STILL FINALIZING A FEW DETAILS, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME ANSWERS FOR YOU TODAY, HOPEFULLY FOR SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'LL POSE TO US.
SO WITH THAT, NO FURTHER ADO, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH THE APPLICATIONS AND LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS UH, MOSES BURNSIDE ABOUT THE PROCESS? COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, ARE WE GONNA HEAR, UM, SOME ALTERNATIVES OR HAS STAFF IDENTIFIED SOME ALTERNATIVES TO DATE ON SOME OF THESE OR? SO, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN, I THOUGHT ABOUT YOU THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS.
THROUGHOUT THE INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION, I KEPT THINKING, HOW DO WE BRING THIS TO YOU? BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED, WE HAVE A POSSIBILITY OF TWO POSSIBLE PROPOSALS, BUT THEY WEREN'T FINALIZED THROUGH THE INTER AGENCY COORDINATION.
ALTHOUGH WE HAVE HARRIS COUNTY HERE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THOSE POSSIBILITIES.
AND ON THOSE ALTERNATIVES THAT WE HAVE THIS YEAR, THE DIFFERENCE IS IT'S IF WE DO PROPOSE THESE ALTERNATIVES TO YOU, NUMBER ONE, I'LL GET THEM TO YOU EARLIER BEFORE THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING.
BUT NUMBER TWO, THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE.
THEY DON'T CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT.
THEY PRETTY MUCH ARE IMPOSSIBLE.
RECLASSIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SIMPLE SO THAT THE IMAGERY THAT YOU HAVE AND THE PROPOSAL THAT YOU HAVE IS STILL THE SAME.
IT'S JUST MAYBE A SLIGHT CHANGE BASED UPON WHAT WE HAD DETERMINED IN THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION MEETING.
WILL THAT HELP MAJOR CHANGE? I DON'T THINK YOUR MIC'S ON COMMISSIONER.
IF YOU'RE CONSIDERING SOMETHING MAJOR, WE'LL HEAR ABOUT IT TODAY.
AND, AND, AND WE AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOTHING MAJOR, BUT OH, OKAY.
AND MY CONSIDERATION OF YOU, SERIOUSLY, I THOUGHT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, I'M LIKE, HOW DO WE GET THIS INFORMATION TO HER? BUT WE DON'T WANNA GIVE YOU WHAT WE DON'T HAVE YET.
AND WHEN WE HAVE IT FINALIZED FOR A PROPOSED ALTERNATIVE, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU GET IT BEFORE THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING, WHATEVER IT IS.
WE APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THAT, WITH US ON THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE OKAY WITH THAT? THE FIRST, UH, THANK YOU.
THESE ARE THE ACTUAL REQUESTS.
UH, LETTER A IS WEST GREENS ROAD, AND OUR PRESENT PRESENTER IS JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
I'M JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
UM, THIS SITE IS NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL HOUSTON ON HIGHWAY 2 49.
UM, JUST OUTSIDE BELTWAY EIGHT.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THE SEGMENT IN QUESTION.
IT'S, UM, ABOUT 2000 FEET LONG BETWEEN MILLS ROAD ON KIND OF THE NORTHEAST SIDE AND GESNER ON THE WEST SIDE.
UM, THIS IS A LOOK AT KIND OF THE LARGER AREA, UM, AROUND THIS, THIS SEGMENT.
UM, THERE'S A STRONG EXISTING NETWORK IN THIS AREA.
OBVIOUSLY 2 49 AND BELTWAY EIGHT ARE, UM, MAJOR FREEWAYS.
AND THERE'S ALSO AN EXISTING THOROUGHFARE GRID IN THE AREA.
UM, 1960 RUNS SOUTHWEST TO NORTHEAST AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF OTHER THOROUGHFARES, UH, SURROUNDING IT.
UM, THE SEGMENT OF WEST GREENS ROAD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS ABOUT 870 FEET SOUTH OF MILLS ROAD AT ITS WIDEST POINT AND ABOUT 1.4 MILES NORTH OF BELTWAY EIGHT AT ITS WIDEST POINT.
SO THE EXISTING GRID IS ABOUT 1.5 MILES BETWEEN EAST WEST ROUTES IN THIS AREA.
AND OBVIOUSLY GESNER MAKES A STRONG NORTH-SOUTH CONNECTION.
UM, LOOKING AT OTHER PORTIONS OF WEST GREENS ROAD, THERE ARE SOME OTHER
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GAPS TO THE EAST AND WEST GREENS ULTIMATELY WILL STOP AT, I THINK, CUT ROAD CHAMPIONS FOREST OR HOLLISTER, ONE OF THOSE TWO.UM, IT STOPS A COUPLE MILES EAST OF 2 49 IS THE IDEA.
AND SINCE THE LAST SEGMENT TO THE EAST IS OBSTRUCTED BY EXISTING PLATS AND OTHER FEATURES, DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND ET CETERA, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH FURTHER THAT THIS ROAD IS GONNA GO ANYWAY.
SO WE'RE PRETTY MUCH LOOKING AT THE LAST COUPLE MILES THAT WEST GREENS CAN GO AT ALL.
UM, AND WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO DO IS TO DELETE THIS SMALL PORTION OF WEST GREENS ROAD.
SO THE ROAD WILL CONTINUE TO THE WEST, BUT WOULD STOP HERE.
TRAFFIC CAN GO ON THE EXISTING GRID ON MILLS ROAD TO THE EAST.
GESNER CONNECTS TO 2 49 AND BELTWAY EIGHT TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH.
SO THIS SEGMENT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AFFECTS FIVE PROPERTY OWNERS OR GROUPS OF PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND I'VE SHOWN THEM ON THIS EXHIBIT HERE, THESE PROPERTIES, FOUR OF THEM HAVE REMAINED UNDEVELOPED FOR THE LENGTH OF TIME THAT GREENS ROAD HAS BEEN ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
AND THE ONE ON THE FAR WEST, WHICH IS IN GREEN HERE, HAS DEVELOPED AS AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, WAS PLOTTED ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO WITHOUT DEDICATING ANY RIGHT OF WAY WIDENING OR ANY RIGHT OF WAY AT ALL, I SHOULD SAY, TO THIS PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO IF THE ROAD WERE TO BE EXTENDED, THAT APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD HAVE TO REDEVELOP OR BE CONDEMNED OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
BUT, UM, IT'S REALLY EVIDENT THAT THESE OTHER PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN KIND OF HELD HOSTAGE BY THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN, THAT THERE'S A ROAD THAT CURRENTLY CAN NEVER BE CONNECTED, BUT THEY'RE STILL BEING EXPECTED TO DEDICATE THIS RIDE OF WAY.
AND SO THESE PROPERTIES HAVEN'T DEVELOPED.
SO THIS IS LOOKING, UM, AGAIN, JUST MORE CLOSELY AT THE SITE.
UM, THE PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE IS, THERE'S A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT, UM, WOULD LIKE TO DEVELOP THESE PROPERTIES, BUT BECAUSE OF THE QUESTION OF THE THOROUGHFARE, THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND ALSO JUST LOOKING PURELY TECHNICALLY AT, UM, HOW THIS ROAD IS SHAPED, IT'S MAKING A TRIANGLE MILLS ROAD KIND OF GOING AT A SOUTHEASTERN DIRECTION, AND THEN THE EXISTING SEGMENT OF GREENS ROAD TO THE NORTH AND GESNER WHERE IT CONNECTS TO THE NEXT PIECE OF WEST GREENS TO THE WEST.
THERE'S SOME REALLY ACUTE ANGLES AND SOME REALLY SHARP CURVES THAT JUST MAKE THIS A REALLY DIFFICULT PIECE TO CONNECT.
UM, EVEN IF ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY WERE ACQUIRED.
UM, YOU CAN JUST KIND OF FLIP THROUGH THE NEXT FOUR SLOWLY.
WE DID LOOK AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS FOR HOW THIS ROAD COULD BE CONNECTED AND KIND OF WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THE ROAD IS CONNECTED, HOW COULD THAT BE ACHIEVED? BUT ALL OF THEM KIND OF ARE WRESTLING WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS OF THERE'S A SHARP INTERSECTION ANGLE, THERE'S TIGHT RADII THAT ARE SUBSTANDARD.
THEY'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX NO MATTER WHICH OPTION YOU LOOK AT.
THERE'S REALLY NO WAY TO SOLVE THOSE ISSUES AND STILL CONNECT AT EITHER END WITH THE EXISTING PIECES OF RIGHT OF WAY THAT HAVE BEEN DEDICATED.
SO JUST AGAIN, IN SUMMARY, WE'RE ASKING TO DELETE THIS PORTION OF WEST GREENS ROAD BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE DEVELOPED THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY DESIGNED.
AND ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ROAD WOULD NECESSITATE SEVERAL VARIANCES FOR GEOMETRY AND ITS PREVENTING PROPERTIES FROM DEVELOPING.
THANK YOU QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN.
UM, COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE, TO THE OPTIONS OPTIONS, PARTICULARLY THE ONE THAT GOES DOWN TO THE SOUTH MM-HMM
UM, DID, UM, YOU LOOK AT, AND I KNOW THAT APARTMENT IS, IT WOULD BE REALLY TIED ON THE, IT'S STILL GONNA HIT SOME OF THE EXISTING ON ON THE EDGE.
EVEN WHAT ABOUT IF YOU, UM, AND I THINK I KNOW THE QUESTION ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION, BUT I HAVE TO ASK ANYWAY.
WHAT IF YOU RECLASSIFIED IT, UM, THIS PORTION? WOULD THERE BE ENOUGH SPACE ON THE, YOU KNOW, NEAR GESNER, WHATEVER, AND THEN YOU OFFSET THE, UM, WHERE GREEN'S INTERSECT GESNER? IN OTHER WORDS, IT'D BE AN OFFSET AND YOU WOULDN'T BRING THE PART WEST OF GESNER SOUTH TO MEET IT.
IT WOULD JUST GO ON ITS EXISTING PORTION.
AND LIKE I SAID, MAYBE RECLASSIFY.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT? I MEAN, WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T STUDY CLASSIFICATION SPECIFIC BECAUSE IT REQUIRE QUESTION BECAUSE YES, IT WOULD REQUIRE LESS RIGHT OF WAY, BUT THE WAY THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT IT IS REGARDLESS OF THE WIDTH OF THE RIGHT OF WAY MM-HMM
THERE'S STILL ARE GONNA BE ISSUES WITH THE RADIUS, WITH THE INTERSECTION ANGLE ON MILLS ROAD WITH IMPACTING SOME OF THE EXISTING APARTMENT COMPLEX.
EVEN IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE BUILDING INSTEAD OF FOUR, THAT STILL IS GONNA REQUIRE SOME REDEVELOPMENT OR CONDEMNATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO PUNCH THROUGH.
BETWEEN CORRECT SOUTH, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT LITTLE KIND OF POINT RIGHT.
ON THE SOUTH SIDE BY THE BAYOU, IT'S STILL NOT WIDE ENOUGH.
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THAT'S WHAT, ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.UH, JUST, JUST FOR REFERENCE, HOW BIG, UH, OR MANY ACRES IS THE TRACK DOGGETT FOR INSTANCE? YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T PUT THE ACRES ON THERE, THE DOGGETT ONE, LET ME SEE.
OR, OR ANY OF THE OTHER TWO OR THREE.
JUST TRYING TO GET A, SO THE LARGER ONES, LIKE THE, IF YOU FLIP BACK, YEAH, THERE YOU GO.
THE, THE PINK AND ORANGE ONES IN THE MIDDLE ARE KIND OF PLUS OR MINUS 10 ACRES EACH, YOU KNOW, 11 OR SO.
SO THE, THE DOG AT TRACKED, FOR EXAMPLE, I'M SPECULATING IS MAYBE SIX ACRES OR SO.
AND THEN THE, THE PURPLE ONE IN THE FAR RIGHT, MAYBE PERHAPS ALSO 10 ACRES OR THEREABOUT PRETTY SMALL TO BREAK UP.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S REALLY DIFFICULT TO DEVELOP ANY OF THOSE SITES WITH THE THOROUGHFARE GOING THROUGH OR EVEN A COLLECTOR GOING THROUGH FOR THAT MATTER AT THE CORNER.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MS. CURTIS? I HAD ONE.
DO WE KNOW, DID THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE APARTMENTS PREDATE THIS BEING PUT ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN? NO, IT WAS ON THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
I, IN A PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, I HAD SHOWN SOME OF THOSE SIDE-BY-SIDES.
IT WAS ON THE MAP WHEN THAT APARTMENT WAS PLOTTED.
THERE WAS A MISTAKE SOMEWHERE IT GOT MISSED.
JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD.
UM, OKAY, IF YOU DON'T, IF YOU'RE DONE, I'M DONE ON CALL.
I HAVE ANOTHER SPEAKER WHO'S ALSO REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT, CLIFF RUDOLPH.
I, UH, REPRESENT ONE OF THE TRACK DONORS.
UM, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE ONE TRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES.
UH, THE SECOND TRACK IS APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES, AND THE TRIANGLE TRACK IS ABOUT NINE AND A HALF ACRES.
UM, AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE WHAT JENNIFER HAD SAID, AND THAT IS, WE'VE HELD THE LAND FOR APPROXIMATELY 25 YEARS.
WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP IT, SELL IT, AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO BECAUSE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO WHAT JENNIFER MENTIONED, OUR DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IF WE WERE ABLE TO GET THIS DONE, WOULD INCREASE THE TAX BASE FOR THE CITY, UH, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, HAVING DEVELOPED THE PROPERTY.
AND JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE'RE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THE ABANDONMENT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE ON WEST GREENS ROAD.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT OR IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON WEST GREENS HEARING NO RESPONSE? OH, YES, YES.
HOW YOU DOING CHAIR? BRANDON MOSLEY STAFF, UH, WITH CITY PLANNING? I AM THE PLANNER O UH, OVER THIS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK TO, UH, OMAN.
COMMISSIONER OMAN WAS SAYING THAT WE, UH, IN OUR INTER-AGENCY MEETING, THERE WAS NO SUPPORT FOR RECLASSIFICATION DUE TO THE, UH, THE REGION AND THEY WANNA KEEP THAT GRID, SO THEY DIDN'T WANT TO CONSIDER A RECLASSIFICATION.
DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN, OR IS THIS INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS? THIS IS, YES.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON WEST GREENS ROAD? YES, MS. MOSELEY.
UH, JUST TO READ, TURN ON, JUST TO REITERATE, UH, WHAT MR. MOSELEY JUST STATED.
YOU KNOW, THE INTERAGENCY COORDINATION STAFF DID NOT SUPPORT THIS PARTICULAR CHANGE AS A RECLASSIFICATION BECAUSE IT WOULD CUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, AN ENTIRE GRID THAT'S ALREADY A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND MOST OF IT HAS ALREADY BEEN BUILT OUT.
SO THIS ONE LITTLE SEGMENT WOULD BE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN A, YOU KNOW, MAJOR COLLECTOR.
UH, IT'S NOT SAFE, IT'S NOT CONSISTENT, AND IT DOESN'T GO ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING FOR THE SAFETY ISSUES IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T RECLASSIFY OUR THOROUGH AFFAIRS IN THE MIDDLE OF A THOROUGHFARE.
UH, IF THAT WAS A CORRIDOR THAT WAS ALL THE WAY, THAT WAS A MAJOR COLLECTOR, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CONSIDERATION, BUT ALSO WANTED TO STATE FOR THE RECORD TOO, THAT TDOT DID NOT SUPPORT IT EITHER.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER THAT WHEN YOU, UH, MAKE YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR AMENDMENT.
BUT YOU'RE GONNA PROVIDE US ALL THAT INFORMATION? YES, WE WILL.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON LETTER A WEST GREENS ROAD? HEARING NO RESPONSE.
AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO LETTER B WILCREST DRIVE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, ROLANDO GUDO.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME'S ROLANDO GUDO AND I'M COMING TO YOU FROM THE COMMUNITY OF ALE.
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SHANNON, WHICH IS COMPRISED OF FOUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS.I'VE LIVED THERE ABOUT EIGHT AND A HALF YEARS.
AND, UH, A LOT OF THE APPLICATIONS, UM, YOU'RE REVIEWING MOST LIKELY HAVE TO DO WITH DEVELOPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE FORMALITIES.
BUT THIS ONE, UH, PARTICULARLY I FEEL IS, UM, MORE RELATED TO PUBLIC SAFETY.
UH, THIS ONE MILE STRETCH, IF WE CAN GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS ONE MILE STRETCH THAT, UH, ON WILCREST AND BETWEEN BEECHNUT AND BINU BINET IS VERY DANGEROUS.
AND IT HAS BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF SPEEDING, RECKLESS DRIVING, UH, A LOT OF PROPERTY DAMAGES.
WE HAVE HOMES THAT ARE WITHIN 20 FEET OF, OF WILCREST 20 TO 50 FEET.
AND HOMES HAVE BEEN CRASHED INTO, I KNOW THERE'S PROBABLY BEEN A FATALITY ABOUT SIX MONTHS AGO.
JUST AN ENDLESS AMOUNT OF ACCIDENTS.
AND, UM, SO WE ARE HERE, I'M HERE TODAY TO, UH, REPRESENT THIS APPLICATION TO REQUEST A DECLASSIFICATION OF THIS.
SO WE HAVE OTHER SOLUTIONS TO EXPLORE, SUCH AS SPEED CUSHIONS, STOP SIGNS, SPEED BUMPS, UM, UH, WHATEVER WE CAN EVALUATE, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, TO TODAY, WE ARE NOT LOOKING, UH, WE ARE ONLY LOOKING FOR THAT RECLASSIFICATION SO WE CAN EVALUATE THINGS FOR THE COMMUNITY IN THE FUTURE.
WE ALSO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, MR. EDWARD POLLARD, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD.
AND HE DID A WONDERFUL JOB OF ENGAGING WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO LOOK AT SOME SOLUTIONS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN HOLDING SOME MEETINGS, SOME TOWN HALLS IN OUR, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND OUR OPTIONS WERE EXTREMELY LIMITED, VERY LIMITED, BUT HE REALLY FOUGHT FOR US.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WORKED WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO TRY TO FIND SOME KIND OF SOLUTION, WHICH WE WERE TOLD THERE WERE NONE.
UM, THERE WAS ONE, UM, SOLUTION THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED BY SLIGHTLY WIDENING, SORRY, SLIGHTLY REDUCING THE LANES, INSTALLING SOME RUMBLE STRIPS ON THE SHOULDERS, UM, THAT JUST, THAT DIDN'T CUT IT.
UH, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS, WE HAVE PROBABLY AVERAGED ALMOST, UH, A MAJOR ACCIDENT IN, IN ALMOST THE PAST SIX MONTHS.
WE HAD OUR, UM, IN MY ASSOCIATION IN PARTICULAR, OUR POOL FENCE WAS COMPLETELY DECIMATED.
UM, IF YOU FLIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, THIS IS AS IT WAS FOR MANY YEARS.
UM, AND THE NEXT SLIDE JUST SHOWS IT'S JUST COMPLETELY GONE.
UM, THAT COSTS US $22,000 THAT WE DON'T HAVE.
OUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS ARE RIDICULOUSLY HIGH.
OUR, UM, DEDUCTIBLES ARE HIGH.
THIS DIDN'T EVEN MEET THE DEDUCTIBLE OF $25,000.
SO, AND I BELIEVE IN THIS INSTANCE IT WAS A HIT AND RUN.
I, I DON'T THINK WE GOT ANYTHING OUT OF THAT.
UM, SO WE WERE ABLE TO REPLACE IT, UH, ONLY TO HAVE ABOUT SIX WEEKS OR LESS LATER.
UH, UH, AN IDENTICAL ACCIDENT.
UM, IT DIDN'T COMPLETELY WIPE THE FENCE OUT, BUT IT COST ALMOST $8,000 IN ADDITIONAL DAMAGE.
SO THAT'S ALMOST $30,000 IN THE HOLE FOR THE FIRST SIX WEEKS OF THE YEAR.
UM, SO YOU HAVE PROPERTY DAMAGE AND, AND PEOPLE'S PERSONAL SAFETY.
THIS IS A MAJOR ROAD, IT'S A METRO BOOST ROAD.
THERE'S PEDESTRIANS, THERE'S SCHOOL CHILDREN JUST WALKING THESE SIDEWALKS ALL THE TIME.
I HAVE SEEN A METRO, UH, STOP CRASHED INTO MULTIPLE TIMES IN THE YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED THERE.
IT'S A HIGH, IT'S ALSO A HIGH INJURY NETWORK, WHICH I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME NEW NUMBERS THAT WERE RELEASED IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND THEY WILL PROBABLY PAINT THE, UH, PICTURE THAT PERSISTS, UM, ON WILCREST.
SO IN CONCLUSION, WE'RE ASKING FOR CONSIDERATION TO CHANGE OUR CLASSIFICATION SO THAT WE HAVE MORE SOLUTIONS TO EXPLORE, UM, IN THE COMING, UM, YEAR.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE THE SUPPORT OF OUR DISTRICT J OFFICE AND, UH, COUNCILMAN BUR POLLARD, UM, HE REALLY HAS A GOOD UNDERSTANDING AND THE OFFICE DOES OF OUR SITUATION.
AND, UM, I THINK THIS DECISION IS NOT SIMPLE, BUT I THINK IT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR? YES, COMMISSIONER JONES? UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR.
WHAT IS THE CURRENT SPEED LIMIT IN THAT SEGMENT? UH, 35 MILES AN HOUR.
AND IT'S OFTEN, UH, POSTED, BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK IS ACTUAL, LET ME, UH, CONSERVATIVELY 50 AND UP, IT SOUNDS LIKE A RACEWAY AT NIGHT.
UM, THAT, THAT DOES REMIND ME OF ANOTHER POINT.
YOU KNOW, THAT COMMUNITY IS EXTREMELY DIVERSE.
WE HAVE, UH, RESIDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH DIFFERENT DRIVING HABITS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S A, THAT'S A CONSIDERATION TOO, BECAUSE
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THIS IS A BEHAVIORAL ISSUE.SO IF YOU'RE JUST IMPOSING LAWS OR LIMITS, I DON'T THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AS EFFECTIVE AS SOMETHING PHYSICAL.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A PERFECT SOLUTION, BUT IT'S PROBABLY THE NEXT BEST THING.
HAS, UH, HAS THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, I ASSUME IS SAID, HAS NOT OFFERED ANY SOLUTIONS, PHYSICAL SOLUTIONS LIKE SPEED CUSHIONS OR OTHER THINGS THAT SLOW DOWN TRAFFIC BECAUSE IT'S A MAJOR THERAPY, RIGHT.
THE CLOSEST THAT WE GOT WAS THIS RECENT SOLUTION WITH THE RUMBLE STRIPS, UH, ON THE EXTENDED SHOULDER.
BUT SO YOU'RE LOOKING TO DECLASSIFY SO THAT YOU, YOU CAN QUALIFY THEM FOR SOME OTHER MISSIONS.
THE COMMUNITY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WHERE OUR HANDS ARE TIED, RIGHT? WE KEEP TELLING EVERYBODY THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO.
AND SO, BUT THIS IS THE NEXT THING THAT WE CAN DO.
ANYBODY ELSE? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, YES.
I, I THINK WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM OUR STAFF HERE.
UM, JUST AS CLARIFICATION, THERE ARE MANY THINGS THE CITY CAN DO TO REDESIGN A STREET THAT DOES NOT.
UH, SOME THINGS ARE REQUIRED TO RE-DESIGNATE THE STREET CLASSIFICATION.
TRADITIONAL TRAFFIC CALMING, LIKE SPEED BUMPS DOES REQUIRE IT BE RE-DESIGNATED.
UH, BUT WE REDESIGNED STREETS ALL THE WAY ON ALL THE TIME TO MAKE THEM SAFER, WHICH ARE NOT NECESSARILY TRAFFIC CALMING.
AND THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A RE-DESIGNATION.
SO YOU COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DONE ON 11TH STREET YES, MA'AM.
TO, TO REDUCE THE LANES OR, OR SOMETHING.
COMMISSIONER ALLMAN AND HAVE YOU DISCUSSED THAT WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD? UH, WE ARE IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS EXPLAINING WHAT THE DIFFERENT PATHS ARE, BUT THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT TO COME AND PRESENT.
BUT YEAH, I'LL JUST, YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL CONSIDER IT AND APPRECIATE YOU WORKING WITH THEM ON SOMETHING ELSE.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, I'M JUST CURIOUS, HAVE YOU LOOKED SOUTH OF BISSONET BETWEEN BISSONET AND 59 AS WELL ON WILCREST? UH, I CAN'T SAY I HAVE.
IT'S, IT'S PRETTY HOT AS WELL.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF, THERE'S A LOT OF PROBLEMS SAFETY WISE THERE AS WELL.
UM, IF IT HELPS, IF I CAN TAKE 10 MORE SECONDS, PLEASE TELL.
UH, THE CITY'S VISION ZERO PLAN, UM, ANALYZED FIVE YEARS OF CRASH DATA AND, UH, DEVELOPED WHAT THE APPLICANT CALLED THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
THOSE ARE THE, ABOUT 60% OF CRASHES HAPPEN ON ABOUT 6% OF OUR CITY STREETS.
UH, SO THIS PART OF WILCREST ON SOME OTHERS ARE VERY HIGH ON THE LIST FOR SAFETY REDESIGNS.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY PRIORITIZED AS PART OF OUR SAFETY PROGRAM, AS RESOURCES BECOME AVAILABLE, THAT IS WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS ASKING, WHETHER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF WILCREST WHERE YOU GET CLOSER TO 59, WHETHER THAT'S IN THAT SAME CATEGORY OR NOT, I'M, WE'D HAVE TO CHECK.
I DON'T KNOW OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, BUT THANK YOU.
BUT YOU JUST SAID 60% OF THE CRASHES OCCUR ON 6% OF OUR STREETS.
AND SO THESE SOLUTIONS WILL BE BROUGHT TO US NEXT TIME.
UM, AND, AND I'M WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS.
THAT SOUTHERN PORTION NEEDS TO BE A PART OF THE FIX.
I DON'T THINK JUST FIXING ONE SEGMENT OF THAT ROADWAY IS GONNA DO WHAT THESE FOLKS AND ALL OF US AS RESIDENTS OF HOUSTON NEED.
SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT WE LOOK AT THE SOUTHERN SIDE AS WELL, ALONG WITH THIS.
WE'LL CERTAINLY LOOK AT ANYWHERE ON THE CORRIDOR ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
TO BE CLEAR THOUGH, WE DON'T BRING SAFETY DESIGN PROJECTS TO PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS IS JUST THE APPLICATION FOR RE DESIGNATION.
I UNDERSTAND, BUT I WANNA UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR SOLUTIONS ARE.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR RECLASSIFICATION.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF WE'RE GONNA DENY THAT YOU GUYS ARE GONNA RECOMMEND DENIAL, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THESE FOLKS? ALL WE'LL ABLE TO OFFER IN THE NEXT MONTH IS THAT IT IS ON THE PRIORITY LIST OF STREETS TO BE REDESIGNED, BUT WE WON'T HAVE A DESIGN READY IN 60, IN 30 DAYS.
NO, I, I I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT I'M ASKING.
I WANNA UNDERSTAND THAT I, IT'LL BE ON THE DESIGN LIST, BUT WHAT WILL BE ON WHAT, WHAT NO FIX.
WE'LL JUST KNOW THAT IT'S ON YOUR LIST.
AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR MONEY TOO.
ANYBODY ELSE? AS AN UP NOTE, UM, WE HAVE SOME VERY RECENT EXAMPLES WHERE IT WAS ON THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK, LIKE TELEPHONE ROAD AND BINETTE STREET WHERE WE APPLIED FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.
COMBINED BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROJECTS, WE'VE RECEIVED $50 MILLION FOR, UH, IMPROVING THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
SO WE HAVE A VERY GOOD TRACK RECORD WHEN WE MAKE THE CASE TO BE ABLE TO GO FORTH AND MAKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
MY WHOLE POINT IS THESE FOLKS NEED HELP NOW.
AND SO IF A RECLASSIFICATION AND SPEED BUMPS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT COULD HELP THEM, 'CAUSE YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT FEDERAL GRANT, YOU KNOW, IN A SHORT ORDER.
SO THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING IS FOR US TO CONSIDER HOW CAN WE HELP THEM IN THE SHORT TERM.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS
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TO SPEAK ON OH YEAH, SORRY, COMMISSIONER, UH, ROSENBERG, UH, UH, DAVID, UM, DOES RECLASSIFYING IT, UM, HELP OR HINDER ANY PROCESSES THAT YOU WOULD GO THROUGH TO HELP, UH, CREATE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE STREET? UM, THEY'RE KIND OF PARALLEL PROCESSES.UM, CERTAINLY RECLASSIFYING DOES ALLOW OTHER TRAFFIC CALMING, UM, DESIGNS TO BE INCLUDED, LIKE SPEED BUMPS.
WHAT WE GENERALLY DON'T TRY TO DO IS RECLASSIFY INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS BECAUSE THAT JUST PUSHES, YOU KNOW, THE TIRE SPEED.
IT DOESN'T LET THE ROAD DO THE ENTIRE THING IT NEEDS TO DO FOR THE COURT.
OR YOU GO FASTER, SLOWER, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT DESIGNS.
UH, A MORE CONSISTENT, UH, APPROACH TO THE FULL DESIGN IS WHAT WE PREFER.
MAY ASK, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? DO A FOLLOW UP, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, JUST SO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, ALSO, IF WE WERE TO RECLASSIFY THIS, THIS, UH, CORRIDOR, ADDING SPEED BUMPS IS NOT NECESSARILY GOING TO BE THE ANSWER.
UH, COMMISSIONER CLARK SPEED BUMPS.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A SPEEDING ISSUE, IT'S AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE, NUMBER ONE.
AND IF WE ARE STILL SPEEDING ALONG THAT CORRIDOR AND WE'VE GOT SPEED HUMPS THERE, THEN YOU'VE GOT A CAR THAT COULD POSSIBLY GO INTO FLIGHT BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT OBEYING THE LAWS.
IT'S ENFORCEMENT, NOT JUST, UM, AND IF THE ENFORCEMENT IS RANDOM AS THEY'VE LOOKED AT THE TRAFFIC RECORDS, IT'S JUST PEOPLE SPEEDING RANDOM TIMES OF THE DAY.
IF WE PUT SPEED BUMPS THERE, THE POSSIBILITY IS THAT IF THEY'RE STILL DISOBEYING THE LAWS AND THEY KEEP SPEEDING, THEN THOSE SPEED HUMPS COULD ACTUALLY MAKE THE, UH, CARS GO INTO FLIGHT AND SEND THOSE CARS INTO AN AREA AND INTO A HOME AND INTO A HOME.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE TO CONSIDER WHEN WE TALK ABOUT RECLASSIFICATION.
SPEED BUMPS ARE GREAT, BUT THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THE ANSWER IF THE LAWS ARE NOT BEING FOLLOWED.
LET ME GO AHEAD AND KEEP CALLING SPEAKERS.
I THINK WE HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
DID I HEAR SOMEONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON WILCREST DRIVE? YEAH, SO FROM THE, UM, CHAT WE HAVE DAVID ALEXANDER ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD.
OKAY, MR. ALEXANDER, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MY NAME IS DAVID ALEXANDER.
I'M A STAFFER WITH COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD'S OFFICE.
AND, UM, LIKE, UH, MR. ROLANDO STATED THIS, THIS IS DEFINITELY A NOTORIOUS STRETCH FOR SPEEDING.
WE'VE UTILIZED SOME OF OUR FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT, UM, CERTAIN, UH, MEASURES SUCH AS THE RUMBLE STRIPS, UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, UTILIZING OTHER, EITHER, WHETHER IT BE SIGNALS OR NTMP SUCH AS CUSHIONS.
WE DID HAVE, WE DO STILL HAVE THE FUNDING TO, TO TRY TO MOVE THIS FORWARD.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE BARRED BECAUSE OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE STREET.
WE DEFINITELY APPRECIATE MR. THE, THE WORK OF ORLANDO, THE COMMUNITY AND MR. FIELDS.
BUT THE, THE COUNCIL MEMBER DID WANT TO EXPRESS THAT HE ISN'T IN SUPPORT OF DOING THIS.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, UM, IT WOULD IMPROVE THE MOBILITY AND SAFETY ALONG THIS PORTION OF WORK PER OUR UNDERSTANDING.
AND WE, WE DID, WE DO SEE THE ISSUE OF IT GOING, EXTENDING, UH, TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOES WANT TO SHOW SUPPORT FOR THIS.
UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY, THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON, UH, WILCREST? YES, WE HAVE RICHARD SMITH FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
GOOD, A GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS RICHARD SMITH OF PUBLIC WORKS.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY ONE THING.
EVEN DOWNGRADING THIS WOULD NOT MAKE IT ELIGIBLE FOR SPEED HUMPS.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT WE DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT.
THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON THERE EXCEEDS WHAT WE WOULD TYPICALLY CONSIDER FOR SPEED HUMPS.
NOW, IT MAY MAKE IT OPEN FOR OTHER ELIGIBLE OR ELIGIBLE FOR OTHER METHODS OF TRAFFIC CONTROL, BUT SPEED HUMPS IS USUALLY RESTRICTED TO ROADWAYS THAT ARE LOOKING IN VOLUMES LESS THAN 5,000.
AND THIS SECTION OF ROADWAY CLEARLY EXCEEDS 5,000 VEHICLES IN A DAY.
SO I DON'T KNOW THAT SPEED HUMP WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD NECESSARILY CONSIDER FOR THIS.
SO JUST BECAUSE IT DOES GET, IF IT DID GET DOWNGRADED IN CLASSIFICATION, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE FOR SPEED HUMPS.
THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, I JUST NEED TO CLARIFY YOU, I PROBABLY GOT EVERYONE OFF ON SPEED HUMPS.
I DON'T CARE IF IT'S SPEED HUMPS, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S A DIFFERENT TRAFFIC COMM.
IT'S TRAFFIC CALMING I'M LOOKING FOR, SO I'M NOT ADVOCATING SPEED BUMPS, I'M JUST ADVOCATING SAFETY, UH, FOR THIS VERY DANGEROUS ROADWAY.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, I'M NOT REQUESTING SPEED HUMPS.
THIS IS RICHARDS, MS. COUNCILMAN AARON, COMMISSIONER CLARK.
AND THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY.
IT SEEMED LIKE SEVERAL PEOPLE BROUGHT UP SPEED HUMPS, AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT EVEN IF IT, YOU KNOW, SPEED HOMES MAY NOT BE AN ALTERNATIVE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS.
THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN FOR CLARIFICATION.
MR. SMITH, IF IT WAS DECLASSIFIED
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TO A LOWER CLASSIFICATION, COULD THE SPEED LIMIT BE LOWERED? THEN? WHAT'S THE SPEED LIMIT TIED TO HOLD ON THE SPEED LIMIT? THE SPEED LIMITS ARE TIED TO SPEED STUDIES, WHICH THEN WE LOOK AT, THERE'S SEVERAL CLASSIFICATIONS GOING TO THAT.ONE WOULD BE, WHAT IS THE CURRENT, USUALLY THE 85TH PERCENTILE OF, OF TRAFFIC ON THERE, AS WELL AS THE NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS, OTHER CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ROADWAY? UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT VERY WELL COULD BE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ROADWAY DICTATES WHAT WE POST.
THE SPEED LIMIT AT MR. FIELDS IS HERE.
UH, MR. SMITH, LET ME, LET ME PUNT TO HIM.
UM, I, I THINK THE VISION OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS MAKE IT A SAFER STREET.
AND THESE ARE ALL THE DIFFERENT TOOLS IN OUR TOOLBOX.
WE WOULD'VE TO FIGURE OUT WHICH ARE THE RIGHT ONES.
AS YOU HEARD, THIS MAY OR MAY NOT BE APPLICABLE FOR SPEED BUMPS WITH THE RIGHT CLASSIFICATION.
UM, BUT WHAT WE KNOW IS THERE IS A, UH, BROAD AND WIDENING GROUP OF TOOLS THAT WE CAN USE TO ACTUALLY DESIGN IT TO BRING THE SPEED DOWN.
UM, SO IT IS CLOSER TO WHAT WE WANT FOR A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS.
UM, SO THE POSTED SPEED IS ONE FACTOR, BUT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT FOR A SAFER STREET IS WHERE WE START.
AND WHEN WE GET TO A FULL DESIGN OF THE CORRIDOR, THOSE ARE THE FACTORS THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON WILCREST DRIVE? UH, MADAM CHAIR, MAY I SAY ONE MORE THING JUST FOR THE RECORD SINCE, UH, YOU KNOW, MS. MO MOSES BURNSIDE, I, WE REALLY NEED TO YOU WANNA WRAP IT UP? MOVE THE HEARINGS? CAN WE SURE.
IS, IS IT NO, IT'S, IT'S JUST CRUCIAL, SOMETHING TO CLARIFY THAT RICHARD STATED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC COUNT, BUT IF IT'S NOT NECESSARY, WE'RE GOOD.
YEAH, NO, I'M, I'M WORRIED THAT WE'RE GONNA OKAY.
SO WITH, IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON WILCREST DRIVE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED ON THE ITEM.
UH, AND WITH THAT WE WILL GO TO FRANCE ROAD, UH, LETTER C, AND AGAIN, IT'LL BE JENNIFER CURTIS FROM META.
JENNIFER CURTIS TALKING ABOUT FRANZ ROAD, WHICH IS AN EAST WEST THOROUGHFARE LOCATED ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF HOUSTON, LOCATED ACTUALLY THIS PORTION IN WALLER COUNTY, WEST OF THE CITY OF KATY.
UM, THIS IS A LOOK AT THE AREA IN QUESTION.
IT'S ABOUT A TWO MILE SEGMENT OF FRAN ROAD, AND WE'RE REQUESTING A REALIGNMENT.
SO THIS IS THE REGION THAT WE'RE IN.
UM, WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT THOROUGHFARE PLANS THAT WE'RE HAVING TO CONTEND WITH.
THE CITY OF KATY IS IMMEDIATELY EAST OF HERE.
HOUSTON'S ETJ WRAPS AROUND THE CITY OF KATY TO THE OTHER SIDE.
AND THEN AT THE VERY EDGE, WE'RE AT THE EDGE OF THE ETJ AND WE PICK UP WALLER COUNTY'S THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
SO ALL THREE THOROUGHFARE PLANS KIND OF WORKING IN CONJUNCTION HERE.
UM, FRANZ ROAD IS AN EAST TO WEST STREET.
IT COMES FROM THE EAST SIDE IN THE GRAND PARKWAY.
AND HOUSTON'S ETJ GOES THROUGH THE CITY OF KATY OUT THE OTHER SIDE INTO THIS SUBJECT TRACT, WHICH IS AN ORANGE ON YOUR SCREEN.
AND THEN IT TERMINATES, UM, ON HOUSTON'S PLAN AT THE ETJ LINE CONTINUES ON WALLER COUNTY'S PLAN TO 28 55, I THINK IS THE NAME OF THE FM ROAD THERE.
SO OUR REQUEST IS, UM, THE EXISTING ALIGNMENT IS THE DOTS IN RED ON YOUR SCREEN AND ARE, WE'RE ASKING TO MOVE THE THOROUGHFARE A LITTLE BIT TO THE NORTH.
UM, THE REASON IS BECAUSE THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT GOES THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOODWAY ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF SNAKE CREEK.
WE'RE ASKING TO MOVE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OUT TRACK THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE GOING TO THE SAME END POINT TO THE EAST AND THE WEST.
SO CLOSE UP HERE, YOU CAN SEE THE FLOODWAY IN RED.
THE, UM, CREEK BED ITSELF IS A DARKER RED COLOR, UM, AND THE FLOOD PLAIN, UM, OF THE UNDEVELOPED SITE IS IN GREEN.
UM, THE RED DOTS ARE WHERE THE CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN SHOWS THIS ROAD GOING.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH RIGHT ON TOP OF THE CREEK SOUTH OF THAT OUT TRACK.
UM, WE'RE ASKING TO JUST MOVE IT UP, PICK IT UP, AND MOVE IT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE OUT TRACK.
UM, THE OUT TRACK IN QUESTION, THERE IS A FULLY DEVELOPED OIL AND GAS SITE.
UM, THERE'S VARIOUS EQUIPMENT FOR DISTRIBUTION AND MOVING OIL AND GAS AROUND.
UM, SO THAT SITE CURRENTLY HAS FULL ACCESS ON SLIP ROAD, UM, WHICH IS ALSO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GOING NORTH TO SOUTH.
UM, SINCE FRANZ ROAD AND ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION CAN'T BE BUILT, THEY'RE NOT LOSING ANY FRONTAGE BY MOVING IT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THEIR SITE.
UM, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THAT LANDOWNER.
THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY JUST CHANGED HANDS, SO WE'VE NOW REACHED OUT TO THE NEW LANDOWNER TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS.
BUT GIVEN THAT THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION
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CAN'T PROVIDE THEM ACCESS BECAUSE IT CAN'T BE BUILT, UM, WE FEEL THAT WE'RE IMPROVING THE SITUATION BY MOVING IT TO THE NORTH SIDE.WE'RE REQUESTING TO REALIGN FRANZ RED.
COMMISSIONER JONES? YES, THANK YOU.
UM, IS THIS PROPERTY WITH THE, WITHIN THE, THE REGION OF REAL RELOCATION IN PLAY THAT IS PLANNING, UH, OWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT, UH, A LOT OF ACTIVITY KIND OF PREPARING THIS FOR CONSTRUCTION.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE, THE SURROUNDING AREA OR THE PARTICULAR OUT TRACK? THE OIL AND GAS, THIS IS THE PARTICULAR, BUT WHERE THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT IS SHOWING IS, IS THAT LAND IN PLAY? YES.
SO THERE IS AN ACTIVE GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, I THINK AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, UM, FOR THIS TRACK TO BEGIN DEVELOPMENT.
UM, WE'RE WORKING WITH WALLER COUNTY ON, UM, GETTING PLATS PREPARED, AND THIS THOROUGHFARE, UM, WILL BE IN PLAY WITH PHASE TWO OF THAT DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE WORKING TO GET IT RESOLVED.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON LETTER C FRAN ROAD? ANYONE LISTENING OR IN THE ROOM? UM, IF NOT, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON FRAN ROAD IS CLOSED.
AND WE MOVE ON TO LETTER D, BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT ROAD, AND THAT'LL BE BRAD SCHWEITZER WITH EHRA.
GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS BRAD SCHWEITZER WITH EHRA.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT.
AND THEN, UH, UNNAMED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
UH, SO THE TRACK IN QUESTION IS, UH, THE NORTHEAST PORTION OF THE HOUSTON ETJ AND THE VERY SOUTHEAST PORTION OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
UM, SO WE ARE REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER SOUTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY WEST OF KANEY CREEK.
UH, WE'RE REQUESTING THE REMOVAL OF THE UNNAMED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT CROSSES KANEY CREEK, THE REMOVAL OF THE COLLECTOR ROAD BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT THAT ALSO CROSSES KANEY CREEK AND THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT, UH, EXISTING BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT FROM A COLLECTOR TO A MINOR COLLECTOR.
SO THIS SLIDE HERE SHOWS THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
UM, THE PORTION OF PROPERTY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS MOSTLY OUTSIDE OF THE FLOODPLAIN.
UH, THERE ARE PORTIONS ADJACENT TO CANY CREEK THAT ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN THAT WOULD REMAIN UNDEVELOPED, UH, WHERE THE POTENTIALLY JURISDICTIONAL WETLANDS EXIST, UH, IN THE CEMETERY.
UM, BUT ON THE WEST SIDE OF, OR THE EAST SIDE OF CANYON CREEK, UH, THAT'S THE SIDE THAT CANYON CREEK OVERFLOWS ON.
SO YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, THE, THE FLOODPLAIN EXTENDS PRETTY PRETTY FAR EAST IN ADDITION TO THE FLOODWAY.
AND SO WE'VE DIAGRAMMATICALLY SHOWN SOME BRIDGES HERE, SOME PLANTER BRIDGES.
THESE AREN'T ENGINEER BRIDGES, SO I EXPECT THAT THE BRIDGES IF NECESSARY WOULD BE MUCH LONGER.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE 600 FOOT SPANS I BELIEVE WE PUT ON HERE, UM, LESS THAN A HALF MILE FROM THE GRAND PARKWAY.
THEY WOULD BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE PUBLIC PROJECTS.
UM, AND WE DON'T THINK THAT THEY ENHANCED, UH, TRANSPORTATION NEEDS VERY MUCH IN THIS AREA WITH THE COMPLETION OF THE GRAND PARKWAY, UM, PROVIDING, UH, A VERY NICE REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY IN THIS AREA.
SO THIS IS A NEW SLIDE THAT WE ADDED SINCE THE LAST TIME WE WE MET.
UM, SO COMMUNITY DRIVE, UH, THERE WAS COMMUNITY DRIVE WAS SHOWN ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN 2017 AND THEN REMOVED DURING THE 2017 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AMENDMENT CYCLE.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE IN 2018 IT'S NOT THERE.
UH, BUT THEN IT REAPPEARS AS A ZOMBIE, UH, IN 2019.
AND SO WE DO BELIEVE THAT GIVEN THE, UH, PROXIMITY TO THE GRAND PARKWAY AND BAPTIST ENC COMMITMENT THAT THIS SPECIFIC SPECIFIC PORTION OF COMMUNITY DRIVE WAS RE-ADDED ON ACCIDENT.
UM, SO IN ADDITION TO COMMUNITY DRIVE BEING ADDED ON ACCIDENT, THE PROXIMITY TO THE GRAND PARKWAY, UH, FOR BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT ITSELF IS, UH, UNNECESSARY CONNECTION TO MAKE.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE ONE, UH, RESIDENT FEEDBACK, UH, DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, DURING THE WORKSHOP, EXCUSE ME, IN SUPPORT, UH, OF THE AMENDMENT REQUEST, UH, PROPERTY OWNER ON THE EAST SIDE OF CANYON CREEK.
UM, AND WE HAVE, UM, RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM MONTGOMERY COUNTY THAT CURRENTLY THEY'RE NOT IN SUPPORT OF OUR AMENDMENT REQUEST.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT'S CRUCIAL TO, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S, UH, AGREEMENT AND ACCEPTANCE OF THESE AMENDMENT REQUESTS.
SO WE ARE ACTIVELY WORKING WITH THEM.
UM, WE'VE HAD PRODUCTIVE MEETINGS AND WE'RE HOPING TO GET THAT SUPPORT, UM, PRIOR TO THE MEETING IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, ONE, ONE OTHER, UH, THING THAT I FAILED TO MENTION WAS, UH, THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BAP ENCAMPMENT THAT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR PROPERTY, BUT, UM,
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IN A CONJUNCTION WITH OUR AMENDMENT REQUEST, UH, IT'S AN APPROPRIATE RECLASSIFICATION THAT WOULD NO LONGER COLLECT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND IS FRONTED BY LARGE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.QUESTIONS FOR MR. SCHWEITZER? UH, OKAY, WELL, WE'LL HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS.
PAIGE LUKA? UH, PAIGE IS, UH, NOT HERE TODAY.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, JOAQUIN AGUIRE.
IS HE VIRTUAL? HE SAID HE JUST CAME TO HERE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT ROAD? ANY COMMENTS FROM STAFF? BRIEFLY? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
I'M GONNA BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN.
UH, PLEASE TURN ON THE MAP RIGHT THERE.
WE'VE DISCUSSED THIS WITH, UH, INTERAGENCY COORDINATION.
THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSAL IS NOT DOCUMENT CAMERA SUPPORTED, UH, BY STAFF, NOR IS IT SUPPORTED BY MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
I'VE REACHED OUT AND SPOKEN WITH THEM.
THEY SENT AN EMAIL SAYING THEY DO NOT SUPPORT THIS ALIGNMENT OR THIS PROPOSAL BECAUSE THEY NEED THAT AREA FOR MOBILITY FOR CONNECTIVITY.
NOW I WANNA SPEAK TO THE 2017.
2017, IT DID COME OFF OUR MAP AND THEN IT GOT BACK ON OUR MAP.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW, BUT I THINK WHAT HAPPENED WAS IN 2019, UM, I'M SORRY, 2021 DOCUMENT CAMERA.
CAN YOU TURN ON THE DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE? MONTGOMERY COUNTY RELEASED THEIR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
THIS IS STILL ON THEIR MAP, AND IT GOES, IT'S GORGEOUS
IF THEY'RE GONNA, WE'RE TRYING.
I HAD NO IDEA IT WAS LIKE THAT IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY.
SO LET ME SHOW YOU ON THE MAP HERE.
I'M GONNA TRY TO ZOOM IN AS, BUT YOU SEE THE LITTLE CIRCLE, IT'S MY LITTLE HAND CIRCLE RIGHT THERE, BUT IT JUST KINDA SHOWS YOU THE BAPTIST IN CAMPTON ROAD EXTENSION, COMMUNITY DRIVE UNKNOWN, UM, UNNAMED THOROUGHFARE ON OUR END, BUT COMMUNITY DRIVE GOES ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE EAST TEXAS FREEWAY.
THEY NEVER, THEY DIDN'T TAKE IT OFF THE MAP.
SO JUST WELL, YOU'RE GONNA, WE NEED TO HAVE THAT CLARIFIED FOR US.
UM, IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON BAPTIST ENCAMPMENT ROAD, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
WE MOVE TO, UH, LETTER E INTER KATIE TRANSIT CORRIDOR STREET, AND THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, AMMA, UH, ANA, ANA.
DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? ANA? CLOSE.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MY NAME IS AMMA AUGH WITH METRO TRANSIT AUTHORITY, UH, HERE TO PROVIDE AN, UH, A TALK ABOUT THE METRO RAPID INDICATED PROJECT.
UM, THIS METRO RAPID ICA PROJECT WAS INCLUDED IN THE METRO NEXT PLAN ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN 2019.
THE PROJECT IS ALSO RECOGNIZED BY AGA'S TRANSPORTATION POLICY COUNCIL.
THAT'S A REGIONALLY SIGNIFICANT PROJECT.
UH, THIS PROJECT RUNS BETWEEN THE SIX 10, UM, AND THE I 10 I 45 SPLIT, WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS THE INDICATED PIECE, AND AS IT APPROACHES INTO DOWNTOWN, UM, IT RUNS ALONG, UM, CAPITOL AND RUSS AND ENDS AT TERMINATES AT, UM, SAN EMANUEL AND TURNS BACK AROUND AND GOES BACK EAST TO, UM, TO, AND ACCESS THE FREEWAY INTO, UH, TO THE WEST.
UM, SO, UM, THE PROJECT, UM, INCLUDES AN EXCLUSIVE BIDIRECTIONAL TRANSIT GUIDEWAY TO BE USED BY THE METRO RAPID, UM, UH, TRANSIT LINE, AS WELL AS A, A CURRENT EXPRESS AND FUTURE PARKING RIDE.
UM, SERVICES THAT RUN ALONG I 10 AND US TWO 90 CORRIDOR, UM, THAT OPERATE WITHIN THAT SEGMENT OF I 10.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS APPLICATION IS TO DESIGNATE THE METRO RAPID INDICATED SEGMENT, UM, AS A TRANSIT CORRIDOR TO ALLOW FOR TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AT APPLICABLE STREETS AT SURROUNDING THE STATIONS THAT I'LL BE MENTIONING A LITTLE BIT INTO SPREAD DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROJECT.
THERE ARE A TOTAL OF FIVE STATIONS, THREE WITHIN THE INDICATED SEGMENT AT MEMORIAL PARK SHEPHERD, DURHAM, AND STU MONT IN THE DOWNTOWN SEGMENT, WE HAVE TWO STATIONS AS FRANKLIN BAGBY AND THE SENTIMENTAL, UH, EDDO STATION, WHICH ALSO SERVES AS OUR TURNAROUND FOR THE BRT BUSES.
SO HERE ARE THE STREETS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED FOR THE PROPOSED MTFP, UH, T-C-T-C-S CLASSIFICATION, THE PROJECT REQUEST RECLASSIFICATION OF NORTHWEST TRANSIT CENTER, UH, BETWEEN FRANKLIN AND UH, TO FRANKLIN AND BAGBY, UM, BAGBY BETWEEN PRESTON AND RUS AND SAINT EMANUEL BETWEEN CAPITAL AND RUSK.
WE ALSO REQUEST THE ADDITION OF CAPITAL AND RUSK BETWEEN I 6 69 TO SAINT EMANUEL.
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IN, IN, IN CONSISTENT WITH THE METRO NEXT PLAN AS WELL AS THIS, UH, IT SUPPORT THE CD INITIATIVES INCLUDED IN THE COMPLETE STREETS TRANSPORTATION PLAN AND THE WALKABLE AND TOD UH, ORDINANCE.AND THIS CONCLUDES MY OVERVIEW.
I TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
QUESTIONS? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
I, IT'S, I'M SORRY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
ROBS DESIGNATION AS A TRANSIT CORRIDOR STREET JUST IMPACT, UM, WHAT DEVELOPMENT CAN HAPPEN THERE WITH OR WITHOUT VARIANCES.
IS THAT THE ONLY PARKING REGULATIONS SET BY ANY MEMBER? JUST THE PLANNING ISSUES.
FROM OUR, BUT, BUT I THINK WE DID START, I'LL, I'LL ASK MS. UH, MOSES BURNSTEIN TO CORRECT ME.
WE, A COUPLE YEARS AGO PUT ALL THE METRO CORRIDOR OR ALL THE TRAIN AND, AND BUS WRAP TRANSIT LINES ON OUR MAJOR THOROUGH, CORRECT.
JUST SO THEY'RE THERE STAFF OF COURSE.
IT'S JUST A CLASSIFICATION, IT'S JUST A ADDING A CLARIFICATION OF A TCS TRANSIT, CORRIDOR STREET.
SO THE DIFFERENCE IS NOW THEY WON'T NEED A VARIANCE, WHEREAS THEY WERE, THEY WOULD ASK FOR A VARIANCE AND WE KNEW WHERE TRANSIT WAS GOING AND WE WERE LIKELY TO GRANT IT YEAH, YEAH.
DEVELOPMENT ISSUES ALONG THAT CORRIDOR.
AND THEN WE GET TOD STREETS THAT FOLLOW GOT IT.
AND, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THIS ISN'T BUILT, THEY STILL GET THE BENEFIT OF BEING ON A TOD BEFORE THEY HAD THE REQUEST NOW, RIGHT? YES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON LETTER E? UH, THE INNER KATY TRANSIT CORRIDOR STREET HEARING, NO RESPONSE.
AND IF YOU WOULD GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M AN ATTORNEY HERE IN HOUSTON.
I'M ALSO A PROPERTY OWNER ALONG THIS INNER KATIE THING.
AND MY, I DON'T HAVE A STATEMENT TO MAKE.
I HAVE QUESTIONS, SO I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S PROPER TO ADDRESS THEM WITH HER LATER OR, YEAH, I'LL LET, LET ME, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE CORRIDOR AS IT AS IT AFFECTS PLANNING ISSUES, LET ME LET YOU TALK TO MS. MOSES BURNSIDE.
OH, HAVE TO TAKE SISTER AFTER THE THING.
AND, AND THEN YOU CAN ALSO CHECK WITH OUR METRO REPRESENTATIVE.
YOU NEED TO, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON, UH, LETTER E HEARING? NO RESPONSE.
THAT TAKES US TO F CYPRUS WOOD DRIVE, KAITLYN KING WITH META.
I'M WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN, AND TODAY I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT, UM, CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE.
SO, CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST OF HOUSTON'S ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, AND IT'S CURRENTLY CLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PER THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
UM, AND IT WAS ADDED TO HOUSTON'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN 1982.
UM, CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE IS GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF TWO 90 AND WEST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY.
UH, SO THIS JUST SHOWS A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF OUR REQUESTED AMENDMENT.
WE ARE REQUESTING TO REALIGN AND RECLASSIFY CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE.
UM, THE RED DOTS THAT YOU SEE, UH, WITH THE XS ARE THE CURRENT PROPOSED ALIGNMENTS AND THE BLUE SQUARES WITH DOTS REPRESENT OUR PROPOSED REALIGNMENT.
SO THE PORTION OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE IN QUESTION IS APPROXIMATELY TWO MILES LONG, AND IT'S LOCATED BETWEEN GRAND PARKWAY AND BECKER ROAD.
THIS PORTION OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE HAS YET TO BE CONSTRUCTED.
HOWEVER, CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE TO THE EAST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED, UM, AND IT'S APPROXIMATELY SIX MILES IN LENGTH.
AND IT, UM, BISECTS A LARGELY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
UM, THE REMAINING TWO MILES OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE, UH, WILL BISECT A LARGE TRACK THAT IS HELD BY COMMON OWNERSHIP.
AND THIS LANDOWNER IS PLANNING TO DEVELOP THE TRACK FOR LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL USES, SUCH AS A HOSPITAL OR A REGIONAL MALL.
UM, THE AREA DOES HAVE A STRONG EXISTING NETWORK TO THE NORTH.
UM, YOU HAVE, I'M SORRY, TWO 90 HIGHWAYS TO THE SOUTH CUMBERLAND RIDGE.
A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS TO THE NORTH.
THE GRAND PARKWAY, WHICH IS A HIGHWAY, IS TO THE EAST AND BECKER ROAD, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IS TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT TRACT.
UM, BECAUSE OF THIS, UH, EXISTING GRID IT MAKES, CYPRESS WOULD DRIVE A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR A COLLECTOR STREET AS IT'S WITHIN HALF A MILE OF BOTH TWO 90 AND CUMBERLAND RIDGE.
WE ARE REQUESTING TO DOWNGRADE AND REALIGN THE REMAINING TWO MILES OF CYRUS WOOD DRIVE.
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UM, THE PROPOSED DOWNGRADE TO IS TO RECLASSIFY CYRUS WOOD DRIVE AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR, AS OPPOSED TO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.THE REQUESTED DOWNGRADE AND REALIGNMENT OF CYRUS WOOD DRIVE IS TO MAKE THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE SCALE COMMERCIAL TRACKS MORE FEASIBLE.
UM, THROUGH THE DOWNGRADE, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ACHIEVE TIGHTER CURVE RADII ALONG CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE, AND THIS WILL ALLOW US TO CARVE OUT LARGE, UM, COMMERCIAL PODS TO, UM, SELL OFF FOR THE, THE MALL USER OR THE HOSPITAL USER.
UM, HOWEVER, THROUGH CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH HARRIS COUNTY, IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT, UH, THIS REQUEST MAY BE BEST SUITED FOR A MINOR COLLECTOR DUE TO OUR, UM, OUR GOALS OF HAVING MORE FLEXIBLE, UM, GEO UH, ROADWAY GEOMETRY.
UM, BUT WE'LL CONTINUE THESE CONVERSATIONS AND WE'LL UPDATE YOU AS SOON AS WE, UM, DECIDE IF WE WANNA AMEND OUR REQUEST.
RIGHT NOW, OUR REQUEST IS STILL TO RECLASSIFY IT AS THE MAJOR COLLECTOR, HOWEVER, IT MAY BE AMENDED TO A MINOR COLLECTOR.
UM, SO OVERALL THE REALIGNMENT OF CYPRUS WOOD DRIVE IS MINOR.
CYPRUS WOOD DRIVE WILL STILL INTERSECT WITH THE GRAND PARKWAY AT ITS PROPOSED LOCATION.
HOWEVER, THROUGHOUT THE TRACK, UM, IT'LL INTERSECT WITH BAUER ROAD SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE NORTH.
UM, OUR PROPOSED REALIGNMENT IS IN BLUE AND THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT IS SEEN IN RED ON THE EXHIBITS.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT IT, IT IS SLIGHTLY MORE TO THE NORTH, BUT THIS WILL PUSH THE INTERSECTION FURTHER AWAY FROM THE EXISTING SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION ALONG TWO 90.
UH, THERE'S A SIMILAR SITUATION FURTHER WEST ALONG BOWER ROAD.
OUR ALIGNMENT SHOWS, UM, A SHIFT SLIGHTLY TO THE NORTH, BUT AGAIN, THIS WILL CREATE, UM, A LARGER INTERSECTION SPACING BETWEEN THE INTERSECTION OF BECKER ROAD AND TWO 90.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THIS WILL ALIGN CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE WITH PAOLO, UH, PALO DURO DRIVE TO THE WEST, WHICH WILL CREATE ONE FOUR-WAY INTERSECTION AS OPPOSED TO TWO, UM, INTERSECTIONS SPACED CLOSELY TOGETHER.
SO IN SUMMARY, WE ARE REQUESTING TO REALIGN AND RECLASSIFY CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE.
THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT IS MINOR AND IT WILL CREATE MORE ADEQUATE SPACING BETWEEN THE SIGNALIZE INTERSECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE TRACK.
UM, THE RECLASSIFICATION IS FITTING BECAUSE AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE IS A PRIME CANDIDATE FOR A COLLECTOR STREET DUE TO ITS LOCATION WITHIN AN EXISTING GRID.
UM, BUT THROUGHOUT CONTINUED COORDINATION WITH HARRIS COUNTY, WE'LL DETERMINE, UM, IF OUR GOALS ARE BEST ALIGNED THROUGH A MINOR OR A MAJOR COLLECTOR.
UM, AND THIS IS JUST OUR SUMMARY REQUEST.
I'M HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I THINK WE GOT IT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO, I'M SORRY.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I AM IGNORING YOU.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? I'M USED TO IT.
UM, ONLY QUESTION, I KNOW THIS IS A CONCEPT, NOT THE FINAL DESIGN, BUT THE, THE, THE, THE TENSION AND THE WATER FEATURES MM-HMM
UM, CAN OFTEN BE AN AMENITY IN A COMMUNITY AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING MM-HMM
WITH THIS ALIGNMENT IS YOU'RE SEGREGATING THOSE FROM THE DEVELOPMENT AND, AND CUTTING 'EM OFF WITH ROADS AND MAKING 'EM NOT AS ACCESSIBLE.
UM, DUNNO IF THERE'S A, A STRATEGY OR A REASON FOR THAT, BUT YEAH.
UM, IT IS A MOSTLY COM IT WILL BE A MOSTLY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND KIND OF TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST YOU DO HAVE KIND OF THAT LONG CONTINUOUS POND AND KIND OF THE SAME TOWARDS THE NORTHWEST, BUT THIS IS STILL CONCEPTUAL.
AND UM, ULTIMATELY OUR ENGINEERS WILL TELL US WHERE IS BEST FOR DETENTION, JUST TO MAKE SURE UM, FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT THAT WE'RE NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING ANYTHING.
SO THIS, THIS IS JUST KIND OF A CONCEPTUAL, BUT OVER TIME WE'LL GET MORE OF A NAILED DOWN IDEA OF WHAT OUR DETENTION WILL LOOK LIKE.
ANYBODY ELSE? REAL QUICK? COMMISSIONER ALLMAN.
UM, MIKE THOUGHT, I THOUGHT I HAD, I'M SORRY.
THERE IS A GRADE SEPARATION THERE AT CYPRESSWOOD AND GRAND PARKWAY, CORRECT.
OR AT CYPRESSWOOD AND GRAND PARKWAY.
UM, THEY, THEY DO INTERSECT, BUT I MEAN, IT GOES, THE ROAD GOES UNDER GRAND PARKWAY, CYPRESSWOOD CONTINUOUSLY.
UM, UNDERGROUND PARKWAY, I BELIEVE, BUT IT, IT DOESN'T CURRENTLY EXIST THROUGHOUT THE TRACT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WHO WANT TO COMMENT ON, UH, F CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE? HEARING? NO RESPONSE.
THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT IS ALSO CLOSED.
UH, LETTER G FAIRVIEW DRIVE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, AND THAT TAKES US TO H VIA DORA DRIVE.
MY NAME IS ABBY MARTINEZ WITH LJ ENGINEERING.
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UM, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT, UM, VIA DORA.UM, SO THE, UH, VILLA DORA DRIVE IS LOCATED ON THE EASTERN MOST PART OF, UH, HARRIS COUNTY, UM, AND NEAR THE AREA, COMMONLY KNOWN AS CROSBY.
UM, AND SO, UM, WE ARE REQUESTING TO REMOVE THE, THE, UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR VIA DORA IN THIS, UH, LOCATION.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THERE ARE SEVERAL CONSTRAINTS, UH, FOR THIS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WHICH IS A NEED TO REMOVE THIS THOROUGHFARE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE IS, UM, FLOODWAY, A FLOODPLAIN AREA IN, IN THIS LOCATION.
UM, YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT, UH, THERE IS A BAYOU THAT WOULD REQUIRE A BRIDGE IN THIS AREA, THAT THERE'S ALSO AN ELECTRICAL TRANSMISSION LINE THAT WOULD NEED TO BE CROSSED VIA THROUGH THIS, UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, UM, AS WELL AS A RAILROAD, UM, IN THIS AREA.
UM, SO HERE YOU CAN SEE A CLOSEUP OF ALL THE CONSTRAINTS.
UM, THE AREA IN RED IS THE FLOODWAY.
THE AREA IN LIGHT BLUE IS, UH, THE FLOOD PLAIN.
UM, AND THE EXCESS INDICATE THE AREA OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE REMOVAL.
UM, THERE ANOTHER ISSUE OR CONSTRAINT IN THIS AREA'S EXISTING LOCATION OF SOME GRAVE SITES, WHICH ARE INDICATED IN BY THE PURPLE SQUARES ON THE EXHIBIT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THERE IS, UM, A POSSIBLE, UH, A PRISONER OF WAR MASS GRAVE IN THAT AREA NEAR PRETTY MUCH WHERE THE THOROUGHFARE ALIGN THROUGH THERE.
OH, PREVIOUS SLIDE, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE MULTIPLE CONSTRAINTS, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO, UM, BUILD THIS, UH, ROADWAY THROUGH THERE, UH, WITH THE, UM, EXISTING ALIGNMENT.
AND SO THAT IS THE REASON FOR THAT REQUEST TO REMOVE, UM, THE THOROUGHFARE.
UM, AND IF I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON, UH, VIA DORA DRIVE? ANYONE IN THE CHAT? YES.
MR. MATHIS FROM HARRIS COUNTY.
MY NAME IS FRED MATHIS WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
UM, HARRIS COUNTY'S OPINION OF THIS CORRIDOR IS WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE DELETION OF THIS CORRIDOR.
CAN YOU BRING THE MAP BACK UP? YES, SIR.
WE FEEL THAT THIS CORRIDOR HAS BEEN PUT ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR A PURPOSE.
IT CONNECTS RIGHT NOW THE NEWPORT SUBDIVISION OFF OF SOUTH DIAMOND HEAD AND GOLF CLUB DRIVE TO THE NEWLY, UH, CONSTRUCTED, UH, AND STILL ONGOING P COUNTY STATE SUBDIVISION AT THE RED SUMMIT DRIVE.
THERE'S ALSO SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA.
SO WE REALLY FEEL THAT WE NEED THIS CORRIDOR STILL, UH, STILL EXISTING OR STILL, UH, NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED.
ALSO, THE FACT THAT, UH, THERE, THE EL THIS IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
WE SUPPORT THE RECLASSIFICATION.
IF THIS WAS RECLASSIFIED AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR WITH MAY, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER RADII AND ALSO THE RECLASSIFICATION COULD GO ALL THE WAY UP TO SOUTH DIAMOND HEAD.
SO THAT'S HOW, UH, THAT'S HOW WE SEE IT.
ALSO, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S CONSTRAINTS.
WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S GRAVE SITES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, THERE'S FLOODPLAIN, BUT YOU CAN CONSTRUCT ROADS OVER A FLOODPLAIN AS LONG AS, UH, YOU MITIGATE THERE'S NO NET FILL IN THE FLOODPLAIN.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. MATHIS? DO YOU HAVE ONE QUESTION? YES, CLARK, MR. MR. MATHIS, IS THERE A RAILROAD CROSSING YES.
THAT WE'D HAVE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE FOR THIS? AND HOW WOULD, HOW DO YOU ENVISION THAT HAPPENING? I HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, TOPOGRAPHY.
UM, AND WE HAVE TO, UH, LJ HAS NOT SHOWN US, UH, THE ELEVATIONS OR HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
I MEAN, USUALLY YOU COULD, YOU HAVE TO CROSS AN AT GRADE OR AS A BRIDGE, AND I DON'T KNOW OF THE ELECTRICAL, UM, CROSSINGS WE HAVE, EXCUSE ME.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT.
'CAUSE THE AT GRADE, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN GET AN AT GRADE MM-HMM
SO YEAH, THAT'S A CURIOUS QUESTION THAT WE PROBABLY SHOULD LOOK INTO.
TIME DEVELOPMENT ISN'T EASY,
BUT, YOU KNOW, IF WE'RE ALSO FORCING SOMETHING THAT CAN'T HAPPEN, UM, THAT DOESN'T, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE RIGHT THING HAPPEN.
I JUST THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THIS WITH THE, UH, YEAH.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR HELP AND PARTICIPATING IN THIS DISCUSSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON VIDORA DRIVE? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND WE GO TO LETTER I, UH, AN AN AGNOS ROAD AND
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EAST ANDERSON ROAD.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
I'M JEFF BATAY WITH WINDROSE LAND SERVICES.
UM, WINDROSE IS THE APPLICANT FOR THIS REQUEST.
WE ARE SUBMITTING ON BEHALF OF THE CASCO LANDFILL.
UM, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE, THE LANDFILL AND STIVER ENGINEERING WHO'S ASSISTING WITH THE PROJECT ARE AVAILABLE VIRTUALLY TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS, IF ANY COME UP.
SO OUR, OUR LOCATION IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE HOUSTON ETJ, JUST RIGHT ALONG THE LINES OF THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AND THE HOUSTON EXTRA TERRITORY TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, UM, AT BELTWAY EIGHT.
AND ALSO, I SHOULD NOTE THAT, AND AGNOS IS, IS, IS AN EXTENSION OF KIRBY DRIVE.
SO I MAY USE THOSE INTERCHANGEABLY, UM, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION.
UM, THE CASCO LANDFILL IS APPROXIMATELY 370 ACRES IN SIZE.
IT'S SITUATED BETWEEN HOOPER ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 AND AL MEETA GENOA ROAD AND FELLOWS ROAD, WHICH IS JUST NORTH OF BELTWAY EIGHT.
AS I SAID, AT THE CITY'S ETA BOUNDARY, THE LANDFILL IS A CLASS FOUR, MEANING IT TAKES IN BRUSH CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION, DEMOLITION, WASTE, AND RUBBISH.
IT DOES NOT PROCESS ORGANIC OR HAZARDOUS OR HOUSEHOLD, UH, WASTE MATERIAL.
UM, THE REASON FOR THIS REQUEST IS TO REAL RE REALIGN AND AGNOS, WHICH IS ALSO KIRBY, AROUND THE ACTIVE LANDFILL SITE, AND TO, TO DELETE OR SHORTEN A PORTION OF EAST ANDERSON WHERE IT INTERSECTS WITH AND AGNOS THE, AND AGNOS RIGHT OF WAY IS INSUFFICIENT WIDTH AND WILL NEED WIDENING, WHICH WOULD ENCROACH INTO THE BASE OF EXISTING DEBRIS PYRAMIDS BY APPROXIMATELY 60 FEET.
UH, CONSTRUCTION OF A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THROUGH AN ACTIVE LANDFILL SITE WOULD SEVERELY DISRUPT THEIR OPERATIONS, WOULD EXACERBATE SAFETY AND ACCESS ISSUES THAT THE LANDFILL SITE IS CURRENTLY GRAPPLING, GRAPPLING WITH, SUCH AS ILLEGAL DUMPING ON THE UNIMPROVED RIGHTS OF WAY IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
AND IT WOULD BE PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE GIVEN THE DESIGN CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH BUILDING A THOROUGHFARE BETWEEN THESE ACTIVE DEBRIS PYRAMIDS.
SO THE ESTIMATED COST OF EARTH WORK AND MOVING LANDFILL MATERIAL OUT OF THE PROPOSED AND AGNOSTIC RIGHT OF WAY.
EXPANSION IS CURRENTLY $33 MILLION.
THAT'S NOT INCLUDING ANY ROAD STABILIZATION OR ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
AND THAT'S BASED ON FIGURES FROM A COST ESTIMATE A FEW YEARS AGO AND ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION.
UM, I DO HAVE A, A SLIDE TO SHOW.
COULD WE SWITCH TO THE DOCK DOCUMENT CAMERA? SO OUR INITIAL PROPOSED ALIGNMENT IS NOT SUPPORTED BY STAFF.
UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CONSIDERABLE CHALLENGES TO IT.
AND SO WE ARE WORKING AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN TO ADDRESS STAFF'S FEEDBACK, UM, TO WORK WITH STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED.
UM, AN ADDITIONAL NOTICE THAT WAS SENT OUT BESIDES WHAT THE CITY SENT OUT.
WE'RE ALSO CONDUCTING MEETINGS WITH, UH, THE TOURIST DISTRICT 24 AND 25, UM, AND STILL TRYING TO GET MORE INFORMATION AND FEEDBACK FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN THOUGH, LEAD ALIGNMENT THAT WE DID PROPOSE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW WHAT'S THERE NOW.
UM, THIS MATCHES THE EXHIBITS THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, THERE ARE NUMEROUS CONSTRAINTS THAT WE ARE TRYING TO WORK AROUND.
UM, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT WE WORKED WITH STAFF ON WAS REDUCING THESE RADII FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE USING SUPER ELEVATION, WHICH IS WHERE THE CURVES ARE ELEVATED ON ONE SIDE TO ALLOW FOR HIGHER SPEED LIMITS.
UM, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES TO THAT GIVEN THAT YOU CANNOT USE SUPER ELEVATION, UM, IN A CERTAIN PROXIMITY TO OTHER INTERSECTIONS, OTHER RIGHT OF WAY INTERSECTIONS.
SO WHEN, WHEN TAKING THIS ON THE EAST SIDE, WE'RE DEALING WITH THE CONSTRAINT OF HOOPER AS WELL AS FELLOWS.
AND OF COURSE, EAST EAST ANDERSON, WHICH IS PART OF OUR REQUEST.
UM, THERE'S ALSO A DETENTION POND THAT AS WE, AS WE TRY TO PULL THIS ALIGNMENT FURTHER OFF OF THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND ONTO OURS, WE ARE DEALING WITH BORROW PITS AND DETENTION, WHICH ARE EXISTING.
UM, AND THEN ALSO ANOTHER MAJOR CONSTRAINT IS THAT IF WE, WE LOOKED AT ALIGNMENTS TO THE EAST, UM, OR TO THE, YES, I'M SORRY, TO THE EAST OF THIS SITE, THERE ARE BORROW PITS AS WELL AS MORE DEBRIS PYRAMIDS, WHICH ARE CREATING PRETTY LARGE OBSTACLES FOR US TO GET AROUND.
SO WE UNDERSTAND THE CHALLENGES.
WE'VE, WE'RE STILL WORKING WITH STAFF ACTIVELY AND WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST TO BE ABLE TO, TO COME UP WITH AN ALIGNMENT THAT WORKS FOR THE NEIGHBORS, WORKS FOR US, AND FOR STAFF BY SEPTEMBER.
WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS.
UM, AND I THINK VICE MAYOR PROM, UH, MARTHA CASTEX.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD.
I DID HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, BUT I DO WANT TO REGISTER, UH, MY OPPOSITION TO THE ALIGNMENT.
UH, I DO THINK THAT, UM, THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR, UM, DISPLACING RESIDENTS THAT CURRENTLY HAVE HOMES THAT THE, UH, NEW ALIGNMENT WOULD, UH, INTERRUPT
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THEIR HOMESTEADS.UM, DEFINITELY OPPOSED TO THAT, UNLESS IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.
BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE, UM, HAVING MY HOME DISPLACED BY THIS REALIGNMENT.
UM, THE, UH, MEMBERS OF THE TURS ARE ALSO IN OPPOSITION OF THE REALIGNMENT.
UM, WE'D LIKE THE, THE STREET TO GO STRAIGHT THROUGH, UM, FROM KIRBY TO ANNO, UM, FROM ALAMEDA, GENOA ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BELTWAY EIGHT, AS OPPOSED TO THE REALIGNMENT AROUND AND THE REMOVAL OF THE END OF ANDERSON ROAD.
UM, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO THE REMOVAL OF ANDERSON ROAD.
I TOTALLY AGREE THAT THERE IS ILLEGAL DUMPING.
UM, AND THAT STREET HAS BEEN A PROBLEM IN OUR, IN OUR DISTRICT.
UM, BUT I AM REGISTERING MY OPPOSITION TO THE REALIGNMENT.
NOW, I DO HAVE A QUESTION, IF IT'S APPROPRIATE, CHAIR.
UM, IS THERE A TIME LIMIT ON THE LANDFILL? HOW MUCH MORE TIME DOES THE LANDFILL HAVE AN OPERATION? I WAS GONNA ASK THAT QUESTION TOO.
WHERE ARE WE ON THE LIFESPAN OF THE, OF THE LANDFILL? I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF, IF A REPRESENTATIVE FROM STIVER OR FROM CACO ONLINE COULD SURE.
JUST IF THEY COULD STATE THEIR NAMES FOR THE RECORD, WHOEVER.
AND IF THEY AREN'T, THEN I CAN SAY THAT I, I I KNOW AND YOU'LL TAKE A SHOT AT IT.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THE REQUESTING NEW PERMITS THROUGH THROUGH TCEQ COULD BE A LONG LABORIOUS PROCESS.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD SAID SOMEWHERE BETWEEN POSSIBLY 10 TO 15 YEARS, BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO ON, I KNOW THERE'S A DISCLAIMER THERE FOR OKAY.
I THINK SHE WAS ASKING IN THE EXISTING PERMIT WHAT IS CORRECT.
SO THAT WITH THE EXISTING PERMIT, THEY MAY BE UP TO, UP TO 10 TO 15 YEARS LEFT.
BEFORE THEY HAVE TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS.
BUT THAT PROCESS TAKES QUITE A WHILE.
SO THEY'RE GETTING STARTED AS OR AS THEY CAN.
AND I SHOULD HAVE MENTIONED TOO, THAT PART OF, PART OF THE IDEA OF, OF GETTING NEW PERMITS AND CONSOLIDATING THEM WOULD BE TO, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, UTILIZE THESE RIGHTS AWAY, WHICH ARE BETWEEN THE DEBRIS PYRAMIDS.
IN ORDER TO DO THAT, THE FIRST STEP IS TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND THEN TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO THE JOINT REFERRAL COMMITTEE PROCESS.
SO THOSE RIGHTS AWAY COULD BE ABANDONED, BROUGHT INTO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP, AND THEN COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH A NEW LANDFILL PERMIT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
UM, DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? VICE MAYOR PRO TEM? IT DOES, BUT I'D LIKE TO KNOW FOR CERTAIN.
UM, I, I FELT LIKE HE DIDN'T, THAT WASN'T A, A, A CERTAIN ANSWER.
IF WE COULD GET THAT, THAT ANSWER, UM, FOR SURE.
HE'S PUTTING THAT ON HIS TO-DO LIST AS WE SPEAK.
UM, IF THAT CONCLUDES YOUR COMMENTS, WE HAVE ONE OTHER SPEAKER, UM, ALEX LONGORIA, MR. LONGORIA, ALEX LONGORIA WITH ATKINSON ENGINEERS, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO MY ARGUMENT FOR, EXCUSE ME, AGAINST THE REALIGNMENT OF, OF THIS ROAD AND THE ABANDONMENT OF ANDERSON ROAD.
I REPRESENT THE TOP FAMILY IN, IN, IN, IN THIS CONDITION, AND IT CUTS RIGHT THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY.
AND IT BASICALLY TAKES A FIVE ACRE TRACK DOWN TO THREE AND A HALF ACRES OF USABLE LAND.
THE POINT IS, WE HAVE THIRD FARERS THAT HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED FOR YEARS, AND WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT EXISTS ON THE GROUND THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR THE EXTENSION OF KIRBY DRIVE AND GETTING RIGHT OF WAY AND EXTENDING ROADS, BE THE MAIN REASON FOR CIRCULATION, AND PROVIDING A BETTER CIRCULATION AND TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THIS AREA.
I MEAN, YOU TAKE ANDERSON ROAD AND YOU BASICALLY CUT IT OFF FROM 2 88, AND THEN YOU TAKE KIRBY AND YOU WIND THE DISTANCE FROM 2 88 AS OPPOSED TO IT BEING A STRAIGHT SHOT.
SO OUR POSITION FOR THE TOP FAMILY IS THAT WE'RE IN OPPOSITION OF THE REALIGNMENT AND THE ABANDONMENT OF ANDERSON ROAD.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON, UH, ANANA ANAGNOS? I DON'T KNOW WHY I HAVE A HARD TIME WITH THAT WORD.
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WE'VE GOT A SPEAKER, MAD JOINER CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.I REPRESENT TURS 24, AND WE HAVE BEEN TALKING TO WINDROSE.
BUT, UM, THE PROBLEM THAT THE TURS HAS WITH THIS ALIGNMENT IS IF YOU LOOK AT, AND I DON'T HAVE A POINTER, SORRY,
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT THE AREA NORTH OF WHERE IT SAYS KIRBY, THAT GOES THROUGH A, UM, MOBILE HOME PARK.
AND I THINK THE PURPOSE OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IS TO HELP GET IT IMPLEMENTED.
AND SO WHEN WE TALK TO WINDROWS, I WOULD LIKE TO, ON BEHALF OF THE COUNTY, TALK ABOUT CAN'T WE REDUCE THE CURVE, REDUCE THE, THE, UM, ALIGNMENT IN THE REVERSE CURVE ON THE THOROUGHFARE SO THAT WE COULD GO THROUGH THAT POND AND THEN HUG.
AND THAT ANA AND I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, MADAM CHAIR WITH THAT NAME, BUT WE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT, MORE EXPENSIVE TO PAY FOR THIS ROAD.
AND IF WE GO THROUGH THIS MOBILE HOME PARK, WE'RE GONNA DISPLACE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO CAN'T AFFORD TO BE DISPLACED.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF WE COULD WORK WITH, UH, WINDROWS ON WHAT IS A BETTER CURVE RE REVERSE CURVE FOR THIS ALIGNMENT SO WE CAN TIGHTEN IT UP AND MAKE IT A SLOWER AND JUST FYI FOR ALL THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, WE USE THE SAME REVERSE CURVE AS THE KD FREEWAY, 2000 FOOT CENTER LINE RADIUS, AND WE HAVE A 45 MILE SPEED LIMIT.
WE SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT A DIFFERENT REVERSE CURVE FOR OUR THOROUGHFARE ALIGNMENT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE 'EM TIGHTER AND SLOW DOWN THE SPEED.
BUT THE, THE TURS HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT AS PROPOSED.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. JOYNER? OKAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON LETTER I, ANN AGNOS ROAD AND ANDERSON ROAD? YES.
WE RECEIVED A COMMENT DIGITALLY, UM, THAT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE INCLUDED IN THE PACKET THAT I'LL READ ALOUD ON BEHALF OF THE PERSON.
UH, PRESIDENT HOMER CLARK ON BEHALF OF THE SOUTH HOUSTON CONCERNED CITIZENS COALITION WOULD LIKE IT TO BE KNOWN.
THE COMMUNITY IS OPPOSED TO THE REALIGNMENT OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND AGNOSTIC, UH, ROAD BETWEEN ALAMEDA, GENOA ROAD AND BELTWAY EIGHT SOUTH.
THIS REALIGNMENT SERVES NO BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY, AND IN FACT, IT WILL HINDER THE COMMUNITY AND DISPLACE RESIDENTS IF APPROVED.
AND TO, AND HE IS PRESIDENT OF WHAT ORGANIZATION? SOUTH HOUSTON CONCERNED CITIZENS COALITION.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ANN AGNOS ROAD? IF NOT, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
AND OUR LAST ITEM IS J BURKE ROAD.
UH, THAT'LL BE SERGIO FERNANDEZ WITH ACCURATE PLUMBING.
MR. FERNANDEZ, ARE YOU ON THE LINE VIRTUALLY? I THINK WE HAVE A, OH, YOU GOT A SUBSTITUTE.
SO STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
I AM, UM, THE MOTHER OF SERGIO FERNANDEZ, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS COMING TO.
PLEASE, I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING TOTALLY PREPARED.
I KNOW, UH, WE OWN THE PROPERTY THERE ON BURKE ON WHERE BURKE ROAD IS PROPOSED THROUGH MM-HMM
AND WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT OVER INTO THE POND JUST BECAUSE WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY AND WE'RE NOT ABLE TO USE BECAUSE OF ALL THE, THE NEW EASEMENTS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THERE.
SO WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO BUILD, SO WE'RE TRYING TO PROPOSE THAT IT MOVES INTO THE POND.
ALSO, SO THAT WAY WE CAN USE OUR LAND TO BUILD OUR PLUMBING, OUR PLUMBING SERVICE BUILDING.
SO, AND, AND I, I DID WRITE A LETTER.
WE'RE TRYING TO WRITE A LETTER TO THE OWNERS OF THE POND.
I JUST CAN'T GET, IT'S SUCH A BIG CORPORATION THAT I CAN'T, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THAT.
SO I, I'M KIND OF LOST ON WHAT I'M SUPPOSED TO DO NOW.
LET ME SEE IF MS. UH, MOSES BURNSIDE CAN ADD THANK YOUR WAY.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, SERGIO AND BEN.
I THINK BEN IS ON VACATION, SO WE COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
SO I THANK YOU FOR STEPPING IN FOR SERGIO TODAY.
WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO TRY TO GET THE INFORMATION.
WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS THAT THERE IS A REALIGNMENT OF THIS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
IT'S A SMALL SECTION THAT MOVES OVER TO THE WEST, UM, SO THAT HE CAN HAVE A MORE BUILDABLE PROPERTY.
HE'S GOT A SMALL LITTLE TRIANGULAR PROPERTY THAT IF WE TAKE THAT CORRIDOR THROUGH HIS PROPERTY, HE WOULD HAVE TO DEDICATE THE TOP TOTAL 100 FEET, WHICH MAKES IT A LITTLE LESS DEVELOPABLE FOR DEVELOPABLE FOR HIM FOR THAT AREA.
UH, WE HAVE MET INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION STAFF IS NOT OPPOSED.
HOWEVER, WE ARE TRYING TO REACH THE OWNERS OF THE DETENTION POND BECAUSE SHOULD WE MOVE THAT OVER TO THE WEST, THEN THE OWNERS OF THE DETENTION POND WOULD THEN HAVE TO DEDICATE THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AS REQUIRED FOR A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
SO WHO IS THE OWNER? UH, LET'S SEE.
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I HAVE THE NAME OF THE OWNER.LOOKS LIKE IT IS PORCH SWING BANK, LLC.
AND WE DID, YOU KNOW, REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY OF 50 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE CORRIDOR.
SO WE'RE HOPING THEY GOT THE NOTIFICATION, BUT WE WANTED TO DO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER RESEARCH AND TRY TO MAKE A, YOU KNOW, PHYSICAL CONTACT TO SAY, HEY, IS THIS OKAY? BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THAT CORRIDOR, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE MAP PLEASE, BRANDON? AND I'M TRYING TO WRAP THIS UP, MADAM COMMISSIONER.
UM, AND MAYBE ANOTHER SLIDE FURTHER DOWN THERE IS A EXISTING KIND OF DIRT ROAD THERE.
AND ALONG THERE YOU GO ALONG THAT DETENTION POND ALL ALONG THAT CORRIDOR, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DEDICATE THE 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
THEN YOU GET TO THAT SMALL LITTLE SECTION OF 325 FEET, I THINK, IN LENGTH.
AND THEN THERE'S NOTHING THERE.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REACH THE DETENTION POND OWNERS TO SAY, OKAY, YOU HAVE TO DEDICATE 50 FEET ALL ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, THIS LITTLE PART, THIS LITTLE SEGMENT RIGHT HERE ISN'T MUCH MORE, THEY'RE ONLY MOVING AT 50 FEET TO THE LEFT, TO THE WEST.
SO WE APPRECIATE CONTINUING THAT DIALOGUE TO YES.
UHHUH
UH, WE'RE CALLING THIS A DETENTION POND, BUT MY SENSE IS IT'S REALLY THE REMAINS OF A BORROW PIT AND IT'S JUST FULL OF WATER.
AND I GIVE ASKING FOR CLARIFICATION IF IT'S TRULY DETENTION POND USED FOR FLOOD CONTROL PURPOSES.
AND, AND THAT'S A GOOD DOUBT BECAUSE WHEN WE WENT TO TALK TO, UH, PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, WE LOOKED AT THAT SECTION.
IT'S AN OLD PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT'S BEEN THERE FOREVER.
IT'S, IT'S SO HISTORICAL THAT WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON IT.
THE ONLY THING WE WERE ABLE TO GET WAS THE NAME OF THE OWNERS FROM HCAD, BUT IT'S, WE'RE THINKING THAT MAYBE THIS HAPPENED WHEN BEFORE PLAING REQUIREMENTS WERE, YOU KNOW, THERE.
AND SO WE'VE GOT THIS AREA WITH WATER THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT, WE AUTOMATICALLY THINK DETENTION POND.
BUT THE ANSWER OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE AREA, WE HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO CLARIFY THE DETAILS OF THAT AREA AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THAT SECTION.
UH, I, I KNOW THE COMPANY AND MM-HMM
AND THE INDIVIDUALS, THEY'RE INTO THE DIRT SELLING BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, AND EXCAVATING.
AND THEN LATER ON IT COULD BECOME A NUMBER OF OTHER USES, YOU KNOW, EVEN LANDFILL SENSE.
UH, BUT AT SOME POINT I'M OFFERING TO HELP TOO.
I'VE, I'VE KNOWN JOE AND DONE REALLY WELL.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, SO THANK YOU.
THAT'S THE REASON I ASKED WHO THE OWNER WAS BECAUSE I FIGURED SOMEBODY MIGHT KNOW SOMEBODY WHO, WHO COULD HELP US CONNECT.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON BURKE ROAD? UH, IF NOT, THEN THAT PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC HEARINGS ON ALL THE AMENDMENT REQUESTS.
UH, ROMAN NUMERAL THREE IS NEXT STEPS.
WELL, WE'LL SEE YOU SEPTEMBER 21ST.
THAT WILL BE THE RECOMMENDATION, PLANNING ACTION, UH, COMMITTEE MEETING THAT DAY.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU.
AND THEN AFTER THAT YOU'LL TAKE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU'LL MAKE YOUR POSITIONS, AND THEN YOU'LL FORWARD IT OVER TO CITY COUNCIL BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.
AND THIS PROCESS WILL BE OVER THIS YEAR.
AND WE'LL START OVER AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
AND I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WILL WORK, BUT I, I'M THINKING THAT IT MIGHT BENEFIT THE COMMISSION IF WE WOULD HAVE ANOTHER WORKSHOP BEFORE THE RECOMMENDATION MEETING WHERE WE CAN, UM, TAKE SOME MORE TIME TO SORT OF HA MAYBE JUST A COUPLE WEEKS.
DO YOU THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL OR WOULD YOU RATHER NOT HAVE ANOTHER EXTRA MEETING? I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AGENDA THAT IT'S QUESTION.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF STUFF UNDER DISCUSSION RIGHT NOW MM-HMM
SO IT MIGHT BEHOOVE US TO TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE FINAL.
WE WILL DEFINITELY TAKE THAT UNDER ADVISEMENT.
I WILL SPEAK TO MY SUPERIOR LEADER OVER HERE,
I SHOULD HAVE ADDRESSED MY COMMENT TO MR. FIELDS.
WE'LL TRY TO GET THAT FOR YOU.
UM, EVEN IF IT'S SOMETHING VIRTUAL, MAYBE IF WE COULD EXACTLY.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN DO, I'LL HAVE TO DEFER TO LEGAL ON WHAT WE CAN DO AS FAR AS A GROUP AND COMMUNICATION, BUT WE'LL DO OUR BEST, YOU KNOW, OUR BEST TO GET THE INFORMATION OUT TO YOU.
WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM SPEAKERS IF, IF WE HAVE IT.
BUT, UM, WE COULD, WE COULD MANAGE IT.
IT MAY NOT, YOU MAY HAVE EVERYTHING OKAY.
COOKED AND FIGURED OUT AND, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T NEED IT.
WELL, EVEN SO MADAM CHAIR, I THINK IF WE DON'T GET THAT THIS YEAR, MAYBE THAT MAY BE SOMETHING WE CONSIDER FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
AND WE CAN ACTUALLY PLAN IT INTO YOUR, UH, SCHEDULES AND THAT WAY EVERYBODY WILL BE READY AND PREPARED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MS. MOSES BURNSIDE? OKAY.
WITH THAT, UM, I NEED TO CALL FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN GENERAL ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, HEARING NO RESPONSE.
A MOTION TO ADJOURN WOULD BE IN ORDER, CLARK GARZA.
WE HAVE ABOUT FOUR MINUTES BEFORE
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WE START OUR REGULAR MEETING.