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           FROM CITY HALL ANNEX. 
          IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV. 
          COMMISSIONER CLARK. 
          [Call to Order]
PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER COBAR PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER HESH. 
          PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER HINES PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER JONES? PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER KLIK. 
          PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER. 
          MAD PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE. 
          I BELIEVE IT IS VIRTUAL. 
          CAN YOU HEAR US, COMMISSIONER? OKAY. 
          WE CAN'T COUNT HER SINCE WE CAN'T HEAR HER, BUT SHE'LL PIPE IN LATER. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER ROBBINS HERE. 
          COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG IS NOT PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER SIGLER PRESENT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER THAR WILL BE LATE. 
          HE'S NOT PRESENT RIGHT NOW. 
          COMMISSIONER VICTOR WILL BE ABSENT. 
          UH, COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER KANE IS NOT PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER DALTON IS NOT PRESENT. 
          COMMISSIONER MANDUKA IS NOT PRESENT. 
          AND DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN PRESENT IS PRESENT. 
          15 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS VIRTUAL WHO, WHO CAN CHIME IN AT THIS POINT? UH, IF NOT, WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. 
          UM, TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY, WELCOME. 
          UM, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM AND YOU HAVE NOT SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE, UM, AND YOU'RE HERE IN THE ROOM, GO AHEAD AND FILL OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE FORMS THAT YOU CAN GET AT THE FRONT DESK. 
          IF YOU'VE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE, WE'VE ALREADY GOT YOU, BUT IF YOU'RE JUST NEW IN HERE, GO AHEAD AND FILL ONE OF THOSE OUT PLEASE. 
          UM, ALL ADVANCED COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED FOR THIS AGENDA, UM, BY BEFORE NOON YESTERDAY ARE IN OUR PACKETS. 
          WE HAVE THOSE AND, UM, WE ASK THOSE OF YOU AGAIN WHO ARE CONNECTED ON A DEVICE TO PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICE MUTED UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK. 
          AND OUR VIDEO QUALITY IS ALSO A LOT BETTER IF YOU KEEP YOUR CAMERA OFF UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK. 
          WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE PARTICIPATING VIRTUALLY, THEY SHOULD KEEP THEIR CAMERAS ON. 
          UM, THE ONLY ITEM THAT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN TODAY IS UNDER VARIANCES. 
          ITEM 1 56 NORTH PARK SOUTH SECTION ONE. 
          UM, NOTE THAT THE, ITS COMPANION ITEM 1 55. 
          THE GENERAL PLAN IS STILL ON THE AGENDA, BUT SECTION ONE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          WITH THAT, WE'LL 
          [Director’s Report]
ASK OUR DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN TO PRESENT HER REPORT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN. 
          I'M SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          I HAVE A VERY SHORT REPORT TODAY. 
          I DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS APPROVED, UM, AN ORDINANCE WHICH ALLOWS US TO CREATE A CITYWIDE TRUCK ROUTE PLAN TO HELP MAKE THINGS QUIETER IN SOME NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THE PLAN WILL DESIGNATE CERTAIN ROADS AS TRUCK ROUTES, PREVENTING LARGER TRUCKS FROM DRIVING ON SMALLER STREETS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DELIVERIES BEING ALLOWED WHENEVER NECESSARY. 
          MAYOR TURNER COMMENTED THAT IT'S AN EXCELLENT START TO ADDRESS MANY OF THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE IN VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY HAVE EXPERIENCED AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING PLANS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, I'M SAD TO ANNOUNCE THAT LOUISA ROCHA WILL BE LEAVING THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF TEAM. 
          UM, I THINK IMMEDIATELY. 
          UM, SHE AND HER FAMILY ARE MOVING TO THE NETHERLANDS AND SO WE WISH HER AND HER FAMILY THE BEST. 
          UM, THAT'S, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4. 
          AS ALWAYS, VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM. 
          THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE 
          [Consideration of the November 16, 2023 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
ON TO APPROVAL OF THE NOVEMBER 16TH, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. 
          MINUTES. 
          IF THERE ARE NO OBJECT, UH, ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION BALDWIN SECOND CLARK. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          UM, OKAY, THAT TAKES US TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE PLATTING ACTIVITY. 
          A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 59 AND SECTION B REPLANT ITEMS 
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ARE NUMBER 60 THROUGH 1 31. 
          NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUTTA ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPL ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DO NOT HAVE ANYONE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ANYTHING. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. 
          COMMISSIONERS. 
          ARE THERE ANY ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER SIGLER? YES. 
          ITEM 6 7 18 AND 19. 
          OKAY. 
          AND COMMISSIONER HYS? YES MA'AM. 
          CHAIR ITEM 6 7 12 41 87 AND 1 0 1. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WITH THAT WE WILL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON SECTIONS A AND B AND WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B. 
          SAVE AND ACCEPT FOR ITEMS 6 7 12 18 19 41, 87 AND 1 0 1. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION CLARK? IS THERE A SECOND? KLIK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? UH, AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH WILL BE AGAIN ITEM 6 7 12 18 19 41, 87 AND 1 0 1. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION JONES SECOND ROBINS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND NOTE THAT COMMISSIONERS, HE AND SIGLER ABSTAINED ON THOSE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, WE GO TO, UH, MADAM CHAIR, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, THE COMMISSIONER MEN DEPOS, JOIN THE MEETING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE. 
          COMMISSIONER ARMAND AKKA HAS JOINED US. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, AND I'M AGAIN, COMMISSIONER, UM, POROUS PERLE, ARE YOU THERE? OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          UH, 
          [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, Aracely Rodriguez, Devin Crittle, and Arum Lee)]
WE'RE IN SECTION C, PUBLIC HEARINGS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS DORIAN FLM. 
          ITEM 1 32 IS ISLA HOLMES MONTAGE, THE SIZE LOCATED SOUTH ALONG MONTRA DRIVE, EAST OF LAY LOCK ROAD AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. 
          THE REASON FOR REEF PLAT IS TO CREATE 10 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS VIA 18 FOOT SHARE DRIVEWAY WITH FOUR PARKING RESERVES. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 32, UM, ALA HOLMES MONTRE IS OPEN. 
          I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN THE CHAT. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 32? HEARING NO RESPONSE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION SIGLER SIGLER SECOND CLARK. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 1 33 IS ALICE GROVE. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF ALICE STREET AND FOSTER STREET AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. 
          THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY FRONT LOADING LOTS. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. 
          YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 33. 
          ALICE GROVE IS OPEN. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 33? ALICE GROVE HEARING NO RESPONSE. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          AND AGAIN, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS IS THEIR DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ISH? SECOND. 
          YES. 
          RA BLAND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 1 34. 
          ITEM 1 34 IS BAKER STEEL PROPERTIES. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF ORANGE GROVE DRIVE AND CON STREET NORTH OF MOUNT HOUSTON ROAD AND HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS. 
          THE REASON FOR PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE. 
          THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO REPL LOTS INTO A COMMERCIAL RESERVE OUT OF TWO LOTS THAT WERE CREATED WITH THE ORANGE GROVE SUBDIVISION IN 1941. 
          REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED, UH, THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED TO CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO 
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DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 34 BAKER STEEL PROPERTIES IS OPEN. 
          UH, THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS UNLESS, UH, JOYCE OWENS DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK TO US OR NOT? I DON'T HEAR HER. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 34? IF NOT, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER. 
          UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? BALDWIN SECOND ALLMAN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 1 35. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS DEVIN K CRIDDLE. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIR. 
          IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 1 35, 1 43 AND 1 44 TOGETHER AS THEY ARE RELATED. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THESE ARE EACH PUBLIC HEARING, SO THEY'LL HAVE TO BE OPEN AND CLOSED, UH, SEPARATELY. 
          OKAY? YES MA'AM. 
          ITEM 1 35 IS EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY AND RESERVES. 
          UH, ITEM 1 43 IS SUNOVA SECTION ONE AND ITEM 1 44 IS SUNOVA SECTION FIVE. 
          ALL THREE SITES ARE LOCATED SOUTH ALONG FOLEY ROAD, WEST OF GULF CLUB DRIVE AND EAST OF NORTH LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE EAST LAKE HOUSTON PARKS AND RESERVE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE AND DEDICATE A PORTION OF THE EAST LAKE HOUSTON MAJOR AIRFARE. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL. 
          I CASE THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY OR ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THIS PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          NOW PRESENTING ITEM 1 43 SONOVA SECTION ONE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE SONOVA SECTION ONE PLAT IS TO CREATE 98 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND SIX RESERVES. 
          THERE ARE NO ADVANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT LOT ONE OF BLOCK TWO, WHICH IS HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN, IT'S SUBJECT TO THE RESTRICTIONS THAT REQUIRE 70 FOOT WIDE LOT A MINIMUM OF 8,400 SQUARE FEET AND FIVE FOOT INTERIOR BUILDING LINES, WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS MET. 
          AND THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          NOW PRESENTING ITEM 1 44 IS ANOVA SECTION FIVE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF RE THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPL IS TO CREATE 118 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS WITH ONE RESERVE. 
          THERE WAS A VARIANCE REQUEST. 
          THERE WAS A VARIANCE REQUESTED TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE A PUBLIC STREET WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC. 
          HOWEVER, THE VANCE REQUEST IS NO LONGER REQUIRED BECAUSE THE STUBB STREET WILL BE ABANDONED BY COMMISSIONER'S COURT BY THE FINAL PLA PLAT. 
          APPROVAL REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT LOTS ONE AND TWO OF BLOCK ONE AND LOTS 46 OF BLOCK THREE ARE SUBJECT TO THE SAME RESTRICTIONS THAT REQUIRE A 70 FOOT WIDE LOT MINIMUM OF 8,400 SQUARE FEET AND FIVE FOOT INTERIOR BUILDING LINES, WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS MET. 
          AND THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. 
          THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC ONE, CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          UH, MADAM CHAIR, JUST TO ADD, THE APPLICANT DID MEET WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE SURROUNDING SUBDIVISIONS, UH, ON DECEMBER 1ST. 
          UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. K CRIDDLE BEFORE WE GO? I THANK YOU FOR THE CHOCOLATE DOWN. 
          PARDON ME. 
          HELLO? OH, OKAY. 
          NEVERMIND. 
          UM, SO LAST, WE DEFERRED THIS LAST TIME BECAUSE THERE WAS SOME NEW, WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS NEW INFORMATION, BUT OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS ASCERTAINED THAT ALL THREE OF THESE HAVE MET OR WILL MEET ALL, ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          YES. 
          THAT'S ON THEM'S CORRECT. 
          UH, SONOVA SECTION ONE AND ANOVA SECTION FIVE HAD, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, LOT SIZE REQUIREMENTS THAT THE APPLICANT DOES MEET AND INTERIOR BUILDING LINES. 
          THAT, THAT THE PLAT DOES MEET THOSE RESTRICTIONS. 
          OKAY, GREAT. 
          AND I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, OKAY, I AM GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE PUBLIC SPEAKERS. 
          THESE ARE THREE ITEMS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES, CORRECT? THEY'RE ALL SHALL APPROVES, WHICH MEANS WE'RE YEAH, I'LL, WE'LL OPEN THE HEARING, WHICH MEANS WE'RE, UH, OBLIGATED TO APPROVE THEM. 
          YES. 
          SO THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, ON ITEM, 
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I'M GONNA OPEN THREE HEARINGS. 
          WE'RE GONNA OPEN 1 35, 1 4, 43 AND 1 44. 
          THEY'RE ALL OPEN AND WE'LL CLOSE THEM ALL WHEN WE'RE FINISHED. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS EDDIE LENTZ. 
          MR. LENTZ DOES NOT APPEAR, APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. 
          DIANA MAXWELL IS NOT PRESENT. 
          ERICA GARCIA IS NOT PRESENT. 
          AMANDA HOLBROOK IS NOT PRESENT. 
          COREY HOLBROOK NOT PRESENT. 
          JASON F IS NOT PRESENT AND SHARON WORKMAN IS NOT PRESENT. 
          UM, THOSE ARE THE SPEAKERS I HAVE. 
          IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT ANY OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS? 1 35, 1 43 AND 1 44. 
          HEARING NO RESPONSE. 
          WE WILL CLOSE ALL THREE HEARINGS INDIVIDUALLY. 
          FIRST WE'LL CLOSE 1 35 THEN WE'LL CLOSE 1 43, THEN WE'LL CLOSE. 
          1 44. 
          DO HELLO? IS SOMEONE TRYING TO SAY SOMETHING? I GUESS NOT. 
          OKAY WITH THAT. 
          UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN FOR, UM, DO YOU WANT THREE SEPARATE VOTES? UH, YES PLEASE. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ON 1 35, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA GARZA. 
          SECOND HEES HINES. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND THEN ON 1 43 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS AGAIN TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          MOTION. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          SORRY. 
          I NEED A MOTION. 
          THANK YOU CLARK. 
          WE NEED A SECOND. 
          SECOND. 
          AYE HE ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND THEN ON 1 44 THERE IS NO VARIANCE. 
          CORRECT. 
          SO CROSS THAT OUT. 
          CORRECT. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON 1 44 JONES SECOND MARS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          THAT'LL TAKE US TO ITEM 1 36. 
          ITEM 1 36 IS ENGLAND LANDING. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG ENGLAND STREET, NORTH OF FAULKNER STREET, WEST OF CULLEN BOULEVARD AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. 
          THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY FRONT LOADING, SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          THERE ARE NO BEARING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 36, UH, ENGLAND LANDING IS OPENED. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 36? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? CLARK SECOND MODEST. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 1 37 1 38 TOGETHER AS THEY'RE RELATED, PLEASE. 
          AND CAN I INTERRUPT YOU JUST TO RECOGNIZE THAT COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG HAS JOINED THE MEETING? THANK YOU. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM 1 37 FIFTH MARCH, CHURCH OF CHRIST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND ITEM 1 38 FIFTH WATCH, CHURCH OF CHRIST RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT. 
          THIS ITEM WILL DEFER AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION SO IT CANNOT BE DEFERRED ANYMORE. 
          UM, THE SITES ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WEST OF WACO STREET AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FOR ITEM 1 37, WHICH A FIFTH WARD TRUTH OF CHRIST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. 
          NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. 
          UM, YEAH, THERE, SO FOR ITEM 1 38, WHICH A FIFTH WARD TRUTH OF CHRIST 
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RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT, THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE PARKING RESERVE. 
          PREVIOUSLY THE APPLICANT WAS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. 
          NOW A REV, A REVISED PLOT WAS SUBMITTED AND CHANGE THE U FROM UNRESTRICTED TO PARKING. 
          THIS NEW PLAT NOW MEET ALL CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO A V IS NOT LONGER NEEDED. 
          UM, SO THIS IS NOW A TRIAL PROOF ITEM. 
          AND THEN, UM, REVIEW BY LEGAL DEPARTMENT INDICATES THAT THIS PLA DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLA OR THOSE FILES. 
          SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO STAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLEDGE SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IT'S APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION. 
          YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEMS AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ BEFORE WE GET STARTED? COMMISSIONER GARZA. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON MS. RODRIGUEZ. 
          UM, SO IN OUR LAST MEETING, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS, THE QUESTION THAT I ASKED A TO FIND OUT WAS, WOULD FENCING BE REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE REGARDLESS OF THE FACT THAT THERE'S NO VARIANCE? AND MY UNDERSTANDING IS A WOODEN FENCE, SIX FOOT TALL, OPAQUE, IS REQUIRED ON THE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY THAT FACES RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. 
          YES. 
          SO WOODEN FENCE, I KNEW THAT THAT WAS A QUESTION FOR SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE SPEAKING TODAY. 
          SO I WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT BEFORE WE GET STARTED. 
          SO FENCING WILL BE PUT IN, I BELIEVE ON TWO SIDES FACING RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          UM, ALSO THE APPLICANT MET WITH THE COMMUNITY LAST TUESDAY AND I BELIEVE THERE WAS A, AN AGREEMENT THAT THE CHURCH WILL PUT ON THE WOODEN FENCE ON THE SIDE NEXT TO THE RESIDENTIAL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER VAR. 
          OKAY, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, CAN I GET CLARITY ON THE RESERVE THAT'S NOT RESERVED FOR PARKING? CAN YOU STILL PARK THERE? COULD THAT USE BE FOR PARKING? THE RESIDENT FOR PARKING RESERVE? NOT THE PARKING RESERVE. 
          THE OTHER ONE THAT'S NOT A PARKING RESERVE, IT'S JUST A RESERVE. 
          IT COULD BE, IT'S AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE THAT CAN BE USED FOR PARKING. 
          IT COULD BE USED FOR PARKING THAT WOULD NOT HAVE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS OF THE PARKING RESERVE. 
          WHAT DO YOU MEAN REQUIREMENTS? OR WOULD IT THAT UNRESTRICTED RESERVE WOULD HAVE THE SAME REQUIREMENT AS THE PARKING RESERVE? YEAH. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE, THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE SO CERTAIN CODE REQUIREMENTS HAVE TO BE MET, INCLUDING THAT. 
          YEAH. 
          CHAPTER 42, THE UNRESTRICT. 
          I DON'T, I DON'T, I I'M GONNA TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          SO IT'S UNRESTRICT RESERVE PER THE ORDER REQUIRED TO HAVE 60 FEET OF FURNISH AND THE PARKING RESERVE IS REQUIRED TO HAVE 50 FEET OF FURNISH. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          NOW, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PERMITTING CONDITION OR IT'S SAYING IT WOULD OFFENSE. 
          I THINK IT BE REQUIRED IF IT'S AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, NOT A PARKING RESERVE. 
          WHERE YOU WOULDN'T REQUIRED, ARE THEY? YEAH. 
          CIRCUMVENTING THE RULE BY HOLDING IT AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND USING IT FOR PARKING, NOT KNOWING PARKING RIGHT. 
          IS BUT A PERMITTING, THEY WOULD BE SUBMITTED AS A PARKING. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER. 
          I BELIEVE THAT REQUIREMENT WOULD STILL COME IN AT THE PERMITTING YES. 
          STAND AS WELL AS PAVING DUST-FREE SURFACES. 
          COMMISSIONER CLARK, THANK YOU. 
          THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS TOO. 
          UM, THE OTHER QUESTION I HAD, THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ABOUT PEOPLE STANDING RIGHT UP AGAINST PEOPLE'S PROPERTY LINE TALKING LOUDLY AND ALL OF THAT. 
          AND WE TALKED ABOUT HOPEFULLY THE CHURCH WOULD DO A BUFFER. 
          DO WE KNOW IF THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEAN? I KNOW THAT'S THE HEAR TOO, THE APPLICANT HEAR. 
          SHE CAN ANSWER THAT QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS BEFORE WE CALL THE SPEAKERS? WE HAVE A NUMBER. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          THANK YOU MS. RODRIGUEZ. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS THE APPLICANT. 
          MONICA FONTANO. 
          POINTDEXTER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          AS SHE INDICATED. 
          I'M MONICA FINO POINDEXTER. 
          THERE WERE 63 PEOPLE PRESENT AT THE MEETING AND THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK QUESTIONS AND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, MAKE THEIR COMMENTS. 
          SO I HAD SOME PICTURES OF THE MEETING IF YOU WANTED. 
          UM, IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UM, RIGHT NOW THOSE PARKING LOTS ARE USED AS PARKING LOTS. 
          THE CHURCH CURRENTLY HAS, UH, A PARKING AREA. 
          THE PHOTOS, UH, CURRENTLY HAS A PARKING DOCUMENT. 
          CAMERA PLEASE, HAS A FEW LOTS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY PARKING. 
          THEIR MAIN PARKING LOT HAS TWO HOMES WITH PARKING ON EITHER SIDE. 
          THE HOMES ARE RIGHT HERE IN HERE AND THEY ARE FENCING ON EITHER SIDE OF THOSE HOMES. 
          AND THEY PLAN TO PUT THE SAME WOODEN FENCING ON ALL PARKING LOTS. 
          WHETHER, UM, IT'S THE UNRESTRICTED OR THE ONE THAT IS FOR, UH, PARKING PURPOSES. 
          THE CHURCH HAS BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 
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90 YEARS, IS CONCERNED ABOUT ITS CONSTITUENTS AND THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND IT WAS VERY, UH, PLEASED TO MEET, TO HOST THIS MEETING, TO TALK ABOUT THESE ISSUES. 
          AT THE END OF THE MEETING, IT WAS ALSO DISCUSSED ABOUT HAVING A TASK FORCE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY COULD STAY IN CONVERSATION WITH THE CHURCH AS THINGS HAPPEN. 
          THEY WERE ALSO TOLD ABOUT A FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WHERE THE RESOURCE BUILDING THAT WE WERE MEETING IN THAT NIGHT WILL BE, UM, RENOVATED AND IT WILL TAKE UP A PORTION OF THE MAIN PARKING LOT. 
          BUT THE PLANS THAT THEY HAVE ARE TO, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THAT PLAN, IT INCLUDES THOSE HOMES THAT ARE EXISTING. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE GREAT ONES. 
          AND SO THEY DO NOT WANNA DISTURB THOSE RESIDENTS WHO ARE ALREADY THERE. 
          THEY PLAN TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST. 
          AND THEY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE FENCING AROUND, UH, THEIR HOMES WHEN THEY'RE DONE. 
          NOW, BACK TO, UH, THESE RELAS, BOTH OF THEM WILL HAVE THOSE WOODEN FENCES AROUND THEM TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE HAS THAT BUFFER. 
          AND THE LIGHT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, I THINK WAS THE OVERHEAD LIGHTS. 
          THOSE LIGHTS WILL BE FINE. 
          LEMME TELL YOU THERE, IT'S ONLY TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR IF THAT, WHERE THERE'S SOMEONE AT NIGHT WITH THE HEADLIGHTS. 
          BECAUSE FOR THE MOST PART, THE CHURCH ONLY USES THAT PARKING DURING THE DAY WHEN IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE SIMULTANEOUSLY, SOME PEOPLE IN BUDDY BIBLE STUDY, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THE SERVICE GOING ON SIMULTANEOUSLY. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, THOSE LOTS, FOR THE MOST PART ARE NOT USED UNLESS IT'S SOME MAJOR, YOU KNOW, EXCITING EVENT THAT EVERYBODY WANTS TO COME TO. 
          AND AGAIN, THAT'S A COUPLE OF TIMES A YEAR. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? UM, OKAY, WE WILL, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF I SAID FOR THE RECORD THAT BOTH OF THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE OPEN. 
          WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 37 AND 1 38. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          YEAH, IF, IF YOU WOULD, UM, SORT OF STAND BY FOR A SECOND, I'LL GO, I'LL CALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS, MS. POINDEXTER AND THEN WE'LL THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TIM JONES. 
          MR. JONES, BACK TO PRESENTATION. 
          IT, MR. JONES IS NOT PRESENT. 
          UH, CURTIS DOYLE. 
          CURTIS DOYLE IS NOT PRESENT. 
          UH, JOHN DANIELS. 
          I MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS JOHN DANIELS AND I'M A MEMBER OF THE FIFTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. 
          I'M HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT THE CHURCH BODY AS WE COLLECTIVELY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE RE PLAT AND VARIANCE OF CHURCH PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED IN THE AGENDA ITEMS 1 37 AND 1 38, VERY BRIEFLY. 
          OUR CHURCH WAS FOUNDED IN 1932 BY FIVE DETERMINED CHRISTIANS WITH TENT MEETINGS ON THE CORNER OF LOWNDES AVENUE AND WACO STREET. 
          OVER THE LAST 90 YEARS, THE CITY AND HOUSTON AND OUR CHURCH OF GROWN AT A PHENOMENAL RATE. 
          TODAY WE HAVE OVER 1500 ACTIVE MEMBERS WITH AN ACT AVERAGE SUNDAY ATTENDANCE OF ABOUT 800. 
          AND I BROUGHT HANDOUTS, WHICH WILL LIST, UH, SOME OF THE, UH, OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY PROVIDE. 
          UH, WE'RE WE, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY 30 OUTREACH PROGRAMS THAT WE PROVIDE NOT ONLY TO OUR PARISHIONERS, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          AND THAT WORK HAS US AT CAPACITY AND WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL PARKING. 
          AS WE ENGAGE THE PLANNING PROCESS CONCERNS OPPOSING THE REPL AND VARIANCE CAME TO OUR ATTENTION TO GAIN A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT THOSE CONCERNS ARE. 
          WE RECENTLY HAD A MEETING TO DIALOGUE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS WHO STOOD IN OPPOSITION. 
          THE MEETING CONCLUDED WITH THE CHURCH INFORMING, ALL, INFORMING, ALL CONCERN OF ITS WILLINGNESS TO FORM A WORKING FOCUS GROUP THAT INCLUDES OUR NEIGHBORS SO THAT WE, BECAUSE WE REALIZED WE NEEDED A FRAMEWORK BY WHICH DIALOGUE AND FOLLOW THROUGH COULD OCCUR, AND THAT HADN'T HAPPENED. 
          BUT NOW THAT WE'VE OPENED THE DOOR TO DIALOGUE AND THEY EXPRESS A WILLINGNESS TO COME OVER AND TALK TO US, WE FEEL AS THOUGH THAT WE CAN WORK THROUGH ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS. LET ME CONCLUDE BY SAYING THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CITY ALONE CAN ADDRESS ALL ILLS THAT IMPACT GOVERNANCE. 
          FOR THE PAST 90 YEARS, OUR CHURCH, AS A SELF-HELP AND SELF-IMPROVEMENT ORGANIZATION HAS THRIVED IN FULFILLING OUR CIVIC RESPONSIBILITIES. 
          WE MEET PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AND DO OUR PART TO CULTIVATE HONESTY AND INTEGRITY AND FIDELITY. 
          OUR PROGRAMS ARE STRUCTURED TO IMPROVE 
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THE LIVES OF INDIVIDUALS, WHICH IN TURN IMPROVES FAMILIES, WHICH IN TURN IMPROVES OUR COMMUNITY. 
          WE DON'T WANT ANYONE IN NEED OF HELP TO BE DISCOURAGED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND A PLACE TO PARK. 
          MR. DANIELS, YOUR TIME'S, IF YOU COULD WRAP UP, YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT, WELL, WE'LL ASK IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR YOU. 
          IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU, MA'AM. 
          WE APPRECIATE IT. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS DELANEY LUNA. 
          HI. 
          HI, HOW ARE YOU? I AM DELANEY. 
          I DID HAVE A HANDOUT, UM, TO DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE. 
          OH YEAH. 
          UM, HI THIS, I'M DELANEY LUNA. 
          I DID GROW UP ON COPELAND STREET. 
          UM, THIS IS MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE THAT WE'RE SPEAKING OF. 
          UH, I'M HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY TO THAT WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS PARKING CHANGE. 
          WE ARE SAYING NO TO THEM PUTTING OUR SAFETY AND OUR HEALTH AT RISK. 
          NO, TO THEM NOT CONSIDERING OUR PRIVACY. 
          NO. 
          TO THEM REMOVING THE LITTLE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE LEFT BECAUSE THEY HAVE BOUGHT OUT ALREADY SO MANY AND MADE PARKING KNOW TO THEM EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS WHEN IT MEANS DESTROYING OUR COMMUNITY. 
          SO PLEASE, PLEASE STOP THEM. 
          'CAUSE IT MEANS A LOT. 
          THIS IS THE FIRST HOME THAT MY GRANDMOTHER BOUGHT THIS. 
          SHE FIRST CAME HERE AND I'M THE THIRD GENERATION IN THAT HOUSE. 
          AND THE LOT RIGHT NEXT TO MY GRANDMOTHER IS THE ONE THAT THEY HAVE CONVERTED INTO A PARKING LOT. 
          I'M SO SORRY, BUT IT, IT JUST MEANS SO MUCH. 
          LITERALLY TWO FEET FROM THE FENCE THAT THERE'S CARS PARKING, WE CAN HEAR THEM. 
          WE'RE THERE. 
          SO PLEASE, WE DO NOT AGREE WITH US. 
          AND THESE ARE THE EXPANSION PLANS THAT THEY HAVE THAT WE HAD NO IDEA. 
          HAD NO IDEA UNTIL WE SAW THAT SIGN IN THE PARKING FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL. 
          THEY DID NOT COME TO US TO LET US KNOW WHAT THESE PLANS WERE GOING TO BE FOR US BEING THEIR NEIGHBORS, FOR THEM BEING HERE FOR 90 YEARS. 
          THEY DID NOT COME AND KNOCK ON OUR DOOR TO LET US KNOW WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING TO EXPAND AND PURCHASE THESE LOTS AND MAKE IT, IF THEY'RE GONNA BE EXPANDING, THEY'RE EXPANDING USING THE PARKING LOT. 
          THEY ALREADY HAVE HALF OF IT. 
          THEY'RE GONNA NEED MORE PARKING. 
          THEY'RE EXPANDING THEIR PROJECT, THEY'RE REMOVING PARKING LOTS, YET THEY NEED MORE PARKING. 
          I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JOCELYN RAMIREZ. 
          BACK TO PRESENTATION. 
          HI. 
          HELLO. 
          HOW ARE Y'ALL TODAY? UM, I AM JOCELYN RAMIREZ. 
          I WAS HERE AT THE LAST MEETING WITH MY MOTHER AND MY AUNT AND MY GRANDMOTHER. 
          I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY OLDER SISTER AND MY AUNT. 
          UM, UH, REGARDING THE MEETING THAT WE HAD ON TUESDAY WITH THE CHURCH, UM, THERE WAS NO RESOLUTION THAT I FELT WAS MADE BETWEEN US AND THE CHURCH. 
          I DID BRING UP THE ISSUES WITH THE PRIVACY AS WELL AS MY HEALTH CONCERNS CONSIDERING THE GRAVEL OR, UH, CRUSHED CONCRETE THAT THEY HAVE USED FOR THEIR PARKING. 
          UM, IT FELT AS IF WE WERE KIND OF BRUSHED OFF A LITTLE BIT. 
          WE WERE TOLD THAT IT WAS IN THEIR PLANS AFTER THEY COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT, THAT THEY, WE HAVE SHOWN AND THAT THEY HAVE ALSO SHOWN AS WELL A PROJECT THAT BIG IS GONNA TAKE A LOT OF TIME. 
          IF THEY PLAN TO USE THE CON CRUSH CONCRETE TEMPORARILY UNTIL THEY COMPLETE THEIR PROJECT. 
          HOW MUCH TIME IN THE FUTURE IS THAT GOING TO BE? HOW MANY YEARS AM I GOING TO HAVE TO ENDURE? UH, LIVING NEXT TO ALL THAT DUST AND DEBRIS THAT CAN BE BLOWN INTO THE WIND FROM THE CRUSHED CONCRETE. 
          UM, I ALSO HAVE A PHOTO THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW IF POSSIBLE. 
          DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE. 
          THIS PHOTO HERE WAS TAKEN AT 10 13 IN THE MORNING, THE, ON NOVEMBER 17TH, THE DAY FOLLOWING THE MEETING THAT WE HAD HERE. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PARKING LOT IS FULL WITH CARS. 
          THEY HAD AN EVENT, NOT THAT WE WERE AWARE OF. 
          WE NEVER RECEIVE NOTICE OF ANY KIND OF EVENT OR ANY KIND OF, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JOIN US, UH, TO, YOU KNOW, TO INCLUDE US IN THE COMMUNITY AND BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AS THEY'VE STATED. 
          UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CAR IS PARKED EXTREMELY CLOSE TO THE FENCING OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S PROPERTY. 
          I HEAR, I HEARD THOSE CARS ALL DAY LONG. 
          UM, THAT WAS AN ALL DAY EVENT. 
          AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH ROOM TO PARK ON BOTH SIDES AS 
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THEY'VE WANTED TO USE FOR THE PARKING LOT. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, SANDRA BUNTON. 
          MS. BUNTON. 
          GOOD, GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          I TWO GREW UP, I TWO GREW UP ON COPELAND STREET AND MY GRANDPARENTS, FOR ME, THEY WORKED HARD TO GET THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF THE ELDERS HAVE DIED ON AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF YOUNG THAT'S COMING IN, IT'S WRONG IN ANY CASE TO HAVE A HOME. 
          AND THEN SOMEBODY COMES AND SAY, WE GOING TO, WE JUST GONNA START PUTTING PARKING LOT ALL IN BETWEEN YOUR HOUSE. 
          IT'S INCORRECT. 
          I DON'T CARE WHO YOU ARE, I DON'T CARE WHAT AREA IT'S IN. 
          IT'S WRONG FOR SOME BECAUSE WE DON'T, WE ARE NOT MILLIONAIRES. 
          NO ONE TAKES CARE OF THE LO THERE'S ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF THE, THE, THE WEALTHY ARE ALWAYS GONNA GET TAKEN CARE OF BECAUSE THEY HAVE MONEY. 
          BUT WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE MONEY, YOU'LL CAST ASIDE. 
          I'M 77 YEARS OLD. 
          I KNOW. 
          AND IT, IT IS HAPPENING NOT JUST WITH US, IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER. 
          AND I JUST WANNA KNOW, WHEN DOES IT STOP? YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH, IF YOU, YOU SAY YOU IN THE BUSINESS OF DOING THIS AND THAT, THAT'S YOUR JOB. 
          YOU SAY, I PASS OUT TURKEYS. 
          WELL, IF YOU REPRESENT GOD, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEED. 
          I THOUGHT THAT'S A PART OF WHAT YOU DO. 
          SO, SO IF YOU SAY YOU WANT TO EXPAND AND YOU WANT TO HELP THE COMMUNITY, WE'LL KEEP THAT WHAT YOU HAVE RIGHT THERE, THAT BUILDING. 
          USE IT FOR HUMAN RESOURCE AND HELP ALL THAT. 
          YOU WANT TO HELP GO SOMEPLACE ELSE AND BUILD SOMETHING ELSE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE YOUR CONGREGATION. 
          WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO CONTINUE TO KEEP MOVING INTO AND TAKING UP EVERY TIME YOU SEE A HOME? IT, IT IS JUST NOT RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, THOSE ARE THE SPEAKERS I HAVE SO FAR. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AT EITHER OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON 1 37 OR 1 38? IS ARE YOU, IS HE COMING? MM-HMM . 
          OKAY. 
          COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? MARSHALL LAYTON. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. 
          MARSHALL LAYTON. 
          OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF COPELAND STREET AND THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK. 
          UM, MY WIFE IS A LONG TO TERM RESIDENT, FIFTH WARD. 
          HER, HER FAMILY GREW UP THERE, ESTABLISHED A BUSINESS THERE AND WE'RE MAINLY CONCERNED NOW ABOUT, AND THE CHURCH HAS BOUGHT OVER 20 PROPERTIES IN OUR AREA AND TURNED THEM INTO PARKING LOTS. 
          NOW THEY'RE USING CRUSHED CONCRETE, WHICH IS, UH, A DANGEROUS, THERE'S, THERE'S STUDIES ABOUT CRUSHED CONCRETE BEING THE DUST CAN GET IN YOUR LUNGS AND CAUSE LUNG DISEASE. 
          I AM SORRY. 
          I'M REALLY NERVOUS. 
          UNDERSTAND. 
          UM, YOU KNOW, A NEIGHBOR, THE CHURCH CLAIMS TO BE THE NEIGHBOR. 
          OUR NEIGHBOR. 
          WHAT NEIGHBOR WOULD COME TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND BUY UP HOMES AND TURN 'EM IN THE PARKING LOTS? THE VALUE OF THE HOMES IN OUR AREA HAS DIMINISHED BECAUSE OF THE CHURCH. 
          MOST OF THE, THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH COMMUTE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          THEY DON'T LIVE IN FIFTH WARD, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, WE LIVE IN FIFTH WARD. 
          YOU KNOW, MY WIFE, THERE'S AN OLD NEGRO CEMETERY ON MARKET IN LOCKWOOD. 
          SOME OF OUR PEOPLE ARE PROBABLY RESTING THERE. 
          THE CHURCH, IF THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY WOULDN'T DESTROY THINGS, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DO WHAT I MEAN. 
          I THINK THEY HAVE OTHER INTENTIONS, YOU KNOW, BUYING ALL THE PROPERTIES AROUND US. 
          SO I'M ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DENY THEIR REQUEST 
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UNTIL WE CAN HAVE A STUDY, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE DANGERS OF CONCRETE AND CONCRETE IN OUR AREA. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE, MR. LEE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE FOR ITEM 1 37 OR 1 38? OKAY. 
          HI, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? YES. 
          MY NAME IS LEONARD PATTERSON. 
          OKAY. 
          I AM, UH, ONE OF THE ELDERS AT THE FIFTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST. 
          AND I WELCOME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH YOU. 
          I'VE HEARD SOME COMMENTS AND WE HAD OUR MEETING TUESDAY. 
          AND, UH, WE WERE PLEASANTLY SURPRISED, I GUESS, TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS. 
          IT'S NOT THAT WE DIDN'T GO DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING ON THEIR DOOR ASKING THEM WHAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE PARTICULAR PROJECT FOR THIS PARKING LOT. 
          WE, UH, WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WANT TO CONTINUE TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. 
          AND WE HAD ONE OF OUR COUNCILMAN'S DISTRICT BEAST, MS. UH, ROMERO WAS THERE AT OUR MEETING. 
          SHE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO CALL MS, BUT SHE DID GIVE OUT A PHONE NUMBER TO EVERYONE SO THAT THEY CAN CALL HER IF THEY HAD OTHER CONCERNS. 
          NOW WE, WE WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. 
          IT WAS MENTIONED THAT ON THE 17TH OF NOVEMBER ABOUT ALL THE CARS THAT WERE PARKED AROUND. 
          WHAT WE WERE DOING THAT DAY IS A ANNUAL EVENT WE CALL OUR TURKEY GIVEAWAY, WHERE WE GAVE TURKEY AND SOME FIXINGS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          ANYONE, ESPECIALLY OUR CLOSEST NEIGHBORS WHO WISH TO COME AND PICK UP A TURKEY OR WHATEVER WERE INVITED. 
          UM, THIS IS AN ANNUAL EVENT AND THAT INCIDENT, I MEAN, THE PAPER THAT, UH, WAS PASSED OUT EARLIER, THAT'S JUST ONE OF OUR MISSIONS, ONE OF OUR MINISTRIES THAT WE DO. 
          AND WE TRY TO TRY TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS. 
          WE TRY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF GOD'S WORD AND IF, UH, WE CAN HELP IN ANY WAY, WE'RE MOST HAPPY TO DO SO. 
          MR. PATTERSON, UM, I'LL JUST, I'LL TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR, FOR THE CHURCH REACHING OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVING A MEETING. 
          AND AS, UM, OUR PLEASURE AS THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, UH, MR. DANIELS SAID IT, I HOPE IT'S THE FIRST OF OTHER MEETINGS. 
          IF YOU ARE GONNA, EVERYTHING THAT YOU ARE ASKING TO DO HERE IS A SHALL APPROVE FOR US. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES. 
          WE DON'T HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE A PURVIEW OVER CRUSH CONCRETE. 
          THAT'S AN ISSUE, UH, FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND PERMITTING. 
          UM, BUT AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW, YOUR, THE CHURCH OWNS THESE PROPERTIES AND THEY, THEY'RE WITHIN THEIR RIGHTS TO USE THEM AS THEY DO. 
          HOWEVER, GIVEN YOUR DEVELOPMENT PLANS, I'M SURE IT BEHOOVES YOU TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE BY ALL MEANS, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE AN EASY PROCESS BY ANY MEANS. 
          AND THE MORE YOU CAN, UM, EMBRACE THE COMMUNITY AND, AND GET THAT COMMUNICATION GOING, THE BETTER IT WILL BE FOR EVERYBODY. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          OUR DOORS ARE ALWAYS OPEN AND WE ARE MOST HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH ANYONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE ON ITEM 1 37 OR 1 38? UM, THE APPLICANT. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          THAT'S OKAY. 
          DIDN'T SEE YOU THERE. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          UM, HELLO. 
          MY NAME IS CLAUDIA . 
          MY NAME IS CLAUDIA REYNA. 
          AND THE REASON FOR BEING HERE IS BECAUSE IT IS AFFECTING US DIRECTLY. 
          UM, LIKE MY NIECES HAD STATED, UH, ONE OF THE PLOTS IS REALLY BETWEEN TWO HOUSES AND ONE OF THEM IS MY MOTHER'S HOUSE. 
          UM, IT, IT, IT, THE MEETING, UH, THAT WE WENT TO, WE WERE NOTIFIED TWO DAYS BEFORE. 
          UM, WE MANAGED TO MAKE, MAKE IT TO THE MEETING, BUT NOTHING WAS RESOLVED. 
          UM, THEY'RE THING THE, WE, WE TALKED TO SOME OF THE CONGREGANTS AND THEY DON'T WANNA MOVE ANYWHERE. 
          THEY SAID, UH, THEY THINK IT'S NOT, THEY'RE DOING NOTHING WRONG BECAUSE THEY DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA. 
          SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT THEM DIRECTLY. 
          UM, THE PROBLEM HERE IS THAT NOW WE HAVING MORE LOTS BEING PURCHASED BY THEM. 
          THEY ALREADY, WITH OUR PROJECT, THEY'RE ALREADY ELIMINATING 
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HALF OF THEIR PARKING, EXISTING PARKING. 
          SO WHO'S TO SAY THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE? THEY, THEY'RE ALREADY SAY THEY'RE NOT BACKING DOWN. 
          THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE PURCHASING AND BUILDING MORE LOTS. 
          SO HOW MANY MORE HOUSES ARE THEY GOING TO DESTROY TO DO THIS? AND IT'S A, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TWO BLOCKS THAT ARE IN NEAR THAT CHURCH THAT HALF OF IT IS THEIRS. 
          SO THEY'RE ELIMINATING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IF THERE IS A WAY TO HAVE IT JUST RESIDENTIAL. 
          NO MORE COMMERCIAL AT THIS POINT THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE THAT KIND OF USE. 
          YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE ARE THE ONES, LIKE THE OTHER LADY SAID, WE'RE THE ONES SUFFERING BECAUSE WE ARE HAVING TO, UM, BE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS BEING DESTROYED. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, WE ARE NEAR WHERE IT SAYS A SIGN THAT SAYS FIFTH WAR, UM, HISTORIC. 
          WHAT HISTORIC HISTORY. 
          HISTORY IS THERE EVEN WHEN THERE'S NO ANY HOUSES, ORIGINAL HOUSES, WE UNDERSTAND. 
          SO WE UNDERSTAND YOUR PAIN WITH THIS. 
          UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR AUTHORITY TO DO ABOUT IT. 
          SO IF YOU GUYS CAN STOP FROM BUILDING ANY MORE OF THE, UH, UM, OR STOP AT LEAST THIS SUGGESTS, SUGGEST YOU CONTINUE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CHURCH AND KEEP, KEEP THAT DIALOGUE GOING. 
          IT'S NOT, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER JONES, IF I MAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE'S THE DISCUSSION ABOUT PARKING LOTS AND FOR EVERYONE HERE WHO'S CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING LOTS, UH, AND FORTUNATELY I SAW RICHARD SMITH COME IN AND VISIT, YOU KNOW, DETENTION IS A BIG DEAL. 
          YOU KNOW, UH, IMPERVIOUS COVER PROBABLY AS MUCH AS A HUNDRED PERCENT. 
          YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY ROADSIDE DITCH PROBLEMS. NO, BUT I JUST ANTICIPATE, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE WILL BE AREAS OF GREEN. 
          THERE WILL HAVE TO BE, RICHARD CAN CHIME IN, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL SEE 100% PARKING IMPERVIOUS COVER OR A GRAVEL. 
          ANY, ANY MIX OF THAT. 
          UH, SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THE COMPLETE RELIEF THAT I KNOW THE COMMUNITY WANTS, BUT I EXPECT THAT THERE WILL BE SOME ADJUSTMENT WHERE YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE PARKING CARS EVERYWHERE. 
          UM, I MAY BE WRONG. 
          RICHARD CAN CHIME IN AND RESPOND TO THAT MR. SMITH. 
          BUT I JUST THINK THERE'S ANOTHER CONSIDERATION HERE THAT THE COMMUNITY NEEDS TO LOOK INTO OR AT LEAST UNDERSTAND, UM, THAT COMPONENT TO WHAT'S ANTICIPATED. 
          THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT, I THINK BECAUSE IF, ESPECIALLY IF THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, PACKAGING PROPERTY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO PAVE IT NOW. 
          SO MR. SMITH, DO YOU WANNA, DO YOU WANNA COMMENT ON THIS? 'CAUSE THIS ALL HAPPENS AT THE PERMITTING. 
          I SHOULD CLARIFY. 
          THIS IS A PERMITTING ISSUE DOWN THE ROAD. 
          IT'S NOT THE PURVIEW OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT PUBLIC WORKS WILL HANDLE IT. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS RICHARD SMITH. 
          I'M HERE REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS. 
          A COUPLE OF THINGS I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRUSHED CONCRETE. 
          YES, CRUSHED CONCRETE CAN BE USED FOR A PARKING LOT, WHETHER THAT'S, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL, RESIDENTIAL. 
          BUT YES, IT CAN BE USED. 
          THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP MITIGATE THE DUST, YOU KNOW, ROLLING AT THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY MAY HAVE, MAY BE DOING THAT OR MAY HAVE DONE THAT TO TRY TO LIMIT SOME OF THAT, BUT THAT IS SOME STUFF THAT THEY CAN DO. 
          BUT YES, THE CON, THE CRUSHED CONCRETE CAN BE DONE. 
          UM, AS FOR THE GREEN SPACE, I KNOW THAT IT'S USUALLY A PLANNING THAT THEY'LL HAVE TO PUT IN SOME, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME GREEN SPACE THERE, WHETHER IT'S SITE, UM, TREES ON THE SITE, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          BUT I'D HAVE TO DEFER TO PLANNING ON THAT ONE SPECIFICALLY. 
          BUT YEAH, THERE USUALLY IS SOME GREEN SPACE REQUIRED AT LEAST ALONG THE FRONT EDGE AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          UM, AND THEY DO REQUIRE, THEY WILL RE REQUIRE TO PUT UP A FENCE, UM, OR WHEEL STOPS SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THE QUESTION ABOUT THE DISTANCE FROM THE HOME NEXT DOOR AND STUFF. 
          THEY WILL EITHER BE PUTTING IN WHEEL STOPS OR A FENCE. 
          AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CHURCH HAS SAID THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN A FENCE AND IF THEY DO THAT, THEN THEY'RE MEETING THE PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR, FROM A PERMITTING STANDPOINT THAT YOU ALL MAY HAVE? JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT COMMISSIONER JONES WAS SAYING THAT ABOUT THE GREEN SPACE, HE WAS REFERENCING DETENTION REQUIREMENTS AND THAT THAT MAY CREATE SOME GREEN SPACE THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING ON THOSE PLANS. 
          CORRECT. 
          THERE. 
          AND AGAIN, OF COURSE, AS A COMMERCIAL SITE OR EVEN AS A PARKING SITE, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO DO, UM, DETENTION REQUIREMENTS DEPENDING UPON HOW MUCH OF THE SITE THAT THEY COVER WITH IMPERVIOUS OR AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE. 
          SO THEY WILL BE REQUIRED 
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TO MEET THEIR DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
          OKAY. 
          NOW HOW THEY DO THAT, THAT IS UP TO THEM. 
          THAT MAY BE UNDERGROUND DETENTION, IN WHICH CASE, YOU KNOW, YOU MAY NOT SEE GREEN SPACE IN TERMS OF A DETENTION AREA, LIKE A DETENTION POND OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          BUT AGAIN, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'LL NEED TO WORK OUT. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? NOT FOR MR. SMITH. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          YOU OKAY? WE HAVE, WE HAVE MORE SPEAKERS, GUYS. 
          OKAY, NEXT SPEAKER. 
          YES. 
          HI, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. 
          YES, MY NAME IS ANGELA KNIGHT. 
          K-N-I-G-H-T. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, STATE THAT FIFTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST HAVE BEEN A HOME FOR US. 
          AND THE SPACE, OUR NEIGHBORS WAS THAT HOUSE, YOUR GRANDMOTHER AND MY HEART GO OUT? THAT WAS THE HOUSE WE CAME AFTER CHURCH TO BUY COOKIES AND PICKLES. 
          SO THE SPACE WAS ALWAYS TOGETHER. 
          UH, THE CHURCH MEMBERS PICKED US UP FROM KEY HIGH, I MEAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO HIRSCH ROAD, THE COMMUNITY OF ELDERS. 
          THOSE ARE ELDERS. 
          UH, THEY ARE NOT TYPICAL CHURCH. 
          THEY DON'T SEEK ANY FUND FOR GOVERNMENT. 
          IT WAS ALL RAISED FROM US. 
          UH, WHEN THEY NEEDED CONSTRUCTION, THEY SOLD THEY DIAMONDS AND COKES, WHATEVER, TO HAVE CONSTRUCTION. 
          WHEN THEY NEEDED FRANCHISE, THE MEMBERS SOLD EVERYTHING SO THEY CAN HAVE MCDONALD'S, YOU KNOW, FRANCHISE. 
          THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH. 
          THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL CHURCH. 
          THEY PICKED ME UP WHEN I WAS 12, 13 FROM, UH, THE, UH, IT WAS A NEW PROJECT THERE, MY MOM. 
          AND SO I'M JUST TELLING YOU, THE ELDERS DID NOT KNOW. 
          I PROMISE YOU. 
          I MEAN, 40 YEARS AGO I WENT TO THAT CHURCH. 
          NOW I'M AN INTER, INTER, UH, INTERCESSOR AND A MISSIONARY AROUND THE WORLD. 
          SO I, WE, UH, PUT AQUAPONICS IN 10 DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. 
          SO A LOT OF US, THAT'S STILL OUR HOME, BUT WE ARE TRAVELING AROUND THE WORLD TO DO MISSION. 
          SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU. 
          THEY WILL. 
          OUR ELDERS ARE VERY RESPECTFUL. 
          THEY DID NOT KNOW IT WAS A INSIDE, BUT LIKE YOUR MOTHER, I KNEW YOUR MOTHER SINCE SHE WAS LITTLE. 
          WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, WE COMING BY COOKIES AND PICKLES. 
          THAT WAS OUR STOREHOUSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE MS. KNIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK AND MS. PO? DID, DID YOU WANNA WE GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO SPEAK AT REBUTTAL AT THE END. 
          MS. FONTANO PO ETTER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MONICA FONTANO POINDEXTER, I JUST DID WANNA STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT THE NOTICES WERE SENT TO EVERYONE THAT RECEIVED A PREVIOUS NOTICE. 
          EVERYONE THAT WAS HERE AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ON NOVEMBER 16TH, I GOT THEIR EMAIL ADDRESSES AND EVERYONE RECEIVED THAT NOTICE WITHIN 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THAT MEETING TO ENSURE THAT THEY HAD AMPLE OPPORTUNITY TO ARRIVE. 
          AND SO I JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT YOU'VE HEARD EVERYTHING ELSE AND WE DO WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY TO HEAR THE CONCERNS FROM THE COMMUNITY AND THE GOODWILL THAT THE CHURCH PLANS TO CONTINUE TO DO EVEN AFTER 90 YEARS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FROM MS. FONTANO? POINT X OR COME BACK? COME BACK. 
          COME BACK, MISS YOU CAN'T GET AWAY AT QUEEN COMMISSIONER CLARK , MR. CLARK. 
          SO, YES, JUST A COUPLE QUESTIONS. 
          YOU HEAR THE CONCERNS, UM, ABOUT TREES AND PLANTINGS AND GREEN SPACE. 
          I SAW SOME OF IT ON YOUR PLANS. 
          I CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO, BUT I RECOMMEND THAT YOU BE VERY SPECIFIC WHERE YOU PLANT BUFFERS AROUND YOUR NEIGHBORS. 
          MAYBE INSTEAD OF BRINGING THE CARS RIGHT UP TO THE FENCES, MAYBE THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE SOME BUFFERS. 
          AND I'D ALSO REQUEST, YOU'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS ABOUT THE CRUSH CONCRETE AND MR. SMITH, SO KINDLY TOLD US ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE TO ROLL IT. 
          I'D LIKE FOR THE CHURCH TO CONSIDER THAT, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS GONNA BE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION, DUST AND NOISE AND DIRT AND TRASH. 
          I'M IN THE, I'M IN THE BUSINESS , SO I KNOW WHAT A SITE LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO I'M JUST ASKING IN ADVANCE FOR YOU GUYS TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS, UM, ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORS AND VERY CONCERNED. 
          ABSOLUTELY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT. 
          AND THE CONTACT HEARD, AND I DID REQUEST THAT YOU MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY LAST TIME AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, UM, FOR THAT EFFORT AND FOR MEETING WITH THEM, UM SURE. 
          AND LISTENING TO THEIR CONCERNS AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS THROUGH YOUR TASK FORCE MEETINGS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          COMMISSIONER HEINZ? YES. 
          I JUST WANT TO, TO SAY TO, UH, MR. DANIELS AND MR. PATTERSON, UM, COMMUNICATION CLEARLY WORKS, UH, CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE. 
          UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE GOTTEN A CHANCE TO KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS A BIT MORE INTIMATELY. 
          UM, I CAN ONLY SEE POSITIVE THINGS COMING OUT OF THAT. 
          I ALSO ECHO, UH, YOU KNOW, CONSIDERING HOW TO MAKE THAT IMPERVIOUS, SORRY, IMPERVIOUS, UH, GROUND COVER, GRAVEL, MORE STABLE. 
          UH, THAT'S IMPORTANT. 
          UH, WHAT I WANT TO DO IN CASE ANYONE'S ON, UH, LINE OR IN THIS ROOM HEARING US SAY PERVIOUS IMPERVIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE REASON FOLKS 
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ARE GRAVITATING TOWARDS AT LEAST THE GRAVEL IS BECAUSE IT IS PERVIOUS ALLOWS RAINFALL TO PERCOLATE THROUGH THE SOIL. 
          UH, CONVERSELY WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S IT'S FULLY PAVED. 
          WATER HITS THAT SURFACE, YOU HAVE RUNOFF AND THAT COULD LEAD TO, UH, CONDITIONS LIKE FLOODING THAT, UM, NONE OF US WANT. 
          SO, YOU KNOW, FROM A STABILITY STANDPOINT, UH, CONSIDER IN MANY WAYS AS POSSIBLE TO, UM, UH, CONTROL, UH, UH, THE, THE, THE DUST AND OR RUNOFF WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS AS WELL. 
          UM, IF YOU COULD DO THAT, THE OTHER CONCERNS ABOUT PRIVACY, THE IMPORTANCE OF DEFENSE, UH, BUT I CAN EX UH, EMPHASIZE THE COMMUNICATION CLEARLY, UM, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, HOWEVER YOU ADVERTISE THAT TO LET THEM KNOW, UH, ATYPICAL, UH, E EVENT OR AN ANNUAL EVENT THAT MAY DRIVE MORE CONGESTION OR TRAFFIC, UH, MAY OCCUR. 
          AND TO FIND OUT WHAT COULD BE SOLUTIONS TO MITIGATE THAT MAYBE YOUR NEIGHBORS SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, THIS TIME OF DAY WE'RE NOT HERE. 
          UM, AND YOU COULD ALIGN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOUR EVENT TO, WITH, WITH THAT OR NOT, BUT PLEASE CONTINUE TO, TO, UH, COMMUNICATE. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UH, I DO HAVE TO POINT OUT THAT COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE HAS MATERIALIZED IN PERSON FROM HER, FROM HER PREVIOUS VIRTUAL COMMISSIONER CLARK. 
          SO BACK TO THE LANDSCAPING. 
          I NOW HAVE A COPY OF YOUR PLAN AND I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THE AREAS YOU GUYS ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDING THESE TWO EXISTING HOMES AND STATE LAW WON'T ALLOW US TO MAKE ANY CHANGES, BUT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, I'M ASKING WHERE YOU HAVE YOUR DROP OFF, COULD YOU SLIDE IT A LITTLE BIT, GIVE THESE PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF A BUFFER. 
          AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, SAME THING. 
          YOU'VE GOT YOUR MAIN ENTRY RIGHT AT THEIR FRONT DOOR. 
          AND I DON'T WANNA WANNA SAY THIS, BUT I'M GOING TO, THAT'S NOT REALLY NEIGHBORLY. 
          TRY TO GIVE THEM A BUFFER. 
          IT MAY COST YOU A SPACE OR TWO HERE AND THERE, BUT IT WOULD GO A LONG WAY IN HELPING YOUR NEIGHBORS AND HELPING THEM FEEL LIKE YOU'RE BEING CONSIDERATE OF, OF THEM. 
          AND AGAIN, I CAN'T FORCE ANYTHING, BUT I WOULD REALLY HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD CONSIDER THAT. 
          'CAUSE ALL OF YOUR FOLKS WALKING INTO YOUR CHURCH, THE COVERED WALKWAY ON THE OTHER SIDE, I MEAN, IT, IT, THESE POOR FOLKS ARE SURROUNDED AND UH, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT AS YOU DO YOUR PLANS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, THANK YOU. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          UM, WITH THAT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 37 AND I WILL ALSO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 38. 
          UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR BOTH OF THESE IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES, THESE ARE SHALL APPROVES. 
          IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM 1 37? UH, IF NOT, THEN IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON 1 37 GARZA GARZA, SECOND HEES HINES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          AND THEN ON 1 38, ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON 1 38 MAR SECOND CLARK? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER TAHIR HAS ARRIVED. 
          OKAY, THAT WILL TAKE US TO WHAT ITEM ARE WE ON? 1 39. 
          ITEM 1 39. 
          IT'S LAKESIDE VIEWS. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF SHADY LAKE DRIVE AND SPRUCE LAKE ROAD AND HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS. 
          THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY FRONT LOADING RESIDENTIAL LOTS, I MEAN, I'M SORRY, TWO SINGLE FAMILY FRONT LOADING RESIDENTIAL LOTS. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS? ANY COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT SAS RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION. 
          YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 39 IS OPEN. 
          I HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGNED WHO IS THE APPLICANT? UH, BRIDGET HENSEY? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS FOR THE APPLICANT? IF NOT, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY? YES. 
          WHAT? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? MY NAME IS VIRGINIA MEYERS. 
          OKAY. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF LAKESIDE MANOR. 
          GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE CITY THAT IT IS REQUIREMENT FOR REPL TO GIVE IT A DIFFERENT SUBDIVISION NAME. 
          I JUST NEED TO CONFIRM 
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THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS AND ALSO OUR BUILDING RESTRICTIONS. 
          YES, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, THEY WILL HAVE TO, UM, THEY DO HAVE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THEY HAVE TO, UM, ADHERE TO THOSE, UH, SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          OKAY. 
          REGARDLESS OF THE NEW NAME. 
          OKAY. 
          SO DID YOU HEAR THAT MS. MYERS? YEAH. 
          DID, DID YOU HEAR THAT ANSWER? SHE CONFIRMED THAT THEY, THEY ARE SUBJECT TO, UH, TO YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS EVEN THOUGH THE SUBDIVISION HAS A DIFFERENT NAME. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 39? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITION. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR PERLE SECOND ALLMAN COLEMAN, ALLMAN ALLMAN ALLMAN . 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 40. 
          ITEM ONE 40 IS MAJESTIC LANDING. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS, WEST ALONG MAJESTIC STREET, WEST OF HOMESTEAD ROAD AND SOUTH OF CAVALCADE STREET. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 
          AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS RE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. 
          THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 40 MAJESTIC LANDING IS OPEN. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 
          IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING OR IN THE ROOM HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40? HEARING NO RESPONSE. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK SECOND ALLMAN ALLMAN COLEMAN COLEMAN. 
          COMMISSIONER I JUST MADE UP RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. 
          AND THAT WAS CLARK ALLMAN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 41. 
          ITEM 1 41 IS NORTH CHURCH RESERVE. 
          THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST ALONE GRAND PARKWAY AND NORTH OF HIGHLAND KNOWS DRIVE. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPL IS CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 42 DASH 1 93 TO REPL A PORTION OF A GREEN BELT AND OPEN SPACE RESERVE INTO A UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS RE REQUESTED A DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO COORDINATE WITH STAFF REGARDING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE RECEIVED OPPOSITION RELATED TO THE REQUEST AND I BELIEVE WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          IF IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 41 NORTH CHURCH RESERVE IS OPEN. 
          UM, THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          WE MAY CALL ON HIM LATER IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS. 
          UM, THE FIRST SPEAKER IS RENATA WILSON. 
          RENATA WILSON. 
          SHE'S NOT HERE ACTUALLY. 
          IT'S JOHN MICHAEL WILSON. 
          OKAY, YOU'RE NEXT. 
          JOHN MICHAEL WILSON. 
          THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSION FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE NORTH CHURCH RESER RESERVE APPLICATION. 
          MY NAME IS JOHN MICHAEL WILSON. 
          I LIVE NEXT TO THE CHURCH IN MEADOW GREEN SUBDIVISION IN CINCO RANCH. 
          MY FAMILY AND OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN HOMEOWNERS IN CINCO RANCH, MEADOW GREEN FOR OVER 25 YEARS. 
          THIS IS WELL BEFORE THE CHURCH WAS BUILT AND RESERVED B, C AND D WERE GRANTED TO THEM. 
          WE BOUGHT OUR HOME BECAUSE THE RESERVES WERE NEEDED TO SCREEN OUT OUR RESIDENTIAL LOTS AGAINST DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHWAY, UH, 99 AND ANY COMMERCIAL PURPOSES. 
          THIS DESIGNATION OF RESTRICTED RESERVE C AND AS A GREEN BELT OPEN SPACE AND RESERVE B AS A KEY FACTOR IN DETERMINING WHETHER TO BUY OUR PROPERTIES AND BUILD OUR HOMES IN MEADOW GREEN. 
          WE'RE ASKING THE COMMISSION TO DENY AND REJECT THE APPLICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASON. 
          THE CHURCH DOES NOT ACT IN GOOD FAITH. 
          THIS IS MY SECOND TIME SPEAKING OUT AGAINST THE CHURCH'S APPLICATION. 
          LAST YEAR'S APPLICATION MADE BY WINDROWS ON BEHALF OF THE CHURCH FRAUDULENTLY CLAIMED IT WAS FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE CAMPUS TO USE FOR RELIGIOUS AND INSTITUTIONAL PURPOSES, 
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WHEN IN REALITY THEY HAD IT FOR SALE. 
          THEY ATTEMPTED TO MISLEAD THE COMMUNITY IN THE COMMITTEE AND THE MEADOW GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD OWNERS LAST YEAR. 
          AND NOW THEY'RE FALSELY CLAIMING HARDSHIP. 
          THE CHURCH CLAIMS THE TERMS OF THE DEEDS CREATE AN UNDUE HARDSHIP BY DEPRIVING THEM OF REASONABLE USE OF THE LAND. 
          THE CHURCH KNOWINGLY AND WILLINGLY TOOK THE SESSION WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT RESERVE C AND D WOULD REMAIN GREEN BELTS WHERE NOTHING COULD BE BUILT. 
          AND RESERVE B WOULD BE USED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AS WRITTEN IN THE DEEDS. 
          CHANGING THEM WOULD ACTUALLY CREATE HARDSHIP FOR THE MEADOW GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          A LITTLE HISTORY, THE CHURCH NEGLECTED RESERVE B FROM THE DATE THEY ACQUIRED IT IN 2011 TO 2020 TO THE POINT THAT IT BECAME A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND THE NEIGHBORS HAD TO INFORM THE CHURCH TO CLEAN IT UP. 
          THEY CLEANED IT UP, PUT IT UP FOR SALE, THEN NEGLECTED IT AGAIN. 
          SINCE 2020, THEIR SOLE MISSION HAS BEEN TO SELL A RESERVE AT A HUGE PROFIT. 
          THEY GOT IT FOR $10, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE HARDSHIP THE SALE AND DEVELOPMENT BRINGS TO HOMEOWNERS. 
          THE HOMEOWNERS MET WITH THE CHURCH ON SEVERAL LOCATIONS AND PLEADED WITH THEM TO ABIDE BY THE DEEDS. 
          WE EVEN ASKED THEM TO GIVE THE PROPERTY BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND WHEN REJECTED, WE OFFERED TO BUY IT BACK AT A REASONABLE PRICE. 
          AND MR. WILSON, YOUR TIME'S EXPIRED. 
          COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP PLEASE? YES, YES, YES. 
          UH, ANY CHANCE ANY CHANGES TO THE TERMS OF THE DEEDS? UH, TO ALLOW DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND VALUES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS COME TO KNOW IT WOULD POTENTIALLY INCREASE NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION IN ADDITION TO INCREASED SAFETY RISK, ROAD AND ACTIVITY AND HEALTH RISK. 
          THIS WILL LIKELY LEAD TO DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES FOR NOT JUST THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, BUT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH, UH, GARDIS TI. 
          DID I PRONOUNCE THAT RIGHT? GAR GERUS? YOU DID, YES, YOU DID GO. 
          YES. 
          GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          MY NAME IS SARAH GERUS AND I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING CINCO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATION. 
          THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL ASSOCIATION THAT HAS PROPERTY WHICH IS AFFECTED BY THIS RE PLAT. 
          UM, WE ALSO REPRESENT A 8,700 LOTS WELL OVER THAT NUMBER OF OWNERS AND RESIDENTS WHO ALL STAND IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REPL. 
          THE CHURCH ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY AS EITHER A GIFT OR FOR A VERY NOMINAL VALUE WITH THE REQUIREMENT THAT IT BE USED FOR OPEN SPACE. 
          UH, THE D SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS IMPROVEMENTS UPON THIS STRIP OF LAND THAT THE CHURCH IS TRYING TO REFL. 
          THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE PROMISES THAT WERE MADE BY THE DEVELOPER TO THOSE RESIDENTIAL OWNERS THAT ARE DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THIS REFL. 
          THEY WERE TOLD THAT THIS WOULD BE OPEN LAND, AND THE CHURCH, DESPITE TAKING THE LAND WITH THIS RESTRICTION, IS NOW TRYING TO CONVERT IT. 
          THE CHURCH HAS TRIED IN THE PAST, IS NOW TRYING AGAIN TO UTILIZE THIS LAND FOR A PROFIT. 
          UH, THIS IS AGAIN, TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE HOMEOWNERS DETRIMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL CAUSE NOISE. 
          IT WILL DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES, AND IT IS AGAINST WHAT THE DEVELOPER REPRESENTED TO THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE OCCURRING. 
          UM, WE, IT IS A SUBSTANTIAL DETRIMENT. 
          WE ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS. 
          WE ASK THAT THIS FREE BE. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          UM, AND THEN I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS EXCEPT FOR THE APPLICANT. 
          UH, JACOB FLOYD, IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 41? UM, STAFF. 
          MADAM PRESIDENT, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. 
          YES. 
          MY NAME IS THERESA SMITH. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF THE GREEN MEADOW SUBDIVISION RIGHT BEHIND THE CHURCH. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, UM, TO FOLLOW ALONG WITH WHAT, UH, MR. WILSON HAS ALREADY SAID. 
          THIS WILL DEFINITELY DECREASE OUR HOME VALUES. 
          UM, IT WILL PUT US AT A HEALTH RISK CHANGING THIS FROM A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UH, OR FROM A, A RESERVE OR A GREENBELT TO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. 
          THAT'S MY BIGGEST CONCERN. 
          ONE THING ABOUT KATIE, THERE WAS A UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON STUDY DONE THAT KATIE IN AND OF ITSELF IS SINKING. 
          IT HAS SUNK FOUR INCHES SINCE 2006. 
          WE NEED EVERY LITTLE BIT OF GREEN SPACE AND GREEN BELT THAT WE HAVE, AND TO SELL THIS AS COMMERCIAL MAY PREVENT OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE FEW COMMUNITIES THAT DID NOT FLOOD DURING HARVEY TO MAINTAIN THAT STATUS. 
          UM, THAT'S JUST ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT WOULD DO TO OUR COMMUNITY. 
          AND THE CHURCH HAS NOT BEEN FORTHCOMING WITH US AND HAS NOT, AND IT'S IN SUCH A JUXTAPOSITION OF HEARING JUST WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE FIFTH WARD CHURCH OF CHRIST AND ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE DOING JUST A MOMENT AGO. 
          AND TO HEAR THIS CHURCH WHO HAS NOT REACHED OUT AND DOES NOT, UM, HEAR OR LISTEN OR TRY WITH ANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY. 
          AND THAT'S WHY, UH, WE OPPOSE THIS. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
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IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? RE SIMS. I'M A METAL GREEN RESIDENT. 
          UH, THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. 
          I OPPOSE THE REPLANTING OF THE NORTH CHURCH RESERVE. 
          ASIDE FROM NOT HONORING THE ORIGINAL 1999 AGREEMENT, SELLING AND BUILDING OVER THIS GREEN SPACE WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT ON METAL GREEN SUBDIVISION AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS. 
          WITH A WIDENING OF 99, MANY SUBDIVISIONS HAVE AND WILL LOSE MILES OF GREEN SPACE. 
          METAL GREEN WILL ALREADY BE IMPACTED BY THIS LOSS, AND THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE IN NOISE LEVEL AND VEHICLE EMISSIONS. 
          LOSING FURTHER GREEN SPACE BY SELLING THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USE WILL INCREASE PONDING AND FLOODING AND MOSQUITOES. 
          I SPEAK FROM EXPERIENCE. 
          I LIVE NEAR I 10 AND FRY FOR MANY YEARS, AND AFTER THEY REWORKED I 10, EVEN WITH THE ADDED RETENTION PONDS STREET FLOODING NEAR I 10 BECAME THE NORM IN, UH, NOTTINGHAM COUNTRY. 
          RATHER THAN THE EXCEPTION, URBAN GREEN AREAS HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON FLOOD CONTROL AND ARE VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE PLANTS ABSORB GASEOUS POLLUTANTS AND THEY ALSO RELEASE OXYGEN INTO THE ATMOSPHERE BENEFITING THE ENTIRE AREA. 
          PLEASE DENY THIS APPLICATION TO CONVERT THE GREEN BELT TO COMMERCIAL. 
          PLEASE PROTECT OUR GREEN SPACE AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MS. TI. 
          UM, I'M SORRY MS. SIMS. UM, OKAY. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE OUT THERE? OKAY, MR. FLOYD, ARE YOU, ARE YOU THE APPLICANT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          MR. FLOYD, COME FORWARD. 
          NAME IS MARK GARINGER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. 
          MY NAME IS MARK GERINGER. 
          UM, OH, I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, I REPRESEN NO YOU'RE NOT. 
          NO. 
          JACOBS OR ENGINEER. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          MY, SO SAY YOUR NAME AGAIN. 
          MR. ER MARK GERINGER WITH THE G. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, I REPRESENT THE CHURCH OF THE HOLY APOSTLES. 
          I'VE BEEN A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH SINCE 2001. 
          I CURRENTLY SIT ON THE REAL ESTATE COMMITTEE. 
          UM, I'M ALSO IN THE BUSINESS. 
          SOME, I RECOGNIZE SOME OF THE FACES IN THE, ON THE COMMISSION. 
          UM, WE DID SUB SUBMIT A APPLICATION A YEAR AGO. 
          WE DID PULL IT SO THAT WE COULD HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH OUR NEIGHBORS MULTIPLE TIMES. 
          WE'VE MET ON SITE. 
          WE'VE GONE TO THE HOA TWICE, UM, ASKED THEM FOR SOME FEEDBACK AS FAR AS WHAT KIND OF LAND USES WE COULD PUT INTO THE, THE NEXT DEED. 
          ONCE WE DO SELL THE PROPERTY, THEY FAILED TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF RECOMMENDATION ALONG THOSE LINES, EVEN THOUGH WE GAVE THEM A FORM TO DO SO. 
          UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRYING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BE NEIGHBORLY AND GO TOGETHER. 
          SO OUR CURRENT APPLICATION, WE, WE WILL, UH, ACCEPT THE DEFERRAL AS WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK TO, TO STAFF. 
          UM, BUT ONE THING I DO WANNA MENTION, JUST FOR THOSE ON THE CALL, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO TAKE AWAY THE ENTIRE GREEN SPACE, JUST THE PIECE THAT'S BETWEEN THE TWO SIDES OF OUR PROPERTY. 
          WE OWN BOTH SIDES OF THAT STRIP. 
          AND SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO, UH, REMOVE THAT RESTRICTION ON THAT PIECE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          GO AHEAD. 
          THAT A LITTLE MORE? YEAH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE IMAGE ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE ORANGE. 
          THAT'S THE, THE NEW PLAT JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE TOP OF THE PAGE. 
          THAT'S ALSO THE CHURCH PROPERTY AS WELL AS SOUTH OF THAT ORANGE IS OUR PROPERTY. 
          YEAH, NO, THE UH, THE LARGER, THE LARGER TRACT BELOW THE, THE ORANGE, THAT'S WHERE OUR CHURCH CURRENTLY SITS. 
          SO ARE YOU, IT'S FOR THAT WHOLE, SO IT'S A LONG STRIP. 
          IF YOU GO BACK A COUPLE SLIDES I THINK I SAW EARLIER, UM, IT SHOWS THE, CAN YOU GO BACK COUPLE? GO BACK PLEASE. 
          ONE MORE, A COUPLE SLIDES. 
          UH, ANOTHER ONE, ONE MORE? YEAH. 
          I GUESS I CAN'T SEE IT, BUT YOU CAN SEE JUST TO THE, TO THE EAST OF THE ORANGE. 
          THAT'S, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE TRACK WE'RE TRYING TO, UM, REPL, BUT LOOKING TO THE, TO THE LOWER RIGHT, THAT STRIP WOULD CONTINUE ON AND WE'RE TAKING A PIECE OF THAT STRIP AND REPRE, PLATTING THAT PURPOSE. 
          AND WE'RE NOT TOUCHING ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THAT, THAT PORTION. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT, BUT THIS IS MR. CRIDDLE. 
          THIS IS REQUIRING A VARIANCE FOR USE, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THIS IS, THIS IS A VARIANCE. 
          I JUST WANNA CLARIFY THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER GARZA. 
          ALRIGHT, I'M STILL CONFUSED. 
          ALRIGHT, SO HERE'S MY QUESTION. 
          UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, IT'S BASICALLY A V AND THE SOUTHERN PART IS PART OF YOUR PARKING LOT IT LOOKS LIKE, CORRECT? YES. 
          AND THEN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE V LOOKS LIKE IT'S BASICALLY GREEN SPACE, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO THE FORM SAYS THAT YOU ARE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER, I'M SORRY, A COMMERCIAL AND A 
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REPLA, A GREEN BELT, UH, OPEN SPACE TO RESERVE IN A COMMERCIAL RESERVE. 
          SO I'M ASSUMING THE BOTTOM PART OF THE V WHERE YOU HAVE PARKING IS A COMMERCIAL AREA AND THEN THE TOP PART OF THE V IS THE OPEN SPACE RESERVE, CORRECT? CORRECT, CORRECT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, AND THIS OF COURSE IS REQUIRING A VARIANCE TO DO ANY AND ALL OF THIS AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          SO, UM, AS A QUESTION, WHO OWNS, AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT, I DON'T THINK, MR. CRILE, THIS IS NOT YOUR JOB IN THIS POINT, BUT THE NORTH PART, THE, THE WOODED AREA, THAT TRIANGLE ON THE NORTH OF YOUR PROPERTY, THE CHURCH DOES, THE CHURCH DOES OWN THAT. 
          EXACTLY. 
          AND YOUR PLAN IS TO LEAVE THAT AS GREEN SPACE? THE THE, OUR PURPOSE REALLY IS TO COMBINE BOTH THE REPL WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY AND THAT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. 
          OH. 
          COMBINE THAT INTO A TOTAL TWO ACRES. 
          OKAY. 
          WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE CURRENT AREA THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING TODAY BE A PARKING AREA AND THEN POTENTIAL, UH, COMMERCIAL USE ON THE OTHER SIDE. 
          WE DO HAVE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE WILL HAVE ON ANY POTENTIAL BUYER. 
          WE ARE NEXT TO A CHURCH. 
          OBVIOUSLY THERE'S CERTAIN THINGS WE DO NOT WANT NEXT TO. 
          SO IT'S CURRENTLY PLATTED THE NORTH AREA THAT IS OUTSIDE THE V UP HERE IS YOURS AND IT'S PLATTED AS UNRESTRICTED, CORRECT. 
          UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          SO ANY, SO TODAY WE'RE NOT EVEN TOUCHING THAT ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN TO THAT? CORRECT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES. 
          COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE. 
          USUALLY WHEN LAND IS PLATTED AS GREEN RESERVE OR WHATEVER, IT'S IN COMPENSATION FOR SOMETHING. 
          RIGHT. 
          YOU GOT TO DO THAT TO COMPENSATE. 
          SO WAS THIS DONE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE OR WHY WAS IT DONE TO BEGIN WITH? UM, BREAKING OUT SEPARATELY AND JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING SOMETHING THAT GOES AGAINST A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED, UH, MR. CRIDDLE. 
          SO I CAN SAY THE, THE RESERVE ISN'T TO COMPENSATE FOR THE LOT SIZES. 
          THOSE ARE, UH, LOTS OVER, UH, 5,000 SQUARE FEET IN THAT SUBDIVISION. 
          SO IT'S NOT SIMILAR TO LIKE COS, IT'S NOT NEEDED TO MAKE UP FOR THE LOT SIZES AND, AND HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CHURCH DEVELOPMENT OF THAT PROPERTY. 
          I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN. 
          BECAUSE THE CHURCH OWNS WHAT'S OUTLINED THE V NOW. 
          CORRECT. 
          AND THEY'RE TRYING TO CONVERT IT TO UNRESTRICTED FROM A RESERVE. 
          CORRECT? CORRECT. 
          WHY WAS IT DEDICATED TO RESERVE TO BEGIN WITH? AND WAS THAT TO IN COMPENSATION OF SOMETHING THAT WAS REQUIRED AT THAT TIME? UM, THE, HE SEEMS, I GO, IF I MAY ADD, UM, BACK BEFORE THE GRAND PARKWAY WAS THERE, THERE WAS A ROADWAY GOING EAST AND WEST. 
          AND THAT WAS A ROADSIDE DITCH. 
          AND AT ONE TIME THERE WAS A HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT DRAINAGE EASEMENT WITHIN THAT, THAT STRIP. 
          IT HAS SINCE BEEN REMOVED BY THEM ON THEIR SEVERAL YEARS AGO. 
          SO IT DOESN'T SERVE THE PURPOSE THAT IT ORIGINALLY DID. 
          OKAY. 
          IF YOU COULD PROVIDE THAT TO STAFF, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          MAY I CLARIFY SOME THINGS THAT MR. INGER MADE THAT ARE NOT TRUE? WHO IS, WHO'S SPEAKING? THIS IS JOHN MICHAEL WILSON. 
          NO, I'M SORRY MR. WILSON. 
          THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND YOUR TIME'S CONCLUDED. 
          UM, SO WE CAN'T CALL YOU BACK, BUT IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. GEHRINGER, UM, I'M GOING TO ASK IS, DOES MR. FLOYD WISH TO SPEAK? NO, HE DOES NOT. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE HERE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          I'M GONNA, OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. GEHRINGER? I DO. 
          COMMISSIONER JONES. 
          MADAM CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, MR. GARING, THE PARCEL THAT'S WOODED, THAT'S NORTH, I'LL CALL IT, REFERRED TO AS PROBABLY A TRIANGLE PIECE. 
          MAYBE IT HAS ACCESS TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD. 
          DOES IT IN FACT HAVE ACCESS TO THE FRONTAGE ROAD FOR PURPOSE OF, YOU KNOW, INGRESS, EGRESS, UH, COMMERCIAL USE? YEAH, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, IT IS NOT, AND THAT'S QUITE FRANKLY WHY THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER DONATED IT TO US. 
          OKAY. 
          'CAUSE THERE WAS NO ACCESS TO IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. GEHRINGER? THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          TAKE YOUR TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO MR. CRIDDLE, GENERALLY WHEN WE DO THESE USE VARIANCES, WE SEEK, UM, THE APPROVAL OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES. 
          AND IS THAT, IS THAT ONGOING IN THIS DEFERRAL PERIOD? UH, SO RELATED TO THE 1 93 REQUEST, BECAUSE THIS ISN'T A REPL OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, IT DOESN'T REQUIRE THE, THE, THE MAJORITY VOTE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, FROM, FROM, IF, IF WE DID GET OPPOSITION FROM THE NEIGHBORS, WHICH WE HAVE, UH, THE MAJORITY VOTE ISN'T REQUIRED BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REPL OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. 
          OKAY. 
          NOT THAT WE WOULDN'T CONSIDER THAT, BUT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER CLARK, THIS IS PROBABLY MORE FOR MS. MICKELSON, BUT IF THE DEEDS STATE A SPECIFIC USE, JUST BECAUSE YOU SELL IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN CHANGE THE USE. 
          IT STAYS THE SAME. 
          ARE WE ALL IN AGREEMENT THAT USE 
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IS OPEN SPACE? YEAH. 
          AND, AND I'LL ASK MS. WOODS TO OPINE, BUT I PULLED UP THE, THE REQUEST. 
          WE GOT THIS, UM, OUTSIDE COUNSEL ACTUALLY REVIEWED THIS REQUEST. 
          AND THE OPINION THAT CAME BACK FROM OUTSIDE COUNSEL WAS THAT THE REQUEST VIOLATES THE RESTRICTION, I BELIEVE AS I'M READING THROUGH IT. 
          UM, AND IN PART BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTION FOR RESTRICTED TO GREEN BAIT OPEN SPACE PURPOSES, SPECIFICALLY ON THIS AREA. 
          SO I, I THINK THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL HURDLE. 
          RIGHT. 
          THAT MAY YEAH. 
          IMPOSSIBLE AND RIGHT. 
          AND YEAH. 
          WOULD BE REASON, FRANKLY, TO DENY THE PLAT IF THAT'S ACCURATE. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, I THINK STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER WAS BASED ON THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT REQUESTED IT MM-HMM . 
          BUT IT WILL ALSO GIVE STAFF TIME TO CONFIRM, CONFIRM THAT. 
          CORRECT. 
          UM, SO WITH THAT, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER THE ITEM AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING SPEAKERS. 
          YOU'LL ALL BE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND SPEAK TO US AGAIN NEXT TIME IN TWO WEEKS. 
          UM, ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE? MOTION BALDWIN. 
          BALDWIN. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? HINES HINES? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'LL TAKE US TO 1 42 P HOPPI PEPE ESTATE. 
          YES. 
          WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT THE NAME. 
          YEAH. 
          P POPE ESTATE. 
          UH, I DON'T EVEN WANT TO GO THERE. 
          UH, REPL NUMBER ONE, UH, THE SITES LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS, UM, AT THE SOUTHWEST, EXCUSE ME, THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF TATE STREET AND QUEENSLAND STREET. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. 
          UM, ESSENTIALLY TO INCREASE THE DENSITY FROM TWO UNITS TO FOUR UNITS. 
          IT'S STILL REMAINING TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          UH, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 
          AND REVIEW. 
          REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. 
          THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. 
          YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC, UH, HEARING FOR 1 42 IS OPEN. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 42? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? CLARK CLARK. 
          SECOND MODEST. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          UH, WE HAVE ACTED ON 1 43 AND 1 44, WHICH WILL TAKE US TO 1 45. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS WILSON CALVERT. 
          ITEM NUMBER 1 45 IS VASQUEZ ESTATES ON ALASKA. 
          THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 8,750 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE CORNER OF BAKER AND ALASKA. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE PLAT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          THE INITIALLY SUBMITTED PLAT WAS MARKED AS, NOT AS, WAS MARKED AS NOT CONFORMING TO THE DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINES BY LEGAL. 
          SO THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A REVISED DRAWING, WHICH IS STILL UNDER REVIEW. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS PLAT. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR CONTINUED LEGAL REVIEW. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 45, UH, VAZQUEZ ESTATES ON ALASKA IS OPEN. 
          THE FIRST SPEAKER IS MICHAEL WEBB. 
          MR. WEBB DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT. 
          UH, UH, JACK, UH, BARDOS. 
          I HELLO? HI, IS THAT MR. WEBB? HI. 
          YES. 
          SORRY. 
          OH, GO RIGHT AHEAD, MR. WEBB. 
          GO AHEAD, MR. WEBB. 
          I THINK YOU'RE MUTED. 
          UM, I'LL GO AHEAD. 
          UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES, WE CAN GO AHEAD. 
          OKAY. 
          SORRY ABOUT THAT. 
          UM, YEAH, I, I'M A, A HOMEOWNER, UH, THAT LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE LOT AT ISSUE, THE TWO LOTS AT ISSUE. 
          UH, AND ALSO AN ATTORNEY. 
          I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND A COUPLE OF THE NEIGHBORS, AND WE JUST, UM, I DON'T, WELL, WHAT I'M SEEING PICTURED I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT PHOTO, BY THE WAY. 
          BUT, UM, REGARDLESS, UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE WEST HAVEN ESTATE'S DEED RESTRICTIONS. 
          AND, UM, THAT, I'M SORRY, BEFORE, I DON'T KNOW IF I'M ON THE RIGHT TOP. 
          I BELIEVE THIS IS THE WRONG ITEM. 
          I BELIEVE HE'S SPEAKING AT 1 46. 
          OKAY. 
          THIS IS ONE I, YEAH, I'M, I SHOULD BE ON 1 46. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE NOT THERE YET. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          THAT'S MY FAULT 
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ENTIRELY. 
          I JUST GRABBED THE NEXT STACK. 
          SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          NO, NO WORRIES. 
          SORRY. 
          I'LL, I'LL JUST, UH, WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A MINUTE. 
          I WAS GONNA SAY, WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE DRAWING? , RIGHT? . 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          WE'RE ON 1 45. 
          I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 45 VASQUEZ ESTATES? HEARING NO RESPONSE. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WILL BE CONTINUED IF WE GO AHEAD AND DEFER GARZA AND DEFER PER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          GARZA, DO WE HAVE A SECOND JONES? UH, ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF DEFERRAL, SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, NOW WE'RE ON 1 46. 
          YES. 
          WEST HAVEN ESTATES, ITEM NUMBER 1 46 IS WEST HAVEN ESTATE, SECTION ONE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 10. 
          THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 0.4 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS WEST OF FOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE AND NORTH OF FM 10 93 WESTHEIMER. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG AN 18 FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED ONE ADVANCED COMMENT REGARDING THE PLAT, OPPOSING IT ON THE BASIS OF PARKING AND DRAINAGE. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. WEBB, ARE YOU STILL THERE? YES, MA'AM, I'M HERE. 
          OKAY, GO, GO, GO AHEAD AGAIN, SORRY. 
          YEAH, SO, SO LIKE I SAID, UH, I, I LOOKED THROUGH, UM, SOME OF MY, UH, DEED RESTRICTION DOCUMENTS FROM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE HAD PURCHASED OUR HOME. 
          AND I'M NOT SURE I HAVE ALL OF THE, ALL OF THOSE DOCUMENTS OR NOT. 
          UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM WHETHER OR NOT, WHEN Y'ALL SAY IT WAS REVIEWED BY LEGAL, IS THAT YOUR IN, IN-HOUSE LEGAL, I GUESS THAT FOR THE COMMISSION THAT REVIEWS IT TO VERIFY THAT IT MEETS THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? YES. 
          IT'S THE CITY OF HOUSTON LEGAL DEPARTMENT, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO THAT'S JUST REVIEWED AS A MATTER OF COURSE THEN. 
          SO I, I, I GUESS WE'LL JUST, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUST THAT REVIEW. 
          I'M SURE IT'S, IT'S CORRECT. 
          UM, BUT ALSO I WANTED TO ASK, IS THERE ANY BASIS FOR US BEING ABLE TO ASK FOR THIS, UM, DECISION TODAY? I UNDERSTAND THE, THE SHALL APPROVE PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT, BUT IS THERE ANY BASIS FOR US TO BE ABLE TO ASK THAT THE HEARING, UH, BE DEFERRED SINCE THIS IS THE FIRST HEARING ON IT, JUST BECAUSE OF THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING? UH, I HADN'T HAD TIME TO LOOK INTO IT. 
          AND LIKE I SAID, A COUPLE OF, UH, MYSELF AND A FEW OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT IT, UH, WITH THE FOUR LOTS AND THE RESERVES BEING FROM WHAT I CAN TELL, MUCH SMALLER THAN ANY OTHER, UH, LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          UM, AND SO WE JUST WANTED A CHANCE TO EXPLORE THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CAN BE DONE. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU CAN, YOU CAN REQUEST A DEFERRAL, DULY NOTED. 
          IT'S FOR THE COMMISSION TO DECIDE AND, AND WE'LL HEAR FROM A COUPLE MORE SPEAKERS. 
          UM, BUT OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEWED IT AND AS, AS SHORT AS IT DOES MEET ALL RESTRICTIONS. 
          SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT COIN. 
          BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AT THE TABLE. 
          AND, BUT YOUR REQUEST IS DULY NOTED FOR DEFERRAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, AND I WOULD JUST SAY ALSO, I, I BELIEVE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEY, THEY DO HAVE A PROCEDURE FOR AMENDMENT AS WELL. 
          SO DEFERRING IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US A CHANCE TO EXPLORE THAT. 
          IT, IT WOULD NOT, BECAUSE NOT FOR US. 
          YEAH. 
          IT WOULDN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE BECAUSE ONCE THE PLAN APPLICATION HAS BEEN FILED AND IS COMPLETE, YOU CAN'T AFTER THE FACT, YOU KNOW, AMEND. 
          OKAY. 
          SO IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T. 
          WELL, THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. 
          I MEAN, ALL RIGHT, WELL THANKS FOR THAT INFO. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER, AND, AND ACTUALLY I, IF SORRY, BUT JUST TO SAVE Y'ALL TIME, I MEAN, I, I, I CAN WITHDRAW THE, UH, REQUEST TO DEFER THEN IF, IF THERE'S NO POINT IN DOING THAT, YOU KNOW, THEN, THEN THERE'S, THERE'S NO REASON TO DEFER IT. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          WELL, LET US, WELL LET US HEAR FROM THESE OTHER SPEAKERS AND, AND SEE WHAT THEY SAY. 
          THE POINT OKAY OF A DEFERRAL WOULD BE IF SOMEBODY HAD SOME NEW INFORMATION THAT WE HAD NOT SEEN, OR WHEN I SAY WE, I MEAN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAD NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW. 
          THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF A PUBLIC HEARING IN A CASE LIKE THIS WHERE IT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'VE GOT SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T SEEN, THEN WE, WE COULD DEFER TO LOOK AT THAT. 
          BUT FAILING NEW INFORMATION, 
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YOU KNOW, WE'D PROBABLY WANNA GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT. 
          BUT LET ME CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER. 
          WHO IS JACK? IS IT VADOS? VADOS? YES MA'AM. 
          SURE. 
          AND IS THIS DUKE DRESSER? HEY. 
          YEAH. 
          PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AT THE MICROPHONE. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. DRESSER. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          UM, I'M DUKE DRESSER AND I LIVE ON GROIN ROAD, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THEY ARE PLANNING THIS. 
          UH, WE RECEIVED A LETTER, UH, IN KIND OF THE MIDDLE OF NOVEMBER ABOUT THIS. 
          I'VE NEVER SPOKEN BEFORE, A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE. 
          UM, UM, MY NEIGHBOR AND I, WE SHARE ONE DRIVEWAY AND THERE ARE TWO TOWN HOMES THAT ARE SEPARATED BETWEEN EACH OTHER. 
          UH, THEY ARE PROPOSING EIGHT. 
          WE NEVER RECEIVED A PLAT. 
          WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. 
          I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE IT WAS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO GET A PLAT. 
          UM, BUT I HAVE BEEN, I'VE ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WOULD BE THREE FEET OF SPACE BETWEEN EACH HOME IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A WALKWAY TO THE DOOR. 
          UM, I'M KIND OF LIKE THREE FEET. 
          WELL, THAT'S AS LARGE AS THAT DOOR RIGHT THERE. 
          AND SO WE'RE TALKING EIGHT HOMES. 
          UH, AND I'M LIKE, WHERE IS THE GREEN AREA, IF ANY? IS IT JUST GONNA BE A DRIVEWAY AND EIGHT HOMES? AND, AND THEN WHERE IS THE PARKING GOING TO BE? I REALIZE EACH HOME WILL HAVE PARKING TWO SPACES EACH. 
          THAT'S 16 CARS. 
          THEN IF ANYONE HAS ANY KIND OF, UH, PARTY OR ANY KIND OF GUESS, WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PARK? I MEAN, THERE HAS BEEN HARDLY ANY PARKING NOW. 
          YEAH. 
          UM, ON THE STREET. 
          I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HAVE A DEFERRAL IN ORDER FOR US TO DISCUSS REALLY WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING. 
          I THINK WE WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO BE BUILT. 
          AND I'M KIND OF INTERESTED IN KNOWING WHAT THEY PLAN TO, TO CHARGE FOR THESE. 
          WE KNOW THAT WE PAY JUST UNDER A MILLION FOR OURS, BUT ARE THEY GONNA BE ASKING A MILLION FOR EACH OF THESE? UM, ARE THEY GONNA BE ASKING 800,000? UM, WE'RE KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND WHAT IT'S GONNA BE LIKE. 
          THEY ALSO PROPOSE THAT EACH UNIT WILL BE THREE STORIES. 
          AND I'M KIND OF LIKE, WELL, WILL THERE BE AN ELEVATOR IN THESE THREE STORIES? IS IT JUST GONNA BE ALL JUST SINGLES, STAIRS? UM, I, WE JUST HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. 
          WE UNDERSTAND YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS ARE THINGS THAT AREN'T REALLY THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION AT THIS POINT IN TIME. 
          THEY RIGHT. 
          MAY, YOU KNOW, THERE MAY BE PERMITTING ISSUES GOING FORWARD ON THE PARKING QUESTION. 
          THIS, THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE TWO PARKING RESERVES IN ADDITION, AND THEY'VE GOT FOUR IT LOOKS LIKE. 
          SO THERE ARE FOUR EXTRA PARKING SPACES IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING FOR EACH HOUSE. 
          OH, IS THAT WHAT THOSE FOUR BOXES ARE AT THE END? YEAH, THOSE WERE PARKING RESERVES. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT JUST TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. 
          BUT, UM, SO RIGHT, WE WOULD ALSO PREFER, OR I WOULD PREFER FOR THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY NOT TO BE ON BURG. 
          GOIN, I DON'T KNOW. 
          WHY IS IT, WHY WAS IT CHOSEN BURGO AND NOT ON NANTUCKET? OKAY. 
          THOSE ARE NOT, THAT'S NOT US. 
          THAT'S NOT US. 
          UM, BUT LET ME JUST SUGGEST THAT MR. CALVERT, CAN YOU PROVIDE THE INFORMATION FOR THE APPLICANT TO, UM, TO MR. DRESSER? IT, THE, PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS TO ACTUALLY BE IN TOUCH WITH THE, THE ENTITY THAT'S BUILDING THESE, AND YOU CAN ASK THOSE QUESTIONS AND FIND OUT AND PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, GET SOME CLARIFICATION THERE. 
          YEAH. 
          IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT FOR ANY GREEN SPACE AT ALL? I MEAN, NO. 
          NO. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS BEHIND THE PARKING. 
          YEAH, I MEAN, THAT'S RIGHT. 
          THERE IS SOME, AND IT WILL, AGAIN, THERE WILL BE SOME DETENTION REQUIREMENTS, BUT THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT. 
          YEAH. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE ARE ALL THE TRASH CANS GONNA GO EACH TIME WE HAVE TO COME OUT? I MEAN, YOU'RE TALKING EIGHT NEW HOMES. 
          THAT'S 16 NEW TRASH CANS,  AND MR. CALVERT CAN PROBABLY GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION, BUT BE IN TOUCH WITH HIM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO SORRY. 
          HI. 
          I'D ALSO LIKE TO, I NEED TO MAKE AN ADDITIONAL CLARIFICATION. 
          OKAY. 
          I SPOKE WITH MS. WOODS AND THE LEGAL REVIEW, UM, DID SPECIFY THAT A FIVE FOOT INTERIOR BUILDING LINE WOULD BE REQUIRED. 
          IT'S A DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINE. 
          AH, OKAY. 
          AND IT IS NOT CURRENTLY SHOWING ON THE PLAT WE SEE IN FRONT OF US. 
          AND SO, YES. 
          SO THAT WAS, UH, POTENTIALLY AN OVERSIGHT BY MYSELF, UM, AS PART OF THE PLAT REVIEW PROCESS. 
          AND SO THAT IS THE ONLY PORTION OF IT THAT IS CURRENTLY, UM, NOT BEING SHOWN CORRECTLY ON THE PLAT THAT WE SEE. 
          OKAY. 
          AND DO WE KNOW IF THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO? UH, WE DO NOT. 
          SO I WOULD RECOMMEND A DEFERRAL AS A RESULT. 
          SORRY, EXCUSE ME, MS. MATH. 
          PARDON ME? UH, YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          SO, UH, MS. TER, SO WE CAN, WE 
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CAN STILL RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FIVE FEET. 
          IT'S A DE RESTRICTED BUILDING LINE. 
          THE APPLICANT, UH, DOESN'T HAVE A CHOICE TO NOT MEET IT. 
          IT IS A, IT'S REQUIRED. 
          THAT'S CORRECT. 
          AND THERE'S ALSO CURRENTLY AN EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT THAT'S THREE FEET IN THE SAME SPACE. 
          SO IT IS, RIGHT. 
          SO IT'LL BE FIVE FEET BETWEEN REST IS THREE FEET. 
          I WOULD, THAT'S CORRECT. 
          YEAH. 
          CAN I CLARIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT? I THINK IT'S NOT FIVE FEET ON EVERY LOT. 
          IT'S FIVE FEET ADJACENT TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORING LOTS. 
          YES. 
          YES. 
          BUT IN OTHER WORDS, HE'S GOT A FIVE FOOT SETBACK. 
          HE HAS TO SHOW ON THE FINAL DEED RESTRICTED. 
          HE DOESN'T HAVE TO AGREE TO IT, IT'S THERE. 
          RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. 
          ALRIGHT, UM, MR. UH, VARDOS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE. 
          MY NAME IS JACK JOHN VADOS. 
          I AM ALSO ACROSS THE STREET. 
          MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE FLOODING. 
          WE ARE HARVEY VICTIMS OURSELVES. 
          WE USED TO LIVE IN FLEETWOOD, FIVE AND A HALF FEET OF WATER IN OUR HOME. 
          WE MOVED TO WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THAT. 
          NOW, WHEN IT RAINS, THE STREET FILLS UP, GUYS. 
          WE SAID HIGH, BUT THE, BUT THE STREET FILLS UP. 
          THERE'S TOO MANY UNITS. 
          WHAT I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE NICE IF INSTEAD OF EIGHT, BUILD FOUR, HAVE SOME RUNOFF, HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR IT TO GO, HAVE SOMEWHERE FOR IT TO BE ABSORBED. 
          WE DON'T SEE, FIRST TIME I'M SEEING THIS, WE DON'T SEE IT. 
          I PERSONALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE BUYING PROPERTY AND BUILDING AND MAKING MONEY. 
          NO PROBLEM. 
          BUT THINK ABOUT THE EN THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NEIGHBORS AROUND. 
          THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY. 
          AND IF IT COULD BE DEFERRED, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, LET ME JUST SAY, UH, SO THE, THE DETENTION WILL BE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS THE DRAINAGE RUNOFF THAT WILL BE DONE BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS. 
          IS MR. SMITH STILL HERE? YEAH. 
          YEAH. 
          SO PERHAPS MR. SMITH, COULD YOU MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, THESE TWO GENTLEMEN AND TALK ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR THAT? OKAY. 
          YES. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 46? OKAY. 
          UM, I WILL NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHETHER THE PUBLIC HEARING SHOULD BE CLOSED OR NOT UNTIL WE, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO YOU. 
          OH, OKAY. 
          CAN I, CAN YOU, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK MY, MY NAME IS BILL ARD, UH, I-K-A-R-D. 
          AND I LIVE AT 24 20 NANTUCKET, UM, WHICH IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM THIS LOT. 
          AND I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I, UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT SEVERAL THINGS. 
          I REALIZE THE LIMITATIONS WE HAVE TO OBJECT, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IT IS, UH, DISTURBING ME IS THE FACT THAT THERE ARE AT LEAST SIX MAJESTIC LIVE OAK TREES ON THAT LOT. 
          AND I DON'T SEE ON THE PLAT ANY PLACE WHERE THEY WOULD REMAIN. 
          AND IT, IF, TO THE EXTENT THOSE TREES ARE GOING TO BE REMOVED, THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE. 
          SO WE'VE, I, I, AND, AND, UH, THE SETBACKS ARE, I, I THINK A DEFERRAL WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE PLAT LOOKS LIKE IN REALITY RATHER THAN HYPOTHETICALLY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, SO, MR. CALVERT, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT OR DO YOU KNOW? I DO NOT KNOW. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO I THINK THIS IS A CASE WHERE IT, IT, SO DEFERRAL WOULD BE ONE POSSIBILITY THAT WOULD GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS AND TALK TO THE RESIDENTS. 
          HOWEVER, THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT IS THIS DOES MEET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS WITH THE FIVE FOOT, UM, BUILDING LINE. 
          SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO JUST OPEN THIS UP TO, UH, THE COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT WE WANNA DO, DEFER OR NOT. 
          COMMISSIONER GARZA? UH, ACTUALLY, MR. CALVERT, I JUST WANNA MAKE, UH, REGARDING THE LAST QUESTION. 
          UM, THE CITY WILL ONLY GET INVOLVED WITH THE, THE TREES IF THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND FROM THE AERIAL THAT I CAN SEE THERE MIGHT, THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SETBACK IS THERE FROM THE STREET, SO ON AND SO FORTH. 
          SO AGAIN, IF THE TREE IS ON THIS INDIVIDUAL'S PROPERTY, THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE CAN DO, UM, THE CITY CAN DO TO PRESERVE THEM. 
          BELIEVE ME, AT, AT, AT BREAKS OUR HEART THAT THAT'S THE CASE. 
          BUT THOSE ARE THE RULES TODAY. 
          IF THEY ARE, HOWEVER, IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEN THEY WILL BE PROTECTED BY THE CITY. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR. 
          UM, FURTHER, 
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I WILL SIMPLY SAY, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 
          UM, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO GET YOUR ANSWERS TO TALK TO THE DEVELOPER BECAUSE ALL WE ARE DOING HERE IS CUTTING THIS PROPERTY UP INTO SMALLER PIECES. 
          THAT IS, THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IS BEYOND OUR CONTROL. 
          SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT CLEAR. 
          UH, MR. CALVERT WILL BE GIVING YOU THE INFORMATION, THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR THE DEVELOPER BUILDER SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR ANSWERS, UM, DIRECTLY FROM THE HORSE'S MOUTH, SO TO SPEAK. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY OTHER COMMENTS? I, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, TO GO BACK AND SAY THAT I, I'M SORRY, WOULD WANT A DEFERRAL AS WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S ALL. 
          BUT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS, IS ON HOLD FOR NOW. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER CLARK. 
          SO I GUESS MY QUESTION TO EVERYONE ON THE COMMISSION IS WHAT WOULD WE, IF WE DEFERRED, WHAT WOULD WE DEFER FOR? I MEAN, THERE'D BE NO CHANGE, RIGHT? IT'S A SHALL APPROVED. 
          SO IF WE SAY WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FIVE FOOT PER THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, THERE'S REALLY NOTHING THAT CAN CHANGE IN THE TWO WEEKS, CORRECT? THANK YOU. 
          THAT'S TRUE. 
          OKAY. 
          ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER BALDWIN MOVES FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? AS PART OF THAT, COULD YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OH YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          YES, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UH, BALDWIN AND A SECOND VERA BLAND. 
          ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND MR. CALVERT, PLEASE DO FOLLOW UP ON THE, THE INFORMATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          1 47 ITEM 1 47 WESTHEIMER VIEWS. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT, EAST OF NORTH WAYSIDE DRIVE AND NORTH LAWN CATTLE ROAD. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE TWO LOTS. 
          REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE DE DIS DE RESTRICTIONS. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUEST WITH THIS ITEM. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, THE MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 47 WEST TIME REVIEWS IS OPEN. 
          I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 
          IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 47? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? MOTION. 
          OH, SORRY. 
          MOTION GARZA. 
          GARZA. 
          SECOND KLI. 
          KLI. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES . 
          I'M WATCHING EVERYBODY FAN. 
          JUST PLEASE TURN ON THE AIR CONDITIONING IF YOU'RE LISTENING, IF YOU CAN HEAR THIS MESSAGE. 
          OKAY. 
          1 48 ITEM 1 48 WINKA VISTA. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST OF MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD AND ALONG WINKA STREET. 
          THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE FOUR LOTS. 
          REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS REQUEST DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. 
          THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUEST REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. 
          WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT STAFF. 
          RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE OF THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION. 
          YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 48 WINNETKA VISTA IS OPEN. 
          THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          OTHER THAN THAT, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED. 
          DOES ANYBODY WISH TO SPEAK ON 1 48? HEARING? NO. 
          RE OH. 
          AH, OKAY. 
          COME FORWARD. 
          CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? HELLO, MY NAME IS KIMBERLY QUAIN AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MY GRANDMOTHER ANNIE MARTIN. 
          SHE LIVES AT 50 15 WINNETKA AND WE ARE JUST WANTING CLARITY AS FAR AS HOW THIS IS GOING TO DIRECTLY AFFECT HER BECAUSE SHE WAS UNDER HER UNDERSTANDING, FEELING LIKE MAYBE SHE WAS GONNA LOSE HER HOME. 
          SO WE JUST WANNA GET CLARITY ON THAT BECAUSE, UM, THE LETTER THAT WE RECEIVED, IN MY OPINION IS VERY VAGUE. 
          SO I JUST KNOW RE PLATTING AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JARGON TO ME. 
          SO WE JUST WANT SOME CLARITY ON HOW THIS DIRECTLY AFFECTS HER. 
          OKAY. 
          WHERE IS HER PROPERTY? CAN YOU, YOU SEE THE MAP RIGHT THERE? YEAH, I CAN SEE THE MAP, BUT YOU KNOW, WELL, OKAY, I WALK ON THE STREET, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT, I DON'T LIVE ABOVE THE HOUSE. 
          SO , I'M SORRY. 
          LIKE, YEAH. 
          YEAH, THEY, THERE IS NO WAY THAT THIS PROPERTY WHICH IS OWNED BY SOMEBODY ELSE CAN CAUSE YOUR MOTHER TO LOSE HER PROPERTY OR AFFECT HER REALLY IN ANY WAY. 
          I MEAN, OTHER THAN THAT, THERE'LL BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT ON THIS LOT. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT IT, IT WILL HAVE NO EFFECT AT ALL ON HER PROPERTY RIGHTS OR WHAT SHE, 
          [01:45:01]
YOU KNOW, HER USE OF HER PROPERTY VERY WELL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR COMING. 
          GOOD DAUGHTER TO DO THAT. 
          . 
          OKAY. 
          DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON, UH, WINNETKA VISTA? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. 
          UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? MA SECOND. 
          ALLMAN ALLMAN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          I THINK I FEEL AIR CONDITIONING. 
          I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY HEARD ME . 
          MY GOSH. 
          IF ONLY I'D KNOWN THAT I COULD DO THIS. 
          OKAY, THE WE'RE 
          [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Tammi Williamson, Wilson Calvert, and Geoff Butler)]
ON SECTION D VARIANCES, 1 49. 
          ITEM 1 49. 
          ADMINISTRATION CAMPUS GP THE SITE LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ ALONG NER AIRLINE ROAD AND SOUTH OF SPRING SITE WITH ROAD. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE. 
          STOP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST ADMINISTRATION. 
          CAMPUS GP CONSISTS OF MULTIPLE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE WITH ASSETS TO MAY. 
          THE AFFAIRS STU DUBNER AIRLINE ROAD. 
          DUE TO THE EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION, BEIJING, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET. 
          THE SUB SIDE IS BOUND BY RECORDED SUBDIVISION AND ASSISTING DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST WITH NO PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION. 
          SO STREET APPLICATION OF THE ORLEANS WOULD CREATE AN IMPRACTICAL DEVELOPMENT. 
          SO OVERALL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION WILL BE ADDRESSED BY THE ADJACENT MAYOR. 
          THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND ALL THE ADJACENT TRACKS WILL HAVE ADEQUATE ASSETS ON A PUBLIC STREET. 
          HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. 
          THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          I HAD, I HAVE NO SPEAKERS SIGNED EITHER. 
          UM, SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE. 
          IT'S BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION? AMANDA PACA MANDUKA. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? VERA BLAND. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          A OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 50, ITEM ONE 50. 
          CITY OF HOUSTON, SEA BAYOU WATER. 
          WELL NUMBER EIGHT. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT EAST OF  AVENUE AND SOUTH OF MAIN STREET. 
          THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A THERE TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED RESERVE RESTRICTED TO WATER WELL AND RELATED USE TO HAVE FURNISH OF 48 FEET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 50 FEET. 
          THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. 
          THE SUCH PROPERTY IS A CITY OF HOUSTON OWNED PROPERTY THAT WILL BE USED AS A WATER WELL SITE TO PROVIDE DOMESTIC WATER TO ENGAGE AREAS. 
          FIRST, CHAPTER 42. 
          THIS PROPOSED RIVER IS REQUIRED TO HAVE THE FURNACE UP 50 FEET AND THE FRONTAGE OF THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 48 POINT AND A HALF FEET. 
          SO THE PROPERTY OWNER IS UNABLE TO ACQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL ONE AND A HALF FEET TO MEET THE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS. 
          SO GRANTED THAT THE VARIANT WILL NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE. 
          THE WATER WELL SITE IS NEEDED TO ADDRESS PUBLIC WATER NEED. 
          AND THE VARIANT REQUEST IS A VERY SMALL DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD. 
          SO STAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. 
          STAT DID RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE, BUT THEY WERE MOSTLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE USE. 
          AND, UM, THE COMMENT WHERE, UM, THERE'S A CONFUSION ABOUT THE USE. 
          THIS IS FOR A WATER WELL SITE AND NOT FOR WASTEWATER. 
          OKAY. 
          AND SO, YEAH, SO, SO FOR ONE CLARIFICATION, THIS IS A WATER WELL, WHICH IS, AND WE CAN ASK MR. SMITH IF, UNLESS HE'S OUT WITH THE'S OUT IN THE HALLWAY IF HE COMES BACK. 
          YEAH. 
          DO YOU WANNA GO GET HIM? UM, SO IT IS FOR A WATER, WELL, IT IS NOT A WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT. 
          THAT IS CORRECT. 
          IT'S NOT ANYWHERE NEAR LARGE ENOUGH FOR THAT, I THINK. 
          AND IT'S, IT THAT IS A, AN ABSOLUTE FACT. 
          THIS WILL BE FOR A WATER. 
          WELL. 
          OKAY. 
          SO WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS, UM, CYNTHIA RAMIN, R-A-H-M-I-N. 
          HERE SHE IS. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON BOARD MEMBERS. 
          UM, THANK YOU FOR RECEIVING ME THIS AFTERNOON. 
          I AM HERE ON THE OBJECTION OF THE PROPOSED CITY OF HOUSTON SIMS BAYOU WATER WELL 
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NUMBER EIGHT. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON DOES NOT HAVE ZONING, BUT WE DO HAVE REGULATIONS TO PROTECT LAND OWNERS AND NEIGHBORS. 
          THE CITY OF HOUSTON OWN REGULATIONS SECTION 42.19 STATES THAT TRACKS FOR NONS SINGLE FAMILY USE RESERVE MINIMUM STREET OR SHARED DRIVEWAY WITH 50 FEET. 
          HOWEVER, THE FACILITY THAT THE BOARD IS PROPOSING, I BELIEVE IS 48.5 FEET. 
          WHAT GIVES THE CITY OF HOUSTON THE RIGHT NOT TO FOLLOW ITS OWN REGULATIONS? OUR LITTLE PRIVATE AREA HAS A LOT OF VACANT, VACANT ACREAGE AND WE REALIZE THAT WE CANNOT STOP ALL LAND IMPROVEMENTS. 
          BUT IN HOWEVER WE WOULD LIKE TO SAY, LIKE, TO HAVE A SAY IN WHAT COMES INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH NO THOUGHT FOR OUR HOMES AND SAFETY. 
          I WAS TOLD TO CALL HANNAH YING AND HER LAST NAME IS YI AT (832) 395-2398. 
          I CALLED HER PHONE AND THE VOICEMAIL SAID THAT SHE WAS OUT OF THE OFFICE UNTIL, UM, THE EIGHTH. 
          AND SHE TOLD ME TO CONTACT TINA. 
          HER LAST NAME IS YAO. 
          HER PHONE NUMBER IS (832) 395-2324. 
          I CALLED HER ON MONDAY AND I DID NOT RECEIVE A MESSAGE. 
          I CALLED HER BACK THE, TODAY SHE ANSWERED THE PHONE. 
          WHEN I CALLED, A PERSON ANSWERED SAYING THERE WAS NO TINA YANG AT THAT NUMBER. 
          I CALLED AGAIN TODAY AND TINA YANG ANSWERED FIRST AND SHE SAID SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, BUT THAT SHE FURTHER WENT ON TO STRESS THAT I, HOW DID I GET HER PHONE NUMBER THAT WAS WASN'T IMPORTANT TO HER. 
          I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT, WHAT SHE SAID. 
          I WAS TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO HER WHAT WAS SAID IN, BUT SHE WAS IN A MEETING. 
          SHE ONLY ANSWERED THE PHONE AND DID NOT IDENTIFY HERSELF. 
          I ASKED HER IF THIS WAS A CITY OF HOUSTON PHONE NUMBER AND SHE SAID YES, SHE DID SAY THAT SHE KNEW ABOUT THE PROJECT ON HILLCROFT, BUT COULDN'T GIVE ME ANY INFORMATION BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE MEETING. 
          I WAS TOLD TO CALL THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          THAT WAS THREE MINUTES. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YEAH, JUST GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP REAL QUICK. 
          I WAS CALLED, I WAS TOLD TO CALL THE CITY OF HOUSTON ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 
          UM, 'CAUSE I WANTED TO FIND OUT ABOUT WHAT THE DESIGN WAS, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, WHETHER OR NOT IT'D BE A NUISANCE, WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS ANY HUMMING OR ANY LIGHTS OR ANY NOISE THAT THIS WOULD MAKE AND FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          AND I NEVER GOT A RESPONSE TO SEE WHAT THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING WOULD BE. 
          OKAY. 
          LET US SEE IF WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS. 
          THANK YOU TO YOUR QUESTION. 
          THANK YOU MS. RAYON. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          MS. RAMEN. 
          RAMI RAY'S COMING UP NEXT? YES, I'M CALLING MARILYN RAYON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          MY NAME IS MARILYN RAYON AND I LIVE IN SOUTHWEST CROSSING, WHICH IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT IN BACK OF THE PROPOSED. 
          WELL, UM, I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE WELL. 
          I I, UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS WATER WELL LOCATION BECAUSE THE CITY REQUIRES 60 FEET FROM THE STREET FOR THE WELL. 
          THE LOT SELECTED. 
          ONLY HAS ABOUT 45 TO 48 FEET. 
          DON'T BREAK YOUR OWN RULES. 
          YOU HAVE 'EM FOR A REASON. 
          THE CITY HAS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE DETERMINING SPACE SLASH LOT REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOCATION. 
          IF THE CITY INDICATES 60 FEET IS NEEDED, 60 FEET IS NEEDED. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UH, DO NOT SQUEEZE THE WELL IN. 
          HILLCROFT IS A VERY CONGESTED, BUSY STREET DAILY PARENTS LINE UP IN FRONT OF THIS VERY LOCATION TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN FROM KIPP MOSAIC SCHOOL LOCATED ABOUT A BLOCK, HALF A BLOCK DOWN. 
          SO WE KNOW THERE'S CONGESTION AT THIS VERY AREA IN FRONT OF THIS VERY OPENING. 
          PLEASE, UM, DON'T ADD TO IT. 
          ALSO THE WATER WELL SITS, I'M SORRY. 
          ALSO THE WATER PROPOSED WATER WELL SITS NEXT TO CENTER POINT. 
          A CENTER POINT GAS PUMPING STATION. 
          THE PROPOSED LOCATION WILL BE VERY TIGHT AND TIGHT SPACES CREATE AUTO ACCIDENTS. 
          WE DON'T WANT ANY AUTO ACCIDENTS AROUND OUR HOMES LATELY. 
          WE WISH. 
          LASTLY, WE WISH TO MAKE YOU AWARE IF YOU'RE NOT, THAT THE PROPOSED WELL LOCATION IS ONE BLOCK NORTH OF THE HILLCROFT CENTER POINT PEAK SHAVING FACILITY. 
          THIS IS A, A HOLDING FACILITY FOR LIQUID PROPANE GAS. 
          IT, IT DOES HOLD 300,000 GALLONS OF LIQUID PROPANE GAS, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY DANGEROUS. 
          WE ARE TRYING TO RID THIS FACILITY FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          IT WAS JUST BUILT OVER THE LAST YEAR OR TWO. 
          UM, WITHOUT OUR PERMISSION, HEAVEN FORBID AN ACCIDENT WOULD OCCUR. 
          CAN YOU IMAGINE 300,000 GALLONS OF LIQUID PROPANE PAD GAS GOING UP? THAT WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR ALL OF US. 
          AND THE WELL AS WELL. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS LEO RAYON. 
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GOOD EVENING PLANET COMMISSIONER. 
          UH, I, I THANK YOU AND APPRECIATE TO HAVE THE TIME TO TALK TO YOU, BUT AS YOU LISTEN TO THE LAST TWO SPEAKERS, THEY SPOKE VERY WELL ABOUT MY CONCERN. 
          SO IF YOU CAN FEEL WHAT THEY FEEL AND WHAT I FEEL WE HAVE TO STOP THIS RIGHT NOW AND WE CAN STOP IT AND WE CAN HOLD OFF HANDING OUT PERMITS. 
          LET'S DO IT NOW LET'S MEET WITH THE CITY PLANNING COMMITTEE. 
          COMMITTEE OVER HERE. 
          I MEAN, AND DISCUSS THIS. 
          WE CAN DO IT. 
          'CAUSE EVERY DAY PEOPLE ARE TELLING ME IN MY COMMUNITY WHAT'S NEXT. 
          WHAT'S NEXT? THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS. 
          UM, MR. SMITH, CAN YOU HELLO? ELUCIDATE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT A OH, SORRY, HOLD ON. 
          WHO WAS THAT? SORRY, WHO WAS SPEAKING? HELLO? I WAS, I, MY NAME IS ANGELA KEEN AND I DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF SOUTHWEST CROSSING. 
          OKAY, GO AHEAD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YES MA'AM. 
          I'VE BEEN LIVING IN SOUTHWEST CROSSING FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS AND, UH, I OPPOSE THIS WATER WELL, UH, AT THIS PRESENT TIME, SOUTHWEST CROSSING IS BUILDING WITH HIGHLY INFLAMMABLE LIQUID PROPANE GAS. 
          UH, NOT ONE FACILITY BUT TWO FACILITIES. 
          AND THEN TO ADD TO THAT, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, WELL THAT'S GOING TO SQUEEZE IN, UH, 60 FEET AND WE ONLY HAVE 40. 
          SO, UH, I, I, I UPHOLD TO THAT IT, IT'S DANGEROUS. 
          WE HAVE KIDS WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          WE HAVE WALKING PART PARK. 
          UH, NOT ONLY THAT, THIS IS SO CLOSE TO THE RESIDENCE HOME WHERE WE HAVE AN ADDITIONAL LIFT STATION THAT'S FOR CENTER POINT. 
          AND TO KINDA ADD THIS TO IT, YOU JUST PUTTING KNOW THIS IS ADDING MORE FLAMES, UH, TO THE FIRE. 
          AND I REALLY WISH THAT, UH, AND IT IS OUR PRAYER THAT THIS DOES NOT GO FORTH AND THAT THEY CAN FIND ANOTHER AREA WHERE THEY HAVE THE ACQUIRED AMOUNT OF SPACE TO USE. 
          UH, BUT PUTTING IT FAIR, UH, IS GONNA BE A HUGE HAZARD TO US IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE. 
          IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, MR. SMITH. 
          SO TELL US ABOUT THE OPERATION OF A WATER. 
          WELL IF YOU KNOW THAT, I WON'T PUT YOU ON THE SPOT IF YOU DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONER. 
          APOLOGIZE. 
          YES, THE HALLWAY IS SPEAKING SO I DIDN'T HEAR ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. 
          CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON? THERE WE GO. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          OKAY. 
          I APOLOGIZE. 
          I WAS OUT IN THE HALLWAY, UM, SPEAKING TO MEMBERS FROM THE LAST RIGHT ITEM, BUT WE THANK YOU ITEM. 
          BUT, UM, THE WATER WELL IS FOR, YOU KNOW, WILL BE A GROUNDWATER, WELL PUMPING GROUNDWATER. 
          IT IS JUST THAT FOR WATER THAT WOULD THEN BE SENT TO ONE OF THE TREATMENT PLANTS FOR CONVERSION TO, UH, TAP WATER AND STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          IT WOULD NOT, THIS IS NOT A WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY OR A PUMPING STATION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          IT WOULD BE SOLELY THE WATER. 
          UM, AS FOR VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT OF THERE, WE MAY, UNLESS THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OR SOMETHING HAPPENS, YOU'LL PROBABLY GET PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THERE ONCE A WEEK. 
          UH, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, TWO ICE A WEEK IF THAT. 
          THEY'RE GONNA BE THERE TO CHECK ON THE OPERATIONS OF THE, WELL MAKE SURE THINGS ARE FUNCTIONING, ANY MAINTENANCE, STUFF LIKE THAT. 
          THIS ISN'T A FACILITY THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE OR 10 PEOPLE IN AND OUT OF THERE EVERY DAY, LIKE AN OFFICE OR ANYTHING. 
          IT'S JUST THAT IT IS THE PUMP STATION FOR A GROUNDWATER. 
          WELL, UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER IT THERE WOULD BE LIGHTS. 
          I ASSUME THERE'LL BE SOME LIGHTING BUT, AND NOISE. 
          DOES IT PROP, DOES IT HUM? AND THEN YEAH, WE'LL GET TO THE PROPANE NEARBY AS TO WHETHER THAT HUMS OR NOT. 
          USUALLY. 
          I CAN'T EXACTLY ANSWER THAT. 
          USUALLY THESE ARE CONTAINED WITHIN A BUILDING AND SO THE WATER'S PUMPED UP WITH, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BUILDING AROUND IT, BUT I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT. 
          I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK WITH YOU ON THAT. 
          AS FOR LIGHTING, THERE WILL PROBABLY BE LIGHTING AROUND IT JUST LIKE YOU WOULD ANY OTHER BUILDING FOR SECURITY PURPOSES AND GENERAL, UM, OBSERVATION SO THAT, YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD AT ANY NORMAL BUILDING DURING THE EVENING AND STUFF, THEY HAVE LIGHTS OUTSIDE JUST SO 
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THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE AROUND THE FACILITY. 
          IS THE PUMP INSTALLED INSIDE A, A, A STRUCTURE? I BELIEVE SO, BUT AGAIN, I WOULD HAVE TO VERIFY THAT TO BE A, SO WE MAY REQUIRE SOME FOLLOW UP WITH THIS SPEAKERS TO, TO GET THEM IN TOUCH WITH SOMEBODY ABSOLUTELY. 
          WHO CAN HELP THEM OR I WILL GET THAT INFORMATION AND I'LL GIVE THEM MY INFORMATION, THEN I CAN GET BACK WITH THEM. 
          OKAY. 
          BUT THIS IS JUST PUMPING WATER INTO PIPES THAT THEN GOES THROUGH PIPES TO SOME OTHER PLANT. 
          IT DOESN'T TREAT THE WATER THERE. 
          CORRECT. 
          THIS IS A PUMPING STATION TO, TO PUMP WATER OUTTA THE GROUND. 
          YEAH. 
          MR. SMITH. 
          SO YEAH, JUST SO FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION AGAIN, THERE, THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A WATER WELL SITE AND A WATER PLANT SITE. 
          CORRECT. 
          THIS IS, THIS IS A WATER WELL SITE. 
          IT WILL NOT HAVE A GROUND STORAGE TANK TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE. 
          I MEAN, I I I CAN'T SAY IT MAY SIMPLY HAVE WATER GROUND FROM THE WELL TO OFF TO AN OFFSITE STORAGE SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          IT MAY HAVE GROUND STORAGE. 
          IT DEPENDS. 
          I MEAN THEY'LL BE PUMPING IT OUT AND THEN I DON'T SEE IT. 
          USUALLY YOU MAY HAVE, LIKE I SAID, YOU MAY HAVE GROUND STORAGE ON THE SITE 'CAUSE THEN IT WOULD THEN BE PUMPED TO A TREATMENT CENTER. 
          THIS IS NOT WHERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT BUILDING THIS TO BE A TREATMENT FACILITY FOR TREATING THE WATER TO THEN MAKE POTABLE WATER. 
          THIS IS A GROUND, WELL THAT THEY'RE PUMPING IT OUT AND THEN PUMPING IT OFF TO ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, SENDING IT THROUGH THE PIPING SYSTEM TO ONE OF OUR TREATMENT CENTERS TO THEN BE TREATED TO BE ADDED BACK INTO THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          UM, AS FOR, I BELIEVE THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS A LIQUID PROPANE FACILITY NEAR THERE. 
          AGAIN, I DUNNO HOW THAT WOULD AFFECT THIS FACILITY IN THAT, YOU KNOW, LIQUID PROPANE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT IS GOING TO GO INTO THE GROUNDWATER. 
          UM, PROPANE BECOMES, LI IS LIQUID WHEN IT'S UNDER PRESSURE. 
          SO IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, IT BECOMES DEPRESSURIZED AND THEN BECOMES MORE OF A GAS. 
          IT'S NOT A LIQUID THAT THEN WOULD RUN INTO THE GROUNDWATER SYSTEM. 
          BUT EVEN IF THERE WAS, THEN WE WOULD TURN ON, I MEAN, IF THERE WAS SOME CONCERN FOR GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION, THE WELL WOULD BE SHUT OFF AND THERE WOULD NOT BE PUMPING WATER FROM THIS WELL BACK OVER TO THE TREATMENT FACILITIES. 
          AND AGAIN, IT, THIS ISN'T GOING, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE THEY'RE PUMPING GROUNDWATER DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GOING STRAIGHT TO THE HOMES. 
          IT HAS TO GO OVER TO A TREATMENT CENTER, A WATER TREATMENT FACILITY TO BE TREATED AND THEN PUT INTO THE POTABLE WATER SYSTEM FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON. 
          BUT I MEAN, BASED ON THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED, IT, IT APPEARS TO ME AS STRICTLY A WATER WELL SITE PUMPING THE WATER OFF, YOU KNOW, OUT, AWAY FROM THE SITE TO ANOTHER FACILITY FOR, FOR TREATMENT STORAGE. 
          THAT'S TYPICALLY BASED ON THE SIZE OF THIS FACILITY, THAT'S ALL THEY'RE DOING. 
          YEAH. 
          AND THEN ACCESS TO THE SITE IS PROVIDED FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT THAT'S NORTH OF THE PLAT AND A 30 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT. 
          SO AS, AS FAR AS THE SITE PLAN HAS SHOWN, SO CORRECT, THAT'S, I MEAN THAT'S THERE. 
          WHAT I UNDERSTOOD AND WHAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED WAS THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT BECOMES A FUTURE ROADWAY AND IN WHICH CASE THAT THEY'RE TAKING THAT FUTURE RIGHT OF WAY AND PUTTING AN ACCESS EASEMENT TO GET ACCESS TO THE FACILITY SO THAT THE ACCESS ISN'T COMING OUT OF THAT 48 FOOT SECTION OF FRONTAGE, IT'S ACTUALLY COMING OFF THE SIDE, WHICH THEN IF THAT ROADWAY HAS EVER DEVELOPED, THEN THEY WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE 60 FOOT OF FRONTAGE AND THAT'S WHERE THE DRIVEWAY WOULD BE SO THAT YOU WOULD HAVE LESS CONGESTION ON THE MAIN ROADWAY. 
          OKAY. 
          COMMISSIONER GARZA. 
          OH, CULVERT. 
          CAN YOU SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY, UM, WE ARE PUTTING IT AT THIS SITE AND WHY THE VARIANCE IS NEEDED? I, I UNDERSTAND IT'S TO ALLOW A RESERVE WITH LESS THAN 50 FEET OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE, BUT I JUST WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO SPEAK TO WHY IT NEEDS TO BE AT THIS LOCATION AND WHY THAT ORDINANCE, THAT VARIANCE IS NEEDED. 
          UH, I'M GONNA START WITH THE VARIANCE. 
          THE VARIANCE IS BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY 48 POINTS, SOME ODD FEET THAT'S A LITTLE OVER A FOOT OR A LITTLE UNDER TWO FEET SHORT OF MEETING THE 50 FOOT REQUIREMENT. 
          UM, BUT SINCE IT DOESN'T MEET THE FULL REQUIREMENT, THEN IT WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE. 
          AND BECAUSE THE RIGHT OF WAY ISN'T DEDICATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PLAT FOR THE OTHER ROADWAY, THAT RIGHT OF WAY IS NOT THERE, THEN THEY'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCE TO TAKE THAT ACCESS OFF OF THAT UNDEDICATED THROUGH AN ACCESS EASEMENT, WHICH BASICALLY IS TYING INTO THE ROAD WHERE THE, UH, ROADWAY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MAIN ROADWAY ALSO COMES IN. 
          AND THEN YOUR OTHER QUESTION WAS WHY THAT LOCATION? THAT I CAN'T EXACTLY ANSWER WITHOUT A LITTLE MORE RESEARCH INTO IT? THERE ARE SOME, GENERALLY IT'S PROBABLY WHERE THERE IS GOOD ACCESS TO GROUNDWATER WHERE WE CAN PUT IN A WELL, UM, YOU CAN'T JUST GO DROP A WELL ANYWHERE AND HIT GROUNDWATER AND YOU KNOW, THE DEPTH OF THE, WELL, IF YOU'RE DRILLING A THOUSAND FEET OR A HUNDRED FEET BECOMES A COST DIFFERENTIAL 
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TOO. 
          SO IT'S PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS PROBABLY RESEARCHED IT AND LOOKED AT THE BEST PLACES TO PUT THAT. 
          WELL, AS WELL AS WHAT WE'RE TYING INTO TO GET THE GROUNDWATER OUT. 
          OKAY. 
          AND THE CITY NEEDS THE WELL, IS THAT, I MEAN, THIS IS A, A WELL, THAT WE NEED TO, TO ACCESS THE GROUNDWATER. 
          THAT'S WHY WE'D PUT IN GROUNDWATER. 
          I MEAN, THE CITY IN GENERAL IS TRYING TO GO TO SURFACE WATER. 
          I MEAN, THE GOAL IS TO GO TO ALL SURFACE WATER USAGE, BUT AS BIG AS WE ARE AND AS MUCH PE AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE PROVIDE GROUND OR, UH, POTABLE WATER TO, IT'S JUST NOT POSSIBLE THAT ALL THE WATER WOULD BE COMING FROM THE, UM, SURFACE WATER. 
          AND WE'RE ALSO, AT THIS POINT ENLARGING THE NORTHEAST WATER WATER TREATMENT PLANT, BUT THAT FACILITY IS NOT ONLINE YET. 
          SO UNTIL THAT FACILITY IS FULLY ONLINE, IT DOES MAKE, YOU KNOW, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT WE'LL EVER GET TO THE POINT WHERE WE CAN USE ALL SURFACE WATER THAT MAY BE COMING, BUT I'M NOT, THAT'S NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE AND I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT UNSURE ON THAT, BUT I KNOW THAT THAT'S WHERE WE WERE TRYING TO GO TO. 
          AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY AS WHOLE AND PUBLIC WORKS IS TRYING TO GET TO. 
          YEAH. 
          WELL, AND THE CITY HAS SOME VERY GOOD GROUNDWATER AND SOME AQUIFERS WHERE THE WATER IS VERY PURE. 
          AND I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS FROM THAT SOURCE, BUT IT WAS THE REASON COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, SO TO UNDERSTAND THE PROPERTY NORTH OF THIS OR WHERE THE ACCESS EASEMENT IS OWNED BY THE CITY OR IS RIGHT OF WAY? NO, NOT AT THIS TIME. 
          IT'S NOT RIGHT OF WAY. 
          NO. 
          AND I DON'T BELIEVE THAT PROPERTY IS OWNED BY THE CITY. 
          THAT'S WHY THEY'RE TAKING THE ACCESS EASEMENT. 
          IT'S NOT RIGHT OF WAY. 
          AND IT, IT'S IN THE, IT'S IN THE COUNTY PROPERTY. 
          AND WHAT AND WHO AND WHO OWNS THE CORNER? IT SAYS IT'S AN EASEMENT OR A LEASE. 
          WHO OWNS THAT PROPERTY AS WELL? DO WE KNOW WHICH THE WOULD BE, I GUESS THE SOUTH WEST CORNER OR THE, THE PAGE PIPE? THAT PAGE BOTTOM, BOTTOM CORNER. 
          HARRIS COUNTY, I'M BEING TOLD THIS, IT IS OWNED BY HARRIS COUNTY. 
          SO ALL THIS IS HARRIS COUNTY PROPERTY, WHICH IS ALL PUBLIC LAND, BASICALLY. 
          YES. 
          SO TECHNICALLY IT IS A LOT BIGGER THAN THE LOT ITSELF. 
          THE WHOLE PROPERTY PROBABLY IS, AND I KNOW THAT WHEN I LOOKED AT THE AERIAL, THERE WAS SOMETHING ON THAT BOTTOM LEFT CORNER. 
          UM, THERE'S A FACILITY ALREADY THERE. 
          I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FACILITY IS, BUT THERE IS ALREADY SOMETHING CURRENTLY THERE. 
          SO THAT'S PROBABLY WHY WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THAT FACILITY WITH THIS. 
          IT'S A GAS REGULATOR STATION, CENTER POINT, UNITED GAS. 
          OKAY. 
          SO I'M, I'M HEARING THE CENTER POINT. 
          IT'S A GAS PUMPING OR REGULATION STATION FOR CENTER POINT, WHICH MEANS THAT THERE'S PROBABLY, THEY ALREADY HAVE PIPELINES AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN EASILY JUST PICK UP AND MOVE OVER A COUPLE OF FEET TO GET A COUPLE ADDITIONAL FEET FROM. 
          OKAY. 
          DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. 
          VERY MUCH SO. 
          COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, BALDWIN? NO, I HAVE ONE. 
          COMMISSIONER GARZA. 
          SO MR. SMITH, JUST THE NEIGHBORS RELATED TO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS SOME FEAR THAT THIS COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD IE EXPLOSION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 
          IS THAT REALLY SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT? THE WATER? WELL, THE WELL PUMPING STATION. 
          YEAH. 
          NO, I MEAN, NO, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THE WELL PUMPING STATION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO, I MEAN, IT'S LITERALLY GONNA BE RUN OFF OF ELECTRICITY. 
          THEY'RE GONNA PUMP WATER OUT OF THE GROUND, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PUMPS, UM, PIPING, ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS, THINGS LIKE THAT. 
          THERE'S, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT TREATING THE WATER HERE, RIGHT? SO THERE'S NO CHLORINE, THERE'S NO OTHER CHEMICALS, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. 
          THEY'LL PUMP IT UP OUT OF THE GROUND AND THEN PUMP IT OFF RIGHT INTO THIS PIPING SYSTEM TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE. 
          AND TODAY WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THE WATER. 
          WELL, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THE UNITED, UM, GAS PIPELINE COMPANY AT ALL. 
          THAT'S NOT WITHIN OUR PROGRAM TODAY. 
          THAT'S NOT BEING DISCUSSED. 
          NOTHING. 
          DISCUSSIONS. 
          DISCUSS, DISCUSS STRICTLY THE WELL, THANK YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. SMITH? WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. SMITH. 
          UM, PURITA CHAVEZ WITH, UM, THE MAYOR PRO TEM IS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE VICE MAYOR PRO TEM, ARE YOU THERE? THANK YOU, MADAM. 
          HI. 
          GO RIGHT AHEAD. 
          YES, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. 
          AND, UM, MEMBERS OF THE, UH, OF THE COMMISSION. 
          I'M AS, UM, MADAM CHAIR STATED, I'M PURITA CHAVEZ, CHIEF OF STANFORD VICE MAYOR PROTO MARTHA CASTEX TATUM. 
          AND I'D LIKE TO, UM, ASK FOR A DEFERRED ON THIS ITEM, UM, TO GET THE, SOME OF THE ANSWERS THAT WERE POSED BY THE SPEAKERS, UM, IN REFERENCE TO THE, UM, PROJECT TO GET THOSE ANSWERS TO THEM. 
          UM, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS WATER IS NEEDED, THE TAP WATER IS NEEDED, UM, TO SERVICE THE AREAS, BUT, 
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UM, TO GET THOSE QUESTIONS ANSWERED WOULD ASK IF THE COMMISSION WOULD CONSIDER, UM, OR THE, UM, AND ALSO STAFF WOULD CONSIDER A DEFERRAL. 
          OKAY. 
          YES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND NORMALLY WE DO HONOR A REQUEST FROM, UH, THE DISTRICT COUNCIL MEMBER FOR A DEFERRAL. 
          UM, AND I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY A PROJECT THAT WOULD BENEFIT FROM SOME COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY WATER DEPARTMENT, ESPECIALLY THE, NO OFFENSE MR. SMITH, BUT FROM THE, THE PEOPLE THAT OPERATE WATER PUMPS, UM, HANDS-ON PEOPLE TO TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PROJECT AND, AND WHAT IT WILL BE. 
          UM, DID THAT CONCLUDE YOUR COMMENTS, MS. CHAVIS? YES, MA'AM. 
          CHAIR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          UM, OKAY. 
          I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SPEAK TO, WANTS TO SPEAK. 
          IF THERE ARE NO MORE QUESTIONS, UH, WE'D ENTERTAIN THEM. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE, HAVE A QUESTION. 
          YEAH, GO AHEAD. 
          COMMISSIONER CLARK. 
          SO WHO'S GONNA COORDINATE GETTING THE NEIGHBORS TOGETHER AND GET ANSWERS? MR. SMITH? OKAY. 
          WE HAVE A VOLUNTEER. 
          YAY. 
          THANK YOU MR. SMITH. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN TO WOULD, OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM ONE 50. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. 
          CULVER COLVARD. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES, JUST TO CLARIFY, UM, TO THE, IS TO ALLOW THE COMMUNITY TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE WATER REPRESENTATIVE, RIGHT? YES. 
          RIGHT. 
          TO PROVIDE SOME, SOME FURTHER INFORMATION AND YOU MIGHT, UH, ASK, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER CASTEX TATUM FOR HELP IN, IN PUTTING THAT TOGETHER. 
          UM, YES. 
          OKAY. 
          AND OUR, THIS DEFERRAL FOR YOU SPEAKERS IS TWO WEEKS. 
          SO THIS WILL BE BACK ON OUR AGENDA IN TWO WEEKS, WHICH IS THE 21ST. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK AND SPEAK AGAIN RIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. 
          WE'RE REALLY GONNA BE HERE EVERY TWO WEEKS. 
          EVERY TWO, EVERY TWO. 
          IT'S 'CAUSE ALL THESE PEOPLE WANT VARIANCES, YOU KNOW? OKAY. 
          OKAY, WE'RE ON ITEM. 
          IS THAT CONCLUDE? ARE WE CONCLUDED WITH THAT? YES. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM 1 51 MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THIS ITEM. 
          OKAY. 
          NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HESLER WELL ABSTAINING FROM THIS ITEM. 
          ITEM 1 51, ITEM 1 51 EIGHTH RIVER, SECTION ONE, PART TWO,  NUMBER TWO. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT NORTH OF BUFFALO BAYOU, SOUTH OF US 59 AND EAST OF JENSEN DRIVE. 
          THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING ADVANTAGE TO ALLOW A YIELD FOOT BORDERLINE INSTEAD OF 10 ALONG RIVER BY RIVER BY DRIVE FOR A PROPOSED SKYBRIDGE THAT IS AND SUPPORT THE REQUEST. 
          THE PROPERTY IS PART OF EAST RIVER GP AND EACH RIVER GP WAS GRANTED FEDERAL RECEPTION BACK IN 2018 TO ALLOW THE RIGHT OF WAY TO BE 50 FEET TO DEVELOP A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY DEVELOPMENT WITH SMALL KALE BLOCK. 
          SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TWO BUILDING ONE PARKING BUILDING ON THE NORTH SIDE AND AN OFFICE BUILDING ON THE SOUTH SIDE CONNECTED WITH THE SKY BRIDGE ALONG THE LOCAL STREET RIVER BY ROAD. 
          SO GRANT OF THE VARIANT, UM, WOULD NOT BE INJURED TO PROPERTY HEALTH AND SAFETY BECAUSE THE PROPOSED GUIDE WILL NOT BE OBSTRUCTING ANY PEDESTRIAN AND VEHICLE TRAFFIC. 
          UM, PER THE STIPEND, THE APPLICANT WILL IMPROVE THE POSSESSION WILL AND THE PEDESTRIAN WILL WILL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PEDESTRIAN WILL DESIGN THAT WAS APPROVED WITH THE EAST RIVER GP MEETING THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE. 
          SO ALSO THE APPLICANT IS COORDINATING WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORK AND IS STILL REQUIRED TO OBTAIN AN ENC ENFORCEMENT AGREEMENT FOR THE SKYPE WISH BEFORE PERMITTING. 
          SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND I PUT THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION THAT DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. 
          OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS GERALD GRISSOM FOR QUESTIONS. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 51? OKAY, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE AS IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION CLERK. 
          MOTION CLERK SECOND BALDWIN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          ITEM 1 52. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. 
          UM, ITEM 1 52 IS HARRIS COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NUMBER SEVEN. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE 
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HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF SPRING, CYPRESS ROAD, EAST OF LEXINGTON ROAD AND NORTH OF EAST LUTA ROAD. 
          THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR EMERGENCY, UM, YEAH, EMERGENCY SERVICE, UM, TRAINING AND IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES. 
          ONE IS TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE BRENT ROAD INTO A CUL-DE-SAC. 
          TWO IS TO NOT EXTEND OR NOR TERMINATE GREENFIELD ROAD INTO A CUL-DE-SAC. 
          AND THREE IS TO EXCEED 1400 FEET LOCAL INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A STREET GOING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE PROPERTY. 
          UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DEFERRAL TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO WORK WITH THEIR CLIENT TO UPDATE THEIR PROPOSAL AND TO PROVIDE REVISED MATERIALS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. SHAW? UM, DO WE HAVE ANY, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS SO WE CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO DEFER UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. 
          IS MOTION MODEST? SECOND. 
          SECOND AKAKA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          1 52 IS DEFERRED ITEM 1 53. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. 
          ITEM 1 53 IS IAH COMMERCE PARK. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH AND ALONG FM 1960 WEST OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE, EAST OF US 59 AND SOUTH OF SPRING CREEK. 
          THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO RESERVES, UNRESTRICTED AND RESTRICTED TO DETENTION AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG FOSTER CHESTER LANE. 
          BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. 
          THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEVELOP THE SITE WITH SMALL SCALE RETAIL ALONG FM 1960 AND OFFICE PARK WAREHOUSE USES WITH DETENTION TO THE NORTH FOX. 
          CHESTER LANE IS AN EXISTING DEDICATED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, BUT CURRENTLY UNIMPROVED THE SITE IS ENCUMBERED BY AN EXISTING PIPELINE EASEMENT. 
          THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR AN INTERSECTION SPACING EXCEPTION OF UP TO 2000 FEET FOR CROSSING A PIPELINE. 
          THIS IS A 15% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD AND COULD HAVE BEEN REQUESTED AS A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE WEST OF THE SITE. 
          IS A 160 FOOT WIDE DRAINAGE DITCH FOR HUNTER'S GLEN MUD FROM THE RECORDED DETENTION RESERVE FROM SADDLE RIDGE SECTION ONE TO FM 1960 REQUIRING AN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE FROM FOX JUSTER LANE, EVENTUALLY CONNECTING TO LEE ROAD WOULD NOT SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. 
          THE LARGE ACREAGE TRACKED TO THE EAST HAS SUFFICIENT FRONTAGE ON LEE ROAD AND SADDLE IN THE SADDLE RIDGE AND FOXWOOD SUBDIVISIONS TO THE NORTH HAVE MULTIPLE POINTS OF CONNECTION WEST TO CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE SOUTH TO FM 1960 AND EAST TO LEE ROAD AND FURTHER BEYOND TO SWICK DRIVE. 
          HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST. 
          THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. 
          IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TAHIR? SECOND MAN MANKA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 1 54. 
          ITEM 1 54 IS LAINA. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT SOUTH OF SOUTH SAM HOUSTON PARKWAY EAST ALONG SHEME ROAD BETWEEN SOUTHWEST SIDE DRIVE AND COTTINGHAM STREET. 
          THE APP, THE APPLICANT ORIGINALLY WAS PROPOSING TWO RESERVES, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE AN ADDITIONAL VARIANCE FOR NO FRONTAGE OF THE REAR RESERVE. 
          HOWEVER, THE REVISED PROPOSAL IS FOR ONE RESTRICTED RESERVE TO COMMERCIAL USE AND REQUESTING ONLY ONE VARIANCE TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG SHEME ROAD. 
          BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. 
          THE PROPERTY IS PART OF THE MINTEX PLACE SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1908 AND MORE SPECIFICALLY A REPL AND EXTENSION OF THE COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND READYMIX PLAZA SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 2006. 
          THE CURRENT BLOCK LENGTH ALONG SHEIRA ROAD, A MAJOR COLLECTOR IS APPROXIMATELY 7,300 FEET BETWEEN SOUTHWEST SIDE DRIVE AND COTTINGHAM STREET. 
          STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE SIX NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREETS CONNECTING SHEIRA TO FUQUA NOT TO EXCEED THE 1400 FEET BETWEEN THE STREETS. 
          WHEN THE 2006 READY MIX PLAZA APPLICATION WAS APPROVED IN FEBRUARY, 2006, FUQUAS STREET WAS DESIGNATED AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. 
          THE 2006 MTFP AMENDMENT LATER REVISED THE ALIGNMENT TO PROPOSE SHIFTING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE SOUTH 
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TO SCHUMER ROAD, WEST OF SOUTHWEST SIDE. 
          THIS WAS THE MTFP ALIGNMENT WHEN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE WEST HUMIRA PLACE WAS PLATTED, NOT REQUIRING A VARIANCE, ALTHOUGH THE OVERALL AREA IS SEEING MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT, THE BLOCK BOUNDED BY THE CENTER POINT TRANSMISSION LINES AND SOUTHWEST SIDE IS STILL MOSTLY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES ONE OR MORE CONNECTING PUBLIC STREETS CAN BE PROVIDED WEST TO HELP DISTRIBUTE AND AID IN TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AS THE AREA REDEVELOPS HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST. 
          THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED PUBLIC COMMENT AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UH, I DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. 
          HELLO? COULD WE GET THAT MUTED? OKAY. 
          WE DO. 
          OKAY. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MAD SECOND SIGLER. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 1 55, ITEM NUMBER 1 55 IS NORTH PARK SOUTH GP. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, ETJ WEST ON THE INTERSECTION OF SORTERS MCCLELLAN ROAD AND NORTH PARK DRIVE. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THEIR VARIANCE REQUEST AND THIS IS NOW A SHALL APPROVE ITEM. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL SUBJECT TO TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. 
          THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CALVERT? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS DISCUSSION. 
          IS THERE A MOTION LIK SECOND CLARK. 
          CLARK AND I HAVE A QUESTION. 
          OKAY. 
          DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER CLARK, JUST A REAL QUICK QUESTION. 
          ON THE CPC 1 0 1 IT SAYS YOU'RE REQUESTING A THREE WEEK DEFERRAL, SO YOU MAY JUST WANNA CORRECT THAT YOU KNOW ME, I CAN'T HELP IT. 
          I APPRECIATE IT TO THANK YOU. 
          HAVE TO BRING IT UP. 
          SHE ACTUALLY READS THIS STUFF. 
          I DO READ . 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION. 
          SECOND. 
          IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 1 56 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. 
          ITEM 1 57. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER. 
          ITEM 1 1 57 IS NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER 21 AND 22. 
          WELL SITE NUMBER THREE. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, ALONG BAMMELL, NORTH HOUSTON, NORTH OF VETERANS MEMORIAL. 
          THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A WATER WELL SITE. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE  THAT'S NOT A WHITE WELL, THE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO TERMINATE TASSEL WOOD LANE AT THE EASTERN BOUNDARY WITHOUT PROVIDING A CUL-DE-SAC. 
          STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN BAMO NORTH HOUSTON AND THE HAMILTON AND TORRY PINE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES. 
          THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS MULTIPLE NEARBY STREET CONNECTIONS TO THE ABUTTING THOROUGHFARES AND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES TO THE EAST. 
          EXTENDING THIS SEGMENT OF TASSEL WOOD IS NOT NECESSARY TO MEET INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. 
          THE SUB STREET ABUTS TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND DOES NOT PROVIDE VEHICULAR ACCESS. 
          THE STREET NEARLY QUALIFIES FOR CHAPTER 40 TWO'S PROVISION ALLOWING STUBS SUBSTRATE TERMINATION. 
          THOUGH A VARIANCE IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE GENERAL PLAN CONDITION ISN'T MET, STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST ACHIEVES A SIMILAR RESULT AS THAT ENVISIONED BY CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. 
          AND JUST TO NOTE, THE UH, MARKED COPY OF THIS PLAT INCLUDES A CONDITION THAT A RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT, UH, TRAVERSING THE PROPERTY BE ABANDONED. 
          WE, WE'VE SPOKE TO THE APPLICANT AND THE COUNTY AND WE'VE WAIVED THAT CONDITION. 
          THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          WE HAVE A SPEAKER, UM, WHO IS THE APPLICANT AND ALSO A FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER. 
          UM, SO MR. JOHN STRANGE. 
          MR. STRANGE, WE HAVE TO HEED YOUR COMMENTS CAREFULLY BECAUSE YOU'VE SAT HERE BEFORE. 
          I I UNDERSTAND. 
          I UNDERSTAND. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MADAM CHAIRMAN AND, AND MR. VICE-CHAIRMAN AND, AND COMMISSIONERS. 
          UM, WE, UH, WE, WE APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE HARRIS COUNTY GUYS AND THE PLANNING STAFF, GUYS, UH, AND WORKING WITH US ON THIS. 
          AND WE, UM, UH, THANK, THANK GOODNESS HE, HE, THE 30 FOOT WAS WHAT OUR CONCERN WAS. 
          IT WAS AN, IT WAS AN EASEMENT THAT, THAT, UH, WAS DONE FROM, FROM A DEVELOPER TO THE GRANTEE. 
          UH, MARK, MARK BOROUGH OR LEXINGTON. 
          Y'ALL CAN REMEMBER SOME OF THOSE NAMES PROBABLY. 
          AND IT WAS 36 YEARS AGO. 
          SO IT'S, IT'S A COMMON SENSE WAY OF NOT DOING IT. 
          IF WE HAD TO REALLY CONDEMN THAT, THAT 
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EASEMENT, IT WOULD COST $30,000 OF LEGAL FEES. 
          AND I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE LEGAL TERM WAS, BUT THE, YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO CONDEMN IT. 
          'CAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND MARK, BRO. 
          YOU CAN'T FIND LEXINGTON UNLESS MR. JONES KNOWS THEY'RE GONE, THEY'RE OUT THE DOOR. 
          SO, BUT ANYWAY, I DO APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S HELP AND I, I DID ENJOY MY TIME ON THE, ON THE COMMISSION AND Y'ALL ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. 
          THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR SERVICE IN THE PAST. 
          ALWAYS GREAT TO HEAR COMMON SENSE RULES SOMETIMES. 
          YES. 
          UM, OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 
          ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE. 
          BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MORNING JONES SECOND MANKA. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? TH MOTION CARRIES. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ITEM 1 58 IS THE TOWN SITE OF ALDE PARSA ROOF PLAT NUMBER TWO. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG ALDEAN BENDER, SOUTH OF THE BELTWAY AND WEST OF THE HARDY TOLL ROAD. 
          THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL OPERATION. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 23 FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG ALDEAN BENDER AND A FIVE FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG FOOT STREET TO ALLOW FOR EXISTING ENCROACHMENTS TO REMAIN. 
          STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG HENRY STREET, BETWEEN ALDEEN BENDER AND FORTH. 
          THE SITE HAS LONG BEEN OCCUPIED BY A SERIES OF INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED OVER LOTS WITH NO PLATTED BUILDING LINES. 
          THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO COMBINE THE LOTS AND AN UNIMPROVED ALLEY TO CREATE A RESERVE TO MAINTAIN THE EXISTING USE. 
          A VARIANCE IS REQUIRED BECAUSE THE TWO STR BECAUSE TWO OF THE STRUCTURES WILL ENCROACH INTO THE NORTH AND SOUTH BUILDING LINES REQUIRED FOR THE PROPOSED RESERVE. 
          THE ENCROACHING STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN IN THIS LOCATION FOR DECADES AND THE VARIANCE WILL ALLOW THEM TO REMAIN AS SUCH. 
          IN ADDITION, THE STRUCTURES ARE BUILT TO WITHIN 60 FEET OF THE ALDEEN BENDER CURB AND 35 FEET OF THE FOURTH STREET PAVEMENT, LEAVING SUFFICIENT DISTANCE FOR VISIBILITY AND VENTILATION ALONG THE ABUTTING PUBLIC STREETS. 
          STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH SOUND PUBLIC POLICY AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM. 
          THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS EXCEPT THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT FOR QUESTIONS. 
          MATT TUCKER IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS, IF NOT, UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION AK MANDUKA. 
          IS THERE A SECOND? CLARK? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          ITEM 1 59. 
          ITEM 1 59 IS CASINO HOMES AT STONEWALL. 
          THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING. 
          IT MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG STONEWALL STREET, SOUTH OF LYONS, EAST OF US HIGHWAY 59. 
          THE APPLICANT PROPOSES SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS WITH SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESS FROM THE TERMINUS OF CAGE STREET. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR CAGE STREET TO BE TERMINATED AT THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND TO USE IT FOR USE. 
          THE TERMINUS FOR ACCESS STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG STONEWALL, JUST SOUTH OF THE TERMINUS OF CAGE STREET. 
          THE APPLICANT INITIALLY SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO TERMINATE CAGE AND HAVE ALL SIX LOTS WITH FRONT LOADING ACCESS TO STONEWALL. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE REVISED THEIR APPLICATION TO INCORPORATE SHARED DRIVEWAY ACCESS FROM THE REAR. 
          THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW CAGE TO BE TERMINATED AND TO ALLOW THE TERMINUS TO SERVE AS THE ACCESS POINT FOR THE SHARED DRIVEWAY. 
          ALLOWING VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM CAGE FOR LOTS FACING STONEWALL WILL BALANCE THE LOT ACCESS BETWEEN BOTH STREETS. 
          THIS WILL DISCOURAGE TRAFFIC FROM BEING CONCENTRATED AT ONE POINT WHILE ALLOWING FOR UNINTERRUPTED PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG STONEWALL. 
          THE INTERNAL GARAGE OPENINGS WILL GREATLY REDUCE VEHICULAR CONFERENCE, UH, EXCUSE ME, CONFLICTS FROM BACKING OUT AS WELL AS THE SIDE WALK OBSTRUCTION. 
          STAFF FINDS THE REVISED REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GOALS ON PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 
          WE'VE RECEIVED TWO WRITTEN COMMENTS EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO THE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL. 
          THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU MR. BUTLER. 
          GOOD JOB WORKING WITH THE, AND WE APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT AS WELL FOR UH, IMPROVING THIS DEVELOPMENT. 
          WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE. 
          OH, I DO HAVE A SPEAKER. 
          MISTY STANTON. 
          SHE, SHE'S 1 59. 
          SHE HAD SUBMITTED COMMENT ON THE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL. 
          MY UNDERSTANDING IS SO SHE'S HAPPY? YEAH. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          SO WE HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKERS. 
          UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? GARZA GARZA, BALDWIN. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. 
          [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement]
RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS. 
          ITEM ONE 60 IS LEXINGTON COURT. 
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THIS SITE IS LOCATED ALONG TIDWELL AND PAUL QUINN. 
          BETWEEN SEABRA AND VALVO, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 36 NARROW FRONT LOADING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG A NEW PUBLIC STREET. 
          THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC STREET WIDTH BY PROVIDING A 40 FOOT STREET INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 50 FEET. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW DUE TO AN UPCOMING THREE WEEK CYCLE. 
          THIS WILL BE THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY FOR DEFERRAL. 
          THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ACRES HOME COMPLETE COMMUNITY. 
          THIS AREA WAS RECENTLY THE SUBJECT OF A MOBILITY STUDY THAT HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR NEW PUBLIC STREETS TO ACCOMMODATE GROWTH. 
          THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR 46 LOTS WITH SHARED ACCESS, THOUGH THIS WAS DENIED FOR EXCEEDING INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE REVISED THE DESIGN TO INCORPORATE A PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THEIR PROPERTY. 
          STAFF HAS EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER THE USE OF NARROW FRONT LOADING LOTS. 
          WE HAVE MADE SUGGESTIONS ON WAYS TO ALLOW THE REDUCED WIDTH OF THE STREET WHILE MINIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN CONFLICTS. 
          STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE THESE OPTIONS WITH THE APPLICANT DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. 
          STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW AND WE RECEIVE ONE ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION. 
          AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. 
          THANK YOU. 
          QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. 
          STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY DISCUSSION. 
          IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER? DEAR BLAND, DEAR BLAND, GARZA GARZA, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT 
          [Platting Activities g - i]
TAKES US TO GH AND I IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. 
          STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS G, H AND I AS ONE GROUP SECTIONS G OR EXCUSE ME, SECTION G. 
          EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 61 THROUGH ONE 70. 
          SECTION H HAS NO ITEMS. SECTION I CERTIFICATES OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEM 1 71. 
          THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL FOR ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR GH AND I. 
          ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL HAYS? NO. 
          NO. 
          OH, YOU'RE GONNA ABSTAIN. 
          OKAY. 
          WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO ABSTAIN ON? ? I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 1 62 THROUGH 1 66 AND ONE 70. 
          OKAY. 
          AND ITEM 1 62. 
          1 63 AND 1 64. 
          OKAY. 
          DID YOU GET THAT? OKAY, GREAT. 
          ALRIGHT, SO IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR SECTIONS G AND AYE K KALIK. 
          SECOND. 
          SECOND CLARK. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES WITH COMMISSIONERS, HE AND SIGLER ABSTAINING ON THE RESPECTIVE ITEMS THEY MENTIONED. 
          GUESS 
          [j. Administrative]
WHAT, WE HAVE AN ITEM UNDER SECTION J. 
          I KNOW I IT'S 10 YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION. 
          I KNOW. 
          NEVER SEEN IT. 
          I'VE NEVER SEEN IT. 
          OKAY. 
          FOR 12 YEARS. 
          NEVER CAN SOMEBODY EXPLAIN ITEM 1 72 VERY QUICKLY MEANS. 
          OKAY. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON. 
          GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          MY NAME IS AVITA BANDY. 
          ITEM 1 72 NESTED PAUL QUINN, UM, IS IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE SECTION. 
          THIS ITEM WAS ESTABLISHED AS A PUBLIC HEARING AND LATER, UM, LEARNED THAT THERE IS NO SINGLE FAMILY DEED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY. 
          SO WE ARE, UM, REMOVING THE OMITTING, THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED FOR TODAY. 
          THE APPLICATION WILL CONTINUE AS A VARIANCE. 
          OKAY, SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BANDY? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO OMIT ITEM 1 72 FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING IT WAS PREVIOUSLY SCHEDULED. 
          MOTION GARZA SECOND JONES. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES. 
          OKAY, SECTION K, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ITEMS. I'M GOING TO 
          [II. Establish a public hearing date of January 11, 2024]
TURN OVER TO MY ABLE CO-CHAIR TO DO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO. 
          SO I GUESS TO DO THE HARD PART, SO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO, ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF JANUARY 11TH, 2024. 
          FOR ITEMS A THROUGH Q ARE QUESTIONS? IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? ALLMAN ALLMAN, KALIK, ARE THERE QUESTIONS AT ALL AGAIN? NO. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. 
          THE MOTION PASSES. 
          WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. 
          I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. 
          IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION AT THIS TIME? ALL RIGHT. 
          HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM FOUR, WHICH IS ADJOURNMENT. 
          IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? AYE. 
          MOTION HEINS. 
          SECOND MADS. 
          ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. 
          AYE. 
          ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. 
          WE ARE ADJOURNED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. 
          THANK YOU. 
          WONDERFUL JOB.
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