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24.[Call to Order]
THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.UH, MARTY STEIN AND I WILL CALL OUR ROLE TO VERIFY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.
UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN WILL BE ABSENT.
UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER HINES IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? HERE IS HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER SIGLER IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR? HERE PRESENT.
PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER KANE IS I DO NOT THINK IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER DALTON IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MON DEKA PRESENT IS PRESENT.
AND DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN PRESENT IS PRESENT.
14 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, UH, TO EVERYONE ELSE JOINING US TODAY, EITHER HERE OR VIRTUALLY.
UM, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON A SPECIFIC ITEM AND YOU HAVEN'T SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE, PLEASE, UH, MAKE SURE YOU SIGN UP, UH, AT THE FRONT DESK HERE.
FILL OUT ONE OF THESE LITTLE PIECES OF PAPER.
UM, IF YOU HAVE SUBMITTED COMMENTS, UM, FOR THE COMMISSION IN ADVANCE, ALL COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED BEFORE, UH, NOON YESTERDAY, UH, ARE PART OF OUR PACKET.
UM, AND IF YOU ARE, UH, VIRTUAL, PLEASE REMEMBER AS, UH, MS. GEISER EXPLAINED TO, PLEASE KEEP YOUR DEVICES MUTED UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON TO SPEAK.
AND ALSO, IT WOULD BE HELPFUL IF YOU KEEP YOUR, UH, CAMERA OFF UNTIL YOU'RE CALLED ON.
UNLESS YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION, THEN YOU NEED TO KEEP IT ON IF YOU'RE VIRTUAL.
WITH THAT, ONLY ONE ITEM I THINK HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN FROM THE AGENDA.
IT'S NUMBER 96 AMER SPRINGS UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN, AND THERE WILL BE NO OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON IT.
[Director’s Report]
THAT, WE'LL GO TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, DIRECTOR MARGARET WALLACE BROWN.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS MARGARET WALLACE BROWN AND I'M SECRETARY TO THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN, OR THE MTFP AS IT'S OFTEN CALLED, THE AMENDMENT CYCLE IS UNDERWAY, AND OUR WEBSITE UNDER TRANSPORTATION PLANNING HAS ALL THE DETAILS.
APPLICATION SUBMITTAL PERIOD IS FROM JANUARY 8TH TO MARCH 1ST FOR THOSE WHO HAD THE MANDATORY PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCE BY FEBRUARY 23RD.
THEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FROM MAY 13TH THROUGH JULY 5TH, 2024.
YOU CAN FIND ALL OF THIS INFORMATION ON HOUSTON PLANNING.COM UNDER THE TRANSPORTATION TAG.
UM, TAB, UH, LOOKING AHEAD FOR COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE MARK YOUR CALENDAR TO COME A FEW MOMENTS EARLY ON FEBRUARY 22ND.
WE WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A GROUP PHOTOGRAPH FOR THE ANNUAL REPORT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT EIGHT THREE TWO THREE NINE THREE SIX SIX ZERO.
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 AND YOU CAN ALSO GO TO LET'S TALK HOUSTON FOR MORE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INFORMATION.
AND ONE COMMENT ABOUT THE GROUP PICTURE.
IF, IF YOU ARE NOT GONNA BE HERE, UM, THAT WEEK, WOULD YOU LET ME KNOW? WE, I KNOW OF ONE COMMISSIONER WHO CAN'T BE HERE.
IF THEY'RE OKAY, WE MIGHT NEED TO BACK THAT UP A WEEK.
SO EVERYBODY TRY TO, WE WILL SEE IF MAYBE THE FIRST MEETING IN MARCH WORKS FOR YOU.
IT'S, IT'S NICE IF I LIKE TO HAVE EVERYBODY PRESENT IN THE PICTURE.
UM, OKAY WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR DIRECTOR WALLACE BROWN? IF NOT, WE MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF
[Consideration of the January 11, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
THE JANUARY 11TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, WHICH WERE IN YOUR PACKET.IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION.
[Planning Activities a & b]
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 95 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 49 AND SECTION B REPLAY ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 50 THROUGH 95.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
UH, I DO THINK WE HAVE SOMEBODY PRESENT WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 22, SO WE'LL BE TAKING THAT SEPARATELY.
UM, AND WE PROBABLY HAVE, AND COMMISSIONER SIGLER IS NOT PRESENT, NOR IS COMMISSIONER HE.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS, COMMISSIONERS THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SEPARATELY? IF NOT, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UM, LET'S HEAR FROM THE SPEAKER ON ITEM 22.
MS. MACHO, DOES SOMEBODY WANNA MAKE A PRESENTATION ON THAT? YES.
CAN WE PULL IT UP? GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, JUST FOR ONE SECOND, WE'LL PULL UP THE ITEM.
WELL, WILL IT TAKE LONG TO GET IT UP OR, I THINK WE GOT IT.
SO THE
AND THEN THERE IS A DETENTION RIVER RESERVE.
HOLLISTER STREET IS TO THE WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS IN THE HARRIS COUNTY JURISDICTION, JUST OUTSIDE HOUSTON.
THE CURRENT REQUEST FROM HARRIS COUNTY IS TO DEFER AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
I, I BELIEVE, UH, UM, PERSON FROM NEAR, UM, NEAR TOWN MANAGEMENT DISTRICT IS HERE TO, UH, TALK ABOUT IT.
AND THIS, THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE AT THE TIME.
IT'S, WE FINALLY ACT ON IT YES.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. MATO? ALL RIGHT, THEN.
OUR SPEAKER IS EILEEN EGAN, EGAN.
MS. EGAN, ARE YOU THERE? I'M HERE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN GO RIGHT AHEAD.
UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF, UH, ISSUES WITH THIS, UH, PARTICULAR PLAT AND ONE IS WE ARE A BIG SUPPORTER OF THE NORTHWEST SUB-REGIONAL MOBILITY STUDY RECOMMENDATION TO EXTEND HOLLISTER THROUGH AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
UM, THE NORTHERN PIECE OF IT HAS BEEN BUILT BY THE, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPER ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, HOLLISTER AND OF TRACT ONE OF THIS PLAT.
UM, THE OTHER IS TO TAKE ENTRANCE THROUGH WOODLAND TRAILS NORTH, WHICH IS THE SUBDIVISION THAT A BUSTS.
THIS PROPERTY ON THE SOUTH, UH, IS PRETTY UNREASONABLE.
IT'S WINDING THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND TO ADD THE TRAFFIC FOR 200 MORE WHEN THERE SHOULD BE EASY ACCESS IN AND OUT OF HOLLISTER, JUST CONNECTING THE CITY PIECE AND THE EXISTING PIECE THAT'S IN THE COUNTY MAKES TREMENDOUS SENSE TO US.
DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR REMARKS? I DO WANNA SAY WE'RE GLAD TO SEE NEW HOUSING BEING BUILT.
WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'VE JUST GOTTA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WHO'S ALREADY THERE, UM, DOES NOT HAVE, UH, A LOT OF TRAFFIC WINDING AROUND TO GET INTO IT.
I THINK THE APPLICANT IS WITH US.
UM, MS. CURTIS, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? THIS IS JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING.
SO I, I DO JUST WANNA CLARIFY, THERE MAY BE A MISUNDERSTANDING.
THE DEVELOPER IS NOT PROPOSING FOR THEIR PRIMARY ACCESS TO COME THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE CONSTRUCTING A PORTION OF HOLLISTER GREEN AND THEIR MAIN ENTRY WILL BE OFF OF, I SAY HOLLISTER GREEN, HOLLISTER STREET, WHICH IS THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT IS GOING TO BE THE MAIN POINT OF ACCESS.
MS. EGAN DOES THAT, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? DID YOU GET THAT? I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
HOW MANY LANES OF HOLLISTER DO THEY INTEND TO BUILD? UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE EXACT CONSTRUCTION PLANS YET, BUT I SUSPECT THEY WOULD BUILD HALF OF THE FULL BOULEVARD.
SO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER WAS REQUIRED TO BUILD A FULL BOULEVARD PROFILE FROM FLEETWOOD TO DEBRIS.
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OKAY.A AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVEN'T DONE FULL CONSTRUCTION PLANS YET, SO THAT ALL IS GOING TO BE NEGOTIATED AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
AND WE ARE TRYING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH HARRIS COUNTY SINCE THEY REQUESTED THE DEFERRAL.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
WE HAVE A COUPLE WEEKS TO WORK ON THIS.
SO, UH, MS. EGAN WILL TAKE YOUR COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE ENSUING UH, DELAY PERIOD.
AND IF NO ONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, UH, PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER HINES HAS JOINED US.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97 AUGUSTA EDITION? PARTIAL RELA, IF NOT, UM, IN 20 20 22.
I'M LOOKING AT, I'M AHEAD OF MYSELF.
HOLLISTER BREEN TRACK SECTION TWO.
UM, AND THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 22? MOTION.
ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THEN WITH THAT WE CAN GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B AND WE ARE NOT TAKING ANYTHING SEPARATELY.
SO ANY DISCUSSION ON ANY ITEM IN SECTION A OR B WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 22? UH, THEN IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION TAHIR SECOND VERA BLAND.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (John Cedillo, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, and Devin Crittle)]
SECTION C.UH, ITEM 86 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND NOW WE ARE ON ITEM 97 AUGUSTA EDITION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WE'RE HAVING ONE TECHNICAL ISSUE.
ITEM NUMBER 97 IS AUGUSTA EDITION PARTIAL REPLAT NUMBER SEVEN SEVEN.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 6,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG SOLO STREET NORTH OF INTERSTATE I 10 AND OR INTERSTATE 10 EAST OF WACO STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
BILINGUAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 97 AUGUSTA EDITION IS OPEN.
I HAVE A HOUSE ON SOLO 1501 SOLO AND I'VE DRIVEN OVER THERE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, I WAS TRYING TO FIND THE INFORMATION THAT YOU HAVE UP ON YOUR MONITORS NOW, HOW THIS ACTUALLY GONNA AFFECT MY PROPERTY.
WELL DIRECT, UH, HERE, MR. IL, TALK INTO THE MIC.
SO THE APPLICATION, UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE ARE REQUIRED BY STATE LAW TO SEND A NOTIFICATION TO EVERYONE THAT LIVES WITH A CERTAIN AREA.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU RECEIVED THE NOTIFICATION LETTER AS FAR AS ANY DIRECT IMPACT UPON YOUR PROPERTY, UH, I I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT.
THAT WOULD BE SO CAN YOU SAID ONE SIDE IS THE BOTTOM BORDER BY SOLO, CORRECT? ON THE EAST SIDE IS SOLO STREET.
MR. MCOWEN, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE MIC? SO CAN YOU LOCATE YOUR PROPERTY IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ONES THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN? YES.
OKAY, SO IF IT'S NOT, IS IT ADJACENT OR, OR WHERE WOULD IT BE? MY PROPERTY'S 1501 SOLO.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY, LOOKS LIKE I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS LAST NIGHT I COULDN'T FIND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT A BLOCK AWAY.
IT'S NEAR TO THE FEET OF I 10.
YOUR, WHERE YOU'RE SPEAKING OF MINE IS ONE BLOCK BACK.
SO BECAUSE YOU'RE A CERTAIN AREA, ARE YOU BETWEEN LIONS AND NO FARMER? FARMER, YES.
RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF SOLO AND FARMER.
SO YEAH, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING.
HAD DRIVEN OVER THERE AND LOOKED AT IT, I COULDN'T QUITE MAKE IT OUT AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE BOUNDARIES THAT THEY CALLED OUT ON THE PAPERWORK.
IF YOU GO UP TO WACO
SO I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW I WAS GONNA BE IMPACTED.
THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY IMPACT OTHER THAN THERE'LL BE A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
AND, UM, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE DEVELOPER, THE BUILDER, MR. SAD CAN GET YOU THAT CONTACT INFORMATION, SO, OKAY.
SO YOU CAN MAKE CONTACT IF YOU'D
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LIKE.THANK YOU YOU FOR COMING DOWN TODAY'S TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT.
I'M GLAD YOU CAME SPEAK WITH YOU IN A MOMENT.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON AUGUSTA EDITION NUMBER 97? UH, IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBSTITUTE CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION MA SECOND GARZA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM NUMBER 98 IS DORCHESTER CROSSING.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS, NORTH LAWN, DORCHESTER STREET, AND EAST OF IRVING STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS CREATE 10 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO PARKING ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS RE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY SEPARATE FILE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR THOSE ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 98 DO CHESTER CROSSING IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 98? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION JONES SECOND ROBINS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 99.
ITEM 99 IS FAIRWAY TOWN HOMES.
THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG FAIRWAY DRIVE BETWEEN ROSE DRIVE IN TIFF STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND ONE PARKING RESERVE ALONG THE SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS REPL WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER.
THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLATS SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY ALSO OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 99 FAIRWAY TOWN HOMES IS OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 99 FAIRWAY TOWN HOMES? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION THAT IS MARS? I JUST WANNA MAR POINT OUT THE NOTE FROM CENTER POINT THAT THEY NEED A 10 FOOT CLEARANCE ON FAIR, UH, FAIRWAY.
'CAUSE IF THEY CREATE A CODE CLEARANCE ISSUE, THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT COST.
AND SO IT'S NOT A CONDITION OF THE APPROVAL MM-HMM
BUT THEY NEED TO BE AWARE OF IT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, OKAY THEN IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA SECOND.
AND NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER SIGLER HAS ALSO JOINED US.
ITEM 100 IS GOLDEN TREE ESTATES AT LOCK LANE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CHIMI ROCK ROAD AND LOCK LOCK LANE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLANT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD.
INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT SETBACK STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT WISHES TO DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A 7,000 SQUARE FOOT TRACTOR LAND.
THE PROPERTY WAS PLATTED WITH A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD RECORDED IN 1951.
THE UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC OF THIS PROPERTY IS THAT IT WAS PLATTED AS A BUSINESS LOT, BUT HALF OF THE BUS BUSINESS LOT HAS REDEVELOPED INTO ABOUT NINE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES.
THAT FRONT ON LOCK LANE, THE OTHER LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION THAT SIDE ALONG CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, WERE PLATTED WITH A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE AS INTENDED FOR SINGLE FAMILY USE.
THE MAJOR FAIR, THE MAJOR THERA AT THIS LOCATION IS SUFFICIENT AT ITS CURRENT WIDTH AND DOES NOT REQUIRE ANY RIGHT OF WAY WIDENING.
THE APPLICANT WOULD REMOVE AN EXISTING CURB CUT ALONG CHIMNEY ROCK TO CREATE A FOUR FOOT SAFETY BUFFER AND SIX FOOT SIX FOOT UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK.
THE DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS 15 FEET AND THE HOME WILL BE SEPARATED, SEPARATED BY EIGHT FOOT WOODEN FENCE ALONG THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
STAFF BELIEVES THIS REQUEST IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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ROCK ROAD WERE PLATTED WITH A 10 FOOT SETBACK AND THIS REQUEST IS AT, AT 15 FEET, VEHICULAR ACCESS HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO THE LOCAL, EXCUSE ME, VEHICULAR ACCESS HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO THE LOCAL STREET LOCK LANE.STAFF HAS SEE RECEIVED ONE OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST LOCATED IN YOUR PACKET.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 100 GOLDEN TREE ESTATES IS OPEN.
WE HAVE A SPEAKER AND THE APPLICANT IS, UH, HERE VIRTUALLY FOR QUESTIONS.
THE SPEAKER IS LIL HARVIN, H-A-R-V-I-N.
AND, UM, THE REQUEST, UH, TO DO THIS PARTIAL REPL SEPARATING THIS LOT FROM BRIAR CROFT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE BECAUSE IT'S FORMING A SUBDIVISION OF ONE LOT.
AND SO IT SEEMS TO US THAT IT'S A CLEAR ATTEMPT TO DO AN EN RUN AROUND THE DEED RESTRICTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT'S BEEN IN FOR 50 SOMETHING YEARS.
THE OWNERS OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY WERE AWARE OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, I'M ASSUMING WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
AND AGAIN, IT SEEMS TO US THAT THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO AVOID WHATEVER RESTRICTIONS THAT BRIAR CRT HAS ON WHAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO BUILD.
UM, WE ALSO FEEL THAT IT SETS A DEATH, UH, A UNFORTUNATE PRECEDENT TO ALLOW ONE PERSON TO SEPARATE THEIR HOME FROM A SUBDIVISION JUST BECAUSE THEY WANT TO DO SOMETHING THAT THE SUBDIVISION IS, UM, NOT APPROVED.
I I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT THE APPROVAL PROCESS HAS BEEN WITH THIS PARTICULAR HOUSE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SUBDIVISIONS, BUT AS, AS A RESIDENT, IT JUST SEEMS TO ME IT, IT SETS US ALL UP FOR FUTURE ISSUES TO ALLOW YOUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR TO CREATE THEIR OWN SUBDIVISION AND DO THEIR OWN THING.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE AMENDING THE SETBACK ALONG CHINEY ROCK.
THAT SEEMS TO BE A REASONABLE REQUEST, BUT TO SEPARATE AND CREATE ITS OWN SUBDIVISION JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
LET, LET'S GET SOME CLARIFICATION ON THIS.
I WAS GONNA CALL ON OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
UH, REPRESENTATIVE MS. NICHOLSON, CAN YOU EXPLAIN? SURE.
AND WE, WE GET THIS QUESTION OFTEN.
UM, THEY WILL STILL BE SUBJECT TO YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, IT'S JUST CREATING A NEW SUBDIVISION BECAUSE THEY'VE HAD TO ASK FOR THIS VARIANCE AND TO, TO MAKE THAT MODIFICATION TO THE CITY RULES.
IT WON'T CHANGE THE, THE FACT THAT THEY WERE PART OF AND CONTINUE TO TECHNICALLY BE PART OF YOUR SUBDIVISION.
IT'S JUST KIND OF AN OVERLAY ON TOP OF IT.
WELL THEN WHAT'S THE POINT IN CREATING A WHOLE NEW SUBDIVISION? BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE CITY RULES.
SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THEY'VE ASKED FOR THIS REDUCED THIS CHANGE IN THE SETBACK ALONG CHIMNEY ROCK.
THAT'S ONE OF OUR RULES WE HAVE TO CHANGE.
AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS BY, IS BY A REPL.
OF THAT ONE LIE, I'M NOT SO SURE I UNDERSTAND THE LEGALITIES OF IT, BUT YEAH, NO.
SO THEY STILL HAVE TO AND MS YEAH, THEY WILL THOSE, WAIT, I'M SORRY.
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF YOUR DE RESTRICTIONS REMAIN IN.
THEY WOULD ALWAYS SHOW UP ON THE TITLE.
WELL, IT JUST GETS TO BE AN ISSUE SINCE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS HEMMED IN BY COMMERCIAL.
AND SO IT JUST SEEMED, IF YOU ENDED UP WITH A RIGHT SUBDIVISION THAT HAD NO RESTRICTIONS, THAT AND MS. MICHELSON, WE UNDERSTAND THE CUSTOMER.
CAN YOU STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT YOU CANNOT OPT OUT OF DEED RESTRICTIONS BY REPLYING? RIGHT.
BUT THERE'S, IT'S NOT THAT THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 100? DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING, COMMISSIONER? YEAH.
UH, I'M GONNA JUST ASK IF THE, UM, APPLICANT JUAN CASTILLO DID.
ARE YOU JUST FOR QUESTIONS OR DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? MADAM CHAIR, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES.
TALK A LITTLE LOUDER IF YOU WOULD.
OH, UH, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? BARELY? YEAH.
IS THIS BETTER? LITTLE BIT, YEAH, GO AHEAD.
WELL, UH, I WAS JUST HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS TO BE HONEST.
AND, UH, AGAIN, I, UH, I WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I WAS HERE JUST TO FOR ANY QUESTIONS, BUT YOU ANSWERED HER, UH, CONCERN AND, UM, I COULDN'T ASK FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I DON'T THINK, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100? UM, IF NOT, THEN I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL GO TO COMMISSION DISCUSSION.
UM, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
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UM, AND, AND MAYBE I MISHEARD, BUT I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING A 15 FOOT SETBACK, BUT IT SAYS 10 IN THE PAPERWORK.UH, I MAY HAVE MISSPOKEN, BUT IT IS 15, 15 FOOT.
UM, SEVERAL, A COUPLE PLACES IN THERE.
CAN WE GET, OKAY, COMMISSIONER CLARK, THE CLARIFICATION IS THAT IT'S A 25 FOOT SETBACK.
THEY'RE REDUCING IT BY 15 FEET TO 10 FOOT.
SO IT IS A 10 FOOT, SO IT'S, SO IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE REQUESTING ARE 10 AND THE CITY'S ORDINANCE IS 25 UHHUH.
THEY'RE ASKING FOR VARIANCE TO MAKE IT 15.
THE 10 YOU'RE SAYING IS SHOWING UP THE RESTRICTION.
REALLY? THEY'RE ASKING A REDUCTION FROM 25.
SO THERE'LL BE FIVE FEET, BUT SHE'S RIGHT.
MAY I, MAY I, MAY I QUESTION? YES, GO AHEAD.
SO, SO THE REQUEST HAS BEEN MADE FOR A 10 FEET BUILDING LINE.
HOWEVER, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT A 15 FEET SETBACK INSTEAD.
SO YOU WILL SEE ON THE PAPERWORK THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A 10 FEET.
BUT AFTER AN ANALYZING THIS AREA AND THE PREVIOUS VARIANCES THAT WE'VE CONSIDERED ALONG MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS STAFF BELIEVES THAT A 15 FEET BUILDING LINE IS MORE REASONABLE THAN 10 FEET.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT A 15 FEET BUILDING LINE.
AND THEY DO HAVE A 10 FOOT SET BUILDING LINE ON LOCK LANE.
CORRECT? ACTUALLY, IT'S A 25, I MEAN 20, I'M SORRY, 25 1 LOCK LANE.
AND, AND AGAIN, I MAY HAVE MISHEARD, BUT DID, DID I HEAR YOU ALSO SAY THAT THERE WERE OTHER HOMES ALONG THAT AREA THAT HAD THE SAME SETBACK? YES.
ALL THE ORIGINAL, THE ORIGINAL PLAT, UM, WE, I HAVE A SLIDE FOUR, BUT THE ORIGINAL PLAT DID SHOW, UH, 10 FOOT SETBACKS, UH, THAT IT'S PROBABLY A HARD TO SEE, BUT SHOWN AND RED, THOSE ARE ALL 10 FOOT SETBACKS, UH, AS PLATTED BY THE ORIGINAL PLAT.
SO YOUR RECOMMENDATION IS A 15 FOOT THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THAT WOULD ENABLE WHAT RE UM, INCREASED VISIBILITY? 'CAUSE I DO SEE SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS WHERE THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT YES, MA'AM.
AND THE APPLICANT WAS WILLING TO WORK WITH US TO AGREE TO THE 15 FEET.
UM, DO WE KNOW IF THERE'S, IF ANY OF THE CITIZENS WHO WHO WROTE IN, UM, HAVE HEARD THIS? NOT OTHER THAN THE AGREEMENT, UH, THE ONE, THE CITIZEN THAT YOU JUST HEARD MM-HMM
AND, AND, AND THE REASON I'M RAISING THIS IS BECAUSE I, I DO REMEMBER THAT, UM, ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED AT CHIMNEY ROCK AND WHEREVER, UM, JUST ON THE ROAD, YOU KNOW, WHERE SOME, A CAR CRASHED INTO THE HOUSE.
AND SO ANYWAY, I, I GUESS I'M, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY OBVIOUSLY SENSITIVE LIVING ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MYSELF, YOU KNOW, FOR WHY THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN.
BUT, UM, I THINK 15 MAYBE IS A COMPROMISE, PERHAPS, AND GOOD THAT THERE WILL BE NO, UH, VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM YES, THAT'S TONEY ROCK, WHICH, THAT'S CORRECT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, EXCUSE ME, DID I SAY YOU'RE RECOMMENDING AN A FOOT WOOD FENCE ALONG TO NEW ROCK THAT WAS PROPOSED THAT THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A TO ME, FROM THE VISIBILITY NARROWING THE, UM, THIS WOULD SEEM TO FIT MORE AS A, UH, UM, LIKE A OR IRON FENCE, SOMETHING THAT HAS VISIBILITY THROUGH IT, ESPECIALLY COMING UP TO A CORNER.
UM, THAT'D BE SOMETHING I WOULD TRY TO SEE IF THEY'RE AMENABLE TO AT LEAST A CERTAIN LENGTH BACK FOR VISIBILITY, PEDESTRIANS AND, AND ALL OF THAT GOING BOTH WAYS.
THERE'S AN OPAQUE FENCE AND YOU'RE COMING DOWN LOCK LANE OR WHATEVER.
I'LL, I'LL BE, BE SURE TO MENTION THAT TO THE APPLICANT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? OKAY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? BALDWIN, BALDWIN, SECOND HINES HINES.
AND NOTE THAT LISA CLARK JOINED US.
IN CASE YOU DIDN'T, IN CASE YOU WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION.
UM, ITEM 1 0 1, LONG POINT ACRES ITEM 1 0 1 IS LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER EIGHT.
THE SITE IS AN OVER TWO ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST ALONG BAYLOCK ROAD AND SOUTH OF NEWLANDS ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
DID WE, I KNOW WE, WE HAD A MOTION A SECOND.
DID WE VOTE? I THOUGHT WE DID.
DOES EVERYBODY, EVERYBODY CHAIR ACCLIMATION.
DID YOU VOTE ON ITEM 100? OKAY.
SORRY, START OVER AGAIN BECAUSE
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WE WERE DISTRACTED.UH, THE SITE IS AN OVER TWO ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST ALONG BLAYLOCK ROAD, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND SOUTH OF NEWLANDS ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AS THEY ARE COORDINATING WITH THE APPLICANT FOR CONTINUED REVIEW OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR CONTINUED REVIEW OF SET DEED RESTRICTIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 1 LONG POINT ACRES IS CONTINUED.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK THIS WEEK ON ITEM 1 0 1? UH, IF NOT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THREE CURB CUTS WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
SO WILL Y'ALL BE LOOKING AT THAT TO SEE IF THAT'S NECESSARY TO KEEP ALL, KEEP ALL THREE? WELL, CURB CUTS ARE NOT GRANDFATHERED IN, BUT AT THIS POINT THERE'S NO VARIANCE THAT WOULD, THAT THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC HEARING.
THAT'S A LOT FOR, I MEAN, I, I DRIVE UP AND I LAY OUT A LOT.
THAT'S A LOT OF CURB CUTS FOR THAT AREA.
I'LL COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANT AND SEE WHAT THEIR INTENTIONS BE.
AND, AND OUR MAIN REASON FOR DEFERRAL THOUGH IS, IS THERE'S SOME COMPLICATED DEED RESTRICTION ISSUES ON THIS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THE, THIS WAS, THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED ONCE ALREADY.
AT THAT POINT IT WAS DEFERRED FOR, UH, DISAPPROVAL BECAUSE IT WAS VIOLATING DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE APPLICANT IS COORDINATING WITH OUR LEGAL FOR CONTINUED REVIEW AS THERE MAY HAVE MORE INFORMATION OR CAN POTENTIALLY COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO THEY'RE LOOKING INTO THAT NOW.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 1 0 1? MOTION GARZA GARZA SECOND MORRIS.
ITEM 1 0 2 IS NATIONAL CREEKSIDE RESERVE ON VILLE.
THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY NORTH ALONG VILLE ROAD AND EAST OF SOUTH LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 42 DASH 1 93 TO ALLOW A RESIDENTIAL LOT TO BE REPLANTED INTO A COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED SOME CONFLICTING INFORMATION RELATED TO THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH OF VILLE ROAD.
UH, IT'S LIKELY THAT THE RIGHT OF WAY COULD REQUIRE A RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.
ALSO, THE APPLICANT WILL COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY TO CONFIRM IF, IF TCEQ REQUIREMENTS WILL BE MET.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION, AND YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 2, NATIONAL CREEKSIDE RESERVE ON VILLE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO, TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 2? OKAY.
UH, HEARING NO RESPONSE, WE'LL TURN TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS TO DEFER.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THAT? IS THERE THEN A MOTION TO DEFER.
ITEM 1 0 2, BALDWIN SECOND ROSENBERG.
ITEM 1 0 3, ITEM 1 0 3, UH, IS A PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG NALAN STREET, SOUTH OF EAST CROSS TIMBERS AND EAST OF ALDEAN DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL IN THE CASE.
THIS RE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCP CCPC 1 0 1 FORM.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COM, THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 3, NELAND HEIGHTS IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UH, IS THERE ANYBODY LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? ARE THESE FIVE MEDICATION? MR. CRIDDLE, IS YOUR MIC ON? I'M SORRY.
UM, SO TECHNICALLY THE YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ITEM 1 0 3.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? CLARK CLARK GARZA GARZA.
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THANK YOU SIR.THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 7,800 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF GREENWICH AND KETO EAST OF WAYSIDE DRIVE AND SOUTH OF PARKER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTS WITH THIS ITEM.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS PLAT AS SHOWN, WILL VIOLATE THE RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS AT PLAT STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO FURTHER THE PLAT PER APPLICANT REQUEST TO COORDINATE WITH LEGAL MADAM CHAIR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 4 SANTA ROSA IS CONTINUED.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYBODY LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 0 4? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER TO, UM, AT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, I GUESS CORRECT ANY DISCUSSION ON THE DEFERRAL THEN? IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING MOTION SIGLER SECOND MAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 0 5 IS SHOTWELL CENTER.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG SHOTWELL STREET NORTH OF I 10 AND SOUTH OF LINES.
THE REASON FOR REFL IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO HAVE 50 FEET OF FRONTAGE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 60 FEET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE STUDIES A REFL OF TWO LOTS OUTTA THE DENVER EDITION SUBDIVISION CREATED AN 1891.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SMALL RETAIL CENTER.
THE PROPERTY IS LO LOCATED ALONG A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR AND ABUTS OTHER RETAIL COMMERCIAL USES.
THERE IS NO ADDITIONAL LAND TO OBTAIN TO MEET THE FRONTAGE REQUIREMENT REQUIRED UNDER CHAPTER 42.
THE SITE MEETS THE SIZE AND STREET WIDTH REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROPOSED USE.
THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK, THREE INCH CALIPER STREET TREES, AND A FOUR FOOT SAFETY BUFFER.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE BASED ON THE ABUTTING COMMERCIAL USES AND THE PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES HIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND IMPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, AND YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 5 SHOTWELL CENTERS CONTINUED.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE.
IS THERE ANYBODY LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 5 SHOTWELL CENTER? UM, WITH THAT, THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE THE TERMS ARE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? CLARK VICTOR, SECOND VICTOR.
ITEM 1 0 6 IS WEST BEND, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER TWO.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX AND NORTH OF WEST BEND DRIVE.
PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPRO THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR 1 0 6 WEST BEND, SECTION ONE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
DOES ANYONE LISTENING WISH TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
AMANDA, AMANDA PACA GARZA, GARZA.
THAT CONCLUDES PUBLIC HEARINGS.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler, Aracely Rodriguez, and John Cedillo)]
SECTION D VARIANCES.ITEM 1 0 7 IS THE BRICKYARD DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT NORTH OF 43RD STREET, EAST OF ANTOINE, SOUTH OF PINE MOUNT.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FOR A LOGISTICS FACILITY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING COSTA RICA STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
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STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICATION APPLICANT TO MEET NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE WRITTEN COMMENT EXPRESSING OBJECTION OVER ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC NOISE AND LIGHTING.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPRESENTATION.
UH, WE DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS ON THIS.
UH, FIRST THE APPLICANT IS HERE, ZACH STAHL, ADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF PLAN COMMISSION.
UM, BEFORE I GET INTO IT, I JUST WANNA THANK JEFF TOO.
HE'S BEEN GREAT ANSWERING ALL OF OUR PHONE CALLS, ALL OF OUR EMAILS TALKING TO US LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN FIRST GRADE EXPLAINING ALL THIS JARGON TO US.
HIM AND HIS STAFF HAVE BEEN GREAT.
SO JUST I I DO WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE.
UM, BEFORE I GET INTO, INTO THE MEAT AND POTATOES OF IT, UM, I, I, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN PLANNING OR ZONING.
I'M GONNA LEAVE THAT TO JEFF AND TO Y'ALL.
BUT I THINK WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU FOR A COUPLE MINUTES THAT IS IMPORTANT IS WHAT WE'VE DONE FROM A CA COMMUNITY OUTREACH PERSPECTIVE.
UM, WE OBVIOUSLY WANT THE VARIANCE AND ARE HOPEFUL FOR THE VARIANCE FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT JEFF OUTLINED.
BUT FROM THE PUBLIC OUTREACH PERSPECTIVE, WE'VE REALLY FOCUSED ON BOTH NOTIFICATIONS AND JUST MORE PROACTIVE OUTREACH.
UM, ON THE NOTIFICATION SIDE OF THINGS, THIS IS NOT A NEW ITEM.
THIS HAS BEEN ON THE DOCKET OFF AND ON FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS NOW.
UM, WE'VE PUT UP SIGNS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT TIMES.
WE'VE SENT OUT 300 MAILERS, UH, I BELIEVE TWICE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, COMMUNITY.
IT'S UP FOR DEFERRAL RIGHT NOW BASED ON, UH, I I BELIEVE IT WAS SIGNAGE THAT WAS TAKEN DOWN THAT DIDN'T HAVE AMPLE NOTIFICATION.
UM, WE ARE, JUST TO PROVIDE SOME CONTEXT TO IT, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW.
UM, THERE'S A HOMELESS POPULATION IN AND AROUND THE, THE COMMUNITY, A LOT'S WALKED OFF SITE,
AND SO I'M JUST PAINTING THIS PICTURE BECAUSE WHAT WE ARE TRULY TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC COMMUNITY ABOUT, UH, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE SITE.
UM, WHEN WE, WHEN WE MET WITH JEFF A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, HE TOLD US TO REACH OUT TO THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO I DID REACH OUT TO SUPER HOOD OR SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, 12.
UH, WE MET WITH EILEEN WHO SPOKE EARLIER, THE NEAR NORTHWEST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING UP WITH THE STAFF ON ALMOST A NEAR DAILY BASIS TO SEE WHO'S IN THE COMMUNITY, WHAT THEIR CONCERNS ARE.
AND, UM, IT'S PART OF OUR DNA.
WE'RE A, WE'RE A FIVE PERSON COMPANY.
EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DO IT, IT'S KIND OF OUR LIVELIHOOD AND IT HAS OUR FINGERPRINTS ALL OVER IT.
WE, WE ACTUALLY, UH, FINISHED A DEVELOPMENT THAT'S SIMILAR VINTAGE ABOUT, UM, SIX MONTHS AGO.
AND THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE DESIGN PROCESS, I, UH, MAN, I SAT ON MULTIPLE COUCHES.
I HEARD, UH, THE CONCERNS OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY.
WHAT'S THE NOISE GONNA BE? WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S THE LIGHTING GONNA BE? JUST REALLY DIGGING IN TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT.
THEN ALSO MODIFYING OUR DESIGN PLANS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARING THEM.
'CAUSE I MEAN, WE'RE A MEMBER OF THIS, OF THE CITY AND WE NEED TO, UH, ABIDE BY THE, THE RULES AND THE, JUST THE EXPECTATIONS OF BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
UM, SO WE, WE KNOW THIS, UM, IS UP FOR DEFERRAL, BUT I I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU AT LEAST THAT BACKGROUND ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND, UM, HOW WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PARTNER WITH NEIGHBORS.
UM, I, I'M AROUND FOR QUESTIONS AND IF ANYONE ELSE SPEAKS, I, I'M, I'M HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU REALLY DOING THERE? ARE THESE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES, APARTMENTS? WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU BUILDING THERE? UH, TWO, TWO DIFFERENT, UH, LOGISTICS BUILDINGS.
WE'RE CALL 'EM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE CENTERS.
SO IT'S ON THE MORE SHALLOW BAY INDUSTRIAL TYPE, UM, SPECTRUM.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. STAHL? OKAY.
AND WHAT STREET ARE YOU TAKING ACCESS FROM? OBVIOUSLY WE DON'T WANT YOU TO BE GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, SO IF I DON'T HAVE THE MAP IN FRONT OF ME, BUT I DON'T ENVISION MUCH OF ANY TRAFFIC GOES BACK TO THE EAST ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS OR DOWN AROUND THE CORNER.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I THINK ACTUALLY THE FIRST ACCESS POINT MAY BE GOING WEST OF APRIL TO PINE MOUNT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S A PRETTY SHORT DISTANCE BETWEEN THOSE TWO OR JUST OUT ON ACORN STREET.
ANYTHING ELSE? YEP, OF COURSE.
WE DO HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS.
SO STANDBY, WE MIGHT HAVE ABSOLUTELY SOME QUESTIONS.
THE NEXT SPEAKER IS JUDGE SALANS.
UM, THE APPLICANT STATES THAT ALLOWING THIS VARIANCE WOULD BENEFIT THE RESIDENTS IN THIS SURROUNDING AREA BY NOT CREATING POTENTIAL TRAFFIC OR SAFETY ISSUES IN THE AREA.
BUT AS A RESIDENT MYSELF, THIS IS PATENTLY FALSE.
UM, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS, MAIN POINT OF ENTRY AND EXIT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS ACORN FROM COSTA RICA STREET.
UH, THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY EXTENDING COSTA RICA FROM THE SOUTH, BUT NOT ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO THE NORTH.
THIS FORCES ALL OF THE NEW TRUCKING AND INDUSTRIAL HEAVY TRAFFIC MACHINERY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SOUTH TO GET TO THE CLOSEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
IF THE DEVELOPMENT ABIDED BY CHAPTER 42 AND CONNECTED COSTA RICA ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE CLOSEST THOROUGH THROUGH WOULD BE PINE MOUNT AND ALL OF THIS NEW TRAFFIC WOULD NOT ENDANGER THE NEIGHBORS TO THE SOUTH AND THE COSTA RICA ROAD.
UM, TO ZACH'S POINT ABOUT BEING COMPLETELY OPEN AND COMMUNICATIVE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED, NOT HAPPENED ONCE.
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ON DEFERMENT BECAUSE THEY DID NOT COMMUNICATE.THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC OUTREACH.
HE HAS NOT TRIED TO COME AND COMMUNICATE ANY CONCERNS THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH ON THAT POINT AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S KIND OF A FALSE STATEMENT THAT HE LED OFF WITH.
AND I DON'T THINK ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH ARE HAPPY OR WELCOMING OF THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT IS ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS EDDIE RODRIGUEZ.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, ARE YOU THERE? I AM.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME, COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I JUST HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ON THIS.
UM, I, UH, MY NAME IS EDDIE RODRIGUEZ AND I LIVE ON VIKING DRIVE, WHICH IS, IS JUST A COUPLE BLOCKS SOUTH OF THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S, UH, SECTION 16 OF OAK FOREST.
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 2017.
I'M PROPOS TO THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND VERY SIMILARLY I THINK TO, UH, MR. SU'S, UH, THOUGHTS ON THIS IS THAT, UH, THIS WILL BE A, UM, A DANGEROUS AND WILL INJURE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH SA SAFETY AND WELFARE.
UM, THEIR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WANTS TO PUT BASICALLY WAREHOUSE, ALLOW TRUCKS AND ALL SORTS OF TRAFFIC TO GO THROUGH THIS.
UM, THIS DEVELOPMENT SITS RIGHT BETWEEN SMITH ELEMENTARY TO THE EAST CLIFF, THE MIDDLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL TO THE WEST, AND SCARBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL TO THE SOUTH.
UM, I SEE KIDS EVERY SINGLE DAY WALK THROUGH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WALK THROUGH THIS DEVELOPMENT AREA.
AND, UM, AS A FATHER AND A PLAINTIFF'S ATTORNEY WHO REPRESENTS INJURED PEOPLE, I AM TERRIFIED TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY LARGE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH OUR PRETTY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND, AND IN ADDITION TO THE, THE DANGER OF THIS NEW TRAFFIC, NEW LARGE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, I HAVE A BIG CONCERN WITH PUTTING THIS ENTIRE AREA AND MAKING IT INTO IMPERVIOUS COVER.
RIGHT NOW, THIS ACTS AS A GULF DRIVING RANGE.
TO BASICALLY MAKE AN ISLAND OF CEMENT IS GOING TO DIRECT WATER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO BARELY MADE IT THROUGH HARVEY, I DON'T WANT OUR RISK TO INCREASE, UH, FOR PLACING SUCH A LARGE DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND TO MR. SULLIVAN'S POINT, UH, THE REACH OUT THAT THEY TALK ABOUT IS NON-EXISTENT.
UM, THE ONLY REASON WE KNOW ABOUT THIS IS NEIGHBORS ARE TALKING AND THERE'S NOT ONE NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBOR THAT I'VE TALKED TO, AND I'VE TALKED TO DOZENS OF THEM, THEY'VE NOT HEARD FROM THEM AND WOULD NOT WANT THIS IN THE, WANT THIS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, MR. RODRIGUEZ.
THANK YOU FOR, UH, GIVING ME THE TIME.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE UP TOO MUCH OF EVERYONE'S TIME, BUT I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT MY FELLOW NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN SAYING.
I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC ON THESE VERY NARROW STREETS AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, I WORRY ABOUT EMERGENCY SERVICES AND BEING ABLE TO GET THROUGH IF, IF HEAVY TRUCKS OR BIG TRUCKS ARE GOING IN AND OUT OF THESE STREETS.
THESE, THESE STREETS ARE ALREADY REALLY, REALLY NARROW.
AND, UM, I MEAN, FOR ALL INTENTS PURPOSES, WE'RE LOSING AN AMENITY WITH A DRIVING RANGE THERE.
AND ADDING WAREHOUSES IS NOT GOING TO ADD TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S GOING TO DEPLETE IT MORE.
AND I WORRY, UH, ALL THE CONCERNS THAT THEY TALKED ABOUT SPEC, YOU KNOW, SPECIFICALLY TRAFFIC AND DRAINAGE ARE ON THE FOREFRONT OF MY, UM, PRIORITY.
AND AGAIN, TO JUST ECHO WHAT THEY WERE SAYING, I DID NOT HEAR ABOUT IT FROM THE VARIANCE REQUEST APPLICANT.
I HEARD IT THROUGH NEIGHBORS AND SOCIAL MEDIA FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH THAT, UH, THIS WAS HAPPENING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE, UM, WHO WISHES TO SPEAK, UH, ON 1 0 7 BRICKYARD DEVELOPMENT BEFORE WE TURN TO THE COMMISSION FOR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS? MADAM CHAIR? YES.
YES, THANKS FOR, UH, ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK AS WELL.
UM, I JUST WANNA REITERATE WHAT, UM, THE LAST FEW, UH, SPEAKERS, UH, SAID.
I LIVE OFF OF, UH, COSTA RICA AND LANG THE CORNER THERE.
UM, THERE'S ALREADY A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH THAT STREET.
UM, AND AS THE FIRST, UH, SPEAKER SAID THAT KIDS USE THAT STREET TO WALK DOWN TO SCARBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, UM, WITH A LARGE AMOUNT OF SEMI DOG BAYS THAT ARE ON THESE BUILDINGS.
I DON'T HAVE THE EXACT COUNT, BUT IT'S A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
UM, YOU CAN ONLY ASSUME THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LARGE AMOUNT OF, UM, SEMI TRAFFIC, UM, SEMI-TRUCK TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THAT STREET
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TO GET TO THAT, THAT BUILDING.UM, UM, SO YEAH, JUST REALLY WANTING TO REITERATE THAT.
UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A BIG SAFETY HAZARD.
UM, I MEAN, SEMIS COMING THROUGH A A A SMALL QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ISN'T GONNA BE IDEAL FOR ANYONE INVOLVED.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON BRICKYARD DEVELOPMENT? OKAY, I'M GONNA TURN TO, UM, TO THE COMMISSION, BUT I, I DO WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR FIRST OF ALL, THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY AUTHORITY OVER THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY.
I KNOW EVERYBODY SOUNDS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU LIKE THE DRIVING RANGE, BUT WHOEVER OWNS THE PROPERTY CAN, CAN BUILD UNDER STATE LAW.
UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WANNA BUILD THERE.
WHAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS IS THE VARIANCE TO, UM, ALLOW THEM TO NOT TO, TO NOT CONNECT THE ROAD.
UM, SO MR. MR. BUTLER, CAN YOU SHOW IT, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE, THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ACCESS OF THIS.
IS THERE A SO WE, WE DO HAVE A BETTER MAP.
UH, THEY SHOW THE PRIMARY ACCESS COMING FROM ACORN, WHICH IS THE EAST, WEST STREET ON THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S ALSO DRIVEWAY ACCESS ALONG APRIL, WHICH RUNS ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
SO THERE IS AND IS THAT A CONTINUATION OF, UM, WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE STREET THAT THE VARIANCE ONE SEC.
UM, SO THERE ARE TWO SEGMENTS.
THERE ARE TWO SEGMENTS OF COSTA RICA.
ONE IS TO THE NORTH THAT STUBBS INTO THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE ASKING TO NOT EXTEND.
THERE'S ALSO AN IMPROVED SEGMENT OF COSTA RICA THAT'S SOUTH OF THIS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THAT'S WHAT THE SPEAKERS ARE REFERRING TO.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT LINES UP, IF THAT CENTER LINE TIES WITH COSTA RICA.
SO, MR. BUTLER, SO HERE'S WHAT I'M, I'M LOOKING AT.
IT SEEMS LIKE IF THEY WENT OUT ON THE WEST SIDE, IT LOOKS LIKE THAT'S ALL INDUSTRIAL AND HARDWAY AND HOOVER TOWARDS ANTOINE ALSO ON THE, UH, POSSIBLY ON THE NORTH, BUT ON THE SOUTH IT'S ALL SUBDIVISION AND THAT STREET COULD BE, I DON'T KNOW.
AND I, UM, AND, AND THEN SECONDARILY COSTA RICA, WE TYPICALLY DON'T WANT TO HAVE A THROUGH STREET FROM ANY KIND OF BUSINESS OR INDUSTRIAL AREA INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO COULD WE NOT GO WEST AND POTENTIALLY NORTH VERSUS SOUTH AT ALL? I DON'T SEE THAT THERE'S A REAL NECESSITY GO SOUTH AT ALL TOWARDS THE SUBDIVISION.
NORTH OF THE SUB OF THIS PROPERTY.
THERE ARE SOME RESIDENCES THERE TOO, RIGHT? AT HARDAWAY AND ER I CAN'T TELL FROM THE, YEAH, FROM THE O BUT I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW WHY WE COULDN'T TAKE, UH, TWO OR EVEN THREE EXITS ON THE WEST SIDE ON APRIL AS IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL THERE.
ANYWAY, COULD WE NOT DO THAT OR DOES CHAPTER 22 PREVENT US FROM DOING THAT? A COUPLE THINGS.
WE ACTUALLY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE GONE THROUGH THE VARIANCE PROCESS TO WIDEN THE DRIVEWAY SPECIFICALLY ON THAT WESTERN SIDE.
SO THAT DRIVEWAY THAT'S ON THAT NORTHWEST CORNER, YOU CAN SEE THAT'S CLOSE TO PINE MOUNT, WHICH IS HONESTLY THE MOST, IT'S A TWO LANES EACH SIDE ROAD.
THAT'S WHERE WE ENVISION A LOT OF THAT, THAT TRAFFIC GOING.
AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, LIKE WE DON'T ENVISION ANY TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
LIKE IF, IF LIKE ABSOLUTELY NOT, LIKE ALL THE CONCERNS ABOUT KIDS AND SCHOOLS, LIKE YES, WE ABSOLUTELY SHARE THOSE CONCERNS.
I MEAN, WE, WE'D LIKE TO FUNNEL ALL THAT TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT COMMERCIAL AREA BACK TO PINE MOUNT.
UM, THAT'S WHY I WENT IN FOR THE DRIVEWAY, VARI VARIANCE TO WIDEN THAT DRIVEWAY.
SO AGAIN, YOUR, YOUR REQUEST IS TO NOT EXTEND COSTA RICA INTO YOUR PROPERTY, WHICH MAKES GOOD SENSE TO ME.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU HEARD WHAT JEFF SAID.
IT'S THE NORTHERN PORTION OF COSTA RICA, NOT THE SOUTHERN PORTION.
THE SOUTH IS NOT THE VARIANCE.
BUT IT'S JUST TO NOT CONNECT IT INTO THE, IT'S JUST TO NOT CONNECT IT INTO THE PROPERTY.
I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE THE POINT BECAUSE WE WERE HAVING THE CONVERSATION.
SHOULD WE MAKE SURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT TALKING THE SOUTHERN END, RIGHT? IT'S STILL NOT ON, BUT IT'S STILL THREE OF 'EM ARE, IT'S TOO FAR AWAY FROM ME.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO ARE COMMENTING UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT THIS SOUTHERN PORTION? WELL, WE'RE STILL CONFUSED ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE SHOWING THREE CONNECTIONS TO THE SOUTH.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT YOU SAY YOU'RE NOT SENDING TRAFFIC THAT WAY, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU ARE SHOWING ON YOUR PLA.
SO ARE THERE GONNA BE FIRE FENCES OR EMERGENCY ACCESS FENCE? LIKE WHAT DO YOU INTEND TO DO WITH THAT TO PREVENT TRAFFIC GOING SOUTH? SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT, COSTA RICA'S NOT LINED UP LIKE COSTA RICA ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE'S NOT LINED UP WITH THE MAIN, WITH THE ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY.
AND THAT'S BY INTENTION, RIGHT? WE WANNA TRY TO KEEP THAT SEPARATE.
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UM, I THINK YOU SEE THE, THE TWO ENTRANCES ON THE, THE FIRST AND THE THIRD, UH, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY MOSTLY USED FOR AUTO TRAFFIC AND THEN THAT CENTRAL, THAT THAT CENTER ONE, THERE COULD BE TRUCKS THAT COME IN, IN THROUGH THE CENTER THERE.I ALSO WANT TO GO BACK TO WHAT THE USE HAS BEEN FOR 70 OR 80 YEARS HERE.
IT'S BEEN ACME BRICK WHO'S RUN TRUCKS ALONG THAT STREET, UM, FOR DECADES.
UM, SO I'M JUST GONNA APPRECIATE THAT, THAT I'M JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT THAT'S COUNTERINTUITIVE TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, A FEW MINUTES AGO.
UM, OR IT CONTRADICTS WHAT YOU SAID A FEW MINUTES AGO BECAUSE I, I THINK WE ALL KIND OF UNDERSTAND THE REQUEST TO NOT EXTEND COSTA RICA.
THAT'S A VERY COMMON REQUEST HERE.
BUT THE HEARTBURN IS THE FACT THAT YOU SHOW PROPOSED THREE PROPOSED DRIVEWAYS GOING INTO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY COULD BE USED WHETHER IT'S MAYBE NOT FOR THE LARGER TRUCKS, BUT FOR THE BUSINESS TRAFFIC.
AND UM, I THINK THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE GETTING THE SURROUND OF QUESTIONS FROM BECAUSE AS OF RIGHT NOW, YOU SHOW IT HEADING SOUTH.
UM, THERE'S, I MEAN, WE HAVE THE ENTRANCE ON THE WEST AND THE SOUTH, UM, DEPENDING ON THE TENANT AND THE USE, I DON'T KNOW HOW EXACTLY THEY'RE GOING TO USE THOSE.
I, BUT WE INTENTIONALLY DID NOT LINE THEM UP ON THE SOUTH SO IT WOULDN'T GO IN, WOULDN'T GO INTO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF.
AND IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE FOR THESE PEOPLE TO DRIVE INTO THE COMMUNITY.
LIKE IT DOESN'T DO THEM ANY GOOD.
THEY'RE GONNA WANNA HEAD BACK TO ANTOINE, GO SOUTH INSTEAD OF GOING AND WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE TENANTS ARE GONNA BE YET.
SO I I'M, I I DON'T KNOW THEIR EXACT TRAFFIC PLANS, MA'AM.
WELL, MY QUESTION IS WHY GO SOUTH AT ALL? WHY NOT HAVE BOTH OF YOUR ENTRIES AND EXITS OFF OF APRIL? YOU COULD WIDEN THE, IN THE SECOND ENTRY THERE, YOU COULD WIDEN THAT.
YOU'D GAIN SOME PARKING BY CLOSING THOSE THREE LANES OFF AND YOUR TWO CONNECTION POINTS WOULD BE ON APRIL.
AND THEN THEY ARE GONNA BE FORCED TO GO ON APRIL AND NOT THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND TO BE CLEAR, WHEN, IF THEY GO UP APRIL, THEY'D GO NORTH TO PINE OFF.
THEY'D COME OUT ON ACORN, THEY'D GO WEST DIRECTLY TO ANTOINE.
THEY WERE NOT COMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT, IF THERE'S A, IF THERE'S A, YOU'RE NOT FOLLOWING ME.
I, I'M JUST SAYING STAY OFF THE SOUTH COMPLETELY.
BRING ALL OF YOUR TRAFFIC OVER TO APRIL AND THEY'RE GONNA GO WHATEVER DIRECTION THEY NEED TO GO TO GO TO THE CLOSEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
BUT IF YOU ALLOW ENTRY AND EXCESS POINTS, THEY'RE GONNA USE 'EM AND THEY'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE THEY NEED TO GO SOUTH AND NOT WEST.
I LIVE IN THIS AREA, TRUST ME.
I, I KNOW WHERE THESE TRUCKS GO.
SO WHY NOT FORCE THEM ONTO APRIL, WHICH WILL FORCE THEM TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND NOT NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.
WHAT WOULD YOUR OPPOSITION BE TO THAT? UH, ACORNS, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WIDTH OF THE ROADS.
I MEAN, WE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY WITH, WITH THE CITY ENGINEERS AND UM, APRIL LANE'S REALLY NARROW.
UM, IT WOULD NEED PROBABLY SOME TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT.
UM, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, ACORN IS THE ONE ROAD THAT DOES HAVE THE, THE ACTUAL WIDTH TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, TRAFFIC.
WELL, BUT IF, YEAH, IF YOU'RE NOT USING ACORN, THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME BECAUSE IF YOU'RE FOCUSING ON ACORN, YOUR TRUCKS ARE GONNA FOCUS ON ACORN.
SO THE FACT IT'S WIDER AND YOU ALL HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THAT WITH ENGINEERING, IT STILL DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
YOU'RE FORCING THEM DOWN SOUTH.
SO THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE NOT, THEY DON'T HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
WHAT ABOUT RANDEN ON THE FAR EAST SIDE? IS THAT A COMMERCIAL STREET? I MEAN, IT, IT GO IT BY, IT GOES BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IS THAT A, IS THAT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE? IT'S HARD TO TELL ON HERE.
RIGHT BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS WITH THE CURVE IN THE RAILROAD.
AND YET, BUT YET YOU HAVE A, AN EXIT RIGHT THERE, DO YOU NOT IN YOUR PLAN MM-HMM.
OF THE THREE, THE THE SOUTHERN YOU TALKING THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER.
BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, IS THAT NOT AN EXIT RIGHT THERE? YEAH, BUT THAT'S NOT, THAT IS AN ENTRANCE IN AN EXIT.
WE'RE STILL PROBABLY ON NO, IT'S ACORN.
THEY WOULD HIT RI WOULD THINK, BUT THEY, RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UM, NOT AS A COMMISSIONER, BUT IF THIS WAS MY PROJECT, UM,
THEY NEED TO BE MARKED AS FTC.
SO IT'S VISIBLE TO PEOPLE THAT THOSE AREN'T ACTIVE TRAFFIC ZONES.
BUT IF I WAS YOU, I WOULD TRY TO, UM, ACQUIRE THE UPPER NORTH CORNER, RIGHT? JUST UM, TO THE LEFT OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
MAKE THAT YOUR MAIN ENTRANCE, YOU WOULD GET A PINE MONT ADDRESS FOR THIS SITE.
UM, AND THAT WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE THING TO DO.
WORKING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, TAKING LARGE TRUCKS FOR A BIG LOGISTICS FACTORY THROUGH HERE.
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NOT SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, I PERSONALLY THINK IS, UM, COMMUNITY BENEFICIAL.THAT, THAT NORTHEASTERN PART YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THAT BORDER IS HARDWAY STREET, WHICH IS A BLOCK SOUTH OF PINE MOUNT.
UM, SO IT'S NOT A DIRECT AND HARDWAY STREET IS, UM, YEAH, THANK YOU FOR FLIPPING THAT OVER.
THAT'S A BETTER PICTURE OF IT.
SO YOU'RE STILL, YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET FROM PINE MOUNT THERE? NO.
TALKING ABOUT ACQUIRING THIS PART.
HOW YOU MEANT THE TOP PART OF THE RED.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU'RE PUTTING A SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENT HERE WITH A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF CAPITAL.
GETTING A PINE MINE ADDRESS FOR A LOGISTICS FACTORY IS PROBABLY BETTER THAN APRIL STREET.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA POINT OUT THAT ALTHOUGH YOU VOICED SOME CONCERNS ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, TO THE TINS TO THE WEST, THE ALTERNATIVE IS WE DENY THE VARIANCE YOU'VE GOTTA DO BUILD A, A ROAD
SO YEAH, YOU SHOULD LOOK AT THESE, UH, SUGGESTIONS.
WELL ABSOLUTELY TAKE THE SUGGESTION TO NEW ACCOUNT.
I MEAN, WE, WE WANNA WORK WITH Y'ALL.
I MEAN, AND I, I HEARD THE PEOPLE, UH, CITIZENS EARLIER SAY WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE ACCESSIBLE TO 'EM.
LIKE THAT'S IF WE NEED TO GO SIT ON THEIR COUCH TOMORROW, LIKE WE'RE WILLING TO DO THAT.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DODGE AND WE'VE SENT OUT ALL THE REQUIRED LETTERS AND MULTIPLE SIGNS AND, BUT I, IF THAT MEANS GOING DOOR TO DOOR, THEN WELL, AND MR. STALL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT.
I'M GONNA ASK MR. BUTLER TO GET FROM CONTACT INFORMATION FOR AT LEAST ONE OF THE SPEAKERS.
SO IF YOU COULD, WE'D APPRECIATE IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD, IF YOU MAYBE TRY TO REACH OUT AND TALK DIRECTLY TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS PEOPLE, WE'D APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE MATTER.
YOU'LL HAVE A LOT TO WORK ON IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 1 0 7, MOTION SIGLER.
IS THERE A SECOND? KALIK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THANK YOU SPEAKERS FOR BEING WITH US TODAY, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS AND, AND SPEAK AGAIN.
UM, OKAY, THAT TAKES US TO ITEM 1 0 8, 1 0 9 AND ONE 10.
MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 1 0 8 DECKER PRAIRIE WOLF HILL GP 1 0 9 IS SECTION ONE AND ONE 10 IS SECTION TWO.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY EAST ALONG DECKER PRAIRIE, WOLF HILL AND NORTH OF FARM MARKET 29 20.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXIT INTERSECTION BASIN BY NOT PROVIDING ANY NORTH, SOUTH OR EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE GP AND PLOT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST, BUT WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT A BRIEF PRESENTATION AT THIS, THE SECOND DEFERRAL.
CURRENTLY THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE INTERNAL STREET CONNECTIVITY IS LACKING.
THERE'S NO EAST WEST STREET CONNECTION IN THIS AREA, EAST OF THE PROPERTY.
THE ONE IN THE NORTH SOUTH DIRECTION IS CURRENTLY CONSIDERED A PUBLISHED STREET THAT IS MAINTAINED BY HARRIS COUNTY.
SO THE APPLICANT CAN PROVIDE AN EASTWEST PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
AND WHENEVER THE ADJACENT TRACK GET REDEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE THAT REQUIRE EAST WEST STREET STEPS, IT CAN BE EXTENDED AND CONNECTED TO THE HOLLY CREEK TRAIL, WHICH COULD HELP TO IMPROVE THE INTERNAL TRAFFIC REGULATION IN THE AREA.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A SECOND REFERRAL TO CONTINUE COORDINATING THE REQUIRED STREET, WHICH STAFF IN HARRIS COUNTY.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE GPM PLAT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. RODRIGUEZ? UM, DO WE, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.
DO WE HAVE ANY? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
SO, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER ALL THREE ITEMS, ANY DISCUSSION OR REQUESTS FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEMS 1 0 8, 1 0 9 AND ONE 10.
WHO SAID THAT? MANKA SECOND JONES.
ITEM ONE 11 IS FRESNO ESTATES.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY TWO AND A HALF ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH OF TRAMMELL, FRESNO ROAD AND EAST OF TEAL BEND ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO LARGE
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SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO TAKE ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE.PROPOSED LOT TWO HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AND CURRENTLY TAKES ACCESS FROM THE ACCESS EASEMENT.
THE INTENT OF THE PLAT IS TO GET PROPOSED LOT ONE ACCESS VIA SET ACCESS EASEMENTS.
HOWEVER, IT SEEMS THAT THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT MAY NOT BE TAKING LEGAL ACCESS THROUGH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE WEST AND STAFFERS RECOMMENDING A SECOND AND FINAL DEFERRAL.
AS SUCH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION.
WHILE THERE IS A NON-EXCLUSIVE ACCESS EASEMENT SHOWN IN RED IN THE NORTHERN STRIP OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY SHOWN IN BLUE, THE EASEMENT ENDS AT THE SUBJECT SITE'S NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
AND AS SUCH DOES NOT FRONT NOR GIVE ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO CREATE AN ACCESS EASEMENT ACROSS LOT TWO AND GIVE LOT ONE ACCESS TO THE EXISTING EASEMENTS.
HOWEVER, LOT TWO DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO THAT EASEMENT AND THE APPLICANT MUST SHOW THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE WEST WOULD ALLOW ACCESS ACROSS THEIR PROPERTY INTO THE STRIPED AREA UNTIL SUCH CONFIRMATION CAN BE PROVIDED.
FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT CANNOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND HAS REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL SITE.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO FURTHER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS FOR, UH, TO OF THE ACCESS EASEMENT TO ACQUIRE LEGAL ACCESS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER AT THE REQUEST OF FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING COMMISSIONER MODEST, I KNOW I ASKED THIS QUESTION ON THE LAST ONE.
UM, ARE YOU ALSO TALKING TO THEM ABOUT UTILITY EASEMENTS TO ACCESS THAT SECOND PROPERTY? I KNOW IT'S GONNA HLMP, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN ALL UTILITIES.
THEY WON'T BE ALLOWED TO USE THAT.
SO HOW WILL OTHER, HOW WILL UTILITIES GET TO THAT PROPERTY? SO IT, THE EXISTING EASEMENT THAT, UH, AS TO THE NORTH IS A NOT AN EXCLUSIVE.
SO IT DOES ALLOW UTILITIES WHICH ARE CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH THAT SITE, AND OF COURSE THE PROPOSED ACCESS EASEMENT SHOULD ALSO GIVE THOSE AMENITIES, THOSE OPTIONS.
WELL, ACCESS EASEMENT WON'T, THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN ASKING ABOUT IT.
BECAUSE AN ACCESS EASEMENT IS PURELY THAT, UM, UTILITIES WON'T BE ABLE TO USE IT.
THEY'LL NEED A SEPARATE UTILITY, UM, EASEMENT TO GET TO THAT PROPERTY.
BUT ACCORDING WITH, HE SAID THERE'S ONE TO THE, THE SOUTH OR SO THERE'S ALREADY EXISTING UTILITIES GIVING THAT GO THROUGH THAT EASEMENT THAT EXISTS NOW.
AS LONG AS THEY, THEY'VE GOT IT.
THEY SHARE, I GUESS THERE'S, THERE'S A PICTURE THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE, UH, THE POWER LINES THAT ARE GOING DOWN THAT EASEMENT? NO, IT'S, THAT'S AN HL MP EASEMENT.
BUT I'M TALKING ABOUT TELECOMS GAS LIKE THAT, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO ELECTRIC AND ALL THE REST OF, OF, OF TON COUNTY AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER EXISTING UTILITIES ALREADY GET ACCESS TO THAT POINT.
YOU NEED TO CHECK THAT BECAUSE I'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THIS BEFORE WHERE THEY GET LANDLOCKED IN AND UTILITIES CAN'T SERVE THEM BECAUSE PEOPLE ASSUME THAT THE ACCESS EASEMENT'S USABLE AND IT'S NOT.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, AND DID I ASK IF WE HAD ANYBODY WHO WANTED TO SPEAK ON THIS? WE DON'T HAVE, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED IN ADVANCE.
THEN, UH, ON ITEM ONE 11, FRESNO ESTATES STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER CLARK SECOND GARZA GARZA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ONE 12 GANTZ PROPERTIES ITEM ONE 12.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH OF FARM MARKET 29 20 AND EAST OF BARK CYPRESS ROAD AND WEALTH OF TOGI ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
ONE IS TO ALLOW THE PROPOSED LAW TO TAKE ASSETS VIA AN ASSET EASEMENT INSTEAD OF A PUBLISHED STREET.
AND THE SECOND IS TO EXIT INTERSECTION BASING BY NOT PROVIDING ANY PUBLISHED STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS CREATING ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT TO ACCOMMODATE A MOBILE HOME NEXT TO AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
THE SUB SET IS PART OF A PRIVATE COMMUNITY COMPRESSING A FEW PROPERTIES WITH ASSETS TO AN EXISTING 35 FEET WIDE ASSET EASEMENT.
THIS ASSET EASTMAN DATING BACK ALLUDE TO THE SEVENTIES WAS CREATED FOR ROADWAY PURPOSES, PROVIDING ENGLISH AND EGRESS FROM SHADOW LANE.
DUE TO THIS ASSISTANT CONDITION, THE APPLICANT CANNOT PROVIDE PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE TO MEET THE INTERSECTION FACING REQUIREMENT, BUT THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY IN THE FUTURE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED PUBLIC STREET WHEN OTHER AREAS ARE REDEVELOPED.
SO GRANTING THE VARIANCES WILL NOT BEURS TO PUBLIC HEALTH SAFETY WELFARE.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL NOT GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC AND JUSTIFICATION IS BASED ON THE ASSISTING CONDITION.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE BEARING REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCES AND APPROVE
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THE PLANS SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.QUESTIONS FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP ON THIS.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE.
IT'S BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION? AMANDA AMANDA PCCA, SECOND CLARK.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ONE 13 ITEM ONE 13 HAR BUSINESS PARK.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF GARRETT ROAD AND WEST OF SHELDON ROAD AND SOUTH OF NORTH LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE COMMERCIAL VIS RESERVE AND IS REQUESTED A VARIANT TO ALLOW THE COMMERCIAL VIS RESERVE TO TAKE ASSETS VIA EASEMENT INSTEAD OF THE PUBLIC STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST IN 2020 P COMMISSION PREVIOUSLY GRANTED A VARIANT TO ALLOW THIS PROPERTY TO TAKE ASSETS VIA ASSET EASEMENT.
THIS PLOT WAS NEVER RECORDED AND THE APPLICANT IS READJUSTING THE SAME VARIANCE.
THE APPLICANT RE PLOT AND LOT OUT OF THE LINCOLN FARM LINCOLN PARK FARM SUBDIVISION TO CREATE A COMMERCIAL RESERVE TO DEVELOP AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE PARK.
THE SUBSIST SITE IS THE WE PLOT OF SICK LOT AND THIS SUBDIVISION WAS RECORDED IN 1923 WITHOUT ANY PUBLISHED STREET FURNISH LEADING TO THE RECORDING OF AN ASSET EASEMENT IN 2013.
THIS 60 FEET WIDE ASSET EASEMENT WITH THE AGREEMENT AMONG THE PROPERTY OWNER PROVIDE ENGLISH AND EG ENGLISH ASSETS TO GARRETT ROAD, WHICH IS THE ONLY POINT OF ASSETS TO THE SSIS SITE.
FURTHERMORE, THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING THE FULL WIDTH OF THE MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR WITHIN THE PLOT BOUNDARY TO MEET THE PER THE MAJOR THOROUGH FREEWAY PLAN.
THIS PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR IS GONNA BE CONNECTED BETWEEN NORTH LAKE HOUSTON PARKWAY TO GARY ROAD, PROVIDING ACCESS TO THIS SITE AND OTHER PROPERTIES.
SO HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
OKAY, QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND PROVE THE PLAT ON THE SCREEN THERE.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION MANKA MANKA.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 14.
ITEM ONE 14 IS JASICK FARM GP.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, EXCUSE ME.
IN THE ETJ ON THE HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTY LINES.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR 1100 HOMES TO HAVE ONE POINT OF PUBLIC STREET ACCESS RATHER THAN THE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS REQUIRED FOR EVERY 150 LOTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR REVISIONS AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE TWO AFFECTED COUNTIES.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? SO THIS IS IN BOTH HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTIES, OKAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY? WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR ANY DISCUSSION IS THERE THEN A MOTION TO DEFER.
ITEM ONE 15 IS NEST AT PAUL QUINN.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN, OH, EXCUSE ME, THIS WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG PAUL QUINN WITHIN THE ACRES HOME COMPLETE COMMUNITY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 30 LOTS ALONG A TYPE TWO PRIVATE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT DEDICATING A NORTH, SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
THE STUDY IS LOCATED ON A BLOCK OF PAUL QUINN BETWEEN SEABRA AND WHEATLEY MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 4,300 FEET LONG ACRES HOMES WAS ORIGINALLY PLA DEVELOPED WITH LARGE LOTS WITH NARROW FRONTAGE, HAS REMAINED A SEMI RURAL COMMUNITY FOR DECADES.
HOWEVER, THE EXPLOSION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HAS CREATED A STRAIN ON THE STREET GRID, WHICH IS NOW REQUIRED TO HANDLE A FAR GREATER LEVEL OF TRAFFIC THAN INTENDED.
THIS PROBLEM IS REFLECTED IN THE RECENT PLAYING DEPARTMENT MOBILITY STUDY, WHICH RECOMMENDS ADDITIONAL NORTH SOUTH STREETS TO ALLEVIATE CONGESTION.
ONE RECOMMENDED CONNECTION AFFECTS THIS TRACK DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY TO AN EXISTING STREET AND THE WIDTH OF THE PROPERTY STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PROVIDING A PUBLIC STREET WHILE ALLOWING FOR A DEVELOPABLE AREA WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
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SCHEDULED A MEETING WITH AT THE SITE DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD WITH THE APPLICANT TO DISCUSS THESE ALTERNATIVES FURTHER, STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT IN THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.UH, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF THESE, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, UM, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD OR COMMENTS OR DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER BALDWIN BALDWIN SECOND MAD? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF VARIANCES.
NEXT WEEK'S AGENDA OR NEXT MEETING? UH, ITEM ONE 16 NEWPORT GROVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 16 IS NEWPORT GROVE, SECTION ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN NORTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY WEST AND ALONG FM 2100 NORTH OF NORTH DIAMONDHEAD BOULEVARD, SOUTH OF FOLEY ROAD AND EAST OF GOLF CLUB DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION OF 103 LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR REDUCED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG MAJOR FER FM 2100 BETWEEN EXISTING PINE FOREST DRIVE AND A PROPOSED LOCAL STREET.
AND BETWEEN THE TWO PROPOSED LOCAL STREETS PROVIDING THE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE GP CONSISTING OF 188.
LOTS OF THE OVERALL GENERAL PLAN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE APPLICATION FOR TWO WEEKS PER TECH STOCKS REQUEST AS THEY REVIEW THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP IN THE CHAT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY IN ADVANCE.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER QUESTIONS OR REQUESTS FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER MOTION MANCA MANCA SECOND CLARK.
[e. Subdivision Plats with Special Exception Requests (Tammi Williamson)]
US TO SECTION E, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.UM, WE'RE TAKING ONE 17 AND ONE 18 TOGETHER IF THAT'S OKAY.
ITEM ONE 17 IS OAK BERRY TRAILS GP AND ITEM ONE 18 IS OAK BERRY TRAILS SECTION ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG AND WEST OF KICKAPOO ROAD, EAST OF BENFORD ROAD, SOUTH OF CASTLE ROAD AND NORTH OF FM 29 20.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 216 ACRE GENERAL PLAN FOR PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED THE MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ACROSS THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
SECTION ONE IS PROPOSING TWO STREET CROSSING PUBLIC STREET CROSSINGS ACROSS THE PROPOSED DRAINAGE AREA.
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE SOUTHERN MORSE SOUTHERNMOST PROPOSED CROSSING TO THE EASTERN GP BOUNDARY IS 1,447 FEET.
THE MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING INTER FOR CROSSING A DRAINAGE CHANNEL, UM, OR JUST MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING IS 1400, WHICH IS A 3.3% DEVIATION.
BUT THE ORDINANCE DOES ALLOW FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING WHEN CROSSING A DRAINAGE CHANNEL REQUIRED BY A GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY WITH FLOOD CONTROL JURISDICTION LOCATED IN A RECORDED DRAINAGE EASEMENT.
HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HAS IDENTIFIED TWO EXISTING DRAINAGE CHANNELS PROPOSING THE DRAINAGE AREAS WITHIN DRAINAGE RESERVES MEETS THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE FOR AN INCREASE IN THE MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING OF AT LEAST 2000 FEET, WHICH THIS WOULD MEET.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT, THE GP, AND THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS? THIS IS A REALLY TECHNICAL ONE.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED.
WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO SPEAK.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLAT AND THEN ALSO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS FOR SECTION ONE.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON BOTH ITEMS? MOTION AMANDA.
IS THERE A SECOND? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Tammi Williamson)]
TAKE US TO RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY, BOUNDED BY FM 1464 TO THE EAST HARLEM ROAD, TO THE WEST MADDEN ROAD TO THE SOUTH AND BISECTED BY BISSONET STREET.
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IS PROPOSING AN OVER 400 ACRE GENERAL PLANNED AND IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION AND REQUIREMENT WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG PART OF ITS SOUTHERN BOUNDARY.STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING NOT TO PROVIDE ANY PUBLIC SUBST STREETS INTO THE SOUTHERN GM BOUNDARY BETWEEN ME, WESTMORE DRIVE AND MADDEN ROAD TO THE WEST THAT WILL CONNECT TO HARLEM ROAD AND A PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH STREET TO BISES STREET.
THE THIS INTERSECTION SPACING IS APPROXIMATELY 403 4,300 FEET.
THE PROPERTY SOUTH OF THE GENERAL PLAN IS A SAND PIT SITE AND FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS STATED THAT IT IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS REGIONAL DETENTION FOR TRILLIUM AND SEVERAL DEVELOPMENTS ALONG WEST BELFORT STREET.
AND AS FAR AS THEY'RE AWARE THIS WILL BE ITS PERMANENT USE WITH, WITH THE USE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY FOR REGIONAL DETENTION.
REQUIRING TWO PUBLIC STUB STREETS IS NOT PRACTICAL AS IT'S UNLIKELY THAT ANY STREET WOULD BE DEDICATED CONNECTING TO WEST BELFORT STREET TO THE, TO THE SOUTH AND OR MADDEN ROAD, WESTMORE DRIVE TO THE EAST.
THE REMAINING PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH HAS SUFFICIENT FRONTAGE ALONG WEST BELFORT STREET, HARLEM ROAD AND WESTMORE DRIVE CREATING A BLOCK SURROUNDED BY MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND THE MAJOR COLLECTOR.
THE LAYOUT OF TRILLIUM G ALSO ENSURES ADEQUATE CIRCULATION WITHIN AND TO BISSONNET STREET.
FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC ONE OH AND FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UH, WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MALIK SECOND GARZA.
[Platting Activities g - i]
TO SECTIONS G, H AND I BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY H AND I SO WE DON'T.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS.
SECTIONS G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSIST OF ITEMS ONE 20 TO 1 39.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR SECTION H.
UH, NAME CHANGES OR SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STATE, EXCUSE ME.
OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G.
UH, I THINK WE HAVE AN ABSTENTION COMMISSIONER SIGLER ITEM 1 21.
SHE'LL BE ABSTAINING ON ITEM 1 21.
ANYBODY ELSE? UM, WITH THAT THEN CAN WE GET A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON ALL ITEMS IN SECTION G.
MOTION GARZA, GARZA, VERA BLAND.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES WITH SIGLER ABSTAINING ON 1 21.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING UNDER SECTION J.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler)]
K IS DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUEST ITEM ONE 40.ITEM ONE 40 IS 26 22 STAPLE STREET.
THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT WITHIN THE CASHMERE GARDENS COMPLETE COMMUNITY NORTH OF LIBERTY ROAD AND EAST OF US HIGHWAY 59.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR 1.6 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG RITA RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 20.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF RITA AND STAPLES STREET.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY A CIRCA 1949 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING BUILT WITHIN APPROXIMATELY A FOOT AND A HALF OF THE READER STREET PROPERTY LINE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO REMODEL THIS HOME BY CONSTRUCTING A SECOND STORY OVER THE EXISTING FOOTPRINT.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT WOULD REQUIRE THE SECOND STORY PORTION TO BE SET BACK FURTHER THAN THE EXISTING HOME.
THE SUBJECT COMMUNITY PREDATES THE BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT AND FEATURES NUMEROUS EXAMPLES OF HOME CONSTRUCTED WITHIN THE, UH, NEAR OR WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO CONDITIONS TO PROVIDE A SIX FOOT SIDEWALK AND THREE INCH CALIPER STREET TREES IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN REALM.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE JUSTIFIED CONSIDERING THE EXISTING SETBACKS AND PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE WHO IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 40? IF NOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE CONDITIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN.
BEFORE YOU ANY DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? EXCUSE ME.
WE DO HAVE SOMEONE, UH, THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ROBERTO DIAZ VIRTUALLY.
YES, UH, THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
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YOU HEAR ME WELL? HI, I'M RIGHT AHEAD.YEAH, SO I'M THE DESIGNER FOR THE, FOR THE HOMEOWNER AND I WAS JUST HERE IN CASE THAT SOMEONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS AND UH, BUT IF YOU GUYS DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE MUCH OF YOUR TIME.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. DIAZ? WE DO NOT, BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ONE 40? UM, OKAY, THEN WE CAN TURN TO VOTING ON IT.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE CONDITIONS ARE ON THE SCREEN.
IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN SECOND GARZA.
OKAY, THAT WILL TAKE US, THAT'S PLATTING ACTIVITY
[II. Establish a public hearing date of February 22, 2024 ]
WILL GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF FEBRUARY 22ND, 2024 FOR THE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE NOTED ON THE SCREEN AND ON THE AGENDA.UM, IS THERE A MOTION TO SET FEBRUARY 22ND FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS MOTION? CLARK GARZA GARZA.
[III. Consideration of a Hyde Park Hotel/Motel located at 704 Hyde Park Boulevard (Devin Crittle)]
TAKES US TO ROMAN THREE, WHICH IS CONSIDERATION OF A HYDE PARK MOTEL HOTEL.UH, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IN DECEMBER.
UH, THIS HOTEL APPLICATION WAS RECENTLY APPROVED LAST YEAR WITH A SIMILAR VARIANCE REQUEST AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE CHANGES, UH, ON THE SCREEN.
UH, I'LL JUST BE BRIEF ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE ACCESS HAS BEEN RELOCATED TO CROCKER STREET AND, UH, AFTER TAKING PUBLIC COMMENTS INTO CONSIDERATION, SOME OF THE EVENT SPACE AND THE MEETING SPACE WAS REMOVED.
UH, AFTER MEETINGS, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT AND, UH, THE PUBLIC AND THE ROOM COUNT HAS INCREASED.
THE APPLICANT WISHES TO DEVELOP A 80 ROOM HOTEL ON A VACANT 24,000 SQUARE FOOT TRACT OF LAND.
THE MONTROSE AREA IS VERY ACTIVE WITH A HIGH QUANTITY OF BARS AND RESTAURANTS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
THE PROPOSED HOTEL WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE USES INCLUDING FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND OFFICE SPACE SPREAD AMONGST MULTIPLE FLOORS.
STANFORD STREET ON THE EAST IS CURRENTLY A 50 FOOT MINOR COLLECTOR, SUFFICIENT AT 60 FEET.
THE ONLY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE SITE FROM STANFORD STREET IS A PLAN FOR DELIVERY TRUCKS.
ONLY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE HOTEL SITE WOULD BE THROUGH CROCKER STREET, WHICH IS A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY.
THE MAIN LOBBY ENTRANCE ALONG HYDE PARK IS, EXCUSE ME, THE MAIN LOBBY ENTRANCE IS ALONG HYDE PARK, NEAR PROPOSED VEHICULAR DROP OFF AREA.
THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG HYDE PARK IS 20 FEET FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE FACADE OF THE BUILDING.
AND THE SIDEWALK VARIES FROM SIX FEET TO 10 FEET.
ONLY ONE CURB CUT IS PLANNED TO MINIMIZE VEHICULAR VEHICULAR OBSTRUCTIONS AND 26 PARKING SPACES ARE PROVIDED ON THE SITE, WHICH WILL BE VALE LAY SERVICE.
A DROP OFF AREA IS PLANNED ON THE SITE, WHICH WILL HELP REDUCE THE STACKING OF CARS ALONG THE RIGHT OF WAY, AN ADDITIONAL 85 SPACES WILL BE PROVIDED ACROSS CROCKER STREET, WHICH WILL ALSO BE SERVED BY VALET ONLY.
THIS BRINGS THE TOTAL PARKING COUNT TO 111 SPACES.
THIS HOTEL WILL ADD AN, AN ADDITIONAL OPTION FOR SHORT, SHORT, SHORT TERM STAY IN THE AREA WITH MANY BARS AND RESTAURANTS AND SHORT WALKING DISTANCE.
MADAM CHAIR STAFFS RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
MADAM CHAIR, WE ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED 11 LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND A LETTER OF OPPOSITION LOCATED IN YOUR PUBLIC COMMENT PACKET.
AND I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT HAS MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. UM, CRIDDLE BEFORE WE HAVE SPEAKERS.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER CLARK.
MR. K CRIDDLE, THE WAY I LOOK AT THIS, IT APPEARS THAT THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING IS THE SAME.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES, MA'AM.
UH, FIRST WE'LL CALL THE APPLICANT PATTY JOINER AND WE ALSO HAVE, UM, GUN SUNBURN.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M PATTY KNUTSON, JOIN AND I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT.
WE'D LIKE TO THANK DT AND ON DEVIN ON WORKING WITH US THROUGH THIS.
AND UM, AS YOU RECALL, WE HAD 95 LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT WHEN WE WERE APPROVED BY THE COMMISSION IN JULY.
UM, THAT'S BECAUSE WE REACHED OUT TO GREATER MONTROSE, BUT WITH THIS NOTICE ONLY GOING OUT TO 300 PEOPLE, WE REACHED OUT TO ALL OF THE PEOPLE WITHIN 300 FEET.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO GRANT TO EXPLAIN HIS CONTACT WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BUT AS, UM, COMMISSIONER CLARK
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INDICATED OUR FOOTPRINT IS ACTUALLY THE SAME SIZE AS THE, THE PROJECT THAT THE COMMISSION APPROVED IN JULY.WE, UM, ARE PROVIDING THE DEDICATION AND ALL THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR THE CHAPTER 42 PORTIONS OF THIS PROJECT.
SO THE ONLY THING UNDER CONSIDERATION TODAY IS CHAPTER 28.
UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
LAST TIME THE, THE MOTION WAS TO MEET WITH THE SUPPORTERS.
UM, SO THAT'S WHERE I STARTED.
STARTED MEETING WITH EVERYONE ON THAT LIST IN THE AREA, MAKING SURE THEY UNDERSTOOD WE WERE DECREASING THAT EVENT SPACE, REDUCING THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, INCREASING THOSE TO ROOMS, WHICH ALL THE STUDIES SHOW ANYONE GOING TO HOTEL ROOMS. THE MAJORITY ARE USING UBER TO GET THERE.
UM, AND THEN THE LETTER WENT OUT, UH, TO THE 300 FOOT RADIUS.
SO I CHANGED IT AND STARTED, WENT, WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO THE PEOPLE IN THERE THAT I DIDN'T KNOW.
UM, SO I DID GO TO DOOR, DOOR TO DOOR, UM, AND HAD FEW HAPPY HOURS, HAD A FEW DINNERS.
UH, STEVE AVONDALE OF THE PRESIDENT AVONDALE ASSOCIATION HELPED SET UP A DINNER.
ONE OF THE PEOPLE, UM, MR. POWELL WHO, WHO SIGNED UP IN OPPOSITION, HE WAS THERE.
AND IT'S MEAN, THE WHOLE POINT IS WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO AGREE WITH EVERYTHING, BUT AT LEAST WE CAN BE THERE TO LISTEN.
AND IF THIS GETS APPROVED, I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING HIM AND HIS FAMILY.
UH, BUT THE MAJORITY WAS STILL OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.
MET WITH, UH, GREG LAGRANGE, BUT DOOR TO DOOR ONLY ONE PERSON ANSWERED AND I HEARD THEM AND THAT WAS GREAT DISCUSSION.
THAT WAS, UH, RICHARD AND VALERIE.
SO JUST IF YOU WENT DOWN THE 300 LIST.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, YOU ASKED ABOUT THE EMPLOYEE COUNT.
I MEAN, AGAIN, WE'RE STILL IN THE, THE WHOLE DESIGN PHASE DON'T HAVE AN PURE APPROXIMATE NUMBER RIGHT NOW.
THE ROOFTOP WOULDN'T BE GOING 'CAUSE IT'S RAINING.
I WOULD SAY APPROXIMATELY 40 MAYBE UNDER, THERE'S GONNA BE BUSIER WEEKS.
CERTAIN PRIDE WEEK'S GONNA BE A LOT MORE.
UM, AND OTHER TIMES WILL BE LESS, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANTS HERE? YES, I JUST HAVE A COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER, I JUST WANNA THANK YOU FOR FOLLOWING THROUGH WITH ALL OF THE LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND MEETING WITH EVERYONE.
THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I REQUESTED AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS TED POWELL.
MR. POWELL, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
SO, UM, I RECEIVED THIS, UH, LETTER OF THIS NOTIFICATION FOR THE, THIS VARIANCE REQUEST.
AND UM, I TRIED TO CALL THE, THE NUMBER OF THE APPLICANT AND GOT A RECORDED MESSAGE THAT SAID THAT THEY WEREN'T TAKING MESSAGES AT THIS TIME.
SOME PROBLEM I GUESS WITH THE TRANSCRIPTION OF THE PHONE NUMBER, BUT THEY WERE PROBLEM.
THAT SHOULDN'T BE THE PRESIDENT'S PROBLEM.
BUT IN ANY CASE, UM, I HAVEN'T SEEN IN THE APPLICANT'S SUBMISSION, ONE OF THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT, UH, YOU ALL NEED TO BE CONSIDERING IS, UH, WHETHER THIS HAS ANY INTEREST EFFECTS ON PUBLIC HEALTH OR SAFETY.
AND I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING, ANYBODY ADDRESS THIS.
AND, UH, I'M A, I'M A CHEMICAL ENGINEER AND I WORKED 35 YEARS FOR EXXONMOBIL.
SO, YOU KNOW, I, WE, I DID A LOT OF SAFETY ANALYSIS AND THINGS, BUT UH, I JUST POSES A SCENARIO THAT I HAVE IN THE ATTACHMENT YOU HAVE IN REGARDS TO THIS IS A MINOR COLLECTOR AND YOU'RE HAVING A PARKING GARAGE.
AND IF YOU NOTICE THE PLAT THAT HAS CHANGED FROM LAST JUNE, IT'S GOTTEN SMALLER.
THEY'RE STILL SAYING THAT THERE WILL BE 26 CARS.
YOU SEE THAT 13 ARE PARKED, WHICH MEANS THERE HAS TO BE SOME SORT OF HYDRAULIC LIFT THAT LIFTS THESE OTHER 13 CARS ABOVE THE OTHER ONES.
AND SO, OR OBVIOUSLY IT'S VALET ONLY ACCESS, BUT IF THERE WAS A FIRE AND IT WAS AN ELECTRIC VEHICLE FIRE, I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY TALK ABOUT OR ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THIS MINOR COLLECTOR HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ACCESS AND, AND FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO ACCESS THING, ACCESS THIS SCENARIO IN PARTICULAR.
BUT ANY SCENARIO LIKE THIS, I THINK THE MINOR COLLECTOR HAS SOME REASON FOR BEING WHERE IT IS.
AND I, I REALLY, I'M STRUGGLING TO SEE IN ALL THESE DISCUSSIONS WHERE THE MINOR COLLECTOR IS, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY THIS IS WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT.
UH, AND I CAN I JUST POSE THIS SCENARIO, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS THE THING THAT THE MAIN REASON I SAY THIS SHOULD BE NOT CON NOT APPROVED AT THIS TIME.
FURTHER ANALYSIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT THIS.
'CAUSE I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
MR. POWELL, YOUR TIME EXPIRED.
COULD YOU WRAP UP REAL QUICK? WELL, I JUST SAY ELECTRICAL VEHICLE FIRE ARE VERY HOT FIRES, VERY DIFFICULT TO EXTINGUISH.
AND, AND I THINK ANY OF YOU THAT WOULD TALK TO ANYBODY IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, AS THEY THESE VEHICLES INCREASE THE NUMBER, THIS IS GONNA BE A, A VERY IMPORTANT SCENARIO.
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IS AN ISSUE THAT'LL BE REVIEWED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS REBECCA FRANCIS.
I JUST WANTED TO JUMP ON AND SHARE MY SUPPORT FOR THIS, UH, ENDEAVOR THAT THE, THE TEAM IS STARTING TO EMBARK ON.
UM, CERTAINLY HAVEN'T BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS LONG AS MANY, MANY IN THIS AREA, BUT MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT SIX YEARS.
UH, WE BROUGHT TWO NEW LITTLE ONES INTO THE WORLD ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
SO, UH, WE HAVE WATCHED OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS, THIS AREA JUST EXPAND.
UM, I'M ON THE 400 BLOCK OF AVONDALE, SO WEDGED RIGHT IN BETWEEN LT, MPO AND THE NEW MONTROSE COLLECTIVE.
AND, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME EXCITING CHANGES.
THERE'VE BEEN OBVIOUSLY CHALLENGES THAT COME WITH THIS TYPE OF CHANGE.
BUT ACROSS THE BOARD, I THINK THE MORE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT THE, THE CITY IS BRINGING IN WITH THESE TYPES OF BOUTIQUE PROJECTS, UM, THE MORE ATTENTION IS GONNA COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MORE THIS IS GOING TO BE A, A DESTINATION FOR OTHER PARTS OF HOUSTON.
AND I'M REALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
UM, AND LOOK FORWARD TO, YOU KNOW, THE CITY MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR PERMITS ARE, UH, PASSING AS NEEDED.
AND REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S SAFE AND HEALTHY AS, AS THESE PROJECTS COME TOGETHER, BUT COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED ABOUT THIS TYPE OF HOTEL COMING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT'S EXACTLY THE TYPE OF HOTEL THAT I SEARCH FOR WHEN I TRAVEL TO OTHER DESTINATIONS.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS SARAH CANDLER, C-A-N-D-L-E-R.
I AM A NEIGHBOR OF THE PROPOSED HOTEL.
I LIVE AT 6 0 4 HYDE PARK BOULEVARD, FOUR HOUSES DOWN, UM, NEXT TO MR. POWELL AND I SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THEIR VARIANCE REQUESTS BEFORE YOU.
TODAY MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED TO MONTROSE BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR ABILITY TO WALK TO SOME OF THE BEST RESTAURANTS AND SOCIAL AREAS IN THE CITY.
OUR TWO YOUNG KIDS REGULARLY ASK FOR SOME OF THE SERVERS OF OUR RESTAURANTS BY NAME.
AND FOR MANY OF US, THESE COMMUNITIES CREATED BY BUSINESSES ARE AS MUCH A PART OF OUR NEIGHBORS AS THE FOLKS WHO LIVE NEXT DOOR.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT A HOTEL WILL CERTAINLY CHANGE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AND THE FOOT TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND PERSONALLY, HAVING JUST FOUGHT THROUGH MY OWN RENOVATION OF MY A HUNDRED YEAR OLD HOUSE, WE ALSO RESPECT THE IMPACT THAT A HOTEL COULD HAVE ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF OUR STREETS.
SIDEWALKS, SEWERS, POWER, THE WHOLE WHOLE THING.
UM, OURS IS ONE OF THE OLDEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CITY AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S OLD TOO.
I, I MEAN, BELIEVE ME, I JUST DUG MINE UP.
IT NEEDS AN UPDATE LIKE THE ONES THAT THIS HOTEL MIGHT BRING ABOUT.
I'VE SPOKEN WITH THE OWNERS OF THE PROJECT AND I DO TRUST THAT THEY'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER IN THOSE WAYS THAN OTHERS.
UM, THE CITY ALREADY HAS PLANS TO UPGRADE MANY OF OUR SIDEWALKS AND TO BRING IN BIKE LANES WITH ASSOCIATED TRAFFIC CALMING EFFORTS.
SO WE SEE THIS HOTEL IS YET ANOTHER STEP TOWARDS IMPROVING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY PRESERVING THE WALKABILITY AND ENHANCING THAT CITY LIVING FIELD THAT WE REALLY LOVE ABOUT IT ALREADY.
SO THANKS AGAIN FOR LISTENING.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, THOSE ARE THE ONLY SPEAKERS I HAVE SIGNED UP.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT? IS THERE ANYBODY LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON THE HOTEL VARIANCE? UM, IF NOT, THEN WE WILL GO AHEAD AND TURN TO THE COMMISSION.
UM, SEE IF YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED FROM OUR DEFERRAL LAST TIME.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, MY, MY QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED.
AND UM, EVEN THE NEW RADIUS OF 300 FOOT LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A LOT OF SUPPORT LETTERS FROM IT.
SO I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION, UH, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
LET ME SEE IF I CAN GET A SECOND.
SECOND BALDWIN, THAT WAS CLARK BALDWIN.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
UM, OKAY, WE GO NOW TO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE CHAT.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION? IF NOT, WE CAN HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN.