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FROM CITY HALL ANNEX.IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV.
CAN MAYBE TURN IT UP A LITTLE.
[Call to Order ]
GOOD AFTERNOON.THIS MEETING OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION IS CALLED TO ORDER.
I'M COMMISSION CHAIR MARTY STEIN, AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLE TO VERIFY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM.
PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? STILL HERE.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER WILL BE ABSENT.
UM, WHO SAID VIRTUALLY IS PRESENT VIRTUALLY.
COMMISSIONER DALTON WILL BE ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER MANKA PRESENT IS PRESENT.
AND INTERIM DIRECTOR JENNIFER OSLAND.
18 MEMBERS HAVE RESPONDED TO ROLL CALL, SO WE HAVE A QUORUM.
UM, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH OUR USUAL MEETING, I'M
[Director’s Report]
GONNA TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND ASK THAT, UM, OUR RETIRING DIRECTOR, MARGARET WALLACE BROWN, COMES FORWARD.THERE ARE MICROPHONES UP HERE TOO.
AS YOU KNOW,
UM, SO THIS IS OUR FINAL MEETING WITH YOU AT HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, IT'S A BITTERSWEET MOMENT FOR ALL OF US.
THOSE OF US WHO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU THESE LAST FEW YEARS, TREASURE AND VALUE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS PROCESS WEEK AFTER WEEK.
SHE'S GOT A LOT OF GREAT PLANS.
UM, I JUST, I HAVE TO SAY, AND HER TIME ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS BEEN SHORTER BECAUSE, SINCE I THINK 2018, MAYBE BECAUSE PLATING WASN'T REALLY MARGARET'S AREA OF PLANNING.
SHE WAS INTO HISTORIC PRESERVATION, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION, OTHER THINGS.
BUT, UM, WHEN, UM, SHE BECAME THE DIRECTOR, SHE JUMPED IN.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE MADE SOME MAJOR STRIDES IN THIS FIELD SINCE YOU'VE BEEN HERE.
UM, MARGARET, I HAVE HUGE RESPECT FOR YOU, FOR YOUR VERY STRONG CONVICTIONS ABOUT THINGS.
I HAVE EQUALLY GREAT RESPECT FOR YOU, FOR YOUR WILLINGNESS AND ABILITY TO GAIN CONSENSUS AND TO COMPROMISE IN A 'CAUSE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE LIVE IN CITY GOVERNMENT.
UM, YOU ARE BALANCING NOT JUST THE NEEDS OF THE NEXT FIVE YEARS OR WHAT THIS PERSON WANTS.
NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW OUR CITY'S GONNA BE 30 YEARS FROM NOW.
THAT IS A HARD, HARD TASK, AND YOU'VE GIVEN IT YOUR HEART AND SOUL FOR MANY YEARS.
SO WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST IN YOUR RETIREMENT.
AND I WILL NOW TURN FOR VICE CHAIR FOR A LITTLE PRESENTATION.
I NEED TO OPEN IT COMES RIGHT OFF.
IN RECOGNITION OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVICE, MARGARET WALLACE BROWN HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION 20 18, 20 24, MARK.
IT HAS A LINE OF POTATO CHIP
UM, MAY I SAY VERY BRIEFLY, MAY I? YOU, OF COURSE, PLEASE.
THIS HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR AND A JOY TO BE WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, YOU ARE THE HARDEST WORKING VOLUNTEERS IN THE CITY.
EV EVERY TWO WEEKS YOU COME PREPARED.
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ME WHAT I NEEDED TO KNOW IN ORDER TO HELP YOU DO BETTER WORK.UM, YOU ARE AN AMAZING GROUP OF VOLUNTEERS, AND HOUSTON IS SO MUCH BETTER FOR YOUR WORK, UM, FOR YOUR DEVOTION AND FOR YOUR CARE.
WE ARE LOOKING 40, 50, 60 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE, AND YOU KNOW THAT, AND YOU'VE LED US TO MAKE BETTER RECOMMENDATIONS BECAUSE YOU DES YOU REQUIRE US TO DO THE WORK.
I WANNA THANK THE TEAM THAT'S OUT THERE.
IT IS EVERYONE FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I'VE OFTEN SAID THIS IS A TEAM.
THERE IS, THERE'S, IT'S NOT ABOUT ME, IT'S ABOUT EVERYONE WHO'S OUT THERE DOING THE WORK TO GET YOU THE WORK, THE INFORMATION YOU NEED.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR HOUSTON AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO FOR HOUSTON.
WITH THAT, WE WILL WELCOME OUR NEW INTERIM DIRECTOR.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.
WE KNOW YOU HAVE A GREAT LONG HISTORY WITH THE DEPARTMENT, AND, UM, WE KNOW YOU'RE GONNA JUST KEEP THE WHEELS TURNING EVERY DAY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE WORDS, MADAM CHAIR.
UM, GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I'M JENNIFER OSLAN, INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY BEFORE I GIVE MY OFFICIAL REPORT, UM, THAT FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TEAM, WE THANKED MARGARET WHOLEHEARTEDLY FOR HER LEADERSHIP, UM, AS DIRECTOR FOR THESE LAST FIVE OR SO YEARS.
BUT EVEN BEFORE THAT, AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND ON THE LEADERSHIP TEAM FOR MANY YEARS IN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, SHE HAS RAISED THE BAR ON EVERYTHING THAT WE DO.
UM, SO I'VE GOT BIG SHOES TO FILL.
UM, SO, UM, WE JUST THANK MARGARET, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM AND THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, MY ONLY, UM, NEWS FOR YOU TODAY IS THAT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AMENDMENT CYCLE IS UNDERWAY.
AND OUR WEBSITE, UM, UNDER TRANSPORTATION PLANNING HAS ALL THE DETAILS.
UH, MANDATORY PRE-SUBMIT CONFERENCES WITH STAFF, UH, ARE AVAILABLE NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY 23RD.
SO THERE'S A COUPLE MORE WEEKS.
UH, THE APPLICATION SUBMITTAL PERIOD IS JANUARY 8TH TO MARCH 1ST, AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL BE MAY 13TH TO JULY 5TH, 2024.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE DO, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600.
OR YOU CAN CALL OUR PLANNER OF THE DAY SERVICE AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
OUR WEBSITE IS HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.
UM, OR YOU CAN SEE, LET'S TALK HOUSTON.ORG FOR MORE, UM, OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT INITIATIVES.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UM, IF NOT,
[Consideration of the January 25, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF THE JANUARY 5TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES, WHICH ARE IN YOUR PACKET.IF THERE ARE NO ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION? SECOND BALDWIN CLARK.
[I. Semiannual Report of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on Drainage Impact Fees (Deidre VanLangen)]
NUMERAL ONE IS, UH, A SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHICH IS US.THAT'S, WE HAVE A DIFFERENT HAT TO WEAR FOR A FEW MOMENTS, UH, ON DRAINAGE IMPACT FEES.
AND THIS WILL BE PRESENTED BY DEIRDRE VAN LANGEN FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
HAD TO TURN THE MIC ON, I APOLOGIZE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS DEIDRE VAN LAAN FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE JANUARY, 2024 SEMI-ANNUAL DRAINAGE IMPACT FEE REPORT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 9 5, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO ADMINISTER CITY IMPACT FEES.
PROGRAMS. APPROVAL OF MOTION 90 DASH SIX FOUR BY CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS CHANGES THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF MAY 1ST, 2023 AND OCTOBER 31ST, 2023 OF THE DRAINAGE IMPACT FEE IMPACT FEES PROGRAM.
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ENTER REPORT, I OFFER THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, A TOTAL OF $324,664 AND 22 CENTS IN DRAINAGE IMPACT FEES WAS PURCHASED BETWEEN MAY 1ST, 2023 AND OCTOBER 31ST, 2023, A TOTAL OF 5,000,800 $877,972 AND 18 CENTS WAS PURCHASED SINCE PROGRAM INCEPTION.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I NOW MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER VICTOR.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND THANK YOU MS. LANGAN.
I DID REVIEW THE REPORT, UM, THE, THE QUESTION, AND THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS EARLIER AS WELL.
BUT THE LAST SIX MONTHS REPORT, WE ARE TRENDING UPWARDS, CORRECT.
IN THESE DRAINAGE IMPACT FEES? WE HAVE BEEN, YES.
UM, MA'AM, CHAIR, I DID REVIEW THE REPORT AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, MOVE THE, LET ME SEE.
THIS IS, UH, MR. NELSON'S THING.
SO I'M NEW TO THIS, SO BEAR WITH ME, BUT, UH, I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THE WHATEVER MS. VAN SAID.
SO WHAT IS IT? $324,664 AND 22 CENTS? THAT IS CORRECT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION QUESTIONS? ALL THOSE IN, DID I SEE A QUESTION? NO.
FORGOT I'VE GOT A LITTLE LAG THERE.
UM, THE MOTION CARRIES AND THE, UH, THE REPORT IS ACCEPTED AND THEN WE MOVE ON
[II. Semiannual Report of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on Water/Wastewater Impact Fees (Diedre VanLangen)]
TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO, WHICH IS THE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT, UM, FOR WA WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS DEIDRA VAN LANGAN FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE JANUARY 20, 24 SEMI-ANNUAL WATER AND WASTEWATER REPORT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 9 5, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO ADMINISTER THE CITY'S IMPACT FEES.
PROGRAMS. APPROVAL OF MOTION 90 DASH 0 6 4 BY CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS THE CAPITAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS CHANGES OCCURRED BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF MAY 1ST, 2023 AND OCTOBER 31ST, 2023 OF THE 20 20 20 30 IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.
IN THE SUMMARY OF THE SEMI ANNUAL REPORT, I OFFERED THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, A TOTAL OF $16,210,974 AND 79 CENTS WAS GENERATED FROM REVENUES AND INTEREST FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES ACCRUED IN THE IMPACT FEES ACCOUNT BETWEEN MAY 1ST, 2023 AND OCTOBER 31ST, 2023, THE FIRST HALF OF THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE 20 20, 20 30 IMPACT FEE PROGRAM, THE CURRENT WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE OF $3,743 AND 76 CENTS PER SERVICE UNIT FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IS A 33.171% OF THE MAXIMUM FEES ALLOWED BY CURRENT LAW.
THE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES IN EFFECT FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE JULY 1ST, 2023.
WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2020 THROUGH 2030 IMPACT FEE PROGRAM ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL, THE NUMBER OF SERVICE UNITS THAT GENERATED THE $16,210,974 AND 79 CENTS WAS 4,287 SERVICE UNITS FOR WATER AND 4,155 SERVICE UNITS FOR WASTEWATER.
A TOTAL OF 911 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS WERE EXEMPT FROM PAYING IMPACT FEES AND WERE GRANTED TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS BELOW THE MEDIUM HOUSING PRICE DURING THIS PERIOD.
EXAMINATION OF DATA REGARDING SERVICE UNIT CONSUMPTION FROM MAY 1ST, 2023 THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 2023, INDICATE SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY REMAINS IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM TO SUPPORT THE ANTICIPATED DEMAND THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2024, THE END OF THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD.
BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, I RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTING AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION TO DEBT RETIREMENT FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUES AND INTEREST GENERATED FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD IN THE SUM OF $16,210,974 AND 79 CENTS.
AND NOW I MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER, HE COMMISSIONER VICTOR? SURE.
UH, AGAIN, THANK YOU MS. LANGAN.
UM, I DID WANNA MAKE A POINT THAT EVEN GIVEN THESE IMPACT FEES SINCE IT STARTED, WE ARE STILL ONLY AT 33.71% OF MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE FEES.
IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM FOR THE CITY.
UH, TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THE STAFF
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HAS DONE AND I WOULD MAKE THE MOTION TO, UH, ACCEPT THIS REPORT.AND THAT MONEY GOES INTO DEBT RETIREMENT RESTRICT CORRECT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, VICTOR, A SECOND TO HERE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[Platting Activities a & b]
OUR PLANNING COMMISSION HATS BACK ON MM-HMMAND GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE PLANNING ACTIVITY.
AND FOR THE RECORD, UM, NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER KLIK HAD TO LEAVE FOR A LITTLE WHILE.
HE MAY CONNECT IN A LITTLE WHILE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, 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 1 0 8 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 61 AND SECTION B REPLAY ITEMS ARE NUMBER 62 THROUGH 1 0 8.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ON THE ONE-LINERS, ITEM 66 HAS A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFER, BUT THE CORRECT RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL AS LISTED ON THE CPC FORM IN YOUR PACKETS.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO TAKE SEPARATELY? COMMISSIONER HEINZ? YES, MADAM, MADAM CHAIR, UH, NEED TO, UH, ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 2 8 9 10 18 19 24, 43, AND 66.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO NEEDS TO ABSTAIN? UM, I DO HAVE SOME SPEAKERS SIGNED ON SOME CONSENT ITEMS. I THINK 28.
WE HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED ON 28, SO IF IT, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, LET'S TAKE UP ITEM 28 FIRST.
AND, UH, SOMEBODY GONNA DO A PRESENTATION.
I'M
THIS IS A CLASS THREE PRELIMINARY PROJECT CALLED HOLLISTER BRAIN TRACT SECTION TWO.
UM, IT SAYS SUBDIVISION OF, UH, 34.9 ACRES LINE CREATING 1 96 LOTS, UM, ALONG PRIVATE TYPE TWO PRIVATE STREETS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED, UM, SOUTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF MAJOR THIRD AFFAIRS, BREEN AND HOLLISTER.
UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST.
FOR COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST? YES.
AND THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, ETJ.
HOWEVER, IT'S, UM, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF CITY BOUNDARY AND THAT'S WHY, UH, THERE IS SOME OPPOSITION FROM PUBLIC.
UM, THAT'S WHY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS REQUESTED TO DEFER THE PROJECT.
AND WHICH COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE RECORD? DISTRICT A, UH, COMMISSIONER.
OUR SPEAKER IS, UH, THE APPLICANT, JENNIFER CURTIS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
UM, WE DID RECEIVE THIS MORNING THE REQUEST FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE TO DEFER THIS PLAT.
THEY REQUESTED A MEETING WITH US.
WE HAVE SCHEDULED THAT MEETING, UM, FOR NEXT WEEK.
WE'RE HAPPY TO HAVE THAT MEETING.
AS FAR AS WE CAN TELL, THE PLAT MEETS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS SUBJECT TO THE MARKUPS THAT WE HAVE, WHICH WE'RE NOT CONCERNED ABOUT.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU CONSIDER THE POSSIBILITY OF APPROVING IT TODAY, SUBJECT TO HAVING THAT MEETING, WHICH WE'RE GOING TO DO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR THE SPEAKER? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, SO BACK TO, UH, THIS ITEM, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER BASED ON THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST.
WE DO GENERALLY HONOR COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST TO DELAY, UM, BUT WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO, TO GO AHEAD AND PASS IT TODAY.
SO ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? I SUPPORT HONORING THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST.
I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST NOT TO HONOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST AT THIS TIME.
I DON'T, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, BUT LET'S SAY THAT IT DID, WE DID APPROVE IT AND MOVED IT FORWARD.
AND THIS IS NOT TO SAY THAT META WOULD NOT COMPLY WITH A MEETING REQUEST.
WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING TO REALLY HOLD IT.
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HOLD IT FOR CORRECT.AND, AND WE DO TRUST WE, RIGHT.
I HAVE FAITH THAT META WILL FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE MEETING.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UM, OKAY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THEN IS TO DEFER, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO DEFER GARZA.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND MAR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
UM, AND THEN WE WOULD GO TO, UM, ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B, SAVE AND ACCEPT FOR ITEMS 2, 8, 9, 10, 18, 19, 24, 43, AND 66.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ALL THOSE ITEMS IN A AND B SAVE? AND EXCEPT FOR THE ONES I MENTIONED, MOTION GARZA, GARZA, SECOND.
AND THEN ON THE REMAINDER, WHICH IT WILL BE 2 8 9 10 18, 19 24, 43, AND 66.
IS THERE A MOTION? HEES HEES SECOND MAD.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES WITH COMMISSIONER.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (John Cedillo, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, and Devin Crittle)]
C PUBLIC HEARINGS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS A RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 1 0 9,
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT, NOR OF WESTVIEW DRIVE AND EAST OF BLADELOCK ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW BY LEGAL DEPARTMENT INDICATE THAT THE PLOT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLA, ALTHOUGH FILED SEPARATELY.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE FLAG SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR, THAT THE PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 9, UM, GIY ESTATES AT ATKINS ROAD IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 9? HEARING NO RESPONSE? I WOULD, PARDON ME? YES, I WOULD LIKE TO.
COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.
I LIVE ON ATKINS ROAD, ACTUALLY RIGHT NEXT TO THIS LOT.
AND, UH, WHEN I LOOK AT THE HCA RECORDS FOR THIS, IT SHOWS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NAME IS WESTERN OAKS.
AND WESTERN OAKS HAS A PROVISION THAT DOESN'T ALLOW RE PLOWING OR SUBDIVIDING LOT.
SO I'M, I'M WONDERING IF THAT WAS MISSED DURING SOME REVIEW OR IF WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT IT AGAIN, BUT THAT I'M LOOKING AT THE HCA RECORD RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
I CAN SHARE MY SCREEN IF THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
LET ME, UM, OUR, OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEWED THIS AND DETERMINED THAT IT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS.
OUR REVIEW SHOWS THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT WERE APPLICABLE TO THIS TRACT OF LAND HAVE EXPIRED.
DID YOU HEAR THAT MR? I DID HEAR THAT, YEAH.
IS IS THERE A WAY I CAN VERIFY THAT THERE RESTRICTIONS, BUT THEY'VE EXPIRED.
IS THERE A PERIOD OF TIME I CAN, LIKE, A FEW DAYS WHERE I CAN GO TO THE WESTERN OAKS, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS AND, AND VERIFY THAT YOU COULD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCEDURE HERE OR THE PROCESS IS.
YEAH, I MEAN, YOU CAN TALK TO THEM, BUT WE'RE, THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE BECAUSE OUR, OUR LEGAL COUNSEL HAS GIVEN US THE OPINION THAT IT MEETS ALL REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE.
SO WE WOULD, WE WOULD BE AT BEHOLDEN TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT.
AND IF MY, I I'M JUST GONNA CALL IT INVESTIGATION SHOWS THAT THERE IS A, A VALID AND NON EXPIRED PROVISION OR DEED RESTRICTION.
IS THERE A, A PROCESS I CAN THEN CONTEST THIS DECISION? GO AHEAD, MS. MC, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ADDITIONAL THAT THE APPLICANT WISHES TO BRING IT FORTH AND COM COMMISSION DOES NOT WISH TO DEFER IT FOR TWO WEEKS, UM, WE COULD LOOK AT THAT.
THIS STILL HAS TO COME BACK ON FINAL, CORRECT? YES.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE COULD LOOK AT IT AGAIN AND, AND WE
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CAN NOTE FOR THE MOMENT THAT THIS CONCERN WAS RAISED BY A NEIGHBOR, UM, ON THE 1 0 1, AND THAT THIS QUESTION MAY COME UP AGAIN AT FINAL.SO THIS WILL HAVE TO COME BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR FINAL APPROVAL.
SO THAT I THINK WOULD PROBABLY GIVE YOU THE TIME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON 1 0 9? HEARING NO RESPONSE? UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
UM, I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION WITH THE, UH, LEGAL, EXCUSE ME AGAIN.
IS THERE A PARTICULAR NOTE THAT WE NEED TO ATTACH TO THIS BASED ON THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS? NO.
IF WE CAN JUST NOTE WITH EITHER CONVERSATION FROM, UM, STAFF TO THE APPLICANT, UM, OR THE, OR PUT IT ON THE CP CCPC 1 0 1, WHICHEVER STAFF PREFERS.
I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S A FORMAL OKAY.
WHATEVER YOU I COMMUNICATING IT TO THE APPLICANT IS IMPORTANT.
JUST SO THE APPLICANT HAS A, AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND SUBMIT HIS DATA OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.
SO I WOULD MAKE THAT AMEND THAT MOTION, UM, AS STAFF PRESENTED PLUS THIS AMENDMENT.
SO I THINK IT'S NOT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
IT'S, IT'S, NO, IT'S THE, THE NEIGHBOR.
THE NEIGHBOR SUBMITTING ANYTHING ADDITIONAL.
JUST TO BE CLEAR EXCEPT THE NEIGHBOR HAS MADE.
SO, UM, COULD YOU INCLUDE IN YOUR MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ALSO A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND CLARK.
ALL, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 10.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PROPERTY'S LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG HAZARD STREET NORTH OF VER VERMONT STREET, EXCUSE ME, ALONG EAST HAZARD STREET NORTH OF VERMONT AND EAST OF SHEARD DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOCKS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND REVIEWED BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES 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 WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
UM, THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 10 HAZARD GROVE IS OPEN.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION HA.
WHO WING A STATE? THE LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST, UH, WITH MORE ROAD AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE A SHARED DRIVEWAY WITH THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE ARE BEING REQUESTED.
WITH THIS ITEM, THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS FLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION OR THOSE ON FACE OF THE PLA OR FILE SEPARATELY, BUT THE APPLICANT WILL STILL BE REQUIRED TO PUT 10 FEET SITE ALONG THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN LINES.
UM, SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA, SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR AT THE POLICE OF THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 11.
WHEN ESTATES IS OPEN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11? HEARING NO RESPONSE? THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION? GARZA GARZA.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES ITEM ONE 12.
ITEM ONE 12 IS INWOOD PINE VILLAGE PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE.
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THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS WEST OF TC JESTER AND NORTH OF VICTORY DRIVE.THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS CREATE ONE RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 42 DASH 1 93 TO ALLOW RESERVE RESTRICTED A LANDSCAPE IN OPEN SPACE TO BE RE PLATTED INTO A RECREATION RESERVE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE DEVELOPMENT WAS RECENTLY RECORDED IN 2023 WITH 122 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS DURING THE PLATTING STAGE.
THE OPEN SPACE RESERVE WAS CREATED FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE INWOOD PINE SUBDIVISION.
THE DEVELOPER HAS NOW DECIDED TO CONSTRUCT A SWIMMING POOL AND A POOL HOUSE WITH BATHROOMS, WHICH TRIGGERS THE NEED FOR A REPLAY FROM OPEN SPACE INTO A RECREATIONAL USE.
ALL OF THE LOTS IN THE SUBDIVISION REMAIN UNDER THE DEVELOPER'S CONTROL.
AND STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS CHANGE OF USE IS A BENEFIT TO THE FUTURE RESIDENTS OF INWOOD PINES VILLAGE.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER.
THOSE FILED SEPARATELY AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT OR REQUESTED VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 12 INWOOD PINES VILLAGE IS OPEN.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER WHO IS THE APPLICANT.
UM, AND IT'S, UH, IS IT JIM, KURT OR HURT KURT B YOU ARE PLEASE KAI, YOU WANNA COME FORWARD? THANK YOU.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR, UH, MEETING ME, JAMES.
KURT, I LIVE, UH, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO, BUT THE REPLANTING, THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN A POOL FROM LANDSCAPING.
THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS ACTUALLY THIS SUBDIVISION IS, IS USING THE FACILITIES OF A 50 PLUS YEAR OLD SUBDIVISION AND THEY'RE GONNA BE USING OUR, OUR, OUR SEWERS AND OUR, UH, UH, STORM SEWERS AND OUR WATERLINES.
AND I DON'T THINK WE REALLY HAVE ENOUGH, UH, ABILITY TO USE THAT BECAUSE THE STORM SEWERS ON THAT STREET THICK, THEIR MAIN ENTRANCE, IT FLOODS A REGULAR STORM.
IF IT RAINS ALL DAY, IT'LL BE UNDERWATER.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE STORM SOARS AS THEY ARE NOW.
I TALKED TO THE, ONE OF THE CONSTRUCTION MANAGERS, HE SAID THAT THEY'RE PUTTING THE RETENTION POND AT THE BACK OF THE, OF THE, UH, THE LAND.
AND, BUT THEY'RE GONNA PUMP THAT WATER OUTTA THERE BACK INTO OUR, OUR STORM SEWERS AGAIN, WHICH WE HAVE GEL CREEK RIGHT THERE.
AND HARRIS COUNTY HAS TOTALLY DUG UP, UH, INWOOD, UH, FOREST, UH, THE GOLF COURSE AND TURNING THAT INTO RETENTION PONDS.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE GONNA PUMP INTO OUR STORM SEWERS AS WELL.
AS HE SAID THEY WERE GONNA GO INTO THE, THE, THE SEWER THAT IS PART OF INWOOD PINES, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S BIG ENOUGH.
AND THE ONLY OTHER CONCERN I HAVE IS WHERE THEY'RE LETTING THEM INTO THAT THEY'RE USING THAT STRIP OF LAND AT TC JESTER THAT DEAD ENDS TO CROSS OVER THE GRASS AREA WITH GRAVEL INTO A, A ROAD THAT IS TC JESTER COMING UP.
BUT THEN IT TURNS INTO A ONE WAY EACH.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, I MISSPOKE WHEN I SAID THAT YOU WERE THE APPLICANT.
YOU'RE NOT THE APPLICANT
I I'M JUST A CONCERNED, A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
UM, SO THE, SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES ABOUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE ARE REALLY NOT THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMITTEE.
WE'RE HERE TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW THEM TO CHANGE THE USE.
HOWEVER, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE WHO IS VOLUNTEERING BY STANDING UP HERE.
UH, MR. RICHARD SMITH, WHO, UM, IS WITH W CAN MEET WITH YOU AFTER AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR CONSTRUCTION PERMITTING AND, AND THAT DEALS MORE WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALSO THAT THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM.
SO, UH, MR. SMITH WILL, WILL MEET WITH YOU AND MAYBE ANSWER SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE HANDLED BY THE OTHER DEPARTMENT DOWN THE ROAD, BUT THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO OUR ATTENTION.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON INWOOD PINES VILLAGE? NO.
IF NOT, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
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THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION JONES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 13 IS LONG POINT ACRES PARTIAL REPL NUMBER EIGHT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER TWO ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT WEST ALONG BLADELOCK ROAD AND SOUTH OF NEWLANDS ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS, THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THE PLAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED FOR CONTINUED REVIEW OF THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SAID REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES.
SEPARATELY, WE HAVE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM SET.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 13 LONG POINT ACRES IS OPEN.
I HAVE, OR I'M SORRY, CONTINUED.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN CHAT? ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON LONG POINT ACRES? OKAY.
IF NOT, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
I THINK LAST WEEK WE HAD, UH, AN ISSUE THAT THERE'S A VIOLATION OF DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT WE HAVE RESOLVED THAT ISSUE.
UM, THEN, UH, THE PUBLIC'S HEARING IS CLOSED IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA.
ITEM ONE 14 IS LOZIER VILLAS FIRST VENTURE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS, EAST ALONG LOZIER STREET, SOUTH OF OST AND EAST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY 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 PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 14 LO YOUR VILLAS IS OPEN.
IS THERE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 1 4 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 MAR CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM ONE 15 IS NATIONAL CREEK SITE RESERVE ON VILLE.
THE SITE IS A 1.6 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG WALLACE ROAD AND WEST OF NORMANDY STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 1 93 VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PORTION OF A RECORDED SINGLE FAMILY PLAT TO BE CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
THE PLAT WAS PREVIOUSLY DEFERRED TO ACQUIRE MORE INFORMATION AND STAFF IS NOW IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A PORTION OF LOT ONE OF THE WALLACE FILM MANOR SUBDIVISION PLATTED IN 2006.
AFTER THE PLATING OF THE LOTS, THE PROPERTY MAINTAINED ITS EXISTING COMMERCIAL USE AND WAS NEVER FURTHER DEVELOPED.
THE OWNER NOW WISHES TO DEVELOP THE SITE FOR CONTINUED COMMERCIAL USE.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE ANY SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 15 NATIONAL CREEKSIDE RESERVE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ONE 15? IF NO ONE DOES, THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THERE BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM ONE 16 IS RIVERSIDE TERRACE,
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SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER NINE.THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN, UH, HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH ALONG ARBOR STREET, WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 AND SOUTH OF BLOT STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE INTENDED FOR MULTI-FAMILY USE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEW BY THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR 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 THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 16 RIVERSIDE TERRACE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
ANYONE LISTENING WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ONE 16? IF NOT, 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? MOTION.
ITEM ONE 17, ITEM ONE 70 SANTA ROSA.
THE SEPSIS SIDE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT, EAST OF WAYSIDE AND SOUTH OF PARKER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THIS PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT, ALTHOUGH SEPARATE FIRE.
SEPARATELY STATE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBSTITUTE, THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR, IT'S TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 17 SANTA ROSA IS CONTINUED.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK ON ONE 17? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UM, AND I THINK THIS ITEM ALSO WAS DEFERRED FOR, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS YES.
HAS CHANGED BUILDING LINES IN ORDER TO BE COMPLIANT.
IS THAT CORRECT? THEY COORDINATED WITH LEGAL AND THE PLOT IS NOW IN COMPLIANCE.
JUST WANTED TO SAY IT FOR THE RECORD.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA GARZA.
ITEM ONE 18 IS SPRINGDALE HOMES.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF ELM STREET AND NORTH OF SPRINGDALE STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEW BY LEGAL AND INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING, EXCUSE ME.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 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 MADAM CHAIR, I DID EXCHANGE, UH, EMAILS WITH A RESIDENT OF THE SUBDIVISION THAT HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SO I BELIEVE THEY MAY BE HERE TO, UH, TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER WHO HAS SIGNED UP.
UM, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR ONE 18 SPRINGDALE HOMES IS OPEN AND THE FIRST SPEAKER WILL BE VIRTUAL AND IT IS, UH, NETTE.
HI, MY NAME IS WYNETTE CUOMO AND I, UM, I'M HERE TO, UH, I HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT 75 17 SPRINGDALE ROAD.
UM, MY, OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THAT IS THE PROPERTY IS TOO SMALL TO BE DIVIDED INTO TWO PLOTS.
PLUS WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, OUR CONCERNS ABOUT, UH, PARKING AND ALSO ABOUT DRAINAGE.
WE ALSO, WE HAVE A FLOODING PROBLEM OVER THERE ALREADY, AND ADDING TO IT IS JUST CAUSING MORE PROBLEMS. SO THE DE RESTRICTION, OUR DEEP RESTRICTION IS EMBEDDED IN THE DEEDS SAYING THIS LOT IS DESIGNED FOR ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR, UH, YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 18 SPRINGDALE HOMES? MS. KAMO, WE'LL, UM, TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.
I JUST WANNA HEAR FROM OTHER SPEAKERS FIRST.
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IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON ONE 18, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.SO THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAS REVIEWED THIS ITEM AND IT IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ANY DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT EXIST.
IS THAT CORRECT? UM, MS. MILLON, THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, MS. WOODS REVIEWED THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND STATES THAT THEY EXPIRE, AS I'M READING THROUGH THE DEED FOR THE LOT, IT DOESN'T RESTRICT SUBDIVISION OF THE LAND.
IT DOES RESTRICT THAT ANY LOT WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION B USED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
HOWEVER, UM, AGAIN, SHE'S ALREADY DETERMINED THAT THAT EXPIRED IF THEY WERE STILL IN EFFECT.
HOWEVER, IT WOULD BE LIMITED TO THE USE THAT THE, THE SPEAKER HAS INDICATED.
SO MS. KIMMO, IT, IT'S, IT APPEARS THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS HAVE EXPIRED AND THIS, UM, EVEN THOUGH, YOU KNOW, I KNOW YOU, YOU FEEL THAT THE SUBDIVISION, UH, IS CREATING TWO SMALL LOTS THAT IS STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH CHAPTER 42 IN OUR DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
SO, UH, WE'RE BOUND TO APPROVE IT AS A SHALL APPROVE IN TERMS OF THE DRAINAGE AND OTHER ISSUES GOING FORWARD.
THOSE WILL BE HANDLED DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS BY HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
AND, UM, I CAN ASK, UH, MR. CRIDDLE OUR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF TO, UM, I GUESS SHE'S ALREADY TALKED TO YOU, SO YOU PROBABLY CAN CONNECT HER WITH THE DEVELOPER IF SHE WANTS TO TALK OR PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, I COULD PUT MY CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT, UH, IF SHE'S ONLINE SO SHE CAN CONTACT ME AS WELL.
YEAH, WE'LL PUT CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHAT AND, UM, AND, UH, MR. K CRIDDLE CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO GET IN TOUCH WITH PUBLIC WORK ON THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
UM, SO I DID CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, RIGHT? I DO NOT HAVE IT.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECTS AND CONDITIONS.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? NOTICE? NO DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION? VICTOR, VICTOR CLARK.
ITEM ONE 19 VENTURA ESTATES ITEM ONE 19 IS VENTURA ESTATES AT RIVERSIDE TERRACE.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS AN OVER 14,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF MLK BOULEVARD AND VENTURA LANE, SOUTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL.
THE PURPOSE OF THE PLT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE, UH, HAS DETERMINED THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLA OF THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
FOR RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MA'AM, CHAIR, IF PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM ONE 19, VENTURA ESTATES AT RIVERSIDE TERRACE IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE.
ADVANCED, UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY.
COME FORWARD AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME'S CHRIS WESTBROOK AND UH, I'M A RESIDENT OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE JUST OVER 50 YEARS.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'M JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
I OWN THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
SO MY QUESTION IS FOR LEGAL, UM, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I'VE BEEN TO A FEW NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.
SO IS IT TRUE THAT THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS NO DEED RESTRICTIONS? WHAT'S THE CURRENT STATUS ON THAT? BECAUSE THE WAY I SAY THAT, BECAUSE ON THE STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, DEVELOPERS TOOK A LOT AND THEY PUT LIKE SIX HOMES ON ONE LOT.
SO I'M CONCERNED OF THE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.
SO MY QUESTION IS, DO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS DEED RESTRICTIONS AND MR. WESTBROOK, IF YOU WOULD, DOES THAT CONCLUDE YOUR CONCERNS? IS THAT, UH, GO AHEAD AND FINISH ALL YOUR COMMENTS, MY CONCERNS, AND THEN WE'LL ADDRESS EVERYTHING.
UM, WELL IF IT DOES RAIN A LOT LIKE IT DID EARLY IN THE PAST TWO, THREE WEEKS, IT DOES FLOOD.
AND WHAT I'M, WHAT ONE OF MY FEARS ARE IS IF IT'S TWO LOTS WITH EACH LOT HAVING, UH, THREE OR FOUR UNITS PER LOT THAT IT WILL REQUIRE, UH, MANY VEHICLES TO BE PARKED ON THE STREETS.
AND SO ALREADY A PRETTY TIGHT STREET AS IT IS.
AND THAT WOULD CAUSE CONCERN FOR NOT ONLY MYSELF BUT ALL THE OTHER NEIGHBORS.
SO, UH, ANOTHER CONCERN WOULD BE PARKING.
IF IT WAS, SINCE IT'S TWO LOTS, IF IT WAS TWO FAMILIES IN EACH LOT, I COULD BE OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT IF THEY BUILD THOSE TWO, THREE STORY DEALS WITH NO PARKING, BUT ON THE STREET PARKING, THEN THAT WILL BE A
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CONCERN.LET US, UM, SO DO WE HAVE A SITE PLAN FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT? I'M, I THINK WE DO.
IT SHOWS TWO, IT SHOWS TWO UNITS, RIGHT? YOU MEAN THE SUBDIVISION PLAN? IT SAYS TWO LOTS BUILT BEING BUILT NARROW.
SO THERE'LL, THERE'LL BE TWO LOTS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE A PLAN OF EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD.
ALL I'LL SEE THE TWO LOTS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, I WAS CONCERNED TO SEE IF EACH LOT WILL CONTAIN MULTIPLE UNITS PER LOT.
I DON'T THINK, YEAH, I DON'T THINK WE KNOW THAT AT THIS POINT, BUT IT, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN BUILD WHAT IS ALLOWED UNDER LAW ON, UNDER CHAPTER 42.
UM, ON THE DEED RESTRICTION QUESTION, CAN WE, I GET OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE TO ANSWER THAT.
UM, I, I CAN'T OF COURSE SPEAK TO DOES THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR NOT.
THE DETERMINATION THAT MS. WOODS MADE WAS THAT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT AT ONE TIME WERE APPLICABLE TO THIS LOT IN, IN PARTICULAR, UM, HAVE ALSO EXPIRED.
HEARING THAT WORD A LOT TODAY, WHICH IS KIND OF UNUSUAL, I THINK.
BUT THAT WAS, THAT WAS HER OPINION FROM, FROM THE REVIEW OF THE TITLE DOCUMENTS.
WHO, WHOSE OPINION AGAIN? IT'S MS. WOODS.
SHE'S THE DEED RESTRICTION ATTORNEY IN THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT WITH THAT DOES THE PLANNING.
SO THERE'S NO DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THOSE.
THERE'S 12 RULES I CAN SAY THAT FOR THIS LOT.
ON THIS, ON THESE PROPERTIES THERE ARE NO DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THERE MAY BE FOR ADJACENT PROPERTIES, BUT THESE HAVE EXPIRED.
MR. CILLO TO, UH, TO ADDRESS MR. WESTBROOK'S CONCERN ALSO WITH THESE BEING SINGLE FAMILY LOTS THAT THE MOST THAT COULD BE BUILT HERE WOULD BE POTENTIALLY A DUPLEX OR A DETACHED HOME WITH A SINGLE FAMILY GARAGE OR A DETACHED GARAGE APARTMENT ITSELF.
SO THERE CAN ONLY BE, THE MAXIMUM WOULD BE A DUPLEX ON EACH LOT.
SO TWO AND TWO WOULD BE THE MOST NO HIGHRISE.
WELL, WELL THE STORY YOU COULD BUY A SINGLE FAMILY, RIGHT? THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T LIKE THAT.
AND THEN THE DEVELOPER ALREADY SNUCK A THREE STORY IN ONE OF THE LOTS ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE ARE, ARE HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, UM, HOUSES.
I THINK SO I DOUBT THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE THREE STORY TOWNHOUSES.
AND I'LL LET YOU GO, BUT LET, WE'LL ADDRESS A DRAINAGE IN A SECOND.
SO MR. CILLO, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THERE'S NO MINIMUM LOT SIZE ORDINANCE PLACED ON, ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR THIS BLOCK IS THERE? CORRECT? THERE IS NOT.
WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT, UH, UH, MR. WESTBROOK GETS THAT INFORMATION FROM YOU? ABSOLUTELY.
MR. BRETT, UH, WESTBROOK THERE IS A PROTECTION THAT YOU CAN PUT THAT WOULD PREVENT LOTS FROM BEING SUBDIVIDED INTO SMALLER UNITS.
LIKE IF IT'S A 50 BY A HUNDRED INTO 2 25, WHICH IS AN INVITATION TO WHAT YOU DON'T WANT.
SO, UH, MR. SADIA, IF YOU WOULD GIVE HIM YOUR CARD TO SOMEONE ELSE'S CARD SO YOU CAN GET A TOUCHING.
YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAN LITERALLY TURN THIS AROUND VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND PUT PROTECTIONS IN PLACE FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WOULD IT BE TOO LATE FOR WHAT'S GOING? IT WOULD BE TOO LATE FOR THIS ONE.
BUT GOING FORWARD, THIS WAS YOUR TRIGGER.
BUT GOING FORWARD, IF YOU, YOU SUBMIT THAT DATA WHILE THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, UH, NOTHING COULD BE BUILT THAT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF IT.
SO YOU CAN GET IT TURNED AROUND QUICKLY ON YOUR BLOCK.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU CAN JUST DO YOUR BLOCK.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, THANK YOU.
I MAY HAVE BLANKED A LITTLE BIT.
DID YOU SAY THAT THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WOULD CONTROL THE NO, THE HEIGHT? NO.
NO, BECAUSE I HEARD THREE STORY TOWN HOME AND I'M SORRY MY RADAR WENT OFF, SO NO, NO, NO, NO.
THERE'S NOTHING AS YOU KNOW, IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PREVENT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF I HAVE A A 50 BY A HUNDRED AND I WANNA BUILD A THREE STORY HOUSE ON, THERE'S NOTHING THAT ORDINANCE OR DEED RESTRICTIONS AT THIS POINT THAT YOU HAVE, WHICH YOU DO NOT WOULD PREVENT FROM DOING THAT.
BUT IT MAKES IT LESS LIKELY THAT A DEVELOPER WOULD COME IN AND PUT MULTIPLE TOWN HOMES ON WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY A SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
SO IT'S NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, BUT IT'S PRETTY GOOD.
SO YOU MEAN THAT HE MAY NOT, THE DEPARTMENT WILL GET WITH YOU TO GIVE YOU SOME INFORMATION AND I SAID IT'LL BE A VOLUNTEER THING FOR YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS TO DO, BUT YOU CAN DO IT PRETTY QUICKLY.
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY ON THE DRAINAGE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL BE HAP THE DRAINAGE WILL BE PERMITTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT DOWN THE ROAD DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE.
SO THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD, WE HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER.
IT WILL BE TAKE, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE PERMITTING FOR THAT.
SO WE JUST DON'T WANT WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS STREETS FROM ME.
'CAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'M, I'M THE ONE OF THE ONLY STILL REMAINING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALONE THAT STREET.
BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON ONE 19?
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IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT CONDITIONS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK SECOND JONES JONES.
ITEM ONE 20, ITEM ONE 20 IS ZEKI COURT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 14,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED, OH, I HAVE THE WRONG ADDRESS FOR THIS ONE.
UH, SORRY I DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT INFORMATION RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, UNFORTUNATELY.
UH, THE SUBJECT SIDE IS PROPOSING THREE LOTS AT THE CORNER OF THANK YOU ERICA LANE AND GRASS MIRROR AVENUE.
UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLY IS TO CREATE THREE LOTS, THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO RANGES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ONE 20 ZIKI COURT IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED IN ADVANCE THIS ANY DO YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON ZIKI COURT? OKAY, COME FORWARD.
HI, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? LOREEN PARKER.
I LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT AND MY CONCERN IS, I KNOW WE HAVE A DEED THERE AND WHEN THEY RENAMED IT, UH, ZIKA COURT THAT SAID A NEW SUBDIVISION, IS THAT GOING TO OVERRIDE THE DEED WE HAVE THERE IN THAT SUBDIVISION? AND ALSO, UH, I KNOW WHEN THEY SENT THE THREE, UH, SENIOR FAMILY LOTS, THAT'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH PROBABLY PARKING RIGHT THERE.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THE, A LOT RIGHT ACROSS FROM US.
SO THAT'S ONE OF MY CONCERNS, THE IMPACT OF TRAFFIC THERE AND THE DRAINAGE THERE ALSO WITH PARKING.
BUT THE MAIN CONCERN IS, IS THAT IT GONNA BE A THREE STORY AND WITH THE RENAMING OF THAT NEW D UH, UH, SUBDIVISION ZIKA COURT, HOW IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET ME AGAIN TURN TO OUR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
YOU CAN STAY AT THE MIC IF YOU WOULD, JUST IN CASE WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, IN RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION, UM, THIS, UH, A NEW REPL REQUIRES A NEW SUBDIVISION NAME.
IT DOES NOT REMOVE THE APPLICABILITY OF THE RESTRICTIONS.
SO THOSE STILL REMAIN VALID AND IN PLACE ON THAT, ON THIS LOT, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOW CALLED SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
UM, IT TRAVELS WITH THE LAND, NOT WITH THE NAME, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
THE, FOR FOR EXAMPLE, THESE, THESE SETBACKS THAT ARE IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WOULD STILL APPLY, RIGHT? SO THERE'S SETBACKS FROM THE STREET AND, AND THE SIDE LOT LINES.
SO THOSE WILL ALL STILL BE IN PLACE.
AND THEN AGAIN, AS WE HAVE SAID ON ON THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY PUBLIC WORKS AS IF AND WHEN THIS PROPERTY IS BUILT AND CONSTRUCTION PERMITS ARE, ARE ISSUED.
AND SO THEY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY IS GONNA BE BUILT IN SUCH A WAY TO ALLOW FOR DRAINAGE, WHICH, WHICH WE HOPE CAN'T REALLY DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FOR YOU.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CITY IS GROWING AND, AND WE'RE GETTING DENSER AND, UM, THEY, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE CERTAIN SETBACKS SO THAT THEY CAN PARK IN THE, IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
AND, UM, WHAT'S THE DRIVEWAY? UH, ARE THESE STILL 10 SEVENTEENS OR 10 19? OH, SO THEY ARE 10, 19.
THE LOTS DO HAVE AT LEAST 50 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG THE STREETS, SO THEY ARE NOT NARROW LOTS.
SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF SPACE FOR EACH ONE.
SO YOU'LL, THERE'LL BE ROOM FOR THEM TO PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE AND THEY HAVE A 19 FOOT SETBACK TO THEIR GARAGE.
SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH PLENTY OF ROOM FOR A, A TRUCK TO PARK.
WE THINK IT'LL BE OKAY, BUT YOUR RESTRICTIONS WILL STILL BE IN ENFORCED.
AND THE, UH, CURRENT DEED RESTRICTIONS DO ENFORCE A 50, UH, SORRY, A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG ERICA STREET AND A 10 FEET ALONG GRASS MIRROR WHICH ARE BEING ENFORCED.
SHOULD THE DEED RESTRICTIONS EVER EXPIRE OR BE NULLIFIED, THEN THE 10 NINETEENS WILL COME INTO POWER.
IT'S MORE PROTECTION GOT ON THE, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO SPEAK ON ONE 20 ZIKI COURT? IF NOT, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS IS THEIR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION VICTOR VICTOR CLARK.
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CONCLUDES PUBLIC HEARINGS.[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler, Aracely Rodriguez, and John Cedillo)]
VARIANCES ON ITEM 1 21.MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM ITEMS 1 21 AND 1 22.
THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 1 21, 1 22 TOGETHER PLEASE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG STA SCHOOL ROAD AND EAST OF PORTER ROAD.
WE APPLICANT REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES.
ONE, TO NOT PROVIDE ANY PUBLIC STREET ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
SECOND TO NOT PROVIDE A PUBLIC STREET ALONG THE NORTHERN END BOUNDARY AND THREE TO EXIT INTERSECTION BEIJING ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY BY PROVIDING ONE EAST WEST STREET.
AFTER FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW THE VARI NUMBER THREE TO EXIT INTERSECTION PATIENTS ALONG THE EAST BOUNDARY IS NOT NEEDED WITH THIS APPLICATION AND THAT IS IN SUPPORT OF VARIANT NUMBER ONE AND TWO.
SO HAMMA GP PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BOUND BY UNRECORDED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE WEST MADE IT QUICK AND A ALERT DETENTION POND OWNED BY THE MUD TO THE NORTH AND AN ASSISTING SINGLE FAMILY RECORDED, UM, RECORDED DEVELOPMENT AND DETENTION BASIN TO THE EAT.
BECAUSE OF THIS ASSISTING PHYSICAL FEATURES, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S LIMITATION TO EXTEND THE REQUIRED PUBLIC STREET TO THE WEST AND NORTH.
AND DESPITE THIS LIMITATION, THE PROPOSED STREET PATTERN WILL STILL PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE TRAFFIC STIPULATION WITH TWO POINT OF ACCESS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT HAS EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION TO THE VARI REQUEST AND THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE GP IN SECTION SUBJECT TO THE TPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
OKAY, UM, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ? UM, IF NOT, I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS. UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ITEMS 1 21 AND 1 22? MOTION JONES.
IS THERE A SECOND MA? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES WITH COMMISSIONER HY ABSTAINING ITEM 1 23.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 23 IS BRICKYARD DEVELOPMENT.
THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING TO POST UPDATED NOTICE SIGNS.
THE STUDY 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.
CAN YOU PUT ON THE TV AND TO USE THE SUB PORTION OF COSTA RICA FOR VEHICULAR ACCESS? STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A BLOCK BOUND BY ACORN ON THE SOUTH, APRIL TO THE WEST, HARDAWAY TO THE NORTH, AND A RAILROAD LINE TO THE EAST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A FACILITY FOR WAREHOUSING.
THE INITIAL SITE PLAN PROPOSED A DRIVEWAY ACCESS ALONG ACORN AND APRIL STREETS WITH A PROPOSED TERMINATION OF COSTA RICA STREET AT ITS NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
THE APPLICANT WAS GIVEN FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION REGARDING CONCERNS OVER ACCESS WITH A CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY SOUTH OF ACORN STREET.
IN COORDINATION WITH PLANNING AND PUBLIC WORKS, THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THEIR SITE PLAN WITH THE INTENT OF DISPERSING TRAFFIC EVENLY THROUGH THE SURROUNDING STREET GRID WHILE MAINTAINING THE ACCESS REQUIRED FURTHER USE AND EMERGENCY ACCESS.
THIS INCLUDES UTILIZING THE STUB PORTION OF COSTA RICA FOR ACCESS ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY AND REMOVING AN ACCESS POINT ALONG ACORN.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROPOSED INSTALLING NO THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC SIGNS AT THE STREETS SOUTH OF ACORN TO DISCOURAGE TRAFFIC FROM FLOWING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO MEET THE INTENT OF THE INTERSECTION SPACING AND STREET EX EXTENSION REQUIREMENTS AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE WRITTEN COMMENT EXPRESSING OBJECTION OVER ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC NOISE AND LIGHTING.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE WE DID RECEIVE TWO SIMILAR COMMENTS AFTER THE CUTOFF FOR WRITTEN COMMENTS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER.
WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UH, OKAY.
FIRST SPEAKER IS, UH, APPLICANT SACK STALL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLAN COMMISSION.
I'M NOT GONNA REHASH A TON OF WHAT, UH, MR. BUTLER TALKED THROUGH.
WE DID GET, UH, SUBSTANTIAL FEEDBACK WE FELT TWO WEEKS AGO
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FROM THIS PLAN COMMISSION ALSO FROM THE NEIGHBORS.WE FOLLOWED UP WITH A COUPLE OF THEM.
UM, DIDN'T AGREE ON EVERYTHING, UH, BUT WE, WE DID EXPLAIN OUR LOGIC.
WE DID TALK TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, MR. SAUNAS, UH, AND HE, AND HE WAS SUPPORTIVE OF THIS WITH, WITH THE ROAD GOING TO THE NORTH.
UM, WE, WE ALSO HAVE BEEN WORKING TIRE, UH, A LOT WITH JEFF, HIS TEAM, AND THEN, UH, MR. RICHARD SMITH FROM THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
AND SO WE'VE MADE WHAT WE FEEL LIKE ARE THREE PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES TO THE PLAN.
UM, I THINK FIRST YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU'LL NOTE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE, UH, WE, WE, WE REMOVED ONE OF THE ACCESS POINTS TO ACORN, AND THEN I THINK IT WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG LAST TIME THAT TALKED ABOUT HOW CAN WE GET ACCESS BACK TO PINE MOUNT.
IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, AND I MEAN, TRAFFIC'S RELATIVELY EFFICIENT.
LIKE THEY'RE GONNA GO TO THE SHORTEST PATH, RIGHT? SO IF WE CAN GET BACK TO PINE MOUNT, WHICH IS THE CLOSEST THOROUGHFARE, CAN WE DO THAT? AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ENGINEERING.
UM, IT'S BEEN A BUSY COUPLE WEEKS SEEING IF THAT WAS EVEN FEASIBLE.
AND WE CONFIRMED, UH, WITH THE CITY IT WAS, AND IT, IT SEEMS LIKE A, A NATURAL MOVE FOR THE SITE.
UM, SO I THINK IT WAS A, A GREAT RECOMMENDATION.
HONESTLY, WE SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT OF IT EARLIER.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO INSTALL THE, THE NOTE THROUGH TRAFFIC SIGNS.
UM, SO THO THOSE ARE THE MATERIAL FEEDBACK POINTS.
WE GOT THE CHANGES THAT WE MAKE.
I DO HAVE TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, SLIDES HERE THAT I'M JUST GONNA RUN THROUGH REAL QUICK.
UM, AND, AND TO BACK UP TO, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO OPTIONS HERE, AND, AND YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, IN THE NEXT COUPLE SLIDES.
OPTION A IS THIS VARIANCE, RIGHT? IT'S, WELL, WHAT, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR NOT TO PUT A PUBLIC ROAD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT.
UH, OPTION B WOULD BE JUST TO PUT THE PUBLIC ROAD THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT, UH, WHICH I THINK IS AT AS OF RIGHT, UH, OF THE SITE.
SO IF YOU GO TO THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, UH, WHICH HAS THE FOUR ARROWS, WE THINK THESE CHANGES REALLY HELP THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SITE FROM A TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION STANDPOINT.
YOU'RE PUSHING TRAFFIC BACK TO THE NORTH, YOU'RE TAKING IT OUT TO THE WEST, AND IF IT COMES TO ACORNS GOING RIGHT TO ANTOINE, WE THINK THIS REALLY HELPS JUST DISTRIBUTE IT BETTER, UH, WITH THESE CHANGES.
UM, ONE ITEM TO NOTE, JUST OF CONTEXT, THIS SITE FOR 75 PLUS YEARS HAS BEEN USED BY ACME BRICK.
UM, THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC ALONG ACORN THAT ENTIRE TIME.
I MEAN, THEY'RE TAKING BRICKS OFF, OFF THE, UH, RAILROAD, PUTTING 'EM IN THE LAY DOWN YARD, THEN MOVING COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC BACK TO ANTOINE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE NOT CHANGING THE USE.
THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE ACCESS POINTS ALONG ACORN RIGHT NOW.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF ACCESS POINTS, UM, ALONG ACORN.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ON WHAT THE CURRENT SIDE IS.
I DON'T WANNA LOSE SIGHT OF THAT.
AND THEN LASTLY, UM, OPTION B, WHICH I QUICKLY REFERENCED, UH, WOULD BE, WELL, I'M GONNA STEP BACK A SECOND.
SO WE BOUGHT THIS SITE TWO YEARS AGO WHEN WE FIRST LOOKED AT IT, THIS SEEMED LIKE THE MOST NATURAL OPTION.
LET'S JUST GO PUT IN A PUBLIC COMMERCIAL ROAD RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF IT.
WE WOULD JUST GO GET A PERMIT AND WE'D BE ROCKING AND ROLLING.
RIGHT? WE PAUSED, WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT, WE LOOKED AT WHAT WAS SURROUNDING THE SITE, UNDERSTOOD.
WE, WE, WE GET THAT WE WANNA BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR.
SO THAT'S WHERE THE IMPETUS OF THIS VARIANCE CAME FROM.
WE WANTED TO HAVE MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS.
UM, IF, IF THE COMMISSION SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE DON'T THINK THE VARIANCE IS THE ROUTE, THEN WE'LL, THEN WE WILL GO THE PUBLIC ROAD ROUTE.
WE JUST THINK IT'S BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE THE VARIANCE.
SO WE'RE HUMBLY ASKING YOU TO APPROVE THIS VARIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED TODAY.
UH, I'LL BE AROUND FOR ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? I'M STILL CONFUSED FROM A, B AND C.
WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU PROPOSING? WHICH ONE DO YOU LIKE? A A? OKAY.
JUST MAKING SURE YOU, YOU WANT A, YEAH, WE THINK THAT'S BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY.
I DON'T THINK A ROAD THAT CAN ALLOW 10,000 TRUCKS.
I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT A VERSUS C OR WHATEVER.
YEAH, WE, WE PREFER A YES SIR.
BUT B IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING YOU WOULD DO IF YOU DON'T GET A VARIANCE.
I MEAN THAT WOULD BE YOUR OPTION.
YEAH, THAT'D BE, YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD DO THAT WITHOUT A VARIANCE.
THAT'D BE THE OTHER OPTION WITHOUT A VARIANCE.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UH, JUST ONE QUESTION ACTUALLY FOR RICHARD SMITH.
UM, GATES THREE AND FOUR, EXCUSE ME, ON THE PREVIOUS DRAWING, WOULD, WOULD THOSE BE ALLOWED TO BE FTC GATES ONLY? BE WHAT? FIRE DEPARTMENT, LIKE CLOSED LOCK BOX.
BECAUSE I MEAN, I CAN'T SEE WHY TRAFFIC WOULD REQUIRE THOSE EXITS INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN, YOU COULD CLOSE 'EM OFF TO FIRE GATE.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT LIKE PUTTING IN A FIRE GATE AND STUFF LIKE THAT? UM, YEAH, THE KNOCK BOX OR JUST THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO OBVIOUSLY IF THEY'RE NEEDED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
YEAH, I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA SAY YOU COULDN'T DO IT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, I MEAN HAVING THAT THIRD POINT OF ACCESS TO THE SOUTH A LITTLE BIT PROBABLY HELPS THE SITE A LITTLE BIT.
BUT I MEAN, I'M NOT GONNA SAY NO, YOU COULDN'T PUT SOMETHING THEY COULD LOOK AT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, FOR MR. STALL BEFORE I CALL THE OTHER SPEAKERS AND I WOULD SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, SIMILAR TO COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, AT LEAST FOR ME, UM, INGRESS, EGRESS
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THREE, IF THAT WAS THE ONE THAT HAD FIRE CONTROL, UM, BECAUSE, UH, INGRESS EGRESS FOUR, UH, COULD GO EAST AND THAT SEEMS REASONABLE.SO THE SITE THEN WOULD HAVE THREE OPEN ACCESS AND ONE AND ONE FIRE GATE.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? UM, OKAY, THANK YOU.
AND I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE NEXT SPEAKER WHO IS JUDGE SOLANS? YES.
UM, SO THERE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT OF A DEVELOPMENT, UM, SEEING THE NEW SLIDES THAT ZACH HAS PUT FORTH.
AND, UM, I CAME TO SPEAK SAYING THAT THE APPLICANT HASN'T SHOWN ANY REASONABLE HARDSHIP TO GRANT THIS VARIANCE.
UM, AND I STILL FEEL THAT IS TRUE AND THAT GRANTING OF THE VARIANCE WILL PUT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY AT RISK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SOUTH.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, AS A RESIDENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SOUTH, I WOULD NOT BE OPPOSED IF ACCESS WAY NUMBER THREE HAD A FIRE GATE WHERE THERE WAS NO ACCESS COMING OUT OF THAT ROAD, OR IF THE COMMISSION FINDS IT NECESSARY TO DENY THIS VARIANCE AND THE ROAD GETS EXTENDED THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
UH, NEXT SPEAKER IS EDDIE RODRIGUEZ.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
UH, MY NAME IS EDDIE RODRIGUEZ.
I'M A RESIDENT JUST SOUTH OF THIS AREA, UH, ON VIKING.
AND, UM, AS THE WAS BROUGHT UP IN THE LAST MEETINGS, WE AND THE NEIGHBORS, UH, ALL HAVE LARGE CONCERNS REGARDING COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC THROUGH THAT AREA.
I DO KNOW, AND I SPOKE WITH ZACH EARLIER THAT THEY WERE GONNA ADD THIS NORTH ENTRANCE AND TAKE AWAY THIS, UH, ONE OF THREE TO THE SOUTH.
UM, AND WHILE ADDING THAT IS A POSITIVE, IT DOES NOT, IS NOT GOING DIRECT TRAFFIC AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU WANNA GET TO THE 43RD, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IT'LL TAKE YOU DOWN EITHER COSTA RICA AND I DIDN'T SEE IT ON THAT.
ALSO, BOLIVIA, WHICH IS ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF THAT MAP.
SO THAT'S A STRAIGHT SHOT TO 43RD.
AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING, IF YOU'RE DRIVING TRUCKS AND YOU WANT TO TAKE A RIGHT, THAT'LL TAKE YOU TO TWO 90, WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SHORTER TURN.
AND IF YOU PUT UP SIGNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S GONNA PREVENT ANYBODY FROM DOING ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, UPS AND FEDEX, THEY ALL HAVE LINE ITEMS TO PAY FOR TICKETS 'CAUSE IT'S PART OF DOING BUSINESS.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE, WE CAN STOP OTHER THAN TO HAVE NO ENTRANCES ON ACORN.
I KNOW THE OPTION OF POSSIBLY PUTTING FIRE GATES THAT'S POTENTIALLY THERE.
IT ALLOWS 'EM TO HAVE AN ENTRANCE OR EGRESS, UH, FOR THAT AREA WHEN NECESSARY, BUT NOT FOR REGULAR TRAFFIC.
UM, AND I, I THINK THIS IS WHAT THE DEVELOPERS IS TELLING US, IS IT IT TELLS US THAT THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO PITCH THIS PROPERTY IN ONE WAY.
THAT THIS TO THEIR FUTURE TENANTS ARE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO PINE MOUNT, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, ANTOINE, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, AND 43RD.
THIS IS THE ONLY REASON WHY THEY WANT TO DO THAT.
AND AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES THERE AND JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE THERE IN 2017, I, I DON'T WANT COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THERE.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW OF ANY NEIGHBOR THAT IS HAPPY WITH THIS OR WANTS THIS OR THINKS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MR. RODRIGUEZ? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, MR. RODRIGUEZ? YOU UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A FEW CARROTS AND NOT MANY STICKS.
SO I MEAN, OUR OPTION IS TO NOT GRANT 'EM THE VARIANCE AND THEY CAN STILL PUT THAT NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THERE AND THERE'S NOTHING THIS COMMISSION OR THE CITY COULD DO TO STOP THAT.
SO WHAT WE CAN TRY AND DO IS GET THE BEST WE CAN.
AND WHEN I HEARD HIM SAY THAT, YOU KNOW HOW I TOOK THAT AS A THREAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH AT THE SAME, I MEAN, WE DON'T LIKE TO BE THREATENED EITHER.
I MEAN, WE, WE DEFINITELY DON'T, THEY SAY THEY WANT TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
YOU DON'T THREATEN YOUR NEIGHBORS WELL, HE'S GONNA DEVELOP THE PROPERTY, UH, AND WE JUST WANT THE BEST WE CAN FOR YOU AND THE CITY.
SO, I MEAN, JUST, WE'RE IN A TOUGH SPOT HERE TOO BECAUSE IF WE TELL HIM NO, HE CAN GO DO THAT STREET AND MOST LIKELY WOULD.
I MEAN, HE IS NOT GONNA KEEP COMING BACK TO THE COMMISSION AND GETTING REJECTED.
SO WE, WE, OUR OBJECTIVE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE REALLY HEAR THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR US.
OUR OPTION IS DENY HIM AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS OR TRY AND GET THE BEST THAT WE CAN.
AND, AND, AND MY REQUEST IS THAT YOU DENY IT.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS, UH, MILA STR.
I AM PAMELA STR AND I ALSO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I LIVE ON BOLIVIA.
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WITH ONE OF THE ENTRANCES THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, BLOCKING THAT OFF, THAT LEAVES ONE OTHER ENTRANCE, ONE ENTRANCE LEFT TO GO IN AND OUT OF OUR SUBDIVISION ONTO ACORN.THAT MEANS THERE'S GONNA BE EXTRA TRAFFIC FROM NOT ONLY OUR NEIGHBORS WANTING TO GET OUT, BUT HE MENTIONED 10,000 TRUCKS GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND STUFF.
UH, ABOUT IT IS, UM, THE EASIEST, QUICKEST ACCESS FROM ACORN TO 43RD.
IT IS ABOUT THREE OR FOUR BLOCKS LONG.
SO THEY WILL GO THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CHILDREN.
UM, I DO NOT, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 24 YEARS.
I DO NOT HAVE ANY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN.
THERE'S THREE BABIES ACROSS THE STREET AND THERE'S A LOT OF 'EM JUST IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
SO BLOCKING COMPLETE ACCESS OFF OF ACORN IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT WITH ONLY A FIRE TRUCK ACCESS.
UM, AND THEY TALK ABOUT THERE HAS BEEN THREE ACCESS WITH THE BRICKYARD.
WELL THE BRICKYARD HAS BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS.
THEY HAD, THEY WERE NOT THAT DISRUPTIVE.
UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE UNLOADING OFF OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS THERE, NOT IN THE LAST 24 YEARS ANYWAY.
AND THEY HAD, UM, SO IT WASN'T THAT BAD 'CAUSE THEY DID HAVE ACORN TO GO AROUND AND THEY ALSO WERE IN ONE VERY CORNER OF IT.
THERE'S ALL THIS LAND THAT IS BESIDE IT THAT'S BEEN OPENED THAT ENTIRE TIME.
SO IT'S NOT THAT IT'S BEEN, THAT WAS DISRUPTIVE AND IT WAS NOT USED.
THOSE OTHER ACCESSES WERE NEVER USED JUST IN THE CORNER.
UM, I WISH THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE BUILDING ANYTHING OF A WAREHOUSE TYPE OF, UM, ANYTHING COMMERCIAL FOR COMMERCIAL TRUCKS TO BE COMING IN AND OUT PLUS ADDITIONAL CARS, UM, FOR WORKERS AND STUFF.
UH, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS ANDREA ZAPETA, WHO IS VIRTUAL, I THINK.
CAN YOU EVERYONE HEAR ME? I HOPE? YES, WE CAN.
UM, I WANTED TO REITERATE, THANK YOU.
UM, I WANTED TO RE REITERATE THE CONCERNS OF MR. RODRIGUEZ.
UM, I MEAN, I APPRECIATE THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THERE ARE SEVERAL, YOU KNOW, NEEDS OF ACCESS AND, UH, INGRESS AND EGRESS, UM, TO THIS FACILITY.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE OFFER TO PUT A FIRE GATE, UM, ON ONE OF THE, UM, ENTRANCES ON ACORN, BUT I MEAN, STILL HAVING, UH, AN ENTRANCE ON ACORN STILL ALLOWS ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO IF BOTH OF THOSE ENTRANCES COULD BE A FIRE GATE, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE ACCEPTABLE.
BUT, UM, I THINK THERE WOULD BE PLENTY OF ACCESS TO THE, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST.
UM, AND JUST WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, THAT HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON ACORN, THAT'S JUST GONNA RESULT IN A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC NOISE, LIGHT POLLUTION.
UM, AND SO YEAH, I, I, I THINK THE REQUEST IS MOSTLY YOU, YOU KNOW, JUST TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC ON ACORN.
UH, RYAN SIMON, MR. SIMON IS ALSO VIRTUAL, BUT I DON'T HEAR HIM.
UH, DANA TRICO, T-R-I-T-I-C-O.
HI, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
SO, UM, I'VE LIVED IN THE AREA FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANNA MENTION, THERE'S, UH, MISINFORMATION ABOUT ACNE BRICK.
THEY ACTUALLY USE RANDOM ROAD, WHICH DOES NOT HAVE SPEED HUMPS, UH, TO ACCESS THAT PORTION OF THE BRICK THING, UH, COMPANY.
UM, SO, UM, AT TIMES ACORN WAS USED, BUT THOSE LARGE 18 WHEELERS WERE USING RAND ROAD AS ACCESS.
SO THE CONCERN IS THAT ACORN IS ONLY A TWO WAY STREET.
SO IS, UM, THE STREET THAT COMES OFF OF PINE, UM, WHICH IS APRIL.
SO HOW ARE WE TURNING BIG 18 WHEELERS WITH DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREETS ONTO THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES? UM, ALSO THERE'S SCARBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL DOWN THE STREET ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 43RD.
THERE'S A LOT OF SCHOOL TRAFFIC THAT WE ARE ALREADY CONTENDING WITH.
UH, COSTA RICA AT ONE TIME HAD SPEED HUMPS.
THOSE SPEED HUMPS WERE REMOVED ABOUT 10 TO 12 YEARS AGO.
THERE ARE NOT SPEED HUMPS ON BOLIVIA.
THERE ARE SPEED HUMPS ON COSTA RICA ON THE OTHER SIDE OF 43RD WHERE THE HIGH SCHOOL IS LOCATED.
SO THERE'S LOTS OF CONCERN FOR SAFETY.
NO ONE HAS ADDRESSED FLOODING.
I DON'T SEE ANY PLANS FOR RETENTION PONDS.
UH, YOU'RE DEALING WITH NARROW STREETS.
UM, SO ONCE AGAIN, THERE'S LOTS OF, UH, QUESTIONS THAT STILL
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NEED TO BE ANSWERED REGARDING THE ENTRANCES, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC, THE, THE SAFETY OF STUDENTS WALKING DOWN COSTA RICA.I KNOW STUDENTS USE ACORN IN APRIL TO WALK TO PINE MOUNT AND THEN USE THAT TO WALK TO ANTOINE TO GET TO THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE FURTHER DOWN.
ANTOINE, THOSE STUDENTS ARE ZONED TO SCARBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL.
SO, UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UH, STATE MY OPPOSITION, MY STRONG OPPOSITION FOR THAT.
THANK YOU MS. TRUCO, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
YOUR TIME IS EXPIRED, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, THE NEXT SPEAKER IS MIKE C, INITIAL C, WE DUNNO HIS WHOLE NAME.
MIKE C MY NAME IS MICHAEL KRE.
I LIVE ON DELAINE AND THE BACK OF MY HOUSE WILL NOW LOOK AT A AMAZON, UH, STYLE, UH, WAREHOUSE THAT CLEARLY I DO NOT WANT, BUT IF THEY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, I SUPPOSE THERE'S NOTHING I COULD DO ABOUT THAT NOW.
UH, BUT WOULD ECHO WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SAID THAT THE BRICKYARD, UH, USED THE BRANDON ROAD AS PRIMARIES FOR TRAFFIC AND HA AND ALSO HASN'T BEEN IN OPERATION FOR AT LEAST 20 SOMETHING YEARS.
THEREFORE, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY OF THE TRAFFIC AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN RE VIBRATED IN THE LAST SEVERAL.
UH, ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AT ALL FOR THEM TO HAVE ACCESS TO ACORN.
UM, THERE'S PLENTY OF OTHER OPTIONS, UH, THAT COULD BE DONE BESIDES THE, THE TRAFFIC DANGERS.
THE ROADS ARE WHY ARE VERY UNPREPARED FOR HEAVY TRAFFIC OF THAT KIND ANYWHERE THROUGH THE, ESPECIALLY ON ACORN, BUT ESPECIALLY THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, WHICH THEY WILL DEFINITELY GO THROUGH DESPITE THE SIGNAGE.
UH, THEY ARE ALWAYS GOING TO TAKE THE, THE, THE SHORTEST ROUTE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS WHO HAVE SIGNED UP.
COULD YOU GO AHEAD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? MY NAME IS DR.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON RECOVERY INITIATIVE.
WE HAVE A PARTNERSHIP FOR DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES, GRANT PROTECTIVE FACTORS FOR INDIVIDUALS THAT LIVE IN OAK FOREST.
AND INWOOD WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO REMOVE A GREEN SPACE FROM INWOOD AND OAK FOREST.
I RECOGNIZE THAT THERE HAS BEEN A BRICKYARD, THEY HAVE A RAILROAD X, Y, AND Z.
UH, TEXAS HAS A THIRD HIGHEST OVERDOSE FATALITY RATE IN THE COUNTRY.
HOUSTON HAS THE HIGHEST OVERDOSE FATALITY RATE IN THE, IN TEXAS.
HOUSTON HAS THE THIRD HIGHEST OVERDOSE FATALITY RATE FOR CHILDREN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT OAK FOREST, IT'S ALSO ABOUT INWOOD.
DUMPING OUT AN AMAZON STYLE OR ANY STYLE WAREHOUSE ONTO PINE MOUNT IS NOT ONLY GOING TO AFFECT THE TRAFFIC THAT GOES DOWN ANTOINE, IT WILL AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOODS NORTH OF THE AREA.
ALL OF THE A THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEING REVITALIZED IN INWOOD AND ACRES HOMES WILL BE AFFECTED BY 18 WHEELERS.
AND DID I HEAR SOMEBODY ELSE ONLINE? UM, RYAN SIMON? YEAH.
INCUR WITH ALL THE SENTIMENTS OF MY NEIGHBOR'S.
YEAH, AND AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER POINT OF CONTENTION, OF COURSE, THE TRAFFIC SAFETY, FLOOD CONTROL.
BUT ANOTHER POINT HERE IS THE EXTERNAL OBSOLESCENCE THAT THIS PLACE THAT IT PLACES ON ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS IN OUR HOMES.
SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA DRIVE VALUE, UH, AT LEAST IN MY OPINION, TO OUR, OUR HOMES IN THE, IN THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, AND AGAIN, I, SINCE IT IS ALREADY PURCHASED AND, AND AGAIN IN PLACE, IF, IF THERE WAS TO BE A, UM, I GUESS A, A, A DETERMINING FACTOR OF, OF, OF VARIANCE, I WOULD DEFINITELY PUSH FOR ALL THE TRAFFIC BEING PUSHED TOWARDS PINE MARKS.
I KNOW DANA MADE A GREAT POINT OF 18 WHEELERS AND BIG COMMERCIAL, UH, VEHICLES CANNOT GO UP AND DOWN APRIL.
IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT FEASIBLE.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, AGAIN, I STRONGLY OPPOSE, BUT AGAIN, IF HAD TO MAKE SOME TYPE OF, UH, CONCESSION, IT WOULD BE THAT ALL TRAFFIC BE USHERED, UH, TOWARD, TOWARDS PINE WAY.
UM, OKAY, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL SPEAKERS? UM, MELINDA GLEGHORN.
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DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE PRESENT.ANYBODY ELSE IN THE CHAT? HI, UH, I, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
UM, I HAPPEN TO BE IN INDUSTRIAL, UH, MANAGEMENT.
AND, UH, COULD YOU STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME FOR THE RECORD? OH, MY NAME IS COLE MUNGER.
UH, I LIVE ON COSTA RICA, UM, THE MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY FOR A LONG TIME.
UH, I HAPPEN TO BE IN THE PROFESSION THAT MANAGES THESE TYPES OF PROPERTIES AND HAVE FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE ON WHAT TYPE OF OPERATIONS WOULD GO IN THESE FACILITIES AS WELL AS THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC AND HOW PEOPLE DO NOT, AND ESPECIALLY EMPLOYEES WILL NOT LISTEN TO NO EXIT SIGNS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, UNLESS ALL OF THE ENTRANCES FROM THE REAR OR THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY ONTO ACORN WOULD BE BLOCKED, I'D HAVE TO DEEPLY OPPOSE THIS AS, I MEAN, AS A DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AS DANA MENTIONED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.
UM, SHE MENTIONED SCARBOROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, BUT WE'RE ALSO FORGETTING THAT THERE'S ALSO TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE DIRECT VICINITY.
ONE ON COSTA RICA, ONE, UM, ON MANGA, RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IMPACTED BY THIS.
WE'VE ALREADY GOT AN ABUNDANCE OF TRAFFIC TRAVELING DOWN THESE ROADS WITH NO, I MEAN, PEOPLE RUN STOP SIGNS, NO SPEED BUMPS, NO NOTHING.
UM, SO YEAH, I'D HAVE TO STRICTLY OPPOSE THIS AS WELL.
I MEAN, UNLESS IT WAS COMPLETELY RESTRICTED FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IS THAT IT? ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? MELINDA GLEGHORN, UM, SHOULD BE ONLINE NOW, I BELIEVE.
MELINDA GLEGHORN SHOULD BE ONLINE.
MELINDA GLEGHORN, ARE YOU THERE? MELINDA? CLE HORN STAR SIX TO UNMUTE BY MOST PHONES.
OKAY, I THINK WE'VE GOTTA MOVE ON AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO IF WE DON'T HAVE SPEAKERS, LET'S NOW TURN TO THE COMMISSION TO DISCUSS THIS.
AND I JUST WANNA REMIND ALL OUR LISTENERS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO MAKE THIS SOMETHING ELSE.
IT IT, WE HAVE A PROPOSAL THAT MEETS CONDITIONS.
WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO APPROVE A VARIANCE, AND WHAT WE'RE CONCENTRATING ON IS THAT VARIANCE AND THIS PROPERTY FOR THIS USE.
THAT'S, THAT'S AS FAR AS OUR AUTHORITY IN THIS MATTER GOES.
SO JUST I GUESS GENERAL COMMENT, UM, OR COMMENTS FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I FELT LIKE I WAS PRETTY TOUGH, TOUGH ON THE APPLICANT LAST MEETING, BUT I'M GONNA ECHO A LOT OF COMMISSIONER BALDWIN'S EARLIER COMMENTS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT KIND OF MAKING SOME ADJUSTMENTS.
I'M GLAD TO SEE ONE, UM, OF THE ACCESS TO ACORN GONE, NOT OPPOSED TO THE POSSIBILITY OF, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SECOND BEING A FIRE GATE IF NECESSARY.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, THE REALITY IS IF WE CUT OFF ALL ACCESS TO ACORN AND THE APPLICANT FEELS LIKE IT'S PERTINENT TO THEIR BUSINESS, THEY COULD JUST PUT A PUBLIC STREET AND THEN WE HAVE NO CONTROL ON THAT ACCESS, THEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL NOT ONLY BE DEALING WITH, UM, THE TRAFFIC FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT THE, ANY JOHN SMITH WHO DOESN'T FEEL LIKE WAITING ON A SIGNAL IN THAT AREA, THEY'RE GONNA USE THAT AS A CUT THROUGH.
AND TYPICALLY THOSE DRIVERS ARE NOT THE MOST CONSCIENTIOUS AND CAREFUL OF DRIVERS.
SO, UM, NOT TO SOUND LIKE WE KNOW BETTER, I, I DON'T MEAN TO SOUND THAT WAY, BUT TRADITIONALLY, OFTENTIMES WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY COMING IN ASKING, UH, FOR THESE VARIANCES, IRONICALLY ENOUGH, UH, FOR THAT REASON BECAUSE IT ENDS UP CREATING A CUT THROUGH THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I UNDERSTAND THAT SOME TRAFFIC IS NOT IDEAL.
I GET THAT AND I RESPECT THAT.
BUT ONCE WE MAKE, SHOULD THAT BECOME A PUBLIC STREET, WE CONTROL NOTHING AND THEN THE COMM COMMUNITY CONTROLS NOTHING.
SO TO COMMISSIONER BALDWIN'S KIND OF COMMENTS EARLIER, SOMETIMES IT'S, YOU'RE, YOU'RE JUST WEIGHING JUST KNOW THAT FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE WE ARE WEIGHING THESE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR DID, I'M SORRY, UH, I DID HAVE ONE QUESTION.
UM, MR. SMITH, UM, HOW MANY EXITS DOES THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WOULD REQUIRE FOR A PROPERTY? IS IT THREE FOUR? ACTUALLY, I, I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN ANSWER THAT.
UM, I KNOW THERE'D BE AT LEAST TWO, BUT I DO NOT KNOW IF THIS WOULD REQUIRE THREE OR FOUR.
I WOULD HAVE TO GET WITH MR. AYERS FROM THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO VERIFY THAT.
OKAY, OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER CLARK? OKAY, SO BACK TO YOU MR. SMITH.
SO IF WE DID LOOK AT THIS AND SAY,
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OKAY, WE WOULD ALLOW THE ACCESS BUT MAKE THEM RESTRICTED TO FIRE ACCESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IS THAT TOO MUCH TRAFFIC FOR THAT PARCEL TO BE LIMITED TO A JUST TOO ACCESS POINTS? I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO JUST OFF THE CUFF ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS, BUT I MEAN I YEAH, THAT'S GONNA BE A TOUGH ONE TO SAY BECAUSE THEY CAN STILL COME OUT THE WEST SIDE, GO SOUTH.I MEAN, THEY COULD, THEY'RE STILL GONNA HAVE ABILITY TO GO DOWN TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, BUT IT, I CAN'T HONESTLY SAY WHETHER THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR IMPACT WITHOUT A CLOSER LOOK AT IT.
AND REALLY LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS, THE, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE SUBMITTED AND BEEN APPROVED FOR AN ACCESS MANAGEMENT FORM, SO THEY SHOULD HAVE THE PEAK HOUR TRAFFIC.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE THE OPENING AND CLOSING WHEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF YOUR EMPLOYEES COMING IN THEIR PERSONAL VEHICLES, STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, BASED ON THAT, THEY HAVE AN APPROVAL, THEY'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A LITTLE LESS THAN OR RIGHT AROUND A HUNDRED VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT OF THE SITE.
IF YOU RESTRICT IT TO TWO, YOU GOTTA THINK ABOUT IT THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A HUNDRED VEHICLES COMING IN AND OUT OF TWO DIRECTIONS, RIGHT.
INSTEAD OF, I GUESS THEY'RE PROPOSING FOUR, RIGHT? SO I MEAN THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A SOUTH AND NORTH AND A WEST, AGAIN, YOU'RE TAKING THAT A HUNDRED, YOU'RE PROBABLY DIVIDING IT BY 50% ON THE MAIN AND THEN 25 ON THE OTHER TWO.
BUT YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT'S JUST AS A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MAKE SOME ASSUMPTIONS ON THIS.
I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT PUSHING ALL THAT TRAFFIC UP TO PINE MOUNT AND THE PM PEAK WOULD DEFINITELY BE AN ISSUE.
I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THERE'S A TRAFFIC SIGNAL THERE AT PINE MOUNT IN THIS DRIVE.
THIS DRIVE, UM, ON THE SITE AS A WHOLE, I KNOW THE ONLY PLACE THAT I KNOW THAT REALLY THAT THERE'S A TRAFFIC SIGNAL AROUND THIS SITE WOULD BE ON RENDON AS YOU GO SOUTH TO 43RD, THERE IS A SIGNAL THERE.
SO, I MEAN, I COULD, IF YOU WEREN'T GOING OUT TO ANTOINE OR UP TO PINE MOUNT, I COULD DEFINITELY SEE TRAFFIC GOING DOWN RENDON IF THEY WERE GOING TO 43RD GOING TO THE EAST BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.
IF THEY WANTED TO GO WEST, THEN THEY, THEY MAY NOT BECAUSE YOU'D BE MAKING A RIGHT TURN ONTO 43RD VERSUS A LEFT.
BUT IF YOU WANTED TO MAKE THAT LEFT ON THE 43RD AND YOU WERE CONCERNED, I WOULD GO DOWN RED ONTO THE SIGNAL AND IT WOULD STILL BE TAKING ME IN THE DIRECTION THAT I WANTED TO GO.
UM, GOING UP TO PINE MOUNT AGAIN WITHOUT A SIGNAL TURNING LEFT ONTO PINE MOUNT TO GO EITHER TO ANTOINE OR TWO 90, YOU'RE MAKING A LEFT TURN AGAINST ON, UM, ACROSS THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, SO.
AND SO I GUESS THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, IF THEY WOULD BE, UM, INTERESTED IN CUTTING OFF FOR FIRE ACCESS ONLY TO NUMBER THREE AND THEN LEAVING NUMBER FOUR SO THAT THEY COULD ACCESS RAND DAWN.
SO THANK YOU FOR THAT MR. SMITH.
'CAUSE THAT WAS KIND OF WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THIS AND I, I DON'T, I'M, I'M LIKE THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, I DON'T REALLY WANNA DOWNPLAY THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT I FEAR, I MEAN, THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO BUILD WHAT THEIR BUILDING.
IF WE DON'T GRANT THE VARIANCE IN WAY ONE WAY, SHAPE OR FORM, AND THEY DO THAT PUBLIC STREET, IT, IT IS NOT GONNA BE, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.
IT IS GOING TO BE A, AN OUTCOME I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WOULD BE VERY HAPPY WITH.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER? YEAH, IT IS A GOOD QUESTION.
AND WE, UH, BEFORE WE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, I SAT OUT THERE FOR A WHOLE DAY AND WATCHED HOW ACME'S TRAFFIC FLOWED.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, ALMOST ALL THE TRUCKS ACTUALLY CAME OUT ON ACORN, WENT TO ANTOINE, WHICH DOES HAVE A SIGNAL, TOOK A LEFT THERE AND WENT RIGHT DOWN TO TWO 90.
THAT WAS THE FLOW OF THE TRAFFIC OF HOW THEY WERE USING IT THE DAY I SAW CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERY DAY, I DIDN'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT IS THE ONE DAY THAT I, I DID SEE YOU JUST DO WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE TO YOUR DIRECT QUESTION.
I THINK THAT'D BE TOUGH FOR US.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST TO DISPERSE TRAFFIC THROUGH MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ACCESS POINTS.
WE DO BELIEVE THAT, I MEAN, IN OUR EXPERIENCE BUILDING A LOT OF THESE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF WIDGETS, TRAFFIC TRIES TO GET TO THE CLOSEST POINT TO GET OUT OF THE PROJECT AND BACK TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND WHEN PINE KNOTS OPENED UP, I LIKE TO MR. SMITH'S COMMENTS BY MAKING ASSUMPTIONS.
THAT'S THE ASSUMPTION WHERE WE THINK A LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC WILL GO.
SO I GET, BUT MY, MY DIRECT QUESTION AND MAYBE THE ANSWER IS STILL NO TRYING TO AVOID SENDING YOUR TRAFFIC THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF WE PUSH HIM OVER TO RAND DON, WE LEAVE THE WEST EXIT AND WE HAVE THE EXIT NORTH, WOULDN'T THAT SERVE YOUR PURPOSES? I MEAN, HOW MANY VEHICLES DO YOU PLAN ON SENDING OUTTA HERE AT ANY GIVEN TIME? THREE EXITS WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH.
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I MEAN, I, ONE, TWO, AND FOUR.SO, SO, SO YOU, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR PROPOS IS, SO I'M JUST SAYING CUT OFF THREE, MAKE IT A FIRE GATE.
I I, NUMBER THREE WOULD BE A FIRE GATE ONE, TWO AND FOUR WOULD BE INGRESS EGRESS.
WE CAN GO TALK ABOUT THAT INTERNALLY.
UM, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE MAKING DECISIONS ON THAT.
I I DO JUST THINK THAT WOULD BE TOUGH FOR US.
JUST WANNA BE HONEST WITH YOU.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER CLARK.
DO YOU, I I'M CONCERNED THAT IF SOMEONE COMES OUT EXIT FOUR, THEY'RE JUST GONNA HEAD WEST AND REALLY DRIVE ACROSS THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THAT'S ALL BECAUSE RONE DOESN'T REALLY GO ANYWHERE.
A TRUCK DRIVER'S GONNA, THAT'S POSSIBLE BECAUSE THERE'S A LIGHT ON RONE.
YEAH, MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE DRIVING TRUCKS ARE GONNA GO WHERE THE LIGHT IS.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO TYPICALLY GO AGAINST I LIVE IN, IN THE AREA.
I DON'T TURN LEFT ON 43RD FOR ANY GIVEN REASON AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG.
I, UM, I DON'T WANNA DIG TOO DEEP INTO WHAT'S WITHIN OUR PURVIEW AND WHAT'S NOT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY STILL GOTTA WORK THIS OUT THROUGH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY'RE GONNA PRETTY MUCH DICTATE EVERYTHING REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE SAY.
UM, I BOIL THIS DOWN TO A VERY SIMPLE, UH, ANALYSIS.
DO I WANT TO GIVE THIS PROPERTY OWNER THE OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE A FREEWAY STRAIGHT DOWN INTO THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD OR CREATE A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE THEM THE BEST, UH, KIND OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, I CAN'T BELIEVE ANYBODY WOULD LISTEN TO ME ABOUT GETTING THE DRIVEWAY TO THE NORTH, BUT I THINK THAT SHOWS THIS DEVELOPER REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY BEFORE, BUT TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN IN TWO WEEKS.
BUT I LOOK AT THIS AS SHOULD WE ALLOW A STREET TO GO THROUGH HERE THAT COULD FLOW STRAIGHT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR CREATE A BUFFER ZONE LIKE THIS? AND I THINK WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.
I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
SO ARE YOU MAKING A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? THAT'S TO GO FOR A OKAY.
WHICH IS THE VARIANCE, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GETTING ALL.
LET ME JUST GET A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
UH, I THINK MR. SMITH HAS SOMETHING TO ADD ABOUT THE FIRE GATES.
UM, MR. BROWN WITH WHO WORKS FOR ME WAS ABLE TO TALK TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE BRIEF TIME, THE FIRE ADDENDUM TO THE FIRE CODE CONTROLS ACCESS AND FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED THREE INDIVIDUAL STRICT POINTS OF ACCESS.
SO BASED ON, LIKE I SAID, THE HOUSTON FIRE DEPARTMENT'S ADDENDUM TO THE FIRE CODE, THREE POINTS WOULD BE REQUIRED.
THREE OPEN, OPEN ACCESS, THREE OPEN POINTS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY WOULD HAVE TO NECESSARILY BE OPEN, BUT THEY WOULD NEED THREE DISTINCT POINTS OF ACCESS THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT COULD ACCESS.
I REALLY, YOU KNOW, TO BE FRANK, OPTION A LOOKS VERY, VERY GOOD.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE.
MY QUESTION IS, UH, LIKE COMMISSIONER CLARK EXIT THREE OR ENTRANCE THREE, I, I WOULD PREFER THAT THAT WAS FURTHER WEST.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT, IT LITERALLY LEADS RIGHT INTO COSTA RICA GOING SOUTH AND I WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF THAT WAS A FIRE GATE AND THE, THE, THE, THE OPENING THAT YOU JUST CLOSED WAS MORE OPEN OR I DON'T KNOW IF ENGINEERING, IF IT COULD, WE DISCUSSED THIS TWO WEEKS AGO, IF ENGINEERING WISE IT COULD OPEN ON THE WEST SIDE AS OPPOSED TO ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
SO YOU'D HAVE TWO, UM, ENTRANCES, EXITS ON APRIL STREET.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING REASON THAT IT'S GOING SOUTH AS OPPOSED TO WEST THERE.
SO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY PUT THIS PLAN TOGETHER WAY MORE THAN 12 MONTHS AGO, WE INTENTIONALLY OFFSET OUR DRIVE AISLE FROM COSTA RICA AND MADE THEM RELATIVELY ACTUALLY CLOSE.
SO IT'D BE HARD FOR ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TO MAKE THAT TURN.
LIKE THAT WAS AN INTENTIONAL DECISION BY US.
'CAUSE IF YOU LINE THEM UP DIRECTLY, THEN LIKE I DO WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND YOU'RE FLOWING RIGHT INTO IT.
RIGHT? UM, YOUR QUESTION WAS JUST CAN WE MOVE AN ACCESS POINT OVER TO THE WEST, ALMOST REINSTATE WHAT WE TOOK OUT.
TRADE THEM, FLIP THEM, WOULD THAT, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEMATIC, BUT IT WOULD BE CLOSER TO APRIL AND IT AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO TURN LEFT AND THEN TURN RIGHT AGAIN AND I'M LIKE, IF THEY COULD USE THAT EXIT, THE ONE THAT YOU CROSSED OUT, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD JUST TURN RIGHT AND KEEP ON GOING.
I THINK WITH ALL THESE WE ENVISION, ESPECIALLY LIKE NUMBER THREE, THEY'RE TAKING A RIGHT AND GOING RIGHT TO ANTOINE WHERE, WHICH HAS A, A STOPLIGHT.
UM, AND MINE WOULD BE THE SAME EXCEPT THAT IT WOULD BE FURTHER AWAY WOULD ALREADY BE WEST OF COSTA RICA.
COSTA RICA IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
UM, SO THEY WOULD COME OUT, TURN RIGHT AND KEEP ON GOING.
MEAN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHOLE, BUT THEY ARE SITE PLAN RECONFIGURATION AT THAT POINT.
'CAUSE HOW WE'VE LINED THINGS UP.
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THIS IS OVER MY PAY GRADE, SO I'M LIKE, YEAH, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE FOR ME THAT WOULD BE THE PREFERRED EXIT.BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHY I SAY FROM AN ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T KNOW.
YEAH, I, I JUST WANT LIKE THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANNA DO EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN TO KEEP TRUCKS FROM GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE WITH THAT.
THANK WE ARE ON THE SAME TEAM WITH THE NEIGHBORS WITH THAT.
WE DON'T WANT TRUCKS GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD EITHER.
OKAY, ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION, COMMENTS? OH, COMMISSIONER JONES.
UH, THIS IS NOT WITHIN WHAT THE DECISION WE NEED TO MAKE, BUT THERE ARE ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIGHT NOT WANT THAT AND I DON'T KNOW, EVEN IF IT QUALIFIES, I HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ANALYSIS, BUT I REFER TO IT IN TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICE OR SPEED HUMPS, IF YOU WILL, UH, TO THE SOUTH.
'CAUSE I KNOW THAT WOULD BE A DETRIMENT TO THE TRUCKERS.
UH, JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
AGAIN, NOT WITHIN OUR PURVIEW, BUT IT'S SOMETHING, IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO HELP THE COMMUNITY.
UH, TO, TO, UH, COMMISSIONER JONES POINT, THE TRAFFIC COMES ARE NOT THAT EASY TO GET.
IT IS PER THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, DISTRICT AND IF THE CITY, THE COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THE FUNDS AVAILABLE, THEY HAVE TO DO AN ENTIRE ANALYSIS FOR THE ENTIRE AREA BEFORE THEY CAN BUILD THE SPEED BUMPS.
SO IT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS TO JUST SAY WE, YOU CAN DO THESE TRAFFIC CALMING DEVICES.
UH, NEIGHBORHOODS IN MY SIDE OF TOWN HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND YES, I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS HAVE TO SIGN OFF ON IT.
UH, IF THAT WERE A ROUTE, I, I DON'T WANNA SPEAK FOR OUR COUNCIL MEMBER IN THAT REGION, BUT I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY.
THAT IS, THAT'S IT'S GOOD FEEDBACK.
MR. SMITH? I'M SORRY, I WAS GONNA AGAIN RICHARD SMITH, I WAS GONNA INTERRUPT ON THAT ONE REAL QUICK.
THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS. THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC UM, MITIGATION PROGRAM, I BELIEVE IS WHAT, I DON'T REMEMBER THE EXACT TITLE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE COUNCIL MEMBER FUNDS.
NOW WHAT YOU, YOU WERE SPEAKING OF IS IF THE COUNCIL DISTRICT HAS SERVICE FUNDS THAT THEY CAN USE TO PUT MITIGATION TYPE DEVICE TRAFFIC MITIGATION DEVICES IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND THAT THE COUNCIL MEMBER THEN CHOOSE TO DO THAT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD MITIGATION IS AN ACTUAL STUDY DONE BY THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
AND AGAIN, THOSE FUNDING OF THAT DOES NOT GO THROUGH THE ACTUAL COUNCIL MEMBER'S DISTRICT.
IT IS THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT HAS FUNDS FOR TRAFFIC MITIGATION IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
BUT THEY WOULD LOOK AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY GO FROM 43RD TO PINE MOUNT TO ANTOINE AND THEN THEY COULD USE THE, USUALLY, TYPICALLY IT'S THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, THE AREA BOUNDED BY THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE THEY MAY BE ABLE TO USE THE RAILROAD TRACK AS A DIVIDING IS IN LIEU OF A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ON THE EAST SIDE.
BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME FROM ANTOINE TO THE RAILROAD TRACK AND THEN FROM NORTH TO SOUTH FROM PINE MONT DOWN TO 43RD AND LOOK AT THAT AS A WHOLE AND THEN THEY COULD LOOK AT WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC MITIGATIONS THAT COULD BE PLACED IN THERE.
COMMISSIONER CLARK, I'M SORRY, I SHOULD HAVE SAID THIS.
UM, IT NOTED ON HERE 10,000 TRAFFIC COUNTS A DAY, BUT I DID HEAR SOMEONE SAY 10,000 TRUCKS A DAY.
IT'S NOT TRUCKS, IT'S VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, FROM YOUR FACILITY, FROM ANYONE THAT DRIVES ON THOSE STREETS.
AND I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT, THAT THAT'S JUST FOR THE PUBLIC ROAD, CORRECT? THAT'S NOT AS DESIGN, RIGHT? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT 'CAUSE I DID HEAR THAT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? WE DO HAVE A, UH, MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE TABLE FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO, UM, GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLOT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
UM, IS THERE FURTHER DISCUSSION AND I'LL THANK YOU.
FIRST COMMENT, WE'LL LET YOU GO.
IS, IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, THEN WE WILL VOTE.
OPPOSED NAY GARZA, WE HAVE GARZA AND VICTOR TNOS.
UH, THE MOTION CARRIES WITH TWO NO VOTES FROM COMMISSIONERS GARZA AND VICTOR.
OKAY, WE MOVE ON TO ITEM 1 24.
THE STUDY IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF MASON ROAD AND NORTH OF BRIDGELAND QUICK PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO TAKE ASSETS VIA A PRIVATE ROADWAY EASEMENT AND TO HAVE PUBLISHED CHIEF RUNNERS ON THE RIGHT OF WAY LEFT THAN 60 FEET.
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IS IN SUPPORT.THE REQUEST THE APPLICANT PROPOSING ONE RESERVE TO DEVELOP A COMMERCIAL SITE.
THE PROPERTY IS PART OF A OUT TRACK WHICH HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW WHERE MULTIPLE PROPERTIES WOULD LIE ON A 60 FOOT WIDE PRIVATE RAILWAY EASEMENT.
THIS RAILWAY EASEMENT IS IN ASSISTANT CONDITION THAT HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, PROVIDING ASSETS TO THE SITE AND OTHER PROPERTIES TO HAL HALL ROAD TO THE NORTH.
THE APPLICANT IS SICK IN THIS VARIANT TO MAINTAIN THIS ACCESS.
ALSO, WATERSHED LANE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED BY BRIDGELAND HIDDEN CREEK SUBDIVISION AS A 50 FEET WIDE PUBLISHED STREET STOPPED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO EXTEND THEIR STREET.
HOWEVER, DUE TO THE LOCATION OF THE STEP STREET, THE APPLICANT IS ONLY DEDICATING A PORTION OF THE PUBLIC STREET THAT IS WITHIN THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO DEDICATE 32 FEET INSTEAD OF 37, WHICH WILL CREATE A 50 FOOT PUBLIC RIGHT WAY.
HARRIS COUNTY REVIEWED THIS PROPOSAL AND HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST.
AND IN THE FUTURE, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE RIGHTWAY DEDICATION EXTENDING WATERSHED LANE TO MASON ROAD, WHICH WILL HELP TO PRESCRIBE AND MAINTAIN THE INTENT OF THE ORDERS.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP ON THIS.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION? VIERA BLAND, SECOND CLARK, CLARK.
UM, THAT WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 1 25, 1 26 AND 1 27.
UM, DECKER PRAIRIE, ROSE HILL GP, SECTION ONE AND SECTION TWO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY EAST ALONG EAST OF DECKER PRAIRIE ROSE HILL ROAD AND NORTH OF FARM MARKET.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A VARIANT TO EXIT INTERSECTION PACING REQUIREMENT ALONG THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES.
THE APPLICANT REVIVE THE STREET LAYOUT BY PROVIDING A STOP TREAT ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY AND THE VARIANT TO EXIT INTERSECTION FACING ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY IF NO LONGER REQUIRED.
SO STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
WE'RE NOT PROVIDING NORTH SOUTH STREET.
BECKER PRAIRIE WOLF HILL GP PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT BOUND BY THE WOLF HILL MEADOW SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTHWEST JUST ON RECORDED RESIDENTIAL HOME TO THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTH.
WHILE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AIMED TO CONNECT WITH TWO ASSISTING SUB THREE PROVIDED BY WOLF HILL SUBDIVISION STREET.
APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRE ADDITIONAL NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH ALONG THE NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARIES.
HOWEVER, THE VISIBILITY OF EXTENDING THIS STREET FURTHER, THE NORTH AND SOUTH IS CONSTRAINED BY THE ASSISTANT RESIDENCE'S HOME AND BY SPRING CREEK THAT IS LOCATED FURTHER TO THE NORTH.
SO GRANTING THE VARIANT WAS STILL MEETING GENTLE COORDINATE, THE GP WILL PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE STREET PATTERN.
UM, SO HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT IS, IS IN SUPPORT.
THE REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE GP IN SESSION, SUBSTITUTE THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. RODRIGUEZ? UH, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP ON THIS ONE.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE, UM, THE GP AND THEN TWO SECTIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION? AMANDA PARKER.
PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND WILL BE LEAVING US.
ITEM NUMBER 1 28 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 TRAMELL FRESNO ROAD AND EAST OF TEAL BEND ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO LARGE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO TAKE ACCESS VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
PROPOSED LOT TWO HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED AND TAKES,
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UH, CURRENTLY TAKES ACCESS FROM AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT SHOWN IN RED.THE INTENT OF THE PLAT IS TO GIVE PROPOSED LOT ONE ACCESS VIA SAID ACCESS EASEMENTS AND HAS RECORDED AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS EASEMENT SHOWN IN BLUE THAT HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ACCESS WITH THE RECORDING OF THAT ACCESS EASEMENT.
FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT NO LONGER HAS ANY OBJECTION TO THE VARIANCE.
THERE IS AN EXISTING 10 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY TO ENSURE THE NEW DEVELOPMENT HAS SUFFICIENT UTILITIES.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. CILLO? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.
UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? UH, NO.
JUST TO SAY THAT I APPRECIATE YOU FOLLOWING UP ON THE INQUIRY AND, UH, WITH THAT I WILL PUT A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 1 29, ITEM 1 29 IS JASICK FARMS GP.
THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, ALONG THE HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTY LINES, EXCUSE ME, THE HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTY ETJ.
ALONG THE COUNTY LINES, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE APPLICANT INITIALLY REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR 1100 HOMES TO HAVE ONE POINT OF ACCESS ON A PUBLIC STREET RATHER THAN THE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS REQUIRED FOR EVERY 150 LOTS, THEY'VE SINCE WITHDRAWN THIS REQUEST.
THE GPUC, UH, BEFORE YOU HAS BEEN FOUND TO MEET CHAPTER 42 WITH CONDITIONS LISTED.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE GP STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FROM MR. BUTLER? I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CONDITIONS.
ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION CLARK THEREZA BALDWIN.
ITEM ONE 30, ITEM ONE 30 IS NEST AT PAUL QUINN.
THIS SITE HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE AND MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY.
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 BY NOT DEDICATING A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN A BLOCK OF PAUL QUINN BETWEEN SEABRA AND WHEATLEY MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 4,300 FEET ACRES.
HOMES WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED WITH LARGE LOTS WITH NARROW FRONTAGE AND HAS REMAINED SEMI 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 FAR GREATER LEVELS OF TRAFFIC THAN INTENDED.
THIS PROBLEM IS REFLECTED IN THE RECENT PLANNING DEPARTMENT MOBILITY STUDY INVOLVING STAFF AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS.
THIS PLAN RECOMMENDS ADDING IN NORTH SOUTH STREETS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY RECENT DEVELOPMENT.
THE PLAN ALSO RECOMMENDS ALTERNATIVES TO FULL DEDICATION OF RIGHT OF WAY AS A PUBLIC ROADWAY CAN BE BUILT TO STANDARD IN A STREET AS NARROW AS 30 FEET.
STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED THESE ALTERNATIVES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR PROVIDING PUBLIC STREET WHILE ALLOWING FOR A DEVELOPABLE AREA WITHIN SIMILAR DEVELOPABLE AREA WITHIN THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS PROVIDE RECENT PROVIDED RECENTLY APPROVED EXAMPLES.
THE APPLICANT HAS MAINTAINED THEIR WISH TO PURSUE THE VARIANCE REQUEST AS SUBMITTED.
STAFF FINDS THEIR REQUEST DOES NOT MEET ANY OF THEIR CRITERIA FOR VARIANCES AND RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL OF VARIANCE AND THE PLAT STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I BELIEVE THE THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO SPEAK.
UM, BEFORE THAT I JUST, I HAD A QUESTION FOR MR. BUTLER.
UM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWS THE OVERALL ACRES HOME MOBILITY WITH THE RED DOTTED LINES? CAN WE SEE THAT A SECOND? OKAY, SO IC THERE'S, OKAY, SO THIS IS FROM THE STUDY AND THESE WERE IDENTIFIED POTENTIAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE WOULD, THAT YOU WERE RECOMMENDING.
SO THEY IDENTIFIED A, A FEW CORRIDORS BASED ON EXISTING STREET ALIGNMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, SIZE OF, UH, OF PROPERTIES UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP.
SO THIS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS TO BE RIGHT ON ONE OF THE, IT IS JUST A HAIR TO THE EAST, BUT OKAY.
IT WOULD, IT, IT IS A WIDER THAN TYPICAL PROPERTY AND IT ABUTS A PROPERTY OF SIMILAR SIZE ON THE NORTH, UM, WHICH IS RECENTLY DENIED A SIMILAR VARIANCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. BUTLER?
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UM, OKAY THEN IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, WE WELCOME THEM TO COME UP.I CAN CHECK TO SEE IF THEY'RE OH, OKAY.
WE'LL MEANWHILE WE'LL CALL ON 'EM.
UM, STAFF YOU CAN GIVE US THE, PUT THE RECOMMENDATION ON THE SCREEN STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE VARIANCE AND DISAPPROVE THE PLOT.
IS THERE DISCUSSION ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? WELL, DISCUSSION, I MEAN, I THINK WE KIND OF RECOGNIZE THAT SOME OF THESE FIRST OR MORE, THE QUICKER DEVELOPERS THAT ARE COMING IN ARE KINDA FEELING A LITTLE BIT OF THIS, THE BRUNT OF THIS REQUIREMENT.
BUT I, YOU KNOW, I KNOW I ARGUED THIS LAST TIME, IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THAT 30, 40, 50 YEAR FORESIGHT AND UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DENIED THAT REQUEST LITERALLY TO THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH LAST TIME.
SO IT'S LIKE THE CONSISTENCY OF, UM, OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS AREA WITH CONNECTIVITY RIGHTS.
SO, UM, I GUESS AGAIN, JUST FOR DISCUSSION WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THE SPEAKER, BUT UM, YEAH, I MEAN IT'S TOUGH FOR THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE THE FIRST ONES COMING IN TO, TO DO THIS.
SO THEY'RE SEEING SOME OF THESE REQUIREMENTS AT THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE TOUGH.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, JEFF, JUST SO I'M CLEAR WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR VERSUS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS WHAT, TWO FEET DIFFERENCE OR SOMETHING? THE 28 VERSUS THE 30 OR WHAT IS IT EXACTLY THE DIFFERENCE? SO, WELL THE, THERE'S OF COURSE THE, THE PAE THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING IS 28 FEET WIDE.
UH, THEY'VE OFFERED TO MAKE THAT PUBLIC SO IT WOULD BE A PUBLIC SUBSTRATE, UH, THAT THEORETICALLY COULD BE EXTENDED.
THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE, THE SOLUTION WE CAME UP WITH THROUGH COORDINATION OF PUBLIC WORKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS THAT IF IT'S GONNA BE A, A SUBSTANDARD WIDTH LIKE THAT, THAT IT SHOULD BE ON THE PERIPHERY OF THE PLAT SO THAT WAY THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY CAN ADD TO IT WHEN THEY, THE, THE IDEA IS THAT A, THE ROADWAY ITSELF CAN BE BUILT TO STANDARD, BUT ONLY ONE HALF OF THE PEDESTRIAN REALM CAN BE.
THE OTHER HALF WOULD COME IN WHEN THE OTHER, UH, PLA NEXT DOOR IS DEVELOPED.
AND THAT WOULDN'T BE AN OPTION IF IT'S INTERNAL.
SO IT'S NOT A FUNCTION OF JUST MAKING THAT 30 FEET WIDE THAT DOESN'T UP.
AND I GUESS THE APPLICANT IS NOT, DOES NOT WISH TO SPEAK OR WELL, WE CAN'T FIND THEM.
UM, WITH THAT THEN WE HAVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UM, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION? MOTION? ROBIN? SECOND.
OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES THE, UH, VARIANCES DENIED AND THE PLAT DISAPPROVED ITEM 1 31.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 31 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 THOROUGHFARE FM 2100 BETWEEN EXISTING PINE FOREST DRIVE AND A PROPOSED LOCAL STREET AND BETWEEN THE TWO PROPOSED LOCAL STREETS, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE GENERAL PLAN WAS PREVIOUSLY BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST YEAR WHERE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR MORE THAN 150 LOTS WITH A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS VIA PUBLIC STREET WAS DENIED.
THE APPLICANT IS NOW PROPOSING THE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS FOR THIS PORTION OF THE GP, HOWEVER, IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO ALLOW FOR A SMALLER INTERSECTION SPACING BETWEEN THE TWO POINTS THAN WHAT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS, WHICH IS A MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OF NOT LESS THAN 600 FEET.
PINE FOREST DRIVE AN EXISTING PUBLIC STREET FROM THE UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION.
PINE FOREST IS APPROXIMATELY 290 FEET FROM THE PROPOSED NORTHERNMOST.
PUBLIC STREET BETWEEN THE TWO PROPOSED PUBLIC STREETS IS APPROXIMATELY 360 FEET WITH GULLY TO THE WEST AND THE DEVELOPED HOMES FROM THE UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION PINE FOREST TO THE NORTH.
THE ONLY CURRENT MEANS OF ACCESS IS TO FM 2100.
THERE IS AN EXISTING MEDIAN OPENING CONSTRUCTED ONLY A FEW YEARS AGO THAT ALIGNS WITH THE PROPOSED MAIN ENTRANCE.
ALIGNING WITH THIS AND THE ESTABLISHED LOCATION OF PINE FOREST DRIVE LEAVES NO FURTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS THAT WOULD MEET THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT.
THE NORTHERN PROPOSED STREET WILL BE A RIGHT AND RIGHT OUT ONLY TO REDUCE CROSS TRAFFIC CONFLICTS.
T IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST ON CONDITION THAT THE APPLICANT CONTINUE WORKING THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS WITH THE T NORTH HOUSTON AREA OFFICE.
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HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT 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.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UM, WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA GARZA.
ITEM 1 32 IS SANFORD FARMS GENERAL PLAN.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 303 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF BECCA ROAD AND KICKAPOO ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GP THAT IS LARGELY A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG CCA ROAD BY 2,690 FEET AND A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING, UH, ALONG THE ANOTHER NORTHERN BOUNDARY BY 2,520 FEET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED, UH, REQUEST OF THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTION OF VARIANCE.
THE INCREASE OF 90 FEET FROM THE 2,600 FOOT REQUIREMENT IS A THREE FOOT DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD AND BEING DONE TO ALIGN WITH THE DEDICATED NORTH SOUTH STREET SOUTH OF BECCA ROAD, ALSO NAMED BECCA ROAD.
ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY IS THE KICKAPOO KICKAPOO FARMS SUBDIVISION.
WHILE UNRECORDED, THE LARGE ESTATE LOTS ARE WELL ESTABLISHED AND DEVELOPED, PLACING THE ONLY COMPREHENSIBLE INTERSECTION PLACEMENT WITHIN THE LEE TRACT AS SHOWN THE EXISTING HOMES AND STRUCTURES ALONG THAT TRACT PUSH THE ONLY FEASIBLE PLACEMENT FOR THE NORTHERN SUB TO THE WESTERN HALF OF SAID TRACT.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND VARIANCE AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE SPECIAL REQUEST AND THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP PLAT WITH CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. SILE? UM, WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS FOR THIS.
ITEM STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN, ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION JONES SECOND TAHIR.
ITEM 1 33 IS WASHINGTON SILVER.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG WASHINGTON AVENUE AT THE INTERSECTION OF SILVER STREET.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A THREE STORY STRUCTURE FOR PROPOSED OR FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A RESTAURANT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WASHINGTON RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 25.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE REVISED TRANSPARENCY AND PEDESTRIAN REALM EXHIBITS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FROM MR. BUTLER? IS THIS THE ONE WE DID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHERE WE REDUCED THE BUILDING LINE ON CENTER? WE HAD ENHANCED PEDESTRIAN REALM AND THE SIDEWALK.
SAME PROJECT, RIGHT? SAME PROJECT.
IT'S RIGHT AROUND THE BLOCK FOR THIS AND HE OWNS THE SAME ONE NEXT DOOR WITH THE SAME FOOT 10 FOOT BUILD LINE ALREADY ON THAT ONE, RIGHT? WELL THAT ONE'S OVER THE BUILDING LINE.
SO IT'S UH, IT'S AN OLDER BUILDING.
IT WAS BUILT RIGHT UP INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY.
YOU JUST WANT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WE NEED TO THE FIRST FLOOR AT LEAST.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? UM, THEN IS THERE A MOTION TO DEFER ITEM 1 33, BALDWIN BALDWIN SECOND MAD.
WE ALMOST MADE IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH VARIANCES WITHOUT DEFERRING ANYTHING THAT WAS LIKE A RECORD.
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SECTION E, SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FOR THIS.
ITEM 1 34 IS BRIDGELAND PRAIRIELAND VILLAGE GP.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF GRAND PARKWAY, EAST OF KATY HAWKLEY, AND SOUTH OF CYPRESS OF SPRING CREEK.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 4,000 ACRE GENERAL PLAN FOR PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH WETLAND AND DETENTION AREAS AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION REQUEST IS RELATED TO TWO PODS OF PROPOSED LOTS SECTIONS 37 AND 40.
THERE ARE NO CONNECTION PROPOSED CONNECTING THE TWO SECTIONS, BUT INSTEAD BETWEEN THEM, AN OPEN SPACE AND DETENTION AREA IS IDENTIFIED ON THE GENERAL PLAN, EACH OF THE GROUPINGS OF LOTS ARE PROPOSING LESS THAN 150 LOTS AND HAVE ACCESS TO THE COLLECTOR LOOP
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TO THE EAST, WHICH PROVIDES INTERNAL CIRCULATION FOR THIS PORTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.THE INTERSECTION SPACING FROM COLLECTOR LOOP, POLLINATOR DRIVE TO KATY HAWKLEY ROAD IS 1,491 FEET.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION AT LEAST EVERY 1400 FEET.
THIS REPRESENTS A 6.5% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD AND IS NOT DISPROPORTIONATE, NOT PROVIDING THE CONNECTION BETWEEN SECTIONS 37 AND 40 WILL NOT GREATLY BENEFIT TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
THE COLLECTOR LOOP AND GRID SYSTEM PROPOSED IN THIS PORTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN ENSURES SUFFICIENT CONNECTIVITY AND THROUGH TO AND THROUGH IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE GENERAL PLAN SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR MS. WILLIAMSON? UH, IF NOT, WELL WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS BEFORE YOU ON THE SCREEN IS, THERE'S NO DISCUSSION.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TAHIR? SECOND.
ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
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WE GO TO SECTION F, RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.ITEM 1 35 IS ALAMEDA GENOA ESTATES.
THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EDA GENOA ROAD, JUST WEST, JUST WEST OF TELEPHONE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BUT NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE TRACK.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TWO RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE FRONTING ALAMEDA GENOA ROAD.
THE TRACKS ALONG ALAMEDA GENOA ARE ABOVE HALF AN ACRE WITH FRONTAGE ALONG THE COLLECTOR STREET.
THE LARGER TRACKS ALSO HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG MAJOR FAIR THOROUGHFARE TELEPHONE ROAD.
THE BLOCK IS BISECTED BY CENTER CENTER POINT FEE STRIP, WHICH EXEMPTS ANY EAST WEST STREET CROSSING STAFF JUSTIFICATION FOR SUPPORTING THE REQUEST IS THAT THE FORBES CROSSING SUBDIVISION PROVIDES A STUB STREET CONNECTION INTO THE ACRES TRACKS SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN.
ALSO, THE TWO ACRES TRACKS ARE UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP WITH FRONTAGE ALONG EAST ORUM DRIVE.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. CRIDDLE? WE DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS.
UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? IF NOT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? BALDWIN BALDWIN ISH.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER ITEMS 1 36 AND 1 37 TOGETHER.
ITEMS 1 36 AND 1 37 ARE NORTH PARK, SOUTH JP AND NORTH PARK SOUTH SECTION ONE.
THE SITE IS A 50 ACRE GENERAL PLAN THAT INCLUDES A 34 ACRE SECTION ONE LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WEST OF THE INTERSECTION OF SORTERS ROAD IN NORTH PARK DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS IN THREE VARIANCES.
THE FIRST VARIANCE IS TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING EAST WEST STREET THROUGH THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A STEP STREET TO THE SOUTH OF THE OF THE GP.
AND THREE, UM, WHICH ONLY APPLIES TO SECTION ONE IS TO ALLOW LOTS TO BE LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE ETJ BY ALLOWING THE COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENT FOR BOTH SECTION ONE AND THE FUTURE.
SECTION TWO TO BE FULFILLED SOLELY WITHIN THE FUTURE.
SECTION TWO, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE GP IN THE PLAT PER TEXT DOTS REQUEST.
UM, STAFF HASN'T RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, UM, AND THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM MS. SHAW? UM, UH, THIS IS COMMISSIONER KANE.
UM, WHY DOES TDOT NEED A DEFERMENT ON THIS? THIS DOES NOT FRONT TXDOT RIGHT AWAY.
UM, SO THEY, THEY'VE, THEY WANT EXTRA TIME TO REVIEW JUST SO, UM, TO REVIEW TO SEE IF IT AFFECTS ANY OF THEIR ASSETS.
UM, SO THEY WOULD JUST LIKE THAT EXTRA TIME? YEAH.
DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER? UH, NOT REALLY, BUT OKAY.
WE HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO DEFER IT BY T DOT, WE'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.
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UM, OKAY.IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UM, IS THERE A MOTION OF SOME KIND ON THESE ITEMS?
SOMEBODY HAD JUST MADE A MOTION FOR, OH, SORRY.
I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR THE OTHER ONE.
UM, SO WAS YOUR MOTION FOR STEPH RECOMMENDATION? YES.
FOR, YEAH, SO WE, WE WILL VOTE ON THAT AND THEN, OKAY.
WE HAVE A SECOND ON ANOTHER ONE.
WELL, YEAH, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, VICTOR FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR THAT MOTION? ROBINS.
OPPOSED? NA I'LL OPPOSED THAT ONE.
THE MOTION CARRIES THEN, SO WE WILL NOT, BUT, OKAY.
UH, 1 36 AND 1 37 ARE DEFERRED, UM, WITH THREE NO VOTES.
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OKAY.THAT TAKES US TO SECTIONS, GH AND I.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEA, EXCUSE ME, MY NAME IS ANTONIA JOHNSON.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS.
ALRIGHT, SECTIONS G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 38 THROUGH 1 47.
SECTION EIGHT NAME CHANGES CONSIST OF ITEMS 1 48 SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANT CONSISTS OF, UM, ITEMS 1 49 AND ONE 50.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GH AND I.
ANY DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION GARZA ISH CHEN GARZA.
[j. Administrative (Antwanysha Johnson)]
WE HAVE NO SECTION J[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler, Ramon Jaime-Leon)]
UH, K DEVELOPMENT PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUEST ITEM 1 51.UH, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 51 19 51 LEXINGTON STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF US 59 AND ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF LEXINGTON STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A TWO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG US 50 59 IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A NEW TWO STORY GARAGE APARTMENT.
THUS OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO DO FAIR FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW AND GIVE APPLICANT MORE TIME TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FOR MR. JAIME LEON, UH, DO HAVE SPEAK? WHAT ARE WE SPECIFICALLY GETTING? YES.
WHAT WHAT ARE WE SPECIFICALLY GETTING? I'M JUST CURIOUS.
I MEAN IT'S, UH, HOPING, UH, TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT TO REVISE THE CURRENT FOUR PLANS.
IT APPEARS THAT THE FOUR PLANS ARE A LITTLE BIT OVER THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SECONDARY DWELLING UNIT.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS ON THESE ITEMS. SAM TON? YES, I'M HERE.
I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD AT THIS POINT.
I SAID I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD AT THIS POINT.
AND THEN ARTHUR GARZA? YES, I'M HERE AS WELL.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ADDITIONAL TO ADD AT THIS POINT EITHER.
UM, IF NO ONE ELSE WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER.
IS THERE DISCUSSION? IS THERE A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL? BALDWIN BALDWIN CLARK? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
ITEM 1 52 IS 46 0 7 NORTH MAIN STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG NORTH MAIN AND AIRLINE DRIVE SOUTH OF CA CAVALCADE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A THREE FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR AN EXISTING COVERED PATIO FOR OUTDOOR SEATING.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF A RESTAURANT FACING NORTH MAIN STREET WITH OFF STREET PARKING ALONG AIRLINE.
THE SITE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN USED AS A DRIVE-IN RESTAURANT WITH HEAD-IN PARKING ALL ALONG NORTH MAIN.
THE CURRENT OCCUPANT CONVERTED MUCH OF THE HEAD-IN PARKING TO OUTDOOR SEATING.
THEY RECENTLY INSTALLED A CANOPY OVER THIS AREA WITHIN THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE REQUIRED FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
THIS SEGMENT, NORTH MAIN FEATURES NUMEROUS OTHER ENCROACHMENTS INTO THE BUILDING LINE FOR SIMILAR USES.
IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED
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TO CONDITIONS TO INSTALL CURBING AND LANDSCAPING OVER FRONTAGE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS HEAD IN PARKING.THIS CREATES A SAFER AND MORE INVITING PEDESTRIAN REALM, WHICH COMPLIMENTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S WALKABLE CHARACTER STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S GOALS FOR IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY.
I'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
THIS ITEM, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
QUESTIONS FROM MR. BUTLER? YES, COMMISSIONER CARL BARR.
I'LL, I'LL JUST MAKE IT QUICK.
IT'S, IT'S NOT REALLY IN THE PURVIEW OF THE PARKING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT, UM, I SEE THAT THEY'VE GOT A SIDEWALK COMING THROUGH AND IF IT'S THE RESTAURANT, A LOT OF TIMES THEY PUT THESE TABLES OVER THE SIDEWALK.
SO IF ANY FEEDBACK CAN BE GIVEN TO THE, UM, BUILDER OR TO THE, I'M SORRY, TO THE, TO THE OWNER.
UM, JUST TO BE MINDFUL THAT THAT CAN'T, UM, BLOCK PATHWAYS FOR LIKE WHEELCHAIR USERS AND PEDESTRIANS.
CERTAINLY THE, THE CONDITION'S ACTUALLY AN UNR UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALKS, THEY WOULD.
THANK YOU ALL AND DON'T FORGET IT,
AND COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I'M ASSUMING THEY BUILT THE CANNABIS WITHOUT A PERMIT OR IT WOULD'VE BEEN FLAGGED AT PERMITTING, RIGHT? I'M IN FAVOR OF THE VARIANCE AND ALL THE PEDESTRIAN ENHANCEMENTS.
BUT JUST BEING CLEAR, CORRECT.
IT WAS, UM, AT THE, THEY OPENED AROUND THE TIME OF, OF COVID, UH, THE ONSET OF COVID AND THERE WAS A LOT OF ENCOURAGING OF JUST CONVERTING A LOT OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE TO SEATING AND THEY, THEY PUT A, AN UNCOVERED PATIO AREA AND THEN THEY JUST PUT A COVER OVER IT.
OKAY, BUT THIS FIXES THEIR PERMITTING ISSUES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? UM, STAFF.
AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, SHOULD THEY CHANGE THE, THE YOUTH THEY HAVE, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK, CORRECT.
OR THEY HAVE TO BE RE PERMITTED, RIGHT? RIGHT.
IF ANY CONDITIONS THIS, THIS IS, GOES WITH THEIR PERMITTING.
SO IF SOMETHING CHANGES, ALRIGHT.
UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THEY CAN'T GET A PERMIT WITHOUT THIS ACTION.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE.
UH, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? WE DON'T HAVE A YEAH, WE DO.
WE HAVE A MOTION VAR TO APPROVE.
THAT WILL CONCLUDE OUR PLATTING ACTIVITY.
[IV. Establish a public hearing date of March 7, 2024]
ROMAN FOUR AND WE WOULD LIKE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MARCH 7TH, 2024 FOR THE PLAT APPLICATIONS LISTED ON THE SCREEN.IS THERE A MOTION TO ESTABLISH MARCH 7TH? MOTION? CLARK CLARK, CLARK GARZA.
[V. Public Comment ]
FIVE IS PUBLIC COMMENT AND WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM JENNIFER CURTIS.SORRY, WHAT DID WE DO WRONG? NOTHING.
CURTIS MADE A PLANNING, I WON'T TAKE BUT 30 SECONDS OF YOUR TIME.
THE PROJECT ON PAUL QUINN STREET.
UM, THAT'S NOT THE FIRST ONE THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT SOMEBODY CAME IN AND DIDN'T KNOW OR, OR MAYBE FOUND OUT TOO LATE THAT THERE'S A MOBILITY STUDY THERE.
I'VE, I WAS LOOKING JUST NOW AT THE, MY CITY MAP ONLINE AND WE HAVE OVERLAYS FOR OPPORTUNITY ZONES AND AIRPORT ZONES AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON MY CITY, BUT THERE'S NOTHING FOR MOBILITY STUDIES.
IS IT TOO MUCH TO ASK? THERE COULD BE AN OVERLAY ON THE MY CITY MAP THAT JUST SAYS THERE'S A MOBILITY STUDY HERE.
GO TALK TO STAFF BEFORE SOMEBODY BUYS PROPERTY AND GETS STUCK IN THIS PICKLE.
THAT'S AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT SUGGESTION.
YOU AND COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG GET THE THAT'S RIGHT.
THE PRIZES FOR TODAY FOR, FOR THE CUT THROUGH PINE MINE
UM, WE HAVE NO ONE ELSE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO, UH, FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO ROMAN NUMERAL SIX IS ADJOURNMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO ADJOURN? MOTION HEINZ.
THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FIRST MEETING.