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[Planning Commission: Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Workshop on August 22, 2024.]
IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV.IT'S ONE OH, ACTUALLY AT RIGHT ONE O'CLOCK ON THE DOT ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2024.
I'M LISA CLARK, YOUR CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 900 BAGBY.
ALTHOUGH THERE IS NO LONGER A VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION OPTION, YOU MAY MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING HTV AND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR.
THE AGENDA ALREADY LISTS APPLICANT'S PRESENTERS, BUT YOU CAN GIVE ME AN ADDITIONAL FORM IF THERE ARE OTHER MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM OR YOUR CLIENT THAT WISH TO BE HEARD TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM.
I'M GOING TO CALL THE ROLE AND I DON'T HAVE IT.
CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT, UH, AND MEMBERS, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE UH, STATE YOUR, THAT YOU'RE PRESENT AND YOUR LAST NAME, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS ROBBINS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG ROSENBERG.
COMMISSIONER SIEGLER IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER STEIN STEIN PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS NOT GONNA BE HERE.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER DALTON IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MANKA IS NOT HERE.
AND COMMISSIONER KANE IS NOT HERE.
UH, WE NEED 11 MEMBERS AND WE HAVE 14 MEMBERS PRESENT.
MEMBERS REMEMBER IF YOU NEED TO LEAVE THE MEETING, PLEASE SO STATE VERBALLY INTO THE MICROPHONE SO THAT THERE'S A CLEAR PUBLIC RECORD.
WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK AND COMMISSION MEMBERS.
I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I WELCOME YOUTH TO TODAY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN MEETING.
THIS CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR TODAY'S M-M-T-F-P MEETING.
MR. MOSLEY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND DO YOUR PRESENTATION, PLEASE? YES, YES, YES.
GREETING MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
I'M BRANDON MOSLEY, STAFF WITH THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION.
THIS IS THE 2024 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY APPLICATION UPDATE MEETING DURING THE MTFP WORKSHOP, OPEN HOUSE AND PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, WE HEARD AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE COM COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION DURING OUR INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION AND FROM THE PUBLIC.
THIS MEETING IS NEW TO THE MTFP PROCESS AND IT SERVES AS A BRIDGE TO ANSWER LINGERING QUESTIONS FROM THE PREVIOUS PHASES BEFORE STAFF BRINGS, UH, THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING IS TO UPDATE THE COMMISSION OF NEW ALTERNATIVES, STATUS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE PROPOSED REQUEST.
UH, WE WILL GO OVER, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS, THEN WE WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE APPLICATION STATUSES AND UPDATES, SOME NEXT STEPS AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THEN WE SHALL ADJOURN.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THIS YEAR'S MTFP PROCESS, OUR WEBSITE IS POSTED HERE.
THEY ALSO CAN CONTACT US VIA OUR EMAIL AND ALSO OUR NUMBER.
SO HERE WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
WE ARE IN MONTH EIGHT OF NINE.
AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE APPLICATION MEETING.
THERE WILL BE NO ACTION TAKEN AT THIS MEETING TODAY.
STAFF WILL DEVELOP RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRESENT THEM TO YOU AT THE NEXT MEETING AT THE MCFP, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE APPLICATION STATUSES AND UPDATES.
WE HAVE SEVEN APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THIS YEAR'S AMENDMENT, UH,
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CYCLE.THESE ARE THE REQUESTS THAT THE APPLICANT AND STAFF ARE IN AGREEMENT ON, ON A RECOMMENDATION.
AND THAT'S TUCKERTON ROAD, UM, BISSONNET STREET, BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD, JERGENS ROAD, MEYER ROAD AND WHITE OAK.
THE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN WERE DRAWN BY THE APPLICANT WILL BE WALNUT DRIVE.
YOU NOTICE THE ONES THAT HAVE AN ASTERISK, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT TODAY.
SO WE'LL GO A LITTLE DEEPER IN THOSE.
FOR THE APPLICATION UPDATES BEFORE YOU ARE THE FOUR APPLICATIONS WE WILL PRESENT UPDATES FOR, UM, OF COURSE THE ONES BEFORE WALNUT DRIVE HAS WITHDRAWN THEIR, UH, CONSIDERATION.
THE NEXT THREE ARE, UM, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT, BUT THEY HAD REVISIONS.
SO WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEW REVISIONS, NOT WHAT THE ORIGINAL REQUEST IS.
AND THOSE ARE TUCKERTON, UM, BURNHAM, WOODS BOULEVARD AND MEYER ROAD.
SO, SO TUCKERTON ROAD, AN UNNAMED MINOR COLLECTOR.
THIS IS PRESENTED BY LJA ENGINEERING.
SO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS TO REALIGN PROPOSED TUCKERTON ROAD, UM, SLASH UNNAMED ROAD FROM GRAND FROM THE GRAND PARKWAY TO SHARP ROAD AND THEY ALSO WANTED TO DELETE THE PROPOSED MINOR COLLECTOR.
SO DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE DEVELOPER WEST OF KATIE HOCKLEY SPOKE AGAINST THE ORIGINAL REQUEST OF THE ALIGNMENT AS IT INTERFERED WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT PLANS BEFORE YOU NOW IS THE PROPOSED REVISION FORTIN BASED ON THE COORDINATION BETWEEN THE ADJACENT DEVELOPER AND THE APPLICANT.
SO WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING FOR RECOMMENDATION IS TO REALIGN PROPOSED TUCKERTON ROAD JUST EAST OF PROPOSED HOUSE HALL ROAD, UM, TO APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET WEST OF KATY HOCKLEY ROAD.
AND THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DELETE THAT SOUTHWESTERN LOOP OF THE UNNAMED COLLECTOR.
WALNUT WAS UH, SUBMITTED BY M LANZA ENGINEERING.
DO DO I NEED TO CALL FOR SPEAKERS ON THE FIRST ONE? THAT'S A IF YOU LIKE TO.
YES, I DO WANT TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP FOR UH, TUCKERTON, BUT DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON TUCKERTON? OKAY.
WALNUT DRIVE? NO, THIS IS TUCKERTON.
AND UH, MR. MOSLEY, I DID NOT STATE CLEARLY THAT WE WILL NOT BE TAKING ACTION TODAY, THAT THIS IS JUST AN UPDATE MEETING LIKE YOU STATED.
SO WE WILL HAVE TIME FOR PEOPLE TO SPEAK FOLLOWING EACH ITEM AND WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION, BUT THERE WILL BE NO VOTE TODAY, CORRECT? THANK YOU.
SO NEXT IS B WALNUT DRIVE, UM, SUBMITTED BY M LINES OF ENGINEERING.
SO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS TO REALIGN WALNUT DRIVE FROM AZALEA DISTRICT SLASH RED BLUFF DRIVE TO FM 1314 STAFF AND APPLICANT COORDINATED WITH MONTGOMERY COUNTY, UM, AND THE RESIDENTS TO GAIN SUPPORT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL WITH OPTIONS LIMITED OF FINDING A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
THE APPLICANT CHOSE TO WITHDRAW FROM THE MTFP PROCESS.
SO I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS, BUT I DO NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
SO AFTER TODAY THERE'LL BE NO FURTHER ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
SO THE FIRST SPEAKER THAT I HAVE IS JARED MUSE MUS, PLEASE COME TO THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, TANYA PERDUE, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN, UH, WITHDRAWN AND ALANZA HAS WITHDRAWN THEIR, UM, REQUEST.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT WALNUT DRIVE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN, SO THE ENTIRE APPLICATION HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT.
SO, UM, THAT LEAVES THE STATUS FOR THIS PROJECT AS, AS IT WAS, THAT'S NO, NO CHANGES TO THE WAY IT WAS.
WHO CAN I ADDRESS? UH, QUESTIONS THAT I'M GONNA HAVE MR. MOSELEY RIGHT THERE CAN HELP YOU OUT AFTER, AFTER WE WRAP UP? YES SIR.
OKAY, MR. MOSELEY, DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON WALNUT DRIVE? SEEING NONE, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH UH, BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD.
UM, AND PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, COMMISSIONERS VICTOR AND HINES HAVE BOTH PRESENT NOW.
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WAS UH, SUBMITTED BY THE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OF CARNY.THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS TO DELETE BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD FROM RAYFORD ROAD TO EXISTING BERNON WOODS BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH.
IN 2021, MONTGOMERY COUNTY REVISED THEIR MTFP MAP AND REMOVE THE BURNHAM WOODS CONNECTION OVER SPRING CREEK CREEK THAT LED INTO HARRIS COUNTY AND DOWNGRADED THE EXISTING SEGMENT, UM, OF BURNING WOODS BOULEVARD TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR BASED ON MONTGOMERY'S COUNTY REVISIONS.
HARRIS COUNTY HAD NO OBJECTION TO REMOVE BERNON WOODS BOULEVARD FROM OUR MTFP.
THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, UM, EXTEND THE REQUEST, UH, OF THE THOROUGHFARE AND REMOVE THE THOROUGHFARE DESIGNATION FROM THE EXISTING BERNON WOODS ON THE HARRIS COUNTY SIDE AND EXTEND IT TO CYPRUS WOOD.
SO THE UH, ALTERNATIVE THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER IS DELETE BEON WOODS BOULEVARD FROM CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE TO LOCAL STREET BROWNING, WOOD PI, PINE DRIVE, AND RECLASSIFY BERNON WOODS FROM BROWNING WOOD PI, BROWNING PINE DRIVE TO RAYFORD ROAD AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR ON OUR MTFP TO MATCH WE WONT MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WE WON'T MAKE YOU SAY THAT THREE TIMES FAST.
SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DO, WHAT THEY'RE, WHAT YOU'RE REC RECOMMENDING MM-HMM
IS THAT IT WILL NOT EXTEND ACROSS THE CREEK.
AND IT WILL SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.
COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT ONE? THAT ONE CAN BE A LITTLE CONFUSING.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON BURNHAM WOODS.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO KERMER ROAD.
KERMER ROAD HAS BEEN, UH, IS SUBMITTED BY META PLANNING PLUS IN DESIGN.
THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS TO REALIGN THE PROPOSED KMAR ROAD FROM PROPOSED BASE ROAD TO MOUND ROAD.
THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO REALIGN THE EASTWEST MINOR COLLECTOR FROM PROPOSED KMAR ROAD TO WARREN RANCH ROAD.
DURING OUR INTERAGENCY COORDINATION, HARRIS COUNTY EXPRESS THEIR, THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE REALIGNMENT OF MIRA ROAD DUE TO THE LACK OF PROOF, UH, THAT THE SOUTHERN PORTION WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED OVER THE DETENTION POND.
DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING MEETING OPPOSITION WAS EXPRESSED BY THE COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY AND THE WARREN FAMILY THAT OWNS THE LAND JUST WEST OF THE REQUESTED PROPOSED REALIGNMENT.
APPLICANT AND STAFF LEARNED OF A 2022 LOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE LANDOWNER AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CO FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR THE DETENTION POND TO THE SOUTH.
THEY WERE NOT ALSO IN FAVOR OF THE RIGHT OF WAY BEING DESIGNATED OVER THEIR POND.
THE NEW PROPOSED REQUEST IS THIS, THEY WOULD LIKE TO REALIGN PROPOSED MEYER ROAD FROM THE PROPOSED BASE ROAD TO NOW THE LOCAL STREET, WARREN RANCH ROAD.
AND THEY ALSO WOULD LIKE TO DELETE THE EAST WEST MINOR COLLECTOR.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING IS GOING FROM THE EAST SIDE, KIND OF SNAKING UP AND THEN GOING UP NORTH? CORRECT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
JEB KOLBY, DEVELOPER FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, I APOLOGIZE, I DIDN'T THINK I MISSED THE OPPORTUNITY TO FILL OUT THE FORM, BUT, UM, AFTER SEEING THE EXHIBIT, I CAN SEE THE CONFUSION, BUT, UH, WE'VE SINCE TALKED TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA AND, AND HAVE SUPPORT FROM EVERYONE.
UH, THE REQUEST WAS ACTUALLY THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE WERE ALL WANTING.
AND SO AFTER DISCUSSING WITH ALL THE STAKEHOLDERS, WE'VE GOT SUPPORT FROM COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY, WATER CONTROL IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 1 64, HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR AND HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT.
BUT I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE ANY.
UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET WITH ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS AND, UM, I PERSONALLY, I KNOW THIS PROPERTY PRETTY WELL AND I AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE REWORKED THIS COMMISSIONERS.
ROMAN NUMER THREE, NO PUB, NO ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND THEN I ASK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
I HAD TO REVERSED IN MY FIRST, MY APOLOGIES.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE THOSE DAYS TOO, SO DON'T FEEL BAD,
SO OUR NEXT STEPS, UM, WILL BE TO MEET RIGHT HERE, UM, ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19TH AT ONE O'CLOCK.
STAFF PLANS TO COME BEFORE YOU AND ASK FOR A RECOMMENDATION OF EITHER APPROVAL OR DENIAL, UM, FOR THE REQUESTED AMENDMENTS.
COMMISSIONERS, BEFORE I OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT, ANYTHING WE NEED? I YES, GO AHEAD.
I JUST HAVE ONE GENERAL COMMENT AND WANTED TO THANK STAFF FOR
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UPDATING US ON POTENTIAL CHANGES OR WHATEVER INSTEAD OF BRINGING IT TO US THE DAY OF THE REC WHEN WE WERE GONNA TAKE ACTION.HEADS UP MEETING, AS I WOULD CALL IT.
IT IS VERY HELPFUL AND THAT'S A GOOD COMMENT.
SO DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS PRETTY QUICK MR. MOSLEY? YES.