* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] LADIES [Planning Commission: Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Hearing] AND GENTLEMEN, UM, IT IS NOW 1 0 7 ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19. I'M COMMISSIONER SONNY GARZA AND I'LL BE CHAIRING TODAY'S MEETINGS OF THE MAJOR THOROUGH THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN, AMENDMENT REQUEST. RECOMMENDATIONS AND ACTION MEETING. UH, LISA, OUR CHAIR WILL BE ABSENT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. I CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AT CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY, ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO LONGER A VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION OPTION, YOU MAY MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING HTV AND THEIR SOCIAL MEDIA SPEAKERS. IF YOU HAVE SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK OR SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR AT THIS MOMENT TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND ESTABLISH THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS. I WILL NOW CALL THE ROLE THE CHAIR. LISA CLARK IS ABSENT THE VICE CHAIR, SONNY GARZA IS PRESENT. SUSAN ALLMAN IS NOT PRESENT. BILL BALDWIN IS NOT PRESENT. MICHELLE VAR IS NOT PRESENT. RODNEY, HE IS NOT PRESENT. DAMIEN HINES IS NOT PRESENT. IT'S GETTING BORING. UH, RANDALL JONES PRESENT. JONES PRESENT? YES. UH, SAMMY KHALI KHALI. PRESENT? PRESENT. LYDIA. MAD PRESENT. LINDA? POROUS. PERLE. POROUS PERLE. PRESENT. PRESENT. KEVIN ROBBINS. HERE PRESENT. IAN ROSENBERG IS NOT PRESENT. MEGAN ZIEGLER. PRESENT IS PRESENT. MARTHA STEIN IS NOT PRESENT. ZAFAR. TO HERE TAHI. PRESENT IS PRESENT. MIRA VICTOR. VICTOR. PRESENT. PRESENT. LIBBY VIRA. BLAND. VIRA. BLAND. PRESENT. PRESENT. UH, MAGGIE DALTON IS NOT PRESENT. PATRICK MANKA. PRESENT IS PRESENT. SCOTT KAIN IS NOT PRESENT. AND OUR SECRETARY VON TRAN TRAN. PRESENT. PRESENT. THAT MAKES 12 MEMBERS. 13. WITH MR. COMMISSIONER HINZ, WHO IS JUST ARRIVED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE 13 MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE AND QUORUM. SO HAVING CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER, WE'LL GO RIGHT TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. DIRECTOR VON. GOOD AFTERNOON, VICE CHAIR GARZA, COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC. I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WELCOME TO TODAY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN MEETING. THIS CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR TODAY'S MEETING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DIRECTOR TRAN. ALRIGHT, MR. MOSLEY, ARE WE READY TO BEGIN? PLEASE DO SO. GREETINGS, MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS. I'M BRANDON MOSELEY, TRANSPORTATION PLANNER TWO WITH THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. TODAY IS THE 2024 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THROUGH A PLAN RECOMMENDATION SLASH ACTION MEETING. NEXT SLIDE. ARE WE HTV? CAN WE GET THE SLIDES? THANK YOU. UH, NEXT SCREEN. CAN YOU SWITCH IT? OKAY, WE'RE READY. HDV THANK YOU. BEFORE YOU IS OUR AGENDA. UH, WE'LL HAVE A SMALL REMINDER OF WHERE WE ARE IN THE AMENDMENT PROCESS. NEXT P STAFF WILL PRESENT, UH, THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND RECOMMENDATIONS. THEN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AND THEN WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT OUR NEXT STEPS ARE AND THEN WE SHALL ADJOURN. OKAY. NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. FOR MORE INFORMATION, UM, ON THIS YEAR'S MTFP PROCESS, OUR WEBSITE IS POSTED HERE. UM, ALSO OUR TRANSPORTATION DIVISION EMAIL AND NUMBER IS LISTED AS WELL. NEXT SLIDE. ALRIGHT, SO WE ARE IN THE FINAL MONTH. YAY. WE MADE IT. WE'RE IN THE FINAL MONTH OF THE M 2024 MTFP AMENDMENT PROCESS. AS A REMINDER, THIS IS THE RE RECOMMENDATION SLASH ACTION MEETING. UM, AND WE AND ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TODAY FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. STAFF WILL PUT FORTH THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON STAFF'S, UH, ANALYSIS COORDINATION WITH THE PUBLIC BUSINESSES AND MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ACROSS THE REGION. NEXT SLIDE. AND SO NOW, MR. CHAIR, WE'RE READY TO PRESENT TO YOU AND THE COMMISSIONERS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS YEAR A MEMORY REQUEST. THANK YOU. THANK YOU [00:05:01] MR. MOSLEY. ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GO FORWARD, I JUST WANNA MAKE MENTION THAT, UM, ITEM B ROMAN TWO B WALNUT TRIBE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED IN TODAY'S MEETING, SO, UH, WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. MS. BARRY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ANTONIA BARRY. ITEM A IS TUCKERTON ROAD. UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY HOUSTON, ETJ. NEXT SLIDE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REALIGNMENT OF A SEGMENT OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TUCKERTON ROAD FROM JUST EAST OF THE PROPOSED HOUSE HALL ROAD TO APPROXIMATELY 1400 FEET WEST OF KATY HAWKLEY ROAD. ADDITIONALLY, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE DELETION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN LOOP OF THE PROPOSED UNNAMED MINOR COLLECTOR. NEXT SLIDE. STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS BOTH IN SUPPORT AND IN OPPOSITION FOR THIS AMENDMENT. THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH THE OPPOSING PARTIES OF INTEREST TO FIND THE ALTERNATE, EXCUSE ME, THE ALTERNATE ALIGNMENT BEFORE US. UH, AS A RESULT, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REALIGNMENT OF TUCKERTON ROAD AND THE DELETION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN LOOP OF THE PROPOSED UNNAMED MINOR COLLECTOR. NEXT SLIDE. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. BERRY. ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, UH, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON A TUCKERTON ROAD. UH, IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY, SEEING NONE MOVE FORWARD. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, TUCKERTON ROAD AND THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, AS STATED BY MS. BERRY? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, UH, MS. BERRY, DO WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO, IF YOU WOULD JUST RESTATE THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REALIGNMENT OF THE SEGMENT OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TUCKERTON ROAD AND ALSO TO APPROVE THE DELETION OF THE SOUTHWESTERN LOOP OF THE PROPOSED UNNAMED MINOR COLLECTOR. THANK YOU MS. BERRY. SO, QUESTIONS FOR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS, UH, SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION JONES. JONES SECOND MAD. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU ROMAN. UH, TWO, UH, C BINET STREET. GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRPERSON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. THIS IS STAFF PERSON JASON LILIENTHAL. TODAY I SUBMIT FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ITEM C, THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BIANET STREET. NEXT SLIDE. THIS REQUEST IS IN FORT BEND COUNTY IN THE HOUSTON ETJ. NEXT SLIDE. STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BINET STREET FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR FROM HARLEM ROAD TO FM 1464. NEXT SLIDE. THE EXISTING CENTER POINT CORRIDOR TRAVERSES PARALLEL TO THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND CENTER POINT. RESULTED ON A SOLUTION TO RECLASSIFY THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BUSINESS STREET FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR WILL ALLOW FOR REDUCED RIGHT OF WAY AND MORE FLEXIBLE RIGHT OF WAY GEOMETRY, SUCH AS A REDUCED CENTER LINE RADIUS AS A REDUCTION RIGHT OF WAY ALLOWS FOR TIGHTER CURVES AND CROSSINGS ARE CLOSER TO PERPENDICULAR, NOT PARALLEL THROUGHOUT THE CENTER POINT CORRIDOR. NEXT SLIDE. FORT BEN COUNTY, THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BI BISSON STREET IN THEIR MTFP IN APRIL, 2024. NEXT SLIDE. STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE THE RECLASSIFICATION OF BISSON STREET CHAIRPERSON COMMISSION MEMBERS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. LI LETHAL QUESTIONS. UH, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. DOES ANYONE WISHED TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON C BINET STREET? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? KLI SIGLER. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ITEM D UH, BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR OF PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. UH, MY NAME IS R CALUM AND THIS IS ITEM D BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE REQUEST IS IN THE FAR NORTHERN HOUSTON ETJ ON THE BORDER OF HARRIS AND MONTGOMERY COUNTIES. NEXT SLIDE. THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DELETE THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD FROM CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE TO BROWNING PINE DRIVE, AND RECLASSIFY BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD FROM BROWNING PINE DRIVE TO RAYFORD ROAD AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR FOR THE 2024 MTFP. NEXT SLIDE. [00:10:03] DURING THE INTER-AGENCY COORDINATION PERIOD WITH HARRIS COUNTY STAFF AND HARRIS COUNTY LEARNED THAT MONTGOMERY COUNTY UPDATED ITS MTF THEIR MTFP. DURING THE UPDATE, HARRIS COUNTY EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS EXTENDING THEIR REQUEST TO CYPRESS ROAD DRIVE. THIS AMENDMENT WILL ENSURE THE CONTINUITY OF THE MTFP STAFF HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FOR THE REQUEST FROM HARRIS COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY HARMONY RESIDENTS AND VENDORS LANDING RESIDENTS. NEXT SLIDE. IN 2021, MONTGOMERY COUNTY UPDATED ITS MTFP BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD WAS RECLASSIFIED FROM A PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE TO A PROPOSED COLLECTOR FROM BROWNING PINE DRIVE TO RAYFORD ROAD. MONTGOMERY COUNTY DELETED BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD FROM BROWNING PINE DRIVE TO THE HARRIS COUNTY BORDER. NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST FROM THE PUBLIC WAS RECEIVED FROM STAFF SUPPORTING THE AMENDMENT WILL UPDATE THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S MTFP TO MATCH MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S MTFP. NEXT SLIDE. IN CONCLUSION, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE REQUEST TO DELETE THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, BURNING WOODS BOULEVARD FROM CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE TO BROWNING PINE DRIVE AND RECLASSIFY BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD FROM BROWNING PINE DRIVE TO RAYFORD ROAD AS A MAJOR COLLECTOR. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. KA. ALRIGHT, UH, AGAIN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON D BURNHAM WOODS BOULEVARD? SEEING NONE WILL MOVE FORWARD. AGAIN. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF. UH, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION OUS PERLE. SECOND TO HEAR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. UH, STAFF YOU WOULD MAKE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER COVAR HAS ARRIVED. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALRIGHT, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO E JORGEN ROAD. MR. TIHI. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JAMES TIHI. ITEM E IS THE JORGEN ROAD MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AMENDMENT APPLICATION. THE AMENDMENT AREA IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ AND NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF MUE ROAD AND SOUTH OF SOUTH AND EAST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A REALIGNMENT OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARE JERGEN ROAD BETWEEN MUE AND THE GRAND PARKWAY. BY SHIFTING THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ABOUT 245 FEET TO THE SOUTH AND STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT SHIFTS JERGEN ROAD MARGINALLY TO THE SOUTH AND WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE CONNECTIVITY NETWORK IN THE AREA. THE REALIGNMENT MAINTAINS AN EAST WEST CONNECTION BETWEEN MUY ROAD AND THE GRAND PARKWAY, AND ADDITIONALLY THERE IS AN EXISTING UNDERPASS CONSTRUCTED BELOW GRAND PARKWAY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THE REALIGNMENT WILL ALLOW JERGEN ROAD TO UTILIZE THIS EXISTING UNDERPASS WHILE MAINTAINING THAT THE CURVES ALONG JERGEN ROAD WILL COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS. IN CHAPTER 42, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS STATED THAT THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUESTED REALIGNMENT. STAFF UH, HAS RECEIVED ONE COMMENT FROM A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE REALIGNMENT AND THE APPLICANT CONTACTED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THEIR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS. UM, IN SUMMARY, THE APPLICANT REQUEST IS TO REALIGN JERGEN ROAD A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BY SHIFTING THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT TO THE SOUTH BETWEEN MUSHIE AND THE GRAND PARKWAY. AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROPO, UH, APPROVE THE REQUESTED REALIGNMENT OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARE JERGEN ROAD. THANK YOU MR. TIHI. UH, AGAIN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON JERGEN ROAD? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE WILL MOVE FORWARD. UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? MOTION, MODEST SECOND. VICTOR. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO F UH, MEYER ROAD. OKAY, THERE YOU GO. NO. PERFECT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR AND A STATEMENT MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. UH, MY NAME IS SOPHIA PHONE. I'M PLANNER THREE WITH THE TRANSPORTATION DIVISION. I'M PLANNING ON DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND THIS YEAR I MANAGE THE REQUEST PRESENTED BY META PLANNING, UH, ON BEHALF OF THEIR CLIENT GRAND PREMIER DEVELOPMENT. TODAY I WILL PRESENT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO REALIGN THE PROPOSED MAYOR COLLECTOR CAME ROAD AND DELETE THE PROPOSED EAST WEST MINOR COLLECTOR FROM THE MAYOR TOUR. FAIR FREEWAY PLAN NEXT. OKAY, SO, UM, THIS REQUEST IS IN THE NORTHWEST OF HARRIS COUNTY, UH, WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OR ETJ. NEXT SLIDE. A STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING ACTION. FIRST, APPROVE THE REALIGNMENT OF THE PROPOSED MAYOR COLLECTOR KREMER ROAD [00:15:01] FROM BA ROAD TO WARREN RANCH ROAD AND APPROVE THE DELETION, THE DELETION OF THE PROPOSED EAST WEST MINOR COLLECTOR BETWEEN THE PROPOSED KERMER ROAD AND WARREN RANCH ROAD. NEXT SLIDE. SO, UM, LINING THE PROPOSED MAYOR COLLECTOR KERMER ROAD AND DELETING THE PROPOSED EAST WEST MINOR COLLECTOR FROM THE MAYOR TERRA FAIR AND FREEWAY PLAN WILL NOT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT THE POPULATION EMPLOYMENT, LAND USE OR PLANNING ACTIVITY. THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT CONTINUES TO MEET THE CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS OBJECTIVE OF THE MTFP. ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED DOCUMENTATION DEMONSTRATING THAT THE MINIMAL SAFETY STANDARDS REQUIREMENT LISTED IN CHAPTER 42 AND IDM WILL BE MET CITY STAFF HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT HARRIS COUNTY PRISON. FOUR. THE WARREN FAMILY PROPERTY OWNERS IN THE VICINITY AND THE COASTAL PRAYER CONSERVANCY ORGANIZATION HAVE MET AND DISCUSSED THIS REALIGNMENT AND HAVE ALL EXPRESSED THEIR AGREEMENT WITH THIS NEW PROPOSAL. NEXT SLIDE. IN CONCLUSION RECOMMENDED WE RECOMMEND THE FOLLOWING ACTION, APPROVE THE REALIGNMENT OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR COLLECTOR KER WROTE FROM BETA ROAD TO WARREN RANCH ROAD AND APPROVE THE DELETION OF THE PROPOSED EAST WEST MINOR COLLECTOR BETWEEN THE PROPOSED KREMER ROAD AND WARREN RANCH ROAD. PLEASE CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MS. FONT. APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT. UH, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UH, THE DEVELOPER, JEB KOLBY IS HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE DEVELOPER? THEY ARE HERE TO TAKE QUESTIONS. SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTATION COMMENTARY RATHER AND NO QUESTIONS. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION JONES. SECOND. SIGLER AND JONES. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO G WHITE OAK DRIVE. MR. MOSELEY. GREETINGS AGAIN, MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS BRANDON MOSLEY WITH THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. TODAY I WILL BE PRESENTING, UH, AMENDMENT G, WHITE OAK DRIVE, SUBMITTED BY LISA COCHRAN. NEXT SLIDE. THIS REQUEST IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UM, HARRIS COUNTY. NEXT SLIDE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE TO RECLASSIFY MAJOR COLLECTOR WHITE OAK DRIVE FROM, UH, TO A MINOR COLLECTOR FROM STUDIO WOOD STREET TO WATSON STREET. NEXT SLIDE. RECLASSIFYING MAJOR COLLECTOR WHITE OAK DRIVE WILL HAVE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON POPULATION EMPLOYMENT OR LAND USE OR PLANNING ACTIVITY. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED RECLASSIFICATION MEETS THE OBJECTIVE OF THE MTFP, WHICH IS AS CONNECTIVITY, WHICH IS CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESS ARE NOT AFFECTED. CITY STAFF HAS CO COORDINATED WITH HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING OFFICE, AND PROPERTY OWNERS ADJACENT TO THE AREA AND THEY ALL SUPPORT THE RECLASSIFICATION AS PROPOSED. NEXT SLIDE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST, UH, FOR THE DOWNGRADE IS TO HAVE SPEED CUSHIONS INSTALLED ON THIS, UM, 0.3, 0.33 MILE STRETCH. RESIDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED AND ENDURED SPEEDING AND PROPERTY DAMAGE SINCE 2019. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC COUNT THAT RESULTED LESS THAN 5,000 DAILY AVERAGE VEHICLES FROM STUDIO WOOD STREET TO WASHINGTON STREET ON WHITE OAK. NEXT SLIDE. APPLICANT AND RESIDENTS HAVE APPLIED TO THE SPEED CONTROL PROGRAM BUT COULD NOT GO FURTHER UNTIL THE THE CLASSIFICATION WAS DOWNGRADED. NEXT SLIDE. THERE HAS BEEN NO PUBLIC OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST. STAFF DID RECEIVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM DISTRICT H AND A HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORS, UH, ALSO WROTE IN FOR THEIR SUPPORT THAT LIVE ON THIS SEGMENT OF WHITE OAK. NEXT SLIDE. SO, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST TO RECLASSIFY MAJOR COLLECTOR WHITE OAK DRIVE FROM STUDIO WOOD STREET TO WATSON STREET TO A MINOR COLLECTOR IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON'S MAJOR THIRD FAIR AND FREEWAY PLAN. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MOSELEY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE ON G WHITE OAK DRIVE. UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS ITEM? OKAY, HEARING NONE WILL MOVE FORWARD. COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION YOU JUST SAW? HEARING NONE. IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? RA BLAND. SECOND MA. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? HEARING NONE. THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE [00:20:01] ON TO ROMAN THREE. PUBLIC COMMENT. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK TODAY. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT, WE WILL, UH, WE'LL MOVE ON. UH, MR. MOSELEY, UH, UH, ROMAN FOUR NEXT STEPS. ALRIGHT, UH, WE'VE MADE IT THIS FAR. UM, SO HAPPY TO, UH, UM, HAVE ENDURED THIS PROCESS WITH YOU GUYS. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION, FOR YOUR PATIENCE, FOR WORKING WITH US, UM, FOR YOUR QUESTIONS FOR MAKING THE CITY OF HOUSTON, UH, THAT MUCH BETTER. UM, OUR NEXT STEP IS NOW THAT YOU HAVE VOTED, WE YOU HAVE UNTIL THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 30TH TO, UH, SEND YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS OVER TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR VOTE. AND ONCE THE COUNCIL VOTES AND THEN, UM, THE NEW PLAN ROLLS OUT AND WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN IN JANUARY. RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MOSELEY. THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? YES, MR. UH, COMMISSIONER HINS? WELL, GREAT JOB. UM, JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT FOLKS WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND AND PROCESS. YES. IF I'M JUST A, A RESIDENT AND I AM A CONCERN ABOUT MY STREET MM-HMM . RIGHT. UM, WHO DO I CALL FIRST? I CALL THE CITY AND I SAY, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE WORDS I SAY? SO THAT, UH, THE COMMUNITY COULD UNDERSTAND PLANNING JARGON. RIGHT. TO SAY, HEY, I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT THE CLASSIFICATION OF MY THOROUGHFARE. RIGHT. I WOULD LIKE TO YEAH, THEY CAN ACTUALLY, THAT'S ME. I, I'M, I SHOULD KNOW. YEAH, NO, THEY, THEY CAN, THEY CAN CALL ME, THEY CAN CALL ANYONE ON THE TRANSPORTATION STAFF. UM, AND THEY SHOULD SAY WHAT THEY, IT DEPENDS ON SPECIFICALLY WHAT THE QUESTION IS. IF THEY WANT TO DOWNGRADE, IF THEY WANNA REMOVE IT, IF THEY WANT TO REPL, UM, IF THEY WANT TO SUBDIVIDE. IT JUST ALL DEPENDS ON WHAT THEIR ACTION, WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO WITH THEIR LAND, IF THEY WANT TO MOVE IT, EXPAND IT, ALL THOSE TYPE THINGS. SO DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT IS, BUT ALL TRANSPORTATION QUESTIONS WE CAN, WE CAN ANSWER. AWESOME. ANYTHING HAS. AWESOME. YEAH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THEY DO. YES. DOWNGRADE, UPGRADE. YES. DOUBT. ANYBODY WANTS UPGRADE, RIGHT? YES. WELL, VERY WELL, WE'LL TAKE IT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL TAKE YOU LATER. YOU GIVE IT TO US. SO, , THANK YOU. NO, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS. ANYTHING ELSE? YES. DIRECTOR TRAN. YES. UH, COMMISSIONER HINES. CAN I EXPAND ON, UM, THE ANSWER AS WELL? UM, IN GENERAL, AS FAR AS THE PUBLIC, IF THEY EVER HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, EVEN IF THEY WERE NOT LISTENING OR VIEWING THIS, UM, SESSION, UH, THERE, IF THERE ARE ANY CONCERNS REGARDING THE CITY OF HOUSTON, THEY CAN ALWAYS CALL 3 1 1. WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT 3 1 1, UH, CREW THAT WILL VEER ANY TYPE OF CONCERNS, REQUEST TO THE PROPER DEPARTMENT, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSPORTATION. CORRECT. ON THE CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT WEBSITE, THEY CAN GENERALLY JUST EMAIL TO OUR OFFICE EVEN IF THEY COULDN'T FIND MR. MOSLEY'S PHONE NUMBER. BUT WE HAVE A SYSTEM TO VEER ALL REQUESTS TO THE RIGHT DEPARTMENT, EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO SAY. BUT THEY CAN START WITH 3 1 1 OR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DIRECTOR TRAN. ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THAT IS IT. IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT OR QUESTIONS FROM, UM, THE COMMISSION? ALRIGHT, WITH THAT THEN I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT ONE 30 IN THE AFTERNOON. SO YOU NOW HAVE AN HOUR BETWEEN MEETINGS TO JUST, YOU KNOW, BE FRIVOLOUS. SO ENJOY. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.