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TODAY'S MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.[CALL TO ORDER]
MEETING TO ORDER AS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY, ALTHOUGH THERE'S NO LONGER A VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION OPTION, YOU MAY MONITOR THIS MEETING BY VIEWING HTV AND THE SOCIAL MEDIA SPEAKERS.IF YOU SIGNED UP IN ADVANCE TO SPEAK OR SUBMITTED COMMENTS AND YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THAT ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEXT TO YOU.
IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AND I WOULD APPRECIATE GOOD PENMANSHIP 'CAUSE IT IS HARD TO SOMETIMES READ SOME OF YOUR NAMES.
UM, TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS.
I WILL NOW CALL THE ROLE COMMISSIONERS IF YOU WOULD, UH, SPEAK UP WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME.
COMMISSIONER GARZA IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ALMAN IS NOT PRESENT.
UGH, I WAS TRYING NOT TO MAKE AN THE CHAIR HAS ARRIVED.
SO
OUR CHAIR, UH, BILL BALDWIN IS NOT IN ATTENDANCE.
COMMISSIONER PO PERLE POROUS PERLE.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG ROSENBERG.
COMMISSIONER STEIN IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER DALTON IS NOT PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER KANE IS NOT PRESENT.
AND SECRETARY VON TRAN TRAN PRESENT.
THAT MAKES 16 COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE AND FULL QUORUM.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO, LET ME JUST OPEN THIS UP REAL QUICK.
THAT'S BEEN OUR CALL TO ORDER WE HAVE QUORUM.
[Director’s Report]
WE'LL NOW CALL ON DIRECTOR TRAN FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.CHAIR GARZA
I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
WELCOME TO TODAY'S PLANNING COMMISSION.
I HAVE TWO EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT TO MAKE.
FINALLY, MY REPORT HAS BEEN QUITE BORING SO FAR.
THE FIRST EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 40.
ARTICLE 22, SIDEWALKS OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
CHAIR CLARK HAS APPOINTED COMMISSIONER HINES AND COMMISSIONER JONES TO ASSIST US IN THIS EFFORT.
THESE AMENDMENTS SEEK TO ONE, CREATE EFFICIENCIES BY STREAMLINING THE PROCESS FOR THE APPLICANTS AS WELL AS STAFF BY A EXPANDING THE SIDEWALK EXEMPTION CRITERIA TO, UH, B, ELIMINATING THE REQUIREMENT TO FILE A SIDEWALK PLAN FOR EXEMPT PROJECTS.
C ELIMINATING UNNECESSARY REVIEWS IDENTIFIED BY OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
THE SECOND THING WE SEEK TO DO IS TO SIMPLIFY THE ORDINANCE TO ELIMINATE CONFUSION AND REDUNDANCY.
FINALLY, WE ARE LOOKING TO ALLOW THE PLANNING OFFICIAL TO DETERMINE WHICH PROJECTS NEED TO REVIEW BY THE SIDEWALK COMMITTEE.
THESE AMENDMENTS REQUIRE SUBSTANTIAL REWRITE OF THE ORDINANCE.
THE PROCESS WILL INCLUDE GATHERING INPUT FROM STAKEHOLDERS AND ROBUST PUBLIC COMMENTS.
OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.
WE ARE SHOOTING TO HAVE THIS DONE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
MY SECOND EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS PARTNERING UP WITH THE PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, THE P-S-E-F-I, TO HOLD AN ANNUAL PLANNING WORKSHOP AND TRAINING.
IT IS SCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9TH, 2024 AT THE UNITED WAY PROCEEDS FROM THIS EVENT BENEFIT EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON.
THE WORKSHOP IS OPEN TO ALL INTERESTED PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS.
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LANDTECH TO REGISTER WITH ANY QUESTIONS AT 7 1 3 8 6 1 7 0 6 8.FLYERS ARE ALSO AVAILABLE OUTSIDE OF THIS CHAMBER.
UH, FINALLY, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, OUR TEAM MADE A SMALL CHANGE TO THE, UH, OUR SCRIPT AND THE STYLE OF THE PRESENTATION.
YOU'LL NOTICE STARTING TODAY, THIS CHANGE IS MEANT, UH, TO ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO FOLLOW THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND REASONING FOR A, UH, IN A MORE ORGANIZED MANNER, HOPING THAT THIS CHANGE WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
UH, WE WELCOME YOUR INPUT AFTERWARDS.
IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
YOU CAN ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM AND SEE LET'S TALK HOUSTON FOR MORE INFORMATION.
THIS CONCLUDES MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
UM, PLEASE NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER STEIN IS NOW PRESENT.
UM, I DID WANNA MENTION THAT THE FOLLOWING ITEMS HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
ITEM 64 DELANO VILLA AND 1 0 7 RESIDENCES AT AMBER.
YOU DIDN'T APPROVE THE MINUTES, DID YOU? MM-HMM.
[Consideration of the September 5, 2024, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
OKAY.UH, COMMISSIONERS YOUR MEETING MINUTES, UH, ARE IN YOUR PACKET.
HOLD ON AND I'LL READ THE DATE IF I HAVE IT.
SEPTEMBER FIVE, SEPTEMBER 5TH.
IS THAT THE ONLY ONE IN THERE? OKAY.
WAS IT JUST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION OR FOUR? MM-HMM
SO SEPTEMBER 5TH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES ARE IN YOUR PACKET.
I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AND A SECOND.
[Platting Activities a & b]
OKAY, THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM IS PLANNING ACTIVITY COMMISSIONERS.DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT NEEDS TO ABSTAIN ON ANYTHING? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED TO THE PRESENTATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPL.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 95 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBER ONE THROUGH 51 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBER 52 THROUGH 95.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THEIR APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR A CONSENT AND REPU ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, HEARING NONE, COMMISSIONERS, I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.
VERA BLAND ROBINS SECOND ROBINS.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, John Cedillo, Antwanysha Berry, and Aracely Rodriguez) ]
ON PUBLIC HEARING TO PUBLIC HEARINGS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED EAST ALONG BAGGO LANE, EAST OF WEST OF WIRT ROAD AND WESTVIEW DRIVE IN HOUSTON.
THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 96.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONERS.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
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ITEM 98 IS CLYDE BARN LANDING.THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST ALONG SWI STREET, NORTH OF LIBERTY STREET IN HOUSTON.
THE REASON FOR REPLIED IS TO CREATE TWO LOTS.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT TO HAVE FRONTAGE ON A 16 FOOT PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED PUBLIC STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CONDITIONS LISTED.
THE PROPOSED LOT WAS CREATED IN 2021 WITH THE SIC MANNER SUBDIVISION.
IT'S 30 FEET IN WIDTH AND 216.65 FEET LONG.
THE NARROW WIDTH AND THE DEPTH OF THE LOT AND THE DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINES, LIMITS THE AREA OF THE LOT TO PROVIDE THE TRADITIONAL SHARED DRIVEWAY OR FLAG LOT LAYOUT.
THE ACCESS EASEMENT IS 16 FEET AND WIDTH AND WILL BE LESS THAN 200 FEET LONG.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A DRAFT ACCESS, PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT DOCUMENT AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A FINAL DOCUMENT, FINAL DOCUMENT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS GIVEN THE CONDITIONS OF THE LOT, THE UNIQUE LOG CONFIGURATION STATUS RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE PLAT MADAM CHAIR.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 98.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONERS.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ROSENBERG, UH, MOTION ROSENBERG GARZA.
ALL IN FAVOR? A AYE OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH ALONG BASTROP STREET, EAST OF HOLMAN AND HOUSTON.
CORPORAL LIMITS THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS THE APPLICANT HAS MADE ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STATUS'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 99 COUGAR ESTATES IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 100, ITEM 100 EXPRESS MARK 59.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WEST ALONG FORD STREET IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY AND HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
SAS RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 100.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 1 0 1 IS FAIRWOOD AT FURMAN THE SIZE LOCATED WEST ALONG FURMAN STREET, SOUTH OF ALAMEDA, GENOA, AND GENOA AND, UM, HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE 78 LOTS AND 10 RESERVES.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 1 0 1.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
DOES ANYONE WISH TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
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ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS CILLO.
ITEM 1 0 2 IS HOUSTON ELECTRIC VEHICLE MONTROSE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 28,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF NEVADA STREET AND COMMONWEALTH STREET SOUTH OF WEST GRAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED LAST CYCLE BY COMMISSION.
AS A SPEAKER STATED, THE THERE WERE DEED RESTRICTIONS BEING VIOLATED BY THE PLAT.
NO SUCH DEED RECORDS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED TO STAFF OR LEGAL AND LEGAL HAS EXTENDED THEIR REVIEW TO HAVE TITLE DOCUMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY.
PULLED ONCE AGAIN, EXTENDED LEGAL REVIEW, UH, HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED, UH, ADVANCED COMMENTS CONCERNING THE INTENDED DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
I'M CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 2? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I DIDN'T SEE THEM IN THE PACKET.
WERE THEY JUST THE SAME ONES AS LAST TIME? YES, MA'AM.
SO I HAVE A MOTION BY SIEGLER TO HAVE A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 103 IS HUNTER'S CREEK LANDING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN NORTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY HOUSTON, ETJ, SOUTHWEST OF ROBERT CEMETERY ROAD AND NORTHWEST OF FM 29 20.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT FROM A PORTION OF LOT 16 BLOCK ONE OF HUNTER'S ESTATE SUBDIVISION STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 CONDITIONS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES, UM, THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 3.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.
LOOK FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND.
ITEM 1 0 4, ITEM 104 IS ISAAC ESTATES AT NORLING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF LITTLE YORK ROAD WEST OF AIRLINE DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS FROM THE SOUTH.
ONE HALF OF LOT 11 OF THE, EXCUSE ME, LITTLE YORK SUBDIVISION.
SECTION EIGHT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 CONDITIONS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
UM, WITH THE ADDITION OF AN EIGHT FOOT REAR BUILDING LINE AND A FIVE FOOT INTERIOR BUILDING LINES, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT REGARDING F FLOODING, WHICH HAS BEEN, UM, ROUTED TO PUBLIC WORKS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 4 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 1 0 4.
ITEM 1 0 5 IS LINFIELD DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 7,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF LINFIELD STREET AND HIRSCH STREET SOUTH OF BENNINGTON STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW.
LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE REGARDING THE PLAT
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STAFF.RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 5 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING COMMISSIONERS.
I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND.
MOTION JONES
ITEM 1 0 6 IS MCDONALD'S AT MEADOWS OF CLEAR CREEK.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS NEARLY AN ACRE IN SIZE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTHEAST ALONG SCARSDALE BOULEVARD AND SOUTHWEST OF BEAMER ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW.
LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE APPLICATION STAFF.
RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 6 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND LOOK FOR A MOTION IN A SECOND.
ITEM 1 0 7 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Tammi Williamson, and Geoff Butler) ]
ON TO D VARIANCES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS CELI RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 1 0 8 BOLTON STATION APARTMENTS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WEST OF FULTON STREET, EAST OF I 45 AND SOUTH OF ADE STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A FIVE FEET BUILDER LINE AND 2.5 FOOT ENCROACHMENT FOR A CANOPY ALONG EDMONDSON STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO BUILD A NEW FIVE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, MULTI-FAMILY BUILDING WITH GROUND LEVEL PARKING.
THE APPLICANT WILL BE MEETING ALL THE TOD STANDARD ALONG FULLTON STREET AND WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT TO THE STREET SCAPE ON THE ON BOAT OF THE LOCAL STREET.
PER THE STIPEND, A MINIMUM 21 FEET WIDE PEDESTRIAN REAL WILL BE PROVIDED WITH EIGHT FEET LANDSCAPE AND PARKING BUFFER AND EIGHT FEET SIDEWALK ALONG EDMONDSON STREET.
ONLY ONE CURB CUP WILL BE PROVIDED AND ON STREET PARKING SPACES WILL ALSO BE PRESERVED.
THE APPLICANT WILL BE, UM, INSTALLING THREE TO FOUR INCH CALIBER TREES, BENCHES, AND BIKE RACKS WITHIN THE PEDESTRIAN ZONE.
ALSO, ALL THE OVERHEAD POWER LINE ALONG EDMONTON STREET WILL BE BURIED TO MEET THE FIRE CODE.
SO THE APPLICANT UM, ALSO MET WITH THE NEIGHBORS THIS WEEK TO DISCUSS THIS PROJECT AND ADJUST ANY OF THEIR CONCERNS.
SO STEP RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE BEARING REQUEST.
I MEAN GRANT THE BEARING REQUEST AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOSEPH ANTE.
IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
UH, JOSEPH MONT WITH TRI ESTATE PARTNERS.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE OUR PROJECT.
I KNOW YOU GUYS, UH, STAFFING'S BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A WHILE WITH US AND, UM, JUST WANNA GIVE YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON THE SITE.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
IT WAS A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT DESIGN ITERATIONS, SO WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE BEFORE YOU TODAY AND, AND WORKING ON THIS, THIS VARIANCE.
UH, WE DID MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS LAST WEEK, TOOK THEM ALL OUT FOR DINNER, HEARD ALL OF, UH, THEIR CONCERNS AND, UH, TOOK THE TIME TO ADDRESS EVERYTHING, UH, FULLY WITH THEM.
AND I THINK IT WAS A, A GREAT MEETING.
BUT, UM, YEAH, THAT, THAT WAS ALL I WANTED TO COMPENSATE.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR, FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER ROSEN, UH, ROSENBERG, UM, WHEN YOU WERE LOOKING AT THE SITE, UM, ALONG FULTON STREET, DO YOU ANY PUT IT, CONSIDER PUTTING ANY OF THE, UM, RESIDENTIAL FUNCTIONS THAT ARE IN THE BUILDING ON THE GROUND FLOOR? SO WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING BY THAT NICE PEDESTRIAN ZONE, THEY'RE NOT STARING AT CAR BUMPERS AND THERE'S SOME MORE ACTIVITY AND, AND EYES ON THE STREET FROM THOSE SPACES? YEAH.
SO THE WHOLE ON FULTON STREET, THE TOP, THE NORTHEAST CORNER IS THE LEASING OFFICE AND THEN HALFWAY DOWN THAT IS ALL THE GYM, IT'S ALL GLASS FRONT.
SO YOU'LL BE, PEOPLE WILL BE WORKING, WORKING OUT OVERLOOKING FULTON STREET.
IT WHAT I SAW UP THERE LOOKED LIKE, UM, PARKING
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SPOTS.BUT YEAH, YOU'LL SEE IT'S, IT'S JUST A WROUGHT IRON FENCE ON THE MUNSON AND THE CORONADO SIDE.
BUT ON THE TON SIDE IT'S, IT'S NOT.
AND THEN WE'RE ALSO IN TALKS TO PUT A MURAL ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO CAN, CAN YOU JUST MENTION REAL BRIEFLY, UM, SOME OF THE WAYS THAT YOU ADDRESSED THE CONCERNS WITH THE COMMUNITY ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT THERE WAS ENOUGH PARKING? THIS, YOU KNOW, I SAW ALSO THAT SOMEBODY WAS, WAS SAYING SPEED BUMPS.
I, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IN THE PURVIEW, BUT, UM, AND PRIVACY CONCERNS THAT, I THINK THOSE WERE THE ONES THAT I WAS PICKING UP ON.
SO ON, ON THE PARKING, UM, WE, SO NOW YOU'LL SEE THAT BOTH, THERE'S A LOT OF STREET PARKING NOW ADDED TO BOTH AMUNSON AND CORONADO.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO JUST SHOWED THEM THAT OUR PARKING NUMBERS, WE HAVE ENOUGH PARKING INSIDE TO HOUSE, ALL OF THE, THE UNITS THERE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE UH, THE PRIVACY SIDE, WE SHOW THEM THAT WE'RE NOT, THERE'S ONLY A HANDFUL OF UNITS THAT ARE GONNA HAVE A BALCONY, SO VERY FEW UNITS WILL HAVE A BALCONY.
SO THAT WAS ADDRESSING A LOT OF THEIR PRIVACY CONCERN.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR SECOND SPEAKER, MARY VIAL, UM, YOU'RE THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED.
GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, MY NAME'S MARY VILLAREAL WITH THE INTER FIELD GROUP.
UM, YOU DID HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA REITERATE PRETTY MUCH THAT WE WANNA THANK STAFF FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE TO MEET WITH US.
UM, WE HAD THE PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UM, AND UM, FROM THE FEEDBACK I RECEIVED, UM, I THINK THEY WERE PRETTY HAPPY WITH THE CHANGES AND, AND AT LEAST I HOPE THEY WERE.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ANSWER A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR COMMISSIONER GARZA FROM THE AUGUST 22ND MEETING.
UM, SO YOU HAD WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WHETHER OR NOT THERE WOULD BE SOME KIND OF, UM, SPECIAL LIGHTING.
SO THE DEVELOPER WILL BE ADDING NIGHT SKY COMPLIANT LIGHTING, UH, YOU KNOW, SO FOR THE NEIGHBORS ALSO ON THE DUMPSTER AND THE PLACEMENT, I UNDERSTAND THAT THE EXHAUST IS GONNA BE GOING OUT TOWARDS THE, UH, THE UND SIDE AND SO WE HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS FAR AS MAKING SURE IT DOESN'T GO TO TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND WE DO HAVE, AGAIN, THE DEVELOPER AND THE, UH, ENGINEER HERE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, WELL, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF KLIK.
ITEM 1 0 9, ITEM 1 0 9, HOUSTON HEAVY 2 49 GP.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY WEST ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 2 49 AND NORTH OF SPRING CYPRESS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE B CYPRESS DRIVE WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC STOP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES ONE RESERVE TO CONSULT DETENTION FACILITY TO SERVE A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY PER SECTION 1 34.
THE APPLICANT REQUIRES TO EXTEND OR TERMINATE THE TON CY DRIVE WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC, WHICH WOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC TO ENTER TO THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD ALSO REQUIRE CROSSING TWO PIPELINE EASEMENT ONE DI DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE PROPERTY.
ALSO, THIS THREE EXTENSION IS NOT NEEDED TO ADDRESS MINIMUM INTERSECTION PACING.
THE INTERSECTION PACING ALONG DAY HIGHWAY IS 2 49, IS ALREADY 2100 FEET.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE GP SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 9.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK HEARING NONE COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION.
MOTION MANDA, MANKA AND AND MAR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 10 IS LONGENBAUGH STATE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN WEST HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF LONGENBAUGH ROAD, WEST OF PITTS ROAD, EAST OF BARTLET ROAD AND SOUTH OF
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CYPRESS CREEK.THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE LOT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THE LOT NOT TO HAVE FRONTAGE AS REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE, BUT INSTEAD TO TAKE SOLE ACCESS FROM A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING TO ENSURE THE LOT SIZE MEETS TECQ REQUIREMENTS.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION PRESENTATION
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? IF NOT, COMMISSIONERS ON THE GOOD FOR A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 11 IS QUAIL COVE COMMONS.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY ALONG QUAIL COVE LANE EAST OF POST OAK.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES FIVE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS OUT OF A COMMON OPEN SPACE RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO CREATE LOTS OUT OF THIS RESERVE BY WAY OF PARTIAL REPL.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER THE REQUEST OF MAYOR PRO TEM MARTHA CASTEX TATUM, AND TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONSIDER SUGGESTED REVISIONS TO MEET LOT ACCESS RULES AS WELL AS THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADDITIONAL ADVANCE COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
UH, MS. OWENS JOYCE OWENS IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MS. OWENS, DO YOU WANNA COME TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
I REPRESENT THE APPLICANT AND I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A REPORT.
WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE.
UM, WE DID FIND OUT THAT THERE IS A HOA, IT'S CALLED RIDGEMONT.
WELL, ANYWAY, WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM SO THE GENTLEMAN WON'T BE BACK UNTIL MONDAY, SO WE'LL FIND OUT.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY CONCERNS OR ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE WILL REACH OUT TO THIS ASSOCIATION.
UH, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO PROVIDE FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, THE PRELIMINARY ELEVATIONS.
JUST WANTED TO GIVE A REPORT ON THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU MS. OWENS.
YOU'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION.
I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND MOTION VIA BLAND MOTION.
ITEM ONE 12 IS QUARTET DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON ZTJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY BETWEEN JONES ROAD AND NORTH ELDRIDGE PARKWAY BETWEEN CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON AND GRANT ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR AN A RE, EXCUSE ME, A RESERVE TO UTILIZE AN ACCESS EASEMENT INSTEAD OF A 60 FOOT PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY AND TWO TO EXCEED INTERSECTIONS FACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS.
THE SITE IS ACCESSIBLE BY AN INGRESS EGRESS EASEMENT DEDICATED IN 2020.
THIS EASEMENT WAS CREATED WITH THE PARTITION OF THE SAT OFFICE STATE INTO FOUR TRACKS FROM THE EASEMENT TO THE SOUTH AND INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SITE AT THE EASTERN PLAT BOUNDARY.
THERE'S A PUBLIC SUBST STREET CALLED SAT OFF DRIVE COMING FROM JONES ROAD ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY IS A EASE, EXCUSE ME, ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY IS ALSO A FLOOD CONTROL DITCH.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE, UH, THE TWO SEGMENTS OF SAT OFF DRIVE TO CONNECT AND MEET THE INTERSECTION.
THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THE EXISTING STREET FROM THE EAST IS INFEASIBLE BECAUSE OF THE DITCH AND THE MULTIFAMILY SUBDIVISION OCCUPYING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IN ADDITION, THE ACCESS EASEMENT FROM THE PORTION OF SAT OFF DRIVE AT MILL RIDGE IS NOT OWNED BY THE TRACT OWNER.
THUS DEDICATING THE 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT AS A PUBLIC STREET IS NOT UNDER THE PROPERTY OWNER'S CONTROL.
FURTHERMORE, A SIMILAR VARIANCE HAS BEEN GRANTED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 2022.
THE ITEMS BEFORE YOU AGAIN, BECAUSE THE PLAT EXPIRED PRIOR TO RECORDATION, STAFF FINDS THESE BARRIERS TO BE A HARDSHIP JUSTIFYING THE VARIANCE AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS, UH, VOICED NO OBJECTION AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 1 12.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, SEEING NONE, UH, SEEK A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION AKA SECOND GARZA GARZA.
ITEM ONE 13 IS RIVERWAY ON LEHMAN.
THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG LEHMAN BETWEEN NORTH SHEPPARD AND BRINKMAN.
THE ACKMAN IS PROPOSING A SUBDIVISION OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG TYPE TWO PAES IN A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A SHARED DRIVEWAY TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A PRIVATE STREET.
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SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.THE SITE IS LOCATED ON LEHMAN WEST OF NORTH SHEPARD.
THIS BLOCK OF LEHMAN FEATURES A COMPLETE PUBLIC SIDEWALK ALONG THE SOUTHERN BLOCK, BUT NOT THE NORTH.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A TYPE TWO PAE DEVELOPMENT WITH A SHARED DRIVEWAY PROVIDING ACCESS FOR LOTS FRONTING LEHMAN STREET.
STRICT INTERPRETATION WOULD REQUIRE THIS ACCESS TO BE PROVIDED BY ANOTHER TYPE TWO PAE.
THE USE OF THE SHARED DRIVEWAY WILL ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE THESE LOTS WHILE MAINTAINING THE REQUIRED ACCOMMODATION FOR UTILITIES.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROVIDING A WIDER SIDEWALK IN STREET TREES TO ENHANCE THE PEDESTRIAN REALM ALONG LEHMAN.
THE PEDESTRIAN REALM WILL BE EXTENDED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF LEHMAN AS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES DEVELOP.
STAFF FINDS THE VARIANCE TO BE JUSTIFIED CONSIDERING THE PEDESTRIAN REALM AND LIMITATIONS POSED BY THE UTILITIES.
WE'VE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENT FROM THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNER EXPRESSING SUPPORT FOR THIS APPLICATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM ONE 14 IS RIVERA PINE SECTION THREE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, SOUTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY ALONG BLUE RIVIERA STREET EAST OF HUFFMAN CLEVELAND.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION WITH DRAINAGE AND DETENTION RESERVES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT PROVIDING THREE STREET CONNECTIONS AT THE EASTERN END OF THE GP.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE RIVIERA PINES GP, NORTH AND EAST OF THE LOS PINOS GP.
THE LATTER COMMUNITY WAS APPROVED WITH TWO SUB STREETS FACING THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE PREVIOUS GP WAS MARKED UP TO EXTEND THESE STREETS AND IN ORDER TO MEET INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS, THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS AND THE EXISTING DRAINAGE EASEMENTS MAKE THESE CONDITIONS IMPRACTICAL.
THE GENERAL PLAN FEATURES THREE CONNECTIONS INTO THE NEIGHBORING LOS PINOS COMMUNITY.
THIS WILL OFFER ADEQUATE ACCESS AND CIRCULATION IN LIEU OF PROVIDING THE STREETS AT THE SUBJECT SITE.
STAFF ALSO FINDS THAT LARGE DETENTION RESERVE REQUIREMENTS PRESENT A SIGNIFICANT BARRIER TO STREET EXTENSION DUE TO THE DETENTION AREA WITHIN THE SUBJECT SITE.
HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESSED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT PER THE CCP C ONE OH FORM CONDITIONS.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 14.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL LOOK FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION MANKA SECOND EST PORTAL.
ITEM ONE 15 IS WHITE OAK COMMERCIAL.
THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE, SO IT MUST BE ACTED UPON TODAY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET, THE AT THE INTERSECTION OF BOUND GREEN AND KEENE STREETS.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING VARIANCES FOR REDUCED BUILDING LINES ALONG KEENE AND REDUCED VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT THE INTERSECTION OF KEENAN.
BOUNDARY STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF NORTH MAIN AND BOUNDARY TWO.
TYPE TWO TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT STREETS.
THE BOUNDARY IN NORTH MAIN STREET SIZE OF THE PROPERTY MEET THE TOD REQUIREMENTS FOR REDUCED SETBACK.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG KEEN AS WELL AS ONE FOOT ENCROACHMENT INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT KEENAN BOUNDARY.
THE PROPOSED REDUCED VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AT KEENAN BOUNDARY DOES NOT PRESENT ANY OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERNS CONSIDERING THE SMALL INCURSION AND THE RANGE OF VISION FROM THE PROPOSED STOP SIGN.
THE PEDESTRIAN REALM TRANSPARENCY AND ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR USE ALONG KEEN ARE CONSISTENT WITH TOD PRINCIPLES.
THOUGH THE STREET IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR OPTING INTO THESE STANDARDS, STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO WOULD ACHIEVE SIMILAR RESULTS AS THE TOD PROVISION AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WE'VE RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMENTS AND SUPPORT OF THE BUILDING LINE REQUEST, CITING PROXIMITY TO TRANSIT, SOCIAL OPPORTUNITIES AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE RECEIVE WRITTEN COMMENTS OBJECTING OVER THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS IMPACT ON TRAFFIC AND DENSITY.
I HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS OSCAR RANGEL, AND IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME WHEN YOU STATE IT FOR THE RECORD.
UH, MY NAME IS OSCAR RANEL, BUT YOU PRONOUNCE IT WELL ENOUGH.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MYSELF AND MY FATHER-IN-LAW, JESUS EZ, BOTH OF WHICH, UH, WE ARE HOMEOWNERS ON IDEAL STREET, UH, IN THE SCHULTZ EDITION.
THAT IT'S, UH, APPROXIMATELY ONE STREET OVER FROM KEENE, UH, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BOUNDARY IN MAINE.
UH, WE'RE BOTH OPPOSED TO THE WHITE OAK COMMERCIAL VARIANCE BECAUSE WE BELIEVE THAT THIS VARIANCE IS GONNA LOWER OUR PROPERTY VALUE.
UH, BASICALLY BY CREATING UNFAVORABLE TRAFFIC CONDITIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND BOUNDARY.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE, UM, ADJACENT STREETS ARE GONNA RESULT.
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THAT THE, UM, WE ALSO BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT TRAFFIC STUDY FAILS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PROPOSED CHANGES TO MAIN STREET.UH, THAT, UH, THERE'S A, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AN ONGOING PROJECT BY THE CITY, AND I CAN PRESENT THIS EVERY LITTLE OVERHEAD DOCUMENT CAMERA.
THERE IS A, UH, THERE IS A PROPOSED PROJECT TO MODIFY MAIN STREET IN ORDER TO IMPROVE SAFETY, UH, TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS, UM, WHICH I DON'T BELIEVE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDER FULL CONSIDERATION.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THE, THE STREET PARKING THAT OCCURS AS A RESULT OF THE WIDE OAK MUSIC HALL, UH, WHICH IS DOWN THE STREET FROM MAIN STREET.
AND ALSO THE FACT THAT THE APARTMENT BUILDING, WHICH IS BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS ONE STREET OVER FROM MAIN AND BOUNDARY, HASN'T BEEN YET FULLY OC COMPLETED OR OCCUPIED.
AND SO AS A RESULT, ALL OF THE, UH, VOLUME AS ARE THAT'S GONNA BE CREATED ISN'T BEING TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, AGAIN, WE ASK THAT THIS VARIANCE BE DENIED FOR THE REASONS THAT I'VE STATED.
UM, I WILL FINALLY ADD THAT I BELIEVE THAT IN THE FUTURE, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO END UP MODIFYING MAINE TO IMPROVE TRAFFIC FLOW.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING DOWN AND STATING YOUR COMMENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL TELLO.
I AM SPEAKING TO YOU CONCERNING THE VARIANCE FOR THE WHITE OAK COMMERCIAL PROJECT REFERENCE 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 4 3 2.
I DO NOT SUPPORT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES.
THE VARIANCE THAT REQUESTS A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET WILL RESTRICT FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS TO NORTH MAIN FUTURE TRAFFIC FROM THE PROPOSED BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT.
AND THE 304 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX ON KEENE WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL TURN LANES FROM NORTH MAIN, FROM NORTH MAIN GOING SOUTHBOUND TO BOUNDARY GOING WESTBOUND AND UPDATED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS IS REQUIRED.
THE INITIAL TIA WAS COMPLETED IN SEPTEMBER OF 2020 DURING THE STAY HOME STAY SAFE ADVISORY.
UH, THE TRAFFIC DURING THIS TIME IS INSUFFICIENT FOR THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
UH, A SUMMARY FROM THE ENGINEER ON THAT, UH, PROJECT THAT, UH, WAS JUST RECENTLY SENT OUT MENTIONED THAT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE A MP IS ONLY 92 VEHICLES AND IN THE P AND P IS 167 VEHICLES.
I FIND THAT VERY INSUFFICIENT FOR A STUDY DID NOT INCORPORATE THIS NEW BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENT AND INSUFFICIENT FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT HAS OVER 300 UNITS.
SO, UH, I, UH, REPRESENTING MYSELF AND SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 51, WE DO NOT SUPPORT THE REQUIRED VARIANCES.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR COMING IN TODAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS THOMAS DERE.
UH, JUST PROMPTING HTV IF YOU COULD SWITCH TO THE PRESENTER VIEW RATHER THAN THE VIDEO THAT'LL SHOW THE EXHIBITS OF THE ARCHITECTURAL PROPERTY.
DID I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, MR. DERE? IS THAT RIGHT? YES, THAT'S RIGHT.
UH, I REPRESENT IDENTITY ARCHITECTS, THE DESIGN ARCHITECT FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THE PROJECT SO FAR, MYSELF OR MY COLLEAGUE BRIAN CATER CAN ANSWER ANYTHING FOR YOU, UH, NOW OR, UH, LATER ON IN THIS DISCUSSION.
I'LL LET YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE.
SO I ASSUME YOU'RE JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS ONLY.
HEATHER MCCULLOUGH, GOOD AFTERNOON.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? AFTERNOON.
YOU CAN PULL THAT DOWN THE MIC.
YOU DON'T REALIZE YOU'RE SHORT UNTIL YOU WALK UP TO A THING LIKE THIS.
ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE SOME NOTES HERE, BUT MY NAME'S HEATHER MCCULLOUGH.
UM, AND I AM HERE REPRESENTING SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 51, UM, AS I SERVE ON THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP TEAM ALONG WITH FOUR OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 51 DOES NOT SUPPORT THE VARIANCES REQUESTED FOR WIDE, UM, WHITE OAK COMMERCIAL.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT JANET MONTE FROM MARQUES COMPANIES PRESENTED
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AT OUR BIMONTHLY SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, SHOWING US PRETTY PICTURES AND MENTIONED THE NEW BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.WHEN WE ASKED HER TO EXPLAIN THE VARIANCES THAT WERE BEING REQUESTED, SHE SAID SHE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE VARIANCES AND WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK TO THEM.
WE HAVE YET TO HEAR FROM A SINGLE COMMUNITY MEMBER THAT IS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF THE VARIANCES THAT ACTUALLY SUPPORTS THEM.
AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR ZERO BUILDING LINE VARIANCE THAT WAS PASSED OFF A SHEPHERD.
AND IF YOU DRIVE BY IT, THERE'S A MIRROR.
SO THEY KIND OF, UM, IN LIEU OF FIXING IT, THE SOLUTION WAS TO NAIL A CONCAVE MIRROR ON THE TREE, UM, TO ASSIST DRIVERS TO BE ABLE TO VIEW IT, TO BE ABLE TO SEE AROUND THAT BLIND CORNER.
UM, WE DON'T WANT THIS KIND OF SAFETY ISSUE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IF WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROACTIVELY AVOID IT AND KEEP OF COURSE, THE STANDARD BUILDING LINES.
SO 24, THE NUMBER OF HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE BEHIND THE COMMERCIAL SPACE OR WITHIN A FIVE BLOCK, FIVE BLOCK RADIUS THAT ATTENDED A COMMUNITY MEETING AND ARE NOT NOT SUPPORTIVE OF THESE VARIANCES.
ZERO IS THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE HAVE HAD TO REVIEW A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED FOR THE WHITE OAK APARTMENTS NEXT TO THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL SPACE.
AND WE WERE ACTUALLY PROVIDED THAT YESTERDAY, 477.
THE NUMBER OF PAGES OF TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY THAT HAVE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO NOT REVIEW.
304, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENT UNITS IN THE APARTMENT COMPLEX NEXT TO THE WHITE OAK COMMERCIAL SPACE.
I NEED TO WRAP UP QUICKLY, MS. MCCULLOUGH? YEAH.
500 BEING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WILL BE COMMUTING OFF OF KEENE BOUNDARY IN MAIN STREET.
UM, MAKING SENSE TO APPROVE THE VARIANCES AS THE ONLY THING IT WILL CAUSE THE RESIDENTS IS SAFETY THREATS WITH, UM, DRIVERS, PEDESTRIANS, AND CYCLIST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME TODAY.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CRYSTAL MCCULLOUGH.
UH, MY NAME IS CRYSTAL MCCULLOUGH AND I AM A RESIDENT OF LYNDALE PARK.
I MET JAN MONTES FROM MARQUEE S WHILE UH, BLOCK WALKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS NOT IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE THE COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR NEW, FOR SIGNATURE FOR SUPPORT.
IMPORTANTLY, SHE WAS NOT EXPLAINING THE VARIANCES AND WAS ONLY TALKING ABOUT HAVING PEOPLE SIGN AND SUPPORT BRINGING NEW BUSINESSES AND RESTAURANTS TO MAIN STREET.
I AM HERE TO SAY THAT I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE VARIANCES AND I'D LIKE TO EMPHASIZE THAT ANYTHING PROVIDED BY MARQUE COMPANIES WHICH EXPRESSES ANY FAVOR TOWARD THE VARIANCES SHOULD BE QUESTIONED SINCE JANET WAS NOT TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT WAS TRULY WHAT WAS TRULY FOR OR THE IMPACT AND CHANGES THESE VARIANCES WOULD BRING TO NEAR NORTHSIDE.
I DO HOPE THAT WHITE OAK HAS SEEN ENOUGH DISRUPTION AND CAN IN THE FUTURE EXPERIENCE A BETTER SIDE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, THE RIGHT WAY WITH LOW IMPACT TO OUR EVERYDAY LIVES AND SAFETY.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LYNETTE TELLO.
GOOD AFTERNOON MS. TEO, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
HI, MY NAME IS LYNETTE THEO AND I'M A 60 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE NEAR NORTH SIDE.
AND I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE CLT UH, TEAM AND I OPPOSE THE VARIANCE.
WE HAD TWO PROJECTS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH WITHIN SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD 51 THAT WAS THE FULTON, UH, STREET APARTMENT THAT Y'ALL JUST APPROVED.
AND THE WHITE OAK COMMERCIAL FULTON.
AS THEY STATED, THEY MET WITH THE RESIDENTS AFTER WE ASKED FOR THE DEFERRAL BECAUSE WE HAD CERTAIN QUESTIONS.
THEY ADDRESSED THE QUESTIONS ALONG WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WERE ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR REQUESTS AND THEY'RE CONTINUING TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT CHANGES.
I OR OTHER MEMBERS OF THE CLT HAVE NOT, UH, HAD ANY COMMUNICATION WITH THE WHITE OAK, UH, COMMU COMMERCIAL DEVELOPERS SINCE THE DEFERRALS.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AS YOU'VE HEARD STATED EARLIER.
UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO PLEASE HELP US KEEP NEAR NORTHSIDE SAFE AND STRONG.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PAULA HERNANDEZ.
UM, I AM ALSO, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THE LYNDALE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER 23
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YEARS AND I AM ACTUALLY FOR THE VARIANCE.UM, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T SPEAK FOR THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, NEEDS IN THEIR, IN THE PLANNED NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE'RE LACKING SHOPS, RESTAURANTS, UM, ALSO THE JOB MARKET IS KIND OF LOW IN OUR AREA AND IT WOULD BRING MORE JOBS TO THE PEOPLE IN OUR AREA AND I THINK I AM FOR IT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING DOWN.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, JANET MONTEZ.
I WORK FOR MARQUETTE COMPANIES AND I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE, UM, I'M SORRY, LEMME GET ON THIS.
UH, I GUESS SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT ME WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND INFORMING NEIGHBORS.
I WALKED IN THE AREA RIGHT THERE OFF OF, EXCUSE ME, OFF OF BOUNDARY.
WALKED IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVEN, I'M ACTUALLY A RESIDENT OF LINDELL PARK, SO WALKED IN, WALKING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, JUST INFORMING THEM OF THIS PROJECT THAT OF COURSE AS, AS A RESIDENT I SUPPORT.
AND, UM, I'M SORRY, I SHARED ALL THE FACTS AND ANSWERED ALL THE QUESTIONS AT THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.
UM, AND I GAVE FULL DISCLOSURE OF THIS PROJECT.
UH, I HAVE, UH, IN MY WALK I'VE HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, SIGNATURES.
YOU KNOW, I'VE HAD ABOUT 135 SIGNATURES, UM, SUPPORTING THE PROJECT, WHICH I HAVE HERE.
SO YOU CAN GIVE THOSE TO STAFF OR FOR THE RECORD? YES, THE WHOLE PACKET OR JUST, YOU CAN JUST GIVE 'EM THE WHOLE PACKET OR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHARE.
DO YOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE IT AMONGST THE COMMISSIONERS? AND SO I'M SORRY, DID YOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE IT OR JUST ONE COPY DISTRIBUTOR? ONE COPY.
I CAN DISTRIBUTE TO EVERYONE IF YOU'D LIKE.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, I WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THERE'S SOME NEIGHBORS THAT DON'T ATTEND THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND THAT'S WHY I DECIDED WE DECIDED TO WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GET SIGNATURES FOR REPRESENTATION.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OKAY, SO I KNOW, UM, I, I KNOW I ASKED THIS QUESTION LAST TIME, BUT LET ME JUST BE CLEAR 'CAUSE I'M HEARING FROM MORE OF THE, THE, UM, CITIZENS SAYING THAT THEY WEREN'T INFORMED OF THE VARIANCE REQUESTS.
WHAT DID YOU MENTION ABOUT THE VARIANCE REQUESTS AND DID YOU TELL EVERYBODY THAT YOU TALKED WITH ABOUT THE VARIANCE REQUESTS? YES, I DID BECAUSE THEY ASKED WHY IT WAS EVEN, UH, WHY WE EVEN NEEDED TO HAVE A MEETING FOR THIS OR WHY THE MEETING WAS TAKING PLACE.
SO YES, I LET THEM KNOW THE THREE VARIANCES THAT ARE IN QUESTION RIGHT NOW OR WHY WE'RE HERE AND DO THE, DOES THE PAPERWORK REFLECT THAT? I HAVEN'T HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SEE IT YET, BUT THE BUT THE SIGNATURES, DOES IT REFLECT THE VARIANCE REQUEST? IT DIDN'T APPEAR TO STATE THE VARIANCE REQUEST, JUST KIND OF GAVE AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE, UM, PROJECT IS ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THE COVER LETTER ABOVE THE SIGNATURES.
THE SIGNATURES, THEY ALL SAW THAT LETTER? OH YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OKAY, CHRIS YUKO SIGNED FOR QUESTIONS ONLY.
DID YOU WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS OR YOU DON'T HAVE TO, DON'T FEEL FORCED, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME ON UP, I'LL ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M THE DEVELOPER AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
UM, SO, UH, COME ON UP PLEASE.
AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
MY NAME'S CHRIS YUKO WITH MARQUETTE COMPANIES.
UM, SO AT THE LAST MEETING WE WERE HOPING THAT UM, WE WOULD FIND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, BETWEEN Y Y'ALL, THE DEVELOPERS AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED WITH THE, WITH THE PROJECT AND UM, HELPING TO INCREASE ABOUT INFORMATION ABOUT THE VARIANCE REQUESTS.
SO I THINK ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS WAS ABOUT PUB UM, PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.
SO SINCE THE LAST MEETING, CAN YOU GIVE AN UPDATE ON THOSE COMMUNICATIONS AND HOW YOU'VE ADDRESSED THAT COMMUNICATION AND ANY CHALLENGES THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS EXPRESSED REGARDING PUBLIC SAFETY
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OR OTHER ISSUES WHICH IN PARTICULAR ISSUE WITH PUBLIC SAFETY? WELL, SO I THINK THAT ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS ABOUT VISIBILITY, PUBLIC SAFETY, WHETHER THERE'S GONNA BE OVERFLOW PARKING, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE SORTS OF QUESTIONS.SO IF I CAN JUST BACK UP ONE QUICK SECOND.
SO WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND EXPERIENCED IN DOING THIS A NUMBER OF TIMES IS THAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS, NOT EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE SHOWING UP TO THESE MEETINGS.
YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE CONSISTENTLY AND THEN IF SOMEBODY DOES SHOW UP, WE'VE SEEN THAT A CONTRARIAN VIEW SOMETIMES IS NOT RECEIVED OPEN.
AND SO PEOPLE WOULD RATHER STAY HOME THAN GO.
AND SO WHAT WE LIKE TO DO ON OUR PROJECTS IS PUT IN THE GROUNDWORK AND GO DOOR TO DOOR, MEET THE NEIGHBORS, ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS THEY HAVE AND MAKE SURE THEY GET ENOUGH TIME AND THEY CAN DO IT ON THEIR FRONT PORCH OR WHATEVER.
IT'S, WE FOUND THAT WE'VE GOTTEN BETTER FEEDBACK AND WE'VE HAD MORE SUCCESS WITH THE COMMUNITY IN DOING SO.
AND SO IN THAT PROCESS, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT, UH, JANET HAS BEEN DOING IS GOING DOOR TO DOOR TO MAKE SURE THOSE THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO EXPRESS THEIR POINT OF VIEW, GET THEIR POINT OF VIEW ACROSS.
AND SO IN THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE ADDRESSED AND TALKED ABOUT THE VARIOUS VARIANCES.
SO OVERALL, WHAT WE'RE WORKING TO ACCOMPLISH IN THIS PROJECT IS TO CREATE A TRULY WALKABLE PLACE IN THIS PART OF THE NEAR NORTH SIDE.
AND SO THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AND THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE IS NUMBER ONE FOR US.
IT'S OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY AND IT'S EVERYTHING WE'RE FOCUSED ON.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE EXTENSION.
SO ON THE APARTMENT SIDE OF THIS PROJECT, WHICH IS A, A DIFFERENT DEAL AND WE'RE NOT HERE TO DISCUSS IT, BUT YOU'LL NOTE THAT THAT WENT THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND IT GRANTED RIGHT AWAY EXPANDED THE PEDESTRIAN REALM, CREATED THE BUFFER, CREATED STREET TREES, STREET LIGHTING, ET CETERA, TO CREATE THAT EXPERIENCE.
AND WE'RE MIMICKING THAT ON THIS OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET TO MAKE SURE IT ALL BECOMES A SAFE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.
AS FOR THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS ONE THING THAT WAS FOCUSED IN ON AND I CAN HAVE MY ARCHITECTS EXPLAIN SOME OF THE SMARTER, MORE TECHNICAL DETAILS OF, OF THE VIEW.
'CAUSE ADMITTEDLY THEY'RE PROBABLY SMARTER THAN I AM AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE HERE.
BUT WE'VE ASKED EVERYONE TO VERIFY THAT AT THAT CORNER, VISIBILITY EXISTS AND IT'S A SAFE INTERSECTION.
'CAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE NEIGHBORS, BUT FOR US, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE'RE ATTEMPTING TO LEASE APARTMENTS TO.
IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THE VISITORS TO THE RETAIL SPACE THAT THEY CAN GET IN AND OUT SAFELY.
IF THERE'S ACCIDENTS THERE, IT ONLY HURTS US.
SO WE DID A FULL REVIEW AND WE FEEL VERY CONFIDENT THAT THAT IS A SAFE CORNER.
SO WITH THE TOD ON MAIN STREET MIMICKING THE TOD ON KEEN STREET, EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T APPLICABLE BECAUSE OF THE CLASSIFICATION OF KEEN STREET AND REALLY FOCUSING IN ON THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE CREATED A SAFE EXPERIENCE AND ALL THAT THROUGH THE VARIANCE PROCESS AND THE DOOR TO DOOR WAS COMMUNICATED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JEFF T. TREVINO.
AND UM, THE REASON CHRIS DIDN'T HAVE MEETINGS IS BECAUSE HE HAD MEETINGS WITH US IN 2020 AND I'M CONVINCED WHAT HE DID WAS, UH, FIND OUT WHAT WE HAD CONCERNS ABOUT AND THAT WAS TRAFFIC AND PARKING.
HE SAID THAT HE DID A TRAFFIC STUDY.
BUT FOR FOUR YEARS THAT TRAFFIC STUDY HAS BEEN BURIED.
I'VE, UH, I'VE EMAILED COUNCIL MEMBER CIRO'S OFFICE NO LESS THAN 20 TIMES LOOKING FOR THIS TRAFFIC STUDY.
UH, MY OTHER, MY, MY NEIGHBORS HAVE DONE THE SAME THING.
LESS THAN 20 HOURS BEFORE THIS MEETING.
THE TRAFFIC STUDY SHOWS UP 477 PAGES.
UM, THERE'S A SPEAKER AFTER ME THAT'S GONNA GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THIS.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A LITTLE HISTORY, UH, ON WHAT IT'S LIKE DOING BUSINESS WITH MARQUETTE OR, OR BEING A NEIGHBOR TO MARQUETTE.
THEY CLOSED THE PROPERTY, UH, BOUGHT IT IN JUNE OR JULY OF 2020.
IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD TWO MEETINGS IN MY DRIVEWAY.
WE INVITED, UM, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE ON IDEAL STREET.
WE HAD TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS AND OUR NUMBER ONE CONCERN WAS TRAFFIC AND SAFETY.
WE WANTED TO KNOW, UH, WE WE WE WANT COFFEE, WE WANT TO GET OUR NAILS DONE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO GET OUT AND GET TO WORK MORE THAN THAT.
AND UM, WHAT HE TOLD US THAT DAY ON THE 19TH WAS THAT THERE WERE GONNA BE 244 UNITS IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX.
NOW, TODAY, IN 2024, I UNDERSTAND THE UNIT,
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UH, THE UNIT COUNT HAS GROWN, GROWN AT 305.OUR NEIGHBORS DON'T TRUST HIM.
WE DON'T TRUST MARQUETTE THAT THERE'S A SAYING THAT SIGNALS YOUR TIME UP.
THERE'S A SAYING IN CONSTRUCTION, MEASURE TWICE.
CUT ONCE WE WANT ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MY NEXT SPEAKER IS CARRIE WHITEHEAD.
AND UM, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
I LIVE ON EMRY STREET, WHICH IS NEAR IDEAL, WHICH IS AT THE END OF THE BOUNDARY, WHICH IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY NEAR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I USE THIS INTERSECTION ALL THE TIME.
THIS IS A MEDIA INTERSECTION AND COMBINES, UM, NOT ONLY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC.
PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, THE LIGHT RAIL IS RIGHT THERE.
IT'S WHERE NORTH MAIN COMES UP AND ALL THE LIGHT RAIL TURNS RIGHT AND UH, UH, A HALF A BLOCK AWAY IS WHERE THIS VISIBILITY TRIANGLE IS BEING DISCUSSED.
AND IF WE BELIEVE THAT VISIBILITY ADDS SAFETY, THE TWO VARIANCES THAT THEY'RE BEING REQUEST, MY UNDERSTANDING TODAY IS A VISIBILITY TRIANGLE APTLY NAMED THAT.
UH, I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IT JUST BEING A ONE FOOT ENCROACHMENT OR A 10 BY 10 ENCROACHMENT, BUT ALSO A ZERO LOT LINE ON KEYES STREET.
SO WITH THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED WITH THE PROBLEMS OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 20 SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020, THE DATA WAS WRONG.
UM, WITH REGARD TO HOW BIG THE PROJECT IS, MARQUETTE IS THE ONES THERE, THEY DEVELOPED THE RESIDENTIAL MID-RISE AS WELL AS THE CURRENT PROJECT WE'RE DISCUSSING.
AND SO THE DATA INPUTS WERE INCORRECT AT THAT POINT.
UM, IT DOESN'T REFLECT THIS NEW PROJECT AT HAND, WHICH IS THE RETAIL, AND IT WAS DONE ON SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2020.
AND WHILE THE TRAFFIC ENGINEERS TRIED TO ANTICIPATE WHAT, WHAT COVID DID TO THEIR NUMBERS, WHEN THE COUNT IS ZERO, WHEN YOU ADD 15% OR 30% TO THE ACTUAL NUMBERS, IT'S STILL ZERO.
UM, SO WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER, ANOTHER TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
AND YET THEY IDENTIFIED SOME ISSUES WITHIN THAT REPORT THAT SHOULD REMAIN A CONCERN.
AND IF ANYTHING, BE MORE OF AN ISSUE, AND IT HAS TO DO WITH THIS INTERSECTION SUPPORTING THE LIGHT RAIL.
THERE'S A QUEUE SPACE FOR TRAFFIC THAT IS EXITING NORTH MAIN AND WORKING ITS WAY TO BOUNDARY THAT, UM, CAN STACK UP, UH, IN, IN A SIGNIFICANT WAY TO DECREASE THE SAFETY FOR NEIGHBORS AND, AND PEOPLE THAT USE THAT INTERSECTION ALL THE TIME.
SO IN ADDITION, WITH THIS SETBACK LINE THAT'S BEING ASKED FOR ZERO AND THE TRIANGULAR, UH, VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, TRIANGLE BEING REDUCED, UM, IF THEY DO WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS AND THEY DO A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND THEY DO A FULL 15 BY 15 FOOT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, THEY STILL HAVE OVER 60 FEET OF RETAIL SPACE DOUBLE LOADED ON NORTH MAIN AND KEENE STREET TO DO THEIR PROJECTS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HARDSHIP IS.
IT, IT'S ACTUALLY, I THINK MORE I NEED YOU TO WRAP UP.
IT'S ACTUALLY PROBABLY MORE LIKE 74 WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE.
THE, THE DIMENSIONS KEPT CHANGING THIS WEEK, UH, WHEN THEY TOOK AWAY THE NORTH MAIN VARIANCE REQUEST, THE THIRD ONE.
SO YEAH, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, MR. BUTLER, YOU MAY WANNA JUST KIND OF GIVE US A REVIEW AND ANSWER SOME OF THE CERTAINLY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THE CORNER NORTH MAIN AND BOUNDARY.
UH, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG KEEN AND A, UH, ONE FOOT INCURSION INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
STAFF, UH, EXCUSE ME, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? UM, IS A TRAFFIC STUDY REQUIRED FOR THIS? SO I, IT'S, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS ONE DONE FOR THE NEIGHBORING DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE MULTIFAMILY PROJECT.
AND I'M CURIOUS HOW LONG IT, YOU KNOW, WHAT STANDARD PRACTICE IS, HOW LONG IS IT BEFORE A TRAFFIC STUDY IS IN AN APPLICABLE OR VOID OR IRRELEVANT? THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC WORKS QUESTION.
CAN WE PUT YOU ON THE SPOT, MR. SMITH? HOLD ON.
SO A TRAFFIC STUDY USUALLY HAS A THREE YEAR TIMELINE.
SO ONCE A STUDY IS DONE, WE CONSIDER THEM ACTIVE AND VALID, USUALLY FOR THREE YEARS.
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OR IF A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE HAS HAPPENED, WE MAY CONSIDER A SHORTER TIMELINE, BUT IT SIGNIFICANT CHANGE WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT OF SOMETHING ELSE THAT WOULD DIRECTLY IMPACT THAT SPECIFIC I LOCATION.SO THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE FOR THE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY AND A TRAFFIC STUDY WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED FOR THIS PROPERTY.
IS THAT ACCURATE? I WOULD'VE TO GO BACK AND DOUBLE CHECK, BUT I, THAT'S MY RECOLLECTION.
DON'T BELIEVE THERE WAS ONE DONE FOR THIS.
THIS WAS, UM, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WOULD'VE REQUIRED ONE EITHER.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AND SEE WHAT THE NUMBERS COME OUT AS.
THE MS. MICKELSON, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT TO THAT FOR US? WELL, MY QUESTION WAS ACTUALLY GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT TOO PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, MR. SMITH IS CORRECT THAT, UM, FOR THIS REQUIREMENT, THE IDM, THE IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL WOULD NOT REQUIRE ONE THAT IS OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION.
TO REQUIRE ONE FOR THIS, FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, MY QUESTION WOULD BE WHETHER OR NOT THE, UH, TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE IN 2020 WAS DONE AS A REQUIREMENT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT OR WHETHER THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO DO TO SHOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHAT WAS HAPPENING.
AND I THINK THEN THAT IF IT WAS THAT THIRD PARTY OPTION, WE DIDN'T REQUIRE IT, THEN THAT'S, THAT'S AGAIN, KIND OF OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE.
BUT I DON'T KNOW IF ONE WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED FOR THAT TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK I'VE SEEN BIGGER DEVELOPMENTS THAT DID NOT.
I PREFER TO YOU IT WOULD NECESSARILY BEEN REQUIRED.
IF IT WOULD'VE GENERATED MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEAK HOUR TRIPS, THAT'S WHEN IT WOULD'VE BEEN REQUIRED.
SO I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND JUST DOUBLE CHECK THAT, UM, AND TAKE A LOOK.
BUT IF IT DIDN'T GENERATE MORE THAN A HUNDRED PEAK HOUR TRIPS THAT NO DEVELOPMENT TIA WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN REQUIRED.
UH, COMMISSIONER MORRIS, SORRY.
SO I, COMMISSIONER MORRIS WAS HEADERS UP.
OH, QUESTION, QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SO, UM, I BELIEVE FOR THE VARIANCE REQUEST OR OPTED INTO LIKE THE TOD YOU, THE PEDESTRIAN REALM, BUT SHOULD WE NOT GIVE THEM THE VARIANCE? LIKE WHAT, WHAT WOULD WE LOSE? I, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA LOSE SOMETHING, SO THEY'RE GONNA BUILD THE PROJECT ANYWAYS.
I, I BELIEVE THAT'S KIND OF SAFE TO SAY.
SO THEN IF WE DON'T GRANT THE VARIANCES, WHAT DO WE, WHAT, WHAT GOES MISSING FROM THE PROJECT THEN? WELL, IT'S, IT'S HYPOTHETICAL THAT THE TOD ORDINANCE IS ENCOURAGED IS MEANT TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS.
AND WE'RE TREATING THE KEEN SIDE AS, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE SPIRIT OF TOD.
SO, AND THE SETBACKS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, 25 ALONG NORTH MAIN AND 10 ALONG THIS STREET.
THEY COULD, I, I COULD SPECULATE, BUT IT COULD BE A NUMBER OF THINGS.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR, I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION.
UH, A LOT OF THESE PROJECTS INVOLVE TRAFFIC AND TRAFFIC STUDIES ARE DONE BY PUBLIC WORKS.
SO WHEN A PROJECT COMES TO PLANNING, UH, DO YOU LOOK INTO TRAFFIC STUDY? WHO DOES THE TRAFFIC STUDY? HOW DOES IT AFFECT IT? IT'S NOT A CONDITION OF OUR REVIEW.
UM, WE HAD MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY HAD REQUESTED, UH, A TRAFFIC STUDY FOR THE PREVIOUS PROJECT THAT THEY WERE REFERENCING.
SO WE LOOKED FOR THAT AND SHARED THAT.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT, THAT GOES INTO THE ANALYSIS OF SHOULD A BUILDING BE BUILT CLOSER TO THE STREET.
CAN I MAYBE CLARIFY THAT MS. NICHOLSON? ABSOLUTELY.
SO CHAPTER 42 APPLIES TO THE REVIEW AND ACTION THAT THIS COMMISSION TAKES ON SUBDIVISION PLATS.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE CHECK MARKS, SO TO SPEAK, IS, IS IT, DOES IT ALSO CONFORM TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL? SO IN CONJUNCTION WITH PUBLIC WORKS PLANNING CAN WORK WITH THOSE ISSUES, BUT IF IT'S NOT REQUIRED, IF IT DOESN'T MEET THAT THRESHOLD THAT THE CITY ENGINEER HAS, HAS DESCRIBED, THEN, EXCUSE ME, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, BUT, UM, THAT, THAT HE'S DESCRIBED, THEN IT WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED NECESSARILY.
BUT AGAIN, THAT WOULD BE A PUBLIC WORKS REQUIREMENT, NOT A PLANNING DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENT.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THIS IS KIND OF TWO PROJECTS IN ONE, ONE KIND OF REQUIRED AND THE OTHER DIDN'T.
I THINK WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS REQUIRED.
MAYBE THE APPLICANT CAN SHARE SINCE HE WAS ON THAT ONE.
BUT AS MR. YUKO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TELL US? IT, IT'S A, I I THINK WHAT YOU'RE GETTING TO IS IT'S A BIGGER AREA.
I I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT JUST THIS IS A STANDALONE PLAT YOU'RE BEING ASKED TO LOOK AT.
SO CAN YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION OF WAS THE TIAA REQUIREMENT IN YOUR FIRST PROJECT YOUR MULTIFAMILY? YES, MA'AM.
WE WENT AHEAD AND DID IT BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT.
AND IT'S A STANDARD PROCESS FOR US WHEN WE LOOK AT A PROJECT AND WE LOOK AT A NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WANNA DETERMINE WHAT'S GONNA NEED TO BE DONE, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE COST IMPLICATIONS TO US FURTHER DOWN THE LINE IF THERE IS A TRAFFIC IMPACT AND WE HAVE TO COME IN AND THERE'S SIGNALING
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OR ROAD WIDENING OR PICK A, PICK A TOPIC THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO PURSUE.SO WE DID IT PROACTIVELY ON THAT PROJECT.
WE LOOKED AT IT ON THIS PROJECT.
IT'S NOT REQUIRED ON THIS PROJECT, BOTH FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, BUT ALSO FROM A GENERATED TRIPS PERSPECTIVE.
SO OUR ENGINEER LOOKED AT IT AND WITH THE USES WE HAVE IN THIS BUILDING IS NOT REQUIRED.
UH, I DID WANT TO ADD THAT AS WE LOOKED AT THE STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED FOR THE APARTMENTS, WHICH IS A, IT IS A SEPARATE PROJECT.
SO WE ARE CONSIDERING THE RETAIL SPACE, WHICH IS A RELATIVELY SMALL SPACE AND DOESN'T REQUIRE IT.
BUT THE INITIAL STUDY ACCOUNTED FOR RETAIL ON THIS SIDE OF THE STREET, AND AT THE END OF THE PROCESS IS TRUE, IT WAS DONE DURING COVID.
SO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS WERE OUTDOORS, SOCIALLY DISTANCED.
I I'M NOT SURE IF EVERYONE WAS ON COMMISSION AT THE TIME, BUT COMMISSION WAS VIRTUAL.
AND SO IT WAS A, IT WAS A DIFFERENT WORLD WE WERE LIVING IN.
UM, BUT AS PART OF THE PROCESS FOR TRAFFIC STUDIES, YOU KNOW, IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT TRAFFIC WAS DECREASED DURING THE TIME OF COVID, PARTICULARLY IN THE EARLY DAYS OF COVID.
AND SO ALL OF THE NUMBERS, ALL THE EXPERTS AND PEOPLE SMARTER THAN ME GOT TOGETHER AND DETERMINED THE DELTA IN TRIP VOLUME FROM PRIOR TO COVID AND COVID.
SO ALL THE NUMBERS THAT WENT INTO THE STUDY ACCOUNTED FOR A 30% INCREASE IN THE TRAFFIC THAT WAS GENERATED AT THE TIME AND AT THE END OF THE STUDY.
AND I DO WANNA POINT OUT THAT TRAFFIC IS A PRIMARY CONCERN FOR US AS WELL.
IF OUR RESIDENTS CAN'T GET INTO THE BUILDING OR CAN'T GET OUT OF THE BUILDING, THEY'RE GONNA LEASE ONCE AND THEY'RE GONNA LEAVE US.
AND THAT'S NOT GOOD FOR OUR BUSINESS.
AND SO WE'RE VERY FOCUSED ON THE IN OUT RESIDENT EXPERIENCE.
AND AT THE END OF IT, AND I'LL, I'LL BE BRIEF, I KNOW IT'S A BUSY DAY, BUT JUST, JUST A COUPLE OF THE CONCLUSIONS THAT CAME ABOUT OF THE STUDY IS THAT, UM, SITE DRIVEWAYS AND NEIGHBORING, UH, NEARBY INTERSECTIONS WILL OPERATE AT LOSC OR BETTER FOR PEAK HOURS.
SO THERE'S NO MITIGATION REQUIRED.
THIS IS FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING AND THE RETAIL.
UH, WE WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY EXAMINE SIGNAL TIMING AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE 100% AGREE WITH.
AND SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO.
A LOT OF THESE CONVERSATIONS OCCUR DURING THE, THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
AND SO AS WE GO AND WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND WE PUT OUR SITE PLAN AND GO FOR APPROVALS, THESE ARE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE HAVE.
AND SO WE COULDN'T AGREE MORE THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE TIMING OF THAT AND SEE IF THERE'S WAYS TO IMPROVE THE TIMING OF THAT INTERSECTION.
AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US JUST AS IT IS FOR THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, NO CHANGE IN EXISTING TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, UH, NO LEFT TURN WARRANTED.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER BULLET POINTS, BUT LIKE MY FOCUS ON THAT, MY TAKEAWAY IS LET'S LOOK AT THE TIMING OF THAT LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION.
AND, AND I HAVE PROMISED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.
WE'LL BE FORCED TO DO IT DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
I'VE TOLD OUR COUNCILMEN THAT WE WILL LOOK INTO IT AND WE WILL EXPLORE IT AND WE'LL SIT DOWN WITH THE CITY TO REVIEW THE TIMING AND, AND THAT'S OUR COMMITMENT.
ALL APPLICANTS GET THE OFFER GETS TO THE APPLICANTS GET TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, YOU'RE NOT TELLING THE TRUTH.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE THE STATEMENT THAT WE JUST REMIND OURSELVES AND THE AUDIENCE THAT WE DON'T DO TIAS, WE DON'T REQUEST TIAS IS NOT IN OUR PURVIEW.
THAT'S IN THE PUBLIC WORKS PURVIEW.
UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG WAS THE ONE WE WERE GOING TO NEXT.
JEFF, I HAVE A FEW BASIC QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS IS NOT AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, CORRECT? IT'S A BRAND NEW GROUND UP STRUCTURE.
SO THERE'S NO EXISTING BUILDING TO PROTECT.
IS THERE ANY HISTORIC PROPERTY LINES AND, AND, AND SETBACKS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO MIMIC AND MAINTAIN FOR COHESION, PEDESTRIAN REALM, UM, OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? THEY ARE PROTECTING A MATURE TREE THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR PROPERTY SO THAT THEY'VE DESIGNED AROUND THAT.
I MEAN, FROM A PERSONAL STANDPOINT, I THINK IT'S VERY ATTRACTIVE, BUT THE VARIANCES THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED HAVE NO BASIS BASED ON EXISTING STRUCTURE PRESERVATION OF ANYTHING.
UM, SO ESPECIALLY THE ONE FOOT ENCROACHMENT INTO THE TRAFFIC, I MEAN THE, THE VIEW CORRIDOR ARE ALL SELF-IMPOSED.
AND HAVE THEY GIVEN YOU ANY REASON THAT THEY'RE JUSTIFIED? RIGHT.
SO THEY'RE, THE, THE JUSTIFICATION IS, IS THAT THEY'RE MIMICKING THE, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR TOD.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY CAN OPT IN ON THE TWO STREETS, NORTH MAIN AND BOUNDARY, BUT THEY CAN'T, ON KINGS IS NOT DESIGNATED.
SO THEIR, THEIR ASSERTION IS, IS THAT THIS IS, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON A TOD STREET AND IT'S VERY CLOSE.
IT JUST DOESN'T MEET THE THRESHOLD FOR, FOR BEING A TOD STREET.
UH, SO THE, THE INTENT IS MET FROM THE ORDINANCE FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.
COMMISSIONER KOVAR AND THEN COMMISSIONER STEIN, AND THEN COMMISSIONER VICTOR.
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HEARD ANYONE, UM, ADDRESS THE POINT ABOUT THE MAIN STREET REDESIGN, THE POTENTIAL REDESIGN.I I REALLY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THAT COULD IMPACT THIS OR BE IMPACTED? I THINK THERE IS A KIND OF A BIG PICTURE, UH, PLAN TO DO SOMETHING WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, LIKE A ROAD DIET ON THE STREET.
I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THAT IS AS FAR AS FUNDING AND, AND PRIORITY THERE.
THE APPLICANT IS MEETING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN BY DEDICATING RIGHT AWAY TO MAIN STREET.
AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHY THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN CALLS FOR WIDENING IS TO INCORPORATE THAT.
AND THEN SECONDLY, I, THIS IS JUST A GENERAL COMMENT.
I, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT FOR DEVELOPERS TO PRIZE TRANSPARENCY AND COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND I LOOKED AT THE LETTER THAT HAD GONE AROUND IN THE PETITION AND IT SAYS NOTHING ABOUT VARIANCE REQUESTS.
AND IT'S REALLY DISTURBING TO ME, YOU KNOW, IF I WAS PUTTING MY SIGNATURE ON SOMETHING, I WOULD WANT THAT TO BE STATED AND I HAVE A, A REAL ISSUE WITH THAT.
UM, THE OTHER ISSUE THAT I, THAT I NOTED WAS THAT THE TRAFFIC STUDY, THEY'D BEEN REQUESTING, YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC STUDY AND IT WASN'T SHARED UNTIL YESTERDAY.
AND I, I JUST DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S FAIR.
YOU KNOW, THERE WAS, THERE ARE BEEN DEFERRALS AND NOW WE'RE, THIS IS WHAT THE LAST REFERRAL DEFERRAL THAT WE CAN GIVE.
SO, UM, I JUST, I HAVE A REAL ISSUE WITH THAT AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER STEIN? YEAH, JUST A TECHNICAL QUESTION.
SO THE, THE ONE FOOT, UH, THE ONE FOOT, UH, INCURSION INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, IS THAT TAKEN FROM LIKE THE HYPOTENUSE? THE, THE LONG, THE LONG SIDE? WHERE DOES, WHERE'S THE ONE FOOT FROM? IT'S, IT'S THE LONG, IT'S BASICALLY, IT, IT'S NOT, IT'S ACTUALLY LESS THAN A FOOT.
IT'S I THINK AN EIGHTH OF EIGHT INCHES, UH, THAT IT JUST BUTTS OUT INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
SO IT'S JUST A, IT'S VERY, IT'S NOTS HUGELY SIGNIFICANT.
I JUST WANTED TO ESTABLISH THAT.
AND THEN WHEN DID THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVE THE PLAT AND THE VARIANCES FOR THE MULTIFAMILY? UH, 2020.
JUST WANTED TO THAT A VIRTUAL MEETING.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR, UM, WELL JUST A GENERAL COMMENT ABOUT WHAT COMMISSIONER
YOUR MIC'S NOT ON COMM YOUR MIC ON IT'S ON.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? I CAN HEAR YOU.
UM, NOW MAYBE USE MODEST MICROPHONE.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE TRANSPARENCY SIDE OF THE COMMUNICATION SIDE OF THE DEVELOPER.
RIGHT? IF YOU ARE NOT COMMUNICATING WITH THE PUBLIC, I GET IT.
WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, UH, AND I UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC STUDY IS NOT THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT IF THE TRAFFIC STUDY WAS DONE IN 2020, UM, AND THEY TOOK THIS POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THE TRAFFIC STUDY, HAD THEY SHARED IT WITH THE PUBLIC, MAYBE THE QUESTIONS WOULDN'T HAVE ARISE.
SO JUST IN FUTURE, IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT, AND AGAIN, THIS IS FOR DEVELOPER AND NOT FOR THE STAFF.
I UNDERSTAND THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH YOU GUYS CAN DO, BUT, UM, HOPING THAT THEY CAN COMMUNICATE, UH, AS MUCH INFORMATION AS THEY CAN WITH THE PUBLIC TO AVOID THESE KIND OF CHALLENGES.
I HAVE NO ONE, UH, ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK THAT HASN'T SPOKEN YET? SORRY, MR. TREVINO, I HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU'VE GOT A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MO? OKAY.
OPPOSED? OKAY, SO NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG AND COVAR ARE OPPOSED.
[e. Subdivision Plats with Special Exception Requests (Tammi Williamson) ]
TO E SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMS. AGAIN.
ITEM ONE 16 IS HARRIS COUNTY MUD 5 66 UTILITY RESERVE SECTION TWO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY ALONG BECCA ROAD, SOUTH OF US TWO 90 AND NORTH OF FUTURE MOUND ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO RESERVES RESTRICTED TO DETENTION AND WATER PLANT SITE AND IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING.
BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH THROUGH STREET STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS PART OF A 1096 ACRE GENERAL PLAN.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THESE INFRASTRUCTURE SITES
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AHEAD OF THE INTENDED LARGE SCALE INDUSTRIAL AND WAREHOUSE USES.THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THE DEDICATION OF AN EAST WEST STREET WITHIN THE PLAT BOUNDARY AND PROPOSES TO EXTEND THIS STREET FURTHER WEST TO CONNECT WITH PROPOSED BEATTY ROAD.
THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS FOR AN INCREASED MAXIMUM INTERSECTION FACING REQUIREMENT WITHIN CERTAIN SITUATIONS.
THE PROPOSED SAGE CHASE LANE THAT CONNECTS TO BECKER ROAD WILL CONNECT TO FUTURE BEATTY ROAD, WILL CREATE AN INTERSECTION SPACING OF APPROXIMATELY 2,710 FEET, WHICH IS LESS THAN 5% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD, WHICH IS NOT DISPROPORTIONATE.
THIS MEETS THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS CREATING A GRID OF TRAFFIC, DISPERSAL, AND CONNECTIVITY.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTION AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 16? IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Tammi Williamson) ]
F MOVING TO F.RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.
ITEM ONE 17 IS RESERVE AT BROS ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S EQUATORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF FM 1960 AND WEST OF CYPRUS WOOD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO DETENTION AND WAS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING.
NOW THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THE PLAT TO PROVIDE THE STREET AND HAS WITHDRAWN THE VARIANCE REQUEST AS THE PLAT NOW MEETS ALL ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 17.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[Platting Activities g & h]
MOVING TO G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SEC, EXCUSE ME.
ITEMS 118 THROUGH 131 AS ONE GROUP IT PLEASES A COMMISSION.
NAME CHANGES CONSIST OF ITEMS ONE 30 AND 1 31.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
REQUESTS OF APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G AND H.
OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Ramon Jaime-Leon) ]
ON TO K DEVELOPMENT PLOTS ITEM 1 32.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 32 23 0 1 ADDISON ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF ADDISON ROAD AND GREENBRIAR DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE WITH 12 INCHES OF ROOF OVERHANG.
INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG GREENBRIAR DRIVE A MAJOR THOROUGH FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
HIS STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
THE CORNER LOT WAS PLATTED IN WIND MIRROR, UH, SUBDIVISION WITH NO BUILDING LINES ON THE PLAT.
THE PROPOSED SITE HAS A 25 FOOT DEEP, UH, RESTRICTED BUILDING LINE ALONG ADDISON ROAD AND A FIVE FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
THE PREVIOUS HOME WAS ADHERING TO THE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG GREENBRIAR DRIVE AND HAD VEHICULAR ACCESS TO, UH, GREENBRIAR DRIVE.
UH, A REDUCED BUILDING LINE, UH, ON GREENBRIER DRIVE WILL SUIT THE CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED SITE WILL CHANGE THE VEHICLE ACCESS THROUGH THE LOCAL, UH, WILL CHANGE THE VEHICLE ACCESS THROUGH THE LOCAL STREET, ADDISON ROAD.
GREENBRIER DRIVE IS A SUFFICIENT, IS SUFFICIENT IN WIDTH AS UH, A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND A DISTANCE OF BACK OF CURVE TO THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE IS 15 FEET ADDITION.
ADDITIONALLY, THE APPLICANT WILL PROVIDE THE REQUIRED SIDEWALKS ALONG
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THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE, UH, UH, REQUIRED 25 ALONG THE MAJOR.I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 32.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL SEEK A MOTION IN A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER COLVARD, I'M SO SORRY, I'M NOT TRYING TO
SO, UM, I LOVE THAT THEY'RE MOVING THE DRIVEWAY OVER TO ADDISON, BUT I JUST AM WONDERING WHAT WILL THAT DO IN TERMS OF VISIBILITY? I MEAN, THERE'S ACTUALLY A CROSSWALK WITH THE, I I DRIVE THROUGH THERE ALL THE TIME.
THERE'S A CROSSING GUARDS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND EVERYBODY ACROSS THE STREET THERE.
SO I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SAFETY FOR THE KIDS THAT ARE GOING TO AND FROM SCHOOL AND, YOU KNOW, VISIBILITY AND ALL THAT.
WELL, UM, CHANGING IT TO THE LOCAL WILL.
WELL, UH, I GUESS, UH, HAVING THE CROSS GUARD IS THE ONLY OPTION TO BE HONEST.
UM, THERE IS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DEVELOPMENT CAN DO TO, SO, RIGHT.
I'M NOT ACTUALLY SURE IF THERE'S A BONAFIDE CROSSWALK THERE.
THERE PROBABLY IS, BUT IT'S LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEIR FRONT DOOR OF THE SCHOOL AND THAT'S WHERE THE CROSSING GUARD HAS THE KIDS COMING ANYWAY.
BUT IF, IF THE, IF THERE'S, SO THERE'S A REDUCED BUILDING LINE ON THE GREENBRIER SIDE? ON GREENBRIAR? YES, THAT WOULD, I'M SORRY MR. SMITH, YOU HAVE SO, SO COMMISSIONER KARD, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY HAVE DONE IS MOVED THE DRIVEWAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PICTURE HERE, THEY'VE MOVED THE DRIVEWAY FURTHER FROM THE INTERSECTION.
SO THEY LITERALLY COULD HAVE PROBABLY BROUGHT THE DRIVEWAY STRAIGHT OUT, WHICH THEN I WOULD AGREE WOULD BE CLOSE TO BEING ON TOP OF THAT, UM, CROSSING.
BUT HERE THEY'VE PUSHED THE DRIVEWAY AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION AND DO A CURVE TO GET UP INTO THE PROPERTY.
SO IT'S BRINGING THE DRIVEWAY FURTHER FROM THE INTERSECTION.
SO THAT, AND GONE OUT TO THE SITE A COUPLE OF TIMES.
ONE OF THE THINGS IS WHEN THEY'RE BACKING OUT, THEY'RE MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE BACKING OUT AND SENDING THE VEHICLE AWAY FROM GREENBRIAR SO THAT THEY CAN THEN DRIVE UP TO GREENBRIAR, WHICH WOULD THEN NOT BACKING INTO THAT CROSSWALK AREA OR, YOU KNOW, CONCERNS WITH THAT AS MUCH.
THE OTHER THING IS I THINK THAT THERE IS A HAWK SIGNAL FOR THE SCHOOL, UH, ONE OF THOSE FLASHING BEACONS AND IT'S NOT RIGHT AT THIS INTERSECTION.
IT'S AWAY FROM THE INTERSECTION SO THAT TRAFFIC CAN STOP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE GONNA SEE AS MUCH, UH, PEDESTRIANS CROSSING ON ADDISON AS YOU WOULD SEE THAN, YOU KNOW, CROSSING GREENBRIAR.
BUT WE WERE MORE, TRAFFIC WAS MORE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS IN THAT THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON GREENBRIAR WOULD MAKE IT DIFFICULT.
PLUS IF YOU DO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING ON GREENBRIAR, THERE'S ALMOST NO, IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT IF YOU WERE BACKING OUT TO GREENBRIAR FOR SITE VISIBILITY FOR BOTH PEDESTRIANS AND VEHICLES.
SO I WOULD SUPPORT THIS IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT IT'S GOING ONTO THE LOCAL ROAD.
THEY HAVE DONE WHAT THEY CAN TO MOVE THAT DRIVEWAY FURTHER FROM THE INTERSECTION AND THE CROSSINGS.
SO I THINK THEY'VE TRIED TO TAKE A LOT OF THOSE SAFETY ASPECTS INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN DOING THIS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, NOW I NEED A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
YOU WANNA SPEAK? I'M SORRY, DID YOU WANT TO SPEAK? YOU NEED TO COME UP HERE PLEASE.
YOU NEED TO COME TO THE MIC AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE HOMEOWNER THAT'S BUILDING THIS AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID AND I THINK YOU COVERED EVERYTHING BUT JUST FIRST THING THAT CAME IN MY AND POPPED IN MY HEAD WAS THAT IT'S THE STILL MY PROPERTY LINE AND THERE'S NO REASON THAT KIDS OR ANYONE WOULD HAVE TO BE ON THE PROPERTY LINE AND LIKE HE COVERED THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE COMING IN THROUGH ADDISON.
SO THERE WILL BE NO DISRUPTION TO ANY TRAFFIC ON GREENBRIAR.
BUT YOU COVERED IT AND I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MOTION HINES.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 1 33, UH, 77 25 HOFFMAN STREET.
THE SITE IS, UH, LOCATED EAST OF INTERSTATE 69 AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF EAST CROSS TIMBERS AND HOFFMAN STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 12 FOOT AND
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SIX INCHES, UH, IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE.REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG EAST CROSS TIMBER STREET, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW DUPLEX WITH NO GARAGE.
THE SUBJECT SITE WAS CREATED UNDER TRIANGLE GARDEN SUBDIVISION IN 1944.
THE RECORDER PLOT HAS A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG HOFFMAN STREET AND A 12 FOOT DEED BUILDING LINE ALONG EAST CROSS SIM STREET.
EAST CROSS SIM STREET AT THE TIME WAS, UH, ERNIE STREET WHEN EAST CROSS TIMBERS STREET WAS CREATED.
THE DEDICATION OF THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS TAKING THE DEDICATION, SORRY.
DEDICATION FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY WAS TAKEN FROM THE ADJACENT LOTS.
IN THIS CASE A FULL LOT WAS TAKEN, UM, LEAVING A LARGE, UH, LEAVING A LARGE BACK CURB DISTANCE, UH, TO THE PROPERTY LINE, WHICH THEN CREATED AN UNDUE HARDSHIP ON THIS PROPERTY.
AT THIS LOCATION, EAST CROSS TIMBER STREET IS A 80 FOOT SUFFICIENT WITH RIGHT OF WAY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE VEHICLE ACCESS FROM THE LOCAL STREET, HOFFMAN STREET.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 12 FEET AND SIX INCHES ALONG EAST CROSS TIMBER STREET FOR THE PROPOSED DUPLEX.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED TO SPEAK.
I'M, I'M HOPING I DON'T MESS THIS UP, BUT I BELIEVE IT'S NATHAN DIETRICH.
OKAY, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of October 17, 2024 ]
ALONG TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO, ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF OCTOBER 17TH, 2024.FOR KAYWOOD PLACE, EVERGREEN COTTAGES JONES CREEK RESERVE AT MCCREE MEADOWS, SECTION TWO MANGO SQUARE PARK STREET VIEWS PLAZA ESTATES AT ENGLAND.
SUNSET PLACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO AND VILLAS ON SUNBEAM.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA.
[III. Excuse the Absence of Commissioner Mandapaka ]
NEED TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER MONDA PAKA.[IV. Public Comment ]
DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, WE WILL GO FOR AN ADJOURNMENT.