* 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. [CALL TO ORDER ] [00:00:09] MY NAME'S LISA CLARK. I'M THE CHAIR OF YOUR HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:35 PM ON FEBRUARY 20TH, UH, 2025. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY. YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING VIA EHTV SPEAKERS. IF YOU WISH. TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR. CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED ONE MINUTE AND NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIMED FOR TWO MINUTES. TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, I'LL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT. UH, VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER COLVARD VAR. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. HE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER HINES HINES PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES JONES. PRESENT, COMMISSIONER KHALI KHALI. PRESENT, COMMISSIONER, UH, MAREZ MAREZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER POR PERLE POES PERLE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS ROBINS PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG IS ABSENT TODAY. COMMISSIONER SIGLER SIGLER. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS NOT HERE. COMMISSIONER VICTOR VICTOR PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VERA BLAND. VERA BLAND, PRESENT. UM, AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME THE HONORABLE ADRIAN GARCIA, COMMISSIONER OF HARRIS COUNTY GARCIA PRESENT. VERY GOOD. WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU LEARN QUICKLY. YOU DO LEARN QUICKLY. WE ARE SO HONORED TO HAVE YOU HERE AT THE TABLE WITH US. SO WELCOME AND, UH, SECRETARY TRAN PRESENT. 17. OKAY, WE HAVE A QUORUM. WE NEED 11. WE HAVE 17 MEMBERS NOW. I WILL LET EVERYONE KNOW THERE ARE TWO ITEMS WITHDRAWN, SO WE WILL NOT HEAR ANY, ANY COMMENTS OR ANYTHING, TAKE ANY ACTION TODAY. ITEM 1 0 5, WHICH IS WANG WANG INVESTMENTS HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND ITEM NUMERAL 4 3400 WEST OAK DRIVE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AS WELL. SO AGAIN, YES, WHAT DID I CALL IT? IT'S WIDE OAK DRIVE IF I SAID IT WRONG. UM, SO WE WILL NOT HEAR ANYTHING ON THOSE ITEMS TODAY AND [Director’s Report ] I WILL NOW CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK, COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC. I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. I HAVE TWO ITEMS TO REPORT TODAY. FIRST IS AN UPDATE. UH, WE ARE EXPECTING TO GO LIVE WITH THE LAUNCH OF THE RELAUNCH OF PLAT TRACKER VERSION TWO, UH, THIS COMING MONTH IN MARCH 2ND, I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE OUR VERY OWN DIPTI MAUR FOR EARNING THE PRESTIGIOUS CERTIFICATION FROM THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS. CONGRATULATIONS. WHERE'S DIPTI? THERE SHE IS. NICE CENTRAL, NICE CENTER. DIPTI SERVES AS DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIVISION OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SHE STARTED HER CAREER WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN 2006. A ICP CERTIFICATION SIGNIFIES A COMMITMENT TO HIGH PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS, ETHICAL CONDUCT, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION IN THE FIELD OF PLANNING. I AM SO GRATEFUL AND SO PROUD TO HAVE DIPTI LEADING OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM. CONGRATULATIONS, DIPTI FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART. AND, UH, FINALLY, UH, YES, UH, WELCOME, HONORABLE COMMISSIONER A PRECINCT TWO ADRIAN GARCIA. UH, IT'S A PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU HERE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU HERE AT THE FUTURE COMMISSION MEETINGS AS WELL. SO, WELCOME. SO IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4. YOU MAY, YOU MAY ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM OR TAKE A LOOK AT LET'S TALK HOUSTON FOR MORE INFORMATION. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TRAN. UH, COMMISSIONERS. WE HAVE THE MINI MEETING MINUTES FROM FEBRUARY 6TH [Consideration of February 6, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ] IN YOUR PACKAGE. I NEED A MOTION. MOTION. MOTION. MODEST. SECOND. SECOND COLLEAGUE. SECOND COLLEAGUE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE [Platting Activities a & b] ALONG TO PLANNING ACTIVITY. [00:05:06] GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS KEN CALHOUN. SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 95 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 51 AND SECTIONS B. REPLAY ITEMS ARE NUMBER 53 THROUGH 52 THROUGH 95. NO ITEMS CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANCE OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. I KNOW WE HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS. UH, COMMISSIONER MAREZ? YES, I WILL ABSTAIN FROM, UM, CONSENT ITEM 7 18, 28 AND 32 AND REPL 54 THROUGH 58. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. HE? YES. MADAM CHAIR, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 2, 3, 7 11, 12, 31, 38, 39, 54 THROUGH 58, 86, AND 91. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ABSTENTIONS? COMMISSIONERS. OKAY, SO I NEED A, UH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ALL ITEMS, SAVE AND ACCEPT UNDER A AND B, SAVE AND ACCEPT. ITEM 2, 3 7 11, 12 31, 38, 39, 54 THROUGH 58, 86 AND 91 AND I NEED TO ADD 18, 28 AND 32. MOTION VERA BLAND. MOTION VERA BLAND. ALL SECOND. SECOND ALLMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER TAHIR HAS JOINED US. OKAY. NOW WE NEED TO VOTE ON ALL ITEMS, UM, THAT I JUST MENTIONED. UH, SO I'M GONNA NAME 'EM AGAIN. 2 3 7 11, 12, 18, 31, 28, 32, 38, 39, 54 THROUGH 58, 86, AND 91. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION JONES. ROBIN, SECOND ROBINS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm and John Cedillo) ] NOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO SEE PUBLIC HEARINGS REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. MADAM CHAIR, I'M GOING TO STEP I RECUSE MYSELF FOR THIS ITEM. YES, SIR. PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HICH IS RECUSING HIMSELF. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN FL. ITEM 96 IS BRIDGELAND APRICOT SULFUR DRIVE AND RED FLOWER DRIVE STREET. DEDICATION. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, EAST OF KATY HOCKLEY ROAD, NORFOLK POLLINATOR DRIVE. THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CHANGE THE NAME FROM APRICOT UR DRIVE SOFTWARE SPELLING, UM, WITH AN E TO APRICOT SOFTWARE DRIVE AND THE SULFUR IS SPELLED S-U-L-P-H-U-R WITH A U STAFF. RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE ARE NO VARIOUS 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. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU, MS. POLAND. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN 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 AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION HINES. MOTION HINES SECOND POOREST PER ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 97. ITEM 97 IS CONLEY PLACED. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS WEST OF ALONG CONNELLEY STREET, NORTH OF FAULKNER STREET. THE REASON FOR RELIGHT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE 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. MADAM CHAIR OF THE PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 97 IS OPEN. 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 FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION MAD SECOND BALLWIN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 98. ITEM 98 IS CONLEY RETREAT. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS EAST OF SCOTCH STREET AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF YELLOWSTONE AND CONLEY STREETS. THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE [00:10:01] THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAID 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 WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLAT. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 98 IS OPEN. 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 FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 99. ITEM 99 IS EASTWOOD PARK. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS WEST OF CULLEN BOULEVARD EAST ALONG EASTWOOD STREET. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. STAFF'S 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. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 99 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION SEGLER HECK, SECOND HA. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 100. ITEM 100 IS HLB. HOMES ON BRINKLEY SITE IS IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG BRINKLEY STREET, EAST OF SCOTT STREET. THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS A DEFER PLAT FOR NOTICE REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM. MADAM CHAIRMAN PLEASES COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 100 IS OPEN. I HAVE, UM, THE APPLICANT, MR. ESPINOZA SIGNED FOR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO I WILL, UH, DEFER, UH, EXCUSE ME. I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL. MOTION VERA BLAND. MOTION VERA BLAND. SECOND HINES. SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 1. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS OF THE U. ITEM 1 0 1 IS HLB HOMES ON NOLL STREET. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 9,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF ALONG NOLL STREET, EAST OF HOMESTEAD ROAD AND NORTH OF LAY ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND A FLAG LOTT FORMATION. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTS WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS NOT FULLY MET NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE P PLA OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO DEFER THE PLA FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW PLAT TO COMPLY WITH ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. MA'AM, CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU MR. SADIA. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN. UH, AGAIN, I HAVE THE APPLICANT, UH, MR. ESPINOZA HERE FOR QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? YES. COMMISSIONER ROBBINS. CAN WE, DOES A DEFERRAL ALLOW A CURE OF A, UH, A NOTICE FAILURE TO NOT PROPERLY NOTIFY? IT DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY CURE IT, BUT I KNOW THAT THIS ONE, YOU GUYS ARE REQUESTING DEFERRAL THIS TIME. CORRECT. AND THEN THEY'LL DO THEIR POST THEIR NOTIFICATIONS, POST THEIR SIGN AND EVERYTHING. YEAH. CORRECT. AND WE'LL DEFER TWICE IN ORDER TO COME INTO CO COMPLIANCE WITH THE 20 DAY REQUIREMENT. NOTICE, UH, IF I, IF YOU WANT TO GO INTO DETAILS, THE APPLICANT DID, UH, STATE THAT THEY HAVE THE SIGN UP IN TIME WITH, UH, DATE STAMPED PHOTOS. HOWEVER, THE PHOTOS WERE SENT TO US AFTER THE REQUIRED SENT DATE WITH THAT AND THE VERIFYING THAT THE FILES WERE SAVED AT THAT TIME WE'RE BEING COMMENDABLE TO, TO LOAD THAT, SHOWING THAT THE, SO INSTEAD OF MAKING HIM WITHDRAW THE APPLICATION, WHETHER THEY'RE GONNA RECOMMEND DEFERRAL THIS TIME, THEY'LL RECOMMEND DEFERRAL NEXT TIME. AND DURING THAT PERIOD, ALL THE NOTIFICATION WILL HAVE BEEN MET. AND IT'S NOT THAT THIS, WE DON'T THINK THE SIGN WAS POSTED. IT WAS THAT THEY WERE, THE PICTURES AND STUFF WERE PROVIDED DATE STAMPED AFTER THE SUBMITTAL DATE. OKAY. BASED, SENT APPROPRIATELY, BUT SUBMITTED AFTER THIS MIDDLE DATE? YEAH, IT WAS UP. IT JUST WASN'T SUBMITTED IN TIME. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IT MAKES SENSE. I'M JUST CURIOUS IF THE PURPOSE OF THE NOTICE IS TO ALLOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE SURROUNDING AREA AND, AND THE SIGN WAS POSTED IN TIME, WE JUST DIDN'T RECEIVE CONFIRMATION. CORRECT? CORRECT. IT WAS POSTED IN TIME. CORRECT. DO WE HAVE TO DEFER FOR US? THAT'S A LEGAL QUESTION. . DORIAN, [00:15:01] DID YOU WANNA ANSWER OR MS. MICKELSON? WHICH ONE? UH, I'LL DEFER TO MS. POPE FL IF SHE WAS ADDING SOMETHING, BUT I CAN EXPLAIN THE DISCUSSION WE'VE HAD WITH STAFF. OKAY, PLEASE. SO IT'S A STAFF, IT'S A REQUIREMENT FOR PLATS TO COMPLY WITH OUR LOCAL REGULATIONS, WHICH REQUIRE THE SIGNED POSTING STAFF TO VERIFY THAT THAT HAS BEEN DONE HAS REQUIRED THE SUBMITTAL OF A, OF A TIME AND DATE STAMPED PHOTO AS OF THE 20TH DATE. NOW, IN THIS CASE, SO PART OF THE, THE DELAY THAT REQUIRES US TO GO TO TWO DEFERRALS IN THIS ITEM, UM, IS BECAUSE OF THE 20 DAY NOTICE CHANGE THAT WAS MADE LAST YEAR, UM, THE TIMESTAMP PHOTO WAS SUBMITTED, BUT BECAUSE THAT CAN SOMETIMES BE MONKEYED WITH, I'M NOT SAYING IT WAS IN THIS CASE, STAFF'S POSITION HAS ALWAYS BEEN, IT HAS TO BE SUBMITTED BY THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, BY THAT DATE, UH, PRIOR TO THE NOTICE, PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO IN THE INTEREST OF MOVING IT ALONG AND NOT REQUIRING WITHDRAWAL, NOT REQUIRING RESUBMITTAL AND REPAYMENT OF ANOTHER FEE, WE, WE'VE RECOMMENDED THIS OPTION. THAT MAKES TOTAL SENSE. I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULDN'T GET 'EM APPROVED FASTER IF THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE, BUT IF WE NEED TO WAIT, WE NEED TO WAIT. YEAH. BUT IF THE SIGN WAS OUT IN TIME AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOT THE NOTICE THEY NEEDED, THE ONLY THING THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN WAS THE NOTICE WASN'T DELIVERED TO US IN A TIMELY MANNER. IT IT'S AN INTERNAL POLICY. PROCEDURE OKAY. AND PROCEDURAL ISSUE. RIGHT. UM, I DISCUSSED BRIEFLY WITH STAFF APPLICATION POTENTIAL, OTHER OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE, BUT FOR THIS, WE STILL HAVE THAT POLICY IN PLACE. GOT IT. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER TEHIR, UM, BASICALLY IN SIMPLE LANGUAGE WE CAN USE THE DEFERRAL PERIOD TO CURE ANY NOTICE ISSUES. THAT THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT'S BEING DONE. YES. BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEEN DEFERRED BEFORE. YES. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S JUST IN SIMPLE TERMS, IT'S JUST A WAY TO NOT MAKE THEM WITHDRAW THE ENTIRE APPLICATION. START OVER AGAIN AND PAY NEW FEES. YES. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I, I'M JUST CURIOUS IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN HOW THESE DRIVEWAYS ARE GONNA WORK WITH THIS FIVE FOOT FIVE WALK. I WAS GONNA MAKE A COMMENT. IT'S, I ASKED THAT SAME QUESTION. OKAY. UM, AND IT'S THAT THE FIVE, FIVE AND FIVE WILL BE THE DRIVE, THE 15 FEE? YES. THERE'LL BE AN EASEMENT THROUGH THERE WHEN THEY RESUBMIT. THAT'LL SHOW THE DRIVE. I ASKED THAT QUESTION MYSELF. I'M CURIOUS ABOUT, IT WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING AND SUNNY ASKED IT AS WELL. SO REALLY SMALL CARS. YEAH. . YEAH. IT'S A FIVE, FIVE FOOT DRIVE AISLE. . ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. DID I, UM, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING YET? IF I DIDN'T? I'M CONTINUING IT NOW. OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING. YES. I'M CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING. UM, SO COMMISSIONERS, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER MOTION COLLE. SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 1 2. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 2 IS LANGTON PLACE, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO. THE SUBJECT SITE IS NUMBER 22,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF SOUTHWEST SIDE DRIVE AND TRESCO DRIVE NORTH OF FUQUA STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS, TWO OF WHICH TAKING ACCESS BY SHARED DRIVEWAY. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. WE REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE, UH, APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED SOME ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION IN REGARDS TO BELIEVED NEFARIOUS NATURE OF THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 1 0 2 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, COMMISSIONERS. I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION JONES SECOND MAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 3. ITEM 1 0 3 IS ALTON PARK. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 2.3 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF BEDFORD STREET AND DORRANCE STREET SOUTH OF BELFORT AVENUE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO BRANCHES REQUESTS WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS OR HAS YET TO MEET ALL VERIFICATION WARRANT AT THIS POINT. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACEBOOK PLA OR THOSE FILED. SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING CONCERNS FOR THE TRAFFIC IMPACT THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD PLACE ON THE SURROUNDING RIGHT OF WAYS. THERE'S A ATTACHED SITE PLAN, UH, THAT IS SHOWING THE INTENT FOR A WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION FOR FLOORING MATERIALS. THAT COMMERCIAL ACCESS TO BEDFORD AND, UH, BEDFORD STREET. THAT COMMERCIAL ACCESS TO BEDFORD STREET CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO BELFORT AVENUE, WHICH IS 1100 FEET NORTH OF THE PROPERTY SITE. RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. AND AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR PO. TIM KASEK TATUM MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 1 0 3. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED [00:20:01] TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE. I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL. MOTION. MOTION VERA BLAND. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 4 IS WALLOP SENIOR RESIDENCE EXPANSION. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS OVER 32,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG GRANTWOOD STREET, SOUTH OF BLO STREET AND WEST OF SCOTT STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE A LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUEST FOR THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BALLOT. LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM. AT THIS TIME, 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 WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN. SECOND. SECOND JONES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 5 IS WITHDRAWN. SO [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Petra Hsia, Tammi Williamson and Devin Crittle, John Cedillo) ] WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO D VARIANCES. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM 1 0 6 IS BEAMER BUSINESS PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN SOUTHEAST HARRIS COUNTY SOUTHWEST ALONG BEAMER ROAD, SOUTH OF FM 2351 AND NORTH OF WEST DORADO BOULEVARD AND EAST OF IH 45. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 13 ACRE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE NOT TO PROVIDE THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED DEDICATION FOR WIDENING ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BEAMER ROAD STAFF REQUESTS TO DEFER THE APPLICATION FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW HARRIS COUNTY ADDITIONAL TIME TO RESEARCH ABOUT THE BEAMER ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 1 0 6. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON 1 0 6? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL. MOTION COLLEAGUE. MOTION COLLEAGUE. SECOND. SECOND GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 0 7, ITEM 1 0 7 IS BRIDGE CREEK VILLAGE, SECTION ONE. THE SEPTIC SIDE IS A NEARLY 19 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH OF ALONG BRIDGE CREEK. TERRANCE DRIVE WEST OF FRY ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 169 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND 14 RESERVES ON A TYPE ONE PAE PRIVATE STREET DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 14 FEET ALONG THE INTERIOR TYPE ONE PAE. IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE 50 FOOT P-A-E-P-U-E WOULD HAVE A 28 FOOT PAVEMENT SECTION ALLOWING FOR UTILITIES AND LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THE PAVEMENT SECTION FOR LOTS. WITH A 14 FOOT BUILDING LINE, THE BACK OF CURB WOULD BE A DISTANCE OF 25 FEET. WITH 19 FEET SPACE BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND PROPOSED SIDEWALK GRANTING THESE REQUESTS WOULD NOT AFFECT, UH, NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS A SELF, UH, MAINTAINED, UH, RIGHT PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY AND WITH NO THROUGH STREET CONNECTIONS. IF THE COUNTY WERE TO REQUEST TO ACCEPT, BE REQUESTED TO ACCEPT THE PAES FOR MAINTENANCE, THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL UH, IDM STANDARDS. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 7. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY. UH, COMMISSION. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES TO HEAR. SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR. A OPPOSED. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 8. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN CRIDDLE. ITEM 1 0 8 IS GRIFFIN AIRPORT AND 2 88 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY SECTION ONE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST OF US 2 88 SOUTH OF ALONG AIRPORT BOULEVARD AT EAST O ALAMEDA ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT AND TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE A PUBLIC STUB STREET WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A 17 ACRE RESERVE OUT OF A GENERAL PLAN INTENDED FOR INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE USE. THE RESERVE TAKES ACCESS FROM AN ACCESS EASEMENT FIRST RECORDED IN 2013. THIS IS A NON-EXCLUSIVE EASEMENT, 66 60 FEET AND WIDTH AND IS IMPROVED SIMILAR TO A PUBLIC STREET. THE ADJACENT SUBDIVISION CREATED A PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM THAT STUBS INTO THE EASTERN [00:25:01] PLATTE BOUNDARY. GIVEN THE USE OF THIS RESERVE STAFF SUPPORT NOT EXTENDING THE STREET, WHICH WOULD INTRODUCE INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC WITH RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC, THE SITE PLAN SHOWS AN EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT TAKING ACCESS FROM THE DEAD END OF THE ST. STREET. SINCE THE GENERAL PLAN FRONTS MULTIPLE STREETS AND A MAJOR AIRFARE, STAFF BELIEVES THE DEVELOPER CAN FIND AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS. STAFF WILL PLACE A CONDITION ON THE CPC 1 0 1 TO REMOVE ALL VEHICULAR TRAFFIC FROM THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO. STAFF DID RECEIVE A COMMENT RELATED TO TRASH AND NOISE POLLUTION, UH, WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PACKET. UH, MADAM CHAIR OF STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. CRILE. I HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SHARIFA GLASS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MS. GLASS, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. HI, MY NAME IS DR. SHARIFA GLASS. UM, I OPPOSE THE, UM, EMERGENCY ACCESS INTO THE SUBDIVISION. I'M A, UM, A HOMEOWNER OF THE SUBDIVISION. IT'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UM, ALSO YOUNG FAMILIES, CHILDREN. I HAVE CHILDREN, TWO CHILDREN OF MY OWN. UM, THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORS INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER AND ACTUALLY THAT EMERGENCY ACCESS IS, UM, PROBABLY LIKE, UM, LESS THAN A BLOCK FROM A PARK. UM, SO, UM, AND, AND THE, UM, CHILDREN, UH, PLAY IN THE STREET, THEY PLAY IN THE FRONT YARD. THEY PLAY IN THE FRONT YARD IS DANGEROUS. THE, UM, AND ALSO, UM, ALLOWING THE EMERGENCY ACCESS, UM, UM, FOR THE EMPLOYEES, WHOEVER'S GOING TO THAT, UM, WAREHOUSE, THEY HAVE NO INVESTMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY HAVE NO INVESTMENT OF THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I OPPOSE, UM, ANY ACCESS FOR INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC INTO THE SUBDIVISION. THANK YOU. IT APPEARS THAT STAFF IN THE APPLICANT HAVE WORKED THAT OUT, SO THAT'S GOOD. PERFECT. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN. MM-HMM . OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SEAN SMITH. GOOD AFTERNOON. MR. SMITH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. SEAN SMITH. UM, I ALSO OPPOSE THE, UH, THE CASE BECAUSE, UM, THEY IS ALREADY, THERE'S ALREADY A, A WAREHOUSE THAT WAS, UM, BUILT JUST BEFORE THIS ONE THAT WAS APPROVED THAT, UM, LATER FOUND THAT THERE WERE OTHER UNFORESEEN, UH, OCCURRENCES THAT OCCURRED LIKE, UH, UH, INCREASED LIGHT POLLUTION FROM THE LIGHTS FROM THE WAREHOUSE AND, UM, ALSO INCREASE THROUGH TRAFFIC TO GET TO THAT WAREHOUSE. AND IN INCREASING THAT, THE AREA TO ADD ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL PARK WOULD JUST IN INCREASE THE TRAFFIC EVEN MORE, AND ALSO COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL, UH, CRIME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS OPPOSED TO HAVING A, ANOTHER EXTENSION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE CAN INCREASE THE VALUE, THE PROPERTY VALUE OF THE HOMES AROUND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA FOR MR. CRIDDLE? YES. YEAH. MR. CRILE QUESTION FOR YOU, THAT SOUTHEASTERN PORTION MM-HMM . UM, OF THE BOTTOM OF THE L THAT FACES THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT DETENTION. UH, CAN YOU GO TO THE SITE PLAN? AND THE REASON I ASK IS OF COURSE I'M CONCERNED AS, AS THERE WAS, WE JUST SPOKE, UM, ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION. MM-HMM . FENCING, SEPARATION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO CAN YOU FILL ME IN? YES. UM, SO HIGHLIGHT IN BLUE IS, UH, DETENTION FOR THE, UM, FOR THIS TRACT. I CAN'T SPEAK MUCH ON THE LIGHTING SITUATION, WHAT THEY HAVE PLANNED TO ADDRESS THAT CONCERN, BUT THERE IS SOME SPACE SEPARATED WITH THIS DETENTION RESERVE AND THEY'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE FENCING, ARE THEY NOT? THEY SHOULD, I BELIEVE THEY ARE GONNA HAVE FENCING FOR SURE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY SEEM LIKE THERE WAS SOMEONE THAT STOOD UP LIKE YOU WANTED TO SPEAK. DID YOU WANNA COME FORWARD AND SPEAK? COME ON UP AND YES, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD WHEN YOU COME UP. THAT'D BE GREAT. THANK YOU. KEVIN ELLIS. I'M WITH THE DEVELOPER GRIFFIN PARTNERS. I WAS JUST GONNA SAY CORRECT, IT'S DETENTION ALONG THAT SOUTHEASTERN PORTION. OKAY, GREAT. AND, AND YOU HEARD, UH, UH, THE OTHER SPEAKER. AND SO MY CONCERN IS OF COURSE, THAT THERE, THERE'D BE FENCING AND WE, WHEN ANY LIGHTING THAT IS USED IS NOT, YOU KNOW, IS NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, FOCUSING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON LIGHTING WISE, IF THERE'S ANY AT ALL THERE ALONG THE DETENTION? RIGHT. I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS THOUGH. I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ON THAT. OKAY. WELL IF YOU JUST KEEP AN EYE TO THAT. OKAY. AGAIN, WE WANT, WE WANT EVERYONE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IMPOSING ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND LIGHT POLLUTION AND THE LIKE. SO IF YOU COULD KEEP AN EYE ON THAT, WE'D VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT. ABSOLUTELY APPRECIATE THE COMMENT. GREAT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF, UH, TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS LISTED. DO I HAVE A MOTION? [00:30:01] MOTION HINES. MOTION HINES. SECOND MAREZ. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM 1 0 9. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS RA RODRIGUEZ AT A 1 0 9 IC ICON M TOWER. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF MOUNT WOOD BOULEVARD AND WEST CLAY STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A NINE FEET BUILDER LINE INSTEAD OF 25 ALONG MOUNT ROSE BOULEVARD. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLATFORM FOR THE STUDY AND REVIEW. THANK YOU. I HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED. ROCKY. UM, I'M PROBABLY GONNA GET THIS WRONG TON. COULD WE GET SOME CLARITY WHAT'S DIFFERENT IN BETWEEN THIS ONE AND WHAT WAS APPROVED EARLIER? EARLIER? HANG ON ONE SECOND. YES, JUST CLARITY FOR THEY, THEY HAVE A, WE APPROVED THIS PLOT YEARS AGO, RIGHT? YES. FEW YEARS AGO. AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR. THIS IS A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, RIGHT? IT'S ACTUALLY SHORTER. IT'S SHORTER THAN THE ONE WE APPROVED. YES. AND WHAT'S MODIFIED ABOUT THE ENTRANCES IN AND OUT COMPARED TO THE OTHER ONE RIGHT NOW? UM, PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD ENTRANCE ON BOW STREET, BUT NOW THEY'RE LIMITING THE RESIDENT ENTRANCE ALONG AND ONLY ON ING BIRD FOR ON CLAY. THAT'S THE NEW MODIFICATION FOR TODAY'S STIPEND. UM, WHAT WAS THE SECOND QUESTION? I'M SORRY. JUST THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WAS APPROVED AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING NOW. OKAY. THAT'S ONE DIFFERENT, AND THE SECOND DIFFERENT IS, RIGHT NOW THEY ONLY REQUESTED NINE FOOT FURTHER LINE ALARM ROSE. PREVIOUSLY THEY HAD, UM, VARIANT FOR NINE FEET WITH THE ALARM MOUNT ROAD AND FIVE FEET ON CLAY STREET. SO THE VARIANT ON CLAY STREET IS NOT THERE ANYMORE. AND ARE THEY DEDICATING THE SAME RIGHT OF WAY THAT THEY DEDICATED BEFORE THE I BELIEVE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS SUFFICIENT WITH, OKAY. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER JONES. THANK YOU. UH, JUST A CLARIFICATION, THERE'S A SIDEWALK AND THE, THE, THE CURRENT, UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND A NOTICE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING RUNNING HERE, A SIDEWALK EASEMENT, IS THE INTENT TO JUST SIMPLY MAKE THAT SIDEWALK WIDER OR ARE THEY WANTING TO CREATE A BUFFER BETWEEN THEM? JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE SIDEWALK WOULD BENEFIT THE PUBLIC. IF IT WOULD. IT'S MORE LIKE, LIKE A LANDSCAPE RESERVE. I MEAN, BUFFER RIGHT NOW THEY'RE ONLY REQUESTING A SICK FOOT BUFFER AND SICK FOOT SIDEWALK. BUT, UM, THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE DEFER PERIOD TO QUIT, UM, TO ENSURE WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ALIGNED WITH THE MONROE RIGHT AWAY IMPROVEMENT PLAN BECAUSE I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT SIDEWALK WIDTH. SO I NEED TO LOOK INTO THAT FURTHER NEXT TIME. THANK YOU. YES. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. SO OUR SPEAKER IS, UH, ROCKY KENTON. PLEASE CORRECT ME, I'M NOT SURE THAT I EVEN GOT CLOSE TO THAT. YOU WERE CLOSE. ? YES. I'M ROCKY NEWTON. I'M A 33 YEAR RESIDENT OF MONTROSE, 29 YEARS IN THE HYDE PARK NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THE VARIANCE REQUEST FOR THE TOWER. I'M, I OPPOSE THE TOWER PERIOD. UH, I OPPOSE FOR THESE REASONS. THE PROJECT WILL BRING UNWANTED TRAFFIC TO AN ALREADY SATURATED MONTROSE BOULEVARD. THE STREET IS BUMPER TO BUMPER IN THE EVENING WEEK, WEEKDAY RUSH HOURS FROM FOUR BLOCKS SOUTH OF WEST GRAY ALL THE WAY TO WASHINGTON AVENUE. INGRESS AND EGRESS AND INGRESS ON MONTROSE WILL ONLY ADD MORE CONGESTION TO THAT PROBLEM AND ANY RETAIL ON STREET LEVEL WILL FURTHER COMPOUND THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM. THE PROJECT'S CONSTRUCTION PHASE AND ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC WHEN COMPLETED THREATENS THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS JUST BEHIND THE TOWER AND ALSO ON THE EAST SIDE, AS WELL AS THE SAFETY OF CHILDREN WALKING TO THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEARBY USING WEST CLAY. AND THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS NEARBY KNOWN AS NORTH MONTROSE, HYDE PARK, AND EAST MONTROSE ARE VIBRANT NEIGHBORHOODS FULL OF RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND LOW-RISE STRUCTURES AT THE MOST. THIS KIND OF TALL DEVELOPMENT DOES NOT FIT THE SCALE OF THE SEGMENT OF MONTROSE BOULEVARD AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING AREAS. IT'S JUST TOO BIG FOR THE LOT. IT'LL STAND OUT LIKE A GIANT EYESORE ON THE NORTH MONTROSE LANDSCAPE. THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME VOICE MY OPINION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO SPEAK? COMMISSIONER GARZA. MS. RODRIGUEZ, A QUESTION FOR YOU. UM, AND LOOKING AT THIS, I CAN'T QUITE TELL, BUT IT LOOKS AS THOUGH ON THE [00:35:01] EAST SIDE THAT IS BEHIND THE BUILDING, THAT THERE'S HOUSING AND I BELIEVE THAT IN LIVABLE PLACES WE REQUIRED A 25 FOOT BUFFER ZONE WITH FENCING AND TREES AND THE LIKE, AND THE MARKUP DOESN'T SHOW, UH, DIMENSIONS. SO COULD WE, IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD, TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE IN COMPLIANCE AND WE'RE GIVING MORE ROOM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THAT 25? I BELIEVE IT'S A 25 FOOT BUFFER WITH DO THANK YOU CHAIR. YES. COMMISSIONER MORRIS. JUST A COMMENT FOR MS. UH, RODRIGUEZ. SO I, I KNOW ON THE MONTROSE IMPROVEMENT PLAN, THERE WAS INITIALLY A, A PLAN TO MOVE THE POLE TO THE RIGHT OF WAY LIMITS, WHICH WOULD POTENTIALLY CREATE A CODE CLEARANCE ISSUE WITH THIS, UM, THERE WAS DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING OR NOT MOVING CURRENTLY HAPPENING, BUT YOU MAY NEED TO, UH, LOOK INTO THAT WITH THE TIERS, UM, AND, AND SEE IF THAT'S STILL ON THE TABLE OR NOT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY STAFF FOR A DEFERRAL, UH, EXCUSE ME. A RECOMMENDATION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION TO HEAR. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 10 OH, EXCUSE ME. YEAH, ONE 10. I GOT IT RIGHT. . ITEM ONE 10 IS INDIGO TRAILS WATER PLANT. UH, THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETGF HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY TWO 90 AND WEST OF STOKE ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A WATER PLANT RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THIS SITE IS A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT TRACT INTENDED FOR WATER PLANT USE THIS WATER PLANT RESERVE, EXCUSE ME. THIS WATER PLANT WILL SERVE A FUTURE SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. IT'S COMMON FOR A WATER PLANT IN SIMILAR FACILITIES TO BE CONSTRUCTED PRIOR TO THE SUBDIVISION BEING DEVELOPED. THE PROPOSED WATER PLANT CURRENTLY TAKES ACCESS FROM A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT AND THE APPLICANT HAS STATED IN THE ADVANCE REQUEST THAT THIS IS A TEMPORARY CONDITION AND THIS WATER PLANT WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG A PUBLIC STREET ONCE THE SUBDIVISION IS DEVELOPED. STAFF HAS RECEIVED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. CRADLE. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 10? OKAY, HEARING NONE. I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION SIGLER ALLMAN SECOND ALLMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 11, MADAM CHAIR. I'M GONNA RECUSE FOR THE NEXT TWO ITEMS. ONE 11 AND ONE 12. ONE 11 AND ONE 12. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 11 IS KIRKENDAL VILLAGE GP. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S ETJ AND NORTHERN HARRIS COUNTY NORTHEAST ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD NORTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GENERAL PLAN OF 42 ACRES AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN AND NORTHWESTERN BOUNDARIES BY NOT PROVIDING AN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET AND REQUESTING A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING WITHIN THE TYPE ONE PAE DEVELOPMENT AND A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO EXCEED MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD. A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF ALL THE REQUESTS. THE GENERAL PLAN CONSISTS OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD AND A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ON TYPE ONE PERMANENT ACCESS EASEMENTS AND IS ALSO PROVIDING A PARTIAL RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FOR THE FUTURE. MINOR COLLECTORS LYNCH ROAD AND KLEIN OAK LANE FOR VARIANCE ONE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTION ONE. THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES AN EAST WEST PUBLIC THROUGH STREET TO ADDRESS A MINIMUM 1400 INTERSECTION SPACING BETWEEN KIRKENDAL ROAD AND FUTURE KLEIN OAK LANE. THE MAJOR FER AND FREEWAY PLAN APPROVED AMENDMENTS IN 2018 ESTABLISHED THIS MINOR COLLECTOR NETWORK NORTH AND SOUTH OF KIRKENDAL ROAD. THIS GRID IS BOUNDED BY LOCAL STREET DODO ROAD TO THE WEST AND HILDEBRAND ROAD TO THE EAST. THE INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY FROM KLEIN OAK LANE TO KIRKENDAL EXCEEDS THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED MINIMUM MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING BY 350 FEET, WHICH REPRESENTS A 25% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD. A MINOR MODIFICATION. LIKEWISE WITH THE FUTURE EXTENSION OF HOME DEPOT WAY TO HILDEBRAND ROAD. THE INTERSECTION SPACING WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET ALONG HILDEBRAND ROAD. THIS MINOR COLLECTOR GRID, IN ADDITION TO THE FUTURE CONNECTION TO HILDEBRAND ROAD, MEETS THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE BY ESTABLISHING A FUTURE STREET NETWORK GRID SUFFICIENT FOR TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO IS TO ALLOW MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING BETWEEN THE TYPE ONE PAE STREET, WHICH IS DEFINED AS A LOCAL STREET. THE [00:40:01] ORDINANCE REQUIRES LOCAL STREETS TO BE SPACED A MINIMUM OF 75 FEET APART FOR SAFE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD. IN COORDINATION WITH STAFF IN HARRIS COUNTY, THE APPLICANT REVISED THE PLAN TO REMOVE THE SECOND STREET INTERSECTING KIRKENDAL ROAD, WHICH LESSENS THE SAFETY IMPACT WITH THIS INTERNAL INTERSECTION BY NOT HAVING A THROUGH STREET SOUTH TO KIRKENDAL WITH A MUCH HIGHER TRAFFIC DEMAND THAN THE CUL-DE-SAC, WHICH IS NOW PROMOTE. SPECIAL EXCEPTION THREE IS TO ALLOW MINIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING OF APPROXIMATELY 410 FEET ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BETWEEN THE PROPOSED PUBLIC STREET THAT TERMINATES IN A CUL-DE-SAC AND THE FUTURE MINOR COLLECTOR LENS ROAD. IN LOOKING AT THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD, HARRIS COUNTY AND THE APPLICANT CAME TO A SOLUTION TO UTILIZE THE MINOR COLLECTOR MORE, ESPECIALLY FOR LEFT TURNING TRAFFIC, WHICH WOULD BE SIGNALED WHILE THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE DEVELOPMENT FROM KIRKDALE WILL BE A RIGHT IN RIGHT OUT CONDITION ONLY. GRANTED, THESE REQUESTS WILL NOT AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AL ROAD AND THE PLAN COLLECTOR STREETS WHEN FULLY DEVELOPED WILL ADDRESS THE FUTURE TRAFFIC NEEDS. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND APPROVE THE GP SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MS. WILLIAMSON. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 11. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY. SO, UH, COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT, UH, THE VARIANCES. DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVE GARCIA? SO MOVE GARCIA SECOND. ALL ALLMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 12. ITEM ONE 12 IS AL VILLAGE SECTION ONE. WE ARE WITHIN THE GP OF THE LAST ITEM. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 136 LOTS AND 10 RESERVES RESTRICTED TO LANDSCAPE, OPEN SPACE, COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE, AND PARKING WITHIN THE TYPE ONE PAE DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR 73 LOTS AND TO ALLOW 14 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR THE REMAINING 63 LOTS. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS BY DEFINITION. A TYPE ONE PAE IS A LOCAL STREET. THEREFORE, PROPERTY FRONTING ON THE TYPE ONE PAE MUST COMPLY WITH THE BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENTS FOR LOCAL STREETS, WHICH WOULD BE A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG THE FRONT OF A LOT AND 10 FEET ALONG THE BACK OR SIDE. THE 50 FOOT PAEP UES WOULD HAVE A 28 FOOT PAVING SECTION ALLOWING FOR UTILITIES AND LANDSCAPING WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY ADJACENT TO THE PAVEMENT SECTION FOR LOTS. WITH A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE, THE BACK OF CURB DISTANCE WOULD BE 21 FEET AND 25 FEET FOR LOTS. WITH A 14 FOOT BUILDING LINE GRANTING THESE REQUESTS WILL NOT AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE. THE DEVELOPMENT IS SELF-CONTAINED WITHIN A PRIVATE ROADWAY DEVELOPMENT WITH NO THROUGH CONNECTIONS. IF IN THE FUTURE THE COUNTY WERE REQUESTED TO ACCEPT THE PE FOR MAINTENANCE, THEY WOULD REQUIRE THE ROADWAYS TO MEET THE STANDARDS. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 12. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO, OKAY. SO COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A MOTION, I MEAN A RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOVE GARCIA. MOTION GARCIA SECOND MAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 13. ITEM ONE 13 IS MANIFESTATION EDITION. THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJF HARRIS COUNTY EAST OF HIGHWAY SIX AND SOUTH OF WEST PARK DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A RESERVE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS A VACANT ONE ACRE TRACK, WHICH INCLUDES A PORTION OF A 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT. THE EASEMENT IS ROUGHLY 500 FEET IN LENGTH AND CONNECTS TO A LOCAL STREET, SHEILA ROAD. THE EASEMENT HAS VERY LOW USAGE WITH ONLY TWO TRACKS TAKING ACCESS FROM IT, WITH ONE OF THEM BEING VACANT. THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR OFFICE SPACE AND THE SITE PLAN INDICATES SUFFICIENT TURNAROUND ACCESS ON THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. THE, THE, EXCUSE ME, THE EXISTING EASEMENT TERMINATES THAT PROPERTY OWNED BY HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL AND IS USED FOR A TRAIL IN A VERY LARGE DETENTION FACILITY. IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT THIS EASEMENT WILL BE IMPROVED TO EXTEND ANY FURTHER THAN ITS CURRENT LOCATION. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MR. CRILE. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 13. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION GARCIA SECOND VERA BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED [00:45:01] MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 14, ITEM ONE 14. NEIGHBORHOOD SHEPHERD GARDEN. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT EAST ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WEST 43RD STREET. THE APPLICANT REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW RESERVE A TO HAVE 10 FEET BUILDER LINE INSTEAD OF 25 ALONG MAY 3RD. FAIR NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE APPLICANT PROPOSES RE DEVELOPING THE FORMER SEARS SIDE ALONG VACANT PROPERTY INTO A LARGE RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT WITH PARKING ON THE SIDE PER CHAPTER 42. A 25 FEET BORDERLINE IS REQUIRED ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE AND STREET APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE. WE MADE THE REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN FEASIBLE DUE TO THE SITE. UNIQUE PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTIC OF THE NARROW DEPTH OF THE PROPERTY FOR THE PROPOSED USE. THE PROPERTY IS ABOUT 430 FEET DEEP ALONG NORTH SHEPARD DRIVE. WHILE THE DEPTH OF THE SITE IS CONDUCTIVE TO A RETAIL STRIP CENTER WITH HAT SITE, IT IS NOT CONDUCTIVE FOR A LARGE BULK RETAIL REDEVELOPMENT. BIG BULK RETAILS HAVE SPECIFIC SITE CRITERIA. ONE, THE ENTRANCE MUST FACE THE PARKING LOT. TWO, THE WIND OF THE BUILDING MUST BE MAINTAINED TO ALLOW FOR THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE BIG BOX RETAILER TO MEET THE CRITERIA. AS STATED, THE BUILDING, THE BUILDING NEED A 10 FEET BORDERLINE ALONG NORTH. SHE DRIVE WITH THE PROPOSED 10 FEET BORDERLINE. THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO IMPROVE THE PEDESTRIAN ROOM ALONG NORTH. SHE DRIVE BY PROVIDING A MINIMUM 19 FEET PEDESTRIAN ROOM WITH SIX FEET WIDE UNOBSTRUCTED SIDEWALK AND FOUR FEET SAFETY BUFFER TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN COMFORT AND SEPARATION FROM TRAFFIC. THE APPLICANT ALSO PLANS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE BUILDING AND, AND, AND ALSO TO ENHANCE THE SCREENING ALONG THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING TO CREATE A VISUALLY APPEALING PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT. WE GOT INTO THE PLANNING COMMISSION QUESTION ABOUT THE VISIBILITY FROM THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY ON THE CVF PROPERTY. THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A SITE DISTANT ANALYSIS WHICH DEMONSTRATE THAT THE VISIBILITY ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE WILL REMAIN UNOBSTRUCTED BY THE PROPOSED BUILDING. SO GIVEN THE SITE PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS AND THE PROPOSED PEDESTRIAN IMPROVEMENTS, STAFF RECOMMEND GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARI AND APPROVING THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CP CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. AND THAT CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MS. RODRIGUEZ. WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS I'LL CALL, UH, OUR FIRST SPEAKER SUE LEVEL. DO WE HAVE CLARITY THOUGH THAT THE SIGN WILL REMAIN? I MEAN, SO MUCH OF US CARE ABOUT THAT. IS IT A CONDITION OF THIS VARIANCE THAT'S IN THERE? I'M NOT SURE THAT IT'S A CONDITION. MS. RODRIGUEZ, THEY'RE, HE'S ASKING ABOUT THE SIGN SIGN IS THE CONDITION OF THE VARIANCE. THE SIGN REMAIN. THE APPLICANT IS PLANNING TO MAINTAIN THE SIGN THAT IS ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY. AND IF THE PICTURE ON THE PLOT AND IT ALSO IS SHOWN ON THE STIPEND. SO THEY'D HAVE TO FOLLOW THOSE RULES REGARDLESS. IF WE APPROVE THE VARIANCE, THEY MUST KEEP THE SIGN. WELL, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO KEEP, MAKE 'EM KEEP THE SIGN, I GUESS IS THE QUESTION. I GUESS, UM, MAKE IT A CONDITION OF THE VARIANCE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN PUT A CONDITION IF THEY LIKE. I MEAN, DO WE REALLY WANNA DO THAT? THAT THEY'VE AGREED WITH THE COMMUNITY TO KEEP THE SIGN? DO WE REALLY WANT LIKE STRONG ARM 'EM? WELL, THEY'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD PLAYERS, BUT THESE CORPORATIONS GET SOLD RIGHT AND LEFT. THINGS CHANGE WITH FINANCING. I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IT A CONDITION OF THE VARIANCE THAT THE SIGN REMAIN. OKAY. WE'LL DO THAT WHEN WE ARE READY TO, TO TAKE THE MOTION. OKAY. OKAY, MS. LOVELL. THANK YOU. WELCOME. THANK YOU. GOOD TO BE BACK HERE AGAIN. UH, I DON'T THINK I'VE EVER COME HERE BEFORE TO, UM, THANK YOU FOR SOMETHING. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TO ASK YOU FOR SOMETHING, BUT IT'S CONCERNING THE SEARS SIGN, UH, ALONG NORTH SHEPHERD THAT THEY HAVE AGREED TO NOT ONLY KEEP THE SIGN, THE SEARS LETTERS WILL GO AWAY AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE THAT TO THE NORTH SHEPHERD DISTRICT. THE LETTERS TO USE IN SOME OF THE CAPACITY METRO HAS SAID THEY WILL MAKE IT A BUS, FUNCTIONAL BUS STOP AGAIN WHEN THE CONSTRUCTION IS, UM, DONE. AND, AND I, I'M HERE TO [00:50:01] SAY THANK YOU TO YOU AND TO FIDELIS FOR SITTING DOWN, FIGURING OUT HOW WE TAKE AN ICONIC, AND THIS IS ICONIC. UM, A BUILDING, NOT A BUILDING, BUT A STRUCTURE AND, AND, AND KEEP IT. AND THEN ADD ON WHATEVER'S COMING IN NEW TO BLEND THE OLD WITH THE NEW IT. THIS IS THE PERFECT WAY TO DO IT. AND I WANNA, I CAME HERE TO THANK THEM FOR DOING THIS AND SITTING DOWN. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ACTUALLY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO A LOT OF US THAT HAVE MEMORY OF SEARS. WE WERE TALKING EARLIER ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO YOU GO BY YOUR, YOUR, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR, UH, WASHING MACHINE NOW? WHERE OR WHERE DO YOU REMEMBER GOING THERE TO SEE SANTA? I MEAN, SO MANY MEMORIES ARE INCORPORATED IN THAT AND NOW THEY, NOW THEY CAN STAY. AND SO I JUST CAME TO THANK, UM, FIDELIS FOR DOING THIS AND KEEPING THIS. IT'S NOT ONLY IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I THINK TO, TO EVERYBODY IN THIS CITY. AND IT'S ALSO A GREAT EXAMPLE OF HOW YOU CAN KEEP SOMETHING AND THEN BLEND NEW INTO IT. AND THEN ALSO FOR METRO TO UNDERSTAND YOU CAN KEEP SOMETHING AND REPURPOSE IT BACK TO WHAT IT WAS BEFORE. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MS. LOVELL. WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND THAT, YOU KNOW, WE APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER AND STAFF WORKING SO CLOSE TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY AND COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. THAT'S WHY I WAS KIND OF HESITATING. UM, 'CAUSE I KNEW METRO WAS GONNA MAKE IT A BUS STOP. SO. OKAY. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EMILY ARDOYNE. I MESSED THAT UP. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CORRECT ME. . IT'S OKAY. IT'S VERY CLOSE. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION. I AM, UH, EMILY ARWIN WITH PRESERVATION HOUSTON. UM, AND I ALSO WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE AND APPRECIATION, UM, TO THE DEVELOPER OF THE PROPERTY FOR DECIDING TO KEEP THE SEARS, UH, SIGN AND STRUCTURE THAT IS SUCH A NEIGHBORHOOD ICON. THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE CITY WHO KNOW AND LOVE THIS STRUCTURE AND WANNA SEE IT STICK AROUND. UM, IT'S A RELATIVELY SMALL THING. IT'S NOT A BUILDING AND IT WOULD BE VERY EASY TO JUST WIPE AWAY. UM, BUT IT HOLDS OUTSIZED MEANING, UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND TO SEE IT, YOU KNOW, TURN BACK INTO A BUS STOP, UM, FOR A RETAIL CENTER JUST LIKE IT'S BEEN FOR 75 YEARS, UM, YOU KNOW, ATTRACTING THE EYES OF PASSERS BY GOING DOWN SHEPHERD, UM, IS JUST VERY, UH, ENCOURAGING. AND WE'RE, WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL TO SEE IT HAPPEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT PENMANSHIP NOW. , IT LOOKS LIKE BERG. UH, MEA UH, YEAH, YOUR PENMANSHIP IS TERRIBLE. I'M SORRY. WEAVER. MAYBE I, IT'S BERG. BE, UM, MERMAN, YOUR PHONE NUMBER ENDS IN SIX FIVE. FIVE SEVEN. SIX EIGHT. FIVE SEVEN. SIX EIGHT. FIVE SEVEN. OKAY. , THEY'RE LIKE, YOU'VE HARASSED ME ABOUT PENMANSHIP. I AM NOT SHOWING, I PROMISE NOT TO CHASTISE PEOPLE ABOUT IS THAT, DO WE THINK IT'S COME ONE UP PLEASE. WE THINK IT'S YOU. YES. . I APPARENTLY I'M THE ONLY ONE WHO WANNA COUNT AND IF YOU WANNA HARASS HIM ABOUT GIVING YOU A HARD TIME ABOUT HIM AND S**T, S**T, ABSOLUTELY. I DESERVE IT. I'LL GIVE YOU EXTRA FEW SECONDS TO DO THAT, BUT YOU NEED TO SAY YOUR NAME SLOWLY. . MY NAME IS BETTY HECKER. DOES THAT LOOK RIGHT? UH, MY LAST GO. LET'S GO WITH THAT. YEAH. OKAY. . I'M BETTY HECKER AND, UH, I'M A MERCHANT ON SHEPHERD. UH, I OWN WABASH FEED AND GARDEN. UH, WE HAVE OPERATED AS A, AS A BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS. WE MOVED FROM WASHINGTON AVENUE ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS AGO. UM, I'M HERE. WELL, I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE DEVELOPER FOR, UM, BEING WILLING TO CONSIDER SAVING THE, THE BUS STOP, BUT I'M ALSO HERE TO ASK THAT THEY CONSIDER, UH, SAVING THE, THE MASSIVE OAK TREE THAT, UH, FRAMES THIS, THIS BUS STOP. UM, AS A MERCHANT, I AM VERY AWARE OF WHAT IT COSTS, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT PARKING SPACES COST, UH, TO SAVE THIS TREE IS GONNA COST ABOUT 10 PARKING SPACES. MY GUESS IS THAT THE COST FOR THAT TO THE DEVELOPER WOULD BE A LOSS OF 70 OR $80,000 FOR LAND THEY PAID FOR, WHICH THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO USE AS PARKING. THE THIS SITE I THINK CALLS FOR ABOUT 450 PARKING SPACES. SO 10 SPACES IS ABOUT, IS ABOUT A LOSS OF ABOUT 2% OF THEIR PARKING. UM, MY, MY MY MY THOUGHT IS THAT THIS LO THIS, THEY'RE GONNA, THIS TENANT IS GONNA MOVE INTO A COMMUNITY THAT IS HEAVILY FORESTED. UM, THE COMMUNITY, SOME OF THE CIVIC ASSOCIATIONS, GARDEN OAKS, OAK FOREST, SHEPHERD [00:55:01] OAKS, SHEPHERD PARK PLAZA, CANDLELIGHT, FOREST, THESE ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO MOVE INTO THIS COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY EMBRACE TREES. THIS OAK TREE IS MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS OLD. IT FRAMES THIS SITE. UM, GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP QUICKLY. OKAY. THANK YOU. IT HAS WITHSTOOD EVERYTHING NATURE CAN THROW AT IT FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS. IT WILL NOT SURVIVE A CHAINSAW. SO I WOULD HOPE THAT THE DEVELOPER MIGHT CONSIDER THE POSITIVE PR THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET FROM SAVING THE SITE AND THE TREE WHEN THEY GO OUT INTO THE COMMUNITY TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES. THIS WILL BE A VERY POSITIVE PROPOSITION FOR THE DEVELOPER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKERS, I HAVE, UM, THE OWNERS, JIM NUTLEY AND ANN, I BELIEVE THAT YOU GUYS WANTED TO JUST ANSWER QUESTIONS IF THERE WERE ANY. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OWNERSHIP? OKAY. SO OUR LAST SPEAKER IS CRYSTAL CASEY. HI, CRYSTAL. CASEY WITH UNICORN. THANK YOU. HONORABLE CHAIR CLARK AND, UH, HONORABLE COMMISSIONERS. UM, GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. COMMISSIONER GARCIA AND THANK YOU DIRECTOR TRAN FOR WORKING WITH US AND WITH, UM, MY CLIENT. UH, TO, TO BUILD THIS SITE OUT. UM, IT IS MY HONOR TO BE A CONSULTANT, UM, FOR THE DEVELOPER AND OWNER REPRESENTATIVE. NOT JUST BECAUSE OF MY PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE, BUT BECAUSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS PART OF MY HERITAGE AS WELL. UM, MY FAMILY HAS LIVED HERE AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE COMMUNITY FOR OVER 75 YEARS. UM, AS A THIRD GENERATION RESIDENT AND CURRENT RESIDENT RAISING MY FAMILY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I AM VERY GRATEFUL FOR WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT IS REVITALIZING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, FOR WORKING WITH US AND FOR YOUR TIME. WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN ANSWER? THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YES. COMMISSIONER BALL, ANY ISSUE IF WE MAKE YOUR VARIANCE CONDITION UPON SAVING TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY? THE SIGN STRUCTURE. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S STAYING. SO WE'RE, THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. RIGHT. SO YOU GUYS ARE OKAY IF THEY ADD THAT TO THE CPC 1 0 1. OKAY. YES. YES, THAT IS. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YES. COMMISSIONER COARD. UM, QUESTION FOR, SORRY. WELL SURE. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER. UM, AS FAR AS THE TREE GOES, HAVE THERE BEEN CONVERSATIONS THERE? THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS AND WE WILL DO OUR BEST. UM, YEAH. TO TRY TO SAVE THE TREE. SO IT, IT IS ON EVERYONE'S RADAR. UM, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT POSITIVE AT THIS TIME. IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE. YEAH. BUT IT'S BEING CONSIDERED. YES. VERY GOOD. IT WOULD BE AMAZING IF IT COULD BE SAVED. I KNOW YOU, I, I KNOW YOU LIVE TREES TOO, . YES. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, ALSO FOR SHADE FOR THE BUS STOP. YES. IT JUST, UH, WOULD BE REALLY FABULOUS TO KEEP THAT. SO THANK YOU. THANKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYBODY ELSE? MADAM CHAIR? YES. COMMISSIONER JONES. AND IT JUST, THERE ARE TREE MOVING COMPANIES. I CAN NAME ONE THAT HAS MOVED A TREE SIMILAR TO THIS SIZE. IF THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FIND AN A LOCATION ON THAT PROPERTY, I'D BE GLAD TO SHARE WHAT I KNOW. AND, AND, UH, THANK HOW, HOW IT'S BEEN DONE. THEY, THEY'RE IN TOMBALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND I'M GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT. I LOVE TREES TOO, SO THAT I DON'T WANT, THANK YOU. ALL THIS TO SOUND BAD . BUT UNDERSTAND THAT TREE IS WELL INTO THE PROPERTY OWNER'S PROPERTY. IT WILL COST THEM PARKING. AND WHEN I LOOKED AT THIS, I LOOKED AS, OKAY, THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK TO US IN THE FUTURE FOR THAT SITE TO THE EAT TO THE SOUTH, AND THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK IN HERE AND NEED A PARKING VARIANCE AND WE'RE GONNA GO, OH, IT'S A BIG BOX. WHY DO WE WANNA DO THAT? SO I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND AS WE'RE MOVING FORWARD. AND WE DO APPRECIATE YOU GUYS CONSIDERING THAT I MADE THE SAME RECOMMENDATION, UM, OR COMMENT ABOUT GETTING A TREE MOVING COMPANY IF IT CAN'T BE LEFT ON SITE. SO THAT'S A GOOD RECOMMENDATION. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO OTHER SPEAKER SIGNED. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE A COMMENT. GO AHEAD COMMISSIONER CARTER, WHAT YOU WERE SAYING. YOU KNOW, AND I THINK, UM, IN THIS CASE, A PARKING VARI UH, VARIANCE MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A SMALL VARIANCE AND IT'S SO FAR AWAY FROM, FROM, YOU KNOW, THE SITE. AT LEAST I, I, I THINK IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE FAR. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY SHY OF PARKING. SURE. SO I'M JUST CAUTIONING EVERYONE TO JUST KIND OF KEEP THAT IN MIND. I DON'T WANT EVERYBODY TO BE MAD AT THEM IF THEY CAN'T KEEP IT BECAUSE THEY CAN'T MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. THANKS EVERYONE. MADAM CHAIR. YES. SORRY. UM, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN HAD MENTIONED SIGN EARLIER AND THEN HE KIND OF MODIFIED THAT TO SIGN STRUCTURE. SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS UNDERSTANDING THAT IT WOULD BE THE SIGN STRUCTURE OF THIS THING, NOT THE SIGN, RIGHT? BECAUSE THE SIGN ITSELF WOULD BE INCLUDING THE SEARS LOGO AND OR THE LETTERING AND ALL THAT. BUT IT'S THE ACTUAL STRUCTURE OF THE SIGN THAT WE JUST, AND WHEN THEY PUT THAT ON THE CPC 1 0 1, I WOULD HATE FOR 'EM TO FOLLOW YOUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION AND SAY, SIGN. AND THEN YOU'RE RIGHT. WE REALLY CAN'T MODIFY MUCH OF ANYTHING ON IT. YEAH, NO, THAT'S GOOD CLARIFICATION. THANK YOU. 'CAUSE THE LETTERS ARE BEING DONATED, SO THANK [01:00:01] YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE? AND NO ONE ELSE IS SIGNED TO SPEAK. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU BY STAFF, UH, FOR APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO HEAR? SECOND GARCIA. SECOND GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AND ARE WE, DID THAT INCLUDE THE SIGN STRUCTURE AS A PART OF THAT? YES. WE ALREADY AGREED ON THAT, EXCLUDING THAT? YES. OKAY. JUST MAKING SURE THAT'S BEEN, BEEN ADDED TO THE CPC 1 0 1. OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY TAHIR, A SECOND BY GARCIA. DO I HAVE EVERYONE IN FAVOR? CAN I MAKE, I'M SORRY, YES. BEFORE WE VOTE, COMMISSIONER ROBBINS? YES. CAN I MAKE A MODIFICATION THAT IIII JUST DON'T WANT TO GET 'EM HAMSTRUNG BY SAYING THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THIS STRUCTURE IN PLACE WITHOUT, WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT. IT WOULD BE, I THINK, A, A BIG PROBLEM FOR THE DEVELOPER TO AGREE TO LEAVE IT IN PLACE AND THEN HAVE IT BECOME NOT FEASIBLE. AND I THINK AT SOME POINT YOU SAID THAT THEY'D MAKE REASONABLE EFFORTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I'D LIKE TO QUALIFY IN SOME WAY WHERE IF THERE'S A PROBLEM THAT ISN'T ANTICIPATED OR, OR HOW ABOUT FEASIBLE IT IS, BUT THEY'RE VOLUNTARILY AGREEING TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER. I MEAN, WE'RE, THEY'RE DOING THE RIGHT THING. WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. I WOULD REALLY HATE FOR US TO, FROM HERE, HAMSTRING THEM IN A WAY THAT THEN THEY HAVE TO START ALL OVER OR DO SOMETHING THAT REALLY DOESN'T WORK. JUST BECAUSE IT'S EASIER THAN COMING BACK HERE FOR ANOTHER APPROVAL, IS MY OPINION. SO WE CAN SAY TO INCORPORATE THE SIGN IS TO CORRECT MIKE. OKAY. SO COMMISSIONER TEHIR IS, UH, MODIFYING HIS, UH, MOTION TO STATE THAT THE SIGNED STRUCTURE, IF FEASIBLE, WILL BE SAVED. AND, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA ACCEPTS THAT AS HIS SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU EVERYONE. ITEM ONE 15. GOOD AFTERNOON, MA'AM. CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. ITEM ONE 15 IS SHELDON ROAD INDUSTRIAL PARK, REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ HARRIS COUNTY WEST ALONG SHELDON ROAD, SOUTH OF WALLACE ROAD AND NORTH OF WOOD DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESTRICTED RESERVE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG SHELDON ROAD. A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AS A RESULT OF THEIR PROPOSED ABANDONMENT OF CHOPPER ROAD. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. CHOPPER ROAD WAS AN EXISTING STUB THAT WAS EXTENDED BY THE PREVIOUS SUBDIVISION PLOT OF SHELDON ROAD INDUSTRIAL PARK BACK IN 2009. IN 2014, THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION OF RANCHO VERDE SECTION TWO CREATED THE STEP STREET VENETA COURT FOR A POTENTIAL EAST WEST STREET CONNECTION WITH CHOPPER ROAD. HOWEVER, THE DEVELOPMENTS ALONG SHELDON ROAD WEST OF THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION CONSISTS OF EXISTING INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES AND UNDEVELOPED TRACKS OWNED BY INDUSTRIAL COMPANIES REQUIRING THE SUBJECT SITE TO EXTEND THE EAST WEST STREET CONNECTION WOULD INTRODUCE INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC INTO A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING HAS NO OBJECTIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 15. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY, SO COMMISSIONERS, UM, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARCIA SECOND MAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 17. 16. 16, SORRY, ONE 16. I'M TRYING TO JUST MOVE IT ALONG, AREN'T I ? I THOUGHT I HAD THE WRONG NUMBER AT FIRST. ITEM KNOW, ONE 16 IS THOMAS COMPLEX, UH, REPL NUMBER ONE, UH, THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLAN COMMISSION MEETING. UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF MARKET STREET, PINNELL STREET AND STONEWALL STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING MULTIPLE VARIANCES FOR A REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG PINNELL AND STONEWALL STREET, UH, TO SLIGHTLY ENCROACHING TO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AND TO NOT PROVIDE ANY RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION TO STONEWALL STREET. UH, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF ALL REQUESTS. UH, THE SITE IS HOME TO THE MOUNT OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH. UH, THE CHURCH INTENDS TO EXPAND ITS FACILITY BY ADDING ANOTHER BUILDING ON THE SITE. THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN PROVIDED TO PERMITTING STAFF DID MEET THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT SETBACK. UH, HOWEVER, DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE, THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF FEET INTO THE BUILDING LINE ON STONEWALL AND ABOUT THREE AND A HALF FEET INTO THE BUILDING LINE ON PINNELL STREET. UH, EVEN WITH THE BUILDING LINE ENCROACHMENT, THE BACK OF CURB DISTANCE ALONG PINNELL STREET IS 17 FEET AND 27 FEET ALONG STONEWALL STREET. UH, THE LARGE BACK OF CURB SPACE WILL HELP WITH VISIBILITY AT THE INTERSECTION AND, AND ENSURE THE SIDEWALK WILL BE ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. PINNELL STREET IS A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY ONLY TWO BLOCKS LONG. THE [01:05:01] STREET HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF DRIVEWAYS AND IS NOT CONSIDERED A THROUGH STREET. UH, OVERALL THE PURPOSE OF THE VARIANCE IS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE AND ALLOW THE CHURCH ADDITION TO REMAIN AND PROCEED WITH THE PROPER PERMITTING. UH, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN DILIGENT IN PROVIDING THE NECESSARY INFORMATION DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD, AND OUR STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST. AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FOREIGN CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 16. IS, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION VE BLAND MOTION VERA BLAND. ALL SECOND ALLMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MR. CRILE. THANK YOU. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO [e. Subdivision Plats with Special Exception Requests (Petra Hsia) ] E SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. ITEM ONE 17 IS CRESTWOOD LAKES GP. THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ IN FORT BEND COUNTY, BISECTED BY CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD NORTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY AND WEST OF PROPOSED SOUTH POST OAK BOULEVARD, I MEAN, SORRY, ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GP AND IS REQUESTING TWO SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. ONE IS TO EXCEED 2000 FEET MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACING BY PROVIDING NO STREET CONNECTION ALONG THE PIPELINE, EASTMAN EAST OF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, AND TWO TO EXCEED MAXIMUM 1400 FEET INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE GP BY PROVIDING TWO STEP STREETS INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED THREE. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS. THERE IS A 20 FOOT PIPELINE EASEMENT RUNNING ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE GP WEST OF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD PER CHAPTER 42. THE CROSSING OF A SINGLE EXISTING PIPELINE BY A STREET IS REQUIRED EVERY 2000 FEET. THE PROPOSED DISTANCE FROM CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD TO THE EASTERN EDGE OF THE GP BOUNDARY MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 2080 FEET, WHICH REPRESENTS A 4% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD IS AND IS NOT DISPROPORTIONATE. IN ADDITION, THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPOSED GP MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 4,800 FEET PER CHAPTER. 42 3 STREET STEP STREETS ARE REQUIRED ALONG THE BOUNDARY. HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS PROPO PROVIDING TWO SUB STREETS AS THE SUBJECT SITE CONTAINED SEVERAL EXISTING ENCUMBRANCES, INCLUDING PIPELINE EASEMENTS OF 100 FOOT DRAINAGE EASEMENT WITH AMERICAN CANAL AND MUSTANG BAYOU RUNNING EAST TO WEST THROUGH THE PROPERTY. THE INTERSECTION SPACING OF THE PROPOSED STEP STREETS MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 1600 FEET AND 1800 FEET, WHICH IS A 15% AND 29% DEVIATION FROM THE STANDARD FORT BEND COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND APPROVE THE GP SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 17. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY. SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, I NEED A RECOMMEND A MOTION FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION VICTOR SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG [f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (John Cedillo) ] TO F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS ITEM ONE 18 MADAM AND I AM AS WELL, MADAM CHAIR. OKAY, SO PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MAREZ AND COMMISSIONER HEIS ARE STEPPING OUT AND RECUSING THANKS. ITEM ONE 18 IS BRIDGELAND IMPERIAL LAND VILLAGE, SECTION 52. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 23.7 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS EXTRA, UH, HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH OF BRIDGELAND CREEK PARKWAY, WEST OF GRAND PARKWAY TO 99 AND NORTH OF THE EXISTING HOUSE HALL ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 107 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND THREE RESERVES AND A PUBLIC STREET RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO, TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC HOUSE HALL ROAD STAFF IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE, THE SUBJECT SITE SHOWN IN RED IS COMING OUT OF A PROPOSED BRIDGELAND PRAIRIELAND VILLAGE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH IS PROPOSING THE ABANDONMENT OF A LARGE MAJORITY OF THE EXISTING HOUSE HALL ROAD SAVE AND ACCEPT A PORTION SHOWN IN DARK BLUE THAT IS GIVING ACCESS TO AN OUT TRACKED SHOWN IN LIGHT BLUE THAT IS INCLUDED, UH, THAT IS NOT INCLUDED IN BUT SURROUNDED BY THE GENERAL PLAN. THE DASH BLUE LINE IS THE CURRENT EXISTING ALIGNMENT OF HOUSE HALL ROAD THAT GRANTS ACCESS TO SAID OUT TRACK. THE GENERAL PLAN IS REROUTING HOUSE HALL AS NATURE PRESERVE WAY SHOWN IN YELLOW AND IS PROVIDING A COMPREHENSIVE RIGHT OF WAY NETWORK THAT WILL PROVIDE RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTIVITY TO THE SUBJECT SITE AS WELL AS THE OUT TRACK WITH THE APPROVED STREET DEDICATION OF PRAIRIELAND CROSSING SHOWN IN GREEN, THE GP IS LEAVING THE SOLID BLUE, UH, SOLID DARK BLUE PORTION OF HOUSE HALL ROAD TO GIVE ACCESS TO THE OUT TRACK AND MUST REQUEST A VARIANCE TO DO SO WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN COORDINATING WITH HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCTS AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE RIGHT OF WAY ABANDONMENT AND REALIGNMENT. THE RECORDED ABANDONMENT OF THE INTENDED PORTIONS OF HOUSE HALL ROAD MUST BE PROVIDED AT RECORDATION HARRIS COUNTY. UH, ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO SET VARIANCE. SEVERAL RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. UH, WE HAVE THE APPLICANT KATIE HARRIS HERE FOR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE [01:10:01] ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES SPEAK ON ONE 18. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? UH, GARCIA SECOND . ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM ONE 19 UNDER G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL. OH, EXCUSE ME. NO, WE'RE STILL ON F STILL UNDER RECORD. UH, RECONSIDERATIONS? YES. THANK YOU. ITEM ONE 19 IS FUQUAY MANOR. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A FIVE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY, I'M SORRY, LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF ON FUQUAY STREET AND WEST OF MIKE CALWELL ROAD. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 72 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND 11 RESERVES ON A TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREET SUBDIVISION AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY. STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE. THE PROPERTY IS PROPOSING TO REPL PORTIONS OF AN UNRESTRICTED OF UNRESTRICTED LOSS FROM MIN TECH'S PLACE. A RECORDED SUBDIVISION FROM 1908, WHICH ESTABLISHED THE CURRENT BLOCK LENGTHENS. THIS BLOCK OF FUQUAY IS A MA WAS A MAJOR FER BUT WAS DOWNGRADED IN 2020 TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR. THE RECORDED RELAS AND MUD DETENTIONS ON THE EASTERN PORTION OF FUQUA SHOWN IN BLUE WOULD HAVE MET THE MAXIMUM INTERSECTION SPACE REQUIREMENTS AT THE TIME. BUT DUE TO THE DOWN, DUE TO THE DOWNGRADE OF FUQUA AND THE DENSIFYING OF THE AREA, MORE RIGHTWAY CONNECTIONS HAVE BECOME IMPORTANT TO THE INCREASED TRAFFIC CIRCULATION. THE SUBJECT SITE WAS PART OF A LARGER PROPERTY SHOWN IN WHITE THAT HAS BEEN UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP OF THE EDMUND FAMILY AND MANY PARCELS HAD BEEN SOLD OFF BY MEETS AND BOUNDS. IN 2023, THE PLAT OF FUQUA ESTATES SHOWN IN YELLOW DEDICATED A NORTH SOUTH STREET OF MATTO AND THE GREENVILLE ESTATES PLAT SHOWN IN PINK WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND, UH, NOT EXTEND A NORTH, SOUTH STREET, UH, DUE TO ITS LIMITED FRONTAGE AND THE PROXIMITY TO MATTO AS WELL AS THE REQUIREMENT THAT MCDOWELL ROAD BE CONTINUED AS A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH BETWEEN FUQUA AND SHEME. DUE TO THE SUBJECT SITE'S DISTANCE FROM MATZO, UH, AND BEING THE ONLY VIABLE CONNECTION OPTION FROM MICA, A NORTH SOUTH STREET MUST BE PROVIDED. THE SUBJECT SITE HAS NEARLY 280 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG FUQUA AND CAN ACCOMMODATE A NORTH SOUTH STREET WITHOUT SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTING FEASIBLE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE AND THUS THE APPLICANT HAS PREVENT PRESENTED INSIGNIFICANT HAR OH, SORRY. YEAH, INCIDENT HARDSHIP. UH, TO JUSTIFY THE REQUESTED VARIANCE, THE APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED LAST CYCLE PER APPLICANT REQUEST TO REVISE THE PLAT AND POTENTIALLY BECOME COMPLIANT. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY REVISED DRAWINGS AND THE NOTICE SIGN WAS NOT REVISED FOR THE CURRENT COMMISSION DATE. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS DENIED THE VARIANCE AND DISAPPROVE THE PLAT. MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE 19. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO, OKAY. SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL BY STAFF. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION MAD SECOND GARCIA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NOW WE'RE MOVING ALONG [Platting Activities g - j] TO G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKES TO TAKE SECTIONS G-H-I-N-J AS ONE GROUP? YES. AND WE HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS. SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, HI. IS EXTE ABSTAINING FROM ITEM 1 21, 1 26 AND ONE 30? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY, CHAIR? YES, I AM ABSTAINING FROM 1 21 AND 1 23. OKAY, SO COMMISSIONER MAREZ IS ABSTAINING FROM 1 21 AND 1 23. DO I NEED TO TAKE THOSE SEPARATELY OR JUST NO ABSTAINING? I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK YOU CAN REFLECT THE ABSTENTIONS IN THE MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, GREAT. SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR ITEMS G, H AND I. NO, I THOUGHT SHE DID . NO, SORRY. NO, I KNEW MY EYES WEREN'T WORKING TODAY, BUT MY EARS AREN'T EITHER. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. COOL. I KNOW SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS ONE 20 THROUGH 1 29 SECTION H NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEMS ONE 30 AND 1 31 SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEM 1 32 AND SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. NOW IT'S MY TURN TO SPEAK UP. OKAY. SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION ON GHI AND J TO HAVE MOTION COLLEAGUE. SECOND. SECOND. FAIR, BLAND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY, MOVING ALONG [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Ed Buckley, and Tammi Williamson) ] TO K ITEM 1 33. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS ED BUCKLEY. ITEM 1 33 IS 1002 WEST 11TH STREET. THE SITE IS EAST OF NORTH SHEPARD DRIVE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF WEST 11TH STREET AND LAWRENCE STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND IS REQUESTING A FOUR FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG LAWRENCE STREET. THE EXISTING BUILDING SITS FOUR FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG LAWRENCE STREET AND A PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR ADDITION PATIO COVER AND STA STAIRWAY WILL BE IN LINE WITH THE FIRST FLOOR WALL TO REMAIN. THE PROPOSAL WILL REMOVE A GROUND LEVEL PLANTER AND ROOF OVERHANG, REDUCING [01:15:01] THE OVERALL ENCROACHMENT OF THE BUILDING LINE AND PROVIDING A WIDER PEDESTRIAN REALM. THIS VARIANCE REQUEST ADDRESSES THE BUILDING LINE ONLY AND THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO FULLY COMPLY WITH THE PARKING ORDINANCE AS WELL AS ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTING, LANDSCAPING AND RESIDENTIAL BUFFERING. AT PERMITTING. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU. I HAVE, UH, LET'S SEE. I HAVE, UH, THE APPLICANT JUNE TYLER FOR QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST CLARIFYING THE PARKING. SO THERE'S SHY OF FIVE PARKING SPOTS, RIGHT? UM, IT'S SO THE PARKING WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE ADDRESSED AT PERMITTING IS THE BEST THAT I CAN SAY. THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PARKING, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THAT WORKS BASED ON, I MEAN, I'LL DEFER TO THE APPLICANT ON THAT. IS THE APPLICANT HERE TO ANSWER THE, THAT QUESTION COMING? GOOD AFTERNOON, PLEASE JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JUNE TYLER AND THE QUESTION, I'M SORRY, THE QUESTION WAS 30 PARKING SPOTS, BUT I ONLY SEE 31 PARKING SPOTS. SO HOW DOES ONE ACHIEVE THE ADDITIONAL FAB PARKING SPOTS? AND I APOLOGIZE, I KNOW THERE WAS A PARKING VARIANCE EARLIER, BUT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN WORKED OUT AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE BUILDING LINE AND I CAN DEFER TO ANDREW AND GIVE YOU HIS, UH, TELEPHONE NUMBER OR OKAY. I APOLOGIZE. OKAY. MAYBE THEY COME BACK PARKING IF IT'S NEEDED. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW. YEAH, IT'S GONNA BE ADDRESSED AT, SO YEAH. PERMITTING THE, THE BUILDING PERMIT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BE APPROVED WITHOUT PARKING BEING ADDRESSED. RIGHT. SO THEY'LL GET A BUILDING PERMIT IF THEY MEET IT AND IF THEY DON'T MEET IT, THEY WON'T GET A BUILDING PERMIT. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OH, YEAH. AND YOU WANTED TO TALK ABOUT BUILDING LINE OR JUST FOR QUESTIONS? I'M SORRY FOR QUESTIONS ONLY. OKAY. MM-HMM . OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BUILDING LINE? OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 1 33. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, UH, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL ON ITEM 1 33? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN SECOND VOTE, YOUR HONOR. SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 1 34. ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS TAMMY WILLIAMSON. ITEM 1 34 IS 84 0 3 SUNNY HILL STREET. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT IN HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF SOUTH VICTORY DRIVE BETWEEN TC JESTER BOULEVARD AND WEST MONTGOMERY ROAD AND ALONG THE WESTERN SIDE OF SUNNY HILL STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT A NEW TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING A THREE FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG GRANT AVENUE, AN UNDEVELOPED STREET IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG THE LOCAL STREET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE SITE IS A PLATTED 20 FOOT WIDE LOT WITHIN THE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS ANNEX SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1912. THE RECORD PLAT HAS NO BUILDING LINES THE RIGHT OF WAY AND PRIVATE PROPERTY WEST OF SUNNYHILL HAS YET TO BE IMPROVED, INCLUDING THE 50 FOOT WIDE DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY GRANT AVENUE. AT THIS TIME, THERE ARE NO PLANS TO IMPROVE GRANT AVENUE WEST OF SUNNYHILL STREET AND THE LOT DOES NOT NEED THE STREET FOR ACCESS. IMPOSING A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG THE SOUTH PROPERTY LINE WOULD RESULT IN A BUILDABLE AREA OF ONLY 12 FEET WIDE AND WOULD DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT REASONABLE USE OF THE LAND. THE UNIMPROVED RIGHT OF WAY ALLOWS FOR THE INTENDED RESULT TO BE SIMILAR TO WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THE ORDINANCE FOR INTERIOR LOTS. STAFF RECOMMENDS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW A THREE FOOT SIDE BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG GRANT AVENUE AND UNAPPROVED STREET PER THE CONDITIONS LISTED. ONE. THE DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE MUST BE NO WIDER THAN 12 FEET AND TWO, A FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK IS REQUIRED ALONG SUNNY HILL. HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. THANK YOU. I HAVE A SPEAKER THAT I KNOW I'M GONNA MESS YOUR NAME UP, SO PLEASE CORRECT ME. I BELIEVE IT'S MARIO I QUE QUAIL. YES, SIR. PLEASE COME FORWARD. WOULD YOU MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? UH, YES. MY GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS MARIO AND UH, I'M NOT TOO SURE ABOUT, UH, THIS THING. UH, MY, MY WIFE BROUGHT A PROPERTY ON THE STREET PARALLEL TO, UH, CHARLIE HILL AND, UH, I I BELIEVE THEY'RE GONNA CLOSE GRAND STREET THERE. THERE'S NO PROPOSAL TO CLOSE ANY STREETS? NO, SIR. OKAY. BUT THAT'S WHAT I TOLD. I WAS, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY'RE GONNA, SO GRAND STREET IS STILL GONNA BE, UH, IT'S, IT'S ONLY PROVE THREE. RIGHT. BUT THEY'RE GONNA OPEN IT SOMETIME. I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, [01:20:01] 10 YEARS FROM NOW. WE DON'T KNOW. BE OPEN. MR. SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? YES MA'AM. COMMISSIONER, UM, THIS IS RICHARD SMITH WITH PLANNING, UH, WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS. UM, I'M WEARING OFF ON YOU. SORRY, . I KNOW. IT'S OKAY. SO THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT WOULD NOT BUILD THE ROADWAY. IT'S AS DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS, DEVELOPERS ARE, WOULD BE REBUILDING THOSE OR BUILDING THOSE ROADWAYS AND PUTTING THEM IN. SO PUBLIC WORKS MAINTAINS EXISTING ROADWAYS. WE TYPICALLY DON'T BUILD NEW ROADWAYS, SO THAT WOULDN'T BE A ROADWAY THAT PUBLIC WORKS WOULD GO AND INSTALL OR BUILD. THAT WOULD BE, AS DEVELOPMENT OCCURS IN THIS AREA, THE DEVELOPERS WOULD BE PUTTING THOSE ROADWAY WOULD, AS PART OF THEIR DEVELOPMENTS, WOULD POSSIBLY PUT THOSE IN AS THAT CAME ALONG. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, YES, COMMISSIONER MAREZ. I GUESS QUESTION FOR STAFF. I MEAN, I, I RECKON I REALIZE THE GRANT'S UNIMPROVED, BUT IT'S A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY. SO HOW IS LIKE, LIKE IS OVERHEAD DISTRIBUTION, ELECTRICITY OR ANYTHING GONNA BE POTENTIALLY RUN DOWN THERE IN THE FUTURE? 'CAUSE THEN THAT CREATES A, A CODE ISSUE WITH THEM. SO I JUST LIKE, I DON'T KNOW HOW UTILITIES ARE RUN IN THIS AREA, BUT I, I DON'T KNOW RICHARD, LIKE, LIKE WHAT'S THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT EVER? I, I KNOW WE DON'T KNOW IT'S GONNA, WHEN IT'S GONNA BE IMPROVED, BUT WHAT IF IT WERE TO BE IMPROVED BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA? ARE WE GONNA BE ABLE TO USE THAT PROPERLY FOR, FOR RIGHT OF WAY USE THE, THE ROADWAY THE RIGHT OF WAY IS THERE, AND SO, I MEAN, AT SOME POINT IN TIME A DEVELOPER MAY COME IN AND CHOOSE TO USE THAT RIGHT AWAY, BUT WE CANNOT DICTATE THE USE OF IT OR, AND WE WOULDN'T COME IN AND BUILD IT. NOW IF AND WHEN IT CAME THROUGH PERMITTING TO BE BUILT THROUGH THIS, UM, THAT PERMITTING PROCESS, WE WOULD WORK WITH CENTER POINT AND CENTER POINT WITH THEN AT THAT TIME WHEN THE ROADWAY IS BEING PROPOSED, WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND STUFF ABOUT HOW THE EASEMENT UTILITIES WOULD BE INSTALLED. WHETHER THEY WOULD BE OVERHEAD, UNDERGROUND OR WHATEVER. MY MY, I GUESS MY CONCERN FOR THE RECORD IS JUST ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT GRANT ROAD, HOW DO, HOW DO WE GET TO THAT AND, AND IF WE HAD TO USE GRANT ROAD TO, TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. SO THE, IN THAT SPACE, IN THE GREEN SPACE THERE, SOMEONE WANTS TO DEVELOP OFF OF, LEMME GO BACK AND LOOK THE ROADWAY. UM, I GUESS THEY'RE UNNAMED ROADWAYS. THERE'S AT LEAST THREE UNNAMED ROADWAYS BETWEEN SUNNY HILL AND ASHMORE OR YEAH, ASMO, THE DEVELOPER WHO WANTED TO DEVELOP THAT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INSTALLING THE ROADWAY TO MAKE ACCESS TO IT. IT, THE CITY IS NOT GONNA GO IN AND BUILD THOSE ROADWAYS THEN FOR THE DEVELOPER. AND SO AS THEY LAY OUT AND BRING THOSE ROADWAYS IN FOR PERMITTING, THEN WE WOULD WORK WITH THEM. AND CENTERPOINT ALSO GETS TO REVIEW ANY OF THOSE PLANS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY FOR WORKING OUT HOW THEY WOULD THEN BRING THEIR UTILITIES IN. I JUST, I, I THINK WHAT, WHAT COULD HAPPEN THEORETICALLY IS IF THEY BILLED WITHIN, YOU KNOW, AT THAT BUILDING LINE THERE, THEN CENTER POINT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO LIKE, LET'S TAKE DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE AND THEY WERE GONNA PUT OVERHEAD UTILITIES, THEY'D BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, WHICH THEN LIMITS ANYBODY. WE NEED TO BE AWARE RIGHT? THAT WE, WE GIVE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINES FROM FUTURE POWER LINES THROUGH THERE. IT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY. 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF UNKNOWNS. I GET THAT. BUT WE MIGHT BE LIMITING OURSELVES ALREADY BY THAT WHEN IT IS A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATED. UM, SO THE, THERE'S, YEAH, BOTH GO AT THE RIGHT OF WAY, RIGHT? SO, YEAH. YES. COMMISSIONER JONES, MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. UH, WE'VE HAD OTHER PLATS COME THROUGH IN THIS REGION AND, UH, BACK TIME I DUG IN JUST THROUGH THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT AND THERE ARE A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF PLATTED LOTS THAT ARE OWNED BY INDIVIDUALS ROADS. UH, NEITHER NORTH, SOUTH NOR EAST WEST. I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S GONNA BE A LONG TIME AND I DON'T KNOW HOW, UM, THOSE ROADS GET BUILT AND WHO PAYS FOR THEM BECAUSE IT'S JUST KIND OF BEEN THAT WAY FOR AS LONG AS YOU KNOW THAT SINCE THE PLATS WERE RECORDED. YES. MR. SMITH. YES. SO COMMISSIONER JONES, WHAT WOULD TYPICALLY HAPPEN IS SOMEBODY MAY COME IN AND WORK WITH THE CURRENT OWNERS TO BUY A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF THOSE LOTS SO THAT THEY COULD THEN MAKE IT, UH, COST FEASIBLE TO DEVELOP EACH OF THOSE LOTS. HOW THAT HAPPENS, [01:25:01] THAT WOULD THEN BE WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE BUILDERS TO FIGURE THAT OUT. UM, PUBLIC WORKS DOESN'T, LIKE I SAID, IT WILL NOT BUILD THE ROADWAYS AND SO IT REALLY IS, SOMEBODY WILL HAVE AT SOME POINT, WILL PROBABLY COME IN AND FIND OUT THAT IT WOULD BE COST BENEFICIAL TO BUY, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S 10 LOTS, 20 LOTS, 50 LOTS, WHATEVER. BUT THAT WOULD THEN BE THAT DEVELOPER'S RESPONSIBILITY TO PLACE THE ROADWAYS AND THE UTILITIES, WHETHER THAT BE THE UNDERGROUND WATER, SANITARY SEWER, AND STORM. UM, AND THEN WORK WITH CENTERPOINT TO PROVIDE THOSE OTHER UTILITIES. BUT WE WILL NOT BUILD THE ROADWAY. AGAIN, IT'S OUR JOB IS THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING ROADWAYS. AND IF THERE WAS A HALF BOULEVARD SECTION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT MAY BE UP FOR OUR CONSIDERATION. BUT WHERE THERE'S NO ROADWAY TODAY, WE DON'T BUILD THOSE ROADWAYS. THANK YOU MR. SMITH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL BY STAFF. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA TO HAVE A SECOND TO HEAR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OH, OPPOSED. PLEASE NOTE. UH, COMMISSIONER MAREZ. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 1 35. ITEM 1 35 IS 30 10 HAVEL STREET. THE SITE IS SOUTH OF WEST 34TH STREET AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF GARDENDALE DRIVE AND HAVEL STREET. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR A GARAGE ADDITION. THE ADDITION PROPOSES TO EXPAND AN AN EXISTING GARAGE IN LINE WITH THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT AND PLATTED BUILDING LINE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO SIDEWALKS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF GARDENDALE DRIVE AND THE PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK DOES NOT TRIGGER A REQUIREMENT TO CONSTRUCT SIDEWALKS. NEVERTHELESS, THE PROPOSED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE WOULD LEAVE ROUGHLY 26 FEET BETWEEN THE GARAGE DOOR AND THE STREET CURB, REDUCING THE LIKELIHOOD OF A PARKED VEHICLE CONFLICTING WITH A FUTURE SIDEWALK. THE REQUESTED GARAGE BUILDING LINE IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH SEVERAL OTHER CORNER LOTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU. I HAVE, UM, THE APPLICANT I SUPPOSE FOR QUESTIONS TO COMMISSIONERS. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 35? ALL. SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA SECOND VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. MOVING ALONG, ROMAN [II. Establish a public hearing date of March 20, 2025 ] TWO, ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MARCH 20TH, 2025 FOR AVALON PLACE. PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, BRANDON CROSSING REPL NUMBER ONE CANELA SOUTH, SECTION TWO PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER ONE, CATALINA ESTATES. KAYWOOD ESTATES. CORDELL RE RESIDENTIAL FULTON PLACE, TOWN HOMES REPL NUMBER ONE, LAUREL PLACE RESERVES ORANGE GROVE REPL NUMBER TWO, SHADY VILLA. ADDITIONAL ADDITION. NUMBER ONE, REPL PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER FIVE, SOUTHGATE PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER SEVEN, TWEENS AND WHISPERING PINES TOWN HOMES. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND SIGLER. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. [III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 3200 S Shepherd Drive (Ed Buckley) ] ROMAN NUMERAL THREE. UM, ROMAN NUMERAL THREE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AT APPLICANT. I WAS GONNA SAY THAT ONE'S WITHDRAWN, RIGHT? YES. NOW IT'S FOUR. THAT WAS WITHDRAWN. WELL, THEY THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. OH, THEY BOTH HAVE BEEN. OKAY. SO WE'RE CHANGING IT FROM THE DENY TO WITHDRAWN. OKAY. COULD I MAKE ONE LITTLE COMMENT? SURE. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, IT JUST GOES BACK TO THE, THE RESTAURANT ON 11TH STREET. THIS, THIS WHITE OAK THING IS WITHDRAWN. I KNOW. AND I COULD WAIT TILL PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT THEY HAVE A PERMIT. UH, AND THERE IS ZERO PARKING AT THIS STRUCTURE THERE. THERE NEVER HAS BEEN PARKING. THEY WERE GONNA TEAR DOWN HALF THE STRUCTURE TO PROVIDE SOME PARKING, BUT I KNOW, I KNOW WE SAY THEY TAKE CARE OF IT AT PERMITTING, BUT I'M JUST TELLING YOU FULLY THERE'S A PERMIT AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THIS BUILDING. THEY'RE PROMOTING A RESTAURANT. THERE'S NOT ONE PARKING SPOT THERE. HOW'D THEY GET A PERMIT? UH, WITHOUT ANY PARKING. UH, IT IS JUST KIND OF A QUESTION FOR MR. SMITH OR SOMETHING MAYBE TO LOOK INTO. 'CAUSE AT SOME POINT THEY HAVE TO HAVE SOME PARKING RIGHT FOR 3,400 WHITE OAK. SO WITH PERMISSION I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. SURE. MR. BARKLEY, UM, THE PERMIT THAT THEY HAVE IS TO USE THAT BUILDING AS A RETAIL SPACE AND PROVIDE THE PARKING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE PROVIDING INSIDE THE BUILDING, UM, AS SHOWN ON THEIR PARKING VARIANCE REQUEST. UM, WITH THAT PARKING INSIDE THE BUILDING, THEY WOULD MEET THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR A RETAIL USE. IF THEY WERE TO PROPOSE SOMETHING THAT HAD A HIGHER USE FOR PARKING, THEY WOULD NEED TO COME BACK AND FIGURE SOMETHING ELSE OUT. YES. SO PULL IN AND LIKE THE PARKING GARAGES AND THE WAREHOUSE THAT THEY YEAH. SO ABOUT HALF OF THE INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING WILL BE GUTTED AND TURNED INTO PARKING BASED ON THE PERMITS THAT THEY HAVE. [01:30:01] WE KNOW THAT'S NOT BEING USED WELL. THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET A DIFFERENT PERMIT FOR A DIFFERENT USE. JUST MR. SMITH, RICHARD SMITH WITH PUBLIC WORKS. AGAIN, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE PARKING COUNT THAT'S REQUIRED? YES, IT WOULD BE DONE. IT IS LOOKED AT AT PLANNING OR AT THE PERMITTING SIDE. BUT THE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED IS SOMETHING THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REVIEWS AND PERMITTING. SO PUBLIC WORKS WOULDN'T ACTUALLY REVIEW THAT. WE LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE STALLS, LOCATIONS AND ACCESS TO AND FROM THE STALLS AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT WE DON'T ACTUALLY LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF STALLS REQUIRED. SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT FROM A PUBLIC WORK SIDE, I COULDN'T ANSWER. BUT FROM A PERMIT, THE PERMITTING CENTER, YES, WE DO LOOK AT THAT AND GET INTO THAT. ALSO IN PARKING STRUCTURES, WHEN YOU START GETTING INTO STRUCTURES, WE TURN THAT, THAT BECOMES MORE OF AN ISSUE FOR THE ACTUAL DEVELOPER. UM, IF IT WAS A STRAIGHT PARKING LOT, THEN AGAIN, IT IS A PERMITTING ISSUE. BUT ONCE YOU COME INTO SITE OF A STRUCTURE, THE PARKING SPACES BECOME AN ISSUE FOR THE DEVELOPER. NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC WORKS OR THE PLANNING DEPART. I MEAN, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT STILL WOULD LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF SPACES AND MAKE SURE THAT THE SIZE IN GENERAL MAKES SENSE FOR, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'RE NOT COMING IN WITH A FOUR FOOT WIDE SPACE WHEN WE KNOW A CAR WOULD NEVER FIT IN THAT. BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? SO EXPLAIN TO ME, I MEAN, I'M STILL CONFUSED WHY THERE IS NO PARKING VARIANCE BECAUSE NORMALLY PLATS DO COME TO US. SO JUST FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, WHEN DO THEY COME IN FOR PARKING VARIANCE AND WHEN DOES IT GO THROUGH PERMITTING? BECAUSE WE'VE HAD PREVIOUS PLATS WHERE WE HAVE GONE THROUGH PARKING VARIANCE. EXERCISE DIRECTOR, TRAN. SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT A GENERAL QUESTION OR IS THIS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE 11TH STREET? NO, GENERAL QUESTION BECAUSE WHY DOES THIS, WHY DID THE PARKING VARIANCE NOT COME TO US? NORMALLY IT DOES COME TO US AND THEN WE TALK THROUGH, I HAVEN'T ASKED FOR ONE THE BENEFITS AND OR RIGHT. AND, AND DIPTI YOU CAN JUMP IN TOO FOR EXPERIENCE. BUT, UM, WHAT I'VE BEEN SEEING IS THAT IT'S TWO SEPARATE APPLICATION. SO ONE IS AN APPLICATION FOR THE PLAT. UH, SO LET'S GO BACK TO THE, THE SEARS SITE. UM, OBVIOUSLY TODAY WE VOTED ON THE PLAT. UH, WE KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL WITH PARKING. THEY CHOSE TO, WE CAN'T MAKE THEM COME AND DO IT AT THE SAME TIME. SO THE APPLICANT DECIDED TO GO FOR THE VARIANCE IN ANOTHER TIME. PERHAPS IT COULD BE. THEY, THEY JUST NEED MORE TIME TO FIGURE IT OUT. WE DON'T FORCE THEM TO COME, COME AT THE SAME TIME. SO DIPTI, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO ADD ANYTHING ELSE. I THINK WELL, THANK YOU. DID THAT HELP COMMISSIONER? BALD? OKAY. ALRIGHT, GREAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY. SO ROMAN FIVE. YES. MOVING ALONG TO [V. Establish a public hearing date of March 20th, 2025, for Hotel Daphne located at 302 W. 20th St. ] ROMAN FIVE, ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MARCH 20TH, 2025 FOR A HOTEL DINE LOCATED AT 3 0 2 WEST 20TH STREET. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND ALLMAN. SECOND ALLMAN. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [VI. Establish a public hearing date of March 20th, 2025, for Reserve at Houston Heights Hotel located at 1311 ½ N. Shepherd Dr.] ROMAN NUMERAL SIX, ESTABLISHED A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MARCH 20TH, 2025 FOR RESERVE AT HOUSTON HEIGHTS HOTEL LOCATED AT 13, 11 AND A HALF NORTH SHEPHERD DRIVE. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND COLLEAGUE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM [VII. Public Comment ] SEVEN, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, HEARING NONE. WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 4:09 PM HAVE Y'ALL NOTICED SINCE COMMISSIONER GARCIA GOT HERE? IT WAS THE SHORTEST MEETING WE'VE HAD IN YEARS. . JUST MAKING NOTE OF. YES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARCIA . I NEED TO INVITE Y'ALL TO COMMISSIONER COURT SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THOSE VERY BRIEF . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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