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I AM YOUR CHAIR, LISA CLARK OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:33 PM ON THURSDAY, THE 17TH OF APRIL, 2025.THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE, UH, CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING, UH, VIA HTV 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.
I ALSO WANTED TO, UH, START MAKING THIS ANNOUNCEMENT 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S ALWAYS CONFUSION, BUT, UM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHEN THEY'RE SPEAKING, THEY ARE NOT TIMED AND THEY CAN COME UP FIRST AND THEY CAN COME UP ANY OTHER TIME THEY WANT TO.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS AN APPLICANT CAN SPEAK FIRST, HOWEVER THEY'VE SIGNED UP IN ORDER.
THEY CAN ALSO COME BACK AND ANSWER QUESTIONS, UH, THAT MIGHT HAVE COME FROM OTHER SPEAKERS.
SO THEY'RE ALLOWED TO SPEAK TWICE.
EVERYBODY ELSE IS ALLOWED TO SPEAK ONE TIME.
UM, TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS, I'LL CALL THE ROLE.
PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN ALLMAN.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER HINES HINES PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER KLI KHALI PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS IS OUT TODAY.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER SIGLER PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER STEIN IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR VICTOR PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER MONDE PAKA MONDAY PRESENT.
AND OUR, UH, SECRETARY VON TRAN TRAN PRESENT 17.
SO WE HAVE 17 MEMBERS PRESENT, SO WE MEET OUR QUORUM OF 11.
[Director’s Report ]
ASK FOR, UH, THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK, COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM VAUGHN TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THERE IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE CORRECTION TO BE MADE TO THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE APPLICATION 8 79 THAT WAS PRESENTED ON MARCH 20TH, 2025.
THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE ESTABLISHED WILL BE REVISED FROM 5,250 SQUARE FEET TO 5,150 SQUARE FEET FOR THE 19 LOTS ALONG THE NORTH AND SOUTH SIDES OF SOUTHMORE BOULEVARD BETWEEN INNA STREET AND COLUMBIA TAP TRAIL.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS ALSO PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE NEW PLAT TRACKER DYNAMICS 365 SYSTEM LAUNCHED THIS WEEK ON MONDAY, APRIL THE 14TH.
THE NEW PLA TRACKER NOT ONLY BENEFITS DEVELOPMENT PLAT APPLICANTS, BUT ALSO IMPROVES SEARCH FUNCTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT THE PROPOSAL OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, PLEASE CONTACT US AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4 ENC CLOSING.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AGAIN 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.
AS ALWAYS, YOU MAY ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
UM, I WANNA MAKE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
I WANNA LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW THAT ITEM 64, LIZ ESTHER'S ESTATES AND ITEM, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL THREE MCKINNEY STREET PARKING VARIANCE HAVE BOTH WIN WITHDRAWN.
SO WE WILL NOT, UH, HAVE ANY BUSINESS WITH THOSE TWO, UH, APPLICATIONS TODAY.
THE OTHER ANNOUNCEMENT I WANNA MAKE IS KIND OF SAD.
UM, COMMISSIONER ALLMAN IS, UH, THIS IS HER LAST MEETING.
SHE'S BEEN WITH COMMISSION FOR 17 YEARS.
SHE HAS DONE A FABULOUS JOB FOR THE CITY AND A FABULOUS JOB FOR THE COMMISSION, AND WE WILL MISS HER DEARLY AND WE WILL MISS HER KNOWLEDGE.
UM, YOU ALWAYS HELP US OUT WITH TRAFFIC AND ESPECIALLY SCHOOL ISSUES, AND SO WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, SUSAN.
[Consideration of April 3, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ]
MOVE ON WITH BUSINESS.UM, THE PRIOR MEETING MINUTES FOR OUR APRIL 3RD, 2025
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MEETING HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE AGENDA, AND I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.[Platting Activities a & b]
UH, PLATTING ACTIVITY.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 81 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 43 AND SECTIONS B.
REPLAY ITEMS ARE NUMBER 44 THROUGH 81.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGE OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THEIR APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
I THINK I DO HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS.
COMMISSIONER HYS? YES, MADAM CHAIR.
I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 2 4 7 26 35 AND 36.
COMMISSIONER MAR? YES, MADAM CHAIR NUMBER EIGHT, 17, AND 18.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS, SO I NEED A MOTION FOR ALL, UH, ITEMS IN SECTION A AND B.
SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEM 2, 4, 7 26, 35 AND 36 AS WELL AS EIGHT 17 AND 18 TO HAVE A MOTION.
SO NOW I NEED A, A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS THAT I SAVED AND ACCEPT.
SECOND ES PER ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Aracely Rodriguez, John Cedillo, and Devin Crittle)]
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO RELAS WITH PUBLIC HEARINGS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 82 IS AIRPORT GARDENS PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER TWO.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG RANDOLPH STREET AND EAST OF RANDOLPH STREET.
THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL TO CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
STAFF HAS NOT, UM, RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED ON ITEM 82.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF.
ITEM 83 IS AVALON PLACE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH ALONG L LEE LANE, WEST OF KIRBY STREET.
THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE ONE LOT.
THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATED THAT THIS PLAT WOULD VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS UNLESS A LETTER OF APPROVAL FROM THE AVALON PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION IS RECEIVED TO CONSOLIDATE THE LOTS INTO ONE LOT.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THE LETTER LEGAL REVIEWED THE LETTER AND LEGAL REVIEW INDICATES NOW THAT WITH THE APPROVAL FROM THE AVALON PROPERTY OWNERS' ASSOCIATION, THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, 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 VARIOUS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR, FOR THIS PLAT.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 83.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 84.
ITEM 84 IS BLUE CREEK WATER PLANT.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS SOUTHWEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 49 ALONG WESTERN SKIES DRIVE EAST OF GALENA CREEK DRIVE.
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IS TO CREATE A WATER PLANT RESERVE.THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REPLANT OF A COMPENSATED OPEN SPACE RESERVE AND A WATER PLAT RESERVE.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE HARRIS COUNTY CIVIL COURT AT LAW NUMBER ONE THROUGH A JUDGMENT AWARD, AWARDED THE LAND TO BE USED AS A WATER PLA STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THE ITEM CONCERNING THE USE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE WATER PLANT.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME, PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 84 IS CONTINUED.
BEFORE I START WITH SPEAKERS, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I HEARD A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION.
OR COULD WE JUST GET AN EDUCATION FROM LEGAL LAW AND LIKE WHAT THAT JUDGMENT EXACTLY MEANS? SURE.
SO, UM, AND WE'LL MODIFY THE LANGUAGE ON THE PLA TO NOTE THE, UM, AGREED UPON SETTLEMENT OFFER.
SO, UM, THE MUD DISTRICT, UH, SUED FOR IN CONDEMNATION FOR THE PROPERTY RIGHTS TO, TO DEVELOP THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT MET THE HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION WAS APPARENTLY NOTIFIED BUT WAIVED NOTICE OF THE HEARING.
AND SO THERE WAS NOT A CONTEST ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS A PUBLIC PURPOSE OR WHETHER OR NOT THERE WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, AN AMOUNT CONTROVERSY.
SO SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S COURT MADE AN AWARD AND THAT WAS ENTERED BY THE COURT, UM, AS A FINAL JUDGMENT FOR THEM TO USE THE PROPERTY AS, AS, UM, THE WATER TREATMENT PLANT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE THINK THE JUDICIAL DECISION CERTAINLY OVERRIDES WHAT WE CAN LIMIT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY TOO.
THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION.
SO, SO MADAM CHAIR, SO NOW IT'S A, A SHALL APPROVE ITEM, RIGHT? IT'S, THAT WAS MY NEXT, THAT WAS WHAT YOU TRIED.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS NOELLE GARCIA.
MR. GARCIA, COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? SURE.
MY NAME IS NOEL GARCIA AND I LIVE IN THE, UH, BLUE CREEK RANCH COMMUNITY.
AND I'M HERE BECAUSE TO RAISE OUR VOICE, THERE'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UH, WE ACTUALLY, UH, WE HAVE A, A A SMALL GROUP, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY, IT'S NOT EVERYBODY, BUT, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO RAISE OUR VOICE BECAUSE WE ARE OPPOSING, LIKE VERY OPPOSING TO THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PLANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU CAN SEE THAT'S THE ONLY GREEN AREA THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, OUR ELDERLY PEOPLE AND OUR CHILDREN'S ARE USING THIS, UH, GREEN AREA.
AND BY, YOU KNOW, THIS COMPANY BY, UH, THE MUD TAKEN 60% OF OUR, UH, GREEN AREA.
IT'S A VERY HUGE PROBLEM FOR US, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANNA MENTION SOMETHING THAT ON THE LAST COMMISSIONER COURT, I THINK THAT WAS THE THIRD OF THIS, UH, MONTH, UM, YOU TOLD MR. UM, CHRISTOPHER TO, UH, PRETTY MUCH SEND A LETTER TO OUR COMMUNITY OR TO THE HOA AND SO WE CAN, EVERYBODY CAN UNDERSTAND AND ENGLISH IN SPANISH AND THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE.
SO, UH, TALKING TO OUR COMMUNITY, THERE'S A, UM, A HUGE CONCERN.
PEOPLE, THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING ON, SO WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I, THEY TRYING TO BUILD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, ALSO, WELL, IT, IT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING FOR US TO KNOW.
YESTERDAY WE ASSISTED TO THE, UH, MUD MEETING AND WE, WE WERE TOLD THAT MONEY WAS ALREADY GIVEN TO OUR HOA AND THAT MONEY.
WE DON'T KNOW NOTHING ABOUT IT.
SO, AND ALSO TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, APPARENTLY LAST TIME, THE, I THINK THAT WAS LAST YEAR, THEY, THEY GATHERED TOGETHER AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT A WATER, UH, A WATERPARK WAS GONNA BE BUILT IN OUR GREEN AREA.
AND I THINK TWO, THREE PEOPLE SIGNED SAYING, YES, WE, UH, WE AGREED TO THAT.
BUT IT TURNED OUT TO BE THAT IT'S NOT A WATERPARK, IT'S A WATER PLANT.
SO THERE'S A HUGE, HUGE CONCERN AND WE ARE STRONGLY OPPOSING TO THIS CONSTRUCTION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IT IS A VERY, UH, WE SENT A COUPLE PICTURES.
SO, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, YESTERDAY, UH, SATURDAY WE WERE CELEBRATING OUR, UH, EASTER DAY.
AND, UH, OUR COMMUNITY GOT TOGETHER AND WE WERE UTILIZING OUR ONLY GREEN AREA.
AND FOR, IF DECONSTRUCT IS GOING, GOING ON, WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CELEBRATE, YOU KNOW, THIS EVENT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THOSE PICTURES, ALSO,
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WE HAVE LIKE, UH, THE PARK IS VERY CLOSE.THERE'S ONLY ONE FENCE, UH, DIVIDING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSES WITH OUR, UH, WITH THE WATER PLANT THAT IS GONNA BE BUILT.
SO I, I APPRECIATE, I NEED YOU TO CUT YOU OFF 'CAUSE YOUR BELL RANG A WHILE AGO.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
THERE'S BEEN A LEGAL DECISION BY A COURT OF LAW AND WE CAN'T OVERRIDE THAT.
SO THE MUD WAS GIVEN THE LAND TO, WELL, NOT GIVEN THE LAND, BUT GIVEN THE ABILITY TO BUILD THAT WATER PLANT.
AND SO UNFORTUNATELY THIS BODY HAS NO, UM, AUTHORITY TO OVERRIDE A, A COURT OF LAW THAT IS VERY DISAPPOINTING.
NOW I UNDERSTAND, AND MR. BROWN IS HERE.
I KNOW HE'LL COME UP AND SPEAK AND MAYBE HE CAN EXPLAIN BETTER SINCE YOU HAVE SUCH A GOOD SHOWING, EXPLAIN BETTER WHAT'S GOING TO BE GOING ON IN THAT, IN THAT SITE.
I, UM, I DO RECALL THAT AT THE LAST MEETING THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW THE MUD WAS WILLING TO DONATE SOME MONEY TO IMPROVE THE PARK.
THE PLAYGROUND WAS THIS, THIS ITEM, THE SAME ITEM DOESN'T CONFIRM.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT HELPS MITIGATE YOUR CONCERNS, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY.
BUT, UM, IT, IT, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY THAT CAN HAPPEN SO IT CAN IMPROVE YOUR GREEN SPACE, UM, IF THE, IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, OFFER UP TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, REPRESENTATIVES THAT ARE HERE.
THE UTILITY DISTRICT MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, I SUGGEST THAT YOU ATTEND ONE OF THEIR BOARD MEETINGS AND, AND HAVE A FRANK CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
UH, NOT ANY WAY BEING ANTAGONISTIC 'CAUSE THIS DECISION'S BEEN MADE, BUT TO WORK TOGETHER, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S THE WATER AND SEWER OWNERSHIP THAT, THAT COMMU SERVES THE COMMUNITY.
SO, UH, PLEASE SUGGEST GET WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE MUD AT THEIR MEETINGS AND, AND HAVE A, A, A GOOD CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
UH, MAYBE THEY'LL ACQUIESCE TO SOME LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS AND, AND OTHER FEATURES THAT, THAT WOULD HELP OR AT LEAST, UH, MINIMIZE SOME, SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS.
I DO THINK WITH, UH, SUCH A LARGE CONTINGENT HERE, IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR BRIAN TO COME UP AND EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE AND OPEN THAT DIALOGUE BECAUSE HE SEEMED VERY WILLING LAST TIME.
SO, WE'LL, WE'LL BRING HIM UP NOW.
I JUST WANTED TO ADD, UH, ONLY A PORTION OF THE, UM, OF THE COMPENSATED OPEN SPACE AREA IS, IS BEING RE REPLIED AND NOT THE ENTIRE COMPENSATED, UM, OPEN SPACE AREA.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS OF THE SITE? UH, YES.
AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THEY'RE TAKING UP FOR, UH, THE WATER PLANT? YES.
UM, FOR THE WATER PLANT IT'S 32,753 SQUARE FEET.
BUT IF THE SITE'S 0.75, THE, NO, THE, THE ENTIRE SITE, UH, FOR THE WATER PLANT IS, IS LARGER THAN THAT 1.3.
WELL, WE'LL GET MR. BROWN TO HELP US OUT WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, I'LL CALL CHRIS BROWN.
SO WE'RE GONNA START OFF WITH YOU.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ANSWER SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS THAT WE KNOW ARE GONNA COME UP.
MY NAME IS CHRIS BROWN WITH THE EHRA.
UH, SO QUICKLY, NUMBERS WISE, THE ORIGINAL RESERVE RESTRICTED TO COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE, WHICH WAS PLOTTED IN SECTION ONE OF BLUE CREEK, UH, WAS 58,500 SQUARE FEET.
UH, THE, AFTER THE WATER PLANT, UH, IS CONSTRUCTED, THERE WILL BE 25,745 SQUARE FEET REMAINING FOR PARK SPACE.
UH, THE, THE MUD DISTRICT APPROACHED THE HOA OVER 18 MONTHS AGO.
UM, THERE IS SIMPLY NO OTHER AVAILABLE LAND.
THIS IS A MATURE MUD DISTRICT.
UM, THE CURRENT WATER PLANTS, THERE ARE THREE NEARBY.
AND WHEN I SAY NEARBY, THERE ARE OVER TWO MILES AWAY FROM THIS PORTION OF THE SUBDIVISION.
THERE IS ACTUALLY ANOTHER SUBDIVISION INSIDE THE MUD DISTRICT BOUNDARY TO THE WEST OF BLUE CREEK, WHICH ALSO NEEDS SERVICE.
UH, AND SO WE RECALL THAT THIS IS A FIRE HYDRANT PRESSURE ISSUE.
THE MUD NEEDS TO CONSTRUCT ANOTHER PLANT, ANOTHER DRILL, ANOTHER WELL CONSTRUCT ANOTHER PLANT TO BE ABLE TO SUPPLY APPROPRIATE PRESSURE TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS FOR FIRE PROTECTION.
UM, THE, THE HOA QUICKLY REALIZED THEY WERE NEVER GONNA BE ABLE TO GET ENOUGH SIGNATURES TO SELL THE MUD DIRECTLY THE PROPERTY TO DO THIS.
UH, SO THE MUD IN THE HOA HAVE HAD CONVERSATIONS, AGAIN FOR OVER 18 MONTHS.
UH, THE PROCESS OF CONDEMNATION,
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THE MUD WAS PAID APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE PROPERTY.IT WAS VALUED AT APPROXIMATELY $60,000.
SO THE MUD RECEIVED MORE MONEY THAN THE PROPERTY WAS WORTH.
UH, THE MUD HAS ALSO AGREED TO PARTICIPATE IN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE REMAINING PARK ACREAGE, INCLUDING LANDSCAPE SCREENING.
THERE WILL BE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT SHIELDING OF THE LIGHTS.
UM, I KNOW SOME RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT NOISE.
UH, THE PUMP THAT GENERATES, UH, YOU KNOW, PULLS THE WATER OUTTA THE GROUND, PUTS IT INTO THE STORAGE TANK, GENERATES ABOUT 75 DECIBELS.
IT'S ABOUT THE SAME AS VACUUM CLEANER.
UH, IT WILL BE IN AN ENCLOSED BUILDING, SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY NOISE PENETRATION INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S ALSO THE PERIMETER FENCE.
UH, SO THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY NOISE INTRUSION.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE TAKING OF THE LAND IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THE MUD TAKES LIGHTLY.
THIS IS NOT A SOLUTION THAT REALLY ANYBODY WANTS, BUT IT'S A NECESSITY.
UM, AND, AND WE ARE IN ESSENCE HERE TO TRY AND MAKE THE BEST SCENARIO WE CAN OUT OF THIS.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE INFORMATION THAT I NEEDED, BUT I AM HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF THE RESIDENTS HAVE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
THERE WAS A MUD MEETING LAST NIGHT.
UH, THERE HAVE BEEN MUD AND HOA MEETINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
THERE IS ALSO ALREADY SCHEDULED ON MAY 13TH, A COMMUNITY MEETING TO, UH, BRING OUT MORE INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.
UH, THAT'S WHERE IT'S SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS IN THE MUD DISTRICT, UH, SEVERAL MILES FROM, UH, THE BLUE CREEK PROPERTY, BUT STILL WITHIN THE MUD DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, UH, OVER NEAR, UM, ACTUALLY NEAR THE, THE VA.
UH, SO WILL THE MUD AND THE HOA SEND OUT NOTICES TO THE RESIDENTS? THAT IS MY UNDERSTANDING, YES.
AND YOU'LL DO IT IN ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH.
QUIET NO NOISE FROM THE AUDIENCE.
SO YOU'LL DO A NOTIFICATION, YOU, NOT YOU, BUT THE MUD AND THE HOA, WE'LL DO A NOTIFICATION IN HI, UH, ENGLISH AND, AND SPANISH.
AS, AS APPLICANT, THAT'S NOT MY IMMEDIATE RESPONSIBILITY, BUT IT IS MY RESPONSIBILITY TO TELL THE MUD IN THE O THAT THIS IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
UM, COMMISSIONER WAS, DIDN'T JO, EITHER ONE OF YOU.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR, YOU WANNA GO FIRST? SURE.
UM, THIS IS A WATER PLANT AND NOT A WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT.
SO COULD YOU JUST COMMENT AND LET THE PUBLIC KNOW ABOUT THE ODORS THAT COULD BE GENERATED, OR THE SMELL THAT COULD BE GENERATED FROM THE PLANT AND WHAT THEY COULD EXPECT, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HELP EASE THEIR FEARS AS WELL.
CERTAINLY THIS, UH, A WATER PLANT IS, UH, SIMPLY MADE UP OF A WELL AND A GROUND STORAGE TANK.
UH, THE GROUND STORAGE TANK IS A LARGE CYLINDRICAL, UH, WITH A DOME ON TOP.
UH, IT IS PARTIALLY BURIED UNDERGROUND.
THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE DOME STRUCTURE IS ABOUT 13 AND A HALF FEET ABOVE GRADE.
UH, THE PUMP, AS I SAY, IS ENCLOSED IN A PUMP HOUSE, UH, SO THAT THERE SHOULD NOT BE SOUND PENETRATION, UH, THE CHEMICALS STORED ON SITE.
UM, I, IT IT'S A MIXTURE, RIGHT? THE WATER HAS TO BE TREATED AS IT COMES OUTTA THE GROUND AND THEN STORED.
UH, SO THE, THE SMELLS ARE ALL ENCLOSED, RIGHT? BECAUSE THIS IS A CLOSED SYSTEM, OTHERWISE THE WATER GETS, YOU KNOW, POLLUTED WITH OTHER THINGS.
SO, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER JONES.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, MR. BROWN.
I DON'T HAVE THIS IN MY, UM, IN MY TABLET.
SO ON THE WESTERN NORTHERN PORTION, THE GREEN VERSUS THE BLUE, IS THAT GONNA REMAIN PARK SPACE? CORRECT.
THE BLUE IS THE WATER PLANT SITE.
AND DO YOU KNOW, UH, AGAIN, THE, SO THE SPACE FOR THAT IS GONNA BE 25,000 7 45 FEET SQUARE FEET FOR THE PARK SPACE? YES.
AND I BELIEVE YOU SAID LAST TIME THAT THE INTENT IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY, FIND OUT WHAT THEY'D LIKE DESIGNED INTO THAT PARK SPACE.
THAT WOULD BE BE THE HOA, THE MUD, UH, IS AGREED TO PARTICIPATE.
UH, SO NEW SIDEWALK CONSTRUCTION, YOU KNOW, EQUIPMENT, WHAT HAVE YOU.
BUT THAT NEEDS TO BE A DESIGN THAT IS, UH, SPEARHEADED BY THE HOA AND WHICH, YOU KNOW, SHOULD TAKE THE RESIDENTS FEEDBACK FOR WHAT FACILITIES THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THERE.
UM, AGAIN, SCREENING IS SOMETHING THAT THE MUD, UH, IS, IS AGREEABLE TO DO.
WE'RE RESEARCHING WHETHER WE CAN PUT TREES INSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF THE WATER PLANT OR WHETHER WE CAN WORK WITH NEIGHBORS TO MAYBE PLANT TREES IN THEIR BACKYARDS.
THOSE THAT BACK UP TO THE FACILITY WHEN IT'S CONSTRUCTED.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, COMMISSIONER VICTOR HAD A QUESTION.
AT THE ENTRANCE, JUST, IT'S A, IT'S AN ENCLOSED PLANT.
SO YOU'VE GOT A FENCE LINE ALONG, UH, I GUESS IT'S WESTERN SKIES.
WHAT WILL THAT FENCE LOOK LIKE AND, AND HEIGHT WIDTH GET A SENSE TO THE COMMUNITY OF, AS THEY DRIVE UP AND DOWN, WHAT THEY'LL SEE? UH, MY ASSUMPTION IT IS AN EIGHT FOOT TALL FENCE.
WE'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT.
MY ASSUMPTION IS IT WILL BE A WOOD CONSTRUCTED FENCE, BUT THE GATE OBVIOUSLY IS, UH, GONNA BE A METAL GATE OF SOME SORT.
BUT IT WILL BE SCREENED FROM VIEW SO THAT YOU CANNOT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE STREET SEE INTO THE PLANT SITE.
SO THE BLUE, THE BLUE STRIPED AREA IS THE ONLY AREA THAT WE
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ARE CONSIDERING FOR THIS MEETING TODAY.IS, HOW IS THAT PLATTED? HOW IS IT, I MEAN, SO I SEE IT SAYS COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE, BUT IS IT, IS IT, UM, ARE THERE RESTRICTIONS TO MAKE IT A COMMUNITY PARK? I MEAN, I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE SUBJECT OF TODAY'S MEETING, BUT I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF IT? MAYBE, MAYBE THIS COULD BE THE HOA OWNS THE GREEN SIDE AND THE MUD OWNS THE BLUE SIDE.
SO IT'S JUST HOA SPACE AND IT'S FOR RIGHT.
IT'S NOT REALLY RESTRICTED TO ANY PURPOSE.
AND THAT'S, YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HOPING THAT THE HOA WILL HAVE THEIR MEETINGS AND ESTABLISH WHAT IT IS THAT THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THAT AREA.
HOPEFULLY THAT MAY 13TH MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO GET SOME FEEDBACK.
UH, BUT THE HOA WOULD NEED TO HIRE CONSULTANTS TO, TO WORK ON THAT PROJECT FOR THEM.
I MAY CALL YOU BACK UP IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS AS WE GO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JAIME HENGE.
THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING, UH, THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THIS ISSUE.
UH, HE'S BEEN IN THE COMMUNITY FOR 23 YEARS AND HE'S NEVER HEARD OF ANY ISSUES REGARDING THIS SITE.
UH, AS OF LAST NIGHT, THAT'S THE ONLY TIME YOU'VE HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THIS SITUATION, THAT HE, THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS, HE HASN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT.
HE JUST WANTS TO VOICE HIS, THE UNJUST, UM, SITUATION WITH THE, UH, SELLING PART OF THE PROPERTY WITHOUT LETTING THE COMMUNITY.
NOW HE UNDERSTANDS THAT THERE'S ALREADY AN AGREEMENT TO SELL THE PROPERTY OR TO CONVEY THE PROPERTY, BUT HE JUST WANTS TO MAKE IT, MAKE IT KNOWN THAT HE OBJECTS TO THE, TO THE, UM, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE, WHICH ADDRESS? HE SAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, UH, HECTOR, WOULD YOU THANK HIM FOR COMING IN TODAY? SURE.
AND HOPEFULLY SOMEONE WITH HOA WILL BE IN TOUCH WITH THEM BECAUSE THE, THE, WE NEED TO HELP HIM UNDERSTAND THAT IT REALLY WASN'T A SALE, IT WAS A, A CONDEMNATION BY THE MUD.
SO THAT'S WHY IT WAS A LEGAL PROCEEDING.
UM, SO IF YOU CAN HELP HIM UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT'D BE GREAT.
HE'S JUST REITERATING THAT THE, UH, THE HOA HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO, TO THE COMMUNITY AND EXPLAINED ANYTHING TO HIM AS OF YET.
AND THAT'S SO UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THEY ARE YOUR COMMUNITY LEADERS.
UM, THERE SHOULD BE A MANAGEMENT COMPANY FOR YOUR HOAI WOULD, UH, REACH OUT.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO REACH OUT TO YOUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY OR YOUR BOARD DIRECTLY, UM, BECAUSE WE DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY CONTROL OVER THE HOA, BUT THEY SHOULD BE, BE, THAT'S THEIR JOB IS TO NOTIFY YOU ALL WHEN SOMETHING IS GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY AND THEY NEED TO BE WORKING WITH YOU.
UM, SO I ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO REACH OUT TO THEM.
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HE'S SAYING THAT AS OF LAST NIGHT, THAT WAS THE ONLY OPPORTUNITY.THEY, THEY, THEY WERE NOTIFIED ABOUT THE SITUATION, BUT HE INDICATED THAT THERE WAS, UH, SOME LADY THAT SPOKE UP AND TOLD THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT THE SITUATION AND TO COME HERE AND PROTEST, AND THAT SHE'S BEEN, UH, HARASSED BY SPREADING THE, THE, THE RUMORS ABOUT THE SITUATION.
WELL, YEAH, TIME IS UP, SO WE NEED TO END IT.
BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AGAIN,
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALBERTA CA CASITA.
AND MR. CASITA, YOU SPOKE LAST TIME, SO YOU'RE LIMITED TO ONE MINUTE.
YOU STILL REMEMBER MY FACE, RIGHT? I DO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, TOTALLY DISAPPOINTING ABOUT, HEAR THAT THE WHOLE THING HAS BEEN APPROVED, BUT WE REALLY ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UH, GREEN AREA.
WE ARE GONNA LOSE THE GREEN AREA.
SO BASICALLY, I MEAN THE, THE, THE WATER PLANT IS GONNA BE BUILT RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE.
RIGHT BEHIND IT IS RIGHT THERE.
SO WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY, ALL MY NEIGHBORS.
AND THEY WILL NOT AGREE TO THE WATER.
THERE IS A LOT OF SPACES AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LATELY, IF YOU NOTICE IN TWO MILES RADIO THERE IS SIX GAS, UH, CAR WASHES AND THEY SPEND, 70% OF THE WATER IS WASTE.
WHY WE NEED SO MANY CAR WASHES IN THE AREA.
SO WE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW IT WORKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE LAWS WORKS ONLY FOR THE GUY WITH MONEY.
I, I, I WORK VERY HARD TO, TO BUY THAT PROPERTY.
I KNOW I PAY ALMOST 25 YEARS JUST TO PAY THE MORTGAGE ON THAT CAP ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN I GONNA LOSE EVERYTHING BECAUSE I GOING TO MY, MY PROPERTY IS GONNA LOSE VALUE.
MY HOME INSURANCE IS GONNA GO UP.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S NOT EASY FOR US RIGHT NOW.
UM, THE SIX CAR WASHES, UH, WE DON'T CONTROL LAND USE.
UM, ESPECIALLY NOT AT THIS, AT THIS DAY, JUST TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THERE IS NO, IT IS NOT A WATER PRESSURE ISSUE.
THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE BEHIND THIS.
THIS IS NOT A WATER PRESSURE ISSUE.
THIS IS SOMETHING ELSE I WOULD, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TALK TO YOUR MUD DISTRICT, GO TO THE NEXT MEETING AND, UM, ASK THEM THAT WE, WE ALREADY MENTION THAT.
THEY DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE CAR WASHES, NOTHING.
BUT I'M NOT SURE THEY COULD SAY MUCH ABOUT THE CAR WASHES.
BUT WHAT THEY COULD TELL YOU IS WHY THEY NEED THE WATER PLANT AND SHOW YOU THAT IT IS A, A PRESSURE ISSUE.
THEY NEED, YOU DO NOT WANNA LOSE YOUR VALUE BASED ON PRESSURE.
SO THE WATER PRESSURE, I UNDERSTAND YOUR TIME IS UP, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO TO THE MAY 13TH MEETING AS WELL AS GO TO THE NEXT MUD MEETING AND ASK FOR ANSWERS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR LISTENING.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VIVIANA CASITA.
UH, THEY'RE VERY SAD AND DISAPPOINTED WITH THE, WITH THE SITUATION.
THE PROPOSED PLAN IS GONNA BE RIGHT UP AGAINST HER PROPERTY.
THIRD GENERATION OF LIVING IN THE, THE
AND HER HUSBAND WORKED HER ENTIRE, HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO BUILD THAT HOUSE OR HAVE THAT HOUSE.
THERE ARE 11 PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, UP, UP AGAINST THE, THE PRO THE PLANT.
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THEY'RE SEEKING YS ASSISTANCE.SHE JUST WANTS THE, THE, THE PLAN TO BE RELOCATED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
NOT, NOT IN THAT PARTICULAR SITE.
AND, UM, LIKE I SAID BEFORE, I'M REALLY SORRY.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY LEGAL STANCE OVER TOP OF A COURT OF LAW.
UM, BUT MR. BROWN HAS SAID THAT THE MUD WILL WORK WITH YOU ALL.
UM, SO I WOULD STAY IN TOUCH WITH MR. BROWN, UM, AND HE CAN, HE CAN LET Y'ALL KNOW WHEN THE NEXT, NEXT MUD MEETING IS AND YOU CAN ATTEND THAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANO RAMIREZ ROMERO.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE BIT MORE.
IF YOU CANNOT DO ANYTHING, WHY ARE WE HERE? WELL, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BY A COURT OF LAW, THAT THEY COULD CONDEMN THAT PROPERTY AND BUILD THEIR WATER PLANT.
AND WE HAVE NO RIGHT OVER TOP OF A FEDERAL, I MEAN, OVER A, UH, COURT OF LAW.
BUT WHY ARE WE STILL DOING THIS BACK AND FORTH? WELL, THERE'S A PROCESS THAT, THAT WE HAVE TO FOLLOW MM-HMM
AND PART OF IT IS THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WHAT CAN BE OUR NEXT STEP, IN MY OPINION, YOUR BEST, YOUR BEST STEP IS TO WORK WITH YOUR HOA AND YOUR MUD DISTRICT BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING THIS BODY CAN DO TO OVERRIDE A, A COURT OF LAW.
AND THEN IF WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING, CAN YOU FORCE THEM? THEY MAD AT LEAST TO MAKE A REALLY HIGH FENCE BECAUSE LIKE MY NEIGHBOR, MY HOUSE IS JUST RIGHT THERE.
THE PARK IS BEHIND MY BACKYARD.
CAN YOU FORCE THEM TO MAKE A REALLY HIGH FENCE TO PROTECT OUR KIDS FROM JUMPING AND GETTING TO SOMETHING DANGEROUS? BECAUSE THERE IS KIDS JUMPING THE FENCES.
CAN YOU FORCE THEM? THERE IS SOMEBODY, FORCE THEM TO BUILD A REALLY HIGH FENCE PROTECTING OUR HOUSES, OUR KIDS FROM JUMPING THE FENCE.
WE CANNOT FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO ATTEND THE MUD MEETING AND TO ATTEND YOUR MEETING ON MAY 13TH AND MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD.
AND I DO THINK, UM, THAT YOUR MUD DISTRICT WILL LISTEN TO YOU, BUT YOU NEED TO SHARE THOSE CONCERNS WITH THEM.
THIS BODY CANNOT FORCE THEM TO DO IT.
'CAUSE MRS. BROWN WAS TALKING ABOUT IF WE DECIDE TO PUT TREES TO PROTECT THAT.
BUT NO, I THINK WHAT HE SAID WAS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA DO SCREENING THEN THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE OUTSIDE OF THE FENCE.
WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO IS DETERMINE CAN THEY MOVE THAT INSIDE OF THE FENCE SO THAT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU ALL AS MUCH.
AND HE IS ALSO TALKED ABOUT, MAYBE POSSIBLE THAT THEY SPEAK TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND MAYBE DO SOME TREES IN THEIR YARD TO GIVE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, SCREENING.
AGAIN, THAT'S ALL AT THE MUD'S DISCRETION.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, TO REMIND YOU IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT, MR. BROWN HAS SAID THAT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE WILL BE PUT UP AROUND THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT IS THE MOST THAT THE CITY WILL ALLOW.
THAT IS NOT CONSIDERED A STRUCTURE, BUT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
AND IT WILL BE, WHAT'S THE EXPRESSION? NONPERMEABLE? IT WILL PROBABLY BE A WOODEN FENCE THAT WILL BE EIGHT FEET TALL SURROUNDING THE ENTIRE PLANT AROUND THE ENTIRE, NOT JUST PROTECTING THEM FROM THE FRONT.
IT'S GONNA BE PROTECT AND IT BE FULLY ENCLOSED.
AND AS THE, UH, THE CHAIRWOMAN SAID, MR. BROWN IS LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF PUTTING IN TREES TO CREATE A ANOTHER SHIELD IN ADDITION TO THE FENCE.
SO THAT WILL, OF COURSE, THERE'S RULES AND REGULATIONS THAT APPLY TO EVERYTHING, I CAN ASSURE YOU.
BUT, UH, THEY ARE LOOKING TO SEE IF THEY CAN DO THAT.
AND AGAIN, WORKING TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM SOMETHING NEW.
SO, UH, AT THIS POINT, MR. BROWN, WE'LL PROBABLY CALL MR. BROWN BACK UP TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS AND I'LL MAKE SURE FOR YOU.
HER NEXT SPEAKER IS JOAN CAB CABEZA.
YEAH, JUAN, I'M SORRY, I CALLED YOU JOAN.
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UH, APPARENTLY THE, THE PROCESS HAS GONE FAR ENOUGH OR FURTHER AND THAT SOME OF THE INDIVIDUALS ARE ALREADY UPSET ABOUT THIS.AND, UH, CREEK DRIVE, HE'S BEEN THERE 20 YEARS LIVING IN YES, CALIFORNIA.
AND HE, THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THE HOA HAS NOT COMMUNICATED ANYTHING TO THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S A THIRD GENERATION LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, THERE IS, HE MENTIONED 500, UH, RESIDENTS IN THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY.
HE SAID THAT EVERY EVENING THEY GO OUT TO THIS PARK TO WALK IN THE AFTERNOON.
HE SAID THAT WHEN HE PURCHASED A PROPERTY, THIS, IT WAS DESIGNATED FOR A PARK SPACE, NOT FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
HE'S SAYING THAT THEY LIED ABOUT THE BEING A COMMUNITY PARK AND IT'S NO LONGER A COMMUNITY PARK.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU LET HIM KNOW HIS TIME IS UP? YEAH.
AND THAT WE APPRECIATE, WE APPRECIATE HIM COMING IN AND SHARING THOSE COMMENTS.
UM, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MIA WILLIAMS. GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, MY NAME IS MIA WILLIAMS. I HAD SOMETHING PREPARED, BUT NOW THAT'S NOT GONNA WORK, BUT I'M GONNA SAY IT ANYWAY.
UH, ON BEHALF OF, I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE REPLANTING OF THE BLUE CREEK RANCH, UH, WATER PLANT.
UH, AS A RESIDENT OF THIS COMMUNITY, SINCE ITS INCEPTION, I FIND GREAT CONCERN WITH THE IDEA OF ERECTING A EDIFICE THAT IS NO BENEFIT TO OUR COMMUNITY.
HURRICANE HARVEY RAVAGED OUR CITY AND MY HOME SUSTAINED DAMAGE.
THAT QUALIFIED RECONSTRUCTION THROUGH THE TEXAS RELIEF PROGRAM.
I WAS INFORMED BY SPECTRUM THAT THE CONSTRUCTION AT THAT TIME WOULD POTENTIALLY DAMAGE THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THUS DECREASING THE VALUE OF MY HOME.
I WAS DENIED AND STILL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS.
BUT YET WE ARE HERE TO ERECT A STRUCTURE THAT WILL TAKE UP 60% OF OUR PARK, DECREASE OUR PROPERTY VALUE, AND INCREASE OUR INSURANCE PREMIUMS. UM, THERE WAS NO MENTION OF THIS NEW ITEM ON OUR LAST MEETING'S AGENDA THAT WAS SENT OUT FOR FEBRUARY.
THIS ITEM WAS NOT MENTIONED ON THAT AGENDA ITEM.
AND SPECTRUM CONTINUES TO ATTEMPT TO STRONG ARM RESIDENTS BY SENDING EMAILS THAT ATTEMPT TO SILENCE AND INTIMIDATE US.
I'M HERE TO SAY THAT THEY HAVE THE WRONG ONE ON THE RIGHT DAY.
WE AS A COMMUNITY DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY FROM THE HOH BOARD AND SPECTRUM.
AND WHAT MR. CHRIS BROWN SAID EARLIER ABOUT THE HOA NOT BEING ABLE TO GET SIGNATURES, THAT'S A LIE.
BECAUSE JUST AS THESE RESIDENTS THAT ARE HERE, PUT A NOTICE ON OUR DOOR THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A MEETING IN THE PARK ON FRIDAY, YOU WOULD BE SURPRISED THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT SHOWED UP.
SO FOR ME, IT FEELS AS THOUGH THE HOH AND THE HOA SPECTRUM AND THE MUD DISTRICT ARE IN CAHOOTS.
BECAUSE JUST AS WE WERE NOTIFIED, WE ALL SHOWED UP.
AND I, AND I WROTE DOWN, MR. BROWN,
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I WANNA GET YOUR CARD 'CAUSE YOU WILL HEAR FROM ME.WE WILL BE THERE AS LONG AND THE REST OF MY, UH, CONSTITUENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BECAUSE THIS IS, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 23 YEARS.
MY GRANDSON USES THAT PARK EVERY DAY.
AND WHEN WE SAW THAT SIGN PUT UP THERE, IT SAID WATER PLANT FOR ME.
I'M THINKING IT WAS THE WATER PARK THAT THEY HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS AND MONTHS.
SO I FEEL THAT WE HAVE BEEN DECEIVED AND THIS IS NOT HOW WE SHOULD BE EXECUTING OUR BUSINESS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'LL SEE YOU ON MAY 13TH.
THANK YOU MS. WILLIAMS. WE APPRECIATE IT.
I HAVE PLEASE SILENCE IN THE AUDIENCE, PLEASE.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY, MS. POPLE, COME BACK UP AND CALL MR. BROWN.
WE WERE GONNA CALL MR. BROWN BACK UP.
I'M SORRY, MR. BROWN AND I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
AND JUST TO KIND OF SET THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MR. BROWN, MR. BROWN IS, UH, REPRESENTING THE APPLICATION.
HE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE WORKS FOR THE MUD OR I KNOW HE DOESN'T WORK FOR THE HOA.
WHAT HE CAN DO IS HE CAN TAKE YOUR MESSAGES BACK TO THE MUD DISTRICT.
HE CANNOT FORCE THEM TO DO ANYTHING.
I KNOW MR. BROWN PERSONALLY, UH, I KNOW THE COMPANY HE WORKS FOR, AND HE IS AN HONORABLE GUY.
SO I AM GOING TO TRUST THAT HE IS GOING TO GO BACK TO THE MUD DISTRICT AND SHARE EVERY ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I SAW HIM WRITING DOWN TODAY.
AND, UM, HOPEFULLY THEY CAN, UH, APPEASE YOU TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
I UNDERSTAND THIS IS A DIFFICULT SITUATION.
UH, AND YES, THE, THE CLIENT I WORK FOR IS THE MUD DISTRICT, UH, NORTHWEST PARK MUD.
UH, THE, UH, EHRA IS THE DISTRICT ENGINEER.
UM, I CAN TELL YOU THAT MY, SO ONE, MY COMMENT ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO GET SIGNATURES IS IN RELATION TO, FOR THE HOA TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SELL THE PROPERTY TO ANYBODY.
UH, NUMBER ONE, IT, YOU KNOW, IT IS A COS RESERVE AS IT WAS PLATTED.
UH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF THE RESIDENTS SIGN, OR NOT RESIDENTS, MAJORITY OF THE OWNERS.
UH, AND SO MY COMMENT WAS ONLY THAT IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THAT MANY SIGNATURES TO ALLOW THE SALE TO HAPPEN JUST BETWEEN THE HOA AND THE MUD.
SO THE, THE MUD AND THE HOA ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE CONDEMNATION TO PROCEED.
AND THEN THE MUD, AGAIN, PAID OVER VALUE OF THE PROPERTY SO THAT, UH, THE HOA WOULD'VE ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO, UH, IMPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE SITE.
AND IS THEIR INTENTION TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT? AND OBVIOUSLY, LOOK, THE THE MUD SERVES THESE SAME PEOPLE AND, AND YOU KNOW, THE WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE IF, UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS NOT FIRE PROTECTION AVAILABLE AT A, AT A, AT THEIR APPROPRIATE TIME? RIGHT.
AND, AND THE MUD IS UNDER OBLIGATION, UNDER LAW TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE SERVICE.
UM, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, SO I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE REASONS WHY THE HYDRANTS AT THAT LOCATION DON'T HAVE THE PROPER PRESSURES.
I, WE JUST KNOW THAT IT, IT IS TRUE.
UM, AND THE MUD IS DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO FIND THE, THE RIGHT SOLUTION.
AND THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF PERMUTATIONS OF THIS, BELIEVE ME.
UM, THE DISTRICT ENGINEERS TOLD ME, AGAIN, 18 MONTHS OF PLANNING TO, TO GET TO JUST THIS STATE.
UM, AND SO WHERE WE ARE IS OBVIOUSLY THE MUD WANTS TO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN GIVEN THE SITUATION TO TRY AND MAKE THE BEST REMAINDER PARK POSSIBLE AND TO SCREEN THE FACILITIES NECESSARY FROM, UH, FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WANTS TO CONTINUE TO WORK.
SO, AS YOU SAID, UH, THE MEETING THAT'S COMING UP IS THE BEST PLACE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO COME AND BRING THEIR CONCERNS AND LET THE HOA KNOW, I MEAN, UH, THE, THE MUD HOLDS THEIR MEETINGS.
THIS IS, AS I UNDERSTAND IT, GONNA BE A, A JOINT, UH, MEETING ON MAY 13TH.
THAT WAS GONNA BE MY QUESTION.
WILL THE THERE BE REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE MUD AT THIS HOA MEETING? I, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE, BUT I, I WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES THERE.
I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT FACTOR.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT SOMEONE, AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PEOPLE FROM THE MUD SHOW UP AT THAT MEETING AND ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND YOU HEARD THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE FENCING AND THE SCREENING.
AND SO I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SPEAK WITH THE RESIDENTS, UH, WHEN WE'RE DONE WITH THIS PRESENTATION AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER MAREZ? UM, NOT NECESSARILY A QUESTION, BUT, UH, IT APPEARS BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE'VE HEARD, THAT THERE IS STILL A LITTLE CONFUSION AS TO THE NEED FOR THE PLANT.
UM, SOME FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED THE WATER PRESSURE IN THEIR HOMES, BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE, WHY Y'ALL ARE WORKING TO PUT THIS PLAN ON.
RIGHT? IT'S ABOUT THE FIRE HYDRANT SYSTEM.
SO WHEN Y'ALL MEET IN MAY, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S VERY CLEAR BECAUSE, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT IS.
AND AS I MENTIONED TWO WEEKS AGO, UH, THE INTERCONNECT IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THIS DISTRICT, UH, FOR THE ADJACENT DISTRICT BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE IN THE CHEMICALS THAT ARE USED IN A COMMERCIAL.
WELL, WHAT, WHAT THE REAL DEAL, THEY'RE GOING TO SURFACE WATER, UH, IN THE ADJACENT DISTRICT.
AND THIS IS A WELL WATER SYSTEM.
AND SO THE, THE TREATMENT CHEMICALS DON'T MATCH.
UM, SO THEY WOULD NOT BE, UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT HAPPENS IS THE CERTAIN CHEMICALS, UH, HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH HEALTH CONCERNS.
AND SO IF YOU MIX THOSE AND YOU DON'T NOTIFY THE PUBLIC APPROPRIATELY
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AND SOMEONE USES THAT WATER AND IT HAS A CHEMICAL IN IT THAT IS HARMFUL TO THEM, YOU KNOW, SO WE CAN'T DO THAT.SO I UNDERSTAND THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THIS I UNDERSTAND.
I JUST THINK THERE'S SOME CONFUSION AS TO WHY THE, THE PLANT IS NEEDED.
UM, BASED ON SOME OF THE COMMENTS OF OUR, OUR WATER PRESSURE'S FINE.
UM, BUT IT'S NOT THE YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
THE WATER PRESSURE TO THE HOME.
COMMISSIONER JONES, THANK YOU.
UH, THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THIS DISTRICT ARE FIVE REPRESENTED FIVE RESIDENTS, CORRECT? YES.
ARE ANY OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THIS, WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THIS HOMER'S ASSOCIATION? I'M NOT CERTAIN, SIR.
'CAUSE UM, POSSIBLY THAT THERE IS A RESIDENT WHO IS A BOARD MEMBER WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, RECOGNIZES THE NEED AND, AND 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT A DESIRE, IT'S NOT A REQUEST OR A WISHLIST, IT'S A NEED.
UM, SO WITH THAT REPRESENTATIVE CAN, CAN SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH THEIR, HIS CONSTITUENTS, WITH HIS FELLOW RESIDENTS OR HERS.
AND THERE'S ABOUT 5,000 CONNECTIONS IN THIS MUD DISTRICT.
SO IT'S NOT JUST BLUE CREEK, UH, WITH ITS 500.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, MR. BROWN, THANK YOU, UM, FOR THE RESIDENCE, UH, FOR YOUR MAY 17 MEETING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THIS STUFF WILL BE REGURGITATED, BUT WHAT I WANT TO PERHAPS IF YOU WERE TAKING NOTES, UM, EMPOWER YOU TO CONSIDER ABOUT HOW TO MAKE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHOLE IS, UM, WHAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS THERE WAS SOME COMPENSATION BY THE MUD TO THE HOA.
WHERE'S THAT COIN? IS IT, WILL IT BE REALLOCATED THERE ON YOUR, YOUR SITE? UH, THE OTHER ONE IS COORDINATION.
WHAT I WOULDN'T WANT TO SEE IS ON DAY ONE, THE WATER PLANT IS COMPLETE AND A PORTION OF THE PARK HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED.
RIGHT? BECAUSE THE, I THINK THE PLAYGROUND AREAS ARE LIKE RIGHT THERE ON THE DIVIDING LINE, RIGHT? AND SO COORDINATION, THAT'S THE NEXT POINT YOU SHOULD WRITE DOWN.
UM, MR. BROWN MENTIONED THAT THE HOA WILL NEED TO HIRE CONSULTANTS GENERAL CONTRACTOR BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN COMPENSATED TO DO WHATEVER THEY'RE GONNA DO TO THAT PROPERTY.
SO TALK TO YOUR HOA ABOUT ON DAY ONE, WHAT'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THE MUD IN DELIVERING, UH, THE WATER PLANT? MR. BROWN, DO YOU KNOW THE ANTICIPATED PLUS MINUS 3, 4, 6 MONTHS WHEN COMPLETION IS SCHEDULED? BUILDING A WATER PLANT IS A LONG PROCESS.
UH, THE PLANS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED.
WE'RE SIMPLY AWAITING APPROVAL OF THIS PLAT SO THAT THEY CAN, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THOSE.
IF WE STARTED TOMORROW, IT'LL BE 18 MONTHS BEFORE THAT PLANT IS ONLINE.
THAT'S HOW LONG IT TAKES TO BUILD ONE OF THESE THINGS.
SO THAT'S A YEAR AND A HALF, RIGHT? UM, THAT YOU HAVE SOME TIME TO WORK WITH YOUR HOA ABOUT.
CAN WE GET SOMETHING IN PLACE, UH, TO ALIGN, UM, WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE WATER PLANT? UH, THE, THE LAST AGAIN, AND THE LAST PART IS IMPLEMENTATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, ON DAY ONE WHEN THIS PLAN IS COMPLETED, I WOULD NOT WANT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE FOR THERE TO BE A PARTIALLY DEMOLISHED PARK THAT PROBABLY YOU CAN'T UTILIZE MM-HMM
UH, SO, UH, MAKE SURE THERE'S COORDINATION BETWEEN HOA AND THE MUD SO THAT YOU COULD BE MADE AS CLOSE TO WHOLE, UM, AS POSSIBLE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK YOU? YOU CAN'T SPEAK A SECOND TIME? I'M SORRY.
I JUST WOULD LIKE TO SAY, UM, THAT WITH THIS COS RESERVE, THE INITIAL, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WAS 1.3429, UH, FEET.
THIS, UH, PARTICULAR PROPERTY NOW THAT THEY'RE REPLANTED INTO THE, UH, WATER PLAID SITE IS 0.7519, UH, SQUARE FEET.
SO, UH, THERE WILL BE, UH, 25,745 SQUARE FEET REMAIN FOR THE PARK AREA.
UM, THIS WAS A VARIANCE, UM, THAT WAS REQUESTED, UH, BUT SINCE, BUT IT'S, IT'S VARIANCE AGAINST 42 DASH 1 93, WHICH IS, UM, IT WAS A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE COS TO BE UMLA INTO A WATER PLANT SITE.
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AND HOW THE, THE SECTION 42 DASH 1 93 WORKS IS, UH, THAT IF YOU ARE, UH, REPLANTING A PORTION OF A, A PLA UH, A PORTION OF A, OF A RESERVE OR, OR A PORTION OF THE, OF A PLAT WHERE THEY HAD SINGLE FAMILY RESTRICTIONS, THEN IF THERE'S A USE RESTRICTION THAT'S ON THE, ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT, UM, THEN YOU WOULD HAVE TO, UM, AND IT'S A PARTIAL RE PLAT, THEN IT, THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A VARIANCE IF IT'S NOT ALLOWED WITHIN, UM, THE ORDINANCE.AND THAT'S WHY WE CAME HERE TODAY.
OR IF IT'S, IF IT'S NOT USED AS ALLOWED, UH, SEPARATELY IN A FILE DEED RESTRICTION.
SO THE JUDGMENT IS THE REASON BECAUSE OF THE JUDGMENT.
THAT IS A SEPARATELY FILED, UM, DOCUMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THIS TO BE A WATER PLANT AND THEREFORE THE VARIANCE IS NOT REQUIRED.
SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS AND THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE ITEM.
THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY 33,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG KAYWOOD LANE, NORTH OF WESTVIEW DRIVE AND EAST OF ANTOINE DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE 12 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TWO RESERVES ALONG AN 18 FOOT WIDE SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES.
SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION WITH CONCERNS OVER INCREASED DENSITY AND TRAFFIC AS WELL AS THE NARROW PAVED WIDTH OF KAYWOOD LANE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MA'AM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'M GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 85.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 86.
ITEM 86 IS CREST VIEW CROSSING.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS OVER 8,600 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF TREMONT STREET AND CRESTVIEW DRIVE WEST OF WAYSIDE DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN A FLAG LOT FORMATION.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES OR REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW B INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
SAP HAS RECEIVED NO ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MA'AM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 86 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 SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 87 IS GRAND PRAIRIE, SECTION FIVE PARTIAL.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF MOUND ROAD AND WEST OF WARREN RANCH ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANT TO EXCEED THE INTERSECTION BASIN REQUIREMENT BY REMOVING A PORTION OF A PLOTTED STREET, PREMIER ROAD, AS IN EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION.
STOP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN BAY ROAD AND MOUND ROAD IS ABOUT 5,200 FEET PER CHAPTER 42.
ATALI TWO EAST WEST PUBLIC STREET ARE REQUIRED WITHIN THAT SPAN.
COMMUN ROAD WAS PROVIDED TO MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.
NOW THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO RE PLAT A A PORTION OF COMMUNE ROAD TO CREATE ONE RESERVE FOR RECREATIONAL USE.
EXTENDING ROAD FURTHER WEST IS INFEASIBLE AS IT WOULD REQUIRE
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CROSSING A A HUNDRED FEET WIDE DRAINAGE CHANNEL AND LARGE DETENTION AREAS.FURTHERMORE, THE 2024 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WE WILL PLAN AMENDMENT.
WE ALIGN THE NORTH SOUTH MAJOR COLLECTOR AND WE MOVE THE EAST WEST MINOR COLLECTION.
THE SEGMENT OF KERMAN ROAD BEING REMOVED CORRESPOND TO THE MINOR COLLECTION ELIMINATED THROUGH THAT AMENDMENT PROCESS.
AT THAT TIME, IT WOULD DETERMINE THAT THE REMOVAL OF THE STREET WOULD NOT NEGATIVE IMPACT TRAFFIC STIPULATION.
FUTURE CIRCULATION WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH THE GP STREET PATTERN.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE VARIANT REQUEST.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED REPLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTION AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPENED FOR ITEM 87.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
MR. PARKER, IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.
I'M THE DISTRICT ENGINEER FOR THE GRAND PRAIRIE DEVELOPMENT ONE.
JUST TO CLARIFY, WE ARE DOING THAT RESERVE AND THEN THERE IS A STREET NAME CHANGE THAT WAS REQUESTED IN THAT REPL THAT WASN'T CLARIFIED.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT STREET NAME CHANGE WAS ALSO PART OF THIS APPROVAL.
AND MS. RODRIGUEZ CAN, YOU CAN CONFIRM THAT PLEASE? THAT IF CORRECT.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALRIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 88 ADAM, 88 HAVEN HOMES AT HOMEWOOD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT AT THE INTERSECTION OF HOMEWOOD LANE AND BENTON STREET EAST OF WAYSIDE DRIVE AND SOUTH OF TEWELL ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL RESERVE.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MADE ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND PER LEGAL REVIEW THIS PROPOSED.
WE PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CP C 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 88 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS YOUR RENEWAL WISHES TO SPEAK ALL? HEARING NONE.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 89, LAURE PLACE RESERVES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF AKITA ROAD AND SOUTH OF WILL CLAYTON PARKWAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE THREE RESERVES TO, FOR OPEN SPACE AND RECREATIONAL USE.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND PER LEGAL REVIEW THIS PROPOSED FLT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 89 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE UH, ASSIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 89 AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 90, ITEM 90 MCKINNEY AND CLAY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMIT AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF EASTERN STREET AND AIRBORNE STREET EAST OF I 45.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE FIVE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS KNOWN VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN MET.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED RELA WILL VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DE FURTHER PLA PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW MORE TIME TO COORDINATE WITH LEGAL, UM, DEPARTMENT ON AMENDED DAY RESTRICTION.
MADAM CHAIR, IS IT PLEASE WITH THE COMMISSION? YOU MAY CONTINUE WITH THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 90.
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TO SPEAK.IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 91.
ITEM 91 IS QUICKTRIP STORE 46 38.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY SIX ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF LYONS AVENUE IN MCCARTY STREET SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 10.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE PLAT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE REQUIREMENTS DUE TO SIGN NOTICE NOT MEETING THAT THOSE STANDARDS.
MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 91.
I HAVE THE APPLICANT SIGNED TO SPEAK IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS.
AND UH, KATHY GARLAND, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO STATE OR NO, MA'AM.
SO I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I NEED A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.
MOTION FOR DE MOTION FOR SECOND ALLMAN SECOND ALLMAN.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 92.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 24,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTHEAST ALONG BELTWAY EIGHT FRONTAGE ROAD NORTH OF LITTLE YORK AND SOUTH OF GARRETT ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED FOR THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATEAU.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 92 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM NUMBER 93 IS TIMBER GROVE MANOR PARTIAL REPL NUMBER TWO.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG WINDWOOD LANE AND EAST OF TC JESTER.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO ABANDON THE BILL STREET RIGHT OF WAY AND COMBINE THE ADDITIONAL LAND WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE ANY RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 93 IS OPEN.
I HAVE MS. OWENS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
OKAY, MS. OWENS, UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY.
SO I'M GOING TO, UH, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 94.
ITEM 94 IS WASHINGTON TERRACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER 12.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG ISABELLA STREET BETWEEN DELANO AND ES STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE LOTS ALONG A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPRO THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORUM CONDITIONS AND MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 94 IS OPENED.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANY THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
DON'T EVERYBODY SPEAK UP AT ONCE.
UM, ANY OPPOSED? UH, EXCUSE ME.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 95.
ITEM 95 IS WILLOW CREEK RANCH, SECTION SEVEN PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE OF THE SITES LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF ALONG WILLOW RANCH ROAD, WHICH IS A PRIVATE STREET AND EAST OF THREE BEARS TRAILS.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS CREATE ONE LOT AND TWO RESERVES AND RELOCATE A PIPELINE EASEMENT.
UH, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
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AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.UH, MADAM CHAIR, I DID WANNA POINT OUT SAME POINT, UH, DID LEAVE COMMENTS RELATED TO ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE SHOWN ON THE PLAT.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 95 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Geoff Butler, Petra Hsia, Devin Crittle, and John Cedillo) ]
MOVING ALONG TO D SUBDIVISION PLAS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.ITEM 96 IS BECKER BUSINESS PARK.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, E ALUM BECKER ROAD IN SOUTH OF FARM MARKET 29 20.
THE APPLICANT QUESTIONING VARIANT TO EXCEED INTERSECTION PACING REQUIREMENT BY NOT PROVIDING AN EWE STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE DISTANCE BETWEEN FOUR MARKETS 29 20 AND BOK KING ROAD IS ABOUT 5,500 FEET.
A PUBLISHED STREET MUST BE PROVIDED AT LEAST EVERY 2,600 FEET IN THIS CASE.
PLACING THE STREET THROUGH THE SIDE WOULD CREATE AN INTERSECTION FACING OF ONLY ABOUT 2100 FEET.
BOND, FARM MARKET 29 20 WHICH IS BELOW THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT.
THREE THROUGH THE SITE WILL NOT BE INJUR TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND OR SAFETY.
IT WILL NOT NEGATIVE AFFECT FUTURE CHILD ATION AS THERE WILL BE ANOTHER FUTURE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE AN EAST WEST STREET WHEN THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH WE DEVELOPS.
THAT FUTURE CONNECTION WILL BE LOCATED ROUGHLY 2,600 FEET FROM FARM MARKET.
29 20 PROVIDING A MORE CENTRALIZED ROUTE THAT WOULD BETTER SUPPORT FUTURE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AND WOULD MINIMIZE IMPACT ON GN PROPERTIES.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 96.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 97, ITEM 97 EAST OREGON ESTATE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF LAUDER ROAD AND EAST OF ALDEN WESTFIELD ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES TO WANT TO EXIT INTERSECTION FACING ALONG CARNEVALE ROAD.
SECOND, TO ALLOW PROPOSED PUBLIC STREET TO BE LESS THAN 50 FEET IN RIGHTWAY WIDTH AND THREE, TO ALLOW A PORTION OF A PUBLIC STREET TO TERMINATE WITH A TURNAROUND INSTEAD OF A CUL-DE-SAC.
HARRIS COUNTY REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO COORDINATE THE PROPOSED TREAT THIS TIME WITH THE APPLICANT.
THEREFORE, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA PER HARRIS COUNTY REQUEST.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 97.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION AKA.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR MEMBER, THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 98 IS HARRIS HEALTH SYSTEM, CASA DE AMIGOS, REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT AT MAIN STREET BETWEEN BURNETT AND HOGAN, EXCUSE ME, NORTH MAIN STREET.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SMALL ADDITION TO AN EXISTING MEDICAL CLINIC.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO NOT PROVIDE ANY WIDENING TO HARRINGTON STREET OR KEEN STREET AND TO ALLOW A SEVEN FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE ALONG A PORTION OF HARRINGTON STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THESE REQUESTS.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF A HARRIS COUNTY HEALTH CLINIC SITUATED ON A BLOCK BOUND BY NORTH MAINE, BROOKS KEEN AND HARRINGTON STREETS.
THIS CLINIC WAS SUBJECT TO A RECENT PLANNING COMMISSION VARIANCE THAT ALLOWED FOR REDUCED BUILDING LINE ALONG HARRINGTON.
THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE ABANDONED MOST OF THE ABUTTING SEGMENT OF HARRINGTON IN ORDER TO INCLUDE A PARKING AREA WITHIN THE PLAT BOUNDARY.
THEY'RE ALSO PROPOSING A SMALL ADDITION TO THE HEALTH CLINIC ALONG KEEN IN HARRINGTON.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT DEDICATE TO EITHER STREET TO ALLOW FOR REDUCED BUILDING LINE, CITING THE CONSTRAINTS POSED BY THE EXISTING CLINIC ON A RELATIVELY SMALL SITE.
THE RECENT ABANDONMENT AND RAILROAD PROPERTY TO THE WEST RESULT IN KEENAN HARRINGTON STREET BEING PHYSICALLY SEPARATED FROM THE REMAINING STREET SYSTEM.
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MOST OF THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE SITE WILL COME FROM MAIN AND BROOKS GENERATING LITTLE TRAFFIC ON IN HARRINGTON.IN ADDITION, ALLOWING THE STREETS TO REMAIN IN THEIR EXISTING CONFIGURATION WILL ALLOW THE EXISTING CLINIC TO EXPAND AWAY FROM THE MORE ACTIVE PUBLIC REALM ALONG NORTH MAIN STREET A TRANSIT CORRIDOR.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE A MORE PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT PER THE CPC ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK EXCEPT FOR THE APPLICANT.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MAD CHAIR I NEED TO RECUSE FROM THIS ITEM.
PLEASE NOTE THAT UH, VERA BLAND IS RECUSING.
UM, MR. STEWART, MARK STEWART OR CHUCK DAVIS? DID YOU ALL WANT TO SAY ANYTHING OR ARE YOU JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS? WE'RE JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, FROM STAFF.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION KHALE.
ITEM 99 IS HOUSTON YOUTH SPORTS GROUP, REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG DUNHAM ROAD, EAST OF NORTH PARK IN NORTH OF MILLS BRANCH.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES RESERVE FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING WOOD SPRING ACRES DRIVE THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS STAFF CONCERNS OVER TRAFFIC AND CIRCULATION AND ACCESS, AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT ON THE SITE.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF US.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES SECOND MAREZ.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 100 AND PLEASE NOTE THAT YES, COMMISSIONER MARS IS GONNA RECUSE.
OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 100 IS JUBILEE SECTION 17.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF BASE ROAD, EAST OF WARREN RANCH ROAD IN WEST OF JUBILEE HAVEN BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 54 LOTS IN TWO RESERVES, RESTRICTED TO COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE, AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A PORTION OF THE REQUIRED AMOUNT OF COS SPACE TO BE PROVIDED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF AN ADJACENT PLAT JUBILEE.
SECTION 18 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE JUBILEE GP THAT FEATURES A COMPREHENSIVE PEDESTRIAN TRAIL SYSTEM CONNECTING THE PROPOSED SUBDIVISION WITH SEVERAL OPEN SPACES WITH AMENITIES, PARKS, AND A CENTRAL RECREATION CENTER.
THE TOTAL COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE REQUIRED WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF JUBILEE SEVEN.
SECTION 17 IS 18,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING APPROXIMATELY 5,000 SQUARE FEET WITHIN SECTION 17 ITSELF, AND AT THE REMAINDER AT 13,000 SQUARE FEET IN JUBILEE SECTION 18 LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING THE REMAINDER, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF COS WITHIN SECTION 18.
THIS COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE IN BOTH SECTION 17 AND 18 ARE ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS THROUGH THE PROPOSED TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF US.
UH, COMMISSIONER POS PERLE HAD LEFT THE MEETING.
ITEM 1 0 1 IS CORY LANDING HOLDINGS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON ETJ HARRIS COUNTY ALONG FM 19 19 60 EAST OF BROS ROAD AND WEST OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS USED FOR AN AUTO AND CAMPER DEALERSHIP WITH EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO KEEP.
THE SITE IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 1500 FEET FROM BROS ROAD TO THE WEST AND 3,400 FEET FROM CYRUS WOOD DRIVE TO THE EAST.
PER CHAPTER 42, A NORTH SOUTH STREET MUST BE PROVIDED EVERY 2,600 FEET ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
HOWEVER, THE 2,600 FEET INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE FOR NORTH SOUTH STREET ALONG FM 1960 IS LOCATED FURTHER EAST FROM THE SUBJECT SITE.
AN INTERSECTION POINT EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE PROVIDES A BETTER LOCATION FOR A FUTURE NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTION WITH THE EXISTING STREET OF LANDFILL.
TWO ROAD TO THE SOUTH IN ADDITION AND AN INTERSECTION POINT TO THE EAST ALLOWS FOR A NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED STREET PATTERN IN THE APPROVED GENERAL PLAN OF ROSE ROAD.
GP HARRIS COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTIONS.
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RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECTS TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UH, CHOICE OWENS IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS.
IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 1 0 2.
UH, THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY NORTH ALONG FM 29 20 EAST OF ROSEWOOD TRAIL AND WEST OF DAIRY, ER, EXCUSE ME, DECKER PRAIRIE ROSEVILLE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING TWO OF THE REQUIRED EAST WEST STREETS THROUGH THIS TRACT.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE GENERAL PLAN IS A 36 ACRE TRACT INTENDED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
THIS SITE IS BOUND BY UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST AND TO THE NORTH AND ACREAGE TRACKS TO THE EAST.
MANY OF THE HOMES IN THE UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE LATE SEVENTIES AND THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES TWO EAST WEST STREET CONNECTIONS TO BE PROVIDED.
PROVIDED THOSE TWO STREET CONNECTIONS WOULD NOT GREATLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION AS THE STREETS IN THE UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION ARE PRIVATE AND NOT MAINTAINED BY HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING.
KNOWING THIS INFORMATION, THE ONLY OUTLET FOR TRAFFIC GENERATED FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT IS THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL OAKWOOD GENERAL PLAN.
IN ADDITION, THE ACRES TRACKS ADJACENT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT TAKE ACCESS FROM A SERIES OF RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENTS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY WRITTEN ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR 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.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 2.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
WE HAVE A MOTION, I MEAN A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO HAVE A MOTION.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 1 0 3 IS MOCK INDUSTRIAL PARK.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJF HARRIS COUNTY, UH, NORTH ALONG BREEN STREET BETWEEN FAIRBANKS, NORTH HOUSTON AND HOLLISTER ROAD.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO RESERVES FOR EXPANSION OF AN EXISTING INDUSTRIAL FACILITY AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING DRUM ROAD DRIVE A PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE, NOR TO TERMINATE IT WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, THIS REQUEST, THIS VARIANCE REQUEST WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED IN 2023.
UH, SINCE THEN, THE APPLICATION HAS EXPIRED AND, AND IS BEING REEVALUATED, REEVALUATED.
UH, TODAY, UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG A SEGMENT OF BRAIN ROAD CONSISTING OF MOSTLY INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES, PROPOSES TO EXPAND THEIR EXISTING FACILITY AND IS PLATTING ALL OF THE PROPERTY UNDER COMMON OWNERSHIP.
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS PROPERTY ABUTS A STUBB STREET FROM THE WEST BANK COMMUNITY, A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH.
WHILE THIS SITE DOES ABUT RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH, THE, THE PREVAILING PATTERN ALONG THE MAJOR AIRFARE IS SIMILAR TO INDUSTRIAL USES THAT RELY ON HEAVY TRUCK TRA HEAVY TRUCK TRANSPORTATION.
THIS SEGMENT OF DRUM ROW STREET MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET DEEP AND IS USED TO ACCESS ONLY TWO ABUTTING HOMES.
WHILE THIS SUB STREET DOES NOT MEET CHAPTERS 40 TWO'S EXEMPTIONS FOR STREET EXTENSIONS TERMINATING THE STREET AS IT EXISTS TODAY, WOULD ACHIEVE A SIMILAR RESULT AS INVENTION.
BY THIS SECTION OF CHAPTER 42, HARRIS COUNTY ENGINE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING APPLY PER C PC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 3.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALRIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 1 0 4 IS MIDDLE STREET SWAN HOMES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT NORTH OF NAVIGATION IN WEST OF JOHNSON.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES FOUR LOTS FOR DEVELOPING FOUR SMALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR NO DEDICATION TO MIDDLE STREET, A 40 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY AND TO ALLOW LOTS SMALLER THAN THE REQUIRED 3,500 SQUARE FEET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO MAKE REVISIONS TO COMPLY WITH LOT ACCESS REQUIREMENTS AND TO CONSIDER REVISING THEIR REQUEST TO NOT WIDEN MIDDLE.
WE'VE RECEIVED ONE COMMENT EXPRESSING THE NEED FOR SIDEWALKS AT THIS LOCATION.
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THANK YOU.I DO HAVE SPEAKERS, UM, SIGNED UP.
FIRST SPEAKER IS LEONARDO BARINA.
IF YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UH, BUT MY SON IS IS IN THE PARKING RIGHT NOW FOR PAY.
I COME OVER HERE BECAUSE I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION.
THE FIRST THING, UH, THAT SPEAK ENGLISH PRETTY GOOD, BUT I HOPE I UNDERSTAND WHAT I SAY.
I CAN, I CAN BRING AN INTERPRETER UP IF YOU'D LIKE.
I HAVE THE, I SAW THE HOUSE THEY PUT OVER THERE.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE LEGAL REGULATION ON THE BACKSIDE AND THE FRONT SIDE, THE SIDE SIDE EITHER WAY IN THE SECOND ONE IS, UH, TOO MANY CARS RIGHT NOW IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE KIDS, I HAVE GRANDKIDS.
I HAVE 35 YEARS AND I HAVE PROBLEMS OVER THERE.
ANYBODY CAN CHECK MY RECORDS, BUT RIGHT NOW WE STARTED HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE TRAFFIC PROBLEM WITH THE PEOPLE OVER THERE.
NOW IF THEY WANNA PUT THE FOUR UNITS OVER THERE, THAT MEANS IT EIGHT CARS, TWO FOR FAMILY.
BUT EVERYBODY WORKING ON HERE IN THE UNITED STATES, IT'S TOO MANY CARS RIGHT NOW.
WHAT HAPPENED? THE REST OF THE CAR, THEY DON'T HAVE PARKING.
UH, I DON'T SEE THE SAFETY STUFF OVER THERE.
WHAT THEY DOING FOR ME? DOING SAFETY FOR ME, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR MY NEIGHBORS.
AND I SPEAK FOR ME, FOR MY FAMILY, FOR THE PEOPLE TOO.
UH, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY TRYING TO DO.
IT'S TOO MANY HOUSES FOR THE LITTLE LAND.
IT'S ONLY 100 FEET FOR 50 FEET.
I THINK SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT.
I JUST LET YOU KNOW YOU WORKING FOR THE COMMUNITY, I HOPE AND YOU CAN MAKE THE BETTER RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR CONCERNS.
SO IS YOUR SON BACK, FRANCESCO FRANCISCO? IS HE STILL OUT THERE? HE'S OUTSIDE.
I'LL JUST, I'LL PUT HIM BACK DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
YES, MADAM CHAIR, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.
HE DOESN'T, HE DIDN'T SIGN UP TO SPEAK, BUT HE'D LIKE TO SPEAK.
YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YES.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I BELIEVE MY MAIN CONCERN IS SINCE I, I AM DISABLED AND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S GETTING OLDER AND MY MAIN CONCERN IS, UH, SAFETY AND IT'S GETTING HIGHLY POPULATED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ON NAVIGATION, THEY HOLD EVERY, EVERY OTHER WEEKEND THEY HAVE, UM, THEMED GET TOGETHERS AND, AND MIDDLE STREET GETS PACKED FULL OF VEHICLES AND THERE'S UH, ALMOST NOWHERE TO WALK.
PEOPLE WALK IN AND IT'S NOT REALLY SAFE FOR ANYBODY TO BE WALKING.
AND I'M CONCERNED THAT IF THE PARKING I, I I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT THIS.
UM, I CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU IF YOU WANT.
HOW DO YOUR BEST I AM SORRY, BUT HE GOT, PARDON ME? I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE WALKING.
NO, TAKE YOUR TIME WHEN THERE'S, IS THAT YOUR VEHICLE? VEHICLES AND I DON'T FEEL, I, I CAN'T BE UP FRONT OF, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
IT, I HAVE PROBLEMS SENSORY WISE AND I DON'T, THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND ADDING IT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, IT MAKES IT VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO BE IN MY OWN HOME.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND AND WE, YEAH, WE APPRECIATE COMING.
THEY MAKE IT THIS IN FRONT HIS HOUSE RIGHT IN FRONT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, STEPHANIE WATTS.
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I DON'T KNOW MICHAEL'S LAST NAME.MY HANDWRITING ISN'T VERY CLEAR.
UH, WE HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS PARTICULARLY ABOUT PARKING.
WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING FOUR SMALL HOMES ON 5,000 SQUARE FEET WITH NO MEANS OF OFF STREET PARKING DRIVEWAY TO PUT FOUR, PROBABLY EIGHT.
LIKE MY NEIGHBOR HAS SAID, WE ALREADY HAVE THE PARKING ISSUES THAT THEY DISCUSSED WHEN WE HAVE THE FESTIVALS ON THE WEEKEND.
I ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT IS YET NOT INHABITED AT THE END OF MIDDLE STREET BY THE BAYOU.
WHEN YOU PUT 200, UH, APARTMENT HOMES, FILLING THEM IN MIDDLE STREET, I WAS ALREADY WORRIED ABOUT.
AND NOW HAVING THE IDEA OF FOUR TO EIGHT CARS DUMPING ONTO THAT STREET THERE, IT'S NOT SAFE.
IT'S NOT GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED.
UM, IS, DOES MICHAEL WANNA SPEAK TO YEAH, UM, COME ON UP.
IF YOU COULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I, I WOULD KINDA LIKE TO HEAR THE APPLICANT SPEAK, UM, PRIOR BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN AND THEY'VE GOT ARGUMENTS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T DEBATE, THEN WE'RE NOT DOING REALLY ANY GOOD.
IS THAT, I'LL PUT YOU, YOU TO THE END OF THE LINE.
PARDON ME? GO AHEAD AND SIT DOWN.
I'LL PUT YOU TO THE END OF THE LINE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST OR YOU WANNA HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP? YES SIR.
UH, SO, UH, I'M ALSO A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF THE AREA.
SO, UH, SO I HAVE, UH, UH, ICDS SOME AMBIGUITY IN THE VARIANCE.
THEY'RE REQUESTING, THEY ASKING FOR LESS THAN 35, UH,
UH, SO I FEEL LIKE, UH, THAT'S AMBIGUOUS, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN IT'S LIKE LESS THAN PROBABLY THOUSAND 500, SO WHAT'S THE MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY SAY LIKE 1000 SQUARE FOOT LOT? SO I FEEL LIKE THEY HAVE TO PUT A MORE POSITION IN WHAT THEY ASKING FOR, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IN THE CITY WE, 1400 SQUARE FOOT IS ALLOWED.
SO WHAT THEY ASKING FOR 3,500 SQUARE FOOT, YOU KNOW? SO I FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF TRICKY.
SO THEY SHOULD BE MORE PRECISE WITH THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE THEY WANT.
AND ALSO AS OTHERS SPEAKER HAVE SAID, IT'S A BUSY AREA ALREADY.
SO WHEN YOU PUT IN LIKE MODULAR ARMS, LIKE FOUR, FIVE, SO THIS SHOULD ALLOW SPACES FOR PARKING AS, UH, IT HAS BEEN SAID BEFORE.
WE HAVE LIKE 800 MAGISTRATE DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S A 400 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY HOUSE.
SO THAT PLACE IS STILL GONNA BE VERY PACKED IN THE FUTURE.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE PLANS FOR THE FUTURE NOW.
SO HAVING THIS KIND OF DESIGN WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH ACCOMMODATION FOR TRAFFIC, IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOW ASK THE COMMISSION TO, UH, TO ADVISE THE DEVELOPERS TO RETHINK THEIR PLAN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
UM, I DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE COMMENT BEFORE I CALL THE APPLICANT UP? SURE.
SO THE STANDARD, THE CITYWIDE STANDARD IS 3,500 SQUARE FEET FOR LOTS.
UH, THE MORE COMMONLY APPLIED, UH, STANDARD IS A PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR 1400 SQUARE FEET.
THAT'S TO ADD CONDITIONS LIMITING THE DENSITY AND, AND, UH, LOT COVERAGE OF THE SITE.
AND I, YES, UH, COMMISSIONER VAR.
WELL, SO I, UM, I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE THINKING, AND I WANTED, UM, REFLECTING ON ONE OF THE PREVIOUS SPEAKERS, YOUR, UM, UM, YOUR SON, UM, SIR, UM, SO THERE IS A PROCESS TO REQUEST SIDEWALKS THROUGH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS AND MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OFFICE.
UM, IT'S CALLED THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBILITY REVIEW OR PAR.
AND IF YOU CALL MOPD MAYOR'S OFFICE FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES OR EMAIL THEM AT MOPD MAIL AT WHAT? HOUSTON TX.GOV I BELIEVE.
WE CAN GET MR. BUTLER TO GIVE THEM THAT INFORMATION.
THEN THEY MIGHT BE ABLE TO YEAH.
ASSIST AND THERE'S A, IT'S AN EXCEPTION IN PUBLIC WORKS IN THE CITY PAYS FOR IT.
AND I KNOW, I KNOW MR. BROWN IS IN THE BACK AS WELL AND I, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S FEASIBLE, BUT I'M, I WANTED TO BRING IT UP BECAUSE, SO MAYBE SUE HALE OR, UM, JOHN, COULD ONE OF YOU SPEAK WITH THEM ON THE WAY OUT SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHO THEY CAN CONTACT AND WHAT THEIR OPTIONS COULD BE.
SO SIR, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE FROM PUBLIC WORKS AND SO THEY'RE GONNA GET WITH YOU ABOUT THE, UM, DISABILITY, THE REQUEST FOR SIDEWALKS THROUGH THE MAYOR'S, UH, OFFICE.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, MR. BOLER, LOOKING AT THE DRAWINGS, THEY'RE 400 SQUARE FOOT UNITS, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, YES.
SO I WANNA MAKE SURE IT WAS LIKE TWO STORIES.
AND COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, DIDN'T YOU HAVE A QUESTION? WELL, I MEAN, I'M JUST COMMENTING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M IN FAVOR OF THESE SMALLER LOTS SO WE CAN GET THESE SMALLER HOMES THAT'LL BE MORE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE TO STAY IN THE CITY
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VERSUS BEING ROUTED OUTSIDE THE CITY FOR AFFORDABILITY.SO I KNOW WE CHANGED THESE RULES FOR THIS VERY PURPOSE.
I THINK THERE'S AMPLE PARKING FOR 400 SQUARE FOOT UNITS IN, IN MY OPINION.
SO, UH, MR. BUTLER AND THE APPLICANT MAY BE BETTER ABLE TO ANSWER THIS.
SO THESE ARE ALL FRONT LOADERS, CORRECT? 'CAUSE THERE'S SIMPLY NO ROOM TO DO A PAE IN THE REAR OR IS THERE, SO IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR LOT ACCESS ON A CORNER LOT IN A RESTRICTED LOT ACCESS AREA, THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY INTERNAL PARKING.
SO THE PARKING WOULD BE PROVIDED ON THE STREET AND THERE'D BE NO CURB CUTS ALONG.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THEN.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THE DEFERRAL IS THAT THE SITE PLAN, IT ACTUALLY HAS SINCE BEEN UPDATED, BUT THE ONE THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UH, DID NOT MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO THERE WON'T BE ANY PARKING.
COMMISSIONER VERA BLAINE, YOU HAD A QUESTION? SO I DID HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE SOMEONE MENTIONED A VERY LARGE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING IN DOWN THE STREET.
CAN WE HAVE SOME SENSE OF HOW WE THINK THE, THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL BE IMPACTING THIS ROAD? DO YOU HAVE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THAT? WELL, SPECIFIC TO THAT SITE, I MEAN, WE CAN, THERE'S SOME GENERAL CONCERN JUST WITH THAT AND OTHER REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA OF THE NEED FOR RIGHT AWAY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS FOR THE DEFERRAL IS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT IN A WAY WHERE MAYBE THEY CAN GET SOME CONSIDERATION FOR THE BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE DEDICATION.
THAT WAY THEY PROVIDE THE DEDICATION SO THE RAILWAY IS WIDE ENOUGH TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH.
AND MR. BALDWIN, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, THE, THAT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE NOW.
THAT'S, THAT'S IF THERE, THERE WASN'T THE THING ABOUT THE LOT SIZE AND, UM, DEDICATION, THEY COULD DO THIS BY RIGHT WITHOUT THE PARKING.
UM, AND THE, THE APPLICANT, ARE YOU HERE? YES, PLEASE.
TO COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
WE'RE THE ARCHITECTS FOR THE PROJECT.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF FOR NOW ABOUT SIX MONTHS ON THIS PROJECT.
AND, UH, THIS PLAN IS THE RESULT OF WORK WITH BANDY HECTOR, KIM RAMON.
NOW, AS OF YESTERDAY, JEFF AND THE PROJECT IS OUR ATTEMPT AT AFFORDABILITY IN THE CITY.
SO BY REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE UNITS, THESE ARE 400 SQUARE FEET.
ONE STORY, UH, WE WILL HAVE SIDEWALKS, WE DO HAVE TREES, AND WE HAVE A SPACE, UH, IN BETWEEN THE UNITS OF ABOUT 18 FEET WIDE FOR, UH, TERRACES IN THAT 18 FOOT SPACE, WE HAD PARKING SPACES UNTIL WE WERE ADVISED TO REMOVE THE PARKING SPACES.
WE HAD ONE LOT HERE UNTIL, YOU KNOW, OCTOBER I THINK WE WERE ADVISED TO PLANT THE PROPERTY.
THESE ARE NOT FOR SALE, THESE ARE RENTALS.
THE STUDENTS AT TSU, THE STUDENTS AT U OF H ARE AUDIENCE.
WE'VE DEVELOPED A MULTI-UNIT PROPERTY ON TELEPHONE ROAD, ANOTHER ONE ON SAMSON.
AND THE PARKING LOTS ARE EMPTY BECAUSE OF RIDE SHARE, BECAUSE OF BICYCLES, BECAUSE OF MOTORCYCLES AND BECAUSE OF THE LIGHT RAILS THAT EV IN THE EAST END.
TWO DIFFERENT LINES, THESE ARE NOT THE TOWN HOMES THAT PROLIFERATE, THAT CREATE THE CHAOS IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THESE ARE NOT THE BIG MULTIFAMILY STUFF THAT CREATES THE CHAOS OF THE TRAFFIC.
THESE ARE SMALL, ALMOST SHOTGUN LIKE HOMES, RIGHT? A FOOTPRINT OF 10 FOOT BY 41 STORY TALL, ONE BEDROOM AND AN OFFICE SPACE WHERE SOMEONE CAN WORK AT HOME AS A LOT OF STUDENTS DO, OR PART-TIME JOBS.
THESE ARE, THESE ARE DESIGNED FOR THE FOLKS WHO SERVICE COFFEE DOWNTOWN.
THE FOLKS WHO WEIGH AT OUR TABLES AT NFAS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, AND ARE GONNA BE DIRT CHEAP BECAUSE OF THE SIZE.
ALREADY TWO UNITS ARE, ARE SPOKEN FOR, IF YOU MAY.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A TWEAK ON WHAT, ON THE TOWN HOME MODEL THAT YOU PROLIFERATES.
AND CLEARLY YOU CAN HEAR ANTAGONIZES PEOPLE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM DILIGENTLY ON HOW TO PLAN IT, HOW FAR THEY'RE SET BACK.
THE REASON FOR THE RIGHT OF WAY EXTENSION REQUEST VARIANCE IS THAT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE STREET, TELEPHONE POLES ON STREETS THAT HAVE NO CURBS, NO GUTTERS, NO DRAINAGE, NOTHING
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ARE IN THE, ARE IN THE STREET.AND IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT THERE WOULD BE ANY KIND OF EXPANSION ON ANY OF THESE STREETS.
IN THIS NE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE ARE HOMES WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE STREET OR WHERE YOU THINK THE STREET WOULD BE.
SO YOU, IT IS KIND OF A NO MAN'S LAND.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THAT SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN THE FIVE FOOT SETBACK, WHICH WE'RE RESPECTING, BUT NOT A 10 FOOT SETBACK, IF YOU MAY.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER VARIANCE, UH, I BELIEVE IS, UM, LOT SIZE IS THE LOT SIZE WHICH, BECAUSE WE TRADED THE PARKING SPACES FOR HAVING A MINIMAL, LIKE LOT SIZE.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A NEW KIND OF SHIFT IN THE MENTALITY OF HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, MR. BUTLER? OH, SORRY.
UM, SINCE IT'S A CORNER LOT, THEY'RE REQUIRED NOT TO PUT IN THE PARKING, WHICH WHILE MAYBE THEY DON'T USE THE PARKING SPACE, JUST SEEMS RIDICULOUS.
NOT TO, I MEAN, THAT'S WHERE THEY MAYBE NEED TO ADD THE VARIANCE.
I MEAN, HAVING THE CAPACITY TO HAVE A VISITOR SPOT OR WHATEVER.
UM, I DO AGREE WITH YOU WITH LOOKING AT THE SETBACK VARIANCE VERSUS THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS MASSIVELY REDEVELOPING.
SIDEWALKS ARE ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED, AND THERE IS NEXT TO NO INFRASTRUCTURE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CITY'S ACTUALLY OUT THERE ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UM, NORTH YORK NOW DOING WORK ON THE STREETS.
WE'RE ABOUT TO BUILD A STREET FROM NORTH YORK TO LOCKWOOD.
SO PLEASE WORK WITH THEM ON TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT FOR THE FUTURE, THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S NEEDED BECAUSE OF TELEPHONE POLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IS THERE.
SIDEWALKS ARE ABSOLUTELY MANDATORY AND REQUIRED.
UM, AND TO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR THEM TO HAVE FOUR PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE SEEMS LIKE COMMON SENSE.
SO I'D SUGGEST YOU GUYS LOOK AT THAT, MAYBE HELP THEM MOVE TOWARDS A VARIANCE ON THAT ITEM.
BUT I THINK WITH THE, THE CONCEPT OF THE 400 SQUARE FOOT UNIT, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.
BUT BECAUSE THE ORDINANCE SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE PARKING WHEN THEY COULD PROVIDE IT, WHICH WOULD BE AN AMENITY, SEEMS THE WRONG DIRECTION TO GO.
I THINK THE, DID SHE WANT TO, I THINK MS. BANDEE WANTS TO SPEAK.
I WAS JUST GONNA SPEAK TO THE INTENT OF THE, OKAY.
SO THE, THE INTENT OF THAT REQUIREMENT IS JUST TO, TO ALLOW FOR THIS DIFFERENT HOUSING TYPE WHILE NOT HAVING SEVERAL CURB CUTS.
AND, AND IN THIS CASE IT'S A, IT'S A VERY SMALL UNIT.
IT, IT, IT SEEMS, YOU KNOW, JUST A, A CURB CUT WOULDN'T BE TOO INVASIVE, BUT THINK YOU CAN GET FOUR CARS ON THE STREET WHERE YOU CAN GET FOUR CARS IN THESE SPOTS.
SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST THE REALITY.
MAYBE NOT EVERYBODY DRIVES, BUT SOMEBODY MIGHT, SOMEBODY MIGHT HAVE VISITORS AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS DRASTICALLY CHANGING.
AND WITH NFAS AND THE MARKETS ON NAVIGATION AND ALL OF THE CHANGES GOING ON IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HAVING THE ABILITY TO SECURE A PARKING SPOT FOR A UNIT IF NEEDED MAKES SENSE.
AND WITH THIS NEW CONCEPT OF HOUSING, WHICH I THINK IS A GREAT IDEA, UM, MORE PEOPLE NEED TO BE LOOKING AT THIS STUFF.
SO MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN MY OPINION, REALLY, IT'S KIND OF THAT GRAY, YOU KNOW, A GRAY AREA.
UM, POINT IS, AS YOU WORK WITH MR. CIIS AND THEIR, THEIR TEAM, REALLY PLEASE THINK ABOUT HOW TO MAKE SURE WE MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF WAY WITH, MAKE SURE WE GET THE SIDEWALKS IN EVEN THOUGH THEY MIGHT BE TO NOWHERE.
AND, UM,
YOU GOT 800 UNITS COMING JUST DOWN THE STREET AND A LOT MORE HOUSING COMING, A LOT PLUS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, BRINGING PEOPLE TO THAT AREA FOR THE PARKS, FOR THE TRAILS AND ALL OF THAT.
SO ANYWAY, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW HOW I THINK SO.
I BELIEVE DI DIRECTOR TRAN WANTS TO YEAH.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, AND WE ARE TAKING NOTES.
I JUST WANTED TO LET THE AUDIENCE KNOW THAT ALL OF THE POINTS THAT YOU BROUGHT UP, WE WERE IN DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT WITH STAFF AND THAT IS ANOTHER REASON FOR DEFERRAL.
UH, SO ALL OF THO THANK YOU FOR THE COMMENTS.
SO, BUT IT IS VERY GOOD AND ASSURING TO HEAR THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS, UH, PART OF, UH, THE PUZZLE THAT WE ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL OF THE COMMENTS AND AGAIN, I ALSO APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY COMING IN AND EXPRESSING THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT TO DO YET, UH, TO THIS SITE AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AND, UM, WE'RE, IT'S NOTED OKAY.
ON EVERYONE'S COMMENT, SAFETY IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
AND COMMEND THE DEPARTMENT ON THAT WORK.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN.
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JUST SO I UNDERSTAND THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE ALSO, WOULD IT NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ONE ON WHATEVER BEARING STREET TO HAVE THE DRIVEWAY AND THE FAR LEFT ONE ON MIDDLE STREET, NO DRIVEWAY, NO CURB CUTS ON THE OTHER TWO, AND THEN YOU WOULD PRESERVE 80 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON MIDDLE STREET AND 30 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON BEARING STREET AND GIVE TWO OF THE UNITS A DRIVEWAY FOR THOSE THAT NEED A CAR.AND THE TWO WITHOUT ANY DRIVEWAY SEEMS TO BE A GOOD WAY TO COMPROMISE.
GET A LITTLE OFF STREET PARKING, BUT PRESERVE THE MAJORITY OF THE OFF STREET PARKING.
THAT'S THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE.
RIGHT? UH, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
THIS IS WITHA BANDY PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, CLARIFY SOME OF THE THINGS HERE.
WITH THE NEW ORDINANCE CHANGES.
THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE THAT, UH, IF THE LOTS ARE LESS WIDER THAN 33 FEET AND THEY'RE WANTING TO, UM, DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, THERE IS A PROVISION THAT SAYS THAT YOU CAN DEVELOP WITH UNITS LESS THAN A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND NO DRIVEWAYS AND NO PARKING.
THE APPLICANT CHOSE THAT OPTION.
AND THE, UH, THE INFORMATION ABOUT WE WANT TO DO RENTAL UNITS IS NEW, SO WE LOOK INTO THE NEW INFORMATION.
BUT WHEN SOMEBODY IS WANTING TO ABIDE BY A CERTAIN PROVISION IN THE ORDINANCE, WE CANNOT TELL THEM, NO, GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE THE DRIVEWAYS.
GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE THE PARKING.
THEY CHOSE THE OPTION OF OTHERWISE A PROPERTY THAT IS BEING SUBDIVIDED AT A CORNER IS REQUIRED TO ONLY HAVE A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
WE DEFINITELY CAN LOOK INTO WHAT OTHER VARIANCES ARE POSSIBLE THAT, UH, WITH THE COMMISSION'S DIRECTION WE CAN LOOK INTO ALL OF THE GUIDANCE THAT IS PROVIDED.
BUT JUST THAT NO PARKING IS ALREADY AN OPTION IN THE ORDINANCE THAT THE APPLICANT CHOSE TO ABIDE BY.
UM, I GUESS QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, WELL, WELL, I'LL JUST SAY I LIKE THE CONCEPT AND I WOULD ECHO, UH, ROSENBERG'S COMMENTS ON, ON, UH, THE NEED FOR RIGHT OF WAY.
SO I'LL JUST PUT THAT OUT THERE.
BUT MY QUESTION THEN BECOMES LIKE, AND, AND OF COURSE WE'RE OPERATING IN GOOD FAITH, BUT LIKE HOW DO WE ENFORCE THE ONE STORY? DID THAT BECOME A NOTE ON THE PLAT? LIKE, I DUNNO WHAT IT'S YEAH, WELL THAT'S, I DON'T, DON'T KNOW.
YOU CAN PUT A NOTE ON THE PLAT, MR. BUTLER, WOULD YOU ANSWER THAT? THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL FOR, UH, VARIANCES LIKE THIS.
THEY'RE TIED TO THE SITE PLAN AND THAT'S NOTED ON THE SITE PLAN OF SQUARE FOOTAGE.
THAT'S ALL I JUST WANTED TO ASK.
YES, COMMISSIONER HINES AND, AND, UM, THIS SHOULD BE A REALLY GOOD DEFERRAL PERIOD.
I THINK THIS IS WHAT DEFERRAL SHOULD BE FOR.
UH, AND I COULD SEE SUPPORTING, UH, SOME CURB CUT, UH, SUGGESTED BY COMMISSIONER BALDWIN.
UM, AND AGAIN, I, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THE ARCHITECT SAID, IT'S NOT JUST STUDENTS, BUT IT COULD BE ANYONE, UH, ABLE OR DISABLED.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF SOME PARKING.
CAN I ALSO MAKE A SUGGESTION TO THE DESIGNER THAT IN THE DEFERRAL PERIOD MAY BE SHARING SOME RENDERS OR GETTING WITH COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO CHAT ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS AND MAKE SURE, BUT TO THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HERE PRESENTLY TO MAKE SURE THINGS ARE SMOOTHED OUT.
SO SHE'S JUST ASKING THAT IF YOU COULD PLEASE TAKE THEIR INFORMATION AND SEND THEM SOMETHING SO THAT THEY KNOW WHAT'S COMING TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT WAS THE REQUEST TO THE NEIGHBOR? YES.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UM, QUESTION FOR TIM.
UH, THE DRAWINGS SHOW PARKING SPACES, AND THEN THE COMMENT WAS YOU CHOSE A VARIANCE WITHOUT PARKING SPACES AND YOU WERE SHAKING YOUR HEAD.
WE DIDN'T CHOOSE THE VARI THAT TO NOT HAVE PARKING SPACES.
WE WERE TOLD THAT IN ORDER TO HAVE A FOURTH UNIT, WE HAD TO DE DELETE THE PARKING SPACES.
WE LEFT A 15 FOOT BY 20 FOOT DEEP AREA THAT I THINK PEOPLE WOULD PULL OFF.
SINCE THE STREET HAS NO CURVES AND NO CULVERTS AND NO GUTTERS AND WHAT HAVE YOU, PROBABLY WOULD PULL OFF THERE AND MIGHT BE USED AS A PARKING SPACE, BUT THEY'RE NOT DESIGNATED AS PARKING SPACES.
I DEFINITELY THINK THIS IS A TOOL FOR A VARI.
I MEAN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO UTILIZE THE TOOL OF VARIANCE IN THIS UNIQUE CASE, RIGHT? 'CAUSE IF IT WAS NOT ON A CORNER, IT'D BE A DIFFERENT SITE PLAN.
RIGHT? AND THERE IS, THERE WOULD'VE BEEN ONE PARKING SPACE OFF OF BEARING AND THREE OFF OF MIDDLE FOR EACH UNIT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? LAST SPEAKER? YEAH, I GOT ONE MORE SPEAKER.
SO NOW I'LL CALL YOU BACK UP NOW.
AND WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD? THANKS FOR LETTING ME GO AT THE END.
UM, THE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE PICTURES IS VERY MISLEADING.
THESE HOMES ARE FIVE FEET FROM
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THE STREET, SO THERE WILL BE ABSOLUTELY NO ROOM FOR A SIDEWALK EVER.UM, AND I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THERE'S ANY WAY THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE FOUR PARKING PLACES.
SO THE, THE RENDERING THAT SHOWS FOUR PARKING PLACES IS NOT EVEN FEASIBLE.
IT WOULD LOOK RIDICULOUS IF YOU COME OUT THERE AND LOOK AT THE HOMES.
UM, I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I THINK ALL OF US ARE IN SUPPORT OF, OF LOWER COST HOUSING AND THESE HOUSING, THESE, THESE HOUSES ARE FINE WITH US, WITH EVERYONE, BUT THE STREETS ARE SUPER CROWDED.
JUST MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE PARKING IN THE GRASS AND PARKING RIGHT UP ON PEOPLE'S DRIVEWAYS.
AND, UM, THREE HOMES WOULD BE PERFECT.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST POOR DEVELOPMENT IDEA.
UM, BUT WE'RE ALL OPPOSED TO IT.
ONE MORE FINAL COMMENT ON THIS.
UM, SINCE I AM HEARING THAT A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ARE ABOUT PARKING, AGAIN, MAYBE THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY, UH, FOR PUBLIC WORKS TO PUT SOME NO PARKING SIGNS IN CERTAIN AREAS TO ADDRESS THAT.
SO DURING THE DERAILED PERIOD, I JUST OFFER THAT AS A POSSIBILITY.
NOW ONLY MR. BUTLER, I WANTED YOU TO CONFIRM THAT THE SITE PLAN SHOWS SIDEWALKS FIVE FEET WIDE AND DRIVEWAYS.
AND THE ONLY PART THAT'S INCORRECT AROUND ABOUT THIS DRAWING IS THAT THERE ARE NO DRIVEWAYS.
THERE WILL BE A SIDEWALK ON TWO SIDES.
CORRECT? THE, THE DRAWING YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE ON THE MONITOR WAS WHAT WAS INITIALLY SUBMITTED.
THEY SHOW DRIVEWAYS AND SIDEWALKS.
RIGHT? WE REACHED OUT TO THE APPLICANT AND SAID IT JUST REMINDED THEM OF THE PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL FEEDBACK WE GAVE TO NOT PUT THE DRIVEWAYS.
THEY GAVE US ANOTHER SITE PLAN THAT HAS NO DRIVEWAYS, BUT THE SIDEWALK, THE SIDEWALKS ARE THERE.
SO THERE WILL BE SIDEWALKS ON, ON THE CORNER.
UH, AND THEY'RE STANDARD FIVE FEET WIDE, BUT NO DRIVEWAYS.
AND THAT IS, WAS IN KEEPING WITH THE ORDINANCE THE WAY THAT IS WRITTEN TODAY.
AND THAT MIGHT CHANGE LATER, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT IS.
AND THEY'RE TAKING THIS OPTION FOR NO PARKING.
SO THAT IS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE ORDINANCE.
THAT'S THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
UM, SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN.
AND MR. BUTLER, I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU TO GET WITH MR. BARBER R BARRERA AND, UM, GIVE HIM THE INFORMATION THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER COVAR WAS REC REFERRING TO.
ITEM 1 0 5 IS RED GULLY LIFT STATION.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT EAST OF MESA AND NORTH OF TIDWELL.
THE AFFERENT PROPOSES A UTILITY RESERVE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEVELOPING A WASTEWATER LIFT STATION.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE SITE TO BE ACCESSED BY AN ACCESS EASEMENT RATHER THAN PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
FRONTAGE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG A DRAINAGE CHANNEL NORTH OF POOCH ROAD.
THE EXISTING UTILITY SITE HAS BEEN ACCESSED BY A 30 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT SINCE 1966.
THIS PREDATES THE REQUIREMENT FOR UTILITY RESERVES TO PLAT AND THE SITE HAS LONG FUNCTIONED WITH THIS MEANS OF ACCESS THAT WAS ALLOWED AT THE TIME.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO MEET CURRENT ACCESS REQUIREMENTS DUE TO A PLANNED EXPANSION.
THE EXISTING ACCESS ROAD FEATURES 18 FOOT PAVING CONNECTED TO THE SITE, TO THE PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM.
THIS FORM OF ACCESS HAS BEEN ADEQUATE FOR MAINTENANCE AND STAFFING ASSOCIATED WITH THE UTILITY RESERVES STAFF FINDS THE VARIANCE IS JUSTIFIED AS KEEPING THE EXISTING ACCESS ROUTE IS MORE PRACTICAL, ALTERNATIVE THAN STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS GRAYING THE VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT PER THE CCP C ONE ONE FORM CONDITIONS.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 1 0 5.
IS THERE ANYONE WHO WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 1 0 6.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER ONE POINT ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF HOUSTON AVENUE AND LUBBOCK STREET SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
ONE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET ALONG HOUSTON AVENUE IN LIEU OF A REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND TWO, TO NOT DEDICATE 10 FEET OF WIDENING TO TRINITY STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE FIRST VARIANCE ADDRESSING THE BUILDING LINE, BUT IS NON-SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE TO
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NOT DEDICATE WI, UH, TO NOT DEDICATE WIDENING TO TRINITY STREET.THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REPLACE ITS CURRENT PARKING LOT CREATED IN TO CREATE A PARISH HALL SHOWN IN PINK AND TO BUILD A PARKING LOT WITHIN THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY SHOWN IN RED.
AT THIS LOCATION, HOUSTON AVENUE IS 160 FEET WIDE AND THE CURRENT DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IS 50 FEET.
WITH THE CURRENT WIDTH AND THE BACK OF CURB DISTANCE, A REDUCED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE WOULD NOT BE INJURIOUS TO PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY.
AND WITHIN THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE, TRINITY STREET ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY IS A 30 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE AVERAGE PAVEMENT WIDTH IS AROUND 17 FEET.
THE SITE IS IN A DENSELY RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREA WITH A LARGE CAR DEALERSHIP TO THE NORTH END OF THE WEST THAT INCURS HEAVY VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ALONG WITH THE CHURCH STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO FURTHER PLA FOR TWO WEEKS PER APPLICANT REQUEST TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COORDINATE WITH CITY STAFF FOR OTHER POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.
MA'AM, CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 6 IS, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALRIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN.
ITEM 1 0 7, ITEM 1 0 7 IS SPRING HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS AN OVER 208 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION SOUTH ALONG RILEY FALLS ROAD AND EAST OF HARDY TOLL ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT EXTEND THE STUB STREETS OF VANETTE CREEK LANE AND CHAPEL RIDGE LANE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
THE SITE PLAN FOR THE SCHOOL SHOWS AN EXTENSIVE CAMPUS AND HAS THE INTENTION FOR PRIVATE WIDE RIGHT OF WAY CONNECTIONS WITHIN, UH, FROM THE SUB STREETS.
SPRING ISD HAS STATED THE RESIDENTS OF THE SOUTH DO NOT DESIRE A PUBLIC STREET TO WHICH A RESIDENT HAS SPOKEN BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
IN SUPPORT OF THAT VARIANCE, THE SUB TO THE EAST IS INTENDED TO SOLELY ALLOW BUS ACCESS WHILE THE WESTERN SUB WILL UH, BE OPEN DURING CERTAIN HOURS TO ALLOW STUDENT ACCESS AS WELL AS FLUID DROP OFF AND PICKUP CITY AND COUNTY STAFF AGREE THE SITE MUST PROVIDE CUL-DE-SACS AT THE END OF THESE STUBS AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL TO ALLOW A TURNAROUND TRAFFIC WHEN THE GATES ARE CLOSED.
THE RESERVE MUST BE RESTRICTED TO SCHOOL AND SCHOOL RELATED USES TO WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO BOTH CONDITIONS.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS WILL BE A PRELIMINARY APPROVAL AND A FINAL PLAT MUST BE SUBMITTED.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES THAT'S PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE, UM, THE APPLICANT HERE TO SPEAK.
IF YOU WOULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M THE GENERAL MANAGER OF OPERATIONS FOR SPRING A SD UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN.
I'M HERE TO ASK QUESTIONS OF THE COMMISSION.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
WELL YOU GOT OFF EASY ON THAT ONE.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO HAVE A MOTION.
WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO E SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (John Cedillo) ]
WE ON TO RESTRICT, UH, RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.IS AIR UH, GRIFFIN AIRPORT AND 2 88 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 17.8 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND EAST OF FM 5 21 ALAMEDA ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO INDUSTRIAL USE AND IS REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION OF THE REQUIREMENT TO RESTRICT VEHICULAR ACCESS TO IRAQ AVENUE AS TO ALLOW ONLY VEHICULAR, UH, EMERGENCY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO IRAQ STAFF IN SUPPORT OF THE RECONSIDERATION.
THE SUBJECT SITE WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE IN FEBRUARY OF 2025 TO BE ALLOWED TO TAKE ACCESS VIA ACCESS EASEMENT FROM AIRPORT BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH AND TO NOT EXTEND NOR TERMINATE IRAQ AVENUE WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
THE VARIANCE WAS GRANTED WITH THE CONDITION THAT VEHICULAR ACCESS BE DENIED TO IRAQ AVENUE.
IN REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL VARIANCE REQUEST THAT YOU AND THE SUBDIVISION TO THE EAST STATED THE SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE AND THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THE HOA IS ALSO IN SUPPORT OF THE RECONSIDERATION.
IN COORDINATION WITH FIRE MARSHAL, THE APPLICANT HAS STATED THE NEED FOR A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
CYBER RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE RECONSIDERATION AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS ALLOWING THE SIDE TO TAKE ONLY VEH EMERGENCY VEHICULAR ACCESS TO IRAQ AVENUE MANAGER HERE.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 1 0 8.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[Platting Activities g - j]
ALONG TO G ITEM 1 0 9.PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER MAREZ IS RECUSING.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, MY NAME IS MALCOLM OLIVER AND I WORK AT THE PERMITTING CENTER.
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THE COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS GHI AND J AS ONE GROUP? YES PLEASE.SECTION G IS EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTING OF ITEMS 1 0 9 THROUGH ONE 18.
SECTION H NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF ITEMS ONE 19 THROUGH 1 22 SECTION I.
CERTIFICATION OF CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 23 AND 1 24 AND SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. UH, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G-H-I-N-J.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MORRIS.
WAS THERE A NUMBER CHANGE? I'M TRYING TO SEE IF I CATCH, BUT, UM, ONE MINE IS NOT.
SO DO WE NEED TO PULL THAT BACK? I MEAN, OR YOU COULD JUST, YOU CAN JUST RECUSE I CAN JUST RECUSE FOR THE WHOLE THING.
SO YOU HAVE A MOTION FROM STAFF FOR APPROVAL TO HAVE A MOTION.
IS THAT MOTION? GARZA SECOND, VICTOR.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Ed Buckley) ]
MOVING ALONG TO KAY DEVELOPMENT PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUEST.GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 25 IS 28 11 HOUSTON AVENUE.
THE SITE IS WEST OF I 45 AND NORTH OF WHITE OAK DRIVE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF HOUSTON AVENUE.
BETWEEN PAYNE STREET AND PARKVIEW STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING AN 11 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER TO APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR 1 25.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION HIN.
ITEM 1 26 IS 55 13 THROUGH 55 27 KA FREEWAY.
THE SITE IS SOUTH OF KATY FREEWAY ALONG A SERVICE ROAD BETWEEN NOA CONE AND RADCLIFFE STREETS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 11 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND IS REQUESTING A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND 19 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AS WELL AS NOT TO PROVIDE A VEHICULAR TURNAROUND ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE HOMES ARE PROPOSED ON EXISTING NARROW LOTS ALONG A FORMER LOCAL STREET THAT IS NOW PART OF THE KATY FREEWAY RIGHT AWAY.
ALTHOUGH IT'S CLASSIFIED AS A SERVICE ROAD, THE ONE WAY STREET IS ACCESSIBLE ONLY FROM NEARBY LOCAL STREETS WITH NO THROUGH CONNECTIONS ACROSS AN ADJACENT RAIL LINE, AND IT DOES NOT HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO OR FROM THE FREEWAY.
THE SITE IS ALSO SET BACK 80 TO 125 FEET FROM THE BELOW GRADE FREEWAY AND OFF RAMP FURTHER REDUCING SAFETY CONCERNS.
BECAUSE THE SERVICE ROAD FUNCTIONS LIKE A LOCAL STREET, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO COMPLY WITH THE STAND STANDARD CITY ORDINANCE, 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND 19 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON LOCAL STREETS AND TO ACCESS THE STREET WITHOUT A VEHICULAR TURNAROUND AS WOULD BE ALLOWED ALONG A LOCAL STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
UM, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER GARZA? ALL RIGHT, MR. BUCKLEY, THIS IS, I LOOKED AT THIS YESTERDAY AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
OKAY, SO MY QUESTION IS FIRST FOR LOTS 12 THROUGH 16, IS THERE A CURB CUT? IS THERE A SINGLE CURB CUT? ARE THERE MULTIPLE CURB CUTS? HOW ARE THEY, HOW ARE THE LOTS ON THE, UH, NORTH SIDE OF THAT TRIANGLE BEING ACCESSED? SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING ACCESS FROM THE STREET TO THE NORTH FROM OKAY, BUT THEY'RE ALL INDIVIDUAL CURB CUTS INDIVIDUAL DRIVEWAYS? YES.
AND SO THE SAME THING ON THE SOUTH SIDE, ON THE, ON THE, WELL EXCUSE ME, ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE KATY FREEWAY, ALL INDIVIDUAL CURB CUTS.
SO, UH, THERE WAS NO INTEREST IN FINDING A-A-P-A-E OR A, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SO THAT SOME OF THEM WOULD HAVE AN ACCESS.
SO WE DON'T HAVE SO MANY CURVE CUTS ON THE STREETS.
WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THAT AT ALL? SO THE APPLICANT IS NOT PLATTING THE SITE.
UM, SO THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ANY, ANY SHARED ACCESS.
I HAVE THE APPLICANTS HERE, UH, FOR QUESTIONS.
SO SEEING NONE, I WON'T CALL THEM UP.
SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU FOR APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION ROSENBERG? MOTION ROSENBERG.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of May 15, 2025 ]
MOVING ALONG.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 15TH, 2025 FOR ANDERSON LAKES SECTION THREE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, CHERRY OAKS LIFT STATION DOWNING ESTATES AM NORA LANE LIFT STATION.
IT STATES AT MC MCALPINE GARDEN HEIGHTS LANDING REPL NUMBER ONE, HARRIS COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 19 WATER PLANT NUMBER TWO, HOSKINS PLACE, HYDE PARK, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER 12, MAINOR PLAZA, MONTROSE EDITION PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER SEVEN, REPL NUMBER ONE MILE
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MILESTONE ESTATES STEEPLECHASE, SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER THREE.AND TOMBALL AUTO AND COMPUTER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? HE SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 4109 McKinney Street (Geoff Butler) ]
AND THREE HAS BEEN, UH, ROMAN NU THREE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.[IV. Public Comment ]
UH, LOOKING FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 4:38 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.