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PLANNING COMMISSION AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:34 PM ON THURSDAY, MAY 1ST, 2025.THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR US, UH, MONITOR THIS MEETING BY VIEWING 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.
NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIMED FOR TWO MINUTES.
THE SPEAKER RULES ARE FOUND AT THE TOP PORTION OF THE SPEAKER SIGN IN FORM ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ARE NOT TIMED AND APPLICANTS HAVE THEIR ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES TIME AS WELL AS REBUTTALS.
NON APPLICANTS GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TIME.
THERE IS NOT AN OPTION OF REBUTTAL.
EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN AND TIME CANNOT BE ALLOTTED TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS, I'LL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER VAR COLVARD PRESENT.
PRESENT, COMMISSIONER KLI KLI PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MAREZ MODEST PRESENT, COMMISSIONER POS PERLE POROUS PERLE PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS ROBINS PRESENT, COMMISSIONER SIGLER SIGLER PRESENT, COMMISSIONER TAHIR PRESENT, COMMISSIONER VICTOR VICTOR.
PRESENT, COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND, VIRA BLAND PRESENT, COMMISSIONER MONKA PRESENT AND, UH, SECRETARY VON TRAN TRAN PRESENT.
WE HAVE 15 MEMBERS, SO OUR QUORUM OF 11 HAS BEEN MET.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER HINES AND STEIN ARE BOTH GONNA BE ABSENT TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, WE WILL TURN NOW TO
[Director’s Report ]
THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE THREE ITEMS TO REPORT TODAY.
FIRST TWO YEARS AGO, CITY COUNCIL PASSED AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 42 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
AFTER WORKING WITH THE AMENDMENTS AND RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM CUSTOMERS, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT SOME OF THE LANGUAGE IN SECTION 42 DASH 180 8 AND 42 DASH 180 8 0.5 IS UNCLEAR, DOES NOT ACHIEVE WHAT WAS INTENDED AND CREATES SAFETY ISSUES.
THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS PROPOSING TO REVISIT THESE TWO SECTIONS OF THE CODE AND HAVE REQUESTED CHAIR CLARK TO APPOINT TWO COMMISSIONERS TO ASSIST THE PLAN, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WITH THIS REVIEW EFFORT AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PURPOSE FOR REVISITING THESE TWO SECTIONS ARE TWOFOLD.
FIRST TO REASSESS LOT ACCESS, MINIMUM LOT WIDTH, MAXIMUM DRIVEWAY WIDTH AND GARAGE SETBACK.
AND SECOND TO CLEAN UP UNCLEAR LANGUAGE, AN ERROR IN LANGUAGE THAT FAILED TO MEET THE INTENT OF PROTECTING CERTAIN AREAS AND UNNEEDED DUPLICATIONS WHEN COMPLETED.
THE PLANNING AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A DRAFT REVISION OF THE TWO SECTIONS IN THE ORDINANCE AND WE'LL ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING AT LEAST 30 DAYS OUT.
DURING THIS MINIMUM 30 DAY TIMEFRAME.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WILL HOLD COMM COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND MEET WITH SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE TO INFORM THE PUBLIC OF THE PROPOSED LANGUAGE.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMENT WILL BE AT THE QUALITY OF LIFE COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND FINALLY AT CITY COUNCIL.
OKAY, UH, THE SECOND ITEM THAT I HAVE TO REPORT IS THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS AWARE OF AN ISSUE AFFECTING APPLICANTS, PARTICULARLY APPLICANTS SUBMITTING DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCES, RECEIVING MALICIOUS PHISHING EMAILS THAT APPEAR TO BE AUTHENTIC BUT ARE ACTUALLY FAKE, UH, FROM A FAKE EMAIL ADDRESS, NOT BELONGING TO THE CITY.
THESE EMAILS REQUEST PAYMENT VIA A SETTLEMENT INVOICE IN EXCHANGE FOR PLAT APPROVAL.
FOR CLARIFICATION, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT DOES NOT SEND OUT SUCH EMAILS WITH INVOICES AND REQUESTS FOR PAYMENT.
IN THE MEANTIME, THE CITY IT DEPARTMENT IS INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM POTENTIAL SCAM.
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ANY ATTACHMENTS OR RESPONDING TO THESE REQUESTS.IF YOU RECEIVE A SUSPICIOUS EMAIL RELATED RELATED TO YOUR PLAT APPLICATION, PLEASE NOTIFY OUR DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATELY AND FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR UPDATES REGARDING YOUR APPLICATION, UH, PLEASE CALL US OR OUR POD LINE FOR ASSISTANCE.
OKAY, FINALLY, UH, UH, THE THIRD THING, UH, THAT I HAVE TO REPORT IS THAT, UM, TODAY IS, UH, A BIG DAY AT THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
MANY OF OUR EMPLOYEES HAVE TA TAKEN UP THE OFFER FOR RETIREMENT, AND SO WITHIN OUR OWN DEPARTMENT, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WE HAVE FIVE WHO WILL BE RETIRING, UM, WHO HAVE SERVED THE CITY OF HOUSTON FOR OVER THREE DECADES.
UH, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, ACKNOWLEDGE THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE AND, UH, BID THEM GOODBYE AND BEST WISHES.
UH, MICHAEL GRIFFIN AND RUSSELL CALHOUN SERVES ON OUR GIS TEAM AND ROGER HAMILTON WAS THE DEPUTY ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF MANAGEMENT, UH, SERVICES AS WELL AS OUR CFO.
UH, THE NEXT TWO YOU MAY RECOGNIZE FROM THEIR WORK HERE ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, THERESA HOST AND SHARON MOSES, WE WISH THEM ALL A HEALTHY AND HAPPY RETIREMENT.
SO IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
I ALSO WANNA TAKE A SECOND JUST TO THANK UH, COMMISSIONER HEI AND COMMISSIONER JONES FOR AGREEING TO SERVE ON THE COMMITTEE THAT DR.
UH, DIRECTOR TRAN WAS JUST SPEAKING ABOUT.
I JUST WANNA THANK YOU GUYS IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR TIME.
I ALSO WANT TO UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT ITEM 90, WHICH IS WICKERSHAM ESTATES, HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN SO WE'LL, WE WILL NOT HEAR ANYTHING ON THAT SUBMITTAL, NOR WILL WE VOTE, MAKE ANY VOTES ON IT.
[Consideration of April 17, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ]
YOUR MEETING MINUTES IN THE PACKET FOR OUR LAST MEETING, WHICH WAS DATED APRIL 3RD, 2025.DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? APRIL 17TH, EXCUSE ME.
APRIL 17TH, IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? DID I GRAB THE WRONG DATE? EIGHT.
NO CONSIDERATION OF APRIL 3RD.
YEAH, WE NEED TO MAKE A CORRECTION.
YEAH, THAT NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED.
SO THAT WAS WHAT, THE 17TH, OKAY, SO IT'S ON THE AGENDA FOR THE 17TH.
SO WE NEED TO CORRECT THE AGENDA 'CAUSE TODAY IS NOT APRIL 17TH EITHER.
SO THE AGENDA'S NOTED AS APRIL 17TH AND THE MEETING MINUTES NEED TO BE MARKED AS CONSIDERATION OF APRIL 17TH, 2025 PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO COMMISSIONER HUSCH, WAS IT YOU THAT MADE THE MOTION? WOULD YOU MAKE THAT MOTION WITH THOSE TWO CHANGES? MOTION MADE.
MS. BAND, DO YOU MAKE ME FEEL GOOD? 'CAUSE I'M USUALLY THE ONE THAT JUMPS A GUN.
START YOUR, START YOUR PRESENTATION.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHAT THE ERROR WAS SO WE CAN TAKE CARE OF IT.
NO, I WANTED, OH, YOU WANT ME TO CLARIFY? SO THE AGENDA ITSELF SAYS THAT IT'S TODAY, THURSDAY, APRIL 17TH.
AND THEN THE WHERE IT SAYS CALL TO ORDER CONSIDERATION MEETING MINUTES, IT SAYS TO APPROVE THE APRIL 3RD MEETING MINUTES.
[Platting Activities a & b]
MOVE ALONG TO, UM, ROMAN NUMERAL ONE PLATTING ACTIVITY OFF ON THE WEB.UH, I GET 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 78 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 42 AND SECTIONS B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBER 43 THROUGH 78.
NO NEED, NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES OF STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVE OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRED NOTIFICATION.
UM, OKAY, SO THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM, DO I HAVE ANY, UM, I HAVE A FEW.
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MR. UH, COMMISSIONER HY? YES, MADAM CHAIR.I WILL ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS SIX THROUGH 11, 18, 40, 48, 49, AND 50.
COMMISSIONER MAR, UH, FOR A CONSENT.
7, 8, 9, 10, 19, AND 21 AND B RELA 48, 49 AND 50.
OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B, SAVE AND ACCEPT.
ITEM 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 19, 21, 40, 48, 49 AND 50.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES.
NOW I NEED A MOTION FOR THE ITEMS THAT WE SEPARATED FROM THE AGENDA.
YES, SO THIS WHOLE AGENDA I THINK IS FROM PREVIOUS MEETING.
SO HOW IS IT, WHAT'S IN OUR, WHAT'S IN OUR MEETING MINUTES ON THE IPAD OR PSEUDO IPAD? OKAY.
SO THAT WILL IT DEFINITELY EXPLAIN THE PROBLEM, RIGHT?
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVEN ALL THOSE PUBLIC HEARING ARE, YEAH, WE'LL GET THAT CORRECTED.
MS. BANDI, DID YOU HEAR THAT? YES.
I THINK THE PACKET THAT WAS DISTRIBUTED TO THE PLANNING, BUT THE ONE PUBLIC GOOD.
OKAY, WE'LL JUST REFER TO THE SCREEN.
MY PAGES ARE BLACK SHOWING THIS, THIS ONE HAS, THERE'S A COUPLE OF THEM.
YEAH, WE'VE GOT A FEW EXPERTS.
OKAY, WE HAVE OUR TECHNICAL ISSUES FIXED, I THINK HERE AT MY DESK.
SO, UM, THE, I'M CHECKING THE AGENDA THAT IS, I'M SORRY, I'M CHECKING THE AGENDA THAT IS ON THE PADS AND THE AGENDA ON THE PADS IS CORRECT.
SO JUST THE PRINTOUT THAT WAS CIRCULATED TO THE COMMISSION MEMBERS IS INCORRECT.
WE'LL GET YOU NO NEW PRINTS IN A FEW MINUTES.
AND AUDIENCE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THAT.
AND THEN I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE, UH, MS. MICKELSON A MOMENT.
UM, I WANTED TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT OF PRIVILEGE.
UM, YOU MAY NOTICE YOLANDA WOODS IS NOT HERE.
SHE IS ALSO ONE IN THE CITY WHO HAS ACCEPTED EARLY RETIREMENT, SO SHE HAS BEEN CHECKING OUT TODAY.
WE WILL MISS HER GREATLY, BUT I ALSO DO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IN HER ABSENCE, UM, WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, UH, SECTION OF THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT THAT IS STEPPING UP TO, UH, HELP US.
AND WE HAVE IN THE AUDIENCE ONE OF THE ATTORNEYS WHO'S HERE TO OBSERVE WHAT WE DO, NATASHA BATY.
AND, UM, SO SHE IS AMONG THEM.
THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD ABOUT GETTING OUT MOST OF THE INFORMATION HERE FOR TODAY'S AGENDA.
I HOPE YOU'LL BEAR WITH US AS WE WORKED THROUGH JUST THIS NEW TRANSITION.
SO YEAH, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL, YOU, YOUR PATIENCE, SO, OKAY.
WE, AND WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOLANDA'S DONE FOR US AND WE WILL MISS HER.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Dorianne Powe-Phlegm, Aracely Rodriguez, John Cedillo, and Devin Crittle)]
MS. POE FFL, ITEM C, PUBLIC HEARINGS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 79 IS AIRPORT GARDENS PARTIAL REPLY NUMBER TWO.
THE SITE IS IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS THE SOUTH ALONG BRAND OF STREET EAST OF RANDOLPH STREET.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A NEW DRAWING THAT MEETS LEGAL REVIEW.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FILED
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SEPARATELY.STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 79.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE.
I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 80, ITEM 80 IS GRAND PRAIRIE, SECTION TWO, PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE, THE SITE IS A NEW EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS, WEST OF WARREN RANCH ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE IS TO RENAME A PORTION OF MALL CROSSING DRIVE TO KERMIT ROAD, KMIR ROAD.
THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
CONDITIONS, THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE, ARE THOSE FILED SEPARATELY? STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 80 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 81.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS EAST OF I 45 AND SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX 10 EAST.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A REVISED, UM, PROVIDED A REVISED DRAWING THAT SHOWS, UH, TWO LOTS ON THE SCREEN.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE WITH THE INITIAL SUBMITTAL OF FIVE LOTS.
UH, PARALEGAL, UH, UH, PARALEGAL THE FIVE LOTS DOES NOT MEET THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND HAVE SUBMITTED A REQUEST FOR A 30 DAY EXTENSION TO CONTINUE TO CONFER WITH LEGAL CONCERNING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLOT THAT, UM, SHOWS FIVE LOTS.
THERE ARE NO BEARING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF PLEASE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
OKAY, SO I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 81.
I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, CHASE MCKINNEY, COME ON UP AND IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UH, AS SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T GET IN, LIKE OUT IN, I'M ALWAYS IN THE FIELD, SO THIS IS A PRETTY CATHARTIC EXPERIENCE.
UM, I'M GONNA READ IT AND HOPEFULLY I DON'T STUMBLE THROUGH IT TOO BAD.
SO, HELLO EVERYONE AND GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION UP ON YOUR SCREEN.
I HAVE A SMALL CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS.
WE DO ABOUT 50,000 SQUARE FEET OF RENOVATIONS, UM, IN NEW BUILDS PER YEAR, WHICH IS THE EQUIVALENT OF ABOUT 25 HOUSES.
I HAVE FOUR EMPLOYEES OR PARTNERS, UM, WHICH ALL ARE RELATED TO ME.
MY DAD, MY MOM, MY, UH, MY BROTHER AND MY WIFE ARE ARE THE FIVE OF US.
WE'RE WE'RE ALL ONE LITTLE COMPANY.
UM, WE SUBMITTED THE REPL PROCESS, UM, BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN WE FIRST BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
AND THROUGH NO FAULT OF OUR RE PLATTER LEGAL TEAM, WE WERE FORCED TO TAKE OUR FIRST DEFERMENT, UM, AFTER BEING TOLD LEGAL WOULD NEED TO REVIEW.
SO WE DID HIRE TWO SEPARATE LAW FIRMS, WEAVER LAW FIRM, AND PERSONALLY MCNAMARA AND FLINT TO REVIEW THE FILE BEFORE WE EVEN SUBMITTED IT TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND, AND YU GOOD PEOPLE.
UM, AND THEY BOTH TOLD US THAT WE WERE IN GOOD STANDING, THAT WE HAD A, A GREAT ARGUMENT.
HE IS GREAT, UM, TO GO AHEAD AND SUBMIT THE FILE.
UM, THE PERSON WHO WAS ASSIGNED TO OUR FILE WAS MS. WOODS, WHO I'VE BEEN TOLD RETIRED I GUESS THIS WEEK.
SO, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS SOME, SOME MISCOMMUNICATION THERE.
OUR SECOND DEPARTMENT WAS TAKEN BECAUSE LEGAL WAS STILL IN REVIEW, AND THEN WHEN WE FINALLY GOT A RESPONSE, IT WAS, WE DON'T KNOW, THREE BUSINESS DAYS BEFORE OUR SECOND DEFERMENT ENDED.
SO IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO GET ANY ANSWER BACK.
UM, SO AFTER REACHING OUT TO KIM MICKELSON, ACE AND SAVITA, WHO HAVE ALL BEEN, I MEAN, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, VERY HELPFUL.
UH, WE'RE BEING TOLD THAT EVERYTHING FOR THE REPL PLAN SEEMS LEGITIMATE, BUT THE FILE JUST NEEDS MORE TIME TO CURE AND BE REVIEWED AND ULTIMATELY LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE APPROVED.
ALTHOUGH WE, WE CAN'T SAY FOR SURE YET UNTIL IT GETS REVIEWED.
UM, I, GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP.
I'D LIKE TO, TO JUST HUMBLY REQUEST A
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30 DAY EXTENSION SO LEGAL CAN PROPERLY REVIEW AND APPROVE.COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, DID, DID YOU SUBMIT YOUR 30 DAY REQUEST IN WRITING? YES.
WE, WE HAVE IT BOTH VIA TEXT AND EMAIL.
AND I'LL JUST SAY FOR THE RECORD, I'VE BEEN VERY OPPOSED TO THE 30 DAY EXTENSIONS BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE OFTEN A NEGOTIATING TOOL THAT THE APPLICANTS HAVE USED.
IT SEEMS LIKE IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GOOD FAITH EFFORT ON THE APPLICANT'S PART AND THE 30 DAY EXTENSION MAY JUST BE APPROPRIATE IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE GIVEN TURNOVER AND MISCOMMUNICATIONS.
SOUND RIGHT? I I THINK THE PHONE MESSAGES THAT WENT TO MS. WOOD'S PHONE ENDED UP BECAUSE SHE WAS NOT IN THE OFFICE ANY LONGER.
AND THEN WHEN THEY GOT FORWARDED TO ME, IT WAS LATE, I THINK MONDAY.
SO YEAH, IT WAS AND YOU'VE BEEN DRINKING FROM A FIRE HOSE, SO YEAH, WHEN THE TIME COMES, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
I'VE LOOKED AT IT, I'VE SPOKEN WITH, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, THEY HAD THE SAME CONCERNS THAT SHE AND I HAD, EXCUSE ME, SHE AND I HAD ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS, SO WE DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WILL LAND.
HOWEVER, UM, THE SECTION CHIEF AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES KNOWS THE ATTORNEY THAT THEY'VE, UH, WORKED WITH.
SO WE WILL PUT THEM IN TOUCH AND OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU YOU FOR COMING IN.
WELL AND THIS LEGAL, LEGAL, I GUESS, SO LEGAL AND I'M NOT SURE, I'M SURE WHAT YOU JUST SAID THAT LIKE ON THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT HAD A, I GUESS A FIVE OR DO WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER ON THAT OR THAT'S STILL QUESTIONABLE? NO, SO THE, THE ORIGINAL PLAT WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT, UM, WERE PULLED IN TITLE REQUIRE A 75 FOOT FRONTAGE AND A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE LIKE YOU SEE ON THIS ONE.
UM, SO THAT WAS THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATION TO DENY THAT THEY SUBMITTED TO US WHAT LOOKS LIKE THE FINAL PIECE IN A POSSIBLE DEED RESTRICTION REVISION PROCESS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THE REST OF THE FRONT END WAS DONE CORRECTLY.
UM, SO, BUT WITHOUT, WITHOUT MORE, WE CAN'T SAY THAT IT IS DEFINITIVE.
SO YEAH, THAT'S THE CONFUSION I THINK WE'RE AT RIGHT NOW.
BUT HOPEFULLY THIS TIME WILL, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WILL BE THE CHARM.
THE DOCUMENT THAT WAS SUBMITTED LATE WAS FILED IN LATE MARCH, SO IT DID NOT SHOW UP IN OUR INITIAL TITLE SEARCH WHEN WE PULLED THE DOCUMENT.
SO THAT WAS THE TIMING OF THAT FILING ALSO COMPLICATED.
SO YEAH, DID THAT ANSWER YOU? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, LET ME ASK FOR OTHER SPEAKERS.
IS THERE ANYONE ONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
UH, WOULD, IF YOU'D STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS MATTHEW SIGMAN WITH TEXAS LAND MAPS.
I'M THE APPLICANT FOR THE, FOR THIS, UH, APPLICATION.
AND, UM, NOT A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION TO PRESENT, BUT BASICALLY JUST THAT, UH, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE, THE LEGAL TEAM FOR CITY OF HOUSTON NEEDS TO BE INTERFACING WITH, UM, OUR PROJECT'S LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE.
AND SO WHILE THERE WERE LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ME AND KIM TO DISCUSS IT, WE COULDN'T GET INTO THE MEAT OF THE, THE, THE LEGAL CONCERNS THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN WITH OUR ATTORNEY.
UM, IN THE BEGINNING OUR, OUR ATTORNEY AND, UH, MS. WOODS WERE NOT COMMUNICATING CORRECTLY AND IT JUST WASN'T WORKING OUT.
AND SO I, I THINK THAT THE 30 DAY EXTENSION, UH, IS NOT BEING ABUSED AND IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS CASE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, SEEK A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE 30 DAY EXTENSION.
MOTION TO GRANT THE 30 DAYS ROBBINS SECOND MAR.
THE SITE IS ALSO LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG NOBLE STREET, WEST OF EAST OF WEST STREET, NORTH OF LORRAINE STREET.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE TWO LOTS.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VI WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY.
UM, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'VE HAD TO DO ABOUT FOUR DIFFERENT AGENDAS.
UM, SO THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR NOBLE VISTAS.
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I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION JONES SECOND VEER BLAND.
ITEM 83 IS PADDOCK SILVER PROPERTY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE NORTHEAST HOUSTON AND HOUSTON'S EXTRA TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS NORTH OF GARRETT ROAD, WEST OF AN UNNAMED MAJOR RAFFA.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO ACCESS VIA AN EXISTING 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT ROADWAY HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR MANY YEARS AND IS NOTED AS A 60 FOOT ROADWAY IN THE RESTRICTED COVENANTS OF PADDOCK, TIMBERS AND UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION SINCE 1983.
FOR THE OWNERS OF THE SAID UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION PADDOCK TIMBERS IS AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY MEETS AND BOUNDS ON TOP OF THE LINCOLN PARK FARM SUBDIVISION.
THE APPLICANT IS REPLIED IN PORTIONS OF TWO LOTS OF THE LINCOLN PARK FORM SUBDIVISION RECORDED IN 1923 INTO FOUR LOTS.
THE EXISTING ROADWAY IS, IS THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE LOTS.
THE EXISTING ROADWAY HAS BEEN USED FOR MANY YEARS TO ACCESS THE EXISTING LOTS, ONLY ONE ADDITIONAL LOT.
I MEAN, ONLY TWO ADDITIONAL LOTS WILL BE ADDED WITH THE SUBDIVISION.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE HAS NO OBJECTIONS TO THIS REQUEST.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA PER THE CBC 1 0 1 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES TO COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
AT THIS TIME, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN FOR ITEM 83.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION.
LINDA PA MOTION MANKA SECOND SIGLER.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY WEST OF PARK PLACE, SOUTH OF GALVESTON ROAD.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UN ONE LARGE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED.
STATE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAME CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 84 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION VICTOR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 85 IS PORTER ROAD MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT LIFT STATION J UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY, WEST OF FORD ROAD AND SOUTH OF LONG JAKE AVENUE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO LIFT STATION USE.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THIS LIFT STATION TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLA TO ALLOW TIME FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW OF THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 85 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK AS YOUR WISHES TO HEARING NONE.
I WILL, UH, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS CILLO.
ITEM 86 IS QUICK TROOP STORE 46 38.
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IS IN NEARLY SIX ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF LYONS AVENUE AND 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 THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
THIS APPLICATION HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS THAT THOSE AND THOSE WHO HAVE NOW BEEN MET.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE WITH THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT THIS TIME.
I'M CONTINUING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 86.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER SIGN TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
THAT'S MS. GARLAND, SHE'S THE APPLICANT.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MS. GARLAND, IF YOU DON'T WANNA SAY ANYTHING WE'LL MOVE ALONG.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE BY STAFF.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? VICTOR SECOND JONES.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 87.
ITEM 87 IS SPRING BRANCH ESTATES SECTION TWO PARTIAL REPL NUMBER EIGHT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS A NEARLY HALF ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG HOLLISTER DRIVE SOUTH OF NOR LANE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS REVIEW.
LEGAL INDICATES THIS APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCE COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 87 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.
ITEM 88 IS SUN TERRA SECTION 62 PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY FIVE ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG BECKENDORF ROAD EAST OF BARLETT ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REED PLAT IS TO CREATE SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TWO RESERVES ALONG A RIGHT OF WAY NETWORK TO BE ALTERED FOR SOME OF THE DISTANCES AND BEARINGS OF THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH MINUTELY ALTERS THE BEARINGS OF SAID RESERVES AND LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ON NOTIFICATION.
REQUIREMENTS REVIEW BY LEGAL IS STILL ONGOING AND MORE TIME IS NEEDED FOR FURTHER REVIEW.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW LEGAL MORE TIME FOR STUDY AND REVIEW.
MAD CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES 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 THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 89 IS WEST STREET ESTATES.
DECIDED IS AN OVER 6,200 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG WEST STREET NORTH OF LORRAINE STREET AND EAST OF HARDY AND ELY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN A FLAG LOT FORMATION.
UH, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE 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 SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Aracely Rodriguez, Geoff Butler, Petra Hsia, Devin Crittle, and John Cedillo)]
SO WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO D SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.ITEM 91 IS COOK ROAD BUSINESS PARK.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJF HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY AND WEST OF MKE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE TRACT.
STAFF ISN'T SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A ONE AND A HALF ACRE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT LOCATED IN AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION.
MOST OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE SUBDIVISION ARE OCCUPIED AS SINGLE FAMILY LOTS DUE TO THE LACK OF NORTH SOUTH STREET.
CONNECTIONS IN THE SUBDIVISION OF VARIANCE REQUESTS IS BEING ADDRESSED BEFORE YOU TODAY.
STAFF RECENT RECENTLY GRANTED A NEARBY VARIANCE TO NOT REQUIRE ANY NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTIONS WITHIN THE DARVIS TRACK GENERAL PLAN, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE ON THE SCREEN.
THIS WILL PREVENT ANY STREET CONNECTION FROM THE UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION TO THE GRAND PARKWAY.
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ANY ATTEMPT TO PROVIDE THE STREET CONNECTION WILL NOT GREATLY IMPROVE OVERALL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THE AREA.ALSO A VALUABLE, EXCUSE ME, A VALUABLE STREET CONNECTION WILL REQUIRE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL HOMES TO BE DEMOLISHED.
HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANT OF REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND HAVE PROVEN OF PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I DON'T HAVE ANY SPEAKERS EITHER SIGNED UP.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM 91? OKAY.
UM, SEEKING A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 92.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 92 IS CHRISTO RAY JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF HOUSTON.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF REED ROAD, SOUTH OF WESTOVER STREET AND WEST ALONG MOUNT CARMEL STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO UNRESTRICTED RESERVES AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED THE INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING NOR TERMINATING THE SUB STREET OF THRUSH DRIVE IN A CUL-DE-SAC STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG MOUNT CARMEL STREET MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 1,675 FEET PER CHAPTER 42.
A STREET CONNECTION IS REQUIRED EVERY 1400 FEET ALONG A LOCAL STREET REQUIRING THE EXTENSION OF THRUSH DRIVE THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY HOME TO CHRISTO RAY JESUIT COLLEGE PREPARATORY SCHOOL OF HOUSTON, A PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH INCLUDES THE SCHOOL BUILDING AND A BASEBALL FIELD.
THE APPLICANT IS REPLANNING TO EXPAND THEIR PROPERTY REQUIRING, REQUIRING THE EXTENSION OF THS DRIVE THROUGH THE PROPERTY WOULD BE INFEASIBLE AS THERE IS AN EXISTING SCHOOL BUILDING IN THE WAY OF THE STU.
IN ADDITION, AT THE SITE OF THE STUB WITH THRUST DRIVE, THERE IS AN EXISTING TURNAROUND RESEMBLING A CUL-DE-SAC THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 58 FEET IN WIDTH WITH GATED ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL SITE EAST WEST TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN THE AREAS PROVIDED BY THE EXISTING STREET PATTERN THROUGH WESTOVER STREET TO THE NORTH AND REED ROAD TO THE SOUTH.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLOT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 92.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION.
I DON'T WANNA HAVE A LITTLE TUSSLE OVER HERE.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF AVENUE O AND CESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD NORTH OF NAVIGATION BOULEVARD AND WEST OF WAYSIDE DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW AN EIGHT FOOT DUAL BUILDING LINE FOR THE EXISTING STRUCTURES ALONG CESAR CHAVEZ BOULEVARD.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL VARIANCE TO ALLOW A LOT ON THE CORNER TO OF THE ON THE CORNER PROPERTY TO HAVE LESS THAN 44 FEET OF FRONTAGE, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THAT REQUEST IN HIS MEETING.
FRONTAGE REQUIREMENTS CURRENTLY THIS IS A REPL OF A TOTAL OF 4 25 BY 100 FOOT LOTS PROPOSED BY THE SOLE PROPERTY OWNER WHO RESIDES IN THE SOUTHERN SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR SINGLE, SO SORRY SINGLE STORY HOME.
THE RESIDENCE IN THE NORTHERN HOMES HAVE BEEN LEASING THE HOMES FOR MANY YEARS AND THE PROPERTY IS BEING SUBDIVIDED TO ALLOW SAID RESIDENTS TO OWN THEIR HOMES.
THE RESIDENTS ARE NOT CURRENTLY PROPOSING ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION AND ARE REQUESTING THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE HOMES TO EXIST AS THEY HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.
SHOULD ANY OF THE STRUCTURES BE DEMOLISHED OR ANY NEW OR ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES, ANY NEW ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES BE ADDED.
THEY MUST BE ABIDED BY THE TEN NINE.
THEY MUST ABIDE BY THE 10 19 BUILDING LINE.
EACH OF THE LOTS INTENDS TO MAINTAIN THEIR EXISTING DRIVEWAYS, OF WHICH THE CLOSEST IS 30 FEET FROM THE INTERSECTION.
UH, THE THERE IS A SIX FOOT OPAQUE FENCE WITHIN THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE, WHICH MUST BE REMOVED AS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES AS PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 93.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION VE MOTION VERA BLAND ROBBINS SECOND ROBBINS.
ITEM 94, UH, ITEM 94 IS EAST ALDEN ESTATES.
UH, THIS APPLICATION IS LOCATED, UM, EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIR.
THIS APPLICATION WAS PREVIOUSLY GRANTED A VARIANCE AND THAT VARIANCE REQUEST IS STILL ACTIVE.
UH, THEREFORE THIS APPLICATION IS BEING APPROVED AS A CLASS THREE FINAL CONSENT APPLICATION WITH NO VARIANCE REQUESTS BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I THINK YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA NEED TO SHOW SOMETHING.
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LOT OF LOOKS UP HERESO, UM, IN 2020, LATE 2023, WE GRANTED THIS VARIANCE FOR A REDUCED, UH, RIGHT OF WAY, UH, TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING AND TO PROVIDE A, A IMPROPER TURNAROUND.
UH, ESSENTIALLY THERE WAS SOME VERY MINOR CHANGES MADE TO THE PLAT, UH, BUT THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS STILL ACTIVE AND THE CHANGES TO THE PLAID DON'T REALLY AFFECT THE VARIANCES THAT ARE, WERE ALREADY GRANTED.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, WE'RE MAKING SURE THAT THIS APPLICATION THAT WAS REVISED IS GONNA BE APPROVED JUST AS A CONSENT CLASS THREE FINAL WITH NO NEED TO ADDRESS ANY VARIANCE REQUESTS, UH, BEFORE YOU TODAY.
OKAY, THAT MAKES SENSE EVERYBODY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 94.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I WILL NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM 95 AND 96.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 95 IS FALCON RANCH PRESERVED GENERAL PLAN.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF FM 1960 AND SOUTH OF W ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A GENERAL PLAN AND IS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED NORTH SOUTH INTERSECTION SPACING BY PROVIDING THE STREET AT 3,100 FEET.
AND THE SECOND VARIANCE IS TO ALLOW, UH, A EAST WEST STREET CONNECTION AT A 1700 FOOT DISTANCE.
UH, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS.
UH, THIS GENERAL PLAN IS A 300 ACRE GP AND 10 TO FOUR RESIDENTIAL USE, AND THE NORTHWEST BOUNDARY INCLUDES MULTIPLE PIPELINES.
THE ORIGINAL LOCATION DESIGNED BY THE APPLICANT PLACED A STREET CONNECTION IN AN AREA THAT WOULD REQUIRE THE STREET TO BISECT MULTIPLE PIPELINES IN A SHORT DISTANCE WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO CROSS AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE AT SHOWN ON YOUR SCREEN.
AFTER BRIEF DISCUSSION, THE STREET, THE STUB STREET WAS RELOCATED FURTHER EAST TO AVOID BOTH PIPELINES WITH BOTH WHICH STAFF AND HARRIS COUNTY BOTH SUPPORT JUSTIFICATION FOR THE VARIANCE IN THE NORTHEAST AREA.
SHOWN IN BLUE IS THAT EACH CELL OR GROUP OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS HAS ITS OWN ACCESS POINT TO W ROAD TO THE NORTH AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARE LAKE HOUSTON TO THE SOUTH.
THIS ALLOWS BOTH AREAS TO DISPERSE TRAFFIC IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTING THIS REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE C PC 1 0 1 FORM.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 95.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
I NEED A, A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM 96 AND PLEASE NOTE, UH, COMMISSIONER MARRE IS ABSTENTION.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 96 IS FRY ROAD TRACK GENERAL PLAN.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY WITH ALONG CLAY ROAD BETWEEN FRY AND THE PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN OF MULTIPLE USES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR EXCESSIVE INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT EXTENDING AN EAST WEST SUB STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN A PIPELINE IN THE INTERSECTION OF FRYING CLAY.
THE AREA ALONG CLAY IS MOSTLY RECORDED AS COMMERCIAL AND UTILITY PLATS.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO DEVELOP THE REMAINING AREAS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ALONG A TYPE TWO PAE NETWORK.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR AN INTERNAL STREET SYSTEM TO BE PRIVATE AND TO NOT EXTEND A SMALL SUBST STREET ALONG ELM TREE.
DALE DRIVE THE COMMERCIAL AND UTILITY AREAS WILL ALL FEATURE FRONTAGE ALONG THE PERIMETER STREETS REDUCING THE NEED FOR INTERNAL TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WILL FEATURE OUTLETS ALONG THE EAST AND WEST PROVIDING A MORE BALANCED DISTRIBUTION OF THEIR TRAFFIC IMPACT.
STAFF FINDS THE VARIANCE AS JUSTIFIED AS THE EXISTING PUBLIC STREET SYSTEM CAN ADEQUATELY HANDLE TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION AND ACCESS.
WE RECOMMEND GRAIN THE VARIANCES IN IMPROVING THE PLAT PER THE CCPC 1 0 4 CONDITIONS AND WE RECEIVE NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I JUST HAVE THE APPLICANT SIGN TO SPEAK FOR QUESTIONS ONLY.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, MS. BELL, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? OKAY, THANK YOU.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION, I MEAN A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
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IS HOUSTON YOUTH SPORTS GROUP.THIS WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG DUNHAM ROAD, EAST OF NORTH PARK AND NORTH OF MILLS BRANCH.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES RESERVED FOR ATHLETIC FIELDS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING WOOD.
SPRING ACRES DRIVE FOR THE SITE STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG A SEGMENT OF DUNHAM ROAD BETWEEN MILLS BRANCH AND THE EAST FORK OF THE SAN JACINTO RIVER.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF AN ATHLETIC COMPLEX OF MULTIPLE BALL FIELDS AND ASSOCIATED STRUCTURES.
THE APPLICANT HAS REBUILT TWO BASEBALL FIELDS AT THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE AND IS SEEKING TO DO THE SAME WITH THE REMAINING TRACT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO ADDRESS A VARIANCE FOR INTERSECTION SPACING DUE TO THE SITE SIZE AND AN INTERSECTING LOCAL SUBS STREET.
THE PROPOSED WORK WOULD RESULT IN THE EXISTING USES CONTINUED FUNCTION, ALBEIT WITH NEWER FACILITIES.
THIS WOULD NOT SIGNIFICANTLY ALTER THE TRAFFIC BURDEN ALREADY PLACED ON THE EXISTING STREET SYSTEM.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE JUSTIFIED AS THE EXISTING STREET SYSTEM CAN SAFELY ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THE SITE STAFF COMMEND GRANTED THE VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT FOR THE CCP C ONE OH FORM CONDITIONS AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED, UH, VARIANCE.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED MOTION CARRIES ITEM 98.
ITEM 98 IS THE MIDDLE STREET SWAN HOMES.
THIS IS ALSO DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT NORTH OF NAVIGATION AND WEST OF JENSEN, EXCUSE ME, EAST OF JENSEN.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES FOUR LOTS FOR DEVELOPING FOUR SINGLE FAM, EXCUSE ME, FOUR SMALL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MIDDLE STREET.
INSTEAD, THEY'RE REQUIRED FIVE AND TO ALLOW LOTS SMALLER THAN THE REQUIRED 3,500 SQUARE FEET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MIDDLE AND BARING STREETS.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES ON FOUR LOTS OF APPROXIMATELY 1100 SQUARE FEET.
CHAPTER 42 PERFORMANCE STANDARDS ALLOWING LARGER STRUCTURES TO BE BUILT ON 1400 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
THOUGH THIS APPLICATION TECHNICALLY DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THAT DUE TO THE LOT SIZE.
THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING FIVE FOOT OF RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION TO MIDDLE AND BEARING, AND IS MEETING THE FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT ALONG THE NORTHERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG MIDDLE IN LIEU OF THE PREVIOUS REQUEST TO NOT DEDICATE THE PROPOSED APPROXIMATELY 400 SQUARE FOOT.
HOMES OFFER SIMILAR LOT COVERAGE PROPORTIONS AS WHAT'S ALLOWED UNDER THE EXISTING LOT SIZE RESTRICTIONS.
THE RESULT WOULD BE HOMES THAT WOULD HAVE A MUCH SMALLER IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY THAN MANY OF THOSE ALLOWED BY WRIGHT.
IN ADDITION, THE HOMES FEATURE GROUND FLOOR PORCHES.
TRANSPARENCY IN AN EXISTING MATURE TREE IS BEING RETAINED FURTHER, THE APPLICANT IS CONSTRUCTING NEW FIVE FOOT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH STREETS, WHICH WILL IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY AT THIS INTERSECTION.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE BUILDING LINE AND LOT SIZE REGULATIONS AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
WE'VE RECEIVED MULTIPLE PUBLIC COMMENTS EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER THE PROJECT'S, IMPACT ON TRAFFIC, CIRCULATION, PARKING, AND NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FRANCISCO BAL RNA.
IF YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU YOUR REPEAT SPEAKER SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY MORE THAN THREE, FIVE YEARS.
AND WE STARTED LAST WEEK WITH THIS SPRAWLING.
NOW I SAW THE PICTURE THEY SHOW OVER THERE HOW THEY PUT THE HOUSES OVER THERE AND I BRING THE PICTURE HOW THEY LOOKS LIKE ON THE LEFT SIDE, LIKE IT SHOW THE LAST HOUSE OVER HERE.
IT'S CLOSE TO THE FENCE OVER THERE AND THEY TALKING ABOUT THE MORE BUILDING AROUND OVER THERE, THE HOUSES.
THE SECOND ONE, THE TRAFFIC RIGHT NOW IS HORRIBLE OVER THERE.
I CAN SHOW THE PICTURE HOW THEY LOSE LIFE RIGHT NOW.
IF YOU'LL GIVE IT TO STAFF RIGHT THERE, THEY'LL PUT IT UP ON THE, RIGHT NOW IT'S NOT THOSE FOUR HOUSES OVER THERE, MORE PEOPLE LIVING OVER THERE.
THE PEOPLE CAN, CANNOT WORK WITH THE DOGS OVER THERE.
I HAVE MY, MY SON, HIS VETERAN, THIS CAPACITOR.
AND IT'S NOT NO MUST PAY FOR HIM.
I HAVE TO CALL THE POLICE THIS WEEKEND BECAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH NOISE AROUND OVER THERE AND WE BRING MORE PEOPLE.
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NO, NO ROOM FOR THAT.WE, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.
ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
MY NEXT SPEAKER IS LEONARDO BAL RNA AND I JUST NEED TO REMIND YOU AS WELL, YOU'RE REPEAT SPEAKER SO YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M A LONG TIME RESIDENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT'S GROWN.
THERE ARE MANY NEIGHBORS WHO I'M COME TO REPRESENT.
THERE'S A LOT OF ELDERLY, YOUNG AND DISABLED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
NOW, AS YOU SAW THE, THE IMAGES THAT WERE PRESENTED TO YOU, DOCUMENT CAMERA, THEY, UM, THERE'S NO SPACE, THESE FABRICATED HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED.
DO YOU FAVOR
NOW ON NAVIGATION THERE IS, WE, ON THE WEEKENDS, THERE'S, I I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY CALL 'EM, BUT THERE'S UM, EVENTS AND BOTH SIDES OF THE, OF THE STREET GET FILLED.
AND MY NEIGHBORS, WHEN THEY WALK, THEY HAVE TO WALK ON THE ROAD.
AND THESE ARE PEOPLE LIKE MYSELF WHO ARE HANDICAPPED WITH BABIES AND WE'RE HAVING TO SHED THE ROAD WITH VEHICLES.
AND WHEN THEY PUT BUILT THESE THINGS WHERE THEY'RE GONNA PUT THEIR VEHICLES, IT'S WHAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT.
I DON'T FEEL RIGHT WALKING THERE.
IF EVEN NOW, THERE'S NOBODY LIVING THERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
AND THANK YOU FOR HAVE A BLESSED DAY.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE WILLING, I WISH TO PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
WE'RE DEVELOPERS AND ARCHITECTS ON THE PROJECT.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER MAREZ.
ARE, ARE THESE ALREADY PERMITTED AND INSTALLED? I MEAN, NO, THESE, THESE ARE PREASSEMBLED HOMES THAT ARE STOCKED ON SITE.
UH, THEY'RE NOT IN THE LOCATIONS THAT WHAT THEY WILL BE PLACED ON AND THAT'S WHY THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUNDLED TOGETHER, IF YOU MAY, TO BE DISTRIBUTED.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT THE FOUNDATIONS IN TO SET THEM.
OKAY, SO YOU'RE JUST LIKE STORING THEM ON SIDE AT THE MOMENT, RIGHT? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE VEHICLES ARE THERE FOR.
THEY'RE, WE'RE NOT DOING ANY WORK ON THE PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
I THINK IT'S THE FACT THAT THERE'S A TATTOO PARLOR AROUND THE CORNER THAT'S GENERATING SOME OF THE TRAFFIC.
AND THEN WE'VE BEEN TOLD, UH, BY STAFF THAT THERE ARE SOME ILLICIT CHURCHES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T KNOW, I DROVE AROUND SUNDAY, COULDN'T FIND THEM.
BUT, UH, THE TRAFFIC AND MANY OF THE PROBLEMS ARE BEING PRODUCED BY, WELL BY EVERYONE ELSE BECAUSE THIS PROJECT DOESN'T EXIST.
COMMISSIONER CULVER, OH, I'M SORRY.
COMMISSIONER LAN WAS, I THINK THIS KINDA EMPHASIZES THE POINT THAT I WAS GONNA BRING UP, WHICH WAS, I THOUGHT IN THE LAST MEETING WE WERE TALKING ABOUT INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE OR TWO PARKING SPACES ON THIS PLAT.
SO I THINK I'M A LITTLE CONFUSED AND NOW CONCERNED HEARING ABOUT ALL OF THE TRAFFIC THAT'S ALREADY ON THERE IN ADDITION TO THE LARGER DEVELOPMENT THAT WE KNOW IS COMING IN FARTHER UP THE STREET.
MR. BUTLER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT? RIGHT.
FOR THE LOT ACCESS REQUIREMENTS FOR HOMES THIS SIZE, THEY, THEY DO QUALIFY TO, IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THAT, THEY, THE, THE BUILDING LINE THAT THEY'RE GETTING, UM, THEY CANNOT HAVE DRIVEWAY ACCESS.
THAT'S A, A CHANGE IN THE ORDINANCE THAT WAS PITTED FOR SOME LOW IMPACT SMALL DEVELOPMENTS.
THEY WOULDN'T NEED TO PROVIDE ONSITE PARKING AS LONG AS THERE WAS SUFFICIENT PARKING AVAILABLE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO DO YOU THINK THAT THERE IS SUFFICIENT PARKING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY? IT, THERE'S FIVE FEET OF DEDICATION BEING PROVIDED ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS PROPERTY.
THE PAVE SECTIONS ON BOTH STREETS ARE, ARE 20 FEET, WHICH ALLOWS PER THE IDM, UH, ON STREET PARKING.
SO IF I MAY, SO IN SHORT, IT MEETS ORDINANCE AND SO IF YOU RECALL, UH, ORIGINALLY THERE WERE, THERE WERE PARKING SPACES AND TO MEET THE ORDINANCE PROPERLY, THEY WERE DELETED.
AND AS YOU SEE, UH, I THINK THE ENTRANCES
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ARE NOW ON THE SIDE AND THERE'S QUOTE OUTDOOR LIVING SPACE BETWEEN THE UNITS.SO WHAT YOU SEE BASICALLY IS IN LINE WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE ALLOWS.
COMMISSIONER VART, OH, I'M SORRY.
DI DIRECTOR TRAN, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? I WAS JUST GONNA ASK IF THE APPLICANT CAN COME UP AND SPEAK ABOUT THE, UM, THE END USER THAT YOU, YOU SPOKE SOMETHING ABOUT STUDENTS AND THE LIGHT RAIL.
AND THERE WAS A REASON FOR NO PARKING.
SO, UH, THERE'S TWO MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE EAST END IN THE LAST FEW YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN.
AND AS IT TURNS OUT, THE PARKING AREAS ARE LARGELY UNUSED BECAUSE SO MANY STUDENTS RIDE THEIR BIKES OVER TO U OF H OR TSU OR TAKE THE LIGHT RAIL INTO THE CITY TO, UH, PLACES OR THEIR JOBS.
THESE ARE SMALL MICRO, MICRO-UNIT HOUSES.
SO USUALLY IT'S A SINGLE PERSON, UH, OR MAYBE A COUPLE.
AND MANY OF 'EM ARE THE BARISTAS AND THE WAITERS WHO WORK DOWNTOWN AND SERVICE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.
UM, SO THEY GENERALLY WHAT WE HAVE FOUND IS THAT THERE'S VERY FEW OF 'EM ACTUALLY CAN AFFORD CARS.
SO IN THIS CASE, WE WENT WITH THE EXTRA UNIT AND PROVIDED, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SIDE, PLANS, AN AREA THAT IF SOMEONE GETS A CAR THEY COULD ACTUALLY PULL UP ON, THERE'S NO CURBS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ET CETERA, THAT THEY COULD, THERE'S A PARKING AREA IF YOU MAY.
UH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE SITE PLAN AND YOU'LL SEE THOSE AREAS IN BETWEEN THE UNITS THERE.
YOU CAN SEE THERE, UM, THE SIDEWALK AREA IN THE FRONT AND THE DESIGNATED RIGHT OF WAY PROVIDE A FRONT YARD IF YOU MAY.
BUT THERE IS A MOVE TO YOUNGER PERSONS WANTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO A MULTI-UNIT APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT, IF YOU MAY.
AND A HOME TO BLO TWO LOTS TO THE WEST HAS JUST BEEN CONSTRUCTED.
THAT IS EXACTLY THIS AND IT WAS APPROVED AND SUCH.
WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THAT HOME HERE AND IT JUST, THE, THE, THE CONSTANT IN THESE NEIGHBORHOODS IS THERE'S TOO MANY CARS, TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.
IT'S NOT PROJECTS LIKE THIS THAT GENERATE THE CARS AND THE TRAFFIC.
IT'S THE TOWN HOME PROJECTS AND THE MULTIFAMILY PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO THAT FOR, FOR PEOPLE WHO NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING INSIDE THE CITY.
I HAVE AN EMPLOYEE WHO TRAVELS FROM SPRING EVERY DAY BECAUSE ALL HE CAN AFFORD NOT, 'CAUSE HE'S NOT PAID
BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE, HE'S OUT-PRICED OF MIDTOWN, HE'S OUT-PRICED OF OTHER AREAS INSIDE THE CITY NOW.
AND SO THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT WE SEE HAPPENING IN MANY OF OUR OLDER EAST END NEIGHBORHOODS.
SO THAT'S HOW WE CAME UP WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S A HOUSE RIGHT THERE THAT SHOWS YOU THE RESIDENTIAL NATURE OF IT AND IT'S REALLY THE TATTOO PARLOR AND THE ILLICIT CHURCHES AND, AND THEN THE MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS THAT ARE CREATING THE TRAFFIC.
WELL ACTUALLY I THINK SOME OF MY QUESTIONS WERE ALREADY ANSWERED.
UM, BUT JUST TO, JUST TO RESTATE THE HOMES, THE PREFAB HOMES, WHILE THEY ARE NEXT TO THE SITE, THEY ARE NOT IN THE EXACT LOCATION THAT THEY'LL BE, THEY'LL BE MOVED BACK TO PROVIDE THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM FOR SIDEWALKS.
IF YOU, IF YOU, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE PHOTOGRAPH IN REFERENCE TO THE SITE PLAN, YOU WOULD SEE THAT THE, THE PREASSEMBLED HOMES ARE ACTUALLY WHERE THE OUTDOOR TERRACES ARE GOING TO BE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE TO PUT THE FOUNDATIONS WHERE THE HOMES ARE GOING TO GO AT A POINT THAT WE GET THE PERMIT.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT WILL ALLOW US TO GET THE PERMIT.
WE WILL ACTUALLY JACK UP THE HOMES AND SLIDE 'EM OVER ABOUT 10 FEET ONTO THE FOUNDATIONS.
UM, THESE ARE FOR RENT, RIGHT? I'M SORRY? THESE ARE FOR RENT? THESE ARE FOR RENT ONLY? YES SIR.
IS IT YOUR DEVELOPMENT OR FOR SOMEONE ELSE? UH, IT'S A JOINT VENTURE I BELIEVE.
AND WOULD THE QUESTION IS, ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS.
WHAT'S THE MONTHLY RENT RANGE PROJECTED TO BE? THAT PART I DON'T KNOW ABOUT.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW.
'CAUSE I WANT TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE AS A COMPARISON.
SECOND, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP.
UM, I DO KNOW THERE'S A HOUSE COUPLE BLOCKS FROM HERE, FOUR STORY TOWN HOME, LOT OF NOISE, BIG BUILDING, SELLING FOR A MILLION PLUS MM-HMM
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THING ABOUT THIS IS THE SCALE.THE SCALE REALLY DOES FIT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND IT, IT REALLY FEELS WELL ACTUALLY WENT BY THIS MORNING.
UM, AND LASTLY, THEY'RE PREFAB CONSTRUCTION PERIODS WOULD BE INCREDIBLY QUICK AND NOISY.
THIS IS THE LEAST NOISY, UM, KIND OF IMPACT THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WILL GET AND THERE'LL BE IMMEDIATE USE.
SO I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT WHILE THE RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO PEACE AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE, THEY HAVE A, THE RIGHT TO A QUALITY NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE HOUSES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, FROM A SCALE, UH, LOT OF OPEN GROUND, HOPEFULLY TREES AND THINGS WILL BE PLANTED.
UM, BUT, UH, I, I DO THINK IT'S A VERY WISE SOLUTION FOR THE SITE.
WELL, BY MAKING IT RENTAL, THE REALITY IS THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD MAY NOT BE HERE FOREVER BECAUSE OF THE ECONOMIC, YOU KNOW, OF, OF WHAT, OF THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD NORTH OF US.
BUT FOR NOW, THERE'S ENOUGH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD STILL INTACT WHERE THESE CAN KIND OF CREATE THE SCALE.
IN A FEW YEARS THEY MAY BE PULLED OFF THE SITE AND BECOME HUNTING LEASES, YOU KNOW, OUT IN THE COUNTRY, WHO KNOWS.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE VERY SENSIBLE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING PRICED OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND YOU, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO ASK QUESTIONS OF, OF THE OTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UH, WAS IT VICTOR? VICTOR? WHO WAS FIRST? VICTOR.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I DO UNDERSTAND WE DO NEED THESE SORT OF HOUSING, HOWEVER, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE PURVIEW OF THIS, UM, COMMISSION, BUT IT WOULD BE GOOD, MR. CISNEROS, IF YOU COULD TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PERIOD, BECAUSE THAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UH, GIVEN THE CHALLENGES THEY HAVE ON TRAFFIC, JUST THE ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, SO IT WOULD BE GOOD TO JUST TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU PROVIDE CERTAIN AVENUES TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND NOT MAKE SURE THAT THE DISTURBANCES ARE MINIMIZED DURING CONSTRUCTION.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY QUESTION THAT WE'LL DO THAT.
IN FACT, ONE OF THE SPEAKERS FROM THE LAST MEETING, AND I HAVE BEEN EMAILING BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TRADING IT, PROVIDING THEM WITH INFORMATION, PROVIDING THEM WITH THESE DRAWINGS AND OTHER DRAWINGS TO SHOW HOW THE DESIGN EVOLVED AND, AND WHAT, WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO THAT'S, THAT, THAT IS TAKEN.
COMMISSIONER JONES IS NEXT, BUT I DID WANNA MAKE A COMMENT.
I WANTED TO ASK THE WIDTH OF YOUR SIDEWALKS.
YOU'RE DOING 'EM ON BOTH SIDES.
I WANNA JUST MAKE SURE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT WE HAD A MEETING WITH VANDY AND OTHERS LAST MONDAY, AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE, THE MIDDLE STREET RIGHT OF WAY EXPANSION.
ON TUESDAY MORNING, WE FOUND OUT THAT WE WERE ALSO GONNA BE REQUIRED TO HAVE FIVE FEET ON MIDDLE STREET ON BERING STREET.
UH, WE'RE THE ONLY PROPERTY ON THAT TWO FOOT BLOCK SECTION THAT'S GIVING AN ADDITIONAL FIVE FEET.
AND NOT EVEN THE PLAT ACROSS THE STREET THAT WAS APPROVED LIKE TWO MONTHS AGO WAS REQUIRED TO DO THAT.
SO WE'RE TRYING TO REALLY ACCOMMODATE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS, STAFF REQUIREMENTS AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
I THINK, I THINK THIS IS AFFORDABLE, PLEASING, FUNCTIONAL, UH, BUT I'M AN ENGINEER AT HEART AND I WANT TO KNOW IF THIS TREND TAKES OFF MODULAR KIND OF HOUSING, PREFAB HOUSING, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SECURE THEM? MAYBE THIS FOR PUBLIC WORKS.
I MEAN, WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND EVERYTHING WITH OUR WINDS, WIND STORMS, AND I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE DOING TO SECURE THEM, UH, TO THE GROUND? UH, ARE THERE ANY INNOVATIONS? WE'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT A REP FROM PUBLIC WORKS COMING UP.
THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
SO WE HAVE TO MEET HURRICANE, CORRECT.
HURRICANE STRAPS, EVERYTHING, JUST AS IF IT WERE A SINGLE HOUSE.
THIS WILL BE A QUESTION FOR AN ARCHITECT.
STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE NOT FOR, I HATE TO, WE ALL KNOW YOU, BUT WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? SO, HI, THIS IS SOHAIL
UH, TO ANSWER, UH, COMMISSIONER TAHI, UH, QUESTION.
I'M NOT SURE I DO FOUNDATIONS, IF YOU ASK ME QUESTION ABOUT ROADS, ROADS AND BRIDGES AND DRAINAGE, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
UH, INSIDE THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, WE DON'T DEAL WITH THEM HOW THEY ANCHOR THEM.
AND YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THERE IS A FOUNDATION METHODS TO ANCHOR THEM PROPERLY.
THEY ARE ACTUALLY REQUIRED BY OUR BUILDING COURT TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE, UH, ANCHOR PROPERTY TO WITHSTAND THE WIND WE RECEIVE HERE IN HOUSTON.
SO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE METHOD IS.
I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS
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FOR HURRICANE STRAPS AND IT HAS TO SUSTAIN, YOU KNOW, SET SUCH WIND FORCES.SO THEY'LL HAVE TO ADHERE TO ALL OF THAT.
I MEAN, THAT IS ALWAYS CONCERNING.
I THINK COMMISSIONER JONES WAS NEXT.
UH, WITH THE DEDICATION OF THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FIVE FEET ON, ON EACH STREET, IS THERE BEEN A CONDITION THAT THE ROAD SERVICE ALSO BE IMPROVED? THE ROAD SURFACE AREA BE WIDENED? ANY CONSIDERATION TO THE, TO THE STREETS? UH, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY, BUT LIKEWISE, UH, JUST BEING ON A VERY BUSY CORNER THAT'S COMING.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO CONDITIONS PERTAINING TO THE ACTUAL ROADWAY FOR VEHICLES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE 20 FEET WIDE A PIECE.
UM, THERE ARE CONDITIONS ABOUT THE SIDEWALK AND BUFFER, UM, AND THE PEDESTRIAN REALM THOUGH.
YEAH, I SEE THE FIVE FOOT SIDEWALK ON BOTH STREETS, BUT THE COME RELATIVE TO TRAFFIC AND 25, 20 FOOT LANE, UH, ROADSIDE DITCHES, ET CETERA.
RECOGNIZING YES, TH THIS TENANT OR THAT, THAT PROSPECTIVE TENANT, UH, IS EITHER ON A BIKE OR OTHER MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION FOR THE MOST PART, BUT RECOGNIZING THAT DAY IS COMING.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER FI BLAND.
I, I WANNA SAY I AM ALWAYS, UH, I'M A BIG AFFORDABLE HOUSING PERSON, ALWAYS IN, ALWAYS A FAN OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
I THINK MY CONCERN IS BECAUSE THESE ARE MICRO UNITS THAT ARE PREFAB, SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO MOVE IT AT SOME POINT AND REBUILD SOMETHING.
DO THESE BUILDING LINES, DO ALL OF THESE CONCESSIONS WE'RE MAKING TO THE PLAT HOLD? NO, IT, THERE'S GONNA BE PLAT NOTES THAT TIE THIS VARIANCE TO THE SITE PLAN.
SO THIS IS JUST FOR THE LIFE OF THE STRUCTURE.
SO IF THE STRUCTURES GO AWAY, UM, THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO ANOTHER REPL IN VARIANCE.
WITH A PUBLIC HEARING, ACTUALLY, UM, I THINK I GOT EVERYONE, UH, MS. BANDY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO MR. BUTLER? HOW SO? UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.
ONE OF THE STATEMENTS APPLICANT MADE THAT THE CARS WILL HAVE THE ROOM TO PARK ON SITE.
HOWEVER, THIS PROJECT IS TRYING TO MEET THE 42 DASH 180 6 SECTION, WHICH REQUIRES THAT, UM, NO PARKING WILL BE ALLOWED FOR SUCH A DEVELOPMENT.
SO THEY CANNOT HAVE PARKING ON SITE, AND THERE WILL NOT BE ANY CURB CUTS.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING.
IF THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF THE APPLICANT, THEN PROBABLY, UH, MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL WILL BE THE BEST CHOICE.
JUST WANNA CLARIFY EVERYONE TO THE COMMISSION, THERE IS NO PARKING AND THIS DEVELOPMENT STYLE IS FOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY CARS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
COMMISSIONER CULVER, ON, ON THAT NOTE, DO WE NEED NO PARKING SIGNS IN THAT AREA? THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR THAT.
NOW, WELL, WE CAN'T MAKE IT A CONDITION, BUT THE RESIDENTS COULD REQUEST THAT.
NO, NO PARKING THROUGH PUBLIC WORKS.
ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON.
WE HAVE OR DID YOU? NO, NO, NO.
THERE'S NO, YOU HAVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION MAD.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? ROBINS OPPOSED.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS AN OVER 1.8 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, I'M SORRY, IS A RESERVE RESTRICTED TO CHURCH AND CHURCH RELATED USES, AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
ONE, TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 10 FEET ALONG HOUSTON AVENUE IN LIEU OF THE 25 FEET REQUIRED ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
AND TWO, TO NOT DEDICATE 10 FEET OF RIGHTAWAY WIDENING TO TRINITY STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORTER OF THE FIRST VARIANCE ADDRESSING THE BUILDING LINE ALONG HOUSTON AVENUE, BUT IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE TO NOT DEDICATE WIDENING TO TRINITY STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REPLACE ITS CURRENT PARKING LOT AND CREATE A PARISH, A PARISH HALL, SORRY, SHOWN IN PINK.
UH, AND TO BUILD A PARKING LOT WITHIN THE WESTERN PORTION OF ITS PROPERTY SHOWN IN RED AT THIS LOCATION.
HOUSTON AVENUE IS 165 FEET WIDE, AND THE CURRENT DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IS 50 FEET.
UH, 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, UH, ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY IS A SUBSTANDARD 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 AND WEST THAT INCURS HEAVY
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VEHICULAR TRAFFIC ALONG, ALONG WITH THE CHURCH.AS THIS AREA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP AND DENSIFIED STREETS LIKE TRINITY WILL NEED TO BE MAINTAINED AT FOR EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW AND MUST BE MAINTAINED AT STANDARD WIDTHS, THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED LETTERS OF SUPPORT FROM THE CAR DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS THE POLICE UNION WHO ALLOWS THE CHURCH TO UTILIZE THEIR PARKING.
THE PROPOSED PARKING IS INTENDED TO BE A SURFACE PARKING LOT AND DOES NOT PROPOSE ANY STRUCTURES WITHIN THE BUILDING LINES SHOWN IN PINK HERE.
THIS MEANS THAT THE SITE PLAN BEFORE US WOULD NOT LOSE ANY PARKING SPACES WITH THAT 10 FOOT DEDICATION.
IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION JUST BEFORE THIS MEETING, THAT WITH A, THERE'S A NEW SITE PLAN WITH THE INTENTION TO HAVE A, UH, ANOTHER DRIVEWAY CONNECTING TO TRINITY STREET CURRENTLY, WHICH WOULD BE OF MORE SUPPORT TO, UH, THE DEDICATION OF, OF ADDITIONAL WIDENING SI OF RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED BUILDING LINE VARIANCE ALONG, UH, ALONG HOUSTON AVENUE, BUT DENY THE RIDE OF WAY WIDENING, DEDICATION, VARIANCE, AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
I HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS SIGNED TO SPEAK.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER, I BELIEVE, IS FATHER VICTOR PEREZ.
UM, I'M JUST SO HAPPY TO BE HERE.
UH, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ON OUR PROPERTY SINCE 1925.
OUR PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT IN 1879 FROM THE RAILROAD BY THE NUNS.
AND, UM, YEAH, SO OUR, OUR CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1901.
OUR NEW CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1901.
WE SERVED THE HOMELESS, UM, SHOWERS WEDNESDAYS, UM, AND MONDAYS FOOD AND WEDNESDAYS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, A LOT OF SOCIAL MINISTRY.
WE'RE JUST EXCITED AS A PARISH TO BUILD.
FINALLY, UM, OUR MASSES ARE FULL.
WE NEED THIS NEW PARKING LOT AND A PARISH HALL.
WE CANNOT AFFORD TO LOSE ANY MORE LAND.
WE FINALLY, UM, ARE WANTING TO BUILD, GIVEN OUR SMALL LOTS, LOT SIZE, EVEN A SMALL REDUCTION HAS A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR ABILITY TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE.
UM, ALSO, TRINITY STREET GOES THROUGH A CAR DEALERSHIP, SO IT CAN'T BE WIDENED AT ALL BECAUSE ON BOTH SIDES THERE'S THE BODY SHOP, AND THEN RIGHT ACROSS IS THE DEALERSHIP ITSELF.
SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT IT STAYS THAT SAME WIDTH CURRENTLY 'CAUSE IT'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE WIDENED, AND THAT WE KEEP THAT JUST FOR ONE LITTLE MORE BLOCK, UM, BETWEEN US AND THE HPOU PROPERTY.
UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, UH, CONSIDERING THIS AND THE CHURCH IS OPEN, YOU CAN COME.
UM, WE HAVE A MARIACHI MASS MULTICULTURAL FESTIVAL, AND WE JUST ARE HAPPY TO SERVE, UM, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, SO WE CAN DO OUR MISSION TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON, MATERIALLY AND SPIRITUALLY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROGER FARROW.
JOSEPH'S CHURCH ABOUT 11 YEARS AGO.
AND IN THAT TIME, THE MEMBERSHIP HAS GROWN PHENOMENALLY.
AND AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE DOCUMENTATION, THIS SITE IS VERY LANDLOCKED.
THE, IT IS MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR US TO GROW.
THIS REQUEST JUST GIVES US A LITTLE BREATHING ROOM ON TRINITY STREET, THE NEIGHBORS, AND THIS WILL NOT NEGATIVELY AFFECT ANYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN FACT, MOST OF THEM HAVE WRITTEN LETTERS TO SUPPORT US.
Y'ALL NOT GIVING US THE SECOND, UH, VARIANCE.
I ASK YOU TO PLEASE TAKE A LOOK HARD AT THIS PART OF THE REQUEST THAT THEY'RE DENYING AND APPROVE IT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LINDA CAMACHO.
AND I'M ALSO, UM, I AM, I ALSO WORK FOR KIRKSEY ARCHITECTURE, SO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH AND THE CONSTRAINTS THAT OUR CONGREGATION IS GOING THROUGH, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE THE PARKING SPACE THAT'S NEEDED.
MY QUESTION IS TO THE STAFF, WHY ARE WE BEING DENIED THE AREA? IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE EXHIBIT AND ZOOM IN TO THE PHOTO.
WHO'S THE PHOTO? THE AREA? NO, NO, THE PHOTO WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE GARAGE.
SO I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE STREET, THE STREET, THE STREET PHOTO.
SO IF YOU WERE TO ZOOM IN AND SEE THAT WHITE BUILDING THERE AT THE CORNER, THAT'S WHERE YOU'LL SEE WHERE TRINITY STOPS.
AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE SAYING WHY ARE WE BEING DENIED THE ACCESS? IF YOU CANNOT CONTINUE AND
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EXPAND OVER WHERE THE DEALERSHIP IS, THEY'RE ALREADY RIGHT AT THE RIGHT OF WAY OR BEYOND THE RIGHT OF WAY.SO YOU'RE ASKING US OR NOT APPROVING US TO OBTAIN THAT RIGHT OF WAY WHEN YOU CANNOT CONTINUE AND EXPAND.
OR THE DEALERSHIP WOULD ALSO HAVE TO TURN DOWN OR, UM, REMOVE THAT PORTION OF THE BUILDING TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
YOU CAN EXPAND TO THE, UM, EAST SIDE OR ACTUALLY PLAN WEST SIDE OF TRINITY FROM THAT SIDE.
BUT THIS SIDE, WE'RE ALREADY LANDLOCKED BY THE DEALERSHIP.
SO OUR QUESTION IS, WHY ARE YOU DENYING US THIS WHEN CLEARLY YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU CANNOT CONTINUE THE STREET ON BOTH SIDES WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT YOU WANT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY PARKS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, MY NAME'S LARRY PARKS AND MY WIFE ANN PARKS.
UH, WE'RE, UH, NEW PARISHIONERS AS OF ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS AGO.
UH, WE ATTEND MASS BOTH DURING THE WEEK AND, UH, SATURDAYS.
AND I'M TELLING YOU, THE ONLY TRAFFIC FROM THE DEALERSHIP IS OFF WASHINGTON COMING TOWARDS THEIR FACILITY.
THE ONLY TRAFFIC ON TRINITY THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE, UH, VARIANCE IS CHURCH TRAFFIC.
THERE'S NO TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THERE, AND I DON'T ANTICIPATE THERE EVER BEING TRAFFIC WITH HOUSTON AVENUE ONLY BEING A BLOCK AWAY.
SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR APPROVAL AND, UH, COME MANY TIMES.
CAN STAFF EXPLAIN TO ME THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE BY THIS SPEAKER AND THE ONE BEFORE MS. CAMACHO, UH, REGARDING THE, THE DEALERSHIP AND WHY THEY ARE SUFFERING WHEN DEALERSHIP HAS, SO IF THESE PROPERTIES, IF YOU, UH, LOOK AT THIS ONE.
SO AT THE EXTENSION, THAT IS THE KNAPP DEALERSHIP.
A KN DEALERSHIP ALONG THE WEST IS ALSO N DEALERSHIP PROPERTY.
UH, THE ONE TO THE EAST AND THE FARTHER NORTH SIDE WAS GRANTED IN 2005, A VARIANCE TO NOT DEDICATE WIDENING TO TRINITY.
UH, IN 2012, THE TRUCK DEALERSHIP WAS ALSO GRANTED THE SAME VARIANCE.
BUT WITH THIS, A LOT OF THE RIGHT OF WAY HAS BEEN LOST.
AND AT THIS POINT, TRINITY IS A CONDUIT FOR, UH, OFFLOADING OF OVERFLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES TO THE INTERSECTION OF WASHINGTON AND HOUSTON AVENUE.
UH, WE HAVE SOME, SORRY, SORRY, FOLKS.
PLEASE WITH THAT, IN, IN ESSENCE THAT THE LEADERSHIP KIND OF HAS CREATED THIS CHOKE POINT FOR THIS TRAFFIC.
IT DOES CONTINUE THROUGH AS A CONDUIT THROUGH, BUT THEY'LL BE BETTER TO IMPROVE THIS RIGHT OF WAY TO GIVE A MORE THOROUGH AND, AND SUFFICIENT, UH, CONNECTIVITY TO DEAL WITH THE OVERFLOW TRAFFIC.
WHY SHOULD THEY SUFFER? BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT WE GRANTED TO THE DEALERSHIP? WELL, IF, IF I MAY, UH, YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS IS A VARIANCE REQUEST.
THEY, THE ORDINANCE SAYS YOU HAVE TO GIVE UP THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO THAT.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY.
SO IT'S NOT AS THOUGH WE'RE SAYING NO, THE THING IS, IT REQUIRES A VARIANCE AND IT NEEDS TO COME UP BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.
SO, SO THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S ACTUALLY NEEDED TO, TO WIDEN THE STREET TO MINIMUM STREET STANDARDS IS 20 FEET.
SO ONCE THE DEALERSHIP DOES SOMETHING ELSE, I WOULD THINK THAT STAFF'S INTENTION WOULD BE UNDER THIS CURRENT ORDINANCE TO ALSO REQUIRE THE DEALERSHIP TO DO THAT.
WE DON'T KNOW, MY, MY CRYSTAL BALL'S BROKEN.
UM, BUT WE ARE ONLY ASKING THEM FOR THE, FOR THE HALF THAT WILL, UM, BE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE ADDITIONAL ROAD, UH, ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THEY WILL BE PLACING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY.
ALSO, UM, THE, IT'S ALWAYS TOUGH.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE LOOK AT OUR FUTURE USES, AND AS Y'ALL KNOW, THAT THE RIGHT OF WAYS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON STREETS WITH THE NEEDS FOR UTILITIES, FOR SIDEWALKS.
SO, UH, THE THOUGHT PROCESS HERE IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A BAD SITUATION, WE DON'T NECESSARILY WANNA CONTINUE TO MAKE IT BAD.
SO IF THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO PREPARE FOR THE FUTURE, UH, THAT'S REALLY THE KEY, THE ANCHOR FOR THE DECISION OF THIS RECOMMENDATION.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, DID YOU HAVE A COMMENT? CAN YOU, UM, GO THROUGH THE REASONS AGAIN THAT, UM, THE CITY THINKS, UH, SHOULD BE DENIED THAT WE DENIED THE SECOND HEARINGS FOR THE WIDENING OF TRINITY? BASICALLY WITH, EVEN THOUGH THEY GRANTED VARIANCE WAS GRANTED PREVIOUSLY IN 2005, WHICH WAS 20 YEARS AGO.
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A KIND OF A HOTBED FOR DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS TRAFFIC.THIS IS A HEAVY, HEAVILY AND DENSELY TRAFFICKED AREA FOR THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES.
WITH THIS, THIS DOES GIVE CONNECTIVITY AS WELL AS GIVES OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
IF THIS SHOULD BECOME SOMETHING OTHER THAN A DEALERSHIP, THERE WILL BE AN CREDIBLE NEED, AGAIN FOR MORE FOR CONTINUED TRAFFIC FLOW AND CONNECTIVITY.
SORRY, I MEANT MORE SPECIFICALLY THE VARIANCE THAT IS BEING REQUESTED THAT ISN'T BEING GRANTED.
THE, THE, THE DEDICATION OF WIDENING POWER.
YEAH, I JUST, YEAH, SORRY, I WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT ALL THE PARTS AND PIECES.
TRINITY ITSELF IS A 30 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, UH, IN THIS AREA WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE 50 FEET.
SO, UH, EACH SIDE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE HALF OF THAT DIFFERENCE.
SO THIS WOULD BE REQUIRED A 10 FOOT DEDICATION UPON THE PROPERTY WITH THAT DEDICATION AND WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING TO US TO BE A SURFACE PARKING LOT.
EVEN WITH THAT DEDICATION, IT WOULD NOT IMPACT THEIR CURRENT SITE PLAN.
SO THEY WOULD NOT LOSE ANY PARKING SPACES, AND WE DON'T SEE THAT IT WOULD GREATLY INTERFERE WITH WHAT THE INTENT CURRENTLY, UH, WE HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS NO LONGER THE INTENT FOR THE SITE PLAN.
IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CONTINUED CONNECTION WHERE THEY WERE CONNECTING, CREATING THEIR OWN CONNECTION THROUGH FROM LUBBOCK TO KAIN.
HOWEVER, IT'S NOW GOING TO LOSE ONE OF THOSE CONNECTIONS AND INSTEAD CONNECT TO TRINITY EVEN FURTHER, KIND OF PUTTING TRAFFIC POINT ONTO RIGHT THAT RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH WOULD FURTHER INCUR REASON FOR IT TO BE WIDENED.
SO THE SPECIFIC PIECE IS ON AN AREA THAT WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED, WHICH WOULD BE THE PARKING LOT.
IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE DENYING THEM SETBACK FOR A PARK, A BUILDING OR ANYTHING.
WITH THE CURRENT SITE PLAN, THE CURRENT, UH, INTENT FOR DEVELOPMENT IS THE PARISH HOLE TO THE SOUTHEAST AND PINK, WHICH WE ARE GRANTING THEM.
THAT REDUCED BUILDING LINE TO ALLOW THEM, THEIR CONSTRUCTION ON THE WESTERN SIDE IS IN RED, IS WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING A SURFACE PARKING LOT, AGAIN, WHICH SHOULD NOT BE IMPACTED BY THE DEDICATION.
AND THEY'RE REMOVING THE DRIVE FROM TRINITY.
UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ADDING A DRIVE TO TRINITY.
TRINITY IS ALONG THE WESTERN BOUNDARY.
THEY'RE REMOVING THE THROUGH CONNECTION.
I JUST FOUND OUT, UH, COMING INTO THE MEETING, WHICH WOULD CONNECT TO HOUSTON, WHICH WOULD CONNECT TO TRINITY DIRECTLY.
SO NOW THE PARKING LOT IS GONNA BE KIND OF AN L SHAPE WITH AN EXTENSION CONNECTING TO TRINITY, WHICH WOULD FURTHER GIVE REASON TO EX TO WIDEN THE RIGHT AWAY.
SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AT ALL? NOT WITH WHAT THE SITE PLAN THAT WE HAD COMING IN.
UM, IF, IF YOU GO DOWN SOUTH ON TRINITY, THERE'S A STATE STREET APARTMENTS, WERE THEY REQUIRED TO GIVE UP THEIR RIGHT OF WAY IN THAT DEVELOPMENT? IT LOOKS FAIRLY NEW.
JUST THAT IF YOU, IF YOU'LL GO SOUTH TO WHERE? TO THE MEMORIAL NORTH MEMORIAL WAY MEETS TRINITY.
WELL, THOSE TWO COURTYARDS IN THE CENTER, YES, THEY DID DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, MORE FOR DISCUSSION FOR US, BUT JUST A JENNIFER REMINDER, WE SAY IT ALL THE TIME THAT, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T SET PRECEDENCE RIGHT WITH PREVIOUS VARIANCES.
I, I'M NOT A FAN OF GIVING UP RIGHT OF AWAY DEDICATION.
I'M A UTILITY PERSON AND I'M ALWAYS STRUGGLING TO FIND ROOM.
SO I, I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT PARTICULAR VARIANCE IN THIS CASE.
UM, AND TO SAY THAT 2005 OR 2 20 12 SET OF A PRECEDENCE, I I WOULD SAY NO.
I, I, I DON'T CONSIDER THAT A PRECEDENT.
ANYONE ELSE BEFORE I CALL THE REST OF THE SPEAKERS? ALL RIGHT.
IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, PLEASE FEEL ABSOLUTELY THE FREE TO CORRECT ME.
I'M WITH JACKSON RYAN ARCHITECTS.
I AM INVOLVED IN, UH, CREATING THE CHURCH, UH, THE CHURCH'S PARISH HALL AND THE PARKING LOT THAT THEY'RE BRINGING TO YOU TODAY.
UM, UH, JOINING US TODAY IS ALSO, UM, OUR CIVIL ENGINEER, AND SHE'S HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UM, WE MET WITH THIS URBAN FORESTER, AND INSTEAD OF HAVING A DRIVE DIRECTLY A CONNECTION INTO THE NEW PARKING LOT DIRECTLY OFF OF CANE, UM, THEY ASKED THAT WE, UM, RECOMMENDED THAT WE CONSIDER IT HAVING ONE OF THEM OFF OF TRINITY.
ALONG TRINITY, THERE ARE CHINESE TALLOW, WHICH ARE, UH, NON-NATIVE SPECIES THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO REMOVE.
WHEREAS IF WE PUT THE DRIVE DIRECTLY TO CANE, WE WILL LOSE TWO OF THESE BEAUTIFUL, GORGEOUS TREES THAT ARE PROTECTED.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO JUST, UH, RECOGNIZE ALL THE MANY, UH, CHURCH MEMBERS FROM ST.
NOT ALL OF THEM WILL SPEAK, UH, BUT THERE IS A LOT OF, UH, SUPPORT IN PART BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY HAS NEVER BEEN PLOTTED BEFORE, UM, IN IT'S MANY YEARS OF EXISTENCE.
AND WE WANNA AVOID ANY LIMITATIONS TO THEM AS THEY HOPEFULLY GROW AND, AND, AND DO WHAT, UH, THEY ARE DRIVEN TO DO AS A MISSION OF THEIR PARISH.
UM, THE PRI THE LAND IS LANDLOCKED AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IS COST PROHIBITIVE.
ADDITIONAL PROPERTY WILL NOT LIKELY BECOME AVAILABLE SUCH THAT THEY COULD EVER EXPAND.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS IMPORTANT TO THEM.
UH, THE EXHIBIT, UM, SHOWS HOW
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HARD TO SEE.ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING AND THEN THE, THE, UM, DRIVE, THE EXIT DRIVE FROM THE ONE-WAY PARKING LOT OUT TO TRINITY.
UH, THERE'S A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND THEY'RE CONSCIOUSLY DOING THIS, KNOWING EXACTLY HOW TRAFFIC FLOW OCCURS EVERY SUNDAY.
SO THE ENTRANCE WILL BE OFF OF LUBBOCK TO THE PARKING LOT, BUT IT WILL BE EXITING ONTO TRINITY TO SAVE THE TREES.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER, MADAM CHAIR? YES.
MY, MY APOLOGY, UH, LOOKING EX WITH THE ARCHITECT, UH, LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, I NOTED A, A DETENTION VAULT THAT WAS UNDER THE, WILL BE UNDER THE PARKING LOT.
IS THAT DETENTION VAULT ALSO GOING TO ENCROACH UPON THE RIGHT OF WAY WIDENING WITH? WILL WE LOOK AS, AS FAR AS THE SITE PLAN, THERE'S NO, CAN YOU COME TO THE MIC,
UH, AS FAR AS, UH, WE SEE THIS STIP, WE DIDN'T SEE THE, THE DETENTION VAULT, SO I DON'T KNOW CURRENTLY WHETHER OR NOT IT ENCROACHES.
I WOULD HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH, UH, HALF PUBLIC WORKS.
WE LOOK AT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND SEE IF THERE'S MORE INFORMATION FOR THAT.
I JUST NOTED THAT ON THE SITE PLAN, THE ARCHITECT BROUGHT UP YEAH.
OF A DETENTION VAULT BENEATH THE PARKING LOT.
YEAH, WE DIDN'T SEE IT IN OURS, SO I HAVE TO IS THIS THE APPLICANT RIGHT BEHIND YOU? MAYBE.
UM, UM, MY NAME IS ADRIANNA SALAZAR.
I'M THE CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE PROJECT, UM, WORKING WITH WGA CONSULTING ENGINEERS.
THE DETENTION VAULT IS SOLELY WITHIN THE PARKING LOT PAVEMENT, AND IT DOES NOT ENCROACH INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY, TAKEN OR THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I I ALSO HAVE SOME POINTS THAT, SORRY.
WELL, I HAVE SOME OTHER SPEAKERS.
LET ME CALL THEM FIRST SINCE THEY SIGNED UP AND THEN I'LL CALL YOU BACK.
SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PABLO HERNANDEZ.
UM, PABLO HERNANDEZ, UM, I'VE ACTUALLY HAD THE PLEASURE TO WORK FOR, UH, SEVERAL, UH, GREAT ORGANIZATIONS, UH, THE FEDERAL RESERVE AND NOW THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON.
UM, MY POSITION HERE, I AM THE ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, UH, FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.
UH, WELL, THOSE, YOU DON'T KNOW, A DIOCESE IS AN ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICT UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF A BISHOP.
UH, SO ACTUALLY THIS, UH, CHURCH PROPERTY, UH, ST.
JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH IS ACTUALLY OWNED BY THE ARCHDIOCESE.
UH, SO I'M HERE REPRESENTING, OBVIOUSLY THE ARCHDIOCESE AS THE GOVERNING BODY.
UM, SO I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS PROJECT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, IN THEIR EARLY PLANNING STAGES.
UH, SO I UNDERSTAND REALLY WELL, UH, THEIR NEEDS.
UM, AND ALSO THE GROWTH THAT THIS, UH, PARISH HAS, UH, HAS SEEN, ESPECIALLY IN RECENT YEARS.
UM, AND, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE ARE, UH, FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE STANDPOINT AND FULL, UH, SUPPORT OF, UH, ALL THEIR PLANS.
AND OF COURSE, UH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAVE IT ON THE RECORD SAYING THAT, UH, IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF, UH, ST.
JOSEPH CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE ARCHDIOCESE OF GALVESTON HOUSTON, UH, THAT EVEN THIS, UH, VARIANCE GETS GRANTED.
UH, I KNOW, UH, IT'S VERY EASY TO SEE, UH, THE NOW, BUT, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, FOR AN ORGANIZATION THAT WILL BE AROUND FOR WELL, UNTIL OUR LORD COMES BACK FOR US, UH, WE, UH, WE, WE TRY TO PLAN FOR FUTURE GROWTH.
UH, EVEN IF IT'S A PARKING LOT NOW, I MEAN, A HUNDRED YEARS FROM NOW, 200 YEARS FROM NOW, UH, IT COULD BE EDUCATION BUILDING, IT COULD BE, UH, SOMETHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, THAT REALLY FOSTERS GROWTH AND, AND, UH, BRINGS PEOPLE, UH, CLOSER TO CHRIST.
OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT'S SIGNED TO SPEAK IS, UM, BEN FUSS.
FIRST OFF FOR, FOR, FOR HEARING.
UM, I AM BEEN A PARISHIONER FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS, BRING MY FAMILY OF FIVE TO THE CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY, AND, AND I'M THERE FOR PROBABLY THREE DAYS A WEEK DURING MASS.
I FOUND IT VERY INTERESTING THAT HEAVY TRAFFIC WAS CITED, UM, BECAUSE I ACTUALLY RIDE MY BIKE TO AND FROM THE AREA AND, AND I HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN THE HEAVY TRAFFIC.
SO I GUESS MY, MY CHALLENGE WOULD BE AS AN ENGINEER, CAN WE QUANTIFY THAT AS, AS WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DEFINING AS HEAVY TRAFFIC? UM, I UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS OF A CITY, AND I UNDERSTAND KIND OF THE NEEDS OF, OF ITS PEOPLE, BUT I, I STRUGGLE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, I GUESS THE JUSTICE IN A CONCEPT OF GRANTING SOMETHING, KNOWING THAT PRESIDENT IS, IS NOT SOMETHING YOU GUYS KIND OF APPRECIATE, BUT GRANTING A VARIANCE TO, TO A BUSINESS LOCATION THAT KIND OF SERVES MAYBE THE, THIS PARTICULAR NEEDS, BUT GENERALLY IS THERE TO MAKE MONEY, UH, THE N DEALERSHIP AND THEN 20 YEARS LATER NOT GRANTING IT TO MORE OR LESS A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION THAT SERVES THE SPIRITUAL NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO I JUST CHALLENGE YOU GUYS TO THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT.
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AND I'LL GO KIND OF WITH WHAT WAS SAID EARLIER THAT, UH, I, I DO BELIEVE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH WILL BE AROUND FOR QUITE A WHILE.UM, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT IT SERVES THE COMMUNITY IN A UNIQUE WAY.
AND THAT, UH, JUST GIVEN THE SIZE OF THIS, THIS PROPERTY AND THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING MASS THERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS WE'VE, WE'VE MADE, MY WIFE AND I'VE WORKED WITH 10 COUPLES FOR MARRIAGE PREPARATION, AND WE'RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE FRUITS COME OF THOSE COUPLES, AS YOU IMAGINE, WITH THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
UM, AND SO WE JUST SEE THIS AS, AS KIND OF A, A 50 YEAR INVESTMENT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE, DESPITE THE FACT THAT WE'RE NOT USING IT RIGHT NOW IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, PROJECT WHILE, WHILE WE'RE ASKING FOR, FOR THAT EVERY INCH OF THE PROPERTY THAT WE CAN GET.
UM, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER I HAD TO SIGN TO SPEAK, BUT I BELIEVE THE, UM, ENGINEER, SHE WANTED TO COME BACK UP.
COME ON UP AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
UM, ADRIAN NEALER, UH, I, I DO WANT TO SPEAK ALSO TO WHAT IS FAIR.
UM, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAT, THE, UM, TRINITY ST STREET JUST SOUTH OF LUBBOCK STREET, YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A 60, UH, UM, RIGHT OF WAY AND THE OUTLINE WITH OUR PROPERTY LINE ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO TO, TO ASK US TO PROVIDE FURTHER RIGHT OF WAY ON ONTO THE EAST SIDE WITH THE LINE, THE STREET, THE ALIGNMENT WOULD BE SEVERELY OFF AND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE HAZARDOUS AS WELL, RATHER IN LIEU, YOU KNOW, ASK FOR THE 20 FEET ON THE WEST SIDE IN ORDER TO PRESERVE A STRAIGHT ALIGNMENT THAT WOULD BE IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, THE BEST TO THE PUBLIC SAFETY.
ALSO, UH, SOMETHING ELSE THAT I WANTED TO, UH, TALK ABOUT FOR THE RECENT CHANGE.
THE, UM, UM, THE OFF STREET PARKING WOULD BE AFFECTED UPON THE CAN STREET.
TRINITY STREET CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY ON-STREET PARKING, SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT AT LEAST TWO, UM, PARKING SPOTS THAT SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT THAT WOULD BE ELIMINATING.
UM, WITH THE PREVIOUS ASSIGNED, THIS DESIGN DOES NOT IMPACT THAT.
UM, AND LIKE WE SAID, URBAN FORESTRIES AND IN FAVOR OF PRESERVING THE NATIVE OAK TREES THAT ARE HERITAGE TREES ALONG KING STREET AS WELL.
UM, I'M HERE IF, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
OKAY, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? FOR, FOR STAFF? OKAY.
UM, IF YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN, YOU CAN'T SPEAK AGAIN.
LET ME SEE WHO THE APPLICANT IS.
WHO'S THE APPLICANT ON THIS? JOHN, HANG ON ONE SECOND.
WHO'S THE APPLICANT? STEVEN HERNANDEZ.
SO, UM, FATHER, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T, YOU CAN'T COME BACK UP.
UM, BUT YOU CAN COME UP, COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
HELLO? UH, STEVEN HENDERSON, UH, WITH WINDROSE.
UM, WITH THE A I'M THE APPLICANT FOR THIS, UH, VARIANCE.
UM, JUST WANNA REITERATE, I GUESS ALL THE POINTS HAVE GONE UP, UH, FROM THE VARIOUS SPEAKERS.
UH, WE'VE GOT THE ALREADY REQUESTED VARIANCE ON THE CHEVROLET DEALERSHIP, BOTH NORTH AND THE WEST SIDE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THOSE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, REDEVELOPED AND REPLANTED, SO WE COULD END UP NEVER POSSIBLY WHINING TURNING STREET, EVEN IF WE DEDICATE THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, THEIR CURRENT TRAFFIC SITUATION, UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM PARISHIONERS, IT'S NOT REALLY THAT HEAVY ON TRINITY, EVEN MAYBE ON SUNDAYS, YOU KNOW, AFTER CHURCH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART NOT THAT HEAVY.
AND IF YOU INCREASE THAT RIGHT OF WAY, THEN YOU KNOW YOU'RE GONNA INDUCE MORE TRAFFIC THROUGH WHAT IS REALLY A BACK ACCESS STREET FOR PARKING FOR THE DEALERSHIP AND FOR THE CHURCH.
AND, UM, YES, SO BASICALLY IN INTEREST OF FAIRNESS, WE BELIEVE THE, UH, VARIANCE SHOULD BE GRANTED JUST AS IT WAS, YOU KNOW, FOR THE DEALERSHIP.
OKAY, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YEAH, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.
I'VE BEEN WORKING THE LAST, UH, 17 YEARS AND I'M ALSO APPARITION AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD TO IT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A REMARK ABOUT THE HEAVY TRAFFIC THAT THE
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STAFF KEEPS MENTIONING.I DRIVE BY TRINITY STREET EVERY DAY.
AND REALLY THE, THERE'S NO LIKE, IT'S JUST, I WOULD JUST CALL IT LIKE LOCAL TRAFFIC BY PARISHIONER GOERS AND, BUT THE APP CHEVROLET CLIENTS RIGHT THERE, YOU HAVE THE BODY SHOP AND THEN YOU HAVE, UH, THE NAP CHEVROLET AND THE OTHER, THE, THE LEADER IN THE OTHER SIDE.
AND IT'S BASICALLY ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT YOU SEE ON SUNDAYS.
YOU, YOU WILL SEE OUR PARISHIONERS GOING AROUND AND AROUND TRYING TO FIND A PARKING SPOT.
AND, UH, AND EVEN THOUGH HE SAYS THAT IT WON'T AFFECT OUR PLANS BECAUSE YES, I MEAN, YOU CAN MOVE IT FURTHER DOWN AND THEN YOU MOVE YOUR, YOUR PARKING LOT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
BUT IT WOULD AFFECT, I MEAN, WE, WE HAVE BIG DREAMS FOR OUR PROPERTY.
WE KNOW THAT WE CANNOT BUY LAND ANYWHERE ELSE.
SO THIS IS, THIS NEW PARISH HOLE IS JUST NOT THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE THINKING ABOUT.
WE THINKING ABOUT IN THE FUTURE WE MIGHT HAVE OTHER BUILDING, AND BY US DOING THAT, IT WON'T ALLOW US TO FULFILL THOSE DREAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR FUTURE IN ST.
SO, JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.
THE, THE, THE PARISH HAS GROWN TREMENDOUSLY IN THE LAST FEW YEARS AND, UH, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP SERVICING OUR PARISHIONERS AND WE REALLY DON'T SEE HOW WITH THAT EFFECT, WE DON'T HAVE LIKE, HOUSES NEXT DOOR.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER TRAFFIC.
LIKE NOBODY THAT COMES FROM WASHINGTON, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I DRIVE BY, WANTS TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN IN TRINITY TO GO TO THE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO WASHINGTON, YOU GO TO THE BIG STREET, SO OH YEAH.
OR SILVER, LIKE FATHER WAS SAYING.
SO THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO ADD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE QUESTIONS? YES.
COMMISSIONER SEGLER, WHAT WILL BE THE PLOTTED BUILDING LINE ALONG TRINITY WITH 10 FEET? 10 FEET? DOES IT HAVE TO BE 10 FEET? COULD WE PLOT IT AS 10? SO THERE'S A LITTLE GIVE AND TAKE THERE, AND THEY WOULD HAVE MORE BUILDING ROOM IF THEIR PLANS DID CHANGE.
WE COULD DEFER TO ADD THE VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE WITH THE DEDICATION.
UH, BUT WITH WHAT IS PROPOSED, EVEN WITH THE DEDICATION THAT, WITH THE BUILDING LINE, SHIFTING WITH THAT, THAT WOULD STILL NOT REQUIRE THAT THE PARKING BE MOVED AS IT'S SHOWN.
I THINK I'M JUST FOR FUTURE, IF THEY DID WANT TO PUT ANOTHER BUILDING, THAT BUILDING LINE WOULD STAY WITH THE PLAT.
THE CURRENT PLA THE 10 FOOT, YES, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S ALL IT WAS A FOOT.
THE FIVE FOOT WOULD STAY WITH, WITH A PLA IN THE FUTURE IF THEY DID DECIDE TO BUILD A, I'M NOT QUITE SURE UNDERSTANDING HOW YOU ANSWER SCHOOL.
I'M JUST, I'M SAYING IF WE GIVE THEM THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE NOW, DOES THAT GIVE THEM FIVE EXTRA FEET IN THE FUTURE? UH, I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT THE BUILDING LINE WOULD BE, AND THAT WOULD TYPICALLY BE A VARIANCE REQUEST UNTO ITSELF TO HAVE A REDUCTION IN THAT BUILDING LINE.
AND THEN TO KIND OF COORDINATE WITH WHAT THEY'RE DEDICATING, HOW THAT WOULD BE, I, I GUESS FINAGLED TO, TO KIND OF WORK.
UM, I'M GONNA ASK LEGAL, ARE YOU FOLLOWING WHAT I'M SAYING? YES.
AND IF I'M FOLLOW, IF I'M FOLLOWING.
SO THEY, IF THEY DEDICATE THE 10 FEET YOU'RE PROPOSING, GRANTING THEM NOW A REDUCED BUILDING CORRECT LINE? THE, THE ONLY CAVEAT I WOULD, I WOULD MAYBE PLACE OUT THERE NOT SO MUCH A LEGAL ARGUMENT IS WE DON'T KNOW WHAT A FUTURE BUILDING MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
WE WOULD A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE BE APPROPRIATE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, IF IT'S IN, FOR EXAMPLE, A PARTICULARLY LARGE BUILDING, I'M THINKING HOW THAT LOOKS ON THE STREET BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT BUILDING MIGHT LOOK LIKE AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PARKING NEEDS WILL BE.
THAT'S THE ONLY CAVEAT I THINK IN THE FUTURE FROM THAT I COULD SEE.
DO STAFF KNOW WHAT THE BUILDING LINE IS FOR THE APARTMENT COMPLEX? A LITTLE TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, SOUTH, SOUTH? UH, IT SHOULD BE 10, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY VERIFYING 10 FEET.
UM, I GUESS TO PIGGYBACK, IF THEY WERE TO DO A BUILDING IN THE FUTURE, WOULDN'T THEY HAVE TO COME BACK FOR A REPL, I GUESS? RIGHT.
SO I MEAN IF TO TO, IF THEY WERE TO WANNA, UH, REPLACE THAT PARKING LOT WITH THE BUILDING, WOULD THEY HAVE TO COME BACK FOR REPL? ONLY IF THEY INTEND TO ENCROACH INTO THAT BUILDING LINE.
THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE 10 FOOT, BUT THEY COULD COME BACK FOR REPL, I GUESS IS MY, THEY ALLY COULD, UH, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO CHURCH AND CHURCH RELATED USES, WHICH DOES COVER A FAIRLY LARGE ASPECT.
AND OF COURSE THAT DOESN'T INCUR WHAT BUILDING WOULD BE DONE THERE AS AS LEGAL REFERENCE.
SO WE WOULD STILL NEED MORE INFORMATION AT THAT POINT IF THEY WANT SOME KINDA REDUCED BILL LINE AT THAT POINT.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO REPL TO CONSTRUCT SOMETHING THERE LONG AS THEY'RE ABIDING BY THAT 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
AND, AND THE ONLY GENERAL COMMENT I'LL JUST MAKE FOR THE AUDIENCE IS, AS MUCH AS I APPRECIATE SOME OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT Y'ALL WANTING TO THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE, UM, PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY ON BEHALF OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO THINK ABOUT WHAT 50 PLUS YEARS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE IN THAT AREA.
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MADAM CHAIR.LOOKING AT THE, THE EXHIBIT THAT I, I GUESS THIS IS PROBABLY THE PLAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED, IT APPEARS THAT TRINITY SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY WOULD BE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF LUBBOCK, HAD WIDENED.
AND IT APPEARS JUST THERE'S, THERE'S NO DEFINE OR NO DEFINITION OR, OR UH, UH, RIGHT OF WAY WITH THE IDENTIFIED, BUT IT APPEARS THAT IT'S 50 FEET OR WIDENING WAS TAKEN TO THE WEST SIDE AND NOT THE EAST SIDE.
SO WE HAVE NO RECORD OF, UH, DEDICATION.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT EXISTED AT 50 FEET WHEN IT WAS CREATED.
SO WE DON'T SEE ANY RECORDS OF ANY KIND OF WIDENING GRANTED, BUT IT EXISTED SOLELY AS A 50 FOOT DURING THE ORIGINAL OBJECT 55.
I'M SORRY, ULTIMATELY LUBBOCK TO BE, I'M SORRY, TRINITY TO BE 50 FEET OR 60 FEET.
UH, IN TYPICAL REQUIREMENTS IT WOULD BE 60.
THIS IS A STREET WITH EXCEPTION AREA, SO IT ONLY NEEDS TO BE WIDENED TO 50.
WELL, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS IF IN FACT THERE'S 50 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY UP APPEARS, YOU KNOW, 30 FEET PLUS IT LOOKS LIKE JUST EYEBALLING THE DIMENSIONS.
THERE'S 50 FEET, BUT IT'S TO THE WEST.
AND THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT IN THE FUTURE, THE WEST SIDE OF TRINITY NORTH, UH, OF LUBBOCK COULD, UH, I'D SAY THAT PLATTING PROCESS CONVEY OR DEDICATE THAT 20 FEET, INSTEAD OF SPLITTING THE DIFFERENCE 10 AND 10, THAT WOULD NOT BE WITHIN OUR POLICY.
OUR POLICY IS THAT WE WOULD, IT WOULD BE DEDICATED FROM THE MIDDLE OUT.
SO EACH SIDE WOULD DEDICATE EVENLY TO THAT WIDENING REQUIREMENT.
SO WE CAN'T ASK THE OTHER SIDE TO DEDICATE 20 IN LIEU OF THE OTHER SIDE, NOT DEDICATING EVEN, EVEN IF THE, THE SECTION YOU KNOW OF TRINITY BELOW THIS.
AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO VERIFY WHAT THAT RIGHTAWAY WIDENING IS.
I WAS JUST TOLD 55, BUT AT LEAST AT LEAST 50.
SO WITH THAT, IF WE'RE GONNA TAKE 10 NOW 10 ON THE WEST SIDE LATER, THEN WE'RE REALLY KIND OF MOVING THE CENTER LINE OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
I MEAN THE CENTER LINE IS WHAT IS GONNA BE MAINTAINED.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE, WE'RE MEASURING OUT FROM THE CENTER LINE FOR THE DEDICATION.
IT HAS BEEN IN THIS FORMATION SINCE IT'S CREATION.
UH, SO IT'S KIND OF ALWAYS HAD THIS, I GUESS, OFFSET.
UH, BUT OF COURSE WITH THE DEDICATIONS FROM BOTH SIDES, THIS WOULD BE CLOSER TO BEING A MORE EVEN FLOW INSTEAD OF A HARDER KIND OF ANGLE TO BE HONEST.
UM, BUT, UH, I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT, UH, FOR OUR SIDES AND OUR, OUR RULES, WE WOULD, WE NOT, WE'RE NOT ABLE TO PUT THAT BURDEN ON ONE SIDE ONLY.
I, I JUST SEE, I SEE CONFUSION LATER.
I SEE WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS ULTIMATELY THE RIGHT OF WAY IS, IS AVAILABLE, UH, FOR TRINITY ON THE WEST SOUTH OF THIS TRACK, BUT, AND THAT THERE'S ABILITY TO TAKE THAT ON THE, ON, UH, WEST OF THIS PARTICULAR PIECE.
I, I'M GONNA MAKE A STATEMENT TO THAT.
I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT LET'S SAY YOU OWN ONE SIDE AND I OWN THE OTHER.
IF YOU HAD THAT DONE AND THEY GAVE YOU ZERO RIGHT AWAY WIDENING AND THEN I HAD TO DO 20, I'M NOT SAYING I'LL BOMB YOUR HOUSE, BUT I'D BE, I'D PRETTY BE PRETTY ANGRY.
I JUST ALSO SEE, AND I'M NOT GONNA CALL IT A PRECEDENCE, BUT I SEE A CIRCUMSTANCE HERE WHERE THERE APPEARS TO BE 50 FEET THAT WOULD BE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST, YOU KNOW, OF, OF THE CHURCH PROPERTY THAT WOULD REALLY FIT VERY WELL IF THAT EXTENSION WAS CARRIED AND CONTINUED.
OUR RULES JUST DON'T EVEN ALLOW US TO DO IT.
AND, UM, JUST, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THROWING IT OUT THERE.
UH, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG.
UH, SO AS THE CHURCH DEVELOPS OVER TIME, THIS RIGHT OF WAY COULD BE NEEDED TO DELIVER SERVICES AND UTILITIES TO THE SITE.
SO IF THEY WANTED TO REDEVELOP, THE IDEA WOULD BE TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THEM.
HOWEVER, THEY HAVEN'T CHANGED MUCH IN 125 YEARS AND A LOT OF THESE THINGS HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
CADILLAC WILL EVENTUALLY PROBABLY REDEVELOP, I MEAN, CHEVROLET, BUT NONE OF THIS IS KNOWN AND IT IS AN EXCEPTIONALLY UNIQUE STREET.
IT, IT'S, THERE IS A LOT OF UNIQUE THIS IS, AND WE'RE BASICALLY SAYING, HEY, WE WANT THE RIGHT OF WAY NOW IN CASE SOMETHING COMES ALONG.
BUT A LOT OF THAT WOULD BE BECAUSE OF SOMETHING HAPPENING ON THIS SITE.
IS THERE A WAY TO, BECAUSE IF THEY DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE AND IT'S NOT NEEDED OR THERE'S A DIFFERENT PLAN, WE HAVE SOMETHING WE NECESSARILY DON'T NEED, THEN THEY'D HAVE TO BUY IT BACK IF THEY ABANDON IT.
IS THERE A MIDDLE GROUND? CAN THERE BE PUT SOMETHING ON THERE THAT STATES FOR FUTURE REPL IT WOULD HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BUT NOT TAKE IT.
'CAUSE AGAIN, IT'S SUCH A SMALL PIECE.
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UP IN THE AIR NEIGHBORHOOD.I MEAN, HONESTLY, THIS FULL AREA REDEVELOPING IS GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT.
UM, MEMORIAL DRIVE AND JUST HOUSTON AVENUE, AND I KNOW WE JUST REDID HOUSTON AVENUE AFTER CHANGING HOUSTON AVENUE.
I I'M TRYING TO SEE KIM, I KNOW I'M ASKING ONE OF THESE WEIRD QUESTIONS I ASK A LOT.
IS THERE A WAY TO, MY BROW IS FURROWED.
IS THERE A WAY, AND MAYBE GIVE YOU TWO WEEKS TO CONSIDER THIS IN A DEFERRAL, BUT WHAT I'M TRYING TO SIMPLY SAY IS IF WE DON'T NEED IT, WHY TAKE IT? BUT IF THEY REDEVELOP IT, IT'S NEEDED.
IS THERE JUST AN IN A MIDDLE GROUND? IS THERE A MIDDLE GROUND THAT PUTS A PRECEDENT IN PLACE THAT, UM, ALLOWS IT TO BE UTILIZED IN A FUTURE REDEVELOPMENT OR SOMETHING? I DON'T KNOW.
SORRY, JUST HAVING A HARD TIME REALLY PINPOINTING CHICKEN AND EGG HERE.
ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT SOME SORT OF A CONDITIONAL REQUIREMENT? MAYBE SOME, ANYTHING THAT COULD BE PLACED ON IT THAT GIVES THE CITY THE RIGHT IT NEEDS WITHOUT TAKING IT? 'CAUSE IN THE FUTURE IF IT'S NOT NEEDED AND THEY CAN USE IT OR THEY'D HAVE TO BUY IT BACK IF IT WAS ABANDONED.
I MEAN, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A, LIKE THERE'S A UNIQUE SITUATION SOUTH OF IT, A UNIQUE SITUATION NORTH OF IT.
IT'S GONNA BE VERY CHALLENGING IN THESE THREE BLOCKS.
I JUST DIDN'T KNOW, LIKE YOU SAID, A CONDITIONAL THING THAT PROTECTED US IN THE FUTURE.
I MIGHT REQUEST SOME TIME TO THINK THROUGH THAT AND WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE IN, IN WORDING AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH STAFF.
I KNOW MS. BANDE WANTS TO SAY SOMETHING AND I KNOW COMMISSIONER MARRE DOES.
SO YOU WANT HER TO GO FIRST SAVITA, OR, WELL, IF I MAY PLEASE.
YEAH, LET, LET'S LISTEN TO STAFF.
COUPLE OF THINGS I WANTED TO CLARIFY.
WE TALKED ABOUT RIGHT OF WAY WIDENING, TAKING ALL FROM ONE SIDE.
CHAPTER 42 DASH 1 22 DOES NOT ALLOW US, UH, ALLOW THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO, UM, TAKE THE RIGHT OF WAY FROM ONE SIDE.
IT HAS TO BE A HALF AND HALF FROM EITHER SIDES SO THAT THE CENTER LINE IS MAINTAINED.
SO THAT'S ONE THING I WANTED TO CLARIFY.
AND THEN ANOTHER THING IS, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN, PLEASE, THE SITE PLAN UP UNTIL YESTERDAY WE HAD WAS THAT THERE IS NO ACCESS, UH, BEING TAKEN OFF OF TRINITY.
SO IF THE COMMISSION IS LEANING TOWARDS MAYBE GRANTING AND SUPPORTING THE VARIANCE, THIS IS A MUCH BETTER SITUATION THAN NOW WE HAVE A REVISED SITE PLAN, WHICH SHOWS ACCESS TO TRINITY.
THAT MEANS THERE WILL BE CHURCH TRAFFICKED ON TRINITY AND THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR THIS, UM, UH, STREET TO EXIST AND TO CONTINUE TO SERVE OTHER USERS ALONG THIS SITE.
UM, WE DID CHECK THE RIGHT OF WAY SOUTH OF LUBBOCK AND IT IS MEASURES TO 55, SO AT LEAST WE FOUND PLAS THAT GAVE UP TO 50 FEET.
SO THERE IS, UM, LOT OF POTENTIAL FOR THIS, UM, SURROUNDING AREA TO GROW INTO SOMETHING BIGGER AND THEREFORE RIGHT OF WAY IS IMPORTANT AND STAFF'S OPINION IS THAT WE WANNA MAINTAIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
NOW, IF COMMISSION WANTS TO GIVE US A DIFFERENT DIRECTION, WE CAN RECOMMEND, UH, AND GO WITH THE DEFERRAL TO INVESTIGATE AND LOOK INTO THE DETAILS OF THE PROJECT, THE CHANGES AND YOUR GUIDANCE.
UM, I, I GUESS THIS IS IN RE IN REGARDS TO COMMISSIONER BERG'S COMMENTS LIKE THAT ARGUMENT COULD BE MADE FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE RIDE WAY DEDICATIONS THAT WE SEE HERE.
SO THAT JUST, I MEAN THAT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE, THAT'S, THAT'S THE CAN OF WARMTH.
WE'RE LIKE, THIS DOES NOT NEED TO BE OPENED UP.
I MEAN, VERY OFTEN WE SEE RIGHT AWAY DEDICATIONS THAT NEED TO HAPPEN TODAY THAT WE KNOW WE DON'T NEED TODAY.
I MEAN THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME, BUT WE'RE THINKING AHEAD OF TIME, RIGHT? I MEAN, WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 10, 20, 30 YEARS AND THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT AND THE NEXT DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE SOUTH AND THE ONE THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THE, I MEAN THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO KEEP IN MIND.
SO I I I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT LIKE WE COULD SIT HERE AND ARGUE THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T NEED THAT, THAT THE, WE DON'T NEED THAT FIVE FOOT TODAY.
I MEAN, BUT THAT ARGUMENT CAN BE MADE ON JUST ABOUT EVERY RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION.
I MEAN THAT'S JUST THAT I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S NOT AN ARGUMENT WE SHOULD BE REALLY, REALLY PUTTING ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ROBBINS.
UM, I THINK IF WE'RE LOOKING AT IT PRACTICALLY EVERYTHING NORTH OF LUBBOCK STREET THAT'S NOT OWNED BY THE CHURCH ALONG TRINITY IS OWNED BY THE SAME OWNERSHIP PARTNERSHIP NAP CHEVROLET.
AND SO WHENEVER THAT GETS REDEVELOPED, WE'RE GOING TO GET ALL OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
AND I THINK IF, JUST BEING CANDID, IF THIS WEREN'T A CHURCH, I DON'T THINK WE WOULD BE CONSIDERING THIS, THIS STRONGLY.
I THINK IF YOU, YOU LOOK AT TRINITY SOUTH OVER CLOSER TO MEMORIAL, YOU SEE WHAT A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE GETTING THE STREET THE RIGHT OF WAY BACK FROM THE APARTMENTS.
DID I I I, MY PERSONAL OPINION IS
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I DON'T SEE HOW WE CAN GRANT THIS VARIANCE AND EXPECT TRINITY TO EVER BE ANYTHING OTHER THAN AN ALLEY, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS EFFECTIVELY.AND I ONLY I ONLY BRING IT UP BECAUSE YOU SAID IF THE COMMISSION IS LEANING ONE DIRECTION, I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW I'M LEANING THE OTHER DIRECTION VERY STRONGLY BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO GET THIS BACK.
AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT IT'S PART OF BEING WHERE, WHERE THIS CHURCH IS LOCATED, WHEN IT IS TIME TO GROW, FRANKLY THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GROW VERTICALLY.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE APARTMENTS TO THE SOUTH DID.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE NAP CHEVROLET SITES.
NOT JUST THE SITE WHERE THEY GOT THE VARIANCE FOR THE WAREHOUSE 25 YEARS AGO OR WHATEVER IT WAS, BUT IT'S JUST A WAREHOUSE.
IT'S GOING AT SOME POINT IT WILL COME DOWN AND MAYBE IT WON'T, BUT TO ME, SEEING THE DRAMATIC DIFFERENCE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF TRINITY AS COMPARED TO THE PORTION OF TRINITY NORTH OF LUBBOCK IS STAGGERING.
AND I WOULD VOTE TO DENY THE VARIANCE.
UH, JUST ONE COMMENT WHICH WAS, UM, I'VE BEEN ON THIS COMMISSION FOR A LONG TIME AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PRIORITIES OF THIS COMMISSION CHANGE OVER TIME.
15, 20 YEARS AGO, GIVING UP THE RIDE OF WAY WAS NOT NEARLY AS IMPORTANT TO US AT, AT THAT TIME.
AS, AS HELPING BUSINESSES GROW, AS WE'VE BEEN SITTING AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, WE HAVE NOTICED THAT IT IS MORE IMPORTANT TO CLAW BACK THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
AND YOU CAN SEE WE'VE DONE IT ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE CONNECTIVITY, WE HAVE WIDE ENOUGH STREETS FOR PEOPLE TO USE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, AND ACTUALLY AS COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG MENTIONED, HOUSTON STREET RECENTLY UNDERWENT ANOTHER CHANGE.
AND SO THAT IS GOING TO BE HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THAT AREA.
AND THAT AREA IS GROWING VERY, VERY QUICKLY AND CHANGING DRAMATICALLY FROM SINGLE FAMILY AND APARTMENTS TO MID RISES AND HIGH RISES.
SO, UM, I'M A BIG BELIEVER THAT WE NEED TO CONTINUE TO CLAW BACK OUR RIGHT OF WAY BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA NEED IN THE FUTURE, WHETHER, AND WE MAY NOT BE HERE WHEN SOMETHING CHANGES, WHEN NAP CHEVROLET COMES DOWN AND THEY DO SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT, IT IS IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THAT SPACE FOR THE ENTIRETY OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO THAT IS WHY I'LL BE GOING WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY ONE MORE TIME, UM, BEING IT'S A LARGE LANDOWNER TO THE NORTH AND HOUSTON AVENUE IS JUST TO THE EAST ONE BLOCK.
MY EXPERIENCE IN MIDTOWN AND ALL OVER THE CITY, I WOULD PUT IT PAST THE NORTH END DEVELOPER TO ABANDON THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT'S A FOUR BLOCK SECTION OF STREET THAT CONNECTS PROPERTIES.
ONE OF THEM IS A FULL BLOCK AT THE NORTH END.
MY OPINION WOULD BE THAT DEVELOPER WILL COME AND ABANDON THAT STREET.
SO AGAIN, MY SIMPLE REQUEST WAS, IS THERE SOMETHING THAT PROTECTS US AND ALSO ALLOWS WHAT TO HAPPEN? UM, THAT'S ALL I'M ASKING FOR.
BUT AGAIN, I'M ONE, ONE PERSON.
JUST THE NATURE OF THE STREET AND THE UNIQUE SITUATION.
I DON'T THINK WE CAN PREDICT IT.
AND I THINK WE DO IT WHEN WE WANT TO PROTECT OURSELVES AND PROTECT THE CITY, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE THIS FOUR BLOCK SECTION OF STREET BEING THAT PREDICTABLE.
I SEE WAY TOO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHANGE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE, THE WAY DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENED IN THIS CITY.
THE ABANDONMENT OF STREETS, THE A ABANDONMENT, A VARIETY OF WAYS, PRIVATE ROADS AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
I JUST THINK IT'S GONNA BE A MUCH DRASTIC MORE CHANGE THAN WE CAN IMAGINE.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS, UH, JUST COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, CAN YOU CLARIFY? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE CITY POTENTIALLY ABANDONING THE NORTHERN PORTION OF TRINITY? NO, THE DEVELOPER.
THE DEVELOPER WOULD COME IN AND THROUGH THE JRC PROCESS OF ASK ABOUT ABANDON THAT SECTION OF STREET, PURCHASE IT AND CLOSE IT FROM THE CITY.
AND, BUT MY POINT IS THAT WOULD BE A CITY DECISION AT THAT POINT IN TIME FOR REVENUE.
AND THIS IS THE EXACT KIND OF SITE THAT IF I WAS DEVELOPING IT, I WOULD BE ABANDONING THAT SECTION OF ROAD.
IT'S WAY TOO VALUABLE, WAY TOO CRITICAL.
SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES WOULD COME ALONG AND THEN TRINITY WOULD TAKE ANOTHER EFFORT IF MAY BECOMES MORE OF A SUBTLE STREET, ESPECIALLY IF THE CHURCH WE DEVELOPS.
I'M SIMPLY SAYING WE CAN'T PREDICT IN THIS, IN THIS VENTURE WHEN IT'S AN OPEN AREA AND IT'S TOTAL REDEVELOPMENT GONNA COME AND WE DON'T KNOW.
WE NEED TO PROTECT EVERY BIT OF IT 'CAUSE IT'S SO UNKNOWN.
THIS IS ANOTHER UNKNOWN TO ME.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING I, I CAN'T IN GOOD FAITH PERSONALLY MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ABSOLUTE 'CAUSE.
I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH THE UNPREDICTABILITY, WHICH IS WHY I WOULD SUPPORT GETTING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I THINK THAT WE'VE PROBABLY, IF I MAY EXHAUSTED EVERYTHING WE CAN EXHAUST.
UM, IF I MAY INTERJECT ONE ASPECT IS THAT, UH, THE PLAINTIFFS, THE, THE P DEPART DOES HAVE A SEAT WITHIN THE JRC.
SO IF WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING THE VARIANCE HERE, WE'D ALSO NOT SUPPORT THE ABANDONMENT AT JRC.
SO CAN YOU PUT THE RECOMMENDATION BACK ON THE SCREEN PLEASE? YES.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION AGAIN IS TO GRANT AND APPROVE THE, UH, VARIANCE ONE, WHICH IS FOR THE ALLOWANCE OF A
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10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG HOUSTON AVENUE AND IS IN, UH, DENIAL OF THE VARIANCE TWO, WHICH IS TO NOT, UH, DEDICATE 10 FEET OF RIDEAWAY WIDENING TO TRINITY STREET.SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU AND I NEED A MOTION.
MOTION IN FAVOR OF STAFF MOTION.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ROSENBERG AND JONES ARE OPPOSED.
I APPRECIATE THE LIVELY DISCUSSION.
OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO E SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS.
UH, BELIEVE WE'RE IN THE RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO DO THIS ONCE IN A WHILE WITHOUT MY GLASSES 'CAUSE I LOOK LIKE A SCHOOL TEACHER.
AND I NEED TO STOP DOING THAT.
SO F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.
SO WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION, DISCUSSION WITH THIS APPLICATION.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Devin Crittle ) ]
ITEM 100 IS POLK PLAZA RESERVES.UH, THIS SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS, UH, AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF POLK STREET AND EDMOND STREET, UH, JUST WEST OF SCOTT STREET.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT REQUIRE ANY RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION ALONG AN EXISTING WAREHOUSE AND TO ALLOW THE WAREHOUSE TO ENCROACH INTO THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
UH, THIS SITE IS A CORNER PROPERTY WITH FRONTAGE ALONG POLK STREET, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AT EDMONDSON STREET, WHICH IS A LOCAL STREET, UH, LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION.
IT IS AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL WAREHOUSE, FIRST CONSTRUCTED IN 1950.
THE WAREHOUSE SITS ON THE PROPERTY LINE AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO REMODEL THE BUILDING AND TO MAKE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS TO THE, TO THE SITE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ALLOW THE BUILDING TO BE REDEVELOPED WITHOUT DEDICATING THE NECESSARILY RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS ROUGHLY FIVE FEET, REQUIRING THE RIGHT OF WAY.
DEDICATION WILL PLACE THE BUILDING FIVE FEET INTO THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO AVOID THE SCENARIO.
THE COMPROMISE IS TO GET THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION WHEN THE BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED.
THE PLAT SHOWS THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAYS IN THE AREAS THAT ARE NOT AFFECTED BY THE EXISTING BUILDING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS SUPPORTING THE REQUESTED VARIANCE WITH THE CONDITION TO OBTAIN THE RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION WHENEVER THE BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED.
UH, ALSO IF THE BUILDING IS DEMOLISHED, THEN ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION WILL COMPLY WITH THE VISIBILITY TRIANGLE.
UH, TO ENSURE THIS PROCESS IS FOLLOWS, STAFF WILL PLACE A CONDITION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT AND A NOTE ON THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM, UH, THIS OPTION HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND VETTED.
WITH THE PERMITTING TEAM WITH NO OBJECTION.
AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
SO I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 100.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
DO I HAVE A MOTION QUESTION? YES.
JUST 'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE WE'VE SEEN THIS SCENARIO BEFORE WHERE SOMEBODY WANTS TO STAY IN PLACE TO REMODEL MM-HMM
AND THEN WE GET LIKE A BRAND NEW BUILDING INSTEAD.
SO LIKE, WHAT ARE THE, I MEAN, THE STIPULATION, THE CONDITION THEN TO WHAT? THE SCALE, THE SCOPE OF WHAT A REMODEL CAN ENTAIL.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE, THAT'S WHY.
UM, WE'LL LEAN HEAVILY ON OUR PERMITTING STAFF, UH, WHEN THEY DO COME IN FOR, FOR THE REMODEL.
UM, I'M, I'M SURE MOST OF 'EM ARE LISTENING NOW, BUT WE CAN REITERATE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO MAKE SURE THE REMODEL IS ACTUALLY A REMODEL AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, UM, EXCEED THE SCOPE OF THE SCOPE OF WORK.
BECAUSE WITH THE REMODEL, THEY HAVE TO LEAVE THE WALLS UP AND YEAH.
I MEAN, THERE ARE CERTAIN PARAMETERS THEY HAVE, HAVE TO FOLLOW.
COMMISSIONER MARRE, UM, I DROVE BY THERE AND THE SITUATION IS SOME TIME AGO, THAT PICTURE THAT WE JUST SAW IS AN OLD PICTURE THEY TOOK OUT.
THEY PUT IN GIANT, UH, UH, METAL FRAME WINDOWS, LIKE FACING POLK STREET.
THE WHOLE BUILDING HAS BEEN PAINTED.
UH, THEY PUT THOSE, THE WORK, AT LEAST ON THE EXTERIOR HAS BEEN DONE.
I THINK OF WHAT, WHAT WAS IT? LIKE SOMETHING ON TIDWELL LIKE A YEAR AGO.
THEY WENT IN OUTTA THE REMODEL AND THEN WE SAW A BRAND NEW STRUCTURE.
AND THAT'S WHAT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.
I, I WANTED TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING IN THERE BECAUSE IT'S CLOSE TO MY HOUSE, YOU KNOW, AND I, I DON'T WANNA SAY I HAVE HIGH HOPES THAT IT'S A BAR, BUT
UM, I DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR QUESTIONS.
MS. OWENS, DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. OWENS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. OWENS
MS. OWENS, WHEREVER YOU ARE, COME ON UP.
YEAH, I THINK THAT, I DON'T THINK YOU APOLOGIZE.
WELL, NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THERE, BUT IT'S NOT LIVING SPACE.
I MIGHT HAVE MESSED THAT UP TOO, MS. OWENS.
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HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALRIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
ITEM 1 0 1, ITEM 1 0 1 IS SHAW MULTI ESTATES.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD AND HEL STREET, UH, JUST EAST OF MLK BOULEVARD.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT TERMINATE A STU STREET WITH A CUL-DE-SAC.
AND STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST OF THE SITE IS A 1.9 ACRE TRACK WITH ONE RESIDENTIAL HOME ON THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT WISHES TO SUBDIVIDE THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THE SITE IS A PART OF THE SOUTH ACRE SUBDIVISION AND THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED WITH A STU WITH A PUBLIC STREET STUBBING INTO THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
EVEN THOUGH THESE STREETS HAVE BEEN DEDICATED, THESE ARE KNOWN AS PAPER STREETS THAT, THAT HA THAT HAVE NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED OR GIVEN PROPER STREET NAMES.
IN ADDITION, THE PROPERTY SURROUNDING THESE PAPER STREETS HAS NOT, HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED.
UH, THE JUSTIFICATION FOR SUPPORTING THE REQUEST IS THAT THE IMMEDIATE AREA HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED IN A MANNER THAT WARRANTS THE NEED FOR A TURNAROUND.
THE STREET IS NOT REQUIRED FOR INTERSECTION SPACING AND IT IS IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SIMS BAYOU FLOODWAY.
A STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUESTED VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT CAN BE CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND NOW I HAVE THE RIGHT SPEAKER FORM HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
UM, MS. OWENS IS HERE IF WE ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HER.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION, I MEAN, A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF US TO HAVE A MOTION.
[Platting Activities g - j]
1 0 2, NO, EXCUSE ME.ABSTAIN FROM 1 0 8 IN SECTION G.
SO PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER MARTOS ABSTENTION FROM 1 0 8.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS MALCOLM OLIVER, IF YOU PLEASE THE STAFF, OR SORRY IF YOU PLEASE.
THE COMMISSION STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS, GHI AND J AS ONE GROUP SECTIONS G UH, EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 1 0 2 THROUGH ONE 15 SECTION H.
NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS. SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE HAS NO ITEMS. AND SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE ALSO HAS NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G-H-I-N-J.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A MOTION IN FRONT OF YOU.
GOOD MOTION FOR YOUR BLAND TAHIR.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Ed Buckley, Geoff Butler, Malcom Oliver)]
TO KAY DEVELOPMENT PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM ONE 16 IS 5 24 NORTH ADAM STREET.
THE SITE IS NORTH OF NAVIGATION BOULEVARD AT THE CORNER OF NORTH ADAMS STREET AND AVENUE L.
THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING A RESIDENTIAL ADDITION AND IS REQUESTING A FOUR FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG AVENUE L IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG LOCAL STREETS.
THE PORTION OF AVENUE L WHERE CONSTRUCTION IS PROPOSED IS A SINGLE BLOCK WITH ONLY TWO LOTS.
SO LOCAL TRAFFIC IS MINIMAL LIMITING PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE INDUSTRIAL SITES TO THE NORTH TAKE ACCESS FROM OTHER STREETS NEARBY.
SEVERAL OF THE BUILDINGS NEARBY ARE CONSTRUCTED AT A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE.
SO THE REQUESTED SETBACK WOULD NOT BE OUT OF CHARACTER.
A FOUR FOOT BUILDING LINE WOULD ALSO LEAVE 15 FEET OF CLEARANCE TO THE STREET.
AND APPROXIMATELY 10 FEET OF CLEARANCE TO OVERHEAD POWER LINES.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON.
I HAVE ONE SPEAKER ON ITEM ONE 16, MATTHEW HEALY.
IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS.
I AM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO THIS CONSIDERATION.
UM, I'M STANDING OPPOSED TO THIS VARIANCE FOR TWO REASONS.
THE FIRST IS, THIS IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT MAY LIVE ON SITE, BUT HE ALSO USES IT FOR A, UH, DRUM CIRCLE BUSINESS CALLED CAA KOR.
THEY HAVE DONATIONS, MEMBERSHIPS, IT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
HE ADVERTISES IT ONLINE ON INSTAGRAM AND ON A WEBSITE YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.
UM, THEY JUST HAD SOMETHING LAST NIGHT.
THEY'VE BEEN RUNNING THAT FOR TWO YEARS.
IT'S OBVIOUSLY A BUSINESS OR A NONPROFIT.
UM, SO I SUGGEST THAT YOU DENY THIS VARIANCE AND MAKE THEM RESUBMIT IT AS A MIXED USE, UH, SITE
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PLAN.UH, THE EXISTING BUSINESS ALSO IS IN THE CURRENT HOUSE ON THAT.
SO THEY RUN IT IN THAT EXISTING BUILDING.
AND SO I THINK THEY'LL USE IT, THE EXPANSION ALSO FOR THE BUSINESS.
THE SECOND REASON I'M OPPOSED TO THIS VARIANCE IS I, AS AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, APPLIED FOR THE EXACT SAME VARIANCE, UH, ON THE EXACT SAME STREET AVENUE LA FEW YEARS AGO I WANTED A FIVE FOOT BUILDING SETBACK AND I WAS DENIED.
UM, I WANTED TO PUT A SMALL SHIPPING CONTAINER CABANA FIVE FEET AND THAT WAS DENIED, WHICH IS ACTUALLY LESS INTRUSIVE THAN THIS TWO STORY STRUCTURE.
AND SO JUST FOR THE SAKE OF CONSISTENCY AND PRECEDENT, UM, FROM THIS COMMISSION, I ASK THAT YOU REJECT THIS VARIANCE AS WELL.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED A SPEAKER.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM ONE? 16? OKAY.
UM, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES.
UM, CAN YOU C CONFIRM WHAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID THAT HE WAS DENIED A ACTUALLY THE SAME VARIANCE REQUEST? 'CAUSE I VAGUELY REMEMBER HIS PROPERTY COMING BEFORE US AND I DON'T REMEMBER THE SPECIFIC FACTS AROUND IT.
SO YES, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO VARIANCE REQUESTS IS THAT THE NEIGHBORING SITE IS APPROXIMATELY THREE TIMES LARGER AND IT WAS ALSO VACANT AT THE TIME OF REQUEST.
SO THERE WAS, UH, HARDER TIME DEFINING A HARDSHIP IN THAT CASE.
COMMISSIONER MORRIS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? PROBABLY
WHAT I, I GUESS I'M JUST, WHY DO THE PROPOSED BUILDINGS NEED TO BE KIND OF WHERE THEY'RE SHOWN? UH, I MEAN WHY DOES IT HAVE TO ENCROACH? I'M, I'M, AM I LOOKING AT THE, I MEAN THE, OKAY.
LIKE I, I GUESS I, I'M LIKE THE ONE ON THE SOUTH, THE PROPOSED BUILDING.
I I GUESS I'M JUST WONDERING LIKE WHY DOES IT HAVE TO ENCROACH? UH, UH, WHY CAN'T BE HARDSHIP FIT WITH, YEAH.
WHAT'S THE HARDSHIP? WHY CAN'T IT FIT WITHIN THE BUILDING LINE? I THINK ONE HARDSHIP IS THAT IT'S CONSTRUCTED OUTTA SHIPPING CONTAINERS.
SO THE 40 FOOT LENGTH OF THE SHIPPING CONTAINER DOESN'T LEAVE A LOT OF SPACE ON A 50 FOOT LOT.
AM I NOT READING THAT LAYOUT? CAN YOU GO BACK TO THAT? I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE REGARDLESS IT'S NINE FEET BETWEEN THE EXISTING BUILDING AND THAT SHIPPING CONTAINER.
SO WHERE, WHERE YOU SHIFT IT WITHIN THE BUILDING LINE OR NOT? I, I, I GUESS I'M, YEAH.
SO THE, THE TWO RECTANGLES THAT ARE SHOWN ARE THE, THE GROUND LEVEL AND THEN THE TOP IS AN ENTIRE SHIPPING CONTAINER THAT CONNECTS THE TWO.
SO SO THE SECOND FLOOR, IT WOULD BE ONE SINGLE SHIPPING CONTAINER CONNECTING THOSE TWO CROWN FLOORS.
IS THAT, IS THAT NOT A SELF-IMPOSED HARDSHIP? YEAH, THAT IS A SELF, UH, THAT IS DEFINITELY A SELF-IMPOSED HARDSHIP.
AND I THINK THAT THAT, GOING BACK TO THE ARGUMENT OF, WELL, IT'S AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THE PROPERTY, SO WE'RE CONSIDERING A A, A, BUT THAT, THAT'S NOT AN EXISTING STRUCTURE THAT'S CREATING THIS VARIANCE NEED.
SO YOU COULD KIND OF ARGUE IT THE OTHER WAY.
QUITE FRANKLY, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT THE EXISTING ONE STORY FRAME THERE.
SO MR. BUCKLEY, DID YOU HAVE ANY ANSWER FOR THAT IN TERMS OF IT BEING A SELF-IMPOSED HARDSHIP? YES.
UM, ASIDE FROM IT'S, I MEAN THE OTHER CONSTRAINT IS IF THE STRUCTURE REMOVED CLOSER TO THE BACK PROPERTY LINE, THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FIRE RATING.
UM, BUT IN TERMS OF IT BEING SELF-IMPOSED, I, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT TO SOME EXTENT ALL VARIANCES ARE SOMEWHAT SELF-IMPOSED
BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S IN THAT FIVE BULLET POINTS THAT WE LOOK AT.
UM, WHAT IS PERCEIVED TO BE THE HARDSHIP THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE US TO DO THAT? YOU THINK I SHOULD EXPLAIN THAT? SO THERE'S A BIT OF BACKSTORY TO THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A PERMITTED STRUCTURE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
UM, THE PERMIT WAS NOT ROUTED TO PLANNING, UM, ACCIDENTALLY.
SO PLANNING DID NOT REVIEW THE BUILDING SETBACK AT THIS TIME.
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UM, AND NOW WE ARE, IT'S A CITY'S FAULT SEEKING TO KEEP IT MOVING.SO, MR. BOOK, YOU'RE SAYING IT'S ON PROPERTY NOW? WELL, I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S FULLY CONSTRUCTED, BUT IT'S NOT FULLY, BUT I MEAN, IT'S THERE AND ESSENTIALLY TO SOME DEGREE AND THE ERROR OSTENSIBLY COULD BE PUT ON OUR SHOULDERS FOR IT NOT HAVING BEEN REVIEWED PREVIOUSLY.
I'M SORRY, BUT YOU SHOULD HAVE LED WITH THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN THAT, THAT PROBABLY WOULD'VE HELPED IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, OKAY, SO NOW WE KNOW THAT, SO THAT MY FOLLOW UP QUESTION, SO I'M ASSUMING EITHER ON A, A CONCRETE PAD OR SOMETHING AND LIKE IF, IF THEY DECIDE TO MOVE THIS, UH, CONTAINERS, THESE THEY'RE CONTAINERS, I'M ASSUMING THEY, THEY'RE MOBILE OR MODULAR, UM, ARE THEY STILL ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND BUILD SOMETHING MORE PERMANENT WITH THAT, THAT, UH, VARIANCE? I JUST LIKE, I GET THAT WE'VE, WE'VE KIND OF PUT THIS ON OURSELVES NOW WITH THIS STRUCTURE, BUT LIKE IT'S CONSIDERED A PERMANENT STRUCTURE.
SO, AND I, I'M PROBABLY NOT ASKING THIS VERY WELL, BUT LIKE I, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ASK.
LIKE, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY, IF THEY, IF THEY REMOVE THAT STRUCTURE.
SO THE, THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE WOULD BE CONTINGENT ON THIS SITE PLAN AND THIS PERMIT.
SO IF THEY WERE TO BUILD SOMETHING DIFFERENT, UM, THEY'D HAVE TO COME BACK AND REASSESS THE VARIANCE.
WHAT, WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST IS, UM, 'CAUSE THEY, THEY COULD PUT NEW CONTAINERS.
I MEAN, I THINK AS LONG AS THESE STRUCTURES STAND, BUT ANY CHANGE WHATSOEVER AND ANY CHANGE TO THE SITE PLAN WOULD REQUIRE A NEW VARIANCE.
BUT NOT IF THEY REPLACED THE CONTAINERS OVER, IT WOULD BE DEMOING.
WELL, ASSUMING THAT THEY NEEDED A PERMIT TO DO THAT, THEN THEY WOULD'VE TO REASSESS THE VARIANCE.
COMMISSIONER SEGLER, I, I THINK I JUST NEED CLARIFICATION.
SO IF IN FIVE YEARS THEY'RE DOING SOMETHING ELSE, THEY'RE GONNA GET A PERMIT.
BUT WHY WOULD THEY COME BEFORE US TO CHANGE A BUILDING LINE ON A PLA? UM, THIS IS JUST A DEVELOPMENT PLAT.
IT WOULDN'T BE A CHANGE ON THE PLA ITSELF.
SO THE BUILDING LINE WOULD STAY 10 FEET? YES.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S WHERE I WAS COMING FROM AS WELL.
LIKE, THAT'S THE CONCERN IS THESE, I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE SOMEWHAT MODULAR BUILDINGS.
THEY APPEAR TO BE, WE'RE GIVING THEM A, A PERMANENT, UM, VARIANCE.
NO, IT WOULD NOT BE A PERMANENT VARIANCE.
ANY, ANY NEW STRUCTURES WOULD BE SET BACK 10 FEET OR THEY'D NEED A NEW VARIANCE.
THEY'LL HAVE TO COME BACK, MOVE IT.
IF THEY BUILD SOMETHING ELSE, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK.
THEY CAN'T BUILD ON THAT LINE.
I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOW THAT.
SO THERE ACTUALLY ARE NO PLAID BUILDING LINES.
UM, THIS IS TIED TO THE PERMIT.
AND THE VARIANCE IS TIED TO THIS PERMIT ONLY.
UM, SO THE, THE BUILDING LINES ARE BY CITY ORDINANCE AND ANY NEW STRUCTURES WOULD BE REQUIRED TO EITHER COMPLY WITH CITY ORDINANCE BUILDING LINES OR TO REQUEST A NEW VARIANCE.
SO LET'S DO A MAKE BELIEVE, I OWN THAT PARCEL.
THIS IS MY PROPERTY, THAT'S WHAT'S GOING THERE TODAY.
BUT IN FIVE YEARS I CHANGE IT AND I WANT TO TAKE THOSE STRUCTURES OUT, PUT NEW STRUCTURES IN.
I MAY WANNA PUT 'EM RIGHT IN PLACE WHERE THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ARE.
WHAT'S THE PROCESS? HOW DO YOU STOP ME FROM CHANGING THAT? SO YOU SUBMIT BUILDING PLANS FOR A PERMIT.
UM, IDEALLY THEY WILL BE ROUTED TO PLANNING THIS TIME AND PLANNING WILL SAY THAT THERE IS A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A LOCAL STREET.
UM, YOU WOULD NEED A DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE IN ORDER TO PROCEED WITH YOUR PROJECT AS PROPOSED.
DOES THAT HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
I MEAN IT DOES, BUT IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONSIDER LIKE A NOTE ON THE PLAT SAYING, WELL, I WAS GONNA, I WAS GONNA ASK, UH, MS. MICKELSON IF THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING, COULD A, COULD WE PUT A NOTE ON THIS DEVELOPMENT PLAT THAT WOULD HELP US IN THE FUTURE? YOU COULD, TO ME THE VARIANCE RUNS WITH THE LAND IT YOU'RE BEING ASKED, IS THE FIVE FOOT VARIANCE APPROPRIATE HERE? UM, I SUSPECT THE APPLICANT.
MY GUESS TRYING TO LINE IT UP WITH THE EXISTING BUILDING PERMITTING.
PERMITTING DIDN'T SEND APPARENTLY ASCEND THE PLANS TO PLAN PLANNING.
SO NOW IT'S LANDED IN YOUR LAPSE TO TRY AND RESOLVE IT.
IF YOU WANNA PUT A NOTE ON IT THAT IT'S, IT'S PARTICULAR TO THIS PERMIT NUMBER AND THESE STRUCTURES.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
WHICH JUST, JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT'S SOLVE THE INITIAL YEAH, I THINK PROBLEM.
BUT THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS THE CASE WITH A DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCE.
IT'S IT'S TIED TO THIS PROJECT.
I THINK WHAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE ASKING FOR IS A VERY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE.
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ON THE PLAT.THAT WOULD, WELL WE, WE, WE CAN'T CHANGE THE PLAT, BUT WE COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE PUT A, UM, A HOLD ON THE SITE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT THE VARIANCE.
SO THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN AGAIN WITH THE SITE.
UM, SO WHEN IT GOES FOR PERMIT YEAH, WE COULD, WE COULD DISCUSS SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO WITH ALL OF THAT IN MIND, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS, UH, OR ANY SPEAKERS.
SO NOW I'M LOOKING FOR A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION WITH A NOTE TIED TO IT.
AND, UH, FOREST PEARL KLIK AND KLIK TURTLE.
SO BY SHOW OF HANDS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OKAY.
MAREZ, ROSENBERG, GARZA AND, AND VIRA BLAND.
NOW KEEP YOUR HANDS UP 'CAUSE WE NEED NEED, WE NEED TO MAKE A RECORD OF ALL THE ITEMS. YES.
SO FERTILE, POROUS, PERLE, VICTOR, VICTOR, SIEGLER, ROBBINS, AND KHALI.
WITH THE NOTE THAT LEGAL WILL HELP.
ITEM ONE 17 IS 25 38 ADDISON ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG KIRBY DRIVE BETWEEN UNIVERSITY AND HOLCOMB BOULEVARDS.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A LOT WITHIN THE WESSEX SUBDIVISION.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG KIRBY, RATHER THAN REQUIRED 25 STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF ADDISON AND KIRBY ALONG THE HOUSTON WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE.
THE SITE IS WITHIN A COMMUNITY THAT PREDATES A CITYWIDE BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT AND THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN.
THE SITE IS WITHIN A RECORDED SUBDIVISION WITH NO SPECIFIED BUILDING LINE ALONG KIRBY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO SET THE HOME BACK BY 20 FEET ALONG KIRBY, DUE TO THE ITS DESIGNATION AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, THE APPLICANT HAS DESIGNED THE HOME SO THAT VEHICULAR AXIS IS FROM ADDISON AND THE EXISTING CURB CUT ALONG KIRBY WILL BE CLOSED.
THIS WILL ALLOW FOR SAFER MOVEMENT ALONG A BUSIER STREET BY ELIMINATING CAR CONFLICTS ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
IN ADDITION, THE REQUEST IS CONGRUENT WITH THE PREVAILING PATTERN ALONG KIRBY OF SHALLOWER SETBACKS AND ACCESS FROM SIDE STREETS.
THIS INCLUDES THE ABUTTING PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, WHICH WAS RECENTLY GRANTED A SIMILAR VARIANCE.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL REVIEW.
LEGAL INDICATES THIS APPLICATION WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS, AND WE RECEIVE ONE WRITTEN COMMENT OBJECTING TO THE PROPERTY'S I IMPACT ON VISIBILITY IN NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.
I HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED FOR THIS ITEM.
JEAN GILES, I IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THE CORRECTIONS, MR. GILES.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU BY STAFF.
MOTION SIGLER ROBINS SECOND ROBINS.
ITEM ONE 18 IS TEN EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY ONE BINET STREET.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT ALONG BISSONNET AND WILCREST WITHIN THE A LEAF WESTWOOD COMMUNITY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO RENOVATE AN EXISTING GAS STATION AND CONVENIENCE STORE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR 10 FOOT BUILDING LINES ALONG BINET AND WILCREST.
TWO DESIGNATED MAJOR THOROUGHFARES STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF BINET AND WILCREST.
THE SITE IS OCCUPIED BY A GAS STATION FEATURING CANOPIES ON BOTH STREETS.
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE PREDATES THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE REQUIREMENT AND COMPLIES WITH THE 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE SHOWN ON THE EXISTING PLAT.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES DEMOLISHING THE, THE TWO EXISTING CANOPIES TO BE REPLACED WITH A SINGLE LARGER CANOPY TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THIS CANOPY TO BE SET BACK 10 FEET RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 25.
THE SITE IS CONSTRAINED BY A RELATIVELY SMALL FOOTPRINT.
THIS NECESSITATES LOCATING THE GAS PUMPS IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR SAFE OPERATION OF VEHICULAR MOVEMENT.
IN ADDITION, THE CANOPY WILL FEATURE ENOUGH GROUND CLEARANCE AND BACK OCCURRED DISTANCE TO NOT INTERFERE WITH THE VISIBILITY ALONG BOTH STREETS.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE MORE PRACTICAL, ALTERNATIVE TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE THAT RECOMMENDS APPROVAL REVIEW BY
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LEGAL INDICATES THIS WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.UM, I HAVE THE APPLICANT DONALD HODGES HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COMMISSION.
OKAY, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, BY STAFF.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES.
ITEM ONE 19 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'S PROPOSING A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
THE FIRST REQUEST IS FOR A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG HOUSTON AVENUE.
AND THE SECOND IS NOT TO PROVIDE A VEHICULAR TURNAROUND SO THE CARS DO NOT BACK ONTO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE SITE IS CONSTRAINED BY A SEWER LINE ROUGHLY 26 FEET FROM THE BACK PROPERTY LINE, WHICH WOULD LEAVE LITTLE BUILDABLE AREA IF THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE WERE ENFORCED.
THE REQUESTED 15 FOOT SETBACK IS IN LINE WITH, IS IN LINE WITH OR STRICTER THAN OTHER HOUSES IN THE AREA, MANY OF WHICH WERE BUILT WELL BEFORE CHAPTER 42.
THIS PORTION OF HOUSTON AVENUE IS A TWO LANE STREET THAT MORE CLOSELY RESEMBLES A TYPICAL LOCAL STREET.
THE REQUESTED SETBACK LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 27 FEET BETWEEN THE EDGE OF THE HOUSE AND THE STREET CURB.
ALTHOUGH THIS PORTION OF HOUSTON AVENUE IS TWO LANES ONLY BACKING OUT INTO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE IS STILL A SAFETY CONCERN.
AND BECAUSE THE REQUESTED 15 FOOT SETBACK LEAVES ENOUGH ROOM TO PROVIDE A VEHICLE TURNAROUND, STAFF DOES NOT FIND A HARDSHIP AND BELIEVES THAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED TURNAROUND IS A SAFER OPTION.
AS SUCH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR A 15 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND TO DENY THE REQUEST TO NOT PROVIDE A VEHICLE TURNAROUND.
KO KO, UH, I'M JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS, OKAY? OKAY.
AND THEN THE SECOND IS THE OWNER MIRIAM MARIN FOR QUESTIONS OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, THIS IS A PROPERTY IN THE HEIGHTS, AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERY HOUSE LOOKS THE SAME.
THEY ALL BUILDING 19, UH, 2025.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A SINGLE HOUSE IN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NEEDS A TURNAROUND EVER.
AND WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN, BUT IT JUST, WE LOOK ODD SINCE EVERYBODY IN THAT, IN THAT, IN THAT BLOCK WE HAVE FROM WHITE OAK TO MAIN STREET.
IT'S ABOUT 800 YARDS AND I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE SINGLE TURNAROUND ON HOUSTON AVENUE.
SO I LIKE TO REQUEST THAT WE REMOVE THAT ITEM.
OKAY, THAT'S THE IT FOR SPEAKERS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO HEAR? MOTION TAHIR.
OPPOSED? UH, PLEASE NOTE SIGLER IS OPPOSED.
ITEM ONE 20 IS 79 26 JESTER STREET.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IN THE STAFF REPORT IS APPROVED, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER FOR FURTHER LEGAL REVIEW.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT SOUTH ON HOMES SOUTH OF HOLMES ROAD IN EAST OF SCOTT STREET.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A NEW DUPLEX FACING JESTER STREET AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A THREE FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG AN UNIMPROVED SEGMENT OF RED BUD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL FOR FURTHER STUDY OF LEGAL REVIEW OF APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, MS. OWENS IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL BY STAFF.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION POS PER SECOND TO HEAR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, THE SITE IS SOUTH OF QUITMAN STREET AND NORTH OF LORRAINE STREET, UH, NEAR THE CORNER OF LEE AND CHAPMAN STREETS.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A NEW FAM OR NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG BOTH LOCAL STREETS.
UH, THE SITE IS NOT A STANDARD SHAPE AND FEATURES ADDITIONAL AREA TAKEN FROM A NEIGHBORING LOT.
SO THE FULL 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE ALONG
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LEE STREET CAN STILL BE MET.THE SITE IS SURROUNDED BY LOCAL STREETS AND IS NEAR THE HOGAN LORAINE WALKABLE PLACES DISTRICT.
THE REQUESTED SETBACK COMPLIES WITH THE 15 BY 15 FOOT VISIBILITY TRIANGLE AND LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 17 FEET BETWEEN THE HOME AND THE STREET WITH A DITCH IN BETWEEN, ALONG BOTH SIDES.
UH, THE PROPOSED HOME IS AN ENTRY FEATURE AS WELL WITH PEDESTRIAN ACCESS OR PEDESTRIAN PATH TO THE PUBLIC.
SIDEWALKS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR A REDUCED BUILDING LINE AND WILL BE BUILT TO A SETBACK CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUESTS.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANY WELL, I DON'T EVEN SEE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE, SO NO, NO, NO SENSE IN ASKING THAT QUESTION.
SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? ROBERT? SECOND VICTOR.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of May 29, 2025]
OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF MAY 29TH, 2025 FOR ALICE VILLAS.
DOLORES CROSSING, FOSTER PLACE, PARTIAL REPL.
NUMBER SEVEN, LITTLE THICKET PARK HOMES, NO LOW STUDIOS.
REPL NUMBER ONE, PEPPER MILL HOMES, SPRING OAKS, REPL NUMBER ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER EIGHT.
AND SPRING OAKS REPL NUMBER ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER NINE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA.
WOULD ANY OF THE STAFF LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY, HERE WE GO.
I WANNA KNOW IF MS. OWENS IS STILL HERE.
UM, SO WE'RE GOING TO ADJOURN AT 5:01 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.
IF, UH, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LEASEHOLD IMPROVEMENTS, YOU CAN INCLUDE THOSE.
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT IS EQUIPMENT THAT'S GONNA LAST FOR SOME TIME, SOME AMOUNT OF TIME, USUALLY 10 TO 20 YEARS.
UH, LOCATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, WHATEVER THE EXPENSES MAY BE.
IF THIS LIST DOESN'T WORK FOR YOUR BUSINESS, PLEASE SCRAP IT AND MAKE YOUR OWN LIST BECAUSE IT DOES NO GOOD TO INCLUDE THINGS THAT AREN'T RELEVANT AND TO NOT INCLUDE THINGS THAT ARE RELEVANT, RIGHT? SO THIS IS, THIS IS DESIGNED TO BE A GUIDE, BUT IT IS CERTAINLY NOT.
UM, IT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING.
ASIDE FROM THE THE ASIDE FROM THE BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU HAVE A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE TO START YOUR BUSINESS AND, AND, AND GET IT TO A SUCCESSFUL POINT.
I WANNA TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CONTINGENCY FUNDS AND WORKING CAPITAL RESERVES.
THIS IS WHERE YOUR PROJECTIONS ARE REALLY GONNA COME IN HANDY WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE WORKING CAPITAL RESERVES.
WHAT YOU'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IS YOUR CASHFLOW PROJECTIONS AND HOW MUCH CASH YOU NEED TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE INITIAL MONTHS WITHOUT HAVING TO CLOSE YOUR DOORS.
UH, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT.
SO I'M GONNA PUT A PIN IN IT FOR RIGHT NOW.
AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTINGENCY FUND, I WANT YOU GUYS, YOU GUYS ARE ALL HERE IN HOUSTON WITH ME.
THINK ABOUT, THINK ABOUT ABOUT THE KINDS OF RECENT DISASTERS THAT WE'VE HAD AND THE OVERWHELMING NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT HAD LESS THAN A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN SAVINGS TO GET IT THROUGH THINGS, TO GET THROUGH THINGS LIKE HURRICANE HARVEY OR CID OR ANY OF THE OTHER, THE THAN THE ANY OF THE OTHER MINOR FLOODS THAT WE HAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO JUST THINK THROUGH, UM, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE FOR YOUR BUSINESS TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DISASTER.
WHAT KINDS OF INSURANCE ARE YOU GONNA HAVE? DO YOU HAVE AT LEAST THE DEDUCTIBLE FOR THOSE INSURANCE PLANS SET ASIDE IN A SPECIFIC FUND? DO YOU HAVE AT LEAST TWO OR THREE DAYS, IF NOT A WEEK WORTH OF OPERATING FUNDS AVAILABLE? DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY, IF YOU'RE IN A, UM, AN INDUSTRY WITH A LOT OF PERISHABLE ITEMS, DO YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO REPLENISH AT LEAST A MINIMUM STOCK OF PER PERISHABLE ITEMS? SO HAVING SOME FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR YOUR CONTINGENCY FUND CAN, CAN REALLY PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS FROM THE UNFORESEEN, RIGHT? ARE THERE ANY, UH, WE'RE GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ABOUT THOSE, BUT ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR ABOUT THOSE TWO ITEMS? OKAY, I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CIRCLE BACK TO PROJECTIONS THEN.
SO YOUR PROJECTIONS IDEALLY SHOULD BE ESTIMATED ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS.
THE BASIC LOGIC BEHIND THIS IS THAT BUSINESS CHANGES REALLY, NOT EVEN ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS, BUT IT USUALLY CHANGES ON A DAY TO DAY BY DAY BASIS.
BUT, UM, BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN'T CHANGE ON AN ANNUAL BASIS, RIGHT?
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SO HAVING YOUR PROJECTIONS ON A MONTH BY MONTH BASIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT.IF YOU ARE SEEKING SOME KIND OF INVESTMENT OR CAPITAL, THEN YOU SHOULD BE PROJECTING OUT THE, THE REPAYMENT TERMS OF THAT AS WELL.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, AS SOMEONE WHO HAS 13 YEARS OF REVIEWING BUSINESS PLANS, WHAT I REALLY DON'T WANNA SEE IS JUST SOME UPWARD TREND OF EXPONENTIAL EARNINGS IN THE FIRST YEAR, RIGHT? JUST SOME, EVERY MONTH I'M GONNA DOUBLE WHAT I WAS MAKING EVERY MONTH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I'M GONNA DOUBLE WHAT I WAS MAKING.
WHAT I REALLY, REALLY WANNA KNOW IS THE ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'RE PUTTING IN.
SO IF YOU ARE GONNA RUN A HOME HEALTHCARE FACILITY AND YOU TELL ME I'M GONNA HAVE 10 BEDS, AND FROM MONTH TWO, ALL 10 BEDS ARE GONNA BE FILLED, I WANNA KNOW WHY YOU BELIEVE THAT TO BE TRUE.
DO YOU ALREADY HAVE A WAITING LIST? DO YOU ALREADY, I MEAN, WHAT IS IT THAT THAT LETS YOU KNOW, IS THAT STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY? HOW IS IT THAT YOU CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA THAT WITHIN ONE MONTH ALL OF YOUR BEDS ARE GONNA BE FULL? HOW IS IT THAT YOU THINK THAT YOU'RE GONNA OPERATE WITH ONE EMPLOYEE OR TWO EMPLOYEES OR THREE EMPLOYEES? WHAT IS THE, WHAT IS THE, THE REASONING BEHIND THE SALARIES THAT YOU'VE INCLUDED, RIGHT? ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVEN'T INCLUDED SALARIES.
HOW ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU GONNA WORK WITH THAT? WHAT KINDS OF INSURANCE AND, AND, AND, AND WHAT, WHAT IS THE COST, THE RELATIVE COST OF THOSE, THOSE INSURANCES? ALL OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS MAKE BEING AS DETAILED AS POSSIBLE ABOUT THE REASONING WHY BEHIND THE NUMBERS IS ACTUALLY THE MOST POWERFUL PIECE OF YOUR BUSINESS PLAN.
AND IT REALLY IS A MEASURE OF THE VIABILITY OF YOUR PLAN AND THE VIABILITY OF YOUR, OF YOUR BUSINESS.
BECAUSE AS I'VE SAID BEFORE, UNFORESEEN THINGS ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
BUT IF YOU FORESEE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN AND YOU PLAN AHEAD FOR AS MUCH AS YOU CAN, THEN YOUR LIKELIHOOD OF SUCCESS IS GONNA BE THAT MUCH STRONGER, RIGHT? SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES.
THERE'S TWO BASIC KINDS OF PROJECTIONS THAT YOU WILL OFTEN SEE INCLUDED IN BUSINESS PLANS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THE MOST COMMON, AND OR I'M GONNA SAY THE SALES PROJECTIONS IS THE MOST COMMON.
AND WHAT IT IS, IS IT'S JUST I'M GONNA PREDICT HOW MUCH I'M GONNA SELL AND THEN I'M GONNA PREDICT HOW MUCH I'M GONNA SPEND.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'M GONNA PREDICT HOW MUCH MONEY I'M GONNA EARN, RIGHT? SOUNDS RELATIVELY EASY UNTIL YOU ACTUALLY SIT DOWN AND START TO TRY TO DO IT.
AND YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, HOW DO I PREDICT HOW MUCH I'M GONNA, HOW, HOW I'M GONNA EARN? THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS THAT I GET.
AND I WOULD SAY THAT YOUR, YOUR BEST RESOURCE AND YOUR BEST TOOL FOR THIS KIND OF WORK IS TO WORK WITH THE SBDC.
THEY HAVE AMAZING LIBRARIES THAT HAVE ALL KINDS OF STATISTICS ABOUT MANY DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AND HOW THOSE INDUSTRIES, WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE AS THEY WERE STARTING UP, WHAT REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS ARE FOR INCOME TO EXPENSE RATIOS.
WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT TO INVEST TO HAVE THAT KIND OF A BUSINESS
I WOULD HIGHLY, HIGHLY ENCOURAGE YOU WITH YOUR SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER REPRESENTATIVES.
ONCE YOU HAVE A BASELINE THEN ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AND WHAT IS GONNA MAKE YOU SPECIAL OR UNIQUE OR DIFFERENT, IS IT GOING TO BE MORE INCOME, LESS INCOME? IS IT GONNA BE COMPARABLE? WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO THAT'S DIFFERENT? THAT IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT NUMBER, ON ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS, ON THE INCOME AS WELL AS THE, AS WELL AS THE EXPENSES, RIGHT? SO, UM, IF YOU CAN IMAGINE WHEN, FOR EXAMPLE, UM, WHEN BUCKY'S FIRST THEIR BUSINESS, AND I'M SURE THAT A LOT OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN REVOLVED AROUND AND WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK A LOT OF THEIR BUSINESS PLAN, IF THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OLD ENOUGH TO, TO REMEMBER WHEN, WHEN BUCKY'S KIND OF FIRST WAS GAINING TRACTION, WHAT WAS THEIR NUMBER ONE THING? THEIR BATHROOMS. THE BATHROOMS. THAT'S RIGHT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE CLEAN BATHROOMS, RIGHT? SO IF YOU LOOK AT A STANDARD GAS STATION AND YOU SAY, OKAY, A STANDARD GAS STATION TAKES THIS LONG TO RAMP UP, A STANDARD GAS STATION IS GONNA HAVE THIS MUCH INCOME, A STANDARD GAS STATION IS GONNA HAVE THIS AND EXPENSES, I BELIEVE THAT BECAUSE OF MY BATHROOMS, I'M GONNA ATTRACT MORE CLIENTELE THAN A STANDARD GAS STATION.
SO MAYBE I PROJECT A LITTLE BIT HIGHER, MAYBE I'M GONNA NEED TO HAVE MORE PEOPLE ON STAFF CLEANING THE BATHROOMS, OR I'M GONNA HAVE A HIGHER WATER AND SOAP EXPENSE OR WHATEVER IT MEANS, RIGHT? BUT I TAKE THAT STANDARD BUSINESS PLAN AND I SAY, OKAY, THIS IS WHAT GAS STATIONS TEND TO EARN IN THEIR FIRST YEAR.
I CAN GET THAT DATA AT THE SBDC.
WHAT IS GONNA MAKE ME DIFFERENT? WHY ARE PEOPLE GONNA DRIVE PAST OTHER GAS STATIONS TO GET TO MINE? HOW IS THAT GONNA
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IMPACT MY INCOME AND HOW IS THAT GONNA IMPACT MY EXPENSES? SO, UH, I'M GONNA TAKE, I'M GONNA STOP SHARING FOR JUST A SECOND.I WANNA, I WANNA SEE, UM, SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
SO WE HAVE PREDICTIONS ARE TRICKY TOO.
I SCOUTED LOCAL PLACES AT THE WORST TIMES AND BASED MY NUMBERS OFF OF THAT, BUT I'M STILL NOT CONFIDENT.
THAT'S, YOU KNOW, PREDICTIONS ARE TRICKY.
THERE'S NO, THERE'S NO BONES, RIGHT? IT IS A, IT IS BETTER THAN A SHOT IN THE DARK, BUT IT IS, UM, IT'S STILL AN EDUCATED, AN EL AN EDUCATED GUESS, RIGHT? UM, LET'S SEE YOUR EXAMPLE MATCHES ACCOUNT.
OKAY? SO THE EXAMPLE IS, IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE, OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
THINGS I DO IS SALES PROJECTIONS.
FIGURE OUT HOW LONG THE SALES CYCLE IS IN TERMS OF HOURS OF SALESPERSON OR OWNER TIME TO ACCOMPLISH EACH SALE.
THAT'S A GOOD, THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF I'M GONNA SAY, I'M JUST GONNA GIVE AN EXAMPLE, I'M GONNA SAY, I'M GONNA SELL TWO
I'M GONNA HAVE A LITTLE HOT DOG CART, YOU KNOW, OUT IN FRONT OF A BUILDING SOMEPLACE AND I'M GONNA SELL 2000 HOT DOGS AN HOUR.
IS THAT A REASONABLE EXPECTATION BASED ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THE AMOUNT OF SPACE, THE, THE RELATIVE TIME AT WHICH PEOPLE ARE BUYING HOT DOGS? I THINK THAT, UH, THAT GOES EXAMPLE, JOHN, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS THAT IN LINE WITH YOUR EXAMPLE? YES.
SO IS THAT REASONABLE? CAN ONE PERSON REALLY SELL 2000 HOT DOGS AN HOUR? AND WHAT WOULD THE, WHAT WOULD I HAVE TO DO TO MAKE THAT FEASIBLE FOR THEM? RIGHT? NO, THERE'S NOT, IT'S NOT
UM, SO LET'S SEE, UH, MY, I ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, SALES PROJECTIONS? ANY, UH, ANYBODY HAVE, UM, A PARTICULAR QUESTION OR A PARTICULAR CONCERN THAT THEY'D LIKE TO, TO ADDRESS AS IT RELATES TO SALES PROJECTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO CASHFLOW PROJECTIONS.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE ONE, GUYS, AND I SAVE IT, I SAVE IT UNTIL THE VERY, VERY END.
BUT I THINK THAT IT'S SO, SO POWERFUL.
SO I HOPE YOU GUYS ARE STILL HANGING IN THERE WITH ME.
UM, YOUR CASHFLOW PROJECTIONS ARE SIMILAR TO THE SALES PROJECTIONS, BUT REALLY INSTEAD OF MEASURING YOUR PROFIT OR LOSS, WHAT THEY'RE MEASURING IS HOW MUCH MONEY, LIKE ACTUAL COLD, HARD MONEY DO YOU HAVE IN THE BANK AT THE END OF THE DAY OR UNDER THE MATTRESS WHEREVER YOU KEEP YOUR MONEY.
SO, UM, WHEREAS THIS PROFIT OR LOSS MAY NOT CORRELATE WITH WHAT'S IN THE BANK, THIS CASH ON HAND, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO FIND THOSE DOLLARS AND PENNIES SOMEPLACE, RIGHT? SO, UM, YOU'RE GONNA START WITH THE BEGINNING CASH ON HAND.
SOME CASH IS GONNA COME IN, SOME CASH IS GONNA GO OUT, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE AN ENDING CASH ON HAND.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT LOOKS LIKE IN PRACTICE.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE, MS. JENNIFER, WE CAN'T SEE YOUR SCREEN.
AT LEAST ONCE EVERY, SOMEBODY SHOULD GET A GOLD STAR FOR TELLING ME THAT AT LEAST ONCE PER PRESENTATION THAT HAPPENS TO ME.
SO, ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GONNA GO BACK AND SHOW YOU WHAT I WAS SHOWING YOU JUST A MOMENT AGO.
WHAT I WAS SAYING IS, WHEREAS SALES PROJECTIONS ME MEASURE INCOME MINUS EXPENSES, AND THAT GIVES YOU A PROFIT OR A LOSS.
THIS IS TELLING YOU HOW MUCH CASH YOU STARTED WITH, WHAT CAME IN, WHAT WENT OUT, AND HOW MUCH CASH IS LEFT AT THE END OF THE MONTH, RIGHT? SO WE WE'RE STARTING THIS BUSINESS, UM, WE ENDED UP, WE STARTED THE BUSINESS WITH A $25,000 INVESTMENT THAT WE HAD SAVED UP.
AND A $55,000 IN LOANS MEANS WE HAVE $80,000 IN CASH TO START THE BUSINESS WITH, RIGHT? WE, AND THIS, THESE PROJECTIONS ARE OFTEN, OFTEN PREPARED AS A WORK IN PROGRESS, RIGHT? SO IT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU THINK YOU, YOU START ONE WAY, YOU DO SOME CALCULATIONS LIKE, OKAY, THAT DIDN'T QUITE WORK OUT, SO LET'S, LET'S ADJUST HERE AND ADJUST THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET TO THE RIGHT PLACE.
RIGHT? SO WE HAVE $80,000 TO START OFF WITH.
WE, WE GOTTA DO OUR LEASE, WE'VE GOT PAYROLL, WE PURCHASED SOME INVENTORY, WE PURCHASED SOME ASSETS.
SO WE SPENT ABOUT $38,600 THAT LEFT US WITH $41,400.
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WE STILL HAD TO PAY ALL OF OUR EXPENSES.SO WE TOOK A LOSS OF 10,000 AT $10,000, AND WE'VE GOT ABOUT $31,000 LEFT IN CASH.
SO THEN WE START OFF IN FEBRUARY, WE HAD ABOUT $945 COME IN.
WE, UH, SOMEBODY PAID US $2,000 ON SOME WORK THAT WE DID FOR THEM BEFORE.
SO WE HAD $2,945 THAT CAME IN.
WE HAD ALL OF OUR EXPENSES, OUR NEGATIVE CASH FLOW, WE STILL HAVE A NEGATIVE CASH FLOW, BUT IT'S LESS OF A NEGATIVE CASH FLOW THAN IT WAS, UM, THE MONTH BEFORE.
SO THAT'S A GOOD THING, BUT I STILL AM, I CAN SEE THAT MY CASH IS DWINDLING.
I'M DOWN TO $22,000 AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
WE GO THROUGH THE MONTHS, UH, WE'RE STILL OPERATING AT A LOSS.
THE LOSS FLUCTUATES A LITTLE BIT, BUT IN REALITY, UM, WE'RE GETTING TO A, WE'RE WE'RE SOON COMING UP ON A BREAK EVEN POINT WHEN I SAY THAT YOU WANNA USE YOUR CASHFLOW PROJECTIONS TO IDENTIFY THE WORKING CAPITAL NEED, WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF AT ANY POINT THIS CASH BALANCE DIPS BELOW ZERO, YOU NEED MORE CASH TO START.
IF AT ANY POINT THIS CASH BALANCE DIPS BELOW ZERO, THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE MORE CASH TO START TO GET YOU ALL THE WAY TO THE BREAK EVEN POINT, BECAUSE WE CAN'T ACTUALLY HAVE NEGATIVE DOLLARS, RIGHT? THAT'S WHEN WE END UP, UM, THAT'S WHEN WE END UP IN, IN TROUBLE.
SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE IN TERMS OF HOW TO DEVELOP YOUR IDEA OF HOW MUCH YOU NEED IN CASH RESERVES? YES.
AND, UH, AND SO THIS CASH SALES, THIS IS GONNA ALIGN WITH YOUR, YOUR SALES PROJECTIONS, RIGHT? AND THESE EXPENSES, THESE ARE GONNA ALIGN WITH YOUR, UM, AT LEAST THE ONES FROM JANUARY TO APRIL, THESE ARE GONNA ALIGN WITH YOUR MONTHLY SALES EXPENSES, RIGHT? BUT THESE CAPITAL INJECTIONS, LIKE THIS PURCHASE OF ASSETS THAT MAY NOT ALL BE ON YOUR, UM, THAT MAY NOT BE ON A, THAT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT ALIGN, DEPEND DEPENDING ON HOW YOUR, YOUR BOOKKEEPER IS, IS HANDLING IT.
SO, UM, THE IMPORTANT THING TO KNOW IS SOME OF THE, THE SALES ARE GONNA ALIGN, THE EXPENSES ARE GONNA ALIGN, THE CASH SHOULD ALIGN WITH WHAT'S IN THE BANK.
AND IF IT EVER DIPS BELOW ZERO, THAT MEANS THAT YOU NEED MORE MONEY TO START OFF WITH.
OKAY? SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT CASHFLOW PROJECTIONS? SO IS, OKAY, SO YOU CAN HAVE A LOAN REPAYMENT GOING ON AND IT'S OKAY AS LONG AS YOU DON'T HAVE NEGATIVE CASH FLOW.
AND IS THERE, LIKE, AND THIS MIGHT BE LIKE AN SPDC RESOURCE, BUT LIKE IN GENERAL AS IT PERTAINS TO LIKE THE LYFT FUND CATEGORIES, LIKE THE SERVICE INNOVATION AND PRODUCT, IS THERE LIKE AN A GUIDELINE THAT TELLS YOU HOW, LIKE, WHEN YOU SHOULD HIT THAT BREAK EVEN POINT? IT'S REALLY GONNA DEPEND BASED ON INDUSTRY, BUT YES, THAT DATA IS ABSOLUTELY AVAILABLE BY NYS CODE, SO, OKAY.
UM, YEAH, YOU, YOU CAN FIND THAT DATA AT THE, AT THE S BDCS, DEFINITELY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, AND AGAIN, UM, I, I DO ALSO WANNA POINT OUT, TAKE A LOOK AT THE DATA AND HOW RIGHT
SO MY COSTS MAY BE HIGHER, RIGHT? OR I'M GONNA MASS PRODUCE, YOU KNOW, I'M GONNA MASS PRODUCE AND SO MAYBE MY COSTS ARE LOWER.
SO, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S JUST, I MEAN, TAKE A LOOK AT THE STANDARD IN THE INDUSTRY AND THEN ADAPT IT TO YOUR IDEA AS WELL.
ANY OTHER, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CASHFLOW PROJECTIONS? ALRIGHT, WELL THEN WE WILL MOVE ALONG.
I THINK THAT WE ARE COMING TO THE END, YOUR HOMEWORK ON THIS IS TO TAKE SOME TIME TO RESEARCH AND THINK THROUGH, LET ME SHARE MY SCREEN AGAIN.
SO YOU CAN'T BE GIVING OUT GOLD STARS JUST FOR NOTHING.
TAKE SOME TIME TO RESEARCH AND THINK THROUGH WHAT IT'LL TAKE TO GET THE OPERATION UP AND RUNNING TO THE POINT WHERE IT WILL SUSTAIN ITSELF.
TRY TO IMAGINE ALL THE COSTS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATION
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AND SCHEDULE IT OUT.WORK WITH THE SBDC OR SCORE TO DETERMINE WHAT REASONABLE SALES EXPECTATIONS ARE AND TO DETERMINE AT WHAT POINT THIS BUSINESS WILL BE ABLE TO STAND ON ITS OWN.
SO THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR HOMEWORK FROM, UH, FROM THIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
AND, UH, THE KEY QUESTION THEN IS IF JEREMY PROMISED YOU, PROMISED YOU HE IS GOT THESE ADORABLE PUPPY DOG EYES AND HE PROMISES THAT HE'S GONNA BE MAKING $50,000 IN HIS FIRST MONTH IN BUSINESS, WOULD YOU BELIEVE HIM IF HE HAS SOME POS,
IF HE HAS SOME TYPE OF, UM, HISTORY OR WORTHINESS, LIKE THAT'S RIGHT, RIGHT? SO YOU GUYS CAN SEE WHERE, WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.
AND THE, THE IDEA IS THAT IF THERE IS SOMETHING THAT BACKS UP THOSE NUMBERS, THEN THE MORE SOLID THAT EVIDENCE, THEN THE MORE COMFORTABLE YOU FEEL ABOUT THE UH, ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THOSE PROJECTIONS, RIGHT? SO SOMEBODY MADE A COMMENT THAT I LAUGHED AT EARLIER.
'CAUSE YOU CAN PROJECT WHATEVER YOU WANT AND YOU CAN, YOU REALLY CAN, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU CAN BACK IT UP WITH SOME OF THOSE ASSUMPTIONS AND SOME OF THAT INDUSTRY DATA, THEN IT REALLY DOES GO A LONG WAY TO SAY THIS IS A VIABLE IDEA, RIGHT? OKAY.
SO HOPEFULLY, I THINK WE'RE RIGHT ON TIME.
HOPEFULLY AS WE LOOK THROUGH OUR LIST OF LEARNING OBJECTIVES, YOU GUYS FEEL THAT WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE, THE THINGS THAT WE SET OUT TO ACCOMPLISH TODAY.
AND HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS ARE FEELING JUST A, AT LEAST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONFIDENT IN EXPLORING THE FINANCIAL CONCEPTS THAT ARE RELATED TO YOUR BUSINESS.
THAT WAS CERTAINLY, UH, MY INTENTION.
UM, IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEN UH, FEEL FREE TO, UH, FEEL FREE TO LET ME KNOW AND WE WILL ANSWER THOSE BEFORE WE CLOSE OUT TODAY.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS FEELING? NIKITA? OKAY.
I WAS HOPING FOR BETTER THAN, OKAY.
I APPRECIATE THE ANSWERS AND THE QUESTIONS THAT EVERYONE ASKED AS WELL.
THEY KIND OF ASKED A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT I GUESS WE ALL WERE THINKING
I'M SORRY, WHO DID I INTERRUPT? UM, THIS IS DELISA.
I DO APPRECIATE ALL OF THE INFORMATION.
I REALLY APPRECIATE IT, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONFIDENCE.
MAKES ME CONFIDENT IN MY ABILITIES.
THANKS FOR MAKING IT FUN AND INTERACTIVE.
YEAH, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS THE GOAL, BUT REALLY I CAN'T DO THAT BY MYSELF.
YOU GUYS WERE A GREAT GROUP AND, UH, KENNETH AND I HAVE BEEN AND, AND JESSICA AS WELL.
WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW.
AND, AND THEY'LL TELL YOU, I IT'S, IT, I CAN'T DO IT BY MYSELF.
IT REALLY DOES DEPEND ON THE GROUP.
SO I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU GUYS, UH, LEANING INTO THE, TO THE, UH, THE SEMINAR TODAY AS WELL.
I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, UH, FOR SPOON FEEDING US THIS INFORMATION.
THEY SAY THE BEST WAY TO EAT AN ELEPHANT IS BITE BY BITE.
AND I DEFINITELY HAVE A BETTER CONCEPT, UM, BECAUSE I'VE GONE TO SEVERAL WEBINARS WITHIN THE MONTH AND THEY GO SO FAST AND THEY DON'T REALLY CIRCLE BACK TO OLD CONCEPTS.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF YOU DON'T GET ONE THING, IT'S HARD TO BUILD ON.
AND I THINK YOU WERE A GREAT PRESENTER.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE WHAT I PUT IN THE CHAT OR NOT, BUT IT WAS A LOT OF INFORMATION FOR ME TO DIGEST.
SO I TRIED TO TAKE NOTES, BUT I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
IT IS, IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, BUT IF YOU COME ACROSS ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL ALSO PUT MY EMAIL IN THE CHAT AND YOU GUYS CAN FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PRESENTATION AND YOU'RE LIKE, I DON'T, I DON'T, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WE, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
SO MY EMAIL IS IN THE CHAT THEN.
ALL RIGHT, KENNETH, DO YOU HAVE YOUR HAND UP? UH, MA'AM, WE DIDN'T GET THE QUESTION ABOUT THE BANKERS BEING MEAN TODAY.
REALLY? I WAS WAITING FOR THAT ONE.
SO, UH, THE QUESTION IS TRUE OR FALSE.
BANKERS DON'T GIVE LOANS BECAUSE THEY ARE MEAN.
IS THAT A TRUE, IS THAT TRUE OR FALSE? WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK? FALSE.
I, WHOEVER'S, WHOEVER WAS THAT GAVE ME THAT VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, I, I APPRECIATE IT.
THE REALITY IS WE GET PAID TO, WE GET PAID TO DO LOANS, BUT WE WANNA DO HEALTHY LOANS AND WE WANNA DO RIGHT BY OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND SO, UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE'VE, WE'VE DONE OUR PART TO GIVE YOU GUYS SOME TOOLS TO PUT YOU IN THE BEST POSSIBLE POSITION.
OKAY, THAT CAN ME NERVOUS WHEN IT COMES TO THAT POINT.
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EMAIL IS JDALE@LIFTFUND.COM.I'LL PUT IT IN AGAIN, JDALE@LIFTFUND.COM.
ALRIGHT, WELL JESSICA, I'LL HAND IT BACK OVER TO YOU.
THE WAY THAT IT WROTE OUT HERE, IT'S JUST THE INITIAL JDAL E@LIFTFUND.COM.
JESSICA, I'LL HAND IT BACK TO YOU AND UH, YOU CAN LET THE TEAM KNOW WHAT THE PASSWORDS ARE.
UM, JENNIFER, YOU'RE A GREAT AS USUAL AND I WILL, I WILL BE SHARING, UM, THESE SLIDES, UM, THAT JENNIFER PRESENTED.
THEY'LL BE POSTED ON THE, UM, LIFT OFF HOUSTON PORTAL SO YOU CAN GO BACK AND VIEW THEM IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
UM, BUT IT APPEARS THAT WE ARE DONE WITH QUESTIONS.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY GETS TO END FOUR MINUTES EARLY.
SO THE PASSCODE TODAY IS ACCOUNTING.
SO ACCOUNTING IS THE PASSCODE.
UM, BE SURE TO NOT ONLY COMPLETE THE CHECKOUT, UM, WITHIN THE UH, WORKSHOP, BUT ALSO GO INTO THE LIFTOFF HOUSTON.COM PORTAL AND COMPLETE THE CHECKOUT THERE, UM, AND COMPLETE THE WORKSHOP THREE TASK.
UM, I DO WANNA MAKE THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT YOU HAVE 48 HOURS TO INPUT YOUR PASSCODE.
SO YOU HAVE UNTIL AUGUST 30TH AT SEVEN 30.
IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET IT, UM, ENTERED WITHIN THE 48 HOURS.
'CAUSE THOSE PASSCODES, UM, DO EXPIRE.
IF YOU GO IN THERE AND YOU SEE THAT EITHER ORIENTATION WORKSHOP ONE OR WORKSHOP TWO, DO NOT HAVE THE GREEN CHECK MARK NEXT TO IT.
WE CAN, UM, LOOK INTO IT AND HOPEFULLY GET YOU ALL STRAIGHTENED OUT.
UM, BUT I KNOW WE'VE BEEN SENDING A LOT OF EMAILS OUT TO EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S COMPLETELY UP TO DATE FOR EVERYBODY.
UM, SO IF YOU STILL HAVE ANY ISSUES, JUST GO AHEAD AND SEND ME AN EMAIL DIRECTLY.
AGAIN, THE PASSCODE IS ACCOUNTING.
BE SURE THAT YOU, UM, HAVE IT SCREENSHOTTED OR WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE JUST IN CASE SOMETHING DOES NOT GET FULLY SUBMITTED.
SO THE PASSCODE IS ACCOUNTING.
WE ARE TYPING IT IN THE CHAT AS WELL.
UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SCREENSHOT IT IN THERE, I ALSO DID PUT MY EMAIL IN THERE.
UM, AGAIN, JESSICA DOT DEL GRECO@HOUSTONTX.GOV.
SO IF YOU HAVE ANY ISSUES, UM, GO AHEAD AND LET ME KNOW.
IF YOU NEED TO EMAIL ME YOUR CHECKOUT, UM, YOU CAN DO SO AS WELL.
OTHERWISE, EVERYONE'S ALL GOOD TO GO.
THE PASSWORD IS ACCOUNTING A-C-C-O-U-N-T-I-N-G.
AND IF YOU DO NOT GET A GREEN CHECK MARK, UM, WHEN YOU COMPLETE THE TASK, IT EITHER MEANS THAT IT WAS OVER THE 48 HOURS OR MAYBE IT WAS MISSPELLED OR YOU HAVE THE INCORRECT PASSCODE.
SO JUST, UM, SEND ME AN EMAIL.