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FROM CITY HALL ANNEX, IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION
[Planning Commission: Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Workshop on May 15, 2025.]
MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV.I'M CALLING THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN.
MEETING TO ORDER AT 1:03 PM SORRY.
HTV WILL YELL AT ME IF I DON'T MOVE THAT.
UM, SO IT'S 1:03 PM CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
I'M LISA CLARK, YOUR HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR, AND, UM, I DO WANNA MAKE A, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS, AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE.
TODAY IS JUST PRESENTATION, SO WE'LL TAKE NO ACTION, NO VOTES, UH, JUST LISTENING TO ALL OF THE AMENDMENTS.
WITH THAT IN MIND, 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 BY NEAR THE FRONT DOOR, CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED.
THERE SHOULD BE NO, UH, ONE MINUTE SPEAKERS.
UM, SPEAKER RULES ARE FOUND ON THE TOP PORTION OF YOUR SIGN AND SPEAKER SIGN IN FORM.
UH, WHEN COUNCIL MEMBERS ARE SPEAKING ON AN ITEM, THEY'RE NOT TIMED, AND THEY'RE USUALLY CALLED FIRST.
APPLICANTS HAVE THEIR TIME ALLOTTED AT TWO MINUTES, AS WELL AS REBUTTALS.
NON NON APPLICANTS AND GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TIME AND THERE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR A REBUTTAL.
EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN, AND TIME CANNOT BE ALLOCATED TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
WITH ALL OF THAT DONE, WE'LL CALL THE ROLE FOR QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS.
PRESENT, UH, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN.
COMMISSIONER COLLEAGUE IS NOT HERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER MAREZ MODEST IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROBBINS IS ABSENT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER SIGLER PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER STEIN IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER MANKA MANKA PRESENT.
AND OUR SECRETARY VON TRAN HAS STEPPED AWAY, UH, FOR JUST A MOMENT.
SO WE'VE MET OUR QUORUM OF 11.
I'M GONNA SKIP THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR A SECOND.
SO WE WILL GO ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM.
UH, MR. WILSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US A TIMELINE WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE DIRECTOR? OF COURSE.
IT'S A WELCOME PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN NOW AT THE MA THOROUGHFARE FREE PROCESS FOR 2025.
UM, IT IS, UH, GONNA BE A GREAT YEAR.
AND, UH, TODAY I'M JUST GONNA BRIEFLY TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR, UH, AMENDMENT PROCESS TIMELINE.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST PUBLIC MEETING, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR.
WE MET WITH ALL THE APPLICANTS.
WE FORMALLY ACCEPTED THEIR APPLICATIONS.
AND SO NOW WE ARE HERE AT THE WORKSHOP SO WE CAN GET A KIND OF HIGH LEVEL PRESENTATION OF WHAT THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE.
UH, WE HAVE A FEW DIFFERENT UPCOMING MEETINGS.
THE NEXT ONE IS GONNA BE A VIRTUAL ONLY, UM, ONLINE, UH, KIND OF PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE SO THE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN JOIN AND WE'LL HAVE BREAKOUT GROUPS SO THAT IF THEY CAN, WHEN I ASK QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO THE APPLICANTS, WE'LL ALSO HAVE STAFF MEMBERS ASSIGNED.
AND THEN FROM THERE WE'LL HAVE OUR FORMAL PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL AS, UH, AN UPDATE MEETING FOR YOU.
SO THIS IS COMING FOR, UH, IF THERE'S ANY MODIFICATIONS TO THE, UH, TO THE ACTUAL AMENDMENTS.
AND THEN WE'LL MOVE ON FROM THERE TO YOUR FINAL APPROVAL AND BEFORE SENDING ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR, UH, PARTICIPATING AND, UH, YOUR EXPERTISE IS WELCOMED.
THE APPLICANTS ARE DEFINITELY EXCITED TO, UH, PRESENT AND WE'LL GO ON FROM THERE.
UM, SINCE WE'RE STILL WAITING, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, CALL SCOTT BARKER WITH HARRIS COUNTY UP TO DO HIS PRESENTATION ON NORTH POINT BOULEVARD.
HELLO, UH, SCOTT BARKER WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
UH, WE HAVE A SERIES OF AMENDMENTS WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU TODAY, UH, PROPOSED AMENDMENTS, AND, UM, I'LL JUST, I GUESS JUST WALK THROUGH 'EM REAL QUICK.
UM, THE FIRST ONE BEING NORTH POINT BOULEVARD, UP IN THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF HARRIS COUNTY.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, UH, IMAGE ON THE SCREEN, THE EXISTING CONFIGURATION OF NORTH POINT CONTINUES AS AN EAST WEST THOROUGHFARE WITH A KIND OF A SMOOTH TRANSITION TO THE EXISTING GRANT ROAD.
UH, IT DOESN'T EXIST FROM THE END OVER THERE ACROSS ON THE EAST SIDE TO GRANT ROAD.
IT'D BE A PROPOSED ALIGNMENT, UH, AND THEN GRANT ROAD ITSELF WOULD BE TURNED NORTHWARD TO T INTO NORTH POINT.
BUT IF YOU LOOK IN THE IMAGE, THAT DARK
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BLUE AREA IS A FLOODWAY FOR KY GULLY.SO WITH, UH, COORDINATION WITH PRECINCT THREE, WE'D LIKE TO RECONFIGURE THAT ALIGNMENT TO BRING NORTH POINT, NORTH POINT DOWN TO T INTO GRANT ROAD.
SO THE INTERSECTION IS AT GRADE AND OUT OF THE FLOODWAY.
AND THEN CONTINUE THE THOROUGHFARE FROM GRANT WESTWARD, UH, ONTO, UH, BEYOND, UH, TEL YOU THERE.
SO THAT IS THE FIRST PROPOSED AMENDMENT, AND THIS WOULD RECONFIGURE THE CON THE INTERSECTION OUT OF THE FLOODPLAIN OUTTA THE FLOODWAY, AND, UH, AVOID ANY KIND OF DESIGN CONSTRAINTS OR ANY, UH, UNNECESSARY IMPACTS TO THE, UH, DRAINAGE IN THE AREA.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON THEN TO CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD SOUTH OF TWO 90, PARDON ME.
CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON, UH, ON TWO 90 IN THE VICINITY OF, UH, CYPRESS AREA.
UM, CURRENTLY CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON IS AN EAST, WEST ROAD, UH, EXTENDING WELL FROM ROUGHLY JONES ROAD TO, UH, TWO 90 AND WHERE IT TERMINATES, AND THEN A PORTION OF IT PICKS UP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF TWO 90 AND CONTINUES WEST.
UM, THERE'S A PIECE BETWEEN, WAS IT QUEENSTOWN AND, UH, TWO 90 THAT IS NOT COMPLETED.
A PORTION OF IT PROVIDES ACCESS TO SOME GATED COMMUNITIES, BUT THERE'S A SMALL SECTION THERE, ABOUT 300 FEET OR SO OF ROAD, UH, RIGHT OF WAY THAT IS INCOMPLETE.
IT'S CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY SOME SOCCER FIELDS, UH, THE STONEGATE SOCCER FIELDS.
AND, UM, TO GET ACROSS TWO 90 WOULD REQUIRE AN ELEVATED STRUCTURE ACROSS THE RAILROAD AS WELL AS TWO 90, CREATING A LARGE STRUCTURE, UH, ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE SOME RECONFIGURATION OF CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ON THE EAST SIDE OF TWO 90, UH, AFFECTING OUT THOSE PROPERTIES, UH, ON THAT SIDE.
SO THE COUNTY HAS NO INTENTIONS OF EXTENDING THIS ROAD ACROSS TWO 90, AND THEREFORE ASK THAT THIS SMALL SEGMENT BE REMOVED FROM THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD WEST OF 1960.
OKAY, THIS ONE'S A LITTLE MORE INVOLVED.
UH, THERE ARE ABOUT THREE ASPECTS TO THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST.
THIS IS AT 1960 AND 2 49 AND, UH, PERRY ROAD.
UH, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, UH, YOU HAVE CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON, WHICH ACTUALLY COMING FROM THE WEST STOPS AT PERRY ROAD CURRENTLY.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT WOULD TAKE IT ACROSS PERRY ROAD ACROSS 1960, DOWN ALONG THE STREET CALLED SALON ROAD.
AND THEN IT WOULD TIE INTO WEST GREENS ROAD AND ACROSS 2 49 AND THEN GO CONTINUE EASTWARD TOWARDS 45 AREA.
THE PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR ALIGNMENT IS THERE'S OBVIOUSLY, THERE'S A LOT OF A FLOODPLAIN IN THE AREA.
UH, THE COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A DETENTION POND JUST TO THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF 1960 IN THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON.
AND SO THEREFORE, SINCE THE PLAN IS TO BUILD DETENTION THERE AND NOT EXTEND THE ROAD, UH, WE'D LIKE THAT PIECE OF THE THOROUGHFARE ALIGNMENT TO BE REMOVED FROM A THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
AND SINCE IT'S NOT GONNA BE CONTINUOUS, UH, DOWNGRADE SALON ROAD DOWN TO A COLLECTOR, SO IT SERVES THOSE INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES ALONG THAT ROAD.
AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK OVER AT THE EAST END, WEST GREENS CROSSES 2 49 AND GOES DOWN TO MILLS.
BUT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX BETWEEN GESNER AND MILLS IS COMPLETED.
IT HAS BLOCKS THE ALIGNMENT THAT THERE'S NO ALLOWANCE FOR THE EXTENSION OF WEST GREENS ROAD.
SO THEREFORE WE'D LIKE TO REMOVE WEST GREENS FROM GESNER TO TWO FOUR TO MILLS ROAD, AND THEREFORE YOU HAVE TWO SEGMENTS OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT ARE ELIMINATED AND THE MIDDLE PIECE SALON ROAD WOULD BECOME A COLLECTOR.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, YOU'RE DOING WELL,
I DIDN'T THINK WE WERE GONNA MAKE IT THROUGH THAT ONE.
WELL, YOU DID A GOOD JOB EXPLAINING IT.
MUKIRE MUSH OVER HERE AT TWO 90 IN THE VICINITY OF MOUND ROAD.
AND, UH, WAS IT, UH, BARKER, CYPRUS, OR MASON AND FRY? UM, THERE, BRIDGELAND DEVELOPMENT IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CYPRESS CREEK.
UH, THERE WERE PLANS TO HAVE THIS EXTENSION OF MUSHIE ROAD TIE FROM TWO 90 DOWN INTO THE BRIDGELAND AREA, BUT
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AGAIN, THE FLOODPLAIN CYPRESS CREEK HERE IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE, AND THERE IS A PARK IN THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT.UH, SO AGAIN, THE COUNTY DOESN'T SEE THE, I GUESS, FEASIBILITY OF CONSTRUCTING THIS PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF MOOSHKI ROAD.
AND ALL ACCESS FROM THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH OF CYPRESS CREEK IS GONNA GO UP TO MOUND OR JACK OR TWO 90.
UH, AND THERE IS PLENTY OF ACCESS EAST WEST WITHIN BRIDGELAND TO GET THEM OVER TO THE ADJACENT THOROUGHFARES.
SO THE REQUEST HAS BEEN TO REMOVE THIS PIECE OF MOKI FROM THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU MR. BARK.
LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING THROUGH THIS WITH YOU.
OKAY, OUR NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE JACOB GUERRERO WITH META PLANNING FOR AMBLE PARKWAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME'S JACOB GUERRERO WITH META PLANNING DESIGN.
HERE TO PRESENT THE AMBLE PARKWAY.
UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, UM, WITHIN CITY HOUSTON LIMITS, UH, WEST OF INTERSTATE 69, ALSO KNOWN AS HIGHWAY 59, UM, OR THE EAST TEXT FREEWAY.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING A DELETION AS REPRESENTING THE EXHIBIT ABOVE IS ROUGHLY ONE MILE IN LENGTH BETWEEN MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ROAD TO THE NORTH AND GREENS ROAD TO THE SOUTH.
FROM A REGIONAL STANDPOINT, THE MAPPED ALIGNMENT SHOWED IN RED DOTS RUNS NORTH AND SOUTH, EXTENDING SEVERAL MILES BETWEEN GREENS ROAD AND CONTINUING NORTH WHERE IT TRANSITIONS INTO TOWNSEND BOULEVARD.
WHILE SEGMENTS OF TOWNSEND BOULEVARD ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED, AS WELL AS SAW SEGMENTS OF MOBILE PARKWAY, UH, THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA HAS REMAINS UNBUILT, UM, INCLUDING THIS SEGMENT.
UH, DUE TO THE ANGLE OF THE EAST TEXT FREEWAY, THE ALIGNMENT DOES NOT CONTINUE PAST GREENS ROAD AS LEE ROAD AND THE EAST TEXT FREEWAY CONVERGED NEAR THE BOTTOM OF THE EXHIBIT.
UM, AM I GOING BACK ONE WAY? THERE YOU GO.
UH, LOOKING AT THIS EXHIBIT, OH, SORRY.
LOOKING AT THIS EXHIBIT AT A MORE CLOSE UP LEVEL, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS ALREADY AN EXISTING NETWORK OF THOROUGH AFFAIRS THAT ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING SUFFICIENT ACCESS TO THE SURROUNDING TRACKS.
UM, WITH THIS NETWORK OF STREETS, THE INTERSECTION SPACING THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS MEETS THE INTENT OF A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BEING ROUGHLY SEPARATED A MILE APART.
UM, SO THE IN INTRODUCTION OF ANOTHER ROADWAY, UM, WOULD NOT ADD ANY TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IMPROVEMENTS OR REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY.
UM, AS SHOWN IN THE EXHIBIT, THE SEPARATION OF RAKON ROAD BETWEEN THE MAPPED ALIGNMENT AND THE EASTEX FREEWAY IS ROUGHLY 1,688 FEET SLIDE, UM, AT THE SPACING ALONG GREENS ROAD BETWEEN THE PROPOSED AMBLE PARKWAY AND THE EASTEX FREEWAY, IT'S ROUGHLY 640 FEET IN LENGTH.
ASIDE FROM THE INTERSECTION SPACING, THERE ARE SEVERAL EXISTING CONFERENCES ON THE PROPERTY THAT MAKE IT CHALLENGING TO CONSTRUCT AN EAST SOUTH THOROUGHFARE.
A ROAD CONNECTION WITH REINHARD BAYOU IS UNNECESSARY DUE TO THE FRONTAGE ROADS BRIDGE CROSSING OVER THE SAME AREA NEARBY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUIRED GEOMETRY FOR THOROUGHFARE WOULD NOT BE FEASIBLE DUE TO THE NEED TO CROSS BOTH PIPELINES AT A 90 DEGREE ANGLE, WHICH WOULD BE EXTREMELY LIMITING AND CHALLENGING.
UH, THIS EXHIBIT SHOWS ALL THESE EXISTING CONFERENCES IN ONE, AND FOR THOSE REASONS, THE DELETION OF UMBEL PARKWAY WOULD ALLOW FOR BETTER UTILIZATION OF THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING TRACKS, AS THE INTENT OF THESE TRACKS WILL BE COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, UH, WHICH WOULD TAKE DIRECT ACCESS FROM THE EAST TEXT FREEWAY FRONTAGE ROAD.
THEREFORE, WE REQUEST THE UMBLE PARKWAY BE DELETED FROM THE CITY'S MTFP MAP.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'RE ON, UH, ITEM F CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, MR. MARK GARDNER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY, AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR VOLUNTEERING.
I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS.
I REPRESENT THE, UH, HOA OF BARCROFT SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS, YOU'LL GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND THE NEXT ONE YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT'S IN THE GALLERY AREA.
I THINK WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT'S AT.
THIS IS A SPECIFICALLY WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT, YOU'LL NOTICE THE, THE, UM, THE BLUE DOTS OR TRIANGLES, WHATEVER THEY ARE FROM HERE.
YOU'LL ALSO NOTICE, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE TREES, AND I WANT YOU TO SEE THE HOUSES.
NOW, THIS IS AN EXISTING, AND IT'S BEEN HERE FOR OVER 70 YEARS.
IT WAS WIDENED ROUGHLY 35 YEARS AGO.
I THINK THE, THE BIG QUESTION IS, UH, WHY ARE WE ASKING
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FOR IT TO BE REDUCED? THIS IS A BIGGIE, OKAY? I THINK THE SIMPLE ANSWER IS THE LAW OF PHYSICS.WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE SPEEDING DOWN THIS ROAD.
THAT ALONE DOES NOT NECESSARILY IMPACT THE BOARD.
I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE NOT HERE FOR SPEEDING ISSUES.
THAT'S WHAT THE POLICE ARE FOR.
THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES THAT WE'VE HIGHLIGHTED.
I'VE SPENT OVER A YEAR AND A HALF RESEARCHING EVERY DOCUMENT I CAN FIND.
EVERY MTFP DOCUMENT THAT HAS BEEN, THAT I CAN FIND ONLINE THAT CONCERNS RESIDENTS REQUESTING THINGS.
OKAY? I KNOW IN 2023, WILCREST HAD ASKED FOR SOMETHING SIMILAR.
SIMPLE REASON WAS, IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF A, OF A THOROUGHFARE, CHIMNEY, ROCK.
IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN DOWN CHIMNEY ROCK HAS A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT ROAD TYPES.
BRIAR CROFT IS UNDIVIDED, 40 FEET, 10 FOOT LANES, TANGLEWOOD JUST SLIGHTLY NORTH OF US.
I MEAN, JUST ABOVE SAN FELIPPE IS DIVIDED.
AGAIN, 10 FOOT LANES, 40 FOOT ACROSS.
YOU GET PAST WOODWAY UNDIVIDED AGAIN.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ROAD IS NOT A MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE.
IT, IT LIVES, IT BREATHES, IF YOU WILL.
WHAT CAN I SAY? SO WHAT I'M TRYING, SORRY.
AGAIN, I'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS.
WE HAVE PEOPLE, AND I WANNA SAY PEOPLE'S LIVES AT STAKE, AND I'M GONNA EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY IN A MINUTE, UNDIVIDED.
OKAY? SO LET, LET, LET ME GO ON.
UM, LET ME SEE THE NEXT SLIDE.
I MAY WANT TO STAY ON THIS ONE.
UM, WE'RE ASKING IT TO BE DOWNGRADED TO A MINOR COLLECTOR FROM
AND I, I'M SURE SOME OF YOU'RE SCRATCHES, YOU HIT ON THAT ONE.
WE UNDERSTAND, I UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF REASONS.
AS I SAID, UNDIVIDED, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT ON THIS MAP, BUT IN MY DETAILED DOCUMENTATION THAT I PRESENTED, IT'S OVER A HUNDRED PAGES.
WELL, IT'S EXACTLY 100 PAGES LONG.
THE WEST SIDE OF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD HAS NO SIDEWALK.
4,440 FEET, ROUGHLY AS A CROW.
WELL, ACTUALLY, I, I USE GOOGLE AND I FOLLOWED THE CURVES.
OKAY? SO WE HAVE NO SIDEWALK, NO THROUGH STREETS.
WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS? WE HAVE NO CROSSWALKS.
WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW THAT THE 11TH STREET PROJECT WAS JUST COMPLETED HERE RECENTLY, AND I, I KNOW IT'S BEEN IN THE NEWS A NUMBER OF TIMES FOR VARIOUS REASONS, BUT LET'S SKIP ALL THAT.
THE 11TH STREET PROJECT WAS ABOUT THE SAME LENGTH.
SO YOU CAN KIND OF VISUALIZE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU CAN ALSO LOOK AT DOWNTOWN.
DOWNTOWN IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT, BUT IT'S ROUGHLY THAT TO KIND OF GIVE YOU AN IDEA.
AND REMEMBER, DOWNTOWN HAS 330 FEET IS A LIGHT FOR PEOPLE TO CROSS.
WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LUXURY.
UH, SO YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
THIS, THIS IS KIND OF ACCENTUATING WHAT I WAS DESCRIBING.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE SIDEWALK ON THE, ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDE.
I CAN'T EVEN KEEP TRACK OF MY RIGHTS AND LEFT ANYMORE.
THE REASON WHY I THINK, AND THIS IS A THOUGHT I JUST LOOKED AT THIS TODAY, UM, THAT THE WEST SIDE HAS NO SIDEWALK, IS THERE ARE PARTS OF CHIMNEY ROCK WHERE THE PROPERTY LINE IS RIGHT ON CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD.
IT HAPPENS MORE TOWARDS THE NORTH SIDE AS CHIMNEY ROCK STARTS TO COME LIKE THIS.
UM, ANOTHER ISSUE THAT WE HAVE THAT I WANNA BRING UP, AND ANOTHER REASON WHY WE'RE ASKING IT TO BE REDUCED IS CURRENTLY THE ROW, THE RIGHT OF WAY IS LISTED AS 80 FEET.
I CHECKED WITH WILSON ON THIS.
THERE IS A SECTION, A SMALL SECTION THAT IS ACTUALLY 80 FEET.
THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHERE WE LIVE IS UNDER 80 FEET.
IT'S IN THE 70 AND MAYBE 60 FEET AS YOU GET UP TO, TO SAN FELIPE.
SO THAT IS A MAJOR THOROUGH FOR OUR PLAN, THAT WE REQUEST THAT WE HAVE THAT, THAT WE
LOOK AT THIS, AND, AND PLEASE MAKE A DETERMINATION ON WHAT ACTUALLY IS THE ROW.
UM, IT WAS DETERMINED 35, 40 YEARS AGO.
DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW IT WAS DONE.
AM AM I CORRECT? UM, I'M SURE SOMEBODY ACTUALLY LOOKED AT IT, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
BUT WITH TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY, TODAY'S DRAFTING METHODS,
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WE WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB.AND, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, UNFORTUNATELY, THAT WE CAN'T, WE RYCROFT CAN'T AFFORD TO SEND OUT LETTERS TO EVERYBODY ALONG CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, BUT IT IS OUR CIVIC DUTY TO RAISE THE ISSUE THAT IT APPLIES TO TANGLEWOOD.
AND THOSE AREAS NORTH OF WOODWAY ARE ALSO ROW LIMITED AT INDIAN CIRCLE WHERE THERE'S ACTUALLY BEEN QUITE A LOT OF ACCIDENTS, THERE'S A DOG LEG IN THAT ROADWAY THAT IS 60 FEET.
OKAY? I, I'VE JUST CHECKED IT, AND YOU CAN VISUALIZE IT ON GOOGLE MAPS.
THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN GET 80 FEET THROUGH THERE.
I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT A BRIDGE HAS A ROW WIDER THAN THE ROAD SURFACE OR INFINITE, ONE OR THE OTHER.
OKAY? THE OTHER THING THAT WE HAVE, UH, IF YOU'LL GO BACK A SLIDE PLEASE FOR ME, UH, ONE MORE, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND.
YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT FROM THIS, BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, AND I'M MEANT TO BRING A LASER POINTER, BUT I CAN'T FIND IT.
IT'S BEEN YEARS SINCE I'VE BEEN AT WORK.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE RED LINES, YOU CAN SEE SAGE, YOU CAN SEE SORT YORKTOWN, YOU CAN SEE CHIMNEY ROCK, AND YOU CAN SEE FOUNTAIN VIEW.
WHY DO I BRING THAT OUT? THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A REASON CHIMNEY ROCK IS CROOKED.
WHAT, WHAT IMPACT DOES THAT HAVE? IT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE SIGHT LINES IN THE DOCUMENT THAT I PROVIDED.
WHEN YOU LOOK FROM WESTHEIMER NORTH, YOU CANNOT VISUALIZE ANY OF THE SIDE STREETS.
HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US? IF, IF ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, WHICH I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS FROM WICKERSHAM, PULLS OUT AT THE, AND STOPS AT THE STOP SIGN LIKE HE'S LEGALLY SUPPOSED TO DO, HE CAN'T SEE THE TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC CANNOT SEE HIM.
NOW, THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND, AND I AGREE WITH THIS TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, UM, THIS IS WHERE I SAY IN MY, IN MY, MY DOCUMENTATION THAT, UM, CURRENTLY, UH, UH, UH, UH, I'M SORRY IF YOU'LL, UH, GO A COUPLE SLIDES UP NOW.
I'M SORRY, I MAY BE TAKING MORE TIME AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT, BUT THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.
MY OTHER SLIDE DIDN'T MAKE IT IN THERE.
UH, UH, THE SIDE LINES ARE NOT CONFORMING TO ANY NATIONAL, STATE OR LOCAL STANDARD.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A MISQUOTE ON MY PART.
CITY OF HOUSTON, THE HOUSTON INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL OF 2023.
SECTION THREE SAYS THAT INTERSECTION SITE DISTANCES ARE REQUIRED TO MEET THE INTERSECTION SITE DISTANCE TRIANGLE REQUIREMENTS.
OKAY? WHICH THEORETICALLY IT DOESN'T MEET.
IT DOES NOT MEET THAT AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
MY HYPOTHESIS OR MY, I I ASSERT THAT THAT'S THE INCORRECT APPLICATION OF INTERSECTION SITE DISTANCE.
AGAIN, DETAILED IN MY DOCUMENT.
UH, THE, THE GREEN BOOK, THE A-A-S-H-T-O, THE AMERICANS ASSOCIATION OF HIGHWAY WIND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS SAYS THAT DRIVERS NEED DECISION SITE, DECISION SITE DISTANCES WHENEVER THERE IS A LIKELIHOOD FOR ERROR IN EITHER INFORMATION, RECEPTION, DECISION MAKING, OR CONTROLLED ACTIONS.
OKAY? SO GOOD EXAMPLES ARE CONTROLLED LOCATIONS OF THE KIND OF ERRORS LIKELY TO OCCUR WHERE IT'S DESIRABLE TO PROVIDE DECISION SITE DISTANCES, INTERCHANGE, AND INTERSECTION LOCATIONS WHERE UNUSUAL OR UNEXPECTED MANEUVERS ARE NEEDED.
SO WHY, WHY DO I BRING THIS OUT? AGAIN, SIGHT DISTANCE, I HAVE WICKERSHAM.
THEY CAN'T SEE, THEY PULL OUT THE CAR, DOESN'T, CAN'T SEE THE THING.
WHICH LANE DO I GO IN? DO I HIT THE BRAKES AGAIN? THAT'S WHY I SUGGEST THAT DECISION SITE DISTANCE BE UTILIZED INSTEAD OF INTERSECTION SITE DISTANCE.
ALSO, ACCORDING TO THE, UH, AND I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING THAT ISN'T IN THE HOUSTON INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL, IT SAYS AT TEN ONE OH TWO C, THE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS SIT IN THIS CHAPTER ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE ONLY VALUES USED FOR DESIGN, WHERE APPLICATION DESIGN REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE EXCEEDED TO ENHANCE SAFETY AND COMFORT FOR ALL ROAD USERS.
ALL I LIVE ACROSS FROM ESHAM, I HAVE TO WALK ACROSS THAT STREET WHEN I HAVE, FORTUNATELY ON THE WEST SIDE, I CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC COMING BACK HOME.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M STRESSING THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS.
IS THAT AN MTFP QUESTION? I DON'T KNOW.
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A STREET DESIGN QUESTION.
BUT AGAIN, WITH THE LIMITED, I BELIEVE THE ROW IS WRONG.
I BELIEVE THAT THE STREET DESIGN IS NOT NECESSARILY CORRECT.
I WANT TO USE THE WORD MITIGATE BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC'S GONNA COME DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S REALLY, IT'S COME DOWN IT.
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TO GO ON TO LACK OF VULNERABLE ROAD USERS, WHICH I EX, UH, UH, BROUGHT UP EARLIER.I'M GONNA TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORT.
UH, AS I SAID, THERE'S 4,440 FEET.
A LITTLE LESS THAN A MILE WHERE PEOPLE CAN'T CROSS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE PETS.
THERE ARE PEOPLE I SAW A YEAR OR SO AGO.
UH, A LADY AND HER SON WERE GOING OUT, WALKING IN THE TANGLEWOOD.
THEY HAVE A REALLY NICE STRIP DOWN THERE IF YOU KNOW TANGLEWOOD.
SO THEY WERE GOING OUT WALKING THERE.
UM, UH, SO, UH, IT'S SURPRISING TO ME, TEXAS OF ALL THINGS HAS A, UM, A-P-S-A-P COUNTERMEASURES WHERE IT'S A METHODOL PEDESTRIAN SAFETY ACTION PLAN.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW TEXAS CARED, BUT, OKAY.
NONETHELESS, UM, THEY REQUEST, UH, UNDER 3 1 13 SPEED STUDIES, UM, AREA TYPE URBAN, WERE, WERE URBAN.
AS YOU CAN SEE, I THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT CRASH RELATED RATIO HIGHER THAN 20%.
I CHECK WE HAVE 38% OF OUR CRASHES ARE CAUSED BY HIGH SPEED.
SO ACCORDING TO TEXAS, WE PROBABLY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS, OKAY? THERE'S ALSO A NUMBER OF OTHER ONES THAT WE DON'T NECESSARILY MEET.
UNFORTUNATELY, TEXAS, IN THEIR INFINITE WISDOM, YOU HAVE TO DIE IN ORDER TO BE INCLUDED UNDER THE OTHER CATEGORIES.
BUT ASSUMING THAT WE DON'T, WE MEET A NUMBER OF THE CATEGORIES, OKAY? UH, OKAY.
AS I ALLUDED TO EARLIER, THE PROBLEM IS PHYSICS AND, AND IN PARTICULAR SPEED.
I, I'M ALMOST DONE, I PROMISE.
UM, I WANNA PAINT YOU A PICTURE OF WHAT I HAVE.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I TRIED TO DO, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAD SAID IN THE MAJOR THIRD FAIR FREEWAY RELAY PLAN IS WE NEED PROOF.
I'VE GOT PROOF OF ALL THE THINGS THAT I'VE SAID.
LET'S SAY YOU HAVE A CHILD, YOUR CHILDREN AND GIRL SCOUTS.
YOUR CHILDREN ARE SELLING GOLD SCOUT COOKIES.
THEY'RE ON THE, ON THE, ON THE SIDEWALK, AS MOST OF US DO, AND WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH AND, AND PURCHASE THEM AS THEY DRIVE BY.
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU HAPPEN TO LIVE ON CHIMNEY RACK.
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY HAPPENED TO, I ACTUALLY WENT ACROSS THE STREET AND BOUGHT COOKIES FROM 'EM, YOU KNOW, OKAY, THAT'S A BIT OF A SIDE TOPIC.
WHAT HAPPENED? THEY WERE ABOUT 10 FEET OFF OF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD.
SO THEY WERE, UH, FIVE TO 10 FEET.
I, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW FAR THEY WERE.
THERE WAS A FERRARI, A NICE CONVERTIBLE FERRARI, I GUESS.
HE HAD JUST GOTTEN GAS, AND HE DECIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, CHIMNEY ROCK LOOKS LIKE A GOOD ROAD THAT I'M GONNA GO DOWN.
GUESS HOW FAST HE WAS GOING? ANYBODY WANT TO GUESS? 75 MILES AN HOUR.
WHY 4,440 FEET WITH NOTHING TO SLOW HIM DOWN 75 WITH CHILDREN.
YOU CAN SEE THEIR HEADS THROUGH MY TREE.
NOW, LET'S PAINT ANOTHER LITTLE PICTURE.
I'M GONNA, AGAIN, I'VE GOT ONE OR TWO MORE JUST TO KIND OF IMPRESS UPON YOU THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS, THAT WE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD NEED, AND THIS ONE YOU COULD ARGUE, IS ACCEPTABLE.
YOU'RE A POLICE OFFICER RESPONDING TO A CALL.
YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOUR SPEED IS ONLY 74 MILES AN HOUR.
SO THE FERRARI WAS GOING FASTER THAN THE COPS RESPONDING TO US, TO THE, TO, TO A, A CALL.
NOW, UH, I'M NOT A LAWYER, BUT I DO KNOW THAT TEXAS LAW REQUIRES THAT YOU DRIVE ACCORDING TO, TO TO CONDITIONS, WHETHER YOU'RE A POLICE OFFICER, FIREFIGHTER, OR JUST A ROUTINE DRIVER, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE ACCORDING TO CONDITIONS.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S DRIVING TO CONDITIONS, BUT THAT'S AN OPINION.
YOU'RE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK.
THE ONLY SIDEWALK THAT'S AVAILABLE TO YOU, YOU'RE WALKING SOUTHBOUND AND, UH, LO AND BEHOLD, A POLICE CAR GOES BY AT 50 MILES AN HOUR, 50 PLUS NO LIGHTS.
I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT LITERALLY INCHES AWAY FROM THE PERSON WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EVER BEEN BY A CAR GOING 45 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR, TWO FEET AWAY.
I HAVE, 'CAUSE I WALK UP CHIMNEY ROCK.
IT'S DISCONCERTING NOW WHERE I LIVE RIGHT ACROSS FROM WICKERSHAM, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY SHE'S NOT ON THIS PICTURE.
I'M IN A PAR PARTIAL CURVE AS YOU GO SOUTHBOUND.
I HAVE HAD, AND I'VE DEMONSTRATED THIS TWO CARS IN THE RECENT HISTORY SMACK INTO MY CURB.
WHETHER THEY'RE PAYING ATTENTION OR NOT, I DON'T KNOW.
I, I CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT TOTALLY RUIN THEIR FRONT TIRES.
SO THOSE ARE THE NICE PICTURES THAT I WANNA PAINT THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'RE AFFECTED WITH.
AND I THINK I CAN PRETTY MUCH CALL THAT, THAT FOR THE MOST PART, THAT'S THE END.
I MEAN, HOPEFULLY, UH, I, I'VE SPENT
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HUNDREDS OF, I'VE SPENT A YEAR AND A HALF, HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF HOURS DOING RESEARCH.UH, I HAVE A CAMERA 24 7 FACE DOWN THE ROADWAY.
NOT NECESSARILY TO CAPTURE THE ROADWAY, BUT FOR, FOR SAFETY.
I MEAN, WE HAVE PEOPLE CROSSING THE ROAD.
UH, PEOPLE JUST DRIVING NORTHBOUND FOR WHATEVER REASON.
THEY CAN'T STAY IN THEIR LANE.
AND WHENEVER I HEAR MY OFFICE IS IN THE FRONT, WHENEVER I HEAR A HONK, I DO A, A, A VIDEO CAPTURE OF IT.
I'M, I'M NOT A, A NUTCASE OR ANYTHING.
UM, OBVIOUSLY CONS, UH, WE, WE CAN'T USE THE ROADWAY TO BICYCLE.
I USED TO BIKE, BUT I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE ANYMORE JUST BECAUSE OF THE HIGH SPEED.
THE LEAD CAR MAY SEE ME, THE BACK CAR MAY NOT.
I, I DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE CHANCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PASSION ON THIS ISSUE.
I'M SURE YOUR NEIGHBORS APPRECIATE IT.
UH, WE APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YES.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UH, TWO, ONE, JUST TOTALLY OUTTA CURIOSITY, WHAT'S YOUR BACKGROUND? IT'S
I MEAN, I'VE NEVER READ THE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE CITY DESIGN MANUALS AND STUFF.
SO JUST, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, YOUR BACKGROUND THAT LED YOU TO DO THAT.
UH, AS, AS I MENTIONED, I, I READ THROUGH THE 2023 WILCREST REQUEST, AND IT, AND IT JUST SEEMED TO ME THAT THEIR REQUEST WAS LACKING DOCUMENTATION.
AND I DID NOT WANNA STAND IN FRONT OF YOU ALL AND SAY, WE HAVE SPEEDERS AND THEN I WALK OFF.
MY BACKGROUND IS A PETROLEUM ENGINEER, OKAY.
AND YOU'RE SOLELY DOING THIS AS A RESIDENT.
I AM SOLELY DOING THIS AS AN HOA BOARD MEMBER.
UM, THE SPEED LIMIT BETWEEN, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA.
I USED TO LIVE ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
UM, AND SO I, I KNOW IT'S SUPER RESIDENTIAL RIGHT THERE, BUT BETWEEN WESTHEIMER AND SAN FELIPE, IS THAT 30 MILES PER HOUR? YES.
IT'S, AND WHAT, WHAT ARE YOU HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH WITH RECLASSIFICATION? UH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT.
UM, WHAT WE WERE HOPING TO ACCOMPLISH, UM, I'M GONNA BE A LITTLE BIT, I CAN ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
I WANT THE SET ROAD TO BE MADE SAFE.
THAT'S IT FOR, FOR US WHO LIVE THERE.
AND FOR OTHER ROTOR USERS, AS I MENTIONED, I HEAR A LOT OF HONKING PEOPLE CAN'T STAY IN THEIR LANE MAYBE BECAUSE OF THE CURVATURE.
I, I, I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHY I FEEL A LITTLE, I I A HUNDRED PERCENT I CAN'T ANSWER.
AND I'M GONNA EXPLAIN TO YOU WHY.
BECAUSE EVEN OUTSIDE OF THE CITY HALL, THERE'S RAISED CROSSWALKS.
NOW THAT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, BUT YET THERE'S RAISED CROSSWALKS.
SO WE ARE ASKING FOR RACE CROSSWALKS TO BE PUT IN OUR SUBDIVISION SO THAT WE CAN CROSS THE STREET.
NOW, I THOUGHT THAT IT MAY BE EASIER IF IT'S RECLASSIFIED AS A MINOR COLLECTOR READING THROUGH THE DOCUMENTATION THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED FOR LAST YEAR'S CROCKETT, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN A MAJOR COLLECTOR AND A MINOR COLLECTOR.
NOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I DID READ IS THAT A MINOR COLLECTOR HAS RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.
IF YOU READ THROUGH, WHICH I DON'T LIKE OUR DOCUMENT, I'M SORRY, IT'S TERRIBLE, UH, THAT I CAN DISCERN.
A PRINCIPAL THOROUGHFARE AND A THOROUGHFARE HAVE NO RESIDENTIAL USE.
THERE'S NOT DISCUSSED ANYWHERE IN THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT SHEPHERD, WHICH IS THE EXAMPLE THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GO BY, IT HAS AN 8% RESIDENTIAL LAND USE.
OKAY? OURS IS UPWARDS OF 94 TO 95, DEPENDING ON THE AREA OF RESIDENTIAL LAND USE.
SO THIS IS THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK THAT THE DEFINITION IS BEING MISAPPLIED FOR A THOROUGHFARE OR A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
OKAY? SO WHAT I WANT IS I WANT IT TO BE MADE SAFER.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE RAISED CROSSWALKS PUT IN SO THAT PEOPLE CAN CROSS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE CITY OF HOUSTON ENGINEER CAN DO THAT WITH SUPPOSEDLY, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS IS OR WHETHER HE WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING IT.
THAT IS THE OTHER ISSUE THAT, THAT, THAT I RAISED.
THERE IS A SECTION THERE, THE, UNDER THE, THE, THE, UH, THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
UH, I CAN'T FIND IT OF COURSE WHEN I'M LOOKING FOR IT.
HOUSTON, TEXAS CODE OF ORDINANCE CHAPTER 45, TRAFFIC CODE 19 68, 46 DASH TWO, SECTION 43 73, DESIGNATION OF CROSSWALKS AND SAFETY ZONES.
THE CITY ENGINEER IS HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO DESIGNATE AND, UH, MAINTAIN BY APPROPRIATE DEVICES, MARKS OR LINES UPON THE SURFACE OF A ROADWAY.
OKAY, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTERSECTIONS.
WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? IN HIS OPINION, WERE A PARTICULAR DANGER TO CROSSING THE ROADWAY TO OTHER SUCH PLACES AS HE, AS HE MAY DEEM NECESSARY, OTHER PLACES TO ESTABLISH SAFETY ZONES OF SUCH CHARACTER IN THE PLACES AS
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HE MAY DEEM NECESSARY.SO DO YOU HAVE TO DOWNGRADE IT TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR? MAYBE NOT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO LOOK AT.
IT'S 80, BUT I KNOW IT'S NOT 80.
YOU CANNOT GET TWO TIMES THAT ROADWAY IN OUR AREA.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER, MAD.
I KNOW HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR IS DOING SOME EVALUATION FROM 59 TO WESTHEIMER ON CHIMNEY ROCK.
SO CAN WE JUST ENSURE WE'RE IN ALIGNMENT WITH THEM? THANK YOU.
FOR SOME REASON, THAT ROADWAY IS 35 MILES AN HOUR AND IT'S IN THE HIGH INJURY NETWORK.
BUT IT'S, IT RAISES A GOOD, INTERESTING POINT.
OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ALONG TO G EAST TIDWELL ROAD, MR. MARK SAPPINGTON WITH SAPPINGTON ENGINEERING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS MARK SAPPINGTON WITH SAPPINGTON ENGINEERING.
I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME TO PRESENT THE POTENTIALITY OF CONTINUING AND EXTENDING EAST TIDWELL ROAD EASTWARD FROM ITS PRESENT TERMINUS AT BELTWAY EIGHT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S IN THE EAST AREA OF THE COUNTY, UH, EAST OF THE CITY.
AND RIGHT NOW, TIDWELL, EAST TIDWELL ROAD ENDS AT BELTWAY EIGHT AND THE NEXT ROAD TO THE EAST, THE NORTH SOUTH ROAD IS PINELAND ROAD, AND IT'S ABOUT 3,600 FEET EAST OF THE BELTWAY.
AND WHERE THE ALIGNMENT WOULD BE GOING UP AND HITTING, UH, PINELAND WOULD BE ABOUT 20, I BELIEVE IT'S LITTLE OVER 2000 FEET NORTH OF, UH, BEAUMONT HIGHWAY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, HERE ARE THE TRACKS THAT ARE, THAT WOULD BE ENCOUNTERED WITH THIS, UH, EXTENSION.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, YOU HAVE WHAT IS CALLED THE GLOBAL NEW MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT.
THAT HAS GONE BEFORE, UH, I THINK THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION HAS GIVEN IT FINAL PLAT APPROVAL.
I'M NOT QUITE SURE RIGHT NOW WHETHER IT'S BEEN PLATTED, UH, RECORDED OR NOT.
BUT ONE THING THAT APPARENTLY HARRIS COUNTY REQUIRED THE DEVELOPER TO EXTEND EAST TIDWELL ROAD OF ALMOST 1100 FEET EAST OF TID OF BELTWAY EIGHT.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY HARRIS COUNTY AND WILL BE BUILT, UH, ALONG WITH THE, THE REMAINDER OF THE PRIVATE PROPERTY THAT GLOBAL NEW MILLENNIUM IS BUILDING.
SO THE, THE FUTURE END OF EAST TWELL ROAD IS GOING TO BE 1100 FEET EAST OF ITS PRESENT TERMINUS AT BELTWAY EIGHT.
UM, IF YOU CAN SEE HERE, THERE'S ONLY TWO LANDOWNERS EAST OF GLOBAL NEW MILLENNIUM THAT ARE INVOLVED WITH AN AN EXTENSION OF EAST TIDWELL ROAD TO PINELAND.
AND THAT IS 9 0 2 5 PLR HOLDINGS, LLC.
THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS JOE CHANDLER, WHO'S IN THE AUDIENCE TODAY, AND THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON, OWNS ABOUT 150 ACRES SOUTH OF THIS PROPOSED ALIGNMENT.
NEXT, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE, UH, TRY TO MAKE THE, UH, THE, THE TEXTS BIG ENOUGH TO BE SEEN.
BUT THIS ROADWAY EXTENSION IS REALLY NEEDED IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE ACCESS, UH, OF THE WHOLE AREA.
AND RIGHT NOW, UH, PUBLIC ACCESS TO SHELDON PARK, WHICH IS ON CITY PROPERTY, BUT IT'S A HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT ONE PARK, THE RESIDENTS REALLY HAVE A HARD TIME GETTING TO THE PARK, AND IT'S NOT UTILIZED ACCORDING TO PRECINCT ONE, IT'S NOT UTILIZED THE WAY THAT IT, THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT UTILIZED.
IF YOU ARE IN ALL OF THESE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF HOMES INSIDE THE BELTWAY TO THE, TO THE WEST OF THE BELTWAY, AND YOU ARE WANTING TO GO TO THE PARK, IF YOU DON'T GO ALL THE WAY UP TO
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WEST LITTLE YORK AND THEN DRIVE ALL THE WAY DOWN PINELAND, THE CCU IS JUST SO CIRCUITOUS TO DO IT TO THE SOUTH, YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY GO TO, TO US 90, MAKE A U-TURN AND GO BACK UP TO BEAUMONT HIGHWAY, TURN RIGHT, GO UP TO PINELAND, TURN LEFT, AND GO ACROSS THE RAILROAD TRACKS IN ORDER TO GET TO THE, THE PARK.THE BUSINESSES AND THE LANDOWNERS TO THE NORTH, UH, HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, HAVE SAME PROBLEM, AND IT FORCES MOST OF THE PRO THE TRAFFIC, I THINK, UP TO LITTLE YORK ROAD, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC ACCESS TO SHELDON PARK AND TO THE RESIDENCES AND THE BUSINESSES IS GREATLY HINDERED ALSO BY THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CROSSING THERE.
AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE TOLD ME HOW FRUSTRATING IT IS.
'CAUSE UNION PACIFIC TRAINS LIKE TO JUST STOP AND BASICALLY CUTS OFF ALL ACCESS TO POINTS NORTH ON PINELAND ROAD.
AND THAT REALLY GETS TO BE A LIFE SAFETY ISSUE, BECAUSE IF THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON AT THE PARK, YOU NEED TO GET AN AMBULANCE THERE.
YOU, THEY'LL HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY UP TO LITTLE YORK AND THEN COME ALL THE WAY BACK DOWN ALSO.
AND, AND THE LITTLE CIRCLE THERE JUST TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE, UH, SHELDON PARK IS THE ONLY BOAT LAUNCH INTO SHELDON LAKE.
SHELDON LAKE IS A WONDERFUL CITY LAKE THAT HAS A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, WITH RECREATIONAL BOATING.
AND FROM, UH, WHAT I'VE HEARD FROM MANY SOURCES IS THAT THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE WEEKENDS WITH PEOPLE TRYING TO USE THE BOAT RAMP.
AND THEN IT ALL AGAIN, IT, IT ACCESS GETS TO BE AN ISSUE THERE.
AND THEN AGAIN, PUBLIC ACCESS TO, IN THE YELL IN THE YELLOW AREA THERE, THOSE ARE LIKE 50 HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
AND AGAIN, THEY, THEY HAVE A HARD TIME WITH ACCESS.
AND AGAIN, ON THE WEST SIDE, TIDWELL'S ALREADY BEING EXTENDED 1100 FEET.
SO 1100 FEET OF THIS 3,600 FOOT REACH BETWEEN BELTWAY EIGHT AND PINELAND.
BASICALLY A THIRD OF IT'S ALREADY BEING CONSTRUCTED, AND IT IS BASICALLY A ROAD TO NOWHERE.
AND AT THE, AT THE LOCK PROPERTY LINE OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, AND THEN AGAIN, THE PUTTING THE ALIGNMENT AND, AND THE RED ALIGNMENT THERE ACTUALLY HELPS THE BLOCK LENGTH DISTANCE ALONG PINELAND.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH THAT, YOU, IT'S ABOUT 3000 FEET TO HAVE THE FIRST INTERSECTION ON PINELAND.
AND THIS WOULD ALLOW THE BLOCK LENGTH FROM BEAUMONT HIGHWAY UP TO THE INTERSECTION WITH TIDWELL TO BE ABOUT 2000 FEET.
THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE JUST, UH, DISCUSSED, EXCEPT THAT'S THE, THE TEXT OF IT.
SO THIS IS THE ALIGNMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, AND IT WOULD BE JUST TO, TO EXTEND IT FROM BELTWAY EIGHT OVER TO PINELAND IN ORDER TO PROVIDE BETTER CIRCULATION, BETTER ACCESS, AND UH, HELP WITH THE ACCESS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE PARK.
HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT ONE IS VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF, OF HAVING THE ROAD EXTENDED.
AND SO WE, AS A RESULT, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDER THE DESIGNATION OF THIS SEGMENT OF EAST TIDWELL ROAD FROM BELTWAY EIGHT TO PINELAND ROAD AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND TO REVISE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN ACCORDINGLY.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER JONES? THANK YOU.
UH, CURIOUS IS THE WEST, THE EAST HEAD? WELL, THAT IS EAST OF THE BELT, WEST OF THE BELTWAY.
UH, BELT EIGHT HAS THE ABILITY FOR TUBAL TO GO UNDER IT IN ITS CURRENT STATE.
YES, THERE IS A, I COULDN, I CAN QUITE TELL THAT FROM THE DRAWINGS.
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OR FULL INTERSECTION WITH, UH, THE BELTWAY EIGHT GOING OVERHEAD.SO THE, RIGHT NOW TO GO FROM WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO WHEN YOU'RE GOING EASTBOUND ON TIDWELL, YOU GO UNDERNEATH THE BRIDGE AND YOU TURN LEFT.
AND THEN DROW TRAVEL UP THE, THE NORTHBOUND FEEDER ROAD OF BELWAY.
A THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIGLER, UH, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WHAT'S THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE, UM, THE A THOUSAND OR SO FEET THAT HE SPOKE OF THAT WAS, UM, PUT ON THE GROUND WITH, OR IS BEING PUT ON THE GROUND? UM, EAST? YES.
HELLO? UH, YES, MY UNDERSTANDING IS DEDICATED AT 100 FEET AND IT'S ENTIRELY WITHIN THE GLOBAL NEW RESERVE, UH, PLAT.
UM, AND JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, ARE YOU REPRESENTING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, IT KIND OF IDENTIFIED OR ARE YOU REPRESENTING ANY OF THE LANDOWNERS HERE? YES, I AM.
MOVING ALONG TO, UH, BETH BETH ROAD, RIPLEY WOOD.
WITH META PLANNING, MY APOLOGIES.
IT'S, I PUT A TOP ON THE AGENDA.
JENNIFER CURTIS WILL BE PRESENTING.
JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLAN PLANNING WILL BE SPEAKING TO US.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
I'M JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
UM, I AM TOLD THAT THIS STREET NAME IS PRONOUNCED BADIE ACCORDING TO THE LOCALS.
I MAY SLIP UP AND SAY BATHY OR BATHY BECAUSE I, I STRUGGLE WITH THAT, BUT I'M TOLD THAT IT'S BEATTY, SO I'LL TRY TO USE BEATY.
UM, SO, SO BEATY ROAD ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
UM, SO THIS SEGMENT IS LOCATED IN, UM, FAR WEST HOUSTON, ETJ, UH, FAR WEST HARRIS COUNTY, CLOSE TO THE WALLER COUNTY LINE, JUST A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF US.
UM, BEATY ROAD IS A PROPOSED EAST WEST THOROUGHFARE.
IT'S CENTERED ON THE SCREEN HERE.
A SMALL PORTION OF BEATY ROAD EXISTS AT THE INTERSECTION WITH WARREN RANCH ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT ON THE FAR RIGHT SIDE OF THIS EXHIBIT.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THIS WHOLE SEGMENT OF THE ROAD IS UNDEVELOPED, DOES NOT EXIST.
UM, ONLY A FEW PIECES HAVE BEEN PLOTTED, UNDEVELOPED.
SO THE PROPOSED REQUEST, WE WOULD LIKE TO REALIGN BEATTY ROAD, UM, BETWEEN, SO THERE'S MEYER ROAD IS THE NORTH SOUTH ROAD THAT KIND OF HAS A LITTLE BIT OF A WIGGLE AND TURNS INTO A COLLECTOR.
KICKAPOO ROAD IS THE NEXT THOROUGH AFFAIR THAT KIND OF COMES FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE SCREEN AND GOES NORTH THE SOUTH.
SO IN BETWEEN MEYER AND KICKAPOO, WE'RE GONNA START A CURVE, BRING THE, BRING THE ROAD DOWN SLIGHTLY, AND THEN ON THE WEST SIDE BRING IT BACK UP TO ITS CURRENT POINT SO THAT FROM END TO END WE COME BACK TO THE, THE START AND END POINT THAT WE WERE AT BEFORE.
UM, MY CLIENT IS THE SOUTHEASTERN TRACT ON THIS EXHIBIT.
THAT'S THE GRAND PRAIRIE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
THE PURPLE-ISH TRACTED IN THE MIDDLE IS GRAND PRAIRIE HIGHLANDS, THAT'S ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
AND THEN THE ORANGE-ISH TRACT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PAGE IS A, UH, PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNER.
THAT'S THE STORY LINDSEY FAMILY.
WE HAVE BEEN IN COORDINATION WITH THE OTHER TWO PROPERTY OWNERS AND ALL THREE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS CHANGE.
UH, THE INTENT IS GENERALLY JUST TO BREAK UP THE STRAIGHT EAST WEST ROUTE, INTRODUCE SOME CURVATURE, SOME MORE VISUAL INTERESTS, SOME PASSIVE TRAFFIC, CALMING.
WE DON'T WANT A RACETRACK GOING THROUGH BETWEEN THE TWO COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND SO JUST INTRODUCING SOME OF THAT GENTLE CURVATURE TO KIND OF SLOW TRAFFIC DOWN AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OF MEANDERING STREETS SEEN AS IT WEAVES THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND THAT'S BASICALLY, UM, WHAT WE'RE HERE TO ASK FOR TODAY.
YES, AND THIS SHOWS IT ON AN AERIAL.
YOU CAN SEE THE TWO DEVELOPMENTS KIND OF HAPPENING ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PAGE AND NOTHING TO THE WEST.
SO IN CONCLUSION, UH, JUST REQUESTING A REALIGNMENT OF THIS THOROUGHFARE FROM RIGHT TO LEFT WITHIN THOSE THREE TRACKS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE ONE THE OWNER IN ON THE PURPLE.
YEAH, YOU SAID THAT'S HIGHLAND GRAND.
ARE THEY, I MEAN THEY'RE OKAY MOVING THAT BEATTY ROAD DOWN.
THEY ONLY HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A CONNECTION POINT, RIGHT? SO RIGHT NOW THE THOROUGHFARE SPLITS THE PROPERTY LINE BETWEEN THAT DEVELOPMENT AND THE GRAND PRAIRIE 50 50.
UM, THAT DEVELOPER HAS PLATTED MOST OF THEIR SECTIONS STARTING AT THE NORTH AND MOVING SOUTH.
UM, AND THEY DO HAVE A FEW PLATS THAT ARE A ABUTTING THAT AREA.
WE'VE MET WITH THEM FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS.
IT WOULD TAKE THE THOROUGHFARE OFF THEIR PROPERTY EXCEPT FOR A LITTLE SLIVER ON THE EAST.
AND SO THAT ACTUALLY, UM, REMOVES THAT OBLIGATION FROM THEM.
AND, AND THEY'RE IN SUPPORT OF THAT.
SO THEY, THEIR BASIC, THEIR MAIN INJURY IS ON, I CAN'T READ THAT ROAD, BUT NORTH YES, IT'S UM, IT STARTS WITH A B IS IT BECCA?
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IT'S BECCA.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU MS. CURTIS.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ALONG TO OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, UNNAMED EAST WEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE BLUE RIDGE, UH, BY HIRAM CLARK WITH RIPLEY WOODARD META PLANNING.
HELLO, HELLO, IS THIS GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
I'M REPRESENTING META PLANNING AND DESIGN THE APPLICANT'S FOR ITEM I, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR AN UNNAMED EAST WEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, A PORTION OF BLUE RIDGE ROAD AND A PORTION OF HIRAM CLARK ROAD.
UM, THESE REQUESTS ARE LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ETJ IN EAST FORT BEND COUNTY, SOUTH OF ARD ROAD AND NORTH OF, UM, THE MUSTANG BAYOU.
AS SHOWN ON THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE THE THREE REQUESTS IN RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER WITH THE FIRST BEING THE UNNAMED EAST WEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE IMAGE, UM, MARKED WITH THE SMALL XS.
UM, IT'S CON ENTIRELY CONTAINED IN BETWEEN FORT BEND PARKWAY AND FM 5 21.
UM, THE NEXT BEING THE SOUTH PORTION OR NORTH SOUTH PORTION OF BLUE RIDGE ROAD SHOWED IN BLUE, UM, TOWARDS THE WEST OF THE IMAGE.
UM, AND WE'RE REQUESTING THE DELETION OF THE PART PORTION SOUTH OF UH, MCC CARD ROAD.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, IF YOU LOOK TO THE EAST, THERE IS THE PORTION OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, HIRAM CLARK ROAD, ALSO SHOWN, SHOWN IN XS.
SO FIRST WE HAVE THE REQUEST FOR THE UNNAMED EAST WEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
SO THIS EXHIBIT HERE KIND OF SHOWS THE ENCUMBRANCES, UM, THAT THESE DIFFERENT ROADS FACE.
UM, IF YOU LOOK ON THE IMAGE SHOWN IN YELLOW TO THE EAST, OR EXCUSE ME, THE WEST END, THE IMAGE, IT IS SOME ACTIVE OIL AND DRILLING SITES.
UM, ADDITIONALLY IN THIS ZONE ARE, UM, THE ORANGE TRIANGLE LOOKING DIAMOND SHAPES.
AND THOSE ARE EXISTING RADIO AND TELEVISION BROADCAST BROADCAST TOWERS, UM, THAT ARE ALSO IMPACTING THE SITE.
ADDITIONALLY, IN BLUE, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE HOUSTON SPORTS CLUB ASSOCIATION.
IT'S A ACTIVE OUTDOOR SPORTS CLUB THAT DOES DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES, UM, ALSO ENCUMBERED BY THIS ALIGNMENT.
AND THEN FINALLY IN PURPLE THE MOST OF THE, UH, IMPACT IS FACED BY THE BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL, UM, THAT IS CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED AND BUILT UP.
SO AGAIN, OUR REQUEST IS TO JUST DELETE, DELETE THIS PORTION OF THE UNNAMED EAST WEST THOROUGHFARE IN BETWEEN, UM, UH, FOR BEND TOLLWAY AND FM 5 21 DUE TO THE ENCUMBRANCES, UH, AS SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
NEXT WOULD BE ITEM I TWO, WHICH IS BLUE RIDGE ROAD.
AND AGAIN, UH, THIS IMAGE DEPICTS WHERE, UH, THESE ENCUMBRANCES LIE.
SO BLUE RIDGE RUNS DIRECTLY THROUGH THE, UM, TV TOWERS THAT ARE CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED SHOWN IN ORANGE, AS WELL AS THE ACTIVE DRILLING SITE, UM, IN YELLOW.
AND OUR REQUEST AGAIN IS JUST TO DELETE THE PORTION IN BETWEEN MCC CARD AND THE, UH, PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
AND THEN FINALLY WE HAVE HIRAM CLARK ROAD.
WHICH IS ON THE EAST IN THIS IMAGE SHOWN, UH, IN BETWEEN ARD AND, UH, THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, IT IS ENTIRELY RUNNING THROUGH THE CONSTRUCTED, UM, DRAIN OR THE DUMP AREA, EXCUSE ME, THE BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL, UM, MAKING IT INFEASIBLE TO CONSTRUCT.
AGAIN, THAT'S THE REQUEST, JUST THE DELETION, UH, OF THE ROAD PORTION SOUTH OF MCC CARD TO THE, UM, UNNAMED EAST WEST THOROUGHFARE.
AND ALL THREE OF THESE REQUESTS HAVE ALSO BEEN PRESENTED AT FORT BEND COUNTY AND HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING SET FOR THE END OF THIS MONTH.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
ALRIGHT, UM, BACK TO YOU MR. CALVERT, WITH OUR NEXT STEPS.
PLANNING COMMISSION FOR LISTENING TO OUR APPLICANTS TODAY.
UH, OUR NEXT STEP, WE HAVE A VIRTUAL PUBLIC MEETING, AS I MENTIONED, THAT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A MONTH FROM NOW.
AND WE WILL RETURN TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, JULY 24TH.
SO A LITTLE OVER TWO MONTHS FROM NOW.
AND WE WILL, UH, WORK WITH OUR, UH, PARTNERS, PUBLIC WORKS, ET CETERA, TO GO THROUGH THESE APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN WE WILL, AS I MENTIONED, UM, COME FOR THE ACTUAL PUBLIC HEARING ON JULY 24TH.
AND I WOULD ALSO SAY PUBLIC COMMENT IS NEXT.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DID HAVE SPEAKERS, I'VE COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THEM.
YEAH, WELL WE TALKED TO MR. SAPPINGTON ON G AND WE DID TALK TO MR. GARDNER ON F SO WE'RE GOOD.
IT'S MORE ME SKIPPING YOU, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I HAD YOU.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD TO THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
THANK YOU, CHAIR CLARK, COMMISSIONER MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
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THANK YOU WILSON FOR DOING A GREAT JOB.UH, I THINK THE PRESENTATION WENT REALLY WELL AND WILSON JUST WENT OVER THE NEXT STEPS.
UH, THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GONNA REPORT EARLIER.
UH, SO REALLY I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO REPORT.
IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY, 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4 WITH, UM, YOU MAY ALSO VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
AND, AND, UH, FOR MORE INFORMATION, UH, CERTAINLY CALL ONE OF US.
THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON.
THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TRAN, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE ON THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, WE WILL ADJOURN AT 1:58 PM.