[CALL TO ORDER ]
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MY NAME IS LISA CLARK AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:33 PM ON THURSDAY, JULY 10TH, 2025.
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING BY VIEWING H EIGHT VIA HTV SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKERS 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.
SPEAKER RULES ARE FOUND ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE SPEAKER SIGN-IN FORM ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ARE NOT TIMED.
APPLICANTS HAVE THEIR ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES TIME AS WELL AS REBUTTALS.
NON APPLICANTS OR GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED TWO MINUTES TIME.
THERE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR 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 KOVAR IS NOT HERE.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER HY PRESENT, COMMISSIONER HINES HINES.
COMMISSIONER PORUS PER POROUS.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER VIRA BLAND VIRA BLAND PRESENT.
WE HAVE 15 MEMBERS PRESENT, SO QUORUM HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED.
I WANNA LET YOU KNOW TODAY WE'VE HAD A COUPLE WITHDRAWALS, SO WE'LL NOT BE, UH, LISTENING TO ANYTHING ON THESE ITEMS NOR TAKING ANY ACTION.
ITEM 22 LONE WOLF, SECTION ONE.
ITEM 23, LONE WOLF WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT AND ITEM 70 CARR STREET ESTATES.
[Director’s Report]
AND NOW I'LL CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE THREE ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY.
THE FIRST ONE, THE 30 DAY RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PERMITTING PILOT PROGRAM OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED THIS PAST MONDAY.
THIS INITIATIVE IS PART OF A LARGER EFFORT TO MODERNIZE CITY OPERATIONS AND TO REBUILD PUBLIC TRUST IN THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S CAPACITY TO FACILITATE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
UPON COMPLETION, THE PROGRAM COULD PAVE THE WAY FOR BROADER REFORMS IN COMMERCIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY PERMITTING PROCESS.
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS PILOT PROJECT, PLEASE VISIT HOUSTON PERMITTING CENTER.ORG.
MY SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THAT WE HAVE SCHEDULED DATES FOR THE MTFP MEETINGS.
AUGUST 21ST IS THE APPLICATION UPDATE, AND THEN FINALLY, SEPTEMBER 18TH, WHICH IS, UH, THE MEETING FOR RECOMMENDATIONS.
PLEASE REMEMBER THAT ALL MTFP MEETINGS WILL BE IN PERSON AT ONE O'CLOCK BEFORE OUR REGULAR REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.
AND THEN FINALLY, MY THIRD ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH PRIVATE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND FACILITATE THE PROCESSING OF APPLICATIONS.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS INTRODUCED A DEED RESTRICTION COMPLIANCE AFFIDAVIT.
THIS AFFIDAVIT MUST BE SIGNED, NOTARIZED, AND SUBMITTED WITH THE APPLICATIONS FOR AMENDING PLATS DEVELOPMENT, PLAT VARIANCES, PARKING VARIANCES, AND LANDSCAPE VARIANCES.
THE DEED RESTRICTION COMPLIANCE AFFIDAVIT IS AVAILABLE ON THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WEBSITE UNDER DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT THE PLANNER OF THE DAY FOR ASSISTANCE IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600.
OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
YOU MAY VISIT OUR WEBSITE, HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.
[Consideration of June 26, 2025, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
MOVE ALONG NOW TO CONSIDERATION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES OF JUNE 26TH, 2025.THEY WERE POSTED ON THE AGENDA.
MAY I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THESE MINUTES? MOTION MAD.
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CARRIES.PLEASE NOTE TOO THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER MONKA HAS JOINED US.
[I. Semi-Annual Report of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on Water and Wastewater Impact Fees (Deidre VanLangen) ]
MOVING ALONG TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS DEIDRE VAN LANGAN FROM HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE JULY, 2025 SEMI-ANNUAL WATER AND WASTEWATER REPORT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 9 5, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH TO ADMINISTER THE CITY'S IMPACT FEES PROGRAMS APPROVAL OF MOTION 90 DASH 6 1 4 BY CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS CHANGES THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE PERIODS OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2025 OF THE 20 20 20 30 IMPACT FEES PROGRAM.
IN SUMMARY OF THIS SEMI REPORT, I OFFER THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, A TOTAL OF $17,565,916 AND 41 CENTS WAS GENERATED FROM REVENUES AND INTEREST FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER.
IMPACT FEES OCCURRED IN IMPACT FEES ACCOUNTS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024 AND APRIL 30TH, 2025.
THE SECOND HALF OF THE FIFTH YEAR OF THE 20 20 20 30 IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.
THE CURRENT WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEE OF $3,837 AND 35 CENTS PER UNIT FOR WATER AND WASTEWATER IS A 34.55% OF THE MAXIMUM FEES ALLOWED BY CURRENT LAW.
THE WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES IN EFFECT FOR THIS REPORTING PERIOD HAVE BEEN IN EFFECT SINCE JULY 1ST, 2024 WITH IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2020 THROUGH 2030 IMPACT FEE PROGRAM ADOPTED BY CITY COUNCIL.
THE NUMBER OF SERVICE UNITS THAT GENERATED THE $17,565,916 AND 41 CENTS WAS 4,490 SERVICE UNITS FOR WATER AND 4,377 SERVICE UNITS FOR WASTEWATER.
A TOTAL OF 887 SINGLE FAMILY OF RESIDENCES WERE EXEMPT FROM PAIN IMPACT FEES AND WERE GRANTED TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS BELOW THE MEDIAN HOUSING PRICE DURING THIS PERIOD.
EXAMINATION OF DATA REGARD REGARDING SERVICE UNIT CONSUMPTION FOR NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024 THROUGH APRIL 30TH, 2025 INDICATES SIGNIFICANT CAPACITY REMAINS IN THE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM TO SUPPORT ANTICIPATED DEMANDS THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST, 2025, THE END OF THE NEXT REPORTING PERIOD.
BASED ON THESE FINDINGS, I RECOMMEND THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ACTING AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION TO DEBT RETIREMENT FOR THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUES AND INTERESTS GENERATED FROM WATER AND WASTEWATER IMPACT FEES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD AND THE SUM OF $17,565,916 AND 41 CENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I NOW MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER JONES? THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, JUST REFLECTING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE NUMBERS AND THE, THE, THE IMPACT PROGRAM IS, IS FANTASTIC.
YOU KNOW, 17 AND A HALF MILLION MORE THAN THAT SINCE THE INCEPTION, AND IT AVERAGES WELL OVER 1200 CONNECTIONS PER YEAR, UM, IN THIS CASE WITH OUR NUMBER OF 900 JUST WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
UM, IT'S A WONDERFUL PROGRAM AND WITH THAT I RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER HEIS, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? YES, I WAS JUST GONNA THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE PREVIOUS REPORTS AND I THINK IT IS IMPORTANT TO REITERATE THAT THE, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, WATER AND WASTEWATER PER UNIT FEE IS, IS 34.5% LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, MANY OF THESE FEES ARE PASSED ON TO THE END CONSUMER.
SO I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE NOT ONLY, UH, COMMISSIONER JONES, LIKE YOU STATED, IT'S A GREAT PROGRAM, BUT THEN IT'S, I THINK IT'S VERY FAIRLY, UH, PRO, YOU KNOW, IMPLEMENTED WELL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I HAVE A, UH, MOTION BY JONES.
[II. Semi-Annual Report of the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee on Drainage Impact Fees (Deidre VanLangen)]
TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DRAINAGE IMPACT FEES.I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE JULY, 2025 SEMI-ANNUAL DRAINAGE IMPACT FEE REPORT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 3 9 5, TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT ADOPTED ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH PROCEDURES TO ADMINISTER THE CITY'S IMPACT FEES PROGRAM.
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APPROVAL OF MOTION 90 DASH 0 604 CITY COUNCIL APPOINTED THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AT ADVISORY COMMITTEE.THIS REPORT DOCUMENTS CHANGES THAT OCCURRED BETWEEN THE PERIOD OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024 AND APRIL 30TH, 2025 OF THE DRAINAGE IMPACT FEES PROGRAM.
IN SUMMARY OF THE SEMI REPORT, I OFFER THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS, A TOTAL OF $530,218 AND 93 CENTS AND DRAINAGE IMPACT FEES WAS PURCHASED BETWEEN NOVEMBER 1ST, 2024 AND APRIL 30TH, 2025.
A TOTAL OF $7,000,400, $400,595 AND 36 CENTS WAS PURCHASED SINCE PROGRAM INCEPTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I NOW MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO I HAVE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER JONES YIELDS TO COMMISSIONER HY.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER JONES.
SO, UH, I JUST, UH, I THINK IT'S DITTO, RIGHT? THANKS FOR THE REPORT.
IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH, UH, PREVIOUS REPORTS.
COMMISSIONER TEHIR, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
MOTION JONES SECOND HIGH SHALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ROMAN NUMERAL THREE PLATING ACTIVITIES, SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT PLOTS.
MADAM CHAIR, I HAVE A QUESTION NOW.
AND MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE ASKED EARLIER, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE REPORT OF THE, OF THE DIRECTOR, THIS NEW AFFIDAVIT THAT WE ARE IMPLEMENTING FOR DEED RESTRICTIONS, IT'S A VERY GOOD IDEA.
WHAT DOES IT GET US LEGALLY? I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA SUBMIT AN AFFIDAVIT AND THEY'RE GONNA SAY THAT THEY ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, RIGHT? THEY ALWAYS HAVE NOW NOTARIZED.
SO LEGALLY IT GIVES US MORE LEVERAGE.
I THINK THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF HAVING THIS FORM WAS TO HELP MOVE ALONG APPLICATIONS THAT ARE GENERALLY SIMPLER IN, I DON'T KNOW, SIMPLER TO, TO ACCOMPLISH AMENDING PLATS, FOR EXAMPLE.
THERE'S, I, I'M NOT SURE I CAN THINK OF AN EXAMPLE WHERE DEED RESTRICTIONS MIGHT BE A PROBLEM ON THAT, UNLESS IT'S COMBINING LOTS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, I MEAN, THAT'S A VERY SIMPLE CLERICAL MATTER.
A LOT OF THE TIMES PARKING VARIANCES, DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCES THAT YOU'VE SEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, DON'T NECESSARILY INVOLVE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WHEN STAFF CATCHES IT, IT WILL BE SENT TO US TO LOOK AT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF, IF A QUESTION COMES UP, WE HAVE ONE TODAY.
I THINK THAT, UM, THERE WAS A QUESTION RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORS THAT THERE MIGHT BE, WE DON'T THINK THERE IS, BUT, BUT YOU'LL SEE HOW THAT PROCESS WORKS, BUT IT HELPS THE APPLICANTS GET THINGS THROUGH QUICKER.
MS. PANTY, DID YOU WANNA SHARE SOME INFORMATION WITH US? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UM, THE FW THAT WE HAVE AT THE PERMIT PROCESS, IT IS, THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT.
AT PERMITTING, APPLICANTS OR PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY'RE MEETING ALL OF THE PRIVATE DATE RESTRICTIONS AT AMENDING PLATS OR, UH, WITH LANDSCAPE VARIANCES DEVELOPMENT PLAT VARIANCES.
THAT KNOWLEDGE OF THE PRIVATE DATE RESTRICTIONS IS VERY ESSENTIAL FOR PROPERTY OWNERS TO COMPLY.
SO THIS AFFIDAVIT WILL HELP THEM GO BACK AND READ THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND COMPLY AND SUBMIT APPLICATIONS, WHICH ARE, UM, MORE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR OWN DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND IF PLANNERS SEE SOMETHING, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL REACH OUT TO OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT.
SO THIS WILL, THIS WILL SMOOTHEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW PROCESS OF ADMINISTRATIVE APPLICATIONS.
AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THIS.
[Platting Activities a & b]
OKAY.UM, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, SECTION A AND B ARE PRESENT PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH CON INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPLAY ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTION A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 69 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE ONE THROUGH 42 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE 43 THROUGH 69.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THAT THE APPROVAL OF ALL THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CONSENT AND REPL ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
LET ME ASK FIRST, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO, OKAY, I HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS.
COMMISSIONER MAREZ? YES, I WILL ABSTAIN FROM 12 26 40 AND 41.
MADAM CHAIR, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM ITEM 6, 7, 8, AND 34.
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OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, ITEMS. I SHOULD HAVE HAD THE NUMBER WITH ME.6, 7, 8, 12, 26, 34, 40 AND 41.
DO HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TA HERE.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
NOW I NEED A MOTION FOR ITEMS 6, 7, 8, 12 30, UH, 26, 34, 40 AND 41.
MOTION POURS PER THREE SECOND TO HEAR.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (John Cedillo, Ken Calhoun, and Dorianne PowePhlegm) ]
ALONG TO, YES, UH, GRANDMA NUM, I MEAN, EXCUSE ME, C PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM 70.UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 70 IS ARY ESTATES AND HAS BEEN WITH JOHN.
SO MOVING TO ITEM 71, COASTAL ENCLAVE.
REPL NUMBER ONE, THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 25,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH ALONG CLOVER STREET, EAST OF JUTLAND ROAD AND NORTH OF REED ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS CREATE 10 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TWO PARKING RESERVES ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
UH, THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUEST WITH THIS ITEM, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS NOT PROVIDED SUFFICIENT NOTICE.
THIS IS A FULL REPLAT OF COASTAL ENCLAVE AND IS CHANGING THE DENSITY TABLE AND CREATING THE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL PARKING REVIEW.
BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
ARE THOSE SEPARATELY FILED? HAVE US NOW RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS APPLICATION? STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE WITH NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 71 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE IT.
UH, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOTION TO DEFER GARZA SECOND MARS.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 72, ITEM 72, AS ALBERTA VILLA'S REPL NUMBER ONE, THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 17,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF REDBUD STREET AND ALBERTA STREET, EAST OF SCOTT STREET AND SOUTH OF HOLMES ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS GRADE SIX, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND ONE RESERVE ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO BRANCHES ARE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS A FULL REPLAT OF ALBERTA VILLA AND LEGAL REVIEW IS STILL ONGOING AS THEY RESEARCH THE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED MANY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM RESIDENTS AND THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION SAYING THAT THEY BELIEVE THE PROPOSED PLAT VIOLATES THE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS FOR THE BROOKHAVEN SUBDIVISION.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW LEGAL MORE TIME TO REVIEW THE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, FOR PLEASE DO THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 72 IS OPEN.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I REPRESENT BROOKHAVEN CIVIC CLUB.
UM, WE'VE SUBMITTED DETAILED WRITTEN COMMENTS ON THIS AND BROUGHT THE, UH, ATTENTION OF THE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE DULY FILED FOR THE SUBDIVISION.
THE SUBDIVISION WAS, UM, REPLANTED IN 2023, WHICH AT TIME ACKNOWLEDGED THE ORIGINAL RESTRICTIONS APPLICABLE TO BROOKHAVEN EDITION.
THOSE CONTAIN A MINIMUM LOT SIZE RESTRICTION OF 7,800.
WHEN THE REFL WAS DONE IN 2023, IT HONORED THOSE RESTRICTIONS AND CREATED TWO LOTS THAT COMPLIED WITH THAT ORIGINAL RESTRICTION.
I THINK THEY WERE AROUND EIGHT 800 AND 808,800 SQUARE FEET.
THIS PARTICULAR REPL REPL NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS BEFORE, UH, THE COMMISSION IS GOING TO VIOLATE THOSE RESTRICTIONS 'CAUSE IT'S GOING TO TAKE THAT ORIGINAL LOT AND THAT WAS TWO LOTS AND NOW MAKE SIX LOTS.
AND THAT WOULD TAKE THE, UH, UH, AVERAGE LOT SIZE DOWN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 2100 TO 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO SIX SEPARATE LOTS, NO MORE THAN 4,000 SQUARE FEET THAT VIOLATES THE RESTRICTIONS.
WE'VE BROUGHT THAT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN A HOPE THAT THEY WILL HONOR THIS, UM, SUBDIVISIONS RESTRICTIONS AND COMPLY WITH TEXAS LAW AND NOT APPROVE THIS RESTRICTION.
WE'VE BEEN DOWN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES.
BROOKHAVEN HAS, AND I HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR TRON TO SAY WE NEED TO HAVE A SYSTEM IN PLACE SO THAT THE COMMUNITY IS NOT BURDENED TO COME DOWN HERE OR OUR RESOURCES AT LONE STAR LEGAL AID ARE NOT TAPPED TO WRITE LETTERS TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO FIND DEED RESTRICTIONS.
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A, UM, NEW PROCESS FOR THE DEED RESTRICTION CERTIFICATION.HAPPY TO HEAR THAT IN THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT, BUT I'M CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAVE REPEATEDLY HAD APPLICANTS THAT ARE AWARE OF DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE APPLICABLE TO THESE SUBDIVISIONS AND THEY'RE JUST FILING THE RE PLAT ANYWAY, HOPING THEY GET IT THROUGH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF I, IF YES, GO AHEAD.
AND THAT I, WE'VE HAD TO SUE THE CITY OVER THIS ON AN AMENDING PLAT, UM, WHERE THE RESTRICTIONS WERE IGNORED AND PARTICULARLY PURPOSELY CIRCUMVENTED AND THE, UM, EXTRA EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CHANNEL VIEW.
WE'VE HAD TO RAISE THIS ISSUE WHERE, UH, APPLICANTS HAVE COME DOWN HERE AND JUST IGNORED RESTRICTIONS AND ACTED LIKE THEY DIDN'T EXIST, EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD TITLE REPORTS THAT SAID THEY DID.
AND THE COMMUNITY HAD WORKED TO PUT THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE USING LONE STAR LEGAL AID AND OTHER RESOURCES, AND THEY'RE JUST IGNORED.
WE'VE GOT TO PROTECT THESE COMMUNITIES.
SO I'M GONNA RELY ON LEGAL, BUT I'M, I'M GOING TO STATE JUST LIKE YOU, EVERYONE HAS THE RIGHT TO PUT THEIR VOICE OUT HERE.
THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO SUBMIT THEIR PLAT.
IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO HOPEFULLY MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE COMPLYING BY OUR RULES AND REGS AND THE STATE LAW.
AND SO I THINK WE DO HAVE GOOD SYSTEMS IN PLACE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO BE SHORING THOSE UP EVEN A LITTLE BIT BETTER, BUT WE CAN'T DENY PEOPLE THE RIGHT TO COME TO THIS COMMISSION AND BE HEARD.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? LEGAL? YES, KIM? UH, I CAN ADD THAT IT WAS LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON THAT, THAT OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT DID LOOK AT THIS.
WE, UM, IN TALKING WITH STAFF AND THE CHAIR YESTERDAY, I REMEMBERED THIS PLAT THE PREVIOUS ONE FROM 2020.
I WASN'T SURE IT WAS ON THIS PROPERTY, BUT I'M THINKING WE'VE SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF THESE AND IT DOES VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WE'VE GOTTEN THAT OPINION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SIDE.
SO I KNOW THE RECOMMENDATION OF STAFF IS TO DEFER IT, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANT TO, IF YOU WANT TO STILL DO THAT, TO LET THE APPLICANT KNOW IF THEY ARE NOT HERE.
BUT, UM, IT'S OUR OPINION THAT IT VIOLATES DE RESTRICTIONS.
AND I'LL, I'LL ADD TO, TO MS STENT'S, UM, COMMENT.
IT'S, IT'S HARD I UNDERSTAND COMING DOWN HERE, BUT THE WAY THIS, THE TEXAS STATUTE IS SET UP, WE HAVE TO GIVE PUBLIC NOTICE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
IT'S THAT OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND BE HEARD.
SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY IT MAY MEAN THAT PEOPLE STILL HAVE TO COME DOWN HERE OR FORTUNATELY BECAUSE THAT'S GIVES THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME SPEAK.
SO YEAH, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, IF IT VIOLATES DEED RESTRICTIONS, WHY ARE WE DEFERRING THANK YES.
AT THE CREATION OF OUR RECOMMENDATION.
WE HAD NOT HEARD BACK FROM LEGAL ESTHER AS THOUGH TO, AS TO THEIR OFFICIAL INTERPRETATION OF THE DE RESTRICTIONS.
SO WE CAN'T RECOMMEND DEFER APPROVAL WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL INTERPRETATION AT THAT POINT.
SO I'D LIKE TO ON, LET'S GET COMMENTS FIRST.
UH, IF I MAY, JUST A QUICK INTERRUPTION.
THE CLIENT WAS TOLD THAT IT'S GOING TO BE DEFERRED.
YEAH, THAT WOULD BE, IN MY MIND, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY REASON TO CONTINUE.
IF THE CLIENT HAD BEEN TOLD IT'S A BIG NO, THEN THEY MIGHT BE HERE TO SPEAK IN THEIR DEFENSE OR WHATEVER.
BUT THE FACT THAT THE CLIENT TODAY IN MY MIND THINKS THE ITEM IS BEING DEFERRED AND MAY NOT BE HERE TO REPRESENT THEMSELVES, I FEEL LIKE A DEFERRAL OF TWO WEEKS.
WHICH AT WHICH POINT THEY WILL NOW KNOW AFTER THIS MEETING, IT IS A NO AND WE'RE DONE.
THEY CAN WITHDRAW IT, THEY CAN CHANGE IT, THEY CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
BUT THE DEFERRAL IS ONLY IN MY MIND BECAUSE THE APPLICANT DOES NOT KNOW THEY'RE, THEY'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S GOING TO BE DEFERRED.
AND MR. SAD, LEMME ASK A QUESTION.
IS THE APPLICANT IN THE ROOM? DO YOU KNOW? I DO NOT BELIEVE SO.
I, I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD THEN BE TO YOUR POINT, UH, NOTICE TO, UH, THE APPLICANT, BUT NOTHING MAY CHANGE BESIDES A WITHDRAWAL IN TWO WEEKS, WHICH MIGHT REQUIRE EVERYONE HERE TO POTENTIALLY SHOW UP AGAIN.
UM, I, I'M REALLY NOT THE PERSON TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT I WOULD SAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS VIOLATES DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND IF AND WHEN THIS COMES UP AGAIN, IT WILL BE A NO FROM THIS COMMISSION.
CHRIS BERG, BECAUSE LEGAL HAS TOLD US IT VIOLATES THESE RESTRICTIONS, SO THEY DON'T, I MEAN, THEY'RE CERTAINLY WELCOME TO COME AND YES, I KNOW IT'S TEDIOUS, BUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME, I THINK WE CAN SAFELY SAY, UH, MADAM CHAIR THAT THIS WILL BE A NO IN TWO WEEKS UNLESS IT'S WITHDRAWN.
MADAM CHAIR, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG? YEAH, I DON'T, ONE SECOND.
I DON'T AGREE AND I'LL DEFER TO KIM OVER THERE, BUT THIS GUY COULD HAVE COME INTO THE ROOM.
IT'S A, IT'S AGAINST, IT'S A NO, IT'S AGAINST DEALERSHIPS.
SO HE'D HAVE HEARD IT FIRSTHAND.
IT'S A NO LEGALLY, WE TECHNICALLY
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DEFERRING IT IS NOT DOING WHAT THE, THE LAW STATES COMMISSIONER TAHIR.UM, I AGREE THAT IT'S A NO, BUT WE FOUND IT OUT TODAY AND HE WAS TOLD THAT IT'S GONNA BE A DEFERMENT.
SO FOR DUE PROCESS, I THINK IT'S BEST THAT WE DIFFER.
GIVE THE OWNER A CHANCE TO COMMENT, BUT MORE THAN, HANG ON JUST A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER SEGLER, I, I WANNA SAY THAT, UM, HE WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS GONNA BE RECOMMENDED AS A DEFERRAL AND WE HAVE THE VOTE.
AND SO I THINK THERE'S OFTENTIMES WHERE WE WISH THE APPLICANTS WERE HERE SO WE COULD HAVE DIALOGUE.
UM, AND IF WE KNOW THAT IT'S VIOLATING, THEN IT'S VIOLATING.
UM, AND I DON'T THINK YOU TOLD HIM IT WAS GONNA BE DEFERRED, YOU TOLD HIM IT WAS RECOMMENDED.
WE CAN'T SAY THAT IT IS GOING TO BE, BECAUSE OF COURSE IT IS AT THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSION.
EVEN THOUGH THAT YOU WOULD IN THE SITUATION.
UH, BUT YEAH, SO THERE IS THE POTENTIALITY OF THEM CHALLENGING LEGAL INTERPRETATION.
THEY COULD CHANGE THE PLAT TO POTENTIALLY COME INTO COMPLIANCE IF THAT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.
UM, AND OF COURSE THEY AT THIS POINT WOULD KNOW THAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER, EXCEPT THE EXISTING PLAT COMPLIES WITH REGULATIONS.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO CHANGE ANYTHING.
COMMISSIONER EZS? WELL, UM, WHAT I'M GONNA SAY IS EVEN IF THEY WERE INSTRUCTED AT THE RECOMMENDATION OR NOTIFIED OF THE RECOMMENDATION, I'M, I'M SURE THEY WERE NO WELL AWARE OF THE REASON FOR THE REVIEW AND, AND THE, THE CONCERN ABOUT THE DE RESTRICTIONS TO BEGIN WITH.
I'M ASSUMING THAT, IS THAT SAFE TO SAY? YES.
I MEAN, IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THREE LOTS AND TALKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO THE TWO OR SOMETHING, BUT WHAT THEY CURRENTLY PRESENT IS NOWHERE NEAR BEING IN COMPLIANCE WITH THAT DEED RESTRICTION.
SO I WOULD BE INCLINED TO BACK UP A DENY.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
ALRIGHT, SO I'M JUST TALK LOOKING AT COST ANALYSIS.
SO IF WE DENY THIS, THEN THE CLIENT HAS TO OSTENSIBLY COME BACK WITH A NEW PLAN AND PAY FEES AGAIN, IF THEY FIND SOMETHING THAT IT DOES COME IN COMPLIANCE.
IF THEY COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT WOULD COME INTO COMPLIANCE, LEMME ASK A QUESTION.
MAYBE THIS ANSWERS YOUR, YOUR QUESTION.
THE PLA THAT THEY HAVE TODAY IS WHAT COMPLIES CORRECT.
THE TWO LOTS, SO CORRECT THE EXISTING PLAN.
SO THE ONLY THING THEY COULD DO ARE THOSE TWO LOTS MOVE THE BOUNDARY AS LONG AS THEY'RE STILL YEAH, AS LONG AS THEY'RE WITHIN THE, YEAH.
95 AND A 75, THEY COULD MODIFY IT ONE MORE TIME, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE SEEING.
WHY IS WE SEEING SIX AND NOT TWO? THEY COULD ASK A 30 DAY DEFERRAL TOO.
AND CAN YES, COMMISSIONER SIGLER, CAN THEY MODIFY IF IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING WITH NOTIFICATION? DO THEY, THEY DON'T HAVE TO READ MS. BEN IF IT WENT FROM SIX LOTS TO YOU.
SO YOU OR MR. CILLO CAN ANSWER THAT, GO BACK.
I BELIEVE THE PRACTICE IS THAT IF THEY, THEY CANNOT INCREASE THE LOCK COUNT OR CREATE A MORE INTENSE APPLICATION, BUT THEY MAY REDUCE THE LOCK COUNT.
SO THAT, THAT MEETS COMPLIANCE.
BUT ISN'T THAT THE MINIMUM IS 8,000, RIGHT? 75.
SO I I'M PLAYING DEVIL'S ADVOCATE WITH MYSELF.
AND THE QUESTION I WAS ASKING, I'M AN ARCHITECT, THAT'S WHAT I DO, RIGHT? UH, THEY COULD ASK FOR A 30 DAY MM-HMM
DEFERRAL AND IN THAT TIMEFRAME SHOW US SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT, RIGHT? YES.
THEY COULD SAY, HEY, WE WANNA MAKE IT ONE A SINGLE LOT AND SHOW US SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, SO THAT'S ME BEING OPEN ABOUT RIGHT.
OPTIONALITY FOR THE DEVELOPER.
UH, BUT THE LEGAL, UH, INTERPRETATION HERE IS IT'S, IT'S NOT IN COMPLIANCE.
IT VIOLATES NEED RESTRICTIONS.
SO IN AN EFFORT TO BE EFFICIENT, RIGHT, BECAUSE I LOVE THE LENGTH OF THIS AGENDA MM-HMM
WHY SHOULD THIS BE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS? WELL, OKAY, HOLD ON.
THEY DO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO MODIFY, TO MEET THE CRITERIA WITH THE EXISTING PLA THAT THEY HAVE.
AND THAT THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GIVING 'EM.
THE OPPORTUNITY WITHIN TWO WEEKS IS TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE.
MANY, MANY TIMES WE LOOK AT SOMETHING DEFERRED AND IT COMES BACK TO US COMPLETELY DIFFERENT THAT MEETS THE CRITERIA.
SO THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, AND I THINK WE OWE IT TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE THEY'RE HERE TO SHOW THEM WHAT THE FINAL, WHAT THE FINAL DRAWINGS ARE AND WHAT WE VOTE FOR OR AGAINST IN ANOTHER MEETING.
BECAUSE IF WE VOTE TODAY, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE VOTING FOR.
SO IF IT GOES BACK TO TWO LOTS, WE, WE STILL, WE STILL DON'T
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KNOW.SO, AND I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO I, I THINK IN MY MIND IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY TO COME BACK AND GO, OKAY, IT'S TWO LOTS.
IT'S ONE LOT, IT'S ONE THING AND THEN IT'S APPROVED OR NOT.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER IS, UM, SO THIS, THIS WAS BEFORE US AS TWO LOTS PRIOR.
IS, WAS THE PROPERTY SOLD AND THIS IS A NEW APPLICANT OR IS THIS THE SAME APPLICANT? I BELIEVE THIS IS A NEW APPLICANT.
UH, SO IT WASN'T THE SAME APPLICANT AS THAT.
AND, AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, UM, COMMISSIONER GARZA, YOU MAKE A POINT, HOWEVER, UM, WHEN A, A DEED CLEARLY VIOLATES RESTRICTIONS LIKE THIS, THIS IS A WASTE OF OUR TIME.
BUT I COULD SUPPORT THE BENEFIT OF A DOUBT HALF, TWO WEEKS TO COME BACK TO US AND SHOW SOMETHING THAT IS IN COMPLIANCE, BUT IT'S NOT WORTH OUR TIME BEING WASTED.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S TIME BEING WASTED OR THE DEVELOPER'S TIME BEING WASTED.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER WAS THE AFFIDAVIT AND, UH, IT PROBABLY WASN'T.
UM, BUT WAS IT SIGNED THAT THEY READ THE DEED RESTRICTIONS? NO.
THERE, THOSE, THE AFFIDAVIT IS NOT AN OPTION FOR PEOPLE COMING IN WITH A REPL THAT REQUIRES PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE AFFIDAVIT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS USING IS FOR FOUR DIFFERENT TYPES OF GENERALLY VERY SIMPLE DOCUMENTS.
YOUR DEVELOPMENT PLATS, PARKING VARIANCES, AMENDING PLATS.
UH, YEAH, I'M BLANKING ON THE FOURTH, BUT, BUT NO, IT, IT'S NOT FOR DOC, IT'S NOT FOR RE PLATS LIKE THIS ONE.
WHY WOULDN'T IT, WHY WOULDN'T IT BE APPLICABLE? BECAUSE THESE STILL GO THROUGH THE FORMAL PROCESS OF LEGAL REVIEW OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SINCE A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED FOR THOSE OTHER TYPES OF DOCUMENTS, A PUBLIC HEARING IS NOT REQUIRED BY LAW.
SO IT'S, IT'S GENERALLY A SIMPLER PROCESS.
DIRECTOR TRAN YEAH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY INCLUDE THIS, UH, AFFIDAVIT FOR THIS PROCESS AS WELL, JUST AS AN EXTRA STEP THAT APPLICANTS YOU DID REVIEW IT, BECAUSE WE'RE STILL GONNA DO A THOROUGH REVIEW DUE RESTRICTION, BUT AT THE VERY LEAST THAT THEY HAVE THAT WE KNOW THAT THEY'VE DONE THEIR OWN REVIEWS.
COMMISSIONER TAHIR? UM, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GARZA.
I THINK THIS WILL SET A WRONG PRECEDENT, UH, BECAUSE ONE PARTY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DEBATING HERE, SO THEY ARE UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT IT'LL BE DEFERRED.
IS THAT THE END OF YOUR COMMENT? YES.
I JUST WANNA REITERATE TO THE DIRECTOR AND TO THE STAFF, WE BELIEVE THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE HERE.
IT'S IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO BE HERE.
IF NOT, WE WON'T ALWAYS BE SO GRACIOUS TO DEFER.
SO IF WE COULD STRESS TO THE APPLICANTS, EVEN WITH THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL, WE FIND IT IN THEIR BEST INTEREST TO BE HERE TO DEFEND THEIR APPLICATIONS.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BY STAFF.
DID I, DID I CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER NOW.
SO I'M GONNA NO OTHER COMMENTS? NO OTHER SPEAKERS.
I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE.
I HAVE TO, I HAVE TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO YOU MAKE A MOTION FOR DISAPPROVAL.
IF THAT'S THE MOTION, IT NEEDS TO BE ALSO TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO, AND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING CHAIR HAS LEFT HEARING, AND SINCE THE CHAIR OKAY.
SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE MOMENT.
IF IT DOESN'T, I'LL HAVE TO REOPEN IT.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY? OKAY.
MAR ALL IN FAVOR? PROBABLY BY SHOW OF HANDS.
I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE IT IS APPROVED TO DENY THE APPLICATION.
LOOK, COMMISSIONER GARZA
WE JUST ASK FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, NO, NO COMMENTS BACK BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES IT, AS YOU CAN SEE AROUND THIS HORSESHOE, IT'S HARD ENOUGH TO CONTAIN CONTROL.
SO
ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM 73.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.UH, ITEM SEVEN THREE IS VILLE CROSSING PLACE.
UH, IF YOU LOOK ON THE ONE-LINERS, IT DOES SAY TO DEFER HOWEVER, WE ARE CHANGING RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE.
UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS OVER 1.2 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, ETJ, AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF SPRING S STUEBNER, AND FALLWELL ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE TWO COMMERCIAL RESERVES.
THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR THOSE ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT STAFF HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMMENTS FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDING DEED RESTRICTIONS, TRAFFIC LIGHTING, AND SAFETY CONCERNS.
STATUTES RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAN SUBJECT TO CBC FORM CONDITIONS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 73 IS OPEN.
I HAVE A SPEAKER, MAYBE A COUPLE OF 'EM.
TIM O'LEARY IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER, AND I DON'T THINK I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO LET ME OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
BUT THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY.
UH, THAT WAS QUITE AN AMAZING, UM, EPISODE THAT WE HEARD BEFORE BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE THERE'S, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS CAN HELP US WITH, WITH THE PROBLEMS WE'RE HAVING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, MY BACKGROUND IS ALSO AN ARCHITECTURE.
WE HAVE USED IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS WORKING, UH, IN COMMUNITIES DIVIDING SUCH AS WHAT THE PLAT HAD BEFORE.
UM, THERE'S GOOD AND BAD THAT COMES FROM CHAPTER 42.
AND INSTANCES I LIVE, WE LIVE IN SPRING.
IT'S, UH, THE PROPERTY'S OUT IN HARRIS COUNTY.
WE CAN COME TO FIND OUT THAT WE'RE NOW PART OF THE ETJ, WHICH I HAD TOLD THE MEMBERS IN, UH, ONE OF OUR MEETINGS THAT THAT'S A GOOD THING BECAUSE THE PLANNING BOARD IS ALL ABOUT COMMUNITIES, UM, ABOUT SUPPORTING US AND MAINTAINING A DESIRABLE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SPIRIT AS WHAT IT IS TODAY AND WHICH WE WISH TO, UH, PRESERVE AND KEEP.
SO IN DOING SO, UM, I, WE JUST RECEIVED TODAY THE, UM, SITE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT WASN'T PRESENTED ON THE BOARD.
IT, THE SIGNS THAT WERE PRESENTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SAID COMING SOON IS A GAS STATION IN DELI.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SITE PLAN, IT SHOWS, UM, I CAN'T READ IT, WHAT DOES IT SAY? BUT IT'S, IT SHOWS A SMOKE SHOP ON THERE THAT'S NOT A DELI.
SO I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON.
THIS CAME TO US WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT TWO O'CLOCK TODAY.
WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED, UM, INFORMATION FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN A TIMELY MANNER SO WE CAN CONSULT WITH OUR ATTORNEYS AND THEN HAVE OUR WORD IN IT.
WE HAVE SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND EVEN COMING DOWN HERE, MOST OF THEM CAR CARPOOLED.
SO IT IS A STRAIN AND IT'S LIKE THEY SAID, IT SEEM SEEMINGLY IS A WASTE OF TIME.
AND IF I COULD HAVE MAYBE TWO SECONDS.
YEAH, JUST WRAP IT UP REAL QUICK PLEASE.
SO THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAT, THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS.
IT HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE, THEY ARE INTACT AND THEY ARE ENFORCEABLE.
SO WE JUST WISH THAT THE NIG, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT IS WITH THE PLA WITH THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THE PLANNING BOARD NOW WOULD RESPECT THAT KINDLY.
AND WE, WE WOULD ALSO WISH THAT YOU GUYS WOULD NOW, UH, GIVE US MORE TIME TO DEFER THE APPLICATION.
MR. LEARY, ARE YOU SAYING THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE DE RESTRICTED TO SINGLE FAMILY? THERE IS A SECTION IN THE, UH, ALONG SPRINGS DUBNER THAT'S, UH, ALLOCATED FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
SO IT'S NOT ALL, UM, RESIDENTIAL USE.
THERE ARE SECTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH THREE OF THE LOTS ON THE TOP ALONG SPRING STUDENT ARE OUR COMMERCIAL AND WHERE THE DETENTION POND IS BEING PROPOSED, THAT'S SEMI-COMMERCIAL, SO, OH, OKAY.
SO, AND THAT, THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO COMMERCIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S JUST THE MANNER OF HOW THINGS ARE BEING PRESENTED.
ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH, UH, FLOODING RIGHT NOW, LIKE WHERE THEY HAD THE DETENTION POND, JUST LOOKING AT IT TODAY, IT FEEDS INTO A DITCH THAT'S NOT DUG.
IT CANNOT CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT'S GOING INTO THE DE DETENTION POND.
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IT'S GONNA BE PUMPED IN THERE.THE NEIGHBOR, THE NEIGHBORHOOD FLOODS ALREADY, SO IT'S A BIG PROBLEM.
I BELIEVE THAT'S ALI OR ARI, PLEASE CORRECT ME WHEN YOU COME FORWARD.
UH, AND SO I'M THE APPLICANT, UH, UH, PROPOSING THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE ARE LOOKING TO ENHANCE THE OVERALL COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE PROJECT.
WE ARE NO IN WAYS OF SORT OF TRYING TO CREATE A PRODUCT THAT'S GONNA HINDER THE COMMUNITY THAT LIVES NEAR THE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND, AND THEN CREATE A PRODUCT THAT THEY CAN VISIT, UH, AND, AND SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SHOP AT THE STORE.
UH, AS FAR AS THE PREVIOUS, UH, COMMENT, I JUST WANNA ADD, UM, THIS IS STILL A SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN WORKED ON THE ENGINEER AND THE ARCHITECT.
THEY'RE STILL SORT OF REVISING THE DRAWINGS FOR THE BUILDING.
AND SO IT MAY SAY SMOKE SHOP, OUR INTENTION IS A RETAIL SPACE WHERE WE DON'T OPERATE A SMOKE SHOP, IT'S JUST A RETAIL SPACE THAT'S GONNA BE AVAILABLE, WHOEVER WANTS TO LEASE IT OUT.
UH, WE ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S SUFFICIENT, WHAT WE CAN MAXIMIZE ON THIS PROPERTY.
UH, BUT OVERALL, I JUST WANT TO COME AND SAY THAT OUR GOAL IS TO USE THE FRONT PROPERTY, UH, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND NOT SORT OF BE A HINDRANCE TO THE COMMUNITY IN THE BACK WHERE THERE'S RESIDENTIAL, UH, COMMUNITY THAT LIVES.
AND SO WE ARE ALSO AVOIDING ANY DRIVEWAY ENTRANCES FROM RAMSAY DRIVE, I BELIEVE, UH, ON THE BACKSIDE THAT IS NOT GONNA LEAD DIRECTLY INTO THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO OUR IDEA AND OUR GOAL IS TO USE SPRING STUEBNER AND POSSIBLY A DRIVEWAY OFF OF FALLWELL ROAD, UH, AS OUR ENTRANCE INTO THE PROPERTY.
SO THE COMMUNITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE VISITING THE COM, UH, GAS STATION OR THE RETAIL CENTER, THEY CAN USE THAT AS THEIR PRIMARY, UH, WAY OF COMING INTO THE PROPERTY.
UH, BUT JUST OVERALL, WE, OUR, OUR GOAL IS TO, AGAIN, CREATE A PRODUCT.
WE'VE, WE'VE, WE ARE A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS.
UH, WE DON'T SORT OF BUILD PRODUCT TO SELL OR LEASE OUT.
WE OWN AND OPERATE OUR OWN GAS STATIONS AND CONVENIENCE STORES IN OVERALL CITY OF HOUSTON AND HARRIS COUNTY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY SPIEL.
SPELL, MY NAME IS LARRY SPELL, AND I'M A, UH, BEEN A RESIDENT IN NORTHWOOD PARK COMMUNITY FOR 51 YEARS, RAISED FAMILY HERE.
AND THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THE AUDIENCE HERE THAT PROBABLY HAVE BEEN OUT LONGER THAN I HAVE.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO WRITE TO READ PART OF THE LETTER I WROTE, UH, THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE'VE ALL HAD WITH THIS SITUATION.
THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH US AS TO WHAT THEY, ANYTHING THAT WAS, UH, TILL RECENTLY PLANNED.
AND IT LOOKED LIKE TO US IT'S, THIS IS A TOOL TO GO TO THE CITY AND START TAKING AWAY NORTHWOOD PARK AND CHANGING.
LET ME READ THIS LETTER, AND YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THAT IF YOU'RE THREATENED, YOU MIGHT, YOUR TONE MAY BE A LITTLE HARD, BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL LISTENING TO US.
NORTHWOOD PARK IN SPRING, TEXAS WAS STARTED IN 1957 AND MANY OF OUR RESTRICTIONS HAVE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS.
HERE OUR HOMEOWNERS ARE 215 BY GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY WIFE AND I, WE COUNTED THEM.
UH, THEY HAVE NICE YARDS RANGING FROM ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTER ACRE OR EVEN AN ACRE.
WE ENJOY BEAUTIFUL TREES THAT WERE HERE LONG BEFORE OUR DEVELOPMENT.
AND I MIGHT ADD, IF IN YOUR SUBDIVISION YOU WOULD NEVER HAVE ONE OF THESE TREES UNLESS IT WAS ALREADY THERE, BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING 80 FOOT AND 90 FOOT TREES.
WE'RE TALKING LIVE OAKS THAT LIVE SIX TO 800 YEARS.
IF MOTHER NATURE DOESN'T REMOVE THEM, OUR HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS INCORPORATED.
WE DO AND WILL DEFEND OUR RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AGAINST BUSINESSES, TRAILERS, AND COMMERCIAL SIGNAGE.
AND I COULD SHOW YOU A SUBDIVISION WHERE WAS SIMILAR TO OURS, WHICH BEEN TOTALLY DESTROYED BECAUSE OF THE BUSINESSES MOVING IN AND THE RESTRICTIONS.
MR. SPELL, PLEASE WRAP UP QUICKLY.
YOUR TIME IS UP, BUT GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP REAL QUICK.
UH, THE PARTY HAS REQUESTED, UH, PROPOSED REPLAY, THEN NEVER TALK
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TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND THEY'RE USING THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO BREAK UP OUR COMMUNITY.OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DIANA BALDWIN.
DOCUMENT CAMERA ALSO HAVE HANDOUTS.
YOU CAN GIVE ALL OF THAT TO STAFF.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DIANA BALDWIN.
I'M A PROPERTY OWNER IN NORTHWOOD PARK AND I'M HERE, UM, TO SAY THAT WE ARE OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF THE LOTS ON RAMSGATE TO FULLY COMMERCIAL.
UM, THEY'VE HISTORICALLY BEEN, AND MY, ONE OF MY PRO, UH, LOTS IS ON RAMSGATE AS WELL.
AND, UM, THEY'VE HISTORICALLY BEEN FOR RESIDENCES AND WE ARE OPPOSED TO THEM CHANGING IT TO FULLY COMMERCIAL.
UM, WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AN ENVIRONMENT BEING CREATED THAT'LL JEOPARDIZE THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF OUR RE RESIDENCES.
WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE CREATION OF SOME POND WHERE CHILDREN MAY DROWN.
UM, WE'RE OPPOSED TO THEM CHANGING THE NAME TO FVE CROSSING PLACE.
THOSE LOTS ARE ALWAYS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NORTHWOOD PARK.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO ANY COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE ON RAMSGATE.
UM, ANY HEAVY TRAFFIC, UH, TANKER TRUCKS FOR A GAS STATION.
THERE'S A SCHOOL BUS STOP RIGHT THERE WITH THOSE, UH, NEAR THOSE, UH, THOSE TWO LOTS ON RAMSGATE.
UM, WE BELIEVE THAT THE REPL ON RAMSGATE WILL CAUSE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SUCH AS EMISSION OF, UH, ODORS AND DUST SMOKE, GAS FUMES, AND UNREASONABLE NOISE FROM A GAS STATION.
ALL THE LOTS THERE HAVE PRIVATE WATER WELLS.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION FROM A GAS SPILL LEAKAGE SPILL OFF.
ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT LIGHT POLLUTION THERE, UM, FROM LIGHT SPILLAGE AND GLARE, UH, AND SHINING INTO THE HOMES AND THE YARDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND, UM, I ALSO HAVE A, UH, YOU MAY HAVE RECEIVED IT.
IT'S, UH, SIGNATURES FROM ALL THE, FROM SOME OF THE RESIDENTS THERE IN NORTHWOOD PARK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE TO SIGN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS CRAIG GENTRY.
HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING THIS AFTERNOON? UM, I'M CRAIG GENTRY.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE NORTHWOOD PARK CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
UM, LIKE THE CONCERNS THE OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE, I HAVE PRETTY MUCH THE SAME CONCERNS, UH, MAINLY WITH THE COMMUNICATION PART.
AT 2 0 3 THIS AFTERNOON WHEN I WAS PARKING OUT OUTSIDE, I GOT THE, THE PLAT, THE DRAWING OF WHAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY GONNA PUT ON THOSE LOTS, WHICH WE'VE NEVER SEEN.
AND SO NOW I'M HEARING THAT THAT'S NOT EVEN CORRECT.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY RECOMMENDING EITHER THIS BE DISMISSED OR DEFERRED.
SO TO GIVE US MORE TIME TO TALK WITH THE RESIDENTS TO SEE THE FINAL PLAT DRAWINGS THAT ARE GONNA BE ON THE THAT PROPERTY.
UM, AS FAR AS TRAFFIC STUDIES, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING.
AND I CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE GOING WEST ON SPRING STEUER, THERE IS NO WAY TO GET TO THAT GAS STATION.
THERE IS A DIVIDED MEDIAN ON SPRING STEUER.
THERE'S A LEFT TURN LANE ONTO VILLE.
ON VILLE GOING NORTH, THERE'S A LEFT HAND TURN LANE.
SO THERE'S NO WAY TO GET TO THAT GAS STATION FROM THAT CORNER UNLESS YOU GO, YOU TURN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET IN THE MIDDLE OF FOUL VILLE AND COME BACK TO IT.
OR, YOU KNOW, LATER ON THEY DECIDE THEY'RE GONNA PUT AN ENTRANCE OFF OF RAMSGATE OR THEY CUT THROUGH THE, THE CAR WASH THAT'S THERE ON THE CORNER OR SOMETHING.
IT'S JUST NOT FEASIBLE FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW TO EVEN GET TO THAT STATION.
SO, UM, AND LIKE THEY, THE OTHER MEMBER SAID WE HAVE ISSUES WITH, WITH SOME OTHER BUSINESSES THAT HAVE CLAIMED TO BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS THERE IN THE SUBDIVISION.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE PERMITTED FOR, TO BUILD A BARN CONDOMINIUM.
AND THEY HAVE GONE AND INSTANTLY PUT IT OUT ON THE MARKET FOR COMMERCIAL LEASE LEASE SPACE.
SO WE HAVE FIVE LAWSUITS PENDING CURRENTLY FOR THAT, THAT WE NEED HELP FROM Y'ALL WITH.
I MEAN, BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND 20, 30, $50,000 SUING THESE PEOPLE TO GET THE BUSINESSES OUT.
THEY'VE BEEN RED TAGGED BY THE FIRE MARSHAL, THE CIVIL DEPARTMENT, THE COUNTY PERMITTING OFFICE MULTIPLE TIMES.
THEY DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
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SUPPOSEDLY THE EVERYTHING HAS GONE TO THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, I'M SORRY, THE COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT I MEAN, WE'RE JUST, IT'S LIKE DEAF EARS, BUT THEY'RE SAYING THEY CAN'T DO IT, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT ANYWAY.IS THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND AND EVERYONE ELSE.
I'M THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROPERTY.
WE ON THIS PROPERTY HERE, REALLY THE, UM, DE RESTRICTION ARE NOT BEEN VIOLATED, UH, BLOCK NUMBER ONE ON THIS SUBDIVISION ALONG, UH, SPRING STUEBNER.
IT IS MADE FOR COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AND THE ONE FROM ONE TO 18 AND FROM 19 TO 34, IT IS FOR SEMI-COMMERCIAL ON THE OTHER STREET.
MS. MICKELSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON DEED RESTRICTIONS? YEAH, YEAH, THIS WAS A FUN ONE AND THIS TOOK A LITTLE MORE TIME THAN JUST YOUR NORMAL DEED RESTRICTION MATTER.
UM, THE LOTS ARE RESTRICTED, AS WAS JUST MENTIONED TO COMMERCIAL AND SEMI-COMMERCIAL, AND IT'S LIKE, WHAT IS SEMI-COMMERCIAL IS PART OF THE QUESTION.
UM, IT'S NOT SO MUCH THAT THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IT'S THAT, UM, THAT THE, THERE ARE OTHER LIMITATIONS ON THE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY CANNOT PUT A DRIVEWAY ON.
UM, IS IT WRANGLE, WRANGLE ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT, THAT, UM, BLOCK AND LOT B THE SECOND KIND OF IN MORE INTERIOR LOT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR, IT CAN ONLY BE USED IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOT THAT ASHLEY FRONTS ON ST ON S STUEBNER.
SO, UM, IF FRONTS THERE, THEY CAN TAKE ACCESS FROM THOSE TWO FROM THOUGHTFUL AND S STUEBNER AND ALL THEY CAN USE THE IN MORE INSIDE LOT FOR IS SOMETHING RELATED TO THAT.
SO THAT'S WHY I THINK THEY'VE CHOSEN TO DO THAT FOR THE DETENTION FOR THE SITE.
AND SO IN OUR VIEW, IT DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THEY MAY HAVE CONCERNS OVER WHETHER THIS IS THE PROPER TYPE OF COMMERCIAL OR SEMI-COMMERCIAL USE THERE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT MATTER FROM A RIGHT, FROM, FROM A LEGAL POSITION, BUT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE SILENT AND DO NOT PROVIDE ANY GUIDANCE ABOUT THE, UM, TYPE SPECIFIC ISSUES OF COMMERCIAL USE.
YES, COMMISSIONER TIS JUST FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS AND THAT'S GONNA SOUND OBVIOUS ASKING, BUT, SO THEY WERE NEVER CLASSIFIED AS RESIDENTIAL AT ANY TIME? NOT ACCORDING TO OUR REVIEW OF THE RESTRICTIONS, NOT THESE LOGS.
AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, THEY CAN NEVER RE BE REPLANTED TO SEPARATE THE TWO AND, UM, ADD A DRIVEWAY TO RANGE LIKE THEY, THEY, THEY'RE ETERNALLY TIED TOGETHER.
THEY CAN NEVER BE REPLANTED SEPARATELY? I BELIEVE SO, YEAH.
COULD THEY BE REPLANTED? THE THE SECOND ONE HAS TO COMBINE, IT HAS TO BE USED FOR AN ADJACENT, CORRECT.
BUT THEY CAN'T SELL OFF LIKE THE, THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY AND, AND SOMEBODY WANTED AT A DRIVEWAY OR SOMETHING? NO, I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
BECAUSE IT'S SO RESTRICTED, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE A DRIVEWAY ACCESS TO WRANGLE.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT USE IT WOULD BE.
MS. BANDY, DID YOU WANNA SHARE SOMETHING? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT BOTH THE RESERVES ARE SEPARATELY PLATTERED RIGHT NOW AS COMMERCIAL RESERVES.
SO THERE COULD BE POSSIBILITY OF THEM BEING SOLD SEPARATELY, BUT IT'LL BE A VIOLATION OF DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SO HOW CAN WE MANAGE FOR IT TO BE NOT SOLD SEPARATELY? BECAUSE ORDINANCE ALSO ALLOWS, EVEN IF WE CREATED LIKE A ONE BIG RESERVE STILL ORDINANCE ALLOWS THEM TO SEPARATE BY MEETS AND BOUNDS.
SO I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CAN STOP SOMEBODY FROM SELLING THE, THE PORTION AS ONE RESERVE OR SELLING THE SOUTHERN PORTION BY MEATS AND BOUND.
I'M NOT SURE HOW WE CAN STOP THAT.
AND I, OF THE DISCUSS WE CAN CALL IT A, A FUTURE SALE.
IT'S A QUESTION OF, OKAY, I MISS DUE DILIGENCE BY, I MISSTATED THAT, BUT THEN IT BECOMES A LANDLOCKED PROPERTY BECAUSE I I THINK IT'S ESSENTIALLY A LANDLOCK WELL, YEAH, UNLESS THEY YEAH, THEY, THEY'D HAVE TO DO SOME OTHER CREATIVE PURCHASING ALONG, ALONG THE OTHER ROADS.
ONE SOLUTION COULD BE TO DENY ACCESS TO RANSACK OR THE SOUTHERN STREET.
SO THAT WILL BE ADD A CONDITION ON THE PLAT ADD.
YOU UH, COMMISSIONER GARZA HAS ANOTHER QUESTION.
UM, SO, UM, IN LOOKING AT THIS FORM,
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I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.THIS IS THE, THE, THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY HAD WITH THE PROPERTY.
SO, ALRIGHT, WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT SEMI-COMMERCIAL AND, AND COMMERCIAL RESERVES.
WHICH DEED RESTRICTIONS, UH, SAY THAT WE COMPLY? UM, THEY'RE OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE NAME TO, UH, FLA CROSSING PLACE.
SO THIS IS NOT A CHANGE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THE SUBDIVISION, IT IS JUST FOR RECORDING PURPOSES.
UM, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE STILL APPLICABLE BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS STILL PART OF THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION ONLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF PLATING.
WHEN THEY SUBMIT A PROJECT, IT NEEDS A PROJECT NAME THAT IS THE PURPOSE.
IF THE, UM, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE OPPOSING, IF THEY LOOK AT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION, IT DOES REFERENCE BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION.
SO THESE ARE ALWAYS CONNECTED.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTOOD THAT.
ALSO WE ARE OPPOSED TO ANY COMMERCIAL ENTRANCE OFF THE RAMSGATE DRIVE.
I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MOTION WHEN IT COMES THROUGH THAT THAT IS INCLUDED.
THAT NO, NO ENTRANCE FROM RAMSGATE WILL BE ALLOWED.
NOW I DO, UH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
THE NEXT ONE WAS COMMERCIAL BUSINESS SIGNS OR BILLBOARDS THAT WOULD BE POSTED ON RAMSGATE.
I DON'T THINK THAT WE CAN AFFECT THAT.
YOU KNOW, UH, IS, IS RAMSGATE, IS THAT THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY GONNA BE USED FOR DETENTION? YES, SIR.
THAT'S THE, UH, SITE PLAN YES.
PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT? YES, TODAY.
UM, SO THE NEXT QUESTION IS THE ONE THAT I ALWAYS ASK.
SO THIS IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT BACKS INTO RESIDENTIAL.
SO THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES FENCING AND SHIELDED LIGHTING? YES, SIR.
IS THIS IN THE COUNTY OR THIS IT'S IN HARRIS COUNTY.
YEAH, IT'S IN THE H IT'S IN HARRIS COUNTY, SO IT'S IN THE COUNTY.
OUR PERMITTING TEAM DOES NOT CONTROL.
SO THIS DOES NOT APPLY BECAUSE SINCE IN THE E TJ MM-HMM
CAN WE MAKE THAT A, A QUALIFIER? YOU PREFER NOT OBVIOUSLY
THERE'S NO VARIANCE REQUEST ON IT, SO I'M NOT SURE IF WE CAN CONDITION THAT.
AND THEN THEY, THEY DID HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT FUMES AND WATER WELLS AND FLOODING, WHICH OF COURSE IS NOT FOR THIS BODY TO CONSIDER.
UM, UM, AND THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY IT.
I I THINK, UM, WITH THOSE, UH, IS YOUR MIC ON SIR? UM, AT THIS POINT, IF WE DO NOT HAVE THOSE TYPE OF, UH, UH, REGULATIONS WITHIN OUR, UH, ORDINANCE TO ENFORCE THOSE THINGS, WE, WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DO THAT, BUT I, I WOULD PREFER TO DEFER THAT DURING THE DEFERRAL PERIOD.
COMMISSIONER TAHA? UH, THERE WAS A CONCERN BY THE RESIDENTS, UH, FOR WATER SEEPAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE ON WELL WATER.
UH, I WANT THEM TO KNOW THAT ANY GAS STATION OWNER HAS TO GO THROUGH T-N-R-C-C TO GET A PERMIT TO PUT IN UNDERGROUND, UM, TANKS FOR GASOLINE.
SO YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO RAISE THOSE QUESTIONS WITH THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT, THAT ACTUALLY REGULATES THAT.
COMMISSIONER JONES, YOU LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.
UH, JUST A, A COMMENT TO MAKE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC HERE, AND THAT IS A PERMIT TO ACCESS INGRESS, EGRESS AND SPRINGS.
STUEBNER WOULD STILL COME THROUGH HARRIS COUNTY.
SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE FROM OUR ARENA HERE THAT IN FACT THAT WOULD EITHER BE APPROVED OR DENIED.
BUT THAT'S JUST A MATTER THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED WITH HARRIS COUNTY.
UM, I'M GONNA SPECULATE TO TELL YOU THAT I THINK IT'S TOO CLOSE THE ENTRY BE TOO CLOSE TO, TO FALLWELL FOR THE COUNTY TO PERMIT THAT, TO ALLOW IT BECAUSE OF THE LEFT TURN LANE.
BUT I, I, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE TO THAT.
BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, I HAVE, UM, DISCOVERED THROUGH MY OWN BUSINESS ON, ON THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO JUST RECOGNIZE THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS THAT IT, THAT ARE GOING TO BE ADDRESSED DOWN THE ROAD.
SHOULD THIS BE APPROVED? CERTAINLY THE DETENTION IS ANOTHER.
MY QUESTION IS IF THIS IS A WET BOTTOM POND OR DRY, MORE THAN LIKELY IT'S PROBABLY DRY, BUT I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO THE APPLICANT.
UM, AND IT ALSO HAS TO GO THROUGH THE COUNTY ON THAT BECAUSE THAT POND HAS TO BE MAINTAINED AND THEY HAVE TO SHOW THE EVIDENCE.
IN FACT, THEY CAN MAINTAIN THAT, UM, THROUGH WHATEVER MEANS THE COUNTY WOULD REQUIRE.
SO I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT WITH YOU.
UH, IT'S MAYBE AN A PLEA WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DETENTION.
UH, RESERVE BI BELIEVE THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING AT DETENTION.
IF YOU CAN CONSIDER PRESERVING AS MANY OF THOSE TREES, UM, AS POSSIBLE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY AND TO YOUR DEVELOPMENT APPLICANT AND THE STATE OF TEXAS.
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YES, COMMISSIONER? I THINK THE GOAL IS TO PROVIDE PRIVACY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SO WE WILL DO OUR VERY BEST TO PUT THE DETENTION ALONG WITH THIS PROPERTY IF WE ARE HAVING TO PUT SEPTIC, UH, DRIP FIELD.AND SO WE ARE TRYING TO SORT OF FIGURE OUT HOW THE SEPTIC DRIP FIELD WILL BE POSITIONED AND OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE PRIVACY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT TAKE DOWN ALL THE TREES.
SO THIS WAY THERE'S A BARRIER.
SO THEN AT LEAST THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEELS THERE IS SORT OF A, A BREAK FROM SPRING STUEBNER TO THE RAMS SKATE DRIVE SECTION.
SO OUR GOAL IS TO PROVIDE AS MUCH PRIVACY AND OUR GOAL IS TO NOT SORT OF BLEED THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH LIGHTS.
OUR GOAL IS FOCUS ON SPRING TUBER AND VILLE AND WE WANNA AVOID AS MUCH DISTURBANCE TO THE RAMS SKATE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, DO YOU KNOW AT THIS POINT IF YOU PLAN ON HAVING A WET OR DRY BOTTOM IN YOUR DETENTION? NOT SURE ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE ENGINEER, UH, THEY'RE WORKING ON FIGURING OUT THE RIGHT SIZING, THE DETENTION, AS WELL AS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE ACTUAL SEPTIC, UH, DRIFT FILL REQUIREMENTS.
AND SO ACCORDINGLY THEY WILL SORT OF RIGHT-SIZE THE DETENTION FOR THE PROPERTY.
I WILL JUST KINDLY REQUEST THAT FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE THAT YOU SHARE, MAYBE SOME OF, UH, YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION WITH THEM AND BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR? YEAH, SO YEAH, I'M, I'M, I'M VERY APOLOGETIC THAT, UM, THAT WE WERE NOT ABLE TO SORT OF AT LEAST COMMUNICATE.
AND I THINK, UH, WE HAD A SIGNED POST-IT AT THE PROPERTY FOR COMING SOON.
UH, BUT YEAH, FROM OUR SITE, WE ARE VERY TRANSPARENT.
WHATEVER THE COMMUNITY NEEDS, WE WILL PROVIDE THAT.
AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO BE AN EXTENSION TO THE COMMUNITY.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BE A SORT OF A HINDRANCE, LIKE I SAID.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 73? OKAY, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THERE'S ASK FOR A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
I, IS THERE A SECOND? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I MEAN, DID NOT SHOW UP BECAUSE WE SAID IT WAS A DEFERRAL.
THESE DEFERRALS ARE DESIGNED TO GIVE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND COMMENT, AND I KNOW IT'S A SHALL APPROVE, BUT I STILL THINK THE RIGHT THING TO DO IS TO DEFER THIS THING BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE DIDN'T COME BASED ON THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS EARLY WITHIN THE AGENDA.
SO IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THESE DEFERRALS IS WHY I WANTED THE LAST ONE DEFERRED.
BUT I, I THINK IN THIS INSTANCE, IT, THE FAIREST THING FOR THE NEIGHBORS IS TO GRANT THE DEFERRAL WAIT TWO WEEKS, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A SHALL APPROVE AND WE'LL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO DO IT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD DESERVES THE DEFERRAL, I BELIEVE.
SO WE NEED TO VOTE ON THE FIRST ONE.
OR I NEED TO ASK THE PERSON THAT MADE THE FUR THE MOTION IF THEY CAN CHANGE IT.
ARE YOU? UH, IT'S, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL.
NO, THE STAFF PRESENTATION IS APPROVED.
CHANGE THE MOTION TO DEFERRED FROM APPROVED.
AND SECOND MAR, YOU STILL SECONDING? OKAY.
AND LEAVE THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
DO I HAVE TO REOPEN IT ICONTINUE PUBLIC AND LEAVE IT OPEN? OKAY.
SO I'M LEAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING OPEN.
SO WE HAVE FIRST MOTION AND A SECOND.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 10,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF MAYFLOWER STREET AND CALHOUN STREET SOUTH OF PERSHING STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE ONE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL, UH, RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS IS A RE PLAT OF LOT ONE AND A PORTION OF LOT TWO OF BLOCK FIVE OF EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT.
SECTION THREE SUBDIVISION REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED MANY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION FROM RESIDENTS AND THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION STATING THAT THEY BELIEVE THE PROPOSED PLAT VIOLATES SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR WOULD PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 74 IS OPEN.
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I HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS SIGNED.MS. MICKELSON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESTATE WHAT YOU FOUND IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, OR YOU WANT ME TO JUST GO ON WITH SPEAKERS? OKAY.
MY FIRST SPEAKER, I COULD SIMPLY SAY THAT THE, THE DETERMINATION FROM OUR OFFICE WAS THAT THIS DID NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JACKIE CROSS ECKFORD.
UM, OH, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE, UH, UH, CA TAYLOR PROAM.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
I'M STEPHEN JAMES, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR DISTRICT D, THE OFFICE OF COUNCIL MEMBER DR.
TODAY, COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ SENDS HER GREETINGS TO YOU AND EXPRESSES HER SUPPORT OF THE EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT CIVIC CIVIC CLUB IN THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE MAYFLOWER MANNER AND MAYFLOWER RESIDENTS PROJECTS.
RESPECTFULLY, AS HOUSTON IS ONE OF THE ONLY MAJOR CITIES IN THE UNITED STATES THAT DOES NOT HAVE ZONING, DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE THE PRIMARY TOOL THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE TO PROTECT THEIR ESTABLISHED WAY OF LIFE.
I PLEASED TO DATE TO HAVE WITH US PRESIDENT RICHARDSON OF THE EAST SIDE AS THE EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT, UH, CIVIC CLUB, AND MEMBERS OF THEIR ORGANIZATION.
PLEASE STAND, COUNCIL MEMBER EVANS SHABAZZ HAS SENT COPIES OF THEIR OFFICIAL RE UH, RESPONSE AND AS WELL AS COPIES OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
DO I GIVE THESE TO YOU LADIES TO PASS OUT? PLEASE? I APOLOGIZE IF I DON'T HAVE ONE FOR EVERYBODY.
SO EARLIER YOU HAD A WONDERFUL DISCUSSION ABOUT THE PROCESSES FOLLOWED BY DEVELOPERS IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE COMMUNITY.
WE BELIEVE THE COUNCIL LADY, NOT ME.
WE BELIEVE DEVELOPERS SHOULD BE REQUIRED IN ALL INSTANCES TO APPROACH THE COMMUNITIES ON THEIR APPLICATIONS FOR PERMITS AND OTHER THINGS.
IT SAYS, DID YOU DO THIS STEP? AND OFTENTIMES WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY SIMPLY SIGN IT AS THEY DID.
AND AS YOU'LL HEAR TODAY, NO, THIS WAS NOT THE CASE.
SO AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR OUR COMPLAINTS AND OUR CONCERNS AS WE REPRESENT THE DISTRICT D COMMUNITY.
AND I'LL AS ALWAYS, WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU COME IN AND, AND TELL US HOW THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S FEELING AND YES, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN JUST WANNA BE CLEAR BECAUSE I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LEAVE UPSET.
THE COUNCIL MEMBER UNDERSTANDS THAT THE CITY ATTORNEY'S DESIGNATION IS THAT THESE DO NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND THUS IT DOES NOT GIVE US THE OPTION TO TURN THIS DOWN.
'CAUSE WE MIGHT WANT TO, BUT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO.
IF OUR ATTORNEY WHO WORKS FOR THE CITY SAYS THAT THEY DO NOT VIOLATE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND THAT IS THE INTERPRETATION OF THE CITY.
WE NEVER WANT THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO THINK WE WENT AGAINST HER WISHES, BUT WE ARE BOUND BY LAW TO ADOPT THIS IF IT DOESN'T VIOLATE THE APPLICABLE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE GOAL OF OUR BEING HERE TODAY, WE'VE CONVERSED WITH YOUR ATTORNEYS AS WELL AS, UH, THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT, UH, WHO REPRESENTS DISTRICT D.
RIGHT? UH, SHE'S CLEARLY AWARE AND HAS BEEN BRIEFED ON THAT TOPIC.
MY POINT IN BEING HERE TODAY IS ONCE AGAIN, WE ARE HERE TO REPRESENT IN HERE OUR CONSTITUENTS.
NOW YOU HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY AS WELL AS OUR OFFICE.
OUR OFFICE IS TO REPRESENT THEM.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR OBLIGATIONS AND WE DO NOT OBJECT TO YOUR OBLIGATIONS IN ANY WAY.
OKAY? BUT THIS IS PART OF THE CIVIL PROCESS.
THEY EVEN TOOK TIME TO GET SHIRTS.
RIGHT? AND, AND, AND WE'VE MADE CLEAR TO THEM THE IMPORTANCE, AS YOU HEARD EARLIER TODAY, OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
AND THIS IS WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
BUT WE RESPECT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, SIR.
AND I, AND I PROMISE THIS COMMISSION OFTEN DOES DEFER TWO WEEKS TO ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPER TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
WE'RE A FIRM BELIEVER IN THAT SAME, UH, OPINION THAT YOU ALL SHARE.
MOVING ALONG TO OUR FIRST SPEAKER, JACKIE CROSS ECKFORD.
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS JACKIE ECKFORD AND I GREW UP IN THE EAST, SUNNY SIDE OF STATE, SOUTHLAND SOUTHLAND ACRES DIVISION.
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MY 88-YEAR-OLD MOTHER, MY SIBLINGS AND OTHER ELDERS WHO COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY.BUT MOST OF ALL, I SPEAK FOR MY LATE FATHER, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN 89 THIS YEAR.
HE WAS VERY PROUD OF THE HOME THAT HE BOUGHT IN 1969.
AND SEE IN 1969, HE PROBABLY BECAME ONE OF A SMALL GROUP OF AFRICAN AMERICANS ADMITTED TO IBM NASA SPACE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM.
YET DESPITE HIS QUALIFICATIONS, HE WAS DENIED HOUSING IN CLEAR LAKE AND OTHER AREAS NEAR HIS ASSIGNED PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT.
SIMPLY BECAUSE OF HIS RACE, DETERMINED TO FIND A HOME FOR HIS FAMILY.
HE PURCHASED, HE SEARCHED AND PURCHASED A GYM OF A HOME IN EAST SUNNYSIDE, 45 MINUTES FROM HIS WORK BECAUSE IT WELCOMED HIM, HIS WIFE, AND HIS FAMILY.
THAT DECISION WAS, WASN'T A A DECISION OF CONVENIENCE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS MORE THAN A COLLECTION OF HOMES.
IT IS RICH IN HISTORY AND ROOTED IN RESILIENCE.
THE DE RESTRICTIONS WE ASSERT TODAY WERE ESTABLISHED IN 1955 TO PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.
FOR NEARLY 70 YEARS, THEY'VE REQUIRED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, 6,500 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AND ARCHITECTURAL PRE-CLEARANCE, PRESERVING OUR CHARACTER AND STABILITY.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN DETERMINED THAT THERE'S NO VIOLATION, BUT THERE'S BEEN NO COMMUNICATION WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE.
TODAY, THE LEGACY IS UNDER THREAT.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS INCLUDE A MULTI-UNIT HOUSING DISGUISED HOUSING, A CLEAR VIOLATION OF OUR RESTRICTIVE DEEDS RESTRICTION.
THE YET, DESPITE MISLEADING CLAIMS OF COMPLIANCE TO DEVELOPERS, NOW SEEK YOUR APPROVAL, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF OUR, OF YOUR PROCESS.
AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, WE ARE NOT HERE TO COMPLAIN.
WE ARE HERE TO ASK YOU TO ACT TO HELP PRESERVE OUR LEGACY.
THE COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATION SHOULD THEY DECIDE TO DENY ANY APPLICATION THAT VIOLATES DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WE WELCOME NEW FAMILIES, EAGER CON, CONTRIBUTE TO OUR MULTI-GENE, UH, GENERATIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW WE FIRMLY OPPOSE DEVELOPMENTS THAT INTRODUCE TRANSIENT TENANTS, ABSENTEE LANDLORDS, AND INSTABILITY.
WE ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO AND DENY THIS APPLICATION TODAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DARLENE MAVEN.
UM, SO FOR THIS, THE LAST SPEAKER? YES.
COULD YOU COME BACK FORWARD? I'M SORRY.
MAKE SURE, YEAH, I WAS GONNA GO WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE.
SO YOU MENTIONED THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE.
IN THE PROCESS OF YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS IN, IN THE WRITING OF IT, IS IT REQUIRED THAT THE PROJECT GO BEFORE ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEE BEFORE? YES.
ALL BUT SINCE ALL, ALL NEW PROJECTS WILL SUBMIT THEIR PLANS TO SO THAT THERE CAN BE A, AN APPROVAL OF, UH, THINGS LIKE WORKMANSHIP AND MAKING SURE THAT IT MEETS THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, SO WE'LL HAVE TO, I MEAN, I'LL, OKAY.
UM, I THINK I WANNA EMPHASIZE BECAUSE OF WHAT OUR LEGAL TEAM HAS TOLD US, WE ARE NOT ABLE TO DENY THIS PROJECT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU AS A CIVIC ASSOCIATION ARE AWARE OF OTHER AVENUES YOU CAN TAKE TO PREVENT PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.
IF THERE AREN'T WHAT YOU WANT FOR YOUR, UH, FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN TERMS OF MINIMUM BLOCK SIZE IN TERMS OF SPECIAL, UH, BLOCK FACE REQUIREMENTS, UM, IN MAKING THOSE PLANS AND IN RESTRICTIONS, RENEWING YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS TO TIGHTEN THOSE RESTRICTIONS MOVING FORWARD.
IT WOULDN'T PREVENT THIS PROJECT, BUT IT MAY BE WISE TO START LOOKING INTO SOME OF THOSE PROCESSES NOW TO PREVENT PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN THE FUTURE.
SO HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION MR. SAD? YEAH, MR. SADO CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, CAN YOU CATCH YOUR MIC ON AND I COME TO NEIGHBORS MANY TIMES AND HELP YOU.
IF YOU REACH OUT TO ME AFTERWARDS, I'LL COME AND HELP YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD DO THAT.
YOU, I RIVERSIDE TERRACE VERY RECENTLY ABOUT THE PROCESSES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY'S ORDINANCES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? YES, MR. I DO BELIEVE OUR CITY STAFF, OUR COMMUNITY REGIONAL DIVISION, DOES HAVE A MEETING SCHEDULED WITH THE, UH, RESIDENTS ON JULY 24TH TO DISCUSS SOME OF THOSE, UH, POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS.
WAS IT NOT THAT FIRST WE HEARD? NO, THIS IS THE FIRST WE'VE HEARD.
WELL, I WILL DISCUSS IT WITH OUR DIVISION.
WELL, WHEN THIS IS, WHEN ALL OF THE SPEAKERS ARE DONE AND, AND THE VOTE IS TAKEN, MR. SEDILLO WILL BE VERY HAPPY TO STEP OUTSIDE WITH YOU AND TALK, TALK THROUGH THAT.
AND, UM, MAYBE YOU ALL CAN HELP US SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE UPCOMING MEETING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DARLENE MABIN.
MY NAME IS DARLENE MABIN AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF THIS SUBDIVISION FOR OVER 40 YEARS, AND I LIVE NEXT TO THE LOTS IN QUESTION, WHICH ARE PART OF THE EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT CIVIC SECTION THREE SUBDIVISION WITH ENFORCEABLE
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DEED RESTRICTIONS.THE PROPOSED RESTRICTED RESERVE FOR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF ID RESTRICTION DEED RESTRICTIONS, NUMBERS ONE, FOUR AND SEVEN.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER DWELLINGS PER LOT IS ONE AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS IS ONE.
FURTHERMORE, THE PROPOSED REPL DOES NOT COMPLY WITH ANY BUILDING LINE DISTANCES.
THIS PROJECT WILL HAVE WINDOWS FACING DIRECTLY AT MY PROPERTY AND MY NEIGHBORS VIOLATING OUR BEDROOMS AND BACKYARD PRIVACY.
AS A SENIOR AND A FEMALE, I WOULD FEEL IN DANGER WITH SO MANY PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO WATCH THROUGH MY WINDOWS AND MY COMING AND GOINGS WILL.
THIS WILL MAKE ME AN EASY TARGET FOR CRIME.
IT IS BECAUSE OF THESE TYPES OF RISKS THAT ID RESTRICTIONS.
NUMBER SEVEN DOES NOT ALLOW ANYTHING THAT MAY BECOME ANNOYANCE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
FOR EXAMPLE, PERMANENT INVASION OF PRIVACY.
PLEASE HELP ME TO KEEP SAFE IN THE HOUSE THAT I HAVE LIVED IN FOR 41 YEARS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VICKI ROBERTSON.
SCOTT, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
ALSO, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MATURE TREES THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE LOT WHERE A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IS PLANNED TO BE BUILT, COVERING MOST OF THE SURFACE AREA, THE MATURE TREES AND GREEN AREAS THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD ERADICATE WOULD ALSO ELIMINATE THE FEW TOOLS WE HAVE TO RETAIN, DIVERT, ABSORB, AND SLOW DOWN THE STORM WATER.
SO THE CITY STORM WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS HAVE A CHANCE TO WORK PROPERLY AND WITHIN CAPACITY.
PLEASE CHAIR, BOARD MEMBERS CONSIDER REJECTING THIS REPLANT PROPOSAL FOR THE SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? YES, MA'AM.
I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE LOT.
IT LOOKS LIKE THOSE TREES VERY WELL COULD BE ON CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
AND SO YOU MIGHT GET WITH THE URBAN FOR FORESTER, FORESTER PRETTY QUICKLY TO GO AND PROTECT THOSE TREES BECAUSE IF TRULY THEY'RE ON THE CITY PROPERTY, THERE ARE SOME MECHANISMS INVOLVED TO KEEP THOSE TREES AS THEY ARE AND TO KEEP THE DEVELOPER FROM KILLING THOSE TREES.
SO LET, THERE ARE, THERE IS HELP AT THE CITY TO HELP YOU WITH THAT.
AND MR. SADO CAN GIVE YOU THAT CONTACT INFORMATION AS WELL.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EVELYN FERRELL.
IS IT TERRELL OR FERRELL? FERRELL.
AND MY CORRECTION WOULD BE THAT, UH, THE MEETING IS SCHEDULED WITH THE SUNNYSIDE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DO HAVE, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS EVELYN FARRELL AND, UH, I LIVE IN THE EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT, UH, COMMUNITY.
AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 50 YEARS OR MORE.
AND, UH, THEY, UH, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE REPL OF THE, OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IN THAT, IN OUR AREA, WE HAD FOR, ACCORDING TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
SO I AM NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH, UH, THE REPL OF THE, THE PROPERTY.
OUR LAST SPEAKER SIGNED IS DEBORAH WALKER.
PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER TAHIR HAS JOINED US AGAIN.
GOOD EVENING PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT.
I AM PRESIDENT EMUS OF THE EAST SUNNY SIDE COURT CIVIC CLUB.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT THERE FOR 28 YEARS.
AND, UM, I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED OF THIS REPLAY IN THE MAYFLOWER, UM, MANOR.
WE DO NOT HAVE, UM, UH, MULTIFAMILY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT'S IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WE ALREADY SANDWICHED BETWEEN THREE APARTMENT MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY WHERE THE SQUARES, ONE OF THEM, UH, JAME APARTMENTS IS ONE OF THEM.
AND, UH, SUNFLOWER TERRACE IS ANOTHER ONE ON THE, UH, ON THE SOUTH END.
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AND THAT IS SO MUCH CRIME FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.SOMEBODY GOT SHOT LAST NIGHT OVER THERE IN OUR AREA.
THIS IS, THIS IS UN THIS IS UNCALLED FOR.
AND WHEN WE, UH, STAND IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF US YOU SEE IS ELDERLY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THERE BEFORE I CAME.
AND I, WE CHOSE THAT AREA BECAUSE WE LIKED THE MANICURE YARDS AND EVERYBODY TOOK CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
THEY KEPT THEIR YARDS CUT, THEY KEPT THEIR HOUSES UP AND EVERYTHING.
BUT IT'S JUST SO MUCH GOING ON WITH APARTMENTS THAT'S AROUND THERE.
WE CANNOT TAKE ON MORE APARTMENTS.
AND THAT MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY TRYING TO PUT THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PIE THAT WE NEED TO TRY TO GET RID OF.
'CAUSE WE ARE LOOKING AT BROWNFIELD AND THOSE OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES BECAUSE IT'S SO MUCH CRIME IN THAT ON IN THOSE APARTMENTS, THOSE THREE APARTMENTS, IT'S SO MUCH CRIME.
YOU GET A, UM, UM, POLICE TEXT ALERT HOW THEY ARE ROBBING PEOPLE, THEY'RE ASSAULTING PEOPLE, THEY'RE BREAKING IN PEOPLE CARS AND ALL OF THEM.
SO I'M VERY MUCH OPPOSED OF THAT.
AND THEN I KNOW WE, WE NEED TO, UM, GET OUR, UM, COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND WE WANNA, UH, GET OUR, UH, I KNOW Y'ALL HEARD OF BOULEVARD OAKS AND EVERYTHING.
WE NEED TO TURN SUNNY EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT THREE SUBDIVISION INTO A BOULEVARD OAKS TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND HAVING, UH, MULTIPLE OVERLAPPING PROTECTIONS TO KEEP YOU ON THESE MULTIFAMILY PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I AM GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND COMMISSIONERS BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AS IT, THIS IS A CONSENT AGENDA ITEM.
DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION THAT ANYONE WANTS TO HAVE? OKAY.
MADAM CHAIR, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE AS THE DEED RESTRICTIONS DO NOT AFFECT THIS PROPERTY.
SO YOU HAVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IN FRONT OF YOU.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA.
ITEM 75 IS MAYFLOWER RESIDENCE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE STATED PREVIOUS PROJECT.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN 11,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMIT NORTH ALONG MAYFLOWER STREET, EAST OF CALHOUN STREET AND SOUTH OF PERSHING STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TWO LANDSCAPERS RESERVES ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW B INDICATES THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS TO THE COMMUNITY AND DISTRICT COUNCIL PERSON REGARDING DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A REPL OF LOTS, THREE AND FOUR OF SUNNYSIDE ESTATES PLATTED IN 2015.
SUNNYSIDE ESTATE ITSELF IS A REPL OF LOT 28 OF SOUTHLAND ACRES, A SUBDIVISION RECORDED BY DEED AFTER WORLD WAR II IN 1955.
EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT WAS REPRE, PLATTED, REPLANTED A PORTION OF SOUTHLAND ACRES AND IMPOSED DE RESTRICTIONS ON THE NEW SUBDIVISION.
UH, THE SUBJECT SITE, UH, IS AN OUTLYING PROPERTY FROM EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT AND NOT WITHIN THE, THE, UH, BOUNDARY OF THAT SUBDIVISION.
THE, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR WOULD PLEASE LET COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'M GOING TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM NUMBER 75.
DID THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE, DID YOU ALL WANNA SPEAK AGAIN OR WE'LL KEEP YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORDS.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER, SPEAKER IS ERICA AL.
THANK YOU TO THE CHAIR AND THE REST OF THE COMMISSION FOR BEING ABLE TO SPEAK.
UH, I'M SPEAKING TO YOU AS A MOTHER OF TWO SMALL CHILDREN, UH, WITH DEEP CONCERNS ABOUT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARDS THAT THESE DENSE DEVELOPMENTS POSE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR STREETS ARE ALREADY NARROW WITH OPEN DITCHES AND NO SIDEWALKS.
AND THESE DEVELOPMENTS BRING MORE OF THAT WITH MORE CARS PARKED ON THE STREETS.
OUR CHILDREN, MY CHILDREN HAVE TO PLAY, WALK, WALK, RIDE THEIR BIKES FURTHER AND FURTHER INTO THE STREET, UH, PLACING THEM AT HIGH RISK FOR BEING STRUCK BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
THESE OPEN DRAINAGE DITCHES ARE SOMETIMES THREE TO FOUR FEET DEEP.
UH, THEY POSE GREAT RISK, UH, FOR, UH, UH, STANDING WATER ON DAYS LIKE TODAY WHERE THERE'S BEEN PERSISTENT RAIN, SOMEONE COULD EASILY FALL IN AND GET INJURED, OR WORSE, SOMEONE COULD DROWN.
AND THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE SAFETY AND HEALTH HAZARDS, UH, THAT I COULD MENTION.
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STREETS INHIBIT ACCESS TO EMERGENCY VEHICLES, UH, DENSE, UH, DEVELOPMENTS BRING MORE TRASH, PESTS, NOISE AND POOR AIR QUALITY, ALL ISSUES AND FACTORS THAT ARE STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH POOR HEALTH CONDITIONS IN CHILDREN.IT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED THAT THESE PLANS CANNOT BE DISAPPROVED.
UH, AND I HAVE NO DOUBT WITH THE STRENGTH OF THIS COMMUNITY THAT WE WILL APPEAL, BUT I FEEL STRONGLY THAT HAS TO BE OVERSTATED.
UH, THAT THERE HAS JUST BEEN A REALLY TROUBLING DISINTEREST IN COMMUNICATING WITH WORKING ALONGSIDE OUR CIVIC CLUB AND HEARING FROM A COMMUNITY THAT IS CLEARLY NOT VOICELESS.
UM, AND SO WHILE THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS DO NOT AFFECT THIS PROPERTY, UH, THEY CERTAINLY AFFECT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN.
COMMISSIONER MARLES? UH, NOT SO MUCH A QUESTION, JUST A SUGGESTION.
UM, UH, COMMISSIONER ERLAND AND COMMISSIONER BALD MENTIONED SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT Y'ALL COULD LOOK INTO FOR THE COMMUNITY, SEEING HOW MANY EMPTY LOTS THAT Y'ALL HAVE AROUND HERE.
I WOULD JUST SUGGEST THAT Y'ALL MOVE ON THAT SOONER RATHER THAN LATER BECAUSE Y'ALL GOT A, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT COMING YOUR WAY, QUITE FRANKLY.
THANK YOU FOR THAT SUGGESTION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ROSALYN RICHARDSON.
HOW ARE YOU? UH, MY NAME IS ROSALYN RICHARDSON WITH EASTSIDE SUNNYSIDE.
UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF EAST SIDE SUNNYSIDE.
I'M GLAD TO SEE EVERYONE TODAY.
I'M A PRESIDENT OF EAST SUNNYSIDE SECTION THREE SUBDIVISION, WHICH, UH, IN A LOT OF QUESTIONING OF LOCATION.
I KNOW WE SAYING THAT THE D RESTRICTION, I'M NOT GONNA GO BY THIS, I'M GOING JUST SPEAK FROM THE HEART.
I KNOW THAT THEY SAID THAT OUR D RESTRICTION THAT THEY ARE IN WITHIN OUR D RESTRICTION.
UH, BUT I DISAPPROVE BECAUSE WHAT, WHAT I WAS READING, UH, TO UNDERSTAND THAT THEY ARE VIOLATING OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, ESPECIALLY, UH, I'M KIND OF TALKING ON BOTH 'CAUSE I AM IN THE SUBDIVISION.
UM, BOTH OF THIS, UM, AREA THAT WE WERE SPEAKING OF, IT IS PART I I'M SAYING THE WAY IT'S BUILT, WE DON'T WANT THE, THE, AS A SINGLE DWELLED HOME, NOT A MULTI LIKE DIFFERENT FAMILIES IN THERE.
AND WE LIKE THE LOTS ARE LARGE, RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY THEY TRYING TO BUILD ALL THESE DUPLEXES, WHATEVER THEY WANNA PUT IN THERE.
AND WE JUST DON'T WANT IT THERE.
I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT'S A, LIKE SHE SAID, IT'S A HISTORIC TYPE OF SUBDIVISION.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SENIORS THAT'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WANT US TO COME IN AND JUST BRING THE, UH, THE DUPLEX IN AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA HAVE RENTERS.
THAT'S ANOTHER THING ABOUT THE RENTERS COMING IN.
SO, UM, AND WE, LIKE SHE SAID, UH, LINDA, LINDA, UH, I'M SORRY,
UH, THAT WE HAVE A, UH, BUNCH OF LOTS THAT'S IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO.
SO HOPEFULLY, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET SOME HELP FROM, FROM Y'ALL ON THIS ISSUE.
CRAIG, WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN.
ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUE I'M SORRY.
DID I CUT YOU OFF? I THOUGHT YOU WERE DONE.
NO, I'M JUST SO THANKFUL FOR OKAY.
FOR COMING IN AND Y'ALL LISTENING TO ALL OF US AND WE WERE, YOU KNOW, COMING IN EVEN THOUGH LAST TIME WE WAS HERE AND WE, YOU HAD BE DEFERRED BECAUSE IT WAS A MIX UP.
COMMISSIONER HUNTS, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? UH, IT'S MORE A COMMENT.
UM, I THINK WE SHOULD BE CAREFUL WITH OUR LANGUAGE.
UH, I WOULDN'T WANT TO DISPARAGE A RENTER OR ANYONE WHO LIVES IN A MULTIFAMILY OR DO NOT OWN HOUSING.
UH, QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO, UM, I LED A PANEL WHERE IN MY NETWORK OF YOUNG ARCHITECTS, UH, MINORITY ARCHITECTS, THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT AFFORDABILITY AND MANY OF THEM WANTED TO LIVE IN THE COMMUNITIES THEY WERE RAISED.
BUT THEY WERE PRICED OUT BECAUSE THOSE COMMUNITIES HAVE VERY LARGE LOTS MM-HMM
AND THEY WANTED BECAUSE THEY WHITE COLLAR PROFESSIONALS THEY WANTED TO OWN.
AND SO WE WERE LOOKING AT THE TOWN HOME OR THE SMALLER LOT MM-HMM
SCENARIOS WHERE THESE PROFESSIONALS THAT I SUSPECT YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD WANT TO BE IN YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE THEY GREW UP IN THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO FIND WAYS TO GET OWNERSHIP AND OR LIVE IN THAT COMMUNITY.
BUT THE LOT SIZES JUST PROHIBITED THAT.
SO LET'S BE SENSITIVE AND NOT PREJUDGE ANYONE BECAUSE THEY LIVE IN A
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MULTI-FAMILY.IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE'S CRIME, BUT WE CANNOT STEREOTYPE HOLISTICALLY EVERYONE WHO LIVES IN A MULTI-FAMILY, UM, RESIDENCE OR ANYONE WHO RENTS.
I JUST WANT US TO BE VERY SENSITIVE AND COGNIZANT.
I'VE PERSONALLY BEEN IN EVERY SCENARIO OF HOUSING
SO LET'S BE VERY CAREFUL WITH OUR WORDS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER SEGLER.
NO, I JUST, WE'VE ALL HAVE BEEN BEATING THIS HORSE, BUT, AND I KEEP HEARING FROM EACH OF YOU, YOU WANNA WORK ON YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS AND THAT IT'S GREAT.
THAT IS SUCH IT, IT'S A VERY HARD THING TO DO AND THAT'S WHY WE KEEP SAYING PREVAILING LOT, PREVAILING BUILDING LINE.
THAT IS, THAT IS GONNA HELP YOU QUICKER AND COULD SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS EVEN IN WHAT, SIX MONTHS? I MEAN, IF YOU CAN GET THIS APPLICATION IN THREE MONTHS AND DEED RESTRICTIONS COULD TAKE YEARS AND SO PLEASE, PLEASE FOCUS ON PREVAILING LOT LINES AND PREVAILING BUILDING SIZE, BUT PREVAILING LOT SIZE.
ONCE THEY MET 10%, THE RULES WOULD KICK IN.
IT WOULDN'T HAVE TO BE ADOPTED.
THE IMPACT COULD BE AS QUICK AS THREE MONTHS.
ALTHOUGH THE TOTAL PROCESS MIGHT TAKE SIX, IT WOULD STOP THE FUTURE SUBDIVISION.
THE MOMENT YOU GOT TO 10% RIGHT.
SO WE WILL DEFINITELY HAVE OUR COMMUNITY TEAM.
JOHN, PLEASE GIVE MISTY, UM, AND WE'LL DEFINITELY SIT DOWN WITH YOU AND WALK YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.
SO LET'S GET THIS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS ALL OUR BOOKS.
WE CAN VISIT WITH YOU AND OKAY.
EXPLAIN ALL THE CHOICES THAT YOU CAN HAVE.
RIGHT? SO IF YOU GIVE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, THEY CAN'T SUBDIVIDE.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE'S TRYING TO SAY.
YOU CAN DO A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OR A MINIMUM BUILDING SET.
WE HAVE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE NO, BEYOND YOUR RESTRICTIONS.
'CAUSE THESE LOTS DO NOT, YOUR RESTRICTIONS UNFORTUNATELY DON'T APPLY TO THESE TWO LOTS.
BUT WE HAVE, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
ALL WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO HELP YOU SOONER RATHER THAN LATER.
SO SOONER IF YOU DID A MINIMUM LOT SIZE APPLICATION AND MR. SILLA IS GONNA DIRECT YOU TO THE RIGHT PERSON, GET THAT IN PROCESS, START THAT PROCESS, AND THEN ONCE YOU HAVE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE, YOU, THEY CAN'T SUBDIVIDE THE LOT ANY LONGER INTO ANYTHING SMALLER THAN WHAT YOU SET AS YOUR MINIMUM.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYONE'S TRYING TO, TO SAY.
I THINK WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT REPLYING, DO THEY SUPPOSED TO INFORM EVERYONE, INFORM US ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YEAH, IT DEPENDS.
UM, IF, IF THIS WAS A PUBLIC HEARING REQUIRING NOTICE, WHICH THIS, THIS IS RIGHT? YES.
YEAH, THERE WAS SIGNAGE AND UM, THERE WERE LETTERS ARE SENT OUT.
LET LET MR. SIO ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
SO WE DO, UH, HAVE A REQUIREMENT OF ONE.
THERE SHOULD BE SIGNS ON EVERY STREET FRONTAGE ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE, UH, LETTERS SENT OUT TO EVERY PROPERTY OWNER WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SIP BUDGET.
AND THERE IS AN AD PLACED, PLEASE IN THE NEWSPAPER PLEASE.
I MEAN, WE ARE ACTIVE CIVIC CLUB.
WE HAVE MEETINGS EVERY SECOND THURSDAY OF EACH MONTH BECAUSE THE CIVICS OCEAN IS NOTIFIED ALSO.
CORRECT? NO, PER BY, PER THE ORDINANCE, RIGHT? NO, NO.
JOHN, COULD YOU LOOK AND SEE IF THE SIGNS WERE PUT UP OR DO WE APPROVE THAT THE SIGNS WERE PUT UP? SO THERE, THERE SHOULD BE A STA SO THURSDAY THEY DID HAVE A SIGN PUT UP.
I CALLED, UH, WHEN I SAW THE SIGN FIRST CAME UP, I CALLED THE, THE, THE, I CALLED YOUR OFFICE AND ASKED WHAT WAS GOING ON.
'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO THEN WHEN I LOOKED FOR THE CITY ORDINANCE AND SAID THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE SENDING A LETTER AND STUFF OUT TO THE, WE DIDN'T GET THAT.
BUT THE CITY DOES SEND LETTERS OUT.
UM, I, UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AT THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE, BUT IT IS AN AUTOMATIC PROCESS.
MS. BANDE OR MR. SIO, DO YOU KNOW FOR SURE? I'M SURE THAT THEY WERE SENT OUT.
PLEASE, PLEASE KEEP, KEEP DOWN BECAUSE I CAN'T HEAR THE BACK AND FORTH WITH STAFF.
YES, THE LETTERS WERE SENT OUT AND ALSO THERE IS NO MINIMUM LOT SIZE BILLING LINE APPLICATION THROUGH THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE BILLING LINE PROGRAM.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD GET ON RIGHT AWAY.
SO, AND AND TOO, MADAM CHAIR, THE WHOLE IDEA IS THERE ARE LETTERS, THERE'S THE SIGNAGE, THERE'S THE, THE NEWSPAPER, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SEE THEM ALL.
THE WHOLE IDEA IS FOR AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE TO GET SOMETHING, SOME KIND OF NOTICE.
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ARE TYPICALLY THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT PEOPLE SEE.SO THAT YOU DIDN'T GET A LETTER.
THEY DO GO OUT AGAIN, AS THE CHAIRWOMAN SAYS, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHAT HAPPENS TO THEM.
THEY COME LATE, THEY NEVER COME.
BUT THE IDEA IS THE SIGNAGE, THE NEWSPAPER AND THE LETTERS SERVE AS NOTICE TO ALL OF YOU.
AND AS MS. BANDY JUST SAID, THERE'S NO APPLICATION CURRENTLY FOR MINIMUM LOT SIZE.
IF YOU'D HAD THAT MINIMUM LOT SIZE, THIS PROJECT THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HAPPEN.
THAT IS JUST, IF YOU HAD SUBMITTED YOUR PAPERWORK, IT DIDN'T HAVE TO BE FINISHED.
THEY WOULD GET NOTICE THAT A MINIMUM BLOCK SIZE REQUEST HAS GONE THROUGH.
SO AS, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, SIGLER SAID, THE SOONER YOU GET THAT DONE, THE SOONER YOU CAN STOP THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT FROM HAPPENING IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT GONNA STOP THIS ONE, BUT IT COULD STOP SOME IN THE FUTURE.
SO SOONER IS BETTER THAN LATER.
WHO ARE YOU POINTING TO? NO, IT WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER SIGLER HAD MADE THAT SAME POINT.
IN FRONT OF YOU IS THE, UH, EXHIBIT OF, UH, WHEN WE DO CREATE OUR OUTGOING LETTERS, WE DO A BUFFER OF THE PROPERTY SHOWING 300 FEET AND THEN EVERY PROPERTY THAT FALLS WITHIN THAT BUFFER, EVEN IF IT'S A SMALL CORNER, IS INCORPORATED IN OUR LIST OF MAILOUTS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DARLENE MABIN, BACK TO PRESIDENT.
WELCOME BACK AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
AND THESE, BOTH OF THOSE, THESE PLATS ARE RIGHT AT MY HOUSE.
THE OTHER ONE SITS ON THE SIDE AND THIS ONE SITS IN FRONT.
MY PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE LOTS IN QUESTIONS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE D RESTRICTIONS FROM ONE SUBDIVISION IS NOT NECESSARILY ENFORCEABLE INTO ANOTHER SUBDIVISION.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THAT OUR OWN D RESTRICTIONS WERE CREATED TO PRESERVE A FAMILY ORIENTED LIFESTYLE AND A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION WOULD CERTAINLY DO A DISSERVICE TO THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THE LOT IN QUESTION, INCLUDING THE LOTS ONE AND TWO OF THE SUNNYSIDE ESTATES.
THEY'RE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME.
ALSO, DWELLINGS THAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSED THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS WILL PUT OUR RESIDENTS IN AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK OF INJURY BY FALLING IN THE OPEN DITCHES OR BY TRAFFIC ZIGZAGGING BETWEEN THE INCREASED VEHICLES PARKED IN THE STREET THAT THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE.
FURTHERMORE, THE FULL COVERAGE OF LOTS OF BOTH LOTS WITH SURFACES THAT DO NOT ABSORB ANY WATER, WILL CERTAINLY COLLAPSE OUR CURRENT SUFFICIENT STORM WATER COLLECTION POINTS.
AND WHEN OUR STREETS BEGIN TO FLOOD, DUE TO THIS DENSE STRUCTURES, THE CITY WILL HAVE TO FACE NOT ONLY INCREASED COSTS FOR FLOOD REMEDIATION AND REPAIRS, BUT ALSO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES DUE TO UNAVOIDABLE PROPERTY VALUE LOSSES.
DEAR CHAIR AND BOARD MEMBERS, I BEG YOU TO HELP US KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE BY REJECTING THIS PROPOSED REPLAY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TONY LEWIS.
I I AM REALLY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW AND I HAD TO STOP MYSELF FROM CRYING TO GET UP HERE TO SPEAK.
I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
WE ARE, THIS COMMUNITY WAS ITS OWN CITY AT ONE TIME, SUNNYSIDE, TEXAS.
WE ARE TRYING TO PRESERVE OUR HISTORICAL AREA.
I HAVE YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE LOOKING FOR PROPERTIES AND I'M OKAY WITH THEM LIVING IN APARTMENTS OR WHEREVER THEY NEED TO, TO, TO GET ESTABLISHED.
BUT TO COME IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS ESTABLISHED SINGLE DWELLING HOMES AND COME IN THERE PUTTING FOUR AND FIVE HOMES ON ONE LOT, IT'S JUST WRONG.
WOULD YOU WANT THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY? MY QUESTION IS, WOULD YOU WANT THAT IN YOUR COMMUNITY? WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO PRESERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
I HEAR YOU SAYING OUR DEEDS ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE BECAUSE, BUT I HAVE, I NEED A, I NEED A POINT OF CLARITY AND I DEEDS IT SAYS MINIMUM NOT SIZE, 20 6500 SQUARE FEET.
IT SAYS AT LEAST 57 AND A HALF FEET MINIMUM BUILDING SETBACK.
IS THIS NOT IN CONFLICT WITH THAT? CAN
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YOU EXPLAIN TO ME WHY? THE PROBLEM WITH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS THAT WHEN THE, UH, PROPERTY WAS FIRST OWNED, UM, BY THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER.HE SOLD OFF A GREAT NUMBER OF LOTS, INCLUDING MANY OF THESE, NOT THIS ONE IN PARTICULAR BECAUSE THIS IS NOT IN THE DEED RESTRICTED AREA AT ALL.
SO HE SOLD OFF I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD.
HE SOLD OFF SEPARATE LOTS BEFORE HE PUT DEED RESTRICTIONS INTO PLACE.
SO THEREFORE THEY DON'T APPLY TO LOTS THAT WERE SOLD OFF BEFORE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS WERE DEVELOPED.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FIXABLE.
THIS IS THE INFORMATION I'VE GOTTEN FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES SECTION AND HOW COULD ONE FIND OUT WHAT LOTS IN OUR AREA ARE NOT A PART OF, OF WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING ON.
HOW DO WE GET THAT THAT WOULD TAKE A TITLE SEARCH OF THOSE LOTS WE HAVE JUST TO, UH, YEAH, MONEY.
IT'S A LOT OF IT WILL BE A LOT OF WORK.
I I KNOW LONE STAR LEGAL AID WORKS WITH A LOT OF THESE OR OTHER ATTORNEYS WHO OBVIOUSLY DO I THINK THAT SOME OF THE CLINICS AT U OF H LAW SCHOOL AND TSU LAW SCHOOL ALSO DO.
AND THEY MIGHT BE A SOURCE, BUT IT, IT'S A TITLE SEARCH TO GO BACK TO THE VERY ORIGINAL DEEDS FROM 1920, I DON'T KNOW, 1940, I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT STARTED BEING DIVIDED.
AND THAT'S THE DIFFICULTY THERE IN THIS, IN THIS AREA.
AND IT'S HARD BECAUSE THESE ARE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER.
BUT THE, THE CURRENT PROPERTY WASN'T IN SECTION THREE, BUT I UNDERSTOOD, AND AGAIN, I'M TRYING TO STAY WITHIN MY TWO MINUTES, I NEEDING CLARITY.
YOU'RE OUTSIDE YOUR TWO MINUTES, YOU'RE JUST ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
IN WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THE OWNER THAT'S BOUGHT THIS PURCHASE CERTIFIED THAT HE OR SHE OR THEY WILL NOT ALTER A BEND OR REMOVE ANY I RESTRICTIONS.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN OUR RESTRICTIONS.
RIGHT? SO HOW, WHY WOULD THEY CERTIFY THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA ADMIT IT.
I I DON'T BELIEVE THEY'VE SIGNED ANYTHING TO CERTIFY THAT.
SO THEY, THIS IS AGAIN, NOT THE TYPE OF PLAT THAT THE DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY ASKING FOR AN AFFIDAVIT FROM.
THEY WOULD CERTIFY, THEY WOULD DO A DECLARATION AT THE BUILDING PERMIT STAGE.
I DON'T KNOW MR. CILLO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU ALL HAVE ON THE APPLICATION FORM.
I BELIEVE SHE MAY BE REFERRING TO THE STATEMENT THAT IS ON ALL REPL APPLICATIONS WHERE IT DOES STATE THAT THERE IS, UH, WITHIN THE DEDICATION.
SO HE DID SIGN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT LANGUAGE.
WHICH IS PART OF THE PLAT ITSELF.
UH, SO WHEN IT DOES GET SIGNED, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, THERE'S A LONGER STATEMENT THAT SAYS IT DOES NOT CHANGE AMENDING ANY DEED RESTRICTION BECAUSE THERE'S NONE TO BE CHANGED.
WHEN WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING APPLICATION, THERE'S A SHORTER VERSION BECAUSE THERE IS AN ALTERATION OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY, BUT NOT OF AFFECTING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
BUT THAT IS A BLANKET STATEMENT FOR ANY RE REPLY THAT COMES IN BECAUSE IT'S STILL A COVER OVERALL SO THAT THERE'D BE ANY CHANGES LATER IN THE FUTURE, THERE IS STILL A LIABILITY TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
SO THE PROBLEM HERE IS WHAT MS. MICKELSON SAID.
HE SOLD OFF SOME OF THESE LOTS BEFORE WE PUT THE DE DEED RESTRICTIONS IN.
SO I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE YOU, LIKE I'VE ENCOURAGED OTHERS.
YOU ALL NEED TO GET TO WORK ON THAT MINIMUM LOT SIZE ASAP.
LIKE TODAY IS NOT SOON ENOUGH IN ORDER TO PROTECT YOUR FUTURE.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? WHAT DID YOU SAY? THE DIAGRAM.
CAN WE GET A COPY OF THAT DIAGRAM? WE HAVE IT.
JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW, WHEN WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND SETBACKS, YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
SO YOU CAN PICK COMPLETELY NEW BOUNDARIES.
THEY CAN BE BIGGER, THEY CAN BE SMALLER.
YOU CAN DO IT A BLOCK AT A TIME POST.
YOU CAN DO IT HOWEVER IS EASIEST FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY.
HE WAS TALKING WHEN YOU WAS TALKING TO ME TOO.
I'M, I WAS TRYING TO HIT BOTH OF YOU.
NO, I I SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM LOT SIZE THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
YOU CAN DO THEM A LOT AT A TIME.
THE NORTH SIDE, THE SOUTH SIDE, IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE BOUNDARIES OF YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
YOU COULD START TODAY AND DO A BLOCK THIS MONTH AND ANOTHER ONE NEXT MONTH AND ANOTHER ONE THE NEXT MONTH.
SO WHATEVER, BECAUSE IT'S ALL VOLUNTEER, RIGHT? BUT IF YOU GET THE PROCESS STARTED, DEVELOPERS GET NOTICED THAT THE PROCESS HAS STARTED.
THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY THE WAY THAT THEY WANT.
DOES THAT INVOLVE THIS AND MR. CILLO, CAN I ASK ONE LAST QUESTION? I KNOW I'M WAY PAST MY TWO.
MY QUESTION IS, ACCORDING TO THE CITY ORDINANCE, CHAPTER 42, IS THIS NOT IN VIOLATION OF SECTION 180 1 THROUGH 180 4? WHICH WOULD BE WISE? YEAH.
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AT ALL.I THOUGHT YOU WOULD KNOW WHAT THEY WERE.
BUT IT'S ACCORDING TO MY NOTES OF READING STAFF, DEFINITELY THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THE CITY ORDINANCE CHAPTER 42, 180 1.
I BELIEVE SHE'S REFERRING TO, I DON'T EVEN HAVE MY COMPUTER REQUIRED.
UH, SO IN THE CITY, NO LOT SHALL BE LESS THAN 3,500 SQUARE FEET UNLESS THEY MEET THE REQUIRED PERFORMANCE STANDARDS UNDER WHICH THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS SUCH AS PERMEABLE AREA BEING, UH, PROPO PROPOSED, ESPECIALLY IN, UH, WITH THE ADVENT OF 180 8 AS WELL.
THERE'S NO, UH, SHARED DRIVEWAY THAT WOULD BE IMPOSED FOR CERTAIN AREAS, INCLUDING THIS ONE.
UH, SO THERE'S OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO THEY, A LOT CANNOT TYPICALLY BE UNDER 3,500 SQUARE FEET.
HOWEVER, THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO DOWN TO 1400 SQUARE FEET PROVIDED THEY MEET CERTAIN PERFORMANCE STANDARDS, WHICH IS WHAT IS DID YOU, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THOSE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS? HE JUST STATED IS WHAT I WAS HOPING I WOULD I KNOW YOU WERE.
MR. STEEL, COULD YOU SAY IT MORE IN LIKE LAYMAN TERMS? YEAH.
SO IN THE CITY, OUR BASIS STANDARD IS THAT A LOT CANNOT BE LESS THAN 3,500 SQUARE FEET.
HOWEVER, THERE ARE GRANTED EXCEPTIONS.
IF YOU MEET PERFORMANCE STANDARDS THAT WILL ALLOW YOU TO GO DOWN AS LOW AS 1400, THESE LOTS ARE SMALLER BECAUSE THEY ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS WHERE THEY MUST, UH, MEET A CERTAIN DENSITY REQUIREMENT, WHICH MEANS THAT I, THEY CAN'T PUT A FOURPLEX ON THESE, OR, YOU KNOW, EVEN A DUPLEX CONSIDERING THE DENSITY OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THESE ARE GONNA HAVE TO PROVIDE CERTAIN PERMEABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE WITHIN THE PROPERTY SO THEY CAN'T JUST CONCRETE IT ALL OUT OR COVER IT ALL.
UH, THERE ARE OTHER, UH, SUCH KIND OF STANDARDS THAT'LL BE REQUIRED OF THEM, UH, AS THEY DEVELOP A SITE.
SO IN THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO DOWN TO 1400.
IF IT'S 3,500 OR MORE, THERE IS NONE OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS.
SO THEY CAN DO A DUPLEX, THEY DO KIND OF HAVE A, A LARGE FOOTPRINT THAT THEY CAN CREATE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, THERE'S PARKING CENTERS THAT'LL BE ACQUIRED, ESPECIALLY FOR, UM, UM, SHARED DRIVEWAYS AND SUCH.
UH, WITH THAT THEY ARE MEETING THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN OUR REVIEW.
SO THIS PROPOSED PROJECT IS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS OF WHAT 42 WOULD ALLOW.
COULD YOU SHARE THAT WITH, UM, THE COMM COMMUNITY? THEY JUST GAVE IT TO US IN, RIGHT.
THANK, THANK YOU FOR SAVING ME.
BUT ALSO IN LAYMAN TERMS, THEY HAVE TO BE LIKE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, CORRECT? YES.
AND THEY'RE CONSIDERED SINGLE FAMILY.
EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE DUPLEXES NEXT TO EACH OTHER, THEY STILL NOT TO YOU, TO HIM.
THEY ARE NOT, THESE ARE TOWN HOMES.
WHERE'S THE, WHERE'S THE, YES, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG.
UM, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF CONVERSATION AND PASSION, WHICH I REALLY, IT'S GREAT TO SEE.
IT MAKES ME FEEL LIKE, UH, ALL THIS TIME IN HERE IS WORTH IT.
UM, BUT I DON'T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF, WELL, COMMISSIONER HINES WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE BIGGER PICTURE, I HEAR EVERYBODY SAYING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, THEY LIVED HERE THEIR LIFE, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS, KIDS RIDING IN THE STREET AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS AGREE A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, BUT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CONVERSATION.
THE, THE DEVELOPER'S NOT HERE.
SO THESE ARE EITHER TOWN HOMES OR BUNGALOWS, WHICH ARE SINGLE FAMILY OWNERSHIP.
WE DON'T HAVE A SITE PLAN OF WHAT HE'S PLAYING TO DO.
WE KNOW THEY'RE TOWN HOMES OR HE'S JUST SPLITTING THE LOT.
BUT PER THE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND EVERYTHING, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND IN LAYMAN, THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING OTHER THAN THAT.
THEY'RE JUST A DUPLEX IS A SINGLE FAMILY.
I OF THE FACT THEY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY CAME AND SAID IT WAS GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY, IT IS NOT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES COMMISSIONER, JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY CAN'T BUILD A DUPLEX.
AND OUR CITY RULES PL IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
WHICH, WHICH IS A, PER THE ORDINANCE, THE DEFINITION IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
MOTHER-IN-LAW QUARTERS, FATHER-IN-LAW QUARTERS, NOT THE ANYBODY.
THEY COULD BUILD DUPLEXES ON THOSE FOUR.
BUT, BUT THE POINT IS UNDERSTOOD IF YOU HAVEN'T TALKED TO THIS DEVELOPER, I MEAN, AS, AS EXPENSIVE AS HOUSES IS GETTING, AS REAL ESTATE, AS HIGH AS REAL ESTATE TAXES ARE GETTING AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
THINK ABOUT WHEN YOUR PARENTS, I HEARD A LOT OF THAT, THAT MY MOM MOVED HERE, MY DAD MOVED HERE.
THINK ABOUT THEY MOVED OUT TO THESE NEIGHBORHOODS 'CAUSE LAND WAS LESS EXPENSIVE AND THEY COULD AFFORD IT.
AND ALL OF THAT LET'S, THAT CYCLE NEVER STOPS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, BUILDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MIXED INCOME HOUSING, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
THESE PEOPLE WHO, THESE, THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE HOUSING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN IT WAS BUILT BACK THEN.
JUST SOMETIMES THINK, UM, I DISAGREE AND, AND I, AND I WOULD STRONGLY, AND IF THE DEVELOPER'S NOT WILLING TO OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT A LOT OF TIMES SITTING DOWN WOULD HELP WITH THE DEVELOPER AND, AND WE WOULD GLADLY BRING THEM KICKING AND SCREAMING TO THE ROOM TO TRY TO HELP HAVE THAT CONVERSATION BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE NICE.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA PUT A LITTLE BIT OUTTA THERE 'CAUSE OKAY.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE ALL GET HYPER FIXATED ON OUR FEARS SOMETIMES.
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FORGET THAT MAYBE WE'RE NOT THAT FAR APART.SO ANYWAY, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER AND I OWN SEVERAL PROPERTIES, BUT I WOULD NEVER GO AND INFRINGE IN A COMMUNITY SUCH AS THIS WITH, WITH, WITHOUT TALKING TO THE COMMUNITY.
AT LEAST IT'S JUST, IT'S CALLED COMPASSION.
AND MR. SEDILLO, WHY WE WOULD LOVE TO, YOU KNOW, DRAG PEOPLE KICKING AND SCREAMING.
WE DON'T HAVE THAT ABILITY BECAUSE THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE.
WE CAN ASK THE DEVELOPER, YOU CAN CERTAINLY SHARE THEIR CONTACT INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED TO STAFF.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, HOG TIME AND BRING 'EM DOWN HERE.
SO THIS CAN ON THE ROAD, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS EVELYN FARRELL.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS MARVIN JACKSON.
UH, MY NAME IS MARVIN JACKSON.
AND I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, I AM TOTALLY DISTURBED FOR WHAT I'M HEARING BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU.
I PROBABLY, PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST MEMBERS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE I WAS BORN.
I'M 62 YEARS OLD AND I'VE BEEN IN THAT SAME COMMUNITY.
I CAN TELL YOU WHAT WAS THE INTENT AND EVERYTHING THEY DRAFTED WHEN I WAS A LITTLE, UH, YOUNGSTER, PROBABLY AROUND SEVEN YEARS OLD.
THEY, UH, DID AMENDMENT ON THESE, UH, DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE INTENT WAS NO DUPLEX, NO THREE STORY BUILDINGS.
AND THE LAWYER THEY HAD AT THE TIME SAID THAT WAS THE, THE LANGUAGE WAS SUFFICE.
NOW WHEN Y'ALL CHANGED THE LANGUAGE, I DON'T KNOW, BUT A DUPLEX FAR AS I'M CONCERNED IS WHEN YOU HAVE TWO FRONT DOORS, A PETITION IN THE MIDDLE SAYS A FIREWALL WITH TWO DRIVEWAYS, THAT'S A DUPLEX.
AND I DON'T CARE HOW YOU SAY IT, HOW YOU FIX IT, IT'S A DUPLEX AND EVERY, AND I HAVE BEEN WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR OVER 30 YEARS AND I'VE SEEN DUPLEXES IN NEIGHBORHOODS.
EVERY, EVERY, JUST ABOUT EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD I'VE BEEN TO WITH A DUPLEX, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WENT DOWN.
I'M NOT GONNA LET THAT HAPPEN TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, PERIOD.
AND I'M ALSO ON THE ARCHITECT COMMITTEE SOMEWHERE IN MY DEED RESTRICTION SAYS THEY SUPPOSED TO, UH, SUBMIT PLANS TO US BEFORE THEY EVEN BRING IT TO YOU ALL.
NOT ON ANY PROJECT RIGHT NOW THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I'M TALKING ABOUT FROM BRICKER, NO, FROM BRISCOE ALL THE WAY TO LINCOLN BERRY.
I HAVE NOT RECEIVED OR SENT ANYTHING.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL WANT US TO DO BECAUSE YOU DEFINITELY ARE NOT ADHERING TO OUR BYLAWS.
SIR, YOU UNDERSTAND THAT THESE TWO PROPERTIES THAT WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING TODAY ARE NOT APPLICABLE TO YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
WE'RE NOT SAYING SO I DISAGREE WITH YOU BECAUSE WHEN THEY DID THAT, IF YOU LOOK ON MY DEED RESTRICTIONS, THEY SAID FROM CALHOUN, THIS IS IN OUR AREA FROM CALHOUN BACK TO CHAIN FROM RED BUD.
THIS IS EAST SUNNYSIDE FROM RED BUD TO LINCOLN BERRY.
I WAS THERE BEFORE THE EVEN THE STREETS WAS EVEN MADE.
SO I DARE TO DIFFERENCE WITH YOU.
THAT'S WHEN I BE RESTRICTIONS.
AND THAT'S, EVEN IF YOU LOOK ON THE COUNTY, I, I WANNA BE RESPECTFUL, BUT THE ATTORNEYS HAVE DETERMINED THAT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ARE ONLY APPLICABLE TO THE SUBDIVISION AFTER THEY WERE PUT INTO PLACE.
AND THESE LOTS WERE NOT APPLICABLE BECAUSE THEY WERE SOLD ALL PRIOR TO THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS BEING APPLICABLE OR SEPARATE OR A SEPARATE SUBDIVISION SUBDIVISION ALTOGETHER.
I, I, LIKE I SAID, I DARE TO DEAL WITH YOU.
I'M, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN THERE ALL MY LIFE.
SO IT'S, IT IS REALLY, LIKE I SAID, FROM THAT POINT ALL THE WAY TO NOW, THAT PROPERTY YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT HAS BEEN UNDER EAST SUNNYSIDE CIVIC CLUB.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LANGUAGE Y'ALL USED OR WHAT Y'ALL TRYING TO DO WITHIN THE LAST TWO DECADES, BUT I DARE TO DIFFER.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
UM, I KNOW SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE, IT FEELS DIFFERENT TO YOU ALL THAN IT DOES TO US, UM, BECAUSE IT IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT PLEASE DO KNOW WE ARE COMPASSIONATE.
WE WORK REALLY HARD NOT TO DO THINGS THAT WE SHOULDN'T DO.
BUT WHEN OUR LEGAL RECOMMENDS THAT THIS IS NOT PART OF YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS, OUR HANDS ARE TIED.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE, WE HAVE STATE LAW WE HAVE TO ABIDE BY
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AND WE ALL INDIVIDUALLY RAISE OUR RIGHT HAND AND SWEAR THAT WE'LL ABIDE BY 'EM.AND SO I JUST WANT YOU ALL TO WALK AWAY WITH A BETTER TASTE IN YOUR MOUTH.
WE DO CARE ABOUT YOU AND THAT'S WHY EVERYONE KEEPS TALKING ABOUT MINIMUM LOT SIZE AND SO ON, SO FORTH.
WE DO CARE AND OUR STAFF IS READY, WILLING, AND ABLE TO HELP YOU GUYS.
I NEED HELP RIGHT IN MY HOUSE,
UM, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD? DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? YES, YOU CAN.
HELLO, I'M JACKIE CROSS ECKFORD AGAIN.
I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS FRUSTRATION FROM PROCESS, LACK OF NOTICE OF EXPECTATION, THE EXPECTATION THAT WAS EXPECTED TODAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I ASKED BEFORE WE CAME TODAY IS I KNOW THAT MONDAY AN AGENDA IS SET OUT.
WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION? WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE RECOMMENDATION WAS UNTIL WE WALKED IN THAT DOOR.
AND SO I THINK WHAT YOU'RE HEARING IS FRUSTRATION OF LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROCESS.
WE KEEP ASKING NOT WHAT'S THE PROCESS OUT THERE, WHAT'S THE PROCESS TO GET SOMETHING IN FRONT OF YOU? WHAT'S THE PROCESS TO GET WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU, IN FRONT OF US? AND I THINK IT'S A MATTER OF UNDERSTANDING YOUR PROCESS AND A LACK OF DUE NOTICE.
AND SO HAD WE HAD THAT TODAY, MAYBE WE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO EMOTIONALLY HIJACKED OR WE COULD HAVE BROUGHT INFORMATION TO ADDRESS THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LEGAL.
WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM LEGAL WAS GONNA BE UNTIL WE GOT HERE TODAY.
SO I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT REAL ESTATE, BUT I DO ADVOCACY FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND AT THE STATE LEVEL AND, AND NOTICE IS SO IMPORTANT OF THE PROCESS.
AND SO WE WOULD ASK IF YOU WOULD HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW FAR IN ADVANCE OF A MEETING DO WE KNOW WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, OKAY.
AND HOW DO WE UNDERSTAND HOW DO WE PARTICIPATE IN THAT? OKAY.
IN THE CONVERSATION MR. CILLO IS GONNA HAVE WITH YOU AFTER THIS, HE'LL GO OVER THAT WITH YOU.
OKAY? UM, WE POST THE AGENDAS ON FRIDAYS.
YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
I BUT NOT THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
RECOMMENDATIONS ARE NOT I LOOKED ON THEM LAST NIGHT.
SO I'M TALKING ABOUT RECOMMENDATIONS, OKAY? MM-HMM.
MSS UH, COMMISSIONER SIGLER, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER? NO, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR COMING UP BECAUSE I WAS WONDERING WHY THERE SEEMS TO BE SO MUCH THAT YOU'RE ALL SO CONFUSED AND SURPRISED.
UM, AND SO I REALLY APPRECIATE THE LAST SPEAKER EXPLAINING TO US THAT YOU JUST HEARD THIS INFORMATION AND I'M SURE GOING FORWARD THE DEPARTMENT IS GONNA REALLY WORK AND, UM, TRY TO DO BETTER.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
ITEM 76 IS MEDINA MAGNOLIA PLACE.
THE SUFFOLK SIDE IS A 9.7 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY, EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTH ALONG EVERGREEN STREET, WEST OF SOUTH POST OAK BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF TRAMMELL FRESNO ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT AND ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUEST FOR THIS ITEM.
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.
SVE HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION, SAY FOR A SPEAKER AT A PREVIOUS COMMISSION WITH CONCERNS OVER THE PROPOSED USE OF THE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 76 IS CONTINUED.
UM, I HAVE ONE SPEAKER, BUT JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS.
MARY VILLAREAL, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE.
UH, AND DO I HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKERS? I DON'T THINK SO.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 77.
I PROMISE NOT TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 77 IS PARK AT CHAMPIONS PARK.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S ETJ IN NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY WEST AND ALONG CUT ROAD NORTH OF FM 1960 AND SOUTH OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO RECREATIONAL USE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLATS OR PER CPC
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1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TIME TO DETERMINE WHAT, IF ANY DEDICATION FOR WIDENING IS REQUIRED ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE IN SUPPORT.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 77.
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 OF DEFERRAL MOTION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 78.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF HAMMERLY BOULEVARD, EAST OF BLAYLOCK ROAD AND ALONG PEPPER MILL ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE, ONE IN SUPPORT, AND ONE HAS CONCERNS ABOUT TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT WITH THE DRIVEWAY PLACEMENT AND DRAINAGE.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 78 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 79 IS URBAN EDGE AT BLAYLOCK.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY WEST AND ALONG BLAYLOCK ROAD AND NORTH OF HEMLEY BOULEVARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE 12 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND TWO PARKING RESERVES ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER CPC 1 0 1 FORM.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE APPLICATION DOES NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILED RESTRICTIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 79 IS OPEN.
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 POURS PER SECOND, SECOND TO HEAR.
ITEM 80 IS VIVO LODGE DEVELOPMENT.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A 6,300 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 AND BLO AVENUE.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
ONE TO ALLOW A LOT LESS THAN AN ACRE IN SIZE TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WHILE NOT PROVIDING AN INTERNAL TURNAROUND.
AND TWO, TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE REAR REVIEW.
BAL INDICATES THE PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY AND ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION AND REVIEW OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST AND PROVIDE, POTENTIALLY PROVIDE AN INTERNAL TURNAROUND.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 80 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
COMMISSIONER, UH, ROSENBERG, UM, ON THIS ITEM, THEY'RE SEEKING A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE.
DON'T WE NEED TDOT TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK, ESPECIALLY WITH THE HENCE WHY WE NEED MORE INFORMATION AND AS REQUESTING THE DEFERRAL AND, AND THERE IN THE AREA OF MIDTOWN.
HAVE WE, I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF VARIANCES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH OVER THE YEARS WHEN YOU DO THAT.
IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW KIND OF COMPARABLE PREDOMINANT LINE AND PREDOMINANT, UM, POLICY THAT WE'VE BEEN DOING AND DEVELOPMENT'S HAPPENED OVER THE LAST YEAH, 10, 15 YEARS.
THERE ARE SOME, UH, IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, IF YOU GO TO OUR, THE, UH, PREVIOUS PLATTER OR THE EXISTING PLAT, IT DID SHOW, YOU KNOW, THIS WAS A PART OF A LARGER SUBDIVISION THAT WAS CUT THROUGH BY THE FREEWAY AND SO THIS KIND OF JUST CAME IN AND CUT THROUGH.
SO THERE ARE SOME LOTS THAT THEY DIDN'T HAVE A BUILDING LINE WHEN IT WAS KIND OF COME IN, SO THEY ARE BUILT TO THEIR PROPERTY LINE.
UH, BUT WE ALL, WE, I CAN DO A, AN
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EXHIBIT THAT LOOKS AT SOME OF THOSE VARIANCES AND OTHER PLA APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME IN.THEY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY KNOWING, BUT YEAH, CORRECT.
DID SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER MAREZ, DID YOU MAKE A MOTION? YES.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler)]
MOVING ON TO D SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH VARIANCES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, ITEM 81 IS CITY CENTER CAPITAL LLC AT CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, ALONG CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD.
BETWEEN ELDRIDGE PARKWAY AND HUFFMEISTER ROAD.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO CREATE A LOT WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THAT IS LESS THAN ONE ACRE IN SIZE.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE CONSISTS OF FOUR NEW STRUCTURES CONSTRUCTED ON AN ACREAGE TRACT.
THIS BLOCK OF CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON FEATURES A COMBINATION OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND COMMERCIAL USES.
THE SITE INCLUDES TWO RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES WITH ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR A GARAGE AND GYM.
THE APPLICANT HAS CONSTRUCTED AN ASPHALT PARKING AREA AND SET BACK THE STRUCTURES APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET FROM THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THIS TRACK PREVIOUSLY CONSISTED OF OVER AN ACRE OF LAND.
HOWEVER, IN 1983 RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION REDUCED THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO BELOW AN ACRE.
TO ACCOMMODATE CYPRESS NORTHEASTERN ROAD, STRICT INTERPRETATION OF THE ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL LAND IN ORDER TO CREATE A SINGLE FAMILY LOT.
THE APPLICANT HAS INSTEAD SET THE STRUCTURES BACK TO ALLOW VEHICLES TO TURN AROUND WITHIN THE PROPERTY RATHER THAN BACKING OUT INTO THE STREET.
THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO APPROVAL CONDITIONS THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THEM TO PLAT WHILE CONFORMING DEED RESTRICTIONS TCEQ STANDARDS IN CHAPTER 42, STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF THE ORDINANCE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION AYE.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 82.
ITEM 82 IS ENCLAVE VIA KATIE HOCKLEY.
THIS WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG KATY HOCKLEY ROAD NORTH OF STOCKTON SCHOOL.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THREE RESERVES AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING WHITEHAVEN GATE STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS A SECOND DEFERRAL PER HARRIS COUNTY'S REQUEST, THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITY WITH COMMERCIAL USES ALONG KATY HOCKLEY AND UTILITY RESERVES FOR THE NEARBY MUD.
THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THIS REQUEST IS JUSTIFIED AS THE ANTICIPATED TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE RESTRICTED TO KATY HOCKLEY ROAD INSTEAD OF THE NEIGHBORING LOCAL STREETS.
STAFF HAS CONCERNS THAT TERMINATING WHITEHAVEN GATE WOULD DEPRIVE THE PUBLIC OF A BENEFICIAL STREET CONNECTION WITHIN A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING AREA.
IF APPROVED, THE NEIGHBORING MARISOL COMMUNITY WOULD HAVE JUST ONE PUBLIC STREET CONNECTION TO THE WEST, FORCING RESIDENTS TO CUT THROUGH NEIGHBORING SECTIONS TO GET TO POINTS.
WEST HARRIS COUNTY'S EXPRESSED SIMILAR CONCERNS AND REQUESTED MORE TIME TO COORDINATE WITH COUNTY STAFF AND THE APPLICANT STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER THE COUNTY'S REQUEST AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I GUESS I SHOULD ASK TO HOW MANY SPEAKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL TO HAVE A MOTION.
ITEM 83 IS NOS PARK PLACE SOUTH.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF OLD, HUMBLE AND EAST OF HOMESTEAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO DEVELOP A MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY AND IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES.
ONE TO NOT EXTEND OR TERMINATE NOR LEE STREET WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC.
TWO TO EXCEED 1400 FOOT INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING DARINE STREET FROM THE SOUTH.
AND THREE, TO ALLOW AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE TO HAVE ACCESS VIA PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENT INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY STAFFING'S.
IN SUPPORT OF ALL THESE REQUESTS, THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF AN EXISTING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY.
THE TRACK TO THE NORTH WAS ORIGINALLY PLANTED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH A NETWORK OF PUBLIC ROADS.
THE PUBLIC ROADS HAVE SINCE BEEN ABANDONED BY THE HARRIS COUNTY COMMISSIONER'S COURT AND REPLACED WITH PRIVATE ACCESS EASEMENTS.
STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 WOULD REQUIRE SUBST STREETS TO BE EXTENDED THROUGH THE PROPERTY FROM THE SOUTH AND EAST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN A DEVELOPED AREA AND ADEQUATE TRAFFIC AND FEATURING ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
IN ADDITION, A NEARBY RAILROAD TO THE SOUTHEAST AND THE PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH WOULD PREVENT ANY FUTURE STREETS FROM BEING EXTENDED BEYOND THE SUBJECT TRACT.
REQUIRING THE EXTENSION OF THESE STREETS WOULD NOT BE PRACTICAL.
PRACTICAL CONSIDERING THESE BARRIERS.
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THE PROPOSED RESERVE IS AN EXTENSION OF THE EXISTING MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY AND WILL BE ACCESSED BY EASEMENTS THROUGH THE TRACKS NORTH OLD UMBLE ROAD.THE RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENTS WILL SERVE A SIMILAR PURPOSE AS PUBLIC STREETS AND PROVIDE SUFFICIENT ACCESS TO THE ROADWAY SYSTEM.
STAFF FINDS US TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENT OF CHAPTER 42.
UH, AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK EITHER.
ALRIGHT, YOU GUYS, UH, WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THOSE UH, PLAT TO HAVE A MOTION.
WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER E SUBDIVISION PLAT.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (Aracely Rodriguez)]
F RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH ALUM FARM MARKET 5 29 WEST OF NORTH ELRIDGE PARKWAY AND EAST OF HOP MA HOP MESTER ROAD.
THE APPLICANT REQUESTING A RECONSIDERATION REQUIREMENT WITH A VARI TO EXCEED INTERSECTION BASIN BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH PUBLIC STREET THROUGH THE SITE.
THE DISTANCE ALONG FARM MARKET 5 29 IS ABOUT 6,200 FEET.
SO IN NORTH SOUTH POP STREET WILL BE REQUIRED THROUGH THE SITE TO MEET THE MINIMUM 2,600 FEET INTERSECTION FACING REQUIREMENT.
HOWEVER, THE SITE IS ALREADY BOUNDED BY ASSISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDING THIS REQUIRED STREET WILL BICEP THIS DEVELOPMENT CREATING DISRUPTION AND MAKING THIS REQUIREMENT.
IMPRACTICAL HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 85, ITEM 85 TRILLION SECTION 14.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN FORT BEND COUNTY, EAST OF HARLEM DRIVE AND SOUTH OF BINU STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION REQUIREMENT WITH TWO VARIANCES.
ONE TO EXIT INTERSECTION BEIJING ALONG THE SOUTH BOUNDARY AND SECOND TO NOT PROVIDE WIDENING ALONG A PORTION OF MADDEN ROAD AND TO NOT EXTEND IT NOR TERMINATED WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC.
STOP IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
IN 2024, PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTED A EVENT TO ALLOW AN INTERSECTION FACING OF ABOUT 4,300 FEET BETWEEN PROPOSED SWEET BLUE BONE LANE AND WESTMORE DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS NOW PROPOSING SHIFTING SWEET BLUE BONE LANE WEST, INCREASING THE INTERSECTION PACING TO ABOUT 4,500 FEET.
THIS MODIFICATION WOULD LEAVE MADDEN ROAD AS A 200 FOOT DEAD END STREET WITH NO PLANNED STREET EXTENSION.
EACH OF THE SITE HAS ALREADY BEEN PLOTTED WITHOUT AN EAST WEST STREET CONNECTION AND THE FORMER SAND PIT LOCATED TO THE SOUTHEAST HAS BEEN CONVERTED INTO A LARGE REGIONAL DETENTION AREA TO SERVE THE ADJACENT SINGLE FAMILY COMMUNITIES.
THEREFORE EXTEND MADAM ROAD THROUGH THIS DETENTION AREA IS HIGHLY UNLIKELY MAKING FURTHER STREET WIDENING OR EXTENSION OF MADDEN ROAD TO BE IMPRACTICAL THAT ALSO COORDINATED WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.
FORT BEND COUNTY HAS NO OBJECTION AND CONFIRM THAT THE WIDENING OF MADDEN ROAD IS NOT NECESSARY DUE TO THE PRESENT OF THE LARGE REGIONAL DETENTION FACILITY.
OVERALL, THE STREET LAYOUT WITHIN THE TRILLION DEVELOPMENT WILL PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLANS SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION MOTION MADRE SECOND.
[Platting Activities g - j]
ION TO G EXTENSION OF APPROVAL.AND PLEASE NOTE, UM, ON ITEM 87, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU COMMISSIONER HYS IS GOING TO RECUSE IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS.
[02:15:01]
IT PLEASES US VERY MUCH.H UH, NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS. SECTION I, UH, COCS, UH, HAS NO ITEMS. UM, SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. UH, THE PLANNING DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVE OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G-H-I-N-J.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION VERA BLAND SECOND TO HEAR.
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler) ]
KAY.DEVELOPMENT PLANS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 96 IS THREE 12 GLENWOOD DRIVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AND SOUTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE.
BETWEEN WESTCOTT STREET AND GLENWOOD DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A FENCE TALLER THAN EIGHT FEET.
IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG WESTCOTT STREET, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE REQUEST FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? ARE WE CLEAR ON THIS SETBACK FOR THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IS IT REALLY 10 OR DO THEY, IS IT DEFINED? THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WE NEED TO CLEAR STILL OUT THERE IN INTERVIEW? YEAH.
DID YOU I I CAN ADD DEED RESTRICTION DOES NOT SHOW A, UM, REAR LOT LINE SETBACK.
SO ALONG THE LOT LINE THEY COULD GO TO ZERO.
I THINK THE, UH, HOA LETTER, THE WAY I READ IT WAS LIKE OTHER HOUSES HAVE RECEIVED A VARIANCE FOR 10 FEET MAYBE THROUGH HERE.
I, I'M NOT SURE, BUT IT IT, YEAH, THEY ASSURE ME THAT THERE'S NOT, THERE MAY BE A QUESTION WE NEED TO FOLLOW UP ABOUT THE FENCE HEIGHT, BUT THAT'S THE ONLY ONE.
THE OTHER REASON FOR DEFERRAL IS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED MORE TIME TO COORDINATE WITH THE HOA.
SO WE'RE WORKING ON MULTIPLE, IS THAT ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE REQUIRE A REQUIREMENT? 'CAUSE IT WAS A LITTLE VAGUE TO ME.
I KNOW YOU HAVE TO GO THERE, BUT YOU HAVE TO GET THEIR APPROVAL.
IT WAS BECAUSE THAT 1 0 8 GLENWOOD, WHICH I SOLD, IT WAS A THREE AND HALF, MY FIRST THREE AND A HALF MILLION DOLLAR HOUSE I EVER SOLD CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
SO I REMEMBER IT WELL, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY HOA APPROVAL FOR THAT.
WE'LL CONFIRM THAT IN THE TWO WEEKS.
BUT THE FENCE IS TALLER THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED.
WELL I KNOW THEY ARE, BUT THE CITY HAS A REQUIREMENT.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S A MAXIMUM SEVEN FOOT.
THEY JUST HAVE TO GET A PERMIT THEN, CORRECT? YEAH.
WHAT'S THE STATUS? WE'RE WAITING ON
WELL, I I DON'T KNOW IF WE ARE STILL WAITING ON LEGAL REVIEW
WELL EXCEPT WE'LL ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE.
AND UM, THE FENCE HEIGHT, MY RECOLLECTION IS THERE WAS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE FENCE HEIGHT.
THE LEGISLATURE FOUR YEARS AGO ALSO PASSED A NEW BILL.
WELL THEN NEW, UM, THAT RESTRICTS HOAS FROM ENFORCING PERIMETER FENCES.
UM, I'VE ALWAYS UNDER, RIGHT? MM-HMM
SO YOU CAN'T ENFORCE THE FENCE.
I WAS INVOLVED IN THAT BILL ON AND MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT THE HOAS COULD DESIGN, THEY COULDN'T PROHIBIT FENCES AROUND THE PERIMETER.
BUT THEY COULD SET DESIGN STANDARDS.
YEAH, THEY CAN SET SOME DESIGN STANDARDS, WHICH WOULD BE HEIGHT.
I WILL TELL YOU THE DEED RESTRICTION ATTORNEY, I WAS DISCUSSING THIS WITH THE HEAD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SECTIONS AND I ACTUALLY HAD A DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION OF IT AS WELL, UM, OF HOW WE LOOKED AT IT.
SO WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE TRUST ME OPINION.
WE BEAT OUR HEADS IN WITH A HAMMER DURING THAT, THAT BILL.
SO WE HAVE STAFF, STAFF RECOMMENDATION TO DEFER.
[IV. Establish a public hearing date of August 7, 2025]
SO MOVING ON TO ROMAN, ROMAN NUMERAL FOUR.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF AUGUST 7TH, 2025 FOR ADELE COMMERCIAL COTTON OAKS RESERVE ENCLAVE AT LINCOLN SHIRE ESTATES AT ETHAN HOLLOW.
REPL NUMBER ONE FLIGHT LINE NORTH FRY ROAD.
TRACKED SECTION TWO HOLLY EDITION, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE LAVERNE STREET HOMES.
REPL NUMBER ONE, PLAZA ESTATES AT FIS PLAZA.
I'M GONNA MESS THAT ONE UP AND TRINITY LOT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN SECOND HIGH SHALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
WITH, WITH NO COMMENT? WE ARE GOING TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 4:53 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE.