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FROM CITY HALL ANNEX, IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION
[Planning Commission: Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Hearing]
MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV.I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREE PLAN MEETING AT 1:05 PM ON THURSDAY, JULY 24TH, 2025.
I'M LISA CLARK, THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, I'M CALLING THE MEETING TO ORDER.
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX.
SPEAKERS, IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR.
CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED.
NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIME FOR TWO MINUTES.
TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM, I'M GONNA CALL THE ROLE LISA CLARK.
UH, COMMISSIONER HINES IS PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT.
I WAS GONNA SAY VERA BLAND, BUT NO.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR COMMISSIONER PRESENT.
OKAY, NOW COMMISSIONER VERA BLAND.
UH, LET'S SEE, WHO ELSE? I THINK THAT'S IT.
AND THEN, UM, SITTING IN FOR DIRECTOR TRAN IS OUR SECRETARY.
ROBERT, WHAT'S YOUR LAST NAME? I'M SORRY.
WELL, OKAY, SO WE HAVE 12 MEMBERS.
SO WE'VE MET OUR QUORUM OF 11.
UH, AND NOW I'M GONNA ASK FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I'M ROBERT WILLIAMSON, ACTING SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR ARE THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
THE ONLY ITEMS I HAVE FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY ARE REMINDER DATES FOR THE NEXT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN.
THE APPLICATION UPDATE MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, AUGUST 21ST AT 1:00 PM AND THE RECOMMENDATION ACTION MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18TH AT 1:00 PM SO IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 OH OH.
OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4 OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS ROMAN NUMERAL ONE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS WILSON CALVERT AND I'LL BE PRESIDING OVER THE UH, MTFP MEETING TODAY.
OUR AGENDA, WE'RE GONNA BE GOING OVER THE TIMELINE.
WE'LL HAVE THE AMENDMENT REQUEST THE NEXT STEPS, AND THEN ADJOURN AT THE END.
AS ROBERT MENTIONED TO US DIRECTLY VIA PHONE.
SO NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY HERE AT THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN AS ROBERT MENTIONED, WE'LL HAVE TWO MORE MEETINGS AFTER THIS NEXT SLIDE.
NOW, WE'LL IF YOU'LL PLEASE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE'LL GET TO THE INDIVIDUAL AMENDMENT REQUEST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS MARIA TOVAR AND AMENDMENT A IS NORTH POINT BOULEVARD SUBMITTED BY HARRIS COUNTY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY ETJ.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO REALIGN THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE NORTH POINT BOULEVARD FROM SHAW TO GRANT 700 FEET SOUTH.
THIS REQUEST WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO MINIMIZE THE IMPACT OF THE FALEY GULLY FLOODWAY WHILE A BRIDGE WILL STILL BE REQUIRED.
THIS ADJUSTMENT WILL ALLOW THE COUNTY TO AVOID COSTLY DESIGN COMPLEXITIES AND FILL MITIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLOODWAY.
THE APPLICANT STATES THAT THERE WOULD BE NO EFFECT ON MOBILITY IN THE AREA AND THE REQUEST TO REALIGN THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE NORTH POINT BOULEVARD IS PURELY A COST SAVING MEASURE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT A.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
AMENDMENT B IS CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD SOUTH OF TWO 90, SUBMITTED BY HARRIS COUNTY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY ETJ.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO DELETE A PORTION OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD BETWEEN QUEENSTOWN BOULEVARD AND S TWO 90 CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD IS CURRENTLY PARTIALLY
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CONSTRUCTED BETWEEN QUEENSTOWN BOULEVARD AND GREEN CANYON DRIVE, SERVING AS AN ADDITIONAL ENTRANCE INTO THE STONE GATE NEIGHBORHOOD.THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A MAIN ACCESS POINT FROM THE NORTH VIA US TWO 90 AND BARKER CYPRUS, AS WELL AS A SOUTHERN ACCESS POINT VIA TELCH.
THE REMAINING PORTION OF CYPRUS, NORTH HOUSTON ROAD FROM GREEN CANYON DRIVE TO US TWO 90 IS CURRENTLY BEING USED AS A DEFACTO PARK WITH CONSTRUCTED SOCCER FIELDS BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS PORTION TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON THE CURRENT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN WOULD ULTIMATELY CROSS INTO THESE SOCCER FIELDS AND MUST CROSS OVER THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD LINE AND OPEN DITCH AND US TWO 90 TO CONNECT, UM, TO THE EXISTING CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD EAST OF TWO 90 VIA AN OVERPASS.
THIS CONSTRUCTION WOULD HAVE INORDINATE COSTS FOR LIMITED BENEFITS AND IS CONSIDERED INFEASIBLE.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE DELETION OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD FROM TON BOULEVARD TO US TWO 90.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT B.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I HAVE A REQUEST.
I NEED TO GO BACK TO A YES
I OVERLOOKED A KEN BEL, I MIGHT HAVE PRONOUNCED IT WRONG.
HE LET ME KNOW ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
HE WAS PLANNING ON SPEAKING TODAY.
SO HE WAS NOT NECESSARILY HERE TODAY.
H-O-R-B-E-L-T? YEAH, BEL, I BELIEVE.
DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM B? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.
AMENDMENT C IS CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD, WEST OF 1960 SALON ROAD AND GREENS ROAD, SUBMITTED BY HARRIS COUNTY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN BOTH THE CITY AND HARRIS COUNTY ETJ, AND FALLS BETWEEN PERRY ROAD AND STATE HIGHWAY 2 49.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF THREE AMENDMENT REQUESTS UNDER THIS APPLICATION THAT ARE ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER AS SHOWN ON THE SCREENS HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN.
THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT IS TO DELETE A PORTION OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD BETWEEN PERRY ROAD AND FM 1960.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY PLANS TO CONVERT THE AREA INTO A STORM WATER DETENTION FACILITY.
THE APPLICANT STATES THAT THE DELETION WILL NOT HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON MOBILITY IN THE AREA, AS THERE ARE SEVERAL MAJOR THOROUGHFARES NEARBY THAT PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO RECLASSIFY SALON ROAD FROM FM 1960 TO NORTH GESNER DRIVE FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR.
SALON ROAD IS CURRENTLY DEDICATED AT 60 FEET RIGHT OF WAY WIDTH AND WIDENING IT TO 100 PER THE CURRENT MTFP CLASSIFICATION WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE EXISTING BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF MAJOR COLLECTOR WOULD ALSO BETTER ALIGN WITH THE ANTICIPATED MODERATE TRAFFIC PATTERNS IN THE AREA ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE THIRD REQUEST IS TO DOWNGRADE WEST GREENS ROAD WEST OF NORTH GESNER FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR AND TO DELETE WEST GREENS ROAD FROM NORTH GESNER TO MILLS.
THE COMPONENT WEST OF NORTH GESNER WEST OF GESNER WOULD BE DOWNGRADED TO MATCH THE PROPOSED SALON ROAD RECLASSIFICATION AND IF CONSTRUCTED WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL MOBILITY.
THE REMOVAL OF WEST GREENS ROAD AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FROM GESSNER DRIVE TO MILLS ROAD IS DUE TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE DUO WEST CHAMPIONS APARTMENT COMPLEX AND THE DIFFICULT TASK IN ACQUIRING RIGHT OF WAY TO MAKE THE CONNECTION.
BACK IN 2023, THIS SAME PORTION OF WEST GREENS ROAD WAS DOWNGRADED FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR AS STATED BY THE APPLICANT, THE EXISTING STREET NETWORK IS SUFFICIENT FOR EXISTING AND FUTURE TRAFFIC DEMANDS.
TRAVELERS EAST OF FM 1960 WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE CONVENIENT ACCESS VIA SALON AND MILLS ROAD.
WHILE TRAVELERS FROM THE WEST CAN USE MILLS ROAD AND PERRY ROAD TO ACCESS FM 1960 EAST TO WEST MOVEMENT WILL REMAIN PREDOMINANTLY WITH FM 1960.
TO RESTATE THESE THREE REQUESTS, THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO DELETE A PORTION OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD BETWEEN PERRY ROAD AND FM 1960.
THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO RECLASSIFY SALON ROAD FROM FM 1960 TO NORTH GESNER DRIVE FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR.
AND THE LAST REQUEST IS TO DOWNGRADE WEST GREENS ROAD WEST OF NORTH GESNER FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO A MAJOR COLLECTOR AND TO DELETE WEST GREENS ROAD FROM NORTH GESNER TO MILLS.
THERE HAS BEEN PLOTTING ACTIVITY ALONG WEST GREENS ROAD WHERE THE ROADWAY CONNECTS TO SALON ROAD AND THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN MADE AWARE OF THE CURRENT AMENDMENT REQUESTS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT C.
DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES
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TO SPEAK ON ITEM C? CYPRESS NORTH HOUSTON ROAD, WEST OF 1960 COMMISSIONERS.ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUICK ONE.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT, UH, THERE IS A PLATTING ACTIVITY, UH, WEST OF GREENS ROAD.
UM, SO IT'S ON THE PORTION WHERE THAT KIND OF CURVE IS.
IT'S GREENS AND SALON WHERE THE ARROW'S POINTING.
UM, IT'S JUST ONE BIG RESERVE.
THEY DID DEDICATE, UM, GREENS ROAD AT A 100 FEET RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS IN CURRENT ALIGNMENT WITH THE MTF PLAN.
UM, SO THEY WERE MADE AWARE THAT IN THE FUTURE IT COULD BE DOWNGRADED TO 80 FEET, SO THEN THEY WOULD ONLY NEED TO DEDICATE 80 FEET OR RIGHT AWAY RATHER THAN 100 FEET.
THE, THE, THE FOLKS WHO ARE DOING PLANNING ACTIVITY AT THE MOMENT? YES.
THAT'S, THAT PART IS COMING IN THIS PLANNING COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO D GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS AJI AJU AND AMENDMENT D IS MUSH KEY ROAD SUBMITTED BY HARRIS COUNTY.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY ETJ.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS THE DELETION OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MUSHIE ROAD, SOUTH OF MOUND ROAD AND NORTH OF NORTH BRIDGELAND LAKE PARKWAY.
THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF MUSHIE ROAD CROSSES THE CYPRESS CREEK FLOODPLAIN AND FLOODWAY, WHICH WOULD NECESSITATE SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES AND COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE ROAD.
ADDITIONALLY, THE ALIGNMENT ALSO PASSES THROUGH OAK MEADOW PARK ADJACENT TO NORTH BRIDGELAND LAKE PARKWAY, WHICH POSES A CONSTRAINT IN ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY.
HARRIS COUNTY HAS DETERMINED THAT THERE WILL BE NO NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM ELIMINATING THIS SEGMENT OF MUY ROAD FROM THE MTFP AND THE EXISTING ROADWAY NETWORK WILL BE SUFFICIENT FOR FUTURE TRAFFIC NEEDS.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE DELETION OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MUSHIE ROAD FROM MOUND ROAD TO NORTH BRIDGELAND LAKE PARKWAY.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT D.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR AMENDMENT D.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS AKAH BIJI AND AMENDMENT E IS HUMBLE PARKWAY.
THIS APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED BY META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN WITHIN THE CITY'S LIMITS IN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF US 59 NORTH AND NORTH OF GREENS ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO DELETE THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ON BOTH PARKWAY FROM RANKIN ROAD TO GREENS ROAD.
THE APPLICANT PROVIDES SEVERAL REASONS FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
FIRSTLY, THE US 59 FLARES OUT AT THE INTERSECTION WITH GREENS ROAD LEAVING INSUFFICIENT ROOM FOR SAFE SPACING OF A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TO EXIT ONTO GREENS.
THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALSO PREFER TO UTILIZE DIRECT ACCESS FROM US 59 FRONTAGE ROAD.
THE REINHARD BAYOU RUNS THROUGH THE PROPERTY IN ADDITION TO MULTIPLE PIPELINES, MAKING IT INFEASIBLE TO BE TO BUILD.
AND LASTLY, THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE IS ALSO OWNED BY TXDOT, WHICH POSES A CONSTRAINT THAT IN ACQUIRING THE NECESSARY RIGHT OF WAY, THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO DELETE HUMBLE PARKWAY FROM GREENS ROAD TO RANKIN ROAD.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT B.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM E.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WE'LL MOVE TO F CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD.
I'LL BE PRESENTING AMENDMENT F.
THIS APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED BY MARK GARDNER REPRESENTING THE PRIOR CRAFT HOA.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, LOCATED WITHIN CITY LIMITS BETWEEN SAN FELIPE AND WESTHEIMER.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS TO DOWNGRADE THE CURRENT MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD TO A MINOR COLLECTOR CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD BETWEEN SAN FELIPE AND WESTHEIMER IS A DISTANCE OF APPROXIMATELY 4,300 FEET AND THERE ARE NO EAST WEST STREETS THAT CONNECT TO ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS OR DEVELOPMENTS.
THERE ARE NO STOP SIGNS OR TRAFFIC SIGNALS WITHIN THE BRIAR CRT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S CURRENTLY ONLY A SIDEWALK ALONG THE EASTERN SIDE OF CHIMNEY ROCK, AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED US WITH THESE PICTURES SHOWING HOW CLOSE IT IS TO THE FOUR LANE ROAD.
MR. GARDNER HAS ALSO USED A RADAR GUN TO TRACK VEHICLE SPEEDS THAT ARE FAR IN EXCESS OF THE SPEED LIMIT.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL HAS LIMITATIONS
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ON WHAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC CALMING CAN TAKE PLACE IN TREATMENTS SUCH AS SPEED CUSHIONS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON MAJOR THOROUGHFARES OR MAJOR COLLECTORS.THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD PREVIOUSLY SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITHIN HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS.
THE CHIMNEY ROCK STATUS AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE DOES NOT ALLOW A STUDY TO BE PERFORMED.
WE RECEIVED 19 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM 15 IN SUPPORT, MOSTLY FROM RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH FOUR COMMENTS AGAINST THE COMMENTS AGAINST CAME FROM NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE OWNER OF A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ON CHIMNEY ROCK NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH WESTHEIMER.
AGAIN, THE REQUEST IS TO DOWNGRADE CHIMNEY ROCK TO A MINOR COLLECTOR OF THE SAME WIDTH AND SIZE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS SO RECON AND I KNOW I MESSED THAT UP.
MY NAME IS RINCON AND I AM A RESIDENT OF THE CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD.
UH, IT IS OBVIOUS THAT CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD IS UNSAFE TO EVEN WALK ALONG THE SIDEWALK WITH A SPEEDING TRAFFIC.
I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION THAT I HOPE WILL HELP THE COMMISSION TO DETERMINE IF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD IS MIS QUALIFY AS A MAYOR THOROUGHFARE.
MY FIRST WHY THREE QUESTION IS WHY IS TOO MANY ROCK ROAD BEING USED AS A FREEWAY A RELIEF FOR THE HEAVY TRAFFIC ALONG THE SIX 10 LOOP? WHY IS A MAYOR THOROUGH ALLOWED TO GO THROUGH AN AREA WITH 95% RESIDENTIAL OWNERSHIP PARTNERS, 84% OF HOUSES FACING THE ROADWAY WITH A MAYOR FREEWAY A MILE AWAY WHILE OUR CHILDREN AND ELDERLY BEING FORCED TO UTILIZE A SIDEWALK WITH TRAFFIC GOING UP TO 77 UM MILES, MILES PER HOUR AND 24 INCHES FROM THIS LOW BREAKING SPEEDING TRAFFIC.
WHY WAS THE SIDEWALK ENTRANCES NOT BU TO A DA STANDARDS WITH THE WORK THAT WAS FINISHED THIS YEAR? WHY IS A MAYOR THOROUGHFARE USING A ROADWAY WITH MAYOR SIDELINE ISSUES, OBVIOUS CURVATURE AFFECTING ALL ROADS USERS, ESPECIALLY VULNERABLE ROAD USERS? WHY IS A MAYOR THOROUGHFARE PLACED ALONG A ROADWAY WHERE RESIDENTS HAVE NO LEGAL OR SAFE MEANS TO CROSS THE ROADWAY, LET ALONE A THOROUGHFARE? WHY IS A MAYOR THOROUGHFARE PLACE ALONG A ROADWAY WHERE RESIDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO CROSS A ROADWAY TO GET, GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP TO THE ONLY YOUR TIME'S UP, BUT GO AHEAD, JUST WRAP UP, UP.
FINISH THAT LINE JUST FOR A MINUTE.
AS I WAS SAYING, TO GET THE ONLY SIDEWALK, EVEN IF THERE WAS A SIDEWALK ON BOTH SIDES, VISITOR NEEDS TO CROSS THE ROAD WITHOUT NO CROSSWALK FOR PROTECTION.
MY NEXT SPEAKER IS LEE GERARD.
I LIVE AT 24 20 CHIMNEY ROCK AND, UH, THE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE IS RIDICULOUS.
THE SPEED LIMITS, UH, 30 MILES AN HOUR.
MOST OF THE CARS GO BY AT 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR.
THE, UM, QUESTIONS I HAVE ARE, WHY IS IT THAT TANGLEWOOD HAS SPEED MONITORS AND WHY DOES, UH, THE STREETS OF SAN PHILIPPI AND WESTHEIMER HAVE SPEED MONITORS? AND WE DON'T? UH, THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES I'M AWARE OF, SUCH AS WOODHEAD AND MONTROSE IN FRONT OF LANIER JUNIOR HIGH, THEY HAVE SPEED BUMPS AND THAT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, FOUR LANES JUST LIKE CHIMNEY ROCK.
AND, UH, IT'S VERY DANGEROUS FOR PEOPLE MAKING DELIVERIES SUCH AS AMAZON, THE POSTMAN AND GARBAGE PICKUP, WHICH IS TWICE A WEEK.
AND I PURCHASED THIS HOUSE WITH THE, UH, BELIEF THAT I HAD THE RIGHT TO QUIET ENJOYMENT, WHICH I DON'T HAVE.
AND I HAVE TO LISTEN TO MOTORCYCLES, RACE CARS AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND THE NIGHT.
AND THE VALUES ARE DECLINING ON CHIMNEY ROCK AS WITNESSED BY SEVERAL HOUSES FOR SALE.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE FOUR OF 'EM FOR SALE, TWO OF 'EM FOR LEASE, AND THERE HAVE BEEN AS MANY AS SEVEN THAT HAVE BEEN SOLD IN RECENT YEARS AT VALUE, MUCH LESS THAN WHAT I PAID FOR THIS PROPERTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
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THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.UH, THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS BETH CAB K KBL.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING US TODAY.
UM, I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS IS ALL OF THE PROPERTY VALUES BASED ON CHIMNEY ROCK, TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE STREETS.
THERE'S YEAST STREETS AND THERE'S DEAD ENDS IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
IT IS LITERALLY RACING TO GET FROM THESE CARS TO THESE CARS.
SO THE SIGHT LINES ARE VERY DIFFICULT.
IF YOU'RE ON MY STREET, WHICH IS ELLIE LANE, THERE'S A CURVE THERE.
YOU CAN'T SEE CARS COMING THROUGH.
AND AS THEY MENTIONED, UM, SPEED IS ABSOLUTELY A FACTOR.
ALSO, THE KIDS TRYING TO RIDE THEIR BIKES, WALK TO SCHOOL, WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL.
UM, MY SON, I WOULDN'T EVEN LET HIM DO IT BECAUSE I WAS AFRAID WE'D RODE OUR BIKES ONE DAY AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY.
AND WHEN YOU'RE GOING DOWN, UH, WHEN YOU'RE GOING NORTH ON CHIMNEY ROCK, THE SIDEWALK IS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE, THE EAST SIDE.
I DO WALK ALL THE TIME AND, UM, I'M CONSTANTLY TURNING AROUND TRYING TO SEE IF I'M GONNA BE HIT.
I CARRY, CARRY MY LICENSE, MY INSURANCE AND ALL OF THAT JUST IN CASE I'M HIT SO SOMEBODY CAN IDENTIFY ME.
BUT THESE KIDS WALKING, IF THEY'RE TRYING TO GO LEFT OR ANYBODY, THEY HAVE TO GO TO THE END.
THEY HAVE TO GO TO CHIMNEY ROCK AND SAN FELIPE OR WESTHEIMER AND CHIMNEY ROCK TO CROSS, AND THAT'S ABOUT A MILE LONG, ALMOST A MILE LONG.
AND THOSE KIDS TRYING TO GET ACROSS THOSE EXTREMELY BUSY STREETS IS EX VERY UNSAFE.
I MEAN, I'M SAYING KIDS BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT WE SEE WALKING A LOT.
BUT EVEN THE ADULTS, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
AND IT, THESE THINGS DO AFFECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
PEOPLE COME TO LOOK UP HOUSES AND YOU KNOW, IF THEY CAN'T GET OUT OF THE STREET OR INTO THE STREET, AND REALLY WHEN YOU SEE EMS COMING DOWN THE STREET, THEY'RE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE LANE BECAUSE THERE'S TRAFFIC.
AND THIS STREET IS ALWAYS BUILT UP WITH TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY DURING DRIVE TIME.
SO IT'S REALLY A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE YOU WANT TO SPEAK? I'M THE PLEASE COME FORWARD.
CAN I TAKE, UH, A MINUTE OR TWO OF YOUR TIME? SURE.
MY NAME'S MARK GARDNER, THE APPLICANT FOR THIS.
UM, JUST REAL QUICKLY, I'VE ASKED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO FORWARD YOU, UM, MY APPLICATION FOR THE MTFP.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA WANNA READ IT ALL, I PROMISE YOU.
THERE IS, I THINK TWO PAGES IN FRONT, UH, TWO LONG DID NOT READ.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT IT BOILS DOWN TO IS I HAVE TAKEN THE LIBERTY TO SHOW, UM, 'CAUSE UNFORTUNATELY THE MTF UM, THING, UH, I CAN'T EVEN THINK OF WHAT IT IS RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE TAKEN IT AND SHOWN CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD CHARACTERISTICS, MINOR COLLECTOR CHARACTERISTICS, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE CHARACTERISTICS.
THAT TABLE WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT ALSO WAS BROUGHT UP LAST YEAR, TWO YEARS AGO, CROCKETT NUMBER C ON THE ITEM IN 2023, CROCKETT BROUGHT OUT THAT A MINOR COLLECTOR HAS RESIDENTIAL LAND, USES A MAJOR COLLECTOR, YOU DON'T WANT, UH, SORRY, DRIVEWAYS ON THE ROADWAY.
I MEAN, THAT WOULD LOGICALLY MAKE SENSE.
WHY WOULD YOU PUT 70 DRIVEWAYS ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE? YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT.
UH, AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE, IN THOSE PHOTOS.
SO I'VE ASKED THE PUBLIC WORKS TO FORWARD YOU THAT.
I'VE TOLD PUBLIC WORKS, CALL ME TWENTY FOUR SEVEN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO EMAIL ME.
THEY'VE GOT THAT PACKAGE, HAS MY PHONE NUMBER, MY EMAIL.
THIS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT TO THE SAFETY OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, AND OUR ELDERLY.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN, GUYS, I HAVE TO CROSS THIS STREET.
WE HAVE VISITORS THAT COME VISIT US.
WE CANNOT PARK ON THAT ROADWAY, WHICH I THINK IS A SHAME.
SO THEY ARE FORCED TO CROSS THAT ROADWAY, AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW FAST THIS TRAFFIC IS GOING.
I REALIZE THAT YOU, I'M GONNA EXCUSE ME FOR BRINGING THIS UP.
YOUR, YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PUBLIC GOOD.
THE PUBLIC GOOD CANNOT BE SERVED, I DON'T BELIEVE, BY ALLOWING PEOPLE TO BREAK THE LAW.
THE LAW SAYS THE SPEED LIMIT IS 30.
THE IN THE DESIGN MANUAL SAYS YOU'LL GIVE THEM 30 PLUS 10.
THEY'RE NOT DOING ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
AND, AND THIS BODY DOESN'T CONTROL SPEED LIMITS AND, YOU KNOW, BUT, UM, PUBLIC WORKS COULD PROBABLY HELP YOU WITH SOME SPEED, UH, CONTROL EFFORTS.
WELL, SO YOU WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS OR YOU WORKING WITH WILSON? SO, SO THAT'S THE POINT.
THEY, THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR A RIGHT.
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IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.SO COULD YOU ANSWER A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS? MM-HMM
I, I KNOW WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SPEAKER THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, BUT I THINK THERE WERE SOME CONSISTENT QUESTIONS LIKE WHY IS IT A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE? MM-HMM
WHY ISN'T IT A MAJOR COLLECTOR? I'M SORRY, BUT YOU'VE ALREADY SPOKEN.
LET ME, OH, LET ME FINISH AND I'LL, I'LL HAVE YOU COME UP.
YOU'RE THE APPLICANT, YOU CAN COME BACK.
SO WE REQUIRE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES TO BE HELD AT CERTAIN DISTANCES, UM, ACROSS TO FORM LIKE A GRID.
SO PEOPLE DO HAVE CONNECTIVITY ACROSS THE CITY.
AND SO, UH, IN THE PAST, QUITE A WHILE AGO, CHIMNEY ROCK WAS DESIGNATED AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
AND SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BUILT AS A A FOUR LANE ROAD.
AND THAT IS THE, UH, THE CURRENT STANDARD.
IT'S NOT CALLED TO BE WIDE AND FURTHER, 80, 80 FEET WIDE IS WHAT IT'S CALLED TO BE.
UM, WE CURRENTLY DO NOT ALLOW NEW SUBDIVISIONS TO BE BUILT WITH DRY WAVES DIRECTLY ONTO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, UNLESS THEY'RE AT LEAST ONE ACRE IN SIZE.
AND SO THIS IS ONE OF THE, THE ISSUES WITH THE CITY WHERE THESE NEIGHBORHOOD, I BELIEVE WAS CREATED IN THE 1950S.
AND SO IF IT WAS CREATED TODAY, WE WOULD REQUIRE DIFFERENT DESIGNS.
UM, THERE IS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT IS USING CHIMNEY ROCK AS, AND WE'LL LOOK AT THAT FURTHER AS WE COME TO AN ACTUAL RECOMMENDATION LATER IN THE PROCESS.
UM, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS WHERE WE NEED THROUGH STREETS, THERE ARE ONLY SO MANY THAT GO THROUGH AND, AND THE PAST, YOU KNOW, THIS BODY HAS APPROVED THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WITH THAT LINE BEING THERE.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT IS MAINLY RESIDENTIAL THROUGH THE SEGMENT MM-HMM
UM, IS IT DEED RESTRICTED? YES.
I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE POTENTIAL PLA THAT CAME THROUGH AND IT REQUIRED A PUBLIC HEARING, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS, UH, A RESIDENTIAL TO THE ONE LOT.
I THINK THEY WERE ADJUSTING A BUILDING LINE.
SO THERE AT LEAST WERE SINGLE FAMILY RESTRICTIONS WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'M AWARE OF.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? OKAY.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR, IS CHIMNEY ROCK 80 FEET WIDE ALL THE WAY FROM I 10? OR IS IT, UH, I DO BELIEVE THERE ARE SOME VARIATIONS, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A, A VERY OLD SECTION.
SO THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT APPEAR TO ACTUALLY BE LESS THAN 80, EVEN WITHIN THE BRIAR PROFT NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IT WAS PLATTED AT 80 FEET.
UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT FURTHER SOUTH THERE ARE SOME PIECES THAT DO GO UP TO A HUNDRED, BUT I THINK 80, BECAUSE THIS IS AN OLDER AREA, I THINK 80 WAS THE STANDARD AT THAT TIME.
AND SO I'LL ASK THE HARD QUESTION,
WHICH AGAIN, THE IDEA IS IF THE ENTIRETY OF CHIMNEY ROCK FROM NORTH TO SOUTH IS MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MM-HMM
CAN WE PULL OUT A SEGMENT AND MAKE IT SOMETHING ELSE? SO I BELIEVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES HAVE GREAT LATITUDE IN THE PAST THAT HAS BEEN KIND OF FROWNED UPON THAT WE TYPICALLY WANT THE CLASSIFICATIONS TO BE CONSISTENT ACROSS, BECAUSE AS I MENTIONED, YOU DO HAVE THE ABILITY FOR, IF IT WAS DOWNGRADED, IF THERE WAS A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, WE WOULD ALLOW THEN DRIVEWAYS TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS IN SMALLER LOTS ALONG THIS.
SO IF THE, UM, CLASSIFICATION CHANGE, YOU KNOW, BUILDING LINES CHANGE, ALL THESE THINGS THAT ARE PLATTED COULD POTENTIALLY CHANGE IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
SO THAT'S WHY WE TEND TO, IF WE'RE GONNA DIRECT TRAFFIC TO MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS ESTABLISHED VIA THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, WE WOULD WANT THAT TO BE SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT.
UM, WE HAVE HAD CLASSIFICATIONS EVEN LAST YEAR, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE DOWNGRADED FOR A PORTION.
UM, BUT IT WAS NOT THE SAME BECAUSE CHIMNEY ROCK IS A, YOU KNOW, EXTENSIVE CORRIDOR.
I JUST TRYING TO FIND SOLUTIONS, RIGHT?
UM, BUT IN ORDER TO DO A STUDY, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A CONSIDERED MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MM-HMM
YOU CANNOT DO A STUDY FOR THIS THING.
SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN TOSSING AROUND AS SCENARIOS, IF ANY? SURE.
SO CURRENTLY, UM, YOU KNOW, A A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD REQUEST THINGS LIKE A FOUR-WAY STOP.
THOSE REQUIRE CROSS TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS.
AND PLEASE BE CLEAR, I'M NOT A PUBLIC WORKS ENGINEER.
YOU KNOW, I'VE READ THE IDM, YOU KNOW, SO A LOT OF PEOPLE, THAT'S THE NORMAL THING.
PUT A STOP SIGN IN THE MIDDLE, PUT A FOUR LIGHT, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC SIGNAL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THOSE TYPICALLY, LIKE I SAID, ARE NOT GONNA MEET THE, THE CROSS TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SPEED CUSHIONS ARE THE ONE THING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PROGRAM HAS BEEN DOING.
UM, IT IS A PROGRAM THAT TYPICALLY DOES A FEW DOZEN PROGRAMS PER YEAR.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER TREATMENTS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN, UM, AS MUCH.
SO EVEN IF THESE STUDIES ARE COMPLETED, THERE'S NOT A FUNDING SOURCE TIED DIRECTLY TO THOSE.
SO THOSE TYPICALLY CAN COME FROM CITY COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, CAP PROJECTS, YOU KNOW, ET CETERA.
UH, THEY'RE NOT HUGELY EXPENSIVE, BUT AGAIN, WE NOT ONLY DON'T ALLOW THEM ON MAJOR THOROUGH FAIRS, WE ALSO DON'T ALLOW THEM MAJOR COLLECTORS.
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CERTAINLY A PROBLEM.UNFORTUNATELY, PEOPLE, UH, DON'T DRIVE WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT SIGN SAYS.
UM, THEY DRIVE AS FAST AS THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE.
SO YOU TYPICALLY DO NEED TO CHANGE SOMETHING PHYSICALLY.
UM, IT'S JUST THAT UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUME, YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THE EXACT TRAFFIC VOLUME, WE PROBABLY WILL.
UM, YOU TYPICALLY DON'T WANNA SLOW DOWN EMERGENCY RESPONSE, OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT ALSO ARE GONNA BE USING MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AS WELL.
UM, THE TOOLS AT THIS POINT, AND THE IDM ARE NOT THERE FOR THIS CLASSIFICATION OR EVEN THE ONE BELOW IT, WHICH IS WHY WE REQUIRE A TWO STEP DOWNGRADE.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I GET THAT TOO.
LIKE THE, THE SCENARIO I'M RUNNING THROUGH MY HEAD IS IT'S ABOUT A MILE MM-HMM
BETWEEN SAN FELIPE AND, AND WESTHEIMER.
I HAVE TO GET ALL THAT EXERCISE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE MY KID GO ACROSS THE STREET TO PLAY WITH HIS FRIEND MM-HMM
AND, UH, THAT'S THE SCENARIO THAT I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE SOLUTION? MM-HMM
UM, THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING.
AND LIKE YOU SAID, IF IT'S ATYPICAL, PERHAPS, YOU KNOW, THEIR CITY COUNCIL REP COULD FIND SOME COIN FOR AT LEAST THE STUDY.
WOULD THAT BE THE STARTING POINT? A, A STUDY TO, SO PUBLIC WORKS ALSO HAS LATITUDE AND THE IDM, IT GIVES, UM, LATITUDE TO THE, THE CITY ENGINEER TO, YOU KNOW, FIND, UH, CONTEXT APPROPRIATE SOLUTIONS SO THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE IDM.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GONNA BE IN, YOU KNOW, JOINING THE PROCESS HERE GOING FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE'LL ABSOLUTELY EXPLORE THAT WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND, YOU KNOW, TRY TO REPORT BACK AT THE NEXT MEETING, YOU KNOW, WHAT POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS THERE ARE.
YOU KNOW, WHAT OPTIONS ON THE MENU YOU HAVE TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD TO TRY TO, YOU KNOW, DO SOMETHING.
THANKS FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, DETAILED RESPONSE.
AND COMING BACK WITH SOME SOLUTIONS OUTSIDE OF, YOU KNOW, DOWNGRADING MM-HMM
JUST IN CASE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, IS REALLY GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
COMMISSIONER SIELER, I THINK TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF
THAT YOU, IT'S NOT FOR CARS, IT'S JUST FOR PEDESTRIANS.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED? YEAH.
SO THAT'S A, A MID-BLOCK CROSSING WITH A PEDESTRIAN SIGNAL.
SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE AN ON DEMAND PUSH A BUTTON.
SO THE CITY HAS DONE SOME OF THOSE, UM, THAT'S RECENTLY AS WELL.
THEY COST QUITE A BIT OF MONEY, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND AGAIN, THERE MAY BE CONSIDERATIONS ON THE DEMAND OF THE ACTUAL CROSSINGS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, EVEN IF YOU WERE TO PUT THAT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS MILE SECTION, PEOPLE ARE STILL HAVING TO WALK POTENTIALLY A QUARTER MILE EITHER WAY.
UM, PEDESTRIANS DO HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO CROSS EVEN WHEN THERE'S NOT A PAINTED CROSSWALK.
UNMARKED CROSSWALKS, THEY DO HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AND IT'S IN THE IDEA M WHAT PERCENTAGE OF CARS SHOULD BE YIELDING TO THESE DIFFERENT TREATMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, YOU KNOW, HOUSTON DRIVERS, EVEN IF THERE'S A PAINTED CROSSWALK, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT TRUSTING CARS, YOU KNOW,
SO IT'S, EVEN IF YOU PUT TREATMENTS LIKE THAT IN, UM, IT'S NOT A PANACEA.
AND WITH HOW LONG THIS CORRIDOR IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S AN OPTION.
IT'S STILL NOT BE, MAY NOT BE A GREAT OPTION.
WE'LL, AGAIN, WE'LL TALK WITH PUBLIC WORKS TO SEE WHAT THEY SAY.
I THINK PUBLIC WORKS AND, UM, THE COUNCIL MEMBER MM-HMM
AND MAYBE EVEN A COUPLE OF THE AT LARGE, BECAUSE MM-HMM
I DRIVE THAT SECTION A LOT MYSELF MM-HMM
AND IT'S SCARY BEING A DRIVER ON THAT SECTION.
SO, UM, IF WE COULD KIND OF PULL ALL THOSE GROUPS TOGETHER AND WORK ON TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION.
I DO KNOW THAT THE HOA AND THE COMMUNITY HAS WORKED WITH THEIR COUNCIL MEMBER AT THIS POINT, SO THEY'RE FULLY AWARE.
AND WE'VE HAD SOME LIGHT COMMUNICATION, BUT WE'LL DEFINITELY TRY TO GET EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, TO COME TOGETHER ON THIS ONE.
I WAS GONNA RECOMMEND THIS, THE COUNCIL MEMBER AS WELL.
'CAUSE THEY DO HAVE DISCRETIONARY FUNDS, BUT, UM, IS THIS AREA PART OF A TOURS OR ANYTHING? NO.
UH, I'M NOT AWARE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SAYING NO.
COMMISSIONER MARS IS SAYING MAYBE ACTUALLY I, I KNOW THE TIER GOES TO WESTHEIMER, SO I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S NORTH OR WESTHEIMER, BUT IT'S THE ST.
I MEAN, I THINK THIS WOULD BE WORTH TALKING TO MAYBE GLEN TILTON OR SOMETHING.
'CAUSE TS HAVE FUNDING MM-HMM
SPECIFICALLY FOR THESE KIND OF IMPROVEMENTS AND MM-HMM
THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH THATT.
'CAUSE TURS CAN DO THINGS THAT CONNECT TO, UM, AND ADJACENT AND THEY CAN EXPAND THEIR BOUNDARIES.
SO, UM, THINGS LIKE THIS ARE USUALLY ADDRESSED WITH THE TOURS IN MY EXPERIENCE, ESPECIALLY IN THE INNER CITY.
SO I WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND TRYING TO IN, IN GET THE TOURS ENGAGED.
COMMISSIONER, JUST A FOLLOW UP.
SO I KNOW THAT THE TOUR WAS WORKING ON CHIMNEY ROCK, UH, ROADWAY PROJECT, UH, FROM WESTHEIMER ON DOWN TO RICHMOND.
UM, AND THEN TWO YEARS AGO, THE COUNTY, UH, WITH BRIANNA CAME IN AND, AND THEY'VE T TAKEN THAT BACK TO WORK ON IT 'CAUSE THEY WANTED TO EXPAND THE SCOPE.
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AND I KNOW I COMMENTED THE OTHER DAY MM-HMMABOUT WHETHER, YOU KNOW, ANY TIE IN FROM NORTH OF WESTHEIMER AND, AND LOOKING AT IT.
BUT, UM, THEY ARE VERY MUCH LOOKING AT IT SOUTH OF WESTHEIMER.
I JUST DUNNO ABOUT NORTH OR WESTHEIMER.
THAT, THAT, THAT COMMISSIONER'S DEFINITELY BEEN INVOLVED IN TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS WITH THE COMMUNITY, SO MM-HMM
I DID LOOK AND THEY, I BELIEVE HAD SOME ACTUAL PROJECTS ON FOUNTAIN VIEW, SO JUST WEST OF HERE.
AND THEN THEY HAVE LIKE A MASTER TRANSPORTATION PLAN HAPPENING JUST SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY.
UM, AND SO THEY DO HAVE OPPORTUNITIES.
THERE WEREN'T ANY IMMINENT IN THIS SPECIFIC, YOU KNOW, LOCATION, BUT WE'LL ABSOLUTELY LOOP IN PRECINCT FORWARD WITH THIS.
I'M SURE YOU KNOW DAN DEMETRIUS AND MM-HMM
BUT THAT'S A GOOD, GOOD THOUGHT.
COMMISSIONER JONES, MADAM CHAIR.
UH, THERE'S SOME CONVERSATION AND EVEN SOME OF HAVE BEEN WR IN WRITING ON SIDEWALKS.
I'VE DRIVEN CHIMNEY ROCK FROM I 10 DOWN TO WESTHEIMER A LOT.
UH, BUSINESS BACK AND FORTH, THOUGH I RECOGNIZE ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET, I, UH, I THINK IT'S PROBABLY THE EAST SIDE.
FOUR FOOT SIDEWALK FOR THE MOST PART.
OTHER THAN A NEW HOME BUILT AT THE CORNER OF DAMANI MM-HMM
THAT WENT TO SIX FEET AND NOW THAT'S TODAY'S CRITERIA SIX FEET.
I KNOW IT'S, THERE'S NOT MUCH, BUT IT'S GROWING WHERE MAYBE THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL, UH, WIDENING OF THOSE SIDEWALKS.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S A FUNDING MECHANISM.
AND THEN LIKEWISE, IF YOU'RE REFERRING TO THE WEST SIDE OF, OF CHIMNEY ROCK, THOSE HOMEOWNERS MAY NOT LIKE THE IDEA, BUT IT'S PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AND, AND QUITE FRANKLY, THAT MAY BE, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST ONE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT A SOLUTION, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO ASSIST AT LEAST WITH, WITH THAT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
BUT WE, THERE ARE FUNDS OUT THERE MM-HMM
THROUGH THE, THE SIDEWALK PROGRAM QUESTION IS HOW MUCH ALLOCATED AND MAYBE A COUNCIL, COUNCIL MEMBER HUFFMAN CAN PARTICIPATE IN THAT, BUT JUST TRYING TO THROW OUT A LOT OF DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
I HAD ONE MORE SPEAKER ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
I, I DO WANNA SPEAK, WELL COME TO THE MIC AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE.
I LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION, SAN FELIPE AND JIMMY ROCK.
THERE'S A CONDO TOWER THERE THAT I LIVE IN.
THESE PEOPLE ARE ALL TELLING YOU THE TRUTH.
AND I, IF I COULD DO SOMETHING ON SAN FELIPE ATCHER HECK DID THAT AS WELL AND, AND EXTEND IT FURTHER NORTH INTO TANGLEWOOD.
BUT THE SAME ISSUE IS UP THERE.
I I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO, BUT WHAT WHATEVER YOU DO IS GONNA HELP ME, YOU KNOW,
SO YOU APPRECIATE THEM A LOT? YES.
UH, ONE THING I MIGHT, THE ONLY THING THAT I, THAT I THINK ABOUT IN WATCHING THIS, LISTEN TO EVERYBODY TALK ABOUT THIS IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR EMS GOING BETWEEN THE WOODWAY FIRE STATION AND THE CHIMNEY ROCK FIRE STATION.
SO IF YOU PUT SPEED BUMPS ON THERE, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T WANNA BE OUT ON, ON, ON THE GURNEY WITH HITTING A SPEED BUMP.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, STOP SIGNS.
UH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT MAY BE HELPFUL.
YOU KNOW, IF, IF I COULD GO ON FOR A COUPLE HOURS, TALK ABOUT THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE ON SAN PHILLIPE, AND THEN THERE'S CONJOINED PROBLEMS GOING ON AT THAT INTERSECTION OF, OF, UH, CHIMNEY ROCK AND SAN PHILIPPE, UM, WITH, YOU KNOW, NOISE ABATEMENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, THE CARS THAT COME UP AND DOWN, BUT EVERYTHING THEY'VE SAID IS, IS, IS ACCURATE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH IT.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
AND THE APPLICANT WANTED TO SPEAK AGAIN.
ONE THING THAT I, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AGAIN, I'M SORRY.
UH, MY NAME IS MARK GARDNER, THE APPLICANT.
UH, ONE THING THAT I DO WANNA MENTION, UM, I HEARD MR. HINES' COMMENT ON THE, UH, WALKING WITH YOUR CHILD.
YOU CANNOT WALK ON THE WEST SIDE OF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD.
UH, SINCE THERE'S NO SIDEWALK AND A SIDEWALK IS PROVIDED ON THE EAST SIDE, SO WE ARE LANDLOCKED.
UM, I DO NOT NECESSARILY AGREE WITH
MR. WILSON'S, UH, WILSON, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, THAT, UM, THERE ARE, UH, WELL, THERE ARE, ARE THERE MARKED OR UNMARKED? SO THERE ARE NO CROSSWALKS IS MY OPINION.
MY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT EVEN UNMARKED CROSSWALKS, THE PEDESTRIANS HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY EVEN AT THREEWAY, BUT THERE ARE NO UNMARKED CROSSWALKS WITHIN THE 4,300 SQUARE FOOT.
EVERY, EVERY INTERSECTION RIGHT.
IF IT HAS CROSSWALKS OR NOT PAINTED, HAS AN UNMARKED CROSSWALK.
AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT WHAT TEXAS LAW SAYS, IN MY OPINION.
TEXAS LAW SAYS THERE, AND, AND IT, IT IS VERY CLEAR.
IT SAYS BY THE PORTION OF A ROADWAY AND AN INTERSECTION, T COULD BE AN INTERSECTION THAT IS WITHIN THE CONNECTIONS OF LATERAL LINES, LATERAL LINES OF THE SIDEWALK ON OPPOSITE SIDES
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OF THE HIGHWAY, OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY CROSSWALK OPPOSITE SIDEWALK ACROSS OPPOSITE.WE HAVE NO SIDEWALK ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE.
SO HOW COULD YOU HAVE A CROSSWALK IF THERE'S NO SIDEWALK? OKAY.
I MEAN, IT, I DON'T EVEN HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE WORD.
YOU CANNOT HAVE AN UNMARKED CROSSWALK.
SO, UH, ALSO YOU ASKED A QUESTION, UH, I FORGOT WHAT IT WAS.
OH, DOWNGRADING, UH, SOMEBODY ASKED THE QUESTION.
I APOLOGIZE ABOUT DOWNGRADING.
LOOK, EVERYTHING HAS A BEGINNING AND AN END IN THE MIDDLE.
WE'RE GONNA, SOMETHING'S ALWAYS GONNA BE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOMETHING, SO WE CAN'T HELP THAT.
I ORIGINALLY, WHEN I CONTACTED THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, ASKED AND MENTIONED THAT THIS AFFECTS ALL OF JIM ROCK ROAD PRETTY MUCH FROM WESTHEIMER NORTH.
AS SOMEBODY SAID THEY DRIVE, I CAN DO NOT HAVE THE PERSONAL FUNDS TO SEND OUT LETTERS TO EVERYBODY ON THAT.
ON THAT, MY THOUGHT WAS THAT HOPEFULLY THIS CAN BE APPLIED TO OTHER PARTS.
THIS PART OF THE ROADWAY IS UNDIVIDED, FOUR LANES UNDIVIDED, THEN IT GOES TO FOUR LANES DIVIDED, THEN IT GOES TO FOUR LANES, UNDIVIDED.
SO BY, BY IT'S NOT A MONOLITHIC ROAD.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT SHOULD BE TREATED AS A MONOLITHIC ROAD.
BUT I THINK YOU CAN SEE THE LOGIC IN THAT.
I, I BELIEVE THAT THAT ANSWERS MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS THAT, THAT YOU MAY HAVE HAD.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
LET'S MOVE ALONG THEN TO ITEM G.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS AJU AND THE AMENDMENT G IS EAST TIDWELL, SUBMITTED BY SAPPINGTON ENGINEERING, LLC.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN HARRIS COUNTY, ETJ, SAPPINGTON ENGINEERING LLC ON BEHALF OF 90 25 PLR HOLDINGS, LLC HAS SUBMITTED A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE TIDWELL ROAD FROM THE EAST SAM HOUSTON TOW WAY TO LOCAL STREET PINELAND ROAD.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THE DEDICATION OF THE EXTENSION OF TIDWELL ROAD BECAUSE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SET THE FUTURE ALIGNMENT TO BE ON THE EDGE OF THEIR PROPERTY.
A PLAT GLOBAL NEW MILLENNIUM RESERVE WAS REQUIRED TO DEDICATE TIDWELL ROAD PER INTERSECTION SPACE AND REQUIREMENTS AND HAS AN APPROVED PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTION BY HARRIS COUNTY.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON OWNS THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT PARCEL AND THE APPLICANT REQUESTED THE ALIGNMENT BE SET SO THAT THEY CAN TAKE ACCESS FROM THE EXTENSION OF TIDWELL.
THE OWNER IS IN THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING A MILLION SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE FACILITIES ON THEIR 66.82 ACRE PARCEL.
AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO BELTWAY A IS CRITICAL TO THE PROJECT.
ADDITIONALLY, SHELDON PARK, A HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT, ONE PARK THAT IS ON PROPERTY LEASE FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON IN 2007 WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED ACCESSIBILITY.
THE LOCAL STREET PILING ROAD HAS A RAIL CROSSING AND THE ADDITION OF AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE WOULD INCREASE EMERGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AS STATED BY THE APPLICANT.
THE IMPROVEMENTS TO AREA MOBILITY AND ACCESS ARE THE PUBLIC ACCESS TO SHELDON PARK FOR HUNDREDS OF RESIDENCES INSIDE THE BELTWAY.
EIGHT FROM TIDWELL ROAD ACCESS TO THE BOAT LAUNCH ON SHELDON RESERVOIR, ACCESS FROM BELTWAY EIGHT FOR OVER 50 HOMES AND BUSINESSES.
AND THE INTERSECTION OF TIDWELL AND PINELAND ROAD WILL ALLEVIATE BLOCK LENGTH ISSUES PRESENTLY ENCOUNTERED ON PINELAND ROAD.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE EXTENSION OF EAST TIDWELL ROAD.
THIS CONCLUDES MY APPLIC UH, MY PRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT G.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE CALL FOR SPEAKERS? OKAY.
DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON ITEM G? ALL RIGHT.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, WE'LL MOVE ON TO H IS THAT BATH ROAD? I NEVER KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE THAT ONE.
EVERYONE PRONOUNCES IT DIFFERENTLY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS AKAH BIJI AND AMENDMENT H IS BATH ROAD.
THIS APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED BY META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTY, SOUTH OF BECCA ROAD AND NORTH OF MOUND ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REQUEST IS
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TO REALIGN BAY ROAD FROM MEYER ROAD TO NEARLY MAP THIS ROAD.THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED THE REALIGNMENT IN ORDER TO ALLOW PASSIVE, PASSIVE TRAFFIC, CALMING MEASURES AND TO PROVIDE A MORE APPEALING STREET SCAPE BY INTRODUCING GENTLE CURVES THAT WILL MEANDER THE ROAD THROUGH VARIOUS NEW COMMUNITIES AS THEY'RE BEING DE DEVELOPED.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REALIGN BATH ROAD FROM MEYER UP TO MATTIS ROAD.
THIS CONCLUDES REPRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT H.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO I AMENDMENT.
I IS UNNAMED EAST WEST MTF, BLUE RIDGE ROAD AND HYAM CLARK ROAD.
THIS APPLICATION IS ALSO SUBMITTED BY META PLANNING AND DESIGN.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ETJ IN FORT BEND COUNTY, SOUTH OF MEAR ROAD AND EAST OF FORT BEND PARKWAY.
THIS AMENDMENT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED BY FORT BEND COUNTY.
THERE IS A TOTAL OF THREE AMENDMENT REQUESTS UNDER THIS APPLICATION THAT ARE ADJACENT TO ONE ANOTHER AS SHOWN ON THE SCREENS WITHIN THE YELLOW CIRCLES.
THE PURPOSE OF THE FIRST REQUEST IS TO DELETE UNNAMED EAST WEST MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FROM FORT BEND PARKWAY TO FM 5 21.
CURRENTLY THE LAND USES RESTRICT THE EXTENSION OF THIS ROAD TO THE EAST IS THE EXISTING BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL.
WHILE TO THE WEST ARE RADIO, TELEVISION TOWERS AND AN OIL FIELD.
THERE ARE ALSO MULTIPLE PIPELINES MAKING IT INFEASIBLE TO BUILD THIS BUILD AROUND.
THE PURPOSE OF THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO DELETE BLUE RIDGE ROAD FROM MYCARD ROAD TO UNNAMED EAST WEST MTF.
CURRENTLY, THE LAND USE CONSTRAINTS LIMIT THE EXTENSION OF THIS ROAD.
IT IS PLANNED TO BE SITUATED IN AN AREA CURRENTLY OCCUPIED BY RADIO, TELEVISION TOWERS AND AN OIL FIELD.
THE DELETION OF THIS THOROUGHFARE WON'T NEGATIVELY AFFECT SURROUNDING LAND USES AND WON'T BE NECESSARY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE AREA.
THE PURPOSE OF THE THIRD AND THE LAST REQUEST IS TO DELETE HIRAM CLARK ROAD FROM ME CARD ROAD TO THE UNNAMED EAST.
WEST MTF LAND USES RESTRICT THE EXTENSION OF THIS ROAD AS IT IS, AS IT IS PROPOSED TO BE IN AN AREA WHERE THE BLUE RIDGE LANDFILL CURRENTLY EXISTS.
THE APPLICANT STATES THAT THE REMOVAL OF ALL THREE THOROUGHFARES IS UNLIKELY TO HAVE AN IMPACT OF SIGNIFICANCE ON REGIONAL TRAFFIC FLOW AND EXISTING LAND USES.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE DELETION OF UNNAMED EAST-WEST MTF, BLUE RIDGE ROAD AND HYRUM CLARK ROAD.
THIS CONCLUDES REPRESENTATION FOR AMENDMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR.
I, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE AND HAVING NO QUESTIONS.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE NEXT STEPS.
THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION TODAY.
UM, OUR NEXT STEP IS THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE A, THE PUBLIC HEARING UPDATE HERE, ROUGHLY ONE MONTH FROM NOW, FOUR WEEKS FROM TODAY.
AND THEN, UH, FROM THERE WE WILL BRING SOME RECOMMENDATIONS TO YOU AT THAT MEETING.
UM, AT THE, UH, ACTUAL PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION, WE'LL BE IN SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS AFTER THAT WE'LL BE FORWARDING IT ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, THAT IS IT FOR TODAY AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, YES, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, I JUST HAVE A GENERAL COMMENT.
UM, IT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HAD SO MANY DELETIONS IN MY EXPERIENCE OF RIGHT OF WAYS AND, AND ROADS THROUGH THIS PERIOD.
UM, JUST LAND USE HAS CHANGED OVER TIME AND BY DOING SO, WE LOSE A LOT OF OUR FUTURE, UH, CAPABILITIES.
UM, WHAT IS THE, WHILE APPLICANTS MAKE THE PROPOSALS, WHAT IS THE CITY'S, UM, RESPONSIBILITY AND PROCEDURE WHEN RECEIVING THESE FOR THE ANALYSIS AND ALL OF THAT? I KNOW PEOPLE STA YOU KNOW, CONSULTANTS SAY, WELL, THERE'LL BE NO IMPACT AND, AND ALL OF THAT.
HOW DOES THE CITY DETERMINE WHETHER THESE ARE VIABLE NEEDED, UM, WANNA MAINTAIN POTENTIAL CONNECTIVITY FOR FUTURE WHEN LAND USES CHANGE, SO ON AND SO FORTH? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UH, EVERY APPLICATION'S DIFFERENT AS YOU'VE SEEN.
SOME OF THESE ARE IN COMPLETELY DEVELOPED COMMUNITIES ALREADY.
SOME OF THEM HAVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS COMING.
SO WE'LL FACTOR IN BOTH OF THOSE.
WE UTILIZE THE HOUSTON GALVESTON AREA COUNCIL TO DO BOTH POPULATION AND WORK PROJECTIONS IN TERMS OF, UH, WHAT THE ACTUAL LOCAL DEMANDS ARE GONNA BE.
I THINK WE'RE ALSO SEEING THAT SOME OF THE LAND THAT IS NOT THE LOW HANGING FRUIT IS BEING DEVELOPED.
SO AT LEAST TWO OF THE AMENDMENTS TODAY ARE, ARE GONNA BE ADJUSTED OR DELETED DUE TO FLOODWAY CONCERNS.
SO THESE ARE AREAS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY DEVELOPMENT IN THAT, YOU KNOW, FUTURE ROAD CONNECTIONS WILL BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AS WELL AS A RESULT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE ANSWER IS THEY'RE ALL DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, WE WILL WORK WITH, UH, PUBLIC WORKS, HGC, HARRIS COUNTY, UM, ANY OTHER OF THE STAKEHOLDERS IN THE AREA TO GET THEIR OPINIONS AS WELL.
SO IT'S NOT JUST OUR DECISION, EVEN THOUGH THAT THESE ARE, UH, MANY OF THESE ARE OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS, THEY'RE STILL IN OUR ETJ.
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HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO UM, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY CONNECT TO OUR CITY AND HOW PEOPLE ARE GETTING AROUND.SO, WE'LL FACTOR IN MANY THINGS.
TRAFFIC PROJECTIONS ARE DEFINITELY PARTISAN.
SO IN SHORT, YOU WILL FULLY ANALYZE EACH AND EVERY APPLICATION ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL ACTUALLY TAG, UM, TAG OFF ON COMMISSIONER ROOSEVELT'S QUESTION.
SO LIKE, UM, OTHER RIGHT OF WAY USERS MM-HMM
NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, ROADWAY AND, AND EVERYTHING BUT UTILITY.
SO I KNOW THAT Y'ALL SEND PLATS TO CENTERPOINT TO HAVE THEM REVIEW AND GIVE COMMENTS ON, DO Y'ALL ACTUALLY SEND THE DELETIONS OR, OR ANY OF THESE REQUESTS ON, AND ENSURE THAT THEY DON'T HAVE A, ANY CONCERNS WITH, UM, RIGHT AWAY THAT THEY WOULD NORMALLY USE BEING, UH, DELETED FROM THE SYSTEM.
SO, UM, I'LL ACTUALLY SAY I DO NOT KNOW EXACTLY THE LIST OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD 'CAUSE WE'RE IN THE PROCESS.
THE NEXT STEP IS REACHING OUT, WORKING WITH THE PARTNERS.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE, THE RIGHT OF WAY DOESN'T ACTUALLY EXIST.
YOU KNOW, SO THEY DON'T NECESSARILY, I I I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CENTER POINT WORKS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE LOOKING AT MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND PLANNING, YOU KNOW, THOSE QUARTERS OF A RESULT.
SINCE WE, SINCE WE CURRENTLY SEND PLA TO THEM MM-HMM
IT SEEMS LIKE WE COULD EASILY SEND THESE AS WELL IF IN CASE THEY DID HAVE A COMMENT ABOUT, YEAH, WE'RE EXPECTING TO GROW IN THIS REGION.
WE WOULD NEED PUBLIC RIGHT AWAY.
I'M JUST, JUST TO TAG UP ON THAT.
I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, AND DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT? ALL RIGHT.
JUST STATE YOUR FIRST AND LAST NAME INTO THE, OKAY.
UM, WE DIDN'T GET TO BE ABLE TO TALK ON THE A ABOUT THE TSEL DOWN.
YOU, YOU WEREN'T SIGNED SO, OH, I DIDN'T, SORRY ABOUT, THIS WAS MY FIRST TIME.
UM, I KNOW THE, WHEN I PURCHASED IT, I HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE PERMITS AND I FINALLY GOT ON, STARTED CONSTRUCTION WHEN THEY STARTED THE ROAD, IT WAS GONNA BE PARALLEL TO THE FENCE, WHICH WASN'T AFFECTING ME TOO MUCH.
BUT NOW THEY'RE CHANGING IT TO MORE TOWARDS THE HOUSE.
IT'S KIND OF CUTTING IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE.
AND WHENEVER WE BOUGHT THE LAND BEFORE CLEARING IT, THEY TOLD US WE COULDN'T DEMOLISH THIS OAK TREE.
SO NOW IT'S GONNA CUT THROUGH IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S KIND OF AFFECTING ME.
AND ALSO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS THAT THEY JUST BOUGHT IS GONNA CUT RIGHT THROUGH THEM.
SO TRYING TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO PUSH IT BACK TO HOW IT WAS OR, OH, IT HAD, NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE JUST, YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN JUST TRYING WE PUBLIC COMMENTS AND, AND PUBLIC HEARING.
BUT IF YOU WOULD SPEAK TO, UM, MR. CALVERT, MR. CALVERT, UM, HE CAN HELP YOU OUT.
YEAH, I ACTUALLY KNEW HIS NAME
I, I JUST, YEAH, NO, I JUST WENT BLANK WITH, UH, POOR ROBERT.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT.
HEARING NONE AT 1:58 PM WE ARE ADJOURNING THIS MEETING.