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IS LISA CLARK.I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:33 PM ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH, 2025.
THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETINGS BY VIEWING, UH, VIA HTV SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR.
CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED FOR ONE MINUTE AND NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIMED FOR TWO MINUTES.
SPEAKER RULES ARE FOUND ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE SPEAKERS SIGN IN FORM ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING ON AN ITEM, AN ITEM ARE NOT TIMED AND TAKEN FIRST IN LINE.
APPLICANTS HAVE THEIR ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES TIME AS WELL AS REBUTTALS.
NON APPLICANTS AND 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.
VICE CHAIR GARZA GARZA PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN PRESENT, COMMISSIONER COLVARD VAR.
COMMISSIONER HINES HINES PRESENT, COMMISSIONER JONES JONES.
PRESENT, COMMISSIONER KELLY KHALI.
MODEST PRESENT, COMMISSIONER POROUS PERLE.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG IS ABSENT.
COMMISSIONER SIGLER SIGLER PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER TAHI TAHI PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER BLAND IS NOT HERE.
I MISSED NO ONE OTHER THAN OUR, UH, SECRETARY VON TRAN TRAN.
I DO WANNA MAKE A NOTE THAT THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS WITHDRAWN.
WE WILL NOT BE TAKING, UH, WE'LL NOT HEAR ANY, ANY, UH, INPUT ON THIS OR TAKE ANY, UH, VOTE TODAY.
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NOW I'D LIKE TO CALL ON THE DIRECTOR FOR 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 ONE ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, THE MTFP APPLICATION UPDATE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 21ST.
THIS IS A IN-PERSON ONLY MEETING AT ONE O'CLOCK HERE IN CITY HALL.
ANNEX 900 BAGBY STREET IN THE PUBLIC LEVEL.
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@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ALONG TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE PLANNING ACTIVITY.
I DID NOT APPROVE THE MEETING MINUTES.
[Consideration of July 24, 2025, Planning Commission MTFP Amendment Requests Public]
IN YOUR PACKET ARE THE MEETING MINUTES FROM OUR JULY 24TH.UH, THEY WERE IN YOUR AGENDA FOR APPROVAL.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? MOTION GARZA.
[Platting Activities a & b]
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL ONE PLATTING ACTIVITY.CAN WE NOT TAKE THEM TOGETHER? I THOUGHT THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING, THAT I WAS MAKING A MOTION ON BOTH MINUTES.
SO DO YOU CHANGE YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN, AMENDMENT REQUEST? ODDLY, PUBLIC HEARING AND PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS MINUTES FOR JULY 24TH? I DO.
THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONER TEHIR.
I AM AFRAID TO SAY ROMAN ONE, AREN'T YOU?
UM, SECTION A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND
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REPL.ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTION A AND B ARE ITEMS THROUGH, UM, ONE THROUGH 64 SECTION A.
CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERED ONE THROUGH 37 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBERED 30 A THROUGH 64.
NO ITEM NEEDS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES UP TO STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CONSENT AND REPA ITEMS NOT REQUIRED NOTIFICATION.
DO WE HAVE ANY ABSTENTIONS? COMMISSIONER MAREZ? YES.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT NEED TO ABSTAIN? YES.
SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS 16 32, 33, 40 AND 56.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION COLLE.
UH, AND A SECOND FOR ITEM 16 32, 33, 40 AND 56.
MOVING ON TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Aracely Rodriguez and Dorianne Powe-Phlegm) ]
MOVING ON TO C.MY GLASSES ARE NOT WORKING TODAY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MY NAME IS RA RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 65 AT DELL COMMERCIAL.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT AT THE INTERSECTION OF ADE STREET AND STUDIO STREET, EAST OF MAIN STREET AND NORTH OF COVA K STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLUS SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN EVENT, MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 65 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF WAYPORT ROAD AND WEST OF GOLIN ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE 27 SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND 11 RESERVES.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
HOWEVER, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DE FURTHER PLA FOR FURTHER THE RESTRICTION REVIEW.
MADAM CHAIR IS THE PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME, AND ALSO STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IN EVENTS.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 66 IS OPEN.
COULD YOU, UH, STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD PLEASE? MY NAME IS SARAH JAGER.
AM I TO UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S BEEN DEFERRED BECAUSE OF THE REQUEST FOR EASEMENT CHANGES? THERE'S A RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL FROM STAFF YES.
UNTIL Y'ALL RESEARCH THE, THE, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY SUBMITTED OR THE, THAT'S WHAT LEGAL IS LOOKING AT? YES.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN, WELL, IN TWO WEEKS IT'LL COME BACK BEFORE COMMISSION.
I KNOW MS. MICKELSON, IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT? YEAH, I CAN CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT.
IT'S NOT SO MUCH THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
I THINK THE OPINION THAT CAME BACK FROM NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES WAS THAT IT DID NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THE THING WE WANNA LOOK INTO MORE DIRECTLY IS THE ROAD THAT GOES ON THE KIND OF THE WEST YEAH.
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60 FOOT WIDE EASEMENT THAT GOES BACK TO SERVE THAT BACK LOT.I WAS GUESSING IT WAS MISS JAGER AND UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE WHAT THAT DOES TO THAT OR WHETHER OR NOT THAT EASEMENT'S BEEN ERADICATED.
IT IS A PUBLIC STREET, SO YOU WOULD STILL HAVE ACCESS RIGHT.
IT'S JUST BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE NARROWER.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO RUN THAT PART OF IT DOWN.
WHAT ABOUT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, ABOUT SETBACK LINES IN NUMBER OF HOUSES? AND Y'ALL ARE CHECKING INTO ALL OF THAT TOO? THAT'S A PLANNING QUESTION.
MS. R CAN YOU, SO CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION TO, TO MS. RODRIGUEZ? YEAH.
UM, YEAH, WE, WE WANNA BE SURE THAT WHATEVER THEY SUBMIT MM-HMM
IS ACCORDANCE TO THE DEED RESTRICTION.
IT'S A SUBDIVISION OF FOUR PROPERTIES.
I'M ONE OF THE PROPERTIES, THEY'RE ONE OF THE PROPERTIES AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE DEED RESTRICTIONS FOR THE FOUR PROPERTIES.
UM, WITH AS FAR AS SETBACK LINES FOR BUILDINGS, AS FAR AS, UH, HOW MANY BUILDINGS, AS FAR AS HOW BIG THE LOTS ARE.
I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT OF RIGHT THINGS.
MS. RODRIGUEZ CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT IF YOU YEAH.
SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A PRIVATE STREET SYSTEM WITH 27 LOT, ALL THE 27 LOT.
IT'S GONNA BE LARGER THAN 5,000 SQUARE FOOTAGE WITH THE 20 FEET BUILD LINE ALONG THE PLAID TO WHEN THE MINIMUM IS FIVE FEET PER THE ORDINANCE.
SO RIGHT NOW, THE PLAID DO MEAN OR SHAFT THE FOOTAGE.
IT'S JUST A PENDING LEGAL REVIEW ABOUT THE EASEMENT OVERLAP OF THE ASSET EASEMENT ON THE PROPOSED PUBLISH STREET.
AND WHAT I'LL RE-VERIFY THE DEED RESTRICTION RESPONSE AS WELL.
BECAUSE WE JUST CHANGED THEM YESTERDAY IN THIS TWO WEEKS
IF THEY CHANGED THEM YESTERDAY, MS. MICKELSON, THAT WOULDN'T APPLY TO THIS.
WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO LOOK AND SEE WHAT'S, WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THAT, RIGHT? THAT'S NEW NEWS.
SO YES, WHEN SOMETHING HAS SUBMITTED MM-HMM
THEN YOU CAN'T GO BACK AND CHANGE RULES ON THEM AFTER THE FACT.
SO YOU CAN'T PUT DEED RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE AFTER AN APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AND, AND GOTTEN ON THE AGENDA FOR PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO YOUR NEW DEED RESTRICTIONS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM IN ALL LIKELIHOOD? YES.
YEAH, WE, WE WILL RUN THAT DOWN.
AND, UM, YOU SAY THEY WERE JUST DONE YESTERDAY? YEAH.
WERE THEY RECORDED OR THEY HAVEN'T BEEN RECORDED YET? THAT'S NOT MY QUESTION.
WELL, THEY HAVE NOT NO, I DON'T UNLESS YOU WERE OPEN LAST NIGHT,
NO, WE WEREN'T OPEN LAST NIGHT.
WE, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE HAVE OKAY.
THE CONTACT INFORMATION AND WE'LL WORK WITH, WITH MS. RODRIGUEZ, RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER, MA'AM, DO YOU MIND JUST MENTIONING WHAT KIND OF CHANGES DID YOU GUYS MAKE IN THE NEW RESTRICTIONS? JUST CURIOUS.
UH, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, RESTRICTIONS ON HOW FAR BACK FROM THE PROPERTY LINE A, A BUILDING CAN BE.
AND SO WE CHANGED SOME OF THOSE.
THEY USED TO BE 100 FEET, SOME OF THEM ARE 65 FEET, SOME OF THEM ARE 15 FEET NOW.
SO IT'S, IT'S SETBACK BUILDING LINES THAT GOT CHANGED.
UM, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT ONES WERE RECORDED BECAUSE THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSION ON THE NUMBER OF FEET.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MO UM, NOTE THAT ON THE FACE OF THE PLA THE APPLICANT IS SHOWING THE 55 FEET, BOTH LINES, BUT ALONG THE NORTHERN THOUGHT THE BOUNDARY.
BUT LEGAL CAN HELP US DO MORE REVIEW OKAY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A ROAD AND THEN A PRETTY LARGE SETBACK FROM THAT PROPERTY LINE, BUT RIGHT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S GOT FIVE SIDES
ALL FIVE SIDES NEED TO BE CHECKED.
SO ARE Y'ALL FINISHED WITH THIS ONE THING OR WE'LL MOVE ON NOW FOR A VOTE? UH, ANSWER QUESTIONS ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE.
UH, BUT WE'LL TAKE A VOTE ON STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL.
AND THEN THIS WILL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WILL ELSE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF A DEFERRAL I COLVARD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WEST OF COTTINGHAM ROAD AND SOUTH OF OMI GENA.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WELA IS TO CREATE 30 SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND SIX PARKING RESERVE WITH THREE DIFFERENT SHARED DRIVEWAYS.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED.
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THIS ITEM.THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED WELA WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
MAD CHAIR IF TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC ITEM, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 67 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
UM, I NOTICED THAT THERE'S QUITE A FEW, LIKE 14 PROTECTED LIVE OAKS.
IT'S NOTED, BUT I JUST STRONGLY WOULD, MY PREFERENCE OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE, I CAN'T SAY THAT THIS HAS TO HAPPEN, BUT MY STRONG PREFERENCE WOULD BE TO PROTECT THOSE TREES IF POSSIBLE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION.
STATE AT ETHAN HOLLOW, WE PLATINUM NUMBER ONE, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WEST OF MARTIN LUTHER KING BOULEVARD AND SOUTH OF AIRPORT BOULEVARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE 54 SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND SEVEN RESERVES.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS PER LEGAL REVIEW.
THE PROPOSED WE PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE, I MEAN, STAFF DID RECEIVE A PUBLIC COMMENT IN A VAN WHO VOID OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION, HOWEVER, IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
MADAM CHAIR, IF TO PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 68 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT, NORTH LAWN RANK ROAD AND WEST OF US 59 NEXT TO GEORGE BUSH AIRPORT.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND PER LEGAL REVIEW, THIS PROPOSED FLT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION, HOWEVER, DUE TO A TECHNICAL ERROR NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT WILL NOT MET.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA TO ALLOW ADEQUATE TIME TO MEET THE NOTICE REQUIREMENT.
STAFF DID RECEIVE MULTI RECEIVE MULTIPLE PUBLIC COMMENT IN A VAN WHO ARE, WHO VOICE A CONCERN ON MULTIPLE, UM, ISSUES, JUST AS PROPOSED USE QUALITY OF LIFE POLLUTION, AND EVEN THE OPENING OF MEDIA THOROUGH AFFAIRS BANKING ROAD.
SO AT THIS TIME, MADAM CHAIR IS THE PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 69 IS OPEN.
I HAVE SEVERAL SPEAKERS SIGNED.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FELICIA GALLOWAY.
MY NAME IS FELICIA GALLOWAY KIZZY.
AND I APOLOGIZE THAT I DID NOT KNOW THAT I COULD USE THIS TO PROJECT FOR YOU GUYS.
BUT, UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF HEATHER RIDGE VILLAGE, WHICH IS NEAR WHERE FLIGHT LINE NORTH IS WANTING THIS, UH, 42 OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I SPOKE WITH THE PROJECT MANAGER.
HIS NAME WAS DAVID NEELY AT MPH RANKIN, LLC.
AND HE STATED TO ME THAT THEIR INTENTIONS IS A DETENTION POND.
HOWEVER, THEY ULTIMATELY ARE GOING TO BILL WAREHOUSES WITH THE OPENING OF RANKIN ROAD.
AND I JUST KIND OF WANNA SHOW YOU
WE'RE HOLDING THEM UP FOR YOU.
SO THIS IS RANKIN ROAD AND THIS IS OUR COMMUNITY OVER HERE.
RIGHT HERE IS THE PROPOSED AREA THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT AND THIS DEAD END.
AND WITH THAT, WE DON'T, WE WOULD NOT WANT RANKIN TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAVE TO CONDEMN WITH THIS BUSINESS.
AND THEN THE CHURCH RIGHT HERE, WHICH IS A VERY, UH, RENOWNED PASTOR, BUT THIS IS THE END OF RANKING.
THIS IS TRUCKS GOING INTO OUR COMMUNITY TO TURN AROUND, BLOCKING US FROM GETTING INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
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IS THE CHURCH WHERE WE HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE TO EXIT OUT OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT'S A RENOWNED CHURCH, A LOT OF CELEBRITIES GO THERE.THESE ARE JUST PICTURES JUST SHOWING THE COMMITTEE THAT WE DON'T WANT RANKING TO GO THROUGH.
WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE BUSINESSES COMING THAT WAY.
WE LIKE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE THERE.
THE WOODS, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE ANIMALS THAT ARE THERE ARE GONNA GO.
AND IT'S JUST REALLY NICE AND SERENE.
I JUST PUT UP HERE, RESIDENTS OF HEATHER RIDGE VILLAGE DESERVE A QUALITY OF LIFE TOO.
GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP REAL QUICK.
I JUST, IT WAS JUST ME JUST GONNA MAKE SOME NOTES THAT WE HOPE THAT WHENEVER THIS COMES, WE DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS DEFERRED, BUT THAT YOU WOULD BE IN FAVOR OF THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN HERE OVER 30 YEARS.
WE RAISED OUR CHILDREN, OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AND IT'S REALLY SERENE.
AND THE BUSINESS THAT IS RIGHT HERE IS A RECYCLING PLACE.
WE'VE HAD ISSUES WITH THEM, BUT THEY'VE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE COMMUNICATE WITH THEM WHENEVER THERE'S A PROBLEM.
IF I CALL THEM RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THIS TRUCK IS BLOCKING OUR ENTRANCE TO GET IN, THEY GO GET IT RESOLVED IMMEDIATELY.
WE JUST DON'T WANT ANY MORE TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH THERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL TIME.
AND UM, THE REASON THAT THIS IS BEING RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL IS FOR NOTICE THEY DIDN'T MEET THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND OKAY.
MS. RODRIGUEZ CAN BETTER DEFINE THAT FOR YOU, BUT THAT, THAT'S THE REASON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MADAM CHAIR.
I JUST KNOW THAT, OH, I'M SORRY.
SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPERTY IDENTIFIES RANKIN ROAD AS A RECORDED RIGHT OF WAY THOUGH, UH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT EXTENDS COMPLETELY TO, TO LEE ROAD.
BUT A THE BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPERTY, THERE'S A NOTATION ABOUT A RECORDED, UH, REFERENCE TO RANKIN ROAD, SORRY, ON THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPERTY.
MAY I SAY ONE MORE THING? MADAM CHAIR? YES.
WHEN I SPOKE WITH MR. DAVID NEELY, I ASKED HIM, IF YOU MUST BILL, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID THEY'RE EVENTUALLY GONNA DO.
DO YOU HAVE TO COME THROUGH RANK? WHY CAN'T YOU GO THROUGH LEE ROAD? AND HE SAID, WELL, IT'S NOT A A STREET THERE.
SO IF THEY JUST HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, THAT WOULD BE OUR PREFERENCE FOR THEM TO ENTER ANOTHER WAY.
AND PLUS THERE'S ANOTHER COMMUNITY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF LEE ROAD WHERE THEY HAVE BEEN BOUGHT OUT.
STAFF WILL MAKE A NOTE OF THAT.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BARBARA EGLIN.
I'M ALSO A RESIDENT HILL RIDGE VILLAGE.
WE ARE ESTABLISHED A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, AS SHE SAYS, WE HAVE BEEN SERENE.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN BOTHERED BY ANYTHING.
WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE TRAFFIC OF BUILDINGS THAT'S GOING DOWN RANK ROAD.
WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT WE ARE ALREADY AT FLOOD CAPACITY.
ANY MORE BUILDINGS WITH WE ARE CONCERNED WITH.
EVEN THOUGH WE CON WE ARE HEARING THERE'S GONNA BE A RESERVOIR, UH, BUILT BACK THERE.
UH, WE CONCERNED WITH WHAT OTHER BUILDINGS THAT YOU'RE GOING, THAT THE BUILDING THE APPLICANT IS GONNA PLACE BACK THERE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC ALREADY.
UH, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS. UH, WE HAVE A LOW CRIME RATE BACK THERE.
UH, THIS IS WHAT WE ALSO CONCERNED WITH.
THE, THE NUMBER OF, UH, CARS, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BE INITIATED.
UH, WE ARE CON CONTENT THE WAY WE ARE NOW.
SHE SAID THE CHURCH TRAFFIC IS GETTING OUTTA CONTROL.
THEY ALSO HAVE TO HAVE POLICE OFFICERS DIRECT TRAFFIC NOW BECAUSE WE CAN'T GET IN AND OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT IS.
WE, WE ARE RESIDENTS OF PROBABLY 250 HOMES.
UH, WE JUST BEEN QUIET AND NO PROBLEMS AND WE LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, UH, BELL MOSLEY.
UH, MY NAME IS ABEL MOSLEY AND I'M A 40 YEAR RESIDENCE OF HEATHER RIDGE VISIT.
UM, THE BUSINESS THAT'S BACK THERE HAS BEEN BACK THERE FOR YEARS.
COLOR TILE AND IT FLOODS WHEN THE MOMENT THEY BUILT BACK THERE, UH, THEY HAVE PROBLEMS, UH, GETTING
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IN AND OUTTA THEIR GATE THAT IT FLOODS ALREADY AT THAT PARTICULAR AREA.I, I'M, I'M OPPOSED TO OPENING RANK AND ROAD TO OPPOSED TO FLIGHT LINE.
WANT TO BUILD BACK THERE, WHATEVER, WHATEVER'S GOING ON.
UM, EVEN THE ELECTRICITY IN THAT AREA, WE GET ONE LIGHTNING FLASH.
THE LIGHTS GO OUT, OUR, OUR LIGHTS GO OUT.
SO, UH, ADDING OTHER STUFF BACK THERE IS NOT GOING TO HELP OUR SITUATION AT ALL.
UM, WE HAVE A, A BAYOU AT THE BACK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S, UH, IS A LITTLE RELIEF, BUT NOT MUCH.
NOTHING HAD BEEN DONE TO IT IN YEARS.
AND IT'S, UH, IT WON'T TAKE, IT WON'T TAKE ANY MORE BUILDINGS.
AND THE OTHER THING, UH, SEWAGE, WHEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WAS BUILT, IT WAS BUILT LIKE NOTHING ELSE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT BACK THERE.
SO YOU GONNA HAVE TO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE SEWAGE PROBLEMS. JUST LIKE I I'VE HEARD THAT THAT BUILDING, THAT COLOR TILE STARTED OUT WITH YEARS AGO, IT HAS CHANGED HANDS SEVERAL TIMES BECAUSE THEY HAVE ISSUES OVER THERE AND AT THAT BUILDING.
SO WE, WE WANT TO AVOID HAVING MORE FLOODS THAN WE, THAN WE NEED TO.
WE HAVE ALREADY WENT THROUGH A FEW AND I I OPPOSED ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT JUST, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT, THAT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.
AND, UH, I'M, I'M ASKING THAT I I GO ON RECORD THAT I'D BE OPPOSED TO ALL OF THIS.
AND ALSO THE WILDLIFE, THERE'S A LOT OF WILDLIFE BACK THERE.
SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT THAT? I GUESS WE HAVE TO CATCH THOSE ANIMALS AND PUT 'EM IN OUR BACKYARDS.
SO, BUT PLEASE TAKE ALL OF THIS IN CONSIDERATION WHEN, UH, CITY IS MAKING THIS, THIS DECISION.
HOW Y'ALL DOING? HOW ARE YOU? I'M GOOD.
I ALSO OPPOSE OF THIS, WE, WE, WE REALLY HAVE, I'VE BEEN THERE ALMOST 30 YEARS.
AND, UH, LIKE I SAY, I, I, I HAVE GRANDKIDS NOW THAT'S COMING UP.
NO VIOLENCE, NO BREAKING CARS, NO ANYTHING.
UM, THIS COMPANY HERE, YOU SEE HOW THIS LOOK, THIS EVERY DAY WE GOT TO FIGHT THIS EVERY DAY.
THEY JUST BLOCK THE STREET, THIS TRUCK HERE, GO ALL THE WAY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURN AROUND
AND ONCE WE FIND OUT THEY GONE, WE GOT TO PAY FOR IT.
UH, WE, WE, IT'S, IT'S SO MANY ISSUES.
IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY GONNA CAUSE FLOODING.
THEY OUT THERE RIGHT NOW DIGGING THE TRENCH BEHIND THE HOUSE ON, ON THAT SIDE WHERE THEY, WHERE THEY'RE BUILDING AT, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD.
THEY'RE DIGGING A TRENCH RIGHT NOW, I GUESS TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE RETENTION POND THAT THEY, THAT THEY, THAT THEY GOING TO HAVE.
SO ALL THAT WATER'S GONNA COME RIGHT THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR TAXES DONE WENT UP, OUR FLOOD INSURANCE DONE WENT UP, OUR PROPERTY TAXES DONE WENT UP WHEN I WAS THERE.
I WAS, I WAS PAYING LIKE 2000.
'CAUSE THEY STEADY BILLING AND WE GOT TO PAY FOR, YOU KNOW, TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE.
AND WITH THIS, WHEN THEY OPEN RANKING UP, THEN PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WE BACK THERE.
THE CITY OF HOUSTON DON'T EVEN KNOW WE BACK THERE.
SO LIKE WHEN WE CALL, WHEN THESE SERVICES, THEY JOHNNY ON THE SPOT.
WE AIN'T Y'ALL IN, Y'ALL IN UH, Y'ALL NOT IN HARRIS COUNTY.
YOU KNOW, WE GOT A NICE QUIET COMMUNITY.
NICE QUIET IS I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU WOULDN'T EVEN KNOW IT'S BACK THERE.
EVERYTHING ELSE THEY DONE BOUGHT OUT AND THEY, THEY ENCROACHING ON US MORE AND MORE EVERY DAY.
OUR PROPERTY VALUE GONNA PROBABLY GO DOWN, YOU KNOW, WHO KNOWS.
SO I THINK THEY, THEY GOT PLENTY OF ROOM.
IT'S, YOU GOT WHERE THEY DUMP TRASH AND ALL THEY, THEY CAN, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM WHERE THEY CAN GO BACK THROUGH THERE OR MAKE A ROAD OR WHATEVER.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST DON'T NEED IT.
WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
QUESTION COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARJORIE THOMAS.
GOOD AFTERNOON AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
I RESIDE ALSO IN THE HEATHER RIDGE, UH, VILLAGE SUBDIVISION.
UH, I'M, I'VE BEEN, UM, A RESIDENT FOR 20, OVER 25 YEARS.
I THINK ABOUT MY COMMUNITY AS A OASIS AWAY FROM THE MASS OF THE
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CITY.BUT I ALSO LOOK AT WHAT UH, DEVELOPMENT DID TO THE COMMUNITY OF PLEASANTVILLE WHEN IT PUT IN ALL THOSE WAREHOUSES AND BROUGHT THE PROPERTY DOWN AND BROUGHT THE ROADS TO TO, TO RUIN.
I LOOK AT GREENS ROAD, THAT'S SO HORRIBLE THAT YOU CAN'T DRIVE DOWN IT.
AND I HATE TO SEE THAT HAPPEN TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HATE TO SEE WHEN, WHEN YOU BUILD AND ALL AS THEY SAY, ALL THE WILDLIFE THAT WAS A FAMILY OF DEER THAT USED TO, THAT USED TO ROAM WHEN WE FIRST CAME IN THERE.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF SQUIRRELS, BUT THEY'RE GONNA COME IN MY HOUSE AFTER A WHILE WHEN THEY BUILD EVERYTHING DOWN.
I DON'T WANNA SEE THE SNAKES ON MY YARD.
I DON'T WANNA SEE THE ALLIGATORS OUTTA THAT, OUTTA THAT BIO COME THROUGH THERE EITHER.
BUT THE IDEA THAT I LOVE MY COMMUNITY, I HAVE A BAD HABIT OF LEAVING MY GARAGE DOOR UP AND MY DOOR IS UNLOCKED AND MY HOUSE IS SAFE.
IT'S NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE IN HOUSTON THAT CAN SAY THAT THIS IS HOW SAFE MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS.
BUT IF Y'ALL APPROVE THESE PEOPLE COMING IN, TEARING UP, RANK AND ROAD, ADDITIONAL, UH, UH, TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH, ADDITIONAL PEOPLE, OH THAT'S A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.
LET'S SEE IF WE CAN STEAL SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
WE ARE ASKING YOU ALL TO SIDE WITH US AS RESIDENTS THAT WE CAN STILL MAINTAIN OUR COMMUNITY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY HAS TO DEVELOP AND HAVE TAXES AHEAD WRAP UP, BUT WE PAY TAXES TOO.
HOW YOU DOING? UH, MY NAME IS ALISA BOWIE.
I'M A RETIRED VE VETERAN, SO IS MY HUSBAND.
WE DID OVER 20 YEARS IN THE MILITARY.
WE PICKED THIS AREA AND WE PICKED A HOUSE THAT WE CAN AFFORD.
I DON'T WANNA BE A HOMELESS VET OR TRYING TO RELOCATE.
I WANNA REITERATE EVERYTHING THAT THEY SAID, UH, ABOUT THE ROADS, THE MEDIA, IF YOU WALK, COME, YOU KNOW IT GET TOLD YOU PUT MORE TRAFFIC IN THERE.
THE TYPES OF BUILDING THAT GO BACK THERE.
I CAME TODAY TO SEE WHAT THEY WAS PUTTING BACK THERE, BUT OF COURSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY ANSWERS.
'CAUSE THE, UH, DEFERMENT SAFETY AND SECURITY.
I FEEL VERY SAFE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE ELSE I CAN MOVE TO IN THIS CITY OR SURROUNDING AREA TO FEEL AS SAFE.
I HAVE PEOPLE THAT HAVE COME BY IF A STRANGER LOOKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NEIGHBOR JOE, HE LIKE, HEY, WHAT YOU DOING IN FRONT OF THIS HOUSE? I MEAN, WE HAVE AN AWESOME NEIGHBOR.
EVERYONE ONE FEELS SAFE AND SECURE.
AS FOR FLOODING, I LIVE ON THAT LAST ROAD RANKING.
THANK GOD I HAD A LITTLE WATER COME MY GARAGE, BUT I WOULDN'T WANNA MOVE AT ALL.
AND IF YOU PULL UP TREES AND PUT BUILDINGS BACK THERE, WHEN YOU PULL UP TREES, EVERYBODY KNOW WHERE'S THAT WATER GONNA GET ABSORBED TO.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE TREE ROOTS PULLING UP SOME OF THAT WATER, WHEN IT RAIN, MORE CONSTRUCTION, MORE BUILDINGS, IT'S GONNA FLOOD MORE EASILY INTO OUR AREAS AND WE GONNA BE MORE AMPED TO FLOOD.
SO I MAY BE LIKE LESS THAN A CENTIMETER FROM GETTING FLOODED WHEN YOU START BUILDING BUILDINGS AND DON'T HAVE THE TREES TO SOAK UP THE WATER WHEN THERE'S A LOT OF FLOODING GOING ON BACK THERE.
UH, ALSO MY BROTHER VETERAN, HE HAS CANCER.
HE'S LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES AWAY.
HE HAS NO OTHER FAMILY BUT ME.
SO I MOVE IN THAT AREA TO BE CLOSE TO MY ELDERLY BROTHER TO TAKE CARE OF HIM.
AND I HAVE AN ELDERLY AUNT, SO THE LOCATION IS GOOD FOR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND TAKING CARE OF FAMILY.
UM, THE FLOODING, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THAT.
LIKE I SAID, UM, THESE, THESE PEOPLE ARE BEAUTIFUL AND I FEEL SAFE AND I HOPE Y'ALL TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.
AND, UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THEM, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS BACK THERE AT ALL BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE FLOODING.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR FAMILY FOR THEIR SERVICE.
ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DONNA BERT.
I'VE LIVED IN HEATHER RIDGE VILLAGE FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
AND, UM, UM, TO REITERATE EVERYTHING THEY'VE SAID, I DO UNDERSTAND WHEN WE MOVED, WHEN WE LIVED THERE, THERE WERE NO OTHER BUILDINGS EXCEPT THE COLOR TILE BUILDING THAT'S DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM WHERE WE ENTERED, WHERE WE COME AND GO.
ONCE OTHER BUILDINGS STARTED BEING BUILT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STARTED TO FLOOD.
I LIVE ON THE FIRST STREET, SO I REALLY GET FLOODED.
NOT MY ENTIRE STREET, BUT THOSE OF US HALFWAY IN THE STREET, WE ALREADY GET FLOODED.
SO WHEN YOU PUT UP ANOTHER BUILDING THERE, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DRAINAGE, WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY DO.
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IF THEY'RE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, FOR THE DRAINAGE, THEN WE'RE GONNA FLOOD EVEN, EVEN MORE.UM, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN TO ME.
AND IT ALSO CAUSES THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTY TO DEPRECIATE.
DOES REPLANTING CHANGE THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOES IT INCLUDE ANY PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD? AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION IS, WILL THAT STREET STILL BE USED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE? SO MS. RODRIGUEZ MAY HAVE TO HELP ME, BUT THE FIRST QUESTION, THEY'RE NOT AFFECTING YOUR PROPERTY BY THEIR REPL.
THEY CAN'T REPL YOUR PROPERTY.
ONLY YOU CAN REPL YOUR PROPERTY.
SO WE WILL, WE WILL SHARE RANKIN ROAD, YES.
AND, UM, SO THE, WILL ANY PART OF THE RESIDENCE, WILL ANY PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BE UTILIZED FOR, FOR THIS NEW BUSINESS? IT SHOULDN'T BE.
AND WHAT WILL THE INFRASTRUCTURE BE FOR THE GRID? BECAUSE OUR LIGHTS GO OUT WHEN, WHENEVER THE, THE WIND BLOWS.
RIGHT? UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S, THEY WENT OUT THIS WEEK.
THAT'S A CENTER POINT, UH, QUESTION.
I I WAS GONNA SAY IT'S A, IT IS A CENTER POINT QUESTION VERSUS A CITY QUESTION.
UM, IF YOU GOOGLE CENTER POINT ENERGY SERVICE AREA MAP MM-HMM
IT WILL, AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR ADDRESS, WHEN THAT SITE COMES UP, YOU CAN PUT YOUR ADDRESS IN AND IT'LL TELL YOU THE CENTER POINT CONTACTS FOR YOUR AREA AND YOU CAN START REACHING OUT TO THEM AND JUST, UM, THEY CAN LOOK INTO THE HISTORY OF OUTAGES.
AND YOU CAN EVEN REQUEST IF THEY LOOK INTO, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, RESILIENCY PROJECTS.
SO CENTER POINT ENERGY SERVICE AREA MAP, UH, YOU GOOGLE THAT AND PUT YOUR ADDRESS IN.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MAREZ, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO YES, PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO MENTION ONE THING IF I MAY.
WELL, YOU ALREADY SPOKE, SO THE SPEAKER RULES DON'T ALLOW YOU TO COME BACK UP.
BUT YOU'LL, YOU CAN COME BACK, UM, IN TWO WEEKS.
THIS APPLICATION IS RECOMMENDED FOR DEFERRAL.
SO WE'LL HEAR THIS AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS.
I'M JUST GONNA LET YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WAREHOUSES.
LIKE THEY DO, THEY BUILD THOSE WAREHOUSES AND THEY SIT BACK THERE FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE? UH, MY NAME IS ALMA ROSAS.
I'M A RESIDENT OF HEATHER RIDGE AS WELL.
UM, AND I'M COMING IN LATE TO THIS.
THE MEETING THAT WE HAD, UM, WITH OUR SUBDIVISION, BUT I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE SO MANY OF THEM HERE TODAY BECAUSE I HAVE BEEN THERE.
IT'S JUST GET A LITTLE NERVOUS IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
UM, BUT I'VE BEEN THERE THE 20 YEARS.
UM, AS THEY SAID, EVERYBODY'S VERY RESPECTFUL.
UM, WE'RE JUST ALL REALLY GOOD NEIGHBORS TO EACH OTHER.
AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE RANK AND OPENED UP BECAUSE I MEAN, WHEN THOSE NEW, WHEN THAT NEW WAREHOUSE MOVED IN, IT WAS A CONCERN.
AND THERE'S A LOT OF TRASH BACK THERE SOMETIMES.
BUT THEY HAVE MADE AN EFFORT TO PICK UP THE TRASH AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
UM, WHEN I FIRST MOVED IN, IT WAS AN OLDER, YOU KNOW, OLDER FAMILIES LIVING THERE.
AND NOW I'VE SEEN NEW FAMILIES MOVE IN WITH KIDS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY WANNA RUN AROUND IN THE STREET AND BIKES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
AND IT, IT IS A REALLY GOOD COMMUNITY TO, TO RAISE FAMILIES.
AND I JUST WOULD REALLY, REALLY BE OPPOSED TO RANK AND BEING OPENED UP BECAUSE I WOULDN'T FEEL SAFE ANYMORE.
IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO KNOW THAT I'M DRIVING INTO A SAFE ZONE AND IF THAT STREET IS TO OPEN UP, I WOULDN'T FEEL AS SAFE AND I JUST WOULD NOT WANT THAT FOR MY COMMUNITY.
UM, AND JUST TO SAY THAT, UH, I JUST REALLY HOPE THAT THIS DOESN'T COME TO A VISION.
'CAUSE I MEAN, AS IT IS WHEN THE GAS STATION MOVED IN WITH THE TRUCK, TRUCK STOP, THAT WASN'T CONCERN.
AND NOW THIS, AND IT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT I WANNA SEE HAPPEN IN THE PLACE WHERE I'VE CALLED HOME FOR THE PAST 20 YEARS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER SIGLER.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF, AND THIS CAN MAYBE BE FOR NEXT TIME, BUT JUST WANNA KNOW WHEN, WHEN RANKIN ROAD WAS PLATTED, BECAUSE IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT IS RECORDED, SO IT, IT WAS GONNA GO, IT WAS, THERE WAS A PLAN FOR IT TO ALWAYS BE THERE, OR I SHOULDN'T SAY ALWAYS.
WHEN WAS IT PLATTED AND JUST ANY HISTORY THAT WE HAVE ON, DID IT START OUT AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE? UM, THAT MIGHT JUST GIVE US SOME CONTEXT.
UM, I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THE YEAR, UM, THE MULTIPLE DOCUMENT THAT
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UM, I CAN HAVE MORE SPECIFIC YEAR NEXT TIME.YOU IF YOU BRING THAT BACK IN TWO WEEKS.
THIS IS, IS THIS A SHALL APPROVE ITEM? THERE'S NO VARIANCE REQUESTS, UH, THERE'S NO VARIANCE REQUEST IS CORRECT.
UM, COMM MS. OLSON REQUEST, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? NO, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY THERE'S NO VARIANCE.
WHEN IT COMES BACK TO YOU, REMEMBER, WE'RE NOT ACTING ON RIGHT.
AND SO THERE'S NOT A DEED RESTRICTION ISSUE.
UM, AND THEN NO, IT DOES NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UM, I DON'T SEE ANYBODY FROM PUBLIC WORKS, MR. SMITH OR, BUT YEAH.
I MEAN, I, I, I HEAR THE CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING AND SO FORTH, AND SO I'M SURE THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY ALREADY ON TOP OF IT, BUT JUST MAYBE THERE'S SOME CONVERSATIONS THAT COULD BE HAD IN THE MEANTIME.
SO, UM, YEAH, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP AND MAKE SOME COMMENTS, THAT'D BE GREAT.
UM, MAYOR, CHAIRMAN, WHEN THE DESIGN COMES FOR REVIEW, WE REALLY LOOK OUT FOR THOSE ITEMS AND ALL NEW DEVELOPMENTS NEEDS TO MEET NEW FLOOD REQUIREMENTS, WHICH MEANS THEY NEED TO BE ALL FLOOD NEUTRAL, WHICH WE DO THAT BY CERTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, APPLICATIONS OF ENGINEERING, UH, BY DETENTION, BY SLOW RELEASE, AND BY SOME, THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT METHODS WE ADOPT TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, SO.
I I THINK IT'D BE VERY COMFORTING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH YOU SO YOU COULD EXPLAIN THAT.
SO MAYBE THEY'LL ALL PROBABLY DEPART AT THE SAME TIME, AND WHEN THEY DO, WOULD YOU GO OUT WITH THEM ABSOLUTELY.
AND SHARE YOUR CONTACT INFO AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION? ABSOLUTELY.
SO IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR THAT FOR THE, FOR THE COMMUNITY, UM, HE REPRESENTS PUBLIC WORKS CITY OF HOUSTON'S PUBLIC WORKS, THAT'S WHERE FLOOD ISSUES, TRAFFIC AND THOSE KIND OF THINGS ARE ADDRESSED, NOT HERE IN THIS COMMISSION.
SO HE'LL TALK TO YOU GUYS, UM, AFTER WE'RE DONE.
YES, MS. MICKELSON? YEAH, I, I HAD ONE OTHER THING AND IT RELATES TO THE DRAINAGE AND THE FLOOD REGULATION.
YOU'LL NOTE IN THE CPC 1 0 1 THAT THIS PROPERTY LIES WITHIN TIER TWO OF THE COMPATIBLE LAND USE ORDINANCE AROUND THE AIRPORT.
YOU CAN OBVIOUSLY SEE ITS PROXIMITY TO THE AIRPORT, SO ANY DETENTION THAT THEY PUT ON SITE WILL HAVE TO MEET FAA STANDARDS FOR DRAINAGE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED TO STAND THERE AND ACCUMULATE AND CREATE A BUG SITUATION OR ANY OF THAT.
I WOULD SAY, I HOPE THEY CHECK THIS BECAUSE BIRDS AND AND PLANES DON'T USUALLY MIX VERY WELL.
BUT, UM, I'M SURE WINDROW IS LOOKING AT THAT.
BUT THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL DRAINAGE PROTECT PROTECTIONS JUST ABOVE AND BEYOND RIGHT.
I HAVE NO ONE OUTSIDE TO SPEAK.
DO HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? OKAY.
NEXT MEETING? YEAH, NEXT MEETING.
AND, AND IF YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, IF YOU SHARE 'EM WITH STAFF WHEN WE'RE DONE HERE, REFERENCE TO WHAT SHE JUST SAID, YEAH, WE'LL SHARE THAT.
IF YOU COULD SHARE THAT WITH STAFF, UM, THEY'LL LOOK INTO EVERYTHING DURING THE TWO WEEK PERIOD.
SO I THINK I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS MAYBE.
UM, FOR SPEAKER NUMBER ONE, YOU HAD A QUESTION OR, OR ASK AND, UH, I JUST WANT US TO TAKE A STAB AT THIS.
COULD THIS LANDOWNER NOT GET ACCESS SOMEWHERE ELSE BESIDES RANKIN ROAD? AS IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, UM, THERE ARE PROPERTIES AROUND RANKING ROAD BETWEEN THEM AND LEE.
UM, WHICH MEANS, YOU KNOW, FOR THEM THEY WOULD NOT HAVE ACCESS THROUGH SOMEONE ELSE'S PROPERTY.
AND SO THEIR ONLY MEANS OF ACCESS IS THIS RECORDED PORTION OF RANKING, UM, FOR THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT, UH, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ON DETENTION, BUT I I YOU HEARD FROM LEGAL THAT THEIR STANDARDS OF COMPARED TO STANDARDS PREVIOUSLY AND BECAUSE OF LOCATION, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO PAY PARTICULAR ATTENTION TO DETENTION.
UM, SO THAT'S SOMETHING JUST TO NOTE.
UM, WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE SPEAKER NUMBER SEVEN, MS. BERT.
HOPEFULLY I SAID THAT RIGHT AS I DIDN'T.
UH, YOUR, YOUR, YOUR QUESTIONS WERE LIKE SURGICAL AND HOPEFULLY WE, UH, WE PROVIDED AT LEAST SOME CLEAR ANSWERS TO YOUR, YOUR QUESTIONS, SO I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT.
MS. BANDY, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO MAKE CLARIFICATION ON? I SAW YOU STAND UP.
I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT RANKING IS A MAJOR THIRD AFFAIR AND THE DEVELOPMENT IS PROPOSING PROBABLY TO TAKE ACCESS FROM THE MAJOR THIRD AFFAIR.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE USER AT THIS TIME, SO MAYBE THOSE ARE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE APPLICANT CAN ANSWER.
UM, YES, THEY DO HAVE OTHER PUBLIC STREET FRONTAGE, BUT I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT RANK AS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND WE WOULD PREFER FOR IT TO BE
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PAVED.I UNDERSTANDS PERSONAL OPINION, NOT THE DEPARTMENT'S OPINION, BUT WE CAN GET THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITE PLAN FROM THE APPLICANT.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER MAREZ? LOOK LIKE YOU HAD SOMETHING.
UM, WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO BUILD OUT RANKING THEMSELVES IF THEY'RE PLANNING TO TAKE ASSETS? YES.
HOW, WHAT THE LENGTH THOUGH? I'M BEING JUST ENOUGH TO GET ACCESS OR THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT IS MORE PUBLIC WORK QUESTION.
BUT WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT WHATEVER THEY BUILT IS UP TO THEIR ASSETS ONLY.
NOT THE ENTIRE, NOT THE ENTIRE RATE.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
BUT THEY WOULD, WOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO HAVE MULTIPLE ACCESS AND IT HAS TO BE A CERTAIN DISTANCE APART? I THINK THAT THAT'S ALL PUBLIC WORKS ALL HAVE TO DO WITH THE SITE PLAN.
IT DEPENDS ON THE USE AND, YEAH.
HEARING NOTHING ELSE, I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING IN AND, AND SHARING YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS.
TWO WEEKS AND WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS.
I WILL RECUSE MYSELF FROM ITEM 70.
PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER MAREZ RECUSAL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 70 IS FRY TRACK SECTION TWO.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S EXTRA EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION IN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG FRY ROAD NORTH OF CLAY ROAD.
THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO ABANDON THE EAST STU STREET OF OLD GREG LANE AND CREATE AN AND CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT FOR THE C BBC 1 0 1 FORM.
THERE ARE NO VARI REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF PLAT OR THOSE FILED.
SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS PLOT.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 70.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 71 IS HOLLY EDITIONED PARTIAL RELA NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS WEST ALONG UDUB BEEN PLACE AND ALL THE LONG HARALD STREET.
THE REASON FOR RELAID IS TO CREATE ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE C CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM FROM THE UBON PLACE CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
THEY VOICED CONCERNS CONCERNING ONSITE PARKING, NON-COMPLIANCE WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION, MANUAL GUIDELINES AND SCALE DESIGN OF PROPOSED GARAGE IN CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING ALLEY.
THE REPL IS LOCATED AT 6 0 2 HAROLD STREET THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IN PINK.
34 16 UDT BEEN PLACE IS NOT A PART OF THE PROPOSAL.
THIS IS A SHELL APPROVED PLAT AND MUST AND THE PROJECT MUST COMPLY WITH SECTION 33 DASH 2 42 A AND RECEIVE A, A CERTIFICATE OF APPROPRIATENESS PRIOR TO BUILDING PERMIT.
MADAM CHAIR, IF THE PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 71 IS OPEN.
I HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND I ALSO HAVE A SPEAKER.
SCOTT FRANKEL, DID YOU COME ON UP PLEASE? SURE.
HELLO, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER CITY STAFF.
I DIDN'T REALIZE THERE WAS ANY OPPOSITION UNTIL ABOUT 1230 TODAY.
UH, MY COMPANY IS FRANKL DESIGN BUILD.
IT'S A 37-YEAR-OLD DESIGN BUILD FIRM HERE IN HOUSTON WITH THE 2024 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HOME BUILDERS CUSTOM BUILDER OF THE YEAR IN THE UNITED STATES.
GREEN BUILDING COUNCIL'S LEAD FOR PRO, LEAD FOR HOMES BUILDER OF THE YEAR.
I SAY THIS TO PROVE THAT WE'RE A TEAM
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OF ARCHITECTS, INTERIOR DESIGNERS, BUILDERS, AND CRAFTSMEN WHO TAKE GREAT WA GREAT PRIDE IN THE WORK WE DESIGN.WE HAVE TAKEN GREAT CARE OF DESIGNING THIS FOR A CLIENT WHO HAVE BUILT FOR ONCE BEFORE.
HE IS EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, HAS ALREADY MET WITH MANY OF HIS NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE BEEN VOCAL IN SUPPORTING HIS NEW HOME.
OUR SUB OUR SUBMISSION DOES NOT VIOLATE THE RULES FOR REPL IN ANY WAY.
WE ARE NOT APPLYING FOR ANY TYPE OF VARIANCE.
THIS HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED BY CITY STAFF.
UH, WE ARE BUILDING A SINGLE FAMILY BUNGALOW, WHICH MATCHES THE HISTORIC HOMES, UH, IN THE AREA.
AND WE'RE REMOVING TWO COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES.
UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THE PURVIEW OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UH, AND THERE MAY BE ONE OR TWO MEMBERS MISUSING THEIR PLATFORM FOR PERSONAL AGENDA THAT GO AS FAR IN THEIR LETTER TO YOU AS SAYING THAT THIS COMPLIES WITH ALL REPL GUIDELINES.
IF ANYONE ON THE CIVIC ASSOCIATION DOES NOT LIKE THAT, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS ACCEPTABLE.
WE RECOMMEND THAT THEY URGE THE CITY TO CHANGE THEIR LAWS.
UM, BUYERS, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS ALL PLAN BASED ON THESE RULES.
IF YOU DON'T LIKE THEM, THE MOVE IS TO CHANGE THEM.
UH, NOT STOP THIS ONE HOUSE FROM BEING BUILT BY A VERY GOOD GUY.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR, OR ARCHITECTURAL STAFF? ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? I DON'T BELIEVE SO.
AND THEN AS THE A APPLICANT, MARIO KALINA, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? NO, YOUR HONOR.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THIS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK OF MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO I THINK I HEARD, HEARD YOU SAY THIS, THAT IT WILL GO THROUGH HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND SO WE'RE JUST APPROVING THE PLA, RIGHT? THIS IS JUST ABOUT THE PLAQUE.
THIS IS JUST FOR THE PLAT, RIGHT? YES, YES.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER KLIK.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND BALDWIN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 72 IS LAVERNE STREET HOMES RELIGHT NUMBER ONE.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS NEARLY HALF ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG LAVERNE STREET, SOUTH OF LEY BOULEVARD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL CREATES SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY LAWS AND A PARKING RESERVE ALONG AN 18 FOOT SHARE DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILED D RESTRICTIONS OR THOSE ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED THE PLA SUBJECT TO CPC FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 72 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 73 IS PLAZA STATES AT FISK.
THE SUBJECT SIZE IS AN OVER 7,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN HOUSTON, CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG FIFTH STREET NORTH OF CAVAL CAGE STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPL IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY LOTS ALONG A 16 FOOT SHARE DRIVEWAY.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR THOSE ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT.
STEPH HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY EVENTS WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION.
STATUTE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC FORUM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THIS COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 73 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 74 IS PLAZA OSHA MIJO MIKO.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON IN CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF MARGARET AND BURTON STREETS.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
REVIEW BY A LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR HEARING FOR ITEM 74 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO PLEASE COME FORWARD?
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GOOD AFTERNOON.IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
UM, MY NAME IS CELESTINO AND I JUST HAD A QUESTION IS I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN MY PLAN ALREADY TO BUILD IN THIS AREA? UM, WE'RE JUST AT PLATING RIGHT NOW.
UM, ON THE SIGN ITSELF, THERE SHOULD BE A CONTACT INFORMATION FOR, UM, THE APPLICANT OR ARE YOU HERE ON OKAY.
OR YOU COULD SPEAK TO THIS GENTLEMAN BACK HERE.
UM, AND, AND HE'D BE ABLE TO HELP YOU WITH THAT 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST, WE'RE PLATTING AT THIS COMMISSION.
YEAH, WE, BECAUSE WE WERE TRYING TO CONTACT THE, THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET A RESPONSE, BUT I'LL TALK TO YOU.
DID YOU WANNA SPEAK ALSO OR? OKAY.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON ITEM 74.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT WITH A LAUNCH SCOTT ROAD NORTH OF WHEAT ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE THAT IS TO CREATE A SHEER DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT WITH FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LODGE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARI TO ALLOW A 15 FOOT REDUCED BORDERLINE ALONG SCOTT STREET THOROUGHFARE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FEET BORDERLINE.
AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A SECOND DEFERRAL.
LEON HAS BEEN REVISED TO INCLUDE A 12 FOOT WIDE SHARED DRIVEWAY, UH, FOR SERVING THE, THE PROPOSED LOT.
PER THE ORDINANCE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE DISTANCE SPACE FROM THE GO GARAGE DOOR TO ALLOW PROPER VEHICLE TURNAROUND.
SO ADDITIONAL TIME IS NEEDED TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THIS REQUIREMENT.
AND ALSO PER THE STIPEND IS A SIX FOOT WIDE SIDEWALK WITH FOUR FEET WIDE SAFETY BUFFER IS ALSO BEING PROPOSED ALONG SCOTT STREET.
PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED REPORT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
THE APPLICANT HAS MADE ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
IN EVENT AND MADAM CHAIR, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 76.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler) ]
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO D SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.CHAIR MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 77 IS EVONTE HOMES AT HENNESSY.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF KIRKENDAL.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 12 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS IN TWO PARKING RESERVES.
THE REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A TYPE TWO PAE TO BE ACCESSED BY A 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT RATHER THAN A PUBLIC STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER THE REQUEST TO THE HARRIS COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON 77.
THERE'S IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I NEED TO REUSE FROM ITEM 78 AND 79.
WE WOULD LIKE TO CONSIDER THOSE TOGETHER.
UH, BRIDGELAND CREEK, LAND VILLAGE, GP AND BRIDGELAND CREEK, LAND VILLAGE RESERVE, SECTION THREE, REPL NUMBER ONE AND EXTENSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY AND SOUTH OF U UH, EXCUSE ME, US TWO 90.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A GENERAL PLAN AS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING ALONG A DRAINAGE AREA.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE BRIDGELAND COMMUNITY BETWEEN PEAK AND JACK ROADS.
THE SITE IS WITHIN A STREET GRID TO BE COMPLETED WITH FUTURE SEGMENTS OF PEAK AND A PARTIAL DEDICATION OF A LOCAL STREET ALONG TO NORTHERN BOUNDARY.
THE APPLICANT IS PLATTING A PAIR OF RESERVES ALONG THE EASTERN PORTION OF THIS GRID, WHICH WOULD BE IN EXCESS OF THE INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENT.
THE APPLICANT ASSERTS THAT THE LINEAR DRAINAGE AREA COMPLICATES PROVIDING ANOTHER STREET CONNECTION.
IN ADDITION, WHEN COMPLETED, THE GRID WILL ALLOW FOR ADEQUATE TRAFFIC CIRCULATION IN LIEU OF AN ADDITIONAL STREET THROUGH THE DRAINAGE AREA.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE JUSTIFIED
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AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, AND WE RECEIVE NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS.
IS THERE ANY WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION.
SO THIS DOES NOT REQUIRE ACTION TODAY EXISTS.
ITEM 81 IS NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER FIVE, WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG SPRING CYPRUS SOUTHWEST OF LUTA.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING WATER PLANT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE WATER PLANT TO HAVE, UH, 20 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG SPRING CYPRESS RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 50 FEET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ALONG LITTLE CYPRESS CREEK, SOUTHWEST OF THE FAIRWOOD COMMUNITY.
THE EXISTING WATER PLANT HAS SERVED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE IT WAS RECORDED IN THE 1970S.
SINCE THIS DEVELOPMENT PREDATES CHAPTER 42, THE WATER PLANT WAS CONSTRUCTED ON AN ACREAGE TRACT, WHICH WAS ALLOWED AT THE TIME.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO RENOVATE THE WATER PLANT AND WILL NEED THE PLANT TO CONFORM TO CURRENT RULES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR THE SITE TO KEEP THE EXISTING 20 FOOT FRONTAGE ALONG SPRING CYPRUS.
THE SITE IS LIMITED BY ITS LOCATION BETWEEN SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE FAIRVIEW RECREATION CENTER.
THESE EXISTING USES WOULD NOT ALLOW FOR EASY INCORPORATION TO THE RESERVE TO PROVIDE REQUIRED FRONTAGE.
IN ADDITION, THE SITE OFFERS PAVED ACCESS FROM SPRING CYPRESS, WHICH ALLOWS ACCESS TO THE WATER PLANT AND THE REC CENTER CENTER SIMILAR TO AS INTENDED TO BY CHAPTER 42.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE JUSTIFIED AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 82.
ITEM 82 IS NORTHWEST HARRIS COUNTY MUD NUMBER FIVE, WATER PLANT NUMBER THREE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY SOUTH OF GRANT AND WEST OF TGE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING WATER PLANT.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT EXTENDING URBAN ELM STREET THROUGH THE SITE, NOR TERMINATING IT WITH CUL-DE-SAC AND TO USE THE TERMINUS OF THE STREET FOR ACCESS.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF GRANT, THE GRANT MEADOWS COMMUNITY.
THIS PLANT HAS BEEN SERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION IN 2006.
THE SITE WAS ORIGINALLY SERVED BY AN ACCESS ROUTE FROM SECTION ONE.
THE SUBST STREET CONDITION WAS CREATED WHEN SECTION THREE EXTENDED URBAN URBAN ELM STREET.
ALONG THE ALIGNMENT OF THIS ROUTE, THE APPLICANT IS NOW REQUIRED TO PLA DUR DUE TO PERMITTING REQUIREMENTS AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR THIS MODE OF ACCESS TO REMAIN.
THE SITE FEATURES NUMEROUS EXISTING FU AND FUTURE ACCESS POINTS TO THE SURROUNDING STREET SYSTEM.
IN ADDITION, THE STUB PORTION OF THE STREET IS ONLY ONE LOT DEEP, GREATLY REDUCING THE NEED FOR VEHICULAR TURNAROUND.
STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE JUSTIFIED AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I'LL SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ITEM 83 IS WAYNE BECK ENTERPRISES.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY ALONG SPRING CYPRESS WEST OF INTERSTATE 45.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL USE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS AND TO PR NOT PROVIDE AN EAST, WEST OR NOT.
NORTH-SOUTH STREET STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO COORDINATE WITH THE APPLICANT AND COUNTY ON POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES TO THIS REQUEST.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
AM SEEKING A MOTION THEN FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
MOVING ON TO WE HAVE NOTHING IN E AND F, SO G EXTENSIONS
[g. Extensions of Approval (Ken Calhoun) ]
OF A APPROVAL IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION.STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS.
SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPRO APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 84 THROUGH 88, SECTION EIGHT.
NAME CHANGES HAS NO ITEMS. SECTIONS I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF ITEMS 89 THROUGH 91.
ADMINISTRATIVE HAS NO ITEMS. PLAN, DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST TO APPROVE ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS GHI AND J
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OKAY.WAS THAT A MOTION?
MOTION FOR APPROVAL COLLEAGUE.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of September 4, 2025 ]
GO TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025 FOR ED FIELD MANOR.
FLIGHT LINE NORTHWEST GO DOS FOOD HALLMARK RESERVE MILWAUKEE VILLAGE, MONTRE SQUARE RESERVES AT TRINITY.
PUD WATER PLANT SHELDON WOODS.
SECTION ONE, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION HEINS.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND CULVERT.
[III. Establish a public hearing date of September 4, 2025, for an Express Inn and Suites Hotel located at 6200 Hillcroft Avenue]
TO ROMAN NUMERAL THREE.A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025 FOR AN EXPRESS INN AND SUITES HOTEL LOCATED AT 6,200 HILLCROFT.
WE NEED TO EXCUSE THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER HEI.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES.
WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY.
THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT 3:40 PM WOO.