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FROM CITY HALL ANNEX, IT'S THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING RIGHT HERE ON HTV.
[CALL TO ORDER]
THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:34 PM ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4TH, 2025.THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE IN THE CITY HALL ANNEX 900 BAGBY.
YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR OUR MEETINGS BY VIEWING VIA HTV SPEAKERS.
IF YOU WISH TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM, PLEASE FILL OUT THE SPEAKER'S FORM BEFORE THE ITEM IS CALLED AND TURN IT INTO STAFF NEAR THE FRONT DOOR.
CONSENT AND REPEAT SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED.
NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIME FOR TWO MINUTES.
SPEAKER RULES ARE FOUND ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE SPEAKER SIGN IN FORM ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA.
COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ARE NOT TIMED AND APPLICANTS HAVE THEIR ALLOTTED TWO MINUTES TIME AS WELL AS REBUTTALS AND NON APPLICANTS OR GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED.
THERE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR REBUTTAL, EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES AND YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN.
AND TIME CAN BE ALLOTTED TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.
TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM THAT WE HAVE 11 MEMBERS, I WILL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS HERE.
I ACT LIKE I'VE GOT THE NAMES IN FRONT OF ME.
UH, COMMISSIONER BALDWIN BALDWIN PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER HINES HINES PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG PRESENT.
COMMISSIONER VICTOR VICTORS OUT.
UM, AND COMMISSIONER MANKA MANKA PRESENT.
SO WE DO MEET OUR QUORUM OF 11 WITH 13 MEMBERS.
NOW I WILL ASK, UM, OH, LET ME, LET ME LET YOU KNOW WE DO HAVE ONE WITHDRAWAL TODAY.
SO WE'LL NOT HEAR ANYTHING ON THIS ITEM, NOR WILL WE MAKE ANY, TAKE ANY ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
[Director’s Report]
CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT.CHAIR CLARK, COMMISSION MEMBERS AND THE PUBLIC.
I AM VAUGHN TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS TODAY.
FIRST ONE BEING THE FINAL MTFP MEETING WILL BE IN TWO WEEKS ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, HERE AT CITY HALL ANNEX, BEGINNING AT ONE O'CLOCK.
SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS THE PP EFI PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION, INC.
IS A PROFESSIONAL SURVEYORS GROUP THAT PROMOTES CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR LICENSED SURVEYORS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE PURSUING THE FIELD OF SURVEYING.
THEY WILL BE HOLDING THEIR ANNUAL WORKSHOP PLATING WORKSHOP ON THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23RD FROM EIGHT TO 4:00 PM AT THE THIRD WARD MULTI-SERVICE CENTER ON 36 11 ENO STREET.
THIS WORK, THIS PLATING WORKSHOP, AIMS TO PROVIDE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS TO, TO LICENSED SURVEYORS AND ALLOWS PEOPLE WHO DO SUBDIVISION PLATTING IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON TO KEEP ABREAST ON THE RULES AND REGULATIONS OF PLATTING AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY.
THEREFORE, MY REASON FOR ANNOUNCING THIS, THE PROCEEDS FROM THIS WORKSHOP WILL BENEFIT EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND SCHOLARSHIPS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON SURVEYING PROGRAM.
INSTRUCTORS FOR THE DAY LONG WORKSHOP ARE FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND, UM, I'M SORRY, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS, OFFICE OF ENGINEER, CITY ENGINEER, AND HARRIS COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS CENTERPOINT ENERGY.
WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN JOIN THIS WORKSHOP.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR REGISTRATE REGISTRATION, PLEASE VISIT HOUSTON PLANNING.COM.
IN CLOSING, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CAN BE REACHED AT (832) 393-6600 OR YOU CAN CALL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES PLANNER OF THE DAY AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4.
AS ALWAYS, YOU CAN VISIT OUR WEBSITE@PLANNINGHOUSTONPLANNING.COM.
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THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT.[Consideration of August 21, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting Minutes]
TWO MEETING MINUTES WE NEED TO APPROVE.SO WE'LL LOOK AT THE, UM, MEETING MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON AUGUST 21ST, 2025.
[Consideration of August 21. 2025 Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Amendment Request]
NEED A SEPARATE VOTE FOR THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN MEETING ALSO ON AUGUST 21ST, 2025.MOTION POURS PERLE SECOND JONES.
[Platting Activities a & b]
MOVE ALONG TO PLATING ACTIVITY.MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE PRESENTED AS ONE GROUP, WHICH INCLUDES CONSENT AND REPL.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
SECTIONS A AND B ARE ITEMS ONE THROUGH 74 SECTIONS A CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 42 AND SECTION TWO B REPL ITEMS ARE NUMBERS 43 THROUGH 74.
NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUT OF ORDER AND THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS MADAM CHAIR, IF THERE ARE NO INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUEST THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND RE REPLY.
ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION.
I THINK WE HAVE, UH, UH, RECUSAL COMMISSIONER.
MADAM CHAIR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS 3, 4, 8, AND 14.
SO I NEED A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS IN SECTIONS A AND B.
SAVE AND ACCEPT NUMBER 3, 4, 8, AND 14.
[c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (Ken Calhoun, Aracely Rodriguez and Dorianne Powe-Phlegm)]
MOVE TO C PUBLIC HEARINGS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 75 IS CARR STREET ESTATES.
THIS ITEM WAS DEFERRED LAST PLANNING COMMISSION TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT MORE TIME TO PROVIDE AN UPDATED SITE PLAN.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CARR AND NOBLE STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE RELA IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION STAFF'S.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 75 IS CONTINUED.
UH, 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.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF CALHOUN ROAD AND ED FIELD STREET.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE A MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL 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 THE LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF DID RECEIVE A CALL EARLIER THIS WEEK CONCERNED ABOUT UTILIZING THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY ON ED FIELD STREET.
A SITE VISIT WAS DONE BY, UM, STAFF FROM UH, HOUSTON PUBLIC WORKS AND INDICATED THERE IS ENOUGH ROOM TO ENTER AND EXIT THE PROPERTY WITHOUT IMPACTING THE RESIDENTS ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE PLAT AND IT MEETS ALL THE RULES.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS, MADAM CHAIR PLEASES THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
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HEARING FOR ITEM 76.OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS MR. STEVEN JAMES, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR COUNCIL MEMBER, UH, EVAN SHABAZZ.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
COUNCIL MEMBER EVAN SHABAZZ, THANKS YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL AS WE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY AS THEY VOICE THEIR DISCONTENT WITH CERTAIN ELEMENTS.
UH, ANYWAY, I'LL, I'LL READ MY NOTES.
AS YOU COULD TELL, THEY STOOD YES, THEY STOOD UP.
UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO GIVING THEM SUPPORT IN THIS REGARD.
WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION IS TO MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD.
AS WE ALL KNOW THAT OUR INVENTORY FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING IS LIMITED.
WE RESPECT AND UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT WE ALSO DO UNDERSTAND THERE ARE CERTAIN THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS WANT TO MAINTAIN.
IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, TREES DRAINAGE, UH, IN THAT COMMUNITY, UH, IS ASSISTED BY THESE OLD GROWTH TREES, SOME 40-YEAR-OLD TREES.
AND WHAT THEY WANT IS TO, IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE, NOT TO DESTROY OR REMOVE THOSE TREES.
WE DO UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT THAT DECISIONS HAVE TO BE MADE TO MOVE THE, UM, DEVELOPMENT FORWARD, BUT WE WOULD LIKE YOU TO LISTEN TO WHAT THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE COMMUNITY SAY.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR DECISION.
WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE IT WHEN YOU COME IN AND SHARE THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S, UH, COMMENTS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, UM, ED FIELD.
IS THIS THE RIGHT ONE? MADAM COMMISSIONER? UM, MAY I YIELD TO THE NEXT SPEAKER? HE HAS TO GO BACK TO WORK.
I'LL, I'LL LET HIM GO IN FRONT OF YOU.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS, WELL, THE NEXT ONE I HAVE IS DARLENE VERNON LEWIS.
SO WE'LL CALL VERNON LEWIS FORWARD.
WELL GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR COMMITTEE MEMBERS.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY, NOT AS A ROLE AS THE HOUSTON CITY TREASURER FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
BUT AS A CONCERN RESIDENT AND A NEIGHBOR WHO CARES DEEPLY ABOUT HIS SAFETY, HIS CHARACTER, AND THE LIVABILITY OF THIS COMMUNITY.
THE DECISION TO MAKE TODAY WILL SHAPE HOW WE LIVE, DRIVE, OR INTERACT ON OUR STREETS FOR DECADES TO COME.
TO PROPOSE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENTIAL ROOT PLAT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS A NARROW STREET, WHICH IS A PROPERTY OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, MY HOME.
SO THAT IMAGE THAT YOU SAW PREVIOUSLY ON VILLE, THAT'S MY HOUSE.
I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU ALL UNDERSTAND.
THAT PROPERTY THERE, NARROW STREET.
MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR CARS, SERVICE TRUCKS, AND MERCY VEHICLES TO PASS SAFETY.
ADDING MORE TRAFFIC WOULD ONLY MAKE IT WORSE.
DRIVEWAY PLACEMENT, THE CURRENT PLAN PUTS THE MULTI-UNIT RESIDENT ENTRANCE AND EXIT DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET.
MY HOME, I DO NOT WANT THE DRIVEWAY FACING MY HOUSE BECAUSE IT CREATES TRAFFIC CONFLICTS, SAFETY RISKS AND DISTURB.
THE CHARACTER OF OUR BLOCK ENTRANCE SHOULD BE MOVED AND CONSIDERED PROTECTED TREES.
WE ALL TALKED ABOUT THE PROTECTED TREES HERE.
THERE ARE SIX PROTECTED TREES ON THIS SITE, INCLUDING THE LIVE OAKS URBAN, THE UNDER THE URBAN FOREST STREET.
THE CURRENT DESIGN COULD HARM THEM.
SO THE LAYOUT MUST BE RECONFIGURED TO PROTECT THESE STREETS.
LOOK, I'M NOT HERE TO STOP DEVELOPMENT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE WE PROGRESS AS A COMMUNITY.
BUT THERE ARE THINGS I THINK ON THIS REPL THAT WE NEED TO REDESIGN AND COME TOGETHER AND GET COMMUNITY FOLKS INVOLVED.
YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T TRY TO COME HERE AS A CITY TREASURER FORCE HANDS, BUT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE ALL KIND OF UNDERSTAND UNITY.
SO YOU ALL SITTING AROUND HERE HAS TO MAKE A DECISION AND I WANNA SHOW 'EM TO MAKE THE DECISION THAT'S WELL RECEIVED FOR THE SUNNYSIDE COMMUNITY AND THE FOLKS AT RESIDENTS OF VILLE.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS TAL LEWIS.
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NAME IS TONY MIDDLETON LEWIS.I'M A RESIDENT OF THIS AREA OF SUNNYSIDE COURT AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS.
IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE THE CHANGES OF THE INVESTORS COMING INTO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND CHANGING IT.
NOT FOR THE GOOD REASONS, BUT FOR MONEY.
THEY HAVE NO PLANS OF LIVING THERE.
THEY'RE JUST BUILDING THESE CHEAP HOMES.
REDUCING THE APPEARANCE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE'VE BEEN HERE SEVERAL TIMES FOR FIGHTING FOR DIFFERENT THINGS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY ACCORDING TO OUR D RESTRICTION.
THE ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEE AS HAS BEEN SPOKEN OF, IT'S AS IS ENFORCED.
WE HAVE A COMMITTEE YET WE NEVER RECEIVE ANYTHING FROM ANY OF THE BUILDERS THAT COME BUILDING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO TO GET THOSE DOCUMENTS? YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND WRAP UP QUICKLY.
WELL BASICALLY I, I'VE SAID PRETTY MUCH WHAT I WANTED TO SAY.
I HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ACTUALLY.
AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS IS, WHAT DO WE NEED TO DO AS I SERVE ON THIS COMMITTEE, THE ARCHITECTURE COMMITTEE FOR OUR CIVIC CLUB, OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE NEVER GET ANYTHING.
WHAT DO WE DO TO GET THOSE DOCUMENTS? I'M GONNA DEFER TO LEGAL IN THE REVIEW, UH, IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
THIS TELL US WHAT IT REQUIRES THAT YOU SAW FOR ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
SO, SO I DID NOT SEE ANYTHING REQUIRING ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW, BUT I REMEMBER PAUL BARNES LOOKED AT THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SO I'VE, I EMAILED HIM TO SEE IF THERE WAS SOMETHING IN THERE.
IF THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IT IS, THAT'S ENFORCEABLE TO, TO THAT.
I THINK THE BEST WAY IS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NEW OWNER KNOWS THAT PROVISION IS THERE.
JUST BECAUSE THEY GET A COPY OF IT IN THEIR TITLE REPORT MAY OR MAY NOT MEAN THEY'VE REALLY UNDERSTOOD.
BUT YES, IF THERE'S A PROVISION IN THERE, ANY ACTION TAKEN BY YOU ALL TODAY ON A REPL IS NOT GOING TO AFFECT WHETHER OR NOT IT STILL NEEDS TO GO TO ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW.
THE PLAT IS JUST WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE GROUND.
WHAT GOES ON TOP OF IT THEN STARTS MAYBE WITH YOU GUYS AND GOES TO PERMITTING.
CAN I, CAN I FOLLOW UP QUESTION TO THAT? MM-HMM
YOU, YOU'RE SAYING WE NEED TO GET THAT TO THE BUILDER.
IF WE DON'T KNOW WHO THE BUILDERS ARE, HOW CAN WE GET IT TO THEM? WELL, WHOEVER, I THINK THE STAFF SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET YOU WITH THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS ITEM TO PASS THAT INFORMATION ON TO THE OWNER, THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
WOULD BE, WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.
AND IS THE APPLICANT HERE, MS. FLM? OKAY.
UM, BUT SHE CAN GET THAT CONTACT INFORMATION TO YOU.
WHAT ABOUT IF YOU CAN'T REACH THEM, IF YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS, YOU COULD SEND IT CERTIFIED SO THEY HAVE TO SIGN FOR IT.
THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY TO GET IT TOO THOUGH.
AND IN REFERENCE TO THE FUTURE.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THIS IS NOT THE ENDING.
THIS IS LIKE OUR FOURTH TIME HERE.
HOW DO WE GET THAT INFORMATION BEFORE WE SHOW UP HERE? I MEAN, THAT'S DIFFICULT.
THE P WHEN YOU BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY, YOU GET YOUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
UM, AND OTHER THINGS THAT COM, YOU KNOW, APPLY TO THE, YOUR PROPERTY.
IT SHOULD IF IT'S IN THERE RIGHT.
THEN IT TELLS THEM THEY HAVE TO DO THIS.
THERE'S REALLY NO GOOD WAY OTHER THAN TRACKING THE OWNERS DOWN.
HE, HE, NO, HE'S TELLING ME 'CAUSE IT CUT ME OUT IN ONE MINUTE.
I I WAS QUESTIONING WHY I DIDN'T GET TWO.
AND THEY WERE TELLING ME I WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE TWO.
SO CAN I, CAN I ASK MY OTHER COUPLE QUESTIONS REAL QUICK SINCE I HAVE TWO MINUTES? YES.
UM, IT ALSO SAYS IN HERE THAT, UM, AS I STATED, WE'VE BEEN HERE WORKING WITH YOU ALL AND WE WANNA FIRST SAY THANK YOU FOR HELPING US WITH THE MINIMAL LOT SIZE PROJECT.
WE'VE GOT HALF OF OUR STREETS ALREADY DONE AND SUBMITTED AND WE ARE WORKING ON THE OTHER HALF.
SO TRULY DO APPRECIATE THAT'S YEAH.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT UNTIL WE CAME HERE AND YOU SHARED THAT WITH US.
SO WE DO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
WELL CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL.
ESPECIALLY WITH A LOT OF, ANYWAY.
UM, MY OTHER QUESTION, AND THIS ONE MAY NOT COME OUT RIGHT, BUT I'M GONNA READ JUST WHAT I SAID HERE.
WHY ARE THESE HEARINGS DOING WORKING HOURS WHEN RESIDENTS WORK AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO COME HERE TO SPEAK? WHY? WELL, WE'VE JUST ALWAYS HAD OUR MEETINGS AT TWO 30.
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YOU KNOW, I HISTORICALLY, I'VE BEEN ON COMMISSION SINCE 2011.IT'S ALWAYS BEEN TWO 30 AND TO, TO YOUR INFORMATION.
WE'RE ALL VOLUNTEERS UP HERE TOO.
WE ARE ALSO TAKING TIME OFF OF WORK TO BE HERE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, JUST SO YOU KNOW.
I'M A RETIRED CITY OF HOUSTON IN 40 PLUS YEARS.
AND SO I'M, A COUPLE OF US ARE ABLE TO COME HERE, BUT IN THE PAST YOU'VE SEEN, THERE'S BEEN A BUNCH OF US.
SO WE, 'CAUSE WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE OFF, BUT WE CAN'T KEEP TAKING OFF TO COME HERE.
BUT MY QUESTION AGAIN, WHY TWO 30? WELL, IT, YOU ALSO HAVE TO UNDERSTAND WE'RE NOT THE ONLY COMMITTEE OR COMMISSION THAT SERVES THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
I KNOW SOMETIMES THERE'S CONFLICTS WITH HOW DO YOU GET MEETING ROOMS. A A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S A MEETING THAT FOLLOWS US.
WE GET THE LIGHTS FLICKERING TO TELL US YOU NEED TO HURRY UP.
I I CAN'T TELL YOU WHY IT WAS ESTABLISHED THAT WAY.
UM, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES, YOU KNOW, THAT COME TO THE MEETINGS.
AND, AND THE QUESTION IS NOT NECESSARILY AIMED AT YOU.
IT'S JUST A GENERAL QUESTION IN, IN GENERAL.
THE THIS COMMISSION DEALS WITH THE PUBLIC.
I, I'D RECOMMEND YOU REACH OUT TO YOUR COUNCILMAN, THAT COUNCILPERSON MARK SITTING RIGHT THERE.
THE REPRESENTATIVE SITTING RIGHT HERE.
AND, AND THAT'S 'CAUSE WE DON'T MAKE THE CITY RULES, BUT THAT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD OPINE ON.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
SO THIS IS DIRECTOR TRAN AND I REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR FEEDBACK AND OBVIOUSLY WE'RE LISTENING TO YOU, UM, A PART OF OUR PROCESS HERE AS FAR AS GETTING PUBLIC COMMENTS.
I DO UNDERSTAND AND FEEL, UM, THE RESTRAINT BY CERTAIN OF OUR RESIDENTS WHO CANNOT MAKE IT HERE.
AT TWO 30, WE WILL LOOK INTO WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.
TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, ANYBODY CAN ALSO SEND US WRITTEN, UM, COMMENTS AS WELL.
WE INCLUDED IN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PACKAGES ALSO.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'LL TRY OUR BEST TO SEE HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO OPEN UP THE PROCESS.
CHANGING THE HOURS PROBABLY WILL BE VERY DIFFICULT, BUT CERTAINLY I UNDERSTAND THE WHOLE IDEA IS HOW CAN WE HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE TO GIVE INPUT.
SO WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AND SEE HOW WE CAN EVEN OPEN IT FURTHER.
AND THOSE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THEY DON'T JUST GO ON A PACKET AND BE PUSHED ASIDE.
THEY'RE PUBLIC RECORD, BUT THE COMMISSIONERS DO READ THEM.
BUT IT'S NOTHING LIKE BEING POSTED.
BUT IF WE SWITCH IT TONIGHT, THEN WE'LL HEAR, WE WON'T HEAR PROBLEMS WITH SWITCHING IT NIGHT.
BUT MAYBE WE COULD DO LIKE EVERY OTHER MONTH.
ANYTHING WOULD BE BETTER THAN NOTHING.
OUR LAST SPEAKER THAT I HAVE SIGNED IS DARLENE MABIN.
MY NAME'S DARLENE MAVEN AND I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 40 YEARS.
THE FIRST PICTURE YOU SHOWED, YOU COULD SEE MY HOUSE.
UM, I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO THE LOT IN QUESTION, WHICH IS PART OF THE EAST SUNNYSIDE COURT SECTION THREE SUBDIVISION WITH ENFORCEABLE DEED RESTRICTION.
THE PROPOSED RESTRICTED RESERVE FOR MULTIFAMILY DWELLING IS IN DIRECT VIOLATIONS OF OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS.
DEED RESTRICTIONS NUMBER ONE, FOUR AND SEVEN.
THE MAXIMUM NUMBER DWELLING PER LOT IS ONE.
AND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF FAMILIES PER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING IS ONE.
THE WHOLE COMMUNITY SURROUNDING THIS LOT IS IN QUESTION WILL SUFFER FROM HIGH DENSITY DWELLINGS WITH FULL COVERAGE OF BOTH LOTS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU ALSO APPROVED THE MAYFLOWER LOT, WHICH IS NEXT TO THIS ONE, UM, THAT DO NOT ABSORB WATER AND CUTTING DOWN THE TREES.
LIVE OAKS, THAT WILL CERTAINLY COLLAPSE OUR CURRENT SUFFICIENT STORM WATER COLLECTION POINTS.
AND WHEN OUR STREETS BEGIN TO FLOOD DUE TO THESE DENSE STRUCTURES, THE CITY WILL HAVE TO FACE NOT ONLY INCREASED COSTS FOR FLOOD REMEDIATION AND REPAIRS, BUT ALSO LOWER PROPERTY TAXES DUE TO UNAVOIDABLE PROPERTY VALUE LOSSES.
THIS TYPE OF PROJECT WILL PUT OUR RESIDENTS AND PEDESTRIANS AND AN UNACCEPTABLE RISK OF INJURY BY FALLING INTO THE OPEN DITCHES OR BY TRAFFIC ZIGZAGGING BETWEEN THE INCREASED VEHICLES PARKED IN THE STREET THAT THIS PROJECT WILL GENERATE ON A NARROW STREET WITH NO SIDEWALKS.
WE SUPPORT THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S EFFORTS TO GENERATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT
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SHOULD NOT COME AT THE COST OF THE CURRENT RESIDENCE SAFETY.IN ADDITION, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND AND ASK THIS COMMISSION, THEIR STAFF AND THE APPLICANT TO WORK WITH OUR ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE OF EAST SUNNYSIDE CIVIC COURT SO WE CAN HAVE A WONDERFUL COM COMMUNITY FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.
THAT WAS VERY WELL TIME MS. MAVEN.
UM, MS. MICKELSON, WHEN THEY LOOKED AT THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, DOES THIS LOT FALL WITHIN THAT? I MEAN, IT'S A SHALL PROOFS, I'M ASSUMING THEY DON'T FALL UNDER IT.
MR. MR. BARNES'S REC, UH, SUMMARY OF THE INFORMATION AND THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE WAS JUST THAT IT DID NOT VIOLATE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
SO IT SOUNDS LIKE IT FALLS WITHIN THE AREA THAT IS COVERED BY DEED RESTRICTIONS.
AND JUST THINK THEY, THEY APPROVE THE MAYFLOWER AND THEY FEEL THEY'RE CONNECTED.
SO THAT'S ONE BIG FROM ONE STREET TO THE OTHER STREET THAT THEY'RE GONNA BUILD ON RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
SO YOU HAVE ALL SAID THAT YOU HAVE RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE INTACT.
AND THAT THEY ARE SINGLE FAMILY ONLY.
AND THAT THEY REQUIRE, UM, REVIEW BY AN ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE.
SO AGAIN, NOT TO PUT LEGAL ON THE SPOT, DO WE KNOW THAT? AND IF, IF WE DON'T, DO WE NEED MORE TIME TO LOOK AT THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN THE RIGHT PLACE AND HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED? PLEASE, THIS ITEM HAS NOT BEEN DEFERRED.
YOU COULD DEFER FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM MR. BARNES.
SO MY THOUGHT WAS, AND I'M SURE WE HAVE MORE NEXT WEEK, I'M SORRY, MS. TOLBERT.
WE HAVE MORE DISCUSSION MEETING TO HAVE HERE.
BUT AGAIN, MY QUESTIONS WOULD BE DO THE, IS THIS DEED RESTRICTION AND APPARENTLY IT, IT, IT FALLS WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES BUT IS NOT COVERED.
UM, WE'RE BEING TOLD SINGLE FAMILY ONLY AND THERE'S AN ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE LISTED IN THE DEED RESTRICTION.
SO I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE PERHAPS A DELAY SO THAT WE COULD MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VOTING WITH ALL THE INFORMATION THAT WE NEED.
AND THEN MS. FLM, YOU CAN ANSWER THIS QUESTION JUST FROM THERE.
THE TREES ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THE TREES WILL NOT BE TOUCHED.
SO THEY, THEY CANNOT BE CITY FORESTER.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT ALL THAT HAPPENS IN PERMITTING.
SO THOSE ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY BELONG TO EVERYONE, NOT THIS PROPERTY OWNER.
SO I THINK ALSO MS. FLM, NEXT TIME MAYBE WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LAYOUT, SEE WHERE THE DRIVEWAYS ARE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.
IF THERE CAN BE A DRIVEWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET VERSUS AT THE END OF THE STREET OR NOT NEXT TO SOMEONE'S HOME, VERSUS NEXT TO SOME.
I'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THAT IF WE COULD NEXT TIME AROUND.
WHY CAN'T THE DRIVEWAYS GO OUT? CALHOUN? USUALLY IF THEY BUILD ON THE CORNERS OF OUR SUBDIVISION YES.
THEN THEY MUST, THE BUILDINGS MUST FACE CALHOUN WHILE THE DRIVEWAY NOT THERE.
SO WE, I THINK I PERSONALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
AND I THINK, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, IF I, I'M, YOU MAY HAVE OTHER SPEAKERS, BUT WHEN IT'S TIME I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A DEFERRAL.
UM, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE.
SO LET ME ASK, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY.
SO I ALSO, I KNOW THAT, UM, COME ON UP.
I KNOW THAT MR. BROWN WENT OUT TO THE PROJECT.
COULD YOU COME UP AND TELL US THAT THE TREES ARE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY? I THINK YOU LOOKED AT THE PLAN AND THE DRIVEWAY LOCATION.
COULD YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION? GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I WAS THERE YESTERDAY AND THERE ARE SEVEN LIVE OAK TREES ON WITHIN THE LOT.
SIX APPEAR TO BE THE GIRTH SIZE AND AGE TO BE PROTECTED.
I'LL HAVE TO GET TO WITH URBAN FORESTRY TO, BUT JUST LOOKING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT CAMERA HERE, IF WE CAN DOCUMENT CAMERA, THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE FIRST SPEAKER.
HAS A, THE LARGEST OF THE LIVE OAKS KNOW IF WE CAN THE DOCUMENT CAMERA.
THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S ADJACENT TO 48 0 6.
THE GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE HAS, UH, IT'S LIKE AN OLD ABANDONED DRIVEWAY THAT USED TO BE THERE FROM A PREVIOUS HOUSE.
AND THAT IS, THAT IS THE LARGEST TREE THAT'S THERE.
IF THEY, IF THEY REDO THAT DRIVEWAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE GETTING INTO THE ROOT BASE OF THAT, THAT PROTECTED TREE.
SO MY, MY SUGGESTION WAS FROM THE OTHER PICTURE THAT WE JUST MOVE THE DRIVEWAY DOWN.
UH, THERE'S A CENTER OF A, UH, A CHURCH PARKING LOT THERE THAT WOULDN'T IMPEDE ANYTHING.
THE STREET WAS A NICE 24 FOOT WIDE STREET, BUT THAT THE ROOT BASE OF THAT TREE IS LIKE RIGHT NEXT TO THE DRIVEWAY.
EVEN IF THEY WERE TO HAVE HEAVY EQUIPMENT COMING AND GOING FOR CONSTRUCTION IN THAT LOT, THE BOWS AND EVERYTHING WOULD RIGHT.
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KNOW, AND I DON'T THINK URBAN FORESTRY WOULD LET THE TREE BE, YOU KNOW, HALF OF ITS BOW CUT OUT.SO I WAS THERE YESTERDAY AND THOSE, THOSE TREES ARE VERY NICE AND PROTECTED, BUT I WILL GET WITH URBAN FORESTRY TO CONFER.
BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE REAL SIMPLE JUST TO MOVE THE DRIVEWAY 20 OR SO FEET DOWN SO THAT IT'S COMING OUT FACING INTO THE, THE PARKING LOT OF THE CHURCH AND NOT INTO THE NEIGHBOR, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENT'S HOME AND DRIVEWAY.
SO MAYBE YOU CAN GET WITH MS. FL AND SHOW HER ON THE PLAN WHERE YOU THINK WOULD BE A GOOD SHIFT.
SOMETHING IF, HANG ON ONE SECOND.
YEAH, THERE'S ANOTHER SPEAKER.
TELL THE OTHER SPEAKER WHAT YOU WANT US TO HEAR.
AND, AND I'LL BE GLAD TO SPEAK WITH THEM AS WELL.
I'VE, I'VE SPOKEN TO SOME OF THEM BEFOREHAND.
UM, YEAH, ACTUALLY, MR. BROWN.
MR. BROWN OR, OR STAFF, SO THAT TREE IS ON THE PROPERTY NOT IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
DO WE HAVE JURISDICTION OVER MAKING SURE THAT TREE IS PROTECTED? CORRECT? THIS TREE THAT THE CURSOR IS ON? YES.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY OF THEM IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT I DIDN'T STEP OFF AND MEASURE THEM.
BUT THEY ALL APPEAR TO BE WITHIN THE LOT.
BUT IF THEY'RE, IF THEY ARE PROTECTED TREES, YES, THEY ARE LIVE OAK SPECIES.
AND IF THEY'RE TWO FOOT OR MORE, TWO OR TWO AND A HALF FOOT.
IN THE GIRTH AT CHEST HEIGHT, THEY'RE PROTECTED.
SO SIX OF THE SEVEN ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, THAT'S, THAT'S MY QUESTION.
THAT'S NOT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
THEY WOULDN'T BE PROTECTED JUST IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
IT SO THE, THE FIRST PICTURE MAKES 'EM LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
BUT THEN THIS ONE AND THIS ONE IS DEFINITELY NOT.
SO MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THEY WERE ONLY PROTECTED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
I DON'T WANNA MISLEAD ANYONE BY SAYING, SEE THOSE THE RIGHT LOOK LIKE THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THEY'RE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DITCH.
BUT I WOULD HAVE TO CONFIRM THAT.
I THINK IT, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE CONFIRMED.
AND YOU'RE SAYING BASED ON SIZE ALSO, NOT ONLY POSSIBLY BEING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, BUT BASED ON SIZE AND GIRTH, THE ORDINANCE WILL PROTECT THEM AND PROTECTED.
WE CAN VERIFY THAT IN A DEFERRAL.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, JUST THAT THE, UH, THE PROTECTED STREETS ARE ALSO IN THE SETBACK IF IT'S, UH, OVER 20 INCHES.
AND THE WIDTH AND THEY'RE PROTECTED AS WELL.
BEFORE WE END WITH THIS DISCUSSION ABOUT TREES ALSO, UM, THE ORDINANCE ALSO DOES CALL FOR, UM, THE ABILITY FOR A TREE TO BE REMOVED IF, IF IT'S NEEDED FOR A DRIVEWAY.
BUT WE TYPICALLY TRY TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT OR THE BUILDER TO FIND THE BEST LOCATION FOR A DRIVEWAY.
IT UNTIL WE SEE THEIR SITE PLAN, WE CAN'T SAY DEFINITIVELY IF IT NEEDS TO BE CUT DOWN, THERE IS A FEE FOR CUTTING DOWN SO WE CAN REPLACE AND PLANT TREES ELSEWHERE.
IT'S USUALLY A PRETTY EXPENSIVE FEE.
UM, UM, BUT WE CAN SIT DOWN WITH THE APPLICANT AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON THEIR SITE PLAN.
SAY DETERMINE RIGHT NOW TODAY THAT ALL OF THESE TREES ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO BE KEPT.
WHERE ARE THEY? WHERE ARE THE DRIVEWAYS? OH, I ASKED.
WE HAD ONE MORE SPEAKER IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
JACKIE CROSS ECKFORD OF 50 14.
MY MOM AND MY DAD BOUGHT A HOME THERE 60 SOMETHING YEARS AGO.
I HAVE SOME PROCESS QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR DEFERRING OR FOR CONSIDERING THE DEFERRAL.
I HAVE SOME PROCESS QUESTIONS ABOUT THE ATTORNEY'S SUMMARIES.
WE GET DIFFERENT INFORMATION FROM THE CITY FIRST WE GET THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS.
AND THEN I WENT AND DUG UP RESTRICTIONS AND SENT THEM OVER AND I WAS TOLD, OH NO, WE DIDN'T SAY THERE WERE NO RESTRICTIONS.
WE SAY THEY WEREN'T ENFORCEABLE RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO MY CONCERN IS THAT TO SEND A SUMMARY, JUST GIVING THE OUTCOME WITHOUT GIVING US THE WHY DOESN'T PROVIDE SUNLIGHT ON THE ISSUE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR, I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL IS SOME TRANSPARENCY AND SOME UNDERSTANDING OF HOW YOU GOT TO WHERE YOUR LEGAL GOT TO THEIR SUMMARY.
NOT TO JUST SAY IN SUMMARY THEIR RESTRICTIONS, BUT THEY DON'T FALL WITHIN THE VIOLATION OF THE RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO IT, IT, IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE HEARING AND TO BRING YOU, WE COULD BRING THE RESTRICTIONS.
IF WE HAD KNOWN THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A QUESTION ABOUT THE RESTRICTIONS
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AND HAVE THEM PASSED OUT, THAT WOULD'VE BEEN THE PROPER THING TO DO.I WAS HERE BEFORE, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.
AND SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE SOME SUNLIGHT, SOME TRANSPARENCY IF YOU HAVE DOCUMENTATION PROVING THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS SUCH AS A TITLE REPORT.
IF YOU TELL ME THE TITLE REPORT SAYS NO RESTRICTIONS, WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A COPY OF IT BEFORE WE COME? AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST REQUEST.
THE OTHER REQUEST IS THAT, ARE WE LOOKING AT ALSO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE SIDEWALKS? IF YOU'RE GONNA BE BRINGING IN THESE HIGH DENSITY AREAS OF, UH, LIVING IN THESE LIVING SPACES.
BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE DO HAVE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE IN OUR DEED RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE FAR ABOVE TWENTY SEVEN HUNDRED AND THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
AND SO IF YOU'RE GONNA START DOING THAT, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PROPER OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO, UH, HAVE SIDEWALKS PARKING LOTS AND THINGS THAT GIVES US LIVABLE SPACES THAT ARE COMFORTABLE AND NOT JUST HIGH END DENSITY AND THAT LOW COST HOUSING NOT ALWAYS BE CONSIDERED, UH, BE ALLOWED TO BE CONSIDERED RENTAL SPACES AND INVESTMENTS.
AND I'M SURE THAT LEGAL AND PLANNING WILL HAVE DISCUSSIONS DURING THE DEFERRAL.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, I'LL, I'LL JUST PUT OUT ON THE MAYFLOWER LOT.
REMEMBER THOSE WERE LOTS THAT WERE SOLD OFF PRIOR TO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS BEING IMP IMPLEMENTED THERE.
SO WE DID THAT STUDY, THAT ONE PART, THE ISSUE.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS PARTICULAR LOT WE DON'T HAVE, SO WE CAN BRING BACK THAT MAP NEXT TIME.
MAYBE THERE IS A WEIRD CARVE OUT.
I'M NOT SURE IF THIS LOT'S IMPLIED OR NOT, BUT RIGHT.
I SUPPORT THE DEFERRAL TO FIGURE IT OUT.
SO, AND WE'LL GET THE ANSWER TO THE ENFORCEABLE QUESTION RIGHT.
AND I AGREE, I THINK BRINGING THAT MAP AND SHOWING, UH, WILL HELP ALL OF US.
UM, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? NO MA'AM.
I I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT, UH, WE DID SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANT, UH, CONCERNING THE, THE LOCATION OF THE DRIVEWAY.
UM, INITIALLY HE DID, WAS PLANNING TO DO THE DRIVEWAY ON EDGE ED FIELD, BUT HE IS, UM, THE APPLICANT IS TALKING WITH THE DEVELOPER AND SEE IF THEY COULD POSSIBLY DO IT ON CALHOUN.
SO THERE ARE ANY CONVERSATION ABOUT THE PLACEMENT OF THE DRIVEWAY.
AND WHEN YOU HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT DURING THIS TWO WEEK DEFERRAL, I WOULD RECOMMEND IT'D PROBABLY BE A REALLY GOOD IDEA FOR THEM TO SHOW UP.
THANK YOU FOR THOSE CLARIFICATIONS.
UM, YES, COMMISSIONER GARZA, IF I MAY, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MO FORMALLY MAKE THE MOTION FOR A DEFERRAL AND COMMISSIONER BALDWIN WAS SECONDING, JUST SO THAT YOU KNOW.
SO I'M GONNA CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'M GOING TO SEEK A MOTION, WHICH I HAVE.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS APPROVAL.
WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND DEFERRAL FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR COMMENTS.
77 ITEM 77 IS FLIGHT LINE NORTHWEST.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF HONEYSUCKLE LANE AND SLEEPY LANE NORTH OF RANKIN ROAD.
THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER TO 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 CONCERNING THE USE, UH, POSSIBLE INCREASE IN CRIME AND RISE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND INFLUX OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.
THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE APPLIED AND MEETS ALL THE RULES.
MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 77 IS OPEN.
UH, THE FIRST SPEAKER, WELL, THE ONLY SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS FELICIA GALLOWAY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
JAMES MURPHY, UH, RESIDENCE OF 6 3 0 7 STAR LAKE.
UM, SO AT THAT, AT THIS PROPERTY, WHAT'S BEEN TRANSPIRING IS THAT HPD AND I HAVE A, UH, I HAVE A TICKET HERE IN MY POCKET THAT THEY'VE BEEN COMING AND PUTTING TICKETS IN.
MY, UH, NEIGHBORS IS NOT HERE.
THEY'VE BEEN PUTTING TICKETS IN OUR DRIVE, I MEAN, ON OUR VEHICLES IN OUR YARD.
I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS A PART TO DO WITH IT, BUT THIS IS VERY, UM, I I SEEN THAT THE MEETING WAS COMING AND
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IT'S HPD, BUT WE ARE LOCATED IN HUMBLE.SO I WAS WONDERING HOW DOES THAT WORK? OR DOES IT EVEN CORRELATE WITH OUR, OUR PLANNING AND PLANNING ISSUE THAT WE HAVE WITH IT BEING IN YOUR YARD? IT, I I DON'T THINK WE HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT.
UM, MS. PO FLYNN, DO YOU HAVE SOMEONE AT HPD THAT YOU COULD DIRECT HIM TO? MY, MY, YEAH, I KNOW, RIGHT? WE ALL LIVE IN THE SAME WAY.
SO I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M APPALLED ALSO, I DIDN'T KNOW IF IT WAS SOMETHING GOING ON AND I SPOKE WITH MY NEIGHBORS.
SO IT WAS LIKE FOUR DOORS, UH, FOUR DOORS DOWN.
AND THERE'S NOTHING ON THERE THAT GIVES YOU ANY INFORMATION ON WHO TO CONTACT OR, WELL, IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT MORE WHO TO CONTACT.
I WAS JUST COMING IN REFERENCE TO SEE DOES THIS HAVE, OR ARE YOU GUYS AWARE OF THIS? JUST TO BRING LIGHT OF IT, THAT YEAH.
YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT, UH, FOND OF THE PLOTTING AND IT WILL AFFECT A LOT OF, UH, THINGS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WELL, THE ONE THING I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
BUT I'M JUST, I'M JUST LETTING YOU ALL KNOW.
YEAH, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
THESE ARE, THESE THINGS ARE HAPPENING IN OUR RESIDENTS AND YOU GUYS ARE, I MEAN, IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO REPL AND HOMES AND OTHER RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS HAVE BEEN OUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, TO MM-HMM
SO CAN YOU CLARIFY, THE PARKING TICKETS ARE FOR YOUR CARS PARKED ON THE STREET OR ARE THEY PARKED IN YOUR YARD OR DRIVEWAY? IN MY YARD.
HECTOR, CAN YOU SPEAK TO THE GENTLEMAN AND WE WILL INVESTIGATE MORE AND KIND OF SEE WHAT WE CAN HELP YOU WITH.
THIS MIGHT BE PROHIBITED YARD PARKING, PARKING, PARKING ISSUES.
AND IT IS OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT WE DON'T DO ENFORCEMENT, BUT WE CERTAINLY CAN HELP YOU OUT.
YEAH, SO HECTOR CAN TALK TO YOU OUT IN THE HALL AND GIVE YOU CONTACT INFORMATION OR HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU HIS CARD.
COMMISSIONER JONES IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, KIND OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE DO HERE, BUT I JUST DAWNED ON ME BECAUSE YOU SAY THE ADDRESS, UH, YOU'RE HUMBLE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FOR THE POST OFFICE, BUT GIVEN WHERE THIS PROPERTY IS AROUND THIS, THE, THE, THE AIR, THE AIRPORT MM-HMM
WHICH IS CITY PROPERTY, I JUST AM CURIOUS IF IN FACT YOUR MAIL IS HUMBLE AND MAYBE YOU ARE IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S JUST A WHOLE CIRCUM DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE BECAUSE OF THE MAIL ROUTING.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE
SO, UH, JUST TRYING TO SEE IF THAT HAS ANY, UH, DEFERRED REASONING ON WHY WE'RE DOING OR HAVING THIS BEING THAT I'VE STAYED THERE 20 YEARS, UH, IN REGARDS TO I'M 36.
MY MOM, MY, MY PARENTS' HOUSE HAS, THEY HAVE BEEN THERE.
SO WE'RE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE THE SAME THING WITH OUR ADDRESS BEING HUMBLE.
YOU, YOU, YOU MAY WANNA VISIT WITH A POSTMASTER AT HUMBLE AND JUST CLARIFY THE WHERE, WHERE THE CITY LIMIT LINES ARE ARE DRAWN.
AND, AND I THINK HECTOR CAN HELP OUT WITH THAT TOO.
UM, HE'LL, HE'LL HELP YOU INVESTIGATE THAT.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG WEST ORUM DRIVE EAST OF BATHHURST DRIVE.
THE REASON FOR REPLIES TO CREATE ONE COMMERCIAL RESERVE, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO SEEKING A VARIANCE TO RELA TWO LOTS FROM THE VE UH, MANNER SUBDIVISION CREATED IN 1955 INTO A COMMERCIAL RESERVE.
THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FROM MAYOR PRO TIMM CASTEX TATUM'S OFFICE, THAT RESIDENTS ARE CONCERNED THAT THE REPL WILL VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS AND POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF DELIVERY VEHICLES.
MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM HAS REQUESTED THAT THIS ITEM BE DEFERRED STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS DEFERRED THE PLAT PER THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S REQUEST.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 78 IS OPEN.
AND I DO HAVE MS PER CHAVEZ, WHO'S THE CHIEF OF STAFF FOR MAYOR PRO TEM CASTEX TATUM.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE, UH, BOARD.THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
AND ALSO ON BEHALF OF MAYOR PRO TEEX TATUM.
THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE CONSIDERATION OF HER DEFERRAL.
UM, SHE ASKED FOR THAT DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME FOR A REVIEW OF THE DEED RESTRICTIONS BY LEGAL, WHICH WAS DONE.
UM, OUR PLANNER, UH, DORIAN DID COMMUNICATE THAT.
HOWEVER, UM, SHE STILL, UM, WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THOSE DEED RESTRICTIONS AND ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THOSE CONCERNS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE DEVELOPER DID REACH OUT TO OUR OFFICE VIA EMAIL, UM, STATING, UM, THAT THEY WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, I WOULD ASK THE DEVELOPER TO PLEASE REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UM, AND HEAR THEIR CONCERNS AND ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT, UM, THEY MAY HAVE.
UM, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION TO THE DEVELOPER.
IS THE APPLICANT, UH, HERE, DORIAN, DO YOU KNOW? YES.
UM, COULD THEY STAND UP OR, I MEAN, I'M, I'M THE APPLICANT.
AND IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME, WE'D APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH, I ACTUALLY JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY AND WE DIDN'T GET ONE PHONE CALL, ONE EMAIL OF ANYTHING AND ANY CONCERNS, CITIZEN ASKING ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
SO IT'S KIND OF NEW TO ME THAT WE, WE GAVE THEM COPIES OF THE PLANS.
UM, PRETTY EVERYTHING SHE ASKED FOR WITHIN A THREE DAY PERIOD WHEN I WAS ASKED FOR IT LAST WEEK.
SO SHE BEING WHO? I KIND OF, UH, MISS DORIAN.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S, I'M TRYING TO GET ANSWERS FOR, BUT NOBODY'S ACTUALLY ASKED ME ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU HAVE THE PERFECT PERSON.
IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY SMALL MOM AND POP SITUATION.
AND IT'S NOT, THERE'S ONLY FOUR TO FIVE EMPLOYEES AT ALL TIMES.
IT'S A MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SITUATION.
IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE TRAFFIC I DON'T THINK IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE, BUT THIS IS YOUR UNDERSTAND YOUR PERSON FOR THE COMMUNITY.
MS. CHAVEZ, CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE COUNCIL MEMBER'S OFFICE.
AND SO SHE'S ASKED THAT YOU ALL SPEAK WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO I WOULD SUGGEST MAYBE YOU CAN, AFTER YOU'RE FINISHED SPEAKING MM-HMM
YOU CAN GO OUT AND TALK TO HER AND, AND COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE A MEETING.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR ITEM 78.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT.
SO I WILL, UH, CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL MOTION COLLI.
ITEM 79 IS HALLMARK RESERVE THE SITE OF HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTHWEST INTERSECTION OF SAN FELIPE ROAD AND GARRISON LANE.
THE REASON FOR REPLY IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE.
THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS PLAT.
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'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO PROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS FOR THIS ITEM.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 79 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING.
SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 80.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS SOUTH OF LONG MILWAUKEE STREET BETWEEN FULTON AND HELMER STREET.
THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THERE ARE NO VARIANTS REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY EVENTS WRITTEN COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION.
HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT MISSED NOTICE BY A FEW DAYS.
SO STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE, DEFER THE PLOT TO ALLOW THE APPLICANT MORE TIME TO COMPLY WITH THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.
MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 80 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING OR EXCUSE ME.
I'LL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
SECOND POOREST PER ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
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MOTION CARRIES.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT SOUTH OF LEY BOULEVARD AND EAST OF BLADELOCK ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE 14 SINGLE FAMILY LOT AND THREE RESERVES.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS PER LEGAL.
THE PROPOSED WE PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLEAD.
SUBSTITUTE THE CCPC 1 0 1 INFORMED CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 81 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS, 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.
ROLLING PORK, PUD WATER PLANT.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY, EAST OF GASTON ROAD, SOUTH OF GREEN ROAD.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO WATER PLANT.
THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED A VARIANT REQUEST ADDRESSING SECTION 42 DASH 1 93.
HOWEVER, AFTER FURTHER REVIEW, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT THIS VARIANT REQUEST IS NOT REQUIRED.
THE OWNER OF THE SITE IS THE GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY AND A RECORDED AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PUD AND THE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION AMENDED THE RESTRICTION TO ALLOW THE LOT TO BE USED FOR WATER PLAN SITE LEGAL HAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT SUBSTITUTE THE RESTRICTION.
SO THE PAPOOSE PLAT WILL MEET ALL CHAPTER 42 REQUIREMENT AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.
SO THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLA SUBJECT TO THE CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 83.
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 84 SHELDON WOODS, SECTION ONE PARTIAL VBL NUMBER TWO.
THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ETJ IN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF UF 90 AND EAST OF EASTHAM HOUSTON PARKWAY.
THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE ONE RESERVE RESTRICTED TO WATER PLANT.
NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM.
AND PER LEGAL REVIEW, THE PROPOSED PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE APPLICABLE RESTRICTION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLOT.
SUBSTITUTE THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND STAFF DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT IN ADVANCE.
MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE THE COMMISSION.
YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM.
THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 84 IS OPEN.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
[d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Geoff Butler, Devin Crittle, and John Cedillo)]
ALONG TO D SUBDIVISION PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, ITEM 85 IS EVONTE HOMES AND HENNESSY.
THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE, SO IT MUST BE ACTED UPON.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY NORTH OF KIRKENDAL AND SOUTH OF RAYFORD.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES 12 SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND THEY'RE REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
ONE TO ALLOW FOR A TYPE TWO PAE TO BE ACCESSED BY A 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT RATHER THAN A PUBLIC STREET.
AND TWO, TO ALLOW FOR REDUCED LOT SIZES RATHER THAN THE REQUIRED 5,000 SQUARE FEET FOR LOTS WITHIN THE ETJ STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE WILLOW STATES COMMUNITY, AN UNRECORDED SUBDIVISION OF TRACKS ACCESSIBLE BY AN EASEMENT CALLED HENNESSY LANE.
THESE TRACKS WERE SUBDIVIDED UP TO THE CENTER LINE OF THIS EASEMENT FORMING A 60 FOOT CORRIDOR FRONT EACH PROPERTY ON THE GROUND, THE EASEMENT FUNCTIONS AS A PAVED OPEN DITCH
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ROADWAY SIMILAR TO A PUBLIC STREET.THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO SUBDIVIDE A ONE ACRE TRACT WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY INTO 12 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ALONG A-A-P-A-E.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING VARIANCES TO ALLOW THE THE PAE TO BE ACCESSED FROM THE ACCESS EASEMENT AND TO ALLOW FOR LOTS LESS THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS DEDICATING THE LAND WITH WITHIN THE EXISTING EASEMENT, AS WELL AS PROVIDING TWO RESERVES FOR OPEN SPACE.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THESE AREAS COMBINED WOULD EXCEED THE REQUIREMENT FOR COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE.
THOUGH THE DEDICATION AREA TECHNICALLY DOES NOT MEET CHAPTER 42 COS REQUIREMENTS, THE PROPOSED ACCESS WILL FUNCTION SIMILAR TO A PUBLIC STREET WITH PAVE ACCESS TO KIRKENDAL STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST TO BE A PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE TO STRICT INTERPRETATION OF CHAPTER 42 AND RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANY OTHER WISHES TO OKAY, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, MR. BUTLER, UM, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
SO, UH, I REALIZE THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE DEDICATING MM-HMM
AND WE CAN SEE IT RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN THE, THE OTHER SPACES ARE FOR PARKING.
SO THERE IS REALLY NO COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE.
MY ONLY QUESTION IS THE PART THAT THEY'RE DEDICATING, IS IT CURRENTLY, IS IT GOING TO BE PAVED OVER OR IS IT GONNA STAY GREEN? DO WE KNOW IT? IT'S RIGHT NOW IT'S WHAT A RIGHT OF WAY WOULD LOOK LIKE IF IT, THIS WERE A PUBLIC STREET.
SO IN THIS SUBDIVISION, THE PROPERTY LINE GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
SO THEY'RE JUST TAKING HALF OF THAT AND GIVING IT TO THE PUBLIC UHHUH.
SO THAT, THAT'S FOR THAT SEGMENT ANYWAY, THAT'S PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS GOING TO STAY CORRECT.
SO THE, THE UPDATED DRAWING, UH, THEY DESIGNATE THOSE RESERVES AS COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE.
IS THERE IT PERMEABLE JUST 'CAUSE IT'S PARKING.
PARKINGS THE GREEN AND THE IT COMP SETTING OPEN SPACE IS A YELLOW.
UM, PARKING IS NOT GUEST, PARKING IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE, UH, EXTRA TOTAL JURISDICTION.
THEREFORE, THE APPLICANT CHANGED THE PARKING RESERVES TO COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE RESERVES.
THE SUBDIVISION PLA DRAWING PROBABLY IS NOT UPDATED.
WILL YOU HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF? DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? AMANDA PARKER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 86 IS NEW KANEY MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT WATER PLANT NUMBER FOUR.
THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
UH, THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, NORTH OF LAUREL LANE AND EAST OF WEST ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE RESERVE AND REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE TRACT.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A VACANT THREE ACRE TRACT INTENDED FOR WATER PLANT USE.
THE RESERVE HAS FRONTAGE ALONG GREEN PONDS DRIVE TO THE NORTHEAST AND LAURA LANE, WHICH IS A 60 FOOT MAJOR COLLECTOR THAT TRAVELS EAST AND WEST.
THE OVERALL STREET GRID IN THE AREA FUNNELS TRAFFIC IN MULTIPLE DIRECTIONS REQUIRING A NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THIS TRACK COULD DISRUPT THE FUNCTIONS OF THE WATER PLANT EVEN IF A STREET WAS TO BE PROVIDED THROUGH THIS TRACK.
TRAFFIC MUST STILL TRAVEL EAST AND WEST ALONG LAURA LANE IN ORDER TO GET TO OUR NEARBY NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTION.
MONTGOMERY COUNTY'S COMMISSIONER, EXCUSE ME, MONTGOMERY COUNTY COMMISSIONER MATT GRAY HAS PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR THIS PROPOSED WATER PLANT SITE AND ITS INTENDED USE TO SERVE THE CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA.
STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST AND STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUEST TO VARIANCE AND APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK EITHER.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE MOTION JONES.
THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
THIS IS SAN SAN JACINTO MEMORIAL SITE EXPANSION.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10, WEST OF BELTWAY AID AND SOUTH OF WOOD FOREST BOULEVARD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE RESERVE AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO
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EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING BY NOT PROVIDING EXCUSE, EXCUSE ME, BY NOT EXTENDING MULTIPLE STUB STREETS WITH THE CUL-DE-SAC.UH, MADAM CHAIR STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRING THE PLAT FOR FURTHER STUDY AND REVIEW.
UH, WE RECENTLY MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND, UH, WE LEARNED NEW FROM NEW INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT AND ITS USE AS A CEMETERY AND LIKE A MEMORIAL SITE.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING INTO POSSIBLY, UH, ANY POSSIBLE PLATING EXEMPTIONS FOR THIS APPLICATION.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR DEFERRAL? DO I HAVE A MOTION? SECOND SEGLER.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN MONTGOMERY COUNTY ALONG MAY ROAD WEST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY AND NORTH OF FM 1314.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING ONE RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO NOT PROVIDE 15 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY, DEDICATION TO MAY ROAD, WHICH IS A PUBLIC STREET.
STAFF IS NOT IN STAFF, IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST.
HOWEVER, STAFF IS WILLING TO COMPROMISE WITH THE PARTIAL RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION FOR A PORTION OF THE SITE.
THIS OPTION IS BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT, THEIR DEVELOPER AND ENGINEERS STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLA APPLICATION TO ALLOW TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT, REVISE INFORMATION BY THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ONE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I NEED A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.
SO WHAT KIND OF A DEVELOPMENT IS THIS? ARE THESE MULTIFAMILY? YES, MA'AM.
OR SINGLE FAMILY? MULTIFAMILY.
UH, IT LOOKS, APPEARS TO BE A SURFACE PARKING, UM, INTERNAL SURFACE PARKING.
MS. BANDI, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? NO.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF OF DEFERRAL MOTION.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, WEST OF PITTS, AND EAST OF THE WALLER HARRIS COUNTY LINE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES THAT APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRE RESERVE FOR A COMMUNITY AND RECREATION CENTER.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING VARIANCES TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENTS BY NOT DEDICATING TWO EAST, WEST OR ONE NORTH SOUTH STREET THROUGH THE SITE, AND TO CREATE A RESERVE WITH 50 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY FRONTAGE AS OPPOSED TO THE REQUIRED 60 FEET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO REVISE THE BOUNDARY AND TO ADDRESS A LANDLOCK TRACT.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK EITHER.
SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL TO HAVE A MOTION.
ITEM 90 IS TEXAS PETROLEUM GROUP GREENS ROAD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT NORTH OF THE, UH, BELTWAY EIGHT AND SOUTH OF THE GEORGE BUSH INTERCONTINENTAL INTERCONTINENTAL AIRPORT.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A RESERVE FOR A NEW GAS STATION.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR A FIVE FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A PROPOSED CAR WASH INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 FEET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL TO ALLOW TIME TO CORRECT A DEED RESTRICTED BUILDING LINE ISSUE AND TO ADDRESS STAFF CONCERNS ABOUT THE MERITS OF THE REQUEST.
AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCE WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.
THERE'S NOTHING UNDER E SUBDIVISION PLOTS.
[f. Reconsiderations of Requirement (John Cedillo)]
RECONSIDERATION OF REQUIREMENT.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 91 IS BASSETT RESIDENCES.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS NEARLY 5,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS EAST ALONG FEEDER ROAD FOR A STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 AND SOUTH OF HOLMES ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TWO RESERVES OFF AS PART OF A SHARED DRIVEWAY DEVELOPMENT, AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 13 FEET IN LIEU OF THE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
THE SITE IS ALONG A ONE WAY FEEDER ROAD FOR STATE HIGHWAY 2 88 BETWEEN THE LIGHTED INTERSECTION OF BELFORT CIRCLED IN PINK AND THE T ENDING INTO HOLMES ROAD TO THE NORTH CIRCLED IN YELLOW.
THERE ARE NO, THERE IS NO OFF RAMP ALONG THIS BLOCK FACE
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ONLY AN ON RAMP SHOWN IN BLUE THAT WOULD BE DRAWING IN MOST OF THE HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC BETWEEN BELFORT AND HOLMES AS THE FEEDER TEES INTO HOLMES ROAD.THERE IS NO DIRECT EXTENSION REDUCING TRAFFIC ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE FEEDER.
AS SUCH, STAFF LEAVES A REDUCED BUILDING LINE WOULD BE, COULD BE SUPPORTED.
THE BACK OF THE CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE DISTANCE IS NEARLY 14 FEET AND A 13 FOOT BUILDING LINE WOULD STILL FALL SHORT OF WHAT IS SUFFICIENT.
STAFF HAS TOLD THE APPLICANT WE WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 15 FEET, UH, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE ALLOWANCES OF CHAPTER 42 DASH 1 52, UH, TO WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS TODAY THAT THEY WOULD ACCEPT THIS CHANGE.
THERE ARE, UH, OTHER EXAMPLES OF DRILLING UNITS BUILT WITHIN THE 25
THERE IS, UH, ALSO A REQUIRED NOTE DENYING VEHICULAR ACCESS FROM THE FEEDER TO THE LOTS.
STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS FROM A RESIDENT WHO IS IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE VARIANCE AND APPROVE A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 15 FEET.
UH, AND, UH, UH, SUBJECT TO CC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. ESPINOZA? YES.
THE, UM, OTHER, UH, STRUCTURES THAT, THAT YOU IDENTIFIED THAT ARE WITHIN THAT DISTANCE, WHAT IS THE SETBACK DISTANCE THEY'VE BEEN GRANTED? UH, THEY ARE AT, UH, ONE IS AT FIVE AND, UH, TWO OF 'EM ARE AT 10.
BUT THESE ARE PART OF WHEN, UH, THEIR EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT PREDATED THE ORDINANCE.
THIS WAS THE FREEWAY CAME IN AFTER THE CREATION OF THE SUBDIVISION.
SO AT THAT TIME, THEY WERE WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS.
OF COURSE, THIS HAS KIND OF BEEN IMPOSED, BUT THIS DOES SHOW THAT THEY ARE EXISTING.
THEY HAVE NOT BEEN PROBLEMS OR SHOWN AS PROBLEMS AT THIS POINT ALONG THIS STRETCH OF THE HIGHWAYS.
SO WHY PUSH BACK ON A TWO FOOT REQUEST TO GET A 13? ONE IS WITH THE, UH, CHAPTER 42, 1 52.
THERE IS REFERENCE TO WHERE WE HAVE KIND OF ALLOWANCES THAT WOULD ALLOW A, A NON DWELLING STRUCTURE TO BE WITHIN THAT 15 FEET WITH THE ACCEPTANCE OF THIS IS A FEEDER ROAD.
THERE IS A POTENTIALITY, BUT WE ARE ALLOWING THIS KIND TO FALL IN LINE WITH THAT MENTALITY.
UM, AND THAT CONSIDERATION FOR THOSE KIND OF SAFETY REGULATIONS.
THERE ARE THOSE THAT ARE EXISTING, THEY ARE DWELLING UNITS IN THE BACK.
THERE'S GARAGE APARTMENTS, BUT SHOWING THAT THIS IS NOT COMPLETE OUT OF CHARACTER, BUT IT'S NOT NECESSARILY SOMETHING WE WANT TO CONTINUE WITH THAT KIND OF CLOSE TO A FEEDER ROAD.
I'M JUST SAY IT'S ALL THERE ALREADY.
I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, UM, I'D SUPPORT THE 13 FOOT.
TRAINING SHORT ANSWER IS, THE OTHER STRUCTURES ARE GARAGES NON DWELLING, WITH ONE EXCEPTION OF ONE OF THE GARAGES BUILT THE APARTMENT ABOVE.
AND THIS IS BEFORE THE ORDINANCE.
UH, WE ARE CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS NOT A GARAGE.
IT IS A, UH, A PART OF THE, THE, THE, THE HOME, THE PRIMARY HOME VERSUS, UH, A GARAGE WHERE A CAR IS JUST PARKED.
AND SO, UM, THIS IS SORT OF THE MIDDLE GROUND.
UM, AND SO WE'RE ALSO BEING COGNIZANT OF ABIDING WITH OTHER VARIANCES WHERE WE HAVE ACCEPTED 15 FEET.
AND I UNDERSTAND IT'S A TWO FEET DIFFERENCE, BUT WE'RE JUST, JUST TRYING TO GET SOME CONFORMITY HERE IN OUR APPROVAL OF VARIANCES.
I, IF THE PROPERTY IS WILLING TO DO IT, I, I JUST, UM, SEE IT JUST AS ARBITRARY BOTH WAYS.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO, IS TO MAKE SURE IT'S NOT ARBITRARY AND TRY TO SET A STANDARD PLACE TODAY.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SO WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION GARZA.
THE SUBJECT IS A NEARLY 10 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
UH, NORTH ALONG MOFF ROAD BETWEEN MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS,
THE SITE IS PROPOSED TO BE A STORAGE FACILITY WITH LARGE DETENTION TO THE FRONT, AND THE INTENT IS TO LEAVE A LARGE PORTION OF THE NORTH UNDEVELOPED.
THE UNDEVELOPED AREA, UH, CREATES CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS SINGLE FAMILY.
AS SUCH, STAFF HAS REQUESTED THE PROPOSED LAND USE BE CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL.
SO SHOULD THE LAND USE CHANGE IN THE FUTURE, THE VARIANCE CAN BE REVISITED.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS WITHIN A STRONG RIGHT OF WAY GRID AS FUTURE
THE THOMAS PARK SUBDIVISION TO THE WEST HAS GRANTED, WAS GRANTED A VARIANCE
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TO NOT PROVIDE ANY EAST WEST STREETS THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND WOULD HINDER ANY EAST WEST STREETS TO THE SUBJECT SITE.THE LARGE SURROUNDING TRACKS DO NOT INCUR HEAVY TRAFFIC AND HAVE SUFFICIENT FRONTAGE AND CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING RIGHT OF WAY NETWORK.
UH, STAFF IS MAKING A CHANGE OF RECOMMENDATION, UH, TO, TO FUR FOR TWO WEEKS TO ALLOW FURTHER COORDINATION WITH THE APPLICANT AND THE COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REGARDING THE INTENTION OF COMMERCIAL USE.
UH, PLEASE NOTE AGAIN, THIS IS A CHANGE TO THE INITIAL RECOMMENDATION.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
WAS THE REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL FROM HARRIS COUNTY IN COORDINATION WITH US AND AND THAT CONSIDERATION? YES.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO ALL RIGHT.
AND I'M SEEKING A MOTION FOR A DEFERRAL MOTION.
ITEM 93, MADAM CHAIR, I'M GONNA RECUSE FROM THIS ITEM.
ITEM 93 IS KIRKENDALL VILLAGE, SECTION ONE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE ETJ WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, ALONG KIRKENDALL NORTH OF THE GRAND PARKWAY.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSED A SUBDIVISION OF SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING RECONSIDERATION WITH A SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO CREATE AN OFFSET OF LESS THAN 600 FEET ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WHILE REMOVING A CONDITION LIMITING ACCESS TO DOWDE ARBOR LANE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DEFERRAL PER HARRIS COUNTY'S REQUEST, AND WE'VE RECEIVED NO ADVANCED WRITTEN COMMENT.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR THAT.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, I NEED A MOTION FOR DEFERRAL.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS A NEARLY 2.4 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS SOUTH ALONG DOLLY WRIGHT STREET, EAST OF CARVER ROAD AND NORTH OF LITTLE YORK.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 37 LOTS AND SIX RESERVES AS PART OF A TYPE TWO PAE PRIVATE STREET DEVELOPMENT, AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING, UH, BY NOT EXTENDING OR PROVIDING A CUL-DE-SAC FOR, UH, EMMA LOU STREET.
STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE IS A NARROW TRACK OUTSIDE OF THE HOMES MOBILITY STUDY AND IS THE EASTERN NEIGHBOR TO WINDSOR PARK.
THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SUBJECT SITE OVERLAPS WITH THE POTENTIAL EXTENSION OF MLU STREET.
THIS ALIGNMENT OF MLU STUB STREET IS ONLY 850 FEET FROM CARVER ROAD.
A MAJOR COLLECTOR AND EXTENDING THE RIGHT OF WAY WILL NOT GREATLY IMPROVE OR IMPACT TRAFFIC, UH, CIRCULATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
THE AREA IS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL TRACKS WITH ALL PROPERTIES HAVING SUFFICIENT FRONTAGE AND CONNECTIVITY TO THE ESTABLISHED RIGHT OF WAY NETWORK.
CARVER AND LITTLE YORK ARE BOTH MAJOR COLLECTORS WITH LITTLE YORK HAVING A ANOTHER NORTH SOUTH STREET CONNECTION TO DOLLY WRIGHT THROUGH PHILLIPS STREET TO THE EAST.
SHOULD THE NEED FOR AN ADDITIONAL NORTH SOUTH STREET ARISE AS DENSITY INCREASES, VINCENT TO THE EAST WOULD PROVIDE A SUFFICIENT, UH, CONNECTION.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS.
MAD CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ENNI WARREN.
GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK Y'ALL FOR Y'ALL TIME.
UM, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN OWNING SIX LOTS ON THIS STREET FOR OVER 110 YEARS.
IN 2021, I BELIEVE IT WAS, UH, THREE HOUSES ON THIS STREET.
MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER HOUSE IN THE, UH, TWO OTHER HOUSES CURRENTLY IN 2025 IS SEVEN HOUSES ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW.
AND THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING A APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AND ALSO, UM, I'M ALSO BUILDING A 3,700 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE.
SO I JUST DO NOT WANT THE, UH, CODER STACK EX EXTENDED BECAUSE STUDIES SHOW THAT IT, IT INCREASES CRIME, INCREASES TRAFFIC, AND UM, I JUST DON'T WANT IT.
HOWEVER, I DO RESPECT ANY DECISION Y'ALL MAKE TODAY.
AND, UM, I'M SUPPORTIVE OF NOT EXTENDING THE CUL-DE-SAC.
WHAT, WHAT, WHO, WHO LIKE, UM, LIKE MADE THE IDEA UP TO LIKE, WANT TO EXTEND THE CUL-DE-SAC? WHO, WHO, WHO DID THAT? I JUST WANT TO KNOW YOU WANNA ANSWER THAT? YES.
THE POTENTIAL EXCLUSIVE MLU COMES AS A REQUIREMENT FOR CHAPTER 42.
UH, THERE ARE FIVE, UH, REQUIREMENTS.
SHOULD A SUB STREET NOT BE EXTENDED WITHIN THAT CHAPTER.
THIS DOES NOT MEET ALL FIVE, SO WE WOULD HAVE TO BE EXTENDED.
THIS COULD ALSO BE WITH THE INTERSECTION SPACING, BUT OF COURSE THERE ARE OTHER OPTIONS FOR THIS ONE.
SUCH AS I SAID, THERE'S BEN STREET TO THE EAST, WHICH WE BELIEVE WOULD BE A BETTER CONNECTION IN THE FUTURE.
SO IT IS THE REQUIREMENT OF CHAPTER 42 FOR THE INTERSECTION.
SO IT'S PART OF THE ORDINANCE.
SO, UM, I, WE JUST GOT THE LETTER MAYBE TWO WEEKS
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AGO, SO I HAD TO LIKE CALL AND WORK TO COME, BUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND.AND DIRECTOR TRAN, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING? I WAS JUST GONNA SAY ALSO THE PURPOSE OF CHAPTER 42 MM-HMM
AND ALSO, UH, EXTENDING ROADS AND CUL-DE-SAC AND ALL OF THAT.
THE PURPOSE IS TO MAINTAIN A ROAD NETWORK FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
AND SO CERTAINLY THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS WHERE IT IS NOT NEEDED AND WE GRANT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO EXTEND RIGHT.
BECAUSE OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.
BUT THE OVERALL, YOUR QUESTION IS WHY.
WHICH IS WE ARE ESTABLISHING ROAD NETWORKS FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
SO THEN ALSO I WANNA KNOW, LIKE THIS ROAD IS LIKE STILL A ASPHALT ROAD AND IT'S LIKE SO DAMAGED AND BROKEN UP AND NO ONE COMES TO TRY TO FIX THIS ROAD.
SO LIKE, JUST FOR Y'ALL TO JUST COME, WANT TO EXTEND IT, BUT LIKE, WHY NO ONE WANTS TO COME FIX ALL THE POTHOLES AND THE ASPHALT.
I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T GET INTO THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING LIKE, WHAT MADE Y'ALL WANNA DO ONE THING BUT NOT DO OTHER THINGS? SO IT'S COOL THOUGH, LIKE, I'M NOT UPSET
BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING IN ONE DAY.
YOU UNDERSTAND HOW AS THE AREA BECOMES MORE DENSE, WE NEED MORE ROADS FOR FIREMEN AND POLICE AND OTHER THINGS, BUT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE ALL IN FAVOR OF NOT GRANTING, YOU KNOW, I, I GET IT IN THIS INSTANCE, BUT WE DO NEED TO CONNECT THE STREETS SO THAT I GET IT.
POLICEMEN DEPARTMENT CAN GET THERE.
BUT THE OTHER ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS, WE'RE BROKE TO BUILD THE ROADS.
WE DON'T EVER BUILD THEM 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY.
AND, UM, LIKE I, I RESPECT LIKE THE DEVELOPERS AND EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY COMING IN TO BUILD, BUILD A COMMUNITY.
I JUST DON'T WANT THE CODER SAC EXTENDED.
SO I MEAN, THAT'S THEIR CHOICE.
COMMISSIONER GARZA, UH, MR. SADO, UM, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, UH, THAT DRIVE, THAT TURNAROUND AT, UH, RESERVE E ABOUT IT BEING MOVED.
SO, UH, AT THE SOUTHERN SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
SO BASICALLY WITH THE EXTENSION OF MLU, IT, IT WOULD, THE FLUSH ALIGNMENT WITH IT CURRENTLY HAS A 40 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY IS AT THE WESTERN BOUNDARY OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
SO THEY WOULD ACTUALLY BE REQUIRED TO DEDICATE FIVE FEET OF WIDENING TO THEIR WESTERN BOUNDARY AND THEN HAVE THAT REQUIRED, UH, BUILDING LINE ALONGSIDE AS THE RIGHT OF WAY WOULDN'T ACTUALLY DIRECTLY CONNECT TO THEIR PROPERTY.
THERE WOULDN'T REALLY BE MUCH OF A CONNECTION TO BE HAD WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY.
UH, ALSO THE PARK IS TO THE WEST, WHICH IS UNDEVELOPED IN THAT LITTLE SMALL CORNER.
SO THERE'S POTENTIALITY WHERE THEY COULD DO A P TURNAROUND IF NECESSARY, IF THEY WANT TO PLAT, IF THEY WANT TO USE IT AS A SECONDARY ACCESS.
BUT AS FAR AS EXTENDING IT FOR THIS PROPERTY, DOES IT, IT, IT DIDN'T SEEM AS A, A, A PRACTICAL DEVICE? NO, DON'T, DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME.
I I'M JUST TALKING ABOUT TURNING AROUND LET, LIKE LOTS 19 AND 18, IT LOOKS LIKE THOUGH IT'S 28 FEET WIDE, THE PA PAE SO THERE'S, THERE'S ROOM FOR SOMEONE TO BACK OUT AND HEADS HEAD FIRST OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
OH, YOU TALKING WITHIN THE, THE PRIVATE STREET, THE, THE PROPERTY, THE MA WITHIN WHERE IT SAYS RESERVE E.
SO I WAS LIKE, IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ENOUGH ROOM, IT'S WIDE ENOUGH THE PA FOR YOU TO TURN AROUND IN THERE AND DRIVE HEADFIRST OUT AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO BACK OUT HOWEVER MANY FEET THIS IS.
I MEAN, WITH THE STREET BEING AS LONG AS IT IS, IT'S A REQUIREMENT THAT IT DOES AT LEAST PROVIDE THAT, THAT STUB AND TURNAROUND SO THAT THEY CAN REVERSE AND GO BACK DOWN THE STREET.
AND SO IT WAS DECIDED THAT THAT WAS THE BEST LOCATION FOR IT.
CORRECT? UH, IT BASICALLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS WITH FIRE, WE ASKED THAT THE STU BE NEAR WITHIN THE LAST ONE OR THE REAR 150 FEET OF THE SUB STREET.
SO THAT SHOULD THE FIRE ENGINE HAVE TO COME DOWN THE ROAD, THEY WOULD HAVE THE, THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DISTANCE TO HAVE TO BACK OUT.
OR THEY CAN JUST BACK INTO THE STU AND THEN FACE OUT, HEAD FIRST.
YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTION, SIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, OUR LAST SPEAKER IS JOSE MEN MENDOZA.
I'M JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS, JOSE, APPLICANT.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT.
DO IZA, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION? THANK YOU.
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ON TO ITEM G, EXTENSION OF APPROVAL.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS G, HI AND J AS ONE GROUP? YES.
EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 95 TO 103 SECTION H NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. SECTION I CERTIFICATIONS OF COMPLIANCE CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. SECTION J ADMINISTRATIVE CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SECTIONS G, H, I AND J.
COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU DO I HAVE A MOTION? UH, MADAM CHAIR, CAN I PLEASE JUST NOTE I'M GONNA ABSTAIN FROM 98? ABSOLUTELY.
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MOTION COLLE SECOND.SO WE'LL MOVE TO K DEVELOPMENT
[k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Ed Buckley and Ramon Jaime-Leon)]
PLOTS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS.GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAME CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
ITEM 1 0 4 8 0 3 CHESTER DRIVE.
THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AND EAST OF NORTH KIRKWOOD DRIVE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF KIMBERLY LANE AND PAT DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A 10 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE ALONG KIMBERLY LANE IN LIEU OF THE OR S REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE SETBACK ALONG THE LOCAL STREETS FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE STAFF.
IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST, THE PROPERTY WAS PLOTTED WITH THE WILL CHESTER WEST SUBDIVISION IN 1965 WITH 10 FOOT BUILDING LINES ALONG KIMBERLY LANE.
WINCHESTER WEST IS AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CORNER LOTS THAT MAINTAIN A 10 FOOT SETBACK ON THE SIDE.
THE PROPOSED VARIANCE IS IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THERE ARE MANY STRUCTURES LOCATED WITH 10 FOOT BUILDING LANE.
IN ADDITION, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE BACK OF CURVE TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS ROUGHLY 16 FEET.
WILL, UH, WHICH WILL PLACE THE GARAGE DOOR AT 26 FROM THE EDGE OF THE PAVED STREET.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG KIMBERLY LANE.
UM, IN LIEU OF THIS, UH, ORDINANCE REQUIRED 20 FOOT GARAGE BUILDING LINE.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM.
COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTH, SORRY, THE SOUTH.
THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF SOUTH BRIARWOOD BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF WEST BEFOR AVENUE AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD AND QUEENS LOCK DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 2121 FOOT BUILDING LINE INSTEAD OF THE REQUIRED 25 BUILDING LINE ALONG CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE FOR A RESIDENTIAL ADDITION.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST.
THE CORNER LOT WAS PLATTED WITH A REPL F MARYLAND SECTION EIGHT WITH A 20 FOOT BUILDING, BUILDING LINES ON THE PLAT.
THE PROPOSED SITE HAS A 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG QUEENS LAW, UH, DRIVE, AND A FIVE FOR UTILITY EASEMENT ON THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
THE PREVIOUS CONDITIONS, UM, UH, SORRY.
THE PREVIOUS CON, UH, CONDITIONS IN THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION FOLLOWED THE REQUIRED 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG SHEY ROCK ROAD.
THE REDUCED BUILDING LINE ON CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD WILL SUIT THE CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING, UH, DEVELOPMENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED SITE WILL MAINTAIN VEHICULAR ACCESS THROUGH THE LOCAL STREET QUEENS LOT DRIVE ADDITIONALLY.
ADDITIONALLY, MNY ROCK ROAD IS SUFFICIENT WIDTH OF 60 FEET, AND THE DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS 12 FEET.
THEREFORE, THE STAFF RECOMMENDS PLANNING COMMISSION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE TO ALLOW A 21 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A NEW TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL EDITION.
THANK YOU, UH, THE OWNER AND THE ARCHITECTURE HERE FOR QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS.
OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION? MOTION JONES SECOND GARZA.
ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ITEM 1 0 6 1 0 6.
THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO BAYOU AND NORTH OF HARRISBURG BOULEVARD ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF 75TH STREET AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE H AND 75TH STREET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TWO VARIANCES.
ONE, UH, TO ALLOW A 16 FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 AND TWO, UH, TO NOT DEDICATE PROPERTY, UH, TO DO NOT DEDICATE PROPERTY TO THE RIGHT OF WAY, UH, PURPOSES ALONG 75TH STREET FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY CONSTRUCTION STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE, UM, APPLICANT'S, UH, INITIAL REQUEST, BUT WILL SUPPORT A FIVE FOOT SETBACK AND THAT THE PROPERTY DEDICATE THE 10 FOOT THAT IS, UH, REQUIRED.
THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO THE PLAN DEPARTMENT'S RECOMMENDATION.
THE LOT WAS PLOTTED WITHIN MAGNOLIA PARK,
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UH, WITH NO PLATTED BUILDING LINES ALONG 75TH STREET.75TH STREET IS A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, UH, MAJOR FER THAT IS PLANNED TO BE WIDENED INTO 80 FEET.
AND IT'S ALSO IN LINE WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS ON THE EASTERN BOUNDARY AND WESTERN BOUNDARY OF 75TH STREET.
THE DISTANCE FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE PROPERTY LINE IS ROUGHLY AROUND 10 FEET ALONG 75TH STREET.
THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE IS IN KEEPING WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS MOST OF THE STRUCTURES ARE WITHIN 10, UH, 10 FOOT SETBACK.
ADDITIONALLY, TWO RECENT SUBDIVISIONS HAVE BEEN APPROVED WITH REDUCED SETBACKS IN THE SAME STREET.
LASTLY, THE VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE LOT WILL BE, UH, TO AVENUE HA LOCAL STREET STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE REQUEST TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
IT'S A 10 FOOT DEDICATION AND A FIVE FOOT SETBACK.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL? MOTION BALDWIN SECOND TO HEAR.
[II. Establish a public hearing date of October 2, 2025]
WE'LL MOVE TO RU ROMAN NUMERAL TWO.ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF OCTOBER 2ND, 2025 FOR COASTAL ENCLAVE.
REPL NUMBER ONE, FERNDALE LANDING HOLD STREET VILLAS, LUCA RESIDENCE, NEW FLORES ESTATE PLAZA ESTATES AT SOLO RESERVE AT RUTH STREET, TALTON, TWINS AND WEST HAVEN ESTATE.
[III. Public Hearing and Consideration of an Express Inn and Suites at 6200 Hillcroft Avenue (Devin Crittle)]
TO, UH, ROMAN NUERAL THREE PUBLIC HEARING IN CONSIDERATION OF AN EXPRESS INN AND SUITES AT 6,200 HILLCROFT AVENUE.UH, ROMAN NUER THREE HOTEL EXPRESS AND IN SUITES.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED IN, UH, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON SOUTH ALONG HILLCROFT DRIVE JUST EAST OF US 59.
THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A VARIANCE REQUEST TO OUR ALLOW 40 ROOM HOTEL MOTEL TO BE LOCATED WITHIN 750 FEET OF A HEALTH FACILITY.
AND SCHOOL STAFF IS NOT IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST.
THE SITE CONTAINS A VACANT COMMERCIAL OFFICE INTENDED TO BE DEMOLISHED TO CONSTRUCT A 40 ROOM HOTEL MOTEL.
STRICT APPLICATION OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES ANY HOTEL WITH LESS THAN 120 ROOMS THAT TAKES ACCESS FROM THE SAME STREET AS ANY OTHER.
PROTECTED USE MUST BE LOCATED MORE THAN 750 FEET AWAY.
THIS PROPOSAL IS REQUESTING THE HOTEL TO BE LOCATED NEXT DOOR TO THE XAVIER ACADEMY SCHOOL.
REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE XAVIER ACADEMY EXPRESSED OPPOSITION DURING THE PREVIOUS HOTEL APPLICATION PRESENTED TO THIS COMMISSION IN EARLY JANUARY OF THIS YEAR.
SINCE THEN, THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE COUNCIL'S OFFICE DETER AND THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS, WHICH ARE ALL LOCATED IN YOUR PACKETS.
THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO MET WITH THE SCHOOL XAVIER ACADEMY, BUT THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO PROVIDE ANY SUPPORT FOR THIS PROPOSED REVISED APPLICATION.
IT STAFFS BELIEFS THAT THIS APP, THE APPLICANT, HAS NOT PROVIDED SUFFICIENT HARDSHIP TO ALLOW THE HOTEL TO BE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF THE SCHOOL SITE.
MADAM CHAIR, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND THE APPLICANT HAS MADE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
I HAVE CHRIS BROWN, THE APPLICANT.
I'M CHRIS BROWN WITH THE HRA ENGINEERING.
UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE A HEALTHY DISCUSSION ABOUT THIS.
UM, MY MISSION TODAY IS TO GIVE SOME FACTS.
UM, WE HAVE, UH, AS YOU HEARD, THIS APPLICATION WAS BEFORE YOU IN JANUARY, UH, BUT THERE WAS NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK FOR IT.
UM, THE IMPORTANT THING TO, TO NOTE ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THAT THIS IS, THE HOTEL IS PART OF A FOUR AND A HALF ACRE MIXED USE COMMERCIAL PROJECT.
THE THE HOTEL SITE'S ABOUT AN ACRE OF THAT FOUR AND A HALF ACRES.
UM, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TELL YOU THAT THESE APPLICANTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED A HISTORY IN HOUSTON OF DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THEY HAVE ANOTHER HOTEL SITE THAT IS JUST A MILE AWAY ON FOUNTAIN VIEW AT US 59, UH, WHICH IS A MODEL FOR WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO HERE.
NOW, THEIR ORIGINAL EXPERIENCE IS ACTUALLY IN LARGE, UH, BRANDED HOTEL SITES LIKE HILTON'S, AND THEY WANNA BRING THAT, THAT MODEL TO THE MUCH SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE HOTEL SITE.
SO, LIKE I SAID, I, I'M NOT SURE THAT IN THE FIRST ITERATION OF THIS BACK IN JANUARY THAT YOU UNDERSTOOD THAT THIS IS A COMMERCIAL SITE THAT HAS NOT ONLY, UH, THE HOTEL, BUT IT'S A FUEL STATION, UH, WITH EV CHARGING A CONVENIENCE STORE, WASHATERIA CAR WASH, UH, THE MULTI-STORY COMMERCIAL BUILDING, AND THEN THE
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HOTEL.UM, THESE, UH, THE SITE AS HE MENTIONED, IS IN A CURRENTLY A COUPLE OF 1970S ERA OFFICE BUILDINGS, WHICH ARE IN ESSENCE DERELICT.
THERE IS ONE TENANT I BELIEVE IN, IN THE SOUTHERN BUILDING RIGHT NOW, BUT THE NORTHERN BUILDING IS, HAS BEEN COMPLETELY VACANT.
THEY'RE THE KIND OF SITE, AND THIS IS MY COMMENT, THEY'RE THE KIND OF SITE THAT YOU SEE PAINTED ORANGE AND TURNED INTO STORAGE UNITS THESE DAYS.
SO IT, THEY'RE NOT VIABLE AS A, AS A REUSED COMMERCIAL, UH, SITE.
UM, THIS PLAID HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
THE SITE DESIGN OBVIOUSLY HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, AND, UH, THE VARIANCE OBVIOUSLY IS FOR THE ONLY THE HOTEL SITE.
UM, WE ARE NEXT TO AN OFFICE BUILDING, UH, WHICH HOUSES THE XAVIER ACADEMY.
THEY'RE A TENANT IN, IN THAT BUILDING.
UM, AND I DID MEET WITH THEIR DIRECTOR DAVID GARNER, AS WELL AS THE, UH, BUILDING MANAGER RECENTLY.
UM, AND, UH, THEY SPOKE TO YOU IN, IN JANUARY, AND WE WANTED TO PRESENT THEM WITH THE REAL INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT THE PROJECT IS ACTUALLY ABOUT SO THAT THEY, THEY CAN MAKE A, A DECISION ON, ON THEIR OWN, BUT WITH GOOD INFORMATION THIS TIME.
UM, THE FEARS ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CLIENTELE THESE SMALL HOTELS REALLY TRACKED IS EXACTLY WHY THESE CLIENTS, UH, THAT I REPRESENT, HAVE, HAVE SPENT SO MUCH EFFORT AT THEIR FOUNTAIN VIEW LOCATION.
UM, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO TAKE THEIR BRANDED EXPERIENCE, UH, BRING THAT CLASS OF GUEST EXPERIENCE TO A SMALLER NEIGHBORHOOD STYLE HOTEL.
UH, THEIR FIRST, UH, LOCATION, UH, IS CALLED THE EXPRESS AND EN SUITES.
IT'S AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FOUNTAIN VIEW IN 59.
UM, IT HAS THE SAME FUEL STATION, CONVENIENCE STORE, CAR WASH LAYOUT, UH, BUT THIS NEW HILLCROFT LOCATION IS, IS OVER TWICE THE SIZE INCLUDED THOSE OTHER USES.
UH, WE STARTED TO, UM, TO COME BACK TO THIS COMMISSION WITH SOME, WE NEED, OBVIOUSLY SOME SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE NEED THEM TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
UH, WE STARTED BY MEETING WITH, UH, AND I'LL BE AS QUICK AS I CAN BE HERE.
UH, WE STARTED MEETING WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, DISTRICT J.
UM, HE COMMENTED, UH, ABOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE OF THAT FOUNTAIN VIEW PROJECT, REMARKING THAT THE SITE WAS CLEANED UP, IT WAS BRIGHT MODERN, THAT HE REALLY LIKED IT.
UM, RECOMMENDED THAT WE START MEETING WITH THE SOUTHWEST MANAGEMENT DISTRICT.
WE DID THAT, UH, TALKED WITH THEIR URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE AT THE BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION, THEN WENT BACK TO THE BOARD.
UM, WE ALSO MET WITH THE GULFTON MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET ON HILLCROFT.
UH, AND THEN MET WITH TS 20 AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THAT BOARD AS WELL.
UH, AFTER OUR PRESENTATIONS TO THOSE THREE ENTITIES, UH, THEY ALL SIGNED LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
WE WENT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBER POLLARD, WHO THEN OFFERED HIS SUPPORT AS WELL.
UH, AND THEN THIS MORNING WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE CONNECT COMMUNITY, WHICH OPERATES, UH, WHAT'S CALLED THE CONNECT HIGHSTAR LOCATION, WHICH IS ABOUT A BLOCK SOUTH OF US.
UM, THEY ARE KIND OF A, UH, HOUSING JOB TRAINING AND WORK PROGRAM.
UH, AND WE ANSWERED THEIR QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY STAFFING AT THE HOTEL.
I'M GONNA LET THE, UH, OWNER APPLICANT, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT THEY DO, HOW THEY SCREEN THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THEIR FACILITIES.
UH, AND SPECIFICALLY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMUNITY, UH, HIGHSTAR OR THE, UH, CONNECT HIGHSTAR FOLKS TALKED ABOUT, UH, WAS THE CONCERN ABOUT POTENTIAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING, WHICH EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF AT SMALL HOTELS.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE VETTED, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE ABOUT.
BECAUSE AGAIN, THESE APPLICANTS HAVE AN EXAMPLE OF A HOTEL THAT HAS ADDRESSED THESE ISSUES ALREADY.
AND IF YOU LOOK, HPD HAS NO MENTION OF ISSUES AT THIS OTHER SITE THAT THEY ARE, ARE USING AS A MODEL FOR THE 6,200 HILLCROFT SITE.
SO LEMME FINISH BY SAYING THAT, UM, THESE, THESE APPLICANTS HAVE DONE THEIR RESEARCH.
THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE BRINGING SIGNIFICANT VALUE TO THIS AREA, MAY SPUR ADDITIONAL REDEVELOPMENT ON, ON THIS PART OF HILLCROFT.
THEY'RE ALSO LOCATING THEIR OWN CORPORATE OFFICES IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR TO THE HOTEL IN THE TWO STORY BUILDING THAT THEY PLAN TO BUILD.
UH, THIS IS INDICATIVE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO BE PART OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, SO THEIR CLIENTS ARE HERE TODAY.
THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, SPEAKERS FOR YOU.
UM, AGAIN, THE, THE RULE ABOUT THE SEVEN 50 FOOT WHERE YOU PUT A MOTEL IN, IN DISTANCE FROM A SCHOOL IS, IS REALLY ABOUT ADDRESSING, UM, THE, THE FOOT TRAFFIC THAT HAPPENS IN A LOCATION THAT MAY HAVE THINGS THAT YOU DON'T WANT GOING ON.
SO WHAT I REALLY WANT Y'ALL TO HEAR, AND WHAT I WANNA HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT IS DO WE HAVE AN APPLICANT THAT HAS PROVEN THAT THEY CAN KEEP THAT KIND OF ACTIVITY FROM HAPPENING AT THEIR SITE? UM, AND SO I RESPECTFULLY, UH, ASK THE YOU THAT, UH, WE USE THIS FORM TODAY TO FULLY DISCUSS THESE ADVANTAGES AND CONCERNS AND, UH, SEE IF WE CAN, UH, AGREE THAT WE CAN GRANT THIS VARIANCE TO ALLOW A VIABLE NEIGHBORHOOD REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, ROSENBERG, UM, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY WITH THE SIZE OF THE SITE, UM, WHAT'S THE DISTANCE IF THEY MOVE THE HOTEL TO THE SOUTHERN END? UH, THE DISTANCE THERE ACROSS THE ENTIRE SITE IS, UH, ROUGHLY, UH, IF I RECALL MY MEMORY, RUN 900 FEET OR SO, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
TECHNICALLY THE SITE'S BIG ENOUGH TO, IF THEY WANTED TO, TO GAIN THE SEVEN 50, IT WOULD STILL BE
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WITHIN THE RADIUS OF THE, UM, THE, UH, OTHER SITE, WHICH IS THE, THE, UH, MEDICAL.SO IT'D BE HERE TALKING THE SAME THING, BUT INSTEAD OF OH, THE MEDICALIZED ONE TOO.
FOR, FOR THE SCHOOL WE'D BE TALKING ABOUT THE, THE PROXIMITY TO, TO THE MEDICAL CLINIC.
SO, SO MR. BROWN, UM, SAYING THIS DOESN'T GET APPROVED TODAY.
WHAT IS YOUR CLIENT'S ALTERNATIVE? WHAT ARE THEY GONNA PUT THERE INSTEAD? I MEAN, IT'S A GREAT PROJECT.
IT'S THE HOTEL THAT, THAT I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE ISSUES WITH.
AND I THINK THIS WOULD BE A BOON ECONOMICALLY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S NO QUESTION ABOUT THAT.
AS YOU SAID, THIS IS A GREAT CLIENT THAT DOES GOOD WORK, BUT, UM, IF WE DON'T APPROVE THIS TODAY, WHAT ARE THEY GONNA DO INSTEAD OF THAT HOTEL? SURE.
UH, I HONESTLY, I'D LET THE, UH, OWNERS, UH, APPLICANT TALK GREAT ABOUT THAT.
COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, MAY I ASK MR. CRIT ON SOMETHING? DID THE, THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD, I GOT A LETTER FROM THE SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD AT, AT ABOUT TWO O'CLOCK TODAY.
DID IT MAKE IT TO EVERY COUNCIL, EVERY COMMISSIONER, OR JUST ME, OR DID IT MAKE IT TO YOU? UH, I HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT MYSELF, SO PROBABLY YOU YOU DIDN'T RECEIVE IT? Y'ALL DIDN'T RECEIVE IT? NO, BUT I DID GET A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE GULFTON SUPER NEIGHBORHOOD COUNSELOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU MR. BROWN.
AND IF I'M GOING TO BUTCHER YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY.
UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD DELLA QUADRA.
I AM THE FOUNDING, UH, PRINCIPAL OF XAVIER ACADEMY.
I AM HERE TO SHARE MY OBJECTION TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, LOOK, I'VE BEEN IN HOUSTON 30 YEARS.
UM, MY FATHER-IN-LAW HAD A BUSINESS, UM, NEAR HILLCROFT.
I KNOW WHAT THIS AREA HAS BEEN LIKE.
WE WANT TO SEE IT GROW AND DEVELOP.
I JUST DON'T THINK A MOTEL NEXT TO SCHOOL IS, IS A GOOD CHOICE.
I'VE SEEN, UM, HOW IN, IN THE PROPOSAL THERE'S SOME SAFETY MEASURES THAT, UM, THEY TO TAKE.
IT IS NO DIFFERENT THAN ANY OTHER HOTEL MOTEL.
THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN OR NOT HAPPEN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
YOU ARE THE ONLY PROTECTION THAT I HAVE HERE TODAY.
AND I'M ASKING YOU TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION AS TO WHY THIS RULE ABOUT BEING SO CLOSE TO A SCHOOL IS THERE, IT WOULDN'T BE THERE IF IT DIDN'T MATTER.
UM, I MOVED TO 6,100 HILLCROFT, UM, ON THE FIRST, SECOND AND SEVENTH FLOORS.
IT IS A BUILDING WHERE ALL OF US WHO ARE THERE ARE CHILD ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
THERE IS ANOTHER SCHOOL IN THE BUILDING.
THE HARRIS SCHOOL IS RIGHT BEHIND US, A BLOCK AWAY.
OKAY? UM, THERE ARE THERAPISTS IN THAT OFFICE WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN.
ALL OF US WOULD BE IMPACTED BY HOTEL NEXT TO US.
OUR CLIENTS ARE NOT GONNA WANT TO COME THERE.
NO ONE WANTS TO BE NEXT TO, UH, NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE INTENTION, NO MATTER HOW GOOD THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA COULD, COULD BE, OKAY.
IT, IT'S NOT WORTH THE RISK OF WHAT COULD HAPPEN.
WHAT MY KIDS MIGHT SEE FROM, FROM, UM, ALL OF OUR CLASSROOMS HAVE NATURAL LIGHT.
WE GET TO SEE THE HOTEL, THE PARKING LOT, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT MIGHT HAPPEN THERE.
PLEASE TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NABEEL ALI.
I AM A CO-OWNER OF SANDS POINT REAL ESTATE, ALONG WITH MY UNCLE SHAKA LEE MOMEN.
UM, I BELIEVE CHRIS HAS ALREADY GIVEN YOU ALL A GOOD OVERVIEW OF OUR PLAN FOR SIXTY TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY THREE HUNDRED HILLCROFT.
SO I'D LIKE TO FOCUS ON WHAT THIS REDEVELOPMENT MEANS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND WHY IT DESERVES YOUR SUPPORT FOR YEARS.
THE TWO FIVE STORY BUILDINGS ON THESE LOTS HAVE SET GUTTED AND VACANT ATTRACTING CRIME AND HOMELESSNESS.
OUR PLAN REPLACES, REPLACES THEM WITH A 200 SQUARE FOOT MULTI-USE REDEVELOPMENT THAT CREATES JOBS, RAISES, PROPERTY VALUES, IMPROVES SAFETY, AND DELIVERS SERVICES HILLCROFT RESIDENTS NEED AND DESERVE.
THIS INCLUDES A MODERN GAS STATION WITH EV CHARGING AN E 15 FUEL, A NATIONAL FAST FOOD
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RESTAURANT, A STATE-OF-THE-ART CAR WASH IN WASHATERIA, A HIGH QUALITY STRIP CENTER FOR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND A PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED MOTEL.TOGETHER THESE BUSINESSES WILL CREATE OVER A HUNDRED LOCAL JOBS, GENERATE NEARLY 50 MILLION IN ANNUAL REVENUE, AND CONTRIBUTE ABOUT $4 MILLION IN SALES TAX TO THE CITY OF HOUSTON.
THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A $15 MILLION INVESTMENT FROM OUR COMPANY, AND THEREFORE, FOR THAT LEVEL OF COMMITMENT TO SUCCEED AND BE VIABLE, EVERY COMPONENT, INCLUDING THE MOTEL MUST MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER.
IN TWO GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESSES OPERATED MORE THAN 15 HOTELS AND MOTELS ACROSS TEXAS, INCLUDING CROWN PLAZAS, DOUBLE TREES, AND HOLIDAY INNS AT EVERY PROPERTY WE MAINTAIN 24 7 SECURITY PATROL, HIGH RESOLUTION CAMERAS, STRICT HIRING WITH BACKGROUND CHECKS, TWO ONSITE MANAGERS.
ID ONLY CHECK-INS, WELL LIT EXTERIORS, AND STRICT DAILY RENTAL ONLY POLICIES.
WE ALSO MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS WITH DAILY CLEANINGS, REGULAR INSPECTIONS, AND A FULL-TIME MAINTENANCE STAFF.
LASTLY, I WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS PROPOSED MULTI-USER DEVELOPMENT IS NOT A VISION.
WE'VE SUCCESSFULLY DELIVERED BEFORE.
IN 2018, WE DEVELOPED A LONG DORMANT PROPERTY AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE IN US 59 WITH A CHEVRON, WITH A SUBWAY INSIDE A CAR WASH AND A MOTEL NEARLY IDENTICAL TO THE ONE WE PROPOSE HERE.
ACCORDING TO THE HARRIS CENTRAL APPRAISAL DISTRICT, THE PROPERTY WITH THE GAS STATION AND CAR WASH IN VALUE FROM 4.68 MILLION IN 2021 TO 5.78 MILLION IN 2025, THAT'S A 24% INCREASE.
THE PROPERTY WITH THE EXPRESS INN AND SUITES MOTEL ROSE, 175% FROM 1.3 MILLION TO 3.58 MILLION.
AND SINCE OPENING HP D'S LEXUS NEXUS DATABASE CONFIRMS THAT WE'VE HAD ZERO POLICE RELATED INCIDENTS ON OUR PROPERTY COMMISSION COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS MORE THAN A VARIANCE REQUEST.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO REPLACE DECLINE WITH THE VITALITY, CREATE JOBS AND REVENUE, AND GIVE HILLCROFT THE SAME SUCCESSFUL TRANSFORMATION WE'VE DEVELOPED, DEVELOPED ELSEWHERE IN HOUSTON.
ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY AND OUR TEAM, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU TO SUPPORT IN APPROVING THIS VARIANCE.
UM, I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT YOUR QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE WOULD DO IF THE MOTEL WAS NOT GRANTED BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT THAT THIS REQUIRES, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO PASS ON THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE.
WE, I I APPLAUD YOUR PASSION AND, AND THE REDEVELOPMENT THAT SECTION OF HILLCROFT IS, IS NOT THAT GREAT.
RIGHT? AND THE, THE RISK FOR THE COMMISSION IS THAT IF YOU'RE WRONG, YOU'LL SELL THAT HOTEL TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE THAT NEXT YEAR OR 2028, IT'S NOT THE BLUE DOT INN AND WE'RE STUCK WITH IT.
AND SO WE TRY AND DO OUR BEST TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM WHAT CAN GO SOUTH.
AND SO IT, IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH LOCATION TO CONVINCE US THAT A HOTEL'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THOSE NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING THE HEALTHCARE FACILITY AND THE SCHOOL.
UM, BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE WRONG IN THAT LOCATION OF HOW WELL A HOTEL PERFORMS. JUST THROWING IT OUT THERE.
COMMISSIONER ROSENBERG, UH, I'M GONNA SPEAK FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND LOOK AT WHAT, WHAT'S GOOD HERE.
UM, THE REST OF THE SITE, I WOULD AGREE THOSE USES ARE BENEFICIAL.
THE MAJORITY OF THAT SITE, UM, YOU'RE ONLY COMING ASKING FOR THE HOTEL VARIANCE.
WE HAVE NO GUARANTEE THE REST OF IT'LL EVEN BE BUILT.
UM, I THINK IF YOU MODIFIED YOUR STRATEGY AND THE REST OF THE DEVELOPMENT IS BENEFICIAL AND YOU CAME BACK WITH AN ALTERNATE USE AND THE VARIANCE WAS NEEDED FOR THAT.
BUT, UM, I THINK SPEAKING PERSONALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL'S A DEAL KILLER.
I MEAN, NOT THE SCHOOL
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MY PERSONAL OPINION.
I, BUT I THINK YOU WOULD GET SUPPORT FROM US IF THERE WAS OTHER VARIANCES YOU NEEDED OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT TO GET THE REST OF THIS MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT MOVING FORWARD.
UM, SO THAT MIGHT BE SOMETHING YOU GUYS THINK ABOUT BECAUSE, UM, PERSONALLY, UM, I'VE LIVED NOT FAR FROM HERE AND HAVE WORKED ON PROJECTS HERE THAT SITE'S BEEN LIKE THAT AND, AND NO BENEFIT TO ANYBODY.
UM, SO, UM, RATHER THAN FOLDING UP SHOP, 'CAUSE YOU CAN GET A HOTEL, I WOULD LOOK AT THE BENEFITS OF THE SITE, LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING FOR YOU, LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE SITE, LOOK AT YOUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, UM, AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT VARIANCES YOU MAY NEED, AND THEN KIND OF COME BACK AND TALK TO US.
I THINK YOU'D SEE SOME SUPPORT FOR ME AT LEAST, UM, FOCUSING ON THAT.
COMMISSIONER TEHIR, TO BE FAIR, UH, THAT PART OF HILLCROFT I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
UH, IT'S, UH, A LOT OF IMMIGRANT BASED COMMUNITIES, A LOT OF IMMIGRANT BASED BUSINESSES.
AND WE DO NEED MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT.
WE DO NEED TO HAVE OUR INVESTORS
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INVEST IN MULTI-USE SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE IT PROFITABLE.UH, HOTELS CAN ALSO PROVIDE 24 HOUR SECURITY CAN ALSO PROVIDE AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS WELL-LIGHTED.
I ACTUALLY WENT TO THEIR OTHER LOCATION TO CHECK IT OUT.
UH, I THINK IF WE ARE GOING TO REVITALIZE AND REDEVELOP AREAS SUCH AS THIS BLOCK OF HILLCROFT THAT I'VE BEEN SEEING GO DOWN AND DOWN AND DOWN FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, UH, WE GONNA HAVE TO SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THESE VARIANCES BECAUSE THESE INVESTORS WHO ARE COMING IN AND PUTTING IN 15, $16 MILLION, UH, THEY'RE ALSO PROVIDING A HOTEL MOTEL WITH NEWER FACILITIES THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE ALWAYS THINK OF THESE PROJECTS AS MAYBE GOING ON HOURLY RATE OR, YOU KNOW, UH, BRINGING IN NEGATIVE KIND OF ACTIVITY.
BUT WHAT ABOUT PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA, WHO NEED HOTEL ROOMS, WHO NEED HOTELS THAT ARE WITHIN THEIR BUDGET? SO THESE DAYS, I THINK HOTEL FACILITIES ARE PART AND PARCEL OF ANY MULTI-USE DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, BUT THANK YOU FOR COMING.
I DON'T KNOW IF MANY OF YOU RECALL, BUT EIGHT YEARS AGO, NABIL WAS HERE AS A STUDENT, UH, AND WROTE A PAPER FOR PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN HE WENT TO UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA.
UH, MR. CHARLIE, I JUST WANNA CONGRATULATE YOU ON THE PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL PROJECT.
I'M SO GLAD THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT INVESTING IN THIS PART OF HILLCROFT.
I THINK THAT YOU COULD, WITH OR WITHOUT THAT HOTEL, MAKE AN INVESTMENT THERE AND WATCH YOUR INVESTMENT GROW IN EQUITY OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
'CAUSE THIS PROJECT ALONE COULD TURN THE FIRST 4, 5, 6, 8 BLOCKS OF HILLCROFT FROM THE FREEWAY.
SO WHETHER THIS PASSES OR NOT, I HOPE YOU WILL REALLY TAKE TIME TO, TO TAKE A SECOND LOOK AND, AND KEEP YOUR INVESTMENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK IT'S WELL, WELL THOUGHT OUT AND UH, AGAIN, FOR ME, SHORT OF THE HOTEL, I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? OKAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS, I'M GONNA MESS THIS UP.
AISHA NAIMI, PLEASE CORRECT ME WHEN YOU COME UP.
MY APARTMENT BUILDING SHARED THE SAME PARKING LOT AS THE PURPOSE BUDGET MODEL.
I'M AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR SOME REASONS.
FIRST, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON NEEDS MORE HOUSING AND HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT I THINK A TWO STORE MODEL, UH, SEND THE WRONG KIND OF THE MESSAGE THAT WE ARE NOT, UH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DESERVE A REAL INVESTMENT.
SECOND, WE DESERVE PROJECT THAT BUILT, UM, BUILD UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE GROCERY STORES, BUSINESS AND HIGH QUALITY HOTELS THAT FAMILIES AND PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO STAY IN.
AND THIRD, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RULE IS TO PROTECT OUR WELFARE THROUGH LAND USE.
A BUDGET MODEL WILL NOT SERVE THOSE GOALS, I THINK.
AND PLEASE LISTEN TO THE VOICE OF THE RESIDENT AND DO NOT APPROVE THE LAND FOR THIS USE.
AND I HAVE, UH, THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THE RESIDENTS WITH MYSELF AND I, WE COLLECTED THEM.
UH, ONE DAY I BRING IT FOR, FOR YOU.
HAND IT TO STAFF SO THEY CAN MAKE IT PART OF THE RECORD.
THANKS FOR GOING TO ALL THAT WORK.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARVIN PIERRE.
UM, AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF 8 MILLION STORIES, I WORK EVERY DAY WITH YOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING HARD TO TURN THEIR LIVES AROUND.
THEY COME TO US LOOKING FOR STABILITY, SAFETY, AND FUTURE FILLED WITH POSSIBILITY.
PLACING A BUDGET MOTEL WITHIN 7, 750 FEET OF OUR SCHOOL UNDERMINES THAT OUR STUDENTS SHOULDN'T WALK PAST LOITERING, CRIME OR UNSAFE ENVIRONMENTS ON THEIR WAY TO CLASS.
THEY DESERVE A COMMUNITY THAT BELIEVES IN THEM, NOT ONE THAT EXPOSES THEM TO THE VERY RISK THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO ESCAPE.
WE WELCOME RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS PARTICULAR VARIANCE PLACES OUR CHILDREN IN HARM'S WAY.
I URGE YOU TO PROTECT THE INVESTMENT WE ARE ALL MAKING IN OUR YOUNG PEOPLE AND DENY THIS REQUEST.
AND I'LL LASTLY SAY THIS, OUR PROGRAM WAS ABLE TO TURN THE LIFE OF A YOUNG WOMAN WHO STOPPED GOING TO SCHOOL FORMALLY AT THE, IN THE THIRD GRADE DUE TO HER PARENTS, UM, SUFFERING FROM
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE.SHE CAME TO OUR PROGRAM, GOT HER GED, AND IS NOW ENROLLED IN THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS A AND M, UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN, THIS FALL.
THIS WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT AN ORGANIZATION LIKE OURS.
YOU APPROVE THIS, YOU HIGHLY INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD THAT MANY OF OUR YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DESPERATELY NEED RECONNECTION TO EDUCATION TO TRULY SEE THAT THIS CITY IS ONE OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER OUR REQUEST TO DENY THIS VARIANCE.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR THE COMMUNITY.
OKAY, SO, UM, MR. BROWN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP AND DO YOUR CLOSING STATEMENTS? THANK YOU.
I, UH, I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY HAVE A TUG OF WAR ON WHO SIGNED, HOW MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, LETTERS OF SUPPORT.
UH, IT'S CLEAR THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THESE, UH, FACTIONS HAS AS A POINT.
UM, INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITIES REQUIRES SOME, TAKING SOME CHANCES ON OCCASION.
UH, THE WHAT IF SCENARIO IS AN IMPORTANT ONE TO CONSIDER.
UM, BUT THESE GENTLEMEN HAVE A HISTORY OF CREATING THE EXACTLY THE KIND OF PLACES THAT DON'T ALLOW AND ACTUALLY PREVENT THE BEHAVIORS WHICH WE DON'T WANT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND AS WE GROW THEM, AS WE REDEVELOP THEM, I THINK WE NEED TO BE CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE POTENTIAL FOR WHAT REDEVELOPMENT CAN BRING.
UH, AND, AND AGAIN, THIS IS PROOF IN THE PUDDING.
WE, WE HAVE AN APPLICANT THAT HAS, UH, DONE THIS ALREADY AND IS EXPANDING TO A SITE TWICE AS LARGE.
UH, THE REASON THAT THAT SITE IS SUCCESSFUL, IT'S CLEAN, IT'S WELL LIT, IT'S WELL MAINTAINED, IT'S WELL PROTECTED, AND IT HAS VIDEO SURVEILLANCE 24 7.
UM, THEY HAVE ONE SHIFT OF ANOTHER OF FORM OF, OF, UH, OFF-DUTY POLICE OFFICERS THAT, THAT PATROL THE SITE AT THAT UH, FACILITY THERE ON FOUNTAIN VIEW.
THEY'RE GONNA DO THE EXACT SAME THING ON THIS SITE SO THAT WE CAN PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AGAINST THE KIND OF NEFARIOUS BEHAVIOR THAT EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF AND ASSOCIATES WITH A HOTEL THAT'S UNDER 120 UNITS.
UH, AND THE, THE, UH, COMMENTS MADE BY THE COMMUNITY ARE COMPLETELY VALID.
IF WE DON'T TAKE THE CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT AN ABILITY OF A DEVELOPER TO DO THE RIGHT THING WHEN THEY'VE PROVEN THEY CAN DO THE RIGHT THING, THAT'S, THAT'S MY CONCERN AND THAT'S WHAT I BRING TO YOU AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND WHY I SUPPORTED, YOU KNOW, GETTING IN WITH THESE CLIENTS.
I DON'T BRING STUFF TO YOU THAT I DON'T BELIEVE IN.
SO, BUT I, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT, THAT THESE ISSUES ABOUT SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN AND, AND, UH, AND AS SUCH AND WHAT THESE KIND OF FACILITIES HAVE DEMONSTRATED IN THE PAST IS TOTALLY VALID.
BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THESE CLIENTS ARE BUILDING THAT KIND OF FACILITY AND THEIR INVESTMENT IN PUTTING THEIR OWN OFFICES IMMEDIATELY NEXT DOOR, I THINK IS INDICATIVE OF THEIR COMMITMENT TO HOW GOOD THIS IS GONNA BE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? OKAY.
I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? OKAY.
SO YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF FOR DISAPPROVAL.
CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT ONE MORE TIME? YES.
WE HAVE, WE DON'T HAVE TO EXCUSE COMMISSIONER BALDWIN 'CAUSE HE IS HERE.
DO I HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, I WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING AT 4:28 PM THANK YOU.