May 14, 2026 Planning Commission: Major Thoroughfare and Freeway Plan Workshop

THE AGENDA IS AGENDA IS ITEM ONE, OUR TIMELINE.

OUR NEXT ITEM ON

[I. Timeline - Geoff Butler]

UM, BUT I ALSO WANT TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT AFTER WE HEAR FROM STAFF, I'LL CALL FOR SPEAKERS AT THAT TIME.

WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY ACTION TODAY.

THIS IS JUST A WORKSHOP.

MR. BUTLER.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS JEFF BUTLER.

TODAY'S MEETING IS THE FIRST IN A SERIES REGARDING THE 2026 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AMENDMENT PROCESS.

THIS IS AN ANNUAL PROCEDURE TO UPDATE THE CITY'S LONG RANGE TRANSPORTATION PLAN TO SUPPORT CONNECTIVITY AND MOBILITY.

THIS YEAR, WE HAVE SEVEN PROPOSED AMENDMENTS OF THE SEVEN.

FIVE ARE IN THE ETJ TWO ARE WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON.

OF THE FIVE WITHIN THE ETJ THREE ARE WITHIN HARRIS COUNTY, AND ANOTHER APPLIES TO ATTRACT WITHIN THE HARRIS, WITHIN HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTIES.

WE'RE ALSO CONSIDERING AN AMENDMENT FOR A PLAN THOROUGHFARE WITHIN HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT AND THE FORT BEND COUNTY ETJ.

TODAY'S AGENDA WILL CONSIST OF A TIMELINE FOR THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, AS WELL AS A SUMMARY OF THE BACKGROUND AND THE PURPOSE OF THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN WILL BE REFERRED TO MOST IN THE PRESENTATION AS MTFP.

UM, YOU'LL HEAR THAT A LOT, JUST THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS.

UM, NEXT, THE APPLICANTS WILL PROVIDE STATEMENTS FOR EACH OF THE AMENDMENT REQUESTS.

STAFF WILL THEN GO OVER THE NEXT STEPS, FOLLOWED BY PUBLIC COMMENT AND ADJOURNMENT.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO THE MTFP WEBSITE OR CONTACT STAFF BY EMAIL AT MOBILITY DO PLANNING@HOUSTONTX.GOV OR TELEPHONE AT (832) 393-6660.

YOU MAY ALSO CONTACT ME DIRECTLY AT JEFF WITH A G.BUTLER@HOUSTONTX.GOV, AND MY DIRECT LINE IS 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 5 2 8.

SO WHAT IS THE MTFP? UH, THE MTFP IS A CITY'S LONG RANGE PLAN TO GUIDE TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

THE PLAN IS A PRODUCT OF CITY COUNCIL ACTION, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE NECESSARY TO APPROVE THIS YEAR'S AMENDMENTS.

THE PLAN ORIGINATED IN 1942 HAS LARGELY SHAPED THE CURRENT BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN THE GREATER, GREATER HOUSTON METROPOLITAN AREA.

THE PLAN SPANS FIVE COUNTIES AND APPLIES TO HOUSTON'S CORPORATE LIMIT AND THE ETJ.

THE PLAN HAS EVOLVED WITH CHANGING CONDITIONS AND AS THE PRODUCTS OF DECADES OF COORDINATION BETWEEN THE PUBLIC CITY AGENCIES AND OUR PARTNERS WITH THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES.

AS SUCH, ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS PLAN SHOULD BE GIVEN VERY CAREFUL CONSIDERATION.

THE PUBLISHED PLAN CONSISTS OF TWO DOCUMENTS, A MAP OF THE PLAN DEPICTED OVER THE

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REGION, AND A HIERARCHY TABLE CONTAINING SPECIFICATIONS FOR EACH STREET SEGMENT WITHIN CITY LIMITS, THE MAP AND TABLE ARE AVAILABLE ON THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S WEBSITE.

AN INTERACTIVE VERSION OF THE MAP AND TABLE IS AVAILABLE THROUGH HOUSTON MAP VIEWER AND MY CITY, WHICH ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO EASILY VIEW A COMPLETE MTFP OVER A NUMBER OF MAP FEATURES WITHIN THE MTFP.

EACH STREET IS CLASSIFIED BASED ON CURRENT CONDITIONS AND ANTICIPATED FUTURE NEEDS.

FREEWAYS INDICATE LIMITED ACCESS ROADS, BOTH PUBLIC AND TOLD, AND THEY'RE SHOWN IN GREEN.

PRINCIPAL THOROUGHFARES REPRESENT GRADE LEVEL ARTERIALS INTENDED TO CIRCULATE REGIONAL TRAFFIC TO THE FREEWAY SYSTEM.

MAJOR THOROUGHFARES INTEGRATE REGIONAL TRAFFIC WITH MORE LOCAL ACCESS, AND BOTH PRINCIPLE AND MAJOR ARE SHOWN IN RED.

MAJOR AND MINOR COLLECTOR STREETS ARE INTENDED TO CONNECT COMMUNITIES AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE, AND THEY'RE SHOWN IN BLUE AND GREEN.

AND FINALLY, TRANSIT CORRIDORS.

THEY'RE INTENDED TO FACILITATE HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT ALONG OTHER TRANSPORTATION MODES, AND THEY'RE SHOWN IN PURPLE WITHIN THAT FRAMEWORK.

THE PLAN TIES WITH DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WITHIN CHAPTER 42 TO ALLOW FOR HIGH ACTIVITY IN AREAS WITH THE CAPACITY FOR IT WHILE ALLOWING FOR SAFE CONNECTIVITY IN MORE USE SENSITIVE AREAS.

EACH AMENDMENT TODAY WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A MAP AND A PROPOSED TABLE AMENDMENT BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.

THE PROCESS ITSELF, THE TIMELINE FOR THE AMENDMENT PROCESS BEGINS IN JANUARY WHERE STAFF CONDUCTED PRE-SUBMIT SUBMITTAL MEETINGS WITH THE APPLICANTS.

THE APPLICATION'S READY TO MOVE FORWARD WERE SUBMITTED BY MARCH 6TH, AND STAFF REVIEW IS UNDERWAY.

THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE SCHEDULED FOR THE EVENING OF JUNE 10TH BETWEEN SIX AND 7:00 PM AND THIS WILL BE A VIRTUAL ONLY MEETING.

THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR JULY 23RD WILL TAKE PLACE AT 1:00 PM AND THE DAY OF PLANNING COMMISSION AT THIS LOCATION, THIS MEETING WILL BE IN PERSON ONLY.

THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY AN UPDATE MEETING ON AUGUST 20TH, ALSO SCHEDULED FOR 1:00 PM AT THIS LOCATION.

THE UPDATE MEETING WILL HIGHLIGHT ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO THE AMENDMENT REQUEST THAT MAY COME OUTTA STAFF REVIEW PLANNING COMMISSION WILL ACT ON EACH AMENDMENT REQUEST ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, WHICH WILL ALSO TAKE PLACE AT 1:00 PM AT THIS LOCATION.

THIS WILL BE FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL FOR ACTION BY SEPTEMBER 30TH.

THAT WILL CONCLUDE THIS YEAR'S AMENDMENT PROCESS FOR TODAY'S WORKSHOP.

NO ACTION WILL BE TAKEN TODAY, AND STAFF WILL CONTINUE COORDINATING WITH THE APPLICANTS AS WELL AS AFFECTED AGENCIES AS THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNTIES AND THE RESPECTIVE COUNTIES THROUGHOUT THE AMENDMENT PROCESS.

NO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE TODAY, BUT WE'LL PRESENT OUR FINDINGS AT THE NEXT MEETING.

THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.

OUR FIRST ITEM IS A GULFTON CONNECTOR BUSWAY PROJECT.

SO ROOM NUMERAL TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AMENDMENT REQUESTS.

[A. Gulfton Connector Busway Project - Amma Cobbinah, Metro ]

UH, MY NAME IS AMMA KAVANAUGH WITH THE METROPOLITAN TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF HARRIS COUNTY.

HERE TO PROVIDE AN INTRODUCTORY OVERVIEW OF THE GULFTON CONNECTOR BUSWAY PROJECT.

AT THIS TIME? DON'T THINK SO.

OH, THANK YOU.

UM, SO THE PROJECT IS LOCATED IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF THE REGION, IN THE HEART OF GOLFING, ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED AREAS IN HOUSTON WITH A HIGH NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT RELY ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION FOR THEIR EVERYDAY MOBILITY.

CURRENTLY, IT IS A 4.1 MILE PROJECT, HIGH CAPACITY PROJECT WITH EIGHT STATIONS AND CONNECTIONS TO UPTOWN, UH, GALLIA DOWNTOWN AND OTHER PARTS OF OUR SERVICE AREA.

UH, THE PURPOSE OF OUR APPLICATION TODAY IS TO DESIGNATE THE GOLFING, UH, CONNECTOR PROJECT AS A TRANSIT CORRIDOR CORRIDOR STREET.

THE DESIGNATION WILL ALLOW FOR TRANSIT-ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT, APPLICABLE, UH, STREETS SURROUNDING THE STATIONS, AND WILL HELP WITH THE FUTURE GRANT APPLICATION, UH, THAT IS, UH, UNDER PROGRESS.

NOW ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, A STATIONS AT WEST PARK.

AT AT AT WEST PARK.

AT WEST PARK, LOWER UPTOWN, UM, TRANSIT CENTER, WEST PARK AT CHIMNEY ROCK, GOLFING AT CHIMNEY ROCK, GOLFING AT RENWICK, GULFTON AT WESTWOOD, HILLCROFT AT SANDPOINT, HILLCROFT AT BALLET, AND THE TERMINUS AT HILLCROFT AND BINET.

THESE SERVE A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING TWO MAJOR PARKS ARE, UH, BENNET, BAIN AND BAIN PARK, AND MULTIPLE SOCIAL SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SERVICES LIKE BAKER RIPLEY, LEGACY, HEALTH, AND OTHER ACTIVITY, UH, SERVICES.

SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS APPLICATION IS TO DESIGNATE THE PROJECT ALIGNMENT ALONG THE AS A TRANSIT CORRIDOR STREET, THE REQUEST, THE, THE PROJECT REQUEST RECLASSIFICATION OF CHIMNEY ROCK ROAD, GALTON STREET, AND HILLCROFT AVENUE TO TRANSIT CORRIDOR STREETS.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY, UH, UH, PRESENTATION.

ANY QUESTIONS

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THANK YOU ALL.

OUR NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER THREE B BARKER CYPRESS AND PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH MINOR COLLECTOR.

[B. Barker Cypress and Proposed N-S Minor Collector - Murtaza Nalwala, REGA Engineering ]

THAT'S FINE.

ALRIGHT.

I HAD A DAY FULL OF TECHNOLOGICAL ISSUES, SO THIS IS MY IMPROMPTU SPEECH.

START WITH YOUR NAME, PLEASE.

YES, CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT STAFF.

MY NAME IS MUTA VALLA WITH RIGA ENGINEERING GROUP.

I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER AND MY CLIENT BRIAN KARIM G UM, REGARDING THE 2026 MTFP AMENDMENT, REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT ZERO KIDS MAN ROAD.

UM, THE REQUEST OUR APPLICATION FORMALLY REQUESTS A DELETION OF TWO SPECIFIC DESIGNATIONS FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGH FAIR AND FREEWAY PLAN.

THE MAJOR THIRD AFFAIR T DASH FOUR DASH HUNDRED DESIGNATION FOR BARKER CYPRESS FROM GRAND PARKWAY TO GRANT ROAD, AND THE MINOR COLLECTOR MN DASH TWO DASH 60 DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPOSED NORTH SOUTH SEGMENT FROM ROAD TO KITMAN ROAD.

WHY ARE WE REQUESTING THIS? UM, THE PRIMARY DRIVER FOR THIS REQUEST IS PHYSICAL IN FEASIBILITY.

THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT CROSSES A SIGNIFICANT FLOODWAY AS SEEN ON THE SCREEN IN THE WILLOW CREEK WATERSHED, IDENTIFIED AS HIGH RISK FLOOD ZONE.

CONSTRUCTING A HIGH CAPACITY THOROUGHFARE HERE WOULD BE ENVIRONMENTALLY, ENVIRONMENTALLY DISRUPTIVE AND PROHIBITIVELY EXPENSIVE, LIKELY REQUIRING EXTENSIVE ELEVATED STRUCTURES.

UM, FURTHERMORE, THE CORRIDOR CONFLICTS WITH CRITICAL EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, SPECIFICALLY CENTER POINT ENERGY EASEMENTS ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, AND RAIN EASEMENTS THAT SUPPORTS EXISTING DEVELOPED PARKLAND TOO, WHICH IS AN ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY, UM, PARK.

UM, THE ANOTHER REASON WHY IS FROM THE NETWORK PERSPECTIVE, THESE SEGMENTS ARE BASED ON OUR ASSESSMENT REDUNDANT.

THE REGION IS ALREADY WELL SERVED BY CYPRUS, ROSE HILL, UH, TEL ROAD AND THE GRANT PARKWAY AND THE GRANT ROAD.

THE SPECIFIC SEGMENT OF GOODMAN KIDMAN DOES NOT POSSESS THE CONSIDERABLE LENGTH NECESSARY TO FUNCTION AS A TRAFFIC ARTERY.

UM, FROM OUR, OUR ASSESSMENT, IT SEEMS LIKE RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY IT'S JUST A LOCAL ACCESS ROAD, UM, AND OUR FUTURE VOLUME PROJECTIONS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO PROVE THAT, UH, THE TRAFFIC, UM, COUNT IS GONNA REMAIN LOW AND IT'S ONLY GOING TO SERVE THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND THE WEEKEND PARK VISITORS CONCLUSION AND REQUEST, UM, MAINTAINING THESE DESIGNATION FORCES A HUNDRED FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH SEVERELY RESTRICTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOW IMPACT GATED RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, WHICH WHAT MY CLIENT WANTS, UM, REMO REMOVING THESE DESIGNATIONS, UM, WILL ACTUALLY BE PHYSICAL REALITY, WHICH IS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO THE CITY, THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, AND EVERY ENTITY INVOLVED IN THIS, AND THEN WOULD ALSO NOT RESTRICT THE DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT AREA.

UM, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION SUPPORT THIS DELETION.

I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU OR THE STAFF MAY HAVE.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

I'M SURE.

APPRECIATE IT.

I I'M SURE YOU NOTED THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVE COME IN.

YEAH, OF COURSE.

YES, SHE GOT 'EM.

SHE SHOOK HER HEAD AT ME.

YES.

MOVING ON TO

[C. Kermier Road - Jennifer Curtis, Meta]

C KAME ROAD.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER CURTIS WITH META PLANNING AND DESIGN.

HERE TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR REQUEST FOR MEYER ROAD.

OH, ONE MORE PLEASE.

THE SITE IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON, ZTJ IN NORTHWESTERN HARRIS COUNTY, SOUTH OF US, TWO 90 IN THE HOCKLEY AREA.

OUR REQUEST IS TO DELETE A PORTION OF MEYER ROAD BETWEEN BECCA ROAD ON THE NORTH AND BEATTY ROAD ON THE SOUTH.

THE SEGMENT IS ABOUT ONE MILE IN LENGTH.

IT IS CURRENTLY NOT DEVELOPED, ALTHOUGH THE INTERSECTION OF MEYER AT BEATTY ON THE SOUTH SIDE IS BEING CONSTRUCTED SOON AS PART OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE DEVELOPMENT.

CAN YOU GO BACK ONE PLEASE? UH, THE LARGER SCALE ONE, PLEASE.

THE THOROUGHFARE CONNECTIONS ONTO US TWO 90 HAVE ON AN OFF RAMP, SO THERE'S NOT ONE PRIORITIZED OVER THE OTHER.

UM, THIS SEGMENT OF MEYER ROAD IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO THE WIDER THOROUGHFARE GRID.

TO THE NORTH, WE HAVE US TWO 90, WHICH IS THE MAIN COMMUTING ROUTE FOR THE REGION.

ALL OF

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UH, MEYER ROAD IS ONLY HALF A MILE FROM WARREN RANCH ROAD, WHICH RUNS IN PARALLEL TO THE EAST.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, THOROUGHFARES GENERALLY ARE ABOUT A ONE MILE GRID APART, SO HAVING IT LESS THAN HALF A MILE APART IS A LITTLE BIT EXCESSIVE FOR THOROUGHFARE SPACING.

UM, THE BEATTY ROAD CONNECTION TO KICKAPOO, WHICH IS SOUTHWEST OF THE AREA IN RED, IS, UM, BEING DEVELOPED RIGHT NOW AS PART OF THE GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY THAT, UM, WILL BE CONSTRUCTED PROBABLY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT YEAR, AND THAT WILL COMPLETE THE GRID AROUND THE SITE IN QUESTION.

SO RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WILL HAVE MULTIPLE WAYS IN AND OUT ON THE REST OF THE NETWORK.

THE SURROUNDING USES ARE PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY.

I MENTIONED THE GRAND PRAIRIE COMMUNITY.

THERE'S ALSO, UM, GRAND PRAIRIE, HIGHLANDS JUBILEE, SOME OTHER RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA.

HOWEVER, ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS SCREEN, THE GREEN AREA YOU CAN SEE IS THE NORTHERN LIMITS OF THE COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY.

THE COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY, UM, LIMITS PROPERTY AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, SO THERE WILL NOT BE VERY MANY TRIPS ORIGINATING FROM THAT AREA.

IT WILL REMAIN GENERALLY UNDEVELOPED, AND THERE WILL NOT BE A LOT OF DESTINATION TRIPS TOWARD THAT AREA.

SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF NORTH SOUTH DEMAND SOUTH OF THIS GENERAL AREA.

IT'S KIND OF THE END OF WHERE DEMAND IS GONNA HAPPEN TRAFFIC WISE, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE, YOU MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO TELL AT THIS SCALE JUST SOUTH OF THIS TRACT.

THE LAST LITTLE PIECE OF KERM, MY ROAD IS ACTUALLY JUST A COLLECTOR THANK YOU, WHERE THE MOUSE IS, THAT CURVES BACK INTO WARREN RANCH ROAD.

SO THIS IS ALREADY KIND OF THE END OF THE LINE AS FAR AS KERM MY ROAD IS CONCERNED.

PERFECT.

THE AREA SHOWN IN RED IS PROPOSED TO BE AN EXTENSION OF A DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT THAT EXISTS ON BECCA ROAD.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE FIRST BUILDING IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER.

UH, THE PROPOSED USE REQUIRES 24 7 SECURITY FOR BOTH PERSONNEL AND DATA TRANSFER, WHICH WOULD BE SEVERELY UNDERMINED BY A PUBLIC STREET OF ANY LEVEL CUTTING THROUGH THE SITE.

UM, ALL ENTRANCES TO THIS PROPERTY WOULD NEED TO BE GATED.

UM, A PUBLIC STREET CUTTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE TRACT WOULD MEAN THAT EMPLOYEES DOING, NOR DURING NORMAL OPERATIONS OF THE, THE PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO GO IN AND OUT OF SECURITY JUST ACROSS THE ROAD.

UM, THAT WOULD BE A SEVERE ISSUE.

UM, AND ASIDE FROM SECURITY ISSUES, THE TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LOWER THAN IF THE SAME AREA WERE TO BE DEVELOPED AS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

A FORMAL TIA HAS BEEN PREPARED THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED TO HARRIS COUNTY IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THAT TIA FOUND THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL BE CONTRIBUTING AT MOST HALF THE NUMBER OF DAILY TRIPS THAT SINGLE FAMILY WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO THE NETWORK IN THE SAME SQUARE FOOTAGE.

UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE FOUND THAT ONLY 9% OF THE TOTAL PRO PROJECTED TRAFFIC ON THE SURROUNDING NETWORK WOULD BE SOURCED FROM THIS PROJECT.

ALMOST ALL OF THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS COMING FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

THIS DATA CENTER WOULD BE A FRACTION OF A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL TRAFFIC DESPITE THE IMPACT.

THE TAA FOUND THAT BECAUSE OF THE BUILDUP OF SINGLE FAMILY TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, THERE ARE SOME IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED TO THE SURROUNDING NETWORK.

UM, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED INCLUDE TWO NEW TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ONE AT WARREN RANCH ROAD IN BECCA ROAD, WHICH IS TO THE NORTHEAST AND ANOTHER AT BECCA ROAD AND MEYER ROAD, WHICH IS KIND OF IN THE CENTER THERE.

UH, THREE STANDALONE LEFT TURN LANES ON WARREN RANCH ROAD, BEATY ROAD AND BECCA ROAD, UM, AND SOME OTHER LEFT TURN LANES ASSOCIATED WITH SOME OF THE INTERSECTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

UM, THE DEVELOPERS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS DESPITE NOT CONTRIBUTING TOTAL TRAFFIC TO THE GRID.

THEIR PRO RATA SHARE OF THE TOTAL GRID TRAFFIC IMPACT IS ONLY 9%.

LIKE I SAID, UM, THAT'S OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.

UM, THE TIA, LIKE I SAID, SHOULD BE SUBMITTED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS AND THE DEVELOPERS COMMITTED TO MITIGATING ANY IMPACTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED AND WORKING WITH HARRIS COUNTY ON, ON THOSE IMPACTS.

THAT WOULD BE THE RESULT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE REMOVAL OF KER MEYER.

I'M WRAPPING UP.

IN CONCLUSION, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE DELETION OF MEYER ROAD, FROM BECCA ROAD TO BEATTY ROAD FROM THE MTFP.

THE ROAD IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED AS A T FOUR 100 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, BUT DOES NOT EXIST.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON, AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS D MASON ROAD.

OUR

[D. Mason Road Between - Ripley Woodard, Meta]

HI, AND GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS RIPLEY WOODARD.

I'M REPRESENTING META PLANNING AND DESIGN THE APPLICANT'S, UM, FOR THIS REQUEST REGARDING A FUTURE PORTION OF MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MASON ROAD.

SEGMENT OF, OF A FUTURE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE MASON ROAD, LOCATED BETWEEN FM 5 29 AND FUTURE WEST LITTLE YORK ROAD.

UM, THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, UM, WITHIN THE CITY'S ETJ, JUST EAST OF THE GRAND PARKWAY AND WEST OF WEST GREEN BOULEVARD.

CORRECT.

UM, THE REQUEST OF REALIGNMENT SHOWN IN THE EXHIBIT INVOLVES AN UNBUILT

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THIS SEGMENT IS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE IN LENGTH FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE.

THE PROPOSED REALIGNMENT IS DEPICTED BY THE RED DOTTED LINES THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THERE.

UM, RUNNING NORTH SOUTH, THE CURRENT MAPPED ALIGNMENT GOES IN A STRAIGHT LINE BETWEEN FM 5 29 AND WEST LITTLE YORK, BUT DOES NOT CURRENTLY EXIST, UM, AND IS NOT CONNECTING THE REGIONAL TRAFFIC.

I CAN GO TO THE CORRECT THAT SLIDE PLEASE.

UM, AT THIS SCALE, THE SUBJECT REALIGNMENT REQUEST WOULD FORMALIZE A CORRECTION TO THE MASON ROAD ALIGNMENT PREVIOUSLY ADDRESSED THROUGH A APPROVAL OF A GENERAL PLAN, UM, BY THE PINPOINT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.

UM, FOR YOUR REFERENCE, THE CURRENT ALIGNMENT OF THE ROAD KIND OF FOLLOWS THE TREE LINE SHOWN TO THE WEST OF THE RED DOTTED LINES.

UM, SO IT RUNS, LIKE I SAID, DIRECTLY NORTH SOUTH, UH, ALONG THAT TREE LINE ON THE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE.

UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

YES, AND AFTER EXTENSIVE COORDINATION BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY PRECINCT FOUR AND THE DEVELOPMENT CONS, THE DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANTS OF THE TWO TRACKS AFFECTED BY THIS SEGMENT OF MASON ROAD, UM, OUR REQUEST AGAIN IS JUST TO REALIGN, UM, THE PROPOSED THOROUGHFARE TO MATCH THE APPROVED GPS BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CURRENT TRACT.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSION.

MOVING ON TO E

[E. South Ridge Road - Jacob Guerrero, Meta]

SOUTH RIDGE ROAD.

MY NAME'S JACOB GUERRERO WITH META PLANNING DESIGN HERE TO PRESENT THE MTFP AMENDMENT FOR SOUTH RIDGE ROAD.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF DOWNTOWN HOUSTON WITHIN HOUSTON'S ETJ, JUST WEST OF I 45.

WE ARE REQUESTING A DELETION, UM, AS REPRESENTED IN THE ABOVE EXHIBIT.

THE MAPPED ALIGNMENT IS ROUGHLY ONE MILE IN MAIN, UM, BETWEEN MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ELLA BOULEVARD TO THE EAST AND KIRKENDOLE ROAD TO THE WEST.

UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL EXISTING ENCUMBERS THAT MAKE CONSTRUCTING EAST EASTWEST ROADWAY CHALLENGING.

UM, I HAVE AN EXHIBIT, UH, FOR BETTER REFERENCE, IF YOU DON'T MIND, DOCUMENT CAMERA.

I'LL CONTINUE WHILE THAT'S GETTING, UM, UPLOADED.

BUT THE PROPOSED OVERLAPS, UM, EXCUSE ME, THE PROPOSED ALIGNMENT OVERLAPS, UM, WITH THE EXISTING PIPELINE AND BISECTS OUR PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNED BY COPANA FIELD SERVICES, A PIPELINE OPERATOR, WHICH IS A PART OF KINDER MORGAN.

UM, THE TRACK IS CURRENTLY, CURRENTLY CONTAINED INSTALLED PIPELINE INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, ALONG KIRKENDAL ROAD, AS WELL AS ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT AS HIGHLIGHTED IN THE EXHIBIT.

UH, THE PRESENCE OF THIS EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD MAKE IT INFEASIBLE, UH, TO MANEUVER A ROAD THROUGH THE SITE.

UM, THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER PIPELINE THAT CROSSES THE COPANA PIPELINE EAST OF THIS EXHIBIT, WHICH IS NOT SHOWN.

UM, SOUTH RIDGE ROAD WOULD HAVE TO CROSS THE EXISTING PIPELINE AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE RATHER THAN A 90 DEGREE ANGLE PREFERRED BY THE PIPELINE OPERATOR.

IF A CONNECTION WERE TO BE MADE, UM, IT IS ULTIMATELY, UH, WOULD NECESSITATE THE CONDEMNATION OF PROPERTY OWNED BY KINDER MORGAN, UM, AS WELL AS POTENTIAL RELOCATION OF EXISTING PIPELINES, UM, AND INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND THEN WE CAN GO BACK TO THE PRESENTATION, PLEASE.

BACK TO PRESENTATION.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

FROM A REGIONAL STAND, OH, ONE MORE.

THERE WE GO.

FROM A REGIONAL, REGIONAL STANDPOINT, THE MA ALIGNMENT EXTENDS LESS THAN ONE MILE.

A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTH RIDGE IS FULLY CONSTRUCTED.

HOWEVER, THE REMAINING OF SOUTH RIDGE ROAD REMAINS UNBUILT, INCLUDING THE SEGMENT WITHIN OUR SITE.

UM, WEST OF KIRKENDAL ROAD LIES A LARGE OIL AND GAS FUEL, AND DUE TO THE PRESENCE OF EXISTING WELLHEADS, THE ALIGNMENT DOES NOT EXTEND FURTHER WEST.

ADDITIONALLY, THE AREA IS ADJACENT TO A SPRING ISD SCHOOL FACILITIES EAST OF OUR SUBJECT SITE.

THE SPRING ISD SCHOOL SITES TO THE EAST ALREADY HAVE ADEQUATE ACCESS TO ELLA BOULEVARD.

UM, SO THIS PROPOSED ROUTE OFFERS LITTLE TO NO BENEFIT TO THE AREA.

UH, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO SPRING ISD, BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UM, RESPONSE.

UH, THE PROPOSED SIDE, UM, IS FOR LARGE SINGLE USER INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS WITH CONTROLLED ACCESS.

A PUBLIC REGISTRY WOULD NOT MIX INDUSTRIAL TRAFFIC WITH SCHOOL TRAFFIC.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

THEREFORE, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT SOUTHRIDGE ROAD BE DELETED FROM THE CITY'S TFP MAP.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER MAREZ.

UM, YOU, YOU HAD A COMMENT THAT IT WOULD REQUIRE, UH, ENCROACHING ON THAT PIPELINE PROPERTY AND POTENTIALLY

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CONDEMNATION, BUT THE ALIGNMENTS AWAY FROM THE PIPELINE CORRIDOR.

I SAW IT.

SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT, WHAT YOU MEAN WHEN YOU SAY THAT.

LIKE YOU'RE SAYING THAT THAT ALIGNMENT IS SHOWN ON TOP OF THAT PIPELINE CORRIDOR.

IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OKAY.

CLOSE PROXIMITY IS, THERE YOU GO.

NOT THE SAME AS ON TOP OF.

AND AGAIN, A FULL SURVEY HASN'T BEEN PREPARED, SO ONCE WE GET THAT, WE'LL DEFINITELY BE ABLE TO LOCATE WHERE THOSE PIPELINES ARE.

DOCUMENT CAMERA PLEASE.

YEAH.

SO YEAH, YOU WOULDN'T BE TAKING OR ENCROACHING INTO THAT PIPELINE CORRIDOR AND HAVING TO DEAL WITH ANY KIND OF, UM, CONDEMNATION, RIGHT? CORRECT.

AND THIS IS AN EXHIBIT LIKE I MENTIONED, ONCE WE GET A FULL SURVEY, WE'LL BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE THOSE ARE.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING.

MM-HMM .

GREAT.

IS F VICKSBURG BOULEVARD.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

OUR NEXT ONE

[F. Vicksburg Boulevard - Alicia Casares, BGE]

PLANNING COMMISSION CHAIR.

UH, MY NAME IS GERALD GRISSOM.

I'M WITH BGE.

UM, WE ARE PRESENTING VICKSBURG BOULEVARD, WHICH IS IN THE, UH, SOUTHWEST HOUSTON.

IT'S NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ARD ROAD IN FORT BEND TOLLWAY.

UH, WE'RE PROPOSING TO REMOVE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE ALIGNMENT.

UM, IN, UH, 2003, THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT OF HILLCROFT ROAD IN THAT AREA WAS, UM, REMOVED.

UH, THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT OF FORT BEND TOLLWAY WENT THROUGH THAT SEGMENT.

UH, THE ALIGNMENT CHANGED, AND SO THAT ALIGNMENT NEVER CONTINUED THROUGH.

SO HILLCROFT ROAD, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS ORIGINALLY CALLED, WAS THEN REMOVED FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN 2015.

FORT BEND COUNTY, UM, UH, PETITIONED THE CITY TO ADD VICKSBURG ROAD BOULEVARD, WHICH IS, HAS THE SAME ALIGNMENT OF THE ORIGINAL, UM, HILLCROFT ROAD.

AND THAT WAS ADDED IN THE 2016 MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN.

THE, SINCE THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, UH, HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FORT BEND COUNTY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT OCCURRED IN APRIL OF 2025.

AND SO WE'RE JUST ASKING THE CITY TO CLEAN UP WHAT, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY HAS ALREADY PROCESSED, UH, BY REMOVING THE REMAINDER OF VICKSBURG, WHICH WOULD GO NOWHERE.

UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UM, CAN YOU GO BACK, SHOW THE OVERALL, AS YOU CAN SEE THE SOUTHWEST, UH, ON THAT IMAGE THERE, UH, MISSOURI CITY HAS ALREADY, UM, ALLOWED QUITE EXTENSIVE, UH, DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, AND THE, WHERE THE ORIGINAL ALIGNMENT OF VICKSBURG BOULEVARD WOULD'VE OCCURRED.

IT, UH, IN FORT BEND COUNTY, VICKSBURG BOULEVARD NOW TERMINATES IN A, UM, ROUNDABOUT AND GOES EAST AND WEST WITH NEW STREET NAMES.

SO THERE IS NO, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE ANY TYPE OF REGIONAL CONNECTION TO VICKSBURG IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE AMENDMENT TODAY.

UM, IT IS A, I CAN'T RECALL, I THINK IT'S A A T FOUR 100, UM, FOR ITS ORIGINAL, UM, DESIGNATION.

WE'RE JUST SIMPLY ASKING FOR THE MISSION FOR THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO BE, UH, BROUGHT UP TO SPEED WITH WHAT EVERYBODY HAS DONE AROUND US.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.

MOVING ON TO G COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ALRIGHT,

[G. Coastal Prairie Conservancy - Mary Anne Piacentini, Coastal Prairie Conservancy ]

FLOOD MITIGATION, AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS, UM, THEN THEY SUPPORT RECREATION, NATURE, TOURISM, ET CETERA.

UM, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS PLANNING STAFF.

I'M MARYANNE PINI.

I'M THE PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE COASTAL PRAIRIE CONSERVANCY.

IT'S A NONPROFIT LAND TRUST, WHICH IS, UM, PROTECTED ABOUT 34,000 ACRES IN NINE COUNTIES.

OUR LARGEST, UH, PRESERVE SYSTEM IS 20,000 ACRES, AND IT'S IN HARRIS AND WALLER COUNTY.

UM, IT IS, OH, SORRY.

I I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT.

I, THIS IS ADJUSTABLE.

OH, THANK YOU, YOU HONOR.

I WAS, HE SAW ME STANDING ON MY TOES.

I'M SORRY.

UM, ANYWAY, UM, THE KATY PRAIRIE PRESERVE, WHICH IS IN NORTHERN HARRIS AND EASTERN WALLER IS, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, IS ABOUT 20,000 ACRES.

AND IT IS THREE 13 TIMES LARGER THAN MEMORIAL PARK.

FOUR-FIFTHS AS LARGE AS ATTICS AND BARKER RESERVOIR.

TODAY WE ARE COMING WITH YOU TO YOU WITH SEVERAL AMENDMENTS, AND THEY GENERALLY, UM, AND I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA READ THIS.

I USUALLY SPEAK EXTEMPORANEOUSLY, BUT TODAY I HAVE TO READ IT.

UM, WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR DELETING ROADS PROPOSED THROUGH PERMANENTLY CONSERVED LANDS, REALIGNING ROADS ADJACENT TO CONSERVATION LANDS, SO THAT THE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION OCCURS ON THE ADJACENT LANDS, NOT ON OURS, AND DOWNGRADING CERTAIN PROPOSED MAJOR THOROUGHFARES TO MINOR COLLECTOR ROADS.

WHY DO THESE AMENDMENTS MATTER? CPCS PROTECTED LANDS PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL BENEFITS TO THE PUBLIC.

THEY INCLUDE WILDLIFE HABITAT, WATER QUALITY, AIR QUALITY,

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MANY OF THESE LANDS ARE ACCEPT ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AS WELL.

THEY'RE NOT VACANT LANDS AWAITING DEVELOPMENT.

THEY'RE PERMANENTLY CONSERVED LANDS THAT PROVIDE LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL HYDROLOGICAL, AGRICULTURAL AND COMMUNITY BENEFITS TO THE HOUSTON REGION.

TRANSPORTATION DESIGNATES DESIGNATIONS INFLUENCE FUTURE LAND USE PATTERNS AND DEVELOPMENT EXPECTATIONS.

HOWEVER, THE LANDS IN QUESTION ARE PERMANENTLY PROTECTED AND WILL NEVER BE DEVELOPED EITHER THROUGH EASEMENT OR OUR OWNERSHIP.

CONSERVATION LANDS SHOULD BE TREATED AS LASTING REGIONAL ASSETS, NOT SIMPLY AS A FUTURE TRANSPORTATION CORRIDOR.

MAP THREE.

UM, OKAY.

SHOWS, WELL, THAT'S THE TOTAL.

OKAY, WELL, WE'LL GO TO THE FIRST ONE I GUESS.

UM, MAP DOWNGRADES.

WE REQUESTING THAT MOUND ROAD, SHARP ROAD, A BEAR ROAD, JACK ROAD, AND WARREN RANCH.

ROADS ACTUALLY REMAIN TWO LANE 60 FOOT MINOR COLLECTOR ROADS.

THEY'RE ALL THROUGH OUR LAND.

ON BOTH SIDES ARE THEY, THERE ARE PROTECTED LAND, SO WE FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T NEED TO BE, UH, EXPANDED.

WE DON'T NEED MORE ROADS THROUGH OUR LAND.

WE HAVE ENOUGH INGRESS AND EGRESS TO THOSE 20,000 ACRES.

WE ALSO HAVE FARM ROADS, UM, AGRICULTURAL ROADS AND OTHER AREAS TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR VISITATION.

UM, WE ARE REQUESTING THE DELETION OF A NUMBER OF ROADS WHICH WOULD IMPACT OUR LANDS.

THEY WOULD TRANS TRAVERSE PERMANENTLY CONSERVED LANDS.

THEY'RE THE EXTENSION OF JACK ROAD, THE EX MINOR EXTENSION OF WARREN RANCH ROAD, KICKAPOO SCHIFF AND FARM TO MARKET 28 55.

UM, THERE ARE A FEW OF THOSE FARM TO MARKET 28 55 AND, UM, THAT KICKAPOO THAT GO THROUGH LANDS THAT ARE CURRENTLY NOT PROTECTED.

HOWEVER, BY THE END OF THE YEAR, THOSE LANDS WILL HAVE CONSERVATION EASEMENTS ON THEM.

WE'RE ALREADY WORKING WITH THE LANDOWNERS.

THEY TOO WANT TO PRESERVE THEIR LAND.

GIVEN THE LONG TERM CONSERVATION TRAJECTORY OF THESE, UM, PROPERTIES.

WE BELIEVE REMOVING THE ROADWAY ALIGNMENTS NOW WOULD BETTER A ALIGN THE M-P-M-T-P-M-T FP OH GOD.

WITH FUTURE LAND USE.

YOU KNOW, I'M A PLANNER.

I SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS.

SORRY.

UM, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

YOU'RE, YOU'RE DOING RAPID PACE THERE, SO YOU'RE DOING WELL.

I TRY TO GET IN THE FIVE MINUTES .

UM, WE'RE ALSO REQUESTING THAT PORTIONS OF MOUND ROAD, KICKAPOO AND FM 28 55 BE REALIGNED SO THAT FUTURE ROADWAY CONSTRUCTION OCCUR ON NON-CON CONSERVATION LANDS.

WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STOP THOSE LANDS FROM BEING DEVELOPED, BUT WE ARE SAYING THAT IF THEY ARE DEVELOPED, WE SHOULD NOT HAVE OUR LANDS CONDEMNED TO TAKE ROOM FOR THE ROADWAY.

IN CLOSING, WE RECOGNIZED THAT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN WAS DEVELOPED AS A GUIDE FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ACROSS THE REGION.

AT THE SAME TIME, THESE CONSERVED LANDS REPRESENT A DIFFERENT AND PERMANENT LAND USE DECISION.

ONE THAT PROVIDES SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC BENEFITS THROUGH FLOOD MITIGATION, AGRICULTURE, WATER QUALITY, WILDLIFE HABITAT, AND REGIONAL RE RESILIENCE.

THESE ARE PROTECTED FOREVER.

THEY WILL NEVER BE DEVELOPED.

WE THEREFORE, RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN BE AMENDED IN A MANNER THAT REFLECTS THE PERMANENT CONSERVATION STATUS OF THESE LCA LANDSCAPES AND AVOIDS UNNECESSARILY FRAGMENTING LANDS INTENTIONALLY PROTECTED FOR THE LONG-TERM BENEFIT OF THE HOUSTON REGION.

WE WILL ALSO BE WORKING WITH THE HARRIS COUNTY MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN AND THE WALLER COUNTY MAJOR, MAJOR, UH, THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN.

OUR WORK BENEFITS WILDLIFE CERTAINLY, BUT IT ALSO BENEFITS THE PEACH PEOPLE OF THE GREATER HOUSTON REGION AND BEYOND NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONS, FOR YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

JOB WELL DONE THERE.

THAT WAS GREAT.

COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY, THAT TAKES

[IV. Next Steps]

US TO OUR NEXT STEPS.

NEXT STEPS.

STAFF WILL NOTIFY AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNERS NEXT WEEK, AND THAT WILL BE CONCLUDED BY THE END OF MAY.

FROM THERE, STAFF WILL HOPE HOST THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE, FOLLOWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEARING.

FROM THERE, STAFF WILL PRESENT UPDATES FOR THE AMENDMENT REQUESTS, WHICH WILL ULTIMATELY BE ACTED UPON BY THIS COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE OPEN HOUSE.

ALL OF THESE MEETINGS WILL BE HELD THURSDAYS AT 1:00 PM BEFORE REGULARLY SCHEDULED PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS.