* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] GOOD AFTERNOON [CALL TO ORDER] EVERYONE. MY NAME IS LISA CLARK AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION, AND I'M CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 2:32 PM ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026. THIS IS AN IN-PERSON MEETING TAKING PLACE AT THE CITY HALL ANNEX AT 900 BAGBY. YOU MAY ALSO MONITOR THE MEETING 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 FOR ONE MINUTE. NEW SPEAKERS ARE TIME FOR TWO MINUTES, AND OUR SPEAKER RULES ARE FOUND ON THE TOP PORTION OF THE SIGN-IN FORM ATTACHED TO THE AGENDA. COUNCIL MEMBERS SPEAKING ON AN ITEM ARE NOT TIMED. APPLICANTS ARE ALLOTTED THEIR TWO, TWO MINUTES TIME AS WELL AS REBUTTALS AND NON APPLICANTS OR GENERAL SPEAKERS ARE ALLOWED FOR TWO MINUTES TIME. THERE IS NOT AN OPTION FOR REBUTTAL. EVEN IF YOU DID NOT USE YOUR FULL TWO MINUTES, YOU'LL NOT BE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AGAIN AND TIME CANNOT BE ALLOWED TO ANOTHER SPEAKER. TO ESTABLISH A QUORUM OF 11 MEMBERS, I WILL CALL THE ROLE CHAIR CLARK IS PRESENT. VICE CHAIR GARZA. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BALLARD. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CARROLL. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER? HE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER JONES? PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MAREZ. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER NOHO. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER FAM PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PIERCE. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER RIM PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIGLER PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SYKES. PRESENT. COMMISSIONER VICTOR. PRESENT. AK IS NOT HERE. AND SECRETARY VON TRAN. PRESENT. 16. WE HAVE 16 MEMBERS PRESENT, SO WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. AND COMMISSIONER POR PERLE. SO WE HAVE 17. OKAY. NOW [Consideration of September 3, 2026, Planning Commission Major Throughfare and Freeway Plan Amendment Request Public Hearing Minutes and September 3, 2026, Planning Commission Meeting Minutes ] I'LL CALL FOR THE, UM, OH, WAIT A MINUTE. GOTTA APPROVE THE MINUTES. SO I HAVE TWO MEETING MINUTES THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE. THE FIRST ONE BEING OUR SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026. MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND FREEWAY PLAN MEETING. THERE'S MEETING MINUTES. WERE IN YOUR PACKET. I NEED A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. MOTION SYKES. MOTION SYKES. SECOND. SECOND FAM. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OUR NEXT SET OF MEETING MINUTES. UH, WAS SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2026 FOR OUR PLANNING COMMISSION. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION VICTOR? MOTION VICTOR? EXCUSE ME. YES. UM, I, THERE'S A CORRECTION. OKAY. AND I'M SORRY, I THOUGHT I THAT'S OKAY. EMAILED AND I MIGHT NOT HAVE, I WAS NOT PRESENT. OH, OKAY. ALRIGHT, WE'LL MAKE THAT CORRECTION. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CATCHING THAT. SO THE MOTION, UH, COMMISSIONER VICTOR IS WITH THAT CORRECTION. OKAY. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. MODEST. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. [Director’s Report ] OKAY, NOW I'LL CALL FOR THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. DIRECTOR TRAN. GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIR CLARK COMMISSION MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC. I AM VON TRAN, SECRETARY OF THIS COMMISSION AND DIRECTOR OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WELCOME. I HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRST IS THE UPCOMING PLAT PLANNING WORKSHOP ON OCTOBER 22ND, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND PFI WILL HOST A FULL DAY PLATING WORKSHOP FROM 8:00 AM TO 4:30 PM AT THE THIRD WARD MULTI-SERVICE CENTER. THE ADDRESS IS 36 11 ENIS STREET. THE WORKSHOP PROVIDES CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS AND UPDATES FOR SUBDIVISION PLANNING PROFESSIONALS PROCEEDS SUPPORT THE LONE STAR COLLEGE SURVEYING GROUP AND INSTRUCTIONS WILL BE PROVIDED BY STAFF FROM THE CITY OF HOUSTON DEPARTMENTS AS WELL AS HARRIS COUNTY AND CENTERPOINT ENERGY. MY SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT IS ABOUT PHISHING ALERTS FOR PLA TRACKER. APPLICANTS MALICIOUS EMAILS ARE TARGETING APPLICANTS WHO LIST THEIR EMAIL ADDRESS ON PDF SUBMISSIONS. THESE MESSAGES FALSELY APPEAR TO COME FROM THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND REQUEST PAYMENT THROUGH FRAUDULENT SETTLEMENT INVOICES. LEGITIMATE PLAT PAYMENTS ARE HANDLED ONLY THROUGH PLAT TRACKER OR THE DEPARTMENT'S FINANCE TEAM. THE DEPARTMENT NEVER SENDS SETTLEMENT INVOICE EMAILS. APPLICANT'S RECEIVING SUSPICIOUS MESSAGES SHOULD VERIFY THROUGH PLOT TRACKER OR CALL THE PLANNER OF THE DAY. IN CLOSING FOR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE CALL THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 0 0. TO REACH THE PLANNER OF THE DAY, PLEASE CALL 8 3 2 3 9 3 6 6 2 4. YOU MAY VISIT US ONLINE@HOUSTONPLANNING.COM. [00:05:02] THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DIRECTOR TRAN. NOW WE'LL MOVE [Platting Activities a & b] ALONG TO RENU ONE PLATTING ACTIVITY. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS AKAH BIJI. 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 60 SECTION A. CONSENT ITEMS ARE NUMBERS ONE THROUGH 31 AND SECTION B REPL ITEMS ARE 32 THROUGH 60. NO ITEMS NEED TO BE TAKEN OUTTA 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 REQUESTS THE APPROVAL OF ALL STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CONSENT AND REBUT ITEMS NOT REQUIRING NOTIFICATION. THANK YOU. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK, BUT I KNOW I HAVE SOME ABSTENTIONS. COMMISSIONER MAREZ? YES, I RECUSED FROM ITEMS 1, 2, 16 AND 60. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. HE? YES. MADAM CHAIR, I'LL ABSTAIN FROM ITEM THREE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD. UM, ITEMS 3, 5, 6, AND 17. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHERS? COMMISSIONER SYKES? UH, ITEM 12. 12. OKAY, SO I NEED A MOTION. SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 16, 17. EXCUSE ME, I'LL SKIP 12 AND 60. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION JONES. MOTION JONES. SECOND . ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. NOW I NEED A MOTION FOR ALL ITEMS THAT WE SAVE AND ACCEPT ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 12, 16, 17, AND 60. MOTION. OKAY. UM, I THINK I HEARD C FIRST AND RON HOST SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [c. Replats requiring Public Hearings with Notification (John Cedillo, Devin Crittle, Ken Calhoun, Dorianne Powe-Phlegm and Aracely Rodriguez) ] MOVING ON TO C RELAS REQUIRING PUBLIC HEARINGS WITH NOTIFICATION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOHN PHILLIPS. ITEM 61 IS ASTON VILLAS PLAZA, ASTON VILLAS PLAZA. THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER A 33,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF SIX 10 AND RICHMOND AVENUE. THE REASON FOR REPL IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A DUAL BUILDING LINE OF 8.6 FEET ALONG SIX 10 WEST AND 5.3 FEET ALONG GATON STREET TO THE EAST. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THIS IS A FULL REPL OF ATWOOD VILLAS, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER THREE AND ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET. THE SITE IS INTENDED TO BE A GAS STATION AND WILL MAINTAIN AN EXISTING BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT IN 1990 WITH THE SHOWN ENCROACHMENTS. THE BACK OF CURB DISTANCE, UH, FROM THE, FROM THE BACK OF CURB TO THE BUILDING FACADE IS 48 FEET ALONG SIX, 10, AND 20 FEET ALONG. GATON STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THE APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS AND GRANT THE YOU'VE REQUESTED VARIANCE. UH, MADAM CHAIR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM, SORRY, I FORGOT THE ITEM NUMBER 61 IS NOW OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE NO ONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND MATTERS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 62. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSTON PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DEVIN K CRIDDLE. ITEM 62 IS CHARLES MARK CORNER. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG CHARLES BLANC STREET AND EAST OF WAYSIDE DRIVE. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE FOUR SINGLE FAMILY LOTS AND TWO RESERVES, AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE FOR A ZERO FOOT SIDE BUILDING. LINE REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. HOWEVER, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DISAPPROVE THE PLAT FOR FAILURE TO MEET PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SIGN AND THE NEWSPAPER AD. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 62 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION JONES SECOND VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO 63. ITEM 63 IS CON BUSINESS PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE ETJ OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY EAST OF FM 29 78. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TWO, CREATE TWO COMMERCIAL RESERVES. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS [00:10:01] PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OF THOSE FI FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FOREIGN CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. AND STAFF DID RECEIVE OPPOSITION RELATED TO A DRAINAGE AND QUALITY, QUALITY OF LIFE. UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 63 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DIS UH, FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU. MOTION BALLARD SECOND GARZA. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO 64. YES MA'AM. ITEM 64 IS CRESS PLACE PARTIAL REPL NUMBER FIVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS NORTH ALONG MILFORD STREET BETWEEN SHEPHERD AND HAZARD STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLATTER. THOSE FILED SEPARATELY STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, YOU PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 64 IS OPEN. I HAVE A SPEAKER, HENRY SALKI, AND IF I MISPRONOUNCE THAT, PLEASE CORRECT ME. GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND STATING YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M HENRY GEL. I LIVE AT 2 0 3 1 MILFORD STREET, WHICH IS THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY ACROSS FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. I AM HERE THIS AFTERNOON TO ASK YOU RESPECTFULLY TO DENY THE REPL. THIS IS AT 12,000 SQUARE FEET, THE LARGEST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT IS THE LAST OF THE ORIGINAL BIG LOTS APPROVING. THE REPL IS MATERIALLY AND FOREVER GOING TO CHANGE THE NATURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S GONNA REMOVE, IT'S GONNA RESULT IN THE REMOVAL OF A BUNCH OF GREEN SPACE. PROBABLY, UH, TREES ARE GONNA DIE OF STREET TREES ARE GONNA DIE. I AM THE PRESIDENT OR THE HEAD, PARDON ME, OF, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, TREE COMMITTEE. AND WE'RE PUTTING A LOT OF MONEY INTO PLANTING AND MAINTAINING OUR STREET TREES WITH AT LEAST TWO CURB CUTS. IF YOU APPROVE THIS REPL, WE'RE GONNA LOSE, UH, THOSE STREET TREES AND THEY'RE NOT GONNA COME BACK DURING THE LIFETIME OF ANYONE IN THIS BUILDING TODAY. THE LAST THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS BEEN ADVERTISING THESE LOTS AND THAT'S FINE, BUT PLEASE DON'T DO IT WITH BANDIT SIGNS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY'RE ILLEGAL AND THEY VISUALLY CLUTTER IT UP. THE BUILDER SHOULD KNOW BETTER. AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU RESPECTFULLY TO DENY THE REPL. THANKS VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. UM, I DO JUST NEED TO NOTE THIS IS A SHALL APPROVE AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS STATE LAW REQUIRES IF IT MEETS CHAPTER 42 THAT WE CAN'T DENY IT. UM, BUT I, IF YOU RIGHT. APPRECIATE. YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY, WE WELCOME COMMENTS. UM, AS FAR AS THE STREET TREES GO, IF THEY'RE IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, THEY CAN'T JUST PLOW THOSE DOWN. THEY DO HAVE TO PROTECT TREES IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO, UM, BUT MR. CRIDDLE CAN HELP YOU WITH ANY OF THAT IF YOU STILL HAVE QUESTIONS, UM, AFTER HE FINISHES PRESENTATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. HEARING NONE. WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. OH, I GOTTA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY. UM, AND I HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF TO APPROVE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SORRY. MAR AND GARZA. OKAY. MOTION MAR AND SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? AND CHAIR? YES. UM, JUST A COMMENT FOR STAFF MAYBE, UM, SPEAK TO THE SPEAKER ABOUT MINIMUM. LOTS OF YEAH. SPECIFIED MINIMUM LOT. THANK YOU. GOOD POINT. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE TOOK A I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. I MAY HAVE REPEATED THAT, BUT ONLY TOOK A SECOND. I THINK SO. OKAY. MOVING ON TO 65. THANK YOU. ITEM 65 IS THE STATES AT NOLL STREET REPL NUMBER ONE. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS NEARLY 1.4 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS WEST ALONG NOLL STREET, SOUTH OF HEMLEY BOULEVARD AND WEST OF HOLLISTER ROAD. THE REASON FOR RELA IS CREATE 17 LOTS AND FIVE PARKING RESERVES ON A TYPE TWO PAE SUBDIVISION. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION AND IT HAS MET ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A FULL REPLAT OF ESTATES AT NOLL STREET. THIS IS REDUCING THE ORIGINAL LOCK COUNT FROM LOCK COUNT FROM 20 TO 17. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THERE IS NO VIOLATION OF RESTRICTIONS, RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE [00:15:01] FILES. SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING DRAINAGE AND DENSITY CONCERNS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MAD. CHAIR IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 65 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION S MOTION SEGLER SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANKS. MOVING ON TO 66. ITEM 66 IS GALACIA. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS OVER 8,500 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE SOUTHWEST SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF BOUNDARY STREET AND FREEMAN STREET. THE REASON FOR RELA IS GRADE FIVE LOTS AND A PARKING RESERVE ON A SHARED DRIVEWAY SUBDIVISION. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION AND IT HAS BEEN ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A FULL REPO PLT OF COMPOST REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATED THAT THE PROPOSED PLAT, UH, DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACEBOOK PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THIS APPLICATION WAS DEFERRED LAST CYCLE PER APPLICANT REQUEST TO CONSIDER THE BUILDING LINES AND LOT LAYOUT AND WILL OPT INTO SECONDARY TOD STANDARDS ALONG BOUNDARY STREET STAFF HAS WRITTEN, UH, HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CCP C 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MA'AM CHAIR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CONTINUED FOR ITEM 66. 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. MOTION FAM. MOTION FAM. SECOND CAROL. SECOND CAROL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO 67. ITEM 67 IS ISLAND LAKE RESIDENCE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 31,000 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION NORTHEAST ALONG ISLAND LAKE LOOP, EAST NORTH OF FM 1960 AND EAST OF CYPRESSWOOD DRIVE. THE REASON FOR REPLAT IS CREATE ONE LOT AND REMOVE AN EXISTING 10 FOOT DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT IS WITHIN THE EXISTING LOT. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION AND IT HAS MET ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A PLT OF LOT 15 BLOCK ONE OF OAK HILL ESTATE. SECTION TWO REVIEWED BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED. SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING DRAINAGE CONCERNS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPT 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. AND MADAM CHAIR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 67 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE NONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. UH, MOTION POUROUS PERT. SECOND GARZA. SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO 68. ITEM 68 IS LC PARK. THE SUBJECT SITE IS AN OVER 2.8 ACRE PROPERTY LOCATED IN THE HARRIS COUNTY EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION AT THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF BOCKLEY ROAD AND MUY ROAD. BOTH MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A SINGLE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCES REQUESTED WITH THIS APPLICATION AND IT HAS MET ALL NOTICE REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A RULE FULL REPLAT OF MCGILL ESTATES SECTION ONE. THIS PLAT WAS DEFERRED LAST CYCLE FOR EXTENDED LEGAL REVIEW. UNDER FURTHER REVIEW, LEGAL HAS STATED THAT THE PROPOSED PLAT DOES NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY, STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY ADVANCED COMMENTS REGARDING THIS APPLICATION. THEREFORE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CC ONE ONE. FORM CONDITIONS MA'AM, CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 68 IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION JONES. SECOND. SECOND SHEPHERD. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 69. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS KEN CALHOUN. ITEM 69 IS LONG CREST PLAZA REPL NUMBER ONE. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH MAINE AND LONG CREST STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE REPLAY IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. UH, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WOULD NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS MADAM CHAIR FOR PLEASE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 69 IS OPEN. I HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE IF THERE ARE QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? IF NOT, UH, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION VICTOR. MOTION. VICTOR. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 70. ITEM 70 IS MAIL BORN PLACE SECTION ONE PARTIAL REAR T NUMBER SIX. THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED [00:20:01] WITHIN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AT THE INTERSECTION OF WILL OAK AND STERLINGS SHOWER. THE PURPOSE OF THE RE PLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY LOTS. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THE PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. SUCH RECOMMENDATIONS TO PROVE THE, PROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 70 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION SYKE. MOTION SYKES. SECOND CAROL. SECOND CAROL. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 71. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DORIAN FLM. ITEM 71 IS PARK ENCLAVE AT ST. AUGUSTINE. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS EAST ALONG ST. AUGUSTINE STREET, SOUTH OF WARD AND YELLOWSTONE STREETS. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. 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'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 71 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO SPEAKER SIGNED. UH, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION MATTERS. SECOND. SECOND, BALLARD. OKAY. I HEARD TWO VOICES. UH, SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 72. ITEM 72 IS POCO ESTATES. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS AT THE NORTH WEST INTERSECTION OF POCO ROAD AND MCKEAN DRIVE SOUTH OF LEY BOULEVARD. THE REASON FOR RE PLAT IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND REVISE THE BUILDING LINE. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES. SEPARATELY, THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 72 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE A PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF. RECOMMENDATION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND SHEPHERD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 73. ITEM 73 IS RESERVES AT PARK PLACE. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON, CORPORATE LIMITS BOUNDED BY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 45 PARK PLACE, BOULEVARD, GULF STREET, KINGSLEY STREET AND BROADWAY STREET. THE REASON FOR RELA IS TO CREATE TWO UNRESTRICTED RESERVES. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAID TO GIVE LEGAL TIME FOR FURTHER REVIEW OF THE SEPARATELY FILED DEED RESTRICTIONS. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN EVENTS. HOWEVER, WE DID RECEIVE A CALL ONE CALL CONCERNING THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE QUESTION WAS THEY WANTED TO KNOW WHAT IT WAS PLANNED FOR AND THE DEVELOPMENT WAS PLANNED FOR. AND THE APPLICANT INDICATED THAT THE PROPERTY WILL BE DEVELOPED FOR A GAS STATION IN COMMERCIAL RETAIL. MADAM CHAIR, IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 73 IS OPEN. I DO HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS VICTOR GRAG, AND I'M SURE I MESSED THAT UP, SO PLEASE CORRECT ME. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM MADAM CHAIR AND COMMITTEE. UM, MY NAME'S VICTOR GDAY. I AM A RESIDENT OF 82 3 6 PARK PLACE, UM, PAST PRESIDENT OF, OF THE PARK PLACE CIVIC CLUB. AND WE JUST WANT, I WANTED TO GET SOME FEEDBACK TODAY, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY JUST TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY'RE BUILDING THERE. AND I THINK SHE ANSWERED THE QUESTION FOR ME IF THEY WANNA PLAN TO DO A GAS STATION. SO I WILL REPORT BACK TO THE, UH, CIVIC CLUB AND SEE WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE AND, AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WE CAN COME TO AN AGREEMENT. BUT WE JUST, IT'S A VERY HISTORICAL CHURCH THERE, BEAUTIFUL ARTWORK THERE. AND IT'S A SHAME TO SEE IT GO AND BE TORN DOWN. SO, UH, FOR THE HISTORICAL PART OF THE CITY OF HOUSTON, IF THEY COULD LOOK INTO THIS MATTER, UH, IT'S A VERY HISTORICAL BUILDING THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE DEMOLISHING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. YES. COMMISSIONER GARZA. I THINK HE HAS A QUESTION. NO, I, I JUST WANTED TO STATE THE POINT THAT TO MY UNDERSTANDING, DEED RESTRICTIONS ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED [00:25:01] BY OUR LEGAL DEPARTMENT. SO IT'S NOT A SLAM DUNK YET. UM, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THAT INTERSECTION, AND OF COURSE I WILL, I WILL POINT OUT TO STAFF THAT THAT'S NOT CALLED SUICIDE CIRCLE FOR NOTHING. IT'S VERY, VERY DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME OFF OF PARK PLACE OR BROADWAY TO PULL INTO THAT GAS STATION. OTHERWISE, I MEAN, IT'S, ANYWAY, I KNOW THAT YOU, THE DEPARTMENT WILL BE LOOKING INTO THAT, BUT THAT'S GONNA BE OF GREAT CONCERN FROM A SAFETY STANDPOINT. THERE'S ALSO SCHOOLS ALL UP AND DOWN THAT STREET. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. SO AGAIN, IT'S NOT DONE. WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT DEED RESTRICTIONS. SO THIS HAS BEEN DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS, SO IT'LL BE COMING BACK BEFORE US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GARZA. AND YOU MENTIONED THE GAS STATION. IT'S ALSO A LITTLE RETAIL CENTER, SO MM-HMM . YES. DIRECTOR TRAN. THANK YOU. UM, I WANTED TO ALSO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE HISTORIC, UH, MENTION OF THE HISTORIC CHURCH, UH, JUST TO, UH, MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT HISTORIC DESIGNATION ARE, UH, TO BE INITIATED BY THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY, UH, TO CREATE A HISTORICAL LANDMARK. OKAY. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LARRY KETNER. HE'S NOT HERE. HE'S NOT HERE. OKAY. OKAY. HOW DID YOU FOLLOW? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBRA KANER. DEBORAH, DID WE HAVE THIS TALK ABOUT PENMANSHIP, DIDN'T WE? ? NO, I'M KIDDING. IT'S PROBABLY MY EYES. COME ON UP. COME ON UP. IT'S KE IT'S KETNER. IS IT NOT? DON'T, DON'T LET HIM STOP YOU. DON'T LISTEN TO HIM. KETNER, KETNER. SORRY. YEAH, YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IT'S HER HUSBAND WAS BEFORE THAT, WE CONSIDER, UM, THIS AREA OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I'M A 33 YEAR RESIDENT. MY SON IS A GRADUATE OF MILBY HIGH SCHOOL. UM, THERE IN THE AREA YOU MENTIONED THE SCHOOLS. WE HAVE THE CHARLTON PARK, PARK PLACE, REGIONAL LIBRARY, PARK PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE BOTANIC GARDEN, THE TAQUERIA DEL SOUL, WHICH ARE LOVELY PROPRIETORS RIGHT HERE. AND, UH, ST. CHRISTOPHER'S CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN THAT AREA AS WELL. UM, ALSO, UH, THE ROOTS OF THE COMMUNITY GO BACK TO 1921. WE CAN GO OVER TO THE JULIUS AND ADDISON LIBRARY AND THEY HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAP THERE, WHICH IS VERY EXCITING FOR US. UM, FOR THOSE THAT DEEPLY CARE ABOUT THIS AREA, IT IS, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THERE'S A CHANGE. THE SPARK PARK TOOK DOWN, UM, SOME HOUSING THERE AND WE REALIZED THAT THERE'S CHANGE. AND ALSO WE, I DO WANNA MENTION THE MURAL, THE TILE MURAL FOR THE DEVELOPER TO UNDERSTAND WITH JESUS OUTSTRETCH ARMS, UM, IS REALLY QUITE IN THESE DARK TIMES, IS MEANINGFUL TO US. AND WE HAVE ADVOCATES FOR DINO, THE DINOSAUR, RIGHT UP THE STREET OFF OF GULF FREEWAY. AND WE'RE JUST AS ADAMANT, MANY OF US ABOUT OUR, OUR, UH, THAT ONE BEAUTIFUL MURAL, UH, THAT WE WOULD HOPE THAT THEY WOULD INCORPORATE IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE, I DID NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT UNRESERVED, UH, UNRESTRICTED RESERVE, UM, I FLAILED AROUND AND TO ASK WHAT THAT MEANS, I WASN'T SURE ABOUT HOUSING. WE JUST MENTIONED HERE. UM, I'M A YES IN MY BACKYARD PERSON, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CHURCH AT ONE TIME HAD A FEEDING PROGRAM THAT WE ASKED TO MOVE, NOT BECAUSE THERE'S PLENTY OF FEEDING THERE. AT THE END OF MY STREET, THERE'S A WELL-MANAGED ONE. I LIVE ON MY STREET IS SOBER HOUSES, WELL-MANAGED WAY OUT WOMEN'S CENTER, WELL-MANAGED. AND SO NOW THAT I HEAR THAT THE, THE CHURCH IS JUST USING THIS, UM, FOR FINANCIAL REASONS, I, I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I ADVOCATE FOR A GOOD DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. PFL, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME OUT AND TELL US, UH, FOR THE AUDIENCE WHAT AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE MEANS? YEAH, SO UNRESTRICTED RESERVE IS JUST A RESERVE, UH, THAT THEY HAVE NOT REALLY, UM, MADE A DESIGNATION ON, BUT IT COULD BE ANYTHING EXCEPT SINGLE FAMILY. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. AND MAYBE, UM, AFTER YOU PRESENT, MAYBE YOU COULD SHARE THE APPLICANT'S INFORMATION. I GUESS IT MIGHT BE GOOD TO GET THEM TOGETHER WITH THE APPLICANT. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT IS THE LAST PERSON I HAD SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO OH, YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON. IF YOU COULD PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE, MY NAME IS SAMUEL REYES. THANK, UH, I'M HERE WITH MY FATHER, SAMUEL REYES, SENIOR. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, COUNSEL, WE, UH, ARE PART OF TA DEL. WE HAVE BEEN A STAPLE IN THE, UH, AREA FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 42 YEARS NOW. UM, IT WAS CONCERNING AGAIN, UH, WE HAD NO IDEA. IT [00:30:01] JUST THE UNRESTRICTED, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY. AGAIN, IT WAS, IT WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, THE HISTORICAL NATURE. WE LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, JUST TO GET I, THE HOOPS I HAD TO JUMP THROUGH JUST TO GET MY WINDOWS CHANGED OUT. AND THEN THEY'RE GONNA DESTROY THIS, UH, BEAUTIFUL CHURCH AGAIN, WHICH HAS BEEN PART OF JUST MY SCENERY GROWING UP, WORKING THERE AT THE RESTAURANT, LOOKING OUT THAT WINDOW, YOU KNOW, SINCE I WAS 12 YEARS OLD. I'M 48 NOW. AND, UH, IT, IT, I JUST HATE TO SEE THAT GONE AGAIN. MY CONCERNS AS WELL WITH BEING A GAS STATION, THEY DEFINITELY DON'T CALL IT SUICIDE CIRCLE FOR NOTHING. THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, CARS THAT I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE. WHAT WOULD, HOW THEY WOULD LOGISTICALLY BE ABLE TO DO THAT? UH, WE ASK AGAIN. I'M GLAD THAT IT'S NOT A SLAM DUNK HOW YOU STATED EARLIER, SIR. AND, UH, WE'D APPRECIATE JUST AGAIN, TO BE, UH, INVOLVED. AND THE NOTICE IS GOING OUT. WE DEFINITELY WILL KEEP AN EYE ON AND, AND JUST MAKING SURE THAT, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO STOP DEVELOPMENT, BUT WE DO OUR, OUR CONCERN JUST WITH, WITH THE CHANGES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, UH, WE JUST WANT TO ALSO, YOU KNOW, JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK. AND WE THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. AND AGAIN, MS. POPLE WILL GET WITH YOU ALL, SHARE THE APPLICANT'S INFORMATION, AND IT MAY BE GOOD FOR YOU ALL TO TRY TO SET UP A MEETING, UM, AND SHARE YOUR CONCERNS AS FAR AS NOTIFYING YOU OF WHEN THIS WILL COME BACK. IT'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS. IT'S BEING DEFERRED FOR TWO WEEKS WHILE LEGAL LOOKS INTO THE DEED RESTRICTIONS. OKAY, I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO? ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND FAM. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. AND COMMISSIONER FAM, THANK YOU. I I HAVE A HARD TIME HEARING ALL THE WAY AT THE ENDS OF THE TABLE, SO THANK YOU FOR RAISING YOUR VOICE. I FEEL BAD WHEN I SKIP YOU. I LOOK AT AND GO, OH YEAH, SHE MADE A MOTION. SO SORRY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT . MOVING ON TO ITEM 74. ITEM 74 IS RESERVES ON GROVER. THE SITE IS IN HOUSTON. CORPORATE LIMITS NORTH, THE LONG GROVER STREET WEST OF AUGUSTER ROAD. THE REASON FOR PLAT IS TO CREATE UNRESTRICTED RESERVES. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR, PLEASE. IT'S THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 74 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES, WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION MAD. MOTION MAD. SECOND SR. SECOND SIGLER. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 75. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY LIMIT, RODRIGUEZ, ITEM 75 RIVER WEAVE. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT EAST OF JAIL STREET AND NORTH OF CROSS TIMBER STREET. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLOT IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE INTENDED FOR OFFICE DEVELOPMENT AND ONE RESERVE FOR DRAINING DETENTION AND OPEN, OPEN SPACE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING MULTIPLE VARIANCES TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO FRONT AND TAKE ASSET FROM A POINT STOP STREET TO THE NORTH AND TO ADDRESS SECTION 1 93 BY CHANGING THE USE OF A COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE RESERVE TO UNRESTRICTED DRAINING DETENTION AND OPEN SPACE. AT THIS TIME, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED TO DEFER THE PLOT. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE REQUIRED NOTIFICATION AND STAFF HAS RECEIVED FEW PUBLIC COMMENT EXPRESSING CONCERN RELATED TO SAFETY TRAFFIC FLOODING, AND THE PROPOSED USE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLOT PER THE APPLICANT REQUEST. MADAM CHAIR, IF YOU PLEASE SHARE THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 75 IS OPEN. I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JOHN GIBBS. GOOD AFTERNOON TO YOU, MADAM CHAIR, TO THE P COMMISSION. UH, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS SITUATION BEFORE. UH, I LIVE ON THORNTON STREET AND YOU ENTER INTO THORNTON STREET FROM YALE STREET, AND IT'S A CUL-DE-SAC ON THE END OF THE STREET WHERE THIS GENTLEMAN WANT TO BUILD. LET ME BACK UP THERE. THERE ARE 24 HOUSES THAT'S BEEN BUILT BEHIND OUR, OUR HOUSE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, BUT THE ENTRYWAY [00:35:01] IS IN ON, UM, YALE STREET. CAN Y'ALL, CAN YOU SHOW THAT? CAN YOU SHOW THAT UP THERE? YEAH. DO YOU HAVE A PLAN THAT SHOWS YALE? THERE YOU GO. OKAY. NOW, UM, THE 24 HOMES THAT'S BEHIND MY HOUSE, THEY, THEY WENT THROUGH CHAPTER 42, 3 FEET HIGHER, BUT IT'S STILL DRAINING OUR BACKYARDS. AND, AND THE SO, AND THE SOIL BACK THERE IS VERY SOFT. NOW THERE IS NO WAY FOR THAT. THE NEXT GROUP TO ENTER IN OUTSIDE THORNTON STREET. SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR, UM, VARIANCE TO COME IN ON ARROW POINT. ARROW POINT IS NOT A STREET. IT'S THE VACANT LOT SITTING BETWEEN TWO HOUSES AND A GREAT BIG CEDAR TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT. AND WHAT THIS GUY HAS DONE, HE'S ALREADY PUT DIRT IN THERE AND TORE DOWN THE FENCE AND START BUILDING DETENTION POND WITH THE PROMISE HE'S GONNA BUILD A HOUSE. BUT HE WANTS US TO BELIEVE THAT HE'S NOT GONNA PUT APARTMENTS BACK THERE. HE'S TELLING US HE'S GONNA PUT SOME, UM, BUILDINGS BACK THERE. THEY'LL PUT PUT FOR, UM, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS. NOW MY ATTITUDE IS IF WE APPROVE THAT, HE'S GONNA CHANGE WHAT HE SAY HE'S GONNA DO. AND BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN THROUGH THIS BEFORE, WE ALREADY HAVE WATER STANDING IN OUR DRIVEWAYS. NOW WITH THIS SITUATION, I THINK ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, WE WENT THROUGH THIS AND THE CITY DENIED IT. AND UM, AND WE HAVE A NICE STREET WITH, UH, CUL SAC AT THE END. PEOPLE, IF YOU DON'T LIVE ON THE STREET, IT'S QUIET. PEOPLE WALK THEIR DOGS AND STUFF. YOU BUILD THIS, LET THIS ANOTHER PERSON MOVE IN. THERE'S GONNA BE TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TRAFFIC. IF HE'S GONNA BUILD BACK THERE, LET HIM GO OUT TOWARD EAST WHITNEY, WHICH IS SOUTH OF US WITH WHEN THAT, WHEN THAT YOU CAN WRAP IT UP. GO AHEAD, WRAP IT UP SO THAT WHOEVER COMES INTO THAT AREA, THEY HAVE TO EXIT OUT TOWARD EAST WHITNEY. HE DON'T HAVE TO BUILD THAT WAY. HE WANTS TO COME THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE CULTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN LIVING ON THAT STREET SINCE I WAS 11 YEARS OLD. I'M 70 AND I DON'T THINK WE GONNA LET THAT HAPPEN. I DON'T WANT, I'M, I'M BEGGING YOU, I'M PLEADING YOU DO NOT CH CHANGE THE CULTURE OF A COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR THE STABILIZATION OF WHO WE ARE AS GOOD CITIZENS. WE HAVE A CIVIC CLUB AND WE ALL VERY MUCH AWARE OF OUR RIGHTS. AND TODAY I JUST ASKED THAT WHAT THEY ASKED TO DEFER. I ASK THAT Y'ALL WOULD DENY THAT TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LONNIE JACKSON. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON TO EVERYONE. UM, I LIKE JOHN GIBSON. MY NEIGHBOR STAYED RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. BEEN THERE MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS. I WAS LIKE 18 YEARS OLD WHEN I MOVED THERE. THORNTON STREET HAS BEEN WONDERFUL ALL THESE YEARS. IT'S A STREET. IT'S NOT A THOROUGHFARE. IT IS A CUL-DE-SAC AT THE END WHERE YOU TURN AROUND AND COME OUT. THERE'S NO CARS, THERE ARE NO CARS SPEEDING UP AND DOWN THE STREET. NO SPEED BUMPS, NO NEED FOR THAT. BUT ALSO THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS THERE BECAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS JUST IDEAL FOR A GOOD FAMILY LIFE. WE JUST NEED YOU GUYS JUST TO HELP US AS CITIZENS WHO'VE BEEN IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR MANY, MANY YEARS TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS PERSON WHO WANTS TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO. BELIEVE ME, IF YOU PUT SOMETHING COMMERCIAL OR ANYTHING IN THAT, IT'S GONNA CAUSE A LOT OF THROUGH TRAFFIC. I DON'T KNOW WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA WALK THEIR DOGS ANYMORE. THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT TO THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, IT WILL CHANGE THE CULTURE OF THE WHOLE ENTIRE AREA. THE SAD PART ABOUT IT IS, IS THAT WHERE THIS IS LOCATED IS AT THE END, ALMOST AT THE END OF THE STREET. SO PEOPLE HAVE TO COME ALL THE WAY DOWN AND, AND THERE'S BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN NONSTOP. I JUST NEED YOU ALL TO WORK WITH US AS CITIZENS OF HOUSTON THAT HAVE BEEN HERE ALL OUR LIVES, NEVER CAUSED ANY PROBLEMS, AND JUST TO PROTECT US AS A COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN TODAY. I HAVE NO ONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO DO YOU WANNA HAVE, DO YOU HAVE COMMENTS MR. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? OH, DID NOT SEE THAT HAND COME ON UP. PLEASE, PLEASE. AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. UH, MY NAME IS JUAN LUGO AND I'M A RESIDENCE OF THORNTON STREET. AND, UH, THE COMMUNITY IS VERY QUIET. IT'S VERY FAMILY ORIENTED. WE HAVE PEOPLE BASICALLY WALK DOWN THAT STREET EVERY DAY. AND IF WE TURN THAT, UH, THAT BACK, UH, WHAT IS THE, IF WE TURN IT INTO A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, I THINK EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BASICALLY CHANGE, UH, AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY THERE, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT. AND WE BELIEVE THAT JUST THAT AREA THERE, IF ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WAS TO BE DONE, WE BELIEVE MAYBE SHOULD BE A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IF IT, IF THAT, BUT NOT COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT IT'S ALL RESIDENTS ALL BASICALLY THEY'RE BUILDING THAT COMMERCIAL IN THE MIDDLE OF NOTHING BUT RESIDENCE. AND THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT. AND EVERYBODY, ALL THE KIDS AND EVERYBODY PLAY OUTSIDE ON THE STREET AND ON THE ROAD. AND WE BELIEVE THAT'S, THAT'S GOING [00:40:01] TO BE MORE OF A, UH, ISSUE THAN, YOU KNOW, THAN GOOD. IT'S, WE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN AT LEAST STAY, UH, AS REST AS A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AND NOT TURN IT INTO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THAT STREET IS REALLY DESIGNED MORE THAN ANYTHING FOR RESIDENTS AND NOT AS A COMMERCIAL, UH, UH, RIGHT OF WAY. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, WE HOPE THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE DON'T WISH THE PERSON ANY, ANY WRONG OR ANYTHING. MAYBE HE CAN DEVELOP SOMEWHERE ELSE. LIKE MR. JOHN SAID, UH, JOHN GIBBS SAID HE CAN PROBABLY DO THAT IN ANOTHER LOCATION, BUT WE BELIEVE THAT THAT'S NOT THE, UH, THE RIGHT LOCATION FOR WHAT HE PLANS TO DO. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND YOU HAVE A GOOD DAY. THANK YOU. YOU TOO. AND THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I DO. OKAY. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. NO, PLEASE RODRIGUEZ. JUST SO WE KNOW, JUST SO WE KNOW FOR NEXT TIME, CAN WE GET WITH WHAT IS THE PA, I SEE THORNTON IS A 60 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY. WHAT IS THE PAVING TODAY? AND THEN THIS NEW LITTLE STREET, I'M ASSUMING THEY HAVE TO BUILD IT IF IT'S NOT THERE, WHAT WOULD BE THE WIDTH REQUIREMENT OF ARROW, WHATEVER THAT IS, ARROW POINT. AND THEN COULD YOU CLARIFY EXACTLY WHAT THE VARIANCE REQUEST IS? YEAH. UM, THE FIRST DAM IS TO KNOCK A STAND OR TERMINATE AIRPORT IN A CUL-DE-SAC TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO HAVE MONEY AND ACCESS TO THE DEAD END STREET AND TO 180 3 TO CHANGE THE YOUTH FROM COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE TO THE PROPOSED PLOT, WHICH IS ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND THE RESERVE B WILL BE OPEN SPACE DETENTION AND DRAINAGE. COMMISSIONER GARZA. AND, AND JUST TO POINT, I JUST WANNA CONFIRM FOR THE AUDIENCE HERE THAT THAT ARROWPOINT WILL BE THE SOLE ACCESS, THAT THEY WILL NOT BE GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOODS OTHER THAN THORNTON ROAD. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY ACCESS TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. WE DON'T TYPICALLY ALLOW COMMERCIAL, THOSE MIXED USES, UH, TO GO THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WITHOUT THE ACCESS FROM ARROWPOINT AND THORNTON, THIS IS COMPLETELY LANDLOCKED AND NO ONE CAN USE IT OR BUILD ON IT. SO THE IDEA HERE IS TO, UH, TO MAKE GOOD USE OF THIS PROPERTY BY THIS DEVELOPER, OBVIOUSLY. BUT, UH, THE GOOD NEWS IS THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE GOING USING ANY OTHER STREETS OTHER THAN THORNTON. THERE IS NO OTHER ACCESS TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. THEY WILL NOT BE GOING THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THEY WERE NOT GONNA BE OPENING CUL CUL-DE-SACS TO GO THROUGH TO THIS DETENTION AREA. SO, UH, AGAIN, ACCORDING TO WHAT I SEE, AND PLEASE CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, ONLY HALF OF THIS IS GONNA BE QUOTE, UH, UNRESTRICTED. THE OTHER HALF IS GONNA BE DETENTION IF CORRECT. OKAY. COULD WE LATER? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN OR NOT. PLEASE TELL ME, UM, IS IT MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S A POSSIBILITY OF MAKING THIS DETENTION PARK-LIKE DO WE KNOW THAT AS YET? CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION ONE MORE TIME? WELL MAKE IT A GREEN SPACE IN ADDITION TO DETENTION IT. WELL, IF, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN, UM, IT IS ACTUALLY ALSO A GREEN SPACE. SO THEY ARE PLANNING TO DO THEIR REQUIRED DRAIN A DETENTION AREA WITH AN O OPEN SPACE, GREEN SPACE. OKAY. SO THAT PROBABLY WILL STAY THE WAY IT IS. YES. TO SOME DEGREE. I'M NOT GONNA PROMISE THAT. I'M NOT SURE. BUT AS YOU CAN SEE FROM, UH, ON, ON SCREEN, MAYBE IT IS ALL GREEN SPACE. AND WITH ANY LUCK IT WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ALL GREEN SPACE. SO THANK YOU. WELL, AND IF IT'S PLATTED AS, UM, DETENTION, DETENTION AND OPEN SPACE, THEN IT HAS TO STAY. IS THAT, UNLESS THEY COME BACK AND REPL, SO YES. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, COULD I GET CLARITY, IS THIS THE SAME PERSON THAT OWNED AND DEVELOPED KNIGHTS BRIDGE PARK AND DID THEY CREATE THIS ENVIRONMENT THEMSELVES? WAS IT A PART OF THE OTHER PLOT? SO I CAN EXPLAIN. REFERRED ED WAS PLOTTED WITH THE SUBDIVISION TO THE SOUTH, WHICH WHITNEY PLAY WE SUBDIVISION. AND UM, THAT RESERVE WAS PLOTTED AS A COMMON AREA, BUT YEAH. BUT THIS IS A DIFFERENT OWNER, IS THAT CORRECT? YES. SAY THE WHAT? THIS IS A DIFFERENT OWNER. IT, IT'S NOT THE SAME OWNER AS WHAT DID, SO IT'S NOT LONGER, UH, UNDER THE HOA. IT'S NOT OWNED BY A PRIVATE YEAH, INDIVIDUAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THE OTHER THING I WOULD REQUEST IS JOHN BROWN STILL IN HERE. MR. BROWN, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND CHECKING OUT THE DIRT MOVEMENT AND ALL OF THAT ON THAT ACCESS ROAD. UM, JONES? YES. COMMISSIONER JONES. UH, THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. IT'S A QUESTION FOR STAFF. THE EXHIBIT THAT WE HAVE SHOWS A VERY LARGE AREA THAT'S IN RED, AND I DON'T WANT TO ASSUME THAT THAT MEANS FLOODPLAIN. SO COULD YOU HELP US UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE COLOR DESIGNATION AND WHAT IT MEANS? UM, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS PORTION? YES. YES. SO THE PROPERTY IS PARTIALLY UNDER A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. SO [00:45:01] I DON'T SEE RED, BUT THE RED IS THE, THE PROPERTY AND THE LIGHT BLUE IS THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAIN. AND THE DARK BLUE IS THE FLOODWAY. THE, WHAT WAS YOUR QUESTION AGAIN? SURE. UH, THE, THE RED AREA SEEMS TO BE THE LARGEST SHARE. MM-HMM . AND WHAT IS THE DESIGNATION? WHAT DOES THAT RED MEAN? UH, IN THIS EXHIBIT, THE RED AREA ON THE COLORED EXHIBIT ON THE SCREEN IS THAT RED AREA IN THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN. THAT'S THE QUESTION. YES, MS. BANDY. GOOD AFTERNOON. BANDY. WHAT YOU SEE IN RED BOUNDARY HERE, IT MAY SEEM LARGER JUST BECAUSE OF THE SCALE, BUT THAT IS THE SITE AND A PORTION OF THE SITE IS IN 500 YEAR AND A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAINS. AT FINAL PLA STAGE, THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE DRAINAGE PLANS. THE, THE SITE WE ARE DEALING WITH IS IN RED BOUNDARY. YEAH. THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET TO THAT THERE'S A DRAINAGE REQUIREMENT. THERE'S A, THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER LAYER OF, OF JURISDICTIONAL APPROVALS AND REVIEWS AND APPROVALS. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. AT FINAL STAGE. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? YES. COMMISSIONER HINZ? YES. UH, MS. RODRIGUEZ, I GUESS THE TWO FACTS THAT WE HAVE NOW IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 50% OF THE SITE WILL BE RESTRICTED TO DETENTION AND COMPENSATING OPEN SPACE, RIGHT? YEAH. AND THEN THE OTHER FACT THAT WE KNOW IS IT'S UNRESTRICTED. SO THAT PROHIBITS SINGLE FAMILY? CORRECT. OKAY. SO THOSE, BUT THE APPLICANT DID SUBMIT A STIPEND MM-HMM . AND PER THE STIPEND, THEY'RE PROPOSING A OFFICE DEVELOPMENT. SO NORMALLY WHEN THE VARI IS REQUESTED, IT KIND OF LINK TO THE STIPEND, THOUGH THE VARIANT WILL BE, UM, APPROVED TOGETHER WITH THE STIPEND. GOT IT. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A COMMERCIAL OFFICE DEVELOPMENT. NOTED. THANK YOU. YEAH. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WE WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DEFERRAL MOTION. BALDWIN SECOND HINES. SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 76. ITEM 76 RIVERSIDE T SECTION SIX, PART TO RELIGHT NUMBER FOUR. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT SOUTH ALONG MCGREGOR WAY AND WEST OF STATE HIGHWAY 2 88. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE PLA IS TO CREATE ONE UNRESTRICTED RESERVE. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IN EVENT REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THE PLA WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY. THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT SEPARATE TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. MADAM CHAIR IS TO PLEASE OF THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 76 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND. SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO 77. ITEM 77 IS SOUTHLAND PLACE PARTIAL RELA NUMBER SIX, THE SIZE IN HOUSTON CORPORATE LIMITS WEST ALONE, KUTT STREET, SOUTH OF OLD SPANISH TRAIL. THE REASON FOR IS TO CREATE THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS. THERE ARE NO VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATES THAT THIS PLAT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTIONS ON THE FACE OF THE PLAT OR THOSE FILED SEPARATELY. THE PLAT WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CHAPTER 42, PLANNING STANDARDS. THE APPLICANT HAS ADDRESSED ALL THE ISSUES AND THE PLAT MEETS CHAPTER 42 STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE PLAT PER THE CBC 1 0 1 FORUM. CONDITIONS STAFF HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMENTS IN ADVANCE. MADAM CHAIR, IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, YOU MAY CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS ITEM AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 77 IS CONTINUED. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE NO ONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I'LL CO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION GARZA. MOTION GARZA. SECOND MAD. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU YOU. ITEM 78. ITEM 78, TOUCHSTONE PARK. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY LIMIT E OF HOMESTEAD ROAD AND NOR OF LAY ROAD. THE PURPOSE OF THE WE FLAT IS TO CREATE TWO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL [00:50:01] LOT. NO VARIANCES ARE BEING REQUESTED WITH THIS ITEM. AND, AND, AND THE APPLICANT HAS MET ALL THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY PUBLIC COMMENT. IN EVENT REVIEW BY LEGAL INDICATE THAT THE PLOT WILL NOT VIOLATE RESTRICTION ON THE FACE OF THE BLOOD OR THOSE FILES SEPARATELY. HOWEVER, THAT RECOMMENDATION IS TO DE FURTHER PLA TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL TIME TO MEET THE NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. MADAM CHAIR, APPRECIATE THE COMMISSION. YOU MAY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS TIME AT THE, FOR THIS ITEM. THANK YOU. THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM 78 IS OPEN. I HAVE NO ONE SIGNED TO SPEAK. IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO HEARING NONE? I WILL CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEEK A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION POURS PER SECOND. CAROL SECOND PSYCHS. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON [d. Subdivision Plats with Variance Requests (Petra Hsia, Devin Crittle and John Cedillo) ] TO D SUBDIVISION PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADDEN CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS PETRA SHAW. ITEM 79 IS MAX ROY'S CORNER. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HOUSTON CITY LIMITS, HARRIS COUNTY, NORTH OF WASHINGTON AVENUE, SOUTH OF KANSAS STREET IN EAST ALONG MAXY STREET. THE ITEM WAS DEFERRED AT THE LAST MEETING BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO MAKE REVISIONS TO THE PROPOSAL BASED ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED IN. SO INSTEAD OF THE ORIGINAL THREE LOT PROPOSAL, THE APPLICANT IS NOW PROPOSING TWO LOTS ALONG A 12 FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY AND IS REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES TO ALLOW THE SITE TO HAVE FRONTAGE ALONG A RIGHT OF WAY LESS THAN 50 FEET IN WIDTH TO ALLOW THE SHARED DRIVEWAY TO INTERSECT WITH THE PUBLIC STREET AT AN ANGLE LESS THAN 90 DEGREES. AND TO ALLOW NO FOUR FOOT SHARED DRIVEWAY OFFSET STAFFINGS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUESTS. THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES AFFECTING THE AREA ARE THE RESULT OF THE PROPERTY'S EXISTING PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS, INCLUDING LIMITED FRONTAGE ON A NARROW RIGHT OF WAY AND A HUNDRED FOOT SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD RIGHT OF WAY ABUTTING THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY. THE ORIGINAL SUBDIVISION PLAT CREATED THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS FOUR LOTS. THREE OF THE LOTS HAVE SOLE FRONTAGE ALONG THE RAILROAD, WHILE THE FOURTH HAS ONLY 16 FEET OF FRONTAGE ALONG A PORTION OF MAX STREET, WHERE THE RIGHT OF WAY IS LESS THAN 50 FEET IN WIDTH. ALTHOUGH THE APPLICANT COULD DEVELOP THE FOUR LOTS AS CURRENTLY PLATTED WITHOUT RE PLATTING, THE APPLICANT HAS ELECTED TO REPL THE PROPERTY INTO TWO LOTS TO ADDRESS SAFETY, TRAFFIC AND ACCESS CONCERNS THE APPLICANT HAS COORDINATED WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND TRAFFIC REGARDING THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND DRIVEWAY ACCESS. THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN REFLECTS THE OUTCOME OF THE COORDINATION AND BOTH PUBLIC WORKS AND TRAFFIC HAVE RAISED NO OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSED CONFIGURATION. THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED BY TRAFFIC TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PAVING IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST 20 FEET OF ROADWAY ACCESS PER PUBLIC WORKS AND TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCES AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM. CONDITIONS. STAFF HAS RECEIVED PUBLIC COMMENTS CITING TRAFFIC AND SAFETY AND CONCERNS. THIS ITEM HAS BEEN DEFERRED TWICE AND CANNOT BE DEFERRED AGAIN. AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I HAVE SOME SPEAKERS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ANNA RODRIGUEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM THE OWNER OF 24 0 4 MAXY, THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR. I FLEW IN THIS MORNING TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A FOUR FOOT OFFSET, UM, BECAUSE IT PROVIDES A BUFFER TO MY PROPERTY. UH, THE DRIVEWAY I THINK IS 12 AND IT SHOULD BE 16. I WOULD ALSO LIKE, UM, IF YOU DO, UM, CONTINUE WITH BUILDING, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THAT WE, LET ME SEE, I WROTE IT DOWN. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IF THERE COULD BE A WAY TO PROTECT THE PROPERTY AT THE CORNER WITH A BALLARD. UM, I CAN ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A REASONABLE START AND STOP TIME FOR BUILDING FOR THE SAKE OF OUR NEIGHBORS. AND, UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? JUST, JUST SO YOU KNOW, I MEAN THE, THE PLAT DID CHANGE AND NOW THERE IS A THREE FOOT SIDE SETBACK, NOT FOUR, BUT THERE IS THREE FOOT. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? NO, THERE'S, THERE'S NO SIDE SETBACK. IT'S A THREE FOOT EE THE EMERGENCY ACCESS EASEMENT FOR, UM, FIRE SAFETY ADJACENT TO HER PROPERTY. BUT THEY CAN'T BUILD IN THAT THREE FEET? NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. SO THERE IS A THREE FOOT BUFFER, NOT A FOUR FOOT BUFFER. THE DRIVEWAY MOVED A LITTLE. UH, AND, AND [00:55:01] YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T UNREASONABLY DENY THEM TO USE THEIR PROPERTY. WE, YOU KNOW, IT WAS MUCH NOT AS TRAFFIC FRIENDLY, I WOULD SAY. AND THEY, I WANNA APPLAUD THE STAFF AND THE APPLICANT FOR COMING BACK WITH SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. YEAH. AND I THANK THE STAFF FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN? NO MA'AM. I'M SORRY YOU ALREADY SPOKE. SO SORRY. COMMISSIONER GARZA, UNLESS YOU HAVE A QUESTION, DIRECT QUESTION, SAY YOU CAN TALK TO STAFF. UM, THE OTHER THINGS THAT YOU REQUESTED, LIKE STARTING AND STOPPING TIME, THAT'S WAY OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION. BUT YOU COULD GET THE BUILDER'S INFORMATION FROM OUR STAFF IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS. YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD CAN DISCUSS IT WITH THEM. I'M SURE THEY'VE MADE LOTS OF ACCOMMODATIONS, UH, TO GET TO THIS POINT, SO I'M SURE THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO TALK TO YOU. SO STAFF, WOULD YOU MAKE SURE THAT SHE GETS THE INFORMATION? THANK YOU. CAN I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE? YEAH, HE'S HERE TODAY TOO. RAISE YOUR HAND. RAISE YOUR HANDS SO EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU. HE'S, THERE YOU GO. SO MAYBE AFTER EVERYONE SPEAKS, IF YOU WOULD, WHEN EVERYONE'S DONE, UH, MAYBE MEET WITH THEM OUT IN THE HALLWAY. THAT'D PROBABLY BE VERY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS SHAA PDO PDA. PLEASE CORRECT ME. I KNOW I MESSED THAT ONE UP. I KNOW I DID. I DID IT LAST TIME. AND I'M SORRY, IT'S PER HODA, BUT IT COULD BE BAD PENMANSHIP. NO SOLL GIVE ONE. NO, I THINK IT. SISTER CHAIR. YEAH. . UM, GOOD. A GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME'S SHARI HODA. I'M A RESIDENT IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT. UM, I'M STILL OPPOSED TO THE PLAN, BUT I'LL TRY TO KEEP THIS SHORTER AND PACK LESS IN THIS TIME THAN I DID LAST MEETING. UM, I, I CAN APPRECIATE THAT THE NUMBER OF LOTS HAVE BEEN REDUCED FROM THREE TO TWO. UH, I JUST WOULD RESPECTFULLY REMIND THE COMMISSION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, THE ACCESS CONCERNS THAT WERE RAISED IN THE PRIOR MEETING. I WOULD AGREE THAT THERE'S BEEN PROGRESS MADE, BUT THERE ARE STILL VALID CONCERNS. YES, THERE'S A WIDER ACCESS POINT, BUT IT STILL NARROWS DOWN TO 13 FEET BEFORE GOING TO THE 12 FOOT SHARE, DRIVE LESS CARS. I'LL GIVE THEM THAT. BUT, UM, I STILL THINK VALID CONCERNS. BUT AGAIN, UH, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN, SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. THE LAST SPEAKER I HAVE SIGNED IS NICOLA. NICOLE. LOVE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR. UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, I'M HERE MORE TO, UM, ASK ANY QUESTIONS. I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS. WE DID, UH, WE TOOK THE COMMENTS FROM THE LAST MEETING. WE REALLY KIND OF ANALYZED IT AND FIGURED OUT YEAH, ONE OF THE LOTS WAS BACKING UP AND THERE'S NO CUL-DE-SAC JUST BY THE GIVEN OF THE SKEW OF THE, UH, PACIFIC RAILROAD. THERE WAS NO WAY FOR THEM TO MAKE A SAFE U-TURN AND GET IN, UH, HEAD FRONT ON MAX. UH, SO WE DECIDED THAT WE ARE GONNA CREATE ALMOST LIKE A INTERNAL CUL-DE-SAC WITHIN OUR PROPERTY SO WE CAN HAVE A SAFE, UH, TURNAROUND AND PEOPLE CAN, YOU KNOW, UH, DRIVE OUT SAFELY. WE DEFINITELY BELIEVE, UH, GIVEN THE EXISTING CONDITIONS THAT THAT ROAD NARROWS DOWN TO ALMOST 10 FEET, WE ARE GONNA BE, UH, UM, WIDENING THE WHOLE ROAD TO 20 FEET OF PAVE, WHICH WILL HELP THE WHOLE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD WITH, UH, EMERGENCY ACCESS, WITH, UH, TRASH ACCESS WITH, WITH ALMOST ANYTHING. SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE FACT THAT WE HAVE A NARROW ENTRANCE THAT IS JUST THE, THE, THE FACT OF THE, THE, THE, THE LOT THAT HAS ONLY 16 FEET AND IT'S ON A SKEW. SO WE ARE TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN. WE DEFINITELY, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO, UH, WE ARE GONNA HAVE AMPLE DISTANCE FROM THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S UH, JUST NORTH OF US IN THE BUILDING, SO THERE IS NO CONCERN OF, UH, OF EVEN, UH, ENCROACHING ON THEIR, UH, UH, PROPERTY. IF THE ADJACENT OWNERS FEEL WE GOTTA DO SOME ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS LIKE ARDS AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE DEFINITELY ARE OPEN TO DISCUSS THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THE LAYOUT THAT WE HAVE PROVIDED NOW IS PROBABLY THE BEST THAT WE CAN DO AT, AT, AT THIS LOCATION. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND THANK YOU FOR GETTING WITH THE RESIDENTS AFTERWARDS. OKAY. UM, BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU AND STAFF FOR WORKING TOGETHER TOO, BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND YOU COULD HAVE BUILT FOUR HOUSES AND NOT HAD TO REPL COMING IN, WORKING WITH STAFF, TAKING IT DOWN TO TWO, MAKING A CUL-DE-SAC TURNAROUND ON THE SITE REALLY DOES HELP THIS ENTIRE PROJECT. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. UM, COMMISSIONER MAREZ. WELL, I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, AS SOMEBODY WHO WAS VOCAL ABOUT NOT LIKING, UH, THEIR ORIGINAL PRESENTATION, I, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE COMMENTS BACK AND, UH, REVISING IT. SO WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY, I DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE SIGNED TO SPEAK. WAS THAT EVERYONE? OKAY. SO COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLA DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION BALDWIN. SECOND. SECOND BALLOT. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM 80 CHAIR. [01:00:03] YES, PLEASE NOTE COMMISSIONER MAREZ IS RECUSING. MADAM CHAIR STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE ITEM 80 AND 81 TOGETHER AS THEY ARE RELATED. YES SIR. AND SO, COMMISSIONER MARS IS ABSTAINING FROM BOTH. THANK YOU. PLEASE PROCEED. THANK YOU. THE SITE IS LOCATED IN BOTH HOUSTON CITY LIMITS AND HARRIS COUNTY'S ETJ NORTH ALONG FM 5 28 AND SOUTH OF EL DORADO STREET AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 45. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS ALONG THE NORTHERN, EXCUSE ME, THE NORTHEAST BOUNDARY AND THE SOUTHWEST BOUNDARY. AND TO NOT EXTEND ANY STEP STREETS, STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THIS REQUEST. THE SITE IS OVER 500 ACRES OF LAND AND TENANT FOR BOTH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SPLIT BETWEEN HARRIS COUNTY AND HOUSTON. CITY LIMITS. DUE TO THE LARGE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY, MULTIPLE STREETS ARE REQUIRED TO BE CONNECTED THROUGHOUT THE SITE. THE PORTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS MAKING THE NECESSARY STREET EXTENSIONS PER CHAPTER CHAPTER 42. HOWEVER, REQUESTS ONE THROUGH THREE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW ALONG THE NORTH AND EASTERN BOUNDARY IS IMPACTED BY PROPERTY OWNED BY BAYBROOK MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT. AND THIS AREA, EXCUSE ME, AND THIS IS THE AREA REQUESTING RELIEF FROM THE INTERSECTION SPACING REQUIREMENT. THE LOCATION OF THE MUD PROPERTY LIMITS THE POTENTIAL CONNECTIVITY BETWEEN THE SITE AND INTERSTATE 45. TYPICALLY PROPERTY OWNED BY THE MUD IS FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, MOSTLY USED FOR DETENTION OR PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE. IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY THAT THE NEED FOR DETENTION IN THIS AREA WILL, WILL REMAIN AS LONG AS THERE'S DEVELOPMENT SURROUNDING THE AREA. ANOTHER FACTOR FOR SUPPORTING THE REQUEST IS THAT LOCATED NORTH OF THE SITE IS BAYBROOK MALL, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S NO PUBLIC STREET DIRECTLY THROUGH THE MALL PROPERTY. THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PROVIDES A SERIES OF DRIVEWAYS CONNECTING TO INTERSTATE 45. REQUEST NUMBER FOUR IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IS TO EXCEED INTERSECTION SPACING. UH, SOUTH OF THE GENERAL PLAN IS A SERIES OF TRACKS WITH COMMERCIAL USES. THESE SITES ARE ALREADY PLATTED WITH ONE BEING THE STORAGE FACILITY. THE CLOSE PROXIMITY OF BAY AREA DROPPED TO THE EAST REMOVES THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL STREET CONNECTIONS IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA. STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY OBJECTION TO THIS REQUEST, AND HARRIS COUNTY HAS VOICED NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDS GRANTED THE REQUEST OF VARIANCE IN APPROVING THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE C PC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITION. UH, WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY OPPOSITION TO THIS REQUEST, AND THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEMS 80 AND 81. MOTION. MOTION JONES SECOND GARZA. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 82. ITEM 82 IS VARGAS ESTATES. THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CITY OF HOUSTON, ETJ, WALLER COUNTY, NORTH OF TWO 90, SOUTH OF OWENS ROAD, EAST OF JAMES MUSE PARKWAY. ALONG EDWARD SCOTT LANE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A COMMERCIAL RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO TAKE ACCESS FROM A 60 FOOT RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT INSTEAD OF A PUBLIC STREET. STAFF IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. THE 60 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT WAS RECORDED IN 1978 AND HAS BEEN THE SOLE ACCESS TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES LOCATED ALONG THE EASEMENT. THE EASEMENT PROVIDES ACCESS TO OWENS ROAD UP NORTH, WHICH IS A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. WHILE OUR COUNTY HAS RAISED NO OBJECTIONS TO THE REQUEST BEING MADE, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO GRANT THE REQUESTED VARIANCE AND APPROVE THE PLAT SUBJECT TO THE CPC 1 0 1 FORM CONDITIONS. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION SHEPHERD. MOTION SHEPHERD. SECOND BALLARD. ALL IN FAVOR OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 83. ITEM 83 IS WEST TIMER SUBDIVISION PARTIAL. RE REPLY NUMBER ONE, THE SUBJECT SITE IS A 7,500 SQUARE FOOT PROPERTY LOCATED IN HOUSTON CITY LIMITS EAST ALONG KESTER STREET, NORTH OF WESTHEIMER ROAD AND EAST OF DUNLEAVY STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN UNRESTRICTED RESERVE AND IS REQUESTING A VARIANCE TO ALLOW A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR A 25 FOOT LONG PORTION OF THE SITE FRONTAGE ALONG KESTER STREET. THE SIDE PLAN SHOWS THE INTENT TO CONSTRUCT A WALKWAY WITH CANOPY AND WALK-IN COOLER WITHIN THAT REDUCED BUILDING LINE. HOWEVER, THERE ARE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE SITE PLAN, THE SURVEY, AND THE PROPOSED PLAT. IT APPEARS A EXISTING BUILDING ENCROACHES THE PLATTED 10 FOOT BUILDING LINE AND WAS BUILT IN THE AFTER 1982. THUS WOULD REQUIRE A DUAL BUILDING LINE VARIANCE TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT EXISTING STRUCTURE AT ITS, UH, CURRENT PLACEMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO DEFER THE PLAT FOR TWO WEEKS PER APPLICANT REQUEST AS THE APPLICANT COORDINATES, [01:05:01] UH, TO SUBMIT ADDITIONAL VARIANCES AND TO CONFIRM THE INCONSISTENT INFORMATION FOR THE SITE. MADAM CHAIR, UH, THIS IS, IT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR DESIRES TO LOOK AT SOMETHING IN TWO WEEKS, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION. MOTION POURS PER SECOND. SECOND, VICTOR. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE HAVE NOTHING UNDER E OR F, SO WE'LL MOVE [Platting Activities g - j] ALONG TO G EXTENSION OF APPROVAL. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS AKILA. IF IT PLEASES THE COMMISSION, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO TAKE SECTIONS. GHI AND J AS ONE GROUP? YES. BUT I NEED TO NOTE I HAVE AN ABSTENTION ON ITEM 85 BY COMMISSIONER HE AND ONE FOR 89 FOR COMMISSIONER MARRE. ARE THERE ANY OTHERS? OKAY, WE'LL TAKE ALL OF THEM TOGETHER. THANK YOU. SECTION G EXTENSIONS OF APPROVAL CONSISTS OF ITEMS 84 THROUGH 98, SECTION H NAME CHANGES CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS. SECTION I CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE ALSO CONSISTS OF NO ITEMS AND 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. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION. MOTION. POS PORTAL FAM SECOND. FAM SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? . MOTION CARRIES. THAT ONE WAS REALLY GOOD. COMMISSIONER FA , WE HEARD YOU THAT TIME. OH, SO WE'VE GOT THE MOTION AND THE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO K DEVELOPMENT [k. Development Plats with Variance Requests (Malcolm Oliver and Ed Buckley) ] PLATS WITH VARIANCE REQUESTS. OKAY, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS MALCOLM OLIVER. ITEM 99 IS 8 4 0 2 BASSETT STREET. THE SITE IS LOCATED SOUTH OF LOOP SIX 10 AND EAST OF THE SOUTH FREEWAY NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF BASSETT STREET MRI STREET. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND HAS TWO REQUESTS. FIRST IS TO RECEIVE A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 14 FEET ALONG THE SOUTH FREEWAY. INSTEAD OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FEET ALONG MAJOR THOROUGHFARES AND FREEWAYS. AND THE SECOND REQUEST IS TO NOT DEDICATE RIGHT OF WAY TO THIRD STREET OR BASSETT STREET, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE PLATTERED RIGHT OF WAY, WIDTHS OF ONLY 45 FEET. THIS SITE WAS PLATTED BEFORE THE UH, SOUTH FREEWAY WAS BUILT AND THE LOT PREVIOUSLY BACKED ONTO ANOTHER SINGLE FAMILY LOT. ACCORDING TO HCAD RECORDS. THE EXISTING HOME WAS ALSO BUILT BEFORE THE SOUTH FREEWAY WAS WIDENED, AND UH, LATER A CARPORT WAS ADDED TO THE FRONT OF THE HOME FACING TOWARDS BASSETT STREET. STAFF WAS IN SUPPORT OF BOTH REQUESTS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. UH, THE REQUESTED SETBACK STILL LEAVES APPROXIMATELY 34 FEET BETWEEN THE HOME AND THE STREET, AND THE PROPOSED ADDITION WOULD BE BUILT TO A SETBACK CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. THIRD STREET SHOWN HERE AS SHELBY STREET IS AN UNDEVELOPED PAPER RIGHT OF WAY THAT ENDS AT THE HIGHWAY AND THE EXISTING CARPORT ON THE FRONT OF THE HOME IS LESS THAN SIX FEET FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE AND WOULD END UP IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. UH, THE RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION WAS REQUIRED ALONG BASSETT STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. I HAVE A MO UH, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM 99. MOTION BALDWIN. MOTION BALDWIN. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 100. ITEM 100 IS 6 2 0 2 CURRY LANE. THE SITE IS LOCATED NORTH OF WEST 11TH STREET AND EAST OF EL BOULEVARD AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE CURIE LANE AND TC JESTER INTERSECTION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN ADDITION TO AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND IS REQUESTING A REDUCED BUILDING LINE OF 20 FEET ALONG WEST TC JESTER. INSTEAD OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG H THEIR AFFAIRS. THIS SUBDIVISION WAS PLATTED WITH A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE BEFORE THE 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE FOR MAJOR AIRFARES WAS ESTABLISHED. UH, THERE'S AN EXISTING CARPORT ON THE LOT THAT'S APPROXIMATELY EIGHT FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE CROSSING BOTH THE ORDINANCE 25 FOOT SETBACK AND THE, UM, REQUESTED 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE. THE PROPOSED ADDITION IS LOCATED BEHIND THE EXISTING GARAGE AND WOULD NOT RESULT IN A VISUAL OBSTRUCTION ALONG THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THERE'S ALSO AN EXISTING FENCE ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE THAT WOULD FURTHER SCREEN, UH, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND IS BLOCKING ACCESS. THE PROPOSED ADDITIONS WOULD KEEP THE EXISTING ACCESS POINT ALONG THE LOCAL STREET INTACT. UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING A CARPORT BETWEEN THE GARAGE AND THE HOME DUE TO THE ORIGINAL 25 FOOT PLATTED BUILDING LINE. MANY NEARBY HOMES ARE ALSO BUILT A SIMILAR SETBACK AND ARE ENCROACHING INTO THE 25 FOOT SETBACK AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. THE APPLICANT NATHAN DIETRICH IS HERE. IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, IF WE DON'T, I NEED A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION JONES. SECOND. SECOND NARANJO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM 1 0 1. GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR AND MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. [01:10:01] MY NAME IS ED BUCKLEY. ITEM 1 0 1 IS 38 41 OLYMPIA DRIVE. THE SITE IS EAST OF WILLOW DRIVE AND NORTH OF SAN FELIPE STREET ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF OLYMPIA DRIVE. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING A 10 FOOT TALL CONCRETE MASONRY WALL AND IS REQUESTING A ZERO FOOT BUILDING LINE IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 25 FOOT BUILDING LINE ALONG SAN FELIPE, A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE WALLS ARE FENCES TALLER THAN EIGHT FEET ARE CONSIDERED TO BE SUBJECT TO BUILDING SETBACKS UNDER THE CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES. THE PROPOSED 10 FOOT CMU WALL WOULD REPLACE AN EXISTING EIGHT FOOT WOOD FENCE AND IS SIMILAR TO OTHER NEARBY WALLS ALONG SAN FELIPPE STREET. THE PROPERTY IS NOT A CORNER LOT AND VEHICULAR ACCESS IS NOT PROPOSED FROM THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. SO THE WALL WILL NOT IMPACT VISIBILITY BECAUSE A SIMILAR WALLS NEARBY MINIMAL IMPACT OF VISIBILITY AND VEHICULAR ACCESS TAKEN FROM THE LOCAL STREET ONLY. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONERS. YOU HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND HINES. SECOND HINES. ALL IN FAVOR? A OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON [II. Establish a public hearing date of October 15, 2026 ] TO ROMAN NUMERAL TWO. ESTABLISH A PUBLIC HEARING DATE OF OCTOBER 15TH, 2026 FOR THE FOLLOWING. ALAMEDA GENOA COMPLEX AMPLIFIED PROPERTIES, BAR ACRE REPL NUMBER ONE, BAYOU GLEN PARTIAL REPL. NUMBER ONE EASTER HAVEN, FERRARI OF HOUSTON, HIGHLAND CROSSING REPL NUMBER ONE MILL RIDGE VILLA, SECTION ONE AND RONSON LANDING. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION? SECOND PIERCE. SECOND PIERCE. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. MOVING ON [III. Consideration of an Off-Street Parking Variance at 13620 Memorial Drive (Ed Buckley) ] TO ROMAN. THREE CONSIDERATION OF AN OFF STREET PARKING VARIANCE AT 1 36 20 MEMORIAL DRIVE. ROMAN NUMERAL THREE IS 13,620 MEMORIAL DRIVE. THE SITE IS WEST OF NORTH WILCREST DRIVE ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF MEMORIAL DRIVE EAST OF CHESTER DRIVE. THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSING TO EXPAND A PILATES STUDIO INTO AN EXISTING TENANT SPACE IN A SHOPPING CENTER AND IS REQUESTING TO PROVIDE 32 PARKING SPACES IN LIEU OF THE ORDINANCE REQUIRED 43 SPACES USING A SHARED PARKING REDUCTION. THE CURRENT TENANT MIX INCLUDES TWO RESTAURANTS, THE PILATES STUDIO, AND A RETAIL SHOP. NO EXTERIOR WORK OR CHANGES TO THE PARKING LOT OF PROPOSED THE PILATES EXPANSION WAS INADVERTENTLY APPROVED WITHOUT A PARKING REVIEW, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VARIANCE TO BRING THE SITE INTO COMPLIANCE. ALTHOUGH A TOTAL OF 46 PARKING SPACES EXIST ON SITE EXCEEDING THE 43 SPACES REQUIRED BY THE ORDINANCE, 14 SPACES ARE LOCATED PARTIALLY IN THE RIGHT OF WAY AND CANNOT BE COUNTED TOWARDS THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT. PUBLIC WORKS HAS CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE NO PLANS TO WIDEN THIS PORTION OF MEMORIAL DRIVE AT THIS TIME. THE VARIANCE REQUEST WAS APPROVED DURING THE AUGUST 20TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, BUT STAFF WERE SUB SUBSEQUENTLY ALERTED TO AN INCORRECT DATE ON THE NOTICE SIGN. THE NOTICE SIGN WAS CORRECTED AND THE APPROVAL WAS RESCINDED DURING THE SEPTEMBER 3RD PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ALLOWING THE ITEM TO RETURN TO THE AGENDA. TODAY, STAFF HAS RECEIVED 125 PUBLIC COMMENTS, APPROXIMATELY 87% OF WHICH WERE IN SUPPORT OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST, CITING THE POSITIVE IMPACT THE BUSINESS HAS HAD ON THEIR LIVES IN THE COMMUNITY. LETTERS AND OPPOSITION CITED CONCERNS ABOUT SPILLOVER PARKING AND A LACK OF AVAILABLE PARKING AT THE SITE DURING BUSY HOURS SUCH AS LUNCHTIME BECAUSE THE AVAILABLE PARKING AT THE SITE WOULD EXCEED THE ORDINANCE REQUIREMENT IF IT WERE LOCATED ENTIRELY IN THE PRIVATE PROPERTY. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS BEFORE WE GET STARTED. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY, ANYBODY? ALL RIGHT. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DAVID DENNIS. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS DAVID DENNIS. I AM THE CHEF AND, UH, OWNER OF THE ONE OF THE RESTAURANT THAT YOU MENTIONED. UM, WE OWN BUSINESS FOR 16 YEARS IN MEMORIAL AND WE PLEASED THE COMMUNITY AND WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO HAVE THIS TELE BISTRO. UH, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO TO DO HERE IS WE UNDERSTAND HIS DIFFERENT TENANT, UH, BUT WE ALL WANNA WORK TOGETHER AND TRYING TO DEVISE THE PARKING. UH, WE HAVING, WE A RESTAURANT, BASICALLY WE, WE NEED TWO HOUR OF PARKING BETWEEN 11 AND 2:00 PM OR 1:00 PM WE ALSO HAVE A A SIX TO 8:00 PM THE OTHER BUSINESS, AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, P CLASS AND, AND ANOTHER STUDIO, THEY'RE DOING BUSINESS FROM LIKE 6:00 AM TO 7:00 PM AND SO THE, THEY HAVE WAY MORE HOUR TO OPERATE IT. WE ONLY NEED TWO HOUR AND TWO HOUR FOR US TO BE ABLE TO PARK. SO WE ARE JUST ASKING YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER, UH, IF WE CAN HAVE LIKE AN TO THE LEASE AGREEMENT, UH, UH, ADD UP. WE [01:15:01] DO NOT WANT TO HAVE A A ANYTHING VERBAL OR WE, WE WANT TO HAVE SOMETHING IN WRITING THAT WE WILL BE OKAY TO PORTAGE THE PARKING AND FOR ALL OF US TO OPERATE IT AND BE SUCCESSFUL AS OUR WISH TO EVERY OPERATOR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. UM, THAT IS DEFINITELY OUTSIDE THE PURVIEW OF THIS COMMISSION. UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU GUYS GET WITH YOUR LANDLORD AND UH, TALK WITH YOUR LANDLORD AND MY LANDLORD IS HERE. OKAY. SO GREAT OPPORTUNITY. YOU CAN TALK TO YOUR LANDLORD. THANK YOU. UM, AND IF HE CAN, HE OR SHE CAN PROVIDE SOMETHING IN WRITING, THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY THAT THAT COULD GET DONE. IT'S JUST NOT IN OUR PURVIEW. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BERTRAN ORT. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MADAM CHAIR IN, IN CONS. MY NAME IS BERTRAN ORT. I'M, I'M A, AN INVESTOR IN A RESTAURANT WITH THE LEGACY OF 16 YEARS WITHIN THE BUSINESS WITH THE FINALLY, WELCOME EVERYBODY WITHIN THE NEW COMPLEX. UH, UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE, UH, UM, POLICIES WAS A, UM, A PERMIT FOR CONSTRUCTIONS WAS BASED UPON AN OFFICE WHICH HAS SPECIFIC PARKING REQUIREMENTS AND NOT A POLICIES, UH, REQUIREMENTS. SO THEREFORE, WE NOW ARE CONFRONTED TO LIMITATIONS OF, UH, PARKING SPACE DURING OUR BUSY TIME OF THE, OF THE DAY, WHICH IS, UH, 11 TO TWO OR SIX TO EIGHT, AND, UH, UH, THAT NEED TO BE TAKING ON CONSIDERATIONS. WE HAVE AS WELL TRY MAKELY TO WORK WITH, UH, THE TENANT AND THE LANDLORD. UNFORTUNATELY, NOTHING HAS BEEN COMPLETED. I UNDERSTAND IT'S OUT OF YOUR REACH, BUT, UH, UM, WE WILL APPRECIATE IF YOU COULD AT LEAST, UH, HAVE SOME KIND OF RESPECT WITHIN THE LEGACY OF THE BUSINESS WE HAVE BEEN IN FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS. AND THERE IS AS WELL ANOTHER RESTAURANT, WHICH IS IN THE SAME SITUATIONS OF OURS, ANOTHER RETAIL. SO WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR THE BUSINESS TO CLOSE, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY, UH, UM, UH, NEGATIVE SIDE. WE JUST ASKING FOR COOPERATIONS ON, UH, WORKING WITH US. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LEE PE. SEAN, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S CINDY, I FROM TAIWAN AND ENGLISH, NOT MY FIRST LANGUAGE, SO PLEASE EXCUSE ME IF I SPEAK SLOWLY. I AM THE OWNER OF MAMA AMAZON SUSHI. I WORK IN MY RESTAURANT EVERY SINGLE DAY. I DON'T HAVE A CHILDREN AND THIS RESTAURANT IS MY CHILD. IT'S MY EVERYTHING. IT'S MY RETIREMENT AND ALSO IS ALSO THE, I HAVE EVIDENCE, THE MONEY I EVER SAVE. IF I LOSE THIS RESTAURANT, I LOSE EVERYTHING. THE PARKING CHRYSLER, WE DID NOT CREATE IT. OUR TINY SHOPPING CENTER CANNOT HANDLE THIS TRAFFIC AS HAS TODAY. THE PARKING LOT IS FULL AND MY CUSTOMER HAVE NOWHERE TO PARK TWO HYDROGEN LOCATION, LOCATION, MOVE INTO THE CENTER, AND THEY BOUGHT A FLOOD OF CARS. THE LOT WAS NEVER BUILT UP TO HANDLE. I WANT TO BE CLEAR, I DID NOTHING WRONG. I WAS HERE THE FIRST, THE GYM CAME AFTER ME AND THEY BOUGHT THIS CRISIS WITH THEM. I'M WATCHING MY LIFE WORK DISAPPEAR BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT IS COMPLETE OUT OF MY HAND. MY NEIGHBOR BISTRO RESTAURANT BEEN HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND SERVICE THIS COM COMMUNITY FOR MANY YEARS. THEY ARE THE HOUSTON INSTITUTION AND THEY ARE IN THE SAME FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL RIGHT NOW. THE VARIANCE OCCASION SAYS THERE IS A NO COMPLETE COMPLETE BECAUSE THE GYM RUNS IN THE MORNING AND THE RESTAURANT RUN AT NINE. I'M THE ONE WHO'S HERE THERE EVERY DAY. I SEE THE TRUTH. MY LUNCH RUSH HOUR IS AT FIVE, UH, 11 TO TWO, AND DINNER'S AT FIVE TO EIGHT. AND JIM RUNNING THE CLASS DURING THE BOTH THOSE TIME AND THE LOT IS MASS. MANY TIMES MY IMPORTS COME IN THE MORNING TO WORK 10 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, CAN'T FIND A PARKING. I'M NOT HERE FIVE TO ANYONE AT THIS COMMI COMMISSION APPROVE ANY VARIANCE, PLEASE MAKE SURE IT HAS REAL ENFORCEABLE RULE AND PROTECT OUR RESTAURANT SERVICE HOURS. CAN I CONTINUE? YES MA'AM. PLEASE. WE NEED TO RESERVE PARKING DURING THE LUNCH 11 TO TWO AND DINNER. FIVE TO EIGHT. AND GYM, GYM CLASS SIZE [01:20:01] MUST BE LIMITED ON THOSE WINDOWS. SO THERE IS ROOM FOR OUR CUSTOMER TO PARK. A GENERAL PROMISE THINGS WILL NOT WORK OUT. THAT'S NOT ENOUGH. WE NEED THE WRITING AND THE ENFORCEMENT OR IT MEANS NOTHING. AND AGAIN, I PUT EVERYTHING IN HERE. THE MAMA ON SUSHI. ALL I ASKING IS, UH, IF A VARIANCE APPROVED, IT COMES WITH THE REAL PROTECTION AND TO THE END. I JUST WANNA SAY SINCE I COME IN THIS COUNTRY, I REALLY NEVER SEE ANY PARKING LOT. THERE'S A TINY PARKING LOT FOR TWO RESTAURANT, ONE RETAIL STORE, AND I ALREADY GOT ONE PILATES THERE AND GOING TO PUT ANOTHER ONE. IT'S A MESS. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR THOUGHTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ALAN HONG. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MADAM CHAIRMAN AND ALL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ALY AND I WORK AT MAMASAN SUSHI. AND, UM, CINDY HAS ALREADY EXPLAINED ABOUT THE PARKING SITUATION. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FROM THE STAFF'S POINT AND WHAT WE PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE EVERY DAY. SO, UM, I WORKED THERE WITH CINDY WITH HER FOR HER FIRST RESTAURANT, AND I SEEN HOW MUCH TIME WORK AND MONEY SHE PUT IN AND STARTING OVER AND OPENING MAMA SAN ON MEMORIAL DRIVE AND OPENING THIS RESTAURANT WAS NOT EASY. UM, IT TOOK US ABOUT 14 MONTHS TO OPEN AND PARKING WAS A REALLY BIG ISSUE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS. AND SO WE SPENT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME TO, UH, WITH THE CITY TO REARRANGE THE PARKING LOT. UM, SO THERE WOULD BE ENOUGH PARKING SPACES TO MEET THE REQUIREMENT. WE UNDERSTOOD HOW IMPORTANT ADEQUATE PARKING WAS BEFORE WE COULD OPEN AND OPERATE OUR BUSINESS. UM, WE OPENED IN 2024 AND MANY OF US HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE THE BEGINNING. WE WORKED HARD TO BUILD THIS RESTAURANT AND DEVELOP A LOYAL BASE OF, UM, REGULAR CUSTOMERS, BUT NOW PARKING IS AFFECTING OUR BUSINESS. UM, WE'VE SEEN CUSTOMER LEAVE BECAUSE WE DON'T, THEY CANNOT FIND A PARKING SPACE. AND WE HAVE RECEIVED COMPLAINTS FROM CUSTOMERS ABOUT PARKING SITUATION. AND THERE ARE TIMES THAT WHEN THE EMPLOYEES ARRIVE, WE CANNOT FIND PARKING SPACES AND PREPARE FOR OUR JOB. AND WHEN THE LOTS ARE FULL, WE SEE PEOPLE ARE NOT PARKING WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO. AND WE SEE THAT THE CAR, IT'S MAKING DIFFICULT FOR CARS TO ENTER, EXIT AND SAFELY TO MOVE AROUND THE PARKING LOT. AND SO FOR THOSE WHO WORKS HERE, IT'S VERY CONCERNING BECAUSE WHEN CUSTOMER LEAVE, THE UH, RESTAURANT LOSES BUSINESS, SERVER LOSES TIPS, AND OUR STAFF LOSES HOURS AND INCOME. AND IF THE PARKING PROBLEM BECOMES WORSE, WE WORRY ABOUT WHETHER WE'LL HAVE ENOUGH BUSINESS TO SUPPORT OUR JOB. AND WE DEPEND ON THIS RESTAURANT TO BA TO PAY OUR BILLS, TO SUPPORT OURSELF AND OUR FAMILY. SO SEEING THIS SITUATION NOW IS HEARTBREAKING. WE'RE HERE TO SIMPLY ASK FOR FAIRNESS AND PLEASE CONSIDER THE BUSINESS AND THE EMPLOYEES WHO'S ALREADY HERE AND DEPENDS ON THIS PARKING LOT EVERY DAY. AND I ALL, I ALL THINK THAT WE ALL DESERVE A FAIR CHANCE TO WORK, TO MAKE A LEAVING AND SUCCEED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KATE ROBBAR, ANOTHER THREE. HI EVERYONE, I'M KATE ROBBAR AGAIN, AND THIS IS MY BUSINESS PARTNER CHRIS AND ME. WE'VE MET YOU ON AUGUST 20TH, UM, WHEN WE VISITED THIS ISSUE THE FIRST TIME. UM, WE ARE THE OWNERS OF THE WELL A PILATES STUDIO. AND THEN WE ARE IN THE WORKS OF OPENING OUR SECOND SPACE THREE DOORS DOWN. UM, YOU MIGHT REMEMBER THAT YOU HEARD OUR CASE ON AUGUST 20TH AND YOU VOTED 10 TO FIVE IN OUR FAVOR THAT DAY. WE'RE BACK TODAY BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE WITH THE DATE ON OUR PUBLIC NOTICE SIGN, NOT BECAUSE OUR REQUEST HAS CHANGED OR ANY OF THE FACTS OF OUR ACTUAL CASE HAVE CHANGED. UM, IN JANUARY WE SUBMITTED OUR ARCHITECTURAL PLANS AND PERMITTING APPLICATION TO THE CITY, INCLUDING PARKING. THOSE PLANS WERE REVIEWED AND APPROVED. AND THEN IN RELIANCE OF THOSE APPROVALS, WE MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION AND INVESTED OVER $300,000 INTO THIS SPACE. JUST THREE DAYS BEFORE OUR PLANNED OPENING, OUR PERMITS WERE PULLED DUE TO PARKING CONCERNS. SINCE THEN, WE OBTAINED TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND HAVE BEEN OPERATING MORNING CLASSES WITHOUT PARKING ISSUES. OUR PRIMARY HOURS, ESPECIALLY [01:25:01] IN THIS LOCATION, ARE FROM ABOUT FIVE 30 UNTIL 10 30. WE HAVE THREE CLASSES A DAY RIGHT NOW WITH NO PLANS TO EXPAND FROM THERE. OUR CLASSES ARE AT 6:00 AM 8:00 AM OR EIGHT 15 AND 9 45, MEANING EVERYONE IS DONE AND OUT BY 10 30. UM, OUR REQUEST JUST REMAINS THE SAME TO ALLOW US TO COUNT THESE CENTER'S ALREADY EXISTING PARKING TOWARD OUR REQUIRING REQUIRED PARKING MINIMUM SO THAT WE CAN OBTAIN OUR PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. WE HAVE A PARKING STUDY TO SUPPORT OUR REQUEST. A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS, MARY ANNE HUFFMAN AND TWILA CARTER, AND A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF SUPPORT FROM THE MEMORIAL COMMUNITY. YOU HAVE HEARD OPPOSITION TODAY, INCLUDING CRITICISM OF OUR BUSINESS. WE RESPECT EVERYONE'S RIGHT TO SPEAK. UM, BUT WE ASK THAT YOU DISTINGUISH PERSONAL OPINIONS OR DISPUTES, UM, FROM THE FACTS RELEVANT TO THE VARIANCE BEFORE YOU. WE ALSO HAVE 18 EMPLOYEES WHO DEPEND ON OUR BUSINESS AS WELL. UM, WE'VE, WE HAVE DONE EXACTLY WHAT A SMALL BUSINESS IS SUPPOSED TO DO. WE FOLLOWED THE CITY'S PROCESS, SUBMITTED OUR PLANS, RECEIVED APPROVAL. WE RELIED ON THAT APPROVAL TO MAKE THE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT WE DID. WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE, WE'VE ALREADY HAD APPROVED 10 TO FIVE IN OUR FAVOR. NOTHING HAS CHANGED. WE'RE JUST ASKING THAT YOU DO IT AGAIN. SORRY. I'M SO NERVOUS. . IT'S OKAY. I DIDN'T THINK I'D BE NERVOUS A SECOND TIME. , THAT WAS IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. PAPER, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? UM, WELL, SURE. I'LL SPEAK AS WELL. UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, IN ADDITION TO THE RESTAURANT OWNERS, UM, AS A BUSINESS OWNER, I'M A SINGLE MOM BEFORE, I HAVE INVESTED QUITE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY, UM, INTO BUILDING OUT THIS BUSINESS. AND LIKE KATE SAID, WE FOLLOWED ALL OF THE ORDERS OF OPERATION, UM, TO BUILD IT PROPERLY. UM, OUR CURRENT HOURS OF BUSINESS AT THIS LOCATION, THERE SEEMS TO BE A LITTLE BIT OF KIND OF COMMINGLING OF OUR EXISTING SPACE. THE PILATES STUDIO, WHICH OPENED JANUARY OF 2025, UM, WHICH WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT TODAY, AND OUR NEW STUDIO SPACE. UM, OUR NEW SPACE HAS, LIKE KATE SAID, MOSTLY THREE HOUR, THREE CLASSES A DAY. UM, WE OPERATE ON MONDAYS WHEN NONE OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES ARE OPEN. WE HAVE CLASSES ON, UM, BETWEEN FIVE 30 AND 6:00 AM UM, EIGHT 15 AND 9 45 MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. UM, WE HAVE AN EVENING CLASS ON TUESDAYS AT FIVE 30, SORRY, MONDAYS ON FIVE 30 WHEN NO ONE IS OPEN. UM, AND THEN WE HAVE WEEKEND CLASSES IN THE MORNINGS. UM, WE HAVE, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THAT, UM, IF PARKING IS SUCH AN ISSUE, YOU WOULD THINK THAT A BUSINESS OWNER WOULD NOT TAKE THEIR FRONT CENTER OF THE, ONE OF THE THREE RESERVE SPOTS EVERY DAY AND LEAVE THAT SPACE FOR, UM, CUSTOMERS. UM, WE ALSO FEEL LIKE WE DELIVER, YOU KNOW, TARGET CUSTOMERS TO THE OTHER BUSINESSES IN OUR SHOPPING CENTER. PEOPLE STOP BY THE, UM, CLOTHING STORE. THEY FREQUENT THE RESTAURANTS. UM, WE FEEL LIKE A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL SHIPS AND HOPEFULLY, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO KEEP DISPUTING THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS CHRIS ROBBAR. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MY NAME IS CHRIS ROBBAR. I'M THE HUSBAND OF KATE ROBBAR, ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE WELL STUDIO AND THE, THE WELL PILATES AT, AT 13,620 MEMORIAL DRIVE. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO, TO UPHOLD THE PARKING VARIANCE. THIS COMMISSION ALREADY APPROVED ON AUGUST 20TH. WE DID EVERYTHING ACCORDING TO THE LETTER OF THE LAW AND PROCEDURE. WE SUBMITTED OUR PLANS TO THE CITY, RECEIVED AN APPROVED PERMIT SET. WE BUILT THE BUSINESS ACCORDING TO THOSE PLANS, INVESTING OVER $300,000 TO COMPLETE THE BUILD OUT. WHEN A QUESTION IN PARKING CAME UP, WE FOLLOWED THE PROCESS, APPLYING FOR A VARIANCE, SPENDING OVER $10,000 TO GET THROUGH IT, AND DID EVERYTHING THE CITY ASKED, INCLUDING INSTALLING THE REQUIRED SIGN PROVIDED BY THE CITY AND SENDING PHOTOS OF THAT SIGN FOR APPROVAL BY THE CITY. WE RECEIVED OUR SIGNS STAMPED APPROVAL THE NEXT DAY, AND ON AUGUST 25TH, WE PASSED FINAL INSPECTION. AND AT THAT TIME WE WERE TOLD THAT THE PERMANENT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WAS 24 TO 48 HOURS AWAY. THAT SAME DAY WE GOT A CALL AND THAT WAS ALL TAKEN AWAY OVER ADMINISTRATIVE ERRORS MADE BY THE CITY. WE FOLLOWED EVERY RULE GIVEN TO US, THE WHOLE PROCESS, BUT THE GOALPOSTS HAVE CONTINUED TO MOVE ON US. UH, SINCE KATE AND KRISTEN BEGAN OPERATING UNDER A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WE BUILT A REAL COMMUNITY HERE. MEMBERS WHO SHOW UP FOR EACH OTHER, SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER'S HEALTH AND HAVE MADE THIS STUDIO A PART OF THEIR DAILY LIFE. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN GET BACK ONCE IT'S GONE. SOME OF THE OTHER TENANTS MAY SPEAK OUT, HAVE SPOKEN OUT IN THIS HEARING, CLAIMING APPROVAL OF THIS PARKING VARIANCE IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THEIR BUSINESS THAT [01:30:01] IS HYPERBOLE. PARKING IS NOT NOWHERE NEAR AS BAD AS THEY'RE MAKING IT OUT TO BE. UM, THE FACTS ARE THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN A DIRECT POSITIVE IMPACT ON OUR NEIGHBORING TENANTS IN THE SHOPPING CENTER. OUR CLIENTS ARE A HIGH END, RELIABLE CUSTOMER BASE AND MANY OF THEM REGULARLY VISIT THE RESTAURANTS AND THE BOUTIQUE IN THE CENTER AFTER CLASSES. SOME OF THOSE BUSINESS OWNERS HAVE TOLD US DIRECTLY THAT OUR MEMBERS HAVE BECOME PART OF THEIR REGULAR CUSTOMERS. THIS VARIANCE ISN'T JUST ABOUT US, IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE VITALITY OF THE ENTIRE CENTER. LASTLY, WE CURRENTLY EMPLOY 18 STAFF MEMBERS ON THE TEAM. MOST OF THEM ARE MEMBERS OF THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY AND WOULD BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED IF THE VARIANCE IS NOT APPROVED. WE'RE SIMPLY ASKING TO ALLOW A BUSINESS THAT HAS FOLLOWED ALL THE RULES TO, TO OFFICIALLY OPEN ITS DOORS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MARK PEELER PEELER. PILAR. NOT SURE . THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME I GOT THAT. . WHICH ONE IS IT? PEELER. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS MARK PEELER. THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, I AM A SHAREHOLDER AND PARTNER OF OUR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE FIRM, ALONG AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER AND 6,000 FEET ALONG I 10. WE ARE HERE TO JUST MAKE THIS RIGHT. WE'RE NOT HERE TO POINT FINGERS. WE'RE NOT HERE TO BRING ATTORNEYS INVOLVED. WE'RE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SYNERGY AND THE CENTER IS POSITIVE BETWEEN ALL OF THE TENANTS, WHICH ULTIMATELY REFLECT EVERYBODY. AND THE CUSTOMER BASE THAT THE WELL BRINGS BRINGS MONETARY VALUE, IT BRINGS CUSTOMER BASES, IT BRINGS SALES, IT BRINGS INCOME TO HARDWORKING RESTAURANT OPERATORS, TO HARDWORKING APPAREL OPERATORS, ET CETERA. AND IT, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SIT HERE AND KNOWING THAT I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, BEING ABLE TO FOLLOW ALL THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH IN THE CITY OF HOUSTON AND STILL GETTING SHUT DOWN ON CLERICAL ERRORS. LIFE'S NOT FAIR. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU DO IT BY THE LAW, WHEN YOU DO IT BY THE BOOK AND FOLLOW ALL THE PROCEDURES, THESE WOMEN HAVE INVESTED A TON OF CAPITAL, TIME, BLOOD, SWEAT, AND TEARS INTO BOTH SITES. AND ALL WE'RE ASKING IS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING, KNOWING THAT THIS WAS APPROVED, WE FOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES, AND IT'S RIPPED AWAY FROM US DUE TO THIRD PARTY ERRORS, NOT THE ACTUAL OPERATORS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. I DO WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION ON THE SIGN. THE CITY UTILIZES A FORM FOR SIGNS THAT ARE POSTED AND SO YOU DON'T NEED TO COME BACK UP. UM, THAT FORM HAS A PARTICULAR DATE ON IT, BUT THAT'S UP TO APPLICANTS BEFORE THEY POST TO MAKE SURE THEIR SIGN IS POSTED PROPERLY. AND YES, STAFF OVERLOOKED THE FACT THAT THE YEAR WASN'T CORRECT, BUT JUST KIND OF WANTED TO SET THAT RECORD STRAIGHT. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVEN SOAN. OKAY. UH, MY NAME'S STEVEN SOAN. WE'VE GOT A CENTER, AS YOU'VE HEARD, UH, LOCATED IN A VERY DENSE AREA AND PARKING'S VERY NECESSARY TO SUPPORT ALL THE TENANTS IN THE CENTER. THANKFULLY THE CENTER'S VERY BUSY AND IN BUSY CENTERS THERE'S A PARKING PROBLEM. AND I'M, I CAME BECAUSE I HEARD THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE PROTESTING FROM THE TENANTS. UM, WATCHING THESE PEOPLE PROTESTING THE VARIANCE IS IRONIC TO ME 'CAUSE IT'S THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT PARKING. UM, ALL, ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, ALL THE OPPOSING PEOPLE NEED THAT PARKING VARIANCE TO OPERATE THEIR BUSINESS. JUST LIKE THE CURRENT TENANT, ALL THE TENANTS HAVE BEEN USING THIS PARKING IN THE, UH, SINCE 1973. AND LIKE I SAID, IT'S CRUCIAL TO ALL THE LIVELIHOOD OF THE TENANTS. I THINK WHAT THIS PROTEST IS ABOUT IS NOT ABOUT A PARKING VARIANCE, WHICH WHAT, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE. IT'S ABOUT, UH, PROTESTING THE, THE NEW TENANT CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. UM, I, I, I MEAN FOR, UH, REPRESENTING THE PARTNERSHIP THAT OWNS THE CENTER AND FOR THE IMPORTANCE OF ALL TENANTS, WE'RE SUPPORTING THE VARIANCE AND CONTINUED AND CONTINUED USE OF ALL THE PARKING SPACES FOR ALL THE TENANTS. GREAT. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. AND THE LAST SPEAKER I ASKED MADAM CHAIR. YES, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE SPEAKER. OKAY. COMMISSIONER PORTER'S PERLE, PLEASE COME BACK UP. COULD YOU PLEASE COME BACK UP? SHE HAS A QUESTION DIRECTLY FOR YOU. SO YOU'RE THE LANDLORD, RIGHT? YES. OKAY. COULD YOUR LEASE AGREEMENTS BE AMENDED? I DON'T THINK THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WOULD, I'M IT'S JUST A QUESTION. YEAH, IT, [01:35:01] IT COULD BE, BUT THAT'S, I THINK THE PARKING VARIANCE IS WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. BUT I UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR. WE'RE WE DON'T HAVE PURVIEW OVER YOUR LEASES. I'M ASKING YOU IF YOU CAN AMEND YOUR LEASE. YES, IT COULD BE ADMITTED. OKAY. THANK YOU. YEAH, THANK YOU. I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. COMMISSIONER MADS DON'T GO ANYWHERE YET FOR THE SPEAKER . YOU MIGHT AS WELL STAND THERE UNTIL I SAY OKAY. WE'RE OKAY. SORRY. AND I DON'T NEED SPECIFICS. ALL I'M JUST GONNA ASK IS, ARE Y'ALL CONSIDERING OTHER MAYBE CREATIVE, UM, SOLUTIONS LIKE BIKE STANDS AND I, I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW WHAT, BUT ARE Y'ALL AT LEAST LOOKING AT SOME IDEAS TO SUPPORT? YES. WE, WE KNOW THAT EVERY TENANT IN THE CENTER HAS TO HAVE PARKING AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT ALL THEIR LIVELIHOODS AND TO SUPPORT EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS. SO WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN, SO WHERE EVERYBODY COULD WORK TOGETHER TO GET THAT DONE. BUT LIKE I SAID, SOMETIMES CENTERS ARE BUSY AND THERE'S PARKING PROBLEMS. IT, TO ME, THAT'S MUCH BETTER BEING IN A CENTER THAT'S EMPTY AND THERE'S NOBODY AROUND. BUT I MEAN, WE JUST HAVE TO HOPE EVERYBODY BECOMES FRIENDLY NEIGHBORS AND WORK THROUGH ALL OF IT TOGETHER AND, AND LIVE TOGETHER. SO EVERYBODY'S WORK AND EFFORTS AND INVESTMENTS CAN, CAN TURN OUT TO BE A GOOD RESULT. YEAH, I I AND I AGREE WITH YOU A HUNDRED PERCENT. UM, THE REASON WHY I ASK ABOUT, FOR EXAMPLE, BIKE RACKS IS I'M ASSUMING THE VAST MAJORITY OF CLIENTS TO THE CENTER ARE PROBABLY FROM THE LOCAL AREA. NOT ALL OF THEM, BUT A GOOD AMOUNT. SO MAYBE JUST AGAIN, MAYBE SIMPLE THINGS, UM, CAN HAVE A SMALL IMPACT POSSIBLE. YEAH, FOR SURE. AND I THINK THE, I, I THINK, BUT FOR SURE WE WOULD DEFINITELY PUT BIKE RACKS AND I THINK THE SUSHI RESTAURANTS PLANS CALLED FOR BIKE RACKS TO BE ON THE PREMISES. THANK ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUESTION. YES. COMMISSIONER NARANJO, UM, THAT BUILDING NEXT TO THE SHOPPING CENTER, WHAT IS THAT BUILDING FIRE DEPARTMENT. OH, THAT'S A FIRE DEPARTMENT. SO YOU CAN'T PARK THERE. CAN'T GET PARK CAN'T PARK THERE. CAN'T HAVE ANYBODY GO CLOSE TO THE DRIVEWAY. YEAH. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, AS A LANDLORD YOU SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THAT LEASING OR EXPANDING A PILS STUDIO WOULD HAVE HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON ALL THE REST OF YOUR TENANTS. AND SO I THINK IT'S UP TO YOU TO HELP YOUR TENANTS SECURE ADDITIONAL PARKING OR OTHER WAYS FOR CUSTOMERS TO GET TO THE CENTER. YEAH, I APPRECIATE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I THINK A PILATES STUDIO NEXT TO SUSHI PLACE IS A, IS A GREAT MIX. SO I HAVE A HOLD ON A MINUTE. COMMISSIONER JONES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, MY COMMENT REALLY ADDRESSES WITH YOU WITH THE 14 PARKING SPACES WITHIN THE DRIVE, RIGHT AWAY YOU MEET THE CONDITION THAT IT'S 46 FOR AND 43 THAT'S REQUIRED. THE CHALLENGE TO ME AND I DRIVE BY THAT FOUR TIMES A DAY IS IN FACT JUST THE TENANT MIX. THAT'S CONTROL THAT YOU HAVE. IT'S JUST THE CIRCUMSTANCES AROUND THE TENANT MIX AND THE TIME OF THE DAY, ET CETERA. THEY'LL JUST IMPLORE YOU AS THE LANDLORD AND YOUR PARTNER TO WORK THROUGH THAT AND COME UP WITH A SOLUTION THAT'S AMICABLE OR THE POTENTIAL IS YOU LOSE A TENANT OR TWO. CORRECT. COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD, UH, TWO QUESTIONS. ONE, WHAT WAS IN THE SPACE BEFORE THE PILATES EXPANSION? UM, IT WAS, WAS IT A DRY CLEANERS? NO, THERE WAS A DRY CLEANER. WELL, PRIOR TO THE FIRST PILATES PLACE WAS A DRY CLEANERS, AND THEN THIS SPACE WAS A SHOWROOM. OKAY. THIS JUST CURIOUS OF WHY IT ALL BECAME, UM, INTERIOR DECORATION WAS LIKE A DECORATIONS. YEAH, DECORAT. OKAY. DECORATION. OKAY. AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS, DO YOU HAVE SPECIFIC SIGNS PER TENANT OF LIKE, THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, ONLY NO, THEY'RE ALL, LIKE I SAID, THE GOAL IS FOR EVERYBODY TO BE ABLE TO GET ALONG. AND ONCE YOU PUT SUSHI, ONLY PARKING SIGN AND THEY'RE NOT AROUND, IT GETS, GETS TO BE A MISS. OKAY. I JUST WANTED A FEW, I WOULDN'T MEAN EVERYTHING. . OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU. THANKS. AND OUR LAST SPEAKER IS ROSE RAMSEY. GOOD AFTERNOON. HI THERE. UM, I'M ROSE RAMSEY. I AM, UM, A WINCHESTER WEST RESIDENT. SO I AM AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR BOUGHT ON TAYLOR CREST, WHICH IS THE STREET BEHIND THE, UM, THE CENTER. SO AS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHERE DO THESE CARS GO, RIGHT? UM, HERE YOU'LL SEE THE WORKOUT STUDIO. CAN YOU GIVE IT TO STAFF? RIGHT THERE? THEY CAN PUT IT ON THE OVERHEAD. [01:40:01] THANK YOU. SO THAT, UM, THAT'S THE CAMERA SHE'S TALKING TO THE HTV GUYS. DOCUMENT CAMERA. PLEASE GO AHEAD MA'AM. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT'S FOR 32 WORKOUT SPOTS. 32. OKAY. UM, I DON'T, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE TO, I DON'T KNOW ANYONE THAT WOULD BIKE TO THE, TO THE STUDIO BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO BRING 'EM AT, YOU HAVE TO BRING A WATER, YOU HAVE TO BRING SOCKS. I MEAN, I JUST, I'VE EVEN ASKED PEOPLE THAT GO LIKE, HEY, WOULD YOU EVER CONSIDER WALKING THERE? AND THEY'RE LIKE, NO, BECAUSE I HAVE SO MUCH STUFF TO BRING THAT, THAT I'M JUST GONNA DRIVE AND PARK. SO THAT'S 32 SPOTS. THEN YOU HAVE THE INSTRUCTOR AND YOU HAVE A FRONT DESK GIRL. SO THAT'S 34 SPOTS SAME TIME. UH, I'LL SHOW YOU HERE. THIS IS THE, GO AHEAD AND GIVE IT TO STAFF. PLEASE WORK OUT SCHEDULE NOT FOR THE SCULPT WITH 32, BUT FOR, FOR THEIR CURRENT PILATES. THAT'S GONNA HAVE, THAT HAS 10 IRRELEVANT MATTER. OKAY. PLEASE AUDIENCE, WE DIDN'T ALLOW PEOPLE TO SPEAK UP WHEN YOU ALL WERE SPEAKING, SO THAT'S PLEASE PROCEED MA'AM. YOU CAN SEE LIKE ALMOST EVERY HOUR THERE'S A, SO, UM, A WORKOUT HAPPENING THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE 10 SPOTS PLUS AN INSTRUCTOR, PLUS A FRONT DESK GIRL, RIGHT? SO THAT'S 12 SPOTS PLUS THE 32. BUT REALLY AN INSTRUCTOR IN 34 SPOTS, THAT'S AT CAPACITY. SO WHERE ARE THOSE CARS GONNA GO? INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? I MEAN, NOBODY'S GONNA BIKE, PUT A BIKE RACK, I PROMISE YOU THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP. I DRIVE BY THIS OBVIOUSLY MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. FIVE O'CLOCK, THERE'S MAYBE A HANDFUL OF SPOTS OPEN. AND SO IF THEY PUT IN AN EVENING CLASS, WHICH, WHICH WORKOUT CLASS DOESN'T HAVE A WORKOUT, UM, EVENING CLASS, THE CARS ARE GONNA JUST OVERFLOW INTO THE PARKING LOT. HERE'S A PICTURE OF WHAT, PLEASE WRAP IT UP. OKAY. OKAY. SORRY. ONE THANK YOU. THAT'S OKAY. ONE OF OVERFLOW PARKING AND THEN AS SOON AS THE LAST, UM, HEARING WAS OVER LAST TIME AFTER THEY WERE GIVEN THE PERMISSION ON THEIR INSTAGRAM SAID MORE TIME'S COMING SOON, BREAKING NEWS. SO I THINK RIGHT NOW THERE AREN'T SO MANY CLASS TIMES BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TRYING TO FILL THE PARKING LOT RIGHT NOW. BUT ONCE THIS PASSES IT'S GONNA BE AN ISSUE. AND I'VE LIVE, I WAS SO EXCITED BY, ON A CUL-DE-SAC WHERE MY KIDS COULD RUN AND BIKE IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. AND I'M JUST WORRIED ABOUT THAT, UM, SITUATION AS ANYONE ELSE WOULD BE THAT IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN. I SEE A HAND RAISED, IS IT THE APPLICANT? ARE WE ALLOWED TO DO A REBUTTAL? YOU HAVE TO COME FORWARD. I CAN'T, I I CAN'T HEAR YOU AND NEITHER CAN, ARE WE ABLE TO ? YES. YOU'RE THE APPLICANT. SO YOU CAN COME UP AND DO A REBUTTAL AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AGAIN. SURE. AGAIN, MY NAME IS KRISTEN WEBER. UM, OWNER OF THE, WELL, UM, OUR PILATES SCHEDULE IS IRRELEVANT TO THE CURRENT SCHEDULE. UM, BREAKING NEWS, THAT WAS BECAUSE WE ARE NO LONGER, WE'RE NO LONGER SUPPOSED TO BE ON A TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. UM, WE ACTUALLY HAVE MANY WOMEN AND INSTRUCTORS WHO WALK TO CLASS IN THE MORNINGS. UM, WE HAVE, YOU CAN LOOK AT OUR PILATES SCHEDULE IF YOU WOULD LIKE. MAJORITY OF OUR CLASS TIMES ARE IN THE MORNING. THAT IS OUR CLIENTELE. WE DO NOT EVEN HAVE A THURSDAY EVENING AT OUR PILATES STUDIO ANYMORE. WE DO NOT OPERATE WEEKEND EVENINGS. WE DON'T OPERATE FRIDAY EVENINGS. OUR TARGET CLIENTELE ARE PEOPLE THAT COME BEFORE WORK OR PEOPLE WHO COME RIGHT AFTER DROP OFF OF THEIR KIDS. WE HAVEN'T, OFTENTIMES EVEN AT OUR PILATE STUDIO, OUR 1130 CLASS, WE END UP CANCELING IT BECAUSE THAT'S JUST NOT WHERE OUR DEMAND LIES. SO THANK YOU. OH, ONE OTHER THING. MM-HMM . THE PICTURE WHERE THE CARS ARE PARALLEL, PARKED ALONG MEMORIAL IS FROM, UM, THE DAY BEFORE OUR FIRST HEARING WHEN MAMA SAN SUSHI AND EDITED HOST CO-HOSTED AN EVENT TO FLOOD THE PARKING LOT. AND THAT WAS ACTUALLY DURING, UM, HOURS WHERE WE WEREN'T OPERATING. SO I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THAT PICTURE IS ACTUALLY NOT ACCURATE TO THE TYPICAL PARKING LOT. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONLY THE APPLICANT HA CAN REBUT. SO SORRY. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? THAT WAS OUR LAST SPEAKER. I'M SORRY. STILL HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER. SPEAKER. WE HAVE ONE MORE. OKAY. WHOEVER IT IS, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON. AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS BRETTON RYCROFT. I'M HERE TODAY ON BEHALF OF THE MAAN SUSHI AND BISTRO 5 5 5 WHO ARE OBVIOUSLY MEMBERS OF THE MEMORIAL DRIVE CENTER. I'VE CIRCULATED A, UH, THREE PAGE HANDOUT JUST KIND OF LAYING OUT THE REASONS WHY WE, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT THIS VARIANCE GETS DENIED. UH, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD MY CLIENTS ARE LOCALLY OWNED RESTAURANTS, UH, OWNERS WHO HAVE INVESTED THEIR ENTIRE LIFE SAVINGS IN RETIREMENT INTO MAKING THESE SPACES OPERATE. IF THIS VARIANCE IS GRANTED WITHOUT A RESTRICTION, THE PARKING [01:45:01] MATH THAT WE'RE ABOUT TO GO THROUGH, UH, MAKES IT A CERTAINTY THAT IT'S LIKELY BOTH OF THESE RESTAURANTS ARE GONNA HAVE TO SHUT DOWN. AND WE JUST HEARD ABOUT THIS PHOTO. UM, OBVIOUSLY THEY TALKED ABOUT STAFF WILL HELP YOU 'CAUSE I NEED YOU TO STAY AT THE MICROPHONE. AUGUST 26TH, 2026 AT 12:00 PM THIS IS JUST THE CURRENT CONDITION. UH, MY CLIENT VIGOROUSLY DE DISPUTES THE CLAIM THAT IT WAS FOR. UH, THANK YOU THAT IT WAS FOR BASICALLY JUST TO CAUSE INTERFERENCE WITH THIS HEARING. THERE'S CLEARLY CARS PARKED ON MEMORIAL DRIVE, WHICH IS UNSAFE. THERE'S CARS PARKED IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. UH, MR. BUCKLEY, IF I HAVE YOU HOLD THIS ONE NEXT. THIS IS THE, UH, PART OF THEIR APPLICATION SUBMITTED WITH THE VARIANCE REQUEST. THIS WAS DONE BY THE, WELL, I DID MY BEST ARTS AND CLASS, ARTS AND CRAFT STYLE. UH, LAYING OUT THE REQUIRED SPACES IN HERE, IT'S REQUIRING 50.8 SPOTS. THE WELL CURRENTLY NEEDS 10. THE EDIT A BOUTIQUE REQUIRES UH, FOUR, THERE'S TWO HANDY CAP SPOTS OUTTA THE REMAINING 32. SO THERE'S 30 LEFT. THE VITRO REQUIRES 12 SPOTS. MAAN CHUY REQUIRES 14.4 SPOTS. AS IT STANDS TODAY, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING JUST FOR THE CURRENT TENANT MIX. UH, WE HAVE TO BASICALLY UTILIZE THE PARKING ON THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT YOU HIT ON EARLIER. THERE'S THREE REMAINING SPOTS IF WE USE THE RIGHT OF WAY. BUT NOW IF WE ADD IN THE, WELL HAVING ANOTHER EXPANDED SPACE, EXTRA 10 SPOTS, THERE SIMPLY ISN'T ANYWHERE TO PUT 'EM. UH, 32 IS NOT SUFFICIENT. UM, SO ADDING ON 10 MORE SPOTS AND EXPANDING THE SPACE IS CERTAINLY NOT GONNA WORK. I'LL LET YOU PUT THAT DOWN. AND THEN FINALLY, THE, UH, I'LL JUST WRAP IT UP. THE THANK YOU. THE REQUEST IS SIMPLE. WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR THE VARIANCE TO BE DENIED BECAUSE THE MATH ISN'T SUPPORTED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. IS THERE, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? I'M SORRY, MA'AM, YOU CAN'T COME BACK UP. YOU CAN ONLY ONLY SPEAK ONCE. OKAY. ONLY THE APPLICANT CAN COME BACK UP AND REBUT. BUT WE NEED TO END THIS 'CAUSE WE'RE JUST HEARING THE SAME THINGS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. SO IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING NEW TO SAY, PLEASE COME UP IF YOU DON'T. HAVE YOU NOT SPOKEN YET, MA'AM? NO, NOT YET. OKAY. PLEASE COME FORWARD. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TRICIA MITZ. I LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BY THE WELL. AND UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE, WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD OF FAMILIES AND CHILDREN WHO HOPE TO ALL LIVE IN THE AREA TO RAISE OUR CHILDREN TOGETHER. AND WE'RE OLD TOGETHER. THE WELL HAS BROUGHT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A CHANCE FOR WOMEN, MOM AND EVEN STUDENTS TO COME TOGETHER TO CREATE FOREVER FRIENDSHIPS. THE WOMEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW HAVE A PLACE WHERE WE CAN COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE AND ALSO MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO FEEL SAFE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND SHARING YOUR COMMENTS. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK? DID THE APPLICANT HAVE SOMETHING ELSE THAT THEY NEEDED TO SAY TO ADD TO THE CONVERSATION? PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD. I'M KATE ROBBAR. ONE MORE TIME AND I'M NOT GONNA TAKE A LOT OF YOUR TIME. I'M SORRY. UM, I JUST WANTED TO STATE, ALL WE WANNA DO IS JUST OPERATE THE BUSINESS THAT WE RELEASED AND APPROVED TO OPERATE. WE DO NOT WANT TO SHUT DOWN ANYONE ELSE'S BUSINESS. THAT WAS NEVER ANY, IT WASN'T AT THE TOP OF MY MIND, IT WASN'T ANYONE'S INTENTION. WE ARE HAVE BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON OUR PERSONAL GROWTH, WHICH IS WHY WE EXPANDED INTO THIS NEW SPACE. AND TRULY THAT'S OUR ONLY INTENTION. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR TO YOU ALL. SO ON, JUST ON BEHALF OF THE, WELL, THAT WAS ALL I WANTED TO SAY AND JUST THANK YOU SORT OF TO END ON THAT NOTE. YEAH. APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE THAT. UM, HANG ON A MINUTE. 'CAUSE COMMISSIONER CARROLL HAD A QUESTION FIRST. SORRY, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER, UH, WITH THE LARGE THANK YOU. THE, THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER WITH THE LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS, UH, DID YOU IDENTIFY YOURSELF AS AN ATTORNEY? YES. YOU DID? I DON'T THINK SO. HE JUST SAID HE WAS HERE REPRESENTING. OH, REPRE. OKAY. I HEARD THE WORD REPRESENTATION. YEAH. OKAY. SO I THOUGHT ATTORNEY, UH, IN THE HANDOUT, IF I UNDERSTAND THE HANDOUT THAT YOU GAVE THE LIST OF CLASSES HERE ARE PREDATE THIS WHOLE PARKING VARIANCE REQUEST THAT'S FOR THE PILATES STUDIO. SO THAT'S NOT WHAT YOUR NEW CLASSES ARE. I'VE DIRECT THE QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT. IS THAT CORRECT? DO I UNDERSTAND? YEAH, THAT'S CORRECT. I HAVE THREE CLASSES AT MY NEW STUDIO. 6, 8 15 AND 9 45. OKAY. I LOOKED ON YOUR WEBPAGE. THAT'S ALL I SAW. YES. OKAY. SO THIS IS PRIOR THE, THE SCHEDULE THAT THEY HANDLED OUT IS PRIOR TO, THAT'S FOR MY PILATES STUDIO THAT OPENED JANUARY, 2025. OKAY. WELL SINCE I DON'T DO THE PILATES, I DIDN'T QUITE UNDERSTAND THIS. SURE, I UNDERSTAND. OKAY. I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS WAS NOT YOUR NEW ONE. NO MA'AM. AND HONESTLY, WE DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF EXPANDING OUR SCHEDULE BEYOND I, THEY SHOWED MY BREAKING NEWS POST. THAT WAS BECAUSE WE ADDED THE EIGHT 15 AND WE MOVED BACK OUR 9:00 AM CLASS TO 9 45, WHICH STILL CLEARS THE PARKING LOT BY 10 30. GREAT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SURE. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SHEPHERD. I GUESS MY QUESTION, 'CAUSE THE SCHEDULING THING [01:50:01] IS KIND OF CONFUSING. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE IT'S, I IRRELEVANT, BUT I GUESS IF YOUR FELLOW TENANTS ARE HAVING PROBLEM WITH PARKING, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO REMOVE CLASSES AROUND THAT LUNCHTIME TO HAVE, I, I ONLY HAVE A, I HAVE A CLASS AT 1130 MM-HMM . AT MY PILATES STUDIO, WHICH HOSTS 10 PEOPLE. MM-HMM . UM, MOST OF THE TIME IT'S NOT FULL. IT'S CANCELED PROBABLY THREE DAYS A WEEK. UM, WE LIKE TO LEAVE IT ON THERE 'CAUSE WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF MEMBERS WHO WILL SHOW UP. MM-HMM . LIKE ON THAT AUGUST 26TH DATE WHERE THE PHOTO WAS, I LOOKED BACK AT MY SCHEDULE. I HAD THREE PEOPLE IN CLASS AT 1130. SO I HAD A TOTAL OF MAYBE FOUR SPOTS. I DON'T HAVE FRONT DESK FOR MY PILATES STUDIO. UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT IS ALREADY BEING QUITE CONSIDERATE OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES. WE SPOKE WITH THE MANAGER OF BISTRO BEFORE WE OPENED TO TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE CONSIDERATE MM-HMM . OF CLEARING OUT THE PARKING LOT WITH PLENTY OF TIME. BUT 10:30 AM SEEMS MORE THAN REASONABLE TO ME TO CLEAR THE PARKING LOT. THEY DON'T EVEN OPEN UNTIL 11. OKAY. OKAY. IF WE HAVE ANY DIFFERENT QUESTIONS OR ANY DIFFERENT COMMENTS. YES. COMMISSIONER REM JUST ONE LAST QUESTION. AND IN REGARDS TO EMPLOYEES, YOU MENTIONED YOU HAD 18 OF THEM. YES. AND HOW MANY COME IN EACH DAY OR HOW MANY DO YOU NEED FOR EACH CLASSES OR HOW MANY SPOTS CAN I, I I NEED TO INTERJECT SOMETHING HERE. MM-HMM . WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND THIS AND THAT. PARKING IS BASED IN THIS SHOPPING CENTER ON SQUARE FOOTAGE. ALRIGHT. THEY COULD HAVE 50,000 EMPLOYEES. IT DOESN'T, AND IT DOESN'T MATTER. DO WITH BRIGHT. THAT'S CORRECT. JUST THANK YOU. NOT TO CUT YOU OFF, BUT WE KEEP REPEATING THINGS THAT REALLY AREN'T RELEVANT. ALRIGHT. YEAH. YEAH. THANK YOU. YES, COMMISSIONER, JUST BACK TO THE, THE PARKING, THE 14 SPACES IN THE EASEMENT WITH THOSE, IF WE ADD THOSE IS DO WE MEET THE PARKING RATIO REQUIREMENTS? YES, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? BALDWIN? YES. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN, THIS CENTER MAY HAVE A PROBLEM, WHICH IS AN EQUAL PROBLEM OF EACH OF THE TENANTS, NOT THIS PARTICULAR TENANT. CORRECT. AND I DO REMIND YOU, THEY DID PLAY BY THE RULES. THEY INVESTED THEIR MONEY. WE GOT THIS FAR, PERHAPS THROUGH A MISTAKE OF THE CITIES, BUT I THINK TO DENY THEM NOW IS TO NOT CONSIDER THE IMPACT THAT EACH OF THEM HAVE ON ONE ANOTHER. I THINK THEY HAVE A SHARED PROBLEM AND HOPEFULLY THEY'LL WORK ON A SHARED SOLUTION. I THINK WITH THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT'S BEEN IN USE IN THAT CENTER FOR DECADES, THEY WOULDN'T EVEN NEED A VARIANCE. I'M STILL SUPPORTIVE AS I WAS BEFORE. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. ANYONE ELSE? YES, DIRECTOR TRAN. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BALDWIN. AND TO ADD ON TO THAT, IT IS NOT JUST THIS ONE TENANT WHO IS REQUIRING AND NEEDING THIS VARIANCE. THE WHOLE ENTIRE SHOPPING CENTER NEEDS THIS VARIANCE. YEP. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT HASN'T SPOKEN THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? YES MA'AM. THANK, THANK YOU, VICTOR. OKAY, COMMISSIONER VICTOR. HI. I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A MOTION. SO THAT'S A MOTION FOR STAFF RECOMMENDATION BY VICTOR, SECOND BY BALDWIN. RAISE OF HANDS? UH, AND SUPPORT. OKAY. I THINK ALL BUT ONE. AND OPPOSED? ONE. OPPOSED. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY, SO WE HAVE A, WE VOTED WE HAVE ONE OPPOSED. AND MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU MR. BUCKLEY. THANK YOU. [IV. Public Comment ] OKAY. UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMENT. AND CLAUDIA, THAT'S ALL I HAVE IS CLAUDIA. I DON'T KNOW YOUR LAST NAME. CLAUDIA, COULD YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE? COULD YOU PUSH? THANK YOU SO MUCH AND STATE YOUR FULL NAME FOR THE RECORD. IT'S CLAUDIA BORREGO. THANK YOU. UM, AND I'M UP HERE TO REFERENCE THE ITEM 73 RESERVES AT PARK PLACE. UM, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING ABOUT IT. UM, BUT I WANTED TO KNOW, LIKE WHAT ARE YOUR IDEAS OR SUGGESTIONS ON, ON THIS PLAT OR, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW WE CAN HAVE AN EXTENSION ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR AGENDA IF SOMEBODY CAN PROVIDE IT WAS DEFERRED. YEAH, IT WAS DEFERRED. IT WAS DEFERRED, CORRECT. IS IT, WAS YOU MR. CRIDDLE THAT PRESENTED RIGHT? IT WAS DORIAN. DORIAN. IT WAS DEFERRED, CORRECT? YES. OKAY. SO IT'S BEEN DEFERRED, WHICH MEANS IT'LL GO TWO MORE WEEKS AND COME BACK IN FRONT OF COMMISSION. OKAY. AND AT THAT POINT, UM, WHAT HAPPENS AT THAT POINT? UM, WAS THIS THE FIRST DEFERRAL OR THE SECOND FIRST SO IT COULD BE DEFERRED AGAIN OR IT COULD BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK, NEXT TWO WEEKS. OKAY. HOW DOES IT GET DEFERRED AGAIN? WELL, IF THERE'S ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS BY COMMISSION OR BY STAFF OR IF THE APPLICANT SAID, YOU KNOW, I NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. I WANT TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS. THERE'S VARIOUS REASONS IT COULD GET DEFERRED. STILL REVIEWING. AND AS FAR, AND WE'RE STILL REVIEWING DEED RESTRICTIONS. OKAY. I GUESS AT THAT POINT, [01:55:01] UM, ANY OF US IN THE COMMUNITY, ARE WE ABLE TO, I GUESS WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS, CAN WE ASK FOR AN EXTENSION OF SOME SORT THAT, UM, WE'VE ALREADY DONE ONE DEFERRAL. OKAY. AND YOU CAN ONLY DO TWO DEFERRALS. OKAY. SO THEY COULD HAVE ANOTHER DEFERRAL NEXT TWO WEEKS? ONLY IF THERE'S SOMETHING OUTSTANDING. IF LEGAL STILL NEEDS MORE TIME FOR DEED RESTRICTIONS OR THE APPLICANT REQUESTS A DEFERRAL, OTHERWISE, MOST LIKELY THIS COMMISSION WOULD VOTE IN TWO WEEKS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND MR. BROWN, UM, MR. BROWN HAS SOMETHING TO SAY, BUT MS. POPE FLYNN CAN PROBABLY ANSWER MOST OF YOUR QUESTIONS AND BE VERY HELPFUL. OKAY. SO IF YOU WANNA GET WITH HER, UM, THAT WOULD PROBABLY HELP YOU AND HELP YOU UNDERSTAND BETTER. OKAY? SURE. MADAM CHAIR. BUT THEY COULD COME AT THE NEXT MEETING CORRECT? IN TWO WEEKS AND TALK WITH YOU AND YOUR COMMUNITY. YES, THEY COULD. YOU GUYS CAN COME AND SPEAK TO US AND HAVE YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. OKAY. YEAH. JUST LIKE THE GROUP BEFORE YOU AND SEVERAL OTHER GROUPS CAME IN AND, AND STATED THEIR COMMENTS AT, FOR AND AGAINST, UM, WHATEVER THE APPLICATIONS ARE. OKAY. SO IN TWO WEEKS YOU GUYS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO COME BACK, SIGN UP AND AND SPEAK ON THE ITEM. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE YOU MR. BROWN. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SHARE? I JUST, MADAM CHAIR JOHN BROWN WITH PUBLIC WORKS. THANK YOU. I WAS BUSY WITH ANOTHER CITIZEN AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET WITH THEM UNTIL LATER AND I LET THEM KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE OPPORTUNITY, RIGHT. SO THEY COULD ASK THEIR QUESTIONS AND YOU COULD CLARIFY. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU MR. BROWN FOR DOING THAT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. DO I HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WANTS TO MAKE PUBLIC COMMENT? HEARING NONE. I'M ADJOINING THE MEETING AT 4:29 PM THANK YOU EVERYONE. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.