* 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. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:00:03] SEPTEMBER 8TH, 2021 PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER, UM, COMMISSIONER BROWN, MARSHALL, AND BRIGHTWELL, OR ABSENT PRESENT. WE HAVE A QUORUM, UM, [3. READING OF MINUTES] AM THREE CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 11TH, 2021 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. THEY GET A SECOND, SECOND ALL IN FAVOR. AYE, AYE. ABSTAIN ITEM FOUR REPORTS, [4. REPORTS] COMMISSION REPORTS. UH, THE CHAIR IS ABSENT. UH, NO REPORT. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING TO REPORT? NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON TO A DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. IN YOUR PACKAGE, YOU SHOULD HAVE A FLYER FOR THE APA UPCOMING CONFERENCE, THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. AND SO THIS IS JUST A REMINDER THAT IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING VIRTUALLY, UM, THAT THERE MIGHT BE AN OPTION FOR THAT. SO PLEASE LET US KNOW, UH, WITHIN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO. UM, EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS AT THE END OF THIS MONTH. UH, THE CONFERENCE DATE IS NOVEMBER 1ST THROUGH THE THIRD. UM, AND AGAIN, IT WILL BE, WE CAN ATTEND A CONFERENCE REMOTELY, SO THAT GIVES US OPPORTUNITY FOR MORE, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO JOIN IF AVAILABLE. UH, SO PLEASE LET US KNOW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS, AND THAT WILL BE FROM OUR HOME OR HERE. WE COULD PROBABLY MAKE SOME ACCOMMODATIONS FOR SETTING IT UP IN OUR CONFERENCE ROOM OR HERE ON SITE, A CITY HALL, IF ENOUGH, UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE, ARE, UM, WANTING TO JOIN, UM, OR YOU CAN, UH, ACCESS IT REMOTELY FROM WHERE YOU ARE. OKAY. SOUNDS GOOD. I HAVE A QUESTION AS COMMISSIONERS ATTENDED THIS IN THE PAST, SO IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE MIXED. UM, WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF COMMISSIONERS ATTEND. WE HAVE HAD SOME, UM, SO TYPICALLY THESE CONFERENCES ARE HELD ON SITE AND CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY FROM LAST YEAR, UH, WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO IT REMOTELY. UM, WHEN IT'S HELD ON SITE, IT'S A LITTLE MORE CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF THE LOGISTICS, UH, THIS CONFERENCE, UM, I BELIEVE AS PORT, WHERE IS THE LOCATION? UM, SO DEPENDING ON, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE CONFERENCE IS HELD WITHIN THE STATE WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE, UH, TO BE ABLE TO SEND PEOPLE TO IT. SO COMMISSIONERS HAVE ATTENDED IN THE PAST, IS THIS EARLY? IT IS. SO THIS, THIS IS A STATE CONFERENCE. YES. AND NOW JUST ADD TO THAT AS WELL. THE BENEFIT OF ATTENDING OR AT LEAST PARTICIPATING, UM, IS TYPICALLY YOU CAN INTERACT WITH OTHER COMMISSIONERS IN THE AREA. UM, THERE'S TYPICALLY OTHER COMMISSIONERS FROM ADJOINING CITIES, UM, THAT MAY ATTEND OR PARTICIPATE IN THE CONFERENCE. UM, SO YOU GET TO, UH, INTERACT WITH THEM AND HEAR KIND OF THEIR PERSPECTIVE AND STORIES, UM, WHEN THEY'RE EXPERIENCED. SO MAKE THE COMMISSIONS. THAT IS ALL I HAVE. UM, SO THE ENGINEERING PRESENTATION FOR US, I BELIEVE, YES, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JEREMY DAVIS. I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER. AND, UH, I HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR YOU ON, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE. THE LAST TIME WE HAD A HOLISTIC WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE WAS IN THE 1980S. WELL, THAT WAS REALLY OUR ORIGINAL, UH, WATERSHED MASTER PLAN. AND SINCE THEN, THERE'S JUST BEEN, UH, THE INDIVIDUAL WATERSHED. THEY'VE DONE THEIR OWN UPDATES AND SOME OF THE MUD DISTRICTS AND THE LIDS, BUT, UH, WE WANTED TO GO THROUGH AND MAKE A HOLISTIC MASTER PLAN, UH, THAT THE CITY CAN USE FOR FUTURE PLANNING. ALL RIGHT. SO, UH, THE MAJOR GOALS FOR THIS WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE, UH, IS TO FIRST UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE AND WATERSHED MANAGEMENT IN THE CITY, UH, ALSO, UH, WE WANTED TO COMPLIMENT OTHER ONGOING STUDIES FORT BEND COUNTY WHILE WE WERE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THIS WAS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR WATERSHED MASTER PLAN. SO WE ENDED UP USING THE SAME CONSULTANTS AS FOR BEING COUNTY. SO WE DIDN'T WANT TO, UM, WE BASICALLY WANTED TO FILL IN THE GAPS. WE DIDN'T WANT TO DO THE SAME WORK TWICE. UH, ANOTHER, UH, GOAL OF THIS UPDATE IS TO DO A HIGH-LEVEL UPDATE OF THE CITY'S WATERSHED MASTER PLANS, UH, ALSO TO ANALYZE THE BROWSER'S BACK WATER IMPACTS AND INUNDATION MAPPING, AND ALSO TO EVALUATE THE [00:05:01] ATLAS 14 UPDATES TO DESIGN CRITERIA. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU ALL A, A TIMELINE OF SIGNIFICANT EVENTS, UH, THIS PROJECT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR NOW, UH, THE PROJECT START WAS APRIL, 2020. UH, SINCE THEN WE HAD A VIRTUAL STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP WHERE WE INVITED THE LOCAL LIDS AND MUDS, UH, TO JOIN THAT WAS ON AUGUST 25TH. UH, THEN WE COMPILED RESPONSES FROM THE CITIZENS WEBPAGE THAT WE SET UP. UH, WE SET UP A WEB PAGE AND I'LL GO INTO MORE DETAIL WITH ALL THESE, UM, WE SET UP A CITIZEN'S WEBPAGE TO GET INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY ON DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT THEY SAW, UH, THAT WAS IN FEBRUARY. UH, WELL, WE ENDED IN A FEBRUARY, 2021, UH, THEN IN MAY, 2021, UH, WE INSTALLED A GIS INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL, AND I'LL SHOW YOU ALL WHAT THAT TOOL LOOKS LIKE, UH, HERE IN A MINUTE. UH, AND THEN IN JULY, 2021 IS WE WERE ISSUED THE DRAFT REPORT. SO THE FIRST TOPIC I'M GOING TO COVER IS ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. SO THE CITY'S ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES. UH, SO WHENEVER THE CITY, UH, UH, GOES INTO EMERGENCY OPERATIONS, WE ACTIVATE OUR EOC, WHICH IS OUR EMERGENCY OPERATIONS CENTER. THE CITY'S, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES ARE TO MANAGE THREE CLOSURES, UH, DO POTENTIAL HIGH WATER RESCUES, UH, COORDINATE RESOURCE REQUESTS AND ALSO COMMUNICATION OR OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY. AND THESE ARE JUST SOME PICTURES FROM A HURRICANE HARVEY. SO, UH, WHAT ELSE DID WE FIND OUT? SO THE CITY'S DRAINAGE ROLES OR RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, IT'S SURPRISING FOR SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW THE CITY'S, UH, ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE ONLY COVERS ABOUT 20% OF THE CITY. UH, THE MAJORITY OF THE CITY'S DRAINAGE RESPONSIBILITIES ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MUDS AND LIDS, UH, IN THAT JURISDICTION. SO THIS MAP JUST SHOWS, UH, EVERYTHING IN BLUE IS WHAT THE CITY MAINTAINS AND THEN EVERYTHING OUTSIDE OF THAT IS WHAT THE MUDS AND LIDS MAINTAIN. SO, UH, ABOUT OUR STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP THAT I MENTIONED, UH, SO AT OUR STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP, WE HELD IT ON AUGUST 25TH, 2020. UM, WE INVITED, UH, FOR BAIN COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, UH, THE MUDS, THE LIDS IN THE AREA. UM, AND THIS JUST SHOWS, THIS GRAPH JUST SHOWS, UM, THE NUMBER OF RESPONSES WE GOT, UH, FROM THE, UH, MUDS AND LIDS. UH, WE ALSO SENT OUT A, UH, A QUESTIONNAIRE FOR THEM. IT WAS LIKE A ONE-PAGE QUESTIONNAIRE. WE ASKED THEM DIFFERENT THINGS ABOUT THEIR, UH, HOW THEY MANAGE THEIR SYSTEMS WHEN IT COMES TO DRAINAGE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THE MUD AND LID RESPONSIBILITIES, THE MUDS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING, PERMITTING AND MAINTENANCE. UH, SO THEY MAINTAIN MOST OF THE LOCAL DRAINAGE, AS I SAID BEFORE, UH, THAT WILL BE THE STORM DRAINAGE, ANY OPEN DITCHES THAT ARE IN THEIR AREA, UH, AND AS WELL AS DETENTION PONDS OR NON-PRIVATE DETENTION PONDS, THE LIDS OR THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, THEY'RE IN CHARGE FOR THEIR THEY'RE IN CHARGE OF RECLAIMING A FLOOD HAZARD AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT. SO THEY BUILD THE LEVEES, UH, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP, TO ALLOW FOR DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN WITHIN THEM. I APOLOGIZE. AND, UH, SO THEY ALSO CONSTRUCT A MAINTAIN THE FLOOD PROTECTION LEVIES. UM, THEY MAINTAIN THE PUMP STATIONS AND OTHER RELATED FACILITIES WITHIN THERE, THE LIDS JURISDICTION, AND THEY ALSO DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT, UH, EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS. SO, UH, THIS SLIDE JUST SHOWS, UM, WHAT ARE OUR CITIZEN CONCERN MAP WAS IT WAS, UH, THE DRAINAGE MAP I WAS TALKING TO YOU ABOUT BEFORE WHERE THE CITIZENS WERE ALLOWED TO GO TO, UH, THIS WEBSITE, WHICH WAS A LINK FROM OUR MAIN WEBPAGE ON THE MISSOURI CITY WEBSITE. AND THEY COULD BASICALLY DROP A PIN WHEREVER IT WAS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND THEY COULD PUT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE WAS A HOUSE FLOODING, A STREET FLOODING, UM, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF DRAINAGE NUISANCE THAT THEY HAD. SO, UM, AFTER WE RECEIVED ALL THE COMMENTS, WE CLOSE IT DOWN IN, UH, FEBRUARY OF 2021. UH, WE RECEIVED 12 COMMENTS AND CONCERNS FROM RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT MISSOURI CITY. UH, THOSE DOTS ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE GENERAL LOCATIONS OF WHERE THOSE COMMENTS WERE. UM, SO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE RECEIVED AS FEEDBACK, UM, WE WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE BACKWATER IMPACTS FROM THE BRAZOS RIVER. UH, THERE WERE MANY PEOPLE THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT STREET PAWNING, UH, AND IF YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE WERE SOME OF THOSE DOTS IN THERE CIRCLED AROUND THE GOLF COURSE. SO PEOPLE WERE ALSO CONCERNED [00:10:01] ABOUT THE, UH, GOLF COURSE DRAINAGE AS WELL. SO, EXCUSE ME, YOU SAY YOU ONLY RECEIVED 12 COMMENTS OR CONCERNS FROM THE ENTIRE CITY. YES, SIR. WHERE WAS THIS SURVEY SENT? HOW WAS IT SENT OUT ON WHAT SIDE? SO IT WAS ON THE CITY'S MAIN, WELL, IT WAS ON THE CITY'S WEBPAGE AND, UM, WE BASICALLY ADVERTISED IT AT, UH, EVENTS AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS. UM, AND THEN OUR COMMUNICATIONS TEAM DID AN OUTREACH. UH, THEY DID, YOU KNOW, UH, STORIES ON IT THROUGH MCTV. SURE. JENNIFER, THIS MAY NOT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU, BUT, UM, CAN THE M H O H DEPARTMENT NOT SENT OUT NOTICES FOR SUCH THINGS LIKE THIS? I MEAN, THEY, I KNOW KELLY, YOU KNOW, SEND OUT NOTICES FOR OTHER THINGS, BECAUSE WHAT HE'S SAYING IS I COULD TELL YOU ALREADY VERY MANY, VERY FEW PEOPLE, WELL, WE CAN TELL BY THIS KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT I NOTICED ANYTIME THAT, UM, KELLY, NEIL SENT ANYTHING OUT ABOUT THE SUBDIVISION AS A WHOLE TO GET A BETTER RESPONSE. SO IT MAY BE A QUESTION FOR STACY, BUT I WAS JUST WONDERING, YEAH. AND WE CAN, WE CAN CONTINUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW, HOW THAT COMMUNICATION IS SENT OUT. UM, BUT WHAT JEREMY MENTIONED, HIS PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNICATIONS ON, UM, PUSHING THE INFORMATION OUT WOULD HAVE BEEN PART THAT EFFORT AS WELL. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THIS INFORMATION TO COMMUNICATIONS, UM, SO THAT IT CAN BE PUSHED OUT BECAUSE I AGREE. UM, COMMUNICATIONS DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB IN GETTING THAT MESSAGE. I KNOW WE'LL HAVE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW. WELL, NOT FOR THIS, THIS, UH, MASTER PLAN IS, UH, A STRAP MODE, BUT, UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON OUR, UH, MASTER MOBILITY AND ITS MASTER PLAN. UH, SO THAT'S GOING TO BE RELATED MORE TO TRANSPORTATION. SO WE'RE GOING TO GET COMMUNITY INPUT WITH THAT AS WELL. AND BASED OFF OF WHAT WE EXPERIENCED HERE, WE'RE GOING TO SEE WHAT, WHAT ARE SOME BETTER WAYS FOR US TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO GET SOME MORE INPUT FROM THE CITIZENS, UNDERSTANDING YOU DID REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT TO HELP GET THIS OUT. YES, YES. THEY, THEY RAN STORIES. THEY PUT IT IN NEWSLETTERS. UM, THEY DID, UH, THEY DID A VERY GOOD JOB. IN MY OPINION. I HAVE A QUESTION. AS FAR AS THE MUDS THAT ATTENDED THE STAKEHOLDERS, DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF WHAT MUTTS ATTENDED AND REPRESENTATIVES? I CAN GET YOU A LIST? GIVE ME THAT LIST. I'M CURIOUS BECAUSE IF YOU COMMUNICATE NOW WITH THANK YOU WOULD AT LEAST GO THROUGH THE MUD AND LET THE DIRECTORS TELL THEIR CUSTOMERS ABOUT ANYTHING THAT'S ON THE SITE. YOU KNOW, IT'S PEOPLE ARE WRONG, YOU KNOW, JUST DON'T GO TO MISSOURI CITY SITE EVERY DAY. AND I THINK HAVING A REPRESENTATION OF 12 IN A CITY OF THIS SIZE IS NOT THE BEST REPRESENTATION. UM, AND SO I, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M WONDERING, YOU KNOW, HINDSIGHT HOW THE WORD GOT, HOW THE WORD CAN GET OUT IN THE FUTURE. SO THERE CAN BE MORE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THESE TYPES OF, UH, EVENTS. I AGREE. I THINK THE MUD DIRECTORS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL IN GETTING THE WORD OUT. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD, COMMISSIONER, GO AHEAD. I'M FINISHED. OKAY. AND I'M SAYING TOUCH BASE. I DON'T KNOW. OH, WHAT'S THE HOA. THERE ARE PLENTY OF THEM AND THEY, UM, THEY COULD GET THIS INFORMATION OUT THROUGH THEIR NEWSLETTERS AND THEIR, YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I WAS SPEAKING OF KELLY. YEAH. SHE'S WITH THE MISSOURI CDH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. I STAND CORRECTED, BUT I DID TOLD THAT IN THE TAPE, LIKE I SAID, ON OUR, THE NEXT MASTER PLAN WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING ON, WE'RE DEFINITELY GOING TO FOCUS ON TRYING TO FIGURE OUT BETTER WAYS TO REACH OUT BECAUSE WE WOULD LIKE TO GET SOME MORE PARTICIPATION FROM THE COMMUNITY. SO, UH, I MEAN, I LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, MY WHOLE LIFE. SO I MEAN, I WAS PUTTING ON FACEBOOK AND TRYING TO GET ALL MY FRIENDS TO AT LEAST PUT SOMETHING ON THERE. SO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THIS MASTER PLAN, WE'RE REALLY GOING TO FOCUS ON TRYING TO GET SOME MORE COMMUNITY INPUT. IRONICALLY, SENIOR PEOPLE DON'T DO FACEBOOK THAT MUCH [00:15:02] AND THEY DIDN'T DO RESPOND TO SURVEYS AS LONG SNAPCHAT. UH, SO THIS NEXT SLIDE, UH, SO THIS JUST SHOWS THE, UM, AS I WAS SPEAKING IN THE LAST SLIDE OF THE GOLF COURSE, UH, QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSE DRAINAGE WAS A CONCERN THAT WAS RAISED BY SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO RESPONDED. SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, JUST TO SHOW YOU, UM, UH, I GUESS THE SIMPLEST WAY TO EXPLAIN THIS, IF IT'S INGRAINED, THAT MEANS THAT IT'S LOWER AT A LOWER ELEVATION. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, A LOT OF THE LAKES ARE LIKE A LIGHT GREEN, OR THEY HAVE DARK GREEN AROUND THE SIDES. SO THAT JUST SHOWS SORT OF THE GENERAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LAND AROUND WHERE BASICALLY WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT. UH, SO THERE'S SOME POTENTIAL, UH, IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE COULD DO TO THE GOLF COURSE, BECAUSE IT'S CURRENTLY UTILIZED AS REGIONAL DRAINAGE DETENTION FOR CERTAIN PARTS OF THE CITY. SO WE WANT TO IMPROVE ON THAT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF, UH, SOME PROPOSED DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS THAT COULD BE DONE TO THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, WE HAVE SECTION AA, UH, IT SHOWS THE EXISTING GREATER, THE GOLF COURSE, AND THEN UPPER A POTENTIAL PROPOSED GRADE. AND IT WOULDN'T IMPEDE ON ANYONE'S PRIVATE LOTS, BUT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE ATTENTION VOLUME IN THE GOLF COURSE FOR RAIN EVENTS. SO IT WOULD BE MORE LIKE A RETENTION POND. UH, IT WOULD BE A D WELL, SO, UH, TECHNICALLY IT WOULD BE A DETENTION ON A RETENTION POND WOULD HOLD THE WATER. SO, UM, I GUESS THERE ARE TECHNICALLY RETENTION PONDS ALONG THE GOLF COURSE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING MORE FOR DETENTION AND THEN LETTING IT FLOW OUT OVER TIME, WHO WAS THIS DEEP DIVE TAKEN AND PRESENTED, UH, AS PART OF THE PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TO THE BOND COMMITTEE. I'M TRYING TO, I USUALLY HAVE AN AD FOR THESE KINDS OF ENGINEERING THINGS, BUT I JUST DON'T REMEMBER THIS. YEAH. SO THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS JUST SOME, UH, PROPOSALS FOR WHAT WE COULD DO. UM, THIS IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE BOND COMMITTEE MEETINGS. SO THIS WOULDN'T BE NECESSARILY PER SE, A GOLF COURSE PROJECT. IT WOULD BE A MISSOURI CITY PROJECT BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY TECHNICALLY OWNS THE RIGHTS OF THE GOLF COURSE. SO WE WILL USE IT TO IMPROVE OUR REGIONAL DETENTION IN THAT AREA. AND IT'S, UH, YOU KNOW, OLDER PART OF THE CITY. ALL RIGHT, NEXT. UH, I HAVE, UH, UH, HIGH-LEVEL UPDATE OF THE WATERSHEDS, UM, MASTER PLANS. SO MISSOURI CITY, UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 11 WATERSHEDS AND THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THEM, UH, WE FALL KIND OF IN LINE WITH THE COUNTIES DIVISION OF THE WATERSHEDS. SO, UM, THIS IS A LIST OF OUR WATERSHEDS. I'LL BRIEFLY RUN THROUGH THEM. UH, WE HAVE WILLOW WATERHOLE WATERSHED, AND THIS IS GOING FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. WE HAVE THE CANTALOUPE DITCH, UH, BLUE RIDGE WEST STAFFORD RUN, LONG POINT CREEK MUSTANG BY YOU AND IT'S DIVERSION CHANNEL, UH, WHICH FEEDS INTO, UH, KITTY HOLLOW LAKE, UH, FLAT BANK CREEK STEEPBANK CREEK OYSTER CREEK, UH, LOWER OYSTER CREEK AND SIENNA PLANTATION. CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE ON THE PURPOSE OF THE WATERSHED? YES. SO THE WATERSHEDS ARE ESSENTIALLY, UH, UM, IT'S A, IT'S A MORE EFFICIENT WAY FOR, TO REGIONALLY PLAN, HOW DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA WORKS. SO, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE WILLOW WATERHOLE WATERSHED IS, WHICH IS OUR NORTHERN MOST WATERSHED. WE, UH, SPLIT IT WITH STAFFORD, WE HAVE REGIONAL DETENTION PONDS. AND FOR THAT AREA, THE WAY THAT THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM WAS SET UP IS TO GO TO CERTAIN PARTS OF THE REGIONAL DETENTION POND SYSTEM, BECAUSE IT'S NOT JUST A SINGULAR POND. WE ALSO HAVE CHANNELS THAT GO THROUGH OUT THAT WATERSHED THAT ALSO COLLECT A STORMWATER AND SEND IT TO A DETENTION PONDS, AND THEN EVENTUALLY SEND UP, UH, NORTH TO THE ACTUAL WILLOW WATERHOLE IN HOUSTON. SO IT'S BASICALLY SORT OF LIKE A REGIONAL PLANNING TOOL FOR, UH, DRAINAGE AND ALL THE WATER ESSENTIALLY SHEDS INTO CERTAIN DITCHES. AND THEN IT GOES TO SOME PLACES HAVE REGIONAL DETENTION PAWNS, BUT THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO, ALL RIGHT. SO, UM, NEXT I HAVE INUNDATION MAPPING, UH, INFORMATION. SO AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, A PART OF THIS, UH, UH, WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET A TOOL THAT WE WERE [00:20:01] ABLE TO USE WITH OUR GIS SYSTEM, UH, WHICH ALLOWS US TO HAVE, UH, MULTIPLE INUNDATION MAPPING FOR, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, RAINFALL EVENTS. UH, I'LL IN THE NEXT SLIDE, I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY WHAT THOSE, WHAT THE INUNDATION MAP LOOKS LIKE. UH, BUT ESSENTIALLY, YOU KNOW, UH, WE WORKED ON POTENTIAL FLOODING CONDITIONS AND VARIOUS SCENARIOS THAT WE COULD POSSIBLY SEE. SO THIS WOULD BE A TOOL THAT WE WILL USE FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE. SO THIS IS, UH, A SLIDE THAT SHOWS A SNAPSHOT OF THAT TOOL AND WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION THEY WOULD PROVIDE. SO WE COULD PUT IN A, UH, YOU KNOW, SAY YOU, YOU WANT TO SHOW A 16 INCH EVENT IN 24 HOURS. SO EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN BLUE, THAT'S BASICALLY THE INUNDATION EXTENTS OF THE WATER. SO, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE, IT'S 16 INCHES IN 24 HOURS. UH, AND IT'LL SHOW THE, IF YOU HOVER OVER A LOCATION, IT'LL SHOW THE WATER ELEVATION AND BEAT, AND IT'LL ALSO SHOW THE DEPTH OF THE WATER AS WELL. SO, UH, THE WAY WE HAVEN'T SET UP WITH OUR GIS SYSTEM IS WE WILL BE ABLE TO TELL WHICH COMMUNITIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO FLOOD AND THAT TYPE OF EVENT THAT WE WOULD EXPECT. SO IT WOULD HELP WITH, UH, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE IN THOSE AREAS. THIS GIS SYSTEM IS, IS, UH, AVAILABLE TO YOU GUYS. YEAH. SO IT'S AVAILABLE TO, UH, ANYONE IN THE CITY WHO WORKS ON THE EMERGENCY, UH, OPERATION SYSTEM, THE WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, THEY WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO NO, THERE'S JUST CITY EMPLOYEES NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC. NO, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC JUST CITY EMPLOYEES WOULDN'T HAVE, UH, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ACCESS. THIS WOULD BE CITY, MISSOURI CITY AND WELL, LIKE IF ANOTHER HARVARD CAME, GOD FORBID. YEAH. SO WE'LL SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE MUDS TECHNOLOGY RESIDES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY WHERE THE OWNERS OF THE TECHNOLOGY. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, IF WE, IF WE KNOW THAT WE'RE EXPECTING A CERTAIN TYPE OF EVENTS, THEN WE COULD CREATE THE INUNDATION MAP AND SHOW, YOU KNOW, IF THEY, IF THERE'S A SPECIFIC REQUEST, SAY, YOU KNOW, UM, I'M JUST GOING TO KEEP ON USING THE 16 INCHES IN 24 HOURS THAT WE COULD SEE, OKAY, WELL, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, OR THESE STREETS ARE GONNA PROBABLY HAVE A FOOT OF WATER ON THEM. SO ALL THIS ENLIGHT BLUE HAVE 16, HAD 16 INCHES WITH, UH, WATER IN 24 HOURS. SO THAT'S THE RAIN EVENT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SHOW. SO, UM, THIS ISN'T AN ACTUAL EVENT THAT'S HAPPENED. THIS IS JUST A, UH, UH, IT'S JUST A, UH, I GUESS IT, YES, IT'S AN EXAMPLE, BUT IT'S NOT THE WORST CASE EXAMPLE. NO, THIS ISN'T A WORSE EXAMPLE. THIS IS JUST TO SHOW WHAT TYPE OF INFORMATION THAT WE GET FROM THIS INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL. YES. WE INCLUDE THE SIENNA PLANTATION AREA. YES. SO IT INCLUDES THE ENTIRE CITY AND WE'LL SO WE DID THE CITY AND THE TJ PLANTATION. YES. SO IS INCLUDED. SO WE CAN ALSO USE THIS INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL FOR SIENNA, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE KIANA IS RIGHT NEXT TO THE PRESENCE. YEAH. THANKS FOR MAKING THAT CLEAR, CHRIS, WHAT YOU SAID IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE BREATH THAT THE ETJ IS INCLUDED. ONE MORE QUESTION. SO IF A MUD OR THE COIL VALLEY WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WANTED TO HAVE ACCESS TO THIS, THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO YOU GUYS SOMEWHERE IN THE CITY. I'M THINKING IN REFERENCE TO LIKE HECTOR. UH, SO YEAH, FOR EXAMPLE, IF HECTOR WITH QUAIL VALLEY, UH, REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE AN INUNDATION MAP SHOWING THIS PARTICULAR RAIN EVENT, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO THEM. THAT'S COOL. UH, SO NEXT PART IS ABOUT THE BRAZOS BACKWATER IMPACT. SO, UM, ALONG WITH INUNDATION MAPPING, WE DID, UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE BROWSES BACKWATER IMPACTS. UM, THAT'S A REALLY BIG, IMPORTANT PART OF THIS COMMUNITY CAUSE THE OYSTER CREEK FEEDS INTO, UH, THE BRAZZERS AND OYSTER CREEK FLOWS THROUGH A LARGE PORTION OF MISSOURI CITY. SO A LOT OF TIMES WHEN THE PROCESS WILL BACK UP, YOU'LL SEE A BACKUP INTO THE STREAMS THAT TRIBUTE WATER INTO, UH, THE BRAZZERS. SO, UM, OKAY. SO, UH, WE, WE BASICALLY DEVELOPED OUR, UH, AND I GUESS I KIND OF EXPLAINED [00:25:01] THIS IN THE LAST SLIDE WE DEVELOPED OUR INUNDATION MAPPING BASED ON VARIOUS STAGES, UH, THAT AT THE U S G S GAUGE AT RICHMOND. SO PEOPLE CALL IT THE RICHMOND GAUGE. SO WE STARTED AT, UH, ELEVATION 44 THAT'S 44 FEET. UH, THAT'S HOW THAT'S MEASURED. UM, AND WE WENT UP TO 57 FEET ON THE RICHMOND GAUGE ELEVATION. SO IF THEY WERE TO TELL US, YOU KNOW, THE RICHMOND GAUGE IS AT LIKE 55 OR, OR SO THAT WE WOULD HAVE INUNDATION MAPS SHOWING US WHAT THE POTENTIAL EFFECTS WOULD BE. SO THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE OF THE TOOL THAT, UH, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT. AND THIS SHOWS, IF WE WERE TO USE IT SAY, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF INUNDATION, UH, WHEN THE RICHMOND GAUGE IS THAT STAGE 56, WHICH LIKE I SAID, IS MEASURED IN FEET. SO, UH, THERE WOULD SHOW THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION RIGHT HERE. I THINK IT'S, UH, TAKING IT OUT OF A LAKE. SO, UH, AND THEN IT SHOWS THE DEPTH OF WATER IN THAT AREA AS WELL. SO LASTLY, UH, WE HAVE THE ATLAS 14 UPDATES, SO I'M SURE THAT MANY OF YOU HAVE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ATLAS 14. UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S REALLY AFFECTED HOW, UH, ENGINEERS CALCULATE, HOW MUCH DETENTION THEY'RE GOING TO NEED FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT. SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A BACKGROUND ABOUT WHAT ATLAS 14 IS. SO ATLAS 14 IS A STUDY OF RAINFALL STATISTICS AND TEST TEXAS THAT WAS RELEASED BY NOAA, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION. I HAVE TO WRITE THAT DOWN. UM, AND IT WAS RELEASED IN SEPTEMBER, 2018. SO, UM, BASICALLY WHAT THIS STUDY IS SAYING IS THAT THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA THEY'VE BEEN, THEY'VE BEEN RECEIVING MORE RAINFALL AND MORE FREQUENTLY. SO THE GRAPH THAT YOU SEE RIGHT HERE IS JUST SHOWING A COMPARISON BEFORE ATLAS 14, A TYPICAL RAIN DEPTH THAT A HUNDRED YEAR EVENTS, WHICH WOULD BE 13.2 BEFORE THE ATLAS STUDY CAME OUT AND THEN AFTERWARDS 16.9. AND TO PUT THAT INTO PERSPECTIVE, UH, SO THIS IS JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T A REAL DETENTION POND. THIS IS JUST SHOWING THAT THEY'RE, THEY HAVE TO DESIGN FOR GREATER VOLUMES. SO TYPICALLY, YOU KNOW, AT THE TOP OF TINGE OF POWELL ACQUIRE ABOUT A FOOT OF FREEBOARD, WHICH IS BASICALLY, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FULFILL THE DETENTION POND UP A HUNDRED PERCENT. THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE SOME GAP THERE. WE CALL THAT FREEBOARD FROM THE HIGH BANK OF THE, UH, DETENTION POND TO THE WATER SURFACE ELEVATION. UM, SO WHEN THEY'RE DESIGNING FOR A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT, LIKE I SAID, THIS SHOWS 13.2 INCHES COMPARED TO THE 6.9 THAT I SHOWED YOU IN THE LAST SLIDE. I'M JUST CURIOUS, AND THIS MAY NOT BE A QUESTION FOR YOU IF THE RETENTION PONDS ARE OVERFLOWING, WHAT SHOULD BE DONE? I MEAN, YOU KNOW, I SEE THAT A LOT. WELL, UM, A LOT OF TIMES WHEN DETENTION PONDS DON'T WORK, RIGHT, IT'S A LOT OF TIMES IT'S FROM POOR MAINTENANCE. SO THAT MIGHT BE ONE ISSUE. YEAH. AND THEN ANOTHER ISSUE. UM, WELL, I'D SAY THE MAJORITY OF THE ONES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH HAD TO, IT WAS POOR MAINTENANCE BECAUSE THE DETENTION PONDS NOT SUPPOSED TO HOLD THE WATER FOREVER, IT'S SUPPOSED TO RELEASE IT AT A CERTAIN RELEASE RATE. SO IF YOU HAVE THE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PIPES THAT BASICALLY, UH, TAKE THE, ALLOW THE WATER TO FLOW OUT, IF THEY'RE CLOGGED, OR IF, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT LOTS OF GRASS AND WEEDS THAT HAVE JUST FALLEN ALL OVER THE PLACE AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW FOR THE WATER TO FLOW AS IT WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK CORRECTLY. AND THEN YOU CAN LEAD TO THE DETENTION POND, NOT HOLDING THE WATER PROPERLY. IS THERE A CERTAIN TIME THAT THE WATER SHOULD BE RELEASED FROM THE RETENTION POND AFTER 30 MINUTES WHEN IT STOPPED RAINING OR SO? UM, IT DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE DEVELOPMENT. UH, SOME DEVELOPMENTS HAVE PUMP STATIONS, WHICH ALLOW FOR A LOT OF FLUIDS USES TO, UH, THEY USE PUMP STATIONS IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE RELEASE OF WATER OVER TIME. SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY WANTED TO PULL DOWN THE WATER, UH, IN 24 HOURS, IF THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SHOOTING FOR AND THEY'LL HAVE THE PUMPS TO THAT, IF IT'S A DETENTION POND, UH, THEN TYPICALLY WITH THAT, IT DEPENDS ON, UH, HOW IT'S DESIGNED. SO THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT GO INTO IT. UH, IT'S GRAVITY DRAINED, NOT PUMP TRAINED. OKAY. SOME MONTHS HAVE BOUGHT PUMPS OR RETENTION PONDS. UM, AFTER THE REALLY HEAVY DOWN FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ARE THERE, ARE THERE PUMPS THAT ARE BEING PURCHASED BY MUD, UH, TO [00:30:01] ALLEVIATE THE OVERFLOW OF THE RETENTION POND? WE TYPICALLY SEE PUMP STATIONS IMPLEMENTED BY LIVES MORE OFTEN THAN, THAN MUDS. I'M SORRY. I'M SORRY. YOU'RE RIGHT. THE MUDS. YES, YOU'RE CORRECT. I GOT MY LATENT MUD MIXED UP. YES. SO THAT IN A MUD DISTRICT WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, IN THE COUNTY. SO, UH, WE TYPICALLY TRY NOT TO HAVE PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, UH, PUMP STATIONS BECAUSE IF IT'S PRIVATELY MAINTAINED, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S MORE LIKELY, IF THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FUNDING, THEN THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT AS IT SHOULD BE. UM, SO IT'S, SINCE WE DON'T TYPICALLY ALLOW PRIVATE PUMP STATIONS, THERE ARE SOME MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE TYPICALLY TRY NOT TO ALLOW THEM. UH, NOW WHENEVER A NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES IN, IF THEY WANT AT A PUMP STATION, WE REQUIRE THEM TO USUALLY GO THROUGH SOME SORT OF MUD DISTRICT OR, OR SOME SORT OF TAXABLE ENTITY THAT WILL BE ABLE TO MAINTAIN IT IN PERPETUITY. SO IT MIGHT BE A MANAGEMENT DISTRICT. UM, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF IT DOESN'T WORK, IT'S NOT OPERATED. YES. WE WANT THEM TO WORK IN PERPETUITY OR UNTIL SOMEBODY DECIDES TO CHANGE THE DEVELOPMENT. SO, UH, ALONG WITH THE ATLAS 14 CHANGES THAT I JUST DISCUSSED, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT UPDATING OUR DESIGN MAY WE'LL, UM, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING IT RIGHT NOW. SO WE WANT TO, UH, A COUPLE OF UPDATES THAT I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER WITH YOU ALL WE PLAN ON ADOPTING THE ATLAS 14 RAINFALL CRITERIA, SO WE COULD UTILIZE IT FOR THE DESIGN OF NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND A DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE WITHIN THE CITY. UH, WE ALSO WANT TO CONSIDER UPGRADING A DISH, UH, EXISTING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE TO THE NEW CRITERIA WHERE FEASIBLE ONE EXAMPLE OF THIS WOULD BE, UH, THE GOLF COURSE IS WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IS INCREASING THE CAPACITY, UH, FOR THE TENSION THERE. WELL, THIS ISN'T A, IT'S NOT, UM, THIS, THIS PROJECT HASN'T BEEN PROPOSED YET. IT'S JUST, UH, UH, OP OR, UH, A PROPOSAL, I GUESS THAT CAME FROM THE STUDY WHERE WE HAD AN OPTION, YOU KNOW, SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE, AS FUNDING ALLOWS, WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. UH, WE W YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT OUR NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK, UH, REGIONAL DRAINAGE OR REGIONAL DETENTION PONDS AS WELL, POSSIBLY UPGRADING THOSE COSTS QUITE A BIT. UH, I HAD THE PLEASURE AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO SERVE ON THE BOND COMMITTEE, UH, QUITE A BIT AS ALREADY BEEN PROPOSED FOR QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSES, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THAT MAINTENANCE TO, TO THE DRAINAGE ISSUES. AND THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOME MONEY ALREADY THERE FROM THE LAST BOND LEFTOVER IN THE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL APPROVE IT TO THAT, BUT A DRAINAGE PIECE TO BE DONE. I'M A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED HERE. WELL, SO THIS IS AN ACTUAL PROJECT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD. THIS IS JUST A, UM, A RESULT OF THE STUDY WHERE THEY SAW THAT WE COULD IMPROVE OUR DRAINAGE. THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M SAYING, SO I'M NOT AWARE WE'RE NOT PROPOSING THIS PROJECT RIGHT NOW. UH, IT'S SEPARATE FROM THE BOND, UH, ELECTION. SO THIS IS A PROPOSAL TO THE MISSOURI CITY WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE. THIS IS SISTER PROPOSAL, THIS ROAD PRESENTATION, NO, THIS ISN'T A PROPOSAL I WAS REFERRING WHEN I SAID PROPOSE. IT WAS THE, SO DOING ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO THE GOLF COURSE TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE, THAT WAS RE AS A RESULT OF THE STUDY, WHAT THEY PROPOSE WE COULD DO, UH, IN ORDER TO IMPROVE DRAINAGE IN THAT AREA, BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SEEING SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES IN QUO VALLEY. SO OVERALL, THIS IS A STUDY OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE FOUND OUT OR DETERMINED YOU HAVEN'T PRESENTED IT TO THE CITY OR ANYONE FOR AS A PROPOSAL YET. SO THIS IS A DRAFT REPORT. WELL, THIS PRESENTATION IS JUST SHOWING YOU ALL, BASICALLY A BITE-SIZED VERSION OF WHAT WE DID WITH THE STUDY AT THE NEXT PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. YOU ALL WOULD VOTE ON SENDING THIS ONE WITH THE ACTUAL FINAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION. SO THIS IS TO GET YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WATERSHED MASTER PLAN. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A STREET FLOODING IN THE SUBURBS SURVEY. YES, THERE WAS A STREET FLOODING, BUT, UM, I GUESS FOR THIS PRESENTATION, I WANTED TO TRY AND KEEP IT AS HIGH LEVEL AS I COULD. THERE'S [00:35:01] THERE'S OTHER AREAS WHERE WE LOOKED AT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT CANGIALOSI, UH, FOR POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENT THERE, ONE OF WHICH WE'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING, UM, YOU KNOW, WE LOOKED AT WILLOW WATERHOLE, WHICH IS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY. WE, IF WE'VE SEEN SOME DRAINAGE ISSUES OVER THERE, SO IT WASN'T JUST WHAT I PRESENTED. I WAS JUST, UH, THIS WAS JUST BASICALLY A HIGH LEVEL LOOK AT WHAT WE DID FOR THE STUDY. WELL, WE HAVE PRIVY TO THE OTHER STUDIES THAT WERE NOT INCLUDED FOR INSTANCE, STREET FLOODING BEFORE WE PUT IT TO US TO VOTE. YES. SO YOU ALL WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE FULL FINAL REPORT. AND WOULD THAT BE PRESENTED HERE? WAS THAT GOING TO BE ONLINE, UM, OR I GUESS, ARE YOU ALL GOING TO PRINT THEM OUT FOR, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE STREET FLOODING, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO COVER ALL THIS STREET FLOODING. UM, IT'S JUST GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE CONCERNS THAT PEOPLE RAISED. UH, SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN DOING, UH, STUDIES ON SPECIFIC STREETS THAT HAVE FLOODED, BUT THIS WAS JUST MORE OF A, UH, UH, A BROAD LEVEL LOOK AT EVERYTHING. IT DOESN'T ADDRESS EVERY SINGLE STREET. THAT WAS OKAY. THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING THE PEOPLE THAT WERE CONCERNED IS IT'S NOT THOSE 12. YEAH. SO WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT JUST ADDRESSING THOSE 12, THAT THE REASON WHY I'M ASKING NOT TO INTERRUPT YOU, YOU KNOW, THE CITIZENS ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT STREET FLOODING. UH, I KNOW FOR INSTANCE, ON MY STREET AND THE LAST TWO REALLY BAD DOWNFALL DOWN, UH, UH, RAINFALL STREETS, MY STREET FLOODED, AND MY NEIGHBORS TELLING ME THAT IT IS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE THEY WERE JUST SO SHOCKED THAT HE HAD DONE THAT. AND SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING ABOUT STREET FLOODING, BECAUSE I THINK CITIZENS ARE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS WELL. YES. SO WE DO ADDRESS STREET FLOODING. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE TASKED OUR, UH, CONSULTANT WALTER P. MOORE WITH WAS HELPING US AND DOING, UM, I'D SAY MANY STUDIES ON CERTAIN STREETS THAT WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF, UH, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT. SO WE DID ONE AREA OVER NEAR LEXINGTON, WHICH IS, UH, THE PORTION THAT'S NORTH OF AMERICAN LEGION PARK. UH, WE'RE ALSO DOING ONE OFF OF EAST HAMPTON, UH, IN DISTRICT DAY. UH, THAT'S PONDERING PARTS, UM, AND THEN OTHERS, AS, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET TO THEM. SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE INDIVIDUAL STREETS OUTSIDE OF THIS, UH, REPORT CITIZENS AT THIS POINT, SHARE WITH YOU ANY CONCERNS. THEY HAVE STREET FLOODING IN THEIR AREAS. YES. THEY CAN STILL REACH OUT TO US IF THEY HAVE CONCERNS. UH, THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, WE TAKE THOSE CONCERNS ON A REGULAR BASIS. UH, LIKE I SAID, A LOT OF THE CITY DRAINAGE IS ACTUALLY MAINTAINED BY THE MUD DISTRICT. SO IF IT'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE INLET, OR I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S LIKE A CLOGGED STORM PIPE, THEN WE WOULD HAND IT OVER TO THE MUD AND THEY, OKAY. AND THAT WAS ADDRESSED IN THIS AREA. I'M JUST REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT STREET FLOODING, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S, IT'S BEEN GOING PROBLEM IN MISSOURI CITY BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED RAINFALL. AND SO I WOULD JUST WOULD HAVE LIKED TO SEE SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THE STREET FLOODING AS WELL. HOW IS THAT BEING ADDRESSED IF IT'S THROUGH THE MUD, THEN IT'S THROUGH THE MUD, BUT I HAVE, YES. MA'AM. SO, UH, I GUESS THE GOOD SEPARATION HERE IS THAT THIS IS A WATERSHED MASTER PLAN. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT IT AT ALL THE WATER SET AS A WHOLE, BUT WE WERE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION WHERE PEOPLE WERE SEEING STREET FLOODING. UM, SO THE INDIVIDUAL STUDIES ON THE STREETS, THOSE ARE FORTHCOMING THAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE STREETS AS THEY COME TO US. NO, IT'S GOOD WORK, VERY INFORMATIVE. AND I APPRECIATE YOU SHARING THAT WITH US. MY ONLY SUGGESTION FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION IS I WOULD LOOK AT PUBLISHING THE FOUR SCENARIOS FOR THE PUBLIC TO VIEW ON YOUR INUNDATION MAPPING, THE 50 YEAR, A HUNDRED YEAR, 250 AND 500 YEAR RAINFALL EVENT BASED ON ATLAS 14. I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY INFORMATIVE. YES. SO WE HAVE ALL THOSE AVAILABLE IN OUR, UH, INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL. I JUST DIDN'T ADD IT TO THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE IF WE, YOU KNOW, IF I SHOWED ALL THE, I, I THINK TO PUT IT ON THE WEBSITE. YES, ABSOLUTELY. YES. DO YOU WANT TO GENERATE SOME TRAFFIC TO YOUR WEBSITE AS I GUARANTEE YOU, IF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN IT, THIS IS VERY HELPFUL. SO JUST A SUGGESTION. YES. THANK YOU. I AGREE. I WANT TO ADD ON THE PLAN, WE'LL PUT LOADED ONTO YOUR FTP LINK. SO YOU'LL [00:40:01] HAVE A COPY OF THAT. AND THEN FOR THOSE THAT WANT TO PRINT A COPY, LET US KNOW, AND THEN WE CAN MAKE THAT PRINTED COPY AVAILABLE EITHER LATER THIS WEEK OR NEXT WEEK. OKAY. I WANT TO TALK TO YOU AFTER THIS IS OVER ABOUT MY SUBDIVISION, BECAUSE I THINK OUR POND IS MANAGED BY HARRIS COUNTY AND THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING AND RIGHT THERE WHERE THAT RETENTION POND IS, IS ALWAYS FLOODED THERE ON THE STREET. SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING HOW OFTEN SHOULD THE WATER BE RELEASED AND ALL OF THAT. SO, YEAH, I CAN GET, I CAN GET THAT SHOULD NEVER GET HIGH. RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. UM, MOVING ON, UM, FIVE PUBLIC COMMENT. THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA. SEEING NONE. WE'LL MOVE ON. ITEM [CONSENT AGENDA] SIX, THE PLATS, THE CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF THEM HERE. UH, ADAM, UH, A ONE CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR PARKWAY CROSSING TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR VICKSBURG SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS THREE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK AT PIKE AND GUESTROOM FOR CONSIDERING APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR CNS SECTION 44, 5 FOR CNS SECTION 46, 6 FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR SIN SECTION 49, 7 FINAL PLAT FOR CENTER SECTION 52 8 FINAL PLAT FOR SANTA SECTION 53. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR CRESCENT SPRING DRIVE STREET, DEDICATION 10, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR WATERS LAKE BOULEVARD, STREET, DEDICATION, PHASE FIVE AND 11. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR GRADES, GRAYDON ESTATES. ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION, NO ASK. SO MOVE. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN. THANK YOU. SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS? ANY QUESTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. IDA [6.B. SIENNA] B UM, CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SANTA SECTION 48. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO THIS PART IS FOR CNN SECTION 48. THERE'S ONLY TWO THINGS I WANT TO TOUCH ON. AND REGARDING THIS PLOT, THE FIRST IS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE STAFF REPORT SECTION DIMENSIONS THAT THERE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT A, UH, UPDATED CONCEPT PLAN. UM, THAT'S ACTUALLY INCORRECT. WE HAVE AN APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN ON FILE FOR THEM. IT WAS APPROVED JULY 14TH. SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS THAT THIS POT INCLUDES PROPER NAMES. ONE OF THE NAMES, UM, IS RELATED TO, I BELIEVE IS THE DAUGHTER OF ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS, BUT THE OTHER PROPER NAMES FOR THOSE PLOT, UM, DO NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC ORIGIN. I'M SO SORRY. WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO START COMPLETELY OVER? OKAY. SO THE FIRST THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON IN REGARDING TO THIS PLOT WAS THAT ON SECTION D OF THE STAFF REPORT AND MENTIONS THAT WE NEED TO SET THE DEVELOPER OR THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE, A CONCEPT PLAN, BUT THAT'S ACTUALLY INCORRECT. WE DO HAVE AN APPROVED CONCEPT PLAN ON FILE FOR THEM. IT WAS APPROVED JULY 14TH. AND THEN THE SECOND ITEM THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT WITH THIS POT WAS THAT THE, UM, THE STREET NAMES ARE INCLUDE PROPER NAMES FOR THOSE PLOT. AND ONE OF THEM IS SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS, IT'S THEIR DAUGHTER'S NAME, BUT THE OTHER PROPER, THERE'S NO SPECIFIC ORIGIN FOR THEM. ONE OF THEM IS THE DAUGHTER'S NAME FOR ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS. YES. THEY WANT TO NAME THE STREET AFTER THEIR DAUGHTER. YEAH. AND STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS, CORRECT? YES. AND WHAT, I'M SORRY. THAT WAS, UM, SIANNA 48, 48. [00:45:09] IS THAT NAME KIND OF CONDUCIVE WITH THE OTHER STREET NAMES? IT DOESN'T MATTER. OR AT ONE TIME THERE'S NOT REALLY A CONNECTION BETWEEN THESE STREET NAMES AND THE OTHER SECTION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION THAT WE HAVE A SECOND. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. ITEM C ITEM C [6.C. PARKLAND DEDICATION] ONE IS CONSIDER A, AN APPLICATION FOR PARKLAND EDUCATION FOR OUR KATIE OR KATIYA OKAY. EVENING A GAME COMMISSIONERS, BUT AIMING. CAN YOU HEAR ME OKAY. I CAN TWIST IT UP TOWARDS YOU A LITTLE BIT. THERE WE GO. I'LL TRY TO GET CLOSER. THERE WE GO. MY NAME'S TW DYKEMAN. IT'S MY PLEASURE TO SERVICE THE ASSISTANT PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY, DYKEMAN DYKEMAN. IT'S A GOOFY GERMAN NAME. SO PERIODICALLY WE GET, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS A COUPLE OF MECHANISMS. WHETHER THEY, YOU CAN EITHER CAN DEDICATE PARKLAND OR THEY CAN DO CASH AND LU. AND WE HAVE TWO PROPERTIES TONIGHT. THE FIRST OF WHICH C ONE IS FOR THE ARCADIA DEVELOPMENT TO PROPOSE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. THAT INCLUDES 113 LOTS. AND I'LL CUT TO THE CHASE IS IF, UH, IF IT WAS A PARKLAND DEDICATION WHERE THEY WOULD GIVE US THE LAND ITSELF OR A FUTURE PARKLAND, UH, DEVELOPMENT, IT'S ONLY 1.1, THREE ACRES. UH, APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO GIVE US CASH IN LIEU OF PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF 158,200. THIS HAS BEEN BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD PARKS BOARD AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS TO ACCEPT, UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL, UH, FOR THE CASH IN LIEU INSTEAD OF THE PROPERTY. AND JUST TO KIND OF A GENERAL RULE OF THUMB, UH, THE PARK BOARD GENERALLY DOESN'T, UH, ACCEPT PARKLAND DEDICATION IF IT'S LESS THAN TWO ACRES, UH, UNLESS I WAS A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT PERHAPS THAT AREA DIDN'T HAVE ANY PARKLAND AROUND IT, THAT IS NOT THE CASE HERE. THERE ARE PARTS, VERY CLOSE NEARBY, AND SINCE IT'S SUCH A SMALL PROPERTY, IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US TO DEVELOP THAT INTO A PARK WHEN THERE'S OTHER PARKS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING I DON'T HAVE EXACT ANCHORAGE'S, BUT THE ARCADIA ONE, IS IT A ROUGHLY CARTE CARTWRIGHT AND, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY. SO YOU'VE GOT INDEPENDENCE PARK TO THE IMMEDIATE WEST. YOU HAVE ROWAN PARK AND COMMUNITY PARK TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH EACH WITHIN EASILY WITHIN A MILE, PROBABLY LESS, UH, INTO THE NORTH THAT'S QUELL VALLEY WEST, AS WELL AS HUNTER'S GLEN. UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF PARKLAND AROUND THERE, BUT WE'RE ASKING THE, WHAT WOULD IT BE USED FOR THE PARKLAND? UH, THOSE FUNDS GO INTO THIS ARCADIA PROJECT IS IN PARK ZONE FIVE. SO WE ACCEPT THAT MONEY. THE CITY PUTS THAT INTO A FUND THAT'S SPECIFIC TO PARKS ON FIVE FOR FUTURE PARK IMPROVEMENT OR PARK DEVELOPMENTS. SOMETIMES THAT MONEY SITS THERE FOR A WHILE. IF THERE'S NO SPECIFIC PROJECTS THAT ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE IMMEDIATE NEEDS, HOWEVER, THERE MAY BE SOMETHINGS THAT COME UP IN THE FUTURE AND IT'S GOOD TO HAVE THOSE FUNDS. THAT'S HOW WE DEVELOP OUR, SO THE FUNDS WILL BE GIT. THE FUNDS WILL BE USED JUST FOR THE, OR KADIAN ARCADIAN. AM I PRONOUNCING THAT RIGHT? OKAY. JUST FOR THAT AREA FOR PARKS ZONE FIVE. YES. IT'S LARGER THAN JUST THAT SUBDIVISION AND YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE A PARK ZONE MAP IN YOUR PACKET AND WE'LL SHOW YOU THE BOUNDARIES OF THAT PARK ZONE. IT'S LARGER THAN THIS PROPOSED SUBDIVISION. IT'S RIGHT BEFORE YOUR TAB SEVEN, THERE'S A MAP THAT SHOWS THE PARKS. YES. IT'S QUITE A BIT FURTHER BACK. I THINK IT'S ALMOST THE LAST PAGE OF THE HOME [00:50:02] TAB. NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER SIX, PROBABLY JUST BEFORE THAT ONE PAGE RIGHT THERE IT IS RIGHT THERE. UM, I WAS GOING TO HAVE HIM DISCUSS THE OTHER ONE AND THEN WE'LL STILL VOTE INDEPENDENTLY. SO DID YOU GET YOUR ANS QUESTION OR YOUR QUESTION ANSWERED? I'M SORRY. OKAY. YEAH. SO IT WOULD BE MONEY WOULD BE ONLY FOUR PARKS, FIVE, THAT PARTICULAR MONEY WOULD GO INTO THAT FUND, CORRECT? CORRECT. UM, SO GO AHEAD AND COVER, UH, THE, THE RAIDEN STATES AND THEN WE'LL VOTE ON THEM SEPARATELY. YES, SIR. GREATNESS STATES IS THE PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE BETWEEN THAT INCLUDES 15 LOTS. SO IT'S MUCH SMALLER THAN THE ARCADIA ONE. SO WHEN YOU DO THE MATH ON THAT, IF IT WAS A PARKLAND DEDICATION, THEY WOULD ONLY BE 0.15 ACRES. UH, THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL IS FOR CASH AND LOAN PAYMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $21,000 INSTEAD THAT IS ALSO STAFF AND THE PARK BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION TO ACCEPT THAT THIS MONEY WOULD GO INTO PARK ZONE 10. DO YOU HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE COMPLETE LATITUDE IN SPENDING IT ON THOSE ZONES OR DO YOU HAVE TO GET IT IN FRONT OF THE PARKS BOARD OR ANYONE ELSE TO SPEND THE MONEY DEDICATED FOR LIKE ZONE FIVE OR 10? UH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION. UH, IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY BY RULE HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD FOR APPROVAL TO SPEND IT, BUT TYPICALLY FOR PROJECTS, UH, IF WE'RE DEVELOPING PARKLAND THAT WE OWN. AND THEN IN THE FUTURE, WHEN WE HAVE ENOUGH FUNDS AND THE PLANETS ALIGN AND EVERYTHING COMES TOGETHER TO ACTUALLY DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY. YEAH. WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT LARGE PROJECT BEFORE THE PARK BOARD, PROBABLY MULTIPLE TIMES COMMUNITY OUTREACH. UH, AND THEN OF COURSE, TO CITY COUNCIL, ACCORDING TO OUR FISCAL CONTROL AND RULES. BUT IF IT'S A SMALLER PROJECT STAFF DOES HAVE AT THE DIRECTOR LEVEL AUTHORITY TO SPEND THOSE FUNDS SAY, WE'RE ADDING A NEW SECTION OF TRAIL THAT IS A MUCH SMALLER DOLLAR TRAIL. I WAS JUST USING THAT AS AN EXAMPLE, AS A SMALLER PROJECT THAT MIGHT NOT HAVE TO GO BEFORE PARKS, BOARD OR COUNCIL, JUST BECAUSE IT HAS A SMALLER PRICE TAG FIX TO IT MORE TIMES THAN NOT THOUGH THIS GOES TOWARDS LARGER EITHER REDEVELOPMENT OR DEVELOPMENT, OR EXCUSE ME, NOT REDEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT OF A PARK IN AN AREA. SO IF YOU'RE ADDING SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT IS TO A PARK THAT ALREADY EXIST IN IS NOT THAT YOU CAN USE THE PHONES IN AND NOT NECESSARY. GREAT. THERE COULD BE CERTAIN PARK IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE DO. UM, BUT MORE TIMES THAN NOT, IT'S DEDICATED TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW PARK LANE, BECAUSE THAT'S THE PRIMARY OF THE PARKLAND WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT I REMEMBER TALKING TO THE LAST TIME. I CAN TELL YOU, WE ARE LOOKING INTO THAT, BUT, UH, YES, MA'AM THESE, THESE FUNDS WOULD GO INTO PARTS ZONE 10 IN FIVE RESPECTIVELY. SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A TOTAL OF 100, AND I KNOW WHAT I KNOW IT WAS 29 ON 10. UH, THE GREATNESS STATESMAN IT'D BE $21,000. AND FOR THE ARCADIA IN PARTS ZONE FIVE, $158,200 PARK SURE COULD USE TO GET STARTED. SO JUST AN IDEA ON AMENDING AND MAYBE IT HAS TO BE TO COUNCIL TO AMEND IT, BUT OF THE $130,000, THAT'S GOING TO FIVE AND 10 RESPECTIVELY. IS THERE A WAY TO HAVE A NEW RULE THAT SAYS 90% OF ALL FUNDS ARE GOING TO GO TO THAT ZONE? 10% IS GOING TO GO TO A GENERAL FUND FOR NEW PARKS THAT AREN'T NECESSARILY BEING DEVELOPED IN AREAS OF TOWN THAT NO NEW DEVELOPMENT PROBABLY WILL HAPPEN FOR A WHILE. THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION BECAUSE THIS IS BASED ON CODE. UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT. SO IT WOULDN'T BE SOMETHING WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT. OKAY, THANKS. CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT. THERE ARE SOME ZONES THAT, UH, IF THERE'S NOT DEVELOPMENT THERE, WE JUST DON'T GET THE PARK PARKLAND, DEDICATION FUNDS IN THERE. AND THAT MAKES IT REALLY HARD TO DEVELOP NEW PARKS IN THOSE AREAS. OKAY. SO, SO FAR THAT MONEY ISN'T, UH, ISSUED OUT OR, OR [00:55:02] DEDICATED FOR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW, SO FONDREN PARK CAN USE IT. NO, MA'AM IT HAD IT'S IT HAD TO BE STRICTLY FOR THE ZONE IN WHICH IT WAS DEDICATED AND PIGGYBACK ON WHAT HE WAS SAYING. MY UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE PARKS BOARD DOES NOT HAVE TO APPROVE ANY ONE OF THESE PROPOSALS, CORRECT? NO, THAT ISN'T ALREADY APPROVED BOTH OF THESE PROPOSALS ALREADY APPROVED. OKAY. YEAH. THE NOTE I WAS MAKING WAS TO THE GENTLEMAN'S QUESTION OF DOES THE PARK BOARD HAVE TO ACTUALLY APPROVE ANY SPENDING OF ANY DOLLAR OUT OF A PART ZONE. AND THE ANSWER TO THAT IS NOW, BUT TYPICALLY WOULD COME FROM BECAUSE IT'S A VERY LARGE PROJECT. MOST OF THE TIME I MAKE A MOTION, WE SEND IT TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE. OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT OUR CREDIT HERE FIRST, RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. YOU WANT TO BE ONE, A C1, POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ARCADIA ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM C ONE, ALTHOUGH YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A SMALL COMMUNITY, YOU, YOU REALLY NOT ABLE TO SAY EXACTLY WHERE THE NEAREST PARK WILL BE LOCATED. UM, YOU JUST SAY WITHIN A MILE, RIGHT. THAT WAS A GUESS I HAVEN'T, I DIDN'T DO A MEASUREMENT, BUT THERE ARE PARKS ALL AROUND THIS AREA IN ARCADIA. AND AT 1.1, THREE ACRE, UH, ACTUALLY PARKLAND WOULDN'T PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE WORTH THE EFFORT TO BE HONEST, UNLESS THERE WAS, IT WAS AN AREA THAT WAS COMPLETELY DIVISION OF ANY KIND OF OPEN SPACE OR PARKLAND ANYWHERE NEAR THAT AREA. UH, JUST THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUCH A SMALL PROPERTY. YOU REALLY CAN'T DO MUCH WITH THAT SMALL PROPERTY. IT WOULD BE A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE THAT WE WOULD USE THAT I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY. I'M THINKING ABOUT WHERE THE KIDS WILL HAVE TO PLAY AND HOW FAR THEY WOULD HAVE TO TRAVEL TO A SAFE AREA TO PLAY IN. SURE. I CAN TELL YOU BY, BY PARK PLANNING STANDARDS, THERE WERE PLENTY OF PARKS CLOSE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THESE FOLKS. IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD, BUT USUALLY THEY'RE NOT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES. UM, LET'S UH, UH, CONSIDER, UH, THE, THE SECOND ONE C2, WHICH WAS FOR THE GRADING STATES HAVE A MOTION SECOND, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT ONE? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SECTION SEVEN. OH, ZONING MAP. UM, MEASUREMENTS [8.A. ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT] ITEM EIGHT, A ONE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR AGAINST, UH, AMENDMENTS TO SECTION 18 BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OR THE CITY MISSOURI CITY OR ZONING ORDINANCE COMMISSIONERS. UM, HI, UM, MY NAME IS JAMES SAN ANGELO. I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY. THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE IS AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 18 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT AND APPEALS. UH, IT WAS PRESENTED TO THIS BODY, UH, METRO JULY MEETING, BASICALLY THE, UH, 2019 STATE LEGISLATIVE SESSION REQUIRED. SOME PROCEDURAL CHANGES TO THE WAY THE ZONING BOARD OPERATES. AND, UH, IN EARLY 2020, WHEN COUNCIL ENACTED THOSE CHANGES BY ORDINANCE, UH, THE SUBSECTIONS REGARDING THE, UH, THE GRANTING OF VARIANCES AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS WERE INADVERTENTLY REMOVED. UH, MOST OF THAT IS COVERED BY STATE STATUTE. UM, SO THE ZONING REALLY DIDN'T LOSE ANY, UM, RIGHTS OR POWERS THERE, BUT, UH, WE DO WANT TO BE AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE IN THE CITY CODE. UM, SO THIS, UH, PROPOSED ORDINANCE THAT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET TONIGHT, BASICALLY JUST RESTORES THOSE SUBSECTIONS REGARDING VARIANCES AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS. THE ONLY CHANGE BETWEEN WHAT WAS THERE BEFORE, AND, UH, WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED TO YOU ALL TONIGHT IS, UM, IN THE 2021 LEGISLATIVE SESSION, THE STATE LEGISLATURE ACTUALLY FURTHER DEFINE WHAT CONSTITUTES A, UH, UNNECESSARY HARDSHIP FOR THE PURPOSES OF GRANTING VARIANCES. SO THAT LANGUAGE IS INCLUDED IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE FOR FURTHER CLARITY. [01:00:01] BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT SHOULD BE THE SAME. AND I THINK THE PLAN IS TO HOLD THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT. UH, THE SECOND ONE WILL BE AT YOUR NOVEMBER MEETING OR SORRY, YOUR OCTOBER MEETING. AND THEN, UH, THE ORDINANCE WILL GO TO COUNCIL FOR FIRST READING SOMETIME IN NOVEMBER. SO ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER. I THINK THERE'S SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT HAS A QUESTION, I GUESS, AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING. UM, I, I JUST WANT TO LOOK CLARITY HERE. SO WHEN YOU SAY THE BOARD, THE COMMISSIONER BOARD ZONING BOARD OF ZONING BOARD, I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE ZONING BOARD AND BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS THAT WILL BE WHO IS IT? UH, GENERALLY THAT WOULD BE THE CITY STAFF. SO WHEN CITY STAFF MAKES A DECISION, UM, A PROPERTY OWNER OR SOMEBODY WITH AN INTEREST, AND ACTUALLY THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS FURTHER DEFINED BY THE 2020 ORDINANCE. UH, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO APPEAL THE CITY'S STAFF'S DECISION B. OKAY. AND COME BEFORE THE ZONING PLANNING AND ZONING TO APPEAL ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. OKAY. AND THEY KIND OF MEET, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE ONE OF THOSE MEETINGS, BUT THEY KIND OF MEET ON AN AD HOC BASIS WHENEVER THERE IS AN APPEAL OR A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE OR SPECIAL EXCEPTION. OKAY. SO WOULD THEY KNOW THAT, THAT THEY CAN APPEAL ANY DECISION THAT A STAFF MINISTRATIVE OFFICIALS MAKE? I'M NOT SURE IF THAT INFORMATION IS PROVIDED TO THEM UPON THE, UH, WHEN THE DECISION IS MADE, BUT, UH, IT IS IN OUR, THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO MOVED ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED. OKAY. UM, SO I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL WE DO TONIGHT AND, UM, I GUESS WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT MONTH FOR THE, UH, THE SECOND PUBLIC HEARING. YOU HAVE AN ITEM TO CONSIDER THIS AS A PRELIMINARY REPORT. YOU HAVE A SECOND ITEM ON THE SITTER, THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT. OKAY. SO ITEM TWO UNDER, UM, THERE'S ONLY BOARD ADJUSTMENT ITEM IS TO CONSIDER A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON ITEM EIGHT, EIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS PRELIMINARY REPORT, SEEING NONE, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. AYE. OPPOSED, MOTION PASSES. I BELIEVE THAT'S EVERYTHING ON THERE. I DON'T KNOW, WANTS TO JUST KEEP THESE HERE. YOU CAN TAKE THE MATERIALS OUT OF IT OR YOU CAN LEAVE THE WHOLE THING, BUT YES, LEAVE THE BINDER THERE. YOUR LAST ITEM WOULD BE DESSERT. YOU MENTIONED, UH, THE, UH, THE APA ONLINE. WE CAN ENVISION THE, UM, DO A WEB MAR OR WHATEVER, UM, ON THAT MEETINGS THAT WOULD JUST BE WORKSHOPS. BE ACTUALLY TRYING TO HOLD IT. WE DECIDED TO BE PART OF THAT WORKSHOP. IT'LL BE INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS. UM, THEY HAVE GROUP SESSIONS AND THEN INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS ON DIFFERENT TOPICS, UM, THAT ARE RELATED TO PLANNING AND, UM, DEVELOPMENT, UM, BEING AT ONE OF THOSE PLANNING THERE. THAT IS AN EXPERIENCE. YEAH. THEY USUALLY HAVE SOME REALLY GOOD INFORMATION UPDATES ON INFORMATION, HAVE FINISHED PERMISSION TO LEAVE. WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I HAD A QUESTION, OH, THAT'S A MOTION TO ADJOURN ON THE FLOOR. WELL, LET ME SHUT UP. DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING SPECIFIC ABOUT THE AGENDA OR ASK ABOUT [01:05:01] THE WORKSHOP OR THE, UH, THE PLANNING WORKS? IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU WOULD RECOMMEND FOR A NEW PERSON LIKE ME TO ATTEND? WE CAN TALK, WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT LATER. I GET INTO A SECOND. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THANK YOU. * 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.