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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS HEREBY CALL TO ORDER ON TONIGHT, WE WILL HAVE A FULL ROLL CALL.ALL COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT ON TONIGHT.
COMMISSIONER LUCAS, OVERTON SILVA, O'MALLEY GRIFFIN BRIGHTWELL, HANEY, BAILEY, AND MYSELF, SANDY BROWN.
WE DO HAVE A FULL FORM ON TONIGHT.
[3. READING OF MINUTES]
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE OCTOBER 13TH, 2021 MEETING MINUTES.IS THERE A SECOND? I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, MR. GRIFFIN, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WAIT A MINUTE.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ARE THERE ANY ABSTENTIONS, RIGHT? HANEY IT'S ABSTAINED AND YOU ABSTAINED TOO.
I APPRECIATE THAT ON THE, AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD NOW.
I DON'T HAVE A REPORT ON TONIGHT.
ANYONE HAVE A REPORT? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE'LL MOVE RIGHT ALONG STAFF REPORTS.
UM, HI JENNIFER DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ENGINEERING, JEREMY ENGINEERING GUYS.
[5. PUBLIC COMMENT]
WERE AT THE PUBLIC COMMENT.THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION, UH, PREFERABLY ABOUT AN ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA.
AND IS THERE ANYONE, ALL RIGHT.
SEEING NONE WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT ALONG? NO, ONLY IF NOT ON THE AGENDA.
MY ADDRESS IS 44 0 6 CROW VALLEY DRIVE.
UH, RECENTLY WE APPROVED A BOND THAT WOULD DEVELOP MANY AREAS AND I THINK QUITE WELL IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT ONE AREA WAS LAKE OLYMPIA.
THERE WERE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT WERE PUT IN THERE.
WE SPOKE WITH A COUPLE OF Y'ALL AT WHICH Y'ALL BROUGHT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO TALK TO US ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS OCCURRING.
WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT WE SUGGESTED AT THAT TIME WE WERE TOLD TO BRING IT HERE ABOUT PUTTING IN ROUNDABOUTS.
THEY WOULD BE NOT ONLY LESS EXPENSIVE TO ACTUALLY INSTALL, BUT THE MAINTENANCE ON THEM WOULD SAVE THE CITY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WHILE MAINTAINING THE INTEGRITY AND THE SUBURBAN FEEL THAT WE HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY OF LAKE OLYMPIA.
THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO MENTION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW POSSIBLY IN A POST FROM THIS MEETING, HOW WE MIGHT PURSUE THAT FURTHER IN WHAT FASHION WE MIGHT HAVE TO PROCEED.
WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, HOPEFULLY SOMEONE FROM ENGINEERING WILL GET BACK WITH A RESPONSE TO YOU ON THAT.
[CONSENT AGENDA]
TO ITEM SIX, A THE CONSENT AGENDA.WE CONSIDER ALL OF THESE ITEMS ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA TO BE STANDARD.
NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FROM MADERA, MISSOURI CITY TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIANNA APARTMENTS, THREE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIANNA SECTION 55 FOR CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIENNA SECTION 57 5.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIANNA SECTION 64 6.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIENNA SECTION 66 7.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR ISLAND EXPRESS EIGHT.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR FORT FAN LOGISTICS CENTER NINE.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR GRADING A STATE'S 10.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR CRESTMONT CORNER 11, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLATFORM, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK AT PIKE AND GESSNER.
AND BEFORE OUR CALL FOR THE MOTION, I WOULD LIKE A MOTION TO PULL ITEM SEVEN, UM, AS IT HAS BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR DISAPPROVALS.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
I'M SORRY, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE REASONS ON ADULT SEEM VERY CLEAR TO ME.
I DIDN'T HEAR, I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HE SAID.
SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME, PLEASE.
BECAUSE OF THE REASON FOR THE DISAPPROVAL JUST SAID IT MISSING SOME DOCUMENTS
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WHILE EVERYTHING ELSE ON THERE HAS IT LISTS ABOUT I'D JUST LIKE TO UNDERSTAND.ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
IS THERE A MOTION TO AGENDA? UH, LESS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
[7.A. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT – THE SHED (Part 1 of 2)]
NUMBER SEVEN.THIS ONE WAS MARKED AS A DISAPPROVAL.
WOULD YOU JUST QUICKLY BRIEFLY TELL US? YEAH.
SO THE DIFFERENCES KEEP IN MIND THAT FOR A FLAT APPLICATION, SO COMMISSION CAN APPROVE, APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS OR DISAPPROVED.
UM, AN INCOMPLETE APPLICATION IS SUBJECT TO DISAPPROVAL.
UH, THE COMMENDED FOR DISAPPROVAL SUBMIT IT, UH, WITH THE APPLICATION ATTEMPTS WERE MADE TO THOSE ITEMS OVER THE PERIOD OF THE REVIEW.
UH, SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, IS THAT A NEW APPLICATION BE SUBMITTED? UM, ACCORDING TO THE SCHEDULE THAT FOR REVIEW, DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? I PUT IT BACK INTO THE SYSTEM THEN.
SO YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE GAVE THEM THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT WERE MISSING AND THEY WERE UNRESPONSIVE WITHIN THE PERIOD.
SO NOW IT GOES TO DISAPPROVAL AND THEY HAVE TO GO BACK THROUGH, CORRECT, BECAUSE OF THE TIME, TIME LIMIT.
RIGHT? I MEAN, WE HAD TO TAKE ACTION.
WE COULDN'T JUST WAIT FOR HIM TO DO IT.
AND THE DIFFERENCE WITH THE APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS IS, UH, THE TIMEFRAME IS REDUCED, UM, FOR THAT REVIEW.
SO THE APPROVAL, WHAT CONDITIONS THEY WOULD, UH, PROVIDE A WRITTEN RESPONSE APPLICATION.
UM, AND IT'S ABOUT A WEEK, UM, THAT, UH, STAFF WOULD BE ABLE TO REVIEW THOSE DOCUMENTS BEFORE BRINGING IT TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
AND JENNIFER, I HEAR WHAT YOU JUST SAY THAT THE PERSON HAS BEEN NOTIFIED OR WILL BE NOTIFIED THAT HAS BEEN DISAPPROVED.
THE APPLICANT, THE STAFF PLANNER HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT.
UM, BUT THE DOCUMENTATION THAT WAS REQUESTED, THE CHECKLIST ITEMS, UM, AND THE DOCUMENTS WITH THE APPLICATION HAVE NOT BEEN SUBMITTED.
IT'S BASICALLY SAID THEY'VE BEEN UNRESPONSIVE WITHIN THE PERIOD.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF UPSTAIRS? ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION, A MOTION? WE APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AS DISAPPROVED SECOND.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER HANEY AND IT WAS SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER BRIGHTWELL.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.
THE MOTION CARRIES, UM, COMMISSIONERS.
[EXECUTVIE SESSION]
IF YOU WOULD BE, UM, SOME GRACIOUS BEFORE WE GET INTO, UM, OUR ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS ON TONIGHT, I WOULD REALLY LIKE FIRST TO GO INTO A BRIEF EXECUTIVE SESSION, UH, AS PURSUANT TO TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 5, 5, 1 0.071 CONSULTATION WITH THE ATTORNEY TO SEEK OR RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE REGARDING PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT OFFER OR ON A MATTER IN WHICH THE DUTY OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE CITY UNDER TEXAS DISCIPLINARY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT OF THE STATE BAR OF TEXAS, CLEARLY CONFLICTS WITH TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT, I'M ASKING FOR A MOTION TO DISCUSS ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT, AND CLOSE EXECUTIVE SESSION TO ALLOW THE COMMISSION TO RECEIVE LEGAL INFORMATION RELATED TO THE ITEM.THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER HAYNE.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER BRIGHTWELL.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AND THE NIGHTS THAT MOTION CARRIES THE TIME IS 7:20 PM.
EVERY ONE WE'LL JUST SIT TIGHT.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR THAT BRIEF BREAK.
[7.A. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT – THE SHED (Part 2 of 2)]
ON NOW.WE'RE AT ITEM SEVEN, THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS ITEM A THIS WILL BE FOR A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
THE SHED WILL RECEIVE PUBLIC HEARING ON TONIGHT COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY ANDREA MITTS OF LOVETT COMMERCIAL TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES OF LAND TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT AND COMMISSIONERS.
SO THIS APPLICATION IS FROM LOVETT COMMERCIAL.
IT'S HIS OWN APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES OF LAND ALONG HIGHWAY SIX FROM LCT 12 PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
SO I DID PRESENT THIS, UH, APPLICATION LAST MONTH WHERE IT WAS FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION BY THE COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I CAN SPARE ALL THE DETAILS FOR YOUR NIGHT, BUT IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN REPEAT ALL THAT INFORMATION.
UM, I PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED, UM, BUT I WILL JUST GO AHEAD AND PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY.
THE SUBJECT SITE INCLUDES MULTIPLE TRACKS OF LAND LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF STATE HIGHWAY SIX EAST AND WEST OF WATTS
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PLANTATION DRIVE AND EAST OF NORTH CREEK MONT DRIVE ZONING TO A PLAIN DEVELOPMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL USES RESTAURANTS AND CAFES, ARTISTS, STUDIOS, INDOOR RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, I MEAN TO STORAGE AND RESIDENTIAL USES.AND SINCE THE APPLICATION OR AS PRESENTED LOUD, LAST MEETING, THE DEVELOPERS DID HAVE A MEETING WITH THE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND HAVE SINCE MADE SOME CHANGES TO THE RESIDENTIAL USES.
THESE CHANGES CONSISTS OF LIMITING.
THE RESIDENTIAL USES TO AGE RESTRICTED, SENIOR LIVING OR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, CONDOMINIUMS, DUPLEXES, PATIO, OR CLUSTER SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE OFFER MENTIONED USES.
DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY.
AND JUST BEFORE WE GET INTO WHAT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, IS IT THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES.
WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT YOU PLEASE LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES AND WE DO ASK THAT YOU TAKE SOME TIME TO SHAPE YOUR THOUGHTS AND TELL US A COMPELLING, UM, YOUR COMPELLING REASONING FOR WHY YOU'RE SPEAKING EITHER FOR OR AGAINST IT.
UM, MY COMPADRES UP HERE, WE'RE GOING TO DENOTE ALL OF THE THOUGHT PROCESSES AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO GET YOU BACK AN ANSWER AT THE END.
I DO WANT TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WANTS YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME FOR THE OPEN FLOOR.
AND I'M SURE I WOULD ALSO ADD THAT, UM, THE PERSON BEFORE YOU HAS ALREADY MADE A SPECIFIC POINT, WE'D RATHER YOU, UH, JUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT AND, AND ONLY, UH, ADDRESS ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT HAVEN'T ALREADY BEEN STATED.
UH, IT WILL CERTAINLY, UH, SPEED THE PROCESS UP PROCESS UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND, UH, WE, WE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT YOU, UH, UH, AGREE TO THOSE POINTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN STATED.
UH, SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE GOING TO IGNORE YOU ABOUT THAT, BUT WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HEAR, ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL POINTS THAT, THAT, THAT NEED TO BE ADDED? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MARY ROSS, MS. ROSS HERE TONIGHT THERE.
I AM A RESIDENT OF MISERY CITY AND I AM HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM AS IT EXISTS.
UM, LAST TIME WE CAME TO P AND Z, THE DEVELOPER WAS ALLOWED TO PRESENT AND THEY MADE SOME CLAIMS THAT DIDN'T COMPLETELY REPRESENT WHAT WAS SAID IN THE MEETINGS THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAD WITH AT THE TIME, THE, UM, BOARD OF OUR COMMUNITY HOA BOARD, THERE WAS ANOTHER MEETING HELD, BUT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS ABOUT SIX PEOPLE IN SIX RESIDENTS BESIDE THE HOA BOARD.
AND THIS EVENING I RECEIVED A NOTE.
WE WILL ADMONISH TO SPEAK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND TRY TO COME UP WITH AGREEMENTS, WHICH I APPRECIATED.
UM, BUT I SEE WE, WE TALKED TO THE RENT.
WE TALKED TO THE DEVELOPER AND ASKED FOR, UM, AN AGREEMENT TO NOT HAVE ANY RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THE, TO DESIGNATION THAT'S THERE.
THERE'S NO REASON TO CHANGE IT ANY OTHER WAY, BECAUSE THERE ARE A THOUSAND UNITS RENTAL UNITS COMING UP WITHIN ONE EIGHTH OF A MILE, UM, ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEN ANOTHER 600 THAT'S PLANTED FOR, THAT'S ALREADY PAST ZONING ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY SIX.
AND THERE'S NO REASON TO HAVE A GREAT NEED FOR THOSE HUNDRED 19 RENTAL UNITS THAT THE DEVELOPER CLAIM.
SO WE ASKED NO DEVELOPMENT THERE THAT REMAINED OUR TWO AND THAT IT REMAINS COMMERCIAL ONLY, BUT THE DEVELOPERS SENT A, UM, SUPPOSE THAT AGREEMENT THAT, OR THEY ARE, THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY, WHAT THEY HEARD WAS THAT, THAT THEY WOULD CONSIDER IS THAT IF THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD NOT HAVE A RESIDENTIAL BECAUSE THEY FELT THEY HAD TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL.
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ONLY, THAT THEY ONLY DEVELOP SENIOR LIVING HOUSING, THEY'RE LIVING HOUSING THERE.AND, UM, I WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND LATE TODAY THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPERS SENT A LETTER TO OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY WITH A DIFFERENT UNDERSTANDING AND OUR ISSUES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPERS, THAT THEIR UNDERSTANDING ALWAYS CAME BACK DIFFERENT.
AND WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, IF Y'ALL ADMONISH US TO TALK, WE WANT TO TALK, I CAN STAY I'M ONE PERSON IN MY COMMUNITY, BUT I SPEAK WITH LOTS OF PEOPLE.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AND REPRESENT THEM.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT THE, OF THE PEOPLE THERE, UM, THERE WAS SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT CAME UP ABOUT THAT.
UH, THE DEVELOPERS CLAIMING THEY UNDERSTAND SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT WAS SAID.
SO WE, UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS BECAUSE, UH, ELSIE TO, THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS HOUSING.
THE DEVELOPER TOLD US THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO ACCOMMODATE AMAZON AND THE NEED FOR HOUSING THAT IT BROUGHT WELL WITH, WITH 1100 APARTMENTS COMING UP ALREADY PLANTED ALREADY, UM, ALREADY, UH, PAST P AND Z AND WITHIN AN EIGHTH OF A MILE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY SIX AND THEN ANOTHER 600, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE.
AND THE ONLY THING THEY HAVEN'T FOUND A DEVELOPER TO PICK THAT UP YET, BUT THAT'S JUST A MATTER OF TIME.
THERE'S NO GREAT NEED FOR ALL THIS HOUSING NOW.
NO, THIS MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU CONSIDER, BUT THERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS WHERE, WHERE PARKS ARE A CONSIDERATION IT'S A MUST HAVE IN THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MARK LLOYD, MR. LLOYD, W I'M SORRY, WHEN YOU GET UP, WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE? I FORGOT TO HAVE MS. ROSS TODAY.
I GOT DWAYNE MARK LLOYD 2 8 0 3 EVERHARD TERRACE DRIVE.
UH, SO I'M THE BOARD PRESIDENT AT CREEK MINE, WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY THAT IS ADJACENT TO THIS PROPOSAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE'VE BEEN MET SEVERAL TIMES WITH THE, WITH THE DEVELOPER, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE GONE BACK AND FORTH, THE MAJOR STICKING POINT AS YOU SEE, THERE IS A SECTION A, UM, AND, AND REALLY WHAT I WANT TO DO IS CONVEY TO THE GENERAL FEELING OF THE COMMUNITY FROM, AS I UNDERSTAND IT AS FROM THE VARIOUS MEETINGS IS WE'RE NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE IN SUPPORT OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
WE'RE AFRAID THAT OUR, AS SOON AS WE ALLOW OUR, I AGREE OUR STAND DOWN IN A WAY THAT THE DEVELOPER WILL DO WHATEVER THEY WANT THERE.
AND EVENTUALLY OUR COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE WORKED SO HARD FOR WILL BE, WILL LOOK MUCH DIFFERENT THAN IT WAS WHEN PEOPLE BOUGHT IT UPWARDS TO 15 YEARS AGO.
UH, AS YOU, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SECTION EIGHT, THE ISSUE IS THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS THERE.
THE DEVELOPER CAME BACK YESTERDAY OR THE DAY BEFORE AND AGREED THAT THEY WOULD ONLY DO SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES OR FOR SALE TOWN HOMES.
AND WE HAVE THEIR COMMITMENT TO THAT, UH, IT IS, UH, THE, THE FEELING OF THE BOARD AND OF THE COMMUNITY THAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE ACCEPTING TO.
THAT THE CHALLENGE HAS COME WHEN, AGAIN, LIKE THE DUBBERS DO AT TIMES, THEY SLID IN CONDOS, DUPLEXES, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'VE AGREED TO.
THAT IS NOT WHAT WE'VE REQUESTED IN WRITING.
SO AS, AS FAR AS THE COMMUNITY IS CONCERNED, AS LONG AS WE CAN GET THE COMMITMENT THAT IT WILL BE TOWNHOMES, THE TAX TOWN HOMES FOR SALE OR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, WE ARE OKAY WITH, WITH, WITH MOVING FORWARD.
THE ISSUE IS THERE ISN'T TRUST BETWEEN US AND THE DEVELOPERS.
THE LAST MEETING, OR TWO HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN THAT WE FELT DISRESPECTED.
WE HAVEN'T FELT LISTENED TO, UM, IN FRONT OF THE MAYOR AND OTHER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPERS GOT UP AND WALKED OUT THE MEETING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MEETING, RIGHT.
THEY JUST REFUSE TO CONTINUE TO TALK.
SO THAT BEHAVIOR DOES NOT LEND US TO BELIEVE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE LISTENED TO MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER ISSUES IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF THE EGRESS AND INGRESS TO SECTION EIGHT THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.
AND WE CAN'T GET PAST THAT BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN STRAIGHT TALK FROM THE DEVELOPER.
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MOVE.WE, THE BOARD, HIS POSITION POSITION IS IF WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL ONE IS WE WERE NOT IN SUPPORTIVE BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THOSE VERY FUNDAMENTAL, BASIC DECENCY COMMUNICATION FROM NEIGHBORS BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT BOUGHT INTO THE COMMUNITY.
SO ESSENTIALLY THEY JUST WERE JUST A BUMP IN THE ROAD TO THEM.
SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR IT.
SO WE DO ASK THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE THIS ZONING BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET THE VERY FUNDAMENTAL STICKING POINT OF TOWN HOMES FOR SALE OR SENIOR LIVING FACILITIES, IF THAT IS THE CASE.
SO WE CAN GET THAT WITHOUT THE ACTUAL LANGUAGE OF CONDOS, DUPLEXES, ALL THAT, IF THAT IS TAKEN OUT, YOU WON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES FROM US MOVING FORWARD, OTHER THAN STILL PUSHING FOR DRAINAGE, BECAUSE AS IS THAT THE ALL RIGHT, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I'LL SAY JUST PLEASE CONSIDER THE FACT THAT COMMUNITY, THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL SIT FIVE FEET HIGHER THAN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE ONE BEHIND US IS ALSO FIVE FEET HIGHER THAN US.
I ONLY HAD THOSE TWO THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEM SEVEN A, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT? IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SO MOVED.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER LUCAS, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND.
COMMISSIONER BRIGHTWELL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SIGNIFICANT SAYING I, AND THAT MOTION CARRIES.
UM, AT THIS TIME WE HAVE TO CONSIDER A FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM SEVEN, EIGHT.
UM, WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE SAID IN REGARDS TO THEIR CONCERNS, UH, WITH THE DEVELOPER.
AND RIGHT NOW WHAT'S IN FRONT OF OUR DIRECT PURVIEW IS THE MATTER OF ZONING AND WITH THE POLICIES THAT WE HAVE, OR WITH THE CONTROLS THAT WE ONLY HAVE, ALL WE CAN DO IS MAKE A RECOMMENDATION WITH REGARDS TO IS THIS PROPER TO REZONE THIS LAND? AND THAT'S IT.
AT THIS POINT, I DO ENCOURAGE THE RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO COME BACK AND CONTINUE TALK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE POWER TO VOTE MORE WITH THEIR HEARTS.
WE HAVE TO VOTE MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SAYS, WHAT OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAPS SAY IN DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
THOSE ARE OUR GUIDANCES, AND THOSE ARE OUR TARGETS.
WE DON'T WANT YOU TO THINK THAT WE DON'T, BUT WE DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE YOU TO COME BACK AND SPEAK TO THOSE THAT DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO VOTE FROM THEIR HEART.
IS THERE A MOTION? SO FOR THIS, THE DEPOSIT, RIGHT, WELL, HAS MADE A MOTION TO FORWARD THIS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND O'MALLEY IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD A QUESTION I WAS TRYING TO RECALL.
WE'VE GOT SO MANY THINGS GOING ON THE AGENDA DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE.
UM, THE FACT THAT THE, THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SO FAR OUT, UM, I DON'T TALKING TO THEM, TALKING TO THEM.
I RECALL THAT WE'VE EVER HAD A SITUATION WHERE WE'RE LOOKING AT A DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE THAT'S SO FAR OUT AND I JUST, JENNIFER, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT CAUSES A PROBLEM OR NOT.
I MEAN, WE, WE'VE ALWAYS KIND OF FELT LIKE IN THE PAST THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAD A SCHEDULE AND IF IT WAS DELAYED, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WERE SOME THINGS THAT WE GOT WORRIED ABOUT, BUT THIS ONE SEEMS TO BE SO DRAWN OUT.
I, I, I WAS JUST CURIOUS WHEN I SAW THIS, I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT SEEMS TO BE LIKE WAY OUT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, A LOT'S GOING TO HAPPEN OVER THE NEXT, WHAT THAT'S ALMOST SIX YEARS, RIGHT? YEAH.
AND SO I THINK, AND WHERE YOU MEANT TO SAY SOMETHING, COMMISSIONER, THAT'S WHAT I WAS ABOUT TO SAY.
UM, SO FIVE YEARS FOR, UH, THE NEXT STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WOULD HAVE TO BE STARTED, UM, WITH, UH, OVERALL COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT, UM, AS WELL.
SO THE NEXT STEP, IF ZONING IS APPROVED, BEFORE DEVELOPMENT WOULD OCCUR, OR THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE PLANNING, UH, THE PROPERTY SUBDIVIDING THE PROPERTY TO PREPARE IT FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT THOSE ACTIVITIES, UM, HAVE A FIVE-YEAR FRAME.
SO THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULES THAT THE COMMISSION ADOPTS OR RECOMMENDS TO ADOPT, UM, WOULD BE THAT FIVE-YEAR SPAIN.
SO THE WAY I INTERPRET WHAT'S IN THE REPORT IS THE PHASES ARE PHASED OUT OVER, OVER, WELL, THE COMPLETION
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DATE IS, IS BEYOND FIVE YEARS, RIGHT? UM, WHAT'S NOT CLEAR HERE IS IF THEY'LL DO THOSE PHASES IN PARALLEL OR CONSECUTIVELY, WHICH THEY WOULD ACTUALLY PROBABLY BUMP UP AGAINST THAT FIVE-YEAR THING FOR, FOR PHASE FOUR, WHICH IS THE AREA THAT EVERYBODY SEEMS TO BE CONCERNED WITH.AND, AND SO NOW I DON'T THINK THAT THEY'D HAVE THAT SCHEDULE TIMED OUT.
UM, BUT THE STATE LAWS WHAT'S GUIDING, UM, HERE IN TERMS OF THE APPROVAL FOR THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF ZONING AND THE CONDITIONS OF THAT APPROVAL THERE, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS I, AGAIN, UM, UNDERSTAND HERE, I GUESS IT'S PROBABLY ADDRESSED TO, UM, ABOUT, OKAY.
ABOUT THE, WELL, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE DRAINAGE QUESTION, I SEE WHAT THE DRAINAGE EGRESS AND REGRESS CAME.
THOSE TWO, I JUST WANT CLARIFICATION THAT, UH, FOR THE TRAFFIC STUDIES, THOSE WILL BE DONE AT THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
AS A PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, AS THEY MOVE FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THEM TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS OR A TBI AS WELL AS A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS AS WELL.
AND THAT'S GOING TO DICTATE HOW THEY'RE GOING TO MITIGATE THEIR RUNOFF.
IS THAT FOR EVERY, IS THAT FOR EACH TRACT, IT HAVE TO DO IT FOR EACH, OR IS IT ONE REPORT, TYPICALLY SOMETHING LIKE THIS, THEY WOULD DO A MASTER REPORT JUST TO, UH, I GUESS SAY A TIME, I THINK, BUT JEREMY WOULDN'T, THEY ON A PER PLATT BASIS THAT ALL THE CALCULATIONS WOULD HAVE TO BE DONE FOR DRAINAGE, FOR EXAMPLE.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE PER TRACKED.
SO A LOT OF TIMES WHAT HAPPENS IS, UM, WITH LARGER DEVELOPMENTS, UH, THEY'LL HAVE A MASTER DRAINAGE PLAN OR A MASTER, A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, SHIPMENTS COVE, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL.
UH, THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS SPLIT INTO MULTIPLE SECTIONS, BUT THEY HAVE ONE TIA FOR THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE PLANTED AT TWO SEPARATE TIMES, OKAY, I'M GOING, I CAN UNDERSTAND THE TEI PART OF IT, BUT, BUT EACH INDIVIDUAL PLANT HAS TO STAND THE DRAINAGE PLAN FOR EACH PLANT HAS TO YES.
SO EACH INDIVIDUAL PLOT WILL HAVE ITS OWN DRAINAGE PLAN.
AND THE DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS IS USUALLY FOR THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
SO IT'S THE SAME WITH THE TIA AND THE DA.
AND THAT'LL TAKE CARE OF THIS ONE.
THAT'S MORE IN QUESTION, UH, SECTION FOUR, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF I IN TERMS OF WHEN, WHEN AT THAT POINT, WELL SECTION OR BSS SECTION FOUR, I MEAN, SECTION EIGHT.
COMMISSIONER AND CHAIR, CHAIR.
UH, WHEN I ADDRESS THE QUESTION ABOUT DRAINAGE, I WANT TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO DO A COMPREHENSIVE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS FOR ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S PROPOSED HERE.
IF IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN PHASES, WE'LL REQUEST A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THAT PHASE.
ONLY IF THAT DEVELOPMENT WERE TO MOVE FORWARD.
I ALSO WANT TO REITERATE THAT, UH, AS WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT, THIS IS A ZONING CASE AND WHAT THEY HAVE OUT THERE ON THE MAP IS A CONCEPT ABOUT DRAINAGE.
THEY HAVE NOT DONE ANY DRAINAGE ANALYSIS.
IT DOES NOT, UH, SET THE FOOTPRINT OF WHERE THE DRAINAGE OR DETENTION IS GOING TO GO.
THE DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THE DRAINAGE.
AND IF I MAY MADAM CHAIR TO ADDRESS THE QUESTION ON THE PII AS WELL, UH, THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE DRIVERS.
AGAIN, THESE DRIVERS ARE CONCEPTUAL LOCATIONS.
THE CITY STAFF HAS TO APPROVE.
WE NEED TO TXDOT ROADWAY, WHICH THE TECHSTAR HAS TO APPROVE.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT THAT THE DEVELOPER IS SHOWING AND HAS TO BE QUALIFIED.
THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT CITY FOR IT TO BE RESOLVED? WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT HAVE? TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE AT THIS? IS WE HAVING A QUESTION AS FAR AS ZONING IS CONCERNED, AND I'M CURIOUS, UH, IF THIS WAS DENIED, WHAT WOULD BE THE IMPACT? WELL, I THINK THE, WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE IS A REQUEST TO DO THIS AS A UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT WITH A UNIFORM STANDARDS, IDENTIFYING
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SPECIFIC USES WITHIN A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.UH, THE CURRENT ZONING IS LLC TO LOCAL RETAIL.
UH, SO THERE ARE, UH, CERTAIN COMMERCIAL USES, UM, MORE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN SCALE, UM, THAT ARE PERMITTED.
UM, SO THE DIFFERENCE WOULD BE, IS IF THAT PROPERTY WERE TO DEVELOP TODAY, UM, WITHOUT THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UM, IT WOULD MORE THAN LIKELY, UM, BE SUBDIVIDED AND SOLD OFF IN PIECES AND DEVELOPED IN PIECES, UM, AS THOSE, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, PROJECTS CAME ONLINE.
SO IT, THAT THAT WOULD BE THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE TWO.
UM, AND SO THIS, UH, DEVELOPER PROPERTY OWNER IS LOOKING TO COMBINE, YOU KNOW, THE USES INTO, UM, INTO ONE UNIFIED PROJECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE DO HAVE A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALL THOSE AGAINST CIGNA PHARMACY.
[7.B. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT – ROYAL LIVING AT FORT BEND]
TO MOVE NOW TO ITEM SEVEN B THIS TOO WILL BE A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR ROYAL LIVING AT FORT BEND.AND THIS TOO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUESTS BY FAR SO BOONEY OF AUTO ARC ARCHITECTS TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 40 ACRES OF LAND FROM OUR ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO OUR FIVE.
SO THE ROYAL LIVING PROJECTS, THERE'S ACTUALLY THREE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS THAT ARE, UM, PROVIDING THE SAME PRODUCT.
SO I'M GOING TO PRESENT THE PRODUCT ALL AT THE SAME TIME AND KIND OF GIVE YOU THE SPECIFICS OF EACH LOCATION.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS ON ANY PARTICULAR ONE, THE, TO ASK ME AT THE END.
UM, SO WE RECEIVED THREE SAMPLE APPLICATIONS FROM AUTO ARCHITECTS, ZONED LAND TO OUR FIVE TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
UM, THE FIRST POTENTIAL RURAL LIVING TOWNHOUSE PROJECT IS ON WILDS PLANTATION ROAD.
I ACTUALLY PRESENTED THIS AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, UM, AND THE COMMISSION, UH, FORWARDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND TO BRIEFLY SUMMARIZE IT, THIS DEVELOPMENT, UM, THEY'RE REQUESTING TWO ZONE 40 ACRES FROM OUR ONE SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL TO OUR FIVE TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL, UM, THAT THIS WOULD ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT TO 317 RESIDENTIAL LOGS.
THE AMENITIES THAT ARE INCLUDED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE A CLUBHOUSE POOL, DOG PARK AND PICNIC AREA FOR ITS RESIDENTS.
SO THE SECOND POTENTIAL ROYAL LIVING TOWNHOUSE PROJECT IS LOCATED ON THE, OKAY, SORRY ABOUT THAT IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SIENNA PARKWAY AND WALTZ PLANTATION ROAD.
THIS 11 ACRE LOT IS CURRENTLY ZONED
THE THIRD POTENTIAL WORLD LIVING TALKHOUSE PROJECT IS LOCATED ACROSS SEVERAL TRACKS ON THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LAKE OLIVIA PARKWAY.
THERE IS ABOUT 11 ANCHORS IN TOTAL THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED LC TWO.
AND THE ZONING CHANGE TO OUR FIVE WOULD ALLOW FOR 65 RESIDENTIAL, LOTS OF CLUBHOUSE POOL IN A PARK STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING CHANGES FOR ALL THREE OF THE AFFIRMATION PROPOSALS IN AS FAR AS REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, THERE ARE NO PROPOSED CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE BASE ZONING OF
THE APPLICANT WILL FOLLOW ALL REQUIREMENTS AS APPLICABLE IN THE CODE OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.
AND THE DEVELOPER ALSO HAS PREPARED A PRESENTATION.
UM, AND I CAN ALSO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH ON OUR TWO STORIES, 35 FEET.
SO FOR OUR FIVE, THE MAXIMUM IS THREE STORIES, WHICH IS 45 FEET.
DO YOU KNOW WE HAVE ANY, UH, TWO-STORY HOMES THAT ARE OVER 30 FEET.
I KNOW FOR OUR, TO THE ZONING DOES ALLOW IT TO BE BUILT UP TO 35 FEET.
SO POSSIBLY I THINK WE GOT ONE RIGHT THERE OFF OF ONCE.
THAT'S RIGHT AT ABOUT 35 FEET TALL AND THAT'S
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A TWO STORY HOME.YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY.
I'M JUST WANT SOME CLARITY HERE.
SO THE THREE-STORY WILL BE 45 FEET AND THE DORMER SIDE STORY FOR THE RESIDENTIAL OR HOME IS 35.
DO YOU MEAN WHAT THE CURRENT ZONING ALLOWS FOR ON THE WATTS PLANTATION ROAD? YES.
WHICH YOU JUST SAID? SO THE CURRENT ZONING IS ACTUALLY R ONE AND R ONE ALLOWS TWO AND A HALF STORIES UP TO 35 FEET.
THAT'S THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT ALLOWED FOR OUR ONE UP TO 35.
AND IF THEY WERE TO REZONE IT TO OUR FIVE, THE HEIGHT WOULD CHANGE TO THREE STORIES OR 45 FEET.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY.
THE WAY THIS IS GONNA WORK, UH, GUYS, SHE'S JUST GIVEN US AN OVERVIEW OF ALL THREE OF THE PROJECTS, BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SIMILAR IN NATURE, BUT WE WILL DISCUSS EACH ONE AND VOTE ON EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY.
SO WHAT'S BEFORE, AS FIRST WE'LL BE WORLD LIVING AT 14 AND, UH, THIS IS ONE THAT'S OVERALL FOR WATTS PLANTATION.
AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, PARENTS IN THE AUDIENCE IS SHE HERE, COME ON UP.
AND, UM, WAS IT, SO THE ARCHITECT, DID YOU HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION FOR US OR WOULD YOU WANT TO DO, I MEAN, YOU BASICALLY SAW ALL THE THINGS I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY IS, IS AS YOU MENTIONED, THAT IT IS THE SAME KIND OF RESIDENTIAL STOCK.
AND THEN I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THAT IT IS, UM, I KNOW IT'S CLASSIFIED AS R FIVE IS TOWNHOUSE, BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO, UM, ATTACHED, DETACHED, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, ESSENTIALLY.
UH, WE'RE CALLING LIKE GARDEN HOMES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ARE, AND IT IS, UM, FOR SALE, THE FINANCIAL MODEL IS BUILT FOR THEM TO BE FOR SALE.
THEY'RE NOT FOR RENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, I DO HAVE, WELL, I'LL GO FIRST.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, FOR YOU, UM, IN PARTICULAR WITH REGARDS TO THE WATTS PLANTATION, UH, PROJECT.
AND DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOU'LL GET UP TO 45 FEET? NO.
SO, I MEAN, RIGHT NOW WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY PHASES, OF COURSE, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO A SERIES OF TWO STORIES AND THREE STORIES.
SO IT'S NOT NECESSARILY THAT IT WOULD BE THREE STORIES.
WE'VE DONE SOME CONCEPT PLANNING FOR THE TWO STORY ONES, AND THAT WORKS REALLY WELL.
AND I THINK THE IDEA IS TO OFFER A MIXTURE.
UM, SO, AND IF THIS BECOMES AN ISSUE, IF WE WANTED TO, LET'S SAY, IF THERE WERE THREE STORIES TO PUT THEM TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE VERY OPEN TO IF VISIBILITY BECAME AN ISSUE.
AND SHOULD THE ONCE THE, UM, THE TIA RETURNS, THE DEVELOPER HAS NO PROBLEM WITH PUTTING IN WHATEVER NECESSITIES ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO FLOW THE TRAFFIC.
SO WE'VE ALREADY STARTED LIKE INITIAL MEETINGS WITH THE CITY TO UNDERSTAND, CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING THERE AND WE UNDERSTAND TRAFFIC OF COURSE IS A BIG CONCERN FOR EVERYBODY.
AND WE WANT TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORS.
WE DON'T WANT TO JUST BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE DO WANT TO BE GREAT NEIGHBORS.
SO WE'VE STARTED MEETING WITH THE CITY TO FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING AND HAPPENING.
AND WE, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
WE'D BE MORE THAN WILLING TO, UM, DO WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN TO FACILITATE TRAFFIC ON WEST PLANTATION.
UH, DO, DO WE NEED TO HAVE YOU REMOVED? OKAY.
THANK YOU, PLEASE, PLEASE, UH, ALLOW THE SPEAKER TO SPEAK.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN? THIS IS JUST ON SEVEN EIGHT.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, AND WHEN YOU APPROACH THE PODIUM, JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS SO THAT THEY CAN BE RECORDED INSIDE OF THE MINUTES.
AND WE DO ASK THAT TO, UM, WATCH OUT FOR YOUR THREE MINUTES SIGNAL, ROY AND PAULA JONES.
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GOOD EVENING.MY NAME IS ROY JONES AND I LIVE AT 36 0 6 WEST PLANTATION.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO SAY IS I'LL BE BRIEF.
THE REASON NOT TO BE THAT PROPERTY IS WETLANDS, AND IT GOES ON THE WATER.
EVERY TIME YOU GET A BIG RAIN, IT'S GOING TO BE A SERIOUS IMPACT ON THE DRAINAGE.
THEREFORE, I TALKED TO ONE ENGINEER AND IT DRAINS ABOUT 750 ACRES UPSTREAM FROM THERE.
AND ALL OF IT FLOWS BEHIND OUR HOUSES, FIVE HOUSES ALONG THERE, AND IT GOES UNDERNEATH THE NIGHT ROAD.
SO, UH, I DON'T SEE AS WETLANDS AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A LOT OF BUILDINGS, ANYBODY BUILDING WETLANDS.
AND THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO SAY TO THE TRAFFICKING IS GOING TO BE A TRAFFIC IMPACT.
CAUSE WE GOT A LOT OF TRAFFIC OUT THERE NOW AND THE YOUNGSTERS, UH, THEY GOT A STOLEN STRAIGHT ROAD AROUND THERE.
SO THEY USE IT FOR THEIR DRAG STRIP RIGHT NOW.
AND I HAVE SOME ENGINEERS OUT IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO OF CASTILLO.
AND I WANTED TO KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO WIDEN THE ROAD, BUT NOBODY KNOWS HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO WIDEN IT.
SO THAT'S GOT TO IMPACT MY YARD FOR SURE.
DOES ANYBODY KNOW HOW MUCH WIDENING IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO DO WHAT YOU WILL DO? HOW MUCH PROPERTY YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO THIS? YOU GOTTA BE 10 FOOT, FIVE FOOT, THREE FOOT, OR WHAT NOBODY'S TELLING ANYBODY, ANYTHING IN THAT AREA.
BUT THANK YOU MUCH, KEVIN TERRANEA, UH, 5 0 1 9 SOUTH HAMPTON.
ALSO THE, A BOARD MEMBER REPRESENTING THE MANNERS AT SILVER EDGE.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED, IT WILL INCREASE TRAFFIC AND DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES.
THERE IS NO VALUE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY.
THIS AREA IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
CHANGING WILL DO NOTHING BUT SCREW OVER THE EXISTING RESIDENTS TO FILL THE COFFERS.
IF SOME GREEDY DEVELOPER WHO HAS NO INTEREST IN THIS COMMUNITY AS ONE COUNCIL MEMBER MENTIONED, WHAT IS THE IMPACT ON THE CITY? THE ANALYSIS BY THE CITY OVERLOOKS THREE BIG IMPACTS.
FIRST AS MENTIONED, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC STUDY DONE.
THERE'S 317 LOTS IN THIS FIRST DIVISION.
FIRST ONE, THERE'S ANOTHER 90.
AND THE SECOND ONE, UH, THAT'S LIKE SIX TIMES THE NUMBER OF HOMES ON THIS STREET AS THERE CURRENTLY EXISTS.
AND THERE IS ALREADY A TRAFFIC PROBLEM ON THIS.
WE CANNOT SUPPORT THAT WITH THIS CURRENT ROAD.
SECOND, IT'S GOING TO DECREASE THE LAND VALUES AND THE ADJOINING NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE CITY'S ANALYSIS DID NOT POINT TO ANY SPECIFIC REASON WE SHOULD ALLOW THE CHANGE.
THERE SHOULD BE A BURDEN OF PROOF ON THE APPLICANT TO MAKE A CHANGE.
THEY SUBMITTED NO PROOF OF WHY THE CHANGE SHOULD BE MADE.
THIRD, THE FLOODING IMPACT AS MENTIONED, THERE'S GOING TO BE A FLOODING IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY.
FINALLY, AS A BOARD MEMBER, WE WERE NEVER CONTACTED BY THE DEVELOPER WITH ANY INFORMATION.
SO THE CONDIMENT THAT THEY WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR IS NOTHING BUT A BLATANT FLY.
AT THIS POINT, THERE HAS BEEN ZERO COMMUNICATION.
I CAN SPEAK FOR THE BOARD AND NONE OF US HAVE HEARD ANYTHING.
THAT'S THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN A BISMAL AT BEST.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. TAURINE DON'T HAVE ANY OTHERS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, IN REGARDS TO THIS, BUT IS THERE MAYBE ONE ADDITIONAL PERSON THAT WANTED TO SPEAK? IS THERE ONE, IF THERE IS COMING UP MA'AM GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS DIANE WILLIAMS. MY ADDRESS IS 4 0 1 8 NIGHT VOLTS.
AND I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE, THE 40 ACRES OF LAND.
LAST PLANTATION IS NAMED AFTER MY GRANDMOTHER.
WE HAVE A FAMILY CEMETERY, RIGHT? WHERE THEY WANT TO BUILD THESE, UH, HOW AND HOMES NOW, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO ABOUT THE CEMETERY? THIS IS A HISTORICAL AND I'M GOING TO FIGHT BOB, A FAMILY CEMETERY.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY EVEN CAME IN THE SURVEY, LOOK AT THIS LAND.
THEY JUST WANTED TO COME IN AND FEEL TOWNHOME WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING OR ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT WHO THIS BELONGS TO, WHO IS THE WISE? WHO IS THE HAYES'S NO ONE CAME TO US.
NOW WE HAVE THESE, THIS CEMETERY HAS BEEN THERE SINCE 1800.
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WE HAVE FALLEN SOLDIERS.SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD UP, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? I NEED TO KNOW MY FAMILY NEEDS TO KNOW.
SO THE FAMILIES THAT'S IN THERE, MY FAMILY LED PEOPLE THAT INHALE FINANCES TO BURY THEIR LOVED ONES.
AND WE TAKE CARE OF THAT CEMETERY.
CAUSE WE CHERISH EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THERE.
IF YOU GO OVER THERE AND LOOK AT IT, ISN'T THAT THROW IT AWAY IS CARED FOR, IS MUCH LOVE AT THAT CEMETERY.
THAT'S WHY TREES FALL, BUT WE KEEP FIXING THE FENCE.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO? WE NEED TO KNOW.
THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION TONIGHT IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
JEREMY, I DID JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.
THE MOTION WAS MADE BY MR. HANEY TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I HAVE A SECOND ALREADY ON THE FLOOR FROM MS. LUCAS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, JEREMY, I'M SORRY, OR SHASHI.
UM, AND THE REPORT THAT WE RECEIVED ON TONIGHT, WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THERE WAS A PRELIMINARY VEHICLE COUNT THAT WAS ALREADY DONE.
AND IT'S PROPOSED TO BE ABOUT 3000 DAILY VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY.
DO YOU KNOW AROUND WHAT NUMBER TRIGGERS CERTAIN ACTIONS TO HAVE TO HAPPEN OR DOES IT WORK LIKE THAT OR NO? YES.
UM, SO IN OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL, WE HAVE THREE CATEGORIES OF TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
UH, IT STARTS OFF AT A ABOUT 750 TRIPS PER DAY, AND THEN IT INCREASES FROM THERE TO A CATEGORY THREE.
UM, SO IT GOES A CATEGORY, ONE CATEGORY, TWO CATEGORY THREE, THREE BEING THE MOST STRINGENT ON THE SCOPE OF THE TIA.
AND THIS WILL QUALIFY FOR CATEGORY THREE.
UM, ON TONIGHT WE, UM, HAVE HEARD FROM THE CITIZENS ON TONIGHT AND I'M DEFINITELY, UM, STRONGLY HARSHLY ENCOURAGING AND I BELIEVE THAT THE SUBUNITS WILL DO THIS.
AND I CERTAINLY HOPE THAT THEY DO PLEASE GET WITH THAT FAMILY AND EXPLAIN, WHAT'S GOING TO GO ON WITH THE CEMETERY THAT THAT'S THAT'S IMPERATIVE.
THAT'S EXTREMELY CRUCIAL WITH REGARDS TO THE FIVE HOUSES THAT DO RUN ALONG WATTS PLANTATION.
I DO UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT FLOODING, REACH OUT TO STAFF, GET YOU SOME ANSWERS ON THAT.
IF YOU DON'T OWN THE LAND, IT'S TOUGH BECAUSE LAND WILL ALWAYS COME UP WITH APPLICATIONS ASKING FOR DEVELOPMENT.
SO PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE GET SOME ANSWERS AGAIN HERE ON TONIGHT.
WE'RE ONLY AT THE ZONING PHASE OF IT AND THAT'S SHOULD WE ZONE REZONE THE LAND OR SHOULD WE NOT? THAT'S THAT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WE'RE REALLY CONSIDERING HERE ON TONIGHT.
HAVING SAID THAT, IS THERE A MOTION AND YES, WE HAVE TO SEND A REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL.
I MAKE THE MOTION TO DENY THE ZONING.
I, SO SECOND I HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER LUCAS TO DENY THE ZONING CHANGE.
AND I HAVE A SECOND OF THAT MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? YES, SIR.
AND MAYBE JENNIFER, YOU COULD ANSWER THIS UNDER THE RECOMMENDED ACTION PAGE.
IT SAYS THE PROPOSE PROPOSAL COMPLIES WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT COMPLETELY COMPLY WITH THE POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT, I THINK I UNDERSTAND YOUR REPLY HERE, BUT WANT TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT? YES, COMMISSIONER.
UM, AND SO ON THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2017, UM, THE AREA NORTH OF WAX PLANTATION NORTH END SOUTHWEST PLANTATION
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IS IDENTIFIED AS A STATE CHARACTER.UM, THAT CHARACTERIZATION, UM, ATTRACTS WITH LARGE LOT OF STATES AND THE STATES THAT ARE USUALLY ON PRIVATE UTILITIES.
UM, PART OF THE CONSIDERATION AT THAT TIME WAS THE LACK OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AVAILABLE WITHIN PROXIMITY OF THESE PROPERTIES.
UM, BUT AS THE COMMISSION IS AWARE, WE DO HAVE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, UM, THAT HAS STARTED TO, UH, HAPPEN IN CLOSER PROXIMITY.
SO THE AVAILABILITY OF UTILITY SERVICE PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICE IS CHANGING.
SO THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO REEVALUATE, UM, THE POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA BASED ON THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
UM, AND ALSO, UH, THE EXPANSION OF THE FORT BEN PARKWAY, UM, WHICH DID NOT EXIST, UM, AT THE TIME THAT THE LAND USE PLAN WAS LAST CONSIDERED JENNIFER, I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION AND I, AND I READ THE REPORTS AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE PLAN IS TO KEEP THE, UM, CEMETERY IN PLACE AND THAT THE DEVELOPMENT WILL GO AROUND IT.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT.
SO IT WOULD BE SPOKEN OUT LOUD HERE THAT IT HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT FOR THE FAMILY TO NOT HAVE BEEN CONTACTED, ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE OUR MUCH MADAM CHAIR, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION ON, ON MY PAPER, SAYS THAT THE CEMETERY YOU WERE SAYING WOULD NOT BE INTERFERED WITH AT ALL.
YES, THAT'S WHAT I NOT BE INTERFERED WITH.
WELL, I MENTIONED IS ON THE FLOOR AND IT IS TO, UH, IT'S AGAINST, WHICH IS TO SEND A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO SEND A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT WOULD BE GRIFFIN AND LUCAS.
WE NEED A DEPARTMENT TO THE COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
I HAVE A MOTION TO SUBMIT IT TO COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. BRIGHTWELL DISCUSSION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[7.C. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT – ROYAL LIVING AT SIENNA]
THAT MOTION CARRIES.THIS WILL BE A ROYAL LIVING AT SIANNA.
WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THE PRESENTATION FROM MR. BOONEY.
AGAIN, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS POSITIVE.
THIS IS TO REZONE 11 ACRES OF LAND FROM EL C3, WHICH IS THE MOST STRINGENT OF ALL RETAIL TO OUR FIVE TOWNHOUSE, PUTTING UP A SIMILAR PRODUCT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD? ALRIGHTY, WE DO HAVE A ONE PUBLIC.
I WILL BE BRIEF IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
I WILL JUST REMIND YOU THAT, YOU KNOW, THE LAND USE PLAN, THE TRAFFIC IS STILL AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S OTHER END OF THE SAME STREET.
FLOODING IS STILL SAME ISSUE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN WE HAVE THE COMPLETELY NON-HELPFUL DEVELOPER.
WHO'S BEEN JUST KIND OF NOT COMMUNICATIVE TO ANY OF THE POTENTIAL NEIGHBORS HERE.
SO I SEE NO REASON WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS KIND OF A BOARD BEHAVIOR.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO ITEM C? IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. SILVA FOR THE SECOND.
IS THERE A FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION IN THE FORM OF A MOTION
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PLEASE? THE COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND YOU MR. BAILEY, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ARE THERE ANY NAYS? ONE NIGHT FROM MS. OVERTON? ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY.
[7.D. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT – ROYAL LIVING AT LAKE OLYMPIA (Part 1 of 2)]
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO ZONING MAP AMENDMENT D THIS'LL BE ROYAL LIVING AT LAKE OLYMPIA, BASICALLY THE SECOND, UH, PRODUCT THAT WE'VE SEEN EARLIER ON THIS EVENING AS WELL.HOWEVER, ON TONIGHT FOR D IS IT 11? YEAH.
IT'LL COME FROM
AS WE KNOW
AND WHAT ELSE? JENNIFER LEE, DID YOU SAY LIQUOR STORE? OKAY.
BUT UH, COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL USES COMMERCIAL USES.
SO FROM LLC TO R FIVE, THIS TOO IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
I DO HAVE QUITE A FEW THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AS WE CALL YOUR NAME AND YOU COME FORWARD.
WE JUST ASK THAT YOU STATE YOUR NAME, STATE YOUR ADDRESS AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
IF YOU SEE MY HAND GO UP LIKE THIS, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME IS UP.
MR. JOHN BERTRAM, JOHN BERTRAM, MISSOURI CITY, OR 4 0 6 CROW VALLEY DRIVE, RESIDENT OF LAKE OLYMPIA.
I'D LIKE TO START WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, DEALING WITH THE CHANGE TO THE R FIVE DESIGNATION.
UH, I DON'T APPRECIATE THE EARLIER STATEMENT THAT, UH, HOUSES CAN BE UP TO 35 FEET BECAUSE MOST OF THE HOUSES IN LAKE OLYMPIA AVERAGE 20 TO 25 FEET IN HEIGHT, IT MAY HAVE BEEN PLANTED FOR SOMETHING, BUT IT WAS BUILT MANY, MANY YEARS AGO AS A SUBDIVISION.
AND THIS AREA IS CURRENTLY PLANTED TO BE USED FOR SUBDIVISION DEVELOPMENT, LIKE A DAYCARE OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES, NOT A GAS STATION.
SO I, I STRONGLY SUGGEST YOU LOOK AT THE 2017 FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH IDENTIFIES THIS TRACK AS SUBURBAN CHARACTER PROVIDING FOR MORE HORIZONTAL SPREAD OUT DEVELOPMENT THAT FOCUSES ON BEING GREEN AND HAVING AN OPEN FIELD.
THE CURRENT PROPOSAL DEVELOPED IS VERY HORIZONTALLY CHALLENGED.
THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT GROWING UP, NOT OUT, WHICH IS CONTRARY TO THE FUTURE PLANNING THAT WAS DONE IN 2017.
THE RECOMMENDATION OF OUR FIVE, WE WON'T GO THERE.
I'M SORRY, BUT Y'ALL HAVE TO ADMIT.
AND IT'S HAPPENED MANY TIMES TO US THAT ONCE A DESIGNATION IS REZONED, AN AREA IS REZONED.
THE DEVELOPER THEN HAS FULL RIGHTS UNDER THAT ZONING.
WHAT THEY PROPOSE IS POPPYCOCK COMPARED TO WHAT THEY MIGHT BUILD IN THE FUTURE.
SO I FIND IT HIGHLY OFFENSIVE.
I AM FORMALLY PROTESTING THIS THIRD, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INGRESS AND EGRESS.
WE ALREADY HAVE ISSUES WITH TRAFFIC ON LAKE OLYMPIA AND THEIR OWN WORKSHEET SHOWED THAT THEY WOULD INCREASE IT BY 622 DAILY VISITS THROUGH THAT IS ALMOST TWICE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
I BELIEVE THAT SHOULD BE JUSTIFIED BY THE CURRENT TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE WHEN Y'ALL STARTED LOOKING AT STOPLIGHTS AND STUFF ALONG THAT DRIVE THIRD DRAINAGE.
THIS IS IN THE LORE OYSTER CREEK WATERSHED.
THIS WOULD ELIMINATE 11 ACRES OF ABSORPTION IN AN AREA THAT WE CAME ONE FOOT FROM IN MOST OF THE HOMES IN THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA FROM COMPLETE FLOODING BUILD THIS, YOU WILL FLOOD.
IT'S NOT A QUESTION OF WILL WE IT'S BY HOW MUCH MORE WE WILL FLOOD AND THIS BEING A MAJOR PORTION OF THAT WATERSHED, I THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE CONSIDERED IN THE REZONING AS WELL.
THIRD, THE ASPECT OF ENVIRONMENTAL, I PERSONALLY KNOW OF THREE OR FOUR HERDS OF DEER AND OTHER WILDLIFE THAT USE THIS AREA THAT ADD TO THE SUBURBAN TRANQUILITY WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE INTENT OF WHEN LAKE OLYMPIA WAS FIRST BUILT MANY YEARS AGO, AND I'VE BEEN HERE AND REMEMBER IT, AND I'M PROUD TO LIVE IN LAKE OLYMPIA.
NOW I WILL NOT BE PROUD TO LIVE IN LAKE OLYMPIA.
IF THIS IS PASSED, IF YOU REZONE THIS, THE QUESTION ISN'T, WHAT'S GOING TO GO THERE.
THE QUESTION IS WHAT CAN GO THERE AND WHAT CAN GO.
THERE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD DIMINISH THE VALUE AND THE COMMUNITY THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS THERE.
WE JUST HAD MANY CHANGES IN MISSOURI CITY TO HOPEFULLY BUILD THIS CITY INTO BECOMING A PROSPEROUS AND HOME COMMUNITY, WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS FOUNDED ON.
I WOULD HATE TO SEE YOU ALL TURN THAT AROUND BY DENYING YOUR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS IN
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2017.UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF LAKE OLYMPIA OR ONE ONE WHILE EACH PLACE SIRI CITY, TEXAS, I HAVE, UM, HELPED SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS ON PARKVIEW OR IN PARKVIEW ON CHEVELLE LANE, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE DITCH FROM WHERE THIS 11 ACRES IS PROPOSED TO BE REZONED, UH, HELPED SEVERAL OF MY NEIGHBORS CLEAN OUT THEIR HOMES BECAUSE THEY'VE ALREADY FLOODED IN THAT AREA.
AND THIS WILL JUST MAKE IT WORSE, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SAY ABOUT, OH, WE'LL HELP DRAINAGE.
WHEN YOU SUCK UP 11 ACRES OF BARE LAND AND YOU PUT BASICALLY CONCRETE ON TOP, YOU'VE LOST ALL OF THAT.
YOU CAN NEVER REGAIN THAT THE IN UNITS PER ACRE IS ABOUT WHAT IT GETS DOWN TO AND HEARD SOME 65 IT'LL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC.
UH, THERE IS ONLY STOP SIGNS THERE NOW.
SO I'M ASSUMING SOMEONE DOES A TRAFFIC STUDY TO ALLEVIATE THE ADDITIONAL 600 CARS.
PLUS, UM, ZELMAN BEFORE ME HAS ALREADY TALKED ABOUT WILDLIFE AND IT'S TRUE.
WHAT A LITTLE OF IT'S LEFT AND, UH, WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG HIGHWAY SIX, UH, THEY'RE TAKING MORE LAND AWAY AND YES, IT BUILDS MORE BUSINESSES AND THAT WHICH YOU'RE JUST TAKING MORE LAND AREA AWAY.
I DO NOT PROPOSE, UH, THAT THIS BE RESEWN, UH, FROM, UH
UM, I ALSO LIVE IN LAKE OLYMPIA.
I'M COMING HERE AS A RESIDENT AND NOT DO ANY OF THE AFFILIATIONS I MIGHT HAVE.
UM, UH, PREVIOUS SPEAKERS HAVE KIND OF SET IT ALL.
UH, WE ARE A NATURAL COMMUNITY WITH BEAUTIFUL LAKES, BEAUTIFUL TREES, BEAUTIFUL NATURE.
AND WE ARE USED TO THE GREEN AREA.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE THIS, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AT THE END OF A COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK THAT CARRIES WEIGHT, ESPECIALLY WITH WHAT THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID OF WAS THE PROPOSED USE OF THE LAND AND THAT NEEDS TO BE FOLLOWED.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH SAY IN WHAT WE CAN AND CAN'T DO.
WE RELY ON THE COMMISSION TO MAKE THE PROPER RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE RELY ON THE CITY COUNCIL TO PROTECT OUR OPINIONS.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPER HAS NOT BOTHERED TO COME AND SPEAK TO US AND INTERACT WITH US.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY HEARD THAT STORY.
UH, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE ALSO TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND YOU ALSO SEND OUT SURVEYS AND LETTERS OF FOR OR AGAINST, I PRESUME THEY HAVE SOME VALUE AND THAT YOU LISTENED TO THAT.
UM, AS AN EXAMPLE, WOULD YOU MAKE A SHOW OF HANDS IF YOU ARE FROM LAKE OLYMPIA AND YOUR FEELINGS ABOUT IT.
AND THAT IS JUST A SMALL, SMALL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY I'VE RECEIVED OR BEEN PRIVY TO, UH, SEVERAL EMAILS WITH HUNDREDS OF RESPONDENTS THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON.
AND I JUST ASK YOU TO PLACE WITH YOUR HAND IN YOUR HEART, PROTECT OUR WISHES AND MAINTAIN THE PROPER USE OF THE LAND AS SAID WAS RECENTLY
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CHECKED IN 27, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, AND DENY THE MOTION.THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAWRENCE, GOOD EVENING.
MY NAME IS LAWRENCE BELL, 1 7 2 3 CORONA DEL MAR DRIVE LIKE THE OLYMPIA I'M HERE AS A TAX PAYING RESIDENT.
UM, A LOT OF ALREADY BEEN SAID, I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASED TRAFFIC CAPACITY COMING DOWN LIKE OLYMPIA BOULEVARD RIGHT NOW, IT'S STARTING TO REMIND ME I'M LIVING RIGHT OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX, BUT ON HIGHWAY SIX, WE DON'T KNOW THE CAPACITY THAT'S GOING TO COME OUT AFTER, UH, AMAZON GETS UP AND RUNNING, BUT WE'RE VERY CONCERNED WITH THAT INCREASED CAPACITY, ESPECIALLY TRUCKS.
I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY WHO WANTS TO HAVE THEIR HOME BACKED UP TO THE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT.
BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THINGS, THAT'S WHERE OUR SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT IS.
AND I KNOW THAT I'M ON THE MUD PALMER TWO BOARD, BUT I'M SPEAKING AS A TAX PAYING RESIDENT, UM, AS MUD, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO BE LOOKING AT A WATER CAPACITY, RUNNING AN AUDIT FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
WE'RE NOT TOO SURE BETWEEN 49, UM, OR ONE IN PALMER TO WHAT CAPACITY IS AVAILABLE.
AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE THROWING IN A WHOLE LOT MORE PEOPLE IN HIGH DENSITY HOUSING.
THAT'S A CONCERN, BUT WE'LL PROBABLY KNOW THAT IN CANCER IN THE NEXT TWO, THREE MONTHS AFTER WE DO A OVERDUE AUDIT, FINALLY, WHEN I'M LOOKING AT THEIR CONCEPTUAL DRAWING, I'M NOT SURE THEY'RE HAVING ANY CONCEPT OF ADDING ANY PARKING FOR THEIR POOLER, THEIR CLUBHOUSE.
MAYBE THEY ARE JUST DOESN'T SHOW UP IN MY EYESIGHT.
BUT, UH, THOSE ARE THE THINGS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
THE LAST THING OF COURSE NOW LEARNING AND JENNIFER TALKING, AND SHE'S ONE OF THE SMARTER PEOPLE I'VE RUN INTO IN THE CITY.
WHEN YOU GET IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR SUBDIVISION, WE HAVE ONE AND TWO STORY HOUSES, THAT'S IT? AND THAT'S IT.
IT'S JONATHAN WOULDN'T FEEL, UH, AND I LIVE AT 7,902 MYRTLE LANE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS, AND LIKE COLUMBIA AND I AM HERE AS THE PRESIDENT OF LAKE COLUMBIA CIVIC ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE VERY MUCH CONCERNED JUST TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE 1800 HOMES IN THAT COMMUNITY AND IT'S A VERY HUGE VOTING BLOCK.
AND WHEN WE GET TOGETHER, WE GET TOGETHER, RIGHT? FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THAT I'M VERY CONCERNED BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD ZERO COMMUNICATION.
THE DEVELOPER, IF THEY WANT TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY, BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
MY WIFE ALWAYS TELLS ME COMMUNICATION'S THE KEY.
IT TAKES YOU WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.
SO I ASKED THE DEVELOPER, COME TALK, COME TALK TO US AND UNDERSTAND WHAT WE NEED FROM OUR COMMUNITY.
SECOND, A LOT OF STUFF HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT DRAINAGE.
THAT AREA FLOODED EVEN WITH THE GRASS AND THE TREES THAT EXIST TODAY, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE FOR THE, THE CITIZENS IN OUR HOUSES AROUND THAT AREA.
I'M VERY MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT DRAINAGE.
IN ADDITION, ALSO THE HEIGHT WE'VE ALREADY SAID THAT OUR HOMES ARE ABOUT 25 FEET HIGH, NOT 35 FEET HIGH.
IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY SKYSCRAPER IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
I WAS ALSO VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOND COMMITTEE.
AS SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN, WE ARE PUTTING LIGHTS IN RIGHT? THE STREET LIKE OLYMPIA IS GOING TO BE TORN UP AND REDONE.
SO AS PENINSULAS, I AM VERY MUCH CONCERNED.
I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A, ROUGHLY ABOUT 150 CARS.
NOW THAT WOULD BE IN THAT SPOT.
IT'S GOING TO BE A BOTTLENECK FOR THAT AREA OF THE COMMUNITY.
WE NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL AND UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC AND THE EAGERNESS AND THE DIGRESS IN THAT COMMUNITY.
AND JUST THE AESTHETICS IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AS YOU'VE HEARD BEFORE, WE'RE A COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE FOREST LAND AND WE HAVE LANDS WITH TREES.
WE'RE CONCERNED OF JUST LOSING THAT SPACE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT OUR RIGHT, CAUSE WE DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT WE DO ASK THEM TO COME TALK TO US.
WE'VE HAD ZERO COMMUNICATION AT ALL.
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THE BOND COMMITTEE GET OUT AND TALK TO PEOPLE, UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE WANT.YOU CAN SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE OLYMPIA RESIDENTS ARE HERE THAT ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WE'RE A VOTING BLOCK.
I TALKED TO FLOYD BEFORE THIS MEETING FLOYD EMORY TODAY.
HE'S VERY MUCH CONCERNED AS A COUNCILMAN LEARNED HIMSELF ABOUT THIS.
SO HE AND I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CONVERSATIONS AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TODAY TO TALKING ABOUT THIS.
SO PLEASE CONSIDER WE ARE, AS A ASSOCIATION ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE YOU TO DENY THIS REQUEST AND, AND LISTEN TO ALL THE LAKE OLYMPIA, PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING UP TO SPEAK BEYOND ME.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THERE? WELL, LIKE WE'VE SEEN BEFORE AND JUST, YEAH, I DON'T THINK 35 STORY BUILDINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO TALK TO YOU AFTER THE MEETING OR NOT THIRD BY STORAGE.
TELL ME WHAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE.
WELL, I THINK WE SAID BEFORE, JOHN BASICALLY SAID SOME THINGS BEFORE HAVING SOME NICE THINGS YOU COULD DO A LITTLE BIT OF, NOT LIKE A PARK OR A LITTLE SOMETHING, NOT A GAS STATION, RIGHT.
BUT NOT A RESIDENCE, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT'S AS IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? JUST LIKE FREEDOM TREE, FREEDOM TREES IS GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT, BUT WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE FREEDOM TREE PARK COMING IN RIGHT AT THAT AREA IS RIGHT.
DEAD SET ON THE MIDDLE OF LAKELAND DNR COMMUNITY.
AND WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING TO THEM.
SO I'M ASKING YOU, WHAT DO YOU THINK THE RESIDENTS OF LAKE OLYMPIA WOULD LIKE TO SEE THERE? IF IT WAS GOING TO STAY? YOU KNOW, WHAT, WHY DON'T WE TAKE A POLL ON ASK OUR CITIZENS AND OUR COMMUNITY? BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I KNOW OUR COMMUNITY IS VERY VOCAL, RIGHT? MY CONCERN IS WE DON'T KNOW, LET, LET US HAVE SOME DECISIONS AND NOT THAT WE OWN THE PROPERTY, BUT THIS WILL BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF OUR COMMUNITY, RIGHT? WHATEVER IS GOING TO BE THERE, LET US HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO PEOPLE ABOUT IT AND TALK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND HEAR OUR COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS COMMUNICATION.
AND RIGHT NOW I FELT LIKE THIS WAS DUMPED ON US AT THE LAST MINUTE, WHICH I DON'T REALLY APPRECIATE.
I KNOW IT'S NOT NECESSARILY Y'ALL'S ISSUES OR FAULTS.
IT'S JUST, COMMUNICATION IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
JUST LIKE HOW WE DID WHAT THE BOND WE GOT OUT AND TALKED AND TALKED AND TALKED AND TALKED.
AND YES, WE HAD PEOPLE THAT OPPOSED THE BOND AND THAT'S FINE.
VOTING IS VOTING, BUT IT WAS, YOU SAW IT PASSED 70%.
YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE SITTING BACK HERE BELIEVED IN IT.
AND I WILL TELL YOU A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND LIKE COLUMBIA WANT TO HAVE A SAY, WANT TO BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO TALK AND UNDERSTAND WITH YOU GUYS AND ALSO THE DEVELOPER.
WHAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO, NOT JUST THROW SOMETHING IN AND HAVE IT BLINDSIDED BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO IMPACT US AS A BIG COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
I'M GOING TO COME LOOK FOR YOU.
AND I PROBABLY MESS YOUR NAME UP.
MY NAME IS JAMES
SO THIS WILL IMPACT ME DIRECTLY IN THE FACT THAT ALL THIS BEAUTIFUL NATURE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, INSTEAD OF LOOKING AT THAT OUT MY BACK WINDOW, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS THREE STORY ONCE PROSODY AND I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S THE WAY THAT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR ME.
UH, NOW I'M HERE TO PROTEST THE PROTEST, THE ZONING OF LAKE FROM, UH, LC TO RETAIL, TO OUR FIVE TOWNHOUSE.
THIS AFFECTS ME DIRECTLY THE OLYMPIAN.
WE DECIDED TO PAY EVEN EXTRA FOR A CORNER LOT, GIVING US A LARGER BACKYARD WITH PLENTY OF ROOM WHERE WE HAVE A POOL COVERED DECK.
AND EVEN FROM OUR BACKYARD, WE SEE A MASTER-PLANNED COMMUNITY, INCLUDING TREES LIKE WHO WARREN MOON'S OLD HOUSE, IT WAS SOLD FOR OUR, HE PURCHASED FOR $8 MILLION.
THESE HOMES ARE IN CLEAR VIEW OF MY HOUSE, THE BACK OF MY HOUSE.
AND INSTEAD OF THESE MEMES, THIS NASTY NATURE, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT WHATEVER KIND OF WALL IS THE BACK OF THESE CONDOS.
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UH, THIS PROPERTY HAS BECOME OUR HOME, OUR REFUGE AND A PLACE FILLED WITH THE LAST TIME A MEMORY IS FOR US.33 YEARS LATER, WE'RE APPROACHING WHAT PEOPLE CALL OUR GOLDEN YEARS OR MORTGAGE IS VIRTUALLY PAID OFF.
AND MY WIFE IS RETIRING IN A FEW MONTHS.
OUR RETIREMENT PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN, JUST STAY IN THE HOME WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE APPRECIATE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ATMOSPHERE.
WE FEEL SAFE AND HAVE THE PRIVACY TO ENJOY LIFE IN OUR BACKYARD.
LAST TUESDAY, WE RECEIVED A LETTER INDICATING THAT THE HOME THAT WE SPENT A LIFETIME PREPARING, UH, IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT WE EXPECTED INSTEAD OF FOLLOWING THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY.
WE LEARNED THAT THE PROPERTY BEHIND OUR HOUSE IS BEING CONSIDERED TO BE CHANGED FROM LC TO RETAIL, TO TOWNHOUSE RESIDENTIAL THREE STORY TOWNHOUSES, EVEN A TWO STORY TOWN HOUSE.
THE TREES BEHIND MY HOUSE ARE NOT GOING TO BE THERE ANYMORE.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE WHATEVER SIDING THEY DECIDED TO PUT ON.
THAT WILL BE MY VIEW IN MY BACKYARD AT FIRST ASK WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF ZONING RESTRICTIONS.
WHY A ZONE, IF IT CAN BE RANDOMLY CHANGED TO SUIT ANOTHER USE, WE ALL, WE ALL PURCHASED OUR PROPERTY.
KNOWING THAT ZONING WOULD NOT ALLOW THE BUILDING OF A MULTITASK STORY, A TOWNHOUSE IN THAT LOCATION.
AND NOW 33 LIGHT, 33 YEARS LATER, YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES AND RUIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ADDITION, UH, THE TOWNHOUSES NEXT TO, UH, AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENCE SUCH AS OURS IS DEFINITELY GOING TO INCREASE THE VALUE OF MY HOUSE, HAVE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER CONSIDERATIONS TO BRING UP SOME OF WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN, BUT I'M GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY BECAUSE IT'S MY, I, MY HOUSE IS RIGHT BEHIND WHERE THIS IS GOING TO BE.
SO I KNOW WHAT THE EFFECTS ARE GOING TO BE.
SEWAGE HAS INCREASINGLY BECOME A PROBLEM IN THE AREA.
LAST YEAR, OUR DOWNSTAIRS PALLETTE FLOODED CAUSING DAMAGE TO HARDWOOD FLOORS IN BOTH OUR LIVING AND DINING ROOMS. AFTER CALLING AND PAYING FOR A PLUMBER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE CITY SAID A CITY SYSTEM WAS CLOGGED WITH WAX.
THE CITY HAS BEEN USING VACUUM TRUCKS ON MANY OCCASIONS AT THE LIFT STATION.
THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND MY HOUSE, RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF THIS PROPERTY.
LET ME JUST SAY IN CLOSING THAT, UM, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TO TELL PEOPLE THAT I'LL LIVE IN LAKELAND CHAMPION.
EVERYONE THAT SEES OUR HOUSE IN OUR BACKYARD COMMENTS, HOW BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE, MISSOURI CITY SPADES.
IT IS A SAFE SCENIC CITY RATED AS AMERICA'S ONE OF AMERICA'S BEST PLACES TO LIVE.
PLEASE DON'T CHANGE THE SUBJECT SITE IN LAKE OLYMPIA FROM LLC TO RFI TOWNHOUSE, RESIDENTIAL TO DO SO IS GOING TO RUIN THE BEAUTY, BUT I'VE SPENT 33 YEARS AND, UH, TO, UH, HAVE AN EXPECTED TO ENJOY FOR THE MANY MORE YEARS OF MY RETIREMENT.
PLEASE DON'T ALLOW THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW.
THE JOB EXPECTED TO BE PROTECTED BY A ZONING TO BE CHANGED TO THE MULTI-STORY TOWNHOUSE RIGHT IN MY BACKYARD.
THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER THAT I HAD ON THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
IS THERE ANY ONE ELSE? WE'LL TAKE ONE MORE PERSON IF BY CHANCE THEY DID NOT SIGN UP TO SPEAK UP.
PLEASE KEEP IT TO EXACTLY THREE MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 27 0 7 LAKESIDE VILLAGE IN LIKE LUMPIA.
AND YOU ASKED THE QUESTION ABOUT WHAT WE SAW IN THAT SPACE NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, WE FOUGHT ANOTHER ZONING CHANGE THAT WOULD HAVE BROADENED THE USE.
AND AT THAT TIME, PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT REALLY THEIR EXPECTATION WERE THINGS LIKE A DAYCARE PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, AN ARCHITECT'S OFFICE, A DENTAL OFFICE, THAT SORT OF THING.
I DON'T THINK ANY OF US ENVISIONED A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THAT WAS THREE STORIES, 45 FEET TALL.
UM, AND WE DO REALIZE THAT EL C2 IS A PRETTY GENEROUS, UH, DESIGNATION WITHOUT
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A DOUBT.WE DID FIGHT A GAS STATION AND WE GOT THAT TURNED AROUND.
UM, BUT THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF THINGS THAT PEOPLE WOULD COME TO DURING THE DAY LEAVE.
THEY WOULD NOT BE THERE OVERNIGHT.
UM, THEY WOULD HAVE A LOWER NUMBER OF PROFESSIONALS COMING IN TO MEET WITH THEM.
SO JUST WANTED TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS CONSIDERED IN THE PAST WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE THERE.
AND IT REALLY IS NOT HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN A VERY SMALL SPACE, ESPECIALLY.
AND OF COURSE THIS WAS BEFORE ALL THE FLOODING WITH HARVEY WHERE WE HAD, I THINK 50 OR 60 HOMES FLOODED IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THIS.
SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IN THE PAST.
WE HAVE EMOTIONAL ON THE FLOOR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND I SECOND, MS. OVERTON, WAS THAT YOUR SECOND? OKAY.
IS THERE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE DENIED AS SELLING A SECOND.
I HAVE A DENIAL FROM MS. OVERTON AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN, UH, COMMITTEE AS WELL.
IS THERE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION MR. BAILEY? SURE.
OR MAYBE A CLARIFICATION AGAIN, LEAN ON YOU A LITTLE BIT TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE I THINK A MOTION BROWN MARSHALL ASKED ABOUT USE IN THE LLC TO, UH, PULL THIS UP ON MY APP, JUST TO REFRESH MY MEMORY A LITTLE BIT.
AND I DON'T, THERE'S 39 THINGS LISTED HERE THAT IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, CURRENT OWNER COULD BUILD THERE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY, NO BOOKSTORES, CHILDCARE, PROFESSIONAL OPPOSITES, UM, CARWASH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT.
I MEAN, IT'S VERY BROAD AND I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE, THAT COULD HAPPEN RIGHT NOW.
AND WE HAVE NO SAY IN THAT, RIGHT.
SECOND QUESTION IS IT DOES SAY TWO STORES ARE 35 FEET, RIGHT? THAT'S THE HOT LIMITATION WITH AN LLC TO WHICH INCLUDES LLC WALL.
THEN LASTLY, QUESTIONS ABOUT FLOODING DEVELOPMENTS DEVELOPMENT WITH A OFFICE PARK OR HEALTHCARE COVERED THAT SAME FOOTPRINT, WHATEVER DEVELOPMENT WOULD THAT BE BETTER OR NO DIFFERENT THAN WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED IN THE CHANGE.
SO, UM, WE WOULD HAVE TO SEE WHAT THE DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR BOTH TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS TO SEE WHAT THE BENEFIT WOULD BE EITHER WAY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IF THERE'S LESS, UH, IMPERVIOUS AREA, THEN THERE'S, UH, LESS STRAIN IN OUR LESS RUNOFF TO MITIGATE.
SO, UM, I GUESS THE MORE HIGHER DENSITY, UH, WITH MORE CONCRETE WOULD, UH, REQUIRE MORE MITIGATION.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH.
I MEAN, WHAT'S THE RELATIVE DIFFERENCE.
IT DEPENDS, BUT THE ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT MIGHT BE, UH, UNDER THESE DESIGNATIONS.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? VERY WELL, SIR, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO DENY THE APPLICATION SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE, WE HAVE THREE OR FOUR EYES.
ALL THOSE NOT IN FAVOR OF DENYING THE APPLICATION SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
SO THAT'S SILVA ON THAT SCORE.
[01:25:06]
YEAH.IS THE JIMA ASKING ME A QUESTION? I DON'T THINK THEY COULD HEAR HER.
IS THAT WITH THE WAY THE VOTE CURRENTLY STANDS, IT MOVES TO COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
WHAT DAY WILL COUNCIL HEAR THIS? HOLD ON SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, MONDAY, DECEMBER THE SIXTH, MONDAY, DECEMBER THE SIXTH.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO LET COUNCIL PROBABLY ANSWER THAT FOR YOU GUYS.
ONCE THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS CLOSED, WE DON'T TAKE ANY MORE FROM THE PUBLIC.
SO DID YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? NO.
DECEMBER THE SIXTH, SEVEN O'CLOCK DON'T DON'T DO THAT, SIR.
WE'LL LET THE ROOM CLEAR BEFORE WE MOVE TO ITEM E BY THE LAND.
[7.E. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT – VRINDAVAN]
TO MOVE THE ITEM EIGHT.THIS TOO IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR BRENDA.
WE'RE GOING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR AGAINST THE REQUEST BY TRUMP COAST ENGINEERING, LLC, TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 13.67 ACRES OF LAND FROM PV NUMBER 1 0 5 TO OUR TWO.
WAIT, HANG ON JUST ONE SECOND.
UH, JIMA, CAN YOU GO, CAN YOU PD OVER HERE PLEASE? IF WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICER, HE ALREADY SHE'S THERE.
AND IF WE COULD CLOSE THE STORE ON THIS SIDE, CAUSE I CAN HARDLY HEAR JESUS.
SO WE RECEIVE AN APPLICATION FROM TRIM, POST ENGINEERING DESIGNER, AN APPROXIMATE 14 ACRES OF LAND FROM PD NUMBER 1 0 5, 2 R TO SINGLE FAMILY.
THE PD CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR MF TWO USES A WITH AN AGE RESTRICTION OF 55 AND OLDER.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ON STAFFORDSHIRE ROAD, NORTH OF THE NAYA, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND WEST OF THE HUNTER SCREEN, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND THE ZONING CHANGE TO OUR TWO WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THAT WOULD INCLUDE A COMMUNITY BUILDING AND A COMMUNITY PARK AROUND THE ONSITE DETENTION WATER FEATURE.
UM, IT WOULD BE A GATED COMMUNITY WITH PRIVATE STREETS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL TO ALLOW THE SINGLE FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISIONS.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AND BECAUSE THIS IS A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT, THERE'S NO REQUESTED DEVIATIONS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
THE APPLICANT WILL FOLLOW ALL REQUIREMENTS AS APPLICABLE ON THE CORNER OF ORDINANCES AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.
AND THE DEVELOPER IS HERE TODAY, UM, WITH THEIR OWN PRESENTATION.
AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME AND WE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
UM, I COULDN'T TELL FROM THE REPORT AND I, I THINK YOU'RE SHOWING IT NOW.
SO IS THIS THE NEW CONCEPT PLAN FOR WHAT THEY'RE OKAY.
IT WASN'T CLEAR THAT THAT'S, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU HAD THE OLD ORDINANCE IN THERE, WHICH WAS THE OLD, UM, IN THE, IN THE REPORT, IT HAD THE OLD, UH, THE ACTUAL WHAT'S ALREADY APPROVED WASN'T IN ADDITION TO THAT.
SO I, IT JUST WASN'T CLEAR THAT THIS WAS THE NEW, UH, THE NEW LAYOUT.
THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION THAT THAT'S FAIR.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
I AM NOT SURE ABOUT THE DETAILS OF THE PARKLAND MEDICATION.
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YEAH, SO THE, THE AREA KIND OF IN THE CENTER WHERE THEY'RE SHOWING ME THAT GREEN SPACE, THEY HAD A VERSION OF THAT IN THE OLDER PLAN.UM, AS LONG AS SOME GREEN SPACE IDENTIFIED ON STAFFORDSHIRE ROAD.
UM, AND THEN THIS KIND OF, UM, UH, ENHANCES, UH, THAT GREEN SPACE AREA AND AMENITIES THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING.
YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THIS IS A, DID YOU GUYS WANT TO HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER? NOT REALLY.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND I ITEM SEVEN.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT I WILL TAKE ONE PERSON OUT OF THE AUDIENCE OF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO.
IS THERE ANYONE, IS THERE A MOTION? THANK YOU, MR. O'MALLEY.
IS THERE A SECOND? SO MO THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. LUCAS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? WELL, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HERE BY CLOSE.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE CAN TO THE COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? OKAY.
THERE'S A MOTION WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
[7.D. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT – ROYAL LIVING AT LAKE OLYMPIA (Part 2 of 2)]
IF WE, IF WE COULD REVISIT 70.IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE MOVE BACK TO ITEM SEVEN? I SO MOVE MADAM CHAIR.
THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. HANEY.
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE TO CORRECT MY CELL PHONE, THE OPINION THAT I GAVE IN ORDER TO GIVE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY VOTE SINCE THERE WAS NOT A MAJORITY VOTE AND IT MUST BE A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
WELL, OKAY, SO WE WILL THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WILL HAVE THE MINUTES TO REFLECT THAT LEGAL.
YOU DO A REVIEW OF THE RULES AND THAT THAT MOTION FOR ITEM 70 IS GOING TO COUNCIL WITH A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
[7.F. SPECIFIC USE PERMIT – AYESHA COMMUNITY CENTER]
TO ITEM F HOLD ON.THIS IS GOING TO BE FOR AN SUP I AISHA COMMUNITY CENTER.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST BY 10 MEN OR TO ME, I'M SORRY.
OR SUP TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY AND COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO WE DID RECEIVE A REVISED APPLICATION FROM TAMMY MARTONE FOR A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLIES, SPECIFICALLY A NEW CHURCH ON AN APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRE TRACT OF LAND.
THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION WAS TO CONSIDER BY THE COMMISSION AND APRIL, 2021.
THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE REVISED THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN AND CLARIFY THE SCALE OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRE TRACT OF LAND ON WANTS PLANTATION ROAD.
THE PROPOSED ASSEMBLY WOULD CONSIST OF A MAIN BUILDING, APPROXIMATELY 1500 SQUARE FEET WITH A MAXIMUM CAPACITY OF 100 ATTENDEES.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IN STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE STP TO ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THE PLAN HAS CHANGED? YES, SO THEY, UH, APPEARED BEFORE THE COMMISSION AND APRIL OF 2021.
AND I BELIEVE AT THE TIME THEIR SITE PLAN WAS A 9,000 SQUARE FEET BUILDING AND THEY'VE SINCE REVISED THAT TO 1500 SQUARE FEET.
AND THAT WAS BASED OFF OF COMMENTS RECEIVED DURING NOT MEETING.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE APPLICANT IS HERE TODAY, IF YOU ALL WANT TO HEAR FROM THEM OR HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM.
SO ESSENTIALLY THERE WERE BOOSTING THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, CORRECT.
UM, ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OH YEAH.
HERE COMES, YOU'RE INCREASING THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING.
IS THERE A DECREASING? IT WAS ORIGINALLY 9,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEY'RE REDUCING IT TO 15.
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THE, ONE OF THE MAIN, UH, ISSUES WITH THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY WAS THE, THE NUMBER OF POTENTIAL PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE ATTENDING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.AND SO I GUESS NOW THEY'RE DOWN TO A MAXIMUM OCCUPANCY OF A HUNDRED, BUT THE WAY I UNDERSTAND THAT REPORT, IT IS A MAXIMUM OF 100.
AND I BELIEVE THEY'VE ALSO SPECIFIED THAT THAT, UM, EVEN THAT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN ON A SPECIFIC DAY OF THE WEEK, ONLY ONE TIME A WEEK AND NOT CONSTANTLY ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE MOVE FORWARD.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AS WITH THE LAST SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM THAT WE'VE DONE SO FAR LIMIT YOUR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
IF MY HAND GOES UP LIKE THIS, THAT MEANS YOUR TIME IS UP.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE FRIENDS NOT HERE, BUT WE DON'T HAVE TO BE ADVERSARIES EITHER, SIR.
SO I THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, AS MENTIONED, THEY'VE REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE BUILDING, BUT THERE'S NOTHING TO LIMIT THEM FROM EXPANDING IN THE FUTURE HERE.
SO, UM, IT STILL HASN'T REDUCED THE TOTAL TRAFFIC VOLUME THAT'S, UH, LISTED ON THE APPLICATION.
THAT'S STILL JUST AS HIGH AS IT WAS BEFORE.
UM, AND THE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THAT INCREASED TRAFFIC.
ADDITIONALLY, IN THE TIME, SINCE THEN THE SAME BUILDING OWNERS AND FACILITY OWNERS HAVE BEEN BASICALLY BLATANTLY FLAUNTING THE CURRENT ZONING RULES AND OPERATING IT AS A COMMERCIAL FACILITY, RENTING IT AS A, AS A, A MEETING CENTER AND TOWN HALL FACILITY.
UM, THEY'VE GOT MULTIPLE OUTSTANDING, UH, ZONING ISSUES NOTED ON THE SEECLICKFIX WITH MISSOURI CITY.
I DON'T SEE WHY YOU WOULD WANT TO TRY AND EXTEND FURTHER CONVENIENCES TO A GROUP THAT IS NOT CURRENTLY EVEN ABIDING WITHIN THE CURRENT RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE CITY.
THERE'S AT LEAST HALF A DOZEN BETWEEN THIS PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT ONE THAT THEY ALSO OWN RULES AND CITATIONS LISTED WITH NO CORRECTION, ACTIVE, ACTIVE CORRECTIVE ACTION TAKEN.
UM, I SUGGEST YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS.
THEY HAVEN'T WORKED TO TRY AND RESOLVE THE ZONING ISSUES THEY CURRENTLY HAVE AND ARE IGNORING THE RULES, THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE CITY.
SO WHY BE NICE TO THEM IF THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE NICE TO US IS WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
AND AGAIN, THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE TRAFFIC THAT THE OTHER, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX HERE.
I LIVE IN 24, 14 VOLTERRA LAKE LANE.
WELL, I'M THE ARCHITECT THAT DID THE DESIGN FOR THIS FACILITY AND WE REDUCING THE SIZE BASED ON THE STUDY THAT WE HAVE ONLY LIMITED NUMBER OF PEOPLE COMING.
AND WE PUT, UH, WE SIT BACK IN THE BUILDING WITH ABOUT MAYBE A THOUSAND TEETH, WHICH IS AWAY FROM THE STREET AND THERE IS NO LIMITED TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE HERE.
YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT THAT BIG TRAFFIC NUMBER OF PEOPLE WILL BE ATTENDING MAYBE 10%, WHICH IS 10 TO 15 PEOPLE.
SO I'LL LEAVE THAT UP TO OUR PRESIDENT.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE VITAMINS.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THIS L'AMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON, ISG H UH, THIS IS THE LARGEST REGIONAL ORGANIZATION IN NORTH AMERICA, SERVING THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE, SINCE 1969, WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 52ND ANNIVERSARY THIS YEAR, ITS RECENT DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WE WERE HERE BACK IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AND WE DID HERE TO OUR NEIGHBORS AND HEARD ABOUT THE COMMENTS AND THE CONCERNS THAT CAME UP IN THIS PARTICULAR MEETING.
WE WENT BACK AND WE REVISED THE PLANS, BUT LET ME TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION AND HOW WE'RE MITIGATING THESE CONCERNS.
WE HAVE 22 CENTERS IN FOUR COUNTIES, HARRIS COUNTY, FORT BEND COUNTY WHEN A GUMTREE AND, UH, BRAZORIA COUNTY, UH, 22 CENTERS, 10 OF THOSE ARE LARGE CENTERS.
SOME OF THEM HAVE SCHOOLS, HEALTH CLINICS,
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AND MANY OTHER FACILITIES THAT CATER NEEDED SERVICES, NOT JUST TO THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, BUT THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.THEN WE HAVE ABOUT 12 CENTERS THAT ARE SMALLER SIZE CENTERS THAT CATER TO THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE WITHIN THAT PERIMETER WITHIN THE SURROUNDING OF THE CENTERS.
THOSE ARE MORE OF THE DAY-TO-DAY PRAYERS THAT TAKE PLACE CONGREGANTS IN THE CENTERS THAT PERFORM PRAYERS.
THERE ARE IN THE ORDER OF 10, 15, 20 PEOPLE, THE LARGER CENTERS, HOWEVER THEY CONDUCT CEREMONIES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES SCOUTING PROGRAMS. AND WHAT HAVE YOU FROM THIS PROPOSED LOCATION, NINE MILES IN STAFFORD, TEXAS, WE HAVE THE BRAND LEAN ISLAMIC CENTER, ONE SUCH LARGE ISLAMIC CENTER.
SO COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAKE UP AND ARE PART OF THE SOCIAL FABRIC OF WATTS PLANTATION, IF WISH TO ATTEND THESE LARGE SCALE PROGRAMMING, THEY WILL HAVE TO GO TO THE STAFFORD LOCATION.
AND THEN A NEW TERRITORY, SUGAR LAND.
WE HAVE THE MERRIAM ISLAMIC CENTER OVER 20 ACRES OF DEVELOPMENT THERE.
AND THAT IS ABOUT 13 MILES AWAY FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR CENTER HAS BEEN SCOPED DOWN TO CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THOSE DAILY CONGREGANTS THAT WILL COME AND PRAY THAT LIVE WITHIN THE SURROUNDING OF THE CENTER.
INITIAL SUBMISSION THAT WE HAD HAD A MEGA PLAN.
THAT'S NOT SUITED TO THE LOCATION OF THIS PARTICULAR CENTER.
NOW THE NEW TERRITORY CENTER AND THE STAFFORD CENTER ARE ACCESSIBLE TO WORKING PROFESSIONALS ON A FRIDAY WEEKLY CONGREGATIONAL PRAYER.
AND WE HOLD MULTIPLE PRAYERS THERE.
SO EVEN IN THE BUSIEST OF TIMES, AND THAT'S THE WEEKLY CONGREGATION, THIS PARTICULAR CENTER COMMUNITY CENTER IS GOING TO BE CATERING SERVICE ONLY TO THOSE WHO LIVE AROUND IT TO PRESERVE THE GREENERY AND THE WILDLIFE AND ALL THE YOU'LL SEE THAT THE PROPOSED PLANS HERE HAVE TAKEN THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
NOW, UM, LET ME JUST SAY THAT, UM, AS FAR AS WHAT OUR ORGANIZATION DOES AND WHAT THESE CENTERS DO IN HARVEY, OUR CENTERS WERE STAGING CENTERS AND SHELTERS SERVING THE COMMUNITY.
AT LARGE, WE HAVE FOUR CLINICS IN THESE LARGER CENTERS THAT OFFER FREE MEDICAL SERVICE TO THE LARGER COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE SCOUTING PROGRAMS IN THESE LARGER CENTERS.
WE ALSO IN THE WINTER STORMS, THOSE CENTERS OF OURS THAT HAD ELECTRICITY, THEY WERE WARMING CENTERS.
SO THE SERVICE IS A SERVICE, NOT JUST FOR THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY, BUT RATHER TO EACH AND EVERY CITIZEN THAT LIVES AROUND THAT COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO SAY THAT THE REVISED PLANS, AS YOU SEE HERE TODAY WILL SERVE COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN WATTS, PLANTATION AND NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT TO SERVE THEM FOR THE DAILY PRAYERS MEATS, BUT WE'LL ALSO BE OPENED TO THE COMMUNITY AROUND IT, BUT WHATEVER NEEDS THERE ARE TO LEVERAGE THE FACILITY, THE GREENERY IS PRESERVED.
THE ARCHITECTURE UPDATES ARE THERE TO CATER, WHATEVER NEEDS THAT THE NEIGHBORS, OUR NEIGHBORS HERE HAVE VERY BACK IN APRIL.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND LOOK FORWARD FOR YOUR FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION FOR THIS MOTION.
UM, MY NAME IS TAMEEM R TAWNY.
UH, I AM A VITAL MEMBER OF THE ORGANIZATION, THE ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF GREATER HOUSTON.
I WAS INITIALLY INVOLVED, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, HEARING IN THE PREVIOUS DESIGN.
UM, THEREFORE, UM, WHATEVER CONSIDERATIONS WERE GIVEN BY THE COMMISSION HAVE BEEN TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AT THIS TIME.
UM, I SEEK NOTHING BUT YOUR FAVORABLE APPROVAL FOR COUNSEL.
UM, AND I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND AN ARM OF FRIENDSHIP TO THE NEIGHBORS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.
UH, WE ARE A FRIENDLY COMMUNITY AND WE ARE OPEN, UH, TO SIT DOWN FOR ANY DISCUSSIONS AT ANY TIME.
UM, AND WE, UH, AND I I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE WOULD AGREE TO THAT, THAT ANY, ANY NEIGHBOR IS OUR FRIEND.
AND WE BELIEVE IN THAT AS RELIGIOUSLY AND AS A PERSON WE BELIEVE IN THAT.
SO I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FAVORABLE APPROVAL AND, UM, THANK YOU.
HI, MY NAME IS MODESTO AND I LIVE ON 5, 5, 0 2 PECAN HOLLOW DRIVE.
I'M A 18 YEAR RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY.
AND I'M STANDING IN FRONT OF YOU ON BEHALF OF THE 50 OR SO FAMILIES THAT VOLUNTEER FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND YOU GUYS, PLEASE STAND UP FOR A SECOND.
I AM SUPER PROUD OF THIS TEAM HERE.
THEY'VE WORKED REALLY HARD SINCE APRIL TO ADDRESS ALL OF THE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING RAISED.
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UM, WE ENGAGE THE ISG H WHO HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING THESE KINDS OF PROJECTS.WE ENGAGE WITH ENGINEERING FIRM.
WE DID A LOT OF OUTREACH TO ESTABLISH HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING TO ATTEND THIS FACILITY.
ON AN AVERAGE, WE'LL HAVE ABOUT EIGHT TO 10 CARS, ABOUT FOUR TIMES A DAY.
UH, WE'VE DESIGNED A FACILITY THAT PRESERVES THE ECOLOGY OF WASH SANITATION.
APPARENTLY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE ON THAT STREET RIGHT NOW, UH, IS ESSENTIALLY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A FIVE-YEAR-OLD FIVE ACRE LOT.
UH, THE TRAFFIC FLOW IS GOING TO BE MINIMAL.
AND IN THAT ONCE IN A BLUE MOON, WHERE WE DO HAVE FULL ATTENDANCE, WHICH IS GOING TO BE VERY RARE AND WE MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK WITH, UH, LIKE EVERY OTHER CLIMATE CENTER WITH THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT TO HAVE, UH, UH, TRAFFIC CONTROL THERE.
WE HAVE WORKED REALLY HARD TO KEEP IT NICE CLEAN.
YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE JUST SPENT $1,200 TO MOW THE LAWN, RIGHT? SO, AND WE'RE NOT USING THE FACILITY.
SO WHEN I HEARD THAT THERE'S, THERE ARE VIOLATIONS, I'M COMPLETELY SURPRISED.
WE HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF A SINGLE VIOLATION.
NOW YOU MIGHT BE CONFUSED BECAUSE THERE IS A EVENT CENTER RIGHT NEXT TO US.
THEY HAVE EVENTS EVERY FRIDAY, SATURDAY, AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
THEY HAVE PARTIES GOING ON LOUD MUSIC, YOU KNOW, BUT STILL, MAYBE THAT'S IT.
WE ARE NOT USING THE FACILITY FOR ANYTHING, EXCEPT FOR MAYBE A FEW OF US GATHERED THERE ONCE IN A WHILE TO CHIT CHATTING AND TAN AND STRATEGIZE.
BUT I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU TO PROVE THIS PROJECT.
WE ARE GOING TO BE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON WASH PLANTATION.
A LOT OF FAMILIES HERE LIVE ON WASH PLANTATION, OR VERY CLOSE TO IT.
THE LAST SPEAKER THAT, THAT WAS THE LAST SPEAKER THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN ONE ADDITIONAL.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK, SIR? COME ON UP, SIR.
COME ON UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS HADE GADI, AND I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THAT.
UH, THIS PROJECT THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW WHERE MY, UH, SOMEBODY GOT THAT IDEA THAT WE ARE NOT THE GOOD DEVERS.
MY TWO NEIGHBORS ARE PHYSICIANS AND VR.
LIKE THE GENDER MENTAL, UH, TOLD YOU EARLIER THAT WE ARE VERY PEACE LOVING COUNTRY.
I JUST LIKE TO REMIND Y'ALL THAT, UH, THIS WILL BE THE FIRST ISLAMIC GET TOGETHER IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.
UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT WORSHIP? AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER SOMEBODY HAS EXPLAINED YOU'RE NOT.
ONE START AT FIVE 30 IN THE MORNING.
ONE STARTED ABOUT 1230 IN THE EVENING.
ONE STARTED ABOUT, UH, 3 30, 3 30 OR THREE 15, THE EVENING THAT WE HAVE LIKE FIVE 30 IN THE EVENING.
AND THEN WE HAVE ABOUT EIGHT 30 IN THE EVENING.
SOMEBODY HAD THIS WRONG IDEA ABOUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF CARS LEG.
OTHER GENTLEMEN HAVE MENTIONED BECAUSE I LIVE ABOUT ABOUT 200 FEET AWAY FROM THIS PLACE.
SOMEBODY HAS TO UNDERSTAND THIS, THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE LIKE FIVE TO 10 CARS EACH TIME, BECAUSE DURING THE DAYTIME, EVERYBODY HAS TO WORK IN THE EVENING, LIKE FROM, UH, LIKE FIVE 30 OR SIX 30 PRAYER AND THE NINE 30 PRAYER.
THAT'S THE MOST TIME WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, LIKE EVERYBODY MENTIONED THE, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE FIVE TO 10 CARS.
AND IF THAT BOTHERS ANYBODY, I'M VERY SURPRISED THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE JURY, ANY GENTLEMEN WHO THINKS THAT BECAUSE OF THE FIVE OR 10 WILL, UH, CREATE A HEAVY TRAFFIC, UH, TRAFFIC OVER THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND THING THAT LET'S BE PROUD OF AS A MISSOURIAN CITY, THAT WE HAVE A FIRST ISLAMIC, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, A PLACE TO BE TO WORSHIP FOR ALL THE MUSLIM.
I'VE BEEN LIVING FOR SEVEN YEARS AND I LIKE TO LIVE LONGER THAN THAT.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. O'MALLEY, BUT ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING, IF I HAVE A SAYING AND I AS WELL, THAT MOTION, THOSE CARRY.
MR. O'MALLEY HAS MADE A MOTION THAT WE SEND THIS TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
IS THERE A SECOND TO SECOND? I TOOK THE SECOND FROM MR. HANEY FIRST.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AS WELL.
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WE'RE GOING TO MOVE DOWN TO ITEM SEVEN G THIS TOO WILL BE A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FROM CENTERPOINT ENERGY.[01:50:02]
LET'S KIND OF LET THE ROOM CLEAR.THIS TOO WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THEIR REQUESTS BY CENTER POINT ENERGY HOUSTON ELECTRIC, LLC, TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.58, EIGHT ACRES OF LAND TO AN SUP TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF DEVELOPMENT FOR UTILITIES.
JENNIFER, ARE YOU GOING TO PRESENT FROM THERE? I'M GOING TO PRESENT IF IT'S OKAY WITH THE COMMISSION.
SO THE SUBJECT SITE IS SHOWN ON THE MAP ON THE SCREEN, UM, JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM, UH, THE CITY HALL CAMPUS WHERE WE'RE LOCATED AT, UH, RIGHT NOW OFF OF TEXAS PARKWAY.
UM, IT'S A FRONT EDGE IN FRONT OF THE CRESTMONT PLACE, SUBDIVISION.
UH, THIS IS A REQUEST BY CENTER POINT THAT HAS, UM, EXISTING SUBSTATION FACILITIES THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT AREA AS SHOWN US THE SUBJECT SITE.
UM, ALONG WITH THE OUTLINE OF THE, UH, UTILITY EASEMENT, WHERE THEY HAVE, UM, FACILITIES LOCATED, UM, WITHIN THAT AREA, UH, WHAT CENTERPOINT HAS PROPOSED IS LOOKING AT ACQUIRING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, TO, UH, LOCATE A NEW, UH, SUBSTATION.
SO THE EXISTING SUBSTATION THAT IS OUT THERE, UH, THEIR PLAN IS TO DEMOLISH THAT, UM, AND UPGRADE AS A SITE, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR A BETTER DISTRIBUTION OF, UM, ELECTRICAL SERVICE, UH, THROUGHOUT, UH, THIS AREA OF THE CITY.
UM, WE DO HAVE CENTER POINT REPRESENTATIVES HERE TONIGHT, UM, THAT HAVE STAYED, I BELIEVE.
UH, AND SO THEY CAN, UH, PROVIDE ANY MORE, UH, DETAIL, UH, THAT, UH, THE COMMISSION MAY ASK, UH, FOR, YES, I KNOW.
AND I WILL ALLOW THE CENTERPOINT REPRESENTATIVES, UH, TO, UH, DISCUSS THIS, BUT THIS IS, THIS IS A TYPICAL UTILITY.
YEAH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A TYPICAL UTILITY PLAN.
WHAT I WILL, WHAT I WILL SHOW IS, UH, WITH THE APPLICATION, UH, CENTERPOINT HAS, UH, SHOWN A PERSPECTIVE OF POTENTIAL SCREENING.
UM, SO ALL THOSE LINES, UM, AND, UH, DETAILS FOR THE SUBSTATION, UM, WOULD BE, UH, HOUSED BEHIND A MASONRY WALL.
UM, AND SO WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED IS A 10 FOOT TALL, A MASONRY WALL, UH, THAT, UH, AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
SO, UM, IF YOU GO BY THE SITE, THE CURRENT SITE RIGHT NOW, I BELIEVE IT'S A CHAIN LINK FENCE THAT ENCLOSES THE EXISTING SUB SUBSTATION.
UH, SO THIS WOULD BE AN UPGRADE, UH, TO, UH, WHAT IS CURRENTLY PRESENT ON THAT, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY FACILITY.
SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE APPROVAL FOR THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
UM, JUST TO REMIND THE COMMISSION, ANY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT UTILITY, UM, ABOVE GROUND UTILITIES THAT ARE LOCATED, UM, IN VARIOUS AREAS OF THE CITY REQUIRE APPROVAL OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, SO THAT DIFFERENT CONSIDERATIONS, UH, LIKE SCREENING, UM, AND OTHER, UM, ISSUES SUCH AS LIGHTING, UM, NOISE, UH, THINGS LIKE THAT CAN BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
UH, SO THIS IS, UM, UH, FOR THAT SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UH, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, UH, WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THE REPORT.
UM, AND THOSE CONDITIONS INCLUDE THE REQUIREMENT FOR, UH, THIS 10 FOOT TALL WALL, UM, ALLOW ME, UH, FOR THAT HEIGHT AT A 10 FOOT TALL WALL, UM, OTHER CONDITIONS THAT WOULD BE TYPICAL, UM, TWO PROPERTIES LOCATING ALONG STREET FRONTAGE, INCLUDING TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.
UM, SO PROVIDING LANDSCAPING IN ASSOCIATE IN, UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE MASON, WHEN YOU MASONRY WALL, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE, UM, AN OUTLINE OF A TREE, THE TREE OUTLINE, UM, GOING DOWN TREE AND SHRUBS AROUND THE BOTTOM OF THAT.
AND SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO REQUIRE THAT, UM, PARTICULARLY ON THE STREET VIEWS, TEXAS PARKWAY, AND CRESTMONT A PLACE TO LIVE.
UH, SO THAT IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION AGAINST CERTAIN POINT REPRESENTATIVES ARE HERE, UM, AS WELL.
AND I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE, AS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF JENNIFER, JUST A LITTLE ONE HERE, WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THE EXISTING SUBSTANCE, UH, SUBSTATIONS? THE PROPOSAL IS TO DEMOLISH IT, UH, WITH THE CENTER POINT, PERHAPS STEP FORWARD, PLEASE.
I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER WITH A CENTERPOINT ENERGY.
WELL, DO YOU KNOW HOW LONG THE CURRENT ONE HAS SAT THERE? YEAH, SO YES.
SO THE, THE MAIN DRIVER FOR THIS IS RELIABILITY.
THE ORIGINAL SUBSTATION, THE EXISTING SUBSTATION WAS INSTALLED IN 1955.
SO IT'S A AGING INFRASTRUCTURE
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TRYING TO UPGRADE, RIGHT.UH, WE'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT ADJACENT TO IT CAUSE WE NEEDED DEMOLISH.
WE NEEDED ENERGIZED WHILE WE'LL BUILD A NEW ONE.
AND YOU KNOW, THE MAIN DRIVER IS, YOU KNOW, RELIABILITY FOR THE AREA ELECTRIC.
BUT, UM, ONE OF THE COMMENTS THAT ARE OFTEN HERE FROM THE EAST END OF MISSOURI CITY OFTEN IS THAT THEY SUFFER WITH ROLLING BLACKOUTS, SO TO SPEAK THERE, THEY LOSE POWER CONSTANTLY.
WILL THAT HELP WITH THIS HELP WITH THAT RATHER THAN, YEAH, SO THAT, WELL, THAT'S PART OF IT.
I MEAN, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE THAT THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY MORE OUTAGES, BUT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN THERE RIGHT NOW IS VERY OLD OR TRYING TO UPGRADE AND HAVE IMPROVED THE RELIABILITY FOR THE AREA.
THAT'S REALLY THE MAIN POINT HERE.
THERE'S NOT A, THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM OF SHIFTING IT UP AND DOWN OUR TRANSMISSION FACILITIES, THERE'S GAS LINES, THE GAS LINES AND OUR TRANSMISSION LINES, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE LOOKING FOR, YOU KNOW, THE POVERTY ADJACENT TO IT.
DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE A QUESTION I WANT TO ASK, UH, THIS IS MORE, I GUESS, ENGINEERING, TECHNICAL RADIATION RANK AND COUNT THAT, UH, THAT KIND OF THING, IS THAT GOING TO BE LESS OR MORE OR WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? I TAKE IT THAT THE SUSPICION IS THIS IS GONNA BE A LARGER THAN THE EXISTING AND IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME SIZE, UH, IN, IN EQUIPMENT.
UM, AS FAR AS FOOTPRINT, UM, DOES SOUND WALL LIKE, LIKE IT WAS ALREADY MENTIONED THE EXISTING SUBSTATION THAT SITS THERE AS A CHAIN-LINK FENCE.
IT'S NOT REALLY COVERED, UM, THIS WALL, TH THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A SOUND WALL.
LIKE THE ONES THAT TEXTILE INSTALLS ALONG THE HIGHWAYS, BUT IT WILL REDUCE THE, THE, ANY NOISE OR A HUMMING FROM, FROM THE EQUIPMENT THEY MAY HAVE.
UM, BUT AS FAR AS RADIATION, I HAVE REALLY NO, NO ANSWER TO THAT.
AND WHAT AREA OF THE CITY WOULD THIS SERVE AGAIN? SORRY, WHAT AREA OF THE CITY WOULD THAT? WELL, THIS IS REALLY, IT'S ALL PART OF THE GREATEST WHOLE INTERCONNECTED TO THE GRID, BUT SPECIFICALLY FOR, FOR, YOU KNOW, THE IMMEDIATE AREA SURROUNDING THE SUBSTATION IS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, ESSENTIALLY WHAT THE EXISTING SUBSTATION IS SERVING.
THIS WOULD REPLACE THAT AND, AND, YOU KNOW, UPGRADE THE, UM, THE RELIABILITY OF IT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN WE GET OUT OF JAIL, ALL THE EQUIPMENT GOES BAD.
YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD, UH, THE INTENT IS TO AVOID THAT FROM HAPPENING.
YOU KNOW, THIS IS A RE UH, REPLACE LAND FUSES ARE, UM, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE TO ALSO, UH, CHANGE OUR TRANSFORMERS? UH, SO IF THAT'S NOT YOUR AREA EXPERTISE, PLEASE TELL US IT IS THE ELECTRICAL SIDE IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, BUT AS FAR AS REPLACING THE EQUIPMENT, THE, THE EXISTING SUBSTATION HAS, I BELIEVE TWO OR THREE TRANSFORMERS THAT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, UM, WITH NEW EQUIPMENT ON THE NEW LOCATION.
MY QUESTION WAS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WHAT HAPPENS TO THE OLD ONE? YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE OLD ONE THERE UNTIL THE NEW ONE IS OPERATIONAL, CORRECT.
SO YOU'RE PUTTING ALL NEW EQUIPMENT IN, AND THEN ONCE IT'S OPERATIONAL, YOU GO BACK AND DISMANTLE AND GET RID OF THE EXISTING.
SO WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, OPERATIONAL ON THE EXISTING ONE.
WE BUILD A NEW ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT, AND THEN WE SORTA SPEAK, SWITCH THE SWITCH TO THE TOOL, TO THE NEW ONE.
AND THE OLD ONE GETS, UH, DEMOLISHED, YOU KNOW, RIGHT AFTER THE FIRST ONE IS BUILT THE TIMETABLE.
HOW LONG WOULD THIS TAKE A WEEK WITH THE RESIDENTS BE SEEING THINGS UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR DURING THIS, OUR NORMAL, THE NORMAL CONSTRUCTION TIMEFRAME FOR A SUBSTATION THIS SIZE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT, UH, EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS FROM START CONSTRUCTION FROM START TO FINISH.
YOU GUYS WOULD COVER THE MAINTENANCE OF THE WALL.
WOULD THAT BE YOUR, IS THERE A POINT WE'LL OWN THE WALL AND MAINTAIN THE WALL? OKAY.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YEAH.
DO YOU KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PLANS SINCE YOU'RE EXPANDING TO THIS LARGE OF A SUBSTATION THAT YOU'LL EXPAND THE KNEE, THE ONE BOARD PROPOSING? NO, NO.
THE, THE NEW ONE'S GOING TO BE AN EXPANDED FOOTPRINT.
YOU'RE GOING TO GAIN MORE RIGHT AWAY OR MORE EASEMENT FOR THAT SUBSTATION.
ARE YOU GOING TO STORE EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS THERE AS WELL AS TRUCKS? OR IS IT GOING TO BE BASICALLY AN UNMANNED IT'S IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A, UH, A NON MAN FACILITY, THE SUBSTATION.
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YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN THERE, UH, THE FOOTPRINT IS GOING TO BE SMALLER.AND WHEN, WHEN THE OLD ONE GETS DEMOLISH, ALL THAT IS GOING TO BE GREEN SPACE.
BUT IT'S STILL GOING TO BE CENTER POINT RIGHT AWAY.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO BASICALLY GET MORE RIGHT AWAY TO PUT THE NEW SUBSTATION.
WELL, WE, WE ALL HAVE MORE PROPERTY.
SO YOU'RE NOT GIVING UP ANYTHING YOU'RE ADDING TO IT, THE BUILDING NEXT TO IT.
SO BY THIS NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND CENTERPOINT EASEMENTS STAYS THE SAME OR THE OVERHEAD AERIAL OF WHERE THE SUBSTATION IS, AND THEN THEY'RE BUYING PROPERTY NEXT TO IT, UP TO CRESTMONT TO BUILD A NEW SECTION.
WELL, FOR FORD INDICATES THAT THE TIMELINE, UH, WE'LL BE STARTING CONSTRUCTION IN JUNE OF 22 AND TAKING THREE MONTHS, UH, THAT, THAT, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT ACTUALLY WHAT, FIRST OFF, I DON'T THINK WE WILL START BILLING IN 22.
THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE FURTHER DOWN THE LINE.
UM, I HAVE NO ACTUAL DATES ON THAT, BUT IT DOES, IT DOESN'T TAKE THREE MONTHS TO BUILD IT.
IT TAKES ANYWHERE FROM EIGHT TO 12 MONTHS.
MR. GRIFFIN, ARE YOU GOING TO DEVELOP THE GREEN SPACE? THAT'S ALL I, NOW IT'S GOING TO GO BACK TO GRASS GREEN, GREEN.
JUST LIKE THE, THE BACKSIDE, UH, TRANSMISSION RIGHT AWAY, YOU KNOW, IT'S CLEAR.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I'M SO CENTERPOINT FOUND SOME MONEY TO PUT IN A 10 FOOT FENCE.
THE ONE THAT FUSSES ABOUT THAT.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT? IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU, MR. O'MALLEY.
THANK YOU, MR. BRIGHTWELL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING, AYE.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE FORWARD THIS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, MR. O'MALLEY.
ALL THOSE, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSIONS? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ANY NAMES VERY WELL THAT MOTION CARRIES.
[7.H. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT – CRAVENS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT]
WE'LL MOVE NOW TO A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT CRAVINGS, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT.THIS TOO IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST BY RAWLINS TURNER JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATES TO ZONE APPROXIMATELY 17.5 ACRES OF LAND TO PD TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICE WAREHOUSE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE READY, JENNIFER.
SO THE SUBJECTS SITE IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, AND THIS IS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE CENTER POINT SITE THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT, UM, SOUTH ON SOUTH CRAVENS ROAD.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE MAP, UM, THE AREA SHOWN IS PARK EIGHT 90 IS ALL COMPLETELY FILLED IN NOW.
UH, SO IF HE DID DRIVE DOWN SOUTH CRAVENS ROAD, UM, THERE ARE, UM, OFFICE WAREHOUSES ON THAT AREA NOW.
SO THAT HAS FULL, THAT IS NEARING COMPLETION OF BEING FULLY DEVELOPED OUT, UH, THE TRANS WESTERN, UM, OFFICE WAREHOUSE.
UM, IF SOME OF THE COMMISSION WILL REMEMBER, UM, WAS APPROVED A FEW YEARS BACK, UM, AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, TO ALLOW FOR, UH, THAT SINGLE, UH, BUILDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THAT SINGLE BUILDING, UM, IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
SO THE SUBJECT SITE THAT, UH, JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT IS LOOKING AT ACQUIRING AND BUILDING ON, UM, IT'S JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THAT, TRANSWESTERN BUILDING, UM, THE LAST, UH, MAJOR PIECE ON SOUTH CRAVENS ROAD, UM, UH, REMAINING FOR DEVELOPMENT, AS YOU CAN SEE IT ABUTS THE, UH, PORTION OF THE CENTERPOINT EASTMAN IS, UM, UH, UH, JUST TO THE SOUTH.
UM, AND THEN TO THE SOUTH OF THE CENTER POINT, EASEMENT IS A, UM, WASTEWATER TREATMENT, UM, SITE THAT, UM, IS OWNED AND OPERATED BY FORT BEN.
MAKING SURE I GOT THOSE LETTERS, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, SO, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU CONTEXT OF THIS OVERALL AREA, UH, SO WHAT JOHNSON IS LOOKING AT IS SIMILAR TO THE TRANS WESTERN, UH, COMMERCE, SIMILAR TO THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, WE'RE SAYING, UM, IN A PARK EIGHT 90, UM, BUT TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE, UM, THEY'VE, UH, PROVIDED A PRELIMINARY CONCEPT PLAN, UH, SHOWING HOW THEY WOULD CONFIGURE THE LAYOUT OF THE SITE, UH, TO POSITION THE BUILDING ON THE SITE.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'RE DESIGNING IT BASED ON THE CONFIGURATION OF THIS LAND, UH,
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WITH, UH, THE PARKING, UH, THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT, UM, SOME, UH, DRAINAGE DETENTION AREAS, UH, CLOSER TO THE STOP CRAVENS, UH, SIDE WHERE THEIR PRIMARY ACCESS WOULD BE LOCATED.UM, ON THIS SITE PLAN, THEY ARE SHOWING A DETENTION AREA ALONG THE ECHO CREEK FIVE, AND AS THE COMMISSION WILL REMEMBER, THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL HOMES, UM, THAT, UH, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE OPPOSING SIDE, UM, OF FL CREEK, UH, DRY, UH, SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS TO APPROVE THIS AS A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UM, AND PROVIDE CONDITIONS, UH, FOR SITE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT ARE SIMILAR TO WHAT, UH, WERE APPROVED FOR THE TRANSWESTERN, UM, BUILDING.
UM, AND SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE, UH, A BUFFER YARD, UM, AND A MASONRY WALL ALONG THE ECHO CREEK SIDE.
AND I DON'T THINK I CAN POINT TO THE SCREEN, OR MAYBE I CAN.
UM, SO ON THE ECHO CREEK SIDE OF THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD INCLUDE A MASONRY WALL HERE WITH THE ASSOCIATED, UM, TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD LANDSCAPING, UM, AND THEN, UM, ADDITIONAL, UH, SITE CONSIDERATIONS, UH, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE POSITIONING POSITIONING, UH, PARKING, UM, OFFSITE PARKING, UH, BASED ON THIS LAND PLAN.
UH, SO OVERALL, UM, IF, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSION ADOPTS US AND ADOPTS, UH, THE REC OR THE, UH, REGULATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN APPLIED TO TRANS WESTERN, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE COMPARABLE TO WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE PARK EIGHT 90, UH, BUSINESS PARK, UM, AS WELL AS THE TRANS WESTERN BUILDING, I CAN ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS AND WE DO HAVE, UM, REPRESENTATIVES FROM JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT HERE TO DISCUSS AS WELL.
SO THE REQUIREMENT IN THE REPORT WOULD JUST BE THE STANDARD 20 FEET, RIGHT.
SO, AND THAT, THAT'S THE OTHER CONSIDERATION HERE.
SO IF YOU CAN KIND OF SEE FROM THAT ERIC, WELL, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S REALLY LIGHT, SO YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THE EDGE OF THAT TRANS WESTERN BUILDING, BUT THEY HAVE PAVEMENT, UM, PRETTY MUCH UP TO WHERE THEIR BUFFER YARD IS.
SO THEY HAVE ABOUT A 20 FOOT, UM, TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD, UH, PLUS THE MASONRY WALL WITH THE CONFIGURATION OF THIS PROPERTY THAT KIND OF SCALES DOWN TO ECHO CREEK.
AND IF THEY PUT DRAINAGE DETENTION IN THAT AREA, THEN THE REQUIREMENT ON THE BUFFER WOULD BE 20 FEET, BUT IN ESSENCE PAVEMENT AND THE BUILDING WOULD BE FURTHER BACK THAN THAT.
HI, I'M ANDY HALLIGAN WITH JOHNSON.
HOW ARE YOU? THANK YOU FOR WAITING, UM, COMMISSIONERS.
DID YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE DEVELOPER? DO YEAH.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING ALL NIGHT.
DO WE NEED TO FIGHT A BATTLE BRICK WALL? NO, MA'AM THAT MEANS YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ONE UP.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'RE LOSING A LOT OF THE PUBLIC, BUT IS THERE ANYONE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU, MR. O'MALLEY.
MR. GRIFFIN, I'LL TAKE YOUR EYE AS A SECOND IF THAT'S OKAY.
WITH THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, MR. GRIFFIN MADE THE SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE FORWARD THIS TO COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS.
THANK YOU, MR. GRIFFIN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ARE THERE ANY NAMES? THE MOTION STANDS AS APPROVED
[7.I. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT – TOWNSHIP SQUARE]
ITEM? I WE'RE ALMOST THERE Y'ALL HANG IN THERE.THIS TOO WILL BE A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR TOWNSHIP SQUARE.
IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST BY KAM TOWNSHIP SQUARE, LLC, TO REZONE AND APPROXIMATE 6.28 ACRE TRACT OF LAND TO PD TO ALLOW FOR FLEXIBILITY AND INNOVATION IN DESIGN.
WELL, THIS IS GOING TO BE INTERESTING, JENNIFER.
THIS ONE'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT RIGHT THEN THAN WHAT WE'VE DONE BEFORE, BUT, UM, THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS AS WE START TALKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, THIS KIND OF FITS INTO THAT.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, REFRESH, UM, SOME OF OUR EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS AND I KNOW ALL THE COMMISSIONERS ARE
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AWARE OF THE TOWNSHIP, UM, ITS LOCATION AND THE IMPACT THAT IT'S HAD ON OUR COMMUNITY.UM, AND YOU KNOW, JUST THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THERE.
UM, SO THIS IS GOING TO BE, UH, DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN ON THE MAP THAT'S SHOWN, UM, IS HIGHWAY SIX AND, UH, THIS IS JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY SIX AND FM 10 92.
UM, AND SO TOWNSHIP LANE IS JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, UH, THE CITY HAS A, UH, THE EDIBLE ARBOR TRAIL, UM, HAS A STARTING POINT, UH, JUST TO THE EAST OF THIS LOCATION.
UM, AND SO IT IS A STRATEGICALLY, UM, VERY WELL LOCATED, UM, VERY CLOSE TO HIGHWAY SAFE, BUT VERY CLOSE TO, UM, QUAIL VALLEY, UM, UH, FIRST COLONY, UM, AND SOME OF THE TERM, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UM, IN THIS AREA, BUT, UM, BUSINESSES SUCH AS, UH, BRANDIES, UM, ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, UH, OLD HICKORY, BARBECUE HAS BEEN A LONG SANDY, UH, RESTAURANT, UM, BLACK IP USED TO BE, UH, LOCATED, UM, IN THE SHOPPING CENTER MANY YEARS AGO.
UM, AND THEN SUGARS, UM, A NEWER, UM, UH, RESTAURANT AND, UH, ENTERTAINMENT KIND OF VENUE, UM, HAS BEEN LOCATED IN THERE AS WELL FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
SO, UM, IT'S MEANT A LOT, UM, FOR, UH, GATHERING DEVELOPMENT, RETAIL, UM, AND COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.
UM, AND IT SITS AT A VERY PRIME LOCATION IN OUR CITY.
SO, UH, THIS DEVELOPER, UM, HAS, UH, ACQUIRED THIS PROPERTY, UM, AND IS LOOKING AT, UH, PUTTING IN INVESTMENTS, UM, TO REFRESH, UM, THE, UH, CENTER.
UM, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT WE DON'T HAVE EXISTING PICTURES OF THE CENTER.
UM, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A GOOD KIND OF, UM, UH, MIXED TO SHOW YOU ALL WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY, UM, AND WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING IN THE REPORT, AN OLDER PICTURE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, CAUSE IT'S, IT'S A GOOD THING TO KIND OF JUST SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TODAY.
IT HAS A VERY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF VILLAGE, UH, KIND OF, UM, CHARACTER TO IT.
UM, UNIFORM SIGNAGE, UH CLOCKTOWER UM, SOME AREAS THAT THEY CAN CREATE AS GATHERING SPACES.
UM, WHAT IS SHOWN HERE IS A REVISED CONCEPT PLAN, UH, THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS SUBMITTED.
THIS SHOWS YOU JUST THE OVERALL.
SO THERE'S FOUR BUILDINGS THAT MAKE UP THIS COMPLEX, UH, WITH THE ASSOCIATED PARKING LOT.
UM, THE CLOCK TOWER IS KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CENTER HERE.
UM, AND SO THERE'S A WALKWAY THAT YOU CAN CONNECT FROM, UH, THIS COURTYARD AND WALK TO THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, BUT THERE'S, UM, OPPORTUNITIES THERE, UH, THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPER CAN HAVE FOR DIFFERENT KINDS OF ACTIVITIES OR, UM, OUTDOOR SEATING OR, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF OUTDOOR ACCESSIBILITY.
SO THESE ARE IMAGES THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS RELEASED TO KIND OF GIVE THE PUBLIC AN IDEA OF WHERE THEY WANT TO TAKE THE SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE ELEMENTS THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, REALLY WANT TO, UM, UH, GET IN ON THE TREND OF OUTDOOR USE OUTDOOR SPACE, YOU KNOW, COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC.
WE KNOW HOW VALUABLE THAT CAN BE AND JUST, YOU KNOW, IN OUR EVERYDAY JUST HOW OUR LIFESTYLES HAVE CHANGED.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PART OF, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT LIFESTYLE EXPERIENCES, UH, THAT DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, UH, FOOD ESTABLISHMENT, UH, RETAIL, UM, ARE FINDING, UM, A VALUABLE TOOL, UH, TO ATTRACT, UM, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE TO COME AND USE OUR SERVICES.
SO THIS IS KIND OF A GLASSY VIEW OF WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING.
UH, WE HAVE SOME OTHER VIEWS, YOU SEE THE, UH, THE CLOCK TOWER BACK THERE, UM, THAT THEY WOULD STILL KEEP.
UM, BUT JUST TRYING TO ENHANCE, UH, PROVIDE SOME ART, UM, YOU KNOW, AND PROVIDE, UM, SOME ALTERNATIVE KIND OF, UH, DESIGNS TO JUST BRING ALIVE, UM, OR BRING CURRENT, UH, THAT CENTER.
AND SO THIS IS JUST ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE.
SO A LOT OF THE IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON, UM, IN TERMS OF REFRESHING, UH, INTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE EXTERIOR IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, BUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS PD RIGHT NOW IS ZONED, UM, LC, UH, THREE, UH, RETAIL DISTRICT, WHICH AGAIN IS A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT ALLOWS FOR ALL OF THE MIX OF USES THAT WE SEE IN THE CENTER.
AND I WILL SAY TOO, THAT IN THE PERSPECTIVE THEY SHOW, UM, OTHER BUSINESSES AND BUSINESS NAMES, THEIR INTENTION IS NOT TO REPLACE SOME OF THE LONG LONGSTANDING TENANTS IN THE SHOPPING CENTER.
SO THIS IS JUST A SCHEMATIC, UM, BUT NOT INTENDED TO DEPICT OTHER TENANTS COMING IN.
UM, BUT WITH THIS, UH, SOME OF THE SIGNAGE THAT YOU SEE IN THESE IMAGES, UM, PARTICULARLY LET'S SEE.
SO LIKE THE, UM, SIGN THAT YOU SEE KIND OF SITTING ON TOP OF THE CANOPY
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THERE, UM, THERE'S A DIFFERENT SIGN STYLES, DIFFERENT SIGNS, TYPES, UM, WHAT THIS PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WOULD DO, UM, IS PROVIDE FOR UNIFORM, UH, STANDARDS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY, UM, UH, CONFORM TO OUR EXISTING ASSIGN ORDINANCE.AND I KNOW SOME OF OUR LONG-TERM COMMISSIONERS, YOU KNOW, HOW IT IS WHEN WE'VE OPENED UP THE SIGN ORDINANCE AND SOME OF THE DETAILS, UH, THAT WE'VE ADOPTED WITH OUR SIGN ORDINANCE.
SO SOME OF IT'S PACKAGE THAT THEY'RE SHOWING, UM, TO PROVIDE SOME OF THAT FLEXIBILITY DOES NOT CONFORM WITH THAT, THAT SIGN ORDINANCE, PARTICULARLY SIGNS THAT ARE MOUNTED ON TOP OF CANOPIES ON TOP OF, UM, YOU KNOW, ANI THAT PROJECT OUT, YOU KNOW, FROM A BUILDING, UH, THINGS THAT WE WOULD SEE IN A MORE URBAN KIND OF, UM, ENVIRONMENT.
UH, SO, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS SUBMITTED A MASTER SIGNED PLAN, OTHERS COPIES THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE IN THE REPORT, THEY HAVE ALREADY ADDRESSED AND REVISED AND, UM, UH, ADOPTED, UH, SO THEY'VE CLARIFIED THEIR MAX ASSIGNED PLAN, UH, TO REFLECT THE CHANGES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED.
UM, THE ONE CHANGE THAT, UH, THEY DID NOT, UM, UH, CHANGE WAS THE ISSUE OF THE MONUMENT SIGNS.
UM, AND SO THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WAS, YOU KNOW, BEING CONSISTENT WITH OUR MONUMENT SCIENCE STANDARDS, WHERE WE REQUIRE IN CASEMENTS, UM, AROUND THE FRAME OF A SIGN.
UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN AS, YOU KNOW, A MISSOURI KIND OF STANDARD, UH, THAT YOU SEE WITH FREESTANDING MONUMENT SIGNS.
UM, THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE IS SAYING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO REUSE THE SCIENCE STRUCTURES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
UM, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT REFRESHING IT AND MODERNIZING IT.
UM, BUT, UH, WHAT THEIR APPEAL IS, IS TO THE DESIGNS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, UM, THAT THOSE BE CONSIDERED, UM, FOR APPROVAL AS OPPOSED TO, UH, REQUIRING, UM, AN ENCASEMENT SURROUNDING IT.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY REAL, UM, UM, UH, DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS PRESENTED.
BUT OVERALL, I THINK THE COMMUNITY IS PRETTY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY FOR THIS, UH, REMODEL AND, UH, REFRESH, UM, AND, UH, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION REFLECTS, UM, PROVIDING THAT FLEXIBILITY, UH, THROUGH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
YEAH, WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM TO GET THEM THERE, AND I WILL SAY THIS, THIS DEVELOPER HAS BEEN VERY RESPONSIVE, UM, AND, UH, HAS BEEN AT THE TABLE WORKING WITH US TO TRY TO SEE HOW THEY COULD WORK THEIR DESIGN, UM, INTO THE CITY STANDARDS AS WELL.
SO LET ME UNDERSTAND THAT SIGN THERE ON A CANOPY THAT WILL NOT EXIST, IS THAT CORRECT? SO THIS PD WOULD ALLOW FOR ASSIGN, THAT'S DESIGNED THAT WAY.
IF THIS PD IS NOT ADOPTED AND THEY CAME IN UNDER OUR STANDARD SIGN REGULATIONS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO APPROVE IT BASED ON OUR CURRENT ASSIGNED REGULATIONS.
I WANT TO SIGN THERE ON THE SIDE OF THE, THE, UH, THE, IN THE SIGN THERE ON THE BUILDING FACING.
SO THIS IS MORE JUST SCHEMATIC.
SO IT'S JUST A CONCEPTUAL ONE, LIKE SIGN TYPES.
SO IT'S NOT TO SAY SO THAT THE CANOPY THAT THEY'RE SHOWING THERE, THE OUTDOOR AREA, IT'S JUST A CONCEPT OF WHERE THEY WANT TO TAKE THE CENTER.
UM, SO IN THE EVENT THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT OUTDOOR SPACE, UM, IF THAT BUSINESS OR SERVICE THAT HAD THAT OUTDOOR SPACE, UM, ONE AT THAT FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE SIGNAGE IN THAT WAY, IN THAT MANNER, BECAUSE WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS THAT, THAT THAT CANOPY WOULD COVER THE STOREFRONT.
SO THAT CANOPY BLOCKS WHERE THEY WOULD TRADITIONALLY, UM, PLACED THE SIGN.
SO THIS WOULD GIVE THEM AN ALTERNATIVE TO PROVIDE THAT OUTDOOR SPACE, UM, BUT A NEW LOCATION WHERE THEY CAN LOCATE THEIR SIGNAGE.
BUT FROM WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE, THAT SIGN RELATES TO WHAT SETS THE BUILDING DURING THE CENTER, DOES THIS A HANGOUT, THE FIRST ONE OR SOMETHING.
SO, SO, SO TO THAT POINT, SO THIS CONCEPTUALLY IN THIS SPACE FROM WHERE THAT WALL SIGN IS ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE END OF THE BUILDING, THAT CONCEPTUALLY SHOULD BE ONE BUSINESS.
SO THEY HAVE TWO SIGNS THAT ARE LOCATED, BUT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO.
SO SAY IF THERE WAS A BUSINESS DOWN HERE IN THIS SPACE, AND THERE WERE OTHER BUSINESSES IN BETWEEN THIS BUSINESS, THIS, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD NOT ALLOW THIS BUSINESS TO ADVERTISE ON A SPACE THAT THEY DON'T
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UTILIZE, OR THEY'RE NOT LEASING.SO WHY ALLOW THEM TO HAVE THE SIGN DEER ON A CANOPY AND ON THE SPACE THAT THEY'LL BE UTILIZING? SO THE CANOPIES SHOULD BE PART OF THE SPACE THAT THIS PARTICULAR EXAMPLE IS UTILIZING.
AND SO TO TODAY, UM, EVEN THE SIGN ORDINANCE THAT YOU HAVE TODAY ALLOWS BUSINESSES.
SO THEY HAVE A, UM, AN AMOUNT OF SIGNAGE THAT THEY CAN PLACE ON THE FRONT OF THEIR BUILDING OR ON THE SIDE OF THEIR BUILDING.
THEY CAN'T EXCEED THE AMOUNT OF SIGN AREA, UH, THAT'S ALLOCATED SO THEY CAN DISTRIBUTE IT, UM, IN, IN THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO THIS WOULD BE VIEWED IN THAT MANNER WHERE, UM, THE PORTION THAT'S RAISED ON THE CANOPY IS MORE ON THE SIDE OF THAT SPACE.
AND THEN THE PORTION THAT'S LOCATED ON, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE, UH, BUILDING FACADE, UM, IT WOULD BE LIKE THE FRONT OF THE SPACE.
SO THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT DISTRIBUTION TODAY.
UM, BUT WHAT THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DO, ONE IS THE COLOR.
SO THE COLOR OF THE ONE THAT'S ON THE BUILDING, UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO DO WHITE CHANNEL LETTERS UNLESS IT'S A REGISTERED LOGO OR TRADEMARK.
UM, AND THEN ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, UM, PROJECT IT ABOVE THAT CANOPY LINE.
AND YOU JUST SAY THEY CAN PUT IT ON THE SIDE OR THE FRONT THEY CAN W AND OR SO THEY CAN PUT IT ON THE SIDE, IN THE FRONT OR THE FRONT.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, NOT A MOTION FROM O'MALLEY AND A SECOND FROM BRIGHTWELL TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS THE COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
SO THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE, WILL THEY STAY, OR THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET INTO ANOTHER CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT WITH THE DEVELOPER.
SO THERE AT LEAST THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, BETWEEN THEM AND YEAH.
WITH THE DEVELOPER'S SURVEY, UM, IS, ARE TRYING TO ENHANCE AND BRING, UH, MORE TENANTS THERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE AWARE OF LIKE THE OLD BLACK IP IT'S BEEN VACANT FOR PROBABLY ABOUT THREE OR FOUR YEARS OR SO, AND THAT'S ONE OF THEIR MAIN SPACES.
UM, SO THE FOCUS OF THIS IS TO TRY TO GET THOSE SPACES, UM, BACK ONLINE, UM, AND BRINGING, UH, TENANTS INTO THOSE SPACES.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE LONG STANDING BUSINESSES WITH
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE UM, SO, UH, THEIR INTENT IS TO, UH, YOU KNOW, BRING MORE, UM, IN THERE FOR THOSE VACANCIES.
SO YOU SAY THAT DOES INCLUDE THE BUSINESSES, THINGS THAT FACES TOWNSHIP.
THAT IS ONE OF THE BUILDINGS SO THAT THEY VOICE, UH, HAVE THEY VOICED FAVORITE RESPONSE TO WORKING WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESSES THERE? THAT'S THAT'S WHAT I'M ASKING.
ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE TABLE.
THANK YOU, APPLICANT FOR STAYING AND RIDING THIS OUT WITH US.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
THERE ANY NAMES, NONE EMOTION CARROTS.
WE HAVE NO ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS.
[9.A. WATERSHED MASTER PLAN]
WE DO HAVE ONE LAST MATTER THAT IS BEFORE PURVIEW.AND, UM, I BELIEVE THIS IS WHAT WE RECEIVED EARLY IN ADVANCE OR A PRE-REQ WATERSHED MASTER PLAN.
I CAN GO THROUGH THE WHOLE 350 PAGES TONIGHT IF YOU WANT.
WE CAN HAVE NO, I, UH, I HAVE A PRESENTATION, BUT IT'S, I ALREADY PRESENTED THIS PRESENTATION BACK IN SEPTEMBER, BUT I CUT OUT A FEW SLIDES AND IN THAT SENSE OF TIME, I WON'T DWELL ON EACH INDIVIDUAL SLIDE, BUT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME.
UM, SO TONIGHT, UH, WE HAVE, BEFORE YOU, THE MISSOURI CITY WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE, UM, UH, THE GOAL TONIGHT IS TO, UH, HAVE THE COMMISSION, UH, VOTE TO SEE IF, UH, IT CAN BE SENT TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
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SO, UH, JUST BRIEFLY I WANTED TO GO OVER THE MAJOR GOALS OF OUR WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE.UH, FIRST WE WANTED TO UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S ROLES OR RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO COMPLIMENT OTHER ONGOING STUDIES.
UH, FORT BEND COUNTY IS ALSO IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THEIR WATERSHED MASTER PLAN AS WELL.
UH, IT'S ALSO A HIGH LEVEL UPDATE, UH, OUR EXISTING WATERSHED, UH, MASTER PLANS.
AND, UH, WE ALSO ANALYZE THE BRAZ RIVER BACKWATER IMPACTS AND, UH, INUNDATION MAPPING.
AND, UH, WE ALSO EVALUATED ATLAS 14, UH, CRITERIA UPDATES TO OUR, UH, DESIGN.
SO FIRST I WANT TO JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT OUR ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
UH, SO WITHIN THE CITY, UM, EVERYTHING YOU SEE IN BLUE ON THIS MAP IS WHERE THE CITY HAS THE DRAINAGE ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
IT ACCOMPLISHES PROBABLY ABOUT 20% OF THE CITY, UH, IN, IN OTHER AREAS, UH, THE MUDS AND THE LIDS, THE LEVEE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS, UH, HAVE THE DRAINAGE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO, UH, ALSO AS A PART OF, UH, UH, UH, THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES PORTION OF THIS STUDY, UH, WE HELD A STAKEHOLDERS WORKSHOP IN AUGUST 25TH, 2020.
UH, WE INVITED THE FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT HARRIS COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL, UH, AND A NUMBER OF MUDS AND LIDS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHO ADD DRAINAGE ROLES OR RESPONSIBILITIES.
SO, UH, THE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICTS OR THE MUDS IN OUR CITY, UH, THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PLANNING, THE PERMITTING AND THE MAINTENANCE OF OUR LOCAL DRAINAGE STRUCTURES.
SO THEY MAINTAIN THE STORM DRAINAGE, THE DITCHES, THE DETENTION PONDS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THEN WE ALSO HAVE THE LIBYAN IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS.
UH, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE THEY BUILD LEVEES.
UH, THEY RECLAIM THE FLOOD HAZARD AREAS FOR DEVELOPMENT, UH, UH, THEY MAINTAIN BUILD PUMP STATIONS AND, UH, OTHER FACILITIES THAT, THAT NATURE, UM, ALONG WITH OUR STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOP, WE ALSO HAD A, A CITIZEN COMMENT PERIOD, AND THIS IS JUST, UH, A VISUAL EXAMPLE OF, UH, WHAT WE, UM, ALLOWED CITIZENS TO PLACE THEIR, UH, CONCERNS FOR, UH, DRAINAGE ISSUES IN THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WE HAD THE PERIOD OPEN FOR A LITTLE OVER A MONTH AND IT ENDED IN FEBRUARY OF 2020.
A FEW OF THE ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT UP BY THE RESIDENTS WERE A BACKWATER IMPACTS FROM THE BRAZOS RIVER, UH, STREET PONDING, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITIES AND, UH, THE QUAIL VALLEY GOLF COURSE DRAINAGE.
SO NEXT I, UH, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, HIGH LEVEL UPDATE OF OUR WATERSHED MASTER PLANS.
SO, UH, THIS MAP SHOWS THE, UH, UH, WATERSHEDS IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, THERE'S A, I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THEM, BUT, UH, THAT'S A LIST OF THE WATERSHEDS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, UH, THAT WAS A PART OF THIS, UH, PROJECT AS WELL.
SO, UH, WE NOW HAVE A TOOL THAT ALLOWS US TO, UH, UH, PREDICT, UM, DIFFERENT SCENARIOS, UM, SUCH AS A, UH, IN THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'LL HAVE A EXAMPLE OF WHAT THIS SHOWS, BUT, UH, BASICALLY WHAT THIS, THIS TOOL DOES IS IT GIVES US VALUABLE INFORMATION TO PRODUCE INUNDATION MAPS ON CERTAIN SCENARIOS THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN THIS, UH, GIS MAPPING TOOL.
SO WE USE THIS FOR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, UH, AND, UH, TO HELP US IN RESPONDING TO A FLOOD SITUATIONS AND ALLOW US TO KNOW WHICH SUBDIVISIONS NEED TO EVACUATE AT CERTAIN TIMES.
SO THIS IS, UH, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHEN WE CAN PULL FROM THE, UH, INUNDATION MAPPING TOOL.
SO, UM, WE CAN PUT IN A SCENARIO IN THIS CASE, THIS, THIS MAPPING EXAMPLE SHOWS 16 INCH 16 INCHES IN 24 HOURS.
UH, AND THIS IS OVER NEAR THE WALMART SHOPPING CENTER OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX.
SO, UM, WE CAN HOVER OVER ANY AREA IN THE MAP AND IT, WE CAN GET THE WATER ELEVATION, THE DEPTH OF THE, THE PONDING IN THAT AREA, UH, ALONG THE STREETS AS WELL.
YOU SEE THAT THERE IS SOME, UH, UH, BASICALLY WHERE YOU SEE IN BLUE, UH, THAT'S WHERE THE PAWNING OCCURS, AND WE CAN DETERMINE, UH, WHAT THE DEPTH IS.
AND NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THE BRAZZERS BACKWATER IMPACT PORTION OF THE STUDY.
SO, UH, THE BACKWATER IMPACT, UH, THIS IS, UH, THIS AFFECTS US AS DIFFERENT FROM RAINFALL.
IT'S BASICALLY WHEN THE BROWSES BACKS UP AND IT ALSO BACKS UP OYSTER CREEK, WHICH IS A MAJOR CHANNEL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UH, WHERE A LOT OF, UH, UH, AREAS STRAIN TOO.
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SO, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON WHAT STAGE THE BRAZZERS IS, UM, THAT'LL AFFECT MISSOURI CITY IN DIFFERENT WAYS.SO, UH, ANOTHER PART OF THIS, UH, STUDY WAS TO STUDY THE BACKWATER, THE BRAZZERS RIVER BACKWATER IMPACTS AT DIFFERENT STAGES.
AND, UH, LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO GO OVER THE, UH, ATLAS 14 UPDATES THAT WERE ALSO CONSIDERED IN THIS STUDY.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT TO EXPLAIN WHAT ATLAS 14 IS.
SO ATLAS 14, IT'S A STUDY OF, UH, RAINFALL STATISTICS IN TEXAS, AND THEY WERE RELEASED BY NOAA, WHICH IS THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION.
SO, UH, BASICALLY IT, THE STUDY SHOWS THAT, UM, THE GREATER HOUSTON AREA RECEIVES MORE RAINFALL AND MORE FREQUENTLY, UM, YOU SEE THE GRAPH TO THE RIGHT, SHOWS IT ABOUT A 28% INCREASE.
UH, YOU CAN SEE THE, BEFORE ATLAS 14 CONDITIONS, UH, THE RAINFALL DEPTH THAT A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT WAS 13.2.
UH, AND THEN AFTER ALIX 14, IT INCREASED TO 16.9, LIKE GREATLY AFFECTS THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY AS YOU'LL SEE IN THIS SLIDE.
SO THIS IS JUST A VERY BASIC EXAMPLE OF WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
SO, UH, DEVELOPERS HAVE TO, UH, UH, BE ABLE TO MITIGATE MORE WATER THAN THEY USED TO.
UM, AND ALSO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, IN OUR DESIGN STANDARDS, WE REQUIRE AT LEAST A FOOT OF FREEBOARD, WHICH IS BASICALLY, UH, THE, THE DEPTH BETWEEN THE TOP OF THE BANK AND, UH, WHERE THAT WATER YOU SEE RIGHT THERE IS.
SO THEY CAN'T JUST BUILD THE SAME SIZE, DETENTION PONDS.
UH, IT REQUIRES A DIFFERENT DESIGN.
AND, UM, SO WE'RE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING THE CITY'S, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.
AND, UH, LIKE I WAS JUST STATING, UH, ANALYZING, UH, THE ATLAS 14 UPDATES IS GOING TO BE A PART OF THIS, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MAY UPDATE.
SO, UM, A COUPLE OF PROPOSED UPDATES TO THE MANUAL ARE, UH, TO USE THE ATLAS 14 RAINFALL CRITERIA.
UH, SO ESSENTIALLY WE'RE GOING TO ADOPT, UH, ATLAS 14 RAINFALL CRITERIA, UH, IN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.
AND, UH, WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONSIDER UPGRADING THE EXISTING DRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, TO THE NEW CRITERIA WHERE FEASIBLE.
AND, UM, THAT IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION.
THE NEXT STEPS ARE, UH, WELL ACTUALLY, IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, SO I HAD THIS 14, WHICH WAS YEAH, YEAH.
SO, UH, ALICE 14 CAME IN AT 2018.
UM, YOU COULD SEE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF CORRELATION THERE.
MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSIONERS ATLAS 14 IS CAME SUBSEQUENT TO HARVEY.
GENERALLY, YOU KNOW, YOU HEAR A LOT ABOUT FLOODING AND DRAINAGE COMPLAINTS COME HERE IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS BEING IS THE RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS INCREASED.
SO AS THE TOTAL AMOUNT, SO THE A HUNDRED YEAR RAINFALL WAS GENERALLY AROUND 12 AND A HALF INCHES RAINFALL, THE DESIGN DREAM FOR ALLOWANCE LIKE THE OUTPUTS OF 16 PLUS INCHES.
SO WHAT COMMUNITIES ARE DOING JUST AS FORT BEND COUNTY CITY OF MINNESOTA IN AND COMMUNITIES IS ADOPTING THESE NEW STANDARDS.
NOW WE'LL BE ENFORCING THESE NEW STANDARDS ON NEWER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
OBVIOUSLY WE CAN'T DO IT ON EXISTING BRAND NEW SYSTEM WHEN, BUT WHEN THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND WHERE IT ALLOWS, WE WILL BE TRYING TO ENFORCE THE NEWER SPANISH, WHICH IS MORE STRINGENT, UH, IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE, FLOOD MITIGATION, BUT ANY NEW PROJECTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE PIPELINE THAT YOU SAW TODAY, UH, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MITIGATE BASED ON THESE NEW ATLAS 14 STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, PERSONALLY, UH, I WOULD SAY, I KNOW THAT FOR, FOR PENN COUNTY IN HARRIS COUNTY, UH, MOST CITIES HAVE ADOPTED THESE STANDARDS ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADAPTING.
UH, AS FAR AS US ARE CONCERNED, FORT BEND COUNTY, WHICH IS OUR OVERARCHING AGENCY AND PORTION OF US IS IN HARRIS COUNTY.
HOW DOES COUNTY HAS ALREADY ADOPTED IT? OR BEN COUNTY HAS ISSUED INTERIM GUIDELINES AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF ADOPTING IT.
AND AS JEREMY MENTIONED, WE ARE UPDATING OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN STANDARDS ONCE BNZ MAKES THIS RECOMMENDATIONS AND GOES TO COUNCIL AND ADOPTED MASTER PLAN.
OUR NEXT STEP IS TO REVISE OUR DRAINAGE STANDARDS, TO REFLECT THE ATLAS 14 AS WELL.
AND I, AND I WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK JEREMY ON THIS WATERSHED MASTER PLAN UPDATE.
THIS WAS A LONG ARDUOUS PROCESS WITH SOME PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, JEREMY DID A FABULOUS JOB IN CATTING THIS PROJECT
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TO HAVE QUESTIONS OF JEREMY.WHAT'S THE, IS THAT 24 HOUR, 12 HOUR.
WHAT'S THE, AND WHEN YOU'RE GIVEN THAT RATE, RIGHT.
WELL, RIGHT THERE, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 16.9.
HOW MANY YOU'RE SAYING IN 24 HOUR PERIOD? YES.
JEREMY, I'M JUST CURIOUS, THE MEASURING APPARATUS THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BEING ABLE TO MEASURE THE PONDING OR HOW HIGH THE LAKES ARE.
DO WE HAVE THAT ABILITY ALSO TO MEASURE THE BRASSES TO W A LOT? I DON'T KNOW.
I'M JUST, UH, SO THE, THE TOOL THAT WE'RE USING, UM, SO IT'S A GIS BASED TOOL AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE CAN USE IT TO MEASURE WATER LEVELS ANYWHERE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
SO, UM, IT COULD BE USED ANYWHERE IN THE CITY.
I THINK, UH, JEREMY CLARIFIED THE QUESTION ABOUT THE, WE RECENTLY INSTALLED GAUGES IN OUR STREAMS. IF YOU SEE ONE RIGHT ACROSS CANTALOUPE DITCH ON TEXAS PARKWAY, THAT MEASURES THE LEVEL IN THE GAUGES, MADAM CHAIR, I THINK YOUR QUESTION WAS ON THE BRAZOS RIVER.
UH, THERE ARE GAUGES ON THE BASIL SERVER.
IF YOU HAVE SEEN LIKE SITUATIONS LIKE HARVEY, WHEN THEY SHOW WARMING, THE MAIN GAUGE IS LOCATED AT THE RICHMOND SITE.
SO BASED ON THAT, THEY FORECAST WHAT THE LEVELS ARE AND THE WARNINGS ARE ISSUED VERY RECENTLY.
THEY DID INSTALL A GAUGE AT THE 59 CROSSING ON BRAZOS, WHICH IS IN SUGARLAND.
SO, BUT THE NATIONAL, UH, NOAH, UH, THE WARNINGS THAT THEY SHOWED IN THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, THE WARNINGS THAT THEY SHOULD COME OUT OF THE RICHMOND GAUGE, WHICH IS KIND OF THE BENCHMARK GAUGE FOR THIS REGION IN TERMS OF, UH, WARMING, WHETHER THE BRAZZERS IS AT FLOOD STAGE OR NOT.
UM, SO, BUT THE TOOL THAT HE WAS TALKING ABOUT WAS A MODELING TOOL TO, TO SAY, IF WE HAD THIS MUCH RAIN, WHAT WOULD THE POTENTIAL FLOODING LOOK LIKE? AND SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN KIND OF PLAY WITH THAT MODEL AND TRY TO GET AN UNDERSTANDING WHERE THE PROBLEM AREAS MIGHT YOU GUYS DEPLOYED RIGHT.
PRETTY MUCH, OR AT LEAST THE FIRST GUYS WE'RE PUTTING OUT AS MODELS WITH THE UPDATES WITH THE BACKUP.
UH, I THINK TWO QUESTIONS, UH, MR. UH, UH, THE COMMISSIONER PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED THAT, UM, THE, THE TOOL THAT WE DEVELOPED IN THAT IS ONE OF THE UNIQUE TOOLS.
NOT MANY CITIES HAVE IT PROBABLY, I CAN SAY WE ARE ONE OF THE UNIQUE CITIES TO HAVE THAT.
WHAT HAPPENED DURING OUR, WE WAS, WE ARE FACED WITH THE SITUATION THAT WE MAY GET TO THE FINAL YEAR FLOOD STAGE.
WE WERE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS, AND WE WERE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT AREAS TO EVACUATE FIRST, BUT WE DID NOT HAVE THIS TOOL.
NOW, WHAT WE HAVE IS A TOOL THAT EVEN PARTICULAR STAGES IN THE BROWSERS.
WE KNOW NOW WHAT PARTS OF THE CITY WILL BE SUBJECTED TO POTENTIAL INUNDATION.
AND THIS IS NOT JUST WHEN THE BASIL'S IS HIGH, BUT ALSO WHEN THERE IS A LOCAL RAINFALL.
AND THAT'S THE INUNDATION MAP THAT WE CREATED PART OF THIS EFFORT, WHICH CAN HELP EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, MR. BRIGHTWELL, I FORGOT YOUR QUESTION.
SO YOU GUYS WERE USING THE 500 YEAR FLOOD WITH YOUR GIS TO SHOW WHEN THE BRAZ IS.
UM, SO, UH, WHAT WE DID DURING THE RV SITUATION WAS, AGAIN, THE, UH, THE, OUR LEVELS WENT ALL THE WAY UP TO A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, BUT WHEN HARVEY, THE INITIAL PREDICTION WAS IT'LL HIT THE 500 YEAR FLOOD STAGE.
SO AT THAT STAGE, WE WERE, UH, MAKING OUR EVACUATION PLANS, THINKING THAT IT WOULD POTENTIALLY TO FIND IT YOUR FLOOD STAGE, WHICH IS WHAT THE COMMISSIONER IS REFERRING TO.
SO RIGHT NOW, WITH THE INUNDATION MAPS THAT YOU HAVE WITH LIKE HARVEY, SOME AREAS WERE ASKED TO BE EVACUATED THAT REALLY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN.
SO THAT PROBLEM WILL NOT EXIST NOW WITH YOUR NEW SYSTEM, CORRECT.
THIS IS A TOOL THAT TELLS EVEN THIS AMOUNT OF RAINFALL FALLS, WHAT AREA WILL POTENTIALLY FLOOD THAT'S LOCAL RAINFALL FALLING OVER MISSOURI CITY OR MISSOURI CITY COULD BE HIGH AND DRY.
WE HAVE 10, 15, 20 INCHES FALLING IN COLLEGE STATION, AND THAT WATER CAN GET AROUND THE BROWSERS AND THE BROWSERS WATER CAN BACK UP.
SO IT GIVES US THE TOOL TO TELL US LOCAL RAINFALL, WHERE WE CAN SEE THE PONDING OF THE FLOODING.
AND WHEN THE BROWSERS GOES UP, DEPENDING ON WHAT STAGE WE SEE ON THE RICHMOND GAUGE THAT I PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED WHAT POTENTIAL AREAS WITHIN THE CITY WOULD FLOOD.
SO IT IS A TOOL THAT WE CAN USE FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PURPOSES DURING HARVEY, CORRECT.
IN THE HARVEY, WE HAD VERY LIMITED INFORMATION, NOT THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
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THANK YOU.MA'AM I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE JUST DID THE ADOPTIVE REPORT.
IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT, UH, JEREMY'S REPORT AS A FINAL REPORT AND FORWARD IT ON TO CITY COUNCIL? I HEARD MR. HANEY FIRST, IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND LUCAS AND I, I AS WELL, VERY WELL.
UM, THAT'S IT, UM, JENNIFER, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS IN PLACE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU, WE ARE GETTING TO THE POINT WHERE, UM, ZONING AND DIFFERENT LAND THINGS ARE MOVING FASTER THAN OUR 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND I KNOW BACK THEN WHEN WE DID IT IN 2017, THE WORD ON THE STREET IS EVERY FIVE YEARS.
WELL, THE WAY, YEAH, WELL, WE'RE RIGHT AT IT, BUT THE WAY THINGS ARE MOVING, I THINK WE NEED TO DO IT SOONER.
AND, UM, I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR NEW TEAM MEMBERS, UM, AT YOUR DECEMBER MEETING.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THAT TEAM MEMBER ON AS WELL.
I THINK IT WOULD BE SO HELPFUL.
IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU ALL FOR DINNER, SUFFER, WHATEVER IT WAS.