Feb 08, 2023 Planning &amp; Zoning Commission

HE NEEDS TO EXECUTE IT FIRST.

FIRST.

OH, HE HAS MADE THE VOTE.

YEAH, HE HAS THE MOTION NOW.

AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR? SO, DO I NEED TO CEASE NOMINATIONS OR WE'RE JUST GONNA VOTE? WE'RE GONNA START THE VOTE.

UM, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF, UH, ELECTING COMMISSIONER HANEY AS THE CHAIR? YES.

WHAT IF I, OH, TAKE IT.

MOVING ON, THEN, UH, I WILL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE POSITION OF VICE CHAIR.

ANY TAKERS? I MAKE A MOTION FOR JOHN O'MALLEY TO BE VICE CHAIR.

HEY, ASK THAT.

GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION ON THE TABLET.

ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE THEN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? I'M GONNA NEED YOU GUYS TO DO YOUR FIRST AND SECOND AGAIN.

WE HAD A TECHNICAL ISSUE JUST ON THIS VICE.

AND FOR THOSE WHO DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS, UM, IT ALLOWS US TO HAVE A THIRD PERSON THAT CAN SIGN PLATS, UM, IN THE ABSENCE OF THE CHAIR OR VICE-CHAIR.

UM, GO AHEAD AND MAKE YOUR MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR, AND THEN UPDATE THE, THERE YOU GO.

FOR JOHN O'MALLEY TO BE SECOND CHAIR.

OH, YOU WENT TO ANOTHER SCREEN.

TOO MANY TOO MANY BUMPS.

I HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOTION SHOW UP YET ON MY SCREEN.

THAT'S CONSIDER, I KNOW.

YOU CAN SECOND MAKE HIS MOTION.

CAUSE HE CLOSED MOTION.

IT'S NOT LETTING DO ANYTHING.

NO.

MOTION.

I DID THE FIRST MOTION.

SO NOW WE CAN START THE VOTE WHEN YOU READY.

ARE WE READY? GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES, PLEASE.

YOU JUST VOTE.

GOT IT.

THAT TIME.

MR. OMAL, YOU NEED TO VOTE.

VOTE I VOTE FOR BOARD.

EVERYBODY'S VOTED, RECORDED, AND MOTION CARRIES.

WE HAVE ONE MORE.

WE NEED TO, UM, UH, ELECT A ASSISTANT SECRETARY.

WE'LL ENTERTAIN ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THAT POSITION.

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SO, UH, ABILITY TO COME TO THE OFFICE AND, AND HELP OUT AND SIGN A PLAT IF, UH, IF THE CHAIR OR VICE-CHAIR ARE NOT AVAILABLE, UM, IS REALLY THE ROLE OF THAT POSITION.

SO ANYBODY WHO'S INTERESTED IN TAKING THAT ROLE, I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UH, AL AS, UH, SECRETARY KIRSON.

WE, WE'VE GOT A MOTION.

AND SECOND, I BELIEVE MR. SILVA ENDED UP MAKING THE MOTION.

I MADE THE MOTION.

UH, SEC, UM, ELECT JAMES BAILEY.

UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE, THEN WE HAVE A MOTION OR A SECOND.

ALL THOSE, UH, GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES.

EVERYBODY'S VOTED.

AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND GRACE, TELL US TO SLOW DOWN IF WE NEED TO.

STILL TRYING TO NAVIGATE THIS SYSTEM.

SO BEFORE WE CAN MA TAKE ANY ACTIONS, THE ACTUAL ITEM HAS TO SHOW UP ON THE LITTLE SCREEN.

AND THEN ONCE THE ITEM SHOWS UP, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY DO MOTIONS AND SECONDS AND EVERYTHING.

SO, OKAY.

[A. Consider approving the minutes of the January 11, 2023 Planning and Zo...]

UH, MOVING ON.

UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.

FIVE SECOND MOTION CHAIR.

AND THIS IS FOR THE UPDATED FIRST OF THE MINUTES.

OH, YOU GAVE US NEW ONES.

OH, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T DETECT THAT MESSAGE.

UH, OKAY.

MR. O'MALLEY, UH, WOULD YOU AMEND YOUR MOTION TO INCLUDE UPDATED, WE HAVE TO ONE UPDATED VERDICT.

YOU SHOULD HAVE AN AGENDA, AND THEN UNDERNEATH THAT WILL BE THE UPDATED MINUTES.

WHAT WAS SENT OUT LAST WEEK? UH, APPARENTLY IT'S BEEN UPDATED SINCE THEN, AND THAT'S, IT'S WHAT WE HAVE A COPY OF.

MY MOTION IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES WITH THE REVISION.

ON TO THE, UH, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UH, AND SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT.

WE'RE READY TO THERE.

[A. Chair of the Planning and Zoning Commission]

COMMISSIONER REPORTS.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE A CHAIR OFFICIALLY YET.

I WAS TOLD THAT THE ELECTIONS ARE NOT OFFICIAL UNTIL AFTER TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S TECHNICAL THE THINGS WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH.

SO, UH, THE, ANY COMMISSIONER HAVE ANY REPORT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE TONIGHT? SEEING NONE WILL MOVE

[A. Development Services]

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

HOW ARE YOU? GOOD.

GOOD EVENING.

IT'S VERY LOUD .

UM, LAST MONTH I FAILED TO INTRODUCE ONE OF OUR NEW STAFF MEMBERS.

AND SO I WANTED TO, UH, TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY PUBLICLY TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE, UH, BRIAN ALEXANDER, BRIAN, IF HE COULD STAND, UM, WHO'S JOINED OUR TEAM AS SENIOR PLANNER.

UM, SO A LOT OF YOU COMMISSIONERS HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH BRIAN AND MEET BRIAN, UH, IN THE MONTH THAT HE'S BEEN ON OUR TEAM.

UH, BUT BRIAN BRINGS, UM, YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, IN THE PLANNING FIELD.

HE HAS A MASTER'S DEGREE IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FROM PRAIRIE VIEW, UM, A AND M.

UM, AND HAS DONE A LOT OF, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKING, UH, WITH COMMUNITIES, UH, IN THE TEXAS AREA, AS WELL AS LOUISIANA.

UM, AND SO WE LOOK, UH, FORWARD TO TAPPING INTO BRIAN SKILLS AS WE TALK ABOUT ZONING, AS WE TALK ABOUT LONG RANGE PLANNING, UM, AND AS WE KIND OF CONNECT THE PIECES, UH, FOR OUR PLANNING EFFORTS IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO, UH, HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR BRIAN JUST TO SAY A FEW WORDS, UH, JUST TO INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COMMISSIONER.

SO IN, UH, MINI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ENGAGEMENTS IN LOUISIANA, ALSO AN ALUM OF PRAIRIEVIEW A AND M UNIVERSITY, ALSO SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY, NEW ORLEANS, BUT ALSO, ALSO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITHIN THE FEDERAL

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GOVERNMENT ALSO.

SO, UH, UH, PLE, PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE HAS MITIGATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MANY PLANNING AND ZONING, WORKING WITH COMMUNITIES SO THAT WE CAN BRING ALL OF MY, UM, SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCES TO MISSOURI CITY, COLLECTIVELY WITH THE OTHER PLANNING STAFF TO MAKE MISSOURI CITY WHAT ITS IS, WHAT IS, AND WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN BASED ON THE MASTER PLAN.

WE'LL DISCUSS THAT SEPARATELY.

WELCOME.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR TONIGHT.

UM, MARCUS.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.

OH, SO I'M MARCUS NELL.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO MAY OR MAY NOT REMEMBER ME FROM, UH, SHASHI'S KIND INTRODUCTION LAST MONTH, UH, I'M THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

UM, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE MUCH TO REPORT THIS MONTH, BUT I AM HERE FOR YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

AGAIN, MOVING

[7. PUBLIC COMMENT]

ON.

ITEM SEVEN, PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION, UH, AND TO THE PUBLIC, UH, ON AN ITEM THAT MAY NOT, THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON.

[8. PLATS]

[A. CONSENT AGENDA]

ITEM EIGHT, PLATS EIGHT.

A CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, ITEM ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT OF SENA, VILLAGE OF BEAST CREEK.

SECTION 31.

UH, ITEM TWO IS BEEN PULLED.

ITEM THREE, RECONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF AMENDING PLAT FOR VICKSBURG SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS.

FOUR.

RE RECONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF INDUSTRIAL BUSINESS PARK AT PIKE AND GASNER.

FIVE.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR OF ACADIA SIX.

RECONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR FORT BEND TOWN CENTER.

THREE, SECTION ONE.

AND THAT IS IT.

SO I HAVE A OH, YOU'RE CORRECT.

THAT THING IS LOUD.

UM, JUST A QUICK QUESTION ON, ON THAT.

GIVEN THAT THE CONSENT AGENDA, YOU KNOW, FOR ONE MOTION, WHOEVER WOULD MAKE THE MOTION WOULD BE WITH THE ADDITION OF REMOVING ITEM TWO? CORRECT.

SO WE, WE WILL BE ONLY VOTING ON THE, THE, UH, OTHER FIVE ITEMS. GOTCHA.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE.

DO ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO PROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND, I HAVE A QUESTION THAT'S WITHOUT THE TWO.

I, I KNOW IT'S NITPICKING, BUT DOES HE HAVE TO SAY WITHOUT ITEM TWO OR TO SAY APPROVE THE YES.

YOU SAY YOUR, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA AND REMOVE ITEM TWO OR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM? THE FIVE ITEMS REMAINING, GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE AS SOON AS IT TURNS GREEN.

ONE SECOND.

MR. O'MALLEY, CAN YOU PRESS ON THE SCREEN THAT YOU SECONDED? NO, IT'S A VOTING STATUS.

IF THEY WON'T WRITE MR. MY, YEAH, MY SCREEN'S NOT SHOWING THE MOTION BEING REGISTERED EITHER.

IT'S FROZEN.

WHY IS FROZEN I, ONE SECOND.

THE TRIGGER HEAVY TODAY.

OH, OKAY.

HERE WE GO.

I'M JUST GONNA DO THIS MANUALLY.

SO IT WAS DAVIS AND THEN SECOND IN BY O'MALLEY, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

SO NOW WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO START THE VOTE.

VERY GOOD.

GO AHEAD.

SO WHY ISN'T THE VOTE TALLY SHOWING UP ON MY SCREEN? BECAUSE I HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND LOOK BACK HERE TO SEE IF EVERYBODY'S VOTED.

, WHICH SCREEN YOU SEE IT ACTUALLY IS.

THAT LOOKS LIKE A REALLY, OH, WELL, E OH, I SEE.

IT SAYS THAT NOW.

YOU FIND A WAY TO MAKE IT SMALLER, I THINK, BUT YEAH.

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LORD, THAT BIG ONE OVER THERE, THAT'S A LOT EASIER.

OH YEAH.

, THAT'S, THAT'S A LONG WAY BACK THERE, .

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH THIS.

UH, SO, UM, WE NEED TO CIRCLE BACK AND DISCUSS ITEM

[(2) Consider an application of a final plat of The Shops at Oyster Creek a...]

NUMBER TWO.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT OF THE SHOPS AT OYSTER CREEK AND SIX.

SO THIS AGENDA ITEM, UH, THE SHOPS AT OYSTER CREEK WAS WRITTEN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, CAUSE NOW THE STAFF REPORT HAS BEEN UPDATED.

THE APPLICANT BETWEEN YESTERDAY AND THIS MORNING, UM, UH, SPOKE WITH STAFF AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK IT OUT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO CLEAR THEIR, UH, COMMENTS.

SO JUST KIND OF SUMMARIZE THAT CUZ I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I ASKED, UM, THIS ORIGINALLY WAS ON OUR, IN OUR PACKET AS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS MM-HMM.

, AND NOW IT IS JUST APPROVED.

SO THEY, THEY CLEARED THE ONE ITEM THAT WAS KEEPING IT FROM BEING JUST FULLY APPROVED.

YEP.

SO THERE ARE NO OTHER CONCERNS OF NO, NONE.

IT WAS JUST THAT, THAT THIS HAPPENED, UH, VERY RECENTLY.

THEY CLEARED THE COMMENTS, THEY PROVIDED THE, UM, TITLE REPORT AND THE TIA I IS GOOD AS WELL AS, UM, THEY DO NOT NEED AN AGREEMENT FROM THE LID, THE LEVY.

THANK YOU MUCH.

YEAH, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS ONE THEN.

SO MOVE IF WE ACCEPT THE, UH, CHANGE.

GO AHEAD AND VOTE OR MAKE YOUR MOTION ON THE SCREEN.

VERY GOOD.

SO ONE NEEDS TO SECOND IT A SECOND.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? NINE, GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

SWEET.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THAT OCEAN PASSES.

LET'S SEE, BACK TO THE AGENDA.

UH, ITEM B, UH, THE BEVERLY WOOD ITEM WAS PULLED FROM THE AGENDA, SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO

[A. ZONING MAP AMENDMENT - FORT BEND TOWN CENTER II]

NUMBER NINE.

ZONING A MAP AMENDMENTS, UM, ITEM A FORT BEND TOWN CENTER.

TWO PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR AGAINST A REQUEST BY PAUL DOD NEWQUEST PROPERTIES TO AMEND THE REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ONE 11 TO ALLOW FOR UPDATED SIGNED REGULATIONS.

EXCUSE ME.

GOOD EVENING.

OKAY, SO WE RECEIVE AN APPLICATION TO AMEND, UM, ZONING PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER ONE 11.

UM, THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER TWO DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF FORT BEND PARKWAY AND HIGHWAY SIX.

UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT, UM, IS SEEKING TO MAKE CHANGES TO WHAT IS REFERRED TO AS EXHIBIT C IN THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, WHICH IS THE, UH, MASTER SIGN PLAN.

UM, SO THE CHANGES INCLUDE, UM, UPDATING THE LOCATION OF THE PYLON SIGNS.

IT INCLUDES ALLOWING FOR NATIONAL TENANT SIGNAGE, UM, AND SPECIFICALLY FOR THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE INCLUDED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, SUCH AS, UM, ROSS, ULTA, PETCO, BURLINGTON, UM, AND ALLOWING FOR THEM TO BRING IN, UM, WHAT IS KNOWN AS RECOGNIZED AS THEIR NATIONAL SIGNAGE.

UM, THE PD AMENDMENT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR, UM, MURALS.

AND IT ALSO KIND OF SPECIFIES THAT THE PACKAGE THAT WE RECEIVED, WE DID RECEIVE, UM, BANNERS IN THERE.

AND PER OUR CURRENT CITY CODE, WE DON'T ACTUALLY ALLOW BANER SIGNS AS PERMANENT SIGNS.

SO JUST, UM, ENSURING THAT THOSE REMAIN AS TEMPORARY SIGNS, BUT ALLOWING FOR THEM TO, UM, INCLUDE BANER SIGNS FOR UP TO 30 DAYS.

SO, AND ALSO TO CLARIFY, UM, THIS GLAZE OVER IT, BUT THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES INCLUDE THE RECENTLY OPEN CINEMA MARK, UM, AND THE SOON TO BE OPENED, UM, BURLINGTON AND FIVE BELOW PETCO, UM, ULTA, AND, UM, ALL THOSE OTHER LARGER BOX STORES.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? JUST A QUICK QUESTION WITH THE SIGNAGE UPDATE MM-HMM.

, WERE THE PREVIOUS, UM, SIGNAGE, WAS THAT NOT IN REGULATION AND THEY UPDATED OR WAS THERE JUST MORE ROOM TO ADD IT? SO THEY DID.

DISTRICT, THE ZONING, UM, DISTRICT ITSELF DOES ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY WITHIN OUR ZONING CODE.

SO WHAT, UM, THEY DID WITH THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE, THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT

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UM, SO WITH THEIR INITIAL APPLICATION, THEY WANTED MORE VARIANCES WITH THE SIGN PACKAGE.

UM, SO FOR EXAMPLE, UM, I KNOW THIS CAN BE SEEN TOO CLEARLY, BUT THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THEIR PROPOSED MONUMENT SIGNS.

SO LIKE PER OUR CURRENT ORDINANCE, THIS AMOUNT OF, UM, SIGNAGE IS NOT ALLOWED, BUT BECAUSE OF THE TYPE OF, UM, BUSINESSES THAT THEY WANT TO BRING TO THE AREA AND KIND OF WANT TO BE ABLE TO PROMOTE THE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THAT VARIANCE TO ALLOW THAT KIND OF SIGNAGE.

AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE UPDATING AS WELL, IS THE LOCATION OF THOSE SIGNS AND KIND OF HOW LARGE THEY ARE, UM, AND THE TYPES OF, UM, BUSINESSES THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE PROMOTING IN THOSE AS WELL.

UH, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

UM, DOES THE APPLICANT WANT TO MAKE ANY COMMENTS? SO ACTUALLY I DID SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANT TODAY AND HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE HE DID JUST FALL SICK.

UM, OKAY.

SO HE WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.

VERY GOOD.

UM, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING A MOTION.

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

GO AHEAD AND VOTE PLEASE.

ITEM TWO IS CONSIDER A FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON, ON AGENDA ITEM NINE A.

ANY DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS? NOT HERE.

ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THEN? WELL, I WAS CURIOUS.

SO WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR MAKES A PERFECT LOGICAL SENSE.

SURE.

SO SHOULD WE HAVE THAT IN OUR SIGNING ORDINANCE IN THE FUTURE, GIVE US LATITUDE IN THE EVENT THAT CURB APPEAL IS SO BROAD HITTING FROM A LOT OF DIFFERENT AREAS AND THE TRAFFIC IS GOING SO FAST? MM-HMM.

, I WOULD SAY THAT IT DOES, IT DOES MAKE SENSE FOR WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, BUT I WOULD SAY THAT FOR BEND TOWN CENTER ITSELF IS NOT THE ENTIRETY OF MISSOURI CITY.

UM, AND THE WAY THAT OUR CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN DOES PROMOTE KIND OF, UM, THE COMMUNITY SENSE OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE DRIVING THROUGH MISSOURI CITY, IT KIND OF, YOU IDENTIFY IT JUST BASED OFF OF, YOU KNOW, THE SIGNAGE AND THE REGULATIONS THAT WE DO HAVE.

AND SO I THINK IN THIS SPECIFIC AREA, BECAUSE THEY'RE, UM, PROMOTING VERY SPECIFIC BUSINESSES AND THEY WANNA PROMOTE THAT, THAT ALLOWING THESE TYPES OF SIGNS DOES MAKE SENSE.

BUT, UM, IN THE LARGER SCHEME, MAYBE NOT SO MUCH JUST BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN THE SUBURBS AND WE'RE NOT GONNA SEE THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT EVERYWHERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

BUT, UM, IF IT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WANT TO CONSIDER, I MEAN THIS IS, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST STEP IN DOING THAT.

I WAS CURIOUS.

COOL.

I HAD A QUESTION ON THE EXAMPLES THAT WERE INCLUDED.

THERE'S MISSOURI CITY BRANDING ON THOSE SIGNS.

IS THAT THE ACTUAL WAY IT WILL BE DONE? YES, IT IS THE CITY AT THE TOP, YES.

THAT WAS ACTUALLY MY OTHER THOUGHT WHEN YOU MENTIONED THAT.

SO IN THE EVENT THAT WE WOULD GO THE ROUTE OF ADJUSTING IT, YOU COULD STIPULATE SOME TYPE OF MISSOURI CITY BRANDING OR MARKETING TO ADDITIONAL SIGNS SO THAT YOU DO STILL FEEL THAT MISSOURI CITY.

UM, DO YOU MEAN IN THE GENERAL SIGN ORDINANCE OR? WELL, NO, IF, IF YOU, YOU, YOU REFERENCED THERE MAY NOT BE OTHER, UM, DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.

IF THERE WERE, COULD WE STIPULATE THE SIGN COULD LOOK SIMILAR TO THE EXAMPLES THAT YOU'VE SHOWN WITH THE LOGO? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK IN THIS CASE, WE DID WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, THEY WERE ASKING FOR SOMETHING THAT WAS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE CURRENTLY OFFERED AND WE WERE ABLE TO WORK WITH THEM TO KIND OF STILL CREATE THAT COHESIVE LOOK TO THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.

AND I THINK FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING INTO THE FUTURE, OBVIOUSLY IF THEY COME THROUGH FOR ZONING, UM, YOU'LL ALL BE, WILL BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT INPUT AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF REQUEST THAT AND BE ABLE TO SHAPE THAT.

PEOPLE USE THAT MISSOURI CITY BRAND, YOU KNOW, AND PROMOTE THAT BRAND.

AND I JUST WANNA ADD, SO THE PARTICULAR BRANDING, SO SOME OF THESE MONUMENT SIGNS ARE OUT THERE NOW.

SO IF YOU DRIVE OUT THERE NOW, YOU'LL SEE IT WITH SOME OF THAT BRANDING.

SO THE ORIGINAL MASTER SIGN PLAN, UM, IT WAS APPROVED TO ALLOW FOR THEM TO INCORPORATE THAT MISSOURI CITY BRAND INTO THEIR SIGNAGE.

UM, SO, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT'S COPYRIGHTED.

UM, SO IF YOU LOOK AT IT BROADLY IN TERMS OF APPLICATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT A MECHANISM, YOU KNOW, AND THE RULES IN WHICH

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SO THIS ONE WAS, WAS SPECIFICALLY CARVED OUT, UM, IN THEIR ZONING ORDINANCE, GIVING THEM THAT PROVISION.

SO, UH, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THE PD VEHICLE IS THE ONE THAT REALLY ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE THAT FLEXIBILITY.

AND, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH HOW WE DEAL WITH THOSE, THOSE SITUATIONS.

AS OPPOSED TO HAVING EACH SECTION OF THE ORDINANCE OF THE, THE, UH, ZONING GROW TO ENCOMPASS SOME OF THESE OTHER THINGS.

THE PD PROCESS TO ME IS THE RIGHT VEHICLE IF THEY WANNA DO SOMETHING THAT'S OUTSIDE OF WHAT THE STANDARDS ARE.

AND, AND SO TO MR. O'MALLEY'S, UH, COMMENT, YOU KNOW, I THINK I I I LOVED YOUR ANSWER BY THE WAY, .

UM, I, I THINK THAT THE PD PROCESS IS REALLY WHERE, UM, THAT THOSE KINDS OF THINGS CAN BE DONE.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FINAL REPORT AND THAT'S PRESENTED BY STAFF.

I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, AND CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT MOTION PASSES.

MOVING

[B. SPECIFIC USE PERMIT - YES PREP]

ON.

ITEM B SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR YES.

PREP PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENT FOR AGAINST A REQUEST BY KEITH WEAVER ON BEHALF OF YES.

PREP FOR AN S U P SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE ASSEMBLY, PUBLIC SCHOOL AND PUBLIC SCHOOL.

PERFECT.

EXISTING ENTRANCE OF THE SCHOOL IS.

SO, UM, THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ALL DURING LAST MONTH'S PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

UM, BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU YOUR BRIEF REFRESHER, THIS IS ABOUT, UM, EIGHT ACRES OF LAND THAT IS CURRENTLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL.

UM, AND THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO REZONE IT TO A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.

UM, SO DURING THE LAST MONTH'S MEETING, UM, STAFF PROVIDED THE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION DUE TO SOME OF THE SITE PLAN, UM, ISSUES THAT THEY HAD AND ALSO THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE T I A AT THAT TIME.

UM, AND SO FOLLOWING THAT MEETING, THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO MAKE SOME, UM, CHANGES TO THEIR SITE PLAN IN ORDER TO KIND OF, UM, TO RESPOND TO THO TO THOSE, UM, NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STAFF HAD ORIGINALLY PROVIDED TO THEM.

UM, AND ONE OF THOSE WAS THE TIA.

SO THE INITIAL, THE INITIAL, UM, APPLICATION THAT THEY PROVIDED, THEY WERE DOING A SCHOOL THAT WAS GONNA HAVE ABOUT A THOUSAND STUDENTS.

UM, AND IT WAS GOING TO BE ABOUT, UM, 70, 73,000 SQUARE FEET IN TOTAL.

UM, THIS TRIGGERED A ON STACKING REQUIREMENT OF, UM, 4,238 FEET.

AND THE SITE PLAN AT THAT TIME WAS NOT MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT.

AND SO IN ORDER TO MEET THE CITY'S, UM, REQUIREMENTS, THE APPLICANT HAS REVISED THE SITE PLAN TO, UM, REDUCE THE FOOTPRINT OF THE BUILDING DOWN TO 65,000 AND TO ALSO CAP THE ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS TO 700 STUDENTS.

AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, THE ON ONSITE STACKING REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN LOWERED AND THEIR NEW SITE PLAN, UM, DOES CURRENTLY MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS.

AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UM, IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THAT WAS NOT CLEAR IN SECTION G OF THE STAFF REPORT.

UM, AND SO I JUST WANTED TO, UM, MAKE THAT CLARIFICATION AT THAT TIME, AT THIS TIME.

AND THE, AND ALSO I WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THE STAFF REPORT, UM, IT WAS NOTED THAT THE T I A IDENTIFIED THE SCHOOL AS A NON-URBAN CHARTER SCHOOL, AND THAT IS ALSO INCORRECT.

THEY, THE T I A DOES IDENTIFY IT AS AN URBAN CHARTER SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE THE CURRENT ON STACK ONSITE STACKING REQUIREMENTS.

UM, AND THEN JUST TO BRIEFLY KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF THE OTHER SITE PLAN, SITE PLAN, UM, ISSUES THAT THEY HAD, ONE OF THEM WAS LANDSCAPING.

UM, SO WITH THIS UPDATED SITE PLAN, THEY HAVE NOT PROVIDED A LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE THAT THEY FOLLOW THE CURRENT REGULATIONS OF SECTION 11.

UM, AND THAT WOULD INCLUDE PROVIDING THAT MASONRY WALL BUFFER ON THAT NORTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY WHERE THEY'RE ADJACENT TO THAT, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

AND I, I BELIEVE THOSE WERE, UM, A LOT OF THE UPDATES TO THE, THE CURRENT ISSUES OR THE, UH, PREVIOUS ISSUES.

THE OTHER ONE WAS ALSO FOR THE SIGN REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO THEY DID AGREE TO MOVE THE SIGN, UM, FROM THE INTERSECTION OF MCCLEAN AND THE BELTWAY, UM, MORE TOWARDS THE WEST SIDE WHERE THE

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AND THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THAT IS STILL TO, UM, DISAPPROVE OF THE EXISTING SIGN DESIGN AND SO THAT THEY CAN FOLLOW OUR CURRENT REGULATIONS FOR, UM, SIGNS, FOR MONUMENT SIGNS.

UM, AND THEN FOR THE LOCATION OF THE SIGN TO EVALUATE, UM, IF IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE AS FAR AS, UM, VISUAL AWARENESS.

BUT, UM, ACCORDING TO OUR EXISTING REGULATIONS, THEY ARE HAVE, THEY DO, ARE REQUIRED TO BE SET BACK ABOUT FIVE FEET.

SO, UM, AT THE TIME OF, UM, APPLICATION FOR PERMITTING, THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AS WELL.

SO STAFF IS REC RECOMMENDING A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, OF THE ZONING CHANGE? THEY ALSO MOVED THE DUMPSTER TOO, RIGHT? YES, YES.

THEY DID MOVE THE DUMPSTER.

IT WAS PREVIOUSLY LOCATED IN THE LANDSCAPING BUFFER AND THEY'VE KIND OF MOVED IT DOWN, UM, AWAY FROM THAT.

AND IT'S LOCATED TO THE REAR OF THE BUILDING AS WELL.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UH, I HAVE ONE.

UH, IN REFERENCE TO THE SIGNAGE INDICATING THAT THAT'S A SCHOOL ZONE, UH, THE, THE ISSUE WAS STILL THE TRAFFIC BUILDING MOMENTUM COMING OFF OF 90 ONTO THE BELTWAY FEEDER.

WHERE WOULD THE PLACEMENT OF THOSE SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS BE, UH, TO MEDIATE THEM BUILDING THAT MOMENTUM? I GUESS THAT'S A QUESTION MAYBE FOR PUBLIC WORKS.

I'LL DEFER THAT TO MARCUS.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

UM, THOSE SCHOOL ZONE SIGNS ARE GONNA BE PLACED, UH, THEY'RE GONNA BE PLACED ALONG BELTWAY EIGHT.

I DON'T RECALL THE EXACT DISTANCE THEY WILL BE PLACED DOWN.

UM, BELTWAY EIGHT AT THAT POINT IS, UH, 45 MILES PER HOUR WILL REDUCE THE, UH, SPEED TO 30 MILES PER HOUR.

SO EVEN THOUGH WE, WE HAVEN'T CHANGED THE, UH, SITE DISTANCE, THE VISIBILITY THAT, THAT VERTICAL DEFLECTION, THERE WILL BE A MUCH SLOWER APPROACH UP THERE, 30 MILES AN HOUR ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD TOLLWAY 30 MILES, UH, AN HOUR ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF THE WAY DURING SCHOOL TIMES.

THAT'S STILL, THAT'S TOUGH.

I, I'M THERE EVERY DAY.

THAT'S, THAT'S A TOUGH SMELL EVERY OTHER DAY FOR ME.

MAINLY CUZ IT'S BLIND, YOU'RE COMING THROUGH A LIGHT MM-HMM.

AND THEN PEOPLE GO UP AND WHEN YOU'RE TAKING THE RIGHT TERM, YOU HAVE TO MAIN SPEED CUZ YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT ONCOMING MM-HMM.

SO EVERYBODY'S LOOKING TO THEIR LEFT.

AND THEN OF COURSE THE TURNAROUND LANE, EVERYBODY'S LOOKING TO THEIR RIGHT.

THEY'RE TRYING TO SQUEEZE INTO TWO LANES.

THAT'S, I HAVE, UM, A QUESTION SIMILAR TO TO THAT, AND I'M SORRY, WERE YOU GONNA RESPOND? FORGIVE ME, I WASN'T, UM, WITH, WITH THE, THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS, PART OF THE, UH, PART OF THE REASON THERE WAS TRAFFIC CONCERNS WAS BECAUSE OF THE ENROLLMENT NUMBERS.

AND I WAS GOING THROUGH THE NOTES OF THE JANUARY MEETING AND THE GENTLEMAN, MR. WEAVER MENTIONED THAT IT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT OTHER ENROLLMENTS IF THEY LOWERED IT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE ACCOMMODATING TO THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF MR. WEAVER'S HERE, SO I WON'T ASK THE WHY TO THAT QUESTION.

BUT IF THEY'RE ACCOMMODATING TO ADJUST THE NUMBERS TO MAKE IT WORK, I'LL GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION IN JANUARY, WERE THEY ALSO LOOKING AT ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS BASED ON THE TRAFFIC, UM, COMMENTS BY MY COLLEAGUES FOR LOCATION OR ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS FOR ANOTHER SCHOOL? YOU MEAN MOVING THIS? OH, OKAY.

I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON THAT.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TODAY.

OH, I'M SORRY.

FORGIVE ME.

YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION THAT, UH, MAY BEFORE I KNOW IN INTEREST OF TIME, WILL, WILL A T TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS STILL BE DONE? BUT BEFORE WE GO, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.

I, I GET THAT, BUT I BEFORE, SO A TRAFFIC IMPACT, IT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.

ANALYSIS HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

THAT'S HOW THEY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THEY NEEDED THIS MM-HMM.

UM, SO LAST MONTH ENGINEERING COULD NOT SIGN OFF ON THIS.

HAS THAT POSITION CHANGED? THAT POSITION HAS CHANGED BASED ON THE APPLICANT'S WILLINGNESS TO REDUCE THE SIZE OF THE, UH, SCHOOL'S FOOTPRINT, WHICH THEN REDUCES ENROLLMENT TO THE 700 STUDENTS.

UH, AND THAT REDUCES ONSITE STACKING NEEDS, AGAIN, BACK TO THE CHART, UH, THAT REDUCES THE ONSITE STACKING NEEDS, UH, TO 2,973 LINEAR FEET.

UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, IN EXCESS OF THAT, UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING, UH, 3001 LINEAR FEET.

SO THAT ONSITE STACKING IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, SCHOOL ZONE SPEED, UH, AND THEN THERE'S THE, THE RIGHT TURN LANE, UH, TO GO INTO THERE THAT HAS CHANGED ENGINEERING'S OPINION.

HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION.

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UM, SO, UM, HAS THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IMPROVED AT MCLEAN AND UH, UH, FAGE ROAD LEVEL OF SERVICE AT MCLEAN IS STILL F OKAY.

IT'S CURRENTLY F UM, AND WILL, UH, AFTER CONSTRUCTION WOULD ALSO STILL BE F I HAD A, A QUESTION YOU YOU'D MENTIONED YOU SAW THE DUMPSTERS MOVED.

I'M, AGAIN, I'M DOING IT ON A SMALL SCREEN, BUT I WAS TRYING TO COMPARE THIS PLA THIS PLAN WITH THE PLAN FROM LAST MONTH.

THEY KIND OF LOOKED IN THE SAME AREA EXCEPT THE CURRENT FOOTPRINT'S NOW LARGER AS WELL.

OH.

THE FOOTPRINT OF THE, UM, WHERE THE DUMPSTERS ARE IN THE CLOUD ENCLOSURE ITSELF.

OH, SO THE, THE FOOTPRINT OF THE ENCLOSURE ITSELF, WE DON'T, UM, NECESSARILY REGULATE THAT ON THE SITE PLAN THAT WE WERE INITIALLY LOOKING AT.

THE DUMPSTER WAS LOCATED A LITTLE BIT MORE NORTH AND IT WAS KIND OF LOCATED IN THE TRANSITIONAL BUFFERY YARD.

UM, SO THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDED TO US IS KIND OF PROVIDED NOW FURTHER TOWARDS THE REAR.

UM, AND THAT WAS THE UPDATED SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT HAD PROVIDED TO US.

UM, THE APPLICANTS COMMITTED TO NOT HAVE THE ENTRANCE OFF OF MCCLEAN EXCEPT FOR BUS ACCESS.

HOW IS THAT GONNA BE CONTROLLED TO MAKE SURE THAT DURING THE DAY THAT EITHER IT'S CLOSED OR, OR SOMEHOW IT'S ONLY FOR BUSES COMING AND GOING AT THE BEGINNING AND END OF SCHOOL? SO AS FAR AS, UM, EGRESS AND INGRESS, MARCUS, DID YOU WANNA COMMENT ON THAT? ON THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT? I DO NOT HAVE THE INTERNAL CONTROL PLAN FOR THE BUS ACCESS DURING THE DAY.

SO, WELL IN GENERAL, UM, ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH WHAT THE ZONING REGULATIONS REQUIRE IS ALSO TIED TO, UM, THE USE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY ITSELF LATER ON WHEN THE BUILDING IS PERMITTED.

AND SO THE WAY THAT CAN BE, UM, REGULATED, IT'S NOT THAT EVERY DAY SOMEBODY WOULD GO OUT THERE AND NECESSARILY CHECK THAT, YOU KNOW, ONLY BUSES ARE COMING IN.

BUT PER THE ZONING REGULATION ITSELF, IF THE SCHOOL IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IS SUBJECT TO BE REVOKED.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE TOOL THAT WE HAVE ON OUR END TO MAKE SURE THAT THE APPLICANT WILL COMPLY WITH THE, UM, REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING CODE.

CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG COMPLAINTS FROM THE NEIGHBORS IS GONNA BE THE TRAFFIC ON MCLEAN AND MM-HMM.

, WHAT'S GONNA CAUSE IT IS THAT THAT GATE NOT BEING ABLE TO BE CONTROLLED MM-HMM.

AND I, I THINK WITH THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU, UH, FORWARD IT WITH POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, YOU CAN ADD THAT NOTE TO THE SITE PLAN TO BE INCLUDED AS AN EXHIBIT WITHIN, UH, THE S U P ORDINANCE MM-HMM.

AND SO THE SITE PLAN CAN DESIGNATE THAT THIS IS A BUS ONLY, UM, ENTRANCE DURING, UH, THOSE PEAK HOURS.

WELL YOU SAID THE APPLICANTS HERE, COULD WE HEAR IF THEY HAVE A PLAN TO DO IT OR IS THAT NOT APPROPRIATE? YEAH, WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME OUT AFTER OKAY.

AFTER ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS WITH STAFF.

GOT IT.

UM, OKAY.

NO, I'VE GOT NOTHING ELSE.

FOR STAFF.

THANKS.

UM, I, I JUST DID WANT TO VERIFY THAT THE CAP AT 700 IS PART OF THE ORDINANCE AND THEREFORE THE, THE SAME RULES APPLY THAT THEY CAN'T ALL OF A SUDDEN HAVE 800 AND THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN DO ABOUT IT, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT IS CORRECT.

SO, UM, THE, THE SAME WAY THAT I WAS EXPLAINING FOR THE ENTRANCE, UM, THAT IS GOING TO BE DIRECTLY TIED TO THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY AND THE OCCUPANCY PERMIT ITSELF.

UM, SO WHEN THEY DO COME FOR PLAN REVIEW, PART OF THAT PLAN REVIEW PROCESS IS PLANNING, DOES THE REVIEW, AND WE DO VERIFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING DISTRICT ITSELF.

AND PART OF THAT WOULD BE TAKING A LOOK AT THE PLAN THAT THEY PROVIDE, TAKING A LOOK AT THE CODE ANALYSIS, MAKING SURE IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THEN THAT WOULD BE TIED TO THE OCCUPANCY PERMIT AND THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY.

SO AGAIN, IF THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE, THAT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO BE REVOKED.

AND THEN I HAVE ONE QUESTION GOING BACK TO THE SCHOOLS ON SIGNAGE, IS, IS THERE ANY GUIDANCE YOU CAN GIVE US AS FAR AS THE DISTANCE PLACEMENT? MY CONCERN IS WHEN THOSE CARS COME OFF OF 90 ONTO THE BELTWAY, HOW SOON ARE THEY GOING TO BE ABLE TO KNOW THAT THAT WOULD BE A SCHOOL ZONE? THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.

UH, I THINK TECHSTAR IS AWARE OF IT.

I CAN PROVIDE THAT GUIDANCE.

I DO NOT.

IT'S, OH, THERE WE ARE.

THERE'S MY, MY TRAFFIC ENGINEER, I WAS MESSAGING THEM, UM, 200 FEET AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL BOUNDARIES.

UH, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, MARCUS, IF I CAN HELP YOU ALL AS WELL, UH, GETTING, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UM, THIS IS A TECH START ROADWAY, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH TECHSTAR IN INSTALLING THE SCHOOL ZONE FLASHER.

SO TECHSTAR CRITERIA WILL ALSO APPLY.

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AS FAR AS I KNOW THE APPLICANT HAS ALREADY MADE CONTACT WITH TECHSTAR TO, UH, INSTALL THE SCHOOL ZONE FLASHERS AS WELL.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

HAS TECHSTAR HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE T I A YET? I AM.

MAYBE THAT'S A, IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED AND IT'S IN THE REVIEW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT NEXT, SO OKAY.

YOU'RE UP.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

FIRST UP IS MARK DELLO THAT LEFT.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING US SPEAK TONIGHT.

MY NAME'S MARK DEBELLA.

I'M THE CEO OF YES PREP.

I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN AT YES PREP NOW FOR 23 YEARS, KEITH WEAVER AS OUR MANAGING DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS, AND HE'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT A REQUEST.

BUT ONE OF THE THINGS I WANTED TO DO WAS HIGHLIGHT, UH, THE CONCERN ABOUT THE ENROLLMENT.

I THINK THAT'S A ISSUE THAT KEEPS COMING UP.

SO I WANTED TO EXPLAIN HOW, HOW WE THINK ABOUT THAT.

SO WE ARE JUST LIMITING THIS SCHOOL TO 700 KIDS AND THEN IT WOULD FEED OUR SECONDARY SCHOOL.

SO WE HAVE A SCHOOL CALLED BRA OAKS, WHICH HAS SIXTH THROUGH 12TH GRADE.

AND WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN IS THAT WE WOULD JUST TAKE THE SIXTH, THE FIFTH GRADERS THAT COME UP, COME UP THROUGH THIS SCHOOL, WOULD FEED INTO THAT SCHOOL.

BUT WE WOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL SIXTH GRADERS.

SO WE WOULD SUPPLEMENT THE ENROLLMENT BY TAKING ADDITIONAL SIXTH GRADERS AT THAT SCHOOL, NOT BY OPENING ANOTHER, TRYING TO OPEN ANOTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

IT WOULD JUST BE A SMALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FEEDING A LARGER MIDDLE, MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I ALSO JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THE WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH YOU OVER THE LAST MONTH, I HOPE THAT YOU'LL SEE AS REPRESENTATIVE OF OUR WILLINGNESS AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, UH, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT HAVING OUR FIRST SCHOOL IN MISSOURI CITY.

UH, AND I JUST WANT YOU TO SEE THIS AS A COMMITMENT TO A WILLINGNESS TO WORK WITH YOU AS YOUR CONCERNS COME UP.

WE'RE HERE TO, UH, FIGURE THEM OUT TOGETHER.

AND THEN I KNOW THERE WERE SOME SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP THAT KEITH WILL BE BETTER SUITED TO ANSWER THE SPECIFICS OF THE BUILDING IN THE DESIGN.

UH, BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS ABOUT YES, PREP, UM, I DO HAVE 23 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UH, IN YES PREP.

AND HAPPY TO ANSWER THOSE.

KEITH, DO YOU WANNA JOIN US NOW? ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR ME? NOPE.

UM, GLAD TO BE BACK IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN.

GLAD WE'VE GOT A FULL HOUSE TOO.

UM, SO REAL QUICK, JUST TO LEND CONTEXT TO THE SITUATION, WE'RE ON OUR 12TH DESIGN OF THIS PARTICULAR SITE AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE'VE COME UP WITH A PLAN NOW WITH THE REDUCTION OF THE BUILDING SIZE AND THE CAP ON THE ENROLLMENT, THAT WE'VE GOT A PLAN IN PLACE THAT PHYSICALLY ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS OF PLANNING THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO STAYS WITHIN OUR CONFINES FOR WHAT WE HAVE TO HAVE AS WELL IN ORDER TO DELIVER THE EDUCATION PROCESS.

THAT SITUATION IS AT A POINT THAT WE'VE GOT IT JUST TWEAKED DOWN.

IT'S THERE.

UH, AND WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER IT HOLY TONIGHT, JUST TO ANSWER A COUPLE OF THE QUESTIONS.

IF Y IF I DON'T GET YOUR QUESTION, PLEASE RE-ASK IT.

THE GATE SITUATION FOR THE BUSES, ALL OF THE GATES ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY ARE AUTOMATIC.

THEY'RE CONTROLLED BY AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM.

THEY OPEN FOR ARRIVAL.

THEY CLOSE AFTER ARRIVAL.

THE SAME SITUATION WOULD HAPPEN ON THIS BUS GATE.

SO DURING THE DAY, THE ENTRY EXIT THAT COMES INTO THE BUILDING FOR ANYBODY THAT WOULD SHOW UP WOULD TAKE THEM INTO WHAT WE WOULD CONTAIN AS A VISITOR AREA, AND IT DIRECTS 'EM TO THE FRONT DOOR.

THEY DON'T GET TO GO AROUND THE BUILDING, THEY DON'T GET TO GO TO THE BACK GATE, THEY DON'T, SO IT'S CONTAINED AND THAT'S ONE OF OUR SECURITY FEATURES THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE, UH, WHICH I KNOW EVERYBODY KNOWS ALL THE CONCERNS THAT ARE OUTLINED THERE.

SO THOSE GATES ARE AUTOMATIC.

THE DUMPSTER, UH, ENCLOSURE, IF YOU WILL, WAS UP ON THE FAR NORTH END TOWARDS THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND ACTUALLY THERE WAS A SITE LINE FROM MCLEAN TO THE DUMPSTERS.

AND WE HAVE ROTATED IT AROUND THE BUILDING BACK TOWARDS THE WATER PLANT.

AND WE'VE ALSO SIGNIFIED ON THE SITE PLAN THAT IT'S GOT A ENCLOSURE AROUND IT, WHICH WILL MORE THAN LIKELY, I BELIEVE THE MISSOURI SEAL STANDARDS ARE A CINDER BLOCK OR CONCRETE ENCLOSURE AROUND IT.

WE, WE WOULD GO THAT DIRECTION WITH NO PROBLEM.

SO IT'S BEEN MOVED

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TO THERE.

THE ONLY OTHER ITEM THAT I WANT TO ADDRESS THAT WASN'T A QUESTION IS WE HAVE REMOVED ALL OF OUR TRAFFIC OFF OF MCLEAN.

SO WE'RE NOT ADDING ANYTHING EXCEPT THE SIX BUSES FROM WHEN WE'RE GROWN OUT TO 700 STUDENTS.

SO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT THAT WE WOULD BE CREATING, MCLEAN COULD ONLY BE PARENTS BRINGING CHILDREN TO SCHOOL FROM FONDER PARK.

ADDITIONALLY, WE REACHED OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, AND SENT OUT MILLERS TO THE ENTIRE FONDER PARK AREA FOR AN OPEN HOUSE TO INVITE THE COMMUNITY OVER TO HAVE DISCUSSIONS TO TALK TO US, TO VOICE ANY CONCERNS THEY HAVE OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS THEY WANTED TO.

THAT HAPPENED THIS LAST MONDAY NIGHT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET ANY ATTENDANCE, BUT WE DID HAVE THE EVENTS, EXCUSE ME, WE GOT ZERO ATTENDANCE.

ZERO ATTENDANCE, AND WE INVITED 1500 PEOPLE OR 1500 MAILERS WENT OUT.

OUR ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER DID STOP BY AND TALK TO US FOR A FEW MINUTES.

I WOULD ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER QUESTION.

I GO BACK TO, YOU SAID YOU SUBMITTED, UH, YOUR DOCUMENTATION TO TEXT DOT? YES.

I'M GONNA GO BACK TO CONTINUING TO ASK THAT QUESTION.

YOU STATED THAT IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.

I CAN ANSWER YOU A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW.

OKAY, THAT'S FINE.

IT'S 200 FEET FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE DRIVEWAY.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS GET AN IDEA OF WHERE THE SIGN WOULD POSSIBLY BE BECAUSE IT WOULD PASS MCLEAN, IT WOULD BE BETWEEN MCLEAN AND 90 ON THE BELTWAY.

SO I'M TRYING TO SEE WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THAT SIGN WOULD BE, BECAUSE THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I WOULD AGREE WITH YOU.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S 200 FEET FROM THE CURB EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.

SO MCCLEAN AND IT'S GONNA GO BACK 200 FEET, SO THAT'S GONNA DROP IT DOWN THAT HILL A CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE.

YOU, YOU HAVE THE, THE BRIDGE.

I'M JUST TRYING TO VISUALIZE AND, AND IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT THAT'S A SCHOOL ZONE, BUT THE IMPORTANT FACTOR IS NOT HAVING ONE ACCIDENT, UH, IN THAT AREA.

AND MY CONCERN IS THE PLACEMENT OF THAT SIGN HAS TO BE LOCATED, THAT WHEN THEY MAKE THE TURN, THEY IMMEDIATELY SEE IT.

BUT THEN YOU HAVE THE OVERPASS ALSO.

UH, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THAT SIGN IS GONNA BE.

I THINK THAT THAT'S CRUCIAL BECAUSE THE ISSUE THERE IS IT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA DISREGARD THE SCHOOL ZONE.

SO I, THAT'S WHY I KEEP GOING BACK TO THAT.

THAT'S A REAL IMPORTANT ISSUE.

THE PLACEMENT UP FOR THAT SIGN WOULD BE I AGREE WITH YOU AND WE WILL WORK WITH TECH.IN ORDER TO GET THAT SIGN PLACED IN THE MOST APPROPRIATE PLACE.

I CAN'T ANSWER TO THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY MAY HAVE.

THEY HAD ASKED US, WE, WE SUBMITTED ORIGINALLY WITH THE, THE FIRST T I A AND WE WENT THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY ASKED US TO COMPLETE THE SOUP PROCESS WITH MISSOURI CITY BEFORE THEY WENT ANY FURTHER.

BUT DURING THE T I A, THERE WERE SEVERAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE, WE'RE PUTTING A PULLOUT LANE AND WE HAD DISTANCES THAT WE HAD TO MEET WITH TEX DOT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.

SO WE WENT THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF A BACK AND FORTH WITH TEX DOT, SO THEY'RE AWARE THAT THIS PROGRAM OR THIS PROJECT IS, IS UNDER REVIEW, THAT KIND OF THING.

AND THEY ASKED US ONCE WE FINISHED OUR STACKING AND WHAT WAS GOING ON THERE THAT WE RESUBMIT THEN FOR THE REST OF THE PROGRAM.

SO WE HAVE THAT T I A READY, IT'S BEEN SUBMITTED AND IT HAS ALL OF THE CHANGES IN IT THAT, THAT PLANNING REQUESTED.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE AWAITING THEIR RESPONSE OR THEIR REVIEW.

PLAN? YES, THEY HAVE WITH THE DRIVEWAY PLACEMENT? YES, SIR.

SURE.

I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ON THAT.

UM, SO WHEN YOU MET WITH TECH STOCK, HAVE YOU MET WITH THE AREA OFFICE OR JUST THE TRAFFIC SECTION? I KNOW THAT WE'VE MET WITH THE AREA OFFICE.

I DO NOT KNOW THAT IT WAS SPECIFICALLY WITH THE TRAFFIC SECTION FOR THAT SECTION OF BELTWAY EIGHT.

THAT PARTICULAR MEETING HAS BEEN, ARE THOSE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN GOING ON WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER THAT WE HAVE DESIGNING FOR US.

SO THEY'VE SEEN THE PROPOSED SITE

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AND WITH THE PULLOUT LANE.

AND WHAT WERE THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT? THEY SAID WE WERE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE FOR THE BELTWAY EIGHT FEEDER.

HAVE THEY SUBMITTED IT AT SILENT CRASH? HAVE THEY SUBMITTED ANYTHING IN WRITING? NO, THEY HAVE NOT.

THEY HAVE ASKED US IN WRITING TO FOLLOW THROUGH THE SOUP PROCESS AND THEN THEY WOULD FINISH UP THEIR REVIEW.

THEY WERE WAITING TO SEE IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION WITH MISSOURI CITY WAS GOING TO MAKE ANY CHANGES WITH THE T I A IS WHAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR.

, YOU JUST MENTIONED A PULLOUT LANE.

ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT A PULLOUT LANE ONTO BELTWAY EIGHT OR THE ONE THAT'S SHOWN IN THE SITE? THE ONE OFF SHOWN ON THE SITE.

THE ONE THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SITE LANE, THE ON THE SITE PLAN FOR DECELERATION.

WE'RE COMING OFF OF BELTWAY EIGHT.

WELL, COMING OFF THE FEEDER.

COMING OFF THE FEEDER.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, ARE YOU SEEING THE REQUEST TO SPEAK BLANK? OH NO, WE , THAT'S WHAT THAT BUTTON'S FOR.

PUT YOU IN THE QUEUE AND THEN HE SAYS COMMISSIONER BAILEY , BUT HE'S JUST LOOKING AT ME.

MINE WASN'T FLASHING.

NO, IT'S NOT FLASHING, BUT I SEE IT.

YEAH, TOWARD THE END OF THE PACKET.

IT'S P I'M LOOKING AT PDF PAGE 3 39, 3 42.

IT'S A RENDERING, UH, UH, THAT YOU'VE DONE ON THE PROPERTY AND I LIKE THAT.

THAT'S VERY HELPFUL.

I THINK IT MIGHT, I DON'T THINK IT CURRENTLY REFLECTS LATEST REVISION TO YOUR PLAN VIEW THAT PROCEEDS IT.

IT'S CLOSE.

I THINK IT'D BE HELPFUL IF YOU COULD UPDATE IT.

WE COULD, WE COULD DEFINITELY UPDATE IT.

AND ANOTHER SUGGESTION, I THINK IT'D HELP EVERYONE IF YOU COULD STEP BACK FURTHER.

SO YOUR VIEW IS OVER THE INTERSECTION OF BELTWAY EIGHT AND 90.

YOU, YOU FOLLOW ME JUST, JUST FURTHER BACK TO WHERE WE CAN LITERALLY SEE THE ACCESS ROAD APPROACHING IT.

SEE, IT'S, IT'S NOT HERE, IT'S NOT IN THIS VIEW.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A VIEW OF THE BUILDING.

CUT ONTO THERE.

YOU GO BACK AT AND ANNOTATE IT WHERE THIS SIGNAGE IS GOING TO BE.

GIVE US A VISUAL VIEW OF KIND OF WHAT MIGHT EXPECT AS THEY'RE MAKING THAT APPROACH.

WHERE THOSE YOU TURN IN THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGN IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

NOT THE BUILDING SIGN.

WELL, BOTH, I MEAN, YOU, YOU HAVE YOU OTHER WORDS WHEN THERE WERE JUST DISCUSSION WHEN YOU'RE ON THE ACCESS ROAD, YOU KNOW, WHAT KIND OF SIGNAGE ARE WE LOOKING AT? YOU KNOW, GIVE ME A VISUAL HERE.

I CAN SEE IT ON THE RENDERING.

I THINK THAT WOULD HELP.

YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S WHAT YOU HAVE HERE.

JUST, WE'LL, WE'LL GIVE IT A SHOT.

YOU FOLLOW ME? AND, AND THE OTHER THING TO CLARIFY ON THAT PLANNED VIEW, SO IS THE REASON YOU'RE NOT HEARING ANYTHING ELSE, BECAUSE I DO HAVE A QUESTION REGARDING THE PROTEST LETTERS, UH, WHICH WERE ISSUED SOME OF THE GROUP OF 'EM BACK IN JULY, AND THEN AGAIN TOWARD THE END OF THE YEAR FOR THE MEETING WE HAD IN JANUARY.

WE DON'T HAVE ANY THIS TIME.

CORRECT.

WE DO HAVE THREE SUPPORT LETTERS THAT ARE IN YOUR PACKET.

THREE SUPPORT, BUT PROTESTS.

BUT NO PROTESTS.

AND JUST A LITTLE SIDEBAR.

HAVE YOU CHECKED THE PDF? THOSE, IT'S NOT SCANNING VERY WELL.

I CAN'T READ THEM.

I DON'T KNOW IF YOU NOTICED THAT.

NOT THE ONLY ONE.

SOME OF 'EM YOU CAN'T READ.

WELL, YOU CAN'T READ THEM.

NOW.

I KNOW IT'S DATED AT HOME.

I I COULD READ IT FINE, BUT ON MY, ON THE PC NOW, CAN'T READ IT RIGHT NOW, WHICH, YOU KNOW, TRY JUST FOR WHAT THAT'S WORTH.

BUT, BUT DO I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MORE PROTESTS THIS TIME? IT WAS CLEARLY THEY'RE VERY VOCAL, YOU KNOW? YES.

MID-YEAR AND THEN, AND BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AND SUDDENLY, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR POINT, WHERE'S EVERYBODY, IT, IT SEEMED LIKE A KEY ISSUE WAS THE TRAFFIC COMING OFF, UH, THAT MAIN THOROUGHFARE, YOU KNOW, COMING AROUND.

, DO I UNDERSTAND YOU CORRECTLY NOW THAT FOR ALL INTENT PURPOSES YOU CANNOT TURN IN OR OUT FOR, FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE SCHOOL ON THAT STREET DURING SCHOOL HOURS? DID I UNDERSTAND THAT CORRECTLY? YES SIR.

YOU DID? YEAH.

IN OTHER WORDS, IF THERE'S ANYTHING BACKING UP, IT'S NOT BECAUSE OF THE SCHOOL.

EVERYONE SHOULD BE ON THAT ACCESS ROAD AND COMING IN OR WE'VE GOT ENOUGH STACKING CAPABILITY.

THEY ON SITE.

THERE YOU GO.

TO GET 'EM, TO GET 'EM OFF OF THEIR THEY'RE ROAD SITE.

I JUST WANT TO REAFFIRM THAT.

BECAUSE THAT WAS A KEY THING THAT PROBABLY MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE, I, I BELIEVE THAT WE'VE ADDRESSED ALL OF THOSE CONCERNS THAT WE KNEW ABOUT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THAT? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

ONE FINAL THING, PLEASE, UH, CONSIDER IT AND WE, WITH THE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, WE'D LIKE TO ASK FOR THE VOTE.

SO THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

SO GRACE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, WE HAVE.

UH, BRIAN GWEN.

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MY NAME IS BRIAN GWEN AND I'M THE CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

AND I'M HERE THIS EVENING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT BEING REQUESTED BY YES.

PREP PUBLIC SCHOOLS INCORPORATED.

THE DISTRICT'S OPPOSITION IS BASED ON THE INEFFICIENCIES THIS CHARTER SCHOOL WILL BRING TO THE TAXPAYERS OF MISSOURI CITY.

TAXPAYERS IN MISSOURI CITY ARE ALREADY FUNDING FORT BEND I SD SCHOOLS AND WE ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE AND REGION.

THERE ARE CURRENTLY SEVEN FORT BEND I S D SCHOOLS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS OF MISSOURI CITY THAT ARE NEAR THIS PROPOSED CHARTER SITE.

THE DISTRICT HAS CAPACITY FOR MORE STUDENTS IN THIS AREA WITHOUT THE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY BEING CREATED BY YES.

PREP CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE EXEMPT FROM PAYING PROPERTY TAXES.

AND SO THIS SITE, IF APPROVED, WILL BE REMOVED FROM PROPERTY TAX RULES, ELIMINATING FUTURE PROPERTY TAX REVENUES FOR MISSOURI CITY.

I MENTIONED WE'RE ONE OF THE HIGHEST PERFORMING DISTRICTS IN THE STATE.

SO MUCH SO THAT WE'RE A DESTINATION DISTRICT THAT HOMEOWNERS SEEK OUT WHEN MOVING INTO THIS REGION.

FORT BEND, I S D HAS MORE NATIONAL MERIT SEMI-FINALISTS THAN ANY OTHER SCHOOL DISTRICT IN THE ENTIRE REGION.

WE HAVE 75, WE HAVE THE REIGNING ACADEMIC DECATHLON STATE CHAMPS FOR THE SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW.

MARSHALL HIGH SCHOOL GO BUFFALOS HOME TO BOTH THE BOYS AND GIRLS.

FIVE A STATE CHAMPS TRACK.

AND FOR THE SECOND YEAR IN A ROW, WE HAVE JR R R O T C CADETS WHO WERE SELECTED TO ATTEND THE NAVY'S ELITE FLYING ACADEMY FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

AND ONLY A HANDFUL OF STUDENTS ACROSS THE NATION ARE SELECTED FOR THIS DESIGNATION.

91% OF ALL FORT BEND I S D PRE-K STUDENTS ARE PREPARED FOR KINDERGARTEN LEVEL MATH WHEN THEY ENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TEACHERS, OUR EDUCATORS HAVE ON AVERAGE FOUR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE THAN THEIR CHARTER SCHOOL COUNTERPARTS AND WE'RE REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED AS EDUCATORS.

CHARTER TEACHER TURNOVER IS ABOUT TWICE THAT OF WHAT FORT BEND I SD HAS.

AND OUR STUDENT TO TEACHER RATIOS ARE ALSO LOWER.

FORT BEND I SD IS ASKING THAT YOU RECOMMEND AGAINST THE S U P FOR YES PREP BECAUSE TAXPAYERS IN MISSOURI CITY ARE ALREADY FUNDING HIGH PERFORMING SCHOOLS THAT PRODUCE SCHOLARS WHO EXCEL ACADEMICALLY, ATHLETICALLY, AND ARTISTICALLY.

NOT ONLY DURING THEIR TIME WITH FORT BEND I S D, BUT ALSO WHEN THEY GO TO COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE STATE AND THE NATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

BRIAN, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, SIR.

YOU OPPOS ALL SCHOOLS IN ALL CITIES IN YOUR DISTRICT, OUTSIDE OF YOUR DISTRICT, I MEAN, THE CHARTER SCHOOLS, YOU JUST ARBITRARILY OPPOSE ALL OF THEM.

SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE AN OPEN CONCEPT, AND SO THEY CAN PULL STUDENTS FROM ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE REGION, INCLUDING FORT, BUT BEND IS D AND SO THIS CHARTER SCHOOL IS NOT WITHIN OUR BOUNDARIES.

WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE ARE CERTAIN FUNDING MECHANISMS WHERE CHARTER SCHOOLS DO HAVE AN INHERITED ADVANTAGE OVER SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS I MENTIONED IS THAT OUR TEACHERS ARE REQUIRED TO BE CERTIFIED IN THE PRE-K THROUGH OR BASICALLY AT, AT THE SECONDARY LEVEL AS WELL.

AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE STATE CHARTER FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS ALLOWS CHARTER SCHOOLS TO AVOID THAT.

AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER INEQUITIES AS WELL THAT WE BELIEVE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED BEFORE CHARTER SCHOOLS ARE ALLOWED TO OPERATE AS THEY ARE.

AND SO I WOULD SAY THAT FORT BEND ISC, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE NOT AFRAID OF COMPETITION, BUT WE DO FEEL LIKE THAT THE LEGISLATURE NEEDS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE INEQUITIES BETWEEN CHARTERS AND PUBLIC SCHOOLS BEFORE THEY'RE ALLOWED TO EXPAND AS THEY CURRENTLY ARE.

RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON AGENDA ITEM NINE B.

ANY OTHER PEOPLE REGISTERED TO SPEAK? UH, AS THIS IS, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NO ONE ELSE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

I SECOND SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CLOSE IT BY HEARING AND WHEN IT TURNS GREEN WE CAN VOTE ONE MORE TIME.

UH, THE MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM TWO, CONSIDER A FINAL REPORT

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ANY DISCUSSIONS, COMMENTS, OR ARE WE READY FOR A MOTION? I I HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT.

UM, UM, THERE SEEMS TO STILL BE A LOT IN THE AIR IN REFERENCE TO THE ISSUE ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.

UH, TEXT DOT HASN'T GOTTEN BACK TO THEM IN REFERENCE TO SPECIFICALLY WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.

A COMMISSIONER BAILEY ASK MORE OF A VISUAL FOR US TO KIND OF HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING JUST FROM A COMMON SENSE PERSPECTIVE.

LET'S TAKE ALL THE TECHNICAL STUFF OUT WHEN YOU'RE COMING OFF A 90 GOING ON THE BELTWAY, AND I SEE IT ALL THE TIME, MR. O'MALLEY, YOU PROBABLY SEE IT ALSO, THERE IS MOMENTUM BEING BUILT AS SOON AS YOU COME OFF A 90 BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING UP A HILL AND BEFORE YOU GET THERE, YOU ARE AT MCLEAN.

THIS IS NOT TO DISCOURAGE ANY SCHOOLS OR ANY BUSINESSES, BUT FROM A COMMON SENSE STANDPOINT OF VIEW, I THINK THAT IT'S CRUCIAL FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT LOCATION OF THAT SIGNAGE MAKES SENSE.

AND I THINK THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE STATED AS FAR AS THE CONDITION IS CONCERNED, BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE GONNA GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND THEY'RE GONNA DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO.

BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

AND, AND IT JUST, WE DON'T HAVE A VISUAL, WE DON'T HAVE A, AN IDEA OF WHERE THE PLACEMENT OF THAT SIGN WOULD BE THE SCHOOL ZONE SIGN.

AND I, I JUST BELIEVE THAT THAT'S VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.

THAT'S AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN IN MY OPINION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THAT'S THE ESSENCE OF MY CONCERNS AS WELL.

ASION.

I TRAVEL THAT TOO.

I LOVE ALL, I SEE EXACTLY WHAT PIERCE WAS SAYING AND WHAT THE VIDEO WOULD JUST HELP THEM.

THE PLACEMENT OF THE SIGN.

SO INSURANCE.

I'VE GOT THE, UH, STACKING, UH, REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET, UH, SINCE LAST MONTH, I THINK.

PREP IS MAKING PROGRESS HERE JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE.

WE'VE GOT OTHER INSURANCE.

WE WON'T HAVE THAT ACCIDENT THIS WAY.

COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO YOUR MICROPHONE? OH, I DIDN'T WANT HIM TO GO ON THERE.

UH, WELL I, I THINK WITH RESPECT TO TRAFFIC, THERE'S TWO COMPONENTS TO IT.

ONE IS, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS MORE CONCERNED PROBABLY ABOUT MCCLEAN THAN ANYTHING.

UM, AND, AND I, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S AS BIG A CONCERN AS THE FEEDER ROAD.

SO I THINK THAT OTHER PART OF IT IS THE FEEDER ROAD AND UM, UH, YEAH.

AND, AND I GUESS WE'LL WE'LL SEE THE OUTCOME OF, OF A MOTION AND A VOTE.

BUT, UM, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER INSTANCES IN PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND, AND PREVIOUS, UH, ZONING DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST, UM, THAT THERE ARE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THESE THINGS AND WE NEED TO RELY ON THOSE PROCESSES.

CAUSE IF WE DON'T TRUST THOSE PROCESSES, THEN, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T MAKE ANY DECISIONS.

UM, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES HAVE WE HAD THE DRAINAGE DISCUSSION MM-HMM.

, YOU KNOW, AND, AND YOU KNOW, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT, THAT WE PAY TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER OR NOT DRAINAGE IS GONNA BE AN ISSUE.

AND YET THEY DON'T GET IT RIGHT EVERY TIME, BUT THEY GET IT BETTER EVERY SI SINGLE TIME THEY DO IT.

SO, UM, I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, MY OPINION IS THAT WE NEED TO TRUST THE PROCESSES.

UM, YOU'VE GOT THE CITY, YOU'VE GOT TEXT DOT, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T THEIR FIRST RODEO OB OBVIOUSLY.

RIGHT.

UM, SO IF, IF THERE'S NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.

WELL, TOUCHING ON YOUR POINT TEXT DOT ALREADY ACKNOWLEDGED THE FACT THAT THEY WERE WAITING FOR THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU WOULD MAKE.

I DON'T THINK IT'S OUR PLACE TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

YOU CAN ALWAYS, UH, PROPOSE WHAT YOU'D LIKE, BUT THE, BUT IF WE PUT IT ON THE RECORD THAT THIS IS CRUCIAL AND IT DOES REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT MORE ATTENTION THAN JUST RUBBERSTAMP

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200 FEET.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S WHAT WE ALWAYS DO.

WELL, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.

THAN, UH, I THINK IF WE, I MEAN, I TRUST ENGINEERING.

I I DO TRUST TECH STOCK.

THAT CAN BE REALLY TOUGH.

UH, AND LIKE YOU SAID, IT'S THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE A PART OF.

I THINK THEY'VE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE EVERY ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS WISHES.

FROM THE SUBDIVISION.

WHAT OUR CITY HAS ASKED, THEY'VE DONE THAT.

I THINK THEY DESERVE TO GO IN FRONT OF COUNCIL WITH OUR COUNSEL IN WRITING MM-HMM.

WHAT WE RECOMMEND.

UM, AND, AND I DON'T DISAGREE.

I I AGREE WITH YOU.

IT JUST NEEDS TO BE HIGHLIGHTED THAT THAT IS A BIG ISSUE OR, OR LET'S SAY A CONCERN.

RESPECTING THE PROCESS, OF COURSE RESPECTING STAFF.

NOTHING TO DO WITH WITH ANY OF THAT.

WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ON RECORD THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY LOOKED AT IT, LOOKED AT IT AND LOOKED AT IT AGAIN TO TRY TO DO THE BEST OR MAKE THE BEST DECISION IN REFERENCE TO THAT.

AND, AND, AND BACK TO YOUR STATEMENT, NOT JUST RUBBER STAMP THIS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION ? BECAUSE THAT WAS WELL SAID, .

I WAS, OKAY, LET ME FIGURE OUT WHAT I GOTTA SAY HERE.

WELL, JUST TO CLARIFY, ALL WE'RE VOTING ON IS WHETHER OR NOT WE WANT TO GROUND A, YOU KNOW, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, RIGHT.

I MEAN THERE'S STILL DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE BUILDING IT.

FAR AS THE SCHOOL ZONE FLASHERS, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S USUALLY WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE PLACED.

THERE'S STILL THE PROCESSES THEY'RE ALLUDING TO, INCLUDING, VERY IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE AWARE OF IT TRAFFIC.

SO IT DOESN'T MEAN THIS IS A GO AND IT'S DONE.

I MEAN, WE ARE STILL GONNA HAVE AMPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO VET THOSE VARIOUS STUDIES THAT THEY'LL BE CONDUCTING AND, AND ADDITIONAL PRESENTATIONS.

SO I, YOU KNOW.

RIGHT.

WELL, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE MAJOR HURDLES THAT THEY NEED TO, TO, TO DO.

AND, AND, AND WE HAVE THE LATITUDE TO PUT MORE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT HURDLE.

AND, AND, AND BY PROVING THE RECOMMENDATION IS THE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

ALL WE'RE SAYING IS WE'RE TELLING THEM, OKAY, CONTINUE THIS, THIS PROCESS, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND CONTINUE.

BECAUSE IN, IN FAIRNESS TO THEM OR ANY OTHER APPLICANT, IF WE KEEP SAYING, WELL, WE'RE NOT SURE YET, YOU KNOW, WE JUST GOT WELL, AND AGAIN, KINDA LEADING THEM, YOU WE'RE JUST RECOMMENDED TO COUNCIL THAT THEYLL BE ALLOWED TO EXACTLY.

IT'S JUST THE COUNCIL.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE VETTED ENOUGH AND I THINK WE HAVE, UH, AND I DO THINK IT'S TELLING THAT THEY DID MAKE AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC.

AGAIN, THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, NO ONE SHOWED UP.

SO I MEAN, THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT LOST ON ME.

KNOW, I MEAN, I'M, BECAUSE BOY, THEY WERE SHOWING UP BEFORE.

I MEAN, THEY WERE BEING VERY VOCAL AS, YOU KNOW, WE, WE SAW THAT SO WELL, WE CAN'T ASK THEM.

I WAS JUST KIND OF CURIOUS WHERE THE MEETING BEING HELD, BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PRESS THEM ON THE TRAFFIC.

YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

SO, SO, SO COMPARISON IF WITH THAT SAID, I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M SORRY.

I WAS GONNA, I WAS JUST GONNA ASK, UH, ENGINEERING, SO AS THE, THE TIA ACTUALLY MIC'S ON ON, SO HAS THE T I ACTUALLY BEEN APPROVED OR IT'S JUST STILL IN REVIEW RIGHT NOW? IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

IT'S BEEN APPROVED.

SO THAT MEANS THAT WE'RE DONE WITH THE, UH, T I MAYBE IF YOU CAN INDULGE THE NEWBIE, UM, THIS WILL END UP IN FRONT OF US AGAIN AT A LATER DATE.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? WITH NO, NOT, NO.

SO YOU, NOT THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.

NO.

BUT, BUT AS THEY, THEY STILL HAVE TO PRESENT THEIR FINAL PLAN FOR, YOU KNOW, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DESIGN A BUSINESS OR YOU'RE TALKING WITHIN THE CITY.

NO, AS I UNDERSTAND THE PLANNING THIS COMMISSION, WELL, I MEAN THEY SHOULD, WELL THIS IS A ZONING QUESTION THAT THEY'LL BE PLATING AND ALL THAT.

EXACTLY.

THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF PLATING AND OKAY.

RIGHT.

IT'S JUST A ZONING QUESTION.

GOT THAT'S RIGHT.

THANKS.

NO, I, JERRY, IF I'M, UM, COMMISSIONERS, IF I MAY ADD A PIECE OF CLARIFICATION.

TYPICALLY ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, T I IS NOT PRESENTED AT THIS PHASE, BUT WE HAVE THE, THIS COMMISSION AND THE CITY STAFF HAS THE DISCRETION TO ASK FOR T I ON SENSITIVE CASES.

THE COMMISSION DID IN THIS CASE.

AND THEY DID THE T I A, THE I T I A LOOKED AT THE BIG PICTURE ITEM OF WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC.

AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THE SAME.

NOW THE SPECIFIC QUESTIONS THAT'S COMING IS INSTALLING SCHOOL ZONE FLASHERS.

THOSE ARE DONE ONCE IT'S ASSIGNED AS A SCHOOL ZONE.

THERE IS AN S U P AND THE APPLICANTS GOES THROUGH THE TECHSTAR PROCESS TO GET A SCHOOL ZONE FLASHER.

AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IS IN, DONE OR INCORPORATED DURING WHAT WE CALL THE SITE PLAN REVIEW PROCESS.

AND THIS IS A, THIS IS A ZONING CASE THAT'S PRESENTED WITH YOU.

I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS THAT YOU NEED TO CONSIDER, BUT AS

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HOW IT NEEDS TO BE PLACED.

THAT IS A DETERMINATION BASED ON THE M U T C D, WHICH IS THE LAST THAT'S APPLICABLE.

AND THE GOVERNING ENTITY HERE IS TECHSTAR PRIMARILY.

AND THE CITY WILL MAKE SURE THAT THIS ARE PLACED IN THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.

I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT.

ALRIGHT.

UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE ADOPT THE FINAL REPORT AND FORWARD IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

PRESS THE BUTTON.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THE MOTION.