Apr 12, 2023 Planning &amp; Zoning Commission

JUST DOUBLE CHECK THE VOTE.

MOTION.

DO WE HAVE MOTION AND A SECOND? ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ANYBODY CAST THEIR VOTES, PLEASE? THIS IS RESPOND RESPONDENT.

MR. BAILEY VOTES EYE? NO, NO, I'M ABSTAINING.

OH, YOU'RE, I'M GET THAT CHOICE, BUT IT'S NOT RESPONDING FOR SOME REASON.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THE TECHNOLOGY.

GEEZ.

I CAN'T GET MY SCREEN.

UH, STAFF, UH, STAFF REPORTS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UH, MOVING ON.

UH,

[4. COMMISSION REPORTS]

REPORTS.

UM, I HAVE NO, UH, REPORTS.

DO ANY OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY, ANY REPORTS? YES, I HAVE A REPORT.

UM, SO TODAY IS, UH, EVE DAVIS'S FIRST BIRTHDAY.

THAT'S MY YOUNGEST DAUGHTER.

I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD TOO.

ANY OTHERS? OKAY, MOVING ON.

OH, WE'RE HAVING MORE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU MOVE ON.

UM,

[1. Director]

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

UM, EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD HAVE A COPY OF TRAINING, UM, THAT YOU ALL WILL RECEIVE LINKS FOR.

SO, AS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING, UM, WE'VE PURCHASED ABOUT 10 VIDEOS, UM, TRAINING FOR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS.

SO, UH, WE'LL RELEASE THOSE OVER THE NEXT, UH, FOUR MONTHS, UH, IN INCREMENTS SO YOU HAVE TIME TO KIND OF ABSORB IT AND IT DOESN'T TAKE UP ALL YOUR TIME, UM, OUTSIDE OF THE COMMISSION.

UM, AND THEN THE FOLLOWING MEETING, WILL, UH, SCHE WILL, UH, PUT ON THE AGENDA SOME TIME TO, UH, PROVIDE QUESTIONS OR, UH, CLARIFICATIONS OR, UH, DISCUSSION ON THOSE VIDEO ITEMS. SO WE HOPE THAT THEY ARE VALUABLE TO YOU.

THEY PROVIDE, UM, A GOOD RESOURCE FOR YOU.

UM, AND, UH, YOU'LL HAVE UNLIMITED ACCESS, UH, TO THEM, UM, AS YOU GO THROUGH, UH, YOUR TIME AS THE COMMISSION.

SO, UH, LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY TECHNICAL ISSUES OR, UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

SEND THAT AS AN EMAIL TO US.

SO, YES, YES, YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CLICK ON THE LINKS ON THE PAGE.

, THAT'S, THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS IN PUBLIC.

UH, MOVING

[2. Development report - Brian Alexander, Senior Planner]

ON.

UH, WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT REPORT FROM BRIAN.

SO YES, I DO HAVE A DEVELOPMENT REPORT.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M BRIAN ALEXANDER.

I'M THE SENIOR PLANNER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IN DIVISION OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

TODAY, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT INSIDE OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO, FIRST I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN

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OUR ACTIVE ZONING MAP FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR LEFT ON THE SCREEN, THAT IS OUR ACTIVE ZONING MAP FOR THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO IT'S KIND OF SMALL BECAUSE OUR CITY IS LINEAR.

SO LET ME JUST KIND OF ZOOM IN JUST A LITTLE BIT TO A, A CERTAIN FOCUS POINT.

IF YOU LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS.

AND YOU, THIS IS OUR EXISTING ZONING RIGHT NOW, AND THIS IS A AREA IN, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY AROUND HIGHWAY SIX AREA.

SO WITH THE ZONING, ONE THING ABOUT ZONING IS THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY, ZONING IS A TOOL THAT PLANNERS USE TO HELP GUIDE DEVELOPMENT, BUT A ALSO IT IS LAW, SO IT IS ADOPTED BY THE, THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO NEXT I'LL ACTUALLY LIKE TO EXPLAIN, SECONDLY IS TRANSPORTATION NODES.

THIS, THESE ARE THE MAJOR THROW FAIRS.

SO LET ME ZOOM IN ONE MORE TIME INTO THE SAME AREA.

YOU'LL SEE THAT THESE ARE ALL MAJOR THROW FAIRS INSIDE OF THE CITY.

SO THE LARGER CIRCLES ARE THE SIX-LANE MA MAJOR THOR FAIRS, WHERE IT INTERSECT WITH ANOTHER MAJOR THOR FAIRS.

THE THE MIDDLE CIRCLES, FOUR-LANE, MAJOR TH FAIR.

AND ALSO WE HAVE SMALLER CIRCLES.

YOU'LL SEE AT THE VERY BOTTOM IS OUR, UM, COLLECTOR STREETS WHERE THEY INTERSECT WITH A MAJOR TH FAIR.

THIS IS BASED OFF OF OUR MAJOR TH FAIR, OUR PREVIOUS MAJOR TH FAIR PLAN, THE ONE THAT WE CURRENTLY USING NOW.

SO ONE THING ABOUT THESE MAJOR TH FAIRS IN OUR ZONING, YOU PAY ATTENTION.

YOU WILL NOTICE THAT MOST OF ALL OF OUR DEVELOPMENT IS ALONG THOSE MAJOR TH FAIRS.

AND ALSO THAT'S WHERE THE CURRENT, THE LARGE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALL IS, IS LOCATED.

SO WE DO NOT, UH, WE PURPOSELY ZONE THESE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, UH, LOCATED ALONG THE MAJOR THOUGHT FAIRS, THE MAJOR, THESE STREET CONNECTIONS, A WAY FOR PEOPLE TO FLOW AROUND THE CITY IN, IN ORDER TO FLOW.

BUSINESSES WANT, UTILIZE THAT FLOW TO PUT THEIR BUSINESS SO THAT PEOPLE ARE ABLE TO SEE IT AND THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, BUY THEIR PRODUCTS, WHAT THEY ARE SELLING.

SO WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THESE ARE THE CURRENT, UM, BUSINESSES IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

NOW, THE POINT OF ME SHOWING YOU THIS IS, FIRST, LET ME EXPLAIN ONE OF THE MAJOR TO AFFAIRS THAT, UH, THAT HAS A BIG INTEREST TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, AND THAT IS HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND, TORO, FORT BEND PARKWAY, TORO.

SO FORT BEND PARKWAY, TORO RIGHT NOW, AND HIGHWAY SIX WITH THE TRAFFIC COUNT HAS ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE LARGEST AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC COUNTS IN, IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.

UH, THAT'S ACTIVE, AND THAT'S FROM PREVIOUS DATA.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY SEEN THE, THE DATA YET FOR IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE KNOW IT HAS INCREASED OVER THE TIME.

SO WE KNOW THAT AS A HOTSPOT FOR OUR MAJOR TRAFFIC AND ALSO COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

BUT YOU ALSO ALSO CAN SEE THAT ALL OF THE AREA IS NOT ZONED AS COMMERCIAL.

BUT WE ARE WORKING NOW TO, UH, WORK ON ZONE, THE PLANNING TEAM TO REZONE THAT AREA.

SO IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER, THEY ACTUALLY DID A FEASIBILITY STUDY.

AND ACTUALLY NOTICE THAT'S A MAJOR HOTSPOT.

THAT'S WHY THEY ARE BUILDING, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT.

OH, THAT'S WHY THEY ARE BUILDING FORT BEND TOWN CENTER ONE, TWO, AND THREE IN THREE OF THE CORNERS OF THAT AREA.

SO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE IN THE CIRCLE WHERE HIGHWAY SIX MEETS, UH, FORT BEND, UH, TOLL ROAD, THAT IS A MAJOR TH UHOR FAIR, WHERE WE KNOW HIGH DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE INSIDE OF, FOR THE CITY, MISSOURI CITY, TO GAIN THOSE ACTUAL TAX DOLLARS.

AND ACTUALLY, FORT BEND TORO HAS FUTURE PLANS, IS TO CONNECT WITH HIGHWAY 99.

SO IT IS GOING TO EVEN INCREASE TRAFFIC IN THE FUTURE FOR THE CITY.

SO WE LOOKING AT THAT NOW TO PLAN OUT OUR FUTURE.

SO THE PURPOSE OF ME, OH, THANKS.

SO FIRST I'D LIKE TO EXPLAIN OUR, UH, PHYSICAL YEAR DEVELOPMENT.

SO WHEN WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PHYSICAL, WE TALKING ABOUT IN YEARS IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, WE USE, UH, OUR YEARS FROM STARTING OCTOBER TO SEPTEMBER.

SO, UH, SO OCTOBER, SO OUR, UH, FIRST FISCAL YEAR IS OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER.

OUR, I MEAN, IS OUR FIRST QUARTER.

OUR SECOND QUARTER IS JANUARY THROUGH MARCH OUT, WHICH WE JUST ENDED THE, THE SECOND QUARTER.

WE NOW JUST ENTERED THE THIRD QUARTER, WHICH IS APRIL TO JUNE.

AND THEN WE HAVE JULY TO SEP UM, EPTEMBER.

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SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, THIS IS OUR PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCES, ANYTIME A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO IN OUR, UH, REGULATIONS THAT THEY ARE, UH, REQUIRED TO HAVE A PRE-APPLICATION CONFERENCE.

SO INSIDE OF, UM, OUR FIRST QUARTER, THAT'S, UH, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, WE HAD A TOTAL OF SEVEN.

IN OCTOBER, NOVEMBER WE HAD SIX.

IN DECEMBER WE HAD 16.

AND ALSO IN JANUARY WE HAD SEVEN.

FEBRUARY 17 IN MARCH, 18 EQUALS A TOTAL OF 42.

SO THE REASON WHY I'M SHOWING YOU THIS IS THAT WE ARE IN THE FUTURE.

WE ARE GOING TO SHOW YOU OUR CURRENT APPLIC, UH, APPLICATIONS, HOW MANY WE BRING IT IN NOW, AND THEN HOW MUCH COMPARED TO HOW MUCH WE BRING IN LAST YEAR.

AND WE ARE GOING TO COMPARE THEM BY QUARTER FOR NOW ON, FOR THE COMMISSION.

SO THIS IS JUST A START OF A PRESENTATION THAT'S GOING TO BE, UH, A FUTURE FOR THE COMMISSION TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE DATA AND SEE WHAT'S COMING INSIDE OF THE CITY.

SO WHEN Y'ALL ARE MAKING DECISIONS, Y'ALL WILL KNOW THAT THIS, Y'ALL HAVE THE DATA AVAILABLE FOR YOU.

WE WILL HAVE THIS DATA VALUE FOR YOU, AVAILABLE FOR YOU INSIDE OF THE PLANNING, UH, OFFICE.

AND ALSO IF YOU ANYONE LIKE TO BE EMAILED CERTAIN DATA, WE CAN DO THAT.

ALSO, JUST CONTACT, UH, THE DIRECTOR, JENNIFER THOMPSON GOLDEZ OR MYSELF OR ANY OTHER PLANNING, UM, ADMINISTRATION PERSON.

AND SECONDLY, WE, UH, WE ALSO HAVE, UM, ADDITIONAL DATA TO FORECAST.

WE'RE GONNA ALSO SHOW YOU THE NUMBER OF PLANNING AND ZONING CASES, UH, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT STEPS SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO SEE HOW MANY CASES THAT YOU HAVE APPROVED, UH, I'M SORRY, HOW MANY CASES THAT, THAT YOU HAVE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, HOW MANY ZONING CASES YOU HAVE SENT TO COUNSEL, WHICH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, AND IF IT HAS BEEN APPROVED, DENIED, SO THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER IT PASSES THE PLANNING, UH, COMMISSION.

AND NOTE THAT WHAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE DONE, AND ALSO WHAT THE COUNCIL HAS DONE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU HAVE, UH, PRESENTED.

AND ALSO LASTLY, AS OUR CERTIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY, THE CERTIFICATION OF OCCUPANCY ISSUED IS HOW MANY BUSINESSES THAT WE HAVE, UH, ALLOWED TO OCCUPY TO OPEN FULLY INSIDE THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE FROM WHEN IT HITS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALL THE WAY THROUGH, AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS STARTING.

WE'LL DO IT BY QUARTERLY EVERY YEAR, AND THEN COMPARE YEARS BY YEARS.

ANY QUESTIONS? YES.

UH, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION.

UM, ONE IN THE, THE DATA PACKAGE THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT WE CAN REQUEST, HAS IT, HAS THERE BEEN AN INCLUSION OF HOW WE'RE DOING WITH OUR PEERS, NOT NECESSARILY OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS, BUT THOSE WITH SAME SCALE, SIZE, AND SCOPE AS THE CITY? AND THEN SECONDLY, UM, IS REGIONAL DATA A PART OF THAT PACKAGE AGAIN, JUST TO SEE TRENDS? YEAH.

WE ARE LOOKING AT THE NEIGHBORING CITIES AND THEIR LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT, AND WE SHOW LOOKING AT OURS SO THAT WE ABLE TO SHOWCASE THAT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE COMMISSION.

EVERYTHING BROUGHT TO THE COMMISSION WILL BE ALSO BROUGHT TO THE PUBLIC, BUT SOME DATA FROM OTHER SURROUNDING AREAS IS NOT SHOWN.

SO WE CAN, WE KNOW OUR AREAS THAT, THAT WE ARE COMPETITIVE WITH.

BUT THAT IS A GREAT IDEA AND IT'S WILL BE NOTED TO ALSO LOOK AT REGIONAL DATA, ESPECIALLY FROM OUR GALVESTON, HOUSTON GALVESTON COUNCIL AREA, THAT THAT'S THE COUNCIL I WAS GOING TO.

AND YOU KNOW, IT, IT'LL BE HELPFUL FOR THE DECISIONS WE MAKE AND DECISIONS YOU ALL MAKE WITH WHICH BUSINESSES COME THE WHO, WHAT, WHY, WHEN, AND WHERE.

SO I APPRECIATE IT.

YES, THAT WILL BE NOTED AND THAT'LL BE ADDED INTO THE PRESENTATION.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, YOUR HONOR.

UH, MOVING ON,

[1. Assistant City Engineer - Marcus Snell]

UH, ENGINEERING.

STOP SIGNS OR, UM, LIGHTS ALONG THAT ROAD.

UH, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSION, UH, FOR THE RECORD, MARCUS SNELL, UH, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.

UH, I HAVE TWO UPDATES FOR YOU THIS EVENING.

FIRST IS THE, UH, COMPLETION OF KNIGHTS.

UH, WHAT'S THE KNIGHTS ROAD EXTENSION FROM MCKEEVER UP TO, UH, THE FORT BEND THEATER TOLL ROAD.

UM, THIS IS WHAT, 8 MILLION PROJECT.

WE FINISH IT UP, UH, MARCH 9TH, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH FORT BEND COUNTY.

WE WERE ABLE TO COMPLETE THIS PROJECT IN CONJUNCTION WITH FORT BEND COUNTY WITHOUT ANY CHANGE ORDERS, WHICH IS A MONUMENTAL TASK.

UH, I MEAN, FOR A PROJECT THAT WAS HAPPENING DURING COVID, A MAJOR ROAD PROJECT.

UM, THE PUBLIC WORKS TEAM WAS FANTASTIC IN THAT.

AND, UH, FORT BEND COUNTY WAS WONDERFUL ALSO.

UM, THIS WILL OPEN UP DEVELOPMENT ALONG KNIGHTS ROAD, UH, IN THAT SECTION, WHAT SOUTH OF SIX AND THE TOLL ROAD.

SO WE'LL SEE SOME OF THOSE START COMING THROUGH THIS COMMISSION.

SOME OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER AS THOSE DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, THERE'S A LOT OF WETLANDS IN THAT AREA.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, EXISTING COMMUNITIES, UH, AND CURRENTLY THERE IS NO, UH, THERE ARE NO

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WE'LL BE EXAMINING THAT AS THAT COMES IN.

SO AS THESE DEVELOPMENTS COME IN, TRAFFIC CONTROL WILL BE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO ENGINEERING AND PUBLIC WORKS.

OUR SECOND UPDATE IS PUBLIC WORKS AS A NEW CIP P ADMINISTRATOR, UH, KAYLA DHAN.

AND SHE WILL BE HELPING THE CITY REALLY MANAGE AND DIRECT OUR PUBLIC WORKS PROJECTS, UH, AND, AND OUR I P PROJECTS TO HELP FACILITATE ALL THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING IN, IN OUR CITY, BOTH CURRENT AND IT AND FUTURE.

[6. PUBLIC COMMENT]

MOVE.

MOVING ON.

UH, ITEM SIX, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSION ON AN ITEM THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.

UH, SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD.

ITEM SEVEN,

[A. CONSENT AGENDA]

PLATS THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, ITEM ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A, UH, PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR PARKWAY CROSSING DETENTION.

TWO.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SANTA LAKES DRIVE STREET DEDICATION.

ITEM THREE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SANTANNA RETAIL CENTER.

ITEM FOUR, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SANTANNA.

SECTION 50 A ITEM FIVE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT OF OLYMPIC BUSINESS PARK.

ITEM SIX HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

ITEM SEVEN, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR TERRITORY AT MISSOURI CITY.

ITEM EIGHT, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF ARC ARCADIA PARTIAL REPLAT, NUMBER ONE, ITEM NINE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF AN AMENDING PLAT OF REPLAT OF PARKWAY PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONCI AGENDA ITEMS TO BE APPROVED.

HAVE A SECOND.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

CAN WE APPROVE IT WITH THE, UH, NOTED REMOVAL OF ITEM SIX? AND WE NEED TO STATE THAT IN THE MOTION, OR CORRECT.

CAN I MAKE A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO COMMISSIONER PEARSON'S MOTION? OKAY.

SO, MR. COMMISSIONER PEARSON'S MOTION AMENDED TO REMOVE ITEM SIX OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

JUST NEED YOU GUYS TO MANUALLY VOTE.

THIS IS YOUR FIRST AND SECOND MOTION.

HASN'T BEEN MADE.

WELL, IT HASN'T, IT ACTUALLY HASN'T RECORDED MY SECOND, SO I, BECAUSE THERE'S NO MOTION YET.

THAT'S RIGHT.

IT DIDN'T TAKE YOUR MOTION.

YEAH, THAT'S ONE I'M MAKING.

YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION.

OH, IT'S UP THERE, BUT IT'S NOT ON THE SYSTEM THAT SHOW FIRST.

IT HASN'T BEEN SECOND, SO I DON'T WANT IT TO DIE.

THERE WE GO.

WE'RE GOOD.

GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES, PLEASE.

B PARKLAND DEDICATIONS, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR PARK GOOD.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON THEN.

[B. Parkland Dedications]

UH, DEDICATION FOR CHEERING ESTATES.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

UH, SECTION 82 DASH 1 74 OF THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES REQUIRES A PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR ALL RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS.

AND SO THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL IS FOR THE PLAT, UM, CHEERING ESTATES, WHICH IS A REPLAT OF WATERBROOK SECTION TWO, LOT THREE, BLOCK ONE.

UM, THEY'RE BASICALLY SUBDIVIDING ONE LOT INTO TWO.

UM, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL TO PAY A CASH, UM, IN LIEU OF, IN THE AMOUNT OF $1,400 THAT WILL GO TOWARDS, UM, PARK ZONE NUMBER 12.

AND THE PARKS BOARD HAS PROVIDED A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO FORWARD TO ALL, TO ALSO FORWARD ONTO CITY COUNCIL AS WELL.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

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UM, I, I SEE COMMISSIONER GRIFFIN HAS SECONDED, ALTHOUGH IT DOESN'T SHOW WE HAVE A MOTION YET ON OUR, I HAVE A SECOND FROM GRIFFIN SHOWING CORRECT, BUT ON THE, ON MY TABLET, IT SHOWS NO MOTION YET LEFT.

YEP.

NO.

IS THAT SURE WENT, I'M SORRY.

WHEN THEY'RE, OH, OKAY.

UH, WE WILL MOVE ON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? WELL, WE CAN CAST OUR VOTES NOW.

WE'LL GIVE IT ONE MORE TRY AFTER THIS, AND THEN WE'LL ABANDON.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A REVISED PARKLAND DEDICATION FOR PARKWAY CROSSING.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

UH, SO BEFORE US IS A, UH, PARKLAND DEDICATION PROPOSAL FOR, UH, PARKWAY CROSSING, WHICH IS, UM, IN A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT, UH, PLAN DEVELOPMENT, UH, NINE, NUMBER 96.

SO, WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE, UH, PROPOSAL WAS FIRST, UH, PRESENTED TO THE BOARD, UH, PARKS BOARD IN MAY, UH, 2020, UM, WHICH THE PARKS BOARD, UH, RECOMMENDED THAT A PARKLAND DEDICATION, UM, IS PROVIDED IN A HUNDRED PERCENT OF DEDICATION TO CONSIST OF PARKLAND.

UM, AND THEN THE PARK BOARD RECOMMENDED THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT WORKS WITH STAFF, UH, TO PROVIDE WHERE THE PARKLAND WILL BE LOCATED.

SINCE THEN, THE, THE, THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED A REVISED PARKLAND PROPOSAL, UH, FOR RATE RECONSIDERATION OF THE INITIAL APPROVED PROPOSAL, UM, AS A RESULT OF CHANGE DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS.

AND THESE CHANGES INCLUDE INCREASED DETENTION REQUIREMENTS AND THE EXPANSION OF AVAILABLE PUBLIC PARKLAND.

UH, WITHIN THE, THE PROXIMITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE APPLICANT PROVIDED THE PROPOSAL, UM, TO PROPOSE A DEDICATION OF CASH IN LIEU OF LAND OF PARKLAND, AND TO PROVIDE A TRAIL NETWORK WITHIN, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING, UM, AROUND THE DETENTION AREA, UM, WHICH IT'S LOCATED WITHIN LIKE THE, UM, THE ARMY COLORED UP ABOVE THERE.

UM, BUT A TRAIL AROUND THE DETENTION AREA, UM, AND THE SIDEWALK SYSTEM TO CONNECT THE, TO THE EXISTING PARKS, UM, AS WELL AS TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF PARKS EDGE, AND THEN ANY FUTURE, UM, PARKLAND.

SO PARKS BOARD MET ON APRIL 6TH AND PROVIDED A RECOMMENDATION, RECOMMENDATION TO APPROVE, UH, 1,265,000, UM, IN LIEU OF, UM, OF PARKLAND FOR THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT WILL HAVE ABOUT 904 DWELLING UNITS.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.

TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR REVISED PARKLAND, DEDICATION FOR PARKWAY CROSSING.

UH, SECTION C D, THE FIRST ITEM IS TO RECONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A CONCEPT PLAN FOR SIENNA FOUR A.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

GOT IT.

AND GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.

[C Sienna]

SO WE, THIS IS A WRITTEN RESPONSE APPLICATION.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS, UM, DUE TO NEEDING AN UPDATED T I A, SO STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING, UM, WITH THE DEVELOPERS IN SIENNA, AND WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THAT.

UM, AND SO NOW STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION HAS, UM, UPDATED TO BE APPROVED, AND THAT WILL APPLY FOR EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE PLATS IN THE SIENNA SECTION.

DO WE VOTE ON 'EM SEPARATELY? WE DO, BECAUSE, UM, SO FOR, IN THIS INSTANCE, SIENNA FOUR A, WE HAVE TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN BEFORE WE CAN APPROVE D PLAT.

AND

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OH, WE HAVE ANOTHER CONCEPT PLAN.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO ANOTHER CONCEPT PLAN THAT HAS PLATS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE FIRST ITEM, WHICH IS THE, THE CONCEPT PLAN THAT STAFF HAS CHANGED THE RECOMMENDATION FROM TO, TO APPROVE NOW THAT THE, THE T I A HAS BEEN UPDATED, I'LL, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND YET.

OH, THERE WE GO.

MR. GRIFFIN, YOUR SECOND WAS UP THERE AND THEN IT WENT AWAY.

I DON'T KNOW WHY , THAT'S HIGHER THAN MY PAY GRADE.

MR. CHAIRMAN, GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES, PLEASE.

I'M MY NOT ABOUT TO GUESS THAT.

MOTION PASSES.

THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR SANTA 69 A, WHICH WE CAN DO NOW BECAUSE WE APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN.

UM, THE STAFF HAS ALREADY MADE THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

NOW, LET'S GO AHEAD.

MR. O'MALLEY HAS MADE A MOTION.

LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN.

GRIFFIN.

SECONDED.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? AND GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

UH, MOTION PASSES.

MOVING ON.

THE NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDERED AN APPLICATION FOR REVISED CONCEPTUAL PLAN FOR CNF FOUR B.

AGAIN, STAFF HAS GIVEN US THEIR RECOMMENDATION.

MR. O'MALLEY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION.

MR. PEARSON.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE, PLEASE.

I GET OUT ALREADY AND THE MOTION CARRIES.

NEXT ITEM IS CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR OF C NS SECTION 50 B.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND I DON'T SEE A SECOND, BUT IT MUST BE UP THERE.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

NOW MOTION PASSES ALSO.

NEXT ITEMS, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIENNA.

SECTION 51.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTE.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

THE NEXT ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS CONSIDERED AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SUMMER HOUSE DRIVE, STREET.

DEDICATION.

WE'RE NOT CUT UP YET.

ANYBODY CAN MAKE A MOTION.

I'M TRYING MAKE IT MY SECOND.

UH, YOU WANNA DO THIS ONE MANUALLY? I'LL JUST, OKAY.

TAKE YOUR MOTION PLEASE.

THAT WE GO WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON, OKAY.

WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. O'MALLEY.

SECTION D, FORT BEND, PARK BUS, FORT BEND PARKWAY BUSINESS PARK.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

WE CAN ACTUALLY RUN IT NOW.

[D Fort Bend Parkway Business Park]

FIRST ITEM, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF FORT BEND PARKWAY BUSINESS PARK.

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THIS IS ALSO SIMILAR.

WE HAVE A CONCEPT PLAN AND, AND A PRELIMINARY PLA.

AND WE NEED THE CONCEPT PLAN TO BE, UM, APPROVED PRIOR TO THE PRELIMINARY PLOT.

UM, THIS IS ALSO A WRITTEN RESPONSE APPLICATION AND THE APPLICANT HAS RESPONDED TO THOSE, UM, ORIGINAL CONDITIONS.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF BOTH THE CONCEPT PLAN AND THE PRELIMINARY PLOT.

SO YOU NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONCEPT PLAN FIRST, CORRECT? YES.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. O'MALLEY AND MR. DAVIS MADE A SECOND.

OH, UH, GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

UM, THE LAST ITEM IS CONSIDERED AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF FORT BEND PARKWAY, BUSINESS PARK PHASE THREE.

UH, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR MR. O'MALLEY.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

UM, GO AHEAD AND COVER SECTION NINE ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS PRIOR TO THE, UH, THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.

AND I'M TOLD THAT WE ARE CHANGING AN AGENDA NOW.

WELL ASKING THE COMMISSION TO MOVE UP THE COMING TEXT AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TAKE THE OKAY.

ZONING MAP.

SO WE NEED A, WE NEED A MOTION TO DO THAT.

UM, STAFF HAS ASKED US TO,

[9. ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS]

I WILL, THE ZONING.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION? IS THAT THE EXISTING THAT'S FROM THAT? NO, THAT'S THE EXISTING ONE.

SO WE WILL DO THIS MANUALLY? YES, PLEASE GO AHEAD.

SOMEBODY.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE COVER, UH, ZONING TEXT COMMITMENTS PRIOR, BEFORE WE DO ZONING MAP COMMITMENTS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

AYE.

OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.

ITEM NINE, MURALS DISCUSS POSSIBLE ZONING REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO MURALS.

GIVE ME ONE SECOND.

, WE HAVE A LONG PRESENTATION HERE BEFORE THAT.

I WENT THROUGH IT REALLY FAST.

A REQUEST BY THE COMMUNITY, BY BUSINESS OWNERS, BY PROPERTY OWNERS SHALL LAW FOR MURALS.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UM, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A PRELIMINARY REPORT TO ALLOW FOR MURALS.

UM, MURALS ARE LARGE SCALE WORKS OF ART, UM, THAT ARE USUALLY PAINTED ON A PUBLIC WALL, UM, AND CAN BE IN IMPORTANT FORMS OF PUBLIC ART, UM, AND HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.

AND RECENTLY, WITHIN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AND YEARS, THE CITY HAS RECEIVED QUITE A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR MURALS.

AND CURRENTLY WE DON'T HAVE ANY SPECIFIC REGULATIONS WITHIN OUR CITY ORDINANCE, UM, TO ALLOW FROM MURALS.

AND SO WHEN WE DO RECEIVE THESE, UM, REQUESTS, UM, ON THE PLANNING SIDE, WE KIND OF ADDRESS IT E EITHER WITHIN OUR ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN STANDARDS OR WITHIN OUR ASSIGNED REGULATIONS.

UM, AND THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF ONES WE'VE RECENTLY OF REQUESTS WE'VE GOTTEN OVER THE PAST YEAR.

UM, THAT FIRST ONE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS A REQUEST WE HAD ORIGINALLY RECEIVED FROM, UM, CINEMA IN THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER.

AND, UM, ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS ONE FOR THE WELLBE FINANCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT WE RECEIVED.

UM, SO I GUESS TO KIND OF TALK THROUGH WHERE STAFF HAS GONE WITH THESE REQUESTS IS THAT IF IT'S CONSIDERED A SIGN, IT'S, IT'S IF IT'S PROMOTING ANY SORT OF LIKE, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AT THE LOCATION OF THE MURAL.

UM, AND USUALLY IF THAT, IF THAT IS WHAT IS CONTAINED IN THE SIGN, THEN SIGN, UM, REGULATIONS IN SECTION 13 WOULD HAVE TO APPLY, WHICH MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH, UM, THE LETTERING.

THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE COLORING, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE SIZE OF THE SIGN, UM, THE LOCATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

AND SO, UM, TO HELP WITH THESE BUSINESSES TO ALLOW FOR THESE MURALS IS TO HAVE THEM REMOVE SOME OF THAT, UM, THOSE IMAGES OR ANY WORDING THAT IS KIND OF PROMOTING THAT ECONOMIC ACTIVITY WITH THE MURAL.

SO THIS IS WHAT WAS PROPOSED ORIGINALLY FOR THE CINEMA, IS WE SAVED Y'ALL A SEAT AND IT HAS THE CINEMA MARK LOGO, UM, RIGHT ON THAT HAT.

AND TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH IT AS AN ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

UM, WE HAVE THEM REMOVE THE, THE PHRASING AND THE, AND THE PROMOTION OF THE BUSINESS.

AND THE SAME THING WAS, UM, DONE WITH THE WELLBE FINANCIAL AS WELL.

UM, SO WHAT STAFF IS PROVIDING FOR YOU ALL TODAY IS, UM, BRINGING TO YOUR ATTENTION KIND OF THAT THIS IS HAS BEEN

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AND SINCE WE DON'T HAVE ANY CLEAR REGULATIONS CURRENTLY, IS TO CONSIDER ADOPTING, UM, CLEAR GUIDELINES THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR THESE BUSINESSES TO IMPLEMENT MURALS.

UM, SO THIS IS BROUGHT FORWARD AS A DISCUSSION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

UM, AND TO RE THE REQUEST IS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT YOU HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A PRELIMINARY REPORT.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

UM, SO THIS, FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, CAN YOU JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL GO OVER THE, THAT PROCESS AND THEN NEXT STEPS OF ANY, ANY OUTCOMES THAT WOULD COME FROM THAT PUBLIC HEARING? SO THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WE HAVE TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING FOR ANY CHANGES TO CITY ORDINANCE, WHICH IS WHAT THIS WOULD, UH, BE JUST SIMILAR TO ZONING CASES.

UM, AND SO WITH THE PRELIMINARY REPORT, UM, BASED OFF OF THE DISCUSSION TODAY, STAFF WILL PULL FORWARD SOME RECOMMENDATIONS FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, THAT WOULD BE PRESENTED TO YOU ALL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WOULD NOTICE IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC IN THE NEWSPAPER.

SO IF, UM, THERE WAS ANY INPUT THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC HAD, SUCH AS ANY BUSINESS OWNERS OR PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY COULD COME IN AND THEY COULD PROVIDE THEIR INPUT AT THAT TIME TO YOU ALL TO CONSIDER AS WELL.

AND SO WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS IN TOTAL.

THE FIRST TWO ARE WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A PRELIMINARY REPORT AS WELL AS THE FINAL REPORT.

AND THEN, UM, THE FINAL REPORT IS FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING AS WELL.

APPRECIATE IT.

NO PROBLEM.

SO WE NORMALLY WOULD HAVE A BEE HERE THAT SAYS, CALL A PUBLIC HEARING.

RIGHT? WE DON'T HAVE, DO WE HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THIS TO VOTE? MM-HMM.

SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN MAKE A MOTION.

UM, TO CALL A PUBLIC HEARING AND RECEIVE A PRELIMINARY REPORT.

SO AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN YET STAFF WILL PULL TOGETHER ALL THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND COME UP WITH KIND OF A, A, A, A DRAFT OF WHAT THEY THINK MIGHT WORK FOR THIS.

AND THEN WE'LL SEE THAT.

AND ONCE WE SEE IT, READ IT, IT'LL BE THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE WHAT THE PUBLIC, IF THEY HAVE INPUT AND, AND, UH, ON THAT TO HELP US, YOU KNOW, KIND OF FORM ARTISTS OUR THOUGHTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT THE STAFF IS ON THE RIGHT TRACK OR IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION OR NOT.

SO WHO SHOULD BE INCLUDED? LIKE THE MAILING LIST THAT WE HAVE FOR ZONING, WHO SHOULD BE INCLUDED IN THAT INVITATION? UM, SO WE DON'T HAVE A SPECIFIC MAILING LIST FOR ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS.

WE USUALLY PUBLISH IT IN THE NEWSPAPER.

UM, BUT IN THIS INSTANCE, SINCE WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF, UM, BUSINESS OWNERS BE INTERESTED IN MURALS, WE COULD NOTICE OUT TO THEM AND SPECIFICALLY THOSE THAT HAVE SHOWN INTEREST.

AND WE HAVE A DYNAMIC COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, SO WE'LL BE WORKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND OUR COMMUNICATIONS DIVISION TO PUSH THAT OUT.

UM, AND YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOME INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT, UM, THAT ARE FOLLOWING, UH, THIS CONVERSATION AS WELL.

UM, SO WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THAT HAVE SHOWN INTEREST, UM, IN THE SUBJECT, UM, KNOW ABOUT THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, AND I W WOULD ONE OF THE VEHICLES, UH, TO POST IT, WOULD IT BE THE COMMUNITY IMPACT? IS THAT, CAN YOU DO THAT IN THERE? WE CAN WORK WITH THE COMMUNICATIONS TEAM, UM, BECAUSE COMMUNITY IMPACT IS A SEPARATE, YOU KNOW, ORGANIZATION, SO WE DON'T CONTROL WHAT THEIR CONTENT IS.

YOU MEANT THE NEWSLETTER THAT YOU ALL PUBLISH AND OTHER CHANNELS? RIGHT.

SO THE, THE NOTICE WOULD BE PUBLISHED IN THE FORT BEND INDEPENDENT.

UH, NEWSPAPER, WHICH IS THE OFFICIAL RECORD, UM, NEWSPAPER ON RECORD, UM, FOR THE CITY.

SO THAT'S THE NEWSPAPER IT WOULD BE POSTED IN.

AND THEN WE'LL WORK ON, UH, UH, WAYS WITH COMMUNICATIONS TO PUSH IT OUT FURTHER.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? BUT ARE YOU READY TO MAKE A MOTION? THIS WAS NOT SET UP AS AN ITEM TO VOTE ON, SO IT'LL BE A MANUAL VOTE AND I'LL JUST RECORD IT.

QUESTION IS FOR OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES THAT ARE AROUND US, CAN WE LOOK TO SEE WHAT THEY HAVE IN PLACE WHEN IT COMES TO THAT? AND MAYBE THAT COULD BE SOME OF THE INFORMATION YOU COULD BRING BACK TO US.

WE ALREADY HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO I GUESS WE CAN CAST OUR VOTES.

WELL, MAYBE, OH, THE SYSTEM'S NOT SET UP.

SO IT'S JUST GONNA BE MANUAL.

WE'RE GONNA DO A MANUAL.

WE'RE CLEAR CUZ LIKE OUR, OUR CHAIR SAID THERE'S A MOTION IS SECOND FOR DISCUSSED POSSIBLE ZONING REGULATIONS.

SO DOES THE SYSTEM WORK OR DOES IT NOT WORK? OH, UP, I THINK CARRY OVER FROM THE LAST SLIDE.

OH, OKAY.

SO WE'RE GONNA DO THIS MANUALLY.

AND SO REALLY QUICKLY BEFORE YOU TAKE VOTE, UH, STAR HAD ASKED, UM, IF THE COMMISSION HAS ANY INITIAL FEEDBACK THAT AREAS, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU MIGHT WANNA BE INTERESTED IN BRINGING BACK MORE INFORMATION ON, UM, LET US KNOW THAT AS WELL.

SO IF YOU WANNA LET US KNOW THAT TONIGHT, UM, OR OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, IF YOU WANNA SEND THAT TO US BY EMAIL, UM, SO THAT THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT THAT COMES BACK TO YOU COULD, MY

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YEP.

YES, MOST DEFINITELY.

THE ONLY INPUT THAT I HAVE AFTER YOUR INITIAL PRESENTATION IS THAT IT'S REALLY TOUGH TO BE A JUDGE AND JURY ABOUT ART AND THAT IF THEY APPLY FOR WHATEVER PERMIT IS REQUIRED AND THEN WHEN THE MURAL'S DONE SOMETHING ABOUT THE MURAL HAS AN ECONOMIC ELEMENT TO IT THAT ISN'T WRONG, IT'S THEIR ART.

SO IT, IT'S, THAT'S WHY WHO'S GONNA BE INVITED AND SOMEBODY THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE NEEDS TO DETERMINE HOW DO YOU JUDGE ART? HOW DO YOU SAY NO TO SOMEBODY THAT'S PUTTING THEIR IMPRESSION ON OUR WALL? SO ACTUALLY THAT IS A GOOD POINT.

KIND OF THE PURPOSE OF US WANTING TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IS SO THAT IF IT DOES HAVE, UM, LIKE AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE.

CUZ UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS, THEY, IF THEY, IF IT DOES PROMOTE SOME SORT OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, IT WOULD BE CONSIDERED A SIGN.

AND OUR ASSIGNED ORDINANCE IS, UM, YOU CAN'T DO A LOT WITH IT WHEN YOU'RE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE DOING MURALS.

SO OUR GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN IT UP TO, FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO EXPRESS ART IN A MEANINGFUL WAY THAT'S BENEFICIAL TO MISSOURI CITY.

AND IF IT HAPPENS TO HAVE AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO THAT SPECIFIC BUSINESS, THEN THAT WOULD BE OKAY TOO.

YEAH, THAT WAS MY REACTION WAS THE, THE SIGN ORDINANCE, YOU KNOW, IT TIED THESE PEOPLE'S HANDS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, THEY, THEY PUT A BUNCH OF PAINT ON THE BUILDING OR WOULD PUT A, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE DONE THIS YET, BUT, UM, AND, AND REALLY DIDN'T GET THE BENE THE BENEFIT THAT THEY WERE LOOKING FOR MM-HMM.

AND SO MY EXPECTATION IS WE WOULD FIGURE OUT A WAY FOR THEM TO KIND OF HAVE THAT HAPPY MEDIUM.

AND, AND, BUT I DO AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO FIGURE OUT WHERE YOU DRAW THOSE LINES AND WE'LL HAVE TO KIND OF SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW, TO THE POINT OF LOOKING AT WHAT OTHER PLACES HAVE DONE MIGHT HELP US AT LEAST, UH, YOU KNOW, CLOSER.

AND WOULD WE CLOSER, WOULD WE BE ABLE TO, LIKE FOR THE GROUPS LIKE AMARK WHO'VE ALREADY ESTABLISHED ART, WOULD THEY BE ABLE TO RETROACTIVELY COME BACK? HOW? OKAY.

YEP.

AND I, I DO WANNA ADD ON SOME OF THOSE.

SO CINEMA ACTUALLY HAS A MASTER SIGN PLAN, SO THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN SOME OTHER, UM, PLACES HAVE.

UM, AND THE SAME WITH THE TOWNSHIP THAT I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS THE TOWER THAT'S THERE AS WELL.

THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBILITY THAN WHAT SOME OF THE OTHER LOCATIONS HAVE, BUT THOSE ARE SITE SPECIFIC.

UM, AND SO WHAT YOU'D BE CONSIDERING IS REGULATIONS TO TO BE APPLIED CITYWIDE, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW, YOU KNOW, MORE BUSINESSES TO HAVE ACCESS, UH, TO THAT FLEXIBILITY.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? SO DID WE DECIDE WE'RE DOING THIS MANUAL? YES, PLEASE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

MAKE A MOTION CALLED PUBLIC HEARING.

I SECOND WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE.

GO BACK TO ITEM EIGHT ZONING.

OKAY, SO, SO NOW WE CAN JUST GO BACK TO, UH, EIGHT.

WE'RE GONNA

[1. Public hearing to receive comments for or against a request by Roger D...]

MAP AMENDMENTS EIGHT A IS ELEVATE MINISTRIES, S U P, PUBLIC HEARINGS RECEIVE COMMENT FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY ROGER DORIS ON BEHALF OF ELEVATE MINISTRIES FOR A S U P SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, CHURCH AND EVENT CENTER.

HELLO AGAIN.

HELLO.

AND AS MENTIONED, THE S U P WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CHURCH AND EVENT SPACE.

UM, FOR THIS PROPOSAL, UM, MR. ROGER DORIS, PASTOR ROGER, DORIS OF ELEVATE, UM, ELEVATE MINISTRY, SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PROPOSE A TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 5,000 SQUARE FEET OF LEASE SPACE TO S U P, UM, A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, WHICH ALSO ALLOWS FOR A CHURCH AND AN EVENT CENTER.

CURRENTLY THE SITE HAS AN UNDERLYING ZONING OF LC THREE, UM, THAT WAS ZONED LC THREE IN 1981.

UH, THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOADED, LOCATED AT 24 35 TEXAS PARKWAY, SUITE H UM, WITHIN THE PARKWAY COURT SHOPPING CENTER NORTH OF QUELL GREEN RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, SOUTH OF AN AMERICAN, UM, STORAGE, WHICH KIND OF SURROUNDS IT, AND EAST OF THE WELLS FARGO, UM, BUILDING ACROSS TEXAS PARKWAY.

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UM, THE PROPOSAL DOES COMPLY WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2017 AND, UM, WITH THE FOCUS OF AN ONGOING AND INCREASING AN ONGOING AND INCREASING FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT, AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO MATURE, IT ALSO CONFORMS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IDENTIFIES THE TRACK, THE SUBJECT TRACK AS A COMMERCIAL CHARACTER DISTRICT, BUT THEN THE TEXAS PARKWAY MIXED CHARACTER DISTRICT CORRIDOR.

THE ATTEMPT OF THE TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR IS TO ALLOW FOR FUTURE LAND USES TO BE MORE RESPONSIVE TO MARKET RE UM, REALITIES AND ENCOURAGE INFILL RESIDENTIAL AND PRIMARY EMPLOYMENT FACILITIES AND UTILIZE KEY DEVELOPMENTS SUCH AS THE H C C CAMPUS, UM, AS THE ANCHOR TO BUILD UPON.

THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE HISTORY.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE S G P TO ALLOW FOR A TEMPORARY LOCATION, UM, OF THE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY.

UM, WHICH THE, UM, THE PROPOSAL IS TO BE IN THE LOCATION FOR FIVE YEARS, UH, FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS.

ALL DRIVEWAYS, INCLUDING LOCATIONS, UM, INCLUDING LOCATIONS MUST COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, DESIGN MANUAL.

A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS ANALYSIS WORKSHEET WAS SUBMITTED AND STAFF HAS REVIEWED FOR, UH, TRASH DISPOSAL REGULATIONS.

THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO UTILIZE ANY TRASH DISPOSALS THAT IS ON SITE, UH, CURRENTLY.

UM, UNLESS IF THERE'S GONNA BE ANY FUTURE, UH, LOCATIONS, THEN UM, THEY WILL NEED TO MEET WITH STAFF ON.

UH, FOR UTILITIES, UM, ALL UTILITIES MUST COMPLY WITH THE CITY'S PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE MANUAL.

THE PARKWAY COURT SHOPPING CENTER IS LOCATED, UH, WITHIN THE BLUE, THE BLUE RIDGE WEST, UM, MUD DISTRICT LANDSCAPING.

THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY THAT THE SITE IS ALREADY BUILT.

HOWEVER, THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 11 IN THE ORDINANCE FOR PARKING REGULATIONS.

SECTION 12 OF THE PARKING REGULATIONS APPLY TO THE SUBJECT SITE.

UM, SO FOR SECTION, UH, 12.2 REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 0.2 PARKING SPACES PER PERSON MULTIPLIED BY THE MAXIMUM PERMITTED OCCUPANCY.

THE LEASE SPACE SHARES PARKING WITH COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL BUSINESSES LOCATED WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD PROVIDE DETAILS ABOUT THE PROPOSED CONGREGATION SIZE AS WELL AS THE ANTICIPATED HOURS, UM, OF OPERATION SERVICE, UM, TO ENSURE THAT SU UH, SUFFICIENT PARKING IS AVAILABLE ON SITE TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED USE IN EXISTING, UM, THE EXISTING, UH, UH, TENANTS AS WELL.

FOR THE SIGN REQUIREMENT, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 13 OF THE SIGN REGULATIONS AND AGAIN, THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE.

THE APPLICANT HAS ADVISED THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE IS NOT, IS PLANNED TO NOT GO BEYOND THE FIVE YEAR, THE FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME.

DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.

THE ONLY QUESTION, IT'S THE PROPERTY THAT'S BETWEEN DOMINOES AND CATFISH.

WILLIES, IT'S IN THAT CORNER.

IN THAT CORNER, YES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.

I THINK THERE'S A TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR GROUP THAT LOOKS AT STUFF LIKE THIS.

HAVE WA THEY WEIGHED IN WITH AN OPINION ON THIS AT ALL? I HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM, WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM THEM.

COMMISSIONER PEARSON KNOWS I'VE BEEN EYEING HIM FOR HIS INPUT.

WOW.

UM, YES, I'M PART OF THAT COMMITTEE.

COMMISSIONER.

UH, I, WE, WE HAVEN'T HAD A FULL DISCUSSION, UH, ABOUT IT.

THERE WERE SOME OF THE MEMBERS THAT WERE NOT, UH, AT THE LAST MEETING.

UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS, UH, ABOUT IT.

UH, IT HELPS BRING MORE TRAFFIC, UH, IN A POSITIVE WAY TO THAT AREA, WHICH WILL HELP THE BUSINESSES IN THAT AREA.

UH, THAT PARTICULAR SHOPPING CENTER, UH, HAS A CLEANERS IN THERE, UH, PHARMACY, THE DOMINOES, UH, THE STORE THAT WAS ON THE END CLOSEST TO THE STORAGE FACILITY.

MOVING ACROSS THE STREET MM-HMM.

, UH, TO A BIGGER SPACE OVER THERE.

SO I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FROM A NEGATIVE STANDPOINT OF VIEW OF IT BEING LOCATED THERE.

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THAT'S MY OPINION, NOT THE TOTAL OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE.

OH, I YOU RUNNING IN YOUR LANE.

I I UNDERSTAND .

UM, SO ANY, NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, DOES ANYBODY NEED TO HEAR FROM THAT POINT? I DON'T NEED TO, BUT IF THEY, THEY'RE HERE, WOULD LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING.

, HELLO COMMISSION.

UH, MY NAME IS PASTOR ROGER DORE.

SO I'M THE PASTOR OF ELEVATE AND, UH, I JUST WANNA SAY I'M GLAD TO BE HERE TONIGHT.

WE ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO BECOMING A BIGGER PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.

I CURRENTLY LIVE IN SIENNA AND OUR CHURCH WAS LOCATED IN, UM, JERSEY VILLAGE IN HOUSTON.

AND THE GREATER MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERSHIP ACTUALLY LIVES DOWN THIS WAY.

SO WE'VE DISCUSSED IT.

I ACTUALLY HAVE MY, THE HEAD OF MY BOARD HERE, HE'S, UH, RETIRED HARRIS COUNTY POLICE OFFICER AND ALSO A, NOW A RETIRED BAILIFF.

AND HE IS THE HEAD OF MY BOARD AND HE LIVES HERE IN FRESNO AS WELL.

SO, UH, WHEN I BROUGHT THE IDEA UP TO THE CONGREGATION, BECAUSE WE WERE LOOKING FOR A, A FACILITY, EVERYONE, AND THEY WERE LIKE, YES, LET'S DO IT.

AND EVEN PEOPLE WHO LIVE FURTHER OUT, THEY'RE NOW LOOKING AT POSSIBLY RELOCATING TO THIS AREA.

SO I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT WE WANT TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THIS COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN, NOT JUST FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PLACE IN ASSEMBLY OF WORSHIP, BUT THE EVENT CENTER WILL BE USED FOR THINGS LIKE WEDDINGS AND RECEPTIONS AND, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

AND WE WANT TO JUST BASICALLY BRING COMMERCE INTO THIS FAC INTO THE, THE AREA.

WE, UM, ALSO INTEND TO, UM, WELL, LEMME JUST SAY THIS.

WE WENT OUT AND TALKED TO EVERY SINGLE PERSON ON THE LIST THAT WE COULD REACH.

ACTUALLY EVEN HAVE A, UH, SIGNED LETTER HERE FOR, OR THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, SIGNED THINGS FROM, UM, SH SHIRLEY FELDER OF GRACE FAMILY CLINIC AND SUPPORT.

I THOUGHT I HAD DELIVERED BY HAND SINCE SHE HANDED IT TO ME.

AND I TALKED TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, OR NOT RESIDENTS, WELL, THE RESIDENTS BEHIND THE FACILITY.

I TALKED TO AS MANY OF THOSE AS I COULD AS WELL.

AND THEY ALL SEEM TO BE IN SUPPORT.

ALL OF THE TENANTS NEXT DOOR TO US HAVE SAID, WE ARE, WE REALLY APPRECIATE THIS BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BRING A LOT MORE BUSINESS INTO THIS FACILITY.

AND SO THEY WERE ALL FOR IT.

AND SO WE ARE JUST GLAD TO TRY AND, UH, DO WHAT WE CAN TO BRING A POSITIVE IMPACT TO THIS COMMUNITY, TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN.

AND, UH, WE JUST HOPE THAT YOU WILL SAY YES TO THIS PROPOSAL AND, UH, GIVE US A THUMBS UP.

AND, UH, JAMES DAVIDSON SAID, I GAVE PASTOR VIBES WHEN I CAME IN .

DID ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

RIGHT NOW.

YOUR CONGREGATION MEMBERSHIP NOT PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY MEMBERS DO YOU HAVE RIGHT NOW? WE ARE, WE'RE RIGHT AT ABOUT, I WOULD SAY ABOUT A HUNDRED.

SO 75 TO A HUNDRED.

NOT TO MENTION, I ALSO WANT TO ADD THIS IN THE, IN OUR CONGREGATION, WE HAVE A, UH, CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.

UM, ONE OF THE MEMBERS OWNS HIS OWN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND WE HOPE THAT HE WILL BE DOING A LOT OF THE, UM, REDESIGN THAT WE'RE GONNA TRY AND DO TO DO REMODELING INSIDE.

WE HAVE TWO CATERERS THAT ARE A PART OF OUR CONGREGATION THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE EVENT CENTER AS WELL.

WE, UM, ALSO HAVE A HAIR STYLIST AND SHE WANTS TO TRY AND COME DOWN AND BE A PART OF, UH, THE WORK THAT WE ARE DOING DOWN HERE.

WE HAVE A BARBER AND WE HAVE SO MANY OTHER DIFFERENT TYPES OF PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE OWN, OWN BUSINESSES AND ACTUALLY LIVE IN THIS AREA.

SO THEY'RE EXCITED TO SEE US COME AS WELL.

AND ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? SEEING NONE, I WILL, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.

WE'RE GONNA DO THIS ONE MANUALLY TOO, RIGHT? UH, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO VOTE IN YOUR SYSTEM.

UM, WELL WE HAVE AN ITEM HERE THAT SAYS TO MR. OAL HAS, OH, THAT'S, THAT'S, SO THAT'S THE PUBLIC HEARING PART.

AND NOW WE HAVE GRIFFIN.

TWO, WHICH IS TO CONSIDER A FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM EIGHT A ONE.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE CAN'T VOTE YET.

GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM

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MR. MALLEY HAS MADE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND FORWARDED TO THE COUNSEL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION AND DAVIS HOUSE.

OH, OKAY.

AND SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE SYSTEM TO CATCH UP? HERE WE GO.

GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

S U P PUBLIC HEARING CAN RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST A REQUEST BY, I'M GONNA BUTCHER THIS NAME, NIVA BAIN HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF FOR U SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE LOCATION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, BASICALLY A SCHOOL.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM B.

HARMONY SCHOOL.

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I'LL JUST STAY UP HERE.

UM, JUST A SHORT SUMMARY.

HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A SCHOOL SYSTEM THAT HAS 62 CAMPUSES THROUGHOUT TEXAS.

UM, THEY ARE, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION, OF COURSE, TO, UM, PROVIDE AN OVERLAY ZONING OF S U P.

THE UNDERLYING ZONING WILL REMAIN SD, WHICH IS A SUBURBAN DISTRICT, UM, UNDEVELOPED.

UH, THEY HAVE 62 CAMPUSES.

UM, I'M SORRY.

THE ZONING IS, UH, APPROXIMATELY FOR, UM, 28 POINT 37 ACRE TRACK OF LAND.

AND THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF CREEK MONT RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION NORTH OF THE NEW POINT ESTATES RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX.

SO THE DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, THE PROPOSED SCHOOL CAMPUS IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN TWO PHASES.

ONE, THE FIRST PHASE WILL BE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, AND THEN THE SECOND PHASE WILL BE A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

I'M SORRY.

HERE ON THIS SCREEN WE HAVE THE, UM, A SITE PLAN, A PROPOSED SITE PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

AND THEN WE SEE, UM, THEY HAVE, UH, SHADED IN GRAY WHERE THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS LOCATED.

THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN HAS BEEN PROVIDED, UM, TO DEPICT TWO SCHOOL BUILDINGS, PLAY FIELDS, PARKING, AND DRAINAGE FACILITY.

THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUILDING WOULD, UM, WOULD BE LOCATED TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY.

THE MIDDLE SCHOOL BUILDING WOULD BE CLOSER TO THE STATE OF, UH, I MEAN HIGHWAY SIX.

AND THE SITE LAY, UH, LAYOUT IS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE LOOP ROADS AROUND AND WITHIN THE SITE TO FACILITATE VEHICLE TRAFFIC.

UM, AND PARTICULARLY DURING PEAK DROP OFF AND PICKUP TIMES.

UH, FOR CONFORMANCE, IT DOES CONFORM WITH THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, TO PROVIDE A MORE VARIED DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE BEYOND A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, UM, OF THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

IT ALSO CONFORMS WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH IDENTIFIES THE SUBJECT TRACT.

AS AN ESTATE CHARACTER DISTRICT, THE DISTRICT IS DESIGNED FOR LARGE LOT, UH, DEVELOPMENT, HAVING MINIMUM LOT SIZES OF ONE ACRE OR GREATER, GENERALLY ON THE PERIMETER OF THE CITY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES, UM, DOES NOT DESIGNATE ANY AREA OF THE CITY SPECIFICALLY FOR, UM, SPECIFICALLY FOR USES THAT REQUIRE SGP, UM, DESIGNATION.

THE PURPOSE OF THE SGP ZONING IS TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPER INTEGRATION OF USES BASED ON THE SUITABILITY IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS WITHIN THE CITY.

STAFF DOES RECOMMEND TO APPROVE THE SG P P TO ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY FOR THE LOCATION OF AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPUS, AND TO ADOPT A DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE TO INCLUDE THE FACES DESCRIBED ABOVE, UM, AND TO ADOPT, UH, REGULATIONS TO INCLUDE THE AREAS DESCRIBED BELOW, WHICH ARE THE HEIGHT.

STARTING WITH THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THE HEIGHT AND AREA REQUIREMENTS OF LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT.

UM, THAT IS CONTAINED IN SECTION SEVEN 12 C.

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THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE, UM, WITH THE HEIGHT AND REGULATIONS OF SECTION SEVEN 12 C.

UM, FOR BUILDING REGULATIONS, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE BUILDING REGULATIONS CONTENDING CONTAINED IN SEVEN POINT 11 D, UM, WHICH IS THE BUILDING FRONT, AS WELL AS THE LIGHTING FIXTURE FIXTURES AND THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN.

UM, THEY WILL NEED TO IN, UH, TO ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGNS OF SECTION SEVEN A AS WELL AS THE TRASH DISPOSAL.

AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND THE TRASH REGULATIONS CONTAINED IN SECTION NINE POINT 15, I'M SORRY, NINE POINT 14, WHICH THE PROPOSED TRASH DISPOSAL REGULATIONS WOULD REQUIRE THAT ANY TRASH DISPOSAL AREAS BE LOCATED TO THE SIDE OR THE REAR OF A PROPERTY.

AND TO BE SCREENED BY MASONRY ENCLOSURES AT A MINIMUM HEIGHT THAT IS ONE FOOT TALLER THAN THE RECEPTACLE.

UM, THEY WILL NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH OUTSIDE PLACEMENT OF STORAGE CELLS AND SERVICE REGULATIONS, AND THEY WILL NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH LANDSCAPING, WHICH, UH, THE PROPOSED LANDSCAPING REGULATIONS WOULD REQUIRE.

IN PART TRANSITIONAL BUFFERY YARD SCREENING WHERE THE PROPERTY ADJOINS THE STREET, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH FOR PARKING REGULATIONS.

STAFF DOES, UM, RECOMMEND THAT THE PARKING REGULATIONS CONTAIN IN SECTION 12 ARE FOLLOWED FOR EDUCATIONAL CAMPUSES, WHICH FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, 1.25 PER CLASSROOM PLUS 0.25 PER STUDENT OF DRIVING AGE.

THEY WILL ALSO NEED TO ENSURE THAT THEY COMPLY WITH THE SIGNED REGULATIONS OF SECTION 13 AND THE FENCING REGULATIONS.

UH, UH, T I'M SORRY.

UM, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS SUBMITTED AND WAS REVIEWED, UH, BY STAFF.

AND FOR UTILITIES, UM, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO ENSURE THAT, UM, ALL UTILITIES SHALL COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? SO ARE THEY GONNA HAVE TO DO ANYTHING ON THE SOUTH SIDE ABUTTING THE RESIDENTIAL? YES, THEY WILL.

THEY WILL NEED TO, UM, ENSURE THAT A MASONRY WALL IS PROVIDED MINIMUM OF EIGHT FEET.

I CAN'T TELL FROM THE PICTURES.

THERE ARE NO HOUSES THAT ACT RIGHT UP TO THAT OR CUZ THOSE ARE LARGE LOTS, RIGHT? MM-HMM.

, THEY, THEY ARE LARGE LOTS.

NEW POINT OF ESTATE.

UM, THE COMMISSION CAN PUT SOME FLEXIBILITY IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT BY THE LANGUAGE OF THE ORDINANCE, JUST BEING IN PROXIMITY TO A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IS WHAT TRIGGERS THAT REQUIREMENT.

SO IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, UM, A HOUSE ON A SMALLER LOT.

UM, NEW POINT ESTATE IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

WELL, I, SO WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY PROTESTS THAT, THAT WE'RE AWARE OF.

WE'LL SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.

NO, AT THIS TIME, UH, NO PROTESTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

SO THE STADIUM LIGHTING FOR THE FA FIELD, ARE THEY GOING TO NEED LIGHTING FOR THE, I GUESS, SOCCER FALL FIELD? AND DOES THAT MEET OUR REGULATIONS OUTSIDE OF THE NORMAL SCHOOL DISTRICT? UM, YES.

THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH THE LIGHTING, UM, REGULATIONS, UM, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DO NOT, UM, PROJECT ONTO ANY RESIDENTIAL SITES, WHICH WOULD PROBABLY REALLY BE ON THAT SOUTH SIDE, BUT THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE REGULATIONS.

AND SO THE, THE RECOMMENDATION IN THE STAFF REPORT IS BASICALLY THE FLOW AT THOSE RESIDENTIAL BOUNDARIES NEEDS TO BE AT ZERO.

SO YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHT, BUT THE FLOW OF THE LIGHT SHOULDN'T, UH, GO BEYOND LONG POINT CREEK OR EXTEND INTO ANY OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

JUST CALL 'EM FOOT CANDLES.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING? THAT IS WHAT OUR ORDINANCE SAYS.

ANYBODY HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS OF STAFF? YES, I HAVE SOMETHING.

UM, I GUESS IT'S KIND OF MORE OF A STATEMENT, UM, FOR ENGINEERING.

UH, ARE YOU GUYS GONNA, I GUESS, REQUEST A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS? I'M SURE WE WILL.

UH, ENGINEERING WILL REQUEST A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS ON THIS.

NO CONCERNS WITH THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS.

BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT SECTION OF LONG POINT CREEK SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX, WE WERE HAVING SOME ISSUES OVER THERE AND THAT'S PROBABLY WHERE THEY'RE GONNA DRAIN TO.

I'M ASSUMING UNLESS THEY DRAINED TO HIGHWAY SIX, IT'S ALSO WETLANDS OVER THERE.

SO YEAH, THERE IS SOME, SOME CONCERN ABOUT THAT.

UM, NOT, NOT CONCERN THAT, THAT WE BELIEVE, UH, WOULD PROHIBIT ANY SORT OF DEVELOPMENT ON THIS PROPERTY.

MAINLY JUST WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE SERVING THOSE WETLANDS.

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UH, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF, UM, STAFF REQUESTED, UH, 8,000 FEET OF INTERNAL STACKING.

UM, THE, UH, THE APPLICANT IS PREPARED TO MEET THAT.

UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE REVIEWED IT.

UH, WE HAVE NOT APPROVED IT AT THIS POINT AS THINGS CAN STILL CHANGE.

HOWEVER, WE HAVE NO OBJECTIONS OR NO FURTHER, UH, COMMENTS, QUESTIONS ON THE, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AT THIS TIME.

AS A FURTHER NOTE, NOT ON, UH, DRAINAGE OR TRAFFIC, UM, RATHER ON UTILITIES.

UH, JUST BRIEFLY, THIS IS WITHIN THE MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA.

UH, IT'S A SERVICE AREA THAT IS OWNED BY THE CITY, UM, OPERATED BY QUILL VALLEY.

THERE ARE ADJOINING PROPERTIES TO THE WEST, UH, IN ORDER DEVELOP THAT WESTERN AREA IS AT THE, LET'S CALL IT THE TAIL END OF OUR SERVICE AREA.

UM, DEVELOPMENT ON THOSE PROPERTIES, WHILE THEY D DO NOT ABSOLUTELY DEPEND UPON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY, WHETHER IT'S IT'S IN THIS FORM OR ANOTHER FORM, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, UH, TRACT WOULD IMPROVE THE DE THE DEVELOPABILITY.

IT'S NOT A REAL WORD, BUT LET'S RUN WITH IT.

UH, THE DEVELOPABILITY OF THOSE, UH, I'M SORRY, EAST SIDE, UM, THE, THE EASTERN PROPERTIES, THE ONES THAT WOULD BE TO THE RIGHT.

UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, I'M ASSUMING THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

? YES.

WOULD LIKE TO, I HAD A MM-HMM.

THERE'S NO ZONING RESTRICTIONS.

HEY, GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS, CITY COUNCIL CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.

UM, I HAVE A 50 PAGE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.

I'M NOT GONNA BORE YOU WITH THAT.

UM, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT WE DO HAVE 61 CAMPUSES.

WE ARE, UM, GROWN IN TEXAS, SO TEXAS STATEWIDE, SEVEN DISTRICTS IN ALL THE MAJOR CITIES.

UH, IN HOUSTON WE HAVE ABOUT 20 PLUS CAMPUSES.

UM, A LOT OF OUR STUDENTS, CURRENT STUDENTS ARE ALREADY GOING TO OUR SUGARLAND AND ARCADIA AND OUR, UM, CAMPUSES IN OUR SOUTH HOUSTON AREA ARE ALREADY LIVING IN MISSOURI CITY.

JUST LIKE THE PASTOR, WE WE'RE GETTING, GETTING DEMANDS AND WE'RE GETTING A REQUEST TO GROW FURTHER OUT TO MISSOURI CITY.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

BUT 61 CAMPUSES WITH OUR VIRTUAL SCHOOL THAT JUST OPENED UP IN, UM, DURING THE PANDEMIC TIME.

UM, BUT WE ARE A TUITION FREE PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL.

SO THE BIG DIFFERENCE WITH US AND ISDS IS THAT, UM, YOU HAVE TO, UH, IT'S OPEN ENROLLMENT.

YOU JUST HAVE TO FILL OUT A APPLICATION AND GO THROUGH OUR LOTTERY SYSTEM.

UM, WE'RE, OUR MAIN FOCUS IS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS.

SO ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, ALL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, WHICH IS GONNA COME IN PHASE TWO, UM, WE REQUIRE THEM TO HAVE A HUNDRED VOLUNTEER HOURS.

SO JUST HAVE YOUR, YOUR DOORS OPEN AND, AND ALL THE BUSINESSES TOO.

WE HAVE STUDENTS ARE GONNA BE READY TO VOLUNTEER AND JOIN THE WORKFORCE.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE CERTIFICATIONS FOR THEM.

UM, REALLY OUR, OUR FOCUS HAS BEEN TO SERVE THE UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES, BUT NOW WE'RE SEEING THAT A LOT MORE OF THE SUBURBAN AREAS LIKE K AND SUGARLAND ARE WANTING, UM, TO OPEN UP THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO OUR SCHOOLS AS WELL.

BUT I HAVE OUR CONSTRUCTION TEAM HERE AND THEN I ALSO HAVE OUR DEAN OF STUDENTS, UH, COORDINATOR, STUDENT COORDINATOR AT OUR HIGH SCHOOL IN SUGARLAND.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE.

AND, UM, I ALSO PASSED AROUND SOME OF OUR HARMONY QUARTERLY MAGAZINES.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE COMING OUT, BUT IN THERE YOU'LL SEE A HARMONY 1 0 1, UM, FACT SHEET.

AND THEN YOU'LL ALSO FIND SOME, UM, INFORMATION IN THERE ABOUT PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS AND HOW WE'RE FUNDED.

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HARMONY AND PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS IN YOUR PACKET.

BUT PLEASE USE THIS AS A RESOURCE AND ASK US ANY QUESTIONS.

JUST THE TECHNICAL, CAN I GET EACH OF YOU TO SAY YOUR NAME BEFORE YOU SPEAK? AND I'LL NEED EACH OF YOU TO FILL OUT ONE OF THESE REGISTRATION FORMS WHEN YOU LEAVE THE PODIUM.

YOU KNOW, UH, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SAY MORE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT THAN, UH, MR. JIM HAD SAID ALREADY.

SO I'M ANNE GILMORE.

I'M THE DISTRICT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS.

MY MAIN FOCUS IS TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ESTABLISHED PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY AND OUR, ALL OF OUR CAMPUSES AND OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

OH, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

UH, MY NAME IS AM ELLIOT.

I'M THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS PROJECT.

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UH, BUT WE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS.

WHEN WE DID OUR FEASIBILITY, WE MADE SURE THAT, UH, IT WAS DONE IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY STAFF THAT, SO THAT WE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT COMPLIANCE.

AS FAR AS CIA, I, I'M A RESIDENT.

I MEAN, I LIVE IN LAKE OLYMPIA, I'M NOT TOO FAR AWAY FROM HERE.

I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT, ABOUT CIA, ABOUT TRAFFIC, AND SO I KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS WERE, WERE IN A, YOU KNOW, UH, ON EXTREME END.

AND WE WERE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM BECAUSE THIS SITE, UH, YOU KNOW, 28 ACRES ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

WE WERE ABLE TO MA TO MEET THE QAN REQUIREMENT.

AND BESIDES, I, I APPRECIATE THE DILIGENCE OF THE TEAM OF THE, OF MISSOURI CITY STAFF.

UH, AFTER OUR ELEMENTARY, TWO YEARS, BEFORE WE BUILD OUR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL, THERE WILL BE A RE A REVISION OF, OF WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW THE STATE OF TRAFFIC IS, AND IF THERE WILL BE, IF THERE IS ANY FURTHER IMPROVEMENT THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE PHASE TWO.

UH, BUT, UH, WITH ME, I HAVE, UH, THE DESIGN TEAM, MR. UH, DURAN WITH BLUE LINE, AND, UH, MR. RIVERS OR THE LGA DOES THE CIVIL ENGINEERING TEAM.

IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS ABOUT, UH, FLOOD MITIGATION, ABOUT THE DRAINAGE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, WE, WE ARE HERE TO ADDRESS THAT.

WOULD YOU? UH, AS WELL.

AND, AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR 23 YEARS.

WE HAVE OVER 60 CAMPUSES, UH, 4,000 STAFF MEMBERS, UH, 40,000 STUDENTS.

SO WE, WE, WE, WE HAVE THIS DOWN.

WE KIND OF KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING, BUT PLEASE ASK AWAY.

RIGHT.

ALSO TO, I'M IN THE CAMPUS IN SUGARLAND, AND I CAN SAY AT LEAST 46 UP 46% OF OUR STUDENTS ARE FROM MISSOURI CITY AND OUR TEACHERS OF MISSOURI CITY.

MY PRINCIPAL LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO OUR SCHOOL IS GROWING AND WE NEED TO BE HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

SO WE HAVE KIDS OVER HERE.

SO LET'S START WITH QUESTIONS.

IF IN, IF ANY, , I HAD A QUESTION WHAT I COULD FIND ON THE WEBSITE.

UH, I LOOKED AT THE SCHOOL YOU CURRENTLY GOT ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF HOUSTON.

MOST OF THEM ARE K FIVE, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS EVERYTHING TOGETHER.

, TELL ME ABOUT HOW THIS FITS WITH YOUR OTHER, ARE YOUR OTHER SCHOOLS ALSO 1400 KIDS, OR ARE THEY TYPICALLY SMALLER? CAUSE THE ONES I, THAT I WAS ABLE TO LOOK AT, THEY LOOK TO BE SMALLER, THAT ARE IN SUGAR AND, AND CIRCLES.

SO WHEN WE STARTED OUT IN 2000, UM, WE DIDN'T HAVE ALL THE BONDS AND ALL THE GRANTS.

SO WE HAD TO LEASE OUT FACILITIES.

SO WE WOULD GO TO A STRIP CENTER OR SMALL, SMALLER BUILDINGS.

NOW THAT WE HAVE GRANTS FUNDED BY US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, WE HAVE MORE FUNDS TO PURCHASE LAND AND BUILD UP FROM THE GROUND.

SO THESE PROBABLY LAST FIVE YEARS, MR. AMIN, UM, ALL OF OUR, OUR, UM, HIGH SCHOOL, OUR PRE-K THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL PLAN HAS BEEN THREE, THREE CAMPUSES ALL ON ONE.

SO THE, THE LAST PROBABLY FIVE YEARS WE'VE HAD THIS AMOUNT OF STUDENTS.

AND HOW MANY, ROUGHLY HOW MANY OF THOSE, HOW MANY SITES ARE THOSE? LET'S SEE.

YOUR SUGARLAND HIGH SCHOOL YEAH.

IS ALL INCLUSIVE.

THE HIGH SCHOOL IN KATY IS, YEAH.

SO PASS SO ROUGH.

YOU'RE TALKING K THROUGH 12? YES, SIR.

18, YES.

RIGHT.

SO ROUGH, ROUGHLY PHASES.

SO THE NEW PROTOTYPE DESIGN IS, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S THE PROJECT WITH TWO PHASES, YOU KNOW, ELEMENTARY, AND THEN WE GROW WITH THOSE STUDENTS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A, A TWO YEARS GAP BETWEEN THOSE TWO, UH, DEVELOPMENTS.

BUT WE HAVE SO FAR ABOUT, UH, SIX CAMPUSES THAT OPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UH, THAT ARE FOLLOWING THIS PROTOTYPE DESIGN.

BUT AGAIN, THIS IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE THE WAIT WAITING LIST THAT WE HAVE OF APPLICANTS.

AND SO WE GROW IN AREAS WHERE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A, THERE IS A NEED AND THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, UH, A DEMAND FOR, FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

ABOUT, ABOUT HOW MANY STUDENTS DO YOU, UH, ANTICIPATE FOR THE PROPOSED MISSOURI CITY AREA SCHOOL? SO, SO THE FIRST, UH, PHASE IT WOULD BE 620 STUDENTS OR ELEMENTARY, AND THEN 750 STUDENTS TO 850 FOR THE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL.

WE ALREADY HAVE SO MANY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE, SO THEY MIGHT BE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.

ON THE PUBLIC RELATIONS SIDE.

UM, THANK YOU.

YOU'RE PRETTY CLOSE TO, UH, TWO SUBDIVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME AND COMMUNICATE WITH US QUITE A BIT.

HAVE YOU COMMUNICATED WITH MONT? NOT YET, BUT I CAN ATTEND EVERY H O A MEETING.

EVERY MOM MEETING THERE IS OUT THERE .

UM, BUT YEAH, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW WHAT WE'LL SET MEETINGS AND OPEN HOUSES, WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO GET THE PUBLIC SUPPORT.

BUT WE DO KNOW THIS AREA IS, IS WANTING IT BECAUSE PART OF THE 50,000 PLUS APPLICANTS THAT WE HAVE, AND LIKE MS. BAILEY SAID,

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THEY, THEY COULD HELP US OUT.

THERE'S A RESIDENT RIGHT BACK THERE, UHHUH.

SO WE HAVE A WAITING LIST RIGHT NOW FOR MISSOURI CITY KIDS TO GET INTO OUR SCHOOL IN SUGARLAND.

SO JEREMY, YEAH.

UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.

SO, UM, WHAT'S, WHAT'S YOUR TIMELINE, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT? YES.

SO, SO THIS DEVELOPMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR A 25 26 SCHOOL YEAR.

AND YOU SAID YOU MENTIONED PHASES.

IS THAT FOR ALL THE PHASES OR JUST FOR PHASE ONE.

AND THEN TWO YEARS AFTER THAT, WHICH WOULD BE 27, 28, THAT WOULD BE THE ELEMENT, THE MIDLAND HIGH SCHOOL.

I SEE.

SO I HAVE SOME TIME TO GO TO THIS HOA MEETINGS.

WELL, MAYBE YOU'LL HAVE SOME TONIGHT.

UM, I HAD A QUICK QUESTION IS, AND THIS IS COUCHING IT IN THE, IN THE THEME OF THE INVESTMENT AS, UH, THAT ENGINEER SNELL HAD MENTIONED EARLIER, ARE, HOW MUCH OF A IMPACT IS YOUR INVESTMENT IN THIS PROPERTY RELATED TO THE CURRENT LAWS OR POLICIES BEING MADE IN AUSTIN RIGHT NOW AROUND THE TOPIC OF, UH, PUBLIC FUNDING FOR, FOR CHARTER SCHOOLS? DOES THAT HAVE ANY IMPACT, ANY MATERIAL IMPACT OR, OR NOT IN TERMS OF INVESTING IN HERE IN THIS SPECIFIC SPACE? UH, I'M, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION.

SO RIGHT NOW IN AUSTIN, THERE'S LEGISLATION AROUND THE, THE TOPIC OF, OF PUBLIC FUNDING FOR EDUCATION.

AND MY, MY QUESTION IS, IS THERE ANY, UM, IMPACT IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS TO YOUR INVESTMENT TO THIS SPECIFIC SITE? UH, WELL, IT WOULDN'T BE IN FACT IMPACTED BECAUSE THIS DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF THE HARMONY, UH, GROWTH PLAN THAT STARTED ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO.

AND THAT, THAT, UH, THE PLAN IS TO BUILD FIVE SCHOOLS ALL AROUND TEXAS, UH, EVERY, EVERY YEAR.

AND SO FUNDING FOR THIS, FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT IS ALREADY AVAILABLE.

BUT BESIDES THAT, I THINK HARMONY JUST RECEIVED $18 MILLION FOR, YOU KNOW, FROM A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO, UH, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR IN A, IN A EXPANSION EXPANSION PRO, PRO PROCESS.

SO, YOU KNOW, TO ANSWER DIRECTLY YOUR QUESTION, THERE'S NO IMPACT, UH, ON OUR BUDGET.

MOST OF OUR FUNDS COME FROM, UM, PRIVATE DONORS, FOUNDATIONS, AND GRANTS.

UM, WE DON'T USE THE LOCAL TAX DOLLARS, SO IT'S NOT LIKE A TRADITIONAL PUBLIC I S D.

SO WE'RE SAVING MONEY THERE.

AND GOVERNOR ABBOTT IS, IS ALL ABOUT SCHOOL CHOICE, AND HE'S BEEN VERY SUPPORTIVE OF HARMONY'S EXPANSION.

ALSO, WE HAVE STATE REPRESENTATIVE RON REYNOLDS, HE SUPPORT US AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF, OF THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU.

I DON'T SEE NONE.

WE'LL, UH, NOW, UH, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? YES, WE DO.

SORRY, THIS IS POWERPOINT .

IT'S OKAY.

UH, THE FIRST PERSON IS RAJA'S CAPITAL OR MAYBE AGATH ANTHONY? YEAH.

OUR MEETING, UH, TWO MONTHS AGO MM-HMM.

BEGINNING EVERYBODY.

MY NAME IS AJITH ANTHONY, I JUST HAD A FOLLOW UP QUESTION WITH HARMONY.

I THINK THEY HAVE ANSWERED MOST OF THE QUESTIONS.

IT'S VERY GOOD IDEA.

HARMONY IS COMING, BUT, UH, WHAT I HEARD, OR WHAT I HEARD WAS PHASE ONE IS GOING TO BE DONE BY 25, 26, AND PHASE TWO IS GONNA BE DONE BY 26, 27.

THAT'S WHAT I HEARD YOU SAID.

SO THE TWO CHALLENGES I SEE IN THIS IS HOW IS CITI GOING TO PROVIDE THE UTILITIES BY THE TIME? BECAUSE THAT WHOLE CORRIDOR DOESN'T HAVE UTILITIES.

THAT'S NUMBER ONE.

NUMBER TWO CHALLENGE I SEE IS, UH, THE FORT BEND, I S D AND THE BOND, WHICH IS COMING UP FOR THIS THING IS, UH, CAN, UH, UH, FORT BEND IS THREE IS S D CAN THROW A ROADBLOCK INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S A VERY GOOD DEVELOPMENT.

I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH IT.

WE NEED IT, BUT I DON'T KNOW, THESE ARE THE TWO CHALLENGES I SEE.

ONE IS, UH, UTILITIES FROM THE CITY TO EXTEND THIS UTILITIES UP TO THAT CORRIDOR BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE COR UH, ANY THE, UH, ANY UTILITIES THERE.

WATER.

AND WHEN I SAY UTILITIES, THE WATER AND SEWER AS WELL AS THE FORT BEND, UH, ISDS CHALLENGE.

SO IF ANYBODY CAN ANSWER THAT, I WOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

WE HAD A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FORT BEND ISD THAT ON A LAST CHARTER SCHOOL, I DON'T LIKE THIS MICROPHONE.

A REPRESENTATIVE WAS AT

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, AND HE OPPOSED ANY CHARTER SCHOOL NATURALLY, UM, ARBITRARILY.

AND HE ADMITTED THAT.

SO I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY'RE OPPOSED.

BUT, UH, YEAH, IT, BEYOND THAT, I MEAN, IT'S A VALID QUESTION, BUT I I'M NOT SURE THAT THERE'S ANYBODY IN LEGAL MIGHT WANT TO CHIME IN THAT THAT COULD LET US, COULD THAT COULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION DEFINITIVELY.

YEAH, WE CERTAINLY CAN.

I DON'T THINK WE'RE EQUIPPED TO DO IT.

THE UTILITIES QUESTION, OBVIOUSLY, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, HAS ALREADY STATED THAT, UM, THAT IT MIGHT, THAT'S, IT'S MAYBE CHALLENGING, BUT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HELP THE OVERALL SITUATION.

SO THE, THEY, THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY HUGE RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE UTILITY SIDE IN PUBLIC WORKS.

UH, WE'VE IDENTIFIED, UH, THE NEED FOR EXTENDING UTILITIES ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.

UM, TRADITIONALLY IT'S BEEN THE, UH, RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DEVELOPER, UH, TO COME IN AND DEVELOP UTILITIES ALONG THEIR PROPERTY LINE AND THEN THE CITY PARTNERS IN ORDER TO BRING IT UP TO THAT PROPERTY LINE IF IT DOES NOT ALREADY EXIST.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE MARY ROSS.

THE RESIDENTS TIME TO PREPARE, OR TWO RESEARCH.

I AM HERE AND QUITE UNPREPARED.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UM, I WAS ANXIOUS TO SEE WHAT THE, WHAT THE DATE OF THE PROTEST OR SUPPORT LETTER WAS BECAUSE I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ACCIDENTALLY.

AND I CALLED EVERYONE THAT I KNEW THAT IS GENERALLY, UM, ALWAYS READY, ALWAYS INTO WHATEVER'S GOING ON, WHAT'S ALWAYS INVOLVED.

AND NONE OF THEM TOLD ME THAT THEY RECEIVED A PROTEST OR SUPPORT LETTER THAT WOULD'VE LET US KNOW THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING SO THAT WE COULD ASK QUESTIONS SO THAT WE COULD DO RESEARCH AND ALL THOSE THINGS THAT RESIDENTS DESERVED TO DO.

AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO DO THAT.

THAT DATE WAS MARCH 31ST.

TODAY IS THE 12TH.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT OUR MAIL MOVES SLOW AND I SUSPECT THAT YOURS DOES TOO.

AND EVEN IF WE WOULD'VE GOTTEN THOSE IN ABOUT THREE OR FOUR DAYS TIME, WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD ENOUGH TIME TO DO ANYTHING.

I SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF NEW NEWPOINT ESTATES.

I LIVE IN CREEK MONT, AND THE PEOPLE IN CREEK MONT, WHO'S NORMALLY VERY ACTIVE, CLAIM THAT THEY HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING IN THEIR MAIL.

I'M ON A LIST TO RECEIVE ANYTHING THAT GOES OUT TO CREEK MONT.

I HAVEN'T RECEIVED ANYTHING.

SO BEING UNPREPARED, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS.

MY MAIN CONCERNS ARE THE DRAINAGE PLAN.

IF Y'ALL KNOW ABOUT US IN CREEK MONT, I OVERHEARD HEARD SOMEONE WHO, UH, A CITY COUNCIL MEMBER SAY, WE ALWAYS FEEL LIKE WE CAN CONTROL STUFF.

THAT'S KIND OF A UGLY THING TO SAY, BUT WE GOTTA TAKE THAT.

BUT WE DO NEED TO TRY AND CONTROL WHAT'S GOING ON AROUND US.

WE HAVE TO, YOU WOULD, UM, WE DIDN'T SEE A DRAINAGE PLAN, BUT WE DID HAVE A MEETING FROM THE, FROM ATTENDED BY GRADY PRESAGE, THE COUNTY DRAINAGE CHAIR, THE CITY, UM, WELL, HE'S THE, UH, UH, DIRECTOR OF, OF OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR MISSOURI CITY NOW.

AND THEY WERE TELLING ME THAT THERE WAS FUNDS TO INCREASE THE CAPACITY OF LONG POINT CREEK.

THAT'S BEEN A LONG TIME AGO.

AND THAT HAS NO, NOTHING'S BEEN DONE, NOTHING.

THEY HAVE NOT EVEN CLEARED THE DEBRIS FROM THE WINTER.

AND WE FIND OUT BY ACCIDENT THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THE SCHOOL VERY CLOSE TO THE EAST BANK OF LONG POINT CREEK, AND WE BARELY MADE IT THROUGH THE LAST FLOODS, BARELY.

AND THE FLOODS ARE CREEPING CLOSER AND CLOSER TO HOMES THAT WE HAVE THAT RUN ALONG THAT CREEK.

WE'RE NOT A CREEK FRONT PROPERTY.

THE CREEK BACKS OUR PROPERTIES, AND PEOPLE ARE AFRAID.

NOW, WE HAVE NOT GOTTEN THOSE ANSWERS FROM THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

WE DESERVE THOSE, WE DESERVE ENOUGH TIME TO PREPARE.

AND I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO NOT FORWARD THIS WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION UNTIL YOU GIVE

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I DON'T THINK IT'S UNREASONABLE TO ASK THAT.

I HOPE NOT.

ANYWAY.

I THINK HIGHLY, VERY HIGHLY OF THE, UH, UH, I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

PLANNING SERVICES.

I'M SORRY, MA'AM.

YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.

BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASK YOU THAT ON BEHALF, BECAUSE I DID SPEAK WITH NEW POINT ESTATE.

THEY'RE SMALL, THEY'RE SMALL NUMBER OF PROPERTIES, THEY'RE BIG PROPERTIES, AND THEY RECEIVE NOTHING.

AND CREEK MONT HAS NOT EITHER.

NOW, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID, AND WE DESERVE THAT.

AND I'M SUP I THINK Y'ALL ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE SURE WE GET THAT BY STATE LAW.

SO, UM, BEFORE I'M DRAGGED OFF HERE, THE ADDRESS LABEL SHOWN IN THIS PACKAGE SHOWS THE, OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY AND OUR MAN, AND, AND, AND THAT ONE NO LABELS TO CREEK MONT NONE.

ZERO AND ONE LABEL TO NEW POINT ESTATES.

THAT'S NOT A NOTICE.

AND WE'D LIKE TO HAVE THAT.

SO, JENNIFER, YOU WANNA SPEAK TO THAT QUESTION? HELLO? AND SO I THINK THE AERIALS ON THE SCREEN, UM, THE NOTICE BY LAW GOES OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY.

THE CITY BY PRACTICE GOES OUT 200 FEET.

UM, AND THEN RECENTLY AS WE, UH, TALKED ABOUT THE LAST MEETING, UH, WE STARTED POSTING NOTICES ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

UM, SO THAT NOTICE IS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY.

UM, THE, UH, PROPERTY IS SEPARATED FROM THE CREEK MU SUBDIVISION BY LONG POINT CREEK.

SO THE EDGES OF THAT 200, 250 FEET DON'T ACTUALLY TOUCH CREEK MONT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

SO INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD NOT HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE, UM, UNDER THAT REQUIREMENT.

THE HOA WOULD'VE RECEIVED THE NOTICE, UM, AND THEN WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE IT OUT ACCORDINGLY.

SO MA'AM, DID YOU, DID YOU UNDERSTAND THAT EXPLANATION SOUNDS GOOD? IF THAT'S HOW IT HAD BEEN DONE, I WOULD UNDERSTAND IT THAT WELL, THAT'S HOW WAS, WHEN ALL, ALL OF THESE OTHER TIMES WE'VE HAD DEVELOPMENT AROUND US, INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES WERE NOTICED.

CORRECT.

BECAUSE THEY WERE CLO NOT MANAGEMENT, THEY WERE WITHIN THE 250 FOOT LIMIT.

THIS PROPERTY IN QUESTION HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.

I FOUND OUT SO LATE, I DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THE MEASUREMENTS.

I ORDER TO DO THE MEASUREMENTS, YEAH.

DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO ANY OF THAT.

I FOUND OUT LAST NIGHT.

OKAY, WELL, AND EVERYBODY I CALLED HAD NOT FOUND OUT YET.

AND THEY, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE BECAUSE IF THE, IF THE ALL HOA DID NOT NOTIFY YOU, THE CITY WAS NOT GONNA NOTIFY YOU DIRECTLY BECAUSE OF THE DISTANCE.

THE HOA DID NOT.

ACCORDING TO THEM, THE HOA DID NOT KNOW IN OUR MANAGE COMMISSION, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK TO BACK AND FORTH.

DID NOT KNOW.

SHE SAID SHE WOULD'VE, SHE CALLED ME, HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS.

SHE SAID SHE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I WAS ON THE BUS, SHE SAYS, NO, I WOULD'VE NOTIFIED.

WELL, THAT'S, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S THE EXCLAMATION WE HAVE AT THIS POINT.

THANK YOU AND COMMISSION FOR YOUR, UH, NOTICE AS WELL.

WE'VE SPOKEN PRELIMINARILY WITH THE SCHOOL, UM, ABOUT, UH, SCHEDULING ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING FOR YOUR MAY AGENDA, UM, WHERE STAFF CAN WORK WITH THE HOA LIAISON FOR THE CITY AS WELL AS COMMUNICATIONS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE NOTICE, UH, GOES OUT FURTHER, IF THAT'S THE DESIRE, UH, OF THE COMMISSION AS WELL.

UM, NEXT, NEXT WE HAVE ALAN OWEN, STATE, STATE YOUR NAME.

GOOD EVENING, , ILLINOIS.

I'M JUST GLAD TO SEE THAT THE CITY AFTER 39 YEARS GAVE YOU A NICE PLACE TO HAVE A MEETING.

WE STARTED IN A WOODEN BUILDING DOWN THE STREET, AND THEN WE WERE CROSSING THE FIRE STATION.

SO YOU GUYS WERE LUCKY TO HAVE GREAT DEALS, BUT I STARTED WORKING WITH HARMONY SCHOOLS WHEN THEY FIRST STARTED LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY.

DRAINAGE WAS A MAJOR ISSUE THAT I TALKED TO THEM ABOUT.

IF YOU REMEMBER SEEING THE SITE, THERE'S A HUGE DETENTION POND.

AND I, WHEN I TALKED TO SASHI ABOUT IT, THE CITY ENGINEER, THIS IS ON, THIS, IS GOING TO IMPROVE THAT AREA, NOT ADD TO IT, BECAUSE LONG POINT CREEK NEEDS TO BE AND, AND NEEDS TO BE ENLARGED.

HARMONY'S GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA ABIDE BY THE WETLANDS ISSUES.

IF THERE'S ANY WETLANDS ISSUES, I THINK THEY'RE GONNA DO SOME STUFF TO, UH, THE ROAD BACK THERE.

UM, WHAT IS THAT ROAD? THE ROAD THAT FLOODS ALL THE TIME.

BUT ANYWAY, GUYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A, THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT FOR THE CITY.

AND JOHN, YOU ASK YOU ABOUT SCHOOLS.

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I THINK YOUR KIDS DID.

I KNOW MY KIDS WENT TO PRIVATE SCHOOL.

AND I THINK THAT'S A CHOICE THAT THE PARENTS HAVE TO MAKE.

WHETHER THEY WANNA SEND THEIR KIDS TO PUBLIC SCHOOLS OR WHETHER THEY WANNA SEND THEM TO A CHARTER SCHOOL.

I SENT MINE TO PRIVATE SCHOOL FOR A REASON, AND THAT'S WHAT HARMONY IS ABOUT.

WHEN HUNDRED PERCENT OF THEIR KIDS ARE COLLEGE ELIGIBLE.

YOU HEAR WHAT I SAID? 100% OF THEIR KIDS ARE COLLEGE ELIGIBLE BECAUSE IT'S A STEM SCHOOL.

AND COMMISSIONER KNOWS THIS BETTER THAN ANYBODY.

THEY JUST, THEY JUST RECOGNIZE THEM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS FOR MATH.

THAT'S WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.

AND WE NEED TO HAVE OUR KIDS LEARNING THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH.

AND THAT'S WHAT HARMONY IS ABOUT.

AND THEY'VE GOT KIDS FROM MISSOURI CITY THAT ARE DRIVING TO SUGAR LAND.

THEY HAVE TEACHERS DRIVING TO SUGAR LAND.

THEY GOT A SU A PRINCIPAL DRIVING TO SUGAR LAND, AND THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE TO DO IT.

THEY'VE PICKED THIS SITE OUT ON HIGHWAY SIX AWAY FROM EVERYTHING ELSE.

I ALSO TOLD THEM THAT CREEK MONT WOULD BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THE CREEK THAT'S GONNA IMPROVE THEIR DRAINAGE.

I'VE DEALT WITH THEM ENOUGH.

I KNOW WHAT THE ISSUES WERE IN CREEK MONT.

NEWPOINT ESTATES HAVE ALSO ASKED THAT HARMONY KEEP AS MANY OF THE TREES BETWEEN NEWPOINT AND THIS SITE TO PROTECT THAT.

BUT THAT'S WHERE THE DETENTION IS.

THE DETENTION'S ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS PROPERTY, AND THEY PLAY SOCCER DURING THE DAY.

JOHN NOT AT NIGHT.

SO LIGHTS AREN'T THE ISSUE WITH THIS.

THEY DON'T HAVE A FOOTBALL TEAM, THEY DON'T HAVE A BASEBALL TEAM.

THEY DON'T HAVE A BAND.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE THINGS THAT NORMAL SCHOOLS DO.

THEY STUDY.

AND LET ME TELL YOU WHAT, A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THEIR KIDS ARE DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.

A LARGE PERCENTAGE, BECAUSE IT IS A PUBLIC SCHOOL.

IT'S A FREE SCHOOL TO THEM IF THEY QUALIFY.

WE NEED THIS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

EDUCATION IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE TO A CITY.

WHY I MOVED H C C FROM SI TO WHERE IT IS TODAY.

REGIN WAS AROUND WHEN WE DID ALL THIS STUFF.

YOU WILL FIND OUT THAT WHEN MAJOR BUSINESSES WANNA COME TO THE CITY, EDUCATION IS THEIR NUMBER ONE CONCERN, AND WE NEED TO DO OUR PART, APPROVE IT.

THAT'S ALL THAT WE HAVE.

UM, THAT'S EVERYBODY WHO'S SIGNED UP, UH, AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.

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

WE HAVE A MOTION BY MR. O'MALLEY, AND WE HAVE A SECOND BY MR. DAVIS.

GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE.

TWO IS CONSIDERED A FINAL REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION ON ITEM EIGHT.

SO ITEM

[2. Consider a final report and recommendation on item 8.b.1]

DISCUSSION MOTION.

EXCUSE ME, CHAIRMAN.

YES, THE, UH, THERE WAS A DEFICIENCY ON THE NOTICE.

AND SO, UH, THE COMMISSION IS NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO TAKE A, UH, MAKE A MOTION OR VOTE ON THE, UH, WHETHER TO ACCEPT OR ADOPT THE, UH, THE, UH, STAFF'S REPORT.

UH, THAT'LL HAVE TO BE RESCHEDULED, UH, FOR A FUTURE MEETING.

BUT THERE IS A DEFICIENCY IN THE NOTICE, SIR.

CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT THAT DEFICIENCY IS? THE NOTICE SAYS BASICALLY THAT, UH, IT DOESN'T INCLUDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

THE NOTICE SAYS IT'S ALLOWING FOR DEVELOPMENT OF A MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AND DOESN'T INCLUDE THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND SO, YES, IT'S IN THE FIRST PHASE.

IF I UNDERSTOOD.

CORRECT, SIR, WE GET TO DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN, IS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ME.

AND, AND WE'LL, WE'LL PROVIDE NOTICE OUT TO, UH, MONT TO THERE A FURTHER, UM, THE, THEN, UH, WE WON'T, WE WON'T HAVE A MOTION.

DO YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE TABLE OR LEAST? NO, NO.

THAT IS EVERYTHING OUTTA THE AGENDA.

MOTION TO ADJOURN.

THERE'S NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR, SO THERE'S NOTHING TO TABLE.

OH, HOLD ON.

GIMME ONE SECOND.

WHAT? I GOTTA GET THERE.

SHE'S GOTTA GET THERE.

BACK IN, UH, MOTION TO ADJOURN.

MR. O'MALLEY, PRESS THE BUTTON PLEASE.

MOTION SECOND BY MR. DAVIS, CAST YOUR VOTES.