[1. CALL TO ORDER]
[a. Consider approving the minutes of the April 12, 2023 Planning and Zoni...]
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CONSIDERATION FOR MINUTES FROM LAST.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES.
UM, IT MISSED OUT ON MY COMMISSIONER REPORT LAST MONTH ABOUT EVE DAVIS'S BIRTHDAY.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WAS ON THERE.
YOU NEED TO MAKE THAT ADJUSTMENT.
WITH THAT APPROVAL, OUR DEBT CHANGE, WOULD THAT CHANGE? IMPORTANT CHANGE MOTION PASSES, I BELIEVE.
DID IT GO THROUGH THE COMMISSION REPORTS? I DON'T HAVE A REPORT.
ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE A REPORT? NO.
JUST VERY EXCITED TO UPDATE YOU GUYS ON THE MASTER PLANS.
AT THE END AND PUBLIC COMMENT,
[6. PUBLIC COMMENT]
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.I'D LIKE TO, WE DO HAVE A JEANETTE LEY WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
OKAY, MS. LEY, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I DO APPRECIATE THAT THERE WAS A BILLBOARDS, WHICH I'M SURE IS NOW HAPPENING TO OTHER PIECES OF REAL ESTATE WITHIN THE CITY OF THE BILLBOARD.
ADVERTISERS FOR MORE INFORMATION SCAN THAT WONDERFUL LITTLE QR PLANNING TO GET MORE INFORMATION.
WELL, THAT TAKES YOU TO GET MORE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE PLANNING.
IT DOESN'T GIVE YOU ANY IDEA WHAT UP THE AGENDA.
SO GIVE MORE INFORMATION ON YOUR BILLBOARD.
CAN YOU GIVE US A CARD CODE THAT GIVES US NO INFORMATION ASS WHY THAT BILL WAS PLACED HERE, WHAT'S GOING ON? I DID CALL, THEY TOLD ME WHERE TO LOOK AND THEN WAS THIS ITEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST.
AND WHEN I WENT TO THAT ITEM AND I TRIED TO ON IT, IT GOES NOWHERE.
I HAVE NO INFORMATION TO SEE WHAT'S GOING TRACK PROPERTY CODE TO TAKE THAT INDIVIDUAL, LEAST GIVE A BRIEF DESCRIPTION.
SO GIVE US A HEADS UP COMING ON THE AGENDA
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Q CODE.GIVE THE INFORMATION A MINIMUM OTHER THAN JUST THE TITLE OF WHAT'S THE NAME OF THE PROPOSED, WHATEVER.
UM, AND THEN IN TERMS OF, UM, JUST REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THEY SUBSCRIBE TO EACH OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE POSTED ON WEBSITE.
AND SO AS SOON AS THOSE AGENDAS ARE POSTED, THEN THEY'LL GET AN EMAIL NOTIFICATION.
SO THE BILLBOARD BEFORE YOU GET TO THE KRCO, DOES IT HAVE ANY PERTINENT INFORMATION FOR THE PROPERTY INVOLVED OR JUST THAT IT'S GONNA BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING? AND I'M ACTUALLY GONNA STOP CALLING BILLBOARD CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE BILLBOARDS
UH, SO IT IS A TEMPORARY TIME.
UM, BUT UM, FOR THAT PURPOSE ONE, IT'S GENERIC SO THAT WE CAN USE IT AND REPOST IT ON ITS OWN, UH, PROCESS.
SO THE GENERIC POSTING IT'S OWN APPLICATION FILE.
UM, AND THEN FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOUR CODE IS THERE, UH, FOR THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS INFORMATION.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT THERE IS A, A PAGE ON THE CITY WEBSITE FOR EACH OF THESE COUPLE REZONINGS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT TONIGHT AS ALL THAT IN ONE LOCATION? OR DOES IT TAKE 'EM TO THIS AGENDA PACKAGE AND THEY HAVE TO FIND IT FROM THERE? GOOD QUESTION.
SO, UH, IT TAKES TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE, UH, TO THE ZONING PAGE.
THIS COUNCIL, UH, TONIGHT ON THAT PAGE.
AND THEN WHEN THEY CLICK ON IT, IT DOESN'T DOWN, IT DOESN'T LINK DIRECTLY.
IT SOUNDS LIKE IT DIDN'T WORK IN THIS CASE SOMEHOW.
YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE THE PAGES, UM, PROBABLY GOT TOGGLE.
UM, SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WHERE INFORMATION IS POSTED, OKAY.
UM, WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE, UM, TO THE CITIZEN'S COMMENT TO HAVE EITHER A DEEP LINK WITHIN THAT QR CODE WHERE YOU HAVE MAYBE SOMETHING A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN A WORD DOCUMENT, BUT, UM, ALMOST BLOG STYLE.
NOT TRYING TO PUT MORE WORK ON STAFF, BUT SOMETHING SIMPLE AS FOR THIS PAST UPDATE OR MAYBE QUARTERLY UPDATE, THAT WAY THAT QR CODE CAN BE SEPARATE FOR PROJECTS THAT, THAT SHE SPOKE ABOUT, WHERE YOU'LL HAVE QUICK BLURB UPDATES.
DOESN'T HAVE TO BE FULL FLEDGED.
THEY CAN GO FOR MORE INFORMATION TO THE FULLER AREA, BUT SOMETHING QUICK.
THAT WAY IT'S STATIC ON THE STAFF'S PART WHERE THEY JUST HAVE TO UP UPDATE THAT ONE DOCUMENT.
BUT THE QR CODE AND THE LINK ITSELF WILL STAY THE SAME CUZ IT'S GOING TO THE SAME PLACE.
[a. CONSENT AGENDA]
PLATS OR THE CONSENT AGENDA.UH, CONSIDERATION FOR AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SIENNA RETAIL CENTER CONSIDERATION NUMBER TWO, CONSIDERATION OR CONSIDER AN APPLICANT FOR APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIENNA WATER CENTER.
THREE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR FINAL PLAT OF FORT BEND PARKWAY BUSINESS PARK PHASE THREE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF FINAL OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA SECTION.
FINAL PLA OF SIENNA, SECTION 51 6.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION SECTION 31 11.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION, A FINAL PLAT OF SUMMER HOUSE DRIVE, STREET, DEDICATION.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR RE
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PLAZA CENTER NINE.THAT'S, DO I HAVE A MOTION? PARDON ME? SO WE HAVE A MOTION IN A SECOND.
SECOND THAT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON MINE.
[a. Texas Surveys Hwy 6 - ZMA]
MAP AMENDMENTS.A TEXAS SURVEYS HIGHWAY SIX EMA.
UH, BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE A STRAIGHT REZONING, UH, FROM SD TO LC THREE TO ALLOW FOR THOSE USES.
UM, IN LC THREE DISTRICT, UM, CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO SITES.
ONE APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT 19 ACRES AND THE OTHER ONE POINT 12 ACRES.
APPROXIMATELY, UH, CURRENTLY THE PER THE APPLICANT, THE LAND WILL BE SOLD ULTIMATELY, OH, I'M SORRY, HERE WE GO.
UM, IT DOES COMPLY WITH THE COM, UH, COM, UH, SORRY, CONFORMANCE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THE FUTURE LAND USE, UH, MAP IDENTIFIES THE SUBJECT AS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL STAFF.
DOES RECOMMEND, UM, THAT THE PROPOSAL LC THREE REGULATIONS ARE APPLIED AND THAT THE PROPOSAL IS APPROVED.
IT DOES ALSO COMPLY WITH THE, WITH GOAL THREE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2017, WHICH IS TO PROVIDE AN ONGOING AND INCREASED FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO MATURE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, IT, IT MAY NOT BE A QUESTION FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE.
YOU MENTIONED THAT THE APPLICANT HAD, UM, ALREADY HAD ALREADY MENTIONED IT WAS GOING TO BE SOLD.
DO, WERE WE PRIVY TO THAT INFORMATION PRIOR TO THE POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? CAN YOU GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND ON WHAT'LL BE SOLD? TWO FOR ITS USE? YES.
RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST TO PREPARE THE ZONING FOR THE SITE SO THAT THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND PRESENT, UM, THE TYPE OF USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AND READY TO BE SOLD.
I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ON THE REZONING TO LC THREE.
WHY, WHY NOT SOMETHING A LITTLE MORE RESTRICTIVE LIKE AN LC TWO THAT WOULD TAKE THINGS LIKE GAS STATIONS AND SOMETHING OUT OF IT.
WHY IS IT, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE OWNER ABOUT WHAT IT IS OR WITH, WITH STAFF? OR CAN YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND THAT? WHAT TYPE OF USES THEY ARE PROPOSING? WELL, WHY, WHY WOULD, WHY LC THREE NOT SOMETHING, WHY WOULDN'T WE GIVE THEM WHERE IT IS IN FRONT OF THE, THE CHURCH AND EVERYTHING? WHY WOULDN'T WE PUT SOMETHING SLIGHTLY MORE RESTRICTIVE IN PLACE AS FAR AS WHAT CAN GO IN THERE? UM, IT DOES ALLOW IT, IT OPENS UP THE TYPE OF USES.
SO THEY PROBABLY WANT TO ATTRACT, UM, MORE BUSINESSES WITH GLC THREE WOULD GENERATE MORE TRAFFIC.
UM, BUT I THINK WE WOULD HAVE TO, UH, DIRECT THAT QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST ADD ON THAT.
I THINK, UM, HISTORICALLY ALONG THOSE MAJOR CORRIDORS, THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE LC THREE, UM, DISTRICT.
SO PRETTY MUCH ON ALL OF THE COMMERCIAL IN THAT AREA SURROUNDING, UM, FRONTING ON HIGHWAY SIX AS THAT LC THREE, UH, DESIGNATION.
UM, AND SO THE PURPOSE OF THAT DISTRICT IS FOR THOSE MAJOR CORRIDORS, UM, SO THAT IT'S NOT A BUDDING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, OR RIGHT, YOU KNOW, IN BACKYARD.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY THAT DISTRICT WAS DESIGNED.
UM, BUT THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT DISTRICT, UM, FOR THE PROPERTY.
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OKAY.ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE A MOTION ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? UH, UM, NOT MAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE, UH, ACCEPT THE STAFF REPORT ON, UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS EIGHT A ONE, THE MOTION FOR PUBLIC HEARING COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'LL DO THE MOTION ON RECOMMENDATION.
HOW ABOUT A MOTION ON THE PUBLIC HEARING? I, SO MO I MOVE THAT WE, THAT WE HAVE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON 8 8 1, SO JENNIFER DOESN'T GET MAD AT ME.
CAN YOU HIT THAT? MAKE A MOTION BUTTON,
AH, HE MADE, IT'S ALREADY IN SECOND.
THOSE FORWARD POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
SO WE WANT TO CON, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION ON EIGHT A, WHICH IS TO SEND THE CITY COUNCIL POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION? INDEED, YOU CAN, SIR.
LET ME LOOK, LET ME MAKE THIS ALL RIGHT.
WHAT DO YOU NEED ME TO BE SPECIFIC? OH, GOOD.
WE GOOD? YOU CAN JUST HIT THAT BUTTON AND THIS.
[b. Harmony School - SUP]
B HARMONY SCHOOL, S E P.THE SUBJECT, UM, WAS PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION FOR THE FIRST TIME DURING THE APRIL 12TH P AND Z MEETING.
UM, HARMONY SCHOOLS IS PROPOSING TO REZONE, UH, THE SD, UM, ZONING TO S U P TO ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.
THE PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 28.37.
THREE SEVEN ACRE TRACK OF LAND.
UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TWO PHASES.
THE FIRST PHASE WILL COMPOSE OF AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, UH, FOR UP TO 650 STUDENTS WITH THE GOAL OF OPENING IN THE FALL OF 2025.
THE SECOND PHASE WILL COMPOSE OF MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL FOR ABOUT 750 STUDENTS TO OPEN IN THE FALL OF 2027, UH, DEPICTED ON THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.
UM, THERE'S THE, THERE THE SCHOOLS ARE DEPICTED AS WELL AS PLAYING FIELDS AND DRAINAGE FACILITIES.
THE LAYOUT DOES PROVIDE A LOOP AROUND THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT FOR STACKING OF TRAFFIC, UH, DURING PEAK TIMES, UH, IN THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF 2017.
THAT THE, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT DOES, UH, CONFORM WITH GOAL TWO, WHICH IS TO HAVE A MORE VARIED DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE BEYOND A BEDROOM COMMUNITY PERCEPTION IN MISSOURI CITY AND FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES IDENTIFY THE SUBJECT TRACK OF AN ESTATE CHARACTER DISTRICT.
THE DISTRICT IS DESIGNED FOR LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENT, HAVING MINIMUM LOT SIZES OF ONE ACRE OR GREATER GENERALLY FOR THE PERIMETER OF THE CITY.
THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES NOT DESIGNATE ANY AREA OF THIS CITY SPECIFICALLY FOR USES THAT REQUIRE S G P.
THE PURPOSE OF S G P ZONING IS TO ALLOW FOR THE PROPER INTEGRATION OF USES BASED ON SUITABILITY IN SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AVAILABLE IN YOUR PACKET.
I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UH, THAT THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, UM, WOULD HAVE TO ADOPT ALL THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE, UH, AS WELL AS ALL
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THE REQUIRED, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT.LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I DO WANNA ADD, UM, AS THE COMMISSION CONSIDERS, UM, WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VERY SOON.
UM, AND SO FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, IS CONSIDERING, UH, THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY, UM, IN THE CITY THAT, UM, ARE SUITABLE OR THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAXIMIZED, UM, FOR, UM, UM, OTHER USES.
UM, SO PART OF THE CONSIDERATION THAT'S BEFORE THE COUN, WELL BEFORE THE P AND Z, AND THEN THAT WILL BE BEFORE THE COUNCIL, UM, IS, UH, WHERE MISSOURI SITS.
MISSOURI CITY SITS TODAY WITH AVAILABLE DEVELOPABLE DEVELOPABLE LAND.
UM, SO THIS PROPERTY IS OFF OF HIGHWAY SIX.
UM, IT HAS FRONTAGE ON HIGHWAY SIX.
AND SO THE CONSIDERATION, UM, TO BE MADE, UM, IS, IS WHETHER OR NOT, UM, THE SCHOOL USE IS THE BEST, UM, POSSIBLE USE, UH, FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UM, SO, UM, THE COMMISSION, AS YOU HAVE YOUR DISCUSSION, AS YOU HAVE YOUR PUBLIC HEARING, UM, IS TO CONSIDER, UH, THAT PIECE, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE OVERALL KIND OF WHERE MISSOURI CITY IS POSITIONED TO GO, UM, IN ITS FUTURE.
SO THE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW DOESN'T HAVE UTILITIES, ELECTRICAL, AND THAT INFRASTRUCTURE WOULD'VE TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE CITY WHO THAT IS IN THEIR JURISDICTION TO PROVIDE.
NOW, LET MARK THIS WAY IN ON THE UTILITY SITUATION.
UH, YES, THAT'S WITHIN THE MUSTANG.
OH, THERE WE ARE,
UH, SO WE WOULD NEED TO, UH, WORK WITH WHOMEVER DEVELOPS THIS SITE TO BRING OUT, UH, WATER AND SEWER SERVICE.
UH, I WOULD NOTE THAT THERE ARE, UH, TWO, LET'S CALL THEM DOWNSTREAM SITES, UH, TO THE EAST OF THIS LOCATION.
AND WE CAN SEE LC THREE AND PD 60 THERE.
UH, THAT IN SOME WAYS WOULD DEPEND ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SITE IN ORDER TO HAVE UTILITIES BROUGHT IN.
UH, USUALLY WE WORK WITH A DEVELOPER, UH, AND THEY DEVELOP THE UTIL UH, DEVELOP THE WATER WASTEWATER LINES ALONG THEIR FRONTAGE WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IT IS A, UH, A BIT OF A DOMINOES SITUATION.
SO WHOEVER DEVELOPS IT, THEY COMPENSATE THE CITY FOR ANY COST INCURRED.
UH, WE DO, UH, WE DO CHARGE IMPACT FEES WITHIN THE MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA.
UH, AND THEN IF THERE'S, JUST DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN, WE WORK WITH A DEVELOPER THERE.
SO WE WOULD BE, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY, UH, THERE WOULD BE IMPACT FEES, PAID WATER AND WASTEWATER.
JENNIFER, YOU YOU BROUGHT UP SOME VERY VALID, UH, COMMENTS.
UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2017 DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GONNA HAVE A FORT BEING TOLD WAY, DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE GOING TO HAVE THE TOWN CENTER BUILT OUT THERE.
WE HAVE LIMITED NUMBER OF PARCELS OF LAND LEFT.
UH, THAT'S ON A MAJOR CORRIDOR, NOT ANTI HIGH SCHOOL, BUT FORT BEND, THE CITIZENS OF FORT BEND JUST PASSED A B BOND FOR 1.6 BILLION.
TWO ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS ARE BEING BUILT OVER IN A 77,459 AREA, NOT ANTI SCHOOL, BUT GIVING THIS PROPERTY AND REZONING IT, TAKES IT OFF THE TAX ROLLS.
AND WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT FROM A REVENUE STANDPOINT OF VIEW WITH THE PARCELS OF LAND THAT WE HAVE LEFT AVAILABLE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK ABOUT AS A CITIZEN WANTING TO HAVE SOME BALANCE.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON OVER THERE NOW.
THEY'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE TOLL ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 99.
SO WE HAVE TO BE VERY MINDFUL OF HOW AND WHAT THIS PROPERTY IN THE LOCATION THAT IS IN, IS USED FOR.
ONCE AGAIN, NOT ANTI SCHOOL, BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO TAKE IN CONSIDERATION.
WELL, SEEING THAT IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT? WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY.
DO WE HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION ON, UM, OKAY.
WE SIGNED UP ON THE PHONE TO SEE.
WELL, WE, UH, WE EACH HAS THREE MINUTES, AND IF YOU'LL JUST LET US KNOW YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS, AND THEN FEEL FREE.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS? GOOD EVENING.
UM, MY NAME IS VIVIAN TURNER AND I AM, UH, THE VICE CHAIR FOR CREEK MUT.
AND, UM, JUST TO PIGGYBACK OFF OF WHAT MR. PEARSON, UH, MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE MET WITH, UM,
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HARMONY LAST NIGHT.WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEM VIA TELEPHONE, AND, UM, WE TALKED TO THEM ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.
THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A BIG ISSUE FOR US, FOR ANYONE COMING IN.
NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE BUSINESSES, IF YOU WILL, BUT WE ARE VERY, VERY, UH, CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.
SOME INFORMATION WAS GIVEN FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM THE MEETING LAST NIGHT THAT WAS NOT CORRECT WHEN THEY MET WITH YOU GUYS, I THINK A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO OR LAST MONTH.
SO, WITH THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW.
WE, WE BROUGHT UP LAST NIGHT TO THEM WHETHER OR NOT IT, IT WAS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS AS WELL AS WITH THE NEW BONDS THAT WERE JUST, UH, PASSED HERE THIS PAST WEEKEND.
AND AS HE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ACTIVITY UP AND DOWN THAT CORRIDOR.
SO WITH RESPECT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ASKING THAT PERHAPS MAYBE WE TAKE A SECOND LOOK.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT REALLY WORKS FOR YOU GUYS, BUT, UH, THE CITY.
BUT THE, THE HOMEOWNERS HAD A LOT OF CONCERNS YESTERDAY, AND WE VOICED THOSE CONCERNS TO THE HARMONY GROUP.
SO MY COLLEAGUES ARE NOT HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M HERE JUST TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT ON THE RECORD THAT WE DID, UM, MEET WITH THEM.
AND WE WERE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT, UH, SATISFIED WITH SOME OF THE ANSWERS AND SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT WAS GIVEN TO US.
AND PRIMARILY IT'S BECAUSE OF THE CREEK AND HOW THAT WATER IS GONNA FLOW.
UH, HE MAY MENTION ABOUT A FOOTBALL FIELD AND MAYBE THEY CAN USE THAT LAND OR WHATEVER TO MAKE IT FLOW PROPERLY.
WE'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 15 YEARS AND THANK GOODNESS THROUGH THE, UH, GRACE OF GOD WITH, UM, HURRICANE HARVEY, WE WERE NOT IMPACTED.
AND WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, WE CAN STILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY ANY TYPE OF FLOODING OR, YOU KNOW, THE DRAINAGE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT INFORMATION IS PUBLIC TO WHERE, UM, THEY SHOULD RELEASE THAT, WHICH I THINK THEY SENT OVER SOME INFORMATION TO US LAST NIGHT, BUT AGAIN, WE DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO REVIEW IT.
AND EVEN THOUGH THEY SENT OUT THE NOTICES, THOSE NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, YOU KNOW, VERY LATE.
SO A LOT OF THE HOMEOWNERS DIDN'T EVEN REALLY HAVE A CHANCE TO RESPOND.
YOU SAID YOU HAD CONCERNS, ARE THEY SPECIFIC TO HARMONY SEWERS? YES.
OR JUST DEVELOPMENT ON THAT LAND? UM, NOT NECESSARILY THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, WELL, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LAND, THE LAND USE, BECAUSE OF HOW THE WATER DRAINS IN THAT CREEK.
UH, THE HOMEOWNERS, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, ARE NOW REQUIRED TO GET FLOOD INSURANCE.
UM, THEY DIDN'T HAVE ADEQUATE INFORMATION LAST NIGHT WHEN WE SPOKE TO THEM ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.
SO THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A CONCERN.
EVEN WHEN SHIPMAN'S COVE WAS BUILDING BACK BEHIND US, UH, IT WAS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.
WE HAD TO HIRE AN ENGINEER TO COME IN AND, UH, GIVE A SECOND OPINION AS TO HOW AND WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE.
SO AGAIN, WE JUST FEEL AS IF WE DIDN'T HAVE MAYBE SOME OF ENOUGH TIME TO, YOU KNOW, TALK TO THEM A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.
THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, SUPERINTENDENT, I BELIEVE WAS ON THE CALL LAST NIGHT.
UM, HOWEVER, WE STILL HAD CONCERNS AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET INFORMATION AND TALK WITH US A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL.
SO, AGAIN, I'M JUST HERE AND I THOUGHT THAT I SHOULD DEFINITELY COME UP AND, AND FOR THE RECORD, SAY SOMETHING.
SIR, IF YOU COULD JUST KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES AND ABSOLUTELY.
LET US KNOW YOUR NAME AND GOOD EVENING.
I'M ACTUALLY THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT MANAGER FROM HARMONY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
AND I'M THE PERSON I MET WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE, UH, HOA.
UH, YESTERDAY WE DID ADDRESS MAINLY THE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
SO THOSE WERE ADDRESSED IN WHAT I SAID EXACTLY, IS THAT, THAT WE ARE SUBJECT TO REQUIREMENTS BY FORT BEND COUNTY ENGINEERING.
UH, WE ARE SUBJECT TO MISSOURI CITY ENGINEERING.
AND SO OUR DUE DILIGENCE WERE MADE TO ADDRESS THOSE TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR DEVELOPMENT HAS NO IMPACT WHATSOEVER ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, I DID PROVIDE THE DUE DILIGENCE REPORT SHOWING THOSE CALCULATIONS, BUT THEN AGAIN, UH, THESE ARE TECHNICALITIES THAT I TRUST THAT THE CITY STAFF MEMBERS ARE QUALIFIED TO LOOK INTO THEM AND APPROVE.
THIS IS US CHANGING THE ZONING.
WE'RE STILL SUBJECT TO REVIEWS FOR, FOR PERMITTING.
AND SO, UH, I'M, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE ARE ENOUGH MEMBERS IN THE HOA THAT ARE ABLE TO DECIDE WHETHER WE ARE NOT ADDRESSING THOSE.
OUR PART IS TO PROVIDE ALL DOCUMENTATION, SAME DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED TO THE CITY TO PROVE THAT WE ARE ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS.
AS FAR AS TRAFFIC, UH, WE DID THE SAME THING.
WE PROVIDE OUR TRAFFIC, UH, IMPACT ANALYSIS, WHICH, WHICH WAS DONE IN COORDINATION WITH, WITH THE CITY ENGINEER.
UH, WE, WE WERE ADDRESSING THE MAXIMUM QAN REQUIREMENT AT WORST CASE SCENARIO, 3000, UH, UH, FEET OF, OF,
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OF QUAN, WHICH OUR SITE PROVES THAT IT CAN ADDRESS.WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN ABSORB ALL TRAFFIC HAVING NO OVERSPILL ON HIGHWAY SIX.
UH, SO WHEN IT COMES TO LOOKING AT THIS FROM AN ENGINEERING STANDPOINT, I THINK WE COVERED OUR BASES.
WE WORK WITH LGA AND, UH, WE HAVE ACTUALLY OUR, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEER HERE TO, TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.
SO TO SAY THAT WE DID NOT MAKE EFFORT TO EXPLAIN THAT TO THE COMMUNITY, I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CORRECT STATEMENT WE DID.
UM, AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE ARE NOT MAKING OUT THE RULES.
WE ARE MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE RESPECTING THOSE RULES.
AND I THINK THAT OUR STUDY SHOWS THAT, UM, AND OUR REPORTS SHOW THAT AS WELL.
AND AS FAR AS THE LAND USE, I THINK THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DEVELOP DISTRACTIVE LAND WITH, WITH OTHER, UH, PROJECTS.
BUT I THINK A SCHOOL IN HERE IS ACTUALLY GOING TO, IT'S, IT'S A SCHOOL FOR PEOPLE THAT ALREADY KNOW THEY NEED IT.
YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S FOR STUDENTS THAT ARE ON OUR WAITING LIST, UH, THAT ALREADY CHOSE TO BE WITH HARMONY, AND IT'S ABLE TO BE THERE WITHOUT HAVING ANY IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, UH, ANY NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT'D LIKE TO, UH, TAKE A COMMENT ON THIS SCENE? NONE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? SECOND? I'M NOT SEEING A SECOND.
SO THE SECOND PART, WE, UH, DO WE NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION AND TALK ABOUT HOW WE MOVE FORWARD, UH, WITH THE POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE REPORT AND THE PRESENTATION THAT WE HEARD TONIGHT, AS WELL AS WHEN WE HEARD LAST TIME HEARD BACK IN APRIL.
PART OF OUR ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE THINK FORWARD, NOT JUST AT THE MOMENT.
AND, AND LOOKING AT THAT, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL.
WE HAVE LIMITED NUMBERS OF PARCELS OF LAND.
THIS IS A, NOW A BUSY AREA, POPULAR, UM, REVENUE TAXES.
UH, WE HAVE LIMITED AMOUNTS OF LAND LEFT.
SO WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE APPROPRIATE DECISION BECAUSE ULTIMATELY WE WANT SOME BALANCE WHERE WE CAN RELIEVE THE CITIZENS OF CARRYING THE BURDEN OF ALL THE TAXES.
SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE IT SOME CONSIDERATION TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND IT'S NOT A NEGATIVE ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF BUSINESS, SO TO SPEAK, OR THE SCHOOL, BUT WE DO NEED TO LOOK AT THAT.
AND THIS IS AN AREA NOW THAT IS, IS GOING TO GENERATE, UH, BASED ON THE PROXIMITY OF THE TOLL ROAD AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S OVER THERE.
NOW, THIS IS A PARCEL OF LAND THAT COULD GENERATE REVENUE.
SO IN TERMS OF OUR ROLE WITH CITY COUNCIL, UM, WE GIVE, THAT'S ADVICE WE GIVE THROUGH OUR PRESENTATIONS.
UM, 20 YEARS OF DOING THIS, I DON'T REMEMBER ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT REVENUE STREAMS THROUGH TAXATION.
AND IT'S, UH, IT HASN'T BEEN PART OF OUR ROUTINE WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING.
BY DEFINITION, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THINKING ABOUT THE FUTURE WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING MM-HMM.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE, THE DIRECTION NEEDS TO COME TO KNOW
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WHERE DO WE STAY WITHIN THAT? WELL, I'LL GO AHEAD.OH, NO, JUST VERY, VERY QUICKLY, CUZ I'M STILL A NEW GUY, BUT I KNOW ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WILL BE ADDRESSED EVEN LATER ON IN THIS MEETING IS WE'RE WORKING OFF OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT IS OVER FIVE YEARS OLD IF I CAN DO MATH.
SO THAT'S WHAT, WHAT WE HAVE TO, TO YOUR POINT, WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US IS THOSE, THOSE GUIDELINES AND ACCORDING TO STAFF REPORTS, EVERYTHING FITS WITHIN THE PARAMETERS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, FOR SOMETHING WE'RE DOING IN, HONESTLY, IN THE PAST FROM 2017.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, I DO THINK PART OF WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
I THINK WE'LL DO THAT AS A COLLECTIVE BODY SOON, BUT FOR WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US, WE HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE GUIDELINES THAT ISN'T IN FRONT OF US ESSENTIALLY.
SO THAT'S JUST MY, MY THOUGHTS ON, I AGREE.
WE NEED TO LOOK FORWARD AND WE NEED TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN MM-HMM.
UM, SO WE'RE KIND OF IN A LITTLE BIT OF A TRICKY SPOT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO OUTSIDE OF OUR PARAMETERS EITHER.
AND, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS, IS YOUR GUIDANCE.
UM, AND SO, AND OBVIOUSLY THE WORLD HAS CHANGED, UM, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, THE LAST TIME, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS ADOPTED, HOWEVER, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S EXPANDING, YOU KNOW, CUZ SOME OF THE GOALS ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, THERE AND WE'LL KIND OF FLUSH THAT OUT, UH, THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT THE REALITY, YOU KNOW, OF OUR SITUATION, UM, WHERE WE SIT IN TERMS OF LAND AVAILABLE, UM, TO MAXIMIZE AND DO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS, YOU KNOW, THAT THE CITY, THE PUBLIC CITIZENS, UM, YOU KNOW, DESIRE TO DO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE COMPONENTS, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING.
SO, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS KEEP IN MIND, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ZONING, ZONING RUNS WITH THE LAND, UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT PROJECT SPECIFIC, IT'S IT'S LAND.
UM, SO, UM, ONCE THAT ZONING IS IN PLACE, UM, IT WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING UNTIL IT'S AMENDED.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, SO THAT'S, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, A CHANGE THAT WILL OCCUR, YOU KNOW, RATHER, RATHER QUICKLY.
SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT YOU SEND FORWARD, YOU KNOW, TO COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEND IT WITH, YOU KNOW, THESE CAVEATS, YOU KNOW, OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK THE COUNCIL SHOULD CONSIDER.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS, IS PROVIDING THAT GUIDANCE, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING, YOU KNOW, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, YOU KNOW, ON HOW BEST YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAXIMIZE OR DEVELOP OUT, UH, THE REMAINING LAND, UH, THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEN THE FUTURE BEYOND THAT.
AND CITY COUNCIL DOES GET THE LETTERS OF YES.
AND, AND, UH, ONE THING TO NOTE, I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT, IS WRITTEN PROTESTS WILL BE RECEIVED THROUGH, YOU KNOW, COUNCIL.
UM, SO JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE HOLDING YOUR PUBLIC HEARING LAST MONTH AND THIS MONTH DOESN'T MEAN THAT THAT'S THE END OF WRITTEN COMMENTS.
SO WRITTEN COMMENTS CAN BE RECEIVED UP UNTIL COUNSEL TAKES ACTION.
AND MY LI I PROMISE I'LL BE QUIET AFTER THIS CUZ THERE WAS A FEW FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT ITEMS TODAY.
THERE WERE THREE WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I GOT THAT CORRECTLY.
I WAS TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE DIGITAL VERSION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT CORRECT WITH THIS PARTICULAR, THERE WAS THREE, YES.
THERE WAS A AND ONE THAT CAME.
WE'VE PROBABLY DISCUSSED THIS, UH, PIECE OF LAND MORE THAN ANY OTHER, AND IN GREAT DETAIL WITH THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT FLANK, UH, BOTH SIDES.
AND, AND I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE BALANCED.
THERE ALSO NEEDS TO BE BALANCED FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF, UH, SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO DEVELOP A MISSOURI CITY THAT WE CAN BE ASSURED THAT IF THEY DO EVERYTHING RIGHT, THAT PROJECT GO FORWARD.
AND IF WE CHANGE THAT HALFWAY THROUGH, UM, WHAT DOES THAT SAY? OH, ABSOLUTELY.
I JUST THINK THAT IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE BRING THOSE THINGS TO, TO, TO THE SURFACE SO THAT MOVING FORWARD, EVEN IF WE CAN'T ADDRESS IT DOWN, WE NEED TO THINK IN TERMS LIKE THAT MOVING FORWARD, AS WE LOOK AT REVISING THE COMP, UPDATING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WE HAVE TO BE MINDFUL OF THE FACT THAT WE HAVE LIMITED PARCELS LEFT.
UH, THAT'S JUST THE REALITY OF IT.
UH, AND IT'S NOT SO MUCH JUST MAKING SURE ALL THE I ARE DOTTED AND ALL THE T'S ARE CROSSED, BUT I DO AGREE WITH YOU, WE CAN'T CHANGE MIDSTREAM BECAUSE IT WOULD SEND THE WRONG MESSAGE AND WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE THINK FORWARD
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CHANGED.AND THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE SPENT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, WE KNEW THERE WERE MM-HMM.
BUT WE COULDN'T JUST ARBITRARILY NO, NO, YOU'RE, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THESE PARCELS ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION COUNSEL? SORRY.
I DON'T SHOW THE SHOWS MOTION CLOSED HERE.
NO, THIS IS RIGHT WHEN YOU HOLLER.
ANY DISCUSSION BY THE WAY, ON YOUR MOTION? YOU'RE MAKING A MOTION TO SEND A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.
AS CITY AS THE STAFF ROAD? CORRECT.
MOTION PASSES, GOING TO CITY WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND THE FOLKS THAT LIVE ADJACENT CITY COUNCIL WILL BE ADDRESSING THIS AND MM-HMM.
UH, NOTHING WE DECIDE TONIGHT IS FINAL.
IT'S FINAL THROUGH CITY COUNCIL
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C UH, FLICKER LIFT STATION.FORT BEND, UH, COUNTY MUD DISTRICT, UH, 26 HAS SUBMITTED THE PROPOSAL TO RE TO ACTUALLY, UH, PROVIDE AN OVERLAY OF A S U P, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A LIFT STATION.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS ZONED LC TWO, UM, LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT.
UH, THE SUBJECT SITE WILL BE DEVELOPED IN ONE PHASE.
A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN HAVE BEEN PROVIDED DEPICTING A LIFT STATION, A BRICK WALL, AND SIDEWALKS.
THE LIFT STATION WILL BE LOCATED, UM, ON THE NORTH END, CLOSEST TO THE FIRE STATION.
NUMBER THREE, WITH THE CONFORMANCE OF, UH, THE 27 TO THE 2017, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE AMENDMENT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH GOAL FOUR, WHICH IS TO HAVE A PUBLIC PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN PRACTICES THAT ENCOURAGE RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION AND TO INSTILL A GREEN DEVELOPMENT PHILOSOPHY IN THE CITY.
THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DOES DESCRIBE THE, THE SITE AS A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE S U P TO ALLOW FOR THIS LIFT STATION.
THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN DOES, UH, IT DEPICTS A 40 FOOT BUILDING LINE PARALLEL TO FLICKER DRIVE AND A 20 FOOT BUILDING LINE PARALLEL TO TEXAS PARKWAY.
THE BUILDING LINES ARE, ARE NOT DEPICTED FROM THE PROPERTY LINE ADJACENT TO THE RESIDENTIAL LOT, NOR FROM FIRE STATION NUMBER THREE.
AND BASED ON THE DIMENSION SHOWN ON THE PLAN, THE UTILITY APPEARS TO BE LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 30 FEET ON EITHER SIDE.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND, UH, APPROVAL OF THE LOCATION OF THE UTILITY WITH BUILDING LINE OF 20 FEET ALONG THE TEXAS PARKWAY PROPERTY SIDE, UH, TO PROVIDE MORE OF A BUFFER BETWEEN THE UTILITY PLACEMENT AND THE RESIDENT, UM, NEXT TO IT LOCATED TO THE WEST.
THE LANDSCAPE, UH, FOR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS, UH, TO COMPLY WITH SECTION 11, STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO ADOPT A REVISED CONCEPTUAL LANDSCAPE PLAN CONSISTING OF LANDSCAPING AND SCREEN WALL PLACEMENT, UH, AS DEPICTED AND REQUIRE THE EIGHT FOOT BRICK WALL.
UM, AS SHOWN, THE APPLICANT SHOULD ADJUST THE PLACEMENT OF THE WALL ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO PLACE IT ON THE EDGE OF THE PROPOSED PAVED AREA AND EX AND EXTEND A ROW OF A CANOPY, TREES AND SHRUBS.
FURTHER TO SCREEN THE UTILITY FROM THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TO THE WEST FOR ODOR MITIGATION, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED MITIGATIONS
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FOR SMELL AND ODOR CONTROL STATING FORT BEND COUNTY MUNICIPAL, UH, UTILITY DISTRICT WILL INCLUDE AN ACTIVATED CAR, CARBON AND AIR SCRUBBER AT THIS FACILITY.A BLOWER WILL PULL AIR FROM THE LIFT STATION WET WELL AND PASS IT THROUGH ACTIVATED CARBON TO ABSORB ORDER, ORDER, UM, ODORS BEFORE THE AIR IS DISCHARGED.
STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF THE ABOVE AS AN ORDER, UM, MITIGATION PLAN AND INCLUDE THE, AND INCLUDED IN THE S E P ORDINANCE.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
SO IS THIS BEING REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE DEVELOPMENT DOWN AT, UH, CARTWRIGHT IN 2234? IS THAT WHAT'S DRIVING THE NEED FOR THE LIFT STATION? YES.
WOULD YOU LIKE ASK APPLICANT? PARDON ME?
ANYBODY THAT CAN ANSWER I'LL, YES.
I'M THE, UH, PROJECT ENGINEER FOR THE LIFT STATION.
UH, THE LIFT STATION IS NECESSARY SO THAT WE CAN, UM, THERE, THERE'S A, UH, TRUNK LINE ACROSS TEXAS ON, UH, QUAIL PLACE, UH, THAT THE DISTRICT HAS HAD REPEATED FAILURES WITH AS, UH, TORE UP THE STREET A NUMBER OF TIMES.
UH, WE ANTICIPATE THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THAT.
SO INSTEAD, UH, THE PLAN WAS TO, UH, BUILD A LIFT STATION PUMP DIRECTLY TO THE TREATMENT PLANT AND ABANDON THAT SECTION OF DEEP TRUNK SEWER.
IT IT, IS THAT THE SPACE WHERE THAT PUMP IS, UH, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE FIRE STATION, THAT TEMPORARY PUMP? YES.
THERE'S A TEMPORARY PUMP THERE NOW.
ACROSS FROM THE FIRE STATION? YEAH.
AND WHERE'S THE TREATMENT PLANT FROM THERE? SORRY? IT'S, UH, LOCATED EAST DOWN THE CHANNEL, UH, IN THE, AND BACK OF THE QUO GREEN SUBDIVISION.
CERTAINLY THIS, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS ANYONE ELSE, UH, LIKE TO, YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR ME.
I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 46 YEARS IN JUNE.
AND, UM, THIS LIFT STATION, A SEWER LIFT STATION WOULD BE TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM ME.
UM, SOME OF OUR CONCERNS, AND WE TALKED WITH SOME OF THE PEOPLE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, FIRST OF ALL, THE SMELL THAT WAS ADDRESSED ALREADY, BUT WHEN THE WIND SHIFTS, THERE COULD BE ADDITIONAL ODOR O ODORS OR SMELLS.
UM, THE RESIDENTS THAT WE SPOKE TO ARE CONCERNED, FIRST OF ALL ABOUT THE SMELL AND THEN ABOUT THE, UM, THE NOISE FROM THE, FROM THE MOTORS AND THE, UH, PUMPS THAT WILL BE WORKING.
UH, THE OTHER THING, UH, THE SIZE AND THE TYPE OF STRUCTURE TO PROTECT AND THE ENCLOSED EQUIPMENT.
AND THE OTHER ONE WAS THE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS TO ENHANCE THE APPEARANCE OF SUCH STRUCTURE, ESPECIALLY ON THE FLICKER DRIVE SIDE.
WHAT ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUES? OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE AT STAKE HERE.
I MEAN, AND FINALLY, THE BENEFITS TO FIELDCREST SUBDIVISION.
THIS LIFT STATION WILL PROVIDE SERVICES TO THOUSANDS OF HOMES, WHICH HOMES, CERTAINLY NOT THE ONES IN FIELDCREST.
THERE'S ABOUT 20 PROPERTY OWNERS IN FIELDCREST, ONLY THREE STREETS.
WE DO NOT HAVE MUD DISTRICT SERVICES.
WE'VE BEEN THERE 45 YEARS, 46 YEARS THROUGH THE YEARS, WE HAVE ASKED AND WE HAVE GIVEN SUGGESTIONS.
WE HAVE ASKED FOR GOVERNMENT GRANTS AND THEY SAID WE DIDN'T QUALIFY BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC, UH, RESIDENTS.
UM, THEN AT ONE POINT THE MUD DISTRICT SAID THAT EVERYBODY COULD HOOK UP IF EVERYBODY WAS IN AGREEMENT AND IT WOULD COST $5,000 PER RESIDENCE FINE, BUT IT DIDN'T COME TO FRUITION.
UM, THE OTHER THING, UM, SO WE TALKED TO 'EM, FIVE OR SIX OF THE RESIDENTS ON FLICKER DRIVE, WHICH IS ALL THE HOMES THAT THERE ARE ON FLICKER DRIVE.
ALL OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE, ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS SEWER LIFT STATION IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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NEW HOME THAT WAS BUILT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MINE, IT, IT IS IN THE MUD DISTRICT.THE FIRE STATION'S IN THE MUD DISTRICT, GLOVER ELEMENTARIES IN THE FIRE, IN THE MUD DISTRICT, I'M SORRY, THE REST OF THE CITIZENS THERE, THE, THE REST OF THE HOMEOWNERS ARE NOT, UM, MAINTENANCE ON WATER WELLS AND SEPTIC TANKS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF MISSOURI CITY.
SANITARY WISE IS NOT THE BEST, BEST SITUATION.
THE OTHER THING IS THE MAINTENANCE, UM, TO MAINTAIN THESE WATER WELLS AND, SORRY, MA'AM, AND EVERYTHING, IT TAKES MONEY, IT TAKES EFFORT.
MY HUSBAND'S GONNA BE 80 YEARS OLD NEXT MONTH.
MA'AM, YOU'RE THREE MINUTES ARE UP, CAN'T THIS ANYMORE.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO FLICKER, UH, DRIVE RESIDENTS AND FIELDCREST RESIDENCE? I'M SORRY MA'AM, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
I'M SORRY SIR, CAN I ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP? SO THE AREA WHERE THE LIFT STATION'S GOING IN, HOW FAR AWAY IS IT FROM THE AREA THAT YOU'VE HAD CONSTANT FAILURE? UH, JUST ACROSS TEXAS.
BEHIND THE DOMINOS, ABOUT 300 FEET BEHIND THE DOMINOES? UM, NO, IT, IT'S SOUTH.
IT'S IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE STREET ON QUELL TRACE.
AND THIS INSIDE OF A RESIDENT, UH, BASICALLY LIKE A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, YOU'RE GONNA BECOME, IS THAT NORMAL TO PUT A LIFT STATION RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO EXISTING HOMES AT THE, THERE, THERE ARE LIFT STATIONS LOCATED ALL, ALL THROUGHOUT RESIDENTIAL AREAS? YES, SIR.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY IF YOU ONE WAS GOING, UH, NEXT DOOR TO YOUR HOUSE? I WOULD HAVE, I WOULD'VE, THE SAME CONCERNS THAT, THAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE HERE.
DO WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP HER WITH HER CONCERNS WITH THE ODOR AND THE SHIFTING WINDS? YES.
THERE, WE, UH, WE CAN PUT AN AIR, WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT AN AIR SCRUB ON THERE.
UM, I CAN'T, I CAN'T SPEAK TO THE DISTRICT PROVIDING WATER AND SEWER SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF FIELDCREST.
I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS IN THE PAST, UM, AND IT, FOR WHATEVER REASON HAS NOT HAPPENED.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S OUTSIDE OF MY, I'M, I'M, I'M NOT IN A POSITION TO, TO MAKE DEALS OR, OR, UH, PROMISES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT, THANK YOU.
I I QUESTIONS JUST ONE QUICK ONE.
UM, IN, IN YOUR ASSESSMENT OF ADDRESSING THE ISSUE, I I, MY FIRST QUESTION IS, WAS THERE, OR WHY WAS THIS SPECIFIC LOCATION CHOSEN? AND IT, IT COULD BE MORE FOR MY EDIFICATION.
AND THEN A QUICK FOLLOW UP IS WERE THERE ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS IN YOUR ASSESSMENT OF THIS PARTICULAR LIFT STATION? UH, THERE ARE REALLY NO OTHER SUITABLE LOCATIONS IN, IN OUR OPINION.
UH, IT SERVES ABOUT, UH, A THOUSAND HOMES, PRIMARILY LOCATED NORTH OF COURT.
UM, AND WEST OF, OR WEST OF TEXAS.
UH, THAT'S THE QUELL QUELL, GREEN WEST SUBDIVISION, PEBBLEBROOK, AND BRADFORD VILLAGE.
IT ALSO SERVES, WILL BE SERVING PART OF THE, UM, QUELL GREEN SUBDIVISION WHERE THE FAILED SEWER LINE IS.
WE'RE GONNA BUILD SOME SHALLOWER SEWERS TO SERVE THAT, BRING THAT ACROSS TEXAS.
BUT SO, SO IT, IT, IT CAN'T GO CUZ SOUTH OF THERE ABOUT 500 FEET, YOU'VE GOT OPEN, YOU'VE GOT A NEW DEVELOPMENT GOING IN IT THAT'S TOO FAR AWAY.
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS THE DEEP SAN SANITARY SEWERS, UH, WE'RE ALREADY, UH, 15 TO 17 FEET DEEP THERE AND THERE'S WET SAND AND THAT'S WHAT CAUSE, WELL THAT'S WHAT'S CAUSING THE PROBLEM ACROSS TEXAS.
SO THE, THE FURTHER WE CARRY THAT, THE DEEPER IT GETS, UH, AND UH, WE'LL HA WE WOULD ANTICIPATE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. OKAY.
SO THIS IS GOING INTO AN AREA OR A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT DOESN'T EVEN BENEFIT FROM THE SERVICES THE UTILITY DISTRICT PROVIDES, RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT, MM-HMM.
AND, UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COURTS, YOU'VE ALSO GOT SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS.
YOU, YOU'VE LOOKED AT THAT AND TALKED TO THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF COURTS, YOU'VE GOT, UH, YOU'VE GOT SOME UM, COMMERCIAL, YOU'VE GOT COMMERCIAL SPACES IN THERE.
UM, CAN'T TELL YOU THAT, THAT WE'VE LOOKED AT THAT UH, I BELIEVE THERE'S A BANK ON THE CORNER.
YEAH, THERE'S A BANK ON THE CORNER AND, UM, THE FIRE STATE, WELLS FARGO AND BANK.
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WELL, AND JUST FOR ORIENTATION FOR THE COMMISSION, UM, THE DISTRICT OWNS THAT PORTION AT COLUMBIA BLUE AND COURT ROAD WHERE, UM, THE PARK, UM, SITE THAT THE DISTRICT IS, UH, PLANNING TO DO.AND IT WILL ALSO SERVE AS A WATER, UM, WATER PLANT SITE AS WELL.
UM, SO ALL OF THAT DARK LC TWO THAT'S ABOVE, UM, THE R TWO ACROSS FROM THE R FOUR THAT'S SHOWN THERE IS, UM, A PARK SITE, UH, THAT THE DISTRICT HAS IN WATER PLANT, WATER TREAT OR WATER PLANT.
THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S BEHIND THE WELLS FARGO.
ONE OF THE BIG ROLLS HERE IS THAT WE'RE THE PLACE FOR THE PARK RESIDENCE.
UM, I SURE APPRECIATE YOU COMING UP.
ANYONE ELSE I'D LIKE TO SPEAK, CAN I JUST SAY ONE MORE TIME? SURE.
UH, MUD DISTRICT 27 IS, IS GOING DEVELOP MUD DISTRICT 27 IS GOING TO DEVELOP A PARK ON COURT ROAD BEHIND THE BANK.
UM, BUT THE GENTLEMAN WAS TALKING ABOUT ENGINEERING WISE IS THE CHALLENGE.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S SOME BUT LINE IN THERE.
UM, YEAH, JUST TO, JUST TO CLARIFY MM-HMM.
SO THERE'S NOT OTHER ALTERNATIVES.
THE DEPTH OF THE SEWER LINES IS AT 15 FEET AND THEN SAND KEEP MUCH DEEPER.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE SAME ISSUES THAT YOU'RE HAVING NOW.
I JUST, IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S EITHER HERE OR WHAT
IF I DON'T PUT IT HERE, WHAT HAPPENS? MAYBE THAT'S ANOTHER WAY OF PHRASING IT.
ANYONE ELSE? FOLKS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? I SO MOVE.
OH, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION ON WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEND TO CITY COUNCIL? QUESTION? UH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
THEY DON'T BENEFIT FROM THIS AND THERE'S BEEN CONVERSATIONS SHE SAID IN THE PAST ABOUT THEM GETTING CITY SERVICES.
CAN WE PASS THIS ON TO CITY COUNCIL? ASKING IF THEY COULD CONSIDER THAT PIECE ALSO, YOU'RE NOT LIMITED TO WHAT YOU CAN RECOMMEND AND GET VOTED ON
AND NOW I'LL SHARE, YOU KNOW, CAUSE WE'LL HAVE A TRAINING ITEM ON HERE AS WELL IS, SO THE REPORT THAT'S BEFORE YOU IS A RECOMMENDED REPORT.
THE REPORT THAT GOES FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL IS THE COMMISSION'S FINAL REPORT.
SO IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, DETAILS, THEY'LL GET A COPY OF THE MINUTES FROM TONIGHT.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S DETAILS THAT YOU WANT TO ADD INTO IT, THEN YOU CAN ADD THAT TO THE MOTION, ADD THAT TO THE REPORT.
SO WHAT WOULD YOU ADVISE? I I WOULD LIKE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO WHAT IT WOULD TAKE BASED ON WHAT SHE SAID.
NOW I'M SURE THE COST WOULD BE DIFFERENT NOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG AGO THE $5,000 AMOUNT CAME UP, BUT I THINK THAT HOW CAN YOU HAVE A SMALL PORTION OF A COMMUNITY LOCATED WHERE IT IS AND THEY DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THE SERVICES THAT THEY SHOULD GET, COST AND ALL OF THAT.
DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT.
I JUST THINK THAT IT'S UNFAIR FOR THEM TO HAVE TO ACCEPT SOMETHING IN THAT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY DON'T BENEFIT FROM IT.
THAT'S SO IS YOUR MOTION A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION IN OPENING THE DISCUSSION ON ALLOWING THIS SECTION OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD?
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UM, POSSIBLY GET SERVICES PROVIDED BY CITI OR OTHERS OR THE MUD? ALL OF THE ABOVE IF POSSIBLE? WE DON'T WANT NO, NO, BUT, BUT ALL OF THE ABOVE.UM, BECAUSE I JUST THINK THAT IT'S, YOU'RE ASKING THEM TO ACCEPT SOMETHING OR GO ALONG WITH SOMETHING AND THEY BENEFIT FROM IT NONE WHATSOEVER.
SO YES, MOTION WOULD BE TO MAKE A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION ASKING FOR THAT TO BE CONSIDERED.
MAY I HAVE ACCESS TO CITY SERVICES? MAY I ADD A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO THAT? JUST VERY QUICKLY.
SO I DON'T THINK YOU COULD QUALIFY WHETHER OR NOT YOU SEND A POSITIVE OR NE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION ON HOW, ON WHETHER COUNCIL WILL, CITY COUNCIL WILL, UH, WE'LL PROVIDE A MECHANISM FOR THAT SUBDIVISION TO GET, UH, UH, SEWER FACILITIES OR SEWER SERVICE.
UH, YOU COULD SEND A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION, YOU CAN SEND A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION OR YOU CAN SEND A RECOMMENDATION WITH, WITH THAT.
THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH A, WITH, WITH, WITH SOME, WITH SOME ADDITION THAT WOULD LIMIT OR EXPAND UPON WHAT IS BEING APPLIED FOR.
TO, TO THAT END, THAT'S NOT ME.
UH, COMMISSIONER BAILEY, HE MAY, HE SAID WHAT I WAS THINKING, I WOULD LIKE THERE TO BE ADDITIONAL OPTIONS IN THIS REPORT.
SOME, UH, MAYBE THE, THE CURRENT LOCATION IS THE OPTIMAL, BUT I AM HAVING TROUBLE GETTING PAST THAT.
THIS IS THE ONLY PLACE, EVEN IF IT'S FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES FOR THE REPORT.
I, I, I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE OTHER PLACES THAT WOULDN'T BE AS CUMBERSOME TO TO, TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT, UH, THE GENTLEMAN IS TRYING TO, TO, TO FIX, BUT ALSO MITIGATE SOME OF THE WRITTEN COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE SO FAR.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANT, WOULD WANT TO SEE IF, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE TO HAVE ALTERNATIVE SITES AND MAYBE THE REASONING WHY IT DOESN'T WORK, BUT AT LEAST WE HAVE SOMETHING ADDITIONAL TO GO OFF OF VERSUS THIS ONE SMALL LOCATION THAT TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONER'S POINT IS AFFECTING RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNABLE TO BENEFIT FROM ITS IMPACT TO.
DO YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME OF HIS, HIS ISSUES OR DO YOU WANT TO THINK BASED UPON LEGAL ADVICE? WELL, YEAH, LEGAL I THINK WOULD BE THE BEST ROUTE.
NOT DISCOUNTING WHAT HE SAYS, BUT HOW, HOW DO WE, HOW CAN WE FORMULATE THIS IF WE, BECAUSE THERE'S NOTHING POSITIVE ABOUT IT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT.
RIGHT NOW THE MOTION IS JUST A RECOMMENDATION AND SO WE IT'S POSITIVE IN THE SENSE THAT THEY'RE, WELL, I MEAN IT'S POSITIVE IN A SENSE IT'S NEEDED.
SO FROM THAT STANDPOINT OF VIEW, IT IS, THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING IF YOU JUST SAID OKAY, NEVERMIND.
YEAH, I THINK TO HELP IN THE, CAN I GIVE US MOTION WHAT THE, WHAT THE MOTION WOULD BE WOULD BE EITHER A POSITIVE FOR U OR A NEGATIVE FOR AN U P.
UM, BUT YOU CAN AMEND THE REPORT TO INCLUDE ANALYSIS THAT YOU KNOW, UM, THERE'S CONCERN THAT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION NOT SERVE THE RESIDENCE THAT ARE IN CLOSEST PROXIMITY.
UM, AND SO THAT CONCERN TO COUNSEL THROUGH YOUR ANALYSIS IN THE FINAL REPORT, WELL THEN THAT COULD BE RECOMMENDATION.
IF THAT'S THE RIGHT, IF THAT'S THE YEAH.
AND IF WE DO IT THAT ROUTE THAT ADDRESSES YOUR PIECE ALSO SOUNDS LIKE IT TO ME.
MAYBE, MAYBE YOU ACTUALLY INCLUDE THAT IN NOT ONLY THAT THE RESIDENTS DON'T BENEFIT, BUT THAT THE ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE US A FULL UNDERSTANDING OF THE OPTIONS CONSIDERED AND WHY THIS IS OPTIMAL.
IS IT COST OR JUST CAN'T MAKE IT, WHATEVER IT IS.
I LIKE THAT THE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THE S U BASED UPON NECESSITY OF HAVING MORE DATA ABOUT OPTIONS AND THE FACT THAT THE RESIDENTS DON'T VOTE.
AND CAN I GET A SECOND? READY TO VOTE.
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ALL RIGHT, HOLD ON.THAT GOES FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.
[d. Fondren 90 Logistics Center - PD]
E WRONG WAY.PD CENTERS IT WITH A NEGATIVE, I'M SORRY.
BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSAL TO REZONE A SITE THAT HAS TWO CURRENT, UM, DIFFERENT ZONINGS OF R THREE TWO FAMILY, UM, UH, RESIDENTIAL AND LC.
ONE RESTRICTED LOCAL RETAIL DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSAL IS TO REZONE TO A PD, UM, APPROXIMATELY 15.0 ACRES OF LAND TO ALLOW FOR INDUSTRIAL OFFICE WAREHOUSE, UH, AS WELL AS LC THREE RETAIL DISTRICT.
THE CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN DEPICTS A 211 600,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE BUILDING.
CURRENTLY THE APPLICANT HAS A SIMILAR PROJECT ACROSS THE WAY ON 90, UM, AND WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PROPOSE THAT THE SAME REGULATIONS APPLY WITH THE CONFORMANCE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, WITH GOAL TWO, IT DOES CONFORM, UH, WITH A MORE VARIED DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE BEYOND THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
UH, WITH THAT, THE PERCEPT MISSOURI CITY HAS THE CONFORMANCE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP IDENTIFIES THE SUBJECT TRACK AS A SINGLE FAMILY CHARACTER DISTRICT AND COMMERCIAL CHARACTER STAFF RECOMMENDS DISAPPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED PD.
UH, DUE TO THE GOAL TO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IT PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BALANCE LAND USES, ENCOURAGE AND RECRUIT MORE LIFESTYLE AMENITIES AND MULTIPLE HOUSING TYPES.
THE GOAL SPEAKS TO THE RECRUITMENT OF MORE, UH, SIGNIFICANT OFFICE AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT TO EXPAND, EXPAND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND ENCOURAGE A FOCUS ON THE SCALE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT OF DEVELOPMENT NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS RATHER THAN JUST RESTRICTING USES THE SIZE AND FOOTPRINT PROPOSED AS WELL AS THE INTENSITY OF THE USES WOULD NOT APPEAR TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION AND A LESS INTENSE DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER APPLICANTS HERE? THIS IS THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS ANYONE UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TONIGHT? YES.
UH, THE FIRST PERSON IS JIMMY LEY.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT 1 18 14 SOUTH BELOW DEL CIRCLE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO YIELD MY THREE MINUTES TO MY WIFE JEANETTE.
WELL, THEY CHANGED THE RULES ON US.
THAT ONE PERSON CAN ONLY SPEAK THREE MINUTES OR WE'D HAVE LONG SPEECHES BY ONE.
IT IS, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU BEING THERE.
THEN I'LL JUST SHIELD THAT TO AND THEN SHE CAN HAVE.
SO CAN I GO AHEAD AND ANNOUNCE ME
JEANETTE QUIMBY, 11,804 SOUTH WILLOWDALE CIRCLE, HOUSTON 77 0 7 1.
I AGREE WITH THE NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION BY THE PERSON WHO DID THIS EVALUATION.
I'D LIKE TO COMMENT THAT AS WAS STATED PREVIOUSLY ABOUT BEST USE OF THE OPEN AVAILABLE SPACE THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE AVAILABLE SPACE OF NORTH OF HIGHWAY 90 AND COMPARE THE NUMBER OF WAREHOUSES WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THE NUMBER OF SQUARE FOOT WITHIN THAT WAREHOUSING AREA THAT IS NOT BEING RENTED OUT AT THIS POINT IN TIME AS COMPARED TO WHAT IS BEING RENTED OUT.
THAT WOULD MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IF YOU COULD DO THAT COMPARISON AS TO WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED ANOTHER 200,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE THERE.
ALSO, CURRENTLY ON SOUTH HAMPTON, JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THOSE WAREHOUSES IS A PLAID OF LAND THAT CURRENTLY HAS FIVE WAREHOUSES ON IT WITH SOME VACANT AVAILABLE SPACE.
THAT PLAID OF LAND WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED TO HAVE EITHER, IF I REMEMBER RIGHT, SEVEN OR NINE WAREHOUSES BUILT.
ONLY FIVE HAVE BEEN BUILT TO DATE.
IF THERE'S A NEED FOR MORE WAREHOUSES, YOU WOULD'VE THOUGHT THE PEOPLE WHO WERE ALREADY APPROVED TO BUILD WAREHOUSES WOULD'VE BUILT A WAREHOUSE ON THE SAME STREET.
JUST ON THIS OUTSIDE, UM, WE ADVOCATE IN THIS AREA NOW TO HAVE HOMES AND RESIDENTS BUILT WITH THAT R TWO ZONING FOR DUPLEXES.
RECENTLY, THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY BOUGHT SQUARE FOOT, UH, THE SPACE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET TO BUILD A NICE NEW WONDERFUL PARK, WHICH OUR SUBDIVISION IS ADVOCATING AND HOPING TO RAISE MORE FUNDS SO THAT THAT PARK IS BUILT QUICKLY FOR US.
THAT PARK IS A SELLING POINT ALSO FOR R TWO DEVELOPMENT.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, WHEN YOU SEE AN HR H A R A SELLING A HOME FOR OUR SUBDIVISION, SOME OF THE KEY POINTS SAY LIST ARE THE TENNIS COURTS, WHICH ARE OWNED BY MISSOURI CITY, WHICH WE NOW HAVE A NEW PICKLEBALL COURT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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DEPARTMENT AS WELL AS THE GAEL PARK.THEY ADVERTISE THAT IN THE POINT OF SELLING A HOME.
AGAIN, WE'RE WONDERING WHO'S REQUESTING THE ZONING BECAUSE THE CURRENT OWNERS PREVIOUSLY WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE PLANNING, BEFORE THEY WERE TURNED DOWN ON THAT DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE THE LAND.
SO THEY'RE TRYING TO GET IT REZONED.
WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THEN IN THIS FIVE YEAR DEVELOPMENT, WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BRING TO YOU.
WILL IT BE ONE BIG 200,000 SQUARE FOOT WAREHOUSE? WILL IT BE FIVE? YOU REALLY HAVE NO IDEA RIGHT NOW AS YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE AN APPROVAL FOR INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSING THAT HAS NO CONCEPT AND IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM CURRENT WAREHOUSING.
ALSO, THE DEVELOPER'S PROPERTY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CRAVENS NEAR HIGHWAY 90, THOSE WAREHOUSES HAVE VACANT SPACE NOW AVAILABLE AS DO THE WAREHOUSES AT THE CORNER OF 90 AND BELTWAY EIGHT.
SO AGAIN, DO WE NEED ANOTHER WAREHOUSE? THERE IS GONNA BE ROAD CLOSURE ON SOUTH HAMPTON AND SOUTH KATHY AND EAST HAMPTON, WHICH IS BEING PLANNED TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER USE OF THAT PARK SPACE, WHICH THEN MEANS THAT THE EGRESS THAT THEY'RE PUTTING UP THERE FOR THE EXIT CLOSEST TO SOUTH CA KATHY, THOSE TRUCKS ARE GONNA HAVE ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT.
WE ALREADY HAVE THE ISSUE WITH THE TRUCKS NOW THAT ARE GOING TO BE LIMITED FROM THE OTHER WAREHOUSES.
SO HOW MUCH HEAVY TRAFFIC ARE YOU GONNA BE PUTTING ON EAST HAMPTON BY ADDING ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE THAT CONCEPTUALLY HAS 64 PARKING SPACES FOR SEMI RIGS OR SEMI BIG TRAILERS? UH, AGAIN, SORRY, I'M TALKING FASTA.
I MAY BE SLURRING MY WORDS AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT CURRENT CHANGE.
THE REALTOR, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE KIND OF CURIOUS, YOU'RE MAKING A CHANGE.
WHY NOT TRY AND ADVOCATE THE SELLER OF THAT REAL ESTATE FOR WHAT IT'S ZONED FOR? IF YOU'RE REALLY A GOOD REAL ESTATE SELLER, THE HOMES AND FOND PARK NOW ARE GOING UP.
UH, WE NOW HAVE KEVIN PAR THREE MINUTES BRAIN SURGERY AND I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE MY TIME TO KATHY, BUT I, I MEAN TO MISS QUIMBY, BUT YOU'RE TELLING ME I CANNOT DO THAT.
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT SHE WANTS.
BUT I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND BELIEVE LIKE I DON'T WANT.
THAT GIVES ME A LITTLE BIT TO BE SPEAKING A LITTLE FLO AND THANK YOU MR. PEE.
AS HE STATES, HE LIVES ON THE CORNER OF SOUTH CATHY.
HE'S THE SECOND HOUSE OVER SOUTH CATHY BACKING UP TO THAT WAREHOUSE DISTRICT.
SO HE IS DEEPLY IMPACTED BY WHATEVER IS BEING ZONED AND PLANNED FOR THAT AREA.
IN LOOKING AT THIS CONCEPTUAL PLAN, AGAIN, IT'S A CONCEPT.
ANY OF THOSE RESIDENCES BACKING UP ARE ONLY GOING TO HAVE THE WIDTH OF A DRIVEWAY GOING BEHIND THEIR FENCE.
AND THAT WAREHOUSE DISTRICT, HE'S GONNA BE IMPACTED BY ANY TRUCK THAT'S GONNA BE CUTTING AROUND TO GO BACK THROUGH THERE.
WHICH MEANS THE NOISE, THE INCREASED FACILITY USE THE R I I DON'T KNOW HOW CLOSE YOU'VE HAD A R 18 WHEELER DRIVE BY YOU ON THE FREEWAY.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT DOES TO YOUR CAR WHEN IT SHAKES, WHEN IT GOES BY THE HIGH RATE OF SPEED, WHEN IT'S GOING SLOW, YOU'RE GONNA FEEL THE RUMBLE WHEN YOU LIVE THAT CLOSE TO IT.
THE, AS I WAS MENTIONING, WE'VE, THEY'RE CLOSING OFF SOUTH CATHY AND EAST HAMPTON.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THOSE RESIDENTS? WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR PEOPLE DRIVING DOWN ON FONDER ROAD THAT ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH THE TRUCKS THAT COME OUT THERE TO GO TOWARD THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS? I CAN VOUCH NOW THOSE TRACKS.
WILL THE, THE SIGNS GO DOWN, THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP, IT'S A RESET AND YOU'VE GOT THESE TRUCKS WHO ARE, NOW AGAIN, I'M LOOKING AT THE CONCEPT PLAN CUZ YOU'VE GIVEN ME NOTHING ELSE TO, TO JUSTIFY THIS, BUT LOOK AT THE CONCEPT.
YOU'VE GOT A ROADWAY GOING OUT ONTO FONDANT TOWARD THE TRACKS PROBABLY AT THE MOST 200, MAYBE 200 YARDS FROM THOSE TRACKS.
YOU'RE EITHER TURNING A BIG RIG OUT THERE OR YOU'RE TURNING IT STRAIGHT ON, WHICH WE'VE HAD THEM DO THIS.
THEY GO STRAIGHT ON EAST HAMPTON DIRECTLY AND THEY WANNA CUT ACROSS.
I CAN TELL YOU AS A RESIDENT IN THAT AREA.
AGAIN, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THE CURRENT WAREHOUSES THERE, BUT WE CAN ADVOCATE NOT TO BUILD A MONSTROSITY, TO HAVE A WAREHOUSE SET SIZE.
I LOOK AT THE AMAZON WAREHOUSES.
I LOOK AT THE F EXCLUSIVE FURNITURE WAREHOUSE AT 90 IN BELTWAY EIGHT.
YOU'RE PUTTING THAT A BUDDING, A SUBDIVISION.
HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD WANT A 200,000 SQUARE FOOT, AS THE LADY MENTIONED EARLIER, HOW MANY OF YOU WOULD WANT THAT ON THE BACKSIDE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? 64 BAYS FOR BIG RIGS.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR THE IMPACT OF WHAT'S, WHAT'S CREATED BEHIND YOU? HOW IS THAT A SELLING POINT WHEN WE ARE DEVELOPING A PARK OR MISSOURI CITIES DEVELOPING THAT PARK SPACE, HOW DO YOU HIGHLIGHT A PARK? WOULD YOU PUT A PARK THAT IS OVER 11 ACRES NEXT TO THE AMAZON PLANT AND A WAREHOUSE ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT? SO AS YOU DESIGN AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE OF MISSOURI CITY, THINK OF THESE
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RESIDENTS ABOVE 90.WE PREVIOUSLY COMMENTED, YOU ARE BLOCKING US OFF WITH WAREHOUSES.
HERE'S ANOTHER WAREHOUSE TO BE BUILT.
GIVE US THE SQUARE FOOTAGE BETWEEN THE NUMBER OF HOMES ABOVE 90.
SO THE AMOUNT OF WAREHOUSE SPACE, OR INDU INDUSTRY THAT YOU HAVE ABOVE 90.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA SEE, YOU SHOULD BE DEVELOPING SOME HOMES ABOVE 90 INSTEAD OF BLOCKING US OFF FROM THE REST OF THE CITY AND PUTTING YOUR WAREHOUSES ON THE LITTLE BIT OF FREE OPEN SPACE THAT'S ABOVE 90.
SO THANK YOU MR. PIER AGAIN FOR LETTING ME SPEAK, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK FOR HIM.
WELL, YOUR NEIGHBORS HAVE, UH, GREAT INTUITION IN CHOOSING THEIR SPEAKER
IF I CAN JUST MAKE ONE LAST STATEMENT, WE ALWAYS ADVOCATE FOR RESIDENTS.
THE LAST REZONING WE ADVOCATED FOR RESIDENTS THIS REZONING.
WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR CITIZENS OF MISSOURI CITY.
THERE'S NO DISCUSS, NO DISLIKE OF INDUSTRY OR CHURCHES OR SCHOOLS.
WE'RE ADVOCATING FOR MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS AND WE WANT NEIGHBORS TO COME INTO THIS CITY.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPLIMENT.
AND THAT'S WHY I ASKED FOR HER BECAUSE SHE ALREADY KNEW WHAT I WAS DOING.
I'M IN THE THIRD HOUSE OFF OF THE CORNER RIGHT BEHIND AND BE YOU DID GREAT.
HEY, KAREN, CAN WE GET YOUR ADDRESS? 1 18 39 SOUTH PERRY AVENUE.
AND WE DO BACK UP TO THAT PROPERTY.
ONE OF MY CONCERNS ALREADY IS THE, THE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING AND GOING.
I HAVE JOCKEY WITH ONE TONIGHT TO GET HERE.
AND I THINK IT WAS YESTERDAY MORNING, THERE WAS ONE COMING TOWARD ME TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN INTO THE WAREHOUSES.
AND WITH THAT TRUCK BEING BETTER THAN BIGGER THAN MY VEHICLE, I ALLOWED THE TRUCK TO GO, THOUGH I REALLY HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY MOVING.
SOMETHING ELSE IN THERE IS GONNA JUST COMPOUND THIS ISSUE.
WE ARE ALREADY HAVING ISSUES NOW WITH MORE FLOODING ON THE, THE DAYS THAT WE HAVE HEAVY RAIN.
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO GET HOME BECAUSE OF THE TREES BEING GONE THAT HAD BEEN THERE, THAT THIS WATER, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE INCREASED NOISE CUTTING DOWN THOSE TREES THAT WERE THERE FOR THE WAREHOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT THERE NOW HAS INCREASED THE NOISE IN MY HOUSE.
UM, ALSO IT'S GONNA INVADE MY PRIVACY TO HAVE SOMETHING THAT CLOSE TO THE BACK OF MY HOUSE.
WE HAVE BEEN ABLE, IN THE, IN THE 25 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN THERE, WE LEAVE OUR BACK WINDOWS THE SHADES UP BECAUSE THERE'S NOBODY BACK THERE TO BOTHER US.
WHEN, WHEN THIS LAND WAS PURCHASED, IT WAS KNOWN WHAT IT WAS ZONED FOR.
AND IT'S OFFENSIVE TO ME TO HAVE SOMEONE COME IN AND WANT TO CHANGE THE RULES WHEN THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE BUYING.
I THINK THAT'S ALL I CAN THINK OF AT THE MOMENT.
I AM AT 1 18 27 SOUTH RIDGEWOOD CIRCLE.
I AM TWO HOUSES DOWN FROM THE BACK FENCE WHERE THIS WOULD BE LOCATED.
FIRST OF ALL, TO EVERYTHING THEY SAID, IF THEY WERE MOTIONS, I WOULD SECOND THEM.
WHO WANTS BIG, BRIGHT LIGHTS IN THEIR BACKYARDS ALL THE TIME? DO YOU, WE DON'T EITHER.
WHO WANTS SEMIS COMING IN AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT WAKING UP YOUR KIDS WHEN YOUR KIDS ARE TRYING TO GET A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP TO GO TO SCHOOL THE NEXT MORNING? THAT'S WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH LOADING DOCKS FACING THE HOUSES AND NO RESTRICTIONS ON WHEN THEY CAN BE OPEN, WHEN THEY CAN COME IN.
AND TO BE HONESTLY THINKING ABOUT IT, YES, WE COULD PUT RULES IN PLACE.
WHO'S GOING TO ENFORCE THEM? THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE PEOPLE CALLING THEM 9 1 1.
THEY HAVE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DO.
THE PARK THAT'S RIGHT THERE AND THE EXTRA RUNOFF THAT'S GOING TO COME FROM ALL OF THAT CON, PARDON ME, ALL OF THAT CONCRETE.
WE, LIKE MANY OF THE OTHER PLACES IN MISSOURI CITY, ARE BLESSED TO HAVE NEVER FLOODED.
OKAY? WE JUST DON'T WANNA START NOW.
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GONNA CONTROL THE RATS WITH ANY TRASH THAT'S LEFT OUT THERE? WHAT KIND OF TRASH CONTROL ARE THEY GONNA HAVE AND WHERE ARE THEY GONNA GONNA PUT THOSE BIG TRASH CANS AGAINST OUR BACK FENCES? PLEASE KNOW, THIS IS NOT A VIABLE PLAN FOR SOMETHING THAT IS NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.THIS NEEDS TO BE PUT NEXT TO ANOTHER WAREHOUSE.
IT NEEDS TO BE PUT SOMEPLACE WHERE EVERYTHING AND ALL OF THE BUSINESS THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN THERE DOES NOT INTERFERE WITH PEOPLE'S NORMAL LIFESTYLES.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ODORS, WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT LIGHT.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NOISE.
WE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DIRTY WATER RUNNING OFF OF THEIR, ALL OF THE GREASE THAT THE TRUCKS LAY DOWN RUNNING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AFTER A HEAVY RAIN.
JUST THAT GREASE RUNNING INTO YOUR BACKYARD.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT? HOW DO YOU GET EVEN YOU OR YOUR YARD GUIDE TO HANDLE THAT? THE PARK THAT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE.
WHEN YOUR CHILDREN WOULD GO TO THAT PARK, WHAT DO YOU WANT THEM TO LOOK UP AND SEE A WHOLE BUNCH OF WAREHOUSES ACROSS THE STREET? DO YOU HAVE TO WANNA SAY TO YOUR CHILD NOW, JOHNNY, BE CAREFUL.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OVER THERE.
AND WE DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT EITHER.
WE ASK YOU TO PLEASE STRONGLY, STRONGLY DO A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ONE.
SAMUEL, IF YOU COULD GIVE YOUR ADDRESS AND TRY TO COVER THINGS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN, UH, COVERED SO FAR.
I'VE BEEN, UH, MY NAME IS SAMUEL RENARD.
I LIVE AT 11 8 39 SOUTH EVELYN CIRCLE AND MY HOUSE, WELL, THERE'LL BE MY BACKYARD AND I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE SINCE 72.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. AND YOU HAVE TRAFFIC COMING DAYS AND NIGHT.
UH, TRAFFIC TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT.
WATER PROBLEMS. UH, IS IT GONNA BE COMING ON FROM MY BACKYARD NOW? CAUSE IT'S BEEN BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO ME.
AND I, WE'VE BEEN HAVING SINCE POWER PROBLEMS. I'VE BEEN THERE SINCE 72.
THE FIRST FEW YEARS I HAD POWER OUT FOR ONE WEEK.
THEN A FEW YEARS LATER I WAS OUT OUTTA POWER FOR THREE WEEKS.
THEN LATER ON THE LAST, BEFORE THE FREEZE, THEY WERE OUT FOR A WEEK.
AND THEN WHEN WE HAD THE FREEZE, I THINK EVERYBODY WAS OUT, POWER OUT FOR TWO, TWO DAYS.
AND BY THEN TYING INTO THE POWER GRID BECAUSE THAT THE BACK, ALL THE BACK, UH, HOUSES ARE IN THAT GRID THERE.
EVERYTHING, WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH IT.
THE GUYS ACROSS THE STREET, THEY GOT POWER, BUT WE DON'T.
AND IT LESSES, LIKE I SAID, THE THE WORST HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS.
AND ALL IT IS THEY COME OUT AND FIX ALL THE OTHER SIDE.
BUT ACROSS THE STREET WHERE WE LIVE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HOUSES DOWN THE, DOWN THE ROAD IT GOES AND WE'RE OUT OF POWER.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE LIGHTS IN THE BACKYARD SOUND THE TRUCKS COMING IN AND OUT.
HEY, IN NIGHT YOU GONNA DO THAT? BUILD A CONCRETE WALL, BABY.
THE OTHER THING IS, WHOEVER OWNS THAT PROPERTY NEEDS TO CUT THE YARD, MAN.
BUT MY NIECE, MY KNEES RIGHT NOW, AND THEY GOT TRASH OUT THERE, LUMBER OUT THERE, TREES THAT FALL DOWN, THEY DON'T CUT IT.
THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO DO THAT MONTHLY.
UH, I'M SORRY TO SAY, BUT THAT WAREHOUSE IS, THIS DOESN'T CUT IT.
AND MY VOTE IS NO TO REZONING.
NEXT WE HAVE GERALD MCWILLIAMS. OKAY.
GERALD MCWILLIAMS. UM, FOND PARK, UH, 15,350 EAST HUTCHINSON CIRCLE.
UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF FOND PARK FOR ALMOST 34 YEARS.
UM, EAST HAMPTON IS PRETTY CROWDED COMING FROM FOND TO, UM, CLAIM TO THE BELTWAY RIGHT NOW.
UM, TRUCKS UP AND DOWN WOULD CAUSE A FIRE HAZARD IF SOMEONE HAD TO COME THROUGH.
UM, THERE'S TALK ABOUT CUTTING OFF EAST HAMPTON
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FOR THE RESIDENTS TO GO OUT IF WE HAD TO GO OUT.I USED THE EAST HA I MEAN, YEAH, HAMPTON DAILY.
IF, IF I, IF THEY PUT SOMETHING THERE, THEY'RE TRYING TO STOP THE TRUCKS FROM GOING BACK THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW.
THE TRUCKS ARE CONSTANTLY BACK, UH, JACKKNIFE AND COMING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
CAUSE THEY, THEY GET TURNED AROUND.
THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT TO STOP THEM.
OKAY? UM, IF I HAD TO USE THAT BACK ROAD AND THEY CUT IT OFF AND GO TO THE GAS STATION, THAT MEAN I HAVE TO GO TO THE BELTWAY AND FORCE TO BE IN TRAFFIC.
10, 15, 20 MINUTES JUST TO GET GAS.
IF I HAVE TO GO THE OTHER WAY, THAT'S GONNA PUT ME IN A MILE TO A MILE AND A HALF TO GET OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION TO GET TO MAINE.
UM, THE WAREHOUSES WILL BE AN EYESORE.
IT ALSO DECREASES PROPERTY VALUE.
FUND PARK IS A COMMUNITY WITH LESS CRIME.
THE PROPERTY VALUES ARE SLOWLY RISING, BUT THIS WILL SEND 'EM BACK DOWN.
WE'RE ALREADY FACING A HOUSING MARKET THAT IS BAD.
IT'S GOOD FOR WHOEVER'S BUYING OR SELLING, BUT WHEN IT TURNS, WE ARE GONNA BE IN IN TROUBLE.
I SAY NO TO ANYTHING OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL.
RESIDENTIAL WILL BUILD PROPERTY VALUE IN FUND PARK.
RESIDENTIAL WILL HELP FOR COMMUTE TO DOWNTOWN HOUSTON.
IT WILL NOT HELP THE COMMUNITY.
IT DOES EVERYTHING BUT BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY.
THAT WAS THE LAST ONE, UH, SIGNED UP.
ANYONE ELSE? CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING? I SO MOVE.
CAN I GET A MOTION? WHAT'S THE NUMBER? P D D ONE.
CAN I GET A MOTION SHOT? D ONE.
CAN I GET YOU TO STATE THE RECOMMENDATION? RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UH, GO WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF A NEGATIVE, UH, RECOMMENDATION.
[a. Mobility & ITS Plan 2023]
MATTERS.HOW DO I GO ON? YOU HAD A WHOLE HOUR AND A HALF TO JUST SIT THERE AND PREPARE.
UM, SO BEFORE I GET IN, I, I WOULD LIKE YOU SPEAK TO THE, UH, TO THE LAST DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS, UH, RAISED BY THE CITIZEN ABOUT, UH, BOTH DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC WITHIN THAT AREA.
I'D LIKE TO, CURRENTLY WE ARE, UH, CITIES IMPOSING OFF, UH, EAST HIT FOR, UH, THROUGH TRAFFIC SO THAT WE CAN KEEP VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON THE, UH, ONSITE WHERE THERE IS CURRENTLY THAT, UH, YEAH.
UH, AND THEN, UH, THAT'S SEPARATE FROM RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC.
I MEAN, IT'LL MAKE TRAFFIC IMPOSSIBLE, RIGHT? UM, THAT WILL HELP ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE HAVE A CITY, MISSOURI CITY, 5 MILLION IN GRANT GENERAL.
OF THE TWO PROJECTS, IS IT NOT
WELL, WE DIDN'T GET ALL OF THE OTHER STUFF ON RECORD, SO THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN.
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AND ONE OF THE TWO SITES WE'VE SELECTED IS THE, UM, GREGORY AND MCCLEAN AREA.
UH, SO WE'LL BE DOING, UH, PROPOSED, UH, WE, WE SUBMITTED THE, THE FORMAL APPLICATION TO GLO ON MONDAY.
BUT, UH, WE'LL BE ASSUMING THAT GOES THROUGH, WE'LL BE DOING OVER 2 MILLION IN DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS IN THAT AREA.
SO WE DO HEAR THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC.
WE DO HEAR THE RESIDENT'S CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE AND WHEN THE CITY IS BEING PROACTIVE ON THEIR BEHALF.
SO THAT SAID, LET'S TALK ABOUT TRAFFIC.
UM, SO IT IS, IT IS MY DEEP PLEASURE, UH, TO PRESENT, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S DRAFT, UH, MOBILITY AND ITS MASTER PLANS, UH, FOR Y'ALL'S CONSIDERATION.
SO GENERALLY GOING OVER, UH, WHAT A, WHAT AN ITS MASTER PLAN IS WHAT A MOBILITY MASTER PLAN IS.
THIS WAS PRESENTED PREVIOUSLY.
UH, AND SO SOME OF THESE SLIDES MIGHT SEEM FAMILIAR.
UH, THAT WOULD BE WONDERFUL BECAUSE THEY'RE ALMOST COPIED.
UM, SO WITH OUR, ITS AT MASTER PLAN, UH, SO AN ITTS, UH, MASTER PLAN, THAT'S OUR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS. AND, UH, HERE WE'RE, THIS IS AN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
STRATEGICALLY ADDRESSES OUR UPGRADES TO EXISTING TRAFFIC OPERATION INFRASTRUCTURE.
SOME OF THOSE INFRASTRUCTURES WOULD BE, UH, SIGNAL CONTROLS, WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, UH, AND THEN OUR T M C, OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER, UM, OFF THERE ON THE RIGHT, THAT IMAGE THAT IS OUR, THAT'S OUR TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER.
THAT WAS ACTUALLY A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE, FROM THE PREVIOUS MANAGEMENT PLAN.
SO WE DO TAKE THESE PLANS, WE GET RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THEM, AND WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THEM WHEN WE PUT THEM INTO PRACTICE.
UH, SO WE DON'T JUST PLAN TO PLAN, WE PLAN TO DO, UH, THE CURRENT PLAN.
OUR LAST PLAN, IT WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2015.
SO WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO GROW SINCE THEN.
LOOKING AT OUR MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
SO OUR MOBILITY MASTER PLAN, IT'S A STRATEGIC PLAN TO IMPROVE MOBILITY AND PROVIDE CITYWIDE GUIDANCE FOR ALL MODES OF TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING AT PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
UM, SO OUR CURRENT PLAN LAST UPDATED IN, UH, 2011.
WE'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF TIME SINCE THE LAST PLAN IN THIS ONE.
UH, SO THIS PLAN IS IN DEFINITE NEED OF AN UPDATE THOUGH.
UH, FROM OUR LAST PLAN, ONE OF THE BIG THINGS THAT CAME OUT OF IT, A LOT OF GREAT THINGS CAME OUT OF IT.
ONE OF THE BIG ONES NIGHT ROAD, UH, WHICH WE JUST GOT TO DO A RIBBON CUTTING ON, WHAT WAS IT? MONTH BACK, TWO MONTHS BACK.
TIME FLIES WHEN YOU'RE HAVING FUN.
AND, UH, ALSO SOME OF THE VARIOUS SIENNA IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE HAVING.
SO AGAIN, WE MAKE THESE PLANS TO DO THINGS, NOT JUST TO CREATE PLANS.
SO, YEAH, I'M ON THE RIGHT ONE.
UM, OH, NO, I'M MISSING THIS SLIDE.
THERE WAS, THERE WAS A GREAT SLIDE IN THERE, UM, THAT WAS TALKING ABOUT SOME OF OUR KEY SCOPE ITEMS. SO I'LL JUST READ IT CAUSE I BROUGHT A PAPER COPY SOME OF OUR KEY SCOPE ITEMS THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT WHEN PUTTING TOGETHER THESE THREE MASTER PLANS.
WE WERE GONNA EVALUATE CURRENT NEEDS AND PROJECTED GROWTH PATTERNS WITHIN THE CITY.
WE WERE GOING TO DO SOME PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT.
WE WERE VISIONING FOR FUTURE MOBILITY PLANNING AND ENHANCEMENT.
WE WERE LOOKING AT MOBILITY STRATEGIES, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND ACTION PLANS.
AGAIN, NOT JUST PLANS TO PLANS, PLANS TO ACT.
AND WE DO FOLLOW UP ON THAT ACTION.
SO GOING, TAKING THAT SCOPE AND MAKING IT INTO THESE TOES OF A PLAN THAT HAVE BEEN CREATED.
UH, WE ENGAGE WITH KIMLEY HORN.
UM, AND THEY HAVE DONE SOME ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC WORK ON THE CITY'S BEHALF.
UH, THEY PUT TOGETHER, I MEAN, THE FIGURES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT.
UM, AND THEY DEFINITELY PUT TOGETHER THE, THE PLANS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE REVIEWING AND MOVING FORWARD WITH.
SO HERE WE HAVE THE CITY TODAY.
SO THE CITY TODAY, AS OPPOSED TO THE CITY IN 2015 OR 2011 OR 1956, UH, THE CITY TODAY, UH, IT INCLUDES, UH, OVER 30 SQUARE MILES OF CITY PROPER WITH ADDITIONAL 25 MILES IN E T J EX EXTRA-TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
SO WE'RE COVERING ABOUT 55 SQUARE MILES TOTAL.
WE MAINLY DO RESIDE WITHIN FORT BEND COUNTY, THOUGH THERE IS A SMALL, SMALL PORTION OF THE CITY, ACTUALLY THAT PORTION WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT IN THE LAST ITEM THAT RESIDES IN HARRIS COUNTY.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PLANS THAT WENT INTO OUR PLAN, BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST MAKE THESE PLANS UP FROM SCRATCH.
WE LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE ON THE TABLE.
WE LOOK AT WHAT WE'VE DONE PREVIOUSLY, AND WE WANNA MOVE FORWARD.
WE WANT TO BUILD ON THE INNOVATIONS THAT WE'VE HAD SO FAR.
SO THERE WERE THREE PLANS THAT WENT INTO THE MOBILITY MASTER PLAN.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC, UH, MANAGEMENT PLAN,
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THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, OUR BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY PLAN.THEN OUR PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE MASTER PLAN.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT MATTER WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT MOBILITY WITHIN OUR ITTS, OUR INTELLIGENT TRANSFER SY TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS PLAN.
UH, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE, UH, 2008 ITS OPS PLAN AND THEN THE 2015 ITTS AND COMMUNICATIONS DESIGN.
SO WHEN LOOKING AT THIS, THESE TWO PLANS ARE MOBILITY AND ITS MASTER PLAN.
THEY'RE NOT DISPARATE PLANS AS MANY RESIDENT OR AS MANY MUNICIPALITIES WILL DEVELOP.
THESE ARE COHESIVE PLANS, AND THIS IS A VISIONARY ACTIVITY THAT'S HAPPENING.
UM, THAT'S BECAUSE, I MEAN, JUST AS TECHNOLOGY HAS PERMEATED ALL ASPECTS OF OUR LIVES, UH, SO HAS ITS INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY PERMEATED TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY.
SO WE CAN'T JUST LOOK AT MOBILITY WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE THINGS THAT ARE CONTROLLING IT.
WE CAN'T LOOK AT THE THINGS THAT CONTROL MOBILITY WITHOUT LOOKING AT MOBILITY.
SO WE DID HOLD SOME PUBLIC MEETINGS.
UH, WE HELD FOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS, UH, BACK IN 2022 WHILE ONE IN MARCH THREE AND APRIL, YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE MAYOR IN THE CENTER PICTURE.
AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER DAVIS MIGHT BE IN THE RIGHT PICTURE, UH, WHEN HE WAS IN HIS PREVIOUS ROLE AS ON THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
SO FROM THOSE, FROM THE PLANS, FROM THE PUBLIC MEETINGS, UM, WE HAD THESE, UH, WE DEVELOPED BOTH THE MOBILITY AND THE ITS MASTER PLAN.
AND THESE ARE THE DELIVERABLES AND OBJECTIVES THAT WE SET FORTH AND ARE PRESENT WITHIN THE PLANS, UH, TO PROVIDE FUTURE FRAMEWORK FOR MOBILITY TO ESTABLISH GUIDANCE FOR ITS TECHNOLOGIES, TO DEVELOP COST EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTABLE ACTION PLANS, UH, TO PROGRAM SHORT, MEDIUM, AND LONG-TERM PROJECTS.
BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T WANT TO PLAN PROJECTS WAY OUT IN ADVANCE.
I MEAN, WE HAVE FUNDING THAT'S MOVING FORWARD ANNUALLY.
SO WE WANNA HAVE THINGS THAT WE CAN GO AND HIT THE GROUND WITH NEXT YEAR.
AND WE WANT THINGS THAT WE CAN WORK TOWARDS AND WE WANT IT ALL TO INTEGRATE TOGETHER.
AND ADDITIONALLY, UH, WE WANT TO IDENTIFY GRANTS AND FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, SOME OF THOSE WERE ALREADY IN THE PROCESS OF CHASING.
SO WHERE ARE WE WITHIN THE SCHEDULE OF THIS OVERALL PROJECT? SO WE KICKED OFF BACK IN WINTER OF 2021 WITH SOME DATA COLLECTION.
UH, WE ARE NOW DOWN AT NUMBER FIVE, UH, DRAFT REPORT.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PRESENTING TO Y'ALL TODAY.
UH, THAT'S, UH, SO IT'S GONNA BE WHAT WE'RE PROVIDING IT HERE, UH, FOR Y'ALL TO READ AND CONSIDER OVER THE NEXT MONTH, WE'LL BE BRINGING IT UP FOR, UM, WHAT PRESENTING IT AS A, AS AN ACTION ITEM NEXT MONTH.
AND WITH THIS, UH, P AND Z AGENDA, IT IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC TO READ AND REVIEW.
SO BETWEEN NOW AND NEXT MONTH, I ENCOURAGE BOTH THIS BODY AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO REACH OUT TO ME.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ON THIS DOCUMENT, I MEAN, THIS IS, I'M, I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT TRAFFIC MOBILITY AND INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS AND EVERYTHING.
I DON'T KNOW, MY AMAZING TRAFFIC ENGINEER AMINA KNOWS AND EVERYTHING AMINA DOESN'T KNOW, WELL, THERE'S NOTHING SHE DOESN'T KNOW.
BUT ANYTHING THAT WE MIGHT WANT TO, UH, CONFER ON, WE HAVE THE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING FOLKS AT KIMLEY HORN WHO HELPED DRAFT THESE DOCUMENTS FOR US.
AND SO WITH THAT, I HAVE, THERE IS MY OTHER SLIDE.
HOW DID THAT GET DOWN THERE? THAT WAS SUCH A, IT IS A SNEAKY ONE AND A VERY TINY THANK YOU.
I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FIRST.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE WORK.
UM, AND, AND PART OF YOUR ANALYSIS, I GUESS, OF THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK.
UM, YOU HAVE A, YOU KNOW, A MIX OF FIBER OPTICS, WIFI, ET CETERA.
IS, IS ANY OF THAT, UM, WHAT AM I, HOW AM I TRYING TO FRAME THIS? I'M, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THE SYSTEMS THAT ARE BEING UPGRADED AS PART OF ITS WILL THAT, IS THERE OTHER UTILIZATION FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, PARTICULARLY TO LIKE WIFI NETWORKS, UM, PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO USE THAT IN, IN A GENERAL SENSE.
I KNOW IT'S SPECIFIC PURPOSES FOR TRAFFIC CONCERNS, BUT IS THERE, IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WILL BE ENHANCED, IS THERE MULTIPLE USES? IF THAT QUESTION MAKES SENSE, THAT QUESTION DOESN'T MAKE SENSE IF, OR IT DOES MAKE SENSE.
UM, I'M THINKING AND TALKING AT THE SAME TIME, AND THAT'S DANGEROUS IN PUBLIC.
UM, THAT, THAT QUESTION DOES MAKE SENSE.
SO WE WOULDN'T OPEN UP THOSE, UH, OUR COMMUNICATION NETWORK FOR PUBLIC USE, PER SE.
UM, AS OPPOSED TO, UH, OTHER USES OF THAT AMINA OR NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC, JUST SIT, YOU, YOU, YEAH.
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YOU KNOW, HAVE SPACE ON OUR, UM, I GUESS COMMUNICATION TOWERS FOR TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES LIKE T-MOBILE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN ORDER TO USE THAT FOR THEIR SERVICES AS WELL.YEAH, I WASN'T NECESSARILY THANK YOU.
NOT NECESSARILY PUBLIC USE, BUT I WAS JUST CURIOUS, UM, BECAUSE OF WHERE WE'RE GOING, CONVERSATIONS EARLIER ABOUT THINKING FORWARD, HOW WE'RE BUILDING OUT OUR SYSTEMS FOR THE CITY THAT WE'RE ALL MARCHING TOWARDS.
SO DID I HEAR YOU SAY THIS IS WILL BE ON OUR AGENDA NEXT MONTH? YES.
AND SO WHAT'S THE PROCESS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, JUST REACH OUT TO YOU INDIVIDUALLY WITH QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, OR IS THERE ANYTHING FORMAL IN PLACE TO GET US TO NEXT MONTH? UH, I, I MEAN, I'M, I'M VERY COMFORTABLE WITH YOU REACHING OUT TO ME INDIVIDUALLY, IF THAT'S ACCEPTABLE.
SO YOU CAN ABSOLUTELY REACH OUT TO ME AS, AS YOU READ THROUGH IT.
UH, I RECOMMEND STARTING HOMEWORK EARLY, UH, BUT, UH, YES, PLEASE.
BUT A CHUNK OF MY MONDAY ON IT, YES, ABSOLUTELY.
YES, PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME WITH QUESTIONS AND I, IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS.
SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? IT WOULD BE MY PLEASURE TO PROVIDE ANSWERS.
AND THE LINK THAT SAYS TO GET TO THE WHOLE PLAN, UH, THE, THE LI THE PUBLIC LINK TO GET TO THE PLAN OR THE, UM, SO IT IS AVAILABLE WITHIN THE P AND Z PACKET.
UH, WE WILL ALSO BE ADDING IT TO THE, UM, TO OUR WEBSITE AS, AS AN OUTWARD FACING DOCUMENT THAT THE PUBLIC CAN FIND.
JUST KEEP THE MOMENTUM ABOUT LINKS AND ACCESS.
IT'S ABSOLUTELY TALK ABOUT GREAT JOB.
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ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.COMMISSION, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE HAS BEEN, UM, ENOUGH TALK ABOUT IT OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
UM, THAT'S GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THIS IS WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, AND I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH A VERY QUICK, UM, OVER VIEW OF THE HISTORY FOR THOSE NEWER COMMISSIONERS.
UM, AND THEN LINKING AGAIN, WHY THE COMPREHENSIVE OF WHAT IT IS, WHY IT'S IMPORTANT, UH, TO OUR PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR CURRENT PLAN, UM, AND THEN WHERE WE'RE AT FOR THE, UM, AMENDMENT PROCESS.
SO FOR OUR NEWER COMMISSIONERS, JUST TO BRING YOU UP TO SPEED, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO DESCRIBE MISSOURI CITY AS INTENTIONAL.
UM, SO FOR, FOR GOOD, FOR BAD, YOU KNOW, INDIFFERENT OTHERWISE.
UM, WHEN MISSOURI CITY WAS INCORPORATED IN 1956, UM, MISSOURI CITY, VERY EARLY ON, CREATED AND ESTABLISHED THIS BODY AS THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, VERY EARLY ON IN ITS HISTORY, ESTABLISHED, UM, A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AND THEN ADOPTED ZONING, UM, IN THE EARLY EIGHTIES.
UM, AND SO THE, THE CITY HAS BEEN CONSISTENT IN THE TERMS OF WHAT WE SEE IN OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT, UM, HAVE BEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTALLY GUIDED BY PREVIOUS GOALS, YOU KNOW, OF PREVIOUS, UM, YOU KNOW, CITY FOREFATHERS FOR MOTHERS, UM, AND RESIDENTS, UM, THAT WANTED A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.
AND THE CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE AT IN THIS DECADE, UM, IN THIS AGE IS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDING THAT FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY, PROVIDING FOR ALL OF THOSE, THOSE RESOURCES AND SERVICES, UM, THAT ARE DESIRED, UH, TO LIVE AND, UH, MAKE MISSOURI CITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE AND INVEST.
SO THAT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, A OVERALL PICTURE, YOU KNOW, OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
AND THEN AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, IT'S BRINGING IN, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, ALL OF THOSE CHALLENGES, UH, THAT THE CITY, UM, IS FACING.
SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS OUR LEGAL BASIS.
UM, SO, UM, AS YOU GO THROUGH YOUR TRAINING MODELS, UM, MODULES, UH, YOU'LL, UH, LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PLANNING 1 0 1.
UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT STATES ARE ENABLED BY OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, UM, UH, UH, TO, UH, PERFORM, UM, OR TO, UM, UH, REGULATE LAND USE, LAND DEVELOPMENT, UH, GROWTH, ET CETERA.
UM, THE STATE OF TEXAS ENABLES MUNICIPALITIES WITHIN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE STATE THAT IF A MUNICIPALITY CHOOSES TO USE THE TOOL OF ZONING, UM, THAT THAT MUNICIPALITY, UH, SHOULD DO ZONING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
MEANING SOME OF THE CONVERSATION YOU ALL WERE HAVING, I HEARD THE WORD ARBITRARY, UM, UH, REFERENCED EARLIER.
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IT.THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, THE DECISIONS, THE ACTIONS THAT THE CITY TAKES, UM, SHOULD BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PLAN, UM, THAT THE CITY HAS ESTABLISHED AND LAID OUT IN TERMS OF HOW IT WANTS TO GROW, HOW IT WANTS TO DEVELOP, UM, FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, SO THAT IS THE, WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS.
UM, ITEMS THAT, LIKE MARCUS JUST BROUGHT UP WITH THE MOBILITY PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE I T S PLAN, THE PARKS PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL OF THAT INFORMATION HELP, UM, TO FEED, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS, UM, THAT WE'RE GROWING INTO, WHAT, YOU KNOW, CHALLENGES WE MAY FACE, WHAT OUR ASPIRATIONS ARE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN ESTABLISH IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS, UH, TO HELP US, UH, GET THERE.
SO THIS IS KIND OF, UM, AGAIN, JUST A, A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THAT.
OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS OUR BIG PICTURE, YOU KNOW, WHO ARE WE, UH, GOING TO BE IN THE FUTURE? USUALLY COMPREHENSIVE PLANS ARE DESIGNED, UM, WITH 20 YEAR OUTLOOK.
SO I KNOW, UM, OUR LAST ONE WAS DONE, UM, A LITTLE OVER FIVE YEARS AGO.
UM, BUT THE LIFE OF IT ACTUALLY LOOKS OUT, UM, UH, TO, UH, 20 30, 20 40.
BUT WE'VE HAD A LOT OF CHANGES
AND, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES, UM, IS WE'VE GONE THROUGH A PANDEMIC THAT, YOU KNOW, WE COULD NOT EVEN HAVE CONCEIVED OF, UM, IN 2017 IN THAT, THAT MANNER.
SO, UM, LIFE HAS CHANGED, YOU KNOW, OUR, YOU KNOW, UM, SITUATION HAS CHANGED.
UM, AND SO IT'S, IT'S AT THAT POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND TAKE A LOOK TO SEE HOW WE ARE BEST POSITIONED, UH, TO MOVE OUR CITY FORWARD.
AND THEN ONE THING I I WANT TO ADD AS WELL IS, UM, YOU KNOW, SO OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, UH, SOME OF THOSE RULES, REGULATIONS THAT, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS COME BEFORE YOU WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BIG PICTURE IS, IS THOSE ARE IMPLEMENTATION.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IN OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, WE BRING PLATS, YOU KNOW, BEFORE YOU, UM, THEY'RE REGULATING, YOU KNOW, SETBACK.
YOU KNOW HOW CLOSE A BUILDING CAN BE TO A PROPERTY LINE.
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH OF A SPACE, YOU KNOW OF A, A LOT, YOU KNOW, OR A PROPERTY, A BUILDING OR STRUCTURES CAN TAKE UP.
UM, SO ONCE WE GET TO THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND IT COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT ARBITRARILY JUST CHANGE THE RULES, YOU KNOW, SO IN EFFECT, OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TELLS US, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT TO BE IN MORE URBAN COMMUNITY? YOU KNOW, DO, ARE WE STILL A SUBURBAN COMMUNITY? DO WE WANT TO BE A RURAL COMMUNITY? YOU KNOW, THOSE KIND OF ASPIRATIONS.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, UH, LAND USE, UH, TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, FOR THE TYPES OF USES, UM, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE TIME THAT WE ESTABLISH THAT, AND THEN WE AMEND AND IMPLEMENT THE TOOLS THAT WE USE, UH, TO HELP GET US THERE.
SO ON THE SCREEN ARE, UH, SOME OF THE OBJECTIVES THAT WERE LAID OUT, UM, AHEAD OF THE 2017 PLAN.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE 2017 PLAN, UH, TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION THE FACT THAT WE ARE MOVING, YOU KNOW, TO A FULL LAND BUILD OUT, UM, OF THE AREAS WITHIN THE INCORPORATED LIMITS OF THE CITY.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THE EJ AREAS, WHICH FOR MISSOURI CITY ARE LARGELY, UM, IDENTIFIED WITH MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES, SEEING A MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, RIVERSTONE MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY, UM, SO THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, UH, BUILT OUT EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONGOING CONSTRUCTION, THE LAND USES, UM, AND KIND OF THE, UM, CONCEPT, UM, FOR THOSE SUBDIVISIONS HAD ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
UM, SO KEEPING IN MIND THAT, KEEPING IN MIND KIND OF WHERE WE WANTED TO BE POSITIONED, UM, YOU KNOW, AS A CITY IS THESE ARE THE, THE AREAS THAT WE, UH, TOOK A LOOK AT AT THAT TIME.
SO, MAJOR THEMES, UM, WE, UH, LOOKED AT FOUR MAJOR CORRIDORS, UM, AT THAT TIME.
SO AGAIN, TRYING TO MAXIMIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES REDEVELOPMENT, UH, WAS A KEY FOCUS.
UM, SO THE TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTRIGHT ROAD CORRIDORS, UH, THAT, UM, ARE STILL, UM, VERY MUCH, UM, IN, UH, UM, THE PRIORITIES, UM, OF THE PUBLIC, OF RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, UM, OF THIS COUNCIL.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE FORT BEND, UH, PARKWAY, FORT BEND, TOLL ROAD, UM, THAT AT THAT POINT EXISTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY FROM 90, UM, ALL THE WAY TO, I THINK HIGHWAY SIX, AND THEN THE SEGMENT BETWEEN HIGHWAY SIX AND, UH, SIENA, UM, PARKWAY WAS CONSTRUCTED, UH, AROUND THAT TIME OR A LITTLE AFTER, UM, THAT TIME.
AND NOW WE KNOW, UH, THE SEGMENT BETWEEN SIENNA RANCH ROAD AND SIENNA, UM, SPRINGS IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UH, CURRENTLY.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MOBILITY PLAN, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'LL SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE THE FULL EXTENSIONS OF THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION YET ARE GOING.
SO YOU CAN START LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, LAND AVAILABILITY,
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UM, AND, UH, PROGRAMMING TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAVE, UM, UH, LAND AVAILABLE OR, UM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY IS IN NEED OF ANOTHER PART OF THE 2017 PLAN THAT WE TALKED ABOUT.I DON'T KNOW, UM, IF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO ARE HERE, UM, UH, REMEMBER, OR EVEN IF YOU WERE JUST, YOU KNOW, IN TUNE, UH, WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS DURING THAT TIME, UM, WE HAD STEVEN KLEINBERG WITH RICE UNIVERSITY, UM, COME, UM, AND SPEAK.
AND, UM, A LOT OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALSO TALKS ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE IMPORTANCE OF BUILDING, UM, OUR, UH, NOT OUR STUDENT POPULATION, OUR EDUCATION, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING INVOLVED, UM, IN THAT EDUCATION PROCESS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE CREATING, UM, YOU KNOW, A COMMUNITY THAT CAN THRIVE, UM, IN THE ECONOMIES OF THE FUTURE, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE DOING, PUBLIC, PRIVATE, OTHERWISE IN THE CITY'S ROLE IN THAT, BECAUSE IT AFFECTS OUR DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL, UM, AND DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC FROM THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN, AGAIN, KIND OF VISUALIZING, UM, THE ISSUE OF DEVELOPED LAND VERSUS UNDEVELOPED LAND AND KIND OF THE SITUATION, UH, THAT WE'RE IN.
AND SO, UH, TO NOTE ON HERE, UM, AT THE POINT IN 2017, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT 43.1%, 43%, UM, UH, LAND THAT WAS CODED AS VACANT MM-HMM.
SO THIS, IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND EV ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS SHOULD HAVE A COPY, SHOULD HAVE A PRINTOUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO YOU DO NOT LET US KNOW, UH, SO WE CAN GET THAT TO YOU.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A DIGITAL VERSION OF THAT.
UM, BUT THIS IS AN EXISTING LAND USE MAP THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, FROM 2017.
AND THAT AREA, THAT 43% THAT WAS CODED AS VACANT, SHOWS UP AS WHITE IN WHITE.
THERE'S NO COLOR, UM, ON IT, ON THIS MAP.
BUT WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM THE CALLOUTS ARE OF THAT 43%, YOU CAN SEE SOME SUBSTANTIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S OCCURRED, UM, OVER THE LAST FIVE, SIX YEARS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONTINUED, UH, DEVELOPMENT ON OUR NORTH SIDE OFF OF THE BELTWAY 90 A.
UM, WE'VE HAD A SIGNIFICANT SINGLE FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT PARKS EDGE BEING ONE OF THE LARGER, UM, ADDING OVER A THOUSAND, UH, SINGLE FAMILY, UH, UNITS, UM, WITHIN, UH, SOME OF THAT VACANT AREA.
UM, AND THEN OUR COMMERCIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING AMAZON, UM, BUT THEN OUR, UH, THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER AS WELL.
SO AS WE GO THROUGH, UH, THIS CONSIDERATION IN THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS THAT 43% IS NOT AT NOT 43%, UM, ANYMORE.
UM, SO LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN POSITION OURSELVES, UM, TO BEST UTILIZE THE LAND THAT IS AVAILABLE, UM, BUT THEN ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, SHOULD ALSO LOOK TO, IF WE HAD TO REBUILD OUR CITY, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY, WHAT DO WE WANT, YOU KNOW, THIS COMMUNITY TO LOOK LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT'S MISSING? WHAT, YOU KNOW, NEEDS TO BE ADDED.
SO THE, THE NEXT TWO SLIDES ARE JUST GRAPHICS AGAIN AND TOUCHING UPON SOME OF THE CONVERSATION WE JUST HAD WITH THE HARMONY SCHOOLS, UM, ISSUE OR JUST THE, UM, THE IDEA OF BALANCING OUR TAX BASE.
UM, SO LAND USE IS A COMPONENT, YOU KNOW, OF THAT.
UM, SO, UH, ONE OF THE AREAS WE'LL BE CONSIDERING WHAT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, IS EXPANDING ON THAT TO PROVIDE, UM, GUIDANCE BECAUSE LIKE, UM, UH, JI REPORTED IN THE REPORT, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOESN'T REALLY SPEAK TO, YOU KNOW, THOSE USES THAT MIGHT BE CRITICAL TO OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
WE NEED SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WE NEED EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, WE NEED PLACES OF WORSHIP.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE CRITICAL TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF A COMMUNITY.
WHERE ARE THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, THOSE USES TO CONSIDER, UM, OR THAT THE CITY, YOU KNOW, UM, WE SHOULD LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT LAST MONTH, UM, WITH A ZONING CASE THAT CAME IN.
SO LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, UM, AVAILABLE LAND, UM, OR APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES WHILE ALSO BEING ABLE TO MAXIMIZE, UM, AND BE ABLE TO RECRUIT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S LIFESTYLE AMENITIES, WHETHER IT'S, UM, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT, AMENITIES, UM, THAT MIGHT BE MISSING IN THE CITY THAT MIGHT BE DESIRED, UM, AT APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.
AND SO THIS SPEAKS TO, UH, UM, UH, COMMISSIONER PEARSON'S, UH, POINT OF TRYING TO BALANCE, YOU KNOW, SO ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, AS CLOSE AS WE CAN GET, BUT THE, I, YOU KNOW, THE, THE IDEA IS HOW DO WE MAXIMIZE, YOU KNOW, OUR LAND USE, UM, TO GET THE BEST RETURN, UM, FOR OUR CITY.
THE SUMMARY OF THE GOALS, UH, THAT ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN RIGHT NOW, UM, I'M NOT GONNA READ THROUGH ALL OF THEM.
UH, YOU HEARD AMA MENTIONED SOME OF THEM AS SHE PRESENTED, UM, HER ZONING, UH, CASES AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDED.
UM, BUT THESE ARE WHAT, WHAT ARE CONTAINED RIGHT NOW.
SO THIS IS KIND OF THE BASELINE OF WHAT WE'RE WORKING OFF OF WHEN WE BRING RECOMMENDATIONS FORWARD, UH, TO THE COMMISSION.
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OKAY? PUBLIC INPUT ENGAGEMENT IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, BECAUSE IT'S A COLLECTIVE VISION OF THE FUTURE.SO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS NOT STAFF, YOU KNOW, SITTING IN AN OFFICE SAYING, OKAY, I THINK THIS WILL BE GREAT, YOU KNOW, FOR MISSOURI CITY, AND THEN BRINGING IT FORWARD, YOU KNOW, TO THE COMMISSION.
IT'S ALSO NOT THE COMMISSION JUST SITTING, YOU KNOW, SAYING, OKAY, I THINK THIS IS GREAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INPUT AND ENGAGEMENT, UM, BECAUSE THIS SHOULD BE A COLLECTIVE VISION, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, WEIGHING AS MUCH AS WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR PLACE TODAY, AS MUCH AS WE KNOW ABOUT OUR POPULATION, AS MUCH AS WE KNOW, UM, ABOUT THE NEEDS, THE CHALLENGES, UM, THE ISSUES THAT AFFECT US.
SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT, UM, OUTREACHES THAT WERE DONE FOR THE 2017 PLAN.
UM, THIS IS NOT LOCKED IN STONE FOR THE, YOU KNOW, UH, AMENDMENT PROCESS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE COMMISSION, UH, WILL BE CRITICAL IN THAT AS WELL, BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC, WE WANNA EN UM, ENGAGE RESIDENTS, STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE FUTURE OF THE CITY.
SO THE COMMISSION'S ROLE, WHAT IS YOUR ROLE? YOU ARE
UM, AND SO I THINK WE, WE TALK ABOUT THIS, UM, DURING OUR ORIENTATION FOR THE COMMISSION.
UM, BUT THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT ROLE.
UM, WHY THE COMMISSION WAS CREATED, WHY IT WAS ESTABLISHED, UM, IS TIED TO, YOU KNOW, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND SO THIS BODY, THIS COMMISSION, UM, IS, UH,
UM, ONE OF YOUR PRIMARY ROLES, UM, IS TO MAKE AND AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, SO BEFORE IT IS RECOMMENDED TO THE CITY MANAGER, UM, FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO, UH, RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL.
IT COMES BEFORE THIS BODY, UM, FOR RECOMMENDATION AND A VOTE.
OKAY? SO HERE'S SOME, UM, EXPRESS CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE LAST YEAR.
UM, AND SO IT'S JUST KIND OF GROUPED TOGETHER, UM, IN, IN THESE AREAS.
UM, BUT I, I'M SURE EVERYONE KNOWS, YOU KNOW, ZONING IS A TOP, TOP, TOP ISSUE OUT THERE.
UM, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY CONTROVERSIAL CASES, CONTROVERSIAL DEVELOPMENTS, ACTIVITIES, UH, THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE, UM, OVER THE LAST YEAR OR SO.
UM, SO, UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE WANTING ZONING REFORM, THE, UH, FLICKER, UM, U CASE THAT WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY SURROUNDED BY, YOU KNOW, AREAS THAT ARE DEVELOPED.
YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE REAL CONSIDERATIONS AS WE MOVE TOWARD, UH, OUT.
UM, SO THAT PARTICULAR ZONING, IT'S BEEN IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, FOR SOME DECADES.
UM, SO WE HAVE MANY PROPERTIES THAT ARE LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, THAT MAY CARRY ZONING THAT, UM, IT MAY HAVE BEEN CARVED OFF FROM A LARGER TRACK, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, IT MAY BE A STANDALONE.
UM, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO RE-EXAMINE AND RE-LOOK AT ZONING.
AND SO THE GUIDANCE HERE FOR THIS COMMISSION, FOR THIS BODY IS ZONING, IS A IMPLEMENTATION TOOL OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO TO REFORM ZONING, TO RECONSIDER ZONING, YOU NEED TO HAVE AN IDEA OF WHERE YOU WANT TO GO AND WHERE YOU WANT TO GO, YOU KNOW, SHOULD ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, UM, UM, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY EVERYTHING WE KNOW AND WHAT WE CAN PUT, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT WE WANT FOR OUR FUTURE.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY CHARACTER, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND, UM, THAT AFFECT THE EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SO I KNOW THE TEXAS PARKWAY CART RATE, ROAD CORRIDOR COMMISSION IS TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY CHARACTER, UM, ALONG THOSE CORRIDORS, WHETHER IT BE LIGHTING, WHETHER IT BE PLACEMAKING, UM, THERE'S CONVERSATIONS ON PUBLIC ART, PRIVATE ART, UM, MURALS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, ALL OF THAT, UH, COMMUNITY CARE THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE.
IT YOU, THERE'S A DIFFERENT FEEL WHEN YOU DRIVE INTO HOUSTON OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY.
THERE'S A DIFFERENT FEEL WHEN YOU DRIVE, YOU KNOW, INTO SUGAR LAND.
AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE IN THE BACKGROUND THAT ARE IN IMPLEMENTATION THROUGH ZONING OR OTHER DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE INFORMED BY THE CITY THROUGH THE IT'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SAYING, THIS IS WHAT IT WANTS ITS COMMUNITY TO LOOK LIKE AND FEEL LIKE, AND THEN LAND USE DECISIONS AND IMPACTS ON TAX, UM, BASE.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, UM, A LITTLE TONIGHT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AGAIN, AN AREA THAT, UM, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN CURRENTLY, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, UH, SOME DIALOGUE IN THERE, BUT WE NEED TO GO FURTHER.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE, UM, THAT THESE CHOICES, THESE DECISIONS ARE INTEGRATED, UM, IN, UM, THE IMPACT THAT IT WILL HAVE.
UM, BECAUSE WHEN YOU MAKE A ZONING CHANGE, LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, IT'S WITH THE LAND, IT RUNS WITH THE LAND.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT THE PARTICULAR BUSINESS THAT MIGHT BE BEFORE YOU OR THE GROUP MIGHT, THAT MIGHT BE BEFORE YOU.
UM, IF THAT ZONING IS APPROVED AND ADOPTED AND, UM, YOU KNOW, STRAIGHT ZONING, IT GOES WITH THE LAND.
SO IT COULD BE THERE FOR FIVE YEARS, 10 YEARS, YOU KNOW, 20 YEARS, UM, BEFORE ANYONE ACTUALLY EVER, UM, DEVELOPS IT.
SO THIS IS A BRIEF SUMMARY OF JUST KIND OF SOME, UH, UH, DATES, UH, THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
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RIGHT NOW IS AN APPRAISAL REPORT.UM, SO, UH, WHAT WE WANNA DO IS TAKE STEPS, UH, OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, TO PUT TOGETHER AN APPRAISAL REPORT THAT WILL BE PRESENTED, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR.
AND THAT APPRAISAL REPORT, UM, WILL DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE LOOKING AT A WHOLESALE OVERHAUL, UM, OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR AMENDMENTS, UM, OR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE CURRENT, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, SO THESE ARE SOME OF THE STEPS THAT HAVE BEEN OUTLINED, UH, TO DATE, UM, AS TO WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON.
YOU SEE THE COMMISSION POP UP A COUPLE OF TIMES, UM, IN THERE, BUT YOU ALL WILL BE AN INTEGRATED, UM, PART OF THAT.
UM, SO PLEASE EXPECT, UM, PRETTY MUCH FROM NOW THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ITEM ON THE AGENDA.
UM, AND THEN ALSO CALL SPECIAL MEETINGS AND WORKSHOPS, UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE COMMISSION'S AVAILABILITY AS WELL, TO FLUSH OUT, UH, CERTAIN TOPICS OR BRING THINGS, UH, BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
UM, THE, UH, BOTTOM AT THE, OR THE ITEMS, UH, LISTED AT THE BOTTOM WITH THE DELIVERABLES ARE SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WILL BE CONSIDERED.
UM, SO DURING THIS APPRAISAL REPORT, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT UPDATING THE ASSUMPTIONS, UM, ASSUMPTIONS, MEANING, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU SAW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE'RE AT IN TERMS OF OUR POPULATION, WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, IN TERMS OF, UM, THE MIX, UM, WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TALKS ABOUT DAYTIME, UM, POPULATION AND HOW MUCH DAYTIME POPULATION WE LOSE.
UM, AND THAT THAT'S IMPACT ON, UH, DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
UH, SO LOOKING AT WHERE WE'RE POSITIONED TODAY BASED ON FIVE, SIX YEARS AGO, UM, IDENTIFYING CHANGES IN LAW, ONE OF THE BIG CHANGES WE HAD WAS 2019, UM, WHEN, UH, BASICALLY OUR ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS WERE GUTTED.
AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THAT IS THAT'S ALSO WHERE THINGS STARTED RAMPING UP ON TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD, SOME OUR, OUR OLDER AREAS.
SO DIFFERENT TOOLS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT WERE USED, UM, IN SOME OF THE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY, BE IT HIGHWAY SIX OR, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITIES OVER THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS.
UM, WERE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO THE CITY TO USE.
UM, SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT IMPACT IS, UM, AND LOOK AT WAYS THAT WE CAN, UM, MITIGATE THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, TO AGAIN, ACHIEVE SOME OF OUR, OUR DESIRED GOALS.
UM, MAJOR ACTIONS, COMMUNITY ISSUES, UM, AND THEN AN ANALYSIS OF, UM, BASICALLY HOW WE'VE IMPLEMENTED THAT PLAN TO DATE, UM, AND WHERE WE HAVE ROOM TO ADJUST AND GROW.
SO THIS IS JUST THE INTRODUCTION, UM, JUST SO THAT THE COMMISSION IS TRACKING, UM, THAT THIS IS HAPPENING AND TAKING PLACE.
AND LIKE I SAID, THIS WILL CONTINUE TO BE BROUGHT UP TO THE COMMISSION AS AN AGENDA ITEM OVER THE NEXT, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, BUT THAT IS ALL I HAVE FOR PRESENTATION, BUT I OPEN IT UP TO YOU ALL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR INITIAL COMMENTS OR FEEDBACK.
LOOKING FORWARD TO IT RIGHT UP MY ALLEY, IT REALLY IS GOOD DEAL YOU PRO PROACTIVELY COMMUNICATE WITH LANDOWNERS EVEN IF THEY DON'T LIVE HERE, THE COMBINATION.
UM, AND, AND SO YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORKING TEAMS THAT HAVE DIFFERENT RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH DIFFERENT GROUPS.
UM, SO I'LL SAY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS, ALBEIT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS OR NON-RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, YOU KNOW, BASED ON, YOU KNOW, CONTACT THAT WE MAY HAVE IN VARIOUS AREAS.
UM, YOU ALSO HAVE, UM, THE CITY HAS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UM, THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, ACTIVELY GOES OUT AND RECRUITS.
UM, SO THEY BUILD RELATIONSHIPS IN A DIFFERENT CAPACITY.
UM, SO YES, UM, THERE IS THAT ELEMENT TO IT.
UM, AND THEN WE RELY ON, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS AND NETWORKING, UM, AS WELL.
LET'S JUST USE AN EXAMPLE OF LAND THAT ISN'T DEVELOPED AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IT BEING A SCARCITY.
UM, WE'RE MAKING LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATION FOR PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES THAT MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO USE IT FOR THAT, RIGHT? BUT WE'RE, WE'RE SAYING, YEAH, BUT WE THINK IT SHOULD BE USED FOR X.
HAVE WE EVER TALKED TO THOSE FOLKS? SO I'M TALKING ABOUT ALL LAND BEFORE WE GIVE IT A DESIGNATION, RIGHT? AND OFTENTIMES IT HAS A DESIGNATION THAT WAS GIVEN WAY BACK WHEN ARBITRARILY.
YEAH, AND I THINK, I THINK THAT'S A GOOD POINT IN TERMS OF STAKEHOLDERS IS MAKING SURE THAT WE KNOW WE'RE GONNA BE HAVING A CONVERSATION, YOU KNOW, ON, UH, DIFFERENT PIECES OF LAND THAT ARE UNDEVELOPED, UM, OR UNDERDEVELOPED, UNDERUTILIZED.
SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE STAKEHOLDERS, UM, DEFINITELY NOT, YOU KNOW, NOTIFIED OF THIS PROCESS, BUT THEN POSSIBLY HAVING THEM, UM, ON EITHER, YOU KNOW, AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
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OR, YOU KNOW, HAVING A SEPARATE KIND OF WORKSHOP, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH THEM OR GETTING THAT FEEDBACK.I THINK A LOT OF TIMES, UM, WE LOOK AT JUST THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, IMPACTS AND THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE.
UM, BUT THE REALITY IS IT'S NON-RESIDENTIAL HAS PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND SO THEY HAVE AN INTEREST AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE NEEDS ARE, UM, FROM VARIOUS PROPERTY OWNERS.
YOU REMEMBER CLINTON WONG HAS THE PROPERTY ON MURPHY ROAD AND HE, HE WAS BEFORE US HOW MANY TIMES TALKING ABOUT, I HAVE TRIED TO SELL OR DEVELOP THIS IN EVERY CAPACITY.
AND HE FINALLY DID ONE WHERE I THINK THERE'S SIX OR SEVEN CATEGORIES THAT IS ON THAT ONE PLOT OF LAND.
TRYING TO BE THE JACK OF ALL TRADES.
BUT HE HAD BEEN TRYING FOR 20 YEARS RESIDENTIAL, MULTI-FAMILY, COMMERCIAL, AND IT JUST SAID IDLE.
WHAT IF WE ENGAGED WITH HIM PREVIOUS TO HIM BEING IN FRONT OF US, JOHN, NOT TO HIGHLIGHT A NEGATIVE, BUT A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF WHAT YOU WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT.
ONCE AGAIN, NOT TO HIGHLIGHT A NEGATIVE, WHAT WAS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE SERVICE STATION, THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND SERVICE STATION ACROSS FROM HUNTER GLEN, HUNTERS, GLEN PARK.
THEY BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY YEARS AGO.
IT WAS ZONED FOR THAT AND NOTHING WAS DONE.
AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN WHEN IT POPPED UP, NOTHING WE COULD DO.
YOU CAN DO 30 YEARS OUT FROM THE TIME IT WAS ON.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ASK PERMISSION IF IT'S ALREADY ZONED.
IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR YOUR STAFF.
I, I COULDN'T PROTEST IT, BUT YOU TRIED, YOU DIDN'T WANT A WAREHOUSE STILL.
I KNEW I BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY.
STILL DIDN'T HAVE POTENTIALLY BE SOMETHING MM-HMM.
BUT I WAS, I KNEW SOMETHING WAS COMING 22 YEARS WHERE MM-HMM.
UM, ONE THING THAT, UM, FORT BEND ISD, THEY HAVE A DEMOGRAPHER, UM, THEY CONTRACT WITH, UM, A, UM, A GROUP THAT DOES PROJECTIONS FOR THEM MM-HMM.
UM, SO WE CAN INCORPORATE, YOU KNOW, UH, SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AS WELL, UM, IN OUR UNDERSTANDING.
AND THAT WOULD JUST BE FOR FORT BEND ISD, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE'S OTHER, UM, ENTITIES OUT THERE AS WELL.
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ABOUT SOME, UH, TRAINING.SO YOU ALL HAD THREE TRAINING VIDEOS.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE ISSUE ON THAT FIRST LINK THAT WAS INCLUDED.
IT GOT, IT GOT CONNECTED TO THE ANOTHER LINK.
UM, SO, SO THAT WAS A RECENT OUT.
UM, BUT THERE'S UH, THE THREE VIDEOS THAT WENT OUT, UM, AND I KNOW WE CAN'T READ THAT.
UM, BUT ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, UM, MANAGING THE MEETING AND THEN, UH, STAFF REPORT.
UH, SO THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY IF THE COMMISSIONER HAS QUESTIONS OR YOU KNOW, WANTS TO EXPAND ON SOMETHING, ELABORATE SOMETHING.
UM, AND THEN I'LL JUST, YOU KNOW, KICK IT OFF WITH, I THINK IT'S VERY TIMELY BECAUSE WE WILL, UH, SEND LINKS TO THE NEXT TWO, WHICH IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND ZONING REGULATIONS.
UM, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL HELP KIND OF GIVE, UH, SOME GUIDANCE TOO AS WE, UH, START THIS, UH, PROCESS.
UM, BUT THIS IS JUST AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO, TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
I LIKE THE FORMAT OF FEW PEOPLE TALKING.
I WILL SAY IT WAS INTERESTING TO WATCH THE STAFF REPORT WHEN THEY TALKED ABOUT KEEPING IT SMALL, BUT OTHER THAN THAT THEY WERE GOOD.
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IT USED TO ACTUALLY BE PRINTEDEXACTLY LIKE A BIBLE
I THOUGHT I GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL WHEN I GOT BACK ON.
WHERE'S MY COPY? WHERE'S IT GO? YEAH.
SO WE'LL, WE'LL GET THE OTHER COME OUT HERE.
YEAH, THOSE WILL COME OUT BEFORE THE END OF THE WEEK.
UM, AND WE CAN RELEASE THEM ALL, JUST KIND OF, JUST KIND OF RELEASING THEM IN PIECES SO YOU CAN ABSORB, YOU KNOW, THOSE.
AND THEN THEY'RE AVAILABLE I BELIEVE FOR A TWO YEAR PERIOD.
SO ONCE YOU HAVE THE LINK, YOU HAVE ACCESS TO IT, UH, FOR A GOOD, GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME.
CAN I GET A MOTION FOR A GERMAN? UNLESS YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE TRAIN.
WE ADJOURN AND LET'S VOTE SLOW.