Mar 13, 2024 Planning &amp; Zoning Commission

UH, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13TH, 2024, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.

THE,

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

UM, IT'S ON.

MEETING'S CALLED ORDER.

[a. Consider approving the minutes of the February 14, 2024 Planning and Z...]

THREE, READING OF THE MINUTES.

WE'RE BOTH ON.

UH, TEST, TEST.

UM, JUST A HOUSEKEEPING ITEM.

IF YOU MAKE A MOTION, SAY THAT YOU MADE THE MOTION FOR ME, PLEASE.

MOTION AND A SECOND.

DO WE HAVE A MOTION AND, UH, MOTION? ANYBODY SECOND? I SECOND.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND SECOND, GO AHEAD AND PLAY CAST YOUR VOTES.

MOVING ON.

ITEM FOUR COMMISSION REPORTS.

UH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.

I HAVE NO REPORT.

ANY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANYTHING TO NOTHING FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? MOVING ON, UH, UH, NUMBER FIVE, STAFF REPORTS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT.

GONNA HAVE THE CENTER SOUTH PRESENTATION NOW.

UH, SO WE'RE

[b. Sienna South Development Activity]

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME? OKAY, PERFECT.

SO I'LL BE DOING A VERY BRIEF, UH, REPORT, UH, GOING OVER SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN SIENNA OVER THE PAST DECADE, ACTUALLY, UM, SPECIFICALLY SIENNA SOUTH.

AND SO TO KIND OF PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, UM, THE CITY ENTERED INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO, FOR THE MASTER PLAN OF SIENNA IN 1996.

AND SO SINCE THEN THERE HAS BEEN NINE AMENDMENTS TO THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.

AND ACTUALLY THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT IS WHAT ESTABLISHED WHAT WE KNOW AS SIENNA SOUTH TODAY.

AND THAT WAS PASSED IN 2013.

AND SO WHAT IS CONSIDERED SIENNA SOUTH? SO SIENNA SOUTH IS EVERYTHING SOUTH OF STEEPBANK CHASE, EAST OF THE BROWS RIVER AND WEST OF FM 5 21 AND NORTH AND WEST OF SIENNA POINT.

SO HERE IS ACTUALLY THE MASTER PLAN OF SIENNA SOUTH FROM FEBRUARY OF 2014.

AND TOTAL IS APPROXIMATELY 3,727 ACRES.

OF THOSE, IT'S ABOUT 2100 DESIGNATED FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE.

ABOUT 135 ACRES IN COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL USE AND 1100 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE.

SO THIS IS WHAT THE PLAN WAS BACK IN 20 14, 10 YEARS AGO.

SO WE CAN FAST FORWARD TO TODAY.

SO THIS IS NOT THE MASTER PLAN, BUT THIS IS ACTUALLY A MAP TAKEN FROM SIENNA'S WEBSITE.

THIS IS BEING USED TO PROMOTE THE MODEL HOMES THAT THEY HAVE, UH, FOR THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OF NEW HOMES.

UM, AND IT DOES PROVIDE A GOOD REPRESENTATION OF KIND OF THE ACTIVITY THAT HAS HAPPENED IN SIENNA OVER THE PAST DECADE.

AND SO KIND OF MORE TOWARDS THE NORTH OF THE MAP, YOU'LL SEE IT'S A LOT BIT MORE LIKE BLANK SPACE, MORE GREEN SPACE.

AND SO THAT JUST INDICATES THAT THOSE ARE THE FIRST AREAS OF SIENNA THAT HAD BEEN BUILT OUT.

SO YOU DON'T SEE ANY ICONS OVER THERE.

THOSE ARE COMPLETELY BUILT OUT.

THERE ARE NO MORE MODEL HOMES OVER THERE.

THERE'S PEOPLE LIVING THERE.

AND THEN AS YOU MOVE FURTHER SOUTH, YOU'LL SEE A LOT MORE, UM, ACTIVITY GOING ON.

AND THIS JUST INDICATES, THIS IS WHERE THE NEWER ACTIVITY IS, WHERE THEY'RE, UM, PROMOTING.

AND AS THEY'RE DEVELOPING SOUTH, YOU'LL SEE THEY'RE GONNA ALSO START DEVELOPING, UM, EAST TOWARDS FM 5 21.

AND SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW.

UM, AND THE LANE USE PLAN HASN'T REALLY CHANGED OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.

THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR MODIFICATIONS THAT THE DEVELOPERS HAVE SUBMITTED.

AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF THOSE IS THAT IF YOU'LL SEE HERE WE HAVE SIENNA PARKER, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE MAJOR THOROUGH FAIRS IN SIENNA AND THEN WATER'S LAKE BOULEVARD.

AND SO AT THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE TWO ORIGINALLY THERE WAS A PLAN TO DO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND THAT PLAN HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED TO BE COMMERCIAL.

SO THERE HAVE BEEN

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MINOR MODIFICATIONS LIKE THESE OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS.

UM, AND THAT JUST GIVES YOU AN IDEA THAT PRETTY MUCH IT'S PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME, UM, OVER THE, OVER THE PAST DECADE.

UM, AND SO KIND OF TO BRING IT INTO CONTEXT TODAY, UH, I DID WANT TO POINT OUT THAT ON THIS PLAN, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THIS PROMOTIONAL AND YOU'RE LIKE, OH WOW, THIS IS SO COOL.

AND THEN YOU AS A PLANNING AND ZONING BODY, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, HOW, WHAT HAVE I DONE HERE? AND SO KIND OF TO POINT OUT, UM, I HAVE A RED ARROW ON THE BOTTOM LEFT POINTING TO SIENNA SECTION 65.

AND THAT IS AN APPLICATION THAT CAME BEFORE YOU ALL, I THINK BACK IN DECEMBER.

THAT WAS FOR THE TOWN HOMES, WHICH WAS REALLY COOL 'CAUSE IT WAS A PART OF THE DIVERSIFIED HOUSING THAT IS IN SIENNA.

AND SO THAT IS CURRENTLY ACTIVELY BEING PROMOTED AS A PLACE TO LIVE.

AND YOU KNOW, YOU ALL APPROVED THAT PLOT JUST ONLY A FEW MONTHS AGO, UM, TO BRING IT TO TODAY.

I HAVE ANOTHER ARROW POINTING ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT, THAT'S SECTION 69 B.

AND THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT TO BE APPROVED.

UM, SO I THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE REALLY COOL FOR YOU ALL TO SEE TO KIND OF GIVE CONTEXT TO THE PLA AND APPLICATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT PLANS THAT YOU ALL ARE REVIEWING AND APPROVING.

UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THESE ARE ITEMS THAT ARE BEING PROMOTED OUT TO THE PUBLIC, PEOPLE ARE BUYING THEM.

SO IT'S REALLY COOL TO KIND OF SEE IT ON THE GROUND AND SEE IT OUT IN THE PUBLIC LIKE THIS.

UM, MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS ACTUALLY A MAP OF, UM, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IN SIENNA.

AND SO ALL THE COLOR AREAS ARE ACTUALLY AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PLOTTED OR IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PLOTTED.

UM, SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT IS ON THIS, UH, SOUTHERN AND WESTERN, UH, BOUNDARY, UM, MORE TOWARDS THE EAST WHERE THE GRAY OUT AREAS ARE.

THOSE ARE ACTUALLY FOR FUTURE SIENNAS.

SO, UM, THE GRAY OUT AREAS WE HAVE RECEIVED THOSE CONCEPT PLANS.

AND THEN MORE TOWARDS THE EAST WHERE IT'S NOT GRAYED OUT, UH, THAT IS PART OF SIENNA.

WE HAVEN'T RECEIVED THOSE PLANS YET.

UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE LIKE WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO GET INTO, UM, PROBABLY OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO IN THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LOOKING AT IN THIS AREA.

AND SO SOMETHING TO KNOW IS THAT IN THE ORIGINAL PLAN IN 1996, SIENNA WAS, SIENNA SOUTH WAS ACTUALLY DESIGNATED 10,000 RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED IN THIS AREA AS WELL AS 220 ACRES OF RETAIL COMMERCIAL.

SO THERE'S NO WAY, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AMOUNT OF LAND THAT YOU CAN DEVELOP 10,000 UNITS OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.

BUT HOW FAR HAVE THEY COME? SO, SO FAR, 4,755 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LOTS HAVE BEEN PLOTTED.

UM, AND TO THIS DATE ABOUT 3,113 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES HAVE BEEN GIVEN A CERT, UH, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE BEEN BUILT OUT AND THEY'VE BEEN CERTIFIED TO BE OCCUPIED BY A HOMEOWNER.

UM, SO THAT STILL LEAVES ABOUT, UM, ANOTHER 1600 THAT ARE REMAINING TO BE ACTUALLY CONSTRUCTED.

UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE HOW FAR WE'VE COME AS FAR AS THE PLA LOTS GO AND WHAT THE POTENTIAL IS GONNA BE THERE FOR THOSE AS WELL.

SO GIVEN THE ENTIRETY OF THE LAND PLAN, OF THE 2,100 ACRES OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL THAT IT WAS DESIGNATED, 70% OF THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED, WHICH MEANS THERE'S ONLY ABOUT 30% MORE TO GO AND 40% OF THE 220, UM, OR EXCUSE ME, THE 135 40% OF THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED AS RETAIL COMMERCIAL ALREADY.

SO THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE TO GO AS WELL ON THAT END.

UM, SO MOVING ON TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO POINT OUT WHERE THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION IS RIGHT NOW.

SO THE AREAS THAT HAVE THE GOLD STARS, UM, THOSE ARE THE SECTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, OR WILL BEGIN VERY SOON.

AND SO JUST TO KIND OF CALL ONE OUT, I MEAN WE LOOKED AT SECTION 61, I BELIEVE BACK IN DECEMBER THAT YOU ALL APPROVED AND NOW IT'S ACTIVELY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND SO THESE ARE THE AREAS WHERE THEY'RE CURRENTLY BUILDING NEW HOMES FOR, FOR RESIDENTS.

AND THEN ON THIS LAST SLIDE THAT I HAVE FOR YOU ALL, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW THE, UM, REMAINING ACREAGE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SIENNA SOUTH.

SO THERE'S ABOUT 200 ACRES REMAINING SPECIFICALLY FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ABOUT, UM, 75.9 ACRES REMAINING FOR COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL DEVELOPMENT.

AND SO, UM, WE GET DATA FROM SIENNA ABOUT HOW MANY NEW HOMES HAVE STARTED PER YEAR.

AND SO ON AVERAGE OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN 674 NEW HOMES THAT HAVE STARTED DEVELOPING PER YEAR.

UM, AND SO THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF HOW RAPIDLY, YOU KNOW, HOUSES ARE BEING BUILT HERE AND HOW CLOSE WE ACTUALLY ARE FOR THIS AREA TO BE BUILT OUT.

UM, AND SO YEAH, THAT WOULD WRAP SOME OF MY PRESENTATION.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? NICE JOB.

ANY ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I, I DO

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HAVE A QUESTION.

I KIND OF DO THE MATH.

YOU'VE GOT 30, A LITTLE OVER 3000 COS ISSUED, RIGHT? AND IT'S 70% BUILD OUT, BUILT OUT.

I KIND OF DO THE MATH.

THAT MEANS WE'RE GETTING ALMOST TWICE THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.

ONCE IT'S BUILT OUT, YOU GOT 31 15 COS YOU'RE GONNA END UP WITH PROBABLY ANOTHER 3000, 3,500.

WHAT ABOUT ALL THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT ARE CREATED WITH SIENNA PARKWAY AND THEN TRYING TO GET OUT THE BACK WAY TO 5 21? WHAT, WHAT'S THE CITY DOING TO TRY AND ALLEVIATE SOME OF THAT? 'CAUSE IF YOU DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THERE OVER THE NEXT SIX TO 10 YEARS, IT, IT'S ALREADY BAD.

MM-HMM, .

YEAH, THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

SO AGAIN, THIS PLAN WAS BROUGHT UP IN 1996, SO WE'RE DEALING WITH, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS THAT WERE BUILT, YOU KNOW, OVER 20, 30 YEARS AGO.

AND SO I KNOW SOMETHING WITH THE CITY AND MAYBE OUR PUBLIC WORKS TEAM CAN SPEAK A LITTLE BIT MORE TO IT, IS THAT THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE ALWAYS ONGOING AS FAR AS LIKE MEETING THE NEEDS FOR LIKE THE TRAFFIC REQUIREMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

MARCUS, DID YOU WANNA TALK SOME MORE ABOUT, I CAN TALK ON THAT A LITTLE.

SO SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE DOING IMMEDIATELY TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC NEEDS ON SIENNA PARKWAY IS WE'RE ACTIVELY WORKING AND REVIEWING THE TIMING AT UH, ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS, CHANGING THOSE AS THE NEEDS CHANGE.

UH, AS A LONG-TERM PLAN, WE ARE WORKING WITH, UH, THE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT DEVELOPERS, COUNTIES, LIZ, WE, WE HAVE THIS ACTUALLY AMAZING, UM, KINDA INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP THAT'S LOOKING AT EXPANSION OF SIENNA PARKWAY IN ORDER TO HANDLE THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC FLOWS.

SO WE'RE STILL IN THE INITIAL CONVERSATIONS ON THAT.

UH, BUT THAT IS MOVING FORWARD AND IT'S HAD VERY GREAT SUPPORT, UM, FROM THE CITY AND UH, SPECIFICALLY THE CITY MANAGER HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THAT AND SHE'S BEEN DOING A FANTASTIC JOB.

SO WHAT ABOUT FIVE, ANY WORK WITH THE STATE ON 5 21? 'CAUSE A LOT OF THAT DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA BE ON THAT WHAT THAT SOUTHEAST CORNER THERE, AND THAT'S THE REASON I'M ASSUMING THAT THE ROADS WERE BUILT TO DUMP INTO 5 21.

ANY ANYTHING POSSIBLE THERE? I MEAN IT'S, I KNOW IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, BUT, SO TXDOT HAS HAD A PLAN TO EXPAND 5 21.

UH, THAT'S STILL A PLAN.

UH, I HAVEN'T HEARD A DEFINED TIMELINE FROM THEM.

WE'VE ASKED AFTER IT AND UH, HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED ONE TO THIS DATE.

SO IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY THAT THE ONGOING CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC ISSUES WOULD LIMIT DEVELOPMENT AS THEY BRING MORE PLOTS AND I'M SORRY, PLATS BEFORE US TO BE LOOKED AT AND THEY START REQUESTING, UH, PERMITS AND SO FORTH, IS TRAFFIC GONNA IMPACT ANY OF THAT? SO WE'RE CONSTANTLY, WE'RE WE'RE REVIEWING THE TRAFFIC.

UM, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR FULL BUILD OUT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT'S BEEN, UH, REVIEWED AND APPROVED.

IT DOES IDENTIFY REMEDIATION MEASURES AND SOME OF THOSE REMEDIATION MEASURES ARE THE EXPANSION OF SIENNA PARKWAY.

SO AS WE'RE WORKING TOWARDS THAT AND AS THAT TIMELINE BECOMES MORE DEFINED, WE CAN COMPARE THAT AGAINST THE BUILD SCHEDULES AND TRY TO MATCH THAT UP.

COMMENT BESIDES THAT? ? THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.

APPRECIATE IT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU ENGINEERING.

ANY

[c. Engineering]

UH, IT'S GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU THIS EVENING.

UH, ENGINEERING DOESN'T HAVE MUCH IN THE WAY OF TO REPORT FOR THIS MONTH THOUGH.

I, UH, WILL SAY NEXT MONTH, UH, KA DHANI WILL BE COMING AND PRESENTING ON OUR CIP PROGRAM AND SOME OF THE GREAT THINGS THE CITY IS DOING, UH, HAS DONE RECENTLY AND IS DOING IN THE FUTURE.

UH, ALSO I WILL BE AT TEXAS WATER.

IT'S A STATEWIDE REGIONAL ENGINEERING WATER CONFERENCE AT NEXT P AND Z.

SO MR. BRIAN JACKSON TAYLOR, OUR STAFF ENGINEER, WILL BE OCCUPYING MY SEAT NEXT MONTH AND THAT IS ALL.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE WILL MOVE ON THEN.

UH, ITEM SIX, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION ON ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA.

AND, UH, WE CANNOT RESPOND TO OR COMMENT ON ANY OF THOSE COMMENTS.

WE DON'T HAVE ANYBODY WHO SIGNED UP, BUT THERE'S A REQUEST FOR YOU TO MOVE YOUR MICROPHONE A LITTLE BIT CLOSER SINCE WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE TONIGHT.

[a. CONSENT AGENDA]

SEVEN THE PLATS, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, ITEM ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR OLYMPIA RETAIL CENTER.

TWO.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR CNO OAK'S AMENITY CENTER PHASE ONE THREE.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA VILLAGE OF ANDERSON SPRINGS, SECTION 22 B FOUR.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR SIENNA, SECTION 51 A

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FIVE.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA, SECTION 51 B SIX.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA LAKES STREET DEDICATION PHASE TWO SEVEN.

CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF TIMBER FALLS AND EIGHT, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL RE PLAT OF INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD BUSINESS PARK.

ANY COMMENTS? DISCUSSION, MOTIONS.

MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION.

I'LL SECOND AND A SECOND.

GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.

[b. SIENNA 4A]

SO FOR CNS SECTION FOUR A, THIS IS A REVISION.

UM, THIS REVISION INCLUDES ADDING APPROXIMATELY 78 ACRES, UM, TO INCLUDE AN OPEN SPACE DRAINAGE AREA.

UM, AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

OKAY, IN THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS, MAKE A MOTION.

HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.

IS IT WAITING ON ME? OH, IT SAID MY VOTE WAS CAST.

OH WELL.

UH, ITEM TWO, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF CIENA 69 B.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS IS ALSO TO APPROVE.

UM, IT JUST REQUIRES A SEPARATE APPROVAL BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE CONCEPT PLAN.

UNDERSTOOD.

MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

SECOND.

UM, UH, CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.

I GOT IT THIS TIME.

MOVING

[c. LOVETT]

ON.

ITEM C, LOVET, ARE WE DOING THE PRESENTATION BUT NOT THE PERMIT? OKAY.

UH, CONSENT APPLICATION OF A CONCEPT PLAN FOR LOVET COMMERCIAL.

SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DISAPPROVAL FOR THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR LUBBOCK COMMERCIAL.

AND THIS IS BECAUSE THE LANE USES THAT ARE ON THE CONCEPT PLAN, UM, ARE NOT ALIGNED WITH THE LAND USE PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED WITH THE PD ZONING.

UM, AND SO THEY'LL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO THAT AND AMEND THEIR CONCEPT PLAN, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DISAPPROVAL.

MAKE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE THIS CONCEPT PLAN.

I'LL SECOND AND WE HAVE A SECOND.

GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.

UH, MOTION CARRIES.

ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS EIGHT.

MOVING ON, EIGHT

[a. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THE PALACE EVENT CENTER]

A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR THE PALACE EVENT CENTER PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENT FOR AGAINST A REQUEST BY MATTHEW GAMBLE, PLACE DESIGNERS INC.

TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 17.0110 ACRES OF LAND FROM SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT TO OUR RURAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO PD, I'M SORRY.

AND OUR SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO PD PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR AN EVENT CENTER, HOTEL, INDIVIDUAL COTTAGE, AND ASSOCIATED PARKING AMENITIES.

THAT'S ENOUGH.

SO IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, UH, MR. STEVEN BEAGLE WILL COME TO THE FRONT.

UM, THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR REQUESTS FOR A NEW PLAN DEVELOPMENT TO ALLOW FOR ALL OF THE USES YOU JUST STATED.

UH, THE LOCATION FOR THIS PROPOSED PLAN DEVELOPMENT IS OFF OF KNIGHTS ROAD, SOUTH OF THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AND WATTS PLANTATION.

THE REQUEST IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH TWO OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS.

GOAL TWO, WHICH FOCUSES ON VARIED DEVELOPMENT.

THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BE A POSITIVE FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, PROVIDING ADDITIONAL REVENUE AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS AMENITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY TO ENJOY.

GOAL FIVE, WHICH FOCUSES ON QUALITY DESIGN AND APPEARANCE.

HERE WE HAVE SOME EXAMPLES OF THE INSPIRATION THE DEVELOPER HAS PROVIDED FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF VENUES

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THAT HE IS PROPOSING.

THE FINAL PRODUCT IS GOING TO UTILIZE THE NATURAL LIGHT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE PLACEMENT OF THE STRUCTURES TO PROVIDE AN AESTHETICALLY PLEASING VIEW, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

THAT PLAN WAS DEVELOPED IN 2017 AND THAT PROJECTS THE AREA IDENTIFIED FOR THE PD AS A STATE CHARACTER.

THIS PROJECTION WAS BASED ON THE LIMITED AVAILABILITY OF UTILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AT THIS TIME.

UH, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THE CHARACTER OF THIS AREA HAS CHANGED DUE TO DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AND HIGHWAY SIX.

AND WE HAVE NOW HAD A LOT OF INTEREST IN DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE KNIGHTS ROAD AREA.

UH, THE CITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF KNIGHTS ROAD.

WHILE WE ARE STILL COMMITTED TO BALANCING OUT THE NEEDS OF THE RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT SURROUNDS THE AREA THAT'S IDENTIFIED AS THIS PD.

ONE WAY WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THESE NEEDS IS THROUGH THE HEIGHT AND AREA REGULATIONS ALONG KNIGHTS ROAD.

WE ARE GOING TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM YARD ALONG KNIGHT ROAD ONLY.

UH, THIS WILL ALLOW MORE LEEWAY FOR THE DEVELOPER TO PLACE HIS STRUCTURES CLOSER TO KNIGHTS ROAD WHILE PRESERVING THE SPACE SURROUNDING THE RESIDENTIAL.

SORRY.

THE EVENT CENTER IS GOING TO BE LIMITED TO JUST ONE STORY AND IS REQUIRED TO BE PLACED AT LEAST 200 FEET, UH, ALONG THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST PROPERTY LINES TO AGAIN PRESERVE THE PRIVACY OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE OUTDOOR EVENT CENTER IS LIMITED TO 35 FEET AND HEIGHT AND WILL BE A MINIMUM OF 40 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY ZONED RESIDENTIAL.

THE COTTAGES, WHICH ARE AN ACCESSORY TO THE EVENT CENTER USE, ARE LIMITED TO ONE STORY AND 16 FEET.

THE HOTEL, UH, WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF 84 FEET.

I'M SORRY, DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? 84 FEET AND SIX STORIES AND IS REQUIRED TO BE AT LEAST 150 FEET FROM THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTIES, AGAIN ALONG THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH BOUNDARIES OF THIS AREA.

ANOTHER WAY WE ARE GOING TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS IS THROUGH OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS.

THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A GREEN SPACE OF BETWEEN 69 AND 113 FEET.

UH, BETWEEN THE EVENT CENTER AND THE RESIDENCE OF THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A SPACE OF 60 FEET BETWEEN THE HOTEL SPACE AND THE RESIDENCE.

UH, WE ARE GOING TO REQUIRE AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL ALONG ALL PROPERTY BOUNDARIES THAT ARE BOUNDARIED UP TO RESIDENTIAL AND FOR TREE REQUIREMENTS, WE ARE REQUIRING A MINIMUM OF AN EIGHT FOOT TREE IN THE PLANTED AREA, AND THAT'LL BE EVERY 30 FEET.

TO PROVIDE PRIVACY AND A SOUND BARRIER.

THE FOUNTAINS AND PONDS THAT ARE SEEN IN THE CONCEPT PLAN ARE ALSO GOING TO BE REQUIRED.

OTHER WAYS WE PLAN ON ADDRESSING OUR RESIDENTS NEEDS IS THROUGH DRAINAGE, TRAFFIC AND NOISE.

THE ENGINEERING TEAM WILL REQUIRE A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION, UH, TO ENSURE WETLANDS ONSITE ARE MINIMALLY DISTURBED AND THAT ANY DETENTION IS CONTAINED ON THE SITE.

THE ENGINE, THE ENGINEERING TEAM WILL ALSO REVIEW A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS PRIOR TO ANY CONSTRUCTION, AND THE FOCUS OF THAT IS TO MINIMIZE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE APPLICANT IS ALSO GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO ADHERE TO OUR CITY'S NOISE ORDINANCE, WHICH PROHIBITS EXCESSIVE NOISE ALONG WITH SPECIFIC NOISES IN GENERAL, WHICH YOU CAN, CAN BE FOUND IN CHAPTER 30.

ARTICLE THREE OF OUR CODE OF ORDINANCE.

UH, THIS IS OUR NOTICING SLIDE.

WE SENT OUT NOTICES TO EVERYBODY WITHIN 250 FEET ON FEBRUARY 23RD, AND WE PLACED A SIGN ON SITE THAT SAME DAY.

THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL BE HEARD BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 15TH.

IN SUMMARY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT FOR THE SPECIFIC USES OF A HOTEL SPACE AND EVENT CENTER WITH BREAKOUT SPACES AND SIX COTTAGES.

THIS, OUR STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS APPLICATION.

WE FIND IT TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH TWO OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS IF APPROVED.

THE DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING THE CITY ONE STEP CLOSER TO ACHIEVING THE GOAL OF HAVING A CITY THAT SERVES ITS PEOPLE.

THE APPLICATION DEVIATES FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, BUT STAFF HAS PUT RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE TO PRESERVE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS WHILE PROVIDING AN AVENUE FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT TO MOVE FORWARD.

AND OUR RECOMMENDATION IS A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO SPEAK.

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HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF GRACE? I DON'T SEE ANY, SO WE WILL OKAY.

UH, HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT THEN.

GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS STEVEN BEAGLE.

I'M AN ARCHITECT AND DEVELOPER.

I'M THE HEAD OF ARCHITECTURE FOR PLACE DESIGNERS BASED IN ROUND ROCK, TEXAS AND OFFICE HERE IN HOUSTON.

UM, WE ARE HERE REPRESENTING THE PURCHASERS AND THE OWNERSHIP GROUP.

UH, BJU MATTHEW IS HERE WITH HIS PARTNER AND THE, THE OWNER AND SELLER IS CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AS LARRY LARRY BRIGGS ON THE, UH, APPLICATION.

WE HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THE CITY STAFF FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX MONTHS.

WE BEGAN OUR MEETINGS IN NOVEMBER LAST YEAR, UH, WHEN THIS IDEA CAME TO THE OWNERSHIP GROUP AND THE PURCHASERS, AND WE'VE BEEN EXPLORING OPTIONS AND DENSITIES AND ACCESS SINCE THEN.

THE PLAN YOU'VE SEEN TONIGHT WITH THE, UH, STAFF PRESENTATION IS OUR INITIAL, SORRY.

THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, UH, PLAN SOUTH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY COMPASS EAST.

OUR INITIAL, UH, UH, CONCEPT, WHAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOU IS A LARGE BUILDING IN THE CENTER, WHICH IS THE PRIMARY EVENT CENTER, UH, INTENDED TO SERVICE APPROXIMATELY 1000 PEOPLE AT AN EVENT.

THE SMALLER HYPHENATED STRUCTURE TO THE LEFT OF THE SCREEN IS A BREAKOUT EVENT SPACE FOR APPROXIMATELY 400 PEOPLE.

THE HOTEL STRUCTURE TO THE FAR LEFT IS AN INDEPENDENT STRUCTURE, A HOTEL OF SIX STORIES, MAXIMUM HEIGHT, AND THAT'S DERIVED FROM A ONE STORY PODIUM DECK FOR THE NORMAL HOTEL AMENITIES ON THE LOW LEVEL, AND THEN FIVE LEVELS OF KEYS HOTEL ROOMS, UH, ON THE PODIUM DECK ABOVE.

UH, AND AS SOME OF YOU KNOW, IN WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION, FIVE FLOORS IS ALL YOU CAN GET, UH, ON TOP OF A PODIUM DECK.

SO THAT IS WHAT LIMITS US IN HEIGHT FROM A PRICE AND PRACTICAL POINT OF VIEW, THE SITE, UH, ALTOGETHER HAS APPROXIMATELY 600 PARKING SPACES.

THOSE ARE IDENTIFIED IN THE DIAGRAM.

APPROXIMATELY 20% OF OUR SITE IS IMPACTED BY THE FEMA FLOODPLAIN AND UNDEVELOPABLE.

SO THE SITE DENSITY IS COMPRESSED TO THE CENTER, UH, AS SHOWN ON THE DIAGRAM.

WE MET MONDAY EVENING, UH, VIRTUALLY WITH MEMBERS OF THE ESTATES AT SILVER RIDGE IN A, UH, VIDEO CALL.

UH, MOST OF THEM WERE, WERE SEEING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND WE WERE SEARCHING FOR, AND WE OBTAINED A PUBLIC COMMENT FROM THAT GROUP, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL HEAR MORE OF THAT THIS EVENING.

THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS WERE CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT DRAINAGE AND FLOODING.

CONCERNS EXPRESSED ABOUT HEIGHT OF THE WALL AND HOW WE WOULD PROTECT THEIR PROPERTIES PLAN NORTH, WHICH IS ACTUALLY WEST BY COMPASS GREEN SPACE AND LANDSCAPE BUFFERS ALONG THAT COMMON PROPERTY LINE NOISE GENERATION AND HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE FACILITY, THE DISTANCE FROM THE STRUCTURES TO THEIR PROPERTY LINE AND THE DISTANCE FROM STRUCTURE TO STRUCTURE TO THEIR ACTUAL HOMES.

AND WE'LL PROVIDE THAT EXHIBIT HERE SHORTLY.

A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND THE POSSIBLE WIDENING OF KNIGHTS ROAD AND THE IMPACTS ON OTHER INTERSECTIONS IN THE AREA.

HAVING HEARD THESE CONCERNS ON MONDAY NIGHT, WE, UH, TOOK IT UPON OURSELVES TO REVISE THIS PLAN.

WILL THIS ADVANCE LOOK AT THAT? SO ONE OF THE PRIMARY CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD WAS DRAINAGE.

IF YOU SEE THE SWATH OF BLUE AT THE TOP ALONG THE PROPERTY LINE, WE HAVE PULLED THE BUILDINGS FURTHER AWAY FROM

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AND WE'VE CREATED A DRAINAGE, UH, TRENCH THERE TO PULL WATER OFF OF THEIR PROPERTIES AND TRY TO MITIGATE THE CONCERN FOR WATER DISPLACEMENT ON THE SITE.

WE HAVE NOT PERFORMED THE HYDROLOGY STUDY YET, THAT'S AHEAD OF US PENDING THE OUTCOME OF THIS EVENING.

THE BUILDINGS THEMSELVES ARE NOW APPROXIMATELY 300 FEET FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENCE.

THAT'S A FOOTBALL FIELD.

UH, SO WE'VE PULLED THEM BACK ANOTHER 70 FEET FROM THE INITIAL PROPOSAL.

UH, IN DEFERENCE TO THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD THE HOTEL STRUCTURE IS NOW BENT IN AN L SHAPE WITH SINGLE LOADED ROOMS. NORMALLY A HOTEL HAS A DOUBLE LOADED CORRIDOR ROOMS ON EITHER SIDE.

AND BECAUSE CURRENT CONCERNS WERE EXPRESSED ABOUT THE VIEW SHED AND VIEWS FROM THE HOTEL INTO THEIR BACKYARDS, WE RECONFIGURED THE HOTEL PLAN AND ALONG THAT UPPER WALL, THE L-SHAPED LEG WOULD BE A SINGLE LOADED CORRIDOR SO THAT THOSE ROOMS LOAD PLAN SOUTH OVERLOOKING THE POOL.

THAT'S IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE THE CONCERN.

WE HEARD A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS HAS NOT BEEN CONDUCTED YET AND WILL BE CONDUCTED AS YOU HEARD FROM STAFF PRIOR TO PLATTING AND BEYOND THAT WE, UH, WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

I HAVE A QUESTION AND THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

UM, SO FAR STICKING WITH THE, THE POOL, OR EXCUSE ME, THE HOTEL, UM, JUST REFRESH MEMORY, WOULD THAT, THAT WOULD BE MANAGED BY THE, THE OWNER ON ON SITE? THE INTENTION IS THAT BOTH FUNCTIONS, THE EVENT CENTER FUNCTIONS PLURAL, AND THE HOTEL FUNCTION SINGULAR WOULD BE TWO SEPARATELY MANAGED PROPERTIES.

THE HELL THE HOTEL WOULD BE MANAGED INDEPENDENTLY.

THEY ARE CODEPENDENT ONLY IN THE SENSE THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE CONDUCTING LARGE EVENTS AND MAYBE WEEKEND EVENTS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THE HOTEL, BUT THE HOTEL WOULD OPERATE ALL THE TIME, THE EVENT CENTER BY RESERVATION.

GOTCHA.

AND DO WE KNOW BY WHOM? UH, WE ARE TALKING WITH VARIOUS HOTEL PEOPLE NOW, UH, AND I DON'T THINK I SHOULD MENTION ALL THOSE YET.

AND THEN I NOTICED ON THE UPDATED SITE PLAN, UM, WITH YOU LISTENING IN OR, OR BEING IN DEFERENCE TO THEIR COMMENTS, UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, YOU'RE THE EXPERT.

ARE THERE MORE, UM, PARKING SPACES NOW WITH THE UPDATED PLAN? SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE MORE, UH, PEOPLE UTILIZING THAT SPACE? IT WAS A REDISTRIBUTION.

WE'RE PULLING THE PLAN, THE BUILDINGS FURTHER TO TOWARD KNIGHTS ROAD PARKING, THE PARKING THAT THAT DISPLACED GETS PUSHED UP AND AROUND THE BUILDING.

UH, YOU NOTICE ON THE HOTEL SIDE IN PARTICULAR THE GOTCHA.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF ADDITIONAL SLIDES TO SHOW SURE.

IF I CAN DO THAT.

LET ME SEE IF I TURNED IT OFF.

HERE YOU SEE THE NEW CROSS SECTIONS, WHICH SHOW THE DISTANCES BETWEEN THE LARGER STRUCTURES, UH, THE EVENT CENTER AND THE RESIDENCES IN ALL CASES 311 TO 300 AND, AND, UH, AT 25 FEET APPROXIMATELY IN THIS DIAGRAM.

SO IT'S A SOLID FOOTBALL FIELD LENGTH BETWEEN THE STRUCTURES.

AND JUST TO SHOW A COUPLE OF OTHER EXAMPLES, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE MANY WAYS TO CONTAIN LIGHT IN AN EVENT CENTER.

SOME EVENT CENTERS LIKE THIS ONE THAT WE'RE DOING NEAR AUSTIN IS MOSTLY GLASS.

AND THAT'S SO THE GLOWS AT NIGHT, UH, TO ATTRACT ATTENTION.

THERE ARE OTHER EVENT CENTERS WE'VE DONE LIKE THIS ONE UP IN WASHINGTON, DC FOR AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, WHICH HAS VERY FEW WINDOWS.

AND THE IDEA, UH, IS THAT YOU WANT TO KEEP THE ACTIVITY, THE NOISE, UH, THE LIGHT THAT'S EMANATING FROM EVENING EVENTS INSIDE.

SO THAT'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE LIGHTING AND NOISE ISSUE.

PHASE TWO, WE'D, WE'D LIKE TO DEVELOP BOTH ONE AND TWO TOGETHER, THE TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE THE EVENT SPACES.

I HAVE ONE MORE BEFORE MY COMMISSIONERS TAKE OVER.

UM, I, I NOTICE IN, IN THE WAY IT WAS DESCRIBED, UM, PHASE ONE AND PHASE TWO, WAS THERE, UH, A STRATEGY OR VISION BEHIND ADDITIONAL PHASES OR WILL IT END AT PHASE TWO RELATIVE TO THE SPACE THAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH? YEAH, YEAH.

THE PHASING DISCUSSION IS ONGOING AS YOU SEE IN THIS DIAGRAM.

BUILDING ONE WOULD BE THE LARGEST STRUCTURE IN THE CENTER TO THE RIGHT.

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HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO GET REVENUE GENERATED QUICKLY, THAT ROI THAT WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT, THE LARGER STRUCTURE WOULD BE BUILT FIRST PHASE ONE AND OCCUPIED WITH ONGOING EVENTS.

THE LOOP ROADS AROUND THE STRUCTURES ARE TO SATISFY THE FIRE MARSHAL AND THOSE LIFE SAFETY CONCERNS.

THE HYPHENATED BUILDING OR THE SMALLER EVENT CENTER WOULD BE PHASE TWO AND THE HOTEL WOULD BE PHASE THREE.

PHASES TWO AND THREE ARE INTERCHANGEABLE IN THE SENSE THAT THE HOTEL COULD OCCUR MORE QUICKLY THAN THE PHASE TWO EVENT STRUCTURE.

MM-HMM.

ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? UM, SO I OH, OH, UM, GO AHEAD.

SO I WAS CHECKING WITH THE GENTLEMAN HERE THAT THERE IS NO PLAN TO PUT A THIRD LANE IN FUTURE ON THAT ROAD, CORRECT? ON THE RIGHT ROAD.

ONLY TWO LANE.

UH, I, SO TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE ROAD EXPANSIONS THAT WE'RE DOING IN THIS AREA, WE DON'T HAVE A CURRENT EXPANSION IDENTIFIED FOR NIGHT ROAD.

HOWEVER, UH, WATTS ROAD, WHICH WILL BE TO THE NORTH OF THIS, WE ARE PLANNING ON EXPANDING.

WE'RE WORKING ON A JOINT PROJECT WITH THE COUNTY THAT'LL GO FROM A CURRENT TWO LANE ROAD TO A THREE LANE ROAD.

SO ONE EASTBOUND, ONE WESTBOUND LANE, AND THEN A CONTINUOUS CENTER TURN LANE.

WE'RE ALSO WORKING ON A SECOND PROJECT WITH THE COUNTY THAT WILL CONNECT, UH, WATTS ROAD FROM KNIGHTS ROAD TO SHIPMENTS COVE.

AND SO WATTS ROAD WILL THEN FLOW ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, FROM SIENNA PARKWAY TO HIGHWAY SIX.

AND SO THAT'LL BRING ADDITIONAL AVENUES OF TRAFFIC, UH, AND WE WILL END UP HAVING TO DO SOME TRAFFIC MITIGATION AT THAT INTERSECTION.

RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST A ONE-WAY STOP CONTROLLED.

UH, WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK AT DOING, UH, EITHER ALWAYS STOP OR EVEN A SIGNALIZE INTERSECTION THAT'S GONNA BE DEPENDENT UPON, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER USES THAT ARE LOOKING AT COMING IN AND THE TIMEFRAMES OF THOSE USES.

THANKS, .

I I JUST HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION.

THE SOUTHEAST CORNER WHERE IT SHOWS THE POND.

YES SIR.

IS THAT ALSO PART OF THE FLOOD CONTROL AREA? IS THAT ALSO IN THE FLOOD DIS FLOOD PLAIN AS WELL? IT'S NOT FLOODPLAIN, IT IS OUR ONSITE DETENTION POND.

SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T REALLY CHANGE THE FEMA BOUNDARIES.

THEY ARE WHAT THEY ARE, BUT OUR IMPERVIOUS AREA IS GONNA DRAIN SOMEPLACE.

EVENTUALLY IT GETS INTO THE FLEET FEMA FLOODPLAIN, BUT OUR ONSITE DEVELOPMENT MUST CONTAIN OUR RUNOFF, AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THE POND.

SO IN YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS, WAS THERE AND, AND THEIR CONCERN REGARDING THE HOTEL AND PROXIMITY TO THEIR PROPERTY LAND, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT MOVING IT, UH, CLOSER TO KNIGHT ROAD, MOVING THE POND CLOSER TO KNIGHT ROAD? OH, THE HOTEL.

THE HOTEL, YES.

AND UH, WHAT WE DID WAS MOVE IT ABOUT 75 FEET CLOSER FROM THE PREVIOUS DIAGRAM, AND THEN WE CREATED THAT DITCH ACROSS THE NORTHERN UH, BORDER TO TRY TO HELP THEM WITH DRAINAGE.

YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE, MARK, IN DISCUSSING WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN IS IN RELATION TO THIS MAP, UH, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS FIGURE, UH, PLAN, SOUTHWEST BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER, THAT VERY LIGHT BLUE, ALMOST GRAYISH AREA IS FLOODPLAIN.

AND THEN ON THE FAR RIGHT HAND SIDE, THAT LIGHT BLUE GRAYISH AREA IS ALSO FLOODPLAIN.

UH, I BELIEVE THE MORE BRIGHT BLUE AREAS ARE THE DETENTION.

IS THAT INCLUSIVE OF THE, UH, THREE BLUE SEGMENTS IN THE CENTER BETWEEN NO, THOSE ARE POOLS, NOT SWIMMING POOLS.

THEY ARE POOLS THAT ACTUALLY COULD BE CALCULATED IN THE DETENTION AREA, BUT ARE NOT AT THE PRESENT TIME.

THOSE ARE PHOTOGRAPH AREAS.

UM, BRIDE AND GROOM, WEDDING PARTY AFTER AN EVENT.

UH, IT'S MEANT AS A PHOTO OP SPACE.

YEAH, I GOT IT ANSWERED.

OH, OKAY.

BUT THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? UH, I HAD ONE QUESTION WAS YES SIR.

STAFF HAS PUT A LOT OF RESTRICTIONS ON THIS AND I'M ASSUMING THAT YOU ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH ALL THOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT YES, YOU KNOW, OUR, UM, WE HAVEN'T TALKED SPECIFICALLY ABOUT EACH ONE OF THEM.

WE DO INTEND TO COMPLY WITH THE ORDINANCE AS WRITTEN IN THOSE PLACES WHERE WE HAVE NOT ASKED FOR A VARIANCE.

UH, I'VE READ THROUGH IT AS GRACE DESCRIBED IT, WE'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THOSE RESTRICTIONS.

AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING? WE HAVE, WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO WANTED TO SPEAK THAT SIGNED UP.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

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GRACE HAS THE LIST AND SHE WILL, UH, CALL PEOPLE UP AS THEY COME.

UM, THIS IS A VERY EMOTIONAL ISSUE WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE.

APPARENTLY I READ ALL THE, UH, PROTEST LETTERS.

UM, THEY SOMETIMES THEY WERE A, A LITTLE MUCH.

UM, SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LOT OF MOTION.

WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MAINTAIN A LITTLE BIT OF DECORUM HERE.

WE WE'RE, WE'RE NOT GONNA LET THINGS GET OUT OF CONTROL.

UM, IF THAT STARTS TO HAPPEN, WE WILL START TO ASK PEOPLE TO LEAVE.

YOU'D BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

UM, WE ASK THAT YOU NOT REPEAT THE SAME THINGS THAT THE PREVIOUS PERSON SAID BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE HEARD IT.

IN ADDITION, WE, WE DID GET A LOT OF PROTEST LETTERS AND WE, WE ALL GOT TO SEE ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IN THOSE LETTERS.

AND SO WE ARE FAIRLY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT SOME OF THE CONCERNS ARE.

UM, BUT, BUT WE WILL, UH, OF COURSE ALL THOSE PEOPLE SIGNED UP, WE'LL HAVE THEIR, THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO EITHER CLARIFY OR ADD TO OR, OR, UH, YOU KNOW, EMPHASIZE, YOU KNOW, THEIR CONCERNS.

UM, UH, AGAIN, PLEASE LET'S NOT REPEAT THINGS OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

NONE OF THIS SOUNDS RIGHT.

LET'S NOT HAVE 20 PEOPLE COME UP AND TALK ABOUT DRAINAGE.

OKAY? WE KNOW DRAINAGE IS A CONCERN AND, AND YOU KNOW, ENGINEERING IS AWARE OF IT AND THE DEVELOPER'S AWARE OF IT.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, LET'S, LET'S, UH, SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CONCERNS THAT, THAT, THAT NEED TO BE ARTICULATED WITH THAT GRACE.

OKAY? SO I'LL CALL EVERYBODY'S NAME, EACH PERSON BEFORE YOU SPEAK.

PLEASE STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

YOU'RE GIVEN THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND YOU CANNOT RELINQUISH YOUR THREE MINUTES TO ANOTHER SPEAKER.

SO THE FIRST PERSON WE HAVE IS BOB.

DAVID, YOU'RE FIRST ON MY STACK.

COME ON, YOU'LL TRAVIS JOHNSON.

4 4 26 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 7 7 4 5 9.

YOU SAID THAT THEY HAD PLANS ON, ON WIDENING THE WATTS.

WHERE THEY GONNA WIDEN IT? THEY GONNA TAKE PEOPLE'S FRONT YARDS, THEY'RE GONNA TAKE PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS.

THERE'S NOWHERE TO WIDEN IT.

THE MAYORS ALREADY TOLD US THIS, THAT THERE'S NOWHERE TO WIDE, UH, WIDEN WATTS PLANTATION, A SIX STORY, UH, HOTEL BUILDING IN OUR BACKYARD TO BE THE LARGEST BUILDING IN MISSOURI CITY.

DO I WANT THEM LOOKING AT ME BUTT NAKED IN MY FRONT YARD? NO, I DON'T WANT IT.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? BUT THAT, THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL SEE.

DO I WANT NOISE ALL DAY LONG? 'CAUSE THEY DIDN'T MENTION THE CONCERT HALL THAT THEY DECIDED THEY GONNA HAVE A CONCERT AT.

DID.

HOW DOES IT AFFECT OUR GROUNDWATER WHEN WE ALL ARE IN WELLS? ARE THEY GONNA BUILD A HUGE WELL AND DRAIN ALL OUR WELLS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WE DON'T HAVE WATER.

THESE ARE MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.

YOU WOULD NEVER DO THIS IN, IN RIVER OAKS EVER, BUT YOU'RE DOING IT BECAUSE WE GOT BLACK AND BROWN AND, AND AND OLD FOLKS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU WANNA PUT A HOTEL BY MY MILLION DOLLAR HOME, THAT'S GONNA LOSE VALUE IF YOU DECIDE TO PUT SOMETHING THERE.

YOU TALKED ABOUT YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR SIX MONTHS, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY HIGH, UH, UH, WHATEVER THE SAT WORD YOU USE.

SO WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN DOING FOR SIX MONTHS BESIDES, UH, BESIDES SITTING THERE SCRATCHING PEOPLE'S BACKS? YOU, UH, UH, WHAT, WHAT ELSE WE TALKING ABOUT? UH, HOW MANY WEDDINGS END BEFORE A CERTAIN TIME? YOU TALKING ABOUT? OH, WE GOING TO PUT TIME RESTRICTIONS.

I NEVER MET, I I AIN'T BEEN TO A WEDDING.

IT ENDS BEFORE, BEFORE MIDNIGHT, AND I DON'T WANNA HEAR PARTYING AND ALL THAT OTHER FOOLISHNESS IN MY HOUSE.

WE'VE BEEN HERE, I'VE BEEN IN THIS HOME FOR 18 YEARS.

I'VE, THE, THE MINIMUM I'VE EVER PAID IS $15,000 IN TAXES.

THE MINIMUM.

SO I I, I DON'T WANT THIS, MY NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT THIS BECAUSE AT THE END OF THE DAY IS IT AFFECTS OUR CHILDREN.

IT AFFECTS ONE OF OUR BIGGEST FINANCIAL, UH, UH, ONE OF OUR BIGGEST INVESTMENTS IS OUR HOME LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

SO YOU, LIKE I SAID, YOU TALKED ABOUT BUILDING THERE.

FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE ON HIGHWAY SIX.

THERE'S NO HOTEL.

THAT'S A PRIVATE ROAD.

KNIGHT ROAD IS A PRIVATE ROAD.

IT GOES, IT WAS THERE TO TO, TO RELIEVE THE BACK OF SIENNA TO GIVE HIM ANOTHER EXIT OUTTA SIENNA.

IT WASN'T MEANT FOR TO BE, TO, TO BE, UH, UH, COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE.

IT'S A RURAL AREA.

IT'S, IT'S AN, IT'S A WHATEVER YOU GOT UP THERE, THAT'S WHAT IT'S MADE FOR.

THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT THERE.

THAT'S WHAT WAS PROMISED TO ME WHEN I BOUGHT THERE.

THAT'S THE REASON I BOUGHT THERE FROM THE GOOD SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND THE ACCESS AND, AND I DON'T, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE NEED.

SO YOU GONNA PUT THAT I, THERE'S NO HOTEL ROOMS NEXT TO MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.

NAME ME.

WHERE IN HOUSTON? WHERE IN AMERICA DID THEY PUT A HOTEL ROOM? AND HE AIN'T GONNA GET NO RITZ CARLTON.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A HOTEL SIX NEXT TO, NEXT TO MY MILLION DOLLAR HOME.

COME ON MAN.

THAT'S THAT.

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NONE OF IT SOUNDS RIGHT.

SO I MOTION, I DON'T EVEN HAVE NO MOTION, BUT I MOTION TO DENY ALL THIS FOOLISHNESS BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S OUTRAGEOUS MAN.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS.

THEY TALKING ABOUT PUTTING THEM TREES UP THERE, THEM TREES THAT SUPPOSEDLY, OH, IT'S EIGHT FOOT TREES.

WE'VE ALL HAD THOSE EIGHT FOOT TREES PLANTED IN OUR YARDS AND THEY MIGHT BE 20, 25 FEET 20 YEARS LATER.

SO, SO WHAT ARE, WHAT ARE WE GONNA PROTECT? WE'RE NOT, WE GONNA BE ABLE TO SEE STRAIGHT THROUGH.

I COULD SEE STRAIGHT THROUGH THERE FROM MY YARD.

I DON'T WANT IT.

I JUST, I I JUST, I IT IS TO ME IT IS, IT IS, IT MAKES NO SENSE.

YEAH, MY THREE MINUTES IS UP.

I KNOW THAT, BUT I'M JUST SAYING I, IT MAKES NO SENSE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

HELLO, COMMITTEE MEMBERS.

NEXT WE HAVE DEI ABNA.

MY NAME IS .

MY NAME IS DANIA RENA.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN MISSOURI CITY.

I WENT TO PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LAKE OLYMPIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND THE WELL-REGARDED HIGHTOWER HIGH SCHOOL.

THE FOUNDATION AND COMMUNITY I BUILT IN MISSOURI CITY HAS SERVED ME WELL.

I'VE LAUNCHED A CAREER AS A MANAGEMENT CONSULTANT AND ENTREPRENEUR, WHICH HAS TAKEN ME FROM SILICON VALLEY TO NEW YORK CITY.

YET I STILL FEEL MY HEART PULLED BACK TO MISSOURI CITY AND THE ESTES OF SELFRIDGE, WHICH I HAVE RESIDED FOR THE BETTER PART OF THE PAST 20 YEARS.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY AND WE'RE A LIVING EXAMPLE OF MOST CITIES.

MISSOURI CITY SUCCESS, STRATEGIC PLAN OF CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

MOST OF THEIR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 20 YEARS.

AND WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER.

WE LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER'S KIDS.

AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS FULL OF SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE.

BUSINESS EXECUTIVES, PLAYERS FROM SPORTS TEAMS LIKE THE TEXANS AND OTHER SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO MISSOURI CITY'S ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, WHILE ALSO INVESTING IN OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY AND CHILDREN THROUGH CHARITY AND FUNDRAISING.

THIS ISSUE DIRECTLY DECREASES OUR HOME VALUES, DESTROYING THE EXCLUSIVITY AND DESIRABILITY THAT ATTRACTS HOMEOWNERS.

IT WILL RESULT IN DECREASE, DECREASING OUR HOME VALUATIONS, WHILE ALSO UNDERMINING THE EQUITY AND INVESTMENT OF CURRENT HOMEOWNERS.

IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT THIS LANDSCAPE WILL TRAC FROM THE NEARBY PROPERTIES OF ALL RESIDENTS, THE INEVITABLE PROLIFERATION OF SIGNAGE, TRASH, MORE PARKING LOTS, BECAUSE THE PARKING LOTS THEY'VE DESCRIBED DO NOT ACCOUNT FOR THEIR CAPACITY.

AND OTHER COM ASSOCIATED COMMERCIAL AMENITY WILL RUIN THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF ALL THE HIGH INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS BESIDES HOUR ONE.

WHILE WE TALK ABOUT FLOOD RISK, MANY HOMES IN OUR FLOODS ACTUALLY FLOODED BY BUILDING HUGE CEMENT PARKING LOTS OVER AREAS THAT HAVE, UH, BASICALLY LA LARGE ABILITY TO ABSORB WATER, CHANGING LAND, LAND ELEVATION.

THERE'S A SEVERE RISK OF DIVERTING FLOOD WATERS INTO OUR HOMES AND ELIMINATING THE LAND'S NATURAL ABILITY TO ABSORB WATER.

WHILE STUDIES AND MITIGATIONS MAY BE DEVELOPED, AS SOMEONE WHO'S ACTUALLY WORKED ON THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE PLAN, I KNOW FIRSTHAND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE WHEN THE STUDIES DON'T MATCH THE OUTCOMES.

YESTERDAY'S PREDICT PROJECTIONS DO LITTLE TO PROTECT TOMORROW'S LIVELIHOOD.

A 2000 PERSON MOTEL AND EVENT CENTER WILL SERVE AS SOMETHING THAT WILL, THAT WILL CAUSE CHOKE POINTS FOR RESIDENTS WHEN THEY'RE TRYING TO EVACUATE.

WE ONLY HAVE WATTS PLANTATION AND KNIGHTS ROAD.

I WANNA SAY SOME RECENT COMMENTS FROM, UH, A TRIP ADVISOR FOR ANOTHER EVENT CENTER IN SUGARLAND THAT WE KNOW.

WORST VENUE EVER.

I WILL NEVER GO BACK.

THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR THIS.

IN THE SUBURBS, PARKING AND EXITING IS A NIGHTMARE.

LAURA, A THIS IS THE, THIS IS, EVERYONE WAS THROWING THE F-BOMBS.

IT WAS LIKE ENTERING A MILITARY BOOTCAMP.

PLEASE LISTEN TO US WHEN WE HAVE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY RALLIED UNDER 48 HOURS TO STAND AGAINST SOMETHING THAT'LL RUIN THE LONG-TERM VALUE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND MISSOURI CITY.

CHOOSE ANOTHER OAK LOCATION.

ARE SHOWING ME THAT, HEY, YOUR KIDS ARE ON THE WAY HOME.

NEXT WE HAVE CHRIS CLARK.

MY NAME IS CHRIS CLARK.

I'M A RESIDENT AT 45 18 PINE LANDING DRIVE, SIERRA CITY, TEXAS.

UM, MY MAIN THING, LIKE I SAID, DOESN'T, UH, DON'T REPEAT ANYTHING THAT THOSE ORDERS BEEN SAID.

WE KNOW ABOUT THE SEWAGE AND THE DRAINAGE.

WE KNOW ABOUT THE DIFFERENT, UM, ASPECTS OF THE ELEVATION.

WHAT'S GOING ON.

UM, MY MAIN CONCERN IS SECURITY ISSUES.

I'M A FATHER OF THREE BOYS UNDER 10 YEARS OLD.

THEY ALL CATCH THE PUBLIC SCHOOL BUS, YOU KNOW, SO WHEN THEY'RE LET OFF AT THE FRONT OF THE SUBDIVISION, MY NEIGHBORS

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RIGHT? IT'S A, IT'S A COMMUNITY, IT'S A FAMILY.

AND WE, WE KIND OF LOOK AFTER EACH OTHER'S KIDS WHEN THEY'RE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD MAKING SURE THERE'S NOT CARS THAT'S, THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN OUR, WE KNOW EACH OTHER'S CARS.

WE KNOW EACH OTHER PERSONALLY.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE NEED SECURITY ISSUES AND BRINGING IN AN EVENT CENTER OR IN, IN A MOTEL, UM, THAT'S NOT GONNA HELP US AT ALL.

WE'LL HAVE OTHER PEDESTRIANS, MAYBE IN THE MOTEL OR AT THE EVENT CENTER, WANNA SEE WHAT'S GOING ON BEHIND THAT WALL.

WE'VE SEEN IT TIME AND TIME AGAIN.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA HAVE STRANGERS WALKING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE HAVE OLDER, UH, RESIDENTS WALKING THE COMMUNITY, KIDS WALKING FROM HOME TO HOME, RIDING THEIR BIKES.

THERE'S A BIG SECURITY ISSUE GOING ON THERE.

SO MY, MY THING IS I'M AGAINST IT ALL THE WAY.

100%.

LIKE NEIGHBOR SAID.

UH, UH, UH, WE WILL PROMISE THAT THIS WILL STAY RESIDENTIAL.

AND WHERE IS IT WHERE YOU PUT COMMERCIAL? RIGHT IN THE SMACK OF RESIDENTIAL ON ALL SIDES.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE OUR NEIGHBOR SAID, THERE'S NO WAY, UH, UH, UH, THE ROADS CAN BE EXTENDED.

WE'VE ALREADY TALKED TO MAYOR, WE'VE HAD CERTAIN MEETINGS ABOUT IT ALREADY.

THERE'S NO WAY POSSIBLE.

THERE'S DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES.

AND RIGHT AFTER THE DITCH STARTS A COMMUNITY, THERE'S NO WAY PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE TO MAKE ADDITIONS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, MAN, WE NEED Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE'RE COMING FROM.

WE NEED Y'ALL TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR SECURITY ISSUES, OF OUR, UH, UH, UH, FLOOD ISSUES.

UM, THESE GUYS, PROBABLY NOT EVEN FROM MISSOURI CITY, MAY NOT BE FROM TEXAS.

THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT OUR CONCERNS.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S OUR KIDS, IT'S OUR FAMILY, IT'S OUR LIVELIHOOD.

WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER THE WAY IT SHOULD BE, THE WAY IT'S BEEN FOR YEARS, RESIDENTS FOR OVER 20 YEARS, MY ME MYSELF, BEEN HERE FOR 10 YEARS AND I LOVE THE COMMUNITY.

AND SOMETHING LIKE THAT WILL DEFINITELY DAMAGE OUR COMMUNITY.

IT WILL NOT HELP US GROW.

IT WILL NOT HELP US STRIVE.

WE'RE NOT A GATED COMMUNITY, BUT WE ALL TIGHT-KNIT COMMUNITY.

SO AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA STICK TOGETHER ON THIS AND WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL SEE IT THE WAY WE SEE IT.

NEXT WE HAVE JAMES THARP, EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

EVENING, UH, MY NAME IS JAMES THARP.

UM, MY WIFE EILEEN AND I LIVE AT 45 34 PINE LANDING DRIVE IN THE STATE OF SILVER RIDGE.

I CURRENTLY WORK AT NRG AND AM A VICE PRESIDENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING CONSTRUCTION GROUP WITHIN NRG.

I'VE SERVED ABOUT FIVE YEARS WITH THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ON THE BOARD, AND I'M CURRENTLY ON THE ARCHITECTURAL COMMITTEE.

UH, SEVERAL OF THE BOARD MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN.

WE ENJOY LIVING IN THE STATES OF SILVER RIDGE, WHICH IS A VERY STABLE, THRIVING, AND WELL CARED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE ENJOY GETTING TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A LOT TOGETHER, FLOODS, HURRICANES AND OTHER EVENTS AND WE DO OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

MY PROPERTY IS ABOUT 600 FEET FROM THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOUSES THAT BACK UP TO IT.

THE DEVELOPMENT, EVEN WITH THE RELOCATION AND SHUFFLING OF BUILDINGS, IS GONNA DOMINATE THE VIEW OUT OF EVERY HOME IN THAT, UH, SUBDIVISION.

UM, THE, UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UM, WELL, I ALREADY SAID THAT, UM, MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, HAVE LIVED HERE 20 PLUS YEARS.

I SAID WE'VE BEEN HERE ABOUT 17 AND HAVE, UM, GROWN, UH, OR HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANT VALUE IN OUR HOMES OVER THAT TIME.

AND THE ASSESSMENTS AND TAXES HAVE GONE WITH IT.

BUT WE'VE KEPT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, FOUGHT, UM, OLD, UH, DEVELOPER TO GET CONTROL OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'VE REALLY COME TOGETHER AS A TIGHT, TIGHT COMMUNITY.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS A PRIME EXAMPLE OF, UH, MISSOURI CITY'S STRATEGIC PLAN'S GOAL TO CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

I'M HERE TO VOICE OUR STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE OPPOSED PALACE, UH, EVENT CENTER REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT REDEVELOPMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND, UM, BELIEVE THE REZONING SHOULD BE DENIED.

SOME OF THE REASONS THAT WE OPPOSE THE REZONING AND, UH, THE ASSOCIATED DEVELOPMENT INCLUDE, YOU KNOW, THE EVENT CENTER, WE'VE GONE THROUGH THE DESCRIPTION OF

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IT.

SIX STORY BUILDING, UH, LARGE CROWDS, THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE.

UM, DOESN'T, IS NOT A, IS NOT APPROPRIATE OR IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

STABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AT, UH, COMPLETELY SURROUND THE SITE.

THERE'S SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS ALL AROUND THE SITE AND THE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE ROAD IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS.

AND THERE'S NO WAY TO BUFFER OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE TRANSITION.

A ROW OF TREES IS ANOTHER TRANSITION IN THE DEVELOPMENT WORLD, RIGHT? YOU TYPICALLY, YOU TRANSITION DEVELOPMENT TYPES.

NOT GOING, I'M SORRY, MR. FAMILY HOME.

NEXT WE HAVE ROSALYN HARRELL.

MY NAME IS ROSALYN HARRELL.

I RESIDE AT 45 11 PINE LANDING DRIVE WITH MY HUSBAND LUTHER HARRELL, WHO IS ALSO IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.

AND I'M REQUESTING THAT YOU DENY PLACE DESIGNERS REZONING APPLICATION FOR ALL OF THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED.

WE HAVE LIVED IN THE ESTATES FOR 21 YEARS.

WE KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE ENJOY THE QUIET AND SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED OVER THE YEARS.

DURING THE 21 YEARS WE'VE LIVED IN THE ESTATES, WE HAVE HAD VERY LITTLE CRIME.

WE BELIEVE THAT THIS LARGE DEVELOPMENT COULD POSSIBLY BRING MORE CRIME TO OUR AREA.

AND THAT, UM, THERE WILL BE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FLOWING INTO THE EVENT CENTER.

THERE WILL BE LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE FLOWING INTO THE HOTEL.

UM, MY CONCERN IS THAT WITH THE INCREASE IN PEOPLE, IT'S LIKELY THAT CRIME COULD FLOW INTO OUR ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

CURRENTLY, WE HAVE A VERY SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S WALKABLE.

WE WAVE AT OUR NEIGHBORS AND WE KNOW EACH OTHER.

UH, I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT ALCOHOL MAY BE SERVED AT OR AROUND THE HOTEL AND THE CONVENTION CENTER.

AND WHEN THAT IS DONE, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT CRIME WILL INCREASE.

UM, I KNOW THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS ASKED FOR, UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS SAYS THAT IT DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE MISSOURI CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE AND THEY SEEK TO ASK FOR A VARIANCE.

AND WHILE I UNDERSTAND AND APPLAUD AND SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT THAT WILL BE BRING TO THE CITY, I STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE, TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON KNIGHT ROAD.

UM, THERE'S OUR ACCESS OFF OF WATTS PLANTATION ONTO KNIGHT ROAD.

UM, IS THE ONLY ACCESS WE HAVE THAT WAY TRYING TO GET OUT IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY OR IN CASE OF AN EVACUATION WITH THE ADDED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO FROM THE HOTEL AND FROM THE EVENT CENTER, THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE CONGESTION AND TRAFFIC IS GOING TO FREEZE.

FINALLY, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE ARE GOOD COMMUNITY PARTNERS WITH THE CITY OF HOUSTON, WITH, WITH MISSOURI CITY.

WE VOTE, WE PAY TAXES AND WE SUPPORT THE MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES ALONG HIGHWAY SIX.

IT'S MY CONTENTION THAT THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT BELONGS ALONG A HIGHWAY AND NOT THIS CLOSE TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

IN FACT, THIS DEVELOP, THIS DESIGN WILL ACTUALLY ABUT MY PROPERTY.

AND AS I LOOK OUT, WHETHER I LOOK OUT ONTO THE COTTAGES OR ON THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE, IT'S NOT WHAT THE PURPOSE THAT MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED INTO THE DI THAT AREA FOR.

I'M SORRY, MS. HARRELL, YOU'RE THREE MINUTES EARLY.

I'M DONE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

NEXT WE HAVE KEN HAMLIN.

A PLACE DUMB LUCK, WHATEVER THAT I BOUGHT IT TO.

UM, FIRST I WANNA SAY I, I'VE BEEN LIVING IN MY HOUSE FOR 20 YEARS.

THIS IS MY FIRST HOME IS YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.

OH MY BAD.

KEN LIN, 37, 34 SANDY OAKS LANE.

AND REGARDLESS OF WHAT HE SAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SENDING IT TO PEOPLE WHO ARE 250 YARDS AWAY FROM THIS POTENTIAL SPOT, IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY.

I'M NOT 250 YARDS AWAY, BUT I'M CLOSE ENOUGH TO WHERE I STILL WOULD BE ABLE TO SEE IT.

LIKE I SAID, THIS IS MY FIRST HOME THAT I EVER BOUGHT 20 YEARS AGO.

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'CAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW NO BETTER WHATEVER WHAT I WAS BUYING, BUT I BOUGHT IT.

NOW I HAVE EVERYBODY HERE.

THAT'S MY NEIGHBORS, EVERYBODY THAT I ACTUALLY CAN SEE, LIKE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

I WILL REPEAT THAT, THAT WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IS TIGHT.

WE ARE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT KNOW EACH OTHER AND WE TRUST EACH OTHER.

YOU HAVE ALLOWED SOMEONE TO COME UP WITH THESE PLANS WHO DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PLAN ON WHAT HE'S GOING TO DO.

HE CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT HOTEL HE HAS, WHATEVER THAT HE'S GOING TO GET BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE A MOTEL IN OUR LUXURY AREA.

I, I FEEL LIKE WE HAVE A LUXURY AREA THAT SHOULD NOT BE DUMPED ON WITH A MOTEL AND AN EVENT SPACE TO HAVE WHATEVER TYPE OF CONCERTS IT COULD POSSIBLY HAVE.

THE AREA THAT THEY'RE DOING THIS ON IS A WETLAND AREA THAT THEY'RE ABOUT TO BUILD ON, WHICH WILL POUR OUT STRAIGHT INTO OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S AN AREA THAT OUR BACKYARDS WILL BE TO FILL OVER FOR, FOR THEM, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER EIGHT WALL THEY PUT UP, EIGHT, EIGHT FOOT WALL THEY PUT UP.

WE WILL BE THE FILL OVER.

AND WE HAVE BEEN THE LUCKY ONES THAT HAVEN'T HAD TO EVACUATE WHEN CERTAIN FLOODS HAVE HAPPENED, BUT WE WON'T BE LUCKY ANYMORE.

AGAIN, THIS IS 20 PLUS YEARS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE CULTIVATED TO MAKE OUR OWN.

AND YOU HAVE ALLOWED US TO BUILD MILLION DOLLAR HOMES.

NOW YOU'RE ABOUT TO ALLOW SOMEONE, HOPEFULLY NOT ALLOW SOMEBODY TO SIT THERE AND PUT SOMETHING THAT'LL BRING OUR VALUE DOWN.

I FEEL IT'S PRETTY IMMATURE FOR THE STAFF TO SIT THERE AND APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS.

WE HAD, WE HAD A GENTLEMAN THAT WAS ON THE PHONE SAYING THAT IF THEY DON'T DO IT, SOMEBODY ELSE WILL.

RIGHT? I FEEL IT'S IMMATURE FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO SIT THERE AND ACTUALLY MAKE A STATEMENT LIKE THAT, WHEN HE DIDN'T TAKE US INTO CONSIDERATION, HE LOOKED AT A BOOK AND SAID WHATEVER THE APPROVALS WERE AND, AND THEN JUST TO PASS IT ON.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT SOMETHING TO DO WITH IT, WHATEVER.

WITH, WITH, WITH PITCHING IN, WITH WHAT'S GOING ON.

BUT, UH, IT IS IMMATURE TO APPROVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHEN YOU ACTUALLY HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE GONNA BE INFECTED BE BE AFFECTED BY WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO BUILD.

IT WON'T ADD VALUE.

IT'S GONNA BRING OUR VALUE DOWN.

AND I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU WERE TO APPROVE IT, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PLENTY OF PROBLEMS ON YOUR HAND WHEN IT COMES.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE US HAVING PROBLEMS. WHAT'S GOING TO LEAD TO US BEING AT YOUR DOORSTEP EVERY DAY? IT'S, IT IS NOT WORTH IT.

THIS PROPERTY IS NOT WORTH IT.

I GUARANTEE YOU THEY CAN GO A HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD WHERE THE TRAFFIC WON'T BE AN ISSUE BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE ON YOUR DEATH STEP.

'CAUSE YOU CAN'T MAKE ALL THESE PROMISES THAT YOU'RE GOING MAKE, MAKE, ESPECIALLY NOT IN THE NEXT FIVE TO 10 YEARS.

NOT ON WATTS, NOT ON NIGHT ROAD.

TAKE IT A HALF A MILE DOWN THE ROAD.

CHIEF, I GUARANTEE YOU ON HIGHWAY SIX, WE GET YOU A GREAT SPOT.

I'M SORRY MR. HAMLIN, YOUR TIME.

I APPRECIATE COMES UP.

THEATER IS GONNA GIVE RIGHT INTO OUR YARDS.

NEXT WE HAVE DIARA BLUE, DIARA BLUE DOCTOR, GOOD AFTERNOON OR EVENING.

MY NAME IS DR.

DIARA BLUE.

I LIVE AT 44 0 2 PINE LANDING WITH MY WIFE JESSICA BLUE.

UM, BEING A RESIDENT OF THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE HAS BEEN A A PLEASURE.

I'VE BEEN A VETERINARIAN FOR 15 YEARS.

THIS IS THE BEST HOME I'VE EVER BOUGHT FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING WHEN I LIVED IN LAS VEGAS.

I'M THAT HOUSE AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, CLOSEST, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE NEW RETENTION WALL.

WHEN WE SPOKE TO THIS GENTLEMAN, STEVEN YESTERDAY, HE MENTIONED THAT THE RULE STATES 20 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.

THERE'S A BARBED WIRE FENCE WHEN IT'S FALL.

YOU CAN SEE DIRECTLY INTO MY PROPERTY.

WE USED TO GET TO SEE ALL THE LITTLE HORSES.

I MEAN THE LITTLE COWS AND STUFF.

STICK THE HEAD THROUGH THE BY WIRE FENCE.

MY KIDS LOVE THAT.

WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPING OUR PROPERTY FOR OVER THE LAST FOUR YEARS TO MAKE SURE THAT MY CHILDREN HAVE A GOOD TIME.

HAVE THAT TYPE, TYPE OF OPPORTUNITY TO LIVE IN.

WHAT AGAIN, MY, MY COLLEAGUES AND MY, UH, NEIGHBORS HAVE PROMISED SAID WE WERE PROMISED.

I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS.

I AM A BUSINESSMAN.

I OWN FOUR HOSPITALS.

I'M ALL ABOUT CAPITALISM AND GROWTH.

AND FOR MISSOURI CITY, 100%, I HAVE TO ECHO THIS.

IT NEEDS TO BE MOVED.

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF ALL OF THOSE CITY CENTERS THAT WE'RE BUILDING? THAT IS THE LOCATION WHERE THIS SHOULD BE.

THAT'S WHERE IT WILL THRIVE.

WE'VE ALL SEEN SMART FINANCIAL CENTER AND ANY OTHER BIG VENUE.

WE KNOW WHAT COMES WITH THAT.

YOUNG PEOPLE, WHETHER IT'S HOTEL PARTIES OR EVEN ADULTS, DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.

AN EIGHT FOOT WALL WILL NOT SERVICE ME AND WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO FOR MY CHILDREN, EVEN RECEIVING THE BUILDING TOWARDS KNIGHT ROAD, IT'S NOT THE ANSWER.

THE ANSWER IS A SEPARATE LOCATION THAT IS NOT WITH HOMES.

THERE'S A HOME RIGHT NOW.

I DON'T KNOW THE GENTLEMAN, BUT IT'S A BLUE BUILDING, BLUE HOUSE RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF KNIGHT ROAD AND WATTS, I'M SURE IF HE'S NOT HERE.

YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF HE GOT THE LIT.

I'M SURE HE IS GONNA BE P****D JUST LIKE ALL OF US ARE.

I'M ASKING VERY SIMPLY, YOU ALL CONSIDER WHERE YOU LIVE AND IF THIS WAS BEING DONE IN YOUR BACKYARD, SPECIFICALLY PEOPLE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR 20 YEARS, THE FIRST HOMES THAT WERE THERE, THE NOISE THAT THAT OUTDOOR

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HE MENTIONED ABOUT 60 DECIBELS.

NOT REALISTIC.

I COULD SCREAM LOUDER THAN THAT.

I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A HUNDRED YARDS.

IT'S NOT REALISTIC.

IT SHOULD NOT HAPPEN.

I AGREE.

MISSOURI CITY NEEDS THINGS, BUT IT DOESN'T NEED IT RIGHT HERE.

SO I ASK THAT WE VOTE AGAINST THIS 100% AGAINST IT AND THAT WE ALLOW THEM TO FIND SOMEWHERE AND TAKE THE TIME AND SPEND THE MONEY ON A PROPERTY SO YOU CAN INVEST BIGGER, SO YOU CAN GET A BIGGER RETURN INSTEAD OF TRYING TO GET A PENN ON THE DOLLAR.

NEXT WE HAVE SAYED, KAMI NA, UH, GOOD EVENING, GENTLEMEN.

I'M, UH, DR.

SAY KAMI.

UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF 42 18 S RUN LANE.

UM, MY NEIGHBORS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB IN EXPLAINING THINGS.

I'M NOT GONNA REPEAT AGAIN AND AGAIN, THE SAME STUFF.

HOWEVER, I MOVED TO THIS AREA FROM FRIENDSWOOD FOR A VERY NICE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN 2017, ALONG WITH MY FAMILY.

I JUST WANTED TO LIVE WITH SOME OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS CLOSE TO IT.

AND WE GOT A VERY NICE HOUSE.

WE BUILT IT CUSTOM HOUSE.

WE LOVE IT.

WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORS, WONDERFUL PEOPLE.

UH, I'M APPALLED BY THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, AS A PEDIATRICIAN.

I TEACH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT GALVESTON PEDIATRICS, AND I SEE WHAT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL DOES, AND EXACTLY THIS IS WHAT IT'S GONNA BRING TO US.

AS IT HAS BEEN ALREADY SAID.

UH, NEIGHBOR IS NOT GONNA BE SAFE.

WE ARE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.

YOUNG KIDS, WHICH ARE RUNNING AROUND IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE AT HIGH RISK, AND I'M REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.

UM, SAFETY IS THE FIRST PRIORITY OF THIS COUNCIL.

YOU ALL SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THE KIDS.

AND I SEE AS A PEDIATRICIAN, THIS IS A HIGH RISK SITUATION, AND THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.

SO PLEASE VOTE NO.

NEXT, WE WILL HAVE MADAN LURA, HONORABLE CITY, UM, COM MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS DR.

MAD LUTHER.

I'M RETIRED FROM MD ANDERSON.

AND, UH, I HAVE LIVED IN MISSOURI CITY, UH, SINCE 1980.

I, MY KIDS ARE BROUGHT UP HERE IN QUAIL VALLEY.

AND, UH, MY CH GRANDDAUGHTERS ARE BORN HERE.

NOW, I HAVE MOVED IN CIANA IN OUR, THIS, UH, SILVER RIDGE, UH, STATES OF CIVIL RIDGE, UH, SUBDIVISION.

THE MAIN THING REALLY, UH, WHAT I FEEL LIKE THAT, THAT WE MOVED INTO MISSOURI CITY.

MISSOURI CITY HAS MADE A NAME IN WESTERN METROPOLITAN AS A SUBURBAN LIVING OF HIGH STANDARD.

AND I APPRECIATE AND CONGRATULATE ACTUALLY MISSOURI CITY FOR DOING THAT.

AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVED HERE BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.

WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.

COMING IN YOUR BACKYARD, THAT WHICH IS SIX STORY, THERE IS NO PRIVACY.

SO I WILL EXPECT THAT, YOU KNOW, MISSOURI CITY SHOULD MAINTAIN THEIR TREND AND MAINTAIN THE PEOPLE'S WELLBEING INTO SUBURBAN AREA.

NOW, IN THIS PARTICULAR SUBDIVISION, AS YOU CAN SEE, THAT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF FLOODING MIGHT HAPPEN, AND YOU ALL HAVE WITNESSED WHEN WE HAD THIS FLOODING HAPPEN, AND I REQUEST MISSOURI CITY TO CONSIDER THE WELLBEING OF PEOPLE RATHER THAN TRYING NOT TO TAKE RISK IN FUTURES.

OKAY? THIS, AND SECOND POINT, WHICH I WANT TO MAKE IS THAT WHEN WE BOUGHT THESE PROPERTIES, IT WAS PROMISED THAT THEY WILL STAY AS A SUBURBAN RESIDENTS LIVING NOT TO BE MINGLED OR TO BE WITH COMMERCIAL THINGS, AND VERY CLOSE TO THAT, UH, SUCH AS MOTELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

I MEAN, AS EVERYBODY'S TELLING THEM, YES, WE LOVE THESE PEOPLE WHO ARE WANT TO HELP US AND WHO WANT TO IMPROVE AND GIVE THEIR SERVICES TO US OR OUR SENIORS, IF THEY WANT TO LIVE IN A MOTEL AND ALL THAT.

THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM, PLENTY OF ROOM.

I MUST EMPHASIZE THERE ARE PLENTY OF ROOM ON HIGHWAY SIX AND HIGHWAY SIX VERY CLOSE TO US.

PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO GET A PLACE THERE AND PUT THEIR EVENT AS WELL AS THE MOTEL AND ENCOURAGE ALSO TO OTHER PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR, THIS PART OF THE TOWN AND BUILD MOST EXPENSIVE HOLES TO COMPLIMENT WHAT WE HAVE.

I REALLY APPRECIATE, AND CAN YOU THINK ABOUT US, AS MANY PEOPLE SAYS THAT SOMETHING

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YOU CAN SEE THIS SIX STORY.

IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU BUILD BEHIND IT.

THIS IS NOT A, SOMETHING WHICH SHOULD BE MINGLED TOGETHER.

I'LL APPRECIATE THAT IF ALL, IF YOU CONSIDER AND I PUT TEST AND I SAY NO TO THIS KIND OF APPROVAL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

NEXT WE HAVE DAN TRAN.

UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, LADY AND GENTLEMEN.

UH, MY NAME IS TAN TRAN AND, UH, I RESIDE AT 45, UH, 19 PY LANDING DRIVE.

AND, UH, MY NEIGHBOR ALREADY TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FLOODING, BUT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU WHAT I OBSERVE ABOUT THE FLOODING IN, UH, ESTATE OF SILVERS.

SO I MOVE IN, IN, UH, WHEN, UH, THE, MY HOUSE IN 2015, AND SO FAR WE HAD THREE FLOOD, AND THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONE IS THE HARVEY FLOODING THREE YEARS AGO.

SO I NOTICED THAT ON PI LANDING DRIVE, WHICH IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SUBDIVISION, IF THE FLOODING IS THE WATER IS HIGHER THAN OTHER PLACE, BECAUSE I DROVE AROUND AND I SAW THAT WHAT I NOTICED, THE SUBDIVISION WAS DEVELOPED IN A WAY THAT IS SLOWED DOWN FROM THE NORTH DOWN TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN THE WATER RUN OFF WILL RUN INTO THE, UH, RETENTION POND.

SO I KNOW THAT THE PI LANDING DRY IS IN THE SOUTH AND IS IN THE LOW SIDE ALREADY.

SO AS WE SPEAK, WHEN WE HAVE A RAIN, WE HAVE THE WATER STANDING IN OUR BACKYARD.

SO IT DEPEND ON THE RAIN.

SOME SOMETIME IT TAKE A FEW HOUR TO, UH, TO DRY UP.

SOMETIMES IT TAKES SEVERAL DAY TO, TO, UH, TO, TO, TO DRY UP BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF WATER RUN UP FROM, UM, THE STREET OF OUR HOUSE.

AND ALSO FROM THE, THE, THE, THE LOW SIDE OF THE, I MEAN THE, THE 17 ACRE AREA, WHICH IS, IS RIGHT NOW IS THE LOW LAND THAT JUST, UH, TO FLOW DIRECTLY TO US.

SO HAVING SAID THAT, WITH THE 17 ACRE, IF IT IS BEING APPROVED FOR REZONING TO, UH, UH, TO CONDUCT THE BUSINESS CENTER AND WITH 17 ACRE, WITH ALL THE CONCRETE, WITH ALL THE BUILDING, AND YOU BUILD UP WITH THE FOUNDATION TO BE HIGHER THAN, THAN THAN CURRENT LEVEL, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT WE ARE GONNA TAKE MORE WATER RUN OFF AND, AND THE FLOODING GONNA BE A LOT WORSE THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN THAT NOT INCLUDING THE, I SEE THAT THE MISSOURI CITY CENTER PHASE THREE IS, IS BEING BUILT UP.

AND THEN, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A PUMP A MY STATION THERE, BUT GOD, FOR GOD FORBID IF THE PUMP FAIL OR WE LOST POWER, THEN THAT WATER ON THAT SIDE GONNA FLOW TO THE WHAT PLANTATION ROW.

THE SECOND ISSUE IS WITH THE HOTEL, 85 FEET HIGH, LOOK OVER OUR SUBDIVISION.

SO WE LOSE ALL THE, THE, THE, THE, THE, THE PRIVACY.

SO I'M ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER TO MOVE THAT BUSINESS.

I'M SORRY, MR. TRAN TO OTHER PLACES.

TIME IS UP.

THIS AS A BENEFIT FOR THE CITY, DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THE HOT FUND IS RESTRICTED FOR? IT'S FOR FUTURE TOURISM TO COME TO THE CITY.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE THOMAS WRIGHT.

THOMAS WRIGHT, 46, 11 CREEK POINT LANE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 7 7 4 5 9.

THERE.

64 HOMES IN MISSOURI ARE IN THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, BRINGING IN OVER 850,000 ANNUALLY IN PROPERTY TAXES.

MISSOURI CITY CURRENTLY PROJECTS TO BRING IN $254,000 IN HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAX.

THAT'S WHAT THE HOTELS BRINGING IN.

THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA DRIVE A LOT OF REVENUE HERE.

THAT'S $85,000 PER HOTEL THAT THE CITY'S BRINGING IN.

AND SO BASICALLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IS YOU'RE GOING TO UPSET THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHO'S GOING TO SEE A DECLINE, PROBABLY 10 TO 20% IF YOU BORDER THIS PROPERTY.

AND PROPERTY TAXES, WHICH IS MORE THAN THAT 85 TO A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN TAX REVENUE OFFSET.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN A LOT OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY OF HOUSTON SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES.

THIS IS ASININE.

LIKE IT'S JUST ABYSMAL.

WHAT YOU ARE TRYING TO DO, UH, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HOT FUND AND YOU LOOK AT

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IT CAN'T BE HELD FOR A RAINY DAY FUND OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

AND MISSOURI CITY ALREADY HOLDS FIVE TIMES WHAT THEY BRING IN ANNUALLY IN THEIR ACCOUNT FOR THAT.

SO IT'S NOT LIKE BRINGING IN MORE IS GONNA DO ANYTHING TO BENEFIT THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, WHO'S TAX DOLLARS GO INTO SCHOOLS AND THE CITY.

IT'S GOING TO DETER OUR VALUE OF LIFE.

AND THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE TRYING TO DO A PD DEVELOPMENT GOING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO A PD DEVELOPMENT.

SO YOU'RE GOING FROM THE MOST CONSERVATIVE TO THE MOST EXTREME WITH NO RESTRICTIONS, REALLY, ON WHAT A DEVELOPMENT CAN BE.

'CAUSE EVEN THOUGH THEY PRESENT A PLAN, THEY CAN CHANGE IT.

WHY BOTHER EVEN HAVING ZONING LAWS IF YOU'RE GOING TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN? WE MOVED HERE FROM HOUSTON IN 2021 WITH TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS UNDER FIVE, AND WE LEFT NO ZONING LAWS.

WE CAME TO MISSOURI CITY FOR A REASON.

THERE ARE THREE HOTELS, AS I MENTIONED, THAT ARE IN MISSOURI CITY.

GUESS WHAT? THEY'RE ALL ON HIGHWAY SIX.

THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE ON A BACK NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, IT BRINGS UP THE QUESTION, THIS CAN QUALIFY AS SPOT ZONING.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT 75% OF THE BOUNDARY IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.

THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 90 PD DEVELOPMENT AREAS IN MISSOURI CITY.

LESS THAN 10% EVEN HAVE 50% OF THEIR BOUNDARY COVERED BY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

WHAT ARE WE DOING HERE? MAKES NO SENSE.

THEN YOU GO INTO THE MISSOURI CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES.

IF YOU WANT TO CREATE A PD DISTRICT, I'M JUST GONNA DO SOME OF THE CLIFF NOTES, ENCOURAGES ENHANCEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF LAND.

DOESN'T MEET THE STANDARDS.

IF YOU COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S DEER ALREADY STARTING TO ROAM OUT BECAUSE WE'RE CUTTING AWAY.

THE WOODS ALL AROUND PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE FOR MORE EFFICIENT USE OF LAND UTILITIES.

SAFER NETWORK OF STREETS, ROADS WILL NOT BE SAFER.

YOU CAN WIDEN WATTS PLANTATION ROAD.

THE MARE HAS TOLD US DIRECTLY THAT AGAINST OTHER EVENTS, ENCOURAGES HARMLESS AND COORDINATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITE OF LAND USE RELATIONSHIP WITH ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

MR. RIGHT, YOU'RE THREE MINUTES, SARAH.

WE SAY NO, WE'RE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.

NEXT UP IS CHRISTOPHER MARTINEZ.

AND LADIES, WE'RE JUMPING THE GUN.

MY NAME IS CHRIS MARTINEZ.

I'M A RESIDENT AT 46 19 CREEK POINT LANE.

I'M ALSO ON THE HOA, UM, BOARD.

UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE, WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

UM, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO DETAILS OF FLOOD ZONES AND THINGS LIKE THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT YOU, YOU GET THE POINT.

UM, MY BUSINESS IS REAL ESTATE.

IT'S WHAT WE DO.

WE BUY AND SELL REAL ESTATE ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY, UM, BIG IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

UM, THERE'S A TERM THAT WE USE WHEN WE'RE TRYING TO VALUE PROPERTIES, AND THAT'S CALLED EXTERNAL OBSOLESCENCE.

AN EXTERNAL OBSOLESCENCE CAN TAKE VALUES FROM 15 TO 20% OF, UH, OUR HOME, OUR SAVINGS, OUR OUR LIFE SAVINGS.

AND SO, WHILE IT SOUNDS HIGHLY TECHNICAL, IT'S A REALLY SIMPLE CONCEPT.

AND EXTERNAL OBSOLESCENCE IS SOMETHING OUTSIDE OF THE PROPERTY OFFSITE THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS ITS VALUE.

IT'S NOT THE 500 POUND GORILLA LIKE A KROGER OR A MOVIE THEATER THAT'S MILES AWAY.

IT'S THE 5,000 POUND DRAGON THAT WE CAN ALL SEE FROM OUR BACKYARDS.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, IN ME BEING A PART OF THE HOA FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AS NEIGHBORS, WE'VE ARGUED ABOUT FOUNTAINS.

WE ARGUED ABOUT STREETS.

WE ARGUE ABOUT STREETLIGHTS, WE ARGUED ABOUT WALLS.

WE ARGUE ABOUT DOGS, WE ARGUE ABOUT FENCES, WE ARGUE ABOUT CHICKENS, AND WE ARGUE ABOUT BASKETBALL COURTS.

WHAT WE HAVEN'T ARGUED ABOUT IS THAT THIS IS A BAD IDEA.

SO THE COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO TELL YOU IS THAT NIGHT ROAD IS NOT HIGHWAY SIX.

WE CAN ALL AGREE TO THAT, RIGHT? UM, THE YOUNG LADY THAT WAS BEFORE US, AND, AND YOU ALL ALL SAID THE SAME THING, SIENNA'S GONNA DOUBLE IN SIZE.

WE AGREED WITH THAT.

UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF POSSIBILITIES.

THE POSSIBLE WIDENING OF NIGHT ROAD, THE POSSIBLE WIDENING OF WATTS PLANTATION, A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED, A PLAN THAT LITERALLY CHANGED 24 HOURS BEFORE WE GOT HERE.

I REALLY THINK WE'RE, WE'RE JUMPING THE GUN HERE, GUYS,

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IT'S, WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS.

THIS HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE WE FIRST SAW IT.

THERE'S HIGH OPPOSITION FROM PEOPLE THAT REPRESENT OVER $75 MILLION WORTH OF VALUE TO THE COMMUNITY THAT HELP PAY FOR THINGS LIKE THIS REALLY NICE CONFERENCE ROOM THAT WE'RE IN.

AND WE REALLY NEED TO BE HEARD.

THANK YOU MR. MARTINEZ.

AS REQUESTED, WE HAVE MR. BOB DAVIS AS OUR LAST .

MY APOLOGIES.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.

UH, I DIDN'T HAVE A PLANNED SPEECH AND EVERYONE TOUCHED ON EVERYTHING THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT.

UH, SO I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO ANYTHING OTHER THAN I THINK GOING FORWARD.

AND BY THE WAY, I'M AT 45, 11 CREEK POINT.

I'M THE, MY WIFE AND I, WERE THE BABY IN THE COMMUNITY HAVING HAD THE CHANCE TO MEET EVERYONE YET, BUT I'M SURE WE WILL.

BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS THIS PLOT OF LAND AND ALSO THE PLOT OF LAND THAT'S IN FRONT OF, UH, ESTATE OF SILVER CREEK, UH, SILVER RIDGE, THE ONE THAT WE HAD A FEW MONTHS AGO.

THE MEETING ON THAT PLOT OF LAND AND THIS PLOT OF LAND, I THINK YOU GUYS REALLY CONSIDER PROTECTING IT, PROTECTING IT FOR THE SAKE OF US.

WE ARE THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT'S IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED FROM THE DECISIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAKE HERE FOR THIS PLOT OF LAND AND FOR THAT PLOT OF LAND ON WATTS ROAD.

UM, I WASN'T HERE TO PROTEST ANYTHING GOING ON WITH THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER.

UH, FRANKLY, I LIKE IT.

I ACTUALLY LIKE HIS PLAN.

I LOVE HIS HOTEL AND SO FORTH, BUT JUST NOT HERE.

IT, IT, IT DOESN'T FIT.

AND THE CRIME WILL INCREASE FOR SURE.

EVERYTHING THAT THESE GUYS HAVE MENTIONED WILL HAPPEN.

SO I'M JUST SUGGESTING TO YOU GOING FORWARD WHEN SOMEONE ELSE, AFTER YOU GUYS DENY MR. BEAGLE, BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU WILL, BUT WHEN SOMEONE ELSE COMES WITH A PLAN FOR THIS PLOT OF LAND AND THAT ENTIRE KNIGHT ROAD ON THAT SIDE, NOT THE OTHER SIDE, OTHER SIDE, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER.

I THINK MAYBE, I DUNNO, RIGHT? BUT ON THIS SIDE OF NIGHT, YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT, BUT ON THIS SIDE OF KNIGHT ROAD AND WATTS, UH, ROAD PLANTATION RULE, I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO PROTECT IT FOR OUR KIDS, FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND I MEAN, THE FACT THAT IT'S MILLION DOLLAR HOMES, RIGHT? AND YEAH, THAT'S MY POINT.

THANK YOU, MR. DAVID.

MR. KANEY, WE HAVE DO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.

EXCUSE ME.

I PROBABLY PROTOCOL MY, UH, D IN PLEASE.

I'D LIKE TO SAY LAST ONE.

MY NAME IS LARRY HAYES.

MY ADDRESS IS 45 0 3 PINE LAND.

UH, THE CORNER RIGHT THERE, THE THIRD HOUSE AROUND THE BLACK END RIGHT THERE.

UH, IT'S MY PROPERTY.

I JUST MOVED INTO THIS, UH, CIVIL RIDGE ABOUT EIGHT YEARS AGO.

I DESIGNED AND BUILT THAT PROPERTY MYSELF.

YOU KNOW, UH, THIS, UH, DRAWING, UH, EVERYTHING EVERYBODY SAY, YEAH, I TOTALLY AGREE WITH, AND WE'RE NOT GONNA REPEAT IT.

UH, THE PROPERTY, THIS, THIS DRAWING HERE, UH, MY, MY BACKGROUND IS ENGINEERING DESIGN.

I BUILD MULTIMILLION DOLLAR PLANTS AND STUFF, AND WE'VE DONE DESIGNS LIKE THIS AND WE GIVE PICTURES LIKE THIS TO MAKE IT PRETTY, WHAT I SEE HERE, THIS THING HE GOT WANTING FIT ON THIS DRAWING, UH, ALL THIS PARKING SPOT AND ALL THIS STUFF.

THIS IS A VERY MISREPRESENTATION OF WHAT WOULD FIT IN THAT AREA.

ALL THAT, ALL THAT STUFF THERE.

UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IT'S TOO BIG.

IT'S TOO LARGE.

YOU WILL NOT GET ALL THAT PARKING SPOTS IN THERE.

UH, THAT, THAT'S NOT, UH, DONE TO, ACCORDING TO OSHA STANDARDS AND STUFF, WHICH YOU GOT TO BILL BY AND ALL, UH, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT.

UH, SO YOU KNOW WHAT, HERE WE CALL THIS A, A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN THAT WE SHOW TO CLIENTS.

IT LOOKS PRETTY, YOU LOOK AT, IT'S A NICE PRETTY PICTURE, BUT THAT'S NOT FACT.

BY THE TIME WE GET TO FINISH DOING THIS CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, IT PROBABLY WON'T LOOK ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UH, SO WHEN THEY GET HERE AND FIGURE OUT THEY DO THE PROPER MANAGEMENT AND SEE THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL OF THIS STUFF IN THERE, UH, EVEN THE HOUSES BACK THERE, YOU LEFT OFF SOME OUR BACK PATIOS BACK THERE.

I SEE YOU LEFT OFF MY, MY, UH, BACK PORCH AND STUFF LIKE THERE.

YOU SAY IT'S 300 FEET, UH, FROM THERE.

FOOTBALL FIELD.

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THAT'S LESS THAN THE FOOTBALL FIELD.

UH, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, UH, THAT'S A LOT CLOSER.

AND I SAY, WHAT YOU DID HERE JUST SHOWS SOMETHING THAT LOOKS PRETTY, LOOKS LIKE IT'S FEASIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT MY EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THAT WOULD NOT EVEN FIT EXACTLY LIKE YOU'RE GUIDED THERE.

SO WHEREVER YOU ARCHITECT FOR OR WHATEVER, I DID IT FOR A LIVING, YOU KNOW, THAT DON'T WORK.

SO, YOU KNOW, UH, ALL OF THAT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAY, IT WOULDN'T FIT.

AND BY THE TIME YOU GET THROUGH IT, YOU ZONE THIS THING AND, UH, THEY, THEY FIGURE OUT IT DON'T FIT.

ALL THEY GONNA DO IS REARRANGE THIS WHOLE THING AND FOR WHATEVER THEY WANT.

BECAUSE IF WE ALLOW THEM TO BUILD THIS COMMERCIAL THING HERE AND IT WON'T LOOK NOTHING LIKE THAT.

AND THAT I JUST SEEN THIS DESIGN, UH, THAT SIX THIRD BUILDING YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN MY BACKYARD.

LOOKING RIGHT THERE.

DUDE, I HAVE NO CY WHATSOEVER.

SIX STIR IS HIGH.

YOU KIDDING ME? COME ON.

YOU KNOW, ALL IT TAKES IS ONE STIR TO GIMME NO PRO.

AND YOU GOT SIX MORE HIGH.

THAT WOULD LOOK MR. TO THE, YOUR TIME IS UP, PLEASE C OUR STAFF FOR A REGISTRATION FORM.

SHE NEEDS TO CHANGE THE AGENDA.

CAN WE VOTE? CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

MAKE A MOTION.

MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THIS IS, I WILL SECOND TO CLOSE IT.

GOOD.

WE HAVE MOTION AND SECOND.

AND, UH, CAST YOUR VOTE.

ALRIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.

SO WE'VE, UH, WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH MEANS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE COMMENTS AND, AND DISCUSS ANYTHING WITH US HAS NOW ENDED AND NOW IT'S UP TO US TO HAVE OUR DISCUSSION AND TO EITHER DECIDE TO HAVE A MOTION AND VOTE OR DECIDE WHAT WE DO FROM THERE.

OKAY? PLEASE.

IS THAT MOTION TO APPROVE IT OR NO, THAT WAS JUST TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WE HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING ELSE.

UM, AND I, AND, AND I WILL SAY THAT, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT AWARE, UM, WE ONLY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS.

UM, CITY COUNCIL IS THE, IS THE BODY THAT DECIDES WHETHER OR NOT THIS WOULD GO THROUGH OR NOT.

AND, UM, AND I THINK IT WAS ON THE SLIDE EARLIER THAT IT'S ON THE AGENDA ON APRIL 15TH.

SO EITHER WAY THIS GOES, IS IT A COUNCIL? AND IT JUST HAS A, A RECOMMENDATION ON IT.

PROCEDURALLY, JENNIFER? YES.

IT CAN BE A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.

ARE WE, ARE WE BOUND BY THE, THE 75%? NO, WE'RE NOT BOUND BY IT.

NO.

SO IT DOESN'T AFFECT OUR VOTE.

RIGHT? OKAY.

SO, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK.

OTHER THAN US HERE FROM THE COMMUNITY, WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED TO NOT SIZE WITH THIS VOTE? WELL, WE, WE'VE GOTTEN YOUR INPUT.

WE'VE SEEN WHAT STAFF HAS AND, AND THEN WE'RE GONNA DISCUSS IT AND WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA MAKE A RECOMMENDATION.

OKAY? BUT, BUT WHAT LEVEL OF IMPORTANCE OF WE IN YOUR, EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME.

PUBLIC STATION HAS CLOSED MM-HMM, .

I KNOW.

AND WE CAN'T TAKE NO MORE COMMENTS FROM YOU.

I'VE TRIED TO COMMUNICATE DON'T AFFECT YOUR, I'M SORRY IF YOU CANNOT BE QUIET, WE'RE GONNA ASK YOU TO LEAVE.

LEAVE.

THINK FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS, THAT OF THE COUNCIL.

ONE THING WE GONNA DO IS YOU GONNA RESTRICT OUR HOME.

AND LIKE I SAID, I SENT PEOPLE THANK YOU.

OKAY, GOOD.

C DAMAGE THAT'S ION FIND OUT EITHER WAY.

UM, SO WE CAN HAVE OUR DISCUSSION WITH THE ROOM EMPTY TOO, IF THAT'S, IF THAT IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR DISCUSSION.

SO AT LEAST JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO SIGN UP AND THEY GOT A CHANCE TO MAKE THEIR COMMENTS.

WE GOT ALL THAT FEEDBACK.

AS I SAID, WE GOT ALL THE LETTERS AND WE GOT TO SEE THOSE IN ADVANCE.

SOME OF THEM WERE VERY LENGTHY.

OKAY? SO, SO PEOPLE HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS AND THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR FEELINGS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT INFORMATION AND WHATEVER INFORMATION WE HAVE AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.

SEE THE COUNCIL, I, I BELIEVE, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IF WE KNOW THE NUMBERS YET, BUT BECAUSE THERE'S SUCH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT A PROTEST, UM, IT WOULD REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY, I

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HOW MANY PEOPLE IS THAT? UM, SO IF, IF, IF THERE'S FIVE PEOPLE ON THE COUNCIL AND IT, IT ENDS UP THREE, TWO, IT WOULD PASS.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE SUPER MAJORITY, WHICH IS IF THERE'S A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO PROTEST ANY PROTECTOR ACTION, IT HAS TO BE A SUPER MAJORITY, WHICH MEANS THEY HAVE TO GET MORE THAN 75%, I THINK, ISN'T IT? RIGHT.

AND WE CAN PUBLISH THAT ON THE WEBSITE, WHAT THOSE REGULATIONS ARE.

UM, BUT THAT'S WRITTEN PROTESTS RECEIVED FROM PROPERTY OWNERS OWNING 20% OR MORE OF THE LAND AREA WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY.

AND THAT IS WHAT THE STATE LEGISLATOR, UM, THE STATE LAW REQUIREMENT THAT TRIGGERS WHAT WE CALL A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE OF CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE WILL, WE WILL PUBLISH THAT ON THE WEBSITE AND WE'LL SEND THAT MESSAGE OUT, UM, SO THAT YOU ALL HAVE, UH, WHAT THAT REQUIREMENT IS, WHAT WAS THE PERCENTAGE, BUT WE CAN'T, SO WE'RE NOT IN A DISCUSSION.

UM, SO WE CAN'T GO BACK AND FORTH.

SO I WOULD'VE PROBABLY REQUEST THAT ALL DISCUSSION BETWEEN THIS COMMISSION OF THE PUBLIC C RIGHT.

PUBLIC DISCUSSION.

AND SO THEN WE'LL TALK, SO WE WILL, WE WILL PUBLISH INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE, AND THEN ALSO THE PUBLIC HAS THE CTX PLANNING@MISSOURICITY.COM EMAIL.

THAT'S ON THE PUBLIC NOTICE.

SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CLARIFIED, PLEASE EMAIL THEM TO OUR OFFICE OR CALL OUR OFFICE AND WE WILL ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS.

SO I VOTING, I'M SORRY, JUST CONTINUE.

SO THE REASON I, THE REASON I BROUGHT THIS UP IS BECAUSE THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN, HAS NOT HAPPENED IN QUITE SOME TIME AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT, THAT WE'VE HAD A SITUATION.

SO I WANTED TO BRING IT UP AND IT WAS PROBABLY MORE FOR THE, THE COMMISSION.

'CAUSE I'M NOT SURE ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION HAS, HAS ENCOUNTERED THAT PARTICULAR RULE.

I JUST COULDN'T RECALL IF IT APPLIES FACTS BECAUSE IT WOULD AFFECT OUR VOTE.

UH, SO MOVING ON.

ITEM TWO, CONSIDER A POSSIBLE ACTION, CONSIDER A FINAL REPORT ON ITEM EIGHT, A ONE OPEN FOR DISCUSSION.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE TO DISCUSS, BUT ONE THING I WAS THINKING THROUGH IN TERMS OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA, UM, JUST FOR THE RECORD TO REFRESH MY MEMORY, THE METRO, UM, BUILDING THAT WAS NORTHEAST, I BELIEVE YOU SAID.

UM, SO, UH, MR. SNELL, UM, JUST THOUGHTS, NOTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CONCRETE, BUT WITH THIS POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT'S ALREADY ONGOING WITH METRO, UM, WHAT DO YOU FORESEE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC GIVEN THE TIA THAT'S ALREADY HAPPENED? UM, WOULD THIS BE AN EXTRA STRESSOR ON NIGHT ROAD? ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL ADD TRAFFIC TO NIGHT ROAD? UH, THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC, I WON'T KNOW UNTIL I HAVE, UH, TRAFFIC.

UH, WE, WE DO OUR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS IN TWO DIFFERENT STEPS.

UM, FIRST IS A TRAFFIC WORKSHEET, WHICH IS JUST SOME VERY BASIC TRAFFIC INFORMATION.

UH, WE CAN ASK THAT IN THE PLANNING STAGE DUE TO SOME LEGISLATIVE UPDATES.

WE ARE NO LONGER AS, AS THIS BODY KNOWS, UH, WE ARE NO LONGER ALLOWED TO REQUIRE A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UH, BEFORE OR REQUIRE WITH PLATTING.

UH, SO WE'VE BEEN REQUIRING IT WITH THE ENGINEERING DESIGN REVIEW.

HOWEVER, SOME DEVELOPERS HAVE PROVIDED THAT INFORMATION WITHIN PLATING.

UH, AND THAT'S VERY USEFUL TO US.

WE CAN PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, MORE INFORMATION I CAN REVIEW THAT, PROVIDE FEEDBACK.

UM, WITH ALL OF THIS, UH, WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE, THE TRAFFIC LOADING THAT THEY WOULD ADD ONTO KNIGHT ROAD, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THEY WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER IS THE OVERALL TRAFFIC LOADING AND THE IMPACTS OF THAT.

AND THEN MAKE MITIGATION RECOMMENDATIONS THAT'S EITHER, UH, APPROVED OR DENIED, UH, BY CITY ENGINEERING.

AND IF THEIR PROPOSED MITIGATION DOESN'T APPEAR TO MEET, UH, CITY STANDARD TO MITIGATE TRAFFIC, THEN UH, WE DON'T APPROVE THE PLANS.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S STANDARD WITH ALL DEVELOPMENTS AND ALL AREAS OF THE CITY.

APPRECIATE IT.

I HAD A QUICK QUESTION ACROSS THE STREET, UH, IS PD 68, WHAT IS PD 68 DESIGNATED FOR? SO IT'S AN OLDER PD.

IT WAS APPROVED, I THINK IN 2007.

FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAD ONSITE PRIVATE UTILITIES.

UH, TIMEFRAME.

AND IT WAS, UM, AT A TIME WHEN PRIVATE ONSITE UTILITIES WAS STILL TIED TO ZONING DISTRICTS.

AND SO THAT PD WAS APPROVED TO ALLOW FOR A SINGLE

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UM, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE ANY FURTHER ACTIONS TOOK PLACE FOLLOWING THAT PD.

UM, SO IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE, UM, STILL IN EXISTENCE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE ZONING, BUT IT WAS IDENTIFIED FOR SINGLE FAMILY.

AND THEN THIS WAS ALSO BEFORE KNIGHT ROAD WAS, UM, WAS EXTENDED.

AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION I HAD IS, UM, AS FAR AS THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE DURING THE INITIAL PRESENTATION THAT, UH, FOR THE LAND USE, THE LAND USE CONCEPT THAT SOMEWHAT CHANGED SINCE IT WAS FOR THIS AREA HAD SINCE IT WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED 15, 17 YEARS AGO.

AND THAT WAS BECAUSE OF INCREASED, UH, IMPROVED FACILITIES THAT WERE AVAILABLE.

YET WE HEARD SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS SAYING THAT THEY'RE ON, UH, WELL WATER.

SO WHAT ACTUALLY HAS CHANGED, WHAT FACILITIES ARE BETTER IN THAT AREA OR SERVICES ARE BETTER IN THAT AREA THAN THEY WERE BEFORE.

TO THINK THAT THE LAND USE DOESN'T QUITE APPLY ANYMORE.

THAT WAS DID 17 YEARS AGO.

SO YOU HAVE AN INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S BEEN EXTENDED AND BROUGHT CLOSER TO THIS PROPERTY.

SO THE KNIGHT ROAD EXTENSION IS, IS ONE, YOU HAVE THE, FOR BEND TOWN CENTER THREE THAT'S UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

SO YOU HAVE LIFT STATION, UM, THAT BRINGS UTILITIES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE FORT BENTO ROAD.

UM, AND THAT BRINGS FACILITIES CLOSER TO THE SITE.

SO ALL, MOST ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL THAT DEVELOPED, UM, PRIOR TO THIS POINT, UM, THERE WERE NO PUBLIC UTILITIES, UH, CITY UTILITIES THAT WERE IN PROXIMITY.

UM, SO MOST ALL OF THAT DEVELOPED WITH ON SITE UTILITIES.

AND AS WE KNOW, THE CITY'S GONE AWAY FROM ON SITE UTILITIES FOR NEWER CONSTRUCTION, UM, FOR NEWER SUBDIVISIONS AND ANY KIND OF NEWER DEVELOPMENT.

SO THE CHARACTER OF KNIGHT ROAD IS CHANGING, AS IS THE CHARACTER OF HIGHWAY SIX FOR BEND TOLL ROAD, UM, WITH ALL OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE.

AND THEN THIS DEVELOPMENT, WOULD THAT HAVE CITY SERVICE? MARCUS MIGHT WANNA ADD SOMETHING, RIGHT? JUST IN DISCUSSION WITH UTILITIES AND WATER AND WELL WATER.

SO THIS DEVELOPMENT, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN HERE, UH, WILL NOT BE ON WELL, UM, IT WOULD BE PART OF THE CITY'S, UH, PROVIDED SERVICE AREA.

UH, IT WOULD BE IN GROUNDWATER.

WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR GROUNDWATER OR OUR WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS JUST DOWN WATTS ROAD, UH, BEFORE YOU HIT HIGHWAY SIX.

IT'S ON THE WHAT, UH, THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF THE, UH, WATTS ROAD SHIPMENTS COVE INTERSECTION.

IT'S ACTUALLY THE LARGER OVER TWO, UH, GROUNDWATER WELLS.

AND WE HAVE WATER SERVICE THAT GOES CURRENTLY NOW, OR WILL ONCE TOWN CENTER THREE FINISHES DEVELOPING WILL COME TO THE CORNER OF, UH, WATTS AND KNIGHTS SO THAT THIS, UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT OR ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT COMES IN HERE WILL TIE INTO THAT CITY SERVICE AREA.

IT WON'T BE UTILIZING, IT WON'T BE SHOOTING A NEW, WELL, ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND IT WON'T BE UTILIZING ONSITE SEPTIC.

IT'LL BE, UH, ALL OF THE WASTEWATER FLOWS FROM THIS WILL GO TO OUR MUSTANG BAYOU WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING AND WE HAVE FURTHER EXPANSIONS, AND WE, WE HAVE LONG PLANS ON HOW TO KEEP GROWING THE WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE OF THIS CITY TO EXPAND OUR, OUR CAPABILITY TO SERVICE.

THANKS.

I FORGOT I HAD THE REQUEST MAKE THINGS.

SO SORRY ABOUT THAT.

UM, ONE, ONE LAST QUESTION FOR ME, AND CAN YOU REFRESH MY MEMORY? THE, THE HOTELS THAT ARE ON SIX, UM, I THINK THAT THE HILTON IS ABOUT FOUR STORIES, ROUGHLY 60 ROOMS. UM, IS THAT ROUGHLY SO? OR THREE STORIES.

AND IN THE MODEL, THIS ONE WAS SIX STORIES WITH 80 ROOMS. IS THAT IN SCOPE OF OUR STATUTES? IT SOUNDS, SOUNDS HIGH.

UH, THIS IS HIGHER THAN ANY OF THE HOTELS THAT ARE CURRENTLY WITHIN MISSOURI CITY, BUT BASED ON THE DISTANCE AND THE LC THREE REGULATIONS THAT IT WOULD FALL UNDER, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED.

GOT A QUESTION.

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHEN YOU HAVE PD 68 ACROSS RESIDENTIAL, IF THIS DEVELOPER DECIDES NOT TO BUILD IT, ENTER, OR IF HE COMES WITH SAYING NOT TO BUILD THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, BUT JUST HOUSING RESIDENTIAL, WOULD THAT BE ACCEPTABLE? WELL, THE, SO PART OF THE LAND RIGHT NOW IS, IS ZONED IS, WAS IT RRR RIGHT? THE LITTLE CORNER.

YOU, BUT THE REST OF IT IS SUBURBAN DISTRICT.

SO IF THEY WANTED TO BUILD HOUSES, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET THAT REZONED TO RESIDENTIAL.

YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE IS YOU'VE GOT THE STATE OF SILVER RIDGE ARE, ARE, ARE, OKAY.

CORRECT.

AND, AND

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AND SO WHETHER OR NOT YOU WOULD FIND SOMEBODY WHO WANTED TO BUILD STATE, UH, SIZE LOTS OR HOUSES YES.

IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MARKET'S GONNA BRING.

RIGHT.

SO THEY COULD COME IN AND SAY, WELL, WE WANT TO BUILD, UH, YOU KNOW, R ONE OR WE WANT TO BUILD R TWO.

AND THAT WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT WOULDN'T BE THE SAME CHARACTER AS THE THE EXISTING LOTS.

NO, I'M JUST SAYING IF IT'S AN ALTERNATE, YOU KNOW, WELL, IF WE'RE DOING SOMETHING LIKE ACROSS THE STREET ON PD 68, IF THEY CAN DO THE SAME THING HERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE NO PROBLEM.

RIGHT? WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.

MIGHT THEY GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT THEN, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS IMMUNITY WILL NOT HAVE THE PROBLEM WITH THAT.

AND, AND, UH, BACK TO THE UTILITIES, UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT, THAT IT WOULD BE ECONOMICALLY VIABLE FOR SILVER RIDGE TO GO ON CITY UTILITIES AT THIS POINT.

I MEAN, THE COST WOULD BE JUST PRETTY HUGE, WOULDN'T IT? YEAH.

THE COST WOULD BE SUBSTANTIAL.

WE, WE HAVE NOT CALCULATED THE COST TO CONVERT THE, UH, SAFE OF SILVER RIDGE TO PUBLIC UTILITIES.

BUT THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE THAT OPTION WHEN THE, WHEN THAT YEAH.

THAT WAS BUILT.

BUT MY QUESTION WAS MORE ABOUT WHAT THE RESIDENTS WERE DESCRIBING WASN'T SOMETHING WITH UPGRADED UTILITIES, THAT'S ALL.

THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON.

I MENTIONED THAT PART.

I WOULDN'T SUGGEST IT.

UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ARE WE, UH, AT A POINT WHERE WE CAN HAVE A MOTION? WE, I GUESS NOT.

SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION.

WELL, LET ME, LET ME, LET ME MAKE A COMMENT.

UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS, MY, MY INITIAL REACTION WAS, THIS DOESN'T BELONG HERE.

AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS I, THAT WAS KIND OF JUST THE INITIAL THING, AND I KINDA LOOKED AT IT AND, AND WHAT I, WHAT I OPTED TO DO WAS TO KIND OF LISTEN TO THE WHOLE THING AND FIGURE OUT, OKAY.

RIGHT OR WRONG.

I, I THINK, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE, WE'VE, UH, THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, NOT MISIN, INSPIRATION IS NOT THE WORD I WANT.

UM, UM, THERE WERE A LOT OF THINGS SAID TONIGHT THAT WEREN'T ACCURATE WITH RESPECT TO THE WAY THE OR CITY ORDINANCE WORKS AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT IN THE END, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT, THAT AFFECTS THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION ANYWAY.

AND I CAN THINK OF REASONS WHY SOMEBODY WOULD WANT TO HAVE A EVENT CENTER IN A MORE RURAL KIND OF SETTING.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE MIGHT BE LOOKING FOR THAT KIND OF SETTING AS OPPOSED TO BEING, YOU KNOW, ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

RIGHT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN SEE THAT THERE COULD BE AN DEMAND FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'S NOT TO ME TOTALLY OUT THE QUESTION.

WELL, I'M ONE QUESTION.

THE, THE AREA WAS BUILT WAS DEVELOPED AS A SD A SUBURBAN DISTRICT WITH AN R, WHICH WOULD BE RURAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.

UH, WELL, IT WAS SD WAS THE DEFAULT.

SO WHEN THEY PUT ZONING IN THE, THE DEFAULT WAS SD, EVERYBODY STARTED AS SD.

BUT THAT LEFT A BLANK, AN OPENING FOR AN INTENSE DEVELOPMENT.

IT DID LEAVE A, AN OPENING FOR A WELL BUFFERED, MORE INTENSELY DEVELOPED USE THAT ARE, THAT'S WHAT IT SIGNIFIES THERE.

AM I CORRECT R IS RURAL, SO IT'S RURAL DESIGNED MORE FOR, SO IT'S STILL RURAL.

ALL SILVER RIDGE, OR ORIGINALLY WAS SD, AND THEN WHEN THEY DECIDED TO BUILD IT, THEY HAD TO GET IT CHANGED TO R.

AND SO THE SAME THING WOULD HAPPEN WITH THIS.

SO THERE, THERE'S BASICALLY NO EFFECTIVELY NO UNDERLYING ZONING.

SO IF THEY, IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO DO WITHOUT DO SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GET IT REZONED.

YOU, YOU WERE GONNA MAKE A MOTION.

THE, I BELIEVE IT'S A HUGE LEAP FROM SD AND R TO HAVE AN EVENT CENTER IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS IN EVERYTHING THAT THAT ENCOMPASSES.

I LOVE THE CONCEPT.

I WOULD LOVE FOR AN ARCHITECT AND A DEVELOPER TO BE IN MISSOURI CITY WITH THIS CONCEPT, BUT HAVING IT HERE IS NOT JUST COMPLICATED.

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UM, IT'S PROBLEMATIC.

SO THAT'S MY MOTION.

I WITH A NEGATIVE.

SO THE MOTION IS TO SUBMIT THE, TO STATE OF COUNSEL WITH A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.

I'D SECOND THAT MOTION.

SO WE HAVE A MOTION.

AND A SECOND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR CLARIFICATION.

SO IF A COMMISSIONER WAS TO VOTE I ON HIS MOTION TO DISAPPROVE, WE WOULD SEND IT ON WITH A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? CORRECT.

OKAY, SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

UM, GO AHEAD AND, UH, LET'S CAST YOUR BALLOTS.

PLEASE CAST YOUR VOTES.

UH, THIS, THIS WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL STILL, IT WILL JUST SAY IT'S A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION.

SO, YOU KNOW, PAY ATTENTION TO THE, THE INFORMATION ABOUT THE COUNCIL MEETING COMING UP.

AND, UM, WE HAVE SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE TONIGHT, SO THEY'LL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF HEARING ALL ABOUT THIS TWICE.

THANK YOU GUYS COULD KEEP IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.

WE NEED, WE HAVE ONE MORE AGENDA ITEM.

MOVING

[b. PD Planned Development District #35 Amendment]

ON.

UH, B PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, UH, NUMBER 35 AMENDMENT PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENT FOR AGAINST THE REQUEST BY CROSSING AT CNA RANCH 2023.

INTEREST TO AMEND THE RULES AND RESTRICTIONS TO ALLOW FOR A PROPOSED RESTAURANT WITH DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY ON AN APPROXIMATE 1.63 ACRE TRACK.

THE ROLE OF THE PERSONAL VEHICLE AND A DRIVE-THROUGH OPTION, UH, PAY PLAYED A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE FUNCTIONALITY OF SEVERAL BUSINESSES.

THIS AGENDA ITEM IS FOR A REQUEST FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING PD NUMBER 35 TO ALLOW FOR A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY.

CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME OKAY? WE CAN GO AHEAD.

CAN YOU CLICK ME? OKAY.

THE LOCATION OF THE SITE IS WITHIN THE SIENNA MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SIENNA RANCH ROAD AND SIENNA PARKWAY.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT FALLS WITHIN THE EXISTING PD AND THERE ARE OTHER ACTIVITIES ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THIS PD SUCH AS THE SCHOOL, SEVERAL CHURCHES, AND OTHER AMENITIES FOR THE RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA.

THIS PD WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2000, UH, AND IT ALLOWS FOR SEVERAL USES.

ONE OF THOSE IS A RESTAURANT OR CAFE.

UH, THE, THE RESTRICTION IS JUST TO THE DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY OPTION.

THE RESTRICTION STEMS FROM A DESIRE BY THE RESIDENTS AT THAT TIME TO REDUCE MAJOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN THE YEAR 2000, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL AMENDMENTS TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING AND ADDITIONAL TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT.

THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A DRIVE-THROUGH QUEUING ANALYSIS MEMO.

THE MEMO PROVIDED, UH, SHOWS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE STACKING OF THIS SITE.

UH, THE STACKING REFERS TO THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT A SITE CAN HOLD, AND THE DESIGN PROVIDES FOR A TOTAL OF 385 FEET FOR STACKING, WHICH TRANSLATES TO APPROXIMATELY 20 VEHICLES.

SO THAT'S JUST THE NUMBER OF CARS THAT WOULD BE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY THAT YOU SEE THERE.

THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL 39 PARKING SPACES FOR PEOPLE TO PARK.

CONNECTIVITY AT THIS SITE IS GOING TO BE DONE DUE, UM, THROUGH A EXISTING DRIVE THROUGH ACCESS POINTS THAT ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED, AND THE CARS WILL CONNECT TO THE PRIVATE ROADWAYS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT.

UH, THIS MEANS THAT THE PATRONS OF THIS RESTAURANT WILL NOT BE ENTERING OR SPILLING OVER ONTO TRAFFIC ON SIENNA PARKWAY OR SIENNA RANCH ROAD.

THE REQUEST FOR THE RESTAURANT WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BOTH GOALS TWO AND FIVE.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL, WHICH ALSO SUPPORTS A RESTAURANT WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH FACILITY.

UH, ONE OF THE GOALS WE HIGHLIGHTED IS GOAL 5.2, WHICH ENCOURAGES WELL-PLANNED AND DESIGN PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT THAT KEEPS IN MIND THE PRIMARY AUTO NATURE OF MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS.

UH, WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS FROM THE YEAR 2017.

SINCE THIS TIME, THERE HAS BEEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, WHICH WE ALL EXPERIENCED IN 2020 DURING THE PANDEMIC,

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UH, AND IT'S A KEY FEATURE THAT WE HAVE ALL COME TO RELY ON AFTER THAT EXPERIENCE THAT WE HAD IN 2020 .

THESE FACTORS ARE THE BASIS THAT STAFF USE TO PROVIDE OR SUGGEST A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR THE REQUEST TO AMEND PD NUMBER 35 TO ALLOW FOR THE RESTAURANT CAFETERIA OR CAFE WITH A DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY ON THE SUBJECT SITE, WHICH IS THE 1.63 ACRE TRACK IDENTIFIED IN THE, UM, THE MAP.

THERE ARE NO OTHER REQUESTS TO THIS PD OTHER THAN THE DRIVE THROUGH FACILITY.

UH, LASTLY WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC NOTICE SLIDE, WHICH STATES THAT WE SENT OUT NOTICES FOR THIS ITEM ON MARCH 1ST.

WE POSTED THE SIGN ON THAT DAY ALSO.

AND THIS AGENDA ITEM WILL BE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL ON APRIL 15TH.

WELL DONE CONSIDERING ALL THE CHAOS .

UH, THE APPLICANT IS STILL HERE, I THINK IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM.

UM, DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR GRACE? UH, I HAD ONE, IF THIS IS APPROVED, CAN ANYBODY THAT NOW OPENS ANOTHER RESTAURANT ALSO NOW GET A DRIVE THROUGH, RIGHT.

OR IS IT UNIQUE JUST TO THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE PD RIGHT NOW? IT WOULD BE UNIQUE JUST TO THIS ONE SITE.

IF IT IS APPROVED, THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY THAT OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE MAY WANT TO APPLY, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED.

DOES, IS THIS A PUBLIC HEARING? DOES ANYBODY NEED TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? I'D LIKE KNOW.

EVENING, MY NAME IS PETER JACOB, UH, WITH RUBIC.

OH, THANK YOU.

PETER.

JACOB, UH, WITH RUBICON REALTY GROUP.

UM, WE'VE BEEN, WE BOUGHT THIS TRACK OF LAND, UH, THE, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT ALMOST 20 ACRES BACK IN 2006.

UH, WE OWNED BOTH SIDES OF SENA RANCH ROAD, UH, FRONTING SIENNA PARKWAY AND HAVE SLOWLY GONE AHEAD AND DEVELOPED IT OUT.

UM, WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE RIGHT NOW IS YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, A KARATE STUDIO.

YOU'VE GOT HARVEST MARKET, YOU HAVE SNAP FITNESS.

THERE'S A MEDICAL, UH, OFFICE BUILDING THERE.

I THINK THE VETERINARIAN IS STILL THERE.

SO THIS WAS THE LAST TRACK THAT WE OWNED.

AND YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY IT'S THE CROWN JEWEL.

I MEAN, IT'S RIGHT THERE AT THE MAIN INTERSECTION OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SENA RANCH AND SENA PARKWAY.

UM, WE'VE HOLD THAT.

WE'VE HELD ONTO IT ALL THIS TIME.

WE WERE WAITING FOR, YOU KNOW, UH, MARKET CONDITIONS, THE RIGHT OPERATOR, UH, TO KIND OF COME IN.

AND WHAT WE'VE DONE IS, IS THAT, UH, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE FOUND THAT OPERATOR, IT IS A NATIONAL, UH, OPERATOR.

AND, UM, I THINK REALLY, UH, UH, WILL ENHANCE THIS CORNER.

I THINK IT WILL BE WELL RECEIVED, YOU KNOW, BY THE, UH, CI MARKET.

AND, YOU KNOW, UH, WE FEEL, YOU KNOW, STRONGLY ABOUT THIS.

UH, I WOULDN'T BE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL IF I DIDN'T THINK THAT THIS WAS A BENEFIT, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.

UM, AND YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS THE IMPACT, THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO LOOKED AT AND WE'RE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT.

BUT I THINK, UH, THE, UH, FOLKS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH RIGHT NOW HAVE COME UP WITH A REALLY GOOD PLAN.

UM, WE THINK THAT BECAUSE OF THE PRIVATE ROADS, BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY, YOU KNOW, TWO ENTRANCES, NEITHER OF ON THIS SITE DIRECTLY, UM, GO ON SANTA PARKWAY OR SEEING A RANCH, IT'S VIA THE, YOU KNOW, CONNECTIONS TO THE PRIVATE ROAD THAT REALLY DOES AFFORD, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, THE ABILITY FOR ANY OF THE QUEUING TO STAY ON SITE.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WITHOUT ANYTHING ELSE, YOU KNOW, UH, IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME, UH, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER.

I WISH I COULD DISCLOSE WHO IT IS.

UM, BUT IT IS A QSR I THINK THE CAT'S OUT OF THE BAG.

WELL THEN YOU ALL KNOW ? YEAH, IT'S A QSR AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THEY'RE, THEY'RE BIG PLAYERS AND THE THING ABOUT IT IS, IS THAT THERE WILL BE A COMPANY OWNED SITE.

IT WON'T BE A FRAN, YOU KNOW, IT USED TO BE THAT THEY DID A LOT OF FRANCHISES.

THIS WILL BE OWNED BY THE CORPORATION AND OPERATED BY THE CORPORATION, WHICH ALSO KIND OF GIVES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF, UH, UH, COMFORT THAT IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WELL MAINTAINED AND, YOU KNOW, UH, OPERATION, OPERATION WISE AS WELL.

IT'LL BE FIRST

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CLASS IF YOU HAVE ANY.

I HAVE KIND OF A LAYMAN'S QUESTION JUST FOR REFERENCE.

THE, THE WAY THE DRIVEWAY OR THE, UH, YEAH, THE DRIVEWAYS WERE DESCRIBED.

IS IT ESSENTIALLY SIMILAR TO THE, UH, THE CHICK-FIL-A UP THERE ON SIENNA WHERE IT'S TWO DEALS AND IT MERGES INTO ONE? OR IS THIS YES, I BELIEVE IT DOES.

I BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE TWO.

IT'S SIMILAR.

I THINK THEY DO HAVE TWO.

GOTCHA.

I DIDN'T PLAN ON SPEAKING.

I'M REGINA KILLBREW WITH MCDONALD'S .

YES, IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE CHICK-FIL-A DRIVE THROUGH LANES.

SO, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE LANES, LESS STACKING.

COOL.

GET PEOPLE THROUGH.

I JUST WANTED TO WANNA REFERENCE.

I APPRECIATE YOU QUESTION MANY PEOPLE.

YES, THANK YOU.

THANKS REGINA.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

SO AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I CAN MAKE A MOTION.

NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

WE DID RECEIVE THREE PROTEST LETTERS, WHICH WERE PROVIDED TO YOU AS PART OF YOUR PACKET THIS EVENING.

MAKE A MOTION CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THAT WAS YOUR MOTION.

MOTION.

MOTION TO CLOSE IT UP.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE.

AND I GUESS FOR THE RECORD, SHOULD WE NOTE THAT ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAD TO LEAVE? OKAY.

AND THEN, UH, SO WE'RE DOWN TO ITEM TWO, CONSIDER A POSSIBLE ACTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

WE HAVE A MOTION TO SECOND TO SUBMIT THIS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

CAN I ASK A QUICK QUESTION? OKAY.

SO THE CHICK-FIL-A THAT WAS REFERENCED, THE ONE AT, UH, 10 92 AND SIX, SIMILAR LAYOUT, THAT TRAFFIC QUITE OFTEN FLOWS OUTTA THAT PARKING LOT INTO THE FEEDER ROAD, ALMOST ONTO SIX.

IS THE CITY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT AS A KIND OF A POINT OF REFERENCE? CHICK-FIL-A GENERATES SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT TRAFFIC THAN MCDONALD'S.

UM, BASED ON THE, THE TRAFFIC MEMO AND THE GEOMETRY OF THE SITE, IS THERE ANYONE FROM CAPE DAWSON HERE? NO, I JUST WANTED TO COMPLIMENT THEM.

IT WAS A, A GOOD TRAFFIC MEMO.

I BELIEVE GOOD ENGINEERING SHOULD BE COMMENTED ON.

UM, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH, I, I DID SOME RESEARCH ON OTHER TRAFFIC MEMOS, UH, FOR MCDONALD'S IN OTHER AREAS.

UH, THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THAT.

SO THOSE ONES DON'T SHOW THAT KIND OF OVERFLOW THAT WE SEE AT CHICK-FIL-A CHICK-FIL-A JUST HAS A MORE ARDENT FOLLOWING.

ONE MIGHT SAY .

UM, AND, UH, GIVEN, GIVEN THE, UH, TIMEFRAMES IN WHICH, UH, MCDONALD'S CAN SERVICE, UH, GET PEOPLE THROUGH THE DRIVE THROUGH IT, THE Q CLEAR IS FASTER.

AND BASED ON THOSE NUMBERS THEY NEEDED, OH, I HIGHLIGHTED IT IN HERE.

UM, MAXIMUM QUEUING LENGTH OF 180 FEET BASED ON, UH, THEIR, THEIR SERVICE, THEIR SERVICE RATES, AND THEIR PEAK VOLUMES.

AND THEY DID, THEY ACTUALLY PICKED THE PEAK IST OF THE PEAK VOLUMES TO BASE IT ON, WHICH AGAIN, SHOULD BE COMMENDED.

THEY DIDN'T TRY TO PICK A LOWER NUMBER.

UM, BUT BASED ON, BASED ON THEIR HIGHEST PEAK VOLUME, THEY, THEY CAN CLEAR A NINE A NINE CAR QUEUE.

AND THE, THE QUEUING AND THE STACKING DISTANCE IS ACTUALLY TWICE THAT.

SO GIVEN THOSE AND THAT IT'S NOT DIRECTLY EXITING ONTO EITHER SIENNA PARKWAY OR SIENNA RANCH THAT'S GOING ONTO THAT PRIVATE ROAD, UH, ENGINEERING DOESN'T HAVE ANY NOTED CONCERNS.

AND WHAT RECOURSE DOES THE CITY HAVE IF IT TURNS OUT THAT THAT STACKING DOES BEGIN TO IMPACT SIENNA PARKWAY? OR DOES THAT FALL OUTSIDE OF? SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR, UM, AS WE GET INTO FORMAL PLAN REVIEW IS WE'LL ASK FOR A FULL FLEDGED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT'LL GIVE US A BROADER PICTURE OF WHAT'S GOING ON, UH, AS WAY OF RECOURSE AFTER THINGS HAVE BEEN APPROVED.

UH, THAT WOULD BE ON THE CITY TO MITIGATE.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING TEMPORARY DISPLAY SIGNS.

WE CAN GO AHEAD AND CAST OUR VOTES, PLEASE.

THAT MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, MOVING

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ON.

ITEM NINE, ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS, TEMPORARY DISPLAY SIGNS, PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENT FOR AGAINST AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY.

ALRIGHT, UP BRINGING UP THE REAR .

SO TEMPORARY DISPLAY SIGNS, WE TALKED ABOUT IT, UM,

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ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO.

AND, UH, THE REQUEST TO PROVIDE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL SIGN OF FLEXIBILITY, UM, FOR NEW BUSINESSES, BUT PARTIC, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL BUSINESSES THAT ARE TRYING TO, UM, ADVERTISE OR BRING IN, UH, NEW CUSTOMERS OR, UH, GARNER MORE ATTENTION.

SO THE FOCUS AREA THAT, UH, WE BROUGHT BEFORE THE COMMISSION WAS LOOKING AT OUR TEMPORARY SIGNS, UH, DISPLAY, UM, REGULATIONS.

SO THIS SLIDE, THIS SLIDE KIND OF SUM SUMMARIZES WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, WITH THOSE TEMPORARY DISPLAYS, WHAT IT'S CONSIDERED A TEMPORARY DISPLAY.

BANNERS ARE INCLUDED IN THAT.

UM, SOME OF THE OTHER PORTABLE SIGNS THAT YOU SEE OUT THERE, UM, ARE NOT TECHNICALLY LEGAL SIGNS.

UM, SO THE, THE INFLATABLE FLOPPY MEN THAT ARE OUT THERE AND, UM, UH, SOME OF THOSE INFLATABLE, UH, SIGNS ARE NOT CURRENTLY PERMITTED.

UM, SO THIS IS LOOKING AT THOSE STANDARDS AND SEEING WHAT OPTIONS, UH, WE WOULD HAVE.

UM, SO AGAIN, THESE ARE OUR CURRENT STANDARDS.

WHAT IS BEFORE YOU, UM, IS PROPOSED TO AMEND, UH, THOSE TEMPORARY DISPLAY SIGNS.

UM, SO WHAT'S BEFORE YOU IS, UH, LANGUAGE THAT WOULD ADD A CERTAIN, UH, UH, TEMPORARY SIGNS INTO THE TEMPORARY SIGN DISPLAY REGULATIONS.

UM, SO ADDING POSTERS, FEATHER FLAGS, INFLATABLE DEVICES, UM, AND OTHER TYPES OF TEMPORARY, UM, UM, ITEMS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED IN A TEMPORARY DISPLAY.

UM, WHAT WOULD ALSO BE ADDED IS LANGUAGE THAT A PERMIT IS ISSUED FOR A TEMPORARY DISPLAY FOR A BANNER OR FOR, UM, OTHER TEMPORARY SIGNS.

UM, BUT WE WOULD ADD A REQUIREMENT THAT THAT PERMIT WOULD HAVE TO BE DISPLAYED IN THE BUSINESS THAT PULLED THE PERMIT, UM, AT A LOCATION, UH, THAT'S IDENTIFIED THE PROPOSED REGULATIONS, UM, WOULD CONTINUE ALLOWING WALL-MOUNTED BANNERS.

UM, SO A LOT OF OUR BUSINESSES TAKE ADVANTAGE, UM, OF DISPLAYING ONE BANNER, UM, AFFIXED TO THE BUILDING.

AND SO THESE REGULATIONS WOULD ALLOW FOR THEM TO CONTINUE, UH, TO PULL PERMITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

WHERE WE WOULD EXPAND IT IS TO ALLOW FOR GROUND MOUNTED BANNERS, WHICH CURRENTLY AREN'T PERMITTED AS PART OF TEMPORARY SIGNS OR ANY OTHER, UM, SIGN TYPE.

UM, SO THIS, UH, REGULATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU WOULD ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF THREE GROUND MOUNTED SIGNS.

SO THEY CAN BE POSTED ON STAKES, THEY CAN BE POSTED, UM, ON POLES, UM, BANNERS.

UM, IM MATERIAL VINYL, UM, UH, THAT KIND OF MATERIAL.

UM, A MAXIMUM OF THREE PER PROPERTY.

SO IF YOU HAVE A SHOPPING CENTER, UM, THAT SHOPPING CENTER WOULD BE ABLE TO DO UP TO THREE.

SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE BUSINESSES.

ALL BUSINESSES WITHIN THE SHOPPING CENTER MAY NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A TEMPORARY SIGN AT ONE TIME.

UM, BUT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO, UH, DO A MAXIMUM OF THREE ON THAT SINGLE PROPERTY.

SIMILAR WITH THE FEATHER FLAGS.

AND THERE'S SOME, UH, PICTURES THERE TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT, UH, THE SIGN TYPES, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A MAXIMUM OF THREE.

UM, SO WE KNOW THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF BUSINESSES THAT, UH, INVEST A LOT, UH, IN THOSE FEATHER FLAGS.

THEY'RE ECONOMICAL IN SOME SENSE THAT COME IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES.

UM, AND SO THIS WOULD GIVE THEM FLEXIBILITY TO INCORPORATE THE SIGNS, UM, BUT STILL TRYING TO PROTECT, UM, THE VIEWS ALONG OUR CORRIDORS SO WE'RE NOT CLUTTERING OUR CORRIDORS, UM, WITH A LOT OF THESE TEMPORARY SIGNS.

SO THIS WOULD BE AN ALLOWANCE FOR, UM, UP TO THREE FEATHER FLAGS AND PUTTING A HEIGHT LIMIT NOT TO EXCEED 12 FEET, WHICH I THINK FROM, UM, LOOKING AT DIFFERENT SIGN COMPANIES, THAT'S ABOUT A MEDIUM SIZE, UH, FEATHER FLAG.

THEY GO INTO LARGE AND EXTRA LARGE AND ALL OF THAT.

UM, ABOUT 12 FEET IS, UM, A MEDIUM SIZE.

WHAT'S BEFORE YOU AS WELL IS TO ALLOW ONE INFLATABLE DEVICE, UM, NOT EXCEEDING MORE THAN 45 SQUARE FEET, UM, HAVING A MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF 10 FEET.

UM, THE REGULATIONS STILL INCLUDE THAT NO IN OR NO TEMPORARY SIGNS OR NO SIGNS CAN BE PLACED ABOVE THE ROOF LINE OR ON TOP OF ROOFS.

UM, SO THIS WOULD NOT BE AN ALLOWANCE TO START PLACING WHAT WE SEE IN SOME OTHER COMMUNITIES.

UH, THOSE BIG GIANT INFLATABLES.

UM, ON TOPS OF ROOFS, THIS WOULD BE, UH, ALLOWING FOR A LIMITED PURPOSE, LIMITED HEIGHT, LIMITED SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE ABILITY TO PUT ONE, UM, INFLATABLE SIGN ON A SINGLE PROPERTY, AGAIN, CAPPED AT MAXIMUM OF 10 FEET.

UM, THERE'S ALSO THE PROVISION IN THERE THAT, UH, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO IT, BUT WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING CLUTTER AND VISIBILITY.

UM, SO THE FLEXIBILITY WOULD BE THERE, BUT THEN YOU CAN CONTROL IT, UM, BY NOT ALLOWING ALL OF THOSE GROUND FREESTANDING SIGNS ON A SINGLE PROPERTY AT ONE TIME.

UM, SO GIVE THEM, UM, THE PARAMETERS THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO CHOOSE FROM A WIDER PALLET OF SIGNS.

UM, BUT UH, HAVING TO CHOOSE KIND OF WHICH SIGN TYPE THEY'RE GONNA GO WITH, UM, FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.

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THE REGULATIONS WOULD INCLUDE, UH, KEEPING FOR ALL SIGN TYPES OTHER THAN BANNERS, FEATHER FLAGS, UH, THE INFLATABLE SIGN, ANY OTHER, UH, SIGN TYPE THAT'S INCLUDED IN THE TEMPORARY DISPLAY OTHER THAN A BANNER.

UM, THE REGULATIONS WOULD BE THE SAME.

UM, SO THEY WOULD PULL A PERMIT, THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED TO BE, UM, DISPLAYED FOR A PERIOD NOT TO EXCEED 15 CONSECUTIVE CALENDAR DAYS.

AND THEY CAN DO THAT FOR UP TO 60 CALENDAR DAYS PER YEAR, AGAIN, WITH A PERMIT FOR BANNER SIGNS, THE REGULATIONS BEFORE YOU WOULD EXTEND THAT.

UM, SO WE'VE HAD A LOT OF BUSINESSES PARTICULARLY COMING OUT OF THE PANDEMIC, UM, THAT HAVE INVESTED IN BANNER SIGNS TO DISPLAY, UM, MANY TYPES OF MESSAGES TO TRY TO BRING, UH, TRAFFIC INTO THEIR BUSINESSES.

THIS WOULD EXTEND THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT THOSE BANNERS COULD BE DISPLAYED.

UM, SO THIS WOULD EXTEND IT TO NOT TO EXCEED 30 CONSECUTIVE DAYS, BUT STILL CAPPED AT 60 CALENDAR DAYS PER YEAR.

UM, AND THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES, UM, AROUND US, UM, WHERE IT GIVES THEM THE FLEXIBILITY THAT THEY CAN HAVE IT FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.

UM, BUT THEY CAN DIVIDE THAT UP IN 15 DAY PERIODS EVERY QUARTER.

THEY CAN DO IT TWICE A YEAR.

THEY CAN, UM, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER, UH, THEY NEED TO DISTRIBUTE THEIR MESSAGE.

SO THE REGULATIONS ARE BEFORE YOU ALL, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A RECOMMENDATION, UM, FROM YOU, UM, DISCUSSION, UM, ON THESE PROPOSED, UM, ITEMS. UM, YOUR INPUT ON, UH, THE SIGN TYPES AND, UM, THOSE PROVISIONS THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, PRESENTED.

UM, AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO TAKE THIS, UH, WORK WITH LEGAL ON DRAFTING AN ORDINANCE, UM, AND THEN TAKING THIS, UH, TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.

SO THAT IS WHAT I HAVE TONIGHT.

I'M PICTURING MYSELF WITH A TAPE MEASURE TRYING TO GET THE BLOW UP THING THE SIZE, MAKE SURE IT'S NOT BEYOND 10 FEET, YOU KNOW, HOW IT GOES UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN.

THE MOVING I DID HAVE A GO AHEAD.

I'VE TALKED WAY TOO MUCH.

GO AHEAD.

HAD A COUPLE QUESTIONS.

UM, NEW BUSINESSES THAT OPEN, IS THERE A THOUGHT ABOUT AN EXCEPTION FOR SOMEBODY THAT'S JUST OPEN FOR BUSINESS TO ALLOW THEM TO PUT UP A SIGN FOR LONGER THAN WHAT'S LISTED HERE? SO, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THIS KIND OF ORIGINATED WAS, UH, TRYING TO, UH, PROVIDE THAT FLEXIBILITY, PARTICULARLY FOR NEWER BUSINESSES.

UM, WHERE OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, IS THE REALITY OF WHAT WE DEAL WITH IS MOST ALL BUSINESSES ARE GONNA TRY TO GET THAT CARVE OUT IN ONE, IN ONE WAY, YOU KNOW, SHAPE OR FORM.

SO WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, IS TO LOOK AT IT KIND OF HOLISTICALLY.

THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR NEW BUSINESSES.

UM, BUT THEN THOSE THAT MAY NOT BE NEW, THEY MAY BE HAVING A 20 YEAR, YOU KNOW, MM-HMM.

, UM, YOU KNOW, REINTRODUCING, YOU KNOW, INTRODUCTION INTO THE COMMUNITY.

THEY'RE NOT GOING THROUGH HOOPS AND HURDLES TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, APPLY THE SAME REGULATIONS.

ARE, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR INDIVIDUAL OPINION ON WHAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE OR ARE YOU WAITING FOR THE VOTE? COLLECTIVE .

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR JENNIFER? DIDN'T MEAN TO STEAL YOU QUESTION.

SO, UH, AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING, WE HAD NOBODY SIGN UP FOR THIS.

WE DO HAVE SOMEBODY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.

CAN YOU PICK YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? .

MY NAME IS ANTHONY MARLIS.

I LIVE IN MISSOURI, CITY OF 31 15 PE COTTONWOOD DRIVE IN, UH, THE FIRST CULINARY AREA.

AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR, UH, PATIENCE EARLIER THIS EVENING.

UM, AS WAS STATED, AND AS YOU MENTIONED GUY, A LOT OF NEW BUSINESSES COME AND THEY LOOK FOR ATTENTION.

UH, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THERE WAS A LIQUOR STORE THAT OPENED UP AND HE WAS STRUGGLING.

HE PUT OUT SIGNS AND HIS BUSINESS GREW BY 20%.

AND HE GOES, I NEED THIS VISIBILITY AND I, CAN I GET MY SIGNS UP? AND OF COURSE, WE SAID, NO.

MOST RECENTLY, A, UH, NEW RESTAURANT, WHICH YOU GUYS MAY KNOW, OLIVER'S GOURMET.

HE'S TRIED TO SWITCH IT UP A LITTLE BIT AND GO WITH BREAKFAST.

HE SAYS, ANTHONY, HOW DO I LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT I NOW HAVE BREAKFAST? SO THAT'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF, UH, A BURGER SHOP THAT YOU GUYS PROBABLY APPROVED, UM, THAT ONLY CAN SIT, UH, BEHIND A LOT OF TREES IN RIVERSTONE OR ON HIGHWAY SIX BY RIVERSTONE THAT ONLY HAS A SMALL BANNER AND NO ONE KNOWS THAT, OH, MY BURGER IS NOW OPEN.

SO WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR IS SOME WAY TO BE ABLE TO BRING ATTENTION TO NEW BUSINESSES, TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO LEAST BRING IN THE CROWD.

UH, THEY'RE AT THAT HONEYMOON TIME, RIGHT.

AND ALTHOUGH I'M MAYBE NOT A BIG FAN OF ALL THAT STUFF, I THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A HAPPY MEDIAN.

I THINK OUR BUSINESSES DO NEED SOME SORT OF SIGNAGE TO PROMOTE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE NEW.

IS THAT GOOD? JENNIFER ? THANK YOU GUYS.

A LITTLE MORE TIME? ANOTHER COUPLE OF EXAMPLES GIVEN LIKE, LIKE OLIVER STARTED TO SERVE BREAKFAST, NOT REALLY, NOT A NEW BUSINESS YEAH.

SO, SO YOU'RE THINKING THAT THE PERIOD IS TOO SHORT FOR A NEW BUSINESS, FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE THAT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR QUESTION.

THAT WAS YEAH.

KIND OF A, A QUESTION OF, OF SHOULD NEW BUSINESSES BE GIVEN

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BUT A NEW APPLICATION.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE STRUGGLE OF TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.

IT JUST, YOU, YOU ANSWERED THE QUESTIONS.

UM, SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE ABOVE THE HEARING.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND THAT WE HAVE A SECOND.

THAT PROBABLY SHOULD CARRY, I LOVE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE SHOWING FLEXIBILITY AND UH, I JUST DON'T WANT US AS A CITY TO BE CONSTANTLY SAYING NO TO ENTREPRENEURS.

NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.

NO, YOU HAVE TO DO IT OUR WAY.

'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S TOUGH.

IT'S TOUGH RIGHT NOW FOR EVERYBODY.

SO I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE SAYING YES, SHOWING FLEXIBILITY.

'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE FEELING ABOUT SOME OF THESE SIGNS.

I'VE HEARD YOU TALK ABOUT IT, SO I APPRECIATE.

WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO.

CONSIDER , CONSIDER POSSIBLE ACTION.

THESE THREE MINUTES AREN'T UP.

I'M SO GLAD YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR GAVEL .

THEY WON'T LET ME.

I'LL, I'LL MOVE THAT.

WE SEND THIS TO CITY COUNCIL WITH A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION.

I NEED TO MAKE THE MOTION WHILE I DO THAT.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

GO AHEAD AND VOTE PLEASE.