* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [1. CALL TO ORDER] [00:04:03] A, UH, REPORT? ANY THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE REPORT? SEEING NONE. STAFF REPORTS DIRECTOR. I DID NOT HAVE A REPORT TONIGHT. . THANK YOU. HOW ABOUT ENGINEERING? [b. Engineering] GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. GOOD EVENING. IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. UH, SORRY I MISSED YOU ALL. LAST MONTH I WAS AT A WONDERFUL CONFERENCE LEARNING ABOUT OUR STATE'S WATER CAPABILITIES AND SOME GOT SOME COOL IDEAS THAT I CAN HOPEFULLY BRING INTO THE CITY. UM, JUST AS A VERY BRIEF REPORT, UM, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING AN INCREASING AMOUNT OF ZONING CASES WITHIN, UH, THE CITY. AND DUE TO PREVIOUS, UH, LAW CHANGES AT THE STATE LEVEL, UM, HISTORICALLY, WE HAD ASKED FOR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, TIAS AT THE PLATTING STAGE. THAT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US. DUE TO THOSE LAW CHANGES, WE HAD MOVED THAT OVER TO THE PLAN REVIEW STAGE AS MANY CITIES HAD. [00:05:01] UM, HOWEVER, GIVEN THE SENSITIVITY OF ZONING, UH, CASES AND THE RISE WITHIN OUR CITY, UH, WE ARE WORKING ON A PROCESS TO MOVE ZONING RELATED TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO THE ZONING APPLICATION PROCESS AND MAKE IT PART OF THE ENGINEERING REVIEW. SO YOU'LL START SEEING THOSE MORE COMING THROUGH, UH, STARTING WITH NEXT MONTH'S COMMISSION MEETING. JUST WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THAT CHANGE. THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANYTHING THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT. LIMITING IT TO THREE MINUTES, AND IT'S FOR TOPICS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA. ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK? WE HAVE NOT, NOT HAD ANYBODY SIGN UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS. THANK YOU MUCH. OKAY. MOVING [a. CONSENT AGENDA] ON TO THE PLATS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT ON CENTER POINT SUBSTATION NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION ON THE FINAL PLAT OF MCDONALD'S AT SIENNA RANCH. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT OF MEADOWVIEW ESTATES. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF FINAL PLAT OF MINT FOUR, CONSIDERATION OF AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 69 B. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA OAKS, AND THEN THE CENTER PHASE ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF SIENNA SECTION 62 AMENDING PLOT NUMBER ONE OR PLAT NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER AN APP, I'M SORRY. OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? SECOND, CAST YOUR VOTE. OKAY, THAT MOVES FORWARD, THEN [b. SIENNA] B. OKAY. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF REVISED CONCEPTUAL PLAN. SIENNA THREE F. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO FOR SIENNA THREE F, THE REVISION IS TO INCLUDE A NEW NAME FOR THE FUTURE COLLECTOR. UM, THE NEW NAME WILL BE PARK CROSSING DRIVE, AND ALSO THE REVISION IS TO EXTEND PARK CROSSING DRIVE FURTHER NORTH. AND SO THE FOLLOWING ITEM IS THE PRELIMINARY PLA FOR PARK CROSSING DRIVE MOTION. THERE YOU GO. YOU GOT IT. CAST YOUR VOTE. YOU GOOD? NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF PRELIMINARY PLAT OF PARK CROSSING DRIVE STREET, DEDICATION. THAT WAS PART OF THE PREVIOUS CONCEPT PLAN THAT YOU JUST APPROVED, SO YOU HAD TO BE SEPARATED OUT. SO WE'RE ALL GOOD? YEP. AND NUMBER THREE IS THE SAME. SO NUMBER THREE IS ACTUALLY A CONCEPT PLAN FOR SIENNA FOUR D. THAT'S A BRAND NEW CONCEPT PLAN THAT WE'RE SEEING IN SIENNA. IT'S, UH, THE ADDITION OF FOUR NEW SECTIONS OVER 52 ACRES, AND WE'LL ADD 229 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. AND WE SHOULD CONSIDER THAT. YEAH, THIS IS JUST FOR DISTRICT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. SORRY. GOTTA GET BACK TO THE PAGE. I'M GETTING THERE. [00:10:09] SAY THAT AGAIN. OH, NOW YOU'RE WAITING ON YOUR VOTES. THANK YOU. SORRY. SO IT'S, THAT'S JUST ME. I HAD TO JUST YEAH, JUST READ THAT. OKAY. SORRY. WELL, IT'S, IT KEEPS ON GOING. LET'S LET HER READ THIS FIRST. YEAH, I'LL JUST READ IT OFF THE PAPER. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A CONCEPTUAL PLAN OF SIENNA FOUR D. THANK YOU. CAN I GET A MOTION? YEAH. I PROVIDED THE INFORMATION JUST A SECOND AGO. THIS IS A BRAND NEW CONCEPT PLAN. IT HAS THE FOUR NEW SECTIONS, SECTION 81, 82, 83, AND 84. IT'S 52 ACRES AND IT'LL PROVIDE 229 RESIDENTIAL LOTS. SO NOW WE'RE OKAY. THE NEXT ONE, READ THIS PART HERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT FOLKS, NEXT ON THE AGENDA [a. ST. MARY'S KNANAYA CATHOLIC CHURCH - SUP] IS, UM, A ST. MARY'S CAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, SUP. THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING THIS EVENING. WE'D LIKE EVERYONE THAT HAS SIGNED UP. UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD? I APOLOGIZE. UM, IF I MAY, AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, RECOMMEND THAT THE BODY GO INTO A CLOSED SESSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 5 51 0.07, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO RECEIVE, UH, ADVICE FROM, UH, THE CITY'S ATTORNEY. THANK YOU. I HAVE A MOTION OR ANYTHING. IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, THEN YOU ALL CAN GO BACK. IF THERE'S AN OBJECTION, YOU CAN TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND AND CONDUCT A VOTE. WE'RE GONNA NOW, UH, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING BACK UP. WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, SPEAKERS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP PRIOR TO OUR MEETING. WE'D LIKE FOR THE SPEAKERS TO LIMIT, UH, THEIR COMMENTS TO THREE MINUTES. WE'LL KEEP IT TIMED. AND IF YOU COULD, IF YOU FIND THAT ONE OF THE SPEAKERS SAID SOMETHING THAT YOU WERE GOING TO INCLUDE IN YOUR REMARKS, PLEASE DON'T REPEAT, UH, WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN SAID, JUST SO WE CAN KEEP THE MEETING, UH, FLUID AND MOVING ALONG AT A GOOD PACE. AND IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS WHEN YOU FIRST COME UP AND SPEAK. YOU WANT A PRESENTATION BEFORE OR DO YOU WANNA WELL, WE WERE GONNA START, UM, AND THEN OKAY, LET'S DO THAT. OKAY. SO WE HAVE, UH, FATHER ABRAHAM JACOB HERE TO SPEAK. YES. MY NAME IS, UH, FATHER ABRAHAM JACOB. I LIVE AT 2303 BRETT COURT, MR. CITY. I'M THE PASTOR OF THIS, UH, ST. MARY CATHOLIC PARISH. SO 13 YEARS BACK WE BOUGHT A BAPTIST CHURCH BUILDING AND, UH, UH, WE USED RA A CHURCH, BUT NOW WE PLAN TO RELOCATE THAT TO THIS, UH, 5,002, UH, NF PARKWAY. SO, UH, BECAUSE WE NEED TO MODIFY OUR SANCTUARY ACCORDING TO OUR LITURGICAL TRADITION, AND ALSO WE WOULD LIKE TO IMPROVE A BETTER CLASSROOMS FOR OUR CHILDREN. UH, FOR THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AT PRESENT, WE HAVE ONLY 4.5 ACRES OF LAND. SO THE PRESENT ONE, UH, IS, UH, ALMOST EVEN AND A HALF ACRES. AND MAJORITY OF OUR RESIDENTS ARE AT, UH, SIENNA, UH, CLOSE TO THE CHURCH. AND, UH, UH, NORMALLY WE HAVE ONLY 300 TO 500 PEOPLE COMING AT OUR SERVICE ONE TIME, UH, ON SUNDAYS. [00:15:01] AND, UH, UH, WE HAVE MULTIPLE SERVICES TO ACCOMMODATE OUR PEOPLE AND ALSO, WELL, HALF OF THE PEOPLE GO TO NEARBY OTHER PARISHES BECAUSE THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CAN HAVE, PEOPLE CAN ATTEND DIFFERENT, UH, PLACES. AND OUR SERVICES ARE ALWAYS INSIDE THE CHURCH. SO AT PRESENT, UH, IN FIVE, UH, 6,400 FUQUA STREET, WE NEVER GET ANY COMPLAINT FROM MANY NEIGHBORS. THOUGH, UM, CLOSE TO THE FENCE, THERE ARE SO MANY, UH, FAMILIES LIVING. AND SO, UH, WE CAN ASSURE THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY DISTURBANCE TO THE NEIGHBORS. AND, UH, UH, OF COURSE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME NEGATIVE PROPAGANDA AND BECAUSE OF THAT, PEOPLE HAVE SOME MISUNDERSTANDING AND, UH, I CAN CLARIFY ANYTHING YOU WANT. AND, UH, WE ARE FROM KERALA IN INDIA, WHICH IS A MONSOON CLIMATE WITH THE TREES AND PLANTS AND LAKES AND RIVERS. SO WE LOVE THE NATURE AND THIS PROPERTY IS SOMETHING THAT WE LIKE BECAUSE OF THE TREES AND PLANTS AND LAKE. AND SO WE WILL KEEP, UH, THE, UH, NATURE, UM, PRESERVE THE TREES AS MUCH AS WE CAN, AND, UH, UH, WE WILL KEEP IT THE CLEAN. WE NEVER MISS USE THE LAKE AND, UH, UM, WE WILL CUT ONLY THE TREES THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, OR ONLY FOR THE MINIMUM. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE JOSEPH MILLETT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOSEPH MILL, UM, 2 6 1 6 SOUTH LOOP WEST, UH, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 5 4. SO I'M A DESIGN BUILD GENERAL CONTRACTOR. UM, I HAVE DONE A FEW CHURCHES OVER THE LAST SEVERAL, LIKE FOUR YEARS, FIVE YEARS PERIOD OF TIME, ALL OF THEM KIND OF A DIFFERENT NATURE, EVERYTHING LIKE GROUND UP. WE HAD TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING. UH, ONE OF THEM OUT OF THE THREE I BUILT WAS IN A FLOOD ZONE. WE ALSO HAD THE, THE POLLUTION ISSUE. UH, SO MY, UH, MY SAY IN THIS DEALIES, LIKE IF EVERYTHING IS DESIGNED PROPERLY AND YOU KNOW, COMPLIED WITH THE CITY ORDINANCES AND REGULATIONS, I, I DO NOT SEE ANY, ANY MAJOR ISSUES, UH, TO FULFILL THEIR AMBITIONS. AND I JUST REPRESENT THIS CHURCH AS, I MEAN, I WOULD SORT, I DON'T BELONG TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT, UH, I'M ON ON BOARD AS A CONSULTANT. SO, UM, AS I SAID, I HAVE DONE SEVERAL PROJECTS OF SAME SIZE AND MAGNITUDE AND RIGHT NOW I'M DOING AN APARTMENT AND THE THREE SUBDIVISIONS, THEY'RE ALL IN DEVELOPMENT. UH, I UNDERSTAND A COUPLE OF ISSUES THEY HAD WAS HOW THE DISCHARGE, THE DRAINAGE WILL BE ADDRESSED, HOW THE TRAFFIC, YOU KNOW, IMPACT WOULD BE ADDRESSED. SO ALL THIS CAN BE DONE WITH THE INVOLVEMENT OF THE PROPER LICENSE ENGINEERS ON BOARD DURING THE DESIGN PHASE WITHOUT CAUSING ANY THREAT TO THE ENVIRONMENT OR TO THE PEOPLE AROUND. SO I STRONGLY SUPPORT AND, UH, ENDORSE THIS MOVE OF THE SUP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SO, UH, WE SENT YOU GUYS ALL OF THE SUPPORT AND PROTEST LETTERS THAT WE RECEIVED PRIOR TO THE START OF THIS MEETING, BUT SINCE THE MEETING HAS COMMENCED, I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED 14 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT LETTERS AND WE HAVE RECEIVED SIX PROTEST LETTERS. AND I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND READ THE COMMENTS THAT WERE ON THE PROTEST LETTERS. UH, THERE WERE THREE WITH COMMENTS. TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON SIENNA PARKWAY TAKES PROPERTY OFF OF THE TAX ROLL AND THE CURRENT CHURCH LOCATION IS OFF OF BELTWAY EIGHT WITH EASY ACCESS TO THE CAMPUS. THE NEXT ONE SAYS CONGESTED TRAFFIC ON SIENNA PARKWAY AT WATERBROOK WEST SUBDIVISION. AND THE LAST ONE WITH COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED THIS EVENING SAYS THERE IS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON SIENNA PARKWAY ALREADY. WE HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME ENTERING THE PARKWAY. THIS FACILITY WILL BE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO OUR ONLY ENTRANCE. AND IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE AFTER THE MEETING, I WILL HAVE THEM HERE FOR YOU. OKAY, SO MOVING ON, THE NEXT APPLICANTS, I'M GONNA CALL A FEW NAMES AT A TIME SO YOU GUYS CAN FORM A LINE UP AT THE PODIUM JUST SO WE CAN MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. SO I HAVE JOLLY ABRAHAM, ANTON, MILEY, AND JEROME. ARI KARI [00:20:01] KADU, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, SIR, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT THIS IS AN OPEN, UH, PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT SECTION OF OUR, TO ADDRESS THE PLAN ZONING COMMISSION SO IT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP PREVIOUS. GO AHEAD, SIR. UM, MY NAME IS JOLIE HAM. UM, I'M CNA AROUND 10 YEARS. UM, UM, I AM ALUM REGISTERED NURSE. I'M WORKING IN MEMORIAL HERMANN, UM, AROUND 11 YEARS. UM, I'M SUPPORTING IN THIS, UM, UM, PROPOSAL BECAUSE, UM, I'M THINKING IT IS NOT AFFECTING ANY TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE ARE DOING ONLY SUNDAY MASSES. MAINLY THAT IS, UM, SUNDAY IS NOT RUSH HOUR AND IS SEVEN 30 AND NINE 30 MASS. I DON'T THINK IT'S AFFECTING ANY TRAFFIC ISSUES AND FOR ME IT IS, UH, TOO CLOSE TO THIS, UM, UH, PROPERTY SO I CAN GO EASILY AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, I'M SUPPORTING THIS THING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANTON MEEL. I'M 23 YEARS OLD AND I'M A RESIDENT AT 10 MANIA TOWER COURT, UH, IN MISSOURI CITY SLASH SIENNA. UH, SO I'VE LIVED IN SIENNA SLASH MISSOURI CITY FOR THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE. UH, I GRADUATED FROM RICH POINT HIGH SCHOOL. I STAYED IN HOUSTON FOR COLLEGE, AND BEING A PART OF THE MISSOURI CITY SIENNA COMMUNITY AND BEING AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THAT HAS BEEN SUCH AN AWESOME PRIVILEGE, AND I BELIEVE THAT ADDING A CHURCH TO THAT COMMUNITY IS ONLY GONNA BRING ABOUT POSITIVE EFFECTS. CHURCH COMMUNITIES ARE VERY CONSIDERATE, VERY SUPPORTIVE, AND VERY UPLIFTING AND HA UH, HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHIN OUR SIENNA COMMUNITY CAN BE SIENNA, MISSOURI CITY COMMUNITY, WHERE WE HAVE A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT ARE WILLING TO GIVE BACK AND SUPPORT CAN BE AWESOME. AS WELL AS, UH, BEING A RESIDENT OF SIENNA AND HAVING A LOT OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS THAT ARE PART OF SIENNA. UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A TRAFFIC ISSUE SIMPLY BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ALREADY LIVE IN THE AREA AND ARE THE PEOPLE THAT YOU SEE DRIVING IN AND OUT EVERY SINGLE DAY. UM, AS SUCH, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I FULLY SUPPORT ESTABLISHING THE ST. MARY'S CHURCH AND THE REZONING OF THE SITE TO A RELIGIOUS, UH, PROPERTY, AND I HOPE YOU CAN AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE CECIL KO, JAMES, MATTHEW, PHILLIP, STEVE STEFFAN, STEVEN GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS CECIL CHAGA. I AM A NATIVE HOUSTONIAN AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY AT 3 0 1 8 MATTHEW AARON COURT IN MISSOURI CITY SINCE 2021. PROFESSIONALLY, I'M A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT OVER AT MD ANDERSON AND WHILE FULFILLING MY ROLE AS A PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT, I'M ALSO AN ACTIVE PARISHIONER AND YOUTH LEADER OVER AT ST. MARY'S KINNA CATHOLIC CHURCH, CURRENTLY LOCATED AT 6,400 WEST FUQUA IN MISSOURI CITY. I COME BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH A HUMBLE PLEA. WE ASK THAT YOU GRANT THE APPROVAL FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FACILITATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF OUR PARISH AT THE PREMISES, LOCATED AT 5 0 0 2 SIENNA PARKWAY. THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS LOCATION CAN'T BE OVERSTATED AS IT SERVES AS AN IDEAL NEXUS FOR OUR PARISHIONERS WITH AN ESTIMATED 70 TO 80% OF OUR PARISHIONERS LIVING WITHIN A FIVE TO 10 MILE RADIUS OF THIS PROPERTY. LIKEWISE, IT'S PERTINENT TO NOTE THAT MORE THAN 40% OF OUR PARISHIONERS ARE CURRENTLY RESIDENTS OF SIENNA AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. SO THIS PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT SHOULD NOT AND WOULD NOT PRECIPITATE A SURGE IN TRAFFIC, BUT IT CATERS TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITY WITHIN SIENNA. OUR CONGREGATION, UH, JUST TO GIVE A BACKGROUND, IS ROOTED IN THE IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE WITH INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LABORED DILIGENTLY TO FORGE A BETTER FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES, THEIR FAMILIES, AND THEIR COMMUNITIES. IT'S IMPERATIVE UPON THE YOUTH OF TODAY, INCLUDING MYSELF AND MY FELLOW COLLEAGUES, TO UPHOLD AND PERPETUATE THE FAITH AND TRADITIONS INSTILLED BY OUR FOREFATHERS. BY SITUATING A CHURCH WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS, WE NOT ONLY NURTURE THE SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF THE YOUTH, BUT ALSO FOSTER A SENSE OF BELONGING AND ENCOURAGE THE CONTINUED RESIDENTS OF THE YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES WITHIN MISSOURI CITY ALL THE WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY'S GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. IN ADDITION, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU THAT WE WILL DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PRESERVE THE MAGNIFICENT AND BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 5 0 0 2 SIENNA PARKWAY, AND WE WILL WORK WITH OUR NEIGHBORS TO MAINTAIN ITS QUAINTNESS. I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THIS TIME TO EACH OF ONE OF YOU AND [00:25:01] I'VE FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION IN PASSING THIS SUP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS I CHEN. I'M, MY ADDRESS IS 1606 SOUTH WORLD RIVER CIRCLE, MISSOURI CITY. I'M PROFESSIONALLY A SOCIAL WORKER WORKING AT THE HIGH RISK CENTER FOR MENTAL HEALTH AND IDD LAST 24 YEARS. I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTING FOR THIS ZONE, CHANGING FOR THE RELIGIOUS ZONE DUE TO MY FAMILY AND ME HAVE THE CONVENIENCE FOR GOING EVERYDAY MASS FOR OUR RETURN LIFE. THIS IS MORE CONVENIENT AND I'M STRONGLY SUPPORTING FOR THIS PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JAMES MATTHEW. I'M A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT. I'M LIVING IN SIENNA AT 15 BEAR GROVE DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY. UH, I WORK AS A REGISTERED NURSE FOR THE HIGHEST HEALTH SYSTEM. UH, I'M THE FATHER OF FOUR LITTLE KIDS AND A MEMBER OF THE ST. MARYS CATHOLIC CHURCH. ME AND MY FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO EXTEND OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED TO AYA CATHOLIC CHURCH IN SIENNA PARKWAY AS IT IS VERY CLOSE TO OUR HOUSE, AND IT WILL HELP US IN THE CATHOLIC FAITH FORMATION OF OUR KIDS. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THE CITY TO CONSIDER THE RESIGNING APPLICATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING TO ALL. MY NAME IS PHILIP STEPHEN, RESIDING AT 6 0 1 4 9 MILE LANE SIENNA. I AM A CERTIFIED SURGICAL ASSISTANT WORKING IN ST. LUKE MEDICAL CENTER. ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN LIVING IN SIENNA FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. OUR HOUSE AND MOST OF OUR PARISHIONERS HOUSE ARE LOCATED, UH, VERY NEAR TO THIS PROPOSED LAND. IT'LL BE A GREAT BLESSING FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR YOUNG GENERATION TO HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHURCH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OUR SUNDAY MEMBERSHIP. WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. I REQUEST YOUR GOOD OFFICE TO HELP US TO MAKE OUR COMMUNITY COMMUNITY'S DREAM INTO A REALITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A JOE AL? GOOD EVENING TO ALL. MY NAME IS JOE AL. TEN THREE THREE ONE. CAPE HYDRAS, MISSOURI CITY. I'M A, UH, RESIDENT FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS. CHURCH IS A PLACE OF WORSHIP THAT BRINGS HARMONY AND PEACE TO THE MEMBERS COMMUNITY AND TO THE WHOLE WORLD. A HUMBLER REQUEST THAT THE COMMISSION TAKES CONSIDERATION TO GRANT S FOR THE PROPERTY. LOCATED AT 502 SIENNA PARKWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SHIRLEY STANLEY, MATTHEW, UH, SHIRLEY. STAN, MATTHEW. OKAY, WE HAVE ALAMA FRANCIS. GOOD EVENING GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS LIAMA FRANCIS. I'M A RETIRED NURSE PRACTITIONER. I PRACTICED FOR 40 YEARS. I LIVE IN CENA FOR LAST 23 YEARS. I ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M A MEMBER OF, UM, LANAYA PARISH SINCE IT IS ESTABLISHED SINCE 1995. UM, IT IS WILL BE VERY, UM, AWESOME TO HAVE OUR CHURCH MOVE TO SIENNA. SO, UM, ME AND, UH, OTHER PEOPLE CAN GATHER TOGETHER AND, UM, PRAY TOGETHER, AND ESPECIALLY IN MY RETIREMENT LIFE, I SPEND MORE TIME IN ADDRESS IN CHURCH CHURCHES, UH, NEIGHBORING CHURCHES. AND, UM, OUR HOPE AND PLAN IS TO HAVE AN AGGRESSION CHAPEL THERE SO THEY RETIRED. PEOPLE CAN GET [00:30:01] TOGETHER AND, UH, DO THE ADDRESSING. PRAY FOR THE WORLD, PRAY FOR THE PEACE OF THE COMMUNITY, AND ESPECIALLY PRAY FOR OUR COUNTRY. PRAY FOR THE, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY. THAT'S WHAT INTERSOURCE PRAYER WE DO. SO, UM, I'M REQUESTING AND HOPING THAT THIS, UM, SUP WILL BE APPROVED. SO MY CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN, UM, I HAVE SIX GRANDCHILDREN WHO ARE ALSO IN SIENNA. UM, SO THEY, WE ALL CAN COME TOGETHER IN ONE PLACE AND WORSHIP AND PRAISE GOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JOHN THOMAS. WE'RE GONNA CALL. GOOD EVENING. HELLO. HELLO EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JOHN THOMAS. I AM A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT LIVING IN, UM, 3 5 3 9 PEBBLE BAY LANE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. I WORK IN HEALTHCARE IT. I ALSO VOLUNTEER AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CATECHISM AT ST. MARY'S CANNA CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MISSOURI CITY. IT IS VERY MUCH TRUE THAT WE NEED TO IMPROVE OUR FACILITY. OUR CHILDREN, YOUTH AND PARENTS DESERVE A BETTER CHURCH AND BETTER CHURCH ENVIRONMENT. MOST OF OUR PARISHIONERS RESIDING IN THE SIENNA PLANTATION AREA AND THEY GO TO THE LATIN CHURCHES. WHEN THERE IS NO SUNDAY SCHOOL, MOST OF THE YOUTH, ONCE THEY GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ARE HESITANT TO COME BACK, COME BACK TO OUR CHURCH BECAUSE OF, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THE ENVIRONMENT. UM, AND THE LATIN CHURCHES ARE FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM THEIR HOUSE. SO BETTER CHURCH AND BETTER CHURCH ENVIRONMENT, UM, IS CRUCIAL FOR OUR YOUTH AND CHILDREN. SINCE MAJORITY OF THE FAMILIES ARE LIVING NEARBY THE PROPERTY, I SUPPORT GRANTING THE, UH, RELIGIOUS ZONING TO 5,002 SIENNA PARKWAY PROPERTY. I'M SURE THAT OUR CHURCH AUTHORITIES WILL WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEIR PLEASANT LIVING CONDITION IS NOT COMPROMISED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. JACOB LOUIS, MY NAME IS JACOB LOUIS. I LIVE IN, UH, 4 0 0 7 ALL SETTLEMENT COURT, MISSOURI CITY. UM, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU, THOMAS. UM, AT 4 0 1 7 GARLAND COURT, MAYBE THE LAST NAME IS NOT REALLY LEGIBLE. UH, AFTER THAT I HAVE ABIN ABRAHAM AND ANI DU ON VAN GOGH LANE. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS AIDEN ABRAHAM. I LIVE IN 2 4 1 0 LIBERTY RIDGEWAY, MISSOURI CITY, AND I'M A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER. I HAVE PROUDLY CALLED MISSOURI CITY HOME FOR THE PAST TWO DECADES. TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU TO EXPRESS MY WHOLEHEARTED ENDORSEMENT FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT REGARDING ST. MARY'S CANNA CATHOLIC CHURCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AT 5,000 TO IN THE PARKWAY, AS BOTH A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY AND A DEVOTED MEMBER OF ST. MARY'S CANNA CATHOLIC CHURCH, I HAVE WITNESSED THE INVALUABLE ROLE OUR CHURCH PLAYS IN OUR COMMUNITY. HOWEVER, OUR CURRENT FACILITIES FACE CHALLENGES IN ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATING OUR PARISHIONERS, PARTICULARLY DURING SUNDAY SERVICES AND RELIGIOUS EVENTS. ADDITIONALLY, THERE IS A PRESSING NEED FOR EXPANDED SPACE TO SUPPORT THE RELIGIOUS EDUCATION FOR OUR CHILDREN. IT IS CLEAR THAT WE REQUIRE MORE SPACIOUS AND SUITABLE VENUE TO MEET THE DIVERSE NEEDS OF OUR PARISHES. THE PROPOSED SITE AT 5,002 SENA PARKWAY, AND WE'RE JUST AS THE IDEAL CHOICE STRATEGICALLY POSITIONED TO SERVE AS A CENTRALIZED HUB FOR OUR COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF OUR PARISH RESIDING WITHIN SIENNA. FURTHERMORE, THE PROXIMITY TO NUMEROUS LOCAL BUSINESSES SURROUNDING 5,002 SENA PARKWAY PRESENTS A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR PARISHIONERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE GROWTH OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY ECONOMY. THIS [00:35:01] SYMBIOTIC RELATIONSHIP PROVINCES MUTUAL PROSPERITY FOR BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND THE CITY THROUGH INCREASED COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. AS A DEV DEVOTE PARISHIONER OF THE CA CATHOLIC FAITH, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A FUTURE CHURCH AT 5,002 CENA PARKWAY WILL NOT ONLY BRING BLESSING TO OUR IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS, BUT ALSO SERVE AS A CATALYST FOR ECONOMIC. THEREFORE, I EXTEND MY SINCERE APPRECIATION TO YOU FOR YOUR CONSCIENTIOUS DELIBERATION AND RESPECTFULLY URGE THIS ASSEMBLY TO GRANT APPROVAL FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR OUR CHURCH WITHOUT DELAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UN UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. SERINA PHILLIPS, COME STATE YOUR NAME, MA'AM AND SERENA PHILLIPS. IF YOU'RE IN THE HOUSE, PLEASE LINE UP BEHIND HER. MY NAME IS ANNIE RICARD. I AM A RESIDENT OF, UH, SIENNA. FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS, I WORK AS A, A REGISTERED NURSE IN, UH, ST. LUKE'S. UM, I REALLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT BECAUSE MOST OF OUR PARISHIONERS LIVE AROUND THIS, UH, PROPERTY. UM, WHEN, UH, WE CALCULATED, OR ALMOST LIKE A 60 TO 70% OF PARISHIONERS CAN GO TO THIS FACILITY, IF WE ERECT A CHURCH THERE AND, UH, MAYBE LESS THAN 10 MINUTES OF A TRAVELING TIME TO THE CHURCH. WE LIKE TO ADORE THE GOD FOR A PEACE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE. WE ARE, WE ARE VERY MUCH CONS, CONSERVATIVE AND NATURE LOVING PEOPLE. WE HAIL FROM A PLACE CALLED KERALA, WHICH IS LLY GREEN AND, UH, ALMOST SAME NATURALLY. BEAUTIFUL. AND WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF, UH, CHURCHES IN KERALA. SO THE, THE CHURCH WE ARE GOING TO MAKE, IT MAY BE MOST LIKELY A TRADITIONAL CHURCH, WHICH, UH, GRADUALLY GOING TO IMPROVE THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE BEAUTY OF SIENNA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SERENA PHILLIP, RESIDING IN 6 0 1 4 9 MILE LANE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS IN SNA. I'M CURRENTLY A PRE-NURSING STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. I'VE DONE ALL MY PRIMARY EDUCATION IN SNA THROUGH SCHIFF ELEMENTARY, BAYES MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND GRADUATED FROM RIDGE POINT HIGH SCHOOL. I'M ALSO AN ACTIVE MEMBER AND TEACHER OF OUR CATECHISM AT ST. MARY'S KANIA CATHOLIC CHURCH. I WHOLEHEARTEDLY BELIEVE BUILDING THIS CHURCH WILL ONLY BRING UNITY AND PROSPERITY TO OUR COMMUNITY. UM, IT'LL ALSO ALLOW FOR ADVANCED FAITH FORMATION FOR OUR YOUNGER GENERATIONS. MY FAMILY AND I COMPLETELY SUPPORT THIS REZONING AND I HOPE THE RESPECTED COUNCIL MEMBERS WILL HELP US SECURE THIS LAND AND MAKE THIS PROJECT COME TRUE. THANK YOU. OKAY, I AM GONNA CALL A FEW NAMES AND I'D LIKE YOU GUYS TO LINE UP IF I CALL YOUR NAME JOES SIMON KASIAH. GEORGE ANSON JOES KASIAH. GEORGE ANSON JOE'S. OKAY, GO AHEAD SIR. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOSE SIMON. I'M A RESIDENT OF RIVERSTONE. I'M THE MEMBER OF THE ST. CATHOLIC CHURCH SINCE 15 YEARS AND I'M ALSO PRIVILEGED TO BE THE CHOIR LEADER OF THIS CHURCH. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THE ZONING REZONING FOR THIS CHURCH SINCE THE MAJORITY OF OUR PARISH NATIONS LIVE IN THE SIENNA AND RIVER ZONE SUBDIVISION OF THIS AREA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, GOOD EVENING Y'ALL. MY NAME IS KASIA GEORGE. I AM 31 YEARS OLD NURSING STUDENT AT UTMB GALVESTON AND A RESIDENT OF, UH, 1415 CRESCENT OAK DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY. I'M ALSO A CATECHISM TEACHER AT ST. MARY'S CLAN CATHOLIC CHURCH. I SUPPORT THE PROPOSAL OF BUILDING A NEW CHURCH AT THE SIENNA COMMUNITY. HAVING MY CHURCH NEARBY IS MORE CONVENIENT AND EASILY ACCESSIBLE, WHICH CAN HELP ME AND MY FAMILY TO ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN CHURCH ACTIVITIES. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANSON JOS AND I, AND I'M FOR THIS PROJECT. I LIVE AT, UM, 6 3 1 8 FIDDLERS GREEN DRIVE AND I HAVE BEEN A [00:40:01] RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY FOR THE PAST 11, ALMOST 12 YEARS AT THIS POINT. AND OUT A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY, I AM PROUD. I CAN PROUDLY SAY OUR COMMUNITY CREATES PILLARS OF SOCIETY FROM FACTORY WORKERS TO RESPECT ITS DIVISION. MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY DO IT ALL AND WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE OF WORSHIP NEAR OUR HOMES. THANK YOU. BINA. MATTHEW BINA. MATTHEW, ANITA, PO. JIMMY. JJO HE'S UP HERE. I THINK JIMMY. JO IS THAT YOU SIR? JACOB. JACOB, THANK YOU. AND STEVE, PHILIP. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD MA'AM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BINA MATTHEW. I AM RESIDING AT 4 0 1 1 MEDIC CODE. MISS CITY, I'M SUPPORTING THIS ONE. MY NAME IS ANITA KEL. UH, I LIVE IN 3 5 3 9, UH, BELMONT SHORELINE, MISSOURI CITY. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE. I FULLY SUPPORT THIS, UH, PROJECT. IT IS A DREAM FOR ME TO HAVE A CHURCH IN SIENNA PARKWAY. IT IS VERY CONVENIENT FOR ME. I AM, UH, ABOUT TWO TO THREE YEARS FROM I'LL BE RETIRING, SO IT IS A DREAM FOR ME TO GO TO THE CHURCH EVERY, EVERY DAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UM, MY NAME IS JIMMY JACOB AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. I AM RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY 6 8 1 5 ROAD COURT. I LIVE WITHIN THREE MILES OF THE PROPOSAL LAND. I HAVE A DOOR WITH THE SPECIAL NEED. AS YOU CAN SEE, SHE'S HERE WITH ME. DUE TO THE SIZE OF OUR CURRENT FACILITY, IT IS HARD FOR HER TO MOVE AROUND WITHOUT BUMPING TO OTHER PEOPLE WITH MY DOOR AND OTHER COMMUNITY. OTHER COMMUNITY ALSO HAVE OTHER CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEED WHO ARE UNABLE TO COME TO WORSHIP WITH THEIR FAMILY DUE TO THE LACK OF SPACE AVAILABLE. SO PLEASE APPROVE THIS PROPOSALS SONY AMENDMENTS, SO THAT ALL BE SPECIAL, NEED CHILDREN ARE ABLE TO COME TO WORSHIP. THANK YOU EVERYBODY. GOOD EVENING. EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS STEVE PHILIP. I'M A NURSING STUDENT AT HOUSTON CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY AND A PROFESSIONAL STUDENT NURSE EXTERN AT MD ANDERSON. AND I FULLY SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL MAINLY BECAUSE IT'S VERY CONVENIENT FOR ALL OF US AS MAJORITY OF OUR PARISHIONERS LIVE IN THE SIENNA AREA AND I HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL AS WELL. THANK YOU. JOEL CHAKA, LAHAM JOEL AT CAPE HATTER'S WAY. JENNY JOSEPH, SAN ALEX SAN ALEX AT TURKEY CREEK. MATTHEW AL. MATTHEW MEHAL MIDI COURT? NO. OKAY. JERRY JOES. JERRY JOES. CC. MATTHEW. MATTHEW PULA, POLLY. GO AHEAD MA'AM. THANK YOU. HI, GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS JEANNIE JOSEPH. I WORK IN THE VA HOSPITAL IN THE OPERATING ROOM FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. I WORK, I LIVE IN MISS CITY RIVERSTONE FOR PAST 15 YEARS, AND I SUPPORT TO HAVE THIS CHURCH BUILD UP THERE A HUNDRED PERCENT FOR ALL THE KIDS AND THE YOUNGSTERS TO HAVE A FULLY FAITH FORMED GENERATION FOR THE FUTURE AHEAD. THE TRAFFIC IS GO NOT GOING TO BE BAD AS PEOPLE THINKS BECAUSE WE, MOST OF THE, I I THINK 80% OF THE FAMILIES ARE LIVING OUT THERE ANYWAY. THEY HAVE TO TRAVEL OUT FROM THERE TO GO TO OTHER CHURCHES AND THERE ARE MORE CHURCHES THERE AND THERE IS, I DID NOT SEE ANY TRAFFIC OVER THERE ON SUNDAYS. THIS WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT MONDAY TO FRIDAY, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SUNDAY. I SEE SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING LIKE IT'LL BE TRAFFIC, BUT I GUARANTEE THERE WILL BE NO TRAFFIC. I, I HUMBLY REQUEST [00:45:01] TO APPROVE THIS FOR US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. UH, MY NAME IS SAN ALEX, UH, LIVING ONE MONTA CREEK, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. SIENNA LIVING IN THE CHURCH IS, UH, TWO MILES AWAY. UH, I SUPPORTED, UH, THIS ST MARY RISK MANAGE THE NEW 5,000 TO THE CNA CHURCH. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SUSY MATTHEW. I'M A NURSE WORKING IN MD ANDERSON. I'M RESIDING, UH, I'M LIVING IN THE CNI AREA FOR SEVEN YEARS AND UH, THIS PROPERTY IS VERY NEAR TO OUR HOUSE AND UH, IT IS GOOD FOR OUR FAITH FORMATION. UH, AS EVERYBODY SAID, UH, FOR THE YOUNG GENERATION FOR MY CHILDREN. THEY ALL PREFER TO COME TO THIS AREA IF IT'S COME NEAR TO MY HOUSE. SO I TOTALLY, UH, UH, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT TO COME TO OUR, UH, COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS JERRY JO REGARDING IN MISSOURI CITY FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS. I'M A REGISTERED MEMBER OF ST. MARY'S CHURCH AND I REQUEST YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THE PURPOSE ZONING APPLICATION AND I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK LU JOE OSI LU, JOE OSI SHAIRA LANE NIHA, MATTHEW ZERO, SONY TOSI. JACOB, GO AHEAD SIR. GOOD EVENING COMMISSION. MY NAME IS LEJO LUCCO. I'M A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. UH, I AM IN WHOLE SUPPORT OF THIS, UH, PROPOSAL. THANK YOU. AS TEAM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, I EXTEND MY WARM GREETINGS TO YOU ALL. MY NAME IS NEHA MATTHEW. I USED TO LIVE IN ZO CNA, MISSOURI CITY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. RIGHT NOW I JUST GOT MARRIED AND THAT I AM LIVING IN HOUSTON, BUT I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO BE BACK TO MISSOURI CITY SINCE ALL MY FAMILY AND PARENTS ARE HERE AND I WANT TO BE BACK HERE. I'M JUST TALKING MAINLY ON BEHALF OF MY PARENTS AND MY FAMILY WHO ARE STILL IN MISSOURI CITY AND WHO ARE NOT ABLE TO COME HERE TODAY. IT BRINGS ME GREAT JOY AND ANTICIPATION TO LEARN OF THE AVAILABLE LAND ADJACENT TO OUR RESIDENTS DESIGNATED FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF OUR PARISH CHURCH. FOR THE PAST DECADE, WE HAVE RESIDED WITH OUR FAMILY IN SIENNA, CHERISHING THE BEAUTY OF ITS DWELLINGS, THE CHARM OF ITS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THE RICHNESS OF ITS DIVERSITY. THE PROSPECT OF HAVING OUR PARISHES NESTLED WITH THIS VIBRANT COMMUNITY ALONGSIDE OTHER PLACES OF WORSHIP FILLS MY HEART WITH PROFOUND CONTENTMENT IN MY HOUSEHOLD. WE HAVE AN 83-YEAR-OLD GRANDMOTHER WHOSE COMPANIONSHIP I CHERISH DEARLY. PRESENTLY, WE, OUR FAMILY UNDERTAKE 25 MINUTES TO ATTEND OUR CHURCH SERVICES. HOWEVER, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW CHURCH WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE OUR TRAVEL TIME TO LESS THAN 10 MINUTES. THIS CONVENIENCE, I BELIEVE EXTENDS NOT ONLY TO MY FAMILY, BUT TO A CONSIDERABLE PORTION OF OUR PARISHES, MANY OF WHOM RESIDE IN SIENNA AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS IN FULL SOLIDARITY. I CONVEY ABSOLUTE SUPPORT FROM MYSELF AND MY FAMILY TOWARDS THE REALIZATION OF A PARISH CHURCH WITHIN THIS ATTRACTIVE SITE. I'M CONFIDENT THAT OUR PARISH COUNCIL WILL WORK WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD TO PRESERVE ITS BEAUTY AND QUALITY. I EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU FOR PROVIDING ME WITH OPPORTUNITY TO ARTICULATE OUR UNWAVERING ENDORSEMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS CHERYL SUNNY. I LIVE IN, UH, 1 0 3 3 4 5 OAK LANE, UM, SIENNA RESIDENT MCTX. LAST TIME I WAS HERE TO PROMOTE ON BEHALF OF WALMART TO CONTRIBUTE AND GIVE BACK TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY AND THIS COMMUNITY. TODAY I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE REZONING OF 5 0 0 2 CNA PARKWAY TO BUILD A CHURCH. I UNDERSTAND FROM THE SOCIAL MEDIA PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC. I'VE BEEN USING SIENNA PARKWAY DAILY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS AND TRAFFIC USED TO BE A PROBLEM IN SIENNA PARKWAY UNTIL FEW MONTHS BACK TO BE PRECISE. EVER SINCE THE FORT BEND TOLLWAY OPENED, IT HAS GOTTEN SIGNIFICANTLY BETTER. OF COURSE, WE DON'T LIVE IN A PERFECT WORLD. THERE ARE TRAFFIC THAT THAT CAUSED YOU TO ACCIDENTS, [00:50:01] PULLOVER, OR SIGNAL ISSUES. HOWEVER, I WANNA APPRECIATE EACH ONE OF YOU AND EVERY SINGLE, UH, MINNESOTA CITY, CITY, UH, OFFICIALS FOR THE LEADERSHIP AND TAKING ACTIONS TO MITIGATE THE TRAFFIC BY ADDING FOOT LANES AND OPENING NIGHT ROAD. NINE YEARS AGO AT THE LOWEST POINT OF MY LIFE, I HAD AN ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS CHRIST AND MY LIFE TOOK A 180 DEGREE TURN EVER SINCE THAT DAY, BY THE GRACE OF GOD, I'LL BE ATTENDING THE MASS EVERY DAY. THE SCRIPTURE SAYS, WHAT CAN SEPARATE ME FROM THE LOVE OF GOD? IF GOD IS FOR US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US? FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I CAN TELL YOU THAT NO OTHER HUMAN BEING WHETHER COVID OR TRAFFIC, HAS STOPPED ME FROM THE LOVE OF GOD. HOWEVER, MY SORROW IS THAT I CANNOT PRACTICE MY RELIGION, UH, RELIGIOUS RIGHT, WHICH I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN AND I'M FORCED TO PRACTICE LATIN RIGHT MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. TODAY MORNING I HAD TO DRIVE TO ST. LOUIS IN SUGARLAND WHILE MY WIFE AND KID HAS TO GO TO ST. ANGELA MARIACHI. WE CANNOT PRACTICE OUR RELIGION AS A CHURCH THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS FAR, AND UH, IT REQUIRES FIVE TOOLS. ALSO, AS A MENTOR TO SEVERAL YOUNG OTHERS AND YOUTH, I AM FACING CHALLENGES TO CONNECT TO THE YOUTH, TO, TO CHURCH AND GUIDE THEM ON THE RIGHT, RIGHT PATH AND KEEP THEM AWAY FROM THE STREETS. THE CURRENT CHURCH WE HAVE IS, IS FAR AND PRI FROM THE PRIMARY COMMUNITY. AND WE HAD TAKE, WE HAD TO TAKE MEASURES LIKE JAIL, LIKE BUILDING FENCE TO PROTECT OUR CHURCH FROM VANDALISM. I HUMBLY REQUEST THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS MOTION FOR A NEW CHURCH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COMMUNITY AND TO PRACTICE OUR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. THANK YOU ALL. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS TOS JACOB. I'M WORKING AS A MARINE CONSULTANT AND A REALTOR. TWO. I LIVE CLOSE TO THIS PROPERTY, THIS CHURCH PROPERTY AT 6 9 1 8 , MISSOURI CITY. ME AND MY FAMILY, A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT FOR A CHURCH IN THIS BIG, BEAUTIFUL AND CONVENIENTLY LOCATED LAND. RIGHT NOW WE ALL HAVE TO TRAVEL ABOUT 13 MILES AND PAY COUPLE OF TOUR TO REACH OUR CURRENT PARISH CHURCH. THIS NEW CHURCH WILL BE AROUND JUST TWO AND A HALF MILES FROM MY HOME WITHOUT ANY TOLL. YOU'LL KNOW THAT THERE ARE A FEW CHURCHES ALREADY IN AND AROUND THIS AREA. CHURCH IS A PEACEFUL AND CALM PLACE TO BE AND IT HELPS OUR YOUNGER GENERATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GROW IN A DISCIPLINE AND GOD-FEARING ATMOSPHERE, DEVELOPING FAITH AND MORAL VALUES FOR OUR PRESENT AND COMING GENERATIONS. SO I SINCERELY AND VERY STRONGLY REQUEST THE SO APPROVAL FOR THIS CHURCH. THANK YOU. SHE JEMAN JACOB ON LADY LYLE, SISTER REGGIE. PHILLIP, SHONEY. PHILIP. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. I JUST LEAVE AGAIN JUST OPPOSITE OF THIS PROJECT. WE ALL LOVE THIS PROJECT THERE BECAUSE YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY PEOPLE ARE WELL UNITED AND WE ARE WELL EDUCATED. WE ARE ALL WORK IN MEDICAL CENTER WITH THE HIGH POWER, HIGH POSITIONS. ALSO, WE ARE VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS PEOPLE ALSO. SO WE ARE GOING TO BUILD BEAUTIFUL FAST CLASS CHURCH OVER THERE THAT'S GOING TO BE LANDMARK FOR SIENNA. EVERYBODY CAN PROUD TO SAY THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE ONE BEAUTIFUL CHURCH IN SIENNA PARKWAY AND ANY DEVELOPMENT, ANY PROJECT COMING ANYWHERE. SO OUR PROPERTY VALUE WILL GO UP. THAT AREA IS GOING TO BE MORE DEVELOPMENT GOING TO HAPPEN, MORE COMMERCIAL BUILDING CAN COME NEXT TO THE CHURCH. SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU GUYS VERY CLEARLY UNDERSTAND THIS PROJECT AND I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU GUYS TO TAKE A RIGHT DECISION ON THIS BEAUTIFUL PROJECT FOR SIENNA. I LIVE IN SIENNA 15 YEARS. WE ARE ALLOWED TO STAY IN CNA AGAIN. SO MOST OF THEM PEOPLE ARE MOVING BECAUSE FOR THIS CHURCH, OUR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE USA, IF THE CHURCH IS GOING TO BE THERE, ALL OUR PEOPLE MOVE TO CNA, OUR NEIGHBOR PLACES. SO I HIGHLY RE REQUEST YOU GUYS TO ACCOMMODATE OUR REQUEST IF YOU GUYS CAN. [00:55:01] AND, UM, ONE MORE THING, THANKS FOR UNDERSTANDING US AND PLEASE TAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING TO ALL. MY NAME IS SISTER REGI. I'M RESIDING IN 4 6 1 5 PRESERVATION OX LANE SHIPMAN CO FRESNO. I'M THE SUPERIOR OF ST. JOSEPH'S CONVENT IN HOUSTON. OUR CONGREGATION FOCUS ON PASTORAL AND MINISTRY FOR THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED. OUR CONVENT IS SITUATED NEAR THIS LOCATION IN SIENNA. IT WOULD BE CONVENIENT FOR US TO SERVE BOTH THE PARISHIONERS AND THE LOCAL COMMUNITY. CONSIDERING THAT MOST OF THEM RESIDE HERE. WE PROMISE OUR MINISTRY TO THOSE IN NEED OF OUR SERVICE. AS SISTERS, WE FULLY SUPPORT HAVING A CHURCH AT THIS LOCATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING ALL. MY NAME IS SHANI AND I'M A NURSE PRACTITIONER BY PROFESSION. I WORK AT MD ANDERSON AND I RESIDE IN 6 0 1 4 9 MILE LANE, WHICH IS IN A COURAGE SUBDIVISION. AND I'M A SIENNA RESIDENT SINCE 2013 AND HOUSTON RESIDENT SINCE 2006. ME AND, UH, MY AND THE REASON WHY WE MOVED TO SIENNA, IT IS BECAUSE OF THE SAFE ENVIRONMENT, BEAUTY AND EXCELLENT SCHOOLS. UH, ME AND MY FAMILY SUPPORT THE PROJECT BECAUSE NUMBER ONE, IT'S WITHIN FEW MINUTES OF OUR HOME. NUMBER TWO, FAITH AND SPIRITUAL LIFE IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR LIFE AND OUR FAITH-BASED LIFE HELP US RAISE THREE RESPONSIBLE, PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, WHICH IN TURN BENEFITS THE SOCIETY. I REQUEST RESPECTED THE OFFICIALS TO PERMIT US TO SECURE THIS LAND FOR OUR CHURCH PROJECT. AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SHIBA JOES, ELIZABETH THOMAS, ELIZABETH THOMAS, ANGELO, ATU, SELVIN JOS. GO AHEAD MA'AM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SHIBA JOS. I'M A DEDICATED RESIDENT OF C NENA FOR THE PAST 12 YEARS, I'M A NURSE WORKING IN MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER. IT IS WITH THAT MOST CONVICTION THAT I STAND IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT. THE ALLOCATION OF THIS PARCEL ALONG C NENA PARKWAY PRESENTS AN INVALUABLE OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR CHURCH TO OPERATE SEAMLESSLY WITH AMPLE SPACE AND RESOURCES AT OUR DISPOSAL. CIENA HAS BEEN THE NURTURING ENVIRONMENT WHERE MY THREE CHILDREN HAVE RECEIVED THEIR EDUCATION FROM ELEMENTARY TO MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH ONE CURRENTLY ATTENDING HIGH SCHOOL. THE PROSPECT OF OUR CHURCH BEING ERECTED IN THIS LOCATION, NOT ONLY AFFORD CONVENIENCE TO ME PERSONALLY, BUT ALSO TO MANY GATHERED HERE TODAY. I OFFER MY ASSURANCE THAT OUR PRESENCE WILL BE CHARACTERIZED BY HARMONY AND LOYALTY TO THE REGULATIONS STIPULATED BY THE HOA OF THIS SUBDIVISION. IN CONCLUDING, I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THIS ESTEEMED GATHERING COUPLED WITH AN EARNEST HOPE FOR A PROMISING FUTURE. THANK YOU. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH AND I'M A PHYSICAL THERAPIST BY PROFESSION. MY ADDRESS IS 3 5 3 9 PEBBLE WAY LANE, MISSUS CITY, TEXAS. ADDITIONALLY, I SERVE AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL CATHOLICISM TEACHER AT ST. MARY'S KENAI CATHOLIC CHURCH. IT'S WITH A SENSE OF PRIVILEGE THAT I PARTAKE IN SHAPING THE SPIRITUAL FOUNDATION OF MANY OF OUR CHILDREN WITHIN OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL PROGRAM. WE KNOW CHURCH PLAYS A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE TO NURTURE ABOUT THE MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH OF OUR CHILDREN. THIS HELPS US TO CULTIVATE RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS FOR OUR FUTURE. AS MEMBERS OF THE INDIAN COMMUNITY, WE STRIVE TO EMPOWER THE HARMONIOUS BLEND OF THE BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN CULTURE AND WHILE PRESERVING OUR OWN CHERISHED INDIAN CULTURE AND FAITH, I WOULD WISH I WISH TO EXPRESS A MOMENT OF SOLEMN REFLECTION ENCOUNTERED IN MY ROLE AS A CATECHISM TEACHER. DESPITE OUR CHILDREN'S REGULAR ATTENDANCE DURING THE CATECHISM DAYS, THERE ARE TIMES DURING SPRING BREAKS AND SUMMER BREAKS WHEN YOU FIND OUR CHURCH EMPTY UPON INQUIRY FROM OUR CHILDREN. THIS IS WHAT THEY ANSWERED. THE FIRST REASON THEY DIDN'T COME TO OUR CHURCH IN FACO STREET BECAUSE THE [01:00:01] PARENTS SAID, WE'LL GO TO ANGELA MERCY CHURCH. IT'S CLOSE TO OUR, IT'S CLOSE TO OUR HOME. THE SECOND REASON THEY SAID THAT CHURCH IS MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN WHAT WE HAVE HERE NOW. THESE WORDS CAME FROM OUR CHILDREN'S MOUTH. THE MAJORITY OF OUR FAMILIES ARE RESIDENTS OF SIENNA AND MISSUS CITY. AND AS PARENTS AND EDUCATORS, WE ARE EAGER TO PROVIDE OUR CHILDREN WITH A CHURCH NESTLED WITHIN A POLICING ENVIRONMENT, CONVENIENTLY LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THEIR HOMES, THEREBY FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT INTO A GOOD CITIZEN. REST ASSURED, WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO ADHERING TO ALL REGULATIONS AND ACCOMMODATING THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AND, AND THE HOA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN CLOSING, I EARNESTLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT IN THIS PROJECT SO OUR CHILDREN CAN HAVE THE PRIVILEGE JUST LIKE ANY OTHER CHILDREN SURROUNDING HERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND UNDERSTANDING. HELLO, MY NAME IS ANGELO AND IT IS WITH PROFOUND SENSE OF DUTY THAT I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AND AS A PROUD REPRESENTATIVE AS OF ST. MARY'S KANA CATHOLIC CHURCH, WHERE I HAVE SERVED AS A DEVOTED MEMBER SINCE 2017 AS A RESIDENT OF SIENNA FOR THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. I HOLD A DEEP COMMITMENT TO THE WELFARE OF THIS COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE REZONING APPLICATION PERTAINING TO 5,002 SIENNA PARKWAY TRANSITIONING ITS DESIGN DESIGNATION FROM A RESIDENTIAL TO A RELIGIOUS ZONING. FOR OVER SEVEN YEARS, MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN ACTIVELY ENGAGED MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH'S DYNAMIC AND COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITY. WHILE I MUST ACKNOWLEDGE OCCASIONAL TARDINESS TO SUNDAY MASS, I ASSURE YOU THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION HAS NEVER BEEN THE CAUSE. AND, AND AS MY FATHER'S VIGILANT REMINDERS ABOUT SPEEDING ON THE NOTABLY UNCROWDED SIENNA PARKWAY AT 9:00 AM ON SUNDAY HAVE BEEN MORE THAN SUFFICIENT. OUR CHURCH COMMUNITY POSTS SEVERAL REGISTERED FAMILIES OF A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF WHOM RESIDE WITHIN CIENA AND MISSOURI CITY. BEYOND SERVING AS A CENTER OF WORSHIP, OUR CHURCH STANDS AS A BEACON OF EMPATHY, FELLOWSHIP AND ACTION. PLEASE LET ME PROVIDE YOU WITH AN EXAMPLE. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR FORMER PARISH PRIEST, FATHER SUNNI, WE EMBARKED ON A NOBLE ENDEAVOR TO SUPPORT UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES IN INDIA. WHAT BEGAN AS A HUMBLE INITIATIVE TO CONSTRUCT 10 HOMES SPROUTED INTO A MONUMENTAL EFFORT RESULTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF OVER 50. FATHER SUNY'S REMARKABLE CONTRIBUTIONS WERE ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE KEYS TO MISSOURI CITY, UNDERSCORING OUR COMMUNITY'S UNWAVERING DEDICATION TO HUMANITARIANISM, UNITY AND PROGRESS. AS EVIDENCED BY THE UNITED STATES NEWS WORLD REPORT, FORT BEND COUNTY EPITOMIZES THE STANDARD OF DIVERSITY THAT DEFINES AMERICA. IN ENDORSING THIS REZONING PROPOSAL, WE UPHOLD OUR CHERISHED PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, COMPASSION, AND INCLUSIVITY. FAR FROM THE EXACERBATING TRAFFIC CONGESTION, THE APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION PROMISES TO ENRICH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S CULTURAL FAB FABRIC AND COMMUNAL SPIRIT. AND WE WILL DO ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING TO WORK WITH THE RESPECTED HOA TO ABIDE BY THEIR GUIDELINES. IN CONCLUSION, I HUMBLY BESIEGE YOUR ESTEEMED ASSEMBLY TO RECOGNIZE THE MANIFOLD OF BENEFITS INHERENT IN THIS REZONING INITIATIVE AND TO EXTEND YOUR INVALUABLE SUPPORT TOWARDS THIS REALIZATION. YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION ARE DEEPLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SELVIN , UH, MY WIFE TASHA AND I, UH, WE LIVE IN ANDERSON SPRINGS OF SIENNA, WHICH IS ABOUT FIVE MINUTES OF DRIVING TO THE PROPOSED REZONING AREA. WE STRONGLY SUPPORT THE REZONING IN ORDER TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. WE BOTH WORK IN HEALTHCARE AND HAVING OUR CHURCH CLOSE TO US WILL MAKE IT MORE CONVENIENT FOR US TO ROUTINELY VISIT, UH, THE CHURCH SERVICES. UM, WHEN WE MOVE TO SIENNA, UH, WE ANTICIPATED GROWING OUR FAMILY THERE. AND THIS WILL FURTHER TIE, TIE US TO THE SIENNA NEIGHBORHOOD AND MISSOURI CITY IN GENERAL. UH, AND AS IS THE CASE FOR A MAJORITY OF OUR MEMBERS. SO I KINDLY ASK ALL OF YOU TO PASTOR THE REZONING IN ORDER TO BUILD A CHURCH FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. DIVIA STANLEY, BRENDA IKU, BRENDA IKU, ANNA MARIA JOSEPH AND LAA JACOB. GO AHEAD MA'AM. OKAY. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DIVYA STAN AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT AT 5 7 0 2 BUFFALO GAP, MISSOURI CITY, UM, IN SIENNA SINCE 2007. I'M CURRENTLY A NURSING STUDENT AND ALSO SERVE AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER AND CHOIR DIRECTOR AT MY PARISH. I'M HERE TODAY TO ADVOCATE FOR THE SPEC SPECIFIC USE PERMIT OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY TO FACILITATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CHURCH. AS WE DELIBERATE THIS DECISION, I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER THE PROFOUND BENEFITS THAT SUCH A DEVELOPMENT WOULD BRING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. FIRST AND FOREMOST, A CHURCH IS NOT MERELY A PLACE OF WORSHIP. IT SERVES AS A CORNERSTONE [01:05:01] OF COMMUNITY LIFE. IT IS A PLACE WHERE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES GATHER NOT ONLY TO SEEK SPIRITUAL GUIDANCE, BUT ALSO TO FORGE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS WITH ONE ANOTHER. FURTHERMORE, THE PRESENCE OF A CHURCH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. MOREOVER, CHURCHES OFTEN ENGAGE IN OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES THAT FOSTER COMPASSION AND EMPATHY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. BY PROMOTING CULTURAL DIVERSITY, WE WILL BE CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT OF UNDERSTANDING, RESPECT, AND APPRECIATION OF OUR DIFFERENCES. THE DATA ALSO SUPPORTS THE MANY BENEFITS OF APPROVING CHURCH CONSTRUCTION. ACCORDING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL OF REAL ESTATE, FINANCE AND ECONOMICS, NEIGHBORHOODS WITH CHURCHES EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN PROPERTY VALUE WITH HOMES LOCATED NEAR PLACES OF WORSHIP. COMMANDING PREMIUMS OF UP TO 9%. RESEARCH CONDUCTED BY HARVARD UNIVERSITY'S DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY INDICATES THAT COMMUNITIES WITH ACTIVE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS EXHIBIT HIGHER LEVELS OF SOCIAL COHESION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. INDIVIDUALS WHO ATTEND RELIGIOUS SERVICES REGULARLY ARE MORE LIKELY TO VOLUNTEER, DONATE TO CHARITABLE CAUSES AND PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES. FINALLY, STUDIES PUBLISHED IN THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAVE FOUND THAT RELIGIOUS INVOLVEMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED HEALTH OUTCOMES, INCLUDING LOWER RATES OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. CHURCHES OFTEN PROVIDE SUPPORT NETWORKS AND RESOURCES THAT PROMOTE PHYSICAL, MENTAL, AND EMOTIONAL WELLBEING. CHURCHES ALSO SERVE AS CATALYST CATALYSTS FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES RANGING FROM EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND JOB TRAINING INITIATIVES TO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS AND YOUTH OUTREACH PROGRAMS. BY APPROVING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CHURCH, WE ARE INVESTING IN THE HOLISTIC DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S CRUCIAL TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WITH ANY DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THERE MAY BE CONCERNS FROM MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY. I WANNA ASSURE YOU THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING ANY SUCH CONCERNS IN A TRANSPARENT AND COLLABORATIVE MANNER. WE ARE WILLING TO WORK CLOSELY WITH RESIDENTS TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL ISSUES RELATED TO TRAFFIC, PARKING, NOISE, OR ANY OTHER VALID CONCERNS THEY MAY HAVE. OUR GOAL IS NOT ONLY TO BUILD A PLACE OF WORSHIP, BUT ALSO TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND STEWARDS OF OUR COMMUNITY. IN CLOSING, I URGE YOU TO SEIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY BY APPROVING THE REZONING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS BRENDA DUKU. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE AT CHUCK TEXAS CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. I'M ALSO A SINGER IN THE CHURCH CHOIR. I'VE LIVED IN MISSOURI CITY 54 11 PECAN STATES, UH, FOR THE LAST SEVEN YEARS, UM, WHICH IS FIVE MINUTES FROM THE PROPERTY AND I AM SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT. MOST OF OUR COMMUNITY LIVE IN SIENNA AND I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO A BETTER FACILITY SO THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE, UM, THE YOUNGER GENERATION. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ANN MARIA JOSEPH. I RESIDE AT 5 9 1 9 BUFFALO GAP LANE, MISSOURI CITY. I'M A GRADUATE STUDENT AT UT HEALTH HOUSTON AND A VOLUNTEER CATECHISM TEACHER FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS. I'M VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF REZONING THIS PROPERTY TO A SPECIAL USE PERMIT. MY PARISH CHURCH HAS BEEN INSTRUMENTAL IN MY DEVELOPMENT AND HAS SHAPED ME INTO THE PERSON THAT I AM TODAY. VALUES SUCH AS CHARITY COMPASSION AND INTEGRITY HAVE BEEN INSTILLED IN ME BY MY COMMUNITY. FOR EXAMPLE, OUR YOUTH MINISTRY NOT ONLY BRINGS THE YOUTH TOGETHER, BUT ALSO IS COMMITTED TO SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY FROM TOY DRIVES TO SOUP KITCHENS. FORT BEND COUNTY IS THE MOST DIVERSE COUNTY IN THE STATE, AND GROWING UP HERE HAS BEEN AN INVALUABLE EXPERIENCE. I LEARNED SO MUCH LIVING IN SUCH A MULTICULTURAL CITY AND GOING TO SCHOOL WITH PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND FAITHS. IN CONCLUSION, APPROVING RELIGIOUS ZONING FOR A CHURCH ON THIS PROPERTY WOULD NOT ONLY HONOR THE RICH RELIGIOUS HERITAGE OF OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO REINFORCE OUR COLLECTIVE COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND MUTUAL RESPECT. I URGE YOU TO SUPPORT THIS REZONING PROPOSAL AS IT ALIGNS WITH THE VALUES THAT MAKE OUR COMMUNITY TRULY EXCEPTIONAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. I COULD RAISE UP AND THAT WAY. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. AS EVENING PALS, I'M COMPELLED TO EXTEND MY HEARTFELT SENTIMENTS TO YOU ALL. MY NAME IS LEAH JACOB, AND FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, I'VE BEEN PRIVILEGED TO CALL MISSOURI CITY. MY HOME AND OUR COMMUNITY, MY FAMILY ALLOWED TO ME, ALLOWED ME TO EXPRESS MY UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IN CIENA. THIS DECISION STEMS FROM A DEEP ROOTED BELIEF AND A TRANSFORMATIVE POWER OF UNITY, CATHOLIC BELIEF, AND A SHARED PURPOSE. EVERY SUNDAY AS I NAVIGATE THE BUSTLING SANCTUARY POST MASS AT AT ST. MARY'S CAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, I'M REMINDED OF THE STRENGTH AND DEDICATION OF OUR CONGREGATION. YET WITH GROWTH COMES THE NEED FOR SPACE FOR A SANCTUARY THAT RESONATES WITH THE HEARTBEAT [01:10:01] OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE OPPORTUNITY, THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD ON THIS PROPERTY PROMISES NOT JUST A PHYSICAL SPACE, BUT A FAKE SACRED HEAVEN TAILOR MADE TO NATURE TO NURTURE OUR COLLECTIVE SPIRIT AND FULFILL OUR CONGREGATIONAL NEEDS. MO MOREOVER, IT IS A PRIDE AND GRATITUDE THAT I ACKNOWLEDGE OUR CONGREGATION STRONG TIES TO THE CI AREA. LIKE MANY OF YOU, I CALL MISSOURI CITY HOME FINDING SOLACE IN CONNECTION WITH ITS FAMILIAR STREETS. THE PROSPECT OF ESTABLISHING ROOTS IN THIS BELOVED COMMUNITY FILL ME WITH HOPE AND EXCITEMENT FOR THE FUTURE. ADDRESSING VALID CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC AND SAFETY. I WANNA ASSURE YOU OF THE UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO UPHOLD THE LAWS AND REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN OUR ROADS, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING ALL ZONING SHOULD BE BASED ON CODE 2 1 1 0.004, IN WHICH IT CLEARLY STATES THAT ZONING SHOULD BE BASED ON REDUCING STREET TRAFFIC. THIS CHURCH HAS REALLY NO IMPACT ON THE EXISTING TRAFFIC ISSUES ON SIENNA PARKWAY. AS IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT MOST OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS LIVE IN SIENNA ALREADY. AS LAW ABIDING CITIZENS, WE RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HARMONIOUS COEXISTENCE AND PLEDGE TO THE COUNTRY AS ENDURES OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. MOREOVER, WE STAND READY TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY HEATING ANY REASONABLE REQUEST AIMED AT MITIGATING POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS TO THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC. IN CLOSING, I EXTEND MY HEARTFELT GRATITUDE TO EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND CONSIDERATION. TOGETHER LET US EMBRACE THE OPPORTUNITY TO CULTIVATE A SPACE OF FAITH, FELLOWSHIP AND HARMONY OF REACHING THE LIVES OF HALL WHO CALL THIS DIVERSE COMMUNITY HOME. THANK YOU, LIESL. THERE'S NO LAST NAME. UH, 4 6 1 5 PRESERVATION OAK . JOSEPH BENNETT, JOFFREY. STEVEN LUCY. MATTHEW, GO AHEAD MA'AM. GOOD EVENING TO ALL. MY NAME IS SISTER. LISTEN. I'M A RESIDENT OF FRESNO. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE. I WORK FOR THE HOME HEALTH. FROM MY EXPERIENCE CHURCH IS VERY IMPORTANT FOR UH, WHO TO, TO I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS CHURCH WARNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. MY NAME IS BENNETT ILLA AND I'M A BACKGROUND INVESTIGATOR FOR FORT BEND COUNTY. I LIVE IN 15 0 7 MUSTANG CROSSING LAKE OLYMPIA, MISSOURI CITY SINCE 2004. I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT I'M A PARISHIONER OF ST. MARY'S KANA CATHOLIC CHURCH. TODAY I WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT WHY I'M IN FULL SUPPORT OF BUILDING OUR CHURCH. WHEN I MOVED HERE IN 2004, OUR PLACE OF WORSHIP WAS AT OUR COMMUNITY CENTER, WHICH WAS THEN MOVED TO OUR CURRENT ST. MARY'S CHURCH AND NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO RELOCATE TO THE PROPOSED AREA. ALL THREE LOCATIONS WE EVER HAD, WERE ALWAYS IN MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. YOU MAY BE WONDERING WHY IS THAT? LOOKING AT OUR ENTIRE CHURCH, NEARLY 75% OF OUR CHURCH MEMBERS LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY. THE OTHER 25% ARE IN SUGARLAND, STAFFORD, AND SO ON. NOT ONLY DO WE LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY, WE ALSO INVEST IN MISSOURI CITY WITH MANY OF OUR MEMBERS HAVING BUSINESSES ALL ACROSS THE CITY. WE PAY OUR TAXES AND OUR HARDWORKING AMERICANS, OUR CHILDREN ATTEND ELKINS RIDGE POINT AND HIGHTOWER AS PART OF THEIR DAILY SCHOOL LIVES. THE CHURCH IS DESIGNED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO SHARE IDEAS WITH OTHER MEMBERS. COUNSEL, IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, SIMPLY TALK TO OUR MEMBERS AND SEE WHAT KIND OF CHURCH WE ARE. WE INVITE YOU ALL TO ATTEND A SERVICE IF YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT TRAFFIC. OUR CHURCH HAS MULTIPLE MASS TIMINGS SO THAT PEOPLE CAN HAVE A SMOOTH INFLOW OUTFLOW PROCESS. SOME OF US EVEN LIVE WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE PROPOSED AREA. IN A WORLD THAT CAN BE SO DARK, WE CAN ALWAYS HAVE A LITTLE MORE FAITH. WHAT BETTER WAY TO SHOW THAT THAN TO BRING FAITH CLOSER TO HOME? COUNSEL, I ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL SO NOT ONLY WE AS A COMMUNITY CAN PROSPER, BUT THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY CAN PROSPER AS WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. MY NAME IS JEFFREY STEVEN. [01:15:01] I RESIDE AT 3 5 8 3 JOSHUA GROVE LANE AND I, UH, FULLY SUPPORT, UH, THIS PROPOSITION. I AM, I JUST COMPLETED MY FIRST YEAR AT TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY AND I'M AN ARCHITECT STUDENT AND I'VE BEEN BORN AND RAISED IN THIS AMAZING CITY MY ENTIRE LIFE. AND FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AS STATED BEFORE, WE WENT FROM A COMMUNITY CENTER TO THE CURRENT CHURCH THAT WE RESIDE IN. AND I CAN SAY THAT WITH HOW EXPONENTIALLY OUR COMMUNITY IS GROWING, THIS CHURCH IS NOT ENOUGH. WE HAVE A FAST-PACED GROWING COMMUNITY AND WE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR EVERYONE. AND WE SIMPLY JUST DO NOT HAVE THE SPACE OR THE RESOURCES FOR NOT ONLY OUR PARISH MEMBERS, BUT ALSO FOR THE, OUR CHILDREN WHO ARE LEARNING AND GROWING AND TRYING TO UNDERSTAND OUR FAITH. AND PERSONALLY, WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES, NOT ONLY FOR CHAIRS AND TABLES AT EACH CLASSROOM, BUT WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH CLASSROOMS TO, AND THEN WE HAD TO AT CER CERTAIN POINTS, START TEACHING AT MEETING HALLS, THE KITCHEN. AND WE JUST NEED A CHURCH THAT PROVIDE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYONE, UH, FOR THE SPECIAL NEEDS AND ESPECIALLY IN A PLACE THAT'S CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WHERE EVERYONE RESIDES. GOOD. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING ALL ESTEEM. THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS LUCY MATTHEW. I AM RESIDING AT 3 6 1 3 SHADY BAY LANE IN MISSOURI CITY FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. I HAVE BEEN A NURSE FOR 40 YEARS AND RECENTLY RETIRED FROM MD ANDERSON. ALL THESE YEARS I HAVE BEEN WORKING BC WITH WORKING AND STUDYING AND NOW I GOT SOME TIME FREE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PLACE FOR THE CHURCH SO THAT I CAN USE MY TIME FOR THE CHURCH IN AND OUT FOR THE CHURCH AND ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN THE CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE CHURCH, WHICH WILL HELP THE COMMUNITY NEARBY. OTHERWISE, I HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY FROM HERE TO QUE STREET AND IF THAT, IN THAT CASE, THE TRAFFIC WILL BE MORE IN THE FORT BEND ROAD. SO HOPEFULLY YOU WILL UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERNS. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR CONSIDERING OUR REQUEST AND APPROVING IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. JOE'S CHAKA AT KING COLTS LANE, THOMAS, MATTHEW, PETER CHACO, SIR JOSIE AT PRESERVATION OAKS LANE. GO AHEAD SIR. I COULD SIR. JUST A SECOND. UM, FOLKS, THESE PERSONAL STORIES ARE, WELL, THEY'RE REALLY AMAZING AND YOUR, UH, YOUR CHURCH IS GROWING FOR A REASON. UH, IT'S AWESOME FOR ME TO HEAR. WE'RE HALFWAY THERE TONIGHT, HALFWAY. SO IF THERE ARE, IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE BRINGING TO THE DISCUSSION THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING, I DO THINK YOUR CHURCH NEEDS TO HAVE NEW BUILDING. ABSOLUTELY. THIS IS A ZONING PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF YOU COULD BRING ISSUES TO THAT AND TRY TO DO IT IN A WAY THAT WE CAN MOVE ON. LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE 40 MORE SPEAKERS TO GO. OKAY. AND CITY STAFF HAS BEEN HERE SINCE EIGHT O'CLOCK THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS JOE CHACO. I AM, UH, SIDING AT 42 18 KING COTTON LANE, UH, LAKE COLUMBIA. FOR THE LAST 21 YEARS I WAS DOING BUSINESS AND NOW I AM RETIRED. NOW I AM, UH, DOING SERVICE IN MY CHURCH AS A, AS AN ACCOUNTANT. EVERY DAY I AM GOING TO, FOR MY SPIRITUAL NEEDS IN THE, IN THE CHURCH. THIS, UH, SIENNA PARKWAY IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HOUSE. ONLY FIVE MINUTES IF IT IS, UH, HAPPENING, THAT WILL BE A BLESSING TO ME AND MY FAMILY. MY THREE SONS ARE LIVING NEARBY THIS CHURCH. UH, I AM NOT. I AM. I I ASSURE YOU THAT MOST OF OUR, UH, FAMILY MEMBERS ARE EMPLOYED AFTER THE SUNDAY MASS. THEY ARE HURRY TO GO BACK TO THEIR HOME AND DO THEIR FAMILY ACTIVITIES. THEY'LL NOT BE DOING, UH, WANDERING OVER THERE IN THE CHURCH AREA. AND NO PROBLEM TO OUR NEIGHBORS. WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY BOAT. WE ARE NOT USING THE LAKE. WE WILL NOT BE ANY PROBLEM TO THE CHURCH, UH, NEIGHBORS. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND WE WILL BE A BLESSING TO YOU ALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS PETER CHAGA. HI. I'M, UM, RESIDENT OF MISS FOR, FOR LAST THREE YEARS. I USED TO LIVE IN HOUSTON. AREA. [01:20:01] AND I WORK AS A SENIOR AUDITOR FOR CONTROLLER OF TEXAS. AND RIGHT NOW I'M HERE TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL, PROXIMITY TO THIS FACILITIES FOR THE REASON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. MY NAME IS SISTER JOIE. I TEACH IN CATECHISM ON SUNDAY SCHOOL. WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH, ENOUGH SPACE, AND NEW CHURCH WILL BENEFIT US IN MANY WAYS. I STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS NOTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SISTER. DEEP FEE, MATTHEW. DEEP FEE MATTHEW ON BEAR GROVE DRIVE. MATTHEW, ALEX, GEORGE, THOMAS. GO AHEAD MA'AM. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS PP MATTHEW. I RESIDE IN 15 BAY GROVE DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS. UM, HAVING A CHURCH CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY IS A BLESSING. UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE TO GO FOR ABOUT 25 MINUTES, PAYING ABOUT FOUR OR $5 FROM WHERE I LIVE, AND I HAVE FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN. AND I, UM, LOVE MY, YOU KNOW, I LOVE HAVING, TAKING MY CHILDREN TO THE CHURCH AND I LOVE TO KEEP THEM AS FAITHFUL AS POSSIBLE TO MAKE, MAKE THEM A BETTER CITIZEN. SO HAVING A CHURCH CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY WOULD BE THE BEST I CAN REQUEST ALL OF YOU FOR AND I SUPPORT THIS NOTION. THANK YOU. I AM MATTHEW ALEX ING AND MISSOURI CITY. I AM STRONGLY SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. BG SIMON. ALICIA BIJU. ANGEL BIJU. ANI ATU. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS CBI G SIMON. I WAS LIVING IN LAKE COLUMBIA. I STRONGLY SUPPORT HER THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS ANGEL BIJU. I HAVE BEEN A MEMBER OF THIS CHURCH SINCE I WAS SIX YEARS OLD AND A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY AS WELL. I WAS A RESIDENT OF SIENNA FOR ABOUT 13 YEARS, AND I ATTENDED JAN SHIFT ELEMENTARY, WHICH IS LOCATED IN SIENNA. AND I GRADUATED FROM HIGH SCHOOL AT BRIDGE POINT. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN PART OF THIS COMMUNITY, I'M FOR THIS CHURCH BEING BUILT IN THE SIENNA PROPERTY. OUR CURRENT CHURCH WAS INITIALLY A BAPTIST CHURCH, NOT A CATHOLIC CHURCH. WE AS A COMMUNITY, ARE IN GREAT NEED IN BUILDING OUR OWN CHURCH, ROOTED IN OUR CULTURE. AS SOMEONE WHO HAS ATTENDED SUNDAY SCHOOL AT THIS CHURCH SINCE KINDERGARTEN AND NOW SERVE AS A VOLUNTEERING SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS NEW, THIS NEW CHURCH WILL BE VERY BENEFICIAL IN GROWING OUR YOUTH. ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WAS MENTIONED PRETTY OFTEN IS THE TRAFFIC. LIKE MOST CHURCHES, THE MOST ATTENDANCE WILL BE ON SUNDAY. TRAFFIC IS USUALLY PROMINENT ON THE WEEKDAYS. SO THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT'LL CAUSE A GREAT ISSUE. WE ALSO HAVE MULTIPLE MASS TIMES, SO THERE'S LESS CHANCE OF CREATING TRAFFIC. WE AS A CATHOLIC CHURCH, HAVE ALWAYS WELCOMED ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND MASS AS CATHOLICS, WE TAKE PRIDE IN INCLUDING AND SPREADING LOVE OF GOD. AND I CAN TESTIFY THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT MISSION EVEN AT THIS NEW CHURCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. YES, RODRIGUEZ JOHN'S OZ FORM. DAVID OLA. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS GU RODRIGUEZ. I LIVE AT 49 0 3 DIAMOND SPRING, DR. UH, DIAMOND SPRING DRIVE. I GUESS WE CAN SAY THAT THE NEXT SPEAKERS ARE FROM ROUND ZERO, BASICALLY WHERE WE'RE REPORTING FROM. I AM ALSO THE, I'VE BEEN THERE, I'M SORRY, I'VE BEEN THERE SIX YEARS AND I'M ALSO THE WATERBROOK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, AND I AM DELIVERING THIS INFORMATION ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS. I BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE A PETITION THAT IS IN YOUR PACKAGE THAT I SIGN IN REGARDS TO WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY WITH THE UNDERSIGNING MEMBERS OF THE WATERBROOK COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. OUR SUBMITTED THIS FORMER PROTEST AGAINST A PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT FOR THE CON, UH, [01:25:01] CONSTRUCTION OF A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, ESPECIALLY A CHURCH WITH THE UNDER WATERBROOK RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY AT THE ADDRESS OF 5,002 SIENNA PARKWAY. OUR OBJECTION STEMS FROM THE DEVIATION OF THE ZONING PROPOSAL FROM THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP AS OUTLINED IN THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AS RESIDENTS WHO DELIBERATELY CHOSE TO INVEST IN PROPERTIES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE AREA, WITH ITS VERY OWN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LAKE, WE ARE DEEPLY CONCERNED REGARDING THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THE POTENTIAL IMPLICATIONS OF THIS REZONING. OUR PRIMARY CONCERN REVOLVES AROUND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON OUR PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL LAKE AND ALTERATIONS TO OUR ASSISTANT RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT LIKE THE FORESEEABLE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC CONGESTION, HEIGHTENED NOISE POLLUTION IMPACT ON PRIVATE LAKE ECOLOGICAL IMPACT, DRAMATIC INCREASE OF IMPERMEABLE SURFACE REDUCING GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, THE IMPOSITION OF PARKING LOT LIGHTING AND POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON OUR PROPERTIES. THESE FACTORS COLLECTIVELY POSE A THREAT TO THE TRANQUILITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE WE CHERISH WITHIN OUR WATERBROOK NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY. ONCE AGAIN, THE DECISION TO PURCHASE PROPERTIES WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL ZONE AREA WAS MADE WITH THE EXPECTATION OF MAINTAINING A CERTAIN QUALITY OF LIFE. THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION THREATENS TO DISRUPT THIS BALANCE AND COMPROMISES THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. THEREFORE, IT IS WITH GREAT CON UH, CONVICTION AND UNITY THAT WE, THE WATERBERG COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED CHANGE IN THE ZONING STATUS OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. WE URGE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER OUR CONCERNS EARNESTLY AND UPHOLD THE INTEGRITY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL SONY REGULATIONS BY VOTING NO SO THAT WE CAN MAINTAIN OUR WATERBROOK COMMUNITY AND OUR PRIVATE LAKE RESIDENTIAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. HELLO, MY NAME IS JOHN OSBORNE AND I LIVE AT 5,000 DIAMOND SPRINGS IN WATERBROOK, AND I HAVE FOR 30 YEARS. AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE MY HOUSE ON THE, UH, PICTURE UP THERE. I LIVE JUST ACROSS THE LAKE AND A COUPLE OF HOUSES OVER DIRECTLY FROM THE PROPERTY IN, UH, QUESTION. I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER, SO I HAVE A GOOD BACKGROUND FOR SEVERAL OF THE CONCERNS I'M GONNA BRING TO THE TABLE HERE THIS EVENING. WATERBROOK IS A JEWEL IN THE GREATER SENA AREA. THE LAKE ITSELF IS 17 ACRES OF WHICH I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANOTHER LAKE THAT BIG IN THE SENA AREA, AND IT'S ALSO A NATURAL BODY OF WATER. NOT ONE OF THE GOLF COURSE LAKES YOU SEE AROUND THAT, UH, ARE DYED BLUE AND NOT PARTICULARLY NICE TO LOOK AT. IT'S WIDE DEEP AND PROBABLY ONE OF THE CLEAREST AND CLEANEST LAKES IN THE AREA. IT'S GOOD FISHING. I FISH REGULARLY. IN FACT, I FISH RIGHT FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY YET YESTERDAY. SO IT'S, UH, IT'S A NICE PLACE. I'M ALSO THE WATERBROOK LAKE MANAGER. WE KEEP THE LAKE NATURAL. IT IS ABOUNDED WITH ALL TYPES OF, UH, WILDLIFE, BOTH FLORA AND FAUNA. AND I'M WORRIED THAT THAT WILDLIFE WILL BE DISTURBED WITH THE CONGESTION AND NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION THAT A CHURCH WILL BRING. THERE'S COUNTLESS SPECIES OF WILDLIFE THAT COUNT THE LAKE GETS HOME, INCLUDING I'VE I'VE, A FEW YEARS AGO I SAW A PAIR OF BALD EAGLES IN THE TREES ABOVE THE, UM, ABOVE THE PROPERTY. IN FACT, THOSE TREES, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN OUT THERE AND LOOKED AT 'EM, THERE'S SOME GIANT LIVE OAK TREES THAT ARE SIX TO EIGHT FEET IN DIAMETER, HUGE. AND, UM, THEY'RE A SHOWPLACE FOR MISSOURI CITY. I'D HATE TO SEE THOSE GO. AND EVEN IF, UH, WE TRY TO AVOID KILLING THEM, THERE'S A GOOD CHANCE THEY'D, UH, THEY'D DIE. WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT. MUCH OF THE ACREAGE CURRENTLY DRAINS INTO THE LAKE. WE ABSOLUTELY DON'T ANY NEED, ANY NEW NON-NATURAL WATER FLOWING OR NON-NATURAL SUBSTANCES FLOAT IN GET INTO THE LAKE THAT WOULD COME OFF OF A PARKING LOT OR, UH, ANY PESTICIDES OR HERBICIDES OR FERTILIZER OR THAT SORT OF THING THAT IS, UH, COMMON TO NORMAL DEVELOPMENT. SO, UH, DISCHARGING SUCH WATER INTO THE LAKES, NOT REALLY A A VALID OPPORTUNITY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM ALONG SIENNA IS INADEQUATE CURRENTLY. AND WHEN THERE'S A HEAVY RAIN, THE NOT ONLY DOES THAT AREA FLOOD AND THAT LOT FLOOD, BUT THE OTHER STREETS ALONG, UH, OR OTHER RESIDENTS OF WATERBROOK IN THE, UH, UH, ALONG MCKEEVER LANE HAVE, UH, LOTS OF STANDING WATER IN THEIR, UH, DRIVEWAYS. SO A LOT OF WORK CAN HAVE TO BE DONE TO TAKE CARE OF THAT DRAINAGE. IN ADDITION, THERE'S NO CURRENT POTABLE WATER OR SANITY ALONG SANITARY ALONGS ALONG [01:30:01] THAT SIDE OF SIENNA. THERE ARE ON THE OTHER SIDE, BUT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF WORK THAT SUE WOULD HAVE TO PAY TO, UH, TAKE CARE OF THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY. WE'D LIKE IT TO STAY THAT WAY. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING AND THANK YOU PLANNING AND ZONING COM UH, COMMISSION. MY NAME IS DAVID AREOLA. I'M A RESIDENT OF WATERBROOK AT 49 10 MCKEEVER LANE. MY HOME IS WITHIN 60 FEET. IT'S ABOUT 22 STEPS FROM THE PROPOSED SITE. AS A CATHOLIC MYSELF, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO A CATHOLIC CHURCH BEING BUILT AT ALL, ANY CHURCH BEING BUILT. IT'S THE FACT THAT'S IN MY BACKYARD. JUST IMAGINE YOU DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, YOU DRIVING HOME ANYWHERE, COMING DOWN THE STREET, AND THERE IS AN ACADEMY SIZE BUILDING AND PARKING LOT RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME. I MEAN, I WOULD, I WOULD ASSUME THAT YOU WOULD HAVE THE SAME VIEW AS I DO AS IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. AND SO HOPEFULLY I'M, YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED. BUT, UH, AFTER FURTHER REVIEW OF THE SITE PLANS, THERE'S THREE THINGS I WANNA TOUCH ON. UH, IT'S THE ONE MILE BUFFER ANALYSIS. IT'S THE BUILDING SIZE, THE, THE PROPOSED BUILDING SIZE AND THE CURRENT BUILDING SIZE, AS WELL AS THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND FUTURE USE PLAN, UH, SPECIFIC TO THE COMPATIBILITY WITHIN THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. SO REGARDING THE ONE MILE BUFFER ANALYSIS, THERE ARE SIX DIFFERENT SPEC OR SIX REFERENCE SPECIFIC USE PERMITS PROVIDED IN ANALYSIS. ONE IS A MOSS CHURCH, UH, WHERE SERVICES ARE HELD WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL HOME WITH A PARKING LOT CAPACITY OF 15, THE SECOND IN HIS EPISCOPAL CHURCH WITH A PARKING LOT CAPACITY OF 75. THE THIRD IS A BAPTIST CHURCH WITH A PARKING LOT CAPACITY OF 94. THE FOURTH IS AN EARLY DEVELOPMENT SCHOOL WITH THE PARKING LOT CAPACITY OF 45. THE FIFTH IS A COLLEGE THAT WAS PER PERMANENTLY CLOSED IN 2017, AND THE SIXTH IS A CELL TOWER. OF THE THREE MENTION THERE WAS THREE CHURCHES. THE TOTAL PARKING LOT CAPACITY IS 184 BASED ON THE SITE PLANS THAT THEY PROVIDED, THERE'S 243 PARKING SPOTS. IT'S ALSO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ST. MARY'S IS RELOCATING THEIR CURRENT LOCATION HAS 260 PARKING SPOTS IN BASED OFF OF GOOGLE MAP AND PICTURES THAT OFTEN, THOSE 260 PARKING SPOTS LEAD INTO THE GRASS. AND I DID A COUNT THAT MEANS 315 VEHICLES ON ONE PROPERTY. SO WE WENT FROM THE PROPOSED 243 TO 315 VEHICLES, UH, BEING PARKED. AND AGAIN, I LIVE 60 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY. MY GIRLS PLAY OUTSIDE IN THE FRONT YARD, BACKYARD. AND TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I DON'T WANT STRANGERS, NOTHING AGAINST THE PARISHIONERS AT ALL. IT'S JUST, I DON'T KNOW. YOU, YOU DON'T KNOW ME AND MY KIDS ARE MY BIGGEST THING. SO THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS. JUST LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE KIDS. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SORRY ABOUT THAT. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UM, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE INTENT OF THE BUFFER ANALYSIS IS TO SHOW THAT THE SURROUNDING AS ESTABLISHMENT, I'M SORRY, SIR, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. OH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE IT. ROGERS, MEL FRIEDMAN. TOM CAMPBELL. GO AHEAD SIR. I'D LIKE TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO COME UP AND SPEAK TO YOU. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A HEAVY HEART. I'M THE GUY THAT LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE LAKE FROM THIS PROPERTY. WHEN I, WHEN YOU WALK IN MY FRONT DOOR, THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE, THAT BEAUTIFUL LAKE ALONG WITH THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET WITH THE TREES AND EVERYTHING. THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT INTO THAT AREA. THAT'S WHY I BOUGHT THAT LOT 23 YEARS AGO. BUT LET ME, I'M GETTING OFF SCRIPT. LET ME GO HERE. I STAND HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY WITH A HEAVY HEART CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN OUR BELOVED RESIDENTIAL AREA ACROSS THE LAKE FROM MY HOME. MY WIFE AND I PURCHASED OUR HOUSE 23 YEARS AGO, WITH A VISION OF CREATING A SANCTUARY WHERE WE COULD RAISE OUR FAMILY SURROUNDED BY SERENE BEAUTY [01:35:01] AND NATURE AND TRANQUILITY VIEWS OF THE LATE. NOW, THE PERSPECTIVE OF THAT DREAM BEING SHATTERED IS DEVASTATING AS A CONTRACTOR WITH 25 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, I CAN ATTEST TO THE SIGNIFICANCE IMPACT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT COULD HAVE ON MY PROPERTY, MY PROPERTY VALUES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR HOME, WHICH WAS, WHICH IS VALUED AT $800,000, COULD POTENTIALLY LOSE UP TO $100,000 IN VALUE WITH THIS BILL. NOBODY WANTS THAT RIGHT ACROSS FROM 'EM WHEN THEY WALK IN THE FRONT DOOR. WHO'S GONNA BUY MY HOUSE? OKAY, THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE CHURCH. WELL, LEMME SAY THIS, MOREOVER, THE RESIDENTS STAND, THE OTHER RESIDENTS STAND TO HAVE THEIR PROPERTY VALUES EVALUATED AS WELL, FURTHER AFFECTING THE STABILITY AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE COMMUNITY. WHILE WE HAVE NOTHING AGAINST HAVING A PLACE OF WORSHIP WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS ESSENTIAL TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE AND NOT A COMMERCIAL. I'M SORRY, SIR. YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. OKAY, WELL, I STILL, I WANT TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU AND PUT YOURSELF IN MY SITUATION. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MEL FRIEDMAN, MY WIFE AVIVA, AND I LIVE ON MCKEEVER LANE. UH, I'M HERE TO ASK YOU THAT YOU DO NOT CHANGE THE ZONE, PLEASE. AND, UH, YOU'RE ENTRUSTED WITH MAKING IMPORTANT DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT US IN A WHOLE LOT OF WAYS. UH, AND I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER ONE ITEM NOW, AND THAT'S THE NOISE LEVEL THAT WILL AFFECT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE. UH, I HAVE NO STATISTICS TO OFFER YOU ON HOW MUCH NOISE, HUNDREDS OF CARS ADDED TO OUR STREETS BY THE CHURCH WILL AFFECT OUR NOISE LEVEL. UH, I HEARD THE WORD GUARANTEE. WELL, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THERE WON'T BE A SCHOOL, A FIVE DAY SCHOOL. THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THIS, THAT THAT PROPERTY WON'T BE SOLD TO SOME OTHER COMMERCIAL VENTURE. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS AT FOUR O'CLOCK, AT FOUR O'CLOCK ON OUR, ON OUR BLOCK, THE NOISE LEVEL IS BETWEEN 78 AND 80 DECIBELS. 48 AND 80, 78 AND 80 DECIBELS. IN FACT, THE PREVIOUS TEST YEARS AGO HAD IT AT 90 DECIBELS. NOW, JUST FOR A DATA POINT, SCIENTISTS WILL TELL YOU, 85 DECIBELS WILL CAUSE DEAFNESS. NOW FOUR O'CLOCK IS WHEN OUR KIDS COME BACK FROM SCHOOL. HOW MUCH WILL THE CHURCH TRAFFIC ADD TO THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION? HARD TO TELL NO GUARANTEES. BUT WHAT I DO KNOW AND WHAT YOU KNOW IS THAT YOUR PLANNING TO EXPAND SIENNA PARKWAY BY TWO EXTRA LANES, AND YOU'RE GONNA CUT DOWN THE TREES IN THE MIDDLE. SO TAKE, SO PLEASE, I RESPECTFULLY ASK YOU, TAKE OUR HEALTH INTO ACCOUNT WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION. IT HASN'T BEEN DONE IN THE PAST. PLEASE DO IT NOW. THE NOISE IS ABHORRENT. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS THOMAS CAMPBELL AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I'M VERY COMFORTABLE IN THIS ROOM. I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A ROOM WITH SO MANY THOMASES EVER IN MY LIFE, . AND, UM, I WANT TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT THE ST. MARY'S, UH, KENAI, UH, KENAN, UH, CATHOLIC CHURCH. UM, MY SON, I DO KNOW YOUR PEOPLE, MY SON PLAYS WITH YOUR, WITH, WITH, UH, UH, SOME OF YOUR PARISHIONERS AS A YOUNG 9-YEAR-OLD BOY. AND, UM, I DO TRUST AND HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE NANAYA CATHOLIC CHURCH. [01:40:01] UM, BUT GIVEN THE CURRENT LEVEL OF, UM, THE CURRENT LACK OF INFORMATION AND ASSURANCES, I CAN'T SUPPORT ITS LOCATION. UM, IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS POINT IN TIME, 15 YEARS AGO, WE DISCOVERED AN EXTRAORDINARY LITTLE LAKE WITH CLEAR WATER, FISH, AND INCREDIBLE DIVERSITY OF BIRDS. WE DETERMINED TO BUILD A HOME THAT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE LAKE AND ITS ECOSYSTEM AND AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AS POSSIBLE. OUR HOME IS FORT BEND COUNTY'S ONLY LEAD PLATINUM RESIDENTS. WE HAVE PRESERVED THE ALLIGATOR FLAG AND THE BULL RUSHES ON THE LAKE'S EDGE IN ORDER TO PROVIDE HABITAT FOR BIRDS AND FOR FISH. AND WE HAVE, WERE DOING THAT IN ORDER TO COMPLIMENT WHAT WAS ALREADY OCCURRING WITH MANY OF THE RESIDENTS ON WHAT MANY OF THOSE RESIDENTS CALL LAKE EMERALD LAKE BECAUSE THE QUALITY AND COLOR OF THE WATER NATURAL. WE RECEIVED A NOTICE ON MAY ONE REGARDING THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT. WE HAVE BEEN DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE LACK OF INFORMATION, THE QUALITY OF THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE RECEIVED. AND WE'VE BEEN DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE CHANGE IN STATUS QUO WOULD'VE A MAJOR IMPACT ON OUR PROPERTY AND OUR COMMUNITY. UM, THE MATERIALS PROVIDED, UH, PORTRAY OUR PROPERTY AS A ZONED SD AS A BUFFER TO THE REST OF THE WATERBROOK, UH, COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT, UH, WE ARE A CONTINUATION OF THAT COMMUNITY AND WE CONSIDER OURSELVES A PART OF THE BAND OF HABITAT, BOTH ECOLOGICAL AND, AND, AND, AND COMMUNI AND A COMMUNITY THAT WRAPS AROUND THAT LAKE. AND CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THAT BAND AND PUTTING A HIGH INTENSITY USE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT WILL NOT ONLY DISRUPT THE ECOLOGY, BUT IT'LL DISRUPT THAT THE COMMUNITY. UM, WHEN YOU FRAGMENT COMMUNITIES, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS. UM, THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY FROM WHEN YOU REZONE, UH, YOU, YOU TYPICALLY ACTUALLY DO REZONING. IT'S COMMON TO ASK FOR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, UTILITY REQUIREMENTS, NOISE, UH, ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THE REZONING IS TO A BROADER CATEGORY OF USE IN TURN, UH, FOR THE SPECIFIC PROJECT. BUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING HERE IS YOU'RE ACCEPTING, UH, A SUB, A SUB. UM, AND IT SHOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. BUT NONE OF THAT IS PRESENT HERE. I'M SORRY, SIR. YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. SO, UH, THE, THE CONCLUSION IS THAT GIVEN THE LACK OF INFORMATION, I'M SORRY I HAVE TO OPPOSE THIS PROJECT. YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. HELLO, MY NAME IS JOE BUTTERFIELD AND I LIVE AT 45 19 DIAMOND SPRINGS DRIVE. AND YOU HAVE JUST HEARD FROM SIX OF MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE, THEY'VE SPOKEN ELOQUENTLY TO THE ISSUES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY OCCUR AS A RESULT OF THIS ZONING CHANGE. I WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT THAT IF EVEN ONE OF THOSE, NOT ALL, OR EVEN SOME, BUT EVEN ONE OF THOSE ACTUALLY GO, HAPPENS, THEN THE PROPERTY VALUES OF OUR COMMUNITY WILL BE DRASTICALLY, UH, CHANGED. UM, MUCH LIKE A HOTEL ROOM THAT COSTS MORE WHEN YOU GET THE LAKE VIEW. IF YOU LOOK ON THE PARKING LOT, THAT ROOM COSTS A LITTLE BIT LESS. AND SO THIS IS A HUGE EVENT FOR ALL OF US WHO CHOSE OUR CHARMING, PEACEFUL, PRIVATE LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD. NOT ONLY AN AESTHETIC BLOW, BUT A REAL MONEY CATASTROPHE. A PANEL OF EXPERTS ESTIMATES A LOSS IN PROPERTY VALUES OF $4.9 MILLION. IF THIS GOES THROUGH, THAT'S TO THE TOTAL OF THE 54 HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE IN THAT. AND THE FINANCIAL BLOW DOES NOT END WITH THE HOMEOWNERS. THIS POTENTIAL, UH, DECLINE CO, UH, IS A, BUT THE FINANCIAL BLOW DOES NOT END WITH THE HOMEOWNERS. THAT POTENTIAL CAUSES A DECLINE IN THE PROPERTY TAX INCOME THAT THE CITY REALIZES FROM WATERBROOK. THE SAME EXPERTS ESTIMATE THAT THE LOSS OF TAX REVENUE TO THE, TO MISSOURI CITY AT ABOUT $125,000 ANNUALLY IN FIVE YEARS, THAT'S $625,000. AND ALL THIS IS BASED ON THE IDEA THAT THE TAXES WON'T GO UP. I DON'T KNOW WHERE ANYBODY BELIEVES THAT, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY. AND IN 10 YEARS, WE'RE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS IN LOSS, IN TAXES. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE TO STATE THE OBVIOUS. REPLACING A [01:45:01] INCOME GENERATING PROPERTY WITH A TAX EXEMPT ONE EVEN REDUCES FURTHER THAT DEFICIT THAT WE SHOW IN OUR PROPERTY TAXES, WATERBROOK CONCEDES THAT THE CHANGE, THAT CHANGE OFTEN IMPACTS A FEW TO BENEFIT THE MANY. USUALLY WE CALL THIS PROGRESS AND WE COMMEND THIS COMMISSION FOR THEIR DILIGENCE IN CONTINUING TO RESOLVE SUCH ISSUES WITH EACH AND EVERY REQUEST THAT YOU RECEIVE. BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, I, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE REST OF YOU, BUT I'M HAVING TROUBLE FIGURING OUT WHO IS THE MANY, THE SELLER WILL BENEFIT, I'M SURE, AND PERHAPS THE PER PARISHIONERS. I CAN STRETCH TO BELIEVE THAT THE PARISHIONERS PARISHIONERS WILL BENEFIT FROM THIS, BUT THEY WILL. I'M SORRY, MA'AM, YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. I WAS SO SURE THAT I WOULD DO BETTER THAN GUYS, BUT LOOK, I WAS JUST AS BAD. OKAY, SO NOW WE NEED MATTHEW, JOE, BENJAMIN THOMAS ANIS, CHE BIA. JOY, IF I'VE CALLED YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM AND FORM A LINE. JOY. JOHN DE DIVIA. BABU. JOKIN CHACO. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DIA BABU. I'M A NURSE AT MD ANDERSON, A CANCER CENTER. I LIVE IN 5 5 4 6 CARLISLE AVENUE, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS, UH, PROPERTY. UM, I'VE BEEN IN LOS END OF SIENNA FOR THE PAST EIGHT YEARS, EVER SINCE I MOVED FROM VIRGINIA. SO I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY. UM, I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THIS PARISH, ST. MARYANA CATHOLIC CHURCH. I DON'T WANNA REPEAT A LOT OF STUFF PEOPLE HAVE TALKED ABOUT, BUT I JUST WANNA, UM, REEMPHASIZE THAT IF WE HAVE THIS CHURCH, NEW CHURCH IN THIS PROPERTY, I THINK THIS IS GONNA ADD DIVERSITY TO THE, UH, CNA COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT. UM, I ALSO THINK, UM, THIS IS A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO GIVE BACK TO THE ELDERS OF THIS COMMUNITY WHO SERVED FOR THIS, UM, PEOPLE IN THIS CITY. UM, AND ALSO, UM, TO, FOR THE YOUTH WHO, UM, WHO, UH, WHO ARE THE FUTURE OF THIS, UH, THIS COMMUNITY. I ACTUALLY SERVED AS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER FOR FOUR YEARS IN THIS CHURCH. AND I KNOW THE STRUGGLE OF OUR CHILDREN, UM, WHO, UH, UH, DEALING WITH THE INCONVENIENCE BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF SPACE, BECAUSE THE LACK OF, UH, FACILITIES. UM, SO I REALLY THINK YOU GUYS SHOULD CONSIDER THAT. UM, ONE MORE THING I JUST WANNA MENTION, UH, I ALSO BEEN GOING TO THIS CHURCH EVERY DAY, UM, UNTIL I HAD MY DAUGHTER WHO IS TWO YEARS OLD RIGHT NOW. SO I'VE BEEN GOING TO THE CHURCH SERVICE EVERY DAY, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT DURING THE RUSH HOUR. IF YOU GUYS THINK THAT'S A PROBLEM, UH, PLEASE CONSIDER. AND IF YOU THINK THAT'S HAVING THIS, UM, CHURCH, UM, IN THIS COMMUNITY IS GONNA AFFECT THAT HARMONY, PLEASE CONSIDER COMING TO OUR SERVICE, AT LEAST ONE OF OUR SURVEYS. UM, YOU DON'T HEAR A NOISE OUTSIDE, IT'S GONNA BE LOUD INSIDE BECAUSE IT'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN A TIGHT SPACE, BUT IT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT THE HARMONY, I PROMISE YOU THAT. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS, UH, JOEY JOHN. I AM, UH, I AM THE RIGHT OPPOSITE OF THE WATER BOOK WEST. I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. I AM THE NEIGHBOR OF I AM, UH, WATER BOOK WEST. I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO CALL LIZZIE JOSEPH. LIZZIE JOSEPH ON FELDMAN FALL. JOES KOFF ON PEBBLE WAY LANE MERLIN, ROSE BIJU. MY NAME IS LISA JOSEPH. I LIVE TEN THREE TWO SEVEN WELLMAN FALLS, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. AND, UH, I'M A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST. UH, I WORK ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER AND I'VE BEEN WORKING LAST 35 YEARS, AND I, UM, SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND MY FAMILY. THANK YOU. [01:50:06] MY NAME IS JOE KA. I LIVE AT, UH, 3 35 30 PEOPLE VALLEY IN MISSOURI CITY. I WORK AS A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST IN HIGH RISK HEALTH SYSTEM, AND I JUST WANT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. UH, I HEAR ALL THE CONCERNS, UH, THE PEOPLE LIVE AROUND THERE, SO WE JUST WANT, YOU KNOW, SOLVE ALL THE ISSUES AND WE JUST, WE DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, WE RESPECT YOUR, UH, YOU KNOW, OPINION AND WE JUST WANT CONCERN ABOUT IT. UM, ANYWAY, I JUST WANNA SUPPORT IT. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARLIN PICCHU. I AM A, A MISSOURI CITY RESIDENT AND ALSO BEEN LIVING IN SIENNA ALMOST 15 YEARS. UM, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, UM, THIS CHURCH TO BE IN THE SIENNA. THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF, UM, CONCERNS ABOUT BEING THIS CHURCH TO BE THERE. UH, THERE'S TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT THEY'VE BEEN SAYING. THEY'RE SAYING THAT ABOUT THE WATER, THE LAKE BEING CONTAMINATED, OR, UH, I CAN ASSURE THAT, UM, EVERYTHING WILL BE CONSIDERED, UH, ALL THE PROBLEMS WILL BE CONSIDERED WHEN THIS CHURCH IS BUILT. WE DON'T WANT ANY ISSUES. WE ARE PEACEFUL PEOPLE. WE WANT PEACE. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THIS AREA AS WELL. UM, I JUST WANT ALL OF YOU TO, UM, TAKE THE MOMENT AND UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN. AND, UM, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. SAJI CHACO, JOHNS MATTHEW, SHE BE KIN CONDO, PEBBLE WAY LANE. SIRI, IAN, GO AHEAD, SIR. HELLO, MY NAME IS JOSEPH CHACO. I'M A RESIDENT IN, UH, UH, SIENNA PLANTATION FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. AND, UH, I WORK IN MEMORIAL HERMANN FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS. UH, WHEN I, WHEN ME, UH, MY WIFE AND ME MOVED TO, UH, SIENNA, IT'S ONLY ONE LINE. AND THEN, UH, I WAS ONLY, UH, TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND, UH, UH, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL. NOW CNA IS GROWING AND I'M SURE YOU KNOW, UM, EVERY, YOU KNOW, ONCE IS GROW. UH, ALL THE, UH, CHURCHES ARE GROWING TOO. SO THIS, UH, UNIQUE CHURCH IS GOING TO ADD UP THE VALUE OF THE CHURCH. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UH, I HEARD THE PEOPLE SAYING THE PROPERTY VALUE IS GONNA BE DOWN. NO, IT'S GONNA BE HIGH BECAUSE IT'S A UNIQUE COMMUNITY. ALL THESE PEOPLE, THE, THE PEOPLE, UH, LIKE TO LIVING CLOSE TO THE CHURCH. SO I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING TO SIENNA AND, UH, THE ITY VALUE IS GOING TO BE MORE HIGHER AND HIGHER IN FEW YEARS. AND ALSO, UH, ONE THING I NEED TO SAY, WHY THEY MOVING TO THE NEW CHURCH, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY, THE, UM, YOUNG ADULTS, THEY GET MARRIED. WHEN THEY GET MARRIED. THEY, THEY DON'T WANT CHOOSE OUR CHURCH BECAUSE IT'S SMALL CHURCH. THEY WANT ALL WANT MOVE TO THE, UH, LATIN CHURCH BECAUSE THE ONE TIME MARRIAGE, THEY WANT A, YOU KNOW, BIG CELEBRATION. SO WHEN WE HAVE THIS, UH, NEW CHURCH WITH A UNIQUE, UH, YOU KNOW, BUILDING, I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE GET MARRIED AROUND THIS CHURCH. AND, UH, THE PROPERTY VALUE AND EVERYTHING, A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING TO THIS CHURCH. AND I MEAN, THIS COMMUNITY AND THE PROPERTY VALUE AND THE, UH, GROWTH OF THE MO THE MISSOURI CITY, ESPECIALLY CNA, IS GONNA BE HIGHER AND HIGHER. I'M REALLY SUPPORTING THE CHURCH. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS SHI KANA. I LIVE IN 3 5 3 0 VILLE IN MISSISSIPPI CITY. UM, I DID NOT, UH, PREPARE A BIG SPEECH BECAUSE I WAS ONLY SUPPORTING THE CHURCH. BUT AFTER HEARING ALL THE CONCERNS, I JUST WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS. I'M A TEACHER FOR, UH, CC, UH, SUNDAY SCHOOL FOR PAST 17 YEARS. I CURRENTLY, UH, TEACH IN, UM, 11TH GRADE. I, MY CURRICULUM IS HOW TO MOLD THE PERSONALITY IN, UH, CONNECTION WITH THE HUMAN AND GOD. SO I'M JUST ASSURING THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEM. MY KIDS ARE WELL BEHAVED. PAST 17 YEARS, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THEIR BREAKING A, A FIRE DOOR. SO I DON'T THINK THAT, UH, THERE WON'T BE ANY PROBLEM. UH, THE RIVER LAKE WILL BE SAVED BECAUSE THEY, UH, WE ALLOW THE NATURE. WHEN I, UM, SUPPORTING THIS ONE, I ASKED, UM, FATHER ALAM, SORRY, FATHER ABRAHAM. SO WE NEED TO SAVE THE LAKE. WE NEED TO SAVE THE TREES, WE ALLOW THE NATURE. PLEASE. UM, I SUPPORT THIS ZONING AND GRANDES PERMISSION TO HAVE RELIGIOUS ONE FOR THIS PROPERTY. THANK [01:55:01] YOU. GJA. MATTHEW GJA. MATTHEW SWEETLAND COURT, IGOR KO, UH, I TALK HIM. OKAY. HE'S, UH, HE CANNOT COME TODAY. SORRY. UH, WITH THE JOE. UM, MY NAME NAJE SALMAN, HOLD ON. WAIT, HER NAME IS ON THE FORM. IT'S UNDERNEATH. SORRY. YEAH, THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. MY NAME NAJE SALMAN. I'M THE RESIDENT OF 4 9 1 9 DIAMOND SPRING, UM, DRIVE. UH, WE LIVED WITH THERE AROUND FOUR YEARS NOW. AND WE LOVE THIS PLACE. IT'S SO PEACEFUL, SO BEAUTIFUL. IT'S SO NICE AND SAFE. UH, WE USED TO LIVE IN HOUSTON AREA AND THIS WAS CROWDY CRIME AND EVERYTHING. SO WE GET TIRED. IT, WE FIND THIS PIECE OF PARADISE AND WE MOVE HERE AND WE SO MUCH APPRECIATE THIS PLACE AND OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY. WE'RE ALL SO FRIENDLY, SO CLOSE TO EACH OTHER. WE KNOW EACH OTHER VERY WELL. UH, YOU KNOW, AND WE DON'T EVEN HAVE A HIGH FAN FROM EACH OTHER. SO WE CAN SEE THROUGH THE BACKYARD FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER PLACE. AND THE LAKE THAT WE HAVE ACTUALLY IS OUR OTHER FAN FOR THE, YOU KNOW, FROM THE NEIGHBOR. LIKE RIGHT THERE, WE CAN SAY HI TO EACH OTHER FROM THE LAKE. NOW, UH, CAN YOU IMAGINE WITH, AND I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING BAD TO THE BELIEVERS. I'M BELIEVER MYSELF, I GO TO CHURCH MYSELF. I'M SORRY. BUT NOW CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMEBODY COME TO YOU, TO YOUR BACKYARD, SOME PEOPLE LIKE 500 PEOPLE, LET'S SAY, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE SAID LIKE 300 TO 500 PEOPLE IS GOING TO BE, JOIN THIS CHURCH. SO, AND SAY, OKAY, HERE NOW WE ARE GOING TO BUILD CHURCH RIGHT THERE. AND YOU HAVE TO SOMEHOW EAT IT. YOU HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. YOU HAVE TO, YOU KNOW, JOIN IT, WHATEVER. BECAUSE WE BELIEVE WE NEED A BIGGER CHURCH. OKAY? MISSOURI CITY IS BIG. WE CAN BUILD A CHURCH IN OTHER PLACE. WHY? WE NEED TO BUILD THE CHURCH INSIDE MY BACKYARD AND MY NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD. I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS. LET'S SEE, FOR EXAMPLE, SUNDAY MORNING, I COME IN MY PAJAMAS TO MY BACKYARD, YOU KNOW, CHECK THE COFFEE AND MY PET, AND HERE'S 500 PEOPLE WATCHING ME THROUGH THE LAKE. CAN YOU IMAGINE THIS? I CAN'T. I FEEL IT'S LIKE A NIGHTMARE, YOU KNOW? THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. ACTUALLY, I DON'T WANT TO SAY TOO MUCH, BUT THIS IS MY FEELING I TOOK IN FRONT OF MY HEART. PLEASE KEEP IT SAFE. THIS PLACE FOR US, FOR THE BOATS AND FOR THE ANIMALS WE HAVE. LAKE IS WONDERFUL PLACE. WE HAVE A LOT OF FISH. WE HAVE TOTOS, WE HAVE SNAILS THAT THEY ALL GONNA DIE. AND THE BUILDS RIGHT NOW, THEY HAVE EVEN IMMIGRATION BUILDS FOR THE WINTER TIME THEY SPENT, UH, IN OUR LAKE LIKE DOCKS. YOU KNOW? SO ALL THESE GONNA GO AWAY, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'RE GONNA BUILD, BUILD BUILDING RIGHT THERE WHERE THE HUNDREDS THERE, ALL TREES STAY. AND THE PLACE ITSELF IS THE HISTORICAL PLACE. AND EVEN IF MISSOURI CITY CARE ABOUT HISTORY, WE HAVE TO KEEP THIS PLACE, NOT DESTROY IT AND BUILD SOMETHING NEW. YOU KNOW? SO THIS IS MY FEELING ABOUT THIS. THANK YOU SO MUCH, GUYS. THANK YOU. MM-HMM, CONRAD CWA ON CHINABERRY LANE. ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK, YOU KNOW, SOME REAL THINGS HERE. UH, MY NAME IS KRA SCHWAB. I HAVE LIVED IN WATERBROOK WEST, YOU KNOW, FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS. I'M THE ASSOCIATION SECRETARY. I DO NOT SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE COMMUNITY. OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE SOME PEOPLE, AT LEAST ONE, YOU KNOW, THAT LIKES, YOU KNOW, THIS CHURCH. BUT, UH, DEFINITELY I WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, NOT TO APPROVE, YOU KNOW, EXCHANGE OF ZONING BECAUSE ZONING IS TO PROTECT US AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES. I CANNOT REZONE MY HOUSE AND BUILD A CHURCH AND BRING, YOU KNOW, 500 PEOPLE ON SUNDAY AND P**S OFF ALL MY NEIGHBORS. I'M SORRY. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS. YOU KNOW, IT'S OUR SAFETY, OUR PROPERTY VALUES. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC. I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. MY HOUSE IS ALWAYS IN DANGER OF BEING, YOU KNOW, FLOODED BECAUSE MISSOURI CITY DOESN'T MAINTAIN OUR DITCHES, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY THAT'S PROPERLY, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY. AND I HAVE A CONCERN ABOUT CRIME BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE SO MUCH TRAFFIC, YOU'RE GOING TO BRING, YOU KNOW, BUS STOPS AND AFTER BUS STOPS, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, RIDE THE BUS AND PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T WANT TO HAVE AROUND YOUR PROPERTY. AND THE THING IS, ONCE METRO MOVE IN, IT IS TIME FOR YOU TO MOVE OUT AND SELL. AND OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO GO DOWN. NOW, WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR THE LAWSUITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WHEN PEOPLE DIE BECAUSE OF ACCIDENTS? WHEN OUR PROPERTY VALUES GO DOWN? IS THE CITY GOING, YOU KNOW, TO PAY FOR THIS? IS THE CHURCH NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THIS, [02:00:01] SIR, WITH RESPECT, PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO US ONLY. PLEASE DIRECT YOUR COMMENTS TO US ONLY PLEASE. YES, SIR. OKAY, SO, SO THE THING IS, THERE ARE SO MANY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT THIS CHURCH, YOU KNOW, CAN BUY IN MISSOURI CITY. WHY DO WE HAVE TO CHANGE? YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY, I WAS IN THE MILITARY FOR A LONG TIME. I BELIEVE IN GOD. AND WHEN WE BUILT OUR CHURCH, WE BUILT, UH, WE BUILT IT ON A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. WE DIDN'T CHANGE ANY ZONING. WE DIDN'T BASICALLY BOTHER ANYBODY. PLEASE HAVE RESPECT FOR OUR WORK. I LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, FOR 20 YEARS. AND I WORK, YOU KNOW, TO PAY TAXES, YOU KNOW, TO MISSOURI CITY. YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND NOT LOWER THEM BECAUSE YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE THAT MAY OR MAY LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY AND SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY BELIEVE IN GOD CANNOT DRIVE, YOU KNOW, FIVE MILES OR TWO MILES, YOU KNOW, TO A DIFFERENT AREA. OR PAY $5 IN TALL, LUIS, YOU KNOW, COME ON. YOU KNOW, LET'S BE REALISTIC. THANK YOU, JOHN LIGHT. JOHN ON CHINABERRY GROVE, ALSO SUNIL JOHN WILLIAM HENDRICKS AND DEBORAH HENDRICKS. GO AHEAD MA'AM. HI, GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS LII JOHN. I RESIDE AT 5 4 1 9 CHINA BERRY GROVE WATER, UM, WATERBROOK WEST COMPLEX RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS PROPERTY. EVERY DAY WE DEAL WITH TRAFFIC IN THE MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT NOT EVERYONE MAY EXPERIENCE DAILY TRAFFIC CHALLENGES WE FACE ON SIENNA PARKWAY EVERY SINGLE DAY, ESPECIALLY DURING MORNINGS AND THE EVENING HOURS. OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN VERY WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE. WE HOPE THAT THIS MAY DEMONSTRATE SUPPORT, WILL ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO CONSIDER OUR CURRENT CONCERNS. I WANT TO CLARIFY THAT OUR COMMUNITY'S MAIN CONCERN IS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON TRAFFIC FLOW AND SAFETY, PARTICULARLY FOR FAMILIES LIKE MINE WITH THE CHILDREN ATTENDING MULTIPLE SCHOOLS, WE WANT TO ENSURE THAT ANY NEW PROJECT IN OUR AREA CAREFULLY EVALUATED TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL DISRUPTIONS. I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT OUR CONCERNS ARE PURELY TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT AND SAFETY. AND DO NOT REFLECT ON ANY BIAS AGAINST PROPOSED CHURCH OR ANY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS. 'CAUSE I'M A CATHOLIC, I GO TO CHURCH TOO. WE ARE SIMPLY LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION THAT ENSURES THE WELLBEING OF OUR FAMILIES AND A SMOOTH FUNCTIONING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S EASY TO SAY. I HEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE SAYING I SUPPORT, I COMMENT. UM, HAVING A CHURCH, HAVING A CHURCH IS A GREAT THING. IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING. BUT WHEN YOU LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH YOUR FAMILY, EVEN NOW WITHOUT A CHURCH BEING THERE, WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE TRAFFIC TO CALM DOWN. IT TAKES A LOT OF TIME. IMAGINE BIG OF A CHURCH LIKE THAT COME AND THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GONNA BUILD, WE ARE GONNA HAVE SUCH A PROBLEM. THIS CHURCH IS, I HUMBLY REQUEST YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THE SINCERE REQUEST FOR OUR RESIDENTS OF SIENNA PLANTATION PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE MINORITY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR PERSPECTIVE, UNDER YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF OUR PERSPECTIVE. AND I WISH YOU ALL A BLESSED EVENING. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS SUNIL JOHN, AND I LIVE IN 54 19 CHINABERRY GROVE IN MISERY CITIES, WATERBROOK WEST SUBDIVISION, WHERE I SERVE AS ONE OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE HOA BOARD. TODAY I AM HERE TO EXPRESS OUR COMMUNITY'S CONCERN ABOUT THE PROPOSED REZONING OF 5 0 0 2 SENA PARKWAY. MY FAMILY AND I BUILT OUR HOUSE IN WATERBROOK WEST, AND WE HAVE BEEN PROUD RESIDENTS SINCE 2018. WE VALUE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THAT IT OFFERS, BUT WE HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED REZONING OF 5 0 0 2 SENA PARKWAY. OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS, OUR RESIDENTS HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN TRAFFIC ALONG SIENNA PARKWAY, ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EVENING HOURS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY CONCERN FOR MY THREE CHILDREN WHO RELY ON THE SCHOOL BUS TO GET TO SCHOOL. AND FOR MY WIFE WHO COMMUTES TO WORK DAILY, MISSOURI CITY'S REZONING PROPOSAL TO ACCOMMODATE A CHURCH COMMUNITY WITH FACILITIES THAT ARE LIKELY TO DRAW LARGE CROWDS, TROUBLES US DEEPLY. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACTS THAT THIS WOULD [02:05:01] HAVE ON OUR COMMUNITY, PARTICULARLY THE CHALLENGES IT WOULD POSE ON THE 95 PLUS FAMILIES WHO LIVE IN WATERBROOK WEST WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING OUR SUBDIVISION. AMIDST THE ALREADY HEAVY TRAFFIC ON SIENNA PARKWAY REZONING 5 0 0 2 SIENNA PARKWAY IS NOT IN OUR COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY'S BEST INTEREST WITHIN A ONE TO ONE AND A HALF MILE, HALF MILE RADIUS OF THIS PROPERTY. THERE ARE ALREADY THREE DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS TO VARIOUS DENOMINATIONS THAT SERVE SIENNA FAMILIES WITH ROOM FOR EXPANSION. THEREFORE, INTRODUCING ANOTHER CHURCH COMMUNITY INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY ONE THAT DOES NOT EXTEND MEMBERSHIP TO OUR RESIDENTS, SEEMS UNNECESSARY. WHILE MY FAMILY AND I DEEPLY VALUE OUR FAITH AND RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS, IT IS WILD TO PRO PRIORITIZE THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. A CHURCH OF THIS SIZE SHOULD SEEK A LOCATION BETTER SUITED TO MEET ITS NEEDS WITHOUT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECONSIDER THE PROPOSAL REZONING INITIATIVE. AND I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE MAY BE NUMEROUS SUPPORTERS OF THIS PROPOSAL WHO ARE PART OF THE CHURCH COMMUNITY. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO EXAMINE THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR LOCATIONS ON THE MAP IN RELATION TO THIS PROPERTY. MANY OF THEM ARE NOT A AFFECTED BY THE TRAFFIC IN THE SAME WAY THAT RESIDENTS OF WATERBROOK WEST ARE. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION IN THIS MATTER. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS WILLIAM HENDRICKS. I LIVE AT 4 6 0 7 DIAMOND SPRINGS DRIVE. I AM PART OF THE WATERBROOK UH, COMMUNITY. I HAVE BEEN FOR ABOUT 22 AND A HALF YEARS. I'VE OWNED PROPERTY. WE'VE OWNED PROPERTY THERE FOR OVER 25 YEARS. I SENT A LETTER TO EACH ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR, AND MANY OF THE, UH, SEVERAL OF THE, OF THE PLANNING COMMITTEE. THIS IS A PLANNING BEATING. I UNDERSTAND. SO I'M GONNA, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT PORTION OF IT. A LOT OF WHAT'S BEEN SAID TODAY BY MEL AND BY, UH, BY JOHN ABOUT, ABOUT THE LAKE. UH, I AGREE WITH, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE SAID. I'M AFRAID OF THE WATERBROOK, UH, COMMUNITY LOSING PROPERTY VALUES. BUT THIS WAS ZONED THIS WAY YEARS AND YEARS AGO. THIS, THIS COMMUNITY WAS BUILT AROUND THAT LAKE. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO LIVE THERE BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING BUT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AROUND THAT LOCATION, INCLUDING THE SIDE THAT YOU ALL ARE LOOKING TO REZONE AT 5 0 0 2, UH, SIENNA PARKWAY. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FOUL. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF FISH THAT ARE IN OUR LAKE. THERE'S, UH, THERE'S BEEN IN THE PAST WOLVES OUT THERE, COYOTES OUT THERE. WHILE PIGS OUT THERE, IT'S CHANGED SOMEWHAT WITH THE GROWTH. BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT TAKING AND PUTTING A HUGE BUILDING ON THAT PLOT OF LAND OUT THERE, IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE EFFECT OF THE PROPERTY. AND WHAT WE NOW HAVE, EACH OF US OWNS HALF OF THAT LAKE FROM MCKEEVER SIDE ON THE DIAMOND SPRING SIDE. HALF OF THE LAKE IS OWNED. SO WE, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THAT LAKE AND KEEP IT. THAT'S ALL WHERE ALL OF OUR DUES GO IS TO MAINTAIN THAT LAKE. WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THOSE VALUES AND WHAT ARE GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT PROPERTY, UH, OR EXCUSE ME, TO THE LAKE OR WHAT POTENTIALLY COULD HAPPEN WITH THE BUILDING, WITH THE, THE CONCRETE, WITH THE RUNOFF THAT COULD HAPPEN. THE OVERFLOWING. WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN OUR DOCKS. I HAVE A DOCK. I HAVE 126 FEET OF LINEAR FEET OF BULKHEAD. ANY RAYS IN THE WATER LEVELS FROM OVERRUN OFF THAT WE MAY HAVE, COULD DAMAGE ANY OF THAT. BUT NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT EXPENSIVE PROPERTY MAINTAINED AND MANY PEOPLE OUT THERE HAVE THE SAME THING THAT WE HAVE IN THE WAY OF DOCKS IN THAT I HOPE THAT YOU'LL CAN RECONSIDER THIS FROM A PLANNING STANDPOINT AND LOOK AT IT AND SAY, HEY, WE'VE GOT A COMMUNITY OUT THERE THAT WAS BUILT 40, 50 YEARS AGO AROUND THE LAKE AND THAT PARTICULAR AREA, AND THAT WAS ZONED UNDER PRIVATE PROP OR UNDER A, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY FROM THE GET GO. AND IT STILL SHOULD BE THAT WAY GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. KEN. T TRAM, PN T TRAM, DIAMOND SPRINGS DRIVE. TAM TRAN. LISA KGU. MICHAEL MATTHEW. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. HEY, HELLO. I AM LISA KAJU. I LIVE AT 47 10 CREEK POINT LANE. UM, HELLO COUNSEL AND PNZI AM BACK HERE TO THANK YOU FOR PAYING ATTENTION AND GIVING CONSIDERATION TO THE LATEST, UM, THE LAST DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING ISSUE. WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK IN OUR BELOVED CIANA NEIGHBORHOOD. WE CANNOT IGNORE THE PRESSING ISSUES THAT THREATEN ITS WELLBEING. FIRST, LET'S [02:10:01] TALK ABOUT FLOODING. LOOK AT THE ISSUES OF SUBSIDENCE UP IN CYPRUS AND THE FLOODING THAT JUST HAPPENED UP NORTH. HAVE WE FORGOTTEN YET ABOUT HARVEY? HAVE WE FORGOTTEN? THE BRAZOS IS RIGHT THERE. DOES YOUR PHONE GO OFF WITH THE SAME FLOOD ALERT WARNINGS IN THE AREA THAT MINE DOES? NO MATTER HOW YOU POLITICALLY FEEL ABOUT THE CLIMATE, WE CAN AGREE TEXAS HAS GOT SOME REALLY BIG WEATHER. WE NEED YOU TO ACT DECISIVELY TO PROTECT US AND IMPLEMENT A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATED PLAN THAT INCLUDES FLOOD MITIGATION STRATEGIES, INCLUDING IMPROVED DRAINAGE SYSTEMS, LEVIES, GREEN SPACE, AND PARK INFRASTRUCTURE. THIS HAS GOT TO BE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE WE TALK REZONING, BECAUSE ONCE IT'S BUILT, IT'S TOO LATE. GUYS. NEGLECTING THIS ISSUE PUTS OUR HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND OUR LIVES IN JEOPARDY. YOU MUST DO COMPREHENSIVE PLANS WELL BEFORE YOU MUST START CHANGES IN ZONING. THIS IS THE DIRECT PATH THAT SIENNA RESIDENTS HAVE TO ENTER AND EXIT THROUGH EVERY SINGLE DAY. WEEKENDS INCLUDED. NOT CONSIDERING THESE ISSUES IS DESTRUCTIVE TO SIENNA. TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS AN EVERYDAY PROBLEM. THE OTHER DAY, A VAN BROKE DOWN CONVENIENTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ONLY TWO LANES THAT I CAN GET MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL WITH THE ONLY TWO LANES THAT TWO 20,000 PLUS PEOPLE LIVE AND GO THROUGH EVERY DAY. TO ME, WHETHER THIS IS A CHURCH OR ANY OTHER SORT OF ENTITY, THAT'S LESS OF THE POINT. IF IT'S BIG, IF ITS PURPOSE IS TO DRAW MORE PEOPLE HERE, THEN WE NEED TO THOUGHTFULLY CONSIDER WHAT THAT REQUIRES. WE NEED THOROUGH PLANNING AND INVESTMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, TRAFFIC FLOW STUDIES, AND MAKING BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY WALKWAYS. WE DIDN'T MOVE OUT HERE TO BE ALL CRAMMED IN ON TOP OF EACH OTHER LIKE HOUSTON PROPER. WE MOVED OUT HERE TO BE OUTSIDE WITH OUR FAMILIES, AT LEAST FOR THE FEW MONTHS, A YEAR THAT THE TEXAS WEATHER ALLOWS THAT. I AM HERE TO ASK YOU TO FOCUS ON A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT CONSIDERS THE LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY, THE SAFETY AND THE RESILIENCE OF SIENNA. THIS PLAN MUST INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY RESIDENTS NEED TO BE HEARD LOUDER THAN THE LAND GRAB BUYERS OR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIVE ON OR BORDER THESE ROADS. I URGE YOU TO PAY ATTENTION TO WHO SPEAKS ON THIS MATTER TODAY AND WHERE THEY ACTUALLY LIVE IN REGARD TO THIS PROJECT BEING BUILT. SIENNA, RESIDENTS NEED TO BE PART OF THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS. 'CAUSE WE CARE. WE ALWAYS NEED TO BE PART OF IT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO THE FUTURE OF SIENNA AND TOUGHING IT OUT TONIGHT GUYS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MICHAEL MATTHEW AND I'M A CURRENT RESIDENT IN WATERBROOK WEST. TODAY I STAND BEFORE YOU TO ADDRESS A CRUCIAL MATTER AFFECTING OUR COMMUNITY, THE PROPOSAL TO BUILD A VERY LARGE CHURCH IN OUR ALREADY CONGESTED RESIDENTIAL AREA AND MY HOME. WHILE THE NATION OF CHURCH MAY EVOKE SENTIMENTS OF UNITY AND SPIRITUAL SALADS, WE MUST CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATIONS OF PLACING SUCH A SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MAIN ARTERY OF TRAFFIC FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. FIRST AND FOREMOST, LET US ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE OF CONGESTION. OUR STREETS ARE ALREADY STRAINED BY THE DAILY COMINGS AND GOINGS OF RESIDENTS, SCHOOL, BUSES, AND COMMUTERS. INTRODUCING A LARGE CHURCH KNOWN FOR ITS EVENTS INTO THIS MIX WOULD ELABORATE TRAFFIC CONGESTION, POTENTIALLY LEADING TO SAFETY HAZARDS AND INCREASED FRUSTRATION FOR ALL WHO CALL THIS AREA HOME MORE EVER. THE SHEER SCALE OF A VERY LARGE CHURCH DEMANDS AMPLE SPACE FOR PARKING AND CONGRESSION. OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS ARE NOT EQUIPPED TO ACCOMMODATE THE INFLUX OF VEHICLES SUCH AS AN ESTABLISHMENT WOULD BRING. DISPLACING ALL WATER FROM THIS LAND HAS IMPLICATIONS THAT NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. RESIDENTS WOULD FACE THE BURDENS OF IF WE HAVE FLOODING, NOISE DISTURBANCES AND DISRUPTION TO ALMOST NO LONGER A PEACEFUL RHYTHM OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. FURTHERMORE, WE CONSIDER THE IMPACT ON-PROPERTY VALUES. WHILE A CHURCH CAN BE A BEACON OF HOPE FOR SOME, FOR OTHERS, IT MAY DE DETER POTENTIAL HOME BUYERS AND DIMINISH THE APPEAL OF OUR COMMUNITY. THE INTRODUCTION OF A LARGE RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION INTO A PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL AREA MAY ALTER THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADING TO AN UNCERTAINTY AND APPREHENSION AMONG RESIDENTS. IN LIGHT OF THESE CONSIDERATIONS, I URGE US TO PRIORITIZE THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. LET US EXPLORE ALTERNATIVE LOCATIONS FOR THIS PROPOSED CHURCH. ONES THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE ITS NEEDS WITHOUT IMPOSING UNDUE BURDENS ON OUR ALREADY STRUGGLING INFRASTRUCTURE. LET US WORK TOGETHER TO PERVERT THE INTEGRITY AND LIABILITY OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA, ENSURING THAT IT REMAINS A PLACE WE ARE PROUD TO CALL HOME. IN CONCLUSION, WHILE THE [02:15:01] PROSPECT OF A VERY LARGE CHURCH MAY HOLD PROMISE FOR SOME, WE MUST WEIGH THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES ON OUR CONGESTED AREA RESIDENTIAL AREA. LET US CHOOSE A PATH THAT PRIORITIZES THE NEEDS AND CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY, ENSURING A SUSTAINABLE AND HARMONIOUS FUTURE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME. THANK YOU, BRENT CALDWELL. BREN CALDWELL ON CROBE GARDEN DRIVE. ISHA SCHULTZ ON BERRY LANE. COREY ODEL AND DANISHA AB ABER, I'M SORRY, ON PINE LANDING DRIVE. GO AHEAD MA'AM. GOOD. A GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS BRITA CALDWELL. I'M A WIFE, A MOTHER, A REAL ESTATE LAWYER, AND A LITIGATOR AND A SIENNA RESIDENT. AT 11 11 9 CROSBY DRIVE. I COME TO STAND WITH THE RESIDENTS OF WATERBROOK. I DO NOT LIVE IN THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I PASS IT EVERY SINGLE DAY AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. WHAT WE HAVE NOT ADDRESSED TONIGHT IS THE FACT THAT WHAT CONSTRUCTION WILL DO TO THAT AREA. THE COURTS ARE LITIGATED ALL THE TIME WITH DEVELOPERS AND RESIDENTS FIGHTING WITH EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF THESE VERY, SUCH DEVELOPMENTS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY. USUALLY ZONING LAWS ARE TO TRY TO LESSEN THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. WE'VE HEARD THAT ENOUGH THAT THAT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM. IT'S A PROBLEM TODAY. IT WILL BE A PROBLEM WITH THE CHURCH. YOU'VE HEARD THE PARISHIONERS OF THE CHURCH SPEAK AND THEY'VE STATED TO YOU THAT THEIR CHURCH IS GROWING. SO WITH GROWTH COMES MORE TRAFFIC WITH GROWTH COMES MORE PARKING SPACES. I THINK WE'RE TOO EARLY TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS PERMIT SHOULD BE APPROVED. I AM AGAINST THE PERMIT BECAUSE OF THE VERY SENSE THAT WE DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH ANALYSIS. I THINK WE SHOULD BRING TO THE RESIDENTS THE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, THE FLOOD ANALYSIS, AND ALL THE ANALYSIS THAT COME TO THOSE DECISIONS. I HAVE SET JUST LIKE YOU, AND MADE DECISIONS AND ADVISE CLIENTS AS WHETHER OR NOT THAT SHOULD GO FORTH. AND IF THIS IS PASSED, THIS WILL OPEN PANDORA'S BOX. THEY WILL NOT BE THE ONLY ENTITY THAT TRIES TO COME BEFORE YOU TO OBTAIN A PERMIT. WE DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN. PEOPLE PURCHASE PROPERTY IN SNA FOR THE BEAUTY OF SNA THAT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY. CONSTRUCTION WILL BULL BULLDOZE DOWN THOSE BEAUTIFUL TREES. I KNOW WE'VE HEARD FROM PARISHIONERS THAT THEY WILL ENSURE THAT WON'T HAPPEN. THEY CANNOT ENSURE THAT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN. OKAY? THERE ARE LAWS THAT REGULATE HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS YOU CAN HAVE FOR AN EFF EDIFICES. THERE ARE LAWS THAT REGULATE THE SETBACKS FOR THE EDIFICE. THERE ARE LAWS THAT RE REGULATE THE SEWAGE AND THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THAT HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. THOSE THINGS HAVE TO BE BUILT IN ORDER TO BUILD THEM. YOU HAVE TO REMOVE THE BEAUTY OF THE PROPERTY. SO I'M ASKING YOU, AND I'M STANDING WITH THE RESIDENTS OF THE WARREN BROOK UM, ESTATES TO ASK YOU TO DENY THIS PERMIT, ESPECIALLY AT THIS TIME. WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION. AND JUST LIKE THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE GONE FORTH BEFORE US, IT WILL DECREASE PROPERTY VALUES THAT JUST WON'T AFFECT THEM, BUT ALL OF THIS CI RESIDENTS. SO I HOPE THAT YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYONE THAT YOU HEARD HEAR FROM TODAY AND SAY NO TO THIS AT THIS TIME. THANK YOU. SO I'M GONNA TRY AND KEEP IT BRIEF. UM, HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DANIA BENA. I LIVE, UM, ON 4 4 2 7 PINE LANDING DRIVE. UM, I REALLY WANNA TALK TO THE CO UH, COMMITTEE TODAY. I'VE, I'VE SEEN Y'ALL IN A FEW DIFFERENT FORUMS NOW, AND I, I WANT US TO ENCOURAGE TO UPDATE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I FEEL LIKE WE ARE PIECEMEAL ZONING, DEALING WITH THESE ISSUES, PUTTING YOU GUYS IN HONESTLY, REALLY TOUGH POSITIONS. UM, WHEN WE DON'T HAVE THIS GUIDING VISION TO ALIGN AND TO LOOK TO AS RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON IN OUR COMMUNITY. MISSOURI CITY IS EXPERIENCING UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH. WE'RE AN EXPLOSION. WE'RE A HOT CITY. EVERYONE WANTS TO BE HERE. I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS UNDERSTAND THAT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FROM 2017, 1980S RIGHT, IS FAR OUTDATED AND YOUR RESIDENTS ARE GETTING ANGRY AND ESCALATING. SITUATIONS ARE HAPPENING BECAUSE THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ISN'T UPDATED. WHEN WE LOOK TO IT, WE SEE OUTDATED PLANS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENED, RIGHT? UM, SO I I REALLY WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO, TO UPDATE THAT PLAN. DO THE HARD WORK. CITIZENS WANT THAT TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. I'VE TALKED TO MANY HOAS. WE'RE ALL ALIGNED AND YOU'RE GONNA SEE US ENCOURAGING YOU, UH, TO DO THAT BECAUSE WE, WE, WE ARE EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT WE WANNA HAVE A VOICE AT THE TABLE. WE WANNA SEE A VISION THAT EXCITES US AND IS GOING TO IMPROVE OUR CITY AND SAY, HOW ARE WE GONNA CAPITALIZE ON THIS GROWTH VERSUS KIND OF THIS PIECEMEAL REZONE HERE. REZONE THERE. WHAT IS THE STRATEGY? THERE IS NO COHESIVE [02:20:01] STRATEGY, RIGHT? UM, THE NEXT POINT I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS TRAFFIC. I THINK HIGH LEVEL, WE DIDN'T GET INTO SPECIFICS, BUT THERE'S TWO RUNWAYS OR DRIVEWAYS PROPOSED FOR SIENNA PARKWAY. I SEE A LITTLE SLIVER GOING ON TO WATTS. SO I THINK FIRST AND FOREMOST, WATTS IS A TWO LANE ROAD AND DANGEROUS. I DON'T THINK THERE'S PLANS TO PUT A DRIVEWAY THERE, BUT AS THE CHURCH GROWS, I GET CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT DO THOSE EXPANSION PLANS LOOK LIKE. UM, THE TWO ROADS GOING INTO SIENNA, I THINK ABOUT HOW THAT THAT GOES, RIGHT? SO THAT MEANS THOSE TWO ROADS ARE GOING STRAIGHT IN OUT OF SIENNA. THESE FOLKS ARE GONNA BE U-TURN RIGHT TO GO BACK INTO SIENNA PARKWAY. AND THIS IS AGAIN, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS WHOLE WATERBROOK WEST SITUATION, ALL THE U-TURNS, ALL OF THAT. IT'S GONNA CAUSE ISSUES. I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT THE OPENING TIMES WITH TRAFFIC, RIGHT? UM, ON THEIR WEBSITE CURRENTLY THEY HAVE MASS EVERY DAY. IT IS NOT A SUNDAY, TWO TIMES A DAY THING WITH THIS BUILDING OF THIS SIZE, THEY CAN'T DO IT ON ONE DAY, RIGHT? IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE EVERY DAY PROBABLY AND CERTAIN TIMES, RIGHT? THEY'RE GONNA HAVE MORE ACTIVITIES WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, LIKE WEDDINGS, WHICH EVERYONE MENTIONED, FOLKS HERE HAVE MENTIONED, UH, THAT THEY GO EVERY DAY. UH, THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE, THERE ARE ABOUT 300 PEOPLE HERE TODAY. I IMAGINE FOR EVERY PERSON HERE, THERE'S AT LEAST THREE TO FIVE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ATTEND THIS CHURCH. AGAIN, NOTHING AGAINST CHURCHES. I AGREE. IT, YOU KNOW, INCREASES THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. BUT LIKE, KEEP IN MIND, IT IS NOT GONNA BE A 300 MAX. THERE'S ABOUT 300 PEOPLE HERE TODAY. SO IT'S LOOKING, YOU KNOW, THREE X DO WE EVEN HAVE THE PARKING AND THE SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE THAT? THANK YOU GUYS. I KNOW I DID THAT AT RAPID FIRE AND I APPRECIATE YOU GUYS FOR LISTENING. VICE CHAIRMAN, WE HAVE NO MORE REGISTERED SPEAKERS. THANK YOU. UM, FOR EVERYBODY THAT CAME AND SPOKE, UM, ELOQUENT, A LOT OF INFORMATION, A LOT OF PASSION. UH, PERSONALLY I APPRECIATE ALL THE PARTICIPATION. IT IS WHY WE'RE HERE, WHY IT IS CALLED A PUBLIC FORUM. UM, WE NEED MORE INFORMATION. WE, UH, USUALLY HAVE A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS DONE. TRAFFIC STUDY. MM-HMM, , DO I HAVE A MOTION ABOUT THAT? UH, YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM. YOU NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. OH, OKAY. CAN I GET A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? AND A SECOND? A SECOND. THANK YOU. SORRY. IT'S SHOWING THE SECOND IS SHOWING ON THERE, BUT IT'S JUST NOT ON OUR SCREENS YET. OKAY. WE'RE GOOD. SECOND. ALRIGHT, MA'AM. EIGHT. OKAY. DO I HAVE, SORRY, IT'S BEEN A LONG EVENING. A LITTLE TIRED. UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A, UH, MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO ALLOW STAFF TO COME BACK WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN LIGHT OF THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HELD TONIGHT. I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPERATIVE, UH, THAT WE DO IT THAT WAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE? THIS ITEM IS NOT IN VOTE LINK, SO I'LL HAVE TO RECORD THIS MANUALLY. I HAVE PEARSON WITH THE FIRST. I'LL TAKE A SECOND. OKAY. AND VOTE. WELL, I, I WANTED TO COMMENT AS PART, PART OF THE, PART OF THE REASON, AS A PART OF THE MOTION, UH, TO, TO TABLE PART, PART OF THE REASONING IN, IN LISTENING TO THE IMPACTFUL AND IN INFORMATIVE COMMENTS. UM, IN, IN OUR REPORT, THE CONCEPT SITE DID NOT PROVIDE, UM, ANY DETAILS ON THINGS SUCH AS TRASH, UTILITIES, WASTE SERVICE LINES. THERE ARE, UM, CURRENTLY IS NOT WASTEWATER SERVICE LINES, UM, THAT SERVICE THAT PROPERTY. SO ANYTHING THAT WOULD BE BUILT, UM, ON, ON THAT SITE WOULD HAVE TO CONSIDER, UH, RECEIVING SERVICES FROM ADJACENT FACILITIES. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS TO CONSIDER IN ADDITION TO, UM, HEIGHT AND BUILDING SETBACKS THAT WE'LL NEED TO REVIEW. HOPEFULLY THE APPLICANT CAN PROVIDE THAT OR WORK WITH CITY STAFF. UM, SO WE CAN HAVE A FULLY IN INFORMED, UH, REVIEW OF THIS PROJECT. BEFORE WE VOTE, I WANTED TO ADD THAT COMMENT TO THE MOTION TO TABLE. THANK YOU. A SECOND. SO CAN WE VOTE ON THE MOTION? IT'S BEEN A SECOND. WE HAVE A FIRST. WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND. MADE THE MOTION. AND WE HAD A SECOND. WE SECOND. WE'RE DOING IT MANUALLY. YES. WHO SECOND? WHO DID YOU SAY? I DON'T HAVE A SECOND. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL CALL YOUR NAMES FOR OATHS, PLEASE. MR. SAM. MR. SILVA A, MR. PEARSON A MR. SOY. AYE. MR. O'MALLEY? AYE. MR. DAVIDSON? [02:25:01] AYE. AND MR. BAILEY? AYE. OKAY. THE MOTION PASSES, UH, UNANIMOUSLY DESCRIBE, DESCRIBE THE PUBLIC, WHAT THAT MEANS, FOLKS. THIS, UH, BECAUSE WE HAD THE PUBLIC HEARING TONIGHT, THEN IT GOES BACK TO US, UH, PROBABLY IN 30 DAYS IF WE HAVE THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. WILL WE HAVE IT AGAIN? AND WE'LL, WE'LL REPOST. AND SO THE ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN, THE COMMISSION IS NOT TAKEN IN ACTION TONIGHT ON A RECOMMENDATION. UM, SO THE, UH, THE MOTION THAT WAS MADE IS FOR THE APPLICANT TO BRING FURTHER INFORMATION, UM, FOR REVIEW. SO IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, THIS WOULD BE RECONSIDERED BY THE COMMISSION, UM, FOR A RECOMMENDATION, UM, BEFORE IT CAN MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THROUGH THE WEBSITE, UM, AND, UH, PUSH OUT THAT INFORMATION, UM, AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. BUT THERE WON'T BE AN ACTION ON A RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT. SO THERE'S A CHANCE IT COULD BE IN FRONT OF CITY COUNCIL MID JUNE OR FURTHER. WE'LL POST THAT INFORMATION ONCE WE, ONCE WE, UM, HAVE THE INFORMATION. SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR PARTICIPATION TONIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? RAISE? YES. NO, GO AHEAD. WE HAVE A FIRST FOR MR. SOLOWAY. MM-HMM. . I SECOND. WE NEED A SECOND ON THE, MR. DAVIDSON SECONDED. 9 46. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.