Apr 02, 2025 Planning & Zoning Commission

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TURN THIS ON THE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND. PLANNING AND ZONING SPECIAL MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.

[1. CALL TO ORDER]

EVERYBODY ELSE IS HERE. MOVING ON. ITEM THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT.

[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

YES WE DO. I WILL CALL YOUR NAME AND YOU CAN COME TO THE PODIUM.

WE DON'T HAVE OUR TIMER ON THE SCREEN TODAY, SO WE'LL JUST BE LETTING YOU KNOW WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTE TIMER IS UP.

SO FIRST I HAVE MISS ROSLYN HARRELL. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ROSALIND HARRELL AND I RESIDE AT 451 ONE PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 77459. I LIVE IN THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, WHICH IS IN THE WATTS AND KNIGHT ROAD FOCUS AREA.

I, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF MY ESTATES NEIGHBORS, HAVE PREVIOUSLY SPOKEN BEFORE THIS COMMITTEE ABOUT OUR DESIRE AND VISION FOR THE CITY TO PRIORITIZE AND PROTECT THE GREEN SPACE SURROUNDING OUR COMMUNITY.

WE, ALONG WITH OTHER NEIGHBORS LIVING IN NEARBY COMMUNITIES, PARTICIPATED IN THE FOCUS GROUPS PHONE CALLS AND COMPLETED THE ONLINE COMMUNITY QUESTIONNAIRE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS ABOUT OVERDEVELOPMENT IN OUR AREA.

WE REQUESTED THE CITY PRIORITIZE US, PRIORITIZE, AND ASSIST US IN PRESERVING THE GREEN SPACE THAT IS LOCATED OFF OF KNIGHT ROAD AND WATTS ROAD. THIS WOODED AREA SERVES AS A BUFFER ZONE.

WE DO NOT WANT TO SEE THE LOSS OF WETLANDS, WHICH WILL BRING FLOODING TO OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS INCREASE THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

WHEN I READ THE AGENDA FOR TODAY'S MEETING, QUITE FRANKLY I BECAME CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON THE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AFTER PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY'S FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS WERE NOT HYPERLINKED IN THE AGENDA THAT WAS POSTED ONLINE, SO IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO KNOW IF THE CITY HEARD OUR CONCERNS OR INCORPORATED ANY OF OUR FEEDBACK IN ITS RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO MY ASK IS THAT MOVING FORWARD, THE CITY INCLUDE A HYPERLINK IN THE AGENDA FOR ANY HANDOUTS WHICH YOU ALL WERE GIVEN.

ANY REPORT'S FINDINGS OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT ANY PNC OR COUNCIL MEETING, SO THAT WE CAN FRAME OUR COMMENTS ACCORDINGLY.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN UNREASONABLE REQUEST, AND I DON'T THINK IT WILL WILL CREATE AN UNDUE BURDEN ON CITY EMPLOYEES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MISS DENISHA ABBOTT.

SO HELLO. YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. OKAY. THANK YOU.

HELLO. PLANNING AND ZONING. MEMBERS AND CITY OFFICIALS.

MY NAME IS DENISHA ABHAYARATNA. I LIVE AT 4427 PINE LANDING DRIVE.

AND I'M COMING TO YOU HERE TODAY AS BOTH THE HOA PRESIDENT OF THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, AS WELL AS THE BOARD DIRECTOR FOR A NONPROFIT HERE IN TEXAS, THE TEXAS HERITAGE AND NATURE FOUNDATION.

SO ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS ROSALIND, ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A PRETTY HISTORIC, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WHERE WE'RE IN A, YOU KNOW, PEAK SEASON OF GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY, AND LOTS OF THINGS ARE MOVING UP.

MY ASK TO YOU IS TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY HEED WHAT WE AS CITIZENS HAVE BEEN PUSHING AND PIONEERING FOR REALLY THE LAST YEAR AND TRYING TO QUARTERBACK THIS EFFORT TO TRIANGULATE, YOU KNOW, CITY RESOURCES, COUNTY RESOURCES, STATE RESOURCES, FEDERAL RESOURCES, WHATEVER DEPARTMENTS STILL EXIST OUT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF EFFICIENCY STUFF RESOURCES.

RIGHT. TO BASICALLY PULL THIS STUFF TOGETHER.

RIGHT. I CAN TELL YOU MONDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER A REALLY LONG DAY OF WORK ME AND THE VP OF OUR HOA GOT IN A CAR AND WENT TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GOING TO BE, TO BE LIKE A LITTLE WACKY WILDLIFE THING THAT SOMEONE INVITED US TO TO SHARE OUR MISSION HERE IN MISSOURI CITY. IT TURNED OUT TO BE ONE OF THE MOST VIRAL EVENTS THAT IS NOW HAPPENING IN HOUSTON.

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IT'S LIKE 100 WOODEN ELEPHANTS THAT THEY'VE MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIKE A COMMUNITY, BASICALLY.

AND THEY'VE RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NOW FOR BASICALLY TO PROTECT ELEPHANTS IN INDIA.

SO IT'S INSANE, RIGHT? AND SO I MET WITH THE ORGANIZERS THERE, WHICH ARE A GROUP OF ENGLISH WOMEN THAT WORK TEXAS COWBOY HATS.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF INTERESTING THINGS GOING ON.

AND THEY WERE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT WHAT I WAS EXPRESSING AS OUR OUR MISSION AS A COMMUNITY HERE TO PROTECT, YOU KNOW, THESE UNBLEMISHED ACRES AND TO CREATE A WILDLIFE SPACE FOR ALL MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS TO ENJOY.

LIKE WE STILL HAVE THAT COUNTRY FEEL. AND AS I THINK WE MODERNIZE AND BRING ALL THESE REALLY COOL URBAN DEVELOPMENTS TO THE CITY, LET'S ALSO PROTECT WHAT MAKES THE CITY SO SPECIAL.

GIVE KIDS OPPORTUNITY TO GET OFF IPADS AND ALL OF THIS ELECTRONIC STUFF.

CONNECT WITH NATURE. BE OUTSIDE, HAVE LIKE I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED CULLINAN PARK IN SUGARLAND, BUT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.

WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OUR MY AREA THAT I LIVE IN ACTUALLY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PARK ZONE.

ZONE 12. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL BE GOOD FOR RESIDENTS.

BE GOOD FOR THE CITY IS A GOOD ADDITION TO A LOT OF THE COOL IDEAS THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY.

AND SO I REALLY ENCOURAGE YOU, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A TOUGH THING TO DO, IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THING TO DO WHAT I WAS ADVISED THAT THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION THAT IS APPARENTLY GOING TO GO ACROSS THE USA IS, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGER THE BETTER, RIGHT? IF IT'S NOT BIG, IT'S NOT INSPIRING. IF IT'S NOT BIG, IT'S NOT A VISION.

SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WE HAVE DHARMA ABHAYARATNA.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS. HI. GOOD EVENING.

I'M DHARMA. MY ADDRESS IS 4427 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.

SO I'M UP HERE TO MAKE A KIND REQUEST FROM YOU AS TO UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA BETWEEN WATTS PLANTATION AND KNIGHT ROAD.

WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE IS AN URBAN NATURAL PARK WITH TRAILS IN THIS HEAVILY WOODED AREA.

IT WOULD BE A NICE RECREATIONAL AREA FOR THE PUBLIC AND AN EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR KIDS TO STUDY NATURE AND WILDLIFE.

AND ALSO KEEP THE TREES WOULD PROVIDE NATURAL FLOOD MITIGATION.

PLEASE GIVE CONSIDERATION TO MY REQUEST AND INCORPORATE THIS VISION INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE SIMON ABHAYARATNA.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. YEAH, MY NAME IS SIMON NABARATNA.

I LIVE IN A STATE OF SILVER AGE ADDRESS 4427 PINE LANDING DRIVE.

MY CONCERN IN THE CITY, ESPECIALLY THE OVERDEVELOPMENT AND AND THE IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC LIFE AND ENVIRONMENT WE ARE LIVING IN.

IN RECENT YEARS, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED FROM HIGHWAY CORRIDOR CORRIDOR TO INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR AREA. KNIGHT ROAD AND THE WORST PLANTATION.

AND THERE ARE LOTS OF TREES, GREEN TREES, ANIMALS AND BIRDS LIVING IN THAT AREA.

THAT IS A WETLAND. AND ALSO CONTINUATION OF THIS GOING TO CREATE MANY ISSUES FOR THE LIVING, FOR THE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA, ESPECIALLY AIR AND WATER POLLUTION IMPACT IN THE HUMAN HEALTH AND THE FLOODING.

IF I GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, HOUSTON IS THE MOST POLLUTED CITY IN TEXAS.

YOU CAN UNDERSTAND WHY. I MEAN, ONE CAN SPECULATE WHY.

ANDERSON CANCER CENTER IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON.

AND ALSO, I CHECKED THE POLLUTION INDEX IN THE MISSOURI CITY, WHICH IS AROUND 55, OKAY.

WHICH IS MODERATE BUT IS NOT GOOD. IF YOU CHECK IN ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS MUCH LOWER.

SO IF YOU KEEP DOING THIS RATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S GOING TO GET OVERCROWDED AND TRAFFIC CONGESTION, ACCIDENT AND INCREASE IN CRIMES. SO I REQUEST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO IMPLEMENT SMART URBAN PLANNING, SUCH AS TO PROTECT GREEN AREAS. GREEN BUILDING PRACTICES AND CONSERVATION TO BALANCE THE DEVELOPMENT WITH THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. FINALLY, I AGAIN I REQUEST NOT TO PROCEED WITH THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGHTS AND ROAD CORRIDORS AND PLEASE PRESERVE THOSE PRISTINE LAND FOR PROTECTING THE NATURE HABITAT.

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ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY WILL MOVE ON.

[4. GENERAL DISCUSSION]

WE'RE GOING TO SHARE MY GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.

HOW ARE YOU ALL TONIGHT? GOOD. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE ARE HERE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.

AND SO I'LL JUST KIND OF GO OVER THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE WHO ARE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.

AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU CANNOT HEAR US AND WE'LL ARTICULATE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.

BUT I'LL GO OVER THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

FROM THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.

SO JUST FOR ORIENTATION, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF SEVERAL CITY TEAMS HERE.

WE DO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES IS PRESENT TONIGHT.

WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR PLANNING TEAM. AND SO PRETTY MUCH OUR ENTIRE PLANNING TEAM IS HERE TONIGHT AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, UTILITIES, OUR LEGAL TEAM, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

SO THIS IS A DYNAMIC YOU KNOW, OUTLOOK OF ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONS, ALL OF OUR YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE TO HELP THIS DISCUSSION, TO EQUIP YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOLID RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL MOVING FORWARD.

FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES. YOU ALL DO HAVE HANDOUTS IN YOUR PACKET.

AND SO THOSE HANDOUTS INCLUDE A COPY OF THE PRESENTATION SLIDES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH.

IT INCLUDES OUR SUB AREA MAPS AS WELL AS THE FOCUS AREA MAPS AS WELL AS COPIES OF OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP OF SCHOOLS IN THE AREA. AND THEN ALSO A MATRIX OF DESIRED LAND USES.

SO WE WILL BE REFERRING TO THOSE AS WE GO ALONG TONIGHT.

FEEL FREE TO MAKE NOTES OR WRITE YOUR QUESTIONS DOWN.

THERE'S NOTEPADS AND STICKY NOTES. FEEL FREE TO WRITE ANY QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE ON THERE.

WE ALSO HAVE AN EASEL HERE TOO, IF WE NEED TO MAKE A NOTE FOR EVERYONE TO SEE OR TO TABLE SOMETHING TO BRING BACK TO YOU ALL AT A LATER TIME.

WE DO WANT TO BE RESPECTFUL OF EVERYONE'S TIME TONIGHT.

WE KNOW IT'S LATE. EVERYONE'S PROBABLY HAD FULL DAYS.

AND THESE ARE BIG TOPICS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO ORGANIZE THIS. SO WE HAVE DISCUSSION OVER DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS.

AND THEN IF WE NEED TO MOVE THAT DISCUSSION ALONG, THEN WE'LL ADVISE YOU OF ALL OF THAT AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO YOU AT A LATER TIME AS WELL. OKAY. SO WITH THAT I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND START OUR PRESENTATIONS AND THEN WE'LL STOP AND KIND OF PAUSE TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS OR TO HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THERE.

OKAY. SO I'M GOING TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER, JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT FOR THE COMMISSION TO REMEMBER HOW OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE POLICY AND GOALS THAT YOU ALL ARE RECOMMENDING, HOW THOSE RELATE TO THE OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE CITY.

SO WE DO HAVE A DIRECTION AS TO WHAT THE CITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO, HOW THE CITY WANTS TO MOVE TOWARDS THE FUTURE.

AND SO THOSE STRATEGIC PLANS ARE GUIDED THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL FOCUS AREAS AS WELL.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK THAT OUR CITY MANAGER JUST KIND OF WALK US THROUGH VERY BRIEFLY THROUGH THOSE.

YES, PLEASE. MAKE ANY PRESENTATION I NEED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

I PUT THE AGENDA. OH, NO. GO RIGHT AHEAD. OKAY.

I'M GOING TO DO THIS. ALL RIGHT. SO OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.

OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE HAVING QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUILD OUT AS WELL AS GROWING BUSINESS INVESTMENT.

AND SO THAT IS A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS AS MISSOURI CITIES MOVE FROM A BEDROOM COMMUNITY INTO A MORE FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY.

AND SO PART OF THAT FOCUS HAS BEEN HOW DO WE CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CAN BALANCE THE LAND USES THAT WE HAVE? WE'VE DEVELOPED OUT MOSTLY A SINGLE FAMILY, RESIDENTIAL BY DESIGN, BUT HOW CAN WE BALANCE THAT TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICES THAT ARE EXPECTED AND THAT ARE NEEDED FOR A GROWING COMMUNITY? SO PART OF THOSE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS ARE GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO GROWING THOSE BUSINESS INVESTMENTS.

HAVING THAT HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT MISSOURI CITY AND OTHER CITIES IN THIS AREA HAVE BECOME KNOWN TO BE.

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THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE MOVED TO THIS AREA.

AND SO HAVING THAT GREAT PLACE TO LIVE IS TIED INTO THOSE POLICIES AND GOALS.

DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING. AND THEN FROM JUST AN ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITY IS THESE DECISIONS ALL HAVE RAMIFICATIONS. SO THE DECISIONS ON LAND USE, THE DECISIONS ON WHERE THE CITY GOES IN THE FUTURE HAVE REAL RAMIFICATIONS ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES. AND THE VALUE ADDED TO OUR SERVICES.

SO THERE'S A BALANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE'RE MAKING, WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, COMMENTS IN TERMS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRESERVATION OF LAND.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE MISSOURI CITY AND COME TO THIS AREA TO LIVE.

SO WE'RE BALANCING ALL OF THESE PRIORITIES AND NEEDS OF THE CITY.

THEY ALL IMPACT THE PROPERTY VALUES THAT THEN IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE THE CITY BRINGS IN TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES POLICE, FIRE, YOU KNOW, STREETS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE THE COMMUNITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.

SO ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES IN THAT IS INCREASED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.

SO OUR 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS BUILT AROUND THAT FOUNDATION.

SO WE STARTED WITH FOUR FOCUS AREAS IN 2017, LOOKING WHERE THE CITY HAD THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THOSE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT USES. AND SO WE LOOKED AT I THINK TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD, FM 1092 AND THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AT THAT TIME. TO LOOK AT HOW WE COULD BALANCE OUR LAND USE AND LAND BASE.

WE'LL GO FROM THERE. SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE US BACK TO LAST SUMMER, WHEN WE WERE IN THE SAME ROOM IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION, BUT SIMILAR IN THE JOINT MEETING WITH PNC AND COUNCIL AND IN THAT DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD WE IDENTIFIED GOALS OF TAKING A LOOK AT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKING AT HOW WE NEEDED WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO TO UPDATE A VISION IN THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND THEN PROVIDING ANALYSIS ON WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE AT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE TO GUIDE US TOWARDS THE FUTURE AND LOOKING AT THOSE KEY PRIORITIES, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.

AND HERE WE ARE TONIGHT IS TO PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS IN THOSE AREAS.

OKAY. SO THE OUTLINE FOR TONIGHT IS WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK THROUGH THE STUDY AREAS THAT WERE CONSIDERED THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WE'LL GO THROUGH SEVERAL IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

GO THROUGH OUR 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT THOSE ARE STILL RELEVANT AND THEN MOVE ON TO NEXT STEPS.

SO I'M GOING TO ASK JERRY TO GIVE US JUST A OVERVIEW OF OUR FOCUS AREAS AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE ON THOSE FOCUS AREAS.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR FOCUS AREAS.

SO WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE HAD ABOUT TEN IDENTIFIED FOCUS AREAS.

AND THE WAY THAT WE KIND OF IDENTIFIED THOSE BOUNDARIES WAS BASED OFF OF THE THOROUGHFARE.

AND WE WENT OUT ABOUT A SET AMOUNT OF FEET. AND SO THROUGH OUR ANALYSIS, WE FOUND THAT THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A STRUGGLE WITH KIND OF LIKE THE ZONING AND LAND USE ASPECTS, BECAUSE THERE WERE AREAS THAT WERE ALREADY SUBDIVIDED RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHED HOMES THAT WERE PART OF THESE FOCUS AREAS AND NOT NECESSARILY REALLY UP FOR DEBATE ON WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE FOR THE FUTURE.

AND SO THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS KIND OF CAME TO THE DECISION OF REMOVING THOSE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS ALONG THESE CORRIDORS ORDERS AND ONLY EXPANDING TO INCLUDE THOSE AREAS THAT ARE COMMERCIAL OR UNDEVELOPED LAND.

AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN UPDATED FOCUS AREA MAP.

I HAVE IT PRINTED OUT IN YOUR FOLDERS BEHIND THE PRESENTATION SLIDES IF YOU WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT THEM.

BUT YEAH, THAT IS MY UPDATE ON THE FOCUS AREAS.

AND JUST TO EMPHASIZE ON THAT THE THE PLATTED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS WERE TAKEN OUT PURELY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF NAIL DOWN THE ACREAGE WE HAVE REMAINING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. AND THEN THE ACREAGE ASSOCIATED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.

SO IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, THOSE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS ARE UNAFFECTED BY DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON ON THOSE

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WHAT YOU ALSO ARE SEEING IN YOUR BINDERS ARE SUBAREAS.

BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE'VE APPROACHED OUR FOCUS AREAS AND DEFINITELY SOME OF OUR LARGER FOCUS AREAS.

THERE'S DIFFERENT MARKETS. THERE'S DIFFERENT YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXPECTATIONS DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT ALONG THAT AREA.

SO THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS TO BREAK THAT DOWN INTO SUB AREAS SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF DRILL INTO THE CHARACTERISTICS OF SOME OF THOSE PARTS OF THE FOCUS AREA AND POSSIBLY CREATE TAILORED PLANS AND POLICY THAT WILL HELP DEVELOPMENT OR YOU KNOW, FUTURE GOALS FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS. SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AREAS TONIGHT.

ON THE SCREEN, IT'S JUST KIND OF THE GENERAL BREAKDOWN OF THOSE SUB AREAS.

SO FOR SEVERAL OF THOSE YOU KNOW, LIKE TEXAS PARKWAY THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY FROM US 90 GOING DOWN TO TURTLE CREEK.

AND PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT'S WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.

OBVIOUSLY, THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PORTION AT US 90 IS GOING TO PERFORM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY THAN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT THAT MAY ALREADY HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.

SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF TALK THROUGH THE METHODOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.

OKAY. SO UNDEVELOPED LAND WAS ALSO A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN WE DID THE 2017 PLAN, WE KNEW THAT MISSOURI CITY WAS MOVING TOWARDS BUILD OUT. AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS ENJOYED FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, MANY DECADES? NEW GROWTH, NEW CONSTRUCTION.

AND WE STILL SEE THAT OUT THERE TODAY. SO RIGHT THERE AT HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND PARKWAY, YOU SEE METRO PARK AND RIDE GARAGE THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED ON UNDEVELOPED LAND.

YOU SEE THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTERS THAT WERE COMPLETED ON UNDEVELOPED LAND.

A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY HAS OCCURRED THROUGH THE YEARS ON THAT UNDEVELOPED LAND.

WE'RE MOVING TO A POINT WHERE WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT LAND AVAILABLE IN THAT QUANTITY.

AND SO WHAT DOES DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT, OR WHAT DOES DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE? AS DEVELOPMENT BECOMES MORE ASSURED IN CERTAIN AREAS, THE CITY WON'T STOP GROWING.

YOU KNOW, WE KNOW LIVING IN THIS, THIS REGION, HOUSTON IS CONTINUOUSLY REMAKING ITSELF YOU KNOW, IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED.

SO OUR PLAN, OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE SIT IN THE FUTURE NEEDS TO ACCOUNT FOR WHERE WE SIT WITH UNDEVELOPED LAND AND THEN MOVING INTO ANOTHER PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT APPROACH.

SO GENERALLY THE 2017 PLAN HAD ABOUT 43% OF LAND UNDEVELOPED IN MISSOURI CITY AND ITS ETJ IN 2017. THAT INCLUDED WHAT WE CALL SIENNA SOUTH.

SO EVERYTHING THAT'S PRETTY MUCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SIENNA TODAY WAS THE MAJORITY OF THAT 43% OF ACREAGE.

WE KNOW FROM CONVERSATIONS, WE KNOW FROM PUBLIC INPUT.

WE KNOW FROM PLATTS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH SIENA SOUTH IS IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY.

AND SO THE EXPECTATION FOR SIENA SOUTH TO BE BUILT OUT WOULD BE ANOTHER TEN YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE.

AND SO AT THAT POINT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY BUILT OUT, LARGELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN DIFFERENT FORMS BEING BUILT IN SIENA SOUTH. SO THE ACREAGE INSIDE OF THE CITY IS MUCH SMALLER.

SO SOME OF THOSE MAPS THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED IN THERE ARE SEVERAL UNDEVELOPED TRACTS REMAINING IN THE CITY SOME THAT YOU PROBABLY DRIVE BY VERY FREQUENTLY THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED AND THAT REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.

AND THE IDEA WITH AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION AND GO THROUGH THIS UPDATE IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT LAND.

THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO OWN THAT LAND. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN EXPECTATION AS TO HOW THEY WANT TO USE THE LAND.

BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THAT LAND TO HELP MISSOURI CITY MOVE FORWARD FOR TOWARDS THE FUTURE? AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS. YES, SIR.

SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. THE 500 ACRES, 500 ACRES UNDEVELOPED THAT ARE NOT WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES OF THE FOCUS AREAS.

THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE'RE NOT ADDRESSING THE FUTURE FOR THOSE OR IT.

SO WE IT'S SPELLED OUT THAT WAY BECAUSE THE UNDEVELOPED LAND IN THE FOCUS AREAS ARE GOING TO BE PICKED UP IN ANY KIND OF POLICY GOALS AND PLANS SET

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AND I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT RIGHT THERE AT JUST SOUTH OF GLEN LAKES ON HIGHWAY SIX, NORTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA, YOU HAVE ABOUT 30 ACRES OF LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED ON HIGHWAY SIX THAT HAS HIGHWAY SIX FRONTAGE.

THERE'S BEEN A FEW PLANS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE COMMISSION ON A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT TO DEVELOP THERE.

BUT THOSE TYPES OF TRACKS THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THERE NEEDS TO BE AN UNDERSTANDING AND A PLAN, BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH THIS INPUT PROCESS, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, BOTH THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, FROM YOU ALL AS WELL IS, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO BUILD THE SAME WAY.

YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO BUILD JUST STRIP SHOPPING CENTER THAT THEN THE SAME TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT GOES INTO THAT STILL DOESN'T MOVE US TO SOME OF THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE DESIRED YOU KNOW, TYPES OF USES THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME.

SO THOSE TYPES OF TRACKS ARE CRITICAL TO THOSE POINTS.

THOSE TRACKS, THOSE TYPES OF UNDEVELOPED ACRES ARE ALSO CLOSER TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

SO WHAT HAPPENS ON THOSE TRACKS WILL IMPACT, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

SO YES. SO IT'S IT'S A FOCUS ON ALL UNDEVELOPED.

BUT WE HAD TO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T THEY WEREN'T GOING TO COME UP IN THOSE FOCUS AREAS, BUT THEY PROBABLY ALL HAVE SOME KIND OF UNDERLYING ZONING, RIGHT? THEY DO. THEY DO. AS OPPOSED TO SUBURBAN. SO IT'S A MIX.

IT'S A MIX. SOME HAVE IDENTIFIED ZONING. BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SUBURBAN DISTRICT, A STATE CHARACTER ISSUE.

AND ONE OF THE PRIORITIES BECAUSE WE DO STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT ACREAGE, PARTICULARLY ON THAT EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, THAT EITHER HAS A SUBURBAN DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION OR PERMANENT ZONING.

OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN OUR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.

WE'LL TALK THROUGH A FEW IDENTIFIED REDEVELOPMENT AREAS AND PRIMARILY AREAS THAT ARE LARGELY DEVELOPED OUT AND, OR AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN A FOCUS OF INTEREST FOR THE COMMUNITY.

TEXAS PARKWAY THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMISSION, WITH THE COUNCIL, WITH THE PUBLIC, PUBLIC INPUT. MOST OF THE FOCUS GROUPS, TEXAS PARKWAY CONTINUES TO STAND OUT AS A KEY PRIORITY FOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES. AND DIFFERENT STRATEGIES IN ORDER TO BRING TEXAS PARKWAY TO A LEVEL THAT THIS AREA CAN BENEFIT FROM. AND SO WE PUT ON THERE THE GATEWAY INTO MISSOURI CITY, BECAUSE WE HEARD THAT SEVERAL TIMES THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AS TEXAS PARKWAY BEING THAT IDENTITY, AND WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN OFFICIAL DOWNTOWN FOR MISSOURI CITY.

TEXAS PARKWAY IS PROBABLY AS CLOSE AS WE'RE GETTING.

AT THIS STAGE IN OUR DEVELOPMENT FIFTH STREET HAS BEEN ANOTHER AREA OF INTEREST.

IN FIFTH STREET IN THE FOCUS AREA INCLUDES INDEPENDENCE WEIR STATE PARK IS WHERE INDEPENDENCE PARK IS AS WELL AS ROCKWELL STREET, WHICH IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED AND WE'LL DISCUSS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.

AND THEN FM 1092 IS ANOTHER CORRIDOR THAT CAME UP AS A REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO START WITH TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE AMENITIES.

SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.

BUT WE'RE GOING TO FIRST START TALKING ABOUT DESIRED AMENITIES BASED ON THE PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED AND THE ASSOCIATED FOCUS GROUPS THAT MIGHT THAT MIGHT PRESENT THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO LOCATE THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES.

SO I AM GOING TO HAVE OUR VERY NEW SENIOR PLANNER WHO HAS NOT BEEN WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, BUT HE HAS PUT TOGETHER A MATRIX THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS TO JUST GIVE A SUMMARY FOR US OF THOSE DESIRED USES THAT THE PUBLIC HAS PROVIDED INPUT ON. AND WHAT ARE HIGH PRIORITIES FOR THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES AND THEIR CORRELATING FOCUS AREAS. SO, JUSTIN. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS.

SO IF YOU'LL DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO TWO DOCUMENTS THAT SHOULD BE IN Y'ALL'S MATERIALS, WE HAVE THIS FIRST DOCUMENT HERE THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR AMENITIES AND LAND USE MATRICES. AND THEN THE SECOND WILL BE THE CONTINUED PART OF THE MATRIX THAT BREAKS EVERYTHING OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT STUDY AREAS.

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DOES EVERYBODY SEE IT? NO. OKAY. GO AHEAD AND DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST PAGE, WHICH IS GOING TO HAVE QUESTIONS EIGHT THROUGH 11. GOING OVER THE DIFFERENT LAND USES AND DEVELOPMENT THAT THE RESPONDENTS SAID THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THE CITY.

SO THE FIRST SECTION IN BLUE IS GOING TO BE WELL, THE QUESTION IS GOING TO BE, PLEASE RATE HOW IMPORTANT THE FOLLOWING FACTORS ARE TO MAKING MISSOURI CITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY.

AND SO WE HAVE A LOT OF STRONG CONSENSUS AROUND CITY PRACTICES THAT SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT, PROTECT NATURE, A CITY WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND SERVICES THAT FIT WELL WITH NEIGHBORHOODS, AS WELL AS A CITY WITH HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WILL MAKE THE CITY A LOOK AND FEEL UNIQUE. SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO JUST KIND OF START THE MATRICES WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE SECOND QUESTION.

QUESTION NINE. PLEASE RATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE AMENITIES.

HOW IMPORTANT THESE AMENITIES ARE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY IN MISSOURI CITY.

THIS IS WHERE WE START GETTING INTO SOME FINE DETAILS OF WHAT THE RESPONDENTS WANT TO SEE.

SO AS YOU'LL SEE, THE HIGHEST REPORTED USE THAT PEOPLE WANT IS FINE DINING RESTAURANTS.

THEN WE HAVE CAFES. YOUTH AND AMATEUR SPORTS VENUES, AND THEN HIGH END RETAIL STORES.

ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT, YOU GET UNDER 50%. AND THEN SO THOSE TOP THREE LAND USES RIGHT THERE THOSE TRADITIONALLY WOULD CALL FOR HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT. BUT WHEN WE GO DOWN TO THE THIRD SECTION IN THE YELLOW, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE WANTED BY THE RESPONDENTS, THE TOP RESPONDENT ANSWER, 77% WAS TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RURAL AND LARGE ESTATE AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AT 60% AND THEN AT ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, WE HAVE 47%.

THE MORE HIGH DENSITY LAND USES, RESIDENTIAL LAND USES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT WHAT THE RESPONDENTS WANT IS ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM AT TOWNHOMES AND APARTMENTS, WITH APARTMENTS GETTING 11%. SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENCE THERE.

AND THEN LASTLY, AT THE BOTTOM, A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR INTO SEEING WHAT TYPES OF LAND USES AND DIFFERENT AMENITIES THE CITY MAY WANT.

SO IT'S GOING TO BE QUESTION 11. PLEASE RATE HOW IMPORTANT THESE BUSINESSES OR SERVICES ARE TO HAVE WITHIN OR ADJACENT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND SO AT THE TOP WE HAVE STUFF LIKE DRY CLEANERS, POSTAL SERVICES, GOURMET AND SPECIALTY GROCERY STORES, COFFEE SHOPS, BAKERIES, DESSERT PARLORS. SO AGAIN, WITH STUFF LIKE THIS YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY OR USUALLY YOU WOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY TO SUPPORT THESE KIND OF THINGS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY MIXING WELL WITH THE LAND USES THAT YOU WOULD HOPEFULLY SEE TO GO WITH THAT RESIDENTIALLY.

AND SO THAT'S THE FIRST PAGE. IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND PAGE, THIS IS WHERE WE BREAK OUT EVERYTHING BY STUDY AREA.

AND SO I CAN HELP MAKE SENSE OF WHAT THIS TABLE IS SHOWING AT THE TOP, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE NAMES OF THE DIFFERENT STUDY AREAS.

SO WE START WITH FONDREN, AND THEN YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. WE HAVE KNIGHTS ROAD AND WATTS PLANTATION.

I'LL GO AHEAD AND QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT THE FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS HERE SHOW WITH BLACK AT THE TOP, RED, YELLOW AND GREEN. BLACK IS GOING TO BE TRAFFIC FREQUENCY.

SO JUST TO MAKE IT EASY, AS YOU CAN SEE, TEXAS PARKWAY, IT'S PRETTY MODERATELY TRAFFICKED ALL THE WAY AROUND BETWEEN YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT RESIDENTS SO FREQUENTLY IS IF YOU USE THE ROAD ONCE A WEEK, MODERATELY AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH, AND THEN INFREQUENTLY IF YOU ONLY USE IT MAYBE A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR.

SO TEXAS PARKWAY IS SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE THREE WAYS, AND THEN IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT HIGHWAY SIX, YOU CAN SEE THAT ALMOST EVERYONE THAT RESPONDED TO THE SURVEY USES THIS USES HIGHWAY SIX AT 95%.

AND SO GOING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN YOU GET TO QUESTION 15.

YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT IS IT TO HAVE AMENITIES LIKE FINE DINING, HIGH END LUXURY RETAIL, OFFICES. YOU KNOW, THESE LAND USES THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE FIRST PAGE WE JUST SHOWED.

NOW WE'RE ASKING THEM WHAT STUDY AREAS DO YOU WANT TO SEE THESE THINGS.

AND THE ONLY PLACE THAT REALLY GETS ANY LOVE IN TERMS OF THESE, YOU KNOW, HIGH DENSITY, YOU KNOW, FINE DINING, HIGH END LUXURY RETAIL IS HIGHWAY SIX.

AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE OVER 50% OF STRONG SUPPORT FOR.

AND THEN LASTLY, IF YOU GO DOWN TO QUESTION 16, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ANY OF THESE TYPES OF HOME REPLACES ON THESE ROADS.

EVEN WHEN YOU GET TO HIGHWAY SIX WHERE THERE'S A STRONG DEMAND FOR HIGH USE FINE DINING, YOU KNOW, HIGH USE DENSITY AMENITIES, THE TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL LAND USES THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT ONLY HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 25% SUPPORT WITH MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS AND TOWNHOMES, YOU KNOW, PRETTY BEING PRETTY LOW ON THE LIST.

AND THEN JUST REAL QUICK QUESTION 17 17IN THE GREEN AT THE BOTTOM.

THESE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING TO, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WIDER LANDSCAPES IN THESE AREAS? ROAD WIDENING.

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AND FOR Y'ALL'S STUDY LATER ON IF Y'ALL WANT TO LOOK AT THE DATA.

SO THANK YOU. I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. YES, SIR.

WAS THERE ANY DELINEATION IN THE SURVEY ON WHERE HIGHWAY SIX ENDS? AND I, I ASK THAT QUESTION BECAUSE OF THAT THE DATA POINT THAT YOU PULLED OUT UNDER QUESTION 15, NOTICING FORT BEND PARKWAY. IT'S RIGHT AT 50%.

BUT I'M WONDERING IF PEOPLE ARE THINKING THE THINGS THEY SEE ON FORT BEND PARKWAY ARE ON HIGHWAY SIX OR VICE VERSA, DEPENDING ON. I SEE. SO FOR HIGHWAY SIX, I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY PLANNING TEAM.

DID WE HAVE A MAP INCLUDED WITH THESE SURVEYS? DO YOU REMEMBER? SO TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION ON THE SURVEY, WE DID HAVE THE TEN FOCUS AREA MAP ON THERE FOR REFERENCE.

AND AT THE TIME IT WAS STILL THE ORIGINAL MAP.

SO THE BOUNDARY OF HIGHWAY SIX, I BELIEVE, ENDED AT FORT BEND PARKWAY.

AND WENT TO THE EAST. YEP. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, GOING TO THE DATA SET IN THE IN THE BINDER, WAS THERE WERE THERE OTHER, I GUESS, FAMILY INCOME LEVELS? I'M LOOKING AT QUESTION TEN UNDER AFFORDABLE HOMES, SINCE YOU WERE PRETTY DESCRIPTIVE IN THAT QUESTION.

I'M JUST CURIOUS, WAS THE SAME QUESTION ASKED FOR DIFFERENT LEVELS OF INCOME FOR FAMILY? I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN THE SURVEY, BUT IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS MATRIX.

I COULD UPDATE THAT LATER ON. OKAY. AND THAT THAT ITEM WAS SELF-REPORTING? SURE. IT WAS AS THE RESPONDENTS WERE REPORTING WHAT THEIR INCOME IS.

SO THEN IS THAT 58 K TO 116 K. IS THAT AN AGGREGATE OF RESPONSES.

AND WE CAN TAKE THAT OFFLINE. I MEAN IT'S REALLY JUST A CURIOUS QUESTION.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR REACTIONS.

I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION. PERCENTAGE WISE, I KNOW THAT THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY WAS VERY LOW, RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM A PERCENTAGE, FROM A TOTAL POPULATION VERSUS THE RESPONSES.

SO WE ARE WE'RE A CITY OF ALMOST 80,000 PERSONS.

WE HAD LESS THAN 100 THAT RESPONDED ON THAT SURVEY.

SO THE THE PERCENTAGES, YOU KNOW COMPARED TO THAT.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, PART OF WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE TAKEAWAY HERE IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ON THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION. YOU KNOW, FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF LAND USES.

WE'RE HAVING A CONVERSATION ON KIND OF THAT MIX OF LAND USES.

THAT WILL MOVE MISSOURI CITY FORWARD IN THE FUTURE.

TO CONTINUE TO BE THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE ENVISION MISSOURI CITY TO BE OR THAT MISSOURI CITY IS.

SO IT'S A CONVERSATION OF THAT. BUT HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT WITH WHAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE TYPES OF AMENITIES? TO MOVE FORWARD? I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO HIGHLIGHT IT AS A NEGATIVE.

I REALLY WAS ASKING IT BECAUSE I. WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS HAS A LOT OF RELEVANCE IN REFERENCE TO THE DIRECTION OF WHERE THE CITY IS GOING TO GO. YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE, OR SHALL I SAY, THEY HAVE TENDENCIES TO COMPLAIN, BUT THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE.

AND I KNOW THAT THE CITY DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF TRYING TO COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATE WITH THE COMMUNITY, TO PARTICIPATE. IT'S JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT WE DIDN'T GET MORE PEOPLE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THANK YOU. AND I'LL ECHO THAT. AND I KNOW THAT YOU WANTED TO TO SAY SOMETHING AS WELL.

AND I'LL AND I'LL JUST SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE HAVING THAT SAME CONVERSATION.

BECAUSE AS DEVELOPMENT FLOWS, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WITH PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE YOU THIS IS KIND OF THE FOUNDATION.

SO THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION.

THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE BUILDING THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS SO THAT YOU CAN INFORM CITY STAFF AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL SO THAT THE COUNCIL CAN MAKE DETERMINATIONS.

BECAUSE ONCE WE GET CERTAIN WAYS DOWN IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, IT BECOMES A LOT MORE ADMINISTRATIVE.

AND SO THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE TEND TO WANT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF ENGAGE.

AND SO YOU'RE SPOT ON THAT WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL AS COMMISSIONERS AS WELL, ARE AMBASSADORS FOR ENGAGEMENT BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS. YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US ALONG THE WAY.

BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT. IT CAN GET IT CAN GET WE CAN GET IN THE NITTY GRITTY.

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BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION AND TO PULL OUT WHAT THAT COLLECTIVE VISION IS FOR THE FUTURE.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION, I GUESS, IN REFERENCE TO QUESTION NUMBER 11 WITH THE HIGH PRIORITY.

IS IT POSSIBLE FOR US TO GET THAT VIEW AND BREAK DOWN ACROSS THE FONDREN GESSNER TEXAS PARKWAY CATEGORIES? BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN TRULY SEE HOW THAT THIS THAT POPULATION MOVE.

BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS. WE SEE ALL THESE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY.

BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO SEE HOW WERE THEY MEASURED ACROSS THOSE PARTICULAR STREETS. OKAY.

AND WE COULD WE COULD PROBABLY FILTER BECAUSE THIS IS ALL COLLECTED.

YES, MA'AM. AND SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHERE DO YOU LIVE IN THE CITY? DO YOU LIVE IN THE CITY? DO YOU NOT? SO WE COULD PROBABLY FILTER IT SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE RESPONSES WERE AROUND THE CITY.

AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED AND I GUESS PROBABLY IF I GUESS QUESTION TEN, I GUESS EIGHT, NINE AND TEN TO KIND OF BREAK THEM DOWN, TO SEE A TRUE POPULATION OR A PLOT OF HOW THAT LOOKS.

JUST SAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FEEDBACK. ALL RIGHT.

SO I'M GOING TO HOLD I'M GOING TO HOLD MY COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC UNTIL WE GET TO NEXT STEPS.

WELL, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE AND PARTLY PARTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO TOO IS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS KIND OF IN THESE THESE TOPIC AREAS.

THEY'RE ALL INTERRELATED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

BUT THEN YOU KNOW, AS MUCH COMMUNICATION AND DISCUSSION WE CAN HAVE WITHIN THESE TOPIC AREAS SO THAT THEN WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANOTHER SUBJECT FOLLOWING THAT.

WELL. SO MY THOUGHT IS GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE WERE NOT GETTING DID NOT GET A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE BROADER PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, WE HAD INTEREST GROUPS AND WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THEM, AND THAT'S PROBABLY THE CASE. BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THEY'RE MORE CLOSELY ORIENTED TOWARDS THE THE DEVELOPMENT KIND OF ACTIVITIES THAT GO ON IN THE CITY, OR THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED SOMEHOW ALONG THE WAY.

AND, AND SO THEY HAVE A KEEN AWARENESS TO WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

OKAY. SO YOU COULD TAKE THE REST OF THE POPULATION AND SAY, WELL, YOU COULD YOU COULD BE A CYNIC AND SAY, THEY DON'T CARE. OKAY. AND SO THEY'D BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH CONTINUING ALONG WITH THE 2017 PLAN AND JUST DOO DOO, AS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, BECAUSE UNTIL IT AFFECTS THEM DIRECTLY, THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN OPINION EITHER WAY. OKAY. SO IF WE WERE TO GO AND MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW. THAT MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS AND YOU MIGHT START TO HEAR THAT, OH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT'S THE CASE OR NOT.

YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO TO ME, THERE'S NO SECRET TO ENGAGEMENT.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE EITHER THEY'RE GOING TO DO IT OR THEY'RE NOT.

RIGHT. AND SO YOU CAN'T MAKE THEM. BUT BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT.

IT'S IT'S A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE, GIVEN THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT.

IF WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES. OKAY.

THAT'S WHY I WAS SAYING, WELL, LET'S KIND OF SEE WHAT THE RECOMMENDATIONS ARE AND KIND OF PUT THOSE IN THAT LIGHT AND SAY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE GENERAL PUBLIC WHO WAS NEVER INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS? HOW ARE THEY GOING TO RESPOND TO THAT, OR HOW ARE THEY GOING TO BE IMPACTED BY THAT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT? AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD, BUT NOT BREAK STUFF. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHT ABOUT THE ENGAGEMENT THING.

I KEPT ON HOPING THAT WE WOULD GET MORE ENGAGEMENT AND AND AGAIN ON NEXT STEPS.

THE OPEN HOUSE THING IS GOING TO HAPPEN. SO THERE THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF GAUGE THE PULSE AND THE, THE INTEREST TO SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET MORE INTEREST AT THAT POINT AND SEE KIND OF THE REACTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. SO I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON COMMISSIONER PEARSON AND COMMISSIONER HANEY.

WHAT YOU'RE BOTH DISCUSSING IN REFERENCE ALSO TO THE MATRIX.

BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT FILLED OUT THE SURVEY IN COMPARISON TO THE POPULATION,

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BUT IF YOU GO DOWN TO QUESTION TEN AND TO SEE HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF HOUSING AND THE PRIORITIES FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WELL, THERE'S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE TYPES OF AMENITIES THAT ARE WANTED IN THIS COMMUNITY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE TYPES OF HOUSING THAT PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO.

SO I THINK IT JUST KIND OF PROVIDES THAT IDEA OF THE DISCONNECT OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE FOR US TO KIND OF GET THERE AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH STAFF AND EVERYBODY'S INPUT, WILL KIND OF BRING THAT CONVERSATION ALL THE WAY AROUND AND KIND OF TRY TO BRIDGE THAT.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ECHO THAT WHEN WE DO HEAR FROM OUR FOLKS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A RESTAURANT OPEN, WE'LL DO A RIBBON CUTTING.

THIS IS KIND OF THE FEEDBACK WE DO GET FROM SOME OF OUR FOLKS.

IT'S HARD TO KEEP SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES HERE.

AND SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, LIKE WHEN JUSTIN WAS POINTING OUT AND YOU WERE POINTING OUT.

IN OUR JOB IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, WE TRY TO FIND ONE WAYS TO TRAIN PEOPLE FOR CERTAIN JOBS.

LIKE RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE ASKING US TO HELP TRAIN FOR FORKLIFT OPERATORS AND THE INDUSTRIAL SITES.

RIGHT. AND THEN THEY ASK US TO, TO FIND HOUSING FOR FOLKS.

FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE HIGH END RESTAURANTS. BECAUSE IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUBBLE GRAPH, YOU SEE SINGLE FAMILY AND SENIOR LIVING SUPER, SUPER HUGE, BUT YOU DON'T SEE ANYTHING ELSE.

BUT TO BE ABLE TO ATTAIN THAT, YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THE KITCHEN, YOU GOT PEOPLE THAT WORK, YOU KNOW, AS BARTENDERS, AS WAITSTAFF. YOU HAVE CLERKS AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO COMMUTE HERE EITHER.

SO THERE'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE AT SOME POINT WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BRIDGE THAT GAP AND WHERE YOU'RE GOING TO PUT IT.

AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FOR US BECAUSE WE KIND OF I MEAN, I THINK IT'S LIKE WE WANT TO GET SOME GUIDANCE FROM ALL THIS SO THAT WE KNOW WHAT IS A GOOD IDEA. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.

WELL, THE CHALLENGE IS SOMEONE SAYS WE WANT FINE DINING.

WHAT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, IN MANY INSTANCES, IS THE BUSINESS MODEL FOR THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF BUSINESS IS ONE WHERE THEY NEED DAYTIME TRAFFIC. ALSO CHALLENGE IS YOU HAVE 75, 80% OF OUR POPULATION.

THEY LEAVE THE CITY TO GO WORK ELSEWHERE. SO AS WE MOVE ALONG, WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT SOMEHOW WE SEND A SMOKE SIGNAL SIGNAL UP SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THEM BASED ON BUSINESS MODELS THEY WANT, BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT TAKES TO GET THERE.

AND SO WE HAVE TO JUST PLACE AN EMPHASIS ON EDUCATING THEM SO THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THESE WANTS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THOSE WANTS, BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME REQUIREMENTS THAT NEED TO BE MET IN ORDER FOR THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES OR SERVICES TO COME. AND SO IF WE DO THAT, THEN THEY WON'T FEEL AS THOUGH AND I'M SPEAKING IN TERMS OF SOME OF THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY WHERE THEY WON'T FEEL AS THOUGH, WELL, THEY'RE NOT LISTENING TO US, THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.

WE HAVE PARCELS OF LAND THAT FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT OF VIEW, YOU CAN RELATE TO THIS.

IT SAYS THAT THIS IS THE TYPE OF A BUSINESS THAT COULD BE SUCCESSFUL HERE VERSUS WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.

AND SO YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE HAS TO BE SOME BRIDGE THERE SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.

BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE SOME INSTANCES WHERE UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT.

WE OPERATE WITH THREE CUES IN MIND. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MARKET DEMAND.

WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S COMMUNITY DEMAND. BUT THE THIRD COMPONENT I THINK THAT PEOPLE FORGET IS SUSTAINABILITY.

AND WE HAVE TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE WHAT WE DO ON OUR END AND THEY KNOW BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN THE MEETINGS, WE'LL ASK, DO YOU HAVE MARKET STUDIES? DO YOU HAVE HEAT MAPS THAT PROVIDE US SOME REAL DATA THAT SAYS THAT THIS BUSINESS IS GOING TO DO WELL, WHERE YOU SAY IT'S GOING TO DO, BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT THAT DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO BUSINESS WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING TO DO BUSINESS.

LIKE YOU SAID, THEY HAVE THEIR PROFIT MODEL, THEY HAVE THEIR NUMBERS CRUNCHED UP.

THEY KNOW THEIR PROFIT MARGINS, THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY WANT TO SPEND. BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM AND THAT IT'S WELCOMED IN OUR

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AND IN SIX DIFFERENT WAYS, BUT OR WE DON'T THINK IT'S SUSTAINABLE HERE.

BUT YES, THOSE ARE THE THREE PARAMETERS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IN MIND. AND I THINK SUSTAINABILITY IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE LACKING A LITTLE BIT AND JUST THE LAST THING IS THE MARKET STUDY. IT'S NOT ALWAYS A FEEL GOOD.

THAT'S ALMOST TO A CERTAIN DEGREE IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.

AND QUITE OFTEN THAT MARKET STUDY IS NOT FAVORABLE FROM THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON? ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE GOING TO PIVOT INTO GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS OF THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND SO IT WILL CONTINUE SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION.

BUT WE'LL TRY TO FOCUS IT IN ON CERTAIN AREAS.

SO THIS IS NOT IN ANY KIND OF ORDER OF PRIORITY RANKING.

BUT IT'S JUST LISTED IN TERMS OF HOW WE'LL GO THROUGH THE DISCUSSION.

SO THERE WAS INTEREST IN DEFINING AND CLARIFYING THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN OUR LAND USE CHARACTER, ESTATE CHARACTER AND THE ZONING DISTRICT. AND IF YOU RECALL FROM SOME SOME OF THE ZONING CASES THAT CAME THROUGH WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION OVER HOW CERTAIN AREAS ARE CHARACTERIZED ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN WHICH SHOULD BE THE POLICY GUIDANCE THAT YOU USE WHEN YOU CONSIDER ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS.

AND SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER YOUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN THOSE AREAS THAT SHOULD BE DESIGNATED FOR CERTAIN TYPES OF USES, CERTAIN TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT ARE CHARACTERIZED IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

WE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT WAS CHARACTERIZED AS ESTATE CHARACTER THAT WAS GETTING CONFUSED WITH THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT ZONING DESIGNATION. THAT'S ACTUALLY THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LAND.

SO WE'LL COVER THAT TOPIC SHORTLY AND JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THERE.

ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY IS A TERM THAT WE'RE USING.

SO RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ARE THOSE TRACTS OF LAND THAT WERE REMAINING DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED AROUND THOSE TRACTS OF LAND? AND THEY REMAIN UNDEVELOPED. AND WE HAD SEVERAL PIECES OF LAND.

AND, YOU KNOW, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, FOR, FOR YEARS.

BUT WE HAD SEVERAL PIECES OF LAND WHERE SOMEONE WENT IN AND WENT THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS TO DEVELOP THE LAND UNBEKNOWNST TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.

SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC. WE'VE HEARD YOU ALL HAVE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC.

SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT. WE'VE HAD YOU KNOW, REACTIONS IN PUBLIC HEARINGS TO ZONING APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH IN THIS AREA AS WELL. SO WE'LL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE OF RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY SOME OF THOSE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

WE'LL ALSO TALK ABOUT OMITTED USES. SO THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL ZONING APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH WHERE YOU'VE SEEN A PLANNING RECOMMENDATION OR RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY SPEAK TO WHERE THESE USES SHOULD BE PERMITTED.

AND THESE THESE USES ARE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY PLACES OF ASSEMBLY.

THAT'S WHERE OUR RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FALL INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS YOU KNOW, LOCATIONS THAT PULL PEOPLE TOGETHER IN CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, TIMES OF DAY CHILDCARE FACILITIES, OUR OWN PUBLIC FACILITIES, CITY HALL, FIRE STATIONS AND POLICE STATIONS, AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CELL TOWERS.

SO WE'LL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, PROVIDE SOME GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS IN THAT AREA, REDEVELOPMENT POLICY.

AND THEN ALSO LOOK AND CONSIDER SOME STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS.

OKAY. SO WE'LL START WITH DEFINING AND CLARIFYING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE STATE CHARACTER AND CITY. AND THIS IS LARGELY OUT OF THE CONCERNS THAT I KIND OF SUMMARIZED JUST A MOMENT AGO OF WELL, SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED ON THAT WERE IMPACTS ON DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL HABITATS,

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SOME OF THE STUDY AREAS THAT WE SAW THAT WERE MORE IMPACTED OR MOSTLY IMPACTED BY THIS, THIS ISSUE INCLUDED AREAS WHERE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT OCCURRED, WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE PRESSURES FOR DEVELOPMENT EMERGE AS THE CITY MOVES TOWARDS BUILD OUT.

SO THAT INCLUDES AREAS ALONG THE TOLL ROAD INCLUDES TRAMMEL FRESNO ROAD, HIGHWAY SIX EAST OF THE FORT BEND PARKWAY, THE KNIGHT ROAD, WATTS PLANTATION, MCKEEVER ROAD, AND THEN SEVERAL UNDEVELOPED PIECES OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THESE ARE OUR FINDINGS. AND AGAIN THE FINDINGS RELATE TO CONFUSION, BASICALLY CONFUSION IN THE USE OF TERMS, CONFUSION IN THE INTENT, CONFUSION IN THE EXPECTATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS.

SO I'M GOING TO JUST KIND OF PUT US ON THAT LAST ITEM ON THERE THAT SAYS AREAS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS A STATE CHARACTER HAVE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL. SO YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE AVAILABLE COPIES OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

WE'LL LOOK AT SOME EXCERPTS OF THAT MAP ON OUR SCREEN SHORTLY.

BUT BASICALLY AREAS AGAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX IN THAT WHAT'S PLANTATION? EAST AND WEST OFF OF KNIGHT ROAD AREA ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING.

BUT WE'LL LOOK AT UTILITY REQUIREMENTS, FUTURE MOBILITY, ROADWAY DESIGNS AND FEMA FLOODPLAIN RESTRICTIONS.

OKAY. SO SOME OF THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THOSE AREAS IS AROUND 2015, THE CITY ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE THAT BASICALLY PROHIBITED NEW PRIVATE ON SITE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. SO NEW SEPTIC SYSTEMS, NEW WATER WELLS AND SO WITH THAT REQUIREMENT, THERE ARE STILL CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE EXEMPTED.

SO WE STILL HAVE LARGE ACREAGE ESTATES. WE STILL HAVE AREAS THAT ARE STILL SERVICED BY PRIVATE UTILITIES.

BUT THE CITY'S POLICY IS THAT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL OR NONRESIDENTIAL, SHOULD BE TIED TO A PUBLIC UTILITY SYSTEM.

AS THE COMMISSION KNOWS, THE CITY IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL MUDS.

THERE ARE LOTS OF THERE ARE MANY, MANY MUDS THAT PROVIDE SERVICE TO RESIDENTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO THIS IS REALLY AN ISSUE OF WHAT WHAT WOULD SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WOULD ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT TIE IN? SO IN THESE AREAS IT'S WITHIN WHAT WE CALL OUR MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF A RECOGNIZED MUD THAT THE CITY NOW WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING UTILITY SERVICE TO SUPPORT ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION THAT OCCURS.

SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT. THE OTHER ASPECT IS ROADWAY DESIGNS THAT THE ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA ARE DESIGNED TO HANDLE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. SO WE HAVE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEN WE HAVE THE BUILD OUT CONDITIONS OF THOSE ROADWAYS.

AND EACH OF OUR ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE CLASSIFIED IN A CERTAIN WAY.

THERE'S DESIGN STANDARDS THAT GO ALONG WITH THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS.

SO THOSE ROADS IN THAT AREA, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF WHAT SOME OF THOSE DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS ARE.

THE OTHER THING TO TO POINT YOUR ATTENTION TO IS FORT BEND PARKWAY.

SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE FORT BEND PARKWAY TOLL ROAD.

TODAY IT DEAD ENDS AT SIENNA RANCH ROAD. BUT IT WILL EXTEND AND SO AS WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, AS WE TALK ABOUT LAND USE, AS WE TALK ABOUT DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TOLL ROAD OR IN THAT AREA.

WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHERE OTHER DEVELOPMENT IS POSITIONING ITSELF AND WHAT THE FUTURE BUILD OUT OF THAT ROADWAY LOOKS LIKE.

SO RIGHT NOW, THERE'S ALREADY TWO FUTURE SEGMENTS OF THE TOLL ROAD THAT ARE IN THE DESIGN PHASE.

THAT WOULD TAKE THE TOLL ROAD OUT TO FM 2759, WHICH IS IN THE THOMPSONS AREA.

AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THAT MEANS EVERYWHERE THAT IT'S RURAL.

NOW, THE GEORGE RANCH AREA. IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH GEORGE RANCH OUT THERE, IT'S A RURAL AREA.

IT SEEMS CUT OFF AND DISCONNECTED FROM EVERYTHING.

BUT WE WERE THAT WAY AT SOME POINT AS WELL. SO WHEN THAT TOLL ROAD EXPANDS THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, ADDITIONAL POPULATIONS THAT START TO GROW OUT THERE.

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ENTITIES. AND SO WE KNOW WHAT JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT HAS DONE WITH SIENNA IN MISSOURI CITY.

WE KNOW WHAT JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT DID WITH RIVERSTONE.

WELL, THEY HAVE NOW PURCHASED SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND FROM GEORGE RANCH.

IN THAT THOMPSON AREA THAT I THINK THAT WAS PUBLISHED JUST THE END OF LAST WEEK, THAT THEY ARE BREAKING GROUND ON A NEW MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY OUT THERE. SO WE HAVE SEVERAL HOME BUILDERS AND DEVELOPERS THAT ARE POSITIONING THEM, POSITIONING THEMSELVES ALONG THOSE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE TOLL ROAD.

ANTICIPATING THE OPENING OF THAT AREA TO CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT THEN WILL FLOW THROUGH MISSOURI CITY AS THEY GO INTO HOUSTON, AS THEY GO INTO THE MEDICAL CENTER YOU KNOW, AS THEY GO IN, YOU KNOW, TO THE PORTS.

SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE YOU KNOW, ALONG THE TOLL ROAD AND ALONG HIGHWAY SIX AND ALONG THESE AREAS, WE'RE KEEPING IN MIND WHAT THAT BUILD OUT COULD BE 20 YEARS FROM NOW, 30 YEARS FROM NOW, SO THAT WE'RE NOT LOSING OPPORTUNITIES TO MOVE THE CITY IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, HAS DISCUSSED.

OKAY. ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT ON THAT? OKAY. AND THEN ONE LAST THING IS FEMA 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.

AND SO THAT'S ALREADY COME UP TONIGHT. WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THESE AREAS ARE IMPACTED BY CURRENT FEMA FLOODPLAIN CONCERNS.

SO RECOMMENDATIONS IN THIS AREA, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO NITTY GRITTY, BUT JUST KIND OF HIGH LEVEL ON HERE.

WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT YOU ALL AMEND BOTH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MAKE SOME UPDATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO REMOVE SOME OF THE CONFUSION IN USE OF TERMS AND TO PROVIDE A CLEAR DISTINCTION BETWEEN THESE AREAS.

AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN INVOLVE THE RULE, A CLASSIFICATION IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

BECAUSE WE USE THE SAME TERMS ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, OUR ZONING MAP, OUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

SO THERE'S CONFUSION THERE. BUT CHANGING THOSE TERMS OUT SO THAT THERE'S CLEAR DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THEM ADDING DESCRIPTIONS OR UPDATING THE DESCRIPTIONS FOR THOSE AREAS. AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL AS YOU CONSIDER ZONING APPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS IS WITH THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICT MAPS, ADDING SUGGESTED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LAND USES AND ZONING DISTRICTS THAT COULD IMPLEMENT THE GOALS OF THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICTS.

AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT'S HELPFUL IS, IS THAT GOES INTO KIND OF THE STAFF ANALYSIS THAT A ZONING APPLICATION COMES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SAYS, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO ADVISE YOU ON WHERE IT KIND OF SITS ON THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

IF YOU PUT THAT INTO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THEN IT'S IT'S FULL DISCLOSURE AS TO THIS IS WHAT THE INTENT OF THESE DISTRICTS ARE MEANT TO BE. AND THAT HOPEFULLY WILL HELP CLARIFY SOME OF THOSE, THOSE AREAS OF CONFUSION BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT OR WHETHER THE PURPOSE OF IT IS FOR ANOTHER TYPE OF USE.

AND THEN THERE'S ALSO A RECOMMENDATION ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE PURPOSE OF THE SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT.

AND THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR THE AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT.

BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AREAS LIKE THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD GOING OUT WHERE IT HAS NOT YET EXTENDED THOSE ARE AREAS THAT ARE EITHER FULLY WITHIN THE CITY OR FULLY WITHIN THE CITY'S EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.

AND WHAT DISTINCTION IS THAT IS THAT'S AN AREA THAT RIGHT NOW IS NOT ACCESSIBLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.

THERE AREN'T ROADS THAT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, CAN GET YOU OUT THERE.

SO THERE'S NOT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IMMINENT OR THAT'S COMING IN THOSE AREAS, BUT IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.

SO DISTINGUISHING THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT FROM A RULE DESCRIPTION, CALLING IT AGRICULTURE, AND IN THE DESCRIPTION ADDING THAT DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS IS LIMITED TO THOSE AREAS.

OKAY. FOLLOWING ME ON THAT ESTATE CHARACTER, ADDING WITHIN THAT DESCRIPTION THAT THE ESTATE CHARACTER IS INTENDED FOR DEVELOPMENT THAT IS TYPICALLY SERVED BY PRIVATE WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS INSTEAD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.

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AND IT WAS CHARACTERIZED AS A STATE BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLAN FOR THE EXTENSION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES WITHIN THOSE AREAS.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY. SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THAT AREA OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.

SO IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR YOU TO SEE HERE. SO THIS IS AN EXCERPT.

AND SO ORIENTATION WISE CAN EVERYBODY KIND OF SEE THE ORIENTATION OF THE CITY? IN THAT MAP GENERALLY YOU SEE THE, THE OUTLINE OF THE BRAZOS RIVER IN THE LIGHT GREEN KIND OF THE THE MEANDERING LINE. SO THAT'S THE BRAZOS RIVER. THAT LIGHT GREEN AREA IS THE AREA THAT CURRENTLY WOULD BE CALLED RURAL CHARACTER.

AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CHANGE THAT TERMINOLOGY TO AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER.

SO AGAIN, THAT'S AREA THAT'S PART OF WITHIN THE CITY'S ETJ, MEANING AT SOME POINT IT COULD BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, BECOME PART OF THE CITY. THAT'S THE AREA WHERE THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD WOULD PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY THROUGH AS IT EXTENDS FURTHER SOUTH. SO TODAY THERE'S NOT IMMINENT DEVELOPMENT PLANS.

IT'S NOT REACHABLE. REACHABLE. IT'S NOT DEVELOPABLE.

BUT WE KNOW THAT THAT IS ON THE HORIZON. SO MAINTAINING THAT AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER IN THAT AREA.

THE OTHER PART OF THE LIGHTER GREEN DOWN THERE WHERE IT SAYS SIENNA SOUTH THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DEVELOPED OUT TODAY.

SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT AT THE TIME THAT THE 2017 PLAN WENT INTO PLACE, THE LAND USE PLAN FOR SIENNA SOUTH HADN'T BEEN FULLY IDENTIFIED.

IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED, IT'S BEEN ENACTED, IT'S BEEN IMPLEMENTED.

AND THE CHARACTER OF THAT ENTIRE AREA IS PRETTY MUCH LARGELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OLIVE COLOR AREA UNDER WHERE THE LABEL SAYS A STATE CHARACTER.

AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE NOT READILY AVAILABLE.

SO THEY'RE COMING AND EXTENDING IN THAT AREA.

METRO PARKING. PARK AND RIDE. FORT BEND TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.

IT'S MOVING PUBLIC UTILITIES CLOSER TO THOSE AREAS.

BUT THEN THAT IS STILL A LONG TERM PLAN. IN TERMS OF ACCESSING AND EXTENDING THAT CAPACITY AND UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? WHY WHY IS SIENNA SOUTH STILL BEING DEPICTED AS ARCHITECTURAL.

SO THIS IS STILL THE CURRENT? YEAH. THIS IS THE CURRENT RECOMMENDATION IS TO CHANGE THAT.

OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AND SO THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES OF WHAT THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICTS KIND OF WOULD LOOK LIKE.

SO THAT RURAL CHARACTER, THESE ARE EXAMPLES FROM THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE RURAL CHARACTER WOULD CHANGE TO AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER.

THE ESTATE CHARACTER WOULD REMAIN THE SAME BUT HAVE THAT DISTINCTION FOR AREAS THAT ARE SERVED BY PRIVATE UTILITIES.

AND THEN ADDING PRIMARY LAND USES, SECONDARY LAND USES, AND ZONING DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION.

WE WOULD ADD ON HERE FOR THE AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER, PRIMARY LAND USES WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.

YOU KNOW, ACCESSORY TO ADD USES. SECONDARY LAND USES WOULD BE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, AND THE ZONING DISTRICT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT WOULD BE THE SUBURBAN ZONING DISTRICT. THE ESTATE CHARACTER PRIMARY LAND USES WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SECONDARY WOULD BE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE. AND THEN THE ZONING IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDED WOULD BE THE RULE ZONING DISTRICT.

AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN, WHEN YOU KNOW, SOMEONE COMES TO TRY TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY OR, AND THEY ARE LOOKING TO CHANGE THE ZONING OR THEY'RE LOOKING TO SEE YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FUTURE YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS OR POLICY IS, THIS WOULD HELP KIND OF GUIDE WHAT THOSE LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS.

THIS IS STILL POLICY THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE ACTING ON THE ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT POLICY WOULD BE THROUGH THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.

OKAY. OKAY. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE CURRENT LOOKING AT THAT ESTATE CHARACTER, THE OLIVE COLOR.

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WHAT'S THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CHANGE THAT FROM A STATE CHARACTER TO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST OF KNIGHT ROAD.

CHANGING THAT TO SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL NORTH OF KNIGHT OR NORTH OF WHAT'S CHANGING THAT? WHERE THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER IS BEING DEVELOPED TO AN URBAN CHARACTER DISTRICT ALONG HIGHWAY SIX TO AN AUTO ORIENTED COMMERCIAL CHARACTER DISTRICT.

AND IN ALL OF THE AREAS GOING SOUTH TOWARDS MCKEEVER ROAD TO A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC.

DOES THAT MEAN. YES. I HAVE A QUESTION. YOU ARE CHANGING THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY.

DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT THEY INITIALLY BOUGHT IT FOR WITH AN INTENDED USE? WHATEVER. DOES THIS CHANGE THEIR ABILITY NOW TO NOT BE ABLE TO DO SOME OF THAT.

SO THIS THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANY OF ANY OF THEIR ZONING AT THIS POINT.

THAT AND WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING AT THIS POINT ANYWAY.

THIS IS JUST RECOMMENDATIONS. WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN NEXT STEPS IF YOU ALL DO RECOMMEND TO MOVE FORWARD IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, THEN WE'LL HAVE TO COME BACK AND DO A FORMAL PROCESS TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AMEND THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND ASSOCIATED DOCUMENTS.

SO THIS WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING. THAT'S IN PLACE TODAY.

THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE TO BE IMPLEMENTED RIGHT THEN.

WHAT IT WOULD DO IS, IS THESE ARE THE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SUBURBAN DISTRICT ZONING, MEANING THAT ANY PROPERTY OWNER IN THIS AREA THAT IS SEEKING TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY, THEY'RE COMING THROUGH WITH A ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION.

AND SO THIS IS THE AREA WHERE WE'VE SEEN AT LEAST I KNOW WE'VE SEEN ONE ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION THAT CAME BEFORE THE COMMISSION.

WE'VE HAD MEETINGS AND INQUIRIES, DUE DILIGENCE FROM SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT GENERAL AREA LOOKING TO DEVELOP.

SO THIS IS KIND OF POLICY GUIDANCE AS THEY'RE EITHER PURCHASING PROPERTY OR THEY'RE SEEKING TO DEVELOP PROPERTY.

AS TO WHAT THE EXPECTATION IS FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA.

SO THIS IS THE LAND USE WOULD BE THE KIND OF THE FIRST STEP, BUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE ZONING. RIGHT. AND DO THAT AS A SECOND STEP. CORRECT.

RIGHT. AND SO YEAH. SO LIKE I SAID, LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA, YOU HAVE SD ZONING.

SO ANY DEVELOPMENT, ANY POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH.

WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AND THE COMMISSION CAN PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK ON CITY INITIATED ZONING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.

BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF, YOU KNOW, THE THE ITEMS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF BEING PROACTIVE AS OPPOSED TO JUST ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, DOING IT, YOU KNOW, CASE BY CASE. SO, OKAY, I'M HEARING OF COURSE, IT GOES TO THE AMBIGUITY OF THE NAME OF THE, THE CONVENTION OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS. BUT I GUESS HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES THAT WE'RE PUTTING IN PLACE, IF THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK? YEAH. CAN YOU STATE YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE BIT? SO I GUESS HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES? WHAT BENEFITS DO WE I'M SORRY. SO HOW DOES THE SEE.

SO HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES THAT WE'RE BEING RECOMMENDED? IF THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK. HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT? SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S. IN THIS CASE, IT'S STILL CONTINUING.

THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING IS YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING WHAT THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES ARE WITHIN THE CITY.

WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING KIND OF WHERE THE CITY IS SITUATED TODAY, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THE CITY IS SEEKING TO PROVIDE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, BY RESIDENTS AND THOSE THAT USE THE CITY.

SO IN THIS, IN THIS SCENARIO, IT'S LOOKING AT WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST OPTIONS, BEST OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE TO LOCATE THOSE TYPES OF USES, THOSE SUPPORT USES THAT YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES AND WHERE THEY CAN BE LOCATED WITH THE REMAINING LAND THAT WE HAVE OR THE EXPECTATION TO REDEVELOP.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S A PUZZLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER.

AND IN THIS SENSE OF WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTIAL IS STILL A COMPONENT THERE.

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SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BEST BE SITUATED WITHIN THOSE AREAS, THOSE HIGH END, YOU KNOW, RETAIL OR HIGH, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PROBABLY NOT GOING TO BE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, IN THESE, THESE AREAS OF THE CITY.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE ESTATE NEXT, WE TALKED ABOUT PRIMARY LAND USES AND SECONDARY LAND USES IN THESE AREAS WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL. IS THERE A PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LAND USE FOR THOSE AND WHAT PRIMARY I CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE THE SECONDARY LAND USE FOR THOSE AREAS IS THAT THAT'S ALREADY DEFINED SOMEWHERE. SO IT'S NOT DEFINED OFFICIALLY.

WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DEFINE THAT. BUT FOR THESE FOR FOR THE THE SUBURBAN IT'LL SHOW UP ON ON IT'S COMING UP LATER.

SLIDES. YEAH I'LL WAIT. THANKS. AND SO JUST MAKE A NOTE.

YEAH. MAKE NOTE. AND YOU CAN USE YOUR STICKY PADS.

AND THEN WE CAN ALSO USE THE EASELS IF WE NEED TO AS WELL.

SO EVERYBODY HAS A STICKY PAD THERE. SO IF YOU NEED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND YOU KNOW KIND OF TABLE IT AND WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.

OKAY. OKAY THEN FAST FORWARD TO SIENNA SOUTH.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT. AND THEN SIENNA SOUTH IS BASICALLY UPDATING THE LAND USE MAP TO MATCH THE LAND USE PLAN THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE FOR SEEING THE SOUTH.

SO THERE'S NOT THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES THERE. IT'S JUST MAKING THE UPDATES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.

OKAY, THAT'S WHAT IT SAYS. IT SAYS SUBURBAN. SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL.

YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ADJACENCY RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY. ADDRESSING RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUES WHEN OR PRIOR TO UNDEVELOPED LAND BEING DEVELOPED ADJACENT TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD INCLUDE NEW DEVELOPMENT THE IMPACTS ON EXISTING CHARACTER, PROPERTY VALUES, THE SCALE, THE INTENSITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEN JUST GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT TO OCCUR. OR IS IS COMING? WE ALSO HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF WHY CERTAIN DEVELOPERS SEEK TO LOCATE IN DIFFERENT AREAS.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT HAVE A LOT OF VISIBILITY, A LOT OF GROWTH.

AFFORDABLE LAND PRICES ARE IMPORTANT. INFRASTRUCTURE.

AND HERMAN MENTIONED THE WORKFORCE OPPORTUNITIES AND AVAILABILITY AS WELL.

SO SOME OF THE STUDY AREAS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING MOST AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.

TEXAS PARKWAY, FIFTH STREET, INDEPENDENCE, 1092 CARTWRIGHT THE TOLL ROAD AGAIN, HIGHWAY SIX.

AND SEVERAL UNDEVELOPED PIECES OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE MAKING AN AMENDMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL THREE.

TO SPECIFICALLY ADD WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY CONSIDERATION.

SO MAKE THE INTENTION KNOWN WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE INCLUDE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN NONRESIDENTIAL USES AND RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.

AND CONSIDERING ESTABLISHING A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW PROCESS.

SO BASICALLY NOT ALLOWING SERVICE STATION OR CONVENIENCE STORE THAT SELLS GAS TO POP UP BEHIND A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN TWO PARTS, IN TWO PARTS. AND SO YOU HAVE YOU HAVE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE THAT IS CONSIDERING THAT.

BUT YES, THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION. YES. OKAY.

SO RECOMMENDATION ON LANGUAGE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL THREE.

THE CURRENT GOAL STATES AN ONGOING AND INCREASING FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT AS A CONTINUUM.

AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO MATURE. RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD LANGUAGE IN THERE ON RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY TO PROMOTE COMPATIBILITY AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS THROUGH MEASURES LIKE SITE DESIGN, STANDARDS, BUFFERING, LANDSCAPING AND SITE PLAN REVIEWS.

AND THEN A SUB GOAL OF THAT WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC INPUT COMMENT PERIOD TO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OFFER

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SO CURRENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS ARE WHEN YOU HAVE A NONRESIDENTIAL USE ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL USE.

MASONRY FENCING IS REQUIRED OF A CERTAIN HEIGHT OR WIDTH IS REQUIRED BETWEEN THE TWO USES.

AND THAT'S REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAST USE GOING IN.

WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS RIGHT NOW, THAT REQUIREMENT IS MASONRY.

THE CITY'S DEFINITION OF MASONRY IS VERY BROAD.

IN TERMS OF IT ALLOWS FOR CONCRETE, STUCCO, BRICK, STONE EFFORTS.

IS ALL PART OF THAT MASONRY DEFINITION. SO YOU HAVE ALL FORMS OF MASONRY FENCING OUT THERE.

WE HAVE RECENTLY DEALT WITH SEVERAL MAINTENANCE AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ISSUES WITH MASONRY FENCING.

WE'VE DEALT WITH ISSUES WITH THE PROVISION OF MASONRY FENCING.

AND SO THIS RECOMMENDATION IS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER THE VIABILITY, THE PURPOSE OF MASONRY FENCING FOR THOSE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS WHEN YOU HAVE THAT COMMERCIAL USE ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USE.

A LOT OF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THE CONFIGURATION OF OUR CITY, THE WAY THAT WE'VE PLANNED OUT OUR COMMERCIAL AREAS, OUR NON RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AREAS WHERE NONRESIDENTIAL ABUTS RESIDENTIAL.

SO WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION BETWEEN THOSE USES THAT WILL PROTECT THE NEIGHBORS, THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, FROM LIGHT POLLUTION, FROM NOISE POLLUTION? YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU KNOW, THE SCALE OF THE BUILDINGS. YOU KNOW, SHOULD A MULTI-STORY BUILDING BE RIGHT UP AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ONE STOREY OR TWO STOREY YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS? SO LOOKING AT WHAT THAT SCALE IS, LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION SO THAT THE NONRESIDENTIAL USE IS APPROPRIATELY SITUATED, THE RESIDENTIAL USE IS PROTECTED AND ABLE TO ENJOY THEIR PROPERTIES AS WELL.

ONE ITEM WE'VE ALSO DISCUSSED IS A RESERVATION OF LAND FOR THE PLACEMENT OF TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARD, WE GET INTO ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, WHO OWNS WHAT, WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN WHAT.

WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF FENCE LINES WHERE YOU HAVE TWO FENCES BACK TO BACK AND YOU HAVE A SMALL AREA IN BETWEEN, WHO'S MAINTAINING THAT, WHO'S REQUIRED TO. SO THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES THINKING IN TERMS OF WHAT PROVISIONS CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE TO PROTECT OR ENHANCE THOSE, THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.

RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO INCLUDE REMOVING EXCEPTIONS.

WE HAVE CERTAIN USES THAT ARE EXEMPTED FROM TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS OR THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.

AND WE'VE RUN INTO ISSUES WITH COMPATIBILITY THAT THOSE EXCEPTIONS MAY NOT BE PROVIDING THE KIND OF SEPARATION THAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO PROVIDE. AND THEN ESTABLISHING EXPLICIT MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.

OKAY. SO IS THIS THE POINT WHERE THINGS LIKE USING TREES AND SO FORTH FOR SCREENING COMES IN? IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THE FACT THAT NOT HAVING PEOPLE PLANT BIG, TALL TREES OR ANY POWER LINES.

MAKE THAT A PLEASE DON'T DO IT. ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ON THE FRONT SIDE OF PROPERTIES OR ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT IN BETWEEN? I REALLY DON'T CARE. I MEAN, WHEN YOU WHEN YOU THAT ALWAYS CAUSES A PROBLEM WHEN YOU'VE GOT ABOVE GROUND POWER LINES PEOPLE PUT BIG TREES IN.

WHEN STORMS COME THROUGH, THEY TAKE DOWN THE POWER LINES. WHEN THEY WHEN THE WHEN THE POWER COMPANY COMES, THEY MAKE THESE GOOFY LOOKING TREES OUT OF THEM BECAUSE THEY CUT THE MIDDLES OUT OF THEM. YEAH, THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.

YEAH. AND THINKING ABOUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S IT'S THE REGULATIONS SHOULD SERVE A PURPOSE.

YOU KNOW, AND PART OF THE PURPOSE IS, IS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU CREATE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN AN INTENSE USE AND A NON INTENSE USE, YOU KNOW, SO THAT EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, IS ABLE TO USE THEIR PROPERTIES ACCORDINGLY.

AND THEN EVEN WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN THAT AFFECTS OUR PROPERTY VALUES, THAT AFFECTS OUR, OUR SCENIC VIEW THAT, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EXPERIENCE OF BOTH RESIDENTS AND YOU KNOW, VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY. SO WHERE THAT'S SITUATED AND WHERE THAT'S LOCATED MAKES SENSE.

WE KNOW THAT ISSUE WITH POWER IS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE LOVE OUR TREES.

WE LOVE, YOU KNOW, OUR LANDSCAPING, OUR GREEN SPACE, BUT WE ALSO LOVE THE CONVENIENCE OF BEING ABLE TO TURN OUR LIGHTS ON AND, AND USE, YOU KNOW WHAT, WHAT ELECTRICITY PROVIDES.

AND SO WE HAD THAT EXPERIENCE WITH THE LAST STORM.

SO IT'S HOW HOW CAN YOU PLACE THOSE UTILITIES IN LANDSCAPING IN WAYS THAT DON'T CONFLICT, JUST LIKE OUR LAND USES, YOU KNOW, NONRESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT TEN YEARS FROM NOW,

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CORRECT. AND RIGHT NOW YOU KNOW, ON OUR TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS WE REQUIRE WHAT WE CALL CANOPY TREES.

SO, YOU KNOW, THE ZONING ORDINANCE DOESN'T DEFINE SPECIFIC TREE SPECIES.

WHAT IT DEFINES IS YOU KNOW, SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE TREES.

SO WHEN YOU HAVE THE SEPARATION WITH LAND USES.

IT DEFINES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE A LARGE TREE THAT WILL MATURE YOU KNOW, INTO THOSE BIG, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, BIG CANOPY, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LARGE CANOPIES AND, YOU KNOW, BE OF A CERTAIN WIDTH.

AND THOSE ARE REQUIRED ON THE BACK SIDE BETWEEN USES, IT'S ALSO REQUIRED ON THE STREET SIDE OF CERTAIN USES THAT ARE ALONG CERTAIN STREETS.

I THINK COMMON SENSE WOULD SAY IF SOMEBODY PUT A GIANT TREE UNDERNEATH, THAT'S ALL.

AND WE CAN MOVE ON. YEAH. NOTED. WE HAVEN'T NOTED.

BUT I THINK BUT TO THE POINT IS THAT THE QUESTION IS, IS ON THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUE AND JUST KIND OF YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

BUT YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMISSION'S INPUT IS ON THOSE SEPARATION OF USES, PROVIDING THAT PROTECTION FOR PARTICULARLY OUR A RESIDENTIAL AREAS IN THIS SENSE. HERE, AND I WILL SAY THAT FROM THE PUBLIC WORK STANDPOINT, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL DOES DISTINGUISH THE TYPES OF TREES AND WHERE THEY CAN GO ON THOSE LOTS. SO.

THANK YOU NICK. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS JUST A GRAPHIC JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

THIS IS NOT MISSOURI CITY AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING PROPOSED IN MISSOURI CITY, BUT JUST A GRAPHIC JUST FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES.

AND SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL USE THAT'S ADJACENT TO A SINGLE FAMILY USE OR A RESIDENTIAL USE AND THAT PORTION IN BETWEEN. SO YOU SEE ON THIS GRAPHIC, YOU HAVE A PARKING LOT, SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CARS THAT COME IN, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LIGHT FROM THE CARS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE LIGHT POLES. YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT'S TWO STORIES.

THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING LOOKS LIKE IT'S TWO STORIES TOO, BUT THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE AT DIFFERENT SCALES.

SO WHAT IS THAT APPROPRIATE KIND OF BUFFER? AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE HERE IS TO MAINTAIN HAVING THAT WALL SEPARATION.

BUT INSTEAD OF THE WIDE RANGING MASONRY SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT BRICK, STONE MATERIAL.

AS THOSE MATERIALS HAVE FUNCTIONED VERY WELL IN MUFFLING SOUND OR YOU KNOW, BLOCKING LIGHT IN THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES AND CONCERNS TO THE POINT ON LANDSCAPING. LANDSCAPING IS NOT PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE.

SO LANDSCAPING RIGHT NOW WOULD STILL BE PART OF THAT PACKAGE.

BRICK WALL, STONE WALL WITH FENCING THAT GOES ALONG IN THERE.

ON THE BUFFER. WHAT IS IT? DO YOU HAVE A DEFINITION OF THE WIDTH? WE DO. AND IT'S BASED ON THE USES, BUT GENERALLY IT'S 20FT.

BUT ALSO NOW WITH LAST YEAR'S TEXAS LEGISLATURE CHANGED, IT CAN'T BE AS SPECIFIC ABOUT THE MATERIALS.

SO GOOD. GOOD POINT. SO ON THE BUILDING. ON THE BUILDING.

SO AS OF NOW, THEY HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE MASONRY WALLS OR SIGNS, JUST ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, JUST ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS ON THE BUILDINGS WHICH WHICH THEN GOES INTO OUR CONVERSATION ON REDEVELOPMENT, BECAUSE THAT WAS A TOOL THAT THE CITY WAS ABLE TO USE.

YOU KNOW, TO, TO TRY TO PUSH DEVELOPMENT INTO A MORE QUALITY DESIGN AND APPEARANCE, BUT NOT ON MASONRY WALLS.

RIGHT. OKAY. SO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW.

WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS VERY QUICKLY IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE HEARING AND EVEN FROM THE COMMISSIONS YOU KNOW, INPUT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED IN TERMS OF HOW HOW DO YOU ENGAGE THE PUBLIC? HOW DO YOU INFORM THE PUBLIC? HOW CAN THE PUBLIC LEARN OR UNDERSTAND ABOUT DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PROCESSES OR PROJECTS EARLIER ON IN THE PROJECT, EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS? SO EARLIER BEFORE THE DEVELOPERS OUT THERE BREAKING GROUND YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THAT INFORMATION GO OUT? SO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEWS, IT'S A PROCESS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES DO THEY HAVE DONE? IT'S NOT ALWAYS CALLED DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW. SOMETIMES IT'S A SITE PLAN REVIEW.

DEVELOPMENT. THIS PARTICULAR PHRASING IS COMING OUT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS IN A REVIEW PROCESS.

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THE CITY WOULD EVALUATE THAT INFORMATION AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, AND THEN ALSO ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO RESPOND AS WELL.

SO THE PURPOSE AND THIS IS JUST A GENERAL PURPOSE.

IT'S NOT ANYTHING SET IN STONE. BUT THE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH, SAFETY, GENERAL WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REVIEW PROCEDURES ON PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT ADJACENT OR SURROUNDING LAND USES AND INFRASTRUCTURE, PUT A DEMAND ON EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.

WHAT A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS COULD LOOK LIKE OR WHAT IT WOULD IT COULD BE TRIGGERED BY, IS A CHANGE IN USE OCCUPANCY OF A PROPOSED LOCATION OR AN ACTUAL NEW CONSTRUCTION PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IF THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN AN OFFICIAL FEMA FLOODPLAIN AREA, OR IF THE LOCATION IS PROPOSED WITHIN THE CITY'S MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA OR NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK SERVICE AREA.

A PROPERTY WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY IF IT'S LOCATED WITHIN 200FT OF AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

ELEMENTS OF A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW WOULD INCLUDE.

SUBMISSION OF A SITE PLAN. A 30 DAY NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION AND COMMENT PERIOD TO THE PUBLIC.

REVIEW BY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF WITH AN APPEAL PROCESS TO THE COMMISSION.

AND OR TO CITY COUNCIL. THE SUBMISSION OF A COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS.

THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS COULD BE SUBMITTED DURING THIS REVIEW AS WELL AS THE DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS.

SO ALL OF THIS. WHAT IS WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? WE ARE. THE PROCESS RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE FROM START TO FINISH, IF ZONING IS NOT IN PLACE, YOU'LL HAVE A ZONING APPLICATION COME THROUGH.

IF IT'S NOT PLATTED, THEN YOU'LL HAVE A PLANNING APPLICATION COME THROUGH SECOND, AND THEN FROM THERE THEY MOVE ON TO PERMITS.

AND SO THE STOP GAP THAT YOU HAVE IS THAT THIS PROCESS WOULD BE BEFORE THEY MOVE ON TO PERMITS, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES YOU'LL SEE A ZONING CASE WHERE SOMEONE COMES IN, SEEKS A ZONING CHANGE.

A PUBLIC HEARING IS PART OF THAT PROCESS, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT DEVELOPMENT IS IMMINENT.

IT MEANS THAT SOMEBODY MAY BE JUST TRYING TO SECURE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, FOR A PROPERTY THAT THEY MAY THEN MARKET TO SOMEONE ELSE.

SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TIMING AT THAT POINT.

YOU HAVE A GENERAL CONCEPTUAL TIME. PLANNING IS THE SAME WAY.

SOMEBODY CAN PLOT A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEN NOT DEVELOP IT FOR DECADES LATER.

SO THE PLANNING STEP IS IS IT CAN BE PREMATURE OR IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BEFORE THEY'RE READY TO DEVELOP.

PERMITTING IS WHERE WE'RE REALLY SEEING KIND OF THAT THAT THAT CHALLENGE.

BECAUSE ONCE SOMEONE GETS INTO THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTING PLANS AND GETTING APPROVALS BASED ON WHAT CODES ARE ALREADY ADOPTED. SO THERE'S NOT FLEXIBILITY THERE THAT IF THERE'S CONCERN, YOU KNOW, FOR BUFFER YARDS OR, YOU KNOW, HEIGHT OF BUILDINGS OR, YOU KNOW, NUMBER OF BUILDINGS OR PLACEMENT OF BUILDINGS, THERE'S NOT AN AVENUE IN THAT PROCESS TO BE ABLE TO CONSIDER IT, HAVE DISCUSSION, MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO AN APPLICATION.

SO THIS WOULD SIT BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT PERMITTING PROCESS SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE YOU ALSO HAVE BUY IN THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD. FOR. AND SO THEN YOU CAN REALLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO SEE WHAT, YOU KNOW CONSIDERATIONS CAN BE MADE.

DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY. OKAY. ANY THOUGHTS OR REACTION TO THAT? NO. OKAY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC.

OMITTED LAND USES, IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES, SCHOOLS, CHILD CARE CENTERS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND CELL TOWERS. TELECOMMUNICATION.

SO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC INCLUDES POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC, POTENTIAL SIZE, NOISE, ESTHETICS, SAFETY AND COMPATIBLE LAND USES.

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AND JUST BASICALLY THE REASONS WHY THEY LOCATE IN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT THEY LOCATE INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS AND ACCESSIBILITY.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE INPUT FROM TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES.

AGAIN, REASONS THAT THEY LOCATE ACCESSIBILITY, STRENGTH OF COVERAGE.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTED AREAS OR THE AREAS MOST IMPACTED BY THIS ISSUE.

SOME OF OUR FINDINGS INCLUDE SPECIFIC USE PERMITS OR REQUIRED ZONING.

FOR MOST ALL OF THESE TYPES OF USES, PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES AND CELL TOWERS CHILDCARE FACILITIES, WE'RE HAVING A RESURGENCE OF CHILD CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO LOCATE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

AND CHILDCARE FACILITIES ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AS A USE BY RIGHT IF THEY'RE IN A FREESTANDING BUILDING, MEANING THERE'S NO OTHER TENANTS WITHIN THE BUILDING THAT THEY OCCUPY.

AND THEN PUBLIC FACILITY LOCATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AS THE NEEDS ARISE.

OKAY. SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADD POLICY STATEMENTS FOR EACH ONE OF THESE LAND USE TYPES.

SO EACH ONE OF THE ONES THAT I WENT OVER IS TO IS RECOMMENDED TO ADD A POLICY STATEMENT FOR THOSE AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP AGAIN, TO ADD PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LAND USES FOR THE ZONING AREAS AS WELL AS UPDATE THE CITY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THOROUGHFARE PLAN RECOMMENDATION ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW PROCESS.

SO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMEND FUTURE LAND USE CONSIDERATIONS.

PLACES OF ASSEMBLY. EDUCATIONAL FACILITY LOCATIONS WOULD CONSIDER THE SCALE OF SITES AND BUILDINGS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES. TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS AND SCREENING TO BE PROVIDED TO SHIELD RESIDENTIAL AREAS FROM NOISE, LIGHT AND PROVIDE FOR PRIVACY AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY.

AREAS SHOULD BE LIMITED TO REDUCE NOISE IMPACTS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES.

OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WOULD INCLUDE TYING THE LOCATIONS OF THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES TO THE ROADWAY TYPES.

AND SO RIGHT NOW, AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL PLACES OF ASSEMBLY OR USES OF THIS TYPE THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THAT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH YOU KNOW, ACCESS ISSUES, TRAFFIC ISSUES, TRAFFIC CONCERNS, THE SCALE OF THOSE USES AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT THEY HAVE ON SURROUNDING AREAS.

SO WITH THIS POLICY, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS TO REALLY CONSIDER YOUR ROADWAY NETWORK.

THAT'S GIVEN THAT'S PROVIDED ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND TYING THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE USES IN THE MOST DESIRABLE AREAS.

SO WE KNOW YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, CHILDCARE CENTERS ON OUR STATE AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARES HIGHWAY SIX, FORT BEND TOLL ROAD BELTWAY EIGHT ALL OF THOSE AREAS NOT HAVING THOSE TYPES OF USES ON THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS THAT ARE LARGELY DESIGNED TO GET PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B BUT PUTTING THOSE TYPES OF USES ON STREETS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO OUR LOCAL STREETS, CONNECTED TO SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, TO PROVIDE A DIRECT CONNECTION BETWEEN OUR RESIDENTS AND THOSE FACILITIES THAT THEY USE. SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS CHILD CARE CENTERS AND PLACES OF SMALL PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, LOCATED NEAR MINOR ARTERIALS AND MAJOR COLLECTORS, WITH ACCESS FROM COLLECTOR STREETS.

SECONDARY LARGER PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES LOCATED ON MAJOR COLLECTOR STREETS AND HAVING ACCESS TO AN INTERNAL ACCESS STREET AND PARKING SYSTEM. AND CHILD CARE CENTERS BEING LOCATED IN PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS.

AND THEN PLACING A STATEMENT IN IN THE PLAN THAT STATE THAT STATES THAT THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED ON STATE AND MAJOR THOROUGHFARES. FROM REAL ESTATE TAX REVENUE.

YEAH. OKAY. PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST AREAS ARE PLANNED FOR REDEVELOPMENT IN AREAS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO POSITIVE FISCAL OUTCOMES.

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WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE PLACED IN AREAS THAT CAN EITHER SUPPORT THOSE USES OR ALLOW THAT LAND TO BE UTILIZED FOR THOSE PURPOSES AS WELL. TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES SPECIFICALLY STATING ON THERE THAT IF THERE IS PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY IN OR NONRESIDENTIAL AREA THAT THOSE, THOSE TYPE, THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES THAT IDEALLY IT WOULD BE LOCATED IN THOSE AREAS.

AND THAT WAY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER AROUND OUR CITY.

BUT THEN ALSO TO INTEGRATE THEM BETTER AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL LOCATIONS.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? EVERYBODY'S QUIET. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL KEEP GOING. I WROTE MINE ON THAT.

DOES IT HAVE TO DO WITH THIS OR SOMETHING ELSE? SOMETHING ELSE? OKAY. TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES. THIS IS NOT NEW, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PLACE IT WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

BUT BASICALLY YOUR CONSIDERATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES TAKES THESE CONSIDERATIONS INTO PLACE.

CURRENTLY SO IT'S ACTUALLY PUTTING THAT POLICY IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SO THAT THE GUIDING POST THAT YOU HAVE WHEN YOU CONSIDER ZONING AMENDMENTS ARE APPLIED BASED ON THOSE, THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. SO THIS IS PRETTY MUCH SAYING THAT WE CAN'T PUT THOSE MICROCELL TOWERS BY SCHOOLS.

THIS IS NOT SAYING THAT, OKAY? THIS IS NOT SAYING THAT.

SO IT'S IT'S IT'S CREATING POLICY TO HELP GUIDE YOU KNOW, WHERE THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION SHOULD GO.

AND I KNOW SOME OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE COMMISSION YOU KNOW, IS AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION SITES ARE SERVING, YOU KNOW, TO SERVICE OUR TECHNOLOGY NEEDS. BUT WHERE SHOULD THEY APPROPRIATELY BE PLACED? AND SO, YOU KNOW, RUNNING INTO ISSUES ON TOO CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DESIGNED STRUCTURALLY, THAT, YOU KNOW, IF THERE IS A FAILURE OR, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OCCURS THAT IT'S NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR PROPERTIES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY. ONE QUESTION WITH THE CITY ENGINEERING, BE INVOLVED IN MOST OF THAT IN THE REVIEW.

FOR THAT ENGINEERING IS PART OF THAT TEAM. BUT YOU DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT ENGINEERING STANDARDS AND REPORTS ON THE DESIGN OF PART ARE PROVIDED. AND THEN KEEP IN MIND THIS IS JUST POLICY ON LOCATION.

CELL TOWERS AND ANY KIND OF STRUCTURE STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS.

AND SO THERE ARE TEAMS THAT REVIEW THOSE PLANS AS PART OF THE PERMITTING PROCESS FOR THE IN PART.

IN PART. PART. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. SO GOING BACK TO WHAT WE TABLED BEFORE THE SUBURBAN CHARACTER AND PRIMARY LAND USE TO SECONDARY LAND USES.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY. BUT THE SIMILAR SETUP IS JUST IDENTIFY WHAT THOSE PRIMARY LAND USES SHOULD BE, THE SECONDARY LAND USES AND THEN THE ZONING DISTRICTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.

SO SUBURBAN CHARACTER IS A TWO PART CHARACTER.

THERE'S A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL.

SO IDENTIFYING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. BUT THE DISTINGUISHING FACTOR IS SUBURBAN CHARACTER IS MORE SPREAD OUT.

SUBURBAN CHARACTER PROVIDES FOR, YOU KNOW, GREEN SPACE YOU KNOW, NEEDS FOR DETENTION.

YOU HAVE THAT OPEN SPACE THAT'S INTEGRATED. SO YOU DON'T HAVE HOMES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

YOU DON'T HAVE THE SMALL LOTS IN THE SUBURBAN CHARACTER DISTRICT.

THE SAME WITH COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL SPREAD OUT GREEN SPACE OPEN SPACE IN ADDITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON ON THOSE AREAS SECONDARY LAND USES WOULD BE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND THEN ADDING THESE TYPES OF USES AS SECONDARY PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, CHILDCARE CENTERS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES AT SCALE BASED ON THAT SUBURBAN CHARACTER.

SO IT'S NOT A LARGE SCALE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, IT'S A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY AT SCALE TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT ZONING.

DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD INCLUDE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS AS WELL AS OUR LESS INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS LC ONE, LC TWO AND THEN OUR BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT. OKAY.

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HERE IS ADDING PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, CHILDCARE CENTERS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

AND THEN THE ZONING DISTRICTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION ARE THE MORE DENSE ZONING DISTRICTS TO FAMILY PATIO CLUSTER, TOWNHOMES, CONDOMINIUMS MULTIFAMILY AND OUR MORE INTENSE RETAIL USES.

URBAN CHARACTER AGAIN, ADDING IN THE PRIMARY SECONDARY PLACES OF ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT BE A RECOMMENDED USE IN THE URBAN CHARACTER RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY PUBLIC FACILITIES.

TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES WOULD BE SECONDARY.

THE BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.

THIS WOULD NOT INCLUDE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY OR RESIDENTIAL USES WITHIN THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? DO WE JUST WITH THE THE BUSINESS PART CHARACTER I THINK WE SHOULD MAYBE IT'S PART OF NEXT STEPS OR GOING FORWARD AT LEAST HAVE A SENSE OF WHERE WE WOULD WANT THESE PLACES TO BE.

HOW WE BUILD. I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTION, LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITH THE LIMITED LAND THAT WE HAVE? I THINK WE SHOULD REALLY I THINK IT'S OKAY FOR US TO DETERMINE THIS SECTION OF THE CITY SHOULD HAVE X BASED ON DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.

I WAS KIND OF THUMBING THROUGH AHEAD. I DIDN'T SEE THAT WE LISTED THAT OUT.

AND IT MAY NOT BE IN THE SCOPE OF THIS MEETING, BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD IT WILL BE IMPORTANT NOT JUST HOW WE'RE GROWING, BUT WHERE WE'RE GROWING AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE.

SO JUST GENERALLY, THE BUSINESS PART KIND OF SPARKED MY THOUGHT ON THAT.

THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT IT UP, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DESIGNATED SPACES FOR BUSINESS PARK, FOR BUSINESS PARKS.

WE HAVE WE DO FOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN CERTAIN CERTAIN PARKS.

BUT I THINK PART OF COMMISSIONER PIERSON'S QUESTION ON AND THEN OUR FRIENDS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PART OF THEIR QUESTION IS, WELL, WHERE IS THE SPACES TO GROW? AND THEN WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE TO GO TO THOSE PARTICULAR SPACES? I THINK IF WE PROVIDE THEM A ROADMAP, I THINK THAT WILL BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE.

SO JUST COMMENTARY FOR LATER ON. YEAH. AND I'LL SAY, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A FULL COPY OF THE LAND USE PLAN UP THERE.

AND SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT.

THAT'S OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FULL COPY OF THE LAND USE PLAN, THAT BUSINESS PARK DESIGNATION IS LARGELY AROUND, LIKE THE FORT BEND PARKWAY OR WHERE ALONG THE BELTWAY WHERE OUR OFFICE WAREHOUSES AND A LOT OF THAT INDUSTRY HAS DEVELOPED.

BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT OF THAT BUSINESS PARK CHARACTER DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE ZONING DISTRICT IS SIMILAR TO, LIKE, THE CORPORATE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CAMPUSES OF, YOU KNOW, DECADES AGO AND WE KNOW THAT MODEL YOU KNOW, IS NOT A CURRENT MODEL. AND MANY OF THOSE CAMPUSES ARE NOW BEING REUSED AND REVITALIZED INTO DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.

SO WE MAY NEED TO THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT BUSINESS CHARACTER IS.

YEAH. AND TO YOUR POINT, I THINK THE NEW MODEL WORKS FOR US, BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN THE CORPORATE WORLD THAT PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THEIR FOOTPRINT JUST BASED ON THE HYBRID WORKING MODEL.

SO THAT WOULD GIVE US GIVEN OUR LIMITATIONS ON SPACE.

I THINK THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US TO EITHER HAVE MIXED USE OR JUST BE VERY SMART ABOUT SIZE AND SCOPE OF WHERE WE PUT OUR BUSINESS PARKS.

YEAH. YEAH. AND I'LL SAY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE LARGELY ABOUT MIXED USE.

IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL EUCLIDEAN ZONING.

SO IT'S SINGLE USE. SO WE HAVE A CHARACTER DISTRICT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL SHOULD GO. AND THEN WE HAVE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT SAY THIS IS THE ONLY USE THAT'S PERMITTED THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE, AGAIN, AS WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE AS MUCH LAND TO DEVELOP.

AND WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH A LOT WITH WHAT WE HAVE REMAINING.

AND WHERE WE'RE GOING IS WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT HOW SMARTLY TO KIND OF PUT USES THAT COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

YOU KNOW, THAT CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS SO THAT WE CAN MEET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE EXPECTATIONS. I THINK THAT ONE OF THE AREAS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IS, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE MAJORITY OF OUR POPULATION LEAVES THE CITY TO GO WORK ELSEWHERE.

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THEY CAN WORK HERE. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR INPUT? ANYTHING FROM STAFF? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL GO INTO VERY BRIEFLY REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. SO WE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THE STUDY AREAS THAT WERE IMPACTED BY REDEVELOPMENT.

TEXAS PARKWAY, FIFTH STREET, 1092, AND THEN CARTWRIGHT ROAD.

SOME OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN ARTICULATED THE APPEARANCE OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, DEVELOPMENT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS, THE DESIGN LIGHTING UNIFORMITY IN LIGHTING, UNIFORMITY IN SIGNAGE SOME OF THE DESIRED AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED INCLUDE ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS AND SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.

SO SOME OF OUR FINDINGS AGAIN MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING A LOT OF THE INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, BOTH THROUGH THE THE FOCUS GROUPS, THE SURVEY AND JUST DISCUSSIONS AND PUBLIC INPUT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

TEXAS PARKWAY CONTINUES TO STAND OUT AS AN AREA OF PRIORITY AND BEING RECOGNIZED AS A GATEWAY INTO THE CITY HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS KIND OF SENTIMENT THAT HAS COME OUT OF THAT.

SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS, TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD IN PARTICULAR WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDIES ON WE HAVE SEVERAL STUDIES ON SO WE HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN THAT WAS PERFORMED IN 2008 ON TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD, THAT PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS.

WE'VE HAD DIFFERENT RETAIL ANALYSIS OF TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD OVER THE YEARS AS WELL AS A MARKET STUDY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ON TEXAS PARKWAY. OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM RECENTLY WAS WORKED THROUGH THE APPLICATIONS FOR LIVABLE CENTERS THAT WILL BE UNDERWAY NEXT YEAR IN 2026.

THAT AGAIN, WILL LOOK AT OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT ALONG PORTIONS OF TEXAS PARKWAY IN THAT AREA. SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS OR IN PLACE IN THE IN THIS AREA.

A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE AND WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED CONTINUE TO POINT TO SIMILAR THINGS.

SO LIMITED NEW RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL IN PORTIONS, LIMITED NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, AGE OF STRUCTURE AND LIMITED INCENTIVE INCENTIVES HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THESE REDEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IS, YOU KNOW, THAT TEXAS PARKWAY, IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SHOPPING CENTERS, A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE. THAT IS ALREADY BUILT, SOME UNDERUTILIZED, SOME VACANT.

ON ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY. THE SAME FOR CARTWRIGHT ROAD.

AND SO WHAT THESE STUDIES AND WHAT THESE PLANS CONTINUE TO POINT TO IS WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S MOVING SOUTH ON HIGHWAY SIX.

THAT WAS RECOGNIZED AS SOME OF THAT INPUT. HIGHWAY SIX IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIVERSALLY TRAVELED AREAS FOR THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.

SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS, A LOT OF INDUSTRY THAT IS ATTRACTED AND MOVES DOWN TO THOSE AREAS.

WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH RESIDENTIAL DENSITY NEW CONSTRUCTION, NEW DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREAS OF TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD. WE HAVE HAD NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THESE AREAS, BUT NOT IN THE SAME NUMBERS THAT WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY. SO BRIDGING THAT, THAT GAP IS, IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE HERE.

WE ABOUT TO SAY SOMETHING? YEAH. I HAVE A QUESTION.

IS THERE ANY WAY AND I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT.

AND I'M GOING TO BRING THIS UP TOMORROW. HERMAN, IN OUR MEETING TOMORROW, IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE ONCE THE STRIP CENTER OWNERS DECIDE TO GIVE THEIR PROPERTIES A FACELIFT, CAN WE KIND OF MAYBE HAVE A CERTAIN COLOR PATTERN SO THAT IT'S NOT ONE COLOR HERE, ONE COLOR THERE?

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YEAH. YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT, THAT. AND I'LL LET YOU KNOW, HERMAN, YOU KNOW, WEIGH IN ON THAT AS WELL.

BUT THAT, THAT'S A CHALLENGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO US, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE GUTTING OF THOSE ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, THE CITY WAS ABLE TO ENFORCE CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, BUILDING STANDARD BUILDING, YOU KNOW, MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS.

THE CITY IN THAT FORM IS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT IN THAT MANNER.

THERE ARE STILL OTHER AVENUES. SO LIKE CERTAIN AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH CERTAIN AGREEMENTS YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT'S STRUCTURED THERE, THERE IS STILL SOME ROOM TO DO SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.

BUT WHAT YOU HAVE WITH SIENNA, YOU KNOW, WITH RIVERSTONE, ALL OF THOSE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE THAT UNIFORMITY IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE ANOTHER LAYER OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OR PRIVATE RESTRICTIONS.

AND SO ALL OF THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S INSIDE MISSOURI CITY, BUT IT'S PART OF THE SIENNA MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY.

NOT ONLY ARE THEY REQUIRED TO MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO MEET SIENNA'S REQUIREMENTS.

AND SO SIENNA CAN ENFORCE CERTAIN UNIFORMITY THAT WE CAN NO LONGER ENFORCE INSIDE THE CITY.

SO IT'S IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE SO MUCH IN THE ARCHITECTURE, BUT THERE ARE OTHER WAYS, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S SCREENING, WHETHER IT'S LANDSCAPING, WHETHER IT'S LIGHTING, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE, OTHER WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN GET AT THAT UNIFORMITY TO PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENCY ACROSS THE BOARD.

DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? I MEAN, WE COULD DO IF WE INCENTIVIZE THEM AND THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TAKING OUR CITY FUNDS, IT CAN BE DONE. AND YOU'RE RIGHT.

WE PARTICIPATED WITH OTHER LAYERED ENTITIES LIKE HOA DISTRICTS THAT HAVE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS.

SO THEY INCORPORATE IT AS PART OF THE HOA. BUT IN ON TEXAS PARKWAY, I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE HOA AND THERE'S NOT AN ACTUAL BUSINESS HOA OR DISTRICT LIKE THAT. WELL, MAYBE WE CAN TALK ABOUT IT TOMORROW THOUGH.

WE CAN DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW WHAT? IF WE WANT TO EXPLORE THAT OPTION AND WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS TO EXPLORE? I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY.

SO RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND SO YOU MENTIONED THE DAYTIME POPULATION.

AND SO PART OF THE WAREHOUSING DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THAT INDUSTRY THAT DEVELOPED IN THOSE BUSINESS PARKS ALONG THE BELTWAY ALONG BUFFALO RUN. THE IDEA WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE WAS THAT IT WAS GOING TO INCREASE OR ADD TO THE CITY'S EMPLOYMENT BASE, WHICH WOULD THEN ADD TO SOME OF THESE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.

WHAT WE'VE WE'VE FOUND IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A MULTITUDE OF THINGS.

IT'S DEFINITELY ADDED TO THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAXES AND VALUES THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO RECEIVE FROM THERE.

BUT THOSE AREAS ARE LARGELY DISCONNECTED FROM THOSE CORRIDORS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT REDEVELOPMENT.

SO, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN A WAREHOUSE OR YOU KNOW, YOU'RE IN THAT AREA AND YOU'RE LOOKING FOR FOOD OPTIONS OR YOU'RE LOOKING FOR RETAIL OPTIONS OR COMMERCIAL OPTIONS, IT IS NOT LIKELY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE THOSE AREAS, GO ON THE BELTWAY AND THEN COME BACK OVER TO TEXAS PARKWAY BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A DIRECT YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONNECTION BACK TO THAT CORRIDOR.

SO WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS MADE TO, YOU KNOW, INCREASE THAT DAYTIME POPULATION, IN THAT SENSE, WE STILL HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WAYS TO MAKE THOSE CONNECTIONS OR CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS TO INCREASE THAT POPULATION BASE.

DESIRED AMENITIES NEED. OKAY. SO SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE.

ADD A REDEVELOPMENT CHAPTER TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THIS.

THE VISIONS, THE GOALS, THE POLICY POLICIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS WITHIN THAT CHAPTER.

UPDATE THE MARKET ANALYSIS FOR TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD 1092.

AGAIN TO COMMISSIONER PEARSON'S YOU KNOW, POINT IT MAY NOT SAY WHAT WE WANTED TO SAY, BUT IT GIVES US A ROADMAP.

TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE. BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AMENITIES OR A WISH LIST AND IF IT'S NOT BASED IN REALITY, THEN WE CAN PUT ALL THE TOOLS IN PLACE.

WE CAN PUT ZONING IN PLACE, WE CAN PUT, YOU KNOW, LAND USE IN PLACE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO WE CAN PUT INCENTIVES OUT THERE, BUT IT'S STILL NOT GOING TO GET US TO WHERE WE DESIRE TO BE.

SO UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT THAT MARKET IS AND THEN TOOLS AND RESOURCES THAT THE CITY CAN IMPOSE TO HELP YOU KNOW, EITHER INFLUENCE THAT MARKET OR, YOU KNOW PUT RESOURCES OUT THERE THAT MIGHT HELP YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF MODIFY THAT MARKET IN ANY, ANY KIND OF WAY ZONING ORDINANCE UPDATES CONSIDERING ADDING A

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SO ACTUALLY CARVE OUT, YOU KNOW, A TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD REDEVELOPMENT ZONE HAVE HEIGHT IN AREA, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS, MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR BUILDINGS, MINIMUM HEIGHT FOR BUILDINGS, SETBACKS FOR BUILDINGS, BUFFER YARDS FOR PROPERTIES, LIGHTING STANDARDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT REDEVELOPMENT AREA.

AND SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE WILL HAVE LESS ZONING CASES COMING THROUGH.

YOU ESTABLISH THOSE STANDARDS THAT PROPERTY OWNERS CAN TAP INTO THAT MEET THE GOALS YOU KNOW OR ADDRESS.

YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THE VISION THAT PEOPLE HAVE FOR THESE AREAS.

ALSO CONSIDERING OVERLAY DISTRICTS. SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ZONING DISTRICT AND AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THE ZONING DISTRICT WOULD BE THE CORE REQUIREMENTS FOR THAT AREA, AN OVERLAY DISTRICT WOULD BE IN ADDITION TO.

SO OUR SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS LIKE AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.

THERE'S AN UNDERLINING ZONING DISTRICT THAT PROVIDES REGULATIONS, THEN YOU HAVE ADDITIONAL STANDARDS THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT.

CONSIDER OVERLAY DISTRICTS FOR CERTAIN AREAS.

AND THE SUGGESTION HERE IS THE FIFTH STREET AREA ROTHWELL THAT WE DISCUSSED.

OKAY. OKAY. AND THEN LET ME GO BACK REALLY QUICK TO ROTHWELL.

IT'S 805. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO INTO DEEP DISCUSSION ON THAT.

WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL. BUT IF YOU ALL RECALL A COUPLE OF ZONING CASES THAT CAME THROUGH ON ROTHWELL AND THERE WAS A LOT OF CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF WHAT'S THE VISION, YOU KNOW, IN THIS AREA, YOU KNOW, WHAT SHOULD IT BE, WHAT SHOULD DEVELOP HERE? AND THERE WERE EXTREME CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING VIEWS OF SHOULD IT BE WAREHOUSES, SHOULD IT BE COMMERCIAL? SHOULD IT BE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, HAS DEVELOPED THERE IN HODGEPODGE YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS. SO AN OVERLAY DISTRICT LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WENT OUT, DID A SURVEY OF ROCKWELL, DID A DEEP DIVE INTO EXISTING CONDITIONS AND POSSIBILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA.

WHAT THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH IS RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THOSE FINDINGS.

TO SAY THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS AREA CAN FIT INTO THE CITY'S OVERALL KIND OF GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT LEFT KIND OF IN THE BLIND OF YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE ZONE THIS PROPERTY THIS WAY? BUT THIS PROPERTY OVER HERE YOU KNOW, IS ZONED IN A DIFFERENT KIND OF OF OF WAY.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE. STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS.

SO WE'LL GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY. ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES, SPORTS TOURISM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND EVENT CENTERS.

SO ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES, WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DENSITY AND RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THING TO KEEP IN MIND FOR MISSOURI CITY BEDROOM COMMUNITY AND HOW IT'S GROWN.

WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DENSITY AND RESIDENTIAL USES TO SUPPORT THESE AMENITIES, DESIRED AMENITIES THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, WORKFORCE HOUSING, ALL OF THAT IS BECAUSE OUR CITY HAS LARGELY BUILT OUT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY HERE WHO LIVES IN THE CITY PROBABLY LIVES IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.

YOU HAVE YOUR OWN YARD OF VARYING SIZE. YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE ON A STREET WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, HOMES AND YARDS, THAT RESIDENTIAL SETUP.

ONE TAKES UP A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LAND. BUT THEN ALSO DOESN'T REALLY LEND ITSELF TO YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS OR YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

SO THIS IS REALLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS THAT CAN BE SUITABLE SITUATED WITHIN THE CITY TO SUPPORT THE NEEDS OF THE CITY. GENERAL DEMOGRAPHICS OF THE CITY.

THIS IS WHAT OUR CITY GENERALLY LOOKS LIKE TODAY.

MEDIAN AGE IS ABOUT 38 YEARS OLD. SO YOU KNOW, THAT'S YOU KNOW, SOMEONE WHO IS PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, HAS A FAMILY, WHETHER IT'S A SPOUSE OR CHILDREN OR YOU KNOW, PARENTS OR GRANDPARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE THERE, BUT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REAL RESPONSIBILITIES YOU KNOW, OR THEY COULD BE SINGLE IN THAT AGE BRACKET AS WELL.

18% OF OUR POPULATION IS OVER THE AGE OF 65. WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL IN A VERY HIGH INCOME AREA.

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SO WHILE WE HAVE A VERY HIGH MEDIAN INCOME. THINK IN TERMS OF ALL OF THE JOBS YOU KNOW AT FORT BEND ISD OR AMAZON, FROM YOUR SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS TO YOUR CAFETERIA WORKERS, YOU KNOW, TO YOUR TEACHERS, TO YOUR SUPPORT STAFF, TO YOUR ADMINISTRATION AMAZON, THE SAME THE WAREHOUSE, YOU KNOW, H-E-B THOSE THAT ARE WORKING IN ALL ASPECTS OF THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES.

SO TYPES OF ALTERNATIVE HOUSING INCLUDES AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE HOUSING, SENIOR HOUSING, MULTIGENERATIONAL HOUSING.

A LOT OF THE INTEREST WE'RE GETTING AND RECEIVING IS INTEREST IN PEOPLE WANTING TO BRING YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THEIR, THEIR HOUSEHOLD OR MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY ONTO THEIR HOMES.

THEY'RE WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR HOMES WITH ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, ROOMS OR ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES ON THE SAME PROPERTY SO THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE A SUPPORT OR HAVE THAT SUPPORT WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY.

MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, TOWNHOMES, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO SOME OF THE TRENDS WE'VE SOMEWHAT TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, INCREASED DEMAND FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, NEAR JOBS, MIXED USE COMMUNITIES, MULTIGENERATIONAL LIVING THAT I JUST MENTIONED, SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS AND EMPHASIS ON AFFORDABILITY DEVELOPMENTS. SO SOME OF THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR ALTERNATIVE HOUSING INCLUDE SOME OF THESE SUB AREAS THAT ARE DEMONSTRATED IN YOUR, YOUR BINDERS.

SO TEXAS PARKWAY SUBAREA ONE, SUBAREA TWO, AND SUBAREA THREE, FIFTH STREET AREA ROTHWELL AND CARTWRIGHT ROAD WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES.

ALL RIGHT. ANY CONVERSATION ON HOUSING? YES. MIXED INCOME HOUSING.

RIGHT. SO KIND OF THE SAME AS, LIKE, MIXED USE NON RESIDENTIAL.

WE HAVE DIFFERENT USES. IT'S IT'S MIXED HOUSING PRODUCT TYPES.

YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE SAME DEVELOPMENT. IT COULD BE THE SAME BUILDING. IT COULD BE THE SAME YOU KNOW DEVELOPMENT ITSELF.

BUT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SIZES.

SO A LOT OF OUR SUBDIVISIONS, YOU HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE SAME GENERAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, ONE STORY, TWO STORY, YOU KNOW, KIND OF COMBINATIONS, MIXED MIXED INCOME WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT FLOOR, NOT NOT JUST DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS, BUT DIFFERENT SIZES WITHIN THE SAME GENERAL DEVELOPMENT WITH THE CLOSEST COMP TO THAT BEING THE AREA NEAR.

I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE BASEBALL STADIUM IN SUGAR LAND.

WHERE? RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE STADIUM. YOU HAVE THE.

YEAH. IMPERIAL PARK. IMPERIAL PARK, THAT THAT GENERAL AREA WHERE IT HAS LIKE THE OLDER KIND OF ONE STORY HOUSES.

AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE NEWER TOWNHOMES. WOULD THAT BE A CLOSE UP OR IF THEY'RE MARKETING THAT WAY.

BUT BUT MIX WOULD BE THAT IS A UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT.

OKAY. THAT HAS A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES WITHIN IT.

I JUST WANTED TO FRAME. OKAY, COOL. SO WOULD THAT MATCH SIMILAR TO WHAT'S MIXED RIGHT ACROSS FROM WALMART? I THINK WALMART GOING TOWARD DOWN HIGHWAY SIX IS THAT MORE THAT MIX.

SO SO THAT AREA THE COMMISSIONER IS REFERRING TO THE INSPIRE COMMUNITY.

AND SO THAT AREA IS A RENTAL COMMUNITY DESIGNED LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION.

YEAH. QUESTION ABOUT PROCESS. PREVIOUSLY YOU HAD RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO FORTH.

NOW THESE ARE JUST STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS FOR CURIOSITY.

THESE THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER WE'RE GOING TO RULE OUT WHAT'S THE WHAT'S OUR WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS. SO THIS THIS IS FOR INPUT. BECAUSE THESE ARE AREAS TO THE POINT OF, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHERE, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE.

SO IN THESE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS IS WE HAVE THE AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIRED.

WE HAVE THE LAND USES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

THESE ARE AREAS THAT ONE WE NEED TO CONSIDER AS A CITY AND THEN CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR THEM.

THANKS. SPORTS TOURISM. SO TO THE POINT OF DAYTIME POPULATION IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET DAYTIME

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AND SO TOURISM IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH.

YOUTH LEADS YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, THOSE YOU KNOW, VARIOUS SPORTING LEAGUES.

WE HAVE A SIZABLE POPULATION OF BOTH ATHLETES AND FAMILIES THAT USE THESE TYPES OF SERVICES.

WE WERE APPROACHED BY ABOUT 2 OR 3 GROUPS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO LOCATE THEIR FACILITIES, CONSTRUCT THEIR FACILITIES, OR USE EXISTING SPACES.

AND THEY HAVE HAD CHALLENGES IN TRYING TO FIND APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR THAT.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S LOOKING ON TEXAS PARKWAY NOW THAT'S LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THEIR OWN FACILITY ON TEXAS PARKWAY.

BUT IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SPORTS, TOURISM AND YOUTH IN THAT WHOLE KIND OF ARENA.

THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POPULATION AND RESOURCES THAT COME INTO AREAS FOR TOURNAMENTS.

ON A WEEKLY BASIS YOU KNOW, AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE YEAR THAT COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DRAW, YOU KNOW, TO MISSOURI CITY. AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS FOR THE CITY TO REALLY LOOK AT SPORTS TOURISM IN THE FORM OF INDOOR YOUTH SPORTS PROGRAMS, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL THAT TO IDENTIFY KIND OF APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS TO BE LOCATED. OKAY.

GO AHEAD. WHAT YOU SAID YEAR ROUND, THEY ARE YEAR ROUND.

SO I GUESS THAT IS A GOOD IDEA. BUT HOW WILL WE BE COMPETING WITH THE CURRENT STADIUMS THAT WE HAVE.

ALSO, THERE'S ONE MAJOR VOLLEYBALL FACILITY, I THINK, SPIKE, THAT'S RIGHT OFF OF THE FOUR BEING TOLLWAY.

SO WE'RE GOING TO BE COMPETING WITH THEM AS WELL IF WE DO MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION.

SO I GUESS THAT'S JUST ONE THING I'M THINKING ABOUT THERE ISN'T THAT HOUSTON, IS THAT IT IS.

I DIGRESS IN MY APOLOGIES. IT IS, BUT. WELL, THAT'S YOU KNOW AND IT YEAH, IT IS.

IT'S NOT WITHIN MISSOURI CITY. BUT THE THING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, ONE, WE WOULD HAVE TO DO A STUDY ON KIND OF WHAT THE VIABILITY OF IT WOULD BE FOR MISSOURI CITY. BUT FROM ALL OF THE INPUT AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THERE IS A TREMENDOUS GAP IN THAT MARKET BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY. OR THEY'RE TRYING TO SCRAMBLE AND USE EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THESE TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE BRINGING IN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE YOU KNOW, ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, OR TIME OF YEAR.

SO I THINK THERE'S ROOM OUT THERE FOR THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE.

BUT ALL INDICATORS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ARE, IS THAT IT IS AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO SEEK AND CONSIDER.

OKAY. SO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR US, IT SAYS ALTERNATIVE HOUSING.

DO WE GO BACKWARDS? OKAY. SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR SPORTS TOURISM IS INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD FIFTH STREET AREA, TEXAS PARKWAY, SUB AREA ONE, FORT BEND PARKWAY, SUB AREA ONE AND SUB AREA TWO.

OKAY. HISTORIC PRESERVATION. THERE'S SEVERAL SITES AND LOCATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CITY. FREEDOM TREE PARK BEING ONE WHAT'S CEMETERY NEAR? WHAT'S PLANTATION ROAD? THERE'S A CEMETERY ON SENIOR ROAD.

AND THEN THERE'S A SAINT JOHN CHURCH LOCATION.

OR A FACILITY ON OIL FIELD ROAD. AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW.

THAT'S NOT ALL. ALL ENCOMPASSING. BUT THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONSIDER ESTABLISHING A HISTORIC PRESERVATION POLICY TO RECOGNIZE, PROTECT, AND PROVIDE PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES REGARDING THE REMAINING SITES AND LOCATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CITY, AND WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO PROVIDE MARKERS OF RECOGNITION FOR THOSE HISTORICAL SITES.

AND ONE OF THE THE TAKEAWAYS WITH THIS IS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE HISTORICAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT I THINK DIFFERENT POCKETS OF THE CITY KNOW AND RECOGNIZE. BUT AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO OCCUR AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO SOME OF THESE AREAS, THERE IS REAL CONCERN WITH THE PRESERVATION AND AND PROTECTION OF SOME OF THESE AREAS.

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THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR AREA DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF BEING PROTECTED, AND THE OK BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE, BUT IT'S PROTECTED.

SO WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT TO BE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, THE BALL ON ON THAT.

AND WE DON'T WANT TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DESECRATION, YOU KNOW, OF CERTAIN AREAS OR, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROACTIVELY, ACTIVELY KIND OF PUTTING IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, PROCEDURES OR TOOLS THAT CAN PROTECT SOME OF THOSE AREAS AND THEN ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE BECAUSE I KNOW DURING THE THE FOCUS GROUP, THE WATCH CEMETERY CAME OUT, CAME UP IN ONE OF THE FOCUS GROUPS AND OTHER RESIDENTS THAT WERE ON THE CALL, HAD NO IDEA THAT IT EXISTED OR, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS IN THAT AREA.

BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.

SO THERE MIGHT BE SIGNS THAT SAY CEMETERY OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF SOME OF THOSE AREAS.

OKAY. SO OPPORTUNITY AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE FORT BEND PARKWAY SUBAREA THREE.

OKAY. AND THEN FINALLY ON THIS IS EVENT CENTERS.

SO WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATION ON EVENT CENTERS OVER THE LAST YEAR.

AND WE HAVE SEEN IT TOO, ON A SMALLER DEMAND AS WELL.

SO YOU ALL I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ZONING CASES THAT CAME THROUGH FOR SMALLER SCALE EVENT CENTERS, AND THOSE ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A HUNDRED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GIVE OR TAKE THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOCATE IN SHOPPING CENTERS.

AND SO WE'VE SEEN THAT DEMAND COME THROUGH. AND THEN ALSO THE DEMAND FOR LARGER SPACES, LARGER SPACES FOR WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC OR OTHERS TO GATHER AND HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GATHER. SO STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS FOR THOSE TYPES OF EVENT CENTERS BASED ON SCALE THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY AND ARE LOCATED IN APPROPRIATE AREAS OF THE CITY.

THERE ARE SEVERAL. THERE ARE TWO, ONE, TWO ON TEXAS PARKWAY, ONE IS IN THE STAFFORD PORTION, AND THERE'S ONE IN THE WHERE THE OLD MOVIE THEATER IS, AND YOU GO DOWN CARTWRIGHT.

THERE'S ONE LOOKS LIKE THERE'S ONE AT CYPRESS POINT, BUT I THOUGHT THERE USED TO BE A SMALLER ONE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE.

IN THE SAME COMPLEX AS THE FOODARAMA. THE COMPLEX ADJACENT TO IT.

MCDONALD'S. THERE WAS ONE OVER THERE ALSO. SO THERE'S BEEN AN INFLUX IN THE PAST TWO YEARS? YEAH. YEAH. AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT MODEL WHERE PEOPLE AND YOU ALL MAY HAVE, YOU KNOW, FAMILY MEMBERS OR YOU MAY HAVE USED, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE SPACES FOR BIRTHDAY PARTIES OR FAMILY GATHERINGS OR YOU KNOW, JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SMALL SCALE KIND OF NEEDS. AND SO CLEARLY THERE'S A DEMAND OUT THERE FOR THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES AT ALL SCALES AND ALL LEVELS.

AND SO THE QUESTION HERE IS BECAUSE, LIKE WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT YOU MENTIONED THOSE THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY LOCATED HAD TO COME THROUGH A ZONING PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION. AND YOU CONSIDERED TRAFFIC AND CONSIDERED YOU KNOW, NOISE IMPACTS.

THE MOST RECENT ONES HAD CONCERNS LIKE SECURITY YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD SECURITY BE HANDLED? YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL SALES, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOURS OF THEIR, THEIR OPERATION.

SO AND THOSE WERE THE SMALLER ONES. SO THOSE KIND OF CONCERNS YOU'VE SEEN BUT THEY'RE ALSO INTEGRATED INTO THE DAILY LIFE, YOU KNOW, OF, YOU KNOW, OUR COMMUNITY. SO TRYING TO IDENTIFY THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION, ONE, SO THAT THOSE CASES, YOU KNOW, HAVE A, A YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO DO ZONING APPLICATIONS FOR EACH APPLICATION THAT COMES IN.

BUT CLEARLY IDENTIFYING KIND OF WHERE IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF USES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

SO AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY WOULD INCLUDE TEXAS PARKWAY AS WELL AS THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AREA.

BUT ON SOMETHING LIKE THAT, IF I LOOK AT THE QUESTION NUMBER NINE, THOSE RATE PRETTY LOW ON WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THEY DO FROM THE PUBLIC INPUT.

BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AGAIN, LIKE THE PERMITTING, YOU ALL JUST NAMED OFF, I THINK 5 OR 6 SIX LOCATIONS.

AND AND WE STILL GET DAILY, YOU KNOW OR MAYBE NOT DAILY.

MAYBE THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION, BUT WE STILL GET REGULAR, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES GOING INTO SHOPPING CENTERS.

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YEAH. RIGHT. RIGHT, RIGHT. OKAY. SO EVALUATION GOING BACK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS.

AND SO I KNOW I'VE BEEN TALKING NONSTOP THIS WHOLE TIME.

AND THAT'S NOT THE GOAL BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY A DISCUSSION.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER AND IT HAS IMPORTANT RAMIFICATIONS TO IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DOES TAKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE INVOLVEMENT, YOU KNOW, OF EVERYBODY HERE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TABLE. SO WHAT WE'VE COME TO FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS PROCESS IS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE GOAL, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS.

WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE OR TO ADD ONE OF THE AN ADDITIONAL GOAL IN THERE ON RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY.

ALL OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS DON'T MAKE CHANGES TO THESE GOALS.

BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO JUST, YOU KNOW, KIND OF JUST VERY BRIEFLY, IS TO GO THROUGH THESE GOALS AND TO GET YOUR REACTION BASED ON INPUT THAT YOU KNOW, WE'VE DISCUSSED BASED ON KIND OF THE DIRECTION THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT AND SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IF THESE GOALS ARE STILL APPLICABLE FOR, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN TODAY.

SO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN.

COHESIVE CITY, VERY DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, PUBLIC PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT AND QUALITY DESIGN.

I THINK STILL IS INTEGRATED IN ALL OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS THAT WE'VE MADE TODAY.

BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS MISSING OR SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE FLESHED OUT MORE THEN THAT'S WHERE WE'RE KIND OF TAKING A LOOK OR REEVALUATING SOME OF THESE GOALS WOULD COME IN INTO PLAY.

I GUESS I'VE GOT A QUESTION. WHY? WHY IS WHY IS BEING A BEDROOM COMMUNITY PERCEIVED AS NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE? I ASK THAT TO THE COMMISSION. WHAT ARE YOUR WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? WELL, YEAH, I THINK THAT WE'RE. YEAH, I'VE BEEN TALKING TO YOU.

GO AHEAD. I WOULD SAY THAT IF WE'RE IF WE'RE LOOKING TO SUSTAIN OURSELVES AS A CITY, BEING A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH IT AT ALL. I WOULD SAY THE INTEREST AND TASTE OF FAMILIES OF ALL AGE RANGES THAT WANT TO LIVE IN MISSOURI CITY ARE LOOKING FOR CERTAIN ASPECTS TO BE A PART OF THEIR COMMUNITY WHERE THEY LIVE.

AND I THINK WE'RE THAT GOAL DOES LAND ON THE RIGHT SPOT IS, I THINK, MOVING BEYOND A BEDROOM COMMUNITY STILL INCLUDES THAT SOME ASPECTS OF IT. BUT IT ALSO HAS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE TODAY ARE LOOKING FOR.

I THINK THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY ASPECT WAS SOMETHING THAT KEPT GOING ON WHILE THE COMMUNITY OR WHILE MISSOURI CITY WAS STILL BEING ESTABLISHED. AND AT THE TIME, THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANTED.

PEOPLE WANTED TO WORK IN HOUSTON AND COME TO MISSOURI CITY.

NOW PEOPLE WANT DIFFERENT THINGS. SO I THINK WE SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF THAT.

I UNDERSTAND THAT I GUESS MY QUESTION WOULD BE BEDROOM COMMUNITY TO ME MEANS SOMEPLACE THAT THAT SUPPORTS INFORMANTS BUILDING A FAMILY AND RAISING A FAMILY. AND SO MAYBE CHANGING IF YOU WANT TO I LIKE THE SECOND SENTENCE IN THERE IS FINE, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH BEING A BEDROOM COMMUNITY WHERE WE VALUE FAMILIES. WE VALUE WHAT PEOPLE WE PROMOTE WHAT PEOPLE VALUE IN WHERE THEY LIVE.

SO WHAT A BETTER WAY, I GUESS, TO HELP STAFF AS WELL, WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING BETTER DEFINE THE SENTIMENT BEHIND THE TERM BEDROOM COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, IT COULD ALSO MEAN IT CAN HAVE A SLEEPY CONNOTATION.

I GET IT. YEAH. I THINK THE THING IS, WE'RE TRYING TO WE ARE PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AS YOU MENTIONED, RIGHT? AND I THINK THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON MAKING SURE THE PEOPLE THAT PAY THE TAXES AND WHAT? TO LIVE HERE. HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AND WANT TO STAY HERE.

NOT JUST LIVE HERE, BUT STAY HERE AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY.

I MEAN, I'M MY SON'S THIRD GENERATION LIVING OUT HERE, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.

I AGREE. MY SON'S THREE. SO I WAS I HIT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT YOU MENTIONED AND I CHOSE MISSOURI CITY, FOR GOD'S SAKE, FOR THAT REASON. SO YEAH. YEAH.

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HAVING THAT ACCESS BUT ALSO WANTING SOMETHING NEWER AS WELL.

I THINK THAT CAN BE A SELLING POINT TO BUSINESSES THAT WANT TO COME IN.

RIGHT. BUT I THINK ALSO I GUESS WE HAVE TO LOOK AT IT IS A BEDROOM COMMUNITY.

BUT I THINK WE'RE LOOKING AT MICROECONOMICS HERE. THE GOAL IS TO KEEP HOW MANY DOLLARS DO WE HAVE IN MISSOURI CITY THAT ARE LEAVING MISSOURI CITY ON A REGULAR BASIS, GOING TO OTHER PLACES? THAT'S THE ONE KEY FACTOR I THINK WE WANT TO FOCUS ON IN THE FUTURE.

JUST BEING A NEOPHYTE TO THE BOARD, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE OVERALL GOAL IS FOR FOR THIS 2017 PLAN.

IF I'M INCORRECT, LET ME KNOW. NO. AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION.

BECAUSE AS COMMISSIONER PEARSON IS ABOUT TO TALK, IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THAT'S A STRUGGLE THAT WE'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT. IT'S ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.

I THINK ALL THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED, THE SURVEY INPUT, FOCUS GROUP INPUT, ALL POINTS TO REASONS WHY PEOPLE MOVE TO MISSOURI CITY IN MISSOURI CITY, FAMILY ORIENTED, YOU KNOW, ACCESS, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR CHURCHES, THEIR SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT. YOU KNOW, IT'S, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTAL THROUGHOUT WHY PEOPLE MOVE HERE.

BUT I THINK THAT THAT IS THE STRUGGLE IS THE REALITY OF WE'RE NO LONGER, YOU KNOW, A SMALL COMMUNITY.

YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE PUSHING 80,000, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.

SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE, THE EXPECTATION, YOU KNOW, FOR SERVICES TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, THE EXPECTATION FOR AMENITIES, YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT MAY NO LONGER WANT TO GO TOO FAR AWAY FROM THEIR HOMES TO ENJOY, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN ASPECTS. AND AGAIN, GOING BACK TO LIKE THE SPORTS TOURISM, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATION THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ALL OF THESE, YOU KNOW, YOUTH AND, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO THE NORTH SIDE OF HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, OR GOING TO, YOU KNOW, KATY AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER AREAS WHEN THEY'RE ALL LEAVING MISSOURI CITY TO DO SO.

SO I THINK, I THINK YOU ALL ARE HAVING THE DISCUSSION.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE CORE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR IDENTITY AS A CITY? AND THEN WHERE DO OUR LAND USE GOES? YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT POLICY.

HOW DOES IT FIT? TO MEET WHAT THAT VISION IS FOR THE CITY, NOT JUST TODAY, BUT FOR TOMORROW.

AND I KNOW PEOPLE CAN GET HUNG UP ON WHAT'S REALLY THE PURPOSE OF A MISSION OR A VISION STATEMENT.

I DO THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT, BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA NUMBER ONE, CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. I THINK SAYING WE WANT TO BE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY CONTRADICTORY TO THAT.

SO MAYBE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT. THAT'S ALL. THAT'S IT.

OKAY. I'M JUST GONNA MAKE IT REAL QUICK. WHEN MISSOURI CITY WAS ESTABLISHED, WAS MEANT TO BE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY THAT CONNOTATES STABILITY.

BUT FAST FORWARD 50 YEARS WHERE WE ARE NOW. WE HAVE TO THINK FROM A MORE PROGRESSIVE STANDPOINT, FROM A MORE OF A PROGRESSIVE MARKETING STANDPOINT.

PEOPLE WANT TO LIVE, EAT, WORK AND PLAY IN THE SAME AREA.

AND TYPICALLY WHEN YOU SAY BEDROOM, YOU MEAN HOMES WITH NO AMENITIES.

THE YOUNGER GENERATION WANTS THOSE AMENITIES DOWN THE STREET, NOT ACROSS THE CITY.

AND SO FROM A MARKETING STANDPOINT OF VIEW, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT IS GOING TO APPEAL TO THE NEXT GENERATION AND THE GENERATION AFTER THAT.

AND SO THAT'S NOT SO MUCH CHANGING THE FUNDAMENTALS, BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO GIVE.

IF YOU GO TO PEARLAND, YOU GO TO SUGAR LAND? THEY HAVE TOWN CENTERS.

THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE AMENITIES FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES TO GO AND PARTICIPATE IN WITHOUT GOING ACROSS TOWN.

YEAH, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN VIOLENT AGREEMENT.

YES. YEAH. AND I'LL JUST ADD TO ON THAT TOO, BECAUSE I THINK ALL OF THAT'S RELATED, YOU KNOW, COHESIVE CITY INTERCONNECTIVITY. YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED ARE JUST THAT YOU KNOW, PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO THAT ARE WHAT THEY CALL LIFESTYLE CENTERS.

SO, YOU KNOW, A PLACE THAT YOU CAN GO THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, ENJOY A DESSERT OR ENJOY DINNER, ENJOY A MOVIE OR ENJOY SOME OTHER, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT OR NON ENTERTAINMENT.

YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE, WITH YOUR FAMILY, WHOMEVER. AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOUR YOU HAVE YOUR, YOUR GOALS HERE, BUT YOUR LAND USE CATEGORIES, YOUR IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS ARE ALL TARGETED TOWARDS HOW DO YOU, YOU KNOW, POSITION YOURSELVES TO GET TOWARDS THAT GOAL.

SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT SUBURBAN CHARACTER, THAT'S WHAT IT'S TALKING ABOUT IS THOSE OPEN AREAS, THOSE GREEN SPACE AREAS.

BUT THEN DO YOU HAVE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT, OR DO YOU HAVE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ALLOW PEOPLE TO GO PAVE OVER EVERYTHING YOU KNOW AND PUT, YOU KNOW, TREES, YOU KNOW, ONLY IN THE PLACES THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE CODE? SO IT'S MAKING SURE ALL OF THAT'S CONNECTED SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A BEDROOM COMMUNITY OR NOT, IT'S MOVING YOU CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW,

[02:30:03]

YES. AND THAT'S THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT IS NOT GOING TO PAUSE, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO OCCUR AS THE MARKET ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR.

AND WE'RE DEMANDING THAT WE ARE THE MARKET. YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEMANDING MORE, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, ACCESS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING IN THESE AMAZON ORDERS AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, GOING TO THESE RESTAURANTS AND DOING ALL THESE THINGS.

SO WE ARE DEMANDING IT SO WE'RE NOT ABLE TO SLOW DOWN.

HOWEVER, HOW CAN WE KIND OF FURTHER INTEGRATE.

AND I WILL CONNECT THIS WITH YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE ZONING CASES THAT ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, PENDING TO COME THROUGH.

AND WE'VE, WE'RE APPLYING THIS DISCUSSION AND THIS COMMUNICATION WITH THOSE ZONING CASES AS WELL.

BECAUSE THOSE ZONING CASES, WHEN YOU'RE MAKING DECISIONS ON THAT SHOULD BE ALIGNED WITH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

IT SHOULD NOT BE ARBITRARY DECISIONS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF I FEEL THIS WAY TODAY, BUT I FEEL THIS WAY TOMORROW.

SO YOU HAVE A GUIDING POST IN YOUR GOALS, YOU HAVE A GUIDING POST IN YOUR FUTURE LAND USE.

AND WE'RE TAKING THIS INPUT, THESE DISCUSSIONS AND APPLYING THAT TO RECOMMENDATIONS ON THOSE ZONING CASES AS WELL.

SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT WE'RE KIND OF JUST TWEAKING KIND OF WHAT'S THERE TODAY, I THINK, TO HELP IMPROVE THE PROCESS. WE'RE NOT YOU KNOW, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NO WHOLESALE CHANGES THAT WE'RE WE'RE THAT ARE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS LAST PART, I THINK THERE'S A SCARY AMOUNT OF WORK THAT COULD BE DONE IN THOSE LAST AREAS, BUT IN GENERAL, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE KIND OF FINE TUNING WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.

NONE OF NONE OF WHAT'S RECOMMENDED, I THINK, RUNS COUNTER TO ANY OF THESE, THESE GOALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND, AND I KIND OF FEEL LIKE THE IMPRESSION I GET IS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO HELP THE PROCESS RUN SMOOTHER, GO FASTER IN SOME CASES BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE KEY AREAS WHERE WE RECOGNIZE MAYBE THERE'S SOME MORE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO BE PUT IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT SOME VERY SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THAT HAVE COME ALONG AND WILL CONTINUE TO COME ALONG. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF KEY AREAS, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW THING.

AND THEN THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, THOSE TWO ARE THE AREAS TO ME THAT POPPED OUT IS LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE IN THOSE AREAS.

AND ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE A DIFFERENT GOAL, YOU KNOW, THEY THEY'RE THEY'RE THERE, I THINK TO IMPROVE THEIR OVERALL PROCESS AND, AND TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE SITUATIONS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST.

SO I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE NECESSARILY SPEND A LOT OF TIME DRILLING DOWN A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.

YOU KNOW, I'M INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS.

BUT THE LAST DISCUSSION AROUND SOME OF THOSE WHAT DID YOU CALL THEM? STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS. THAT SEEMS TO BE THE PART THAT PROBABLY IS MORE NEBULOUS RIGHT NOW, RIGHT? IT'S IT'S LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF IDEAS, A LOT OF DISCUSSION AND BUT THAT BUT IT'S NOT TO THE POINT OF HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

RIGHT. AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW WE GET THERE.

YEAH, I HAD ONE THAT I'M NOT GOING TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ALL TRYING TO LEAVE.

I PUT IT IN OUR PARKING LOT HERE. WHAT I DID, I WILL SAY WHAT IT IS.

I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING HEALTH CARE NEEDS OF THE CITY.

I KNOW I'VE SAID THAT BEFORE. I MIGHT BE THE ONLY PERSON.

I'LL KEEP SAYING IT TILL YOU TELL ME TO SHUT UP. AND THEN I'LL SAY IT AGAIN. BUT WE.

OUTSIDE OF MISSOURI CITY, THERE ISN'T A LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER IN FORT BEND COUNTY.

NOW YOU CAN GET TO A HEALTH CARE FACILITY IN 14 TO 20 MINUTES FROM MISSOURI CITY.

BUT THAT'S A HUGE AREA WHERE THERE'S A NEED AND WE CAN LEAD.

I WROTE MORE HERE, SO I'LL SHUT UP. AND THEN FOR THE SPORTS TOURISM, IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT WHO'S GOING TO SUPPORT IT? WOULD THAT BE OUR FRIENDS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WE. I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD AN APPARATUS AROUND THAT BEFORE WE BRING DEMAND IN.

EVERYTHING ELSE IS THERE. I'LL BE QUIET. THANK YOU.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION. THAT. THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COULD DO.

[02:35:04]

SMART FINANCIAL. WHAT THEY DID. YOU LOOK AT THE EPICENTER.

FURTHER DOWN. ROSENBERG, THE COUNTY JUDGE TOOK A HIT ON IT.

BUT YOU GIVE TWO MORE YEARS. FIVE MORE YEARS CAN BE BOOKED.

HOTELS, EVENTS. AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THERE.

THAT'S THAT'S FOR US, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY SIX. IT'S A PRIME LOCATION.

THE TOLLWAY. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY, BECAUSE IT GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION, IS THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE LOCATIONS, THINK ABOUT WHAT'S AROUND THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO STAFFORD CENTER IS OFF OF 1090. ROOM TO GROW.

YEAH, THEY'RE OFF OF 292 THERE. YOU KNOW, ON A HUGE ACRE PROPERTY.

YOU KNOW, EPIC CENTERS OFF OF 59, 69. SMART FINANCIAL IS OFF 5969.

AND THEY'RE NOT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

AND SO I THINK THE TAKEAWAY IS, IS IF THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES AND THE BENEFIT THAT IT COULD DRIVE IS CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF LAND WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND THOSE FOCUS AREAS AND THOSE SUB AREAS, WHERE WOULD IT BE BEST POSITIONED? YOU KNOW, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, YOU KNOW, NEEDS, YOU KNOW, SPACE YOU KNOW, IT CAN BE URBAN, BUT IT NEEDS SPACE TO GO.

BUT, BUT BUT THE THE POINT IS, IS, YOU KNOW YOU KNOW, THE MARKET IS GOING TO SAY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, OR YOU KNOW, STRIP CENTER, YOU KNOW, OR, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL RETAIL TO ALLOW FOR THE STRIP CENTER.

AND YOU'LL HAVE, YOU KNOW, APPLICATIONS THAT COME BEFORE YOU, YOU KNOW, IN AREAS THAT ARE ZONED DENSITY OR, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN DISTRICT OR YOU'LL HAVE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY COME BEFORE YOU YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINATION OF, YOU KNOW, LOW UTILITIES, NO UTILITIES AND FLOODPLAIN.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A MORE ECONOMICALLY. YOU KNOW, FEASIBLE PIECE OF PROPERTY TO BUY.

SO YOU'LL HAVE THOSE DEMANDS THAT COME BEFORE YOU WITH, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE REQUESTING TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

BUT THE COMP PLAN IS, IS DESIGNED FOR YOU TO, TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THAT GOAL IS.

YOU KNOW, SO IF THAT IS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHERE THE CITY WANTS TO GO WITH THOSE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE PROTECTED, YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOUR DEVELOPMENT CODE, YOUR ZONING CODE AND ALL OF THAT CAN GO TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HELPING THOSE DEVELOPMENTS BE REASONABLY, YOU KNOW, LOCATED. AND YOU DON'T CARVE EVERYTHING OFF AND EVERYTHING BECOMES SINGLE FAMILY.

AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY HAVING TO ADDRESS OR, OR PREPARE FOR. I WAS TALKING WITH A BUSINESS OWNER THERE AND THAT ARE WE FREQUENT OR MORE OR LESS? HE WAS TELLING ME THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS ONE OF THE HARDEST.

ZONING. REQUIREMENTS. WHERE HE SAID THAT? HE TOLD ME HE WENT TO STAFFORD.

OH, HE BUILT HIS RESTAURANT THERE. AND HE WAS TELLING ME IT WAS JUST IT WAS JUST TOO MANY.

THERE WEREN'T IT WAS JUST RESTRICTED. AND HE HAD TO SETTLE FOR STAFFORD.

AND I'M GOING, WOW, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT. BUT YEAH WE ARE PRETTY TIGHT.

YEAH. AS FAR AS DEVELOPMENT. YEAH. AND THERE'S A BALANCE BECAUSE I CAN NAME IT BUT I DON'T KNOW NOT PUBLICLY.

BUT THERE'S, THERE'S A BALANCE BECAUSE THEN YOU KNOW, YOU WANT AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ENCOURAGING AND WELCOMING, YOU KNOW, FOR THOSE BUSINESSES THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEKING TO RECRUIT AND ATTRACT.

YEAH. SO THERE'S THERE'S THAT BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TOO HARD AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, WON'T ENTICE THOSE, THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES TO COME IN.

BUT YOU WANT TO SET A LEVEL OF EXPECTATION. YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE EXPECTATION FOR, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY. SO OKAY. I, I WASN'T, BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT SINCE YOU PAUSED, WE SEE THIS. WE NEED TO SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF LAND WE HAVE AVAILABLE LEFT AS EVERY PIECE OF PARCEL THAT WE HAVE, IT IS VERY VALUABLE. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS PUT TOGETHER A HELL OF A CAMPAIGN TO MARKET THE LIMITED NUMBER OF PARCELS THAT WE HAVE LEFT IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR YEARS.

[02:40:05]

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE LIMITED NUMBERS OF PIECES OF LAND LEFT.

SO IF YOU WANT TO GET IT, YOU NEED TO GET IT NOW.

WELL, WE WILL WRAP UP WITH OUR NEXT STEPS. SO NEXT STEPS ON THIS IS THE CHAIR MENTIONED, KIND OF THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PART OF THIS. SO THIS WAS A TIME FOR US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION PRESENT INITIAL FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS TO GET YOU ALL'S REACTION AND INPUT ON THAT.

WE'LL NEED TO ADJUST AND PRIORITIZE RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU A, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS.

WHAT WE WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, PROVIDE YOUR INPUT ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND PRIORITIZE YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU SEE YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OR THE MOST IMPACT WITH SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WE'VE CONSIDERED THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS.

BUT AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE GOALS FROM THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND BRING BACK ANY INPUT AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE THERE.

ADJUST OUR INTERIM ZONING PROCESS UNTIL ANY FORMAL AMENDMENTS ARE MADE BASED ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU'VE IDENTIFIED.

AND THEN ESTABLISH A ACTUAL PROCESS TO FORMALLY ADOPT ANY AMENDMENTS THAT ARE RECOMMENDED BY BOTH THIS BODY AND CITY COUNCIL.

SO THAT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF THE PATH THAT WE'RE GOING ON.

THIS WILL STILL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS DOING A SECOND SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC TO ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE REACTION AND INPUT TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO THIS WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS IN TERMS OF PUBLIC INPUT.

PRESENTATION BEFORE CITY COUNCIL. THE FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS IS GOING TO GO THROUGH ITS STANDARD PROCESS.

SO YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AMENDMENT PROCESS.

AND THEN ADOPTION OF IT. SO THAT'S GOING TO TAKE ANOTHER SEVERAL MONTHS TO FORMALLY AMEND IN THOSE AREAS THAT YOU ALL ARE PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON.

WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER WAVE OF PUBLIC INPUT, ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID BEFORE TRYING TO GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAYBE MAKE SOME? YEAH. AND WE'LL WE'LL NEED TO PRESENT A COMMUNICATION PLAN.

BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL WERE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THAT IN TRYING EFFORTS TO EXTEND THAT COMMUNICATION, TRYING TO EXTEND THE TIMELINE, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING BACK A COMMUNICATION PLAN. BUT THEN ALSO LOOK FOR INPUT FROM YOU ALL.

AS TO WAYS, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.

I DON'T KNOW. SO I'M NOT SAYING THIS FROM A NEGATIVE STANDPOINT.

HOW MUCH OF AN EFFORT DID CITY COUNCIL MAKE? AND I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY FOR THE DISTRICTS, FOR THEM TO GET OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO BE ENGAGED OR GET INVOLVED? YEAH, BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IF WE GOT WHAT WE GOT OVERALL SOMEWHERE, THE BALL WAS DROPPED.

NOT INTENTIONAL, BUT OUT OF 80,000 PEOPLE WITH WHAT WE GOT.

NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT. AND IT'S NO FAULT OF ANYBODY.

IT'S NOT TO POINT FINGERS, BUT IT'S JUST TO SAY WE NEED TO RETHINK AND REVISIT WHAT WE DID AND DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, BECAUSE THAT CERTAINLY DIDN'T WORK. YEAH, BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DIDN'T HIT THE COMMUNITIES OR THE COMMUNITIES.

YEAH. AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE JUST LIKE THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT, SOMETIMES THIS INFORMATION CAN BE DRY.

SO IT'S A WAY TO TO CONNECT IT TO THE REALITIES THAT PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE DEALING WITH.

BECAUSE LIKE WE STARTED OFF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FOUNDATION. SO THIS IS WHERE YOUR INPUT MATTERS THE MOST.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE FORMULATING KIND OF WHAT THOSE, THOSE POLICIES ARE.

SO IT'S IT'S HOW DO YOU ENGAGE WHEN PEOPLE DON'T NECESSARILY SEE IT, YOU KNOW, OR YOU DON'T NECESSARILY, YOU KNOW, CONNECT YOU KNOW, THAT THIS IMPACTS THAT UNDEVELOPED PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOU, YOU KNOW, OR UP THE STREET FROM YOU AROUND THE CORNER.

YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT CONNECTION? TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET THAT ENGAGEMENT.

[02:45:03]

YOU ALL HAVE A REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULED THIS TIME NEXT WEEK.

A WEEK FROM TODAY, WE'LL HAVE WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE THIS ITEM ON YOUR REGULAR AGENDA, LIKE WE HAD, WE HAVE HAD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. SO WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE INPUT AND DISCUSSION THERE.

WE'LL TAKE WRITTEN COMMENTS AHEAD. YES. ALWAYS WELCOME.

MAKE A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION. MOTION TO. ADJOURN.

TO ADJOURN. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

OPPOSED? WHO WANTS TO STAY?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.