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[1. CALL TO ORDER]
THE, UH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2ND, PLANNING A ZONING SPECIAL MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.UM, COMMISSIONER DAVISON, I BELIEVE IS EXPECTED TO BE HERE, BUT PROBABLY RUNNING LATE.
[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]
UH, ITEM THREE, PUBLIC COMMENT.THIS IS OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC ADDRESS PLANNING ZONING, COMMISSION ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, 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 KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTE TIMER IS UP.
SO, FIRST I HAVE MS. ROSALYN HARRELL.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS ROSALYN HARRELL, AND I RESIDE AT 4 5 1 1 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS 7 7 4 5 9.
I LIVE IN THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, WHICH IS IN THE WATTS AND KNIGHT ROAD FOCUS AREA.
I, ALONG WITH SEVERAL OF MY ESTATE'S 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 REC 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 AND 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 REPORTS, FINDINGS, OR RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AT, AT ANY P AND Z 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.
SO, HELLO, UH, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
HELLO, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING MEMBERS AND CITY OFFICIALS.
I LIVE AT 4 4 2 7 PINE LANDING DRIVE.
AND I'M, UH, COMING TO YOU HERE TODAY AS BOTH THE HOA PRESIDENT OF THE ESTATE OF SILVER RIDGE, AS WELL AS, UH, THE BOARD DIRECTOR FOR A NONPROFIT HERE IN TEXAS, UH, THE TEXAS HERITAGE AND NATURE FOUNDATION.
SO, UM, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS, UH, ROSALYN ALLUDED TO THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE KEY OPPORTUNITY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT I WOULD SAY IS A PRETTY HISTORIC COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE WHERE, UM, WE'RE IN A, YOU KNOW, PEAK SEASON OF GROWTH WITHIN THE CITY AND LOTS OF THINGS ARE MOVING.
UM, MY ASK TO YOU IS TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY HEED WHAT WE AS CITIZENS HAVE BEEN, UM, PUSHING AND PIONEERING FOR REALLY THE LAST YEAR, UM, AND TRYING TO QUARTERBACK THIS EFFORT TO TRIANGULATE, YOU KNOW, CITY RESOURCES, COUNTY RESOURCES, STATE RESOURCES, FEDERAL RESOURCES, WHATEVER DEPARTMENTS STILL EXIST AFTER THE GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY, UH, STUFF, RESOURCES, RIGHT? UH, TO BASICALLY PULL THIS STUFF TOGETHER, RIGHT? UM, I CAN TELL YOU, UH, MONDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A REALLY LONG DAY OF WORK, UH, ME AND, UM, V UH, V THE VP OF OUR, UM, UH, HOA GOT IN A CAR AND WENT TO WHAT I THOUGHT WAS GONNA 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
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HAPPENING IN HOUSTON.THE GREAT ELEPHANT MIGRATION, DUNNO IF YOU HEARD ABOUT IT, IT'S, UH, TAKING PLACE IN A PARK IN HOUSTON.
IT'S LIKE A HUNDRED WOODEN ELEPHANTS THAT THEY'VE, UH, MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH LIKE A, A COMMUNITY BASICALLY.
AND THEY'VE RAISED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS NOW, UM, FOR, UH, BASICALLY TO PROTECT ELEPHANTS IN, UM, 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 IS 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 DEVELOPMENT 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 A, I BELIEVE IT'S CALLED COLON AND PARK IN, IN SUGAR LAND, BUT HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY HERE IN MISSOURI CITY.
UH, WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
OUR, UM, MY AREA THAT I LIVE IN ACTUALLY DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PARK ZONE, UH, ZONE 12.
SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WILL, UH, BE GOOD FOR RESIDENTS, UH, BE GOOD FOR THE CITY, IS A GOOD, UH, ADDITION TO A LOT OF THE COOL IDEAS THAT YOU'RE, UM, PROBABLY GONNA 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 GONNA GO ACROSS THE USA IS, UH, 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, SORRY, YOUR YOU TIME IS UP.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY ADDRESS IS 4 4 2 7 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS.
SO I'M UP HERE TO MAKE A KIND REQUEST FROM YOU AS WE UPDATE THE COMPREHENSIVE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA BETWEEN WATTS PLANTATION AND NIGHT 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 VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE IN THE STATE OF RIDGE ADDRESS 4 4 2 7 PINELAND DRIVE.
UH, MY CONCERN IN THE MISSOURI CITY, ESPECIALLY THE, UH, OVERDEVELOPMENT AND, AND THE IMPACT ON THE PUBLIC LIVES AND ENVIRONMENT WE ARE LIVING IN IN RECENT, YES, UH, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO HAVE MOVED FROM HIGH BASIC CORRIDOR, CORRIDOR TO, INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN OUR AREA, NIGHT ROAD AND TOWARDS PLANTATION.
AND THERE ARE LOTS OF TREES, GRAIN 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.
AND WATER POLLUTION IMPACT IN THE HUMAN HEALTH AND THE FLOODING.
IF I GIVE AN EXAMPLE, HOUSTON IS THE MOST POLLUTED CITY IN TEXAS.
I MEAN, ONE CAN SPECULATE WHY ANDERSON CANCER CENTER IS LOCATED IN HOUSTON.
UH, AND ALSO I CHECK THE POLLUTION INDEX IN THE MISSOURI CITY, WHICH IS AROUND 55, OKAY? WHICH IS MODERATE, BUT IT'S NOT GOOD IF YOU CHECK IN ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, WHICH WAS MUCH LOWER.
SO IF, IF YOU KEEP DOING THIS RATE OF DEVELOPMENT AND IT GOING TO GET OVERCROWDED AND TRAFFIC CONGESTIONS ACCIDENT AND INCREASE IN CRIMES.
SO I REQUEST PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO IMPLE, IMPLEMENT A MA 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 KNIGHTS AND WATER ROAD CORRIDORS, AND PLEASE
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PURSUE THOSE PRISTINE LAND FOR PROTECTING THE NATURE HABITAT.WE HAVE NO MORE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
[4. GENERAL DISCUSSION]
UH, ITEM FOUR, GENERAL DISCUSSION.WE'RE GONNA SHARE MY YES MA'AM.
HOW ARE YOU ALL TONIGHT? GOOD.
WELL, WE ARE HERE TO HAVE A DISCUSSION.
UM, AND SO I'LL JUST KIND OF, UH, TO GO OVER THE STAFF MEMBERS WHO ARE HERE, WHO ARE PART OF THIS DISCUSSION.
UM, AND LET ME KNOW IF YOU CANNOT HEAR, UM, US.
AND, UM, WE'LL ARTICULATE A LITTLE BIT LOUDER.
UM, BUT I'LL GO OVER THE STAFF MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, AND THEN WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS PRESENTATION OF, OF FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, FROM, UH, THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS OF HAVING THIS CONVERSATION.
UH, SO JUST FOR ORIENTATION, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF, UH, SEVERAL CITY TEAMS HERE.
UM, WE DO HAVE OUR CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES, UM, IS PRESENT TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE MEMBERS OF OUR PLANNING TEAM.
UM, AND SO PRETTY MUCH OUR ENTIRE PLANNING TEAM IS HERE TONIGHT.
UM, AS WELL AS MEMBERS OF OUR ENGINEERING TEAM, UTILITIES, OUR LEGAL TEAM, AND ECONOMIC, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UM, SO THIS IS A DYNAMIC, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, OUTLOOK OF ALL OF OUR PROFESSIONS, ALL OF OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, PROFESSIONAL, UH, GUIDANCE TO HELP THIS DISCUSSION, TO EQUIP YOU ALL, UH, TO BE ABLE TO MAKE SOLID RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO THE COUNCIL, UH, MOVING FORWARD, UM, FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES.
YOU ALL DO HAVE HANDOUTS, UM, IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, AND SO THOSE HANDOUTS INCLUDE A COPY OF THE, THE PRESENTATION SLIDES, UH, THAT WE'RE, UH, GOING TO GO THROUGH, UM, AND INCLUDES OUR, UM, SUB AREA MAPS, AS WELL AS, UH, THE FOCUS AREA MAPS, UM, AS WELL AS COPIES OF OUR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP OF SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
UM, 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, UM, OR WRITE YOUR QUESTIONS DOWN.
THERE'S NOTE PADS, UM, AND STICK NOTES.
UM, FEEL FREE TO WRITE ANY QUESTION THAT YOU HAVE, UM, ON THERE.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE AN EASEL HERE TOO, IF WE NEED TO, UH, MAKE A NOTE, UH, FOR EVERYONE, UH, TO SEE OR TO TABLE SOMETHING, UH, TO BRING BACK TO YOU ALL AT A LATER TIME.
UM, WE DO WANNA BE RESPECTFUL OF, OF EVERYONE'S TIME TONIGHT.
EVERYONE'S PROBABLY HAD FULL DAYS.
UM, AND THESE ARE BIG TOPICS, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, UM, WE ARE GONNA TRY TO ORGANIZE THIS SO WE HAVE DISCUSSION, UM, OVER DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS.
AND THEN, UM, IF WE NEED TO MOVE THAT DISCUSSION ALONG, UM, THEN WE WILL, UM, ADVISE YOU OF ALL OF THAT AND WE'LL BRING IT, UM, BACK TO YOU, UM, AT A LATER TIME AS WELL.
UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I WANT TO, UH, GO AHEAD AND, UH, START OUR PRESENTATIONS AND THEN, UH, WE'LL STOP AND KIND OF PAUSE, UH, TO RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS, UM, OR TO, UH, HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION FROM THERE.
SO I'M GONNA ASK, UH, THE CITY MANAGER JUST TO GIVE CONTEXT, UH, FOR THE COMMISSION TO REMEMBER, UM, HOW OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE POLICY AND GOALS, UH, THAT YOU ALL ARE, UH, UH, RECOMMENDING HOW THOSE RELATE TO THE OVERALL STRATEGIC PLAN OF THE CITY.
SO WE DO HAVE A DIRECTION AS TO WHAT, UH, THE CITY IS LOOKING FORWARD TO, UH, HOW THE CITY WANTS TO MOVE, UH, UH, TOWARDS THE FUTURE.
UM, AND SO THOSE STRATEGIC PLANS, UM, ARE GUIDED THROUGH OUR STRATEGIC PLAN THROUGH CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR ORGANIZATIONAL, UH, FOCUS AREAS AS WELL.
UM, OUR CITY MANAGER, I JUST KIND OF WALKED US THROUGH VERY BRIEFLY,
YES, I DID NOT PREPARED TO MAKE ANY PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS, UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UH, THAT OUR STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE HAVING QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THROUGH BUILD OUT, AS WELL AS GROWING BUSINESS INVESTMENT.
UM, AND SO THAT IS A, A CONVERSATION THAT WE'VE HAD FOR MANY YEARS AS MISSOURI CITY'S MOVE FROM A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, UM, INTO A MORE FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND SO PART OF THAT FOCUS HAS BEEN HOW DO WE, UH, CREATE AN ENVIRONMENT THAT WE CAN BALANCE THE LAND USES THAT WE HAVE.
UM, WE'VE DEVELOPED OUT MOSTLY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BY DESIGN.
UM, BUT HOW CAN WE BALANCE THAT, UH, TO PROVIDE FOR THE SERVICES, UH, THAT, UM, ARE EXPECTED AND THAT ARE NEEDED, UM, FOR A GROWING COMMUNITY.
UM, SO PART OF THOSE STRATEGIC FOCUS AREAS ARE GOALS AND POLICIES RELATED TO GROWING THOSE BUSINESS INVESTMENTS, HAVING THAT
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HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT THAT MISSOURI CITY AND OTHER CITIES IN THIS AREA HAVE BECOME KNOWN, UH, TO BE.AND THEN ALL OF THAT, UM, IS FACTORED INTO CREATING A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE REASONS WHY PEOPLE MOVE TO MISSOURI CITY.
THERE ARE REASONS WHY WE ALL, YOU KNOW, HAVE MOVED TO THIS AREA.
UM, AND SO HAVING THAT GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, UM, IS TIED INTO THOSE POLICIES, UM, AND GOALS, UH, DECISIONS THAT YOU ALL ARE MAKING.
AND THEN FROM JUST AN ORGANIZATIONAL, UM, PRIORITY IS THESE DECISIONS ALL HAVE, UM, RAMIFICATIONS.
SO, UH, THE DECISIONS ON LAND USE, THE DECISIONS ON, UH, WHERE THE CITY GOES IN THE FUTURE HAVE REAL RAMIFICATIONS ON OUR PROPERTY VALUES, UM, AND THE VALUE ADDED TO OUR SERVICES.
UM, SO THERE'S A BALANCE, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT WE'RE MAKING.
WE'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, UH, COMMENTS, UH, IN TERMS OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND PRESERVATION OF LAND.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHY PEOPLE CHOOSE MISSOURI CITY AND COME TO THIS AREA TO LIVE.
UM, SO WE'RE BALANCING ALL OF THESE PRIORITIES AND NEEDS, UM, OF THE CITY.
UM, THEY ALL IMPACT THE, THE PROPERTY VALUES THAT THEN IMPACT THE AMOUNT OF REVENUE, UH, THE CITY BRINGS IN TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES, POLICE, FIRE, YOU KNOW, STREETS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, UH, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THOSE THINGS THAT MAKE, UH, THE COMMUNITY A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
SO ONE OF THE ORGANIZATIONAL PRIORITIES IN THAT IS INCREASED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
SO OUR 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, WAS BUILT AROUND THAT FOUNDATION.
UH, SO WE STARTED WITH FOUR FOCUS AREAS, UH, IN 2017, LOOKING WHERE THE CITY, UM, HAD THE MOST OPPORTUNITY TO INCREASE THOSE COMMERCIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, UH, USES.
UM, AND SO WE LOOKED AT, UH, I THINK, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY PARK, RIGHT ROAD FM 10 92, AND THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AT THAT TIME, UM, TO, UH, LOOK AT HOW WE COULD, UH, BALANCE OUR LAND USE AND LAND BASE.
SO WE'RE GONNA TAKE US BACK TO LAST SUMMER WHEN WE WERE IN THE SAME ROOM IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION, BUT SIMILAR, UM, IN THE JOINT MEETING WITH, UH, KENZIE AND COUNCIL.
AND, UH, IN THAT DISCUSSION THAT WE HAD, UH, WE IDENTIFIED, UH, GOALS OF, UH, TAKING A LOOK AT THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, LOOKING AT HOW WE NEEDED, UM, WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO, UH, TO UPDATE A VISION, UM, AND THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND THEN PROVIDING ANALYSIS ON WHERE WE CURRENTLY ARE AT ALL OF THE DOCUMENTS THAT, UH, WE'VE ALREADY PUT INTO PLACE, UH, TO, UH, GUIDE US TOWARDS THE FUTURE, UM, AND LOOKING AT THOSE KEY PRIORITIES, CHALLENGES, AND OPPORTUNITIES.
AND HERE WE ARE TONIGHT, IS TO PROVIDE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN THOSE AREAS.
SO THE OUTLINE FOR TONIGHT IS WE'RE GOING TO, UH, GO BACK THROUGH THE STUDY AREAS, UH, THAT WERE CONSIDERED THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE'LL GO THROUGH SEVERAL IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UH, GO THROUGH OUR, UH, 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLANS TO EVALUATE WHETHER OR NOT, UH, THOSE ARE STILL RELEVANT.
UM, AND THEN MOVE ON TO NEXT STEPS.
SO I'M GONNA ASK RA TO GIVE US JUST A OVERVIEW OF OUR FOCUS AREAS AND THE CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE, UM, ON THOSE FOCUS AREAS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE A QUICK UPDATE ON OUR FOCUS AREAS.
UM, SO WHEN WE INITIALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE HAD ABOUT 10 IDENTIFIED FOCUS AREAS.
UM, 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, UM, 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, UM, SUBDIVIDED, RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHED HOMES, UM, 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, UM, KIND OF CAME TO THE DECISION OF REMOVING THOSE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS ALONG THESE CORRIDORS, AND ONLY, UM, EXPANDING TO INCLUDE THOSE AREAS THAT ARE COMMERCIAL, UM, OR UNDEVELOPED LAND.
AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU IS AN UPDATED, UM, FOCUS AREA MAP.
I HAVE IT PRINTED OUT IN YOUR FOLDERS, UM, BEHIND THE PRESENTATION SLIDES IF YOU WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT 'EM.
UM, BUT YEAH, THAT IS MY UPDATE ON THE FOCUS AREAS.
AND THEN, AND JUST TO EMPHASIZE ON THAT, UM, THE, THE PLA RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS WERE TAKEN OUT PURELY SO THAT WE CAN KIND OF NAIL DOWN THE ACREAGE WE HAVE REMAINING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND THEN THE ACREAGE ASSOCIATED FOR REDEVELOPMENT.
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MEAN THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS ARE UNAFFECTED, UM, BY DEVELOPMENT THAT GOES ON ON THOSE CORRIDORS, BUT SIMPLY FOR THE DATA PURPOSES.UM, AND SO WE'LL KIND OF TALK THROUGH THAT AS WE GO FURTHER AS WELL.
UM, WHAT YOU ALSO ARE SEEING IN YOUR BINDERS ARE SUB AREAS, UM, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN WE'VE APPROACHED, UH, OUR FOCUS AREAS INDEFINITELY, SOME OF OUR, UH, LARGER FOCUS AREAS, UM, THERE'S DIFFERENT MARKETS, THERE'S DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EXPECTATIONS, UH, DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU'RE AT, UM, ALONG THAT AREA.
SO, UH, THE METHODOLOGY THAT WE'RE PRESENTING IS TO BREAK THAT DOWN INTO SUB AREAS, UM, SO THAT YOU CAN REALLY KIND OF DRILL INTO THE CHARACTERISTICS, UM, OF SOME OF THOSE, UH, PARTS OF THE FOCUS AREA AND POSSIBLY CREATE TAILORED, UM, PLANS, UM, AND POLICY THAT WILL HELP, UH, DEVELOPMENT OR, UM, YOU KNOW, FUTURE GOALS, UH, FOR THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
UH, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE AREAS TONIGHT.
UM, ON THE SCREEN, IT'S JUST KIND OF THE GENERAL BREAKDOWN OF THOSE SUB AREAS.
SO, UM, FOR SEVERAL OF THOSE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, LIKE TEXAS PARKWAY THAT EXTENDS ALL THE WAY FROM S 90, UH, GOING DOWN TO TURTLE CREEK, UM, AND PRETTY MUCH ALL THAT'S WITHIN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, OBVIOUSLY THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PORTION AT S 90 IS GONNA PERFORM A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY, UH, THAN THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT THAT MAY ALREADY, UM, HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED.
UM, SO WE'LL, WE'LL JUST KIND OF TALK THROUGH, UH, THE METHODOLOGY ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
SO, UNDEVELOPED LAND, UM, WAS ALSO A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE AGAIN, UM, 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.
UM, SO, UH, RIGHT THERE AT, UH, HIGHWAY SIX AND FORT BEND PARKWAY, YOU SEE, UH, METRO PARKING RIDE GARAGE THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY COMPLETED ON UNDEVELOPED LAND.
YOU SEE THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTERS THAT WERE COMPLETED, UM, ON UNDEVELOPED LAND.
UM, A LOT OF OUR DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY, UM, HAS OCCURRED, UH, THROUGH THE YEARS, UM, ON THAT UNDEVELOPED LAND.
UM, WE'RE MOVING TO A POINT WHERE, UM, WE WILL NOT HAVE THAT LAND AVAILABLE IN, UH, THAT QUANTITY.
UM, AND SO WHAT DOES DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE ONCE WE GET TO THAT POINT? OR WHAT DOES DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE? UM, AS A DEVELOPMENT BECOMES MORE ASSURED, UM, IN CERTAIN AREAS, THE CITY WON'T STOP GROWING.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW LIVING IN THIS, THIS REGION, HOUSTON IS CONTINUOUSLY REMAKING ITSELF, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, IN AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED.
SO OUR PLAN, OUR, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF WHERE WE SIT IN THE FUTURE, UM, NEEDS TO ACCOUNT FOR, UH, WHERE WE SIT, UH, WITH UNDEVELOPED LAND AND THEN MOVING INTO ANOTHER PHASE OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, APPROACH.
UM, SO GENERALLY, UH, THE 2017 PLAN HAD ABOUT 43% OF LAND, UM, UNDEVELOPED IN MISSOURI CITY, AND ITS ETJ IN 2017.
UM, THAT INCLUDED WHAT WE CALL SIENNA SOUTH.
SO EVERYTHING THAT'S, UH, PRETTY MUCH UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN SIENNA TODAY, UM, WAS THE MAJORITY OF THAT 43% OF ACREAGE.
WE KNOW FROM CONVERSATIONS, WE KNOW FROM, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC INPUT, WE KNOW FROM PLATS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, UM, SIENNA SOUTH IS, IS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY.
UM, AND SO THE EXPECTATION FOR SIENNA SOUTH TO BE BUILT OUT WOULD BE ANOTHER 10 YEARS, GIVE OR TAKE.
UM, AND SO AT THAT POINT, UM, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, COMPLETELY BUILT OUT, LARGELY SINGLE FAMILY, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, IN DIFFERENT FORMS, UH, BEING BUILT IN, UH, SIENNA SOUTH.
SO THE ACREAGE INSIDE OF THE CITY IS MUCH SMALLER.
UM, SO SOME OF THOSE MAPS THAT YOU HAVE INCLUDED IN THERE ARE SEVERAL UNDEVELOPED TRACKS REMAINING IN THE CITY.
UM, SOME THAT YOU PROBABLY DRIVE BY VERY FREQUENTLY, UM, THAT HAVE NOT BEEN TOUCHED, UM, AND THAT REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.
AND THE IDEA WITH, AS WE GO THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION AND GO THROUGH, UH, THIS UPDATE IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THAT LAND.
UM, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO OWN THAT LAND.
THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO HAVE AN EXPECTATION AS TO HOW THEY WANT TO USE THE LAND.
UM, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THAT LAND, UH, TO HELP, UM, MISSOURI CITY MOVE, UH, FORWARD, UH, FOR TOWARDS THE FUTURE? AND THEN WE HAVE OUR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS.
OKAY, SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE, THE 500 AC UH, 500 ACRES ON DEVELOPED 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 GONNA BE PICKED UP IN ANY KIND OF POLICY GOALS AND PLANS
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SET ESTABLISHED FOR THOSE FOCUS AREAS.BUT YOU STILL HAVE THOSE ONE-OFF TRACKS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF, UH, THOSE SPECIFIC STUDY AREAS THAT STILL NEED ATTENTION, YOU KNOW, PLACED ON ONE IN PARTICULAR.
UM, AND I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT RIGHT THERE AT, UM, JUST SOUTH OF GLEN LAKES ON HIGHWAY SIX, NORTH OF LAKE OLYMPIA, YOU HAVE, UM, ABOUT 30 ACRES OF LAND THAT'S UNDEVELOPED ON HIGHWAY SIX, UH, THAT HAS HIGHWAY SIX FRONTAGE.
THERE'S BEEN A FEW PLANS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH THE COMMISSION ON A MIXED USE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO DEVELOP THERE.
UM, BUT THOSE TYPES OF TRACKS THAT EXIST THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, UM, THERE NEEDS TO, YOU KNOW, BE AN UNDERSTANDING AND A PLAN BECAUSE WHAT WE'VE HEARD THROUGH THIS INPUT PROCESS, WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM, YOU KNOW, BOTH, UH, THE COUNCIL, YOU KNOW, FROM YOU ALL AS WELL, UM, 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, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT GOES INTO THAT STILL DOESN'T MOVE US TO SOME OF THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES OR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THOSE DESIRED, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, TYPES OF USES THAT WE CONTINUOUSLY TALK ABOUT, UM, ALL THE TIME.
SO THOSE TYPES OF TRACKS ARE CRITICAL, UM, TO THOSE POINTS.
THOSE TRACK TO THOSE TYPES OF, UM, UNDEVELOPED ACRES ARE ALSO CLOSER TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
SO WHAT HAPPENS ON, YOU KNOW, THOSE TRACKS WILL IMPACT, YOU KNOW, SOME, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
SO YEAH, SO IT'S, IT'S ALL A FOCUS ON ALL UNDEVELOPED, BUT WE HAD TO SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T, UM, THEY WEREN'T GONNA, UH, COME UP IN THOSE FOCUS AREAS, BUT THEY PROBABLY ALL HAVE SOME KIND OF UNDERLYING ZONING RIGHT NOW.
THEY DO, THEY DO AS OPPOSED TO SUBURBAN.
SOME HAVE, UM, IDENTIFIED ZONING, UM, BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT SUBURBAN DISTRICT, UM, A STATE CHARACTER ISSUE IN ONE OF THE PRIORITIES, UM, BECAUSE WE DO STILL HAVE SOME OF THAT ACREAGE, PARTICULARLY ON THAT EAST, UH, SIDE OF THE CITY THAT EITHER HAS A SA SUBURBAN DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION OR PERMIT ZONING.
AND THEN OUR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, UM, WE'LL, UH, TALK THROUGH, UH, A FEW IDENTIFIED REDEVELOPMENT AREAS AND PRIMARILY AREAS THAT ARE LARGELY DEVELOPED OUT, UM, AND OR, UM, AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN A FOCUS OF INTEREST, UH, FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, TEXAS PARKWAY THROUGH CONVERSATIONS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE COMMISSION, WITH, UH, THE COUNCIL, WITH THE PUBLIC PUBLIC INPUT, MOST OF THE FOCUS GROUPS, TEXAS PARKWAY CONTINUES TO STAND OUT, UM, AS A KEY PRIORITY, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND, UH, DIFFERENT STRATEGIES, UM, IN ORDER TO, UH, BRING TEXAS PARKWAY, UH, TO A LEVEL THAT ARE THIS AREA CAN, UM, BENEFIT FROM.
UM, AND SO WE PUT ON THERE THE GATEWAY INTO MISSOURI CITY.
'CAUSE WE HEARD THAT SEVERAL TIMES, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS AS TEXAS PARKWAY BEING THAT IDENTITY.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT WE DON'T HAVE A OFFICIAL DOWNTOWN FROM MISSOURI CITY.
UM, TEXAS PARKWAY IS PROBABLY AS CLOSE AS WE'RE GETTING, UM, UH, AT THIS STAGE, UM, IN OUR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, FIFTH STREET HAS BEEN ANOTHER AREA OF INTEREST.
UM, AND FIFTH STREET IN THE FOCUS AREA INCLUDES INDEPENDENCE, WHERE STA PARK IS, WHERE INDEPENDENCE PARK IS, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, ROTHWELL, UH, STREET, WHICH IS AN AREA THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED, UM, AND WE WILL DISCUSS IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL IN, IN THIS PRESENTATION AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN FM 10 92, UM, IS ANOTHER CORRIDOR, UH, THAT, UH, CAME UP AS A REDEVELOPMENT, UH, OPPORTUNITY.
SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA START WITH, UH, TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE AMENITIES.
UM, SO THAT WAS JUST KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'VE BEEN.
UM, BUT WE'RE GOING TO, UH, FIRST START TALKING ABOUT, UH, DESIRED AMENITIES, UM, BASED ON THE PUBLIC INPUT AND COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, AND THE ASSOCIATED FOCUS GROUPS THAT MIGHT, OH, THAT MIGHT PRESENT THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO LOCATE, UH, THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES.
UM, SO I'M GONNA HAVE OUR VERY NEW SENIOR PLANNER WHO HAS NOT BEEN WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, BUT, UM, HE HAS PUT TOGETHER A MATRIX THAT IS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKETS, UM, TO JUST GIVE US SUMMARY FOR US OF, UM, THOSE DESIRED USES THAT, UH, THE PUBLIC HAS, UH, PROVIDED INPUT ON.
UM, AND WHAT ARE HIGH PRIORITIES, UH, FOR THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES.
UM, AND THEY'RE CORRELATING, UM, UH, 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 GONNA BE OUR AMENITIES AND LAND USE, UH, MATRICES.
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AND THEN THE SECOND WILL BE, UM, THE CONTINUED PART OF THE MATRIX THAT BREAKS EVERYTHING OUT INTO THE DIFFERENT STUDY AREAS.SO ONCE Y'ALL LOCATED THOSE, UM, MAKE SURE Y'ALL HAVE THEM.
DOES EVERYBODY SEE IT? THE SLIP NOTE? OKAY.
UM, GO AHEAD AND DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO THE FIRST PAGE, WHICH IS GONNA HAVE QUESTIONS EIGHT THROUGH 11, UM, GOING OVER THE DIFFERENT LAND USES AND DEVELOPMENT THAT THE RESPONDENTS, UM, SAID THEY WANTED TO SEE IN THE CITY.
UM, SO THE FIRST SECTION IN BLUE IS GONNA BE, UM, WELL, THE QUESTIONS GONNA 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, UH, STRONG CONSENSUS AROUND, UM, CITY PRACTICES THAT SAVE THE ENVIRONMENT, PROTECT NATURE, A CITY WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES, UM, AND SERVICES THAT FIT WELL, UM, WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AS WELL AS A CITY WITH HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WILL, UM, MAKE THE CITY, UH, LOOK AND FEEL UNIQUE.
SO, UM, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO JUST KIND OF START THE MATRICES WHEN YOU GO DOWN TO THE SECOND QUESTION.
QUESTION NINE, PLEASE RATE, UM, THE IMPORTANCE OF THESE AMENITIES, UM, HOW IMPORTANT THESE AMENITIES ARE TO LIVE WORKING PLAIN MISSOURI CITY.
THIS IS WHERE WE START GETTING TO SOME FINE DETAILS OF WHAT THE RESPONDENTS WANNA SEE.
SO, UM, AS YOU'LL SEE, THE, UM, HIGHEST REPORTED USE THAT, UH, PEOPLE WANT IS FINE DINING RESTAURANTS.
AND THEN WE HAVE CAFES, YOUTH AND AMATEUR SPORTS VENUES, AND THEN HIGH END RETAIL STORES.
UH, ONCE YOU GET PAST THAT, YOU GET UNDER 50%.
UM, AND THEN, SO THOSE TOP THREE, UM, LAND USES RIGHT THERE, UH, THOSE TRADITIONALLY WOULD CALL FOR HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
BUT WHEN WE GO DOWN TO THE THIRD SECTION IN THE YELLOW, TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT, UM, RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE WANTED, UH, BY THE RESPONDENTS, THE TOP, UM, RESPONDENT ANSWER AT 77% WAS A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UH, RURAL AND LARGEST STATE AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AT 60%.
AND THEN, UM, AT ACTIVE SENIOR LIVING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY, WE HAVE 47% THE MORE HIGH, UH, DENSITY, UM, LAND USES, UH, RESIDENTIAL LAND USE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT WHAT THE RESPONDENTS WANT IS ALL THE WAY AT THE BOTTOM AT TOWN HOMES AND APARTMENTS WITH APARTMENTS GETTING 11%.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, YOU KNOW, A DIFFERENCE THERE.
UM, AND THEN LASTLY, AT THE BOTTOM, A LITTLE BIT MORE COLOR INTO, UM, SEEING WHAT TYPES OF LAND USES AND DIFFERENT AMENITIES THE CITY MAY WANT.
SO IT'S GONNA 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, UH, GOURMET AND, UH, SPECIALTY GROCERY STORES, COFFEE SHOPS, BAKERIES, DESSERT PARLORS.
SO, UM, AGAIN, WITH STUFF LIKE THIS, UM, YOU KNOW, TECHNICALLY OR USUALLY WOULD SEE A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY TO SUPPORT THESE KIND OF THINGS, BUT IT'S NOT REALLY, UM, MIXING WELL WITH THE LAND USES THAT YOU WOULD, UM, HOPEFULLY SEE TO GO WITH THAT RESIDENTIALLY.
IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND PAGE, THIS IS WHERE WE BREAK OUT EVERYTHING, UM, BY STUDY AREA.
AND, UM, SO I CAN HELP MAKE SENSE OF WHAT THIS, UM, TABLE IS SHOWING.
AT THE TOP, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THE NAMES OF THE DIFFERENT STUDY AREAS.
SO WE START WITH FRAN, AND THEN YOU GO ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT AND YOU HAVE KNIGHTS ROAD AND WATTS PLANTATION.
UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND QUICKLY GO OVER WHAT THE FOUR DIFFERENT SECTIONS HERE SHOW WITH BLACK AT THE TOP, RED, YELLOW, AND THEN GREEN BLACK IS GONNA BE, UM, UM, TRAFFIC FREQUENCY.
SO, UM, JUST TO MAKE IT EASY, AS YOU CAN SEE, TEXAS PARKWAY, IT'S PRETTY MODERATELY TRAFFICKED.
UM, ALL THE WAY AROUND BETWEEN, UM, 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.
UM, SO TEXAS PARKWAY IS SPLIT DOWN THE MIDDLE OF 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, UM, USES HIGHWAY SIX AT 95%.
AND SO, GOING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN, UM, WE GET TO QUESTION 15, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT IS TO HAVE AMENITIES LIKE FINE DINING, HIGH END LUXURY RETAIL OFFICES, YOU KNOW, THESE LAND USES THAT CONNECTED TO THE FIRST PAGE WE JUST SHOWED.
NOW WE'RE ASKING 'EM WHAT STUDY AREAS DO YOU WANNA 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.
UM, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WE REALLY DON'T HAVE OVER 50% OF STRONG SUPPORT FOR.
AND THEN, UM, LASTLY, IF YOU GO DOWN TO QUESTION, UH, 16, YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ANY OF THESE TYPES OF HOME OR PLACES ON THESE ROADS, EVEN WHEN YOU GET TO HIGHWAY SIX, WHERE THERE'S A STRONG DEMAND FOR, YOU KNOW, HIGH USE, UM, FINE DINING, YOU KNOW, HIGH USE DENSITY AMENITIES, THE, UM, TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL LAND USES THAT WOULD HELP SUPPORT THAT ONLY HAVE ABOUT 20 TO 25% SUPPORT WITH MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS AND TOWN HOMES.
YOU KNOW, PRETTY BEING PRETTY LOW ON THE LIST.
AND THEN JUST REAL QUICK QUESTION, 17 IN THE GREEN AT THE BOTTOM, UM, THESE ARE QUESTIONS REGARDING TO,
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YOU KNOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE WIDER LANDSCAPES IN THESE AREAS, ROAD WIDENING, YOU KNOW, SIGNAGE AND DECORATIVE LIGHTING IN THESE AREAS.SO ALL OF THIS IS TO HELP SERVE THE DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW AT THIS MOMENT, AND FOR Y'ALL'S, UH, STUDY LATER ON IF Y'ALL WANNA LOOK AT THE DATA.
UM, WAS THERE ANY DELINEATION IN THE, UH, SURVEY ON WHERE HIGHWAY SIX ENDS? AND I, I ASKED THAT QUESTION BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, THE DATA POINT THAT YOU, UM, PULLED OUT UNDER QUESTION 15 MM-HMM
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, OR VICE VERSA, DEPENDING ON, I SEE.
UM, SO FOR HIGHWAY SIX, MY, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO MY PLANNING, UM, TEAM, DID WE HAVE A MAP INCLUDED WITH THESE SURVEYS? DO YOU REMEMBER? YEAH, SO GO AHEAD.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, UM, ON THE SURVEY, WE DID HAVE THE 10 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 FOR BEND PARKWAY, UM, IT WENT TO THE, THE EAST.
AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, GOING TO THE DATA SET IN THE, UM, IN THE BINDER, WAS THERE, UM, WERE THERE OTHER, UH, I GUESS FAMILY INCOME LEVELS, I'M LOOKING AT QUESTION 10 UNDER AFFORDABLE HOMES, SINCE YOU, UM, 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 A SURVEY, BUT IT WASN'T INCLUDED IN THIS MATRIX.
AND THAT, THAT ITEM WAS SELF-REPORTING.
IT WAS, AS THE RESPONDENTS WERE, UH, 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, I, IT'S REALLY JUST A CURIOUS QUESTION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR REACTIONS? I, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
PERCENTAGE WISE, I KNOW THAT THE, UH, INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEY WAS VERY LOW, RIGHT? BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PERCENTAGE FROM A TOTAL POPULATION VERSUS THE RESPONSES, SO WE ARE, WE ARE A CITY OF ALMOST 80,000
WE HAD LESS THAN A HUNDRED THAT RESPONDED, UH, ON THAT SURVEY.
SO THE, THE PERCENTAGES, YOU KNOW, UM, COMPARED, UH, 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, UM, THAT WILL MOVE MISSOURI CITY FORWARD IN THE FUTURE, UM, TO CONTINUE TO BE THE TYPE OF COMMUNITY, UH, THAT WE ENVISION MISSOURI CITY TO BE, OR THAT MISSOURI CITY IS.
UM, SO IT'S A CONVERSATION OF THAT.
UM, BUT HOW DO WE BALANCE THAT WITH WHAT IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THOSE TYPES OF AMENITIES, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD? I, I DIDN'T ASK YOU TO HIGHLIGHT IT AS A NEGATIVE.
'CAUSE 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, ARE, SHALL I SAY, THEY HAVE TENDENCIES TO COMPLAIN.
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 AND I, 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 WE'RE HAVING THAT SAME CONVERSATION, UM, BECAUSE AS DEVELOPMENT FLOWS, AS YOU ALL KNOW WITH PROJECTS THAT COME BEFORE YOU, UM, 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.
UM, AND SO THAT'S WHEN A LOT OF PEOPLE TEND TO WANT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF ENGAGE.
UM, AND SO YOU'RE SPOT ON THAT, UM, WE HOPE THAT YOU ALL AS COMMISSIONERS AS WELL ARE AMBASSADORS, UM, FOR ENGAGEMENT BEING INVOLVED IN THIS PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE APPRECIATIVE OF, UH, THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN WITH US ALONG THE WAY.
UM, BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT, IT CAN GET, IT
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CAN GET, WE CAN GET IN THE, THE, THE NITTY GRITTY.UM, AND IT MAY SOUND AS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF INFORMATION.
UM, BUT IT'S IMPORTANT, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION, UM, AND TO PULL OUT WHAT THAT COLLECTIVE, UM, VISION IS, UH, FOR THE FUTURE.
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 FOND GESNER TEXAS PARKWAY CATEGORIES? BECAUSE THAT WAY WE CAN TRULY SEE HOW DID THIS POP THAT POPULATION MOVE? BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THE QUESTIONS, WE SEE ALL THESE THINGS IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT IT'D BE NICELY, HOW WOULD THEY MEASURE ACROSS THOSE PARTICULAR STREETS? OKAY.
AND WE COULD, WE COULD PROBABLY FILTER, UM, BECAUSE THIS IS ALL COLLECTED.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE QUESTIONS IN TERMS OF WHERE DO YOU LIVE, UM, IN THE CITY.
DO YOU LIVE IN THE CITY, DO YOU NOT? YES.
UM, SO WE COULD PROBABLY FILTER IT, UH, SO THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT THE RESPONSES WERE.
UM, AROUND THE CITY AND THEN THE ASSOCIATED RESPONSES.
AND I GUESS IT'LL PROBABLY, I GUESS QUESTION 10, I GUESS EIGHT, NINE, AND 10 TO KIND OF BREAK THEM DOWN MM-HMM
TO SEE A TRUE POPULATION OR A PLOT OF HOW THAT LOOKS.
JUST ASK ANY OTHER COMMENTS, FEEDBACK.
UH, SO I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA HOLD, I'M GONNA HOLD MY COMMENT ON THAT PARTICULAR TOPIC UNTIL WE GET TO NEXT STEPS.
WELL, WE ARE HERE BECAUSE, AND PARTLY, PARTLY WHAT WE WANNA DO TOO IS TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS KIND OF IN THESE, THESE TOPIC AREAS.
UM, THEY'RE ALL INTERRELATED TO A CERTAIN DEGREE.
UM, BUT THEN, UM, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH COMMUNICATION AND DISCUSSION WE CAN HAVE WITHIN THESE TOPIC AREAS.
UM, 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, UH, UH, A LOT OF INPUT FROM THE BROADER PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, WE HAD INTEREST GROUPS AND, AND WE GOT FEEDBACK FROM THEM, AND IT'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.
UM, 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.
AND, UH, SO THEY'D BE PERFECTLY FINE WITH CONTINUING ALONG WITH THE 2017 PLAN AND JUST DO, DO AS WE'VE ALWAYS DONE, BECAUSE UNTIL IT AFFECTS THEM DIRECTLY, THEY PROBABLY DON'T HAVE AN OPINION EITHER WAY.
UM, SO IF WE WERE TO GO AND MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES TO THE WAY WE'RE DOING IT NOW, THAT MIGHT RUFFLE SOME FEATHERS.
AND, AND YOU MIGHT START TO HEAR THAT, OH, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE COMPLAINING AND, AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT'S THE CASE OR NOT.
UM, I, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NO, TO ME, THERE'S NO SECRET TO ENGAGEMENT.
I, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, EITHER THEY'RE GONNA DO IT OR THEY'RE NOT.
UM, BUT, BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE GIVEN THAT LEVEL OF ENGAGEMENT, UM, IF WE'RE GONNA MAKE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES.
AND 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 GONNA RESPOND TO THAT? OR HOW ARE THEY GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THAT? AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND YOU SAID, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S THE BALANCE BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT'S GOOD FOR THE CITY MOVING FORWARD, BUT NOT BREAK STUFF.
SO THAT, THAT WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHT ABOUT THE, THE ENGAGEMENT THING.
I, I KEPT ON HOPING THAT WE WOULD GET MORE ENGAGEMENT AND, AND, AND AGAIN, ON NEXT STEPS, THE OPEN HOUSE THING IS GONNA HAPPEN.
SO THERE, THERE WILL BE MORE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO KIND OF GAUGE THE PULSE AND, AND, AND THE, THE INTEREST TO SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, IF WE GET MORE INTEREST, UM, AT THAT POINT AND SEE KIND OF THE REACTIONS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON, UH, COMMISSIONER PEARSON AND COMMISSIONER HANEY, UH, WHAT YOU'RE BOTH DISCUSSING IN REFERENCE ALSO TO THE MATRIX.
UM, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT FILLED OUT THE
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SURVEY IN COMPARISON TO THE POPULATION, I STILL THINK IT GIVES US A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF KIND OF THE MINDSET OF THE RESPONSES AND KIND OF THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN THE DIFFERENT RESPONSES.FOR EXAMPLE, IN QUESTION NINE, WHEN WE'RE ASKING THE IMPORTANCE OF, UM, THE AMENITIES, HIGH PRIORITIES ARE FINE DINING, RESTAURANTS, CAFES, YOUTH, AMATEUR SPORTS VENUES.
BUT IF YOU'LL GO DOWN TO QUESTION 10 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, UM, IDEA OF THE DISCONNECT OF THE THINGS THAT PEOPLE WANT AND WHAT IT'S GONNA TAKE FOR US TO KIND OF GET THERE.
AND HOPEFULLY THROUGH THE RECOMMENDATIONS WITH STAFF AND EVERYBODY'S INPUT, WE'LL KIND OF BRING THAT CONVERSATION ALL THE WAY AROUND AND KIND OF TRY TO BRIDGE THAT.
YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING? WELL, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF ECHO THAT WHEN WE DO HEAR, UH, FROM OUR FOLKS, UH, 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A RESTAURANT OPEN, WE'LL DO A RIBBON CUTTING.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF THE FEEDBACK WE DO GET FROM SOME OF OUR FOLKS.
IT'S HARD TO KEEP SOME OF THEIR EMPLOYEES HERE.
UM, AND SO I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, LIKE WHEN JUSTIN WAS POINTED OUT AND YOU WERE POINTING OUT, UM, 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.
UM, AND THEN THEY ASK US TO FIND, TO FIND HOUSING FOR FOLKS, UM, FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET THESE HIGH-END RESTAURANTS.
'CAUSE 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 WAIT STAFF, YOU HAVE CLERKS, UM, AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE HERE AND THEY CAN'T AFFORD TO COMMUTE HERE EITHER.
SO THERE'S GONNA HAVE TO BE AT SOME POINT WHERE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BRIDGE THAT GAP AND WHERE YOU'RE GONNA 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 WANNA GET SOME GUIDANCE FROM ALL THIS SO THAT WE KNOW, UM, WHAT IS A GOOD IDEA.
UH, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, IT'S SOMETHING WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT.
WELL, BUT 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 AND WE MAKE THESE DECISIONS, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT SOMEHOW WE SEND THE SMOKE SIGNAL SIGNAL UP SO THAT THE COMMUNITY CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PARAMETERS THAT WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN 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 SO THAT WHEN THEY HAVE THESE WARRANTS, THEY UNDERSTAND THAT THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET ALL OF THOSE WARRANTS 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 FILL 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 GONNA DO WHAT THEY WANT TO DO.
WE HAVE PARCELS OF LAND THAT, FROM A DEMOGRAPHIC STANDPOINT OF VIEW, AND 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 THERE.
AND SO, YOU'RE RIGHT, THERE HAS TO BE SOME BRIDGE THERE SO THAT EVERYBODY WILL BE HAPPY TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, BUT THERE ARE GOING TO BE SOME INSTANCES WHERE UNFORTUNATELY THEY'RE NOT.
WE OPERATE WITH THREE QS IN MIND.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S MARKET DEMAND MM-HMM
UH, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THERE'S COMMUNITY DEMAND MM-HMM
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, 'CAUSE 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 GONNA DO WELL WHERE YOU SAY IT'S GONNA DO? BECAUSE WE DON'T JUST A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT DECIDE THAT THEY'RE GONNA DO BUSINESS WHEREVER THEY'RE GONNA 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 WANNA SPEND,
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BUT A LOT OF TIMES WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUSTAINABLE LONG TERM AND THAT IT'S WELCOMED IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND WELL, TRUST ME, WE'VE HAD THE CITY MANAGER WILL TELL YOU WE'VE HAD 4, 5, 6 MEETINGS WITH THE SAME DEVELOPERS SAYING, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S AN APPETITE FOR THAT HERE.
AND IN SIX DIFFERENT WAYS
UH, BUT YES, THOSE ARE THE THREE PARAMETERS WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KEEP IN MIND.
AND I THINK THINK SUSTAINABILITY IS THE ONE THAT WE'RE, WE'RE LACKING A LITTLE BIT.
AND, AND JUST THE LAST THING IS THE MARKET STUDY.
THAT'S ALMOST TO A CERTAIN DEGREE, IT, IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
AND QUITE OFTEN THAT MARKET STUDY IS NOT FAVORABLE FROM THE COMMUNITY'S PERSPECTIVE.
ARE WE READY TO MOVE ON? MM-HMM
SO WE'RE GONNA PIVOT INTO GOING THROUGH, UH, SOME OF THE IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES AND CONCERNS, UH, THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND SO IT'LL CONTINUE SOME OF THIS DISCUSSION, UM, BUT WE'LL TRY TO FOCUS IT IN ON CERTAIN AREAS.
UM, SO, UH, THIS IS NOT IN ANY KIND OF ORDER, UM, OF, UH, PRIORITY RANKING.
UM, BUT IT'S JUST LISTED IN TERMS OF HOW WE'LL, UH, GO THROUGH THE DISCUSSION.
UM, SO THERE WAS INTEREST IN DEFINING AND CLARIFYING THE DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN OUR LAND USE, UM, CHARACTER, ESTATE CHARACTER IN THE SD ZONING DISTRICT.
AND IF, IF YOU RECALL, UM, FROM SOME OF SOME OF THE ZONING CASES THAT CAME THROUGH WITHIN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, UM, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONFUSION, UM, OVER, UH, HOW CERTAIN AREAS ARE CHARACTERIZED ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, WHICH SHOULD BE THE POLICY GUIDANCE, UH, THAT YOU USE WHEN YOU CONSIDER ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS.
UM, AND SO WHEN YOU CONSIDER YOUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UH, THOSE AREAS THAT SHOULD BE DESIGNATED FOR, UH, CERTAIN TYPES OF USES, CERTAIN TYPES OF, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UM, ARE CHARACTERIZED IN, UH, DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, WE HAD A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF ACREAGE, UH, THAT WAS CHARACTERIZED AS A STATE CHARACTER, UM, THAT WAS GETTING CONFUSED WITH THE, UH, SUBURBAN DISTRICT ZONING DESIGNATION.
THAT'S ACTUALLY THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH LAND.
SO WE'LL COVER THAT TOPIC, UM, SHORTLY AND JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR FINDINGS, UM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THERE.
UH, ONE OF THE BIG ISSUES, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY IS A TERM THAT WE'RE USING.
UM, SO RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ARE THOSE TRACKS OF LAND, UH, THAT WERE, UH, REMAINING, UH, DEVELOPMENT OCCURRED AROUND THOSE TRACKS OF LAND.
UM, AND THEY REMAIN UNDEVELOPED.
UM, AND WE HAD SEVERAL PIECES OF LAND AND, YOU KNOW, AND THIS HAS HAPPENED, YOU KNOW, FOUR, FOUR YEARS.
UM, BUT WE HAD SEVERAL PIECES OF LAND WHERE, UH, SOMEONE, UH, WENT IN AND, UH, WENT THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS, UH, TO DEVELOP THE LAND, UM, UNBEKNOWNST, UH, TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS OR SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL, UH, COMMUNITIES.
SO WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE, THE PUBLIC, WE'VE HEARD YOU ALL HAVE HEARD, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC, UH, SOME OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCED IT.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, YOU KNOW, REACTIONS IN PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, TO ZONING, UM, APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE COME THROUGH IN THIS AREA AS WELL.
UM, SO WE'LL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE OF RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY.
UM, SOME OF THOSE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
UM, 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 A RECOMMENDATION COMING OUTTA THE CONFERENCE, A PLAN THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY SPEAK TO WHERE THESE USES SHOULD BE PERMITTED.
UM, AND THESE, THESE USES ARE PART OF THE FABRIC OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, THAT'S WHERE OUR, UH, RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS FALL INTO OUR EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, LOCATIONS THAT, UM, PULL PEOPLE TOGETHER, UH, IN CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, UH, TIMES OF DAY, UM, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, UM, OUR OWN PUBLIC FACILITIES, CITY HALL, FIRE STATIONS, UM, POLICE STATIONS, AS WELL AS, UH, TELECOMMUNICATIONS CELL TOWERS.
UM, SO WE'LL ADDRESS THAT ISSUE, PROVIDE, UH, SOME GUIDANCE AND RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN THAT AREA, REDEVELOPMENT POLICY.
AND THEN ALSO, UH, LOOK AND CONSIDER SOME STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS.
SO, UM, WE'LL START WITH, UH, DEFINING AND CLARIFYING THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN THE STATE CHARACTER AND SD.
UM, AND THIS IS, UH, LARGELY OUT OF THE CONCERNS THAT I KIND OF SUMMARIZED JUST A MOMENT AGO, UM, OF, UH, WELL, SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED ON
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THAT, UM, WERE IMPACTS ON DEVELOPMENT, NATURAL HABITATS, BUFFERS, STORM RUN RUNOFF, AND, UH, UH, MAINTAINING THE CITY'S SCENIC APPEAL.UM, SOME OF THE STUDY AREAS THAT WE SAW THAT WERE, UM, MORE IMPACTED OR MOSTLY IMPACTED BY THIS, THIS, UH, ISSUE, UM, INCLUDED AREAS WHERE A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAS NOT OCCURRED, WHERE WE'RE STARTING TO SEE, UM, PRESSURES FOR DEVELOPMENT, UM, EMERGE, UM, AS THE CITY MOVES TOWARDS BUILD OUT.
SO THAT INCLUDES AREAS ALONG THE TOLL ROAD INCLUDES TRAMMELL, FRESNO ROAD, HIGHWAY SIX, UM, EAST OF THE FORT BEND PARKWAY, THE KNIGHT ROAD, WATTS PLANTATION, MCKEEVER ROAD, AND THE SEVERAL UNDEVELOPED PIECES OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, UH, THE FINDINGS RELATE TO CONFUSION, BASICALLY, CONFUSION IN THE USE OF TERMS, CONFUSION IN THE INTENT, CONFUSION IN, UH, THE EXPECTATIONS FOR, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS.
UM, SO I'M GONNA, UH, JUST KIND OF PUT US ON THAT LAST ITEM ON THERE THAT SAYS, AREAS CURRENTLY IDENTIFIED AS A STATE CHARACTER, UM, HAVE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL.
UM, SO, UH, YOU ALL SHOULD HAVE AVAILABLE COPIES OF THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UM, FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
WE'LL LOOK AT SOME EXCERPTS, UM, OF THAT MAP ON OUR SCREEN, UH, SHORTLY.
UM, BUT BASICALLY AREAS AGAIN SOUTH OF HIGHWAY SIX IN THAT, UH, WATTS PLANTATION, UM, EAST AND WEST, UM, OFF OF KNIGHT ROAD AREA ARE THE AREAS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE DISCUSSING.
UM, BUT WE'LL LOOK AT UTILITY REQUIREMENTS, FUTURE MOBILITY, ROADWAY DESIGNS, AND FEMA FLOODPLAIN, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
SO SOME OF THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THOSE AREAS, UM, IS AROUND 2015.
UH, THE CITY ADOPTED AN ORDINANCE THAT, UH, BASICALLY, UH, PROHIBITED NEW PRIVATE ONSITE WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEMS. SO NEW, UH, SEPTIC SYSTEMS, NEW WATER WELLS.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT REQUIREMENT, THERE ARE STILL CERTAIN AREAS THAT ARE EXEMPTED.
UM, SO WE STILL HAVE LARGE ACREAGE ESTATES.
WE STILL HAVE, UM, AREAS THAT ARE STILL SERVICED BY PRIVATE UTILITIES.
UM, BUT THE CITY'S POLICY IS THAT ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, RESIDENTIAL, OR NON-RESIDENTIAL, UM, SHOULD BE TIED TO A PUBLIC UTILITY SYSTEM AS THE COMMISSION KNOWS.
UM, THE CITY IS MADE UP OF SEVERAL MUDS.
THERE ARE LOTS OF, UM, THERE
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY AN ISSUE OF, UM, WHAT, WHAT, UM, WOULD SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT AND HOW WOULD ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT TIE IN.
UM, SO IN THESE AREAS, UM, IT'S WITHIN WHAT WE CALL OUR MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA, UM, WHICH IS OUTSIDE OF THE BOUNDARIES OF, OF RECOGNIZED MUD, UM, THAT THE CITY NOW WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING A UTILITY SERVICE, UH, TO SUPPORT, UM, ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT OR CONSTRUCTION THAT OCCURS.
UM, SO THAT'S ONE ASPECT OF IT.
THE OTHER ASPECT IS ROADWAY DESIGNS THAT, UH, THE ROADWAYS IN THIS AREA ARE DESIGNED, UM, TO HANDLE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC.
UM, SO WE HAVE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND THEN WE HAVE THE BUILD OUT CONDITIONS, UM, OF THOSE ROADWAYS.
UM, AND EACH OF OUR ROADWAYS THROUGHOUT THE CITY ARE CLASSIFIED IN A CERTAIN WAY.
UM, THERE'S DESIGN STANDARDS, UM, THAT, UH, GO ALONG WITH, UH, THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS.
UM, SO, UH, THOSE ROADS IN THAT AREA, UH, YOU CAN SEE, UH, KIND OF WHAT, UH, SOME OF THOSE, UH, DESIGN CHARACTERISTICS ARE.
UH, THE OTHER THING TO, TO POINT, UH, YOUR ATTENTION TO IS FORT BEND PARKWAY.
UM, SO WE TALK A LOT ABOUT, UH, THE FORT BEND PARKWAY, THE TOLL ROAD.
UM, TODAY, IT DEAD ENDS AT SIENNA RANCH ROAD.
UM, AND SO, UH, AS WE LOOK AT THE FUTURE OF THE CITY, AS WE TALK ABOUT LAND USE, AS WE TALK ABOUT, UH, DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE TOW ROAD OR IN THAT AREA, UM, WE HAVE TO BE COGNIZANT OF WHERE OTHER DEVELOPMENT IS POSITIONING ITSELF AND WHAT THE FUTURE BUILD OUT, UM, OF THAT ROADWAY LOOKS LIKE.
SO RIGHT NOW, UH, THERE'S ALREADY TWO FUTURE SEGMENTS OF THE TOLL ROAD THAT ARE IN THE DESIGN, UM, PHASE.
UM, THAT WOULD TAKE THE TOLL ROAD OUT TO FM 27 59, WHICH IS IN THE THOMPSONS AREA.
AND WHAT DOES THAT MEAN,
NOW THE GEORGE RANCH, UM, AREA, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH GEORGE RANCH, UM, OUT THERE, IT'S A RURAL AREA.
IT SEEMS CUT OFF AND DISCONNECTED FROM EVERYTHING.
UM, BUT WE WERE THAT WAY AT SOME POINT AS WELL.
UM, SO WHEN THAT TOLL ROAD EXPANDS, UM, THERE IS GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, ADDITIONAL, UM, POPULATIONS
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THAT START TO GROW, UM, OUT THERE.UM, ONE OF THE, UH, UH, WORKSHOPS THAT, UH, GRACE AND I SET IN ON, UM, A FEW DAYS AGO, UM, WAS FOR MASTER PLAN COMMUNITIES.
UM, AND SO WE KNOW, UH, WHAT JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT HAS DONE WITH, UH, SIENNA, UM, IN MISSOURI CITY.
WE KNOW WHAT JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT DID WITH RIVERSTONE.
UM, WELL, THEY HAVE NOW PURCHASED, UM, SEVERAL THOUSAND ACRES OF LAND FROM GEORGE RANCH, UM, IN THAT THOMPSON AREA THAT, UM, UH, I THINK THAT WAS PUBLISHED, UH, JUST THE END OF LAST WEEK, THAT THEY ARE BREAKING GROUND ON A NEW MASTER PLAN COMMUNITY OUT THERE.
UM, SO WE HAVE SEVERAL, UM, HOME BUILDERS AND, UH, DEVELOPERS THAT ARE, POSITION THEM POSITIONING THEMSELVES, UM, ALONG THOSE FUTURE EXPANSION OF THE TOLL ROAD, UM, ANTICIPATING, UM, THE OPENING OF THAT AREA, UH, TO CREATE COMMUNITIES THAT THEN WILL FLOW THROUGH MISSOURI CITY AS THEY GO INTO HOUSTON, AS THEY GO INTO THE MEDICAL CENTER, UM, YOU KNOW, AS THEY GO IN, YOU KNOW, TO THE PORTS.
UM, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LAND USE, UM, YOU KNOW, ALONG THE TOW 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, UH, TO MOVE THE CITY IN THE DIRECTION, UH, THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS, HAS, UH, DISCUSSED.
ANYBODY HAS ANY QUESTIONS OR INPUT ON THAT? OKAY.
UM, AND THEN ONE LAST THING IS, UH, FEMA 100 YEAR FLOODPLAIN.
AND SO THAT'S ALREADY COME UP TONIGHT.
WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT.
UM, BUT WE KNOW THAT THESE AREAS ARE IMPACTED, UM, BY, UH, CURRENT, UM, FEMA, UH, FLOODPLAIN, UH, CONCERNS.
SO RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, IN THIS AREA, WE'RE NOT GONNA GO INTO NITTY GRITTY, BUT JUST, UH, KIND OF HIGH LEVEL, UM, ON HERE.
UM, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT YOU ALL AMEND, UM, BOTH YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AND MAKE SOME UPDATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO REMOVE, UM, SOME OF THE, UH, CONFUSION, UM, IN USE OF TERMS, UM, AND TO PROVIDE A CLEAR DISTINCTION, UH, BETWEEN THESE AREAS.
UM, AND SO THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN INVOLVE, UH, THE RULE A CLASSIFICATION IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, UM, BECAUSE WE USE THE SAME TERMS ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, OUR ZONING MAP, OUR, YOU KNOW, ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO THERE, THERE'S CONFUSION THERE.
UM, BUT CHANGING THOSE TERMS OUT, UH, SO THAT THERE'S CLEAR DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN THERE, UM, ADDING DESCRIPTIONS OR UPDATING THE DESCRIPTIONS, UM, FOR THOSE AREAS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, ONE THING THAT WE THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL AS YOU CONSIDER ZONING APPLICATIONS, UM, OR, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS, IS WITH THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICT MAPS, ADDING SUGGESTED PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LAND USES AND ZONING DISTRICTS THAT COULD IMPLEMENT, UH, THE GOALS OF, UH, THOSE CHARACTER DISTRICTS.
AND THE REASON WHY I SAY THAT'S HELPFUL IS, IS THAT GOES INTO KIND OF THE STAFF ANALYSIS.
THAT ZONING APPLICATION COMES AND YOU'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SAYS, UM, AND YOU'RE TRYING TO ADVISE YOU ON WHERE IT KIND OF SITS ON THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UM, 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.
UM, AND THAT HOPEFULLY WILL HELP CLARIFY, UM, SOME OF THOSE, THOSE AREAS OF CONFUSION, UM, BETWEEN WHETHER OR NOT THE PURPOSE OF IT IS AN AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT OR WHETHER THE PURPOSE OF IT, UM, IS FOR, UM, ANOTHER TYPE OF USE.
AND THEN, UH, THERE'S ALSO A RECOMMENDATION ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE TO UPDATE THE PURPOSE OF THE SD, UH, SUBURBAN DISTRICT.
AND THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDED CHANGES.
UM, FOR THE AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER.
THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO KEEP THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT, UM, BECAUSE AGAIN, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT AREAS LIKE THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, UM, GOING OUT, UH, UM, WHERE IT HAS NOT YET EXTENDED, UM, THOSE ARE AREAS THAT ARE EITHER FULLY WITHIN THE CITY OR FULLY WITHIN THE CITY'S, UM, 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, UH, THAT'S COMING IN THOSE AREAS, BUT IT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.
UM, SO DISTINGUISHING THAT CHARACTER, UH, DISTRICT FROM A RULE, UH, DESCRIPTION, CALLING IT AGRICULTURE, AND IN THE DESCRIPTION, ADDING THAT DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS IS LIMITED, UH, TO THOSE AREAS.
FOLLOWING ME ON THAT, A STATE CHARACTER ADDING WITHIN THAT DESCRIPTION THAT THE ESTATE CHARACTER IS INTENDED FOR DEVELOPMENT
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THAT IS TYPICALLY SERVED BY PRIVATE WELLS AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS INSTEAD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES.UM, AND THAT'S KIND OF THE, UM, APPLICATION OF HOW THE ESTATE CHARACTER, UM, WAS DESIGNED, UM, AND HOW IT WAS DISTRIBUTED ON YOUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
SO THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SHOWED AREAS THAT WERE NOT CURRENTLY SERVED BY PRIVATE WELLS OR, UM, BY PUBLIC UTILITIES.
UM, AND IT WAS CHARACTERIZED AS A STATE, UM, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO PLAN, UH, FOR THE EXTENSION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES WITHIN THOSE AREAS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO HERE'S A LOOK AT THAT AREA OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
SO IT MIGHT BE EASIER FOR YOU TO SEE HERE.
UM, AND SO ORIENTATION WISE, CAN EVERYBODY KIND OF SEE THE ORIENTATION OF THE CITY, UM, IN THAT MAP GENERALLY? AND SO YOU SEE THE, THE OUTLINE OF THE BRAZOS RIVER AND THE LIGHT GREEN, KIND OF THE, THE MEANDERING, UH, LINE.
UM, SO THAT'S THE BRAZOS RIVER.
THAT LIGHT GREEN AREA IS THE AREA THAT CURRENTLY, UM, WOULD BE CALLED RULE CHARACTER.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CHANGE THAT TERMINOLOGY TO AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER.
SO AGAIN, THAT'S AREA, UH, 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, FOR PIN TOLL ROAD, UM, WOULD PROVIDE CONNECTIVITY, UM, THROUGH, UM, AS IT EXTENDS, UH, FURTHER SOUTH.
UM, 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 MM-HMM
UM, SO MAINTAINING THAT AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER IN THAT AREA.
THE OTHER PART OF THE LIGHTER GREEN DOWN THERE WHERE IT SAYS SIENNA SOUTH, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THAT IS DEVELOPED OUT TODAY.
UM, SO THAT IS AN AREA THAT AT THE TIME THAT THE 2017 PLAN, UH, 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, UM, AND THE CHARACTER OF THAT ENTIRE AREA IS PRETTY MUCH, UH, LARGELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE OLIVE COLOR AREA UNDER WHERE THE LABEL SAYS ESTATE CHARACTER.
UM, AND THAT'S THE AREA WHERE PUBLIC UTILITIES ARE NOT, UM, READILY AVAILABLE.
SO, UM, THEY'RE COMING AND EXTENDING IN THAT AREA, METRO PARKING, PARKING RIDE, FORT BEND, TOWN CENTER DEVELOPMENT THAT'S HAPPENING THERE.
IT'S MOVING PUBLIC UTILITIES CLOSER TO THOSE AREAS.
UM, BUT THEN THAT IS STILL A LONG TERM PLAN IN TERMS OF ACCESSING AND EXTENDING THAT CAPACITY IN A UTILITY INFRASTRUCTURE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? SO WHY, WHY IS CINA SOUTH, UM, STILL BEING DEPICTED AS ARCHITECTURALS? SO THIS IS STILL THE CURRENT, YEAH, THIS IS THE CURRENT, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE THAT.
AND SO THESE ARE JUST EXAMPLES, UM, OF WHAT THOSE CHARACTER, UH, DISTRICTS, UH, KIND OF, UH, WOULD LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT RURAL CHARACTER, THESE ARE EXAMPLES FROM THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE RURAL CHARACTER WOULD CHANGE, UH, TO AGRICULTURAL CHARACTER.
THE STATE CHARACTER WOULD REMAIN THE SAME, BUT HAVE THAT DISTINCTION, UM, FOR AREAS THAT ARE SERVED BY PRIVATE, UH, UTILITIES.
AND THEN ADDING PRIMARY LAND USES SECONDARY, UH, LAND USES AND ZONING, UH, DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION, UM, WE WOULD ADD ON HERE FOR THE AGRICULTURE CHARACTER.
UM, PRIMARY LAND USES WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AG USES, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, ACCESSORY TO AG USES.
SECONDARY LAND USES WOULD BE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
AND THE ZONING DISTRICT ASSOCIATED WITH THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT WOULD BE THE SUBURBAN, UM, ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, PRIMARY LAND USES WOULD BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, SECONDARY WOULD BE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
AND THEN THE ZONING IMPLEMENTATION RECOMMENDED WOULD BE THE RURAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT WHEN, WHEN, UH, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FUTURE, UM, YOU KNOW, EXPECTATIONS OR POLICY IS, THIS WOULD HELP KIND OF GUIDE, UM, WHAT THOSE LEVEL OF EXPECTATIONS.
THIS IS STILL POLICY, UM, THAT YOU ALL WOULD BE ACTING ON.
UM, 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.
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SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE CURRENT, UM, LOOKING AT THAT ESTATE CHARACTER, THE OLIVE COLOR, OKAY.PROPOSED WOULD INC WOULD CHANGE SOME OF THAT ESTATE CHARACTER, UM, AND, UH, PLACE THOSE INTO DIFFERENT, UM, CHARACTER DISTRICTS.
SO A LONG NIGHT ROAD ALONG WATTS, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, UH, TO CHANGE THAT FROM A STATE CHARACTER TO SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO THE EAST OF KNIGHT ROAD, CHANGING THAT TO SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL NORTH OF KNIGHT OR NORTH OF WATTS, CHANGING THAT WHERE THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER, UM, IS BEING DEVELOPED TO AN URBAN CHARACTER DISTRICT ALONG HIGHWAY SIX TO AN AUTO ORIENTED COMMERCIAL CHARACTER DISTRICT.
UM, AND EVERY, IN ALL OF THE AREAS, UH, GOING, UH, SOUTH TOWARDS MCKEEVER ROAD, UH, TO A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, UH, CHARACTERISTIC.
DOES THAT MAKE YEAH, MY QUESTION IN REFERENCE TO CHANGING THIS AND THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY, DOES THAT CHANGE WHAT THEY INITIALLY BOUGHT IT FOR WITH AN INTENDED USE? WHENEVER 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, AND WE'RE NOT REALLY CHANGING ANYTHING AT THIS POINT ANYWAY.
UM, THIS IS JUST RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IN NEXT STEPS.
IF YOU ALL DO, UM, 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, UM, THAT'S IN PLACE TO TODAY.
BUT IF 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 MM-HMM
MEANING THAT ANY, UM, PROPERTY OWNER IN THIS AREA THAT IS SEEKING TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY, THEY'RE COMING THROUGH, UM, WITH THE ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATION.
UM, 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.
UM, WE'VE HAD MEETINGS AND INQUIRIES, DUE DILIGENCE FROM SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THAT GENERAL AREA LOOKING TO DEVELOP.
UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF POLICY GUIDANCE AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE EITHER PURCHASING PROPERTY OR THEY'RE SEEKING TO DEVELOP PROPERTY, UM, 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 MM-HMM
BUT THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK IF WE WANTED TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
AND SO, YEAH, SO LIKE I SAID, LIKE THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA, YOU HAVE SD ZONING, UM, SO ANY DEVELOPMENT, ANY POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT, THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH.
UM, WE HAVE TALKED A LITTLE BIT AND, AND THE COMMISSION CAN, YOU KNOW, PROVIDE YOUR FEEDBACK ON CITY INITIATED, UH, YOU KNOW, ZONING OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL.
UM, BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, UM, ITEMS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IN TERMS OF BEING PROACTIVE, UM, AS OPPOSED TO JUST ALLOWING, YOU KNOW, DOING IT, YOU KNOW, CASE BY CASE.
I'M HEARING, OF COURSE, IT GOES TO CLEAR THE AMBIGUITY OF THE NAME OF THE, THE CONVENTION OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS MM-HMM
BUT I GUESS HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES THAT WERE PUTTING IN PLACE? IF THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ANSWER.
WOULD A LOT OF, SO I GUESS HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES? WHAT BENEFITS DO WE, I'M SORRY.
HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT? SO HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT FROM THESE CHANGES THAT WE'RE REC UH, BEING RECOMMENDED, IF THAT'S A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK? HOW DOES THE CITY BENEFIT? UM, SO IN THIS CASE, IT'S, UM, IN THIS CASE, IT'S, IT'S STILL CONTINUING.
THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING WHAT THOSE DESIRED AMENITIES ARE, UM, WITHIN THE CITY.
WE'RE STILL CONSIDERING KIND OF WHERE THE CITY IS SITUATED TODAY, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THE CITY, UH, IS SEEKING TO PROVIDE.
UM, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT'S EXPECTED, YOU KNOW, BY RESIDENTS AND, UH, THOSE THAT USE, UH, 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, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A PUZZLE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER.
UM, AND IN THIS SENSE OF, WE KNOW THAT RESIDENTIAL IS
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STILL A COMPONENT THERE.WE'VE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED DIVERSE, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF, UM, HOUSING, UM, TO SUPPORT AND PROVIDE, UH, SUPPORT FOR SOME OF THESE AMENITIES WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS, IS, YOU KNOW, WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BEST BE SITUATED, UH, WITHIN THOSE AREAS, THOSE HIGH END, YOU KNOW, RETAIL OR HIGH, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS THAT WE ARE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE PROBABLY NOT GONNA BE APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, THESE, THESE AREAS OF THE CITY.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR, WE, WE TALKED ABOUT WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT THE STATE NESTY, 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, 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, IT'S NOT DEFINED OFFICIALLY.
WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT YOU DEFINE THAT, BUT FOR THESE TWO, FOR, FOR THE, THE SUBURBAN IT, IT'LL SHOW UP ON, ON, IT'S COMING UP LATER SLIDES.
AND YOU CAN USE YOUR STICKY PADS, AND THEN WE CAN ALSO USE THE EASELS IF WE NEED TO AS WELL.
SO YOU, EVERYBODY HAS A, A STICKY PAD, UM, THERE, SO IF YOU NEED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TABLE IT, WE'LL COME BACK TO IT.
THEN FAST FORWARD TO SNA SOUTH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT.
AND THEN, UH, SNA SOUTH, UH, IS BASICALLY UPDATING, UH, THE LAND USE MAP TO MATCH THE, UH, LAND USE PLAN THAT YOU ALREADY HAVE FOR C IN THE SOUTH.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF CHANGES THERE.
IT'S JUST MAKING THE UPDATES, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IT SAYS
WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ADJACENCY, RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY, UM, ADDRESSING RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUES WHEN, UM, OR PRIOR TO UNDEVELOPED LAND BEING DEVELOPED ADJACENT TO EXISTING, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
SO SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD, UM, INCLUDE NEW DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE IMPACTS ON, UH, EXISTING CHARACTER PROPERTY VALUES, THE SCALE, THE INTENSITY OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, AND THEN JUST GENERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT THE, THE DEVELOPMENT IS ABOUT TO OCCUR.
UM, WE ALSO HEARD FROM MEMBERS OF THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF, UM, WHY, UH, CERTAIN, UH, DEVELOPERS SEEK TO LOCATE IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
UM, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE LOOKING AT AREAS THAT HAVE A LOT OF VISIBILITY, A LOT OF GROWTH.
UM, AFFORDABLE LAND PRICES, UM, ARE IMPORTANT, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND, UH, HERMAN MENTIONED, UH, THE WORKFORCE, UM, OPPORTUNITIES AND AVAILABILITY AS WELL.
UM, SO SOME OF THE STUDY AREAS WE'VE IDENTIFIED AS BEING MOST AFFECTED BY THIS ISSUE, UM, ARE LISTED ON THE SCREEN.
TEXAS PARKWAY, FIFTH STREET, INDEPENDENCE, 10 92 CARTRIGHT, UH, THE TOLL ROAD, AGAIN, HIGHWAY SIX, AND SEVERAL UNDEVELOPED PIECES OF PROPERTY THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE, UM, MAKING A AMENDMENT TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL THREE, UM, TO SPECIFICALLY ADD WITHIN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN A RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY CONSIDERATION.
SO, YOU KNOW, MAKE THE INTENTION KNOWN, UH, WITHIN, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENTS TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, UM, INCLUDE, UH, TRANSITIONS, UM, BETWEEN NON-RESIDENTIAL USES AND RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH IS WHAT WE CALL TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.
UM, AND, UH, CONSIDERING ESTABLISHING A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW PROCESS.
BASICALLY NOT ALLOWED A SERVICE STATION OR CONVENIENCE STORE THAT SELLS GAS POP UP BEHIND A RESIDENTIAL AREA IN TWO PARTS,
AND SO YOU HAVE, YOU HAVE A SEPARATE ORDINANCE THAT IS CONSIDERING THAT, BUT YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A SITUATION.
SO RECOMMENDATION ON LANGUAGE FOR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOAL THREE.
UM, THE CURRENT GOAL STATES AN ONGOING AND INCREASING FOCUS ON NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY AND COMMERCIAL REDEVELOPMENT AS THE CONTINUE AS THE COMMUNITY CONTINUES TO MATURE.
RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADD LANGUAGE IN THERE ON RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY TO PROMOTE COMPATIBILITY AND PROTECT OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UH, THROUGH MEASURES LIKE SITE DESIGN, STANDARDS, BUFFERING, LANDSCAPING, AND SITE PLAN REVIEWS.
UM, AND THEN A SUB GOAL OF THAT WOULD BE TO ESTABLISH A PUBLIC INPUT COMMENT
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PERIOD TO ENABLE THE PUBLIC TO LEARN ABOUT POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND OFFER, UM, FORMAL COMMENTS.SO WE'LL JUST KIND OF GO THROUGH, UM, TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.
UM, SO CURRENTLY THE REQUIREMENTS ARE WHEN YOU HAVE A NON-RESIDENTIAL USE ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL USE, UM, MASON RE FENCING'S REQUIRED OF A CERTAIN HEIGHT, A WIDTH IS REQUIRED, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO USES.
UM, AND THAT'S REQUIRED AT THE TIME OF, UM, CONSTRUCTION OF THE LAST USE GOING IN.
UM, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS RIGHT NOW THAT REQUIREMENT IS MASONRY.
THE CITY'S DEFINITION OF MASONRY IS VERY BROAD, UM, IN TERMS OF IT ALLOWS FOR CONCRETE STUCCO, BRICK STONE, UM, ETHOS, UM, IS ALL PART OF, UH, THAT, UH, MASONRY, UH, UH, DEFINITION.
UM, SO YOU HAVE ALL FORMS OF MASONRY FENCING OUT THERE.
UM, WE HAVE RECENTLY, UH, DEALT WITH SEVERAL, UH, MAINTENANCE AND STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY ISSUES, UH, WITH MASONRY, UH, FENCING.
WE'VE DEALT WITH ISSUES, UM, WITH THE PROVISION OF MASONRY FENCING.
UM, AND SO THIS RECOMMENDATION IS FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER, UM, THE VIABILITY, THE PURPOSE, UM, OF MASONRY FENCING, UM, FOR, UH, THOSE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.
UM, 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 NON-RESIDENTIAL ABUTS, UM, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UM, SO WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION BETWEEN THOSE USES THAT WILL PROTECT THE NEIGHBORS, THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS FROM LIGHT, UM, POLLUTION, FROM NOISE, UM, POLLUTION, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SCALE OF THE BUILDINGS, YOU KNOW, SHOULD A MULTI-STORY BUILDING BE RIGHT UP AGAINST A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THAT HAS ONE STORY OR TWO STORY, UM, YOU KNOW, BUILDINGS.
UM, SO LOOKING AT WHAT THAT SCALE IS, LOOKING AT THE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION, UM, SO THAT THE NON-RESIDENTIAL USE IS APPROPRIATELY SITUATED, THE RESIDENTIAL USE, UM, IS PROTECTED, UM, AND ABLE TO ENJOY, UH, THEIR PROPERTIES AS WELL.
UM, ONE ITEM WE'VE ALSO, UH, DISCUSSED IS, UM, UH, RESERVATION OF LAND, UM, FOR THE PLACEMENT OF TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS, WE GET INTO ISSUES OF, YOU KNOW, WHO OWNS WHAT, WHO'S GONNA MAINTAIN WHAT.
UM, WE HAVE THE ISSUE OF FENCE LINES WHERE YOU HAVE TWO FENCES BACK TO BACK, UM, AND YOU HAVE A SMALL AREA IN BETWEEN WHO'S MAINTAINING THAT, WHO'S REQUIRED TO, UM, SO THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.
UM, UH, THINKING IN TERMS OF, UM, WHAT PROVISIONS CAN BE PUT INTO PLACE, UH, TO PROTECT OR ENHANCE, UH, THOSE TWO, THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS.
UM, RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO INCLUDE REMOVING EXCEPTIONS.
WE HAVE CERTAIN USES THAT ARE EXEMPTED, UM, FROM TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS, OR THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS.
UM, AND WE'VE RUN INTO ISSUES WITH COMPATIBILITY, UM, THAT THOSE EXCEPTIONS MAY NOT BE, UM, UH, PROVIDING, UH, THE KIND OF SEPARATION THAT THEY'RE INTENDED TO PROVIDE.
UM, AND THEN ESTABLISHING EXPLICIT, UH, MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR, UH, THOSE TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS.
SO IS, IS THIS THE POINT WHERE THINGS LIKE USING TREES AND SO FORTH FOR SCREENING COMES IN MM-HMM
IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT WE COULD LOOK AT THE FACT THAT NOT HAVING PEOPLE PLANT BIG, TALL TREES OR ANY POWER LINES MM-HMM
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 PROBLEM.
WHEN YOU'VE GOT ABOVE ABOVEGROUND POWER LINES, PEOPLE PUT BIG TREES IN, WHEN STORMS COME THROUGH, THEY TAKE DOWN THE POWER LINES WHERE THEY FIND WHEN THE, WHEN THE POWER COMPANY COMES, THEY MAKE THESE GOOFY LOOKING TREES OUT 'EM, 'CAUSE THEY CUT THE MIDDLES OUT OF 'EM.
MAYBE THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
AND, AND THINKING ABOUT, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S, THE REGULATIONS SHOULD SERVE A PURPOSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND PART OF THE PURPOSE IS, IS, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN YOU KNOW, 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.
UM, AND THEN EVEN WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT AFFECTS OUR PROPERTY VALUES, THAT AFFECTS OUR, OUR SCENIC VIEW THAT IT, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, AFFECTS, YOU KNOW, THE, THE EXPERIENCE OF BOTH RESIDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, SO WHERE THAT'S SITUATED AND WHERE THAT'S LOCATED MAKES, YOU KNOW, 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, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, NON-RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
AND TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THAT
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10 YEARS FROM NOW, THAT TREE IS GOING BE A LOT LARGER MM-HMMAND, AND RIGHT NOW, UM, YOU KNOW, ON OUR TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS, UM, WE REQUIRE WHAT WE CALL CANOPY TREES, SO MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, THE ZONING ORDINANCE DOESN'T DEFINE SPECIFIC TREE SPECIES.
WHAT IT DEFINES IS, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, INTO THOSE BIG, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, BIG CANOPY, YOU KNOW, HAVE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, LARGE CANOPIES, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, BE OF A CERTAIN WIDTH.
AND THOSE ARE REQUIRED ON THE BACKSIDE, UM, BETWEEN, UH, USES.
IT'S ALSO REQUIRED ON THE STREET SIDE, UM, OF A CERTAIN USES THAT ARE ALONG CERTAIN STREETS.
I THINK COMMON SENSE WOULD SAY SOMEBODY PUTTING GIANT TREE UNDERNEATH THE CAR, THAT'S ALL.
UM, BUT I THINK, BUT TO THE POINT IS THE, THE QUESTION IS, IS ON THE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY ISSUE, UM, AND JUST KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, LIKE THESE ARE RECOMMENDATIONS ON HOW YOU CAN ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE ISSUES, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE COMMISSION'S INPUT IS, UM, ON THOSE SEPARATION OF USES, PROVIDING THAT PROTECTION, UM, FOR PARTICULARLY OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UM, IN THIS SENSE HERE.
AND, AND I, I WILL SAY THAT FROM THE PUBLIC WORK STANDPOINTS, THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL DOES DISTINGUISH THE TYPES OF TREES AND WHERE THEY CAN GO ON THOSE LOTS.
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, UM, 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, UM, OR A RESIDENTIAL USE.
UM, AND THAT PORTION IN BETWEEN, UM, SO YOU SEE ON, YOU KNOW, THIS GRAPHIC, YOU HAVE A PARKING LOT, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, YOU KNOW, CARS THAT COME IN, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LIGHT FROM THE CARS, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE LIGHT POLES.
UM, YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT'S TWO STORIES.
THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, BUILDING LOOKS LIKE IT'S TWO STORIES TOO, BUT THEY LOOK AT, LIKE, THEY'RE AT DIFFERENT SCALES.
UM, SO WHAT IS THAT APPROPRIATE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF BUFFER.
AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION WE HAVE HERE IS TO MAINTAIN HAVING THAT WALL SEPARATION.
UM, BUT INSTEAD OF THE WIDE RANGING MASONRY SPECIFICALLY CALL OUT BRICK STONE, UM, MATERIAL, UM, AS THOSE MATERIALS HAVE FUNCTIONED VERY WELL, UM, IN, UH, MUFFLING SOUND OR, UM, YOU KNOW, BLOCKING LIGHT, UM, AND THOSE KINDS OF, UM, ISSUES AND CONCERNS TO THE POINT ON LANDSCAPING, LANDSCAPING IS NOT PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION TO REMOVE.
UM, SO LANDSCAPING RIGHT NOW WOULD STILL BE PART OF, UH, THAT PACKAGE, UM, BRICK WALL STONEWALL, UM, WITH FENCING, UH, THAT GOES ALONG IN THERE, POSTPONE, WHY WHITE TOLERANCE? THE WIDTH WE DO.
UM, AND IT'S BASED ON THE USES, BUT GENERALLY IT'S 20 FEET.
BUT ALSO NOW, WAS IT LAST YEAR, TEXAS LEGISLATURE CHANGED? CAN'T BE AS SPECIFIC ABOUT THE MATERIALS, SO, GOOD.
SO ON THE BUILDING, ON THE BUILDING, SO AS OF NOW, THEY HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE MASONRY WALLS, UM, OR SIGNS, JUST ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS.
YEAH, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, TO, TO TRY TO PUSH DEVELOPMENT INTO MORE QUALITY DESIGN, UM, AND APPEARANCE.
BUT, UM, NOT ON MASONRY WALLS.
SO DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEW, UM, WE'LL GO THROUGH THIS, UH, VERY QUICKLY, IS WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, IS BECAUSE OF EVERYTHING WE'RE HEARING AND EVEN FROM THE COMMISSIONS, UM, YOU KNOW, INPUT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED, UM, IN TERMS OF HOW, HOW DO YOU ENGAGE THE PUBLIC? HOW DO YOU INFORM THE PUBLIC, UM, HOW CAN THE PUBLIC, UM, LEARN OR UNDERSTAND, UM, ABOUT DIFFERENT, UH, DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROCESSES OR, UM, PROJECTS EARLIER ON IN THE PROJECT, UM, EARLIER ON IN THE PROCESS, SO EARLIER BEFORE THE DEVELOPER'S OUT THERE BREAKING GROUND, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW CAN THAT INFORMATION GO OUT? SO, UH, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEWS, IT'S, UM, A PROCESS THAT OTHER COMMUNITIES, UM, DO, UM, THEY HAVE DONE, UM, IT'S NOT ALWAYS CALLED DEVELOPMENT IMPACT REVIEWS, SOMETIMES IT'S A SITE PLAN REVIEW, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PARTICULAR PHRASING IS COMING OUT OF THE CITY OF DALLAS, UM, AND, UH,
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A REVIEW PROCESS.UM, BUT WHAT IT'S LOOKING AT IS, ASIDE FROM A ZONING, UM, CASE ASIDE FROM A PLANNING CASE BEFORE A PROJECT GETS TO PERMITS, UM, WOULD BE A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW STEP, UM, THAT THEY WOULD SUBMIT INFORMATION TO THE CITY, THE CITY WOULD EVALUATE THAT INFORMATION, UM, INFORMATION AND PROVIDE FEEDBACK, UM, AND THEN ALSO ALLOW THE OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC, UH, TO RESPOND AS WELL.
UM, SO THE PURPOSE, UH, AND THIS IS JUST A GENERAL, UH, PURPOSE, IT'S NOT ANYTHING SET IN STONE.
UM, BUT THE PURPOSE WOULD BE TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH SAFETY GENERAL WE WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC, UM, THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF REVIEW PROCEDURES ON PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT ADJACENT OR SURROUNDING LAND USES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.
PUT A, A DEMAND ON, UM, EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS COULD LOOK LIKE, OR WHAT IT WOULD, IT COULD BE TRIGGERED BY IS, UM, A CHANGE IN USE, UM, OCCUPANCY OF A PROPOSED, UH, LOCATION OR AN ACTUAL NEW CONSTRUCTION, UM, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IF THE DEVELOPMENT IS LOCATED WITHIN A, UM, OFFICIAL FEMA FLOODPLAIN AREA, UM, OR IF THE LOCATION IS PROPOSED, UH, WITHIN THE CITY'S MUSTANG BAYOU SERVICE AREA, OR NORTHEAST OYSTER CREEK SERVICE AREA, UM, A PROPERTY WOULD BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY.
UM, IF IT'S LOCATED WITHIN 200 FEET OF AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL, UH, ZONING DISTRICT, ELEMENTS OF A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, UH, WOULD INCLUDE SUBMISSION OF A SITE PLAN, UM, 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, UM, 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 A DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO, OUT OF THIS
IF IT'S NOT PLATTED, THEN YOU'LL HAVE A PLANNING APPLICATION COME THROUGH SECOND, AND THEN FROM THERE THEY MOVE ON TO PERMITS.
UM, 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, YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MAY BE JUST TRYING TO SECURE THE PROPERTY RIGHTS, YOU KNOW, FOR A PROPERTY THAT THEY MAY THEN MARKET TO SOMEONE ELSE.
UM, SO YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW, YOU KNOW, KIND OF TIMING AT THAT POINT.
YOU HAVE A GENERAL CONCEPTUAL TIME.
SOMEBODY CAN PLAT A PIECE OF PROPERTY AND THEN NOT DEVELOP IT FOR DECADES LATER.
UM, SO, UH, THE PLANNING STEP, UM, 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.
UM, BECAUSE ONCE SOMEONE GETS INTO THE PERMITTING PROCESS, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, SUBMITTING PLANS AND GETTING APPROVALS BASED ON WHAT CODES ARE ALREADY ADOPTED.
UM, SO THERE'S NOT FLEXIBILITY THERE THAT IF THERE'S CONCERN, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, 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, UM, TO AN APPLICATION.
UM, SO THIS WOULD SIT BEFORE YOU GET TO THAT PERMITTING PROCESS SO THAT THE PUBLIC IS AWARE, UM, YOU ALSO HAVE BUY-IN, THAT THAT DEVELOPMENT IS READY TO MOVE FORWARD.
UM, AND SO THEN YOU CAN REALLY HAVE THAT DISCUSSION TO SEE, YOU KNOW, WHAT, YOU KNOW, UM, CONSIDERATIONS CAN BE MADE.
DID THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? OKAY.
ANY THOUGHTS OR REACTION TO THAT? NO.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO A DIFFERENT TOPIC.
UM, OMITTED LAND USES, UM, IDENTIFYING APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, UM, FOR PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES, SCHOOLS, CHILDCARE CENTERS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, AND CELL TOWERS, TELECOMMUNICATION.
UM, SO SOME OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE RECEIVED FROM, UH, THE PUBLIC, UM, INCLUDES POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON TRAFFIC, POTENTIAL SIZE, NOISE, AESTHETIC SAFETY
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IN COMPATIBLE LAND USES.UM, WE DID RECEIVE SOME, UH, FEEDBACK FROM OUR CIVIC COMMUNITY, A FEW CHURCHES, UM, THE YMCA, UM, AND, UH, SOME OF OUR, OUR CIVIC GROUPS, UM, AND JUST BASICALLY THE REASONS WHY THEY LOCATE IN AREAS OF THE CITY THAT THEY LOCATE, UM, INCLUDING DEMOGRAPHICS AND ACCESSIBILITY.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, INPUT FROM, UM, TELECOMMUNICATION COMPANIES.
UM, UH, AGAIN, REASONS THAT THEY LOCATE ACCESSIBILITY, STRENGTH OF COVERAGE.
UM, THESE ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTED AREAS OR THE AREAS MOST IMPACTED, UM, BY THIS ISSUE.
SOME OF OUR FINDINGS, UM, INCLUDE SPECIFIC USE PERMITS OR REQUIRED ZONING, UM, FOR MOST ALL OF THESE TYPES OF USES, PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES AND CELL TOWERS, UM, CHILDCARE FACILITIES, WE'RE HAVING, UM, A RESURGENCE OF CHILDCARE FACILITIES THAT ARE TRYING TO LOCATE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, AND CHILDCARE FACILITIES ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS AS A USE BY RIGHT, IF THEY'RE IN A FREE STANDING BUILDING, MEANING THERE'S NO OTHER TENANTS, UH, WITHIN THE BUILDING THAT THEY OCCUPY.
UM, AND THEN PUBLIC FACILITY LOCATIONS ARE CONSIDERED AS THE NEEDS ARISE.
SO, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS ON THIS IS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ADD POLICY STATEMENTS, UM, FOR EACH ONE OF THESE, UM, LAND USE TYPES.
UM, SO, UM, EACH ONE OF THE ONES THAT I WENT OVER IS TO, UH, IS RECOMMENDED TO ADD A POLICY STATEMENT FOR THOSE, UM, AMEND THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP, AGAIN, TO ADD PRIMARY AND SECONDARY LAND USES FOR THE ZONING AREAS, UM, AS WELL AS UPDATE THE CITY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE THOROUGHFARE PLAN.
RECOMMENDATION ON THE ZONING ORDINANCE IS, UH, 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, UM, USES TRANSITIONAL BUFFER YARDS AND SCREENING TO BE PROVIDED TO SHIELD RESIDENTIAL AREAS, UM, FROM NOISE LIGHT AND, UH, PROVIDE FOR PRIVACY.
UM, AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITY AREAS SHOULD BE LIMITED, UH, TO REDUCE NOISE, LIGHT IMPACTS ON ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
OTHER CONSIDERATIONS WOULD INCLUDE, UM, TYING THE LOCATIONS OF THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES TO, UH, THE ROADWAY, UH, TYPES.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW, UH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL, UM, PLACES OF ASSEMBLY OR, UH, USES OF THIS TYPE THAT HAVE COME THROUGH, UH, THAT HAVE BEEN CHALLENGED WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, ACCESS ISSUES, TRAFFIC ISSUES, TRAFFIC CONCERNS, THE SCALE, UM, OF THOSE USES AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS THAT THEY HAVE ON SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, SO WITH THIS POLICY, WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING, UM, IS TO REALLY CONSIDER YOUR ROADWAY NETWORK THAT'S, UM, GIVEN THAT THAT'S PROVIDED ON THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND TYING THE LOCATIONS FOR THESE USES IN THE MOST DESIRABLE AREAS.
SO WE KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD CONVERSATIONS IN TERMS OF PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, CHILDCARE CENTERS ON OUR STATE MAJOR THOROUGHFARES, HIGHWAY SIX FOR BEND, TOLL ROAD, UM, UH, BELTWAY EIGHT, UM, ALL OF THOSE AREAS, UM, NOT HAVING THOSE TYPES OF USES ON THOSE HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS THAT ARE, ARE LARGELY DESIGNED TO GET PEOPLE FROM POINT A TO POINT B.
UM, BUT, UH, PUTTING THOSE, UH, TYPES OF USES ON STREETS THAT ARE CONNECTED TO OUR LOCAL STREETS CONNECTED, UH, TO, UH, SOME OF OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS TO PROVIDE, UM, A DIRECT CONNECTION, UM, BETWEEN, UM, OUR RESIDENTS AND, UH, THOSE FACILITIES THAT THEY USE.
UM, SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS CHILDCARE CENTERS AND PLACES OF SMALL PLACES OF ASSEMBLY LOCATED NEAR MINOR ARTERIALS AND MAJOR COLLECTORS, UM, WITH ACCESS FROM COLLECTOR STREETS, SECONDARY, LARGER PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES LOCATED ON MAJOR COLLECTOR STREETS, UM, AND HAVING ACCESS TO AN INTERNAL, UM, ACCESS, UM, STREET AND PARKING SYSTEM AND CHILDCARE CENTERS BEING LOCATED IN PROXIMITY, UM, TO SCHOOLS.
UM, AND THEN PLACING A STATEMENT IN, IN THE PLAN, UH, THAT STATE THAT STATES THAT THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED ON STATE AND MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS PROBLEM WITH STATE TAX RIBBON.
PUBLIC FACILITIES, INCLUDING MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS, POLICE STATIONS, FIRE STATIONS, UM, WOULD BE CONSIDERED IN AREAS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST, AREAS
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THAT PLAN FOR REDEVELOPMENT AND AREAS THAT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO POSITIVE, UH, FISCAL OUTCOMES.AND THAT GOES TO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER PEARSON, UH, JUST MENTIONED AS WELL IS WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE PRIME PIECES OF PROPERTY THAT MIGHT BE, THAT MIGHT SUPPORT, UM, SOME OF THE DESIRED AMENITIES THAT ARE BEING DISCUSSED.
UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT OUR PUBLIC FACILITIES ARE PLACED IN AREAS, UM, THAT CAN EITHER SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, THOSE USES, UM, OR ALLOW THAT LAND TO BE, UH, UTILIZED FOR, UH, THOSE PURPOSES AS WELL.
UM, TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES, UM, SPECIFICALLY STATING ON THERE THAT, UM, IF THERE IS PUBLICLY OWNED PROPERTY, UM, IN OR NON-RESIDENTIAL, UM, AREA, UM, THAT THOSE, THOSE, UH, TYPE, THAT TYPE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S NEEDED, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITIES, THAT, UM, IDEALLY IT WOULD BE LOCATED, UM, IN THOSE AREAS, UM, AND THAT WAY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER AROUND OUR, OUR CITY, UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, TO INTEGRATE THEM, UH, BETTER AWAY FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, LOCATIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? EVERYBODY'S QUIET.
I WROTE MINE ON AS A STATEMENT.
UM, TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES, THIS IS NOT NEW, BUT THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO PLACE IT WITHIN, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, BUT BASICALLY, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION OF TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES TAKES THESE CONSIDERATIONS INTO PLACE, UM, CURRENTLY.
UM, SO IT'S ACTUALLY PUTTING THAT POLICY IN THE CONFERENCE OF PLAN SO THAT THE GUIDING, UH, POSTS THAT YOU HAVE WILL BE CONSIDER ZONING AMENDMENTS, UM, ARE APPLIED, UH, BASED ON THOSE, THOSE CONSIDERATIONS.
SO IT'S PRETTY MUCH SAME THAT YOU CAN'T PUT THOSE MICRO SALE CALLS BY SCHOOLS OVER.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CREATING POLICY TO HELP GUIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE THE APPROPRIATE LOCATION, UM, SHOULD GO.
AND I KNOW SOME OF THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY THE COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, IS THERE, AGAIN, THERE HAS TO BE A BALANCE OF THE TELECOMMUNICATION SITES ARE SERVICE, YOU KNOW, TO SERVICE OUR TECHNOLOGY NEEDS.
UM, BUT WHERE SHOULD THEY APPROPRIATELY BE PLACED? UM, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING OCCURS, UM, THAT IT'S NOT NEGATIVELY IMPACTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR, OR PROPERTIES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
ONE QUESTION, WOULD THE CITY ENGINEERING BE INVOLVED IN MOST OF THAT IN THE REVIEW? UM, FOR THAT ENGINEERING IS, IS PART OF THAT TEAM, UM, BUT YOU DO HAVE A REQUIREMENT THAT ENGINEERING STANDARDS, UM, AND REPORTS, UM, ON THE DESIGN OF PRO OR, UH, PROVIDED.
AND THEN, AND KEEP IN MIND, THIS IS JUST POLICY ON LOCATION, UM, CELL TOWERS AND ANY KIND OF STRUCTURE STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH A PERMITTING PROCESS.
UM, AND SO THERE ARE TEAMS THAT REVIEW THOSE PLANS AS PART OF THE PERMITT PROCESS, THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT? CORRECT.
SO GOING BACK TO, UH, WHAT WE TABLED BEFORE, THE SUBURBAN CHARACTER AND, UH, PRIMARY LAND USES SECONDARY LAND USES, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THESE VERY QUICKLY.
UM, BUT THE SIMILAR SETUP IS JUST IDENTIFY, UM, WHAT THOSE PRIMARY LAND USES SHOULD BE THE SECONDARY LAND USES, AND THEN THE ZONING DISTRICTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
SO SUBURBAN CHARACTER, UM, IS A TWO PART CHARACTER.
THERE'S A SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, SUBURBAN, UH, COMMERCIAL, UM, SO IDENTIFYING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, BUT THE DISTINGUISHING FACTOR, UM, IS SUBURBAN CHARACTER IS MORE SPREAD OUT, SUBURBAN CHARACTER, UM, PROVIDES FOR, YOU KNOW, GREEN SPACE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEEDS FOR DETENTION.
UM, YOU HAVE THAT OPEN SPACE, UM, THAT'S INTEGRATED, SO YOU DON'T HAVE HOMES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
YOU DON'T HAVE THE SMALL LOTS, UM, IN THE SUBURBAN CHARACTER DISTRICT.
THE SAME WITH COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL SPREAD OUT GREEN SPACE, UM, OPEN SPACE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT ON, ON THOSE AREAS, UM, SECONDARY LAND USES WOULD BE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
AND THEN ADDING THESE TYPES OF USES, UM, AS SECONDARY PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, CHILDCARE CENTERS, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UM, FACILITIES AT SCALE BASED ON THAT SUBURBAN CHARACTER.
UM, SO IT'S NOT A LARGE SCALE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, IT'S A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY AT SCALE.
UM, UH, TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SUBURBAN, UH, DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICT IMPLEMENTATION WOULD INCLUDE, UM, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, UM, AS WELL AS OUR LESS INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
UH, LC ONE, LC TWO, UM, AND THEN OUR BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT.
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AUTO ORIENTED CHARACTER.UM, SIMILAR IS, UM, IN THE ADDITION HERE IS ADDING PLACES OF ASSEMBLY, CHILDCARE CENTERS, PUBLIC FACILITIES, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, UM, AND THEN THE ZONING DISTRICTS FOR IMPLEMENTATION ARE THE MORE, UH, DENSE ZONING DISTRICTS TO FAMILY PATIO, CLUSTER TOWN HOMES, CONDOMINIUMS, MULTI-FAMILY, AND ARE MORE INTENSE.
UH, RETAIL, UH, USES URBAN CHARACTER.
UM, AGAIN, ADDING IN, UH, THE PRIMARY SECONDARY PLACES OF ASSEMBLY WOULD NOT BE, UM, A, A RECOMMENDED USE, UM, IN THE URBAN CHARACTER, UH, RESIDENTIAL HIGH DENSITY PUBLIC FACILITIES.
TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES WOULD BE SECONDARY.
THE BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT, UM, PUBLIC FACILITIES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
THIS WOULD NOT INCLUDE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY OR RESIDENTIAL USES, UH, WITHIN THAT CHARACTER DISTRICT.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT? JUST WITH THE, THE BUSINESS PART? UM, 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.
UM, HOW WE BUILD, I THINK THAT WAS PART OF THE QUESTION.
LIKE WHAT ARE WE GONNA 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 UM, BASED ON DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, I, I WAS KIND OF THUMBING THROUGH, UH, AHEAD.
I DIDN'T SEE THAT WE LISTED THAT OUT.
THAT MAY NOT BE IN THE SCOPE OF THIS MEETING, BUT I THINK GOING FORWARD IT'LL 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.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE DESIGNATED SPACES 'CAUSE FOR BUSINESS PART FOR BUSINESS PART, WE HAVE, WE DO FOR INDUSTRIAL AREAS, UM, DURING, IN, IN CERTAIN CERTAIN PARKS.
BUT I THINK PART OF, UM, COMMISSIONER PEARSON'S QUESTION ON, AND, AND THEN OUR, 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'LL BE HELPFUL IN THE FUTURE.
SO JUST COMMENTARY FOR LATER ON.
AND I'LL SAY, AND SO WE DON'T HAVE A, A FULL COPY OF THE LAND USE PLAN UP THERE, AND SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU ALL HAVE A COPY OF THAT.
UM, THAT'S OUT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FULL COPY OF THE LAND USE PLAN, THAT BUSINESS PARK DESIGNATION, UM, IS LARGELY AROUND LIKE THE FORT BEND PARKWAY OR WHERE, UM, ALONG THE BELTWAY WHERE, UM, OUR OFFICE WAREHOUSES, UM, AND A LOT OF THAT INDUSTRY HAS DEVELOPED.
UM, BUT I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE INTENT OF THAT BUSINESS PARK, UH, CHARACTER DISTRICT AS WELL AS THE ZONING DISTRICT, UM, IS SIMILAR TO LIKE THE CORPORATE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CAMPUSES, UM, OF, YOU KNOW, DECADES AGO.
UM, AND WE KNOW THAT MODEL, UM, YOU KNOW, IS NOT, UM, UH, A CURRENT MODEL.
UM, AND MANY OF THOSE CAMPUSES ARE NOW BEING REUSED AND REVITALIZED INTO, UH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF USES.
UM, SO WE MAY NEED TO THINK THROUGH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THAT BUSINESS CHARACTER IS.
YEAH, AND TO, TO YOUR POINT, I, I THINK THE NEW MODEL WORKS FOR US BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IN, IN THE CORPORATE WORLD THAT, UM, PEOPLE ARE LOOKING TO REDUCE THEIR FOOTPRINT JUST BASED ON THE HYBRID WORKING MODEL.
UM, 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 OR WHERE WE PUT OUR BUSINESS PARKS.
AND I'LL, I'LL SAY, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE'VE HAD IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, ARE LARGELY ABOUT MIXED USE.
UM, IS THAT WE, YOU KNOW, DEFINITELY FROM THE IMPLEMENTATION SIDE, WE HAVE, UH, WHAT WE CALL EUCLIDEAN ZONING, SO IT'S SINGLE USE.
UM, SO WE HAVE A CHARACTER DISTRICT THAT SAYS, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE AREA THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL SHOULD GO.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT SAY, THIS IS THE ONLY USE THAT'S PERMITTED THERE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE CHALLENGE, AGAIN, AS WE, YOU KNOW, DON'T HAVE AS MUCH LAND TO DEVELOP, UM, 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, UM, PUT USES THAT COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN APPROPRIATE LOCATION SO THAT WE CAN MEET, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THESE EXPECTATIONS.
I 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
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THE CITY TO GO WORK ELSEWHERE AS WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE BEST USES FOR THE AVAILABLE LAND THAT WE HAVE LEFT, WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT MAYBE BUSINESSES OR THE TYPES OF SERVICES THAT WE CAN KEEP.SOME OF THE FOLKS THAT ARE GOING ELSEWHERE TO WORK, THEY CAN WORK HERE.
ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR INPUT, ANYTHING FROM STAFF? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL GO INTO VERY BRIEFLY, UH, REDEVELOPMENT PLAN.
UM, SO WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, SOME OF THE STUDY AREAS, UH, THAT, UM, WERE IMPACTED, UM, BY REDEVELOPMENT, TEXAS PARKWAY, FIFTH STREET, 10 92, AND THEN, UH, CARTRIGHT ROAD.
SOME OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNS, UM, THAT, UH, HAVE BEEN ARTICULATED, UM, THE APPEARANCE, UM, OF BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES DEVELOPMENT IN SOME OF THESE AREAS.
THE DESIGN, UM, LIGHTING UNIFORMITY AND LIGHTING UNIFORMITY AND SIGNAGE.
UM, SOME OF THE DESIRED AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN EXPRESSED INCLUDE ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS IN, UH, SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS.
SO SOME OF OUR FINDINGS, AGAIN MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, UM, A LOT OF THE INPUT THAT WE'VE RECEIVED BOTH THROUGH THE, THE FOCUS GROUPS, THE SURVEY, UM, AND JUST, UH, DISCUSSIONS AND PUBLIC INPUT THAT'S BEEN PROVIDED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
TEXAS PARKWAY CONTINUES TO STAND OUT, UM, AS AN AREA OF PRIORITY.
UM, AND, UM, BEING RECOGNIZED AS A GATEWAY INTO THE CITY, UM, HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS KIND OF SENTIMENT THAT, UM, HAS COME OUT OF THAT.
UM, SEVERAL OF THESE AREAS, TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTRIGHT ROAD IN PARTICULAR, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF STUDIES ON, UH, WE HAVE SEVERAL STUDIES ON.
UH, SO, UH, WE HAVE A REDEVELOPMENT PLAN, UH, THAT WAS PERFORMED, UM, IN 2008 ON TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTRIGHT ROAD THAT PROVIDED RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE'VE HAD, UH, DIFFERENT RETAIL ANALYSIS OF TEXAS PARKWAY CAR RIGHT ROAD, UM, OVER THE YEARS, UM, AS WELL AS A MARKET STUDY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE 2017, UH, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
UM, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, RECENTLY, UH, WAS, UH, WORKED THROUGH THE HGAC APPLICATIONS FOR LIVABLE CENTERS, UM, THAT WILL, UH, UH, BE UNDERWAY NEXT YEAR IN 2026.
UM, THAT AGAIN, WILL LOOK AT, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND, UH, UH, DEVELOPMENT ALONG PORTIONS OF TEXAS PARKWAY, UM, IN THAT AREA.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF PLANS, UH, THAT ARE IN PROGRESS OR IN PLACE, UM, IN THE, IN THIS AREA.
UM, A LOT OF WHAT WE HAVE AND, UH, WHAT WE'VE RECEIVED CONTINUE TO POINT TO SIMILAR THINGS.
UM, SO LIMITED NEW RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, UM, IN PORTIONS, LIMITED NEW RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT IN PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, AGE OF STRUCTURE, UM, AND LIMITED INCENTIVE INCENTIVES, UM, HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO SOME OF THESE REDEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, IS, YOU KNOW, THAT, UH, TEXAS PARKWAY, IF YOU'VE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE, WE HAVE A LOT OF SHOPPING CENTERS, A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE, UM, THAT IS ALREADY BUILT, SOME UNDERUTILIZED, SOME, UM, VACANT, UM, ON LONG TEXAS PARKWAY, THE SAME FOR CARTWRIGHT ROAD.
UM, AND SO WHAT THESE STUDIES AND WHAT THESE PLANS CONTINUE TO POINT TO, UM, IS WE STILL HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS, A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S MOVING SOUTH, UM, ON HIGHWAY SIX THAT WAS RECOGNIZED AS SOME OF THAT INPUT.
UM, HIGHWAY SIX IS ONE OF THE MOST UNIVERSALLY TRAVELED AREAS, UM, FOR THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS, A LOT OF INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, THAT, UM, IS ATTRACTED AND MOVES DOWN, UH, TO THOSE AREAS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, UM, 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, OF THE CITY.
UM, SO BRIDGING THAT, THAT GAP, UM, IS, IS PART OF THE, THE CHALLENGE HERE.
WERE YOU GONNA SAY SOMETHING? YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION.
IS THERE ANY WAY, AND I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT, AND I'M GONNA BRING THIS UP TOMORROW, HERMAN, IN OUR MEETING TOMORROW.
IS THERE ANY WAY THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE ONCE THE DESCRIPTION OR OWNERS DECIDE TO GIVE THEIR PROPERTIES A FACELIFT, CAN WE KINDA MAYBE HAVE A CERTAIN COLOR PATTERN SO THAT IT'S NOT ONE COLOR HERE, ONE
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COLOR THERE? I MEAN, YOU GO TO SNA AND IT'S YEAH, YEAH.AND THAT, THAT, AND I'LL, BUT, YOU KNOW, HERMAN, YOU KNOW, WEIGH IN ON THAT AS WELL.
BUT THAT, THAT'S THE CHALLENGE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE IS, YOU KNOW, PRIOR TO, UM, 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.
UM, SO LIKE CERTAIN AGREEMENTS, YOU KNOW, THROUGH CERTAIN AGREEMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON HOW THAT'S STRUCTURED THERE, THERE IS STILL SOME ROOM TO DO, UM, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT WHAT YOU HAVE WITH SIENNA, YOU KNOW, WITH RIVERSTONE, ALL OF THOSE AREAS THAT YOU HAVE THAT UNIFORMITY IS 'CAUSE YOU HAVE ANOTHER LAYER, UM, OF PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHTS OR PRIVATE, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
UM, 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, UM, REQUIRED TO MEET THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS, BUT THEY'RE ALSO REQUIRED TO MEET SIENNA'S REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND SO SIENNA CAN ENFORCE, UM, CERTAIN UNIFORMITY, UH, THAT WE CAN NO LONGER ENFORCE, UM, INSIDE THE CITY.
SO IT'S, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT MAY NOT BE SO MUCH IN THE, 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, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT CONSISTENCY, UM, ACROSS THE BOARD.
YOU WANNA 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, UM, LAYERED ENTITIES LIKE HOA DISTRICTS THAT HAVE A RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS, SO THEY INCORPORATE AS PART OF THE HOA, BUT IN ON TEXAS PARKWAY, I, I THINK THERE'S MULTIPLE HOAS 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 WANNA EXPLORE THAT OPTION AND, AND WHAT ARE OUR OPTIONS TO EXPLORE, I THINK WE NEED TO DO THAT.
OKAY, SO, UM, RECENT DEVELOPMENTS, AND SO YOU MENTIONED THE DAYTIME POPULATION.
UM, AND SO, UH, PART OF THE, UH, WAREHOUSING DEVELOPMENT, ALL OF THAT INDUSTRY, UH, THAT DEVELOPED IN THOSE BUSINESS PARKS, UM, ALONG THE BELTWAY, ALONG BUFFALO RUN, UM, THE IDEA, UM, WITH SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE WAS THAT IT WAS GOING TO INCREASE, UM, OR, UH, ADD TO THE CITY'S EMPLOYMENT BASE, WHICH WOULD THEN ADD TO, UM, SOME OF THESE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS.
UM, WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE FOUND IS KIND OF, YOU KNOW, A MULTITUDE OF THINGS.
UM, IT'S DEFINITELY ADDED TO THE CITY'S, YOU KNOW, PROPERTY TAXES, UM, AND VALUES THAT THE CITY IS ABLE, UM, TO RECEIVE FROM THERE.
UM, 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 GONNA LEAVE THOSE AREAS, GO ON THE BELTWAY, AND THEN COME BACK OVER TO TEXAS PARKWAY 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A DIRECT, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONNECTION BACK TO, UM, THAT KEY CORRIDOR.
UM, SO WHILE THERE HAVE BEEN EFFORTS MADE TO, UM, 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, UM, UH, TO INCREASE THAT POPULATION BASE DESIRED AMENITIES NEED.
SO SOME OF OUR RECOMMENDATIONS INCLUDE ADD A REDEVELOPMENT CHAPTER, UM, TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, AND CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THIS, UH, THE MISSIONS, THE GOALS, THE POLICY, UM, POLICIES FOR REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, UH, WITHIN, UH, THAT CHAPTER.
UM, UPDATE THE MARKET ANALYSIS, UH, FOR TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTRIGHT ROAD 10 92.
UM, AGAIN, TO COMMISSIONER PEARSON'S, UM, YOU KNOW, POINT, IT MAY NOT SAY WHAT WE WANTED TO SAY, BUT IT GIVES US A ROADMAP, UM, TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE.
UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AMENITIES OR A WISHLIST, UM, 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, UH, LAND USE IN PLACE, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO, WE CAN PUT INCENTIVES OUT THERE, UM, BUT IT'S STILL NOT GONNA GET US, UH, TO WHERE, UM, WE DESIRE TO BE.
UM, SO UNDERSTANDING KIND OF WHAT THAT MARKET IS, AND THEN TOOLS AND RESOURCES, UM, THAT THE CITY, UM, CAN IMPOSE, UH, TO HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, EITHER INFLUENCE THAT MARKET OR, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, PUT, YOU KNOW, RESOURCES OUT THERE THAT MIGHT HELP, UM, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF, UM, MODIFY THAT MARKET IN ANY, ANY KIND OF WAY.
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UM, ZONING, ORDINANCE UPDATES, UH, CONSIDERING ADDING, UM, A, UH, UH, REDEVELOPMENT ZONING DISTRICT.UM, SO INSTEAD OF JUST HAVING THE STRAIGHT ZONING DISTRICTS AND HAVING THE COMMERCIAL ZONING, RESIDENTIAL ZONING ALONG THESE AREAS, TAILOR THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, UH, TO REDEVELOPMENT, UM, AREAS.
SO ACTUALLY CARVE OUT, YOU KNOW, A TEXAS PARKWAY, CARTWRIGHT ROAD REDEVELOPMENT ZONE, HAVE HEIGHT AND AREA, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS, MAXIMUM HEIGHT FOR BUILDINGS, MINIMUM HEIGHT FOR BUILDINGS, SETBACKS FOR BUILDINGS, BUFFER YARDS FOR, YOU KNOW, PROPERTIES, LIGHTING STANDARDS THAT ARE SPECIFIC TO THAT REDEVELOPMENT AREA.
UM, AND SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE, WILL HAVE LESS ZONING CASES COMING THROUGH.
YOU ESTABLISH THOSE STANDARDS THAT, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, CAN TAP INTO THAT, MEET THE GOALS, YOU KNOW, OR ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE, THE, UM, VISION, UH, THAT PEOPLE HAVE, UH, FOR THESE AREAS.
UM, ALSO CONSIDERING OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
UM, SO THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A ZONING DISTRICT AND AN OVERLAY DISTRICT, UM, THE ZONING DISTRICT WOULD BE, UH, THE CORE, UH, 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, UM, THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT.
CONSIDER OVERLAY DISTRICTS FOR CERTAIN, UM, AREAS.
UM, AND THE SUGGESTION HERE IS, UH, THE FIFTH STREET AREA OF ROTHWELL, UM, THAT WE DISCUSSED.
AND THEN LET ME GO BACK REALLY QUICK TO, UM, ROTHWELL, IT'S 8 0 5, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA GO INTO DEEP
WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO YOU ALL.
UM, BUT IF YOU ALL RECALL A COUPLE OF ZONING CASES THAT CAME THROUGH, UM, 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, UH, WHAT SHOULD DEVELOP HERE? AND THERE WERE EXTREME CONTRACT CONTRACTING VIEWS, UM, OF SHOULD IT BE, UH, WAREHOUSES, SHOULD IT BE COMMERCIAL, UM, SHOULD IT BE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT, YOU KNOW, HAS DEVELOPED THERE IN HODGEPODGE, UM, YOU KNOW, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, SO AN OVERLAY DISTRICT LIKE THIS, WE HAVE A TEAM THAT WENT OUT, DID A SURVEY, UM, OF ROTHWELL, DID A DEEP DIVE INTO EXISTING CONDITIONS, UM, AND POSSIBILITIES, UM, FOR DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA.
UM, WHAT THEY WOULD COME BACK, UM, WITH IS RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, BASED ON, UH, THOSE FINDINGS, UM, TO SAY THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HOW THIS AREA CAN FIT INTO THE CITY'S OVERALL, UM, KIND OF GOALS AND EXPECTATIONS SO THAT YOU'RE NOT LEFT KIND OF IN THE BLIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE ZONE THIS PROPERTY THIS WAY, BUT THIS PROPERTY OVER HERE, UM, YOU KNOW, IS ZONED IN A DIFFERENT, UH, KIND OF, OF, OF WAY.
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE.
UM, SO WE'LL GO THROUGH VERY QUICKLY, UM, ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES, SPORTS TOURISM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND EVENT CENTERS.
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT DENSITY, UM, AND, UH, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT THING TO KEEP IN MIND, UH, FOR MISSOURI CITY BEDROOM COMMUNITY AND HOW IT'S GROWN WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT DENSITY AND, AND, UH, UH, RESIDENTIAL USES TO SUPPORT, UH, THESE AMENITIES, UH, DESIRED AMENITIES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, WORKFORCE HOUSING, ALL OF THAT, UM, 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, A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
YOU HAVE YOUR OWN YARD, UM, A VARYING SIZE.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU LIVE ON THE STREET WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT HAVE, YOU KNOW, THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, HOMES AND YARDS.
THAT RESIDENTIAL SETUP, UM, ONE TAKES UP A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LAND, UM, BUT THEN ALSO, UH, DOESN'T REALLY LEND ITSELF, UH, TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S DIFFERENT PRICE POINTS OR, UH, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT NEEDS, UM, OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SO THIS IS REALLY WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, ALTERNATIVE, UM, HOUSING OPTIONS, UM, THAT CAN BE SUITABLE, SITUATED WITHIN THE CITY, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, 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, UM, WHETHER IT'S A SPOUSE OR CHILDREN OR, UM, YOU KNOW, PARENTS OR, YOU KNOW, GRANDPARENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE THERE, BUT THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, REAL RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, OR THEY COULD BE SINGLE, UM, UM, IN THAT AGE BRACKET AS WELL.
18% OF OUR POPULATION IS OVER THE AGE OF 65.
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WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'RE STILL IN A VERY HIGH INCOME AREA.UM, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, UM, TOP EMPLOYERS, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BEING ONE, UM, AMAZON, UM, OUR AMAZON WAREHOUSE AND HEB, UM, ARE SOME OF THE TOP EMPLOYERS IN MISSOURI CITY.
UM, 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? UM, AMAZON, THE SAME, THE WAREHOUSE, YOU KNOW, HEB, UM, THOSE THAT ARE WORKING, UM, IN ALL ASPECTS, UM, OF THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES.
SO, UM, TYPES OF ALTERNATIVE HOUSING INCLUDES AFFORDABLE WORKFORCE, HOUSING, SENIOR HOUSING, MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOUSING.
A LOT OF THE INTEREST WE ARE GETTING AND RECEIVING, UM, UM, IS INTEREST IN PEOPLE WANTING TO BRING, UM, YOU KNOW, MEMBERS OF THEIR, THEIR HOUSEHOLD OR, UH, MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY, UM, ONTO THEIR HOMES.
THEY'RE WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR HOMES WITH ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, ROOMS OR ADDITIONAL, UM, STRUCTURES, UM, ON THE SAME PROPERTY SO THAT, UM, THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UH, SUPPORT OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT SUPPORT.
UM, WITHIN, UM, CLOSE PROXIMITY, UM, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, TOWN HOMES, DUPLEXES TREAT, UH, UH, TRIPLE PLEXES, UM, AND MIXED INCOME HOUSING, UM, OPPORTUNITIES.
SO SOME OF THE TRENDS WE'VE SOMEWHAT TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT, INCREASED DEMAND FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING, NEAR JOBS, MIXED USE COMMUNITIES, MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING THAT I JUST MENTIONED, SENIOR HOUSING NEEDS AND EMPHASIS ON AFFORDABILITY, UM, DEVELOPMENTS.
SO SOME OF THE AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, ALTERNATIVE HOUSING, UM, INCLUDE SOME OF THESE SUB AREAS THAT, UM, ARE DEMONSTRATED, UM, IN YOUR, YOUR, UH, BINDERS.
UM, SO TEXAS PARKWAY SUB AREA ONE, SUB AREA TWO, AND SUB AREA THREE FIFTH STREET AREA, ROTHWELL, UM, AND CARTRIGHT ROAD, UM, WOULD BE OPPORTUNITIES, UH, TO CONSIDER ALTERNATIVE HOUSING, UH, TYPES.
ANY CONVERSATION ON HOUSING? YES.
SO KIND OF THE SAME AS LIKE MIXED USE, UM, NON-RESIDENTIAL, WHERE YOU 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, UM, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, BUT YOU HAVE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT, UH, 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, UM, MIXED INCOME WOULD HAVE DIFFERENT FLOOR, NOT NOT JUST DIFFERENT FLOOR PLANS, BUT DIFFERENT SIZES, UM, WITHIN THE SAME, UH, GENERAL DEVELOPMENT.
WOULD THE CLOSEST COMP TO THAT BE THE AREA NEAR, UM, I, I FORGOT THE NAME OF THE BASEBALL STADIUM IN SUGARLAND, WHERE RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE STADIUM, YOU HAVE THE, YEAH.
IMPERIAL PARK OR IMPERIAL PARK, THAT, THAT GENERAL AREA WHERE IT HAS LIKE THE OLDER KIND OF ONE STORY HOUSES, AND THEN THERE ARE THOSE NEWER TOWN HOMES.
WOULD THAT BE A CLOSE COMFORT? I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'RE MARKETING IT THAT WAY, BUT, BUT MIX WOULD BE IT.
THAT IS A UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THAT HAS A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES WITHIN IT, JUST ONE FRAME.
SO WOULD THAT MATCH SIMILAR TO WHAT'S MIXED RIGHT ACROSS FROM WALMART? I THINK WALMART GOING TOWARD DOWN HIGHWAY SIX OFF.
IS THAT MORE OF THAT MIX? SO, SO THAT AREA, UM, THE COMMISSIONER'S REFERRING TO THE INSPIRE YES, MA'AM.
UM, AND SO THAT AREA IS A RENTAL, UM, COMMUNITY DESIGNED LIKE A SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION.
PREVIOUSLY YOU WOULD'VE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SO FORTH.
NOW THESE ARE JUST STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS, THE CURIOSITY OF THESE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO CONSIDER.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER, WE'RE GONNA RULE OUT WHAT'S THE, WHAT'S OUR, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING WHILE WE'RE GOING THROUGH THIS, WHAT'S OUR THOUGHT PROCESS? SO THIS, THIS IS FOR INPUT, UM, BECAUSE THESE ARE AREAS TO THE POINT OF, YOU KNOW, TELL US WHERE, YOU KNOW, THESE DEVELOPMENTS ARE APPROPRIATE.
UM, SO IN THESE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS IS WE HAVE THE AMENITIES, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN DESIRED.
WE HAVE THE LAND USES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UM, THESE ARE AREAS THAT ONE, WE NEED TO CONSIDER, UM, AS A CITY AND THEN CONSIDER THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR THEM.
SPORTS TOURISM, UM, SO TO THE POINT OF A DAYTIME POPULATION IS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT,
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YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET A DAYTIME POPULATION.UM, SPORTS TOURISM IS AN AREA OF JUST LOOKING AT ALL ALTERNATIVES TO THAT PACKAGE ALL TOGETHER.
UM, AND SO, UH, SPORTS TOURISM IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE EVERYONE HERE IS FAMILIAR WITH YOUTH LEADS.
UM, A A U, UM, YOU KNOW, THOSE, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS, UH, SPORTING LEAGUE.
WE HAVE A SIZABLE POPULATION, UM, OF BOTH ATHLETES, UM, AND, UH, FAMILIES, UM, THAT USE THESE TYPES OF, UM, SERVICES.
UM, WE WERE APPROACHED BY ABOUT TWO OR THREE, UM, GROUPS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO LOCATE THEIR FACILITIES, CONSTRUCT THEIR FACILITIES, UM, OR USE EXISTING SPACES.
UM, AND THEY HAVE HAD CHALLENGES IN TRYING TO FIND APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR THAT.
UM, WE HAVE ONE THAT'S LOOKING ON TEXAS PARKWAY NOW, UM, THAT'S LOOKING AT DEVELOPING, UM, THEIR OWN FACILITY, UM, ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
UM, BUT IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH SPORTS TOURISM AND, UH, YOUTH IN, UH, THAT WHOLE, UH, KIND OF ARENA, UM, THAT IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF POPULATION, UM, AND RESOURCES THAT COME INTO AREAS FOR TOURNAMENTS, UM, ON A WEEKLY BASIS, UM, YOU KNOW, AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN THE YEAR, UM, THAT, UH, COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT DRAW, YOU KNOW, TO MISSOURI CITY.
UM, AND SO THE RECOMMENDATION HERE IS, UM, FOR THE CITY TO REALLY LOOK AT SPORTS TOURISM, UM, IN THE FORM OF INDOOR YOUTH, UM, UH, SPORTS PROGRAMS, VOLLEYBALL, BASKETBALL, BASEBALL, UM, THAT, UM, UH, TO IDENTIFY KIND OF APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS, UM, FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROGRAMS, UH, TO BE LOCATED.
WHAT'D YOU SAY? THEY'RE YEAR ROUND.
THEY'RE 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 SPIKED THAT'S RIGHT OFF OF THE, FOR BEING TOLLWAY.
SO WE'RE GONNA 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 MM-HMM
IT'S, I DIGRESS IN MY APOLOGIES,
NO, AND IT, YEAH, IT IS, IT IS 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.
UM, BUT FROM ALL OF THE INPUT AND THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'RE RECEIVING, UM, THERE IS A TREMENDOUS GAP IN THAT MARKET BECAUSE A LOT OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE GOING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY, UM, OR THEY'RE TRYING TO SCRAMBLE AND USE, YOU KNOW, EXISTING SCHOOL FACILITIES TO SUPPORT THESE TOURNAMENTS THAT ARE BRINGING IN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, UM, YOU KNOW, ON ANY GIVEN WEEKEND, YOU KNOW, OR TIME OF YEAR.
SO, UM, I THINK THERE'S ROOM, UM, OUT THERE FOR, UH, THOSE FACILITIES THAT ARE THERE.
UM, BUT ALL INDICATORS THAT WE'RE RECEIVING ARE, IS THAT IT IS AN AREA OF OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO SEEK AND CONSIDER.
UM, SO SOME OF THE AREAS THAT, UH, WOULD BE RECOMMENDED, UM, FOR, UM, IT SAYS ALTERNATIVE HOUSING.
SOME OF THE AREAS THAT WOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR, UH, SPORTS TOURISM, UM, IS INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD, UH, FIFTH STREET AREA, TEXAS PARKWAY SUB AREA, ONE FOR BEND PARKWAY, SUB AREA ONE AND SUB AREA TWO.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL SITES AND LOCATIONS OF SIGNIFICANT HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO THE CITY.
UM, FREEDOM TREE PARK BEING ONE, UH, WATTS CEMETERY NEAR, UH, WATTS PLANTATION ROAD.
UM, THERE'S A DEWALT CEMETERY ON SENIOR ROAD, UM, AND THEN THERE'S A ST.
JOHN CHURCH LOCATION, UM, OR A FACILITY ON OIL FIELD ROAD.
AND THOSE ARE JUST A FEW, THAT'S NOT ALL, ALL ENCOMPASSING.
UM, 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, UM, TO THE CITY, AND WORK WITH THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, TO, UH, PROVIDE MARKERS OF REC RECOGNITION, UM, FOR THOSE HISTORICAL SITES.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE, THE, UH, TAKEAWAYS WITH THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF THESE HISTORICAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY THAT I THINK DIFFERENT POCKETS OF THE CITY KNOW AND RECOGNIZE.
BUT AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES TO OCCUR, UM, AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR IN CLOSER PROXIMITY TO SOME OF THESE AREAS, THERE IS REAL CONCERN WITH THE PRESERVATION, UM, AND, UH, PROTECTION, UM, OF SOME OF THESE AREAS.
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SO BEING SENSITIVE TO, UH, THOSE, UH, HISTORICAL, UH, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CONDITIONS AND MAKING SURE THAT DEVELOPMENT THAT'S APPROVED, WHETHER IT'S A ZONING CASE OR, UM, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A PERMIT CASE OR A DEVELOPMENT REVIEW CASE THAT IS SENSITIVE, YOU KNOW, TO, UH, THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, UM, OF THOSE AREAS AND IS PROTECTING, UM, THOSE AREAS AS THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS.THERE IS ONE PARTICULAR AREA OF DOWNTOWN, DOWNTOWN HOUSTON THAT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SURE.
AND WE HAVE BAPTIST CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE THAT'S PROTECTED MM-HMM
SO WE WANT TO IMPLEMENT, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA BE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, THE BALL ON, ON THAT.
AND WE DON'T WANNA, YOU KNOW, HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SITUATION OF, YOU KNOW, THERE'S DESECRATION, YOU KNOW, OF CERTAIN AREAS OR, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PROACTIVELY, UM, KIND OF PUTTING IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, PROCEDURES OR, UH, TOOLS, UH, THAT CAN PROTECT, UM, SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
AND THEN ALSO AN EDUCATIONAL PIECE, BECAUSE I KNOW DURING THE, THE FOCUS GROUP, THE WA CEMETERY CAME OUT, UH, CAME UP IN ONE OF THE FOCUS GROUPS, UM, AND OTHER RESIDENTS THAT WERE ON THE CALL HAD NO IDEA, UM, THAT IT EXISTED OR, YOU KNOW, THAT IT WAS IN THAT AREA.
UM, BECAUSE IF YOU DON'T KNOW, YOU DON'T, YOU KNOW, YOU, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW.
UM, SO THERE MIGHT BE SCIENCE THAT SAY CEMETERY OR OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE, UM, OF SOME OF THOSE AREAS.
SO, UM, OPPORTUNITY, AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY WOULD BE, UH, FORT BEND PARKWAY, UH, SUB AREA THREE.
AND THEN FINALLY ON, THIS IS EVENT CENTERS.
UM, SO, UH, WE'VE HAD LOTS OF CONVERSATION ON EVENT CENTERS OVER THE LAST YEAR, UM, AND WE HAVE SEEN IT, UH, TOO ON A SMALLER DEMAND AS WELL.
UM, SO YOU ALL, UM, UM, I KNOW THERE ARE A COUPLE OF ZONING CASES THAT CAME THROUGH, UM, FOR, UH, SMALLER SCALE EVENT CENTERS.
AND THOSE ARE LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A HUNDRED PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, GIVE OR TAKE, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN TRYING TO LOCATE IN SHOPPING CENTERS.
UM, AND SO WE'VE SEEN THAT DEMAND COME THROUGH.
AND THEN ALSO THE, THE DEMAND FOR LARGER SPACES, LARGER SPACES FOR WHETHER IT'S THE PUBLIC, UM, OR OTHERS TO GATHER, UM, AND HAVE A PLACE THAT THEY CAN GATHER.
UM, SO, UH, STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS FOR THOSE TYPES OF, UM, UM, EVENT CENTERS BASED ON SCALE THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE, UH, TO THE LOCAL, UM, ECONOMY AND ARE LOCATED IN APPROPRIATE, UM, AREAS OF THE CITY.
THERE'S SEVERAL, THERE ARE 2 1 2 ON TEXAS PARKWAY.
ONE IS IN THE STAFF PORTION, AND THERE'S ONE IN THE, WHERE THE OLD MOVIE THEATER IS, AND YOU GO DOWN CARTRIGHT.
THERE'S ONE, UH, POINT AT CYPRESS POINT, BUT I THOUGHT THERE USED TO BE A SMALL ONE RIGHT THERE WHERE THE, UH, IN THE SAME COMPLEX AS THE GUAMA, THE COMPLEX ADJACENT TO IT CON MCDONALD'S, UH, THERE WAS ONE OVER THERE ALSO.
SO THERE'S BEEN AN INFLUX IN THE PAST TWO YEARS.
AND, AND YOU'VE SEEN THAT MODEL WHERE PEOPLE, AND, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, JUST KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SMALL SCALE KIND OF NEEDS.
UM, AND SO CLEARLY THERE'S A DEMAND OUT THERE FOR THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES, UM, AT ALL SCALES AND ALL LEVELS.
UM, AND SO THE QUESTION HERE IS, 'CAUSE LIKE WITH ALL OF THOSE THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, THOSE THAT ARE APPROPRIATELY LOCATED HAD TO COME THROUGH A ZONING PROCESS FOR CONSIDERATION, AND YOU CONSIDER TRAFFIC AND CONSIDER, UM, YOU KNOW, NOISE IMPACTS.
UM, THE MOST RECENT ONES, UM, HAD, UH, CONCERNS LIKE SECURITY, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WOULD SECURITY BE HANDLED, UM, YOU KNOW, ALCOHOL, SALES, UM, YOU KNOW, KIND OF HOURS OF THEIR, THEIR OPERATION.
UM, SO, AND THOSE WERE THE SMALLER ONES.
UM, SO THOSE KIND OF CONCERNS YOU'VE SEEN.
UM, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT HAVING TO DO ZONING APPLICATIONS FOR EACH APPLICATION THAT COMES IN, UM, BY CLEARLY IDENTIFYING KINDA WHERE, UM, IN THE COMMUNITY, THOSE, THOSE, UH, TYPES OF USES WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
UM, 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 WANNA SEE THEY DO FROM THE PUBLIC INPUT.
BUT THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT, AGAIN, LIKE THE PERMITTING, YOU ALL JUST NAMED OFF, I THINK FIVE OR SIX LOCATIONS.
UM, AND, AND WE STILL GET DAILY, YOU KNOW, UM, OR, AND MAYBE NOT DAILY, MAYBE THAT'S AN EXAGGERATION, BUT WE STILL GET REGULAR, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS, UM, FOR THOSE
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TYPES OF USES GOING INTO SHOPPING CENTERS.UM, AND THEN WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD ZONING CASES ON APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS FOR LARGER MM-HMM
SO RECOGNIZE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE IS THE PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE SURVEY, BUT THEN THERE'S ALSO THE PUBLIC INPUT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM, YOU KNOW, THOSE DAY TO DAY, YOU KNOW, REQUESTS THAT ARE COMING IN.
AND ALL THOSE, ALL OF THE CHALLENGES YOU MENTIONED ARE THE REASON IT'S NOT IN THE PUBLIC'S LIST.
SO EVALUATION, GOING BACK, UM, ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN GOALS.
AND SO I KNOW I I, I'VE BEEN TALKING NONSTOP THIS WHOLE TIME.
UM, AND, AND THAT'S NOT THE GOAL.
'CAUSE THIS IS REALLY A DISCUSSION.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER AND IT HAS IMPORTANT RAMIFICATIONS, UM, TO IT.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, IT REALLY DOES TAKE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE INVOLVEMENT, YOU KNOW, OF EVERYBODY HERE, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TABLE.
UM, SO WHAT WE'VE COME TO FROM, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THIS PROCESS IS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THE 2017, A COMPREHENSIVE GOAL, COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING GOALS.
UM, WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE OR TO ADD ONE OF THE, UM, AN ADDITIONAL GOAL IN THERE OR RESIDENTIAL ADJACENCY.
UM, ALL OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDATIONS DON'T, UM, MAKE CHANGES TO THESE GOALS.
UM, 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, UM, BASED ON INPUT THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'VE DISCUSSED BASED ON, UM, 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, UM, FOR, YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE GOING IN TODAY.
UM, SO JUST TAKING A LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS THAT ARE ON THE SCREEN, COHESIVE CITY, VARIED DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD INTEGRITY, PUBLIC PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT, AND QUALITY DESIGN, I THINK STILL IS INTEGRATED IN ALL OF THE DISCUSSION POINTS, UM, THAT WE'VE MADE TODAY.
UM, BUT IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK IS MISSING OR SOMETHING THAT YOU THINK NEEDS TO BE FLUSHED OUT MORE, UM, THEN THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UH, TAKING A LOOK OR REEVALUATING SOME OF THESE GOALS WOULD COME IN INTO PLAY.
WHY, WHY IS, WHY IS BEING A BEDROOM COMMUNITY PERCEIVED AS NOT SOMETHING WE WANT TO BE, I'M GONNA ASK THAT TO THE COMMISSION.
WHAT ARE YOUR, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? WELL, YEAH, I, I THINK THAT WE'RE, I'VE BEEN TALKING, GO AHEAD.
UM, I, 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.
UM, I WOULD SAY THE INTEREST AND TASTE OF, UM, 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, I THINK WHERE THAT GOAL DOES LAND ON THE RIGHT SPOT IS, I THINK MOVING BEYOND A BEDROOM COMMUNITY STILL INCLUDES THAT, SOME ASPECTS OF IT.
UM, BUT IT ALSO HAS DIFFERENT THINGS THAT PEOPLE TODAY ARE LOOKING FOR.
UM, I THINK THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY ASPECT WAS SOMETHING THAT, UM, 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, I THINK WE SHOULD BE INCLUSIVE OF THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE STAND THAT, I GUESS MY, MY QUESTION WOULD BE, BEDROOM COMMUNITY TO ME MEANS SOMEPLACE THAT, THAT SUPPORTS AND INFORMANTS, UM, 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 THINK THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH BEING IN BEDROOM COMMUNITY WHERE WE VALUE FAMILIES.
WE VALUE WHAT, WHAT PEOPLE, UM, WE PROMOTE WHAT PEOPLE VALUE IN WHERE THEY LIVE.
SO IN A BETTER WAY, I GUESS, TO HELP STAFF AS WELL WHILE WE'RE DISCUSSING, UM, BETTER DEFINE THE SENTIMENT BEHIND THE TERM BEDROOM COMMUNITY, BECAUSE AT THE SAME TIME, IT COULD ALSO MEAN THAT IT CAN HAVE A SLEEPY CONNOTATION.
I, YEAH, I THINK THE, THE THING IS WE'RE TRYING TO, WE ARE PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AS YOU WERE MENTIONED, RIGHT? AND I THINK THE FOCUS SHOULD BE ON MAKING SURE THAT PEOPLE THAT PAY THE TAXES AND, AND WHAT TO LIVE HERE HAVE WHAT THEY NEED AND WANT TO STAY HERE, NOT JUST LIVE, BUT STAY HERE AND RAISE THEIR FAMILY.
I MEAN, I'M MY SON'S THIRD GENERATION LIVING OUT HERE, SO THAT'S IMPORTANT.
MY SON'S THREE, SO I WAS, I HIT THAT DEMOGRAPHIC THAT YOU MENTIONED AND I CHOSE MISSOURI CITY FOUR FOR GOD'S SAKE FOR THAT REASON.
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WELL, BUT, BUT I, I CHOSE MISSOURI CITY FOR, TO YOUR POINT, UM, HAVING THAT ACCESS, BUT ALSO WANTING SOMETHING NEWER AS WELL.AND I THINK THAT CAN BE A SELLING POINT TO BUSINESSES THAT WANNA COME HERE.
BUT I THINK ALSO JIM, 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 NEAR FIGHT 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.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HAVING THIS DISCUSSION.
'CAUSE AS, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER FISHERMAN IS ABOUT TO TALK IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S THE STRUGGLE THAT WE'RE HEARING, YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT.
I THINK ALL THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED, THE SURVEY INPUT, FOCUS GROUP INPUT, ALL POINTS TO REASONS WHY PEOPLE MOVED TO MISSOURI CITY STATE IN MISSOURI CITY, FAMILY ORIENTED, YOU KNOW, ACCESS, YOU KNOW, TO THEIR CHURCHES, THEIR SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, PLACES OF EMPLOYMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, FUNDAMENTAL THROUGHOUT, UM, 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.
UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE'RE PUSHING 80,000, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE.
UM, SO WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE IN TERMS OF THE, THE, UM, EXPECTATION, YOU KNOW, FOR SERVICES, UM, TO PROVIDE, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPORT TO PROVIDE THOSE SERVICES, YOU KNOW, UM, THE EXPECTATION FOR AMENITIES.
YOU KNOW, THOSE THAT MAY NO LONGER WANT TO GO, YOU KNOW, 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, UM, YOU KNOW, INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE USING THINGS THAT ARE GOING TO THE NORTH SIDE OF HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, OR GOING TO, YOU KNOW, KATIE AND, YOU KNOW, OTHER AREAS, UM, WHEN THEY'RE ALL LEAVING MISSOURI CITY TO DO SO.
SO, UM, I THINK, I THINK YOU ALL ARE, ARE HAVING THE DISCUSSION THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET TO THE CORE HERE IS, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS OUR IDENTITY AS A CITY? UM, AND THEN WHERE DO OUR LAND USE GOALS, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THAT POLICY, HOW DOES IT FIT, UM, 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.
BUT IF YOU GO BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, STRATEGIC FOCUS AREA, NUMBER ONE, CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE.
I THINK SEEING WHAT WOULD BE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY MIGHT BE SLIGHTLY CONTRADICTORY TO THAT.
SO MAYBE TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.
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 OF VIEW, FROM A MORE OF A PROGRESSIVE MARKETING STANDPOINT OF VIEW.
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, ONCE 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 PEARL LAND, YOU GO TO SUGARLAND, THEY HAVE TOWN CENTERS.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE AMENITIES FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES.
GO AND PARTICIPATE IN WITHOUT GOING ACROSS TOWN.
SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE IN VIOLENT AGREEMENT.
AND I, I'LL JUST ADD TOO, UM, ON THAT TOO.
'CAUSE I THINK ALL OF THAT'S RELATED, YOU KNOW, COHESIVE, CITY CONNECT, INTERCONNECTIVITY, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE INPUT THAT WE RECEIVED ARE JUST THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO THAT ARE, 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.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, UM, YOU KNOW, CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE WITH YOUR FAMILY, WHOMEVER.
UM, 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, UM, ARE REQUIRED BY THE CODE.
UM, SO IT'S, IT'S MAKING SURE ALL OF THAT'S CONNECTED, UM, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A BEDROOM COMMUNITY OR NOT, IT'S MOVING YOU CLOSER TO, YOU KNOW, THE GOALS,
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YOU KNOW, THAT YOU'VE ESTABLISHED, YOU KNOW, FOR THE FUTURE.AND IT SOUNDS LIKE MOST OF THE RECOMMENDATION THAT Y'ALL ARE MAKING, GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF SLOW DOWN WHAT'S GOING ON.
AND GIVE US A SECOND LOOK AT IF I'M INTERPRETING CORRECT, SOMEWHAT
AND, AND, AND THAT'S THE THING IS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT'S NOT GONNA PAUSE YES.
YOU KNOW, FOR US TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANNA DO.
YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA OCCUR AS THE MARKET ALLOWS DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, TO OCCUR.
AND WE'RE DEMANDING THAT WE ARE THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DEMANDING MORE, YOU KNOW, UM, 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.
UM, HOWEVER, HOW CAN WE KIND OF FURTHER INTEGRATE, AND I WILL CONNECT THIS WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DO HAVE ZONING CASES, UM, THAT ARE STILL, YOU KNOW, PENDING TO COME THROUGH.
UM, AND WE'VE, WE'RE APPLYING THIS DISCUSSION AND THIS COMMUNICATION, UM, WITH THOSE ZONING CASES AS WELL.
UM, 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.
UM, SO YOU HAVE A GUIDING POST IN YOUR GOALS.
YOU HAVE A GUIDING POST IN YOUR, YOUR FUTURE LAND USE.
AND WE'RE TAKING THIS INPUT, THESE DISCUSSIONS AND APPLYING THAT, UM, 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.
UH, I THINK TO HELP IMPROVE THE PROCESS.
UM, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE'S OBVIOUSLY NO WHOLESALE CHANGES THAT WE'RE, WE'RE, THAT ARE IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, THIS LAST PART, I THINK THERE'S SCARY AMOUNT OF WORK THAT COULD BE DONE IN, IN, IN THOSE LAST AREAS.
BUT IN GENERAL, IT SEEMS LIKE, UM, WE'RE KIND OF FINE TUNING WHAT WE HAVE TODAY.
UM, NONE OF, NONE OF WHAT'S RECOMMENDED I THINK RUNS COUNTER TO ANY OF THESE, THESE GOALS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, 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, UM, BUT NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE KEY AREAS WHERE WE RECOGNIZE MAYBE THERE'S SOME MORE PROCESS THAT NEEDS TO GO BE PUT IN PLACE, YOU KNOW, TO LOOK AT SOME VERY SPECIFIC SITUATIONS THAT HAVE COME ALONG AND WILL CONTINUE TO COME ALONG.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF KEY AREAS, YOU KNOW, THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW THING.
UM, AND THEN THE, THE REDEVELOPMENT AREAS, THE, THOSE TWO ARE THE AREAS TO ME THAT POPPED OUT AS LIKE, OKAY, THERE'S, THERE'S WORK, YOU KNOW, TO BE DONE IN THOSE AREAS.
AND, 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, I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT WE, WE NECESSARILY, UM, SPEND A LOT OF TIME DRILLING DOWN A LOT OF THOSE THINGS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I SAID I'M, I'M INTERESTED IN UNDERSTANDING KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS.
UM, BUT THE LAST DISCUSSION AROUND SOME OF THOSE, UH, UM, WOULD YOU CALL 'EM THE STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS? UM, 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, BUT IT'S NOT TO THE POINT OF HERE'S THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND, AND I'M NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW WE GET THERE.
I HAD ONE THAT I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE ALL TRYING TO LEAVE
I PUT IT IN OUR PARKING LOT HERE.
UM, WHAT I, I DID, I WILL SAY WHAT IT IS.
I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT HOW WE'RE ADDRESSING, UH, HEALTHCARE NEEDS OF THE CITY.
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, UM, IN FORT BEND COUNTY.
NOW, YOU CAN GET TO A HEALTHCARE FACILITY IN 14 TO 20 MINUTES, UM, 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.
UM, AND THEN FOR THE SPORTS TOURISM, IT SOUNDS GREAT, BUT WHO'S GONNA SUPPORT IT? WOULD THAT BE OUR FRIENDS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? WE, I THINK WE NEED TO BUILD AN APPARATUS AROUND THAT BEFORE WE BRING DEMAND IN.
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THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COULD DO.ENFORCE WOULD BE THE, UM, YOU LOOK AT STAFFORD, YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE STAFFORD CENTER FULLY BOOKED MM-HMM
YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, SMART FINANCIAL, WHAT THEY DID, YOU LOOK AT THE EPICENTER, FURTHER DOWN ROSENBERG, THE COUNTY JUDGE TOOK A HIT ON IT.
BUT YOU WILL GIVE TWO MORE YEARS, FIVE MORE YEARS CAN BE BOOKED, HOTELS EVENTS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S FOR US, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY SIX, IT'S A PRIME LOCATION, THE TOW WAY.
AND THAT, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY.
'CAUSE IT GOES BACK TO THE CONVERSATION IS THINKING ABOUT ALL THOSE LOCATIONS, THINKING ABOUT WHAT'S AROUND THOSE LOCATIONS.
SO STAFFORD CENTER IS OFF OF 10 92 ROOM TO GROW.
THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, ON A HUGE ACRE PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, EPIC CENTERS OFF OF 59 69.
SMART FINANCIAL IS OFF OF 59, 69, UM, AND THEY'RE NOT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO I THINK THE, THE TAKEAWAY IS, IS IF THE CONVERSATION IS ABOUT THOSE TYPES OF FACILITIES, UM, AND THE BENEFIT THAT IT COULD DRIVE, UM, IS CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF LAND WE HAVE AVAILABLE AND THOSE FOCUS AREAS AND THOSE SUB AREAS, WHERE WOULD IT BE BEST POSITIONED? UM, YOU KNOW, THE BEST OPPORTUNITY THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THAT LEVEL ONE TRAUMA CENTER, YOU KNOW, NEEDS, YOU KNOW, SPACE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, IT CAN BE URBAN, BUT IT NEEDS SPACE TO GO
BUT, BUT, BUT THE, THE, THE POINT IS, IS, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, THE MARKET IS GOING TO SAY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, YOU KNOW, OR, UH, 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 DUSTY OR, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN DISTRICT, OR YOU'LL HAVE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY COME BEFORE YOU.
UM, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S A COMBINATION OF, YOU KNOW, LOW UTILITIES, NO UTILITIES AND FLOODPLAIN, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S A MORE ECONOMICALLY, UM, 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, IDENTIFY, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THOSE FOCUS AREAS ARE PROTECTED, YOU KNOW, SO THAT YOUR DEVELOPMENT CODE, YOUR ZONING CODE AND ALL OF THAT, UM, CAN GO TOWARDS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, HELPING, UH, THOSE DEVELOPMENTS BE REASONABLY, YOU KNOW, LOCATED.
UM, 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 CON, YOU KNOW, CONSTANTLY HAVING TO ADDRESS OR, OR, UH, PREPARE FOR.
I WAS TALKING WITH A BUSINESS OWNER THERE IN, UM, THAT ARE WE FREQUENT, OR MORE OR LESS, HE WAS TELLING ME THAT MISSOURI CITY HAS ONE OF THE HARDEST ZONING, UH, REQUIREMENTS WHERE HE WENT, WHO? STAFFORD.
OH, HE, HE BUILT HIS RESTAURANT THERE, AND HE WAS TELLING, IT WAS JUST, IT WAS JUST TOO MANY.
UM, THERE WEREN'T, IT WAS JUST RESTRICTED, BUT HE HAD TO, UH, SETTLE FOR STAFFORD.
AND I'M GOING, OH, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
BUT YEAH, WE ARE PRETTY TIGHT.
AND THERE, THERE'S A BALANCE, BECAUSE I CAN NAME IT, BUT I DON'T WANT NO
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S THAT BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, YOU GO TOO HARD AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL, YOU KNOW, YOU 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.
I, I WASN'T, BUT I'LL JUST SAY IT SINCE YOU PAUSED.
WE NEED TO SEE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH THE LIMITED AMOUNT OF LAND WE HAVE AVAILABLE, LEFT 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
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IN A COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR YEARS.IT HAS A POPULATION OF 80,000 PLUS.
IT IS A PRIVILEGE, AND IT'LL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO COME OUT HERE AND ESTABLISH A BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
'CAUSE WE ARE ESTABLISHED, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE HAVE LIMITED NUMBERS, PIECES OF LAND LEFT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO GET IT, YOU NEED TO GET IT NOW.
WELL, WE WILL WRAP UP
UM, SO NEXT STEPS ON THIS IS, UH, AND THE CHAIR MENTIONED KIND OF THE, UM, ADDITIONAL, UM, PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT PART OF THIS.
SO THIS WAS A TIME FOR US TO HAVE THIS DISCUSSION PRESENT, UM, INITIAL FINDINGS, RECOMMENDATIONS TO GET YOU ALL'S, UH, REACTION AND INPUT ON THAT.
UM, WE'LL NEED TO ADJUST AND PRIORITIZE RECOMMENDATIONS.
SO, UM, WE'VE PROVIDED TO YOU, UM, A LIT, UM, YOU KNOW, RECOMMENDATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS.
UM, WHAT WE WOULD ASK THE COMMISSION TO DO IS TO LOOK AT THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, PROVIDE YOUR INPUT ON THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS, AND PRIORITIZE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU SEE, UH, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OR THE MOST IMPACT, UM, WITH SOME OF THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS.
UM, WE'VE CONSIDERED THE EXISTING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UH, GOALS.
UM, BUT AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK, YOU KNOW, AT THOSE GOALS, UM, FROM THE 2017 CONFERENCE PLAN AND BRING BACK, UM, ANY INPUT, UM, AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT YOU HAVE THERE.
UM, ADJUST OUR INTERIM ZONING PROCESS UNTIL ANY FORMAL AMENDMENTS ARE MADE BASED ON, UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UH, YOU'VE IDENTIFIED.
UM, AND THEN ESTABLISH A ACTUAL PROCESS, UM, TO FORMALLY ADOPT ANY AMENDMENTS, UH, THAT ARE RECOMMENDED, UM, BY BOTH THIS BODY AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
UM, SO THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, KIND OF THE PATH THAT WE'RE GOING ON.
UM, THIS WILL STILL BE PRESENTED AND DISCUSSED BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UM, AS WELL AS, UH, DOING A SECOND SURVEY OF THE PUBLIC, UM, TO PROVIDE, ALLOW THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE REACTION AND INPUT, UH, TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UM, AS WELL.
SO,
UM, THE FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS IS GONNA GO THROUGH ITS STANDARD PROCESS.
UM, SO YOU HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT AMENDMENT PROCESS, UM, AND THEN, UM, ADOPTION OF IT.
SO THAT'S GONNA TAKE ANOTHER, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS TO FORMALLY, UM, AMEND IN THOSE AREAS THAT YOU ALL ARE PROVIDING THE RECOMMENDATIONS.
WHEN YOU SAY YOU GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER WAVE OF PUBLIC INPUT, ARE YOU GUYS GONNA LOOK AT WHAT YOU DID BEFORE TRYING TO GET COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAYBE MAKE SOME YEAH.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL NEED TO PRESENT, UM, A COMMUNICATION PLAN, UM, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU ALL WERE DEEPLY ENGAGED IN THAT, UH, UH, IN TRYING EFFORTS, UH, TO EXTEND THAT COMMUNICATION, TRYING TO EXTEND THE TIMELINE, UM, AND ENGAGE THE PUBLIC IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
UM, SO WE'LL DEFINITELY BRING BACK THE COMMUNICATION PLAN, BUT THEN ALSO, UM, LOOK FOR, YOU KNOW, INPUT FROM YOU ALL, UM, AS TO WAYS, YOU KNOW, IN DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER WAYS THAT WE CAN GET THAT MESSAGE OUT.
SO I'M NOT SAYING THIS FROM A NEGATIVE STANDPOINT, HOW MUCH OF AN EFFORT THAT TO THE 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 THAT, I I, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT IF WE GOT WHAT WE GOT OVERALL SOMEWHERE, THE BALL WAS DROPPED.
NOT INTENTIONAL, BUT OUTTA 80,000 PEOPLE, WHAT WE GOT, I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IT.
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.
BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE WE DIDN'T HIT THE HOA COMMUNITIES OR THE YEAH, AND IT, IT MAY BE, 'CAUSE JUST LIKE THIS DISCUSSION TONIGHT, SOMETIMES THIS INFORMATION CAN BE DRY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WAY TO, TO CONNECT IT TO THE REALITIES THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, ARE DEALING WITH.
UM, BECAUSE LIKE WE STARTED OFF, YOU KNOW, THIS IS THE FOUNDATION, SO THIS IS WHERE YOUR INPUT MATTERS THE MOST.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE FORMULATING KIND OF WHAT THOSE, THOSE, UM, POLICIES ARE.
UM, 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, UM, YOU KNOW THAT THIS IMPACTS THAT UNDEVELOPED PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOU MM-HMM
YOU KNOW, OR UP THE STREET FROM YOU AROUND THE CORNER.
UM, YOU KNOW, HOW DO WE MAKE THAT CONNECTION, UM,
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TO KIND OF, YOU KNOW, GET THAT ENGAGEMENT? HOW DO YOU GET THEIR ATTENTION? GET THE ATTENTION? WHAT'S THE TIMING YOU WANT FEEDBACK FROM? I WHAT CITY TIMING FOR THAT? SO WHEN DO YOU WANT THAT 10YOU ALL HAVE A REGULAR MEETING, UM, SCHEDULED THIS TIME NEXT WEEK, UM, A WEEK FROM TODAY.
WE GOT A HOLD, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE, WE'LL HAVE THIS ITEM ON YOUR REGULAR AGENDA, LIKE WE HAVE, WE HAVE HAD, UM, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
UM, SO, UH, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE INPUT AND DISCUSSION THERE.
WE'LL TAKE WRITTEN COMMENTS AHEAD, OBVIOUSLY.
MAKE A MOTION TO, UH, THE, TO ADJOURN.