[a. Development Services] [00:02:00] FAIRLY QUICKLY, BUT IT TOOK A LOT OF STAFF TIME TO PUT THAT TOGETHER. AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND, THE MAJORITY OF THOSE ITEMS ON CONSENT FOR THE CNA PLATS SECTIONS THAT YOU'VE SEEN. SOME OF THOSE HAVE ALREADY COME THROUGH AND BEEN PREVIOUSLY APPROVED. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. SO YOU KNOW WHY YOU HAVE SO MANY ON ON YOUR AGENDA. THE OTHER ITEM IS YOU HAVE THREE VARIANCES. YOU'RE NOT USED TO SEEING VARIANCES ON YOUR AGENDA AS WELL. THESE ARE IN SIMILAR SITUATIONS AS WELL. AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED AS UTILITIES OR AREAS THAT ARE SURROUNDED BY AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN DEVELOPED. BUT DON'T MEET THE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PRELIMINARY PLATS. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THOSE. AND THEN THOSE WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU SHORTLY AS WELL. SO I WANTED TO GIVE THOSE THAT HEADS UP TO YOU AS YOU CONSIDER YOUR AGENDA. THE OTHER ITEM I WANTED TO GIVE CONGRATULATIONS TO ONE OF OUR PLANNING STAFF MEMBERS, GRACE MALVEAUX. THANK YOU. SO WHY ARE YOU CLAPPING? TELL US MORE. SO GRACE IS OFFICIALLY A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF CERTIFIED PLANNERS. SHE PASSED HER ACP EXAM LAST WEEKEND, AND THAT IS A HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR A PROFESSIONAL PLANNER. SO WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER ACHIEVEMENT. AND SO WE RECOGNIZE HER. CONGRATULATIONS. YES. OKAY. MOVING ON. WE HAVE A REPORT FROM UJIMA. [2. Quarterly Development Activity Report] AND GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. BEFORE YOU IS THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025, QUARTER TWO. AND WE WILL BEGIN WITH THE PREDEVELOPMENT MEETINGS. SECOND QUARTER CONSISTS OF THE MONTH FROM JANUARY 1ST TO MARCH 31ST FOR PLANNED DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS, WHICH ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE SUBMISSION OF CERTAIN APPLICATIONS AND INCLUDE REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL CITY DEPARTMENTS AND MUD REPRESENTATIVES, AS APPLICABLE. SO, FOR QUARTER 219 MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S 17. FOR THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS, SPECIFIC USE PERMITS AND ZONING. FOR EXAMPLE, PROPOSAL FROM LC2 TO LC3. THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY NEW APPLICATIONS BETWEEN JANUARY [00:05:02] AND MARCH. HOWEVER, STAFF IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON ZONING APPLICATIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED IN 2020 FOR. FOR SUBDIVISION PLATS. WE. THESE ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF ANY STREETS, UTILITY OR OTHER IMPROVEMENT ON ANY PARCEL OF LAND AND PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR CONCEPTUAL PLANS, ONE HAS BEEN RECEIVED FOR PRELIMINARY PLATS, TEN AND FOR FINAL PLATS 12. SIENA SOUTH. I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. WE NOW HAVE 20 SUBDIVISION PLATS THAT HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND APPROXIMATELY AN INCREASE IN NEW SINGLE FAMILY LOTS TO 673. FOR BUILDING PERMIT ACTIVITIES FOR MAJOR AND MINOR PERMITS FOR QUARTER TWO, 77 PERMITS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S. I MEAN, YES, LAST YEAR'S 61. AND FOR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, THESE ARE REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE. I MEAN, FOR THE PRIOR TO THE OCCUPANCY OF ANY BUILDING OR STRUCTURES FOR QUARTER TWO, 69 SEALS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, COMPARED TO LAST YEAR'S 79. AND OF THOSE CEOS, HERE ARE A FEW LOGOS OF ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ARE NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE ACTIVITY REPORT FOR QUARTER TWO. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HAVING NO [b. Engineering] QUESTIONS WE'LL MOVE ON TO ENGINEERING. IN THE NEXT COUPLE. IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE WE'RE PUSHING TO DO THE UPDATES FOR THE 2025 INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL. WE'RE STILL GOING THROUGH THE DRAFT. AND THE GOAL IS FOR US TO GET THAT INTO JULY PNC MEETING SO YOU GUYS CAN REVIEW IT SO THAT THAT'S GOING ON. AND THEN FINALLY HOPEFULLY TRY TO GET THAT INTO THE AUGUST CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR FINAL APPROVAL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION ON AGENDA ITEMS OR OR CONCERNS, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. [a. CONSENT AGENDA] WE'LL MOVE ON. SECTION SEVEN PLATS THE CONSENT AGENDA. THIS IS GOING TO BE A WHILE. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF OWEN BEND DRIVE. STREET DEDICATION PHASE TWO. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF OWEN BEND DRIVE. STREET DEDICATION. PHASE THREE. CONSIDERING APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF PARKWAY CROSSING TRACK C CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A PRELIMINARY PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 79, ITEM FIVE HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ITEM SIX CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF MARR DEVELOPMENT. PARTIAL REPLAT NUMBER ONE. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF PARKER CROSSING. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 35 B CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 51 B ITEM TEN HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 72. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA SECTION. I'M SORRY. 71 AND 72. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 73. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 75 CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SECTION 76. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 78. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA. SECTION 86 CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA PARKWAY. SECTION SEVEN. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF REGENCY LAKE DRIVE. STREET DEDICATION PHASE ONE AND 20. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA LAKES DRIVE. STREET DEDICATION PHASE THREE. ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. WE HAVE A SECOND. GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE, PLEASE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. [b. Sienna Springs] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MOVING ON, SIENNA SPRINGS. CONSIDER A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 80 2.-1 22 OF AND SECTION 9291 OF THE CITY'S SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENTS OF FOR [00:10:03] PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR THE PLAT OF SIENNA SPRINGS. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO AS JENNIFER MENTIONED, THIS IS A VARIANCE FROM A PRELIMINARY PLAT. SO WE DO REQUIRE PRELIMINARY APPROVAL BEFORE A FINAL PLAT CAN BE APPROVED. BUT UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES WE DO ALLOW ABBREVIATED PLAT PROCEDURE. IN THIS CASE, THIS PLAT DID MEET ALMOST EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS, EXCEPT FOR THE REQUIREMENT OF A NEEDING A 200 FOOT STREET FRONTAGE. THIS ONE ONLY HAD ABOUT 180FT, SO THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR A VARIANCE TO WAIVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENT, BE ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR FINAL PLAT APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. DO WE VOTE ON THIS OR VOTE ON THE PLAT? YOU VOTE ON THE VARIANCE AND THEN THE PLAT OKAY. ALL RIGHT OKAY. SO BEFORE THE VOTE THE VARIANCE I'D LIKE TO REMIND THE COMMISSION OF THE RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE GRANTING OF VARIANCES BY THIS COMMISSION. THERE SHOULD BE A VARIANCE MAY BE GRANTED BY THE COMMISSION UPON GOOD AND SUFFICIENT SHOWING THAT BY THE DEVELOPER THAT THERE ARE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES OR CONDITIONS AFFECTING THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER WILL DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF A SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY RIGHT, AND IF THE VARIANCE IS GRANTED, IT WILL NOT BE MATERIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE OR INJURIOUS TO OTHER PROPERTY OR PROPERTY RIGHTS IN THE VICINITY. YOU HAVE TO MAKE AFFIRMATIVE FINDINGS ON EACH OF THOSE COMMISSIONERS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE, IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THE VARIANCE PURSUANT TO THE ORDINANCE. SO WHEN STAFF IS REVIEWING THEIR OPINION ON THE MATTER, DID THEY LOOK AT THOSE THREE OBJECTIVES? I HAVE NO IDEA. I DO NOT KNOW. YOU'D HAVE TO ASK STAFF. YES, I CAN ADD TO THAT. SO PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIRES THE UTILITY PLANS AND CALCULATIONS, AS WELL AS DRAINAGE PLANS AND CALCULATIONS. PART OF THE CONSIDERATION FOR WAIVING PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENTS OR UTILITIES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE TO SERVICE THE TRACK. IT'S FRONTAGE ON AN EXISTING PUBLIC STREET OR ROAD, AND IT DOES NOT. IT WILL NOT CREATE A DRAINAGE ISSUE. AND SO IN THIS CASE, EVERYTHING SURROUNDING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS BEEN DEVELOPED. UTILITIES ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. IT WOULD REQUIRE JUST TAP INS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRACK. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT REQUIREMENT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR REVIEW FOR THE SUBDIVISION. THANK YOU. AND DOES THAT INCLUDE THE I THINK YOU HAD MENTIONED LIKE 20FT VARIANCE, THAT THERE'S NO MATERIAL IMPACT TO BOTH OUR REGULATIONS AND TO THE PROPERTY? NO. WELL, SO THE WAY I INTERPRET IT IS IF IT HAD THE 200 FOOT FRONTAGE, IT WOULD MEET ALL OF THE REQUIREMENTS. AND SINCE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SHORT, THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS VARIANCE PROCESS. CORRECT? UNDERSTANDABLY, MAYBE NOT UNDERSTANDABLY. THE LEGAL RECITING OF THE REQUIREMENTS. SEEM QUITE DIFFERENT THAN THAN THE DISCUSSION WE JUST HAD. OKAY, I SUSPECT THAT THAT THOSE RULINGS ARE VERY, VERY GENERAL TO VARIANCES. AND THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC CASE OF THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF VARIANCES BEING REQUESTED. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW TO REACT TO THOSE QUESTIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE OF THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THAT YOU'VE STATED. AND STAFF ISN'T PROVIDING ANY EVIDENCE OF THOSE PARTICULAR REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS NOT AN THE PROCESS WE'RE GOING THROUGH HERE TONIGHT, BASED ON A VARIANCE OF A PLANNING REQUIREMENT IN THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, IS NOT IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS WE WENT THROUGH A FEW WEEKS AGO ON ANOTHER SUCH VARIANCE REQUEST. I UNDERSTAND THAT. AND I THINK THAT WAS A QUITE DIFFERENT SITUATION. IT MAY HAVE BEEN I DON'T KNOW I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FACTS. ALL I'M HERE IS TO GIVE YOU THE LAW, OKAY. AND PROVIDE GUIDANCE IN THAT DIRECTION. SO I DO KNOW THAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES AFFIRMATIVE FINDINGS OF THOSE ITEMS FOR VARIANCE TO BE GRANTED. ANY DISCUSSION OR THOUGHTS ON WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS? I WANT TO TRUST STAFF THAT THAT [00:15:06] THIS OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S MY MOTION. YES. SO WE HAVE PREPARED AN ORDER THAT'S BEING DRAFTED RIGHT NOW. IT'S BEING PRINTED RIGHT NOW. IT WILL HAVE CHECKBOXES FOR. OKAY TO SIGN OFF ON. AND WE HAVE THREE OF THESE TONIGHT I BELIEVE. YES OKAY. THEN WE'LL WAIT FOR THAT BEFORE WE. MAKE OUR VOTE. WHILE HE'S PASSING THAT SINCE THERE'S A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, I THINK THAT'S THE LAST. I THINK I CAN STILL ASK A QUESTION. HAVE WE RAN OTHER THAN THESE NEXT TWO VARIANCES, HAVE WE RAN INTO ANY ISSUES OF THIS PARTICULAR KIND WHERE IT'S BEEN SHORTER IN THE PAST? YES, WE HAVE. THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES WHERE THIS HAS HAPPENED, AND IT'S USUALLY IN INSTANCES WHERE EVERYTHING BUT A SINGLE TRACT WILL BE DEVELOPED LIKE THIS ONE. SO ALL THE UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE. LIKE JENNIFER SAID, IT REALLY JUST TAKES THEM TO PUT IN TAPS WHEN THEY'RE DEVELOPING THE TRACT. SO THAT'S WHAT WE LOOK AT WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ABBREVIATED PLATTING PROCEDURE, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS IN PLACE AND THAT WE DON'T NEED THOSE EXTRA DOCUMENTS TO REVIEW. IT DID GO THROUGH ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE WE DIDN'T NEED THOSE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS, AND THEY FOUND THAT THEY DID NOT. SO YEAH, THE ONLY THING THAT WAS SHORT WAS THE FRONTAGE. AND WE HAVE HAD THAT COME TO US BEFORE. AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SPECIFIC ON BUSINESS ENTITY, BUT IS THIS LOCATION SPECIFIC WITHIN MISSOURI CITY OR YOU'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER MISSOURI CITY? IN THE FEW INSTANCES THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, WE'VE SEEN IT ALL OVER MISSOURI CITY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO HAVING THE CHECKLIST IN FRONT OF ME, THE THREE CONDITIONS ARE THAT THERE'S SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES, WHICH IS CLEARLY THE SITUATION WE HAVE HERE. THE THIRD ITEM IS IF THE VARIANCE IS GRANTED IT DOESN'T MATERIALLY, DETRIMENTALLY, MATERIALLY WILL NOT BE MATERIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC WELFARE. I WOULD I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. THE SECOND ONE IS ENFORCEMENT OF THE PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE WILL DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF A SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY, RIGHT? THAT'S THE ONE I HAVE THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE IF WE DON'T GRANT THE VARIANCE, IT FORCES THEM TO GO AND ACTUALLY DO A PRELIMINARY PLAT. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO ALSO DISAPPROVE THE FINAL PLAT APPLICATION THAT'S BEFORE YOU. AND THEN THEY'LL HAVE TO SUBMIT FOR PRELIMINARY NEXT MONTH. AND THEN AGAIN OKAY. SO THEY'RE NOT OKAY. SO IN OUR JUDGMENT WE JUDGE BASED ON HOW WE VOTE ON WHETHER OR NOT WE THINK WE'VE MET THAT PARTICULAR SITUATION. OKAY. AND THEN YOU GOT THE QUESTION JUST FOR FUTURE REFERENCE, WHEN THESE TYPES OF SCENARIOS COME UP, IS THERE DOCUMENTATION THAT YOU COULD PROVIDE FOR US PRIOR TO WITH EVERYTHING ELSE SO THAT WE CAN BE PREPARED FOR THIS? YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. IS THE LAST TIME WE HAD THIS. IT WAS IT WAS KIND OF MORE ABOUT THE BUILDING MATERIALS SITTING THERE AND THEFT AND ALL THAT. AND THIS PARTICULAR CASE THAT MAYBE DOESN'T APPLY. RIGHT. OKAY. BUT WE ARE PUTTING A SUBSTANTIAL ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON THE DEVELOPER FOR THIS EFFECTIVELY, BECAUSE ALL OF THE WORK IS BASICALLY ALREADY DONE. SO ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION. AND SECOND TO APPROVE THIS VARIANCE. AND GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTE PLEASE. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. SO WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TWO WHICH IS CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR CEDAR SPRINGS. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. WOULD YOU PLACE YOUR VOTE PLEASE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL MOVE [c. Blue Ridge West MUD Water Plant No. 1] ON TO SECTION C, BLUE RIDGE WEST, MUD WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE. CONSIDER A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 80 2-1 22 AND SECTION 92. DASH 91 OF THE CITY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT FOR PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR THE PLAT OF BLUE RIDGE WEST MUD WATER PLANT NUMBER ONE. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. SO FOR THIS PLAT RIGHT HERE, THE SITUATION IS [00:20:03] THERE IS A WATER PLANT THAT IS ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. IT'S A UTILITY ALREADY IN EXISTENCE. AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, HISTORICALLY IT WAS NEVER PLATTED. AND SO NOW TO OBTAIN PERMITS, ONE REQUIREMENT IS THAT THEY GET PLATTED. SO THAT IS WHY THEY ARE SEEKING THIS VARIANCE, BECAUSE USUALLY PLATTING HAPPENS WHEN DEVELOPMENT HASN'T HAPPENED YET. IT'S THE PRELIMINARY STAGE. BUT HERE WE'RE KIND OF GOING BACKWARDS. SO THEY ARE SEEKING APPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE FROM BOTH THOSE SECTIONS YOU REFERENCED, BECAUSE THEY DON'T MEET THE ABBREVIATED PLAT PROCEDURE. ALSO BECAUSE THEY AREN'T CLOSE ENOUGH TO THAT STREET FRONTAGE. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS A VERY SIMILAR SITUATION. THE SAME QUESTIONS APPLY. DOING THE VARIANCE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS CONCERNING THIS ONE. OKAY. AGAIN RUNNING THROUGH THOSE SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES PROVISIONS OF WILL DEPRIVE THE APPLICANT OF SUBSTANTIAL PROPERTY. RIGHT. AND THE VARIANCE OF GRANTED IT WILL NOT MATERIALLY DETRIMENT WILL NOT BE. THAT'S A HORRIBLE SENTENCE WILL NOT BE MATERIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE PUBLIC. GOT IT. MAYBE I'LL GET IT RIGHT ON THE THIRD ONE. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE'S ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. VOTE PLEASE. MR. SILVA, I DIDN'T VOTE. ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO NUMBER TWO. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF BLUE RIDGE WEST MUD NUMBER ONE WATER PLANT. ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION. AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS PLAT. VOTE, PLEASE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. WE WILL MOVE ON TO D FIRST COLONY MUD NUMBER [d. First Colony MUD No. 9 Water Plant] NINE WATER PLANT. CONSIDER A VARIANCE FROM SECTION 80 2-1 22 AND SECTION 9291 OF THE CITY SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE TO WAIVE THE REQUIREMENT OF PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROVAL FOR THE PLAT OF FIRST COLONY MUD NUMBER NINE WATER PLANT. YES. SO THIS ABBREVIATED PLAT COULDN'T HAPPEN AS WELL BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE STREET FRONTAGE. OTHERWISE IT'S GOING TO BE ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME AS THE PREVIOUS ITEMS Y'ALL JUST DISCUSSED AND VOTED ON. IT IS AN ALREADY OPERATING WATER PLANT THAT IS SEEKING TO GET READY FOR HURRICANE SEASON, AND SO THEY ARE SEEKING TO WAIVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT AND GO STRAIGHT TO FINAL PLAT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. A LITTLE PAPERWORK. OKAY. SO WE WILL GO DOWN THE LIST OF QUESTIONS AGAIN ON THIS ONE. AND IF THERE'S ANY DIFFERENT OUTCOME WE NEED TO DISCUSS IT. YES. AND I THINK JUSTIN WAS GOING TO DISCUSS THIS. THIS RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVED WITH A CONDITION. AND JUST TO DISCUSS WHAT THAT CONDITION IS ON THIS. YES. SO BECAUSE OF THE NATURE WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT BEFORE THE VARIANCE OR VARIANCE. AFTER THE VARIANCE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S WHAT I FIGURED. YEAH OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE VARIANCE. GO AHEAD AND PLACE YOUR VOTES PLEASE. MOTION CARRIES OKAY. THANK YOU. NUMBER TWO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT FOR FIRST COLONY MUD. NUMBER NINE WATER. YES. SO THE REASON WE HAVE APPROVED WITH CONDITION INSTEAD OF JUST APPROVE IS BECAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS IN THIS AREA, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN THESE WERE FIRST ESTABLISHED, WE TECHNICALLY NEED TO FULFILL ALL [00:25:05] THE ORDINANCES AND CODES, GO THROUGH A PUBLIC HEARING THAT WE WOULD SEEK TO GO FOR. ON THE JUNE 11TH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO THE ONLY CONDITION IS THAT WE FULFILL THAT REQUIREMENT. OTHERWISE IT IS AN APPROVED. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THIS PLAT VOTE PLEASE. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. IS. ALL RIGHT. GOT ALL THE PAPERWORK DONE. AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. WE GOT A MOTION TO GO [11. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION] INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION. IS THAT WHAT THE MOTION SUMMARY IS? ALREADY APPROVED. THE MOTION AND IT'S ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION. LET'S. ARE WE DOING THIS ELECTRONICALLY OR THE OLD FASHIONED WAY? OKAY, SO I DON'T SEE ANY MOTION UP THERE. OKAY. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO DESCRIPTION. YOU CAN READ THE DESCRIPTION OFF OF THE AGENDA. OKAY. THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MAY GO INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION REGARDING ANY ITEM POSTED ON THE AGENDA AS AUTHORIZED BY CHAPTER FIVE FIVE, ONE OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. SO WE HAVE MOTION AND SECOND TO ADJOURN TO AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND PLACE YOUR VOTES, PLEASE. AND THAT MOTION CARRIES. SO WE SIX. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE READY NOW. WE ARE RECONVENING SO WE [12. RECONVENE] ARE GOING TO MOVE ON. CAN YOU STATE THE TIME CHAIR 7:50 P.M. AND WHERE ARE WE? HERE. GOOD AFTERNOON. EVENING. WAIT, I HAVE TO READ THE ITEM. I HAVE TO FIND IT. THIS AGENDA IS VERY LONG. [8. ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS] HERE WE GO. SO WE ARE ON THE ZONING MAP. AMENDMENT SECTION ITEM A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. FOR GLEN LAKES. OUR CELL TOWER. PUBLIC HEARING. RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OR AGAINST THE REQUEST BY KATIE HARMS. ATLAS TOWERS FOR AN SUP APPROVAL ON APPROXIMATELY 2500 SQUARE FOOT TRACT OF LAND OUT OF A LARGER 1415 .43 ACRE TRACT OF LAND TO ALLOW FOR PLACEMENT OF A NEW TELECOMMUNICATIONS SITE CONSISTING OF A 155 FOOT TALL MONOPOLE TOWER AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT. YOU'RE UP. OKAY, THIS APPLICATION IS FOR A LEASED SPACE. THE APPLICANT PREVIOUSLY APPLIED IN NOVEMBER FOR CELL TOWER, AND WE RECEIVED A LOT OF FEEDBACK FROM THE PUBLIC AND FROM THE COMMISSIONERS. SO THE APPLICANT HAS TAKEN THIS BACK AND THEY HAVE RELOCATED THEIR PROPOSED LOCATION TO AN ADDITIONAL 122FT FROM WHERE THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY POSITIONED, WHICH WILL PUT THE LOCATION AT ABOUT 220FT FROM THE REAR PROPERTY LINE. SORRY, WE'RE HAVING SOME TROUBLE WITH THE POWERPOINT TODAY. ALL RIGHT. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE THE INITIAL APPLICATION PROPOSED SITE THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU GUYS IN NOVEMBER. AND IT RECEIVED A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION. AND NOW WE HAVE OUR UPDATED SITE PLAN WHICH INCLUDES THE SAME ELEMENTS OF THE FIRST PROPOSAL A GRAVEL ACCESS ROAD, A FENCED IN 2500 SQUARE FOOT AREA, A 155 FOOT MONOPOLE AND SPACE TO HOLD EQUIPMENT FOR FOUR CARRIERS. COULD YOU CHANGE MY SLIDES? [00:30:11] OKAY, SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC WAS RELATED TO WHAT THIS WOULD LOOK LIKE ESTHETICALLY. SO WE DO HAVE SOME POTENTIAL VISUALS OF WHAT WE ARE EXPECTING THE POLE TO LOOK LIKE. SO THIS VIEW IS FROM COMMUNITY PARK AND GLEN LAKES. AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE NOW VERSUS WHAT IT SHOULD LOOK LIKE ONCE THE POLE HAS BEEN INSTALLED, THEN WE HAVE A VIEW FROM MISTY HOLLOW DRIVE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE VIEW FROM VIA DEL LAGO AND MISTY HOLLOW DRIVE. THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED SD SUBURBAN DISTRICT. THIS LAND CLASSIFICATION IS IDENTIFIED AS RURAL LANDS OR UNDEVELOPED ACREAGE. SD IS DESIGNED TO CHANGE WITH TIME AND BE RECLASSIFIED AS THE AREA AROUND IT BECOMES MORE URBANIZED, AND SPECIFIC USE PERMITS ARE AN ALLOWABLE USE UNDER THE SD ZONING CLASSIFICATION, AS LONG AS THE APPLICATION IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY ORDINANCE. IN THIS CASE, SECTION 15 AND SECTION 15 B ONE REQUIREMENT OF SECTION 15 B REQUIRES THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE AN INVENTORY OF EXISTING TOWERS WITHIN ONE MILE. IN THIS CASE, THERE IS ONE TOWER THAT'S WITHIN ONE MILE. IT'S THE TURTLE CREEK PINE MONO PINE POLE, AND THERE ARE ALSO SOME HIGH DEFINITION TV TOWERS THAT ARE LOCATED UNDER THE ONE MILE RADIUS. WHILE THE TURTLE CREEK TOWER IS WITHIN THE ONE MILE RADIUS. CO-LOCATION AT THIS LOCATION WOULD NOT RESOLVE THE CONTINUITY ISSUES VERIZON IS EXPERIENCING DUE TO THE WAY CELLULAR TRANSMISSIONS MOVE THROUGH SPACE. ADDITIONALLY, CELL TOWERS ARE GOVERNED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WHICH ENACTED THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT OF 1996. THE KEY TAKEAWAYS OF THIS ACT ARE. THE CITY MAY NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PROVIDING AGAINST PROVIDERS. WE CANNOT FAVOR ONE COMPANY OVER THE OTHER, AND WE CANNOT IMPOSE A BLANKET PROHIBITION AGAINST PLACEMENT OF A TOWER. WE ALSO CANNOT ENFORCE MORE STRINGENT ENVIRONMENTAL RULES AND EFFECTS THAN THOSE THAT ARE ESTABLISHED BY THE FCC. THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN DOES NOT CALL OUT SPECIFIC PLACES FOR TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS. WE JUST ASK THAT THE APPLICATION BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH SECTION 15 AND 15 B OF THE CITY ORDINANCE, AND THIS APPLICATION WAS FOUND TO BE IN SUPPORT OF THREE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE GOALS. GOAL 1.3 BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS PARTNERING WITH PRIVATE LANDOWNERS AND UP TO FOUR CELLULAR CARRIERS. GOAL 2.1. BECAUSE THE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION IS A LIFESTYLE AMENITY PROVIDING ACCESS TO INFORMATION FOR THE RESIDENTS AND GOAL 3.1 A BECAUSE THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS TELECOMMUNICATIONS TOWER IS PART OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE NETWORK AND FACILITATES COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IDENTIFIES THIS AREA AS PARKS AND RECREATION LAND SERVING THE PURPOSE OF OUTDOOR RECREATION OR OPEN SPACE. THE CITY DOES NOT OWN THIS LAND, AND BY ALLOWING THE APPLICANT TO DEVELOP THE CELLULAR TOWER, THE REST OF THE SURROUNDING AREA CAN STILL BE DEVELOPED ALONG WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. BASED ON THE REVIEW DONE BY STAFF AND THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR NOTICES. WE MAILED OUT NOTICES WITH OUR ORIGINAL PROPOSAL BACK IN OCTOBER, AND WE MAILED OUT NOTICES AGAIN ON APRIL 11TH. WE DID POST A SIGN ON SITE ON OCTOBER 18TH, AND WE HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON NOVEMBER 13TH. WE'RE HAVING THIS PUBLIC HEARING TODAY, AND BASED ON YOUR RECOMMENDATION, WE'LL BE FORWARDING THAT OVER TO CITY COUNCIL WITH THE JUNE 16TH CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TO DATE, WE HAVE RECEIVED OVER 130 PROTEST LETTERS AND ONE SUPPORT LETTER. AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF BOTH OF THESE HEARINGS. WITH THIS HEARING TODAY, WE HAVE RECEIVED 23 PROTEST LETTERS, AND THAT IS THE INFORMATION I HAVE FOR YOU GUYS TODAY. THE APPLICANT IS HERE, AND HE'S ASKED TO SPEAK AFTER ALL OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. I KNOW THAT'S NOT THE ORDER. WE NORMALLY GO IN AND YOU CAN CALL, YOU KNOW, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION I WAS GOING TO ASK HOW YOU MADE ME FORGET IT ALREADY. YOU SEEM SO PROFESSIONAL BECAUSE YOU HAVE THAT CERTIFICATION. I JUST WANTED TO SAY. I REMEMBERED MY [00:35:08] QUESTION. THIS THIS IS A PRIVATE PROPERTY. AND SO IT IT ISN'T A PART OF COMMUNITY PARK OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. COMMUNITY PARK IS COMPLETELY SEPARATE. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE ONE OF THE PROTESTS WAS WAS CONCERNED WITH THAT. I THINK THAT WAS THE ONLY QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU, EXCEPT FOR THE ONES I HAD EARLIER. ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC FIRST? DO WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT FIRST? YES. GOOD QUESTION. OKAY. SO WHEN THE AFTER THE NOVEMBER MEETING, THEY CAME BACK WITH PROVISIONS, WERE THERE ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT. PLACES THAT THEY COULD LOCATE THE TOWER THAT THE CITY HAD ACCESS TO? WELL, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE APPLICANT HAD REACHED OUT TO SEVERAL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THEIR TARGET AREA. AND THIS IS THE APPLICANT THAT AGREED TO LEASE SPACE WITH THEM. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS SAID. AND IF ONE OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS WAS THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, THAT INFORMATION I DO NOT KNOW. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, ONLY ONE PROPERTY OWNER WAS INTERESTED IN THIS LEASE, AND THAT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER THAT WE'RE DEALING WITH TODAY. I THINK WE SHOULD LET THE CITIZENS SPEAK FIRST. SO THAT WAY THE APPLICANT CAN LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY, AND HE MAY BE ABLE TO RESPOND OR ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS. OKAY. WITH EVERYBODY. OKAY. HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE SIGNED UP? TEN. AND WE WILL HAVE THE PUBLIC SPEAK FIRST THEN THANK YOU. WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. FOR THE RECORD, YOU DO HAVE THREE MINUTES. BERT SILVERSTEIN. I WILL SAY THAT. I WILL SAY THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND SPEAK FOR YOUR THREE MINUTES, BUT WE REALLY PREFER THAT YOU IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SAY, IN ADDITION TO WHAT'S ALREADY BEEN STATED, THAT WOULD HELP MOVE THE PROCESS ALONG A LITTLE BIT. SO YOUR FIRST, I APPRECIATE THAT I'VE ALREADY EXED OFF TO TWO SPOTS. SO THERE YOU GO AGAIN, I'M BERT SILVERSTEIN, I RESIDE AT 1710 CORONA DEL MAR DRIVE. FIRST I WANT TO THANK HELMUT FROM ATLAS TOWERS FOR CLARIFYING A FEW POINTS. FOR ME. THAT HELPED A LOT. I APPRECIATE THAT, BUT I AM HERE TO PROTEST THE BUILDING OF THE 155 FOOT CELL TOWER. IT'S BEHIND OUR PROPERTY. SINCE I JUST HAVE A FEW MINUTES, I'M GOING TO BRIEFLY STATE MY POINTS AND PROVIDE DETAILED BACKUP IF YOU NEED THAT. BUT APPARENTLY YOU HAVE ALL OF THAT THOUGH I ASKED UNDER FOIA FOR ALL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN THE CITY AND ATLAS TOWERS, INCLUDING A DETAILED SITE MAP. I ONLY RECEIVED FOUR EMAILS FROM LAST YEAR. SINCE THEN, I WAS ABLE TO UNCOVER MORE INFORMATION IN THE CITY'S POSSESSION, INCLUDING AN UPDATED SITE MAP, WHICH YOU'VE ALREADY SHOWN SO BRIEFLY. I'LL ALSO. THERE'S NO PICTURE FROM CORONA DEL MAR WHERE THE TOWER WOULD BE EXPOSED RIGHT BEHIND MY PROPERTY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO SHOW THAT AS WELL. SO THE UPDATED PROPOSAL INDICATES THE FENCED AREA BEGINS 196FT. TOWER 221 FROM OUR HOMES FENCE LINE. IT DISRUPTS THE VIEW, DISRUPTS NATURE, AND CREATES A POTENTIAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUE IN THIS AREA. NOW, THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT THIS MONOPOLE TOWER IS GOING TO BE CONCEALED OR DISGUISED AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 15 B4 OF THE CITY CODE. NOW THE AREA IS GOING TO BE ENCLOSED WITH A SIMPLE PICKET FENCE ENCLOSURE. IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT CURIOUS CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE PARK, AND DISC GOLF PLAYERS TRYING TO RETRIEVE THEIR WAYWARD DISCS. I KNOW IT ALWAYS COMES IN MY PROPERTY. IT'S ALSO BLOCKING THE PLANNED ACCESS PATH FROM FREEDOM TREE PARK. WHENEVER THAT PARK IS FINALLY GOING TO BE BUILT, THE 30 FOOT WIDE ACCESS ROAD IS GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE FENCE LINE WITHIN 15FT. USING CALICHE MATERIAL WHICH DOES NOT HOLD UP WELL TO RAIN AND WIND. AND WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE DUST AND MATERIAL TO BE SCATTERED INTO OUR YARDS. THE TOWER VIOLATES THE FUTURE LAND USE AND CHARACTER MAP GOALS 2.4, 2.5 AND 4.6 OF THE MISSOURI CITY [00:40:07] COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE LAND USE MAP OF THE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS SUBURBAN DISTRICT AREA AS WITHIN THE PARKS AND RECREATION LIMITS. THERE'S NO EVIDENCE THAT A LETTER OF IRREVOCABLE CREDIT EXISTS TO COVER THE COSTS OF DISMANTLING THE TOWER. IF IT'S DECLARED TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE. PER SECTION 15 B4, THE HOME VALUES WILL DECREASE BY AN AVERAGE OF 7.6% WITHIN 1000FT AND HOMES WITHIN THE VISIBLE RANGE CLOSE TO 10% BY PER ACRE. NOW, I UNDERSTAND MORE TAXES ARE GOING TO BE GENERATED BY REZONING THIS AS COMMERCIAL, BUT HAVE YOU TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THE DISSATISFACTION OF THE HOMEOWNERS AND THE LOWER TAXES THE CITY WILL RECEIVE FROM THE REDUCED HOME VALUES? NOW TO SUMMARIZE BEFORE I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME IS UP, I ASK FOR ONE ADDITIONAL MINUTE, SO I'M SUMMARIZING. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF OTHER PEOPLE THAT REALLY NEED. I'M ON THE LIST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING. PER ATLAS TOWER, THEY'RE WILLING TO MOVE THAT 2500 SQUARE FOOT LEASED AREA ANYWHERE ELSE IN HIS 40 ACRE TRACT PROVIDED TEAHOUSE BEVERAGE. MR. HONG AGREES THERE ARE ALSO WILLING TO ACCESS IT FROM ANY OTHER POINT IF THE CITY AGREES AND SETBACKS ARE APPROVED. SO, TO SUMMARIZE, I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS ANTENNA NEAR OUR HOMES. IT REDUCES THE VALUE OF OUR HOMES, WILL STICK OUT LIKE A SORE THUMB, AND VIOLATION OF OUR CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND CITY CODE WILL BE HAZARDOUS ATTRACTION TO CHILDREN PLAYING IN THE ADJACENT PARK. GREAT DUST AND DEBRIS FROM THE ACCESS ROAD AND POTENTIALLY BE A HEALTH HAZARD DEPENDING UPON HOW MANY SETS OF THE ANTENNAS ATLAS TOWER APPROVES. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LAWRENCE BELL. THANK YOU. BURT, MY NAME IS LAWRENCE BELL. I LIVE AT 1723 CORONA DEL MAR DRIVE, AND I'M SPEAKING IN OPPOSITION TO THE TOWER LOCATION. THE FACT THAT THINGS HAVE MOVED 220FT IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. I WISH IT WOULD MOVE ANOTHER 200FT TO THE OTHER END OF THE PROPERTY AND JUST MOVE IT AWAY FROM OUR HOUSES. REAL ESTATE VALUES DO NOT INCREASE WITH A CELL TOWER IN THEIR BACKYARD. THEY GO THE OTHER WAY AND THE CITY NEEDS ALL THE TAXES THEY CAN GET FROM US. ONE OF MY CHURCH MEMBERS WHO YOU MAY KNOW IS ALLEN OWEN. WE SPOKE ONE TIME ABOUT HAVING COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, TAKING SOME OF THE BURDEN OFF HOMEOWNERS, AND I'M IN FAVOR OF DOING THAT AND LIMITING THAT AS A TAX SOURCE AND ADDING TO IT. MAYBE IT'LL SLOW THE INCREASE IN PERSONAL HOUSING TAXES AND WHATEVER. AND FOR THAT REASON, I'M IN FAVOR OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. I JUST DON'T NEED IT AS CLOSE AS IT IS. IT NEEDS TO BE FURTHER AWAY. THE FACT THAT THIS IS NEW INFORMATION I JUST HEARD IN THE PRESENTATION THAT'S BEING MOVED TO 100FT, I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT. AND THE INFORMATION I'VE RECEIVED AS FAR AS THE PLANTS OF WHERE IT IS, IT'S GOOD. WE HAVE ONE CELL TOWER AT THUNDERBIRD NORTH, WHICH WE'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH. IT'S ALMOST A SCARECROW. IT'S HYSTERICAL. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE. WHICH CITY PLANNING? JENNIFER HAS NOT BROUGHT UP. SLIGHTLY OVER A MILE AT THE END OF MISTY HOWELL, OVER BY KITTY HOLLOW PARK. AND I'M KIND OF IN THE MIDDLE BETWEEN THEM. I DON'T HAVE A GOOD MAP TO SHOW THAT OUT, BUT YOU GOT THAT AT FINGERTIPS IN A COMPUTER, AND I WOULD IMPROVE. I PREFER THE IMPROVED CELL PHONE TOWER AT 150FT. THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE ABOUT A FIVE FOOT PAD PUT IN. SO IT'S NOW 155FT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CELLS. IF THEY ALL GET SOLD OUT AND THEY PROBABLY WILL. WE'RE ALL USING MORE WIRELESS AND CELL THAN EVER BEFORE. YOU'RE GOING TO COME DOWN FROM 155, 145, 135, 125FT. AND WE KNOW WE CAN'T GET SO MUCH CLOSE AS FAR AS IT GOES, BUT DISTANCE AND ELEVATION BECOME AN ISSUE. THAT CALICHE ROAD WHICH EVERYBODY SPEAKS ABOUT. HAVING LIVED IN SOUTH TEXAS FOR 32 YEARS BEFORE I MOVED BACK TO MISSOURI CITY ROADS ARE REALLY BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE HEALTH. EVEN IF YOU GO TO BLACKTOP COME AUGUST SEPTEMBER, IT GETS A LITTLE DRY AND CLICHY GETS A LOT OF DUSTY, AND MY HOUSE IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM BACKING UP TO THE CLICHY ROAD, WHICH WILL BE OVER 500FT FROM MR. HOWELL, WHERE IT WILL ENTER UNTIL IT MAKES A HARD TURN [00:45:01] WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO GO. AND AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR VOLUNTEER TIME COMING TO LISTEN TO THIS. YOUR NEIGHBORS AND TAXPAYERS JUST LIKE ME. AND WE APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE GARY LEE'S. HI, MY NAME IS GARY LIST. I LIVE ON LAKESHORE FOREST DRIVE. I'VE LIVED IN LAKE OLYMPIA SINCE 89. WE HAD THE CELL TOWER BUILT NEAR THE DEWALT CEMETERY. I BELIEVE THAT'S LESS THAN A MILE AWAY. SO WHEN THEY DID THE INVENTORY, I. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY WOULD HAVE COUNTED THAT CELL TOWER. OUR HOA WAS SUED OVER THAT, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM ACCESS TO THAT TOWER. WE HAD ANOTHER ONE WE SHOT DOWN THAT WAS BEHIND THE GARDEN CENTER. I THINK RESIDENTS ARE JUST TIRED OF WALKING OUTSIDE THEIR HOUSE AND SEEING TOWERS. WE ALL SEE THE TV TOWERS. THEY WERE THERE, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE VIEW OF A TOWER. YOU KNOW, WE I PROTESTED THIS IN NOVEMBER, THINKING I WAS SIGNING OFF ON PROTESTING THIS WHOLE PLOT OF LAND, AND I'M. I WAS SURPRISED WHEN IT CAME UP AGAIN. YOU MOVE SOMETHING A FEW HUNDRED FEET. IF IT GETS DENIED AGAIN, DOES THAT MEAN THEY'LL COME BACK SIX MONTHS FROM NOW AND DO IT AGAIN? I WENT OUT TO LOOK AT THE SIGN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE LOT, BECAUSE SOMEBODY TOLD ME IT HAD BEEN LAYING FACE DOWN FOR A FEW MONTHS. SO LAST WEEK I WENT OUT AND I FASTENED A SIGN BACK UP TO THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THAT PLOT OF LAND LETTING PEOPLE KNOW THIS. THIS MEETING WAS COMING UP. MY BIG THING IS, IF IT GETS DENIED, HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS? IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW, THERE THERE SHOULD BE A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE SOMEBODY CAN BRING THIS BACK UP. I KNOW MARIE HAS SHOWED UP WITH ALL THE FORMS THAT PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED OFF PREVIOUSLY, AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE AGAINST A TOWER, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T CARE IF IT'S BEEN MOVED 50FT, 100FT, 200FT. THE OTHER QUESTION, TOO, IF A TOWER IS PUT ON THAT LAND, DOES THAT HURT THE VALUE FOR THE REST OF THE LAND? I KNOW THE CITY'S INTERESTED IN PROPERTY TAXES. YOU HAVE A CELL TOWER IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PLOT OF LAND. DOES THAT HURT OR HELP THE VALUE OF FUTURE BUILDING ON THAT LAND? I HOPE THE PNC TAKES IT INTO CONSIDERATION. ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED OFF AGAINST US AND CONSIDER VOTING AGAINST IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAD EDWARD GRAVIS. OKAY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. AS MENTIONED MY NAME IS EDWARD. NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE. FOR THE RECORD, I LIVE AT 4111 CASA DEL LAGO IN THE IN LAKE OLYMPIA SUBDIVISION. AS MENTIONED, I'M DOCTOR ED GRAVIS. I'M AN EPIDEMIOLOGIST AT HOUSTON METHODIST AND UT SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH, AND I'M ALSO A HOMEOWNER. I'M REALLY HERE THIS EVENING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING. I WAS HERE ALSO IN NOVEMBER AND PROTESTED THEN AND AFTER THE NEGATIVE VOTE, I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING AWAY, AND I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS POSSIBLE TO BRING IT BACK. BUT, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE AN OLD PENNY. IT KEEPS COMING BACK. I THINK THE ESTHETICS OF HAVING THIS UNSIGHTLY 155 FOOT CELL TOWER SO CLOSE TO THE LAKE OLYMPIA SUBDIVISION NEIGHBORHOOD IS DISCONCERTING, AS HOMES WERE BUILT AND BOUGHT WITH DEVELOPERS AND CITIES, CITIES ASSURANCES THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE GREEN SPACE BEHIND THOSE HOMES OVER THERE AND WE'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT NEXT TO THE PARK, AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A CELL PHONE TOWER. IT'S ONE THING WHEN YOU BUY A HOME THAT HAS AN ESTABLISHED CELL TOWER, BUT IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU BUY A HOME AND THEY PUT A CELL TOWER IN YOUR BACKYARD. AND ALSO THE HOUSE VALUES, AGAIN, WAS MENTIONED BY BERT ABOUT THE DECREASE IN AT LEAST 7.6% AND THAT THAT WAS DONE NOT JUST IN TEXAS. THAT'S THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. NOW, ONE THING, THE SPECIAL USE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT EMFS, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH PERSON, SO I HAVE TO TALK ABOUT EMFS. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. AND, YOU KNOW, AND THE REASON I BRING THIS UP IS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS IGNORANCE AND BIAS REGARDING THE GOVERNMENT'S IGNORANCE IN THE 50S AND 60S ABOUT SMOKING. AND WE CAN SEE WHAT THAT HAS DONE. AND SO CERTAINLY I PUT THIS IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS THE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CIGARETTE SMOKING AND THE WAY WE'RE ACTING TOWARDS IT NOW, WHAT WE DID IN THE 50S AND 60S, CERTAINLY THERE [00:50:01] ARE HEALTH HAZARDS FOR EMFS ON ANY SORT OF BEES, FRUIT FLIES, FROGS, BIRDS, BATS, HUMANS. BUT LONG TERM STUDIES HAVE NEVER BEEN DONE. THE GOVERNMENT BASES EVERYTHING ON SHORT TERM STUDIES, AND THE. THERE ARE THREE MAJOR EFFECTS THAT THAT BASE STATION ANTENNAS DO ON HEALTH OF PEOPLE. AND THAT'S RADIO FREQUENCY SICKNESS, CANCER AND THE CHANGES IN BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD BIOMARKERS. AND CERTAINLY IN A NEW STUDY JUST PUBLISHED THIS YEAR, THERE WAS A OUTPUT OF FRUIT BEARING TREES WAS REDUCED BY FROM 100% TO LESS THAN 5% AFTER CELL TOWERS WERE INSTALLED. AND THIS IS TWO AND A HALF YEARS LATER. SO AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LONG TERM EFFECTS, NOT SHORT TERM EFFECTS. AND AGAIN, THE CURRENT SAFETY STANDARDS SET BY THE US GOVERNMENT ONLY CONSIDER THESE SHORT TERM EFFECTS. TIME IS UP. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY YOUR TIME IS UP OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. NEXT WE HAVE JEFF THOMAS. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JEFF THOMAS. I LIVE AT 1730 CORONA DEL MAR. FIRST I WANT TO THANK EACH OF YOU FOR THE EFFORTS YOU DO IN PROTECTING MISSOURI CITY. KEEPING THE ZONES COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL ADEQUATELY SEPARATED. AND THIS IS WHAT THIS CONCERNS. I ECHO MOST OF THE COMMENTS THAT I'VE HEARD HERE. ACTUALLY, ALL THE COMMENTS I OBJECT TO THE CELL PHONE TOWER AND WHERE IT'S BEING PLACED. MY HOUSE BACKS UP TO WHERE THE ROAD WOULD COME RIGHT BEHIND MY HOME. A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT CALICHE ROAD AND DUST BEING RIGHT BEHIND MY HOME. WE HAVE A NICE FRISBEE GOLF PARK, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE INTERRUPTED BY THAT ROAD, SO I THINK THAT'S A CONCERN. I HEARD HER SAY THAT. THIS CELL PHONE TOWER REACHED OUT TO MISSOURI CITY ABOUT THE PARKLAND, AND DID NOT GET ANYTHING BACK. I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD IF THAT PARKLAND BELONGS TO MISSOURI CITY. IS THAT CORRECT? COMMUNITY PARK. COMMUNITY PARK BELONGS TO MISSOURI CITY, YES. SO I WOULD THINK THE CITY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN AT LEAST OBTAINING HOW MUCH MONEY THEY COULD EARN FROM HAVING THIS ON THE CITY PARK LAND, IF IT COULD BE MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED, EQUIDISTANT FROM HOMES, INSTEAD OF BEING SO CLOSE TO OUR HOMES THAT MIGHT BE WORTH A CONSIDERATION, AND HAVING A LITTLE MORE UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THAT WOULD IMPACT THE CELL SIGNAL. IT'S INTERESTING. IT'S CALLED GLEN LAKE CELL TOWER, BUT YET IT'S REALLY QUITE FAR FROM GLEN LAKES. BUT I DID HEAR SOMEONE SAY THAT THE INTENT IS TO IMPROVE CELL SIGNAL IN GLEN LAKES AREA. AND SO BY MOVING THE TOWER MORE INTO THE PARK AND MORE CENTRALLY LOCATED, I WOULD THINK THE ATLAS TOWER COULD ACTUALLY ACHIEVE MORE CELL COVERAGE IN THE GLEN LAKES AREA. JUST JUST AN OBSERVATION OF THE WHY IT'S CALLED GLEN LAKES. BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE JUST SOME COMMENTS I HAVE. I THINK THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED. AND THE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS CLOSE TO THE TOWER NEED TO BE CONSIDERED. AND AS ONE OF THOSE RESIDENTS, I WOULD OBJECT TO WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY BEING LOCATED AND HOPE THAT IT COULD BE MAYBE MOVED TO WHERE IT WOULD BE FARTHER FROM HOMES IN THAT AREA. I ALSO HEARD HER SAY THAT THIS POTENTIAL PIECE OF PROPERTY. AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES, THERE'S GOING TO BE FURTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA, SO I DON'T QUITE KNOW HOW THAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE PARK AND YOU HAVE THE PARKS EDGE AND YOU HAVE LAKE OLYMPIA SURROUNDING THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. SO I'M NOT SURE HOW ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT COULD HAPPEN AROUND THIS PROPERTY. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT COMMENT. JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER, AND I HOPE THAT YOU GIVE CONSIDERATION TO MAYBE EITHER NOT APPROVING THIS OR HAVING IT MOVED FURTHER AWAY FROM HOMES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE IRENE ALLEN. I WILL YIELD BACK MY TIME, BUT BECAUSE MY POINTS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED BY THE PREVIOUS GENTLEMAN. BUT I DO OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF THE CELLPHONE TOWER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE LINDA DE. MY NAME IS LINDA DE. I LIVE AT 15 FLAMINGO LANDING AND FLAMINGO ISLAND. WE LOOK OUT OVER ON THE LAKE AND IF YOU PUT THE CELL PHONE TOWER, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE CELL PHONE TOWER ALONG WITH THOSE TV TOWERS. I PROTESTED IN NOVEMBER AS WELL. I'VE BEEN A REALTOR FOR OVER 14 YEARS AND HAVE LIVED IN FORT BEND COUNTY FOR OVER 27, AND IN MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, IF THEY PUT A CELL PHONE TOWER, THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE VALUES OF THOSE HOMES NEARBY UP TO $100,000, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE LONGER TO SELL. IT'S GOING TO DRIVE DOWN THE VALUES OF ALL THE HOMES IN THE AREA, AND YOU'LL END UP WITH A LOT MORE INVESTORS [00:55:02] AND RENTERS. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY NEED TO PUT A CELL PHONE TOWER THERE. THE CELL SERVICE IS FINE IN OUR AREA. IT'S CNN. RIVERSTONE ARE THE ONES THAT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH CELL SERVICE. THEY NEED TO GO PUT THE TOWER OVER THERE. BUT BUT I AGREE, IT DOESN'T BELONG IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT DOESN'T BELONG NEXT TO A PARK. A PARK IS THERE FOR OUR ENJOYMENT NOT TO LOOK AT A CELL PHONE TOWER. YOU KNOW, WE WENT THROUGH THIS IN NOVEMBER AND LIKE THEY SAID EARLIER, I'M NOT SURE WHY WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN. ARE THEY GOING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, MOVE IT ANOTHER 50FT? WE COME BACK IN THREE MONTHS. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT IT'S DECISIONS NEEDS TO BE MADE, WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE GOING TO TURN LAKE OLYMPIA INTO A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN JUST PUT CELL PHONE TOWERS ALL OVER THE PLACE BECAUSE THERE'S, WHAT, TWO, THREE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN SIGHT ALREADY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE JERRY. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JERRY THIELE, A RESIDENT OF THE LAKE OLYMPIA AT 2623 LAKESIDE VILLAGE DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. SEVEN SEVEN, 459. CITY CODE OF ORDINANCES CLEARLY STATES REQUIREMENTS OF TOWERS FOR THESE APPLICATION. ONE OF THE THINGS IT SAYS IS A REPORT FROM PROFESSIONAL STRUCTURAL ENGINEER LICENSED IN TEXAS. THESE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED DON'T HAVE A STAMP OR SEAL FROM A STRUCTURAL ENGINEER THAT THE PLANS DO EXPLICITLY STATE THAT THE SCOPE WAS ONLY TO INCLUDE THE DID NOT INCLUDE A STRUCTURAL EVALUATION OF THIS TOWER. THE CODE OF ORDINANCES ALSO SAYS THAT COLLAPSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE TOWER, AND EVIDENCE THAT SITE AND SETBACKS ARE OF ADEQUATE SIZE TO CONTAIN A TOTAL OR PARTIAL STRUCTURE COLLAPSE OF THE TOWER WITHIN ITS SITE, AND SO SINCE THE STRUCTURAL THERE WAS NO STRUCTURAL ENGINEER STAMP ON THIS PLAN, I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD EVEN IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE CITY CODE ON SELF-SERVICE MISSOURI CITY WEBSITE. THE APPLICATION PACKET SUBMITTED EXPLICITLY SAYS A COMPLETED APPLICATION ALSO INCLUDES FEES CURRENTLY ON THE SELF-SERVICE WEBSITE, $8.50 BALANCE ON THIS SUPPLEMENT ON THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPLICATION ON INVOICE 00067701 IS OUTSTANDING WITH THE EXPIRATION ON NOVEMBER 17TH, 2024. IF THE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT MET, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DENIED. I WOULD HOPE THAT IN THE IN THE PRE DEV MEETING THAT THEY'RE THE PARKS WERE INVOLVED AS WELL. THE PROPOSAL LOCATION IS IN BETWEEN COMMUNITY AND FREEDOM TREE PARK TRAIL NUMBER 15, ESTABLISHED BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT, CONNECTS COMMUNITY PARK AND FREEDOM TREE PARK. ORDINANCE 02209 MISSOURI CITY PARKS, RECREATION AND OPEN SPACE SPACES, MASTER PLAN STATES. CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS THE MASTER PLAN, WHICH DESIGNED TO BENEFIT THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE ENJOYMENT OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, INCREASING THE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE IN HEALTHFUL PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND LITTLE TO NO COST. PROVIDING VARIED PASSIVE AND ACTIVE PARK FACILITIES CONTAINED WITHIN NEIGHBORHOOD ATTRIBUTES AND UTILIZING AND PRESERVING NATURAL CREEKS, BAYOUS, FAUNA AND FLORA. WHEN HOW APPROPRIATE. FREEDOM TREE PARK IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY HISTORIC, SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF YOU HAVE WORKED VERY HARD IN, IN CREATING. AND I DON'T WANT TO SEE A CELL PHONE TOWER KIND OF MESS THAT UP AND MESS UP THE YOU KNOW HOW LONG IT TOOK US TO GET GET HERE TODAY. THE MEETING MINUTES FROM THE PNC MEETING ON. YEAH, I'LL JUST SKIP THAT. BUT IN YOUR HANDS, THERE'S THOMPSON, THE ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL ANTENNA. IT'S AT 130FT. IT HAS. JUST LIKE THE PLANS THAT ATLAS TOWER ONE HAS GIVEN US. IT HAS FOUR ANTENNA RACKS. AND THOSE THOSE PLATFORMS THAT SHE SAID ARE. I'M SORRY, MR. THIEL. YOUR TIME IS UP. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. NEXT, WE HAVE SANDY MALOOF. I GAVE UP MY TIME FOR HER. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT, LIKE EVERYONE HERE, WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO BUY OUR HOUSES AND INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LOVE, AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT DESTROYED, IN MY OPINION, THAT WE DO THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND NEXT WE HAVE MARIE MOOD. GOOD EVENING, I'M MARIE MOORE. I LIVE IN LAKE OLYMPIA FOR 19 DREW LANDING, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. I CAME HERE FOR THE PREVIOUS ATTEMPT AT [01:00:04] THE GLEN LAKES TOWER. I WAS SURPRISED IT CAME BACK AGAIN. TO ME, IT'S JUST A PEBBLE THROW AWAY. AND NOWHERE IN THAT PLOT OF LAND SHOULD ANOTHER CELL. SHOULD A CELL TOWER BE BUILT. AND I'M GOING TO STICK TO. WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ESTHETICS, POTENTIAL RADIATION, MEDICAL EFFECTS. LAKE OLYMPIA IS BEAUTIFUL. IT'S A NATURE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE CLEAR SKIES. WE HAVE LAKES. WE HAVE SWIMMING POOLS. WE HAVE PARKS. WE DON'T NEED MORE. WE'RE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE COMMUNITY PARK. AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE FREEDOM TREE PARK. WE WANT THAT TO BE BEAUTIFUL. WE DON'T WANT AN EYESORE THERE AND WE DON'T NEED EXTRA FACILITIES. WE'RE SELF-SUFFICIENT, ACTUALLY VERY SELF-SUFFICIENT. PEOPLE LIKE TO COME TO US AND WE DON'T NEED OUTSIDE, BUT WE WILL DEFINITELY ENJOY FREEDOM TREE PARK. BUT I'M GOING TO STICK TO PROPERTY VALUES, AND I THINK THAT'S THE ONE THAT HAS BITE LEGALLY. AND IT HAD BITE WHEN YOU DENIED THE FIRST CELL TOWER PROPERTY VALUES. IT'S A PROVEN FACT THAT IT WILL AFFECT UP TO SEVEN AND 10%, UP TO 1500 FEET, AND IT WILL AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES UP TO 2 TO 2300FT. THEREFORE, THAT WHOLE TRACT TO ME IS NOT AND SHOULD NOT BE BUILT FOR CELL TOWER. IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. IT SHOULD BE FARTHER AWAY. AND IF IT COMES BACK BECAUSE A FEW OPINIONS MOVE IT FURTHER BACK, WE WILL FIGHT IT WITH EVERYTHING WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE 1800 HOMES AND THEY WILL FIGHT IT BECAUSE LAKE OLYMPIA, THE BOARD, TURNED DOWN AN OFFER BY THE SAME COMPANY FOR $300,000 PLUS TO PUT IT IN ONE OF OUR COMMON AREAS, WAY OUT IN THE OYSTER CREEK AREA. AND WE DENIED IT. WE DENIED IT BECAUSE WE RESPECT WHAT WE HAVE, OUR PROPERTY VALUES. AND YOU GUYS RESPECTED THAT WHEN YOU DENIED THE FIRST ONE. AND IT'S WRITTEN. SO THE CITY HAS ALWAYS BACKED US UP IN CELL TOWERS AS IT HAS BEEN TALKED BEFORE. AND I HOPE YOU CONTINUE BACKING US UP AND THAT IF IT COMES BACK, THAT THIS ONE WILL BE DENIED. AND I HOPE IF IT COMES BACK AGAIN, IT WILL ALSO BE DENIED, UNLESS IT'S REALLY FAR 2500FT FARTHER AWAY WHERE IT WON'T AFFECT OUR PROPERTY VALUES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT WAS ALL THAT WE HAVE SIGNED UP. OKAY. AND WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE CAN LISTEN TO THE APPLICANT. RIGHT. OKAY. IS HE PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. NO. BECAUSE EVEN WE DID THEM FIRST. THE PUBLIC HEARING WOULD BE AFTER THAT OKAY. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND A SECOND. THAT MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE WILL NOW HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT. MR. COMMISSIONERS. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALLOWING ME TO BE HERE TODAY AND PUBLIC ALLOWING ME TO HEAR ALL YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PROJECT AT THIS TIME WAS IS IT A COMMUNICATION TOWER? THAT'S THAT STARTED MANY YEARS AGO. WE BUILT A COUPLE OF SITES ACROSS THE COUNTRY ITSELF. THE AREA ITSELF WAS SELECTED BY VERIZON TO ASCERTAIN AREAS THAT THEY HAVE LACK OF COVERAGE AND CAPACITY FOR QUALITY OF SERVICE FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. SO THEY EMPLOYED ATLAS ITSELF TO GO AND EXPLORE AREAS. WE BASICALLY LOOKED AT THE MILE RADIUS FROM WHERE THEY WANTED TO BE, AND WE ENGAGED SEVERAL PROPERTIES TO TRY AND ASCERTAIN WHO WE'RE WILLING TO LEASE THE PROPERTIES. UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY ONE PROPERTY DID SAY YES, AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR THE APPLICATION FOR THAT. SITE. ALLOW ME JUST TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THE SLIDES. I WANTED TO JUST MENTION AGAIN, IT'S THE ONE 55 FOOT TOWER. AGAIN, WE WILL DO EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THIS IS PAINTED AND STEALTH PROPERLY TO MATCH THE SURROUNDING AREAS. SO FROM THE PHOTO SIMULATIONS WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO YOU, YOU CAN SEE IT CLEARLY BACK GOES INTO THE BACKGROUND OF THE OF THE OF THE [01:05:01] SKY ITSELF. SO IT GENERALLY BLENDS INTO AREA BASED UPON HOW WE WILL PAINT THAT TOWER. WE WILL PAINT IT ANY COLOR THAT IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE. BUT TYPICALLY WE TRY AND DO A LIGHT GRAY OR A BLUISH COLOR TO MAKE SURE IT BLENDS INTO THE BACKGROUND SO IT'S LESS VISIBLE IMPACT FROM ANY LOCATION. I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH THESE SLIDES QUICKLY. SO JUST A YEAR OR SO RADIO JUSTIFICATION MAP BY VERIZON. SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THE AREA THAT HAS CURRENTLY A NEED. SO THEY HAVE TOWERS AROUND THE OUTSIDE. BUT DUE TO THE CAPACITY NEEDS FOR VERIZON I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW THIS, BUT A CELL A CELL BASICALLY BREATHES. SO AS MORE USERS GO ONTO THE SITE, IT ACTUALLY SHRINKS BECAUSE IT USES MORE POWER. SO THEREFORE YOU NEED OVERLAPPING COVERAGE TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE QUALITY OF SERVICE STILL ASCERTAINED TO THE CUSTOMERS. MAKE SURE THROUGHPUT AND DOWNLOAD SPEED IS MAINTAINED WITHOUT THIS SITE, QUALITY OF SERVICE WILL DEFINITELY NOT. MEET VERIZON'S REQUIREMENTS FOR THEIR CUSTOMERS. ALL RIGHT, JUST A QUICK JUSTIFICATION REASONS THEY HAVE PRESENTED AS TO WHY THEY NEED THIS LOCATION. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THEY WILL LOOK AT EXISTING TOWERS FIRST BEFORE THEY LOOK AT NEW TOWERS FOR THEM. IT'S ALSO FINANCIALLY MORE VIABLE GO FOR EXISTING TOWERS. SO THEY DID ASCERTAIN THE ENTIRE EXISTING SITES AROUND THE AREA TO SEE IF THEY CAN GO THERE FIRST. BUT DUE TO THE DISTANCE FROM WHERE THEY NEED TO BE AND THE HEIGHT REQUIREMENTS, THEY COULD NOT MEET THAT AND HAD TO GO TO A NEW LOCATION TO GET A NEW CELL TOWER AGAIN. I THINK WE'VE SHOWN THIS BEFORE. I'M GOING TO QUICKLY GO THROUGH THIS, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PAINTING OF THE TOWERS SHOULD BLEND INTO THE BACKGROUND FROM ANY VISIBLE AREAS. THERE'S ALREADY A POLE THERE. IT'S NOT WORKING. HERE WE GO. SO IT WILL LOOK SIMILAR TO THE EXISTING POLES ALREADY IN THE AREA, SO IT WILL NOT REALLY STAND OUT. YOU BE NO NEED TO SLOW DOWN, BUT THIS ONE QUICKLY. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME TOO MUCH. BUT THERE'S LEANING TO THE BACKGROUND. MATCHES THOSE POLES IN THE BACKGROUND. SO WHEN WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND AGAIN YOU CAN SEE THE GRAY SKY BACKGROUND WILL BLEND INTO THE AREA QUICKLY. HEALTH AND SAFETY REQUIREMENTS I MEAN, THERE'S BEEN MANY STUDIES ABOUT THIS THAT THERE IS NO HEALTH EFFECTS BY BY THE RADIO TOWERS. TOWERS ALSO ARE CLEARLY LICENSED BY THE FCC. AND FCC REGULATES THESE FREQUENCIES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT HARMFUL FOR ANYONE. ALSO, THE ANTENNAS ITSELF ARE VERY HIGH IN THE IN THE AIR, AND THEREFORE YOU ARE NOT IN PROXIMITY TO THESE LOCATIONS AND THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DEEMED ISSUE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTH AND SAFETY. I WANT TO TOUCH QUICKLY ON ON PROPERTY VALUES ON THIS. I JUST TOOK AN EXAMPLE OF A PROPERTY. SO YOU HAVE THE TOWER NORTH OF THIS LOCATION. IT'S THE 120 FOOT TOWER. I TOOK THAT LOCATION AND I WENT TO ZILLOW. SO THERE'S THE THERE'S THE TOWER JUST NORTH OF THE STREET THERE. AND THE PROPERTY I'M LOOKING AT IS JUST JUST SOUTH OF THAT LOCATION. SO THERE'S A PROPERTY CURRENTLY FOR SALE. IT'S GOING FOR $265,000. AND HERE'S THE GRAPH FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. SO THE TOWER WAS BUILT IN 2018. AND YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THERE'S NO REAL EFFECT OF A OF A CELL TOWER IN THE AREA AFFECTING THE PROPERTY VALUE FOR THAT TOWER. NOW, I ONLY TOOK ONE TOWER, BUT I'VE DONE THIS FOR MANY OTHER CITIES IN THE US WHERE WE'VE DONE SIMILAR PROJECTS, AND THE TREND IS THE SAME. SO ZILLOW ITSELF, PROPERTY VALUES SHOW YOU THAT IT'S NOT DECREASED, ACTUALLY INCREASED. AND THE MARKET ITSELF DICTATES THE PROPERTY VALUES, NOT THE CELL TOWER. AND THEN JUST WANT TO QUICKLY ADDRESS COMMENTS MADE BY THE PUBLIC. SO I DO WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DO LISTEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND WE WANT TO TRY AND MAKE SURE WE MITIGATE ALL THOSE ITEMS. WE ARE GOING TO BUILD A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE AROUND THE FACILITY ITSELF, WHICH IS LOCKABLE GATE AS WELL, AND THAT WILL PREVENT ANY KIDS OR ANYTHING FROM ENTERING THE SITE ITSELF. THAT FENCE. ALSO, WE CAN LOOK AT LANDSCAPING AROUND THE FENCE TO MAKE SURE THE PROPERTY IS FROM THE SOUTH, DO NOT SEE THE FENCE, BUT ACTUALLY SEE MORE LANDSCAPING IN THAT PERSPECTIVE. REGARDING THE ACCESS ROUTE AND ROAD THAT WE ACTUALLY BUILD TOWARDS THE SITE. IT'S A ROAD BASED CRUSHER STONE. SO THINK ABOUT THE LAYER OF CRUSHER STONE THAT'S USED PRIOR TO TEARING THE ROAD. IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF BASE. AND WE DO PROVIDE WE DO MAINTENANCE ON OUR TOWER ON A PERIODICAL BASIS. SO IF THE TOWER, THE COMPOUND OR THE ROAD [01:10:01] HAS ANY ISSUES WITH, WITH DEGRADATION OVER TIME DUE TO WEATHER, WHATEVER ASPECTS, WE WILL FIX THAT. SO THAT'S PART OF THE MAINTENANCE PROCESS WE DO ON A REGULAR BASIS. SO THE CONCERNS WITH THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE MITIGATED. AND AGAIN, WE WILL WELCOME ANY PERSON TO REACH OUT VIA THE CITY TO US TO SAY THERE'S AN ISSUE, AND WE'LL ABSOLUTELY LOOK INTO MAKING SURE THAT ISSUE IS FIXED AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE. BUT PART OF OUR ROUTINE PROCESS, WE DO MAINTAIN THE SITE AND THE ROAD ITSELF, ADDRESS SOME PROPERTY VALUE ASPECTS THERE. BY BY THAT SLIDE, THERE ARE MANY MORE SITES I COULD HAVE TAKEN, BUT I JUST TOOK THIS ONE SITE. I'M HAPPY TO PROVIDE YOU THE COUNCIL WITH ANY OTHER. SITES WITH THE SAME LOCATION. STAFFING PURPOSES SPOKE ABOUT THAT. WE MAKE SURE. SO WE REALLY DO LISTEN TO THE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE SENSE OF MAKING SURE STAFFING IS PARAMOUNT ON THIS. SO WE WILL TAKE A SERIOUS WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THE ANTENNAS ARE PAY, ARE PAINTED, THE TOWER IS PAINTED, THE ENTIRE ASPECTS TO MAKE SURE IT BLENDS INTO THE BACKGROUND AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. WE'RE TRYING. WE EVEN, LIKE WE MENTIONED EARLIER, MOVE THE SITE AWAY FROM WHERE IT WAS PREVIOUSLY AT A COST TO ATLAS BECAUSE WE HAVE TO REDO ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ANALYSIS. WE HAVE TO DO ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE ASPECTS AGAIN. BUT WE DO THIS BECAUSE WE LISTEN TO THE TO THE PUBLIC TO TRY AND MOVE THESE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? YEAH, I'VE JUST A QUICK A QUICK ONE. WHAT WAS THE RATIONALE OR THOUGHT PROCESS IN THE DISTANCE YOU SETTLED ON FOR THIS? WE THIS TIME WE WORK WITH A LANDLORD TO TRY AND MOVE IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE INTO THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH. AND THIS IS A LOCATION THAT HE GAVE US HIS BLESSING TO MOVE IT AS FAR AS POSSIBLE. WE ACTUALLY FOUGHT WITH HIM A LITTLE BIT WITH AS FAR AS POSSIBLE FOR THE LANDOWNER AND NOT SERVICE BY ATLAS AND VERIZON. SO THE AREA ITSELF, NO MATTER WHERE WE MOVE IT ON TO THAT PARCEL, WILL REMAIN THE SAME. IT'S NOT REALLY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE. SO IF YOU MOVE IT EVEN A COUPLE OF HUNDRED FEET LEFT OR RIGHT, THE RADIO FREQUENCY DESIGN WILL NOT REALLY BE IMPACTED AT ALL. SO IT WON'T REALLY AFFECT THAT AT ALL. OKAY. SO YOU COULD MOVE IT FURTHER THEN WITHIN THAT WE COULD, WE COULD IF THE BLESSING OF THE LANDLORD. AND OBVIOUSLY IF WE MEET PLANNING AND ZONING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL FOR THAT. THANK YOU. ANY TIME ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED ABOUT DRAWING, SET THE STRUCTURAL DRAWING SET. IS THIS NOT I CAN'T IMAGINE THIS THING NOT BEING DESIGNED A GREAT, GREAT, GREAT, GREAT QUESTION. PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. OF COURSE. I JUST WANTED TO REAFFIRM I AGREE. SO THE ZONING PROCESS IS NOT YET AT THAT STEP. SO ONCE ZONING IS APPROVED, PART OF THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, WE HAVE STRUCTURAL DESIGN DRAWINGS BY THE TOWER ENGINEER. ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS WILL BE MET, BUT THAT'S MORE PART OF THE BUILDING PLAN REQUIREMENTS. SO ONCE WE PASS THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS, WE ENTER INTO THE BUILDING PERMIT PHASE. AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE STAMPED ENGINEER DRAWINGS FOR THE ENTIRE SITE, AS WELL AS TOWER STAMPED ENGINEERING DRAWINGS, GEOTECHNICAL DONE ON THE SITE. ALL THOSE ASPECTS WILL BE MET. OTHERWISE WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD THE SITE AT ALL. EVEN FOR OUR PURPOSES. WE DO THAT FOR EVERY SINGLE SITE. OKAY, AND THIS MIGHT BE A DIFFICULT QUESTION TO ANSWER. AND IT'S ALL RIGHT. DO YOU BY CHANCE KNOW, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DESIGN CODE AND STANDARDS, THE RISK CATEGORY ASSIGNED TO THIS TOWER, IT HAS TO DO WITH WIND SPEED, ITS DESIGN, WIND SPEED. ONCE WE DO THE GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY THAT DETERMINES BASICALLY THE FOUNDATION DESIGN, SO THAT THAT GEOTECHNICAL SURVEY GETS SENT TO ENGINEER AND AT OUR SUPPLIER WHO THEN DESIGNS PER THE AREA, THE WIND SPEED, THE CATEGORY ASPECT, THEY DESIGNED THE FOUNDATION TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS. AND WE HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE FOUNDATION TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENTS. OKAY. WOULD WE HAVE A CHANCE TO REVIEW THAT AT THAT POINT IN TIME WHEN THEY COME BEFORE THE COMPANY? OKAY. FAIR ENOUGH. ALSO, THIS TOWER IS UNDER 200FT TALL, CORRECT? 155 155 OKAY. THEREFORE IT DOES NOT REQUIRE TO HAVE A RED FLASHING BEACON, DOES IT? YES. WE ALREADY HAVE A APPROVAL FOR THE LOCATION AND THE HEIGHT, AND THEY HAVE DEEMED A FLASHING LIGHT IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THIS. TYPICALLY 199 HIGHER IS TYPICALLY WHEN THEY SAY YOU HAVE TO HAVE A LIGHT. BUT IF A ALREADY HAS GIVEN US THE APPROVAL FOR THE HEIGHT AND THEREFORE NO, NO LIGHT IS REQUIRED. OKAY, SO THERE WILL BE NO LIGHT BEACONS OR ANYTHING UNLIKE THE OTHER TOWERS. OKAY. ALSO, DOES THIS PARTICULAR SITE HAVE BACKUP POWER EMERGENCY POWER? IT WILL BE PROVIDED TO IT. THE CARRIER MAY PLACE GENERATOR ON THE SITE, BUT THAT'S NOT YET DECIDED ON THAT. ON THAT PERSPECTIVE, THEY ALSO MAYBE BRING A MOBILE GENERATOR TO SITE. WIND POWER DOES GET DISRUPTED, BUT TYPICALLY THEY WILL NOT HAVE A GENERATOR ON [01:15:05] SITE IF THE POWER IS STABLE. BUT THEY'LL BRING A GENERATOR TO SITE IF THE POWER DOES DIP. OKAY. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, MR. O'MALLEY? SO THE BACKUP GENERATOR. I'VE NEVER SEEN A CELL TOWER THAT DOESN'T HAVE BACKUP POWER SUPPLY. YEAH, AND IF IT'S DRIVEN BY DIESEL, I MEAN, IF IT WAS DRIVEN BY NATURAL GAS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE NATURAL GAS. BUT IF YOU DON'T, YOU'D BE BIODIESEL. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. EXACTLY. YEAH. AND HOW OFTEN DOES THAT HAVE TO. COME ON. HOW GOOD YOUR POWER. YEAH. HOW GOOD IS THE POWER. YEAH I DON'T KNOW. I GUESS IT'S GOOD. I MEAN I DON'T BUILD CELL TOWERS I DON'T KNOW, WE ON THE GRID. SO WE TAKE POWER FROM THE GRID. SO IF, IF IT'S A GRID OUTAGE ONLY, WE'LL THEN WILL ACTUALLY GENERATE A KICK IN FOR, FOR POWER. SO IT'S TYPICALLY THE GRID AVAILABILITY THAT THAT DICTATES HOW OFTEN THAT GENERATOR WILL RUN. AND WHEN YOU RUN FOR THE PERIOD THE POWER IS OFF. SO WHEN POWER COMES BACK ON, IT SAYS AUTO SWITCH THAT SWITCHES BACK TO THE MAIN POWER, THE STONE ROAD THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. WHAT IS THE TYPE OF STONE? IT'S IS IT CRUSHED CONCRETE? CRUSHED CONCRETE, CRUSHED STONE, USUALLY CRUSHED STONE THAT YOU USE FOR THE SAME BASE AS AS ROADS, SAME SAME TYPE OF CRUSHER BASE. YES. WELL, CRUSHED CONCRETE PRODUCES A NOT CONCRETE. IT'S CRUSHER STONE. A TYPICAL CRUSHER STONE THAT YOU USE LIMESTONE? I THINK SO, YEAH. IN MOST OF YOUR CELL TOWERS, HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO RESIDENTS? I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE TO TALK TO RESIDENTS LIKE YOU ARE TONIGHT? I MEAN IT, WE ALWAYS TRY AND AVOID THIS BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO BUILD IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS. THAT'S NEVER WHAT OUR INTENTION IS. SO TYPICALLY EVERY TEN SITES, MAYBE 2 OR 3, THAT WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. THE PROBLEM IS WHEN YOU GET INTO DENSE AREAS, THERE'S REALLY NOT MUCH SPACE OUT THERE WHERE THIS KIND OF SITUATION WE HAVE RIGHT NOW IS THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH AVAILABILITY ON THIS. AND THERE IS HOUSES EVERYWHERE AROUND YOU. SO THE MORE RURAL AREAS OBVIOUSLY NO, NO PROBLEM. THE URBAN AREAS ARE A BIT MORE FREQUENT. BUT AGAIN, WE MAKE SURE THAT WE MEET SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, CODES, ORDINANCES AND ALL THAT ASPECTS. STEALTHING IS OBVIOUSLY PART OF OUR FORTE TO MAKE SURE WE BLEND IT INTO THE BACKGROUND AND NOT HAVE IT STAND OUT IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD. SO WE DO TRY AND WORK ON THAT, AND WE WILL LISTEN TO THE COMMISSION ITSELF AND THE PLANNING TO MAKE SURE WE GO BETTER ONTO STEALTHING AS SITES, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, CELL TOWERS TYPICALLY HAVE A MILE RADIUS THAT THEY NEED TO BE WITHIN EACH OTHER. THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY, THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE FROM A RESIDENCE IS HOW MANY FEET AND DOES IT CHANGE YOUR CAPACITY FOR HORIZON AND THE OTHER THREE AREAS? SO IF WE MOVE IT ONTO THE PARCEL ITSELF, NO, IT WILL NOT AFFECT. HORIZON'S REQUIREMENTS. MOVING IT FURTHER AWAY OUT OF THE PROPERTY. ABSOLUTELY. BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T WE DON'T WANT TO GO TOO CLOSE TO THE SURROUNDING TOWERS AROUND THAT THAT RING IF YOU HAVE IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE PICTURE SO YOU CAN'T MOVE TOO FAR TO AN EXISTING TOWER, BECAUSE THEN YOU MITIGATE THE ISSUE OF HAVING OVERLAPPING COVERAGE. SO YES, A LITTLE BIT OF GRACE. WE CAN MOVE IT AROUND ONTO THE PARCEL. BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE A LANDLORD'S BLESSING ON THAT. SO THAT'S A GREAT EXAMPLE THERE. SO WE HAVE THE SITES AROUND IT. YOU CAN'T MOVE TOWARDS THE RIGHT OR THE NORTH. OTHERWISE YOU'RE GOING TO START HITTING INTO EXISTING TOWERS. AND THEN YOU DON'T REALLY RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF, OF THE CAPACITY ISSUE. SO WE CAN MOVE IT. BUT NOT NOT MUCH. WHAT'S THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE YOU'VE HAD TO TALK ABOUT IT. THERE'S NO WAY YOU WERE IN A STAFF MEETING AND YOU GUYS HAVEN'T. HEY, IF YOU HAD TO. YEAH. WHAT'S THAT NUMBER? OKAY. SO IF YOU LOOK AT THIS, IMAGINE BEING IN THE CENTER OF THAT, THAT RING. SO IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE ALL THE SITES ARE AGAIN, EVERY EVERY SITE LOCATION IS DIFFERENT BECAUSE IT HAS COMPETING TOWERS AROUND THE AREA. AND THAT PLAYS INTO THE RADIO FREQUENCY DESIGN. SO YOU WANT TO HAVE A TOWER PLACED IF YOU IF YOU IF YOU MAKE A CROSS TO ALL OF THOSE SITES. SO WHERE THEY INTERSECT, THAT'S THE AREA YOU WANT THE TOWER TO BE BECAUSE YOU WANT TO HAVE COVERAGE AROUND THAT AREA. BECAUSE IF YOU MOVE TOO CLOSE TO AN EXISTING TOWER THAT HAS OVERLAPPING COVERAGE, THAT'S GOING TO NOT REALLY PLAY A PURPOSE ON THAT. SO FOR THIS PURPOSE HERE, EVERY SITE IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BECAUSE OF HOW THE TOWERS ARE FAR APART. BUT IDEALLY A MILE IS THE GAP BETWEEN TOWERS. THAT'S THE RULE OF THUMB DEPENDING ON THE TERRAIN. IS IT FLAT? IS THE HILLS. BUT IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A GENERIC ANSWER ABOUT A MILE DISTANCE BETWEEN TOWERS IS THE IDEAL SPOT, WHICH THIS ONE BASICALLY IS. YEAH. LET ME ASK A QUESTION A DIFFERENT WAY. OKAY. [01:20:08] GRACE, ARE YOU DRIVING OVER THERE? CAN YOU PUT UP THE. THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE, THE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY, THE. RIGHT THAT ONE. YES. OKAY. SO LET ME CLARIFY MY UNDERSTANDING WHAT YOU SAID. CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS TOLD YOU THIS IS THE ONLY SPOT THAT HE'S GOING TO LET YOU BUILD THIS. CORRECT, SIR. HAD YOU HAD YOUR DRUTHERS, YOU PROBABLY, I'M SPECULATING, COULD HAVE PUT IT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THAT BLACK BOX IN THAT. YEAH, EXACTLY. WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL EFFECT. OKAY. YEAH, BUT BUT THE PROPERTY WOULDN'T LET YOU. CORRECT. SO IS THAT IS THAT A TRUE STATEMENT. CORRECT. BECAUSE HE MAY HAVE FUTURE PLANS FOR HIS DEVELOPMENT. YOU'RE GETTING AT OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU WERE OKAY. SORRY. SO THIS HE MAY HAVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS THAT HE MAY WANT TO DO IN THE FUTURE. SO HE WANTED OBVIOUSLY NOT TO HAVE THE TOWER SMACK MIDDLE OF HIS LOCATION. SO YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S WHERE HE GAVE US GRACE. SO ACTUALLY WHERE WE HAVE IT NOW, WE HAD TO NUDGE HIM VERY HARD TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MOVE AS FAR, AS FAR AWAY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN. YEAH, BECAUSE HE'S TRYING TO PRESERVE THE REST OF HIS PROPERTY. POTENTIALLY. YEAH. CORRECT. EVEN EVEN THE ACCESS ROAD. YOU KNOW, IDEALLY THE RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE THEIR ACCESS ROAD COME OUT OF THE COMMUNITY PARK. SURE. RIGHT. NOT NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT. BUT THE, THE OWNER. WELL, YOU'D HAVE TO GET PERMISSION FROM. YEAH. SO AS A CITY EXACTLY AS A, AS AN EASEMENT FROM MISSOURI CITY, WE CAN'T WATER LOCK OUR SITE. YEAH. EXACTLY. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT THAT WAS ONE OF THE QUESTIONS. DID YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS SPECIFIC TO THAT? NO OKAY. I HAD I HAD ONE OTHER QUESTION. JUST BECAUSE IT HAS TO BE ASKED IS DOES IT HAVE TO BE 155? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. AND WE SIMPLY WHEN I, WHEN WE HAD AN ISSUE THIS ISSUE, WE WENT BACK TO VERIZON AND ASKED THE EXACT SAME QUESTION. CAN YOU GO DOWN? BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THINGS WE DO WHEN WE HAVE. RESISTANCE IN THE AREA REGARDING THIS AND WE'RE TRYING TO STILL MAKE IT WORK, IS TO GO, CAN WE MOVE LOCATION AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE? NUMBER ONE, CAN WE REDUCE THE HEIGHT ITSELF? AND THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THEY CANNOT. SO TO MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT HEIGHT. AND THIS THIS FROM A FUTURE ASPECT AS WELL. THE SECOND OR THIRD CARRIER, IF WE PUSH THE TOWER DOWN, THEY WILL GO DOWN FURTHER AND THEN THE TOWER WILL BE UNUSABLE FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE AS WELL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT COVERED EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT. IF YOU LIVED ALONG THAT ROAD, WHAT KIND OF ROAD WOULD YOU WANT? I MEAN, THAT'S YOUR HOUSE. YEAH, ALONG THAT PERIMETER, I SUPPOSE. ANYTHING THAT DOESN'T KICK UP DUST. AND AGAIN, WE ARE. THAT'S THE THAT'S THE ONLY ISSUE WE BY FAR CAN GET SOMETHING DONE THAT WILL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS. SO THAT THAT TO ME IS THE ABSOLUTE SMALLEST ISSUE. IF THERE'S SOMETHING MORE FIRM, BETTER LONG TERM THAT WON'T KICK UP DUST, THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO BECAUSE THAT THAT COST IS NOT THAT SIGNIFICANTLY MORE FOR, FOR THAT WE CAN DEFINITELY LOOK INTO. SO IF COUNCIL COMES BACK TO ME AND SAY, GUYS, CONSTRUCTION, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NEED FOR HEAVY RIGS GETTING ON THAT. NO, IT WAS ACTUALLY I WAS SAYING TO ONE OF ONE OF THE PUBLIC, TYPICALLY ONCE, ONCE A SITE IS CONSTRUCTED, CONSTRUCTION TAKES ABOUT ONE AND A HALF TO TWO MONTHS. BUSY TIME, A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON THAT SINCE ONCE THAT'S DONE ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS, MAYBE THEY'LL COME AND VISIT, TWEAK MAINTENANCE, TILT CONTAINERS A LITTLE BIT. IF A SITE GOES DOWN, SURE, THEY'LL POP IN, BUT LITERALLY ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS AS AN AVERAGE IS WHEN THEY'LL MOVE TO SITE. AND THAT'S IT. IT'S A REALLY LOW MAINTENANCE. ONCE THE SITE'S BUILT, YOU DON'T GO THERE MUCH. BUT IF, I MEAN, WE HAVE MUNICIPAL GOLF COURSES AND WE HAVE ART PATHS AND CONCRETE IS, ESPECIALLY IN HOUSTON, A LONG TERM SOLUTION WITHOUT DUST. SURE. I'M TRYING TO GO DOWN A LIST THAT IF I LIVED THERE. NOBODY WANTS IT THERE. AND YOU DO THIS FOR A LIVING. I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY. CAN'T WAIT TO SEE YOU COME INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, OF COURSE. BUT WE ALSO COMMUNICATE, AND EVERYTHING IN OUR WORLD RELIES ON YOUR ABILITY TO FEED OUR HUNGER FOR BANDWIDTH. CORRECT? YEAH, BUT DUSTY ROAD, THAT'S LEGIT. NO, I'M SAYING I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST A NUISANCE. I MEAN, IT'S A [01:25:02] HEALTH ISSUE. FRESH GRAVEL IS JUST AS BAD. FRESH CONCRETE IS HORRIBLE. THERE WON'T BE CONCRETE. BUT IF THAT'S THE ONLY CONCERN FROM FROM FROM YOURSELVES, WE WILL WORK WITH PLANNING TO GET SOMETHING BETTER. I MEAN, I'M PROMISING THERE THAT THAT THAT WILL BE PART OF THE CONDITIONS FOR APPROVAL IS THAT WE WILL WORK ON SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T CREATE THAT. BUT AGAIN, ONCE THE SITE'S CONSTRUCTED, ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS, SOMEONE WILL DRIVE ON THAT ROAD AND THAT'S IT. I MEAN, GREG'S POSTED THE FEDERAL GUIDELINES THAT WERE UNDER BASICALLY TELLING MUNICIPALITIES, YOU CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH. AND THAT IS SO FRUSTRATING BECAUSE POLITICS IS LOCAL. OF COURSE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT. THAT MAKES IT. YEAH, THEIR WAY OR THE HIGHWAY. I AGREE, THIS IS OUR HOME. UNDERSTAND? WE SIT UP HERE PROTECTING OUR NEIGHBORS AND LISTENING TO THEM AND TRYING TO BE THEIR VOICE. AND YOU HAVE TO. YEAH, I AGREE, I MEAN AND OUR WE RESPECT IT. I AGREE THE COVERAGE. SURE. IF YOU'RE A LANDLORD OR A POTENTIAL LANDLORD ALLOWS YOU TO PUT IT OVER THERE WHERE THE HUGE I DON'T KNOW IS THAT A CULVERT? ANYWAY, THE FURTHEST DISTANCE BETWEEN A DWELLING. I STILL GIVE YOU YOUR COVERAGE WITHOUT GETTING IT CONVOLUTED WITH THE CURRENT TOWERS, I MEAN. YOU DON'T WANT IT IN YOUR BACKYARD. WE DON'T WANT IT IN OURS. LET'S TRY TO WORK WITH STAFF. SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, IS THAT LISTENING TO THE PUBLIC AND THE COMMENTS MADE WILL THAT WILL THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOU, FOR YOURSELF? I MEAN, AGAIN, I WILL LOOK INTO IT. I'M HAPPY TO GO BACK TO THE LAND AND SAY, THE ONLY WAY WE CAN MOVE THIS, BUT MY QUESTION IS, WELL, HOW MUCH THAT'LL BE? THAT'LL BE A DISCUSSION POINT THAT WE WILL HAVE WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS. OKAY, PERFECT. IF YOU GUYS CAN GUIDE US ON THAT PERSPECTIVE, I CAN GO BACK TO THAT AND SAY IT HAS TO MOVE 100, 200FT, SO LONG AS OBVIOUSLY WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS BY ZONING AS WELL, NOT TO GO TO CLOSE TO THE OTHER SIDE. ALL RIGHT. ARE WE DONE THEN? THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. OKAY. BEFORE WE GET INTO QUESTIONS FOR US, I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IF YOU GUYS DID WANT TO ADD A CONDITION WHERE THEY NEEDED A PARTICULAR TYPE OF ACCESS TO THE SITE, WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO OUR PROPOSAL THAT WE SUBMIT TO CITY COUNCIL. AS WELL. AND WE COULD. SO I BELIEVE I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT WE COULD ALSO PUSH BACK ON THE ACTUAL LOCATION AND SEE IF THEY COULD GET IT TO MOVE IT FURTHER. OKAY. I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A REMEDY FOR THE PUBLIC, OKAY. BECAUSE EVEN IF YOU MOVE IT ANOTHER 200 OR 400FT AWAY. IT'S STILL GOING TO BE BEHIND THESE PEOPLE'S HOMES. OKAY, SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT NECESSARILY SOLVES ANYTHING. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT WE WANT TO PUSH IN THAT DIRECTION. OKAY. IF I RECALL, THE LAST TIME WE SAW THIS, THE MAIN CONCERN THAT I FELT LIKE IN THE ROOM FROM THE COMMISSION WAS IT WAS JUST TOO CLOSE TO THAT, TO THOSE HOUSES. AND I THINK IT WAS 90. I THOUGHT IT WAS 95. I THINK THE DRAWINGS WAS 98FT. OKAY. AND WE JUST WE WOULDN'T. THAT'S JUST TOO CLOSE. RIGHT. WE, WE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE. I THINK MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THE GOINGS ON BETWEEN THE LANDOWNER AND THE NEGOTIATIONS THAT ARE GOING ON. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I SPECULATE THAT HE WANTS TO DO WITH SOMETHING WITH THAT PROPERTY IN THE FUTURE, AND HE WANTS TO MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF SPACE THAT HE CARVES OUT FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT SO THAT HE HAS KIND OF ALL HIS OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS PROPERTY. AND THE COMMENT WAS THAT THE SOMEBODY OWNS THIS LAND, AND AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THEY MAY DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DEVELOP INTO. I THINK SOMEBODY MADE THE COMMENT THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL. THAT'S NOT THE DEFAULT. IT WON'T BE COMMERCIAL NECESSARILY. IT WOULD. THEY WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE ZONING AND EVERYTHING IN ORDER FOR IT TO BE COMMERCIAL. SO BUT BUT THE STATEMENT WAS MADE, I BELIEVE, BY STAFF THAT THE OWNER MAY EVENTUALLY DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY. THE COMMENT IS THAT IT'S ZONED SD AND IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR REEVALUATION IN LAND CLASSIFICATION, AS THE AREA IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO URBAN DEVELOPMENT. SO, YOU KNOW, I [01:30:05] REMEMBER THE DEVELOPER IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD SAYING, THERE'S NEVER GOING TO BE A HOUSE BACK THERE. YOU ARE GOING TO SEE IS THAT, YOU KNOW, AND NOW ALL YOU SEE IS HOUSES, RIGHT. AND I'M SURE PROBABLY EVERYBODY IN THE ROOM HAS HAD THAT SITUATION WHERE YOU'RE BUYING A HOUSE AND, AND YOU'RE TOLD ONE THING AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS. SO IT IS WHAT IT IS PROGRESS, I GUESS THE PRICE OF PROGRESS, RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO WHERE ARE WE ON THIS ITEM? ARE WE DO WE HAVE TO HAVE MORE DISCUSSION. ARE WE ARE WE READY TO HAVE A MOTION AND VOTE. I'M GOING TO FEEL THE PULSE OF THE COMMISSION HERE. WELL THERE WERE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT HE MENTIONED. ONE WAS THE TYPE OF MATERIAL USED FOR THE ROAD BACK THERE. SO YEAH, I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND THAT I'M JUST KIND OF GETTING A FEEL FOR WHERE WE ARE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IF WE'RE READY TO MAKE A MOTION AND, AND WANT TO INCLUDE SOMETHING IN THAT, WE CAN DO THAT. OKAY. AND AS I STATED, WE COULD ALSO MAKE MOTIONS SUCH THAT WE SAY THIS LOCATION ISN'T GOOD. CAN YOU MOVE IT? AND WE'LL BE BACK DOING THIS AGAIN. BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T BELIEVE YOU KNOW, THE FEEL OF THE ROOM IS NOBODY WANTS THAT IN THAT BLACK BOX. RIGHT? OKAY. SO IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE YOU PUT IT IN THAT BLACK BOX. THAT'S THAT'S WHERE THE PUBLIC IS RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO I DON'T THINK THAT I THINK THAT'S A WASTE OF OUR TIME AND A WASTE OF THEIR TIME TO, TO TRY TO. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO COME BACK AND, YOU KNOW, TRY FOR THE NEXT LOCATION. SO LET'S JUST CUT IT OFF, OKAY. YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE JUST MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION TO SO CITY COUNCIL ULTIMATELY WILL WILL BE THE ONE THAT DECIDES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. AND SINCE WE ONLY HAVE SIX COMMISSIONERS TONIGHT, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MAJORITY OF POSITIVE VOTES ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. OKAY, SO IF WE VOTE TO DISAPPROVE AND WE DON'T HAVE A MAJORITY, THEN IT GETS APPROVED, RIGHT? AND VICE VERSA. YEAH I KNOW. WELL NO. IF WE VOTE MAKE A MOTION. IF WE MAKE A MOTION, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING IS IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO DISAPPROVE AND IT'S A TIE, THE MOTION CARRIES. IS THAT RIGHT? YES. BECAUSE IF THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE, IF WE MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND IT'S TIED, IT FAILS. IS THAT RIGHT? I'M. MAN. I NEED ANOTHER COMMISSIONER. I NEED ANOTHER COMMISSIONER. PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED. YEAH. WE'RE DONE. OKAY. NEXT QUESTION. OKAY. IS EVERYBODY READY FOR A MOTION? MR. YOU CAN VOTE IT DOWN. THAT SETTLES IT, RIGHT? YEAH. SO IF YOU MAKE A MOTION OR DO YOU WANT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ROAD? ACTUALLY, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT'S PART OF THE DESIGN. NO NO NO, NO. HE'S SAYING THAT WE CAN PUT CAVEATS. WE CAN TELL THEM THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE A BETTER ROAD. IT'S A DIRT ROAD, RIGHT? EVEN IF IT'S GRAVEL, LET'S SAY THEY COME BACK AND MAKE A GRAVEL AND WE DON'T SAY, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT WITHOUT YOUR CONSENT. YOU DO IT TONIGHT. WE DO IT TONIGHT. YES. WITH YOUR MOTION. YEAH. YEAH. I MEAN THE MOTION NEEDS TO BE WE DON'T SEE THE BUILDING PERMIT SUGGESTED. WITH HIS SUGGESTED. WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? WELL, YOU WANT TO WHAT ENHANCEMENTS WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A HARDTOP, EITHER HOT OR CONCRETE. RIGHT. REINFORCED CONCRETE DOESN'T WORK IN HOUSTON. IT HAS TO BE CONCRETE. GIVEN THE LIMITED USE OF THIS ONE. I MEAN, THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH REGULAR TRAFFIC ON IT. I MEAN, IT'S A 25 YEAR INVESTMENT. IT'S INNINGS CONCRETE INSTEAD OF GRAVEL BECAUSE THERE'S NO MAINTENANCE COSTS AND THERE'S NO DUST. AND IT'S ONE OF THOSE THAT IF NOBODY IS GOING TO GET A TOTAL WIN, NOBODY. THEY GAVE US GUIDELINES THAT ARE FEDERALLY BACKED UP IN APPELLATE COURTS. OKAY. SO ALL RIGHT. BUT THERE'S ONLY CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THINGS WE CAN DO. THE ROAD. LET'S FIGHT FOR THE ROAD. IF WE CAN MOVE IT TO THE VERY PEAK AWAY FROM A SUBDIVISION, THAT'S NOT EASY FOR THEM TO DO. THEY HAVE TO CONVINCE THE LANDOWNER AND THEN THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT TAXES. YEAH, THAT'S A NEGOTIATION BETWEEN THEM. AND THAT'S NOT. IT'S A START. IT IS [01:35:05] US. WE HAVE TO. WELL, AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, I DON'T THINK THAT'S A REMEDY TO THE PUBLIC. SO I DON'T I DON'T I DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT PATH TO PUT IT FURTHER AWAY. YEAH. WHY NOT TRY. BECAUSE I THINK WE'LL HAVE TO. WE'LL BE BACK HERE AGAIN. AND I THINK, I MEAN, YOU WANT TO GET SOMETHING THAT CITY COUNCIL CAN VOTE ON. WELL, THEY'RE. YEAH, THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON WHAT WE THEY'RE GOING TO VOTE ON THIS EITHER. THAT'S FINE. IF YOU'RE SAYING THEN I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE APPLICATION WITH IT, WITH THE CONDITION THAT IT BE A REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVER OF. OKAY, SO THAT'S YOUR MOTION. THAT'S MY MOTION. OKAY. SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THE MOTION OKAY. MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION I GUESS YOU HAVE TO PUT YOUR LITTLE THING IN. DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE WITH THE STIPULATION THAT THE ROAD BE CONCRETE. REINFORCED CONCRETE. OKAY. AND EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND THAT HAVING ANOTHER ISSUE WHERE. I LIKE I SAID, I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MOVING IT ANYWHERE IN THAT BLACK BOX IS GOING TO BE ACCEPTABLE TO THE PUBLIC. SO I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT THERE'S ANY VALUE IN THAT. I MEAN, IF THAT'S WHAT THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANT TO DO, WE HAVE A MOTION THAT DOES NOT INCLUDE THAT AND WE HAVE A SECOND. OKAY. SO DEPENDING ON HOW WE VOTE THEN THEN WE MAYBE WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVISIT THAT. AND COUNCIL CAN HAVE SIMILAR DISCUSSIONS. I MEAN THIS IS RECORDED SO THEY CAN WEIGH IN AND ULTIMATELY THEY MAKE THE FINAL DECISION. YEAH. SO WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION. SO ALL RIGHT THEN LET'S GO AHEAD AND CAST YOUR VOTES PLEASE. AND THE MOTION CARRIES UNEXPECTED OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CITY HALL. SO WE'RE GOING TO PUT THAT. SO WE WILL THIS THIS WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL ON JUNE THE 16TH. 16TH IS GOING TO BE THE CITY COUNCIL. YES OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WE WILL MOVE ON. NO ZONING TEXT AMENDMENTS. IS THAT. FOLKS WE'RE WE'RE STILL WE'RE STILL IN OUR MEETING. ON JUNE 16TH. NOT HAPPY AT ALL. YEAH. IT'S REALLY NOT WORKING FOR THE RESIDENTS I'M WORKING ON. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM TEN. OTHER [a. Rules of Procedure] MATTERS A RULES OF PROCEDURE PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION INPUT AND DISCUSSION. YES, COMMISSIONERS, AT YOUR STATIONS, YOU SHOULD HAVE A CURRENT COPY OF YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. AND SO THIS WAS MENTIONED AT THE LAST MEETING. THERE'S A COUPLE OF SECTIONS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN THAT RULES OF PROCEDURE. FOLKS WOULD YOU PLEASE KEEP IT DOWN. SO SECTION 102 THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED ON PAGE ONE OF FIVE SETS THAT THE ELECTION OF YOUR OFFICERS WOULD OCCUR. THE FIRST MEETING FOLLOWING THE 31ST OF JULY OF EVERY YEAR. AND THAT WAS BASED ON THE PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT REAPPOINTMENT SCHEDULE FOR YOUR TERMS IN OFFICE. SO WHAT WE WOULD BRING BACK TO YOU IS TO REVISE THAT DATE SO THAT YOUR ELECTIONS WILL BE HELD IN ACCORDANCE WITH YOUR CURRENT REAPPOINTMENT APPOINTMENT SCHEDULE, WHICH NOW HAPPENS AT THE END OF THE YEAR. SO THAT'S ONE CHANGE. THIS IS BEING PRESENTED IN DISCUSSION FORM SO THAT THE COMMISSION CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE EXISTING RULES OF PROCEDURE AND RECOMMEND OR DISCUSS ANY OTHER CHANGES [01:40:02] THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE BEFORE WE BRING FORWARD A DRAFT OF THOSE CHANGES FOR YOU ALL TO CONSIDER. THE LAST SECTION THAT'S HIGHLIGHTED IS THE PROCESS TO AMEND YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. AND SO THAT'S GOING TO BE FOUND ON THE LAST PAGE. AND WHAT IT REFERS TO IS THAT ANY CHANGE TO THOSE RULES, INCLUDING THE ITEM I JUST DISCUSSED, WILL HAVE TO BE ACTED UPON, FAVORABLY CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON BY THE COMMISSION AT TWO SEPARATE MEETINGS. SO THAT MEANS THIS WILL BE ON YOUR JUNE AGENDA AS WELL AS YOUR JULY AGENDA. SO PLEASE REVIEW AND REPORT BACK TO US ANY CHANGES OR ANY OTHER AMENDMENTS THAT YOU THINK SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS WE TAKE THESE FORWARD. ONCE YOU ACT UPON THEM, THEN WE'LL FORWARD THEM TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU. EVERYBODY GOT THEIR MARCHING ORDERS. ALL RIGHT THEN. THAT WAS A DISCUSSION ITEM. NOW WE'RE BACK TO COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. [b. Comprehensive Plat Update] COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE HAS A TYPEKIT. YEAH WE DID NOT CATCH THAT. AND WE DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE A FULL REPORT. I KNOW THE COMMISSION IS RESPONDING BACK TO THE PRIORITIZATION SPREADSHEET. SO THANK YOU TO THOSE THAT HAVE SUBMITTED. YOURS DID. AND I TRIED TO CHANGE THE CHOICES AND IT WOULDN'T LET ME I COULD HAVE FIXED THAT SPREADSHEET TO DO IT, BUT I WOULDN'T LET HIM. OKAY. YEAH. BECAUSE I DIDN'T LIKE THE THREE CHOICES YOU HAD. I WANTED A FOURTH CHOICE. OKAY, WE WILL REPLY BACK TO THAT SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT YOU. WELL, SO WHAT I IN MY RESPONSE IS, IS. I USE THE NEED NEEDS MORE DISCUSSION ITEM FOR, FOR THE ONES THAT I WANTED ANOTHER CHOICE ON. OKAY. BUT I KIND OF TRIED TO PRIORITIZE THE SECTIONS AS OPPOSED TO ALL THE INDIVIDUAL THINGS. RIGHT? SO I KIND OF TRIED TO BLOCK IT UP. YEAH, I THOUGHT I DID THE SAME THING. I DIDN'T KNOW IF I DID THAT RIGHT. YEAH, I DID IT BY SECTION BECAUSE CONSISTENT JUST MAKES. YEAH I DIDN'T WANT I DIDN'T WANT ONE THROUGH 42. I THINK I ENDED UP WITH ONE THROUGH 11. PERFECT. THAT THAT WILL WORK. OKAY. AND SO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY SENT THAT IN TO US, GO AHEAD AND SEND THAT IN TO US. THIS WEEK. WE'LL COMPILE YOUR INFORMATION AND THEN HAVE THAT FOR A FUTURE PRESENTATION. AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM WE ARE STILL WORKING ON IS THE NEXT PHASES. SO THERE IS A MEETING THAT'S PENDING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AS WELL AS ANOTHER JOINT SESSION BETWEEN THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION. SO THAT WILL WE WILL BE COORDINATING WITH YOU ALL ON SCHEDULES IN THE UPCOMING MONTH. ON IDENTIFYING A TIME AND DATE THAT WORKS FOR EVERYONE. OKAY, OKAY. SO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY HERE. DID WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGN UP? YEAH OKAY. AND WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMISSION TO PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INPUT. ALL RIGHT THEN THEN WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM ON THE AGENDA A MOTION TO ADJOURN. DO WE HAVE A MOTION IN THE SECOND TO ADJOURN? WELL WE DON'T HAVE A SECOND YET. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO VOTE, PLEASE. THAT MOTION * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.