Jun 04, 2025 Special City Council

[1. CALL TO ORDER ]

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TODAY IS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4TH. JUNE 4TH, 2025. WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING TO ORDER AT 5:01 P.M. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS ROLL CALL. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM OF COUNCIL AT

[3. PUBLIC COMMENTS]

MISS PARKER, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. MY NAME IS GINA PARKER. I LIVE AT 5011 DIAMOND SPRINGS DRIVE IN WESTBROOK WATER BROOK SUBDIVISION, AND I AM NEW TO MISSOURI CITY. I MOVED HERE ALMOST FOUR YEARS AGO BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF YOUR AREA. I LOVE MISSOURI CITY. I DON'T WANT TO MOVE OUT, BUT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE HAVING GREEN SPACE. THE ONLY PLACE THAT I AM ABLE TO GO LOCALLY IS TO KITTY HOLLOW.

AND KITTY HOLLOW IS ALWAYS BUSY, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOMETHING LOCAL AROUND NIGHTS AND WANTS PLANTATION THAT HAS PICNIC AREAS, THAT HAS WALKING TRAILS, THAT HAS ACCESS DOWN.

ONCE PLANTATION THERE IS NO WALKWAY DOWN WATTS PLANTATION. I'M HOPING THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME WE HAVE ONE SO THAT WE CAN WALK DOWN THERE. I HAVE A DOG, I LIKE TO WALK, BUT I'M MAINLY CONCERNED ABOUT WHERE I CAN GO AS A CITIZEN. FOR GREEN SPACE. I WANT SOMETHING WHERE I CAN TAKE MY GRANDKIDS. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THE ONLY PLACE I REALLY HAVE CLOTHES IS KITTY HOLLOW, AND

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THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SCOTT HOFF. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SCOTT POFF. I LIVE AT 3902 INDIAN POINT DRIVE, SEVERAL DOORS DOWN FROM OUR HONORABLE MAYOR. I REPRESENT THE SILVER RIDGE SUBDIVISION, AND I'M ALSO ON THE HOA BOARD THERE. I'VE SERVED THERE FOR SEVERAL YEARS. WE MOVED TO THE SUBDIVISION ABOUT 25 YEARS AGO TO ESCAPE THE HIGH DENSITY CONDITIONS IN FIRST COLONY. WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. ALL THOSE CONDITIONS CAME OUT OUR WAY. A LOT OF GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT. AND BUT OVER THE YEARS, THE GROWTH FOLLOWED US. AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE ANY SLOWING DOWN IN THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT CONTINUED GROWTH IS INEVITABLE, BUT IT SHOULD IT SHOULD BE WELL THOUGHT OUT AND PLANNED IN A WAY THAT CONSIDERS THE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE MOST AFFECTED, IN A WAY THAT MAKES SAFETY A TOP PRIORITY, IN A WAY THAT DOESN'T SACRIFICE PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE SAKE OF OVERDEVELOPMENT. IN THIS REGARD, I WANT TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT AND AGREEMENT WITH OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROOM WHO HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS OVER REZONING ALONG WATTS PLANTATION. THE ROAD NEEDS TO BE FIXED, FOR SURE, BUT IN A WAY THAT CONVERTS IT, NOT IN A WAY THAT CONVERTS IT TO A COMMERCIAL COMMUTER THOROUGHFARE. ESPECIALLY ALONG A SECTION OF ROAD THAT FEEDS DIRECTLY INTO QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. AND THAT'S ALL I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE THIS EVENING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, HOWARD SILVA.

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AND I WAS GOING TO BREAK IT OUT. AND I NOTICED THAT WHEN I FILED FOR PLAQUING THAT I HAVE TO PAY FEES TO MISSOURI CITY. SO MY QUESTION IS, I LIVE IN FORT BEND COUNTY, BUT ARE WE ANNEXED INTO MISSOURI CITY NOW? I WANT TO KNOW, AND I SEE MISSOURI CITY. I APOLOGIZE FOR INTERRUPTING, BUT AS A REMINDER, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO IF YOU COULD ENSURE THAT YOUR COMMENTS RELATE TO THAT, THAT IS A PART OF THE PLAN, BECAUSE I LIVE THERE AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS THAT? IS THAT PLAN IS HOW IS IT GOING TO AFFECT ME? OKAY, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SANDY LAPP. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS SANDY LAPP. I LIVE AT 4623 DIAMOND SPRINGS DRIVE IN THE AREA OF WATER BROOK. AS A RESIDENT OF WATER BROOK, I AM DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO WATTS ROAD AND KNIGHTS ROAD. MY FAMILY TRAVELS DAILY ALONG WATTS TO ACCESS OUR HOME, AND WE FIND OURSELVES COMMENTING ON THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS ROAD AND THE INCREASING USAGE OF A ROAD THAT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO SUPPORT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC CURRENTLY ALONG IT. AND YET, I'M HERE BECAUSE I KEEP HEARING ABOUT PROPOSALS TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF AREAS ALONG WATTS ROAD, CHANGES THAT WOULD APPEAR TO ADD MORE HOMES ALONG WATTS, AND POSSIBLY MORE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. I PARTICIPATED IN THE SURVEYS AND FOCUS GROUPS THAT WERE DONE BY THIS CITY BACK IN OCTOBER 2024. I ATTENDED A MEETING ON APRIL 2ND THAT DISCUSSED CHANGES TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING GUIDELINES.

THE IMPRESSION I GOT FROM THOSE MEETINGS WAS THAT THOSE THAT REPLIED TO THE SURVEYS WERE MOST INTERESTED IN CREATING A MISSOURI CITY THAT WOULD SUPPORT MORE GREEN SPACES, PRESERVE WATTS CEMETERY, RESPECT THE LAND SURROUNDING IT, AND MAKE OUR CITY MORE WALKABLE. I ALSO ATTENDED A MEETING HELD BY COMMISSIONER GRADY PRESTAGE THAT WAS LOOKING FOR FEEDBACK ON PLANS TO WIDEN WATTS ROAD AND SIDEWALKS BEING ADDED. THOSE IN ATTENDANCE ALL AGREED THAT WE DID NOT WANT WATTS ROAD TO BECOME A FEEDER FOR FORT BEND TOLL ROAD. WE ASKED THAT A MEDIAN BE ADDED TO WATTS TO KEEP THE COMMUNITY FEEL AND SLOW DRIVERS DOWN, AND WE WERE ALL EXCITED AT THE PROSPECT OF A SIDEWALK THAT WOULD CONNECT OUR COMMUNITIES TO THE AMENITIES NEARBY. I WORRY ABOUT THE WETLANDS ALONG WATTS ROAD. I LIVED IN SIENNA FROM 2009 TO 2021 BEFORE MOVING TO WATER BROOK, AND I'VE SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE GET A MAJOR RAIN EVENT. HURRICANE HARVEY, AS WELL AS THE TAX DAY FLOOD COME TO MIND. THE LAND ALONG WATTS FILLS WITH WATER AND KEEPS THAT WATER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO THE SOUTH. IF WE PUT HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN THOSE WETLANDS, WHERE WILL THAT WATER GO? WILL THE WELL THAT SUPPLIES MY DRINKING WATER TO MY HOME AND MY NEIGHBORS WELL BE NEGATIVELY AFFECTED? OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS FILLED WITH BEAUTIFUL TREES, WETLANDS, AND PONDS. WE LOVE TO SEE THESE THINGS BE EMBRACED AND ENHANCED BY HAVING WALKING PATHS AND PARKS. IF MORE HOMES ARE WANTED, WE CAN. CAN WE MAINTAIN

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PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THANK YOU GUYS. MY NAME IS DENISE ABEYRATHNA. I LIVE AT 4427 PINE LANDING DRIVE, MISSOURI CITY, TEXAS. SO TODAY WE'RE DISCUSSING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, HAVING A UNIFYING VISION THAT RESIDENTS IN MISSOURI CITY CAN RALLY AROUND IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT. A LOT OF RESIDENTS, JUST AS THE ONE THAT SPOKE BEFORE ME, TOOK TIME OUT OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULES TO PARTICIPATE IN FOCUS GROUPS, FINISH A VERY LONG, TEDIOUS SURVEY, ATTEND ZONING MEETINGS, CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND IT WAS REALLY DISAPPOINTING TO SEE WHEN WE CAME TO SEE THESE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS, IT DIDN'T FEEL LIKE ANY OF OUR FEEDBACK WAS INCORPORATED. WE TOOK A LOT OF TIME AND ENERGY.

WE WERE TOLD THIS WAS GOING TO BE A VERY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS, AND IT'S HARD TO, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP THAT WAS SUGGESTED. AND WONDER, WHERE DID ANY OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS COME FROM? BECAUSE I HONESTLY HAVE NO IDEA. I, I LOOKED AT IT MYSELF. THE RESIDENTS LOOKED AT IT, WE SCOURED SOME OF THOSE DOCUMENTS ON THE COMPREHENSIVE WEBSITE, COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WEBSITE. AND WHEN I WHAT I UNDERSTOOD IS THESE PRELIMINARY RECOMMENDATIONS WOULD BE A SYNTHESIS AND A SUMMARY OF ALL THE FOCUS GROUPS THAT YOU'VE HAD WITH DEVELOPERS, RESIDENTS, ETC.

AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE OUR VIEWPOINT WAS NOT REPRESENTED. AND I THINK WHAT YOU'VE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS BEFORE ME, THEY FELT THE SAME WAY. SO MY ASK OF YOU GUYS, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD UNITE US, RIGHT? IT SHOULD BE A RALLYING CRY AND MAKE US EXCITED ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING IN MISSOURI CITY. IT SHOULD BE SOMETHING WE CAN ALL WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE MISSOURI CITY TO THE NEXT LEVEL. I CAN TELL YOU I AM A NEW HOA PRESIDENT OF THE ESTATES OF SILVER RIDGE, RIGHT? AND WHEN MY VP BOB BACK THERE AND I WHEN WE TOOK KIND OF OUR OFFICIAL SEATS ON THE BOARD, RIGHT. WHAT WE SAW WAS REALLY A CRUMBLING NEIGHBORHOOD, RIGHT? WE WERE REALLY AT AN INFLECTION POINT. EITHER WE WERE GOING TO GO BETTER OR WE WERE GOING TO GO WORSE, RIGHT? THERE WERE A LOT OF A LOT OF PROBLEMS. RIGHT? AND WE JUST HAD TO BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, GO THROUGH THEM ONE BY ONE. WE HAD TO FIRE ALL OUR VENDORS, RECONSTRUCT SO MANY THINGS. AND NOW WE'RE NOW WE'RE LOOKING LIKE WE'RE ON THE UP AND UP. RIGHT. AND OUR GOAL IS FOR US TO DO WHAT WE DID WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUE TO DO THAT AROUND MISSOURI CITY. IT'S BEEN AMAZING TO ME TO SEE HOW MUCH THE RESIDENTS ARE WILLING TO GO OUT AND SWEAT, RIGHT, FOR MISSOURI CITY, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IN THIS CITY. THEY BELIEVE IN IN EVERYTHING WE'VE SEEN WHEN WE WALK AROUND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE AND THE FOLKS WE SAY HELLO TO THE PARTIES, THE JULY 4TH PARTY, WHICH YOU'RE ALL INVITED TO, ALL OF THESE THINGS, THAT IS WHAT MISSOURI CITY IS, AND THAT IS WHAT OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SHOULD REFLECT. SO WHAT I ASK OF YOU IS TO LET'S PUT MISSOURI CITY IN THE NEWS FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. WE'VE BEEN BESMIRCHED.

OUR NAME HAS BEEN BLACKENED BY ALL THIS FORT BEND COUNTY DRAMA AND MESS. AND LET'S PUT MISSOURI CITY IN THE NEWS. LET'S BRING A SPOTLIGHT TO MISSOURI FOR THE RIGHT REASONS. WE WANT TO COLLABORATE WITH YOU GUYS TO DO THAT. AND SO OUR ASK OF YOU IS TO, YOU KNOW, EXTEND YOUR HAND JUST LIKE WE ARE. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, TRACY BURTON. MISS BARTON, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. HI, I'M TRACY BURTON AND I LIVE AT 5210 KNIGHT ROAD. WHAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE ROAD HAS COME THROUGH HAS REALLY CHANGED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S ENTIRE WAY OF LIVING, ESPECIALLY FOR ONE OF THE ONES WHO HAVE A HOUSE ON KNIGHT ROAD WHO MY MAILBOX IS ON KNIGHT ROAD. MOST OF THE TRAFFIC SPEEDS BY ME 60 70MPH. I'VE BEEN HONKED AT BY TRYING TO GET MY MAIL. IT'S RIDICULOUS. THERE IS A SIGN ONLY IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT STATES 30MPH. NOBODY PAYS ATTENTION TO IT ANYWAY. BUT PERHAPS IF IT WAS AS YOU WERE ENTERING EITHER SIDE. OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN ENTIRE ONE THIRD OF A MILE, ONE THIRD.

IT'S VERY SMALL AS FAR AS ON KNIGHT ROAD, AND IT USED TO BE A ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WALKED THE STREETS, WE SAW OUR NEIGHBORS, WE VISITED. EVERYTHING WAS WONDERFUL. EVER SINCE THE ROAD HAS COME THROUGH, I CAN BARELY CROSS THE ROAD TO GET TO A ROAD I MAY BE ABLE TO WALK ON. I CAN'T GO FROM MY HOUSE TO NIGHT. I MEAN SORRY TO MICHAEL WAYNE WITHOUT HAVING TO PLAY FROGGER AND DODGE CARS SPEEDING. IF THEY WERE GOING 30, IT WOULD BE

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AND THERE ARE THINGS THAT ARE JUST LITTLE BY LITTLE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM US. AND IT'S REALLY UPSETTING AND DISAPPOINTING, AND I HOPE THAT YOU ALL CAN LEAVE THE GREEN SPACE FOR US TO ENJOY AND OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND US. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

THOMAS. RIGHT. MR. WRIGHT, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. THANK YOU. THOMAS WRIGHT, 4611 CREEK POINTE LANE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED WORK ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. BUT I'M HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THAT WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR OUR AREA DOES NOT REFLECT WHAT RESIDENTS HAVE SAID CLEARLY, REPEATEDLY, AND IN GOOD FAITH. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE LAND USE SPECIFICALLY AROUND WHAT'S AND KNIGHT ROAD. WE HAD TWO PUBLIC ZOOM CALLS THAT ADDRESSED BOTH THE AREAS FOCUSED ON THE CORRIDOR. NOT A SINGLE RESIDENT ASKED FOR MORE DEVELOPMENT. WHAT WE DID ASK FOR, LOUDLY WAS TO PRESERVE GREEN SPACE, PROTECT THE RURAL FEEL, AND AVOID COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT. YET THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES LAND ALONG KNIGHT ROAD AND WATTS PLANTATION TO URBAN, SUBURBAN, AND AUTO ORIENTED, AUTO ORIENTED COMMERCIAL. THAT'S THE OPPOSITE OF WHAT WE ASKED FOR. IF PUBLIC INPUT IS SUPPOSED TO MATTER, HOW DO WE EXPLAIN THIS DISCONNECT? LET'S TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT SUBURBAN RESIDENTIAL, ONE OF THE DESIGNATIONS BEING PROPOSED FOR OUR AREA. IT MIGHT SOUND COMPATIBLE, BUT IT'S NOT. HERE'S WHAT IT REALLY MEANS SMALLER, LOTS, DENSER SUBDIVISIONS, AND DEVELOPMENT THAT DOES NOT MATCH THE CURRENT RULE. IN ESTATE STYLE CHARACTER. IT ALLOWS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON SMALL LOTS, NOT THE ONE ACRE LOTS WE'VE COME TO EXPECT. IT OPENS THE DOOR TO SECONDARY USES LIKE LARGE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY AND OTHER BUSINESSES, AND IT INCLUDES ZONING DISTRICTS LIKE R1, R1 AND R2, WHICH ARE ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THAN THE ESTATE STYLE LOTS WE HAVE TODAY.

IF YOU APPROVE THIS, IT IS NOT A CONTINUATION OF WHAT WE HAVE, IT'S A TRANSFORMATION. SECOND, THE CORRIDOR INCLUDES FEMA DESIGNATED 100 YEAR FLOODPLAINS, AND WE ALL KNOW THOSE ARE MAPS ARE BECOMING OUT OF DATE. LET'S NOT FORGET MANY OF THE HOMES IN OUR AREA USE WELL WATER AND SEPTIC SYSTEMS. INCREASED RUNOFF FROM DENSE DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T JUST CAUSE STREET FLOODING, IT THREATENS OUR BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE. OVERSATURATED SOIL CAN CAUSE SEPTIC SYSTEMS TO FAIL. RUNOFF CAN CONTAMINATE, WELL WATER WITH BACTERIA OR CHEMICALS. THAT'S JUST NOT INCONVENIENT. IT'S DANGEROUS. IT PUTS OUR HEALTH AND OUR WALLETS AT RISK. WHO'S GOING TO PAY FOR OUR SYSTEMS WHEN IT FAILS OR OUR WATER BECOMES UNSAFE? THE STORMS GETTING STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT. AREAS THAT ONCE FLOODED ONCE IN A CENTURY ARE NOW FLOODING EVERY FEW YEARS.

OVERDEVELOPMENT HERE WILL LEAD TO MORE RUNOFF, MORE FLOODING, AND MORE COST TO US, THE TAXPAYERS. HIGHER INSURANCE PREMIUMS, ROAD REPAIRS, PROPERTY VALUE LOSS. THAT'S NOT PLANNING, THAT'S GAMBLING. FINALLY, WHAT CEMETERY AND THE SURROUNDING ACREAGE ARE PART OF OUR HISTORY.

THEY DESERVE QUIET, SCENIC SURROUNDINGS, NOT TO BE BOXED IN BY PARKING LOTS AND STRIP MALLS.

I URGE YOU TO TAKE REAL ACTION. REVERSE THE PROPOSED LAND USE CHANGES ALONG KNIGHTS AND WATTS.

RESTORE ESTATE OR AGRICULTURAL ZONING PROTECTIONS. CREATE A RURAL OVERLAY DISTRICT WITH STRICT DRAINAGE AND CONSERVATION REQUIREMENTS. REQUIRE TRUE PUBLIC INPUT BEFORE ANY REZONING DECISIONS, NOT JUST AFTER AN APPLICATION IS SUBMITTED. PLEASE LET THIS PLAN REFLECT OUR VISION, NOT SOMEONE ELSE'S PROFITS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. BOB. DAVID. MR. DAVID, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. AND PLEASE ADHERE TO THE THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.

COUNCIL MAYOR BOB DAVID, 4511 CREEK POINT LANE. SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AGAIN FOR

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RIGHT. AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS FOR IT TO BE PARKLAND. AND IT'S A BIG DEAL. WE OBVIOUSLY CAN HAVE YOU SPEAK WITH THEM AS WELL. FLOODING MITIGATION. RIGHT. WE'RE IN AN AREA WHERE CREEK, OYSTER CREEK IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR. AND IN HARVEY IN 2017, THE WATER CAME RIGHT UP TO THE DOORSTEPS. I WASN'T LIVING THERE, BUT THIS IS THE REPORT. IT CAME RIGHT UP TO THE DOORSTEP. WE DIDN'T FLOOD. NONE OF THE HOMES THERE FLOODED. IF WE BUILD ON THIS. WHAT'S KNIGHT ROAD AREA NOW AND CONCRETE OUT THAT AREA? WE CAN CERTAINLY BET THAT WE'RE GOING TO FLOOD, RIGHT? SO SOMEONE MENTIONED HAVING SIDEWALKS ON WATTS ROAD. WE NEED THAT. WE NEED TO MAKE IT SAFE. WE NEED TO MAKE IT WHERE IT'S NONCOMMERCIAL. SO I BELIEVE THE HOA PRESIDENT BACK THERE, SHEILA OR SONYA WAS THERE. HER NAME I SHEILA. AND SHE MENTIONED HER AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH. WE DON'T WANT THAT FOR WATTS PLANTATION NOW. I'M SURE IF SHE COULD HAVE, YOU KNOW, STATED THIS TEN YEARS AGO, 20 YEARS AGO, THIS WOULD NOT BE HAPPENING IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW WE WANT TO PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING ON WATTS PLANTATION.

RIGHT. SO WE WANT TO SLOW DOWN WATTS PLANTATION. WE WANT SIDEWALKS FOR MOBILITY. AND THERE'S A CEMETERY THERE AS WELL, WHICH CORRELATES WITH THE FREEDOM TREE. THERE'S SLAVES AND EX-SLAVES THAT WERE BURIED THERE. AND WE HAVE PROOF OF THAT. AND IT'S ALL THROUGHOUT THAT WATTS PLANTATION AREA. WE WANT TO HAVE IT PRESERVED AS WELL. THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

THERE'S A WHOLE LOT MORE, BUT WE'LL SPEAK MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR DISCUSSION AND

[4. DISCUSSION/POSSIBLE ACTION]

YOUR FEEDBACK TONIGHT IS ESSENTIAL. NO DECISIONS ARE REQUESTED. TONIGHT, WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO ENSURE WE HAVE ACCURATELY CAPTURED THE GOALS AND PRIORITIES YOU HAVE EXPRESSED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. OUR KEY GOALS INCLUDE EXPANDING COMMERCIAL LAND USE AND REDUCING RELIANCE ON TAX, RESIDENTIAL TAXES, PRIORITIZING INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, PRESERVING NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, IMPROVING MOBILITY AND BALANCING BUILDING A MORE BALANCED, INCLUSIVE AND ADAPTIVE COMMUNITY. WE WILL WALK THROUGH ALL TEN FOCUS AREAS, THEN OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. NOTEPADS ARE AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO JOT DOWN ANY THOUGHTS QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER SASHI KUMAR, WHO WILL START THE PRESENTATION. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. AS THE. I HOPE YOU CAN HEAR ME WELL, THANK YOU. AS THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDED TO, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A

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CREATE A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE. THIS INCLUDES MAINTAINING A NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER THAT YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT THIS EVENING, WHICH INVITES PEOPLE INTO MISSOURI CITY. THE SECOND IMPORTANT ASPECT OF IT IS TO GROW BUSINESS INVESTMENTS. NOW WHY DO WE NEED THIS? WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN A HEALTHY TAX BASE AND SUPPORT A HIGH QUALITY OF LIVING. AND YOU CAN DO THAT IF YOU HAVE A HEALTHY BASE BETWEEN PROPERTY TAXES AND SALES TAXES. AND TO DO THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A HIGH QUALITY OF LIVING SO PEOPLE CAN COME TO LIVE HERE, AS WELL AS SUPPORT BUSINESSES THAT CAN CONTRIBUTE TO THE TAX DOLLARS WE ARE CURRENTLY RELYING UP TO 65% ON PROPERTY TAXES, SO IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE GROW BUSINESSES, BUT GROW IN A WAY THAT WE MAINTAIN THE QUALITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVE A QUALITY BUILDING THROUGHOUT. NOW, HOW CAN WE DO THAT? WE HAVE SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITIES HERE IN MISSOURI CITY, HERE IN NEIGHBORING CITIES WHERE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT HAS THRIVED. YOU'VE ATTRACTED BUSINESSES, PRESERVED NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERS. WE CAN ADDRESS TRAFFIC CONCERNS. WE CAN ADDRESS DRAINAGE CONCERNS. WE CAN PRESERVE WETLANDS. WE CAN PRESERVE GREEN SPACE AND PROMOTE QUALITY DEVELOPMENT. AND THAT IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR TODAY FROM THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TEAM. THEY HAVE WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY IN THE LAST SIX MONTHS. THEY HAVE THEY HAVE TAKEN FEEDBACK FROM VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, PNC COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS HERE. AND THE FOCUS OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE IS WE'RE NEARING ULTIMATE BUILD OUT HERE IN THE CITY. WE PROBABLY HAVE ABOUT 10% OF UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY LEFT. HOW CAN WE SHAPE THIS FUTURE? HOW CAN WE RETAIN EXISTING PROPERTY VALUES? HOW CAN WE INCREASE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT HAVING ADVERSE IMPACT ON ADJACENT COMMUNITIES? AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR ABOUT AT THIS POINT. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JENNIFER THOMAS, OUR DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, AND OUR TEAM. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A THOROUGH PRESENTATION. THEY WORKED VERY DILIGENTLY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR FEEDBACK. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME. YES. GOOD EVENING. WELL THANK YOU. THANK YOU SASHI. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO HELP SHAPE MISSOURI CITY'S FUTURE AND FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT. I'LL BEGIN TONIGHT WITH JUST A BRIEF RECAP OF WHERE WE STARTED FROM, FROM THE DIRECTION OF LAST YEAR'S JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PNC WORKSHOP. OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, WE'VE GATHERED PUBLIC INPUT, ASSESSED CURRENT CONDITIONS, AND REVIEWED EXISTING PLANS TO ALIGN OUR LAND USE INFRASTRUCTURE AND STRATEGIC PRIORITIES. WE'VE EXPANDED OUR FOCUS FROM FOUR KEY AREAS OUTLINED IN THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO TEN STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT AREAS, ADDRESSING LIMITED UNDEVELOPED LAND AND CONTINUING REDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES. AS SASHI JUST MENTIONED, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE NEARING BUILD OUT OF NEW AVAILABLE LAND WITHIN THE CITY WITH ONLY ABOUT 9% UNDEVELOPED, AND A PERCENTAGE OF THIS IS LIKELY NEEDED TO BE RESERVED FOR DRAINAGE, UTILITIES AND RIGHT OF WAY PURPOSES. STRATEGIC AND EFFICIENT LAND USE PLANNING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER YOU'LL SEE REFLECTED IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, WHICH FOCUS ON MAKING THE MOST OF OUR AVAILABLE LAND AND REDEVELOPMENT BY ENCOURAGING MIXED USES, MOVING US BEYOND TRADITIONAL SEPARATION OF COMMERCIAL, CIVIC AND RESIDENTIAL USES TO SUPPORT THE DENSITY, NEEDS AND POPULATION NEEDED TO ATTRACT THE AMENITIES THAT ARE DESIRED.

PUBLIC INPUT HAS BEEN AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE PROCESS, AND SURVEYS SHOW A STRONG PREFERENCE FOR CONTINUED SUBURBAN LIVING WITH URBAN AMENITIES. THIS LAND USE PLANNING PROCESS SEEKS TO RECOGNIZE AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITY'S PRIORITIES THROUGH REINFORCING THE NEED FOR STRATEGIC, EFFICIENT LAND USE. THIS PROCESS AIMS TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS DESIRE WHILE CREATING SPACES THAT SUPPORT THE URBAN AMENITIES. OUR PROPOSED UPDATES INCLUDE UPDATES TO THE FUTURE LAND USE, MAP AND CHARACTER DISTRICTS THAT DEFINE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION. SO THIS IS THE HEART OF THE FUTURE FOR THE CITY. WHAT DO WE WANT MISSOURI CITY TO BE? WHAT DO WE WANT MISSOURI CITY TO LOOK LIKE? CLARIFYING THOSE DISTRICTS

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THE ADDITIONAL ZONING SUGGESTION WOULD BE THE ENTRYWAY OVERLAYS AT THE ENTRANCES OF MISSOURI CITY. AND SO WHAT THIS WOULD DO WAS, AGAIN, PROVIDE THOSE DESIGN GUIDELINES. AS YOU'RE COMING INTO THIS AREA. SO POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE FONDREN ROAD AREA, THERE ARE REALLY SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS WOULD BE FIRST, TO ENHANCE THIS AS A TRANSIT CORRIDOR, THE ABILITY TO WORK WITH TO WORK WITH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC PARTNERS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE CORRIDOR, WHICH WOULD SUPPORT THE URBAN CHARACTER AND THE INTENT OF THIS AREA, MAKE IT MORE VIBRANT, MAKE IT MORE TRANSIT ACCESSIBLE AND ALSO DEVELOPMENT READY. THE SECOND TAKEAWAY FOR THE AREA WOULD BE TO ACTIVATE LIMITED LAND WITH MIXED USE, AND WE WOULD DO THIS THROUGH THE USE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT. AND SO WITH THE LIMITED UNDEVELOPED LAND, WHAT THIS WOULD DO WOULD BE TO SUPPORT SUPPORT, SMALL SCALE RETAIL SERVICES AND HOUSING THAT WOULD PROMOTE WALKABILITY AND ALSO MEET COMMUNITY NEEDS. THIRD POINT FOR FONDREN ROAD WOULD BE TO CREATE A WELCOMING GATEWAY, AND THIS WOULD BE THROUGH THE USE OF THE DESIGNATED ENTRYWAY OVERLAY. THIS WOULD EMPHASIZE ATTRACTIVE DESIGN AND LANDSCAPING, AND REALLY POSITION FONDREN ROAD AS A STRONG VISUAL AND FUNCTIONAL ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY INFORMATION ON FUNTION ROAD, AND I'LL BE MOVING ON TO FOCUS AREA TWO, SOUTH GESSNER ROAD. SO THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR SOUTH GESSNER ROAD IS PRIMARILY BUSINESS PARK, WITH SOME LIMITED COMMERCIAL THAT FRONTS THE BELTWAY. STAFF IS PROPOSING TO KEEP THE EXISTING ZONING OR LAND USE DESIGNATIONS, BUT WITH THE ADDITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE ON THE PARCELS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY ADJACENT TO THE TO THE BELTWAY ENTRANCE. AND SO ADDITIONALLY, WE WOULD BE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE DESIGNATED ENTRY AREA OVERLAYS AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE BELTWAY AND AT THE INTERSECTION OF 90. AND SO EXISTING ZONING

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SOUTH GESSNER ROAD. THE MAIN TAKEAWAY FOR SOUTH GESSNER ROAD WOULD BE ONE TO INTRODUCE COMMUNITY ORIENTED RETAIL. THERE'S VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF LAND AVAILABLE IN THIS AREA. AND SO REALLY BEING STRATEGIC IN THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE BRING FORWARD. FOR EXAMPLE, THE PROPOSAL FOR A FOOD HALL WOULD ALIGN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE CHARACTER THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, AND IT WOULD PROVIDE ACCESSIBLE AND WALKABLE AMENITIES CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA. ADDITIONALLY WOULD WANT TO SUPPORT EMPLOYMENT AND COMMERCE GROWTH. SO THIS AREA HAS EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ASSETS. AND SO IT WOULD BE AN IDEAL AREA FOR THE EMPLOYMENT BASED REDEVELOPMENT TO ATTRACT BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND MAINTAIN COMPATIBILITY WITH NEARBY RESIDENTS. AND THIRD TAKEAWAY FOR THIS AREA WOULD BE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE RAIL AND REGIONAL ACCESS IN THIS AREA. SO REDEVELOPMENT ALONG THE CORRIDOR WOULD REALLY ENHANCE THE VISUAL APPEAL AND TAP INTO REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY AND POSITIONING THE AREA AS A FUTURE EMPLOYMENT AND ACTIVITY CENTER. AND THAT CONCLUDES SOUTH GESSNER ROAD, MOVING ON TO FOCUS AREA THREE, TEXAS PARKWAY. SO THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION IN THE 2017 COMP PLAN HAS TEXAS PARKWAY AS A HODGEPODGE OF MANY DIFFERENT LAND USES. SO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND PROPOSAL IS FOR TEXAS PARKWAY TO BECOME A SINGLE GATEWAY MIXED USE OVERLAY ALONG THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, AND THE INTENT AND VISION OF THIS MIXED USE OVERLAY IS REALLY TO CREATE A VIBRANT, HIGH QUALITY ENTRY POINT INTO THE CITY AND CAN INCORPORATE WALKABLE AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS. AND SO HOW THIS WOULD APPLY TO ZONING. AS YOU CAN SEE, AGAIN, THE EXISTING ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS ARE A HODGEPODGE ACROSS THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR, VARYING AT DIFFERENT INTENSITIES. AND WHAT THIS WOULD DO, WE WOULD HAVE THE GATEWAY DISTRICT OVERLAY ALONG THESE PARCELS. AND WITH THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR IS A MORE ECLECTIC BUT ALSO A COHESIVE PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT. AND I DO WANT TO CALL OUT SOME SPECIFIC AREAS ALONG THIS CORRIDOR. ONE, THE ONLY SUBURBAN TRACT ALONG THIS CORRIDOR THAT CURRENTLY DOES NOT HAVE ZONING. A PART OF THE SUGGESTED ZONING RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO DO A MID DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, SUCH AS R5 TOWNHOUSES. THE ADDITIONAL RECOMMENDATION AND ZONING CONSIDERATIONS WOULD BE TO MOVE TOWARDS MORE MID DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TOWARDS AREAS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HIGHWAY 90, AND THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION FOR THE ZONING CONSIDERATIONS IS TO GO THROUGH AND KIND OF CLEAN UP. IN GENERAL, THE ZONING THAT IS ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY IN ORDER TO BE MORE CONSISTENT, ESPECIALLY WITH LOTS THAT HAVE SPLIT ZONING DISTRICTS. SO POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY, ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS FOR TEXAS PARKWAY IS REALLY TO UNLOCK UNDEVELOPED POTENTIAL. THERE ARE MANY, MANY UNDEVELOPED TRACTS ALONG US 90. AND THIS AREA IS REALLY PRIME AREA FOR STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT.

FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT ZONE. WE CAN LEVERAGE THIS UNDEVELOPED LAND TO REALLY ATTRACT THE ENTERTAINMENT VENUES, PUBLIC PLAZAS AND ALSO RECREATIONAL AMENITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DESIRED BY THE COMMUNITY. THE SECOND POINT FOR THIS AREA WOULD ALSO BE TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WOULD SUPPORT CIVIC AND CULTURAL INVESTMENTS, SUCH AS PARKS OR AMPHITHEATERS OR EVENT SPACES. AND A WAY THAT THIS CAN BE DONE IS ALSO THROUGH IMPROVING THE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS AND TO SUPPORT REDEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA. THIRD FOR TEXAS PARKWAY WOULD BE TO. YEAH, WOULD BE TO CATALYZE VIBRANT MIXED USE REDEVELOPMENT. SO AGAIN, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE GATEWAY MIXED USE, WE WOULD BE APPLYING THE GATEWAY MIXED USE OVERLAY DISTRICT. AND THAT WOULD REALLY DESIGNATE THIS AS AN AREA TO ENCOURAGE HIGH QUALITY, WALKABLE, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS THAT BRING TOGETHER HOUSING, RETAIL, ENTERTAINMENT, CIVIC USES AND ANY OTHER AMENITIES THAT ARE DESIRED BY THE COMMUNITY. AND SO TO KIND OF

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THE PROPOSED LAND USE WILL PROVIDE MORE COMMERCIAL ALONG THE MAIN INDEPENDENCE CORRIDOR, WITH SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AROUND THE OUTSKIRTS AND ALSO MAINTAINING THE PARK AND RECREATION AS A MAIN FOCAL POINT. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE ADDITION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE OVERLAY OVER A MAJORITY OF THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND FOR ZONING THE EXISTING ZONING. AGAIN, WE HAVE A CORRIDOR THAT HAS A MULTIPLE DIFFERENT ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS. THE SUGGESTED ZONING WOULD BE TO MAINLY ALLOW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE INDEPENDENCE CORRIDOR, AND THEN TO LOCATE MID-DENSITY HOUSING AROUND THE EDGES OF INDEPENDENCE AND ALSO FIFTH STREET. AND SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN THESE CORE AREAS, WE WOULD THE SUGGESTED ZONING WOULD BE R4 PATIO CLUSTER HOMES, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT OF A HIGHER DENSITY STYLE OF HOUSING. AND THAT RECOMMENDATION WOULD ALSO APPLY TO AREAS LIKE ROCKVILLE. SO POTENTIAL FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, ONE WOULD BE REALLY TO LEVERAGE DEMO AND INDEPENDENCE PARK AS ANCHORS TO ATTRACT SPORTS, RECREATION AND WELLNESS FOCUSED DEVELOPMENTS. THAT INCLUDES INDOOR FACILITIES, FITNESS CENTERS AND YOUTH ACTIVITY HUBS.

SECOND WOULD BE TO ELEVATE NEIGHBORHOOD IDENTITY THROUGH MIXED USE, AGAIN LEVERAGING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE OVERLAY IN ORDER TO SUPPORT SMALL SCALE COMMERCIAL ALTERNATIVE HOUSING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT WOULD COMPLEMENT THE ACTIVE RECREATION SPACES AND ENHANCE THE LIVABILITY. THIRD WOULD BE TO ENCOURAGE ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES. THE PROPOSED ZONING UPDATES WILL SUPPORT HOUSING DIVERSITY BY ALLOWING A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES AS WELL AS MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS THAT MEET A RANGE OF LIFESTYLES AND WILL ALSO FIT INTO THE AREA'S CHARACTER AND INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE FIRST FOUR CORRIDORS. I WILL TURN IT BACK OVER TO DIRECTOR GOMEZ. THANK YOU SARAH. SO DO YOU SEE THE VISION YET? LET'S SEE IF WE CAN WE CAN CONTINUE TO PAINT THE VISION. WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER TO FOCUS AREA FIVE, WHICH IS THE FM 1092 CORRIDOR THAT IS NORTH OF CARTWRIGHT ROAD TO THE CITY'S LIMITS. SO THE VISION THERE IN THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATIONS IS A HODGEPODGE, AS WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WITH SOME OF THE OTHER CORRIDORS LARGE. IT GOES FROM SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL WITH LARGE AREAS OF GREEN SPACE, OPEN FIELD TO MORE CONCENTRATED AUTO ORIENTED, WHERE BUILDINGS AND PARKING LOTS DOMINATE THE SCENE. THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ENTRYWAY. WE KNOW THAT APPLYING THE NEW GATEWAY OVERLAY, SIMILAR TO TEXAS PARKWAY THAT YOU JUST SAW, WILL HELP TO CREATE A UNIFIED VISION FOR DEVELOPMENT ALONG FM 1092. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE SETTING OF CONSISTENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, STANDARDS TO STRENGTHEN THE CITY'S VISION AND HELP CONNECT OUR KEY DESTINATION AREAS. TO IMPLEMENT THAT VISION. CURRENT ZONING RIGHT NOW IS INCONSISTENT. YOU SEE A LOT OF PINK ON THE SCREEN, WHICH REPRESENTS A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES THAT CAN BE LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY. AND SO THERE'S A HODGEPODGE THAT GOES FROM ALL TYPES OF USES AND

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THIS AMENDMENT WOULD INTRODUCE CONSISTENT STANDARDS FOR THE CARTWRIGHT ROAD AREA THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE OVERLAY AND RECLASSIFY OUR CIVIC SITES, INCLUDING THE TENNIS AND RECREATION CENTER, THE QUAIL VALLEY MUDD FACILITY, TO BE PART OF A UNIFIED COMMUNITY.

FACILITIES, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT. CURRENT ZONING IS SUGGESTED TO BE AMENDED TO INCLUDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIXED MID DENSITY PRODUCTS IN AREAS OF REMAINING UNDEVELOPED LAND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR REDEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ALONG BOTH TEXAS PARKWAY AND 1092. KEY OPPORTUNITIES ALONG THE CARTWRIGHT ROAD CORRIDOR INCLUDE THE FORMER HEB NEAR THE INTERSECTION WITH COVE VALLEY EAST. THIS AREA, AS WELL AS THE REMAINING UNDEVELOPED LAND, COULD ALLOW FOR ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTIONS AND INCLUDE APPROPRIATELY SCALED, PEDESTRIAN ACCESSIBLE SMALL COMMERCIAL MIXED WITH RESIDENTIAL PRODUCTS. OKAY, NOW WE'RE GOING TO GO ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CITY TO THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AREA, AND THIS IS FOCUSED AREA SEVEN. SO FOR THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AREA, THIS AREA COVERS A LARGE AREA SPANNING FROM THE TALL TELEVISION TOWERS NEAR MCCARD ROAD SOUTH TO THE INTERSECTION WITH SIENNA PARKWAY. THE CURRENT LAND USE VISION SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT BASED LAND USES THROUGH THE BUSINESS PARK

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AS THE CITY. LET'S SEE. OKAY. DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AREA.

DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AREA INCLUDE STRATEGIC AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY SIX THAT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR HIGHER INTENSITY OUTDOOR USES AND ENTERTAINMENT VENUES. THESE AREAS ARE AWAY FROM EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WHICH MAKE THEM PRIME LOCATIONS SUITABLE FOR THOSE TYPES OF USES. ZONING REGULATIONS I JUST MENTIONED CAN HELP TO PRESERVE THE HISTORIC HISTORIC SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY, INCLUDING SITE LOCATIONS LIKE WATTS CEMETERY. AND THEN WE HAVE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY GOING IN AND AROUND PARK OR LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY CLOSE TO FIRE STATION SIX. THAT DEVELOPMENT, AS IT CONTINUES TO OCCUR, CAN BE SUPPORTED BY THIS MIXED USE VISION. AS THE CITY CONTINUES TO PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, IT NEEDS TO RECOGNIZE ITS CONNECTION TO REGIONAL CHANGES LIKE THE PLANNED FORT BEND PARKWAY EXTENSION, SO PARTICULARLY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS FORT BEND PARKWAY AS THE ULTIMATE BUILD OUT, WILL CONNECT IT TO THE GRAND PARKWAY, WILL OPEN UP THIS CORRIDOR FOR MANY, MANY PEOPLE TO COME THROUGH. SO THIS IS A KEY STRATEGIC AREA FOR DEVELOPMENT AND APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY TO MAXIMIZE THIS OPPORTUNITY. OKAY. WE'LL GO ON TO FOCUS AREA EIGHT, WHICH IS THE TRAMMEL FRESNO AREA, WHICH IS JUST TO THE EAST OF THE FORT BEND PARKWAY. THAT WAS JUST DISCUSSED. THE CURRENT LAND USE VISION SUPPORTS EMPLOYMENT BASED LAND USES THROUGH THE BUSINESS PARK DESIGNATION, ALSO WITH OPPORTUNITIES FOR LOW IMPACT COMMERCIAL AND GREEN SPACES IN AREAS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS. DUE TO THIS PROXIMITY TO THE FORT BEND PARKWAY AND CONNECTION WITH DEVELOPMENT ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, THE RECOMMENDED VISION IS TO APPLY THE GATEWAY MIXED USE DESIGNATION. CURRENT ZONING CONSISTS OF A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF SUBURBAN DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION, AND IF YOU RECALL, THAT'S THE HOLDING ZONING DISTRICT, MEANING THAT IT IS LIKELY THAT AS DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES CONTINUE IN THIS AREA,

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OKAY, A PLACING COMMERCIAL USES ALONG MAJOR ROADS, WHICH IS LED TO AN INFLUX OF STRIP CENTERS WITH OVERLAPPING RETAIL. PARTS OF THE AREA REMAINED UNDEVELOPED, WITH AN INTERSTATE DESIGNATION DUE TO LIMITED UTILITY ACCESS GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO THE FORT BEND PARKWAY, A GATEWAY MIXED USE DESIGNATION IS RECOMMENDED TO GUIDE MORE COORDINATED, HIGHER VALUE DEVELOPMENT. CURRENT ZONING ALSO CONSISTS OF LAND IN THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION AREAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED IN PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS IN PROXIMITY TO A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THIS AREA ALSO SITS IN A SIMILARLY PRIME COMMERCIAL HUB, WITH A NEED TO TRANSITION FROM LESS INTENSE RESIDENTIAL USES THAT ARE TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE EAST OF IT. THE RECOMMENDED APPROACH IS TO MIX COMMERCIAL MID DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES WITH UNIFORM STANDARDS THROUGH THE GATEWAY OVERLAY TO STRENGTHEN ITS ECONOMIC POTENTIAL AND PROTECT THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREAS. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT CONSIDERATION IN THIS AREA INCLUDES ESTABLISHING A CLEAR CITY ENTRY POINT FOR TRAVELERS COMING IN FROM OTHER PARTS OF THE AREA. ESTABLISHING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCALED NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL CENTERS WHERE ADJACENT TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES, AND REQUIRING MIXED USE MID DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IN AREAS OF TRANSITION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL. THIS AREA GOES INTO THE FORT BEND TOWN CENTER THREE AREA, AND THEN FURTHER TO THE WEST WOULD BE THE FORT BEND PARKWAY. SO LAST BUT DEFINITELY NOT LEAST, WE'RE AT FOCUS AREA TEN, WHICH INCLUDES AREAS SURROUNDING KNIGHT ROAD, WATCH, PLANTATION ROAD, AND THAT'S EAST OF KNIGHT ROAD AND NORTH OF MCKEEVER ROAD. THIS AREA CURRENTLY HOLDS AN ESTATE DESIGNATION DUE TO LIMITED UTILITY ACCESS AS INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANDS LIKE UTILITIES, DRAINAGE AND ROADS. THE VISION TO SUPPORT REASONABLE DEVELOPMENT WHILE PROTECTING AND RESPECTING NEARBY RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED. A SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION WITH NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE STANDARDS IS RECOMMENDED TO GUIDE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, GROWTH AND SERVICES, AND THIS DESIGNATION WOULD PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT TO INCLUDE OPEN SPACE AND GREEN SPACE AREAS. CURRENT ZONING ALSO CONSISTS OF LAND IN THE SUBURBAN DISTRICT CLASSIFICATION. LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY IN USE IN IN USE DISTRICTS AND PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. THE PROPOSED STRATEGY IS TO APPLY A LOW IMPACT COMMERCIAL ZONING WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE OVERLAY IN AREAS NORTH OF THE BRIDGE. DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA COULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ESTATE STYLE HOUSING SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE, WHILE ENCOURAGING LOW IMPACT PROJECTS THAT ADDRESS FLOODPLAIN CONSTRAINTS THROUGH REGIONAL DETENTION, OR BY MITIGATING OR BY INTEGRATING STORMWATER FEATURES AS VISUAL, AS VISUAL AND USABLE COMMUNITY AMENITIES. OKAY WITH THAT, THAT

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THIS REVISED LANGUAGE IS INTENDED TO REINFORCE THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THOUGHTFUL GROWTH.

THANK YOU. AND I NOW TURN THE PRESENTATION BACK TO DIRECTOR GOMEZ. OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO WRAP IT UP WITH SOME NEXT STEPS, AND THEN WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR DISCUSSION. SO THIS IS A DISCUSSION. YOU'RE NOT BEING ASKED TO TAKE ACTION TONIGHT. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED. SO IF ANOTHER FOLLOW UP MEETING IS NEEDED THAT CAN BE SCHEDULED AS PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE HAVE A JOINT SESSION WITH THIS BODY AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION SCHEDULED FOR THE END OF THIS MONTH. AND THERE ARE STILL PLANS TO HAVE A PUBLIC OPEN HOUSE TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR JULY, TO RECEIVE PUBLIC INPUT ON RECOMMENDATIONS PRESENTED. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE AS PART OF THIS DISCUSSION IS, AGAIN, THIS IS BUILDING AND FORMING THE VISION, THE COLLECTIVE VISION OF FOR THE CITY. SO AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE ACTIVE ZONING PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY THAT IS ONGOING AS WE GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS A DISCUSSION ON CONSENSUS IN SOME OF THE AREAS TO HELP GUIDE SOME OF THOSE ZONING AMENDMENT APPLICATIONS AS THEY START TO MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH VARIOUS PROCESSES. WHAT WE WILL TAKE FOR FORWARD AFTER RECEIVING THIS INPUT AND CONTINUED INPUT FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS A FORMAL AMENDMENT PROCESS.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A DISCUSSION. THIS DOES NOT ADOPT ANYTHING. THIS DOES NOT MAKE CHANGES TO ANYTHING. AT THIS STAGE. THERE ARE STILL ADDITIONAL STEPS THAT HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO APPROVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE PLAN AND THE ASSOCIATED IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS. ZONING DISTRICTS IMPLEMENT SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL. SO WANT TO STRESS THAT THAT THAT WOULD COME BACK BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AS WELL AS THIS BODY FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL TURN IT OVER. BACK OVER TO YOU ALL FOR QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER. THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION IN 15 MINUTES. SO I GUESS BEFORE WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP. SO JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY DECISIONS TODAY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND THIS IS DISCUSSION. SO I WOULD ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO PLACE YOURSELF IN THE QUEUE. AND IF YOU WANT TO GO BETWEEN 1 AND 10 AND WHEREVER, WHATEVER THE ISSUE THAT YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT. SO THIS WAY THAT WE KEEP AT ONE PERSON AND THEN WE'LL, WE'LL COME BACK TO IF THERE ARE FURTHER QUESTIONS THAT ARE NEEDED. ALL RIGHT. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO FIRST ON THE QUEUE IS MAYOR PRO TEM SONIA RAMOS. THANK YOU, MAYOR JENNIFER, THANK YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER.

VERY WELL DONE. EASY TO FOLLOW ALONG. I HAVE SEVERAL COMMENTS, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH ME. I WANTED TO START AT FOCUS AREA TEN. YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING IN YOUR LAST FEW COMMENTS ABOUT RESIDENTIAL PROTECTIONS. I IT FLASHED TOO FAST OFF OF THE SCREEN. COULD YOU TALK TO ME IN REGARDS TO THOSE RESIDENTIAL PROTECTIONS VERSUS SUBURBAN COMMERCIAL? HOW DO THOSE TWO BLEND TOGETHER, ESPECIALLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR AREA? CORRECT. AND SO WHAT WE RECOGNIZE IS, IS THAT DEVELOPMENT IS PROBABLY GOING TO OCCUR IN THESE AREAS. WE HAVE A LOT OF AREAS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY THAT HAVE BEEN CONSTRAINED IN DIFFERENT FLOODPLAIN OR NATURAL CONSIDERATIONS. THERE ARE WAYS TO DEVELOP IN HARMONY WITH NATURE. AND SO WHAT THIS PROPOSAL WOULD RECOGNIZE IS THE ABILITY OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO UTILIZE VALUE WITHIN THEIR LAND AND BE ABLE TO DEVELOP WITHIN A VISION THAT LIMITS THAT IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

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IS THAT WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAY? THAT'S CORRECT. AND WHAT WE'RE LAYING OUT RIGHT NOW IS BIG VISION. AND SO, YOU KNOW, LOOKING FOR KIND OF THE GUIDANCE ON DOES EVERYBODY AGREE ON A BIG VISION. AND THEN THE DETAILS OF THAT VISION, YOU KNOW, TO PROTECT EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AREAS, TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING IN HARMONY, YOU KNOW, WITH NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS THAT WOULD STILL BE REFLECTED IN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. SO, YOU KNOW, SCALE IN TERMS OF BUILDING HEIGHT, MAXIMUM LOT COVERAGE. THOSE ARE PART OF THE RECOMMENDED STANDARDS THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR IN ANY OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS. SO THAT DETAIL YOU CAN START TO SPECIFY IN THOSE IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS, IF THE VISION IS ESTABLISHED.

OKAY. I'LL MOVE NOW TO AREA NINE. YOU MENTIONED FOCUS AREA NINE ARE SIX CONDOS, WHICH THAT PLOPS RIGHT DOWN IN FRONT OF SHIPMAN'S COVE, I BELIEVE. CAN YOU PUT IT BACK ON THAT PARTICULAR SLIDE? I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO KNOW WHERE THAT VISION PRETTY MUCH CAME FROM, BECAUSE THAT'S VERY, VERY DENSE TO PLACE. THERE IT IS. AND WHAT IT'S WHAT THIS PICTURE DOESN'T SHOW IS THAT IN TOWN CENTER THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED TO THE WEST OF IT. SO IT SHARES A PROPERTY LINE WITH OURSELVES. AND SO WHAT THIS SUGGESTS IS, IS THAT YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE THERE THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, AND THIS IS STILL A COMMERCIAL OF. SO THIS WOULD PROVIDE A ZONE OF TRANSITION FROM SOME OF THE INTENSE USES THAT MAY GO INTO THAT TOWN CENTER, WHETHER IT'S APARTMENT, GARAGE OR ANY OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL USES IN THERE, AND PROVIDING A TRANSITION FROM THAT INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY. AND THEN ALSO RECOGNIZING BUFFERING FROM TRAFFIC NOISE, THINGS THAT MIGHT COME FROM A HIGHWAY OR. OH, OKAY. FOCUS AREA SEVEN THE CEMETERY USES. YOU TALKED ABOUT FINDING AND CARVING WAYS OUT TO MAKE SURE THAT CERTAIN CEMETERIES HAVE THOSE PROTECTIONS. WOULD THAT ALSO OCCUR THROUGHOUT ANY OTHER CEMETERY OR HISTORICAL AREAS? AND SO I SEE A PICTURE HERE ON THE SCREEN. IS THIS REALLY ENOUGH PROTECTION FOR CEMETERIES. REALLY. MY QUESTION. YEAH. AND THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE DETAILS. I THINK WHAT THE APPROACH WOULD DO IS RECOGNIZE THOSE AREAS THAT WE CURRENTLY DON'T RECOGNIZE IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE DID RECEIVE THAT COMMUNICATION LOUD AND CLEAR, NOT JUST THROUGH THIS PROCESS, BUT OVER TIME WITH DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY. SO THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD GIVE US A PLACE TO RECOGNIZE THAT AS PART OF THE VISION FOR THE CITY AND THEN GIVE YOU ELEMENTS THROUGH ZONING TOOLS, SPECIFIC USE PERMIT IS ALREADY THERE. BUT TO TIE THOSE TOOLS SO THAT YOU CAN PROTECT NOT ONLY THE CEMETERY AREA, BUT THOSE AREAS THAT MIGHT BUFFER IT OR SURROUND IT. I ALSO NOTICED, AND I'M PRETTY SURE AS WE MOVE THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND READ IT A LITTLE MORE, WE'LL HAVE WAY MORE QUESTIONS. BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT THIS HAD A DESIGNATED ENTRYWAY MARKER.

SLIDE 29. FOR THE CEMETERY. NO, NO NO, I JUST ON SOME OF THE EARLIER SLIDES, YOU DENOTED THAT THERE WERE GOING TO BE DESIGNATED ENTRYWAY MARKERS. BUT ON THIS INSIDE OF FOCUS AREA SEVEN, THERE WAS NOT ONE. SO IF I'M ASKING IS THERE A WAY TO PLACE ONE SOMEWHERE. AND WE'RE HAVING THAT DISCUSSION, AND I THINK THE STRATEGY WITH THESE RECOMMENDATIONS IS USING THAT GATEWAY OVERLAY AS ALL ENCOMPASSING. OH I SEE. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE OTHER AREAS IN THE CITY AS WE GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH ENTRYWAY STANDARDS THAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE

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THESE ARE OKAY BECAUSE IT KIND OF GIVES A PERSON AN IDEA. BUT I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE, TAKE OUR ACTUAL LAND THAT WE HAVE WHAT IT WHAT'S SITTING THERE PAYING THAT OUT SO THAT WE CAN SEE EVERYTHING THAT'S AROUND IT, AND THEN PUT IN WHAT IT IS THAT WE DESIRE. I THINK THAT PEOPLE SEE BETTER AND THEY HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING IF THEY CAN SEE WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE SAYING, I FOLLOW IT, I FOLLOW ALONG, NO PROBLEM. BUT I THINK IT WOULD JUST BE SO MUCH BETTER IF WE COULD REALLY, REALLY SEE WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE AND IT WOULD BE WORTH IT. THE GATEWAY MIXED

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I THINK THAT FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS. THIS IS A GOOD STARTING POINT, BUT I REALLY WANT TO JUST SAY THAT THIS SHOULD NOT BE RUSHED. I KNOW YOU GUYS PROVIDED A

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DOES IT SERVE THE CITIZENS AND THE CITY WELL FOR THE CITY TO EXPAND THE EXTENDING THOSE UTILITIES, OR DO WE LEAVE IT TO THE DEVELOPER? THAT IS THE CONVERSATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE EACH AND WHEN THE DEVELOPMENT COMES IN TO SEE WHAT BENEFITS IT BRINGS TO THE CITY AND THE CITIZENS, I HOPE I ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION. YEAH, IT JUST SOUNDS LIKE IT'S THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT TIME FRAME RIGHT BEFORE THAT HAPPENS. OKAY. SO THAT BUYS SOME TIME. NEIGHBORS OUT THERE. SO REAL QUICK ABOUT THAT, I JUST WANT TO BRING UP THAT SOME OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS OF CONCERN IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. YOU COULD SEE THAT ON THE MAPS. I HOPE THAT MADE SENSE TO EVERYONE. AND SO THAT WOULD BE OUT OF OUR CONTROL AT THIS POINT. AND I THINK THAT'S THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COUNCILMEMBER CLAUSEN. YES, I TOO WANT TO THANK JENNIFER, YOU AND YOUR TEAM FOR THIS REPORT. I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE BEEN WORKING ON IT FOR A LONG TIME. I'VE HAD REQUESTS THAT I'VE NEEDED. A CITY MANAGER'S BEEN LIKE, NOPE, LET'S GET THROUGH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS. I WANT TO THANK THE RESIDENTS FOR YOUR INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY. I SAY OUR BECAUSE WE ALL LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL. AND JUST THE TIME ALL THE HUNDREDS OF EMAILS THAT WE GOT, I TRIED TO RESPOND TO EACH ONE, BUT JUST BEING HERE AND TAKING TIME OUT, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE I WAS LOOKING AT THE TIMELINE. JENNIFER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF INFORMATION. AND EVEN AS YOU WERE FLIPPING TO THE NEXT ZONE, I WAS LIKE TRYING TO MAKE NOTES AND LOOK AT THINGS. I WOULD LIKE FOR COUNCIL TO BE ABLE TO GO BACK AND REALLY ABSORB THIS INFORMATION. ADDITIONALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER COUNCIL WORKSHOP ADDED TO THIS, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC. IT WOULD BE PUBLIC SO THE PUBLIC COULD COME AND LISTEN, BUT THAT WAY WE CAN BE ABLE TO REALLY DIG THROUGH THIS AND PEEL BACK EVERYTHING, ASK OUR QUESTIONS IN A PUBLIC FORUM SO THAT IT IS TRANSPARENT AND SO THAT THE PUBLIC CAN HEAR KIND OF OUR THOUGHT PROCESS AND HEAR YOUR ANSWERS TO OUR QUESTIONS. SO I WOULD LOVE TO ADD A, A, A WORKSHOP TO THIS. MY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS I WILL START WITH. I WILL START WITH ONE. AND I KEPT HEARING THE THEME OF ENTRYWAY OVERLAY. AND IF YOU CAN JUST DESCRIBE WHAT THE ENTRYWAY OVERLAY, WHAT THAT REALLY MEANS. SO I THINK WE'VE HAD LOTS OF DISCUSSION, LOTS OF PUBLIC INPUT, AND IT CROSSES THE RANGE. SO YOU KNOW, IN SOME AREAS LIKE THIS HIGHWAY SIX AREA, WHEN ARE YOU IN ARCOLA, WHEN DO YOU TRANSITION. AND NOW YOU'RE IN MISSOURI CITY. THOSE ARE SOME THEMES THAT HAVE COME UP CONTINUOUSLY. AND THEN WHAT ARE YOU GREETED WITH WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT YOU'RE IN MISSOURI CITY? YOU KNOW. AND SO WHAT DOES THE DEVELOPMENT LOOK LIKE? SHOULD WE HAVE A HIGHER STANDARD? SHOULD WE HAVE UNIFORMITY BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND THE PRIVATE, YOU KNOW, UNIFORM SIGNAGE, YOU KNOW, GUIDING SIGNAGE AND HAVING KIND OF THAT MERGING, YOU KNOW, KIND OF EFFECT SO THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CROSS OVER IN THIS THRESHOLD, I AM IN THE GREAT CITY OF MISSOURI CITY, AND I KNOW THIS BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE FEATURES AND ENVIRONMENT AROUND ME. SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT IS REFERRING TO AND IDENTIFYING THOSE KEY AREAS. AND THEN THAT GATEWAY CONCEPT IS A LARGER EXPANSION OF THAT OVERLAY TO COVER THOSE, THOSE KEY CORRIDORS IN THE CITY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SECOND IS, YOU KNOW, I KEPT I CAN'T AS WE WERE GOING THROUGH EACH ONE OF THESE, SOME OF THE DIFFERENT AREAS WERE, WERE AREAS THAT JUMPED OUT AT ME AS BEING UNSAFE AREAS CONSISTENTLY UNSAFE. EVEN LISTENING TO SOME OF THE RESIDENTS JUST HEARING THE WORD SAFETY. IF I IF WE LOOK AT TO THE SOUTH GESSNER ROAD AS WE DEVELOP AND HOWEVER WE RESHAPE THAT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE WE ARE TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE SAFETY ISSUES AROUND THE RAILROAD. HOW CAN WE BECAUSE I YOU KNOW, I CRINGE WHEN I READ MY EMAILS ABOUT ANOTHER ACCIDENT. ANOTHER ACCIDENT. AND SO HOW CAN WE MAKE THAT AREA A LITTLE MORE SAFE? BUT STILL IMPLEMENTING SOME OF THE IDEAS THAT THAT YOUR TEAM

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RESIDENTS OF THE CITY THAT HOST THESE, THESE SPORTS, THEY DO, YOU KNOW, THEY PROVIDE FOR TRAINING, RECRUITMENT. THEY HAVE REALLY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS THAT THEY ARE LOOKING FOR SPACE AND OPPORTUNITY. AND IT MAY BE ONE OF THE UNTAPPED AREAS THAT THE CITY REALLY JUST HASN'T LEANED INTO THAT MAY ALLOW FOR THAT PEAK HOUR ACTIVITY, THAT CAN THEN ADD VALUE IN A MARKET TO SOME OF THE REDEVELOPMENT EFFORTS ALONG TEXAS PARKWAY, ALONG INDEPENDENCE, ALONG FM 1092. SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS KIND OF TIE IN. AND SO THAT'S WHERE THE RECOMMENDATION, YOU KNOW, FROM ALL OF THESE DISCUSSIONS AND INPUT IS WE HAD A GROUP LOOKING IN THAT INDEPENDENCE AREA. WE HAVE CITY INVESTMENTS, PUBLIC INVESTMENTS WITH STATE PARK THAT IS BEING REDEVELOPED, REDESIGNED FOR OUTDOOR PLAY FIELDS. YOU HAVE INDEPENDENCE PARK THAT HAS A WATER FEATURE THAT IS ACTIVATED FOR DIFFERENT WATER KIND OF ACTIVITIES. YOU HAVE OLD HORSE STABLE OVER IN THAT AREA AS WELL, AND SO THERE MAY BE JUST SOME REAL PRIME OPPORTUNITIES TO KIND OF LEVERAGE THOSE ASSETS AND KIND OF LINK THEM TOGETHER TO REALLY CREATE, YOU KNOW, A ZONE THAT YOU CAN HAVE INDOOR, OUTDOOR, YOU KNOW, ALL KINDS OF RECREATION OR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES TAKE PLACE. SO THAT'S REALLY THE THINKING BEHIND THAT IS JUST LOOKING AT THOSE UNTAPPED MARKETS, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO EMPLOYMENT BASE AND EMPLOYMENT GENERATING, BUT REALLY LEANING INTO SOME OF THOSE ASSETS THAT MISSOURI CITY MAY HAVE AVAILABLE HERE. OKAY.

THANK YOU. AND THEN I JUST HAVE A COUPLE OF MORE GOING TO SECTION SEVEN, THE FORT BEND PARKWAY. SO MY QUESTION IS AROUND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE HAVE MADE COMMENTS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL ADDITIONAL BODIES THAT MAY BE THERE. HAVE YOU HEARD AND YOUR TEAM HAVE Y'ALL HEARD ABOUT THIS AND WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS AND WHAT IS THE PLAN AROUND THIS IDEA THAT THERE MAY BE OTHER BODIES THERE? WE HAVE HEARD THE CONCERNS BECAUSE THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED NOT ONLY THROUGH THIS INPUT PROCESS. WE DON'T HAVE ANY, YOU KNOW, DOCUMENTATION OR ANY KIND OF STUDIES OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, TO SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT. BUT THE CONCERN IS REAL, YOU KNOW, AND WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM, YOU KNOW, NOT ONLY THE SUGARLAND SITUATION, BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, YOU KNOW, CEMETERIES TEND TO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF ELEMENTS WHERE, YOU KNOW, THINGS MAY NOT HAVE BEEN MARKED, MAY NOT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. AND SO THAT THAT SENSITIVITY IS THERE.

SO WHAT I THINK THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDES IS NOT ONLY THE CHANCE TO IDENTIFY THOSE AREAS, WHETHER

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YOU KNOW, THE BUILDINGS ARE USUALLY KIND OF IN LINE WITH EACH OTHER, YOU KNOW, YARD SIZE.

THAT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT ACROSS THE SUBDIVISION. AND IT RANGES BASED ON SUBDIVISION SIZES. SO LARGE ACREAGE ESTATES HAVE LARGER LOTS. SOME OF OUR AVERAGE SUBDIVISIONS AND SOME OF OUR MORE MATURE AREAS HAVE SMALLER LOTS, ALL KIND OF IN A ROW. BUT LOW IMPACT WOULD DO IS YOU KIND OF CLUSTER THE DISTURBANCE OF LAND AND THEN YOU CAN RESERVE AREAS UNTOUCHED ON THOSE PROPERTIES. AND WHERE THE REGULATIONS WOULD GO IS YOU CAN STEER, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THAT OPEN SPACE AND GREEN SPACE INTO KIND OF A COORDINATED AREA. SO YOU DON'T JUST LEAVE IT UP TO A DEVELOPER OR THEIR ENGINEER TO DESIGN, OKAY, WE NEED ATTENTION. SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO USE THIS AREA OVER HERE. THIS IS THE BEST PLACE FOR US. YOU KNOW, DESIGN THAT IN HARMONY THAT THOSE THOSE ITEMS ARE NEEDED. BUT THIS IS ALSO, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO SEE AS AN AMENITY. YOU KNOW, WITHIN THIS AREA, WITHIN THE SUBDIVISION. AND THEN TO KIND OF HARMONIZE THAT INTO WHAT THE EXISTING IS. SO WHETHER IT'S TREE LINES, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, A WIDE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, YOU KNOW, YARDS ALONG THE STREET, YOU KNOW, WATER FEATURES WITH THE DRAINAGE DETENTION.

IT'S ESTABLISHING WHAT THAT MINIMUM BASELINE CRITERIA WOULD BE. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND ONE OTHER THING I WANTED TO ADD TO IT, BECAUSE I THINK I MENTIONED BECAUSE LOT COVERAGE WOULD BE A REAL COMPONENT OF THAT LOT COVERAGE. LOT COVERAGE OKAY. SO RIGHT NOW YOU HAVE REQUIREMENTS ON DENSITY. SO YOU CAN'T EXCEED THE NUMBER OF HOMES WITHIN AN AREA BASED ON THE DENSITY REQUIREMENT. WHAT YOU COULD ADD WITH THESE REGULATIONS IS YOU CAN'T PAVE OR IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF THE LOT. AND SO THOSE KIND OF RESTRICTIONS PLAY INTO LOW IMPACT DEVELOPMENT THAT THOSE ARE KIND OF THE GUIDELINES THAT DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAPPEN WITHIN.

OKAY. THANK YOU MAYOR. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER RILEY. THANK YOU. ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS ABOUT GOING LAST IS YOU GET A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. I'M GOING TO START WITH FOCUS AREA ONE. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT THE ZONING THAT'S OVER THERE. AND MY QUESTION IS BECAUSE THAT IS SUCH AN AN AREA THAT DOES NOT HAVE DEVELOPMENT, THAT IS CONDUCIVE TO WHAT THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ON OUR MISSOURI CITY SIDE WOULD BE ATTRACTED TO, WITH THE TWO LOTS THAT ARE STILL LEFT OVER THERE. IF WE MAKE DECISIONS IN REGARDS TO ZONING, HOW DOES THAT IMPACT DEVELOPMENT FOR THAT AREA WHEN THERE'S OTHER STUFF OVER THERE THAT MAY NOT CONNECT TO

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YEAH. AND THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY WE KNOW IS A HIGH PROFILE PIECE OF PROPERTY RIGHT NOW FROM THE ORIGINAL ZONING ADOPTED IN 1981. IT HAS A SPLIT ZONING. SO GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. SO IT HAS AN ARBITRARY RED SPACE THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE FONDREN ROAD AREA. AND DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS THAT WE'VE SEEN WITH THAT HAVE BEEN REALLY TRYING TO UNDERSTAND KIND OF WHERE THAT LINE IS AND KIND OF WHAT APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT THE CITY WOULD ACCEPT IN THOSE AREAS. SO WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO CLEAN UP PIECES OF PROPERTY LIKE THAT, CREATE ONE UNIVERSAL, YOU KNOW, ZONE FOR THE PROPERTY, AND THEN PUT THE ADDITIONAL OVERLAY STANDARDS ON IT THAT REFLECT THAT PARTICULAR AREA. SO IN THIS CASE WE KNOW IT'S RIGHT UP AGAINST RESIDENTIAL. SO ANYTHING THAT'S DEVELOPED THERE NEEDS TO BE SCALED TO BE COMPLEMENTARY, YOU KNOW TO THE RESIDENTIAL. AND THEN THIS IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS WHERE, YOU KNOW, AMENITIES LIKE GROCERY STORES HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, SPOKEN LOUD AND CLEAR. SO THIS WOULD BE THE OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU COULD PACKAGE THIS AND, YOU KNOW, PUT IT INTO LIKE A RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN TO TRY TO CHANGE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE TRAJECTORY OF SOME OF THAT DEVELOPMENT, BUT GIVING A SINGLE KIND OF VISION AS OPPOSED TO UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE SOME OF THOSE ZONING LINES MIGHT FALL. AND SO WHICH LEADS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION. AND YOU DID ANSWER MY OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY AT EAST HAMPTON, WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE ON FONDREN, WITH THERE BEING SUCH A HIGH POPULATION OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES RIGHT BEHIND IT, HOW DO YOU PROTECT THOSE HOMES WHEN YOU BRING RECOMMENDATIONS OF DEVELOPMENT LIKE THIS AND PROTECT THEM FROM FROM FLOODING? SO FLOODING WOULD BE PART OF THAT. AND I THINK AND I'LL LET SASHI SPEAK TO THAT. BUT I THINK THAT'S BEEN KIND OF THE CONCEPT WITH ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT THAT SHOULD WORK TO IMPROVE, YOU KNOW, ANY OF THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS. SO QUICKLY ON HOW DO WE PROTECT FLOODING? WE DO HAVE VERY STRINGENT STANDARDS FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT TO MITIGATE THE RUNOFF THAT'S GOING TO GENERATE BY THE ADDITIONAL IMPERVIOUS COVER. THIS IS AREA ONE OR AREA TEN. THE SAME STANDARDS APPLY THAT THEY HAVE TO BUILD DETENTION. AND IT IS A VERY STRINGENT STANDARD THAT WE'VE RECENTLY UPDATED. AND THEY HAVE TO MITIGATE IT THROUGH RETENTION AND DETENTION PONDS TO MITIGATE THAT. AND THAT'S PRIMARILY HOW WE MITIGATE ANY DRAINAGE IMPACTS. OKAY. MY NEXT FOCUS AREA IS TWO SOUTH GESSNER. AND IT WAS MENTIONED IN REGARDS TO. REQUESTING ABOUT WALKABILITY TRAILS. AND I KNOW THAT'S KIND OF MORE OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. BUT MY QUESTION IS WITH THAT PARTICULAR RAVINE AREA AND THEN CONNECTING TO THAT COMMUNITY AND THEN THAT LAND THAT IS RIGHT THERE AT SOUTH GESSNER AND THE BELTWAY, THAT TOO IS KIND OF THE SAME DYNAMICS AS IT IS ON FONDREN. IT BACKS UP TO A, A SUBDIVISION, A VERY CLOSE, AND IT'S ONLY ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN FIVE AND A HALF ACRES OF LAND OVER THERE. MY CONCERN WITH THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION OVER THERE IS BRINGING MORE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE, AND I KNOW IT'S NOT ZONED FOR THAT THAT PARTICULAR LAND, BUT IT COULD BE REQUESTED FOR THAT. AND HOW DO WE PUT MEASURES TO PROTECT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ADDITIONAL WAREHOUSES OR STORAGE UNITS, THINGS THAT NO ONE WANTS TO HAVE OVER THERE IN THEIR RESIDENTIAL AREA. THAT'S A VERY HIGHLY POPULATED INDUSTRIAL AREA. AND THEN YOU HAVE A SMALL PORTION OF RESIDENTIAL. AND I WAS GOING TO MENTION THIS LATER, BUT I WANT TO BRING THIS UP RIGHT NOW. WE AS A CITY, WE HAVE GOT TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX. I WAS LOOKING AT THE DIFFERENT TRENDS OF THE MAKEUP MODELS THAT, YOU KNOW,

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WE NEED BRAND NAMES IN OUR CITY. THAT'S A PRIME PIECE OF, YOU KNOW, REAL ESTATE RIGHT THERE.

AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE TANYARD BREWERY. THEY HAVE IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN THERE, IT'S MAGNIFICENT. IT IS A FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACE. THERE'S ENTERTAINMENT, THERE'S AN OUTDOOR FACILITY, PLAYGROUNDS FOR KIDS, PATIO FURNITURE UPSTAIRS. AND IT'S ALSO A VENUE.

WE HAVE GOT TO START THINKING ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT. A RUDY'S WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE, A GROCERY STORE. WE'VE GOT TO GET PEOPLE INTERESTED, HAVE THE RIGHT ZONING SO THAT THE PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BRING THEIR REALLY NICE PROJECTS HERE TO MISSOURI CITY AND STOP TAKING THEM TO OTHER CITIES AND CREATING A SYSTEM OF ESTHETICS, EVERY YOU SAID HODGEPODGE, AND I PERSONALLY DIDN'T LIKE THAT. I DON'T LIKE COOKIE CUTTER STUFF. I LIKE THINGS TO BE UNIQUE AND CREATIVE. THIS SECTION OF MISSOURI CITY CAN LOOK LIKE THIS PARTICULAR DESTINATION. THIS SECTION OF MISSOURI CITY COULD LOOK LIKE THIS. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE UNIQUE, BUT EVEN BUT ALSO INCLUSIVE TO OUR WHOLE CITY. AND MY CONCERN WITH THAT AREA IS IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT ZONING AND WE DON'T PUT LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, ORDINANCES IN PLACE, AND WE DON'T PUT CERTAIN ESTHETIC REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE, WE'LL GET THE SAME THING AND WE'LL HAVE THE SAME THING 20 YEARS FROM NOW AND WE'LL BE SITTING, NOT US, BUT SOMEONE WILL BE SITTING UP HERE HAVING THIS EXACT SAME DISCUSSION ALL OVER AGAIN. WE'VE GOT TO BE UNIQUE. WE'VE GOT TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND TALK TO OUR RESIDENTS. THEY'VE ALREADY TOLD US WHAT THEY WANT.

NOW WE'VE GOT TO GO OUT THERE AND GET IT AND BUILD IT AND WORK WITH OUR DEVELOPERS. WE CAN'T ALLOW OUR DEVELOPERS, AND I'M PROBABLY STEPPING ON SOME TOES. WE CAN'T ALLOW OUR DEVELOPERS TO DICTATE TO US. WE'VE GOT TO TELL THEM WHAT WE WANT. THE OTHER THING THAT I WANT TO GO OVER IS.

LET ME SEE, WHERE IS IT AT? YOU TALKED ABOUT FACE FOCUS AREA SEVEN, DOING THE EXPANSION. AND WHEN YOU MENTIONED THE TOLL ROAD EXPANSION, IS THIS SOMETHING IS THIS A CONCEPT OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT WE ACTUALLY DID REACH OUT TO THE COMMISSIONERS ABOUT? THE TOLL ROAD EXPANSION IS ALREADY UNDERWAY. THERE IS DESIGN AND PROBABLY YOU WILL SEE CONSTRUCTION NEXT YEAR. IT'S BEING BUILT IN PHASES. THE FIRST PHASE WILL TAKE US TO THE EDGE OF WHAT WE CALL THE MISSOURI CITY. THE LEVY CROSSING AND THE FINAL PHASE WILL TAKE US TO FM 2759. AND THEN THE ULTIMATE PHASE WILL TAKE AND CONNECT IT TO GRAND PARKWAY. SO THAT IS A PROJECT THAT THE TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY IS BUILDING. AND IT IS HAPPENING. DESIGN IS UNDERWAY. I THINK THE FIRST PHASE OF THE EXTENSION IS SCHEDULED TO START IN 2026, BASED ON THE LAST BRIEFING. THANK YOU. AND THEN MY OTHER ONE IS TO GO BACK TO THE WETLANDS CEMETERY GREEN SPACE THOUGHT PROCESS. I CAN'T FIND IT ON HIS SCREEN BECAUSE THERE'S LIKE A THOUSAND OF THEM. YOU MENTIONED HAVING ZONING AND HAVING PROTECTIONS. AND I KNOW WE'VE ALL KIND OF MENTIONED IT, BUT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO ME, I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE SAID. SO MY QUESTION IS, CAN YOU GIVE ME MORE OF A VISUAL OF WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? BECAUSE WHEN I'M LISTENING TO RESIDENTS AND I PASS BY THERE AND SEE IT, AND THEN I SEE THIS PICTURE AND THEN I HEAR WHAT YOU SAID, THERE'S FOUR DIFFERENT THINGS GOING ON IN MY, MY, MY PURVIEW. AND I WANT TO KNOW, HOW DO WE PROTECT THIS VERY PRECIOUS

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NOW WE GOT TO THINK ABOUT WHO WILL SELL IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, WHO ELSE COMES IN AND WANTS TO TEAR THAT DOWN, BUILD SOMETHING ELSE. THERE'S A LOT OF THOUGHT PROCESS THAT GOES INTO THAT VERY SENSITIVE AREA, AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM, BUT WE'VE GOT TO FIND A VERY PEACEFUL MEDIUM FOR THAT, JUST LIKE WE WOULD HAVE TO DO WITH ANY OTHER RESIDENTIAL AREA. BUT THIS ONE HAS DIFFERENT VARIABLES THAT WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. SO AND WE HAVE A LOT WE'VE GOT TO WORK OUT WITH THIS PARTICULAR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND AGAIN Y'ALL HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB

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THREE, WE STILL HAVE EMPTY SHOPPING CENTERS. THAT'S NOT FILLED. RIGHT. AND WE CAN'T FORCE SOMEONE TO COME IN. I KNOW THAT WE USED INCENTIVE PROGRAMS, PATIO PROGRAMS, INCENTIVES TO DO PARKING LOT AND FACADES, ALL OF THAT. AND IT'S STILL A CHALLENGE. SO AS WE LOOK AT THIS, I LIKE THE WAY HOW IT'S INSTEAD OF KIND OF MIXING ALL OVER THE PLACE, IT'S ONE SET AND IT'S KIND OF GEARED TOWARDS ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. SO THAT'S THAT'S GREAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE REALLY COME IN AND TALK ABOUT DOWNTOWN MISSOURI CITY, I KNOW THAT WE AS COUNCIL NEED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF ALL OVER THE PLACE. BUT WE ALSO WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF WE ARE GOING THAT ROUTE, HOW DOES THAT FIT WITH THE REST OF THE CITY, MEANING REST OF THE TEXAS PARKWAY, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T JUST BUILD SOMETHING NEW, AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE LOOKS THE WAY IT LOOKS, AND STILL PEOPLE ARE NOT GOING TO COME IN HERE. I KNOW THAT THE CITY HAS WORKED TIRELESSLY TO RECEIVE. EVEN A STARBUCKS WOULD COME IN AND IT WAS A CHALLENGE. EVEN WITH THE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THAT WE HAVE, ARCADIA IS STILL A CHALLENGE. AGAIN, WE CAN ASK FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS TO COME OR THESE BUSINESSES TO COME, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S THEIR MONEY AND THEY'RE GOING TO DO TRAFFIC COUNT. THEY'RE GOING TO DO ALL THESE STUDIES BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO COME. SO MY SUGGESTION IS THIS IS AT LEAST NOT ALL OVER THE PLACE. IT'S ALL PUT TOGETHER. BUT WHATEVER WE'RE CALLING IT, WHETHER IT'S DOWNTOWN OR WHETHER IT'S ENTERTAINMENT CENTER, I SEE IT ON HERE. SO WE NEEDED TO COME TO ONE UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR BEFORE WE PUSH THE ZONINGS OUT THERE TO UNDERSTAND OVERALL VISION FOR TEXAS PARKWAY. AND I'VE SEEN IN ONE OF YOUR DRAWINGS THAT THERE IS A MAKEUP OF CITY COUNCIL, I MEAN, CITY HALL OR THE BUILDING. RIGHT, NEW. SO IF YOU LOOK AT CITY OF SUGARLAND, THE TOWN, I MEAN, THE CITY HALL WAS NOT THERE TODAY, WAS NOT THERE YEARS BACK, THAT WITH THAT TOWN CENTER, THEY BROUGHT IN THE NEW BRAND NEW CITY HALL AND SOME OFFICES AND KIND OF WORKED AROUND THAT CONCEPT, MEANING THERE'S A VISION THERE. WE CAN'T

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YEAH. WE DIDN'T WE DIDN'T THROW ANY FISTS. BUT AGAIN, GOING BACK TO WHAT THAT CORRIDOR LOOKS LIKE IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH FIFTH STREET TODAY, PART OF IT IS MISSOURI CITY. PART OF IT IS STAFFORD. BUT IF YOU DRIVE THROUGH THAT, IT'S I MEAN, THAT IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF HOTSPOTS BECAUSE YOU CANNOT IF YOU LOOK AT IT, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START. RIGHT? SO MOVING FORWARD WITH SOME OF THE EMPTY LANDS THAT YOU HAVE, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL, I KNOW THAT CLINTON LONG IS DOING THOSE SMALLER HOMES UP THERE. I MY SUGGESTION IS WHATEVER, HOWEVER WE ZONE IT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE EMPTY, EMPTY AREAS, NOT TO GO IN THERE WITH ANOTHER STRIP CENTER OR GAS STATION OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE HAVE TO HAVE A LONG TERM TO SEE THAT. SOME OF THESE DRAWINGS THAT YOU PUT UP HERE THAT HAS THOSE ATTACHED HOMES OR SOMETHING, BECAUSE NOWADAYS YOUNGER, YOUNGER FOLKS DON'T WANT CUT THE LAWN AND MAINTAIN AND ALL OF THAT. THEY WANT THAT DIFFERENT URBANIZED FEEL. SO IF WE WANT THEM TO BE HERE IN THE LONG RUN, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS AND TRYING TO SO THAT CORRIDOR, MAYBE WE NEED TO RESHAPE IT TO THINK IT THROUGH WHAT IT WOULD FIT AND THEN WORK IT THROUGH THAT PROCESS RATHER THAN PUTTING SOMETHING ELSE HERE BEFORE I JUMP TO THE OTHER ONES THAT I DO WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IS BEFORE I GET TO SEVEN, LET ME ASK SOMETHING ELSE TO THAT. WHEN WE LOOK AT THESE, I HEARD YOU SAY CITY ATTORNEY, THAT IF A PERSON HAS A PROPERTY THAT HAS A ZONING OF LC TWO, LET'S JUST SAY AND ZONING REGULATIONS NOW HAS BEEN CHANGED TO, I DON'T KNOW, LET'S SAY LC ONE OR R-1, RIGHT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. AND YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED IN. SO IF THEY'RE USING THE PROPERTY FOR THAT, WHATEVER THE USE IS, YOU KNOW, I KNOW ONE, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT INTERNALLY ABOUT CERTAIN USES. IF THEY ARE CURRENTLY USING THE PROPERTY, THEN YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT FOR AN ALLOWABLE USE. CORRECT. YOU CAN'T CHANGE IT. BUT IF THEY'RE NOT USING THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED NOTICE. AND WE AND THAT'S ACTUALLY THE PLAN ON SOME OF OUR DISTRICTS. AND WE WILL NOTIFY THEM THAT WE'RE CHANGING THE ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN THAT ZONE. MEANING MEANING THAT IF IT'S A LAND THAT'S VACANT, THEN WHATEVER THE RECLASSIFICATION ZONE IS, THAT WILL BE THE NEW CLASS. THAT'S WHAT WILL APPLY.

OKAY. SO I JUST WANT TO CLEAR THAT. AND ON NUMBER SEVEN, WHEN WE GET TO NUMBER SEVEN CEMETERY, WE TALKED ABOUT I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CEMETERY THAT CAME UP. BUT MY WHOLE POINT ON IT IS I THINK SOMEONE SAID IT EARLIER, WHY WOULD WE CREATE ANOTHER SUGAR LAND? 95 LET ME LET ME SAY WHY. IF THAT WHOLE AREA. JENNIFER, I HEARD SOMEONE ELSE ASK THE QUESTION. YOU SAID THERE'S DOUBTS, RIGHT? IF THERE ARE DOUBTS, WHY WOULD WE ASK THIS BODY TO RECLASSIFY THAT WITHOUT CLEARING, TO SEE THAT IF IT'S DOUBT OR NOT, BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, LET'S SAY WE RECLASSIFIED AND WE TOLD SOMEONE TO GO, WHATEVER THEY'RE GOING TO DO UP THERE. AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE GOING UNDER TO PUT FOUNDATION IN THERE, AND THEN NEXT THING YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE A BODY THAT COMES UP, SURFACE, RESURFACE. AND NOW WE'RE BACK TO SUGAR LAND 95 ISSUES. SO IN THAT PARTICULAR REGION, IF IT IS A DOUBT, AND I DON'T KNOW THAT, I MEAN, I DON'T HAVE WAYS TO PROVE THAT, THEN THAT SHOULD BE I MEAN, THAT SHOULD BE LOOKED AT IN DETAIL BEFORE YOU ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO RECLASSIFY THAT AREA. YES. I WOULD JUST ADD THAT WITH OR WITHOUT CHANGING IT, IF THERE IS A DOUBT, THEN WE NEED TO DO DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS CLARIFIED, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW SOMETHING COULD BE BUILT ON IT

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RIGHT. SO THAT'S MY ONE, ONE OF MY POINT. SECOND IS THAT UNDER THAT I'M GOING TO MOVE ON TO NUMBER NINE. WE AND THE REASON I'VE TALKED ABOUT IS WHAT'S YOU HAVE WHAT'S AND THE NEW CONSTRUCTION OF WHAT'S NOW GOING ACROSS. AND THEN TO MEETING HIGHWAY SIX. THERE WAS A MEETING IN THE PAST WITH THAT DEVELOPER, AND I KNOW MYSELF. COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY PARTICIPATED IN THOSE AND WE WORKED WITH THE CREEK ON BOTH SOUTH AND NORTH TALKING ABOUT THAT. AND IT WAS PROJECTED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE THEY DID TALK TO THE, THE HOA OF CREEK AND KIND OF COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON TOWNHOUSES BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT OTHER TYPE OF DEVELOPMENTS THERE. BUT I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM ASKED THE QUESTION OF THE DENSITY OF THOSE, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. RIGHT. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE WHERE DO WE GOT THAT PICTURE FROM? BUT THAT PICTURE LOOKS LIKE WAY TOO HEAVY UP HERE. SO WE NEEDED TO RETHINK THAT, GO THROUGH THAT, BECAUSE THERE WAS AN AGREEMENT GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH I THINK THEY WERE THEY SIGNED THE AGREEMENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT BETWEEN HOA AND THAT, THAT INSTEAD OF HAVING SOMETHING ELSE COME UP THERE THAT THEY WOULD PREFER TO, TO HAVE THE CONDOS, BUT THOSE CONDOS WERE NOT THREE, THREE, THREE, THREE STORIES HIGH. RIGHT? SO THEY WERE DIFFERENT IN MY OPINION. I DON'T KNOW. WE NEEDED TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT IT. THAT'S MY COMMENT ON NUMBER NINE. AND GOING BACK TO NUMBER TEN ON WATTS AND KNIGHT ROAD. SO I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE FOR SHASHI. SHASHI, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF EMAILS AND A LOT OF CONVERSATION THAT TALKED ABOUT RURAL AREAS AND MAKING SURE THAT THE WATER MITIGATIONS AND WETLAND. CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THAT TRACK TODAY IS? A LOT OF THIS LAND THAT YOU SEE IN FRONT OF YOUR SCREEN TODAY IS ENCUMBERED BY WHAT WE CALL THE FLOODPLAIN. IT IS THE BACKWATER OF THE BRAZOS GETTING INTO OYSTER CREEK AND THAT CREATING THE WHAT WE CALL THE DESIGNATED FEMA FLOODPLAIN. ALONG WITH IT, THERE ARE CERTAIN AREAS WHICH ARE DESIGNATED AS WETLANDS BY THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS. SO LET ME ASK YOU A QUESTION. IF IT IS IN A FLOODPLAIN, THAT IN ORDER FOR THAT AREA. CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. I'M NOT I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. BUT I KNOW YOU ARE FOR THAT PROPERTY, FOR ANYONE TO DEVELOP THAT MEANING PUTTING DIRT ON IT, RAISING IT HIGH AND DOING ANY OF THAT, IT NEEDS TO GO THROUGH FEMA, CORRECT? CORRECT. I WANT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, MAYOR. PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IN THE FLOODPLAIN IS ALLOWED. IT IS COMMON. I'LL JUST GIVE YOU A CLASSIC EXAMPLE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE WHOLE OF SIENNA, MOST OF IT WAS IN THE FLOODPLAIN. THAT IS A DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS RECLAIMED AND DEVELOPED. BUT THERE ARE STRINGENT REGULATIONS TO ENSURE THAT IT'S BUILT HIGH. IT DOES NOT CAUSE NEGATIVE IMPACT. THE FLOODPLAIN STORAGE THAT IS LOST WILL BE RECLAIMED SOMEWHERE ELSE. THAT WAS THE CASE IN SHIPMENTS. COW AND EVERY OTHER DEVELOPMENT. AND WE'VE MADE WE'VE ENSURED THAT THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. THAT IS MY ANSWER. OKAY. THANK YOU. BUT I WHILE I WHILE I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU ON SIENNA, PROBABLY A LOT OF IT WAS IN THE FLOODPLAIN

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OKAY. WHICH IS A PROCESS THAT THE THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY TO REACH FEMA ALL THE WAY THROUGH. OKAY. SO TODAY'S STANDARD, IN TODAY'S STANDARD, IF THAT PARTICULAR R-1, ANYONE THAT'S COMING IN BEFORE I REMEMBER I SAID IT EARLIER, WE ALL AGREE THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO COME TO PLANNING AND ZONING. THEY DON'T NEED TO COME TO CITY COUNCIL TO BUILD WHATEVER THEY WANT. SO HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT THE THEY, THEY GONE THROUGH THE FEMA AND GOT ALL THE CERTIFICATES TO MAKE SURE, OR IS IT A PROCESS THAT THEY DO? BECAUSE IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING IT TAKES ALMOST TWO YEARS OR IF NOT LONGER, TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT PROCESS TO GET THAT BACK INTO INTO A DEVELOPED DEVELOPMENT LAND. CORRECT. SAME CASE. IF IT'S R-1, IT'S IN THE FLOOD ZONE. THEY GOT TO FOLLOW THE RESTRICTIONS, OTHERWISE THEY DON'T GET THE PERMITS AND THEY WILL BE DESIGNATED ON THE FEMA MAP AS BEING IN THE FLOODPLAIN TOMORROW. IF SOMEBODY BUYS THAT HOME OR PROPERTY, THEY CAN'T BUILD, IF THEY BUILD, IF THEY LIVE THERE, THEY HAVE TO PAY HIGH FLOOD INSURANCE PREMIUMS. SO IF IT IS R-1 OR WHATEVER, IT IS COMMERCIAL, THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS. PART TWO OF THAT QUESTION FOR YOU. I'M NOT. I'M JUST ASKING BECAUSE I WANT THE PUBLIC TO BE EDUCATED. I WANT THE MEMBERS OF COUNCIL TO BE EDUCATED. AND I MYSELF ALSO WANT TO BE EDUCATED ON THIS. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT'S LOW LYING FLOODPLAIN, CORRECT. WHICH MEANS IF THE RIVER GOES HIGH, 100 YEAR FLOOD, WHICH MEANS THERE ARE CHANNELS AND CREEKS THAT RUNS THROUGH EVEN BEHIND MY HOUSE, THAT GETS THE WATER GOING OUT. SO WHICH MEANS IN THESE LOW LYING LANDS, THESE WATER IS SUPPOSED TO COME OVER THERE AND KIND OF STAY THERE TILL THE WATER DRIES OFF. CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WHAT DO WE DO WITH THE WATER IF WE DEVELOP THOSE? WELL, A FLOODPLAIN IS NOTHING BUT A BOWL. SO WHEN THE WATER BACKS UP IT GOES AND SITS IN THAT BOWL. SO IF YOU ARE TAKING AWAY THAT BOWL WHERE THE WATER SITS, OUR REQUIREMENTS REQUIRE THAT YOU COMPENSATE SOMEWHERE ELSE BY BUILDING THAT BOWL. AND THAT BOWL IS WHAT WE REFER TO AS DETENTION PONDS. SO THAT WOULD BE THE REQUIREMENT FOR ANY DEVELOPER, BE IT RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL OR WHATNOT, TO BUILD THAT BOWL SO THAT THAT BOWL REMAINS TO MITIGATE THE FLOODING IMPACTS. SO YOU'RE SAYING ALL THAT CHANNEL WATER WILL GO INTO LIKE A LAKE OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT THEY HAVE THAT'S BACK THERE? BUT BUT EVEN WITH THAT, I MEAN, I'M JUST ASKING CAN CITY THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT WE CAN SAY THAT THE REST OF THE HOMES, THE REST OF THE AREAS WILL NOT FLOOD. CORRECT? WELL, I CAN'T SAY THAT NOBODY WILL FLOOD BECAUSE IT IS ALL DESIGNED TO A PARTICULAR STANDARD. WHERE I LIVE, WHERE ANYBODY LEAVES, IF THE RAIN EXCEEDS THE CRITERIA IT WAS DESIGNED, IT WILL FLOOD. OKAY. SOMETHING LIKE HARVEY, WHERE WE HAD 35 40 INCH RAIN, WE SAW A LOT OF FLOODING BECAUSE NOT BECAUSE OF INADEQUATE DRAINAGE SYSTEM, IN MOST CASES BECAUSE IT WAS THE RAINFALL THAT EXCEEDED THE DESIGN CRITERIA. AND MOST, IF NOT ALL OF OUR AREAS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO HANDLE THAT RAINFALL. OKAY. SO AND I'LL FINISH IT BY JUST MY COMMENT, CITY MANAGER, YOU KNOW, THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BACK THERE. YES, I THINK I WAS, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE PUBLIC COMMENTS, A COUPLE PEOPLE REFERRED TO ME.

YES, I DO LIVE THERE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. THERE'S NO CLUBHOUSE, YOU KNOW, A BIG CLUBHOUSE THAT YOU SEE IN A REGULAR SUBDIVISION BECAUSE PEOPLE THAT CHOOSE TO LIVE THERE, THEY WANT TO LIVE THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE KIDS RUNNING AROUND AND, YOU KNOW, PARTIES AND ALL THIS, EVEN THOUGH THEY DO PARTY. NOT TO SAY THEY DON'T. BUT ALSO WHEN IT COMES TO STREET LIGHTS IN THAT AREA, I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW THIS TO SOME A COUPLE TIMES WE PUSHED OUT TO THOSE AREAS TO HAVE STREET LIGHTS AND ALL THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS DID NOT WANT THEM BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WANT THAT. THEY WANTED TO KEEP IT IN THE DARK. THEY WANTED THEY DIDN'T WANT PEOPLE COMING THROUGH AND GOING BACK AND FORTH. SO THAT AND THEN ALSO. WALKWAY. I KNOW THAT FORT BEND COUNTY, I MEAN, FORT BEND COUNTY IS TAKING THE LEAD ON THE ENGINEERING DRAWING TO WIDEN WHAT'S PLANTATION. AND I KNOW THAT THE COMMISSIONER PRECINCT TWO ALSO HAS WALKWAY.

WHEN I SAY WALKWAY, I'M TALKING ABOUT SIDEWALKS. THAT'S GOING TO FORT BEND TOWN CENTER TO. AND THAT ULTIMATELY YOU CAN GET TO THREE AND REST OF THE PLACES. SO THERE'S WALKABILITY, YOU KNOW,

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AND I KNOW THAT WHEN WE EXPANDED, WE'RE EXPANDING IT TO A TWO LANE EVENTUALLY. CORRECT.

THAT WILL HIT HIGHWAY SIX. CORRECT. SO LET ME CLARIFY THAT, MAYOR. THERE'S TWO SEGMENTS OF WHAT'S PLANTATION, THE ONE SEGMENT, WHICH IS THE WESTERN SEGMENT, WHICH IS THE EXISTING SEGMENT BETWEEN SIENNA PARKWAY AND NITRO THAT'S GOING TO BE REBUILT WITH CONCRETE ROADWAY.

AND THE WIDENING IS MAINLY TO ACCOMMODATE THE SIDEWALK, WHICH IS SOMETHING WHAT WE HAVE HEARD.

AND THE WE WILL HAVE MIDDLE TURN LANES, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A WIDENED TURN LANE ROADWAY.

IT'S JUST TWO LANES WITH TURN LANES WHERE DEVELOPMENTS ARE. THAT'S THE CONFIGURATION OF THE EXISTING WHAT'S PLANTATION WITH IMPROVED DRAINAGE. NOW, WHEN YOU COME TO THE EASTERN SEGMENTS OF WHAT PLANTATION, WHICH IS EAST OF NITRO, THAT IS ENVISIONED TO BE A BOULEVARD, TWO LANE EACH DIRECTION, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU HAVE AT HIGHWAY SIX. AND THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO CONNECT OR EXTEND THAT. WHAT'S PLANTATION INTO HIGHWAY SIX? SURE, I HOPE I MADE IT CLEAR. YES YOU DID. SO BETWEEN HIGHWAYS BETWEEN SIENNA PARKWAY AND TONIGHT ROAD. CORRECT. IT WILL BE STILL BE ONE LANE WITH ONE LANE EACH DIRECTION WITH WHAT WE CALL TURN LANES. AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS IF ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES, WE DON'T WANT TRAFFIC TO BE IMPEDED OR HALTED THE THROUGH TRAFFIC. IT WILL PROVIDE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE TURN LANES. BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A THROUGH TURN LANE BECAUSE WE'VE TAKEN PUBLIC INPUT. THE COUNTY HAS TAKEN PUBLIC INPUT, AND THAT IS THE MODIFIED DESIGN CONFIGURATION THAT WE HAVE IN THE WORKS. OKAY, SO CITY MANAGER, I ALSO WANT TO MAKE A POINT TO YOU THAT I THINK IT WAS MAYBE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO OR TWO YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN ENGINEERING FIRM THAT THAT I'M NOT GOING TO MENTION WHO THEY ARE THEY CAME THROUGH HERE WITH AN HOUR, ONE TO BUILD THAT. AND PART OF THE REASON MY ARGUMENT WITH THAT WAS THAT ROADWAY CURRENTLY, AS IT IS, IS NOT EQUIPPED TO ADD MORE TRAFFIC TO THAT. WHILE I SAY THAT WE KNOW THAT THE ARTERY OF SIENNA PARKWAY IS IT IS WHAT IT IS.

IT'S TWO LANE ROAD AND ITS TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS THERE. I THINK THE CREATION OF NIGHT ROAD WE TOOK, I THINK THERE WAS SOME EMINENT DOMAINS AND ALL OF THAT WENT THROUGH TO CREATE THAT NIGHT ROAD. AND OBVIOUSLY THE WHAT'S NOW WITH THE EVEN THOUGH IT'S A ONE LANE WITH THE DEDICATED LANE, IT ALL OFFSET TO MOVE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT OF THAT WAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID YESTERDAY, LAST NIGHT THERE WAS A CAR THAT WENT DOWN AND SOMEBODY, I WAS TOLD SOMEBODY WAS COMING ACROSS THE STREET. THEY COULDN'T GO RIGHT OR LEFT. THEY WENT INTO THE DITCH AND WENT INTO THAT, THAT MOSQUE OR BROKE ALL THAT FENCE INTO IT. SO IT IS A DANGEROUS SECTION AND IT IS THERE BECAUSE OUR POLICE OFFICERS WAS THERE WHEN I WENT HOME. SO THERE SHOULD BE A REPORT THAT SHOWS THAT. AND I HEAR MIXED AND PIECES OF SPEEDING. AND WE TALKED ABOUT NIGHT ROAD SPEEDING. RIGHT. SO THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT I THINK WE NEED TO RELOOK AT IN THAT AREA. BUT PRIOR TO LOOKING AT ANY OF THIS, I THINK IF WE HAVE A STRONG FEELING THAT THIS IS THIS CEMETERY WOULD HAVE EXTENSION OF BODIES, PERHAPS, MAYBE BURIED, I THINK WE NEEDED TO GO BACK, PAUSE THIS WHILE WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE OTHER SECTIONS UNTIL WE CLEAR AS TO WHAT IT IS. BEFORE YOU ASK US TO GO IN THERE AND RECLASSIFY SOMETHING. WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE R ONE TODAY, WHICH MEANS THEY DON'T NEED TO COME BEFORE US, BUT WHEN THEY DO SUBMIT THE PLANS, I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOME SOME SORT OF A CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE BETWEEN SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE TO COME BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL OR PLANNING AND ZONING.

AND TODAY, AND MY LAST COMMENT IS WITH 65%. I HEARD SOMEONE SAY 65% TODAY IS THE PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHAT THE CITY IS GIVING. SO ONE OF THE WAYS TO FOR US TO LOOK AT IS WHILE WE WANT THE PROPERTY TAX, HOPEFULLY THE SALES TAX GO UP OR REDUCE IT, I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THE PLANNING. I THINK I AGREE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY ABOUT STRIP CENTERS. WE HAVE

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AND THAT'S IT. GETTING A VISUAL OF WHAT A PATIO CLUSTER IS SO THAT WHEN WE START TALKING ABOUT IT FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, OUR DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, WE KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. SO IT GIVES US SOME SOME CONTEXT AS TO WHAT IT REALLY INVOLVES. THE NEXT IS I THINK IT'S ON PAGE 29.

RIGHT. OUR NUMBER 29. AND I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT. ABOUT THE. THE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'VE GOT DOWN THERE, WHICH IS AS MOST PEOPLE ARE, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW, YOU KNOW, IS THE HOME OF ED'S PHARMACY THAT THAT WHOLE COMPLEX THERE IS. SO YEAH. YOU KNOW, I WOULD PUT THAT UP AGAINST SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE STRIP CENTERS AND THAT, THAT WE HAVE ON TEXAS PARKWAY. IT'S THAT BAD. THE, THE PARKING LOT IS FULL OF HOLES, YOU KNOW. SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE NEED. SO IF WE START LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE MAKE CHANGES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THE TEXAS PARKWAY AND CARTWRIGHT CORRIDOR, WE NEED TO TRY TO TAKE THAT SAME MODEL AND SEE IF WE CAN DO SOMETHING WITH THE THAT DEVELOPMENT DOWN THERE, BECAUSE IT'S AND QUITE A BIT OF IT IS

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SO BUT ANYWAY THAT'S SOMETHING. ON ON NUMBER TEN ON WHAT'S, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT WELL WE TALKED ABOUT THE COORDINATION OR THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMING IN THERE AND ALSO BEING A PARTNER WITH US. AND I, I'M WITH IN PUTTING IN I GUESS THE WALKWAYS, I'M ASSUMING THAT WE'RE COORDINATING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY. WHEN WE TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE ZONING THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON WHAT'S PLANTATION, SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE POTENTIALLY THERE'S GOING TO BE SIDEWALKS IN THERE. SO LET'S MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER WE WHATEVER ZONING WE LAY ON TOP OF THAT AREA, WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. JUST TO QUICKLY NOTE THE COUNCIL MEMBER, THE CITY IS WORKING WITH FORT BEND COUNTY IN ACQUIRING THE LAND OR THE EASEMENT NECESSARY FOR THE SIDEWALK. SO WE ARE WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH COUNTY. YEAH. AND TO THE FRIENDS THAT ARE HERE FROM THE STAGE OF SILVER RIDGE, YOU'RE ALSO A MEMBER OF FORT BEND COUNTY, A RESIDENT OF FORT BEND COUNTY. SO YOU PAY TAX DOLLARS INTO FORT BEND COUNTY. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T MADE YOUR YOUR VOICE IS HEARD, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU SHOULD JUST AS YOU'RE HERE MAKING YOUR VOICES HEARD TO MISSOURI CITY. SO I JUST THROW THAT OUT AS, AS INFORMATION. ONE OF THE THINGS I DIDN'T SEE A FOCUS AREA, BUT IT'S QUAIL VALLEY AND LAKE OLYMPIA AND THIS COULD BE THE SAME FOR SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENT NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WE HAVE. BUT I GUESS I'M HOPING THAT THE ZONING DOESN'T PROMOTE THE MAJOR STREETS IN THOSE DEVELOPMENTS. AS THRUWAYS FROM HIGHWAY SIX TO THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD OR TO SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR 1092. SO YEAH, WHEN WE DO THE ZONING AND WHAT WE WANT TO PUT THERE, LET'S KEEP THAT IN MIND. SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, LIKE I SAY, IN LAKE OLYMPIA AND QUAIL VALLEY AND I AND PROBABLY IN SOME OF THE OTHER MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE HAVE AROUND THE CITY, THEY'RE USING OUR STREETS AS, AS CUT THRUS TO GET TO, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE MAJOR ARTERIES THAT ARE THERE. SO I JUST WOULD HOPE THAT WE'D OUR ZONING THAT WE DO TAKES THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. OKAY. I GUESS I'LL ECHO SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE THAT WE'VE GOT A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS PROVIDED. AND THANK YOU. I MEAN, YOU CAN TELL THAT YOU'VE WHY IT'S TAKEN A LITTLE BIT OF TIME IS BECAUSE OF THE DETAIL AND THE COMPLEXITY OF WHAT YOU HAD TO GO THROUGH TO PUT THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER AND, AND DEVELOP OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO I WOULD THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO KIND OF DEFER AND TAKE A LOOK AT WHATEVER OUR PROJECT SCHEDULE IS AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET ALL OF THE INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS.

AND WE USE THAT. I KNOW THAT WE PROBABLY HAVE, BUT LET'S TAKE AN EXTRA AN EXTRA STEP, AN EXTRA EFFORT AND MAKE AN EXTRA EFFORT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WE'RE LISTENING TO OUR RESIDENTS WHEN IT COMES TO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT THEY HAVE. AND LIKE I SAY, I JUST I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO TAKE MORE TIME TO DIGEST THE NOT ONLY THE COMPLEXITY, BUT THE VOLUME OF INFORMATION THAT YOU'RE PROVIDING. AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT WE DON'T NEED A COMPREHENSIVE OR THE IMPORTANCE OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, BECAUSE IT'S LIKE I SAY, AND I THINK. COUNCIL LADY RILEY MENTIONED THAT YOU WERE PLANNING FOR 20 YEARS FROM NOW, NOT TODAY. SO WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WE GO THROUGH THAT. AND I GUESS A QUESTION I'D ASK, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO WOULD ANSWER IT, BUT WERE WE SATISFIED WITH THE VOLUME AND THE AND THE OF THE NOT ONLY THE VOLUME, BUT THE, THE TOPICS THAT WERE PROVIDED BY THE RESIDENTS FROM THE SURVEYS

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YOU KNOW, WE REALLY NEED TO MAKE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRANSPARENT. AND SECONDLY, THAT WE ARE GATHERING INPUT FROM OUR RESIDENTS WHEN WE MAKE A DECISION AS AS PROFOUND AS, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. AND CITY MANAGER, CAN I ADD ON THAT TO THAT POINT? THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WEBSITE IS STILL ACTIVE. AND SO THAT'S W-W-W-WHAT CITY.COM. AND SO ANY PRESENTATION, ANY FOCUS GROUP SUMMARY, SUMMARY OF SURVEY RESPONSES, DOCUMENTS, ALL OF THAT IS POSTED ON THAT WEBSITE. SO WE TYPICALLY POST FOLLOWING A MEETING. SO THE INFORMATION THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED HERE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON THAT WEBSITE.

DOT COM OKAY. AND I THINK THE THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY THE EXTENT OF MY COMMENTS I REALLY WOULD. STRESS THE IMPORTANCE OF GETTING. EITHER IN TOUCH SOMEHOW WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE LANDOWNER THAT LAID OUT THE PARAMETERS FOR THE CEMETERY, BECAUSE I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S SUCH A SENSITIVE AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T, YOU KNOW, LIKE, SAY, STUMBLE INTO SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY, YOU KNOW, WANT TO MAKE SURE WE, WE COVER. SO AGAIN, I THINK THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO USE THAT SOURCE. SO WITH THAT THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER THANK YOU MAYOR I'LL BE BRIEF. I JUST WANTED TO FOCUS THEIR ATTENTION ON THE WATCH AREA. I JUST WANTED TO ASK THE QUESTION WHEN IT CAME TO THE LOW MARKET COMMERCIAL. AND I KNOW CITY MANAGER JUST MADE A COMMENT ABOUT BALANCING THE AND TRYING TO SOFTEN THE BLOW, IF YOU WILL, ON THE TAX BURDEN OF OUR CITIZENS. BUT WAS THE COMMUNITY, AS FAR AS THEIR FEEDBACK IS CONCERNED? WERE THEY REQUESTING ANY OF THE LOW IMPACT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, OR IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF OR THE, YOU KNOW, IS MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON? KIND OF BOTH.

SO DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY, IN RESPONSE TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON PRESERVATION OF LAND AND

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AND WHAT WE DEFINITELY ALSO NEED TO DISCUSS ARE POTENTIAL FUTURE FACILITIES. I KNOW THERE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE POLICE. IF WE NEED ADDITIONAL LIKE HEADQUARTERS OR POLICE. WE TALKED ABOUT A CITY HALL, POTENTIALLY A NEW THING THERE, AND MAYBE OTHER FACILITIES THAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT AND DISCUSS FOR THE FUTURE. ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE PARKS MASTER PLAN.

I HEARD ONE OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTERS MENTIONED THAT THEY NOTICED THAT THEY WEREN'T A PART OF THE PARKS MASTER PLAN. AND SO IF THIS IS A LOT OF GREEN SPACE OVER HERE FIGURING OUT WAYS, AND I KNOW WE HAVE OTHER PRIORITIES, BUT THIS IS A PLAN FOR THE FUTURE. SO UNLESS IT'S ON PAPER AND UNLESS IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GUIDED BY, IT DOESN'T EXIST. SO I'M JUST SAYING THAT WE JUST DEFINITELY NEED TO WHEN IT COMES TO GROCERY STORES, SIT DOWN, FAMILY DINING RESTAURANTS.

I KNOW THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS AND CONVERSATIONS ABOUT AN EVENT CENTER, A CONVENTION CENTER, BUT WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE PUT THOSE THINGS IN THE RIGHT PLACES. RIGHT. AND SO THAT'S WHY THOSE CONVERSATIONS WE NEED TO HAVE FURTHER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING MAYOR PRO TEM RAMOS, THANK YOU SO MUCH, JENNIFER. TYPICALLY THE COMP PLAN, THESE THINGS, WE USE THEM AS A AS A TOOL. AND KIND OF GOING BACK TO WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER RILEY TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ABOUT THINKING OUTSIDE OF THE BOX. SO WHEN YOU SAY THAT AND I'M LOOKING THROUGH THIS, WHERE I'M REALLY STRUGGLING AT IS I'VE OFTEN THOUGHT THAT WE HAD TOO MANY ZONINGS. WE JUST HAVE TOO MANY OF THEM. AND IN WHAT I DIDN'T SEE IN HERE IS THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT STATED THAT WE DIDN'T, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS DIDN'T PUT ANYTHING IN THERE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, BUT YOU DID YOU, YOU STATED ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. BUT WHAT I DON'T SEE IS A DESIGNATED ZONING CLASSIFICATION FOR THAT, WHERE YOU HAVE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS AND THEN PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS. I DON'T SEE THE WORD EDITOR FOR ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICT. I THINK WE HAVE TO BE VERY SPECIFIC AND SAY THAT IN THERE. WHAT I ALSO DID NOT NOTICE IN HERE AND THESE ARE THIS IS GOING BACK TO CHANGING SOME OF THE NAMES. AND THIS IS BEING VERY INTENTIONAL.

WE DON'T I DON'T SAY HISTORIC ZONING, ESTHETIC ZONING, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS. WE'RE CALLING THEM EMPLOYMENT DISTRICTS, BUT WE CAN CALL THEM CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICTS AND BE VERY, VERY DEFINITIVE ABOUT WHAT THIS IS, WHAT THIS SHOULD BE. IF WE ARE TRULY WANTING TO GO OUT AND STRATEGICALLY FIND A DOWNTOWN, THEN WE NEED TO SAY DOWNTOWN MIXED USE, CALL IT THAT. WE DON'T. I THINK WHAT I, IN LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS, WE CAME UP WITH GATEWAY OVERLAY.

GREAT. IT'S NEW. BUT EARLIER I ASKED YOU WHAT IS THE AGE CONSISTENCY OF GATEWAY OVERLAY? SO GATEWAY OVERLAY WAS SOMETHING THAT KIND OF POPPED UP IN THE LATE 90S, IF YOU WILL. A LOT OF CITIES HAVE TAKEN OFF WITH IT. HUDDLE UP BASTROP. A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE HAVE GONE FORWARD. BUT IN MY OPINION, WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS STRETCH EVEN HARDER. AND SPECIFICALLY, INSTEAD OF JUST CREATING GATEWAY OVERLAY AS A CATCH ALL FOR EVERYTHING, NO, GO AND DEFINE IT SPECIFICALLY. SAY THIS IS WHAT WE WANT AND IF IT'S ABOUT A LOOK, BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, SOME OF THE PICTURES THAT YOU PUT UP SAYING, HEY, THIS IS THE FONDREN AREA, WHATEVER, THAT'S NOT ESTHETICALLY PLEASING, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO SPECIFICALLY SAY IT. THE LAST THING THAT I'M GOING TO SAY IS. IF WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE STRIP CENTERS OR GAS STATIONS, GET RID OF THE LLCS AND ALL OF THAT STUFF SPECIFICALLY. SAY WHAT WE WANT. IF WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO

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RIGHT. AND SO THE SECOND THING IS. I MEAN, THE LAST THING IS THE CEMETERY THAT I TALKED ABOUT, I KNOW WE'RE WINDING THIS UP, BUT I STILL WOULD LIKE TO GET SOMETHING FROM THE CITY ADMINISTRATION TEAM TO LOOK THROUGH THIS IN DETAILS. AND BEFORE WE GO ON WITH SPENDING A LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THAT, WHAT'S PLANTATION IN THAT AREA WHERE THE CEMETERY IS AND IF THAT'S GOING TO CAUSE A PROBLEM? SO AND I'M NOT SAYING WE DON'T NONE OF US KNOW WHAT'S THERE OR WHAT'S AROUND THERE, BUT I THINK THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S SAID AND DONE BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH DOING IT. THE ONLY REASON I'M SAYING IS BECAUSE YOU SAID YOU HAVE A DOUBT, RIGHT? SO AS A DEVELOPMENT SERVICE, I MEAN, DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT SERVICE DIRECTOR, WHEN YOU SAY THAT, I MEAN, I'M GOING TO TAKE THAT SERIOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO, COUNCILMEMBER RILEY, THANK YOU. I JUST HAVE A QUICK REQUEST ON THE COMMENTS. DO YOU ALL HAVE RECORDS OF THE COMMENTS FROM THE PAST THAT YOU USED THE SURVEY FROM? AND SO MY REQUEST IS GOING TO BE SO THAT I CAN MAKE A VERY SOLID DECISION. WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT. I'D LIKE TO SEE THE COMMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE BY RESIDENTS OR WHOMEVER SUBMITTED THOSE SO THAT I CAN READ OVER THEM, AND THEN ANY GOING FORWARD COMMENTS. BECAUSE EVERYBODY CAN'T BE HERE PRESENT. AND, YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW IF THEIR COMMENTS ARE BEING READ OR IF THEY'RE BEING HEARD. SO I PERSONALLY I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THOSE PAST COMMENTS, AS WELL AS ANY NEW COMMENTS THAT COME IN UNDER THAT FIELD SO THAT I CAN REVIEW THEM AND KNOW HOW I'M GOING TO STRATEGICALLY ASK MY QUESTIONS ON OUR NEXT WORKSHOP AND SO FORTH. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER.

SEEING NO ONE ELSE IN THE QUEUE. AND I UNDERSTAND THAT WE DON'T HAVE A CLOSED WE DO NOT HAVE A CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF ONE MORE TIME, ALL OF YOU, FOR PRESENTING THIS. AND TO THE CITY LEADERSHIP AND TO ALL MY COLLEAGUES WITH GREAT QUESTIONS, GREAT ANSWERS.

THANK YOU TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEING HERE WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS HEARING. NO OBJECTION.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.