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TURN MY MIC ON THE, UH, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 2026.[1. CALL TO ORDER]
UH, MISSOURI CITY PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER.UH, WE'RE MISSING TWO COMMISSIONERS, I GUESS, OR ONE.
[3. READING OF MINUTES]
MOVE ON THEN TO, UH, READING OF THE MINUTES.WE DO THIS EVERY, EVERYBODY WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO, UH, COMMISSIONER PORCH, UH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION.
I HAVE NO REPORT OTHER THAN TO SAY HAPPY NEW YEAR.
WE'RE, WE'LL START AGAIN, RIGHT?
[a. Development Services]
UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THEN.I ALSO DON'T HAVE A REPORT, BUT I DO WANNA WISH EVERYONE A HAPPY NEW YEAR, UM, AND JUST EXCITED TO SEE YOU ALL HERE TONIGHT.
[b. Engineering]
GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER.THE ONLY ITEM I BEFORE WE'RE PRESENT THE INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN UPDATES NEXT WEEK.
WE'LL MOVE ON THEN TO, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT, OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING, THE ADDRESS, THE PLANNING, ZONING, COMMISSION ON AGENDA ITEMS OR CONCERNS NOT ON THE AGENDA.
DO ANYBODY SIGN UP? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.
[a. CONSENT AGENDA]
ON.NUMBER SEVEN, THE PLATS CONSENT AGENDA.
NUMBER ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A RE PLAT OF INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD BUSINESS PARK.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SANTA PARKWAY, SECTION SEVEN STREET DEDICATION.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA, SECTION 71 4.
CONSIDER AN APPLICATION OF A FINAL PLAT OF SIENNA, SECTION 82.
AND THAT'S ALL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND A SECOND, GO AHEAD AND VOTE PLEASE.
[b. Kim Plaza Partial Replat No. 1]
B KIM PLAZA, PARTIAL REPL NUMBER ONE, COMMISSIONERS.UH, THE KIM PLAZA PARTIAL RE PLAT NUMBER ONE WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION, UM, ON FEBRUARY 12TH, 2025.
AT THAT TIME, THE COMMISSION, UM, VOTED TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS.
UM, AFTER FOLLOWING THAT, THE PLAT RETURNED AS A WRITTEN RESPONSE AND THE COMMISSION VOTED TO DISAPPROVE, UH, THAT SUBMITTAL.
SINCE THAT TIME, THE APPLICANT AND, UH, STAFF HAS HELD, UM, COORDINATION MEETINGS TO ADDRESS THE CONDITIONS AND TO RESOLVE, UH, THE COMMENTS.
UM, AND AS OF THE FEBRUARY 12TH AND THE JANUARY 8TH REPORTING, UM, THE APPLICANTS HAVE RESOLVED ALL COMMENTS AND SO STAFF HAS UPDATED THE REPORT TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? OKAY, YOU READY? FOR A MOTION? WE HAVE A MOTION.
AND SECOND TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM B COULD VOTE PLEASE.
[c. Sienna Town Center Commercial Replat No. 1]
ON THEN TO, UM, C UM, CONSIDER A REQUEST TO EXTEND THE 30 DAY PERIOD TO APPROVE, APPROVE THE CONDITIONS OR DISAPPROVE SANTA TOWN CENTER COMMERCIAL SITE RELA NUMBER ONE.AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION'S APPLICANT'S REQUEST REQUESTED 30 DAY EXTENSION PERIOD, AND TO POSTPONE THE CONSIDERATION OF, UH, OF THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE REQUESTED EXTENSION PERIOD.
AND PLACE THE ITEM ON THE FEBRUARY 11TH, 2026 MEETING.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? GO AHEAD AND VOTE PLEASE.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.[a. Fort Bend Event Center - Specific Use Permit]
ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.FORT BEND EVENT CENTER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMON FOR AND AGAINST A REQUEST BY LAWRENCE TURNER, COLLUS INC.
TO AMEND SUP SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1 69 TO ALLOW FOR THE PLA ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
WE RECEIVED AN APPLICATION FROM CALUSA, INC TO AMEND SPECIFIC USE PERMIT NUMBER 1 69.
UM, THIS IS TO CLARIFY THAT A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY USE IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT.
THE LOCATION OF THIS DISTRICT IS ON THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SIENNA SPRINGS BOULEVARD IN THE CIENA SPRINGS WAY, AND IS THE LOCATION OF THE FORT BEND COUNTY ANNEX AND LIBRARY.
SO THIS SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UM, ALLOWS FOR A COMMUNITY COLLEGE, A CAMPUS LIBRARY IN LC TWO RETAIL USES.
UM, BUT THERE IS CONFLICTING LANGUAGE IN THE ORDINANCE TO ALLOW FOR A PLACE OF ASSEMBLE USE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S KINDA THE GOAL OF THIS, IS TO CLARIFY THAT LANGUAGE AND WHAT IT'S ALLOWED FOR.
SO THE PROPOSED OR THE CLARIFICATION OF THE LANGUAGE IN THE SEP IS TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EVENT CENTER.
UM, AND THEN MISSOURI CITY SIENNA FOR BEND COUNTY ANNEX.
UM, AND THIS CURRENTLY HOLDS THE TAX OFFICE AND A LIBRARY.
THE PROPOSED EVENT CENTER WOULD BE LOCATED ON THE NORTHERN MOST PART OF THE TRACT, UM, THAT YOU SEE HERE.
SO THE PROPOSED EVENT CENTER ITSELF IS AROUND 16,500 SQUARE FEET.
UM, IT INCLUDES AN ASSEMBLY HALL, AN OUTDOOR PAVILION, A CONFERENCE ROOM, AND FACILITIES TO SERVE BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EVENTS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY IT WOULD HOLD APPROXIMATELY 600 PEOPLE.
AS FOR NOTICING REQUIREMENTS, STAFF DID PROVIDE NOTICE OF PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 250 FEET.
UM, AND HOWEVER, IN ORDER TO MEET THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR POSTING A ZONING SITE OR ZONING SIGN ON SITE, UM, THERE WILL ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL PUBLIC HEARING, UM, SCHEDULED FOR THE FEBRUARY 11TH AGENDA.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, IT IS 10 TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR CITY COUNCIL ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16TH.
AND SO FAR, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE PROTEST LETTER.
SO TONIGHT, STAFF IS ONLY ASKING THAT YOU RECEIVE COMMENTS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, THE CONSIDERATION OF THE FINAL REPORT WILL BE MOVED TO FEBRUARY 11TH.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE THIS EVENING, UM, TO PRESENT TO YOU ALL.
SO I WILL TURN OVER TO HIM UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME AT THIS TIME.
EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING? OKAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALLOWING US TO HAVE THIS TIME TO DO THIS PRESENTATION BEFORE YOU, UH OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
SO, UM, UH, AS, AS THE STAFF HAS PRESENTED BEFORE, UH, THIS PARTICULAR SITE RIGHT HERE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANY OF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH IT.
UH, THIS IS, THEY HAVE THE FARMER'S MARKET THAT USES THAT AREA RIGHT OVER THERE.
I'M SURE SOME OF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN THERE.
SO THIS, AND YOU SEE THAT BIG GRASS OPEN SPACE AREA OVER THERE.
THERE'S BEEN PLAN TO PUT A FACILITY OVER THERE.
AND SO NOW THAT TIME HAS COME TO FRUITION.
UH, THE VOTERS ACTUALLY VOTED ON A PARKS BOND THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWED THIS EVENT CENTER TO BE ABLE TO BE CONSTRUCTED THERE.
THIS TYPE OF FACILITY WILL BE USED BY MEN, MULTIPLE USES, UH, FROM HOSTING, UH, STATE OF THE CITY TYPE KIND OF EVENTS THAT MISSOURI CITY WOULD HOST THERE.
UH, IT HAS CAPACITY TO HANDLE 600 FOLKS.
UH, WE DO HAVE PARKING THAT'S ALREADY ON SITE.
UH, WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THE BUILDING, UH, THAT WOULD BE CONSTRUCTED WOULD'VE ADEQUATE PARKING, NOT ONLY TO SERVE, UH, WHAT IS NEEDED, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A KIND OF A JOINT USE BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL THOSE OTHER FACILITIES OVER THERE.
WE GOT THE EXISTING ANNEX THAT'S RIGHT THERE AND THE LIBRARY.
WE ALSO MADE SURE WE DID A, UH, UH, LOOK AT THE TRAFFIC TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WOULD NOT BE MAKING ANY TYPE OF NEGATIVE IMPACT AS IT RELATES TO TRAFFIC.
UH, AND SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR THIS EVENING IS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THAT THE ZONING IS WORDED, WE'RE HAVING TO COME BEFORE YOU WITH THIS MODIFICATION.
IT IS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD RIGHT NOW.
WE'LL MEET ALL THE RULES AND REGULATIONS AS IT RELATES TO MISSOURI CITY.
I'LL ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE OF ME AS IT RELATES TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT RIGHT HERE.
UH, SO THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING.
DO EVERYBODY SIGNED UP? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.
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THEN WE WILL, UH, HAVE A MOTION PLEASE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.WE HAVE A MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND.
UM, AS STATED, UH, WE WILL, UH, POSTPONE THE NEXT ITEM AND, UH, THIS WILL BE ON THE AGENDA AGAIN NEXT MONTH.
ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? EVERYBODY UNDERSTAND? ALRIGHT THEN.
[a. Parkland Dedication]
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 10.UM, PARKLAND, DEDICATION, CONSIDER AND POSSIBLE ACT CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION CHAIR.
WE HAVE A NINE A OH WAIT, ZONING TEXT.
JUST TRYING TO ELIMINATE THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO TO ZONING, TEXT AMENDMENTS, NOT ZONING WITNESS.
UM, NINE A, UH, PD, SUP CONSIDERATION, PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMENT FOR AND AGAINST PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY OF ZONING ORDINANCE REGARDING USE REGULATIONS USES REQUIRING SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL LOCATED WITHIN A PLANNED AMEN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
AND I'LL, I'LL TRY TO BREAK IT DOWN.
WHAT IT IS, IS, IS, UH, A CLARIFICATION IN OUR CODE.
UM, AND SO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A, UH, SENTENCE, A CLAUSE WITHIN OUR SPECIFIC USE PERMITS THAT ALL OF THOSE USES THAT REQUIRE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT, UM, APPROVAL IF THEY'RE LOCATED WITHIN A PD, UM, OR IF THERE'S A PD PROPOSED, UH, THEN SPECIFIC USE PERMIT APPROVAL IS NOT REQUIRED.
AND WHAT THIS, UH, LANGUAGE AND ORDINANCE IS SEEKING TO DO IS CLARIFY THAT IF THERE'S A USE THAT'S PROPOSED, UM, THAT REQUIRES SSUP APPROVAL AND HAS CERTAIN CONDITIONS ALONG WITH IT, UM, THAT THOSE CONDITIONS ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION EVEN IF THE USE IS LOCATED WITHIN A PD.
AND SO, UM, IF THE COMMISSION RECALLS, THERE'S USES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH RECENTLY, UM, THAT, UH, THERE ARE CONDITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDED, UM, FOR CONSIDERATION ON SITE LOCATIONS.
UM, AND SO FOR THOSE PDS THAT, UM, MIGHT HAVE, UH, GENERAL, UH, RETAIL DISTRICT, UM, ALLOWANCES, THIS WOULD CLARIFY THAT THOSE CONDITIONS WOULD STILL NEED TO BE MET, EVEN IF THOSE USES ARE WITHIN THE BOUNDARY OF A PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT.
UM, AND SO THAT'S IS THE CLARIFICATION, UH, THAT THIS ORDINANCE IS SEEKING TO DO.
ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP.
THEN WE HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND A SECOND, GO AHEAD AND VOTE PLEASE.
UM, SO, UH, ITEM NINE, UH, NINE A TWO CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
AND A SECOND, GO AHEAD AND VOTE PLEASE.
NOW WE'RE GONNA GO TO 10 PARKLAND, DEDICATION, CONSIDERATION, AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
CONSIDER AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 87 82 0.1 74, DEDICATION OF LAND FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS RESERV RESERVATION OF LAND FOR PUBLIC USES.
I'M THE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTOR.
AND THIS IS, UH, ACTUALLY AFTER THE LAST, UH, TWO AND A HALF YEARS, MY FIRST TIME BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
AND SO I'M EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH Y'ALL.
UM, TONIGHT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT THE PARKLAND DEDICATION, UM, ORDINANCE.
AND SO WITH THIS ORDINANCE, REALLY WHAT WE'RE, OUR GOAL IS, IS TO PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AREAS IN THE FORM OF NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
AND SO THROUGHOUT YOUR TIME, YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN PARKLAND DEDICATIONS OR IN LIEU OF FEES, PROPOSALS THAT HAVE COME BEFORE YOU.
AND SO THIS ORDINANCE REALLY GUIDES THE DISCUSSION AROUND THOSE TOPICS.
UM, SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, I DO, I JUST WANT TO FIRST DISCUSS THE, THE TERM NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS.
SOMETIMES WE CONFUSE THOSE, THAT DEFINITION BECAUSE IN PARKS AND RECREATION WE CONSIDER A NEIGHBORHOOD PARK, A SMALL ENTITY THAT IS WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT NECESSARILY A REGIONAL PARK.
IN THIS ORDINANCE, THE TERM NEIGHBORHOOD PARK ACTUALLY CONSIDERS ALL PARKS.
SO ANYWHERE THAT A SERVICE IS PROVIDED TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH A PARK, PARK OR PLAYGROUND, UM, OUR REVIEW PROCESS FOR THIS ORDINANCE TYPICALLY STARTS, UM, WITH A SUBDIVISION PROPOSAL, THEN GOES TO THE PARKS BOARD FOR
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RECOMMENDATION, AND THEN COMES TO Y'ALL FOR A RECOMMENDATION AND THEN GOES TO CITY COUNCIL.ONE OF THE CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE STATES THAT ANYTIME THERE'S A CASH IN LIEU OF DEDICATION THAT IS $10,000 OR LESS, THAT WOULD ACTUALLY COME BEFORE PARKS BOARD YOURSELVES, AND THEN WOULD BE APPROVED BY THE CITY MANAGER RATHER THAN GOING DIRECTLY TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT'S ANYTIME IT'S $10,000 AND BELOW.
AND THAT MATCHES WITH OTHER ORDINANCES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY.
THE NEXT THING I DID WANNA TALK TO YOU GUYS ABOUT IS THE FEE CALCULATION.
WHEN IT, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT, UM, CASH IN LIEU OF, UM, BACK IN 2015, WE HAD A, UH, CONTRACTOR COME IN WORK WITH US IN OUR DEPARTMENT ON THIS ORDINANCE AND A CHANGE.
UM, AND WE BUILT A VERY STRUCTURED FEE, UM, CALCULATION.
AND SO THIS HAS BEEN THE STANDARD FOR US SINCE 2015.
AND SO THAT STANDARD REALLY IS ALL ABOUT, UH, PER DWELLING UNIT.
AND SO TONIGHT'S CHANGE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE CASH IN LIEU OF WILL BE BUILT ON THAT SAME FEE CALCULATION.
AND SO, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THEN 2015, THE FEE IN LIEU OF PARKLAND DEDICATION WAS $1,400.
THAT'S WHAT IT IS CURRENTLY TODAY.
440 OF DOLLARS OF THAT IS ABOUT LAND DEDICATION.
SO HOW DO WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE LAND? AND THEN 940 OF THAT IS ABOUT PARK DEVELOPMENT.
SO HOW DO WE ACTUALLY BUILD PLAYGROUNDS? HOW DO WE, UM, PUT IN INFRASTRUCTURE FOR THAT PARK? AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE GET THAT TOTAL AMOUNT OF $1,400.
WE ARE CURRENTLY PROPOSING THAT THIS PARKLAND DEDICATION FEE IN LIEU OF GO TO $3,100.
AND SO THAT'S ABOUT JUST A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS IN LAND DEDICATION.
SO PURCHASING OF LAND, AND THEN JUST A LITTLE OVER $2,000 IN PARK DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF $3,100.
SO THE QUESTION IS HOW DID WE GET THERE? UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT IT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WHEN WE LOOKED AT OUR ACTUAL LAND DEDICATION COSTS, WE LOOKED AT NUMBER ONE, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE RECENTLY, OR LAST TIME THAT WE PURCHASED LAND AND WHAT WAS THAT MEDIAN LAND COST? UM, SO WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED AS A CITY, A PARK LAND PIECE, UM, CALLED UH, EAST HAMPTON.
UH, WE PURCHASED IT FOR UM, JUST A LITTLE OVER $500,000.
SO THAT MEDIAN LAND COST PER ACRE IS ABOUT JUST OVER A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO YOU LOOK AT THAT DIVIDED BY THAT A HUNDRED.
TO GET OUR U PER UNIT PRICE, WE HAVE JUST A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS PER UNIT JUST FOR PURCHASING OF LAND.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT IT A DIFFERENT WAY 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE COST THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT REALLY DID MAKE SENSE.
SO THEN WE WANTED TO LOOK AT A CPI, OUR CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.
AND SO FOR LAND DEDICATION, WE ALSO LOOKED AT WHAT THE VALUE OF AN ACRE OF LAND WAS BACK IN 2015, WHICH WAS JUST A LITTLE OVER, UM, $40,000.
UM, AND THEN WE MULTIPLIED IT BY THE CPI.
THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FROM 2015 TO 2025.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THAT $942 IN OPTION TWO PER UNIT PRICE.
AND SO WE TOOK THE AVERAGE OF THOSE TWO TO GET JUST A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND DOLLARS.
THEN THE NEXT ONE WE HAD TO LOOK AT WAS THE PARK DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT THE PARK DEVELOPMENT, WE ALSO USE THAT CPI AS WELL.
AND SO TYPICALLY BACK IN 2015, UM, THE CONTRACTOR EVALUATED, UM, WHAT IT WOULD COST TO BUILD A, UH, PLAYGROUND OR A PARK, TYPICALLY ABOUT $152,000 PER ACRE.
UM, SO WE, WE DID THE ADJUSTMENT TO GET OUR UNIT FEE OF $1,500 TIMES THAT BY THE, THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX TO GET THAT 2070 $4 PER UNIT.
NOW, THAT'S HOW WE GOT TO THIS FEE.
THE NEXT STEP FOR US WAS HOW DO WE BENCHMARK THIS? UM, WE HAVE STANDARD CITIES THAT WE BENCHMARK OUR PROJECTS AGAINST.
OUR PARKS MASTER PLAN BENCHMARKS AGAINST THE, AGAINST THESE CITIES.
OTHER PLANS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY FOR PARKS AND RECREATION ARE TYPICALLY BENCHMARKED AGAINST THE CITIES THAT YOU SEE ABOVE.
AND SO THIS $3,100 PROPOSED A CASH IN LIEU OF FEE WOULD ACTUALLY PUT US, IS AS ONE OF THE HIGHER, UM, CITIES IN THAT REALM.
NOW WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS IN PFLUGERVILLE, THEY HAVEN'T LOOKED AT THEIRS SINCE 2019.
PARA LAND HASN'T LOOKED AT THEIRS SINCE 2018.
LEAGUE CITY JUST DID THEIRS LAST YEAR, AND THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT $6,000.
UM, AND SO, UM, HAVING TALKED WITH BOTH PARA LAND AND PFLUGERVILLE PARKS AND RECREATION DIRECTORS,
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WE KNOW THAT BOTH OF THEIR CITIES ARE PLANNING ON BRINGING THIS ITEM BACK TO, UM, THEIR CITY COUNCILS HERE IN THE NEAR FUTURE AS WELL.AND WE EXPECT THAT WE WILL STILL BE WITHIN THE REALM, UM, THAT EACH ONE OF THESE CITIES ARE.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THAT BENCHMARK, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, RIGHT IN LINE WITH, UH, OTHER BENCHMARK CITIES THAT WE'RE CONSTANTLY LOOKING AT.
UM, THE LAST CHANGE THAT, UH, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD BRING, IT DOES ALLOW FOR US TO, UM, HAVE A DEDICATION OF A TRAIL, WHETHER IT BE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE TRAILS.
AND WHEN WE LOOK AT TRAILS, WE LOOK AT ONE MILE OF TRAIL IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE EQUAL TO ONE ACRE OF LAND DEDICATED TO US.
AND SO WE BUILT IN THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SEE AS A PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT IS THAT'S ONE OF THE BIG FUTURE PIECES FOR US, IS GOING TO BE CONNECTION BETWEEN THE PARKS THAT WE HAVE TO OTHER PARKS THROUGHOUT THE REST OF THE CITY.
AND ALSO HOAS AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS AS A, AS A BROAD SCOPE.
SO WE WANNA CONNECT OUR PEOPLE TO EACH OTHER.
AND THE WAY TO DO THAT IS THROUGH A BROAD BASED TRAILS PLAN.
AND SO WE WANT OUR, OUR, UM, CONTRACTORS TO BE AND DEVELOPERS TO BE COGNIZANT THAT WE ARE CONNECTING EACH OTHER.
AND SO WE WANT THEM TO HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO, TO DO A LAND DEDICATION THAT IS ALSO BASED ON TRAILS RATHER THAN JUST PARKS OR GREEN SPACE.
ANY QUESTIONS? I I'VE GOT A COUPLE.
UM, SO I WATCHED YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE PARKS BOARD, THE VIDEO OF IT.
IN THAT YOU ALSO MENTIONED THAT PART OF THE REASON FOR DOING THIS WAS GETTING IN FRONT OF POTENTIAL, UM, I THINK, UH, LEGISLATION THAT'S COMING OUT THAT IS, THAT MIGHT BE RESTRICTING POTENTIAL INCREASES IN THIS.
THAT WAS A QUESTION THE PARKS BOARD ASKED.
UM, RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T ANY LEGISLATION THAT IS LISTED FOR CITIES OF OUR SIZE.
UM, TWO YEARS AGO THEY DID A, UH, THEY DID IT FOR THE LARGER CITIES, DALLAS, HOUSTON, AUSTIN, UM, SAN ANTONIO.
BUT, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THERE AREN'T ANY LEG.
THERE ISN'T ANY LEGISLATION SPECIFICALLY FOR OUR CITY.
SO ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, UM, YOU SHOWED THAT PART OF THE, YOU LOOKED AT THE LAND VALUE TWO WAYS, UM, ONE BEING THE 44 GRAND AND YOU APPLIED A CPI MM-HMM
WAS THAT BE, THAT WOULD IMPLY THAT PRICES IN THE LAST 10 YEARS HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED ON THAT CPI DID YOU USE THE TOTAL CPI DID YOU FIND ONE JUST FOR RAW LAND? 'CAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE CPI THAT ON THE BLS, IT'S LESS THAN 40% OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
AND SO AT THE, OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS OR 10 YEARS, IT'S A 2.1 FOURS, UM, THE CPI THAT, THAT WE CAME UP WITH.
AND SO, UM, THAT WAS UM, UH, WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING, UH, ACCUMULATION OF ALL OF THE CPIS THAT WERE BUILT OVER THOSE 10 YEARS.
WELL THE BLS BUREAU AVERAGE STATISTICS, THE US BLS SHOWS THAT IT'S LESS THAN 40% OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS.
'CAUSE I THINK MOST OF US WOULD KNOW IF OUR AVERAGE PRICE THAT WE'RE PAYING HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED OVER 10 YEARS.
AND THAT, THAT DOESN'T SEEM QUITE RIGHT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SPACE WAS BOUGHT THERE AND I THINK TROXEL PARK WAS THE OTHER ONE THAT WAS MENTIONED.
BUT CPI, I DON'T KNOW, FROM 44 IF YOU WANT TO, FROM 44 TO OVER A HUNDRED IN 10 YEARS IS NOT A INFLATION IS NOT DUE TO JUST IN STRAIGHT INFLATION.
UH, GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONER.
I WANTED TO MAKE A A SLIGHT CLARIFICATION.
UM, SO WE USED CPI FOR THE IMPROVEMENT VALUE FOR THE LAND VALUE ITSELF.
WE LOOKED AT, WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS THE VALUE, THE, UH, THE SALE PRICE OF LAND IN MISSOURI CITY AND HOW THOSE SALE PRICES HAVE CHANGED FROM 2014 WHEN THE ORIGINAL RECOMMENDATIONS WERE MADE UNTIL LATE 2025.
UM, CPI, UH, THE BLS ACTUALLY STATES THAT IT IS NOT A GREAT MEASURE FOR LAND VALUES.
UM, 'CAUSE IT IS A LOT MORE, LAND VALUES ARE A LOT MORE COMPLEX THAN, THAN CONSUMER GOODS.
SO, UM, SO IT, YES, IT, IT WAS NOT EXACTLY CPI THAT WE USED FOR, FOR THAT.
IT WAS THE, UH, THE, THE MULTIPLIER OF HOW MUCH LAND VALUE HAS CHANGED.
YOU MIGHT WANNA CHANGE THAT SLIDE BEFORE YOU GET TO CITY COUNCIL
IF I FIND, IF I FIND IT, THEY WILL.
THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THERE.
NOW THAT SAYS, AND THIS ALSO APPLIES TO THE NEXT ITEM COMING UP, WHICH IS THE MAP THAT IF A DEVELOPER IS PUTTING IN A DEVELOPMENT IN A ZONE PARK ZONE THAT IS DEEMED THAT IT HAS ADEQUATE PARK VALUE, THEY NO LONGER
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HAVE THE OPTION TO DEDICATE PARK SPACE.IS THAT CORRECT? DO I READ THAT THE RIGHT WAY? UM, NO, THE, THE WAY THAT IT'S ACTUALLY WRITTEN IS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT HAS THE ABILITY TO DENY ACCEPTANCE OF THAT.
SO THE, IF, IF THERE IS A ZONE THAT ALREADY HAS THE, MEETS THE STANDARDS THAT OUR DEPARTMENT OR CITY HAS, UH, HAS, HAS AGREED TO, WHICH FOR EXAMPLE, LIKE A PARK, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A MILE OF MM-HMM.
SO IF WE HAVE A INFLUX OF, OF PARK SPACE IN THAT AREA, UM, WE'RE NOT GOING TO ACCEPT THAT LAND.
WE'RE ONLY GOING TO ACCEPT, UM, THE CASH IN LIEU OF, BECAUSE, UM, THE FOCUS HAS TO BE ON DEVELOPMENT OR MAINTENANCE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE IN THAT SPACE.
SO, SO I, SO I WAS CORRECT IF IT, IF IT HAS ADEQUATE, IF PARKS DETERMINES IT HAS ADEQUATE SPACE, THEY CANNOT PUT A PARK IN.
SO IF I'M DEVELOPING A HUNDRED SPACE PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO ME IF I'VE GOT A HUNDRED LOTS, I THINK IT'S BENEFICIAL TO ME AS A DEVELOPER HAVE A PARK IN THAT I DON'T GET CREDIT FOR THAT I STILL HAVE TO PAY YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, 300 AND SOME ODD THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR A PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IS THAT RIGHT? AND THE, AND THE WAY THAT, THE WAY THE LANGUAGE ACTUALLY READS RIGHT NOW ALLOWS OUR DEPARTMENT TO DO THAT ALREADY.
I, SO I MEAN, I, I JUST, I THINK THE CLARIFICATION FOR US GUY IS THAT IT'S NOT BLACK AND WHITE.
THERE'S STILL, THERE'S STILL AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, IT'S, IT'S A, YES, THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT, BUT IF IT'S FULL, THE ANSWER IS NO.
I, YEAH, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE SPEAKING THE SAME LANGUAGE.
SO IF I, IF I DO PUT A PIECE OF PROPERTY IN, I NO LONGER HAVE THE OPTION TO DO THAT IF IT, IF IT DOESN'T MEET THE STANDARDS THAT WE'VE SET, IF IT, YEAH.
UM, I JUST HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK DEVELOPER MAY, IF I'M PUTTING IN 300 APARTMENT COMP, UH, 300 DOOR APARTMENT COMPLEX, THAT'S A $800,000 I HAVE TO PAY.
WHEREAS I MIGHT BE BENEFICIAL TO ME TO ACTUALLY PUT A PARK THERE 'CAUSE IT HELPED ME RENT MY SPOTS, WHICH YOU GUYS MAY SAY, NO, I DON'T GET THAT.
I HAVE TO USE PARK THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE AWAY AS A BENEFIT.
I THINK AS YOU SAY, IT MAKES IT BLACK AND WHITE, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT TO US.
HAS THIS BEEN A PROBLEM? WHAT, UM, HAS, HAS THIS SITUATION BEEN A, UH, AN ISSUE? WE'VE NOT HAD THAT ISSUE TO THIS POINT.
THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHERE, UM, PARKLAND HAS BEEN, HAS BEEN PRESENTED WHERE WE HAVE DENIED IT BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MATCH AND THEY HAVE PAID THE CASH IN LIEU OF, AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN FINE.
UM, AND THE LAST THING IS ON FOUR B THREE, YOUR PERCENTAGE NUMBERS ARE THAT MIGHT LOOK AT BE CHANGED.
IT SAYS IT'S ONE NINTH AND IT'S ONE 1.6%.
IT'S NOT AT ONE NINTH IS 0.1111 MINOR STUFF.
BUT I'M SORRY, I'M AN ENGINEER.
I CATCH, I CATCH STUFF LIKE THAT.
WAS THERE, OR IS SUGAR LAND AN ANOMALY? SUGAR LAND IS AN ANOMALY.
UM, AND THEY HAVE OTHER, UH, SOURCES OF FUNDS THEY'RE GETTING THEIR MONEY THAT THEY TAP INTO.
AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, UM, THEIR FOCUS HAS BEEN NOT TO RAISE THEIRS.
'CAUSE THAT REALLY STICKS OUT.
SO LAND THAT, UM, IS FAR AWAY FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO IF YOU, IN A SUBDIVISION THAT WAS DEVELOPED WHEN MISSOURI CITY WAS JUST STARTING, UM, DO WE HAVE A FUND FOR THEM? A PERCENTAGE OF THE MONEY THAT WE BRING IN TO BUY LAND IN THE AREA THAT'S NOT BEING DEVELOPED, THAT DOESN'T INVOLVE, UH, DEVELOPERS AT ALL, BUT IT DOES, UH, AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO CAN WE COME BACK TO THAT ON THE NEXT PRESENTATION? SURE.
I I, BECAUSE I THINK THE NEXT PRESENTATION, UM, BEGINS TO ADDRESS THAT AS WELL, WHEN WE START LOOKING AT THE PARK ZONES, THAT'S PART OF THE REASON FOR THE CHANGE OF THE PARK ZONES.
SO, UM, DEFINITELY TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE MORE HERE IN A SECOND.
UM, BUT ALSO AT THE SAME TIME, UM, WE ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THOSE PARK ZONES THAT HAVE 300 ACRES OF UNDEVELOPED PARKLAND, UM, IN AREAS THAT, UM, WE MIGHT CALL LIKE A, A PARK DESERT FOR EXAMPLE, IN OUR CITY.
AND SO IT'S TRYING TO BALANCE THAT.
AND SO SOMETIMES THOSE AREAS HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE BUDGET RATHER THAN, THAN THIS, THIS SCENARIO.
JUST AS LONG AS THERE'S A VOICE, UH, FOR THOSE FOLKS.
UM, 'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO ATTRACT A NEW GENERATION OF PEOPLE COMING INTO MISSOURI CITY TO HAVE KIDS AND UM, I'M GLAD YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE OF IT.
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SHARE A STATISTIC WITH YOU GUYS THAT, UH, WE'RE EVALUATING RIGHT NOW.UM, WE HAVE FOUND AS A DEPARTMENT, SO UNFORTUNATELY THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT, UH, MCNAUGHTON PARK, UM, CAR RAN INTO IT.
IT'S BEEN CLOSED FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS.
UM, DURING THAT THREE MONTH PERIOD, WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN A 30% DROP IN USAGE OF THAT PARK.
AND SO THE PARK IS STILL BEING USED, BUT THE PLAYGROUND PLAYS A SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ATTENDANCE AND USAGE OF OUR PARK SPACES.
AND SO, SO FOR US, WHAT THAT TELLS US IS WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE PLAYGROUNDS AND THE SPACES AROUND THOSE PLAYGROUNDS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO HAVE THE USAGE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
ANOTHER GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT IS LOOKING AT UH, UM, RIDGEVIEW PARK THIS LAST SUMMER, ONCE WE INSTALLED THE NEW FEATURES AND ALSO THE NEW PLAYGROUND THAT WENT IN, WE ACTUALLY SAW A DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT WERE USING THAT FACILITY PER WEEK.
UM, AND SO WE KNOW THE VALUE OF, OF HAVING A WELL-MAINTAINED CLEAN, UM, ACCESSIBLE PARK AND PLAYGROUND.
UM, AND SO THOSE ARE ALWAYS GONNA BE PRIORITIES FOR US.
HOW DO YOU GET JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, HOW DO YOU GET USAGE NUMBERS FOR A PARK? CELLULAR DATA.
WE'RE ALWAYS WATCHING YOU GUY.
AND I, I'VE, UH, I GOT ALSO, BY THE WAY, GUY, I KNOW, I KNOW.
WHEN YOU GO AND BUY SUBWAY AND WHEN YOU DON'T
SO, UM, JUST A REAL, ANOTHER ONE OTHER QUESTION.
WE APPROVED 125 WATTS INTO SIENNA ON A FINAL PLAT.
HOW ARE THEY IMPACTED BY THIS? ARE THEY PAYING A FEE OR ARE THEY DOING, WHAT ARE THEY DOING THERE? UM, GREAT QUESTION.
I'D HAVE TO GO GET BACK TO YOU.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT NECESSARILY.
SO ALL, ALL OF THE PLAQUES THAT YOU ALL ARE SEEING IN SIENNA, UM, ARE PART OF THE SIENNA SOUTH.
AND THEY HAD A 70 ACRE PARKLAND DEDICATION, UM, THAT THEY DID IN BULK, UM, TO UH, SATISFY, UH, THE NUMBER OF LOTS, UH, THAT WERE, UH, PROPOSED FOR CNSI.
AND IT'S THE 70 ACRES THAT'S LOCATED OFF THE BANKS OF THE BRAZOS.
AND SO WE, WE DO HAVE THAT SITUATION HAPPEN FROM TIME TO TIME.
I KNOW THAT, UH, ALSO, UM, PARKS EDGE VERY SIMILAR.
THEY, THEY PAID FOR A LOT OF THEIRS ALL UPFRONT.
UM, SO AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES IN THAT AREA, UM, THEY'VE ALREADY PAID FOR ALMOST ALL OF THEIRS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NO, I'M DONE.
ALRIGHT,
I GUESS YOU CAN JUST STAND THERE FOR THE NEXT ITEM.
WE WILL CONSIDER THIS ITEM THEN.
ANY DISCUSSION? WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS AND A SECOND.
WE WILL MOVE ON THEN TO, UH, ITEM TWO, CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION.
CONSIDER AMENDMENTS TO THE PARK ZONES MAP.
AND SO THIS, THIS GOES BACK TO, UH, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PARK PARKLAND DEDICATION ORDINANCE, WE ALSO LOOK AT THE PROPOSED ZONES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
OVER THE LAST HOWEVER MANY YEARS, WE'VE HAD 13 DIFFERENT ZONES IN THE CITY.
UM, WE COMPARE OURSELVES TO OUR OTHER BENCHMARK CITIES.
UH, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE PARK UH, ZONES THAN A LOT OF THESE CITIES.
UM, AND SO THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THEIR, THEIR PARKING DEDICATION OR CASH IN LUU OF FEES, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS THROUGHOUT THEIR CITY.
AND WHEREAS WE ARE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, CONNECTED TO WHERE WE HAVE TO USE THE FUNDS THAT ARE, THAT ARE DEDICATED.
AND SO IN THE OPPORTUNITY OF MAKING THIS CHANGE, WE'RE GOING FROM 13 ZONES TO FOUR ZONES.
UM, REALLY WITH THREE SPECIFIC GOALS IN MIND.
NUMBER ONE, WE WANT THAT INCREASED FLEXIBILITY FOR THE FUNDING AND THEN WE ALSO, IT ALSO ALIGNS MORE DIRECTLY WITH OUR STRATEGIC GROWTH AND PLANS.
AND THEN LASTLY, IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO BE MORE EFFICIENT AS A WHOLE.
AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO MAKE THAT CHANGE.
WE BELIEVE IT'LL BE A SIGNIFICANT, UM, OPPORTUNITY.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, ACTUAL MAPS, THERE ARE A FEW SMALL LINES THAT YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF.
WHY DIDN'T THEY JUST CUT IT HERE? UM, THE REASON THAT THE MAP IS DRAWN IN THE WAY IT IS, IS FOR US TO CONTINUE TO USE THE FUNDING THAT'S ALREADY IN THE POTS IN THE SPECIFIC ZONES.
THOSE ZONES HAD TO STAY INTACT, WE COULDN'T CUT THEM IN.
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BUT OTHERWISE, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM 13 TO FOUR.ANY QUESTIONS OR DISCUSSION ON THIS? NO.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS PROPOSAL.
AND A SECOND, GO AHEAD AND VOTE PLEASE.
AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT THEN FOR TONIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND A SECOND VOTE PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER BOLDEN, IF YOU DON'T MIND SUBMITTING YOUR VOTE PLEASE.