[1. CALL TO ORDER]
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GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING PRESENT. SO TO START OFF OUR ORIENTATION, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND DO A QUICK ROUND TABLE INTRODUCTION. SO DEFINITELY FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS, OUR REAPPOINTED COMMISSIONERS, EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO'S HERE ON THE STAFF SIDE AS WELL AS THE COMMISSIONERS THEMSELVES. SO WE'LL START WITH STAFF INTRODUCTIONS AND WE'LL GO AROUND THE ROOM. WE'LL START WITH ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KUMAR AND GO AROUND THE ROOM FROM THERE. SO GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER HERE SHASHI KUMAR OR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS PARKS AND THE LGC WHICH IS OUR GOLF COURSE OPERATIONS. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, DIRECTOR. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. I JOINED CMO, CITY ATTORNEY. GOOD EVENING. I'VE BEEN ASKING FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. GOOD EVENING. I'M SORRY. HEALTH AND SERVICES. GOOD EVENING. JIM EDWARDS, PLANNER. FILE DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR AND PLANNING, SENIOR PLANNER, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. WILLIAM FOR PLANNER. HIGH COMMISSIONERS. I'M MATT, AND I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEYS. AND I GET THE PLEASURE OF SITTING UP HERE WITH YOU ALL AND SERVING AS COUNSEL FOR THIS COMMISSION. THANK YOU. GREAT. GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. VINCENZO CORAZZA, YOUR CITY ENGINEER. GOOD EVENING AND GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. AND I DO WANT TO SAY THAT WE DID NOT FORGET FILIP. SO HE IS HERE, BUT HE'S HE'S TAKING A CALL. BUT HE IS OUR IT SUPPORT AND HELPS US WITH THE TECHNOLOGY THAT WE USE THROUGHOUT THE MEETING. I'M JENNIFER GOMEZ, I'M THE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. SO I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE SECRETARY FOR THE COMMISSION. AND IF ALL THE COMMISSIONERS COULD INTRODUCE YOURSELVES, DANIEL. DANIEL SILVA, I'M DISTRICT A PLANNING ZONING COMMISSIONER AND WITH THE WITH THE COMMISSION SINCE FIVE YEARS. LET'S GO FIVE YEARS. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU STARTED IT.
I WASN'T GOING TO STAND UP. REGINALD PEARSON, HOW LONG HAVE I BEEN HERE? OFF AND ON. OFF AND ON. SIX, SIX YEARS OR SO. GUYS, I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION FOR FIVE YEARS.
ROBIN ARMSTRONG, I'VE BEEN ON THE COMMISSION ABOUT TEN MINUTES. NEW COMMISSIONER. SO GLAD TO BE HERE. THANK YOU. JAMES DAVIDSON BEEN WITH THE COMMISSION FIVE YEARS WITH A BREAK. GUS AND I JOINED AT THE SAME TIME. HAPPY TO BE BACK. SO, DAVID ATWOOD, I'VE BEEN ON ABOUT TWO MINUTES LESS THAN HER. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF MISSOURI CITY OFF AND ON SINCE 1998, AND I LIVE IN SIENNA PLANTATION AREA. OKAY. DWAYNE BOLDEN BEEN PLANNING FOR A YEAR NOW. AND JOINED THE MEETING. VERY COMMISSIONERS. AND I'M GOING TO
[a. Receive a Presentation - Planning and Zoning Commission Orientation]
START US OFF ON THE ORIENTATION. THANK YOU JENNIFER. GOOD EVENING AGAIN COMMISSIONERS.SOME OF YOU KNOW ME. SOME OF YOU DON'T. I KNOW SOME OF YOU GOT REAPPOINTED. SOME OF YOU ARE NEW. SO CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME ON BOARD. PNC AGAIN. SHASHI KUMAR I'M ONE OF THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS. I'VE BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT NINE YEARS NOW. I STARTED YEAR IN 2017, STARTED AS A CITY ENGINEER DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS. LAST YEAR I TOOK ON THE ROLE OR PROMOTED TO THE ROLE OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WITH OVERSIGHT OVER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, PUBLIC WORKS, PARKS AND OF COURSE, GOLF COURSE. AS I MENTIONED, YOU ALL PLAY A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE HERE IN THE CITY AS PLANNING AND ZONING. YOU GET TO SHAPE THE VISION OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS MAINLY PROMOTING SMARTER GROWTH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND A STRONGER TAX BASE THAT YOU CAN REDUCE THE BURDEN ON OUR CITIZENS AND IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF OUR CITIZENS. SO THIS IS THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT BODY. IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT THAT ALTHOUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCILS ARE TWO INDEPENDENT BODIES, YOU ALL MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FOR COUNCIL TO MAKE THE FINAL AUTHORIZATION.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ALIGNS TOWARDS THE CITY COUNCIL VISION. IT IS NOW A VERY KEY MOMENT AS YOU ALL COME ON BOARD BECAUSE OF THREE THINGS. ONE, WE STARTED HERE AS A BEDROOM COMMUNITY, BUT OVER THE YEARS, THE LAST FIVE YEARS, THIS CITY HAS PROMOTED ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO INCREASE OUR TAX BASE AND
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REDUCE THE TAX BURDEN ON THE CITIZENS. AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. WE DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF LAND LEFT IN THE CITY. BUT WHAT WE HAVE, WE WANT TO BE VERY STRATEGIC AND ALIGN THAT TO REALIZE THE VISION OF WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS. AGAIN, THAT THAT IS WHY I THINK WE'RE REALIGNING SOME OF OUR PROCESSES. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING IS HOW THIS BODY GETS THE INFORMATION, HOW THIS BODY MAKES A RECOMMENDATION ALIGNS WITH WHAT THE CITY COUNCIL DOES. WITH THAT IN MIND, MOVING FORWARD, WE ARE CREATING A FOURTH MEETING ON MONDAYS, WHICH IS A JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PNC MEETING. NOW, WHY ARE WE DOING THIS ONE? IT IS TO STRENGTHEN THE COORDINATION BETWEEN PNC AND CITY COUNCIL. SOMETIMES IN THE PAST WE HAVE HAD INSTANCES WHERE, OF COURSE, PNC CAN HOLD THE WEIGHT ONCE AND COUNCIL WANTS TO VOTE THE WAY IT WANTS.BUT IF YOU CAN HEAR THE SAME THING FROM THE CITIZENS AND MAKE YOUR INFORMED DECISIONS, I THINK THAT WILL HELP BETTER ALIGN TOWARDS THE VISION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS. ALSO WHAT IT DOES IS IT REDUCES THE BURDEN ON THE RESIDENTS AND DEVELOPERS THAT THEY HAVE TO ATTEND TO PUBLIC MEETINGS. SO THAT IS THE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT WE'RE MAKING. AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND YOU DID MEET THE TEAM HERE. THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE TEAM. THEY HAVE A LOT OF KNOWLEDGE AND INFORMATION, AND WE'RE HERE TO PROVIDE YOU ANY AND ALL INFORMATION. IT COULD BE TRAFFIC. IT COULD BE UTILITIES, WHATNOT. WE'RE HERE TO SUPPLY YOU WITH THE INFORMATION TO HELP YOU MAKE THE DECISION AND RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
WITH THAT, I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AS YOU MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU SASHI. OKAY, SO I'M JUST GOING TO DO SOME HOUSEKEEPING FOR OUR ORIENTATION IN FRONT OF EACH OF YOU. THERE SHOULD BE A BINDER AND THERE IT'S A WHITE BINDER THAT SAYS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. AND SO THAT WHITE BINDER HAS MATERIALS THAT WE'LL TALK ABOUT TONIGHT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE PRESENTATION SLIDES FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONERS. YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF OUR CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AS WELL AS A SEPARATE BINDER THAT INCLUDES THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. SO WE'LL GO THROUGH THAT AS WE GO THROUGH THIS ORIENTATION. FEEL FREE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU CAN'T HEAR US OR IF YOU NEED CLARIFICATION, FEEL FREE TO ASK AS THAT TIME COMES SO DIFFERENT STAFF MEMBERS WILL COME UP DURING DIFFERENT POINTS. SO THE PRESENTATION TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OF THE BACKGROUND INFORMATION. OKAY. SO WE'LL START WITH FOR EACH OF THE COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A CURRENT COPY OF YOUR ROSTER. AND SO THAT IS JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION PURPOSES, OUR LEGAL TEAM WILL GO OVER SOME INFORMATION REGARDING OPEN MEETINGS AND JUST SOME PROTECTION AROUND HOW YOU COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER, APPROPRIATE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER. HOWEVER, YOU DO HAVE A COPY OF ALL OF THE CURRENT COMMISSIONERS. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HAVE INFORMATION ON YOUR MEETING SCHEDULE AND PROCEDURES. SO THE COMMISSION MEETS ON A REGULAR SCHEDULE OF THE SECOND WEDNESDAY OF EVERY MONTH. THAT IS OUR STANDING MEETING THAT'S ESTABLISHED IN YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. WE ARE IMPLEMENTING A NEW MEETING START TIME. SO OUR MEETINGS TYPICALLY STARTED AT 7:00 PM. OUR MEETING TONIGHT STARTS AT 7:00 PM BEGINNING IN APRIL. WE'RE GOING TO PUSH THAT TIME TO 6:30 P.M. SO THAT WILL BE IN LINE WITH NOT ONLY THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS, BUT ALSO OTHER PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT ARE OCCURRING IN THE CITY. SO PLEASE MAKE NOTE OF THAT. WE WILL SEND REMINDERS OUT JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY IS TRACKING THAT, BUT THAT WILL TAKE PLACE STARTING WITH THE NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU HEARD ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER KUMAR MENTIONED THE JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND SO IN THE BACKGROUND ON THAT. AND SO THOSE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL BE SCHEDULED. AS THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, THE FOURTH MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH, AND WE WILL SEND NOTIFICATIONS OUT AGENDAS AHEAD OF THAT AS WELL. AND ALSO, JUST LIKE WE DO FOR ANY OTHER PUBLIC HEARING, YOU'LL RECEIVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASES THAT ARE GOING TO BE UP FOR DISCUSSION DURING THOSE MEETINGS. SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL INFORMATION THAT'S INCLUDED ON THOSE SCHEDULES. SO I'LL PAUSE RIGHT HERE JUST VERY QUICKLY TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS CONCERNING MEETING TIMES, OUR NEW MEETING SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO WE'RE GOING TO ATTEMPT TO DO THIS. I WANT TO JUST KIND OF DO JUST ORIENTATION ON WHERE DO YOU GO TO FIND THE AGENDA, THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE AGENDA, AS WELL AS BACKGROUND MATERIALS AS WELL. SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING VIRTUALLY. AND SO AS
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YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, IT'S MOVING TO THE WEBSITE, BUT THERE IS A ONLINE CITY WEBSITE THAT HAS ALL PUBLICLY POSTED AGENDAS, AS WELL AS ANY BACKGROUND MATERIAL THAT IS POSTED ALONGSIDE THOSE AGENDAS. SO OUR TEAM, TYPICALLY YOU'LL RECEIVE A MESSAGE FROM VANESSA AHEAD OF THOSE MEETINGS ONCE THE AGENDA HAS BEEN POSTED, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE A LINK, BUT YOU CAN ALSO SAVE THIS LINK. YOU CAN ALSO GO TO THIS WEBSITE AS WELL, AND THE LINK IS IN YOUR MATERIALS THAT YOU HAVE TO SEE ANY CITY AGENDA, WHETHER IT'S A CITY COUNCIL, PARKS BOARD, ANY PUBLIC MEETING THAT THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO POST AGENDAS FOR. AND SO THIS HAS ALL OF THE AGENDAS THAT THE COMMISSION HAS POSTED AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION AS WELL.SO WHEN WE GO THROUGH THE MEETINGS, WE TRY NOT TO PRINT DOCUMENTS. THERE WILL BE OCCASIONS WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO GIVE YOU SOME SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION, BUT WE TRY TO COMMUNICATE AS MUCH AS WE CAN THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND THROUGH THIS ONLINE SERVICE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE. SO WITH THIS ON THE AGENDA, THERE'S HYPERLINKS THAT YOU CAN CLICK ON EACH AGENDA ITEM. AND WHEN YOU CLICK ON THAT AGENDA ITEM, THERE'S A COVER MEMO THAT PROVIDES SOME BACKGROUND AS TO THAT CASE. DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THAT COVER MEMO. AND THEN THERE'S SUPPORT DOCUMENTATION. IF IT WARRANTS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THERE. LET ME INTERRUPT YOU.
WHEN IT'S NOT SHOWING UP ON THE SCREEN. OKAY. AND ALSO, WOULD YOU MAYBE EXPLAIN TO THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, YES. AND WE'RE GOING TO WE'RE GOING TO WALK THROUGH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU. YES. DON'T WORRY. YOU ON THERE. SO ON THE SCREENS AND WE'LL HAVE I THINK AS PHILIP AND VANESSA ARE WORKING, THEY'LL COME AROUND AND HELP YOU ALL CHANGE THE SCREENS AS WELL. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE CAN MOVE BACK TO THE SLIDESHOW. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.
VERY GOOD. SO THEN FOR THE NEXT PART OF THIS, WE'RE GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO THE LEGAL DIVISION. AND WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO GO TO THE CONFERENCE ROOM TO HEAR THIS PRESENTATION.
[4. CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION]
SO I WOULD JUST RECOMMEND COMMISSIONER PEARSON IF YOU WOULD JUST ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. OKAY. SO FIVE FIVE, 1.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE TO RECEIVE LEGAL ADVICE, BUT YOU CAN ALSO JUST SOMEONE CAN SAY, SO MOVE IF THAT'S EASIER. SO MOVE. NO SECOND, NEED A SECOND, A SECOND, A SECOND. OKAY, WE CAN JUST DO HANDS. WE CAN DO CLOSED EXECUTIVE SESSION. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? OKAY. ALRIGHT,[5. RECONVENE]
COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. SO I JUST WANT TO GIVE SOME BACKGROUND ON THE COMMISSION, THE COMMISSION PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IN MISSOURI CITY HAS EXISTED SINCE THE 1950S. SO ALMOST EARLIER THAN THE INCORPORATION OF THE CITY OR AROUND THE TIME OF THE INCORPORATION, THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMISSION, THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS QUALIFICATIONS ARE ALL OUTLINED IN THE CITY CHARTER. THE CITY MANAGER, CITY ATTORNEY, CITY ENGINEER, SERVE AS EX OFFICIO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION, MEANING THAT THEY DON'T PARTICIPATE IN YOUR VOTING, BUT THEY DO PARTICIPATE AND CAN PARTICIPATE IN YOUR YOUR DISCUSSIONS. THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR SERVES AS YOUR REGULAR TECHNICAL ADVISOR. THE AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY HAS TO CREATE THE COMMISSION AND THE TOOLS THAT WE USE FOR LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY ARE ALL ENABLED TO THE CITY BY THE STATE THROUGH THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. AND SO THOSE TWO KEY ENABLING ACTS ARE CHAPTER 211, THE ZONING AUTHORITY, WHICH GIVES THE FOUNDATION FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AS WELL AS ANOTHER ASSOCIATED BOARD, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. IT ALSO GIVES OUTLINE ON ZONING HOW THE CITY CAN ZONE THE THE AUTHORITY THAT THE CITY HAS TO. ZONE. CHAPTER 212 OF THAT TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ARE THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO SUBDIVISION AND THE SUBDIVIDING OF PROPERTY WITHIN THE CITY AND WITHIN ITS ETJ. SO PART OF THE AUTHORITY THAT THE COMMISSION HAS FOR ZONING AND AS A BOARD ITSELF IS TO PROMOTE PUBLIC HEALTH,[00:15:05]
SAFETY, MORALS, GENERAL WELFARE. TWO ADDITIONAL IMPORTANT ITEMS IN THE STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION IS WHY DOES STAFF PROVIDE FOR YOU A STAFF REPORT? WELL, BECAUSE THE ENABLING ACT, THE TEXAS ENABLING ACT, REQUIRES THAT THE COMMISSION MAKE A PRELIMINARY REPORT, HOLD AT LEAST ONE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE SUBMITTING A FINAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL ON MATTERS RELATED TO LAND USE AND ZONING. SO THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOU RECEIVE, THAT YOU CONSIDER AT YOUR MEETINGS, YOU KNOW, FOR YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS, THOSE WE CONSIDER YOUR PRELIMINARY REPORTS, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE CASES ARE ALL STATE REQUIRED PUBLIC HEARINGS. AND THEN WHEN YOU TAKE ACTION AND VOTE ON EITHER ACCEPTING THE REPORT, MODIFYING THE REPORT, THEN YOU ARE TAKING AN ACTION ON YOUR FINAL REPORT THAT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. NOTICING REQUIREMENTS ARE ALSO ESTABLISHED THROUGH THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. SO THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF NOTICING REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY KIND OF LAND USE OR ZONING CASE. SO PRIOR TO ANY PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL, YOU'LL SEE STAFF PRESENT TO YOU THAT IT'S MET, YOU KNOW, THE NOTICING REQUIREMENTS FOR YOU ALL TO BE ABLE TO ACT. IT INCLUDES WRITTEN NOTICE THAT'S SENT OUT TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN MINIMUM 200FT OF THE PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO THAT ACTION, THE ZONING ACTION, WE TRADITIONALLY GO OUT 250FT FROM THAT PROPERTY AS WELL. IT'S NOT JUST RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, IT'S ANY PROPERTY. SO IT COULD BE A STATE OWNED PROPERTY, IT COULD BE A UTILITY OWNED PROPERTY, IT COULD BE A COMMERCIALLY OWNED PROPERTY AS WELL AS A RESIDENTIALLY OWNED PROPERTY. ANY PIECE OF LAND THAT IS OWNED WITHIN THAT BOUNDARY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO SEND WRITTEN NOTICE PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO POST SIGNS. SO IF YOU'VE SEEN THE ORANGE SIGNS OUT THERE BEFORE, WE WERE DOING IT AS COMPLIMENTARY. THE LAST LEGISLATIVE SESSION MADE IT MANDATORY FOR A CERTAIN SIZE AND FOR A CERTAIN TIME FRAME FOR SIGNS TO BE POSTED ON PROPERTIES. SO THOSE CASES THAT COME BEFORE YOU, THEY WILL HAVE ASSOCIATED SIGNS THAT ARE POSTED. THE SIGNS THAT WE POST HAVE QR CODES ON THAT TO HELP THE PUBLIC SCAN IT AND BE ABLE TO GO TO THE CITY'S WEBSITE TO ACCESS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THAT ZONING ACTION. WE ALSO ARE REQUIRED TO POST NOTICE ON BULLETIN BOARDS, THE CITY'S BULLETIN BOARD, WHICH IS HERE, LOCATED HERE AT CITY HALL, AS WELL AS POSTING ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE AS WELL. SO A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT THE DUTIES, THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. AND SO YOUR POWERS AND DUTIES ARE IN TWO MAJOR AREAS. ONE IS DISCRETIONARY, ONE IS NON-DISCRETIONARY DISCRETIONARY. YOU ARE YOUR AUTHORITY IS TO MAKE AND AMEND THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY. IT'S DISCRETIONARY IN THE SENSE THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING LOCALLY ADOPTED POLICY, STRATEGIC PLANNING, THE VISION OF THE CITY, COMMUNITY INPUT ENGAGEMENT IN ORDER TO BUILD THAT PLAN FOR THE CITY. THAT PROCESS IS IN YOU. YOU USE TOOLS SUCH AS ZONING AND THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THAT VISION. BUT THE CREATION OF THE VISION, THE MAINTAINING OF THAT PLAN, IS A DISCRETIONARY ACTION. NON-DISCRETIONARY IS YOUR AUTHORITY TO APPROVE SUBDIVISION PLATS WITHIN THE CITY IN THE ETJ. SO SOME OF THE RESOURCES THAT YOU ALL WILL HAVE ACCESS TO AND THAT THE PUBLIC HAS ACCESS TO AS WELL, ARE MAPS OF THE CITY. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BECOME FAMILIAR WITH THE THE LAYOUT OF THE CITY WHERE A LINEAR CITY GOING FROM HARRIS COUNTY, JUST INSIDE THE BELTWAY ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BRAZOS RIVER. ON THIS MAP, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN YELLOW IS WITHIN THE CITY'S LIMITS.THERE'S SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THAT. EVERYTHING IN GREEN IS OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS IN WHAT'S CALLED THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, ABOUT A FIVE MILE AREA JUST OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. THOSE AREAS LARGELY CONTAIN PORTIONS OF THE RIVERSTONE MASTER PLANNED COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE SIENNA MASTER PLAN. COMMUNITIES AND SOME OTHER AREAS ARE LOCATED WITHIN THOSE ETJ, AND THE NON-DISCRETIONARY PORTION OF THAT IS WHEN THOSE
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PLANTS ARE SUBMITTED OR FILED WITH THE CITY. THEY ARE EVALUATED BASED ON THE CODES AND ORDINANCES THAT ARE ADOPTED AND IN PLACE AT THE TIME THAT THEY ARE FILED. IF THEY ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WITH ITS ADOPTED CODES AND REGULATIONS, THEN THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE APPROVED. IF THE COMMISSION DISAPPROVES A PLAT OR APPROVES IT WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THOSE CONDITIONS AND REASONS FOR DISAPPROVAL HAVE TO BE BASED ON ADOPTED CITY CODES AND REGULATIONS. SO IT CANNOT BE A DISCRETIONARY ACTION THAT YOU BELIEVE THAT IT SHOULD BE DISAPPROVED. IT HAS TO BE AN ACTUAL ADOPTED CODE OF THE CITY.OKAY. SOMEONE GO VERY QUICKLY THROUGH YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THIS ON YOUR REGULAR MEETING AGENDA AS WELL. SO THE COMMISSION IS FORMED THROUGH ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE OR HAS GUIDELINES FOR ITS RULES OF PROCEDURE. YOU DO HAVE OFFICERS TO THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE A CHAIR, A VICE CHAIR AND AN ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE COMMISSION, AND THOSE OFFICERS AND AUTHORITY OF THOSE OFFICERS IS ESTABLISHED IN THOSE RULES OF PROCEDURE. THE CHAIR CONVENES THE MEETINGS AND, YOU KNOW, GOES THROUGH THE MEETING FLOW, THE CHAIR, AS WELL AS THE VICE CHAIR, ALSO SIGN THE FINAL VERSION OF PLATS BEFORE THEY'RE RECORDED INTO A CITY RECORDS. IN THE ABSENCE OF EITHER THE CHAIR OR THE VICE CHAIR, THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY WILL ASSUME THOSE DUTIES FOR THE COMMISSION. I WILL NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST MEETING THAT YOU'RE HAVING AFTER YOUR REAPPOINTMENT AND NEW APPOINTMENTS TO THE COMMISSION.
SO WE DO PLAN TO HAVE YOUR ELECTION OF OFFICERS ON YOUR APRIL AGENDA. SO THAT IS FORTHCOMING AS WELL. THE TECHNICAL ADVISOR, THE DIRECTOR IS IDENTIFIED ALSO IN THE RULES OF PROCEDURE, THE MANNER IN WHICH YOUR AGENDAS ARE LAID OUT. THE ORDER OF BUSINESS IS IDENTIFIED IN YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. AND VERY QUICKLY, I'M GOING TO HAVE SARA AND JUSTIN PULLIAM, OUR SENIOR PLANNERS, WALK YOU THROUGH THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES, VERY HIGH LEVEL, VERY QUICKLY. JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA ON THE BACKGROUND, BECAUSE THAT IS ALSO IDENTIFIED IN YOUR RULES OF PROCEDURE. AND THIS ALSO BRINGS TO LIGHT SOME OF THE BACKGROUND THAT YOU DON'T SEE BEFORE THOSE APPLICATIONS ARE PUT ON YOUR AGENDAS. SO WE'LL START WITH JUSTIN. HELLO, COMMISSIONERS. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO BRIEFLY, I WILL GO OVER THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION APPLICATION. SUBMITTAL PACKET SHOULD BE IN YOUR MATERIALS. SO IN THIS PACKET THIS IS WHAT DEVELOPERS AND APPLICANTS HAVE TO FILL OUT BEFORE THEY CAN COME BEFORE THIS BODY, WHEN THEY EITHER WANT TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THEIR TRACK THEY'RE SEEKING TO DEVELOP, OR WHEN THEY WANT TO CHANGE THE LINES AND SUBDIVIDE TRACKS THAT THEY'RE SEEKING TO DEVELOP. SO IF YOU OPEN UP THIS PACKET AGAIN BRIEFLY, WE'LL USUALLY HAVE A LIST OF DATES THAT APPLICANTS HAVE TO SUBMIT BY TO GET ON BOTH PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL. AND THEN GOING FORWARD IN THE APPLICATION FOR PLAT APPROVAL, THERE'S AN APPLICATION NEEDS TO BE FILLED OUT. AND AGAIN, VERY QUICKLY, JUST SOME THINGS THAT WE LOOK FOR IN AN APPLICATION. ONE ARE THE TAX CERTIFICATES. HAVE THEY BEEN PAID ON THE PROPERTY. IS THE OWNER WANT TO THIS APPLICATION GOING FORWARD? SOMETIMES DEVELOPERS WILL BRING FORWARD APPLICATIONS ON BEHALF OF OWNERS. SO THEY NEED THEIR SIGN OFF ON THAT. SOMETIMES THE CITY ENGINEER ENGINEER CAN ATTEST TO WE'LL NEED A TRAFFIC IMPACT WORKSHEET OR WE MIGHT NEED DRAINAGE IMPACT ANALYSIS. SO THAT'S THAT'S FOR PLATS. AND THEN FOR ZONING WE'LL ASK FOR SIMILAR THINGS. BUT ON TOP OF THAT, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND HOW BIG THE IMPACT IT MIGHT HAVE ON THE CITY, WE MIGHT ASK FOR COLOR ELEVATIONS, 3D RENDERINGS OF WHAT THE PLAN MIGHT BE, THE SITE PLAN OF IT, THE DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE OF THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF, JUST SO WE CAN GET A FULL PICTURE, SO THAT STAFF CAN MAKE A STAFF REPORT TO PROPOSE TO YOU ALL AS YOU ALL CONSIDER THESE APPLICATIONS. SO THAT IS THE VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. OF COURSE, MR. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. SO I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH VERY BRIEFLY WHAT OUR PROCESS IS ACTUALLY LIKE AND HOW WE BRING IT TO YOU ALL. AND JUST REAL QUICK, BEFORE I GET INTO THE ZONING APPLICATION, SOMETHING I DO WANT TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT STAFF DOES BEFORE WE GET TO THIS MEETING, IS WE DO CONDUCT WHAT WE CALL PRE-APPLICATION MEETINGS WITH OUR APPLICANTS. AND SO THAT IS A MEETING WITH CITY STAFF WHERE WE BASICALLY ASSESS IF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WOULD ACTUALLY WORK AT THE PROPOSED LOCATION. AND SO AFTER THAT MEETING, WE USUALLY IDENTIFY IF THEY NEED TO GO AND SUBMIT A ZONING APPLICATION. SO LET'S SAY WE HAD A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING AND THE SCHOOL WANTS TO COME ON TEXAS PARKWAY, AND WE DETERMINED THAT THE USE ACTUALLY IS NOT THERE. SO THEY WOULD NEED TO GO TO THE ZONING APPLICATION. SO WE HAVE TWO
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DAYS A MONTH WHERE THEY CAN SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION. AND SO WHEN THEY SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, THERE'S ABOUT A 45 DAY REVIEW PROCESS. AND SO WE'LL BE DOING THAT IS MAKING SURE THAT THE ZONING APPLICATION IS COMPLETE. YOU KNOW, AS JUSTIN SAID, GO THROUGH THAT CHECKLIST MAKING SURE THAT THEY SUBMIT EVERYTHING. AND THEN CITY STAFF ALSO DOES THEIR REVIEW JUST TO SEE IF THE PROPOSED USE WOULD ACTUALLY WORK. AND SO ONCE WE HAVE THAT COLLECTIVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, THAT'S WHEN WE SCHEDULE IT FOR A PUBLIC HEARING. FIRST WITH YOU ALL, THAT'S WHERE WE PROVIDE OUR STAFF RECOMMENDATION. AND THEN THAT'S WHERE YOU ALL WILL DO YOUR POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION THAT THEN GETS FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL. AND SO IN TOTAL, WE USUALLY ADVISE OUR APPLICANTS IS THAT THE ENTIRE ZONING PROCESS IS ABOUT 90 DAYS AND THERE'S NO GUARANTEE. SO OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOMES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING AND DEPENDING ON HOW CITY COUNCIL VOTES THAT SCHOOL THAT WANTS TO COME ON TEXAS PARKWAY, THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO COME. AND SO THAT JUST KIND OF A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ZONING PROCESS. MOVING ON TO PLAT APPLICATIONS, LET'S SAY THIS IMAGINARY SCHOOL ON TEXAS PARKWAY DOES GET THEIR ZONING. WHAT WAS THIS PROCESS LOOK LIKE FOR THEM? AND SO WE HAVE VARIOUS DIFFERENT TYPES OF APPLICATIONS STARTING WITH CONCEPT PLANS. THESE ARE VERY BIG PICTURE PLANS. YOU'LL SEE THEM MOST COMMONLY FOR SIENNA.AND WE USE THESE FOR MULTI-PHASE DEVELOPMENT. SO BASICALLY IF IT'S GOING TO NEED MULTIPLE PLOTS TO DEVELOP, THEN WE RECOMMEND A CONCEPT PLAN. AFTER THAT WE HAVE OUR PRELIMINARY PLOTS. THIS IS OUR USUALLY THE VERY FIRST PLOT THAT THEY WILL SUBMIT. THIS IS WHERE WE GO THROUGH ALL THE LIKE THE NITTY GRITTY, WE GO THROUGH THE UTILITIES, WE GO THROUGH THE DRAINAGE, WE GO THROUGH THE TRAFFIC, MAKING SURE EVERYTHING IS SET DURING THE PRELIMINARY PLOT STAGE. ONCE A PRELIMINARY PLOT HAS BEEN APPROVED, THEN THEY WILL MOVE ON TO A FINAL PLOT. AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE LAST CHECK THAT WE DO, MAKING SURE THAT THE TITLE REPORT IS CORRECT, THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, ITEMS LIKE THAT. ON TOP OF THOSE, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL RE PLOTS. SO IN ORDER FOR AN APPLICANT TO DO A REPORT, IT MUST ALREADY BE PLOTTED. AND SO BASICALLY THEY'RE JUST DOING A CHANGE TO A SITE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN SUBDIVIDED. AND LASTLY WE HAVE ALSO AN AMENDING PLOT. THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS TYPICALLY SEEN BY YOU ALL BECAUSE WE DO THESE ADMINISTRATIVELY. SO IF THERE'S LIKE A CLERICAL ERROR ON THE PLOT PHASE, LIKE THERE IS A TYPO AND THEY WANT TO CHANGE IT, WE USUALLY TAKE CARE OF THAT ADMINISTRATIVELY, BUT THAT IS AN OPTION OUT THERE. AND SO WHAT DOES THIS APPLICATION PROCESS LOOK LIKE. AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE TWO SUBMITTAL DAYS EVERY SINGLE MONTH. THAT'S BECAUSE PER OR ACTUALLY NOT BECAUSE OF STATE LAW ANYMORE. BUT IN OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, PNC IS REQUIRED TO MAKE A DECISION ON A PLOT APPLICATION WITHIN 30 DAYS. AND SO THAT'S HOW WE SET OUR SUBMITTAL SCHEDULE. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAVE ONE COMING UP TOMORROW FOR OUR APRIL AGENDA. AND SO WE WILL BE RECEIVING APPLICATIONS. ONCE WE RECEIVE THOSE APPLICATIONS THEY GO THROUGH COMPLETENESS CHECK.
AGAIN AS JUSTIN SAID, WE HAVE A WHOLE CHECKLIST MAKING SURE THAT THEY SUBMIT EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED. ONCE WE ENSURE THAT WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING, THEN STAFF DOES THEIR REVIEW AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED. THE UTILITIES ARE IN PLACE. YOU KNOW, THE LOT LINES ARE WHERE THEY NEED TO BE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND THEN BASED OFF OF THAT REVIEW, THAT IS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT IS PROVIDED TO YOU. ALL THAT YOU ALL THEN TAKE ACTION ON, AND THEN THE CYCLE REPEATS ITSELF. AND THEN TO KIND OF GO INTO THE FINAL STAGE OF THIS ACTION PROCESS. WHEN IT COMES TO PLOTS, YOU HAVE THREE OPTIONS THAT STAFF WILL RECOMMEND WILL EITHER RECOMMEND TO APPROVE. SO IF A CONCEPT, PRELIMINARY OR FINAL PLOT GET VOTED TO APPROVE, THEN THEY JUST MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS. IF IT IS RECOMMENDED TO APPROVE A CONDITIONS, THEN THEY MUST COME BACK AND MEET THOSE CONDITIONS BEFORE THEY CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT STEP OF THE PROCESS. SAME THING WITH DISAPPROVALS. IF THEIR APPLICATION IS FOUND MAJORLY LACKING, WILL RECOMMEND DISAPPROVAL, BUT THEY CAN STILL COME BACK AND MEET THOSE CONDITIONS UNLESS WE HAVE ALREADY DONE CONDITIONS AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT MET EVERYTHING AND WE ARE RECOMMENDING DISAPPROVAL, THEN THEY HAVE TO DO THE PROCESS ENTIRELY ALL OVER AGAIN. AND SO THAT IS A HIGH LEVEL REVIEW AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SARAH. OKAY, SO WE'VE STARTED STARTED US OFF TALKING ABOUT THE CITY COUNCIL'S STRATEGIC VISION. AND SO THIS IS JUST TO REINFORCE THE ROLE OF THE COMMISSION AND THE ALIGNMENT OF THE COMMISSION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, WITH THE VISION THAT'S BEING FORMED FROM THAT CITY COUNCIL AS WELL. AND AS YOU'RE CONSIDERING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE UPDATE THAT'S COMING THROUGH, AS WELL AS ZONING CASES, LAND USE MATTERS THAT ARE COMING, THAT COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS REALLY THINKING THROUGH THIS, THIS
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VISION FOR THE CITY AND THE VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CITY. SO EVALUATING THOSE CASES AND TESTING THOSE CASES AGAINST, IS THIS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO PROVIDE HOUSING FOR ALL WITHIN THE CITY? ARE ALL HOUSING, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF PRODUCTS IN THE APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS MET? ARE WE CREATING DESTINATION PLACES? ARE WE USING THE REMAINING LAND THAT WE HAVE LEFT AS OPPORTUNITIES TO ENHANCE INTO A PLACE THOSE LOCATIONS IN APPROPRIATE SPOTS? ARE WE CREATING SPACES THAT WILL HELP TO ATTRACT HELP? THE CITY'S EFFORTS TO RECRUIT AMENITIES THAT ARE CONTINUALLY DESIRED BY RESIDENTS, BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, PROBABLY BY COMMISSIONERS AS WELL, SO THAT THIS IS A FULL SERVICE COMMUNITY SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO OTHER COMMUNITIES, A NEIGHBOR, NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES OR OUTSIDE OF OUR AREA TO MEET THE NEEDS OF LIFE, TO ENTERTAIN, YOU KNOW, OR TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, ENTERTAINMENT OPTIONS, SHOPPING OPTIONS, EATING OPTIONS WITHIN THE CITY. SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO STRESS, YOU KNOW, THE ALIGNMENT OF THE VISION OF THE STRATEGIC VISION OF THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE GOALS AND THE POLICY OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WE BRING THOSE CASES FORWARD AND AS THOSE OPPORTUNITIES COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION FOR DECISIONS. OKAY. I WANT TO KIND OF GIVE JUST WAS THERE A QUESTION ONE, CAN I GIVE A GENERAL OVERVIEW ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN? AND SO AGAIN, THERE'S SOME ELEMENTS OF THIS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR BINDERS, BUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE'VE HAD ITERATIONS OF IT FOR MANY DECADES NOW. AND AS HAS BEEN ALLUDED TO, THE CURRENT PLAN THAT WE HAVE WAS ADOPTED IN 2017. SO THAT WAS OVER SIX YEARS AGO. AND SO WE HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH A PROCESS FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF, TWO YEARS TO REEXAMINE THE GOALS, THE POLICIES AND THE DIRECTION OF THAT PLAN TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT IT'S STILL RELEVANT AND WHAT AMENDMENTS ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO MOVE THE CITY IN THE DIRECTION THAT HAS BEEN EXPRESSED. AND SO THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN PROCESS IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY. WHAT THIS ALSO EMPHASIZES IS THERE ARE OTHER CITY PLANS THAT PLAY INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS LIKE OUR UMBRELLA GUIDE OF WHERE THE CITY IS GOING IN THE FUTURE. AND THEN ALL OF THOSE OTHER PLANS ARE ELEMENTS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO HELP US GET THERE. A KEY ELEMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS THE PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT. PUBLIC INPUT. IN ADDITION TO THE AUTHORITY OF THIS COMMISSION TO RECEIVE AND TO PRESENT THOSE AMENDMENTS, EVALUATE THOSE AMENDMENTS TO MAKE RECOMMENDED CHANGES TO THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OKAY. SO THE 2017 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IDENTIFIED AND FOCUSED ON FOUR KEY COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, REDEVELOPMENT CORRIDORS ALONG OUR TEXAS PARKWAY CORRIDOR, OUR CARTWRIGHT ROAD CORRIDOR, OUR 1092 CORRIDOR, AS WELL AS OUR FORT BEND PARKWAY CORRIDOR AS AN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY. AND SO THE CURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN LOOKED AT IT FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STANDPOINT, FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT, AND IDENTIFIED STRATEGIES THAT COULD HELP TO MARKET AND MOVE THOSE CORRIDORS TOWARDS THE VISION THAT THE CITY HAS. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY HAS A POLICY ASSOCIATED WITH IT WITHIN THE CITY, AND THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR THE CITY. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN IS DEFINED IN CHARACTERS, AND THE CHARACTERS CORRELATE WITH HOW A PROPERTY SHOULD DEVELOP. SO WHETHER OR NOT YOU KNOW IT SHOULD DEVELOP IN A SUBURBAN TYPE SETTING, WHICH MEANS THAT BUILDINGS ARE SET BACK, YOU KNOW, FARTHER FROM A STREET, THERE'S MORE GREEN SPACE BETWEEN A BUILDING AND THE ROAD. IT'S NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE TO WALKING AND PEDESTRIANS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO THE CHARACTER DISTRICTS REALLY KIND OF DEFINE THE POLICY AND PLACEMENT OF THOSE TYPES OF LAYOUTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. WITH THE PLAN LOOKING AT THOSE FOUR KEY CORRIDORS, THE CURRENT GOALS IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ARE IDENTIFIED IN THAT 2017 PLAN. AGAIN, AROUND SURROUNDING THOSE FOUR KEY CORRIDORS AND THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT THE CITY HAS TO DEVELOP AND MOVE FORWARD. SO LOOKING AT STRATEGIES TO MAKE THE CITY MORE CONNECTED, THERE'S CONTINUOUS CONVERSATION IN TERMS OF A NORTH AND A SOUTH. YOU KNOW, THAT'S EVIDENT FROM THE THE LAYOUT OF OUR CITY[00:35:05]
WHERE WE'RE LINEAR AND THERE'S CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, PARTS THAT HAVE MATURED FASTER THAN OTHERS OR, YOU KNOW, HAVE DEVELOPED FASTER THAN OTHERS. AND SO LOOKING AT WAYS THAT WE CAN REALLY CREATE THROUGH LAND USE, THROUGH ZONING, THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, A MORE COHESIVE CITY, MOVING BEYOND THE BEDROOM COMMUNITY. SO A LOT OF WHAT YOU ALL SEE AND KIND OF GOING INTO THE STRATEGIC VISION FOR THE CITY IS A CITY THAT'S MOVING FROM A VISION OF WANTING TO BE A BEDROOM COMMUNITY WHERE YOU LIVED IN THIS AREA, BUT YOU WORKED IN ANOTHER PART OF THE REGION. YOU KNOW, MAYBE IN OUR LARGER NEIGHBOR, HOUSTON, YOU KNOW, TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST.BUT YOU LEFT MISSOURI CITY'S LIMITS, YOU KNOW, TO WORK OR, YOU KNOW, TO ENTERTAIN OR TO DO OTHER THINGS. AND YOU JUST REMAINED IN MISSOURI CITY, YOU KNOW, FOR, YOU KNOW, FOR HOME AND LEISURE. SO WE'RE MOVING FROM THAT PERCEPTION AND THAT VISION OF THE CITY TO A MORE WELL-ROUNDED, MORE FULL SERVICE CITY. AND SO THOSE ARE REFLECTED AND SHOULD BE REFLECTED IN YOUR GOALS AND POLICY OF YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. OKAY. SOME OF THE RELATED PLANS INCLUDE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT HAS A LAYOUT OF NEW STREETS AND EXISTING STREETS, TYPES OF STREETS, WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNED FOR THROUGHOUT THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF VINCENZO WANTS TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AT THIS POINT.
SURE. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY TAKING A LOOK AT THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN TO UPDATE THAT, AND WE WILL BE IN THE UPCOMING MEETINGS, BRINGING IT TO PNC FOR CONSIDERATION. OKAY.
OTHER RELATED PLANS INCLUDES THE PARKS MASTER PLAN AND THE TEXAS PARKWAY CARTWRIGHT ROAD REDEVELOPMENT PLAN. AND THERE'S OTHER PLANS THAT ARE ALSO ASSOCIATED, BUT THESE ARE SOME OF THE MAJOR ONES THAT TIE INTO THE OVERALL POLICY AND GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE UPDATE PROCESS. AND I KNOW OUR EXISTING COMMISSIONERS ARE WAITING FOR THAT. THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COME BACK FORWARD FOR OUR TWO NEW COMMISSIONERS, YOU HAVE A LOT TO GET UP TO SPEED ON. AND SO, AS I MENTIONED IN THE BEGINNING.
INCLUDED AT YOUR STATIONS ARE BINDERS. THAT HAS WHAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED SO FAR ON THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE. AND SO ONE OF THE KEY ANGLES OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE IS WE TOOK THOSE FOUR KEY CORRIDORS, YOU KNOW, KEY ENTRYWAY, HIGH TRAFFIC, HIGH, HIGHLY VISIBLE, VERY IMPORTANT CORRIDORS TO OUR CITY AND ADDED SIX MORE. SO THE FOCUS OF THAT WAS POLICY AND GUIDANCE SURROUNDING THESE KEY AREAS OF THE CITY THAT MAY BE IN NEED OF REINVESTMENT, REDEVELOPMENT, OR THAT WE HAVE HIGH INTEREST FOR DEVELOPMENT, OR THAT ARE JUST SITUATED IN AREAS WHERE ARE OPPORTUNE TO LOCATE SOME OF THE DESIRED USES THAT THE CITY IS DISCUSSING. SO THESE ARE THE CORRIDORS THAT ARE PART OF THAT UPDATE PROCESS. WHAT IS CLEAR FROM THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN PRESENTED IS THAT WE NEED TO AMEND AND RESHIFT KIND OF OUR OUTLOOK ON OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, AS WE KNOW THAT WE ARE MOVING TOWARDS BUILDOUT OF AVAILABLE NEW LAND FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION. YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT FOR THE COMMISSION, YOU ALL KNOW YOU'VE SEEN THE GROWTH IN THE CITY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES, LAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND SO THAT NEW LAND THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED AT THIS RATE, WE'RE COMING TO THE END OF THAT ABILITY WITHIN THE CITY. THAT DOESN'T MEAN DEVELOPMENT STOP. THAT DOESN'T MEAN GROWTH STOPS. IT JUST TAKES A DIFFERENT FORM. AND SO YOUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS REALLY YOUR GUIDE TO HELP GUIDE WHERE THOSE INVESTMENTS SHOULD BE MADE AND WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THE CITY IN TERMS OF GROWTH FOR THE FUTURE. SO WE'LL BE LOOKING AT RECOMMENDATIONS SURROUNDING AMENDMENTS TO THAT FUTURE LAND USE PLAN. THE CORRELATION OF THE TOOLS THAT YOU USE TO GET TO YOUR VISION. SO YOUR ZONING, YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE, YOUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, OUR TOOLS TO BE ABLE TO IMPLEMENT THE VISION OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
AND SO ZONING IN A NUTSHELL, EVERY PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY HAS A ZONING DISTRICT.
THERE'S NO PROPERTY INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS THAT DOES NOT HAVE AN ASSOCIATED ZONING DISTRICT.
AND SO ZONING IS ONE OF OUR HOT TOPICS RIGHT NOW. A LOT OF THE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN, AND I MIGHT HAVE ALREADY PASSED THAT THAT MAP. THE CITY ADOPTED INITIAL ZONING IN 1981,
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ESTABLISHED INITIAL ZONING IN 1981. IT'S BEEN AMENDED, YOU KNOW, FROM TIME TO TIME THROUGHOUT THOSE YEARS. BUT THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES OUT THERE THAT HAVE BEEN ZONED THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE BEEN ZONED SINCE THE ORIGINAL ZONING OR SINCE IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY. SO WHAT BECOMES BEFORE THE CITY OR WHAT COMES BEFORE THE COMMISSION IS EVALUATING ONE THE STRATEGIC VISION OF THE CITY, THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ITS POLICIES, ITS GOALS, AND WHAT THE APPROPRIATE ZONING SHOULD BE, OR EVEN THE ORGANIZATION OF OUR ZONING, BECAUSE THAT'S A CONVERSATION IS GOING ON RIGHT NOW IN SOME OF OUR ZONING DISTRICTS, ARE THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN SOME OF THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS APPROPRIATE? DO YOU KNOW, SHOULD WE CONSIDER ADDITIONAL STANDARDS WHEN SITUATING CERTAIN USES, WHETHER THEY'RE CLOSE TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS, WHETHER THEY'RE CLOSE TO, YOU KNOW, OTHER SENSITIVE LOCATIONS, MAKING SURE THAT LAND USE IN THE CITY MAKES SENSE. SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES THAT YOU ALL WILL CONTINUE TO DISCUSS AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS ON AND THAT WILL, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH GUIDANCE AS WE CAN AS WE MAKE THOSE DECISIONS.OKAY? OKAY. VERY QUICKLY, BECAUSE WE'RE RUNNING UP ON TIME AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DONE 15 MINUTES AGO. SO VERY QUICKLY, THE SUBDIVISION, THIS IS THE NONDISCRETIONARY PART. I WON'T BELABOR, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE CODES, BUT CHAPTER 82 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, THERE'S A PLANNING MANUAL. WHEN YOU SEE PARKLAND. PARKLAND IS PART OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WHEN RESIDENTIAL PLATS COME BEFORE YOU, THERE'S A PARKLAND COMPONENT THAT GOES BEFORE THE PARKS BOARD AND IT COMES BEFORE THIS BODY AND THEN GOES BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. ALL OF THOSE RULES AND POLICY ARE OUTLINED WITHIN OUR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE. SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO BRING THAT INFORMATION FORWARD. BUT THE STRUCTURE OF THAT IS FOUND IN THOSE SECTIONS. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO KIND OF ORIENT BECAUSE THIS KIND OF GETS LOST. THIS IS KIND OF THE, YOU KNOW, JUST NON PROBABLY NOT THE MOST EXCITING PART OF YOUR AGENDAS IS YOU SEE A SERIES OF PLATS AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, APPROVAL CONDITIONS OR DISAPPROVAL. YOU ALL RECEIVED THE REPORT AND GO ON. THERE'S A STORY I MENTIONED IN THE PROCESS. THERE'S A LOT OF KIND OF REVIEW PROCESSES THAT GO IN WITH THESE PLOTS.
THESE PLOTS ARE EVALUATED BY A STAFF TEAM, AND THE FORM OF THE PLAT HAS TO BE IN A CERTAIN FORM BASED ON THE TYPE OF PLAT IT IS. AND SO WITH THAT, WHAT YOU SEE IS KIND OF THE LAYOUT OF THAT, THE FORM THAT'S REQUIRED, YOU KNOW, BY THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE, BY THE CODE OF ORDINANCES. AND WHAT THE PLAT IS DOING IS IT'S CREATING PROPERTY LINES, IT'S ESTABLISHING EASEMENTS OR CONTINUING EASEMENTS FOR THE PROVISION OF UTILITIES. IT'S LAYING OUT RIGHT OF WAY FOR STREETS OR, YOU KNOW, FOR PUBLIC ACCESS OR MAKING RESERVATIONS OF LAND FOR UTILITY PURPOSES, WHETHER IT BE DRAINAGE, OPEN SPACE, PARK LAND.
IT'S IDENTIFYING WHERE THOSE THOSE AREAS ARE LOCATED ON A PROPERTY. AND THIS RUNS WITH THE PROPERTY. WHEN THIS IS APPROVED AND SIGNED OFF ON BY THE COMMISSION, THIS IS RECORDED INTO THE REAL PROPERTY RECORDS. SO IT IS A OFFICIAL DOCUMENT UNTIL IT'S REPLATTED OR AMENDED. THIS IS THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT THAT DEFINES THE USE OF THAT LAND. OKAY.
OKAY. I'M LET VINCENZO GIVE YOU HIS HIGH LEVEL ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS. YEAH.
REAL QUICKLY. SO ON OUR INFRASTRUCTURE STANDARDS, THESE ARE THE RULES AND CODE IN SECTION OF THE CODE THAT GUIDES ENGINEERING. WHEN WE REVIEW PLATS OR REVIEW PERMITS. SO CHAPTER 46 DEALS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURES AND MORE IN THE MORE DETAIL IS OUR INFRASTRUCTURE DESIGN MANUAL. AND THEN ALSO CHAPTER 86, WHICH DEALS WITH PRIVATE UTILITIES.
THANK YOU. OKAY. AND THEN WE ARE ALMOST AT THE END HERE, BUT SO WE GAVE YOU A LOT OF RESOURCES IN TERMS OF THE STATE CODE, CITY CODE, CITY CHARTER, AND KIND OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMISSION. WE ALSO DO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SO AS COMMISSIONERS, YOU ARE ALL MEMBERS OF THE PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION. THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD MATERIAL IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, HOW TO BE A COMMISSIONER.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO AS A COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS JUST INFORMATION ON PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE, NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS, BUT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. SO YOU WILL GET INFORMATION ON THAT. THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN PART OF THE COMMISSION, YOU ARE ALL PART OF THAT ORGANIZATION AS WELL. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. SO THERE'S PLENTY OF READING MATERIAL IN YOUR SPARE
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TIME, YOU KNOW, FOR YOU TO GO THROUGH. DO NOT FEEL IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, PLEASE REACH OUT, LET US KNOW AND THEN WE CAN DISTRIBUTE RESPONSES TO THAT ACCORDINGLY. SO WITH THAT, I AM GOING TO NOW INTRODUCE THE CITY MANAGER, ANGEL JONES. SO I JUST WANTED TO JUST DROP IN AND SAY TO THE NEW MEMBERS, HELLO TO THE RETURNING MEMBERS. I HOPE YOU GOT SOMETHING OUT OF THIS, EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE RETURNING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU GOING FORWARD. SO DID EVERYONE GET A GOOD INTRODUCTION? DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR QUESTIONS WERE ANSWERED AND ALL OF THAT? BECAUSE IF NOT, YOU'LL HAVE TO GET REMEDIAL TRAINING FROM ME. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT WON'T BE HALF AS PRODUCTIVE AS THIS. BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OPEN IT UP FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL TURN IT BACK OVER TO THE SECRETARY. ANY QUESTIONS? I DON'T. OKAY. WELL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO JENNIFER AND THE REST OF THE STAFF FOR A VERY INFORMATIVE ORIENTATION. AND WITH THAT, JUST NEED A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. OPPOSED?* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.