Jul 27, 2026 City Council & Planning and Zoning Commission Joint Meeting

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MONDAY, JULY 27TH, 2026. WE'LL NOW CALL THE CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JOINT MEETING TO ORDER AT 6 P.M. AT NUMBER TWO IS A ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL QUORUM. I GO AHEAD AND CERTIFY THAT WE HAVE A QUORUM OF CITY COUNCIL. CHAIRMAN, CAN YOU VERIFY THE QUORUM OF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION? I CERTIFY WE HAVE A QUORUM OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS. WELL, THAT WAS A QUORUM. ITEM NUMBER FOUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. CITY SECRETARY, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT REQUEST TO FOR ANY ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE DO NOT DO NOT. OKAY. FIVE IS CONSENT. AGENDA

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YES. MAYOR. PRO TEM KLAUSER. YES. MEMBER. BROWN. MARSHALL. YES. MEMBER. THOMPSON. YES.

COMMISSIONER. PEARSON. YES. COMMISSIONER. ARMSTRONG. YES. COMMISSIONER. SULLOWAY. YES.

COMMISSIONER. YES. COMMISSIONER. ATWOOD. ATWOOD. I'M SORRY. YES. COMMISSIONER BOLDEN. YES. THE

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CITY COUNCIL AND JOINED PNC MEETING IS BACK INTO THE INTO THE JOINT MEETING. WE'LL TAKE

[a. Public Hearing - To receive a presentation on possible amendments to e...]

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[a. Receive a Presentation and Hold a Discussion - Planned Development Dis...]

GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS. AND CHAIR, I WILL BE PRESENTING ON ITEM SIX A, WHICH IS. TO RECEIVE A PRESENTATION ON THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO TONIGHT, STAFF IS SEEKING POLICY GUIDANCE ON AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY USES FROM UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES. AND I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT IT'S FROM UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES AND ANY ADDITIONAL POLICY CONSIDERATIONS STAFF SHOULD EVALUATE BEFORE SCHEDULING PUBLIC HEARINGS AGAIN. IN THIS JOINT MEETING, NO ACTION IS REQUESTED AT THIS TIME. ANY PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THESE PLANNED DISTRICT ORDINANCE WOULD REQUIRE THE STANDARD PUBLIC HEARING AND THE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT PROCESS. SO THIS IS JUST FOR DISCUSSION AND ANY KIND OF POLICY GUIDANCE FROM THIS BODY UNDER CURRENT REGULATIONS, PLACES OF ASSEMBLY IS GOVERNED UNDER SECTION 15 OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. PLACES OF ASSEMBLY PERTAINS TO FACILITIES USED FOR EDUCATIONAL, CULTURAL, RELIGIOUS, RECREATIONAL, CIVIC, SOCIAL, FRATERNAL AND SIMILAR ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITIES UNDER PLACE OF ASSEMBLY. CURRENTLY, ALL THESE USES ARE ALLOWED. WHEN A ZONING DISTRICT PERMITS A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, IT GENERALLY ALLOWS A VARIETY OF ASSEMBLY USES WITHIN THAT LAND USE CATEGORY, WHICH I JUST MENTIONED. SO EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS. THERE ARE CURRENTLY A NUMBER OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICTS AND SUPS. WE CURRENTLY HAVE 118 PDS THAT THIS BODY HAS PASSED, PASSED THE ORDINANCE AND PER STAFF RESEARCH, THERE ARE ABOUT SEVEN PDS WHERE. PLACES OF ASSEMBLY ARE ALLOWED. IN TERMS OF SUPS, WE HAVE 220 APPROVED AND THERE ARE 61 ACTIVE SUPS. AND I ALSO HEAR THAT THERE ARE SEVEN SUPS WHERE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY ARE ALLOWED. NOW WHAT ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF HAVING THESE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY WITHIN THIS PLANT IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS AND SUPS THE PROS ARE OR MAKING IT RESTRICTIVE IN TERMS OF REQUIRING A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. THIS BODY WILL GET THE OPTION TO SEE IF THE PROPOSED USE IS IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. LAND USE, VISION AND REDEVELOPMENT GOALS, AND THIS WILL FOCUS ON ONLY UNDEVELOPED PROPERTIES. IT WILL GIVE US GREATER CERTAINTY REGARDING FUTURE LAND USE EXPECTATIONS IN TARGETED AREAS, AND FACILITATES NECESSARY UPDATES TO EXISTING PDS AND SUPS. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF IT, IF WE WANT TO REMOVE PLACES OF ASSEMBLY POTENTIALLY FROM THIS PDS AND SUPS, YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS. THERE IS SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. THERE COULD BE POTENTIAL OBJECTION BY PROPERTY OWNERS. THEY MAY CLAIM THAT THEY HAVE THE VESTED RIGHTS, AND IT WOULD ALSO REQUIRE A LOT OF STAFF EVALUATION IN TERMS OF GOING THROUGH EACH AND EVERY PD AND SUP TO SEE WHICH ONE WE CAN ALLOW THIS PLACE OF ASSEMBLY USE. SO THOSE ARE THE PROS AND CONS OF GOING THROUGH THIS PD AMENDMENT PROCESS. SO THE EXISTING ENTITLEMENTS WE HAVE VARIOUS PDS AND SUPS IN DIFFERENT PROCESS. SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN CONSTRUCTED. SOME ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. SOME ARE GOING THROUGH THE PREDEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SOME HAVE BEEN SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN PLANTED. SOME OF THEM ARE IN THE PERMIT REVIEW PROCESS AND SOME HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEVELOPED. I THINK OUR FOCUS IS ON PROPERTIES THAT HAVE NOT YET BEEN DEVELOPED. SO AGAIN,

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SO. GO BACK TO IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT PRESENTATION AND AND THAT NOT, NOT NOT THAT.

YEAH. ONE MORE. NO, THAT WAS IT. IT'S ALRIGHT. THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT SHOWED. IF IT'S GONE THROUGH THE PREDEVELOPMENT. WHERE IS THAT SLIDE THERE. IT SHOWS ALL THE. YEAH. RIGHT. NO THE CHECK MARKS THE PRO. YEAH. NO THE CHECK MARKS OF. THERE IT IS. SO UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

PREDEVELOPMENT REVIEW. PLATTED PERMITTED. IF THEY CAME BEFORE AND THEY PUT UP AN APPLICATION, BUT THEY HAVEN'T DONE NOTHING WITH IT FOR SIX MONTHS. EIGHT MONTHS. I KNOW WE WERE LOOKING AT A RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTIONS ARE NOT DONE AND WE WERE FOLLOWING THE STATE LAW FOR THAT. SO IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO OR JUST A MATTER OF THE FACT THAT THIS MIGHT BE FOR YOU AS WELL? IF THEY CAME, THEY SAID THEY WANTED TO HAVE A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY EVENT CENTER, AND IT'S GONE THROUGH PRE-DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, BUT NOTHING SINCE THEN HAS MOVED FORWARD. IS THERE A TIME CAP ON BEFORE THEY MOVE FORWARD? ONCE THIS NOW IS REQUIRING FOR SUP TO BE PLACED IN, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO. IF HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING, WILL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND THEN FILE FOR AN S P OR NOT. SO THIS WOULD APPLY TO NEW APPLICATIONS. SO IF THERE IS CURRENTLY A PENDING APPLICATION FOR A PROJECT THAT COULD BE A PLAT, THAT COULD BE BUILDING PERMIT OR SOME OTHER TYPE OF PERMIT, THEN THE RULES THAT WERE IN PLACE AT THE TIME THAT APPLICATION WAS FILED WOULD APPLY TO THE PROJECT. SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. BUT IF THERE IS A NEW APPLICATION, IF YOU ALL DECIDE TO DO THIS AND THERE IS A NEW APPLICATION FOR SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT, A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY DEVELOPMENT, THEN THAT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS. OKAY. WITH THAT BEING SAID, IF THEY IF THEY GO THROUGH P AND Z, RIGHT, PNC COULD ALWAYS PUT THAT INTO A PD, CORRECT. IF IF IT WAS ALREADY EXISTING. CORRECT. SURE. SO IF THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING IF THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING USE APPLICATION FOR APPLICATION, THEN THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THEM. THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THAT. BUT THEN THEY WOULD THEY COULD ALWAYS FORCE IT INTO A TO A PD TO HAVE CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE WANT ANYWAY. CERTAINLY. YES. SO THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THAT, ANY OF THE SEVEN PLOTS THAT THAT YOUR OFFICE IS SEEING TODAY THAT IS JUST SITS THERE WITH THE GENERAL PLACE OF ASSEMBLY IS THAT'S THE ONE THAT'S MAKING IT REQUIRED FOR AN SUP, CORRECT.

SO IF THERE'S A PLOT APPLICATION, THEN THIS WOULD NOT APPLY TO THAT. IF IT WERE IF THIS WERE PASSED. HOWEVER IF THERE IS A A NEW APPLICATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO YIELD BACK RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER RAMOS. THANK YOU. SHASHI ON AND POSSIBLY EVEN E JOYCE IN TERMS OF OUR ORDINANCE THAT SETS THE PLACE OF ASSEMBLY, I BELIEVE I SAW THAT ON SLIDE.

IT'S THE ONE WHERE IT SAYS CURRENT REGULATIONS PLACE OF ASSEMBLY SECTION 15 ZONING ORDINANCE IS THIS ARE THESE OUR DEFINITIONS OR IS THIS ARE THESE DEFINITIONS ALLOWED BY STATE AND SET BY THE STATE? THIS THESE ARE CITY DESCRIPTIONS OF PLACES OF ASSEMBLY. OKAY. CITY DESCRIPTIONS. YES. OKAY. DOES THE STATE PROVIDE FOR ANY TYPE OF. DESCRIPTION OF WHAT PLACES OF ASSEMBLIES ARE. THERE AREN'T ANY REQUIRED ZONING DEFINITIONS BY THE STATE FOR PLACES OF ASSEMBLY. OKAY. AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION TAGGED ON TO THIS PORTION. SHASHI, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER WITH REGARDS TO THE PROS AND CONS OF OF MAKING A CHANGE, YOU STATED THAT MAKING A CHANGE OR DOING SOMETHING TOTALLY DIFFERENT WITH THIS

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AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS, WHILE WE CONSIDER THIS, IF THERE IS A WAY TO PLACE TIME CAPS, AS YOU STATED ON THESE CERTAIN SUPS GIVING THEM A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME TO DEVELOP, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE ANSWER, OR WE CAN DO THE RESEARCH AND COME BACK ON THAT ONE. CERTAINLY THE CITY WOULD IF. AND THE CITY HAS IN CERTAIN ORDINANCES, PLACED TIME CAPS FOR OR TIMELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULES. SO THE CITY COULD DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN TERMS OF HAVING A DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE, BECAUSE THEY ARE IN ZONING ORDINANCES. WE WOULD STILL, OF COURSE, HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS IF THERE WAS A DESIRE TO CHANGE THE USES THAT ARE AUTHORIZED BY EACH DOCUMENT.

BUT YES, IF THAT WAS THE DESIRE OF COUNCIL TO LIMIT PLACES OF ASSEMBLY USES TO, I DON'T KNOW, TWO YEARS OR FIVE YEARS, WHATEVER. AND THE ONLY REASON WHY I'M SUGGESTING THAT, SO THAT I CAN BE VERY CLEAR, IS TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO KEEP UP WITH DEVELOPMENT.

DEVELOPMENT IS ALMOST TO ME LIKE TECHNOLOGY, IT MOVES SO FAST. AND SO IF WE DON'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND MAKE A DETERMINATION ON, HEY, IS THIS STILL A GREAT FIT FOR THIS LAND, THEN WE MAY HAVE SOME MISSED OPPORTUNITIES THERE. SO THAT'S DEFINITELY MY RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO IN SOME OF THESE PDS, I'M NOT SURE THAT IT SPECIFIES IT'S VERY SPECIFIC THAT IT'S A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY. IT MIGHT SAY THAT WE WANTED A CINEMA OR IT MIGHT SAY THAT WE WANTED SOMETHING ELSE. RIGHT. SO IS IT EXPLICIT THAT IT'S AN ASSEMBLY? IT IS NOT EXPLICIT IN ALL OF THEM. OKAY. OKAY. SO THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE IDEA HERE IS THAT WE, WE PULL IT OUT SO THAT WE CAN CONTROL MORE BROADLY. WE MIGHT NOT NEED A CINEMA ANYMORE. LIKE COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL JUST SAID THAT WE CAN SHIFT GEARS AND LOOK AT IT THROUGH THE LENS OF A PD VERSUS JUST WHATEVER IT'S, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY DESIGNATED. IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. SO.

WE DO HAVE THROUGHOUT THE CITY LITTLE PIECES OF LAND THAT ARE STRICTLY ZONED AS SCHOOL OR EDUCATIONAL OR RELIGIOUS. AM I CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THEY'RE NOT THIS THIS IS SEPARATE FROM WE HAVE SOME SPECIFIC ZONING AND THEN WE HAVE THESE. SO THOSE THAT ARE PULLING. AND I BELIEVE SHASHI HAS A SLIDE UP. THERE ARE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ZONED FOR EDUCATIONAL PLACES OF ASSEMBLY. OKAY. SO THOSE WOULD ALSO BE UNDER REVIEW AS WELL. OKAY. SO IF THEY ARE SPECIFICALLY ZONED I'M GOING TO USE PARKS EDGE FOR AN EXAMPLE. THE FORT BEND ISD OWNS SOME PROPERTY IN THERE. AND WE KNOW THAT IT WE PROBABLY DON'T NEED ANY MORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN THE AREA ANYMORE. THEY'RE SHIFTING THEIR THOUGHT. SO IT'S THAT TYPE OF PROPERTY, SOMETHING THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT UNDER THIS SAME REGULATION. YES, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY. OKAY. ORDINANCE. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

MAYOR PRO TEM, ANYONE FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? SO I PLACE MYSELF BACK ON AGAIN. SO JUST SO THAT TIME CAPS GOES BACK TO THE PROPERTY OF SCHOOLS, BECAUSE I KNOW WHAT HAPPENED IS

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OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. OKAY. WE'RE GOING TO GO TO ITEM SIX B. I READ THAT,

[b. Public Hearing - To receive public comments for or against a request b...]

STAFF HAS MET THE PUBLIC NOTICE REQUIREMENTS AND WE HAVE RECEIVED ZERO LETTERS OF SUPPORT OR PROTEST, AND STAFF WILL NOT BE PROVIDING A RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING AS THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING ITEM ONLY. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU. ANY ANY MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. ALL RIGHT. ANY MEMBERS OF. ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS A QUICK ONE. ITEM SIX C IS A PUBLIC HEARING

[c. Public Hearing - To receive a presentation on Planned Development Dist...]

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THIS PUBLIC HEARING FOR ITEM SIX. C CITY SECRETARY, HAVE YOU RECEIVED ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE NOT. OKAY. IF THERE'S NO FURTHER, THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE PUBLIC HEARING. SIX C AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION. SO RECOGNIZING SHASHI KUMAR, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER GOOD EVENING. AGAIN.

I'M HERE TO PRESENT ON PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT NUMBER 96. JUST TO ORIENT YOU, THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LAKE OLYMPIA PARKWAY AND FORT BEND TOLL ROAD. AS YOU ALL KNOW, THIS IS A KEY GATEWAY CORRIDOR TO THE CITY, AND I THINK IT PRESENTS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL. THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. JOEL SCOTT, WHO'S HERE, ONE OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WHO'S HERE, CONTINUES TO ADVANCE LONG TERM PLANNING FOR THE AREA. THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS REQUESTED TO SHARE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND A CONCEPT PLAN WITH THIS BODY. AND THIS DISCUSSION IS FOCUSED ON JUST LONG TERM PLANS AND CONCEPTS ONLY. NO ACTION IS REQUESTED. AND THIS IS AGAIN FOR DISCUSSION ONLY TODAY. PD 96 IS APPROXIMATELY 115 ACRES OF LAND, WHICH IS DEPICTED IN THAT EXHIBIT THERE. IT'S ADJACENT TO PARK SIZE ON THE NORTH OLYMPIA ESTATES AND DRY CREEK VILLAGE ON THE SOUTH. AGAIN, A SIGNIFICANT GATEWAY AND ENTRY POINT TO THE CITY AND PRESENTS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

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THE PROPOSED CONCEPT PLAN, WHAT THE DEVELOPER HAS SHARED WITH US, WHICH IS YOU CAN SEE TO THE RIGHT THERE, THEY WANT TO BUILD MEDICAL CAMPUS OR AN HOSPITAL SITE, AN EVENT CENTER, A HOTEL SUPPORTING PARKING, COMMERCIAL SERVICES AND COMPLIMENTARY AMENITIES. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A CONCEPT PLAN. THINGS CAN CHANGE BETWEEN NOW AND WHEN THE APPLICATION IS ACTUALLY MADE.

SO WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY AND WHAT'S THE NEXT STEP? SO AT THIS POINT, THE APPLICANT OR THE DEVELOPER HAS NOT GIVEN A FORMAL APPLICATION TO THE CITY. ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WILL HAVE TO FOLLOW THE NORMAL PROCESS, WHICH IS TO COME BEFORE PLANNING AND ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL. AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE AND I BELIEVE THAT'S MR. JOEL SCOTT AND TIM GREGORY. IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. I THINK HE WANTS TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT I ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT WHAT THIS PROPOSED CONCEPT IS AND WHAT THE FUTURE PLANS ARE. WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO WELCOME JOEL SCOTT TO THE PODIUM. YES, SIR. YOU CAN BE THERE. ALTHOUGH WHICH SIDE OF THE BASE HERE? YEAH, I CAN WE CAN USE THAT TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE. OH, OKAY. OKAY. WELL THANK YOU MAYOR, COUNCIL PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION AND CHAIR FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, BUT NOT. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. I WAS A YOUNG MAN WHEN I STARTED ON THIS PROJECT BACK IN 2012. AND ARE YOU SAYING YOU'RE OLD NOW? YEAH, RIGHT. BUT THIS IS PARKWAY CROSSING ORIGINAL. JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND. THE ORIGINAL ACQUISITION HERE. AND THERE MAY BE ANOTHER EXHIBIT THAT THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS ALL OF THAT. BUT THE OH, I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY. SORRY. HERE WE GO. YEAH. BRING ME BACK UP HERE. SO JUST THEY WERE HANDED OUT TO THE RIGHT. NOW THERE WE GO. THAT THAT'S IT.

YEAH. AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A PERSPECTIVE ANYWAY. WE ACQUIRED ABOUT 465 ACRES OF LAND HERE BACK IN 2015 AND WHICH IS BASICALLY WHAT YOU SEE THERE. WE DIVIDE IT UP INTO TWO PDS ONES, PD 95, WHICH WE CREATED FOR PARK'S EDGE AND ALSO PD 96, WHICH WAS FOR ALL THE MIXED USE LAND WE HAVE THAT SASHI MENTIONED EARLIER. SO THERE'S ABOUT 115 ACRES OR SO IN THAT.

AND SINCE THEN, I MEAN, WE HAD SOME JOINT DEVELOPMENT AND D.R. HORTON ENDED UP WITH IT. WE HAD JOINT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS AND SOME COST SHARING AGREEMENTS AND THAT SORT OF STUFF, AND CREATED A DISTRICT AND DID ALL THE PARK'S EDGE DEVELOPMENT. IT WENT VERY WELL FOR THEM. SO THEY DID THE RESIDENTIAL. WE SOLD ABOUT 352 ACRES TO THEM AND ESSENTIALLY

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WHAT YOU SEE IN PURPLE THERE ON THAT EXHIBIT IS. YEAH, THAT'S IT. THAT ONE. YEAH. THAT'S FINE.

OH THAT'S OKAY. THERE'S TWO VERSIONS HERE, BUT THE PURPLE THERE. THANK YOU. THE PURPLE THERE IS A HOTEL AND EVENT CENTER. AND THE KEY THERE. OFTENTIMES THESE BECOME PRIVATE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS WHERE THERE'S BEEN A FEW EXAMPLES OF THAT RECENTLY.

CONROE'S DONE ONE. KATY'S DONE ONE BAYTOWN'S DONE. AND BEAUMONT HAS ALL FOR THE SAME COLLECTIVE PURPOSE IS TO CREATE A, A, A EVENT CENTER THAT CAN HOST A BIG GROUP OF PEOPLE WHERE YOU'RE NOT LOSING YOUR BUSINESS IN SALES TAX AND HOT TAX AND ALL THAT TO HOUSTON OR SUGARLAND OR WHEREVER, WHEREVER THEY'RE GOING INSTEAD. AND SO THAT'S BUT THE KEY IS TO FIND THE RIGHT OPERATOR FOR IT. AND WE HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. WE HOPE THAT WILL HAPPEN ON THAT COMPONENT. OTHERWISE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT OF A SUCCESSFUL MIXED USE PROJECT AND SOME RETAIL. AND THE BLUE IS THE REMAINING AND THE BLUE IS THE HEALTH CARE ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT. WITH ME HERE IS TIM GREGORY, WHO TIM IS THE HEAD LEADER OF THE JLL HEALTH CARE TEAM, THE REAL ESTATE SERVICES TEAM AT JLL. AND PRIOR TO THAT, HE WAS AT TRANSWESTERN AND STARTED THEIR HEALTH CARE GROUP, TOO. BUT HE'S WE'VE ENGAGED FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS

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JOEL, IT'S A PLEASURE TO BE HERE. AND JOEL DOESN'T HAVE TO CONVINCE ME ANY LONGER THAT THIS IS A PREMIER SITE. AND, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST, I GUESS THREE YEARS AGO, I SAID, JOEL, THIS CHECKS MISSOURI CITY AND THE DEMAND AS FAR AS JUST THE POPULATION, IT CHECKS ALL THE BOXES TO GET SOME EITHER, YOU KNOW, NATIONAL OR LOCAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS HERE AT THIS SITE. AND THE KEY FROM, YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO HAS BEEN ACCESS WITH THE ACCESS THAT JOEL SPOKE TO EARLIER. AND I'M THINKING THAT WINDOWS ABOUT TWO YEARS, TWO YEARS TO HAVE THAT COMPLETED AS FAR AS THE OFF RAMP AND THE BRIDGE OVER TO OVER THE BRAZOS, I THINK THAT WILL MAKE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THIS SITE. AND SOMEONE USED THE WORD GATEWAY. I DO BELIEVE THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT GATEWAY TO MISSOURI CITY, AND IT REMINDS ME OF THE INTERSECTION OF GESSNER AND I-10. YOU SEE MEMORIAL HERMANN AND YOU SEE ALL THE STUFF AROUND THAT. IT'S REAL SIMILAR TO THAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY WE'RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN INTEREST. YOU KNOW, JUST RECENTLY GOT A CALL FROM A NATIONAL PROVIDER OF HEALTH CARE. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MULTIPLE CALLS THIS WEEK, BUT THAT INTEREST HAS REALLY JUST STARTED BECAUSE OF THE ACCESS AND WHAT MISSOURI CITY IS DOING. I MEAN, THE ACCESS IS GOING TO BE KEY. SO TWO YEARS OUT, A LOT OF THESE GROUPS ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT, OKAY, IF THEY DO A DEVELOPMENT, IT'LL BE ABOUT TWO YEARS TO GET A DEVELOPMENT COMPLETED. SO THE TIMING WE'RE GETTING INTO THAT ZONE NOW THAT WE'RE GOING TO GET MORE AND MORE INTEREST NOW FOR FOR THIS SITE. AND YOU KNOW, I SEE, YOU KNOW, WE TALK TO A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW YOU HAVE TO DRIVE 20 MINUTES TO GET TO SUGAR LAND. OR IF YOU GO TO PEARLAND AND FOR HEALTH CARE, IT'S ALL ABOUT ACCESS AND TIMING. AND I REALLY SEE GREAT THINGS. AND I THINK THE SCHEME HERE WITH WITH MEDICAL, WE LOVE HOTELS, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LIKE TO HAVE HOTELS CLOSE TO THE MEDICAL.

AND I THINK THIS IS A PERFECT BLEND THAT WE'RE REALLY SERVE THE COMMUNITY WELL. SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT. I'VE BEEN WAITING A WHILE TO GET THAT TO ADDRESS THE ACCESS.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL. SO ANYTHING THAT THE CITY CAN DO TO HELP WITH THAT, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THIS SITE. ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. WELL THANK YOU. SO IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, COUNCIL OR COMMISSIONERS, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND FOR MAYOR PRO TEM. IF YOU IF YOU HAVE COUNCIL PUT IT ON. I JUST WANT TO OPEN IT UP AND SAY THAT SOME OF US ON THIS COUNCIL KNOWS JOE AND TIM MORE THAN OUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER, BECAUSE WE PROBABLY SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOU IN THE BOARDROOM BACK TRYING TO WORK THIS PROCESS THROUGH. BUT YOUR PROJECT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SOUTH CORNER SIDE OF OUR CITY, GOING IN THROUGH THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, OBVIOUSLY IT'S NOT A 59 AND A AND A HIGHWAY SIX LIKE SUGARLAND, BUT IT IS RAPIDLY GROWING. AND THE EXTENSION OF THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD WILL GET US MORE OPPORTUNITIES, MORE HOMES, AND THEY'RE ALL GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT. THE FIRST STOP WHEN YOU'RE TRAVELING UP TO DOWNTOWN, IT WOULD BE SIENNA PARKWAY, THEN HIGHWAY SIX ON FORT BEND TOLL ROAD, AND THEN THE THIRD AND THE LAST SPOT WILL BE LAKE OLYMPIA. AND HERE. SO AND PART OF IT IS, YOU KNOW, AS MANY OF YOU GONE BACK, AS LONG AS MYSELF AND COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY, WE HAD A HOSPITAL

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YOU'RE NOT SEEING MANY PRIVATE HEALTHCARE DEVELOPERS RIGHT NOW. THEY'RE ALL ON THE SIDELINE RIGHT NOW. HOSPITAL NEEDS TO MAKE SIX, YOU KNOW, 6 OR 7% MARGINS. THE PRIVATE GROUPS HAVE TO MAKE 13. SO THERE'S AN ISSUE OF CONSTRUCTION COSTS, DEBT EQUITY, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT ARE IMPACTING THAT. NOW. THOSE ARE CHANGING. THINGS ARE GETTING BETTER. SO AS FAR AS WHAT COMES FIRST, RIGHT NOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW IS JUST A

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THAT IS REALLY GOOD. AND THEN WHEN YOU GO ACROSS THE RIVER, INSURED POPULATION THERE. SO THE STORY HAS GOT IS GETTING REALLY GOOD HERE. SO THAT'S WHY I'M ENCOURAGED. YOU KNOW, THREE YEARS AGO, YOU KNOW, I TOLD JOE, I SAID, HEY, IT'S GOING TO IT'S GOING TO TAKE A COUPLE OF YEARS, THREE YEARS TO, YOU KNOW, BUT THE STORY'S HERE NOW. SO I THINK Y'ALL SHOULD EXPECT TO SEE SOME RESULTS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT TO DELIVER NOW. SO WE'RE GOING TO STICK WITH IT.

AND THAT'S THE WHOLE, YOU KNOW, THIS THIS SHARED VISION THAT WE CAME UP WITH A LONG TIME AGO.

WE KNEW IT WAS WE KNEW IT WAS WAS OUT THERE. THEY TOLD ME YEARS AGO, THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE OFF RAMP RELOCATED, YOU KNOW, ON THE, ON THE TOLLWAY AND SOME, SOME OTHER THINGS. SO IT'S KIND OF LIKE TIM SAID, IT'S KIND OF ALL COMING TOGETHER. TIMING'S GOOD. AND, AND, AND ALSO THE, THE MOMENTUM IS GETTING BETTER, WHICH WHICH HELPS A LOT TO MAKE ALL THIS ACCOMPLISH ALL THIS. ONE OF A COUPLE OF THINGS I DIDN'T MENTION IN TERMS OF SORT OF THESE COMPONENTS TO THIS MIXED USE ON THIS PLAN HERE. LET'S USE THAT ONE. FIRST OF ALL, THERE'S A WE'VE ALWAYS ENVISIONED IN THESE MIXED USE PROJECTS, AND I'M GOING TO USE ONE AS A EXAMPLE. AND THAT IS. SENTARA. I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT IN IN CINCO RANCH, JUST DRAWING A BLANK ON IT. BUT IT'S A. THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS. THEY HAVE THESE CENTRAL GATHERING AREAS, WHICH MISSOURI CITY REALLY DOESN'T HAVE, WHERE. I MEAN, THEY'RE LEASED OUT OVER 200 NIGHTS A YEAR FOR KIDS BIRTHDAYS AND CELEBRATIONS AND ALL THAT STUFF WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND THERE'S A, THERE'S A RETAIL COMPONENT AROUND IT. BUT IT'S, YOU KNOW, I'D SAY CITY CENTER WAS PROBABLY THE FIRST EXAMPLE IN HOUSTON WHERE THEY ACCOMPLISHED THAT. THEY HAD THE HOTEL, YOU KNOW, THE OFFICE, THE RETAIL AND EVERYTHING AROUND IT. BUT THAT'S AN IDEA THAT WE STILL WANT, WANT TO PURSUE. AND THAT'S WHAT'S IN HERE IN GREEN ON THAT EXHIBIT WITH THE RED RETAIL AROUND IT AND MULTIFAMILY WITH FIRST FLOOR RETAIL. MORE URBAN STYLE IS WHAT WE'RE GOING FOR THERE. AND THEN THE OTHER THING I'D MENTION ON THE TOLLWAY THERE,

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AND THE OTHER THING THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM MISSOURI CITY OVER THE YEARS IS WE WANT FULL SERVICE RESTAURANTS. WE WANT FAMILY STYLE RESTAURANTS, WE WANT A BAR, YOU KNOW, WE WANT A RESTAURANT, BAR CONCEPTS AND ALL THAT. AND I KNOW THERE'S HIGHWAY SIX GATHERS ALL THE RESTAURANTS AND THE RETAIL AND ALWAYS HAS. BUT WE FEEL LIKE WITH THIS MIX OF USES THAT WE CAN GET SOME FULL SERVICE SIT DOWN RESTAURANTS THAT PEOPLE ARE REALLY GOING TO LIKE TO HAVE AND DON'T HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE TO FIND, I GUESS, IS THE IDEA. SO THAT'S, THAT'S KIND OF THE CONCEPT THERE. AND AGAIN, HAVING A GATHERING PLACE WHERE YOU CAN GET OUT OF THE CAR AND WALK IS, IS THE OTHER MOTIVE THERE? AND JOEL, I MEAN, IN YOUR DESIGN, PARKING IS ALWAYS A HUGE ISSUE. I MEAN, FROM THE MEDICAL CENTER ON OUT, PARKING IS ALWAYS OVERLOOKED.

FOR HEALTH CARE, WE NEED 5 TO 6 PER THOUSAND PARKING. IF YOU GO UP AND DOWN HIGHWAY SIX AND LOOK AT ALL THE MEDICAL, THEY HAVE RETAIL PARKING, WHICH IS FOUR PER THOUSAND. SO THIS SITE TO ME, YOU KNOW, WITH THE STRUCTURED PARKING, YOU WANT TO MAKE PARKING EASY FOR NOT ONLY THE RETAILERS HEALTH CARE HOTEL. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THOUGHT. ACTUALLY, THIS CONCEPT IS BETTER THAN THE GUESTS ARE ON I-10. I LIVE THERE AND WATCH THAT. THAT WAS THE THEY WE HAD THE BENEFIT OF LEARNING FROM THE MISTAKES OF A LOT OF OTHER SITES. BUT THIS SITE IS BALANCED AND IT ADDRESSES A LOT OF THOSE PROBLEMS THAT WERE OVERLOOKED IN OTHER COMPETING SITES. GOTCHA. SO LET ME LET ME WRAP UP REALLY QUICKLY AND THANK YOU FOR THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TO ME, WHAT'S KEY HERE IS. JOEL, WE LIKE YOU. WE LIKE YOU A LOT, BUT WE'VE HAD OTHER DEVELOPERS COME BEFORE US AND PROMISE US BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL THINGS AND SOME KIND OF WAY. SOME OF THE PROJECT GETS SOLD OFF AND MAYBE WHO THEY SELL IT TO. THEY DON'T CARRY OUT THE VISION. SO HERE, EVEN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS BEING OUR LAST SHOT, IT IS IMPORTANT TO US THAT THIS REMAINS THE VISION. I THINK YOU SAID YOU STARTED THIS ABOUT IN 2014. I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU SAID. BUT STILL TODAY THIS VISION STILL WORKS AND IT'S A DIFFERENT FEEL. IT'S A ELEVATED FEEL, IF YOU WILL, FOR MANY OF THE CITIZENS HERE IN THE CITY OF MISSOURI CITY. SO PLEASE BE COGNIZANT OF THAT. AND I MY CHALLENGE TO THE STAFF WOULD BE, HOW IS HOW CAN WE CONTAIN AND KEEP THIS CONCEPT AND THIS VISION TO LOOK LIKE THIS, NO MATTER IF IT TAKES US FROM TODAY TO ANOTHER FIVE, SIX, SEVEN YEARS TO TOTALLY GET IT ON THE GROUND. AND COUNCIL MEMBER, TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THEY WILL NEED OUR HELP. IT COULD BE IN TERMS OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, IN TERMS OF INITIATIVES, IN TERMS OF UTILITY CAPACITY. SO AS THIS MOVES ALONG, WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER TO REALIZE THIS VISION THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS AND AS YOU RIGHTFULLY CALLED IT, ONE OF OUR LAST OPPORTUNITIES, LAST OPPORTUNITY. AND SO IF YOU COULD PUT HIM WITH DAVID AND YOU GUYS WORK OUT WHAT THAT HELP LOOKS LIKE, DEFINITELY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING THAT. I'LL YIELD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE RECOGNIZED THE MAYOR PRO TEM CLAUSEN. YES. SO JOEL, WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED IS MUSIC. TO MY EARS. IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAY YOU WANT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN WANTING. MYSELF, COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL AND COUNCIL MEMBER O'DEKIRK. WE SIT ON OUR THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND THESE ARE. THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WE HAVE BEEN WANTING AND. AND YOU'RE HITTING ALL THE CYLINDERS. I WASN'T AROUND WHEN THE AMAZON PROJECT CAME TO LIFE. IT SEEMED LIKE THAT PROJECT CAME TOGETHER THAT ALL DEPARTMENTS WORK TOGETHER SYNERGISTICALLY TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE IF THIS PROJECT MOVES FORWARD, THAT THE WHAT, WHAT, WHATEVER TIME FRAME WAS LAID OUT, WHATEVER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, WHATEVER CADENCE THAT THAT WAS THAT, THAT THAT PROJECT OR THIS PROJECT CAN, CAN FLOW JUST LIKE AMAZON BECAUSE AMAZON GOT UP JUST LIKE THAT. AND I WASN'T EVEN ON COUNCIL THEN, BUT I BLINKED AND IT WAS, IT WAS THERE. YOU MENTIONED THE, YOU, YOU TOOK, I THOUGHT ABOUT THE RETAIL. AND

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AND SEE, SO THE POINT IS, IS THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS SOMETHING THEY WOULD WANT TO COME BACK TO. WE HAD A SPECIALTY GROCER WE SPOKE WITH AT ONE POINT ABOUT IT AS WELL.

AND THEY WERE FELT LIKE IT WAS A LITTLE EARLY. SO THAT'S WE HAVEN'T REALLY PUSHED IT THAT HARD ON THE RETAIL SIDE BECAUSE WE'RE A LAND DEVELOPER, WE'RE NOT A VERTICAL DEVELOPER. SO WE NEED TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN, YOU KNOW, THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO WHERE THE MASTER DEVELOPER HERE, IN OTHER WORDS, SO RIGHT DEVELOPMENT TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO DEVELOPING RETAIL AND SPECIFIC SORT OF VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT, INCLUDING WHETHER IT'S APARTMENTS OR MEDICAL OR WHATEVER THAT. SO WE JUST GOT TO FIND THAT LEAD TENANT, IF YOU WILL, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS AT A HOSPITAL. IS THAT A RETAILER? IS THAT A HOTEL? WE DON'T KNOW AT THIS POINT, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THOSE COMPONENTS ALL WORK WELL TOGETHER. AND WHEN YOU INTEGRATE THEM, AND WE KNOW THAT WE BUILD VALUE BY DEVELOPING RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND WE HAVE ONE MORE LITTLE PHASE THERE TO, YOU KNOW, LEAD UP TO IT. BUT THAT'S WHERE THIS 42 ACRES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THAT'S REALLY THE CHERRY ON THE PROJECT. SO, OKAY. AND THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE STARTED WITH 465 ACRES. SO OKAY. AND THEN MY LAST COMMENT, THE HIGH RISE AND FORGIVE ME, I DIDN'T BRING MY GLASSES TODAY, BUT IS THIS GOING TO BE OR ARE YOU ENVISIONING A 2 TO 3 STORY HIGH RISE? WHAT WHEN YOU SAY HIGH RISE OR FOR THE HOTEL? NO, THE MULTIFAMILY. OH, MULTIFAMILY. MULTIFAMILY. YES. YES. YEAH. WE I THINK WE HAVE IT APPROVED UP TO THE, THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. WELL, I MEAN, IT'S, IT WOULD BE LIMITED BY THE MARKET, YOU KNOW, MORE THAN IT'S LIMITED BY HEIGHT. WE HAVE A THIS WHEN WE FORM THIS P D, D. AND AGAIN, THE REASON WE DID THE PDD SO WE COULD INCLUDE ALL THIS MIX OF USES, EVERYTHING SORT OF INCLUDED. BUT I THINK WE HAVE A 90 FOOT ON THAT 42 ACRES. WE HAVE A 90 FOOT HEIGHT RIGHT NOW UNDER THE PDD, BUT THAT WAS MORE FOR A HOTEL OR A HOSPITAL, NOT THE RESIDENTIAL, BUT I WOULD SEE A FOUR STORY PRODUCT WITH MAYBE STRUCTURED PARKING AT SOME POINT. THE FIRST PHASE WE DID THE ELECTION. THAT'S THREE STORY GARDEN STYLE, ALL SURFACE PARKED RESIDENTIAL. SO BUT IF THE MARKET WOULD SUPPORT A HIGHER, YOU KNOW, HIGHER DENSITY, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. THAT'S A GOOD SIGN IF IT WOULD SUPPORT IT. BUT I DON'T RIGHT NOW. BUT IT DOES THE, THE, THE GARDEN STYLE IS DOING VERY WELL FROM A LEASING AND RENTAL STANDPOINT. I DON'T KNOW, A HOSPITAL CAN BE WHAT, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, FIVE STORIES.

YEAH. MAXIMUM. SO ALL WITHIN THAT HEIGHT LIMITATION. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT. RECOGNIZING COUNCILMEMBER O'DEKIRK. THANK YOU. SO I HAVE TO SAY I DEFINITELY APPRECIATE THIS. I SAW THIS ALMOST YOU WERE ONE OF MY FIRST MEETINGS, I THINK WHEN I CAME ON COUNCIL AND THIS IS ABSOLUTELY WHAT WE NEED. WHAT MY BIG QUESTION AND

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YES. THAT WAS ALREADY IN PLACE. IT WOULD BE TELLING A DIFFERENT STORY RIGHT NOW. OKAY. OKAY. SO I JUST I WANT TO SAY ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU FOR THIS CONCEPT. I HAVE TO REITERATE WHAT COUNCIL MEMBER BROWN MARSHALL SAID, YOU GOT TO STICK TO THE PLAN BECAUSE IF YOU START CHANGING THINGS UP ON US, WE'RE GOING TO BE A LITTLE UPSET. BUT THAT SAID, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SPEAK TO OTHERS THAT MIGHT BE LISTENING TO THIS RECORDED SESSION MAYBE A MONTH FROM NOW, SIX MONTHS A YEAR. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT, FOLKS. THIS IS THE TYPE OF THING WE WANT BROUGHT TO MISSOURI CITY. SO WE APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DILIGENTLY LOOKING AT WHAT WE ACTUALLY NEED AND, YOU KNOW, SERVICES AND PROJECTS THAT MAKE SENSE FOR OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU. RECOGNIZING COUNCIL MEMBER EMERY. YEAH. ONE OF THE THINGS IN YOUR CONCEPT PLAN, YOU TALK ABOUT POTENTIAL FOR A HOTEL AND AN EVENT CENTER. WOULD YOU SEE THAT AS ONE COMPLEX SIMILAR TO THE MARRIOTT DOWN AT IN SUGAR LAND, OR WOULD YOU SEE IT AS TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS, OR ARE THEY'RE THEY'RE USUALLY IT IT'S TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS, BUT THEY'RE CONNECTED FOR SURE. AND, AND BY AND ALSO THE, THE INTEGRATED PARKING, STRUCTURED PARKING, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S, IF AGAIN, IF IT'S, IF THE MARKET'S THERE TO DO THAT, THAT'S WHAT, WHAT THEY WOULD WANT TO DO AS A STRUCTURED PARKING GARAGE WHEN THEY HAVE BIG, BIG CONVENTIONS, BUT THE, THE, THEY SERVE EACH OTHER. THE, THE, THE, OBVIOUSLY, THE EVENT CENTER SERVES THE HOTEL FROM AN OCCUPANCY STANDPOINT, BUT THE HOTEL, THEY ALL HAVE A CATERING KITCHEN THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, SERVE THE, THE, ALL THE EVENTS AND, YOU KNOW, SIT DOWN DINNERS FOR 600 PEOPLE OR EIGHT, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN, THEY CAN HANDLE THAT. AND THEN USUALLY THEY HAVE A HOTEL BAR OR RESTAURANT, YOU KNOW, AS WELL. BUT SO THEY, THEY WORK TOGETHER AND, AND THESE OTHER EXAMPLES I MENTIONED EARLIER, TYPICALLY THE CITY ENDS UP OWNING THE EVENT CENTER. THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY MANAGES IT, BUT THE CITY. HOWEVER, THOSE INCENTIVES. I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT THAT ON THE ON THE HOTEL OR HOSPITALITY HOSPITALITY SIDE, BUT I MEAN, HOWEVER, THAT WORKS OUT THE THE CITY'S USUALLY INVOLVED IN IN SOME WAY IT HAS TO, TO MAKE THE EVENT CENTER WORK ECONOMICALLY. DO YOU HAVE ANY FEEL FOR HOW BIG OF AN EVENT CENTER YOU COULD ACCOMMODATE? WHAT KIND OF NUMBERS? I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING 40, 50, ZERO ZERO ZERO SQUARE FEET, OR AT LEAST. WHAT WOULD THAT EQUATE TO AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF, OF OCCUPANTS YOU COULD, YOU COULD HANDLE? I MEAN, 6 TO 800. OKAY.

AND SOMETIMES BIGGER. I THINK SUGAR LAND, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SUGAR LAND TOWN CENTER. I MEAN, THE MARRIOTT TOWN. YEAH. IT'S PROBABLY SIX 800 I'M GUESSING. I DON'T KNOW. HOW ABOUT THE HOTEL? HOW MANY ROOMS WOULD YOU SEE OR JUST JUST THAT'S SUBJECT TO A MARKET STUDY BY THE HOTELS, BUT I WOULD I PERSONALLY WOULD SEE 150 AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT WHAT I YOU KNOW, AND WHETHER THAT'S 6 OR 8 STORIES OR WHATEVER, HAVE YOU PUT OUT ANY FEELERS AS FAR AS A HOTEL? YES.

OKAY. IT'S NOT HARD TO GET THE HOTEL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, THE BRAND, ALL THAT TO SAY, YEAH, WE LIKE IT, WE'LL DO IT. AND THEN THE CITIES SAY, YEAH, WE LIKE, YOU KNOW, IT'S GETTING THAT OPERATOR, THAT FINDING THE RIGHT OPERATOR. THEY CAN PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT WILL ULTIMATELY DO THE MARKET STUDY AND FIGURE OUT IF IT ALL WORKS. YEAH. WELL,

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BUT BUT YOU'LL SEE RIGHT ON THE CORNER ON THE TOLLWAY WHERE THE THE. YOU'RE COMING INTO THIS SITE. WE'VE SET ASIDE. AND OUR PLAN HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO SET ASIDE A LANDSCAPE AREA THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS NOT JUST THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT MISSOURI CITY AND WHETHER THERE'S A MONUMENT SIGN SAYING WELCOME OR WHATEVER IT IS, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE KIND OF INCLUDED IN IT. ALL RIGHT. SO I LIKE GATEWAY TO MISSOURI CITY, RIGHT? I KNOW IT WELL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU. SHASHI, BEFORE WE MOVE ON FROM THIS ITEM. SO I THINK WE'RE MISSING OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TODAY. SO THIS WAS A CRUCIAL MEETING.

SO AT SOME OF THESE MEETINGS WE NEED TO HAVE THEM HERE. AND THANKS FOR INTRODUCING THIS PLAN TO EVERYONE HERE. SO WE'RE ALL ON A ONE ACCORD. BUT THIS IS NOW GOING TO TAKE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND YOU GUYS TO PUSH THIS THROUGH OF THE VISION THAT THE PNC AND THE COUNCIL HAS. RIGHT. AND SO IT'S NOT WE ARE JUST POLICY MAKERS. P AND Z ARE THE ONES THAT THEY THEY HEAR THESE PLANS, THEY REVIEW THEM AND THEN THEY PUSH FORTH THROUGH TO CITY COUNCIL. SO MOST OF THE TIME WHAT I'VE SEEN IS WE HAVE THESE NICE PRESENTATIONS. IT TOOK SIX YEARS FOR JOEL TO GET UP HERE, WHICH I'M GREAT THAT HE'S UP HERE, BUT I JUST WANT EVERYONE TO KNOW THE FACT THAT THIS IS GOING TO TAKE SOME MORE TIME.

THERE HAS TO BE CONVERSATION THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY, IN THE FACT THAT WE NEEDED TO HAVE THIS ACCESS ROAD. IF YOU LOOK AT FORT BEND TOLL ROAD GOING TOWARDS DOWNTOWN HOUSTON, WHEN THOSE THOSE WAREHOUSES CAME, THEY DID THE SAME KIND OF A ADDITION ONTO THE FORT BEND TOLL ROAD. THE SIDE ROAD MADE IT HAPPEN WITHIN A, IN A IN A YEAR. AND THAT'S WHY I'M NOW ON BOTH SIDES. IT'S IT'S IT'S DEVELOPED TO WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE. SO THIS NEEDS TO TAKE PLACE FOR THEM TO REALLY START SELLING THIS AND TO HAVE SOME SERIOUS PEOPLE TO LOOK AT. I CAN TELL YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE, HOSPITALS, THEY DON'T WAIT AROUND FOR YOU. THEY GO WHERE, WHERE WHOEVER IS READY. UTILITIES. WE TALKED ABOUT IN, IN A COUPLE OF OUR MEETINGS. AND ALL OF THESE THINGS HAS TO BE READY IN ORDER FOR US TO MAKE A MOVE. HAVING THIS DISCUSSION IS JUST A FUTURISTIC PLAN SO THAT WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT WHAT'S BEING PROJECTED THERE. COME 29 OR 30, THIS MAY NOT LOOK LIKE WHAT IT IS OVER THERE. AND THE, YOU KNOW, EXPEDITING, I THINK MAYOR PRO TEM TALKED ABOUT BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENTS, IF THERE'S A PLAN THAT NEEDS TO GO, IT NEEDS TO GO. SO THE BOTTOM LINE IS FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY IS WHERE THEY IT TOOK THEM TWO YEARS AT LEAST MINIMUM OF TWO YEARS TO GET IT PASSED FOR THAT SIDE ROAD, YOU KNOW, TO GET THAT EXTENSION. I THINK WITHOUT THAT, ALL OF THIS IS JUST A IT'S JUST SOUNDS GOOD. IT'S IT'S LOOK REALLY NICE, BUT WE CAN'T GO ANYWHERE BECAUSE THERE'S NO ONE'S COMING. SO I THINK YOU ALL HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO BRING IT BACK TO AT SOME OTHER JOINT MEETINGS THAT WE HAVE AT LEAST TO KNOW WHERE WE ARE WITH FORT BEND OVER AUTHORITY AND WHERE WE'RE GOING MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS.

JUST QUICKLY TO ADD TO THAT, MAYOR, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, DAVID, HAS BEEN INVOLVED. HE'S NOT HERE WITH US TODAY. SO HE'S MET WITH THIS TEAM AND HE'S SEEN THIS PLAN.

WE WILL ENGAGE WITH FORT BEND TOLL ROAD AUTHORITY TO SEE HOW WE CAN HELP ADVANCE THIS. AND AS YOU KNOW, THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS, WE'RE WORKING ON THE UTILITIES TO SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO BRING IN THE CAPACITY TO SUPPORT SUCH KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE ON IT.

THANK YOU. OKAY. DOES ANYONE FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? IT'S A GREAT CONCEPT. YES. THIS IS EXCITING. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT, JOYCE. SASHA, I THINK YOU HAD A COMMENT. YES. THANK YOU. MAYOR,

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WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE CONTRACT, SO I WILL NOT DISCLOSE THE NAME YET, AND HIS ROLE WILL BE TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSITION AND SEE HOW WE CAN TAKE THIS DEPARTMENT EVEN A NOTCH HIGHER. SO THAT IS IN THE WORKS AS WELL. SO BETWEEN STORE I AND OUR CONSULTANT, I THINK WE'LL BE IN GOOD HANDS. AND WHILE WE BEGIN THE SEARCH FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DIRECTOR. WITH THAT, I WANT TO THANK JENNIFER FOR HER. SO I THINK SHE FORGOT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING. I THINK THIS WEDNESDAY WE HAVE A GOING AWAY FOR YOU, RIGHT? WEDNESDAY OR WEDNESDAY? WEDNESDAY EVENING? WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON? THAT'S CORRECT. I WANTED TO SAVE THAT FOR YOU, MAYOR. SO ALL ARE WELCOME. P AND Z COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY ARE WELCOME TO TO COME AND CELEBRATE JENNIFER AND HER SERVICES TO THIS CITY FOR THE PAST 20 PLUS YEARS. SO JENNIFER, AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I CAME TO YOU FOR HELP AS A MAYOR. I CAME TO YOU FOR HELP.

SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE DONE. I'M NOT GOING TO BE HERE ON WEDNESDAY. I AM GOING TO BE OUT OF TOWN. I DID LET THE CITY SECRETARY KNOW, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. SO WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS AND HEARING NO OBJECTIONS, THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED AT

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