* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE RIGHT [00:00:01] ON INTO OUR MEETING [1. CALL TO ORDER] HERE AND TONIGHT, THE FIRST THING I'LL DO IS ENTERTAIN, UH, A ROLL CALL FOR OUR AUGUST 12, 2020, UM, CITY OF MISSOURI CITY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. WE ARE CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:07 PM. I MYSELF AM PRESENT. I'LL GO THROUGH THE WRONG CALL. MR. HANEY, ARE YOU PRESENT? I'M HERE. THANK YOU, MR. OVERTON. OKAY. I DON'T SEE MISS OVERTON Q BRIGHTWELL. YES MA'AM. THANK YOU, MR. BRIGHTWELL, MR. O'MALLEY PRESENT. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS PRESIDENT. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, DR. RASMUS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I SAW YOU WAY THERE. AND MR. BAILEY, ARE YOU PRESENT? THANK YOU, MR. SILVA, ARE YOU PRESENT? THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE A FULL QUORUM ON TONIGHT. I DID NOT DENOTE THAT MS. KAREN OVERTON IS PRESENT WITH US ON THIS EVENING. UM, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE MEETING, WE'LL HAVE STAFF MEMBERS TO TRY ME AND ALSO AS ONCE WE MOVE THROUGH THE, UM, REPORTS, IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU GUYS, COMMISSIONERS, I DO HAVE A LIST OF THEM THOUGH, AT THIS TIME, [3. ELECTION OF OFFICERS] WE'LL MOVE DOWN TO ELECTION OF OFFICERS. WE'LL CONSIDER ELECTING A CHAIRMAN, VICE CHAIRMAN AND ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOR THIS YEAR. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS I NOMINATE YOU AS TO, AS THE CHAIRMAN SECOND? WELL, THANK YOU BOTH. THANK YOU, MR. BRIGHT. WELL, ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR? I DO GLADLY ACCEPT THE CHAIR POSITION. I REALLY DO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. I THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, IS THERE OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR THE VICE CHAIR? I NOMINATED MR. HANEY AS VICE CHAIR. MR. HANEY, WILL YOU ACCEPT? OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS SEEING NONE? IS THERE A MO UH, WILL YOU PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE, IF YOU WILL ACCEPT MR. HA ANY AS YOUR VICE CHAIR. HI, ARE THERE ANY NAYS? I DON'T SEE ANY NAYS, MR. HANEY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING, UM, FOR SERVING THIS YEAR AS THE VICE CHAIR. ARE THERE ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE, UM, ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR THIS YEAR, MR. MALLEY TO CONTINUE IN THAT POSITION? OKAY, MR. O'MALLEY WILL YOU ACCEPT? SURE. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY FURTHER NOMINATIONS? NONE. WOULD YOU PLEASE SIGNIFY BY STATING AYE TO ACCEPT MR. O'MALLEY. AYE, AND I. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DID NOT SEE ANY NAYS, MR. O'MALLEY. THANK YOU FOR ALSO AGREEING TO SERVE IN THAT POSITION AS WELL. OKAY. WE'RE GONNA MOVE RIGHT ON INTO [4. READING OF MINUTES] THE READING OF THE MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE JULY 8TH, 20, 20 PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING MINUTES. I'LL TAKE THAT FROM MR. BRIGHTWELL. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND, MS. LUCAS, WAS THAT YOUR SECOND? THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION IN REGARDS TO THOSE MINUTES? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ARE THERE ANY NAYS OR ABSTENTIONS SEEING NONE? THE MINUTES ARE ACCEPTED. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES FROM JULY 10, 2020. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, DR. RASMUS FOR THE SECOND. IF YOU COULD SPEAK UP JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE CAN BARELY HEAR YOU. SORRY. PERFECT. NOW [00:05:01] WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AND FIVE WITH MINE. THERE ARE FIVE EYES. THOSE THAT ABSTAINED ABSTAIN HOME ALLEY, BRIGHTWELL, ABSTAIN, ANY OTHER EXTENSIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. THAT MOTION DOES CARRY THIS [5. REPORTS] TIME. WE'LL MOVE TO OUR REPORTS. WE'LL START WITH MYSELF ON TONIGHT. I WANT TO RECOGNIZE OUR TWO FORMER PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONERS. UM, THAT WOULD BE COMMISSIONER COURTNEY JOHNSON, ROSE AND COMMISSIONER JAMES G. NORCOM THE THIRD. UM, WE THANK YOU GUYS CONSIDERABLY FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU GUYS DID. THESE ARE JUST TRULY UNPRECEDENTED TIMES. AND, UM, WE'RE HAVING TO DO THINGS JUST A BIT DIFFERENTLY NOW. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE MEETING VIA VIDEO. GENERALLY. WE ALL GET A CHANCE TO SEE ONE ANOTHER TO MAKE OUR FAREWELLS, BUT WE WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS TREMENDOUSLY. I BELIEVE THAT, UM, STAFF HAS PRESENTED YOU GUYS WITH, UM, WHAT IS IT, MR. THE PLAQUE? THEY'RE VERY NICE. VERY NICE. NICE, VERY NICE. UH, I BELIEVE THAT COMMISSIONER JOHNSON, ROSE AND NORCOM OR HERE WITH US DID EITHER OF YOU WANT TO HAVE ANY COMMENTS. THIS IS COURTNEY JOHNSON. ROSE SAYS GOOD EVENING TO EVERYONE. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PLEASURE TO SERVE ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, UH, FOR SIX YEARS. UM, I WISH YOU ALL A SUCCESS. UM, I WANT TO THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR FOR STEAMING AS CHAMP FOR SO MANY YEARS FOR US, UM, IN SO MANY LONGTIME MEMBERS OF OUR COMMISSION, UM, AND THE LAST, I JUST WANT TO COMMAND OUR WONDERFUL STAFF. WE HAVE A PHENOMENAL, DEDICATED, UH, HEARING SKILLED STAFF KEEPS OUR CITY MOVING FORWARD. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. NORCO, ARE YOU PRESENT BY CHANCE? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOME MORE? YEAH. WELL, GOOD EVENING. YES I AM. AND ALSO IS MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER. THEY ARE LISTENING. WONDERFUL. I WANTED TO ALSO, I SECOND, UH, WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER ROSE SAID, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, UH, AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR YOUR HELP AS I, YOU KNOW, THE LAND OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, UH, AXED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE MOST GRATITUDE TO, UH, MR. SPRIGGS AND MS. EDWARDS AND MS. GOMEZ, CAUSE THE STAFF HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL. UH, YOUR TRAINING SESSIONS, YOUR INFORMATION SHARING AND REPORTING HAS BEEN, UH, UH, BEYOND OUR APPROACH. SO THANK YOU AGAIN, IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND, UM, BEST TO EVERYONE AND CONTINUED SUCCESS. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU GUYS. SO VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US ON TONIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, UM, HAVE ANY REPORTS OR ANYTHING THAT THEY WANTED TO SHARE OR SAY ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THE OUTGOING, UH, COMMISSIONERS? UH, YES. THIS IS COMMISSIONER LUCAS. I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR COURTNEY AND FOR MR. NORCOM, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING AND WORKING WITH YOU ALL. I'M SURE I'LL BE SEEING COURTNEY AGAIN, MAYBE WORKING ON SOME OTHER PROJECTS AROUND THE CITY, BUT, UM, I REALLY DO, UH, MISS YOU ALL AND IT WAS A PLEASURE AND THANK YOU FOR THE TIPS AND THINGS THAT YOU GAVE ME WHEN I FIRST CAME ON BOARD. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS, HAVE ANY REPORTS ON TONIGHT? THANKS FOR ALL YOUR SERVICE AND HELP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO STAFF REPORTS AND I'M IIJIMA, I'M SORRY, I DIDN'T GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO INTRODUCE ALL OF THE STAFF MEMBERS ON TONIGHT, BUT I'M HOPING THAT MAYBE THEY WILL TYPE IN THAT TYPE IN THEIR ATTENDANCE SO THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO RECORD THAT AT THIS TIME. WE'LL MOVE TO, UM, DIRECTOR OLDEST SPREADS FOR, UH, HIS REPORT ON COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING HOUSING STUDY. [00:10:01] THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. HOPEFULLY YOU CAN HEAR ME. UM, THIS IS OTIS SPRIGS. UM, AND JUST TO ECHO WHAT WAS JUST SAID, UM, ON THE PRESENTATIONS, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THE PLAQUE, UM, BASICALLY RARE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR DEDICATED DEDICATION AND SERVICE ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL LAYOUT AND APPEARANCE OF MISSOURI CITY. AND THAT'S JAMES MORGAN WAS 2018 TO 2020, AND COURTNEY JOHNSON ROLES WAS 2014 TO 2020. SO IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU ALL, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO YOU ASSISTING US IN THE FUTURE. THIS IS NOT OUR LAST TIME SPEAKING SECOND ITEM. UM, OF COURSE I WANTED TO MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT ON, CAN YOU SPEAK UP A LITTLE? I BARELY CAN HEAR YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. UM, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW MUCH BETTER? OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, JUST WANTED TO REPORT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING STUDY, WHICH IS FUNDED BY HUD THROUGH OUR CDBG PROGRAM. UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR INPUT AS MISSOURI CITY RESIDENTS, AS WELL AS THOSE THAT JUST HAVE AN INTEREST IN THE HOUSING MARKET FOR MISSOURI CITY. UM, THAT STUDY IS BEING DONE BY GEORGE GEORGE III JOHNSON, UM, WHICH IS OUR, UM, COMPANY, WHICH IS ACTUALLY HOUSED IN MISSOURI CDS. SO GEORGE E. JOHNSON DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED, IT'S DOING THAT COMPREHENSIVE HOUSING STUDY, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT, UM, BASICALLY OUR HOUSING MARKET OR HOUSING CONDITIONS, KEY ISSUES THAT, UM, AFFECT OUR DAY TO DAY DECISION MAKING. SO WITH THAT STUDY, WE'RE HOPING TO DEVELOP SOME HOUSING PRIORITIZED, UM, STRATEGIES THAT DECISIONS CAN BE MADE BY DOING SO. SO WE'RE ASKING TO GO TO THAT WEBSITE@GEORGEJOHNSONDEVELOPMENTISABBREVIATEDDEV.COM, UM, FOR ITS LAST SURVEY AND TAKE THAT SHORT SURVEY AND PLEASE GIVE YOUR INPUT ON THIS VERY IMPORTANT STUDY, WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT FIVE TO 15 YEARS, UM, OUT INTO THE CITY'S FUTURE AS WE LOOK AT THE HOUSING MARKET. SO PLEASE GO THERE AND PARTICIPATE. THEY REALLY DO NEED YOUR INPUT AS A PART OF THAT STUDY. THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE MADAM CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT REPORT. THANK YOU, UM, AT THIS TIME, BUT WE'LL HEAR FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. GOOD EVENING. THIS IS JEREMY DAVIS, THE ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER. WE DON'T HAVE A REPORT FOR DEPRESSION. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. DAVIS. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CONTINUE ON WITH OUR MEETING ON TONIGHT AT THIS TIME. IT'S PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC TO SPEAK TO THE COMMISSIONER IN REGARDS TO MATTER OR CONCERN THAT MAY NOT BE ON THE AGENDA. IS THERE ANYONE THERE ISN'T ANY ONE CHAIR? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MS. EDWARDS. WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. WE'LL CONSIDER [CONSENT AGENDA] THE PLAQUES ON TONIGHT. ITEM SEVEN EIGHT. WE HAVE 13 OF THEM ON THIS EVENING UNDER THE CONSENT AGENDA. ONE, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR LEXINGTON VILLAGE. SECTION ONE, TO CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR VILLAGE OF SAMIL LAKE THREE. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR SIANNA SECTION 34 B FOR CONSIDERING AN APPLICATION FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR S OR S C MISSOURI CITY FIVE. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR PARKS EDGE SECTION 16 SIX. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR SIANNA SECTION 29 A SEVEN. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR SIANNA OAKS DRIVE STREET DEDICATION PHASE TWO EIGHT. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR FINAL PLAT FOR HERITAGE PARK DRIVE STREET, DEDICATION PHASE THREE NINE. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR PARK'S AGE, SECTION 10, 10, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAN FOR PARKS AGE, SECTION 11. THAT'S INTERESTING. NUMBER 11, CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR A FINAL PLAT FOR FORT BEING COMMUNITY CHURCH 12. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR FINAL PLATFORM PARKWAY CROSSING PHASE ONE AND 13. CONSIDER AN APPLICATION FOR IS A NICE SHOPPING CENTER. BEING A PARTIAL REPLANT OF NOVA VILLAGE CENTER. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ACCEPT THE CONSENT AGENDA? OUR COMMISSIONER HANEY MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS, ITEM SEVEN, A THREE AS THE REPORT AND THE REMAINING ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. SUBJECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS FOR SIGNATURE AND RELEASE ARE APPLIED INDICATED IN [00:15:01] THE STAFF REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND, SECOND TO THAT LONG MOTION? OKAY. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AYE. AYE. ARE THERE ANY NAMES THAT MOTION CARRIES? OKAY. THAT WAS FOR ITEM THREE. THAT WAS FOR THE ENTIRE CONSENT AGENDA. OKAY. INCLUDING ITEM THREE, INCLUDING THREE IS WHAT YOU SAY. BASICALLY THE ITEM DRAIN WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT WAS APPROVED WITH CONDITIONS WITH CONDITIONS. VERY WELL. I GOT IT NOW. SORRY. LITTLE SLOW. WE'LL MOVE NOW [8. ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS] TO ITEM EIGHT. THIS IS FOR ZONING MAP AMENDMENT. AND THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR A 20 ACRE TRACT FOR FORT BEND ISD WHERE WE'LL RECEIVE COMMENTS FOR OREGON'S A REQUEST BY BRIAN SHEPHERD OF PATE DAWSON ENGINEERS. WHEREAS HE SEEKING AN ISSUE P A TO LOCATE A PLACE OF ASSEMBLY THAT'S PROPOSED FOR, FOR BEING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL, WHICH WILL BE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMISSIONER. CAN YOU HEAR ME? HI JENNIFER. YES. GOOD EVENING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS WAS THE SUBJECT SITE OFF OF NICE COURT AND AWESOME FERRY ROAD, UH, JUST TO THE WEST OF THE ELK AND HIGH SCHOOL, UM, CAMPUS. AND, UM, THIS SCHOOL SITE IS CONSIDERED A FORTMAN IFC, A SCHOOL SITE NUMBER 53, AND IT WAS PART OF THEIR 2018, UH, BOND PACKAGE THAT WAS APPROVED. UM, AND SO THIS SITE IS LOCATED NEAR THE RIVERSTONE AREA. UH, YOU SEE SOME OF THE SECTIONS OF RIVER, A CREEK VILLAGE, AND ALSO A PHONE BROOK IN VIEW. UM, BUT THIS SCHOOL, THIS SCHOOL SITE IS TO HELP, UM, OFFSET SOME OF THE GROWTH THAT'S OCCURRING WITHIN THE RIVERSTONE AREA. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS A ROUGH VIEW OF THE SITE PLAN OVERLAID ON THAT AREA, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF GET A FEEL FOR HOW THE CAMPUS WOULD BE LAID OUT. UM, FOR BENIGN HAS PURCHASED THIS 20 ACRE PROPERTY AND, UM, WOULD LAY OUT THE SCHOOL SITE WITH ACCESS OFF OF, UM, THOMPSON SPERRY ROAD, UM, RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE ELEPHANTS CAMPUS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. BUT THE SCHOOL DESIGN TEAM, AND I BELIEVE A FORT BEND ISD REPRESENTATIVE IS ON THE LINE. AND SO THEY CAN PROVIDE DETAILS AS TO THE DESIGN OF THE CAMPUS. BUT GENERALLY WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A SIMILAR CAMPUS LAYOUT THAT THEY'VE DONE RECENTLY IN THE HARVEST GREEN SUBDIVISION OVER IN THE RICHMOND AREA. UM, THE CAMPUS WOULD BE A TWO STORY BUILDING, UH, WITH PROGRAMMING, UM, INSIDE AS WELL AS OUTDOOR ACTIVITY, UH, FOR THE STUDENTS, IT WOULD BE JUST OVER 125,000 SQUARE FEET WITH A STUDENT CAPACITY OF 1000 AT THIS PARTICULAR SCHOOL SITE. THEIR ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE IS AHEAD OF THE 2023, UH, SCHOOL YEAR. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. YES, INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT. UM, OUR RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPROVE THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE SCHOOL SITE. UM, YOU CAN SEE ITS LOCATION ON THE SITE PLAN. IT'S A NICE COURT, AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, AS IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED OUT, UM, IS PRIMARILY CIVIC AND EDUCATIONAL USES AS YOU GO WEST ON NIGHTS COURT WITH THE COMMERCIAL USES RIGHT THERE AT THE INTERSECTION OF NINTH COURT AND HIGHWAY SIX. UH, SO, UM, THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO APPROVE THE SCHOOL SITE, UM, AS IT'S CONSISTENT WITH, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY WITHIN THAT AREA. UM, THIS WOULD REQUIRE A REVISION TO THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION ONLY BECAUSE, UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATED THE SITE FOR RESIDENTIAL. I'M STILL JUST KIND OF CONTEMPLATING, [00:20:01] UH, RIVERSTONE'S GROWTH IN THAT AREA. UM, HOWEVER, WITH THE SCHOOL SITE, IT'S STILL COMPATIBLE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND THAT DESIGNATION WOULD JUST BE CHANGED TO REFLECT A SCHOOL SITE AS OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL USES, AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO INCLUDE, UM, APPLYING, UH, THE STANDARD DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AND NO DEVIATION. UM, IT WOULD JUST BE THE SAME, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT ARE APPLIED TO OTHER FULL SIZE. SO THAT WOULD INCLUDE APPLYING, UM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING REGULATIONS, APPLYING ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS, UM, THAT ARE STILL, UH, ENFORCEABLE, UH, AS WELL AS APPLYING TRACK DISPOSAL REGULATIONS, SIGNED REGULATIONS AND SIGNED REGULATIONS. AND THOSE WOULD ALL BE, UH, JUST THE, UM, MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE ZONING ORDINANCE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THIS IS JUST A EXPERT FROM THAT FUTURE LAND USE MAP, IF THEY CAN SEE OTHER LOCATIONS, UM, JUST TO ORIENT YOU ON THIS MAT, IF YOU SEE THOSE DARKER BLUE AREAS, THOSE ARE TWO SCHOOL SITES. SO THE DARKER BLUE SORT OF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ELKINS, A SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND THEN THE DARKER BLUE TOWARDS THE TOP IS THE LAKE OLYMPIA MIDDLE SCHOOL SITE. SO THE PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, UH, WOULD MIMIC THOSE SITES THAT THE YOUTH IS DESIGNATED ON THIS MAP OF WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THOSE USERS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THE ONE MEDIATION THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS AS YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, BEFORE BEEN IC, HAS ALWAYS PREPLANNED FOR A LOCATION, A PORTABLE BUILDING. UM, AND SO AS WE'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, LAY OUT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR ZONING FOR SCHOOL SITES, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE LOCATIONS AND AGREED UPON LOCATION. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THE PREPLANNING AS THEY INITIALLY WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING. THEY DON'T ANTICIPATE THESE PORTABLE BUILDINGS TO BE LOCATED. UM, SO IT MAY BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE MAYBE IN THE FAR FUTURE. UM, BUT THIS WOULD BE THE DESIGNATED SPOT IF THOSE WORDS SHOULD BE LOCATED. UM, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE, UM, TO THE REAR OF THE SITE, AND IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THE ELTON CYCLE CAMPUS, YOU KNOW, THAT THEY HAVE PORTABLE BUILDINGS THAT ARE TO THE REAR OF THEIR CAMPUS. SO THOSE PORTABLE BUILDINGS WOULD BE IN A SIMILAR LOCATION. UM, THEY WOULD BE WELL, UM, WELL A SCREEN, UM, FROM THE PUBLIC ROADWAYS. SO THERE WOULD JUST BE INTERNAL INTERNAL USE, UH, FOR THE CAMPUS ITSELF. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO JUST A FEW DOCUMENTS THAT WE ARE WORKING WITH, THE APPLICANT WHO REVIVE PRIOR TO, UM, CONSIDERATION BY CITY COUNCIL. UM, BUT IN SUPPORT OF, UM, THE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE STAFF REPORT, UM, WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT ON, UM, CLEAR OWNERSHIP AUTHORIZATION. SO WE ARE AWARE OF, AND WE DO HAVE DOCUMENTATION, UH, THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS ACTUALLY PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY. UM, SO NOW IT'S JUST MAKING SURE THAT THE, UM, OFFICIAL OFFICIAL, UH, PROVIDES THE NOTES OR PROVIDE THE AUTHORIZATION OF WHAT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. UM, WE ARE ASKING PERSON CHANGES TO THE SITE PLAN AND YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE SITE PLAN IN YOUR PACKET. UH, THERE'S JUST SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS THAT NEED TO BE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. AND THEN THE SITE PLAN WOULD BE ATTACHED TO THE SUP ORDINANCE IF THIS IS APPROVED. UM, THE SITE PLAN WOULD BE, UM, A GENERAL, IT WOULD NOT AS A FINAL PLAN, BUT IT WOULD BE A GENERAL, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF THE LAYOUT AND, UH, COORDINATION FOR THE SCHOOL CAMPUS. UM, WE ARE ASKING THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMIT A PROPOSAL AND ESCAPING PLAN. THERE ARE NO PROPOSED DEVIATIONS TO SECTION 11. UM, BUT WHAT WE DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE CITY ARE ON THE SAME PAGE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING. SO WE ARE ASKING THAT THE APPLICANT WORK ON A LANDSCAPE PLAN SO THAT WE CAN SEE, UH, WHERE THE DISTRICT IS GOING, UH, PRIOR TO THAT COUNCIL MEETING, UM, THE APPLICATION OF ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS. UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. I DON'T THINK I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH, UH, THE APPLICANT ON AN UPDATED DEVELOPMENT SCHEDULE AND, UH, THAT WOULDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING THAT'S BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU OR ANYTHING IN THE STAFF REPORT. IT'S MORE COORDINATION BETWEEN STAFF AND THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UM, AS THEY'RE ON THIS PATH TOWARDS CONSTRUCTION. SO MAKING SURE THAT THEIR TARGET DATES ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S OVERALL PROCESSES. UM, SO THOSE ARE JUST KIND OF SOME CLEANUP MATERIALS THAT ARE BEING REQUESTED OF THE APPLICANT [00:25:01] PRIOR TO THE TASCO MEETING DAY, BUT OVERALL, UM, IT'S, YOU KNOW, UH, STANDARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMPUS, UM, THE CITY, UH, CITY FAB ISN'T SUPPORT, UM, WE BELIEVE THE LOCATION, UM, IS, UH, SUFFICIENT FOR THAT TYPE OF USE. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, UH, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEN ALSO THEIR DESIGN TEAM IS ON THE CALL. IF YOU ALL WANT ANY PARTICULARS ABOUT THE, UM, THE CAMPUS ITSELF, THIS PARTICULAR, THE DESIGN OF THIS PARTICULAR CAMPUS. SO THAT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. UM, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS I CAN FIX THOSE JENNIFER, YOU DID A GREAT JOB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENERALLY. UM, IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT YOU HAD A CONCERN ABOUT THE PARKING, UH, REQUIREMENTS, AND I DIDN'T SEE YOU LIST THAT IN THE, IN THIS, ON YOUR SLIDE. SO I'M ASSUMING THAT THAT'S STILL IS A VALID, UH, UM, UPDATE THAT YOU NEED FROM, FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. YEAH, SO I THINK, UM, THE PARKING THAT THEY'RE SHOWING SHOULD BE SUFFICIENT, UM, FOR THE DESIGN THAT THEY'VE LAID OUT IN, IN THE LOADING AND UNLOADING, UM, DESIGN THAT THEY HAVE. UM, HOWEVER, UM, WHAT WE DON'T WANT IS A DISCREPANCY IN WHAT THEY'VE REFERENCED FROM THE SITE PLAN AND WHAT THE CITY'S PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE. SO THE, THE CLEANUP WOULD BE JUST SO THAT THEY'RE REFERENCING THE CORRECT CITY CODE AND THE APPLICABLE RATIO FORT MINIMUM PARKING. BUT I THINK ULTIMATELY, YEAH, ULTIMATELY THE DESIGN THAT THEY'RE SELLING, UM, SHOULD MEET THAT MINIMUM REQUIREMENT. OKAY. UH, JENNIFER, YEAH. THIS IS A COMMISSIONER COMMISSIONER BAILEY. UH, I HAVE A QUESTION ON YOUR ANALYSIS OF THE SUBJECT SITE, UNDER ITEM E INGRESS AND EGRESS. THERE'S A COMMENT THERE THAT OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT WORKSHEET AND A LEVEL THREE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY THE CITY. OKAY. YEAH. MY QUESTION IS, AS YOU GO BACK AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO BACK UP TWO OR THREE SLIDES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AUDIENCE, SO THEY CAN SEE THE AIR. THERE YOU GO. THE AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY AS PLAN OR THE SCHOOL. MY QUESTION IS AS FOLLOWS THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS AMONG THE 11 HIGH SCHOOLS IN FORT BEND ISD. CURRENTLY, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, ONLY ONE HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS HIGH SCHOOL HAS A JOINING CAMPUSES. UH, SPECIFICALLY I THINK THEY HAVE A MIDDLE SCHOOL AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THEY'RE ALONG DALLAS AVENUE. OTHERWISE I BELIEVE OUR OTHER 10 HIGH SCHOOLS DO NOT HAVE THE JOINING CAMPUSES. I KNOW, AND I'LL STAND CORRECTED IF THAT'S NOT THE CASE. AND MY QUESTION IS WITH REGARD TO PLACING A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THIS POST TO ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL IS THE INGRESS EGRESS, SPECIFICALLY THE TRAFFIC. AND MY QUESTION IS THOMPSON ROAD AND SHOWN HERE IS YOU PRESSURE AWARE. IT IS A TWO LANE ROAD WITH DEEP BAR DITCHES ON BOTH SIDES. ARE THERE PLANS TO EXPAND THAT THOROUGHFARE ALL THE WAY TO OIL FIELD DOWN TONIGHT'S ROAD, AND THEN THAT AREA, THAT SEGMENT ON NIGHT'S ROAD THAT IS KIND OF NARROW, BUT I THINK IT CAN WIDEN AS WELL. SOME ON UP AROUND THE CURVE, THE ELKINS. IN OTHER WORDS, MY QUESTION IS, UH, CONGESTION. UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, HEAVILY PREVALENT CONGESTED CORRIDOR RIGHT NOW. AND I'M JUST STARTING TO IMAGINE A THOUSAND STUDENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NOW PACKED RIGHT IN THAT CORNER. I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE THAT PROPERTY IS, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S LIMITED ACCESS AS IT IS. AND WHAT IS THE THOUGHT GOING FORWARD? AND WHAT WAS THE, WAS THAT ADDRESSED IN THAT TRAFFIC STUDY? THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. WHEN YOU HEAR ME I'M INTO MARRYING, IF YOU CAN SPEAK TO THAT. UM, YES, THIS IS JEREMY DAVIS. UM, WITH REGARDS TO THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, I'D HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT IT AGAIN TO SEE, UM, WHAT THEIR PLANS WERE IF THEY WERE GOING TO WIPE THAT ROAD. CAUSE I KNOW THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE ANY PLANS TO WIDEN THAT ROAD OR TO EXTEND IT RIGHT NOW. I CAN FOLLOW UP WITH MAYBE SHAWSHEE TOMORROW. GET ANSWER ON THAT. OH NO. AND THEN I, AND THE PROJECT ENGINEER [00:30:02] OFTEN WITH THE DESIGN TEAM FOR THE PROJECT, CAN ANYONE SPEAK FOR THAT, JERRY? CAN YOU SPEAK ON THAT? UH, ON, ON THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT THE, UH, UH, TRAVIS ANALYSIS IS THAT, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN SPEAK ON THAT RIGHT AWAY. YEAH. SO THAT WAS BUFFALO. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS SAID. THIS IS STEVE ALLOWAY WITH THE ARCHITECTS. AND I KNOW JERRY IS WITH OUR ENGINEERING. STEPHANIE IS ON THE LINE AS WELL, AND THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN HIM TRIED TO SPEAK, BUT, UH, I DIDN'T KNOW. THE FORENSIC ANALYSIS STUDY IS REQUIRING TURN LANES OFF OF THOMPSON FERRY ROAD. AND THOSE TURN LANES ARE CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED, UH, WITH THIS PROJECT. UH, BUT IT IS NOT, UH, CALLING FOR THAT ROAD TO BE IMPROVED ALL THE WAY UP TO THE INTERSECTION. UH, BUT IT IS CALLING FOR THOSE TURN LANES. YES, THESE GERRY PADS. SO JACQUELINE GRIND. SO WE WERE ONLY GOING TO IN FRONT OF US ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING LEFT TURN LANE AND FOR THE STUDENTS AND PARENTS, AND THEN A FLIP TURN LANE FOR BUS LANES FOR BUSES, MR. , TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. YEAH. THIS IS COMMISSIONER BY LEE AGAIN. UH, I CAN'T UNDERSCORE HOW, UH, RESTRICTED THAT CURRENT THOROUGHFARE, IF YOU WANT TO CALL IT THAT THOMPSON WROTE IT AS IF THOSE OF YOU ON THE PHONE TO GRABBING IT, KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IN FACT, I DON'T CONSIDER IT A SAFE ROADWAY. IT'S ALWAYS TROUBLED ME OVER THE YEARS WITH NOT TWO SONS WHO BOTH WENT TO ELKINS. ONE CURRENTLY STILL GOES THERE AND THAT'S IN ITS CURRENT STATE WITH A PASTURE THERE TO THE LEFT. THAT'S PROPOSING TO BUILD AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN OF ITSELF. I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH THE NEED OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SCHOOL PER SE, BUT I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT UP FRONT, THAT EGRESS MUST BE ADDRESSED, BUT THAT'S JUST A, UH, I DON'T THINK YOU REALIZE WHAT'S UNFOLDING HERE WHEN YOU COME OFF OIL, WHICH IS A FOUR LANE DIVIDED THOROUGHFARE OIL FIELD SPOT, IT'S COMING OFF THOMPSON ROAD AND, UH, AND EVEN NIGHTS, UH, KNIGHT'S COURT, IT IS SOMEWHAT NARROWS THERE, YOU KNOW, AND THEN YOU HIT THAT TURN AND UP. I DON'T, I SURE FEEL A LOT BETTER IF SOMEONE WAS ADDRESSING THAT UP FRONT, YOU KNOW, AND UNDERSTANDING THAT'S GOING TO BE PART OF THAT DEVELOPMENT. I'M TELLING YOU THAT'S IN EVERYONE'S INTEREST BELIEVE IF THIS THING WAS BUILT AS IS, AND THAT WOULDN'T ADDRESS. OH MAN, UH, YOU YOU'LL HEAR, UH, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY SOME PUBLIC OUTCRY ON THAT. AND I GO BACK TO DOLLS HIGH SCHOOL CAUSE WE HAVE DULLES, WHICH IS AGAIN THAT, THAT QUARTER'S PART OF SUGAR LAND, BUT STILL SOME OF YOU HAVE BEEN UP DOLLARS. IF YOU HAD THAT DIRECTION, IT'S NOT LEAP, YOU KNOW, IT'S FOUR LANE DIVIDED AND, AND CAN HANDLE MORE CAPACITY. AND YET EVEN THEN IT GETS ADJUSTED DURING THOSE SCHOOL HOURS, YOU KNOW, CAUSE THEY HAVE THREE SCHOOLS THERE, BUT THAT'S THE EXCEPTION TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THE OTHER 10 HIGH SCHOOLS IN FORT BEND ISD DO NOT HAVE AN ADJOINING CAMPUS AND THIS, AND THIS IS A THOUSAND STUDENT SCHOOL. IF THAT, AND I'M JUST TELLING YOU, IT'S A GENUINE CONCERN THAT I THINK NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED RIGHT UP FRONT. I AGREE. AND JEREMY, CAN YOU, CAN YOU KIND OF DESCRIBE WHAT THE ENGINEERING PROCESS IS WITH THIS? SO AS, UM, WHAT YOU ALL DO AS YOU REVIEW THE, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS AND THEN WORKING THROUGH THIS PROCESS FOR MITIGATION. UM, OKAY. SO, UH, TYPICALLY WE HAVE CLIFF, UH, CLIFF THROUGH HARD HE'S OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER. UH, HE REVIEWS THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, UM, AND BASED OFF OF THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, WE CAN TYPICALLY DETERMINE IF A LEFT TURN LANE IS NEEDED OR THINGS OF THAT NATURE. IT'S USUALLY THE TRAFFIC COUNTS THAT WOULD DICTATE THAT IN THE TURNING MOVEMENTS THAT ARE PROJECTED. SO IT MAY BE LIKELY THAT EVEN THE IMPROVEMENTS DESCRIBED THAT ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS MAY BE REQUIRED BASED ON THE [00:35:01] OUTCOME OF THAT ANALYSIS. YES, THAT'S CORRECT. I SAID, JEREMY, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION IS, IS THEY'VE ALREADY RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR THE TURNING LANES. UM, IS, IS THERE A SCENARIO WHERE ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT BE NEEDED ON THAT ROADWAY? SO TYPICALLY IT WOULD JUST BE SO TYPICALLY IT WOULD JUST BE, UH, THE TURNING LANES OR MAYBE LIKE A, UM, A MEDIAN OF SOME SORT. BUT, UM, I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT TIA, TIA, BUT, UM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE REQUIRE THEM TO WIDEN THE ENTIRE ROAD TO ADDITIONAL LANES. I DON'T THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD DO. YEAH. SO THE, SO THE ACTUAL ELKINS TRAFFIC, UM, COMES ON AND OFF OF NIGHT ROAD ONLY, IT DOESN'T, UH, IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY CONNECT INTO, UH, UH, THOMPSON DRIVE SO THAT THEY'RE NOT SHARING THAT PART OF IT, ALTHOUGH PROBABLY A BUNCH OF PEOPLE TAKE THE BACK WAY TO GET TONIGHT'S ROAD. AND I, AND I, I BELIEVE THAT'S PROBABLY WHAT THE MAJOR CONCERN IS. YEAH. COMMISSIONER OR PAINTINGS. THIS IS COMMISSIONER BAILEY THOMPSON. EVERY ROAD IS, IS HEAVILY TRAVELED, IS KNOX ROAD STUDENTS COMING OFF OIL FIELDS THROUGHOUT LAKE CONNIE, CONNIE LAKES, HERITAGE COLONY RIVERSTONE, THAT THAT TRAFFIC WILL BACK UP INTO OIL FIELD ROAD. IT IS HEAVILY TRAVELED. OH, I WAS CURIOUS TOO. IS THERE A PLAN? IS ANY PLANNING LOOK GOING FORWARD THAT THAT ROAD DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A SHOULDER? IT IS TOO LATE AND IT DROPS OFF ABOUT IT A 45. HMM. I'M JUST TELLING THIS THROUGH IN ADVANCE, ON THE FLAT, THEY WILL BE REQUIRED TO PLAT. UM, SO THIS IS IF THE SCHOOL SITE IS APPROVED IN THIS COUNTY, THEN THEIR NEXT STEP WILL BE DISMISSED A PRELIMINARY PLAT. UM, AND SO THE DRAIN IS DETENTION UTILITY. UM, YOU KNOW, SITE DOWN THROUGH ALL OF THAT WILL BE DEFINED. UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS IN TERMS OF, UM, LIKE THE CURB AND GUTTER ON THE ROAD, THAT'S GOING TO BE DETERMINED, UM, IN THE DESIGN OF THEIR DRAINAGE FACILITIES AND WHAT IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED IN THAT REGARD. THIS IS COMMISSIONER BRIGHTWELL. I WANT TO RECALL OR MAKE SURE MY UNDERSTANDING IS, IS THAT WHILE WE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS WITH FBI S T IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THEY CAN STILL BUILD IT ANY WAY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE AUTHORITY TO BE OVER THEM. IS THAT STILL CORRECT STATEMENT AS WE'VE DEALT WITH IN THE PAST CAMILLA? I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO JUMP IN THERE. IS THERE A FIRE LEGAL OPINION? YEAH. GENERALLY THE SOUL SELF, THE SCHOOL HAS PURCHASED A PROPERTY. THEY OWN THE PROPERTY. UM, HOWEVER THE CITY STILL CONTROLS LAND USE WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. UM, IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S, IT'S SOMEWHAT OF A CONFUSING SITUATION. UM, BUT GENERALLY WE'VE WORKED WELL WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT ON FULL DISTRICT SITE AND LOCATING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SITE IN THE CITY. UM, AND SO WE HAVEN'T HAD AN ISSUE IN THAT REGARD. UM, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MOVING FORWARD ON SOMETHING THAT THE CITY HASN'T APPROVED. UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD HOPE THAT THIS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WORKING TOGETHER WE'LL CONTINUE. UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE, THE ISSUES PARTICULARLY, IT SOUNDS LIKE, AND I THINK IT'S VALID IF THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION ISSUE IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST THING, UM, AS OPPOSED TO THE ACTUAL USE AND THE DESIGN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE ENGINEERING DIVISION, UM, THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO WORK THROUGH WITH FORBIDDEN IFC. UM, IF THE SCHOOL SITE IS LOCATED THERE AND THEN TAKING THESE CONCERNS THAT ARE SUPPRESSED AND MAKING SURE, UM, YOU KNOW, THAT MITIGATION IS ACCOUNTED FOR, RIGHT. BUT WHAT I DID THIS, I'M SORRY, GO AHEAD. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A POINT THAT AT LEAST IN MY UNDERSTANDING IN [00:40:01] THE PAST AND DEALING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, IT HAS BEEN DONE AS A COURTESY AND THEN WE CAN'T BE OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE AND YES, THEY'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH US, BUT TO THE, HOPEFULLY THE BENEFIT OR THE TIPS TO THE REMAINDER OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN HERE AND LIVED THROUGH, DEALING WITH FORT BEND ON OTHER ISSUES. I D AGAIN, WE, WE, WE CAN'T BE OVERLY PRESCRIPTIVE, UH, EXCEPT FOR THE PARTICULARLY WE CAN GO WITH THEM ON THE INTENDED USE, BUT TO BE PRESCRIPTIVE ABOVE THAT I THINK IS OUTSIDE OF OUR PURVIEW. RIGHT. I THINK THE TRAFFIC, SOMETHING THAT WE CAN CONSIDER, BUT LIKE YOU SAID, THERE ARE LIMITS TO THE REGULATION. I CAN PULL UP THAT SPECIFIC CODE. IF YOU LIKE, GIVE ME A FEW MINUTES. I DIDN'T WANT TO PROLONG IT. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YEAH, I MEAN, I HAD THE SAME QUESTION. I MEAN, WHEN, WHEN I SAW THIS ON THE AGENDA ARE KIND OF MADE THE ASSUMPTION THAT IT WAS STILL THE SITUATION THAT, UM, THIS WAS MORE A COURTESY THAN, THAN A FORMALITY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, AS JENNIFER SAID, WE'VE, WE'VE IN THE PAST, HAD A GOOD WORKING RELATIONSHIP. AND SO, UM, I, I WOULD HAVE TO TRUST THAT BETWEEN THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND THE TIA, UH, RESOLVES THAT THEIR CONCERNS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, UH, BECAUSE IT IS CERTAINLY A PUBLIC SAFETY QUESTION. ABSOLUTELY. YES, JEREMY, I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, THIS IS JEREMY AGAIN. I WAS JUST GONNA STRESS THE POINT THAT WE ARE TAKING THE TRAFFIC INTO CONSIDERATION. IT'S JUST AT THIS TIME, I DON'T HAVE THE, I DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION FOR YOU ALL THIS EVENING, BUT WE ARE GOING TO TAKE THAT POINT SERIOUSLY, JEREMY, I DEFINITELY WANT TO ASK THAT YOU REALLY, REALLY TAKE IT UNDER CONSIDERATION. IT GETS KIND OF DIFFICULT, YOU KNOW, FOR US AS COMMISSIONERS, ESPECIALLY FOR ALL OF US THAT UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS AND HAVE HAD CHILDREN TO ATTEND THE HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE ALL KNOW ABOUT THAT, THAT NARROW AREA OVER THERE AND TO COME AND TALK ABOUT PUTTING ANOTHER SCHOOL RIGHT THERE, THAT'S JUST GONNA INTENSIFY THE TRAFFIC. SO IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT. AND I THINK ON TONIGHT, BUT WE'RE MORE SO TALKING ABOUT IS, IS THIS A GOOD LAND USE FOR THIS PARTICULAR LAND? OF COURSE, TRAFFIC PLAYS INTO IT. UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE PUBLIC, UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR OF STAFF? NO. THANK YOU GUYS. I HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION TO SONYA UNDER BAILEY'S BENEFIT. WE'LL DO, DID THEY GIVE US, I DON'T REMEMBER SEEING IN THERE, DID THEY GIVE US A TIMELINE TIMELINE FOR CONSTRUCTION? YES. YOU GET ALL OUT THERE AND THEN KIND OF DELAY AND STUFF. WELL, THEY'VE ALREADY DELETED IT FROM 22 TO 23 THAT WAS IN THE STAR REPORT. RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING. WHAT'S DO WE KNOW THE TIMELINE? WE HAVE THE ARCHITECT AND THE ENGINEER ON THERE. DO THEY KNOW? YES, WE ARE. THIS IS STEVE WITH THE ARCHITECTS AGAIN, AND WE ARE, WE ARE LOOKING AT PUTTING A PROJECT OUT TOWARDS THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE, UH, ZONING AND PLANNING PROCESS AND GETTING THAT ALL COMPLETED SO WE CAN PUT THE PROJECT ON THE STREET FOR BIDS. THERE IS CURRENTLY A CONSTRUCTION MANAGER AT RISK ON BOARD, UH, IS READY TO GO ON THIS BUDGET. WHAT'S THE TIMELINE ONCE IT'S, ONCE THE CMR, UM, IS ALLOWED TO START PUTTING PACKAGE OUT WHAT'S WHAT'S ABOUT THE DURATION. ONCE IT STARTS THE DURATION, THE CONSTRUCTION IS PROBABLY ABOUT 16 MONTHS. SO COMMISSIONER BAILEY, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S TIME TO KIND OF GET, GO ON TO MOVING AT LEAST OUTSIDE OF THIS, PROBABLY ON THE TRAFFIC ISSUE FOR SURE. OKAY. YEAH. THIS IS COMMISSIONER BAILEY AND THAT'S FINE. I ACTUALLY HAVE NO ISSUE WITH STAFF'S FOR APPROVAL, FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT AND FOR THE SCHOOL ITSELF, BUT THAT ISN'T REALLY FOR ME THOUGH, GRANTED, IT'S STILL, EVEN WITH THE BEST OF ROCKAWAY, YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE SOME CONGESTION, BUT THAT'S OKAY. I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME RESTRICTIONS IN THE AVAILABLE LAND AND, AND, AND, AND, AND THE DESIRE FOR US TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT. I'M JUST TRYING TO SIGNAL TO THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE THAT BELIEVE IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. YOU DON'T WANT TO TRY TO BUILD A NEW [00:45:01] SCHOOL HERE AND LEAVE THOMPSON FAIR AND EVEN NOT BROKEN FOR THAT MATTER. BUT PARTICULARLY THOMPSON FAIRY IS, IS, UH, NOT RESPECTFULLY. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK, BUT THAT'S BOUGHT. AND IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S A FUTURE OPPORTUNITY GOING FORWARD, THE FURTHER REVIEW, YOU KNOW, THE PLANS AND THE PLATS, AND MAYBE SOME ADDITIONAL THINGS BACK FROM THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, THAT FINE. THAT'S GOOD. I JUST WANT TO, I WANT TO BE AWARE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, UH, THAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE DULY NOTED. DEFINITELY EXPRESSING. I'M PRETTY SURE THAT WE'LL DEFINITELY MOVE FORWARD ON TO COUNCIL AS FAR AS THOSE CONCERNS. CAUSE IT IS A GRAVE CONCERN AS STATED EARLIER, THIS IS A PUBLIC COMMENT OPPORTUNITY TIME. THIS ONE IS OPEN FOR THE PUBLIC. NOW, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC AGENDA THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN REGARDS TO THIS PROJECT? OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. THANK YOU, MS. LUCAS, FOR THAT. THANK YOU, MR. BRIGHTWELL FOR YOUR SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. AT THIS TIME, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS HERE BY CLOSE. IS THERE A MOTION? YES, SARAH, BEFORE YOU TAKE THE MOTION, CAN I JUST ADD, UH, WITH THAT MOTION WITH THE REPORT, IF YOU OFTEN CLARIFY THAT THE LIGHTING REGULATIONS WOULD BE APPLIED. OKAY. WELL, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S CLEAR IN THE REPORT. OKAY. WE SURE WILL. UM, HANEY, ARE WE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE MOTION? CAN YOU ADD THAT IN ABOUT THOSE LIGHTS? LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET THIS RIGHT. UH, SO, UH, COMMISSIONER, HEY MOVES TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, AUTOMATE A AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF IN THE PRELIMINARY REPORT AND DR. REPORT, UH, AS A FINAL REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING THE OUTSTANDING ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THIS DISCUSSION, UH, SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED JUST RECENTLY THE LIGHTING. I LIKE THAT. THAT'S REAL GOOD. IS THERE A SECOND TO MR. HANYS MOTION? THANK YOU, DR. RASMUS FOR YOUR SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE. OKAY. OKAY. ARE THERE ANY NAYS? ALL RIGHT. THAT MOTION DOES, UH, CARRIE, I THINK THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS ON THIS EVENING. IT DOES. IS THERE A MOTION THAT WE ADJOURN LUCAS MOVED THAT WE ADJOURNED THE AUGUST 12TH, 2020 MEETING. THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? THANK YOU, DR. RASMUS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO GO HOME. AYE. WE'RE ALREADY HOME. ALRIGHT. YOU GUYS CONTINUE TO STAY SAFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A GOOD MEETING AGAIN ON TONIGHT, AND WE'LL SEE YOU GUYS NEXT MONTH. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.