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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 17TH, 5:00 PM TO ORDER.UH, FIRST MINUTE BUSINESS IS CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL.
MARTIN, YOU'RE GOING TO DO ROLL CALL.
SO OUR, UH, P AND T CHAIRMAN'S FOR TONIGHT.
MITCHELL PIERCE? YES, I'M CONNECTED ON ZOOM.
TRACY WHEELER HERE IN AUGUSTINE LOREDO HERE.
SO, UM, SO WE DO HAVE A, WE DO HAVE A, UH, QUORUM TONIGHT.
UM, WE HAVE A REQUEST UPFRONT, UH, TO AMEND THE AGENDA.
UM, WE'D LIKE TO REMOVE ITEMS FOUR A AND FOUR B AS THE APPLICANTS HAVE WITHDRAWN THEIR APPLICATIONS.
AND THEN WE'D ALSO LIKE TO MOVE SIX A TO RIGHT UP AFTER THE MINUTES TO ALLOW FOR A STAFF MEMBER TO GET HIS PART OVER WITH EARLY.
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OUR SECOND ORDER OF BUSINESS OR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.DOES EVERYONE HAVE YOUR COPY OF MINUTES? DO WE NEED JEFF SECOND AUGUSTINE? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
[a. Consider stop control modifications at the intersection of East James Avenue and North 7th Street.]
SIX A ON THE AGENDA, WHICH IS CONSIDER STOP CONTROL MODIFICATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF EAST JAMES AVENUE AND NORTH SEVENTH STREET.I'M IRWIN BURDEN, A CITY ENGINEER AND ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORK.
UM, THIS INTERSECTION, I'M SORRY, IS IT ONE? OKAY.
I'M IRWIN BURDEN, UH, THE CITY ENGINEER AND ONE OF THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, THIS INTERSECTION IS, UH, IT'S SEVENTH AND JAMES.
UH, IT HAS, IT'S A SLIGHTLY OFFSET INTERSECTION.
UM, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME.
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AT THE INTERSECTION.
UH, THE LATEST WAS, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, SOMEONE BLEW THROUGH THE STOP SIGN AND ACTUALLY CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? AND, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, ENDED UP IN THE LADY'S FRONT YARD DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE INTERSECTION AND, UH, THE, THE BIG OAK TREE SHE HAS IN HER FRONT YARD KEPT IT FROM GOING THROUGH THE FRONT OF HER HOUSE.
SO, UM, UH, WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS FOR A WHILE TO TRY TO ADDRESS IT.
UH, PUBLIC WORKS IS LOOKING AT REALIGNING IT SLIGHTLY TO ACTUALLY SHOW A CURB, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IS TO HAVE IT A FOUR-WAY OR AN ALLWAY STOP.
UH, CURRENTLY IT'S A TWO-WAY STOP ON THE SEVENTH STREET SIDE AND WE WERE GONNA PROPOSE IT TO BE ALLWAY ON THE JAMES STREET SIDE AS WELL.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR ANY OF YOUR COMMISSIONERS? I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
[a. Consider approving Ameriport Section 11 Preliminary Plat located on the south side of FM 565 and east of FM 1405.]
THREE A PLATS CONSIDER APPROVING AMER PORT SECTION 11 PRELIMINARY PLAT LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF FM 5 65 AND EAST OF FM 1405.ALRIGHT, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY, SORRY.
NATHAN DIETRICH, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR WITH THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
UH, THIS IS, UH, AMER REPORT SECTION 11 PRELIMINARY PLAT LOCATED ON FM 5 65 AND FM 1405.
IT'S ON APPROXIMATELY 12 ACRES AND IT'S PROPOSING ONE LOT AND ONE BLOCK AND IT MEETS ALL OF THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, REVIEW COMMITTEE REQUIREMENTS.
AND, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
YOU MAY HAVE QUESTIONS IF NATHAN TO HEAR A MOTION.
DO YOU HAVE A SECOND? A SECOND.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR
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PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.[b. Consider approving Yellow Pines Minor Replat approximately 1.60 acres located south of Mabry Road and west of North Alexander Drive.]
CONSIDER APPROVING YELLOW PINES MINOR REPL, APPROXIMATELY 1.60 ACRES LOCATED SOUTH OF MAYBERRY ROAD AND WEST OF NORTH ALEXANDER DRIVE COMMISSION.MINOR PLATS USUALLY DON'T COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, THERE IS, UM, A CAVEAT INSIDE OF OUR ORDINANCE OR SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE THAT STATES IS IF THE OWNER OF, UM, ALREADY SUBDIVIDED PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT CAME IN AS A MINOR PLA THAT WAS APPROVED THROUGH, UM, UH, THE, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT IF THEY COME IN WITHIN A YEAR, THEY NEED TO COME IN, UM, TO DO ANOTHER REPL.
THEY NEED TO COME BEFORE THE COMMISSION TO DO SO.
SO THE ORIGINAL PLAT THAT IS BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ADOPTED JUST IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR THAT SHOWED THAT THERE WAS FOUR LOTS THAT WERE CREATED.
AND WHAT THE, THE PROPOSED APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ADD IN.
UM, THIS WAS THE AREA THAT IS IN QUESTION OF LOT NUMBER ONE IN THIS PLAT.
THE PLAT THAT WAS APPROVED AND RECORDED, UM, IS BEING PROPOSED TO COME IN TO REPL TO ADD IN AN ADDITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME OR A RESIDENTIAL LOT AND THEN CHANGE THIS LOT NUMBER ONE THAT'S SHOWN IN THIS PLAT TO, UM, A COMMERCIAL TRACT.
AND SO WE ARE JUST LETTING YOU KNOW, SHOWING YOU THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY'RE COMING IN TO DO AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME.
UM, IT MET, MET WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND IS IT MEETS ALL OF THE OTHER, UM, REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? I HEAR A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
UH, ITEM FOUR ZONING AND WE'RE GONNA BEGIN OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UH, THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD.
EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S HEARINGS SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED PLANNING@BAYTOWN.ORG.
PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING, EACH SPEAKER SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.
HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU'RE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.
[c. Conduct the first public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 86.27 acres at 9330 Garth Road and an adjacent unaddressed property from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) Zoning District.]
CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 86 POINT 27 ACRES AT 9 3 3 OH GARTH ROAD.AND AN ADJACENT UNADDRESSED PROPERTY FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIAN DENSITY SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, FRANCESCA LINDER PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, SO THIS FIRST CASE, AND LET ME SEE IF I CAN GO SLIDESHOW FOR YOU.
SO THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR, UM, A TRACK THAT IS NORTH OF VILLE ALONG GARTH ROAD.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VICINITY MAP, IT IS ACROSS FROM, UH, BAYTOWN CROSSING, UM, SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND SO THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
SO THEY ARE PETITIONING TO BE ANNEXED INTO THEIR
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, PETITIONED, UH, TO BE ANNEXED INTO THE CITY LIMITS OF BAYTOWN, AT WHICH TIME IT WILL BE ZONED OR THEY ARE, UH, LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT A 266 LOT SUBDIVISION, UM, ON THIS SITE.
AND AS SUCH, THEY'RE REQUESTING SF TWO ZONING.
HERE IS THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
YOU'LL SEE IT IS, UM, THE SF TWO
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IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER.
COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.
CARSON N CARSON IS THE APPLICANT.
HE'S ON ZOOM AND HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL MIGHT HAVE AS WELL.
DOES ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? Y'ALL ARE EASY TONIGHT.
WE'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO FOUR
[d. Conduct the first public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 20.82 acres, generally located east of Thompson Road and north of Ellis School Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]
D CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 20.82 ACRES.GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF THOMPSON ROAD AND NORTH OF ELLIS SCHOOL ROAD FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT FRANCESCA LINDER.
AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS A LONG THOMPSON ROAD AND ALSO HAS A SMALL AMOUNT OF FRONTAGE ON ELLIS SCHOOL ROAD.
IT IS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 10 AND DIRECTLY EAST OF AWA OFF OF THOMPSON.
THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS AND THEY HAVE PETITIONED TO BE ANNEXED.
UM, THEY'RE LOOKING TO CONSTRUCT ABOUT A 250,000 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE AND WAREHOUSE HERE IS THE NOTIFICATION AND THE ZONING MAP.
AND SO THIS PROPERTY, UM, DOES HAVE THREE DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS IN THE FUTURE.
LAND USE PLAN ALONG I 10, UM, ALL THE WAY UP TO ELLIS SCHOOL.
THAT RED IS COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
IT ALSO HAS SOME HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND AT THE VERY NORTHERN END THERE IS SOME LOW MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE SURROUNDING AREA IS ALL, UM, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE SURROUNDING USES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, THIS PROPOSED WAREHOUSE.
THE, THE, THERE'S LIKE A, IS THAT A STREAM BETWEEN THE PROPERTY AND THE HOUSES THAT ARE TO THE EAST OF IT? IS THAT, SO THAT IS, UM, THE SAN JA SANTO RIVER CHANNEL.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, NORTH OF IT IS A, UH, INDUSTRIAL FABRICATION.
SOUTH OF IT IS A SIMILAR USE IN ELECTRIC SUBSTATION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
JARED, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T, SORRY.
I CAN'T READ YOUR HANDWRITING.
UH, I WAS JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN CASE THERE ARE.
ANYBODY, ARE THEY GONNA BE PRODUCING CHEMICALS NO.
OR STORING CHEMICALS? NO, IT'S A SPECULATIVE USE, UM, UM, OR SPECULATIVE DEVELOPMENT AT THIS POINT.
WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT USE TYPE, BUT IT WOULD FALL WITHIN THE GC UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING REQUIREMENTS.
UH, WE'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND MOVE TO
[e. Conduct the first public hearing concerning a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 34.07 acres, generally located east of Sjolander Road and south of E IH 10 from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Light Industrial (LI) Zoning District.]
FOUR E CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 34.07 ACRES.GENERALLY LOCATED EAST OF SHO ROAD AND SOUTH OF EAST I INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THIS PROPERTY IS ALSO CURRENTLY OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS.
BACK IN 2017, THE CITY, UM, UH, UNILATERALLY ANNEXED SOME PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA, THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE ONE IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST, UH, EXCUSE ME, TO THE WEST, UH, WERE BOTH, UH, A SINGLE TRACK BACK IN 2017.
AND THEY EXECUTED A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY.
UH, THIS DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BASICALLY SAYS YOU'LL STAY OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS FOR UP TO SEVEN YEARS, UM, UNLESS YOU CHOOSE TO COME INTO THE CITY FIRST OR YOU DEVELOP SOMETHING ON THE PROPERTY.
SO AT THIS TIME, BOTH OF THESE TRACKS ARE BEING ANNEXED INTO THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, THE PORT, UH, EXCUSE ME, THE, UH, PROPERTY TO THE WEST, UM, HAS, HAS NOT SUBMITTED A ZONING APPLICATION AT THIS TIME.
SO IT WILL COME IN AS, OR, UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
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THAT IS COMPLETED, WE WILL VERY LIKELY COME IN HERE WITH A CITY SPONSORED REZONING FOR THE WHOLE AREA.'CAUSE THERE IS SOME OR, UH, AROUND THIS INTERSECTION.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE, THEY DID DEVELOP THE PROPERTY
UH, THIS PROPERTY, UH, THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT TODAY IS ONLY THE 20, UH, APPROXIMATELY 20 ACRES ON THE EASTERN SIDE.
THEY HAVE REQUESTED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND THE PROPERTY IS, UH, OWNED BY THE SAME PROPERTY TO THE EAST, WHICH IS ALSO ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, WITHIN THE BUSINESS PARK, UH, UH, DISTRICT IN OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN, WHICH DOES SUPPORT THE USE OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
UH, SO WILL THEY, IS WITH THE ZONING, UH, WILL IT, WITH THIS PARTICULAR ZONING, WILL THEY BE ABLE TO STORE CHEMICALS THERE? SO, UM, WHAT THEY'VE CURRENTLY PROPOSED FOR THIS PROPERTY AND THE 200 ACRES TO THE EAST IS, UM, WAREHOUSING, INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSING.
MY NEXT QUESTION IS, IS THAT THESE ARE ALL HOMES THAT ARE ON NEEDLE POINT RIGHT THERE, RIGHT? SO I MEAN, ARE THERE GONNA BE, UH, ENTRANCES IN AND OUTTA THAT PLACE ON NEEDLE POINT OR IS IT GONNA BE OFF THE FEEDER? SO FOR THIS ZONING CASE, THEY HAVEN'T SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN, HOWEVER, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND, UH, YES, YOU HAVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR ZONING.
UM, AND HE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE ABOUT THE PROPOSED USE.
WELL, THOSE ARE MY TWO MAIN QUESTIONS.
I'D BE INTERESTED TO KNOW IF ALL THOSE FOLKS IN THOSE HOMES THERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WILL HAVE TO CONTEND WITH ALL THE TRUCKS GOING UP AND DOWN BELE POINT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THAT, UH, FACILITY, OR IF THAT'S GONNA BE STRICTLY IN AND OUT ON THE FEEDER.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING ANY ACCESS ON NEEDLEPOINT ROAD.
UM, NEEDLEPOINT, AS YOU NOTED, IS NOT, UM, EQUIPPED TO HANDLE TRUCK TRAFFIC.
SO ANY TRAFFIC THEY HAVE, UM, THEY'RE DESIGNING IT TO GO OUT ONTO I 10, WHICH TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY IS A RAIL LINE.
UH, SO THE FEEDER ROAD ACTUALLY FORCES A U-TURN AT THAT RAIL LINE.
COMMISSIONER HARLOW, UM, I WOULD, I KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SOME SLIDES TO SHOW US TONIGHT.
I THINK IT MIGHT BE A GOOD IDEA TO GO AHEAD AND HAVE THEM COME UP AND DO THOSE SLIDES AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME, UM, 'CAUSE I THINK THEY'LL PROBABLY ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, WITH THAT.
I'M A PARTNER WITH ARCHWAY PROPERTIES.
WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER CONTRACT FOR 234 ACRES HERE, UH, AT THIS LOCATION.
SO, UH, 200 ACRES TO THE EAST THAT BORDERS THE RAILROAD AND NEEDLEPOINT THERE IS ALREADY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND THIS 34 ACRE TRACT ADJACENT TO IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE CURRENT LANDOWNER EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, SO WE'RE PURCHASING THE ENTIRE TRACK TOGETHER, UH, FROM THE SAME OWNER.
AND, UH, SO, UM, OUR INTENTION IS TO BUILD AN INDUSTRIAL, UH, BUSINESS PARK HERE.
UM, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF A RENDERING OF THE TYPE OF BUILDING THAT WE'D BE BUILDING HERE.
UM, THIS IS OUR, OUR SITE PLAN THAT WE INTEND ON, ON DEVELOPING.
AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW, WE'VE, WE'VE, UH, SLATED FOUR LARGE WAREHOUSES.
UM, AND ALL OF THE ACCESS IS INTENDED TO BE OFF OF I 10.
WE'LL HAVE CIRCULATION ROADS WITHIN THE PARK FOR TRUCKS TO BE ABLE TO GET AROUND TO THE BUILDINGS AND THE TRUCK COURTS AND, AND BACK OUT ONTO I 10.
BUT THE MAJORITY OF THE TRAFFIC IS GONNA BE OFF OF THE FEEDER ROAD.
THERE SHOULDN'T REALLY BE ANY TRUCK, UM, EVEN, EVEN REALLY GOING TO SLANDER, BUT THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS AT ALL IN NEEDLEPOINT.
AND THAT WILL BE HOW WE DEVELOP THE PARK REGARDLESS OF THE NUMBER OF BUILDINGS OR HOW MANY THERE ARE, HOW BIG THERE ARE.
UM, AND SO THIS IS THE TOTAL SITE PLAN OF THE 234 ACRES.
UM, AND SO THIS SITE KIND OF DEPICTS THE 34 ACRES AND WHAT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE ON THAT SECTION, UM, YOU CAN SEE IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY GONNA BE JUST A DETENTION POND AND A LITTLE BIT OF THE TRUCK COURT KIND OF BLEEDS OVER FROM THE, THE FIRST BUILDING THERE MM-HMM
UM, SO I THINK OVERALL IT SHOULD BE PRETTY MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH, AND THAT IS OUR INTENTION.
ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OF MR. HELEN? WILL THERE BE, UH, ANY TYPE OF SOUND BARRIER ALONG ANY POINT? SO AS FAR AS, UH,
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BUFFER, UM, WE'LL BE ADHERING TO ALL THE CITY REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS SETBACKS AND VEGETATION AND, UH, FENCING.SO THERE WILL BE, UH, UH, A FENCE ALONG THE ENTIRE BORDER AS WELL AS THE 50 FOOT VEGETATED BUFFER.
AND WE'RE GONNA LEAVE AS MANY TREES AS WE CAN IN THAT SOLID FENCING OR, UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS IS SLOTTED.
THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING POINT, POINT OF CLARIFICATION FOR THE COMMISSION.
JUST REMINDER THAT REALLY, UM, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THAT OTHER SLIDE THAT HAS THE CLOSEUP, THIS IS THE, UM, THIS IS THE APPLICATION TONIGHT, JUST THIS AREA.
THE REST OF THAT IS ALL BASICALLY, UM, IT'S JUST DOWN TO GOING THROUGH THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS.
SO THAT AREA IS ALREADY ZONED FOR WHAT IT NEEDS TO, FOR WHAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DO.
SO REALLY THE FOCUS TONIGHT IS JUST ON THIS SMALLER AREA, WHICH WE CAN SEE HAS MOSTLY DETENTION POND AND SOME, UH, WHAT LOOKS LIKE PARKING AREA.
ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, BECAUSE THAT GOES OUT PAST THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS PARTICULAR PIECE, IS THERE A SOLID, THERE'S NO, NO REQUIREMENT FOR A SOUND BARRIER, SOLID FENCING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? I THINK THERE, THERE WILL BE A FENCE, BUT I THINK THE BIGGEST BARRIER IS GONNA BE THE VEGETATIVE BUFFER IS A 50 FOOT SETBACK FULL OF, FULL OF TREES AND IT'S ALL WOODED.
RIGHT NOW OUR INTENTION IS TO LEAVE AS MANY OF THOSE TREES AS AS POSSIBLE.
THE ACTUAL REQUIREMENT FROM A COMPATIBILITY SIDE IS THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A SIX FOOT, UH, OPAQUE FENCE AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE VEGETATION REQUIREMENTS ALONG WITH THAT FILE EVEN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT DOOR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. ALLEN? THANK YOU, SIR.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SIGNED UP ON THIS ONE.
I LIVE AT 69 0 3 HUNTERS WAY LANE.
I'M A HOMEOWNER IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL BE MOST AFFECTED BY THIS POTENTIAL REZONING DECISION AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF HARRIS COUNTY MUD 4 59, WHICH SERVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WHILE I'M NOT STRICTLY OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS.
UH, THE FIRST IS OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS PROPOSED.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING RIGHT NOW, UH, IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WILL BE BUILT THERE.
UH, REZONING DECISIONS DON'T LOCK IN THE DEVELOPER AND DOING WHAT THEY'RE PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT.
UH, AND PART OF MY PROBLEM IS THAT BAY TOWN'S ULDC, UH, LACKS GRANULARITY ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE EIGHT ZONING CLASSES FOR HOUSING, BUT REALLY JUST THREE FOR BUSINESSES.
GENERAL COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
CERTAIN LI USES COULD COEXIST WELL NEXT TO OUR, OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT OTHERS WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DISRUPTIONS IMPACTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND PROPERTY VALUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT PROPOSAL IS THAT IT LEANS TOWARDS BEING LESS DIS UH, DISRUPTIVE, BUT UNTIL IT'S BUILT AND EVEN AFTER IT'S BUILT, HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT IT ACTUALLY, UH, IS WHAT WE GET.
UH, MY SECOND CONCERN IS WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE CURRENT ROAD CONFIGURATION AT SHO I 10 AND NEEDLEPOINT, UH, ESPECIALLY AROUND THE GAS STATION, WILL BE AN ISSUE WITH THE INCREASED TRUCK TRAFFIC FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS THE RATCLIFF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S COMING TO THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SHO AND I 10.
UH, THERE'S ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR TRUCK TRAFFIC ON SHO UH, CROSBY, CEDAR BY LYNCHBURG AND NEEDLEPOINT THAT COULD POSE SAFETY HAZARDS AS WELL AS CAUSE ROAD DAMAGE.
UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE SAW WITH THE PIPELINE YARD THAT OCCUPIED THE, UH, SOUTHEAST CORNER LOT THIS PAST YEAR.
UH, I THINK REALLY THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF, UH, YOU KNOW, SMALL, RELATIVELY MINOR ITEMS, UH, IN THE OVERALL SCOPE OF A 235 ACRE, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD BE WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE PERSPECTIVE DEVELOPER, UH, THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD MAKE THIS A POSITIVE FOR EVERYONE.
UH, WITHOUT SUCH AGREEMENTS, I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT FURTHER EXPANSION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ADJACENT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WOULD REQUEST AT THAT POINT THAT THE REZONING BE DENIED.
UH, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE I THINK THERE'S A POINT OF CLARIFICATION THAT WE'RE ONLY TALKING ABOUT THIS 35 ACRES, BUT THIS 35 ACRES MAKES A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SITE PLAN FOR THE OTHER 200 ACRES.
YOU KNOW, THEY NEED THIS ACREAGE TO PUT THEIR DETENTION IN, OTHERWISE THEY CAN'T BUILD THE BUILDINGS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, UH, I REALLY THINK THAT IT HAS TO BE CONSIDERED HAND IN HAND.
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THAT THAT'S THAT YOU OKAY.MY ADDRESS IS TWO 20 OLD AIRPORT ROAD IN DENNISON, TEXAS.
I MOVED A FAIR PAST FEW YEARS 'CAUSE MY WIFE DECIDED TO HAVE A WINERY AND ALL THINGS TO DO.
BUT, UH, I REPRESENT C-C-F-H-P-P, I'M THE MANAGER OF THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY AT THIS TIME.
WE HAVE APPOINTED JASON THAT, I MEAN BEN AS BEING OUR REPRESENTATIVE, BUT I FELT LIKE IT WAS PROPER FOR ME TO COME IN FRONT OF THE BOARD IF IN CASE YOU DID HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE OWNER.
NOW WE'VE OWNED THE 200 ACRES SINCE ABOUT 2008.
WE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH THE ORIGINAL OWNER AT THE TIME THAT WE DID SOME SORT OF A DEVELOPMENT TO USE OR TO JOINTLY WORK WITH HIM ON PUTTING STUFF ON THIS PROPERTY TO GET ACCESS.
AND HE DECIDED THIS LAST YEAR THAT HE NEEDED TO SELL IT.
AND SO WE BOUGHT IT AND SO NOW WE'VE GOT IT UNDER CONTRACT WITH ARCHWAY.
UH, THAT WAS THE REASON THAT WE'RE HERE NOW, IS TO TRY TO GET IT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, WHICH WE NEEDED TO DO AND GET THE ZONING DONE, WHICH IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, THAT'S WHAT'S NEXT TO IT AND THAT'S WHAT IT NEEDS, REALLY NEEDS TO BE.
THERE'S NO OTHER USE FOR THE PROPERTY.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
ANYONE HAVE QUESTIONS? OTHER DISCUSSION? WELL, I'M STILL KIND OF NEW HERE, BUT I MEAN, I'M, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW, I MEAN, IS THERE A WAY THAT THE DEVELOPER OR THE BUILDERS CAN WORK WITH THE HOMEOWNERS AND TO YOUR POINT, COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S WORKS FOR BOTH? JUST A THOUGHT.
WE DID IT WITH
UH, IT, IT CAN BE DONE IF THE, UM, IF THE APPLICANT WISHES TO, UH, TO TAKE ON THAT.
BUT, UH, WE CAN'T REALLY, WE CAN'T DICTATE THAT.
BUT IF THEY DO, THEN THAT'S KIND OF UP TO THEM TO, TO NEGOTIATE.
I, I NOTICED WHEN, WHEN HE, THE GENTLEMAN WAS SPEAKING THAT UH, THE STATEMENTS ON ACCESS DOWN NEEDLE POINT ROAD WERE LEFT OPEN.
UH, IS THERE A WAY TO ASSURE THAT NEEDLE POINT'S NOT GONNA HAVE THE TRAFFIC? UH, NEEDLE POINT IS NOT A TRUCK ROUTE, SO TRUCKS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GO, THEY'RE NOT, THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO DO IT PER CITY ORDINANCE 18 WHEELERS AND SUCH.
WHAT WOULD, IS THERE A WAY THAT COULD BE CHANGED YOU WOULD WANT OVER TIME? UH, OKAY.
MAYBE I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING THE QUESTION.
NEEDLE POINT, UH, CURRENTLY CANNOT HANDLE THAT TYPE OF TRAFFIC AND NOR IS IT ALLOWED, NOR IS IT ALLOWED.
CAN THAT BE CHANGED AT A LATER DATE? IT COULD BE REQUESTED, BUT I HIGHLY DOUBT THAT IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD NEED TO GO THROUGH.
UM, KAREN, YOU MIGHT NEED TO HELP ME WITH THIS.
IS THAT FOR THEM TO EXPAND THE TRUCK ROUTE, THE CURRENT TRUCK ROUTE, UM, MAPPING SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY, IS THAT FOR THEM, FOR US TO CHANGE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO FOLLOW, I'M ASSUMING IT WOULD BE AN APPLICATION TO PROBABLY PLANNING AND ZONING AND THEN ONTO CITY COUNCIL, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES SO THAT IT CAN BE CHANGED.
IT IT COULD BE, BUT I HIGHLY DOUBT IT WOULD.
THERE'S ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UM, AGENDA ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE FOLLOWING UP WITH THIS.
AND THERE WAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT WAS DONE FOR, UM, THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE THAT'S AT THE MOST EASTERN END OF NEEDLEPOINT ROAD.
AND AS PART OF THAT, THAT PARTICULAR APPLICATION WITH SPECIAL USE PERMITS, WE, WE PLACE CONDITIONS ON THAT PARTICULAR ONE STATING THAT YOU CANNOT HAVE ANY SORT OF ACCESS THAT THAT IS GONNA BE COMING IN FROM THAT LOCATION.
AND YOU KNOW, OTHER THAN EMERGENCY ACCESS GATES, THAT'S CORRECT.
WELL, I, UM, IN THAT PARTICULAR CASE, NO, WE WANTED EVERYTHING TO COME IN OFF OF I 10.
SO MAYBE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IS YES, IT IS, IT CAN BE ASKED FOR, BUT IT'S HIGHLY DOUBTFUL THAT IT WOULD EVER BE APPROVED JUST BECAUSE OF CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION PRIOR TO ALLOWING THERE TO BE A CHANGE TO THAT TRUCK ROAD WHERE IT WOULD ALLOW LARGE TRUCKS LIKE THAT TO ACCESS ONTO NEEDLE POINT.
I BELIEVE YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP.
OH, I WAS JUST GONNA NOTE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL THOMAS, COME TO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
SORRY, I WAS JUST GONNA NOTE THAT THERE IS ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL SITE THAT IS CURRENTLY ON NEEDLEPOINT ABOUT HALFWAY DOWN THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIALS THAT ARE, UH, ON NEEDLEPOINT.
AND, UH, THEY DO HAVE TRUCKS THAT ARE COMING UP AND DOWN NEEDLEPOINT RIGHT NOW.
AND IT'S, UH, CREATING SOME, SOME RUTS IN THE
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ROAD AND, UH, ALONG THE, UH, SHOULDER OF THE ROAD AND WHERE THEY'RE TURNING.SO I DON'T KNOW IF HOW THAT IS IMPACTED BY THE TRUCK ROUTE, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE ARE TRUCKS ON NEEDLEPOINT RIGHT NOW.
IS THAT ALLOWED
AND TRUCKS CAN VEER OFF THE TRACK ROUTE TO GO TO A SPECIFIC SITE, BUT THEN HAVE TO GET BACK ON THE TRUCK ROUTE.
SO, SO THAT COULD HAPPEN WITH THIS AS WELL.
SO THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY HE'S TALKING ABOUT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS ON INTERSTATE 10.
IT ONLY HAS ACCESS TO NEEDLEPOINT POINT, BUT IN THE FINAL SCHEME OF THINGS, IT CAN BE OPENED BACK UP AND TRUCK ROUTES GOING THROUGH A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BASICALLY.
SO 1, 1, 1 ADDITIONAL COMMENT I'D LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT FOR ANY, SO WITH THE PROPOSED UM, APPLICATION, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH WHAT IS, WHAT IS CALLED A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, RIGHT.
AND WE, IN PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH THE, THE PROPOSED OWNER OF THE ADJACENT 200 ACRES, THEY HAVE MADE NO, UM, REQUEST TO HAVE ANY ACCESS OFF OF POINT.
AND SO THEY, THERE WOULD BE NO, AND AGAIN, I KNOW YOUR, YOUR CONCERN IS MORE SO IN THE FUTURE, UM, BUT IF THERE WERE TO BE ANY ADDITIONAL ACCESS REQUESTS FOR ACCESS OFF OF THAT, IT'S, IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC APPROVAL, UM, THAT THOSE, THOSE DRIVEWAY ACCESSES, UH, WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ENVIR OR ENGINEERING TO BE APPROVED.
AND THEN AT THAT TIME THERE WOULD BE ANALYSES AND AGAIN, WOULD BE, IN MY OPINION, WOULD BE A VERY, IT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I DON'T THINK WOULD BE EVER BE ABLE TO BE APPROVED OFF OF THAT TYPE OF ROAD.
IT'S DIFFICULT, BUT IT COULD BE APPROVED, YES OR NO,
SO YEAH, YOU WOULD HAVE TO PUT A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO IT, PLUS YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET APPROVAL FOR A TRUCK ROUTE TO BE INCLUDED ALONG THAT ROAD.
BUT, BUT THE POINT BEING, THERE IS A PROCESS FOR THAT.
IT WOULDN'T JUST GO TO STAFF, IT WOULD'VE TO GO THROUGH HERE.
THERE WOULD BE A PUBLIC HEARING PROCESS IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH THAT.
SO THERE ARE, ARE THINGS IN PLACE THAT, YEAH, NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
MS. BAILEY MITCHELL WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
YES, I HAVE, I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, THE EXISTING USER AGAIN, ONLY HAS ACCESS ON NEEDLEPOINT WITH THIS LARGER DEVELOPMENT COMING IN.
IF THERE WERE A POSSIBILITY FOR THE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO OFFER THAT USER ACCESS TO THE FEEDER ROAD, THAT WOULD SURELY BE A, A PLUS FOR EVERYBODY.
UH, I THINK IT WOULD ADD FIRE SAFETY FOR THE EXISTING USER TOO.
I'M JUST, I'M JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE AS SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPER MIGHT CONSIDER WORKING WITH THE EXISTING USER ON FOR FUTURE USE JUST TO MAKE SURE EVERYBODY HAS A GOOD RELATIONSHIP FOR YEARS AND YEARS.
WE HAVE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR FIVE FOUR E AND WE'LL MOVE TO
[a. Conduct the first public hearing concerning a request for a special use permit for a proposed railyard on approximately 160 acres, generally located north and south of Needlepoint Road and approximately 6,000 feet east of Sjolander Road.]
FIVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, CONDUCT THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE PROPOSED RAIL YARD AT APPROXIMATELY 160 ACRES.GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF NEEDLEPOINT ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 6,000 FEET EAST OF SHO ROAD.
NATHAN, UH, MS. CHAIRWOMAN AND, UH, COMMISSIONERS, UH, THIS IS IN A VERY, UH, SIMILAR LOCATION TO WHAT THE PREVIOUS ITEM WAS.
IT'S JUST DOWN THE STREET, UM, TO THE EAST.
SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE NEEDLE POINT AND THEN GO OVER THE RAILWAY TRACKS, THAT'S WHERE THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS.
IT'S UM, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NEEDLE POINT, YOU HAVE, UM, BA BASICALLY A PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY.
IT'S IN A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONED LOCATION.
UM, THEY BUILT THIS FACILITY APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR YEARS AGO AND COMPLETED THAT FACILITY AND, UM, UTILIZE THE RAIL AS, AS IT IS THERE.
AND THEY ARE NOW LOOKING TO EXPAND THAT RAIL USE AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SUBMIT A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO EXPAND THAT USE TO BRING A 61 CAR RAIL FACILITY ONTO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO THEY'RE ABLE TO TRANSPORT, UM, THE, THE CHEMICALS THAT THEY DO CREATE THERE AND ABLE TO USE THE, THE RAIL LINE TO, UM, TO TRANSPORT THAT TO AREAS AROUND, AROUND, UM, THE REGION.
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UM, ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU IS THAT WHEN THEY WERE ABLE TO BUILD THIS, UM, SP OR THIS, THIS SITE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THIS WENT THROUGH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WHICH CAME THROUGH THIS, THIS PARTICULAR BODY AND THEN THROUGH CITY COUNCIL AND IT WAS APPROVED.THE CONDITIONS THAT WERE SET FORTH ON THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT WAS THAT THEY NEEDED TO MAINTAIN AT LEAST A 200 FOOT, UM, VE VEGETATIVE BUFFER ALONG CEDAR BAYOU ITSELF.
AND THAT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED UP UNTIL THIS POINT.
UM, AND I KNOW THAT THE, THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND HAS A PRESENTATION IF YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR, UM, WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY OR I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AT THIS POINT.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.
UH, ADDRESS IS 11 SEVEN FREEWAY HOUSTON, TEXAS.
UM, I, I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TO SPEAK.
UM, AGAIN, NATHAN MENTIONED THIS IS, UM, SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR, UH, THE PROPOSED 61 CAR RAIL YARD LOCATED SOUTH OF THE EXISTING, UH, RAVEN BUTTE ONE FACILITY RIGHT HERE ON THE MAP.
UM, THE SITE'S CURRENTLY BORDERED BY EXISTING RAIL ON THE WEST AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPOSED TRACK WHERE WE'RE GONNA PLACE THE 61 CAR YARD.
UM, FOR JUST A MINUTE, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO BRANDON MUSER WITH RITD.
HE'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE ABOUT RAIL OPERATIONS IN BAYTOWN AND SPECIFICALLY ON THE SITE.
AND THEN I'LL TALK A LITTLE MORE ABOUT THE NATURAL BUFFERS AROUND THE SITE.
BRANDON MUSSER, 3 5 5 0 5 COOPER ROAD, BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS.
UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT SOME OF THIS BEFORE.
SOME OF YOU MAY REMEMBER JUST REFERENCING BACK TO THE FLOW OF RAIL TRAFFIC THROUGH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN TODAY.
IT COMES, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT FLOWS IN A COUNTERCLOCKWISE MOTION ALONG MARKET STREET, ACROSS THE LAKE, DOWN THROUGH CODY YARD, AND THEN GOES TO THE EXXON COMPLEX, TURNS NORTH AND GOES ALL THE WAY TO DAYTON.
FROM THERE, IT FLOWS BACK TO HOUSTON.
AND THAT'S THE WAY, UH, THIS, THE, THE CARS THAT MOVE INTO THIS FACILITY WOULD TRAVEL.
THEY WOULD TRAVEL OUTTA MARKET STREET TO THE SITE AS EMPTY CARS AND, UH, BY STORING THEM ON THAT SITE, IF YOU RECALL SOME OF OUR PRIOR CONVERSATIONS, THEY STAY THERE.
THEY DON'T TRAVEL MULTIPLE TIMES THROUGH THE CITY AND WHEN THEY'RE RELEASED, THEY WILL ONLY TRAVEL NORTH OUT OF, UH, THE, UH, ELDON AREA, WHAT WE CALL IN THE REAL WORLD EL ELDON JUNCTION OR, OR WHERE THE SITE IS.
IT'LL FLOW NORTH TO DAYTON AND FROM THERE THEY'LL GO BACK IN HOUSTON TO BE RELEASED TO THE COMMUNITY DOING THE, I MEAN, TO THE REGION AND NOT COME BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
UH, DOING IT THIS WAY, WE'LL REMOVE ABOUT JUST UNDER 4,200 TRUCKS A YEAR OFF THE ROAD.
IT'LL RESULT IN ABOUT 530 CAR LOADS A YEAR DEPARTING.
THAT'S ABOUT TWO A DAY ON AVERAGE IF YOU, IF YOU DO THE MATH.
SO IT'S SMALL VOLUMES, BUT IT DOES PULL A LOT OF TRUCKS OFF THE ROAD.
OKAY, SO JUST TO ILLUSTRATE WHERE EXACTLY WHERE THE RAIL YARD WILL BE, IT'S ONLY IMPACTING A SMALL PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THE RAVEN FACILITY.
UM, AND THEN THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME OF THE NATURAL BUFFERS THAT EXIST TODAY.
UM, THE EXISTING RAVEN FACILITY IS BETWEEN I 10 AND THE PROPOSED RAIL YARD.
UM, IT'S GREATER THAN HALF A MILE OFF OF I 10.
AND ALSO YOU OBVIOUSLY GOT THE EXISTING FACILITY BUFFERING THE RAIL YARD FROM I 10, GOT THE EXISTING RAIL LINE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF TENT OR ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPOSED RAIL YARD.
AND THEN, UM, VACANT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH AS WELL AS TO THE WEST.
THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, UH, NEEDLEPOINT ELEVATED STORAGE TANK AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, UM, ARE LOCATED BETWEEN THE PROPOSED RAIL YARD AND, UH, THE SINGLE FAMILY FARTHER TO THE WEST.
UM, THIS 27 ACRE TRACK IS, IS VACANT TODAY AND OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THERE'S NO PLANS FOR, UH, FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THAT, OF THAT TRACK IN THE, UH, IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE.
UM, NATHAN MENTIONED THE 200 FOOT VEGETATIVE BUFFER.
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A CONDITION OF THE PREVIOUS SUP FOR THE RAISMAN FACILITY, UM, OFF OF CEDAR BAYOU.THE INTENT IS TO MAINTAIN THAT SAME 200 FOOT BUFFER, UM, AS, AS A PART OF THIS, UM, THE PROPOSED RAIL YARD IS, IS WELL OVER 200 FEET.
IT'S UM, I THINK 1300 FEET OFF OF CEDAR BAYOU AS PROPOSED TODAY.
UM, I'D BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
HOW MUCH IS IT GONNA INCREASE THAT RAIL TRAFFIC? THE 61 CARS, UH, THAT WE ARE HOLDING ON SITE ARE, IS SEVERAL DAYS OF VOLUME.
THEY'RE ONLY RELEASING TWO A DAY IN THERE.
THE UNION PACIFIC AND THE BURLINGTON NORTHERN ARE ALREADY INTERCHANGING, UH, RIGHT THERE AT ELDON JUNCTION.
SO THEY WOULD BE DROPPING OFF OUR CARS, UH, AT A RATE OF ABOUT TWO TO THREE A DAY IN, BUT ONLY TWO OUT A DAY.
SOMETIMES CARS KIND OF BUNCH UP AS THEY'RE COMING BACK TO YOU, BUT THEY'D BE RELEASED AT A RATE OF TWO PER DAY.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE ALONG THAT AREA AND THEY ALREADY, WHAT I'VE HEARD IS, IS THAT THERE'S OPERATIONS GOING ON AT THREE, FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, HOMES THAT BACK UP TO THAT, THAT RAILWAY A LOT OF VIBRATION HORN WILL GET BLOWN.
I WAS JUST CURIOUS IF THAT'S GONNA INCREASE.
WE ARE A DAYLIGHT ONLY OPERATION.
UH, SO WE'LL ONLY BE LOADING CARS IN THE DAYTIME.
THE UNION PACIFIC WILL DROP CARS OFF TO US, UH, DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS.
OUR CREWS USING THE TRACK MOBILES OR, UH, WELL USING JUST ONE OR TWO CARS AT A TIME, VERY SLOW SPEEDS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, WE'LL ONLY BE MOVING UNDER AIR.
WE'RE IN OUR OWN FACILITY SO WE DON'T HAVE TO SOUND THE HORN.
UH, AND THEN WE WILL, UH, WE WILL, UH, BE RELEASING THOSE CARS AGAIN TO THE BACK, TO THE UP.
THEY'LL DO THE SWITCHING UNDER THEIR NORMAL SWITCHING THAT THEY'RE ALREADY DOING TODAY.
AND, UH, SO YOU SHOULDN'T SEE ANY DISTURBANCE, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT.
WE WON'T, WE WON'T BE OUT THERE AT NIGHT.
WILL ANY OF THOSE RAIL CARS BE HOLDING ANY SORT OF CHEMICALS IN ON OUR PROPERTY? YES, SIR.
THEY'D BE HOLDING THE BUTANE ON OUR PROPERTY TODAY.
IT'S HELD, IT'D BE HELD ON SITE AND RELEASED IN THE RAIL CARS.
MS. WHEELER, READING THROUGH THEIR APPLICATIONS, I SAW IT LOOKED LIKE AN AVERAGE ANNUAL TRAFFIC OF 500 CARS THAT WOULD BE STORING BUTANE, BUTYLENE AND OTHER SUBSTANCES THAT ARE LISTED ON THE HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE, UH, DOCUMENTATION.
SO THIS IS, THIS IS TO BE A HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE STORAGE, IT'S ALSO IN A FLOODWAY.
UM, I'M CURIOUS WHAT, WHAT PREVENTIVE PLANS YOU'LL TAKE TO PREVENT, UH, HURRICANES AND SUCH FROM HAVING AN IMPACT ON YOUR STORAGE? THE, THE CONSTRUCTION PLANS CALL FOR, UH, A, A BUILDUP OF THE, UH, SITE IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN, TO KEEP US ABOVE THE FLOOD ELEVATIONS.
UH, SO, UH, THEY, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT, NOT, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT CAN ENTER THE RUN, THE, UH, THE FLOODWAY.
UM, AND, UM, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE AT ANY GIVEN TIME, ABOUT HALF THE CARS ON THE SITE OR OR MORE WILL BE EMPTY.
UH, WE'LL BE RELEASING JUST A FEW A DAY.
SO I, AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT OUT THERE, WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CARS.
MOST OF THOSE ARE EMPTIES COMING BACK TO US TO GET PREPPED TO BE LOADED SO THEY CAN BE RELEASED TO CUSTOMERS.
DIDN'T YOUR APPLICATION ALLOW FOR LONG-TERM STORAGE OF 40 CARS? YES, SIR.
WE ALWAYS, WE ALWAYS ASK FOR THAT, BUT JUST TO BE, TO BE TRANSPARENT, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THERE'S ALWAYS EVENTS THAT DISTURB THE FREIGHT INDUSTRY, UH, WHETHER IT BE HURRICANES OR NOT.
AND, AND THAT IN, IN OCCASIONS LIKE THAT, CARS DO GET HELD.
WE JUST WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN DURING CERTAIN EVENTS IN THE, UH, IN, IN NATURE OR IN THE, UH, THIS TROPICAL REGION WE LIVE IN.
OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR.
UH, THE OTHER NAME ON OUR LIST IS STEPHANIE BYERS.
THANK, UH, THEN THAT'S ALL OF THE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WE WILL CLOSE THAT THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS IS SIX A.
WELL, WE SKIPPED SIX A, UH, SEVEN
[a. Receive a report regarding action taken by City Council on planning and zoning items.]
DIRECTORS REPORT.UM, THE, THE OLD VERSION WAS THE ONE THAT GOT SAVED TO THIS.
IT'S THE NEW VERSIONS ON THERE.
UM, I, I, I HAVEN'T MEMORIZED SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO, TO HELP YOU OUT.
UM, SO BASICALLY WHAT CAME BEFORE YOU, UM, WAS, OR WHAT BECAME
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BEFORE CITY COUNCIL THAT WAS, UM, UH, GIVEN A RESPONSE TO WAS THERE WAS A, A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT CHANGE THAT, THAT WAS AT F STEEL AND, UH, CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU, OR, I'M SORRY, CEDAR BAYOU.UM, THEY WERE REQUESTING TO CHANGE, UH, THE ZONING FROM SF TWO AND NSC TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
IT WAS A RECOMMENDATION BY, BY THE PLANNING THE ZONING COMMISSION TO DENY THAT REQUEST.
UM, THE CITY COUNCIL UPHELD THAT REQUEST AND DENIED THE CHANGE OF, OF, OF ZONING FROM NSC AND, UM, F SF TWO TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
SO WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS WERE AWARE OF THAT.
AND, UM, WE HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THE, THE LANDOWNERS AT THIS PARTICULAR TIME, BUT MAYBE THEY'LL BE REACHING OUT TO US IN THE FUTURE FOR SOME SORT OF, UM, UH, ADDITIONAL ZONING CHANGE THAT MIGHT BENEFIT THEM IN THE FUTURE.
UH, THE OTHER ITEM THAT CAME BEFORE WAS THE, THIS E ELECTRICAL SUPPLY HOST THAT WAS CHANGING FROM OR TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL ALONG THE EAST FREEWAY ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF I 10.
UM, IT WAS, UM, ELLIOT ELECTRIC AND THEIR, THEIR ZONING CHANGE WAS APPROVED.
UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THE STRATEGIC PLAN, UM, IS MOVING FORWARD.
UM, THIS IS ONE OF THE, UH, THE CITY, UH, I GUESS IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE ONE OF THE, UH, DOCUMENTS THAT KIND OF GIVES US DIRECTION AS TO WHERE WE'RE GONNA BE GOING IN THE FUTURE IN THE NEAR TERM.
AND THAT, THAT IS COMING TO A CONCLUSION HERE IN OCTOBER.
AND, UM, THAT'S MOVING IN, IN CONGRUENCE WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE ARE CURRENTLY DOING.
SO JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THAT'S MOVING FORWARD AND, UM, IT'S BEEN WELL RECEIVED ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.
CAN I ADD SOMETHING? OH, SURE.
UM, AND THERE'S ALSO A SURVEY AVAILABLE NOW ON BAYTOWN ENGAGE FOR THE STRATEGIC PLAN, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE HOSTING, UM, SEVERAL COMMUNITY MEETINGS IN MID-SEPTEMBER.
YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE? I DON'T THINK SO.
UH, THAT COMPLETES OUR AGENDA.
NO ONE HAD SOME OTHER INFORMATION.