Dec 20, 2022 Planning and Zoning Commission

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UH, MY

[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]

MARTIN WAS A LITTLE LATE.

WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 5 0 2.

THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, REGULAR MEETING FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20TH.

UM, AND ASK NATE TO CALL THE ROLE.

MS. SCOTT.

PRESENT.

MR. HARLOW? PRESENT MS. WINFREY? HERE.

MS. WHEELER? HERE.

MR. BALLOU? HERE.

MR. PIERCE.

PRESENT.

MS. BARAT? TIMS HERE.

THANK YOU.

[a. Consider approving the meeting minutes of the November 15, 2022, Planning and Zoning Commission regular meeting.]

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

REGULAR MEETING.

SO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

AND I HAVE A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

UH, THIRD ITEM,

[a. Consider approving Highland Farms Steele Crossing Preliminary Plat, approximately 1.22 acres located in the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) south of Battlebell Road, and north of Jones Road.]

A TJ SOUTH OF BATTLE BE ROAD AND NORTH OF JONES ROAD.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.

MY NAME'S TRISTAN LYONS PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO WE HAVE A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

UM, BASICALLY IT'S OFF STEEL ROAD BETWEEN JONES AND BATTLE BELL.

THIS WAS A TRACK OF LAND THAT WAS, UH, PLATTED A VERY, VERY LONG TIME AGO.

AND AN APPLICANT IS NOW COMING INTO RE SUBDIVIDED FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL NEW RESIDENTIAL LOTS.

THEY'RE ALL PROPERLY SIZED TO HAVE GOOD BUILDING SETBACKS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

COMMISSIONERS.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY.

NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE? I'M MOVE TO APPROVE THIS BASED ON THE DRCS IT MEETING THE DRC REQUIREMENTS.

AND I SECOND A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN.

WE HAVE TWO ZONING

[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider proposed text amendments to the Unified Land Development Code regarding the Mixed Use Zoning District.]

WE WILL ADDRESS FOUR B FIRST.

UH, I WILL READ THE FOLLOWING ONE TIME AND IT APPLIES TO ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS.

PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST.

AS THIS LIST WILL PROVIDE THE SPEAKING ORDER FOR THE HEARING.

EACH SPEAKER SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS 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 CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU'RE A GROUP WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO ADDRESS THE INFORMATION.

IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.

I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK CHRIS OME.

THE FIRST IS CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING.

CONSIDER PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE RECORDING THE MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.

GOOD EVENING COMMISSION.

UH, CHRIS CHAVIS, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES I TODAY WE HAVE AN ITEM IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, CONCERNING THE MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.

UH, AS YOU KNOW, WE'VE LOOKED AT THIS ZONING DISTRICT, UH, ALREADY PREVIOUSLY THIS YEAR WHERE WE ADDED SOME, UM, MULTI NOT ADDED SOME, UH, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT PRODUCTS BEING ATTACHED DWELLING UNITS, UH, INSIDE OF THIS PARTICULAR ZONING DISTRICT.

UH, WE WANTED TO UTILIZE THIS DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, SO IN ORDER TO DO SO, WE NEEDED TO MAKE SOME AMENDMENTS IN ORDER TO RIGHTSIZE IT, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.

UM, THE, THE MU ZONING DISTRICT WAS ONCE USED AS A CATCHALL TYPE OF, UH, ZONING DISTRICT.

SO NOW WE WANT TO MAKE IT SO THAT IT'S MORE FUNCTIONAL WHERE WE CAN PLACE IT STRATEGICALLY THROUGHOUT THE CITY AS RECOMMENDED BY OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

UM, AGAIN, IF YOU LOOK AT THE SCREEN HERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE NUMBER OF USES THAT WE WANT TO, UH, EITHER REMOVE FROM THE MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.

YOU'LL FIND THAT THESE USES ARE OFTEN FOUND INSIDE OF A MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT CALLED THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.

UM, WE FEEL LIKE

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AND AGAIN, IN ORDER TO DO THAT, WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE IMPACT OF CERTAIN USES AND HOW THEY'RE GOING TO RELATE TO THE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS THAT WE'RE IN THAT WE HAVE ALREADY INTRODUCED TO, UH, THE MU ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT HOW DO WE WANT THE CITY TO GROW AND DO WE WANT TO PROLIFERATE THESE INTENSE USES MORE SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY OR ARE THEY ONLY APPROPRIATE IN CERTAIN AREAS? UM, AND ON THIS LIST HERE, YOU SEE THAT WE'VE, WE'VE TAKEN OUT THINGS LIKE AUTOBODY SHOPS.

WE'VE TAKEN OUT GAS STATIONS, WE'VE ADDED A PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS TO GROCERY STORES THAT BASICALLY KEEPS IT TO A CERTAIN SCALE.

UM, MEANING THAT YOU CAN'T HAVE HAVE A, A KROGER MARKETPLACE, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN HAVE A TRADER JOE'S SIZE TYPE GROCERY STORE, BUT NOT A, NOT A MARKETPLACE.

UM, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ADDRESSED SOME OF THE ACCESSORY USES THAT ARE DEVELOPED AGAIN, TO KEEP THESE USES SMALLER IN SCALE AND LOWERING IMPACT SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THEM NEXT DOOR TO A RESIDENTIAL WITHOUT, UM, HAVING THE, THE NOISE COMPLAINTS OR HAVING THE NOISE IMPACTS, THE DUST IMPACTS AND THE THINGS THAT COME ALONG WITH IT.

UM, ADDITIONALLY WITH THIS PROPOSAL, UM, THE CURRENT, THE CURRENT ORDINANCE DOESN'T ALLOW THE MU DISTRICT TO BE ZONED TO ANY NEW LANDS.

WE ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT AGAIN WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ADOPT ADOPTION.

THERE'S A LOT OF MIXED USE OPPORTUNITY THAT IS MENTIONED INSIDE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND WE WOULD LIKE TO UTILIZE THIS DISTRICT TO DO SO THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, I'LL, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR ME CONCERNING OUR AMENDMENTS TO THIS PARTICULAR DISTRICT.

CHRIS, DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT SHOWS WHAT IS ALLOWED IN THAT DISTRICT? YES, ABSOLUTELY.

SOME OF THESE SLIDES.

SO EVERYTHING INSIDE OF THE BLUE COLUMN IS GOING TO BE YOUR MIXED USE DISTRICT ALLOWANCES, WHETHER THEY'RE PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS OR PERMITTED OUTRIGHT AT THIS CURRENT TIME.

THE ADJACENT COLUMN IS THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL COLUMN.

THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTIONS WERE THE INITIAL ONE, THE INITIAL IDENT, THE INITIAL LAND USES THAT WE IDENTIFIED THAT DIDN'T AUTOMATICALLY DID NOT SEEM TO FIT.

WE WERE ABLE TO GO IN FURTHER AND PAIR THOSE DOWN, UM, ONCE WE GOT INTO THE DETAIL OF THE DEF DEFINITIONS AND CONDITIONS.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THINGS LIKE EQUIPMENT SALES AND RENTAL FACILITIES, THAT'S REALLY SOMETHING THAT BELONGS ALONG I 10 DOES NOT BELONG INSIDE OF A RESIDENTIAL OR NEIGHBORHOOD AREA.

I'M SORRY, I'M CONFUSED.

THE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS ARE WHAT IS NO LONGER ALLOWED THOSE, SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT CURRENTLY IS WHAT IS ALLOWED, UM, INSIDE OF THE MU DISTRICT.

IN OUR INITIAL ASSESSMENT, WE IDENTIFIED THE INTENSITIES AND THESE WERE THE INITIAL INTENSITIES.

SO IF I WERE TO GO BACK TO THE OTHER SLIDE, THAT'LL SHOW YOU ALL THE THINGS THAT WE ARE REMOVING AND OR CHANGING TO A CONDITIONAL USE, WE WANTED TO SUMMARIZE AND AND PAIR IT DOWN SO IT COULD BE MORE DIGESTIBLE THAN THIS CHART THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU.

SO THE HIGHLIGHTED THINGS ARE BEING TAKEN ARE BEING TAKEN OUT BY YELLOW? YES, FOR SURE.

OKAY.

BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO THOSE THINGS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ON THIS LIST.

CAN WE MAKE SUGGESTIONS FROM THIS LIST OR IS THIS APPROPRIATE TIME? SO ON THIS LIST HERE, UM, YOU'LL SEE THAT, UM, WE'VE CROSSED OUT SELF STORAGE.

SO AUTO BODY SHOP, AND THEN WE CROSS OUT THE P LET ME SEE IF THIS WORKS FOR ME.

THAT DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.

OKAY.

SO AUTO BODY SHOPS, IT IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED, IT IS CROSSED OUT, UM, VEHICLE REPAIR, NON-COMMERCIAL WITH CONDITIONS.

IT HAS, IT HAS BEEN CROSSED OUT AS A USE PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS, SO ON AND SO FORTH.

SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE CHART, MAJORITY OF THESE ARE

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THANK YOU.

THE GROCERY STORE IS BEING PERMITTED WITH CONDITIONS AND THAT A 19 DESIGNATION IS BASICALLY TO KEEP THE GROCERY STORE AT A SMALLER SCALE THAN WHAT YOU WOULD FIND IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

THANK YOU.

SO WHAT WE HAVE IS NOT A LIST THAT SHOWS WHAT'S LEFT IN THERE AFTER THESE REMOVALS.

THAT'S CORRECT.

WHAT YOU HAVE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS THE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, RIGHT? CORRECT.

NOW WE CAN GO BACK TO HERE.

THE THINGS THAT ARE LEFT, WHICH ARE MAINLY BEING CON UM, CONSIDERED ARE GOING TO BE THE, THE GENERAL, THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL THINGS, OR NOT THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL, BUT THE RETAIL SALES TYPE OF ITEMS. THE OFFICE SPACES ARE GONNA BE LEFT.

UM, THE OFFICES ARE GOING TO BE LEFT, UM, OF COURSE DWELLING UNITS, DAYCARE CARE, I THINK SELF-STORAGE IS COMING OUT, SELF-STORAGE IS COMING OUT.

RECREATION VEHICLE PARK IS COMING OUT.

KEEP IN MIND THE, THE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED.

SO IT WAS KIND OF STATED EARLIER THAT THE, THE ITEMS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED ARE COMING OUT.

UM, BUT THOSE ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE COMING OUT PROBLEM.

SO JUST, YEAH, JUST UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT IT'S, THIS WAS KIND OF, I THINK THIS WAS STAFF'S FIRST BLUSH AT IT.

YEAH.

THESE ARE THE ONES THAT JUMPED OUT US AT US AS ABSOLUTELY HAD TO COME OUT.

WE REALLY NEED TO PULL THESE FROM THE MU ZONE TO MAKE IT, TO MAKE IT MAKE SENSE.

BUT IT'S NOT THE ONLY ONES.

I MEAN, I, I THINK I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.

LIKE BASICALLY YOU'RE TRYING TO BE VERY, VERY INTENTIONAL TO MAKE SURE THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT CROP UP ARE GOING TO SUIT NEIGHBORHOODS AND AND NEIGHBORS AROUND THEM.

SO I, I GET IT.

I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB ON THIS, UM, ATTEMPTING.

THAT'S STILL THE SUMMARY.

SO I MEAN, WITH THAT, UH, ANY QUESTIONS, THERE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WILL BE, WE WILL BE CREATING SOME CON NON-CONFORMING USES BY MAKING THIS CHANGE.

UH, BUT EVEN WITH THAT, WE FEEL LIKE, UH, IT IS APPROPRIATE TO EITHER ALLOW THOSE USES TO CONTINUE AS THEY ARE AND LET THEM, UM, I GUESS PHASE OUT IF THEY NEED TO REDEVELOP IN A LARGER MANNER.

REMEMBER, OUR CURRENT, UM, NON-CONFORMING STANDARDS ALLOW YOU TO MAINTAIN WHAT YOU HAVE AND ALLOW YOU TO REPAIR AND, AND, AND REBUILD UP TO A CERTAIN POINT.

BUT AT THE MOMENT THAT YOU, UH, REACH A MORE THAN 50% REDEVELOPMENT THRESHOLD, THAT'S WHEN WE CONSIDER YOU A NEW USE.

SO AT THAT POINT, THEY WOULD NEED TO, UH, EITHER MAKE A DECISION TO STAY THE SAME SIZE OR RELOCATE TO AN AREA THAT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS INTENSE TYPE OF USE.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CHRIS? OUR REASON FOR REVERSING THESE WAS TO ENSURE THAT MIXED USE ENDED UP BEING SOMETHING THAT WE, WE COULD LIVE WITH BEFORE WE DID, UH, FOR A, UM, AND I THINK THAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED THAT.

UM, I'M ASSUMING THAT IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT CROPS UP, WE CAN STILL ADDRESS THAT AT A, AT A LATER DATE.

YES MA'AM.

OF COURSE.

UH, YOU KNOW, AS IT IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR STAFF TO COME BACK WITH TEXT AMENDMENTS, SO, UH, WE'LL, WE'LL PUT IT OUT THERE AND HOPEFULLY, UH, WE'LL GET SOME USERS TO, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S KIND OF OUR TESTING MARKET.

WE FIGURE OUT WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T AND THEN WE'LL COME BACK WITH THE APPROPRIATE CHANGES.

AND, AND THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS, IS NOT SPECIFIC TO ITEM FOUR A FOUR A ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY.

IT IS RELATED, ABSOLUTELY.

YEAH.

AND IT KIND OF GOT STAFF'S WHEELS SPINNING LIKE, BUT, BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT, I THINK, UM, ALL YEAR TO SAY WE WANNA MAKE THE MU ZONE USABLE AND THE WAY IT IS NOW, IT'S NOT MUCH DIFFERENT FROM THE GC.

THAT'S RIGHT.

AND IT'S NOT ALWAYS APPROPRIATE, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED MU BUT IT COULD BE.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO PUSH IT TOWARDS THAT WHERE IT ACTUALLY IS USABLE AND NOT SOMETHING THAT IS THIS, UM, THAT MIGHT AS WELL BE GC AND AND JUST ALLOW EVERYTHING SO RIGHT.

AND WE WANTED THAT ADDRESSED PRIOR TO THIS ZONING CHANGE.

DEFINITELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT CHRIS STATED .

SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS ON, I'M SORRY, CAN YOU CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? UH, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO REMIND ME.

,

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THERE WAS NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK, UH, FOR, FOR B.

AND MOVE FORWARD TO A MOTION AND A SECOND AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES

[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider the city sponsored rezoning to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 107.82 acres of land located along the southern portion of the Blue Heron Parkway generally between Barkuloo Road and Crosby Cedar Bayou Road, from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Density (SF2) and Mixed Use (MU) Zoning Districts.]

FOR A CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, CONSIDER THE CITY SPONSORED REZONING TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 107.82 ACRES OF LAND LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF BLUE HERON PARKWAY.

GENERALLY BETWEEN BARLOW ROAD AND CROSBY, CEDAR BIO ROAD FROM OPEN SPACE RECREATION OR TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY SF TWO AND MIXED USE MU ZONING DISTRICTS.

HELLO COMMISSIONERS.

HELLO, MY NAME IS TREVOR HARLOW.

I'M THE PLANNER TWO.

THANK YOU.

HELLO.

NOPE, MIC AGAIN.

THERE YOU GO.

THERE IT GOES.

I SWEAR IT WAS ON WHEN I WAS BACK THERE.

SO, UM, I AM ONCE AGAIN TREVOR HARLOW, THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT.

UH, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU, AS YOU PROBABLY REMEMBER IT, WE HAD THIS AS A DISCUSSION ITEM LAST MONTH.

SO A LOT OF THIS IS GONNA BE A REFRESHER FOR YOU, BUT WE'RE JUST GONNA GO OVER A LOT OF THE HIGHLIGHTED PARTS AGAIN AND MAKE SURE WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE ON THIS ITEM.

SO THE CITY SPONSORED REZONING, THIS AREA THAT WE'RE COVERING IS THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE BLUE HERON.

WE'RE GOING FROM APPROXIMATELY CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD OVER TO BARLOW ROAD ON THE WEST WITH A LITTLE BIT OF ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE WEST OVER HERE.

SO THAT'S SOUTHERN AREA, SOME HIGHLIGHTED AREAS, CROCKETT ELEMENTARY RIGHT UP HERE TO THE NORTH JENKINS PARK OVER HERE TO THE EAST.

AND THEN RIGHT OFF THE MAP TO THE WEST IS WHERE NORTH MAIN IS GOING TO BE.

SO TO GET SOME PERSPECTIVE FOR YOU GUYS, UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO MORE OF THE BACKGROUND FOR THIS, THERE'S SOME THINGS I WANTED TO POINT OUT WHY WE HAVE A VICINITY MAP UP IN FRONT OF YOU.

SOME, UH, SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE HAD IS RELATED TO SOME DEVELOPMENTS HAPPENING IN THE WEST.

SO THERE'S THE UH, MEDICAL CENTER DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING ALONG NORTH MAIN AND THEN HAVING ACCESS ONTO BLUE HERON.

SO THAT IS JUST WEST OFF YOUR SCREEN.

THAT'S NOT RELATED TO THIS REZONING.

NONE OF THAT PROPERTY WILL BE TOUCHED BY THIS, BUT IT IS JUST OVER THERE.

AND THEN TO THIS NORTH SIDE WHERE JUST WEST OF CROCKETT ELEMENTARY, THIS WAS RECENTLY REZONED TO UH, MF ONE AND THE SAME PROPERTY OWNER FOR THAT ALSO OWNS A PORTION OF PROPERTY WITHIN OUR REZONE.

AND SO WHILE THIS ONE WAS ZONED FOR MF ONE, THIS ONE TO THE SOUTH IS NOT BEING PROPOSED FOR MF ONE AT ALL.

SO THERE IS NO, UH, PROPOSAL FOR MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT THERE OR ANY ALLOWANCE TO REZONE INTO THAT.

IT WILL BE PART OF THIS, UH, OVERALL REZONING PROCESS HAS THAT PROPERTY CURRENTLY IS GOING THROUGH VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.

SO THAT WILL FINISH, IT'LL COME INTO CITY LIMITS AND IT'LL JUST PICK RIGHT BACK UP INTO THIS REZONE PROCESS.

SO WANTED TO START WITH THAT TO KIND OF CLEAR ANY OF THAT UP AND GET THAT UH, PERSPECTIVE IN YOUR HEADS.

SO A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SOME OVERVIEW AGAIN WITH THIS CITY SPONSORED REZONING.

UH, HENCE ITS NAME HAS A CITY SPONSORED REZONING.

THIS IS BEING PROPOSED BY US STAFF HAS COME WITH THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR BEFORE YOU ALL.

AND REALLY THE REASON WE'RE DOING THIS IS JUST TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE.

UH, THIS AREA ALL IS CURRENTLY ZONED OR, BUT THERE HAS BEEN DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES AND A LOT OF THE OWNERS IN THE AREA WANT TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT LAND OR ARE WANT TO PURSUE SOME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT AND THEY CURRENTLY CAN'T BECAUSE OF THAT.

OR ZONING DESIGNATION, WHICH DOESN'T ALLOW FOR ANY DEVELOPMENT.

SO, UH, ANTICIPATING THAT GROWTH AND TRYING TO ANSWER THOSE DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES, WE WANTED TO BE PROACTIVE AND LOOK AT THIS AREA HOLISTICALLY AND ADDRESS ITS ZONING OVERALL INSTEAD OF HAVING THOSE APPLICANTS EACH COME IN ONE BY ONE AND TRYING TO DO THIS PIECEMEAL WHERE WE DON'T GET TO REALLY HAVE A HAND IN GUIDING THAT DEVELOPMENT.

AND ANOTHER GREAT THING ABOUT THAT IS IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO REACH OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND GET THEIR INPUT ON THIS AREA SO WE MAKE SURE THAT'S ACCOUNTED FOR FOR THE OVERALL UH, REZONING.

SO I DO WANNA SHARE AGAIN WITH YOU SOME OF THE FEEDBACK WE'VE GOTTEN.

WE KIND OF TALKED ABOUT IT LAST MONTH, BUT JUST TO REFRESH AROUND THAT, WE DID GET A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.

WE HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD HOPE AND HOUSE AND WE'VE HAD, UM, DIFFERENT ONLINE ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES, UH, SINCE IT'S BEEN LIVE AND SINCE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT BACK IN SEPTEMBER.

SO WE'VE HAD OVER 120 DIFFERENT RESPONSES OVER, UH, MULTIPLE DIFFERENT FORMS OF ENGAGEMENT.

SO THAT'S HELPED US TO KIND OF GIVE US SOME PERSPECTIVE ON THE REZONING AND A LOT OF THAT HAS LED TOWARDS, UH, A LOT OF

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UH, ASKING FOR NORMAL MULTIFAMILY IN THAT AREA, WHICH WE TRIED OUR BEST OR WE DID ACCOMMODATE THAT WITH OUR REZONING REQUESTS, NOT ALLOWING FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AND THEN JUST TRYING TO GET SOME PRESERVATION, SOME UH, SOME PRESERVING OF THE UH, PARK LAND WITHIN THERE AS WELL, WHICH YOU'LL SEE IN THE REZONING REQUEST.

OF COURSE WE DIDN'T TOUCH THE PARKS AND KEPT THAT THE SAME AS WELL.

SO MOVING FORWARD, ONCE AGAIN JUST SHOWING YOU THAT CURRENT ZONING MAP.

AS I MENTIONED, EVERYTHING IS ZONED OR, AND YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IN THE SURROUNDING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT SF TWO WHICH WILL COME INTO PLAY FOR OUR PROPOSED REZONING TO PUT SOME PICTURES INTO PERSPECTIVE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING LIKE IN THE AREA.

YOU'LL SEE, UM, WITH THESE TWO OVER HERE, THIS IS KIND OF ON THOSE FRONTAGE AREAS.

SO FIRST WE HAVE A VACANT LOT THAT HAS BEEN CLEARED AND THEN OVER HERE GOING WEST WE HAVE UH, UNDEVELOPED AS WELL.

AND THIS KIND OF STRETCHES ALL ALONG ALL THE WAY OVER TO BLUE HERON PARK WHERE IT'S UNDEVELOPED AND HASN'T REALLY BEEN TOUCHED MUCH.

AND THEN COMING DOWN ON BARLOW, THAT'S WHERE WE START TO GET INTO THAT RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.

SO THIS TRANSITIONAL ZONE HAS THE BEGINNING OF THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER AND SOME LARGER LOTS AS WELL.

BEFORE WE GET INTO THE MORE SUBDIVISION STYLE RESIDENTIAL.

GOING FURTHER WEST, OF COURSE THERE'S BLUE HERON PARK HERE, WHICH WE CAN SEE THE END OF THAT UNDEVELOPED, UH, AN UNCLEARED AREA HERE AS WELL AS ON THE CORNER.

SO THIS WOULD BE THE CORNER OF BLUE HERON AND CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU.

UH, WE CAN SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO KEEPING THAT.

THIS ALSO HAS A LOT OF THAT RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER, SOME LARGER LOTS, BUT THAT SAME ROUGH CHARACTER THAT WE SEE IN ROUGHLY THAT SAME CHARACTER THAT WE SEE IN THAT SF TWO AREA.

AND THEN FURTHER SOUTH IT'S A MO A LOT MORE OF THAT SAME CHARACTER AS WELL THAT WE SAW IN THOSE OTHER TWO AREAS.

SO LOOKING AT ALL THAT AND WHAT WE'VE SAID EARLIER AND OUR ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENTS, UH, AND PRESSURES COMING IN FROM DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA, THIS IS THE REZONING THAT WE HAVE LAND ON, WHICH IS THE SAYING THAT WE PRESENTED TO YOU LAST MONTH, BUT OF COURSE THIS TIME IT IS COMING FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED THERE.

UH, SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR IT.

AND JUST TO KIND OF GO OVER IT AGAIN WITH YOU ALL ON HERE ALONG THE WEST, OR SORRY, THE EAST AND THEN DOWN HERE WE HAVE THAT SF TWO DESIGNATION, WHICH GOING OFF OF OUR CURRENT AND I CAN COME OVER HERE AS WELL SO YOU CAN SEE IT GOING OFF OF OUR CURRENT, UH, ZONING.

WE SEE THAT SF TWO.

SO WE JUST TRIED TO CARRY THAT OUT SINCE TO THE SOUTH IS MAINLY THAT NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER.

WE WANTED TO CARRY THAT UP INTO THE REZONE.

SO THOSE AREAS THAT WERE PART OF THAT O2 THAT UH, OR ZONING DESIGNATION WE'RE JUST REZONING THEM TO SF TWO.

THAT'S NOT GONNA CHANGE ANYTHING, IT'S JUST TO MATCH THE CHARACTER, THE LAND WITH THE ZONING DISTRICT.

AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE OTHER BIG THINGS IS THIS MU WHICH THAT MIXED USE ZONING YOU ALL SHOULD KNOW QUITE A BIT ABOUT NOW SINCE WE JUST WENT OVER THAT.

SO I WON'T HAVE TO TOUCH MUCH ON THAT.

BUT REALLY THE MAIN REASON WE WENT WITH THAT ZONING DESIGNATION IS FOR THE FLEXIBILITY.

SINCE WE ARE TRYING TO BE PROACTIVE AND GIVE A BIT OF A GUIDING HAND IN THE AREA, WE DON'T WANNA BE TOO HEAVY HANDED AND MAKE, UH, MAKE ALL THE DECISIONS.

SO MU IS GOING TO GIVE US A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR THOSE DEVELOPERS TO HAVE FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR CHOICES AND BE ABLE TO STILL USE THEIR, THEIR PROPERTY IN THE WAY THAT THEY WANT TO.

AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER THING THAT I'LL POINT OUT IS THOSE TWO SPOTS WHERE THE PARKS ARE.

SO THOSE ARE STAYING OR, SO THEY'RE NOT TECHNICALLY GONNA BE PART OF THE REZONING PROPOSAL, THEY'RE IN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE NOT GONNA TOUCH THEM WHEN IT COMES TO REZONING.

SO JUST SO UH, YOU HAVE THAT ON YOUR HEAD.

BUT YEAH, OTHER THAN THAT, I'LL SHOW YOU JUST THE FLUME MAP HERE.

SO OUR FUTURE LAND USE MAP IS ALL VERY CONSISTENT WITH IT.

THE ONLY BIG THING THAT YOU'LL, YOU WILL SEE IS NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE COMMERCIAL IS LISTED HERE, WHICH WE HAVE THAT COMING HAS UH, SF TWO.

THE REAL REASON WE JUST WENT WITH THAT IS WE FELT, UH, HAVING MORE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE SF TWO IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INTO THAT MIXED USE WOULD ALLOW FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE SOME TRANSITION AND SOME BUFFER BETWEEN ANY POTENTIAL COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, EVEN THOUGH IT WOULD BE, UH, VERY, VERY LOW IN UH, AN IMPACT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

WE STILL WANTED TO HAVE A TRANSITIONAL AREA.

SO OTHER THAN THAT THOUGH, IT IS WELL IN LINE WITH THE MIXED USE ALONG HERE AND THE RECREATION AREA ALONG THERE.

BUT WITH THAT I'LL BE OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS.

COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR TREVOR QUESTION TREVOR, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION.

ARE THE WALKING TRAILS GONNA STAY IN PLACE? CONNECTING THE, THE, OKAY.

YEP.

YEAH, ALL OF THAT WILL STAY THE SAME.

UM, CONNECTING THOSE, THOSE PARKS AND WE WON'T TOUCH ANY OF THAT WHATSOEVER.

AND ONCE AGAIN, SINCE IT IS JUST A REZONING, WE KNOW DEVELOPMENT OR ANY, ANYTHING ON THE GROUND WILL BE TOUCHED BY, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING

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ALL THAT WILL BE IN THE FUTURE.

MITCHELL, YOU HAD A QUESTION IN ONE OF YOUR SIMPLIFIED ILLUSTRATIONS, THERE WAS A BLUE COLOR CODING IN THAT.

YEAH, LIKE THIS PICTURE HAS A PURPLE THERE.

I SAW THE BLUE COLOR COATING IN A DIFFERENT SLIDE AND I WAS WONDERING WHAT THE DIFFERENCE OR THE TRAIN CHAIN OF THOUGHT THERE WAS.

WERE YOU, UM, I'M TRYING, ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT THE BLUE ON THIS, ON THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP? NO, MAYBE MY CAMERA LIED TO ME WHEN I TOOK THE PICTURE, BUT IT CAME UP BLUE.

I THINK IT'S ON THE, ON THE, ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.

OH, SORRY.

UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS BLUE RIGHT HERE THEN? UH, OTHER SIDE, THE FAR END ON THE RIGHT.

OH, IT'S PURPLE.

MM-HMM .

OH, RIGHT HERE.

UH, TO THE LEFT AND DOWN SQUARE GRID ON THE, AM I JUST BELOW WHERE YOU ARE? DOWN A RIGHT THERE.

OH, OKAY.

SO I, SORRY.

I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING NOW I'S SAW DIFFERENT COATINGS ON THAT BOTTOM THERE.

LET MOVE BACK.

OKAY, SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT YES SIR.

THIS LOT RIGHT HERE.

ALRIGHT, I GOT YOU.

SO THAT IS ALSO MIXED USE.

SO WE WERE PUTTING THE MIXED USE ALONG THE FRONTAGE HERE.

OKAY.

THE TRANSITION AND THEN JUST PART OF THIS CORNER TO START A SERVING HAS THAT AREA FOR THAT, UH, THAT INTERSECTION SPOT AS WELL AS TO JUST ALLOW FLEXIBILITY.

ESPECIALLY WE HAD THE PROPERTY OWNER SPECIFICALLY ASK FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK FOR POTENTIALLY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THERE, MAYBE SELLING THAT AREA, DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE VERY AMENABLE TO THEM AND MAKE SURE THEY COULD USE IT HOWEVER THEY WANTED TO.

THAT TO BE MY SECOND QUESTION.

WITH A BIG PIECE OF LAND LIKE THIS, I'M SURPRISED WE'RE NOT HEARING FROM MORE PROPERTY OWNERS.

YEAH.

UM, I MEAN THEY ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, OBVIOUSLY THEY WERE ALL NOTIFIED AND WE HAVE TALKED TO A FEW OF THEM.

UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE HAVE STATED EXACTLY WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH IT AND THEY'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS.

BUT YEAH, FOR THE MOST PART THEY ALL HAVE ALL BEEN NOTIFIED, SO.

OKAY.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? UH, WE HAVE NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I WILL SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION.

TAMMY, DO YOU SECOND? YES MA'AM.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

THOSE OPPOSED LIKE SIGNED.

MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU ALL.

UH, WE'RE

[a. Receive a report from the Planning Director.]

THAT'S ALL THE TOUGH STUFF.

I, SINCE I MADE MY BET FOR 5 45, I GOTTA DRAG THIS OUT FOR A FEW MINUTES FOR FIVE 30.

FIVE 30, DIDN'T WE? WE DID, WE GAVE YOU HOURS OF OUR LIFE.

ALL RIGHT, SO, SO A FEW, WE'VE HAD A FEW, I FIND.

GEEZ.

OKAY.

YOU GUYS ARE SO TOUCHY.

UM, SO WE'VE, WE'VE HAD A FEW, UH, UH, ACTIONS AT CITY COUNCIL.

UM, THE FIRST ONE WAS THAT, IF YOU REMEMBER, IT WAS A SMALL, UH, MF ONE REZONE ON VILLE ROAD.

THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON THAT WAS FOR DENIAL.

THIS BODY'S RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR DENIAL.

UH, CITY COUNCIL ACTUALLY APPROVED THAT REZONE TO MF ONE.

SO, UH, WE WILL SEE WHERE, WHERE THAT ONE GOES OVER THE NEXT, UH, FEW MONTHS.

UH, THE NEXT ITEM WAS ANNEXATION AND REZONE OF 5 8 1 4, UH, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 FROM OR TO GC, THIS ONE HAS BEEN PUT ON HOLD.

THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF, UH, WEIGHING THEIR OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.

SO THAT ONE I BELIEVE WAS, WAS THAT THE 90 DAY? THAT WAS THE 90 DAY UP TO 90 DAYS, UM, CARRYOVER.

AND THEN THE OTHER ITEM REASON OF 7 0 3 HUNT ROAD, UH, WHICH WAS FROM GC TO MF ONE THAT WAS THE, UM, THE, THE RENTAL SINGLE FAMILY AND DUPLEX AND SIXPLEX, UH, RENTAL PROJECT.

THAT ONE WAS ALSO, UH, CONTINUED TO JANUARY.

SO, UM, AND THAT ONE WAS MAINLY BECAUSE THE NEW COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING IN HAD NOT GOTTEN THE FULL, UM, THE FULL PACKET OF INFORMATION AND, AND THE TIME TO ABSORB THAT.

SO THEY DECIDED TO PUT THAT ONE OFF TILL JANUARY.

SO, UM, BUT OTHERWISE, I WANTED TO THANK THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME TO THE SECOND ROUND OF TRAINING LAST MONTH.

THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THAT.

I'M HOPING THAT THESE ARE, ARE HELPFUL TO YOU GUYS AND, UM, WHEN I GET AROUND TO IT, I'LL, I'LL GET THE VIDEOS PUT UP SO THAT, UH, ANYBODY WHO WASN'T THERE CAN ACCESS THOSE ON THEIR OWN.

UM, AND WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO, UM, CHRIS AND I WERE TALKING EARLIER TODAY ABOUT WHAT CAN WE DO MOVING FORWARD AND IN THE WAY OF ADDITIONAL, UH, TRAINING AS WELL.

SO, UM, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S IT.

I'LL JUST TELL YOU GUYS TO HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND, UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE WEREN'T SURE HOW MANY PEOPLE WE COULD GET HERE

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BUT THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR, UH, FOR THANK YOU FOR BEING COMMITTED AND FOR BEING HERE.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE.

CHRISTMAS NOW FURTHER BUSINESS.

WE ARE A ATTRACT 6 32.