* 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. [00:00:12] SORRY, CHRIS WAS COLD. . [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL] ALRIGHT, IT'S BEING UH, FOUR O'CLOCK. LET ME CALL THIS MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, TO ORDER HERE IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER. AND IF I COULD, I'D LIKE TO ASK NAY TO OFFICIALLY CALL THE ROLE ISH. BECKY HERE. WHY HERE? GILBERT HERE AND BARBARA HERE. GANG IS ALL HERE. SO LET'S BEGIN THE MEETING. UM, LET'S [a. Consider the election of a Chairperson and a Vice-Chairperson of the Board of Adjustment in accordance with Section 2-545 of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas.] DO BUSINESS ITEM FIRST. UH, THAT BEING NUMBER TWO, CONSIDER THE ELECTION OF A CHAIRPERSON AND A VICE CHAIRPERSON OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION TWO DASH 5 45 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, BAYTOWN, TEXAS. I WOULD LOOK FOR A MOTION FOR A CHAIR AND A VICE CHAIR, MR. CHAIR. I MOVE THAT, UH, WE ELECT MIKE WILSON AS CHAIR AND BARB BOOSTER AS VICE CHAIR FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. I SECOND THAT. ANY DISCUSSION OR DISSENSION? I'M SPEECHLESS. . . THE PAY IS REALLY GOOD, BARBARA. OH, EXCELLENT. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. I'M RETIRING. I'M RETIRING. SO YOU CAN Y'ALL REMEMBER TO TURN YOUR MICS ON? OKAY. TURN THIS ON BECAUSE THERE WE GO. UH, NO OTHER DISCUSSION. ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO ELECT, UH, ME AS CHAIRPERSON AND BARB AS VICE CHAIRPERSON. PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OFFICIALLY DONE FOR ANOTHER PAINFUL YEAR, BARBARA. IT REALLY IS. IT'LL NEVER BE SEEN. ALL RIGHT. UM, NOBODY'S HOLDING YOU HERE, MIKE, SIR. NOBODY'S HOLDING YOU HERE. . HIS SENSE OF DUTY VOLUNTEERING IS AWESOME. AWESOME. YOU GUYS HAVE TO BE HERE 'CAUSE YOU'RE PAID . ALL RIGHTY. UH, [3. MINUTES] LET'S DO ITEM THREE A AND CONSIDER APPROVING THE MINUTES OF OUR NOVEMBER THE EIGHTH, 2022 MEETING. YOU SHOULD HAVE 'EM IN YOUR PACKET IF YOU BROUGHT IT OR ON THE SCREEN AND NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. WILSON. AFTER CAREFULLY REVIEWING THE MINUTES AS THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED TO US, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THEM AS WRITTEN YOU SECOND. SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OF THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THOSE MINUTES, PLEASE SAY, AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. WE'LL GO TO [a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for variance from the Unified Land Development Code, Article III. Division 1. Table 3-1. Property Development Standards to reduce the minimum street side setback to property line from 15 feet to 10 feet.] ITEM FOUR A, WHICH IS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, UH, AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE FROM THE ULDC ARTICLE THREE DIVISION ONE, TABLE THREE DASH ONE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS TO REDUCE THE MINIMUM SIDE STREET SETBACK TO THE PROPERTY LINE FROM 15 FEET TO 10 FEET. AND LET ME READ THE RULES OF HERE SOMEWHERE. AH, OKAY. THE RULES OF THE PUBLIC HEARING. UH, THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS 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 ALREADY SIGNED UP ON THE APPROPRIATE LIST AND WHICH WILL PROVIDE THE SPEAKING ORDER FOR TODAY. EACH SPEAKER WE WOULD ASK TO GIVE, UH, HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THE HEARING. AND THESE RULES, RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION. HOWEVER, WE CAN ENCOURAGE ANYONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK TO BE CONCISE AS POSSIBLE. AND IF THERE'S A GROUP OF FOLKS WHICH DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE IS, WE WOULD ASK THAT THEY COORDINATE TOGETHER AND COLLECT AND, UH, SELECT A SPOKESPERSON. UH, AND IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS TO PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME AND IF WE COULD THEN ASK STAFF TO GIVE US A SUMMARY OF THE AGENDA TODAY. SURE. GOOD EVENING. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, BOARD MEMBERS, MY NAME IS LAIA SALE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. OUR, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY TODAY IS 2000 NEW JERSEY STREET. IT'S A CORNER LOT WITH 40 FOOT OF FRONTAGE ON NEW JERSEY STREET AND 125, UH, FEET OF, UH, LOT DEPTH ON, UH, KENTUCKY STREET. IT IS SURROUNDED BY, UH, RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS [00:05:01] FROM THE NORTH, WEST AND SOUTH. AND TO THE EAST ARE THE, UH, ST. JOSEPH, UH, CATHOLIC CHURCH AND SCHOOL. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ITS SURROUNDING ARE ZONED, UH, FOR, UM, MIXED RESIDENTIAL, UH, AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY, WHICH IS SF TWO. AND THE, UH, FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS ITS ADJACENT PROPERTIES FOR MIXED DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. THIS IS THE, UH, CURRENT STATE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. IT'S CURRENTLY VACANT THE ORIGINAL DWELLINGS ON THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND IT WAS CREATED IN 1940 AND WAS DEMOLISHED IN 19, UH, IN, UM, 2021. AND THIS IS A GOOGLE STREET VIEW THAT SHOWS THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS STRUCTURE AND ITS STATUS FROM VARIOUS VIEWS. UM, I'M PRESENTING HERE THE ORIGINAL EAST BAYTOWN, UH, SUBDIVISION PLAT, WHICH SHOWS THIS IS NEW JERSEY STREET, AND THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IT HAS 40 FEET OF LOT FRONTAGE SIMILAR TO THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS ALSO A CORNER LOT. AND ALSO, UH, SIMILAR TO ALL THOSE INTERIOR LOTS ON THE STREET IN, UH, THIS IS AN AREA IN 2021 THAT I WAS TRYING TO, UH, MEASURE THE SETBACKS OF THE ORIGINAL HOUSE THAT WAS, UH, THE SUBJECT OF, UH, OF TODAY'S BOARD, AS WELL AS THE SETBACKS OF THE, UM, THE PROPERTY, THE DWELLING ACROSS THE STREET. AND IT WAS VERY SIMILAR. IT WAS ABOUT SEVEN FEET FROM THE, UM, THE RIGHT OF WAY ON KENTUCKY STREET. THE PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE, UH, ONE STORY SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING THAT THAT IS, UM, SETBACKS 25 FEET FROM THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE OF NEW JERSEY STREET, FIVE FEET FROM THE SIDE TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTY TO THE WEST 10 FEET, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT VARIANCE, UH, FROM, UM, THE, UH, THE PROP, THE PROPERTY LINE ALONG KENTUCKY STREET AND 47 FEET ON THE REAR YARD SETBACK, WHICH IS MORE THAN THE, THE MINIMUM ULDC DEVELOPMENT STANDARD OF 10 FEET. THE STRUCTURE WILL ACCOMMODATE TWO LIVING SPACES IN A CORRIDOR, AND, UH, WIDTH OF THE DWELLING WILL BE 25 FEET WIDE ONLY. THIS IS THE, UM, THE PROPOSED ELEVATION ON NEW JERSEY STREET, AND THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE ON, UM, KENTUCKY STREET STAFF ASSIST THE SITUATION IN THE CASE AND DETERMINE THAT IT'S, UM, THE MINIMUM ACTION THAT COULD MAKE USE OF THIS LAND AND CARRY OUT THE SPIRIT OF THE ULDC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. WE RECEIVED ONE OBJECTION TO THE, UM, TO THE PROPOSAL, AND I'M GOING TO, UM, IF YOU ALLOW ME, I'M GOING TO WRITE THE, THE COMMENTS PLEASE. THE CITY, THE COUNTY, AND THE STATE OF TEXAS HAVE LAWS, CODES, AND ORDINANCE TO PROTECT CITIZEN PROPERTY VALUES AND COMMUNITY INTEGRITY TO GOOD RE FOR GOOD REASONS. THIS IS NOT TO GRANDFATHER AN EXISTING PROPERTY INTO COMPLIANCE, BUT TO LEGALLY ALLOW NON-COMPLIANCE. THE CODES EXISTED WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY PURCHASED, WHICH MAKES IT LEGALLY AND MORALLY NOT MY OR ANY OTHER CITIZEN OF BEAN'S PROBLEM. ALSO, SINCE THIS IS A CORNER LOT, IT WOULD INTERFERE WITH TRAFFIC VISIBILITY WHEN I DRIVE ON, UH, PUBLIC ROADS AND POSSIBLY ENDANGERED CHILDREN WALKING OR RIDING THEIR BICYCLE TO THE NEARBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. AND THAT CAME FROM [00:10:01] WHOM? FROM ONE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT RECEIVED THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER NOTICE. OKAY, INTERESTING, INTERESTING COMMENT. OKAY. AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL IS WHAT I'M SEEING. YES. OKAY. AND THE STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL BECAUSE ALL THE CRITERIA, ALL THE CRITERIA WAS MET. AND, UH, TO BE FAIR TO THIS 1930 SUBDIVISION, WE CANNOT APPLY THE ULDC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT WAS ASSOCIATED WITH 50 FEET MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE. SO THAT, THAT'S WHY THE, THE REQUEST, UH, THE REQUIREMENT OF 15 FEET STREET SIDE SETBACK IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE OF 50 FEET. IF WE, UH, STRICTLY APPLY THIS, UH, REQUIREMENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WE WOULD BE BURDEN THE APPLICANT IN OTHER, UH, INFILL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FUTURE. OKAY. ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE HAVE THE, UH, PUBLIC SPEAKING FROM THE CITIZENS? NO. OKAY. THANK YOU MA'AM. UM, WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK DAN AKEY, AND I BELIEVE HE JUST LEFT. SO DAN, IF YOU'RE HERE AND HIDING, IF NOT, UH, IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE NOBODY WANTING TO SPEAK. UH, AND I WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AND, UH, GO ON TO ASK THE COUNT, THE, UH, BOARD TO GIVE US COMMENTS, UH, SO THAT WE CAN CONSIDER APPROVAL OR DISAPPROVAL OF THE VARIANCE REQUEST, WHICH IS STILL ITEM FOUR A. BUT THE SECOND PART, QUESTIONS TO STAFF, ANYBODY I CONCERNS? I LOOKED OVER THE, THE CRITERIA AND, AND THEY ALL ARE REASONABLY MET. UM, IF YOU AS, AS MENTIONED, TAKE THE 50 FOOT LOT AND HAVE A 15 FOOT SETBACK, THIS IS BASICALLY A FIVE FOOT SHORTER LOT WITH A FIVE FOOT LESS SETBACK AND KINDA ALL MAKES SENSE. YEAH. UH, 25 FOOT WIDE HOUSE ON, ON THAT LOT IS, IS, UH, IT'S AN IMPROVEMENT TO THAT PROPERTY. BING. GO. I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS WITH ANY OF THE CRITERIA. OKAY, BARB, I, I JUST WANNA SAY IT'S, IT'S NICE TO SEE REDEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND INFILL HOUSING AND DRIVING FURTHER DOWN NEW JERSEY STREET, SEEING ADDITIONAL INFILL HOUSING AND LOOKING GOOD, LOOKING BETTER. ROY, ANY ANY COMMENTS? THIS THIS PART, THIS PART OF THE MEETING IS FOR US TO EITHER GIVE COMMENTS OR ASK QUESTIONS OF STAFF, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE ANY CONCERNS. NO CONCERNS, NO CONCERNS. I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS EITHER. IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THAT STAFF DID A GOOD JOB OF, YOU KNOW, I LIKE THE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS WHERE IT SHOWED THE SETBACKS FROM THE PREVIOUS PROPERTY AND IT, IT, IT APPEARS THAT IT'S IN LINE EVEN WITH THIS VARIANCE WITH WHAT'S ALREADY EXISTING THERE. AND SO THAT'S FAIR. NO CONCERNS. AND I AGREE WITH GILBERT. I THINK ALL 10 CRITERIA ARE MET, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT FOR US TO APPROVE THE, UH, REQUEST. AND MY FURTHER COMMENT WOULD BE, UH, GOD BLESS Y'ALL FOR WANTING TO PUT A NEW HOUSE IN THIS OLD NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, AS WE'VE SEEN BEFORE IN SOME OF THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WHERE WE INFILL, UH, HOPEFULLY IT'LL BE A CATALYST TO FOLKS AROUND THE HOUSE TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTY TOO AND, AND UPGRADE THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF THERE ARE NO OTHER COMMENTS, I WOULD, UH, REQUEST A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REQUEST. MR. WILSON, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE REQUEST FOR VARIANCE AS SUBMITTED. YOU SECOND, I SECOND THAT REQUEST. VERY GOOD. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE. NOT OPPOSED. THE REQUEST IS GRANTED AND WE CAN MOVE TO [5. DIRECTOR'S REPORT] ITEM FIVE A. THANK YOU. UM, SO THIS IS KIND OF A LONG DIRECTOR'S REPORT ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T MET IN FOUR MONTHS. SO, UM, THE, UH, SO I, I'M GONNA RUN THROUGH THIS PRETTY QUICKLY. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO STOP ME. UM, THE FIRST ITEM WAS, UH, REZONE ON VILLE ROAD. THIS IS KIND OF SET OFF OF NORTH MAINE. I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER. THIS WAS ABOUT FOUR AND A HALF ACRES ISH. UM, THIS WAS REZONED TO MF ONE TO ALLOW FOR SOME TOWN HOMES. I WANNA SAY IT WAS ABOUT 27 28 TOWN HOMES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. UM, THAT WAS APPROVED. UH, THERE WAS A REZONE ON [00:15:01] HUNT ROAD THAT WAS, THIS IS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF HUNT ROAD. UM, THIS IS A HUNDRED AND HUNDRED. UH, NO, IT WAS, UH, 30, 35 ACRES. 35 ACRES TO ALLOW FOR, I WANNA SAY IT WAS SOMEWHERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF 190, 200 TO 200 UNITS OF, UM, WHAT WOULD BE A RENTAL TYPE UNIT, BUT IT'S COTTAGES, DUPLEX, DUPLEXES, AND SIX PLEXES THAT, AGAIN, WAS APPROVED. UM, THERE WAS A SM A, A SMALL PIECE OF JOHN MARTIN ROAD THAT WAS ANNEXED. UM, THIS WAS AN ANNEXATION FROM THE COUNTY TO THE CITY, MAINLY FOR MAINTENANCE AND FOR, UH, INSTALLATION OF, OF UTILITIES, UH, REZONE ON BLUE HERON PARKWAY. THIS ONE WAS A STAFF, UM, A CITY INITIATED REZONE TO, UM, THERE, THERE, THERE'S A LARGE AREA ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF BLUE HERE IN PARKWAY THAT IS BETWEEN, UM, BARLOW AND CROSBY, CEDAR BAY, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CEDAR BAYS. I GET THOSE MIXED UP. UM, AND, UH, SO IT'S 107 ACRES. I THINK IT WAS ALL GREEN ON THE MAP, WHICH MEANS IT'S OPEN SPACE RECREATION, WHICH MEANS THEY CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH IT. SO STAFF HAS, UH, INITIATED THAT BECAUSE WE SAW THESE LARGE AREAS OF GREEN, THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE A PROACTIVE, UH, UH, STANCE IN, IN PLANNING FOR THOSE AREAS. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S SOME DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES OUT THERE AND THERE WERE CERTAIN THINGS THAT THE, THAT THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORS THAT ALREADY LIVE THERE AND, AND DO BUSINESS THERE THAT WOULD, WE WOULD WANT TO, TO BE ABLE TO PROTECT WHAT THEY'VE GOT AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING ALONG WITH, UM, THIS NOT PIECEMEALING THAT TOGETHER OVER TIME. SO, UM, SO THAT HAS BEEN, UH, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AS WELL. IT'S, IT'S A LARGE CHUNK OF MULTI-FAMILY OR, UH, EXCUSE ME, NOT MULTI-FAMILY, MULTI-USE PLUS, UM, UH, SINGLE FAMILY. UM, BUT IF ANYBODY, ANY OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS DECIDE THAT THEY WANT SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY CAN ALWAYS COME BACK IN AND, AND APPLY FOR, FOR SUCH A THING. BUT FOR NOW, THIS WAS, THIS WAS WITH, UM, QUITE A BIT OF INPUT FROM THE NEIGHBORS, BOTH IN A PUBLIC MEETING AS WELL AS, UM, ONLINE, PRETTY EXTENSIVE ONLINE. UH, IS THAT THE SECTION BEHIND CHAPARRAL THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO? YES, YES. AND WE DID HAVE ABOUT A HUNDRED AND WHAT WAS IT, LIKE 120 ONLINE COMMENTS? I THINK THROUGH 190 COMMENTS THROUGH BAYTOWN ENGAGE. PLUS WE HAD ABOUT 30 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO THE, THE PUBLIC, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING THAT WE HELD. SO WILL THAT DEVELOPMENT AFFECT THE PATHWAY THAT CIRCLES THROUGH THERE? THE PATHWAY THAT IS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WILL, YEAH. ANY, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS OVER THERE WILL, WILL POSSIBLY BE AFFECTED BY THAT. BUT WE WILL ALSO BE REQUESTING, YOU KNOW, FROM STAFF STANDPOINT, WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE THAT THERE ARE TWO CHUNKS OF CITY, UH, PARK PROPERTY THAT ARE IN THAT AREA AS WELL, WHERE THE, WHERE THE PATH IS ON THOSE, THEY WON'T BE AFFECTED AT ALL, UM, UNLESS WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING TO ACCOMMODATE SOMETHING ELSE. BUT YEAH, THE, THE HOPE WOULD BE THAT THOSE WOULD BE PRESERVED. UM, THERE WAS AN ANNEXATION REZONE AT THE CORNER OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 AND 1405, THE FM 1405, UM, THAT ONE IS 120 ACRES, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, UM, THAT THEY WERE REQUESTING. UM, THE FRONT PIECE OF THAT IS GC ALONG 1 46, THE BACK HALF IS UN ANNEXED AND, UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING THE ABILITY TO PUT SOME, UH, SOME WAREHOUSING IN THERE. THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION AT CITY COUNCIL FOR THAT. AND THAT HAS BEEN, UH, DEFERRED A COUPLE OF TIMES. SO RIGHT NOW THE ANNEXATION AND THE REZONE HAVE BOTH KIND OF BEEN PUT ON HOLD AND WE WILL JUST KIND OF SEE WHERE THAT GOES. UH, WE DID DO A TEXT AMENDMENT IN THE MIXED USE, UM, THE MIXED USE DISTRICT. UM, THIS WOULD AFFECT ANY MIXED USE DISTRICTS ACROSS THE CITY AND ANY NEW ONES THAT MIGHT COME IN. THERE WERE TWO THINGS THAT BASICALLY WERE TRYING TO MAKE THE MIXED USE DISTRICT A LITTLE MORE USABLE. AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW WHEN THE MIXED USE ZONE WAS APPLIED BACK WHEN THE ZONING CAME IN 10 YEARS AGO, THAT WAS REALLY USED AS A CATCHALL DISTRICT WHERE WE WEREN'T SURE WHERE TO PUT THINGS. THAT'S, WE JUST MADE IT GO IN MIXED USE. UM, THAT SAID, THERE WAS ALSO A PROVISION THAT SAID NO MORE MIXED USE. YOU CAN'T REZONE TO THAT. THIS IS JUST TO ACCOMMODATE OLD USES. THE MIXED USE DISTRICT WAS WRITTEN TO BE ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. SO IN ORDER TO MAKE IT A USABLE DISTRICT, SOMETHING WE CAN USE MOVING FORWARD STAFF, UM, RECOMMENDED THAT WE KIND OF PAIR BACK SOME OF THE MORE INTENSE USES. UM, ALLOW SOME, UM, SOME ACTUAL MIXED USE TYPE, UH, USES IN THERE [00:20:01] IN TERMS OF, IT NOW ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE BIT OF RESIDENTIAL. UH, IT ALLOWS FOR SOME VERTICAL MIXED USE TYPE BUILDINGS, WHICH ACTUALLY WEREN'T ALLOWED BEFORE. AND THEN IT ALSO ALLOWS FOR NEW MIXED USE DISTRICTS TO BE ZONED IN THE FUTURE. SO, UM, KIND OF A BANDAID MOVING FORWARD FOR, BECAUSE WE ARE IN THE ULDC UPDATE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THAT PROCESS, BUT WE FELT THAT IT WAS IMPORTANT, UM, THAT WE HAVE THAT USABLE DISTRICT. SOMETHING THAT, THAT ACTUALLY MADE SOME SENSE AND WE WERE USING IT ALSO IN THAT BLUE HERON PARKWAY REZONE. AND WE FELT THAT WITHOUT THOSE CHANGES, WE WOULD NOT HAVE RECOMMENDED THAT, THAT THAT AREA GO INTO THAT ZONE. UH, YOU'LL SEE THE NEXT ONE IS THE MORATORIUM ON MULTIFAMILY REZONES. WE ARE RIGHT NOW UNDERGOING A HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT. WE'VE HAD, AGAIN, MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES WHEN WE WE'RE ALWAYS GETTING THOSE SORTS OF THINGS, BUT WE KNOW THAT THE POLICY FROM CITY COUNCIL WAS KIND OF VEERING AWAY FROM ANY MORE MULTIFAMILY WELL, AS WE WERE GETTING, YOU KNOW, HIGH, HIGH LEVEL NUMBERS TO SAY YOU REALLY NEED THIS AS A COMMUNITY, BUT AS ACTUALLY NATIONWIDE WE'RE SEEING THAT THERE IS SHORTAGES OF HOUSING. SO RATHER THAN TAKE SOMEBODY'S WORD FOR IT, RATHER THAN RELY ON OLD DATA, WE DECIDED IT WAS TIME TO GO AHEAD AND DO A, A REAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. SO THAT IS BEING DONE RIGHT NOW. WE EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE HOPEFULLY, UM, IN MAY SOMETIME. UH, IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO GET THAT DONE AND BE ABLE TO, TO, TO GIVE BETTER INFORMATION BOTH TO COUNCIL TO PNZ AND TO OUR DEVELOPERS, WE SAID, OKAY, RATHER THAN GET STUCK IN A SPOT THAT WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWERS ARE, AND WE MAY OR MAY NOT GIVE THE BEST ANSWER, WE WOULD RATHER JUST PUT A HOLD ON ANY MULTIFAMILY NEW MULTIFAMILY ZONING FOR A VERY LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME. THE STATE ALLOWS US TO DO THAT FOR 120 DAYS. SO THAT IS WHAT HAS BEEN APPROVED AT THIS POINT. SO UNTIL JULY 1ST, NO MORE NEW REZONES TO MULTIFAMILY. THESE, THESE TWO AT THE TOP WERE ALREADY IN PROCESS. I ASSUME THAT'S, THOSE ARE DONE, THOSE ARE DONE, DONE. UM, SO IT, IT'S ONLY THE REZONE PART. IT'S NOT ABOUT, SO IF THEY'RE ALREADY IN PROCESS, IF THEY'VE ALREADY APPLIED FOR A REZONE TO THAT, THEN THEY, THEY HAVE TO BE ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD. WE CAN'T STOP THAT. AND THEN IF IT'S THEY'VE ALREADY BEEN REZONED, THEN THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THEM AT ALL. UM, AGAIN, THAT'LL BE, THAT'LL BE UP ON JULY 1ST. SO WE'LL HAVE EVERYTHING IN PLACE TO HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO GIVE, UH, MUCH BETTER INFORMATION TO BOTH OUR DECISION MAKERS AND TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPERS. AND, UH, YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED YOU HAVE A, A A NEW MEMBER UP HERE TONIGHT AND YOU ALSO HAVE A NEW MEMBER IN THE, UH, CROWD TONIGHT. SO, UH, I'M, I'M GONNA TAKE AN ATTEMPT AT AT, AT THE NAME DUB ASHISH. RY. YEAH. SO WE'RE CALLING HIM ROY, RIGHT? . WE IS GOING WITH ROY. UM, AND SO, UM, ROY IS HERE TONIGHT TO, UH, UH, UH, TO REPRESENT AND THEN JEFF WALTERS AS WELL IS IN OUR, UM, AUDIENCE AS WELL. SO, UH, WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU. THANK YOU. AND, UM, I DID HAVE A A, A SHORT TRAINING SESSION WITH THEM EARLIER TODAY, SO I ALREADY KNEW I WAS GONNA DESTROY HIS NAME. UM, GOING INTO IT. UH, MARTIN, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION. YEP. ON SOMETHING WE APPROVED MONTHS AGO. OKAY. ON THE U-HAUL. ANY NEWS ON MOVING FORWARD WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT? THAT HAS BEEN, UM, IN AND OUT OF DIFFERENT, UM, THEY, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS, WE HAVE GIVEN BACK OUR COMMENTS. THEY HAVE RESUBMITTED, WE'VE GIVEN BACK MORE COMMENTS. THEY'VE WE'RE JUST IN THAT PROCESS. OKAY. UM, SO YOU, I WOULD EXPECT TO SEE, HAVE, HAVE WE MADE ANY, HOW CLOSE ARE WE GETTING ON THAT LAMI? I KNOW THAT YOU WERE DOING THE REVIEW ON THAT. ARE WE GETTING CLOSE TO, UH, HAVING SOME RESOLUTION ON THEIR, UH, PERMITS? NOT YET. NOT YET. NOT YET . BUT THIS, THIS IS JUST PART OF THE PROCESS. WE GO THROUGH THIS, SO I, I ASSUME THERE'S NOT CONTROVERSY, JUST WORKING OUT OF DETAILS. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO, SO YEAH, EXCUSE ME. JUST FOLLOWING UP ON THAT, YOU KNOW. YES SIR. I DO OCCASIONALLY KEEP UP WITH WHAT WE'VE DE WHAT WE'VE DECIDED APPROVED AND THEN GO LOOK AND SEE WHAT IS, WHAT IS TAKING PLACE. AND THERE WAS A PROPERTY OUT HIGHWAY 1 46 NORTH OF CEDAR BOW, UH, AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS I 10. AND ON THE, ON THE LEFT SIDE, THE WEST SIDE, UH, RIGHT UP AGAINST A, A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE, WHICH THE NAME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TANGLE WILD. TANGLE WILD PROBABLY. THERE WAS A STRIP OF LAND THAT HAD BEEN CLEARED FOR A WHILE AND, AND I, I RECALL THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT A VARIANCE REQUEST WAS FOR SOME STORAGE FACILITIES TO GO IN THERE, PALM ROYAL. AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. NOW. HOW, HOW DO WE GO, YOU WANNA FIELD THAT ONE BECAUSE THAT, HOW DO WE GO FROM STORAGE UNITS TO RESIDENTIAL? JUST CURIOUS. AND I, [00:25:02] I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT CORRECT, BUT I BELIEVE WE LOOKED AT THAT VARIANCE FOR STORAGE UNITS OF THAT PROPERTY. SO I DO NOT REMEMBER THE VARIANCE PROCESS OF DOING IT. I KNOW THAT THEY DID PROPOSE, UH, STORAGE AS A, UH, ADD-ON TO THE RESIDENTIAL PIECE. THEY WANTED TO HAVE STORAGE FACILITIES AT THE REAR OF THE SUBDIVISION, UM, JUST TO STRIP MAYBE TO SUPPORT THE RESIDENTS THAT WERE GOING TO BE LIVING INSIDE THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. BUT, UH, ULTIMATELY THE AREA OF LAND WASN'T WIDE ENOUGH FOR THEM TO DEVELOP ALL THE THINGS THAT THEY NEEDED TO SUPPORT THAT COMMERCIAL USE. AND WITH THAT, THEY JUST LET THE LAND GO TO A ALLEYWAY. AT THIS POINT THAT, THAT RESIDENTIAL WAS ALWAYS PLANNED, IT WAS THAT LITTLE STRIP TO THE SOUTH OF IT THAT THEY HAD AT ONE POINT, I THINK TALKED ABOUT THE, THE SELF-STORAGE, BUT THEN THEY JUST KINDA LET THAT SIT OUT THERE FOR A WHILE IN THE INTERIM, ANOTHER SELF-STORAGE ENDED UP OUT IN THAT GENERAL AREA. AND WE HAVE A POLICY THAT SAYS YOU CAN'T HAVE MORE THAN ONE WITHIN A MILE, A MILE OF ONE ANOTHER. SO BY THE TIME THEY CAME BACK TO ACTUALLY APPLY FOR IT, THEY WERE NO LONGER ABLE. OKAY. SO I, I MAY HAVE MISSED THE PART THAT, THAT WE WERE ONLY LOOKING AT VARIANCE AT A PORTION OF THE LAND, NOT THE ENTIRE, I I JUST FOR SOME REASON RECALL IT BEING A, A, A VARIANCE FLOOR STORAGE FACILITY IN THAT PROPERTY. AND I DIDN'T RECALL IT WAS ADJACENT TO A NEW RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT. THEY WERE PUTTING ON THE SAME PROPERTY. YEAH. IT'S ALL PART OF THE, IT'S ALL THE SAME DEVELOPER. YEAH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S GOOD. I IT'S BEEN WHAT, LIKE TWO AND A HALF OR THREE YEARS? IT'S BEEN A WHILE, SO YEAH, IT'S, IT'S MINUTE A WHILE. SO, YEAH. UM, I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF OTHER QUICK ITEMS. UM, I AM WORKING ON, I KNOW I'VE THREATENED THIS BEFORE, BUT I'M WORKING ON SOME REAL TRAINING FOR YOU GUYS, SO WE WILL HOPEFULLY BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO WHEN I, AS I FIND THE TIME TO GET THAT DONE. THE OTHER ONE, UH, IS I'M GONNA, I DON'T THINK WE CAN BE TRAINED, I'M JUST SAYING NO, NO, DEFINITELY TOO LONG. DEFINITELY MIKE, WE'RE FERAL. WE'RE JUST, WE'RE OUT THERE CONSIDERING WE HAVE TWO BRAND NEW MEMBERS. THERE MIGHT BE HOPE AND ONE THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR AND HAS NEVER HAD FORMAL TRAINING. THERE MIGHT BE SOME HOPE FOR THE NEW ONES. YES. BUT YEAH, WE'RE JUST, I, I FIGURED THE TIMING WAS PRETTY GOOD, SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT. AND I REMEMBERED TO, UH, PUT TOGETHER A VIDEO FOR THE, UM, FOR THE P AND Z TRAINING THAT I DID IN THE FALL. AND IT REMINDED ME, I'M LIKE, AH, I NEED TO DO THAT FOR BOA TOO. SO, UM, I HAVE ONE OTH ONE LAST ITEM, AND THAT IS I'LL, I'LL LOOK TO CHRIS 'CAUSE HE HAS AN ANNOUNCEMENT. CHRIS CHAVIS WILL NO LONGER BE WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN. AW. UM, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT. IS, IS THAT A MOTION? BECAUSE IT WILL , IT'S NOT A SECOND. IT'LL DIE A SECOND. IT'LL DIE FOR LACK OF A SECOND. I WILL BE, UH, PURSUING AN OPPORTUNITY WITH THE CITY OF DAYTON. SO NOT FAR, BUT, UH, JUST UP THE WAY, UH, AND, UH, I'LL BE PLANNING DIRECTOR IN THAT COMMUNITY. SO, UH, CONGRATULATIONS. I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO TAKING ON THAT CHALLENGE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANKS. CONGRATULATIONS. LOT, LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENING IN DAYTON. DAYTON NEEDS YOUR HELP. I'LL SAY THAT. THEY NEED YOUR HELP. I WILL TELL YOU THAT. YEAH, NO, HE'S GONNA BE BORED AND HE IS GONNA BE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO DO. AND MAN, WHY DID I, WHY DID I EVER LEAVE BAYTOWN? THAT'S GONNA BE CHRIS IN LIKE TWO WEEKS. I THINK THE CHALLENGE IS GONNA BE NOT FEELING LIKE YOU'RE HOLDING ONTO THE TAIL RIGHT NOW. THEY, THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF STUFF GOING. THEY, YEAH. WELL, GOOD. I'M HAPPY FOR YOU. YEAH. OUR, OUR OUR LOSS, THEY'RE GAINED. YEP. GOOD FOR YOU, CHRIS. GOOD FOR YOU, BROTHER. AND WITH THAT, THAT'S THE DIRECTOR'S REPORT. OKAY. VERY GOOD. UH, JUST A, A QUICK COMMENT OR TWO, UH, WELCOME OUR, OUR NEW FOLKS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR VOLUNTEERING. AND I'LL REPEAT AGAIN, UH, AS GILBERT WAS IMPLYING OR SAYING ON SOME OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, WE REALLY, REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO DRIVING BY 2000 NEW JERSEY AND SEEING THIS BEAUTIFUL NEW HOUSE. SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS FOLKS? NO. IF NONE, I'LL UH, SEEK A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I JUST USUALLY GET UP. NEED A MOTION. I MOVE TO ADJOURN AURN. AND IT NEED SECOND ROY AND NEED A SECOND. WILL YOU SECOND THAT MOTION? YOU'LL SECOND MOTION. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. WE ADJOURNED. * 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.