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5 0 2.[1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL]
FIVE OH TWO AND I'M GONNA CALL THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING MARCH 29TH TO ORDER AND ASK NATE TO ROLL CALL.WE HAVE AN ADDITION TO OUR COMMISSION TODAY.
[a. Consider the election of a chairperson and a vice-chairperson of the Planning and Zoning Commission in accordance with Section 2-322 of the Code of Ordinances, Baytown, Texas.]
THAT WE, UH, DO ELECTIONS FOR THE COMING FOR THIS YEAR.ACTUALLY, WE'RE A LITTLE LATE DOING IT.
UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR A NOMINATION FOR CHAIR OF THE COMMISSION FOR THIS YEAR, AND I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE RICK.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.
DO WE HEAR A NOMINATION? I NOMINATE AUGUSTINE.
WE HAVE TWO NOMINATIONS ANYMORE I'D LIKE TO NOMINATE, UM, DONNA.
I THINK DON, DONNA, OR HE SERVED OUR TERMS. OKAY.
SO THERE, THERE IS A, UM, THERE IS A, A THREE YEAR TERM LIMIT, UH, IN THE CODE.
SO DONNA IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR, UH, VICE CHAIR AT THIS TIME.
HOW MANY WOULD LIKE TO VOTE FOR TAMMY, PLEASE? SHOW OF HANDS.
I WOULD PREFER TO ABSTAIN THERE.
SO FOR, FOR TAMMY, I THINK TAMMY'S ELECTED.
SORRY ABOUT NO, NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
SO, UM, SHOW OF HANDS REAL QUICK JUST TO MAKE SURE I GOT IT RIGHT FOR THE MINUTES.
WE'RE SWITCHING CHAIRS AND A HUGE THANK YOU TO, UH, TRACY AND DONNA FOR SERVING AS OUR CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS.
OKAY, LET ME GET IN, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE CHAIR IS HIGH FOR THE AIR AND MY LEGS.
[3. CITIZEN COMMENTS Notice is hereby given that in accordance with the Texas Open Meetings Act, Texas Government Code, Chapter 551, prohibits the Planning and Zoning Commission from discussing, deliberating, or considering, subjects for which public notice has not been given on the agenda. Issues that cannot be referred to the administration for action may be placed on the agenda of a future Planning and Zoning Session.]
ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING IS, UH, CITIZENS COMMENTS AND I HAVE A, UH, PREPARED STATEMENT TO READ.THE PURPOSE OF THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS IS TO GIVE CITIZENS THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS.
ANYONE DES DESIRING TO SPEAK SHOULD HAVE SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER LOCATED UP THERE.
EACH CITIZEN SHALL GIVE THEIR, GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS AND PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD.
THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON ONE MINUTE TO SPEAK.
A CITIZEN MAY PASS THEIR TIME TO ANOTHER PERSON WHO REQUESTED TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.
HOWEVER, NO CITIZENS OR MARK SHALL EXCEED THREE MINUTES.
THE ONE OR THREE MINUTE LIMIT MAY BE EXTENDED BY A MAJORITY VOTE OF THE COMMISSION.
I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS CONCISE AS POSSIBLE.
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THE COMMISSION CANNOT DISCUSS OR DELIBERATE ON ITEMS FOR WHICH PUBLIC NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN ON THIS AGENDA.
STAFF CHECKING, UH, COMMISSIONERS, YOU'LL NOTE THAT THIS IS A NEW ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA.
WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS BEFORE, SO IF IT SEEMS WEIRD AND DIFFERENT, THAT'S BECAUSE IT IS, UH, IT, IT IS A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ANYBODY TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON OUR REGULAR AGENDA.
CITY COUNCIL STARTED DOING THIS A FEW MONTHS
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AGO.SO THIS IS TO, UM, BASICALLY TO MIRROR WHAT THEY DO IN CASE ANYBODY HAS A, AN ITEM THEY WANT TO BRING BEFORE YOU.
UM, AT SOME POINT, IF STAFF, UH, HAS NO WAY TO KIND OF, UM, UH, DIRECT THE QUESTIONS AFTER THE MEETING, THEN THE ITEMS OF THAT NATURE CAN ALSO ALWAYS BE PUT ON THE AGENDA FOR PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, LATER DATE.
FOR, UH, CITIZENS' COMMENTS, WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE TO SPEAK.
OKAY? THE FIRST ONE BEING, UH, DAVID GIGOT, IF I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY.
ITEM OF INTEREST IS FOR SEVEN B? YES.
OH, SO HE SIGNED UP ON THAT INSTEAD OF SEVEN B.
IF IT'S AN ITEM THAT'S ON OUR AGENDA, THEN YOU WILL SPEAK AT THE TIME WHEN THAT AGENDA ITEM COMES UP.
AGAIN, WE'VE NEVER DONE THIS ITEM BEFORE.
THIS IS JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY WANTS TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S NOT ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.
OKAY, SO THERE'S THREE SIGNED UP HERE.
UH, SEVEN B, SEVEN B AND SEVEN A.
OKAY, SO WE'LL, WE'LL KEEP THE, WE'LL KEEP YOUR NAMES READY FOR THAT.
WHEN THAT COMES UP, WE'LL, WE'LL JUST USE BOTH SIGN UP SHEETS.
SO THEN IT, THEN IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S NOBODY, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS.
UH, THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRE TO SPEAK ON THIS AT THE MOMENT.
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIZENS' COMMENT PORTION OF THE AGENDA.
[a. Consider approving the meeting minutes of the November 21, 2023, Planning and Zoning Commission regular meeting.]
THE AGENDA IS, UH, UH, APPROVING THE MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 23.UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING ZONING MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 23.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS, UH, SUBDIVISION VOTE.
I'LL BE ABSTAINING BECAUSE IT WASN'T PRESENT.
[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a subdivision variance to allow for the creation of one lot with no lot frontage on an improved right-of-way located approximately 1,680 feet east of the intersection of Garth Road and Plum Creek Lane.]
GONNA READ THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE.I'LL 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 TO 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 THEIR 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 CONCISE.
IF YOU ARE A GROUP WISHING TO ADDRESS THE BOARD ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE DIRECT THEM TO ME.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, AMELIA VARRIO, SENIOR PLANNER FOR PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE IS LOCATED ABOUT 1600 FEET OF THE INTERSECTION OF GARTH ROAD IN PALM CREEK LANE.
ALSO, UM, KIND OF THE SECOND ACCESS POINT FOR ASHEVILLE CROSSING SUBDIVISION.
JUST FOR REFERENCE THERE, HERE'S A LITTLE ANIMATION.
SO, UM, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO CREATE A FIVE ACRE, UM, LOT, WHICH IS SET BACK ABOUT 1500 FEET FROM GARTH ROAD AND WOULD GET ACCESS VIA THIS, UM, EXISTING RECORDED 50 FOOT ACCESS EASEMENT HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE ON YOUR SCREEN.
UM, THIS EASEMENT WOULD ALLOW THE LOT TO BE ESTABLISHED WITHOUT THE REQUISITE FRONTAGE, UM, ON A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS THE WHOLE NATURE OF THIS, UH, SUBDIVISION VARIANCE REQUEST BEFORE YOU, I SHOULD NOTE THAT ONLY THE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE IS ON THE AGENDA THIS EVENING.
USUALLY WE HAVE THE VARIANCE IN THE PLAT, UM, BUT THE APPLICANT JUST WANTED TO BRING THE VARIANCE FORWARD AND SEE WHAT THE APPETITE WAS FOR THAT.
UM, SHOULD THE VARIANCE BE APPROVED, THEY WILL BRING BACK THE, UM, FINAL PLAT AT A LATER DATE AND THAT WOULD COME.
SINCE THIS HAS HAD A VARIANCE, THIS WOULD COME BEFORE Y'ALL FOUR CONSIDERATION AS WELL.
BUT STAFF HAS REVIEWED THIS AND WE RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
SO I'M HERE TO HAVE, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE.
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MICROPHONE? IT WAS, COULD YOU HEAR ME? I THINK I, YEAH, THE QUESTION.UM, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS THE NATURE OF A LOT OF ETJ DEVELOPMENT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IN THE CITY.
SO WE, WE OFTEN FIND ABOUT, FIND OUT ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, SUBDIVISIONS THAT OCCURRED THROUGH DEED OR CONTRACT.
UM, AND THEY NEED TO DO IT AFTER THE FACT 'CAUSE OF SOME COUNTY PERMITTING OR SOMETHING.
SO, UM, THIS IS CONVENTIONAL, UNFORTUNATELY.
UM, I THINK WHAT GIVES US SOME PEACE OF MIND IS THAT THERE IS AN ACCESS EASEMENT THAT IS THERE IN PERPETUITY, UM, UH, THAT WAS ESTABLISHED VIA DEED.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE KIND OF DIFFICULT TO, TO, UM, UH, ABOLISH.
SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, THE SIZE OF THE TRACKS, THE SURROUNDING AREA, I KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CONTEXT TO THE WEST, BUT ON THIS SIDE IT'S, IT'S PRETTY CONVENTIONAL.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DON'T APPROVE IT? IF YOU DON'T APPROVE IT? UH, I MEAN, IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO PLOT THAT.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO WORK WITH THE, UH, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER TO COME UP WITH SOME TYPE OF OTHER SUBDIVISION, POSSIBLY DO A FLAG LOT AND ACTUALLY PURCHASE THE PROPERTY INSTEAD OF HAVING IT VIA EASEMENT.
SO RIGHT NOW THEY PURCHASE THE EASEMENT.
THEY DON'T OWN THE PROPERTY FEE SIMPLE.
SO THE ALTERNATIVE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY AND GET THAT AS A FLAG, YOU KNOW, OUTRIGHT.
SO IN, IN ESSENCE, IT'S THE SAME THING.
IT'S JUST SOME DIFFERENT OWNERSHIP.
SO I, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT ADDS A WHOLE LOT OF VALUE TO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE TODAY.
WELL, THEY HAVE A PROPOSED USE OF COMMERCIAL AT SOME POINT, AND IT'S GONNA BE SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
OF NEW SUBDIVISIONS BEING DEVELOPED.
LENAR HAS ACQUIRED THAT AND THEY INTEND TO DO SOME SIMILAR TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL.
AGAIN, THIS IS IN THE ETJ, WE DON'T HAVE ZONING.
WE'VE ONLY CONTROLLED THE RESIDENTIAL THROUGH, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS FOR MUDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT WE CAN'T IMPOSE ANY OTHER LAND USE RESTRICTIONS BEYOND SUBDIVISION ON THIS PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THEY'RE NOT AVAILABLE.
IS THERE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS PARTICULAR ITEM THAT WE'RE AWARE OF? THERE WASN'T EARLIER.
SO CARRY A MOTION APPROVED OR VOTE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER CONVERSATION FROM THE, FROM THE GROUP, IT'S A BAD DEAL.
ANYBODY ELSE? I COMPLETELY LAND ON.
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR MICROPHONE ON WHEN YOU'RE SPEAKING.
WHAT WAS THE COMMENT ON IT? UM, I, I SAID I DON'T REALLY SEE A WAY AROUND IT BECAUSE, UM, THE FIVE ACRE OWNER WOULD BE LANDLOCKED.
THERE'S NO OTHER WAY INTO HIS PARCEL.
AND, AND I INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME, BUT THERE IS SOME CHRONOLOGY IN TERMS OF WHEN THIS SPECIFIC TRACK WAS ACQUIRED.
I THINK IT'S LIKE AS RECENT AS 2020.
SO IT'S BEEN IN THIS CONFIGURATION, THEY HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING WITH IT.
SO THEY HAVE THE NEED TO PLAT, BUT NOW THEY WANNA SOLIDIFY THAT THEIR OWNERSHIP VIA PLAT.
UM, SO THE PROPERTY THROUGH DEEDS AND STUFF HAS BEEN IN THIS CONFIGURATION FOR, YOU KNOW, A FEW YEARS.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
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FIVE B.[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a subdivision variance to allow lot frontage of less than 50 feet on approximately 2.18 acres located at 3306 Fox Drive.]
ON SUBDIVISION VARIANCES, UH, ITEM FIVE B UH, KENTUCKY.WE'RE HERE TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER REQUEST FOR SUBDIVISION VARIANCE WHILE LOT FRONTAGE OF LESS THAN 50 FEET ON APPROXIMATELY 2.1 ACRES.
TIM CHI HERE WITH THE CITY'S PLANNING AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
THE FIRST PART IS A SUBDIVISION VARIANCE REQUEST, AND THE SECOND PART IS A REPL.
THE APPROVAL OF THAT REPL WILL DEPEND ON THE APPROVAL OF LEASE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE.
ALLOW ME TO BEGIN WITH LEASE SUBDIVISION VARIANCE FIRST, THE SITE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY'S ETJ AT 33 0 6 FOX DRIVE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SUBDIVISION VARIANCE TO ALLOW FOR REDUCED LOT FRONTAGE ON AN IMPROVED PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY FOR PROPOSED LOT TWO, LOT TWO, LOT TWO IS PROPOSING A REDUCED LOT FRONTAGE OF 26 FEET FROM THE REGULAR MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE OF 50 FEET.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS SLIDE, LOT ONE IS REPRESENTED BY GREEN LOT TWO IS HIGHLIGHTED IN PURPLE.
STAFF SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION AND ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? CAN WE GO, CAN WE GO BACK ONE SLIDE PLEASE, SIR? SURE.
SO WE'RE ASKING TO APPROVE, UH, 50 FEET ON, UM, THE PURPLE 26 26 26.
DOWN TO 26TH JUST FOR THE EASEMENT.
YOU, YOU'VE GOT THE, YOU'VE GOT TWO ITEMS. AS, AS, AS TIM HAD HIGHLIGHTED, YOU GOT TWO ITEMS ON YOUR AGENDA.
THE VERY NEXT, UH, AGENDA ITEM IS THE PLAT FOR TO, TO CREATE THE TWO LOTS OUT OF ONE.
SO WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW IS JUST THE VARIANCE PART.
THIS IS A SIMILAR REQUEST TO THE LAST ONE.
A A LITTLE BIT SMALLER SCALE, UM, BUT IT'S STILL, IT'S TWO LOTS WITH WHAT APPEARS TO BE, UH, BASICALLY A FLAG.
UM, THE DIFFERENCE BEING THEY'RE GOING TO PLAT THIS ONE THE WAY IT IS RATHER THAN HAVE AN EASEMENT.
SO IT'S, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT IN THAT THEY LOT TWO WILL ALSO OWN THAT, THAT LEG OF PROPERTY.
BUT OTHERWISE IT'S, IT'S A VERY SIMILAR, UM, REQUEST AND STAFF APPROVE AND STAFF APPROVES THAT IN'T HERE.
STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR THIS APPLICATION.
SO, SO THE ONE OWNER OWNS BOTH LOTS, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.
AH, WE DIDN'T KNOW THAT IN THE FIRST QUESTION.
UM, AND HE WANTS TO DO TWO DIFFERENT THINGS THAT MAY OKAY, I UNDERSTAND.
SO THE, IT SHOWS THAT THE FUTURE USE IS INTENDED TO SELL THE OTHER LOT IN.
AND DO WE KNOW ANYTHING MORE ABOUT THAT? WHAT THEIR FUTURE PLANS ARE WITH THE SELL THE LOT OR JUST THEY THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO DIVIDE FOR ANOTHER HOME OR SOMETHING TO GO BEHIND THEM? YES.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH INFORMATION ON OUR PART AND THE LEASE IS LOCATED IN THE CITY'S ETJ AND, UH, ACCORDING TO WHAT THEY'RE, UH, SHARING WITH US, YES, THEY ARE PROPOSING THE DIVISION OF THIS SUBJECT SIDE INTO TWO LOTS AND THE TWO SALE OF THE LOT ONE.
SO THEY DON'T TO KEEP LOT TWO FOR THEMSELVES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
[a. Consider approving Cedar Bayou Estates Final Replat, approximately 2.18 acres located at 3306 Fox Drive.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM SIX A.CONSIDER APPROVING CEDAR VALUE ESTATE'S FINAL RELA APPROXIMATELY 2.1 ACRES LOCATED AT 33 0 6 FOX DRIVE.
PLEASE ALLOW ME TO MOVE TO THE SECOND PART OF THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS, UH, PROPOSING, UH, THIS
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IS A REPL PROPOSING TO DIVIDE THE LOT INTO TWO LOTS.AGAIN, THIS IS THE SAME SUBJECT SIDE WITH THE SAME CONFIGURATION, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
AND THE STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF LEASE PLOT WHERE MOTION.
IT'S ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? DID THE PAPERWORK NOT SAY THAT THEY WERE DOING A HOME ADDITION? WHY WOULD THEY NEED TWO LOTS? THAT'S A DIFFERENT CASE.
YEAH, THAT, THAT'S A SEPARATE ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA.
THAT'S, UM, I AM 42 0 8 7 A SEVEN A SEVEN A, BUT IT'S NOT SEVEN A SEVEN A 42 0 8 ABOUT IT.
THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ON, DIDN'T IT? MM-HMM.
AGAIN, THIS, THIS ITEM, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY IS IN THE EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION.
REALLY USE IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN REGULATE, MOVE TO APPROVE.
[b. Consider approving Luevano Landing Preliminary Plat, approximately 1.99 acres, located in the Extra Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ) east of Wade Road and south of Morelos Road.]
OKAY, NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM SIX B.CONSIDER APPROVING LIANO LANDING PRELIMINARY PLAT APPROXIMATELY 1.99 ACRES LOCATED IN THE ETG EAST OF WADE ROAD AND SOUTH OF MORES ROAD.
SALE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
LAIA SALEM PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED ALSO IN THE ETJ, UM, IT'S SOUTH OF I 10 AND EAST OF WADE ROAD.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DIVIDE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY INTO EIGHT RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
EACH LOT HAS A FRONTAGE ON, UH, PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY, AND THEY HAVE ACCESS TO UTILITIES AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, MOVE TO APPROVE.
[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 2.96 acres at 4208 Crosby Cedar Bayou Road from Open Space/Recreation (OR) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) Zoning District.]
UH, NEXT ITEM ON THE, UH, AGENDA IS ITEM SEVEN A.CONSIDER A REQUEST TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 2.96 ACRES AT 42 8 CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD FROM OR TO SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
AND WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER, UH, THAT SIGNED UP FOR THIS.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 2.96 ACRES OF LAND.
IT'S LOCATED NORTH OF MESSI TOMKIN ON THE EAST SIDE OF CROSBY, CEDAR BIO.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.
IT'S IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF, UH, WL, UH, JENKINS, UH, JEN JENKINS PARK.
UM, IT'S SURROUNDED BY, UM, RESIDENTIAL USES FROM THE SOUTH SIDE EAST AND ALSO FROM ACROSS THE CROSS BC NEARBY ROAD.
THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM A STREET VIEW.
IT HAS, UM, A RESIDENTIAL HOME, UM, WITH 660 SQUARE FEET.
THE LAND, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS ITS SURROUNDING FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH PERMITS THE, UM, ATTACHED SINGLE FAMILY, UH, DETACHED HOMES
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AS WELL AS, UM, STATE HOMES, STATE LOTS.THE CURRENT ZONING, UM, OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HERE IS, OR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THIS SOUTH WERE ANNEXED IN 2017, AND THEREFORE THEY WERE, UH, ZONED OR OPEN SPACE RECREATION.
AND THIS ZONING, UH, IS, UM, THE MOST RESTRICTED ZONING IN THE CITY, AND IT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR MUCH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO, UM, REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO ALLOW FOR AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING HOME.
UH, SO THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM OR TO SF TWO, WHICH IS MIXED RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY.
IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE, WITH ITS SURROUNDING, UH, ZONING AND NEIGHBORING USES AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN A, UH, MARVIN BOOZER.
DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? YES.
UH, I'M OPPOSED TO ANYTHING THAT ADDS MORE TRAFFIC TO CROSBY, CEDAR BIO ROAD.
YOU CAN'T HARDLY GET DOWN AT NOW IN THE MORNING OR THE AFTERNOON THAT BY ADDING HOUSES THERE WILL ADD TRAFFIC TO THAT ROAD.
IT'S ALREADY ENOUGH TROUBLE SINCE THEY MOVED THE BUS BARN OUT THERE.
IT'S FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT AND FROM FOUR TO SIX.
YOU JUST CAN'T GET OFF A HARDEN ROAD ONTO THAT, TO THAT ROAD TO TURN RIGHT, BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP FROM MASSEY TOMPKINS SOMETIMES TO THE RAILROAD TRACK, WHICH IS PAST THIS LIGHT.
IF THEY GO BUILD ONE HOUSE, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
BUT TO BILL TWO OR THREE, NO, THANK YOU.
UH, MR. BOOZER WAS THE ONLY PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
UH, I WILL CALL A CLOSE TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
OH, IS THE APPLICANT HERE? NO.
AND JUST TO, TO, TO CLEAR, UH, THIS POINT, UM, THE APPLICANT IS NOT REQUESTING TO ADD ANY HOMES, UH, TO THE EXISTING, UM, PROPERTY TO HIS PROPERTY.
HE'S MAKING AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING 630 SQUARE FEET HOUSE.
BUT JUST TO BE CLEAR, EVEN THOUGH IT, THE INTENT IS AN ADDITION, HAVING AN SF TWO MEANS THAT IT COULD HAVE ADDITIONAL HOMES ADDED TO AND HE COULD, THEY, COULD THEY CHANGE WHAT THEY INTEND IF IT IS REZONED FOR SF TWO, THEY COULD IN THE FUTURE.
HOWEVER, UH, THEY COULD ALSO CHANGE IT TO, UH, MULTIPLE UNITS IN SFE, WHICH IS A LOWER, UH, DENSITY LEVEL ZONING THAN SF TWO OR SF ONE.
SO, BUT IN ORDER FOR THEM TO DEVELOP, THEY NEED TO HAVE TO REZONE IT TO SOME TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
SO WHETHER IT'S SFE, WHICH THE, THE STATE HOME OR SF ONE, WHICH IS UP TO SIX UNITS PER ACRE, OR SFE, WHICH IS UP TO NINE UNIT PER ACRE.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS THE, UM, SIMILAR TO ANY OTHER, UH, RESIDENTIAL ZONING IN THE CITY.
IF THEY HAVE THE, THE PROPER SIZE, THEY CAN UH, THEY CAN SUBDIVIDE.
SO I GUESS JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, COULD YOU HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT WOULD BE THE MOTIVATION THEN TO GO WITH SF TWO, IF YOU ARE ONLY WANTING TO DO AN ADDITION TO THE EXISTING OM AS OPPOSED TO SFE?
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WE, UM, THERE IS NO MOTIVATION TO BE HONEST, BUT SFE IS VERY LIMITED IN, IN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE IT REQUIRES ONE ACRE PIECE OF LAND AND A FRONTAGE OF 125 FEET.SO IN THIS CASE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, UH, ON TOP OF MY HEAD WHAT'S THE FRONTAGE OF THIS PROPERTY, BUT FOR US TO REASON IT TO SFE, IT HAS TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS.
THE MINIMUM LOT FRONTAGE OF 125 FEET AND AN ACRE IN, IN THE, IN TERMS OF SIZE, IT'S FINE, BUT I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THE FRONTAGE.
SO WE GO, UM, WITH THE MOST COMMON, UH, ZONING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS THE YELLOW YOU CAN SEE ON ACROSS THE STREET, EVEN THOUGH IT HAS A DIFFERENT SIZES, UH, LOTS AND PROPERTIES, IT'S STILL, IT'S SF TWO.
I WOULD ADD TO THAT, UM, COMMISSIONERS THAT THE PROPERTY THAT LAMIA MENTIONED ACROSS THE STREET WAS RECENTLY REZONED TO SF TWO, UH, BY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JUST LAST YEAR, UH, EXCUSE ME, 2022 DECEMBER OF 2022.
AND THAT WAS A CITY SPONSORED REZONING EFFORT THAT INVOLVED A LOT OF, UM, PUBLIC OUTREACH, INCLUDING AN OPEN HOUSE LOCATED AT THE SCHOOL ALONG THE CORRIDOR OVER THERE.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS SF TWO WAS SELECTED AS WELL.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, I HAVE A QUESTION SINCE THIS GENTLEMAN'S CONCERN IS TRAFFIC, CAN HE NOT REQUEST, UM, THE TRAFFIC STUDY STUDY? THANK YOU.
HE RECENTLY HAD THAT, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE UP TO YOU TO DO YOU MEAN IN TERMS OF LIKE TRAFFIC? NO, I'M JUST SAYING I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE CALMING, I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THE CITIZEN'S OPINION.
SO I WANNA SEE IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.
SHOULD THE PROPERTY OWNER DECIDE TO DO ANYTHING WITH THAT PROPERTY AT A LATER DATE? UM, THERE ARE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT IF THEY'RE MET, THEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE FROM STAFF TO, OR EXCUSE ME, STAFF WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY.
UM, A FEW HOUSES, A COUPLE OF HOUSES WOULDN'T WARRANT THAT, BUT A BUNCH OF HOUSES WOULD WARRANT THAT.
SO, UM, IF THAT HELPS TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THAT DOES HELP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
ALL OPPOSED? NA, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK IT UP, BUT I HAVE TO GET TOO FAST.
[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 7.19 acres located on the west side of Crosby Cedar Bayou Road and approximately 0.17 miles north of Massey Tompkins Road from Single-Family Estate (SFE) to a Mixed Residential at Low to Medium Densities (SF2) Zoning District. ]
OKAY.NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN B.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER REQUEST TO ON APPROXIMATELY 7.19 ACRES ON THE WEST SIDE OF CROSBY, CEDAR BY ROAD AND APPROXIMATELY 0.17 MILES NORTH OF MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD FROM SFE TO SF TWO ZONING DISTRICT.
GOOD EVENING, MR. CHAIRMAN AND THE COMMISSIONERS TIM CHI HERE WITH THE CITY'S PLANNING AND THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
AGAIN, BEFORE YOU LEASE, WE HAVE A PROJECT.
THIS IS FOR, UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
THE SUBJECT SIDE IS APPROXIMATELY 7.19 ACRES LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 0.14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE PREVIOUS CASE PRESENTED BY LAIA.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO ZONE THE SUBJECT SIDE FROM SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE SFE TO MIX RESIDENTIAL AT LOW TO MEDIAN DENSITIES.
SF TWO HERE ARE PICTURES OF THE SITE FROM STREET VIEW.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED.
THE SURROUNDING AREAS CONTAIN VACANT, UNDEVELOPED AREAS, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES, AND THE SCATTERED RURAL RESIDENCIES.
THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THE SUBJECT SITE FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND LATI.
IN LINE WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING OF SF TWO.
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THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS ZONED SF TWO.THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND THE EAST ARE ZONED SFE.
THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH WAS REZONED TO SF TWO IN DECEMBER, 2022 THROUGH CITY SPONSORED BLUE HEARING SOUTH PROJECT.
ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE SUBJECT SITE, THE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING AREAS AND MUCH FURTHER OUT IN THE VICINITY ARE ALL CLASSIFIED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THEREFORE, BOTH THE PROPOSED ZONING TO SF TWO AND THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE SUBJECT SIDE ARE COMPATIBLE WITH SURROUNDING AREAS.
STAFF RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS ZONING MAP AMENDMENT.
OKAY, FOR THIS ITEM SEVEN B, WE HAVE, UH, FIVE CITIZENS THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, FIRST PERSON ON THE LIST IS MR. MAR MARVIN ZER.
IF YOU'LL NOTICE ON THAT PLAT, IT DOESN'T SHOW IT, BUT THERE'S AN RV PARK RIGHT NEXT TO IT THAT I DON'T THINK WAS EVER APPROVED FOR PLANNING OR ZONING THAT SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO THERE TOO, IS PUT AN RV PARK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT IN THERE.
WE'VE GOT ENOUGH TRAFFIC AND ENOUGH WATER ISSUES AND ENOUGH TRASH ISSUES ON THAT ROAD WITHOUT ADDING A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOUSES OR TRAILER PARKS OR TRAVEL TRAILERS TO CREATE MORE PROBLEMS. IF Y'ALL WANT A FOUR LANE CROSBY CEDAR BOW, THEN YOU HAVE MY BLESSING.
BUT NOT UNTIL YOU DO, WE DON'T HAVE THE ROOM OR THE CAPABILITY TO KEEP ADDING TRAFFIC TO THAT STREET.
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY INCLUDED IT.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA AND THAT'S OKAY, BUT I APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING WHAT YOU DO.
BUT WE NEED SOME HELP OVER THERE TO GET SOME THINGS INFRASTRUCTURE BUILT TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS STUFF THAT THESE PEOPLE WANT TO DO TO THOSE LOTS AND HOUSES.
WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO SUPPORT IT RIGHT NOW.
UH, NEXT PERSON WE HAVE ON THE LIST HERE TO SPEAK IS SALAN SMITH.
I'M THE APPLICANT FOR THIS PROPERTY AND UM, FOR THE REZONING.
AND UH, I BELIEVE, UH, WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERS AS WELL THAT HAS BEEN ASKED TO ADDRESS THE TRAFFIC STUDY, UH, SITUATION.
SO MAYBE, UH, THEY MIGHT BE WILLING TO PRESENT SOMETHING, UH, AT SOME POINT.
I BELIEVE A GOOD, A PRETTY GOOD STUDY WAS DONE ON IT TO, TO SHOW WHAT THE IMPACT WAS GONNA BE FOR THAT, UH, THAT INTERSECTION THERE.
ARE THE ENGINEERS SIGNED UP? NO.
ARE THE ENGINEERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? I DID NOT SIGN UP.
CAN WE ALLOW THEM TO SPEAK? OH YEAH.
TELL ABOUT THE TRAFFIC AND CAN WE LISTEN TO THE CITIZENS CALL BACK FIRST? SURE.
YOU DON'T NEED TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY, YOU JUST NEED TO DRIVE DOWN ACROSS THE CEDAR BALL ROAD AND FIND IT OUT.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA AHEAD AND LISTEN TO THE CITIZEN'S COMMENTS AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO ASK FOR THE ENGINEERS TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
SO AS SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT LIVE IN THAT AREA, I APPRECIATE Y'ALL BEING HERE TO LISTEN TO US.
UM, AS I SAID, I LIVE OUTSIDE THE AREA.
UM, IF Y'ALL ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE EAST, THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF BAYTOWN OVER THERE, YOU HAVE 1 46 AND YOU HAVE I 10 AND YOU HAVE MASSEY TOMPKINS AS THE ONLY EAST WEST ROUTES.
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SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE WILL GO I I 10, THEN COME DOWN CROSBY, CEDAR BIO ROAD SOUTH, OR THEY COME TO MASSEY TOMPKINS AND THEY USE CROSBY, CEDAR TO GO NORTH AND THEN GO EAST AND WEST WHEREVER THEY NEED TO GO IN BAYTOWN TO DO THEIR BUSINESS IN BAYTOWN.'CAUSE THERE ARE NO OTHER EAST AND WEST ROUTES BETWEEN I 10 AND MASSEY TOMPKINS.
LIKE THE GENTLEMAN SAID, IF YOU, IF THERE'S A, THERE'S TWO LONG PERIODS IN THE MORNING AND IN THE EVENING WHEN YOU TRY TO GO DOWN THAT ROAD, THE, THE HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE THERE CAN'T GET OUT ON THE ROAD AS IT IS MUCH LESS.
I MEAN, THE PEOPLE THAT THAT TRAVEL LIKE ME, USING THAT AS A, AS A ROUTE TO GO INTO BAYTOWN, UM, THE TRAFFIC IS JUST TREMENDOUS IN THAT AREA.
I, YOU KNOW, AND, AND THIS WITHOUT ADDING 36 HOMES PLUS THE OTHER ONE, THE ONE OR TWO HOMES THAT THERE WANT TO ADD IN THAT OTHER, UH, DEAL, BUT THIS, THIS, THIS 30 PLUS HOMES THAT THERE WERE OR HOME SITES THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO ADD THERE, YOU THAT ROAD JUST WILL NOT HANDLE THAT TRAFFIC.
PLEASE ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO DO A TRAFFIC STUDY BEFORE THEY DUMP THAT OUT THERE.
UM, MR. EDDIE CAPS, THANK YOU.
I LIVE AT 39 15 CROSBY CITY BALL ROAD RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, UH, THIS LAND RIGHT NOW.
BEEN THERE 50 YEARS, MOVED IN ON, UH, FEBRUARY OF 1974.
RAISED MY FAMILY THERE, SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, BUT THE TRAFFIC OUT THERE IS, WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT IS UNREAL IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE.
UH, ABOUT, UH, 30 OR 40 FEET FROM WHERE THIS PROPOSED, UH, PROPERTY IS EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL DAYS.
THERE'S 25 TO TO 30 BUSES THAT COME THROUGH THERE.
SCHOOL BUSES THAT COME THROUGH THERE FOUR TIMES A DAY, GOING TO PICK UP KIDS, BRINGING THEM HOME AND THEN, AND END UP BRINGING THEIR BUSES BACK TO THE STADIUM AREA THERE WHERE THEY STAY.
SO IT'S A VERY, VERY, VERY, VERY DANGEROUS AREA.
IF WE ADD ANY MORE TRAFFIC TO THAT AREA RIGHT NOW, I CANNOT BACK OUTTA MY DRIVEWAY.
I TURN AROUND IN THE YARD AND I DRIVE OUT.
IF THERE'S SOMEONE U USUALLY IT'S BACKED UP FROM THE RED LIGHT.
IT'S BACKED UP PAST MY HOUSE, PAST THIS PROPERTY.
EVERY DAY IT TAKES YOU ABOUT THREE LIGHT CHANGES TO BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
SO IT'S BACKED UP THAT FAR ALREADY.
AND I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE IF WE ADDED 20, 30 HOMES OR WHATEVER IS PROPOSED ON, ON THIS RIGHT HERE.
IT WOULD BE, IT WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY UNREAL.
PEOPLE RIGHT NOW ON MY SIDE OF THE ROAD, I'M ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE ROAD, I CAN ONLY GO OUT MOST OF THE TIME AND I GO SOUTH BECAUSE I WOULD BE AFRAID THAT YOU CAN'T SEE THE TRAFFIC COMING THIS WAY.
THE PEOPLE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE ROAD, THEY USUALLY GO NORTH, GO DOWN TO HARDIN ROAD WHERE THESE PEOPLE LIVE AND THEY HAVE TO GO THAT WAY TO GET TO GO SOUTH.
AND, AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST, UH, I I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT IF YOU'D GIVE IT A LOT OF STUDY BECAUSE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, MY PRAYER IS THAT, UH, THIS, THIS, WE JUST DON'T ADD ANYMORE TO IT RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, MR. DAVID GIGOT.
UH, MY NAME IS DAVID JAGO, 50 YEAR RESIDENT OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, 27 YEARS ON HARDIN ROAD.
UM, THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IS SUBMIT A PETITION AGAINST REZONING.
THIS PETITION WAS SIGNED BY 89 INDIVIDUALS IN THE AREA, 58 HOMES WERE VISITED.
WHO WOULD LIKE, WHO TAKES THIS SUBMISSION?
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THE NEXT I WANNA, I WANNA TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT THE, THE CURRENT TRAFFIC CONDITION.CEDAR BAY AS, AS MOST PEOPLE KNOW, IS A THOROUGHFARE.
IT SEES TRAFFIC FROM SCHOOLS, SCHOOL BUSES, WORK, TRAFFIC, JENKINS PARK, THE MOST POPULAR PARK IN BAYTOWN TRAFFIC.
UM, AND I'VE GOT TO MENTION THE DELAYS WE SEE WITH THE RAILROAD AT JENKINS PARK.
SOMETIMES THE RAILROADS STOPS AND YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE UNLESS YOU WANNA WAIT 30 OR 40 MINUTES.
YOU HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE OTHER THAN TO BACK UP AND TRY TO GO AROUND.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS TO CROSBY, CEDAR BALL ROAD HAPPENS TO HARDEN ROAD.
WE'VE HAD TO DATE, WE'VE HAD TWO TRAFFIC STUDIES ON HARDEN ROAD.
UM, WE'VE HAD SPEED HUMPS INSTALLED.
IT DOES HELP, BUT ONLY A SMALL AMOUNT.
UM, THE, I WAS HOPING THERE WERE MORE PEOPLE HERE TODAY, BUT I WOULD LIKE A SHOW OF HANDS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE THAT OBJECT AGAINST REZONING THIS PROPERTY.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO SEE A SHOWED OF OF HANDS WHO ARE FOR REZONING THIS PROPERTY.
SO MY MAJOR CONCERN, OR AT LEAST ONE OF THEM IS ACCESS FOR EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
UM, YOU ADD 30 TO 60 MORE VEHICLES TO CROSBY, CEDAR BIO, A LOT OF 'EM WILL COME TO HARDIN ROAD.
SORRY, I DON'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THE THREE MINUTE SPEED LIMIT IS UP.
THIS, THIS WILL MAKE ITEMS, UH, UH, SO MUCH WORSE FOR BOTH ROADS.
ALRIGHT, SO IF I MAY REAL QUICK ADD THAT I AM A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER AND BELIEVE ME, THE FIREFIGHTERS KNOW TO AVOID THAT ROAD AT CERTAIN TIME OF DAY.
SO WE WILL, UM, CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
WAS THERE A REQUEST TO BRING THE, UH, APPLICANT'S ENGINEER UP TO THE PODIUM? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UH, THE ENGINEERS, COULD YOU PLEASE COME UP? GOOD, GOOD EVENING.
I'M WITH LJA ENGINEERING AND, UM, WE UNDERSTAND ALL THE CONCERNS FROM THE CITIZENS.
WE HAVE CONDUCTED A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY, UH, PER THE REQUEST OF THE CITY ENGINEER.
AND WE'VE SUBMITTED IT TO THE CITY ENGINEERS FOR, FOR REVIEW.
UM, THE TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY BASICALLY DETERMINED THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OF CROSBY, CEDAR BY ROAD WOULD BE MAINTAINED AS THE SAME LEVEL OF SERVICE AS, AS IT IS EXISTING.
UM, BASED ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF, YOU KNOW, OF THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UH, AND NO IMPROVEMENTS WERE WARRANTED FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, IT'S CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE WITH THE CITY, UH, IN ITS REVIEW JUST WAITING ON, ON APPROVAL.
BUT, UM, OUR TRAFFIC, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER, BUT OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER PREPARED THE, THE TIA AND UM, BASICALLY THEY, OUR TRAFFIC GROUP WAS OFFERING THE CITY ENGINEER TO WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF, UH, WE CAN WORK ON THE SIGNAL TIMING ON THE INTERSECTION OF CROSBY, CEDAR VALLEY ROAD AND MASSEY TOMPKINS TO SEE IF IT WOULD ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT ARE, THAT ARE BEING PRESENTED CURRENTLY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON FOR THAT MATTER.
I DO, I GET A COPY OF THAT TRAFFIC STUDY.
IT'S WITH THE CITY ENGINEER, SO, UM, AS SOON AS IT IT IS, I DON'T KNOW, AVAILABLE, PLEASE ADJUST THE COMMISSION.
THEIR STUDIES GOING, MAKE IT COME OUT LIKE THEY WANTED TO.
HOW THE CITY DO THE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, SIR.
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I DUNNO IF ANYBODY ELSE HAD QUESTIONS FOR THE ENGINEER.DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE ENGINEER? I, I DO ACTUALLY I HAVE ONE AND SOMEBODY, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
THE, CAN YOU BE A LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC? HOW MANY HOMES ARE YOU ESTIMATING THAT YOU WOULD BE BUILDING? UH, LIKE THE SIZE, LIKE HOW MANY, I GUESS WHAT IS, WHAT IS THE INCREASE OF POPULATION THAT WOULD BE TO WHAT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY ESTATE? CURRENTLY 32 LOTS ARE BEING PROPOSED.
I I AM SORRY, WHAT WAS CURRENTLY 32 LOTS ARE BEING PROPOSED.
TH 32 LOTS AND LIKE, IS THAT LIKE FOUR BEDROOM? I MEAN, WHAT ARE WE ANTICIPATING? LIKE, LIKE A FAMILY OF FOUR IN THAT THREE, SO LIKE TWO CARS PER HOME TYPE OF SITUATION.
CARS, I, I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION FOR, FOR THE CITY.
UH, WE WIDEN OUR STREETS ALL THE TIME.
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO GET A STREET APPROVED TO BE WIDENED TO FOUR LANES? I MEAN, HOW, WHAT LEVEL OF TRAFFIC I GUESS, UH, ORDINARILY THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN OUR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, UH, THAT WE UPDATE EVERY FEW YEARS.
AND THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS PLAN, UM, WHICH IS A FIVE YEAR PLAN.
UM, I, WE HAVE CITY ENGINEERS IN THE ROOM THAT MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UM, MR. SEMINO IS HERE AND, AND MIGHT BE ABLE TO HELP US WITH THAT.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS ROADWAY IS PLANNED FOR SUCH IMPROVEMENTS, BUT, BUT I, I'M GONNA DEFER TO 'CAUSE WE ALL GO TO JENKINS PARK AND WE KNOW THE JUDGE.
ALSO, UH, FRANK SEMINO, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS IN ENGINEERING.
UM, THE WAY THE PROJECT GETS IN IS THAT THERE HAS TO BE AN IDENTIFIED NEED AND THEN IT IS, UM, UM, THE PROJECT IS SCOPED OUT WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WILL INCLUDE AND THE COST, AND THEN IT'S PUT IN, UH, UM, IT'S PRIORITIZED.
SO, UH, WE HAVE A CIP COMMITTEE WHO GOES THROUGH THE PRIORITIES OF PROJECTS AND, UH, DECIDES WHEN TO FUND THOSE PROJECTS.
SO THIS IS NOT CURRENTLY, UH, A PROJECT THAT IS, YOU KNOW, UM, SCOPED OUT AND, AND FUND IT.
SO I HAVE A, FOR THE, FOR MAYBE A FUTURE MEETING, NOT TODAY, OBVIOUSLY, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND HOW THE, HOW THE PROCESS GOES BECAUSE I, I KNOW THAT THERE'S FORMULAS FOR ALL THIS.
UM, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE OF HERE IN BAYTOWN AND RIGHT NOW WITH WHAT, WELL, THEY FIXED WEST MAIN, BUT WITH ALL THE TRAFFIC FROM EXXON, MISSOURI IS, BUT DEFINITELY WAS A NIGHTMARE FOR US.
AND THAT WAS SOMETHING TEMPORARY.
'CAUSE THEY WERE FIXING THE ROAD.
I, THIS IS NOT A TEMPORARY DEAL FOR THESE CITIZENS THAT LIVE ALONG THIS, THIS, THIS STREET AND THE BUS FARM BEING BUILT THERE AND IN JENKINS PARK AND BLUE HAIR AND ALL THESE THINGS THAT, THAT ADDED TO THAT CONGESTION.
AND I, AND I WANNA BE VERY CLEAR, I UNDERSTAND THEIR POINT.
I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY'S GROWING AND YOU CAN'T STOP THAT.
YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD MANY TIMES WHERE WE'VE HEARD PEOPLE COME AND SAY, WELL, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT WHAT IT WAS WHEN I, WHEN I MOVED HERE.
WELL, THINGS HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, WE, OUR, OUR CHANGES HAPPEN.
BUT AS THAT, THOSE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, WE REALIZE THAT, UM, INTERESTED PARTIES, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT ARE PROPOSING THESE PROJECTS ARE GONNA BE COMING IN.
AND I'M A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT THIS IS NOT A PROJECT THAT'S BEING LOOKED AT BECAUSE I'VE, I GO TO JENKINS PARK PRETTY OFTEN AND THERE IS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ALONG THIS ROAD.
UM, IT'S, I KNOW ONCE AGAIN, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A FORMULA, BUT THERE'S ALSO A REALITY TO THESE SITUATIONS.
SO AT SOME FUTURE MEETING, UM, MARTIN, IF WE CAN GET KIND OF LIKE THE PROCESS OF HOW THIS WORKS, WHAT DETERMINES THE, THE TRAFFIC, HOW THAT, THAT HAS WORKED OUT.
'CAUSE IF YOU TAKE AN AVERAGE THAT DOESN'T SOLVE THE ISSUE, YOU KNOW? SO IT'S A FUTURE MEETING, NOT TODAY.
'CAUSE YOU KNOW, WE'RE TURNING OUT TO BE A YES AND ARE, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFIED NEEDS, UH, DUE TO GROWTH, UH, WHICH THE CITY IS AWARE OF.
UM, HOWEVER, FUNDING IS LIMITED AND WE ARE, UM, FOR A LOT OF PROJECTS WE'RE, UM, UH, SEEKING GRANT FUNDS.
SO, WHICH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW THERE IS BO BIG FOCUS ON GARTH ROAD.
'CAUSE THAT IS A, UH, MAJOR PROJECT THAT DOES HAVE GRANT FUNDING.
UM, SO THAT'S JUST THE PROCESS WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH IS TO TRY TO SEEK SOME GRANT FUNDS BECAUSE THE CITY, UH, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD IT ON ITS OWN.
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AHEAD.AND I, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, I UNDERSTAND GARROS PRIORITY, GARROS BEEN PRIORITY FOR LIKE 10, 15 YEARS.
IT'S, AND NOTHING'S BEEN A PART FOR THE CITY, BUT, UM, SOMETIMES WHEN WE MAKE, AND I KNOW THE ARTERY THERE IS, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS SINO BOULEVARD WAS BUILT AND WE TRY TO BUILD THESE OTHER THINGS, BUT I'M ALSO AFRAID THAT SOME OF THESE LOWER KEY AREAS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE, THESE ARE GOOD PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, BUT BECAUSE UNLESS SOMETHING IS AFFECTING DIRECTLY, SOMETIMES I'M AFRAID THAT THAT SITUATIONS LIKE THIS KIND OF GO UNDER THE RADAR AND WE PRIORITIZE THINGS BECAUSE OF, BECAUSE OF GARTH HAS A HIGHER TRAFFIC COUNT.
BUT THESE, THESE THINGS DO SERVE AS, ESPECIALLY THAT AREA THAT DOESN'T HAVE A LOT OF ESCAPE, YOU KNOW? MM-HMM.
I UNDERSTAND THE, THE, THE EMERGENCY VEHICLE SITUATION, THAT'S A BIG DEAL, RIGHT? BECAUSE RAILROADS DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, YOU KNOW, AND IF, IF RAILROAD'S THERE AND GOD FORBID SOMETHING IS HAPPENING OR WHERE THEY EITHER HAVE TO GET OUT OR, OR AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE HAS TO COME IN, JUST A COMMENT, YOU KNOW, TO KIND OF PUT THOSE.
MAYBE WE COULD, THERE'S A LIST.
YOU COULD PUT A LITTLE CHECK MARK.
MY, MY QUESTION IS, UM, WOULD IT, WOULD IT HELP IF, SO, SO THE CITY HAS, UH, AT AT LEAST EIGHT FEET EASEMENT ON EVERY ON THE PROPERTY.
WOULD IT HELP IF WE REQUIRED A TURN LANE TO MOVE INTO THEIR PROPERTY TO GET THE TRAFFIC IN AND OUT? UM, I, I DON'T WANT TO ON, ON THE, ON THE NEW SPEAK ON, ON THE NEW PROPERTY, ON THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT I HAVE NOT SEEN, THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN.
SO THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
SO IS THAT OUR NEXT STEP OR NEXT THAT, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GONNA SUGGEST.
CAN WE PRESS PAUSE ON THIS UNTIL ENGINEERING GETS A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THAT AND WE CAN ALL LOOK AT THAT AND, AND DECIDE AT A LATER DATE? I DON'T WANNA JUST SAY NO, I UNDERSTAND THE CITY IS GROWING, BUT WE ALSO NEED ALL INFORMATION.
YOU, YOU CAN, IF, IF THAT'S THE DESIRE OF THE COMMISSION, YOU CAN, ESPECIALLY SINCE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE CITY, I MEAN WE CAN PROVIDE THAT.
SORRY, Y'ALL, MARTIN, SAY IT AGAIN.
MAKE SURE EVERYONE HEARD THAT.
YES, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
IT, IT HAS APPARENTLY ALREADY BEEN, UM, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE ENGINEERING IS IN REVIEW PROCESS.
SO WE'D HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO COMPLETE THE REVIEW AND, AND BE ABLE TO SPEAK INTELLIGENTLY TO THAT REPORT.
UM, SOMETIMES THOSE ARE MANY, MANY PAGES AND IT TAKES A LITTLE TIME TO GET THROUGH THEM.
SO, BUT, BUT YES, WE CAN PROVIDE THAT TO, TO THE COMMISSION.
THEN I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE A SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF, IF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN WANTS IN THEIR LIFE WOULD ALLEVIATE A PROBLEM BEFORE THEY CREATE A PROBLEM.
DO I NEED TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING? YEAH, PLEASE NEED A MOTION.
YOU NEED, FIRST OF ALL, I, I MAKE, UH, WE WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
ALL IN FAVOR? COULD I MAKE ONE MORE COMMENT PLEASE, SIR, I'LL GIVE YOU MY TIME.
I'M SORRY, SIR, I, I CAN'T CLOSE THE HEARING.
WE'VE CLOSED THE HEARING, RIGHT? ALRIGHT, SO TAMMY, I MADE A MOTION TO TABLE.
WHAT DOES THAT DO TO SEE? WELL, WE HAVEN'T DONE FOR, FOR EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE TODAY ON THAT ITEM, THAT MEANS THAT THIS WILL BE ON NEXT MONTH'S AGENDA TO GO BACK OVER IT AND MAKE SURE THAT, UM, THAT THE, THE, UH, THAT TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO OUR COMMISSION.
SO, SO THAT, THAT ENDS THAT ONE FOR TODAY.
THE ENGINEERING, THE APPLICANT'S ENGINEERING STUDY.
WE NEED TO GET THE CITY TO DO IT.
FOR TODAY WE'RE, WE'RE FINISHED WITH THAT HEARING NOTED.
[c. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request regarding a proposed text amendment to Appendix A - Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) to amend Section 2.08(g) Planned Unit Developments; removing the expiration of detail plans within approved Planned Unit Developments.]
ALRIGHT, SO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN C, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER REQUEST REGARDING A PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ULDC TO AMEND SECTION 2.08 G PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.REMOVING THE EXPIRATION OF DETAILED PLANS WITHIN APPROVED PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS.
DOES NOT LOOK LIKE WE HAVE ANYONE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
SO, UH, THIS ONE WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, RYAN, UH, RYAN'S ITEM, BUT HE'S AT HOME TRYING NOT TO DIE TODAY.
SO, UM, SO I'M GONNA COVER THIS ONE FOR HIM.
UH, SO, UH, AS MENTIONED, THIS IS A, A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE ULDC THAT WOULD REMOVE THE TWO YEAR EXPIRATION DATE THAT IS CURRENTLY ATTACHED TO ANY DETAILED PLANS THAT ARE APPROVED AS PART OF A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
SO WITHIN THE PUDS, WHEN WE DO THOSE REZONES, THERE IS A, UH, BASICALLY A PLAN OF THE ENTIRE SITE THAT IS LAID OUT AND THAT HAS A TWO YEAR EXPIRATION DATE.
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IN, IN, IN ESSENCE THE PUD ITSELF EXPIRES.SO, UM, RIGHT NOW WE DO HAVE A TWO YEAR EXPIRATION, AND THEN THERE IS A 12 MONTH, UH, OR ONE TIME 12 MONTH EXTENSION AVAILABLE TO THAT THAT GOES THROUGH THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE HAVE TWO THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH THAT PROCESS WHERE THEY HAD TO EXTEND IT.
UM, WE'VE KIND OF LOOKED AT, AT SOME OF OUR CITIES IN THE REGION, WE FOUND THAT, THAT, UH, MOST OF THEM DON'T HAVE EXPIRATIONS FOR PUDS.
UM, WE DO BELIEVE THAT, THAT THAT EXPIRATION CAUSES UNN UNN UNNECESSARY BURDEN ON THE DEVELOPERS.
BUT ALSO WHAT HAPPENS IS WHATEVER YOU'VE DONE TO CREATE THE PUD TO, TO GET A BETTER PRODUCT.
'CAUSE AS IN ESSENCE, THAT'S WHAT THE PUDS ARE DESIGNED TO DO, TO GET US SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T HAVE ORDINARILY GOT GOTTEN.
IT, IT LEAVES YOU WITH THE UNDERLYING ZONING WITHOUT THAT PUD PROTECTION.
SO IN ESSENCE, YOU'VE REMOVED ALL THOSE EXTRA GOOD THINGS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE INTO THE PUD IN THE FIRST PLACE.
UM, SO IF THE PUD EXPIRES, THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS.
THAT STUFF JUST GOES AWAY AND IT ENDS UP BEING THE UNDERLYING ZONING.
UH, WE DID ALSO, IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, LAST YEAR WE BROUGHT ON A NEW TYPE OF POD.
IT WAS AN INDUSTRIAL POD AND WE DESIGNED THAT SPECIFICALLY TO NOT HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE BECAUSE OF THE SAME THING.
BUT THERE WOULD BE NO PROTECTIONS THAT WERE, THAT WERE BUILT INTO THE PUD ITSELF.
SO, UM, AND, AND, AND BESIDES THE FACT THAT THIS IS AN, IN ESSENCE, A REZONE, WHEN YOU PUT A PUD IN, IN PLACE AND ANY OTHER ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DOES NOT HAVE AN EXPIRATION.
SO IT'S KIND OF AN ANOMALY IN THAT WAY.
UM, THAT PUD AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, IS TIED TO A SPECIFIC PLAN AND THOSE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH NOT ONLY PROVIDE MORE CERTAINTY, BUT THEY, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO, TO PROVIDE HIGHER QUALITY BOTH IN DESIGN, SITE DESIGN AND, AND THE AMENITIES AND ANYTHING ELSE THAT, THAT IS EXTRA THAT GOES INTO THAT.
SO THE AMENDMENT WOULD AGAIN, REMOVE THE TWO YEAR EXPIRATION.
AND THEN IT WOULD ALSO, THERE, THERE IS A, A CAVEAT THERE.
IT WOULD LEAVE A SECTION THAT ALLOWS P AND Z TO ASK FOR A REVIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF A PROJECT.
AND THEN IF YOU DECIDE THAT IT'S NOT MOVING ALONG QUICKLY ENOUGH, YOU CAN ALWAYS RECOMMEND TO COUNSEL THAT THEY VOID THAT DETAIL PLAN AND COME BACK TO THE, TO THE GO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD ON IT.
SO WE ARE LEAVING THAT IN PLACE.
SO THERE IS A RELEASE VALVE FOR THAT.
SHOULD WE DECIDE THAT SOMETHING ISN'T HAPPENING THE WAY IT SHOULD BE? UM, THAT SAID, STAFFER RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS TEXT AMENDMENT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? SECOND.
I'M SORRY, DID I JUMP THE GUN? I MOVED TO APPROVE.
UH, WE, I DON'T KNOW IF ANYBODY ELSE WAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ONE.
OH, THERE, THERE WAS NO ONE SIGNED UP FOR THIS ITEM.
SO WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
ALL IN FAVOR? I NO, I VOTE TO APPROVE THAT AGENDA ITEM AS, UH, THE REVISION SECOND.
[a. Consider stop control modifications at the intersection of Crystal Boulevard and Bienville Avenue.]
NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY IS ITEM EIGHT A CONSIDER STOP CONTROL MODIFICATIONS AT THE INTERSECTION OF CRYSTAL BOULEVARD AND THE VILLE AVENUE.I AM BRANDON HONG AND I AM WITH PUBLIC WORKS AND ENGINEERING.
AND I'M HERE TO PRESENT ITEM EIGHT A FOR THE STOP MO UH, CONTROL MODIFICATION AT CRYSTAL BOULEVARD AND BIENVILLE
CURRENTLY THE INTERSECTION IS A TWO-WAY STOP AND CRYSTAL BOULEVARD IS ACTING AS A COLLECTOR ROAD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
CURRENTLY THE NORTH, THE SOUTH TRAFFIC HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY WHILE THE EAST TO WEST TRAFFIC HAS THE, HAS THE STOP SIGNS.
THE ENGINEERING REPORT THAT WE HAVE DONE BY A CONSULTANT RECOMMENDS THAT WE REMOVE THE STOP SIGNS ON THE WEST AND EAST AND INSTALLING THIS ON THE SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC.
THIS WOULD MAKE THE INTERSECTIONS SAFER.
AND THIS INTERSECTION IS FOR THE TGO WILD SUBDIVISION OVER BY 1 46, A LITTLE BIT SOUTH OF I 10.
AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM WOULD HAVE TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL AS WELL.
DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I, I DO.
SO THIS ROAD, CRYSTAL BOULEVARD COMES OFF OF UM, 1 46, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
AND YOU'RE JUST, JUST MAKING SURE I CLARIFY, UNDERSTAND YOU'RE RECOMMENDING TAKING
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STOP SIGNS OFF OF A MAIN ROAD, UM, LIKE AN ARTERY STREET? YEAH.AND, AND PUTTING IT OFF, I I GUESS DO WE REALLY THINK, WHAT'S THE SAFETY GONNA DO OR THE SPEED NOW ON THAT ROAD, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT A SHORT STREET.
I'VE BEEN IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE IS AN EXHIBIT ON THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE, UH, EXHIBITS, IF YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK.
THE BLACK DOTS REPRESENT THE EXISTING STOP SIGNS AND THE RED REPRESENTS THE PROPOSED STOP SIGNS.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IF YOU'RE GOING WEST ALONG CRYSTAL BOULEVARD, YOU'LL HAVE TO STOP AND THEN YIELD TO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC FROM BIENVILLE.
CURRENTLY, NONE OF THE OTHER INTERSECTIONS HAVE A STOP SIGN BECAUSE NORMALLY AS IT STANDS, P TRAFFIC FROM THE BIENVILLE, WHICH IS A LOCAL STREET, HAS THE RIGHT OF WAY TO GO THROUGH THERE.
SO BY REMOVING THOSE STOP SIGNS, IT WOULD MAKE IT MORE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE OTHER STREETS.
I GUESS I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE SPEED THAT THEY WOULD BUILD UP IF THERE WASN'T THE BARRIER.
UH, I'VE DONE A FEW SPEED STUDIES ON THE STREETS, I'VE MORE TRAFFIC GOES ALONG CRYSTAL AVENUE AND WITH LESS TRAFFIC COMING ALONG BIENVILLE.
I CAN'T QUOTE IT, BUT IT'S REASONABLE AND I HAVE NO ISSUES GOING BACK OUT THERE.
THIS WAS A CITIZEN REQUEST TO LOOK AT THIS STOP SIGN.
SO AM I ALLOWED TO MAKE A COMMENT? ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S MY FIRST DAY, SO I'M JUST GONNA SURE.
UH, SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, 'CAUSE I ACTUALLY LIVE ON CRYSTAL BOULEVARD AT THE END OF THE STREET.
THERE'S AN OFFICER THAT LIVES RIGHT PAST THAT STOP SIGN THAT IS FOREVER SITTING THERE WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO RUN THE STOP SIGN BECAUSE THEY DO OFTEN AND IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS THERE.
WHAT I'VE DISCUSSED WITH THIS OFFICER, UH, WHO SERVED OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS NOW IS THAT EACH OF THESE STREETS COMING OFF OF CRYSTAL AT A MINIMUM SHOULD HAVE A STOP SIGN.
AND IN FACT, I USED TO LIVE IN LINWOOD BEFORE I MOVED THERE AND SAME PROBLEM OVER THERE, WHICH I THINK THAT'S AN ITEM ON THE AGENDA AS WELL.
I'M JUST SPEAKING FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT REMOVING THAT STOP SIGN DOES PUT MORE KIDS IN DANGER.
WOULD WOULD IT HELP RICK IF THE STOP SIGNS WERE ON THOSE BOTH STREETS TO THE EAST AND WEST TOO AND, AND REMOVE CRYSTAL AND PUT 'EM? I BELIEVE IF EAST AND WEST STREETS COMING NORTH AND SOUTH, LIKE MORE SUPPORTIVE OF ADDING AN ADDITIONAL STOP SIGN INSTEAD OF REMOVING TO AND ADDING ONE.
I'M NOT GONNA COMMENT ON AN OPINION.
I'M JUST TELLING YOU THE FACTS OF WHAT I'VE EXPERIENCED AND WHO I'VE INTERACTED WITH AND, AND WHAT I'VE OBSERVED.
WELL WE DO HAVE AN ENGINEERING REPORT THAT STATES THAT, UH, TO REMOVE THOSE TWO STOP SIGNS SO THAT IT WOULD LOOK MORE BECAUSE CURRENTLY THE TRAFFIC FROM GREENVILLE IS MATCHING THE TRAFFIC FROM THE JUST ON STREETS OF, UH, CHAMPAGNE.
I CAN'T PRONOUNCE THOSE STREETS.
LUC AND SHORT FOR EVERY REASON.
CHART TREES, CHAR TREES, CHAR TREES ARE THERE CHARTERS AND S CHARTERS AND S LOOSE.
CURRENTLY THAT'S A CURRENTLY CREATE, YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO PUT STOPS A FOUR, A THREE-WAY STOP ON ALL THOSE INTERSECTIONS BY REMOVING THE STOP SIGNS AT VILLE, YOU WOULD PRETTY MUCH HAVE A PROPER, I WASN'T SUGGESTING THAT.
I WAS SUGGESTING THAT WHEN YOU'RE COMING DOWN VILLE AND YOU'RE GONNA HIT CRYSTAL BOULEVARD, THAT STOP SIGN'S GREAT.
IF WE HAD ONE OF THOSE ON EACH ONE OF THE OTHER STREETS.
AH, BECAUSE I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN A CAR GOING DOWN CRYSTAL BOULEVARD, NAMELY ME AND, UH, A CAR PULLING OUT BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A STOP SIGN EITHER.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM THERE IN LINWOOD THAT I'VE OBSERVED.
BUT, SO I'LL REMIND THE BOARD THAT, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS THAT YOU WANT TO MAKE PART OF THAT RECOMMENDATION, THEN I WOULD INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF A MOTION WHEN, WHEN YOU'RE READY TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
AND IF IT IS YOU'D PREFER THAT, THAT SOME OTHER SCENARIO TAKE PLACE, YOU CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL.
THEY'LL, THEY'LL ASK ENGINEERING TO CORROBORATE THAT, UH, AS WELL.
BUT, UM, BUT IF, IF THAT'S PART OF, OF WHAT YOU AS A GROUP BELIEVE IS THE BEST WAY TO GO, THEN YOU CAN MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION.
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AT THIS TIME? I CAN'T HEAR OVER THE LAWNMOWER.DO WE MAKE THAT MOTION NOW AT THIS TIME? THAT'S UP TO YOUR CHAIR.
OKAY, WELL I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION
I THINK YOU, FOR SOMEONE ELSE TO MAKE A MOTION.
WELL HOW ABOUT, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE ADD ADDITIONAL STOP SIGNS ON EACH OF THE OTHER ROADS LEADING INTO CRYSTAL BOULEVARD.
IS THAT WHAT SIR? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE KIND OF WE WERE, THAT'S WHAT I HAD.
I THINK I COULD SECOND ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
CARRIE SELECT SIGN FOR OUR NEXT.
I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I'M CLEAR.
SO Y'ALL ARE TALKING ABOUT YOU APPROVED REMOVING THE TWO ON CRYSTAL BOULEVARD, BUT AND APPROVING THE ONE ON BELL WHEEL, BUT ALSO ADDING A, A STOP SIGN ON THE OTHER STREETS, THE EAST AND WEST STREET.
ON ALL THE STREETS THAT ARE DEAD, DEAD ENDING INTO CRYSTAL BOULEVARD, BECAUSE OTHERWISE THERE ARE NO STOP SIGNS.
AND WE WILL PASS THAT ALONG TO CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE REPORT TO THEM AS WELL.
AND THERE ARE A LOT OF KIDS PLAYING OUT THERE.
I MEAN LIKE UPWARDS TO 10 TO 15 AT A TIME.
[b. Consider stop control modifications at the intersection of Lynnwood Drive and Brooks Crossing Drive.]
UH, FOR OUR NEXT ITEM WE'LL BE, UH, THE STOP CONTROL MODIFICATIONS AT LINWOOD AND BROOKS CROSSING, I GUESS SOMETHING SILLY.SO THIS IS FOR THE STOP CONTROL MODIFICATION AT LINWOOD DRIVE AND BROOKS CROSSING.
WE HAD A CITIZEN REQUEST THAT WE, UH, THAT WE HAVE A ENGINEER DO A STUDY FOR THE, UH, WARRANT STUDY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF ADDITIONAL STOP SIGNS AT LINWOOD DRIVE AT BROOKS CROSSING.
THIS IS IN THE LINWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD, SAME AREA 1 46 SOUTH OF I 10.
CURRENTLY IN RED ARE THE STOP SIGNS TO BE INSTALLED.
THE EXISTING STOP SIGNS ARE IN RED.
CURRENTLY THE TRAFFIC NORTH TRAVELING SOUTHBOUND TO LINWOOD DRIVE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY WHILE THE TRAFFIC COMING FROM LINWOOD DRIVE, WHICH IS FEEDING OFF OF 1 46, HAS THE STOP CONTROL STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THE INSTALLATION OF A FOUR-WAY STOP TO MAKE THIS A SAFER INTERSECTION AND TO PROVIDE, UH, TO PROVIDE, UM, MORE, UH, A MORE, UH, A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD INTERSECTION.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS MOVE TO APPROVE.
[c. Consider stop control modifications at Mississippi Street, Florida Street, New Mexico Street and Washington Street.]
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ITEM EIGHT C TO BRING THE CONSIDERATION OF STAFF CONTROL MODIFICATIONS AT THE STATE STREETS OF MISSISSIPPI, FLORIDA, NEW MEXICO AND WASHINGTON STREETS.WE HAD A RESIDENT COMPLAINT, UH, UH, RESIDENT REQUEST FOR THE INSTALLATION OF, OF STOP SIGNS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE PROVIDE A ENGINEERING REPORT FOR A WARRANT STUDY FOR STOP SIGNS.
CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO STOP SIGNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD EXCEPT FOR THE INTERSECTION OF KENTUCKY STREET AND FLORIDA STREET.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD BE FOR INSTALLATION OF STOP SIGNS AT THE FALL IN THE RED AREAS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS WOULD PROVIDE A SAFER FROM NEIGHBORHOODS AND IMPRO AND A PROPER WELL AND A PROPER, UM, STOP CONTROL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF STATE STREETS AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND A CITIZEN REQUESTED THESE STOPS.
FLORIDA IS IS ONE OF THOSE STREETS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S, THEY, IT'S, THERE'S NOTHING THERE TO STOP.
I DIDN'T REQUEST THEM, BUT
IF YOU'RE REMOVING ALL EXISTING SIGNS, THAT MEANS
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KENTUCKY IS WIDE OPEN.SHOULDN'T THERE BE A STOP SIGN AT KENTUCKY? UH, WE'RE NOT REMOVING ANY STOP SIGNS.
I WAS LIKE, WAIT, THE PREVIOUS ONE, THE BLACK LET REMOVED.
I CAN, YEAH, THAT'S WHY I WAS CONFUSED.
CAN I, CAN I RECOMMEND A COUPLE? I'M JUST KIDDING.
I GOT A COUPLE OF MORE IN YOUR SECTION IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'LL JUST SAY THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN THE LAST ITEM.
ANY OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? NO.
[d. Consider stop control modifications at the intersection of Williams Avenue and North Jones Street.]
I WOULD LIKE TO BRING ITEM AD THE CONSIDERATION OF STOCK CONTROL MODIFICATIONS AT THE INTERSECTIONS OF WILLIAMS AVENUE AND NORTH JONES STREETS.WE HAD A CONSULTANT ENGINEER PROVIDE A STOP WARRANT STUDY FOR THE INSTALLATION OF TWO MORE STOP SIGNS TO MAKE IT A FOUR WAY STOP.
CURRENTLY, THERE IS A ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ABOUT A THOUSAND FOOT SOUTH OF NORTH JONES STREET, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE APPROVED AS THIS WILL MAKE A SAFER NEIGHBORHOOD AND IMPROVE SAFETY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS, WE APPROVE.
[9. CONSENT]
ALL RIGHT.ITEM NUMBER NINE, A CONSIDER APPROVING BAY CREEK SECTION ONE.
FINAL, FINAL PLAT, APPROXIMATELY 41.95 ACRES LOCATED ON NORTH MAIN STREET NORTH OF EAST VILLE ROAD.
THERE STILL LAND ON THE TOP OF THERE.
UH, CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA.
[a. Receive a report from the Planning Director.]
AND THEN I THINK WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DIRECTOR'S REPORT NOW, MARTIN.UM, SO, UM, I, I WANTED TO JUST KIND OF CALL OUT.
WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF ACTION FROM CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF ACTION COMING FROM THIS BOARD FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS.
SO WE DID HAVE ITEMS AT NOVEMBER'S MEETING, WHICH WAS YOUR LAST MEETING.
UM, WE, WE HAD, UM, THE, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT REVISION THAT WAS FOR THE SMALL WAREHOUSE.
UM, THE NINE SMALL WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS OUT ON I 10.
THEY CAME BACK WITH, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, UM, YOU GUYS HEARD IN NOVEMBER A REQUEST FOR THEM TO INCREASE THEIR, UH, THEIR BUILDING FOOTPRINTS A LITTLE BIT, UM, THAT WAS APPROVED.
I GOT ONE OF THE ITEMS ON MY LIST.
AND THAT ONE, IT'S INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT NUMBER 3, 14 0 5 AND ONE.
UM, THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS, AS AS WE HAVE THEM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL JUST OUTSIDE OF OUR CITY, UH, LIMITS AS MOST OF YOU KNOW.
UM, WE HAVE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENTS WITH THOSE ENTITIES, AND WHEN THEY GET TO THE END OF A CYCLE OF THAT, UH, AGREEMENT, ONE OF TWO THINGS HAS TO HAPPEN.
THEY HAVE TO RE-UP OR WE ANNEX THEM.
SO THERE WAS AN ITEM OUT THERE IN CEDAR, CEDAR REPORT OR A PROPERTY IN CEDAR REPORT THAT WE WERE HAVING A KIND OF A DIFFICULT TIME GETTING TO SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE WITH A NEW, UH, DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
SO WE HAVE ACTUALLY PASSED THE ANNEXATION OF THAT PROPERTY.
IT HAS NOT YET BEEN SIGNED BY THE MAYOR OR BY THE CITY MANAGER TRYING TO GIVE THEM THE FINAL, FINAL, FINAL, UH, CHANCE TO, TO SIGN OFF.
AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO RESCIND, UH, THAT ANNEXATION BECAUSE IT HASN'T BEEN SIGNED YET.
UM, SO THAT'S KIND OF IN A HOLDING PATTERN RIGHT NOW, BUT OFFICIALLY IT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY
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CITY COUNCIL.SO WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL KIND OF LET YOU GUYS KNOW, UM, WHAT GOES WITH THERE.
BUT AGAIN, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS, IS SAYING THAT THEY WILL, THEY, THEY WILL RENEW THEIR DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
THEY JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN AROUND TO IT, I GUESS.
UM, WE DID ALSO HAVE THE, UM, WE HAVE A SECOND TURS THAT, UH, UH, ENCOMPASS THE, THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UM, ALONG, UH, HELP ME OUT EMILIO.
IT GOES UP ALONG, UH, NORTH MAIN? YEAH, IT GOES ALONG NORTH, UH, ALEXANDER.
AND THEN WEST TEXAS, UH, THROUGH DOWNTOWN.
AND THEN A MAJORITY OF IT IS A, UH, LARGE, UH, AREA AROUND THE EVERGREEN GOLF COURSE IN THAT SOUTHERN PART OF BAYTOWN AND ALL THE WAY TO THE ISLAND AS WELL.
RIGHT? AND SO FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO KNOW WHAT A TOURS IS, YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS DESIGNED TO KIND OF SPUR DEVELOPMENT.
IT IS TO HELP PAY FOR SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT COMES ALONG WITH SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO THAT WAS JUST APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
SO WE'LL KIND OF SEE HOW THAT TAKES SHAPE, UH, OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
UH, I MENTIONED THAT WE HAVEN'T HAD A MEETING SINCE NOVEMBER.
UM, THERE IS ACTUALLY A TIME LIMIT ON HOW, HOW LONG WE CAN TAKE TO APPROVE PLATS.
SOME OF YOU KNOW, SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THAT.
UM, ANYTHING THAT WAS SET TO BE APPROVED IN DECEMBER HAS, OR JANUARY OR FEBRUARY HAVE ALL NOW PASSED THAT TIME LIMIT NOW.
UM, SO THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN AUTOMATICALLY APPROVED.
AND I'VE GOT A LIST OF ABOUT EIGHT OR NINE HERE THAT WERE AUTO, AUTO APPROVED, MORE OR LESS.
UM, THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN THAT WE DON'T NORMALLY ALLOW THAT TO, TO HAPPEN.
WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH GETTING PAST TIME LIMITS.
THAT SAID, STAFF DOESN'T BRING YOU, UM, ITEMS TO BE APPROVED UNTIL THEY MEET THE REGULATIONS.
SO STAFF FEELS VERY CONFIDENT THAT, THAT THESE, UH, PLAT ITEMS THAT WERE APPROVED IS, IS NOT GONNA BE AN ISSUE.
THEY WEREN'T APPROVED WITH ANY, UH, WITH ANY GLITCHES OR ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE, UH, THE REGULATIONS.
SO, UM, I WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT IT HAPPENED, BUT I ALSO WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE DO, UH, THINGS THE WAY WE DO THEM.
THAT SAID THERE, I WANTED TO BRING YOU, UH, UH, UP TO SPEED ON, THERE WAS A PIECE OF LEGISLATION AT THE STATE LEVEL LAST YEAR THAT CHANGED ON A, A STATEWIDE, THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR APPROVING PLATS.
UM, AGAIN, THE STATE SAW THIS AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE THE PLATS BE APPROVED FASTER, BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE BIGGER CITIES AREN'T KEEPING DEVELOPERS ON THE, ON THE WAITING LIST FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS TO GET THEIR PLATS APPROVED.
AGAIN, WE DON'T USUALLY HAVE THAT ISSUE, BUT, UM, THAT SAID, AS WE ARE GOING THROUGH THE ULDC UPDATE NOW, ONE OF OUR CHANGES WOULD BE TO, UM, BECAUSE WE DO THE FINAL PLATS AS CONSENT AGENDA ANYWAY, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO KEEP THOSE AS ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS.
AND THEN ANY OF THE PRELIMINARY PLATS, THESE ARE THE BIGGER ONES.
THESE WOULD STILL COME TO YOU BY STATE LAW.
BUT WE FEEL IN ORDER TO KEEP UP TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC, LET THEM KNOW THAT THINGS ARE COMING THEIR WAY.
LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT THINGS ARE COMING.
UM, BECAUSE YOU GET ASKED ON THE STREET, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH SUCH AND SUCH A SUBDIVISION? UH, WE WANT YOU TO BE IN THE, IN THE KNOW WHEN IT GETS TO THE FINAL PLAT STAGE, REALLY, THAT, AGAIN, THAT'S MINISTERIAL, WHICH MEANS IF IT MEETS THE REGULATIONS, YOU HAVE TO APPROVE IT.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN IT AT THAT POINT.
WE, WE, WE DON'T GET INTO SUPER DETAIL WHEN WE GET TO THOSE.
THAT'S WHY WE DO THEM AS A, AS A CONSENT AGENDA.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT WHEN THE ULDC UPDATE, UH, COMES BEFORE YOU, UM, IS ONE OF THE ITEMS WE WOULD PROPOSE TO.
SO AGAIN, PRELIMINARY PLATS WOULD STILL COME TO THIS BOARD.
THE FINAL PLATS WOULD THEN JUST BE, UH, APPROVED, UH, ADMINISTRATIVELY.
AND AGAIN, THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD SPEED UP FINAL PLAT APPROVALS FOR SURE.
UM, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF EVENTS THAT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF.
WE DID, UM, REMEMBER, SO ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW, WE DID A, UH, CITY SPONSORED REZONE ALONG BLUE HERON.
UM, WE MENTIONED IT A COUPLE OF TIMES TONIGHT BECAUSE OF THE AREAS NEARBY THAT ARE LOOKING AT REZONE.
WE WENT THROUGH A PROCESS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE, UM, DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES IN THAT AREA.
AND SO WE WENT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND WE DID OUTREACH AND, AND TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE, WE GOT AS MUCH INPUT AS WE COULD.
WE DID A LOT OF ONLINE, UH, OUTREACH AS WELL.
AND SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH A SIMILAR PROCESS NOW, UH, ALONG CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU, SORRY, THERE'S A LOT OF BAYOU AND CROSBYS AND I GET MIXED UP.
AND, UH, IT'S, IT'S ABOUT 13 ACRES.
UM, IT'S ALONG MASSEY TOMPKINS
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JUST EAST OF CROSBY, CEDAR BAY ROAD.UM, WHERE AGAIN, WE'VE SEEN SOME DEVELOPMENT PRESSURES.
AND SO STAFF HAS TAKEN THE INITIATIVE TO, UH, REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND REACH OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND SAY, HEY, WE SEE A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING OUT HERE, AND THE, THE ZONING DOESN'T QUITE MATCH WHAT THE REQUESTS ARE THAT ARE COMING IN.
SO RATHER THAN LET THAT KIND OF PIECEMEAL ZONE OVER TIME, WE WOULD PROPOSE TO TRY AND MAKE THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE COORDINATED, UH, UH, REZONE AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND TO BE HONEST, YOU KNOW, WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF GET TO THIS AT A LATER DATE BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA COME BEFORE YOU GUYS AS A REZONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE REALLY SEE MORE OF THE EXISTING HOMES BEING CONVERTED TO BUSINESSES.
AND SO WHAT'S OUT THERE NOW IS NOT REALLY CONDUCIVE TO THAT.
SO WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE OPTIONS NOW.
UH, WE WANTED TO MAKE YOU AWARE THAT WE DID HAVE AN OPEN HOUSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AT, UH, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ELEMENTARY ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
UM, WE HAD, UH, A HANDFUL OF THE NEIGHBORS SHOWED UP.
UM, WE ANSWERED QUESTIONS AND GAVE THEM A, A PRESENTATION.
SO, UM, WE, WE GOT SOME DECENT FEEDBACK.
AGAIN, WE HAVE IT ONLINE NOW AND ARE RECEIVING FEEDBACK FROM THAT AS WE GO.
WHEN WE BELIEVE THAT'S AT A PLACE WHERE, UH, WHERE THAT'S READY TO MOVE FORWARD, WE WILL BRING THAT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT'LL GO TO CITY COUNCIL LIKE ANY OTHER REZONE.
UM, I WANTED TO ALSO MAKE YOU AWARE WE ARE GETTING CLOSE TO THE END OF THE ULDC, UM, UPDATE PROCESS.
WE HAVE A, UH, REALLY THE, THE MEAT OF THE WORK IS DONE.
IT'S NOW, IT'S A MATTER OF MAKING SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS, IS TWEAKED AND CORRECTED AND EDITED AND, AND IT'S ALL THE WAY WE WANT IT.
UM, WE WILL BE DOING A, UH, A WORK SESSION WITH THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION FOR THAT, BECAUSE IT'S A LOT, IT IS A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE WILL BE LOOKING AT A DATE THAT'LL BE IN ADDITION TO YOUR NORMAL, UM, MEETING DATE BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S GONNA TAKE EVERYBODY'S FOCUS.
WE, WE, WE DON'T WANNA DO A BUNCH OF REONE AND THINGS LIKE THAT AT THE SAME TIME.
SO WE ARE ALSO, BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BIG PROJECT, UM, WE'LL ALSO HAVE CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THAT WORK SESSION AS WELL.
SO IT'LL BE A JOINT WORK SESSION.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THE DATE ON IT RIGHT NOW.
WE DON'T HAVE A FINAL DATE ON THAT.
UM, WE WILL GET THAT TO YOU AS SOON AS WE, AS SOON AS WE CAN.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S GONNA BE CRUCIAL BECAUSE WE WANT, BEFORE YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY VOTE TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION ON IT, WE WANT YOU TO HAVE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
WE WANT YOU TO HAVE TIME TO ABSORB IT.
IT'S PROBABLY 300 PAGES, SO YEAH.
BUT WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO FIND A WAY TO PRESENT THIS SO THAT IT MAKES SENSE WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
UM, AND, AND SO THAT IT DOESN'T PUT EVERYBODY TO SLEEP.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE FOCUS IS THERE AND THAT EVERYBODY KINDA GETS THE INFORMATION THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO WORRY YOU.
I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW THERE'S A TWO HOUR WORK SESSION IN YOUR FUTURE.
UM, THAT SAID, I THINK I ONLY HAVE ONE OTHER THING AND I'LL LET, UM, I'LL LET FRANKIE, UH, TAKE PART OF MY, UH, MY DIRECTOR'S REPORT.
SO I HAVE RECENTLY ACCEPTED A NEW POSITION.
I'M GONNA BE MOVING, UH, OVER TO THE CITY OF BERNIE, TEXAS.
I'M GONNA BE THEIR ASSISTANT PLANNING DIRECTOR.
SO THIS WILL BE MY LAST PZ MEETING WITH Y'ALL.
SO, BOO, HAPPY, SAD, SAD, HAPPY, SAD.
I'M EXCITED TO GO FROM REFINERIES TO WINERIES.
CAN WE GO WITH YOU,
I THINK THERE WAS ONE OTHER ITEM WITH, UH, ONE OTHER ITEM, MS. COST STATE.
OH, I, I, I BELIEVE TRACY ALREADY DID THAT, BUT YES, IF YOU'D LIKE TO, TO THE CANDY.
ALRIGHT, WELL, UH, WELL THERE BE ENOUGH OTHER BUSINESS.