Jul 15, 2025 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING ITEM THREE A AS READ AND I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE NAY AS STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE ITEM.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? I WILL READ THE FOLLOWING ONE TIME AND IT WILL APPLY TO ALL PUBLIC HEARINGS.

THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TODAY ARE BEING HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF GIVING ALL INTERESTED PARTIES THE RIGHT TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS REGARDING THE SUBJECT OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.

EVERYONE DESIRING TO BE A PART OF TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE EITHER SIGNED THE APPROPRIATE LIST IN THE FOYER OR EMAILED THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT PRIOR TO THE POSTED TIME OF THIS MEETING.

EACH PARTICIPANT SHALL GIVE HIS OR HER NAME AND ADDRESS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE A PROPER RECORD OF THIS HEARING.

THE RULES ALLOW EACH PERSON THREE MINUTES TO PRESENT INFORMATION.

HOWEVER, I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO BE AS BRIEF AND TO THE POINT AS POSSIBLE.

IF YOU ARE A GROUP OF PERSONS WISHING TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PLEASE SELECT A SPOKESMAN SPOKESPERSON TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION.

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

ITEM THREE A IS WAIVERS.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST CONCERNING A SUBDIVISION WAIVER ON APPROXIMATELY 0.75 ACRES OF A TWO ACRE LOT AT 44 32 MCLEAN ROAD TO ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF ONE LOT WITH REDUCED LOT WIDTH.

IT IS NOW 5:06 PM

[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request concerning a subdivision waiver on approximately 0.75 acres of a 2-acre lot at 4432 McLean Road, to allow for the creation of one lot with reduced lot width. ]

THE CODE WOULD DENY THE OWNER OF THE USE OF A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE REAR OF THEIR PROPERTY.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR COMMISSIONERS NAY ELLO PLANNER ONE FOR THE CITY OF BAYTOWN PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AT 44 32 MCLEAN ROAD IS IN THE ETJ.

THE REQUEST IS FOR A SUBDIVISION WAIVER.

I'M MOVING OWN SLIDES.

UM, IS FOR A SUBDIVISION WAIVER TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED 50 FOOT MINIMUM LOT WIDTH FOR LOTS IN THE ETJ TO 20 FEET.

THIS IS WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE.

THE PROPERTY IS 90 FEET WIDE AND 970 FEET DEEP WITH AN EXISTING RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT.

IT IS UM, RESTRICTED TO ACCESS ONLY IT'S 20 FEET WIDE AND 670 FEET LONG.

THE UM PLAN IS TO SPLIT OFF THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE OF THE TWO ACRE PROPERTY FOR THE OWNER'S DAUGHTER TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.

THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL ALONG WADE ROAD THERE'S SOME COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTH.

THERE IS A MANUFACTURED HOME WITH APPROXIMATELY 150 MANUFACTURED HOME STANDS ACROSS THE STREET.

THERE IS A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK WITH ALMOST 70 AND ANOTHER ONE WITH ABOUT A DOZEN STRICT APPLICATION OF

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THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS EXISTING.

THERE IS NO OPTION TO WIDEN THE PROPERTY AS THE PROPERTIES ON EITHER SIDE ARE FULLY DEVELOPED AND THERE IS AN EXISTING RECORDED ACCESS EASEMENT THAT IS RESTRICTED TO ACCESS ONLY DUE TO THE SIZE AND SHAPE OF THE PROPERTY.

THE LACK OF OPTIONS TO MEET THE CODE AND THE NOMINAL IMPACT OF THE ADDITION OF ONE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT ON THE EXISTING, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED SUBDIVISION WAIVER TO ALLOW THE REDUCTION OF THE REQUIRED 50 FOOT MINIMUM LOT WIDTH TO 20 FEET TO CREATE ONE LOT IN THE ETJ.

I STAND FOR QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM THREE A AND I CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:09 PM ANY DISCUSSION FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? MOTION CARRIES ITEM FOUR

[a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 78.98 acres located on the south side of Needlepoint Road and north of Forest Hollow Drive, from General Commercial (GC) to a Heavy Industrial (HI) Zoning District.]

THANK YOU NA.

THANK A THANK YOU.

ITEM FOUR A IS ZONING.

WHERE IS CONSIDER A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZO APPROXIMATELY 78.98 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NEEDLEPOINT ROAD AND NORTH OF FOREST HOLLOW DRIVE FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL HI ZONING DISTRICT.

IT'S NOW 5:10 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING ITEM FOUR A AS READ AND NOW REQUEST THAT STAFF TIM, THANK YOU FOR SUMMARIZING THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

GOOD AFTERNOON MADAM CHAIR AND THE COMMISSIONERS TIM CHI HERE WITH CITY'S PLANNING THIS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

SO BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON WE HAVE THIS UH, ZONING MAP AMENDMENT APPLICATION.

SO THE APPROXIMATELY 78.98 ACRES SUBJECT SITE WAS PLOTTED AS COMMERCIAL RESERVE B IN THE AAN NEST LLC FINAL PLAT RECORDED ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2024.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THE SUBJECT SITE BE RESOLVED FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

HI.

TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACTS FOR THE RAVEN ON RESERVE A, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO AND THE NORTHEAST OF THE SUBJECT SIDE.

SO HERE IS THE VICINITY MAP.

YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SIDE.

AND THE NEXT PAGE SHOWS YOU THE RECORDED PLOT.

YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SIDE IS LOCATED HERE AT THE RESERVE B THE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER AND THE RESERVE A HERE IS TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATED THE AREA INCLUDING THE SUBJECT SIDE AS INDUSTRIAL .

HERE'S A MAP OF THE CURRENT ZONING.

AS YOU CAN SEE THE SUBJECT SIZE CURRENTLY ZONED GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

AND AGAIN, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM GC TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

SO FOR THIS ONE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FROM GOING FROM GC TO HI.

THANK YOU TIM.

WE HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

UM, JUNE.

TYLER, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

WE HAVE THREE MINUTES FOR COMMENTS.

UH, NEXT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IS STEPHANIE, IS THAT BON FAIR OR BRIAR? BRIAR.

GOOD EVENING, MADAM CHAIR AND COMMISSION.

MY NAME IS JUNE TYLER WITH BEACON LAND SERVICES, THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE.

MY ADDRESS IS 1 3 0 4 LANGHAM CREEK DRIVE, SUITE FOUR 10, HOUSTON, TEXAS 7 7 0 8 4.

AND I SIGNED UP FOR QUESTIONS ONLY.

SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, I THANK YOU, I APPRECIATE IT.

SURE.

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OKAY, I'M SORRY.

THAT'S A FANCY ANSWER.

HI, THANK YOU.

YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YES, STEPHANIE BREYERS.

IT IS FOR, UM, 6 0 2 SAWYER STREET, HOUSTON, TEXAS.

I AM THE CORPORATE REP.

SO AS WITH JUDY, I'M JUST HERE FOR QUESTIONS IF NECESSARY.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:13 PM CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 78.98 ACRES LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NEEDLEPOINT ROAD AND NORTH OF FOREST HOLLOW DRIVE FROM G GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

DID WE SEND OUT ANY NOTICES TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND IF SO, HOW MANY DID WE SEND OUT? YES, WE DID SEND OUT AND UH, LET ME SEE THE TOTAL, PARDON ME? EIGHT.

EIGHT FOR THIS ONE.

WE SENT OUT EIGHT, UH, NOTIFICATION TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS.

WE GET ANY BACK.

WE, I SAW LIKE, UH, 1:40 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, RESPONSES ON THIS PROJECT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? YEAH, I'M REALLY CONCERNED THAT IT SITS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SEVERAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS IN THAT AREA AND WHY THEY DIDN'T TAKE THE PROPERTY THAT'S CLOSER TO WHAT THEY HAVE EXISTING RATHER THAN WHERE THIS IS.

AND UH, AS MENTIONED LIKE, YOU KNOW, UM, ACTUALLY SEVERAL YEARS AGO THE ALAND CAME AND UH, THEY WERE ORIGINALLY TRYING TO GET THE ZONING DONE FOR BOTH RESERVE A LET ME GO BACK TO THE PLA AGAIN.

HERE.

SO THE RESERVE A IS HERE AND THE RESERVE B IS HERE, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT SIDE.

THEY'RE TRYING TO, UH, MAKE THE ZONE CHANGE GOING FROM GC TO I.

BUT ACCORDING TO THEM, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THEY CAME AND THEY WERE TRYING TO DO THE SAME ZONING I FOR BOTH OF THESE RESERVE A AND RESERVE B.

BUT FOR SOME REASON AT THE TIME, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT, RESERVE B WAS NOT INCLUDED IN LAST ZONE CHANGE.

SO, AND THE NOW THEY'RE TRYING TO JUST, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THIS A GENERAL COMMERCIAL AREA GOING TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL SHOW.

DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA HOW CLOSE THAT IS TO THOSE SUBDIVISIONS? THE DISTANCE? YEAH.

TIM, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS MAP OR THE ONE RIGHT AFTER THIS, PLEASE? MM-HMM .

OR THE NEXT ONE.

SO IT'S SHOWING THE ZONING.

ZONING.

THANK YOU SIR.

YOU WANT TO SEE THE CURRENT ZONING OR THE FUTURE LAND USE? THIS ONE IS, YES.

WITH THAT AREA, BUT CAN WE GO BACK TO THE CURRENT MM-HMM.

THIS IS FOR FUTURE LAND USE? YES SIR.

AS YOU'LL KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S AROUND THAT PROPERTY THAT IS KIND OF THAT LIGHT GRAYISH PURPLE COLOR THAT'S ALL SLATED FOR INDUSTRIAL, UH, EVENTUALLY.

SO THAT, THAT IS IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP CURRENTLY.

AND THE, THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT SIDE IS MORE THAN 1000 FEET AWAY.

AND THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH ARE SEPARATED BY CEDAR BAYOU.

DO DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO ON THE PROPERTY? PARDON ME? SAY, DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO ON THE PROPERTY? BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING FROM GC TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

YES, THEY ARE.

ARE THAT'S NOT GENERAL.

THAT'S NOT GENERAL.

THAT'S HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

THEY ARE MAINLY MAKING THE REQUEST, YOU KNOW, TO FACILITATE THE DEVELOPMENT OF ACCESSORY AND THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURES FOR THEIR EXISTING OPERATIONS OF THE CHEMICAL PLANT TO THE NORTHEAST.

THEY ALSO HAD A MAJOR FIRE OUT THERE NOT TOO LONG AGO THAT MADE THE NEWS.

SO I THINK IT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF SUBDIVISIONS.

IT, WE'RE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO HAVING HEAVY INDUSTRIAL THAT CLOSE.

I I KNOW YOU, THIS IS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP AND WHAT IS HOPE TO HAPPEN

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YEAH, I'M WITH COMMISSIONER WHEELER ON THAT.

LIKE IT'S VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO HAVE THAT CLOSE AND, AND I'VE READ THROUGH MULTIPLE TIMES AND I THOUGHT SKIMMING THROUGH THE APPLICATION AGAIN, I WOULD BE ABLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE WANTING TO DO ON THE PROPERTY.

AND IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM INCREDIBLY CLEAR TO ME.

I MEAN, IF IT WAS JUST AN OFFICE BUILDING OR TO, TO EXPAND FOR THEIR OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, AND ADMINISTRATION I, THAT, THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH, BUT WITH GOING THAT CLOSE AND, AND CONTINUING TO SHIFT THAT CLOSE 'CAUSE IT'S, IT'S NOT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL YET BETWEEN THEM.

HOWEVER, IT WOULD STRENGTHEN THE ARGUMENT TO MAKE THE REST OF THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL HEAVY INDUSTRIAL THAT WOULD BUTT UP NEXT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I I, I WOULD FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THOSE THAT BUILT AND PURCHASED HOMES IN THAT AREA WERE UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THAT THERE WOULD BE A CHEMICAL PLANT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT CLOSE TO THEM, THAT CLOSE.

LIKE EVEN CLOSER THAN WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW.

UH, THE APPLICANT IS HERE TONIGHT.

MS. MAYBE YOU COULD SHED A LITTLE MORE LIGHT ON THAT FOR US.

MS. BREYER WANNA ADDRESS.

OKAY, SO STEPHANIE MIGHT BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO THE SPECIFIC, UM, WHAT'S GONNA BE BUILT ON A, UM, WHAT KIND OF ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.

UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT, UM, AS STAFF SAID A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO THE APPLICANT MADE, UM, OR THE OWNER MADE APPLICATION FOR RESERVE A AND RESERVE B STAFF WAS TOTALLY IN FAVOR.

WE BELIEVE COUNCIL WAS IN FAVOR OF, UM, THE REZONING.

IT INADVERTENTLY GOT LEFT OFF OF THE, UM, FINAL COUNSEL AGENDA.

SO WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, AND IT'S THE AREA, THE SURROUNDING AREA SUPPORTS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AS WELL.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THE WHAT'S GONNA BE BUILT ON THE ACCESSORY.

SO RIGHT NOW THERE, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT POTENTIALLY COULD COME TO THE SITE.

THERE IS NOTHING SPECIFIC THAT WE HAVE OFFERED TO ANYONE.

WE'RE IN PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE AND WE ARE SELECTIVELY TRYING TO LOOK AT WHAT WE CAN PUT IN THESE LAND SPECIFIC AREAS THAT IS NOT ONLY CONDUCIVE TO, TO US AND THE LAND, BUT ALSO TO THE NEIGHBORS AROUND.

SO THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC THAT WE CAN SAY IT IS GONNA BE CHEMICAL X, Y, Z BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE DATA FARMS, LOOKING AT SOLAR PANELS.

WE'RE LOOKING AT PROJECT INFRASTRUCTURE TO WHERE WE CAN SAY WHAT IS SUITABLE NOT ONLY FOR US, BUT ALSO FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING SPECIFIC, IT COULD BE RAIL THAT WE PUT THERE.

IT COULD BE ANYTHING THAT, LIKE A WAREHOUSE OR UM, AN MRO OR A MAINTENANCE FACILITY.

SO WE JUST WANTED TO KIND OF HAVE EVERYTHING ZONED THE SAME FOR ALL THE LAND THAT WE HAVE IN THAT AREA.

I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

WAS THIS IN IT APPROVED AT THIS LEVEL AND INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF THE AGENDA FOR CITY COUNCIL AS MS. TAYLOR'S? UM, UH, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, LIKE AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT, RESERVE B VACCINE WAS LEFT OUT FOR SOME REASON, NO SPECIFIC REASON, UH, WAS GIVEN AND IT WENT TO THE COUNCIL? YES.

BUT, UH, RESERVE A WAS APPROVED AND THE, YEAH, RESERVE B WASN'T APPROVED HERE OR AT RESERVE, B WAS NOT APPROVED HERE OR AT COUNCIL, CORRECT.

IT THEY ACTUALLY, THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, LIKE FOR SOME REASON THEY DIDN'T SPECIFY WHY, BUT YOU KNOW, AT THE VERY LAST MOMENT THEY LEFT IT UP.

OH, APPLICANT LEFT IT OUT? YES.

OKAY, GOTCHA.

UNDERSTOOD.

TIM, IS IT FAIR TO STATE THAT THESE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE BUILT UP AROUND THIS PLANT? THAT THE PLANT WAS IN EXISTENCE PRIOR? THE PLANT WAS UP HERE, THE PLANT, ORIGINAL PLANT HERE, THE RAVEN CHEMICAL PLANT TO THE NORTHEAST.

HOW LONG AGO WAS THIS? YEARS.

IT'S BEEN FOR ABOUT 60 YEARS.

THERE WHEN, WHEN THE ZONING CHANGE WAS MADE AND IT WAS LEFT OFF AND THEY CAME LATER.

YEAH, THE RAVEN, RAVEN CHEMICAL PLANT ITSELF HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 60 YEARS AND IS PROVIDING SERVICES TO THE, OR SUPPORT SERVICES TO THE NEARBY CHEMICAL PLANT, INCLUDING CHEVRON.

SO DID THESE NEIGHBORHOODS COME AFTER THE ZONING WAS FORGOTTEN? THEY WEREN'T

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YOU MEAN THE RESIDENTIAL? YEAH, ASPEN PEAK AND PECAN AND FOREST, ALL THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.

DID THEY COME AFTER THE ZONING CHANGE LAST TIME AND IT WAS INADVERTENTLY LEFT OFF OR ARE THEY ALREADY THERE? THEY ALREADY, THEY WERE ALREADY THERE.

THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID.

THAT'S A RELATIVELY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

I I IT'S A PRETTY NEW NEIGHBORHOOD, PRETTY EXPENSIVE HOUSES IN IT.

UH, I COULD SEE IT MORE AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.

I CAN'T SEE IT AS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL EVER.

I THINK IT'S WAY TOO CLOSE FOR THAT LIGHT.

INDUSTRIAL WOULD TAKE CARE OF WAREHOUSING THOSE KIND OF THINGS, BUT NOT HEAVY IN INDUSTRY, NOT NOT OPERATIONS.

SO THIS IS ANOTHER CASE WHERE THE CITY DID WHAT THE STATE LAW REQUIRES.

WE SENT OUT EIGHT NOTICES, BUT MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND IF YOU JUST SENT OUT MORE NOTICES TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS, I SUSPECT YOU MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BIGGER RESPONSE.

JUST MY THOUGHT.

UH, BASED ON THE CURRENT LIKE REGULATION, WE WERE ONLY ASKED TO SEND THE NOTICES TO ADJACENT PROPERTY, WE THINK 300 FEET RADIUS.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE FOLLOWED IT AND I UNDERSTAND THAT.

AND AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE, THAT'S THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS AND WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS.

WE CAN DO MORE.

AND GIVEN THE LOCATION OF THOSE SUBDIVISIONS AND EXPENSES HOUSES CLOSE AS MAYBE WE SHOULD HAVE DONE MORE IN SENDING OUT NOTICES.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? I NEED A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.

SECOND.

ANY QUESTIONS? ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT A SUP FOR APPROXIMATELY 10.62 ACRES.

UH, HANDS UP PLEASE.

SO LESLIE CAN ALL IN FAVOR DENY ALL IN FAVOR OR ALL IN FAVOR? TO DENY ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION.

TO DENY.

TO DENY, YEAH, TO DENY.

NONE OPPOSED, NONE.

ABSTAINED MOTION DOES NOT CARRY ITEM FOUR B,

[b. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a Special Use Permit (SUP) for approximately 10.62 acres located at 3402 Shady Hill Drive, to allow the development of a Recreational Vehicle (RV) park with 77 spaces in the General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ]

LOCATED AT 34 0 2 SHADY HILL DRIVE TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE AND RV PARK WITH 77 SPACES IN THE G GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

IT IS NOW 5:25 PM AND I CALL TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING ITEM FOUR B IS READ AND WE NOW REQUEST STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE SUBJECT.

THANK YOU, TIM.

SIDE OF THE PROPERTY BORDERS SHADY HILL DRIVE, THAT AN EXISTING COLLECTOR ROAD.

SO MAD CHAIR AND THE COMMISSIONERS AGAIN.

SO BEFORE YOU THIS AFTERNOON, WE HAVE ANOTHER APPLICATION.

THIS IS, THIS ONE IS FOR, UH, SPECIALIST PERMIT.

SO HERE'S THE VICINITY MAP AND, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTING, UH, PURPLE LINES.

SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT SUP TO ALLOW THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE PARK WITH 77 PROPOSED RV BASE ON APPROXIMATELY 10.62 ACRES OF LAND.

SO C'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, UNIFIED LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE ELDC REQUIRES RV PARKS TO ACQUIRE A SPATIAL USE PERMIT AND COMPLY WITH THE STANDARDS SET FORTH IN CHAPTER 58.

ARTICLE FOUR OF THE CITY'S MINI CODE.

SO HERE IS A PROPOSED, UH, SITE PLAN FROM THE APPLICANT AND 85,517 SQUARE FOOT RECREATIONAL AREA WITH THE WIDTH OF 75 FEET IS PROPOSED ALONG TO THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND THE RUNS ADJACENT TO THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY, FEMA, AE ZONE, AND THE FLOODWAY OF GOOSE CREEK.

THAT'S THE NORTHERN PART HERE YOU CAN SEE ON THE SIDE SIDE PLAN.

SO ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S ONLINE GS INTERACTIVE MAP, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH RUNS THE LONG GOOSE CREEK, ALSO FALLS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT WATER SHADE PROTECTION ZONE.

THE SOUTH

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HERE'S THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, WHICH SHOWS THE, UH, SUBJECT SIDE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA AS LOW, UH, MIXED DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE CURRENT ZONING MAP, THE SUBJECT SIDE ZONE GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC.

SO BASED ON THE COMBINATION OF MATERIALS SUBMITTED IN THE APPLICATION, THE CT C-U-O-D-C AND THE CT CM CODE CHAPTER 58, ARTICLE FOUR, STAFF CAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS SUP APPLICATION WITH THESE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

ONE JUST BASICALLY SAYS THEY NEED TO FOLLOW ALL THE REQUIREMENTS IN CHAPTER 58, ARTICLE FOUR OF THE CITY'S MINI CODE.

THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS SUCH AS SETBACKS, BUFFERING, WASHING REQUIREMENT, UH, PARKING SPACES, SEPARATION, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

AND THE NUMBER TWO AND THE THREE CAME FROM ENGINEERING REQUIREMENTS THEY HAVE TO DO WITH THE, UH, WATERSHED, UH, WATERSHED PROTECTION ZONE.

IN ADDITION, WE HAVE RECEIVED FOUR LETTERS, LETTERS OF OBJECTION SO FAR, AND THE STUFF HAS LISTED OUT SOME OF THE MAIN CONCERNS HERE, SUCH AS INCREASED RUNOFF AND THE POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ELEVATED FLOOD RISK, POTENTIAL DECREASE IN SURROUNDING PROPERTY VALUES, ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON LOCAL PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THE SAFETY CONCERNS AND THE POTENTIAL INCREASE IN CRIME.

AS MENTIONED BEFORE, STAFF CAN RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS SUP APPLICATION WITH THIS CONDITIONS.

THANK YOU, TIM.

UM, LESLIE, CAN WE GO BACK? I DIDN'T CLOSE, UH, THE FOUR A PUBLIC HEARING.

CAN YOU CLOSE IT A MINUTE BEFORE WE OPEN THIS ONE? PLEASE MA'AM.

WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

UH, WE'RE GONNA REMIND EVERYBODY OF THE THREE MINUTE RULE AND WHEN YOU COME UP, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

AND I'LL CALL YOUR FIRST NAME BECAUSE I CANNOT UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF SCRIPT I'M LOOKING AT.

FIRST PERSON IS KEENAN.

RE REVAMPING THE HOUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

GOOD EVENING.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME FOR EVERYBODY COMING FOR A BOARD, SO I HOPE THAT I DO NOT OFF OFFEND BY MY LACK OF KNOWLEDGE.

UH, BUT I, UH, KEENAN SCHULTZ, I LIVE AT 5,008 ASHWOOD DRIVE.

ACTUALLY, IT'S JUST KIND OF RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THERE FROM WHERE THAT'S AT.

UH, WE HAVE STARTED TO SEE, UM, SOME INDUSTRIALIZATION THAT'S GOING DOWN THE FRONTAGE ROAD ON THE, I GUESS IT WOULD BE ON THE EAST SIDE OF, UH, SPUR THREE 30, UH, ACROSS FROM EXXON.

UH, THERE IS ALREADY A, AN A, UM, HOTEL THAT'S RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER BEFORE YOU GO INTO FAIRLANE INTO THE COUNTRY.

CLUB OAKS.

UH, WE NOW HAVE A NEW SET OF, UH, HOTELS THAT ARE GOING ON JUST A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN OFF BAKER THERE.

AND IT REALLY BOTHERS ME THAT THAT'S HAPPENING BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE HOTELS AND THINGS LIKE THAT COMING IN, YOU DO BRING IN A CERTAIN KIND OF ACTIVITY THAT CAN BE UNDESIRABLE.

UM, WE ARE REALLY CONCERNED BY THE FACT IS, IS THAT BY HAVING AN RV PARK PUT IN THERE, UM, WE ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE RV PARKS THAT ARE AROUND HIGHLANDS AREA, DIFFERENT AREAS AND STUFF.

SOME OF THOSE, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE A LONG TERM, PEOPLE JUST, THEY DON'T HAVE THE MONEY OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.

THEY HAVE AN RV, THEY STICK IT IN THERE, THEY LIVE THERE FOR YEARS.

YOU DON'T KNOW.

UM, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS IN THE ISSUES OF HAVING SAFETY, UH, AS WELL AS THE CRIME ISSUES IS THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE SEEING HERE.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I HAVE LIVING IN THAT AREA IS, IS THAT, UM, IT COULD BRING IN MORE OF THAT KIND OF ELEMENT, UH, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND STUFF AROUND THERE.

AND OF COURSE I'VE BEEN IN THAT AREA, UM, ON ASHWOOD FOR 10 YEARS NOW.

AND, UM, THE, THE AREA ITSELF IS KIND OF FLEXING AND GROWING AND THIS KIND OF THINGS PEOPLE ARE SELLING AND BUYING AND

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THERE'S BEEN SOME NEW NEIGHBORHOODS JUST RIGHT AROUND FROM THE WATERWAY THERE.

AND I KNOW THAT, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING AN RV PARK PUT SO CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTIES AND THINGS.

SO, UH, I THINK THAT'S REALLY ABOUT MOSTLY THAT I'VE GOT TO SAY.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU COMING THERE MAP, UH, HAN? AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT, SIR? YES, ME? YES.

TRY TO PULL THE ELECTRON.

I'M SORRY SIR.

CAN I ASK HIM? AH, THERE WE GO.

YES, WE NEEDED THE MAP.

THANK YOU SIR.

WELCOME.

I HAVE A PRESENTATION I'D LIKE TO PULL UP REAL QUICK, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

UH, MAY.

WHILE YOU'RE DOING THAT, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? YES, MA.

MY NAME IS, UH, HANEY TOME.

I'M WITH GOLDEN TRIANGLE CONSULTING ENGINEERS.

UH, THE ADDRESS IS 85 INTERSTATE 10 FRONTAGE ROAD, BEAUMONT, TEXAS 7 7 7 0 7, SUITE 2 0 4 A.

AND I AM THE DESIGN ENGINEER ON THIS PROJECT.

AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS FEW, UH, THINGS REGARDING THIS PROJECT.

AND, UH, BEFORE I START, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A SECOND TO TELL YOU HOW PLEASANT IT WAS TO ACTUALLY NAVIGATE THROUGH YOUR CITY STAFF TO GET THE INFORMATION WE NEED FOR THIS PROJECT.

MANY TIMES MUNICIPAL WORKERS DON'T GET THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE.

I WAS ON THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE FOR 15 YEARS OF MY CAREER, BUT THE, THE STAFF HERE WAS HIGHLY PROFESSIONAL, VERY EAGER TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IN A TIMELY AND EFFICIENT MANNER.

AND THAT WAS ACROSS ALL THE DEPARTMENTS.

SO I, I'D LIKE TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THAT, UH, INFORMATION.

WE AGREE.

MADAM CHAIR.

CAN I GET HIM TO SPEAKING TO THE MICROPHONE FOR THE ONE DEAF PERSON IN HERE? TWO.

IS THAT BETTER? BETTER.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SO THE OTHERS OF THIS PROJECT IS 3 4 0 2 SHADY HILL DRIVE, AND WE ARE USED TO THE WORD RV PARKS.

A YEAR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, A LOT OF THESE FOLKS TRANSITION INTO PERMANENT HOUSING WHEN THEY FIND JOBS IN THIS AREA TO STAY IN OR THEY ENJOY THE TOWN THAT THEY HAVE STAYED IN FOR SIX MONTHS TO A YEAR.

THESE DAYS THEY NO LONGER BUILD RV PARKS.

THEY BUILD RV RESORTS AND THE WORD PARK DON'T APPLY ANYMORE BECAUSE WHEN YOU ENTER ONE OF THESE FACILITIES, YOU HAVE A RECREATIONAL AREA SET ON ITS OWN FROM ENTERTAINMENT TO WALKING, UH, PLACES YOU CAN WALK AROUND THE PARK TO SWIMMING POOLS, TO GYMNASIUMS, TO DOGS SLASH CAT PARKS TO CHILDREN PLAY AREAS.

IT'S, IT'S, IT'S THE NEW WAY OF LIFE.

SO MANY FAMILIES ARE USING RVS TODAY FOR TRAVEL, AND THEY STOP AT AREAS THAT HAVE RV PARKS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO BE RESORTS WHERE THEIR CHILDREN CAN HAVE A GOOD TIME.

AND THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, IS TO CREATE A DESTINATION IN BAYTOWN.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT BAYTOWN, IT IS SO DIVERSIFIED.

YOU HAVE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY, YOU HAVE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, YOU HAVE TOURISM, ONE OF THE VERY FEW CITIES THAT OWNS A WATERPARK, ACTUALLY TWO OF THEM, WHICH IS AN AMAZING THING, WHICH TURNED THE CITY INTO A DESTINATION.

THE POPULATION HERE GREW FROM 2010 TO 2020 BY 16%.

THE FASTEST GROWING CITY IN TEXAS IS NORTH OF DALLAS.

THEIR RATE WAS 26%.

SO BAYTOWN IS GROWING, IS DIVERSIFIED.

YOU HAVE THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY, YOU HAVE IN EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES, YOU HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM OUT OF TOWN, OUT OF STATE, OUT OF CITY, OUT OF THE CITY TO GO TO SCHOOL HERE.

AND THAT D REQUIRES A DIVERSIFIED FORM OF LIVING.

THESE RV PARKS SLASH RESORTS ARE FILLED WITH UNITS THAT COST A LOT OF MONEY.

THERE'S SOME OF THEM THAT ARE SIX FIGURES.

IF YOU WANT TO GO BUY A NICE ONE AND PEOPLE ARE USING THEM TO LIVE IN THEM IF THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD.

FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE HERE WORKING FOR THE PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS TO

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AND AS FAR AS THE, THAT'S TIME YOUR LAST SENTENCE PLEASE, SIR.

WRAP UP.

ALRIGHT.

I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS ON A TIME LIMIT, SO I APOLOGIZE.

CAN I ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE ASKED AND CAN I GET A TWO MINUTE EXTENSION JUST TO ANSWER QUESTIONS? UM, LET'S ASK EVERYONE ELSE TO SPEAK AND THEN WE CAN INVITE YOU BACK UP IF COMMISSIONERS AGREE PLEASE.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

SORRY AGAIN, I DIDN'T KNOW, I WASN'T TOLD I WAS ON A TIMELINE, SO YEAH, WE ANNOUNCED IT A COUPLE TIMES.

THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU STEVE.

HI, MY NAME'S STEVE WEBER, UH, 47 16 ST.

ANDREWS DRIVE.

UH, I DIDN'T COME TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT, BUT I DID WANT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT IT SINCE IT BUTS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PRETTY CLOSELY.

UH, THE MAJOR ISSUES THAT I WANTED TO LEARN SOME MORE ABOUT WAS, WAS THIS GONNA BE SHORT TERM RESIDENTS OR LONGER TERM? I THINK THAT PREVIOUS PRESENTATION HELPED ANSWER SOME OF THAT, IF THAT'S REALLY WHAT THEY'RE INTENDING TO BUILD OR IF THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE HAVE DONE ELSEWHERE.

SO I, I THINK THAT'S ONE THING THAT THE PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WANT TO KNOW.

THE OTHER THING, UH, IS, UM, I WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER THERE'S A REQUIREMENT ON WHETHER THE SEWAGE FROM THIS PLACE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE CITY OF BAYTOWN OR WHETHER THEY WOULD BE BUILDING THEIR OWN, UH, ONSITE PLANT.

UH, I WAS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEER FOR EXXON FOR A LONG TIME IN WASTEWATER, AND I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS ABOUT LITTLE PLANTS, LITTLE INDEPENDENT PLANTS AND HOW THEY OPERATE AND BEING RIGHT ON GOOSE CREEK.

I THINK THAT'S EVEN MORE OF A CONCERN IF THEY'RE GONNA BE HANDLING THEIR OWN WASTEWATER.

SO, UM, I'M HOPING THERE'S SOME MORE ANSWERS AND IF NOT, I DON'T GET IT TONIGHT.

MAYBE Y'ALL JUST THINK ABOUT IT.

PERHAPS MR. HANNEY CAN COME AFTER THAT ANSWER ABOUT THE SEWAGE.

UM, ELIZABETH, THANK YOU.

MS. LY CAN SHARE THAT.

MM-HMM .

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M ELIZABETH CRAVENS REPRESENTING CODY PROPERTIES, THE OWNER OF THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, AND I AM HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND, UM, YEAH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

A MALL, A MALL THAT'S SUPPOSED TO ENHANCE PROPERTY VALUES ON THE MOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF PROPERTY IN BAYTOWN.

DAVID.

I THINK SHE, I THINK MADAM CHAIR, OH, I THINK SHE WAS TRYING TO SPEAK SOMEWHERE.

SHE SAID SHE WAS JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

YEAH, SHE JUST APPROACHED THE, THE MICROPHONE AGAIN, BUT THEN, OH, WERE YOU COMING BACK? I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY, MA'AM, YOU CAN COME BACK UP IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY.

WHO, DAVID, I CAN'T READ YOUR LAST NAME, BUT, UM, IS THE ADDRESS 28 12 LANDMARK DRIVE? THAT'S IT.

YES, SIR.

RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, FACILITY.

YOU GUYS, UH, NOT, UH, VOTED DOWN, WHICH I CAN APPRECIATE, SO I'LL TRY TO KEEP MY TONE SOFT TONIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS.

FIRST I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE FORMAT.

I HOPE IN THE FUTURE WE CAN ADOPT A FORMAT SIMILAR TO GOOSE CREEK.

WHEN WE SEE SOMETHING IN A PUBLIC HEARING, WE CAN JUST STAND UP AND TALK AND, AND MAKE SOME TIME.

YOU KNOW, IF I WOULD'VE SAW, UH, MY GRANDPARENTS' FAMILY HOME BUILT IN 1991, UH, DECIMATED BY GOOSE CREEK SCHOOL BUSES OFF OF SHO LAND ROAD, I WOULD'VE GOT UP AND SPOKE ON THAT LAST MEASURE.

BUT THANKFULLY YOU TOOK CARE OF THAT.

I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT CHAPTER 58, ARTICLE FOUR, BUT I DO KNOW MUCH, OKAY, ABOUT DISTRICT FOUR, I KNOCKED ON DOORS FOR THE HONORABLE KIM COSTA, WHO RAN FOUR OFFICE IN THAT DISTRICT.

AND I TELL YOU WHAT, IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD AN RV PARK, OKAY, IN DISTRICT FOUR, WHERE COUNTRY CLUB IS, WHERE THE NEW GOOSE CREEK LANDING IS, WHERE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SHADY HILL DRIVE IS, IT IS GOING TO LOWER THE PROPERTY VALUES.

YOU SAW THAT AT NUMBER THREE WHEN OUR GENTLEMAN FROM STAFF SPOKE.

NO DOUBT ABOUT IT, YOU DON'T HAVE TO PLAY SIM CITY TO KNOW THIS.

YOU BUILT AN RV PARK FULL OF TRANSIENT INDIVIDUALS WHO DO NOT WANT TO LIVE HERE, WHO DO NOT WANT TO PAY TAXES HERE.

INCIDENTALLY, BY THE WAY, LAST FRIDAY I DID BUY A CAR FROM AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING IN AN RV PARK IN HIGHLANDS FOR 700 BUCKS.

I'M STILL NOT SURE IF IT'S STOLEN OR NOT.

I AM PRETTY SURE THAT THE SELLER WAS ON CRACK THOUGH, , THIS IS WHAT WE'RE DRAWING TO THIS TOWN.

WE JUST ANNOUNCED LAST WEEK ABOUT

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NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO WALK BACK ONE OR TWO STEPS SO THAT A DEVELOPER FROM BEAUMONT, TEXAS CAN MAKE A FEW DOLLARS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO WE CAN MAKE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

WE WANT TO TREAT HIM SPECIALLY FOR WHAT, BECAUSE HE'S A DEVELOPER FROM BEAUMONT, HE'S SHAME.

LET'S TALK ABOUT PROPERTY VALUES.

YOU CAN CALL IT AN RV PARK, RV SHARK RV START.

YOU CAN CALL IT AN RV REPORT, RV RESORT, RV RETORT.

YOU CAN CALL IT ANYTHING YOU WANT.

YOU CAN PUT LIPSTICK ON THAT PIG.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS IT IS GOING TO LOWER TA PROPERTY VALUES AND IT IS GOING TO INCREASE POLICE PRESENCE, LEAST WE HAVE TO PAY FOR 60% OF OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW GOES TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND SERVICES.

AND WE'RE, WE'RE TIGHTENING OUR BUDGET AROUND THE BELT.

NOW YOU WANNA PLOP THIS RV PARK, THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THIS TONIGHT.

WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS RUBBER STAMP EVERY SINGLE SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT COMES THROUGH HERE.

THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THIS.

MANY OF YOU LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OR HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO THERE ARE SAFETY CONCERNS HERE AND THERE ARE PROPERTY VALUE CONCERNS HERE, AND IT'S NOT ANYTHING I'M GONNA STRAY AWAY FROM.

THIS IS THE PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION, THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS COMMISSION.

AND I HOPE THAT, UH, WE TALK ABOUT MAKING IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD INSTEAD OF KOWTOWING TO OUTSIDE PRIVATE INTERESTS SO THAT THEY CAN MAKE A QUICK BUCK AT THE EXPENSE OF PROPERTY VALUES AND SAFETY.

I'M DAVID ISAAC, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

FIRST TIME.

THANK YOU, CELIA.

HI, I'M CILA KREY.

I LIVE AT 46 12 COUNTRY CLUB VIEW, AND IT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING ON BUILDING THIS.

I DRIVE THAT DIRECTION TO WORK EVERY SINGLE MORNING.

I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS.

UH, I AGREE WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING DAVID SAID.

I THINK THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT MAY START OUT AS A RESORT, BUT WHAT HAPPENS A FEW YEARS DOWN THE ROAD AND THE, YOU KNOW, WE ALREADY HAVE ROAD PROBLEMS. WHAT ARE ALL THESE RVS COMING ON OUR ROADS GOING TO DO TO THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS AND THE TRAFFIC? UM, I DON'T KNOW ALL THESE TEMPORARY PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT, THAT THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE THE KIND OF, UM, PEOPLE THAT WE WANT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THERE IS, THERE ARE GONNA BE SAFETY CONCERNS.

I KNOW, UH, WHAT KIND OF SECURITY, IF IT'S GONNA BE RESORT, WILL THE RESORT HAVE.

UM, BUT THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

BUT I DO HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS.

WHAT WILL IT DO TO MY PROPERTY VALUES TO THE CHARACTER OF DISTRICT FOUR? UH, IT'S, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU ARE.

YOU KNOW, SOMEBODY MENTIONED ALL THE HOTELS THAT ARE COMING UP AROUND.

WELL, THIS IS JUST A GLORIFIED RV HOTEL AND I DON'T THINK IT DOES ANYTHING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THANK YOU CAROL.

CAROL SMITH, IT LOOKS LIKE, THANK YOU.

YES MA'AM.

THAN EXXON, I DON'T KNOW.

MY NAME IS CAROL SMITH AND I LIVE AT 48 0 8 OAK HOLLOW.

UH, WE MOVED IN THERE IN THE NINETIES.

OF COURSE, I WOULD BE COMPLAINING ABOUT EXXON, BUT THEY'RE A VERY GOOD NEIGHBOR USUALLY.

BUT, UH, WHEN I WOULD DRIVE OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY, I WOULD SEE THE TRAVEL TRAILER, PARK PARK AND, UH, SO IT'S KIND OF DISAPPOINTING TO ME THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT IN SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT CONSTANTLY HAVE POLICE CALLS AND MURDERS EVERY NOW AND THEN.

BUT, UM, SO MOST OF MY CONCERNS HAVE ALREADY BEEN VOICED WITH MR. DAVID.

UM, AND I JUST WANNA AGREE WITH EVERYTHING HE SAID.

I UNDERSTAND PEOPLE WANNA MAKE MONEY THESE DAYS, AND I'M NOT AGAINST MAKING MONEY , BUT, UH, THEY DO NEED TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CITIZENS WHO HAVE LIVED THERE PAY TAXES MANY, MANY YEARS.

AND, UH, SO IT WOULD JUST BE ANOTHER THING THAT WE GET TO LOOK OUT AT IN MAYBE NOT AS PRETTY AS EXXON .

I DON'T KNOW.

IT MAY BE MORE PRETTIER

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BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, AS A GROUP, YOU KNOW, WITH ALL OUR DANGERS THAT WE HAVE HERE, UM, THAT JUST ADDS ONE MORE THING TO, UM, THE FACT THAT THEY SAID TRANSIENT PEOPLE BE COMING IN AND OUT.

UH, SO, AND I THINK I'VE HEARD IT WAS IT WAS GONNA BE A MAN CAMP FOR TURNAROUNDS STUFF THAT EXXON DOES.

AND, UM, MY HUSBAND WORKED THERE FOR 35 YEARS, SO I'M NOT TOTALLY AGAINST THEM.

YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS, I STILL GO, HEY, HEY .

SO, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT EVERYBODY TO BE UP ABLE TO GET ALONG.

AND I, WHILE I'M NOT AGAINST TOTALLY MAKING MONEY FOR SOME PEOPLE, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE AT OUR EXPENSE.

THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

UM, WHO'S IN FAVOR OF HEARING THE BALANCE OF MR. HANEY'S PRESENTATION? I'M FINE.

GOOD.

EVERYONE HAS HEARD ENOUGH.

THANK YOU THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:49 PM CONCERNING A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 10.62 ACRES, LOCATED AT 34 0 2 SHADY HILL DRIVE TO ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RECREATIONAL RV PARK WITH 77 SPACES IN THE GC GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? ARE WE GONNA HEAR THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION? UH, UM, AND DIDN'T HAVE DISCUSSION? SOMEBODY SAID NO, NO, NO, NO.

I SAID THAT WAS FINE.

OH, YOU SAID FINE.

I SAID I'M SORRY.

I'M SO SORRY.

SO I'LL ROLL IT BACK.

ROLL IT BACK.

YEAH, WE CAN.

UM, MR. HANEY, PLEASE.

AND YOU ALL HAVE TOUGH DECISIONS TO MAKE.

I THOUGHT I HEARD SOME NOTES.

I APOLOGIZE GUYS FOR A SECOND.

I THOUGHT Y'ALL DIDN'T LIKE MY ACCENT OR SOMETHING.

LET ME ADDRESS THE QUESTIONS QUICKLY.

RUN OFF FLOOD DRESS RIGHT NOW.

THE PROPERTY RUNS OFF ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WHEN WE DESIGNED THIS, IT WOULD ONLY BE ACCEPTED IF YOU HAVE ZERO IMPACT.

EVERYTHING IS DETAINED ON THE PROPERTY, DISCHARGED AT THE SAME RATE.

IT GOES INTO THE WAR WASTE TODAY.

SO IF THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED, IT CREATES A BETTER DRAINAGE FACILITY, NOT A WAR DRAINAGE FACILITY.

THE INFRASTRUCTURE, WATER AND SEWER WASTEWATER BOTH ARE AVAILABLE.

THERE'S A SANITARY SEWER EASEMENT THAT CROSSES THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, THE TOTAL DISCHARGE.

SO THAT SEWER WILL BE 4,000 TO 5,000 GALLONS A DAY.

IT'S MINIMAL.

THE UTILITIES DEPARTMENT ALREADY SAID THEY CAN SUPPORT THAT PROJECT WITHOUT ANY, UH, ISSUES.

CRIME, CRIME, CRIME, CRIME IS EVERYWHERE, NOT INSIDE GATED RV PARKS WITH SECURITY CAMERAS, WITH SECURITY PERSONNEL 24 HOURS A DAY, THERE'S LESS CRIME INSIDE THESE PARKS THAN MORE CRIME.

I HATE SOMEBODY TO SAY THINGS LIKE ABOUT A CAR FROM AN RV PARK GUY WHO WAS ON CRACK.

PLEASE DON'T GENERALIZE.

RV PARK PEOPLE, 99.9% OF RV PARK RESIDENTS SLASH RESORTS ARE HARDWORKING PEOPLE.

MIDDLE CLASS FAMILIES OR TOURISTS ARE GOING THROUGH THESE AREAS TO GO AND VISIT YOUR TOURISTIC SITES.

SO, SO THAT, THAT CRIME ASPECT IS NOT A VERY GOOD, UH, ARGUMENT.

IN TERMS OF THE LEASES.

EVERY LEASE WILL BE A MAXIMUM OF SIX MONTHS.

THERE WILL BE NO LONG-TERM LEASES AND EVERY LEASE WILL HAVE, UH, CONDITIONS REGARDING NUISANCES, WHETHER IT'S ALL ELDER NOISE, UH, ALL KINDS OF NUISANCES THAT ARE WITHIN CITY ORDINANCES ALREADY WILL BE IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THOSE, UH, LEASES AS WELL.

UH, LOWER PROPERTY VALUE.

I DON'T KNOW.

HOW CAN AN RV RESORT IN THE CENTER OF MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOWER THE VALUE OF PROPERTIES WHEN IT IS RIGHT NOW WOODED WITH NO DEVELOPMENT THERE, THAT THE DEVELOPER IS GONNA SPEND OVER A MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD AND INCREASE THE VALUE OF THAT PROPERTY, NOT DECREASE IT IN TERMS OF REVENUE.

77 FAMILIES, 77 INDIVIDUALS WILL BE LIVING HERE, WILL BE SPENDING THEIR MONEY IN THEIR RESTAURANTS, SHOPPING, GAS, THEIR FAMILIES WILL COME VISIT IF THEY'RE HERE ON THEIR OWN.

SO THERE WILL BE REVENUE TO THE CITY.

THERE'LL BE REVENUE FROM UTILITIES.

IT'S HEARTBREAKING TO SEE, YOU KNOW, SUCH AN ATTACK ON SOMETHING THAT'S SO SUCCESSFUL ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT IS COMING UP ALL OVER THE PLACE.

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NO, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.

IT'S CITIZENS VERSUS A DEVELOPER FROM BEAUMONT.

BUT THIS DEVELOPER ALREADY BOUGHT MULTIPLE PROPERTIES IN BAYTOWN WITH THE HOPE OF DEVELOPING THESE PROPERTIES.

AND WE EITHER GROW OR WE STAY WHERE WE ARE.

THIS PROPERTY CAN EITHER STAY GREEN GRASS OR IT CAN DEVELOP.

THAT'S A DECISION YOU ALL HAVE TO MAKE.

JUST THINK WE NEED CALL FOR A MOTION.

THANK YOU MR. HANEY.

NOW THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AT 5:53 PM ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? SO MY MOTHER WAS AN ENGLISH TEACHER, AND I TRULY APPRECIATE CREATIVE WRITING.

AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, YOUR APPLICATION THAT YOU PUT IN IS A MASTERPIECE OF CREATIVE WRITING.

YOU, YOU SAY IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT WE'RE GONNA BE A DESTINATION PLACE FOR TOURISTS.

AND THEN YOU SAY, WE'RE GONNA BE HOUSING FOR PLANT WORKERS.

SO WHICH IS IT? ARE WE GONNA BE TRANSIENT TRAFFIC? ARE WE GONNA BE A DESTINATION PLACE? IT'S NOT A QUESTION.

I DON'T BELIEVE PEOPLE ARE GONNA PULL THEIR RVS HERE TO GO TO THE WATER PARK.

I GREW UP IN BEAUMONT.

MY FAMILY STILL LIVES IN BEAUMONT.

I SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN BEAUMONT AND I SEE A LOT OF THE RV PARKS AROUND BEAUMONT AND THEY ALL ARE PRETTY TRASHY.

AND THAT'S THE HISTORY OF RV PARKS.

EVEN AROUND OUR COMMUNITY WITH ALL THE ENC CODE ENFORCEMENT IS, THEY TEND TO DETERIORATE OVER TIME.

, I CONGRATULATE PLANNING AND ZONING.

YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SENDING OUT NOTICES FOR THIS ONE BECAUSE YOU CERTAINLY GOT THE ATTENTION .

I MEAN, THEY, IT GOT OUT.

THIS IS JUST NOT SOMETHING I THINK THAT WE NEED HERE.

AND IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE THE INCREASE THE PROPERTY VALUES FOR THOSE PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA.

IT'S GONNA DECREASE SOME, DECREASE THEM.

AND HISTORICALLY, WHEREVER YOU HAVE THESE THINGS, THE CRIME RATE TENDS TO GO UP.

I'LL BE VOTING NO ON THIS ONE.

THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER.

I THINK MY CONCERN IS, IF ANY OF YOU HAVE DRIVEN BRAMBLE CREEK, YOU REALIZE THAT THERE ARE CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT STREET AT ALL TIMES.

YOU CAN BARELY GET THROUGH THERE WITH A VEHICLE.

IF ISTC HAS OVERFLOW PARKING, THEY ALSO PARK ON THAT STREET.

UH, IF YOU TRY TO COME OUT OR GO IN ON ROLLING BROOK WHERE THE TRAFFIC IS SO HEAVY, THERE'S THERE'S NO WAY.

AND I DON'T SEE HOW RV CAN EVEN GET THROUGH THERE EITHER.

EITHER ENTRANCE, UH, OR EXIT.

SO I, I THINK CONCERN AGAIN FOR ME IS INFRASTRUCTURE.

WE'RE NOT PREPARED FOR IT AND I'M NOT SURE IT CAN HANDLE THAT.

COMMISSIONER PASTA, UM, UH, JUST A FEW NOTES ON, UM, AS A COMMUNITY, WE HAVEN'T SAID NO TO RV PARKS AND WE'VE JUST SAID NO, WE DON'T THINK SO TO THIS AREA FOR THE RV PARKS.

UM, I AM FAMILIAR, VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA AND THE GUNFIRE THAT OFTEN GOES OFF SOMETIMES.

AND IT IS, THERE ARE CONCERNS, UM, WITH COMMISSIONER BEARD WITH THE, UM, THE LONG TERM STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE, BUT THEN ALSO THE SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, WITH, UM, ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENS AT EXXON.

AND THAT COMES AND IT GOES.

AND THERE ARE COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE ALSO SEEN WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THERE'S BIG DEVELOPMENT.

YOU PORT ARTHUR'S A GOOD EXAMPLE OF YOU BUILD ALL THESE THINGS, THEY HAVE BIG DEVELOPMENT, THEY GO AND IT'S VACANT.

AND THEN WHAT IS LEFT AND WHAT DO YOU FILL IT WITH AND WHAT IS SURROUNDING THE AREA THAT WE ARE ALREADY STRUGGLING WITH, WITH CRIME.

UM, SO I I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT, THAT IS OF GREAT CONCERN, UM, EVEN WITH THE GATES AND UM, BUT YEAH, WE AS A COMMUNITY HAVEN'T NECESSARILY SAID NO TO RV PARKS.

WE JUST SAID NO TO THIS AREA.

AND I AM WITH COMMISSIONER BEARD.

I WILL BE VOTING THOUGH FOR THIS COMMISSIONER.

I HAVE AN RV IN AN RV PARK AND I, AND I LOVE GOING THERE AND THERE'S, THERE'S A NEED FOR THEM AND THERE'S A PLACE FOR THEM.

I JUST DON'T THINK THIS IS THE PLACE FOR THAT.

AND I AGREE WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

I I JUST DO NOT AGREE IT SHOULD BE PUT THERE.

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I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.

UH, ONE SECOND.

WE STILL HAVE COMMENTS.

DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT MA'AM? NO, I'M JUST GONNA MAKE AN ISSUE.

OH, MY COMMENT IS, UH, MY DAUGHTER AND SON-IN-LAW LIVING IN RV, THEY'RE NOT CRIMINALS OR NOR LAW LOW LIVES.

THEY'RE EDUCATED AND THEY LIKE LIVING IN THE RV PARK.

UM, BUT I AGREE THAT THIS IS NOT THE LOCATION FOR AN RV PARK.

WE HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL RV PARK ON 1 46 AND, UM, 1 46 AND MASSEY TOMPKINS, THAT ONE IS VERY NICE.

IT'S LARGE, IT HAS A POOL AND SC AND IT'S VERY NICE.

UM, I'M NOT AGAINST RV PARKS AT ALL, BUT I, UM, NOT FOR THIS LOCATION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NONE.

I NEED A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.

SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO DENY.

C, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP TO REZONE 10 ACRES.

ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THIS MOTION DOES NOT CARRY THE MOTION DOES CARRY THIS AGENDA ITEM DOES NOT MATTER.

ITEM FOUR

[c. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to amend the official zoning map to rezone approximately 10.00 acres located at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road, from Mixed Residential (MR) to a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District. ]

LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL AND MAR TO A GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC ZONING DISTRICT.

IT'S NOW 5:59 PM AND I CALLED TO ORDER THIS PUBLIC.

HER HEARING CONCERNING ITEM FOUR C IS READ.

AND THANK YOU, MARTIN FOR BEING THE STAFF PERSON THAT SUMMARIZES THE SUBJECT OF THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

LOW TO MEDIUM DENSITY, UH, RESIDENTIAL THAT'S ALL THAT YELLOW AND THEN THAT KIND OF ORANGEY COLOR OFF TO THE WEST.

JUST TAKE A MOMENT TO GET SET UP HERE.

OKAY, I MAY CHANGE MY SETUP HERE.

OKAY, WELL ANYWAY, YOU CAN SEE THIS.

SO, UH, THANK YOU MARTIN SCRIBNER PLANNING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

UM, WHAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU NOW IS TWO ITEMS THAT KIND OF RUN TOGETHER, BUT THEY ARE SEPARATE ITEMS, THEY'RE SEPARATE CONSIDERATIONS AND SEPARATE MOTIONS.

SO I'M GOING TO TALK ABOUT BOTH OF THEM KIND OF THROUGHOUT.

BUT, UM, WHAT I'M GONNA FOCUS ON THE REZONE FIRST AND THEN I WILL FOCUS ON THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO, UH, TONIGHT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR THE FIRST ITEM IS THE REZONE OF ROUGHLY 10 ACRES, UH, WITHIN WHAT IS A 29 ACRE PARCEL.

UM, THIS IS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S KIND OF RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PARCEL.

UH, THE FRONT PIECE IS FIVE ACRES THAT IS ALREADY ZONED GC.

THE MIDDLE PIECE AND TO THE NORTH OF THAT IS ALL ZONED MIXED RESIDENTIAL.

AND THE REQUEST IS TO ZONE THAT MIDDLE PIECE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

SO BASICALLY ADDING ON ABOUT 400 FEET OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO THE PIECE THAT'S UP FRONT.

SO IT'S A, IT WOULD BE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 15 ACRES.

UH, THIS IS ALONG MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD.

THIS IS JUST WEST OF CROSBY, CEDAR BODY ROAD.

UH, THE, SO, UH, BACK IN 2022, UH, IF YOU WERE ON THE BOARD AT THAT TIME, YOU'LL REMEMBER, UH, THE, THIS PROPERTY WAS REZONED.

IT WAS ORIGINALLY REZONED, UH, WAS ZONED OPEN SPACE RECREATION.

UH, AND THAT FRONT PIECE WAS REZONED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL WHILE THE BACK, UM, 24 ACRES WAS ZONED TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL, UM, THAT PROJECT THAT WAS PROPOSED AT THE TIME IS NO LONGER A THING.

SO, UM, WHAT YOU HAVE NOW IS A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE, UH, SYSTEM ON THIS PROPERTY.

IT WOULD, AGAIN, WOULD BE CENTERED.

WE'LL KIND OF GET TO THAT IN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE IF YOU REMEMBER RIGHT, UM, WHEN WE'RE REZONING THE PROPERTY, WE'RE NOT REZONING TO A BATTERY STORAGE, UH, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY.

THAT'S THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

SO WHAT WE ARE DOING IS IF FOR SOME REASON THE REZONE, UH, PASSES AND THE, UH, THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT DOES NOT REMEMBER THAT YOUR ZONING TO ANYTHING THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL WILL ALLOW.

SO REMEMBERING AGAIN THAT THE FRONT, UH, FIVE ACRES IS ALREADY ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

UH, AND, AND WE'LL KIND OF, WE'LL GET TO A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.

UM, SO THERE'S THE, THE CURRENT ZONING, AGAIN, YOU HAVE THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL IN THE BACK.

THE, UM, UH, THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL UP FRONT.

UH, THE BLUE TO THE WEST IS A, UH, THAT'S ALTERNATIVE RESIDENTIAL.

SO IT'S, UM, MANUFACTURED HOUSING.

AND THEN TO THE EAST IS A LOWER DENSITY, UH, RESIDENTIAL AS WELL THAT TAN.

AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THIS WOULD BE THE ZONING AS PROPOSED WOULD ADD THAT 10 ACRES OF GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO THE PROPERTY.

UH, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DOES SHOW THIS AS, UM, A BASICALLY A LOST MY, UH, MY LEGEND.

UM, IT SHOWS IT AS A

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UM, IT IS SLATED AS A, UH, A LITTLE BIT HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH AGAIN, THERE, THERE IS, UH, DEVELOPMENT THERE.

UM, SO WHILE IT DOES SHOW, UH, THIS TO BE RESIDENTIAL, UM, THE, THE APPLICANT DOES PROPOSE TO REZONE THE REAR PORTION TO GC, UH, IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE DETRIMENTAL HEALTH, SAFETY OR WELFARE.

UM, A LOT OF THIS ERREN AREAS ARE ALREADY JONES ZONES GC.

SO ANY PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO MEET ALL CURRENT ADOPTED CODES.

UH, I HAD ANOTHER NOTE HERE.

UM, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT DOES ALIGN WITH THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, UM, BECAUSE IT ENCOURAGES DEVELOPMENT THAT ADVANCES CLEAN ENERGY, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE, ENHANCES GRID RESILIENCE AND FOSTERS ECONOMIC GROWTH.

UH, EXPANDING THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONE PROMOTES A LAND USE CONSISTENCY, UH, ENABLES A COHESIVE STRATEGIC APPROACH TO PLANNING WITHIN THIS, WHAT IS IT? EXPANDING COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.

SO YOU CAN SEE CURRENTLY, UM, THIS IS KIND OF LOOKING AT THE EDGE OF THE PROPOSAL PROPERTY, UM, FACING EAST TOWARDS, UM, CROSBY CEDAR.

THIS IS FACING NORTH, THIS IS THE PROPERTY ITSELF.

IT'S, UH, UNDEVELOPED.

IT'S VACANT.

THERE'S ANOTHER, UH, PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY.

IT'S FAIRLY LARGE PROPERTY.

WELL AGAIN, ALMOST 30 ACRES.

THIS IS ACROSS THE STREET, UH, FACING SOUTH.

SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME HOUSES THERE.

THERE ARE ALSO SOME, UH, HOUSES THAT HAVE BEEN CONVERTED INTO SMALL BUSINESSES AS WELL AS THE SORT OF THE, ALMOST THE CORNER OF THAT RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIVE ACRES.

UP FRONT IS A DOLLAR GENERAL.

SO YOU'LL SEE, UH, THERE IS SOME EXPANDING, UH, SORT OF SMALL COMMERCIAL AS YOU GO THROUGH THAT CORRIDOR.

AND THIS IS FACING BACK WEST, UH, TOWARDS THE, UM, YEAH, TOWARDS THE OTHER DIRECTION.

UM, SO WITH THAT, UH, BECAUSE JUST BASED ON THE CRITERIA THAT IS LISTED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENT.

I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU MARTIN.

YOU HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

CALL THEM ONE BY ONE BY YOUR FIRST NAME.

I CAN ACTUALLY READ THIS HANDWRITING.

JENNIFER CROW.

ASK YOU TO COME UP.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

UM, MY NAME IS JENNIFER CROW.

MY YOU HAD THAT IN THE SYSTEM? YES.

DID THAT GET LOADED THERE? YES.

OH, IT'S LOADED.

NO, NO, IT'S NOT LOADED ON THERE.

IT'S NOT LOADED.

NO.

SORRY.

MAKE IT MY MINE ON TOP.

MARTIN, DOES IT WORK BETTER UP HERE? YES.

SO RIGHT HERE WE HAVE CURRENTLY, UH, CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES SITE PLAN FOR MASSEY STORAGE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER CROW.

MY ADDRESS IS 4 8 4 9 SAGE RUN DRIVE, PRINCETON, TEXAS.

UM, SO I'M A PROJECT DEVELOPER, UM, WITH CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES.

WE ARE A LAND AND ENERGY DEVELOPMENT FIRM.

UM, I JUST KIND OF WANNA SKIP STRAIGHT INTO THIS.

SO WE'RE HERE TODAY TO TALK ABOUT OUR BATTERY STORAGE SITE, UM, THAT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, IN THE CITY OF BAYTOWN.

SO MASSEY IS A 100 MEGAWATT, UH, STANDALONE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM.

I KNOW THAT'S A MOUTHFUL.

UM, AND MASSEY WILL BE LOCATED ALONG 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD, JUST WEST OF CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU ROAD.

UM, IT IS SLATED FOR, UH, TO BE ON APPROXIMATELY FIVE ACRE PARCEL, UH, FIVE ACRE PORTION OF A 29 ACRE TRACT.

I'M SORRY.

THE SPECIFIC LOCATION WAS SELECTED DUE TO ITS PROXIMITY OF AN EXISTING, UM, CENTER POINT, UH, SUBSTATION AS WELL AS A CENTER POINT TRANSMISSION LINE THAT ACTUALLY RUNS A CATTY CORNER TO THE NORTHEAST, UH, NORTHWEST PORTION OF THIS PARCEL, WHICH IS, YOU CAN SEE HERE, HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

WE FOUND THAT THIS AREA IS HEAVILY CONSTRAINED AND CONGESTED.

AS YOU CAN TELL.

I'M SURE THERE'S OTHER DELIVERERS THAT HAVE COME IN FOR THIS.

UM, DUE TO THE INCREASE IN INDUSTRIAL LOAD, WE FIND THAT, UM, THIS AREA WOULD HEAVILY BENEFIT FROM THE PRESENCE OF BATTERY STORAGE.

UH, MASSEY WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE, UM, YOU KNOW, IMPROVED ENERGY RELIABILITY AS WELL AS RESILIENCY IN THE AREA.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, MASSEY HAS A RELATIVELY SMALL FOOTPRINT.

UM, AND YET DESPITE THAT, IT PROVIDES SIGNIFICANT TAX BENEFITS WITHOUT HAVING TO CREATE ANY TYPE OF, UM, INCREASING FOOT TRAFFIC.

'CAUSE I KNOW THAT'S A CONCERN IN THE NEARBY AREAS IN THE NEIGHBORS.

UM, NOR WILL IT BURDEN THE LOCAL RESOURCES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AS WELL.

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UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE MADE SURE TO IMPLEMENT, UM, SETBACKS AS WELL AS BUFFERS.

UM, I KNOW A QUESTION MENTIONED, HOW FAR ARE WE FROM THE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND ANOTHER, UH, CONVERSATION.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A 100 FOOT ON THE EAST END AS WELL AS A HUNDRED FOOT ON THE, UM, ON THE WEST END OF THE PROPERTY.

SO, LET'S SEE.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, WE WANTED TO DO AS WELL IS WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL AREA AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND AS TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE.

UM, WE'RE HERE FOR A LONG TIME AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE WANNA MAKE EVERYONE HAPPY.

AND SO, UM, WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND CREATED A LANDSCAPING PLAN.

WE WANT TO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALREADY A NATURAL VEGETATIVE BUFFER ALONG THE EASTERN, SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THIS PROPERTY BOUNDARY.

WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO ENHANCE THAT.

WE'RE GOING TO, UM, YOU KNOW, ADD IN SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING BRUSH.

WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION TO THIS BUFFER, WE'RE ABLE TO CREATE A NATURAL AND VISUALLY AESTHETIC SCREENING FOR THIS BATTERY STORAGE SITE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

JEREMY WILLIAMS. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, SIR.

HEY, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

TRY TO RAISE THIS UP A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.

UM, YES, MY NAME IS JEREMY WILLIAMS. UM, I LIVE AT 49 49 LADY OF THE LAKE DRIVE IN RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA.

AND I ALSO WORK FOR CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES.

UH, I AM THE ENGINEERING MANAGER, UM, ON OUR DEVELOPMENT ENGINEERING TEAM AT CYPRESS CREEK.

AND I'M HERE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF THE FACILITY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE TODAY.

UH, JUST REALLY WANTED TO START WITH CYPRESS CREEK'S.

UM, SAFETY CULTURE IN GENERAL.

UH, WE LEAD WITH SAFETY IN EVERY PROJECT THAT WE DEVELOP AND BUILD.

UM, WE HAVE SITE SPECIFIC SAFETY PLANS, EMERGENCY ACTION PLANS, UM, THE DAY-TO-DAY WORK THAT HAPPENS ON OUR CONSTRUCTION SITES, ALWAYS BEGIN WITH A JOB SAFETY BRIEFING FOR ANY ACTIVITY THAT HAPPENS.

UH, PPE IS ALWAYS ENFORCED AND, UH, SAFETY IS ALWAYS HELD TO THE HIGHEST STANDARD.

UM, WITH THAT SAID, WE ALSO TAKE THAT SAME, UH, STANDARD WHEN CHOOSING THE TYPES OF EQUIPMENT THAT WE DECIDE TO, UH, SELECT FOR OUR PROJECTS.

UH, THE SPECIFIC EQUIPMENT THAT WE ARE USING OR THAT'S SLATED TO BE USED FOR THIS PROJECT IS THE POWER TITAN TWO.

AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF SLIDES.

UH, JUST BRIEFLY TALK ABOUT THE, UM, THE ACTUAL TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING USED IN THE EQUIPMENT.

UH, WE ARE UTILIZING SOMETHING THAT'S CALLED LITHIUM IRON PHOSPHATE INSTEAD OF WHAT HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN USED ON BATTERY FACILITY PROJECTS IS NMC, UH, NICKEL MANIS COBALT.

UH, THIS IS LARGELY DUE TO THE THERMAL RUNAWAY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEWER TECHNOLOGY.

AND, UH, IT'S JUST A, A MUCH SAFER TECHNOLOGY TO BE USED AND, UH, DOES NOT ACTUALLY LEAD TO SOME OF THE, THE THERMAL INCIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN SEEN IN YEARS PAST.

UH, ALL OF OUR UNITS ARE, UH, LISTED UNDER UL.

UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THERE'S A SEVERAL A, A CELL, A MODULE AND A UNIT LEVEL TEST THAT'S DONE TO DETERMINE HOW LIKELY A THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT IS TO HAPPEN.

UH, WE ALSO HAVE THE, WE ALSO HAVE DONE A PLUME STUDY, UH, FOR THIS PROJECT.

ESSENTIALLY WHAT THAT MEANS IS THE UNITS THEMSELVES ARE PURPOSELY PUT INTO SOME SORT OF A THERMAL RUNAWAY CONDITION AND WE ANALYZE THE THERMAL CHARACTERISTICS AND THE GAS, THE OFF GAS FROM THAT EVENT.

UM, AND ESSENTIALLY, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT THE CIRCLES THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE THE AREAS WHERE ARE THAT ARE CONSIDERED TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, TOXIC GAS RELEASE.

CAN WE FINISH THIS? YES.

YEAH, I'D BE HAPPY TO LET BOTH OF THEM FINISH THEIR PRESENTATIONS.

IF THE REST OF THE COMMITTEE IS GOOD WITH THAT, PLEASE CONTINUE.

I'D LOVE TO CONTINUE.

UM, UNDER A THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT AND HAS DETERMINED THAT THESE AREAS ARE THE AREAS WHERE TOXIC GAS COULD PERSIST UP ABOVE THE LEVEL OF THE BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINER ITSELF, WHICH IS AT 19 AND A HALF FEET.

WE APPRECIATE THAT.

UH, SO THE BACK TO THE, TO THE, UH, SITE MAP THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN HERE, THE, UH, WORST CASE SCENARIO HAS BEEN MODELED,

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UM, WHEN YOU'RE AT GROUND LEVEL AND YOU'RE AT MUCH CLOSER DISTANCES THAN WHAT'S SHOWN ON THE SITE MAP HERE, THERE IS NO TOXIC, UH, GAS RELEASE OR, UH, CONTAMINATION THERE.

AND, UH, OH, JUST ONE MORE THING ON THE, THE, THE GASES.

ONE OF THE LARGE CONCERNS, UH, HISTORICALLY HAS BEEN THE, UM, THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, SOME BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS WILL RELEASE, UH, HF, WHICH IS, UM, HYDROFLUORIC, UH, HYDROGEN FLUORIDE GAS.

AND THESE PLUME STUDIES HAVE BASICALLY DETERMINED THAT THERE IS NO RELEASE OF THIS GAS.

UM, AND ALL THE GASES THAT ARE RELEASED FROM OUR, UH, BATTERY STORAGE CONTAINERS ARE, UM, ARE NOT, YOU KNOW, TOXIC ENOUGH TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE ANY DAMAGES SIMILAR TO HF.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST THING I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS, SO I'LL GO BACK HERE, WAS THE FACT THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CONTINUOUSLY WORK WITH LOCAL, UH, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, TO BASICALLY GO BACK TO THE FIRST POINT THAT I MADE ABOUT CY CYPRESS CREEK'S SAFETY CULTURE.

UH, WE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH, UH, THE FIRE MARSHAL HERBERT HERE.

AND, UM, WE CONTINUE, WE'LL, WE'LL CONTINUE TO BE IN COMMUNICATION TO DEVELOP THOSE, UH, SITE SPECIFIC SAFETY PLANS TO DEVELOP THE, UH, FIRE TRAINING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THAT WOULD THEN, WOULD HAPPEN TOWARDS THE BEGINNING OF THE PROJECT AND THEN EVERY YEAR ON A YEARLY BASIS.

AND, UH, THAT'S EVERYTHING I HAVE REGARDING THE SAFETY OF THE STORAGE FACILITY.

THANK MR. WILLIAMS. MS. CROW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION AT THE COMMISSION'S WISH? THANK YOU SO MUCH.

HE IS A LOT TALLER THAN I'M .

SO, UH, JUST VERY QUICKLY TO KIND OF END, UM, WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF THE LANDSCAPING PLAN.

UM, WE DO ALREADY HAVE IT, AND AGAIN, IT'S JUST TO CREATE A NATURAL AND VISUALLY AESTHETIC SCREENING FOR THE BATTERY STORAGE SITE.

UM, WE HAVE MADE NOTIFICATIONS TO THE NEIGHBORS NEARBY.

UM, SOMETHING THAT WE'VE, UM, BEEN NOTED WAS THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, CURRENTLY THIS PARCEL HAS, UM, UH, FLOODING THAT KIND OF GOES INTO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.

WE LET THEM, YOU KNOW, WE TOOK THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.

UM, AND SO WE'VE INCLUDED STORM WATER MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE OFFSITE FLOODING IMPACTS AND RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS FLOOD MITIGATION BENEFIT DURING OUTREACH.

UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF WRAP THINGS UP AS WELL, IS OUR REQUEST IS TO EXTEND THE, UM, GENERAL COMMERCIAL PORTION, UM, TO ENCOMPASS OUR FULL PROJECT AREA, UM, JUST SO IT CAN SUPPORT A 100 MEGAWATT BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, I WANNA CLARIFY THAT THE AMENDMENT DOES NOT CHANGE NOR REMOVE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE CITY'S EXISTING ZONING FRAMEWORK.

IF THE, UM, THIS REZONING KIND OF ENSURES THAT THE LAND CAN STILL BE USED FOR OTHER PURPOSES IN THE FUTURE IF THIS PROJECT ENDS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I'M GLAD THAT WE KIND OF TOUCHED ON THIS REAL QUICK, BUT WE DID HAVE SOME PHOTOS, UM, OF THE VISUAL IMPACT AS WELL.

'CAUSE I FEEL LIKE PICTURES, YOU KNOW, IS JUST GREAT.

SO, UM, LET ME SEE.

SO THIS IS KIND OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW.

THIS IS, UM, WHAT WE'VE CREATED WHERE, UM, WE BASE THIS OFF OF BUFFER YARD TYPE B.

UM, AND PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF, YOU KNOW, YOU SUGGEST SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

UH, WE HAVE IT SET TO WHERE MASSEY HAS 30 FOOT, UH, WIDTH BUFFER YARD, FOUR LARGE TREES PER 100, UM, LINEAR FOOT, EIGHT SMALL TREES PER 100 LINEAR FOOT, AND THEN 30 SHRUBS PER 100 LINEAR FOOT.

UM, AS MENTIONED, UM, THERE'S ALREADY AN EXISTING BUFFER RIGHT ALONG THE WESTERN PORTION AND PRETTY MUCH HALF OF THE, UH, PROPERTY LINE ON MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD HAS A REALLY NICE, UH, VEGETATIVE BUFFER AS WELL.

WE INTEND ON KEEPING THAT.

WE JUST WANT TO PROVIDE SOME FURTHER, UM, VEGETATIVE BUFFER, JUST KIND OF HELP WITH THOSE NEARBY.

THANK YOU MS. GROVE.

OH, ARE YOU STILL OKAY? YES, I'M, I'M, NO, THAT'S PERFECT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M JUST A LITTLE NERVOUS, .

THANK YOU SAMUEL, WILL DAVIS.

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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.

MY NAME IS SAMUEL DAVIS, 2223 WATERLOO CITY LANE, AUSTIN, TEXAS.

UM, 7 8 7 4 1.

UH, UH, I AM WITH THE EXTERNAL AFFAIRS HERE WITH CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES.

AND, UM, SO REALLY I KIND OF WORK WITH A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND WHATNOT THAT WE DO HERE.

AND IT'S JUST STANDARD FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS ON ACROSS THE US AND, AND, UH, ESPECIALLY HERE IN TEXAS.

SOME, UH, SEVENTH GENERATION TEXAN, UH, HERE FROM CLEAR LAKE.

BUT, UM, REALLY THE WHOLE, UM, THE PROMISE OF US IS TO ALWAYS BE GOOD LONG-TERM NEIGHBORS.

THESE ARE, YOU KNOW, 20 TO 30 YEAR, UH, PROJECTS AND, UH, WE INTEND ON BEING, YOU KNOW, UH, THE BEST OF NEIGHBORS THAT WE CAN BE WORKING WITH, LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT.

WE'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED TO ALREADY BE WORKING, UM, UH, IN THE PARTNERS IN EDUCATION, UH, PROGRAM, UH, UH, THROUGH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

UH, THAT WORKS WITH, UH, SPONSORING STEPHEN F. AUSTIN ELEMENTARY.

UH, WE'RE REALLY PUMPED FOR THE YEAR, UH, THE SCHOOL YEAR COMING UP.

UH, I NEVER SAID THAT AS A STUDENT, BUT I'LL SAY THAT AS NOW THAT I'M OUT.

AND, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED TO, YOU KNOW, GET SOME GOOD OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE KIDS.

AND WE'RE REALLY PUMPED TOO TO, UM, UH, HOLD SOME MORE COMMUNITY MEETINGS.

WE'VE HELD ONE OPEN HOUSE AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP, UH, AUGUST 13TH THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT.

AND, UM, ALSO WOULD JUST LIKE TO SPEAK TO THAT.

THE, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE TAX NUMBERS HAVE GOTTEN TO Y'ALL ABOUT THE TAX REVENUE.

UM, IT'S, UH, I DON'T HAVE MY, MY NUMBER FACT SHEET IN FRONT OF ME, SO I DON'T WANNA MISSPEAK.

UM, BUT, UH, THE TAX BASED REVENUE THAT WILL BE GENERATED OFF THIS PROJECT OVER THE LONG TERM, UM, IS, IS FAR GREATER THAN, THAN IT CURRENTLY IS.

AND, UM, REALLY THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

ALL I HAVE TO TO SAY WITH YOU ALL.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY MORE QUESTIONS AS WELL AS WHY I DECIDED TO SIGN UP.

BUT THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PUBLIC SERVICE TOO.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THE, UH, S BILLINGHAM, DID I GET THAT RIGHT? SPELLING YOUR NAME AND FIRST PLEASE.

HI, EVERYONE.

UH, MY NAME IS SIVALINGAM.

UM, SORRY.

YOU'RE GOOD.

HI, MY NAME IS HIN SIVALINGAM.

UM, MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 0 6 LAVACCA STREET, AUSTIN, TEXAS 7 8 7 0 1.

UM, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON ITEM FOUR C, UM, ABOUT REZONING FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM ON MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD.

I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AND POLICY WITH A GROUP CALLED THE TEXAS CLIMATE JOBS PROJECT.

WE WORK TO ENSURE THAT THE ENERGY TRANSITION IS SAFE FOR WORKERS AND COMMUNITIES IN TEXAS.

UH, AND WHILE WE KNOW THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO BUILD OUT BEST ASSETS TO INCREASE TEXANS ACCESS TO DISPATCHABLE ENERGY, BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS DO FAIL.

ACCORDING TO FEMA, BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEMS CAN EXPERIENCE THERMAL RUNAWAY, WHICH CAUSES THEM TO RELEASE VERY HOT FLAMMABLE TOXIC GASES.

WE'RE SEVEN MONTHS INTO THE YEAR, AND AS OF TODAY, THERE HAVE ALREADY BEEN FIVE INCIDENTS OF BEST FAILURES.

THESE FIRES HAVE LED TO SHELTER IN PLACE OR EVACUATION NOTICES FOR NEARBY RESIDENTS AND CAUSE SEVERE HEALTH SYMPTOMS FOR THOSE IN PROXIMITY TO THE EXPLOSION.

WE PREVIOUSLY SHARED THE TROUBLING FINDINGS FROM MONTEREY COUNTY'S COMMUNITY HEALTH SURVEY AFTER THE MOSS LANDING FIRE EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE FINDINGS WITH THIS BOARD AGAIN IF NEEDED.

I WANNA MAKE IT CLEAR AGAIN THAT WE SUPPORT RESPONSIBLE AND SAFE BEST DEVELOPMENT AND ARE AWARE OF THE NE THE NECESSITY TO BUILD THE GRID SUSTAINABLY.

UM, IT'S VERY POSSIBLE, AND WE REMAIN OPEN TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE DESIGN TECHNOLOGY AND INSTALLATION STANDARDS THAT THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO UTILIZE SUFFICIENTLY MITIGATE THESE RISKS AND SET THIS PROJECT APART FROM BEST PROJECTS THAT HAVE FAILED AND CAUGHT FIRE IN PLACES LIKE CALIFORNIA.

HOWEVER, THE CHALLENGE WE FACE IS THAT THE CITY HAS PROVIDED INSUFFICIENT TECHNICAL DETAILS FOR THE COMMUNITY TO EFFECTIVELY EVALUATE RISK MITIGATION, WHICH IS WHY WE BELIEVE THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE PATH HERE IS POSTPONING THE VOTE.

UNTIL AN EXTENSIVE STAKEHOLDER PROCESS CAN FULLY EVALUATE AND RISK MITIGATION, THIS IS NOT A NEW IDEA.

UM, EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CITY OF KATY RECENTLY DECIDED TO LAUNCH A SIMILAR TASK FORCE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND HOW BEST CAN BE RESPONSIBLY AND SAFELY DEVELOPED IN THEIR COMMUNITY AFTER A DISASTER.

INVESTIGATORS WANNA KNOW WHAT WAS KNOWN, WHO KNEW IT, AND WHEN DID THEY KNOW IT WELL, WE WOULD LOVE TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.

WE BELIEVE THE ONLY RESPONSIBLE CHOICE IS TO POSTPONE THIS VOTE AND GATHER MORE INFORMATION.

TO BAYTOWN, EXCEPT WE HAVE MUCH BETTER FISHING AND, UH, BUT WE HAVE THE REFINERIES AND OTHER ASPECTS THAT MAKE IT, UH, A QUITE SIMILAR CITY.

THANK YOU, ROBERT JONES.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, ROBERT JONES.

I RESIDE AT 1 5 3 0 5 WILLIS WAY IN CONROE, TEXAS.

UM, I AM A NATIVE TEXAN.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN CORPUS CHRISTI, UH, SIMILAR

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SO I HAVE WORKED IN THE POWER GENERATION INDUSTRY FOR OVER 40 YEARS, UH, DEVELOPING, UH, ALL KINDS OF PROJECTS FROM EARLY IN MY CAREER.

COAL AND NUCLEAR, UH, LATER COMBINED CYCLE CO-GENERATION PROJECTS.

AS A MATTER OF FACT.

UM, UM, IN 1989, JUST TO PUT A PERSPECTIVE, UH, MY COMPANY GE INSTALLED THE, UH, POWER GENERATION PROJECT AT THE EXXON REFINERY.

SO I DO GO BACK QUITE A WAYS NOW.

I'VE BEEN RETIRED FOR A FEW YEARS, BUT I'M STILL ACTIVE IN, UH, VARIOUS TYPES OF ENERGY TECHNOLOGY AND, UH, I'VE FOLLOWED THE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGIES.

SO NOW FAST FORWARDING TO THE MASSEY PROJECT HERE, UH, IN FULL DISCLOSURE, UH, I DRIVE A TESLA FOR THE LAST EIGHT YEARS.

UH, I HAVE A TESLA POWER, UH, BATTERY SYSTEM INSTALLED IN MY HOME FOR BACKUP.

I ACTUALLY REPLACED A NATURAL GAS, UH, GENERATOR BECAUSE THAT GENERATOR WAS LOUD.

UH, IT, UH, AND, UH, QUITE A BIT OF MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT BATTERY SYSTEM DOES NOT.

AND JUST AS AN ASIDE, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, YOU MAY HAVE HAD A THUNDERSTORM COME THROUGH YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAD A THUNDERSTORM RIGHT OVER OUR HOUSE.

UH, OUR POWER WENT OFF.

UH, WE DIDN'T EVEN NOTICE IT BECAUSE MY BATTERY SYSTEM CAME ON FOR 10 MINUTES.

AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, THESE BATTERY SYSTEMS CAN DO.

UM, SO IN MY EXPERIENCE, BATTERY SYSTEMS ARE SAFE.

BATTERY SYSTEMS WILL STRENGTHEN THE ELECTRIC GRID HERE.

AND, UH, THAT CAN BE KIND OF NICE.

IF YOU DO HAVE A STORM, YOU DO HAVE STORMS, UM, THAT CAN KNOCK OUT THE POWER.

SO IF YOU HAVE A BATTERY SYSTEM IN THE COMMUNITY, IT CAN KEEP THE LIGHTS ON, IT CAN KEEP YOUR AC AND YOUR HEATING SYSTEM GOING, AND, UH, YOU WILL APPRECIATE HAVING THAT.

SO, UH, BATTERY SYSTEMS, AS I SAID, ARE ALSO, UH, QUIET AND THEY WERE POLLUTION FREE BATTERY SYSTEMS WOULD BE AN EXCELLENT INVESTMENT FOR YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, PROVIDING TAXES, UH, FOR YOUR SCHOOLS AND YOUR COMMUNITY.

UM, LASTLY, I WOULD JUST SAY IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A CELL PHONE, ANYBODY HAVE A CELL PHONE? IF YOU HAVE A CELL PHONE, YOU ACTUALLY ARE IN FAVOR OF BATTERY SYSTEMS AND YOU'RE NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT 'EM.

SO I APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.

NOW, I'M AN INDEPENDENT, UH, I'M NOT ASSOCIATED WITH, UH, CYRUS CREEK.

UH, I'M JUST, UH, THINK THAT THESE TYPE OF PROJECTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT, UH, TO SUPPORT OUR VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES THAT WE'RE DEVELOPING.

THANK YOU, SIR.

BARRY FRIEDMAN.

I AM, UH, BARRY FRIEDMAN FROM THE EIGHT SPUR WOOD, THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS.

AND, UH, I TEACH PHYSICS AT SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY.

AND, UH, I'M BASICALLY, I JUST CONCUR WITH WHAT, UH, ROBERT JONES SAID.

AND, UH, I FIND THIS MEETING VERY INTERESTING.

AND, UH, IF THERE WAS A PROPOSAL TO BUILD A, UH, CHEMICAL PLANT OR A RV PARK NEXT TO MY HOUSE IN THE WOODLANDS, I'D NOT BE TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT.

BUT AS FAR AS THIS PROJECT, I'M VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT.

AND THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.

THANK MR THERE BEING NO ONE ELSE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:26 PM CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT AT SUP FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.46 ACRES, LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD TO ALLOW FOR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE, BESS WITHIN A GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC ZONING DISTRICT.

ANY DISCUSSION FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? I, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR STAFF.

YES, SIR.

UH, MARTIN, GO BACK TO THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE PROPERTY ZONES AND ALL THAT STUFF.

I'M CONFUSED.

SO WHAT IS THE CURRENT STATUS OF THESE THREE TRACTORS? THE NORTHERN, UH, 14 ACRES OR SO IS, WELL, CURRENT ZONING IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE HERE.

THE RED UP FRONT, THAT'S GENERAL COMMERCIAL.

IT'S ABOUT FIVE ACRES.

THE OTHER 24 ACRES CURRENTLY IS MIXED RESIDENTIAL.

THAT'S BOTH OF THOSE TRACKS.

CORRECT.

SO EVERYTHING THAT'S WITHIN THE HATCHED AREA, PLUS THE, THE AREA NORTH OF IT THAT IS INCLUDED ALSO IN THAT, UH, IN THAT PROPERTY.

SO WHERE IS THE, UH, CENTERPOINT LIGHT SUBSTATION THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE NEAR THIS UNIT? CAN YOU BRING SOMETHING UP THAT WOULD SHOW THAT?

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UH, I'M NOT SURE.

THIS SHOWS IT.

JENNIFER, CAN YOU MAYBE HELP ME OUT HERE? CENTER POINT SUBSTATION WILL BE, UM, IN THIS, UH, JUST A, JUST NORTH OF THE, OH, YES, THERE'S A MOUSE IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE.

THERE, THERE'S NOT ONE NOW.

YES.

AND THERE'S A, THE, I'M SORRY, I FORGOT I CAN'T ZOOM OUT.

UM, THERE IS AN EXISTING 1 38 KV TRANSMISSION LINE THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO THIS RAILROAD RIGHT HERE.

WHERE IS THAT ONE AT? RIGHT HERE.

UM, UH, CAN WE SEE IT ON WITH MY MOUSE? IT'S, IT'S RIGHT.

UM, A SUBSTATION OR A POWER LINE.

A POWER LINE, YEP.

THAT, AND THAT POWER LINE CONNECTS INTO THE NEARBY SUBSTATION, CURRENT SUBSTATIONS.

WHERE ARE THE CURRENT? YES.

TYPICALLY THESE THINGS ARE BUILT RIGHT NEXT TO A SUBSTATION CENTER POINT'S GOING TO BUILD THE SUBSTATION FOR CORRECT.

SO THIS IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WITH ITS PROXIMITY TO A EXISTING SUBSTATION THAT CONNECTS INTO THIS 1 38 KV LINE THAT RUNS CATTY CORNER TO THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF THIS PARCEL CENTER POINT WILL BE TAPPING THIS TRANSMISSION LINE AND BUILDING THEIR SUBSTATION HERE.

OUR PROJECT AREA WILL BE THE FIVE ACRES WITHIN THIS HATCHED AREA.

AND THEN THE REMAINING WILL BE, UH, SET ASIDE FOR SETBACKS AND BUFFERS.

I'LL WAIT AND SEE IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS A COMMENT BEFORE I CONTINUE.

ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS WE APPROVED ONE OF THESE NOT THAT LONG AGO FOR GARTH ROAD, AND I WOULD THINK THAT THIS AREA IS A MUCH BETTER AREA FOR THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

I, I'M ASSUMING JENNIFER, THAT WE, UM, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE ACTUAL THING BACKED UP A LITTLE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS SITE.

I'M SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THEM? HAVE GREEN SPACE IN THE FRONT, THE LANDSCAPING.

MY PLAN WAS TO PRESENT THE SUP SEPARATE FROM THE REZONE YOU GUYS HAVE.

WE KIND OF JUMPED.

SO THERE'S THE SIDE PLAN.

IT'S KIND OF A ZOOM UP ON THE SIDE FRAME.

IF YOU CLICK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, IT'LL TAKE THAT LINE OFF ON THE SCREEN.

THE ACTUAL SCREEN, THE MONITOR.

I THINK IT'S ON THE SPOT.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING.

IT'S NOT DOING THAT'S OKAY.

AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, JENNIFER.

SO YES, MA'AM.

WE HAVE ONE THAT'S COMING IN ON, UH, GARTH NEXT TO THE SPA.

YES, YES MA'AM.

AND THEN, UM, SO HOW FAR REACHING IS THIS ENERGY? HOW FAR REACHING IS THIS BATTERY? HOW MANY HOMES WILL IT TOUCH? ABSOLUTELY.

THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.

UM, MASSEY STORAGE ITSELF, A HUNDRED MEGAWATTS IS, UM, SET TO, UM, SET FOR 40,000 HOMES.

HOWEVER, I CAN'T SPECIFY IN WHAT AREA IT WILL GO TO, BECAUSE ONCE THE ENERGY GOES INTO THE GRID, IT'S UP TO ERCOT TO DECIDE WHICH AREA IN THE NEARBY PROXIMITY NEEDS THE ENERGY THE MOST.

SO, WHO KNOWS WHO IN OUR GROUP KNOWS HOW MANY OF THESE WE WILL NEED TO SERVICE BAYTOWN BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE ON GARTH NOW WE'RE GETTING ONE HERE.

AND WILL WE NEED ANOTHER ONE GOING WEST? IF I, YES.

SO WHAT, SO WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS, FOR EXAMPLE, IF, LET'S SUPPOSE THAT WE HAVE A STORM AND I LIVE HERE ON THE SOUTH SIDE, AND THAT GOES OUT, BUT EVERYTHING HERE IS OKAY, THEY CAN ROUTE THAT ENERGY TO GO TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

MOST LIKELY IT'S GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO, UH, WINTER STORM URI, WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO DO KIND OF LIKE A ROLLING BLACKOUTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN HIT AS MANY, UM, NEEDED, LIKE HAVE AS MANY HOMES AS NEEDED.

AND THAT WAY THEY CAN, UH, 'CAUSE THIS CURRENTLY IS SET, UM, AS A TWO HOUR, BUT WE HAVE ALSO GOTTEN FEEDBACK THAT, UH, FROM OTHER RESIDENTS THAT THEY WOULD PREFER A FOUR HOUR DURATION PROJECT.

BUT CURRENTLY THIS IS A TWO HOUR, UM, SOMETHING THAT'S DIFFERENT THAN GARTH BE IS THAT, IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, GARTH WAS ON A VERY, UH, SMALL LEVEL.

I BELIEVE IT WAS 50 MEGAWATTS.

AND SO WE ARE, UM, WE ARE SET FOR 100.

OKAY, LET ME, CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? YES.

UM, THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT ARE SORT OF GENERAL TO THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. SO THE REASON I HAVE THESE SPLIT UP INTO TWO PRESENTATIONS, BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU A VERY HIGH LEVEL EDUCATIONAL PRESENTATION ON BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS, IF YOU'D LIKE, I CAN DO THAT NOW.

THAT MAY ANSWER A LOT OF YOUR QUESTIONS.

YES, PLEASE.

LIKE TO CLOSE THE, THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEN I CAN MOVE ON AND WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT.

SO LET'S DO THAT.

I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL THOUGH, BUT I'LL WAIT.

I'M WILLING TO WAIT UNTIL AFTER HIS PRESENTATION.

SO IF, IF YOU WANT TO, UM, I'LL REFER TO KRISTEN ON THIS.

UM, YOU CAN CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THAT, AND THEN YOU CAN HOLD OFF ON THE VOTE UNTIL AFTER YOU GET THE SECOND PRESENTATION AND THEN DO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THAT ONE.

AND THEN TAKE TWO SEPARATE VOTES.

CAN WE DO THAT? YES.

SO IF YOU'D

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PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AT 6:33 PM CONCERNING A REQUEST TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.6 ACRES, FOUR SIX ACRES LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY THOMAS ROAD TO ALLOW FOR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITHIN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.

FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AGAIN, I, I WANTED TO START WITH, UM, JUST SORT OF A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. UM, MR. WILLIAMS DID MENTION THAT, UM, HE HAD BEEN SPEAKING TO, UH, FIRE MARSHAL ABERT.

SO IF YOU SEE A BIG WEIRD LINES ON YOUR SCREEN, UM, THAT'S BECAUSE THIS IS A TOUCH SCREEN AND IT'S NOT SHOWING ANYTHING OVER HERE.

I CAN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO ERASE IT.

SO APOLOGIZE FOR THE LINES ON YOUR SCREEN AND THE ARROWS.

I TOLD LESLIE, STOP TOUCHING .

UM, SO, UM,

[d. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to approve a Special Use Permit (SUP) for approximately 15.46 acres located at 2015 Massey Tompkins Road to allow for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) within a General Commercial (GC) Zoning District.]

HE IS HERE TONIGHT, UM, FROM THE LOCAL, UH, SIDE OF THINGS TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT SAFETY.

UM, I, I ASKED JD HERE TO BE HERE FOR THAT.

SO AGAIN, YOU GUYS ARE REMEMBERING THE STIES PERMIT.

WE DID, THIS WAS ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO NOW, FOR THAT SMALL BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM ON GARTH ROAD.

THAT WAS A TWO ARC, TWO ACRE PIECE, I WANNA SAY THAT WAS FOUR OF THE STORAGE CONTAINERS.

UM, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS 50 OF THOSE.

SO IT IS CONSIDERABLY LARGER.

UM, THAT REALLY WAS JUST THE BEGINNING, THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE.

UH, THE FACILITIES ARE GETTING A LOT MORE COMMON.

AND, UM, AGAIN, TONIGHT IS A LOT BIGGER.

WE HAVE MORE THAT ARE ON DECK.

WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL OF THESE IN, UH, CITY HALL IN, YOU KNOW, TO COME IN AND ASK, UH, QUESTIONS ABOUT.

UM, AND SO THEY'RE SORT OF SLOW ROLLING AT THIS POINT.

UM, BUT THIS WILL BE THE SECOND OF WHAT WE ANTICIPATE TO BE QUITE A FEW OVER THE NEXT, UH, YEAR OR TWO.

UM, SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, SO I PRESENTED THE, THIS INFORMATION TO CITY COUNCIL ABOUT A MONTH AGO AT ONE OF THEIR WORK SESSIONS.

AND IT REALLY WAS TO GIVE AN OVER NOT ONLY AN OVERVIEW OF KIND OF WHAT THESE LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THEY, HOW THEY OPERATE, WHAT THEY DO, HOW THEY'RE IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO WHAT STAFF IS LOOKING FOR AND HOW WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE CODE COMING UP TO SAY, OKAY, AS A, AS PART OF A, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, WE'D BE LOOKING FOR THESE CRITERIA.

IF THESE CRITERIA ARE MET, THEN MORE THAN LIKELY STAFF IS GOING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

SO I'LL KIND OF GET TO THAT HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.

UM, THAT IS NOT MEANT TO, UM, IT'S NOT MEANT TO, TO REALLY GIVE ANY KIND OF SPECIAL, UM, CONSIDERATION, BUT TO SAY, THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR SPECIFIC TO THIS TYPE OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

BUT THAT'S NOT IN THE CODE RIGHT NOW.

SO, UM, SO I WANNA GIVE YOU TO THAT TONIGHT AS A GUIDELINE.

STAFF DID USE THIS, UM, AS A GUIDELINE FOR, FOR OUR RECOMMENDATION.

UM, AND WE REALLY JUST KIND OF WANNA LET YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT.

UM, WHAT WE'LL BE DOING WITH THAT INFORMATION IS WE'LL BE BRINGING THAT BACK AS AN AMENDMENT TO THE CODE, UM, WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS, UH, AS SOON AS WE FIND THE TIME TO, UH, TO, TO WORK ON THAT.

SO, UM, AS YOU REMEMBER, UH, BATTERY, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE FACILITY KINDA LOOKS LIKE A BUNCH OF SHIPPING CONTAINERS.

UM, THERE'S A FENCE AROUND IT, HOPEFULLY SOME SCREENING.

UH, THERE'S NO REAL ONSITE STAFF.

UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT HAS TO BE LOCATED NEAR AN ELECTRICAL SUBSTATION.

UM, SPECIFICALLY IT HAS TO TIE INTO THE GRID AT THAT POINT.

UM, SO THE PROPOSALS WE'RE SEEING ARE EITHER BEING LOCATED NEAR AN EXISTING SUBSTATION OR A CENTER POINT IS BUILDING THOSE SUBSTATIONS AS PART OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE HEARING ABOUT TONIGHT.

UM, QUICK REMINDER, THESE TIE INTO PUBLIC ENERGY, BUT THEY'RE PRIVATELY OWNED.

SO IF YOU HAD SOMETHING THAT WAS A PUBLIC UTILITY, IT WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GO WHEREVER IT WANTS TO GO.

CENTER POINT CAN PUT WHATEVER THEY WANT, WHEREVER THEY WANT.

THIS IS PRIVATELY OWNED, SO THESE, THAT'S WHY THIS HAS TO GO THROUGH, UM, NOT ONLY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT ALSO CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT'S PART OF OUR, PART OF OUR CODE.

UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THESE PICTURES, UH, THE SCALE CAN VARY PRETTY WILDLY.

UM, I KNOW MR. JONES TALKED ABOUT HIS, UH, BATTERY THAT HE HAS IN HIS, YOU KNOW, POWERING HIS HOUSE.

UM, WHICH YOU CAN KIND OF SEE OFF TO THE LEFT.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE, YOU CAN SEE A SORT OF A MIDDLE OF THE RANGE, UH, UH, FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE THERE, AND THEN A VERY LARGE FACILITY OFF TO THE RIGHT.

UH, THE OVERALL BENEFIT, REALLY, THE QUESTION WAS ASKED ABOUT WHEN THE POWER GOES DOWN.

THEN FEED IT BACK TO THE GRID WHEN THE DEMAND IS HIGH.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF LIMITATIONS TO THAT.

IT IS NOT SPECIFICALLY BUILT MY UNDERSTANDING, AGAIN, NOT BEING THE EXPERT, BUT HAVING ABSORBED EVERYTHING I'VE ABSORBED OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, IT'S NOT AS MUCH BUILT FOR SOMETHING THAT WHEN THE POWER GOES OUT, THAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO SUPPLY ENERGY TO ALL THE HOMES THAT ARE OUT OF POWER.

IF A, IF A TRANSMISSION LINE GOES DOWN, THE TRANSMISSION LINE'S DOWN, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHERE THE, THE POWER'S COMING FROM.

UM, BUT REALLY WHAT IT IS MORE ABOUT, UM, IS TO DRAW POWER WHEN THE DEMAND IS LOW AND STORE IT, AND

[01:35:01]

A DAY LIKE TODAY WHEN IT'S HOT AND WE ARE ALL PULLING TONS OF POWER TO RUN OUR ACS, UH, THEN THESE TYPES OF SYSTEMS FEED POWER BACK INTO THE GRID AND SUPPLY, UM, SORT OF A, A, IT'S, IT'S A SMOOTHING EFFECT TO THE ELECTRICITY.

IS THAT, IS THAT PRETTY ACCURATE? YES.

WITH THE SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL.

SO, UM, SO I, I WANT TO KIND OF FOCUS ON THAT GENERAL SUPPORT TO THE GRID MORE SO THAN, HEY, WE HAD A HURRICANE, THE POWER WENT OUT.

IT, IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK LIKE THAT, SO I DON'T WANT THAT TO BE THE EXPECTATION.

UM, IT, IT CAN, BUT THAT'S NOT THE MAIN, THE MAIN PIECE OF IT.

UM, THIS ALSO IS, CAN BE CONNECTED TO RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES.

WE'VE SEEN PROJECTS, UH, THAT CONNECT, CONNECT TO SOLAR OR WIND POWER.

UH, AND THEN IT ALSO HELPS TO REDUCE COSTS AND IT DOES ADD TO THE LOCAL ECONOMY.

UM, WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS.

THAT'S NOT SO MUCH THE FOCUS OF THIS BODY, BUT CITY COUNCIL OF COURSE, AND CITY ADMINISTRATION.

UM, WE DO LOOK AT THOSE TYPES OF, OF THINGS.

UH, THESE TYPICALLY REPRESENT ANYWHERE FROM 10 MILLION TO $150 MILLION OR MORE IN PRIVATE CAPITAL INVESTMENT.

UM, THAT'S A BIG DEAL FOR US.

UH, THAT IS A HIGH TAXABLE VALUE PER ACRE.

UH, THIS DOES PROVIDE A MINIMAL IMPACT ON INFRASTRUCTURE.

SO WE HAVE LOW IMPACT AND HIGH REVENUE.

THAT'S USUALLY A WIN.

UH, IN TERMS OF, UM, HOW OUR TAX SYSTEM WORKS AND HOW WE RELY ON REVENUES.

UM, THE PRIVATE INVESTMENT ENHANCES OUR LOCAL PROPERTY TAX BASE.

UH, THIS DOES CONTINUE TO BE A GROWING INDUSTRY ACROSS THE COUNTRY AS THESE ARE DEPLOYED TO PROVIDE BACKUP POWER TO THE ENERGY GRID AND DEBT ENERGY RESILIENCY.

UM, IN TERMS OF SAFETY, THESE ARE GOVERNED BY NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION REGULATIONS.

THAT'S THAT NFPA 8 55.

UH, THEY'RE EVALUATED AGAINST THE CRITERIA FOR THERMAL RUNAWAY FIRE PROPAGATION, WHICH I THINK, UM, UM, MR. WILLIAMS MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.

UH, THEY'RE VIRTUALLY SILENT.

THEY HAVE NO EMISSIONS.

EACH UNIT IS VIRTUALLY SELF-CONTAINED.

UH, IF THERE IS A FIRE, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO KEEP THE FIRE WITHIN THE STRUCTURE UNTIL IT DIES OUT.

UM, OTHER SAFETY QUESTIONS INCLUDE IMPACTS ON FLOOD ZONES, STORMWATER DETENTION, UH, IMPACTS ON LOCAL WILDLIFE SECURITY OF THE SITES THEMSELVES.

AND THOSE ARE GONNA BE SPECIFIC TO EACH, UH, PROJECT.

SO IN THINKING ABOUT ZONING, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS THAT WE KINDA KEEP IN MIND FOR ANY LAND USE.

UM, COMPATIBILITY OF A FACILITY LIKE THIS WITH NEIGHBORING USES.

HOW SENSITIVE ARE THE USES? HOW FAR AWAY SHOULD IT BE? HOW BIG IS THE LOT? SHOULD WE INCLUDE A MAX DENSITY, UH, FOR THE SITE? WHAT SHOULD THE SETBACKS BE? HEIGHT LIMITATIONS, FENCING, SCREENING, ALL THOSE THINGS YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO RIGHT NOW, THE CURRENT ZONE, UH, THE CURRENT ZONING, OUR CODE IS PRETTY LIGHT ON THE CONDITIONS FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.

UH, IF YOU REMEMBER, OUR OLD CODE DIDN'T ANTICIPATE THE USE AT ALL.

UH, SO WE DID ALLOW ONE BY USE OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, WHEN WE REDID THE CODE THIS PAST YEAR, WE INCLUDED THIS AS A USE.

HOWEVER, THE ONLY THING WE REALLY DID WITH IT WAS WE ALLOWED 'EM BY RIGHT IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONES, AND THEN WITH A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, EITHER IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL OR FREEWAY COMMERCIAL.

AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED ANYWHERE ELSE.

UM, THESE ARE THESE, THE ONLY REAL, UM, CONDITION THAT'S ON THESE IS A 25 FOOT SETBACK, WHICH ISN'T THAT MUCH.

UH, THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED IN ANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICT.

SO AGAIN, UM, WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS WHERE YOU HAVE THAT RESIDENTIAL ZONE.

THEY'RE EXTENDING THE COMMERCIAL ZONE SO THAT THE SUP CAN BE APPLIED IN THAT COMMERCIAL AREA.

IF THEY DIDN'T DO THE REZONE, THE SUP WOULDN'T HELP THEM.

IT'S NOT ALLOWED.

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT IS AN ENTIRELY SEPARATE PROCESS.

SO REMEMBER THAT WE COULD APPROVE THE REZONE AND NOT APPROVE THE SUP.

WE CAN'T GO THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

THE SUP CANNOT BE APPROVED IF THE REZONE IS NOT APPROVED.

THAT SAID, TONIGHT, YOU'LL BE GIVING A RECOMMENDATION, AS YOU KNOW, TO CITY COUNCIL.

SO CITY COUNCIL WILL HEAR BOTH OF THESE, REGARDLESS OF THE VOTE THAT HAPPENS TONIGHT.

SO STAFF FEELS, IN ORDER TO BETTER PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY BEEF THESE REGULATIONS UP SOMEWHAT.

UM, WE WANNA LIST THEM IN THE CODE TO MAKE THE PROCESS MORE PREDICTABLE FOR THE DEVELOPERS.

SO WHILE WE'VE NOT YET ADDED THIS TO THE CODE, STAFF WILL BE RECOMMENDING THESE CONDITIONS, AS I MENTIONED, UH, VERY SOON.

UM, THIS WILL NOT APPLY TO THE REZONE REQUEST.

THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMITS.

IF A PROPOSAL MEETS THESE CRITERIA, THE STAFF WILL LIKELY PROVIDE A POSITIVE RECOMMENDATION IN THE FUTURE, UH, BARRING ANY, YOU KNOW, WEIRD PECULIARITIES THAT HAPPEN FOR A SITE.

SO LET'S TAKE A LITTLE, LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT, AT SOME OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

THE FIRST WOULD BE A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF TWO ACRES, UH, TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

WITHIN THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THESE ARE THE CRITERIA.

WE'D BE LOOKING FOR SETBACKS OF A HUNDRED FEET, 200 FEET FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT OR STRUCTURES.

UH, WE'D BE LOOKING AT SCREENING THAT WOULD START

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UM, WE ACTUALLY DID RECOMMEND AN EIGHT FOOT MASONRY WALL TO CITY COUNCIL, AND THEY RECOMMENDED WE, WE PEEL THAT BACK A LITTLE BIT.

SO WE DID.

UM, AND THEN, UH, I KNOW JENNIFER MENTIONED, UH, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERING AND SHE MENTIONED A BUFFER YARD B.

SO IN CASE YOU WERE WONDERING WHERE THAT CAME FROM, THAT IS IN OUR ULDC CURRENTLY.

SO, UM, IN, UH, TABLE 3.4, THREE DASH TWO, THERE ARE SEVERAL DIFFERENT LEVELS OF BUFFER YARDS, A, B, C, AND D.

SO WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING IS A BUFFER YARD B, WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND BUFFER YARD C WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

NOW WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? UM, THE, WITHOUT GOING INTO THE EXACT NUMBERS, A B IS A LITTLE BIT NARROWER AREA, BUT HEAVIER LANDSCAPING AND A C IS A LITTLE BIT WIDER WITH SORT OF A MEDIUM AMOUNT OF, OF, UH, LANDSCAPING.

UH, THE OTHER REQUIREMENTS THAT STAFF FEELS IS APPROPRIATE FOR SUCH A PROJECT.

UM, NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS AND ENGAGEMENT, WE BELIEVE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ARE NEARBY SHOULD KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON BEFORE THEY GET TO THE REZONE.

UM, AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO INCLUDE THAT AS A REQUIREMENT, UH, AS PART OF THE CODE.

UM, WE WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO MEET THAT N-F-P-A-A 55 STANDARDS IF THERE ARE ANY CHANGES TO THOSE STANDARDS OVER TIME.

UM, I THINK AS MR. WILLIAMS ALLUDED TO THOSE, NOT ONLY THOSE REGULATIONS, BUT THE, UM, THE TECHNOLOGY IS CHANGING ON A PRETTY RAPID BASIS.

SO AS THOSE REGULATIONS CHANGE, UM, WE WANT THAT TO STATE SPECIFICALLY THAT THEY WILL MEET THOSE REGULATIONS AS THEY PROGRESS.

UH, AND THEN THE LAST PIECE OF THAT WOULD BE TO REQUIRE A DECOMMISSIONING PLAN.

WHAT HAPPENS IN 5, 10, 15, 30 YEARS THAT THIS USE GOES QUIET AND THEY'RE NO LONGER DOING ANYTHING? WELL, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COVERED.

IT'S NOT JUST GONNA SIT THERE AND RUST, UM, OR HAVE ANY KIND OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES BECAUSE IT'S NOT BEING TAKEN CARE OF.

SO WE WOULD REQUIRE, UH, A PLAN TO GET RID OF THAT USE.

UM, SHOULD THE, SHOULD THAT GO AWAY.

UM, SO ALL THAT SAID, THAT IS THE GENERIC EDUCATIONAL PART.

IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT? GOOD JOB, MARK.

MARK.

I TRIED TO GO FAST.

I HAVE A QUESTION BECAUSE I KNOW IT'S PRETTY DRY.

WELL, WE NEED A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE SUBSTATION THAT'S GONNA GO BEHIND THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.

NOPE.

CENTER POINT, UH, DOES WHAT THEY WANT, WHERE THEY WANT.

SO IF THEY WANT TO PUT, IF THEY WANNA PUT A SUBSTATION THERE, THEY'LL PUT A SUBSTATION THERE.

VERY GOOD.

ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? SO I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND WE'LL KIND OF COME BACK TO THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

UM, THE SPECIFIC 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROADS SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION.

AND SO YOU'RE ALREADY FAMILIAR WITH WHAT THIS SITE, WHERE THE SITE'S AT AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

SO LET'S OPEN THIS, UH, FOUR D PUBLIC HEARING.

YEP.

AT 6:45 PM UM, CONCERNING THE APPROVAL OF SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 4 4 6 ACRES, LOCATED 2015 MASSIE HOPKINS ROAD TO ALLOW FOR BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE, BESS SYSTEM WITHIN GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC ZONING DISTRICT.

BE HELD TO INFORM RESIDENTS OF THE AREA.

UM, SO AS WE MENTIONED BEFORE, THIS WOULD COVER ABOUT 15 ACRES OF THE FULL 29 ACRE, UM, PARCEL.

SO NOW YOU CAN SEE IN THE CROSS HATCH AREA ON YOUR SCREEN, THAT ENTIRE AREA, THAT'S THE 15 ACRES THAT IS PART OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.

THE NORTHERN 14 ACRES WILL BE, UM, JUST ZONED MIXED RESIDENTIAL, UM, WILL HAVE ITS OWN THING GOING ON.

UM, AND IF IT'S ENDS UP BEING SOMETHING OTHER THAN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, IT'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU.

UM, AGAIN, YOU'VE SEEN THE SITE PLAN.

I'LL, I'LL ZOOM IN ON THAT SITE PLAN.

THIS IS 50 UNITS OF THE, THE CONTAINERS.

UM, I BELIEVE.

SO AGAIN, UM, JENNIFER KIND OF, UH, UH, DESCRIBED WHAT THE SITE WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, HOW THE LANDSCAPING WOULD BE APPROACHED, UM, ALL THAT SORT OF OF, UH, DETAIL STUFF.

UM, WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING LIKE TRAFFIC, REMEMBER THIS IS, THIS SITE IS NOT GOING TO BE, ONCE IT'S BUILT, THERE REALLY ISN'T GONNA BE ANY TRAFFIC TO SPEAK OF THERE.

IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A MANNED SITE.

UM, I ASSUME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE MONITORING THAT FROM, UM, FROM ELECTRONICALLY.

AND THEN IF THERE'S MAINTENANCE OR SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, THEN THEY'LL SEND IN REQUIRED, UM, STAFF TO DO THAT.

BUT OTHERWISE, IT'S NOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON THE SITE ITSELF.

UM, SO, UM, WITH ALL THAT SAID, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT, UM, IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE SUBMITTED SITE PLAN AND SPECS, UH, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

AND THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT WERE IN THAT PRESENTATION.

SO, UM, LOCATING THE CONTAINERS THEMSELVES, MINIMUM OF 200 FEET FROM RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES, MINIMUM OF 100 FEET FROM ALL OTHER USES, THE PROJECT SITE MUST BE SCREENED BY MASONRY WALL.

A MINIMUM OF SIX FOOT PROJECT SITE WILL BE SCREENED USING BUFFERY YARD B ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL AND BUFFER YARD C ADJACENT TO ANY RESIDENTIAL, UH, THAT AT LEAST ONE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, UH,

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UH, CONSTRUCTION MUST MEET THE NFPA 8 55 STANDARDS AND A DECOMMISSIONING PLAN MUST ALSO BE SUBMITTED BEFORE ANY PERMITS ARE ISSUED.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT THAT PRETTY MUCH SAPS MY KNOWLEDGE OF THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS. SO ANY, ANY QUESTIONS MOVING FORWARD, I WILL PROBABLY DEFER TO THE APPLICANT OR TO, UM, FIRE MARSHALL ABER THERE MAY NO ONE ELSE, UH, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

I CAN NOW CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 6:48 PM CONCERNING ITEM FOUR D AS PREVIOUSLY READ ANY DISCUSSION FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? A COUPLE? YES MA'AM.

UM, WOULD YOU PLEASE GO BACK UP FOUR SLIDES, I THINK, OR MAYBE THREE? THAT'S FINE TOO, RIGHT THERE.

I GUESS, UM, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND PLEASE REFRESHING MY MEMORY.

THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UM, THIS COMMISSION DIDN'T SUPPORT, BUT COUNSEL DID PASS IT.

THAT IS THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S GONNA BE GOING IN IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE SECTION THAT'S STAYING RESIDENTIAL.

IT IS, IF YOU CAN SEE THE CURSOR, IT'S CORRECT.

THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, I BELIEVE IT'S 32 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.

IT, IT WAS REZONED TO A RESIDENTIAL.

WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY MOVEMENT ON THAT YET.

AND JUST TO UNDERSTAND, I REMEMBER SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED TO US THOUGH ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF USING SOME OF THIS PROPERTY OR SOMETHING TO BE ABLE TO CREATE ACCESS TO MASSEY TOMPKINS THAT WOULD ALLEVIATE TRAFFIC ON CROSBY CEDAR BIO.

AND IT APPEARS THAT IS NO LONGER AN OPTION.

THE, UH, THE ASSUMPTION AT THE TIME WAS THAT THE PREVIOUS, THE 2022, UM, PROPOSAL FOR THE, FOR THE, FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, PROPERTY TONIGHT WAS GOING TO BE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AT LEAST THE, THE NORTHERN PORTION OF IT.

AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS PLANNED A CONNECTOR THAT WOULD'VE GONE OVER TO THE EAST INTO THAT PROPERTY THAT WOULD'VE BENEFITED BOTH NEIGHBORHOODS.

AS OF RIGHT NOW, AGAIN, THIS PROPERTY IS NO LONGER INCLUDING THAT.

SO THERE'S, THERE'S NOTHING THAT THERE'S, BECAUSE THERE'S SEPARATE OWNERS, WE CAN'T REALLY HOLD THEM TO THAT.

UM, IF THEY WERE PUTTING IN A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, WE WOULD, UH, OF COURSE SAY, HEY, THIS WAS PART OF WHAT WE WERE LOOKING AT.

UM, AND THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST, UH, ALONG, UM, CROSBY, CEDAR BAYOU, IT, IT, AGAIN, IT IS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT THE SPECIFICS HAVE NOT YET BEEN APPROVED OR PLATTED OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

IT'S JUST ZONED AT THIS POINT.

UM, WE'RE NOT SURE, WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING FROM THE, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS SINCE THE REZONE WENT THROUGH.

AT LEAST I HAVEN'T.

SO, UM, UH, I, I DON'T HAVE A GOOD ANSWER FOR YOU THERE OTHER THAN NO, THAT'S, THAT'S FINE.

I APPRECIATE THAT.

I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE THE WAY THAT IT ALL, UM, AND THEN THE ONLY OTHER QUESTIONS REALLY THAT I HAVE AT THIS MOMENT ARE, IS THERE ANYTHING WITH THE, THE FIRE MARSHAL OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADD OR HE STEPPED OUTSIDE? HE, HE STEPPED AROUND THE CORNER.

OH, I DO SEE SOMEONE IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SINCERE STILL LEARNING AND GROWING ON THIS.

FIRE MARSHAL ABER IS HERE BE SO, HELLO COMMISSION, UH, JD ABER, I'M THE FIRE MARSHAL HERE IN BAYTOWN.

UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OR YOU JUST WANT OUR INPUT? I, I MEAN REALLY I'D JUST LIKE YOUR INPUT IF YOU'VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE ON THIS.

I'D, WELL, I DON'T HAVE WOULD BE AN OPINION.

I'M NOT ALLOWED THOSE, BUT, UH, WE, UH, THAT YOU CAN SHARE.

WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THESE SYSTEMS PRIOR TO THEM COMING IN.

SO OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS WE'VE WORKED WITH MARTIN AND HIS CREW AND WE'VE REACHED OUT TO OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND, UH, THAT HAVE THESE IN THEIR MUNICIPALITIES.

AND WE THINK WE HAVE A PRETTY FOOLPROOF AND SOLID BASE TO START WITH IF THEY DO COME INTO THE CITY TO MITIGATE ANY RISK THAT COMES WITH THEM.

AND, UH, WE'RE PRETTY COMFORTABLE WITH THE WAY THEY'RE BUILT.

THEY HAVE SO MANY FEDERAL STANDARDS AND REGULATIONS THEY HAVE TO FOLLOW.

IT MAKES IT COMFORTABLE FOR US TO KIND OF NOT HAVE HEARTBURN OVER THE ISSUE.

UM, SINCE THIS WON'T BE A MANNED LOCATION, WHO MAINTAINS THE GROUNDS? THE GRASS GROWING ALL AROUND THE FENCING AND ON PROPERTY GENERAL, THAT AS WELL.

WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT, UM, ALL THE LANDSCAPING WILL BE MAINTAINED.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS? I, I HAD ONE OTHER ABOUT THE UNMANNED AND, UM, I MEAN YES AND I UNDERSTAND REMOTELY MONITORING AND, AND THEN JUST THE SAFETY CONCERNS AS WELL.

AND LIKE WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, I MEAN, ESPECIALLY

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THE UNIT WILL, YOU KNOW, BE RE REMOTELY SHUT OFF AND, UM, IT WILL, IT'S DESIGNED TO ESSENTIALLY ENCOMPASS WHATEVER THAT THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT IS INSIDE OF THE MODULE OR THE UNIT ITSELF, AND PREVENT ANY RUNAWAY SO THAT IT CAN'T IMPACT POTENTIALLY A, A UNIT NEXT TO IT OR EVEN A MODULE NEXT TO THAT MODULE INSIDE THE SAME UNIT ITSELF.

UM, I, WITH YOUR OTHER DEVELOPMENTS, UM, YOU KNOW, THE RESPONSE TIME OR HOW DOES THE REMOTE MONITORING, UM, TAKE PLACE? CAN YOU SHED SOME MORE LIGHT ON THAT? ABSOLUTELY.

I THINK THAT'S AN AMAZING QUESTION.

I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ASKED THAT.

SO TO KIND OF PREFACE, UM, YOU KNOW, CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES HAS BEEN IN THE INDUSTRY FOR OVER 10 YEARS.

WE HAVE NEVER HAD ANY INCIDENCES WITH OUR BATTERY STORAGE SITES.

UM, BUT IN RESPONSE TO THAT, WE HAVE A 24 7, UM, MONITORING CONTROL CENTER.

AND, UM, I THINK JEREMY CAN KIND OF TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THAT.

BUT I KNOW THAT WE ALSO HAVE, UM, CYPRESS CREEK IS REQUIRED TO HAVE, UM, ONE PERSON THAT IS WITHIN A TWO HOUR RADIUS OF THE PROJECT SITE THAT CAN COME OUT AND, YOU KNOW, IF ANYTHING'S DOWN, THEY CAN COME OUT AND FIX IT.

AND CURRENTLY, I LAST CHECKED, UM, THE CLOSEST PERSON WE HAVE IS LOCATED IN EAST, UH, EAST HOUSTON.

SO IT'S ABOUT MAYBE AN HOUR DRIVE AND HE CAN GET HERE AND, UM, BE ABLE TO CHECK OUT OR FIX WHATEVER NEEDS TO BE FIXED WITH THIS, UH, BATTERY STORAGE SITE.

YEAH, AND I JUST, I JUST WANNA ADD TO THAT, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE ALLUDED TO THE REMOTE MONITORING.

SO THE FACILITY CAN BE OPERATED, UM, DISCONNECTED FROM THE GRID, UH, REMOTELY AT ANY POINT IN TIME.

UM, THE, THE RESPONSE TIME QUESTION, I THINK IS PROBABLY BEST ANSWERED WITH THE SITE SPECIFIC SAFETY PLAN.

UM, LIKE JENNIFER HAD STATED, WE HAVE, UM, WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE SOMEONE WITHIN TWO HOURS OF THE FACILITY TO RESPOND TO ANYTHING AND THAT SITE SPECIFIC SAFETY PLAN, NOT ONLY WE'RE WORKING WITH THE FIRST RESPONDERS, UM, TO ENSURE THAT THEY ARE AWARE OF EXACTLY WHAT THE PROTOCOL IS WHEN THERE IS SOME SORT OF AN EVENT TO RESPOND TO.

UH, BUT ANYONE ELSE THAT IS IN THE LOCAL AREA THAT IS REQUIRED TO HAVE ANY SORT OF TRAINING OR KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO REACT, THEY WOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THAT SITE SPECIFIC SAFETY PLAN AS WELL.

UH, AND THEN ALSO WE ALSO DO A YEARLY REFRESH OF THAT TRAINING, UM, TO ENSURE THAT ANYONE WHO IS NEW TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, NEW TO THE AREA WOULD, WOULD, WOULD, WOULD KNOW EXACTLY WHAT TO DO IN A SITUATION WHERE THERE NEEDED TO BE SOME SORT OF RESPONSE TO THE FACILITY WITHIN TWO HOURS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOUSTON AREA.

THAT DOES GIVE ME HEARTBURN.

SO THE TWO, THE TWO HOUR LIMIT, WHERE DOES THAT COME FROM? IS THAT A FEDERAL REGULATION, A STATE REGULATION THAT, THAT IS CYPRESS CREEK RENEWABLES STANDARD FOR ALL OF OUR PROJECTS? TWO HOURS IS A LONG TIME.

CAN I, MAYBE I CAN HELP A LITTLE BIT.

UM, SO ANECDOTALLY, UM, SO WE DID SOME RESEARCH EARLY ON WHEN THAT FIRST ONE CAME IN TWO YEARS AGO.

WE, WE DID A LOT OF RESEARCH, UM, REGARDING, UM, ANY KIND OF DISASTERS OR EMERGENCIES THAT HAPPEN AROUND THESE TYPES OF FACILITIES.

THE ONLY THINGS WE, THE ONLY ONE WE COULD REALLY FIND.

SO OCCASIONALLY WE WOULD SEE ONES THAT WERE SORT OF LIKE A, A MELTDOWN SITUATION.

UM, WE FOUND ONE, SO REMEMBER THESE ARE IN WHAT IS BASICALLY A BIG SHIPPING CONTAINER THEY'RE DESIGNED TO, TO HOLD WHATEVER DISASTER HAPPENS INSIDE THAT CONTAINER.

UM, AND THE ONLY THING WE FOUND, AND THIS WAS FROM ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO, I THINK WAS ONE IN, UH, I THINK IT WAS IN ARIZONA SOMEWHERE THAT, UM, WHERE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH THE DISASTER AND THEY RAN IN AND THEY BUSTED THOSE DOORS WIDE OPEN AND IT EXPLODED.

THAT'S PART OF THE EDUCATION.

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE ONE I'M TALKING ABOUT? SO I, I, THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING OF, OF KIND OF WHERE THAT CAME FROM.

AND SO EVERY TIME WE'VE SPOKEN TO, TO A, A COMPANY REGARDING DEVELOPING ONE OF THESE SITES, THAT IS ALWAYS PART OF IT IS WE WILL COME IN, UM, ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND TALK TO YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTAND HOW TO HANDLE THESE.

BUT OTHERWISE, THE UNDERSTANDING IS THAT AN HOUR, TWO HOURS, WHATEVER IT IS, YOU GOTTA KINDA WAIT FOR THAT TO SETTLE DOWN INSIDE THE, THE, THE CONTAINER AND THEN IT CAN BE APPROACHED.

SO A LOT OF TIMES YOU CAN EVEN GET CLOSE TO IT FOR A LITTLE WHILE.

SO AGAIN, I'LL, I'LL SORT OF DEFER TO THE EXPERT, BUT YEAH, I ALSO WANT TO JUST STATE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE, WE HAD BRIEFLY TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE TESTING THAT IS INVOLVED WITH THE BATTERY STORAGE UNITS THEMSELVES.

THEY GO THROUGH CELL MODULE AND FULL UNIT LEVEL TESTING.

THAT FULL UNIT LEVEL TESTING IS OVER A SPAN OF THREE HOURS.

SO WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE UNIT'S GONNA DO FOR THAT THREE HOURS.

AND THEN WE ALSO KNOW BASED ON, UH, ADDITIONAL ABOVE AND BEYOND INDUSTRY STANDARD TESTS THAT OUR, UM, VENDOR HAS DONE ON THEIR UNIT THEMSELVES, THAT HAS BEEN OVER THE SPAN OF THREE DAYS.

SO WE KNOW, WE KNOW WHAT'S, WE KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT FROM A VERY UNLIKELY THERMAL RUNAWAY EVENT IN THE FIRST FEW HOURS.

AND AS STATED, REALLY THERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO, YOU KNOW, STAY CLEAR AND, UM, YOU KNOW, NOT TOUCH THE UNIT.

AND BECAUSE IT'S DESIGNED TO HANDLE THESE TYPES OF EVENTS INTERNALLY TO THE SYSTEM ITSELF.

SO ESSENTIALLY

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INTERESTING.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? MY ONLY HEARTBURN IS, IS THAT, AND I SUPPOSE IT'S THE DONE DEAL, IS THAT WE'RE TAKING 20 ACRES OF SOME PRETTY PRIME RESIDENTIAL LAND THAT HAS POTENTIAL FOR RESIDENTIAL AND, AND RESIDENTIAL AREAS AROUND IT.

AND ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TURNING IT INTO A COMMERCIAL ZONE.

SO, UM, I'M JUST LIKE, I'LL BE HAPPY.

THE COMMENT THAT I LIKE AC AND I, I'VE BEEN, I'M NOT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER WE HAVE THOSE, THOSE THINGS AND, AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE WINTERTIME, WHENEVER WE HAD OUR CO FELL, THE, THE GRID FELL AND IT WAS BAD.

I THINK SOMETHING BAD HAD PASSED AWAY BAD BECAUSE THE EVERYTHING WAS NOT GOING WHERE THE WAY IT NEEDED TO GO.

AND IF THESE ARE, THESE SEEM TO BE A SOLUTION THAT THAT WORKS.

WE HAVE A LOT OF PROPERTIES IN BAYTOWN THAT EXXONMOBIL HAS TAKEN OVER COM COMPLETE COMMUNITIES AND CREATED BUFFER ZONES.

AND MAYBE THEY'RE NOT IN THE NORTHERN AREA OF TOWN, BUT THEY'RE IN AREAS THAT, THAT AFFECT ME.

BUT SOMETIMES THESE ARE THE NECESSARY, I'D RATHER HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAN OTHER THINGS THAT ARE NOT, THAT ARE NOT SLIGHTLY, AND, AND YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M GONNA USE AN EXAMPLE.

WHEN WE HAD THE STORAGE FACILITIES THAT CAME TO US AND IT WAS ALL THIS, UM, BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHAT THEY WOULD LOOK LIKE OUTSIDE, IT SEEMS LIKE THESE PEOPLE HAVE DONE A LOT OF DUE DILIGENCE IN MAKING SURE THAT THE SAFETY CONCERN, THEY'VE ANSWERED EVERY QUESTION THAT I HAD IN REGARDS TO THIS.

UM, I KNOW THE GUY THAT YOU HAVE THAT TWO HOUR, BUT IT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT COMES WOULDN'T BE THE ONE STOPPING THE FIRE OR BE ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN THAT TIME ANYWAY.

SO I, I FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAT THIS ALLEVIATE, THIS IS A, SEEMS LIKE A, A GOOD ANSWER TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE, THE PROBLEM THAT'S NOT GONNA GET ANY BETTER, WHICH IS THE STRAIN ON THE GRID AND SOMETHING THAT WE, THAT WE'RE OUR WORLD TODAY IS HAVING TO DEAL WITH.

AGREED.

AND I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOVE MOTION TO APPROVE.

SO, SO REMEMBER YOU HAVE TWO MOTIONS TO MAKE.

SO LET'S, LET'S DEAL WITH, UH, THE FIRST ITEM, THE FIRST MOTION.

OH, YOU, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? MS. UH, COMMISSIONER WHEELER, DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? NO.

VERY GOOD.

UM, THE FIRST ITEM THAT NEEDS A MOTION IS THE REZONE OF APPROXIMATELY 10 ACRES LOCATED AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD FROM MIXED RESIDENTIAL MR TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, THE ZONING DISTRICT.

I NEED A MOTION.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

I'LL SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? I'M GONNA ABSTAIN ON THE OTHER ONE.

ONE ABSTENTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

THE SECOND ITEM THAT NEEDS A MOTION IS TO APPROVE A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR APPROXIMATELY 15.46 ACRES AT 2015 MASSEY TOMPKIN ROAD.

MASSEY TOMPKINS ROAD TO ALLOW FOR BATTERY, BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM A-B-E-S-S WITHIN GENERAL COMMERCIAL GC ZONING DISTRICT.

I NEED A MOTION, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND CLARIFICATION.

UM, WITH, UH, THE CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.

YES.

THAT MOTION IS WITH CONDITIONS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.

A MOTION AGAIN, MR. TRACY? YES.

I'M GOING ONE OPPOSED? I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN.

AND ONE ABSTENTION.

THE MOTION CARRIES.

THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT PRESENTED.

AND BOTH OF THESE WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH FOR THE, UM, APPROVAL.

YOU'RE AT ITEM FIVE, OUR

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

DIRECTOR'S REPORT.

RIGHT NOW, SO, UH, WHICH IS WHY I'M UP HERE, UH, PRESENTING TO YOU TONIGHT.

WELL KEPT YOU HERE LONG ENOUGH.

I, I, UH, WHAT WAS MY, WHAT WAS MY, UH, PREDICTION? MY PROVISION WAS 6 45 AND WE WENT OVER THAT.

SO, UM, SO WE'VE HAD TWO ITEMS THAT HAVE GONE TO CITY COUNCIL SINCE OUR LAST PLANNING ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.

UM, ONE WAS THAT ONE ON WISCONSIN STREET THAT WAS A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE, UM, HOMELESS SHELTER.

UM, THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, AND THE, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A FOUR ACRE REZONE ON BARLOW ROAD, UM, TO A, I THINK FROM OPEN SPACE REC TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL.

DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT? MM-HMM .

UM, THAT ONE WAS ALSO APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL, UH, AT THEIR LAST MEETING.

UM, THE ONLY OTHER COUPLE OF LITTLE, I HAVE A COUPLE LITTLE STAFFING THINGS.

UM, PLEASE KEEP, UH, LAMIA IN YOUR THOUGHTS.

UM, SHE'S OUT OF THE COUNTRY FOR A FAMILY EMERGENCY

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UH, BUT, UM, SO JUST BE THINKING OF HER.

UM, SHE'LL PROBABLY BE OUT UNTIL SOMETIME IN AUGUST.

UH, AND THEN ALSO, UM, FINGERS CROSSED, I THINK I JUST HIRED AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, SO HOPEFULLY WITH ANY LUCK WE WILL SEE HIM IN AUGUST, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT YET, SO.

WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF SEE WHERE THAT GOES.

WELL, YOU JUST CURSED IT.

I KNOW, I KNOW.

SO I HAVE A DRY ERASE BOARD IN MY OFFICE AND I WRITE ALL THE OPEN POSITIONS ON MY, AND I HAVE A BUNCH RIGHT NOW ON MY BOARD.

MM-HMM.

I DO NOT ERASE THAT POSITION UNTIL THEY STEP FOOT IN THE BUILDING.

THAT'S, THAT'S MY RULE DAY ONE.

SO, UM, I I DON'T BELIEVE IN, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE IN BAD LUCK, SO I'M JUST SAYING IT.

HE'S GONNA BE HERE.

UM, THAT'S IT.

THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT FOR YOU.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS ADJOURNED.

HAVING EXHAUSTED ALL AGENDA AGENDA ITEMS. THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 7:03 PM YAY.

THANK YOU EVERYONE.

I WISH WE COULD USE THESE.

WELL THANK REALLY STACKED TONIGHT, DIDN'T IT? YOU GO.

IT WAS A LOT.

LONG NIGHT.

FOR THE RECORD, MY PHONE WAS ON SILENT AND DO NOT DISTURB, BUT WHEN SOMEBODY NO, IT, IT WAS NO, IT MY ALARM.

OH.

SOMETHING GOES OFF ON MY ALARM.

MY PHONE DON'T CARE IF IT'S ON DISTURB OR SILENT.

IT PUSHES THROUGH NO MATTER WHAT.

WELL, YEAH.

SO THEN I'M LIKE, WHAT DO I DO? LIKE DO I CHECK MY ALARM OR DO I TURN MY PHONE OFF THOSE TIMES AND PRAY? MY HUSBAND GOT IT BECAUSE IF NOT, WELL THE POLICE IS CHILLING AT MY HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

IT'S HARD TO DO WHEN WE HAVE KIDS.

YES SIR.

THAT'S IT.

AND SO IT'S LIKE, AND THEN I TOLD HIM, OH, IT MIGHT NOT, IT MIGHT BE A LITTLE OVER BUT IT WON'T BE LIKE MAYBE AN HOUR AFTER.

THAT'S WHAT YOU THOUGHT.

YEAH, I DID.

STOP TEXTING ME.

SEE YOU LATER.

I SEE HOW THIS WORKS.

DIDN'T BRING SHE, THIS IS TRACY'S CHAIR DOWN.

THAT'S IT WASN'T EVEN THAT.

I'M AGAINST THE PROJECT.

I AM, BUT I'M RIGHT THERE WITH THAT LADY.

I THINK WE MIGHT NEED SOME MORE INFORMATION.

WE THANK YOU.

YES SIR.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO.

APPRECIATE YOU AT THE PROMISE CENTER.

ALL THEY TOLD ME LITTLE BIT TO COVER CAM ONLY TOILET, I COULD BE THERE.

AND THEN I GOT AN, THEN THEY SAID, OH, IT'S 10 30 TO THREE 30 AND I'M LIKE TEN THREE THIRTY, THIRTY TO 3 45 LEFT.

I'M OUT.

I CAN'T, YOU'RE GONNA BE EITHER THURSDAY TO PROOF COPY OF ALL RECOMMENDATIONS.

DID YOU NOT GET THE STAFF REPORT? I'LL MAKE SURE I HAVEN'T CHECKED MY EMAIL.

SO I ENDED UP, I ENDED UP GOING STUFF THAT I, SO THESE

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OH, I KNOW.

Y'ALL MAKE IT EASY FOR S YEAH, IT PROBABLY WOULD ENTIRE, BUT AGAIN, I WAS TRYING TO KEEP THEM SEPARATED BECAUSE IF SOMETHING HAPPENS AND YOU GUYS DON'T DO THE PROJECT, SAY SIX MONTHS FROM NOW SOMETHING HAPPENS AND FEASIBLE, THEN IT DOESN'T WORK.

SO I DIDN'T KNOW UNTIL I SPOKE WITH HIM.

HE WAS, HE HAS A GREAT UNDERSTANDING OF, UNLESS YOU WANT SEND ME DOWNSIDE, I DON'T KNOW IF HE, WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I CALL YOU.

YOU DON'T.

I KNOW MY S**T.

THANK Y'ALL HAS SHOWED ME LAST TIME.

HAD YOU HAD TO A IT IT'S REQUIRED.

IS IT? OKAY, SO WHAT DOES GOES? IT DOES.

IT THAT'S OKAY.

SO IF WE WANT TO DRY H HERE YEAH.

IT DOESN'T AND YOU WANT ERASE? YEAH, BUT IT WON'T SHOW HERE.

BUT IT SHOWS UP HERE.

SO LIKE IF YOU NEED TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING HERE AND THEN YOU, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT HAPPENS EVERY SO OFTEN, THERE IT GOES.

AND I STILL DON'T WATCH NEXT TIME I'M GONNA FORGET TO AND NOW THIS SCREEN KEEPS GOING ON.

BUT YEAH, IT'S TOUCHSCREEN.

SO LIKE IF YOU NEED TO SHOW, IF THEY'RE ASKING DO YOU WANT TO SHOW THEM LIKE IF YOU WANT TO DRAW A CIRCLE, LIKE THEY WANT TO, IT SHOWS UP THERE, IT DOES HAVE THE THINGS HERE, HERE.

I HADN'T, I HADN'T NOTICED.

YOU CLICK IN THE CORNER AND IT ERASES IT.

GOOD TO KNOW THE COLOR RYAN SHOWED ME THAT LAST TIME.

DEPENDS ON THE DAY GUYS.

RV PARK GUYS, COMMUNITY COME BEFORE, BEFORE BUILDING THE BIG BUILDING.

WELL THEN ONE SHUT HIM DOWN.

THAT WASN'T EVEN A QUESTION DOWN.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GONNA CRY.

I UNDERSTAND.

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO COME BACK TO US.

IT TWO LANE, IT HIS TWO LANES ZONING.

WE THAT EVEN THOUGH WE KNEW THAT HEY, HAVE A GOOD EVENING.

SO NEIGHBOR AROUND, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? AND SO THAT'S YOU GUYS, THE PROPERTY OWNERS GAIN ACCESS.

ACCESS LIKE THIS SAYS THAT'S ABSOLUTELY WAS BE WHAT THERE SAID.

THERE WERE CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM.

WHAT WORKS.

WE,

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I MEAN THERE IS GOOD REASON TO THE LETTERS.

DO YOU ARE ONE, RECEIVE THE LETTERS OF PEOPLE NOT DID YOU JUST ASK THIS IF YOU WILL THOSE BE TRANSFERRED OVER TO CITY COUNCIL OR SHOULD THOSE BE SAY IT AGAIN.

THE SUPPORT LETTER PART THAT GOT REASON FOR Y'ALL.

YEAH, WE, WE'LL SEND, WE'LL SEND EVERYTHING WE HAVE.

YEAH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

DID YOU HAVE QUESTION, JUAN? YEAH.

OH, OKAY.

DO YOU NEED ME? YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO PRINT IT.

HER QUESTION WAS DOES SHE NEED TO SIGN ANYTHING TONIGHT? BECAUSE SHE'S GONNA BE OUT ON WHATEVER THE, THE SP THAT JUST GOT CAN YOU LIKE, TOWARDS THE END OF THE DAY WE HAVE TO CHANGE THE STAFFS BECAUSE THOSE TWO, THOSE TWO ARE, THAT ARE NOT GOING FORWARD.

WHAT? TOMORROW BEFORE 10.

BUT THE REST IS I HAVE, OKAY.

SO TOMORROW BEFORE TIME, I'LL, I'M NOT GONNA BE HERE.

I WILL COMMUNICATE MY SUPPORT FOR Y'ALL IF YOU DO THAT.

THANK .

NOBODY NO, NO ONE DOES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

SO AM I STAYING OR TOMORROW? I I I'M NOT GONNA HAVE 'EM DONE TONIGHT.

I'M EITHER DO 'EM TONIGHT, BUT IT'S GONNA BE PROBABLY TAKE ME A LITTLE BIT TO OKAY.

PICK MY ORDER CAREFULLY.

YEP.

CAN I, GUYS, SO THE, THE ONLY OTHER OPTION? NO, I'LL HAVE 'EM DONE IN THE MORNING.

I'M GONNA DO 'EM TONIGHT.

LESLIE, I HAVE 'EM AVAILABLE TO SIGN TOMORROW.

UH, I'M LISTENING FOR, I, I RECEIVED A QUESTION ABOUT LANDSCAPING SPECIFICALLY.