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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]
TO ORDER.AND IF YOU'LL GIVE, DO A CERTIFICATE OF QUORUM.
PRESENT MA'AM? MARJORIE MORGAN.
WE HAVE A QUORUM, CORRECT? CORRECT.
MR. LIPOMA, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? AND, UH, I'LL TAKE ON THE INVOCATION IF ANYBODY DOESN'T MIND.
DO YOU HAVE ANY FATHER, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING HERE TONIGHT AND, UH, HELPING US THROUGH ALL THIS.
HOPEFULLY WE ALL HAVE THE RIGHT MINDSET TO MAKE THE RIGHT DECISIONS AND SUPPORT OUR CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED, UH, ANY GUIDANCE, LEADERSHIP, AND THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH BRAINS TO STAY OUTTA THE WAY WHERE WE NEED TO.
UH, LORD, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE GUIDANCE YOU GIVE US.
UH, I WILL SAY ALSO, LORD, PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN KERRVILLE.
THERE A LOT TO BE SAID THERE WITH ALL THAT.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE.
HMM? YOU PRACTICED THAT SINCE? NO, YOU KNOW, I COULD, I AM ABLE TO RECITE THAT PERFECTLY UNTIL I EXPECT TO SEE IT ON THE SCREEN AND THEN I CAN'T REMEMBER IT TO SAVE MY LIFE.
UH, I'M NOT GONNA BOTHER READING THIS PARAGRAPH BECAUSE NOBODY HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANYBODY THAT DID NOT SIGN UP THAT WISHES TO SAY ANYTHING? OKAY.
[4. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]
WE MOVE ON TO, UH, NUMBER FOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS, PRESENTATIONS.TRAVIS, IF YOU WOULD, SIR, AN UPDATE? YEP.
SO, I'M SORRY, IS THIS, IS THIS ON THE AGENDA, CRYSTAL? SO I DID NOT HAVE IT PUT ON THE SLIDE SHEET, RIGHT?
THAT, THAT SLIDE SAID THERE WAS A BUILDING OFFICIAL UPDATE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, CORRECT? UH, IT SAYS BUILDING OFFICIAL TRAVIS MOORE UPDATE.
I'M LOOKING AT THE WRONG AGENDA.
UM, I DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING PREPARED FOR THIS.
IT DID NOT APPEAR ON MY AGENDA.
UH, HOWEVER, I DO NOT HAVE ANY SUBSTANTIAL UPDATE OF UDC UPDATES.
UM, I OPEN INVITATION FOR ANY, UH, ITEMS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT IS OPE.
THE ONLY THING I HAVE A QUESTION ON, BECAUSE I'M GETTING SICK OF EVERYBODY ASKING ME WHO'S MOVING INTO KROGER? I DO NOT HAVE A CURRENT UPDATE FOR THAT, SIR.
UH, NO, UNFORTUNATELY WE GOT, OUR MOST RECENT CALL WAS FROM A A DOLLAR STORE.
AL'S, YEAH, WE'D LOVE TO SEE IT.
ALDI'S, I'D LIKE TO SEE KROGER BACK FIRST AND FOREMOST, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW.
UH, DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANYTHING FOR TRAVIS OTHER THAN, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION LOOKING AT MY FELLOW MEMBERS.
HAVE WE PRESENTED TRAVIS WITH ANY UPDATES ON ANY QUESTIONS WE HAD PERTAINING TO PLANNING THE ZONING AND THE, UH, UDC, WHICH I'LL POINT THE FINGER BACK AT MYSELF FIRST THAT I HAVE NOT, UH, WE DID SPEAK OF THAT AT THE LAST MEETING, THAT WE WOULD TAKE SOME TIME AND DO THAT.
SO I'M ASSUMING NOBODY HAS REACHED OUT TO YOU YET.
I, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANYTHING, NO.
IF Y'ALL WANNA SET UP A MEETING OUTSIDE ANYTIME OR EMAIL ANYTHING YOU GOT.
AND LIKE I SAID, THAT'S, UH, POINT THE FINGER AT MYSELF BEFORE WE SAY ANYTHING TO ANYBODY ELSE.
BUT, UH, WE, WE HAD MANY COMMENTS ABOUT UDC AND I THINK IT IS OUR, UH, WE SHOULD PUT FORTH THE EFFORT TO BRING THESE TO YOU.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COMMISSION MEMBER REQUESTS.
IN WHICH EVENT, THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM FIVE, A CONSIDERATION AND POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OF
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THE, FROM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING FROM MAY 20TH, 2025.I DO WANNA ADD THAT WE ALSO NEED TO, UM, ADD WITH CORRECTIONS, BECAUSE THERE WERE A FEW ITEMS THAT I NEEDED TO MOVE AROUND ON THE MINUTES.
CAN YOU PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN FOR US TO LOOK AT IT REAL QUICKLY BEFORE WE AGREE TO IT? UM, I ACTUALLY, I DON'T EXPECT ANY SURPRISE.
WELL, CAN WE, CAN WE APPROVE THEM NEXT SO THAT WE HAVE TIME TO READ THEM OR YOU WANT, I THINK THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE BEST.
I DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING TOO EXCITING, BUT, UH, I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS ARE.
YEAH, IT WAS, IT WAS VERY MINOR.
JUST SO THAT WE CAN GO THROUGH MOSTLY FORMATTING.
IF YOU WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
[6. PUBLIC HEARING(S) AND ACTION ITEM(S) FOR PUBLIC HEARING(S)]
SIX, PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS.ITEM SIX A, CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FROM MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT TO AUTOCENTRIC COMMERCIAL FOR A PARCEL LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 8.813 ACRES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF FOUR INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.
1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 4, 0, 1, 6, 3, 3, 6, 6.
IS THAT AN ERROR? COMMA? SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
YEAH, THE COMMA SHOULDN'T BE THERE.
UH, THIRD PARCEL IS 1 6 3 3, 6, 6.
FOURTH PARCEL IS 1, 6, 3, 3, 7, 1.
AND REGISTERED ADDRESSES ARE 34 0 1, 34 29, AND 35 35 GULF FREEWAY.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF THE FOUR SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE AS FOLLOWS, ABSTRACT.
PERINATAL SURROUNDING PLOT OF LOT 1 0 2.
ADDITION, DAKA TRACK TWO ABSTRACT, 19 PERO SURROUNDING PLOT OF LOTS.
1 31 AND 1 3 7 0 TO TWO DICKINSON EDITION.
19 PERO SURROUNDING OF PLOT OF LOT.
DAKA, UH, TRACT ONE A ABSTRACT.
PERRY 19 AND AUSTIN, LEMME TRY IT AGAIN.
ABSTRACT 19 PERRY IN AUSTIN, UH, SURROUNDING SURROUNDING PAR.
1 37 0 DASH FIVE DICKINSON EDITION.
MARJORIE, DO YOU MIND? OH YEAH.
THE, UH, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A PUBLIC HEARING THAT CAME IN AT SIX 20.
SO THIS, UM, PROPERTY IS COMMONLY REFERRED TO AS DICKINSON PLAZA.
UH, THIS ZONING REQUEST MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT THAN THE OTHERS YOU'VE HEARD IN THE PAST AS DICKINSON PLAZA IS IS MOSTLY BUILT OUT.
THERE'S NO, UH, PROPOSED NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, BASICALLY THE PROPERTY OWNER HAD BEEN RUNNING INTO ISSUES WHERE, UH, HE HAS PROPOSED TENANTS THAT WOULD LIKE TO MOVE IN AND THAT USE IS NOT PERMITTED IN THE MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? SO IF YOU NOTICE THIS MAP, UH, HERE, THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY LOCATED TO THE NORTH, THE FORMER COOK FORD, UH, USE CAR DEALERSHIP, UH, HAS ALREADY BEEN REZONED TO AUTOCENTRIC.
UH, SO THIS WILL ESSENTIALLY BE, YOU KNOW, CONTINUING, UH, CONTIGUOUS AUTO AUTOCENTRIC ZONING DISTRICT THAT FRONTS 45.
UM, THIS STILL FITS WITHIN THE FUTURE USE OF LAND USE PLAN, UH, FITS IN WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME USES THAT MAYBE OR SOME DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS THAT MAYBE FIT TO A PROPERTY THAT BORDERS A INTERSTATE LIKE THIS ONE DOES.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, THE MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT DOES NOT PERMIT POLE SIGNS.
UH, SO TYPICALLY PROPERTIES THAT FRONT, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS 45 HAS A NEED, A TALLER SIGN THAT CAN BE VISIBLE FROM THE FREEWAY.
UH, SO AUTOCENTRIC ZONING DISTRICT PROVIDES, UH, OR ALLOWS A POLE POLE SIGNS.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S JUST OTHER USES THAT THE TENANT, I MEAN, THE PROPERTY OWNER WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALLOWED IN HIS ZONING DISTRICT.
THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE STAFF HAS.
UH, THE APPLICANT HERE STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE? YES.
UH, MY NAME IS VIJ MISHRA AND I'M FROM, FROM FRIENDSWOOD, TEXAS.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO MAKE A CASE FOR REZONING THIS PROPERTY FROM MU
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TO AC.UH, I THINK IT WAS INCORRECTLY ZONED TO MU LAST TIME THE ZONING WAS DONE.
UH, CAN YOU CHANGE THE SLIDE PLEASE? OKAY.
THE, UH, THE REASON WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IT TO, UH, AC IS BECAUSE THE, IT, IT, IT WOULD ALIGN, AC WOULD ALIGN BETTER WITH THE PROPERTY'S EXISTING DEVELOPMENT, AND IT WOULD ENABLE A BROADER RANGE OF VIABLE COMMERCIAL USES, WHICH WOULD IN TURN INCREASE THE CITY'S TAX BASE THROUGH SALES TAX.
UH, CURRENTLY IT'S A MULTI-TENANT SHOPPING CENTER LOCATED PROBABLY AT THE BUSIEST INTER INTERSECTION OF THE CITY, WHICH IS 45 AND, AND FIVE 17.
IT'S ALREADY BUILT OUT, AS TRAVIS SAID, IT'S GOT SURFACE PARKING AND IT'S ORIENTED FOR, FOR CARS TO COME THERE.
AND, UH, THE CURRENT ZONING JUST CONSTRAINTS, UH, LEASING AND HINDERS THE CITY'S TAX BASE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO GIVE A COMPARISON OF THE DEFINITIONS.
UH, MU IS MEANT MORE FOR, UH, URBAN CITY MODEL, MORE LIKE MAYBE A TOWN CENTER WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK, UH, WALK TO THE BUSINESSES, WALK TO RESTAURANTS, AND THEN ALSO LIVE AT THE SAME PROPERTY.
UM, THERE WOULD BE SMALL SCALE RETAIL AND SMALL SCALE OFFICES, AND LESS VEHICLE FO FOCUSED.
UM, AC HOWEVER, IS MEANT FOR AUTOMOBILE ACCESS.
UH, THERE'S FREE STANDING OR MULTI-TENANT CENTERS, WHICH IS ALREADY THERE.
AND IT'S LOCATED ALONG MAJOR INTERSECTIONS AND, AND CORRIDORS.
UH, THE, THE CURRENT PROPERTY DESCRIPTION IS, UH, YOU ALL KNOW IT 'CAUSE YOU LIVE HERE.
UM, IT'S A MULTI-TENANT SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, AND, UH, IT'S GOT ALL THESE, UH, ATTRIBUTES OF, OF A MAJOR HIGHWAY INTERSECTION, BIG PARKING LOT, AND, UH, INCORRECT ZONING.
UH, YEAH, YOU ALREADY DID THAT.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER, IT, IT'S ALREADY, UH, AN AUTO ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT AROUND THERE.
IT INCLUDES, UH, A CAR DEALERSHIP, GAS STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, AND NATIONAL RETAILERS.
AND BECAUSE OF THE HIGHWAY, IT'S A HIGH VOLUME AREA, HIGH TRAFFIC VOLUME, COMPATIBILITY WITH THE NEARBY ZONING AND USE THE NEARBY PROPERTIES ARE FUNCTIONALLY AND VISUALLY CONSISTENT WITH AC ZONING.
UM, REZONING TO AC SUPPORTS A COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
UH, AS TRAVIS SAID, ONE OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH HAS ALREADY BEEN REZONED TO AC UH, SO IT WILL NOT IN INTRODUCE INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES.
UM, THERE'S ALREADY AC TYPE TENANTS IN, IN THE CENTER.
THERE'S ALREADY AMPLE SURFACE PARKING AND ACCESS THERE.
THE UTILITIES AND THE REST OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
UH, AS FAR AS THE ANALYSIS, UH, ON PUBLIC IMPACT, THERE'LL BE NO INCREASE IN TRAFFIC OR PARKING ISSUES.
IN FACT, UH, BECAUSE AC IS NOT RESIDENTIAL, THERE MAY BE LESS TRAFFIC, UH, WHICH WOULD, YOU KNOW, BE A GOOD THING, UH, LESS, LESS PARKING OVERNIGHT AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF.
UH, AS I'VE STATED, NO BURDEN ON EXISTING UTILITIES OR PUBLIC FACILITIES AND NO DETRIMENTAL EFFECT ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY VALUES.
UH, THE ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION, MU ZONING LIMITS THE TYPES OF TENANTS THAT CAN COME IN THERE.
UH, FOR INSTANCE, WE HAD A MEDICAL DOCTOR CALL US AND, UH, WANTED TO COME IN.
AND THE CURRENT ZONING DOESN'T ALLOW A MEDI, HE'S A SPECIALTY IN IN ALLERGIES.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS THIS PROMPTED THIS WHOLE ZONING CHANGE.
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ALLOWED IN AND, YOU KNOW, I, I DON'T SEE LIKE A DOCTOR IS A GOOD THING TO HAVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND I DON'T SEE WHY A DOCTOR, A MEDICAL DOCTOR WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED THERE.UM, SO AC ZONING'S GONNA EXPAND THE TENANT POOL AND HELP FILL UP THE VACANCIES AND IN TURN, THAT WILL INCREASE THE TAX BASE FOR THE CITY.
SO TO SUMMARIZE, EVERYTHING, UH, AC ZONING BETTER ALIGNS WITH THE EXISTING USE AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WILL ENHANCE LEASING AND REVITALIZATION, THEREFORE INCREASING THE TAX REVENUE.
AND DICKINSON PLAZA RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS P AND Z TO APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS? OKAY, SO I'M GONNA GO TO THE APPLICANT'S REBUTTAL IS PROBABLY NOT NECESSARY.
AND WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN THE PUBLIC MEETING AT SIX 30.
CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FROM MIXED USE ZONING DISTRICT TO AUTOCENTRIC COMMERCIAL AC ZONING DISTRICT FOR A PARCEL OF LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 8.813 ACRES.
SUBJECT PROPERTIES CONSIST OF FOUR INDIVIDUAL PARCELS.
1, 6, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 6, 3, 3, 4, 0, 1, 6, 3, 3, 6, 6, 1, 6, 3, 3, 7, 1.
AND REGISTERED ADDRESS IS OUR 34 1 GULF FREEWAY, 34 29 GULF FREEWAY, AND 35 35 GULF FREEWAY.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS OF THE FOUR SUBJECT PROPERTIES ARE AS FOLLOWS, ABSTRACT 19 PER AUSTIN SURROUNDING PLOT SURROUNDING PART OF LOTS.
1 0 2 0 1 DICKINSON EDITION, DAKA, TRACK TWO ABSTRACT, 19 PERION AUSTIN SURROUNDING PART OF LOTS.
1 31, 1 37 0 DASH TWO DICKINSON EDITION.
DAKA TRACT ONE ABSTRACT, 19 PEROS SURROUNDING PLOT PART OF LOT, 1 37 0 DASH TWO DICKINSON EDITION.
DAKA TRACT ONE A ABSTRACT 19 PERIOSTIN, UH, SURROUNDING PART OF LOTS.
1 37 0 DASH FIVE DICKINSON, EDITION D OKAY.
AND I OPEN THE FLORIDA CONVERSATION.
SEEMS, SEEMS LIKE A NO BRAINER TO ME.
LIKE IT, IT JUST WOULD PROBABLY, THE ZONING WAS PROBABLY CHANGED THAT MIKE ZONING THAT WE HAD AS A RESULT OF THE UDC MM-HMM
WHICH IS PROBABLY WHY THIS EVEN CAME, CAME TO LIGHT.
I, I GUESS TRAVIS, WHEN, UH, WHAT WAS THIS ZONED AS BEFORE AND I THINK IT AUTOMATICALLY ROLLED INTO MU IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE THAT? UH, CRYSTAL, MY APOLOGIES, PHIL, I DIDN'T MEAN TO CUT YOU OFF.
AND THEN BY ROLLING TO THE UDC, I'M GUESSING IT JUST KIND OF AUTOMATICALLY WENT TO MU UH, SO IT WAS ZONED THAT WAY, UH, THROUGH THE UDC.
UM, IT WAS NOT, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS STUDIES DONE, MY APOLOGIES.
THIS, THIS WAS NOT JUST, YOU KNOW, RANDOMLY ASSIGNED AS MIXED USE.
THIS IS WHAT THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN SUGGESTED THAT THEY WANTED THIS AREA TO, YOU KNOW, BE IN 2045.
UH, HOWARD, THE AUTOCENTRIC ZONING DISTRICT IS, IS VERY CLOSE TO MIXED USE, UM, DEVELOPMENT WISE, BUT USE WISE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.
UM, I CERTAINLY NOT OPPOSED TO IT.
OBVIOUSLY HAVING A DOCTOR IN THE COMMUNITY IS, IS A GOOD THING.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO KNOW IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN IT MM-HMM
IS WHAT TYPES OF BUSINESS BUSINESSES BY ZONING IT, AUTOCENTRIC, COMMERCIAL VERSUS MIXED USE, WHAT SORT OF, WHAT DOES IT OPENING UP TO OTHER THAN JUST DOCTOR'S OFFICES AND THE THINGS THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE? RIGHT.
SO SOME OF THE USES THAT ARE ALLOWED IN AUTOCENTRIC THAT IS NOT IN MIXED USE WOULD BE SOME EDUCATIONAL.
SO MUNICIPAL OR COMMUNITY CENTER IS PERMITTED IN, IN AUTOCENTRIC DAYCARE IS PERMITTED COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES ARE ALL PERMITTED IN AC AND NOT MU UH, HOSPITALS,
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MEDICAL CLINICS, DENTAL LAB, THOSE ARE ALL PROHIBITED AND MIXED USE AND ALLOWED AND AUTOCENTRIC.UH, SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF THE HOT TICKET ITEMS WOULD BE LIKE BARS.
THOSE ARE BOTH PERMITTED AND MIXED USE IN AUTOCENTRIC.
SO WE'RE NOT LOSING ANYTHING THERE.
UM, GYMS IS, IS PERMITTED IN BOTH, UH, BANKS ARE PERMITTED IN AUTOCENTRIC AND NOT PERMITTED IN MIXED USE.
UH, SAME WITH PAYDAY LOAN BUSINESSES OR CHECK CASHING BUSINESSES.
ALL THE RETAIL, WELL SOME OF THE RETAIL IS AUTOCENTRIC PERMITS, FLEA MARKETS, LIQUOR STORES, UH, VAPOR TOBACCO STORE AND ALL OTHER RETAIL REPAIR AND SALES.
HOWEVER, MIXED USE ONLY PERMITS TO ALL OTHER RETAIL REPAIR AND SALES.
SO IT DOES NOT PERMIT LIQUOR STORES, VAPE STORES.
AUTOCENTRIC ALLOWS THOSE OUTRIGHT.
I DON'T WANT TO GET INTO ANOTHER HATE FEST ON UDC, BUT WHAT IS THE NEED FOR BOTH OF 'EM? IT SOUNDS LIKE, SOUNDS LIKE BY DEFINITION THEY'RE BASICALLY THE SAME.
ONLY SOME OF THESE AND SOME OF THOSE.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT MIXED USE, I MEAN, UH, THAT AUTOCENTRIC ACTUALLY ALLOWS MORE, UH, THAN MIXED USE.
UH, WHAT MIXED USE ALLOWS THAT AUTOCENTRIC DOES NOT IS THIS LIVE WORK AND THE UPPER STORY RESIDENTIAL.
UH, SO THAT IS WHERE YOU'RE TRYING TO GET THE MIXED USE.
SO LIVE WORK, MULTIPLEX, TOWNHOUSE APARTMENT, THOSE ARE ALL PERMITTED IN MIXED USE AND NOT IN AC MIXED USE DOESN'T ALLOW THE BA HERE ALREADY.
IS THAT RIGHT? UH, SO THE BANK, AS IT EXISTS, UH, YOU KNOW, IT WAS OBVIOUSLY ALLOWED TO EXIST.
IT'S NOT, IT IS LEGAL NON-CONFORMING SINCE IT WAS PREEXISTING.
HOWEVER, IF A NEW BANK, UH, WERE TO WANNA MOVE INTO THIS PROPERTY, NOT INTO THAT SAME UNIT, THEN IT WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED.
YOU HAVE BE LIKE, IT'S, WELL I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY, BUT I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO LIVE ON A LOFT NEXT TO I 45.
WILL I, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING AS IT KIND OF, THE ONLY THING IT DOES IS ELIMINATE OR LIMIT YOU TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF BUSINESS.
IT'S ALL THE SAME WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT.
DEVELOPMENT STANDARD WISE, THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR.
LIKE BUFFER YARDS AND LANDSCAPING AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE BOTH VERY SIMILAR.
UH, IT'S THE USES THAT ARE THE MAIN ISSUE HERE.
AND SO I, I HAVE KIND OF DISCUSSED INTERNALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, DO WE APPROACH THIS AS WE NEED TO REZONE PROPERTIES OR DO WE NEED TO ADD OR REMOVE USES FROM CERTAIN ZONING DISTRICTS? AND TO YOUR POINT, YOU GET TO THE, TO THE POINT OF, WELL WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THESE TWO ZONING DISTRICTS IF THEY ALLOW THE WHOLE, IF THEY ALLOW EVERYTHING THE SAME.
UH, AND SO I, I WOULD SAY THE, THE MAJOR ANSWER FOR THAT IS THE MIXED USE, ALLOWING RESIDENTIAL OF SOME TYPE.
KINDA WHAT I WOULD SAY TO THIS, AND AGAIN, NOT WANTING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT THE UDC, BUT KIND OF THE CONVERSATION WE WERE HAVING A FEW WEEKS AGO TALKING ABOUT STREAMLINING.
I, I'M NOT GOING TO SIT HERE AND TALK ABOUT THE UC ALL NIGHT LONG.
I, I THINK THERE ARE GOODS AND BADS TO IT, BUT THIS DEFINITELY SEEMS LIKE JUST A COMPLEXITY THAT'S UNNECESSARY.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY I KNOW TO SAY IT.
MM-HMM
AND THERE'S JUST, YOU FOLLOW WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS.
THIS GUY HAD TO PUT FORTH A LOT OF EFFORT AND IN THE END IT'S SEMANTICS.
IT'S JUST CHANGING A LITTLE BIT OF WORDING 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT REALLY A DAMN THING DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IT WAS YESTERDAY IS WHAT IT'S GONNA BE TOMORROW IF WE VOTE POSITIVE OTHER THAN SOMEBODY CAN'T LIVE UPSTAIRS.
AND HONESTLY I DON'T CARE IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO LIVE UPSTAIRS AND I, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT I 45.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY WE WOULD EITHER.
SO NOT AGAIN, TRAVIS IS ALWAYS NOT HATING ON THE CITY, NOT HATING ON YOU GUYS.
YOU DO A GREAT JOB AND I APPRECIATE IT.
BUT THAT IS A CONTINUATION OF WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WHERE WE KIND OF NEED TO PUT A LITTLE MORE EFFORT INTO WHERE WE CAN IDENTIFY OPPORTUNITIES TO STREAMLINE CERTAIN THINGS AND I REALLY THINK THIS MIGHT BE ONE OF THEM.
SO, AND I WILL LEAVE IT AT THAT AND IF ANYBODY HAS ANY MORE MOTION, I'M READY FOR A MOTION IF A MOMENT TO GIVE IT TO ME.
I MAKE A MOTION, WE APPROVE THIS REQUEST.
I SECOND REZONING AND WE HAVE A SECOND.
OKAY, NOW WE MOVE ON AS SOON AS I FIGURE OUT WHERE I'M AT.
[7. ACTION ITEMS FOR CONSIDERATION]
SEVEN A DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING A REQUEST[00:25:01]
FOR PARKVIEW DICKINSON.PRELIMINARY PLANT BEING THREE PARCELS TOTALING 22.706 ACRES, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF FM 6 46 WITH DIRECT ACCESS TO WEST FM FIVE 17 ROAD LEGAL DESCRIPTIONS FOR THREE PARCELS.
AND BEFORE I READ THESE, I REALIZED THEY'RE NOT ON THIS ONE.
IS IT SUR SURROUNDING? UH, DOES ANYBODY KNOW THAT? I'VE BEEN SAYING IT WRONG FOR YEARS AND I DON'T KNOW IF I'M RIGHT OR WRONG.
I WAS LIKE, I DON'T FEEL LIKE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT SURVEY.
SOME OF YOU ALL KNOW EVERYTHING.
BENTWOOD AT BAY CONLEY SECTION THREE, 2008, ABSTRACT 19, COMMERCIAL RESIDENT FIVE DASH ZERO ACRES, 7.646 ABSTRACT 19 PER AUSTINS SURVEYED TRACK.
S-B-P-C-L UH, 0 0 1 9 0 0 8,000, 80,001,000.
ABSTRACT 19 PERINA SURVEYED TRACK 80 DASH ONE, 1.2111 ACRES S-B-P-C-L 0 0 1 9 0 0 8.
THE REST ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF ZEROES.
UH, YOU WANT TO GIVE US AN UPDATE ON THIS ONE? YEAH, SO, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU ALL HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE.
THIS WAS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT WAS APPROVED IN 2022.
UH, SO THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT, UH, SUBMITTED FOR THAT.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME OPEN COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
UH, HOWEVER, NOTHING THAT WOULD, THAT WOULD REALLY HOLD THIS PROJECT UP.
I WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL, YOU KNOW, WITH THESE, UH, COMMENTS BEING ADDRESSED.
THIS AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY, THIS IS THE APPROVED ORDINANCE.
UH, SO IT WAS APPROVED WITH NUMEROUS CONDITIONS FROM P AND Z.
UH, SO I BELIEVE THAT IS ATTACHED AS WELL.
AND SO THIS IS REFLECTED ON OUR CURRENT ZONING MAP AS A PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
AND THIS IS BASICALLY ALL THE CONDITIONS THAT, UM, P AND Z UH, PUT ON THERE.
SO THESE WILL BE, UH, ENFORCED ON THE FINAL PLAT FOR SURE.
THAT'S ALL THE ALLOWED USES PER THE PD.
AND THIS IS THE OPEN COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE DURING, ON THE PERMIT REVIEW.
NOTHING OUTTA THE ORDINARY, RIGHT? A LOT OF TECHNICAL STUFF.
AND WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO SCROLL BACK TO WHERE IT WAS SHOWING THE THREE UH, SECTIONS OF IT RIGHT THERE? THAT'S PERFECT.
ANYBODY HAVE COMMENTS BEFORE? I DO.
I DO BELIEVE THE, THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.
I GUESS I'M CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE APPROVING TONIGHT.
'CAUSE I REMEMBER THIS PARCEL OF LAND WE TALKED ABOUT.
THERE WAS GONNA BE A PARTNER BUILT THERE, RIGHT? RIGHT.
SO WE ALREADY APPROVED THIS, BUT THIS IS THEIR SECOND, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.
SO RIGHT NOW THE PROPERTY IS THREE PARCELS AND THEY'RE RE PLATTING TO ONE.
OH, THEY'RE RE PLATTING TO ONE.
JUST RETURN IT INTO ONE SO THEY CAN CORRECT.
UH, SO THE UDC DEFINES THAT, UH, THE APPROVAL PRELIMINARY IS DONE BY P AND Z AND THE APPROVAL FOR THE FINAL PLAT IS DONE BY STAFF.
AND SO ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE, IS THERE WHERE IT SAYS BENTWOOD COVE, THAT STREET MM-HMM
AS I RECALL, UH, THAT STREET WAS GONNA BE EXTENDED THROUGH THIS PROPERTY 2 6 46 BECAUSE THAT SUBDIVISION, I THINK IT'S CALLED BENTWOOD COVE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S THE NAME OF IT.
ONE ENTRANCE ACCORDING TO CURRENT.
THAT HAD TWO ENTRANCES AND EGRESSES.
AND THAT'S STREET'S GONNA BE EXTENDED THROUGH THAT PROPERTY.
WHEN IT ALL STARTED, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE AN OUTLET, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND.
I I DO BELIEVE THAT THAT IS ON THERE.
I NEED TO, LET ME PULL IT UP REAL QUICK.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT'S STILL PART OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT, RIGHT? I REMEMBER THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
YOU REMEMBER THAT? YEAH, I REMEMBER IT A DIFFERENTLY, IT WAS GONNA EXTEND THAT ROAD OUT TO FIVE 17.
I, I REMEMBER TO SIX 40 GOING SIX.
UH, SORRY, CAN WE GO BACK TO THAT? MAYBE YOU CAN HELP CLARIFY SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
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BRAT.MARK BRAMLETT, UH, FROM KATY, TEXAS.
I THINK IT WAS ONE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
UM, I AM THE APARTMENT DEVELOPER THAT IS WORKING ON THIS PROJECT.
I, I GUESS I'M NOT TECHNICALLY THE APPLICANT.
BRAD ELMORE WITH PARKVIEW IS THE APPLICANT.
UH, HE WAS UNABLE TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
HE'S AT A VISITATION FOR THE CAMP MYSTIC, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE CAMPS.
SO, UH, I AM HERE, UH, I REPRESENT ALLIANCE RESIDENTIAL.
WE'RE A MAJOR APARTMENT DEVELOPER ACROSS THE NATION.
UM, THIS PROCESS IS REALLY JUST KIND OF GOING THROUGH, UH, THE CITY'S PROCESS AS HAS BEEN OUTLINED TO US, UM, OF US JUST GETTING A LITTLE BIT CLOSER TO GETTING READY TO DEVELOP.
SO WITH THAT, VERY HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
I THINK YOU WERE ASKING SPECIFICALLY ABOUT BENWOOD COVE.
THAT ROAD IS GOING ACROSS THERE AS THIS KIND OF, WHAT, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY IT WAS UN PLATTED LAND, AND SO WE HAVE TO CREATE A PLAT FIRST.
AND THIS PLAT IS JUST ESSENTIALLY BREAKING THOSE ALL INTO THE PARCELS THAT NEED TO BE BROKEN INTO, WHICH IS A RETAIL COMPONENT ALONG FIVE 17 A APARTMENT COMPONENT WHERE WE ARE BUILDING MM-HMM
AND THEN BENTWOOD COVE AS A SEPARATE RESERVE THAT'S GONNA BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY EVENTUALLY.
UM, ONCE, ONCE THE ROAD'S BUILT AND THEN, UH, A DETENTION IN PARKLAND AREA.
SO THIS IS REALLY JUST KIND OF FURTHERING ALONG THAT PROCESS.
THAT THIRD PORTION THAT YOU JUST MENTIONED, THAT'S THE PARK DOWN NEAR THE BAYOU, IT'S GONNA BE TURNED INTO A GREEN SPACE? CORRECT.
SO IT, IT SERVICES OUR DETENTION AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY LARGE DETENTION POND, SO IT GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FUTURE PARKLAND, UH, SOCCER GOALS KIND OF TYPE TYPE DEAL.
THAT'S, THAT'S THE WAY I REMEMBERED FROM THREE YEARS AGO.
SO JUST IT IS A WAY OF REFERENCE.
UM, NOTHING HAS SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGED FROM WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY AGREED ON THE PD.
THERE IS A, YOU KNOW, I, AGAIN, IT'S NOT THE LAND I'M WORKING ON, UH, BUT ON FIVE 17, A LITTLE BIT OF LAND HAS BEEN ADDED TO THE IMAGE THAT WAS SHOWN, UM, PREVIOUSLY.
UH, SO THAT SEARS, OBVIOUSLY Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT THAT HAS BEEN, UM, DEMOLISHED AND THAT LAND IS, IS IS PART OF THIS AS WELL NOW.
SO WHERE IT CARVES THAT OUT, IT NOW WOULD GO AROUND THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? TH THAT THAT LAND WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE RETAIL.
I THOUGHT THEY WERE GONNA EXTEND THIS UP TO FIVE 17.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT HE'S SAYING.
AND HE, IT'S PART OF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE FUTURE PLAN WITH, UM, TEXTILE ON FIVE 17, AND AGAIN, I WOULD BE SPEAKING FOR BRAD ELMORE, WHICH I'M NOT DOING, BUT THE FUTURE PLAN ALONG FIVE 17 IS FOR, UH, THERE TO BE A LIGHT AT BAY SKY AND BAY SKY TO COME INTO CONIFER CUL-DE-SAC RIGHT THERE.
NOW THIS IS ALL ABOUT REPLANTING FIRST.
SO I HAVE A QUESTION ON THE RE THEY'LL COME BACK IN FRONT OF US AGAIN.
SO I DO HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE REPLANTING AND, AND IT'S PART OF ME FEELS LIKE IT'S A MILDLY IGNORANT QUESTION, BUT I'M GONNA ASK ALL THE SAME.
AND YOU JUST DESCRIBED YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME RESIDENTIAL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UH, UH, I GUESS FOR DRAINAGE SUCH LIKE THAT.
AND MY QUESTION AGAIN IS KIND OF IGNORANT WHERE IT'S ASKING IF THESE ARE ALL ONE PARCEL, THESE ARE GONNA HAVE TO BE ZONED DIFFERENTLY WHEN IT COMES IN FRONT OF US, CORRECT? UH, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.
I'D PROBABLY DEFER TO TRAVIS, BUT, WELL, I MEAN, IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A COMMERCIAL SECTION, UH, MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, THOSE ARE DIFFERENT ZONES.
SO THE PD IN ITSELF IS A ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, SO THE WHOLE PROPERTY IS GONNA BE ZONED AS A PD AND THE USES THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT GOT IT.
THE USES THAT P AND Z PUT IN THOSE CONDITIONS IS WHAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THAT PD.
AND SPECIFICALLY TO THAT ONE PARCEL, EVERYTHING THAT'S IN IT.
SO ACTUALLY I KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING I WAS MISSING.
SO HE DID SPEAK ABOUT THE SEARS PROPERTY THAT THEY ACQUIRED, YOU KNOW, KIND OF AFTER THE FACT.
UH, SO THERE IS A KIND OF A CLAUSE IN THE PD THAT, UH, THE PD CANNOT BE EXPANDED BY ACREAGE.
UH, SO I, I ASSUME THEY INTEND TO USE THAT PROPERTY WITH THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT THAT IT'S MAKE SENSE? YEAH.
THAT'S WHY THERE'S FOUR PLOTS.
BECAUSE SEARS IS THE FOURTH ONE.
PLA BUT, UH, FOUR DIFFERENT RESORTS.
ANY, UH, MORE COMMENTS ON THIS? I'M OPEN FOR A MOTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SECOND, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
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ADJOURNED.