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GOOD AFTERNOON, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
Y'ALL ARE CATCHING US ON OUR FIRST IN-PERSON MEETING IN MONTHS AND MONTHS, SO WE HAVE TO REMEMBER HOW TO DO THIS.
WE HAVE TO. WE WERE HAVING TO DECIDE IF WE ARE GOING TO RAISE OUR HANDS OR TAKE ROLL CALL OR HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS.
SO THANKS FOR BEING WITH US FOR THIS FIRST MEETING BACK IN PERSON.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER THIS REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY
[1. Call Meeting to Order]
8TH, MY SON'S BIRTHDAY.CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT 3:34P.M.
WE HAVE TAKEN ATTENDANCE BY SIGN IN SHEETS.
[2. Attendance]
COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON.[4. Approval Of Minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF JANUARY 4TH COMMISSIONERS.DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONS, CORRECTIONS CHANGES, DELETIONS? SEEING NONE WE'LL ACCEPT THOSE MINUTES IS WRITTEN.
[5. Public Comment]
PUBLIC COMMENT FOR BOTH AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. WE ACCEPT THOSE COMMENTS ONLINE IN WRITING BEFOREHAND AND COMMISSIONERS WERE PROVIDED ALL OF THOSE COMMENTS, WHICH WERE SENT IN ONLINE BEFORE THE MEETING AND ANYONE WHO WANTS TO COMMENT IN PERSON.WE WILL ACCEPT COMMENTS NOW ON BOTH AGENDA AND NON AGENDA ITEMS. ALSO DURING THE MEETING, WE'LL ACCEPT COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS DURING THE MEETING ITSELF.
SO WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COMMENT ON NON AGENDA ITEMS AT THIS TIME? IF YOU WOULD, YOU MAY COME FORWARD.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK.
NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS, THANK YOU.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX A, WHICH IS WE FIRST HAVE IT'S LISTED UNDER PUBLIC HEARINGS,
[6.A.1. 22P-001 (0 Marina Blvd.) Request For A Preliminary Plat. Property Is Legally Described As HallAnd Jones Survey, Portion Of Abandoned Right-Of-Way Marina Boulevard, South Potion OfRes B; Pirates Beach Section 1 (0-5), And Portion Of Lots 67, 70, And 77; Trimble And LindseySection 3; In The City And County Of Galveston Texas. Applicant: Matthew Sigmon PropertyOwner: ARM2 Enterprises, LLC]
BUT WE FIRST HAVE A PLAT THAT WE NEED TO APPROVE ITEM SIX A.THIS IS PLANNING CASE 22, P-0010 MARINA BOULEVARD.
THERE WERE SEVEN PUBLIC NOTICES SENT.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR PRELIMINARY PLATS.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR A PROPOSED NEW SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
IN THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING 22 NEW LOTS AT LANDSCAPE RESERVE AND THE PRIVATE ROAD. THIS DEVELOPMENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH IMPROVED PLANNING UNIT DEVELOPMENT, PUD.
GRANTED UNDER ORDINANCE 21-059.
JUST TO RECAP WHAT THE THE RELIEF PROVIDED BY THIS PUD PLAN.
IT PROVIDED RELIEF FOR THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE FRONT SET BACK RIGHT AWAY WITH AND DEAD IN THE STREETS. PLEASE NOTE THE ZONING AND LAND USE, AS WELL AS A LOT SIZES IN THESE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT, ARE ONE.
PLEASE NOTE THE EASEMENT AND UTILITY DRAINAGE ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR STAFF REPORT.
THIS CASE HAS SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, ONE AND TWO LISTED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AND STANDARD CONDITIONS THREE THROUGH SEVEN.
THIS IS THE IMAGE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
DOES ANYONE HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER WALLA? STEPHEN, YEAH, PRESSED THE BOTTOM, THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND BUTTON. NOW I GOT IT, TECHNOLOGY.
SO THE PLAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS PROPOSED IN THE PUD CORRECT? THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS SUBMITTED AS PART OF THE PUD PLAN YES.
AND IT, SO IT ALL KIND OF MATCHES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? YES. VICE CHAIR BROWN.
SO THERE ARE THERE WERE NO UTILITIES LOCATIONS SUBMITTED WITH THIS APPLICATION, RIGHT? PART OF THE AFTER A PRELIMINARY PLAT, TYPICALLY, CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS ARE SUBMITTED FOR REVIEW BY CITY DEPARTMENTS.
THAT'S TYPICALLY WHEN WE WOULD REVIEW FOR THOSE.
ALL RIGHT. THANKS. AH COMMISSIONER FINKLEA, AS A PART OF THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, WAS A
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WETLANDS DELINEATION SUBMITTED? NEGATIVE. IS IT REQUIRED? NO. WAIT, WAIT.EXCUSE ME, SIR. YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE YOUR MOMENT WILL BE REQUIRED AS PART OF YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE. CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION? WILL IT BE REQUIRED AS PART OF THE FINAL PLAT? IF SO, TYPICALLY DURING THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS, ANYTHING THAT'S DETERMINED BY, YOU KNOW, OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IF THAT'S THAT, IT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WOULD NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? HEY, THANK YOU.
WE'LL, NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE 21P-01 AT 2:39 P.M.
. IS THE APPLICANT IN THE AUDIENCE? PLEASE COME FORWARD.
STATE YOUR NAME AND THANK YOU, SIR.
AND IS THE SIGN IN SHEET UP THERE AND PLEASE JUST JOT DOWN YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE.
AND NOW ANYTHING THAT YOU'D LIKE TO SAY? WE DID DO A WETLANDS DELINEATION.
WHAT THEY DEEMED IT NOT JURISDICTIONAL.
AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY, SIR, ABOUT THE PROJECT? OKAY, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? OK, THANK YOU, SIR, APPRECIATE IT.
OK, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM? ANYONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM? HEY, THANK YOU. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 2:41 P.M..
BRING IT BACK FOR A MOTION, COMMISSIONERS, THIS ONE WE DO NEED A MOTION ON.
A COMMISSIONER, WALLA, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 22P-001 FOR A PRELIMINARY PLAT AS AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
THANK YOU, DO I HAVE A SECOND? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONER PENA.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NO DISCUSSION? WE'LL HAVE A VOTE, PLEASE.
ALL IN FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS, THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.
OUR NEXT CASES ARE PUBLIC HEARING ONLY NO ACTION WILL BE WILL BE REQUIRED ON THE
[6.A.2. 22P-003 (801 - 827 Postoffice / Avenue E And 512 9th Street) Request For A Replat ToDecrease The Number Of Lots From Ten To One. The Properties Are Legally Described As TheM B Menard Survey North 95 Feet Of Lot 1 (1-1), South 25 Feet Of Lot 1 (1-2), And Lots 2Through 7, Block 428, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Karen Rogers,M2L Associates, Inc. Property Owner: Shriners Hospital For Children]
FOLLOWING THREE CASES 22P-003, 22P-004, 22P-005.WE'LL HEAR THOSE AS PUBLIC HEARINGS ONLY.
THANK YOU. PLANNING CASE 22P-003.
IT'S 801-827 POST OFFICE AVENUE E AND 512 9TH STREET.
THERE ARE 49 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO REPLAT 10 LOTS TO ONE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTED TO REPLAT IN ORDER TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF LOTS IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT FROM 10 TO ONE.
IN ORDER TO COMBINE THE PROPOSED LOTS TO CONSTRUCT A PARKING GARAGE STRUCTURE, THE GARAGE STRUCTURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROVED LICENSE TO USE AGREEMENT.
LTU21P-062, WHICH WAS ISSUED FOR THE PORTION OF THE PARKING GARAGE STRUCTURE THAT EXTENDS ACROSS THE POST OFFICE.
PLEASE NOTE, THE MINIMUM LOT STANDARDS, AS WELL AS THE APPROVAL CRITERIA ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR STAFF REPORT. AND IN THIS CASE, THERE ARE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONLY ONE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS TWO AND THREE.
AND NOW WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS IS THE AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS SUBJECT PROPERTY OR PROPERTIES.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, AND THAT INCLUDES STAFF SUPPORT.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? COMMISSIONER PINA.
DIDN'T WE IN THE IN THE APPROVAL THAT WE HAD FOR THE PARKING GARAGE WAS THAT FOR THE WAS THAT FOR A STRUCTURE ON THIS SIDE OF THE BLOCK AS WELL? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT IS?
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THE APPROVAL WAS FOR THE ACTUAL PORTION THAT THAT LIES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY? BUT YES, THE STRUCTURE WOULD BE ON BOTH SIDES.I WAS CONFUSED AS TO WHETHER WE WERE.
THIS IS WHAT WAS COMING FIRST, THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG KIND OF THING WITH WITH WITH THIS IF GO AHEAD.
YEAH, THE APPROVAL WAS FOR THE PORTION THAT LIES WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY ITSELF.
OK. ALL WITHIN PRIVATE PROPERTY CONSOLIDATION OF THE LOTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 21P-003 2:39 P.M.
. ANYONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? OH, YES, YES, PLEASE COME FORWARD, EXCUSE ME, I SHOULD HAVE CALLED YOU AS THE APPLICANT.
PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND SIGN IN, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE ON THIS SIDE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE, ANYONE ON THIS SIDE, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
AND I'M SORRY, WE'RE NOT THIS ISN'T A FREE EXCHANGE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
THIS IS JUST A PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, BUT I'M SURE THAT YOU CAN SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANT OUTSIDE OF SHE'LL BE SHE.
I'M SURE SHE'LL BE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH YOU AFTER THE MEETING.
WELL, YOU JUST NEED TO SIGN IN.
SINCE YOU DID SPEAK DURING THE MEETING.
WE'D APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU.
PLEASE TELL ME I DON'T LOOK THAT VICIOUS.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW, DON'T ASK THAT CHILD OF MINE WHO I TOLD YOU, IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY TODAY, HE MIGHT TELL YOU I DO.
OKAY, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
THEN WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT THREE FORTY SEVEN P.M.
AND WE'LL MOVE FORWARD TO CASE 22P-004.
[6.A.3. 22P-004 (413 8th Street, 828 Postoffice / Avenue E, And 422 9th Street) Request For A ReplatTo Decrease The Number Of Lots From Eight To One. The Properties Are Legally Described AsThe M B Menard Survey Lot 8 And South Half Of Adjacent Alley (8-1), Lots 9 Through 13 AndPart Of Lot 8 And South Half Of Adjacent Alley, Lot 14 And South Half Of Adjacent Alley, Block488, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Karen Rogers, M2L Associates,Inc. Property Owner: Shriners Hospital For Children]
PLANNING CASE 22P-004, 413 8TH STREET, 828 POST OFFICE AVENUE, E. AND 422 9TH STREET.THERE WERE 23 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A REPLAT OF EIGHT LOTS TO ONE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO REPLAT TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF LOTS IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THE PURPOSE, AGAIN, IS TO REPLAT TO COMBINE THE PROPOSED SLOTS TO CONSTRUCT THE PARKING GARAGE STRUCTURE AND PATIENT HOUSING.
THE GARAGE STRUCTURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH AN APPROVED LTU LTU 21P-062.
LEASE NOTE THE MINIMUM LOT STANDARDS AS WELL AS THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR REPORT. AND THIS REPORT HAS SPECIFIC CONDITIONS, ONLY ONE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS [INAUDIBLE] THREE LISTED ON PAGES TWO AND THREE OF YOUR STAFF REPORT.
AND NOW WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.
SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS AN ACTUAL IMAGE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THESE ARE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF SUPPORT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING, NONE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME? AND. FIRST OFFICE, SO YES, WE'RE DOING A PARKING STRUCTURE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE, AND WE HAVE THE LINK IN BETWEEN THAT IS THAT SPECIAL USE AND IS BEING HERALDED BY KIRKSEY ARCHITECTS.
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THANK YOU. AND IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND SPEAK ON 22P-004 ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM? IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT I DON'T THINK I EVER OPENED THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 3:48 P.M.AND WE'LL BE DONE WITH 22P-004.
ADRIEL, LET'S MOVE FORWARD WITH 22P-005 PEA PLEASE, SIR.
[6.A.4. 22P-005 (3417 81st Street) Request For A Replat To Increase The Number Of Lots From FourTo Seventeen. The Properties Are Legally Described As Part Of Lot 184 (184-1), Part Of Lot184 (184-3), Part Of Lot 197 (197-1), And Part Of Lot 197 (197-2), Trimble And Lindsey SectionOne, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant And Property Owner: James D.Yarbrough, Jr.]
PLANNING CASE 22P-005 3417 81ST STREET.THIS IS A REQUEST TO REPLAT FOUR LOTS TO 17 LOTS.
THERE WERE 45 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT IN THIS CASE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING REPLAT IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF SLOTS FROM FOUR TO 17 IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR A RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
PLEASE NOTE THE MINIMUM LOT STANDARDS FOLLOW THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA ON PAGES ON PAGE TWO OF YOUR STAFF REPORT.
THERE IS ONLY ONE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS LISTED ON PAGE TWO AND THREE STANDARD CONDITIONS LISTED ON PAGE TWO OF THE REPORT AS WELL.
AND NOW WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE.
THESE ARE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF REPORTS. THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON 22 ZERO ZERO FIVE? YES. IS IT A MIX OF TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZONING, OR IS IT JUST ONE COMMERCIAL? ONE ZONING OK, AND THIS REQUEST IS JUST FOR THE THIS IS JUST FOR THE REPLAT OR IS THIS FOR THE ZONING CHANGE AS WELL? THERE'S NO ZONING CHANGE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS REQUEST.
JUST THE REPLAT. OK, THANK YOU.
YES, VICE CHAIR BROWN SAID IN YOUR NARRATIVE THAT CENTER POINT REQUIRES A 14 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT IN THE FRONT AND THE REAR, OR A 16 FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT.
I DON'T SEE THAT SHOWN ON THE EXHIBIT.
THE THE PLOT, I GUESS THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THAT SUBMITTAL? THE APPLICANT IS CURRENTLY WORKING WITH CENTERPOINT TO REVISE THAT PLAT.
OK, BEFORE FILING, WE WOULD ENSURE THAT THAT IT'S ON THERE.
THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PRESENT.
I MAY ANSWER. I GUESS IT WOULD BE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE THE UTILITY EASEMENTS ARE SHOWN. THEY WOULD JUST BE DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS I GUESS.
THAT'S WHAT CENTERPOINT IS ASKING FOR.
ALL RIGHT, THANKS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? RIGHT, SEEING NONE, WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 3:51 P.M.
IS APPLICANT IN THE AUDIENCE? PLEASE SIGN, FINE, PLEASE SIGN IN AND WRITE DOWN YOUR INFORMATION FOR US, PLEASE, SIR.
SOUNDS GOOD. [INAUDIBLE] YARBOROUGH, I'M THE APPLICANT AND THE LANDOWNER ON THE PROPERTY.
AS ADRIAL MENTIONED, WE'RE LOOKING TO REPLACE IT FROM FOUR LOTS TO SIX TO 17 LOTS.
WE ARE LOOKING TO DO A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION, WHICH UNDER THE LDR RESIDENTIAL IS ALLOWED UNDER COMMERCIAL USE AND UNDER THE PROPOSED PLAT.
ALL OUR WE BELIEVE EVERYTHING MEETS THE GUIDELINES OF THE LDR.
SO IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS HAPPY TO ANSWER IT, YOU BROUGHT THE ONE QUESTION ON THE POINT WITH CENTERPOINT. WELL, WE'RE PROPOSING TO DO IS RUN THE CENTERPOINT POINT LINES ALONG 81ST STREET AND STEWART ROAD.
SO TO BE THE BACK SIDE, AND THERE'S CURRENTLY A 10 FOOT SANITARY EASEMENT ON THE PLAT THAT WAS SUBMITTED.
AND SO THAT'LL JUST GO FROM 10 FOOT TO 16 FOOT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
ANYONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE ON 21P-005 YES, SIR, PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN AND YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
BENJAMIN HERNDON. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND THE PUBLIC THAT THIS IS THE COMMISSION IS HEARING THIS AS A PUBLIC HEARING ONLY, AND WE WILL NOT BE VOTING ON THIS ITEM.
SO THIS IS YOUR TIME TO LET TO JUST STATE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE MATTER.
WELL, I'M A LONG TERM RESIDENT OF HAVRE LAFAYETTE AND NOW I LIVE ON 81ST STREET, AND I'M
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CURIOUS BECAUSE IT WASN'T DISCLOSED IN THE PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.WHAT TYPE OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IT'LL BE, WHAT SIZE IT WILL BE? IS IT A MULTIFAMILY? IS IT GOING TO BE HOUSES? THERE ALSO WASN'T VERY MUCH TIME AFFORDED TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE FULLY MADE AWARE OF IT.
I BELIEVE WE WERE JUST GIVEN THE MINIMUM 72 HOUR THRESHOLD FOR NOTIFICATION OF THIS REPLAT MEETING, AND I'M THE ONLY ONE OUT OF MY FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS WHO WAS EVEN ABLE TO MAKE IT HERE. SO THAT SAYS SOMETHING TO ME.
BUT, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN AN ECONOMIC IMPACT STUDY, IF THERE'S A CURRENT ARCHITECTURAL PLAN FOR WHAT'S GOING TO BE PUT UP THERE, IF THERE'S BEEN A DRAINAGE STUDY SINCE THE AREA RIGHT NOW IS GRASSLAND AND IT USUALLY ENDS UP BEING A GOOD PLACE FOR WATER TO GO TO WHEN IT RAINS A LOT OFF OF STEWART AND IF THERE'S BEEN AN ENGINEERING REPORT OR ANY OF THAT SORT OF STUFF THAT'S BEEN DONE ON THE PROPERTY YET, I'D JUST LIKE TO SEE IF THAT COULD BE RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC BEFORE A FINAL REPLAT IS DONE ON THIS SO THAT WE CAN ALL TAKE THE TIME TO PROPERLY THINK ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO BE PUT UP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHETHER OR NOT IT'S THE RIGHT DIRECTION. GREAT.
ANYONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 22P-005, I NEED TO GET IN THE RIGHT YEAR HERE.
YES, SIR, PLEASE SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME, SIGN IN AND THEN YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK. MY NAME IS STEPHEN SCHAAF AND I AM A RESIDENT OF 3413 KLEINMANN.
KLEINMANN IS THE STREET THAT RUNS PARALLEL TO 81ST STREET.
THE FRONT OF MY HOUSE IS ON KLEINMANN AND THE BACK OF IT.
BOARD IS ON 81ST STREET, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THE PROPOSAL IS FOR THE NEW PLAT IS TAKEN. TAKEN WHAT WE'RE HERE FOR.
I KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS I'M REALLY NOT SURE BECAUSE I DIDN'T DO MY HOMEWORK.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS GOING TO BE ABLE.
I COULD ASK QUESTIONS, BUT IF I FIND OUT, ALL I HAVE TO DO IS STATE THINGS THE WAY IT IS PRESENTLY ZONED WE WERE.
WE WERE BRIEFED ON THAT EARLIER.
IT'S A ZONE COMMERCIAL AS WE SPEAK.
I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAS ZONED OR WHAT THE PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT IS GOING TO BE USED FOR.
HE TOLD US HE'S GOING TO TAKE FOUR LOTS AND TURN THEM INTO 17 LOTS.
WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MIXED HOUSING.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO BE UP THERE.
CAN THIS PROPERTY BY THE THE PROSPECTIVE PROSPECTIVE, WHO'S GOING TO BUILD THIS, CAN IT BE FLIPPED? CAN IT BE USED FOR MULTI MIXED HOUSING? CAN IT BE? WHAT IS THE INTENTION HERE? THAT'S ONE OF OUR CONCERNS.
ANOTHER ONE OF OUR CONCERNS IS WE ON KLEIMAN HAVE PROBLEMS WITH DRAINAGE.
EIGHTY FOUR 81ST STREET, WHICH IS ON THE BACK, COMES INTO OUR ENTIRE STREET, WHICH IS CLIMBING, WHICH I SAID RUNS PERPENDICULAR PARALLEL.
I'M SORRY. PARALLEL WITH 81ST STREET, ALL THE RUNOFF COMES FROM THAT STREET.
ALL THAT RUNOFF COMES RIGHT UNTIL OUR INTO OUR STREET, WHICH MAKES IT DURING SOME OF THE RESIDENTS WILL TELL YOU DURING RAINS.
WE HAVE BIG PROBLEMS OUT IN FRONT.
SO IF WE HAVE MORE DEVELOPMENT OUT THERE, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS MORE WATER.
ANOTHER ISSUE THAT CAME UP, THE GENTLEMAN SAID EARLIER IT WAS ONE OF HIS CONCERNS.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN OUT THERE LATELY, BUT IF YOU GO OUT THERE ON 81ST AND AND FRANK GIUSTI DRIVE, WHICH IS THE ENTRANCE TO THE BALLPARKS OUT THERE, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THEY HAD IT ROPED OFF AND AND GATED IT OFF NOW BEFORE FOR TWO YEARS, WE HAD A CONE THERE BECAUSE WHAT'S UNDERNEATH THERE, LEADING TO EACH DITCH THAT IS SUPPOSED TO RUN INTO OUR RUNOFFS IS SUPPOSED TO GO INTO HAVRE LAFITTE DOWN THERE.
AND WHAT'S BEEN OUR THING IS WE PUT A CONE THERE.
SO WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENS, WHEN WE HAVE WATER, WE HAVE A LOT OF RAIN THAT IS COLLAPSED AND IT HAS TO FIND ITS WAY AROUND THERE.
ANOTHER CONCERN DRAINAGE ON 81ST STREET.
ANYBODY LIVE OUT WEST CAN KNOW WHEN YOU GET RAIN.
WE HAD TWO YEARS OF THEM RECONSTRUCTING THAT ROAD.
THAT ROAD GOES UNDERWATER RIGHT THERE, RIGHT THERE, WHERE THE PROPERTY IS ON STEWART ROAD. THANK YOU.
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THANK YOU. I'M A WEST ENDER.THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? THAT NEVER HAPPENED.
SO NOW, APART FROM THE BALLPARK ON CLIMBING ON BULLISH SINK HOLES ALL UP AND DOWN IN FRONT OF MY OTHER HOUSE ON KLEINMANN, LIKE IT'S IT'S ON, WE'RE CLIMBING COMES AROUND RIGHT BEHIND THE APARTMENTS, WHICH OF COURSE, ALWAYS HAS ISSUES.
THE SINKHOLE STARTED LIKE THIS.
NOW IT'S LIKE THAT, AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE NOW.
I KNOW THIS HEARING IS JUST A FORMALITY.
PROBABLY NONE OF US HAVE ANY SAY OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT THE CITY CAN'T EVEN FIX WHAT'S GOING ON AND HAS NOT FIXED FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
AND YES, WE DO HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM.
YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WHEN IT RAINS.
I MEAN, IT'S A MAJOR FLOOD AND IT'LL BE THERE FOR SOME SIX OR EIGHT HOURS, SOMETIMES SEVERAL DAYS. SO RUNNING OUT OF TIME, I WILL SIGN MY NAME BECAUSE, LIKE I SAID, THIS HEARING IS WHAT IT IS, BUT I'M SURE THAT MOST OF THE PEOPLE AROUND THERE THAT NEVER, NEVER GOT A NOTIFICATION.
AND I KNOW ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE ONE OF MY HOUSE IS ON 83RD, AND IT IS COMMERCIAL ZONED COMMERCIAL, BUT IT'S USED AS RESIDENTIAL.
BUT EVEN THOUGH THAT AGAIN, ALL I GOT DO IS WALK ACROSS THE STREET TO THE PARK OR THE AREA. APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT IN THE 200 FEET, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO Y'ALL REALLY NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS WHOLE HEARING AND THIS PROPOSED SITE.
THANK YOU. THAT PUT ALL FOUR OF MY ADDRESSES HERE.
IT'S JUST YOU'RE JUST YOUR MAIN ADDRESS, YOUR MAILING ADDRESS IS FINE, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP.
I DID. I WILL. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY KIND OF A NOTIFICATION OF THIS.
SHE'S ON KLEINMAN. SHE ACTUALLY NOTIFIED ME OF THIS HEARING.
I AGREE WITH THE GENTLEMAN THAT FIRST SPOKE.
WITH EVERYTHING WE NEED TO BE NOTIFIED WHAT'S GOING ON, WE NEED TO KNOW TO BE NOTIFIED WHAT KIND OF HOUSING IS GOING IN HERE FOR 17 LOTS.
SOME OF THESE LOTS ARE EXTREMELY DEEP.
HOW MANY IS THIS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING? WHAT IS ALL OF THIS? THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDS TO BE NOTIFIED TWO HUNDRED FEET.
THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN, THE NOTIFICATION SAID.
EVERYONE WITHIN 200 FEET WAS NOTIFIED.
I AM WELL WITHIN 200 FEET OF THIS PROPERTY.
YES, YOU KNOW, STEWART ROAD ALREADY FLOODS EVERY TIME IT RAINS.
RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT, YOU CAN SEE IT'S DARK ON THE ROAD RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S BECAUSE IT RETAINS WATER THAT WHOLE BLOCK.
WE WILL NEED TO KNOW WHAT WAS WHAT'S GOING TO BE DONE ABOUT THE DRAINAGE.
AS IT AS SONIA MENTIONED, IT GOES OVER TO KLEINMAN.
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AS FAR AS WHEN, THERE'S A VOTE ON THIS, I WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE BEING NOTIFIED BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO ATTEND THAT HEARING AS WELL.IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE COME UP? PLEASE SIGN IN AND WRITE DOWN YOUR ADDRESS.
I LIVE NEXT DOOR TO MR. SCHAFF. MY HOUSE IS ON KLEINMAN.
IN THE BACK OF MY HOUSE IS 81 YEARS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THAT'S BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM.
THE DRAINAGE IS EVERYONE SPEAKING ABOUT.
I HAVE LIVED ON KLEIMAN SINCE I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD, SO I HAVE SEEN PROGRESS.
BUT ALSO IT'S AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THE DRAINAGE.
WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOUSING THAT WOULD BE GOING UP IF IT'S GOING TO CAUSE MORE PROBLEMS DUE TO THE DRAINAGE.
AFTER LOSING MY HOME, AFTER I KNOW ALL ABOUT FLOODING, BUT ALSO JUST WITH RAIN CLIMBING, WE ALWAYS CALL IT LIKE CLIMBING BECAUSE IT FILLS UP WITH WATER DUE TO THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM. THAT'S ONE ISSUE.
OK, WE'VE BEEN TOLD IT'S GOING TO BE HOUSING.
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING IS GOING TO BE RENTAL PROPERTY LIKE AN AIRBNB.
IS IT GOING TO BE A SUBDIVISION LIKE OURS OR PERMANENT RESIDENTS? HOPEFULLY CONCERNS ABOUT IF IT IS A RENTAL PROPERTY OR AIRBNB ROBBERIES? THE NOISE, YOU KNOW, I'M RETIRED ELDERLY AND REALLY LIKE HAVING MY SLEEP.
SO THAT'S MY ISSUES IS THE DRAINAGE IN WHAT TYPE OF HOUSING IS GOING TO BE PUT THERE.
OK, THANK YOU. HI, I'M CYNTHIA SCHAAF, AND THAT WAS MY HUSBAND WHO SPOKE EARLIER.
WE WERE VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE FIRST GENTLEMAN WHO SPOKE.
WE FEEL LIKE HE SPOKE ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US, MANY, MANY PEOPLE I HAVE TALKED TO IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. WE'RE NOT NOTIFIED AND WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED EITHER IN A TIMELY MANNER.
I'M CONCERNED AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING.
PARKING IS A BIG ISSUE WE HAVE NOW WITH THE SURROUNDING APARTMENTS WHO LIKE TO PARK IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES.
I LIKE TO PARK IN OUR GARAGE NOW, WHICH IS ON THAT 81ST STREET.
BUT ONCE WE START BUILDING AND HAVING OTHER RESIDENTS, IS THERE, ARE THEY GOING TO BE PARKING OVER WITH US? I'M CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
THERE'S A LOT OF CHILDREN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
ARE FIRE TRUCKS GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT OF THIS AREA.
IS THERE A PLAN FOR THAT? WHAT IS THEIR PLAN FOR PARKING? WHAT IS THEIR PLAN FOR THE HOUSING? THE NOISE LEVEL IS ALSO A MAJOR CONCERN.
SO THOSE ISSUES, I THINK, ARE VERY IMPORTANT AND NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
WE NEED TO HAVE SOME MORE TIME TO FULLY KNOW WHAT THE PLAN IS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
AND WE'VE LIVED THERE ALMOST 40 YEARS NOW AND RAISED FIVE CHILDREN, WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY ISSUES. AND WE HOPE NOT TO HAVE ANY IN THE FUTURE.
AND ALSO, I'D LIKE TO SAY ONE LITTLE THING, PAM WOODS, OUR NEIGHBOR, HER ADDRESS IS 3417 CLAIBORNE AVENUE, AND THAT'S THE ADDRESS THAT'S ON THIS PAPER, 3417.
ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE ROOM? A THANK YOU BEFORE I CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER, I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I KNOW IT'S A BIG DEAL TO TAKE TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY DAY TO BE HERE.
EVERYONE WHO'S UP HERE IS A VOLUNTEER AND AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU CAME AND ARE PART OF THE SYSTEM.
MR. YARBOROUGH, I KNOW THAT THAT YOU HAVE A PROJECT PLAN FOR THIS AREA, AND I KNOW THAT YOU'VE TAKEN NOTE HERE TODAY OF THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA.
AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE NOTE AND THAT YOU WILL ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND I KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THAT YOU WILL SPEAK TO THEM AND THAT YOU WILL MAKE THEM FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE PROJECT THAT'S TAKING PLACE AROUND THEIR HOMES AND THEIR HOMES THAT THEY'VE LIVED IN FOR 40 YEARS.
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SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 4:09 P.M..
AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO 21P-073.
WE'RE MOVING ON TO YOU, RUSSELL.
WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO JUMP TO THE NEXT CASE TO SWITCH THE ORDER? SURE, ABSOLUTELY.
[7.B.1. 21ZA-004 Request For A Text Amendment To The Galveston Land Development Regulations,Article 2, Uses And Supplemental Standards, In Order To Add A New And Unlisted Land UseOf “Recreation, Outdoor - Private” And For A Text Amendment To The Galveston LandDevelopment Regulations, Article 14, Definitions, In Order To Add “Boathouse” Definition.Applicant: City Of Galveston]
THAT WOULD BE A QUICKER ONE.AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF HERE FASTER.
MR. MILBURN, LET ME, MADAM CHAIR AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
LET ME LET ME MOVE PAST THE WATER HERE.
ALL OF THESE PICTURES OF WATER.
TO FIND MR. MILBURN. YES, IT'S SUCH A I'M FEELING LIKE THEY'RE COLOR SWATCHES FOR A WALL.
OK, WE ARE MOVING TO 21ZA-004.
MR. MILBURN YES SIR. YES CASE 21ZA-004 IS A REQUEST FOR A TEXT AMENDMENT TO ADD A NEW AND UNLISTED LAND USE OF RECREATION, OUTDOOR, PRIVATE ALONG WITH THE DEFINITION, AND TO ADD A DEFINITION FOR BOATHOUSE.
OK. A NOTE, THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE CURRENT SITUATION AND THE CURRENT SITUATION IS THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS DOES NOT ALLOW STANDALONE ACCESSORY BUILDINGS ON A LOT THAT DOES NOT HAVE A PRIMARY STRUCTURE.
OK, SO THE PROPOSED LAND USE CATEGORIES FOR THIS NEW LAND USE OF RECREATION, OUTDOOR PRIVATE, IT WOULD BE PERMITTED AS A LIMITED USE IN THOSE CATEGORIES WHERE IT'S LISTED AS A PERMITTED LIMITED USE ON THE TABLE AND PROHIBIT IT AND THE AREAS WHERE IT SAYS IT'S PROHIBITED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
OK. THE PROPOSED LIMITED USE STANDARDS ARE LISTED IN THE STAFF REPORT AS ITEMS ONE THROUGH EIGHT. AND WE'VE KIND OF WORKED ON THESE THROUGH PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS, AND I THINK WE CAPTURED EVERYTHING THAT WE CAME UP WITH IN THOSE DISCUSSIONS.
AND THE PROPOSED DEFINITIONS ARE INCLUDED.
WHAT'S NEW HERE IS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS NOT SEEN THE BOATHOUSE DEFINITION, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT.
BOAT HOUSES AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURE CONSTRUCTED WHOLLY OR PARTIALLY OVER A BODY OF WATER DESIGNED PRIMARILY FOR THE PURPOSE OF STORING WATERCRAFT.
UM, AND THE REST OF THE STAFF REPORT INCLUDES SOME GUIDANCE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL ON DECISIONS CONCERNING TEXT AMENDMENTS.
I'D JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT WHERE IT SAYS CONSIDERATION FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS, IT SAYS, PER SECTION 13.700 AND THAT SHOULD SAY 13.7002.
I'M SORRY 13.702 OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, AND WE'LL UPDATE THAT FOR THE CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT.
OTHER REVIEWS CITY COUNCIL WILL HEAR THIS REQUEST AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY, THE 24TH OF THIS YEAR, AND WE DID RECEIVE A COMMENT RELATED TO THIS REQUEST AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND READ THAT NOW.
FIRST NAME ASHLEY LAST NAME GROUP AND IT READS, I WANT TO THANK THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ALL OF THE TIME YOU HAVE SPENT WORKING ON THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE DISCUSSED AGAIN TODAY.
I WOULD LIKE TO BRIEFLY VERBALIZE MY SUPPORT FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR PRIVATE RECREATIONAL LAND USE AS A PROPERTY OWNER WITH THE VACANT WATERFRONT LOT.
THIS AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW ME TO HAVE BETTER USE OF MY PROPERTY FOR WATER ACCESS IN ADVANCE OF BUILDING A HOME ON THIS PROPERTY.
REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. MILBURN. YOU'VE PUT A LOT INTO THIS.
THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S WHAT I DO.
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KIND OF FEEL LIKE THAT CAME OUT OF A MOVIE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAS A QUESTION FOR MR. MILBURN. AH MR. VICE CHAIR BROWN.ON THE THE PERMITTED BY LIMITED USE AND THE PROHIBITED USES R1 IS PERMITTED AND R ZERO IS PROHIBITED. WHAT YOU'RE THINKING ON THAT? WELL, R ZERO IS OUR MOST RESTRICTIVE LAND USE AND CURRENTLY WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS IN THE SPIRIT OF THE R0 BEING SUCH A RESTRICTED LAND USE THAT IT MAY NOT BE MOST APPROPRIATE TO HAVE. A STANDALONE STRUCTURE THAT COULD BRING A CONGREGATION OF PEOPLE TO A LOT WITHIN THE R0.
AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING SERVER REQUESTS COME THROUGH FOR THE R ZERO CHANGE OF ZONING FOR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WANT TO NO LONGER ALLOW SHORT TERM RENTALS, WHICH ARE ALSO LAND USE, THAT TENDS TO CAUSE A GATHERING OF PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO DO YOU THINK THE ON OUR R ZERO NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD NEVER HAVE AN OCCASION TO HAVE A BOAT HOUSE, I GUESS ON A LOT WITH NO HOUSE ON IT? IT, I MEAN, SURE, THEY CAN HAVE A BOAT HOUSE, BUT IN THE CASE OF THIS PROPOSED LAND USE, IT WOULD BE FORCED A LOT THAT HAS A PRIMARY STRUCTURE.
KIND OF WHAT I WOULD THINK ON THAT IS THAT MOST ARE ZERO NEIGHBORHOODS WOULD PROBABLY MY THINKING BOB WOULD BE RESTRICTED AND THAT THEY WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A DEED RESTRICTION THAT WOULDN'T ALLOW IT ANYWAY.
THAT YOU WOULD NEVER BE ALLOWED BY A DEED RESTRICTION TO HAVE A BOAT HOUSE STRUCTURE WITHOUT A HOME ANYWAY.
IT WOULD PROBABLY GO HAND IN GLOVE ANYWAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, OK, THEN WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 21ZA-004 AT 4:17 PM.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? AND WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY WRITTEN PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS, I DON'T THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE READ. YOU READ THE ONE COMMENT.
GROUP DID. I'M SO SORRY THAT COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI ISN'T HERE TODAY.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 18 P.M.
AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON 21 ZERO ZERO ZERO FOR.
I'LL MAKE THE MOVE TO APPROVE 21ZA-004, AS WRITTEN, THANK YOU AND A SECOND, THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL HAVE A VOTE ALL IN FAVOR OF 21ZA-004.
I APPRECIATE ALL OF IT, AND I I'M SURE THAT DR.
GROUP AND COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI DO ALSO.
WE'LL JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO INTRODUCE RUSSELL COLE IN PERSON, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE SEEN HIM. HIS SMILING FACE SINCE HE JOINED US SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE IS THE ASSISTANT COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGER.
HE'S PRETTY TALL. STAND UP RUSSELL.
HOW DO YOU AND A PLEASURE TO SEE YOU ALL IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME? I'VE GOTTEN TO SEE YOU BEFORE COMMISSIONER HILL.
ALL RIGHTY. SO HOW ARE YOU, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS? AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
PARDON THE OH NO, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH 21 PEA DASH ZERO SEVEN THREE.
[7.A.1. 21P-073 (4243 Spoonbill) Request For Beachfront Construction Certificate And DuneProtection Permit For The Removal And Replacement Of Pilings. Property Is Legally DescribedAbstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey, Lot 94, Pirates Beach Section 6, In The City And County OfGalveston, Texas. Applicant: Cody Osgood Property Owner: Cottonwood Trail Investments LLC]
NOW, AND THERE'S YOUR TWENTY ONE FOR THE DAY.OH YES, WE DID GET A TWENTY ONE.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF PILINGS.
THE ADDRESS IS FORTY TWO POINT FORTY THREE SPOONBILL DRIVE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT ONE TO ONE HOLLAND JONES SURVEY LAW NINETY FOUR PIRATES BEACH SECTION SIX THE
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SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE PIRATE'S BEACH SUBDIVISION.SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH AND WEST, AND A BEACH IS LOCATED ON AND TO THE SOUTH AND EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY. THIS AREA IS ERODING AT A RATE OF FIVE FEET PER YEAR.
PREVIOUSLY, THE OWNER WAS PROVIDED A NOTICE OF AN UNSAFE STRUCTURE LETTER DATED JULY 1ST, TWENTY TWENTY ONE FOLLOWING HURRICANE NICHOLAS IN SEPTEMBER.
TWENTY TWENTY ONE, A PILING LOCATED UNDER THE ELEVATED DECK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE STRUCTURE SHEARED OFF, RESULTING IN THE COLLAPSE OF THE DECK.
THE ENTIRETY OF THE DECK, AS WELL AS AN ATTACHED VIEWING TOWER, WERE REMOVED IN NOVEMBER FOLLOWING AN ENGINEER'S ASSESSMENT.
FIVE, 2021 ASSESSMENT PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT AND STAMPED BY PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER WESLEY A. BUCHANAN.
DUE TO THE INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING PILINGS, ALL PILINGS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED AND NEW STRINGERS ADDED TO EACH SIDE OF EACH NEW PILING.
THE CONTRACTORS PROCESS DOCUMENT LAYS OUT THE FOLLOWING A SEQUENCE OF EVENTS SET STEEL JACKS, LIFT STRUCTURE REMOVAL, PILINGS AND HULL OFF ONCE PILING IS REMOVED.
ROLL HOME TO THE NORTH TO ALLOW NEW PILINGS TO BE PLACED.
ONCE NEW PILINGS ARE INSTALLED, ROLL HOME BACK OVER AND LOWER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER TWENTY NINE PLANNING.
BEACH ACCESS, DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACH FRONT CONSTRUCTION.
BEFORE ISSUING A PERMIT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MUST FIND THAT THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION CONFORMS WITH THE BEACHFRONT CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE AND DUNE PROTECTION PERMIT STANDARDS. AT PRESENT, STAFF FEELS THAT THE STRUCTURE IS NOT LOCATED AS FAR LANDWARD AS PRACTICABLE. IN ANOTHER INSTANCE, WHERE BEACHFRONT CONSTRUCTION OF BEACHFRONT CONSTRUCTIONS SUCH AS PILING REPLACEMENT, WHERE THEY WERE NOT ALL BEING REMOVED AND THE HOUSE WERE NOT BEING ROLLED AROUND, THE LOT MAY NOT TRIGGER THIS CRITERION.
HOWEVER, WE FIND THAT GIVEN THE EXTENT AND SUBSTANTIAL NATURE OF THE SEQUENCE LAID OUT BY THE APPLICANT'S CONTRACTOR THAT THE HOME COULD NOT BE COULD BE RELOCATED DURING THIS PROCESS. FURTHER LANDWARD ON THE LOT HER DISCUSSIONS WITH THE APPLICANT, THE HOME COULD BE MOVED APPROXIMATELY SEVEN FEET FURTHER LANDWARD, REQUIRING IMPACTS TO THE DRIVEWAY AND NECESSITATING SOME EVALUATION OF PARKING, BUT PROVIDING FOR MORE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE HOME AND THE BEACH.
GIVEN THE EROSION RATE IN THE AREA OF FIVE FEET PER YEAR, THIS RELOCATION COULD PROLONG THE BUILDING'S EXISTENCE AND REDUCE ITS ENCROACHMENT ON THE PUBLIC BEACH.
THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ZERO FEET FROM THE LINE OF VEGETATION, ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT MATERIALS, IMAGERY AND SITE VISITS.
THERE ARE NO DUNES NOR DUNE VEGETATION IN THE AREA.
THEREFORE, WITHOUT EITHER PRESENT TO DAMAGE MITIGATION, ACTIVITIES ARE NOT PROPOSED.
UPON CONSIDERATION OF ALL PERTINENT COMPONENTS OF CHAPTER TWENTY NINE, PLANNING, BEACH ACCESS, DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACHFRONT CONSTRUCTION, AND THE GLOS COMMENTS RECEIVED IN THE COURSE OF CONSIDERING THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS APPLICATION WITH CONDITIONS.
THE REQUEST CONFORMS TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON'S DUNE PROTECTION AND BEACH ACCESS PLAN AND EROSION RESPONSE PLAN.
STAFF WILL INCLUDE THE GLOS COMMENT LETTER WITH THE ACTION LETTER, WHICH SERVES AS A BEACHFRONT CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE AND DOOM PROTECTION PERMIT.
STAFF REPORT PAGE TWO LIST THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL TO RECOMMENDATIONS BY STAFF INCLUDED. THEREIN ARE THAT FIRST, THE HOUSE BE RELOCATED AS FAR LANDLORD AS PRACTICABLE, WHICH IN THIS INSTANCE WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH THE BUILDING LINES ADJACENT TO LOT NINETY THREE TO THE NORTH AND THE BUILDING LINE, OR THE OPEN SPACE RESERVE ADJACENT TO LOT SEVENTY NINE, WHICHEVER PROVES TO BE MORE PRACTICABLE TO THE WEST.
ADDITIONALLY, ALL DAMAGED AND DISPLACED FIBER CREATE EXPOSED CLAY, AND ALL CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS MUST BE PROPERLY DISPOSED OF OFF SITE BEFORE THE CONCLUSION OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY. NOW, STAFF HAS PREPARED PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR REVIEW.
FIRST, WE SEE THE AERIAL IMAGE FROM 2020, WHICH SHOWS THE ERODING NATURE OF THE SHORELINE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE FEET PER YEAR.
AT THIS SITE, AS WELL AS THE LOCATION OF THE STRUCTURE IN RELATION TO THE PROPERTY BOUNDARIES. ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE SEE A MORE ACCURATE DEPICTION OF THE LINE OF VEGETATION AND EROSION FROM EARLY TWENTY TWENTY ONE PRIOR TO HURRICANE NICHOLAS AND THE REMOVAL OF THE FRONT DECK AND VIEWING TOWER.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE SEE WE HAVE IMAGERY OF THE DAMAGED DECK PRIOR TO ITS REMOVAL.
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PLEASE NOTE THAT PILING THAT SHEARED OFF ON THE RIGHT HAND PITCHER DURING NICHOLAS.AND THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT EXCERPTS FROM IT, NOTING THE DETERIORATED, ROTTEN, BROKEN OR EXPOSED PILINGS ON THAT FIRST PAGE THERE IN THE LITTLE BULLET POINTS AND THEN ON THE MIDDLE ONE THERE, IN MY OPINION, DUE TO THE INTEGRITY OF PILINGS WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED, ET CETERA.
AND THEN NEXT TO THAT, THAT'S THE CONTRACTOR'S NOTES OF THE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDES ROLL HOME TO THE NORTH, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY WHERE WE ARE SUGGESTING THE HOUSE BE PLACED.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, WE HAVE TWO SURVEYS, THE ONE ON THE LEFT IS MORE RECENT, SHOWING THE CAN KIND OF SEE THE BLUE LINE, WHICH IS THE TWO HUNDRED FOOT OFFSET FROM THE MEAN LOW WATER LINE, WHICH IS THE PRESCRIBED LINE OF VEGETATION IN THIS AREA, WHICH SERVES AS THE LIMIT OF THE PUBLIC BEACH EASEMENT.
YOU MAY NOTE THAT THAT BISECTS THE SOUTH MOST PORTION OF THE HOUSE, WHICH MEANS THAT THE PORTION OF THE HOUSE IS ACTUALLY ON THE PUBLIC BEACH THERE.
ON THE VERSION ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS FROM 2014.
THE STRIATED PORTIONS ARE DECKS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE SINCE BEEN REMOVED.
THE DOTTED LINE ON THE LEFT SIDE THERE INDICATES AN OPEN.
PARDON ME, OPEN SPACE RESERVE ON THE WEST PORTION.
WE'VE NOT RECEIVED DOCUMENTATION DETAILING THE LIMITATIONS OR REQUIREMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS RESERVE, THOUGH APPLICANTS HAVE INDICATED THE UNDERSTANDING THAT NO STRUCTURES MAY BE PLACED HERE IN THIS DOES APPEAR TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE AERIAL IMAGERY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND ONE THING I WOULD LIKE YOU TO NOTE HERE IS THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE ON THE RIGHT SURVEY AND THE ACTUAL PROPERTY BUILDING LINES ABOVE IT.
SO THAT LITTLE GAP IN A LINE THERE.
YOU HAVE THOSE SAME SURVEYS OVERLAID WITH THE MOST RECENT AERIAL IMAGERY WE HAVE FROM LAST YEAR, AND YOU CAN SEE THE ACTUAL BEACH ALONG WITH THE OVERLAYS OF THE HOUSE AND APPROXIMATELY WHERE THEY ARE.
THIS IS ACTUALLY PRIOR TO NICHOLAS, SO THERE HAS BEEN INCREASED EROSION SINCE THEN.
BUT IT GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHERE THE HOUSE IS, WHERE THE BUILDING LINES ARE AND WHERE THE BEACH IS. AND SO WHAT WE'RE SUGGESTING IS MOVING THE HOUSE BACKWARDS AND EVEN POTENTIALLY PIVOTING SLIGHTLY TO GET AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE OFF THE PUBLIC BEACH AND OFF THE BEACH AS A WHOLE TO HELP INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TIME IT CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT BEING TOTALLY ON THE PUBLIC BEACH AND THEN EVENTUALLY BEING CONDEMNED BY THE STATE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
WE'VE GOT PHOTOS, SORRY PHOTOS OF THE SITE SINCE THE DECK HAS BEEN REMOVED.
IT'S KIND OF HARD FROM THE DISTANCE, SOME BENEFITS OF ZOOM, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE HOLES OR WEATHERING IN THE PILINGS THERE AND THEN YOU SEE A BIT OF THE DRIVEWAY THERE.
AND FINALLY, ON THE NEXT SLIDE THERE, THE DRIVEWAY SO TOP LEFT IS BACK OF THE HOUSE APPROXIMATELY WHERE WE'RE SUGGESTING IT BE RELOCATED TO JUST THE BACK OF THE HOUSE IN GENERAL, AND THEN A PORTION OF THE DECK, WHICH TRIGGERED OUR CONDITION REGARDING THE REMOVAL OF THE RUBBLE.
IN CONCLUSION, WE HIGHLY RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE.
THIS PROJECT WITH THE DESCRIBED CONDITIONS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT THOROUGH REPORT.
COMMISSIONERS, I KNOW WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS FOR MR. COLE. I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION, FIRST OF ALL, ON PAGE 16 OF THE REPORT.
AND OF COURSE, I CAN'T FIND MY NOTES FOR SOME REASON, BUT I KNOW IT WAS ON PAGE 16 OF THE
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REPORT. IT'S THE PAGE.THERE'S SOMETHING THAT SAYS THE REAR OPEN DECK WHICH COLLAPSED ALONG WITH THE WALKWAY TO THE OBSERVATION DECK AND THE OBSERVATION DECK ITSELF SHALL BE DEMOED, WHICH THAT'S HAPPENED AND REBUILT AT A LATER DATE ONCE THE NEW PILING FOUNDATION IS INSTALLED.
IS THE PLAN TO REBUILD THOSE? NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
THE APPLICANT MAY BE ABLE TO BETTER ANSWER THAT, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WOULD BE PERMISSIBLE. YEAH, I DIDN'T.
SO I DIDN'T KNOW IF YOU HAD SEEN SOME PLAN FOR THOSE DECKS TO BE REBUILT.
WE'VE NOT SEEN ANY PLANS FOR IT.
ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE WOULD COME BEFORE, Y'ALL.
IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS PROPOSAL AND.
IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH ANYTHING WE HAVE APPROVED THUS FAR.
I JUST WANTED TO ASK THAT COMMISSIONERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO KICK IT OFF.
RUSSELL. JUST TO BE CLEAR ON THE SURVEY THAT YOU SHOWED THAT LIGHT BLUE LINE, THE 200 AND 200 FOOT OFFSET, A SEAWARD OF THAT IS PUBLIC BEACH.
YES, SIR. YES. SO RIGHT NOW, THE HOUSE IS PARTIALLY ON A PUBLIC BEACH.
YES, SIR. OK. AND YOU SAID THEY COULD FEASIBLY MOVE, I GUESS, LANDWARD SEVEN FEET OR SO.
WOULD THEY ALSO BE ABLE TO MOVE BACK OR WESTWARD? IT DOES APPEAR.
THANK YOU, PATRICK. THE COMMISSION WILL COME IN, PLEASE.
YES. OF THIS PORTION HERE USED TO BE.
ULTIMATELY, WE HEAR IT COULD GO IF THERE WAS NO ROTATION OF IT.
BUT THEORETICALLY, THE WHOLE THING COULD BE PIVOTED SLIGHTLY AND JUST GENERAL GEOMETRY, I GUESS.
IT APPEARS THAT A LARGER PORTION WOULD BE ABLE TO SHIFT UPWARDS.
WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS I'M BRINGING THAT UP IS BECAUSE IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH FEMA, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE THAT HOUSE UP A LOT HIGHER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW.
AND FROM THE DRAWINGS, I GET THAT THE FINISHED FLOOR IS GOING TO BE 22 FEET, SIX INCHES, AND RIGHT NOW IT'S NINE FEET, THREE INCHES.
SO THAT MEANS A LOT, A LOT MORE STAIRS IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO GET UP TO IT.
AND JUST THE BACK OF THE ENVELOPE CALCULATION INDICATES ABOUT 14 FEET MORE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED OF SPACE ON THE GROUND TO GET THOSE EXTRA RISERS TO GET UP THERE. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE AS FAR WEST AS THEY CAN TO GET THE MORE STAIRS THEY'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED, DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ARRANGE THOSE STAIRS.
SO THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING ABOUT CAN THEY MOVE FURTHER WEST AS THEY ALSO MOVE FURTHER LANDWARD? ONE MORE QUESTION I DIDN'T SEE SPECIFICALLY IN THE REPORT, BUT WOULD THEY PUT REINSTALL FIBER CRETE UNDERNEATH THE HOUSE? AND THEN, I GUESS, IS THAT WAS THAT PART OF THE APPLICATION? SO ANY FIBER THAT IS REMOVED IN THIS PROCESS WOULD NOT BE PERMITTED TO BE REPLACED? RIGHT. BUT WHEN WHEN THEY PUT THE HOUSE BACK DOWN ON THE PIERS, THE NEW PIERS WOULD.
ARE THEY PLANNING TO POUR FIBER CRETE UNDER DIRECTLY UNDER THE HOUSE AROUND THOSE NEW PIERS? NO NEW CONCRETE OR FIBER CREATE WOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE PLACED IN THIS AREA.
OK. THE THIS IS SOMETHING WE DEAL WITH FREQUENTLY.
IN THIS AREA, THE LINE OF VEGETATION IS THE TWO HUNDRED FOOT OFFSET, AND THAT'S HERE, AND THEN TWO HUNDRED FEET FROM THAT IS THE DUNE PROTECTION LINE.
PAVING OR ALTERING OF THE GROUND OCCUR.
SO NO CONCRETE, NO FIBER CRETE COULD BE PUT IN.
ONCE IT'S REMOVED, THERE IS THE BENEFIT THAT AGAIN, WITHOUT EXPERTISE IN ENGINEERING, I DON'T KNOW HOW EXACTLY THE PILINGS WILL BE ON PLACED IN.
THERE IS THE POTENTIAL THAT INDIVIDUAL PORTIONS COULD BE REMOVED AND I REALIZE THIS IS A DRIVEWAY AREA, WHICH MAKES IT LESS DESIRABLE TO PLACE IT THERE, BUT PORTIONS WHERE THE
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PILINGS ARE GOING COULD BE REMOVED THEORETICALLY, AND THEN THE REST OF IT COULD BE LEFT.THE APPLICANT MIGHT WISH TO COMMENT ON THAT BETTER, BUT THAT CAN'T BE REMOVED OR REPLACED ONCE IT'S REMOVED. OK.
JUST LOOKING AT YOUR PHOTOGRAPHS THERE.
YOU'VE GOT A YOU'VE GOT A VARIANCE IN GRADE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALMOST LIKE A LITTLE DROP OFF RIGHT THERE, A FEW FEET.
SO I'M JUST AND THEY DON'T INDICATE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO THERE'S GOING TO BE ANY CUTTING OR FILLING OR GRADING AS PART OF THIS PROJECT.
I'M NOT SURE HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK, ESPECIALLY IF YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE WHERE IT IS BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE HALF OF IT ON ONE GRADE AND HALF OF IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN ON ANOTHER GRADE.
SO WITHOUT WITHOUT SOME KIND OF FILL, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WORKS, BUT I GUESS MAYBE THAT'S A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
IT COULD BE. SO I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
WELL, KNOW FOR THE STAFF OR THE STAFF.
COULD WE GO BACK TO THAT ORIGINAL PLAT? YES. OK, SO WE TALKED ABOUT THE LINE OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT.
WITHIN THEIR LOT, THAT LINE THERE IS.
WHAT IS IT? SO THIS IS THE OPEN SPACE RESERVE, WHICH APPEARS TO BE IN THE PIRATE'S BEACH SUBDIVISION. I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, SPECIFICALLY PIRATES BEACH SIX. I FOUND FOR PIRATES BEACH FIVE IN THERE.
I THINK IT WAS THE HOA RULES STATING THAT THERE CAN BE NO STRUCTURES, NO PERMANENT STRUCTURES, NO LIKE STANDING CONSTRUCTION, SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
BUT THERE'S ESSENTIALLY IT'S A AS I OBSERVED A VIEWING COLUMN.
AND SO IN THESE BACKYARDS, YOU CAN SORT OF DRAW A LINE BETWEEN ALL OF THESE HOUSES THAT THERE'S NO STRUCTURES IN THEM.
AND THE INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE APPLICANT WAS THAT IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE TO MOVE THE HOUSE BACK INTO THIS AREA BECAUSE OF THAT RESERVE.
AND WE HAVEN'T SEEN DOCUMENTATION OF THAT.
BUT FROM THE EXTERNAL CONTEXT? THAT APPEARS TO BE THE CASE.
SO THERE WOULD BE THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THEM AND THE HOA, NOT NECESSARILY BETWEEN US AND OK. OK.
IS THAT IT, MR. HUMPHREY? COMMISSIONER HUMPHREY? ALL RIGHT, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER PENA.
YOU HAD MADE MENTION OF MOVING LANDWARD IN IN AN EFFORT TO BUY TIME.
IS THERE ANY AND THE PICTURES ARE ARE SOMEWHAT TELLING OF WHAT HAPPENS FROM FROM 2020 TO 2021.
IS THERE ANY MITIGATION EFFORT FOR FOR DUNE PRESERVATION OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS GOING ON IN THAT THAT OR IN THIS AREA? OK. IT'S LAWN AND DRIVEWAY AND A DROP OFF TO THE BEACH.
ARE THERE ANY LONG TERM PLANS FOR POTENTIAL DUNE MITIGATION OR PRESERVATION IN THE AREA? THERE ARE ONGOING PROJECTS WITHIN THE COASTAL RESOURCES DIVISION AND THE CITY THAT ARE WORKING TO INCREASE THE HEALTH OF THE BEACH IN GENERAL, BUT DUE TO THE STATE OF THE BEACH HERE, WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE INDIVIDUALS AND NEIGHBORHOODS TO APPLY FOR DUNE RESTORATION PERMITS.
BUT ESSENTIALLY BECAUSE OF HOW NARROW AND EATEN AWAY THIS IS.
IT'S NOT FUTILE, BUT IT IS EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.
MAINTAIN A DUNE EFFORT WHEN WATER HAS GOTTEN SO CLOSE.
NORMALLY, IF THERE WAS NOT HOUSES HERE, THE DUNES WOULD BE MUCH FARTHER BACK.
THAT'S A NATURAL ROLLING PROCESS.
BUT BECAUSE OF PROPERTY BOUNDARIES AND THE CONCEPT OF WANTING TO STAY IN ONE PLACE.
UM, WE DON'T LET IT ERODE AS THE COAST WOULD LIKE TO.
AND SO WHERE THERE WOULD NATURALLY BE MORE EROSION MOWING OF LAWNS THAT STOP THE GROWTH
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OF DUNE VEGETATION THAT WOULD BUILD THE DUNES ISN'T ALLOWED TO OCCUR.SO NO, THERE'S NOT BEEN ANY PROPOSAL FROM THE APPLICANTS AND THERE'S NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD EFFORT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE.
COMMISSIONER WALLA. HEY, RUSSELL.
SO WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO MOVE IT FOR WHEN THEY MOVE IT BACK? SO 200, 200 FOOT IS THE PUBLIC BEACH MARK.
IS THAT CORRECT? AND SO NOW IT'S KIND OF GOT A PART OF IT THAT'S CURRENTLY OVER THAT LINE. RIGHT? AREA TWO HUNDRED FEET.
SO WHEN THEY MOVE IT BACK, THE HOUSE WILL NO LONGER BE IN THE IS IT MOVING FAR ENOUGH BACK THAT IT WILL NO LONGER BE? OR WILL SOME OF IT STILL BE IN THE.
SO IT DOES APPEAR THAT THERE IS ROOM FOR IT TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF THAT ZONE BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE ONLY ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE FEET OVER THE LINE.
AND BASED ON DISCUSSIONS, IT'S FIVE TO SEVEN FEET THAT THEY CAN MOVE IT BACK IF IT WAS MOVED STRAIGHT BACK.
THIS ONE MIGHT SHOW IT BETTER, BUT THAT'S ALSO PART OF THE DISCUSSION WHERE IF IT WAS MOVED STRAIGHT BACK, THAT'S THE CASE.
BUT IT ALSO COULD PIVOT WHERE THIS PORTION WOULD MOVE THE FARTHEST WITH A PIVOT, AND THAT WOULD GET IT EVEN FARTHER ON THE WAY.
OK. EITHER WAY, WITH MOVING THE HOUSE MORE LANDWARD, IT WOULD GET IT OUT OF THE PUBLIC BEACH. BUT.
UM, COULD GET A MUCH FARTHER OUT IN PUBLIC BEACH.
OK. SO WHEN THEY'RE DONE, SINCE IT'S IN THE DCA, THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA, NO PAVING UNDERNEATH IT, NO STORAGE UNDERNEATH IT.
AS THE PICTURES DEPICT IT, NOW THERE'S WHAT'S LEFT OF THE PAVING.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY HAD AN ENTRANCE UP TO THERE.
AND I THINK, BOB, I THINK ON THE ELEVATION CERTIFICATE, THE NINE FEET, I THINK, IS WHERE THEY WAS, WHERE THAT WAS.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE SAND UNDERNEATH THEIR HOUSE, BASICALLY.
IS THAT CORRECT OR CAN THEY DO PAVERS? I'M JUST KIND OF CURIOUS HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE.
SAND IS IN THE AREAS WHERE THAT RESTRICTION APPLIES, SO BEACH QUALITY SAND IS THE ONLY THING THAT'S NEW THAT CAN BE PUT IN.
AND THAT IS THE CASE FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE FIRST AND OFTEN SECOND OR THIRD ROW OF HOUSES IN PIRATE'S BEACH AND OTHERS IN THIS ERODING AREA BETWEEN SEAWALL AND 13 MILE ROAD. SO IT'S A COMMON DILEMMA WE ENCOUNTER, WHICH IS WHY THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE, SAY, THE BEACH NOURISHMENT EFFORTS THAT CALL FOR THOSE TO OCCUR ON PAST SEAWALL TO HELP PUSH THE BEACH BACK A LITTLE BIT RATHER THAN JUST NOURISHING THE SEAWALL FOR TOURISM.
SO WHEN HE FIXES HIS HOUSE AND GETS IT MOVED BACK AND MOVES IT BACK AS FAR AS HE CAN, HE'S GOING TO BE OUT OF THE PUBLIC BEACH AREA.
HE'S STILL GOING TO BE IN THE DCA.
HE'S GOING TO HAVE SAND UNDERNEATH HIS HOUSE IN THE NEXT TIME A STORM COMES.
WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN? THE MAJORITY OF THE AREA FROM SEAWALL TO THE END OF THE ISLAND IS ERODING AT RATES FROM TWO TO 10 FEET PER YEAR.
YES, HE'S GOING TO BE, HE'S GOING TO BE BACK.
SO HOW DO YOU? NEXT QUESTION IS SO MA'AM SPECULATION.
SORRY. OK, I'M A SPECULATOR AND I'M SORRY.
I'M NOT. I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT YOU ON THE SPOT.
WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS HE'S NOT THE ONLY GUY OVER THERE AND A CHALLENGE THAT OUR ISLAND RESIDENTS ON THE WEST END FACE THAT THIS IS A RELATIVELY AVERAGE EROSION RATE OF FIVE FEET PER YEAR.
THERE'S RATES AVERAGING 10 FEET PER YEAR IN MANY AREAS, AND MANY HOMEOWNERS EXPERIENCED THIS. SO.
IT IS POSSIBLE TO TRY TO PUT A DUNE'S IN FRONT OF HOUSES.
IT IS NOT PERMISSIBLE TO PUT RETAINING WALLS OR BULKHEADS OF ANY FORM IN FRONT OF HOUSES.
BUT WE HAVE EVERYONE FROM CONDO OWNERS TO CELEBRITIES MOMS. WOW, THERE'S SPECIFIC.
YEAH, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THEY ARE ON THE BEACH AND THEY FIGHT THIS CHALLENGE.
FAME AND MONEY CANNOT STOP THE OCEAN AND SO MAY NOT STOP THE OCEANS AND COASTAL RESOURCES. WE SLEEP WHEN THE OCEAN DOES, SO IT'S A T-SHIRT.
IT IS A CONSTANT CHALLENGE THAT WE ARE WORKING TO HELP PROTECT THE ISLAND'S RESIDENTS, AND THERE'S OPTIONS TO MOVE STRUCTURES TO A NEW LOCATION OR TRY TO MOVE THEM A LITTLE
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FURTHER LANDWARD, IF POSSIBLE, WHERE THE LAW PERMITS.BUT ESSENTIALLY, UNLESS THE BEACH STOPS ERODING OR IF THERE'S ENOUGH SAND TO HELP COUNTERACT THAT, IT'S A CHALLENGE THAT EVERYONE'S GOING TO CONTINUE.
AND SO LOOK, AND IF YOU OWN THAT HOUSE, THIS ISN'T FUNNY.
I MEAN, IT'S A PROBLEM AND WHERE I'M REALLY TRYING TO GET TO AS HE MOVES BACK.
IS THERE SOMETHING THAT HE CAN DO AS HIS OWN MITIGATION ONCE HE MOVES BACK? BECAUSE IF HE TRIES TO DO MITIGATION FROM HIS HOUSE, HE'S ACTUALLY WITHIN THE 200 FEET AREA. HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY ROOM.
IF HE, LET'S JUST SAY HE COULD.
AND LOOK, I'M NOT A COASTAL ENGINEER GUY, BUT LET'S JUST SAY YOU WENT AND PUT A GEO TUBE THERE AND PUT SAND AROUND IT.
YOU PROBABLY CAN'T. I KNOW YOU CAN'T DO THAT, BUT HELP ME HERE.
IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR LANE RUSTY YOUR YOUR HONEYMOON? OK, YOU HAVE.
YOU HAVE BEES. YOU'RE A BEEKEEPER.
WE MAY BE GETTING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THIS [INAUDIBLE].
AND LISTEN, I'M SORRY, BUT I HATE TO SEE THIS BECAUSE THIS GUY IS GOING TO BE COMING BACK. AND THAT'S WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS THAT IT'S A PROBLEM FOR THEM.
BUT AND SO IT IS ALWAYS AN OPTION FOR BEACH FRONT FOLKS TO APPLY TO GET A DUNE RESTORATION PERMIT WHERE THEY COME OUT AND PUT BEACH SAND FROM THEIR HOUSE IN AREAS WHERE THE WATERLINE ACTUALLY DOES SOMETIMES COME UP.
I THINK IN THIS AREA IT'S BECOMING A DECENTLY HIGH.
I THINK THIS IS THE STRAND LINE UP HERE.
SO THAT'S PART OF WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IN THIS SPECIFIC CASE THAT'S MOVED FURTHER LANDWARD TO BUY A LITTLE TIME BECAUSE IN A LOT OF CASES, THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO.
AND SO THAT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION HERE.
MOVE IT LANDWARD. THERE'S ALWAYS THE OPTION OF DUNE RESTORATION.
AND I KNOW ALL KIDDING ASIDE AND STAND, I KNOW YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SAY, AND BOB HAS SOMETHING HE WANTS TO SAY NEXT.
BUT ALL KIDDING ASIDE, AND I THINK WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER, WE WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO WANT TO BRAINSTORM AND THIS IS A GROUP OF PROBLEM SOLVERS.
AND I THINK DONNA IS A GOOD PERSON WHO USUALLY REINS US IN.
BUT THIS IS A THIS IS A GOOD TIME, I THINK, FOR US TO TO REFOCUS AND TO REMEMBER THAT WE ARE HERE TO DISCUSS THE APPLICATION THAT IS BEFORE US AND TO CONCENTRATE ON WHAT'S BEEN PUT IN FRONT OF US AND TO THINK ABOUT WHAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF US AND TO NOT TRY AND SOLVE ANOTHER PROBLEM ISN'T THE WAY OUR BRAIN WANTS TO WORK, BUT THIS IS WHAT WE WE NEED TO DO THIS. POINT WELL-MADE THOUGH.
VICE CHAIR BROWN AND THEN COMMISSIONER HUMPHREY.
YEAH, LET'S SAY THAT HE MOVES THE HOUSE BACK AS AS RECOMMENDED.
AND BUT I THINK STILL, ISN'T HE ABLE TO PUT A DRIVEWAY FROM THE HOUSE TO THE STREET AS WIDE AS THE HOUSE IS IN THE WATER? I MEAN, THAT'S STILL ALLOWED, ISN'T IT, IN A CASE WHERE IT IS NOT WITHIN THIS DUNE CONSERVATION AREA THAT IS ALLOWED, BUT THE RULES STACK AND SO NO CONCRETE CAN BE POURED IN THIS AREA THAT'S CLOSE TO THE BEACH AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CONSTANTLY RUN INTO.
BUT I THOUGHT YOU COULD DO A DRIVEWAY, A PERMEABLE DRIVEWAY LIKE PAVING OR ALTERING THE GROUND IN ANY FORM, WHICH INCLUDES CRUSHED GRAVEL, EVEN CLAY.
WE'VE HAD PEOPLE PUT IN THAT THEY HAD TO REMOVE BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE BEACH FRONT IN THIS AREA. SO ONCE THE FIBER CRETE IS REMOVED OR WASHED AWAY, SOMETHING THAT WE SEE FREQUENTLY IN BEACHFRONT HOUSES OUT HERE IS SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
WOULD YOU GO TO THE LAST SLIDE? YEAH. YES.
SO THE BEACH WILL COME UP, WASH OUT THE MATERIAL UNDERNEATH THESE FIBER CRETE DRIVEWAYS, FIBER CRETE WILL COLLAPSE, AND THEN AT THAT POINT, IT'S UNUSABLE, IT'S A HAZARD AND THE FIRE HAS TO BE REMOVED AND IT CAN'T BE PLACED BACK AND YOU CAN'T PLACE FILL MATERIAL OR CLAY OR SAND.
AND THEN SOMETHING ELSE, YOU CAN PUT A MAT THAT CAN BE REMOVED.
SO THERE'S A DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF A DRIVING MAT.
AND IF ANYONE IS LISTENING TO THIS AS A RECORDING, THEY CAN CONTACT COASTAL RESOURCES.
WE CAN HELP THEM WITH IT. BUT ONCE THAT'S REMOVED, IT CANNOT BE PLACED BACK.
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I'M REFERRING SPECIFICALLY TO THE GLOW LETTER HERE IN THE FIRST BULLET, WHERE IT SAYS THOSE FREEVILLE THINGS, SO THE CITY MAY ONLY ISSUE A CERTIFICATE OR PERMIT AUTHORIZING A REPAIR TO THE HOUSE. IF THE CITY DETERMINES THAT THE REPAIR IS SOLELY TO MAKE THE HOUSE HABITABLE DOES NOT OCCUR.SEAWARD OF MEAN HIGH WATER AND DOES NOT INCLUDE CONSTRUCTION UNDERNEATH, OUTSIDE OR AROUND THE HOUSE, OTHER THAN FOR REASONABLE ACCESS OR TO STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY AND REASONABLE ACCESS. I WAS INTERPRETING AS A DRIVEWAY JUST TO GO FROM THE STREET TO YOUR HOUSE INCLUDES A DRIVEWAY MADE OF SAND.
OKEYDOKEY. OK, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANKS. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONER HUMPHREY.
OK, ONE OF THE THINGS I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS CONDITIONS FOR CASE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE HAS TO MOVE BACK.
IT'D BE PREFERENTIAL IF HE MOVED NORTHWEST OR I'M SORRY, THERE WOULD BE, YEAH, NORTHWESTWARD. BUT THERE IS THAT HOA ISSUE.
TO ME TO MAKE IT EVEN MORE VIABLE.
THAT WOULD BE THE DIRECTION TO GO.
AND COULD WE? IS IT PROPOSED OR CAN WE MAKE IT CONDITIONAL ON HE GETS APPROVAL FROM THE HOA TO MOVE INTO THAT VIEWING AREA? OK.
SO WE COULD APPROVE IT TO BE MOVED TO THAT POSITION.
HE COULD TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT OR GO WITH JUST STRAIGHT GOING NORTH.
OK.THAT'S GETTING INTO THE HOA.
WHAT COULD CONCEIVABLY HAPPEN IS THE COMMISSION COULD ASK.
THE FORBES WELL, WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN A DISCUSSION PORTION LATER.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OK, THANK YOU.
GOSH, WHERE WE ARE EVEN NOW, WHERE WE'RE EVEN ARE WE NOW? WELL, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT FOUR FIFTY ONE P.M.
AND IS THE APPLICANT IN THE AUDIENCE? PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN.
I'M CODY OSGOOD, AND I'LL SIGN IN REAL QUICK.
OK. SO FIRST OFF, I'M NOT THE OWNER, I JUST REPRESENT THE OWNER.
SO IN TERMS OF I THINK SOMEBODY HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE PILINGS AND THE HEIGHTS.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY PURCHASED EVERY SINGLE PILING.
THEY'VE BEEN WAITING FOR TWO MONTHS UNTIL WE GET APPROVAL.
AND THERE ALL THE REQUIRED HEIGHT, LIKE YOU MENTIONED, THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO RAISE IT. WE ACTUALLY RAISED AN EXTRA FOOT JUST IN CASE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE WANT TO PLAN FOR DIFFERENT THINGS THAT HAPPEN, DIFFERENT CHANGES IN THE IN THE REGULATIONS.
THE ISSUE THAT WE FOUND WITH THE MOVING BACK, NOT ONLY THE HOA ISSUE, WHICH I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN'T SPEAK ON, BUT IF, SAY, THE HOA, WHICH IT IS, THE SAME HOA WAY IS THAT OTHER SECTION. HE JUST CAN'T FIND THE DOCUMENTATION AND NEITHER COULD I FOR THAT SPECIFIC SECTION. IF WE CAN'T MOVE THAT, THEN WE HAVE THAT SEVEN FEET THAT IS PROPOSED.
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THE PROBLEM WITH THAT COMES INTO THE DRIVEWAY, AS WE ALREADY MENTIONED THAT IF WE MOVE IT BACK, WE HAVE TO TEAR UP THAT DRIVEWAY.WE LOSE ALL OF OUR PARKING AND THEN EVERYBODY'S GOING TO HAVE TO PARK ANY GUESTS.
ANYBODY THAT COMES TO THAT HOUSE IS GOING TO HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET, WHICH ISN'T VERY VIABLE, AND THE BEACH IS ALSO RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, THIS IS A VACATION RENTAL, SO PEOPLE ARE GOING TO NOT ADHERE TO WHAT I MEAN.
I GREW UP IN SURFSIDE, SO I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO KEEP UP WITH THE BEACH AND PEOPLE ARE GOING TO START PARKING ON THE BEACH, RUINING THOSE DUNES IF WE DON'T HAVE PARKING FOR THEM AT THIS HOUSE AND SEVEN FEET VERSUS IF THE EROSION IS FIVE FEET A YEAR, IT SAVES US A YEAR, MAYBE AN EROSION STANDPOINT IN TERMS OF THE DUNES, AS EVERYBODY WAS SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMING UP WITH NEW IDEAS AND EVERYTHING, I'VE ACTUALLY ALREADY STARTED LOOKING INTO IT AGAIN. I SAID I GREW UP IN SURFSIDE.
THE SAVE OUR BEACH ASSOCIATION AND SURF SIDE WHILE I GREW UP, DID A MASSIVE CHRISTMAS TREE THING EVERY YEAR THAT WE DID MILES AND MILES OF BEACH.
SO I ACTUALLY STARTED LOOKING INTO THAT BECAUSE I SAID, WELL, WHY DOESN'T THIS AREA DO THAT? I DON'T HAVE MUCH ON THAT WITH ME RIGHT NOW, BUT I HAVE STARTED AT LEAST LOOKING INTO THAT, EVEN IF JUST FOR OUR HOUSE OR AT LEAST THAT LITTLE AREA THERE.
I'M ACTUALLY SURPRISED THAT GALVESTON DOESN'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S SOMETHING IN THE WORKS BECAUSE I MEAN, SURFSIDE IS MUCH, MUCH SMALLER, AND THEY DID IT ON A HUGE SCALE.
ANOTHER LET'S SEE WHAT WAS THE OTHER THING I WAS GOING TALK ABOUT.
OH, IF WE'LL GO TO ONE OF THE ONES WHERE IT'S OVERLAYING WITH THE WITH THE PICTURE, PLEASE THE SURVEY.
NOW, THE NEXT ONE, I THINK, OK, SO I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT TURNING IT, BUT AGAIN, IT DOES GO INTO THAT THAT LITTLE AREA, SO.
AND THIS MIGHT BE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS THIS IS QUESTION ANSWER, BUT MY QUESTION WOULD BE, I KNOW YOU WERE SAYING THAT WITH HOSE VERSUS THE CITY, THE CITY JUST DECIDES, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO DO, AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE HOYA.
BUT WHAT IF THE WALLA STILL SAYS NO? THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU GUYS, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I'M VERY NEW TO ALL THIS STUFF, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH BRANDON HILL, AND HE'S BEEN REALLY HELPING ME ON A LOT OF THIS STUFF.
AND YEAH, AND AND DOING EVERYTHING.
LIKE, HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, THEN ARE WE JUST KIND OF SOL? SO THAT'S THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
OK, SO YOU ALL ARE YOU ALL HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. OK.
SO CAN YOU COME ON BACK UP? CAN YOU COME BACK UP? BECAUSE WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO WANT TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.
IS THAT AND THEN WE'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.
THAT'S FINE, BECAUSE WE NORMALLY DON'T DO Q&A WITH ANYONE OTHER THAN THE APPLICANT.
OK, SO WHO HAS QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OTHER THAN ME? OK, NO YOU GO FIRST, STEVEN.
GO AHEAD. YOU MENTIONED ABOUT NOT WANTING TO MOVE THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEN THAT WOULD DISTURB THE DRIVEWAY.
AND THEN IF YOU DISTURB THE DRIVEWAY, THEN YOU CAN'T REPAY.
SO, SO MOVING THAT SEVEN FEET IS SOMEWHAT OF A LAST, NOT NOT EVEN AN OPTION.
OR IS IT A. I MEAN, IT COULD BE AN OPTION WE'D LOOK INTO.
MY MY CONCERN WITH WITH DOING THAT FROM WHENEVER BRANDON AND HIS TEAM BROUGHT IT UP TO ME, THAT ONE, IT CAME VERY LATE IN THE PROCESS.
WE HAD ALREADY BOUGHT ALL THE PILINGS.
I'D ALREADY DONE ALL THIS PAPERWORK, ALL SPENT ALL THIS MONEY ON EVERYTHING, HAD AN ENGINEER OUT THERE. AND THEN WE GET THIS REQUIREMENT THAT, OH, YOU HAVE TO MOVE, YOU HAVE TO MOVE IT MORE AWAY FROM THE SEA.
AND TO ME, AND THIS IS JUST ME.
BUT THEN I MIGHT HAVE. I'M GOING TO HAVE TO DELAY THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT TOOK, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES TIME TO GET A SURVEY OUT THERE AND GET THE CORRECT SURVEYS, GET THAT APPROVED.
WE HAVE OUR GUY. WE COULD TELL HIM TOMORROW AND HE WOULD BE THERE START WORK ON THE PROJECT, WHEREAS WE'RE GOING TO DELAY IT ANOTHER TWO MONTHS.
AND AS YOU SAW IN THE PICTURES, I MEAN, THAT IS A PUBLIC SAFETY RISK.
I MEAN, IF IF THOSE PILINGS ARE REPLACED, THE HOUSE FALLS.
I MEAN, I MEAN, THAT'S ON US, OBVIOUSLY, BUT WE'RE BEING HELD UP BY ESSENTIALLY RED TAPE AT THIS POINT FROM DOING THE PROJECT.
NO PROBLEM. SORRY, I'M LONG WINDED.
NO, I DON'T THINK YOU'RE LONG WINDED AT ALL.
DID YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, BOB? I GUESS. I WAS JUST WONDERING IF YOU IF YOU DON'T PLAN ON MOVING IT ANYWHERE ON THE SITE AND YOU PUT IT RIGHT BACK WHERE IT IS, IF YOU ARE, I GUESS YOU'VE ALREADY FIGURED OUT HOW
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TO GET THE STAIRS DOWN TO THE GROUND WITHOUT GOING BEYOND THE PROPERTY LINE.SO THERE'S GOING TO BE YOU HAVE TO HAVE ANOTHER 14 FEET OF RUN SOMEWHERE.
SO I DON'T I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S PICTURES, BUT CAN I STEP UP THERE? IS THAT ALL RIGHT? OH, GO SORRY.
GO BACK TO THE THE SURVEY, PLEASE WHOEVER IT IS.
THIS RIGHT HERE IS WHERE THE STAIRS ARE CURRENTLY AN ENCLOSED AREA CURRENTLY, BUT OBVIOUSLY IF WE MOVE IT, IT WOULD NOT BE ENCLOSED ANYMORE AND IT'S TRYING TO REMEMBER.
I THINK IT'S IT'S NOT A SPIRAL, BUT IT'S KIND OF LIKE BACK AND FORTH.
SO, YEAH, SO THE STAIRS WOULD STAY RIGHT THERE.
THERE ARE NO STAIRS ON THIS SIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND RIGHT NOW, ALL OF THAT'S GONE.
SO. THE STAIRS WOULD JUST STAY RIGHT THERE.
THEY JUST WOULDN'T BE ENCLOSED ANYMORE, IS THE PLAN.
SO THEY WERE JUST THE EXTRA 14 FEET WOULD JUST GO OUT TO TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST, I GUESS.
BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING FROM YOU'RE GOING FROM NINE FEET AND THREE INCHES OFF THE GROUND NOW TO 22 FEET AND SIX INCHES OFF THE GROUND.
RIGHT. BUT THE STAIRS ARE IN THAT LITTLE AREA.
THEY GO, YEAH, YEAH, SWITCHBACKS.
SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY STILL NEED TO ADD 14 MORE FEET IN THERE, SOMEWHERE INTO THAT SWITCHBACK SOMEWHERE, RIGHT? BUT IT'S VERTICAL.
IT'S FOR EVERY FOR EVERY SEVEN AND A QUARTER INCHES.
YOU GO UP, YOU HAVE TO GO 11 OR SO INCHES.
OH, OK. WELL, THEN WE WOULD JUST GO BACK THIS WAY.
WE WOULDN'T NEED TO GO. I'M CONFUSED IT.
THERE'S A LOT OF SPACE RIGHT THERE, SO I'M SORRY.
THAT'S OK. I'M JUST WONDERING HOW.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHERE THE STAIR WAS, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE CRITICAL WHEN YOU YEAH, WHEN.
AND THAT'S THE OTHER CONCERN OF MOVING IT BACK IS THAT THERE'S A HOUSE THERE AND THEN WE HAVE OUR STAIRS RIGHT ON TOP OF THOSE PEOPLE'S HOUSE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE THAT'S WHAT WE WERE ASKING ABOUT MOVING THE HOUSE FURTHER WEST AS YOU MOVE IT BACK FURTHER LANDWARD.
SO YOU HAVE THAT EXTRA ROOM THAT YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO GET THE STAIRS DOWN TO THE GROUND. AND I I AGREE, SO IN MY DISCUSSION WITH EVERYBODY THE PAST NOW I FEEL LIKE SIX OR SEVEN MONTHS. I AGREE IF THE HOA SAYS, HEY, LET'S MOVE IT OVER THERE, THAT THAT IS A SUBSTANTIAL MOVE, HOWEVER, TO LOOKING AT HOW THE BEACHES IT DOESN'T REALLY MOVE IT THAT MUCH FARTHER BACK AND THEN THAT.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHERE THAT ALMOST NEGATES ANY ROOM WE HAVE FOR STAIRS AT THAT POINT.
IF WE PUSH IT BACK BECAUSE THE STAIRS ARE ON THAT SIDE.
YEAH, I THINK YOUR ARCHITECT COULD FIGURE THAT OUT FOR YOU.
THAT'S THE KIND OF THING THAT I PAY THOSE GUYS.
SURE. WELL, THE QUESTION IS I WAS GOING TO SAY THE QUESTION IS, WELL, THEN MAYBE YOU CAN BE OUR ARCHITECT. RETIRED FROM THAT PROFESSION.
HE'S JUST SAYING THAT ARCHITECTS CAN DO IT.
NO, I KNOW, I KNOW, I KNOW, I'M JUST KIDDING.
ALL I KNOW IS IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE YOU'RE GOING TO NEED TO SOLVE, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU MOVE IT OR NOT.
SURE. YEAH, NO, I MEAN, ANY OF THOSE KIND OF ISSUES, IF THEY COME UP, THAT'S I AGREE.
AND WE JUST HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT POINT BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING BECAUSE WE'VE GOT TO GET APPROVED. EARLIER, YOU HEARD MY QUESTION ABOUT THAT THE ABOUT THE DECKS BEING DEMOED AND THAT THOSE DECKS WOULD BE BUILT BACK.
IS IT WOULD THOSE DECKS BE BUILT BACK? SO NOT SURE.
BECAUSE WE WERE WE WERE TOLD THAT IT DIDN'T NEED TO BE DEMOED AND WE DISCUSSED BUILDING IT BACK BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT, THERE IS NO DECK.
BUT WE KNEW THIS WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WAS TO GET THOSE TO GET THE PILINGS REPLACED. AND THEN AFTER THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT BUILDING THE BIKE.
WE WOULD NOT BUILD THE EXACT DECK BACK.
WE ALREADY DISCUSSED THAT WITH BRANT AND HIS TEAM BECAUSE THEN IT WOULD GO, YOU KNOW, IF WE BUILT ANYTHING, IT WOULD BE A VERY SMALL DECK RIGHT WHERE THE DOOR IS BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY ONE EXIT.
THERE MIGHT BE TWO, BUT IT WOULD NOT BE THAT FULL DECK.
IT WOULD BE A SMALL DECK, I THINK IS WHAT WAS DISCUSSED WHENEVER WE ORIGINALLY WERE DISCUSSING IT. BUT FROM WHAT I WAS TOLD WHEN WE WERE PLANNING AND DOING EVERYTHING, I WAS TOLD, LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO APPLY FOR A SEPARATE BUILDING PERMIT LATER TO DO.
SO I'VE APPLIED FOR LIKE SIX PERMITS AT THIS POINT, SO I'M GETTING A LITTLE BIT BETTER AT IT. OK, COMMISSIONERS.
SO, LOOK, I UNDERSTAND IF YOU GOT PILINGS IN TWO MONTHS, YOU WERE LUCKY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. SO HERE'S MY PICKLE IS DOING ALL THIS AND PUTTING THE HOUSE BACK ON THE
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PUBLIC BEACH DOESN'T GET MY VOTE.SO I'M ASKING YOU, YOU KNOW? IS THAT SOMETHING YOU GUYS CAN DO IS WHAT SOMETHING? MOVE IT TO WHERE PIVOT THE HOUSE BACK OR MOVE IT TO WHERE IT'S NO LONGER IN THAT 200 FOOT LINE? I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF NOT A FAIR QUESTION TO ASK IF THE HOA, I MEAN, I DON'T I HAVEN'T WORKED MUCH WITH CHOICE.
IT COULD BE MOVED BACK TOWARDS THE NORTH.
IT'S THERE STILL ROOM TO MOVE IT TOWARDS THE NORTH.
YOU'RE GOING TO ENCROACH ON THE SEVEN SO YOU CAN LOSE SOME OF YOUR PARKING.
BUT I MEAN, AS LONG AS THE CITY IS OK WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE PARKING ON THE STREET AND ON THE BEACH, THAT'S FINE WITH ME.
I MEAN, WE'LL GO THROUGH ALL THAT WORK AND WE'LL DELAY IT ANOTHER MONTH AND A HALF.
AND IN CASE THE HOUSE FALLS ON PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, FALLS AND THERE'S PEOPLE ON THE BEACH, I'M OK WITH THAT NOW.
I'M JUST I'M JUST TRYING TO GET IT DONE.
YEAH, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. HAVE A SEAT. ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? SEEING, NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:05 COMMISSIONERS, I HAVE A FEELING THAT WE'RE GOING TO WANT TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER, SO WE NEED TO GET A MOTION ON THE TABLE SO THAT WE CAN HAVE SOME DISCUSSION AMONG OURSELVES.
DO WE WANT TO? WHO WANTS TO PUT A MOTION, COMMISSIONER PENA? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE DENY.
AND THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR APPROVAL WITH STAFF, WITH CONDITION RECOMMENDATIONS.
OH OK. APPROVAL STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
OK, SO WE HAVE WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER WALLA.
WOULD EITHER OF YOU GENTLEMEN WITH THE MOTION IN THE SECOND LIKE TO WHICH START THE DISCUSSION? YOU GO AHEAD.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOK, I'M SYMPATHETIC TO YOUR SITUATION, BUT I CAN'T WITH GOOD CONSCIENCE SEE YOU PICK UP A HOUSE, MOVE IT AND THEN MOVE IT BACK ON TO WHAT IS SURVEY TODAY AS THE PUBLIC BEACH.
AND WE JUST, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE MOVING IN SEVEN FEET.
THE NEXT GUY WHO COMES, HE'S GOING TO MOVE IN 10 AND THE NEXT GUY BEFORE THAT EVEN FURTHER. SO, YOU KNOW, AND I'M LOOK, I JUST THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET OUT OF THE PUBLIC BEACH.
I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE OWNERS QUANDARY AND UNDERSTAND.
IT'S A LOT OF TIME AND A LOT OF EFFORT.
AND BUT THAT'S JUST WHERE I'M AT.
I'M SORRY. WELL, I'M JUST SAYING THAT TO THE TO THE COMMISSION, I AM SYMPATHETIC TO THESE PROPERTY OWNERS.
THANK YOU. AND EVEN IF IT WAS MOVED, SAY MOVE IT BACK FIVE FEET AND IT'S ERODING AT FIVE FEET. SO THEN NEXT YEAR YOU'RE IN THE SAME SITUATION.
YET AT THE SAME TIME, THE LANDOWNER HAS THE RIGHT TO USE THE PROPERTY TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITIES. THEY'VE MET WITH STAFF AND STAFF HAS COME FORWARD TO SAY, LOOK, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO CONTINUE TO USE THIS PROPERTY, THESE ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE HAVE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO USE THAT PROPERTY.
POSTULATING IN THE FUTURE, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT, ABSOLUTELY WE COULD BE BACK HERE IN THE SAME BOAT, BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IN ORDER TO PRESERVE THE RIGHT TO USE I SEE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AS BEING VERY VIABLE.
UM, MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS THAT WE COULD PERHAPS DEFER THIS AND GIVE THE APPLICANT A CHANCE TO WORK WITH THE HOA, MAYBE WORK WITH THEIR ARCHITECT, MAYBE WORK WITH, I THINK STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THEM QUITE A BIT, BUT MAYBE WORK WITH THEM TO SEE IF THERE'S A WAY TO PIVOT THE HOUSE, MAYBE RESTRUCTURE THE STAIRS, MOVE IT BACK INTO
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THAT CORNER.WITH THAT, THEY COULD STAY OUT OF THAT VIEW CORRIDOR AND JUST MOVE IT AROUND.
IT'S GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, MOVED ANYWAY.
BUT IT SEEMS AS IF YOU KNOW THEY ARE UNWILLING TO LOSE THE PARKING SPACE BECAUSE IT IS A RENTAL. AND AND FOR THAT REASON, I WOULD GO WITH A DEFERRAL.
I MEAN, WITH WITH DENIAL AS OPPOSED TO MY INITIAL THOUGHT WAS WITH DEFERRAL AND TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK IT OUT.
SO. YEAH, I'M KIND OF AGREEING WITH EVERYBODY.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE THIS HAPPENED, BUT IT IS ON THE PUBLIC BEACH AND IF IT WANTS TO CONTINUE TO BE IN USE, IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE MOVED OFF THE PUBLIC BEACH AND THERE IS THERE IS A WAY TO MOVE IT. IT'S NOT VERY FAR, BUT THERE IS SPACE ON THE LOT TO MOVE IT BACK LANDWARD AND A LITTLE BIT WESTWARD AND GET AS MUCH AS YOU CAN OUT OF IT AND EXTEND ITS LIFE AS MUCH AS YOU CAN WITHIN THE WITHIN THE BOUNDARIES AND THE RULES THAT WE HAVE NOW.
SO THAT'S THE WAY I THINK TO GO ON THIS ONE.
MR HUMPHREY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? WELL, I ENVISION THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE A RECURRING PROBLEM FOR THEM.
BUT I ALSO AGREE THAT THEY OUGHT TO HAVE THE RIGHT TO USE THEIR LAND AS MUCH AS THEY CAN AS LONG AS THEY CAN.
IT'S WE COULD CALL IT A TERMINAL THING, BUT I REALLY THINK THEY OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED FORWARD AND GET IT AS FAR NORTH AND AS FAR OUT OF THE WAY AS POSSIBLE AND LET THEM HAVE IT FOR JUST A LITTLE WHILE MORE.
OK. ALL RIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS? YES, SIR. COMMISSIONER FINKLEA, I HAVE ONE MORE COMMENT RELATED TO PARKING IN THE HOA.
I HEAR YOU VERY CLEARLY ABOUT THE CONCERN ABOUT SHORT TERM RENTALS AND THE PARKING IMPACT. I AGREE THAT THERE OUGHT TO BE SOME DISCUSSION BETWEEN THE LANDOWNER AND THE HOA RELATED TO THAT.
AND I WOULD FURTHER LIKE ON THE RECORD THAT MAYBE HMOS HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL PARKING FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS, BUT THAT DOESN'T IMPACT THIS RECOMMENDATION.
STAFF RECOMMEND, I'M LOOKING AT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR APPROVAL.
UH, WITH THE WITH THE RECOMMENDATION THAT THE STRUCTURE BE LOCATED AS FAR LANDWARD AS PRACTICAL. THIS IS WHAT WE'RE ALL SAYING, I THINK.
THAT'S RIGHT. IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT WE'RE SAYING, WE'RE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING UP HERE, AND WHAT WE'RE REALLY SAYING IS WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF I THINK.
WELL, AS I RECALL, WHAT WHAT RUSSELL BROUGHT TO US WAS JACKING UP THE HOUSE, MOVING IT BACK AND THEN BRINGING IT BACK TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION.
NO, NO, NO, NO. THAT'S CORRECT.
I THINK THAT'S THE APPLICANT'S THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST IS THAT.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS THAT WHEN IT'S BEING RELOCATED, WHEN IT'S BEING LIFTED, IT BE RELOCATED. OK, MAY I COMMENT, PLEASE? OK. PLEASE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THE CURRENT PROCESS IS TO LIFT THE HOUSE AND MOVE IT.
CAROL MERRELL, I BET HE HAS NO IDEA WHO THAT IS.
CERTAINLY, THE APPLICANTS REQUESTED PROCESS IS TO LIFT THE HOUSE, ROLL IT NORTH TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LOT.
THIS IS LOT 93, THIS IS LOT SEVENTY NINE OVER TO THE WEST.
THEY WANT TO ROLL IT TOWARDS THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY AT LOT NINETY THREE.
PUT NEW PILINGS IN WHERE IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
ROLL IT BACK TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION AND PLACE IT BACK WHERE IT CURRENTLY STANDS.
STAFF FEELS PER THE PLANNING COMMISSION REQUIREMENTS THAT IT MUST BE AS FAR LANDWARD AS PRACTICABLE, THAT WHEN THEY ARE ROLLING IT AS FAR NORTH AS IT CAN BE, AND SINCE THEY'RE
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ALREADY LIFTING IT OFF ITS CURRENT PILINGS THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE PROCESS OR PRIOR TO LIFTING IT. NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT SOME POINT IN THE PROCESS.THE NEW PILINGS GO AS FAR LANDWARD AS PRACTICABLE SOMEWHERE ON THIS PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF LOT NINETY THREE AND THEN EITHER ON THE OPEN SPACE RESERVE BOUNDARY OF LOT SEVENTY NINE DIRECTION OR IF IT.
HOWEVER, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CHOOSES TO WORD IT AT THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF LOT SEVENTY NINE.
AND THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF PUTTING IT IN THIS CORNER IS BECAUSE THE BEACH COMES IN AT AN ANGLE FROM THE NORTHEAST, NOT JUST FROM THE SOUTH THAT WOULD REMOVE IT OFF THE PUBLIC BEACH, AND IT WOULD DELAY THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT IT WOULD BE ON THE PUBLIC BEACH.
IT WOULD DECREASE THE PUBLIC NUISANCE FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME.
SO WE ARE HIGHLY RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITIONS PRESENTED HERE.
BUT BUT WE DON'T KNOW THE REQUIREMENTS OF THEIR DEED RESTRICTIONS OR AOA BECAUSE WE DO NOT DEAL WITH DEED RESTRICTIONS AND AOA.
SO FOR ALL WE KNOW, THEY COULD BE AS FAR NORTH AND WEST AS THEY ARE ALLOWED TO GO RIGHT NOW.
THEY MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO MOVE ANY FARTHER NORTH OR WEST.
ON THE PLAT MAP THAT WAS PROVIDED, WE HAVE THE BUILDING LINES WHICH SHOW THE OPEN SPACE PRESERVE AND SHOW THAT THEY ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH THAT, AND THE BUILDING LINES SHOW THAT THEY ARE NOT IN CONTACT WITH THAT.
AND THE APPLICANT HAS COMMUNICATED THAT THERE'S AT LEAST SEVEN FEET NORTH THAT THEY COULD GO REGARDLESS OF ANY WESTWARD MOVEMENT.
AND THERE IS ALSO A WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF SOMEWHERE BETWEEN FIVE AND 10 FEET APPROXIMATELY THAT THEY COULD GO WITHOUT EVER ENTERING THE HOA LIMITED AREA.
SO IF PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOT WANT TO GO INTO THAT AREA OF CONCERN, THEY COULD.
YOU COULD. JUST ADDRESS MOVING AS FAR WITHIN THE CURRENT BUILDING LINES, EXCLUDING THAT AREA. YOU'RE RIGHT.
RIGHT. AND TO BE ONCE READING IN CERTAIN HERE, IT SAYS TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THE BUILDING LINES IS THAT THE TO BE IN CONTACT WITH THE BUILDING LINES WILL TAKE THAT PORTION OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIC BEACH LINES.
OK. IF WE SAY IF WE GO ACCORDING TO YOUR MOTION AS FAR LANDWARD, I MEAN AS YOUR RECOMMENDATION, AS FOR LANDWARD AS PRACTICABLE, WE DON'T HAVE TO PUT A DIMENSION ON THAT.
WE JUST LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO DETERMINE WHAT'S PRACTICABLE WHEN THEY GET THE SAME PER MINUTE DRAWN UP, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU HAVE A GOOD UNDERSTANDING JUST WHAT FROM WHAT WE JUST HEARD.
WHAT'S GOING TO BE PRACTICABLE? OK, IN THAT MOTION, IT MENTIONS THOSE BOUNDARY LINES.
SO IN CONTACT WITH THE NORTH AND THE WEST HERE WOULD PULL IT UP.
THIS DIRECTION WOULD GET IT OFF THE PUBLIC BEACH AND WOULD PUT IT AS FAR.
YEAH, PRACTICABLE OUT OF THE WAY AS RIGHT.
SO WE MIGHT WANT TO CHANGE THIS MOTION.
EITHER/OR. WE ARE WE'RE TALKING PRACTICABLE VERSUS THE THE SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION HERE.
MEANING IN CONTACT WITH THE BUILDING LINES.
I'LL WITHDRAW MY MOTION FOR DENIAL.
WITH THE APPROVAL, OK, I'LL FIRST.
FIRST STEP FIRST, I'LL I WILL WITHDRAW MY MY MOTION FOR DENIAL, OK? MOTION WITHDRAWN.
BACK TO BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION I HAVE ON 21P-073.
I VOTE WE APPROVED 21P-073 WITH THE CONDITIONS FOR CASE SPECIFICALLY ITEM NUMBER FOUR AS LISTED BY THE STAFF WITH ALL SPECIFIC CONDITIONS.
YES, WITH ALL SUPERVISED BY STAFF.
OK, DO I HAVE A SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND FROM VICE CHAIR BROWN.
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DO WE HAVE DISCUSSION? OF COURSE WE DO BECAUSE WE'RE US.WE'RE TALKING SPECIFICALLY TO PRACTICABLE VERSUS IN CONTACT.
CORRECT WHERE PRACTICABLE IS NOT BECAUSE WHAT'S PRACTICAL? WELL, WHAT WE WHAT THE MOTION READS, THE STRUCTURE BE LOCATED AS FAR LANDWARD AS PRACTICABLE. THAT'S THE WAY THE CONDITION READS, WHICH IN THIS INSTANCE WOULD BE IN CONTACT WITH THE BILL.
WE'RE LEAVING THAT UP TO STAFF TO INTERPRET WITHOUT GIVING A SPECIFIC NUMBER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT IN CONTACT WOULD BE TOUCHING.
AND THAT WILL MOVE OUTSIDE OF PUBLIC BEACH RIGHT OF WAY.
THAT'S WHAT IS BEING REPRESENTED TO US BY MR. COLE. THANK YOU, I'M DONE.
ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS, WE'RE READY TO EVERYBODY GOT IT TOGETHER, WE READY TO VOTE NOW.
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE 21P-073 WITH CONDITIONS AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
UNANIMOUS. IF THAT WASN'T A ROLLER COASTER, KIDS.
SO NOW WE HAVE ONE DISCUSSION ITEM MS.
[8.A. 2021 Year-End Report (Staff)]
GORMAN. WE JUST HAVE A DISCUSSION ITEM ON FOR YOUR YEAR END REPORT.IT WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, SO IT'S ON THE AGENDA JUST IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH LOOKING INTO CHANGES FROM LAST YEAR AND THERE WERE SOME SIGNIFICANT ONES, SO THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN MEETING TIME FROM 2020 WAS PLUS 21 HOURS, SO SOME OF THAT IS DUE TO THE CONCESSION WORK.
OF COURSE, WE HAD A TON OF WORKSHOPS FOR CONCESSIONS, BUT IT'S ALSO BECAUSE OUR CASELOAD HAS INCREASED AND OUR MEETING TIME IS INCREASED.
SO THE MEETING TIME HAS INCREASED FROM AN HOUR AND A HALF TO TWO HOURS.
THE CASELOAD HAS INCREASED BY 51 PERCENT OVER 2020, SO THAT'S A GREAT NEWS FOR THE CITY OF GALVESTON. WE'RE SEEING LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE BIGGEST INCREASE WAS IN LICENSE TO USE, WHICH I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED BY.
THAT WENT UP 138 PERCENT FROM EIGHT IN 2020 TO 19 IN 2021, AND PLATS WENT UP 71 PERCENT, WHICH ISN'T SURPRISING BECAUSE WE'VE SEEN SO MUCH DEVELOPMENT INTEREST FROM SEVEN TO 12 AND THEN ADMINISTRATIVE APPROVALS WERE ALSO UP ACROSS THE BOARD.
THE BIGGEST INCREASE WAS IN CERTIFICATES, ITS OWN COMPLIANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE PLOTS AND BEACH FRONTS, AND THE NUMBER OF PUBLIC NOTICES SENT WENT UP 96 PERCENT.
DO WE HAVE A NEW MOTTO PLANNING COMMISSION? NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART? YEAH, THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
SO WHEN SAY WHO SAID IT, IT WAS A RUSSELL RUSSELL.
IT WAS. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT'S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT TIME COMMITMENT.
IT'S BY FAR THE BIGGEST TIME COMMITMENT OF THE BOARDS THAT WE DO IN COMPARISON, THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT MET FOR TWO HOURS AND 49 MINUTES.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT EITHER, BUT I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY.
AND CAROL HOLLOWAY IS NOW A MEMBER OF THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, SO YOU CAN HAVE THAT TO LOOK FORWARD TOO AND YOUR RETIREMENT FROM PLANNING COMMISSION.
YOU CAN STILL GET BACK TO YOUR COMMUNITY AND YOU ONLY HAVE TO MEET FOR THREE HOURS A YEAR. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ALL OF YOUR HARD WORK.
MR. HILL, IF I CAN ADD ONE MORE FUN FACT TO THE ANNUAL REPORT, THE GLO NOTIFIED THE COASTAL DIVISION THAT OF THE 12 COASTAL MUNICIPALITIES THAT THEY OVERSEE.
OUR DEPARTMENT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR PROCESSING OVER ONE THIRD OF ALL BEACHFRONT PERMITS THAT WERE PROCESSED LAST YEAR.
SO CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY, FOR YOUR HARD WORK.
ONE THIRD, ONE THIRD ALONG THE TEXAS COASTLINE.
YAY, Y'ALL HAVE ONE MORE STATISTIC.
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SO IN TOTAL, LAST YEAR WE PROCESSED, I BELIEVE, ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE BEACHFRONT APPLICATIONS. AND THAT'S EVERYTHING FROM THE DUNES TO VEGETATION PLANNING TO DRIVEWAYS AND NEW HOUSES. AND THIS IS A VERY ROUGH STATISTIC THUS FAR.BUT I DID A CALCULATION OF BASED ON THE RATE THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY TAKING IN APPLICATIONS, WE'RE PROJECTED TO GET UP TO TWO HUNDRED AND SIX APPLICATIONS THIS YEAR.
SO, OH, GOOD GRIEF OVER HERE, WE'RE GROWING WHOLLY OUT ANY OTHER BUSINESS.
SEE Y'ALL ON THE TWENTY SECOND.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.