[00:00:01] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME, EVERYBODY. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE IT'S 330. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE JULY 18TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. WE'VE TAKEN ATTENDANCE BY ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER HILL IS OUT WITH, HER AND HER HUSBAND BOTH HAVE COVID, SO WE WISH THEM BOTH A SPEEDY RECOVERY. SO SHE'S NOT PRESENT HERE TODAY, BUT WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? [3. Conflict Of Interest] I'M GOING TO DECLARE A CONFLICT IN THE FIRST CASE. 23P 043? YES. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER LISTOWSKI HAS CLAIMED A CONFLICT ON 23P-043. ANYONE ELSE? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR AMENDMENTS TO THE MINUTES? [4. Approval Of Minutes] IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THOSE AS PRESENTED. THEN WE'RE GOING TO GO TO PUBLIC COMMENT. IF ANY OF YOU GUYS ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM, IF YOUR ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO SPEAK WHEN THAT COMES UP. IF YOU'RE HERE FOR A NON AGENDA ITEM, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE TO COME TELL US ABOUT YOUR GRANDKIDS. A GOOD FISHING TRIP. ALL RIGHT, BEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON. WE HAVE RECEIVED JUST TO BE NOTED, WE HAVE RECEIVED COMMENTS FOR A NUMBER OF THESE CASES, AND THEY'VE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COMMISSION AND THOSE WILL ALL BECOME A PART OF THE RECORD. SO JUST THOSE OF YOU THAT SENT THOSE IN, JUST KNOW THAT WE'VE RECEIVED THEM AND WE HAVE READ THEM. SO MOVING ON, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OUR OLD BUSINESS, CASE 23P, AM I MISSING SOMETHING? OH, I'M SORRY. YES. YES. SO WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A COUPLE OF AGENDA CHANGES. SO NUMBER ONE, WE HAVE A DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. SO SINCE WE HAVE A REAL SHORT AGENDA NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT ITEM TO THE NEXT MEETING. AND THEN I ALSO NOTE THERE PROBABLY THAT WOULD BE EIGHT A, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT TO OUR NEXT MEETING THEN ITEM D ONE, WHICH IS A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT. I THINK THERE'S A NUMBER OF YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT AND SO THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO US GO THROUGH SOME OF THIS OTHER BUSINESS. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT UP TO THE FIRST ITEM OF NEW BUSINESS. SO ITEM NUMBER D ONE WOULD BECOME THE FIRST ITEM UNDER NEW BUSINESS. SO MOVING FORWARD, WE'RE GOING TO GO TO OLD BUSINESS CASE 20 3P-043 STAFF. [6.A.1. 23P-043 (Vacant Tract Located North Of 7402 Stewart Road) Request For A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District For A Single-Family Residential Development. Property Is Legally Described As The Hall And Jones Survey, Portion Of Lot 139 (139- 12), Trimble And Lindsey, Section 1, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: John Listowski Property Owners: John Listowski And James D. Yarbrough Jr] OKAY. WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. OKAY. THIS IS 23P 043. IT'S A VACANT TRACT LOCATED NORTH OF 7402 STUART ROAD. IT'S A REQUEST FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. 50 NOTICES WERE SENT TO RETURNED. THOSE TWO OPPOSED. NO OBJECTIONS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH COMMENT FROM THE FIRE MARSHAL. THE SUMMARY. THE REQUEST IS TO INCORPORATE THE PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT TO A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R1 BASED ZONING DISTRICT TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF 19 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND A RESERVE. THE INTENT OF THE PUD REQUEST IS TO ONE DEVIATE FROM THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE, LOT WIDTH, LOT DEPTH AND FRONT AND REAR SETBACKS REQUIRED IN THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT TO ALLOW FOR PRIVATE DRIVE AND THREE REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE PRIVATE DRIVE FROM 60FT TO 20FT. THE SUBJECT SITE IS ADJACENT TO SEVERAL ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY AND TOWNHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE IN THE R ONE ZONING DISTRICT. THE SITE IS COMPRISED OF MORE THAN 1.06 ACRES AND IS ACCESSED BY STUART ROAD VIA AN ACCESS EASEMENT THROUGH THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS 7402 STUART. I STAFF FINDS THIS DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF SIMILAR CHARACTER. THERE IS A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES IN THE AREA, INCLUDING TOWNHOUSE, SMALL LOT, SINGLE FAMILY AND STANDARD LOT SINGLE FAMILY. A REVIEW OF THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY FOUND THAT OF THE 133 LOTS IN THE REVIEW AREA, 79 HAVE A LOT AREA LESS THAN 5000FT² AND 54 HAVE A LOT AREA OF 5000FT² OR GREATER. THE RANGE OF LOT SIZES ARE FROM 1351FT² TO 20,952. THERE ARE 34 EXISTING LOTS THAT ARE SMALLER THAN THE PROPOSED LOT THEN THE SMALLEST LOT PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT. [00:05:06] PLEASE NOTE THE ABILITY OF THE PROPERTY TO BE USED UNDER CURRENT ZONING AND THE HUD DETAILS AND DEVELOPMENT PLAN IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, ALONG WITH CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT CONTRARY TO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE 2011 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND MEETS THE ABOVE REFERENCED CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH FIVE OR OR SPECIFIC SIX THROUGH EIGHT OR STANDARD. AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES. THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. IT'S CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED. THIS IS A SITE PLAN SHOWING THE LOCATION OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN RELATION TO THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH, WHICH IS A CHURCH PROPERTY. HERE IS THE PROPOSED LAYOUT. AND THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSED ELEVATIONS. AND THEN THIS IS A MAP PROVIDED BY THE STAFF THAT SHOWS THE CASE. THE. LOT SIZE DISTRIBUTION IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. OH, AND I THINK WE HAVE ONE MORE SLIDE. THAT'S PROBABLY. OH, NO, I THOUGHT WE DID. I MUST HAVE LEFT THAT OUT. SO THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CATHERINE. BEFORE YOU ASK THE QUESTIONS, I JUST WANT THE RECORD TO REFLECT THAT THE EX-OFFICIO HAS LEFT THE DAIS. SO THE MR. LISTOWSKI HAS EXCUSED HIMSELF FROM THE PANEL. SO, SO GREAT. THANK YOU, DONNA. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. WELL, SEEING NONE IS THE APPLICANT HERE. WOULD YOU COME TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING, JOHN? SURE. CHAIRMAN COMMISSIONERS. JOHN LISTOWSKI. SO WE'VE WE'VE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY A FEW YEARS BACK. WE'RE LOOKING TO DO SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSES ON THIS SITE. WE HAVE SIMILAR LOT SIZES TO OUR NEIGHBORS TO THE WEST, ON EL CIELO AND TO THE REAR OF OUR PROPERTY NORTH OF OUR PROPERTY. THE TOWNHOMES BEHIND US BOTH HAVE ABOUT A 2500 SQUARE FOOT LOT SIZE. UM, WE ARE ACCESSING THE PROPERTY OFF OF STEWART ROAD, SO WE'RE NOT GOING THROUGH ANY OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS SO WE WON'T BRING TRAFFIC THROUGH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. UM. THAT'S ABOUT IT. I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL HAVE, BUT I THINK THAT SUMS IT UP. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? I HAVE JUST A COUPLE USUALLY. ABSOLUTELY. SO THESE ARE NARROWER LOTS. SO THESE ARE 25FT WIDE, WHICH WOULD BE MORE LIKE WHAT WE WOULD SEE IN THE LIKE IN A HISTORICAL DISTRICT. IS THAT A CORRECT ASSUMPTION? THAT IS CORRECT. THERE ARE 25 FOOT WIDE LOTS AROUND THE. SO PART OF THE CITY. ARE THESE GOING TO BE HOMES THAT ARE FOR SALE FOR RENT? CURRENTLY, WE ARE PLANNING FOR SALE HOUSES. YOU KNOW, WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSES. YOU KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A VERY LOOSE DEFINITION. BUT ONE THING THAT, OF COURSE, DRIVES COST IS IS LAND COST. AND SO BY JUST REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE FOOTPRINT OF THE HOUSE OR THE LOT SIZE THAT THE HOUSE SITS ON, WE CAN KEEP COSTS LOWER. YOU KNOW, THESE AREN'T AFFORDABLE. I MEAN, THESE AREN'T LOW END HOUSES. THESE AREN'T THIS ISN'T SECTION EIGHT. THIS ISN'T ANY SUBSIDIZED TYPE OF HOUSING. THIS IS MARKET RATE HOUSING. BUT WE ARE TRYING TO KEEP COSTS DOWN. AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE SMALLER LOT SIZE. OKAY. UNDERSTOOD. WHAT AND WHAT'S THE I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE SOME PLANS THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT FOR HOUSES THAT YOU WOULD PUT THERE. HOW HOW BIG ARE THEY? JUST CURIOUS IF YOU'VE GOT A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH. I MEAN, WE'VE GOT A COUPLE DIFFERENT FLOOR. WE DON'T HAVE FLOOR PLANS HERE FOR YOU, BUT SOME ELEVATIONS ON WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT. AND SO THEY'RE 1500, 1800 SQUARE FEET IN THAT RANGE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ON THE. ON THE ON THE ROAD COMING IN AND EVERYTHING. I TALKED TO THE FIRE CHIEF. HE SAID THAT YOU ACCOMMODATED THEM WITH THE SIZE OF THE ROAD AND WITH THE T HEAD. WHAT ABOUT PARKING FOR EACH HOUSE? WOULD THEY BE PARKING UNDERNEATH OR WOULD THEY PUT PARKING IN A GARAGE? YEAH. SO EACH EACH HOUSE WILL HAVE PARKING UNDER THE HOUSE. THESE WILL HAVE TO BE ELEVATED TO MEET OUR BASE FLOOD ELEVATIONS. AND THAT THAT IS AT A HEIGHT WHERE WE WILL HAVE PARKING UNDER THE HOUSE. YOU KNOW, I THINK OUR MINIMUM IS ONE OF THREE PARKING PER HOUSE, BUT WE'LL HAVE MORE THAN THAT ON EACH ONE OF THESE HOUSES. [00:10:04] AND WOULD IT BE PARKING TO ACCOMMODATE A DRIVEWAY FOR A CAR? IS THERE ENOUGH LENGTH THERE TO OR DOES IT DEPEND ON EACH? ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE DIFFERENT MODELS? SO THERE ARE A COUPLE DIFFERENT HOUSE PLANS, BUT THE DRIVEWAY WOULD CONTINUE UNDER THE HOUSE. SO, YOU KNOW, IT WOULDN'T BE LIKE A GARAGE AND THEN PARKING WITHIN THE DRIVEWAY. YOU COULD PULL UNDER THE HOUSE TO GET OFF OF THE STREET. NOW TO THE RIGHT OF WAY OR OUT OF THE EASEMENT THERE OR THE ACCESS EASEMENT. SO YOU COULD PRETTY EASILY PARK 2 TO 3 CARS THERE EASILY. OKAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. AND DO WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE TO SPEAK ON ANYBODY ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? ANYBODY ON THIS SIDE. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 342 AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. 20 3P-043 AS WRITTEN. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. 20 3P-043. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? ALL THOSE OPPOSED? WELL, IT'S UNANIMOUS. SO MOTION PASSES. JUST STATE FOR THE STATE. FOR THE RECORD, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING THIS POD REQUEST, AND COUNCIL WILL HEAR THE REQUEST ON JULY 27TH OF 2023. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, CATHERINE. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE NOW TO ITEM NUMBER D ONE, WHICH IS CASE 20 [7.D.1. 23P-049 (12223 San Luis Pass Road / FM 3005) Request For A Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District To Construct A New Single-Family Residential Development. Properties Are Legally Described As Part Of Lots Part 308, 325 And 326 (325-2), Trimble And Lindsey, Section 2, In The City And County Of Galveston Texas. Applicant: Matthew Sigmon Property Owner: Talasek Development Galveston, LLC] 3P-049 STAFF. JOE SAUSSY HAS GOTTEN BACK ON THE DAIS. THANK YOU, DONNA. 20 3-1049. THIS IS GOING TO BE ITEM D 120 3P-049. THIS IS 12223. SAINT LOUIS PASS ROAD FM 3005. THERE WERE 34 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT 12 OF THOSE RETURNED. ALL 12 OPPOSED. I'D LIKE TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT OTHER NOTICES WERE RECEIVED OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA. NO OBJECTIONS BY ANY CITY DEPARTMENT. THIS REQUEST IS TO INCORPORATE A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT TO A COMMERCIAL BASED ZONING DISTRICT TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMPRISED OF 11 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND A RESERVE. THE INTENT OF THIS REQUEST IS TO, ONE DEVIATE FROM THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WIDTH REQUIRED IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. THEN THE MINIMUM LOT WIDTH REQUIRED IS 40FT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TWO LOTS OF 39FT AND ONE LOT OF 37FT. THE SECOND DEVIATION IS TO ALLOW FOR A PRIVATE STREET. AND THE THIRD DEVIATION IS TO REDUCE THE WIDTH OF THE PRIVATE STREET FROM 60FT TO 30FT. PLEASE NOTE THE SITE DETAILS AND COMPATIBILITY WITH SURROUNDING ZONING AND LAND USES, AS WELL AS THE PLAN ON PAGE TWO AND THREE OF YOUR STAFF REPORT. STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS NOT CONTRARY TO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTS A CONTINUOUS NEED TO FURTHER HOUSING OPTIONS ON THE ISLAND. FURTHERMORE, THE DEVIATIONS PROPOSED ARE COMPARABLE TO OTHER SUBDIVISIONS ON THE ON THE WEST END. THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS CASE £0.23 049 BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS LISTED ON YOUR REPORT AS ONE THROUGH FOUR AND STANDARD CONDITIONS FIVE THROUGH SEVEN. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS NOW. THIS IS AN AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SO ARE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ADRIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE A COUPLE. ADRIEL, WOULD THIS, YOU KNOW, IN A SCENARIO WHERE IT BECAME A POD, WOULD THIS PROJECT REQUIRE A BEACH FRONT CERTIFICATE? YES. CERTAIN. CERTAIN. CERTAIN. LOTS WILL REQUIRE BEACH FRONT PROTECTION CERTIFICATE PERMIT. [00:15:02] YES. OKAY. AND THE CURRENT ZONING ON THIS IS COMMERCIAL, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO IF LET'S SAY THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND WANTED TO BUILD CONDOS THERE. THERE'S NO PUD REQUIRED. NOTHING BUT A BUILDING PERMIT, BASICALLY. CORRECT ON THOSE. BAH, ETCETERA. YES. OKAY. WHAT WOULD BE THE HEIGHT LIMITATION ON A CONDO IF IT WAS BUILT THERE? WELL, IT'D HAVE TO MEET THE IT'D HAVE TO ADHERE TO THE HEIGHT AND DENSITY DEVELOPMENT ZONE OVERLAY AND THAT DEPENDS ON THE, ON THE TIER THAT, THAT IT'S A DESIGNATED AND THAT COULD THAT COULD RANGE ANYWHERE FROM 70FT TO 110 OR SO. OH, MY GOSH. OKAY. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? COMMISSIONER PINA. SO ON THE ON THE SITE PLAN, THERE IS THIS THIS LOT HERE IS IS SORT OF LANDLOCKED WITH BEING THAT THAT SOUTHERNMOST TIP THAT TOUCHES THE BEACH WOULD BE A LOOKS LIKE A PRIVATE LOT. IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT TO HAVE A BEACH ACCESS IN THAT WITHIN THAT QUADRANT THERE IF IT'S NOT ADJOINING ANY OTHER. IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT HAS ACCESS TO THE MAIN ROAD OF THE OTHER HOUSES ON THE OTHER SIDE. IS THERE IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT THAT IT HAS EITHER PEDESTRIAN OR VEHICULAR ACCESS TO THE BEACH FROM FROM WITHIN THAT IT'S AND OUR COASTAL RESOURCES MANAGERS HERE AS WELL. HE CAN PROBABLY ANSWER THAT QUESTION BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT ALL OF THE BEACH ACCESS REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN MET ALREADY. OKAY. OKAY. I HAVE A QUESTION. YEAH, NO, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. WHAT IS THE RESULT OF CHANGING THE WIDTH OF THE PRIVATE STREET FROM 60 TO 30FT? HOW WILL THAT IMPACT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? ANY EMERGENCY SERVICES IN AND OUT TRAFFIC, PARKING? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT US? IF IT'S, AS YOU MAY RECALL, COMMISSIONER EDWARDS, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE LAST FEW PUDS THAT PLANNING COMMISSION HAS REVIEWED, OTHER PROPOSALS ARE VERY SIMILAR. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MOST OF THOSE ROADS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AS A 20 FOOT ROAD. FIRE MARSHAL DID NOT OBJECT TO THIS REQUEST, SO THEREFORE THE IMPACT SHALL BE MINIMUM. IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE 30 FOOT IS THE ACTUAL, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY OUTSIDE OF CURB PAVING SECTION OF THE ROADWAY IN A STANDARD SUBDIVISION WHERE IT'S A PUBLICLY DEDICATED RIGHT OF WAY. THAT 60FT IS THE ROAD RIGHT OF WAY. THE ROAD ITSELF WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE ROAD HERE IN A PUBLIC ROAD. YEAH, QUITE HONESTLY, TYPICALLY WE WOULD HAVE A 60 FOOT WIDE RIGHT OF WAY AND THE ROAD WOULD PROBABLY BE SOMEWHERE IN A RANGE OF 22 TO 28FT WIDE. THAT'S THAT'S MORE OF A TYPICAL STANDARD ROAD WIDTH. SO IF WE CAN GET THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION. BUT THAT'S A THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND THE AND THEN HOW THAT WOULD BE ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF THE UTILITY ACCESS WHICH ARE ORDINARILY OUTSIDE OF THE PAVING SECTION EXCUSE ME, OUTSIDE OF THE PAVING SECTION IN A PUBLIC ROAD, BUT STILL IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, IS THAT THERE WOULD BE IN THIS CASE WITH THE PRIVATE ROAD, THERE WOULD BE AN ADJACENT EASEMENT ON EITHER SIDE, WHICH WOULD BE ENCUMBERING THE LOTS THEMSELVES FOR THE UTILITY ACCESS. OKAY, GOOD. I UNDERSTAND. BUT I UNDERSTOOD BEFORE. SOMETIMES I ASK THE QUESTION JUST BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY SOMETHING IS CHANGED. SO FOR US TO GIVE GOOD EXPLANATIONS FOR OUR CONSUMERS, IF IT WERE. YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I HAVE A QUESTION. YES, MA'AM. THE BEACH ACCESS PLAN CALLS FOR CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, SO MUCH PUBLIC PARKING IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE BEACH ACCESS. SO I KNOW FROM MY PREVIOUS HISTORY IN BERMUDA BEACH WE HAD TO HAVE 211 OFF SITE PARKING FOR OUR 3000FT², I MEAN, 3000FT OF BEACH. HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO THIS? HOW MUCH OFF BEACH PARKING DOES THIS NEIGHBOR HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD NEED TO HAVE FOR THE THE THE LENGTH OF THEIR BEACH? THAT'S MY FIRST QUESTION. AND SECOND, WHERE IS THE ACCESS? IF THAT'S A FENCE? IS THAT A FENCE ALONG THAT BACK LINE WITH THE HOUSES? HOW DOES THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ACCESS THE BEACH? NO, IT'S NOT A FENCE. OKAY. OKAY. I'LL ASK YOU. GO AHEAD. THE THE BEACH ACCESS IS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. [00:20:05] SO YOU DO HAVE THAT LITTLE SLIVER THAT GOES DOWN THERE. BUT ALL THE. ACCESS. RESTRICTION IS IT HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR IS SO IT'S IN OUR PLAN WHERE THOSE BOLLARDS ARE AND EVERY ALL THE VEHICULAR HAS BEEN HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. IT IS IT'S IN SPANISH GRANT IT'S THROUGHOUT SPANISH GRANT. BUT THAT SECTION OF THE BEACH HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR, THOUGH, THAT LINEAR FOOTAGE WHERE THAT COMES DOWN AND THERE'S NO REQUIREMENT THAT THEY HAVE TO PROVIDE ANY TYPE OF ACCESS THROUGH THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO ACCESS THE BEACH. SO ALL THE ALL OF THE BEACH ACCESS HAS HAS. HAS BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. SO THE PUBLIC PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE FOOTAGE OF THE BEACH IS ALREADY ABSORBED IN SPANISH GRANT AND THIS NEW SECTION WON'T BE REQUIRED TO ABSORB ANY OF THAT PUBLIC PARKING REQUIREMENT? NO, MA'AM. WELL, RUSTY. GO AHEAD, STAN. THE LOT SIZE. WHAT IS. I KNOW THAT'S WE'VE ONLY GOT TWO THAT ARE KIND OF BENEATH THE MINIMUM OF 40 FOOT. BUT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD TO KEEP IT IN THE THEME AND KEEPING IT THE THE APPEARANCES OF THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT FOR THE LOT SIZES OVER ON THAT SPANISH GRANT? RIGHT. WHAT ARE THE LOT SIZES COMPARATIVELY TO THE LOT SIZES THAT ARE GOING TO BE EXISTING IN THIS NEW PUD, I GUESS WOULD BE AROUND 5000 OR SO, GIVE OR TAKE? AND MOST OF THE LOTS WILL MEET ARE WAY BEYOND THE REQUIREMENT EXCEED THE COMMERCIAL ZONING DESIGNATION LOT STANDARD REQUIREMENTS. I UNDERSTAND. BUT THEN WE HAVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THEM. AND IT KIND OF GIVES AN APPEARANCE. AND I THOUGHT THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WE'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT, IS WHETHER IT CONFORMS WITH THE GENERAL. OUTWARD APPEARANCE OR THE NEIGHBOR APPEARANCE. AND THAT KIND OF THROWS INTO QUESTION WHETHER THIS DOES OR NOT. I THINK IN TERMS OF APPEARANCE, PROBABLY A GOOD REPRESENTATION WOULD BE IF YOU LOOK TO THE WEST ON JOHN REYNOLDS, THE LOT LAYOUT IS FAIRLY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? RIGHT HERE? NO, GO AHEAD. BUT I WAS GOING TO SAY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THESE ARE I DON'T KNOW HOW OLD THESE HOUSES ARE, BUT I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY HARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONTINUITY OF, YOU KNOW, OF DESIGN. IF IT WERE, BECAUSE WHEN YOU HAVE NEWER HOUSES, THERE IS ELEVATION REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE NOT THERE, YOU KNOW, IN THE PRECEDING DESIGNS. SO I THINK IN SOME ASPECTS OR IN SOME INSTANCES, WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT AS A CRITERIA FOR WHETHER OR NOT SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, MEETS THAT STANDARD. CARL, HAVE I HAVE A QUESTION. SO I'M MAKING AN ASSUMPTION THAT THIS TECHNICALLY THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE ANY BEACH FRONT. IF IT DOES, IT'S INCHES BECAUSE IT COMES TO A POINT IN THE CORNER. SO IF YOU HAVE A PROPERTY THAT IS NOT ON THE BEACH FRONT, HOW DOES THAT APPLY TO THE BEACH FRONT PARKING RULES? AND I GUESS TO MAKE IT EVEN SIMPLER, LET'S JUST ASSUME THAT THEY WERE DOING THIS. BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY SO THAT THEY CLEARLY WERE NOT, YOU KNOW, OBSTRUCTING OR DOING ANYTHING IN THE BEACH FRONT AREA. HOW HOW DOES THAT WORK? I MEAN, WE ISSUE WE ISSUE BEACH FRONT CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATES ALL THE TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE WITHIN A CERTAIN AREA THAT THEY DON'T HAVE TO PROVIDE ACCESS. I'M TALKING ABOUT PARKING ANY PARKING REQUIREMENTS. YEAH. I MEAN, WE'RE JUST BECAUSE WE GIVE A BEACH FRONT CONSTRUCTION CERTIFICATE, WE'RE NOT CONDONING OR AUTHORIZING ANYBODY TO CROSS ANYBODY'S PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO ACCESS THE BEACH. THEY STILL HAVE TO FOLLOW, YOU KNOW, LAWS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. IT'S JUST WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT UNDER OUR PURVIEW IS, IS IF SOMEONE WANTS TO BUILD A HOUSE THERE AND IT'S IN THAT PROXIMITY, DOESN'T GIVE THEM A RIGHT TO GO THROUGH SOMEBODY ELSE'S YARD OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY STILL HAVE TO ACCESS IT LEGALLY. SO BECAUSE THE BEACH IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY CLOSED OR BLOCKED OFF, ALL THE PARKING FOR THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. SO THAT'S HOW WE'RE GETTING TO THESE GUYS DON'T HAVE A BEACH. [00:25:01] THEY DON'T NEED TO PROVIDE BEACH BEACH ACCESS PARKING ON THEIR PROPERTY BECAUSE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED. SO I CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF A RUB WITH MY NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR IN THAT, HEY, I'M PARKING THEIR PARKING ALL THEIR CARS IN MY DRIVEWAY OR, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY AND THEY ARE GOING TO BE PARKING IN THEIR DRIVEWAY OR DOWN THEIR STREET. BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. SO I CAN I CAN SEE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. BUT I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT WE HAVE A BEACH ACCESS PLAN. IT PROVIDES FOR WE'VE CLOSED OFF X NUMBER OF OF MILES OR FEET OF BEACHFRONT AND WE'RE PROVIDING PARKING HERE. IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY. AND COMMISSIONERS, IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WHEN YOU'RE REMOVING PARKING FROM THE BEACH, THAT'S THE CIRCUMSTANCE IN WHICH PARKING THEN HAS TO BE REGENERATED ELSEWHERE. THIS SPANISH GRANT HAS DONE THIS IN IN THAT SUBDIVISION, AND THAT'S BASED UPON THE FRONTAGE THAT THEY HAVE ON THE BEACH. OKAY. THAT'S THAT'S THE MEASURE THAT THE GLOW REALLY SORT OF FORCES US TO USE. OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN THAT AND AND IT'S ONE CAR FOR EVERY 15 LINEAR FEET OF FRONTAGE THAT A SUBDIVISION MIGHT HAVE IN WHICH THEY CHOOSE TO OR WILL ATTEMPT TO CLOSE DOWN THE BEACH TO AUTOMOBILE ACCESS. SO THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE STANDARD THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S IT'S AN ODD SITUATION. IT'S UNIQUE. BUT THIS PARTICULAR PLAT THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY DOES IN FACT COME TO A POINT AND AND BY THE TIME IT HITS THE PUBLIC BEACH, IT'S IT'S DOWN TO VIRTUALLY NOTHING. THEY HAVE NO FRONTAGE ON THE PUBLIC BEACH. SO IT SOUNDS ODD. IT SOUNDS VERY ODD THAT THAT YOU KNOW, FROM FROM ONE POINT ACROSS TO ANOTHER, ALL THOSE PARCELS WOULDN'T BE, YOU KNOW, RESPONSIBLE FOR PROVIDING THAT PARKING. BUT IT'S IT'S JUST THE WAY THAT THE GLOW MANDATES THAT WE MEASURE THIS. UNDERSTOOD. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. AND THIS IS JUST KIND OF SOME HISTORICAL FOR ME. WHY WAS THIS LAND DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL TO BEGIN WITH? OH, GOOD QUESTION. HOW DOES HOW DOES THAT HOW DOES THAT ALL PLAY OUT WHEN THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE PLAN, WHEN THE CERTAIN AREAS ARE DESIGNATED? WHAT'S THE INTENT OF IT BEING COMMERCIAL? SO BACK IN 2015, WHEN THE THE ENTIRE CITY WAS REZONED, BASICALLY THE ENTIRE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ZONING ORDINANCE IN OTHER CITIES, WHEN THAT WAS REWRITTEN AND REGENERATED, THERE WERE THERE WERE ADDITIONAL ZONES THAT WERE BEING CREATED. THERE WERE ADDITIONAL I THINK THERE WERE ACTUALLY SOME ZONES THAT WENT AWAY. BUT THE LONG AND SHORT OF IT IS, IS THAT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WERE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADD THEIR THEIR VOICE OR INPUT TO THAT PLAN AT THE TIME. AND IT WENT THROUGH A PROCESS. I WASN'T HERE AT THE TIME, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME STAFF MEMBERS WHO WERE HERE AND THAT PROCESS ALLOWED FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEN SUBSEQUENTLY CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE THAT DETERMINATION BASED UPON WHAT WHAT THEY WERE RECEIVING IN TERMS OF CONTACT FROM FROM LANDOWNERS. SO THERE'S THIS KIND OF NOTION THAT THE ENTIRE WEST END WAS GOING TO BE R-1 AND THEN AND AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LET LET ANY SUBSEQUENT CHANGE GO THROUGH THE SYSTEM. AND THAT'S BY AND LARGE, HOW IT'S HAPPENED. BUT AT THE TIME, THERE WERE SEVERAL TRACT OWNERS WHO DID, IN FACT, TESTIFY BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL ABOUT THEIR DESIRE TO, YOU KNOW, BE REZONED SOMETHING OTHER THAN WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED. AND AND SO AS AS TO THE QUESTION AS TO WHY THIS MIGHT BE COMMERCIAL, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE OF THAT. BUT IT DID GO THROUGH THAT PROCESS. AND IT'S A LEGITIMATE, YOU KNOW, WAY TO ZONE PROPERTY. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. IF NOT, WE'LL MOVE TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE'RE OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AT 402. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES, SIR. YEAH. MY NAME IS JONATHAN FELKER. I'M WITH TEXAS LAND MAPS, REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT. AND RIGHT NOW I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO ADD OTHER THAN WE'RE WORKING WITH THE PLANNING STAFF AND FOLLOWING ALL RECOMMENDATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN. [00:30:09] OKAY. UM, SO YOU'RE THE SURVEYOR AND LAND PLANNER WHERE THE BASICALLY THE SURVEYOR. IS THAT CORRECT? YOU'RE NOT THE OWNER. YEAH, I GOT YOU. SO IF I WANT TO KNOW IF THEY WERE GOING TO BUILD A FENCE, YOU COULDN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION HONESTLY. YOU GOT IT. I REMEMBER YOU FROM THE OTHER DAY. IT'S NOT SO BAD COMING UP HERE AND TALKING, IS IT? YEAH, YOU'RE GETTING BETTER AT IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. IF WE HAVE SOME, WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP. THANK YOU. OH, PLEASE SIGN IN. ALL RIGHT. SO WE WILL START OVER ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM ON THE FRONT ROW. WHEN YOU COME FORWARD, I KNOW THAT THERE'S SEVERAL OF YOU HERE THAT WANT TO SPEAK, WHICH IS GREAT. IT'S PART OF THE PROCESS. WE JUST ASK THAT YOU PLEASE SIGN IN, STATE YOUR NAME, AND PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU'RE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. SO. COME ON DOWN. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHRIS KREINER AND I'M A RESIDENT OF SPANISH GRANT AND HAVE IT'S BEEN OUR HOMESTEAD SINCE 1995, BUT WE'VE HAD THE HOUSE AND SPENT MOST OF OUR TIME THERE SINCE THE 80S. RIGHT AFTER, AS MANY OF YOU WILL REMEMBER. ALICIA, FIRST OF ALL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO START OFF BY SAYING THAT I DON'T REALLY. I DON'T WANT THIS TO TO BE ANY MORE ADVERSARIAL THAN IT NEEDS TO BE, EVER. I WANT TO WELCOME OUR NEW NEIGHBORS. I LIKE THE IDEA THAT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD NICE HOUSES. ALL THAT'S GREAT. AND I WOULD NEVER DENY A PERSON TO TO MAKE A LIVING AND TO IMPROVE OUR ISLAND. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AT THE TOP OF MY LIST. HOWEVER, HAVING BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE AND HAVING BEEN THROUGH BEACH EROSIONS REPLENISHMENT PROGRAMS, PARKING ISSUES FROM FROM ITS ORIGIN 30 SOME ODD YEARS AGO, WE WERE IN THE SAME HERE, IN THE SAME ROOM, DISCUSSING THE ABILITIES TO WHAT WE COULD DO TO TAKE CARE OF THE PARKING PROBLEMS THAT WE HAVE. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NO SIDEWALKS. WE'VE COMPLIED WITH EVERYTHING WE POSSIBLY CAN, AND WE'VE CONTINUED TO LOSE BEACH. WE'VE LOST FRONT. WE'VE LOST OUR WHOLE FRONT ROW OF HOUSES. AS MOST OF YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE SERIOUS, SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT OUR ABOUT OUR DUNES AND REBUILDING THEM. THAT IS THAT IS FOREMOST IN WHAT THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE BEACH. WE WORK ON THAT ALL YEAR LONG, EVERY YEAR, STORM OR NOT, TO TRY AND KEEP ANYTHING IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES THAT WILL KEEP IT FROM WASHING AWAY. NOW WE DO HAVE SOME OBSERVATIONS AND OBJECTIONS AND THINGS THAT WE WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO TAKE ON BOARD WITH YOU. I CERTAINLY TAKE ISSUE WITH THE 30 FOOT AND 60 FOOT ROAD. I THINK THAT YOU SAID THAT THE I BELIEVE YOU SAID THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL HAD NO PROBLEM WITH THAT. I WONDER IF THEY HAVE THEIR 100 FOOT RADIUS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR. THESE THE INFORMATION THAT WE'VE BEEN PROVIDED IS CERTAINLY SUBSTANDARD AS FAR AS AS FAR AS DRAWINGS AND ABILITY TO READ THEM AND THINGS LIKE THAT. NO FAULT OF ANYONE'S. IT'S JUST THEY THAT IS WHAT IT IS. SO THOSE ARE THAT'S ONE THING. THEN WE HAVE, OF COURSE, THE THE BEACH ACCESS. AND THAT TO ME IS NOT THAT HAS NOT BEEN COVERED SUFFICIENTLY. I MEAN, EITHER THEY HAVE A WALK OVER, THEY BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY. YOU KNOW. I'M SORRY, SIR, BUT YOUR TIME'S UP. BUT THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. [00:35:06] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. I'M GOING TO TALK FAST BECAUSE THREE MINUTES GOES REALLY FAST. IT DOES GO FAST. AND I'M SORRY, I CAN'T SEE THE. I KNOW THERE'S A ISN'T THERE A LIGHT OR SOMETHING UP HERE IN THE FRONT? COUNTDOWN CLOCKS ON EACH SIDE. YEAH. SO SORRY ABOUT THAT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO INTERRUPT YOU, BUT THANK YOU. GO AHEAD, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. SO. SO REGARDING THE BEACH ACCESS. YEAH, I'M SORRY. TERRY MUNIZ. I LIVE IN SPANISH. GRANT FULL TIME THERE ON SPANISH GRANT. THIS IS MY PROPERTY RIGHT HERE. MY BACK SIDE OF THE PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE ADJOINING NOW, TWO HOMES INSTEAD OF ONE SINGLE HOME THAT YOU WOULD FIND IN A RESIDENTIALLY ZONED AREA. SO THAT MEANS THAT I BELIEVE YOU ALL TALK ABOUT RENTERS, THAT THREE OUT OF FIVE ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES. AND I AGREE WITH THAT NUMBER, WHICH MEANS MORE PEOPLE. AND THE ISSUE THAT I'VE GOT WITH RENTERS IS THAT THEY DON'T RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY. THEY'LL WALK THROUGH THE PRIVATE PROPERTY, THEY'LL DRIVE THROUGH THEM, THEY'LL BRING IN GOLF CARTS AND THEY'LL DRIVE THEM THROUGH. AND THEY DON'T HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF OUR DUNE SYSTEM AND WHAT HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. BUT BACK TO THE THIS PROPOSED PROPERTY. IT'S GOT THIS SIX FOOT FENCE ALL THE WAY AROUND IT WITH ONLY ONE MAN GATE THAT COMES OFF 3005 AND I GUESS THEY'RE EXPECTING EVERYBODY TO WALK DOWN 3005 AND COME AROUND TO OUR PROPERTY. THERE ARE THREE PROPERTIES THAT ARE SHOWN IN THIS VERY TIP, AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE THEY'RE IN A 75 PLANNING COMMISSION REVIEW AREA. AND SO THERE ARE TWO OF THEM THAT ARE BEACHFRONT. THE FENCE ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH AND GETS INTO AN AREA THAT'S CALLED A 25 FOOT PROHIBITED BUILDING AREA. THAT'S REALLY IN THE SAND DUNE AREA, AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE WALKOVER THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SURVEY HERE. SO I'M NOT QUITE UNDERSTANDING WHY THESE THREE HOMES ARE IN THAT AREA THAT ARE BEACHFRONT, THE MARTINS, WHICH THE THEY'VE GOT A HOME THERE. WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THEIR PLAN IN 2014, 2015, THEY PROPOSED TO PUT IT FURTHER DOWN IN THAT ZONE AND THEY WERE FORCED TO REDESIGN THEIR DRAWINGS AND PUT THE HOUSE NORTH OF THAT 75 FOOT PLAIN. SO I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS DEVELOPER IS ABLE TO CRAM THREE ADDITIONAL HOMES IN THAT AREA, MUCH LESS IMPACT OUR ENTIRE SUBDIVISION THERE. I ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE FILL THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED. THIS AREA HERE IS PART OF IT HAS TO DO WITH THE THERE'S THIS NO MAN'S LAND. I BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO THE CITY. IT HAS GOT NO DUNES ON IT. ALL THE WATER SURGES AND EVERYTHING COMES UP IN THAT AREA RIGHT HERE. AND SO THIS WHOLE AREA IS GOING TO BE UNPROTECTED. I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S BEING ADDRESSED AND WHY THERE ARE NO SAND DUNES AND NO WALKOVERS PROVIDED, QUESTION THAT. WHEN ALL THIS GETS FILLED IN AND NOW THE DRAINAGE, IT'S GOING TO COME RIGHT. IT'S GOING TO BE POINTED RIGHT AT MY HOUSE. AND THERE'S A PROPOSED DITCH THAT'S PROPOSED ALL ALONG THESE HOMES BACK HERE. SO TEN FOOT FROM THE BACK OF MY HOUSE, I'M GOING TO HAVE A DITCH THAT'S GOING TO SUPPOSEDLY DIVERT ALL THE WATER TO THIS COMPENSATORY STORAGE POND. AND WE KNOW HOW DITCHES WORK. NOBODY KNOWS THEM. NOBODY TAKES CARE OF THEM. AND NOT ONLY THAT, EVEN THE DITCHES IN OUR SUBDIVISION, THEY FLOOD OVER, BUT THEY GET OVER ON THE STREET AND WE HAVE ENOUGH PROPERTY IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PAT TOLLETT AND WE OWN THE HOME AT ONE, TWO, FOUR, THREE, TWO EAST VENTURA SPECIFICALLY. MY NUMBER ONE ISSUE HAS TO DO WITH BEACH ACCESS. THEY'VE PROVIDED NO BEACH ACCESS THROUGH HERE. THE IT'S GOING TO END UP BURDENING THOSE HOMES THAT ARE ADJACENT. AND MY HOME IS ACTUALLY RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE THIRD HOME IN FROM THE RIGHT. AND IT'S GOING TO FORCE PEOPLE TO EITHER USE THEIR CARS TO LOAD UP THE FRONT OF THE BEACH, WHICH IS ALREADY VERY WELL USED AS IT IS, AND THEY HAVE NO OTHER ACCESS TO DO THAT OTHER THAN TO GET AROUND. SO THE BEACH ACCESS, ACTUALLY THE WAY THAT THEY'VE DESIGNED IT BECOMES AN UNDUE BURDEN FOR OUR SPANISH GRANT NEIGHBORHOOD THERE. SECONDLY, THE PRIVATE ROAD. I DO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE PRIVATE ROAD BECAUSE AND IT HAPPENS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS MANY OTHERS, THERE'S GOING TO BE CARS THAT ARE PARKING ON THAT [00:40:05] STREET BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AMPLE PARKING TO GET INTO AN OWNER'S LOT. AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ISSUES WITH EMERGENCY VEHICLES BEING ABLE TO GET INTO THEIR. THE OTHER ISSUE ABOUT, OF WHICH I HAVE A CONCERN, HAS TO DO WITH THE THE THE GATED ENTRY THAT THEY'RE USING. THIS IS ANOTHER SAFETY ISSUE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S NOT ABLE TO ACCESS THAT GATED ISSUE, NOW WE'VE GOT CARS THAT ARE BACKING UP AND THEY'RE BACKING UP ON THE ON THE ROAD RIGHT THERE, THE HIGHWAY RIGHT THERE, WHICH COULD BE A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. SO ACCESSING THAT THAT PART OF THE OR ACCESSING INTO THEIR AREA IS NOT GOING TO BE AS EASY AS AS IT LOOKS. IF SOMEONE GETS AND I'M IN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, WE HAVE GATED ENTRIES ALL THE TIME AND THERE'S CARS THAT ARE GOING TO GET BACKED UP AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A SAFETY ISSUE ON THAT HIGHWAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES, SIR. EXCUSE ME. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO COME IN AND SPEAK TO YOU FIRST. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET UP HERE AND JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS. I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND A WHOLE LOT OF TIME. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON A COUPLE OF LITTLE THINGS THAT. EXCUSE ME, CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME? OH, MY NAME IS LAWRENCE MARBLE. THANK YOU. MARBLE. I'M SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. MY WIFE AND I HAVE OWNED OUR HOUSE IN SPANISH GRANT FOR OVER 31 YEARS. WE LIVE AT 12515 EAST VENTURA. WE'VE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON. THE THING THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND RIGHT NOW IS HOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY SENT ME THIS LETTER AND WE RESPONDED. SO DO Y'ALL READ ALL THE COMMENTS FROM EVERY PERSON THAT SENDS THEM IN? ONE PERSON IN PARTICULAR, BD GRIFFIN LIVES ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. HE'S THE COUNTY ATTORNEY FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY. HE'S A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY. HE VOICED HIS COMMENTS AND WE SHARED THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT HE HAD TO SAY, BECAUSE I'M NOT A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, BUT HIS COMMENTS WERE RIGHT ON POINT WITH THE KIND OF THING WE NEED THIS BOARD TO ADDRESS. BECAUSE AS A REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY, HE HAS SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT HOW THIS DEVELOPMENT IS BEING FORCED ON US, BASICALLY, AS OPPOSED TO SOMETHING THAT WAS PRESENTED IN A WAY THAT WE CAN WORK WITH AS RESIDENTS OF SPANISH GRANT. WE WANT, LIKE CHRIS CRINER SAID, WE WANT PEOPLE TO COME INTO OUR SUBDIVISION. WE WELCOME THE DAY TRAFFIC THAT TAKES UP THE WHOLE ROAD REGULARLY ON OUR BEACH. WE DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR OUR OWN GUESTS TO COME DOWN ON SPANISH GRANT BECAUSE IT'S SO CROWDED. EVERYBODY GOES DOWN ON OUR SUBDIVISION. IT'S ONE OF THE FIRST FEW BEFORE YOU GET DOWN PAST PIRATES THAT PEOPLE JUST COME IN THERE. WE DON'T HAVE BEACH ACCESS, BUT THEY CERTAINLY COME IN AND THEY PARK. AND WE HAVE DEALT WITH NUMEROUS PROBLEMS CLEANING UP TRASH, JUST ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT ARE NOT COMPATIBLE TO THE KIND OF BEHAVIOR YOU WOULD EXPECT ON THE BEACH. SO I'M OPPOSED TO THIS. MY WIFE IS OPPOSED TO THIS JUST BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS NOT EVEN ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT US IN A WAY WHERE WE CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT HIS MOTIVE IS. AND WE'RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT BEACH ACCESS BECAUSE ALREADY WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ABUSE OUR SUBDIVISION WITH BEACH ACCESS, WHETHER THEY'RE PEOPLE THAT ARE NON RESIDENTS OR THEY COME DOWN AS RENTERS AND THEY ACCESS THE BEACH AND THEY WALK RIGHT THROUGH OUR YARDS UNDERNEATH OUR HOUSES. AND THE LAST THING WE WANT IS THIS SUBDIVISION TO DO THE SAME THING TO US. SO I'LL YIELD MY TIME. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ANYONE ELSE? YES, MA'AM. PLEASE COME FORWARD. SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME. THANK YOU. SORRY. SORRY. YOU COULD JUST ASK HER. [00:45:05] AFTER 31 YEARS OF PAYING TAXES, WE SHOULD GIVE YOU A PEN. IS THERE ANY WAY TO PUT THE PICTURE OF THE OVERLAY THAT THEY HAD UP EARLIER? YOU KNOW, MA'AM, THIS IS A COMMENT DEAL, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. I UNDERSTAND. MY NAME IS ROBIN MARTIN. I LIVE ON THE BEACHSIDE ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING. AND ACTUALLY EVERYTHING'S BEEN ADDRESSED PRETTY MUCH. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I SECOND THIS EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE SAID. I PERSONALLY LOOKED AT PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY AND MAYBE PUTTING 3 OR 4 HOMES ON IT. I THINK THAT SHOVING ALL THESE HOUSES ON HERE DOESN'T DO GALVESTON ANY JUSTICE AS FAR AS OUR PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE BEACH HOUSE ON THE BEACH SIDE. I WAS ACTUALLY GOING TO WE DID ALL OUR DRAWINGS, TOOK IT INTO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE OFFICE, AND THEY SAID I HAD TO MOVE THE HOUSE ALL THE WAY BACK. WE HAD TO MAKE THE HOUSE WIDER AND SKINNIER AND MOVE INSTEAD OF HAVING THE ENTRANCE ON THE ROADSIDE, WHICH I HAVE NONE NOW. I HAD TO MOVE IT TO THE SIDE FACING HERSHEY ROAD, HERSHEY BEACH ROAD, AND I AM NOW IF THEY BUILD THAT HOUSE, I'M GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THIS HOUSE THAT THE WAY THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING BUILDING IT. AND, YOU KNOW, DOES THAT MEAN I CAN BUILD OR SHOULD A BUILD OUT? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW. THE RULINGS HAVE CHANGED, BUT I HAVE A CONCERN WITH THAT. AND. I HAVE A LOT OF VANDALISM AT MY HOUSE. THINGS STOLEN. STOLEN FROM RENTERS AND SUCH. YOU CAN SEE I HAVE A MUCH SIZABLE PIECE OF PROPERTY. I HAVE PROBABLY A LITTLE OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN ACRE, AND. AND SO DOES MY NEIGHBORS ON HERSHEY BEACH ROAD. SO WE'RE NOT LITTLE PIGEON HOLED HOUSES. AND THE MORE RENTERS THAT YOU GET, THE MORE I HAVE RENTERS FROM OTHER HOUSES THAT JUST COME UP FROM SPANISH GRANT AND EVEN HERSHEY BEACH COME UP AND JUST HAVE LUNCH ON MY PATIO, YOU KNOW, UPSTAIRS AND STEAL THINGS AND WE HAVE A WALK OVER STEAL. THE STAINLESS STEEL BOLTS ARE IN THE WALK OVER. I MEAN, I'M SURE THAT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. BUT THE MORE PEOPLE, THE MORE PEOPLE, MORE PEOPLE AND JUST CRAMMING IT INTO THERE, I'M EXTREMELY OPPOSED TO IT AND I SEE NO BENEFIT. AND AS THEY MENTIONED, WE HAVE NO DETAILS ON THE HOUSE SIZES, THE HOUSE QUALITY, THE UTILITIES, HOW ALL THAT'S GOING TO BE MAINTAINED. AND I DON'T SEE HOW ANYTHING CAN BE APPROVED UNTIL WE GET DETAILS OR THEY EVEN SHOW UP TO A COMMITTEE MEETING. ANYWAY, THAT'S ALL. AND I'M EARLY. I HAVE EXTRA TIME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANKS. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? COME. HEY, PEGGY. SIGN YOUR NAME. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PEGGY ZELLER ONE 2520 EAST VENTURA. AND I OBVIOUSLY AGREE WITH ALL OF MY PROPERTY OWNER FRIENDS. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS I REALLY WANT TO ADDRESS. I'M A DIRECTOR AT SGB. THIS IS MORE THAN JUST THIS DEVELOPMENT. I LED THE ACTIVITY IN SGB AFTER IKE. IF IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN FOR THE COMMITMENT OF SOME PEOPLE, WE WOULD BE A SUBDIVISION WITH ON BEACH PARKING, WE'D BE THE SUBDIVISION WITH GRINDER PUMPS AND WE WOULD BE A SUBDIVISION WITH NO FRONTAGE ROAD. WE WOULD HAVE ALLEYWAYS TO ACCESS OUR FRONT ROW PROPERTIES. SO FOLKS, THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME. WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT THE THE IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, THE VERY THING THAT I THOUGHT OF FIRST, THIS IS SO MAJOR FOR US. THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS WE DON'T UNDERSTAND. THERE ARE SO MANY PERSONAL EXPERIENCES WE HAVE. WHY WOULD THE DEVELOPER NOT REACH OUT TO US? WHY WOULD THEY NOT WANT TO TALK TO US, EXPLAIN WHAT THEIR THINKING IS, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD? I WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. I WAS ALSO INVOLVED IN THE PLANNING AND I UNDERSTAND EXACTLY HOW WE GOT REZONED TO COMMERCIAL AND THAT CAN BE A SIDE DISCUSSION. BUT BUT RIGHT NOW, WITH ALL OF THE UNKNOWNS AND WE HAVE PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH BEACH ACCESS PROBLEMS BECAUSE ON ON JOHN REYNOLDS ROAD, THERE ARE SOME SPANISH GRANT PROPERTIES THAT ARE ON THAT ROAD. AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THOSE FOLKS CROSSING OVER OUR PROPERTIES TO GET TO THE BEACH. THAT IS GOING TO BE THE EXACT ISSUE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH THIS, EXCEPT I'M NOT SURE THAT IT WON'T BE WORSE. [00:50:02] I DON'T KNOW RIGHT NOW, BUT WE CAN DOCUMENT THE ISSUES. WE HAVE HAD THE SECURITY CALLS WE HAVE MADE BASED ON OUR EXPERIENCES, WHICH ARE VERY SIMILAR ON JOHN REYNOLDS ROAD. WHAT I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST IS AS WE'RE STEPPING THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT YOU MAY CONSIDER A SHOWSTOPPER. I THINK IF YOU TALK TO US AS TAXPAYERS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF SHOWSTOPPERS. IT MAY BE BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND, BUT NOT UNDERSTANDING DOES NOT MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS. AND WE RIGHT NOW ARE SO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED BY OUR BEACH ACCESS PLAN BECAUSE WHEN WE PUT IT IN PLACE, WE DID NOT HAVE PAID SEAWALL PARKING. ONCE THAT DECISION WAS MADE, THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE PUBLIC VISITING OUR BEACHES WAS TREMENDOUS. I DON'T DENY THE RIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC TO VISIT. I DO QUESTION IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT ON SMALLER SUBDIVISIONS, WHY DON'T WE HELP ACCOMMODATE THE PUBLIC? YOU KNOW HOW WE ACCOMMODATE IT. WE HAVE TO HIRE OUR OWN PRIVATE SECURITY. WE DON'T HAVE DEEP POCKETS. WE ARE CHALLENGED SIGNIFICANTLY AS A SUBDIVISION. WE WANT TO STAY VIABLE. WE WANT TO HAVE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BUT WE WANT TO BE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS AND WE WANT TO BE TREATED FAIRLY. AND, YOU KNOW, IF YOU WOULD JUST LET ME. I COULD CONTINUE TO TALK. I WILL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU, PEGGY. HA, HA. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY ELSE? ANYBODY ELSE SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE MEETING AT 4:23 AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. OKAY, HOLD ON. I'M SORRY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 23P-049. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND A SECOND FOR 23P-049. ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL JUMP IN. ALL RIGHTY. I THERE'S A LOT, A LOT, A LOT TO IT'S A UNIQUE AND UNIQUE PLOT OF LAND RIGHT THERE. AND THE ROAD, YES HAS SOME CHALLENGES. THE ACCESS OFF OF 3005 HAS SOME CHALLENGES. THOSE THINGS THAT'S YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WILL IMPACT THE THE RESIDENTS OF SPANISH GRANT AND OF THIS NEW PARCEL THERE. BUT THE BIG PART FOR ME IS THAT BEACH ACCESS THE NOT SO MUCH THE THE CAR ACCESS OR THE PARKING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS, YOU'RE GOING TO PUT THAT AMOUNT OF OF HOMES IN THERE AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF VISITORS AND PEOPLE THERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE STUCK. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LEGALLY WALK UP TO 305, WALK DOWN 305 TO TO, YOU KNOW, TO THE ENTRANCE THERE TO SPANISH GRANT OR TO OVER TO HERSHEY BEACH AND COME BACK DOWN THAT OR TRESPASS OR WALK OVER DUNES OR WALK, YOU KNOW, WALK ON OTHER PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES. THAT'S A TOUGH HILL TO TO CLIMB. SO THAT'S BURDEN THAT I DO NOT DID NOT SEE OVERCOME. ALL RIGHT. OH, YOU GO AHEAD. YOU WANT TO GO FIRST? GO AHEAD. LADIES FIRST. WELL, I GUESS WHEN I LOOKED AT IT, I GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, YOU KNOW, BUT I'VE BEEN REALLY THINKING ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID TO US. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE TO STAY WITHIN OUR LANE AND WE HAVE TO REMEMBER WHAT OUR LANE IS HERE. AND THEY ARE, THIS IS ONLY THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE PROCESS. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THEY HAVE TO COMPLETE IN ORDER TO GET EVEN GET A HOUSE BUILT. SO IF IT'S GOING TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE BEACH ACCESS, IT'S GOING TO COME OUT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY GO FOR PLANNING, WHEN THEY GO FOR PERMITTING. SO OUR JOB AND I'M NOT TELLING EVERYBODY WHAT THEIR JOB IS, I'M JUST SIMPLY SAYING WHAT OUR JOB IS, IS TO DISCOVER, DID THEY DO WHAT THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE FOR US TO PASS IT? AND THEY DID. I AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THEY DID DO THE MINIMUM. AND THAT IS A SENTENCE IN ITSELF. WHEN YOU SAY THEY DID DO THE MINIMUM. YEAH, THE THEY DID A WONDERFUL JOB ON GETTING MAXIMIZING THE AMOUNT OF HOUSING YOU CAN PUT ON A LOT SO UNIQUE AND I THINK ONE YOUNG LADY TALKED ABOUT SHE WAS GOING TO PUT HOUSES THERE AND I WOULD WONDER IF SHE WOULD HAVE A [00:55:04] ROAD THAT IS A BLOCK TO THE EASTBOUND LANE OF 305. AND I HAVE I SEE A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT HAPPENING THERE. SECONDLY, THE GATE ISSUE WITH THAT ROAD. I TALKED TO THE FIRE MARSHAL AND HE SAID, YEAH, I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO PUT IN A GATE GUARD. SO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS. IF YOU LOOK ON IF YOU BLOW IT UP, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S A PROPOSED GATE HOUSE IN THE CENTER OF THAT ROAD. WELL, NOW YOU'RE YOU'VE GOT A NO BIKE ROAD WITH A GATE HOUSE THERE AND A GATE. AND IT'S JUST. I JUST SEE A POTENTIAL ACCIDENT HAPPENING RIGHT THERE. AND I THINK THAT I THINK WE'VE ADDRESSED THE ISSUES ABOUT THE BEACH ACCESS AND STUFF. THE DENSITY, I THINK IS THE ISSUE THAT I REALLY HAVE WITH IT. I JUST THINK TO HAVE A ROAD LIKE THAT. IT'S NOT VERY. I CAN'T SAY DISINGENUOUS. I JUST THINK IT'S. IT'S NOT PLANNED REAL WELL. IT NEEDS A 90 DEGREE. IT JUST NEEDS WORK TO ME. AND I JUST. I CAN'T SEE THIS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? SO I'LL GIVE YOU GUYS MY $0.02. SO THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL THAT OPENS UP A PANDORA'S BOX OF WHAT THEY CAN DO IF THE CONCERN IS DENSITY. THESE GUYS COULD GO MAKE THAT SUPER DUPER DENSE. THEY'D BE WITHIN THEIR PURVIEW TO DO SO. AND QUITE HONESTLY, THEIR STEP IN THE PROCESS IS TO GET A BUILDING PERMIT. SO, YOU KNOW, AS AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS, IT'S ALMOST KIND OF LIKE WHAT'S THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS? I KNOW YOU GUYS DON'T LIKE TO HEAR THAT, BUT THAT IS THAT IS THE CASE. REGARDING THE STREET WIDTHS, I THINK IT'S IT'S IMPORTANT TO REALIZE THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR REQUEST IS TO GO FROM 60 TO 30, BUT THAT IS NOT THE WIDTH OF THE STREET. THE WIDTH OF THE STREET IS ACTUALLY 30FT WIDE. AND I CAN PROMISE YOU THAT IN YOU WOULD FIND THERE ARE NOT VERY MANY NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY THE OLDER ONES, THAT HAVE 30 FOOT WIDE STREETS. I'M NOT SURE HOW WIDE THE STREETS ARE IN THE INNER CITY, BUT I'D BE WILLING TO BET SOME OF THOSE ARE 22FT WIDE OR LESS. SO THEY WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SOME ON STREET PARKING. THE SMALLEST LOT WITH THE HAVE IS 37FT WIDE. THE VAST MAJORITY OF THEM ARE 40. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, THAT'S YOU CAN BUILD A NICE HOUSE ON THAT AND HAVE SOME DECENT SETBACKS. SO, YOU KNOW, I COULD TELL YOU THEY COULD PUT A WHOLE LOT MORE IN THERE. I'M GOING TO ASSUME I WISH THE APPLICANT WAS HERE. I'M GOING TO ASSUME A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY WOULD HAVE PRIVATE UTILITIES THERE. IT PROBABLY WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, HAVE AN HOA. I'M JUST WOULD MAKE AN ASSUMPTION OF THAT. I WISH THEY WERE HERE TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS. THE ONE THING THAT I THINK MIGHT BE OF SOME CONCERN AND THIS WOULD BE MY IF I WAS LIVING ADJACENT TO THEM, BECAUSE I DO KNOW THAT WHERE THEY'RE AT AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO THE BEACH, IF THERE IS NO FENCING BETWEEN THOSE PROPERTIES, YEAH, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S YARDS TO GET THERE. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE ANY BEACH FRONT. IT IS. IT IS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE ORIGINAL PLATS OF THE PROPERTY, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LOTS IN FRONT OF IT. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY WAY TO GET TO THE BEACH FROM THEIR PROPERTY. THAT BEING SAID, THEY DO HAVE TWO WAYS TO GET TO THE BEACH. THEY COULD GO OVER TO SPANISH GRANT AND PARK THERE OR THEY CAN GO FURTHER TO THE EAST AND THEY CAN GO TO HERSHEY BEACH. THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS ACCESS PROBLEMS WITH THEIR CUSTOMERS. I MEAN, THEY GOT TO SELL THIS STUFF AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND THAT IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THE ONLY WAY TO LEGALLY GET TO ANY OF THOSE BEACH ACCESSES IS EITHER TO DRIVE YOUR CAR OR WALK. YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DRIVE A GOLF CART OVER THERE. THAT'S THAT'S NOT PERMITTED. SO I'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME THINGS IN THIS THAT I DO LIKE. I MEAN, IN THEIR WRITE UP, THEY TALK ABOUT PROVIDING A LITTLE BIT OF GREEN SPACE. THEY HAVE A DETENTION POND, WHICH GIVES US SOME OPEN SPACE. THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S A GOOD THING. SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT THAT I LIKE ABOUT THE PLAN. YOU KNOW, I'M THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS. SO I WOULD I DO HAVE A QUESTION CAN WE OFFER BECAUSE WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM PROVIDE [01:00:01] SOME SORT OF FENCING PARTICULARLY ON THE YOU KNOW ON THE PROPERTY TO AT LEAST KEEP PEOPLE FROM COMING? CAN WE PUT THAT AS A PROVISION IN OUR CONDITION AND OUR DEAL? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THEN I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND MY MOTION TO ADD THAT WE ADD A SPECIAL CONDITION, THAT THE PROPERTY BE FENCED AND MAINTAINED BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY. SO THAT'S A MOTION WOULD NEED A SECOND AND WE'LL VOTE ON IT. OKAY. SO THAT'S A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, MISS. MA'AM. A BEAUTIFUL IDEA THAT DEFINITELY. WELL, IF YOU PUT. WELL, THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIGURE THAT OUT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THAT BEING SAID, I AM CERTAIN THAT THOSE GUYS POSSIBLY COULD MOVE, THAT THEY'VE GOT THE WATER GOING BACK THERE TO THAT POND AND THAT LENGTH OF THAT THAT POND IS IN. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A FIVE FOOT DEEP DITCH THERE. NOT VERY LIKELY. SO, YEAH, I'D LIKE TO SEE THEM DRAIN IT TO THE STREET AND THEN INTO THE DETENTION POND. BUT THAT WOULD BE A DESIGN DEAL THEY'D NEED TO FIGURE OUT, BUT I THINK AT LEAST. WE'RE ASKING THEM AS A CONDITION TO PUT A FENCE UP IS IS A START. SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD TAKING YOUR POINT MOVING FORWARD. THE DETENTION POND, RECEIVING THE WATER FROM THE THE PROPOSED DITCH ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE SUBDIVISION STILL HAS TO BE APPROVED. RIGHT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING NECESSARILY YET THAT OUR CITY ENGINEER HASN'T NECESSARILY LOOKED AT AND APPROVED. SO THERE'S GOING TO BE A SET OF CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS THAT WILL BE SUBMITTED THAT THAT DISCUSS THAT. AND TO BE HONEST, IT'S SOMEWHAT UNUSUAL TO SEE A DRAINAGE PATTERN LIKE THIS. NORMALLY IT IS, YOU KNOW, COLLECTED IN THE STREET AND THEN THE STREET DISCHARGES INTO, IN THIS CASE, A DETENTION POND. SO THAT STILL IS HAS TO BE, YOU KNOW, PROPERLY VETTED THAT THAT SOLUTION. THE SECOND THING THAT HAS TO BE PROPERLY VETTED IS THAT THAT ACCESS POINT RESTRICTION, THE GATE UP AT THE FRONT OF THAT SUBDIVISION THAT ALSO HAS TO BE APPROVED BY THE PARTIES, THE THE FIRE MARSHAL, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THE PERMIT DEPARTMENT. AND WE'LL GO THROUGH A REVIEW. I CAN TELL YOU THAT A GUARD SHACK RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF 305 ISN'T GOING TO FLY. I CAN TELL YOU THAT. SO IT WILL BE AMENDED AT SOME POINT. AND SO, YOU KNOW, THIS PROCESS IS BEFORE YOU RIGHT NOW IS A POD, WHICH IS A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF DESIGN. BUT THE SPECIFICS AND THE DESIGN APPROVAL STILL HAVE YET TO BE FULLY CONTEMPLATED AND AND GOING THROUGH THAT APPROVAL PROCESS. SO I JUST WANT TO, YOU KNOW, LET LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT. AND THAT'S A GREAT POINT. AND AGAIN, I'M CERTAIN THAT THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE SOME HE'LL HEAR THE COMMENTS FROM THIS, EVEN THOUGH HE'S NOT HERE. AND SO I'M ALSO WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO GET WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS. I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN PROJECTS WHERE THE NEIGHBORS DON'T GET ALONG AND THAT'S JUST BAD. SO IT'S NOT GOOD FOR ANYBODY. I'D ALSO LIKE TO AND ALSO WE YEAH, WE WOULD WE WOULD BE HAPPY TO HOST A MEETING IF THE DEVELOPER CHOSE TO, TO DO SO WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORING LANDOWNERS, WE'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. I'D LIKE TO ADD THAT IF CHANGES, IF CHANGES ARE NECESSARY IN THE FUTURE THAT DEVIATES SUBSTANTIALLY FROM WHAT'S APPROVED TODAY, THEY WILL HAVE TO BE IT WILL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. IT WILL HAVE TO COME BACK IF CHANGES ARE NECESSARY AND THEY'RE SUBSTANTIAL, THOSE CHANGES WILL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. ONCE AGAIN. STAN, FOR FOR YOU GUYS. SO ON A BLIGHT ROAD ENTRANCE, WE DON'T HAVE A PROVISION THAT LIMITS THE ANGLE THAT A ROAD CAN ENTER A MAJOR HIGHWAY. YOU DO HAVE IT. YEAH, AND I UNDERSTOOD THE COMMENTARY GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THE FENCING AND STUFF, BUT THIS IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT OF A QUESTION. YOU DO HAVE AN ACTIVE MOTION? YES, MA'AM. THAT'S OKAY. LET'S. LET'S GET THAT BUSINESS TAKEN CARE OF. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO AMEND THE PREVIOUS MOTION TO ADD A CONDITION THAT THE DEVELOPER PROVIDE PERIMETER FENCING FOR THE PROPERTY. WE HAVE A MOTION, A SECOND DISCUSSION, AND WE NEED A VOTE IN ORDER TO APPROVE THAT AMENDMENT. SO IF THERE'S NO MORE DISCUSSION, WE'LL HAVE A VOTE. ALL RIGHT. ON THE AMENDMENT. [01:05:01] THIS IS ON THE AMENDMENT. SO WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE TAKING A VOTE TO AMEND THE MOTION TO ADD PERIMETER FENCING. SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, CHAIR I'M SORRY. SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M TERRIBLY SORRY TO GET. NO, NO, NO. I'M NEW AT THIS. I'M JUST TRYING TO CLARIFY YOUR MOTION. IS THAT IS THAT THAT REQUIREMENT FOR THE FENCING ON THE TWO RESIDENTIAL SIDES, OR IS THAT ALL THREE SIDES? YOU SAID PERIMETER. I SAID PERIMETER FENCING, ALL THREE SIDES. SO I WOULD TELL THEM, YOU KNOW, IF HE'S GOING TO HAVE A GATE, WHY ISN'T HE GOING TO FENCE THE WHOLE THING? SO AND HE CAN DO SOMETHING ALONG THE ROAD, TOO. I'M I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY. BUT THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. FAIR ENOUGH. ALL RIGHT. SO PROCEDURE QUESTION HERE. DO WE ACTUALLY NEED TO TAKE A VOTE HERE FOR A MINUTE MOTION OR CAN. THE WHOLE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. WE USED TO PRACTICE. OKAY. CHANGE SOME STUFF. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. NO PROBLEM. IT'S NOT FRIENDLY ANYMORE, JOHN. ALL RIGHT. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE AMENDMENT? WE'RE NOT. THIS IS JUST THE AMENDMENT TO ADD PERIMETER FENCING. OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE HAVE AN AMENDED MOTION ON THE TABLE TO APPROVE THE CASE WITH AN AMENDMENT TO ADD PERIMETER FENCING. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. NOW WE'RE VOTING ON THE WHOLE THING NOW. SO THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED. SO WE HAVE THREE. OPPOSED? TWO IN FAVOR? THE MOTION FAILS. I'D LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT CITY COUNCIL HAS FINAL DECISION AUTHORITY ON THIS REQUEST, AND THEY WILL HEAR THIS REQUEST ON AUGUST 28TH, I BELIEVE. JUST A SECOND. SO CAN WE. AUGUST 24TH, CAN WE REQUEST THAT THE APPLICANT BE PRESENT AT THAT MEETING? I MEAN, HOW DO YOU ALL HOW DO YOU ALL CONTACT? YEAH, WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANTS TO BE PRESENT. KARINA SENDS A MESSAGE TO THE APPLICANTS JUST AS SOON AS THE PACKETS GO OUT. AFTER YOU GET YOUR MESSAGE, A MESSAGE GOES OUT TO THE APPLICANTS WITH ALL THE INFORMATION. SO WE'LL, OF COURSE, MAKE CONTACT WITH THEM AND RECOMMEND THAT THEY LISTEN TO THIS MEETING AND BE IN ATTENDANCE IN AUGUST. WHERE ARE THEY BASED OUT OF? I THINK THE GUYS ARE LOCAL HERE OR THERE. YEAH. WHAT IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, THAT'S WHO IT IS, ISN'T IT? IT IS, YEAH. HE'S A I DON'T KNOW WHY I WOULD. I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT HE BE AT THAT MEETING. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, FOLKS, FOR COMING AND APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT. ALL RIGHT. MOVING ON, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE TOP OF THE AGENDA. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, A 120 [7.A.1. 22P-082 (12827 John Reynolds Circle) Request For Beachfront Construction Certificate/Dune Protection Permit For A New Single-Family Residence. Property Is Legally Described As Abstract 121, Hall & Jones Survey, Lot 11, Bermuda Beach Section 2, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant And Property Owner: Irene Croat] 2P-082. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHTY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS IS A REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH GRAVEL BENEATH THE HABITABLE STRUCTURE AND A GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. THE ADDRESS IS 12827 JOHN REYNOLDS CIRCLE. THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT ONE, TWO ONE HALL AND JONES SURVEY. LOT 11 BERMUDA BEACH, SECTION TWO, A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE BERMUDA BEACH SUBDIVISION. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. A BEACH AND DUNE SYSTEM ARE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, THIS AREA IS ERODING AT A RATE OF 5 TO 6FT PER YEAR. STAFF HAS PREPARED PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING. FIRST, WE HAVE A FIRM AND BIG MAP SHOWING THE DISTANCE OF THE STRUCTURE FROM THE DUNE SYSTEM AND ITS POSITION RELATIVE TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. NEXT ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS THE PROPERTY SURVEY. THE IMAGE ON THE RIGHT SHOWS THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE AND THE DISTANCE IS 27.2FT. ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE. WE HAVE THE PROPOSED FOUNDATION WITH GRAVEL BENEATH THE HABITABLE STRUCTURE AND THE GRAVEL DRIVEWAY. THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES SHOW THE FRONT LEFT, RIGHT AND REAR ELEVATIONS. FINALLY, WE HAVE PHOTOS OF THE SITE LOOKING SOUTH. LOOKING EAST, LOOKING WEST. [01:10:04] LOOKING NORTH. A FROM THE SOUTH OF THE LINE OF VEGETATION. AND ONE THING I'D LIKE TO ADD TO THIS. IN YOUR PACKET, YOU DID RECEIVE A LETTER FROM THE THE GENERAL LAND OFFICE RE RESPONSE. AND ONE OF THEIR COMMENTS WAS THAT THIS PROPERTY APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN MOWED. IT WAS IT WAS A IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT WORKING ON GETTING THE APPLICATION INTO THE GLO. WE REQUESTED THAT THE HOMEOWNER STATE THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE SO IT WOULD BE EASIER FOR THE COASTAL RESOURCES DIVISION AND GLO TO ACTUALLY SEE WHERE THAT WAS AT. IT WAS ACCIDENTALLY MOWED. THE LANDOWNER WAS NOTIFIED, GLO WAS COORDINATED WITH. WE SENT THEM AN EMAIL. THEY ARE MONITORING THAT AREA FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SUBMITTING AN ANNUAL REPORT TO US. AND IF THERE'S ANY DAMAGE TO THE TO THE VEGETATION, THEY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING THAT. BUT COORDINATE WITH GLO, THEY JUST RECOMMEND LETTING IT GROW BACK NATURALLY AND MONITORING IT. BUT IT'S NOT AN AREA TO BE MOWED. IT WAS JUST A JUST AN ACCIDENT. ON TRYING TO STAKE OUT THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE AT THAT TIME. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORTS AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SO GO AHEAD, STAN. OKAY. IT SAYS IN THAT GLOW OFFICE. THEY PROPOSE IT WOULD BE PRACTICABLE TO SITE THE STRUCTURE FURTHER LANDWARD ON THE LOT. AND I THINK WE'VE SEEN THAT BEFORE IN RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE GLOW. YES, SIR. AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING LINES, THEY THEY PRETTY MUCH WHEN WE FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH THEM, THERE WAS SOME OF THE STRUCTURE LOCATED WITHIN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. WITHIN THE 25FT. WE WORKED WITH THEM. THEY MOVED IT FAR NORTH. IF YOU LOOK AT THE BUILDING LINES, THEY THERE ARE SOME AERIAL EASEMENTS. THEY'VE GOT IT AS FAR NORTH AS THEY CAN. AND THAT GAVE THEM THE 27 POINT. THAT'S WHERE YOU GOT THE 27.2. YES. FROM THE FROM THE LAST MOVEMENT BASED UPON THIS. OKAY. YES, SIR. ANYONE ELSE. I GOT A QUICK QUESTION. IT DOES APPEAR THAT THEY COULD. OH, I SEE. IF THEY TRY AND MOVE IT FURTHER NORTH, THEN THEY ENCROACH ON THE REAR EASEMENTS, THE EAST OR THE WEST. GOTCHA IS KIND OF MOVING AT AN ANGLE, THE BUILDING LINE. AND THEN THEY HAVE THE. I UNDERSTAND. SO THEY DO HAVE IT MOVED AS FAR LANDWARD AS THEY CAN AS THEY CAN MOVE IT. AND I WILL SAY, KUDOS TO THESE GUYS. THEY'RE GOING OLD SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, THIS IS A NICE LITTLE HOUSE. I LIKE IT. SO KUDOS TO THEM FOR DOING THAT. UM, THIS IS ALSO KIND OF UNUSUAL IN THAT WE HAVE A DUNE WITH A ROAD IN FRONT OF IT. WHAT'S GIVE ME A THAT'S. THAT'S BERMUDA BEACH. THAT'S JUST. YEAH. ONCE UPON A TIME. YEAH, THAT'S, BUT BERMUDA BEACH IS WORKING ON, YOU KNOW, DOING SOME, YOU KNOW, BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECTS OUT THERE. THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOME AND, AND THAT IS IN AN AREA THAT THE CITY IS WORKING WITH THE GLOW ON ON DOING A MAJOR NOURISHMENT PROJECT SO SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE HAVING MORE DUNES IN FRONT OF IN FRONT OF THE ROAD. SO THE DUNES THAT ARE THERE ARE OCCURRED NATURALLY. THEY DIDN'T. THERE'S NOT THAT'S NOT PART OF A RESTORATION PROJECT OR ANYTHING. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT. BEING NONE, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CASE. SORRY ABOUT THAT. 20 2P-082 AT 445. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? YES, SIR. PLEASE COME FORWARD. SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME. HOW ARE YOU DOING? GOOD. I'M JOHNNY GUZMAN. I'M THE CONTRACTOR FOR THIS PROJECT. AND I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TODAY, BUT WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BUILD A HOME HERE. SIMPLE FAMILY HOME, YOU KNOW, BEING A BEACH CIRCLE. JOHN REYNOLDS 12 827 AND THAT'S IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. COOL. WELL, MY HAT'S OFF TO YOU GUYS FOR TRYING TO DO SOMETHING THAT IS RELATIVELY LOW IMPACT. SO WE DON'T SEE A WHOLE LOT OF THAT GRAVEL UNDERNEATH THEM AND A, YOU KNOW, A NICE HOUSE. SO THANK YOU. NOTHING FANCY. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE IT. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. BEING NONE. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. MAKE SURE YOU SIGN IN, SIR. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON THIS ONE? IF NOT, WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 4:46 AND WE'LL BRING THAT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. COMMISSIONER PENA, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT 22P-082 AS WRITTEN. [01:15:02] SECOND. A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 22P-082. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. IT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION PASSES. MOVING ON TO 23P-046. [7.A.2. 23P-046 (11379 Beachside Drive) Request For Beachfront Construction Certificate/Dune Protection Permit For A New Single-Family Residence. Property Is Legally Described As Lot 514, Beachside Village Section 5 (2019) Abstract 121, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Jeff Ehrich, Seaside Construction Property Owner: Herman Walter Wolff III] ALL RIGHT. ANOTHER ONE OF MINE. GOOD AFTERNOON, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH A FIBER CREEK FOUNDATION AND PARTIAL FIBER CREEK. PARTIAL CONCRETE DRIVEWAY. THE ADDRESS IS 1379 BEACHSIDE DRIVE. THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS LOT 514 BEACHSIDE VILLAGE SECTION FIVE ABSTRACT 121. A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE BEACHSIDE SUBDIVISION. A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING IS LOCATED TO THE WEST AND A COMMUNITY WALKOVER TO THE EAST, FOLLOWED BY A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. A BEACH AND DUNE SYSTEM ARE LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, THIS AREA IS ERODING AT A RATE OF 8 TO 9FT PER YEAR. STAFF HAS PREPARED PREPARED PHOTOS FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING. FIRST, WE HAVE THE FIRM AND BEG MAP SHOWING THE DISTANCE OF THE STRUCTURE FROM THE DUNE SYSTEM AND IS POSITIONED RELATIVE TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES. ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS A PROPERTY SURVEY TO THE LEFT AND THE SITE PLAN ON THE RIGHT. THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THE DISTANCE OF 26FT FROM THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION TO THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE AND A DISTANCE OF 103FT TO THE LINE OF VEGETATION. ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE. WE HAVE FOUNDATION PLAN FOR THE PROJECT. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING UNREINFORCED FIBER CRETE UNDER THE HABITABLE STRUCTURE AND A PARTIAL FIBER CRETE AND FIBER PARTIAL CONCRETE DRIVEWAY. NEXT. THE FOUR SLIDES SHOW THE SIDE ELEVATIONS FROM THE FRONT, LEFT, RIGHT AND REAR SIDE. FINALLY, WE HAVE PHOTOS OF THE SITE LOOKING SOUTH. LOOKING WEST. LOOKING EAST AND LOOKING NORTH AND NORTH, LOOKING FROM THE SOUTH OF THE LINE OF VEGETATION. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, MA'AM. AM I SEEING A FENCE? I WASN'T REALLY SURE, BUT IS THAT A FENCE THAT COMES ALL THE WAY OUT INTO THE DUNE, NORTH OF THE DUNE? NO, IT'S. I BELIEVE THAT IS. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A FENCE. WOOD FENCE. I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING WHERE THAT FENCE IS. LET ME SEE. OH, IT DOES SAY WOOD FENCE. YEAH. IF YOU LOOK ON THE SURVEY OR ON THE DESIGN, IT'S ON THE SURVEY AND ON THE DESIGN. IT'S AT THE. YOU CAN SEE IT, RIGHT? YOU GO LOOK AT THE BOTTOM YELLOW BOX, THEN GO UP THREE AND THEN TO THE RIGHT, JUST A LITTLE BIT AND YOU'LL SEE IT THERE. IT'S IN BOLD LETTERS. BIG LETTERS. DO NOT SEEING ON HERE. YEAH, I THINK IT'S A SUBDIVISION. IT'S A SUB. I THINK IT'S A SUB. IT'S RUNNING. IT'S RUNNING NORTH TO SOUTH. I THINK. AS A COMMUNITY WALKWAY. SO I BELIEVE IT GOES ALONG THE COMMUNITY WALKWAY. YES, MA'AM. BUT THERE'S NOTHING PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT FOR A FENCE. YES, MA'AM. NOT SURE Y'ALL SEE IT. I SEE IT NOW. YOU'RE CORRECT, TIM. IT'S RUNNING NORTH AND IT'S RUNNING NORTH AND SOUTH. SO I THINK WE CAN WE CAN ADDRESS THAT ISSUE. CAN YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURES? I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAY 16TH LOOKING EAST PICTURE, I THINK IT SHOWS IT IS THAT THAT WHAT IT IS THERE? OH, IT SAYS NEIGHBOR'S FENCE. I THINK YOU'RE RIGHT. IT'S ALREADY. WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS GOING ON THERE. THEY GOT TO WALK OVER ON ONE SIDE OF THEM AND THEY HAVE THEIR NEIGHBOR'S FENCE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THEM, AND THEN THEY HAVE THE SUBDIVISION SENSE FENCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. THAT'S A ROW OR A CHAIN FENCE FENCE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO IT BRINGS IT DOES BRING A QUESTION WHERE WE HAVE YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOTED ON HERE. AND AGAIN, WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DONE, YOU SEND THEM A LETTER THAT SAYS, HEY, THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO. [01:20:01] WE CAN MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THIS. AND YOU WOULD MAKE SURE THAT THESE GUYS AREN'T PROPOSING A NEW WOOD FENCE THAT GOES, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THAT 25 FOOT AREA. IS THAT WOULD THAT BE A CORRECT? YES, SIR. WE CAN CLARIFY THAT AND IT CAN BE ADDED INTO OUR ACTION LETTER. OKAY. ANYBODY ELSE? ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A QUESTION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE FOUNDATION PLAN ON THIS, SO WHAT THESE GUYS HAVE IS AT THE FRONT OF THERE, IF YOU SHOW THE SIDE ELEVATION, THE PROPOSED SIDE ELEVATION ON THIS. SO THE AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY HAVE THE LOUVERS THAT'S PARKING AND THEN THEY HAVE SOME STEPS THAT GO UP SO THAT IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S AT LEAST THREE RISERS TO THOSE STEPS. SO THAT'S ABOUT A TWO FOOT JUMP WHERE THIS IS GOING UP. SO MY QUESTION IS THIS. THEY WOULD HAVE TO I DON'T KNOW HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT WITHOUT DOING SOME SORT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE THERE TO KEEP IT ALL TOGETHER. SO YOU WOULD HAVE YOU'D HAVE IT AT GROUND LEVEL, YOU KNOW, AND THEN AS YOU COME BACK IN, IT GOES UP. AND THESE GUYS, I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO WORK. AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF YOU SEE IN THE VERY BACK, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S SOME STEPS IN THE VERY BACK OF IT GOING BACK DOWN. WELL, THEY DO HAVE A PARTIAL. SO THIS IS UNIQUE THE WAY THIS IS SITUATED. AND I CAN'T REALLY SEE. CATHERINE, CAN YOU GO TO THE THE ONE THAT WE WERE AT OR KARINA? THE. NO, THE ONE THAT WE HAD WAS LOOKING AT PREVIOUSLY FOR THE FENCE. GO BACK. GO BACK. DO YOU KEEP GOING BACKWARDS? THE. THE OTHER WAY, KARINA. YEAH. WHAT? WHAT? THEY'RE. WHAT THEY'RE. SO AT THE AT THE NORTH TOE OF OR THE NORTH OF OF THOSE OF THOSE OF THE STAIRS, THEY ARE PROPOSING REINFORCED CONCRETE ON THE DRIVEWAY. ON THE ON THE DRIVEWAY BY THE BY THE ROAD. WELL, NO, RIGHT THERE. SO AT THE NORTH. SO RIGHT THERE AT THE LINE, GOING ACROSS THE NORTHERNMOST PORTION OF THE STAIRS IS AT THE 200 FOOT MARK. SO THAT IS CONCRETE FROM THAT AREA UP AND THEN THE TWO. PAULINE IS OFF THE ROAD IS GOING TO BE FIBER CREEK, BUT THAT LARGE SQUARE AREA IN FRONT OF THE STAIRS IS REINFORCED CONCRETE, RIGHT? SO WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT IS FURTHER TOWARDS THE BEACH. SO WHAT THEY'VE THEY'VE GOT. A RAISED CONCRETE DECK AND UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO PUT DIRT THERE. THE ONLY WAY TO HOLD THAT UP AND THE WAY IT'S DRAWN IS THERE'S REINFORCED CONCRETE. THEY GOT TO FIVE RECRUITS. YEAH. SO I'M NOT SO CERTAIN. YOU SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, WHERE IT GOES BACK THAT WAY AND YOU SEE THE STEPS IN THE BACK AND THEN IT GOES UP AND IT GOES UP TWO FEET. SO THAT'S DIDN'T SOUND LIKE A LOT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO PUT THAT IN THERE. SO WHAT'S YOUR SUGGESTION? I MEAN, BECAUSE THEY CAN'T BASICALLY THEY'RE PUTTING A A WALL THERE. YOU ON THE BACK SIDE? YES, SIR. YES, SIR. SO YOU SEE WHERE THE LOUVERS ARE IN THE VERY FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND SEE WHERE IT STOPS AND THEN IT GOES UP. SO IN ESSENCE, THEY'RE BUILDING A YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY RAISE THAT, THEY'RE PUTTING A WALL THERE. I'M NOT CERTAIN HOW THEY'RE GOING TO DO THAT IN UNREINFORCED CONCRETE. OR FIBER CREEP. SO SUGGESTION ON HOW WE FIX THAT. CAN WE MAKE A I MEAN, IT'S. YEAH, WE'LL PUT IT. SUPPOSED TO BE FABRICATED. IT SAYS FABRICATE. OKAY. AND WE CAN PUT IN THERE ANYWHERE. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT THIS IS THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF THE STUFF WE'VE SEEN WHERE I GET FIBER CREEK FLAT BUT NOW WE'RE COMING FIBER CREEK OR CONCRETE OUT OF THE GROUND SO IT'S IT'S A LITTLE IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAT. YEAH WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE THAT YOU KNOW IT'S ONLY SUPPOSED TO BE FOUR INCHES UNDER OUR. YEAH. IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOUR INCHES. IF HE WANTS TO RAISE IT UP HIS LOT MAY BE WIDE ENOUGH, HE CAN RAISE IT UP AND PUT FILL NEXT TO IT AND GET THE SAME EFFECT. YEAH. BUT HE'S GONNA HAVE TO PUT FOUR. HE'S GOT STAIRS. HE'S BASICALLY GOING TO HAVE TO PUT FILL BACK THERE. YEAH. SO WE ARE, WE WILL. YEAH WE WILL PUT THAT. OKAY. CAN BE, CAN BE ANY HIGHER. THE FIBER CREEK CAN'T BE ANY HIGHER THAN FOUR INCHES. [01:25:04] OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ANYTHING ELSE? YES, MA'AM. WHEN I WENT BACK AND LOOKED AT THE THE SURVEY, YOU CAN SEE THEY DO HAVE WOOD FENCE DETAIL. SO THERE IS A FENCE THERE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SEE, I DIDN'T SEE THIS BEFORE, BUT THERE IS A FENCE DETAIL THERE, SO THEY MUST BE BUILDING A FENCE. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 4:56. YOU THE APPLICANT. I AM AWESOME. PLEASE SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS WALTER WOLF. I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER. THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE FOR MY FAMILY AND I AND MY WIFE AND FOUR DAUGHTERS. AND IT'S GOING TO BE USED JUST AS A VACATION HOUSE FOR US AND THEIR BOYFRIENDS, FIANCÉS, GRANDCHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN'S ALL OF THAT. SO BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND CLARIFY SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT Y'ALL HAD ALREADY. YES, SIR. SO, YOU KNOW, THIS SOUNDS VERY TRIVIAL, BUT WE SEE THESE CASES OFTEN AND IT'S THE DEAL ABOUT THE WOOD FENCE. IT DOES SEEM SOMEWHAT TRIVIAL, BUT IT IS IT KIND OF HAS TO BE A SQUARE PEG AND A SQUARE HOLE. AND AND THESE ARE MINOR PROBLEMS, TRUST ME. SO LIKE THE WOOD FENCE, WE JUST NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING A WOOD FENCE. YOU'VE GOT TO STAY 25FT FROM THE DUNE. DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN'T BUILD A FENCE. JUST YOU CAN'T GO. YOU'VE GOT TO STAY AWAY FROM IT. AND THEN MY QUESTION ABOUT THE CONCRETE WHERE YOU GUYS HAVE IT, WHERE IT RAISES UP IN THE VERY BACK OF IT AND, YOU KNOW, STICKING CONCRETE OUT OF THE GROUND ON THE BEACHFRONT IS KIND OF NOT GOOD. SO THOSE WOULD BE THE ONLY THINGS THAT I WOULD SEE THAT COULD POSSIBLY DICTATE SOME MINOR DESIGN CHANGES. BUT, YOU KNOW, COASTAL RESOURCES WOULD PROBABLY TELL YOU, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE GOT TO DO. SO JUST JUST SO YOU KNOW IT, IF I'M STANDING THERE, IT'S LIKE, OH MY GOSH, THIS IS SILLY. BUT EVERYBODY'S KIND OF GOT TO PLAY BY THE SAME RULES. SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY IT COMES UP. SO IT'S WE'RE NOT PICKING ON YOU, I GUESS, ADDRESS THE FENCE. WE WOULD JUST FOLLOW THE FENCE LINE THAT EVERY OTHER HOUSE HAS THERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANY FURTHER OR CLOSER TO THE BEACH OR FURTHER. BUT WELL, ODDLY ENOUGH, HOW IT WORKS IS, IS YOUR NEIGHBOR MAY HAVE BUILT HIS FENCE TEN YEARS AGO AND SO WHEN HE BUILT HIS FENCE, WHEN THEY SURVEYED THE DUNES, THE DUNES WERE SOMEWHERE ELSE. NOW IT'S YOUR TURN AND YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GO QUITE THAT FAR, IS WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. SO WE'LL JUST MEASURE THAT AND MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLIANT. AND THAT'S THAT'S PROBABLY ALL THEY WOULD BE ASKING. AND IT'S YOU KNOW, IT'S AGAIN, I HATE TO EVEN BRING IT UP, BUT THEN ON THE CONCRETE IN THE BACK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST KIND OF SOMETHING WE PUT IN THE PLAN. AND THERE ARE TWO OTHER HOUSES ON BEACHSIDE THAT HAVE THAT. ONE OF THEM IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW WITH THE SAME TYPE OF RAISED BACK. SO, I MEAN, WHATEVER IS REQUIRED FOR THAT, IT WILL COMPLY WITH. AND, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW IT'S CONSTRUCTED OR HOW IT GETS APPROVED. BUT AND AGAIN, AND I'M NOT LOOKING AT THE DETAILS OF THE CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS NOT PERMITTED. BUT TYPICALLY, IF YOU PUT CONCRETE TWO FOOT OUT OF THE GROUND, IT HAS TO HAVE SOME REINFORCEMENT IN IT. AND THAT'S JUST FROM MY EXPERIENCE. THEY MAY HAVE ANOTHER PLAN, ANOTHER WAY TO DO IT. AND IF THEY DO, IF IT MEETS THE MUSTER WITH THE COASTAL RESOURCES FOLKS, YOU'D BE YOU'D BE GOOD TO GO FOR SQUARES OF FIBER. CRETE. YES, SIR. WE'RE THEY'RE LAYING FLAT ON THE GROUND. SO THIS IS WHERE IT'S COMING UP. SO THAT'S YOU KNOW, WE DID RUN INTO A SITUATION THE OTHER DAY WHERE SOMEBODY HAD BASICALLY, LIKE YOU SAID, HAD DONE SOME FILL AND THEN HAD THE FIBER CRETE ON TOP OF IT. YEAH. AND THAT'S THAT'S AN EASY DEAL, TOO. SO JUST THOSE ARE THE ONLY COMMENTS THAT I HAVE. BUT, YOU KNOW, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE HOME AND GLAD YOU HAVE FOUR DAUGHTERS, NOT ME. IT'S BEEN A LONG PROCESS. THE HOUSE OR THE DAUGHTERS. ALL OF IT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:02 AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. WE ARE ON 46 23P-046. [01:30:17] ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION. WE NEED A SECOND. SECOND. AND WE HAVE A SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 23P-046 WITH THE CONDITION THAT COASTAL RESOURCES REVIEW THE PROPOSED FENCE AND THE PROPOSED ELEVATED CONCRETE, AND THAT THOSE MEET THE CRITERIA SET FORTH IN THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON. WE'RE INTO THE 23P-044. [7.B.1. 23P-044 (1620 Winnie/Avenue G) Request For Designation As A Galveston Landmark. Property Is Legally Described As M.B. Menard Survey, Lots 12 & 13, Block 376, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Tracy Rennison Property Owner: Richard Rennison] IS THIS YOU, DANIEL? IT IS. I'VE BEEN WAITING PATIENTLY. YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB. ALL RIGHT, SO 23P-044. THIS IS AT 1620, WINNIE. AND THIS IS REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION AS A GALVESTON LANDMARK. THERE WERE 32 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, ONE RETURNED, AND THAT ONE WAS IN FAVOR. SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT ERNEST SIELING, SENIOR, BORN IN HANOVER, GERMANY, IN 1821, IMMIGRATED TO GALVESTON IN 1845 AT THE AGE OF 21. ORIGINALLY TRAINED IN SADDLERY, HE SOON OPENED HIS OWN BUSINESSES, WHICH ALLOWED HIM TO EXPAND HIS VENTURES, WHICH INCLUDED SOME RENTAL PROPERTIES AND REAL ESTATE, INCLUDING A HOUSE AT 1509 MECHANIC, WHICH IS ALSO A GALVESTON LANDMARK. SO THIS WILL BE THE SECOND ERNEST SIELING HOUSE ASSOCIATED WITH HIS NAME THAT WE WOULD HAVE. HE ALSO OWNED A SALOON WHERE THE ANICO BUILDING NOW STANDS, AMONG OTHER THINGS. MR. SEALY MARRIED ANNA FRICKER IN 1849. SHE PASSED AWAY ONE YEAR LATER. HE LATER MARRIED JACINTA FREW OF GALVESTON IN 1857. TOGETHER THEY HAD A SON AND THREE DAUGHTERS. MR. SEELING DID NOT RESIDE AT THE HOUSE AT 1620 WINNIE. RATHER, HE WAS BUILT FOR HIS DAUGHTER, CLARA, AND HER HUSBAND, WORTHY BOYD. BOYD WORKED AS A COTTON WEIGHER AND FOUNDED THE SEALY RIFLES, WHICH IS A SPORTS SHOOTING TEAM WITH WHOM HE WON A NUMBER OF COMPETITIONS, ACCORDING TO THE HISTORIC NARRATIVE. THE BOYS THEMSELVES DID NOT HAVE ANY CHILDREN. SO THE HOUSE AT 1621 WAS COMPLETED IN 1890, AND THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION ESTIMATE OF THE RESIDENCE WAS DESCRIBED AS A TWO STORY HOME WITH A SLATE ROOF, GAS LIGHTING, SIX ROOMS WITH A KITCHEN AND BATHROOM, TWO BRICK FLUES WITH NO CLOSETS, BOASTED A DOUBLE AND TWO SINGLE GALLERIES WITH JIGSAWN BRACKETS AND TURN WOOD BALUSTERS. BY 1933, THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN MODIFIED TO INCLUDE THREE APARTMENTS, BUT LATER, LATER OWNERS RETURNED TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AS IT IS NOW. THE HOUSE, OF COURSE, IS A FOLK VICTORIAN TWO STORY HOME WITH HORIZONTAL WOOD BOARD BOARDS. THE DOUBLE GALLERY, AS IS PRETTY COMMON WITH THESE HOUSES IN GALVESTON OF THIS STYLE AND TIME. THE ORIGINAL FRONT DOOR WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH TWO SIDELIGHTS AND TRANSOM, AND THE WINDOWS IN THE HOUSE ARE THE ORIGINAL DOUBLE DOUBLE HUNG WOOD FRAME WINDOWS AS WELL. PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THIS REQUEST AT THEIR JULY 17TH MEETING AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. CITY COUNCIL HAS A FINAL DECISION REGARDING THIS REQUEST AND WILL CONSIDER IT AT THE REGULAR MEETING OF AUGUST 24TH. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL LIKEWISE WITH STANDARD CONDITION ONE AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. SO HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS IT LOOKS TODAY. NEXT SLIDE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST, TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DANIEL. DO WE TAKE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THESE? WE DO. WE DO. YEAH. IT'S THE SAME PROCEDURE. OKAY. THEN WE'LL OPEN THE MEETING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 505 ANYONE IS THE APPLICANT HERE? COME, TELL US ABOUT YOUR HOUSE. YOU DON'T MIND, SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS RICHARD RENNISON AND I WROTE WHAT HE READ, SO I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO ADD. OKAY. I STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL WOOD FLOORS IN IT. WE DID A LOT OF COSMETIC WORK TO IT WITH A LITTLE BIT OF STRUCTURAL. BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT. COOL. THAT'S IT. BEAUTIFUL HOUSE. YEAH, THOSE ARE REALLY COOL. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. IT IS A GREAT PART OF OUR. IS THAT THE ORIGINAL PAINT FROM THE ORIGINAL? NO, NO. THAT'S YOUR BRAND NEW PAINT. YEAH. HOPEFULLY IT LASTS ANOTHER ONE. I MEAN, IS IT. IS IT THE ORIGINAL COLOR? I'M SORRY, I DON'T. WE NEVER FOUND THE COLOR WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY PAINTED, BUT IT WAS PREVIOUSLY A LIGHT BLUE. AND WE MY WIFE BACK HERE, WHO'S THE WONDERFUL DECORATOR, SHE CHOSE THE COLORS AND IT LOOKS GREAT. GOOD JOB. YEAH, IT LOOKS GREAT. THANK YOU. VERY NICE. THANK YOU. THANKS. ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 23P-044 AND A SECOND. [01:35:03] SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 23P-044, A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT'S UNANIMOUS. 23P-044 IS APPROVED OR PASSES. MOVING ON TO 23P-048. [7.B.2. 23P-048 (3205 Ursuline / Avenue N) Request For Designation As A Galveston Landmark. Property Is Legally Described As M.B. Menard Survey, Lot 6, Northwest Block 38 Galveston Outlots, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Sara Salzman Property Owner: Charles Tucker And Sara Salzman] ALL RIGHTY. WE HAVE ANOTHER REQUEST FOR A GALVESTON LANDMARK. THIS IS AT 3205 AVENUE N. THERE ARE 32 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT AT THIS POINT. WE HAVE GOT RETURNED TO RETURN BOTH OF THOSE IN FAVOR. WE'RE CALLING THIS A SMITH DICKERSON HOUSE. CONTRACTOR JAMES BURKE ACQUIRED THE HOUSE IN 1894 FOR USE AS A TENANT RENTAL PROPERTY FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. 1894 INSURANCE RECORDS NOTE THAT THE HOUSE EXISTED AS EARLY AS 1886 WHEN IT WAS REPAIRED AND ENLARGED. THE HOUSE WAS FURTHER MODIFIED TO ITS CURRENT APPEARANCE AROUND 1924 TO ELIMINATE THE ORIGINAL TWO STORY GALLERY IN FAVOR OF THE GROUND FLOOR WRAPAROUND PORCH, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE TODAY. AND THERE WERE OTHER CHANGES DONE OVER TIME. ORIGINALLY LOCATED AT 2617 AVENUE, N WAS MOVED TO ITS PRESENT LOCATION IN 1924 TO MAKE WAY FOR EXPANSION OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, WHICH WAS THE STATE'S FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN HIGH SCHOOL. CENTRAL HIGH WAS ESTABLISHED IN 1885. AND OF COURSE, NICHOLAS CLAYTON IS THE ARCHITECT OF RECORD ON THAT PROJECT. SO IN 1899, THE GALVESTON CITY DIRECTORY NOTES DALE SMITH AS OCCUPANT OF 2617 AVENUE M NOTES MR. SMITH WAS EMPLOYED BY TAYLOR COTTON COMPRESS AT 30TH STREET AND POST OFFICE. IT WAS MR. SMITH'S WIDOW AND DAUGHTER WHO MOVED THE HOUSE TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION. DALE SMITH WAS BORN IN ALABAMA, [INAUDIBLE] HIS WIFE ELIZABETH OR BETTY SMITH WAS ORIGINALLY FROM MISSISSIPPI. TOGETHER THEY HAD ONE DAUGHTER, ANONA OR NONA SMITH. SHE WAS GREW UP IN GALVESTON AND ATTENDED GALVESTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS. SHE LATER STUDIED AT FISK UNIVERSITY IN NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK. SHE THEN RETURNED TO GALVESTON AND BECAME DEAN OF STUDENTS AT CENTRAL HIGH IN 1937. AFTER HER PASSING, THE HOUSE WAS OWNED BY WILLARD DICKERSON. HE WAS ALSO AN EDUCATOR WHO SERVED AS A TEACHER, COUNSELOR AND BAND DIRECTOR AT CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL. HE WAS THE FOUNDER OF THE ALPHA PI ALPHA FRATERNITY AND ATTENDED HOLY ROSARY CATHOLIC CHURCH, THE OLDEST AFRICAN-AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN GALVESTON. THE HOUSE REMAINED IN THE FAMILY UNTIL 2008. WHILE HISTORIC PHOTOS INDICATE THAT THE HOUSE HAS CHANGED IN APPEARANCE OVER TIME, THESE CHANGES APPEAR TO DATE TO 1924 OR POSSIBLY EARLIER, MAKING THEM HISTORIC IN THEIR OWN RIGHT. IN ADDITION, THE HOUSE HAS STRONG ASSOCIATION WITH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL AND NOTEWORTHY AFRICAN AMERICAN EDUCATORS MAKES IT AN IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE CITY'S LANDMARK PROGRAM. THE PROPERTY IS NOW LOCATED IN HISTORIC DISTRICT, IS ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES PROGRAM. LANDMARK COMMISSION HEARD AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST AT THE JULY 17TH, 2023 MEETING. CITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN HAS A FINAL DETERMINATION AND WILL CONSIDER THIS AT THE AUGUST 24TH, 2023 MEETING. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH STANDARD CONDITION ONE OF THE STAFF REPORT, AND WE DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS. SO HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS IT LOOKS TODAY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DANIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:10. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS? ALL RIGHT, SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME. MY NAME IS SARAH, SARAH SALTZMAN. NICE TO TALK WITH YOU ALL, COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU. WE PURCHASED THIS HOUSE IN 2015. IT IS A REMARKABLE HOME WITH AN INCREDIBLY COOL HISTORY. AND I KNOW FOR GALVESTON THAT DOESN'T I MEAN, EVERYBODY'S GOT A LOT OF HISTORY, BUT THIS HOUSE IN PARTICULAR WAS BUILT WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN. THERE'S NO RECORDS OF IT. THE FIRST RECORD OF IT IS IN 1884, AND IT SAYS IT'S BEING RENOVATED, SO IT PRECEDES THAT. THE HOUSE WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT ON AVENUE M AND A HALF AND WAS MOVED IN 1924 TO ITS CURRENT LOCATION. THE FIRST FAMILY THAT LIVED IN THE HOUSE WAS THE SMITHS, DOW AND ELIZABETH. THEY WERE BOTH BORN IN MISSISSIPPI OR ALABAMA. THEY MOVED HERE. THEY ESTABLISHED A HOME. THEY RAISED ONE DAUGHTER, ANNONA, AND ACTUALLY ALL THREE OF THEM ARE BURIED IN LAKESIDE CEMETERY, RIGHT ON THE STREET, RIGHT ON ESSER AND A HALF. SO I DRIVE BY THEIR HOME A LOT. ANONNA WHO WAS, GREW UP IN GALVESTON AND THEN DECIDED TO BECOME AN EDUCATOR [01:40:03] AND WENT TO FISK AND FINALLY TO COLUMBIA WHAT WAS THEN COLUMBIA TEACHERS COLLEGE. AND I HAVE THIS IMAGE IN MY HEAD OF THIS YOUNG AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMAN BY HERSELF TRAVELING TO NEW YORK TO BECOME BETTER EDUCATED AND THEN COMING BACK TO HER HOMETOWN TO BECOME PART OF CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. I ASSUME A CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL IS WHERE THEY MET THE DICKERSONS. WILLARD DICKERSON WAS AN ENGLISH TEACHER. HE WAS ALSO A BAND LEADER. HE IS PROMINENTLY FIGURED IN BOTH ISLAND OF COLOR AND AFRICAN-AMERICANS OF GALVESTON. IN ADDITION TO HAVING A JAZZ BAND THAT WAS VERY POPULAR IN TOWN, HE ALSO ENCOURAGED HIS SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS TO ORGANIZE AND PARTICIPATE IN THE FIRST LUNCH COUNTER SIT IN ON GALVESTON ISLAND. SO AGAIN, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORY TO THIS HOUSE. IT'S BEAUTIFUL. COME BY AND SEE IT. KNOCK ON THE DOOR. ALL RIGHT. WELL, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT AND PRESERVING PART OF GALVESTON'S HISTORY. IT'S IMPORTANT. IT MAKES OUR TOWN WHAT IT IS. ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT? ON THIS CASE? IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:12 AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. OH, WELL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION AGAIN OR SOMEBODY. I'LL MOVE THAT. WE APPROVE. I CLICKED OFF OF IT. 20, WHICH ONE, 23P-048 AS WRITTEN. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 23P, A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 23P-048. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR. IT'S UNANIMOUS. 23P-048 IS PASSES. SO MOVING ON IS 23P-047. [7.C.1. 23P-047 (2402 45th Street) Request For A License To Use In Order To Retain Construction Fencing. Adjacent Property Is Legally Described As M.B. Menard Survey (2000-0), Southwest Block 132, Galveston Outlots, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Kelly Riley, Catamount Constructors Incorporated Adjacent Property Owner: Texas Retail Stores, LLC Easement Holder: City Of Galveston] THAT'S ITEM C 1. 23P-047. THIS IS ADJACENT TO 2402 45TH STREET, 47 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A LICENSE TO USE THE PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY TO RETAIN CONSTRUCTION FENCING ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW GORDON FOOD SERVICE GROCERY STORE. THE TOTU ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROJECT EXPIRED ON MAY 27TH, 2023. PLEASE REFER TO THE EXHIBIT PROVIDED EXHIBIT A FOR THE EXTENT OF THE CONSTRUCTION. FENCING STAFF RECOMMENDS CASE 20 3P-047 BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH FIVE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS, SIX THROUGH 11. AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. NOW. THIS IS THE AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT SITE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST THAT CONCLUDE STAFF REPORT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OH, GO AHEAD. SORRY. GO AHEAD. I'M JUST WONDERING, WHAT'S THE TIMELINE FOR COMPLETION OF THIS PROJECT? JUST CURIOUS. WE ARE. THEY'RE GIVING US TILL EARLY NEXT YEAR, 2024, FEBRUARY 2024. OKAY. HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION. ON THIS PROBABLY DOESN'T PERTAIN TO THE LICENSE TO USE, BUT I'M STILL GOING TO ASK A QUESTION ON THE DRAWING THAT THAT SHOWS THE LAYOUT. IS THAT PARKING AND THEN A BUILDING. WHAT'S DRAWN ON THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? YEAH, THAT'S THE PROPOSED STORE THAT'S GOING IN THAT LOCATION. SO THE BUILDING WILL BE THE SOLID PART. AND THEN THERE'S PARKING IN THERE. CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER HUMPHRIES, YOU'RE GOOD. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:15 FOR A CASE. I'M LOST. GIVE ME JUST A SECOND HERE. OH, I LIKE THAT 23P-047. IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT? SEEING NONE. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR A VOTE. I MEAN, FOR A FOR A MOTION. I'M SORRY. MOVE TO APPROVE 23P-047 AS WRITTEN. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 23P-047. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR? IT'S UNANIMOUS. 23P-047 PASSES. MOVING ON TO 23P-052, ITEM C TWO. [7.C.2. 23P-052 (Adjacent To 1828 Strand / Avenue B) Request For A Permanent License To Retain A Portion Of A Building And Various Building Elements That Encroach The City Rights-Of-Way. Adjacent Property Is Legally Described As The M B Menard Survey, Lot 14 (14-1), Block 678, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicants: Richard And Tracy Rennison Adjacent Property Owner: NIB Holdings, LLC Easement Holder: City Of Galveston] THIS IS ADJACENT TO 1828 STRAND, ALSO KNOWN AS AVENUE B. TEN PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. [01:45:02] NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A PERMANENT LICENSE TO USE TO RETAIN A PORTION OF A BUILDING AND VARIOUS BUILDING ELEMENTS THAT ENCROACH THE 19TH STREET AND STRAND AVENUE B. CITY RIGHTS OF WAY. THE ENCROACHMENTS CURRENTLY EXIST AS FOLLOW PORTION OF PRIMARY BUILDING ENCROACHES 0.3FT ON STRAND COVERED REAR ENTRANCE ENCROACHES TWO FEET ON 19TH STREET, FRONT PLANTER BOXES, ENCROACHES 33.25IN ON 19TH STREET, FRONT DOOR CANOPY ENCROACHES 10.8FT ON STRAND, AND THE ELEVATED WOOD DECK HAS AN AERIAL ENCROACHMENT OF 11.1FT ON THE STRAND AS WELL. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHEN THE ENCROACHMENTS WERE CREATED, BUT THE GALVESTON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S OFFICE RECORDS DATE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THE CANOPY TO 1967. STAFF RECOMMENDS CASE 23 P05 TO BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS 1 TO 3 AND STANDARD CONDITIONS FOUR THROUGH NINE. AND NOW WE HAVE SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. THIS IS THE AERIAL IMAGE OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. THAT CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, MA'AM. SO THE LICENSE TO USE IS FOR THE PLANTER BOXES, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S FOR ALL THE ITEMS I DESCRIBED. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY ALL THAT THAT HANGS OUT A LITTLE BIT. PORTION OF THE BUILDING, THE REAR ENTRANCE, ALL THE ITEMS LISTED ON YOUR REPORT ON PAGE ONE. ALONG THE LINES OF THE CANOPY, DO WE HAVE TO MAKE A STIPULATION THAT THEY MAINTAIN IT IN A GOOD CONDITION? IS THAT A STIPULATION? WE CAN.. THAT IS IN THE RECORD ALREADY. THAT IS PART OF YOUR STAFF REPORT CONDITIONS. I'LL POINT OUT TO THE EXACT CONDITION. CORRECT. GOOD. OKAY. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S A LOT OF. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S CONDITIONED TO. I HAVE A QUESTION. SO WHEN WE GIVE A PERMANENT LICENSE LICENSE TO USE, IF THE BUILDING IS DAMAGED OR HAS TO BE TORN DOWN, DO THEY STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO BUILD IN THAT SECTION OR IS IT A LICENSE TO USE GO AWAY THEN? THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. BUT. I THINK YEAH, I WOULD SAY I WOULD SAY ONCE THE LTU, YOU KNOW, IT'S NO LONGER EFFECTIVE, THEN SO DOES THE IT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO CODE, BASICALLY COMPLIANCE WITH, WITH CURRENT CODES. WHEN YOU HAVE NON-CONFORMITIES AND THERE'S A NATURAL DISASTER, YOU KNOW, HURRICANE, FIRE, ETCETERA. THEN IN THOSE CASES, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BUILD BACK TO THE SAME FOOTPRINT. OKAY, SO IF WE HAD A HURRICANE AND A HURRICANE FLOODED THE CHANNEL AND IT FLOODED THE WHOLE THING AND WE HAD TO REBUILD IT, THEY COULD REBUILD IT ALL THE WAY TO WHERE THE LICENSE TO USE GIVES THEM ACCESS. WELL, THAT'S AGAIN, I LIKE TO EMPHASIZE. THAT'S FOR NON-CONFORMITIES. THIS IS ALTHOUGH THIS IS A NONCONFORMITY IT'S STILL ENCROACHING ON ON PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY THIS IS APPLYING TO PRIVATE PROPERTY SIDE OKAY. YEAH, I WOULD. I WOULD MAKE THE ASSUMPTION THAT IF IT BURNT TO THE GROUND AND THEY WENT TO GO BUILD IT BACK WHEN THEY CAME TO APPLY FOR A PERMIT, WE WOULD MAKE THEM IN HERE. THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAY ON THEIR PROPERTY. CORRECT. OKAY. I WOULD I WOULD THINK THAT'S PROBABLY I'M JUST GUESSING, BUT I'M ASKING. WELL, I DON'T WANT TO GUESS. I'M ASKING, WOULD THAT BE THE CASE? YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. AND THEN IT'S ALSO. THAT'S HOW YOU WOULD DO IT, TOO. ARE YOU REVIEW IT? SO THIS IS BUT I ALSO SAW WHERE IF FOR SOME REASON WE WERE TO WIDEN THE ROAD OR HAVE SOME SORT OF NEED FOR THAT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, THAT WE COULD REQUIRE THEM TO REMOVE THESE ENCROACHMENTS. THAT IS STILL THE CITY'S RIGHT OF WAY. YEAH. OKAY. CITY RETAINS THE RIGHT TO IMPROVE THE ROAD. YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO IF WE'VE GIVEN THEM A LICENSE TO USE, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY'RE IN A CITY RIGHT OF WAY. AND THEN WE DECIDE THAT WE NEED TO REPAIR THE ROAD. HOW ARE WE GOING TO TAKE BACK THE LICENSE TO USE? AND WE GAVE THEM A PERMANENT LICENSE TO USE. EVEN THOUGH I UNDERSTAND THE CITY'S PROPERTY, WE'VE ALREADY KIND OF GIVEN THEM A GET OUT OF JAIL FREE CARD. UTILIZE THE AREA FOR ITS ORIGINAL INTENDED PURPOSE OR SOME OTHER PURPOSE, WE HAVE THAT RIGHT TO DO IT. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? ANY WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 522. [01:50:02] ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? YES, SIR. YEAH. WE ARE THE PROPERTY OWNERS. OH, OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS? DO I HAVE TO WRITE MY NAME AGAIN? NO, SIR. WELL, I DON'T THINK SO. THIS BUILDING DOESN'T LOOK AS GOOD. YEAH, I WAS GOING TO SAY, DID YOU PICK THE COLORS ON THIS ONE? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. AGAIN, THE DECORATOR BACK HERE, SHE'S GOING TO MAKE IT LOOK REALLY WONDERFUL. OH, I'M SORRY. I COULDN'T HELP MYSELF. YEAH, THAT'S A LITTLE LOUD. YEAH. IT WILL LOOK A LOT BETTER, I PROMISE. WELL, HEY, THANKS. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THANK YOU GUYS FOR I MEAN, YOU PUT SOME HARD WORK INTO THE OTHER HOUSE THAT YOU DID, AND THANK YOU FOR, YOU KNOW, DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING. IT'S A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF EFFORT. AND THANKS. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER, ANYBODY ELSE? IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:23 AND BRING IT BACK TO COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. I'LL MOVE THAT WE APPROVE 23P-052 AS WRITTEN. SECOND. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 23P-052. ANY DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT'S UNANIMOUS, 23P-052 IS APPROVED. ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER E ONE. [7.E.1. 23P-050 (7228 Jones Road, 7224 Jones Road, 2315 72nd Street, And Adjacent Parcel) Request For A Minor Plat To Decrease The Number Of Lots From Seven To One. The Properties Are Legally Described As Lots 7-12, Block 4, Magnolia Park Subdivision; Part Of Lot 122 (122-8), Trimble And Lindsey Section 1, In The City And County Of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Surinder Aulakh, Cobalt Engineering Property Owner: Ricky Morales] THIS IS A PLATTING ITEM, 23P-050. ALL RIGHTY. SO 23P-050. THIS IS AT 7228 JONES ROAD AND SEVERAL ADJACENT PARCELS REQUEST FOR MINOR PLAT TO DECREASE THE NUMBER OF LOTS FROM SEVEN DOWN TO ONE. THIS IS IN A WELL I THINK YOU'LL RECOGNIZE IT. THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH A PUD THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND BY CITY COUNCIL UNDER 23P-027, AND THAT WAS APPROVED BY COUNCIL ON MAY 25TH. ORDINANCE 23-037 AND THE PROPOSED REPLIES ASSOCIATED WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT. THIS WOULD BE FOR A MULTIFAMILY APARTMENT BUILDING. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY LINES HAVE TO BE COMBINED INTO ONE PROPERTY FOR THAT PROJECT. GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE SURROUNDING AREA IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PRIMARILY CONTAINS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED DWELLINGS WITH SOME TOWNHOMES IN THE VICINITY. ALMOST ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS DEVELOPED THE SUBJECT PROPERTY BEING ONE OF THE FEW VACANT PARCELS PROPOSED THAT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO EXISTING MUNICIPAL WATER LINES AND MUNICIPAL SEWER LINES LOCATED IN STEWART ROAD, 72ND STREET AND 73RD STREET RIGHTS OF WAY. NO CITY DEPARTMENTS OR OUTSIDE UTILITIES SUBMITTED OBJECTIONS OR CONCERNS. AND OF COURSE, THE COMMENTS THAT OUR PUBLIC UTILITIES PROVIDE DURING THE PUD PLAN REVIEW HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS IN THIS AREA ARE MINIMUM 50 FOOT WIDE, MINIMUM 100 FOOT LONG, A MINIMUM OF 5000 SQUARE FOOT. IN THIS CASE, MINOR PLAT EXCEEDS THOSE MINIMUM STANDARDS PER ARTICLE THREE OF OUR LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS BY QUITE A BIT. PROPOSED LOT WILL BE 315 FOOT WIDE, OVER 125 FOOT LONG AND OVER 40,000FT² AS SHOWN IN THE STAFF REPORT. NOTE THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA IN YOUR STAFF REPORT AS WELL. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR SPECIFIC CONDITION ONE AND STANDARD CONDITIONS TWO THROUGH THREE. AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS SO HERE WE HAVE THE THE SURVEY AND THE REPLAT. AND THE SURVEY NOTE SHOWS KIND OF FOUR PROPERTY LINES, BUT THAT'S REALLY JUST BASED OFF OF THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT'S MAPPING THERE. THE SURVEYORS ACTUALLY VERIFIED THERE ARE ACTUALLY A TOTAL OF SEVEN LOTS THAT WERE JUST COMBINED FOR TAX PURPOSES, WHICH IS WHY IT'S COMING BEFORE YOU NOW, BECAUSE THERE'S MORE THAN FOUR LOTS INVOLVED. AND NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. OH, THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU, CATHERINE. SO WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOOKING BELIEVE THAT'S NORTHEAST. WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOOKING NORTH, THE PROPERTY, THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH AND THE PROPERTIES TO THE WEST LOOKING DOWN STUART ROAD OR JONES DRIVE. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, DANIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE ONE. SO THIS IS. THIS IS. IS THIS HIS PLAT FOR HIS PUD OR IS HE PLATTING THIS WAY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS PUD? WELL, THAT MAKE SENSE. WELL, I MEAN, THE THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT BECAUSE THERE ARE EXISTING PROPERTY LINES THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, ACROSS THERE. AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS ABOUT BUILDING ACROSS PROPERTY LINES AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDING CODES. SO THEREFORE, THIS IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIS DEVELOPMENT. [01:55:02] SO THIS IS THE THIS IS HIS PLAT THAT HE GETS TO. SO WHEN HE PLATS THIS, THIS IS PART OF HIS PUD PROCESS, I GUESS THAT WOULD BE A FAIR, MORE BETTER QUESTION. AND ACTUALLY IT WAS REQUIRED AS PART OF THAT PUD. YES. OKAY. WAS THERE ANY ENGINEERING OR ANYTHING THAT WAS APPROVED FOR THIS? NO, NOT YET. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S ALL I HAD. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE? QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. IF NOT, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:34. ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE? COME ON DOWN. THANKS FOR WAITING. HAVE YOU LEARNED A LOT TODAY? I HAVE. GET UP AND WALK AROUND EVERY NOW AND THEN. THIS ON? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS KOBI ROSE. I'M WITH COBALT ENGINEERING AND I'M HERE FOR SURRENDER ALEC AND RICKY MORALES, THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. FAIR ENOUGH. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. SOUNDS GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYBODY ELSE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE CASE? IF NOT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 5:34 AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. ALL RIGHT, I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. SO WE'VE GOT. OH, I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER EDWARDS SECONDS THE MOTION. YOU GOT IT. YOU GOT IT. ALL RIGHT. A MOTION AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER EDWARDS. 23P-050. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT'S UNANIMOUS. 23P-050 IS APPROVED. SO ANY OTHER ANY OTHER BUSINESS COMMISSIONERS? IF NONE, THEN WE'RE ADJOURNED. THANK. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.