[1. Call Meeting to Order] [00:00:05] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT IS 3:35. SORRY FOR THE DELAY. WE JUST COME OVER FROM THE WORKSHOP, SO WE'RE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND. BUT THANK YOU FOR ALL BEING HERE TODAY. WE'RE CALLING THE MEETING OF THE PLANNING GALVESTON PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER. IT IS TUESDAY, MAY 6TH. WE HAVE TAKEN ATTENDANCE BY PASSING ROLL, AND WE HAVE FOUR MEMBERS TODAY. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT IF YOU HAVE AN AGENDA ITEM THAT IS BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TODAY FOR APPROVAL, IT WILL NEED A MAJORITY OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, WHICH IS ALL FOUR OF US HERE FOR APPROVAL. SO IF YOU'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOUR ITEM DEFERRED, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME FORWARD AND HAVE YOUR ITEM DEFERRED. BUT SO WITH THAT SAID DO WE HAVE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST TODAY ON ANY OF THE AGENDA ITEMS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE FORWARD. THE THIS NEXT SECTION IS OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS. [4. Public Comment] THIS IS A TIME FOR ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A NON AGENDA ITEM. YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE IF YOU'RE IN THE AUDIENCE AND YOU WANT TO SPEAK ON AN AGENDA ITEM WHEN IT COMES BEFORE US, BUT THESE ARE SPECIFICALLY THE TIME FOR ANY NON AGENDA ITEMS THAT WOULD LIKE TO BE DISCUSSED. DO WE HAVE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE? COME ON UP. AND WILL YOU SIGN IN PLEASE AND STATE YOUR NAME. YES MA'AM. MY NAME IS BRAX EASTERWOOD. I'M AT 123 25TH STREET. I'M A LOCAL ARCHITECT AND PLANNER, AND I JUST WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE WORKSHOP DISCUSSION, IF I COULD. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR LOOKING AT THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF ALLEY ACCESS LOTS AND AND PUBLIC SAFETY. I BROUGHT A CASE TO YOU GUYS NOT TOO LONG AGO, I THINK TWO MEETINGS AGO WHERE THIS WAS A DISCUSSION I DIDN'T REALIZE EVEN BEFORE I GOT HERE THAT IT WAS A TOPIC THAT WAS SENSITIVE TO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO I WAS A LITTLE I JUST WANTED TO WEIGH IN ON THAT BECAUSE I THINK DESPITE THE TECHNICAL ASPECTS AND EVERYTHING THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE TO ALLEY ACCESS LOTS IN GALVESTON. THERE'S A IT'S A PATTERN. IT'S A HISTORICAL PATTERN THAT'S UNIQUE TO GALVESTON, THAT IT DOESN'T REALLY HAPPEN IN OTHER PLACES. SO I THINK THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, IT CONTRIBUTES TO A COLLECTIVE MEMORY, MEANING NOT TO GET TOO ARCHITECTURAL ON YOU, BUT JUST SOMETHING THAT ALL OF US KNOW AND REMEMBER AS SOMETHING THAT'S SPECIAL ABOUT YOUR PLACE. ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THAT MIGHT BE THE BANNER THAT USED TO BE ON CROSSING BROADWAY. THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THE MOST ATTRACTIVE THINGS, BUT THEY'RE PART OF OUR DAILY LIFE AND SOMETHING THAT WE REMEMBER. AND I REALLY DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS BETWEEN AN ALLEY ACCESS LOT AND A BUILT IN A BUILT CIRCUMSTANCE THAN A GARAGE APARTMENT. SO SOMEHOW DIVIDING THE PROPERTY INTO TWO PROPERTIES ALLOWS FOR MORE RESTRICTIONS THAN IF SOMEONE WERE TO BUILD ON THEIR OWN PROPERTY AND BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO BUY OR BUILD A GARAGE APARTMENT. A LOT OF THE GARAGE APARTMENTS THAT I'VE BEEN DOING LATELY HAVE BEEN NORTH OF $250,000, SO IF YOU WERE TRYING TO MITIGATE THE COST OF THAT AND, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLY SELLING OFF ANOTHER PORTION OF YOUR LOT, THAT WOULD BE A WAY TO DO IT. WHICH ALSO THEN CONTRIBUTES, I THINK, TOWARDS THE, YOU KNOW, THE THE WORD DU JOUR, WHICH IS WORKFORCE HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP. SO THOSE THINGS MAY BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED BY INCREASED REGULATIONS ON, ON THOSE TYPES OF STRUCTURES. AND WITH THAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, CATHERINE. JUST A MATTER OF ORDER. WE DON'T HAVE MINUTES TO APPROVE THIS MEETING. QUESTION. IT'S 170 ALLEY LOTS IS WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? AND THEN IT'S LIKE 70 VACANT ONES. SO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ALREADY IN ALLEY, ALREADY HAVE PROPERTY THAT, ARE THEY GOING TO BE AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY YOUR PLAN WITH THE ALLEY SAYS IT'S JUST GOING TO BE FOR THE VACANT LOTS. SO IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A, A LOT LIKE SOME OF THE LOTS HAVE APARTMENTS IN THE BACK, SAY ONE, TWO, THREE. THEY ARE REALLY NOT JUST ALLEY ACCESSED LOTS OR ALLEY LOTS, BUT THEY REALLY ARE. BUT THE ADDRESSES ARE NOT REAL. THE ADDRESS MIGHT BE 5313, NUMBER ONE, APARTMENT TWO. [00:05:02] SO IT'S NOT REALLY LIKE AN ACCURATE COUNT IF WE'RE JUST COUNTING THE ALLEY ACCESSED LOT, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY OWN HOUSES AND HAVE A BACK HOUSE, SOMEBODY LIVING BACK THERE, ARE NOT GOING TO BE AFFECTED. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO LOSE THEIR PROPERTY. THE CITY IS NOT GOING TO BE TRYING TO SPLIT THE LOTS AND KEEP HALF FOR YOU AND TAKE YOUR OTHER HALF. THAT'S THAT'S MY MAIN CONCERN. THANK YOU. NOW, WHEN WE HAVE OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE CAN'T RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT YOU CAN MEET WITH OUR TIM AND CATHERINE AFTER THE MEETING, THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO ADDRESS YOUR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE WILL CLOSE OUR. OH, NO. WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE. COME ON FORWARD. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. I'M SORRY. THINKING ABOUT CITY COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON, TYRUS WOODS. LOOK, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST ECHO ON TO WHAT BRAX EASTERWOOD WAS HIS CONCERNS AND TO SHARE A FEW OF MY CONCERNS AS WELL, REGARDING THE LOTS. THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT SO I CAN GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING ON THE SEPARATION OF OUR LOTS WHERE WHERE THEY ARE. BECAUSE FOR YEARS, YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE ALWAYS I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS A PART OF GALVESTON CUSTOM TO HAVE APARTMENTS IN THE BACK WHEN I CAME HERE FROM ALABAMA IN 76. HELL, IT WAS IT WAS THERE. I NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE, YOU KNOW, FROM WHERE I CAME FROM TO TO TO HERE. AND AND WOULD THERE BE, LIKE, A CAN I TALK TO HIM OR I HAVE TO TALK STRAIGHT TO YOU GUYS. YOU KNOW, YOU'RE WELCOME. TIM IS HERE AFTER THE MEETING, AND HE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS AT THAT TIME. OKAY IF YOU DON'T MIND, TIM. TIM. I MEAN, FOR CLARIFICATION DEVELOPMENT SERVICES IS ALWAYS AVAILABLE, AND THEY CAN CALL OR CONTACT IF MR. TIETJENS HAS TIME THIS AFTERNOON. THAT'S UP TO HIM. BUT FOR THE AUDIENCE, THE COMMENTS ARE DIRECTED TO THE COMMISSION. BUT TRUST AND BE AWARE, WE'RE ALL LISTENING TO THE COMMENTS, SO WE'RE HEARING EXACTLY WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY. OKAY. ONE OTHER CONCERN ABOUT ESTIMATED I GUESS MAYBE ABOUT 4 OR 5 YEARS AGO, I HAD TO GET THAT WATER TAP DONE. MY PROPERTY ON 3112 WINNIE. AND IF I RECALL IT SEEMS, I MEAN, I PAID ABOUT 6, $700, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT TAP. IT SOUNDED LIKE I HEARD SOMEWHERE IN WORKSHOP THAT THAT HAS WENT UP TO $3,500. DID I HEAR RIGHT? ISH. ISH. OKAY. SO I DID HEAR RIGHT. TALK TO YOU ABOUT THAT, TOO? OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD DURING THE PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION? NO. IF NOT, WE WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC COMMENT SESSION AND MOVE ON TO OUR OLD BUSINESS. [5.A.1. 25P-014 (1802, 1902 and 1920 Harborside) Request for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District for a “Parking Lot, Commercial Surface Parking Area. Property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey; Lots 8-11, Block 738; Lots 12-14 (12-0), Block 738 and Lots 8-10, Block 739, and Portion of Adjacent 19th Street; and Lots 11-14, Block 739; in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Shae Jobe Property Owner: Harbor Properties, Inc.] THE FIRST ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS ITEM FIVE A, WHICH IS 25P-01 4. YES. HELLO, TIM TIETJENS, DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. I'M GOING TO BE PRESENTING THIS CASE TODAY. 25P-014 IS BASICALLY THREE ADDRESSES. IT'S THE OLD LIPTON TEA BUILDING ON HARBORSIDE THAT WAS RECENTLY TORN DOWN BEING SET UP TO CREATE SOME A COMMERCIAL SURFACE PARKING LOT. THAT WOULD BE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, LONG TERM PARKING FOR SOME OF THE CRUISE FACILITIES OVER THERE NEAR PIER 14. THIS IS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS HARBOR PROPERTIES INCORPORATED. WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH SHAE JOBE. IT IS A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING. THEY ARE REQUESTING A PUD, PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN THIS CASE , BASICALLY TO ALLOW FOR AN ALTERNATIVE LANDSCAPE DESIGN. WHAT YOU WILL SEE ON THIS PROJECT IS THAT THE REQUEST IS ACTUALLY FOR REMOVAL OF THE INTERIOR ISLANDS IN, IN LIEU OF PROVIDING THAT THEY'RE PROVIDING EXTRA SPACE AROUND THE PERIMETER. [00:10:03] AND I'D LIKE THE THE APPLICANT DISCUSS THAT IN SOME MORE DETAIL. BUT WE'VE HAD 25 PUBLIC NOTICE 200 FOOT LETTERS SENT. I'M NOT AWARE THAT ANY HAVE BEEN RETURNED, OKAY, IN THIS CASE. WE HAD NO OBJECTION FROM ANY OF OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PRIVATE UTILITIES, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF PUBLIC WORKS WHO, WHO EXCUSE ME, WHO STATED THE FINAL DRAINAGE PLAN FOR THIS LOCATION WOULD NEED TO BE SUBMITTED AND APPROVED BY ENGINEERING. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY THE CASE. SO SO THIS ESTABLISHES A PARKING LOT, COMMERCIAL SURFACE PARKING AREA, LAND USE IN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONE DISTRICT, WHICH IS REALLY THE ONLY PLACE THAT HEAVY AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ARE THE ONLY ZONES THAT THOSE THAT THIS CAN OCCUR IN. SO IT DEVIATES FROM SECTIONS 2.347 A1,A2,9301 , C1 AND C2, REGARDING THOSE PARKING LOT REQUIREMENTS. THIS IS A 4.255 ACRE TRACT. AGAIN, IT'S THE FORMER LIPTON TEA BUILDING, WHICH HAS BEEN DEMOLISHED. SO THE I BELIEVE PART OF THE REQUEST ALSO IN THIS IS NOT ONLY THE, THE LANDSCAPE, BUT THERE'S A SLIGHT DEVIATION IN THE SIDEWALKS THAT ARE PLANNING TO BE CONSTRUCTED AS WELL. AND AGAIN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER THE SPECIFICS ON, ON THE ON THE THE AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPE BEING PROVIDED, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE'S 9308 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET BEYOND WHAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE REQUIRED, EVEN IF THE ISLANDS WERE WERE CONSTRUCTED. IF YOU SHOULD HAPPEN TO APPROVE THIS OR RECOMMEND IT, RECOMMEND ITS APPROVAL. BEYOND THAT I DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH OTHER TO SAY ON THIS OTHER THAN THE CONDITIONS FOR THIS APPROVAL SHOULD YOU CONSIDER THEM APPROPRIATE, WOULD BE THAT THE PUD GRANTING SHALL NOT RELIEVE THE DEVELOPER FROM COMPLYING WITH OTHER LAND USE RESTRICTIONS IN OUR REQUIREMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE THAT WERE DEVIATED FROM. IT DOES PROHIBIT THE CERTAIN LAND USES IN THE INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, SUCH AS EXCAVATION, HEAVY INDUSTRY, LIGHT INDUSTRY, MINING, EXTRACTION, RESEARCH AND TESTING LABORATORIES. AND IT WOULD BE SUBJECT TO THAT PUBLIC WORKS DRAINAGE PLAN CONDITION. SO OTHER THAN THAT I'M AVAILABLE TO ASK ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. AND BEFORE YOU OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC. YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? IS THERE A RECOMMENDATION? THERE IS NOT IN THIS CASE. AND I TOOK THAT ON MYSELF AND ACTUALLY PUT THAT IN IN THE ORDINANCE. I'M SORRY, NOT THE ORDINANCE THE STAFF REPORT. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAVE SOMEWHAT OF AN INTERESTING SITUATION IN WHERE THIS IS LOCATED IN THAT THERE ARE THERE ARE VERY FEW PARKING LOTS IN THIS AREA THAT, THAT HAVE INTERIOR ISLANDS IN THIS, IN THIS REGION. THE THERE ARE ABOUT EIGHT BLOCKS WEST OF THIS SITE THAT HAVE NO INTERIOR ISLANDS. IN FACT, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE PERIMETER LANDSCAPING, OF COURSE, THEY'RE NON-CONFORMING EXISTING USES. AND THEN THERE'S FOUR BLOCKS EAST OF IT AS WELL THAT DON'T HAVE ANYTHING IN THAT SENSE. BEYOND THAT, THERE'S A REQUIREMENT IN OUR CODE OR AN ALLOWANCE, I SHOULD SAY, IN OUR CODE THAT IF YOU ARE IN THE NORTH PART OF THIS, BASICALLY THE SUPPORT PROPERTY, YOU'RE EXEMPT FROM THOSE STANDARDS ALTOGETHER. SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE. ALTHOUGH THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY DOES NOT GET INTO THAT 600FT FROM THE ROADWAY THAT EXEMPTS IT. IT'S IN THAT VICINITY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HARBORSIDE. I'M NOT SAYING CONSIDER THAT AS PART OF THIS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT IT'S IT'S A REGIONAL SORT OF CONDITION [00:15:02] THAT ALLOWS OTHERS IN THAT AREA TO NOT HAVE THIS. AND I THINK THESE FOLKS ARE BASICALLY REQUESTING THAT THEY NOT PROVIDE THAT IN LIEU OF PROVIDING THE ADDITIONAL PERIMETER LANDSCAPING. ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY. YOU SAID THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A DRAINAGE PLAN YET. NO NOT YET. NOT ONE THAT'S BEEN APPROVED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT'S THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THE PERMIT CONDITIONS THAT GO THROUGH WHEN IT WHEN IT GETS SUBMITTED AS AN ACTUAL PERMIT REQUEST. OKAY. SO THAT WILL BE CONDITIONAL? ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. VERY GOOD. I BELIEVE THERE'S I SAY THIS I WANT TO SAY THAT THERE'S A A DRAINAGE EASEMENT GOING ACROSS THE PROPERTY THAT WE WILL NEED TO PARTAKE OF TO, TO ALLOW SOME OF THE DRAINAGE THAT'S COMING FROM THE SOUTH UP TOWARD THAT AREA. IS IS WHARF ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE? IS THAT A PUBLIC STREET? IT IS NOT A PUBLIC. I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT A IT'S NOT IN THE CITY'S STREET INVENTORY. IT'S IT'S OWNED BY A PUBLIC AGENCY, BUT IT'S NOT A PUBLIC STREET AS SUCH. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. BUT THE PORT HAS CONTROL OVER THAT PARTICULAR STREET. OKAY. SO THE CITY STREET WOULD BE 18TH AND 20TH WITH REGARD TO THIS PROPERTY? IN HARBORSIDE YES. IN HARBORSIDE YES YES. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO I KNOW YOU ADDRESSED COMMISSIONER LIGHTFOOT'S QUESTION, BUT THERE'S NO STAFF RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A UNIQUE CASE. IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? I MEAN, I KNOW WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE HI ZONE, IT SAYS THAT THE LANDSCAPING MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH ARTICLE 9. AND THEN THIS REQUEST IS TO TO CIRCUMVENT THAT LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENT OF ARTICLE 9. CORRECT. IT'S TO PROVIDE IT IN A DIFFERENT DIFFERENCE MEASURE. YES. IT, IT MORE THAN PROVIDES THE SPACE. BUT AGAIN I'M GOING TO LET THE APPLICANT SPEAK TO THAT. OKAY. OKAY. BUT BUT YES, MA'AM. IT'S IT'S IT'S A BIT OF A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE THERE THAT THAT WE HAVE A BUNCH OF PARKING ALL ALONG HARBORSIDE AND AND DO NOT HAVE THAT SAME CIRCUMSTANCE WITH WITH ISLANDS IN THOSE PARKING LOTS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. OKAY. LET ME MAKE SURE I'M UNDERSTANDING. SO LIKE THE PAGE 15 OF 50. THERE. OH. I'M SORRY. YES. YES, SIR. SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS BASICALLY ALMOST, WHAT, 8500 SQUARE FOOT MORE ADDITIONAL GREEN AREA THAN WHAT WOULD BE REQUIRED AS A MINIMUM? THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING, BUT I WOULD I WOULD ASK FOR CONFIRMATION FROM THE OWNERSHIP ON THAT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YES, SIR. OKAY. AS WELL AS TRYING TO WIDEN ONE OF THE SIDEWALKS TO 12FT TO COMPENSATE FOR THE 7 FOOT ON THE OTHER ONES. YES, SIR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. TO THAT POINT, THE WAY I READ IT, THE NORTH SIDEWALK IS ALREADY 12FT. THE EXISTING SIDEWALK. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. YES. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. THAT'S THE TRADE OFF? WELL, THE SIDEWALK TRADE OFF IS IS. I BELIEVE THEY HAVE A LIMITED SPACE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. SO THEY WERE GOING TO GO WITH A 7 FOOT SIDEWALK THERE. BUT THE 12 FOOT ON THE NORTH SIDE IS ALREADY EXISTS. THEY DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING TO ADD TO IT. THAT'S MY UNDERSTANDING. AND THE YOU KNOW, THE THE FACT THAT WE'LL HAVE PEDESTRIANS ALONG ALONG THAT PARTICULAR ROADWAY EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A PUBLIC ROADWAY. AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, IT'S HIGHLY LIKELY. RIGHT. WITH THAT, ESPECIALLY WITH THAT YOU KNOW, THAT CRUISE TERMINAL FACILITY BEING RIGHT THERE, IT LEADS RIGHT UP TO IT. OKAY. BEFORE WE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, DO YOU DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY SPACES IS PROPOSED WITH THIS LOT? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER IN FRONT OF ME, SIR. OKAY, WELL, THE APPLICANT CAN TELL US THAT. OKAY. [00:20:09] OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD? GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU. IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND SIGN IN, PLEASE. YES. SHAE JOBE, HARBOR PROPERTIES. YES. SO I SAW A FEW THINGS YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, AND I WANT TO JUST BRING SOME CLARIFICATIONS TO THAT. ON THE THE CURRENT SIDEWALKS THAT ARE EXISTING ON THE PROPERTY HAVE REMAINED AND THOSE ARE ALL 7 FOOT SIDEWALKS. THE ONE ON THE NORTH SIDE IS A 12 FOOT SIDEWALK THAT IS PROVIDED BY THE PORT, I GUESS. AND SO, AS IT WAS STATED, WE ARE TRYING TO SEEK RELIEF FOR THE TREES AND ISLANDS IN THE PARKING AREAS. WE ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE IS LONG TERM PARKING. BIRDS TEND TO ROOST IN TREES AND DO WHAT BIRDS DO AND DAMAGES PAINT AND CARS. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO NOT HAVE TO HAVE THOSE TREED AREAS IN THERE. AND ALSO WE'D LIKE TO PROVIDE LIGHTING SO THE LIGHT THE LOTS COULD BE LIT FROM FOR THEFT AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THOSE ARE A FEW THINGS I WANTED TO CLARIFY. AND THERE ARE TWO EASEMENTS OR TWO DRAINAGE LINES THAT RUN THROUGH THE PROPERTY. ONE IS THROUGH THE 18TH STREET SECTION THERE, AND THEN ONE RUNS ON THE IN THE MIDDLE THERE, THAT'S 19TH STREET. SORRY. YES, 19TH STREET AND 18TH STREET. THERE'S A 6 FOOT WIDE CULVERT THAT RUNS THROUGH 19TH STREET, BUT IT ACTUALLY RUNS UNDERNEATH THE PROPERTY THERE. AND THE WAY THAT SO AS WAS STATED, IT'S LIKE 8500FT². OH, BY THE WAY, IT'S 445 PARKING SPOTS. AND WHAT IS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT'S BEING PROVIDED IS 8500 MORE THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED AT THE MINIMUM STANDARD. THE THERE'S A DRAWING THERE FOR YOU. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, AND IT'LL PROVIDE PARKING FOR THE BATTLESHIP AS WELL. WE'RE TRYING TO MIX IN SOME SHORT TERM PARKING AS WELL AS LONG TERM. A SMALLER PORTION OF THE LOT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO MAYBE SHORT TERM PARKING, WHETHER IT BE BATTLESHIP OR TILLMAN'S DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR. AND LIKE I SAID, WE ARE PROVIDING WE'RE OUR REQUEST IS TO NOT ONLY SHIFT THE REQUIREMENTS OF LANDSCAPING THAT WOULD BE IN THE ISLANDS TO THE PERIMETER, AND THEN WE'VE EXPANDED ON THAT. THERE'S BEEN A DESIRE TO MAKE THIS LOOK NICE AND BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY. AS YOU CAN SEE THERE ON THE WHARF ROAD, AS WE APPROACH WOULD BE THE CRUISE TERMINAL. YOU WOULD HAVE VERY LUSH LANDSCAPING ON A WIDER LANDSCAPING YOU WOULD SEE. SO WOULD BE GREAT AS PEOPLE GO INTO THE CRUISE TERMINAL. SO IT'S SOMETHING KIND OF TO GIVE BACK TO TO THE COMMUNITY FOR, YOU KNOW, VISUAL PLEASURE I GUESS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WELL, IF I MAY, THE SO YOU YOU HAVE DONE A DRAINAGE SURVEY AT THIS POINT, AND IT'S JUST NOT BEEN SUBMITTED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR. THAT'S RIGHT. WE HAVE WE'VE ALREADY HAVE AN ENGINEER WORKING ON THE PLANS. WE'RE ACTUALLY REALLY FAR DOWN THE WAY ON THE PLANS, BUT WE WANTED TO HOLD UP UNTIL WE GOT THIS ISSUE SITUATED BEFORE WE WENT BACK AND COMMISSIONED EVERYBODY TO FINISH THE PLANS. YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND ALL THE OTHER FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS. SO, YES, WE DO HAVE A DRAINAGE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE LOOKS LIKE X'S ON THE PLAN THERE. THOSE ARE DRAINAGE ARROWS SHOWING HIGH POINTS. OKAY, GREAT. WELL I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE THE CIRCUMFERENCE, TREE CIRCUMFERENCE ENTIRELY. I THINK THAT MAKES A GOOD PLAN. GOOD SENSE. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD TOO THAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE NUMBERS THAT WERE PROVIDED ACTUALLY JUST REPRESENT THE, THE THE SQUARE FOOTAGE TO OUR PROPERTY LINE. THERE IS A SPACE BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY LINE AND THE BACK OF SIDEWALKS. THERE'S ACTUALLY MORE LANDSCAPE THAN WE SHOW IN OURS. SO EVEN THE NUMBERS BEING 8500FT² MORE, IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE THAN THAT. OKAY. AND THE TREES WILL BE THE MINIMUM CIRCUMFERENCE REQUIREMENTS, I THINK. WHAT'S WHAT IN THAT AREA AND WHEN YOU DO LANDSCAPING TREES AREN'T THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE A MINIMUM SIZE? YEAH. OUR DESIRE IS TO PUT PALM TREES, WHICH WE KNOW REQUIRE A TIGHTER SPACING. BUT YOU KNOW, WE WILL WE WILL COMPLY WITH ALL THE OTHER. LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT WE'RE TRYING TO DO GOOD BY THE CITY. WE'RE NOT REALLY TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, SHIRK ANY SORT OF RESPONSIBILITY WE WOULD HAVE, BUT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE IT LOOK NICE. [00:25:01] BUT WE WANT SOME RELIEF WHERE WE FEEL THAT IT COULD. CAUSE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT WHEN I PULL IN A PARKING LOT, I DON'T WANT TO PARK UNDERNEATH A TREE. I HAVE A BLACK CAR, AND, YOU KNOW, SO ANYBODY WOULD PARK IN LONG TERM PARKING AND THAT STUFF WOULD SIT FOR MORE THAN TWO DAYS, WOULD CREATE SOME PROBLEMS. SO I DEFINITELY SEE THAT THAT WOULD BE A GOOD ASSET FOR A LONG TERM PARKING. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERN FOR THE AUTOMOBILES OF THE PRIVILEGED TRAVELER. THAT'S THAT'S REALLY NICE. BUT YOU HAVE 445 SPACES RIGHT NOW. HOW MANY SPACES WOULD BE REDUCED IF YOU ADHERED TO THE CURRENT REGULATIONS? WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE? THAT WE WOULD REDUCE IT BY AT LEAST 80. OKAY. AND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS QUESTION IS BECAUSE THE CITY WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME OVER THE YEARS TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION OF THIS ISLAND, AND THERE ARE SOME SHORT, SHORT DOCUMENTS ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION OF HARBORSIDE DRIVE. AND AS YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNOW, WHEN CRUISE PASSENGERS COME ON AND OFF THESE SHIPS, THEY'RE WALKING THE DRAGGING LUGGAGE UP AND DOWN HARBORSIDE DRIVE. I'M SURPRISED NO ONE'S GOTTEN KILLED YET WALKING, DRAGGING THEIR LUGGAGE UP AND DOWN HARBORSIDE. I GUESS MY POINT IS, IS THAT WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN MAKE THIS ISLAND A PRETTIER PLACE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO VISIT. AND TO THE EAST, IN FRONT OF THE NEW PARKING GARAGE STRUCTURE, THERE ARE SOME ISLANDS. THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF THEM, BUT THERE ARE SOME ISLANDS THERE BEING IN PLACE FOR THAT NEW PARKING LOT AND FURTHER EAST TO THE ROYAL CARIBBEAN, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE THEM FROM THE STREET, BUT THERE WERE A FEW. I DON'T THINK THEY MEET THERE EITHER, BUT THERE ARE SOME. THEY'VE MADE ATTEMPTS TO PUT IN SOME ISLANDS, AND I THINK THE BIG PART FOR ME FOR HAVING THESE TYPES OF THIS TYPE OF LANDSCAPING, YES, IT'S GOING TO MAKE IT PRETTIER. IT'S GOING TO HELP WITH LONG TERM DRAINAGE, AND WE WANT TO DO ANYTHING THAT WE CAN TO REDUCE THE HEAT ON THIS ISLAND AND PUTTING UP TREES. THAT GIVES US SOME KIND OF CANOPY IN THE LONG TERM, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE FOR 10, 20, 30 YEARS, THAT'S GOING TO HELP THE BIRD ARGUMENT. IT'S LIKE, OKAY, THAT DOESN'T FLY WITH ME. BUT AT ANY RATE, IT'S A NICE ARGUMENT BUT BUT PEOPLE CAN WASH THEIR CARS. SO I THINK MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS THAT TO ELIMINATE ALL OF THEM, I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THAT. I THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF LANDSCAPING, INTERIOR LANDSCAPING THAT WILL HELP WITH BECAUSE THAT'S IN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. TALKING ABOUT BEAUTIFICATION OF BROADWAY, HARBORSIDE, THE SEAWALL, THE STRAND, ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND I'M SURE IT MIGHT. I HAVE NOT READ THE FULL PORT OF GALVESTON PLAN, BUT I'M SURE SOME OF THAT'S IN THERE AS WELL. THAT ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF HOW HARBORSIDE LOOKS. AND SO ANYWAY, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S THE WAY I SEE IT RIGHT NOW. I THINK YOU DO NEED TO HAVE ISLANDS, WHATEVER THEY CALL THEM HERE, THEY CALL THEM PARKING ISLANDS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YES. PARKING ROOMS. I DON'T THINK THEY NEED TO BE 8 OR 10 SPACES. I THINK THERE COULD BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE 15 SPACES APART. BUT I REALLY, REALLY DO THINK YOU NEED SOMETHING INSIDE BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF LAND. IT IS. THAT'S A BIG THAT'S A BIG PIECE OF LAND TO HAVE NOTHING BUT CONCRETE AND THE BLAZING SUN BEARING DOWN ON THAT. BUT WE WILL HAVE PALM TREES PLANTED EVERY 15FT. EXTERIOR. YES, BUT THERE IS A NEED FOR SHRUBBERY AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ALONG THERE THAT WILL HELP PROTECT THE LOT AND HELP ACTUALLY OBSCURE THE VIEW. AND IN FACT, ACTUALLY, THERE'LL BE SO MUCH LANDSCAPING ON THE PERIMETER, YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE THE TREES ON THE INTERIOR, BECAUSE THERE'LL BE SO MUCH LANDSCAPING ON THE PERIMETER. WELL, IT'S NOT SO MUCH ABOUT SEEING THE TREES ON THE INTERIOR. IT'S THE PURPOSE THAT THEY SERVE THAT THESE PARKING ISLANDS SERVE, THEY'RE GOING TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE. THEY'RE GOING TO HELP WITH PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT. IT'S JUST GOING TO HELP WITH KEEPING DOWN THE HEAT, BECAUSE YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FOUR AND A HALF ACRES OF CONCRETE. THAT'S A LOT OF HEAT. YES, SIR. WE'LL HAVE LONG TERM PARKERS THERE. AND IT'S NOT ONLY THE BIRDS DEFECATING, IT'S ALSO BRANCHES FALLING ON CARS. THERE'S ALL KINDS OF PROBLEMS THAT EXIST WITH THE TREES. AND THESE ARE WORKING FOLKS, TOO, GOING ON CRUISES. NOT ALL OF THEM ARE WEALTHY FOLKS. SOME FOLKS ARE JUST OUT FOR THEIR ONLY VACATION OF THE YEAR. SO I THINK THAT THE ARGUMENT ABOUT IT BEING WEALTHY PEOPLE IS NOT REALLY IT'S NOT REALLY FAIR AS WEALTHY PEOPLE. I SAID THE PRIVILEGED TRAVELERS. SO JUST DON'T PUT WORDS IN MY MOUTH, PLEASE. SO, CATHERINE, A QUICK QUESTION. THE PUD IS A PERMANENT CHANGE? WELL, IT'S A CHANGE OF ZONING, AND IT GOES WITH THE LAND. THERE ARE DEADLINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE PUD. SO IF IT'S NOT ACHIEVED WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME, IT'S TYPICALLY TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF APPROVAL THEN IT'S EXPIRED. OKAY. OTHER THAN THAT, IT RUNS WITH THE LAND. YES. GOTCHA. OKAY. SO. ALL RIGHT. I HEARD WHAT YOU HAD TO SAY. I REALLY THINK THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE THIS KIND OF LANDSCAPING. I REALLY WOULD RECOMMEND THAT YOU ADHERE TO THE LDR JUST FOR THE REASON OF BEAUTIFYING HARBORSIDE AND MAKING IT JUST LOOK BETTER. JUST HAVING FOUR ACRES OF CONCRETE, THAT'S THAT'S JUST GONNA IT'S GONNA MAKE IT HOTTER FOR EVERYBODY. ARE YOU PLANNING CLOSE TO 196 TREES? A ROUND THE PERIMETER I GET THAT, I GET THAT, BUT THE LDRS ARE SPECIFIC ABOUT INTERIOR LANDSCAPING ON [00:30:01] COMMERCIAL SURFACE LOTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST HAD A COMMENT. I DIDN'T HAVE A QUESTION OR A COMMENT. I DON'T HAVE A QUESTION. I JUST HAVE A COMMENT WHEN HE'S DONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S. I'M DONE. OKAY. THE ONLY THING IS, IS THAT THE PROPOSAL, YOU KNOW, LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THE THE INTERIOR OF THE PRIVILEGED CHAPTER THAT GOES INSIDE OF THIS PARKING LOT WILL BE ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S INTERIOR LANDSCAPING. BUT IN DOING SO, WE LOSE ALMOST 8500 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET OF GREEN SPACE, BASICALLY ON THE PERIMETER IN SPITE OF THAT. SO YOU MIGHT ASK FOR A FEW TREES OR LANDSCAPING THERE IN THE INTERIOR BUT WHAT WE GIVE UP IN SPITE OF IS ALMOST 8500 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF PERIMETER LANDSCAPING, WHICH TO ME ESPECIALLY WHEN CONSIDERING THAT DRIVE DOWN HARBORSIDE DRIVE IS WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. DO YOU WANT TO MINIMIZE THE PERIMETER JUST SO THAT THEY CAN CREATE A FEW TREES ON THE INTERIOR? OR DO YOU WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE PERIMETER WHICH TO ME IS WHAT OUR VISITORS ARE LOOKING AT, CONSIDERING. IT'S ONLY THE PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY ENTER THAT PARKING LOT THAT ARE GOING, THAT PRIVILEGED TRAVELER THAT ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO APPRECIATE ANYTHING TO DO IN THE INTERIOR OF THAT PARKING LOT. I KNOW. I'M MESSING WITH YOU. I KNOW. ALL RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE ENTER INTO DISCUSSION, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT'S A DISCUSSION MATTER. WE NEED TO CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARINGS. ALL RIGHT. SO LET'S LET'S CLOSE OUR DISCUSSION AND LET'S OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM, IT'S 25P-014. IS THERE ANYONE ON THIS SIDE OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON AGENDA ITEM 25P-014. HEARING NO ONE. HOW ABOUT THIS SIDE OF THE AUDIENCE? ALRIGHT, WE GOT SOMEBODY. COME ON UP. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME. WE HAVE THREE MINUTES. STEVE SCHULTZ, BUT SOMEBODY STOLE THE SIGN IN SHEET. USED TO BE AN OLD TRICK WHEN WE HAD THE SOME HEARINGS THAT WERE HOTLY CONTESTED. GIVES YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME. OKAY. AS I SAID, I AM STEVE SCHULTZ. I WAS STEVE SCHULTZ BACK THEN, I AM NOW. AND I HAVE BEEN DOING LAND USE PLANNING FOR LONGER THAN I CARE TO ADMIT. THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME INTERIOR LANDSCAPING. IT WILL NOT BE WHAT WAS CALLED FOR IN THE LDR, LITERALLY. HOWEVER COUNCIL, IN DISCUSSING THIS WITH MY CLIENT, CAN, IF THEY WISH TO HAVE APPROVAL OF A PUD, IT WILL BE THE CONDITIONS THAT THE COUNCIL WANTS. SO THE DISCUSSION DOESN'T END HERE, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'LL BE ALL CONCRETE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S LIKE THE OLD SUPS AND IT'S WHAT COUNCIL WANTS. SO IT WILL BE NEGOTIATED AND IT WILL BE GIVEN OR YOU DON'T GET THE PUD. SIMPLE AS THAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON 25P-014? SEEING NO ONE WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENTS FOR 25P-014 AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A RECOMMENDATION. DISCUSSION. NO DISCUSSION. MOTION. MOTION. I MOVE TO APPROVE 25P-014 WITH CONDITIONS THAT WILL BE ADDED ON AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PERMIT. I SECOND. OKAY WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ARE THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? I THINK THE 8500FT² ADDITIONAL, I MEAN, THAT'S ALMOST 50%, ABOUT 45% INCREASE, THAT'S THAT'S A GOOD DEAL. [00:35:04] I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE IT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 25P-014? WELL, I THINK WE KNOW THAT WE NEED TO SINCE IT'S ONLY FOUR OF US. IT'S GOTTA BE UNANIMOUS. YEAH, IT'S GOING TO COME DOWN TO ANTHONY, AND I JUST I WOULD RECONSIDER BECAUSE BASED ON THE ADDITIONAL GREEN VEGETATION AROUND THERE. AND HE'S ALSO TALKING ABOUT SHRUBBERY ADDITION COMPARED TO WHAT WE'VE GOT RIGHT NOW. I MEAN, WOULDN'T YOU RATHER SEE IT BE DEVELOPED IN A MORE POSITIVE WAY? SO I'M VERY MUCH FOR IT JUST TO GET THIS OUT OF THERE AND GET SOMETHING THAT WILL BENEFIT. SECONDLY WHEN YOU START DECREASING THE AMOUNT OF LOTS AVAILABLE YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE A COST THE COST BENEFIT THAT THE BUILDER IS GOING TO HAVE HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT THE RATES ARE GOING TO BE FOR THESE PEOPLE PARKING HERE. SO YOU'RE ADDING AN INFLATIONARY ISSUE WITH THE PARKING. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHO THEY ARE. THAT THAT REALLY DIGS INTO PEOPLE'S POCKETS WHEN THEY HAVE TO FIGURE OUT THE TOTAL COST FOR COMING DOWN HERE AND STAYING HERE AND GOING TO SEE SEE THE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU KNOW, BEING PART OF THIS WHOLE CITY AND BEING SEEING THINGS. OKAY. ANY MORE COMMENTS? WELL, I, I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. AND WHAT I'M LOOKING AT IS WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR. AND LOOKING AT THAT AGAINST WHAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS CURRENTLY ASK FOR FROM THESE APPLICANTS. SO I THINK IT'S A BIG ASK TO ELIMINATE THE THOSE TWO SECTIONS AROUND LANDSCAPING. AND I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THAT CONTRIBUTES TO ALL THE WORK THAT NOT JUST THIS COMMISSION, BUT OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OVER THE YEARS HAVE DONE AROUND THIS WHOLE TOPIC OF MAKING GALVESTON MORE, MAKING IT A BEAUTIFUL ISLAND, RIGHT? WHETHER IT'S BROADWAY, HARBORSIDE, THE SEAWALL, THE STRAND, ALL THE ALL THE EFFORT THAT PEOPLE PUT IN AND JUST TO COME UP WITH ANOTHER BIG SLAB OF CONCRETE. SO IF THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE LANDSCAPING, THAT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE HAD IT IN THIS REPORT, RIGHT, ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. BUT RIGHT NOW, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS A BIG SHRUB AROUND THE PERIMETER AND CONCRETE ON THE INTERIOR AND SOME LIGHTS. RIGHT. AND I JUST THAT DOESN'T TO ME MEET THE LDRS AND WHAT THE CITY, SOMEONE PUT THESE TOGETHER FOR A REASON, RIGHT. AND TO ME IT JUST DOESN'T IT DOESN'T ADD ANY OTHER BENEFIT. IT ADDS BENEFIT FOR THE DEVELOPER TO GET WHAT THEY WANT IN THE PUD, BUT I JUST DON'T SEE HOW IT ADDS TO THE WORK OF BEAUTIFYING GALVESTON ISLAND, AND PARTICULARLY HARBORSIDE. ALL THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN INVESTED ON ON THESE CRUISE TERMINALS AND ALL THE MONEY THAT'S BEEN INVESTED DOWNTOWN, THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S JUST HOW I SEE IT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME KIND OF COMPROMISE HERE TO PUT SOMETHING. IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE EVERY 8 OR 10 SPACES. IT COULD BE EVERY 15 SPACES. THAT'S A THAT'S A LOT OF SPACE THERE. SO YEAH, I'M JUST GOING BY WHAT THE LDRS ARE SAYING, WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR. BUT ISN'T THAT THE PURPOSE OF US BEING HERE IS TO BE ABLE TO WAIVE SOME OF THE THINGS IN AN LDR. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER PUDS ON HARBORSIDE THAT WAIVE THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC PARKING AREAS? SOMEONE ANSWERED ME ON THAT QUESTION, I THINK WHEN I ASKED THAT. NOT NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. CATHERINE. YEAH, THERE WAS AN APPROVAL AT 14TH AND HARBORSIDE A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO. IT'S NOT BEEN CONSTRUCTED. SO WE HAVE ONE ONE CURRENT PUD THAT DID A WAIVE, THE LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS FOR 14TH AND HARBORSIDE. AND AS CATHERINE SAID, IT HASN'T BEEN CONSTRUCTED YET, BUT WE HAVE MADE THAT ONE APPROVAL. JUST THROWING THAT OUT THERE. NO, I GET THAT. AND THAT'S A SMALLER PARCEL. THIS IS WHAT, FOUR ACRES, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A BIG PIECE. AND I'M JUST I'M JUST THINKING BACK TO HOW MANY TIMES THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS TOLD US TO JUST REMEMBER WHAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR AND WHAT THE REGULATIONS REQUIRE. AND THAT'S THAT'S HOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS. YOU KNOW THERE'S LOTS OF PEOPLE THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING ON HARBORSIDE NOW. RIGHT? AND SOME OF THE OLDER ONES, YEAH, ARE BASICALLY EYESORES. BUT THAT WAS BEFORE THESE REGULATIONS WERE IN EFFECT FOR THEM. AND LIKE I SAID, WE THESE ARE PUT HERE FOR A REASON. AND IF PEOPLE KEEP COMING TO THIS COMMISSION AND WE JUST SAY, SURE, YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT AND THE CITY COUNCIL KEEPS THAT REPUTATION, I'M SURE WE'LL LAY DOWN FOR YOU. THAT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE WE DOING? OKAY. YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST WORD HERE IS INTENT. AND IF YOU FOR ONE, WE'RE DEALING WITH A 2011 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THAT SET INTO MOTION SOME OF THE THINGS WE'RE VOTING ON TODAY [00:40:05] JUST TO START WITH. AND SECONDLY THE INTENT IS TO PROMOTE A HIGHER STANDARD OF LANDSCAPING, LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND INSTALLATION THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT, WHICH I WOULD CONSIDER THE FACT THAT THEY'RE ADDING 8500 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO ACCOMPLISH THAT. AND TO OFFSET WHAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR IS THE INTENT. AND YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THIS DOES GO TO CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE SOME. CONSIDERING THE NUMBERS THAT YOU'LL HAVE TODAY, AND CONSIDERING THE FACT THAT THEY STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH DESIGN WITH THE SITE, WITH DRAINAGE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT TO WHAT WE'RE POSSIBLY DOING HERE IS SKIMPING ON THE PERIMETER, WHICH TO ME WILL COMPLETELY GO AGAINST WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE TO COMPENSATE WITH WHAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR WITH SOME INTERIOR LANDSCAPING AND LOSE POTENTIALLY MOST OF WHAT YOU, I THINK ARE TRYING TO ACHIEVE. WHICH TO ME IS CUTTING OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE. PRETTY, PRETTY GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT. ALL RIGHT. SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 25P-014. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING 25P-014. AND OPPOSED. WE HAVE THREE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED. MOTION FAILS. [6.A.2. 25P-015 (Adjacent to 303 31st Street) Request for an Abandonment of approximately 12,790 square feet of street and alley right-of-way. Adjacent property is legally described as: M. B. Menard Survey; Lots 6, 7, and North 18.7 feet of Lot 8, Block 571, in the City and County Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Christopher Lankford and Marc Hill Adjacent Property Owner: CHL & RAL Holdings, LLC Easement Holder: City of Galveston] OKAY, LET'S MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH IS AN ABANDONMENT 25P-015. WHOSE GOT THAT ONE? THIS IS 25P-015 IS ADJACENT TO 331ST STREET REQUEST FOR AN ABANDONMENT OF APPROXIMATELY 12,790FT² OF STREET AND ALLEY RIGHT OF WAY. STAFF IS REQUESTING DEFERRAL OF THIS REQUEST TO THE MAY 20TH, 2025 MEETING IN ORDER FOR THE APPLICANT TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND RESPOND TO STAFF'S COMMENTS. THIS IS THE FIRST REQUEST FOR DEFERRAL AND THERE ARE NO COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE REQUEST. YOU STILL HAVE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY. WE'RE OPENING THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE DEFERRAL OR THE ITEM. THE DEFERRAL JUST ON THE ITEM ON THE ITEM. 25P-015 IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE FROM THE PUBLIC ON 25P-015. WE DO HAVE SOME. IF YOU'LL SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSSEN JACKSON, THE OWNER OF 3114 MARKET CLUB 68, THE HISTORICAL BUILDING ON THE RIGHT OF THE SIDE OF 31ST STREET. I OPPOSE OF CHRIS TRYING TO GET THE WHOLE ALLEY. BECAUSE THE REASON WHY I OPPOSE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE ALLEY FOR A LONG TIME. I KEEP GETTING RUNAROUNDS. I TOLD THAT I CAN NOT GET AN ALLEY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T BUY BY ALLEY, BUT THEN CHRIS CAME IN. I THINK HIS NAME IS SEAN HAD CAME TO ME AND SAID THE THE PORT OF GALVESTON BOUGHT THE ALLEY, BUT THE CITY TOOK IT BACK. BUT MOST OF ALL, I'M JUST TRYING TO GET THE PART THAT WHERE I'VE BEEN KEEPING FOR 30 YEARS. WELL, EDDIE AND THEM KEPT IT. I OWNED THE BUILDING FOR TEN YEARS, KEPT THE SIDE CLEAN, MADE SURE EVERYTHING WAS LOOKING GOOD FOR GALVESTON. WHEN PEOPLE COME IN THE HOUSE, THEY CAN SEE A CLEAN ALLEY RIGHT THERE. AND WE ALSO DO FOR THE KIDS. WE DO BACK TO SCHOOL FOR THE KIDS, AND WE DO EASTER FOR THE KIDS RIGHT THERE IN THAT PART, ALL I WAS ASKING FOR IS TO GET MY PART RIGHT THERE. AND I THINK THE OTHER OWNERS WANT TO GET THEIR PART, I DON'T KNOW, BUT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO GET OUR PART, AND I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I CAN KEEP THAT WHERE THAT PART IS RIGHT NOW. AND AS YOU SEE, IT'S PASSED THIS TO THEM. WE DO FOR THE KIDS AND YOU CAN SEE HOW IT LOOK WHEN YOU COME TO GALVESTON. YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE NOTHING LIKE THAT COMING IN, GALVESTON. THE PORT BACK THERE GOT ALL THE SHIPS AND STUFF BACK THERE. SO WE KEEP OUR SIDE CUT. AND AS YOU SEE TODAY, IT'S STILL LIKE IT IS TEN YEARS AGO. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND AND WE THIS ITEM RIGHT NOW, THE DECISION THAT WE'RE MAKING IS TO DEFER THE ITEM FOR A FUTURE MEETING. SO AT THAT POINT, DO WE HAVE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? OKAY. COME ON. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LILLIAN MCGREW, AND I'M THE MANAGER OVER AT CLUB 68. [00:45:06] AND I, TOO, WANT TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE ALLEY. IT REALLY HAS BEEN VERY BENEFICIAL TO CLUB 68 IN THE WAY THAT WE ARE KIND OF, LIKE, NOT CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE STRAND AND THE RESTAURANTS AND EVERYTHING THAT'S THERE. BUT WITH THE PARKING THAT THEY HAVE NOW OFF OF 33RD WE GET A LOT OF FLOW OF THE TOURISM THAT'S COMING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, THAT'S HEADED TO THE STRAND AND ETCETERA. AND SO THOSE PEOPLE, THEY HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DIDN'T REALIZE THAT THE CLUB WAS THERE, BUT AS THEY PASSED DOWN THE STREET, THEY SEE THE OCCUPANTS SITTING OUTSIDE ON THAT TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE WELL, I GUESS IT'S THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CLUB. AND THEY COME OVER AND THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF DRINKS AND THEY SAY, OH, WE DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU ALL WAS HERE. AND IT AND A LOT OF THE LOCALS DIDN'T KNOW THAT WE WERE THERE EITHER. SO THAT ALLEYWAY HAS REALLY BEEN BENEFICIAL TO US FINANCIALLY. AND IT HAS REALLY BEEN BENEFICIAL TO THE TOURISTS BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, IT'S THEIR PARKING AND THEY'RE WALKING DOWN THE STREET. THEY'VE FOUND THEIR WAY TO WANDERING THE CLUB. AND LIKE MISS JACKSON SAID, WE DO A LOT OF COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES THERE FOR THE KIDS AS WELL. SO WE DON'T HAVE A WE APPLIED FOR A USE LET ME SEE, LICENSE TO USE THE ALLEY WITH THE CITY. AND SO WE WOULD HOPE THAT YOU ALL WOULD NOT GIVE THEM OTHER PERMIT TO HAVE THE COMPLETE ABANDONMENT OF THE ALLEY WHEN IT DOES COME BACK UP. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TYRUS WOODS AGAIN. MARY, I REALLY WAS HOPING THAT THAT YOU WOULD HAVE SOME PICTURES OF THE AREA. HAVE ANY ONE OF THE BOARD MEMBERS BEEN OVER TO THAT AREA TO SEE? OKAY, SO BO HAS BEEN. ANYONE ELSE BEEN OVER TO SEE THE ALLEY? OH, OKAY. AND THEY CAN'T EVEN NOD. ALRIGHT, WELL WINK AT ME. ANYWAY ANYWAY, MY POINT HERE IS THIS I KNOW YOU ALL HEARD HEARD THEM SAY 30 YEARS, 20 YEARS WHAT HAVE YOU THAT THE CITY HAS BASICALLY ABANDONED THIS, THIS ALLEY. SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE ALL THOSE YEARS AGO. SOMEONE HAD TO KEEP THAT ALLEY, YOU KNOW, CUT AND WHAT HAVE YOU. THE GRASS AND WHATEVER CUT. NOW MISS JACKSON HAS BUILT SOMETHING LIKE A LITTLE, LITTLE DECK THERE TO THE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE OF THE ALLEY IN THAT AREA WHERE MISS JACKSON NIGHTCLUB IS LOCATED FOR LAST 30 OR 40 YEARS WITH ONE OF THE OTHER OWNERS THAT EXACTLY WHO KEPT IT. I DON'T KNOW HOW I LET THAT SLIP WHEN I WAS ON CITY COUNCIL. SO I BLAME MYSELF. SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE OVER THERE. ANY TIME THAT A CITIZEN ALLOW HIS GRASS, HIS OR HERS GRASS GET OVER 6 OR 8IN LONG, HERE COME CODE ENFORCEMENT SAYING YOU GOT TO CUT THE GRASS. HELP! THE WEEDS AND GRASS OVER THERE. IT'S OVER SIX FEET TALL, SO SOMETHING SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO. SO I'LL TAKE PART OF THAT BLAME AS WELL. SO DO YOU. YOU SAID I CAN'T ASK A QUESTION. WE DON'T KNOW WHEN IT'S GOING TO BE BROUGHT BACK UP. IS THAT RIGHT, DONNA? MAY 20TH. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. AND I DO ENCOURAGE YOU, WHEN THIS AGENDA ITEM DOES COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THAT YOU COME BACK AND GIVE US YOUR COMMENTS AGAIN. OKAY. SO WHAT WE NEED AND NOW WE'RE CLOSING IS IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND WE NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE THE DEFERRAL OF CORRECT OF 25 P-015. MOVE TO APPROVE DEFERRAL 25 P-015. I MAKE A SECOND THAT WE APPROVE THE DEFERRAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? IT'S UNANIMOUS. OKAY. 25P-015 HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR DEFERRAL TO THE MAY 20TH MEETING. [6.B.3. 25P-016 (Adjacent to 10 Compass Circle) Request for a License to Use for the placement of a retaining wall in the right of way. Adjacent property is legally described as Evia Phase One (2005), Lot 162, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Mark Coyle Adjacent Property Owners: Shawn Cloonan Easement Holder: City of Galveston] ALL RIGHT, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR LICENSE TO USE 25 P-016. WHO'S GOT THE LTU. OKAY. THIS IS 25P-016. [00:50:05] IT'S ADJACENT TO TEN COMPASS CIRCLE. IT'S A REQUEST FOR A LICENSE TO USE. PUBLIC NOTICE IS SENT WERE 22 THREE RETURN TO THOSE THREE IN FAVOR. NO OBJECTION FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PRIVATE UTILITIES. THE APPLICANT REQUESTING A PERMANENT LICENSE TO USE IN ORDER TO ERECT A RETAINING WALL IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. THIS PATTERN OF ENCROACHMENT IS A KNOWN FEATURE OF THE EVIA NEIGHBORHOOD DUE TO THE ELEVATION DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LOTS AND THE ADJACENT STREETS. THE RETAINING WALL WILL CONNECT TO THOSE FOUND AT 9 COMPASS CIRCLE AND 11 COMPASS CIRCLE. LOTS IN EVIA SUBDIVISION ARE RAISED SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN THE SURROUNDING STREETS, AND OFTEN REQUIRE RETAINING WALL AND A STAIRCASE TO CONNECT HOUSES TO THE SIDEWALKS. THE LOT IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND ACTS AS A SIDE YARD FOR 11 COMPASS CIRCLE. STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS ITEMS ONE THROUGH FOUR ARE SPECIFIC, AND ITEMS FIVE THROUGH TEN ARE STANDARD. WE HAVE SOME PICTURES. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN BLUE, AND THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE AREA SHOWING THE RETAINING WALL AT THE LOWER LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE SCREEN THAT WILL BE CONNECTED TO, AND THE PLAN FOR THE RETAINING WALL ON THE SIDEWALK. AND THEN THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH, NORTH AND THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM? NO. NO QUESTIONS. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT FOR THIS ITEM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROJECT HERE? WELL, AND I'M ACTUALLY A RESIDENT. I'M SORRY. I PROMISE NOT TO TAKE THIS EITHER. EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS MARK COYLE, AND I ACTUALLY RESIDE IN EVIA. I LIVE AT 5 COMPASS. THIS IS 11 COMPASS. I'M ACTUALLY THE BUILDER THAT BUILT 11 COMPASS. AND THEN MY CLIENT PURCHASED THE LOT NEXT TO IT. SO IN HIS VISION. AND I MET WITH THE HOA. I MET WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS I'VE PAID AND MOVED THE WATER METER. WE MOVED THE CLEANOUTS AND I MET WITH PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT THE LAYOUT OF THE SIDEWALK, AND THEN WE GOT ENGINEER DRAWINGS. AND SO I ALSO MET WITH THE NEIGHBOR ON 9 COMPASS. SO BASICALLY IT'S A CONTINUING WALL THAT'S GOING TO TIE IN. IT'S GOING TO BE ALL ESTHETICS, THE COLONIAL TYPE BRICK. SO THOSE WALLS WILL JUST TIE INTO EACH OTHER. THE ONLY FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM PUBLIC WORKS WAS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID HAVE THEY HAD ACCESS TO THE SEWER ACCESS. SO AND I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN. QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE. OKAY. I THINK YOU'RE OFF THE HOOK. OKAY. THANK YOU. CAN I TAKE THIS? ALL RIGHT. DO WE NEED A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS AGENDA ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 25P-016. BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 25P-016, AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. I'LL SECOND THE MOTION. ANY MORE DISCUSSION? LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST A TIE IN TO THE OTHER SIDE. YES. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AND THE 25 P- 016 PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [6.B.4. 25P-017 (Adjacent to 3312 Sealy / Avenue I) Request for a License to Use to retain a construction dumpster in the right of way. Adjacent property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey Lots 9, 10 & West One-Half of Lot 8 (10-1), Block 273, Galveston Aka Lot A Richardson Resubdivision, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Raevonne Walker, JRE Construction Adjacent Property Owner: JNJ Family Properties Easement Holder: City of Galveston] ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO 25P-017. ALRIGHTY. 25P-017. LET'S SEE, THAT WAS AT 3312 SEALY. THE APPLICANT HAS WITHDRAWN THEIR REQUEST. THEY FINISHED THE CONSTRUCTION ON TIME AND HAVE REMOVED THE DUMPSTER FROM THE ALLEY. OKAY. NOTHING. WE'RE MOVING ON. WE DON'T DO ANYTHING WITH THIS ONE. 25P-018. WHO HAS THAT ONE? ALRIGHTY, SO 25P-018. [6.B.5. 25P-018 (Adjacent to 2209 Market / Avenue D) Request for a License to Use to retain construction items in the right of ways. Adjacent property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey, Lots 4 and 5 Block 502, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Brian Yates, Cabella Investments, LLC. Adjacent Property Owner: Cabella Investments, LLC. Easement Holder: City of Galveston] THIS IS ADJACENT TO 2209 MARKET, AND THIS IS MORE TYPICAL OF SOME OF THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS WE SEE DOWNTOWN WHEN THERE IS LITTLE TO NO ROOM ON PRIVATE PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES. SO THIS IS ANOTHER LICENSED USE REQUEST. THERE WERE 67 NOTICES SENT 3 RETURNED 2 IN FAVOR, 1 OPPOSED. NOTE THERE WERE NO CITY DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION RESPONSES IN OBJECTION TO THIS, NOR FROM PRIVATE UTILITIES THAT WERE NOTIFIED AND ASKED FOR THEIR COMMENTS. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A LICENSE TO USE TO RETAIN TO HAD CONSTRUCTION FENCING, SCAFFOLDING EQUIPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING'S NORTH FACADE. THE TEMPORARY LICENSE TO USE ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROJECT EXPIRED ON FEBRUARY 3RD, 2025. [00:55:06] THE FENCING AND SCAFFOLDING WOULD BE INSTALLED ALONG THE ENTIRE BUILDING FRONTAGE ON MARKET STREET, AND IT WOULD OBSTRUCT THE ENTIRE SIDEWALK AREA FROM THE BUILDING FACE TO THE CURB, AS SHOWN IN THE STAFF REPORT. HOWEVER, IT WOULD NOT AFFECT METERED PARKING. THEY'RE NOT PROPOSING TO AFFECT METERED PARKING. AND WE'LL SEE SHORTLY IN THE PHOTOS THAT THERE'S NOT A LOT OF OBSTRUCTIONS OR THINGS IN THE RIGHT OF WAY THAT WOULD BE OF BE AFFECTING THIS REQUEST. BUT OTHERWISE IT'S A FAIRLY SIMPLE, FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD, I SHOULD SAY TYPICAL LTU REQUESTS THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE LTU UNTIL NOVEMBER 2025. ONCE AGAIN, THERE WERE NO COMMENTS OR CONCERNS OR OBJECTIONS FROM OUTSIDE UTILITIES OR CITY DEPARTMENTS. THEREFORE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A CASE 25P-018 BE APPROVED, SUBJECT TO SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH TWO AND STANDARD CONDITIONS THREE THROUGH NINE. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. SO HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH INCLUDES THAT KIND OF MODERNIST TYPE FACADE ON THE LEFT HAND BUILDING THAT GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BASICALLY THE MOODY BANK BUILDING, WHERE THE LITTLE KIND OF SMALL ANNEX IS. IT HAS THE BRICKWORK ON IT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE VICINITY MAP AS WELL THERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE AN EXCERPT FROM THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THE ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS SHOWING THE VARIOUS ITEMS ALONG THE FACADE. THESE ARE ALL FACADE IMPROVEMENTS THAT NECESSITATE CLOSING OFF THE SIDEWALK. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE'S THE CONSTRUCTION SITE PLAN SHOWING SOME OF THE SAME ITEMS FROM A TOP DOWN VIEW. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE THE SITE PLAN THAT IS PRESENTED BY THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE NOTED THAT THEY DON'T ACTUALLY NEED THE LTU IN THE, IN THE ALLEY. THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE A MOVABLE SCISSOR LIFT FOR THAT PORTION OF THE WORK AND OUR R ECOMMENDED CONDITIONS REFLECT THAT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND HERE WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY LOOKING EAST ALONG THE FRONT OF THESE PROPERTIES. THEN THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH TO THE EAST TO THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DANIEL THE STRUCTURE IS THAT LIKE A WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? IF YOU GO BACK TO THE TO THE DRAWING YOU HAD THE ARCHITECT'S DRAWING TO THE RIGHT OF THE GATE IS THAT THAT'S LIKE WHAT'S THE WORD I'M LOOKING FOR? YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THAT. THAT'S LIKE OPEN BRICK TYPE. YEAH, IT APPEARS TO BE I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO DO SOME SORT OF DECORATIVE. THEY CALL IT BREEZE BLOCK SOMETIMES, BUT BREEZE BLOCK. OKAY. OKAY, COOL. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? NO. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT ON THIS ITEM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROJECT? PLEASE SIGN IN AND STATE YOUR NAME. I'M BRIAN YATES. HELLO. ANYWAY, THANKS FOR THANKS FOR SEEING ME. THANKS FOR THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. WHAT WE'RE DOING. THIS IS A FORMER BARB IN LOFTS, AND WE'RE DOING A COMPLETE REDEVELOPMENT OF IT. IT WAS FORMERLY NINE UNITS APARTMENTS, AND WE'VE GUTTED THE ENTIRE BUILDING, AND NOW IT'S GOING TO BE FIVE LARGER, NICER, AND IT'LL BE CONDOMINIUMS FOR SALE. SO WE'RE RETAINING THE ON SITE PARKING. THAT STRUCTURE TO THE RIGHT IS A BREEZE WALK WALL. JUST TO AD DRESS THAT AND ON THE TO CLARIFY ONE THING THAT YOU SAID, DANIEL, ON THE FENCING ON THE FRONT, WE'VE HAD THE LTU BEFORE BEEN SENSITIVE TO BLOCKING OFF THE SIDEWALK. SO ANYTHING WE'VE HAD TO DO TO USE THE SIDEWALK, WE PERFORM WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO AND THEN PULL OFF AND WORK ON SOMETHING ELSE. SO IT WOULDN'T BE FOR SIX MONTHS AS THE SIDEWALK WOULD BE FENCED. THE SCISSOR LIFT ON I HAVE SOME PUNCH STUFF ON THE THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WHICH IS A FEW WEEKS IN THE MAKING. AND THAT'S A SCISSOR LIFT. SO WE PULL OFF OF THAT, THE FENCING WILL BE IN FRONT OF THAT BREEZE BLOCK BECAUSE THEY'LL NEED TO SECURE THE SIDEWALK. AND THEN BUT THAT'S PROBABLY, AGAIN, WHEN THAT SCOPE OF WORK HAPPENS, WE'LL PUT THE FENCE UP, DO THE WORK, AND THEN PULL OFF. SO 2 TO 3 WEEKS OR SO. SO BUT THESE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN UNFORTUNATELY BACK TO BACK TO BACK. THE STUFF IN THE ALLEY, WE HAD SCAFFOLDING THERE BEFORE WE HAD AN LTU . BUT WE DID THREE FOOT SCAFFOLDING, SO WE HAD TO CUT A BUNCH OF HOLES IN THAT REAR WALL. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT WE NEED TO DO LEFT, WE CAN DO WITH THE SCISSOR LIFT SO WE CAN PULL IT BACK IN THE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE NOT OBSTRUCTING THAT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? WHAT'D YOU DO WITH THE SAFE? THE ONE OF THE UNITS HAS TWO VAULT DOORS IN ITS LIVING ROOM. [01:00:01] IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'VE SEEN THOSE. SO THE BACKSIDE OF ONE OF THOSE VAULT DOORS IS IS A MASTER BATH. AND THE OTHER THE OTHER BEHIND THE OTHER VAULT DOOR. I HAD TO SACRIFICE SET SPACE. AND THAT'S THE VESTIBULE. THAT'S A COMMON ENTRY. WE GOT RID OF ALL THOSE EXTERIOR STAIRCASES AND LANDINGS. I REMEMBER THOSE SAFES. YEAH. COOL. YEAH. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 25P-018. IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON 25P-018? NO ONE. OKAY. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 25P-018. BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. I CAN DO THAT. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE 25P-018 WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS. SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON 25P-018. NO. OKAY. BACK TO A VOTE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL. AND THAT IS UNANIMOUS 25P-018 PASSES OKAY. WE MOVE ON TO 25Z. [6.C.6. 25ZA-002 Request for a text amendment to the Galveston Land Development Regulations, Article 3 to include 2102 Ursuline/Avenue N in the list of Corner Store locations in the San Jacinto Neighborhood. Applicant: Victor Turner and D’Ann Forman] THANK YOU VERY MUCH, SIR. 25ZA-002, A TEXT AMENDMENT. FOR THE SUMMARY, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TEXT AMENDMENT TO THE GALVESTON LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, ARTICLE THREE URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD ADDENDUM TO MODIFY THE LIST OF CORNER STORES. PERMITTED STRUCTURES IN THE SAN JACINTO NEIGHBORHOOD. THE UN ZONING DISTRICT IS INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE THE RANGE AND PATTERN OF RESIDENTIAL USES FOUND IN THE CITY'S OLDEST ESTABLISHED URBAN CORE NEIGHBORHOODS, TOGETHER WITH LIMITED NONRESIDENTIAL USES SUCH AS CORNER STORES THAT BENEFIT NEARBY RESIDENTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING CONDUCIVE TO WALKING AND BIKING AS MUCH AS VEHICULAR CIRCULATION. GENERALLY, THE UN ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR COMMERCIAL USES ON THE NORTH SOUTH NUMBERED STREETS. THE UN ADDENDUM IN ARTICLE THREE INCLUDES SEVERAL GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS IN WHICH COMMERCIAL USES ARE ONLY ALLOWED IN IDENTIFIED PARCELS, TYPICALLY TRADITIONAL CORNER STORE BUILDINGS. THOSE GEOGRAPHIC AREAS ARE SAN JACINTO, WILLIAMS, BORDEN, AND KEMPNER PARK. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THAT THE PROPERTY AT 2102 URSULINE AVENUE N, BE ADDED TO THE LIST FOR SAN JACINTO. THE APPLICANT'S JUSTIFICATION IS THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN IN USE AS COMMERCIAL CORNER STORE SINCE BUILT IN 1878, UNINTENTIONALLY LEFT OFF SAN JACINTO CORNER STORE LIST. STAFF RESEARCH IS DETERMINED THAT THE SITE WAS UTILIZED AS COMMERCIAL STARTING AS EARLY AS 1889. ATTACHMENT C INCLUDED SANBORN MAP DOCUMENTATION, SANBORN MAPS ARE DETAILED MAPS THAT WERE PUBLISHED BY THE SANBORN MAP COMPANY AND USED FOR FIRE INSURANCE PURPOSES. THEY ARE USEFUL RESEARCH DOCUMENTS AS THEY CAPTURE INFORMATION ABOUT THE HISTORIC USES, MATERIALS, AND FOOTPRINTS OF BUILDINGS. IN 1889, 1899, 1912, AND 1947 THE MAPS INDICATE THAT THE SITE WAS USED AS A GROCERY AND AS A STORE. THE FOOTPRINT AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS OF THE BUILDING CHANGES BETWEEN THE 1912 AND 1947 MAPS. THE BUILDING MAY HAVE BEEN EXPANDED AND RENOVATED OR A NEW BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED. PLEASE NOTE CRITERIA FOR TEXT AMENDMENTS AND CONSIDERATIONS IN YOUR STAFF REPORT. OTHER REVIEWS. CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION MAKING AUTHORITY ON THIS REQUEST, AND IT WILL BE REVIEWED AT THEIR MAY 22ND MEETING. STAFF RECOMMENDATION. DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN USED FOR COMMERCIAL USES STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED AND ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE WHAT THE TEXT AMENDMENT WILL LOOK LIKE. WE'LL JUST ADD THIS PROPERTY INTO THE LIST. AND THEN ON THE NEXT SLIDE WE HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE BUILDING. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. OKAY. WE DON'T NEED A PUBLIC HEARING. DO WE DO NEED A PUBLIC HEARING. IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE TEXT AMENDMENT 25 ZA-002. THANK YOU. WE COVERED IT PRETTY WELL. YEAH. THERE YOU GO. THANK YOU. AND WE HAD A SHOP THERE AND DIDN'T REALIZE WE NEEDED TO BE ON THIS. HAVE A SHOP THERE AND SO WE BOUGHT THE BUILDING. YEAH. AND IT WAS ROUGH. BUT WE HAVE YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM SOME PICTURES? YEAH. WE HAVE DONE A LOT TO MAKE IT A CONTRIBUTING PART OF GALVESTON. AND BUT ANYWAY, WE'RE JUST WE WERE JUST CONTINUING, AND WE EVEN GOT A AN UNDERSTANDING THAT, SURE, IT'S NO PROBLEM. BUT THEN WE FOUND OUT BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED AND THEY SAID, NO, YOU'RE NOT ON THE LIST. WE SAID WHAT LIST? HOW COME WE'RE NOT BY DEFAULT ALREADY ON THE LIST? I DON'T KNOW HOW WE WEREN'T, BUT ANYWAY YOUR CONSIDERATION IS APPRECIATED . OH, THEY ARE THE APPLICANTS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO. ALL RIGHT. HEARING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON 25ZA-002 AND BRING IT BACK TO [01:05:02] COMMISSION FOR A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE 25 ZA-002. SECOND. SECONDED. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING THIS MOTION. AND IT IS UNANIMOUS. 25ZA-002 IS APPROVED. THANK YOU. AND I APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL'S ATTENTION TO SOME OF THE DETAILS OF ALL THE PROJECTS YOU'RE DOING. THANK YOU. AND BECAUSE WE DO WANT THE ISLAND TO LOOK WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. WE'LL BE BACK. OKAY. VERY COOL. THAT CONCLUDES YOUR BUSINESS. I DID PLEASE EXCUSE ME I DIDN'T ADD INTO THE MINUTES THE COMMISSIONERS THAT ARE ABSENT TODAY. COMMISSIONER SINGLETON, EDWARDS AND WALLA. SO I WAS INSTRUCTED TO DO THAT, AND I DIDN'T DO IT. SO I'M AMENDING THE MINUTES TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN THERE. DID YOU ALL KNOW THAT THAT BUILDING USED TO BE AN ILLEGAL CASINO? OH. WHAT? IN THE 80S, IT WAS AN ILLEGAL CASINO. OH, COOL. THE ISLAND IS VERY RICH WITH HISTORY. IT WAS UPSTAIRS. I GREW UP IN 1999. YEAH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE. IT'S A REALLY NICE BUILDING. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. I WASN'T THERE, I WAS TOO YOUNG. RIGHT. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? NO. SO FOR 24P-004 THAT STILL GOES TO COUNCIL AT THEIR NEXT MEETING? RIGHT YES. SCHEDULED FOR MAY 22ND. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S. EVERYBODY DONE. I THINK WE I DON'T NEED A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. YOU CAN JUST ANNOUNCE IT. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE ADJOURNED. IT IS 4:40, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED FOR TODAY. I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.