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>> WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE CITY OF GALVESTON PLAN COMMISSION MEETING FOR TUESDAY,
[1. Call Meeting to Order]
SEPTEMBER 16TH ORDER. WE'VE TAKEN ATTENDANCE.WHATEVER IT SAYS 16TH [OVERLAPPING] AND WE'VE TAKEN ATTENDANCE AND WE HAVE A QUORUM, ARE THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST? SEEING NONE, WE'LL PROCEED WITH APPROVING THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 19TH MEETING.
[4. Approval of Minutes]
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONS OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? SEEING NONE, WE WILL APPROVE THOSE.[6.A.1 25BF-029 (23623 FM 3005) Notice of mitigation for disturbance of dunes and vegetation. Property is legally described as Abstract 121 Miramar, Lot 14, Acres .521, a subdivision in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: James Robert Baker, Jacquelyn O. Baker Property Owner: James Robert Baker, Jacquelyn O. Baker]
WHICH IS A PUBLIC HEARING 25 BF-029.>> GOOD AFTERNOON, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR DUNE MITIGATION ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXTENSION OF A DUNE WALKOVER.
MITIGATION IS REQUIRED FOR UNAUTHORIZED IMPACTS TO THE DUNE AND DUNE VEGETATION THAT OCCURRED DURING THE DUNE WALKOVER EXTENSION.
THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 121 MIRAMAR, LOT 14 ACRES 0.521, ABSTRACT 121 MIRAMAR LOT 13 REPLAT ACRES 0.6958 MIRAMAR, A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE MIRAMAR SUBDIVISION.
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
A BEACH AND DUNE SYSTEM IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND FM 3005 IS LOCATED NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, THE AREA IS ERODING AT A RATE OF 1 FT PER YEAR.
STAFF HAS PREPARED PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING.
FIRST, WE HAVE A FIRM AND BEG MAP SHOWING THE DISTANCE OF THE STRUCTURE FROM THE DUNE SYSTEM AND ITS POSITIONS RELATIVE TO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS A PROPERTY SURVEY.
THE SURVEY IS BEFORE THE DUNE WALKOVER EXTENSION.
THIS IS WHAT WE USE FOR THE BCC PACKET TO APPROVE THE DUNE WALKOVER OF EXTENSION.
ON THE FOLLOWING SLIDE, WE HAVE THE PROPOSED MITIGATION SITE FOR THE UNAUTHORIZED IMPACTS TO THE DUNE AND DUNE VEGETATION.
WE HAVE FOUR PHOTOS OF THE SITE SHOWING THE UNAUTHORIZED IMPACTS TO THE DUNE AND DUNE VEGETATION.
LETS CONCLUDE STAFF REPORT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? YES, SIR.
>> SO WAS THE WALKOVER BUILT WITHOUT A PERMIT?
WHEN THEY CAME TO US, THEY SAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO BE IMPACTED IT ENDED IN THE DUNE.
THEY WERE EXTENDING IT OUT TO THE LINE OF VEGETATION, WHILE THEY WERE IN CONSTRUCTION, THE CONTRACTORS ON THE BOBCAT PUT VEGETATION UP OR SAND UP ONTO THE VEGETATION, IMPACTED THE DUNES.
WE OBSERVED IT WHILE WE WERE OUT DOING COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS, AND SO THIS IS AFTER THE FACT, JUST TO DO THE MITIGATION FOR THOSE IMPACTS.
>> THANK YOU. IS THIS SOMETHING WHERE YOU GUYS WENT OUT THERE AND FOUND THIS?
>> YES. WE GO OUT ROUTINELY DO COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS AND CHECK ON THINGS ON PERMITS THAT WE'VE ISSUED AND THINGS THAT, FOLLOW UP TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE DOING WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING?
>> UNDERSTOOD. IT BEGS THE QUESTION BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT A AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH AND THERE'S SOME OF THESE THAT THEY'RE NOT EXTENDED.
THOSE PEOPLE ARE WALKING BASICALLY THROUGH THE DUNES.
>> IF WE HAD MORE MANPOWER AND MORE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, WE COULD WORK ON GETTING THEM DO IT.
>> BUT IT'S THOSE TECHNICALLY WHERE THOSE WALKOVERS STOPPED MID DUNE, AND THEY'RE WALKING THROUGH THE DUNE AND CREATED A WALKWAY, BASICALLY A SAND WALKWAY.
THAT'S A PROBLEM, ISN'T IT? I SAY IT'S A PROBLEM.
IT'S TECHNICALLY, THEY SHOULD EXTEND THEIR WALKWAY.
>> THAT TRUE? IF WE COULD THEY EXTENDED THIS ONE BECAUSE ONE OF THE HOMEOWNERS WAS ACTUALLY BIT BY A SNAKE THAT WAS UP ON THE.
>> THAT WAS MY NEXT THOUGHT [LAUGHTER].
I OWN SOME PROPERTY REALLY CLOSE BY THERE, AND I CAN TELL YOU THIS IS WHERE THE SNAKES SLEPT.
BUT I ONLY MENTIONED THIS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE OTHER FOLKS IN THE PUBLIC THAT LISTEN TO OUR MEETINGS, AND IT'S REALLY THESE PROPERTY OWNERS SHOULD COME GET A PERMIT AND EXTEND THEIR DUNE WALK OVERS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE.
INSTEAD OF YOU GUYS HAVING TO GO FIND THEM, I THOUGHT MAYBE THESE FOLKS SAID.
>> THEY HAD APARTMENT THEY CONTRACTORS JUST IMPACT.
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>> UNDERSTOOD. THAT'S ALL I HAD.
THANK YOU, KARL. ANYBODY ELSE?
>> THE AREA TO BE MITIGATED THE 180 AND THE 150, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING OR THE HOMEOWNER IS RECOMMENDING?
>> WHAT WAS IMPACTED AT THE TOTAL AREA?
>> YES, SIR. THAT THAT'S THE DUNE AREA THAT THEY PUT SAND UP ONTO THE VEGETATION.
>> I KNOW IN THE REPORT IT SAID IT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE VEGETATION IS ALREADY MAKING ITS WAY BACK.
>> I WAS OUT THERE LAST WEEK AND THERE'S A LOT OF IT.
ALREADY COMING BACK. YES, SIR.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? RIGHT THEN, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD ANYBODY HERE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. PLEASE COME FORWARD, STATE YOUR NAME, SIGN IN.
>> HI, BOB BAKER. I'M THE HOMEOWNER.
>> IF YOU DON'T MIND, BOB SIGN IN, THERE SHOULD BE A SIGN IN SHEET THERE FOR YOU.
>> SHOULD BE A PEN RIGHT THERE, BOB.
>> AS A HOME OWNER. HE'S NOT ENOUGH.
>> I'LL BE BRIEF. ON FEBRUARY 2, MY WIFE WAS ON OUR PRIVATE WALKWAY THAT WE SHARE WITH OUR NEIGHBORS.
AS YOU NOTED, CORRECTLY, IT REALLY CAN'T BE CALLED A DUNE WALK OVER.
IT WAS MORE LIKE A DUNE WALK INTO.
BECAUSE THE DOWNWARD TRAJECTORY OF OUR WALK OVER ACTUALLY BOTTOMED OUT RIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE DUNE.
THAT FATEFUL SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MY WIFE WAS WALKING ON THE WALKWAY, LOOKING DOWN TO MAKE SURE THAT SHE DIDN'T STEP ON ANYTHING.
WHEN AS SHE DESCRIBED IT, FELT LIKE A BIRD HAD FLOWN INTO HER AND SHE WAS STRUCK IN HER CHEST.
SHE LOOKED TO THE SIDE AND SAW A SIX FOOT RATTLE SNAKE THAT HAD RECOILED AND THEN BEGAN TO RATTLE THAT WAS ON SUNNING ITSELF ON TOP OF THE DUNE.
THE RATTLESNAKE STRUCK HER OVER THE HAND RAIL OF OUR WALKWAY.
AFTER 36 HOURS IN THE UTMB ICU AND $30,000 WORTH OF RATTLESNAKE VENOM, THANK GOD, SHE'S OKAY AND IS BACK HOME WALKING THE DUNES AGAIN OR WALKING THE BEACH AGAIN.
BUT WE STARTED THAT WEEK WITH GETTING THE PROCESS TO RENOVATE AND RECONSTRUCT OUR WALKOVER.
THIS IS THE END RESULT OF SEVEN MONTHS OF WORK IN ORDER TO DO THAT.
PART OF THE REASON THAT OUR CONTRACTOR GOT A LITTLE LIBERAL IN THINGS IS THAT IN ORDER TO TAKE AWAY THE DOWNWARD SLOPING PORTION OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE AND THEN BEGIN TO BUILD IT UP TO APPROPRIATE ELEVATION TO CROSS THE NEW AREA OF THE DUNE AND THEN TAKE IT DOWN THE SLOPE ALL THE WAY OUT TO THE VEGETATION LINE AS IS NOW REQUIRED.
WE ENDED UP HAVING TO PLAN A TOTAL OF 46 BY 6 POSTS INTO THE GROUND FOR PILINGS, TWO SETS OF 20 ALL THE WAY OUT.
THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF FAN THAT WAS MOVED.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THEM IN PLACE WITH A COMBINATION OF A BACK HOME HOLDING PRESSURE AND THEN AIR JETS, DIDN'T HAVE TO USE THE WATER JET THAT THEY HAD THOUGHT ORIGINALLY, WHICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN LESS IMPACTFUL ON THE LOCAL ENVIRONMENT.
WE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE COASTAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT.
I WANT TO GIVE A HAT TIP TO HUNTER CUMMINGS.
HE DID A GREAT JOB FOR US AS I POINTED THE LIAISONS.
WE WERE ABLE TO FORMULATE THE MITIGATION PLAN TOGETHER.
I'VE ACTUALLY GOT COPIES OF PICTURES I TOOK TODAY IF YOU WANT TO ENTER THEM INTO THE RECORD, BUT THAT SHOWS THE AMOUNT OF REGROWTH THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE SIX WEEKS SINCE CONSTRUCTION HAS BEEN OVER.
SO I HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT IN THE THREE YEARS THAT THE MITIGATION PLAN ALLOWS US, WE'LL GET FULL REGROWTH.
WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE SO THAT THE REGROWTH DOESN'T OCCUR IN A TIMELY FASHION.
WE'VE ALREADY LOCATED RESOURCES WHERE WE CAN GO AND GET APPROPRIATE PLANTS AND OR SEEDS TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS.
WE'RE ISLANDERS BY CHOICE, AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT OUR BACK YARD.
>> ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? YES.
>> I'M SORRY. WHEN YOU BUILT THE DUNE WHEN YOUR WIFE WAS STUCK BY THE RATTLESNAKE, WAS IT AT THE BOTTOM OF THE DUNE OR WAS IT JUST ON THE REGULAR WALKWAY OF THE DUNE?
>> SHE WAS STILL ON OUR WALKWAY.
AFTER BARREL, OUR SERIAL SURVEYS HAVE SHOWN THAT THE DUNE ACTUALLY HAS RISEN BY MORE THAN A FOOT IN THAT AREA.
THE SNAKE WAS THE FIRST WARM DAY
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AFTER THE SNOWSTORM AND HE WAS SITTING UP ON TOP OF THAT DUNE, SUNNING HIMSELF, AND SHE'S LOOKING DOWN.SHE NEVER SAW HIM. IT HIT HER QUITE LITERALLY IN THE CHEST.
>> THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE IT WAS ON THE WALKWAY.
>> WELL, THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON FOR REVISING THE WALKWAY, WHERE IT WENT DOWN PREVIOUSLY, IT NOW GOES UP FURTHER.
WE'VE GOT EIGHT FOOT OF CLEARANCE OVER THE BASE AND A FULL FOUR FOOT OF CLEARANCE OVER THE TOP OF THE DUNE BEFORE WE START OUR DOWNWARD DESCENT.
>> I UNDERSTAND NOW. THANK YOU,.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
>> THERE'S NO ACTION, CORRECT? GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR MITIGATION, SIR.
THANK YOU. MOVING ON, OLD BUSINESS 25P-030.
[7.A.2 25P-030 (10302 Seawall Boulevard) Request for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District for a mixed-use development. Property is legally described as Hall and Jones Survey, Part of Lots 344, 345, 360, 361, and 362 (344-1), Trimble & Lindsey, Section 1, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Steven L. Biegel, AIA Property Owner: Mohamed Eldawy, Royal Crown Enterprise LLC]
>> GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
TEMPT AGENTS HERE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT, 25P-030, AS YOU MAY RECALL FROM THE LAST MEETING, IS FOR THE ADDRESS 10302C WALL.
THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT'S OWNED BY MUHAMMAD AL DOI, ROYAL CROWN ENTERPRISE, LLC.
THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE IS STEVEN BEAGLE.
THIS IS A PART OF SEVERAL LOTS IS A FAIRLY LARGE TRACT, 344, 345, 360, 361, AND 362 OF THE HALL AND JONES SURVEY, TRIMBLE AND LINDSAY SECTION 1.
IT'S NORTH OF THE SEA WALL AND EAST OF COVE VIEW BOULEVARD.
IT'S PROBABLY THE LARGEST UNIMPROVED TRACT REMAINING ON THE SEA WALL AT THIS POINT.
THE PROPOSAL IS FOR FIVE MULTI USE BUILDINGS WITH SIGNIFICANT OPEN SPACE.
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE IN THE ZONING MAP THERE, BUT AS 3005 COMES OFF THE SEA WALL AND STEPS DOWN OFF THE SEA WALL BEHIND IT, IT'S ON THAT CURVE.
WITH THOSE DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ACCESS CONDITIONS, A FULL TRAFFIC TO IMPACT ANALYSIS WAS COMMISSIONED IN THIS CASE AND REQUESTED DONE BY THE DEVELOPER.
A UTILITY STORMWATER ANALYSIS WAS ALSO DONE.
BOTH THOSE TWO TOGETHER ARE THE MAJORITY OF WHY YOU HAVE A PACKET THAT'S ABOUT 300 PAGES LONG.
WE APOLOGIZE FOR THAT LENGHTY ENDEAVOR, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY COMPLETE INFORMATION.
THE AREA, AS WELL AS IN THE AE 12 FIMA FLOOD ZONE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS THAT THE BUILDINGS WILL BE ELEVATED AT THEIR BASE FINISHED FLOOR ELEVATION OF 13.5 BECAUSE WE DO HAVE A 1.5 FOOT FREEBOARD BEYOND THE AE 12 ZONE.
THE GROUND CLEARANCE, THE GROUND ELEVATION, I SHOULD SAY, IS AROUND 5-6 FEET IN THAT AREA.
THERE'S ALSO A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT LAKE THERE.
THERE'S A LAKE TO THE EAST OF IT, AND THEN THERE'S A LAKE ON THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS INTENDED TO BE USED AS PART OF THE AMENITY PACKAGE.
THE ZONING OF THIS IT'S ACTUALLY TWO ZONES.
IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH TRACT THAT IT'S GOT COMMERCIAL ZONES IN THE FRONT PORTION OF IT AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE BACK.
THEN THE OVERLAY ZONE IS THE HEIGHT AND DENSITY ZONES, HDD-Z5 IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE.
THAT, OF COURSE, HDD-Z IS THE SET OF STANDARDS THAT SORT OF REGULATES WHERE YOU PUT THE BUILDINGS AND ON THE SITE AND CONTRIBUTE TO WALKABILITY AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
IN ITS TRUEST FORM IS REALLY THE PERFECT APPLICATION OF A PUD BECAUSE PUDS CONCEIVE OF LARGE DEVELOPMENTS WHERE THINGS ARE HAPPENING, THEY'RE REQUESTING THINGS, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO GIVING BACK THINGS.
THEY'VE APPLIED FOR A PUD IN THIS CASE,
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AND THAT IS ALL UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF ARTICLE 4, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS WHERE PUDS ARE ENUNCIATED.IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE HAD 215 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT.
ONLY FIVE RETURNED, FOUR OPPOSED, ONE IN FAVOR AT THIS TIME OF THE CITY DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE NOTIFIED AND THE PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES THAT SERVE THE AREA.
THE AIRPORT HAS FILED AN OBJECTION, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR FROM MR. SHAHAN AT A VERY MINIMUM HERE A LITTLE LATER.
THERE ARE ALSO TWO DEPARTMENTS THAT HAVE SOME COMMENTS OR CONTINGENT APPROVALS AS WELL AS CENTER POINT.
I'LL GET TO THOSE IN JUST A MINUTE.
LET ME GO OVER THE PUD REQUESTS.
>>THIS IS REALLY THE EXTENT OF WHAT IS BEING SOUGHT IN THIS PUD REQUEST.
I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO GET INTO MUCH GREATER DETAIL ON THIS AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO MITIGATE THE CONCERNS AS WELL AS WHAT THEY'RE DOING IN THE OVERALL PROJECT.
BUT THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR LAND USE OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS NOT PERMITTED RIGHT NOW IN THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT AS IS.
THE ELIMINATION OF SOME INTERIOR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS ON THE PODIUM DECK, BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE THE ACCESS WILL LITERALLY BE TAKEN FROM THE ROADWAY.
I'LL GO DIRECTLY ONTO A PODIUM.
THERE'S A REQUEST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM HEIGHT ON THE PILOT SIGN OF 40 FEET IN THIS PORTION THAT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL.
UTILIZE ALSO THE RESORT RECREATION SIGNAGE ALLOTMENTS IN THE RESIDENTIAL BACK ON THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
HDD Z REGULATIONS THAT ARE BEING SOUGHT ARE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HABITABLE FLOORS FROM 8-11 FOR THE PROPOSED HOTEL AND RESIDENTIAL CONDOMINIUMS, INCREASE THE HEIGHT LIMITATION TO 145 FEET MEASURED FROM THE GRADE, OR YOU COULD ALSO SAY 150 FEET FROM MEAN SEA LEVEL.
INCREASE THE HEIGHT LIMITATION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITION ZONE TO 90 FEET, ELIMINATE THE LIMITATION ON THE AREA OF FLOOR PLATES FOR FLOORS 6-8 OF 15,000 SQUARE FEET, AND INCREASE THE AREA OF THE FLOOR PLATES FOR FLOOR 6-8 15,000-35,000 FOR THE PORTION OF THE SITE ZONED RESIDENTIAL.
THEN INCREASING THE FLOOR AREA RATIO FOR THE OVERALL SITE BECAUSE THIS IS REALLY HOW THE PUD IS BEING SOUGHT AS AN AGGREGATE FOR THE ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT, AND THEN DEVIATE FROM THE PRESCRIBED METHOD OF WALL PLANE ARTICULATION.
WE ALLOW THAT BY RIGHT IF YOU HAVE CERTAIN FEATURES LIKE CURVED WALLS, CANTILEVERED BALCONIES, CIRCULAR TOWERS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WHICH THEY'RE USING SOME OF THAT IN THIS PROPOSAL.
ALLOW FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WITHIN THE 50 FOOT RIGHT AWAY PROPOSED TO BE ABANDONED, AND THAT 50 FOOT RIGHT AWAY IS BASICALLY IN THE COMMERCIAL ZONE AT THE WEST END OF WHAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE MAP, AND THEY'RE PROPOSING TO ABANDON THAT.
THOSE ARE THE PUD REQUESTS THAT ARE IN PLACE IN THIS REQUEST.
LET ME GO OVER SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WE HAVE, AS WE'VE RECEIVED THEM FROM SOME OF THE COMMENTS.
THE FIRE MARSHAL, CHRIS HARRISON STATED THERE WAS NO OBJECTION, BUT THEY ASKED THAT THEY REINFORCE THE PODIUM CONSTRUCTION ALONG THE SEA WALL SO THAT IT CAN HANDLE FIRE APPARATUS.
WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE HEARING OUT HERE.
ROB WINIECKE, WHO'S THE DIRECTOR OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND ENGINEERING.
HAVE YOU BEEN PROVIDED COPIES OF HIS REQUESTS? ON NUMBER 1, HE'S BASICALLY SAYING THAT A 2C COMPLIANCE SURVEY HASN'T BEEN PROVIDED TO THE FA SATISFYING THE STRUCTURAL HEIGHT REQUEST.
THAT HAS NOW AVOIDED COMMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE NO LONGER AT THAT HEIGHT.
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WE'LL GET INTO THAT IN JUST A SECOND.BUT THAT NO LONGER IS A COMMENT THAT IS NECESSARY.
THEY'VE MADE SOME CHANGES SINCE THE LAST PRESENTATION.
ON THE DRAINAGE ANALYSIS, THERE ARE NECESSARY IMPROVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE DRAINAGE AREA TO ENSURE NO ADVERSE IMPACT RESULT, AND THIS NEEDS AN UPDATED SEAL DATE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE SEAL DATE WASN'T CONSISTENT WITH THE LETTER DATE.
WE JUST NEED TO HAVE THOSE RE-DATED.
THE TIA COMMENTS FROM THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THERE.
BASICALLY REQUIRE COORDINATION FROM TEXT DOT FOR THE DRIVEWAY PLACEMENTS, AND THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THREE DRIVEWAY PLACEMENTS ON THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE TIA ALSO STATES THAT A PROPOSED SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION WOULD BE INSTALLED AT THE REQUEST OF THE DEVELOPER AT DRIVEWAY ONE, AND THAT'S THE FURTHEST WEST DRIVEWAY.
THE ENGINEER HAD CONCERNS THAT THIS WAS LOCATED TOO CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION OF COVE VIEW AS YOU'RE GOING AROUND THAT CURVE THERE.
HE WANTED THAT SIGNALIZED INTERSECTION MOVED OR THE SIGNALIZED COMPONENT, I SHOULD SAY, MOVED FURTHER EASTWARD TO EITHER DRIVEWAY TWO OR THREE.
BUT I THINK HE'S REALLY TRYING TO GET IT TO DRIVEWAY THREE BECAUSE ONE AND TWO APPEAR TO BE ALONG A VERTICAL GRADE CHANGE FROM THE SEA WALL TO THE NATURAL GRADE, AND SO THERE'D BE SOME CONFLICT THERE.
HE'S ASKING THAT IT BE ON DRIVEWAY THREE INSTEAD OF DRIVEWAY ONE.
THEN EXTENSION OF CITY UTILITIES, OBVIOUSLY WATER AND SEWER.
I'M TOLD THAT WE HAVE WATER IN THE SEAWALL SIDE, SANITARY SEWERS A LITTLE FURTHER EAST.
OF COURSE, THAT THOSE WOULD HAVE TO BE EXTENDED.
THEN THE OTHER COMMENT FROM CENTERPOINT ENERGY WAS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAVE PROPER CLEARANCES FROM THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, THEY NEED TO PREPARE A PROFILE VIEW SEALED SURVEY BY REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL SURVEYOR SHOWING THE DISTANCES FROM OUR FACILITIES TO YOUR PROPOSED STRUCTURES.
IF THE APPLICANT DOES NOT HAVE THAT CONTACT INFORMATION, I CERTAINLY CAN GET IT TO YOU.
THOSE WERE THE COMMENTS OF THOSE THAT WE'RE REVIEWING WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AIRPORT COMMENTS, WHICH IS A FULL-ON OBJECTION.
WE'LL GET TO THAT HERE IN JUST A SECOND.
BUT LET ME CONTINUE ON THROUGH THE WHERE WE AT THERE.
LET ME GO BACK JUST A COUPLE OF SLIDES TO THAT GENERAL SITE PLAN.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE IS PHASE 1&II.
PHASE I IS THE BLUER SHADE THAT HAS THREE BUILDINGS RIGHT ON THE FRONT EDGE OF 3W5.
PHASE II IS TWO BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN A U-SHAPE, BACKING UP TO EACH OTHER FURTHER NORTH NEAR THE LAKE AND POND AREA.
THERE IS A LANDLOCKED, I SAY LANDLOCKED. IT'S NOT LANDLOCKED.
IT'S ACTUALLY A PARCEL THAT'S INTEGRATED AND SURROUNDED BY THIS DEVELOPMENT TO THE EAST SIDE THERE, THAT WHITE SPOT.
THIS PARTICULAR PROPOSAL SEEKS TO DO IMPROVEMENTS TO THE ROAD RIGHT AWAY NEXT TO IT.
THAT'LL ACTUALLY PROVIDE THEM ACCESS IN AN IMPROVED ROAD RIGHT AWAY, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY PROVIDING THE CIRCULATION ACCESS NECESSARY FOR THE FRONT PORTION AS WELL AS THE BACK PORTION OF THE BUILDINGS HERE.
I HAD SEVERAL THINGS IN THE POWERPOINT ABOUT THE THE NECESSITY OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE STORM WATER ANALYSIS AND THE TIA.
I THINK WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL DISCUSS THOSE AS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM.
I'LL LET THE DEVELOPER AND HIS ENGINEER AND CONSULTANT GO OVER SOME OF THAT IN MORE DETAIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET TO THE AIRPORT ISSUES RIGHT QUICK BEFORE WE GET INTO PUBLIC COMMENT AND THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
AS YOU MAY RECALL AT THE LAST MEETING, THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT STATUS THE APPLICANT HAD IN THEIR APPLICATION TO FEMA.
AT THE TIME THEY WERE APPLYING FOR 155 FEET OF ELEVATION IN THE BUILDINGS.
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THAT HAS SINCE BEEN SCALED BACK TO 145, AND OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR HAD A DISCUSSION WITH ANDREW HOLLEY OF THE FAA ON THE FINDINGS FOR THAT DEVELOPMENT.MR. HOLLEY SAID THAT THE FAA ONLY CHECKS WHETHER DEVELOPMENT POSES A HAZARD TO OUR AIRSPACE.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT THEY EVALUATE THE AIRCRAFT APPROACH SPEED CATEGORIES FROM A-E, SO WE SHOULD BE COVERED WHEN WE MOVE TO COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRCRAFT.
THAT IS, I GUESS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING, MR. SHAHAN, I THINK IN HIS DISCUSSION WITH MR. HOLLEY AT THE FAA, BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT WE INTEND TO MOVE TO COMMERCIAL SERVICE OUT AT THE AIRPORT.
WOULD THAT RENDER ANY DIFFERENT APPROACH ZONES OR ANY CHANGES IN WHAT THEY ARE REVIEWING? BECAUSE THEY EVALUATE THAT IN THESE CATEGORIES A-E, WE SHOULD BE COVERED WHEN WE MOVE TO COMMERCIAL SERVICE AIRCRAFT, IS WHAT THE STATEMENT SAYS HERE.
THAT'S GOOD NEWS. IT DOES INCLUDE WHAT WE PLAN TO DO IN THE FUTURE.
THIS IS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, THEIR AVIATION DIVISION.
TO WHAT YOU SEE THERE IN THE MIDDLE IN THE RED IS THE ACTUAL AIRPORT RUNWAYS.
THEN AS THAT PINK, GOES OUT AT THE END OF EACH OF THOSE AIRPORTS, THAT'S THE FLIGHT ZONE AREA OBVIOUSLY WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT HAZARDS BE CONTEMPLATED.
I THINK EVERYTHING WITHIN THAT BLUE CIRCLE, HOWEVER, IS A COMPONENT OF THE DISCUSSION.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT THE GREEN SHADED TRACT THERE IS WHERE THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS.
IT'S LITERALLY OUTSIDE OF THAT APPROACH OR TAKEOFF ZONE, BUT IT'S CLOSE.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, THE CONCERN IS GOING TO BE FOR PUBLIC SAFETY.
MUCH MORE SO THAN NUISANCE ISSUES LIKE NOISE AND THINGS LIKE THAT, BUT CLEARLY PUBLIC SAFETY IS GOING TO BE THE KEY HERE.
THIS GRAPH IS BASICALLY SHOWING THAT IT'S ON THE OUTSIDE OF THAT RANGE.
NEXT, I WOULD LIKE TO STEP AHEAD A COUPLE OF SLIDES THERE, CARINA.
GETTING TO THE DETERMINATION FROM THE FAA.
THERE'S A MORE RECENT LETTER HAS BEEN OBTAINED BY THE DEVELOPER, AND WHAT YOU'LL SEE THERE IS BECAUSE IT'S BEEN RECLASSIFIED AND RESUBMITTED AS 145 FEET, AS THE HIGHEST POINT, THEY'VE ISSUED A DETERMINATION OF NO HAZARD TO AIR NAVIGATION.
THEY DO HAVE SOME COMPONENTS IN IT THAT THEY SUGGEST, FOR EXAMPLE, IT SAYS, BASED ON THIS EVALUATION, MARKING AND LIGHTING ARE NOT NECESSARY FOR AVIATION SAFETY.
HOWEVER, IF MARKING AND LIGHTING ARE ACCOMPLISHED ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS, WE RECOMMEND IT BE INSTALLED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FAA ADVISORY, CIRCULAR 70, 74 60, 1 M, CHANGE 1.
WE WOULD REALLY RECOMMEND THAT THAT WOULD BE A PRUDENT AND APPROPRIATE THING TO DO IF YOU CHOOSE TO MOVE FORWARD HERE.
THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY ANYTHING EXCEEDING 145 WOULD RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL ADVERSE EFFECT.
THIS IS THE LATEST LETTER THAT WE'VE RECEIVED, AND THIS IS BY THE WAY, DATED 9-10-25 FROM THE FAA.
I WILL POINT OUT THIS DETERMINATION DOES NOT INCLUDE TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, SUCH AS THE CRANES AND D-RECS AND THINGS THAT MAY BE USED DURING CONSTRUCTION.
HOWEVER, THE EQUIPMENT SHALL NOT EXCEED OVER A HEIGHT AS INDICATED ABOVE.
EQUIPMENT, WHICH HAS HEIGHT GREATER THAN THE STUDIED STRUCTURE REQUIRES SEPARATE NOTICE TO THE FAA.
THAT'LL HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT'S ALSO DETERMINED IN THIS PROCESS.
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BEYOND THAT, WE DO HAVE SOME TESTIMONY HERE THAT WE WILL RECEIVE FROM THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR, MR. MIKE SHAHAN, I BELIEVE HE HAS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR YOU, AS WELL AS ANOTHER LETTER THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM THE AIRCRAFT OWNERS AND PILOTS ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS AN ADVOCACY GROUP FOR PILOTS.THOSE ARE THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW.
I BELIEVE AT THIS POINT, I THINK I'M DONE WITH THE PRESENTATION UNTIL THE DEVELOPER DOES HIS PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE GET INTO FURTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I'M AVAILABLE TO ASK ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE NOW.
>> ANYBODY GOT QUESTIONS FOR MR. TIETJENS? WE CAN ALWAYS ASK AGAIN LATER TOO.
GUYS, IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING, WE'LL COME BACK TO THAT, BUT PLEASE GO AHEAD, JOHN.
WHERE DID THE 15,000 SQUARE FOOT FLOOR PLATE COME FROM, AND WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF THAT LIMITATION?
>> THAT'S IN OUR HDD ZONE REQUIREMENTS.
I BELIEVE IT'S BASICALLY TO PUT A LIMITATION ON THE OVERALL FLOOR HEIGHT.
IT'S SIMILAR TO A MEASURE LIKE AN FAR FLOOR AREA RATIO.
REALLY, IT'S A MAGNITUDE OF CONSTRUCTION MEASURE, AND IT'S BEEN IN THE HDR I'M SORRY, IN THE LDRS SINCE THE 2015 REWRITE OF THE LDRS.
>> AND WE'VE HAD THIS COME UP BEFORE, AND I THINK HIS ARCHITECT ADDRESSED THIS.
WHERE WE HAD FAR ISSUES ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT.
SO I THINK I'M GOING TO LET THE ARCHITECT EXPLAIN THAT TO US IF THAT'S OKAY.
UNLESS YOU'VE GOT A GREAT EXPLANATION.
>> I NEVER REALLY UNDERSTOOD IT, BUT I KNOW THAT IT WAS AN ISSUE IN THE PAST.
I REMEMBER HIM FROM THE FROM ANOTHER CASE AND HE DID A GOOD JOB WITH THAT, SO I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR TIM RIGHT NOW.
I WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM OUR AIRPORT DIRECTOR.
IS HE GOING TO PRESENT HIS STUFF TO US?
>> JUST REAL QUICK. THE LETTERS THAT YOU REFERENCED, THIS ONE, AND THERE WAS ONE FROM THE FAA, THOSE WERE NEWER THAN THE ONES THAT WE HAD IN OUR PACKET EARLIER?
>> I THINK THAT'S WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO.
WOULD YOU MIND DOING THAT NOW? BECAUSE I'M SURE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, AND AS WE HEAR FROM THE DEVELOPER, WHAT YOU'RE TELLING US, I THINK I'D RATHER HEAR IT NOW IF YOU DON'T MIND. THANK YOU.
>> WELL, THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MY NAME IS MIKE SHAHAN. I'M THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR OF THE SCHOLES AIRPORT.
AND I WANTED TO SHOW SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S ABOUT PROTECTING THE AIRSPACE AROUND THE AIRPORT AND PEOPLE AND PROPERTY ON THE GROUND.
WHAT I WAS GOING TO DO IS JUST TOUCH BASE ON OPERATIONS, THE AIRSPACE AROUND THE AIRPORT, FAA GRANT ASSURANCES AND THEN SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, WE'RE RECOMMENDING.
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS FROM SEPTEMBER OF '24 TO END OF AUGUST OF THIS YEAR.
WE HAD OVER 50,609 OPERATIONS, 37,990 WERE SINGLE AND MULTI-ENGINE PISTONS.
WE HAD 763 TURBOPROP AIRCRAFT, 1402 JETS, 9,537 HELICOPTERS.
OF THOSE, 7,272 ARE THE CHARTER AIR TAXI OPERATORS FLYING THE BIG HELICOPTERS OUT TO THE OIL PLATFORMS AND BACK.
MILITARY, WE HAD 890 OPERATIONS, AND THAT INCLUDED THE JETS, TURBOPROPS, AND SO FORTH.
THEN THERE'S SOME MISCELLANEOUS OPERATIONS THERE.
AGAIN, HERE YOU SEE THIS, THIS IS THE AIRSPACE AROUND THE AIRPORT.
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE MAGENTA, BUT IT LOOKS PINK ON THIS.
THAT IS FOR INSTRUMENT APPROACHES.
THAT'S WHERE THE AIRCRAFT COMING IN ON INSTRUMENT APPROACHES,
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THEY ARE VERY WELL CONFINED AND CONTROLLED BY THE FAA AND SO FORTH. YOU SEE IT.THE MAXIMUM ELEVATION OR THE FLOOR OF THAT IS 156 FEET.
ANYTHING ABOVE THAT, IT'S CONTROLLED.
THIS IS THE TRAFFIC PATTERN, TYPICAL TRAFFIC PATTERN FOR THE AIRPORT.
THIS IS USED AT LEAST 12 HOURS A DAY OUT AT THE AIRPORT WHEN THE CONTROL TOWERS CLOSE.
TYPICALLY AIRCRAFT COME IN AT 1,000 FOOT.
THEY ENTER PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY AT 1,000 FOOT.
BY THE TIME THEY'RE AT THE PARALLEL TO THE TOUCHDOWN POINT, THEY REDUCE POWER AND THEY START DESCENDING.
BY THE TIME YOU TURN BASE TO FINAL, YOU'RE DOWN AS LOW AS 200 FEET AND COMING IN FOR A LANDING.
ON THIS SLIDE, THIS SHOWS THE AIRPORT PROPERTY OUTLINED IN RED, THE BIG ORANGE BAR, THAT'S THE CENTER LINE OF RUNWAY 16.
THE TWO DARKER YELLOW LINES, THAT'S THE EDGE OF THE APPROACH SURFACES WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IN THE OTHER SLIDE.
THE GREEN LINE SHOWS, LET ME SEE, IT'S 1,476 FEET FROM THE CENTER LINE, BUT ONLY 745 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY LINE TO THE EDGE OF THE APPROACH SURFACE.
AT SEAWALL, THAT ELEVATION OF THAT APPROACH SURFACE IS ABOUT 125 FEET.
YOU CAN SEE THAT AIRCRAFT CAN BE COMING DOWN AND THEY WOULD BE BELOW THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDINGS.
THE FOLLOWING SLIDES I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU ARE THE TRAFFIC PATTERNS FOR VISUAL FLIGHT RULES OR VFR FLIGHT RULES.
AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE WHITE LINES, THAT'S WHERE AN AIRCRAFT FLEW.
THIS IS WHERE AIRCRAFT HAS FLOWN OVER AT 200 FEET.
NOW, YOU ADD TO 300 FEET, YOU SEE MORE AIRCRAFT COMING IN.
THEN THIS IS FROM THE SURFACE UP TO 700 FEET, WHICH WILL GIVE ALLOW 500 FEET.
WELL, THE WAY OUR TRACKING SOFTWARE, I COULDN'T GO TO 650.
YOU HAVE TO STAY CLEAR OF BUILDINGS AND SO FORTH.
BUT YOU CAN SEE AT 700 FEET, YOU CAN JUST BARELY SEE WHERE THE PROPERTY IS, BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TRAFFIC PATTERN WHERE EVERYBODY'S GOING.
>> CAN I INTERRUPT YOU FOR JUST ONE SECOND?
>> SO THE PHOTOGRAPH THAT YOU SHOWED US WITH THE TRAFFIC PATTERN OR VFR RULES? RIGHT. THAT WAS IN A RIGHT PATTERN NO, IN A LEFT PATTERN, WHICH IS VERY TYPICAL.
>> IT'S STANDARD LEFT-HAND PATTERN YES.
>> BUT THIS AIRPORT, THIS IS RIGHT HAND.
SO THE WAY YOU SHOWED IT, JUST SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION, AND TO BE FAIR, I WANT EVERYBODY TO UNDERSTAND I KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS TO BE DANGEROUS.
BUT THE WAY YOU SHOWED IT, IT SHOWED THAT THE TRAFFIC WOULD BE FLYING OVER THOSE HOUSES ON A TYPICAL VFR APPROACH.
IF SOMEBODY IS FLYING THE PATTERN, BUT REALLY THEY'RE FLYING A RIGHT-HAND PATTERN AND THEY'RE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT, NOT THE EAST SIDE.
>> BUT FOR LANDING ON 36, 36 YOU SEE THE APPROACH SURFACE.
>> YOU TAKE OFF, YOU LAND, YOU TAKE OFF TOWARDS THE NORTH, YOU MAKE A LEFT TURN.
THEN YOU MAKE A LEFT TURN AND THEN YOU'RE MAKING A LEFT TURN BACK TO 36 AGAIN.
SO THAT IS THE LEFT-HAND PATTERN RIGHT THERE.
>> THAT'S THE STANDARD PATTERN. NOW, IT COULD BE DIFFERENT FOR 12 HOURS A DAY WHEN THE CONTROL TOWERS OPEN BECAUSE THEY DICTATE WHERE THE [OVERLAPPING].
>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT STEAL.
IS THAT WE DO HAVE A CONTROL TOWER SO THAT IF YOU'RE FLYING IN HERE ON VFR RULES, USUALLY, NOT A WHOLE LOT OF THAT TRAFFIC IS FLYING IN A FLIGHT PATTERN.
UNLESS THE CONTROL [OVERLAPPING].
>> TOUCHING GOES. BUT A LOT OF TIMES THOUGH THEY'LL CLEAR YOU TO LEFT BASE TO 35 OR STRAIGHT IN APPROACH OR WHATEVER.
LET ME SHOW YOU THE NEXT SLIDE.
>> I DIDN'T MEAN INTERRUPT. THERE YOU GO.
>> THIS IS ACTUALLY TRAFFIC TAKEN OFF ON 18, WHICH WOULD TAKE OFF TOWARDS THE OCEAN AND ALSO LANDING AIRCRAFT COMING IN ON 36.
THIS IS ALL FOR OCTOBER OF 2024, SO YOU SEE THE LEFT-HAND PATTERNS ON BOTH.
TWELVE HOURS OUT OF THE DAY, THE CONTROL TOWER IS CLOSED, AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NIGHTTIME TRAFFIC.
THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AND AS YOU CAN TELL, THIS IS ONLY AT 700 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC FLYING OVER THAT PROPERTY.
>> HOW MUCH OF THAT DO YOU THINK IS FROM THE FLIGHT SCHOOL AND PEOPLE JUST DOING TOUCH AND GOES ON A TYPICAL VFR DAY.
>> I'M WANTING TO SAY THE LAST I CHECKED ON MY TRACKING SOFTWARE,
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THEY HAD DONE OVER 14,000 OPERATIONS IN THE PAST YEAR.>> IN THE PAST YEAR. I REALLY CAN'T HONESTLY SAY, BUT IT'S A NUMBER OF OPERATIONS.
>> I HAVE A QUESTION. HOW MANY FLIGHTS WOULD YOU SAY THAT IS?
>> LET ME SEE. SO ONE OF THIS IS ARE PEOPLE THAT COME IF YOU'RE FLYING YOUR AIRPLANE FOR FUN? YOU'RE GOING TO COME IN, TOUCH THE RUNWAY, TAKE OFF, MAKE ANOTHER CIRCLE AND GO.
IF YOU'RE LEARNING HOW TO FLY, YOU WOULD DO THE SAME THING.
SO I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER ON ME, BUT TYPICALLY WE'RE DOING ABOUT 4,500 OPERATIONS A MONTH.
>> DOES THIS INCLUDE HELICOPTERS AS WELL OR IS THIS JUST PLANES?
>> NOW, IS IT NOT TRUE THAT WHEN THE TOWER IS OPEN AND IN OPERATION, THEY PREFER THE FIXED WING TRAFFIC ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE AIRPORT AND THE ROTORCRAFT TRAFFIC TYPICALLY COMING ON THE RIGHT SIDE LANE ON THE PARALLEL?
>> LET ME SEE. I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT GRANT ASSURANCES.
GRANT ASSURANCES, EVERY TIME WE SIGN A CONTRACT, WHEN I SAY WE, THE CITY SIGNS A GRANT FOR THE FAA, THEY HAVE 39 GRANT ASSURANCES THAT THAT THEY SIGN OFF, SAY THEY WILL ABIDE BY.
WHAT WE'RE MOSTLY FOCUSED ON IS GRAN ASSURANCE 20 AND 21.
TWENTY IS A HAZARD REMOVAL AND MITIGATION.
THE CITY AGREES TO TAKE PROPER ACTIONS TO ENSURE THE PROTECTION OF AIRSPACE FROM BOTH INSTRUMENT AND VISUAL OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT, INCLUDING PREVENTING THE CREATION OR ESTABLISHMENT OF FUTURE AIRPORT HAZARDS.
THEN, ASSURANCE NUMBER 21, COMPATIBLE LAND USE.
THE CITY AGREES TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION, INCLUDING ADOPTING ZONING LAWS TO RESTRICT LAND USE NEAR THE AIRPORT TO ACTIVITIES COMPATIBLE WITH NORMAL AIRPORT OPERATIONS, SUCH AS LANDING AND TAKING OFF OF AIRCRAFT.
SO THE FAA SIGNED OFF ON THE HEIGHT.
THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM, BUT THE FAA PUTS THE BURDEN ON THE CITY TO PROTECT THE AIRPORT FROM OTHER INCOMPATIBLE LAND USES AND SO FORTH.
>> SO IN YOUR OPINION, 21, OUR COMPATIBLE LAND USE, WE COULD PROBABLY DO A BETTER JOB OF PUTTING SOME RESTRICTIONS [OVERLAPPING]
>> AND THAT'S ONE OF MY RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE NEED TO DO SOME ZONING.
BUT THE FAA DETERMINATION, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE OKAY WITH THE HEIGHT.
IT PROTECTS THE APPROACHES AND SO FORTH, BUT LET'S LOOK AT TIER ON THE BEACH CONDOS.
THE TIRE CRANE HEIGHT WAS 231 FEET MSL, AND THAT'LL BE FOR 2.5 MONTHS, WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE TERMINAL AIRSPACE BY 75 FEET, SO IT IS DEFINITELY A HAZARD TO NAVIGATION.
AFTER 2.5 MONTHS, IT'S LOWERED TO 212 FEET MSL FOR 15.5 MONTHS, RESULTING IN A TOTAL OF 18 MONTHS HAVE BEEN AN OBSTRUCTION TO AIRSPACE.
BECAUSE OF THAT, ALL OF OUR APPROACHES WERE RAISED 80-100 FEET.
WHICH MEANS IN POOR WEATHER, FOGGY WEATHER AND SO FORTH, AIRCRAFT CAN'T LAND.
IT'S LESS SAFE FOR PEOPLE TRYING TO GET INTO THE AIRPORT.
MY RECOMMENDATION IS TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO SUBMIT A HEIGHT INFORMATION TO THE FAA AND GET A DETERMINATION BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY IS SO MUCH CLOSER TO THE APPROACH THAN WHAT THE TIER ON THE BEACH CONDOS ARE.
IT DOESN'T LOOK IT, BUT THEY'RE VERY CLOSE, THEY'RE 745 FEET FROM THE APPROACH SURFACE.
SO BUILDING FIVE BUILDINGS, THAT COULD SHUT DOWN ONE AIRPORT OR ONE RUNWAY OR REALLY AFFECT IT FOR I DON'T KNOW, 03, 4, 5 YEARS.
>> CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE APPROACHES? I KNOW THAT THE OTHER RUNWAY, THE 1436, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT I WANT EVERYBODY ELSE TO UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE IN THE TYPES OF APPROACHES THAT WE HAVE.
IF YOU COULD EXPLAIN WHAT TYPE OF APPROACHES WE HAVE, THE MINIMUMS THAT THEY ARE, SO THAT PEOPLE CAN UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE OF ILS IS LIKE GETTING HEART SURGERY.
GPS OR RNAV IS LIKE GETTING A BAND-AID. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCE.
>> WITH ILS, IT ALLOWS TYPICALLY AN ILS WILL ALLOW AN AIRCRAFT TO COME IN WITH A HALF MILE VISIBILITY AND 200 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND.
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WHEN YOU GET TO THAT HALF MILE FROM THE END OF THE RUNWAY, WHICH AN AIRCRAFT, ESPECIALLY A JET TRAVELING 100 AND SOMETHING MILES AN HOUR, PRETTY CLOSE, YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO SEE THE LIGHTS TO LAND OR IF NOT THE RUNWAY.IT WILL ALSO ALLOW YOU TO GET DOWN A LITTLE BIT LOWER AND STAN, MAY KNOW THIS MUCH BETTER THAN I DO, BUT A CIRCLING APPROACH WHERE YOU COME IN AND YOU CAN DO THAT AT 400 FEET.
NOW THOSE ELEVATIONS HAVE BEEN INCREASED.
I DON'T HAVE THAT WRITTEN DOWN, BUT IT'S 80 TO 100 FEET HIGHER.
NOW, RIGHT NOW, ILS HAS BEEN SHUT DOWN FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS FOR CONSTRUCTION, BUT THAT SHOULD BE OPENED UP HOPEFULLY BY THE END OF THE MONTH.
THEN YOU HAVE THE RNAV OR THE GPS APPROACHES.
THEY'RE CLOSE TO BEING A PRECISION, BUT NOT QUITE THERE.
I THINK ON RS, TYPICALLY, IT'S THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE VISIBILITY AND IT'S THREE OR 400 FEET.
I DON'T HAVE THE APPROACH PLATES IN FRONT OF ME.
THEN YOU HAVE THE VOR APPROACHES, WHICH ARE THE LEAST PRECISE.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE SUCH A WIDE AREA FOR APPROACHES BECAUSE IT'S NOT AS PRECISE WHEN YOU COME IN.
THE ILS IS THE MOST PRECISE, GPS IS SECOND, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE VOR APPROACHES, WHICH ARE IT'S JUST KIND OF THERE. YOU'RE CLOSE.
>> WHAT ARE THE HEIGHTS? DO YOU KNOW THE HEIGHTS, THE APPROACH MINIMUMS ON THOSE, ON ILS IS 200?
>> GENERALLY 200.5 IS TYPICAL OF AN ILS APPROACH UNLESS THERE'S SOME MITIGATING OBSTACLE OBSTRUCTION.
>> FOR EXAMPLE, THE RNF APPROACH TO RUNWAY 36, THE MINIMUM HEIGHT ALTITUDE THAT YOU CAN DESCEND TO IS 440 FEET, AND A ONE-MILE VISIBILITY.
THAT OCCURS RIGHT AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY.
A PERSON WOULD BE COMING IN ON A TYPICAL RNF APPROACH.
THESE BE EXPLAINED, THE RNF USES DIFFERENT CRITERIA THAN THE GO ILS, THE OLD-FASHIONED TYPE.
THE OLD-FASHIONED ILS, WHICH IS NOW BECOMING DATED, IT USES A VARIANCE THAT PUTS THE AIRCRAFT INTO HIGHER SENSITIVITY AS CLOSER IT GETS TO THE AIRPORT.
WITH AN RNF APPROACH, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT.
RNF APPROACH IS JUST LIKE WHAT YOU USE IN YOUR AUTOMOBILE AND IT PRETTY MUCH KEEPS YOU ON A A STRAIGHT LINE DISTANCE.
FOR CRITERIA, AND I KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS, THE CRITERIA FOR RNF APPROACH IS BASED UPON FAILURE RATE, EITHER, I THINK IT'S 0.5, SO IT'S FIVE TIME DOUBLE THE WIDTH OF A QUARTER MILE OR A HALF MILE OR A MILE.
IF IT'S 0.5 APPROACH, THE VARIANCE, THE WAY IT COULD BE OUT CAN BE UP TO A MILE, IT COULD BE OUT.
THAT'S WHY THE RNF APPROACHES HAVE A HIGHER MINIMUM.
THEN YOU HAVE THE CIRCLING APPROACHES WHICH ARE UP AROUND 500 FEET.
AGAIN, THE CIRCLING APPROACH IS USUALLY WITHIN THAT AIRSPACE THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT RIGHT THERE, WHERE YOU HAVE TO STAY CLOSE.
YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S LIKE I CAN'T GO ANY HIGHER, SO I'M GOING TO BE LOWER, SO YOU'RE GOING TO BE TURNING BASE TO FINAL.
ALL THOSE PATTERNS ARE GOING TO BE LOWER.
THEY GOES UP FROM THERE. GOT YOU.
GOES UP AS YOU GO FURTHER OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE ILS IS ONLY ON 14.
>> ARE THERE RNA APPROACHES FOR THOSE RUNWAYS?
>> COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. FROM WHAT YOU'VE PRESENTED SO FAR, TO CLARIFY BECAUSE YOU'RE SPEAKING A LOT OF GREEK TO ME?
>> I'M LIKE THE FAA FROM WHAT YOU PRESENTED IS OKAY WITH 145 FOOT HEIGHT?
>> THEY SAY IT DOES NOT PENETRATE ANY APPROACH SURFACES.
IT'S GOT A FIVE, THAT'S 550 ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
IT'S CLEAR ABOUT FIVE FEET AND 5.6 FEET, I THINK.
>> BUT THE MAIN THING IS THE FAA SAYS 145 WERE GOOD.
>> IS THE TALLEST BUILDING RIGHT NOW THE DIAMOND BEACH WELL,
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THAT THE PILOTS HAVE TO DEAL WITH?>> I DON'T REMEMBER WHAT THE HEIGHT THAT'S GOING UP.
NO, THE EXISTING DIAMOND BEACH THAT'S THERE AT THE END OF THE SEA WALL.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S ONE OR NOT.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT WHAT IT IT'S THE WELL, IT'S A GREEN CONDO BUILDING.
THAT ACTUALLY STICKS UP IN IT STICKS INTO THE GLIDE SLOPE OF 36 BY 80 LET ME SEE.
I'VE GOT THIS WRITTEN DOWN SOMEWHERE.
>> THE 145, THE FA A SAYS SAYS WE'RE GOOD.
THE MAIN CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE THEN IS THE BURDEN THAT THE CITY HAS WITH THE LAND AROUND THAT.
WE'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE WE PROTECT THAT PORTION OF THE AIRSPACE.
THE VR THE VISUAL FLIGHT RULES, AS YOU SOLVE, THEY'RE NOT RESTRICTED TO BEING ON THAT APPROACH PATH.
THEY'RE DOING TRAFFIC PATTERNS.
DEFINITELY RIGHT AT THE END OF OUR IT'S IN THE BASE LEG OF THE TRAFFIC PATTERN.
IT DOES PENETRATE WHERE THE AIRCRAFT ARE FLYING.
>> WELL, THE REASON I'M ASKING THE QUESTION IS BECAUSE TR IS UNDERWAY, BUT THE OTHER PROJECT THAT WAS GOING TO BE NEXT DOOR TO THAT, THAT'S NOT HAPPENING.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE FROM EIGHT FLOORS TO 11 FLOORS AND ALL THAT WAS PART OF THAT REQUEST.
I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND FOR MYSELF THAT 145 IS GOOD, THAT WORKS FOR THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST.
>> THEN THE NEXT QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR COMMERCIAL AVIATION HERE IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT FOR 20 YEARS?
>> WE HAVE A COMPANY THAT IS INTERESTED THEY SAID THEY'RE WILLING TO PUT UP $20 MILLION TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THEY'VE GOT TWO AIRLINES WILLING TO COME IN.
NOW, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ALWAYS CHANGE, BUT ONE THING IT'S NOT CHANGING IS THE AMOUNT OF TOURISM AND TRAFFIC COMING INTO GALVESTON.
WE JUST SPOKE TO THEM THE OTHER DAY AND WE HOPE TO MAYBE GO AHEAD AND INTO AN AGREEMENT, BECAUSE IT'LL TAKE THREE YEARS ONCE WE SIGN THE AGREEMENT.
LET ME BACK UP, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON GETTING EVERYTHING THE AIRPORT READY.
NEXT MONTH, WE'RE STARTING A $10 MILLION PROJECT TO RELOCATE A TAXIWAY, BUILD SOME HEAVY AIRCRAFT STANDS FOR THE HEAVIER AIRCRAFT AND SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS.
ABOUT THE TIME THAT'S WRAPPING UP, WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GRANT LINED UP AND WE'RE GOING TO BE FINISHING UP ANY PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS.
WE'RE DOING THE SIGNAGE, CHANGING THAT OUT, AND THEN THE LAST PROJECT IS THE RUNWAY SAFETY AREA.
IT'S ABOUT A $6 MILLION PROJECT THAT'S UNDER DESIGN, THAT'S UNDER ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW RIGHT NOW, THAT WILL GET STARTED IN 27.
ONCE THAT'S DONE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MEET THE PART 139 REQUIREMENTS.
BETWEEN THEN AND THE TIME WE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS, WE'VE GOT TO BUILD A TERMINAL BUILDING FOR THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF IT OR THE GA SIDE, WHICHEVER WHICHEVER WAY IT WORKS.
WE'RE LOOKING MAYBE FOUR YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
>> THIS IS GREAT INFORMATION, BECAUSE NOW WE'VE GOT TWO SIDES OF THE SAME COIN.
WE WANT TO INCREASE PEOPLE COMING TO GALVESTON, SPENDING MONEY IN GALVESTON, INVESTING IN GALVESTON.
IF IF WE BRING COMMERCIAL AVIATION AND SOUTHWEST STARTS BRINGING MORE PEOPLE TO GALVESTON OR UNITED OR WHOEVER, THEY'VE GOT TO HAVE A PLACE TO STAY.
AS THIS GUY WANTS TO BUILD A PLACE FOR THEM TO STAY.
WE'RE GOING TO LIKE, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO HERE? I THINK IT'S A GREAT PROBLEM.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE THAT YOU SEE? IT'S NOT THE HEIGHT BECAUSE WE ALREADY SETTLED THAT.
>> IT'S IT'S COMPATIBILITY, NOISE COMPLAINTS, SO FORTH.
YOU'RE BUILDING TWO TOWERS WITH ABOUT 52, 54 CONDOS IN THEM THAT ARE MID SEVEN IS GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF NOISE.
WELL, YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT'S A LOT OF INFLUENCE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY GOING INTO APARTMENTS.
THE GLIDE SLOPE THAT THOSE AIRCRAFT WILL BE FLYING IN ON OR DEPARTING ON, THE EDGE OF IT IS 745 FEET FROM THE EDGE OF THE PROPERTY LINE.
>> I'M JUST TRYING TO I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO FLY A PLANE OR WHAT'S INVOLVED IN FLYING A PLANE, ESPECIALLY LIKE HERE IN GALVESTON AND WE'VE GOT TWO RUNWAYS.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE OR ANY OF THAT.
BUT I AM CONCERNED IN WHAT CAN WE DO WITH THIS APPLICANT'S REQUEST? I KNOW WE HAVE TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
I GUESS MY MAIN QUESTION HAS BEEN ANSWERED, 145 MEETS THE FAA'S CRITERIA.
>> FOR THE HEIGHT OR THE HEIGHT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO DO NOT THAT WE CAN IT WON'T AFFECT THIS ONE,
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BUT WE NEED TO START ZONING AROUND THE AIRPORT TO PROTECT IT FOR NON COMPATIBLE LAND USES, WHICH IS BY DEFINITION WITH FAA, HIGH DENSITY MULTI FAMILY HOUSING IS NOT PERMITTED.>> THAT'S A CITY COUNCIL PROJECT ZONING.
>> MY LAST RECOMMENDATIONS, WE NEED A DEED RESTRICTION OR SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE WHO ARE BUYING THOSE CONDOS SIGN ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE'S AN AIRPORT, THERE'S GOING TO BE NOISE AND ALL THAT, BECAUSE ONE OF THE NUMBER ONE THINGS THAT SHUTS AN AIRPORT DOWN ARE NOISE COMPLAINTS.
IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT AIRPORTS BEEN THERE SINCE 1932.
IT'S NOISE COMPLAINTS WHEN THEY START HAPPENING AND YOU GET A LOT OF HIGH WORTH INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE INFLUENCE.
THAT'S A VERY REAL THREAT TO THIS AIRPORT.
>> WELL, IT'S A GOOD PROBLEM FOR GALVESTON TO HAVE, SO THANK YOU.
I WAS LIKE, I FELT LIKE MY EYES WERE ROLLING BACK IN THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
I LOST THE WHOLE TRACK OF IT FOR A LITTLE BIT.
>> I GO TO DRIVE FROM HERE TO HOUSTON.
>> BUT MY QUESTION REALLY IS, IS FOR LAYMAN, BECAUSE I THINK THAT'S REALLY WHO WE'RE SPEAKING TO NOW, CAN YOU CONCISELY IN A SMALL AMOUNT OF TIME, EXPLAIN WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU FEEL THAT THE DEVELOPER COULD DO TO MAKE IT OKAY WITH THE AIRPORT.
>> LOWER THE BETTER ON THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.
THE STANDARD HEIGHT THAT'S ALREADY DON'T GRANT ANY EXTRA HEIGHT ON THE BUILDING.
KEEP IT AT THE STANDARD, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THAT HEIGHT IS RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S 128 FEET? THAT WOULD BE BETTER FOR THE AIRPORT.
IT WOULD REDUCE THE CHANCES OF IT INCREASES THE SAFETY, BECAUSE HIGHER THAT THING GOES ON THE BASE LEG OF THE PATTERN, YOU HAVE MORE CHANCES OF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENING.
WE NEED TO DO SOME ZONING AROUND THE AIRPORT, NOT THAT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, BUT WE ALSO NEED THE DEED RESTRICTIONS OR FAIR DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS.
I THINK THAT WILL GO A VERY LONG WAY ON THIS PROJECT TO PROTECT THE AIRPORT BECAUSE EVERYBODY'S ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THEY'RE BUILDING BASICALLY AT THE END OF THE RUNWAY, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF LAWSUITS TRYING TO CLOSE THE AIRPORT.
>> WHAT KIND OF COMPLAINTS DO YOU GET NOW FROM NOISE COMPLAINTS WITH THE EXISTING TRAFFIC?
>> WHEN IT'S REAL NICE OUTSIDE AND PEOPLE HAVE THEIR WINDOWS OPEN, WE'LL GET A FEW NOISE COMPLAINTS.
BUT MOST EVERYBODY HAS STORM WINDOWS AND SO FORTH.
WHEN IT'S HOT OR COLD, WE DON'T REALLY GET MUCH.
>> YOU'RE CLOSEST ON ONE SIDE TO IVA?
>> THE CLOSEST NEIGHBORHOOD, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS IVA?
>> WELL, THAT OR IVA FEET IS REALLY CLOSE TO.
>> WITH THE GRANT ASSURANCES, DID YOU GET ANY CLARIFICATION FROM THE FAA ON WHAT THEIR STANDARDS ARE FOR THESE?
>> THOSE ARE ADVISORY CIRCULARS AND HAS A WHOLE LIST OF IT OF THINGS, BUT BASICALLY THEY WANT SPARSE HOUSING UNDERNEATH IT, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS, BUT HIGH DENSITY BUILDINGS, CHURCHES, HOSPITALS, STUFF LIKE THAT ARE ARE NOT COMPATIBLE.
>> BASED ON WHAT'S PUT IN FRONT OF US, YOU CAN SAY DEFINITIVELY THAT IT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF THESE GRANT ASSURANCES?
>> IF WE DON'T PROTECT IT, IT COULD BE, YES, SKATING ON THE EDGE.
>> WELL, BECAUSE I KNOW WHEN I'VE GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT A GRANT CONTRACT, I'D CALL MY FUNDER AND I SAY, HEY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WHERE DOES THIS FALL? WHAT'S YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THIS OR THAT? THEY ARE TYPICALLY PRETTY UPFRONT ABOUT IT.
>> WELL, IN THE FAA, THEY'RE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING UNTIL THERE'S A LOT OF COMPLAINTS.
>> YOU KNOW, OR THERE'S AN ENFORCEMENT ACTION.
THAT'S USUALLY KICKED OFF BY NOISE COMPLAINTS.
THEY START LOOKING AT IT AND THEY SAY, WELL, YOU YOU LET DEVELOPMENT BUILD UP AROUND THE AIRPORT. THAT'S ON YOU ALL.
>> THIS IS MORE OF A LONG TERM AS OPPOSED TO LIKE ANY PARTICULAR.
>> THE ZONING WE NEED TO GET STARTED ON.
IT DOESN'T AFFECT THIS PARTICULAR THING.
BUT WHAT DOES AFFECT IF THEY'RE GRANTED TO GO HIGHER THAN WHAT THE EXISTING.
IF SOUTHWEST AIRLINES WAS GOING TO START FLYING 737 IN HERE TOMORROW.
WHAT RUNWAY AND WHAT APPROACH WOULD THEY USE?
>> WELL, MOST LIKELY. IT ALL DEPENDS ON THE WIND AND WHICH DIRECTION, BUT WE'VE GOT FOUR RUNWAYS, BASICALLY, AND THE MOST PREDOMINANT IN THE SUMMER IS 18 OR 14.
THAT'S ONE'S LANDING TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND THEN IN THE WINTER IT'S THE OPPOSITE.
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IF IT'S BAD WEATHER, THEY'LL DO 14 BECAUSE OF THE ILS, THEY'LL GET THEM DOWN AND THEN THE LARGER AIRCRAFT CAN LAND WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A TAIL WIND AND STUFF WITH THE SMALLER AIRCRAFT CAN'T NOT SAFELY.>> THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE.
>> THANK YOU. LET'S HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.
>> MR. CHAIRMAN. SORRY I REMEMBER YOUR NAME.
I REMEMBER YOU AND I REMEMBER THE NAME.
>> I YOU DID A GREAT JOB ON ANOTHER I DO.
THANK YOU, AND HAPPY TO BE HERE.
I'M STEVEN BEAGLE, ARCHITECT, PLACE DESIGNERS BASED IN ROUND ROCK AND OFFICES IN HOUSTON.
I THINK YOU KNOW THIS. I'LL JUST CREDENTIALIZE.
FOR ONE BRIEF SECOND AND I'D LIKE TO PASS THESE OUT, IF I COULD TO THE MEMBERS.
SAME ARCHITECT IS TIARA, SAME ARCHITECT IS DIAMOND BEACH, SAME ARCHITECT IS EMERALD BY THE SEA RENOVATION.
SAME ARCHITECT AS THE OCEAN CLUB RESORT DOWN IN JAMAICA BEACH.
SAME ARCHITECT IS THE SAPPHIRE, DOWN IN SOUTH PADRE, SAME ARCHITECTS WHITECAP RESERVE IN CORPUS.
SAME ARCHITECT AS THE TOWER, THE LIGHTHOUSE, KNOWN AS FRAZIER LIGHTHOUSE AT THE END OF NUASIS POINT.
WE'VE BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD BEFORE MANY TIMES.
FROM MY POINT OF VIEW, WE UNDERTAKE PROJECTS OF THIS SCALE DELIBERATELY, AND WE ARE THOROUGH, THE PUD PACKAGE YOU'VE HAD IS TOTALLY COMPLETE, THINGS WE DIDN'T EVEN NEED TO DO, WE DID, BUT IT'S COMPLETE, AND WE GET IT DONE.
THAT'S THE POINT. WE GET THEM BUILT.
TIERRA IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION, DIAMOND BEACH HAS BEEN THERE FOR 16 YEARS.
THIS IS THE REAL DEAL, AND WE WILL GET IT DONE.
HAVING SAID THAT, THE PRESENTATION, WHICH I THINK IS THE PUD ITSELF, MAYBE THE LAST BULLET.
THE DRAWINGS. THESE ARE THE GRAPHICS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE PD.
YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN THE ACTUAL TABLES THAT LIST THE DEVIATIONS.
THERE AREN'T MANY. THE HEIGHT DEVIATION IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT.
THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SETBACKS, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SCREENING DEVIATIONS.
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS THE OVERALL DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS THE THREE STRUCTURES TO THE SOUTH ALONG SEAWALL BOULEVARD, AND IT SHOWS THE APARTMENT STRUCTURE TO THE NORTH IN PHASE 2.
NEXT SLIDE. HERE YOU SEE THE PARKING LAYOUT FOR ALL FIVE BUILDINGS.
WHICH YOU'RE FINDING ABOUT 1,100 CARS ARE WHAT THE SITE WOULD ACCOMMODATE.
MOST OF THAT IS UNDER A PODIUM DECK.
ALL FIVE BUILDINGS ARE ELEVATED WITH A PODIUM DECK, SO MOST OF THE PARKING THAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS COVERED AND SECURED.
NEXT. AS WE GET TO THE PODIUM DECK LEVEL, YOU SEE THE CIRCLE AT THE SOUTH END.
THIS IS COMING IN OFF OF SEAWALL BOULEVARD AT A HEIGHT OF APPROXIMATELY 18 FEET.
THE PODIUM DECK FOR THE FIRST TWO TOWERS OR STRUCTURES.
TOWER 1 TO THE RIGHT, TO THE EAST IS THE ONE THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT TONIGHT WITH RESPECT TO THE HEIGHT.
IT WAS A CONDO BUILDING WITH TWO LEVELS OF RETAIL AT THE PODIUM DECK.
THE MIDDLE BUILDING IS ALSO A CONDO BUILDING WITH TWO LEVELS OF RETAIL.
THEN THE BUILDING TO THE WEST, THE BLUE BUILDING IS A HOTEL.
THIS IS THE MARRIOTT RENAISSANCE.
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WE'RE COMMITTED TO AT LEAST 200 UNITS HERE.WE ARE PROPOSING 216 IN THIS PARTICULAR DESIGN.
WHAT WE HAVE HERE ARE 150 CONDOMINIUM UNITS, 216 KEYS FOR THE HOTEL AND RELATED AMENITIES.
YOU DO SEE THE BRIDGE, AS WAS REFERRED TO EARLIER, BETWEEN THE HOTEL TOWER AND BLUE ACROSS THE PODIUM DECK.
IF I HAD THE CURSOR I COULD SHOW YOU, BUT THERE'S A LITTLE STEM THERE THAT CROSSES OVER SO THAT THE HOTEL GUESTS CAN ENJOY THE RETAIL FACILITIES.
WE HAVE FIVE RESTAURANT SPACES PROPOSED IN THE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL SECTOR.
YOU SEE ON DECK PARKING, WHICH IS A PORTION OF THE PARKING, AND THIS IS REALLY INTENDED FOR RETAIL CUSTOMERS.
UP TO THE NORTH, YOU SEE THE APARTMENT STRUCTURE, WHICH IS PHASE 2, THAT'S INTO THE FUTURE, 236 APARTMENT BUILDINGS OR APARTMENT APARTMENTS.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IS A PROPOSAL FROM US FOR 25% J1 STUDENT VISAS, AND 25% WOULD BE DEDICATED TO WORKFORCE HOUSING IN PHASE 2.
PHASE 1 OF THE FIRST THREE STRUCTURES ALONG SEAWALL BOULEVARD, PHASE 2 ARE THE APARTMENTS ABOVE, THE POND AND THE DETENTION CENTER WOULD BE BUILT IMMEDIATELY WITH PHASE 1.
SURROUNDING THE POND, WE HAVE A NATURE TRAIL AND A JOGGING TRAIL AND ABOUT FOUR ACRES OF DEDICATED NATURAL SURROUNDS THAT DRAINS TO THE NORTH ACCORDING TO OUR ENGINEERS, THE OUTFALL IS BEYOND STEWART.
NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE JUST TYPICAL FLOOR PLANS.
THIS IS THE PARKING UNDER TOWER ONE.
YOU CAN FLASH THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.
THEN YOU SEE THE RETAIL LEVEL AT PODIUM DECK LEVEL, RETAIL SPACE IN BLUE, RESTAURANT SPACE IN BROWN, BACK OF HOUSE EQUIPMENT BEHIND LEVEL TWO RETAIL, AND THEN ABOVE THE PODIUM DECK, THE POOL IS ABOVE THE RETAIL.
ALL OF THE AMENITIES FOR TOWER 1 AT THE RETAIL LEVEL.
ABOVE THAT, THESE ARE THE TYPICAL FLOORS FOR THE CONDOMINIUMS, AND THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY 75 CONDOS IN EACH OF THE TWO STRUCTURES.
THAT COVERS ONE AND HERE'S THE IMAGE THAT YOU'D SEE FROM THE STREET AND IMAGE FROM THE REAR AND THE SECTION.
NOW, WE HAVE REVISED ALL OF THIS, AS WAS SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE REVISED IT DOWNWARD 155-145.
WE ARE AT 145 WITH THIS GRAPHIC.
THE SECOND BUILDING SIMILARLY IS A CONDO TOWER.
IT'S 11 STORIES AND 75 CONDOMINIUMS. YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, SIMILARLY PARKING.
AGAIN, DEDICATED PARKING, RESTRICTED AND SECURED, RETAIL ON THE PODIUM DECK, BLUE IS RETAIL, RESTAURANT SPACE IN THE BROWN.
BACK OF HOUSE, SECOND FLOOR RETAIL.
THEN THE AMENITY DECK ABOVE WITH THE POOL.
EACH OF THE TWO CONDO TOWERS HAS ITS OWN SET OF AMENITIES, THEY DON'T SHARE AMENITIES.
THEN GOING VERTICAL, YOU HAVE THE CONDOMINIUMS THEMSELVES.
ONE IS CONVEX, ONE IS CONCAVE, BUT THEY'RE COMPLIMENTARY IN THAT SENSE, A TOTAL OF 70,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL SPACE WITH FIVE RESTAURANTS.
HERE'S THE IMAGE OF BUILDING 2, AND THERE YOU HAVE THAT.
THE OVERVIEW OF THE HOTEL, AGAIN, CONCAVE HERE IN ITS DESIGN FACING SOUTH.
PARKING BELOW AND YOU GET TO THE POOL DECK AT LEVEL 18, 18 FEET ABOVE GRADE, AND YOU SEE THE TYPICAL AMENITY SPACES, MEETING THE MARRIOTT RENAISSANCE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC SET OF CRITERIA THAT WE MUST MEET AND A TYPICAL FLOOR PLATE WITH A DIFFERENT HOTEL SIZES.
THEN AT THE TOP FLOOR, WE HAVE A BALLROOM AND A ROOFTOP RESTAURANT AND SOME EQUIPMENT SPACE ON THE TOP.
THIS IS THE HOTEL IMAGE, FRONT AND BACK AND THE SECTION.
YOU SEE WHERE THE PODIUM DECK IS AND THAT'S THE AMENITY LEVEL. GOING FORWARD.
THAT IS ALL PART OF PHASE 1, AND THE NEXT SLIDE SHOULD BE THE APARTMENTS, PHASE 2, 236 UNITS, PARKING ON GRADE.
THERE IS SOME PUBLIC PARKING, THAT LITTLE STEM OF PARKING YOU SEE TO THE EAST BELOW THE POND IS PUBLIC PARKING TO
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ALLOW VISITORS TO ENJOY THE NATURE TRAIL AROUND THE POND AND TO VISIT.MOST OF THE PARKING IS UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING FOR RESIDENTS AND IS SECURED.
AT THE PODIUM LEVEL, YOU SEE THE ELEVATORS COMING UP, YOU SEE EACH OF THE TWO U-SHAPED BUILDINGS THAT ARE BACKED UP, ONE FACING NORTH, ONE FACING SOUTH HAS ITS OWN SPLASH POOLS AND AMENITIES.
NEXT SLIDE. THESE ARE THE IMAGES.
NOW, IN THIS CASE, OUR LIMIT ALREADY BY RIGHT IS 90 FEET, AND WE'RE KEEPING IT AT THAT.
THERE'S NO CHANGE AT HEIGHT REQUESTED HERE AT ALL.
I THINK WE'RE AT ACTUALLY 85 FEET.
NEXT SLIDE. BUT THAT'S THE QUICKIE OVERVIEW OF WHAT WE PLAN TO DO.
THESE ARE THE IMAGES ARE QUICK SKETCHES THAT WE CAME UP WITH AS CONCEPTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF RETAIL ACTIVITY PROPOSED ON THE PROMENADE.
THIS IS FROM THE WEST, THE HOTEL SITE.
THIS WOULD BE THE PODIUM DECK AT THE CIRCLE WHERE THE SIGNAGE IS PROMINENT.
THE SHARED SPACE BETWEEN CONDO STRUCTURE ONE AND CONDO STRUCTURE TWO ACTUALLY SPILLS OUT INTO THE PLAZA AREA AS ENTERTAINMENT SPACE, FESTOON LIGHTS, AND ADDITIONAL SPACE FOR THE RESTAURANTS.
THESE ARE JUST ADDITIONAL IMAGES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ILLUSTRATING THE IDEA. I THINK THAT'S GOOD.
>> LET'S GO TO THE SLIDE THAT CONTAINS THE GLIDE SLOPE.
THERE'S A PDF. YOU MAY HAVE TO BACK IT UP.
I WANT TO GO TO THE POINT THAT MIKE HAS RAISED.
MIKE'S JOB AS THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR IS THE SAME AS MINE.
WE ARE HERE TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE.
MIKE AND I HAVE HAD SEVERAL DISCUSSIONS.
I KNOW WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO.
WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING.
WHICH IS WHY WE BACKED OFF 155-145 IN THE BEGINNING, WHICH IS THE FAA HEIGHT RESTRICTION ON US.
IN DAYS PAST, AT DIAMOND BEACH, AT TIARA, AT OCEAN CLUB, WE ALWAYS HAD TO GO THROUGH THIS EXERCISE OF DETERMINING THE FAA HEIGHT RESTRICTION, AND WE DESIGNED TO THAT.
THE AIRPORT AUTHORITY ALWAYS DEFERRED TO THAT, AND THE CITY ALWAYS DEFERRED TO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE DONE HERE. SAME THING.
I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN RAISED ABOUT NOISE, AND ON THAT SUBJECT, THE DEVELOPER MOHAMMED ELDAWY, WHO IS HERE, RAISE YOUR HAND, MOHAMMED.
THIS IS ROYAL CROWN ENTERPRISES, LLC.
HE IS THE OWNER DEVELOPER, TROOP DI DOSHI ON MY STAFF, WHO HAS HELPED WITH THE GRAPHICS.
WE'VE HEARD EVERYTHING HERE, AND WE'RE HERE TO SAY THAT IF A DEED RESTRICTION, IF AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF NOISE IS NECESSARY, WE WILL DO THAT.
WE HAVE SOLD ABOUT 25 UNITS OUT OF THE 63, WE'RE THREE FLOORS OUT OF THE GROUND, AND WE'RE A MONTH AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. THANK GOODNESS.
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT IT'S HAPPENING.
WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUES AT TIARA.
WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS THE GLIDE SLOPE RATIO SHOWING THE 3% GLIDE SLOPE FROM THE END OF RUNWAY 36 ACROSS THE TOP OF OUR PROPOSED TOWERS, AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE FAR LEFT IS TIARA.
THIS IS HOW THE FAA PRINCIPALLY STUDIES THE HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS BASED ON GLIDE SLOPE.
AS ALREADY SHOWN, WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE APPROACH PATTERN.
WE ARE 700 FEET OUTSIDE OF THE APPROACH PATTERN, BUT WE ARE WELL WITHIN THE GLIDE SLOPE.
THIS IS WHY WE BACKED IT OFF TO 145.
ANY PLANE THAT'S OUT OF FUEL OR HAS ENGINE FAILURE COMES IN AT THAT APPROXIMATE SLOPE. NEXT SLIDE.
THAT'S IT FOR THAT ONE. GOING TO THE SUMMARY, I'LL DO IT VERY QUICKLY BECAUSE IN THE INTEREST OF TIME.
YOU COULD GO TO THE RENDERINGS AGAIN.
THE PROJECT INVOLVES 15.2 ACRES AND THAT INCLUDES
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THE ABANDONMENT OF THE ONE RIGHT OF WAY WHERE WE'RE CROSSING WITH THE BRIDGE.WE'RE ASKING FOR A HEIGHT OF 145 IN LIEU OF 120, WHICH IS THE BY RIGHT IN THE HDDC ZONE.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A CHANGE OF USE IN HDDC, IT'S THE SAME USE.
THE HEIGHT IS PERMITTED BY THE FAA.
IN THE BACK, WE ARE HDDC R1, WHICH IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
THAT ALLOWS US TO GET 236 APARTMENTS WELL WITHIN THE HEIGHT LIMIT.
BUT THAT'S GAINING US J1 VISA HOUSING FOR STUDENT VISAS AND IT'S GAINING US 25% WORKFORCE HOUSING IN ADDITION TO THE DENSITY.
THE FAR THAT WE'RE PROPOSING ON THE FRONT PART OF THE SITE, GOES TO 3.7.
THE BACK GOES TO 2.0, WHICH IS BY RIGHT, WE'RE ASKING TO BLEND THE FAR BECAUSE THIS IS AN OVERLAY PUD, BLEND IT TO 2.75.
ACROSS THE BOARD, WE'RE ASKING FOR 2.75 FAR, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU GAVE US AT TIARA, FOUR YEARS AGO. YES.
>> TO THIS DAY, I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND. I'M SORRY.
CAN YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO EXPLAIN FAR TO US? WHAT EFFECTS IT HAS?
>> ZONING IS AN INTERESTING SUBJECT FLOOR AREA RATIO.
IS BASICALLY THE NUMBER OF SQUARE FEET THAT WE ARE PERMITTED TO BUILD, HARD CONSTRUCTION, REFERENCED BACK TO THE AREA OF THE SITE.
IF I HAVE ONE ACRE, AND I'M ASKING FOR AN FAR OF 2.0, YOU'RE TELLING ME I CAN BUILD 86,000 SQUARE FEET, SO 43,560*2.
I'M ASKING FOR 3.75 IN THE FRONT OR 3.7 IN THE FRONT AND 2.0 IN THE BACK, WHICH IS BY RIGHT.
ACROSS THE BOARD, 2.75 IS THE AVERAGE.
THE TOTAL ACREAGE ON THE SIDE IS 15.2.
THEN 2.75 TIMES THAT ACREAGE IS THE AMOUNT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT I'M PROPOSING.
>> THAN ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY. I GOT THAT.
>> IT'S A COST ISSUE, OF COURSE, BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT $540 MILLION WORTH OF HARD COST HERE.
I THINK THAT COVERS IT IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
>> I'LL START OFF. I HAVE A FEW.
ACTUALLY, I'M MORE THAN A FEW.
ONE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE APARTMENTS AND ASKING TO INCREASE THE FLOOR PLATES ON THOSE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
WE CAN DO STUDENT HOUSING AND WORKFORCE HOUSING.
I CAN TELL YOU IF YOU WERE HERE JUST ASKING FOR THAT, I THINK THE CONVERSATION BE OVER.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
WE HAD THE STUFF IN THE FRONT.
WHEN YOU BLEND THEM, I GET THAT, I'M CURIOUS HOW THE PHASING OF ALL THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
IS IT, YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD ONE CONDO BUILDING AND THEN A HOTEL LATER?
>> [OVERLAPPING] GREAT QUESTION. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN SLIDE? THIS WILL BE VERY DIRECT.
THIS WILL DO IT. THE FIRST THREE STRUCTURES ALONG SEAWALL BOULEVARD, THAT IS PHASE 1.
ALL THREE WILL BE DONE AS A SINGLE PHASE.
>> WHAT YOU'RE SEEING, THE TWO CONDO STRUCTURES ARE ON A PODIUM DECK, THAT HAS TO BE DONE AT ONE TIME.
THE HOTEL STRUCTURE IS ON ITS OWN PODIUM DECK.
BUT PHASE 1 IS ALL THREE STRUCTURES.
THAT'S NECESSARY BECAUSE IN MEETINGS WITH CHRIS, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT FIRE ACCESS AND CONSTRUCTION ACCESS AND ALL THOSE ISSUES.
WE HAVE TO BUILD THOSE THREE STRUCTURES TO GET FIRE ACCESS ALL THE WAY AROUND.
THAT'S WHAT'S GOVERNING THE PHASE.
AFTER THAT, PHASE 2, YOU SEE THE STEM ROAD TO THE EAST,
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WE'RE GOING TO BUILD THAT ROAD ALL THE WAY UP TO GET THE LOOPED AXIS AROUND THE PHASE 2 STRUCTURES, AGAIN, DRIVEN BY FIRE ACCESS.>> ESTIMATED CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR PHASE 1.
>> PHASE 1 IS RIGHT AROUND 400 MILLION.
PHASE 2 IS THE BALANCE, ABOUT 140 MILLION.
>> THE AIRPORT DIRECTOR BROUGHT UP A QUESTION OR IT CAME UP ABOUT A CRANE OPERATING THERE.
>> CAN YOU SHED ANY LIGHT ON THAT FOR IT?
>> I CAN BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE STANDING AT TIARA.
WHAT WASN'T SAID IS THAT THE FAA REQUIRES A SEPARATE PERMIT FOR CRANES.
YOU GET A PERMIT FOR YOUR HEIGHT RESTRICTION, AND THEN WHEN THE BUILDER APPLIES FOR HIS OWN PERMIT, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR APPLIES FOR HIS OWN PERMIT, THAT CAN BE A HIGHER STRUCTURE ON A VERY SPECIFIC SCHEDULE ON A LIMITED SCHEDULE.
IN OUR CASE, WE HAVE A 220 FOOT CRANE.
WHICH IS ABOVE THE 149 THAT WE HAD AT TIARA AS A HEIGHT LIMITATION.
BUT IT'S ONLY THERE FOR 13 MONTHS. THAT'S LIMITED.
>> THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PROJECT THAN THAT.
>> IT'S LOWER BY FIVE FEET, BUT IT'S A BIGGER PROJECT, AND WE'LL LIKELY HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE START A CRANE.
THE ARM THE BOOM OF THE CRANE IS ABOUT 200 FEET.
WE'LL START THE FIRST CRANE TO THE EAST AND THEN WE'LL BE MOVING TO THE WEST.
WE'LL BUILD PROBABLY TWO SEPARATE CRANE.
>> I SEE. TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU'D HANDLE NOISE ISSUES THERE.
WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO AT TIARA? YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT?
>> WE HAVE DEED RESTRICTIONS AT TIARA PEOPLE.
OUR REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND OUR LAWYERS ARE ALL GOOD AND CAREFUL.
WE MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S VERY LITTLE ROOM FOR COMPLAINTS.
THE HOA FEES ARE THERE TO IN OUR CASE, A TIARA REBUILD THE DUNE WHEN WE NEED TO REBUILD THE DUNE, THE DISCLOSURES AND THE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS OF NOISE ARE THERE, AND THEY WILL BE THERE HERE.
I KNOW HIS HISTORY OUT IN LAS VEGAS.
HE DESCRIBED IT TO ME. WE KNOW THAT THOSE ISSUES ARE REAL.
BUT THE LAWYERS AND OUR REAL ESTATE PEOPLE WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT.
IT'S ALL ABOUT BUYER BEWARE AND BUYER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING INTO.
>> LAST QUESTION. I KNOW SOME OF THIS IS ALSO MATH AT THE END OF THE DAY, BUT FOR EACH LEVEL THAT YOU WERE TO TAKE OFF OF THAT, HOW MANY FEET WERE IT LOWER? IF YOU WERE LOWER THOSE THREE BUILDINGS IN THE FRONT BY ONE FLOOR, HOW MANY FEET WOULD THAT LOWER? 10 FEET, 15 FEET?
>> 12 FEET. NOW, LET ME FOLLOW THAT UP.
WE CANNOT, UNDER THE PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE WITH MARRIOTT RENAISSANCE.
COMMITTED IN A TERM SHEET IN FRONT OF US, WE CANNOT REDUCE THE NUMBER OF KEYS IN THAT HOTEL STRUCTURE TO THE WEST.
WE'RE AT 216. THERE ARE 27 HOTEL ROOMS PER FLOOR.
I THINK I'M GOING TO LET SOMEBODY ELSE HAVE A CHANCE. NEXT.
>> I UNDERSTAND THE J1 HOUSING AND THE WORKFORCE HOUSING.
BUT IF I UNDERSTOOD THE PROPOSAL CORRECTLY, THAT'S FIVE, SIX YEARS OUT.
>> IN REALITY BASED ON TIARA, IT TOOK US FOUR YEARS TO GET TO PERMITS WITH TIARA FROM THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE FOUR YEARS AGO, TO GET P&Z, CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO GETTING UNDER CONSTRUCTION WAS FOUR YEARS.
I'M HOPING THIS IS NOT THAT LONG, BUT IF I CAN GET TO PERMITS AND START CONSTRUCTION IN DECEMBER OF 2026, WHICH IS RAPID.
IF I CAN GET THERE, AND TIARA IS A 30 MONTH BUILD, SO YOU GO FROM THERE, 30 MONTHS OUT.
THAT BUILDING FIRST PHASE, THOSE THREE STRUCTURES WOULD BE COMPLETE IN MID 31, AND THEN PHASE 2.
YOU'RE RIGHT, YOU'RE FIVE YEARS OUT.
>> YOU'D COMPLETE THE ONES IN THE FRONT.
>> FIRST BEFORE YOU STARTED ON THE ONES IN THE BACK?
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>> DID YOU HAVE ANY OPTION MARRIOTT AS YOUR HOTEL.
>> WELL, WE'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE AND I WOULD LET MY CLIENT SPEAK TO THAT.
BUT WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH MARRIOTT FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS, AND THEY'RE VERY MUCH INTERESTED IN THIS END OF THE ISLAND.
THEY'RE INTERESTED IN SERVING GALVESTON AND PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
WHAT'S ATTRACTIVE TO MARRIOTT IS THE RETAIL, 70,000 SQUARE FOOT OF RETAIL MUCH NEEDED ON THE WEST END.
PEOPLE FROM THE WEST END NOW DRIVE ALL THE WAY TO THE STRAND TO ENJOY THE RETAIL ACTIVITY THERE.
THIS PROVIDES AN OPTION, AND WE ARE FINALLY MAYBE PENDING APPROVAL.
GETTING MORE RESTAURANTS AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE ACROSS THE STREET AT DIAMOND BEACH AND IN TIARA TO COME ACROSS THE STREET AND ENJOY RETAIL? PEOPLE FROM THE WEST END AND POINT WEST COME HERE FOR RETAIL AND RESTAURANTS.
THIS IS AN ANCHOR THIS WHY WE'RE CALLING IT SACKS ON THE SEAWALL.
IT'S AN ANCHOR AT THE END OF SEA WALL BOULEVARD.
>> HOW HAVE YOU ADDRESSED SOME OF THE CONCERNS FROM MECHANICS? I THINK THERE WAS ONE FROM CHRIS?
>> YES. WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH CHRIS.
THE ZONING ISSUE, THE PUD IS AN UMBRELLA.
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CHANGE CERTAIN LIMITS FOR US SO WE CAN CONTINUE INTO THE ENGINEERING.
WE KNOW WHAT CHRIS IS CONCERNED ABOUT, THE WEIGHT OF THE TRUCKS, THE LADDER TRUCKS.
WE'VE ALREADY AGREED YES, THE PODIUM DECK WILL BE DESIGNED SUFFICIENTLY TO CARRY THAT WEIGHT. THAT'S A YES.
>> ANOTHER CONCERN, I CAN'T REMEMBER PUBLIC WORKS.
>> YES, THE TIA WAS VERY ELABORATE. YOU'VE SEEN IT.
IT'S A HUGE DOCUMENT. CURRENTLY TODAY.
ALL OF THE INTERSECTIONS FROM 61ST STREET, ALL THE WAY WEST FAIL.
THEY ARE NOT APPROVED INTERSECTIONS.
THERE ARE HAZARDS THERE THAT EXIST TODAY.
WITH THIS PROJECT COMING, WE ARE REQUIRED TO IMPROVE THE STREETS AND THE SIGNALIZATION.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED A DE CELL LANE, WESTBOUND RIGHT HERE AT THE CIRCLE.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED A SIGNAL ON ONE OF THE THREE CROSSOVERS.
WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO WIDEN AND PROVIDE A CROSSOVER EASTBOUND INTO THE SITE.
IT'S ALL OUTLINED IN THE TIA, BUT THIS SOLVES THOSE PROBLEMS THAT ARE ALREADY FAILING.
WHEN WE DID DIAMOND BEACH, RIGHT AT THE END THERE WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO DIAMOND BEACH IS, THE SINGLE LEVEL LITTLE RETAIL SHOP ACROSS THE STREET.
IT WAS ALWAYS INTENDED THAT THAT INTERSECTION WOULD BE SIGNALIZED WHEN DIAMOND BEACH PHASE 2 WAS BUILT.
DIAMOND BEACH PHASE 2 WAS NEVER BUILT.
IT BECAME TIARA AT LESS DENSITY.
THAT SIGNAL WILL NOW HAPPEN PROBABLY, ONE OF THE THREE WILL.
>> RUSTY COVERED MY QUESTION ON THE FLOOR AREA RATIO, BUT I STILL CURIOUS ABOUT THE INCREASE IN THE FLOOR PLATE FROM 15-35,000, WHERE IS IT 35,000 SQUARE FEET? THE 35,000, I THINK IS THE PODIUM DECK.
BUT WHEN ARCHITECTS DESIGN THINGS FOR MAXIMUM SAFETY, AND THERE ARE DISTANCE LIMITATIONS IN THE IPC AND IN THE IRC, BUT IN THIS CASE, THE IBC, WE'RE LIMITED TO A CERTAIN DISTANCE TO THE EXIT AND FROM ELEVATORS AND STAIR TOWERS.
WE CANNOT EXCEED THAT DISTANCE.
WHEN YOU MAXIMIZE THAT DISTANCE, WE GET TO 30,000 SQUARE FEET, AND WE PROVIDE MORE STAIR TOWERS IF WE NEED TO.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
THE DENSER WE CAN BE IN THE FOOTPRINT AND THE MORE VERTICAL WE CAN GO, THE FAR MAKES SENSE AND THE PROJECT PENCILS.
IT'S COST. IT'S ALWAYS LESS EXPENSIVE TO GO UP THAN IT IS TO GO OUT.
>> IN YOUR RETAIL SPACE AND PARKING RATIO TO RETAIL SPACE, WHAT IS THAT NUMBER?
>> I THINK WE'RE FOUR SPACE IS PER THOUSAND, 250 SQUARE FEET.
>> RUSTY'S QUESTION ABOUT IF YOU REDUCED IT BY ONE FLOOR, THE THREE BUILDINGS IN THE FRONT, AND YOU TOOK THAT FROM ONE OF THE TWO LEVELS OF PARKING, HOW WOULD YOU ADJUST SO THAT YOU DON'T COOP THE AGREEMENT OR ANY POTENTIAL AGREEMENT WITH MARRIOTT?
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THIS IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN THAT RESIDENTS HAVE, AND I ALSO HAVE THIS CONCERN IS THE HEIGHT AND THE SAFETY AND THE VIABILITY OF WHAT THE CITY WANTS TO DO WITH THE AIRPORT.>> WE AGREE. WE'RE NOT BEING COMBATIVE AT ALL.
>> WE HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION WITH THE OTHER TOWER THAT'S NOT GETTING BUILT.
>> AT TIARA, OUR FAA LIMITATION WAS 149.
THAT'S WHAT EVERYBODY APPROVED AND WAS PERMITTED.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE IS 145, WHICH IS STILL LOWER, BUT THAT'S WHAT THE FAA HAS SAID IS OKAY.
NOW, THERE IS A WAY AND I'VE TALKED TO STAFF ABOUT THIS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE HOTEL TOWER.
FOR THE REASONS I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED, WE DON'T WANT TO REDUCE OUR DENSITY AT THE HOTEL.
I DON'T WANT TO LOSE MARRIOTT.
WE COULD CONCEIVABLY REDUCE THE FLOOR PLATE HEIGHT, THE FLOOR TO FLOOR HEIGHT BY ABOUT SIX INCHES AND GET DOWN TO SOMETHING LIKE 135 OR 136 FOR THOSE TWO STRUCTURES.
ANYTHING LOWER THAN THAT, WE'RE GOING TO LOSE A RETAIL LEVEL.
WE COULD ELIMINATE THE RETAIL, WHICH. [OVERLAPPING]
>> THE FIRST TWO. THE FIRST ONE ON THE RIGHT, MIDDLE ONE, WE COULD REDUCE THE FLOOR TO FLOOR HEIGHT BY SIX INCHES AND BRING THE HEIGHT DOWN TO ABOUT 135 OR 36.
>> CORRECT. THE HOTEL IS FURTHEST AWAY FROM THE APPROACH PATTERN.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? I'M SURE WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE AFTER WE HEAR FOR SOME FOLKS.
>> I APPRECIATE YOU BEING PATIENT WITH US.
WHAT WE WANT TO DO NOW IS WE'RE GOING TO OPEN UP THE. [OVERLAPPING]
THE REARWARD APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
THEY'RE ONLY NINE STOREYS, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> FIVE ON A PODIUM DECK, TOTAL OF SIX.
PARKING UNDERNEATH PODIUM DECK.
>> 90 IS THE LIMIT, AND WE'RE A BUILDING TO 85.
BUT THE POINT THERE IS, AND THIS IS WHAT MAKES THE HOUSING AFFORDABLE.
ACCORDING TO THE IBC, WE CAN GO TO A HEIGHT OF FIVE FLOORS OF WOOD FRAME CONSTRUCTION ON TOP OF A PODIUM DECK CONCRETE THREE HOUR FIRE SEPARATION BETWEEN LOWER AND PER.
FIVE FLOORS WOOD FRAME IF WE SPRINKLE BATHROOMS AND CLOSETS.
OUR MAXIMUM WOOD FRAME LEAST EXPENSIVE CONSTRUCTION IS FIVE FLOORS, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'VE DONE TO MAKE IT AFFORDABLE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND. [OVERLAPPING]
>> I'M SORRY. I HAVE A QUESTION. CLARIFICATION. TIM, FOR CLARIFICATION.
THE CITY IS PRETTY STANDARD WITH OTHER MUNICIPALITIES THAT IT'S ON THE GROSS AREA OF THE PARCEL?
>> IT'S ON THE GROSS AREA. NOW, THAT DID NOT INCLUDE THE RIGHT AWAY, WHICH IS YET TO BE ABANDONED.
THAT'S WHY I SAID IT WAS 14.9 AND MR. BEAGLE SAID IT WAS 15.1.
ACTUALLY, WHEN THAT ABANDONMENT HAPPENS, IT'LL HELP THE NUMBERS.
>> WE'RE GOING TO OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING AND IF YOU'RE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, AND YOU'RE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, FIRST ROW, SECOND ROW.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, SIGN IN.
I'M GOING TO REMIND YOU GOT THREE MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME IS CARRIE RUSSELL I AM A PERMANENT RESIDENT AND HOMEOWNER AT INDIAN BEACH OUT ON THE WEST END, WHERE THE WEST END IS THE BEST END.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO LOTS OF DEVELOPMENT OUT THAT WAY.
I'M ON THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AT THE SHOALS AIRPORT, AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE CITY OF GALVESTON PLANNING COMMISSION POSTPONE A DECISION ON THIS CASE 25P-030 PHYSICAL ADDRESS 10302 SEW BOULEVARD, FOR 120 DAYS TO ALLOW ALL INTERESTED PARTIES TO THOROUGHLY REVIEW THE PROPOSAL AND ASSESS THE FULL IMPACT
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THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE ON FUTURE AIRPORT EXPANSION, INCLUDING THE COMMERCIAL AIR SERVICE THAT WE WERE ALL WANTING TO TAKE PLACE HERE IN GALVESTON.I'M ALL FOR GROWTH IN GALVESTON ISLAND.
AS LONG AS IT'S DONE IN A CAREFUL CONCISE AND THOUGHTFUL MANNER.
NOW, I HEARD WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT DEED RESTRICTIONS AND FULL DISCLOSURE.
BUT IT JUST TAKES A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE GOING, WELL, I SIGNED THAT, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT LOUD.
I'M GOING TO GRIPE TO CITY, COUNCIL, AND THE MAYOR AND THIS AND THAT AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
THAT'S THE THING THAT I DON'T WANT TO MUDDY THE WATER WITH WHAT WE'VE GOT GOING ON IN GALVESTON AND THE ISLAND IS GROWING SO WELL, WE NEED TO KEEP THAT GROWTH GOING AND NOT RUN INTO THINGS LIKE THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE ON THAT ROW? YES, SIR.
>> I'M ON THE AIRPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE TOO.
I'M A PILOT JUST LIKE MR. HUMPHREY IS, AND I'M AT THE END OF MY FLYING CAREER FOR FLYING JETS AND ALL THE FLYING THAT I USED TO DO.
BUT I WANTED TO JUST BRING UP A COUPLE OF POINTS THAT I LEARNED OVER THE YEARS.
ONE OF THEM, I THINK THIS IS RIGHT.
IT WAS A CASE STUDY AT BURBANK AIRPORT, CALIFORNIA.
THE AIRPORT HAD BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND IT WAS BACK IN THE 80S, I THINK.
THEY HAD SOME CONSTRUCTION THAT WAS GOING ON AND HAD BEEN COMPLETED.
THEN THE AIRPORT GREW AND GREW, BUT IT WAS NEVER EVER ZONED.
WHAT ENDED UP HAPPENING WAS THE NOISE GOT TO A POINT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC, THE AIRPORT WAS MAKING PRETTY GOOD REVENUE FOR THE CITY.
THEY STARTED COMPLAINING THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE.
THEY COMPLAINED TO THE POINT WHERE WELL, THEY DECIDED, YOU'RE GOING TO EITHER HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE AIRPORT OR WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO MOVE.
THE PEOPLE DIDN'T WANT TO MOVE.
THE SOLUTION WAS THE CITY OF BURBANK DECIDED TO COMPENSATE THE PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING IN AND AROUND THE AREA MONTHLY OR YEARLY.
I THINK YOU PROBABLY MAY HAVE HEARD OF THAT BEFORE, WHICH IS SOMETHING I WOULD HATE TO SEE HAPPEN HERE.
THE OTHER THING TO THAT MAY BE SPEAKING THAT BEYOND MY ABILITY, BUT YOU TALK ABOUT CLIMB GRAD GO AROUND.
>> I'VE SEEN THIS AIRPORT GO IFR ON ONE HALF OF THE AIRPORT WITH SEA FOG AND NOT ON THE OTHER.
I'M NOT GOING TO TRY AN APPROACH, AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO BELIEVE THE C-17 PILOTS GOING TO MAKE AN APPROACH WITH A FULL LOAD OF EQUIPMENT.
CAN'T GET IN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE SOUTH OF HOUSTON BECAUSE OF A BARREL EVENT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THE ONLY PLACE THEY COULD GET IN WAS NOT ELLINGTON, WASN'T HOBBY, WAS IN GALVESTON.
THEY MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE CLIMB RADIAN WITH ALL THE EQUIPMENT.
IF YOU CHANGE THAT, IF YOU ADD THESE BIG GIANT BUILDINGS RIGHT THERE, EVEN THOUGH THEY MAKE THE 145 FEET MINIMUM OR WHATEVER THE FAA HAS SAID.
ONE LAST THING, BACK IN 1980, OVER LAPORTE AIRPORT, THERE WAS A HANGAR THAT WAS BUILT BY CLIFF HYDE FLYING SERVICES, ONE TIME AGO.
FAA CAN CHANGE THE REQUIREMENT.
THEY CHANGED THEIR CONE FOR THEIR ILS, AND WE SPOKE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT AND IT'S COMPLICATED.
BUT THAT CHANGE PUT THAT HANGER. [INAUDIBLE]
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>> THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU'RE SUCH A GENTLEMAN BACK THERE.
MY NAME IS ANASTASIA GUIDO, AND I'M THE EXCLUSIVE AGENT EXPERT OTR ON THE BEACH, WHICH IS THE NEW CONDO DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST END.
I'M HERE TODAY REPRESENTING BOTH TR ON THE BEACH, DEVELOPER SON IN BAHZIA, AS WELL AS THE GUIDO FAMILY WHO PROUDLY CALLED GALVESTON HOME FOR GENERATIONS.
WE ARE HERE IN SUPPORT OF SAKS ON THE SEAWALL DEVELOPMENT ON THE WEST END.
THIS PROJECT NOT ONLY WILL STRAIGHTEN OUR ECONOMY AND CREATE NEW OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT WILL ALSO GENERATE MORE THAN 2,000 JOBS FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME OTHER THINGS THAT I'M ALSO EXCITED IS, OF COURSE, THE FIVE NEW RESTAURANTS THAT THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL BRING TO THE WEST END, THE SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS THE PUBLIC SPACE THAT THEY'RE CREATING FOR GATHERINGS SUCH AS FARMERS MARKETS, ART EXHIBITS, AND OF COURSE, OUTDOOR FESTIVALS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE 236 APARTMENTS WITH A COMMITMENT TO HOUSING DIVERSITY, 25%, OF COURSE, DESIGNATED FOR J1 STUDENTS.
I WAS ONE OF THEM, AND 25% FOR WORKFORCE HOUSING.
MY FAMILY AND I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF INVESTMENT IN THE ISLAND IN THE REVENUES THIS PROJECTS BRING, AND WE BELIEVE THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL FURTHER ELEVATE GALVESTON AS BOTH DESTINATION AND A PLACE TO CALL HOME. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, SIR, COME ON DOWN.
>> IS GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER ME.
>> OH, MY GOSH, HE TOOK HIS HAT OFF.
[LAUGHTER] YOU HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY BETTER LOOKING. THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
>> I PUT A BEARD ON BECAUSE IT LOOKS SO I DON'T KNOW.
>> HEY, I'M WITH YOU. THERE YOU GO.
>> I AM FULLY IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT AND PROJECTS LIKE THIS IN GALVESTON.
I HAVE TO TELL YOU FROM SEVERAL POINTS OF VIEW.
I'M A HOMEOWNER HERE, SUNNY BEACH. I'M A DEVELOPER.
OF COURSE, YOU REMEMBER SOLARIS, WHICH WE'RE STILL BUILDING, BUT IT'LL BE THE CODE. IT'LL BE SHORTER.
I'M ALSO A PILOT, 700 PLUS HOURS FLYING SINGLE ENGINE LAND, AND WELL, NO HELICOPTER TIME.
MY PILOT FLIES ALL THE HELICOPTER TIME FOR ME.
I'M TOO DANGEROUS IN A HELICOPTER.
I THINK THIS IS A BIGGER PICTURE.
GALVESTON NEEDS PROJECT LIKE THIS, HIGHER DENSITY PROJECTS, HUGE TAX REVENUES.
GALVESTON STILL STRUGGLES WITH WHAT 20% POVERTY RATE? YOU NEED MONEY IN THE CITY. THAT'S GREAT.
THIS PROJECT FEEDS EVERYTHING THERE.
IT'S A MASSIVE PROJECT AND IT BRINGS EVERYTHING INTO THE AREA.
IT MAKES OUR DEVELOPMENT BETTER BECAUSE WE'VE GOT MORE COMMERCIAL, WE'VE GOT RESTAURANTS.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT GALVESTON REALLY NEEDS.
GALVESTON SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN PUSHING BACK ON THESE PROJECTS FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
THE AIRPORT IS IN AN ECOSYSTEM.
IT'S NOT A STANDALONE PROJECT.
IT'S AN ECOSYSTEM OF GALVESTON ITSELF, SO IT REALLY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THINGS OF WHAT CONCESSIONS IT NEEDS TO MAKE AND HOW TO FIT IN WITH THE GROWTH OF GALVESTON, BECAUSE GALVESTON NEEDS TO STEP UP.
GALVESTON IS FALLING BEHIND FROM CORPUS CHRISTI, SOUTH PADRE.
THEY'RE ALL HAVING HUGE INVESTMENTS, AND GALVESTON SEEMS TO NOT BE PUSHING ANY OF THESE LARGER HIGHER DENSITIES.
YOU MAKE THAT SMALLER, YOU DON'T BREAK EVEN.
MY PROJECT, I'M GOING TO MAKE IT HALF ITS SIZE. IT'S BREAK EVEN.
NOW IT'S BASICALLY A PROJECT OF LOVE, BECAUSE I REALLY LIKE GALVESTON.
I SPEND MY TIME DOWN HERE, I USE IT MORE IN THE WINTERTIME BECAUSE IT'S FRESH AND NICE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT AND IT NEEDS IMPROVEMENT LIKE THIS.
ONLY A MINUTE LEFT. I'M GOING TO SPEAK YOU AS A PILOT.
THE APPROACH ON THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM.
I CAN FLY PAST THAT AT NIGHT AND THE DAY.
IT'S WITHIN FAA MINIMUMS. THE APPROACHES ON THAT ARE FINE.
IF IT'S A CLOUDY DAY, YOUR IFR, YOU'RE DOING IFR APPROACH, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
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THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM AT 150 FEET, NOR WAS SOLARIS.YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE ECONOMICS OF THIS, AND YOU HAVE TO SAY, THE SAFETY OF IT, PILOTS AREN'T GOING TO FLY INTO THIS.
THEY'VE GOT RED LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT, AND IT'S CLEAR OF THE FLIGHT PATH.
THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU SHOULD CONCERN YOURSELF.
THE AIRPORT NEEDS TO BE ALONG WITH THIS AND NEEDS TO UNDERSTAND THAT FEAR AND QUOTING ISSUES FROM THESE SELECT EVENTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO TRY TO MANIPULATE AND SHUT THESE PROJECT DOWN IS NOT FAIR TO THIS PROJECT, IT'S NOT FAIR TO GALVESTON.
I THINK THEY HAVE TO STEP DOWN AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? MAKE THIS PROJECT A GOOD PROJECT.
GALVESTON REALLY NEEDS IT, AND SO DOES THE AREA. I THINK MY TIME IS UP.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
GLAD YOU HAVE A HELICOPTER PILOT.
I FEEL BETTER NOW. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM THAT'D LIKE TO SPEAK? YES, MA'AM. YOU CAN'T ASK US QUESTIONS, YOU CAN SPEAK ON THIS ONE AND EVERY OTHER ONE WE HAVE.
PULL THAT MIC DOWN A LITTLE BIT, SO WE CAN HEAR YOU. THANK YOU.
>> MY NAME IS KRISTIN WALCHER, AND I AM A RESIDENT OF 1201 PILOT LANE.
THIS IS MY FIRST TIME HEARING ABOUT THIS PROJECT, SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT'S BEEN TAKEN TO EXPLAIN IT.
MY CONCERN AND THE SOURCE OF MY COMMENT IS THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THE WATERSHED.
THE ARCHITECT MENTIONED THAT THIS PROPERTY AND THE DRAINAGE POND DRAINS AND THE OUTFALL IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF STEWART ROAD.
THAT WATERSHED DRAINS TO SIDNER BAYOU, AND SIDNER BAYOU DRAINS INTO CRASH BOAT BASIN, AND THAT IS WHERE MY CHILDREN SWIM.
THAT IS WHERE I EAT FISH FROM THAT BODY OF WATER, AND SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT 1,100 CARS PARKING AND RAINWATER AND DRAINAGE, MY CONCERN IS WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THAT STORMWATER RUNOFF ON SIDNER BAYOU AND THE SURROUNDING BODIES OF WATER? MY PROPOSAL WOULD BE THAT A DECISION BE DELAYED BEFORE MORE INFORMATION ON THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS CAN BE OBTAINED IF THEY HAVE NOT ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED ELSEWHERE. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. STATING YOU'RE EATING FISH FROM THAT BODY OF WATER WOULD IMPLY YOU'RE CATCHING FISH THERE.
I THINK I KNOW WHERE I'M GOING TO BE TOMORROW.
THANK YOU, MA'AM. THIS SIDE. YES, SIR.
>> HELLO, EVERYONE. MY NAME IS JOSH JONES.
I'M WITH THE GALVESTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP.
I'M ADVOCATING FOR SAKS AVENUE TO BE BUILT TO 145 FEET BECAUSE WE NEED THE INVESTMENT IN GALVESTON.
$500 MILLION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT GALVESTON CAN TURN AWAY LIGHTLY.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 145 FEET AND 128 FEET IS LIKE THE PREVIOUS SPEAKER SAID, IT'S THE PROFIT MARGIN FOR THE DEVELOPER, AND IT BASICALLY SHUTS THIS PROJECT DOWN AND MAKES IT NOT ECONOMICALLY VIABLE.
WHAT I WANT TO SPEAK TO RIGHT NOW IS THE CHARACTER OF THE DEVELOPER.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MR. ELDAWA FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS, AND HE HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THE RIGHT THING BY GALVESTON FROM THE GET WITH THIS PROJECT.
WE NEED MORE CLASS A INVESTMENTS LIKE THIS IN GALVESTON.
WE ARE NOT A COMMUNITY THAT HAS AN OVERABUNDANCE OF INVESTMENT.
WE NEED THIS TYPE OF INVESTMENT IN GALVESTON.
ON TOP OF THE $540 MILLION IN DIRECT INVESTMENT IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT AND THOSE CONSTRUCTION JOBS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT APPROXIMATELY $10 MILLION ANNUALLY IN PROPERTY TAXES COMING IN.
YOU'RE LOOKING ABOUT $10 MILLION IN SALES AND HOTEL OCCUPANCY TAXES COMING IN TO THE CITY OF GALVESTON, WHICH IS DESPERATELY NEEDED FUNDING FOR OUR PROGRAMS AND FOR OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
MY RECOMMENDATION TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THAT WE APPROVE THIS PUD AT 145 FEET SO THAT WE ARE ABLE TO, NOT ONLY ATTRACT THIS INVESTMENT, BUT ATTRACT ADDITIONAL INVESTMENTS.
WE NEED TO SEND A CLEAR SIGNAL TO THE MARKET THAT GALVESTON IS THE PREMIER PLACE TO DEVELOP YOUR SEASIDE LOCATION FOR HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM IN TEXAS, AND THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE ABILITY TO DEVELOP HERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, JOSH. ON THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM, ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. ANYBODY ELSE, EVERYBODY GET A CHANCE.
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WE'RE GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF OR THE DEVELOPER? YES.
>> WE TALKED ABOUT THE PHASING OF THE PROJECT PHASE 1 AND 2, AND THIS MAY BE SOMETHING THE APPLICANT CAN TALK TO US ABOUT TOO IS, FOR ME, ONE OF THE VALUES OF THIS PROJECT IS THE WORKFORCE HOUSING AND THE CONSERVATION BEHIND THE PHASE 2.
HOW DO WE MAKE SURE THAT IF WE GIVE YOU WHAT YOU WANT ON PHASE 1, PHASE 2 COMES THROUGH?
>> WELL, YOU'D BE APPROVING THE PUD AS A BLANKET.
WE COULD RESTRICT WHATEVER GOES ON ON THE BACK SIDE.
AGAIN, WE'RE DOING THE UMBRELLA PUD BLANKET APPLICATION AT THIS STAGE.
IF YOU APPROVE IT TODAY AND WE GET THROUGH COUNSEL, SO MUCH HAS TO GO ON IN THE WAY OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN FOR THE NEXT 18 MONTHS, PROBABLY.
IT TOOK US TWO YEARS AFTER TR WAS APPROVED TO GET THE DRAWINGS DONE.
BUT MOST OF THE SPECIFICS OF THE PROJECT, NOT JUST PHASING, BUT THE DESIGN AND THE SIZE OF THE UNITS, THE NUMBER OF KEYS, THE NUMBER OF CARS, ALL OF THAT GETS WORKED OUT DURING SITE PLAN AND IT GETS WORKED OUT DURING PERMITS.
TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, WE CAN RESTRICT THE PUD TO SAYING, THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL DO IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS PUD.
THIS IS WHAT WE EXPECT, AND WE EXPECT IT BY THIS CERTAIN DATE, WHICH HAS BEEN DONE BEFORE.
IF THAT DATE HAS TO BE EXTENDED BECAUSE OF THE SLOWNESS OF CONSTRUCTION OR ABSORPTION OR WHATEVER, THEN WE COME BACK TO YOU AND EXTEND IT.
BUT THE INTENTION IS CORRECT AND THE PHASING IS CORRECT.
WE CAN'T BUILD THE BACK PART FIRST.
>> I GUESS THIS MIGHT BE A QUESTION MORE FOR STAFF TOO THEN.
LET'S SAY THAT YOU'LL GET THROUGH PHASE 1, EVERYTHING GOES WELL, YOU GET PHASE 1 UP, SOMETHING HAPPENS, PHASE 2 DOESN'T MATERIALIZE.
YOU'LL SELL THE PROPERTY AND SOMEBODY ELSE COMES ALONG AND SAYS, HEY, LOOK, THIS IS STILL MULTIFAMILY BACK HERE UNDER THIS PROPOSAL, AND THEY COULD BUILD MULTIFAMILY.
>> A PUD IS A CONTRACT, BASICALLY, IT CAN BE ASSIGNABLE.
BUT IT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL TO DO THAT.
>> YOU WOULD ALSO REQUIRE APPROVAL TO EXTEND THE TIME FRAME THAT THE DEVELOPER IS COMMITTING TO.
>> THE ASSIGNABLE IS REALLY MY-
>> WELL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
THIS IS A PUD. PUDS ARE GIVE AND TAKE.
YOU'RE ASKING FOR SOMETHING AND THEN RETURN, IT'S LIKE THROW ME A BONE.
WHAT ARE YOU GIVING ME? ON HIS NOTE, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT THIS, I'M GOING, OKAY, WHAT'S IN THIS FOR OUR CITIZENS? I'M LIKE MAYBE SOMETHING TO CONSIDER IS WHERE THE PUD REQUIRES THAT WHATEVER'S DONE WITH THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY, IF HE SELLS IT, HE CAN GO SELL IT, IF HE KEEPS HIS PUD AND THE PUD STAYS IN PLACE, A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE OF IT WOULD HAVE TO STAY AS WORKFORCE AND STUDENT HOUSING.
THAT SOUNDS TO ME LIKE THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE IMPLYING IS THE CART.
THAT'S THE IMPLICATION AND THE PROMISE.
>> IF WE WERE TO GRANT THAT STIPULATION AND SAY, YOU'LL BUILT PHASE 1, AND THEN DIDN'T BUILD PHASE 2, PHASE 1, THE CONDOS WOULD BE UNDER THE SAME REQUIREMENT.
YOUR INCENTIVE IS TO BUILD PHASE 2 SO THAT YOUR CONDOS DON'T END UP WORKFORCE HOUSING.
>> I THINK THAT'S FAIR. I LIKE THE IDEA.
I'M GOING TO DRAW AN ANALOGY WITH DIAMOND BEACH.
WHEN WE WERE HERE IN 2006 AND GOT DIAMOND BEACH APPROVED AS A PUD, PHASE 1, PHASE 2.
WHAT RANDALL DAVIS DID, THE DEVELOPER OWNER, I WAS THE ARCHITECT, HE WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL TO DEFER ABOUT HALF OF THE PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE WHOLE PROJECT INTO PHASE 2 IN ORDER TO BUILD THE AMENITIES, THE LAZY RIVER, AND ALL THE POOL.
THE CITY COUNCIL SAID, OKAY, GO.
THE PROBLEM THERE WAS PHASE 2 NEVER GOT BUILT, AND THE PARKING THAT WAS SHORT FOR PHASE 1, WHICH IS THE REASON THE RESTAURANT FAILED.
THE PARKING WHICH NEVER GOT BUILT CAUSED THE RESTAURANT TO FAIL.
HAVING HAD THAT EXPERIENCE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO THAT HERE. YOU UNDERSTAND?
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>> SORRY. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE DEVELOPER?
>> MR. CHAM, WE GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU AGAIN.
COULD YOU EXPLAIN AGAIN IF THE PROJECT IS APPROVED AND GETS BUILT? HOW DOES THAT IMPACT IN YOUR OPINION, THE LIKELIHOOD OF COMMERCIAL ERROR COMING TO GALVESTON?
>> I DON'T THINK IT'LL IMPACT COMMERCIAL ERROR BECAUSE THEY'RE MOSTLY COMING IN ON FLIGHT RULES AND SO FORTH.
ACCORDING TO THE FA IS CLEAR, SO I DON'T THINK THAT WILL AFFECT THE COMMERCIAL SERVICE.
>> ANY MORE QUESTIONS? THEN I'M GOING TO BRING THIS TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION AND SO THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION.
I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 25P-030 AS PRESENTED BY STAFF.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION.
ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO START ON THE DISCUSSION OF THIS?
>> I HAVE ONE. WHEN WE DO THE MOTION, SHOULD WE ADD IN THE STIPULATIONS THAT WE JUST SPOKE ABOUT WITH THE [INAUDIBLE]
>> HERE'S MY THOUGHTS ON THIS.
YOU GUYS GOT TO REMEMBER THAT WE'RE MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO COUNSEL TO TAKE CERTAIN ACTION.
IF YOU GUYS WANT, WE COULD AMEND THE MOTION TO INCLUDE THAT, THIS ONE THING WE COULD DO, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS TO DO IT.
DONNA, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU THAT QUESTION.
IF WE IF OUR INTENT IS OUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL WOULD BE, HEY, WE'RE GOING TO SEND THIS TO YOU WITH AN APPROVAL, BUT WE THINK YOU NEED TO WORK OUT THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR PUTTING STIPULATIONS ON THE APARTMENT PORTION OF IT FOR STUDENT AND WORKFORCE HOUSING, HOW WOULD YOU RECOMMEND WE DO THAT? WOULD YOU RECOMMEND WE DO THAT AS AN AMENDMENT OR DO YOU THINK WE JUST SEND THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION?
>> YOU CAN SEND IT AS A RECOMMENDATION.
I WAS ACTUALLY JUST ASKING TIM, THE DIRECTOR TITSAN, WHETHER OR NOT WORKFORCE HOUSING IS ACTUALLY DEFINED ANYWHERE, SO THAT IF WE PUT THAT DOWN AS A STIPULATION, WHAT DOES IT MEAN 4, 05, 6 YEARS FROM NOW? THAT'S SOMETHING BECAUSE I HAD THE QUESTION, I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ANSWER IN MY OWN HEAD BEFORE IT'S PRESENTED TO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT IT WOULD GO AS A RECOMMENDATION.
>> YOU SUGGEST THAT WE DO THAT.
INSTEAD OF AN AMENDMENT, YOU SUGGEST THAT WE SEND IT AS A RECOMMENDATION?
YOU'RE MAKING THE RECOMMENDATION IF YOU WANT TO ADD IT AS ONE OF THE CONDITIONS, YOU CAN.
BUT AGAIN, MY CONCERN IS, I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF WORKFORCE HOUSING ITSELF IS DEFINED.
>> DEFINED IT IN THE PROPOSAL, IT'S 60-120% AMI.
I THINK THAT'S HOW MOST PEOPLE DO.
>> THAT'S A GOOD POINT. SINCE THAT'S IN THEIR PLANS SUBMITTAL IN THEIR NARRATIVE, YOU COULD EVEN PHRASE IT SUCH AS THAT AS DEFINED BY THE APPLICANT OR ANY OTHER MANNER.
THAT'S HOW WE DO APPLY THAT IN [INAUDIBLE] IN LIEU OF SOME OTHER SET STANDARD, IT'S THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL THAT STICKS.
>> I KNOW THE APPLICANT WAS SAYING THAT THEY WERE GOING TO HAVE A DEED RESTRICTION AND THE NOISE CAVEATS THAT WERE THERE.
HOW DO WE ASSURE THAT THOSE ARE THERE SO THAT THE AIRPORTS CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED? DO WE THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE ALSO NEED TO HAVE AS A SPECIFIC CONDITION BECAUSE I KNOW THEY'RE ALREADY DOING IT AT THE OTHER FACILITY, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THEY HAVE TO DO IT HERE. I'M JUST WONDERING.
>> I'M LEANING TOWARDS MAKING A MOTION TO AMEND AND INCLUDE THE APPLICANT'S DEFINITION AND THEIR STIPULATIONS AND PROVIDING THAT SPECIFIC TYPE OF HOUSING AND THE SPECIFIC DEED RESTRICTIONS
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FOR NOISE ABATEMENT OR THAT NOISE ACKNOWLEDGMENT, I GUESS.I DON'T KNOW WHATE SHE WOULD CALL THAT.
YOUR CHAIRMAN, YOU'RE ALLOWED TO BEAT ME TO THE PUNCH.
>> PAID THE BIG BUCKS FOR [INAUDIBLE].
>> THAT'S TRUE. THAT'S VERY TRUE.
I WAS GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO DEFER IT FOR THE 120 DAYS AS PER THE REQUEST OF THE AIRPORT MANAGER AND THE LADY SO THAT WE CAN GET SOME OF THESE OTHER QUESTIONS ANSWERED.
TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY LOOK AT THE HEIGHT IF YOU ISSUE BECAUSE STEVE DID PROPOSE THAT THEY COULD PROBABLY REDUCE THE HEIGHT.
IF WE'RE GOING WITH YOURS, WE DIDN'T [OVERLAPPING]
>> A DEFERRAL WOULD NOT BE AN AMENDMENT.
>> YES. I CAN'T I CAN'T PIGGYBACK YOURS.
>> WHAT YOU WANT TO DO AND I DON'T [OVERLAPPING]
>> WE DON'T WANT TO DENY IT BECAUSE THEN YOU JUST DENIED IT.
>> HERE'S WHAT I KNOW, STAN IS 120 DAYS IS A LOT OF TIME AND TIME KILLS DEALS.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT.
>> I WONDER AND MIKE, MAYBE YOU CAN HELP US WITH THIS.
WHAT QUESTIONS COULD BE ANSWERED OR WHO WOULD ASK THE QUESTION? WHAT WOULD THE QUESTIONS BE? WHAT ANSWERS ARE WE LOOKING FOR IF WE HAD 120 DAYS?
>> WHEN I ORIGINALLY WROTE THAT, IT WAS MORE ABOUT TO FIND OUT HOW THE CONSTRUCTION BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR A WHILE, HOW THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR RUNWAY SYSTEM.
ARE WE REQUIRED TO SHUT DOWN A RUNWAY OR WHAT? ON THE 7460 THAT THEY SUBMITTED FOR THE DETERMINATION, DID THEY INCLUDE ALL FIVE BUILDINGS, ALL POINTS OF THE BUILDING, OR WAS IT SOMETHING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT? I HAVEN'T SEEN A COPY OF THAT.
ALSO SPECIFIC LANGUAGE THE DEED RESTRICTIONS, IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO RUN THAT THROUGH LEGAL, MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERED, AND SOME OF MY THOUGHTS ANYWAY.
>> I'D IMAGINE WE COULD GET THAT DONE BEFORE 120 DAYS.
MAYBE I'M WRONG THERE. IT'S THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, PRESUMABLY. [LAUGHTER]
>> THE DETERMINATION CAN TAKE A WHILE.
BUT IF THEY'VE ALREADY SUBMITTED THE KEY POINTS OF EACH BUILDING AND SO FORTH, THEN THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CONSIDERED.
I JUST HAVEN'T SEEN THAT I'VE ONLY SEEN THE DETERMINATION LETTER, NOT THE APPLICATION.
>> WE COULD PRESUMABLY ALL COULD HAVE A MEETING BEFORE NOW AND WHEN IT GOES TO COUNSEL BECAUSE COUNSEL'S THIS WEEK [INAUDIBLE] BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, ALL COULD MEET AND FIGURE THAT OUT AND THERE WAS A PROBLEM, THEN COUNSEL COULD [OVERLAPPING].
>> COUNSEL, IF THEY FELT LIKE THEY NEEDED TO DEFER IT, THEY COULD.
I'M JUST THROWING OUT THERE. YES, DONNA. I WANT YOU TO.
>> I WAS JUST PROCEDURALLY GOING TO SAY THAT WE HAVE ONE ACTIVE MOTION, WHICH WAS YOUR [OVERLAPPING]
>> YES, MA'AM. I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING ELSE.
[OVERLAPPING] GOT IT. YES, MA'AM.
STAY IN MY LANE. YES, ANTHONY.
>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, I THINK IT WOULD PROVIDE GREAT CLARITY TO AMEND.
>> YEAH THAT'S THE DIRECTION I'M GOING.
>> ON THE QUESTION OF A RUNWAY BEING SHUT DOWN, CAN THERE BE AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER FOR ANY KIND OF COMPENSATION THAT'S DUE TO CONSTRUCTION WITH THE CRANES AND THE HEIGHTS AND ALL THAT KIND OF THING?
>> THAT'S SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE ANSWERED RIGHT NOW. WE DON'T KNOW.
>> IT'S JUST BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION.
BUT AGAIN, IN PREPARATION FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT QUESTION [INAUDIBLE].
>> THANK YOU. MR. CHAIRMAN, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO THIS MOTION THAT THE CONDO TOWERS BE REDUCED TO 135 FEET IN HEIGHT.
>> THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND ON THE FLOOR.
>> IT NEEDS A SECOND. YES, MA'AM.
>> I GET THAT. FOR A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO SEE THAT FIRST MOTION GO THROUGH ITS COURSE.
THEN IF A SECOND MOTION NEEDS TO HAPPEN OR TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I HEARD ANOTHER AMENDMENT ADDING [INAUDIBLE].
>> I UNDERSTAND. WE HAVEN'T AMENDED IT YET.
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BUT THERE'S A MOTION TO AMEND TO ADD A RESTRICTION 135 FEET ON THE CONDO TOWERS ON THE TABLE.THERE'S A MOTION A SECOND AND DISCUSSION ON THAT. THEN WE'LL TAKE A VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF AMENDING TO REDUCE THE HEIGHT OF THE TOWERS TO 135, THOSE IN FAVOR.
THOSE OPPOSED. THAT MOTION TO AMEND WOULD FAIL.
I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO AMEND REQUIRING THAT THE HOUSING AS SPECIFIED BY THE DEVELOPER IN THEIR NARRATIVE BE ADHERED TO THE NARRATIVE THE HOUSING AS SPECIFIED BY THE DEVELOPER IN THEIR NARRATIVE BE SPECIFICALLY INCLUDED WITHIN THE PUD.
THEN I'D ALSO, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WHAT WAS YOURS? WE WANT TO INCLUDE A DEED RESTRICTION, WHEREAS ANY PURCHASERS OF THE PROPERTY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO EXECUTE A DEED RESTRICTION ACKNOWLEDGING A NOISE.
I'LL LET YOU GUYS FIGURE THAT OUT.
IS THAT GOOD FOR YOU, DONNA? ARE YOU GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUT THAT DOWN IN PAPER SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS IT.
YOU GO TO FOLLOW WHERE WE'RE GOING WITH THIS BOAT?
>> I THINK WE CAN PUT LANGUAGE IN THERE REGARDING NOISE, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY DOES 94 [INAUDIBLE]
>> WE'RE GOING TO ASK THAT THEY BRING FORWARD A PROPOSAL TO INCLUDE A DEED RESTRICTION THAT WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE A POSSIBLE NOISE PROBLEM THERE.
>> I THINK IT WOULD BE JUST A REQUEST TO AMEND THAT A FULL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT WOULD BE ADDED TO [OVERLAPPING]
>> THERE YOU GO. I LIKE THAT BETTER.
>> WE'RE GOING TO AMEND THAT TO BE A FULL DISCLOSURE STATEMENT TO POTENTIAL PURCHASERS, POTENTIAL NOISE.
THAT'S MY AMENDMENT. I'M NOT SURE HOW DONNA IS GOING TO WRITE THAT. IT NEEDS A SECOND.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THE AYES HAVE IT.
THAT MOTION AS AMENDED IS ON THE FLOOR FOR DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THAT MOTION WOULD PASS.
GOOD LUCK, GENTLEMEN, AND YOU KNOW WHAT? CITY COUNCIL, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU GUYS DO THE HEAVY LIFTING ON THAT.
[LAUGHTER] BUT I WOULD TELL YOU, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND WE APPRECIATE IT.
WE'LL GET TO THE REST OF OUR BUSINESS HERE. CERTAINLY.
WE CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE PLEASE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. I'M MOHAMMED ELDAWY, CEO OF ROYAL CROWN ENTERPRISE, THE OWNER AND FOUNDER FOR THE PROJECT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR INVITING US TO SHARE EXCITING PROJECT IN THE PROJECT DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR THE WEST OF SEA WALL BOULEVARD.
WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT FOR A LONG TIME AND EVEN WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, MR. TIM AND THE WHOLE TEAM MICHELLE.
WAS ALSO HELPING US FOR A LONG TIME, ALREADY BACK AND FORTH TO BE ABLE TO ENSURE THE QUALITY OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT BEFORE EVEN WE PRESENTED TO COME TO THIS POINT, AND WE APPROACHED IT EVEN THE AIRPORT, WE APPROACH ALL THE AUTHORITIES TO GET THEIR OPINION ABOUT THE DESIGN BEFORE WE REACH TO THIS POINT.
AS A DEVELOPER, THE GOAL IS, OF COURSE, THE INVESTMENT IN GALVESTON, OUR BEAUTIFUL ISLAND.
BEFORE ALL OF THAT, OF COURSE, ECONOMIC IMPACT AND THE BENEFIT FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROJECT WE CAN CHANGE THE MAP FOR WHERE THE VISITORS CAN GO IN GALVESTON, WILL ADD A NEW ATTRACTION.
IT IS NOT ONLY BUILDING A CONSTRUCTION OR BUILDING BUILDINGS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE CREATING A DESTINATION THAT CAN ATTRACT MORE VISITORS AND CREATE JOBS,
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CREATE TAXES, DIFFERENT TYPE OF TAXES, AS YOU KNOW, AND CAN ATTRACT MORE DEVELOPERS TO THE CITY TO GALVESTON AND WRITE A NEW CHAPTER FOR GALVESTON STORY.WE ARE VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'RE SURE THIS WILL ADD VALUE TO THE CITY, TO THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, AND FOR EVERYONE ALREADY LIVING IN GALVESTON, AND PLUS WE ADD VALUE TO THE CURRENT PROPERTIES, ALREADY, OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE WILL FOLLOW ALL THE GUIDELINES EVEN AGAINST OR NOT AGAINST OUR DEVELOPMENT TO MAKE SURE THE SAFETY, TO MAKE SURE THE QUALITY, TO MAKE SURE THAT THE VALUE OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROJECT AND BENEFIT EVERYONE LIVE IN THE ISLAND.
WE ARE REALLY CURIOUS ABOUT THAT.
WE INVITE YOU TO JUST SEE THIS DEVELOPMENT AS NOT INVESTMENT OR PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
IT'S A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN WITH THE CITY AND ITS PEOPLE FOR ECONOMIC BENEFITS AND FOR A LONG TERM ONGOING BENEFITS FOR EVERYONE LIVE IN THIS ISLAND.
I WANT TO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND, LOOKING AT THIS DEVELOPMENT IN THE RIGHT WAY AND OF COURSE, ALL OTHER FACTORS THAT WE CAN AFFECT, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME FOR YOUR [OVERLAPPING]
>> THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOU.
YOU'VE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY HERE.
SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING AS WELL. THANKS AGAIN.
[8.A.3. 25BF-036 (12716 Bermuda Beach Drive) Request for exemption and approval for Beachfront Construction Certificate and Dune Protection Permit to include proposed construction of a single-family dwelling with a crushed rock driveway apron. Property is legally described as Abstract 121 Hall & Jones Survey, Lot 15, Bermuda Beach Section 5, a subdivision in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Anthony Torusoglu Property Owner: Anthony Torusoglu]
>> MOVING ON, THOSE OF YOU WHO'VE STUCK AROUND.
IT'S ALMOST BETTER THAN WATCHING A MOVIE.
THAT'S RIGHT. MUST CTV, 25BF-036.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS A REQUEST FOR THE EXEMPTION AND APPROVAL OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH CRUST ROCK DRIVEWAY APRON WITHIN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA.
THE ADDRESS IS 12716 BERMUDA BEACH DRIVE.
THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 121 HALL AND JONES SURVEY, LOT 15, BERMUDA BEACH, SECTION 5, A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
THIS CASE WAS PREVIOUSLY PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNDER THE SAME CASE NUMBER 25BF-036 FOR AN EXEMPTION AND APPROVAL OF A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITHIN A CRUSHED ROCK DRIVEWAY APRON WITHIN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA.
THE CASE FELL DUE TO A LACK OF AFFIRMATIVE VOTES.
THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE REMOVED THE REAR STAIR AND REAR DECK AND HAS MOVED THE STRUCTURE SIX FEET FURTHER LADWARD.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE BERMUDA BEACH SUBDIVISION.
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE NORTH EAST AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
A CITY OF GALVESTON STREET AND BEACH IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, THIS AREA IS ERODING AT A RATE OF SIX FEET PER YEAR.
STAFF HAS PREPARED PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING.
FIRST, WE HAVE THE FIRM AND BEG MAP SHOWING THE DISTANCE OF THE STRUCTURE FROM THE BEACH IN ITS POSITION RELATIVE TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
ON THE NEXT SLIDE, IS THE PROPERTY SURVEY ZOOMED IN ON THE RIGHT TO SHOW THE LACK OF DUNE COMPLEX.
SINCE THERE IS A LACK OF DUNE COMPLEX, THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA IS 200 FEET FROM THE LINE OF VEGETATION.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET FROM THE LINE OF VEGETATION.
ON THE FOLLOWING TWO SLIDES, WE HAVE THE PROPOSED PROJECT DRAWINGS AS WELL AS THE SUMMARIZED SCOPE OF WORK.
ON THE LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE REAR DECK AND STAIRS HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM THE PREVIOUS SUBMITTAL OF THIS PROJECT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
NEXT, WE HAVE FOUR PHOTOS OF THE SITE, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING WEST, LOOKING SOUTH AND LOOKING NORTH FROM BERMUDA BEACH DRIVE.
FINALLY, WE HAVE A SLIDE OUTLINED SOME OF THE STEPS TAKEN FOR CONSIDERATION OF EXEMPTION FOR THIS PROJECT TO INCLUDE THE REMOVAL OF THE REAR DECK AND STAIRS AND MOVING THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE SIX FEET LAMWARD.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
>> THANK YOU, CALE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
>> GOT TWO QUESTIONS FOR CALE.
ACTUALLY, ONE FOR CALE, PROBABLY ONE FOR TIM.
IN THE LETTER FROM THE GLO, THEY MENTIONED WHEN THE RESTORATION OR DUNE ENHANCEMENT IS NOT FEASIBLE, THAT A FEE IS SOMETIMES INVOLVED,
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WAS THERE ANY FEE INVOLVED IN THIS ONE?>> THIS IS THAT'S FOR THE ENHANCED CONSTRUCTION ZONE, AND IT SAYS THAT IT HAS TO BE WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A DUNE.
THEN AND THEY CAN'T BUILD A DUNE.
THEY HAVE PUBLIC BEACH ACCESS THERE AND THE ROAD AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WE TAKE IF THERE'S CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT PEOPLE CAN'T BUILD A DUNE OR ANYTHING, AND THERE'S NOT A DUNE THERE.
THAT'S WHAT OUR EROSION RESPONSE PLAN SAYS.
>> THEN, TIM, IS THERE ANY COMMITMENT ON THE PART OF THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING WITH PERMITTED BEACH DRIVE AS FAR AS THE HARD SURFACE?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION WE WOULD LOVE TO.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THE GLO WILL NECESSARILY LET US THERE.
>> WELL, WHEN WE'RE WORKING WITH THEM, WE DID BRING TO THE IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSION DOING SOME TYPE OF BULKHEAD WITH ARTICULATED MATS.
I BELIEVE WE BROUGHT IT TO IN FRONT OF COMMISSION A FEW MONTHS AGO.
WE'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT GLO HAD.
THERE'S SOME CERTAIN THINGS WITH THOSE TYPE OF STRUCTURES ABOUT CONSISTENCY WITH THE COASTAL PLAN THAT THE GLO HAS.
WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS, BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT DOING SOMETHING OUT THERE TO ENHANCE THE ROAD BECAUSE THE CITY IS SPENDING QUITE A BIT OF FUNDS OUT THERE TO MAINTAIN THAT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT PLANS, BUT COMMITMENT IS ALL ABOUT THE MONEY AND THE FUNDING.
>> WELL AND IT'S AN ALTERNATIVE TO WHAT WE CAN'T DO, WHICH IS PAVEMENT? WE ARE SEEKING THE ALTERNATIVES.
BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, THIS IS AN INSTANCE WHERE THIS PERSON FRONTS THE ROADWAY AND AND THAT OTHERWISE WOULD BE WHERE THE DUNE WOULD BE.
>> WE SAW THIS CASE NOT LONG AGO, RIGHT?
>> WE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT A DUNE PROJECT THAT'S SLATED FOR THIS AREA.
>> THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING ON IT STARTING IN OCTOBER.
>> IN OCTOBER. IT'S FUNDED, SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN.
IT'S BEACH RESTORATION WILL THERE BE A DUNE INCLUDED IN THAT? NO. IF THEY DO THE BEACH RESTORATION, THERE'S STILL NO DUNE LINE, IS THERE? EVEN IF THEY DO A BEACH RESTORATION, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LINE TO MEASURE.
WELL, WE WOULD MEASURE FROM THE HIGH WATER. HOW DO WE DO THAT? I KNOW WHERE THERE'S NO DUNES.
HOW DO WE ESTABLISH WHERE THE [OVERLAPPING]
>> IT'S 200 FEET FROM THE LINE OF VEGETATION.
IF THERE'S NOT A DUNE, THEN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA IS 200 FEET FROM THE LINE OF VEGETATION.
THAT'S WHY THIS PROJECT IS LOCATED WITHIN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA.
>> BECAUSE THERE'S NO VEGETATION.
THERE'S NO IS A LINE OF VEGETATION.
AT THIS TIME THE PROJECT, THE BEACH NOURISHMENT PROJECT DOES NOT INCLUDE A DUNE.
THERE'S NOT TO SAY THAT THERE WILL NOT BE A DUNE CONSTRUCTED OUT THERE, BUT RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOTHING PART OF THE BEACH NURSHMENT PROJECT THAT'S GOING TO BE STARTING IN OCTOBER THAT HAS A COMPONENT OF CONSTRUCTING A DUNE.
>> THIS IS ALSO WHERE WE SPOKE BRIEFLY, THERE'S JUST A FEW HOUSES OVER THERE AND THE CITY'S SPENDING A LOT OF MONEY ON WHAT LITTLE BIT OF ROAD IS WELL, IF YOU WANT TO CALL THE ROAD [OVERLAPPING]
BUT THE ONE THING TO CONSIDER IN THIS IS THAT A BEACH RENOURISHMENT WILL EXTEND THE BEACH PROFILE OUT, AND IT'S LIKELY OVER TIME, UNLESS WE GET ANOTHER MAJOR HURRICANE OR SOMETHING AND WASHES IT ALL BACK OUT, THAT IT'LL BEGIN TO GROW NATURALLY SOMEWHAT.
BUT THE REAL ISSUES THAT THEY ARE IN BETTER SHAPE WITH THIS BEACH RENOURISHMENT HAPPENING EVEN WITHOUT A DUNE BECAUSE THE LOW WATER LEVEL WILL BE THAT MUCH FURTHER OUT.
HIGH WATER, MEAN SEA LEVEL, THE WHOLE THING WILL BE THAT MUCH FURTHER OUT.
>> THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION. ANYBODY ELSE HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF? THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT?
MY CHEAP GLASSES AS WELL, I NEED PLACE THEM DONE AGAIN.
MY APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING HERE LAST SESSION.
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ACTUALLY A SLIGHT BACKGROUND, I KNOW.I THINK I'M NOT LIMITED TO 3 MINUTES, BUT I'LL TRY TO STAY UNDER THAT.
I'M A LONG TIME GALVESTON COUNTY RESIDENT.
MY KIDS GREW HERE, GREW UP HERE, WHEN I'M GOING TO COLLEGE SOON.
I WASN'T BORN ON THE ISLAND, BUT I'VE BEEN ON THE ISLAND FOR 30 PLUS YEARS.
PART OF THE REASON, THIS IS PERSONAL.
OF COURSE, WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD A HOUSE, BUT IT'S NOT WHAT'S THE TERM I'M LOOKING FOR.
I'M NOT TRYING TO GET RICH QUICK.
THIS IS TRULY A BUILDING THAT MY MOM AND DAD ARE GOING TO LIVE IN IT.
MY MOM IS A 27 YEAR VETERAN OF THE POLICE FORCE RETIRED RIGHT AFTER COVID, THEN WAS STRUCK WITH BREAST CANCER, SURVIVED.
ACTUALLY LAST MONTH, THE REASON I WASN'T ABLE TO COME HERE WAS BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO TAKE HER TO THE VATICAN AND DO OUR PILGRIMAGE.
I'VE BEEN ABLE TO SATISFY THAT.
WHEN SHE ACTUALLY HAD THE BREAST CANCER EVENT, WE COME TO GALVESTON QUITE OFTEN AND WE CAME AGAIN, AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE WANTED HER ASHES TO BE SPREAD ON THE BEACH.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THAT, I HAD A CHANCE TO BUY THIS LAND, AND I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS.
SEPTEMBER, SO I FOUND IT LAST NOVEMBER, WAS FINISHED PURCHASING IT IN DECEMBER.
IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON AND MEETING EVERY REQUIREMENT.
THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BUILD IS BEYOND THE LEVEL OF MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ON HEIGHT, BEYOND THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ON BY LOANS THAT ARE GOING TO BE THEY'RE GOING TO BE BIGGER AND STRONGER.
WITHIN THE QUESTION OF HOW MANY HOUSES ARE ON BERMUDA BEACH DRIVE ON THE FRONT ROW, THERE'S 40 PLUS HOUSES THERE, SIR.
AND MOST RECENT ONE BEING BUILT, ACTUALLY, FOUR HOUSES DOWN ON 12902, BERMUDA BEACH DRIVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS APPROVED, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY BUILT THIS YEAR, BRAND NEW THERE.
I JUST HUMBLY ASK THAT WE MOVE THE PROJECT FORWARD AND I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO GET THIS.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
>> I MOVE WE APPROVE 25BF-036 WITH CONDITIONS AS SPECIFIED BY THE STAFF.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE AND SECOND.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? I'M JUST GOING TO SAY IT.
I HATE THESE. I MEAN, THIS IS IN THE DCA.
I'M EMPATHETIC TO THE PROPERTY OWNER'S SITUATION.
>> I JUST I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY TO THE COMMISSION THAT HIM MOVING THE PROPERTY BACK SIX FEET, WAS THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WAS RIGHT.
BROUGHT UP AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION.
>> BUT IT'S ALSO IN THE DCA, WHICH THE COMMISSION HAS THE AUTHORITY TO SAY, WE'RE NOT LETTING YOU DO THAT ANYMORE.
THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT WITH THESE.
I'M JUST THAT'S MY DISCUSSION.
IT'S WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS OR WE'RE NOT.
I'M NOT SAYING HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE BECAUSE I HADN'T DECIDED YET, BUT THAT'S MY POINT.
>> I THINK THAT THE ONLY REASON IN THE PAST, I THINK IN THE LAST TWO SESSIONS, WE'VE BEEN DENYING THEM, ANYBODY IN THE DCA.
BUT THE ONLY REASON I'M, AND THIS IS JUST MY OPINION.
THE REASON WHY I THINK THIS ONE IS OKAY IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A DUNE THERE.
I THINK IF THERE WAS A DUNE THERE, THEN FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THEN THAT WOULD BE A REASON THAT WE WOULDN'T ALLOW HIM TO BUILD IN THERE.
BUT SINCE THERE'S NOT A DUNE AND WE DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S EVER GOING TO BE A DUNE THERE, THEN I DON'T THINK THAT HE'S REALLY VIOLATING THE LAW, BUT NOT THE SPIRIT OF THE LAW, IN A SENSE. YEAH, GO AHEAD.
>> HE'S NOT VIOLATING THE LAW.
THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR BUILDING AROUND THE DUNES AND LIKE WE'RE ASKING FOR AN EXEMPTION.
IT'S NOT THAT HE'S NOT IT'S MORE OF A KIND OF PROTECTION AROUND IT'S AN EXTRA KIND OF LEVEL OF US TO EVALUATE A PROJECT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT GOING TO ADVERSELY IMPACT THE DUNE, WHICH COULD HAVE ADVERSELY IMPACT OTHER LANDOWNERS.
JUST TO CLEAR UP, IT'S NOT VIOLATING THE LAW.
IT'S MORE KIND OF A STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION
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TO ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF ANY DUNES THAT ARE OUT THERE.>> UNDERSTOOD. I JUST MISSPOKE.
>> I DIDN'T WANT TO MAKE SURE PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
PUBLIC DIDN'T KNOW THAT THEY WAS BREAKING NEWS.
>> THAT'S MY THINKING ABOUT IT.
I HAD CLEAR THINKING BECAUSE I REALLY BELIEVE IN THAT TOO.
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE BUILDING IN A DUNE.
>> I THINK THE BEACH RESTORATION PROJECT COULD HELP THE SITUATION.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON THE CITY TO GET SOMETHING DONE WITH THE ROAD BECAUSE AS I LOOK AT IT, I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THE BEACH CURRENTLY IS HIGHER THAN THE ROAD.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THAT ROAD BASE TO BRING IT UP.
THAT'S ONE OF MY BIG CONCERNS IS JUST YOU CAN BUILD THE HOUSE, BUT CAN YOU ACCESS THE HOUSE.
I'VE SEEN MY FOUR WHEEL DRIVE JEEP, IT'S PRETTY TOUGH TO GET UP AND DOWN THE ROAD SOMETIMES.
THAT COULD BE REALLY IMPORTANT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION, FIRE AMBULANCE.
BUT I THINK THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE.
AND WHAT I HEARD THEM SAY IS IF GLO GIVES THEM A GREEN LIGHT, THEN THE CITY WILL FIGURE OUT SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN PUT DOWN AS A BASE TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
>> I'LL JUST ADD, I WAS LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE EARTH ON THIS PROPERTY EARLIER AND I WAS ACTUALLY KIND OF SURPRISED BECAUSE I REMEMBER AT THE LAST MEETING WAS TALKING ABOUT THE ROAD.
THAT ROAD ACTUALLY RUNS BACK AND THERE'S LIKE ANOTHER ROAD THAT COMES OFF OF THE FRONT ROW INTO A CUL DE SAC THAT YOU CAN'T ACCESS FROM ANYWHERE OTHER THAN THAT BERMUDA BEACH DRIVE, WHICH I WOULDN'T REALLY CALL DRIVE.
IT'S REALLY JUST BERMUDA BEACH.
>> ANYBODY ELSE? THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR.
THAT IS APPROVED, 25PD-03 NOT 03. WHAT WAS THAT?
>> GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR PROJECT, SIR.
[8.B.4. 25P-036 (1201 Postoffice / Avenue E) Request for designation as a Galveston Landmark. The property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey, North 60 feet of Lot 7 (7-1), Block 432, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Stephen Wade Roberts and Sigita Sulaityte Property Owner: Stephen Wade Roberts and Sigita Sulaityte]
25BF-036.>> THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A GALVESTON HISTORIC LANDMARK, A 12 HOLE ONE POST OFFICE, 26 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT ZERO OF THOSE WERE RETURNED.
>> ONCE AGAIN, I REQUEST FOR A LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
THIS IS THE PETER AND ELENA MAURI GROCERY AT 1201 POSTOFFICE, SURVIVING EXAMPLE OF A LATE 19TH CENTURY GALVESTON CORNER STORE, CONSTRUCTED IN 1893 AND SURVIVOR OF THE 1,900 STORM.
IT IN BUYS IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN GALVESTON, REFLECTS THE ITALIAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCE AND CULTURE.
PROPERTY PLAYED A ROLE AS A COMMUNITY GATHERING PLACE, RESIDENTS, BOUGHT A NUMBER OF STAPLES, INCLUDING SANDWICHES AND ICE CREAM.
NOW THE PROPERTY IS STRONGLY ASSOCIATED WITH PETER AND ELENA MAURI, ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO ARE PART OF THE LATE 19TH CENTURY IMMIGRANT WAVE THAT SHAPED GALVESTON'S ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
ELENA MAURI CONTINUED TO OPERATE THE STORE AFTER HER HUSBAND'S DEATH IN 1903, WHICH IS ALSO A REMARKABLE EXAMPLE OF A WOMAN LED BUSINESS OF THAT TIME.
FURTHER HIGHLIGHT ITS HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
THE PROPERTY IS IN HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS INELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES AND NEW LANDMARKS.
LANDMARK COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THEIR SEPTEMBER 15TH MEETING.
OF COURSE, CITY COUNCIL HAS A FINAL DECISION REGARDING THE REQUEST.
THEY WILL CONSIDER AT THE OCTOBER 23RD 2025 MEETING.
STAFF ALSO RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH STANDARD CONDITIONS ONE.
THEN WE HAVE JUST A PHOTO HERE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE BY ITS ARCHITECTURE, THAT'S VERY MUCH A CORNER STORE TYPE BUILDING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THEN THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH EAST, SOUTH AND WEST.
>> THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT?
>> THE APPLICANT WAS UNABLE TO ATTEND DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES HE SENDS HIS REGARDS AND APOLOGIES.
>> WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IT REQUIRES ACTION, DOESN'T IT? A VOTE?
>> BRING THIS BACK FOR A MOTION.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 25P-031 AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
>> ACTUALLY, IT'S 036, 25P-036.
>> NO PROBLEM. I'LL SECOND THAT.
WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO APPROVE 25P-036, OR ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE, THOSE IN FAVOR? THAT'S UNANIMOUS, 25P-036 IS APPROVED.
[8.C.5. 25P-031 (17009 San Luis Pass Road/FM 3005) Request for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District for “Place of Private Assembly” and “Private Club” land uses. Property is legally described as Sandy Shores (2003) Abstract 121, Lot 2, Acres 2.310, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Nathan Gustafson Property Owner: AP Trust / Ronald Gustafson]
MOVING ON TO 25P-031.THIS IS A 17009 FM 3005, AND THIS IS A REQUEST FOR ANOTHER PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT.
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THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT LESS COMPLEX THAN THE PREVIOUS ONE.THERE WERE 10 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT, NONE OF THOSE WERE RETURNED.
THIS REQUESTS FOR A PLAN UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT TO ESTABLISH THE PLACE OF PRIVATE ASSEMBLY AND PRIVATE CLUB LAND USES IN A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT.
ACCORDING TO THE APPLICANT, THE PURPOSE OF THE PUD IS TO DEVIATE FROM THE PERMITTED LAND USES IN THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R-1 ZONING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS TO ALLOW THE LAND USES AS NOTED.
NORMALLY, BOTH THOSE LAND USES ARE PROHIBITED IN R-1 ZONING.
I NEED TO DEVIATE FROM THE PERMITTED SIGNS FOR R-1 ZONING DISTRICTS, PROVIDED TABLE 5.1-10 TO ALLOW FOR R-1 SINGLE 100 SQUARE FOOT MONUMENT SIGN ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSAL.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES A LOW DENSITY, EVENT FOCUS DEVELOPMENT, OPERATE AS A PLACE OF PRIVATE ASSEMBLY FOR WEDDINGS RECEPTIONS AND PRIVATE FUNCTIONS.
WE ALSO FUNCTION AS A PRIVATE CLUB FOR INVITATION ONLY GATHERINGS, RECREATION EVENTS, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS ON MEMBERSHIP BASIS.
THE SUBJECT SITE CONSISTS OF 12.31 ACRE LOT LOCATED SOUTH OF THE OWNERS RV PARK BUSINESS AT 17196 FM 3005.
THE SITE CURRENTLY CONTAINS A LARGE SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTS, WHICH THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO INCORPORATE INTO THE PROPOSED LAND USES AS THE CLUBHOUSE, AND OF COURSE, THE SITE IS LOCATED BETWEEN 3005 AND THE PUBLIC BEACH AND THUS HAS DIRECT BEACH ACCESS.
OBJECT SIZE ONCE AGAIN, ZONED R-1 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.
THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST, SOUTH AND WEST ARE ALSO ZONED R-1 SINGLE FAMILY.
THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AS ZONE RESORT RECREATION AND CONTAINS AN EXISTING RV PARK WHICH ESTABLISHED IN 2006.
ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED LAND USES ARE PROHIBITED IN R-1 ZONING, BOTH ARE ALLOWED IN OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS AS LIMITED USES.
THEY ARE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE THE ASSOCIATE STANDARDS ARE MET BECAUSE THESE LIMITED USES MAY BE APPLICABLE TO THE REQUEST.
THE STANDARDS LIMITED USES FOR PLACE OF PRIVATE ASSEMBLY ARE INCLUDED IN EXHIBIT B FOR REFERENCE AS SOME OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE BASED ON THAT.
NOTE THAT THERE ARE NO LIMITED USES FOR PRIVATE CLUBS.
IT IS EITHER PERMITTED BY RIGHT OR NOT.
NORMALLY SPEAKING, R-1 OFCOURSE WILL ONLY ALLOW FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE THE PUD SUMMARY IN THE STAFF REPORT, ALL THAT PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL FOR PUDS.
STAFF FINDS THAT THE PROPOSED PUD REQUEST GENERALLY CONFORMS TO THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL.
THE PROPOSED ZONINGS AND OVERLAY ZONING DOES NOT CHANGE THE BASE ZONING, WHICH STILL INCLUDES SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS ON LAND USES, AS R-1 TYPICALLY DOES.
THE EXISTING HOUSE WILL SERVE AS A PRIVATE CLUB FOR A MODEST NUMBER OF GUESTS UP TO 40 PER THE APPLICANT'S NARRATIVE, WHICH IS AN ACCEPTABLE ADAPTIVE REUSE OF THE STRUCTURE OF THIS SIZE AND CONJUNCTION, WITH THE STATED PURPOSES.
A PROPOSAL INCLUDES PROVISIONS TO PROVIDE SCREENING, LANDSCAPING, AND LIGHTING SENSITIVE TO ADJACENT LAND USES.
ANY DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO BE SUBJECT TO BEACH FRONT CONSTRUCTION, DOM PROTECTION PLAN REGULATIONS AS IS NORMAL.
PROPOSED LAND USES INCLUDED THE PUD ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO THE ADJACENT RV PARK.
FINALLY, NOTE THAT NO CITY DEPARTMENTS OR OUTSIDE UTILITIES SUBMITTED ANY CONCERNS.
ONCE AGAIN, IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS OF THE RANK RESIDENTIAL USES.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING SCREENING, LIMITATIONS ON THE HOURS OF OPERATION, RESTRICTIONS ON AMPLIFIED SOUND, AS DESCRIBED IN CONDITIONS 2, 3, AND 4 OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
ONCE AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL REQUEST WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS 1 THROUGH 5 AND CENTER CONDITIONS 6 THROUGH 11. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE.
HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS IT STANDS NOW, AND YOU ALSO CAN SEE THE VICINITY MAP IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER SHOWING WHERE IT IS IN RELATION TO EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND THE RV PARK ACROSS 3005.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF THE PUD PLAN, WHICH IS TAKEN FROM THE STAFF REPORT AND FROM THE APPLICANT SUBMITTAL, ALSO A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE ONCE AGAIN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWING ITS RELATION TO OTHER PROPERTIES IN THE AREA, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S RESIDENTIAL ON BOTH SIDES, OF COURSE, THE BEACH TO THE SOUTH AND THE RV PART TO THE NORTH.
NEXT SIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE PHOTOS OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST, AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT.
THANK YOU, DANIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? JUST ONE. THESE SPECIFIC CONDITIONS THAT ADDRESS NOISE, LIGHTING, SCREENING WITH FENCING.
ALL THOSE ARE BECAUSE WE ANTICIPATE THAT'S GOING TO BE
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A PROBLEM FOR THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES THAT ARE EXISTING ON THE WEST SIDE AND WILL BE BUILT ON THE EAST SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? SOMEWHAT. THESE ARE PRETTY COMMON LIMITED USE STANDARDS FOR RV PARKS AND SOME SIMILAR LAND USES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE AN IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL.BUT SOME OF THIS THE APPLICANT PROPOSE, SOME OF THE STAFF IS PROPOSING IN ORDER TO MITIGATE ANY POTENTIAL IMPACTS ON THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? DID I MISS IT? IS THERE ANY STIPULATION FOR THE OCCUPANCY ALLOWED FOR THIS OR IS THAT NOT INCLUDED IN THE PUD REQUEST THAT'S NOT A FACT UNIT? STAFF DID NOT ADD A SPECIFIC CONDITION.
THE APPLICANT INDICATED NO MORE THAN 40 PEOPLE, BUT OF COURSE, YOU HAVE THE POWER TO AMEND THE REQUESTS.
THEN ALSO CONCERNING THE PARKING, THEY DO HAVE 130 BY 80.
I DON'T KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY VEHICLES THAT WILL CONSIST OF, AND THAT A LOT LIKE THAT? THAT'S DIFFICULT TO SAY, HOWEVER.
WE'LL NOTE THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME SORT OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT THAT WE REQUIRED AND THEY WOULD NEED TO MEET OUR STANDARDS FOR PARKING LOT DESIGN.
DANIEL, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A PHASE 1 AND 2.
ON PHASE 2, IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE BUILDING SOME CASITAS THERE.
THE APPLICANT NOTED 1-2, ONLY SHOWING ONE HERE OF GUEST CASITAS, I PRESUME THAT WOULD BE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THEY'RE HOSTING A WEDDING, THAT WOULD BE LIKE THE BRIDE SUITE OR SOMETHING, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SECOND PHASE, BUT THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN THIS REQUEST.
AGAIN, ALL OF THIS WOULD HAVE TO MEET BEACH CONSTRUCTION JUST LIKE ANY OTHER PROJECT.
OR GIVE ANY RIGHTS TO HOW MANY UNITS THEY COULD PUT ON THE SITE, OR IS IT THEY HAVE TO COME BACK TO UPDATE THE PUD? THEY WERE REQUESTING 1-2, SO WE COULD SAY NO MORE THAN TWO.
ANYTHING BEYOND THAT WOULD REQUIRE, A PUD AMENDMENT.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO AMEND IT IF THEY DEVIATED FROM WHAT THEY APPLIED FOR.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION ON NUMBER 3 HOURS OF OPERATION, IS THAT PRETTY STANDARD BETWEEN 10:00 P.M. AND 7:00 A.M.
BECAUSE IF YOU COME TO ONE OF MY FAMILY'S EVENTS, WE'RE GOING TO BE GO UNTIL 2:00 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING CHASING PEOPLE TO WAY AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING.
STAFF LOOKED THROUGH VARIOUS LAND USES THAT DO HAVE THOSE LIMITATIONS, AND THAT WAS A CONSISTENT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS BECAUSE A LOT OF TIMES EVEN LIKE AT 7:00 A.M. IF YOU'RE HAVING A BIG TO DO OR SOMETHING, YOU NEED PEOPLE TO COME IN THERE WHO ARE SETTING UP YOUR CATERERS AND ALL THAT THING.
IF THAT'S PRETTY STANDARD, I'LL LEAVE IT ALONE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? STATE YOUR NAME, SIGN IN FOR US.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SEEING ME.
ONCE AGAIN, WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO AND IT WAS BEING VANDALIZED.
IT WAS COURTNEY GLASSCOCK OLD HOUSE, AND IT WAS GOING DOWNHILL.
WE WERE HAVING [INAUDIBLE] ON OVER FACEBOOK, TIKTOK PEOPLE GOING IN THERE, TEARING OUT WALLS.
IT WAS TERRIBLE LOOK FOR GALVESTON, ACTUALLY. WE HAD TWO CHOICES.
WE EITHER TEAR IT DOWN, AND OUR OPTION WAS TO BUILD THREE HOUSES, SIDE BY SIDE.
FRANKLY, I DON'T LIKE THE LOOK OF HAVING JUST A HOUSE BY SIDE BY SIDE.
WE DECIDE LET'S FIX IT UP, LET'S TRY TO SELL ON IT.
WELL, THE PROBLEM IS COURTNEY GLASSCOCK BUILT IT FOR HERSELF, THAT'S GREAT FOR YOUR BUILDER.
BUT BEING SAID THAT, EACH ROOM IS HUGE AND A LOT OF WINDOWS, YOU'RE IN A GLASS BALL, IT'S NOT A CELL HOUSE.
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WE WANT TO REALLY USE IT FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL.ONE OF THE COMMENTS IS, WHY DON'T WE DO IT ACROSS THE STREET AT OUR PARK? WELL, IF YOU'RE HAVING A NICE WEDDING, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT AT OUR PARK.
YOU WANT A NICE BEACH HOUSE, NOT A RV PARK.
THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WANT TO DO A PRIVATE PARTY OR A PRIVATE EVENT.
WE ACTUALLY HAD THAT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO WHEN WE ACTUALLY OWN FROM THE OCEAN TO THE BAY.
WE ENDED UP SELLING THE BACKLAND, WHICH I GOT MARRIED ON, WAS BEAUTIFUL PIECE OF PROPERTY.
WE OWN LAND IN COLUMBUS, TEXAS.
THAT'S WHERE WE GOT THE IDEA OF DOING THIS PROJECT IS THEY HAVE IT'S CALLED THE MAGNOLIA SOCIETY THERE.
IT'S A REALLY HIGH AND PRIVATE CLUB, AND WE WERE MEMBERS OF IT.
THAT'S WHERE WE WANT TO GO WITH THIS VENTURE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? YES.
I KNOW WE SAID THE NUMBER ABOUT 40 GUESTS.
HOW MANY COULD YOU ACTUALLY PUT IN THIS HOUSE FOR A BIG WEDDING OR SOMETHING? IT'S ABOUT 4,000 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE, AND LET'S JUST SAY YOU DID 20 SQUARE FOOT PER PERSON.
YOU'RE LOOKING OVER AROUND 100 PEOPLE VERY EASILY.
I JUST DID ASK GOOGLE, HOW MUCH YOU NEED PER A WEDDING PARTY IS NINE TO 12 FEET PER PERSON.
20 FEET PER PERSON IS VERY REALLY.
HERE YOU THINK ABOUT JUST USE IT SPECIFICALLY FOR WEDDING EVENTS OR PARTIES, CELEBRATIONS, ETC.
>> EXACTLY RIGHT. WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO OPEN EVERY DAY.
FOR ONE, WE SEE WEDDINGS UP AND DOWN THE STREET ALL TIME.
WE WANT TO DO IT LEGALLY, FIRST OF ALL, NOT JUST GO AND ASK FOR FORGIVENESS LATER ON.
AS FAR AS THE PRIVATE CLUB, IT WOULD NOT BE A DAILY THING.
IT BASICALLY BE WHERE WE DON'T HAVE THE ACTUAL RULES YET.
MAYBE ONCE A WEEK YOU MEET UP, AND IF YOU'RE A MEMBER, YOU CAN ACTUALLY THEN RENT THE HOUSE OUT OR NOT RENT THE HOUSE OUT, USE THE HOUSE IN THAT IF YOU'RE A CLUB MEMBER.
>> THE HOUSE IS CURRENTLY LISTED FOR SALE, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> IT'S A FOUR BEDROOM, 4.5 BATH.
THREE BEDROOMS UP, ONE BEDROOM DOWN, IS THAT CORRECT?
>> THE THREE BEDROOM HOUSE, TWO UP, ONE DOWN.
THE ONE DOWNSTAIRS IS MORE OF A DINING ROOM.
YES, IT MEETS THE CRITERIA FOR A BEDROOM HAS OWN BATHROOM.
BUT AS FAR AS A TRUE BEDROOM, IT'S REALLY NOT A BEDROOM. IT'S MORE OF A DINING ROOM.
>> WHEN DID YOU FINISH THE INTERIOR MODIFICATIONS OR REPAIRS?
>> IT'S BEEN HOLDING ON MARKET FOR A YEAR SO IT'S BEEN ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
>> THE WORK IS VERY NICE, BY THE WAY.
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, FROM THE PICTURES THAT I SAW MLS, BUT YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANY MODIFICATIONS TO MAKE IT INTO OR TO CHANGE IT INTO A EVENT VENUE?
>> WE DIDN'T DO NEW MODIFICATIONS.
I DID HOLD OUR MOTHER IN LAW'S 80TH BIRTHDAY THERE, AND IT WORKED VERY WELL FOR THAT. THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE.
THERE WAS PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THAT IN THE MAIN ROOM.
THEN WE USED THE FAR ROOM FOR JUST ORDERS AND CATERING, THAT THING.
>> AS A REMINDER, TIM, SO IS PLACE OF PRIVATE ASSEMBLY AND THE OTHER DESIGNATION, THOSE ARE ONLY A LIMITED USE?
>> RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, DANIEL, DO YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT?
>> PLACE OF PRIVATE ASSEMBLY IS NORMALLY NOT PERMITTED, OF COURSE IN R-1, IT IS A LIMITED USE IN MANY OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS.
PRIVATE CLUB IS EITHER PERMITTED OR NOT ACROSS ZONING DISTRICTS.
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENCE THERE, BUT THE PLACE OF PRIVATE ASSEMBLY IS YOUR TYPICAL WEDDING, ANNIVERSARY TYPE OF EVENT VENUE IS THE BASIC DEFINITION.
>> THE QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED WITH THE PREVIOUS, THIS COULD TRANSFER TO ANOTHER OWNER?
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>> IN YOUR REPAIRS, WHEN YOU FIRST WENT INTO THE HOUSE, DID YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT DOWN TO THE STUDS? WAS IT THAT BAD OR WHAT ALL DID YOU DO?
>> NO. IT WAS PAINT AND SPACLE.
OF COURSE, IT TOOK A SAFE FROM THE VERY TOP FLOOR DOWN, SO WE HAD TO REPAIR SOME STAIRS, EVERYTHING'S CONCRETE THERE SO YOU CAN'T DESTROY TOO MUCH, BUT FOR THE MOST PART IS PAINT AND [INAUDIBLE] AND A LITTLE BIT TLC AND THAT STUFF.
>> IN REALITY, WE HAVE SEVERAL PLACES LIKE THIS.
IT'S DIFFERENT THAN IT'S ON THE WEST END, BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE ALASKA HOME OR ANY NUMEROUS HOMES IN THE HISTORIC AREA, THIS IS REALLY PRETTY MUCH COMMON EXACTLY WHAT HE'S ASKING FOR.
JUST AN ANOMALY THAT IT'S ON THE WEST END.
>> RESIDENTIAL HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES [INAUDIBLE]?
>> I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU NATHAN.
IN ALL FAIRNESS, I KNOW NATHAN, BUT I REALLY KNEW HIS FATHER OR KNOW HIS FATHER MUCH BETTER.
I WAS IN THE RV PARK BUSINESS AS THEY ARE NOW AND GREAT COMPETITORS.
I'VE GOT NOTHING BUT GOOD WORDS TO SAY ABOUT YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
I'M NO LONGER IN THE RV PARK BUSINESS.
BUT I DO REMEMBER YOU GUYS HAD A CASE THAT CAME HERE AND YOU OWNED SOME PROPERTY AROUND YOUR RV PARK.
YOU GOT THE ZONING CHANGED ON THAT TO WHERE YOU GUYS COULD DO A VENUE ON YOUR PROPERTY.
I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY HOW YOUR PROPERTY WAS SITUATED IF IT WAS EXACTLY BEHIND THE RV PARK.
BUT LOOK ITS YOUR PROPERTY, YOU GET TO DO WHAT YOU WANT.
YOU GUYS BROUGHT US A DEAL AND WE APPROVED THAT TO CHANGE THE ZONING ON A BIG PIECE OF PROPERTY TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THIS.
YOU COULD EVEN HAVE DONE OUTDOOR VENUE STUFF.
DID THAT PLAN JUST GO AWAY? THAT'S REALLY NOT ANY OF MY BUSINESS.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER THAT. THANK YOU, NATHAN.
>> ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS?
I'M ONE OF THE BUSINESS PARTNERS.
I'LL ANSWER THAT QUESTION YOU HAD THERE.
I PROBABLY GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE KNOW HOW IN IT.
THAT PROJECT DID FOLD UP, THE ONE YOU'RE REFERRING TO IN THE BACK LAND.
EVERYTHING BASICALLY FROM THE NORTH SIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE BAY.
WE DID SELL THAT. IT WAS NOT A BAD QUESTION YOU ASKED.
>> THAT'S NOT MY BUSINESS. I SHOULDN'T HAVE ASKED.
>> I JUST WANTED TO STEP IN BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH THIS HOUSE.
IF YOU LOOK UP MAGNOLIA SOCIETY IN COLUMBUS, TEXAS, I'M ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF IT.
IT'S A VERY ELITE MEMBERSHIP THING.
YOU BASICALLY PAY A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY TO BE PART OF THIS CLUB, WINE BAR, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT.
BUT IN RETROSPECT WITH IT, THAT MONEY DOESN'T JUST GO TO THE OWNER.
IT GOES OUT INTO THE PUBLIC, THEY DONATE THAT MONEY, THEY DONATE IT TO FARES, THEY DONATE IT TO FFA.
THAT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME BUSINESS MODEL WE'RE GOING TO DO WITH THAT.
WE WANT TO HAVE A HIGH TIERED CLUB.
THERE ARE SOME CLUBS HERE ON THE ISLAND.
I THINK THE ARTILLERY CLUB WAS ONE OF THEM THAT IS SIMILAR TYPE BUSINESS, ALONG WITH THE YACHT BASIN AND A FEW OTHERS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO WITH IT.
WE ALSO DO WANT TO HAVE WEDDINGS THERE AND EVENTS.
YOU DID HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE NOISE.
ALL THE NOISE IS FORWARD FACING.
WE GET THAT EVERY DAY ON THE BEACH WITH THOSE GUYS WITH THEIR STEREOS AND THEIR TRUCKS.
[LAUGHTER] OURS WOULD BE FACING OUT TOWARDS THE OCEAN.
THERE ARE SPACES TOWARDS THE BAY SO THAT IS ONE ISSUE.
I KNOW YOU GUYS WERE BRINGING UP.
I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT.
NATE, NOT A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER.
NO OFFENSE. [LAUGHTER] I'VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF HELP IN THAT, BUT NO, LONG STORY. I JUST WANTED TO DOG THEM OUT.
[LAUGHTER] NOW, WE REMODELED THE HOUSE.
I BASICALLY JUST DID A FLIP ON IT, AND CLEANED IT UP.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NEGATIVITY WRAPPED AROUND THAT HOUSE, AND WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT.
YOU DID SAY THAT THERE WAS HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES.
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THERE'S TECHNICALLY ONLY HOUSES ON [OVERLAPPING] ONE SIDE AS RIGHT NOW, THERE'S 10 LOTS ASSOCIATED ON THE EMPTY SIDE TOWARDS THE EAST, WHICH I'M SURE WOULD EVENTUALLY SELL, BUT WITH TODAY'S MARKET, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LONG TIME BEFORE THEY'RE SELLING.THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT TO SAY. I JUST WANT TO PUT IN MY $0.02 WORTH.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
>> I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE 25P-031, ACCORDING TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE.
I FIND IT ACTUALLY SOMEWHAT SHOCKING AND THAT WE WOULD CONSIDER APPROVING A WEDDING VENUE.
TURNING THIS BASICALLY INTO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, MONEY MAKING EVENT.
WHEN IT'S RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THERE ARE THREE NEW HOMES BEING CONSTRUCTED ON 3005.
I THINK THAT'S THEM. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PRICING IS ON THOSE HOME IF THERE CONTRACTS OR IF THEY'RE SPECS, BUT THEY GOT TO BE A MILLION PLUS.
THEN WHERE YOU SEE THE BODY OF WATER OVER THERE, THAT IS BEING FILLED IN TODAY.
THAT OWNER OF THAT DEVELOPMENT HAS SUBDIVIDED THAT INTO ABOUT 10 LOTS.
THESE LOTS ARE SELLING FOR 500,000 A PIECE.
THEY'RE GOING TO BE MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES, ONLY WHO IN THEIR RIGHT MIND WOULD SPEND THAT KIND OF MONEY TO HAVE AN EVENT LIKE THIS IN FRONT OF THEM.
WE KNOW THE PROBLEMS THAT YOU HAVE IN R-1 NEIGHBORHOODS WITH SHORT TERM REALS.
THIS IS EVEN WORSE BECAUSE IT IS A CONCENTRATED SHORT TERM RENTAL THAT WILL ATTRACT 100 PEOPLE.
THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION ON THE PARKING LOT 80 BY 130, IF IT'S LAID OUT THE MOST EFFICIENT MANNER, YOU CAN GET 40 CARS.
BIGGER 2.5 PERSONS PER CAR, THAT'S 100 PEOPLE AT AN EVENT.
JUST LIKE ANTHONY SAID, HIS PARTIES DON'T SHUT DOWN AT 10, AND SOME PEOPLE WILL GO AND GO UNTIL THE MARSHALS COME AND SHUT THEM DOWN.
WHAT ARE THOSE POOR PEOPLE WHO BUY THOSE HOMES, IF THEY HAVEN'T ALREADY COMMITTED TO THEM, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO? YOU HAVE LIGHTS, THE NOISE MAY GO BACK TOWARDS THE BEACH, BUT WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE SOUTH OR THE SOUTHEAST, IT CARRIES IT.
YOU'LL HAVE CARS GOING IN AND OUT.
NOBODY'S TALKED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
WHAT ABOUT THE LEFT TURN INTO THAT PROPERTY GOING DOWN THAT ROAD.
MAYBE WE NEED A TRAFFIC STUDY ON THIS, BUT I HOPE IT DOESN'T GET TO THAT BECAUSE THIS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF A R-1 NEIGHBORHOOD.
YES, THERE'S A RV PARK ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THAT CAME THREE YEARS AFTER THIS HOUSE WAS BUILT ORIGINALLY IN 2003.
I'M SURE THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WHO KNOWS? MAYBE THEY THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD THING AT THE TIME.
BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT.
THIS COMMISSION IS HERE TO PROTECT AGAINST THINGS LIKE THIS, TURNING SOMETHING UPSIDE DOWN, AN AREA THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE R-1 BECAUSE OF THE PUD AND WHAT IT ALLOWS YOU TO DO, WHICH IT'S JUST WHATEVER YOU CAN THINK OF WE'VE SEEN DEVELOPERS COME IN HERE WITH 10 REQUESTS TO CHANGE THIS AND CHANGE THAT.
THIS IS NOT AS INVASIVE AS SOME OF THOSE, BUT IT'S ABOUT AS BAD AS IT CAN GET IF SOMEBODY'S PAID 500,000 FOR A LOT THAT THEY HOPE TO BUILD THEIR HOME ON AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO THIS.
>> JOHN, I ECHO EVERY ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS.
IF I OWN THE PROPERTY OR THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO THAT, I WOULD BE STANDING RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF US, AND MY FACE WOULD PROBABLY BE ABOUT AS RED AS IT COULD PROBABLY GET.
MAYBE THIS GOES ON IN OTHER PLACES IN TOWN BUT I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHERE THOSE VENUES ARE.
BUT IT'S LIKE, HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT? I GOT SOME HOUSES RIGHT NOW I CAN'T SELL.
WHY DON'T I JUST PUT A PUD THERE TO GO PUT IN RUSSI'S BURGER JOINT AT ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT I CAN'T SELL.
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I THINK THIS IS CITY PLANNING AT ITS WORST, DON'T TAKE THAT PERSONAL, PLANNERS.I KNOW THAT OUR LDRS ALLOW AN APPLICANT TO COME PRESENT THESE.
I KNOW STAFF DOES HARD WORK TO PRESENT THESE CASES.
THEY'RE WORKING FOR OUR PROPERTY OWNERS. I GET ALL THAT.
PLEASE DON'T TAKE IT THAT WAY.
BUT I'M JUST LIKE, THIS IS A HORRIBLE IDEA.
THESE GUYS BOUGHT THE HOUSE, FIXED IT UP, NOW THEY CAN'T SELL IT.
LET'S HAVE A WEDDING VENUE AND FORGET THE MILLION DOLLAR HOUSES THAT ARE THERE NOW.
I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT'S GOING ON THERE, BUT THEY'RE HAULING FILL IN THERE AND ALL THE FOR SALE SIGNS ARE GONE.
THERE'S SOME ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE.
WHY THEY'RE NOT HERE IS BEYOND ME.
BUT JOHN, I'M IN YOUR CAMP BOTH FEET ON THIS, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
YOU'LL FIGURE OUT HOW I'M GOING TO VOTE. ANYBODY ELSE?
>> I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THIS POINTS TO GIVEN THE TWO PUDS THAT WE'VE HAD IN FRONT OF US TODAY, THE CITY COUNCIL DRAGGING ITS HEELS ON LOOKING AT ZONING AND THE NEED FOR CHANGES IN ZONING ACROSS THE ISLAND.
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME WE'VE COME UP ACROSS ZONING ISSUES THAT A DEVELOPER OR INVESTOR WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WHICH WAS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE BASE ON.
I'M JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE AGAIN THAT CITY COUNCIL IS DRAGGING ITS HEELS.
THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED.
PEOPLE WANT TO SPEND MONEY IN GALVESTON, PEOPLE HAVE IDEAS FOR WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THEIR PROPERTY, AND I GET IT, BUT I LIVE IN THE EAST END.
THERE'S AIRBNBS ALL AROUND ME. [OVERLAPPING]
>> IF I WAS GOING TO COME DO THAT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOUR HOUSE, ANTHONY, YOU WOULD NOT BE HAPPY.
>> WELL, I WOULDN'T BE HAPPY, BUT IF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES IT, WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? THERE'S WEDDINGS NEXT DOOR ALL THE TIME. IT'S AN AIRBNB.
>> THIS IS A PUD. GOES WITH A RECOMMENDATION SO, THERE'S ANOTHER VOTE. I GET IT.
>> BUT I'M SAYING, CITY COUNCIL HAS A LAST SAY ON THIS, IF HISTORY IS ANY GUIDE, I HAVE A PRETTY GOOD IDEA, THE CITY COUNCIL IS GOING TO SAY, OKAY, GREAT, LET'S DO IT.
BUT AGAIN, IT JUST POINTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL DRAGGING ITS FEET ON UPDATING AND BRINGING INTO 2025 THE NEEDS OF ZONING FOR THIS ISLAND.
THERE'S A LOT THAT'S GOING ON HERE AND A LOT THAT'S INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT REGULATIONS.
>> [OVERLAPPING] ZONED RESIDENTIAL. IT'S A HOUSE.
>> IT'S A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.
>> APPARENTLY, IT MEETS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF CRITERIA STAFF WOULD HAVE BROUGHT TO US.
>> ANY HOUSE COULD MEET THIS CRITERIA.
MY HOUSE CAN MEET THIS CRITERIA SO CAN YOURS.
>> WELL, ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS TAKE A VOTE.
>> THIS MAKES A QUESTION, SIR.
WHAT IS THE DIMENSIONS OR THE MAXIMUM AND MINIMUMS FOR PUDS? USUALLY, WE'RE DEALING WITH MULTI LOTS.
IS THAT WHY IT WAS CONSIDERED FOR PUD?
>> OUR STANDARDS IS 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT USED TO BE HIGHER THAN THAT.
I THINK IT WAS FOUR AN ACRE. DANIEL, DO YOU REMEMBER? BUT ANYHOW, THE POINT IS THAT IT WAS REDUCED IN AN AMENDMENT.
>> WE AS PLANNERS, THINK OF PUDS AS A MASTER PLANNING CONCEPT AND THE TOOL.
LIKE THE FIRST PROJECT TODAY ON THE AGENDA FOR A PUD, THAT WAS A MASTER PLANNED CONCEPT.
IT'S A REUSE CONCEPT SO VOTE HOW YOU FEEL.
>> ALL RIGHT. YES, BO, PLEASE.
>> I DON'T THINK WE'RE DRAGGING OUR FEET AS A CITY COUNCIL.
WE'VE BEEN LITERALLY DISCUSSING COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH INVOLVES LDR, WHICH INVOLVES ZONING, WHICH INVOLVES EVERYTHING THAT WE TRY TO FOLLOW AND THAT'S BEEN A DISCUSSION AT EVERY SINGLE CITY COUNCIL.
THERE'S GRANTS INVOLVED, THERE'S DIFFERENT THINGS.
IT'S HARSH TO SAY CITY COUNCIL DRAGGING THEIR FEET BECAUSE IT'S AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY THAT'S INVOLVED IN CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT'S WHY IT'S NOT BEEN DONE SINCE 2011, I THINK.
>> IT'S BEEN SEVERAL FEET BEING DRUG BESIDES JUST CITY COUNCIL.
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>> MOSTLY AS YOU MENTIONED, IS FUNDING RELATED.
WE ARE DEPENDING ON FUNDING FOR THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE.
IT'S EXPECTED TO COME IN ANY DAY NOW.
>> I THINK WE HAVEN'T HAD A CITY COUNCIL MEETING YET THAT'S WITH WORKSHOP THAT'S LASTED LESS THAN 11 HOURS.
WE'RE DEFINITELY NOT DRAGGING OUR FEET, AND WE'RE DEFINITELY PUSHING OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN ALONG. THERE WE GO.
>> THANK YOU, BO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? THEN WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE, SO THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE 25P-031.
THOSE IN FAVOR? THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION IS DENIED.
HOW IS THAT? NO, THE MOTION FAILS.
DO WE NEED ANOTHER MOTION? WE DO.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY 25P-031.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION A SECOND TO DENY 25P-031.
ANY DISCUSSION? YES STAN, YOU'RE THINKING OVER THERE.
>> YEAH, I AM. WELL, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING I KNOW THAT'S IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU GET ME [LAUGHTER] ABOUT THAT.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET YOU GET ME. THAT'S RESERVED FOR ANOTHER TIME.
>> I WAS FIXING TO THROW SOMETHING UP, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO.
>> I WAS GOING TO VOTE FOR IT INTO YOURS AND JOHN'S PASSIONATE.
>> NO, SERIOUSLY. I'M SERIOUS, RIGHT? YOU GUYS MADE A REALLY GOOD POINT.
THAT THESE NEW HOUSES, THEY DON'T HAVE A SAY HERE.
THEY CAN'T REALLY COME AND SAY, NO, WE DON'T WANT IT OR WHATEVER, SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THEIR OPINION.
MAYBE THEY CAN BRING THEIR PUT BACK LATER AFTER THERE'S SOME MORE DEVELOPMENT OVER THERE AND THEN IF THEIR NEIGHBORS DON'T MIND, THEN I DON'T MIND. LET'S LOOK AT IT LIKE THAT.
>> WELL, I WILL SAY THERE WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL THOSE FOLKS TO SPEAK, THAT WE HAD OUR 200 FOOT NOTIFICATIONS.
SORRY, I CAN'T EXPLAIN WHY PEOPLE DIDN'T SHOW UP. THAT IS INTERESTING.
>> THERE WILL BE ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY [OVERLAPPING].
>> ANY MORE DISCUSSIONS? WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY 25P-031? YES, SIR?
>> YOU SAID [INAUDIBLE] GOES TO CITY COUNCIL IF WE DENIED IT?
>> IT JUST GOES WITH OUR RECOMMENDATION TO NOT APPROVE IT, YES.
>> I THINK IT SPEAKS FOR ITSELF, BUT THAT'S JUST HOW [OVERLAPPING].
>> IT'S JUST NOT A COMPATIBLE.
>> IT'S JUST NOT A COMPATIBLE, SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE IT AT THERE.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DENY 25P-031.
THOSE IN FAVOR OF DENIAL? THOSE OPPOSED? THE MOTION FOR DENIAL PASSES. SORRY ABOUT THAT, NATHAN.
>> WILL I BE ABLE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THE NEXT CASE [INAUDIBLE].
>> YEAH, LITERALLY THE NEXT CASE.
>> I'M SORRY, WHAT? SO 25P-037.
[8.D.6. 25P-037 (2924 Ursuline/Avenue N) Request for a minor plat from one lot to two lots. Property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey, Lot 13, Southeast Block 14, Galveston Outlots, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Jennifer Grant, High Tide Land Surveying Property Owners: Jonathan Jackson]
>> YES, 25P-037 ADDRESSES 2924 [INAUDIBLE] AVENUE N. THE REQUEST IS FOR A MINOR PLAT AND THE PUBLIC NOTICE SENT WERE 34.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MINOR PLAT OF ONE PARCEL INTO TWO.
CURRENTLY, THE PARCEL IS ONE LOT BETWEEN AVENUE N AND THE ALLEY.
THE APPLICANT WISHES TO REPLAT INTO TWO NORTH SOUTH ORIENTED LOTS.
THE SITE IS CURRENTLY COMPOSED OF ONE PARCEL OF LAND.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING THAT THE REAR LOT HAVE FRONTAGE ON THE ALLEY ONLY, AND THE FRONT WILL HAVE FRONTAGE ON THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH MAY BE PERMITTED PER SECTION 6.302E OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.
THE SUBJECT PARCEL AND PARCELS TO THE NORTH EAST AND WEST ARE ZONED URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD.
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THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, R1.THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST WEST AND SOUTH ARE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH IS A PARKING LOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE MACEDONIAN MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH.
THE ALLEY TO THE NORTH IS LARGELY UNOBSTRUCTED AND IS FULLY PAVED WITH AN ASPHALT SURFACE.
NOTE THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THE ALLEY SO PHOTOS OF THE CURRENT CONDITION WERE SENT TO THE FIRE MARSHAL SHOWING THE PAVED ASPHALT ALLEY, AND NO FURTHER COMMENTS WERE SENT.
THE PROPOSED REPLAT INCLUDES A FIVE FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT ALLOWING THE FRONT HOUSE TO ACCESS EXISTING WATER AND SANITARY SEWER IN THE ALLEY AS REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS CASE 25P-037 BE APPROVED SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT SHALL ACCOMMODATE THE FILING OF THE PLAT BY MARCH 16.
THE APPLICANT SHALL CONFORM TO ALL CONDITIONS RECEIVED FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS AND PRIVATE UTILITIES.
SHOULD CONFORMANCE WITH THE COMMENTS OR CONDITIONS REQUIRE ALTERATIONS TO THE PROJECT AS APPROVED, THE CASE MUST BE RETURNED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND APPROVAL.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE COMMENTS OR CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN PENALTIES AND/OR REPLICATION OF THIS PLAT END.
THE APPLICANT SHALL COMPLY WITH ALL RECREATION REQUIREMENTS AND SHALL PROVIDE THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT AND WITH ALL GALVESTON COUNTY FILING FEES BY CERTIFIED CHECK OR MONEY ORDER.
I ALSO HAVE SOME PHOTOS, HERE IS THE LOT AS IT STANDS NOW, AS WELL AS THE ASPHALT PAVED SURFACE IN THE ALLEY.
NEXT, HERE ARE PROPERTIES FROM THE NORTH, SOUTH AND EAST SIDE.
THEN NEXT, ON THE LEFT IS WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT WILL BE ON THE RIGHT.
THAT IS THE END OF MY STUFF. THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. TOM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS?
>> I GOT TO LEAVE, SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT.
BASICALLY, WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME IS THEY'VE DONE EVERYTHING THAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE WORKSHOP.
OBVIOUSLY, STAFF HASN'T HAD A CHANCE YET TO REWRITE SOME OF THAT STUFF.
I THINK ALSO THIS WOULD FIT THE CHARACTER OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WALK OVER THERE QUITE FREQUENTLY, AND THAT ALLEY IS ACTUALLY USED AS ACCESS FOR A NUMBER OF HOUSES.
ALL ALONG THE BACK, IT CURVES AROUND THERE.
I THINK THIS IS EXACTLY THE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE WORKSHOP AND EXACTLY THE THING THAT WE SAID, HEY, THIS WOULD WORK.
OTHER IDEAS AROUND THIS NORTH SOUTH DIVIDE MIGHT NOT, BUT THIS IS ONE THAT I THINK WOULD.
I GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE, I APPRECIATE.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? NO. THEN WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
I'LL SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE 25P-037.
>> I INTENDED TO DRIVE BY THIS PROPERTY ON THE WAY TO THE MEETING, AND MY GPS APPARENTLY TOOK ME TO THE WRONG PROPERTY BECAUSE THE ONE I SAW HAD A HOUSE ON THE FRONT AND A HOUSE ON THE REAR, WHICH WOULD MAKE SENSE.
I HAD BASICALLY BEEN OPPOSED TO THIS CONCEPT OF A BACK ALLEY BUILDING.
I'M GOING TO HAVE TO GO WITH TOM'S RECOMMENDATION THAT THIS IS THE RIGHT AREA FOR IT AND THAT THE ALLEY IS GOOD AND SUPPORT IT.
>> ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS SO 25P-037 IS APPROVED.
[8.D.7. 25P-038 (2501 – 2558 Sunset Passage) Request for a Minor Plat to combine 26 lots into 15 lots and two reserves. The properties are legally described as Beachtown Galveston East Village (2007) Abstract 628, Block 13, Lots 1-10 and Beachtown Galveston East Village (2007) Abstract 628, Block 14, Lots 1-15, In the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Jennifer Grant, High Tide Surveying Property Owners: Tofigh Shirazi, Beachtown Galveston Residential I, LLC.]
THIS IS AT 2501 THROUGH 2558 SUNSET PASSAGE.
A REQUEST FOR A MINOR PLAT TO COME TO COMBINE 26 LOTS INTO 15 LOTS,
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67 PUBLIC NOTICES WERE SENT.THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PRIVATE UTILITIES.
THIS IS OF COURSE PART OF THE BEACH TOWN SUBDIVISION.
THE SUBJECT PARCELS ARE UNDEVELOPED AND WITHIN AN EXISTING SUBDIVISION WHICH INCLUDES EXISTING UTILITIES STREETS AND SIDEWALK ACCESS.
THE SUBJECT PARCELS AND SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT ARE ZONED TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD CONTAINS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOUSING, BUT THERE ARE ALSO SOME UNDEVELOPED LOTS AT THIS TIME.
NO DEVELOPMENT PLANS HAVE BEEN PRESENTED FOR UTILITIES, BUT ONCE AGAIN, IT'S ALL PRETTY MUCH EXISTING.
THE APPLICANT IS SIMPLY RECONFIGURING A NUMBER OF SMALL LOTS INTO A NUMBER OF LARGER LOTS.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
PLANNING DOES NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT THERE ARE TWO RESERVES WHICH CONTAIN EXISTING PUBLIC WALKS TO REMAIN.
THEY SHALL BE LABELED AS COMMON OPEN SPACE RESERVES ON THE PLAT AND A PLAT NOTE ADDED TO VERIFY OWNERSHIP OF MAINTENANCE BY THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
THE SURVEYOR HAS SINCE ADDRESSED THESE CONCERNS AND THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE ON THE PLAT.
ONCE AGAIN, THESE PARCELS ARE PART OF THE BEACH TOWN, GALVESTON SUBDIVISION, MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS IN THIS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED IN THIS ONE DISTRICT A MINIMUM 24 FOOT WIDE, MINIMUM 1,500 SQUARE FOOT.
ONCE AGAIN, THE LOTS ARE GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER AND SO ALL THE PARCELS CONFORM TO THE STANDARDS THEY MEET OR EXCEED THEM.
BUT BECAUSE MORE THAN FOUR LOTS ARE INVOLVED IN THE REPLAT, PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION IS REQUIRED.
PLEASE NOTE THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA IN THE STAFF REPORT.
OF COURSE, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS ONE THROUGH TWO AND STANDARD CONDITIONS THREE THROUGH FOUR. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
HERE IS THE BEACH TOWN EAST SUBDIVISION SHOWING THE LOTS IN QUESTION.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. ONCE AGAIN, SURVEY ON THE LEFT AND THE PROPOSED REPLAT ON THE RIGHT.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE LOTS ARE GETTING SIGNIFICANTLY BIGGER GOING FROM 25 LOTS TO 15.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE THE TWO LITTLE LANDSCAPE RESERVES WHICH HAVE THOSE EXISTING SIDEWALKS. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
HERE WE GO. HERE WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE STREET AND THE WEST SIDE OF THE STREET RESPECTIVELY. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THEN HERE WE HAVE THE PROPERTIES LOOKING NORTH PROPERTY TO THE EAST WHERE YOU CAN SEE ONE OF THOSE LITTLE WALKWAYS TO THE SOUTH, TO THE WEST ONCE AGAIN, SHOWING ONE OF THOSE LITTLE LANDSCAPE RESERVE WALKWAYS, AND THIS CONCLUDES THIS REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, DANIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES, SIR. YOU DON'T MIND SIGN IN FOR US AND STATE YOUR NAME.
>> I AM NOTA SHIRAZI WITH BEACH TOWN GALVESTON, AND WE ARE REQUESTING TO REPLAT FROM 26 LOTS TO 15 WITH TWO WALKWAY RESERVES.
BASICALLY, THESE WERE PLATTED AS TOWN HOME LOTS AND WE DID BUILD ONE SET OF TOWN HOMES, BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY ECONOMICALLY VIABLE, SO WE ARE CONVERTING TO SINGLE FAMILY AND LOOK FORWARD TO SUBMITTING TO BEACHFRONT AND TO BUILDING DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS IT'S APPROVED.
>> ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? THANK YOU, SIR.
>> ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE OPENED IT AND WE CLOSED IT.
[LAUGHTER] WE'LL BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
>> I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE 25P-038 AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE 25P-038 WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS, 25P-038 IS APPROVED.
[8.D.8. 25P-039 (Five Acres Located East of Travel Air Road, North of Co Pilot Lane, West of Pilot Lane, and South of Airway Lane) Request for a Preliminary Plat to establish a new subdivision. Properties are legally described as: 2.0466 acres situated in the Edward Hall and Levi Jones Survey, Abstract 121; and 3.5274 acres situated in the Edward Hall and Levi Jones Survey, Abstract 121; in the City and County of Galveston Texas. Applicant: Beau Yarbrough Property Owner: Offats Estates, LLC]
25P-039.I'M SORRY. WE'LL GET TO Y IN A MOMENT.
THERE ARE 32 PUBLIC NOTICES SENT.
THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PRIVATE UTILITIES.
THE ADDRESS IS FIVE ACRES LOCATED EAST OF TRAVEL AIR ROAD, NORTH OF CO PILOT LANE, WEST OF PILOT LANE, AND SOUTH OF AIRWAY LANE, BASICALLY NORTHWEST OF THE AIRPORT.
PRIOR TO 2025, THE SUBJECT PARCEL IS OWNED BY THE CITY, WHICH PUT PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY OF PUBLIC BID IN JANUARY OF 2025.
THE APPLICANT'S BID WAS ACCEPTED THE FOLLOWING MONTH OWNERSHIP CONVEYED FROM THE CITY TO PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IN APRIL OF 2025.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS BOUNDED BY TRAVEL AIR ROAD TO THE EAST, PILOT LANE TO THE WEST, AIRWAY LANE TO THE NORTH, CO PILOT LANE TO THE SOUTH.
SKYLANE BISECTS DEVELOPMENT AT APPROXIMATELY THE MIDWAY POINT.
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YOU CAN SEE EXHIBITS A AND B FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO DEDICATE APPROXIMATELY FIVE FOOT WIDE STRIP OF LAND TO THE CITY RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE WESTERN SIDE OF TRAVEL AIR ROAD.
THE EXISTING DRAINAGE IS WITHIN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
BECAUSE OF THIS, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY AND FINAL PLAT PROCESS.
OTHERWISE, THE PRELIMINARY PLAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PROPOSED EASEMENTS OR UTILITIES; WATER AND SANITARY SEWER EXISTS ADJACENT TO THE DEVELOPMENT ON ALL FOUR SIDES.
THESE UTILITIES ARE ALL ON THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY.
SIMILARLY, NO EASEMENTS ARE PROPOSED FOR OUTSIDE UTILITIES, COMMUNICATION, GAS, ETC, AND IT ALL FACES EXISTING STREETS.
ONCE AGAIN, THE ONLY REASON THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT IS BECAUSE OF THE DEDICATION OF LAND TO THE CITY AND FOR THE RIGHT-OF-WAY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS BASED ON THE EXISTING LAYOUT OF THE STREETS HAVE BEEN THERE FOR I'M NOT SURE HOW LONG.
LDR NORMALLY PROHIBITS DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS UNLESS THE PLAN COMMISSION FINDS A DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOT IS NEEDED TO SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM TRAFFIC ARTERIALS OR TO OVERCOME SOME UNIQUE RESTRICTION.
IN THIS CASE, STAFF FINDS THAT THE DOUBLE FRONTAGE IS NEEDED TO OVERCOME THE UNIQUE RESTRICTION THAT THE SITE HAS EXISTING STREETS TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST.
THE APPLICANT IS NOT CREATING ANY NEW STREETS.
IN PER THE LDRS, IN ORDER TO DETERMINE SETBACKS, THE FINAL PLAT SHALL DESIGNATE THE FRONT AND REAR OF ANY DOUBLE FRONTAGE LOTS.
IN THIS CASE, THE ADDRESSING SYSTEM INCLUDED ON THE PLATE ADDRESSES THE LOTS FROM TRAVEL AIR.
TRAVEL AIR WOULD BE THE FRONT SETBACK.
PLEASE NOTE THE PLANNING COMMISSION CRITERIA FOR APPROVING PLATS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS CASE 25P-039 BE APPROVED WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS 1-5 AND STANDARD CONDITIONS 6-11.
HERE WE HAVE THE SURVEY ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE, THE PROPOSED REPLAT WITH THE AERIAL OVERLAY ON THE RIGHT, SO YOU CAN SEE THE APPLICANT'S INTENT, AND ALL THOSE LOTS WILL MEET OR EXCEED ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR NEW LOTS IN R1 ZONING.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. HERE WE HAVE THE VIEWS LOOKING NORTH, EAST, SOUTH, AND WEST FROM BASICALLY THE MIDDLE OF SKY, THE MIDDLE OF THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT.
I BELIEVE THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT.
>> THANK YOU, DAN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF?
>> I HAVE A QUICK ONE. VERY SOLEMN DO WE SEE PRELIMINARY PLATS?
>> THIS IS JUST BECAUSE THEY DID THE ROAD, THE EASEMENT IN THERE?
>> WELL, IT'S NOT AN EASEMENT.
THEY THERE IS AN EXISTING DRAINAGE DISH THAT GOES ALONG TRAVEL AIR ON THE ON THE WEST HAND SIDE.
THE APPLICANT DID AT ONCE TO DEDICATE FIVE FOOT OF THAT, I BELIEVE IT IS SO THAT THE DRAINAGE SYSTEM IS PART OF THE CITY'S INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT WOULD BE ON CITY PROPERTY, NOT PRIVATE PROPERTY.
IF IT WORKED FOR THAT, THIS WOULD BE A MINOR PLAT.
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT CREATING ANY NEW INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> GOT IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? SEEING NONE? IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES, SIR.
>> [INAUDIBLE] YARBOROUGH WITH OFFICE AT STATES LLC.
AS STAFF SAID, WE BOUGHT IT FROM THE CITY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO.
WHEN THE CITY POSTED IT ON THE AUCTION, THE INTENT WAS TO GO RESIDENTIAL UNDER R1, WHICH IS 100 BY 55,000 MINIMUM SQUARE FOOT.
MOST OF THE PROPOSED LOTS HERE ARE 15,000, ROUGHLY 15,000 FOOT, SO WE'VE TRIED TO GO THREE TIMES THE MINIMUM IN ORDER TO GET JUST BIGGER ESTATE STYLE LOTS, THAT'LL BE COMPLIMENTARY WITH THE 26 ACRES THAT WE PURCHASED AS WELL.
>> PERFECT. I GOT A QUICK QUESTION.
>> WHY DID YOU DO PRELIMINARY AND FINAL AT THE SAME TIME?
>> DURING THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT, THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US TO DO [INAUDIBLE].
I DON'T EVER REMEMBER SEEING PRELIMINARIES.
ANYWAYS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? SEEING NONE? THANK YOU, SIR.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK? YES.
>> HOW DO YOU PLAN ON DRAINING THESE? ARE YOU DOING LIKE A B DRAINAGE LIKE?
>> YOU'VE GOT DRAINAGE COMING INTO THE BASIN DOWN SOUTH, YOU'VE GOT A OUTFALL, I THINK 1219-1235 ON PILOT.
I THINK THERE'S ONE 9920-10,000.
I THINK THE PRELIMINARY THOUGHT RIGHT NOW IS TO RUN A CENTER LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE OF THE LOTS, DRAIN TO BOTH DITCHES, AND THEN USE THE OUTFALLS.
>> IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR HEIGHT IS GOING TO BE IF YOU'RE DOING A B DRAINAGE, ARE YOU GOING TO HAVE DRIVEWAYS THAT GO OUT TO BOTH STREETS ON BOTH SIDES?
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>> EVERYTHING IS GOING TO FACE TOWARDS THE EAST, SO THE ADDRESSES ARE GOING TO BE ALONG TRAVEL AIR, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE THE ENTRANCES COMING ALONG PILOT REAR ENTRANCES WITH CULVERTS.
>> NO FRONT EDGE. WHEN WE DO PHASE TWO ON THE 26 ACRES, WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT DO WE HAD A PARKING LANE ALONG TRAVEL AIR THERE?
>> I GUESS THE REASON I WAS ASKING.
I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE TOPOGRAPHY WITH THE EXISTING STREETS AND TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF HOW YOU WERE GOING BECAUSE IN OTHER WORDS, BOTH OF THOSE STREETS ARE ALMOST THE EXACT SAME LEVEL.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHICH SO THAT WOULD MAKE SENSE.
I WAS TRYING TO VISUALIZE IT AS A DOUBLE ENTRY ON EITHER SIDE, BUT IF IT'S SINGLE, THAT MAKES SENSE.
>> THANK YOU, SIR. ANYBODY ELSE HERE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, MA'AM? WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM?
>> THANK YOU. YES, AGAIN, MY NAME IS KRISTIN WALCHER, AND I LIVE AT 1201 PILOT LANE.
I AM SPEAKING TO REQUEST THAT THE PRELIMINARY PLAT NOT BE APPROVED WITHOUT THE INCLUSION OF OPEN SPACE AND A WILDLIFE CORRIDOR TO CONNECT IT TO ADJACENT OPEN LAND TO AVOID NON-CONFORMANCE WITH THE CITY OF GALVESTON'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS A WEALTH OUT DOCUMENT THAT REFLECTS THE GOALS, VISIONS, AND PRIORITIES OF THE GREATER COMMUNITY.
SECTION NR-5.1 OF THE COMP PLAN STATE, SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS ARE LOCATED BEHIND THE SEA WALL, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE AIRPORT.
THE LAND IN QUESTION, WHICH WAS HISTORICALLY AIRPORT PROPERTY, IS ONE SUCH AREA.
IT IS COMPOSED OF LOW-LYING GRASSLAND AND WETLAND HABITAT.
IT IS PART OF A NORTH-SOUTH CORRIDOR OF CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED LAND THAT RUNS ALL THE WAY FROM BAY TO BEACH, AND WHILE ROADWAYS BISECT THIS CORRIDOR, THERE ARE NO HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, MAKING THIS A CRITICAL BYWAY FOR WILDLIFE.
THE PROPERTY IS HOME TO MANY IMPORTANT NATIVE SPECIES OF PLANTS, MAMMALS, AND BIRDS, INCLUDING SANDHILL CRANES.
THE STAFF REPORT FOR TODAY'S REQUEST STATES THAT THE PLAT DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY OPEN SPACE RESERVES OR SIMILAR AREAS.
ALTHOUGH IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS DO NOT REQUIRE ANY OPEN SPACE DEDICATION AS PART OF A PROJECT OF THIS SCOPE.
SECTION NR-5.3 OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN STATES, THE CITY SHOULD REQUIRE NEW DEVELOPMENT TO PROVIDE GENEROUS PUBLIC AND NATURAL RESOURCE, OPEN SPACE DEDICATIONS AND PROMOTE HABITAT RESTORATION AND RESOURCE CONSERVATION ISLAND WIDE.
SIMILARLY, SECTION HN-4.1 STATES, OPEN SPACE RETAINED BY INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENTS SHOULD BE CONNECTED TO MAXIMIZE THEIR VALUE AS LINKED GREENWAYS AND HABITAT CORRIDORS.
CONCERNS FOR THE IMPACT OF THE DEVELOPMENT ON DRAINAGE TO THE BAY AND ONTO SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ALSO RAISE POTENTIAL COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VIOLATIONS.
SECTION I-2.3 STATES IF THE FILL ELEVATION IS HIGHER THAN THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, THEN CARE MUST BE TAKEN TO MINIMIZE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND RESIDENTIAL LOTS TO ITS WEST ARE LOWER THAN THE ROAD AND FLOOD REGULARLY WITH SEAWATER DURING HIGH TIDE AND STORM SURGE EVENTS, LEAVING NOWHERE FOR RAINWATER TO DRAIN.
THERE ARE NO STORM DRAINS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND LOTS DIR DRAIN DIRECTLY TO THE BAY.
FURTHERMORE, PART OF THIS LAND IS LOCATED IN THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM'S FLOOD MAP ZONE VE, AND ACCORDING TO CITY REGULATIONS, ONLY ONE FOOT OF FILL CAN BE ADDED TO LOTS IN THIS ZONE.
THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE FILLED.
>> THANK YOU, MA'AM. APPRECIATE YOU COMING TO VOICE YOUR CONCERNS.
ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE.
WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING THIS BACK TO COMMISSION FOR ACTION.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 25P-039.
>> WE HAVE A MOTION TO MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION?
>> NOW, SINCE THIS IS JUST A PLAT-ONLY QUESTION TO YOU GUYS, SINCE IT'S A PLAT-ONLY, THE CONCERNS THIS LADY MENTIONED COULD BE ADDRESSED IN THE FUTURE OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF IT.
OR WOULD THIS BE THE TIME IN PLACE THAT THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED
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INTO AS FAR AS DRAINAGE BY ANIMAL BY WAY.>> THE IDEA OF HAVING OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT IS A CONCEPT IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, CLEARLY.
IT IS SPECIFICALLY NOT A REQUIREMENT IN OUR ORDINANCES BECAUSE THAT IS ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, CONNECTING GREENWAYS WOULD MAKE SENSE, BUT THERE'S NO GREENWAYS TO CONNECT.
ALL THE EXISTING SUBDIVISION RIGHT NOW HAS NO GREENWAY.
THERE'S NO WILDLIFE CORRIDORS GOING BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THAT.
THIS IS SIMPLY INFILL DEVELOPMENT, FRANKLY, INFILL DEVELOPMENT, THE CITY SOUGHT THIS OUT SPECIFICALLY WHEN WE SOLD IT TO HAVE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE WERE OPEN TO THE CONCEPT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, BUT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPER CHOSE LARGE LOT DEVELOPMENT, WHICH HAS A BETTER EFFECT OF MITIGATING THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
>> AS WELL, THEY HAVE THE 26 ACRES TO THE EAST, WHICH I BELIEVE THEY MAY HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH, ESPECIALLY UP THERE IN THAT NORTHEAST CORNER OF THAT TRACT.
THAT'S NOT A SUBJECT OF THIS, BUT I THINK THERE MAY BE SOME OPPORTUNITY THERE FOR SOME OPEN SPACE ON THE SHORELINE.
BUT NONETHELESS, WE'VE SPOKEN WITH THIS DEVELOPER.
WE'RE SATISFIED WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S NOT A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT.
IT IS SOMETHING THAT'S SUGGESTED ON A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS.
>> THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE. THOSE IN FAVOR.
THAT'S UNANIMOUS, 25P-039 IS APPROVED.
[9.A. Adopt 2025 Planning Commission Award Recipients (Staff)]
NINE A PLANNING COMMISSION AWARDS. GOT THERE, DANIEL.>> WELL, I KNOW AT LEAST ONE PERSON HERE MISSED ALL THE FUN, RUSTY.
BUT [LAUGHTER] WE DID GET OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AWARD NOMINEES SQUARED AWAY.
HERE IS WHAT WE HAVE WE SETTLED ON FOR BEAUTIFICATION, THE NOMINEE IS 44 20 AVENUE P, JOHNNY MITCHELL BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MURAL, FOR DEVELOPMENT, 24 245TH STREET, GORDON'S RESTAURANT MARKET.
ENVIRONMENTAL, THE WASTER SHORE SCULPTURE, GERTY OF THE GULF.
HISTORIC PRESERVATION, 902 NINTH STREET RESIDENTIAL BUILDING REHABILITATION.
PRIVATE INVESTMENT NOMINEE WAS 1002 SEA WALL, HOTEL LUCINE, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, 20702 AVENUE M COURVILLE STADIUM, AND PRESS BOX.
REDEVELOPMENT, 33157 MILE ROAD, THE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD, AND FINALLY, CULTURAL ARTS, 17 26 21ST STREET, MURAL BY AT THE SUNSHINE CENTER.
THOSE WERE THE NOMINATIONS THAT ARE PUT FORTH FROM THE WORKSHOP, AND THOSE ARE ALL UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
>> WE NEED TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THOSE?
>> THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AWARD NOMINEES AS PRESENTED.
>> ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, WE'LL TAKE THE VOTE.
THOSE IN FAVOR. THAT'S UNANIMOUS. THAT'S DONE.
>> BEFORE WE'RE DONE, I'M ALMOST CERTAIN THAT THIS IS JAN EDWARDS IS THIS YOURS?
>> YOU MIGHT HAVE TO COME BACK FOR, LIKE, SOME CAKE OR WHATEVER YOU WOULD BRING US TO EAT.
BUT I THINK I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BUT I THOUGHT HER TENURE ENDS THE END OF THIS MONTH.
>> REPLACEMENTS. YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.
THAT BEING SAID, I'M GOING TO MISS YOU, JAN. [APPLAUSE] I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH KIND THINGS ABOUT YOU.
I WILL SAY THAT HAVING TO KNOW YOU IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE.
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BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT TO SAY IS THANK YOU BECAUSE WE DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO AGREE.>> BUT WE DO ALWAYS HAVE TO GET ALONG, AND I SAY THAT ALL THE TIME, AND IT'S GIVEN ME GOOSE BUMPS, BUT I THINK THAT OUR RELATIONSHIP THAT WE'VE HAD IN THE LAST FOUR OR FIVE YEARS HAS BEEN A WHILE.
HAS BEEN A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT.
I THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE THAT'S SOMETHING I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO UNTIL I MET YOU. THERE YOU GO.
>> I REMEMBER YOU [INAUDIBLE] [BACKGROUND].
>> WELL, THANKS AGAIN. THANK YOU.
>> HAVE REALLY ENJOYED MY TIME [INAUDIBLE].
>> YEAH, IS NOT FOR SOMEBODY NEW.
>> WE'VE APPRECIATED YOUR WISDOM AND YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
>> THAT BEING DONE, WE'RE ADJOURNED.
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