[1. Call Meeting to Order] [00:00:02] OKAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR MAY 19TH, 2026, 2026. AND WE'RE GLAD TO HAVE YOU. THIS MEETING IS RECORDED AVAILABLE ON THE GALVESTON PUBLIC CITY WEBSITE. PLEASE SPEAK CLEARLY WHEN WE CALL YOU UP AND INTO THE MICROPHONE. AND ALSO REMEMBER TO PLEASE SIGN IN. OKAY. WE'VE DONE AN ATTENDANCE SHEET. WE'RE RIGHT AT QUORUM, SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO. IS THERE ANY CONFLICTS OF INTEREST WITH ANYBODY ON THE COMMISSION IN THESE CASES? SEEING NONE WE'LL ASK IF THERE'S ANY CORRECTIONS FOR THE MINUTES. [4. Approval of Minutes] ANYBODY HAVE CORRECTIONS FOR THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING? OKAY AND NEXT, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ANYTHING NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. IF YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANT TO SPEAK ABOUT FOR THREE MINUTES. THAT IS NOT ON THE AGENDA FOR TODAY. THEN YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO STEP UP NOW. OKAY. NOBODY'S JUMPING UP, SO WE'LL CONSIDER THAT TO BE DONE. [6.B.1. 26BF-019 (23150 Gulf Drive) Request for an exemption and a Beachfront Construction Certificate and Dune Protection Permit to include proposed construction of a single-family dwelling with crushed gravel driveway and fibercrete footer. Property is legally described as Abstract 121, Page 13, Lot 6, Terramar Beach Section 5, a subdivision in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Amy Barrington – Sheldon Homes, LLC Property Owner: Poseidons Palace LLC] OKAY. I GUESS WE'LL START WITH THE FIRST CASE. AND THAT IS 26BF-019 23150 GULF DRIVE. GOOD AFTERNOON THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL AND EXEMPTION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A THE ADDRESS IS 23150 GULF DRIVE. THE PROPERTY IS LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 121, PAGE 13. LOT 6 TERRAMAR BEACH. SECTION 5 A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN THE CITY AND COUNTY OF GALVESTON, TEXAS. THE SUBJECT SITE IS LOCATED IN THE TERRAMAR BEACH SUBDIVISION. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS ARE LOCATED TO THE EAST AND NORTH OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY. VACANT PROPERTY IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND THE BEACH AND DUNE SYSTEM IS LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, THE AREA IS STABLE. STAFF PREPARED PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR YOUR VIEWING. FIRST, WE HAVE THE FIRM AND BEG MAPS SHOWING THE DISTANCE OF THE STRUCTURE FROM THE DUNE SYSTEM AND ITS POSITIONS RELATIVE TO ADJACENT PROPERTIES. ON THE NEXT SLIDE IS A PROPERTY SURVEY ZOOMED IN ON THE RIGHT TO SHOW THE NORTH TOE OF THE DUNE IN THE DISTANCE OF 21 TO 22FT. ON THE FOLLOWING FOUR SLIDES, WE HAVE PROPOSED PROJECT DRAWINGS AS WELL AS SUMMARIZED SCOPE OF WORK. I'D LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE WHERE THE LOT IS LOCATED IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE BUILD LINES AND OTHER ADJACENT PROPERTIES. SO THAT'S WHY ONE REASON THAT WE'RE REQUESTING THE, AN EXEMPTION IS BECAUSE SOME OF THE AERIAL OVERHANG OF THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. NEXT. THIS IS JUST SOME MORE OF THE. DRAWINGS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. THIS IS JUST A PERVIOUS, IMPERVIOUS THEY ARE PROPOSING IMPERVIOUS FIBERCRETE UNDER THE HABITABLE STRUCTURE, WHICH IS OUTSIDE THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. THIS IS JUST A LAYOUT OF THE OF THE PILINGS. THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES SHOW THE SIDE VIEWS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. WE HAVE THE BEACH SIDE. THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE OR EAST FACING OF THE STRUCTURE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE, YOU HAVE ABOUT A FOUR FOOT OVERHANG OF THE STRUCTURE OVER THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. THERE'S NO IMPACTS OR STRUCTURES IN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA. THIS IS THE SIDE FACING 3005. I WOULD LIKE TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION THAT THEY ARE CALLING THIS THE REAR SIDE. NORMALLY IT'S KIND OF REVERSED BUT THEY'RE CALLING THIS THE REAR SIDE. AND I WANT TO DRAW THAT TO YOUR ATTENTION AS WE MOVE ON TO THE TO THE PROGRAM. AND THEN THIS IS THE LEFT SIDE. THIS IS FACING WEST. THE REASON I WANTED TO SHOW BRING OUT THE REAR FACING IS AT THE TOP. YOU CAN SEE THAT TO HELP MINIMIZE ANY IMPACTS TO THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA AND TO MEET THE, YOU KNOW, REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXEMPTION, THEY HAVE GUTTERS PROPOSED ON THE HOUSE. SO WHERE WE TAKING THE WATER TO THE REAR SIDE OF THE HOUSE, WHICH IS FACING 3005 WHERE, [LAUGHTER] YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE'RE KIND OF REVERSED. BUT THEY HAVE IT GOING. SO WATER WILL BE GOING WILL NOT BE FLOWING OFF THE ROOF OR FLOWING INTO THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA, POTENTIALLY CAUSING ANY IMPACTS. IT'LL BE FLOWING TO THE SIDE FACING 3005 AND FLOWING AWAY FROM THE FROM THE PYLONS. AND NEXT, WE JUST HAVE SOME PHOTOS OF THE LOT. [00:05:03] FIRST WE HAVE LOOKING WEST, LOOKING EAST, LOOKING SOUTH, AND THEN LOOKING FROM THE DUNE BACK TOWARD THE PROPERTY. THIS CONCLUDES STAFF REPORT. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. KYLE. ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS RIGHT OFF? YES, SIR. KYLE, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE BEEN VERY CREATIVE IN WORKING WITH THE OWNER TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO FIT THIS HOUSE ON THE LOT WITHOUT BEING TOO INVASIVE. AND SO I WANT TO COMPLIMENT YOU ON THAT. BUT MY QUESTION IS HOW DO YOU PROTECT THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA DURING CONSTRUCTION? SINCE IT'S GOING TO BE OVERHANGING, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BE INTO THAT AREA WITH SCAFFOLDING AND POSSIBLY EQUIPMENT. WELL, WE, I MEAN, WE CAN ADD A CONDITION IN THERE THAT THEY, YOU KNOW, IF. THAT THEY PUT UP A FENCE AND STAY OUT OF THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE. WE DO HAVE, YOU KNOW, USUALLY WE'RE ALWAYS OUT THERE LOOKING AT THINGS WHEN THEY'RE BEING BUILT. IF WE WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO KIND OF DO TEMPORARY OUT THERE. YOU KNOW, IN OUR PLAN, WE SAY YOU CAN'T PAVE, YOU CAN'T GRADE OR ANYTHING. BUT IF WE WANT TO ALLOW THEM TO TEMPORARILY PUT SCAFFOLDING OUT THERE TO KIND OF HELP MINIMIZE THE IMPACTS, WE CAN, WE CAN PUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE AUTHORIZED DURING CONSTRUCTION TO TEMPORARILY INSTALL SCAFFOLDING TO GO OUT THERE. SO THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO DO ANYTHING MORE INVASIVE AND TO HAVE IT REMOVED. AND AT THE END OF CONSTRUCTION, WE COULD DO SOMETHING, SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO HELP PROTECT IT. IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO PUT A CONDITION IN THERE. WELL, IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE DONE TO THAT AREA, WOULD YOU GO BACK AND SAY YOU HAVE TO MITIGATE? YEAH, YEAH. EITHER MITIGATE OR SEE IF IT COMES BACK NATURALLY. YOU KNOW, THAT'S MITIGATION IS REALLY KIND OF ON THE DUNE AND DUNE VEGETATION. BUT IF SOMEBODY IMPACTS THAT 25FT, WE JUST SELL THEM, COME BACK NATURALLY. IF IT'S NOT, IF YOU KNOW, WE CAN MAKE THEM REPAIR IT BECAUSE IT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ANY GRADING OR PAVING. MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THEY GET DONE IN SIX MONTHS, YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO TELL THAT THEY HAD ANYTHING OUT THERE. BUT WE'RE WE CAN DEFINITELY PUT SOME LANGUAGE OR SPECIAL CONDITION IN OUR PERMIT ADDRESSING. YOU KNOW, IF THERE ARE ANY TEMPORARY IMPACTS THAT BE MONITORED AND MIGHT HAVE TO OFFSET THOSE IMPACTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE US TO. YEAH, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GOOD. YOU KNOW, AND IF THEY HAD TO INSTALL LIKE AN ORANGE BARRIER FENCE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE MAYBE FIVE FEET INTO THE ADDITIONAL, YOU KNOW, BEYOND THEIR, THEIR FOREFOOT ENCROACHMENT. IF Y'ALL, IF Y'ALL ARE OKAY WITH THEM DOING THAT, THEN WE CAN ALLOW THEM THE SPECIAL CONDITION OF INSTALLING YOU KNOW, CONSTRUCTION, FENCING, PAST, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, 4 OR 5FT PAST WHERE THEY'RE WORKING AND TEMPORARILY INSTALLED SCAFFOLDING TO CONSTRUCT IT. AND THEN IT ALL MUST BE REMOVED AND ANY DAMAGE IS NOT REPAIRED NATURALLY WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF THE FINISH OF CONSTRUCTION. MUST BE VEGETATED WHATEVER BY THE APPLICANT. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. THE AND THIS IS WE HAVE HAD OVERHANG BEFORE SIMILAR TO THIS. SO THIS IS WE HAVE A HISTORICAL PRECEDENCE FOR THIS OCCURRING. YES. RUNOFF OF THE ROOF AND THINGS. SO THAT'S WHY NOW WHEN WE DISCUSS THIS WITH PEOPLE, WE LET THEM KNOW THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, WE DO ESPECIALLY IN THE DUNE CONSERVATION AREA, THE COASTAL RESOURCES DIVISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THE RUNOFF WHICH CAN CAUSE TO, YOU KNOW, EROSION AND STUFF LIKE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY WE FIRST THING WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS TRY TO GET THEM TO MOVE, [LAUGHTER] MINIMIZE IT. AND IF THEY CAN, BECAUSE THE BUILDING LINES AND AT LEAST HAVE THE GUTTERS WHERE WE'RE OFFSETTING SOME OF THOSE IMPACTS. YEAH, THAT'D BE CONDITION 4 THAT YOU GOT SPECIFIED HERE. SO THAT WOULD INCORPORATE THE GUTTERS AND ALSO JUST DOUBLE CHECKING THAT'S ALL THEIR. SO PEOPLE ARE NATURALLY JUST GOING TO NOT WANT TO GO PAST THAT, WHICH IS PROBABLY MORE DAMAGE THAN PROBABLY THE EQUIPMENT. BUT BECAUSE IT'S CONSTANT THAT THAT WILL HELP A LOT. YES, SIR ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT ON 26BF-019? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE BRING IT BACK TO THE. OH! THE APPLICANT. THERE WE GO. INTRODUCE MYSELF, JASON JOHNSTON. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS REGARDING I'M THE APPLICANT OWNER. I ALSO OWN THE BEACH HOUSE BEHIND IT. SO I KNOW THAT WE CAN PUT UP THAT PERIMETER FENCE, BUT IF WE NEED TO USE THE, [00:10:05] THE LOT IN THE LAND BEHIND FOR ANY TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION OR ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, THAT WE NEED TO DO IT RIGHT AND SAFELY AND PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT AND STUFF LIKE THAT IS ALWAYS AN OPTION AS WELL. SO ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR ME? I THINK YOU ANSWERED SOME THAT WAS OF A CONCERN SO. ALL RIGHT PERFECT, THANKS GUYS THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE. OKAY. DOES THE PUBLIC WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS? ANYONE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS SUBJECT? OKAY. SO THAT BEING SAID, IT'S CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE WILL TAKE IT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR MOTIONS. I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE. 26BF-019. AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF WITH CONDITIONS. I SECOND. OKAY. SO WE HAVE RECOMMENDATION. ANY DISCUSSION? JUST TO CLARIFY WHAT THE CONDITION IS, SO WE'RE CLEAR. YOU DID YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DIDN'T ADD THE CONDITION OF THE INSTALLATION OF THE CONSTRUCTION FENCING. DO YOU WANT TO AMEND IT TO MAKE THAT IN THE CONDITION? YEAH. I THINK KYLE SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO DO THAT SO. HE'S GOING TO ADD THAT CONDITION. OKAY. GOTCHA. YES, SIR. YES. OKAY AND WE'LL BE TAKEN CARE OF BY YOU. IT'S ON YOU YEAH. [LAUGHTER]. WHICH IT ALWAYS IS. IT'S ALL ON ME. YES, SIR. [LAUGHTER] YEAH. OKAY. Y'ALL READY TO VOTE? READY TO VOTE ON 26BF-019. ALL IN FAVOR AND OPPOSE ZERO. OKAY. MOTION PASSED. WE'LL GO TO GO RIGHT TO CITY COUNCIL FROM THIS. THANK YOU. THERE HE GOES. OH, YEAH. OKAY. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE NEXT IS A LANDMARK 26P-019 ON BERNARDO GALVEZ AVENUE P FOR DESIGNATION AS A LANDMARK. [6.C.2. 26P-019 (2922 Benardo de Galvez / Avenue P) Request for designation as a Galveston Landmark. The property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey, West 1/2 of Lot 12 & East 1/2 of Lot 13 (3012-1), Southeast Block 64, Galveston Outlots, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Stanton P. Bell, Jr. Property Owner: Stanton P. Bell, Jr.] THANK YOU VERY MUCH. YEAH. THIS IS A REQUEST FOR LANDMARK DESIGNATION AT THE ADDRESS. NOTED. 31 PUBLIC NOTICE IS SENT 4 RETURNED. ALL 4 OF THOSE WERE IN FAVOR. SO THE HOUSE WAS COMPLETED IN 1909. CLASSICAL STYLE, CLASSICAL REVIVAL STYLE HOUSE BUILT FOR FRANCES O. WILEY. AT THE TIME WAS A WIDOW. A BUILDER IS UNKNOWN, BUT THERE ARE TWO POSSIBILITIES. THEY'RE BOTH GALVESTON CONTRACTORS AT THE TIME FRANCES FANNY OVERTON WILEY WAS BORN IN 1852 TO JUDGE THOMAS M JOSEPH AND MARY MINOR TRUEHEART, OF COURSE, MARY'S FATHER. SO FANNY'S GRANDFATHER WAS ATTORNEY AND REALTOR JOHN OVERTON TRUEHEART, WHO WAS A TEXAS RANGER AND PROMINENT GALVESTON REALTOR. THE TRUEHEART ADRIANCE BUILDING AT 210 22ND STREET, DESIGNED BY NICHOLAS CLAYTON, WAS HIS REAL ESTATE OFFICE. FRANCES MARRIED POSTAL CLERK JOHN KEENAN WILEY IN 1872. OVER THEIR MARRIAGE, THEY MOVED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIS NATIVE HUNTSVILLE AND GALVESTON MULTIPLE TIMES. AFTER HIS DEATH, SHE COMMISSIONED THIS HOUSE TO BE BUILT IN THE FAMILY OWNED THE PROPERTY UNTIL AROUND 1954. THE HOUSE HAS WITNESSED SOME CHANGES IN ITS LIFETIME, INCLUDING CONVERSION TO A DUPLEX AND THEN RECONVERSION BACK TO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE IT IS TODAY. IT WAS ALSO IMPROVED IN 1990, RENOVATED 2021, BUT REGAIN. RETAINS A HIGH DEGREE OF ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY REMAINS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF CLASSICAL REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE. THE HOUSE IS NOT LOCATED IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND IS ELIGIBLE FOR THE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES PROGRAM. LANDMARK COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THE MAY 18TH, 2026, MEETING. CITY COUNCIL WILL HAVE THE FINAL DETERMINATION. THEY WILL CONSIDER THE REQUEST AT THE JUNE 25TH, 2026 MEETING. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH STANDARD CONDITION 1, THE STAFF REPORT AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS HERE. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT THEY ARE OF COURSE VERY EXCITED AND ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT THIS PROSPECT. SO HERE'S THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN THE PROPERTIES TO THE EAST, TO THE SOUTH AND TO THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. THANKS, DANIEL. OKAY. SINCE THE APPLICANT IS NOT HERE, DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC THAT WISHES TO SPEAK ON THIS PROPERTY FOR OR AGAINST. OKAY, SO THAT BRINGS US BACK TO HERE, AND WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND SEE WHAT THE COMMISSION WISHES TO DO. I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE 26P-019. SECOND OKAY, A MOTION AND SECOND. DO WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT? ANY ANYBODY HAVE ANY DISCUSSION CONCERNING? IT IS A GOOD LOOKING BUILDING THAT'S FOR SURE. YEAH. OKAY. SO LET'S GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE. [00:15:02] ALL IN FAVOR AND OPPOSE IS NONE. SO IT PASSES. AND 26P-019 WILL NOW GO FOR CITY COUNCIL. OKAY. OUR NEXT ONE. OKAY. NEXT CASE IS 26. I'M SORRY, IT'S 26P-021. [6.D.3. 26P-021 (902 16th Street) Request for a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Overlay District to permit “Office” land use. Property is legally described as M.B. Menard Survey, Lots 1 and 2, Block 195, in the City and County of Galveston Texas. Applicant: Bryan Fagan, Fagan Realty Group, LLC Property Owner: Linda Jean Kenney] IT'S A REQUEST FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT AT 902 16TH STREET, 25 NOTICES WERE SENT. 9 RETURNED AND THOSE 9 WERE IN OPPOSITION. NO OBJECTION FROM CITY DEPARTMENTS OR PRIVATE UTILITIES. SUMMARY. THE REQUEST IS FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN ORDER TO USE THE PROPERTY AS AN OFFICE LAND USE. THE PROPOSAL IS TO USE THE ENTIRE STRUCTURE FOR A LAW OFFICE. THE FIRST FLOOR WOULD BE USED AS RECEPTION, COMMON AND CONFERENCE SPACE. THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS WOULD BE OFFICE SPACE FOR APPROXIMATELY EIGHT STAFF MEMBERS. THE PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY R-3 WHICH IS NOT DOES NOT ALLOW FOR AN OFFICE LAND USE. THE REQUESTED DEVIATIONS FROM THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS REQUESTED ARE AS FOLLOWS. A. DEVIATE FROM TABLE 2.201 WHICH PROHIBITS THE OFFICE LAND USE AND DEVIATE FROM TABLE 5.110, WHICH LIMITS SIGNAGE TO ONE NAMEPLATE WITH A MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF TWO SQUARE FEET. CONFORMANCE. STAFF FINDS THE REQUEST DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE CRITERIA FOR PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE CITY OF GALVESTON. A PUD IS DESIGNED TO BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH A DESIGNATED BASE ZONING DISTRICT. USE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE SPECIFIED BASE DISTRICT SHALL APPLY UNLESS SPECIFICALLY SUPERSEDED BY THE STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS OF THE PLAN. IN THE CASE OF THIS PUD, THE PROPOSED LAND USE OF OFFICE WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL USE AND CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS THE RESIDENTIAL USE WOULD BE ELIMINATED AND REPLACED WITH A COMMERCIAL LAND USE. THE PREDOMINANT LAND USE PATTERN IN THE AREA IS RESIDENTIAL, WITH COMMERCIAL USES LOCATED ON COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS SUCH AS 14TH STREET AND INDIVIDUAL. INDIVIDUAL BUILDINGS DESIGNED FOR COMMERCIAL USE, SUCH AS CORNER STORES. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL AND DESIGN. INTRODUCTION OF THIS MORE INTENSIVE NONRESIDENTIAL USE MAY RESULT IN AN INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND PARKING ACTIVITY AND EROSION OF THE AREA'S RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. OTHER REVIEWS. THE LANDMARK COMMISSION HEARD THIS REQUEST AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 18TH. THEY VOTED TO RECOMMEND DENIAL. CITY COUNCIL HAS THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING REQUESTS FOR A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT, AND THIS REQUEST WILL BE HEARD AT THEIR REGULAR MEETING OF JUNE 25TH. STAFF RECOMMENDATION DUE TO NONCONFORMANCE WITH THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL OF THE REQUEST. HOWEVER, SHOULD THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIND THE REQUEST CONFORMS TO THE CRITERIA OF APPROVAL, THEN STAFF HAS PROVIDED SOME CONDITIONS FOR YOU IN THE STAFF REPORT. AND WE HAVE SOME PICTURES. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST. AND THAT CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I GUESS NOW WE NEED TO OPEN IT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR CATHERINE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE. THANK YOU. CATHERINE DO YOU HAVE A MAP OF THE ZONING BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS ONLY TWO STREETS OVER FROM 14TH STREET, WHICH SEEMS TO BE MOSTLY COMMERCIAL, SO I'M JUST CURIOUS HOW THIS WORKS IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AREA. I DO NOT. THERE WAS A STATUTE. A ZONING MAP WAS INCLUDED IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, AND YOU CAN SEE THERE THAT THE ZONING DISTRICT, THE PREDOMINANT ZONING DISTRICT THERE IS R-3. SOME PORTIONS OF 14TH STREET ARE ZONED URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THAT STOPS AT CHURCH. I THINK. IF NOT WINNIE. YOU CAN'T PULL IT UP ON THE SCREEN? WELL, THIS IS IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY, I DID LOOK THIS UP R-3 WITH A HISTORIC OVERLAY. THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY. IN THAT AREA, YES. IT'S IN THE EAST END HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHICH ENCOMPASSES THE ENTIRE AREA. AND THAT. OH, SO THERE IS COMMERCIAL YEAH. I CAN GET A ZONING MAP UP IF YOU GIVE ME JUST A MINUTE. AND THEN MY OTHER QUESTION, CATHERINE, DOES A PUD DESIGNATION TRANSFER WITH OWNERSHIP? YES YES. IT GENERALLY IT RUNS WITH THE LAND. YEAH. WHATEVER CONDITIONS WE DEEM FOR THE PUD. GOTCHA. YEAH. I'VE GOT A QUESTION. CATHERINE, ON THE R-3, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THERE'S ONE EXCEPTION THAT'S FOR A CORNER STORE. IS THAT CORRECT? SO WITHIN THE R-3 ZONING DISTRICT, THE CORNER STORES ARE IDENTIFIED. [00:20:06] THERE'S A LIST IN THE LDR THAT STORES BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT FOR COMMERCIAL USE ARE STILL ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR COMMERCIAL USES, BUT THEY'VE BEEN IDENTIFIED. THIS BUILDING IS RESIDENTIAL IN CHARACTER. IT'S NOT ON THAT LIST. RIGHT. AND ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE, AND WE COULD PROBABLY ADDRESS IT WITH THE APPLICANT, BUT THESE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE THE APPLICANT WAS ADVISED OF ALL THESE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE STAFF REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE APPLICANT. OKAY. GOOD. GOOD. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. I AM, THANK YOU. [LAUGHTER] YEAH. I KNEW YOU WERE OVER THERE. I WAS. THE CAD IS NOT VERY FRIENDLY ON GETTING THE MAP UP, SO I NEED TO GO TO THIS ONE. YEAH. EXCUSE ME I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS THROUGH THE CITY GIS OR WHATEVER IT'S CALLED. YEAH. THAT ONE. [LAUGHTER] THAT ONE. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. THAT'S GOOD AND THAT'S ALL OUR THREE ZONING. BUT HOW MUCH OF IT IS HISTORICAL OVERLAY? ALL OF IT. ALL OF IT? YEAH. ALL OF THAT GREEN. SO WHERE'S 14TH STREET? OH, CAN YOU GO BACK THERE? 14TH STREET IS HERE. SO THERE'S THAT ZONE THERE WHERE THEY'VE GOT THE. YES. THERE'S SOME PORTIONS OF 14TH STREET THAT ARE ZONED URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH ALLOWS FOR SOME COMMERCIAL USES. IT ENDS THE ALLEY BETWEEN WINNIE AND BALL. GOTCHA. SO AND THEN OUR SITE IS ON 16TH STREET. SO IT'S RIGHT HERE. IS THAT CORRECT? NO, IT'S RIGHT HERE YEAH. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S IMMEDIATELY IDENTIFIABLE THAT WOULD PUT IT OUTSIDE THE ABILITY FOR IT TO BE OR TO COMPLY, PERMIT WISE, IF IT WERE TO BE COMMERCIALIZED? I'M NOT SURE IF I UNDERSTAND. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT'S EVIDENCE THAT IS IMMEDIATE TO BE ABLE TO RECOGNIZE THAT WOULD CAUSE IT TO NOT WANT TO COMPLY IF IT WERE TO BE SUBMITTED FOR COMMERCIAL? WELL, IT'S OFFICE IS NOT A PERMITTED LAND USE. SO THAT'S WHAT THE THE BASIS OF THE REQUEST IS. RIGHT. NOT WE CAN'T APPROVE ANYTHING. BUT FROM A PHYSICAL STANDPOINT, NOT NECESSARILY. THAT'S A LEGAL. THAT'S A GUIDELINE THAT IT HAS. I'M JUST SAYING THERE IS. IS THERE ANYTHING CONSTRUCTION WISE OR FUNCTION WISE ON THAT PROPERTY OR WITHIN THE CONFINES THAT WOULD MAKE IT NOT COMPLY? NOT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THERE ARE THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO PROVIDE ADA ACCESS IF IT'S ALLOWED TO BE USED AS COMMERCIAL. RIGHT. WELL, IT WAS A NUMBER OF THREE. IT SAYS THIS HAS A NON COMPLIANT MASONRY FENCE. SO IF WE. SO IF IT REVERTED TO. WE DID THE PUD OR IF THEY GOT THE PUD APPROVED. YOU HAVE HERE THAT IT'S THE FENCE SHALL BE BROUGHT INTO COMPLIANCE BY HEIGHT FOR THE HEIGHT SO THAT PRIOR TO SCOO SO. RIGHT. SO THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE STAFF WAS RECOMMENDING AS A WAY TO KIND OF MITIGATE THE OFFICE LAND USE. WE'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS THAT MIGHT BE OF A BENEFIT FOR THE AREA. OKAY. NOT REALLY A CONSTRUCTION ISSUE YEAH. THAT'S ALL I WAS TRYING TO. OKAY. IDENTIFY. WELL. DO ANYBODY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY. CAN WE HAVE ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE? PLEASE START WITH THE APPLICANT. YOU SHOULD START WITH THE APPLICANT. OKAY. I WAS JUST FOLLOWING THE NOTES. OKAY. I'M SORRY. MA'AM, LET'S START WITH THE APPLICANT FIRST. IS THE APPLICANT HERE? YEAH, FOR THE APPLICANT GOOD. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR. THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND RECOGNIZING THAT AS AN APPLICANT TO I'M JUST BLANK RIGHT NOW. I'M SO. I'M NERVOUS. WE ARE I'M WITH THE LAW OFFICE OF BRYAN FAGAN. WE'RE HERE TO WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUR FOOT IN THE DOOR. OPEN IT UP. YOU KNOW, KIND OF HUBS AROUND DIFFERENT CITIES. AND WE'RE A FAMILY LAW FIRM AND ESTATE PLANNING FIRM. WE FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PROPERTY. WE'RE ASKING FOR REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL TO JUST TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR OFFER, OUR SERVICES TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE, YOU KNOW, THE FINE FOLKS OF GALVESTON. AND THERE'S NOTHING THAT WE WANTED TO DO DIFFERENTLY WITH THE HOUSE. AND I KNOW THEY WERE TALKING YESTERDAY ABOUT A RAMP. THERE WAS A PLACE IN THE, ON THE BACK BEHIND THE WALL THAT WAS, IT WAS ABLE TO DO SOMETHING. BUT THERE'S NOTHING WE WANT TO CHANGE ABOUT THE HOUSE. [00:25:01] IT'S. WE FELL IN LOVE WITH IT FOR WHAT IT IS THE STORIES, THE HISTORY, THE BEAUTY OF THIS PLACE. SINCE COVID, WE CAN OPERATE A LOT OF THINGS ARE, YOU KNOW, ONLINE AND THINGS LIKE THAT. UNLESS IT'S. UNLESS WE'RE PREPARING FOR TRIAL, WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THE OFFICE. WE CAN DO A LOT OF THINGS VIRTUALLY. SO AS HOMEOWNERS, WE UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC AND PRESERVING PRIVACY AND QUIET AND THINGS LIKE THAT. AND SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE WERE ON IT. WE, WE JUST REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH THE PLACE AND THOUGHT WE WOULD. WE LOVED IT SO. SO YOUR INTENTION IS FOR IT TO BE EXCLUSIVELY OFFICE OR ARE YOU GOING TO DO RESIDENTIAL/OFFICE? JUST STRICT, STRICTLY COMMERCIAL. OKAY. FROM THE HOURS OF LIKE 8:30 TO 6:00. OKAY. AND I'M ASSUMING THEN THAT YOU DID GO THROUGH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AND, AND SOME OF THE THINGS THEY MENTIONED. YES. WHICH ARE KIND OF PLACING IT ON THE NO DENIAL LIST. YES, SIR. AND THAT, AND SO I THINK YOU'RE I HAVE TO GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR COMING UP HERE AND TRYING TO STATE YOUR CASE AND YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, FREE TO CONTINUE ON IF YOU THINK THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO OFFER US AS TO WHY WE SHOULD CONSIDER APPROVAL. ARE YOU THE ARE YOU THE CURRENT OWNER OF THE PROPERTY? NO, NO, WE'RE PENDING. WE'RE PENDING THE CLOSE. OKAY. YES, SIR. I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING ELSE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OH. YES, SIR. YEAH. DON'T FORGET TO SIGN IN. THANK YOU. OKAY, NOW WE'RE READY FOR THE PUBLIC COMMENTS. ANYBODY ON THIS SIDE? OKAY, WE GOT ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR. SIGN IN. STATE YOUR NAME. YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON, CONNIE PATTERSON. I AM A RESIDENT. I LIVE ON THE NEXT CORNER, AND WHILE I APPRECIATE THEIR PASSION FOR AN HISTORIC HOME, WE APPRECIATE THE HISTORIC DISTRICTS AS WELL AS A WHOLE. SO ONE THING I'D LIKE TO STATE IS THAT GALVESTON HAD NO KNOWN ZONING BEFORE, AND IT CREATED A PROBLEM. THAT'S WHY A LOT OF THESE HOUSES WERE BROKEN UP INTO DUPLEXES AND SO FORTH THAT SERVE THE MEDICAL CENTER. BUT I BELIEVE IN 1970, 71, IT WAS CONSIDERED A LOCAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND THEN IN 75, IT WAS RECOGNIZED AS A NATIONAL REGISTER ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES. AND THEN IN 1976, IT BECAME A NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICT. WE HAVE THE LARGEST COLLECTION OF PRE-VICTORIAN ERA HOMES IN THE UNITED STATES. THERE'S OVER 800 OF THEM IN THE EAST END. SO WHILE I APPRECIATE THEIR LOVE FOR IT, I APPRECIATE THAT IT REALLY IS RELEVANT TO THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. SO THE CITY CAME IN IN JANUARY OF 2015 AND ADOPTED THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS. AND A LOT OF THOUGHT WENT INTO IT BECAUSE YOU CAN DO R-0, WHICH MEANS ABSOLUTELY NO BUSINESSES AND THERE ARE SOME R-0'S, BUT WE'RE IN R-3. SO THAT ALLOWS DUPLEX, SHORT-TERM RENTALS AND A FEW OTHER THINGS. BUT WHAT I'M REALLY ASKING YOU IS TO UPHOLD WHAT CITY COUNCIL HAS ALREADY VOTED AND APPROVED JANUARY OF 2015 TO PROTECT THIS VERY UNIQUE AND SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AS ALL THE NATIONAL HISTORIC DISTRICTS, ALL FOUR OF THEM STILL SURVIVE TODAY. AND WHEN WE PROTECT THOSE DISTRICTS, WE PROTECT THE QUALITY AND THE INTEGRITY OF THE ARCHITECTURE, WHICH CONTINUES TO APPRECIATE OVER TIME. AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF PRESERVATION. THE OTHER THING IS IF WE MAKE THIS REVERSAL AND WE ALLOW THIS, WHICH TRANSFERS WITH THE PROPERTY. IT STAYS FOR LIFE. IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. LIKE ANY LAW, IT CREATES A CASE HISTORY AND THAT WEAKENS THE ABILITY FOR US TO MAINTAIN THIS R-3 TO SOMEBODY ELSE THAT WANTS TO COME AND OPEN UP A BUSINESS IN ANOTHER HISTORIC PROPERTY IN THE EAST END. NOW, THERE'S A LOT OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES IN GALVESTON THAT ARE NOT IN AN R-3 OR AN R-0. THERE ARE STILL SOME ON 14TH. THERE'S STILL SOME ON BROADWAY. THERE'S SOME AROUND SILK STOCKING. THESE WOULD BE PERFECT OPPORTUNITIES FOR SOMEBODY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. BUT THIS IS A VERY SPECIAL DISTRICT, AND I THINK ONE OF THE DRIVERS BEHIND CITY COUNCIL PUSHING TO DEVELOP THE LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, BECAUSE WE DIDN'T HAVE ZONING AND ADOPT THEM IN 2015. I'M ASKING YOU TO UPHOLD WHAT THEY'VE DONE. THANK YOU. SORRY. I'M A LOT OF PSEUDOEPHEDRINE FOR ALLERGIES. [LAUGHTER]. DID YOU SIGN IN? [00:30:05] SO MY VOICE IS KIND OF CRACKING. YESTERDAY I WAS A MESS. CATHERINE WAS LIKE, GET THE SHEPHERD'S HOOK. AS SOON AS I WALKED IN THIS BUILDING, I WAS LIKE, WHAT? THANK YOU YES, MA'AM. PLEASE COME ON. THIS IS FUNNY I'M A RESIDENT. I LIVE EXACTLY ACROSS. RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN A COTTAGE THAT IS ALSO A 1898 STORM 1900 STORM SURVIVOR. SO, AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT CONCERNS ME A LOT AS FAR AS WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS HOUSE, WHICH IS INDEED A GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS HOUSE. MY CONCERNS ARE ONE THAT IT SETS A PRECEDENT. AND RIGHT NOW THAT WHOLE AREA FROM SEALY, ROUGHLY FROM 19TH, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 12TH 13TH IS ALL HOUSING. AND IT'S ALL MOSTLY ALL BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC HOMES. AND THE SAME THING IS TRUE FOR MOST OF THE BROADWAY AREA RIGHT ALONG THAT AREA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THERE. OF A COUPLE OF CHURCHES AND OF COURSE THE SACRED HEART AND IS THERE AS WELL. AND THAT IF AND THAT CHANGING THAT TO COMMERCIAL AND ALLOWING A POSSIBILITY THAT DOWN THE ROAD, IF THAT APPLICANT DECIDES TO SELL THE HOUSE, THEN THERE IS A COMMERCIAL. POSSIBILITY THAT WOULD BE USED FOR IN A WAY THAT WOULD BE VERY MUCH AGAINST THAT HISTORIC PRESERVATION IDEAL. AS YOU NOTICED FROM THE MAP, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THAT LITTLE 14TH STREET STRIP WHERE THERE ARE RESTAURANTS AND SOME BUSINESSES, THE ONLY THING THAT SHOWED UP THAT WAS NOT. ZONED FOR HISTORIC WAS WHERE THE OLD ELEMENTARY ROSENBERG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAS. AND IT'S NOW NO LONGER NO LONGER THERE. IT IS NOW PART OF THE J3, AND THE CITY OWNS IT NOW AS A PUBLIC PARK. SO THIS WHOLE AREA REMAINS INTACT, WITH VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS OF J3 AND THAT HISTORIC DISTRICT. ONE OTHER ONE OTHER ISSUE IS THE PARKING AND 16TH STREET, WHICH. NOW WITH THE CRUISE TERMINAL AT THE END OF THE STREET FROM BROADWAY TO THE CRUISE TERMINAL HAS ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC AND PARKING IS AN ISSUE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE 16TH STREET FROM BROADWAY TO SEALY, FROM SEALY FROM 16TH TO 17TH HAS NO ALLEY AND VERY FEW GARAGES. SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE TO PARK LIKE US, HAVE TO PARK ON THE STREET. AND THE SAME THING IS TRUE IN PART OF THE OTHER AREAS. SO PARKING IS A IS AN ADDITIONAL ISSUE THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE DEALT WITH. SO FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE AND FROM MY HUSBAND'S AND MINE, WE ARE AGAINST THE COMMERCIAL OVERLAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THE NEXT ONE ON THAT SIDE OF THE FENCE. [LAUGHTER]. GOOD AFTERNOON REBECCA JAWORSKI. OH, SORRY. REBECCA OH, THERE YOU GO. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO HEAR WHAT I HAD TO SAY. [LAUGHTER] TEASING. TEASING. I'M REBECCA JAWORSKI. I LIVE IN THE EAST END HISTORIC DISTRICT AT 1028 WINNIE. AND I AM VERY CONCERNED. TO ME, THIS WHOLE CASE SMACKS OF SPOT ZONING. IT'S JUST A WAY OF SHOEHORNING IN SOMETHING THAT IS OTHERWISE NOT ALLOWED. AND I BELIEVE THAT THEY LOVE THE HOUSE. THEY WANT TO MAINTAIN ITS INTEGRITY. BUT ONCE IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL, IT'S ZONED COMMERCIAL. AND IF IT GETS SOLD ON THE NEXT PERSON, IT HAS NO THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT CAN HAPPEN INSIDE THE PROPERTY. AND BASICALLY ALL OF THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE PROPERTY INTERIOR COULD BE REMOVED BY A NEXT OWNER. THAT WOULD THEN MAKE IT ESSENTIALLY FINANCIALLY IMPOSSIBLE FOR IT TO REGAIN ITS RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. [00:35:05] AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE CHANGE IS MADE, THE ONLY WAY TO UNDO IT IS FOR A FURTHER OWNER TO COME BACK AND SAY, WHOOPS, I REALLY WANT TO BE R-3. AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CHANGE ME BACK. AND I THINK IT CREATES A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT FOR BUSINESSES CAN BUY IN PARTS OF THE HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT HAVE NOT HAD COMMERCIAL USES AND POCKET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND ONCE YOU OPEN THAT, ONCE YOU'VE LET SOMEBODY GET THEIR FOOT IN THE DOOR, BUSINESS WISE, IT'S LIKE, WELL, YOU LET THEM DO IT. SO IF YOU DON'T LET US DO IT, THAT'S UNEQUAL ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES. AND THAT'S A BIG PROBLEM. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE ARE SUCH A SPECIAL, SPECIAL PLACE. MOST OF GALVESTON ISLAND, YOU KNOW, IS NOT A HISTORIC DISTRICT. AND WE HAVE LOTS OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AVAILABLE. PLEASE PROTECT THE INTEGRITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM. NEXT. HI. THANK YOU. I'M ANOTHER REBECCA FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. [LAUGHTER] I'M REBECCA GOODWIN. I LIVE AT 1821 WINNIE STREET, AND I'M OPPOSED TO THE PUD. WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE ON WINNIE, WE KNEW WE WERE LIVING RIGHT NEAR THE SOME COMMERCIAL, SOME PROPERTIES THAT WERE GRANDFATHERED IN TO 19TH STREET AND THAT'S FINE. IT'S ACTUALLY A LAWYER'S OFFICE AS WELL. TWO DOORS DOWN FROM ME. BUT I WOULD HATE TO WAKE UP SOMEPLACE ELSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FIND OUT THAT THERE WAS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY BESIDE MY HOME. I'M NOT SAYING MY LAWYER IS A BAD NEIGHBOR, BUT, YOU KNOW, TO ARGUE THAT IT'S FINE BECAUSE IT'S A BUSINESS. JUST 9:00 TO 5:00. IT'S A LOSS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF A POTENTIAL FAMILY OR HOMEOWNER WHO'S THERE FULL TIME TAKING CARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I WANT, I WANT YOU TO SERIOUSLY CONSIDER HOW CHANGING THE ZONING COULD REALLY BE THE STEP TOWARDS RUINING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND 50 YEARS AGO, LAST 2025 THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CELEBRATED ITS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS BIRTHDAY, AND THAT WAS BORN OUT OF THE NEED TO PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ENCROACHMENTS AND DETERIORATION. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY I DO RESPECT THAT THE APPLICANT CARES ABOUT THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE BUILDING. BUT I WANT TO SAY THAT REALLY PLEASE PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN GALVESTON. THEY'RE ALL DISTINCT. AND THAT'S WHAT MAKES GALVESTON A PLACE TO LIVE. AND HAVE A, YOU KNOW, BE, BE PROTECTED. SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. OKAY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER ON THAT SIDE. DO WE HAVE ANY MORE ON THIS SIDE? YES, SIR. WASN'T REALLY PLANNING TO TALK. RONNIE CLAYTON I LIVE IN THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO THIS. WE MOVED DOWN HERE A YEAR AND A HALF AGO EXPECTING IT TO BE HISTORICAL. SO THIS WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE, OBVIOUSLY. I APPRECIATE WHAT THEY'VE SAID AND HOW THEY PLAN TO USE THE PROPERTY, I GUESS REALLY, YOU KNOW, I HAVE CONCERNS THAT WE'D BE CHANGING IT. WE ARE RIGHT NEXT DOOR AND YOU CAN TELL ME TO TAKE THIS OFFLINE, BUT I GUESS I WANT TO UNDERSTAND THIS WHOLE PROCESS A LITTLE BIT BETTER WHERE WE GO AFTER HERE. AND IF THERE'S A CHANCE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO VOTE AND COME DOWN ON IT, IF THERE'S A CHANCE IT'S GOING TO FLIP WHEN IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL OR JUST HOW WE WORK IN THIS PROCESS. AND AGAIN, IF I NEED TO TALK TO THESE FOLKS, I'M GLAD TO DO THAT BUT. THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE SOMETHING NOT RIGHT HERE. WE DON'T WE CAN'T DO INTERACTION. YEAH. NO I UNDERSTAND. YEAH. YOU'RE JUST GOT YOUR THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON YOUR SUBJECT. OKAY. YEAH, I'M GOOD AGAIN. I WE'RE NEXT DOOR, SO I WOULD HOPE THEY WOULD KEEP THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION. THE RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND OUR STAFF IS AVAILABLE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR THEM. THEY THEY'RE PRETTY GOOD ABOUT ANSWERING QUESTIONS. THEY, THEY KNOW CHAPTER AND VERSE PRETTY MUCH [LAUGHTER]. [00:40:06] OKAY. SOMEBODY FROM THIS SIDE OF THE ANYBODY ELSE ON THIS SIDE? YES, MA'AM. PLEASE STEP FORWARD. SIGN IN. HELLO? THERE SEEMS TO BE A LOT OF UNFACTUAL INFORMATION ON THIS AND I WOULD LIKE TO. OF THE NEIGHBORS OF WHAT WAS REALLY GOING ON AND WHAT WAS REALLY HAPPENING. AND WE ALL KNOW THAT'S NOT EXACTLY THE SAFEST THING [LAUGHTER] FOR ME TO DO, AND I DID NOT DO THAT. THE CURRENT OWNER IS A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL, AND SHE TRAVELS EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND SPEAKS AT CONFERENCES. AND ALTHOUGH SHE TRAVELS BACK AND FORTH OCCASIONALLY TO THIS LOCATION, FOR THE MOST PART, THIS PROPERTY IS VACANT AND SHE HAS LOST HER LOVING HUSBAND AND SHE NEEDS TO SELL HER PROPERTY. IT'S PART OF AN ESTATE. SHE'S GOT HIS KIDS COMING BACK IN, TRYING TO SUE HER FOR ALL OF THE MONEY, AND THE PROPERTY MUST SELL. IT'S BEEN ON THE MARKET FOR QUITE A LONG PERIOD OF TIME. I AM THE REALTOR AND I HAVE SOLD MANY PROPERTIES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS ONE HAS NOT. IT HAS SOME QUIRKY THINGS AND IT HAS NOT SOLD. SO THERE HAS BEEN NO CONTRACTS FROM ANY RESIDENTIAL BUYERS. AND WE'VE HAD PEOPLE LOOKING ALL THE WAY FROM DALLAS TO PEOPLE IN GALVESTON. SO I WAS DISAPPOINTED IN THE LANDMARK MEETING REPORT. I DID NOT ATTEND, BUT IMMEDIATELY AFTER HEARING THE RESULTS, I HAVE MY REALITY. I RECEIVED NEWS THAT THERE'S ANOTHER TRANSIENT ON THE PROPERTY AGAIN. I HAVE GONE TO THE POLICE SEVERAL TIMES. I HAVE CALLED THEM SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE GONE TO THE STATION SEVERAL TIMES. I'VE LODGED MANY COMPLAINTS. WE HAVE PROVIDED A POWER OF ATTORNEY TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF THIS IS TO NO AVAIL. I HAVE CONSTANTLY REMOVED HEAVY BICYCLES WITHOUT WHEELS, BACKPACKS, ARTICLES OF CLOTHING, DIRTY UNDERWEAR AND FECES AND TRASH SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. SO FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET WHO ARE LOOKING AT THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, AND THEY CAN SEE THESE TRANSIENTS, AND THEY COULD CERTAINLY PROTECT THE PROPERTIES IN THE EAST END, AND THEY COULD CALL THE POLICE THEMSELVES. I AM THERE BOTH MORNING AND NIGHT. I'M THERE CONSTANTLY. THIS IS ONLY FROM A FEW HOURS, BECAUSE I HAD ALREADY BEEN THERE AND CLEANED IT UP TWICE TODAY, AND THOSE THAT WAS THE TRASH FROM RIGHT BEFORE I CAME. SO ONE OF THE VAGRANTS ACTUALLY MALICIOUSLY THREW SOME STUFF AT ME WHILE I WAS THERE, AND IT IS NOT SAFE. AND ANYWAY, I WOULD HAVE SPENT LAST NIGHT AT THE HOME TO PROTECT IT ONCE AGAIN, BUT I WAS CONCERNED HE WOULD BREAK INTO MY CAR. SO WHEN I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS AFTER THE MEETING YESTERDAY COLLEEN SILVA, SHE KNEW IMMEDIATELY WHO I WAS TALKING ABOUT. THE PEOPLE LIVING ACROSS THE PROPERTY. ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE LOOKING OUT THEIR FRONT WINDOWS AND DOORS, AND THEY'RE DOING NOTHING TO HELP PROTECT THIS PROPERTY. SO IF THEY'RE SO CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU MA'AM. IT'S FOR PROTECTION. WELL, IT'S JUST A DIFFERENT WEBSITE WE HAVE TO GO TO. OKAY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YOU CAN SPEAK TO YOU CAN SPEAK TO STAFF. YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE ATTORNEY OR SOMEBODY AFTER THE MEETING. YEAH. OKAY. THAT'S IT FOR THAT. SO WE'RE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS FOR ACTION. I MOVE THAT WE DENY 26P-021 WITH STAFF AS WRITTEN BY STAFF. I'LL SECOND. OKAY, A LITTLE DISCUSSION. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? Y'ALL YOU'RE SAYING IT'S. YOUR REASONING AND EVERYTHING IS. WELL, I THINK THE APPLICANT WOULD PROBABLY BE THE IDEAL OWNER FOR THE PROPERTY. BUT GIVEN THE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE HISTORICAL NATURE THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE NEARBY, THEIR OBJECTION IS IT'S INCOMPATIBLE USE. I HAVE TO SUPPORT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. [00:45:06] YES, SIR. SO IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE LDR'S ARE THE WRITTEN THE WAY THEY'RE WRITTEN, BECAUSE THERE ARE PERMITTED USES IN R-3, LIKE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. BUT FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, YOU'D HAVE TO LIVE IN THE HOUSE TO DO THE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. SO IF THERE WAS A PIANO TEACHER, RIGHT, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD BE THAT. I GREW UP IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD NOT FAR AWAY. SO OUR PIANO TEACHER WAS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. BUT IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT THE LDR'S ARE VAGUE BECAUSE. OFFICE IS NOT PERMITTED AND IT'S A GENERIC DESCRIPTION, BUT PROFESSIONAL SERVICES IS PERMITTED. SO IT IS UNFORTUNATE THAT THEY'RE WRITTEN THAT WAY. BUT I HAVE TO STAND BY THE EXISTING LDR'S AND REALLY THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR DECADES, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN GALVESTON, HOMEOWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF MONEY TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. LIKE I SAID, I GREW UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I COULD WALK BY ALL OF THESE HOUSES AND TELL YOU WHO LIVED THERE WHEN I WAS FIVE. BUT AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE. I FEEL FOR YOU. BECAUSE I KNOW RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER THERE WAS BARNEY RAPP ON 17TH AND BROADWAY AND A BIG, BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL HOME. I KNOW RICK OFF ON 19TH. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THAT ATTORNEY THERE, AND THAT'S AN OLD HOUSE AS WELL. SO I FEEL FOR YOU AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE, BUT I HAVE TO SIDE WITH THE WITH THE LDR'S AS THEY'RE WRITTEN. AND THEY DO NEED [LAUGHTER] SOME UPDATING, BUT JUST FOR THE, JUST FOR THE, THE NATURE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO KEEP IT AS IS YOU KNOW, IT'S A, IT'S A TOUGH CALL, BUT YEAH, I HAVE TO SUPPORT THE LDR'S. AND THAT'S WHY I'M MOVING TO DENY THIS REQUEST. AS FAR AS THE VAGRANTS, WELL, THAT'S GALVESTON. THERE WAS A HOUSE TWO DOORS DOWN FROM US THAT HAD CRACKHEADS, METH HEADS, AND BICYCLES THAT BELONGED TO GOD KNOWS WHO SHOWING UP ALL THE TIME ON 25TH STREET. SO I FEEL THAT TOO. [LAUGHTER]. AND WE HAD TO CALL THE GALVESTON POLICE DEPARTMENT ON A REGULAR BASIS TO COME CLEAN UP THAT VACANT PROPERTY. I WORKED IN THIS HOUSE PROBABLY IN 2005, 2006 WITH ONE OF THE PREVIOUS OWNERS. AND IT'S A GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS ON THE INSIDE. SO LIKE I SAID, YOU CAN DO PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, BUT YOU GOT TO LIVE THERE SO. YEAH. [LAUGHTER]. AND, BUT YOU GOT TO LIVE THERE. I DON'T THINK YOU'D HAVE FUN LIVING THERE. [LAUGHTER]. BUT YEAH, IF YOU NOTICE, THAT WAS MY FIRST QUESTION IS IF YOU'RE GOING TO RESIDE THERE, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING YOU COULD REALLY HANG ON. BUT WITH, WITH IT JUST BEING EXCLUSIVELY OFFICE, I THINK THAT KIND OF GETS IT MAKES IT A LITTLE TOUGH TO, TO SAY WE'RE DISREGARDING EVERYTHING AND ALL THE COMMENTS. SO I THINK THAT'S WHY YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE AND SOMETHING TO KEEP IN MIND AND, YOU KNOW BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S THE, THAT'S ALL WE SHOULD SAY ABOUT THAT. I THINK WE NEED TO BRING IT TO THE VOTE. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF DENYING 26P-021 RAISE. OKAY. AND THAT WAS UNANIMOUS. AND I'LL JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT CITY COUNCIL IS THE FINAL DECISION REGARDING THESE REQUESTS, AND THAT'LL BE HEARD AT THE JUNE 25TH MEETING. THERE YOU GO. OKAY. THANK YOU. NEXT ONE IS. 26P-023. VERY WELL. 26P-023. THIS IS A 2005. 53RD STREET. [6.E.4. 26P-023 (2005 53rd Street) Request for a Minor Plat to reconfigure five lots into two. The properties are legally described as Abstract 628 M.B. Menard Survey, Part of Lots 8 Through 12 (8-1), Block 124, Denver Resurvey, in the City and County of Galveston, Texas. Applicant: Joseph Batiste Property Owner: Joseph Odis Batiste Jr. Trust] THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A MINOR PLAT TO RECONFIGURE FIVE LOTS INTO TWO. THERE ARE THREE PUBLIC NOTICES SENT. SO THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MINOR PLAT TO REPLAT FIVE LOTS INTO TWO. BECAUSE THE REPLAT INVOLVES FOUR OR MORE LOTS. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION IS REQUIRED. SUBJECT PARCEL IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF AVENUE IN AND A HALF AND 53RD STREET. CURRENTLY PARCEL CONTAINS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE ON THE EASTERN HALF OF THE PROPERTY, WITH THE WESTERN HALF BEING UNDEVELOPED. SO THE PLAT WOULD PROPOSE TO CREATE TWO LOTS, ONE CONTAINING THE EXISTING HOUSE AND ONE BEING VACANT. PLEASE NOTE THE ZONING AND LAND USE OF THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. IN THIS PART OF TOWN, THE MINIMUM LOT AREA IS 2500 SQUARE FOOT WITH NO OTHER DIMENSIONAL REQUIREMENTS, AND THE PROS REPLAT GREATLY EXCEEDS THAT. THE SMALLEST OF THE TWO LOTS WILL BE OVER 4000FT². SO THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS FROM OUTSIDE UTILITIES OR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS. THE CITY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUIRES A FOUR FOOT WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT CROSSING BEHIND THE EXISTING HOUSE TO PROVIDE SANITARY SEWER ACCESS FROM 53RD STREET. THIS IS A SPECIFIC CONDITION OF THE REPLAT APPROVAL. I WILL ALSO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SINCE ACTUALLY PROVIDED US WITH PLAT DOCUMENTS THAT DO INCLUDE THAT THAT EASEMENT. [00:50:04] SO ON THE FINAL PLAT DOCUMENTS, IT'S ALREADY BEEN PROVIDED AFTER THE STAFF REPORT WAS WRITTEN. PLEASE NOTE THE PLAT APPROVAL CRITERIA IN THE STAFF REPORT. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, THE REQUEST WITH SPECIFIC CONDITIONS 1 THROUGH 2 AND STANDARD CONDITIONS 3 THROUGH 7. WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS. SO HERE WE HAVE THE REPLAT PROPOSED REPLAT OVERLAID OVER THE GIS MAP. AND OF COURSE, THE IT'S NOT EXACTLY ACCURATE. SO YOU CAN DISREGARD THE ENCROACHMENTS. THOSE DON'T ACTUALLY EXIST. THE PARCEL MAP IS JUST A BIT OFF FROM OUR GIS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND THEN WE HAVE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWING THE MAIN HOUSE THERE ON THE CORNER, AND THEN THE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH, TO THE EAST AND TO THE WEST. AND THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S REPORT. OKAY. THANKS, DANIEL. ANY QUESTIONS FOR. EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN AND A HALF. IS IT IN AND A HALF OR P AND A HALF? IT IS P AND A HALF. SO IF IT REFERENCES A AND A HALF ANYWHERE THAT WAS. BUT THEN OUR MAP SHOWS P AND A HALF. IT IS, IT IS P AND A HALF AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT MISTAKE. THE PARCEL MAP HERE WITH THE WITH THE AERIAL UNDERLAY IS CORRECT. SO IT IS P AND HALF. CORRECT. OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A CAN YOU SHOW AGAIN HOW IT'S GOING FROM 1 TO 5 SO I DON'T HAVE IT IN THIS PRESENTATION, BUT I THINK IN YOUR STAFF REPORT, IT SHOWS THE EXISTING SURVEY AND IT'S ACTUALLY FIVE OF THE LITTLE NARROW DENVER RESURVEY LOTS. THERE'S ACTUALLY 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. YEAH. THE DENVER RESURVEY WAS 25 FOOT WIDE LOTS. AND SO THERE'S LIKE FIVE OF THEM IN THAT IN THAT SPACE. ANYBODY ELSE? OKAY. IS THE APPLICANT HERE PRESENT. DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE. OKAY. SO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE CAN SEE PUBLIC COMMENT. ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS CONCERNING THIS PLAT? NONE. OKAY. SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMISSION FOR ACTION. I MAKE A MOTION WE APPROVE 26P-023. I'LL SECOND. OKAY. MOTION AND SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS? I THINK. SO THE APPLICANT SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO THE EASEMENT AND SATISFY ALL THE CONDITIONS ALREADY. HE'S ALREADY AWARE OF THAT. WELL YEAH WE REACH OUT TO THE SURVEYOR OF RECORD WITH THOSE COMMENTS AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THEM. THE SURVEYOR HAS ALREADY PROVIDED PLAT DOCUMENTS THAT SHOW IT. SO THEY'RE GOOD TO GO ON THAT. OKAY, GREAT. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY I MISSED THE SECOND. COULD YOU LET ME KNOW WHO SECONDED? JOHN. THANK YOU. I MADE A MOTION, JOHN SECOND YEAH. OKAY. IT'S UP FOR A VOTE. ALL IN FAVOR OF 26P-023. AND IT'S UNANIMOUS. SO THAT PASSES. AND I THINK THAT'S THE LAST ONE. OKAY. THIS CONCLUDES PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT 4:22. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU TO STAN. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.