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[1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ]
UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
HAVE A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? YES.ANYBODY'S HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO SOMETHING THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, NOW'S THE TIME.
WE CAN'T ACT ON IT, BUT WE CAN LISTEN TO ANYTHING, UH, IN GENERAL OR RULES OF THE ROAD.
IF YOU COME UP SPEAK, MAKE SURE YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING RECORD AND ALL THAT.
[4. PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ON AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE B-2 (CENTRAL BUSINESS) TO ALLOW SPECIAL EVENT VENUES AS A PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL USE ]
ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING AND ACTION ON AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE D TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS TO ALLOW SPECIAL EVENT VENUES AS A PERMITTED OR CONDITIONAL USE.I WAS JUST NOMINATED TO COME BACK HERE.
AND BASICALLY, UH, MS. VICTORIA WANTS TO OPEN AN EVENT CENTER IN DOWNTOWN, A SMALL EVENT CENTER, AND SHE HAS SOME REALLY GOOD IDEAS, BUT OUR DOWNTOWN ZONING DOESN'T HAVE EVENT CENTERS.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER THE TIME SOMEONE TRIED TO OPEN THE DANCE CLUB AND CALL IT DANCE LESSONS.
AND THE REASON WHY WE SHUT 'EM DOWN IS THERE'S NO ZONING.
YOU HAVE TO COME IN FOR ZONING, YOU HAVE TO REZONE AND THEY NEVER DID.
AND SO, UM, NOW SOMEONE IS ACTUALLY COMING IN TO REZONE AND UM, I WANT YOU TO LISTEN TO HER AND I WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT HOW YOU WANT IT FRAMED AS A USE IN DOWNTOWN.
DO YOU WANT IT CONDITIONAL? UM, DO YOU WANT IT JUST TO BE PERMITTED? DO YOU THINK THERE SHOULD BE STUDIES ABOUT WHAT KIND OF EVENT CENTER IS GONNA GO DOWN THERE BECAUSE OF LIMITED PARKING AND, UM, OTHER ISSUES THAT DOWNTOWN HAS? BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY FOR RIGHT NOW.
UM, YOU GUYS HAD A PRESENTATION? YEP.
YOU WANNA STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? YES.
BRANDY VICTORIA, 2 0 5 BOGANVILLE STREET, LAKE JACKSON.
UM, I AM WANTING TO OPEN UP A SMALL EVENT VENUE, EVENT VENUE, UM, AS WELL AS A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO.
UM, I'M A PHOTOGRAPHER HERE IN LAKE JACKSON AND THIS IS IT RIGHT HERE.
UM, IT'S GOING TO BE FOR BRIDAL SHOWERS, BABY SHOWERS, UM, SMALL WEDDINGS, KIDS PARTIES, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THE DESIGN AND THE CONCEPT, IT'S GONNA BE AN OPEN FLOOR PLAN.
IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT A HUNDRED TO 120 PEOPLE MAX.
UM, THE BUILDING CAN HOLD MORE THAN THAT.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT AT THAT BY MY CHOICE.
I WANT IT TO BE A SMALLER, NOT THIS BIG, WILD THING.
UM, JUST SOMETHING SMALL FOR PEOPLE TO COME TO.
UM, ABOUT 120 PEOPLE, THAT'S GONNA BE THE MAX THAT WE'RE GONNA PUT IT AT.
UM, IT IS NOT GONNA HAVE A KITCHEN IN THERE AS FAR AS, UM, COOKING.
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT LATER.
UM, SO IF THERE'S, YOU KNOW, A FOOD TRUCK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE WILL HAVE A KITCHEN TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME IN AND PUT THE FOOD FOR CATERING.
UM, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE LAYOUT.
SO THOSE WILL PROBABLY BE SQUARE, NOT AROUND.
UM, BUT THAT'S THE LAYOUT OF IT.
IT'LL HAVE THE STORAGE CLOSET, THE KITCHEN, WE'RE LOOKING AT TWO BATHROOMS, ONE ON EACH SIDE.
UM, THE ENTIRE, UM, AREA IS 3000 SQUARE FEET.
SO, UM, YOU'LL HAVE THE ENTRANCE ON ONE SIDE, THE SQUARE TABLES.
UM, THAT PART IN THE FRONT IS GONNA BE A BAR AREA.
THIS IS HOW THIS WHOLE THING GOT STARTED.
UM, I DO WANNA BE ABLE TO SERVE ALCOHOL IN THERE, UM, BY ME, BY MY STAFF.
UM, I REQUESTED A LIQUOR LICENSE FOR A MIXED DRINK, AND THAT'S HOW THIS ALL CAME ABOUT.
UM, WHEN I SAY BAR, DON'T GET THE WILD, CRAZY IDEA.
THINK A WEDDING AND BEING ABLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A GLASS OF WINE OR BEER AT YOUR WEDDING.
THAT'S THE BAR AREA THAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UM, IN THE BACK YOU'LL HAVE THE BRIDAL SUITE GETTING DRESSED, THE KITCHEN AREA, THE STORAGE, ALL OF THAT.
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DUN, DUN, UM, DOWNTOWN AREA.THAT'S THE ONE CONCERN THAT MOST EVERYONE HAS HAD.
SO MY AREA IS PERFECT BECAUSE I HAVE MY OWN PARKING, UM, IN THE BACK.
SO YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT NUMBERS ON THERE.
UM, THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE I INCLUDED THE ENTIRE SPACE.
UM, SAY I CAN GO IN AND EVERYBODY APPROVES IT.
I CAN USE THAT WHOLE ENTIRE SPACE.
THAT'S WHY THAT NUMBER'S IN THERE.
WITHOUT THAT JUST MY OWN SPACE OR MY OWN BUILDING, THERE ARE AN ADDITIONAL 37 PARKING SPOTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE PARKING IN THE FRONT AS WELL AS THE BACK.
UM, THE BIGGEST THING IS EVENTS, WEDDINGS, THEY'RE USUALLY GONNA HAPPEN ON THE WEEKENDS OR AT NIGHT.
UM, FOR THE DAYTIME USE FOR THEIR FOR PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO, IT'S GONNA BE TWO CLIENTS IN.
SO, UM, THE BIGGEST CONCERN, LIKE I SAID, WAS PARKING.
BUT WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL SPACE.
THAT'S ONE OF THE ONLY AREAS IN LAFAYETTE, I MEAN IN LAKE JACKSON THAT HAS THAT.
UM, SO WE'RE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, BE ABLE TO PARK GUESTS IN THE BACK AS WELL AS IN THE FRONT.
UM, UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS BROUGHT UP IS THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
UM, MY GOAL IS NOT TO GO TILL TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
MY GOAL IS BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, FOUR HOURS OR FIVE HOURS FOR AN EVENT.
SO IF SOMEONE WANTS TO GO TILL TWO IN THE MORNING, WELL, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO START THEIR WHOLE EVENT UNTIL WAY LATE AT NIGHT.
THAT'S, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M AIMING FOR.
UM, IF THEY HAVE AN EVENT THAT STARTS AT FIVE, WE'RE LOOKING AT 10 OR 11 O'CLOCK.
UM, SO OBVIOUSLY I DON'T HAVE THE TIME SET RIGHT NOW, BUT THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT THE WHOLE, UM, CONDITIONAL USE IS THAT THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT PUTTING A STIPULATION ON THOSE HOURS.
SO, UM, I THINK THAT THIS IS DEFINITELY WHAT LAKE JACKSON NEEDS.
UM, LITTLE DID I KNOW WE HAD A ZONING PROBLEM.
AND SO WHEN I HAD MADE THE PUBLIC POST THE, UM, THE RESPONSE FROM LAKE JACKSON WAS AMAZING.
'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE.
WE HAVE HUGE ONES THAT YOU CAN PAY AN ARM AND A LEG FOR OUTSIDE OF LAKE JACKSON, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THAT INSIDE OF LAKE JACKSON.
A PLACE THAT WE CAN GET TOGETHER THAT'S CLASSY AND IT'S GONNA BE BUILT LIKE THAT.
AND I ADDED THIS ON HERE BECAUSE I'M SURE YOU GUYS GET PEOPLE THAT, THAT COME UP LIKE, HEY, I WANNA DO THIS AND I GOT A WILD HAIR AND I WANNA DO THIS.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE MULTIPLE COMPANIES.
I HAVE THREE COMPANIES THERE AS WELL AS TWO COMPANIES HERE.
I HAVE A 17 MONTH OLD LITTLE GIRL, AND THAT'S MY HUSBAND.
THAT'S WHY WE ACTUALLY CAME TO LAKE JACKSON.
UM, BUT IF YOU SCROLL UP, YOU CAN SEE MY OTHER COMPANIES THAT I HAVE.
I STARTED WITH A COFFEE TRUCK AND THEN EXPANDED INTO A DRIVE-THROUGH AND THEN EXPANDED INTO A BRICK AND MORTAR.
UM, SO I HAVE THREE COFFEE COFFEE SHOPS IN LOUISIANA.
I ALSO ROAST OUR OWN COFFEE, UM, FOR ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS.
AND THEN WHEN WE MOVED TO LAKE JACKSON, UM, I STARTED A PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY AND THEN A REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHY COMPANY.
SO I'M NOT JUST SOMEBODY THAT SAYS, OH, I'M JUST GONNA THROW SOMETHING AT THE WALL AND HOPE IT WORKS.
UM, I HAVE A PLAN, I HAVE A BUSINESS PLAN.
SO ANY QUESTIONS? I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE BUILDING AND, UM, IT DOES HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PARKING IN THE BACK.
HOW WOULD YOU LET THEM KNOW THAT THAT IS YOUR ENTRANCE? YOU KNOW, IS THERE JUST, UM, THEY PARK BACK THERE AND THEN, UM, THEY COME THROUGH THAT DOOR? YES, MA'AM.
SO, UM, THE WAY WE HAVE THE BUILDING SET UP, IT HAS THAT HALLWAY THAT GOES STRAIGHT THROUGH THE, SO THE KITCHEN'S GONNA BE SEGREGATED.
UM, AND THEN WHENEVER OUR SAY BRIDES OR UH, BRIDAL SHOWER OR WHATEVER, WHENEVER THEY COME TO BOOK THIS SPACE, WE WILL DO THAT WALKTHROUGH.
IT WILL AS WELL BE IN THE CONTRACT AND IT, THAT DRONE PICTURE, UM, IT WILL ACTUALLY HAVE THE AREA LABELED SO THAT THEY KNOW THERE'S THE PARKING AND THERE'S THE ENTRANCE.
THAT'S HOW YOU COME IN AND IT'LL BE COMMUNICATED WITH THEM ON WHERE TO PARK.
MA'AM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALLEYWAY ON THE BACKSIDE BEING THE SINGLE LANE THAT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE FESTIVE FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE DRIVING INTO IT AND OUT OF IT.
UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE DOING WEEKDAY WEDDINGS NOW.
THEY'VE GOT FIVE THURSDAY WEDDINGS TO DO THIS YEAR ALREADY THE REST OF THE YEAR.
SO, UM, I THINK THE CONDITIONAL IS GONNA BE, WOULD BE THE WAY I WOULD BE BEST VIEWING IT.
BUT I THINK AS FAR AS THE WEEKDAY VERSUS THE WEEKEND, UM, IT'S MORE OF A AFTER HOURS, UM, AFTER BUSINESS HOURS VERSUS NOT EVEN IF IT'S ON A MONDAY OR TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, WHO'S GONNA GET MARRIED AT 12 O'CLOCK NOON OR ONE O'CLOCK? UM, SO I THINK IT WOULD BE MORE OF, EVEN IF IT IS DURING THE WEEK, IT'S GONNA BE THAT EVENING.
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BUSINESSES AROUND US WILL ACTUALLY BE CLOSED ALREADY.I KNOW THAT BOTEN FIELD'S OFFICE IS TO YOUR LEFT AND A COUPLE OF OTHER BUSINESSES THERE.
UM, IT WOULDN'T HAVE, UH, A HAMPERING ON THE WALGREENS DRIVE THROUGH, RIGHT? CORRECT.
YEAH, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN TURNING LANE, I BELIEVE ON THIS SIDE.
AND THEN THE BACK SIDE AND THEY HAVE ONE THE BACK ON THE BACK.
I'VE WAITED A LONG TIME IN WALGREENS PARK,
ERIC, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ONE LANE ALSO.
UH, THAT ONE LANE BELONGS TO WALGREENS.
NO, THE BACK ALLEY? NO, IN THE BACK ALLEY.
NATIONAL BANK, IT'S A SINGLE LANE.
AND AT T PARKS THEIR TRUCKS DOWN THERE TOWARDS THE END AND THEY GET A LITTLE FESTIVE IN CROSSING THE LINE THERE.
UM, NOT THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN CONTROL WITHIN REASON, BUT I, I DO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER PEOPLE LEAVING THE WEDDING AND BEING FESTIVE COMING OUTTA THERE.
THE OTHER THING I THOUGHT ABOUT, UH, YOU MIGHT WANT DAYTIME EVENTS, VERY SMALL AND I WOULDN'T SEE THERE'D BE A PROBLEM WITH THAT IF WE HAD A LIMITED NUMBER.
'CAUSE PARKING WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
UH, THE PARKING I SEE IS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD PULL IT OFF, UH, THE RESTAURANTS I GUESS IS THE ONLY CONFLICT IF WE COULD SAY SOMETHING IN THE ORDINANCE TO THE POINT THAT, UH, UH, AND I THINK, UH, SHERRY WANTS THINGS GENERAL.
UH, UH, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO SAY SPECIFICALLY RESTAURANTS, BUT WITHIN 150 FEET OR A HUNDRED FEET OF THE DOORS SO THAT Y'ALL WOULDN'T NECESSARILY CONFLICT WITH THEIR PARKING NEEDS OF WHAT? WELL, ALL PARKING DOWNTOWN IS PUBLIC.
CAN'T RESTRICT HAS PARKING BEHIND HER BUILDING.
SO THIS PARTICULAR BUILDING IS FINE, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT FOR THE ALL OF EVERY B TWO.
UM, THAT, I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I THOUGHT MAYBE A CONDITIONAL USE BECAUSE YOU, YOU WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHERE, WHERE ARE YOU GONNA BE AND HOW'S THE PARKING FOR THIS SPACE THAT, UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR SPACE, IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT FOR A FUTURE SPACE, THE PARKING MIGHT BE A PROBLEM.
THAT'S WHAT WELL SAYING ON THE ZONING, NOT SO MUCH HER INDIVIDUAL, BUT THE ZONING.
BUT I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTING PARKING.
I WAS TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTING PROXIMITY TO EVENTS, UH, OF OTHER GROUPS, RESTAURANTS THAT HAVE LARGE CALLINGS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THEY, IF, UH, THE LOCAL, HOW MANY CARS WOULD THEY HAVE? NOT HOW MANY, BUT THEY WOULD REQUIRE PARKING IF THERE'S ENOUGH ON THE STREETS THEMSELVES.
I MEAN, WHEN THE LOCAL HAS A LIVE BAND, PEOPLE ARE PARKING ALL THE WAY DOWN IN FRONT OF HER PLACE ALREADY.
WHAT? WHEN THE LOCAL HAS A LIVE BAND, PEOPLE ARE PARKING ALL THE WAY DOWN IN FRONT OF HER PLACE ALREADY.
WHAT WAS THAT 2017
ALTHOUGH GAYLIN WOULD LOVE IT.
LIKE I SAID, THE PATIO THERE, PARKING IS, I MEAN, PARKING'S IS ISSUE IN DOWNTOWN.
BUT THE OTHER ISSUE IS THAT IT'S PUBLIC.
MY POSITION, IT'S PUBLIC PARKING.
AND IF YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE GIVE A CONDITIONAL USE IN AN EVENT SPACE LIKE THIS, NOT BE WITHIN A 150 FEET OF A RESTAURANT, WELL THEN YOU'RE ALSO KIND OF RESTRICTING PUBLIC SPACE.
WELL, IT ISN'T JUST NOT THAT DOWNTOWN IS SO FULL OF RESTAURANTS.
I'M NOT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'D BE ABLE TO.
I MEAN, LITERALLY EVERY ONE OF THOSE RESTAURANTS, OH, WHEN GIOVANNI'S ACTUALLY EXISTED, YOU COULDN'T PARK THERE, THEY SAID, OH, BEFORE WE PUT INTO GIOVANNI'S IT, I DON'T KNOW.
I I THINK WE GOTTA GET OUT OF THE WEEDS AND KIND OF LOOK AT WHAT IS IT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
UH, MY CONCERN IS JUST IN YOU.
YOU BRING IN A FOOD TRUCK TO DO THE CATERING.
WHERE DO YOU SET UP THE FOOD TRUCK IN YOUR PARKING LOT THAT THE PEOPLE HAVE TO GO BY? YEAH, I MEAN THERE'S, THERE'S AMPLE PARKING IN THE BACK.
I MEAN, I GO TO PLACES DOWNTOWN THAT USE FOOD TRUCKS AND THEY PUT 'EM IN THE BACK.
AND THEY WORK GREAT BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT THEM IN THE PUBLIC PARKING SPOTS.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO, I'VE NOT BEEN IN THE BACK THAT BACK PARKING LOT.
I'M SURE YOU WILL MAKE IT FANTASTIC FOR YOUR PEOPLE WHEN THEY DO THE WALKTHROUGH, BUT YOU ALSO NEED TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, AND I KNOW YOU WILL
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FROM LOOKING AT YOUR SCHEMATICS AND OTHER STUFF, IT NEEDS TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING FOR PEOPLE TO WALK INTO A WEDDING OR A BABY SHOWER OR A BRIDAL SHOWER PAST A FOOD TRUCK AND THE DUMPSTERS OUT OF ENOUGH.WELL, THE, I THINK THAT GOES ALONG.
WE GO THROUGH DUMPSTERS WHEN I WALK INTO THE LOCAL BY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S JUST, YEAH.
I THINK THE AESTHETICS OF IT, THAT'S MORE OF A BUSINESS STANDPOINT AND NOT A ZONING.
I THINK THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S LIKE, HEY, IF YOU WANT YOUR PEOPLE TO WALK INTO A HOT MESS EXPRESS, THEN, THEN THAT'S A BUSINESS STANDPOINT.
UM, BUT I DO GET WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
YOU KNOW, I CANNOT TEACH EVERYONE HOW TO DRIVE AND LEAVE THE PARKING LOT.
UM, WE CAN HOPE THAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DRIVE WHENEVER THEY LEAVE, BUT THERE IS A ROAD ACCESSIBLE THAT THEY CAN LEAVE.
UM, NOBODY ELSE CAN CONTROL THAT EITHER.
UM, BUT THOSE THINGS I, I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH.
UM, I'M GONNA MAKE IT LOOK ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE ZONING WILL HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH.
HAVE YOU GOTTEN A COMMITMENT FOR THE USE OF THE FULL PARKING LOT FROM EVERYBODY IN THERE? UM, I'VE TALKED TO EVERYONE, THE APLIN AS WELL AS MEGA REALTY.
UM, I JUST WAS TOLD THAT SOMEONE MAY BE A DIFFERENT TENANT, UM, MAYBE IN THE END.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, NO, I CANNOT GO IN AND JUMP THE GUN AND SAY, HEY, I'M NOT EVEN IN THIS SPOT YET.
BUT DO YOU THINK THAT I COULD USE YOUR PARKING LOT? BUT WITHOUT THOSE, THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY IN THERE WITHOUT GETTING THEIR APPROVAL.
THOSE NUMBERS ARE ALREADY ACCOUNTED FOR IN THE BACK.
BUT GOING AND ASKING THEM WHEN I'M NOT A TENANT, I FEEL LIKE THAT'S KIND OF JUMPING THE GUN.
UM, YOU HAVE PEOPLE DO IT OFTEN, I THINK IN THE HOURS.
THE OTHER PROFESSIONAL BUILDINGS, IF THEY GO HOME, YEAH.
THEY'LL ALL BE CLOSED EARLY ANYWAY, SO THAT'S CORRECT.
SO I THINK THE HOURS TAKE CARE OF THAT IS STILL THE ONE LINE, THE ONE LANE IN AND OUT.
UH, JEFF, YOU GOT ANY RECOMMENDATIONS? NOT ONE WAY.
IS IT HONEY? IT'S WHOEVER GETS IT.
WELL, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE FOR THIS PROPERTY, DO IT AS A CONDITIONAL USE RATHER THAN CHANGE, YOU KNOW, THAN CHANGING ZONING.
WE HAVE TO, WE WOULD HAVE TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
WELL, I MEAN, WE WOULD MAKE, WE WOULD MAKE EVENT CENTER A CONDITIONAL USE UNDER THE ZONING USE.
THEY WOULD HAVE TO COME IN AND, AND, AND SOME OF THE USES Y'ALL ARE GONNA LOOK AT WOULD BE, UH, PARKING AND, UM, ENTRANCES AND EXITS TO, 'CAUSE Y'ALL ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALLEYWAY.
UM, SO WE CAN PUT THOSE DOWN AS, UM, POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. DO Y'ALL, I MEAN, SEE ANYTHING ELSE? WELL, BEING CONDITIONAL, IT'S GOTTA COME BEFORE US, RIGHT? YES.
WE, WE CAN CREATE THE CONDITIONS AT THAT TIME.
AND I THINK THIS BUILDING, THIS IS A PERFECT PLACE THAT, YOUR HONOR, THIS ONE IS YES.
LET, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MORE THEY'RE ON.
IF ANYONE ELSE TRIES TO COME, YOU TELL THEM THE PARKING, THE ALLEYWAYS.
BUT MY SPOT IS SPECIAL, SO THAT'S THE ONLY ONE THAT CAN BE HERE.
WELL, I NEED YOUR STIPULATIONS.
YOU KNOW, I HAVE OPPORTUNITY AND HONOR AS A JUDGE TO PERFORM WEDDINGS FROM TIME TO TIME.
AND I ALMOST FEEL SORRY FOR THE PARTIES THAT IT LOOKS SO NOT SPECIAL.
THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'D BE A PRETTY COOL CLOSE.
I, I'D LIKE IT HOW IT'S PRESENTED.
ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THIS? I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR 15 YEARS.
YOU GOT ANYTHING TO SAY? NO, HE'S, HE'S, I'M VERY SUPPORTIVE OF RANDY.
YEAH, I'M READY BUILDING ON IT.
UM, I, THE, THE PARKING IN THE BACK'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM IF SHE NEEDED APPROVAL, LIKE WE WOULD DO THAT, BUT YOU'RE NOT GONNA NEED IT.
YOU GOT SOME PARKING, UM, COME UP, COME UP THE THING.
I WASN'T RED CHAPMAN 1 0 7, SUMAC, UH, BUILDING OWNER BRANDY CAME TO US WITH THE IDEA.
UH, IT'S THE ONLY VACANT 3000 FOOT IN THE BUILDING.
UH, SO WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE HER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WAS, YOU KNOW, KIND OF, WE'VE GOT DOCTORS THERE MM-HMM.
I LOVE THE WAY IT LOOKS, BUT THERE'S NOT AS MUCH PARKING.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE LOST ANY OR NOT, BUT WE DIDN'T LOSE ANY.
IT SEEMS TIGHTER, BUT IT LOOKS GOOD.
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I REALLY AM.AND, UH, AS SOON AS YOU GUYS ARE DONE, I'M GONNA DO SPRINKLERS AND REALLY MAKE THIS LANDSCAPE, MAKE THIS BUILDING.
WE'RE GONNA REPAINT IT, UH, UH, MAKE IT REALLY LOOK NICE AND KEEP IT, KEEP IT THAT WAY.
UM, SO ANYWAY, I'M HAPPY FOR HER.
HOPEFULLY Y'ALL WILL PROVE IT.
I DON'T SEE ANY ISSUES WITH PARKING THE ONE WAY THAT'S, THAT IS AN ISSUE, BUT IT'S, IT, EVERYBODY DEALS WITH IT EVERY DAY.
I MEAN, IT'S, THEY TRUTHFULLY, PEOPLE GO BOTH WAYS.
IT'S WHOEVER GETS THEIR FIRST.
WELL, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ONE WAY, BUT IT'S, YEAH, HARRY, IT'S ONE LANE.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DOING IT FOR.
WELL, BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S JUST, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN THE WEDDING PEOPLE LEAVE THESE LADIES, THEY'RE GONNA GO AND THEY'LL BE FINE.
I'M NOT TOO WORRIED ABOUT IT, BUT I UNDERSTAND Y'ALL.
THESE LADIES
WERE YOU WANTING SOMETHING TO PROVE TONIGHT? YOU MAY NOT GET IT NOW.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, WE'LL CLOSE THIS AND ACT ON IT.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE B TWO CENTRAL BUSINESS TO ALLOW SPECIALTY VENT VENUES AS ADDITIONAL USE.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
WELL, WE MISS, WE USED TO BE HERE ALL THE TIME, BUT YOU KNOW, SHE LOOKS SLIGHTLY.
[5. SITE PLAN FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION AT 230 FM 2004 IN LOT 1, SHIVAM SUBDIVISION FILED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 ]
BE.NEXT ITEM, SITE PLAN, FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION AT TWO 30.
2004 IN LOT ONE SUBDIVISION FILED ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH.
MY NAME'S DONALD HODGES HERE TO, UM, SEEK YOUR FINAL APPROVAL ON IT.
UH, WE'VE ADDRESSED THE COMMENTS THAT WE, UM, TALKED ABOUT LAST WEEK OR LAST MEETING.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT, THANK YOU.
I THINK THERE WERE A COUPLE OF MINOR NOTES THAT WE STILL NEED TO ADD, BUT, UM, WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE A PROBLEM.
UM, SO, UH, WE CAN GO THROUGH EACH OF THE SHEETS IF YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE.
UM, NOT IF YOU WANT, YOU CAN JUST GIVE AN OVER AN OVERVIEW OF WHAT IT'S I'M SECRETARY.
SO ON THE SITE PLAN, UM, WE HAVE A 6,000 SQUARE FOOT, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE THAT'S GONNA GO IN WITH THE GAS STATION.
UM, ACCORDING TO THE ORDINANCE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE 60 PARKING SPACES.
UM, WE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, I THINK 19.
AND, UH, YOU GUYS CLEARLY SAID THAT'S NOT ENOUGH PARKING.
AND BASED OFF OF THE LAST MEETING, IT SOUNDED LIKE THAT WAS ACCEPTABLE, UH, TO MOVE FORWARD.
SO WE'VE KEPT THOSE PARKING SPACES AND YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THERE.
UM, WE ALSO ADDRESSED SOME OF THE, UH, THE FIRE LANE AND SOME OF THE DUMPSTER ISSUES WITH, UH, MAKING SURE THE CONCRETE'S THICK ENOUGH AND WHATNOT.
UH, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE WAS ANOTHER ISSUE ON THIS SPECIFIC SHEET.
UM, I KNOW THAT AT SOME POINT IN TIME THERE WAS A CONCERN ABOUT VELASCO DRAINAGE DISTRICT BEING RIGHT NEXT TO US.
WE DO HAVE APPROVAL FROM THEM AND FROM THEM.
UM, I JUST WAS ON THE PHONE WITH THEM TODAY TO GET THE FORMAL NO OBJECTION LETTER.
UH, WE, I HAVE AN EMAIL THAT SAYS WE HAVE NO OBJECTION.
UH, AND WHEN I TALKED TO 'EM TODAY THAT THEY SAID, I THOUGHT YOU RECEIVED IT.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE IT IS IN TRANSIT, BUT WE DO HAVE THAT.
THEY, UM, WITH WHAT YOU'RE DOING BEHIND THE, UH, RETENTION POND, CORRECT? YES.
AND I TALKED TO DOUG, THE, UH, THEIR ENGINEER AND, UH, I'M GONNA FORGET HIS NAME.
HE'S THE SUPERVISORS AT CHRIS.
AND BOTH OF THEM HAD NO OBJECTION.
DID THEY SPECIFY THE SLOPE ON THAT? NO, THEY ACTUALLY TOLD ME.
YOU FIGURE OUT THE SLOPE, HUH? UM, THAT'S INTERESTING.
SO WHAT THE PLAN IS, IS WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, WHAT'D YOU SAY? THAT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I HAD A WAR WITH THEM FOR A WHILE ON THE SLOPE AROUND OUR BRIDGE, HUH? YEAH.
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STRAIGHT ACROSS.SO YOU HAVE THE LEVEE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE LEVEE COMING DOWN, AND THEN THE CURRENT LEVEL, THE LAND IS AT 15 I THINK, ELEVATION.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA BUILD UP THE DETENTION POND AND I SAID, HEY, INSTEAD OF PUTTING A WEIRD LITTLE SWALE IN BETWEEN THERE TO TRY TO GET RID OF THE WATER, CAN I JUST FILL IN ALL OF THIS AND SLOPE IT BACK TO OUR POND? AND THEY SAID, THERE'S NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.
ON THE LEVEE, THEY CHANGED ALL THE PEOPLE SINCE I'M WITH THEM.
THEY, IT'S, THEY'RE BEEFING IT UP A LOT.
UM, YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT.
UM, SO ULTIMATELY TXDOT IS GOING TO BE INVOLVED WITH APPROVING, UH, THE DETENTION AND THE STORM DRAINAGE AND WHATNOT.
'CAUSE IT IS GOING TO THEIR, UH, RIGHT OF WAY.
WE, ALL OF THE, ALL OF THE RAIN THAT'S GONNA LAND ON THIS DEVELOPED AREA IS GONNA GO TO THAT DETENTION POND IN THE A HUNDRED YEAR EVENT.
THERE MAY BE SOME THAT GOES TO THE ROADWAYS.
UH, WE'RE TALKING MAYBE AN INCH OR TWO OF WATER OVERFLOWING INTO THE ROADWAYS.
UM, BUT THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUNDRED YEAR STORM.
HOPEFULLY WE DON'T SEE THAT VERY OFTEN.
THE BUILDING IS GONNA BE ELEVATED SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN WHAT THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAN WOULD BE.
UM, IN, IN THE PROPERTY IT'S GONNA BE 19.83 AND WE HAVE IT AT 20.5 FOR THE ELEVATION.
SO THAT WAY, EVEN IF IT DID HIT THAT LEVEL, THE BUILDING SHOULD BE FINE.
AND IN FACT, THE PARKING LOT SHOULD BE FINE TO WHERE PEOPLE CAN STILL COME IN AND OUT.
SO, UH, LET'S SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO USE THIS.
OH, YOU'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THERE? I WAS TRYING TO CHANGE THE SHEET.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE REVIEWING RIGHT NOW.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING WE'RE REVIEWING.
UM, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS? WHERE DOES THE DETENTION POND DRAIN TOO? SO, HEY, I GET TO USE THE LASER, SO THE, THE TENSION POND'S RIGHT HERE.
AND IT'S GONNA HAVE A LINE THAT COMES OVER TO THE DITCH.
AND RIGHT NOW THERE'S TWO, I THINK THEY'RE 24 INCH CULVERTS IN THAT DITCH.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, SINCE WE ARE RAISING THE DRIVEWAY UP A LITTLE BIT, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK WITH TWO 20 FOURS AND THEN ADD ANOTHER PIPE IN THERE SPECIFICALLY BEFORE THE DETENTION POND.
SO WE SHOULDN'T BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTING ANY OF THE STORM RUNOFF IN THAT DITCH.
UM, IT RUNS TOWARDS THIS INTERSECTION.
AND SO THOSE 2 24 INCH PIPES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE AND PROVIDE PLENTY OF FLOW WILL STILL BE THERE.
AND THEN THE OUTFALL OUT OF THIS, UM, DETENTION POND IS TECHNICALLY GONNA BE A 10 INCH, BUT THE OVERFLOW FOR IT IS A 24 INCH.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA PUT A THIRD 24 INCH IN THERE UNLESS TXDOT LETS US PUT TWO LARGER PIPES IN, WHICH I'M STILL NEGOTIATING WITH THEM ON.
BUT THOSE, THAT AREA WILL ACTUALLY BE LARGER THAN THE 3 24 INCH.
WILL, WILL YOU PERMITTING, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR PERMITTING IS AT THIS TIME, WHETHER YOU HAVE ALREADY SUBMITTED BUILDING, UH, PLANS FOR THE PERMITS? UH, THE BUILDING PLANS ARE PRELIMINARY.
THEY'RE STILL LOOKING AT THEM ELECTRONICALLY.
SO WHEN DO YOU, DO YOU EXPECT TO HAVE, UH, THE, UH, TEXT STOP PERMIT BEFORE YOU START CONSTRUCTION ON THIS? YES.
AND WE HAVE ON TDOT, WE HAVE THE FIRST COMMENTS BACK FROM THEM.
UM, SO I'LL HAVE TWO TEXT PERMITS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA REFLECT THE EXACT SAME DESIGNS.
THE ONLY SIGNAGES ON THE BUILDING.
THERE'S GONNA BE SIGNAGE ON THE BUILDING.
WE'RE LOOKING TO ADD A SIGN RIGHT HERE, BUT I'M NOT WHERE ON THIS CORNER UP HERE.
BUT I DO NOT HAVE I SEE ANY DETAILS ON THAT SIGN YET.
DID JEWELRY SAW THE RIGHT OF WAY ISSUE WITH
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR UH, RIGHT OF WAY IS GONNA BE YET.
UH, THEY KNOW WHAT THEIR 2015 PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY WAS, BUT NOBODY ACTED ON IT AND NOW THEY'RE REDESIGNING THE WHOLE THING.
SO THEIR PROPOSED RIGHT OF WAY IS SUPPOSED TO COME OUT THIS MONTH OR OCTOBER.
SO THEY SAID THAT THEY ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO WORK WITH US TO MAKE IT RIGHT.
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PROPERLY.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS HE MENTIONED, BUT I, YOU KNOW, WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T GUARANTEE ANY OF THAT IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO RAISE THAT RIGHT OR THAT ROAD TO ABOUT ELEVATION 19 OR 20, WHICH WOULD BE THE SAME ELEVATION AS US.
UM, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD IN THE SENSE OF YOU DON'T HAVE THIS BIG DITCH SITTING RIGHT ALONG THE ROAD.
BUT AGAIN, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING WITH A OPEN DITCH OR IF THEY'RE GOING WITH UNDERGROUND, UH, STORM SEWER.
SO THAT'S STILL UP IN THE AIR.
NOTICE THERE'S SOME LORETTA ON THE, UH, SIGNING BLOCKS ON THE DRAWINGS AND THOSE, I THINK WERE, THEY'RE GONNA BE PART OF THE, IS THIS, OH, THIS IS THE OLD ONE.
THERE IS AN NEWER ONE THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN CORRECTED.
AND THAT THERE WON'T BE COMING TO YOU IF YOU APPROVE THIS THING.
IT WON'T COME UNTIL, UNTIL THEY, THEY FINISH EVERYTHING.
DO ALL THE REVISIONS AND THEN WE'LL CALL YOU TO COME IN HERE AND SIGN OFF ON THAT COTTON.
HARRY, DO YOU NEED THE WOODEN FENCE AROUND THE DUMPSTER? WE DON'T REQUIRE THAT.
IN THE REAR OR THE WINDOWS? WE DO.
WE THOUGHT IT LOOKED PRETTIER.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, MA'AM.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE SITE PLAN.
FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION AT TWO 30 FM 2004.
LOT ONE SHIVAM SUBDIVISION FILED ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH.
[6. LANDSCAPE PLAN FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION AT 230 FM 2004 IN LOT 1, SHIVAM SUBDIVISION FILED ON SEPTEMBER 6, 2023 ]
ITEM.UM, THIS IS THE LANDSCAPING PLAN.
YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE, THE CLOUDS INDICATE JUST THAT WE KIND OF REVISED WHAT WE'VE SHOWN.
UM, WE'VE REVISED THE CALCULATIONS ON THE, ON THE TREE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT, IT CORRELATES WITH WHAT THE ORDINANCE REQUIRES, WHICH, UH, COMES OUT TO 36 TREES.
UM, WE'VE ALSO, UH, DESIGNATED WHICH TREES WILL BE PRESERVED.
UM, AS FAR AS I UNDERSTAND THAT'S NOT ON THIS SHEET, BUT IT IS INDICATED IN THE PLANS.
WHICH TREES ARE THE, ARE THE PRESERVED TREES? WE HAVE 36 CREDITS WORTH OF THAT.
UM, SOME OF THE TREE, I THINK ONE OF THE TREES IS UP IN THIS CORNER.
UH, AND THERE'S FOUR OR FIVE TREES DOWN HERE.
THEY'RE VERY LARGE, YOU KNOW, 30 SOMETHING INCH CALIPER TREES, UH, THAT WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE ON THOSE.
UH, THERE IS A STILL ABOUT 36, 37.
I I THINK WE HAVE, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE TRYING TO SAVE OVER A HUNDRED TREES, IF I REMEMBER MY MATH RIGHT.
UM, BUT WE'RE NOT DESIGNATED THOSE AS PRESERVATION TREES YET.
THEY WILL, THEY'LL BE BACKUPS.
UM, UH, OBVIOUSLY MAJORITY OF THE TREES ARE GONNA BE BACK IN THIS AREA.
UH, JUST 'CAUSE THAT'S THE WAY THAT THE LAND HAS BEEN.
UH, ON, ON THE SCREENING, WE'VE CORRECTED OUR SCREENING HERE, HERE WE DID DESIGNATE, I THINK THE WRONG TYPE OF SCREEN THERE.
WE DID BOX TAIL, I THINK OVER THERE AGAIN.
POSSIBLY THAT'S THE RIGHT WORD.
UM, I EITHER NEED TO ADD DOUBLE AMOUNTS OR, UH, INCREASE THE SIZE OF THE BUSH THERE.
SO, UM, I ONLY SHOWED 15, BUT I THINK WE ACTUALLY NEED 30.
SO I'M AWARE OF THAT AND WE'LL MAKE THAT CHANGE.
MAKES 'EM EASIER TO MANAGE IT, RIGHT? YES, OF COURSE IT DOES.
YOU ALSO PUT IN TREES ALONG THE, UH, FRONTAGE THERE.
I THINK EVERY 30 FOOT WE PUT IN, WE
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ADDED SCREENING TREES.YOU CAN, CAN I SEE 'EM RIGHT THERE ON THE OUTSIDE? YEAH, ON THE OUTSIDE, YEAH.
WE HAVE SOME UPDATES ON
WHAT ABOUT YOU BOB? YOU GOT ANYTHING?
YOU WANT TALK ABOUT THE SCREENING? THAT'S GOOD THAT THOSE SHRUBS ARE LOW 'CAUSE THE HIGH ONES ARE A SAFETY ISSUE.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE FOR FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION.
THE LANDSCAPE PLAN OF A PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A CONVENIENCE STORE AND GAS STATION AT TWO 30 FM 2004 IN LOT ONE SHIVAN SUBDIVISION FILED ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023.
I SECOND WE MOTION, WE HAVE A SECOND MORE DISCUSSION.
AND I APOLOGIZE FOR THE LENGTH OF THAT NAME.
GOOD LUCK DEALING
BRING SNICKERS AND GET READY TO ARM WRESTLE.
[7. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND ACTION OF A REPLAT OF LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER REPLAT OF LOT J INTO LOTS J1 & J2 AND 60-FT STREET RIGHT-OF-WAY ]
NEXT ITEM.ADMINISTRATIVE VIEW AND ACTION OF A REPL OF LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER.
J ONE, J TWO, AND 60 FOOT STREET.
I GAVE YOU A LITTLE, UH, A LITTLE, UH, COMMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR FLAG.
THIS THING TOOK A LONG TIME GETTING HERE.
UH, MELISSA KEPT ON HARPING AT HIM TO, UH, GIVE HIM A RESPONSE.
IT WASN'T VERY EASY TO GET ANSWERS FROM HIM FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
WHEN THEY FINALLY DID, UH, THEY CAME BACK WITH A COUNTER, WITH A, WITH A COUNTER OFFER, BASICALLY WHAT I'M ASKED TO, WHICH WASN'T WELL RECEIVED AT THAT TIME.
UH, AND IF, UH, MOLES CAN EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT IT WAS, UH, TOOK IT TO THE COUNCIL.
THE COUNCIL REJECTED IT, BUT THEY CAME BACK WITH A, THEIR OWN COUNTER OFFER TO THEIR OFFER.
UH, AND, UH, SO HE WENT BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THEY FINALLY CAME TO AN AGREEMENT.
AND THAT AGREEMENT WAS THAT THE, UH, CITY WOULD BE BUILDING THIS PARTICULAR PORTION OF THE ROAD IN THE ORDER OF $500,000, LET'S SAY, FOR ROUND NUMBERS.
UH, AND IN, IN, IN, UH, IN RETURN FOR THAT, THE, UH, THE DOW CREDIT UNION, UH, WILL PASS OR HAS PASSED THE PROPERTY, UH, THAT THEY HAVE AT, UH, 2004, THEIR, ALL THEIR, THEIR, THEIR OFFICES AND THEIR LAND.
ABOUT NINE ACRES WORTH OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UH, TO BE, TO BE, UH, PASSED ON TO THE CITY IN THREE YEARS.
IS THAT WHAT I UNDERSTAND THAT IN THREE YEARS, GIVEN THEM ENOUGH TIME TO, YOU KNOW, JUST, UH, VAC VACATE THE WHOLE PRO, THE WHOLE PREMISE AND STILL KEEP SOME OF THEIR, UH, DRIVE, UH, TELLERS, THEIR DRIVE THROUGH TELLERS, NOT DRIVE THROUGH TELLERS.
THE WALK, UH, WALK, WALK, CONTRACT, THE ATTS, UH, DURING THAT PERIOD OF TIME UNTIL, UNTIL THEY DISAPPEAR AND THEY OPEN UP THEIR, THEIR, UH, OVER HERE, THIS OFFICE AT THE OAK DRIVE BEHIND H E B.
UH, ALSO AS PART OF THAT DEAL, THEY WERE, UH, ORIGINALLY THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BUILDING THIS CENTRAL PARK AND PASS IT ON TO THE CITY FOR MAINTENANCE, UH, THE CITY.
THEY, UH, THEY FELT THEY COULDN'T BUILD IT, UH, TO, FOR IT TO BE ECONOMICAL FOR THEM ANYMORE.
ORIGINALLY THEY HAD SET ASIDE, THEY HAD SET A CERTAIN AMOUNT FOR THAT PARK.
WELL, THE, THE COST ESCALATED TREMENDOUSLY FROM THAT POINT ON, AND THEREFORE THEY DECIDED THAT WAS GONNA BE A NO DEAL.
AND THE CITY WAS, WAS AGREEABLE TO THAT ONE BECAUSE THE CITY DIDN'T WANT TO DO, THEY WANT TO TAKE ON SUCH, ALSO MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE ON THE PARK.
AND ALSO WE, THEY REMOVED THE, UH, REQUIREMENT THAT THEY, THAT THE CITY BUILT A PARKING LOT FOR THIS PARK AND THAT RIGHT ABOUT ON CIRCLE WAY WHERE RIGHT.
UH, BUT THAT WAS ALSO TAKEN OFF OF THE DEAL.
SO NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, GETTING THE RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH IS
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WHY WE ARE HERE RIGHT NOW.THIS IS GONNA BE A ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BECAUSE THERE'S STILL, THERE'S STILL SOME, UH, SOME, UH, ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE CLAR CLARIFIED.
THEY DID GIVE US A QUIT CLAIM ON THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT QUIT CLAIM IS GONNA BE, UH, RECORDED IN THE COUNTY TO MAKE IT LEGAL.
AND WE CAN START, WE, WE COULD START, UH, SPENDING MONEY IN THIS PARTICULAR RIGHT OF WAY, UH, THIS PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO WE HAVE ALREADY CONTRACTED THE, UH, FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, YESTERDAY WAS THEIR INITIAL MOVING TO THIS PARTICULAR RIGHT OF WAY TO DO THEIR INITIAL CLEARING.
AND THEY'RE GRUBBING OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE ARE IN THAT PROCESS.
THAT GIVES US ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO ACTUALLY GO THROUGH THE, THE NEXT PROCESS, WHICH WILL BE THE FILING ONCE WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY.
THERE WAS A 50 FOOT EASEMENT AT ONE TIME THAT DIDN'T BELONG TO US.
ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE A RIGHT TO THAT EASEMENT HAVE SIGNED OFF, UH, ONCE SU PLAT GETS, UH, GETS FINALLY APPROVED COTTON.
NO, JEFF, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
HARRY, IS THIS STRIP ON THE LEFT SIDE H E B PROPERTY SO THAT THE SIGN'S LEGAL? NO, THEY MAINTAIN THAT AS THEIR PROPERTY.
H E IT'S IN THEIR PUT, IT'S IN THEIR PUT THEY HAVE THIS 30 FOOT SIGN AGREEMENT.
THAT BELONGS TO THE KEYHOLE THING.
AND THEY WON'T GIVE, THEY WON'T GIVE THAT UP FOR SOME REASON.
I THINK IT'S SILLY THAT THE CITY HAS TO HAVE THOSE KIND OF HORSES ANYWAY.
THEY WANTED TO BE SEEN FROM THE HIGHWAY.
THAT WAS THEIR MA THEIR LOGIC.
MATTHEW, ANYTHING FROM
WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW ON THIS.
I MAKE A WA MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW AND ACTION OF THE REPL OF LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER REPL LOT J INTO LOT J ONE PLUS AND J TWO AND 60 FOOT STREET.
IS THAT NONE? YOU DON'T OPPOSE? I OPPOSE IT STRONGLY.
IS THERE A STOP SIGN?
[8. SIGNATURE OF DOCUMENTS ]
WE HAVE ANY DOCUMENTS? THIS SIGNATURE? NO, SIR.WE WILL BE, UH, CALLING YOU THOUGH, UH, WHENEVER THEY, UH, THEY SUBMIT THEIR, THEIR FINAL DOCUMENTS.
[9. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST ]
OF COMMUNITY INTEREST.I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING JEFFREY.
I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TODAY HERE.
THE SIGNAGE, UH, THE SCHOOL SIGNAGE AROUND NAY, IS IT GONNA BE CORRECTED SINCE THERE'S NO SCHOOL THERE? YES.
THEY JUST BROUGHT THAT UP TO ME TONIGHT.
THAT IS ON COUNCIL'S AGENDA TO REVISE THE ORDINANCE AND TAKE THE SCHOOL ZONES DOWN AND SOME OF THE PARKING.
SO, UM, SABRINA AND THE CITY ATTORNEY WILL BE WORKING ON AN ORDINANCE REVISION AND THEN MOST LIKELY IN THE MEANTIME, WE'LL, WE'LL BAG 'EM, UH, UNTIL WE, YOU KNOW, TAKE, TAKE, TAKE THEM DOWN OR RELOCATE THEM OR PUT 'EM IN STORAGE.
THE FLASHING LIGHT ON THE SOUTHBOUND, UH, YIELD POND, IT SEEMS LIKE THAT NEEDS TO BE TURNED AROUND 180 DEGREES.
SO IT'S PEOPLE GOING ONTO OYSTER CREEK RATHER THAN COMING OFF OYSTER CREEK.
FLASHING THE ONE, I'M SORRY, MR. SERGEANT, THE ONE GOING SOUTHBOUND TOWARDS NAY MM-HMM.
I DROVE IT THE OTHER DAY AND I WAS LIKE, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OFF.
IT REALLY OUGHT TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET AND TURNED AROUND, BUT, UH, IT'S GONNA BE TURNED OFF.
WE'RE GONNA DEACTIVATE THEM AND CHANGE AND TAKE, TAKE 'EM OUT OF THE ORDINANCE AND TAKE TOTALLY OUT.
SO YOU SHOULD SEE THAT WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS.
UH, LET ME ASK ANOTHER QUESTION.
UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD A HYGIENE ISSUE YOU MAY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT, UH, THAT, UH, IS BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
YOU, YOU DID KNOW ABOUT IT OR
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? A LADY HAD 30 CATS AND UH, ALSO THAT IT WAS THE HOUSE.AND I WAS WONDERING IF THE CITY EMPLOYEES WERE VOLUNTARILY OR CLEANING THAT UP.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHO TOOK CARE OF TAKING, CLEANING THAT UP.
I, I, I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO, UM, HUMANE.
I I WAS BRIEFLY MADE AWARE OF YEAH.
WHAT WAS GOING ON, UM, FROM THE HUMANE DEPARTMENT, FROM THE POLICE CHIEF, BUT I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF DETAILS.
WELL, I WAS IMPRESSED THAT SOMEBODY WENT IN THERE AND VOLUNTEERED TO DO A LOT OF CLEANING UP AND I WANT TO GIVE THANKS IF I KNEW WHO THEY WERE, BUT, UH, THAT WAS THE WHOLE PART OF THE METHODIST CHURCH MAYBE, HUH? MM-HMM.
NO, WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL, THAT ARE YOUNG ENOUGH TO DO THIS.
I CAN FIND OUT MR. SERGEANT AND I'LL EMAIL YOU AND LET YOU KNOW.
UM, I HAVE TWO OR THREE QUESTIONS ARE ACTUALLY FOR SAL.
UM, NUMBER ONE, THE LUXURY TOWN HOMES.
UM, I'VE BEEN DRIVING IN AND OUT OF THE PARKING, UH, AREAS.
YOU HAVE FOUR GARAGES WHERE IF EVERYBODY COMES OUT AT ONCE, YOU'VE GOT A REAL PROBLEM.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE DO GO TO WORK AROUND 5 36, 6 30.
AND SO PEOPLE IN A HURRY TO GET TO WORK ON TIME.
WHAT I NOTICED, I DRIVE A VERY LOW CAR, THE SPEED BUMPS THAT THEY HAVE PUT IN HIGH CENTERED MY CAR.
SO I HOPE NOBODY THERE DRIVES A LOW, THE GROUND CORVETTE OR WHATEVER ELSE.
UM, BUT IT'S GOING TO BOTTOM OUT.
THAT WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT AFTER A CONTRACTOR MISTAKE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT TAKE IN CONSIDERATION THE GRADING OF THE, THE, THE GRADING THAT WAS ASSIGNED BY THE, BY THE ENGINEER.
AND THEN AFTER THE, UH, THAT WAS AN AFTERTHOUGHT OF HOW TO CONTROL THE, UH, DRAINAGE FROM THOSE LOTS INTO THE STREET.
ORIGINALLY, THEY WERE NOT SUPPOSED TO GO TO THE STREET.
SO WHAT THEY DID IS THEY CREATED THIS ARTIFICIAL BUMP IN THE GR IN, IN THE, UH, PARKING LOT IN ORDER TO SHUT THE WATER AWAY FROM THE STREET.
HARRY, DO YOU THINK THAT'S VERY, LIKE JACKSON WITH SPEED BUMPS THAT BOTTOM OUT? LADIES CARS
SO IT'S GONNA BE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE AN INTERNAL PROBLEM.
LEMME TALK, LEMME TALK ABOUT MY LAWYER
SO, UM, ALSO, I NOTICED A COUPLE OF THINGS RECENTLY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT THE, I BELIEVE AN OAK TREE IN FRONT OF LOWE'S HAS BEEN LAYING DOWN, BUT IT'S STILL GROWING.
THE ONLY THING THAT'S GROWING RIGHT NOW,
UM, THEY ARE WAITING STILL FOR THEIR CORPORATE OFFICE TO REALIZE THAT, THAT, UH, AND MAYBE THEY NEED PRESSURE AND THAT IS, SHALL I VISIT THE MANAGER? THAT IS VERY TRUE.
I MEAN, YOU, YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY VISIT THE MANAGER.
UH, MY VISITS HAVE NOT, UM, UH, SEEN ACTION.
NOW, I DID GET ACTION FROM WALMART ON A COUPLE THINGS THAT I HAD ADDRESSED, SUCH AS THE CONDITION OF THE PARKING LOT ENTRANCES.
I MEAN, THEY, THEY SPENT LOTS OF MONEY AND RESURFACE THEIR PARKING LOT.
BUT, BUT WE, BUT THEY CAN PICK ONE, BUT WE CAN'T SEEM TO, TO GET THAT ONE TREE EITHER, UH, LIFTED OR, UM, REPLACED.
WHAT ABOUT, BUT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT.
I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY, IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FALL A COUPLE OF YEARS TALKING ABOUT LOWE'S.
I BELIEVE LOWE'S DID NOT COMPLY WITH THE LAST, UH, YEAH.
THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T COMPLY WITH THE LAST, UH, LANDSCAPE DIVISION.
SO THEY DON'T RESPECT, UH, CITIES.
WHAT TOOLS DO WE HAVE IN OUR TOOLKIT TO DO ANYTHING TO 'EM? WELL, WE COULD, WE WE COULD FIND THEM IN VIOLATION OF THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
UH, THE LAST APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN, UM, AS TO WHAT AVENUE AND AND PENALTIES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S, IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT Y'ALL HAVE TO DECIDE OR IF THAT'S SOMETHING I NEED TO WORK WITH SHERRY ON.
BUT, UH, BECAUSE THERE'S NO CLEAR CUT, THIS IS DEFINED FOR NOT MEETING IT.
THE ONLY THING IT SAYS IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM ANY PERMITS BRINGING YOU, UH, WORK UNTIL THEY MEET.
WELL, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY'VE DONE ALL THE WORK THAT THEY REALLY WANTED TO DO, INCLUDING NOT PICK THAT TREE UP AND RESURFACE IT IN THE PARKING LOT ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD'VE ISSUED A PERMIT FOR.
WE'LL, PUT THIS ON YOUR NEXT MEETING AGENDA.
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POINT.BUT IT'LL BE, IT'LL PROBABLY BE A GOOD EXERCISE ALSO SINCE IT, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S EXPANDED TO MORE THAN THE TREE.
AND YOU CAN ALSO TALK AND, UM, WE CAN DISCUSS GUIDANCE ON, UM, ENFORCING THE FULL EFFECT OF THE WHAT DOES MORE THAN A TREE OF A LANDSCAPE PLAN.
VANESSA, WHAT DOES MORE THAN A TREE MEAN? WE CAN'T GET OUTSIDE IF WE'RE DISCUSSING THINGS AND VIOLATE THE OPEN MEETINGS.
BUT IT, IT, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE IT'S MORE THAN DAY OF TALKING TO THEM ATTORNEY.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT A WHOLE PLAN.
THAT'S A REQUEST FOR AN AGENDA ITEM FOR NEXT MONTH.
SO, AND THEN I HAVE ONE, I HAVE ONE MORE.
AS YOU TURN PAST LOWE'S AND YOU TURN AROUND IN THE U-TURN LANE AND YOU START TO COME BACK, WHO OWNS THE LAND BEHIND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT? BECAUSE THEY'RE, I BELIEVE IT'S OUR LAND, OUR CITY LAND.
AND THERE'S ONE LAYING DOWN THERE TOO.
YOU BEHIND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FIRE.
TANK WHEN YOU'RE COMING BACK, IF YOU'RE GOING LOW'S AND YOU GO DOWN TO ANOTHER EXIT AND THEN YOU U-TURN AND YOUR HEAD'S OFF OF 3 32, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT 3 32? YEAH.
UM, THEN MAYBE THERE'S SOME SEWAGE TREATMENT OR WATER TREATMENT.
WOULD YOU, WOULD YOU DIRECT US TO THAT LOCATION? OF COURSE.
UH, IT'S, YOU SEE THOSE ROUND THINGS? YEAH.
UHHUH, IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THEM.
WHEN YOU ARE TURNING LIKE, OH, THERE'S A TREE IN THERE.
YEAH, THERE'S A TREE OVER THERE.
THERE IS, THOSE ARE, THAT'S THE INFAMOUS CITY.
IT MADE GOOGLE, MADE GOOGLE STREET.
WELL IT COULD BE, IT COULD BE A PRIVATE PROPERTY.
NO, IT, IT'S, OH, THAT ONE IS OURS.
JUST AN ACCURATE IT'S AN OURS TIME.
THEY'RE GONNA GO OUT THERE AND CUT IT DOWN.
UH, NEW PARK OVER THERE IN, UH, WAS THAT TIMBER CREEK? MM-HMM.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO DO A SAFETY INSPECTION ON THAT.
A LOT OF THE PLANKS ON IT ARE MISSING THEIR HARDWARE.
THE TIE DOWN POINTS FOR THE LITTLE WEB IS COMPLETELY LOOSE.
THE NUTS ARE BACKED OFF ALL THE WAY.
EVERY PLANK IS MISSING A MINIMUM OF TWO BOLTS.
MY DAUGHTER FOUND OUT THE HARD WAY WHEN HER FOOT WENT THROUGH.
LUCKILY I STOOD UP HERE, SO I WAS LIKE ME.
I'M NOT GONNA SUE 'EM THIS TIME.
ANYTHING FROM CITY COUNCIL? NOTHING.
ANYTHING NEW? UH, UH, LAST NIGHT, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL, WE GAVE 'EM A BRIEF.
UM, I THINK DATE WE'RE GETTING CLOSE TO AROUND 150, GOD DANG LEAK LEAK REPAIRS.
UM, WE'VE HIRED MATULA MATULA TO ASSIST US WITH THE CREW ON REPAIRING LEAKS AND FIXING CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS.
WE ALSO HAVE RAMIREZ CONCRETE THAT HELPS US REPAIR CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, CZ CONSTRUCTION.
THEY PROVIDE US ONE TO TWO CREWS AS WELL TO REPAIR, UH, LEAKS IN ADDITION TO OUR THREE, OUR OWN THREE CREWS THAT WE PROVIDE ON A DAILY BASIS TO HELP US STAY ON, UH, STAY ON THE LEAK.
SO U USUALLY WHAT WE'RE OUTFITTING IS WE'RE OUTFITTING SIX CREWS A DAY.
THEY CAN FIX ABOUT TWO LEAKS EACH.
UM, WE'RE AVERAGING ABOUT EIGHT LEAKS A DAY.
SO THIS WEEKEND WE KEPT THE CREWS, YOU KNOW, WORKING THROUGH THE HOLIDAYS.
UH, SO THAT'S KEEPING US AFLOAT.
THAT'S PROBABLY THE WRONG, UH, TERM, UH, IN THIS CASE.
UM, ESTIMATED COST RIGHT NOW, $500,000, UH, FOR, UH, REPAIRS, UH, BY, YOU KNOW, END OF END OF SEPTEMBER.
UM, WE ARE, HOW WE'RE FUNDING THAT IS EITHER THROUGH, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, SAVINGS FROM STAFF, UH, TURNOVER OR UNEXPECTED REVENUES SINCE EVERYBODY WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, WAS WATERING A LOT.
SO WE HAD A HIGH WATER CONSUMPTION.
SO WE HAD UNEXPECTED REVENUES OF ABOUT 600,000 AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THAT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO BE A WASH.
PRETTY MUCH ON THE, ON THE REPAIRS.
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THAT'S THE END OF MY REPORT.ANYTHING NEW, DAVID, MR. HODGES, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO BRING US? WHAT ABOUT YOU? LUCK? ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO BRING UP? EDDIE
UH, SO WE HAD A MEETING WITH WALMART TODAY.
THEY WENT AND DID THAT PARKING STUDY THAT, UH, OH GOD.
UH, THEY WANNA DO THAT REMODEL AND, UM, THEY WANTED TO DROP THEIR NUMBERS ON THEIR PARKING COUNT.
SO THEY'VE DONE THEIR STUDY, CALLED US UP AND TOLD US THEIR NUMBERS ARE GREAT AND THEY GOT ALL THE PROOF THEY NEED TO SHOW YOU THAT THEY, THEY CAN REDUCE THE NUMBERS AND SO TECHNICALLY THEY CAN.
IT JUST DEPENDS ON HOW MUCH YOU WANT TO REDUCE 'EM BECAUSE THEY'RE CORRECT.
PEOPLE ARE REDUCING THE, THE SIZE OF THE PARKING LOTS.
THOSE BIG BOX STORES ARE GETTING SMALLER PARKING LOTS AND SOME PEOPLE ARE REQUIRING THEM NOW TO TRY TO INCREASE THE GREEN SPACE AND GET RID OF THE BIG CONCRETE FIELDS.
UM, SO THEY'RE GONNA BRING IT BACK TO YOU, UH, AT THE NEXT MEETING, GIVE YOU A LITTLE PRESENTATION, SHOW YOU THE NUMBERS, HOW THEY GOT TO WHERE THEY FEEL COMFORTABLE, UH, SHOW YOU WALMART'S EXPECTATIONS FOR THEM NOW, THEIR, THEIR NEW STANDARDS.
AND THEN, UH, SEE WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT, UH, THE WORK HERE THAT THEY'RE DOING.
UH, THEY'RE GONNA UPDATE THEIR LANDSCAPE AND THEIR SITE PLANS WITH THE, WITH THAT.
SO THEY'LL BE COMING IN NEXT, NEXT MEETING.
THEY'RE HAVING PARKING DATA FROM DECEMBER? NO, NO.
THIS IS JUST FROM THE LAST TIME THEY CAME INTO
WELL, THEY DO HAVE, DO HAVE A, THEY DATED A STUDY IN AUGUST.
UH, I THINK IT'S JULY AND AUGUST.
THE A HUNDRED DEGREE MONTHS THAT NOBODY WENT SHOPPING AT WALMART TILL AFTER DARK.
I WOULD BE CONCERNED AT CHRISTMAS, BUT EXACTLY.
YEAH, THEY, THEY WILL BE BRINGING DATA.
THEY WILL BE BRINGING DATA FROM OTHER WALMARTS.
THEY WILL BE BRINGING OTHER PROJECTS, WALMART PROJECTS IN GALVESTON TO SHOW YOU WHAT, WHAT INVOLVED SO HE CAN GET A COMPARISON IN CHINA TO DO THIS.
I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT, UH, IS THERE A PLAN TO REBUILD THE, UH, NORTH Y POND? IS THAT PART OF THE BONDING OR, I SAW DELAYS AND SUCH ON THAT, BUT IT'S, UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 1210.
10 TO 12, WHICH WE DON'T HAVE.
ANNA, WHEN'S OUR NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER THE THIRD.
YOU MIGHT CHECK THE CALENDARS FOR I'LL BE GONE.
NO, I'M GONNA GO TO D UH, DC OH GOSH.
THAT'S A QUAGMIRE MY WIFE HADN'T BEEN.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CITY TO GO TO WHEN YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO THE POLITICS.
ALL THE MUSEUMS AND ALL THAT STUFF, THE ART GALLERIES, IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.