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[2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
HAD A CHANCE TO LOOK AT THE MINUTES? ANY ISSUES? YES, SIR.MINUTES ARE APPROVED AS WRITTEN.
WE CAN'T ACT ON IT, BUT WE CAN LISTEN.
ANYBODY THAT COMES TO SPEAK, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE PUBLIC RECORD.
NEXT ITEM, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION.
ON REPLAY OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH SUBDIVISION 10 ACRE TWO, LOT TWO OF PLANTATION VILLAGE, SECTION 14 AT 200 LAKE ROAD, FILED ON NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, 2024 AS COMPLETE.
MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE, UH, THE BOARD THERE TO, UH, TRY TO GET NUMBER NINE AND BEFORE BE THE FIRST ITEM.
AND THAT'S, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO HELP AN OLD ENGINEER GET BACK HOME SAFE.
[9. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE RESIDENCES AT LAKEWOOD MANOR AT HUISACHE ST, PECAN LANE AND FERN COURT FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.]
BACK TO COLLEGE STATION.FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THEIR RE RESIDENCES AT LAKEWOOD MANOR.
AT WE SET, WE SET STREET LANE.
YOU GOING BACK TO GOD STATION AND FERN COURT FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
UH, WHAT, WHICH ONE ARE WE DOING FIRST? THERE? SEVERAL.
WE'RE DOING THE, UH, LAKEWOOD AT FINAL REVIEW ON SIDE PLAN.
BASICALLY, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, WHICH, UH, WE HAVE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE MET.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN GOING ON, AS Y'ALL KNOW, FOR A LONG TIME.
AND WE FINALLY HAVE IT WHERE WE THINK THE CITY IS SATISFIED.
OUR DEVELOPER HAS FINALLY DONE WHAT WAS NEEDED THAT THE CITY REQUESTED, AND I THINK WE'RE GOOD.
UM, EVERYTHING'S THERE, PARKING AND EVERYTHING.
UM, THE LANDSCAPE WILL COME NEXT, I BELIEVE, BUT, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY.
AND S WILL FILL IN THE BLANKS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE PUT IT IN THERE FOR WHATEVER REASON.
THE REASON WHY, UH, THEY CAME HERE, OR THEY'RE HERE NOW, IS THIS PARTICULAR SITE PLAN ONE WAS THAT, UH, THERE WAS A REQUIREMENT, UH, FROM THE VERY START, FROM THE VERY FIRST APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE, UH, SUBDIVISION OF THE, UH, PROJECT DEVELOPMENT THERE WAS THAT THEY WOULD COME DOWN HERE, THEY WOULD BRING IN A, UH, PLAN THAT WOULD BE MORE REFLECTIVE OF THE FINAL CONDITIONS THAT THIS PARTICULAR, UH, SITE, UH, WOULD BE HAVING, UH, THROUGH THE, UH, THROUGH THE BILLING PROCESS.
UH, THE FACT IS THAT THEY CAME ONCE BEFORE YOU IN THE PAST, UH, SOMETIME LIKE THIS YEAR TOO, AS A MATTER OF FACT.
UH, AS A SECOND, UH, SECOND APPROACH TO YOU CONCERNING THE SAME SITE, BECAUSE THEY HAD MADE CHANGES THAT HAD NOT BEEN REFLECTED AGAIN, NUMBER ONE.
SO THEY CAME IN NUMBER TWO AT THAT TIME THEY SAID, FINE, YOU CAN KEEP ON GOING.
BUT WE REALLY KNEW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE OTHER CHANGES BECAUSE THEY HADN'T REALLY COMPLETED THE WHOLE THING, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO DRAINAGE, BECAUSE A LOT OF THE DRAINAGE PATTERNS WERE CHANGED FROM THE VERY ORIGINAL.
AND THEN, UH, UH, SUBSEQUENTLY, UH, AS THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT TOOK PLACE, THERE WERE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF, OF, UH, CONDITIONS THAT, UH, THE, UH, THAT CHANGED DURING THE CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
SO THIS IS THE FINAL INSTALLMENT.
THEY HAVE COME NOW, THEY HAVE SUBMITTED, UH, EVERYTHING OR NOW IT REFLECTS WHAT THE ACTUAL CONDITIONS ARE.
UH, THERE WERE EASEMENTS, THERE WERE WET UTILITY EASEMENTS THAT WOULD HAD TO BE ADDED TO IT, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF THE FIRE, OF THE, UH, WATER METERS, UH, THAT WE OR UTILITY DEPARTMENT REQUESTED.
THE, THEY MAKE, UH, PUT IN A WET UTIL IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO WORK IN THAT PARTICULAR PROPERTY INSIDE THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
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LIKE I SAID, DRAINAGE PATTERNS THAT WERE CHANGED BECAUSE OF GUTTERS THAT WERE REDIRECTED INTO DIFFERENT OUTFALLS IN THIS, UH, IN THE SITE ITSELF.SO THIS IS NOW, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE FINAL ONE.
AND IT NOW COMPLIES WITH, COMPLIES WITH WHAT YOU ORIGINALLY, UH, REQUESTED THAT IT BE DONE.
I MEANT TO SAY ALL THAT, BY THE WAY,
EDDIE DID A GOOD JOB TAKING CARE OF THE DRAINAGE.
'CAUSE HE, HE CAUGHT A LOT OF STUFF AND HE DID A GOOD JOB.
AND IN REALITY, THIS IS THAT HE'S, UH, RECENT.
THIS IS, I MEAN, REALLY, HE MADE, HE MADE HIM TOUGH.
HE, HE, HE MADE THEM TOTAL THE LINE AND HE DID A GOOD JOB.
IT, IT, IT TOOK A LOT OF ME PUSHING THEM AND EDDIE, BUT, BUT THEY GOT IT RIGHT.
SIMPLISTICALLY, YOU'RE JUST DRAINING AWAY FROM ATCH ON BOTH OF 'EM.
THAT'S THE WAY I, AND, AND THE PROBLEM WAS THEY HAD HOUSE GUTTERS GOING TO ATCH AND WE TURNED THEM.
YOU GO OUT THERE, YOU SEE ALL THE BLACK HOSES GOING TO THE BACK AND THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
KIND OF OFF SUBJECT, BUT ARE THEY EVER GONNA PAINT 'EM OR JUST GONNA LEAVE 'EM THE PRIMER WHITE.
THAT'S THEIR, THAT'S THEIR LEASE PROPERTY.
AND SO THEY WERE PAINTED LAST TIME I WENT TOP, LOOKED LIKE LITTLE WHITE.
THEY PAINTED THEM THEY WHITE SALT BOXES.
LAST TIME I SAW THEY ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING
LAST TIME I DROVE THROUGH, THEY RAN OUT OF THE ACCENT PAN.
SO THEY JUST STARTED TO FINISH IT OFF LIKE THAT.
THE UTILITY BOX IS STILL STANDS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE RESIDENTS AT LAKEWOOD MANOR AT FEAT STREET CON LANE IN FERN COURT FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
DO WE HAVE SECOND? SECOND? UM, ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[10. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF ALTERNATE LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE RESIDENCES AT LAKEWOOD MANOR AT HUISACHE ST, PECAN LANE AND FERN COURT FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.]
SAME PROPERTY LANDSCAPE PLAN, MR. WRESTLER.WE HAD, WE HAD HAD A, AN APPROVED LANDSCAPE PLAN AND WE WENT OUT AND WE FOUND SOME MORE TREES AND LOST SOME TREES.
AND, UM, I, I THINK, I THINK WHAT YOU Y'ALL NEED TO KNOW IS THERE'S, THERE'S TREES, RIGHT? THESE TWO TREES.
THE, THERE'S ONE, IT'S IN OUR PROPERTY, BUT IT'S RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND THIS TREE RIGHT HERE IS INSIDE OUR PROPERTY, BUT IT'S KIND OF RIGHT ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
AND THEY DIDN'T WANT TO RUN THE FENCE AND BUT IT UP AGAINST THE FENCE, THE, THE TREE.
SO THEY KIND OF MOVED IT INTO THEIR PROPERTY.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S NOT ON THEIR PROPERTY, BUT IT IS OUR TREE.
SO THE, THE TREES THAT ARE THERE, UH, I THINK FROM THE PREVIOUS ONE, WE'VE, WE'VE LOST, UH, TWO, TWO TREE COUNTS, BUT THEY'RE THERE SINCE THEN.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL REMEMBER A LONG TIME AGO, AND WE, I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME.
UH, THEY SAID THEY'D COME OUT AND PLANT MORE TREES TO MAKE IT BETTER.
AND THEY'VE GONE OUT AND YOU SEE ALL THESE LITTLE GROUPING LITTLE THINGS HERE.
I CALL 'EM GROUPINGS 'CAUSE THEY'RE LIKE FIVE TREES ABOUT ONE INCH TOGETHER.
AND THEN THEY'VE PLANTED SOME, UH, OAK TREES SOMEWHERE.
I THINK THEY'RE RIGHT IN HERE.
AND THERE'S THREE RIGHT THERE.
ONE OF 'EM, TWO OF 'EM IN A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THAT, UH, Y'ALL GET THEM
I DON'T KNOW, BUT, AND THERE'S SOME OVER HERE.
BUT ANYWAY, THEY'VE, THEY'VE DONE MORE THAN THEY NEEDED TO DO.
DID YOU LOSE ANY? THEY'VE MET THE TREE REQUIREMENT.
DID YOU LOSE ANY THERE THE STORM OR, YES, THEY DID.
WELL, THERE, THERE WAS A TREE OVER HERE THAT DIED.
THIS TREE, I THINK THIS TREE RIGHT HERE IS MARGINAL, BUT WE'LL CHECK ON THAT IN A FEW YEARS AND SEE IF IT'S STILL ALIVE AND ACCOUNT FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE.
IT, IT'S, IT'S ON THE DOCKET TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN.
UH, YES, THIS IS ANOTHER ONE THAT WAS LEFT UNFINISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL ONE.
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IF YOU REMEMBER AT THAT TIME, YOU ALSO REQUESTED THAT BIG COME BACK TO, UH, TO PROVIDE US AN AS BUILT JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THE, UH, THAT THE CONSTRUCTION, UH, WORK HAD NOT IMPACTED ANY OF THOSE WARS OR WHETHER THEY HAD KILLED OR, UH, ANYTHING SURVIVED.SO THEY DID COME BACK A SECOND TIME AROUND AND, UH, AND GAVE US A NEW PLAN, UH, THAT AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME, UH, SWITCHED OR NOT SWITCHED, BUT, UH, SOME OF THE TREES THAT I, SOME OF THE PROTECTED TREES AT THAT TIME, UH, HAD, HAD DIED.
AND THEREFORE THEY WERE, UH, THEY WERE SUPPL, UH, SUPPLANTED BY THE, UH, SOME OF THE RESERVES THAT THEY, THAT THEY HAD FOR THAT.
ORIGINALLY THEY HAD 11, 11 TREES, 11, UH, PROTECTED TREES CALLED FOR AS CREDIT.
AND THEY HAD ABOUT FOUR, UH, FOR THOSE RESERVE TREES.
THE SECOND TIME AROUND, THEY HAD, THEY WENT BACK TO 11 PROTECTED TREES WITH ONLY TWO RESERVES.
THIS TIME AROUND, AFTER ALL THIS THING IS SAID AND DONE, AND EVERYTHING IS FINISHED AND THE STORMS AND EVERYTHING, NOW THEY ARE 11 PROTECTED TREES.
SO, BUT WHAT THEY HAVE DONE, LIKE HE SAID, THEY HAVE GONE BACK AND TRIED TO SORT OF EMBELLISH, EMBELLISH THIS PARTICULAR PLAN.
ADDING, UH, WHAT, UH, SEVEN, UH, SEVEN, UH, LIVE OAKS, SMALL LIVE OAKS.
THERE'RE TWO IN, UH, THAT THEY'RE PUTTING INSIDE THE EASTMAN.
THERE'S FIVE THAT'S SCATTERED AROUND AT THE INTERSECTIONS PRIMARILY.
AND THEY HAVE ALSO ALSO ADDED, LIKE YOU SAID, ALL THOSE MULTI CANE TYPE OF, UH, SHRUBS ALONG THE WHOLE, UH, THE WHOLE, UH, RIGHT OF WAYS TO, LIKE I SAID, MAKE IT A, I GUESS A LITTLE BIT MORE POLICING.
SO, YOU KNOW, THEY ARE MEETING THE TREE REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ARE MEETING THE PROTECT THE TREE REQUIREMENTS, AND THEY'RE MEETING THE SCREENED REQUIREMENTS.
SO NOW, NOW THEY ALSO HAVE ANOTHER DATE DOWN THE LINE.
THREE YEARS FROM NOW, I BELIEVE THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK AGAIN TO YOU AND, YOU KNOW, RE REVISIT THE SITE, THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, MAYBE THOSE OAKS OVER THE ROAD.
DIDN'T WE A HUNDRED YEARS AGO REMOVE CREEK MYRTLES FROM THE OFFICIAL TREE LIST? AND ACTUALLY WHILE YOU WERE GONE, THEY WERE BROUGHT, THEY BROUGHT, THEY BROUGHT 'EM BACK.
DEPENDS ON HOW THEY'RE TRIMMED.
THAT THE CRATE MYRTLES AREN'T COUNTED IN THIS COUNT.
THEY'RE JUST, THEY'RE DECORATIVE.
AND HERE IN THIS CASE, THEY DON'T COUNT 'EM SOME SCREEN.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT COUNTING THOSE, OR THEY'RE NOT COUNTING THE, UH, THE, UH, LAB OAKS.
THEY'RE COUNTING THE ONES WITH THE BOXES.
AND THE, THE ONE TREE THAT'S IN THE DITCH, IS THAT A COUNTED TREE OR IS IT JUST THERE? NO, THESE ARE, YEAH, TREE'S IN THE DRAIN SYSTEM.
UH, THE NEXT, NEXT THREE, THEY, I THINK GOD COUNTS THAT ONE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE A FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF ALTERNATE LANDSCAPE PLANNED AMENDMENT FOR THE RESIDENCES AT LAKEWOOD MANOR AT WESTAT STREET PECAN LANE IN FERN COURT, FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
MAY WE GOT ONE THAT THIS PROJECT IS BURIED? THANK YOU.
I HAVEN'T FORGOT A PROMISE I MADE YOU A LONG TIME AGO.
I'LL BE UP THERE FOR MY SISTER-IN-LAW'S CELEBRATION, BEING NAMED PRESIDENT OF THE SYSTEM HERE SOON.
NOT THAT PRESIDENT
I'LL COME, I'LL COME FIND YOU FOR THAT STEAK.
YOU DON'T, YOU DIDN'T FORGET EITHER, DID YOU? OH, NO, I DIDN'T.
THANK Y'ALL FOR LETTING ME MOVE UP TO THE PARK.
THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SEE US, DOUG.
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IMPORTANT THAT I'M GOING GO BACK.[4. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON REPLAT OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH SUBDIVISION, A 10-ACRE, LOT 2 OF PLANTATION VILLAGE, SECTION 14 AT 200 LAKE ROAD FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AS COMPLETE.]
ITEM FOUR, ADMINISTRATIVE FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON REPLAY OF HOPE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH SUBDIVISION.I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE A 10 ACRE, BUT WHATEVER LOT TWO OF PLANTATION VILLAGE.
SECTION 14 AT 2000 LAKE ROAD, FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 AS COMPLETE.
KATIE, YOU WANT TO JUST MAKE A PRESENTATION? JUST THERE'S NOT REALLY MUCH TO SAY.
WE'VE JUST GOTTEN TO THIS POINT WHERE WE'VE, UH, RE PLATTED THE, UH, THE MILLS HILL.
WE HAVE RE PLATTED THE TAKEN THREE ACRES OUT OF THE 14 ACRES IN ORDER TO SELL IT SO WE CAN, UH, AFFORD TO REMODEL OUR CHURCH.
SO, UM, UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR I, I'M NOT REALLY SURE WHAT ELSE TO BE SAID.
NO, THAT'S 'CAUSE I THINK WE'VE BEEN OVER AND OVER IT A FEW TIMES.
SO JUST THANK YOU FOR, UH, ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
IS THAT ANYTHING ELSE? NO, THAT'S, UH, EVERYTHING'S COMPLETE.
ANYTHING? I THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA, JERRY.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON REPLANT OF THE HOPE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH SUBDIVISION AT 10 ACRE LOT TWO PLANTATION VILLAGE, SECTION 14 AT 200 LAKEWOOD OKE LAKE ROAD FILE ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 AS COMPLETE.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[5. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON REPLAT OF NEW HOPE CHURCH SUBDIVISION, 3.451-ACRE TRACT AT 333 FM 2004 FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AS COMPLETE.]
IS THE SAME TOPIC, BUT THE, UH, 3.451 ACRE TRACK FOR THE NEW HOPE FELLOWSHIP.JASON DEDE WITH NEW HOPE CHURCH.
ALVIN, TEXAS, ALVIN, OR? YES, ALVIN.
UM, SO WE JUST, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PLAT, SO WE CREATED ONE.
IT DOES ELIMINATE SOME PARKING, WHICH WE DON'T SEE IT TO BE AN ISSUE, BUT THIS IS THE FINAL PLAT FOR NOW.
I HAVEN'T SEEN S ISN'T IT? YEAH.
THIS PARTICULAR TRACK DID HAVE THAT SITUATION WHERE, UH, SINCE THERE WAS ORIGINALLY THE FULL TWO LOTS WERE OWNED BY THE SAME, BY THE SAME, UH, UH, COMPANY OR THE SAME OWNER.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY BUILT A PART OF WHAT IS NOW THE, OF WHAT WAS THE FAMILY FITNESS PARKING LOT INTO THAT, UH, ADJACENT TRACK.
UH, AND SO THERE IS ABOUT A 16 FOOT ENCROACHMENT, UH, INTO THE TRACK THAT IS, UH, THAT WAS MAIN KNOWN TO BOTH, UH, BOTH OWNERS.
SO THEY ARE IN FULL KNOWLEDGE OF THIS CONDITION.
UH, WHEN THE SITE COMES BEFORE YOU, THE SITE PLAN COMES BEFORE YOU FOR THE CHURCH AT THAT TIME, YOU KNOW, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE PARKING AND SEEING WHETHER OR NOT THAT BECOMES AN ISSUE.
AND IF IT BECOMES AN ISSUE, THEN WE, WE WILL LET, UH, BOTH PARTIES, YOU KNOW, MAKE SOME TYPE OF ARRANGEMENTS.
IF THE PARKING LOT, IF THE PARKING STALLS ARE NOT ARE, ARE, ARE, ARE NEEDED, UH, THEY COULD ALSO, I MEAN, THAT ARRANGEMENT COULD BE EITHER A SALE OF THE PROPERTY OR THEY COULD BE A LEASE OF THOSE PARKING, LOT OF THOSE PARKING STALLS.
YOU KNOW, IT COULD TAKE MANY FORMS, HOWEVER, WOULD THEY, HOWEVER, THERE, AND SO THAT'S WHERE, WOULD THERE EVER BE A SITUATION THAT YOU'D NEED A FENCE ALONG THERE? NOT, NOT BETWEEN TWO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.
AS WE DESIGNED IT, THERE ARE 300 PARKING SPACES AVAILABLE, BOTH FRONT AND BACK, UH, ON THE SITE.
THREE POINT, Y'ALL HAVE IT LISTED AS 3.45.
UH, BEAVER AND I, OF COURSE HE STILL OWNS THE PROPERTY NEXT TO IT.
AND HE AND I MADE A DECISION THAT I WAS GONNA GO A LITTLE BIT ONTO HIS PROPERTY 'CAUSE IT WAS OUR PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS.
AND HE, I KNOW HE'S NEGOTIATED WITH, ARE YOU THE LEGAL TEAM? I KNOW HE'S NEGOTIATED WITH YOUR CHURCH TO AT LEAST HAVE FOUR OF THE, UH, PARKING SPACES THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY
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NEXT TO THE BUCKY'S ORIGINAL CORPORATE OFFICE.YOU KNOW, IT'S FOR WHEN THEY HAVE ALL OF THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, UH, MANAGERS DOWN HERE.
AND THERE ARE NO CREPE MYRTLES,
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON REPL OF NEW HOPE CHURCH SUBDIVISION 3.451 ACRE TRACT AT 3 3 3 FM 2004 FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 AS COMPLETE.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[6. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON PLAT AMENDMENT OF LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE LOTS J1 AND J2 FOR AMENDED PLAN OF TDECU (SPACE CITY FINANCIAL) BANKING FACILITY AT 80 OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.]
NEXT ITEM, ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON, UH, FLAT AMENDMENT OF LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE LOTS J ONE AND J TWO FOR AMENDED PLAN OF TEXAS JOB EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION BANKING FACILITY AT 80 OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5 22.UH, THIS MATT KELLY REPRESENTING, UH, T-D-E-C-U.
UM, THIS AMENDMENT, UH, KIND OF GRUESOME LEGS FOLLOWING THE, UH, APPROVE THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL OF THE PLA PLANS.
THERE WERE SOME COMMENTS MADE ABOUT, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT ENOUGH PARKING FOR THE SITE.
UH, THOSE COMMENTS WERE TAKEN BACK TO THE BANK.
THEY DECIDED THAT, UH, PROBABLY CORRECT AND, UH, WANTED TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING.
SO IN ORDER TO ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING, WE HAD TO MOVE THAT PROPERTY LINE SOUTH, UH, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THERE ON THE PLOT.
SO, AND THAT IS A SIMPLY SPOKEN LIKE THAT? YES.
SO THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT FOR THE PLA.
SO, OKAY, SO WHICH LINE MOVED SOUTH? THE MIDDLE.
NO, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING HERE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, THE ADMINISTRATIVE AND FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF PLAN AMENDMENT OF LAKE JACKSON TOWN CENTER RESERVE LOTS, J ONE AND J TWO FOR AMENDED, UH, PLAN OF TD ECUS AT SPACE CITY FINANCIAL BANK FACILITY AT 80, UH, OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
WE MOTION? DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[7. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF SITE PLAN AMENDMENT OF NEW TDECU (SPACE CITY FINANCIAL) BANKING FACILITY AT 80 OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.]
NEXT ONE, SAME PROPERTY.FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF SITE PLAN.
AMENDMENT OF, UH, NEW TEXAS DENTAL EMPLOYEES CREDIT UNION BANKING FACILITY AT 80 OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER THE FIFTH, 2024.
SO THIS IS, UH, THE ADDITIONAL PARKING IS ADDED.
UH, THE, THERE'S A TWO, WHAT'S THAT? A POINTER ON YOUR, THE BLUE ONE'S A LASER POINTER.
SO THIS IS A FIRE LANE RIGHT THROUGH HERE.
UM, THIS IS ORIGINAL PARKING THAT WE HAD, UH, ON THE INITIAL APPROVAL.
AND THESE TWO ROWS HERE, UH, ARE WHAT'S BEING ADDED WITH THE MEDIAN HERE AND MEDIAN HERE.
UH, AND THEN TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC, UH, BEHIND IT FOR, UH, VEHICLE ACCESS.
THE BLUE SHADING OR BLUE HATCHING THAT YOU SEE THERE IS, UM, ESSENTIALLY THE, WHAT WE EXPECT TO BE THE A HUNDRED YEAR PONDING, UH, DURING A HUNDRED YEAR STORM.
UH, WE ADDED THAT ON THERE JUST SO THAT THE BANK COULD SIGN OFF AND SAY THAT THEY'RE AWARE OF IT.
UM, THEY'RE AWARE THAT OF WHAT THE PONDING WOULD BE IN THAT AREA AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, THE REASON WHY WE DESIGNED IT THIS WAY WAS TO TRY AND, OR PREVENT HAVING A RETAINING WALL OR A BIG, UH, DROP OFF AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
UH, FELT LIKE THAT THAT WAS A BETTER, UM, APPROACH TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING TO HAPPEN.
UH, PARKS OR ANYTHING ON THE, ON THE, UH, THE SOUTHERN TRACK THERE.
UH, SO WE WENT FROM I THINK, 28 PARKING SPACES TO 56, AND I BELIEVE IT WAS REQUIRED, UH,
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18 OR 19 SPACES.SO, YEAH, UH, THAT IS, UH, THAT IS THE WHOLE THING.
THE ENTRANCES REMAINS THE SAME.
SO IT'S A MATTER OF, UH, UH, THE UTILITIES REMAINED THE SAME EXCEPT FOR A, UH, EXTENSION OF A DRAINAGE PIPE INTO THAT PARTICULAR NEW AREA FOR PARKING.
UH, THAT WAS THE EXTENT OF THE CHANGE.
HEARING I JUST, THIS STRUCTURE HERE, IS THAT A LITTLE BRIDGE THING YOU HAD TO BUILD OR WHAT IS THAT? YEAH, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.
UH, TO GET OVER THAT, UH, THAT DRAINAGE DITCH, UH, FROM HEV OUT TO
I THINK I WAS GONE THEN, BUT, AND THAT THE SIDEWALK GOES RIGHT THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THAT, I THINK, ISN'T IT? I'M SORRY, SAY THAT I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT.
THE SIDEWALK AT THE ROAD IS THERE, BUT NOW, UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CROSS.
IT IS A CROSSWALK ACROSS, WELL, THE SIDEWALK'S UP THERE.
I GUESS I WASN'T AWARE OF THAT AGAIN.
I MISSED THAT MEETING, BUT, UH, THAT AREA IS NEAT.
DO ALL OF US BOARD MEMBERS GET ONE OF THOSE I GIFTS? MINE'S ALWAYS IN HERE.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THAT'S WHAT THAT IS.
NO, I NEVER, YOU HAD YOUR VERY OWN.
I HAD, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO OPERATE HERE.
WE REALLY SHOULD HAVE TRAINING FOR THIS
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO ACCEPT FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF THE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE NEW TDCU SPACE CITY FINANCIAL BANKING FACILITY AT 80 OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[8. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE NEW TDECU (SPACE CITY FINANCIAL) BANKING FACILITY AT 80 OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.]
IS SAME PROPERTY LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT.UH, THEY HAD AN ARBORIST COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE EXISTING TREES ON SITE, UM, ESSENTIALLY TO DETERMINE, UM, TYPES AND HEALTH OF THE TREES THEMSELVES, UM, IF WE SHOULD MAKE ANY ADDITIONAL, UH, ATTEMPTS TO SAVE ANY OF THEM, THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, THEY DETERMINED THAT NONE OF THE TREES WERE, UM, LIVE OAKS.
YEAH, LIVE OAKS, UM, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, NOTHING WAS, NOTHING WAS, UH, PROTECTED IN THAT WAY.
SO IT DIDN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT, UH, WHAT, WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO SAVE AND THAT SORT OF THING.
EXISTING TREES THAT WE'RE KEEPING ON SITE.
UH, BUT THE CHANGE OF MOVING THE PROPERTY LINE, UH, BUMPED THE SITE UP TO, UH, OVER TWO ACRES, UH, WHICH BROUGHT IN SOME ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING.
UM, SO THERE'S, I THINK THEY'VE GOT 34 TREES, UM, THAT THEY HAVE ACROSS THE SITE, AND THEN THEY'RE STILL HAVE THE DONATION TREES, UM, FOR THE LAST APPROVAL THAT THEY HAVE IN THERE.
SO FROM THE LAST, UH, THE LAST TIME THEY WERE HERE WITH THE, WITH THIS LANDSCAPE PLAN, UH, THERE, UH, I THINK, UH, ONE OF OUR BOARD MEMBERS HERE, UH, MATT, UH, DECIDED NOT TO, UH, DECIDE TO POSTPONE THAT, UH, THAT RULING OR THAT, UH, THAT VOTE ON THAT PARTICULAR SIDE PLAN, WAITING ON WHAT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS THAT, UH, WHAT, UH, TYPE OF TREES WERE INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, NEW MOVE INTO THE, INTO THE OTHER PROPERTY BECAUSE, UH, THEY, UH, ACTUALLY OMITTED THE, THE TYPE OF TREES THAT WERE THERE.
SO, UH, AT THAT TIME, YOU ALL AGREED TO NOT, UH, NOT ACT ON THAT PARTICULAR ITEM THEN.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY THEY'RE COMING IN HERE FOR PRELIMINARY AND FINAL ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR LANDSCAPE PLAN.
AND YES, THERE IS NOW A DESCRIPTION PUT OUT BY THAT REPORT THAT SAID THAT NO LIVE OAKS WERE PRESENT AND THAT ALL THE OTHER TREES WERE IN POOR SHAPE.
UH, SO THEREFORE, YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THAT SATISFIED THAT REQUIREMENT, UH, PLACED ON THAT.
AS FAR AS THE AMOUNT OF, UH, ACREAGE INCREASE, WHICH HE, YOU KNOW, TOOK THEM BEYOND THE, UH, TOOK HIM
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TO A, UH, PROTECTED TREE REQUIREMENT INCREASE.UH, THEN WE, UH, WENT BACK IN THERE AND MAKE SURE THAT THE PROTECTED TREES CALLED FOR IN THE, UH, PUD ORDINANCE, UH, LANDSCAPE WAS MET.
THERE ARE 50 CALIBER INCHES NOW BEING PROTECTED LIKE THE TWO AC, UH, OVER TWO ACRE, UH, REQUIREMENT IS.
SO THEY STILL MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
THEY'RE ALSO MEETING THE NUMBER OF TREES THEY'RE PUTTING IN 36, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
AND THEY HAVE OF COURSE, REMEMBER THAT THEY MADE AN OFFER OF THE 66 TREES THAT'S STILL IN EFFECT.
SO, UH, ALL THE TREE REQUIREMENTS WE BELIEVE HAVE IN MET, UH, ACCORDINGLY.
UH, THE, UH, TREE, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS REPORT, UH, BASED FOR, I MEAN THE REQUIREMENTS ON, UH, SCREEN TREES HAS BEEN MET AS YOU CAN WELL SEE.
AND ALSO THERE IS A, UH, ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS FOR THE, THE LOW SHOW UP TO BE ON THE, UH, IT IS ON THE INSIDE OF THE, UH, REGULAR STREET AREA, ON THE PARKWAY AREA.
THE REQUIREMENT, THE PUD DOES NOT HAVE A REQUIREMENT FOR A, UH, SCREEN, UH, HEDGE AT ALL.
SO THEY ARE COMPLIANT WITH THE SHRUB REQUIREMENT ON THE CENTER WAY AND ON THE, UH, ON THE AZALEA STREET SIDE.
OKAY, EDDIE? EDDIE, LET ME GIVE YOU ONE MORE PIECE OF INFORMATION JUST BECAUSE PLEASE REINTRODUCE YOURSELF SINCE WE HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN SO FAR.
UH, MR. JOHN HAYES, UH, ASKED ME TO MAKE SURE THAT I TOLD YOU GUYS HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO DELIVER THE 66 TREES, BUT I TOLD 'EM TO WAIT UNTIL THIS WAS FINALIZED AND ALSO SO OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT COULD GET CAUGHT UP ON THE HURRICANE, UH, CLEANUP STUFF SO THAT WE COULD ACTUALLY PLAN 'EM.
AND THEY WOULDN'T SIT AT THE SERVICE CENTER AND DIE OVER THE WINTER.
SO THEY, THEY WERE PREPARED TO DELIVER 'EM.
THEY WERE ALREADY SCHEDULED FOR DELIVERY.
THEY WERE TWO DAYS AWAY ACTUALLY, WHEN I TOLD 'EM TO STOP AND WAIT, I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT AND I PROMISED I'D TELL 'EM.
SO I'M JUST LETTING YOU GUYS KNOW.
SO DOES THAT MEAN THAT YOU WANT TO PLANT THEM IN THE SPRING, CORRECT? YES.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUSH IT UNTIL THE SPRING DELIVERY.
WHAT IS HYDRO SEED? UH, IT IS SPRAY ON GRASS.
YEAH, IT'S WHAT? SPRAY ON GRASS SEED.
IT'S A MIXTURE OF A TACKY, LIKE A BLUE TYPE THING.
IT'S NOT SAN AUGUSTINE? NO, IT'LL BE BERMUDA.
NO, IT'S NOT THE TYPE OF GRASS.
IT'S JUST A GEL WITH SEEDS IN IT.
THEY SPRAY OUT THE HYDRO IS THE HIGH, BUT IT'S SUPPOSED TO GROW.
IT ESSENTIALLY HOLDS THE SEED IN PLACE.
A BIG RAIN CAN STILL WASH IT AWAY.
BUT, AND THAT'S BECAUSE IT'S A NARROW ERA AREA.
IS THAT PROBABLY, THAT'S JUST THE EASIEST WAY TO KIND OF BROADCAST A LARGE AREA FOR GRASS.
BUT THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE THAT YOU DID IT, ISN'T IT? UM, YEAH.
SAW IS THAT IT? EVERYONE ELSE HAS SO IT IT'S CHEAPER.
THAT DOESN'T HAVE TO TYPICALLY.
I MEAN THE, I'M NOT THE LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT, SO I DON'T MIND SAYING I UNDERSTAND THAT.
WELL, I NEVER HEARD OF TYPICAL, TYPICAL.
THERE'S A, THERE IS A QUANTITY THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR AND TYPICALLY IT'S AN ACRE.
SO DOING A SMALL AREA LIKE THAT IS ACTUALLY MORE EXPENSIVE.
YEAH, BECAUSE YOU'RE STILL GONNA PAY FOR THE ACRE.
I NEVER HEARD OF THAT TECHNIQUE DOWN HERE.
SO, AND IT MAKES IT GREEN RIGHT AWAY.
I'VE DONE THAT IN MY BACKYARD AND IN SPRING A LOT OF PEOPLE DO IT.
'CAUSE THE ST AUGUST DOESN'T, IT'S PLATE DOESN'T TAKE IN WINTER.
SO THEY HYDRO SEEDED NOW SINCE THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING IT.
AUGUSTINE WILL JUST FLOWER ITSELF OVER TIME FROM THE SOD OFF TO THE EAST THERE, PROBABLY HYDRO SEED JUST TO KEEP IT SO THE DIRT DOESN'T WASH AWAY UNTIL THEY GET EITHER SOMETHING NATURALLY GROWS IN OR THEY END UP PLANTING SOMETHING ELSE.
YOU, YOU SEE HYDROS SEED THAT EVERY ONE OF THE SCHOOL CAMPUSES SO FAR, ALL THE NEW SCHOOL CAMPUSES HAVE HAD 'EM.
IT'S, IT'S A COMMON PRACTICE FOR YOUR, FOR REGULATION OF A DIRT WASH AWAY.
NOTHING MATTHEW? I'M GOOD BOSS.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO ACCEPT FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON THE LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE NEW TDCU SPACE CITY FINANCIAL BANKING FACILITY AT 80 OAK DRIVE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 24.
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WE GOT A SECOND.ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[11. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF THE ALTERNATE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE SPCA FACILITY AT 141 CANNA LANE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.]
ALREADY DONE NINE AND 10.SO 11 FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF THE ALTERNATE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE SPCA CELL D AT 1 41 KEN LANE, FILED ON FIFTH 2024.
OKAY, SO, UH, THIS IS MY NAME'S MIGUEL.
UH, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE SBCA ON CANADA LANE.
UH, THE LAST TIME, UH, WE WERE HERE, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS AND DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD DO TO, YOU KNOW, DETERMINE PARKING AND THE FIRE LANE.
UM, SINCE THIS IS KIND OF A UNIQUE, UM, USAGE, IT'S NOT CLEARLY DEFINED IN THE ORDINANCE, UH, WHAT WE DID WAS, UH, WE HAD THE ARCHITECT CALCULATE THE OCCUPANCY OF BOTH BUILDINGS AND, UH, WE PROVIDED PARKING SPACES AS ONE SPACE PER FOUR OCCUPANTS.
AND THAT IS THE SAME METHODOLOGY THAT WE'RE USING ON THE LAKE JACKSON ANIMAL CONTROL, UH, WHICH IS NEXT DOOR.
UM, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE DID TO THE SITE PLAN WAS, UH, WE MET WITH THE FIRE CHIEF, UH, DOWN AT THE ARCHITECT'S OFFICE.
UH, WHAT HE WANTED WAS A, LEMME SEE IF I, THE FIRE LANE TO BE EXTENDED ALONG THE ENTIRE FRONTAGE OF THE NEW BUILDING.
AND HE ALSO WANTED THE ABILITY TO NOT JUST TURN RIGHT TO GO ON CANNON, BUT TO ALSO TURN LEFT.
SO WE INCREASED THE RADIUS OF THIS DRIVEWAY.
WHY DID THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WORRY ABOUT BEING ABLE TO TAKE A LEFT? THEY WANT THE OPTION TO DO BOTH.
SO I GUESS TO GET A TRUCK IN THERE, NO, THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING A LEFT, LEAVING THE PARKING LOT.
PROBABLY IF YOU'RE HAVING A FIRE, YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT LEFT OR RIGHT.
THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I WAS THINKING.
YEAH, I, I KNOW, UM,
WHEN WE CAME THEY ONLY HAD WHEN YEAH, THEY WOULD COME DOWN LAKE ROAD.
STANDARD A PARKING LOT AND THEN LEAVE ON CANNON.
PAST SERVICE CENTER, TAKING A LEFT AND TAKING A RIGHT AND BANNED THEIR HOME.
BUT IT'S WHAT THE FIRE CHIEF WANTED AND WE DID IT.
PARTY ON, SEE, COULD YOU EXPLAIN SOME OF THE DRAINAGE UHM CORRECT.
UM, WE, UM, WE REMOVED THE STORM SEWER DRAINS FROM THE PROJECT JUST TO SAVE ON COST.
UM, ONE THING THAT WE DID WAS WE ADDED THIS SWELL HERE, UH, ALONG THE BUILDING BETWEEN HERE AND THE SIDEWALK.
AND, UH, WHAT WE DID WAS THERE'S, AND THIS WILL GET INTO THE TREE PLAN, BUT THERE'S THESE TWO TREES THAT, UM, AFTER TALKING WITH SAL, WE COULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE.
UH, WE MOVED THIS SWELL TO WRAP AROUND THOSE TREES AND THOUGH THIS DITCH WILL TIE INTO THE DITCH AT THE SPCA OR THE LAKE JACKSON ANIMAL CONTROL, WE'LL HAVE ON THEIR PROPERTY, UM, IT'S NOT LABELED HERE ON THIS 'CAUSE IT'S MORE PART OF THE UTILITY PLAN.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE LAKE JACKSON MINUTE ANIMAL CONTROL IS PROVIDING A GRINDER PUMP.
YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T HAVE THE FALL ON THE STORM SEWER TO, UM, PUMP THEIR SEWAGE INTO THE NEAREST MANHOLE.
UM, AFTER DISCUSSING WITH EDDIE AND SAL, UM, THIS BUILDING JUST GRAVITY DRAIN INTO THIS MANHOLE RIGHT HERE, UM, AS SOMETHING THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE ISSUES TO THE CITY OF MAINE, UH, WE'RE INSTALLING A GRINDER PUMP RIGHT HERE IS A CIRCLE RIGHT HERE.
AND IT'S GOING TO TAKE IN THE SEWAGE FROM THE NEW BUILDING AND THE OLD BUILDING GRIND IT UP AND PUT IT INTO THE MANHOLE.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT GETS PUT INTO THE DRAINS HERE IN THE BUILDING, IT STOPS AT THE GRINDER PUMP AND NOT AT THE CITY MANHOLE OR DOWN INTO CITY GRAVITY.
SO, NO, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S, UH, THE CRUX OF THE HOLE PROJECT HERE.
SO HOW MANY PARKING SPOTS DIFFERENCE? WELL, THE, THE
THERE'S NONE FOR THIS TYPE FACI, THIS TYPE OF USE.
NOW SAY AGAIN? THERE'S NONE FOR THIS TYPE OF USE.
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CARES, NO DRIVE, NO ORDINANCE.I THOUGHT IT'S ALL SO IT'S AN ALTERNATE BECAUSE IT DOES HAVE A YEAH, IT'S SEPARATE.
SO WHOEVER'S ON THAT COMMITTEE DIDN'T CONSIDER THIS, UH, NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT THAT BEING PART OF THE USES AREA.
I DIDN'T, I MEAN, WE DIDN'T
SO THEY TOOK, I MEAN THEY TOOK, WHAT WAS THE, I GUESS THE, THE, THE PROPER ROUTE IS THEY WENT TO THE, TO WHAT WE DID JUST NOW AND BASE IT ON THE SAME TYPE OF, UH, FORMULA IS BASED ON OCCUPANCY AND THEREFORE THAT'S HOW THEY COME OUT TO ONE PER FOUR.
BUT WE STILL NEED TO HAVE ALTERNATE SITE PLAN IN THERE.
WE STILL NEED TO HAVE ALTERNATE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE AND FINAL ACTION.
AND, UH, FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION ON THE ALTERNATE SITE PLAN, UH, FOR THE AMENDMENT.
ALTERNATE SITE PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE SPCA FACILITY AT 1 41 CANNA LANE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
WE HAVE MOTION? WE HAVE A SECOND.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
[12. FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF ALTERNATE LANDSCAPE AMENDMENT OF THE SPCA FACILITY AT 141 CANNA LANE FILED ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024.]
MIGUEL, NEXT ITEM.THE SAME PROPERTY LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA START OFF BY SAYING FIRST, UM, BAKER AND LAWSON HAD A MISHAP WHERE, UH, WE HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD MULTIPLE SURVEY CREWS.
UM, ONE OF OUR CREWS WASN'T PROPERLY TRAINED ON DOING TREE SURVEYS.
UH, IT ACTUALLY AFFECTED THIS JOB AND A COUPLE OF OTHER JOBS THAT WE HAD.
BUT, UH, WHAT I WANNA SAY IS, YOU KNOW, AFTER OUR LAST MEETING, WE SENT OUR MAIN CREW, OUR CHIEFS OF FIELD SURVEYOR TO GO DO THE TREE SURVEY.
AND WHAT WE HAVE IS AN ACCURATE COUNT OF WHAT IS OUT THERE AND ACCURATE DIAMETERS OF WHAT TREES ARE OUT THERE.
UM, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONCERNS THAT WE HAD BROUGHT UP WAS THIS TREE THAT WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED.
UM, ON THE PREVIOUS LANDSCAPE PLAN WE HAD IT IDENTIFIED AS A 36 INCH HO.
IT'S, UH, AMERICAN ASH TREE WITH TWO 12 INCH HACKBERRIES GROWING OUT OF IT.
AND THAT ASH TREE IS ACTUALLY DAMAGED.
IT WASN'T DAMAGED DURING BARREL, BUT BEFORE THEN IT ABOUT 20 FEET ON ITS TRUNK, IT BROKE OVER.
SO IT'S NOT A TREE WORTH PRESERVING.
UM, TALKING WITH SAL, UM, WE DID MAKE THE EFFORT TO PRESERVE TWO MORE ADDITIONAL TREES RIGHT HERE ALONG THE EDGE OF THE PARKING LOT.
UH, THIS WAS GONNA BE ANOTHER, UH, DOG, UM, FENCE PLAY AREA, OR, OR IT WAS GONNA BE THIS DOG FENCE PLAY AREA OVER HERE.
BUT WE SHIFTED IT OVER, UH, WE HAD THIS DITCH WRAP AROUND THOSE TWO TREES.
BUT, UM, WE ARE MEETING THE, THE TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT BY A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT.
BUT, UM, JUST, JUST BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ME AND SAL WHEAT, I, WHAT I PROVIDED UHS MADE ME DO MORE AND
I WANT TO PREVENT THE WR OF THE YES.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIVE OAKS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT.
THEY'RE IMPORTANT NOT JUST HERE, BUT A LOT OF OTHER CITIES AROUND HERE.
AND IT, IT WOULD BE SHAMEFUL, YOU KNOW, THE PREVIOUS SITE PLAN, WE CAME IN, WE PUT IN A BUILDING, AND YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST TREE OUT THERE THAT WE CLASSIFIED AS A LIVE OAK IS THE ONE WE'RE GONNA TAKE DOWN.
SO ANYWAYS, UM, IT'S A MOOT POINT, BUT WE DID CORRECT IT.
UM, AND WE ARE MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS.
SO, UM, I WILL PROMISE THAT, UH, WE WON'T MAKE A MISTAKE LIKE THAT AGAIN,
THE GENTLEMAN THAT LEFT EARLIER, HE COULD PROBABLY LEARN THE LESSON FROM YOU WHEN IT COMES TO THAT TREE COUNT STUFF.
WELL, THE ELEMENT ON THIS PARTICULAR THING IS, WELL FIRST OF ALL, IT IS AN ODD, UH, AN ODD SITE BECAUSE IT'S A CITY PROPERTY IN NATURALITY.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF HARD FOR US TO REQUIRE THAT THEY PROVIDE ALL THE SITUATIONS, ESPECIALLY ON A LEASE TYPE OF A PROPERTY.
UH, BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY, UH, YOU ALSO APPROVED OR YOU ALSO GAVE, UH, A, UH, NO, UH, TREE REQUIREMENT, NO, UH,
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SCREEN TREE REQUIREMENTS ON THE, UH, ON THE STREET SIDE OF THINGS.SO THAT'S, THAT'S THE ALTERNATE, UH, DESIGNATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UH, UH, PLAN.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION MOVE TO ACCEPT FINAL REVIEW AND ACTION OF THE ALTERNATE LANDSCAPE PLAN AMENDMENT OF THE SPCA FACILITY AT 1 41 CANNA LANE, FILED ON NOVEMBER 5TH, 24.
ANY MORE DISCUSSION? ALL IN FAVOR A.
[14. SIGNATURE OF DOCUMENTS]
GOT DOCUMENTS HERE AND IN THERE WE HAVE, YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF ES TO BE SIGNED OFF.THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALL OVER THERE.
I BELIEVE THEY'RE ALL IN CONFERENCE ROOM.
[15. ITEMS OF COMMUNITY INTEREST]
ADAM, OF CUT.I'M STILL, YOU'LL BE DRIVING AGAIN,
I, I CAN'T, I CAN'T DRIVE RIGHT NOW, BUT HAVE YOU BEEN DRIVING ALL AROUND? OH YES, OF COURSE.
I HAVE PEOPLE YOU'VE BEEN RIDING AROUND
JUST LET ME DRIVE AROUND AND I WON'T GIVE ANYBODY A TICKET.
JUST TELL 'EM YOU NEED TO DO THIS.
UM, STILL LOOKING AT THAT HOME NOW THAT VINE, Y'ALL PROBABLY WOULD KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF IT IS, BUT NOW EVERYTHING THAT'S COME UP FROM THE RIVER THAT'S BEEN ALLOWED TO GROW FROM THE HOUSE IS ALL ON, I GUESS ELECTRIC OR TELEPHONE POLES, THE ELECTRIC POLE, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
I NOTICED THAT IF SOMEONE HAS, WHAT DO YOU CALL THAT STUFF YOU KILLED? UM, ROUNDUP.
SOMEBODY HAS ROUNDED THAT UP, BUT NOTHING OVER THERE IS ROUNDED UP AND YOU KNOW, I I KNOW YOU KNOW HIM MATT.
AND, UM, I THINK THAT'S OFF THEIR PROPERTY.
HUH? THAT'S OFF THEIR PROPERTY.
WE'VE BEEN DOWN BEFORE, BUT ALL THAT STUFF COMES FROM THEIR YARD.
I JUST DON'T HAVE THE EYES OF DESIRE TO PRY INTO PEOPLE'S PRIVATE PROPERTY AS MUCH AS YOU
GET THE CITY TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR PART.
MAYBE THEY'LL BE ENCOURAGED TO, TO CLEAN UP THEIR PART, BUT THE CITY IS JUST AS FAULT AS AS AS THE HOMEOWNER.
ISN'T THAT WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK ABOUT? I HAVEN'T HEARD YOU PUT ANYTHING ON THE CITY.
WELL, UH, I DON'T WANT TO LOOK AT, BUT THAT'S THEIR JOB.
WHAT CAN I DO ABOUT 5 0 2 AND THE FENCE FALLING DOWN THE BACK AND I MEAN, I CAN BRING YOU OTHER FOUR 10 OAK IS ANOTHER ONE.
UH, BUT THAT ONE PARTICULAR 5 0 2, UH, WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND MOTO AND I HAVE, AND WE HAVE SORT OF, YOU KNOW, SLIPPED AND SLID ON THAT ONE.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT, YOU KNOW, MECHANISM WE COULD ACTUALLY TRY TO TRY TO PUT IN THERE, BUT I'LL BRING IT UP AGAIN AND NOTHING ELSE.
BRING IT UP FOR DISCUSSION, UH, AMONGST HIM AND OTHER PEOPLE HERE THAT, UH, THAT MAKE MM-HMM,
MM-HMM,
AND I HAVE NO INTEREST IN GETTING INTO HIS BUSINESS.
MATT, ANYTHING ELSE? KAY? NO, THANK YOU.
HEARING I, I TRIED TO SEND ON Y POND AND RYER.
THERE'S, UH, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THAT STREET LIGHT? STREET LIGHT.
SO YES, IT WAS A STREET LIGHT.
SO SINCE I WAS EDUCATED A FEW YEARS AGO, SO I WENT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER AND THE NEIGHBORS THOUGHT I WAS A LITTLE CRAZY CRAWLING ON MY KNEES LOOKING AT, THERE'S NO NUMBER ON THAT POST
UH, IT HAS BEEN TURNED OVER TO THE CENTER POINT.
UH, NOT ONLY THAT, THERE'S SEVERAL AROUND TOWN.
I DON'T KNOW, WE HAD A, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED.
YOU KNOW, THERE WASN'T WHAT TREE HIT IT? WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT'S A TREE OR NOT.
I THINK OH, IT DID, IT BLOCKED PART OF Y POND.
I WAS THAT THE AFTER? HUH? THAT WAS BILLE H WAS THAT AFTER THE HURRICANE? I WASN'T EVEN, THAT WAS DURING THE HURRICANE.
I, I, I ASSUME THAT'S WHERE WE LOST OUR POWER.
SO THEY'VE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THAT AND YOU KNOW, CENTER POINT WAS, YEAH, THE NEIGHBORS SAID THEY'VE CALLED CENTER POT FOUR TIMES AND THEY HAVEN'T
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MADE ANY PROGRESS.SO I WAS HOPING THE CITY COULD, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW WHO.
SO WE WERE TRYING TO GET, YOU KNOW, ALSO LIGHTS, YOU KNOW, BE REPLACED OR LIGHTS TO BE PUT UP.
AND WASN'T THAT PART OF THEIR CONTRACT TO MAINTAIN 'EM WHEN THEY DID THE WHOLE LED SWAP? YES.
I REMEMBER US DISCUSSING THAT AND GOING IN DEPTH IN THAT.
LIKE THEY, THERE'S A, THERE'S A CLAUSE IN THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A, A FIX TO OF COM OF CALL IN.
I REMEMBER US LOOKING AT THAT.
I MEAN, THERE'S AN ACTUAL LIKE A DEAL IN THERE SAYING, HEY, YOU GOT THIS MANY DAYS.
EXCEPT THAT, UH, THEY UH, THEY CLAIM THAT THEY'RE SNOWED UNDER AND THEY CAN'T REALLY BECAUSE OF THE STORM SITUATION.
I MEAN THEY'RE STILL PUTTING UP FIBERGLASS POLES THEY HAD ON THE GROUND FOR NINE MONTHS.
ANYTHING ELSE THAT'S CRAZY COTTON, UH, JUST I GUESS KIND OF QUESTIONING THE LITTLE ASPHALT PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHAT'S LEFT OF GATOR FIELD.
IS THAT JUST LIKE AN EBAY PARKING LOT OR SOMETHING? THERE'S ALWAYS PEOPLE JUST PARKED THERE DOING NOTHING.
AND I'M ALMOST POSITIVE IT'S NOT DRUG DEALS OUT IN THE WIDE OPEN.
WHERE'S GATOR FIELDS ON THE OLD SOFTBALL FIELDS OR, OH, IT'S ON CIRCLE WAY CIRCLE.
IT'S JUST, THERE'S, YOU CAN DRIVE BY THERE ALMOST ANY TIME OF THE DAY AND THERE'S ONE OR TWO CARS PARKED WITH THE, THE DRIVER SITTING IN IT.
AND I'VE JUST OFTEN WONDERED WHAT'S GOING ON.
I MEAN, EVEN DURING, UH, SCHOOL HOURS, YEAH.
THE POLICE WILL BE RUNNING RADAR MAYBE MAYBE SITTING IN THE SAME PARKING LOT OR OVER THE PARKING LOT GOING TO WATLEY FIELD, BUT YEAH.
STILL KIND OF LOOKING AT EACH OTHER.
THERE'S KIND OF LIKE HOME HEALTH OR SOMEBODY.
IT'S THE OVERFLOW FOR BASEBALL PLUS ALL THE OTHER, BUT THESE ARE JUST INDIVIDUAL LITTLE CARS.
OH, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE LOT.
YOU GOTTA YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THAT THERE'S A, THE, UH, CHICKEN EXPRESS, UH, RIGHT NEXT DOOR THERE.
OH, THEY MAY BE SITTING THERE EATING LUNCH FOR SURE.
IT'S TECHNICALLY PART OF A PARK.
SO YEAH, IT'S MOSTLY JUST A QUESTION.
I'VE, I'VE HAD, I'VE HAD A FEW BUDDIES THEY SAY THEY COULD MEET THERE FOR, UH, THE, UH, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT? LIKE THE MARKETPLACE PURCHASES OR WHATEVER.
I'M LIKE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST DO IT AT THE POLICE STATION? IT'S A HELL OF A LOT SAFER THAN RAINBOW PARK.
I HEARD THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE THAT THAT PROPERTY, UH, AT BACK OF THAT PARTICULAR PARKING LOT HAS RECENTLY SOLD.
AND I SAID RECENTLY, WITHIN THE LAST TWO OR THREE DAYS.
AND, AND THE RUMOR IS, OR AT LEAST THIS IS JUST A RUMOR AGAIN, THAT THIS IS SOME MEDICAL, UH, FACILITY THAT IS BEING LOOKING FOR THAT AREA.
BUT THEN AGAIN, WE HAVE A MEDICAL FACILITY THAT'S ALREADY BUILT THERE TOO.
AND NOTHING'S EVER HAPPENED TO ITSELF.
MATT, HOW ARE MY FAVORITE APARTMENT COMPLEXES DOING OVER THERE?
EDDIE, YOU WANT TO GET HIM A REPORT ON THAT? THEY'RE LOOKING PRETTY GOOD JUST FROM YOU KNEW I WAS GONNA ASK THAT.
NO, NO, IT'S JUST, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN.
UH, THEY UNDER BRUSHED ALL OF THE NATURAL BUFFER.
SO AGAIN, OH, THEY, THEY, OH, THAT'S THE SECOND TIME THEY CLEARED.
THEY THEY WENT STRAIGHT THROUGH IT.
SO THEY REMOVED ALL OF THE UNDERGROWTH, ALL THE SAPLINGS.
THEY LEFT MOST OF THE TREES THAT ARE AWAY FROM THE FENCE THAT THEY CLEARED THE FENCE LINE TO WORK ON THE FENCE.
APPARENTLY THEY'VE GOT NEW LEADERSHIP THERE, NEW MANAGERS THAT DIDN'T KNOW THAT, UH, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO FOLLOW THE LANDSCAPE PLAN.
AND SO WE, WE CALLED 'EM IN AND HAD A MEETING WITH THEM AND, UM, THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THEIR CURRENT LANDSCAPE PLAN AND THEN WE ARE GONNA BRING 'EM IN FOR, THEY HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THE DEAD TREES ANYWAYS.
SO THEY'LL COME BACK IN WITH THEIR NEW LANDSCAPE PLAN AND WE'LL REVIEW IT AGAIN AND SEE WHAT WE, WHAT WE END UP DOING.
BUT, BUT AT THIS POINT THEY'RE SO FAR BEHIND AND SO, YOU KNOW, UH, THEY'VE GOT SO MUCH MONEY TIED UP IN THIS THING THAT UH, THEY COULD JUST WALK AWAY AT THIS POINT FOR FERS AND TREES.
SO, BUT THEY WILL BE BROUGHT BACK HERE TO REDO THEIR LANDSCAPE PLAN AND YOU'LL HAVE YOUR TIME TO TALK TO 'EM.
AND SO WHAT I'M HEARING IS WE WAIT UNTIL THEY'RE DONE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND WITHHOLD THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY UNTIL THEY LIVE UP TO WHAT THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO DO.
THAT'S, THAT'S WE'RE GIVES A BETTER INCENTIVE NOT TO WALK AWAY.
'CAUSE THEY'RE AT THAT POINT, THEY'RE READY TO OCCUPY.
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ONCE THEY'VE GOT THAT MUCH MONEY TIED UP, IT'S A LITTLE MORE SHOULDN'T HURT 'EM.SO THAT'S, UH, BETTER TO DO WRONG.
HEY, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT HAPPENED.
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED ACROSS PLANTATION DRIVE AT THE OTHER SET OF APARTMENTS.
WHAT ELSE, EDDIE, WHILE YOU'RE UP THERE, UH, WHAT ELSE? WE'VE BEEN MISSING OUR, THE DOWNTOWN WAS BEAUTIFUL.
I LOVE, I LOVE THE NEW DOWNTOWN.
THAT PROJECT'S NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON THOUGH.
UM, THERE'S DISCUSSIONS OF LIQUIDATED DAMAGES BECAUSE OF HOW LONG THEY TOOK.
AND SO ALL THAT'S FLOATING AROUND IN THE AIR.
UM, NICOLE'S, UH, CONVENIENCE STORE OVER ON THIS WAY.
I HAD A HARD TIME NOTICING THE UNDERGROUND WATER STORAGE FACILITY THEY HAVE THERE.
IT SHOULD LOOKED A LOT SHALLOWER.
IT SURE LOOKED A LOT SHALLOWER THAN ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TOO WHEN I WENT OVER THERE WITH MY TAPE MEASURE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'VE GOT WALLS UP, THEY'VE GOT WATER TO THE SITE, THEY'RE MISSING A FIRE HYDRANT AND THEY NEED THAT UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE AND THEIR CIVIL WORK WILL BE DONE AND IT'LL ALL BE INSIDE STUFF.
WELL, THEY'VE GOTTA GET THEIR PARKING LOT IN THEY DRY.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S THE EASY STUFF.
UH, BUT YEAH, THE WHOLE, THE, THE DETENTION SYSTEM IS LAYING ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.
UH, NICOLE'S WATCHING 'EM LIKE A HAWK WAITING FOR THEM TO TRY TO PUT IT IN THE GROUND SO THAT SHE CAN GO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S DONE THE RIGHT WAY.
I I THOUGHT PLACEMENT OF IT WAS GONNA BE PARTIALLY UNDER THE BUILDING.
NO, IT'S GONNA BE OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE GAS BOX ON THE REAR.
UM, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THEY'RE AT.
THAT ONE'S KIND OF MOVING ALONG.
WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF NEW CONSTRUCTION GOING ON RIGHT NOW, HONESTLY.
IT FEELS LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY, BUT IT, WE'RE JUST TAKING MEETING AFTER MEETING AND NOTHING'S ACTUALLY GETTING BUILT.
UH, THE CREDIT UNION ACROSS THE STREET IS MOVING QUICK.
UH, THAT STRUCTURES IN ALREADY, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT WATER TO THE SITE.
YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH, UH, STALLED OUT BECAUSE THE BUILDING WAS ON BACK ORDER.
SO SOMEBODY THAT IS NO LONGER WITH THAT COMPANY WAS HANDLING THEIR ORDER AND, UH, THEY LEFT IN THE MIDDLE OF, OF THAT THING.
SO WHEN IT CAME TIME TO DELIVER, THEY PRETTY MUCH SAID, WELL, THAT GUY FORGOT TO ORDER IT.
AND SO NOW WE'VE GOTTA ORDER IT.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE A LITTLE BIT BACKED UP.
UH, BUT OTHERWISE, I MEAN, THE SITE IS, IS MOVING.
THEY'RE DOING FINAL GRADING AHEAD OF EVEN PUTTING UP A BUILDING.
UH, BECAUSE THEY WANT TO KEEP SOMETHING MOVING.
THEY'RE WAITING FOR THIS, UH, APPROVAL ON THE SITE PLAN AND LANDSCAPE PLAN SO THAT THEY CAN GET MOVING ON, GETTING THAT AREA PREPARED AND GET THAT LAST PART OF CONCRETE IN.
AND THEN IT'LL BE JUST BUILDING AND LANDSCAPING, YOU KNOW, UM, THE SPCA PROJECT, THEY'RE, UH, THEY'RE READY TO GO, BUT WE HAVE HELD THEM UP FOR THIS MEETING TOMORROW.
THEY'LL GET THEIR PERMITS, UM, AND THEY'LL START WORK THERE.
THERE'S ALREADY CONSTRUCTION TRAILER THERE, THERE'S ALREADY MATERIAL ON THE GROUND, BUT THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ALLOWED TO DO ANY, ANY, ANY WORK YET.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN TERRIFIED OF KNOCKING DOWN THE WRONG TREE.
SO THEY, THEY WANTED THAT PLAN.
GOOD APPROVED AND SIGNED TODAY SO THEY CAN START TOMORROW.
UM, THEIR LANDSCAPE GUY, THE GUY THAT'S GONNA DO THE CLEARING OF THE SITE IS ALSO THEIR UNDERGROUND DRAINAGE AND UTILITIES.
SO HE'S, YOU KNOW, HE, HE KNOWS BETTER TO PUT HIS THAN TO PUT HIS HANDS ON IT BEFORE HE GETS A FINAL PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE WAITING FOR.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE GOT TWO BIG CITY PROJECTS THAT JUST WRAPPED UP THE, OR, OR ONE THAT JUST WRAPPED UP LAKE ROAD.
WE REDUCED THE WA SIZE OF THE WATER LINE FROM DEWBERRY ALL THE WAY OUT TO SPANISH OAKS TO TRY TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY.
UH, THE PIPE WAS TOO BIG AND THE WATER WAS GETTING STAGNANT BECAUSE IT WASN'T MOVING THROUGH THE PIPE FAST ENOUGH.
SO WE REDUCED IT FROM A 12 INCH, UH, TO AN EIGHT INCH, UH, PLASTIC LINE.
AND THAT IS ALMOST COMPLETELY DONE.
SO IF YOU'RE THROUGH THERE, YOU'LL SEE IN THE DITCH WHERE ALL THE GRASS IS NICE AND PRETTY GREEN, UM, THAT IS THE HYDRO SEEDED ITSELF.
SO IT'S GONNA HAVE MILLET AND BERMUDA AND OTHER STUFF IN IT THAT COULD BASICALLY KEEP IT GREEN FOR THE WINTER AND LET THE, UH, ST.
AUGUSTINE CHOKE IT OUT IN THE SPRING.
UM, SO THAT ONE IS NEAR NEARLY COMPLETE.
THEY'RE DOING A, A FINAL INSPECTION OF THE FINAL PUNCH LIST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING GOT TAKEN CARE OF AND IT SHOULD BE COMPLETE NEXT WEEK.
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THE STREET REHABILITATION PROJECT OVER ON SYCAMORE AND NORTH SHADY OAKS IS MOVING ALONG.UH, THE CONTRACTOR STARTED MAKING A LITTLE BIT MORE PROGRESS.
UM, HURRICANE AND RAIN AND EVERYTHING ELSE KIND OF STALLED 'EM OUT FOR A WHILE.
SO NOW THEY'RE, THEY'RE MOVING A LITTLE FASTER.
THEY'RE, THEY'VE MOVED OVER TO PIN OAK AND, UH, THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THAT PROJECT AS WELL.
THERE IS A PROJECT FIBERGLASS POLE PROJECT.
UH, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY, THEY'RE GETTING RID OF THE CENTER POINT CROSSINGS OVER THE HIGHWAY.
CENTER POINT WANTS TO GET RID OF THOSE, THOSE BIG CROSSINGS THAT THEY HAVE AT THE MALL.
AND THEY RECENTLY REDID THE ONE AT SYCAMORE.
THEY BORE A, A VERY LARGE BORE ACROSS THE HIGHWAY AND THEY PUT IN SOME, SOME MASSIVE CONDUITS.
THEY'RE GONNA RUN THE PRIMARY DOWN THE POLES IN UNDERGROUND THROUGH THOSE CONDUITS, COME BACK ON THE OTHER SIDE, ON THE DIAL SIDE, GO BACK UP AND FEED THE SYSTEM BACK THERE.
UM, IT IS TO PREVENT THOSE DAMAGES THAT WE KEEP GETTING FROM THE HURRICANES WHEN THOSE WIRES START WHIPPING AROUND, AS WELL AS TO PREVENT HAVING TO LOWER 'EM FOR ANY OF THE BIG LOADS THAT COME BY.
SO AT SYCAMORE AND 3 32, UH, FEEDER ROAD THERE, THERE'S A BUNCH OF SAND ON THE GROUND AND THERE'S STILL A BUNCH OF PIPES KIND OF POPPING UP OUT OF THE GROUND.
THEY HAVE CUT THE WIRES, THEY CUT 'EM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT A WEEK OR WEEK AND A HALF AGO OR SO.
UH, NOW THEY'VE GOT A RUN NEW WIRE BACK DOWN THROUGH THE CONDUIT AND BACK UP.
ARE THEY GONNA DO THE SAME THING UP THE ROAD OVER THERE BY THE FIRE STATION? SO, UH, WE HAVE RECEIVED A PERMIT FOR BASSWOOD.
THEY'VE APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FOR BASSWOOD.
THEY GOT DENIED BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO CUT A HOLE IN THE STREET AND THEY COULDN'T GIVE ME A TIMELINE OF HOW THEY WERE GONNA DO IT AND WHEN THEY WERE GONNA DO IT, WHEN THEY WERE GONNA GET THE STREET BACK OPEN.
SO ONE'S KIND OF FLOATING OUT THERE.
THEY TALKED ABOUT DOING THE ONE, UH, BY THE, THE GREAT WALL OVER BY OLIVE GARDEN.
THERE'S A CROSSING THERE THAT GOES FROM LINDA LANE ACROSS RIGHT THERE DOWN SOUTH.
YEAH, THAT, THAT ONE THAT'S RIGHT HERE.
I MEAN, I'M SURE IT'S ON THE LIST.
THEY HAVEN'T ASKED FOR IT YET, BUT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING RID OF ALL OF THEM.
THEY FOUND SOME, SOME FUNDING SOMEWHERE.
SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE DROPPING 'EM DOWN.
I'M SURE IT'S FEMA STUFF FROM, FROM THE, UH, DAMAGES FROM PROBABLY TWO OR THREE HURRICANES AGO, BUT YEAH.
YEAH, THEY'RE JUST NOW GETTING SPEND.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
I MEAN, I, I EXPECTED TO COME BACK HERE IN AUGUST AND SEE A CONVENIENCE STATION OVER 2004 AND 3 32, BUT THAT ONE NEVER GREW LEGS.
UH, THEY GOT PERMITS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT NEVER MOVED ON THAT PROPERTY.
WAS THAT ACROSS FROM BOYLE TRIANGLE? MM-HMM.
NICOLE HAS IT PULLED UP RIGHT THERE.
WE SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THAT ONE.
I MEAN, UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE AT.
HAS THERE BEEN ANYTHING COME UP ON THE PRISON PROPERTY IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO? UM, SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RETRIEVE OR, MM-HMM.
UH, THERE WAS SOME WHISPERS ABOUT A NEW GUY LOOKING INTO IT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, BUT I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS WHISPERS ABOUT NEW PEOPLE.
NOBODY'S BEEN IN TO TALK TO US.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD DIRECTLY FROM ANY INVESTOR GROUPS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
WELL, IF THE GAS STATION NEEDS A FIRE HYDRANT, THEY CAN GET IT FROM THAT FIELD BEFORE THE COWS GET IT.
UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE ALL THERE.
UM, YEAH, NOTHING ELSE HAS MOVED OUT THERE THOUGH.
UM, WE WERE LOOKING AT THE NEXT SECTION OF NORTHWOOD SECTION FOUR AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING THAT.
UH, BUT THE DEVELOPER DOES NOT WANT TO SINK ALL THE MONEY UP FRONT THAT WILL BE NEEDED TO GET IN ALL OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT PIS AND THINGS A COUPLE A YEAR AGO, I GUESS.
UM, WELL NOW, UM, THEY'RE APPROACHING IT FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE AND TALKING ABOUT LARGER LOTS GOING TO, TO FIVE ACRE LOTS OUT THERE REALLY.
AND REDUCING THE NUMBER OF HOUSES.
UM, THE ISSUE IS, EXCUSE ME, IS THAT IN THE CITY LIMITS OR OUTSIDE? IT IS INSIDE LIMITS.
WELL I WAS REMEMBERING OUT AT THE COUNTRY CLUB THEY HAD FOUR ACRES AND WE COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE IT WAS MORE THAN, WELL FOUR ACRES, SO, SO REG AND B DON CITY LIMITS.
SO BRIDGE, MAYBE IT'S NOT THE SAME THING HERE.
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ONE OF THE ISSUES.I JUST WANNA BUILD THAT STRAIGHT ROAD.
WELL THEY BOTH SIDES, THEY WILL INTERCONNECT AT THE TOP, BUT IT WON'T HAVE ALL THE LOTS AROUND.
UM, AND PRETTY MUCH IT'LL BE A STRAIGHT ROW ROAD ON DEERWOOD.
IT WON'T HAVE THE LITTLE FORTS AND WELL I BET THAT'LL BE AN EXPENSIVE LOT.
AND THAT'S WHAT THE REALIZATION THAT HE CAME TO BECAUSE HE STILL NEEDS A LIFT STATION THERE TO HANDLE THE SEWER.
AND SO NOW HE IS RETHINKING HIS, HIS IDEA.
HE IS GONNA GO BACK AND INVESTIGATE MAYBE PUTTING IN A SMALLER SEWER OR TRYING TO GET DE ANNEXED AND HAVE THAT BE COUNTY PROPERTY.
UH, WE'LL SEE WHAT COMES OF, OF HIS TWO IDEAS THERE AND WHAT HE COMES BACK WITH.
SO THAT WOULD BE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON? YES.
THAT AND WE WOULD HAVE, UH, I MEAN LET'S SAY I MOVED BACK THERE 'CAUSE I'M RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE FOR IS, UH, I HAVE TO GET A, A, WELL, YEP.
DO I NEED A SYSTEM, AEROBIC SYSTEM? DO I NEED A BUTANE TANK SYSTEM? NO MORE TRASH PICKUP.
UH, IT'S REAL CLOSE TO THE CITY.
THAT WOULD MAKE THOSE ESTATE LOTS WORTH A LOT.
IS THERE NATURAL GAS OUT IN THE NORTH OUT THE TIMBER CREEK NATURAL GAS? YES, THERE IS.
WELL WHO WANTS, I MEAN WHO WANTS HOW MUCH YARD? HOWEVER, I WILL SAY THAT IF IT IS IN BRAZO COUNTY AND ON THE CITY OF LAKE JACKSON, UH, THEY'RE GONNA SELL, PEOPLE THAT BUY OUT THERE CAN HAVE HORSES.
YOU'LL LOSE ALL THE CITY RESTRICTIONS.
YOU CAN HAVE, UH, FARM ANIMALS, WHATEVER.
SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE THAT ONE SITS.
IT'S IN, IT'S IN THE DEVELOPER'S HANDS AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY COME BACK WITH.
UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY OTHER IDEAS OF WHAT THEY MIGHT BE THINKING, BUT IT WAS, UH, IT WAS BASICALLY JUST TOO MUCH MONEY UP FRONT TO TRY TO DEVELOP IT FULLY THE WAY THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY DESIGNED.
AND SO NOW THEY'RE REINVESTIGATING HOW TO GET EVERYTHING TO GO AND TOO HIGH OF INTEREST RATES.
DID OLIVE GARDEN EVER PUT UP ALL THE TREES THAT THEY WERE REQUIRED TO SINCE THEY KNOCKED ALL OF 'EM DOWN? WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE RULE TILL AFTERWARDS.
UM, THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T, UH, I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT MUCH.
I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING ABOUT THAT EITHER.
BUT THAT'S AN ENFORCEMENT ISSUE AND WE WILL NEED TO SEND 'EM OUT THERE BECAUSE YOU ARE CORRECT.
THERE ARE ABOUT SIX TREES MISSING RIGHT THERE BY THAT SIGN.
I REMEMBER THEY TOOK 'EM ALL OUT AND THEY WOULDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ELSE.
THERE IS A CLUSTER THAT THEY PUT UNDERNEATH THE POWER LINES ON THAT CORNER AND THEY'RE ALL GONE.
WELL, UH, YEAH, WE'LL BRING IT UP TO THE, UH, BUILDING OFFICIAL.
I'VE NEVER BEEN IN THERE, HAVE YOU? ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE, EDDIE? THAT'S IT.
WELL, I'VE, ON A PERSONAL NOTE, I'M A GRANDPA AGAIN.
UH, THEY ARE, WELL THEY WERE BORN OCTOBER 4TH, SO THEY'RE A MONTH OLD NOW.
THEY'RE LOSING THEIR NEW BABY.
THANK YOU FOR THE REST OF THE STORY.
MATT, SINCE YOU'RE HERE, WHAT ELSE YOU GOT? ANYTHING TO BRING UP? ANYTHING LIKE TO GET OUTSIDE VIEWS ON THINGS? I DON'T KNOW WHO TO TALK TO, BUT I HAVE A MONEY SAVING PROJECT FOR THE CITY MONEY SAVING PROJECT.
WHERE'D THAT COME FROM? REC CENTER IS MAINTAINED, IT'S 65 DEGREES.
I DON'T KNOW WHO DECIDED THIS TEMPERATURE, BUT EVERYONE'S WEARING PARKAS AND I THINK THAT CAME UP IN OUR BUILDING, THE ENERGY BUILDING.
WE'LL BRING IT UP FOR, FOR DISCUSSION.
IN A HEALTH AND FITNESS FACILITY.
AND IT SHOULD BE THE FITNESS AREA WHERE THERE'S CLASSES AND WHERE THERE'S EQUIPMENT.
WHAT TEMPERATURE SHOULD BE THAT SHOULD BE ABOUT 66, BUT ALL OF THE OKAY.
NO, BECAUSE IF YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF PEOPLE IN THERE, BOY, IT TAKES A TEMPERATURE UP FAST.
AND OUR, I'M EXERCISING OUR LADIES OF A CERTAIN AGE DON'T LIKE TO SWEAT.
LISTEN, THE MORE OF THE STORY IS THOSE TYPES OF CENTERS ARE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE TO GO TO WORK.
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GOT FOR US? UH, I THINK EDDIE COVERED MOST OF THE ITEMS. WE HAVE A FEW PROJECTS OFFERED BID BUT ARE UTILITY DRIVEN.YOU CAN TELL ABOUT PEOPLE, PROSPECTS, IF ANYTHING ELSE.
WE DO HAVE A, A FEW EARLY IN DEVELOPMENT ITEMS. ONE OF THEM IS AT THE MALL LOOKING AT THAT LOT BY STARBUCKS, THE ONE THAT WE APPROVED THE POT FOR.
AND THEY, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT THAT LITTLE PARCEL.
UH, THERE'S SOME INTEREST IN THAT LOT.
THERE'S, UM, TALK OF ADDING ANOTHER DRIVE THROUGH LANE TO THAT MCDONALD'S, UM, RIGHT THERE BY ON 3 32 ACROSS FROM WALMART.
AND IF THEY DO THAT, WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT TO YOU.
TALK ABOUT THE SITE AND THE LANDSCAPE PLAN BECAUSE THEY'RE, THEY WERE APPROVED BY OLDER VERSIONS AND WE WOULD JUST HAVE TO DISCUSS IT, WHETHER THEY CAN GET GRANDFATHERED IN.
WHAT ARE NEW ONES? OH, THERE'S ONE OVER BY O'REILLY'S.
A TALK OF A, UM, DENTAL OFFICE WITH, UH, MIXED USE BY O'REILLY'S AUTO PARTS OVER BY THE WOOD SPRING SUITES.
AND ANOTHER PROJECT CLOSE TO, UM, THIS ONE HERE.
WHAT WAS, WHAT WAS THAT RESTAURANT OFFICE? IT'S GONNA BE LIKE A, A BURGER PIZZA JOINT WITH SOME OFFICE SPACE.
THAT'S ANOTHER THOUGHT WE HEARD ABOUT.
UH, WE TALKED ABOUT PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS.
I'M TRYING TO THINK OF OTHER ONES THAT HAVE COME UP RECENTLY.
THOSE, OH, ANOTHER ITEM WHICH WILL COME TO YOU IN A FUTURE MEETING IS NEXT TO CALIBER COLLISION.
THEY'RE LOOKING AT DOING A, UM, ADVANCED, ADVANCED AUTO PARTS.
AND THEY WERE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT WAYS TO BREAK UP THAT LOT SOUTH OF CALIBER COLLISION.
UM, THE OLD, UH, THE OLD, UH, HOTEL, UH, LOT.
UM, SO IT GETS INTO YOUR DETENTION POND THAT STUCK OVER THERE IN THE CORNER.
WELL, THEIR FIRST GO AT THE DETENTION POND HAD THE 100 YEAR POND.
UM, SO, BUT THEY UNDERSTAND OUR REQUIREMENTS, SO END UP COMING BACK TO SMALLER.
BUT THEY DO KNOW THAT THEY'LL HAVE ATTENTION.
AND THEN THERE'S THE, UH, IT IS NOT IN THE CITY, BUT IT'S IN THE CITY.
AND THE HANGERS, WHICH ACTUALLY BRENT COULD HAVE PROBABLY SPOKEN ABOUT.
BRENT AND MIGUEL ARE LOOKING AT HANGERS OUT OF THE AIRPORT, UM, WHICH IS NOT IN OUR JURISDICTION, BUT WE WOULD USE TO SUPPLY UTILITIES AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN MEET THEIR FIRE RATING FOR THOSE BUILDINGS.
UM, AT THE FIRST BAPTISTS CHURCH ON Y POND, THEY'VE KNOCKED OUT SIDEWALKS ON BOTH SIDES.
WHAT IS THAT DOING? DO THEY, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE MODIFYING THE SIDEWALK TO, TO MAKE BIGGER RAMPS, JUST TO GET MORE PEOPLE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE ROAD SAFELY.
ANYTHING ELSE? NICOLE? LET'S START.
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ANNA.WHEN'S OUR NEXT ONE? TUESDAY, DECEMBER THE THIRD.
EVERYBODY, CHECK YOUR CALENDARS WHILE WE'RE SIGNING.