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FIRST THING ON OUR AGENDA WOULD BE, UM, THE, UH, SEE, UH, SEE WHO'S HERE.
[1. Call to order and roll call of members]
DODSON PRESENT.MATTHEW PROPS HERE, AND RUTH MORRISON.
SO WE HAVE A QUORUM AND WE'LL OFFICIALLY CALL A MEETING TO ORDER.
THE FIRST THING THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, TALK
[2. Approval of December 18, 2023, minutes]
ABOUT IS THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF, UH, DECEMBER 18TH.YOU'VE ALL RECEIVED A COPY OF THOSE MINUTES, AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR ADDITIONS, WE'LL ENTERTAIN THOSE NOW.
IF NOT, WE'LL JUST CONSIDER THOSE APPROVED AS SUBMITTED.
DO YOU, UM, NOW, WAS THAT WHEN, UH, MATT HAD, UH, PRESENTED HIS INFORMATION ON THE PALM TREES? SAY WHAT NOW? THAT, WAS THAT WHEN MATT HAD PRESENTED THE, UM, THE, HIS STATEMENT ON THE PALM TREES? NO, I THINK THAT WAS THE ONE BEFORE.
AND, AND THEY, THEY ACTUALLY REPORTED IT REALLY WELL IN THE MEETING, IN THE MINUTES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? CITIZEN COMMUNICATION? DO WE HAVE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
[4. Public Hearing and Action Items]
NUMBER FOUR.UH, FIRST, UH, THING THAT WE NEED TO DO IS UNDER A HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE ACTION ON VA DASH 23 DASH 0 0 0 5 MAC HIKE BUFFER YARD, A VARIANCE REQUEST FOR A MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE BUFFER YARD ALONG THE EAST PROPERTY LINE ON 11.14 ACRE PROPERTY, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF INTERSTATE 45 GULF FREEWAY, AND SOUTH OF LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY, WITH AN ADDRESS OF 2112 SOUTH GULF FREEWAY.
MARK, ARE YOU GOING TO, UH, DO THAT? YES, SIR.
WE'LL CALL THE MEETING THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING TO ORDER AT 6 0 2 AND YOU'RE GONNA TELL US NOW, YOUR PRESENTATION WAS WELL DONE.
CAN YOU GIVE US THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VERSION OF THE HIGH, THE HIGH, SUPER HIGH LEVEL? YEAH.
SO, LONG STORY SHORT IS WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN IN CONJUNCTION WITH STAR TOYOTA SLASH MAC HIKE FOR, FOR MANY YEARS.
WHAT IS CAUSING THIS ISSUE NOW IS THAT A COUPLE MONTHS AGO STARTS, UH, I'M SORRY, MAC HIKE CAME FORWARD TO US SINCE THEY'RE, THEY'RE WANTING TO EXPAND THEIR SITE ONE MORE TIME WITH THAT.
THE ISSUE THAT HAS COME TO, TO PLAY IS THAT WE HAVE A REQUIREMENT IN THE ORDINANCE THAT AS A SITE EXPANDS BUILDING AND OR SITE EXPANDS OVER 25%, THEY TRIGGER THE REQUIREMENT THAT ALL LANDSCAPING HAS TO COME UP TO, TO THE CURRENT STANDARDS.
AND SO THE, WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSION WITH THEM, THEM, THEY'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS SINCE 2016.
WE'VE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS, BUT NOW THAT THE, THE, THIS BILLING THAT IS PROPOSED, UM, IT REALLY TRIGGERS THAT REQUIREMENT.
SO WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING THAT THE TWO BIG ISSUES HAVE BEEN ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD, ALONG I 45 THAT WENT TO THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ON LES PAST THURSDAY AND WAS APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.
UM, AND THEN WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TINNITUS FOR THE BUFFER YARD.
AND THAT IS ALONG THE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE.
CURRENTLY IT IS ADJACENT TO, UH, THE SPORTSPLEX.
HOWEVER, IN, IN SOMETIME DOWN IN THE FUTURE, WE DON'T KNOW HOW FAR THAT CAN POSSIBLY CHANGE.
SO WHAT WE'VE IDENTIFIED IS THREE LOCATIONS BASED ON THE BUFFER YARD.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN KIND OF HERE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT AN AREA ONE, WHICH IS IN THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT, AREA TWO, JUST SOUTH OF THAT, AND AREA THREE, WHICH IS ABOUT THE CENTRALIZED LOCATION.
THE ISSUE WITH AREA ONE IS THAT THERE ARE OVERHEAD POWER LINES, SO IT REALLY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT WHILE YOU CAN HAVE SHRUBS, WE DON'T WANNA NECESSARILY PUT TREES THERE BECAUSE THAT, THAT'S JUST A BIG NO-NO.
UM, THE AREA TWO, UM, MOST OF THE AREA IS ENCUMBERED.
THIS WHOLE EASTERN PROPERTY LINE IS ENCUMBERED BY A WATER LINE AS WELL AS IN THIS AREA THAT YOU'LL SEE KIND OF ON THE, THIS LEFT HAND SIDE HERE, BUT A KIND OF THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF AREA TOO.
UM, AND IF I CAN BACK UP JUST A SECOND, IF YOU'LL SEE HERE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN YOU'VE GOT KIND OF A DRIVEWAY ON THE NORTHERN SECTION AND THE SOUTHERN SECTION THAT SOUTHERN, THAT SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY IS, IS BEING REMOVED CURRENTLY IS IN THE PROCESS.
AND WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE OWNER, UH, OF MHY TO, UM, TURN THE NORTHERN GATE INTO AN, UH, HAVE AN AGREEMENT AND TO BASICALLY TURN THAT INTO AN ACCESS EASEMENT.
LONG-TERM THOUGHTS ARE, IS THAT IF THE SPORTSPLEX EVER GETS REDEVELOPED, THEN AS PART OF WHAT STAFF IS REQUESTING, THAT, THAT WILL EVENTUALLY GO AWAY AND THEN THAT WILL BECOME ADDITIONALLY AS PART OF THE BUFFERY YARD.
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UM, ALL THIS BEING SAID, THE, THE REASON WHY THIS REQUEST HAS COME FORWARD IS BECAUSE THE UDC ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM WHAT'S CALLED A MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE BUFFY YARD.UM, THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE AREA BETWEEN, UH, ALONG THE FRONTAGE ROAD OF I 45, WHICH WAS A ZONING VARIANCE.
BASED ON THIS, THIS IS A MORE OF A SUBDIVISION VARIANCE BASED ON, UH, THE UDC.
AND THEN AREA THREE, UM, DEALS WITH THIS AREA.
AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE WEST OF THERE, THERE'S A BUILDING THERE, UM, REQUIRING THE FULL BUFFER YARD WOULD NARROW THAT ALLEYWAY, THAT ALLEYWAY AISLE, THE DRIVE AISLE BETWEEN THE BUILDING AND THE LANDSCAPING, WHICH WOULD PRESENT AN ISSUE BECAUSE THE FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE DOES NEED THAT AREA FOR FIRE PROTECTION.
SO STAFF DOES, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
UM, NUMBER ONE IS THAT THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER YARD BE CONSISTENT.
THE APPROVAL IS CONSISTENT WITH WHICH WAS PROPOSED IN THE SHEETS L ONE, L 1.1, AND L 1.2.
AND THE SECOND PART IS UPON NOTICE OF THE CITY, OF LAKE CITY, THE APPLICANT SHALL RECONFIGURE THAT NORTHERN DRIVEWAY AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED, WHICH IS ALSO ON THAT DETAIL.
SO THAT WAY, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, SIX MONTHS FROM NOW, FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, 10 YEARS FROM NOW, IT HAS ALREADY IDENTIFIED THAT THAT INSET CAN BE UTILIZED.
AND THAT'S WHAT THAT, UH, PART OF THAT AREA TOO WILL BE ADDRESSED AS, AS PART OF THE BUFFER YARD.
THE APPLICANT, A REP, UH, REPRESENTATIVE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.
IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT, UH, WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION OR DO ANYBODY HAVE QUESTIONS OF THE OWNER OR, OR ON THE, I, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
SO WHAT, WHAT IS THE, UH, MINIMUM WIDTH OF THE ROAD THAT THE FIRE MARSHAL REQUIRES FOR ACCESS? I BELIEVE THE DRIVE VI FOR FIRE LANES IS 26 FEET.
AND I DO KNOW THAT IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM THAT WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED, IT'S WHAT'S EXISTING.
AND SO THEY DID NOT REQUEST ANY ADDITIONAL FIRE LANE.
'CAUSE THAT, THAT'S WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT IS, IS DOWN AT AREA THREE AT THE MAIN BUILDING.
THEY'VE GOT WHAT APPEARED TO BE LIKE 25 FEET FROM THE, I'M ASSUMING FROM THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING TO THE, TO THE BUFFER.
I DON'T KNOW WHICH IS THE EDGE OF THE BUILDING, IF IT'S WHERE THE 65.3 IS OR IF IT COMES OUT TO WHERE THE ZERO IS AT.
SO I MEASURED IT FROM THE ZERO.
IS THAT ACCURATE? ROUGHLY? I'D HAVE TO, I DON'T HAVE THAT SCALE IN FRONT OF ME, BUT ROUGHLY.
I I, I SCALED THEM AT WORK TODAY, SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING.
'CAUSE AT SOME POINTS DOWN IN THE OTHER AREAS, UM, YOU HAVE, UH, 17 FEET PER ROADWAY.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING WHAT THE, WHAT THE CRITERIA IS.
SO IF IT'S 17 AT ONE DRIVEWAY AND IT'S 25 AT THE OTHER AND THERE, AND THE FIRE MARSHAL REQUIRES 25 FEET, THAT DOESN'T ADD UP TO ME.
THE, ALSO, JUST FOR INFORMATION, THE DRIVE VI DOES CHANGE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, A DRIVE VI WHEN IT'S ADJACENT TO, UH, LIKE A FIRE LANE, MM-HMM.
IF IT IS JUST DRY VIAL ITSELF, NOTHING ELSE AROUND IT.
IT CAN BE DOWN TO, I BELIEVE, 20 FEET.
UM, THE OTHER PART IS WITH THE 17 FEET, I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT WITHOUT, WITHOUT THE, THAT IS OVER IN, UH, AREA TWO.
AREA TWO THAT I WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THAT BASED ON THE REGULATIONS AT THE TIME THAT THAT REGULATION CAME INTO PLACE.
'CAUSE WHERE, WHERE I'M, WHERE I WAS GOING WITH THAT, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE UTILITY, SO IF YOU, IF YOU'VE GOT THESE EVERGREEN TREES, WHICH THEY'RE ALL DOWN THAT BACK LINE EXCEPT FOR AREAS ONE, TWO, AND THREE, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE FIRE LANE, THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING WHAT THE DISTANCE WAS BECAUSE YOU COULD COME STRAIGHT ACROSS AND STILL PUT THE EVERGREEN TREES.
AND IF YOU'LL SEE RIGHT UNDER ON THE, ON THE SCREEN RIGHT UNDER THE L 1.2, THOSE TREES, THAT LINE OF TREES AS WELL AS KIND OF THE TREES AT AN ANGLE, THOSE WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TREES IN LIEU OF THOSE AREAS.
WHILE THEY, THEY'RE NOT IN THE BUFFER YARD, THE INTENT IS STILL TO TRY TO, TO BLOCK THE VIEW SHED AND, AND MEET THE INTENT OF THAT BUFFER YARD.
I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE BIG VOIDS IN BETWEEN THERE, SO I, I UNDERSTAND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? DID I, DID I READ AS PART OF THE PLAN THAT THEY WOULD BE PLANTING TREES OR LANDSCAPING SOMEWHERE ELSE IN LIEU OF THIS LOCATION? YES.
ACTUALLY, IF YOU SEE RIGHT UNDER THAT WHERE IT SAYS L 1.2 I, I CAN PROBABLY SHOW, EXCUSE ME, PARDON ME.
IS IT THAT LOCATION? I, I'M ASSUMING IT'S TO TRY AND BREAK THAT VIEW SHED? WELL AGAIN, THEY CAN'T MEET THE, THE EXACT INTENT OF THE BUFFER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MEET THE INTENT WITH AT LEAST BREAKING THE VIEW SHED BY PLACING THE TREES.
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AND I THINK OVERALL, I BELIEVE IT'S, IF YOU LOOK AT THE WHAT IS THERE NOW AND CURRENTLY EXISTING, THEY'D BE ADDING 50 PLUS TREES, BOTH JUST AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE IN GENERAL.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? IF NOT, WE'LL UH, GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 10 AND, UH, ENTERTAIN ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE OF, OF STAFF WITH REGARD TO THE PROPOSED, UH, ACTION.
AND IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UH, AND I THINK YOU HAVE A, UH, A MOTION OUTLINED IN HERE WHAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO SAY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S JUST, THAT'S STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR A MOTION THAT WOULD BE LIKE WHAT YOU'D LIKE TO SEE.
ANYBODY WANNA MAKE THAT MOTION? I'LL MAKE THE FIRST, A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, WE HAVE THE MR. HYDE SECONDED AND DR. FROST, UH, MADE THE MOTION AND THE MOTION, UH, YOU WANTED TO READ LIKE THIS MARK, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
A VARIANCE FOR A MAXIMUM ACHIEVABLE BUFFER YARD FOR THE AREA IS IDENTIFIED IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER FOUR AND SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, THE, UH, LANDSCAPED BUFFER YARD LAYOUT SHALL BE CONSISTENT WITH THE LANDSCAPING PROPOSED ON SHEETS L DASH ONE ZERO AND L DASH 1.1 L DASH 1.2 IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER FOUR.
UPON NOTICE FROM THE UH, CITY OF LEAGUE CITY, THE APPLICANT SHALL RECONFIGURE THE NORTHERN DRIVEWAY AS SHOWN IN DETAIL ZERO ONE ON SHEET L DASH ONE Z ONE TWO IN ATTACHMENT NUMBER FOUR.
UH, IS IT OKAY IF WE ADD THAT AS PART OF YOUR MOTION? SURE.
BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE CONDITIONS THAT YOU HAD RECOMMENDED, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, SIR.
A AS YOU AS IN THE STAFF REPORT, WE WANT TO TAILOR THIS REQUEST DOWN AS FAR AS POSSIBLE, RIGHT? SO WE HAVE A MOTION AND, AND A SECOND.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
[5. New Business]
NEW BUSINESS.UH, ITEM FIVE, CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON PRELIMINARY PLATT'S LEGACY SECTION ONE PLATT 23 0 0 6 3 AND LEGACY SECTION TWO PLAT 23 0 0 6 4.
GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF LEGACY DRIVE AND SOUTH OF LAKE CITY PARKWAY.
UM, THIS IS A KIND OF A CONTINUATION FROM THE LAST MEETING.
UM, THIS IS SECTIONS ONE AND TWO.
SECTION ONE CONSISTS OF JUST UNDER 11 ACRES FOR 25 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, AND WITH SECTION TWO BEING JUST UNDER 13 ACRES FOR 55 RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN THE STEAD AND WEST OR LEGACY DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THEY'RE STILL LOCATED IN PHASE ONE.
THEY DO MEET LOCAL AND STATE REQUIREMENTS.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A, UH, SHALL ACTION? YES.
ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? IS THERE A MOTION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
I, MR. DOBSON MADE THE MOTION THERE.
SECOND AND A SECOND BY MS. MORRISON.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
OPPOSED? SAME SIGN AND MOTION CARRIED.
[6. Staff Comments ]
COMMENTS? JUST THE ONLY THING, JUST A REMINDER SINCE WE'RE KIND OF ON THAT OFF MONTH, THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE JAN MONDAY, JANUARY 22ND.WOULD, WOULD YOU REMIND, UH, MR. SIMS THAT WE HAD THAT MEETING ON THE 22ND BECAUSE THEY ALSO HAVE ONE PLANNED AT THE SAME TIME? SURE.
WE, WE'LL MAKE SURE WE LET 'EM KNOW.
THAT IT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR, UH, OF STAFF? STAFF COMMENTS? WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
WE HAVE THE, UH, MOTION MADE AND SECOND.