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[1. Call to order and roll call of members]
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH A ROLL CALL OF THE MEMBERS.ALL RIGHT, SO WE HAVE A QUORUM.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING.
WE'LL START WITH, UH, ITEM TWO,
[2. Approval of June 25, 2026 minutes]
APPROVAL OF THE JUNE 25, 20, 26 MINUTES.WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE.
ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? CORRECTIONS BEING NONE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THEM AS SUBMITTED.
CITIZENS COMMUNICATION ITEM NUMBER THREE, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, LASTING NOT LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES, AND IT'S FOR ITEMS THAT ARE, UH, NOT ALREADY ON THE AGENDA.
SO IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT YOU HAVE THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, NOW IS YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO TO, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PUBLIC
[4. Public Hearing and Action Items]
HEARING AND ACTION ITEMS. UH, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUP 26 0 0 0 5 MAGNOLIA PROOF TO ALLOW AN ALCOHOLIC, UH, ALCOHOLIC AND BEVERAGE SALES USE WITH ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION.A COCKTAIL BAR ON APPROXIMATELY 2.8331 ACRES ZONED CG PUD GENERAL COMMERCIAL, UM, WITH THE MAGNOLIA CREEK PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT OVERLAY DISTRICT, GENERALLY LOCATED ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF WESTLAKE CITY PARKWAY AND EAST OF BAY AREA BOULEVARD WITH THE ADDRESS OF 45 50 WEST LAKE CITY PARKWAY.
AND SO, MARK, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS MARK LINE SCHMIDT, PLANNING MANAGER FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT OF LEAGUE CITY.
THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS FOR A, AN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES WITH AN ON-PREMISE CONSUMPTION.
TYPICALLY, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED WITH A BAR.
IN THIS CASE IT IS A COCKTAIL BAR.
UM, THE SUP IS REQUIRED FOR THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE CLOSEUP, THIS REQUEST IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE COMMISSION NORMALLY SEES THE SITE IS ALREADY THERE, SO THE REQUEST IS FOR THE 2,500 SQUARE FOOT LEASE SPACE THAT IS WITHIN AN EXISTING, UH, SHOPPING CENTER.
ALSO, JUST OF NOTE, UM, THIS SITE IS OUTSIDE OF THE 300 FOOT, THE TABC 300 FOOT REQUIREMENT, UM, BECAUSE THERE IS A DAYCARE TO THE EAST, SO IT WOULD MEET THAT TABC REQUIREMENT AS WELL.
ALL OF THE FUNCTIONAL ITEMS WITHIN THE, I WOULD SAY THE OPERATIONS, YOU KNOW, THE MIXOLOGY, EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW, THE, THE DIRECT OPERATIONS WOULD HAPPEN INTERIOR OF THE BUILDING.
ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, THEY WOULD HAVE KIND OF A SECOND FLOOR AS WELL AS THEY WOULD'VE AN OUTDOOR SEATING KIND OF PATIO AREA WHERE THEY, YOU KNOW, DRINKS WOULD BE BROUGHT OUT AND ONLY SERVE TWO SEATED, UH, GUESTS OR PATRONS WITHIN THAT, UH, THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT 2,500 SQUARE FOOT.
UM, THESE ARE SOME GENERAL INTERIOR ILLUSTRATIONS THAT WERE PROVIDED AS PART OF THE CONSIDERATION.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT THAT A COCKTAIL BAR IS PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN THE MIXOLOGY.
UM, SO IT IT'S THE DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN OTHER TYPES OF BARS AND THEN ALSO IF ENTERTAINMENT IS PROVIDED THAT BASICALLY THAT BACKGROUND AS ATMOSPHERES, UH, SOPHISTICATED, MORE INTIMATE, YOU KNOW, FROM OTHERS, YOU KNOW, SUCH AS A DIVE BAR, NIGHTCLUB SPORTS, YOU KNOW, SPORTS BAR, THOSE TYPE OF VARIOUS THINGS.
UM, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY DID ALSO PROVIDE AN, UH, VERSION OF THEIR EXTERIORS.
UM, SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE EXISTING BUSINESS AS WELL AS KIND OF WHAT THE PATIO IS ENVISIONED TO BE BASED ON OUR FINDINGS.
YOU KNOW, THE, THE SITE MEETS OUR IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH OUR FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
THERE IS DIRECT, ALREADY IS DIRECT ACCESS ALONG LAKE CITY PARKWAY AS WELL, ASBERRY BOULEVARD, AND THAT THE, YOU KNOW, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE BUSINESS WILL OPERATE INTERNALLY, YOU KNOW, BARRING, YOU KNOW, HAVING THAT OUTDOOR PATIO ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, ALSO JUST IN GENERAL WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, SINCE THIS IS A ZONING REQUEST, SO THIS WILL GO ON FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL, SIMILARLY TO A REZONING.
SO WE WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE WE IDENTIFY THAT UNDER THE USES REQUIRING A SPECIAL USE PERMIT IN THE LOWER PORTION, THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE CRITERIA.
SO THOSE AREAS, THOSE USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT NEAR THE TOP, WHICH IS ABOUT 70 OF THEM, THOSE ARE PERMITTED BY RIGHT, WITH ABOUT 18 USES THAT REQUIRE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IN CONCLUSION, STAFF DOES NOT HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST.
HOWEVER, SHOULD THE SUP BE CONSIDERED FOR APPROVAL, WE DO RECOMMEND FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
THE FIRST ONE IS THAT THIS APP APPRO THAT THIS WOULD BE APPROVED FOR AN ON-PREMISE USE, BUT SPECIFICALLY
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CALLED OUT FOR A COCKTAIL BAR.SO THAT WAY IF THERE IS SOME LARGER MOVES AS FAR AS CHANGE OF OPERATIONS, CHANGE OF THAT THING THAT GIVES UNDER THIS CONDITION, IT WOULD REQUIRE THAT THE APPLICANT OR OWNER AT THAT TIME GO TAKE THIS SUP FOR A MINUTE AND BE RECONSIDERED UNDER THE, THE CHANGE CONDITIONS UNDER THAT REQUEST AT THAT TIME AND BE CONSIDERED BY CITY COUNCIL.
KIND OF ON A MORE KIND OF MINOR CHANGES, YOU KNOW, PERSPECTIVE.
THE NUMBER TWO WOULD BE THAT ANY MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING ENTERTAINMENT, CHANGING THEIR FLOOR PLAN, THINGS OF THOSE NATURE WOULD BE MORE OF AN ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE LOOK AT, UM, THAT WAY THAT ALLOWS THE, UH, ESTABLISHMENT TO GO BACK AND, YOU KNOW, EVERY SO YEARS THEY NEED TO REFRESH.
THEY NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THEIR MARKET SHARE.
SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE THEM THE FLEXIBILITY, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE OVERSIGHT TO MAKE SURE THAT, HEY, WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING SURE IT'S IN LINE.
IT'S NOT REALLY CONSIDERED A MAJOR, BUT THAT'S WHERE IT GOES THROUGH THAT ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW BY THE PLANNING DIRECTOR TO SAY, HEY, THESE AREN'T, YOU KNOW, THESE CHANGES WE'RE OKAY WITH, HEY, THIS ONE, YOU KNOW, JUST AGAIN, DEPENDENT UPON WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED.
THIRDLY, UH, THE, THE CLOSING, THE, THE LIMITATION ON THE HOURS IS JUST THAT THEY NEED TO CLOSE BY MIDNIGHT WITH THE LAST ONE IS JUST BASICALLY THAT THEY NEED TO, UM, HAVE A FOOD SERVICE WHILE THEY'RE SELLING ALCOHOL WITH BEVERAGES.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THE APPLICANT IS HERE.
ALSO WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 0 6.
IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
I THINK THERE'S ALSO A LOG UP THERE TO GO AHEAD AND RECORD THAT INFORMATION.
WE WOULD JUST REQUEST IF YOU DO COME UP, IF YOU ALREADY HAVE AN ALREADY, PLEASE COME UP AND SIGN YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
IS THERE ANYBODY WHO WOULD CARE TO COME UP? HI, MY NAME IS SHARON DIXON.
I LIVE AT FOUR 30 MAGNOLIA BLOSSOM, LAKE CITY, TEXAS 7 7 5 7 3.
I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF BRINGING MAGNOLIA PROOF AND UPSCALE LOUNGE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PROS PROPOSAL IS NOT JUST ABOUT A NEW BUSINESS, IT'S ABOUT FILLING A GAP IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND ENHANCING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE.
CURRENTLY, WE HAVE TO DRIVE TO HOUSTON OR TO GALVESTON TO GO TO A MORE UPSCALE EXPERIENCE, UM, AND HAVE HIGHER END ENTERTAINMENT.
SO THAT MEANS OUR DOLLARS ARE GOING TO HOUSTON OR TO GALVESTON FOR THIS TYPE OF, UM, ENTERTAINMENT.
WE WOULD RATHER KEEP IT CLOSE AND LOCAL AND KEEP THE FUNDS HERE TO, UH, FURTHER FUND SERVICES HERE IN LAKE CITY.
IT ALSO CREATES A SAFE, WALKABLE PLACE THAT WE CAN GO FOR A SOPHISTICATED SOCIAL SPACE OUTSIDE OF HOME AND WORK.
THIS ESTABLISHMENT OFFERS A REFINED, MATURE ENVIRONMENT FOR ADULTS TO GATHER.
IT ALSO ELIMINATES LONG, DANGEROUS LATE NIGHT COMMUTES BACK FROM DOWNTOWN ENTERTAINMENT DISTRICTS.
IT'S ALSO GONNA BOOST NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES RIGHT THERE IN THAT SPACE.
THERE'S A LOCAL, UM, RESTAURANT AND THEN SURROUNDING PLACES.
SO PEOPLE ARE GONNA GO OUT FOR LARGER MEALS BEFORE THEY GO TO THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE OR AFTER THEY GO TO THE COCKTAIL LOUNGE.
SO IT WILL ALSO BREATHE LIFE INTO LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT ARE CURRENTLY THERE.
UM, UNLIKE MASSIVE NIGHTCLUBS AND UPSCALE LOUNGES, THIS PRI THIS, UM, ESTABLISHMENT WILL, UM, PROVIDE QUALITY OVER QUANTITY.
FINALLY, UM, IT PROVIDES JUST A SOCIAL DYNAMIC THAT, UM, LOTS OF TRENDS ARE SHOWING THAT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE REALLY WANTING MORE HIGHER END EXPERIENCES AS OPPOSED TO CHEAPER LOCAL, UM, OR CHEAPER DIVE BARS OR SUCH.
SO IT'S A BUSINESS, UH, THAT'S GONNA PROVIDE THOSE, THAT HIGH END LOCAL ESTABLISHMENT THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO GO TO.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE? I'M NOT SEEING ANYBODY, UH, WITH, WITH NO ONE ELSE COMING FORWARD.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 0 9 AND I WILL OPEN IT UP FOR THE COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY OR THE APPLICANT, I THINK IS THE APPLICANT HERE.
SO, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF I COULD, COULD I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES, PLEASE.
HEY MARK, CAN YOU GIVE US, UH, SOME, UH, DID THE APPLICANT GIVE YOU ANY PERCENTAGE OF FOOD SALES AND ALCOHOL? WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING AT? 2080? I'M GONNA ASK THE APPLICANT.
I KNOW FROM OUR STANDPOINT, WHEN WE LOOK AT A CLASSIFICATION, WE KIND OF HAVE THIS HARD AND FAST 50% RULE.
IF IT'S 50% MORE SALES OF ALCOHOL, WE GO INTO THAT ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE SALES.
IF IT'S FOOD, YOU KNOW, FLIP SIDE, THEN IT'S CONSIDERED A, A RESTAURANT OR AN EATING AND DRINKING ESTABLISHMENT.
SO WHEN WE HAD THE INITIAL PRE-APPLICATION, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT AS PART OF THIS PROCESS,
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THAT'S WHERE WE, WE WENT THROUGH THE DIVIDING LINE.BUT I WILL ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND SEE IF HE HAS ANY ADDITIONAL DETAILS.
AND IF I CAN ASK A SECOND QUESTION, IS THERE ANY PROVISION FOR, UM, WHAT LEVEL THE OUTSIDE SOUNDS WILL BE IN THE PATIO AREA? I'M A LITTLE BIT CONCERNED ABOUT SOUND CARRYING ACROSS TO SOME OF THE PEOPLE INSIDE THE BUFFER ZONE.
SO I'M WONDERING WHAT KIND OF RESTRICTIONS OR DECIBEL LEVELS THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO PUT OUT IN THE OPEN AREA? SO AS FAR AS I'M, WE DO HAVE A NOISE ORDINANCE, BUT I'M NOT AWARE OF ANY IMMEDIATELY OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD ANYWHERE SPECIFIC DECIBELS.
WE RECENTLY UPDATED OUR NOISE ORDINANCE.
IT SET AT A REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD.
AND SO THEY DO, UM, IN THE PAST THERE, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT WE NEEDED AN AMPLIFIED SOUND PERMIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
COUNSEL DECIDED TO KIND OF GO WITH JUST A REASONABLE PERSON STANDARD SO THEY CAN HAVE SOME OUTDOOR SOUNDS.
BUT CERTAINLY THERE'S A PRESUMPTION PAST A CERTAIN PERIOD THAT IT, AND I, I FORGET THE SPECIFIC, UM, TIME PERIOD, BUT IN A CERTAIN NIGHT IT'S PRESUMED TO BE, UM, UNREASONABLE IF IT'S PAST A CERTAIN TIME.
I THINK THIS BUSINESS IS SHOWN TO CLOSE AT, UM, AT MIDNIGHT, BUT CERTAINLY THE REASONABLENESS HOUR IS WAY BEFORE THAT.
SO THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THAT.
COULD THEY MAKE NOISE OUTSIDE? YES, BUT IF THEY GET A COMPLAINT IN, IN THE, WHO WOULD ANSWER THAT WOULD BE PROBABLY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THEY WOULD COME ON THERE AND THERE'S CERTAIN PRESUMPTIONS IN OUR CODE THAT WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE A TALK WITH THEM AND ASK THEM TO KIND OF TURN IT DOWN OR TURN IT OFF.
WELL, I'M JUST CONCERNED OF PEOPLE'S PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF THEIR PROPERTY AS OPPOSED TO THE OPERATION OF OUTSIDE AMPLIFIED SOUND.
SO THAT IS A CONCERN I HAVE AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO PROVIDE MORE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
MY NAME'S JOHN AMATO FOR THE RECORD.
UH, TO ANSWER YOUR CONCERNS, UH, JUST THE NORMAL OUTSIDE SEATING IS WHAT WE WOULD HAVE.
THERE IS NO OUTSIDE ENTERTAINMENT, NO MUSIC OF ANY SORT.
UM, SO JUST NORMAL CONVERSATION FROM PERSON TO PERSON OUTSIDE WOULD BE THE ONLY, YOU KNOW, SOUND.
I GUESS THAT WOULD BE COMING FROM THE BUSINESS.
THE OTHER CONCERNS AND SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MARK POINTED OUT WERE, YOU KNOW, CLOSING AT MIDNIGHT.
I'VE BEEN IN THE RESTAURANT BUSINESS PERSONALLY FOR 28 YEARS.
UM, I OWNED THREE RESTAURANTS INCLUDING KRAFT 96 IN LAKE CITY.
UM, WE ARE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN OF THE BELIEF THAT NOTHING GOOD HAPPENS AFTER MIDNIGHT.
WE ARE NOT A PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WANT PEOPLE COMING AND GETTING INTOXICATED AND HAVING ANY ISSUES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO MIDNIGHT'S A FIRM CUTOFF FOR US IN MY, UH, EXPERIENCE.
THINGS START TO DIE DOWN MUCH EARLIER THAN THAT.
USUALLY 10 45, 11 O'CLOCK AT MIDNIGHT IS JUST KIND OF THE TAPERING OFF AS WE'RE CLEANING AND, AND GETTING DONE.
SO I DON'T FORESEE ANY, ANY NOISE ISSUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY EXCEEDING THAT TIME LIMIT.
WELL, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT THE PERCENTAGE OF ALCOHOL SALES.
UH, WE, WE WILL BE IN THAT 80 20 RANGE.
ANYONE ELSE WITH QUESTIONS, PAM? I DO.
UM, MARK, TWO THINGS IS THE, UH, MIDNIGHT RULE FOR ANY ESTABLISHMENTS SERVING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, IS THAT ACROSS THE BOARD OR IS THIS A SPECIFIC THIS IS SPECIFIC.
THIS IS A SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION BASED ON THIS APPLICATION.
SO THAT, THAT IS ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, AS PART OF AN SUP PROCESS, WE DO HAVE, OR THE, EXCUSE ME, THE, THE BOARD, THE COMMISSION HAS THE, HAS THE PER PURVIEW TO SUGGEST, UH, CONDITIONS AS WELL AS STAFF AND THEN WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND ULTIMATELY DECIDED UPON BY THE CITY COUNCIL.
AND SECOND QUESTION IN THE PACKET IT SAID THAT, UM, THE OWNER DID A, UH, A MEETING AHEAD OF TIME, UM, WITH AN INVITED, YOU KNOW, I GUESS PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORING AREAS BECAUSE NOBODY'S WITHIN THAT BUFFER ZONE OR NO RESIDENTS ARE.
UM, BUT UH, MY QUESTION IS, YOU SAID THAT EVERYBODY WAS IN FAVOR OR MOST PEOPLE WERE IN FAVOR.
WERE THERE ANY DISSENTERS? UH, NO MA'AM.
AND, AND WITHIN THAT BUFFER ZONE THAT, THAT RON HAD GIVEN US, THERE WERE, I BELIEVE, EIGHT RESIDENTS.
WE EXPANDED THAT I I THINK TO THE 17 OR 18 IN THAT SURROUNDING AREA JUST TO GIVE OURSELVES A LITTLE EXTRA.
WE DID HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE SHOW UP.
MOST OF THE QUESTIONS PERTAINED TO THE SAME THING.
UM, OUTSIDE MUSIC, UM, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION THINGS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
AND JUST IF I MAY ADD TO THAT AS PART OF KIND OF OUR PROCEDURE PROTOCOL, WE MAKE SURE WE WORK WITH AMBER BIRD, OUR, OUR WHO REACHES OUT TO OUR WORKS WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HOAS THAT
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WE SEND NOTICES TO BOTH HOAS.SO, 'CAUSE THERE IS COUNTRYSIDE HOA TO THE NORTHEAST ACROSS THE ELECTRICAL CORRIDOR AS WELL AS MAGNOLIA CREEK, SO THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE AWARE OF IT AS WELL.
AND ADDITIONALLY IN THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SITE, RIGHT BEHIND THAT BUILDING, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER AT THE END OF LAST YEAR THAT THE P AND Z COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AND CITY COUNCIL APPROVED A REQ, ANOTHER SUP REQUEST FOR A SELF STORAGE BUILDING.
SO THERE'S GOING TO BE ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES BEHIND WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
IF I MAY ADD TO THAT, WE DID HEAR FROM THE MAGNOLIA CREEK HOA PRESIDENT THIS WEEK, AND SHE IS FULLY IN FAVOR OF US AND IS ACTUALLY EXCITED FOR US TO, TO COME IN.
SO, AND SHE HAD HEARD NOTHING NEGATIVE AS WELL, UH, FROM, FROM HER.
UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? DO YOU MAKE GOOD OLD FASHIONED
SO
SO WE'RE, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
UM, IF, UH, THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE, UH, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND TO CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION, THE SUP 26 DASH 0 0 0 5 MAGNOLIA PROOF, UM, ALONG WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.
UM, UM, MS. ARNOLD, UH, SECOND.
[5. New Business]
IS NEW BUSINESS.CONSIDER AND TAKE ACTION ON A MASTER PLAN.
WINFIELD LLOYD HUD NORTH, GENERALLY LOCATED SOUTH OF THE WESTOVER PARK AND MAGNOLIA CREEK POD SUBDIVISIONS EAST OF THE WESTLAND RANCH PUD WEST OF THE DUNCAN POD, AND NORTH OF THE LLOYD CENTRAL AND LLOYD SOUTH PUDS.
I'M CAITLYN KING, A SENIOR PLANNER WITH LEAGUE CITY.
UM, SO BEFORE YOU TODAY YOU HAVE THE LLOYD NORTH PUDS, UM, MASTER PLAN.
THIS IS THE FIRST MASTER PLAN YOU'RE SEEING AND THEY'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE DEVELOPMENT NAME OF WINFIELD.
UM, SO WHILE THIS COMPRISES OF THE AREA THAT, UM, LLOYD, THAT LLOYD NORTH PUD WAS IN, IT'S MOVING FORWARD, YOU'LL PROBABLY HEAR IT REFERRED TO A LOT AS WINFIELD.
UM, SO THEY ARE COMING IN TODAY WITH THEIR FIRST MASTER PLAN.
UM, PREVIOUSLY YOU'VE SEEN THE CONCEPT PLAN BACK IN PROBABLY AUGUST OF 2025.
AND THIS WAS INCLUDED WITH THEIR P DOCUMENT.
UM, IT'S ABOUT 735 ACRES IN TOTAL.
AND HERE YOU SEE THEIR UPDATED MASTER PLAN.
UM, IT IS PRETTY SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE CONCEPT PLAN.
THEY'RE JUST KIND OF MOVING FORWARD AND PUTTING, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME ACTUAL LOTS AS OPPOSED TO JUST THAT LARGE BUBBLE.
UM, AND JUST SOME, A BREAKDOWN OF WHAT HAS CHANGED BETWEEN THAT CONCEPT PLAN AND THE PUD AND THIS MASTER PLAN.
YOU SEE TODAY, UM, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES HAVE INCREASED BY 17 ACRES.
THE COMMUNITY ELEMENTS LAND USES HAVE INCREASED BY ONE ACRE.
THE CONSTRAINTS LAND USES HAVE DECREASED BY 17.9 ACRES.
AND COMMERCIAL LAND USES HAVE DECREASED BY 0.1 ACRE.
UM, AND THE OVERALL NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS HAS INCREASED, UM, BY 93, LOTS TO BE A TOTAL OF 1,471 RESIDENTIAL LOTS, WHICH IS ABOUT A 6.75% LOT INCREASE FROM WHAT WE SAW IN THE APPROVED DUNCAN PUT, I'M SORRY, APPROVED LLOYD NORTH PUT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE DETENTION AREA HAS INCREASED BY ABOUT 4.9 ACRES AND THE AMERICAN CANAL ACREAGE HAS DECREASED BY ABOUT 18.9 ACRES JUST DUE TO SOME MORE PRECISE SERVING.
UM, AND WITH THAT, UM, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, PRESENT AS WELL.
UM, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR KAITLYN? MARK? I WOULDN'T MIND ASKING A QUESTION MARK, PLEASE.
UH, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE PREVIOUS SLIDE?
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UH, ONE MORE, THE SUMMARY.SO WHY DID THE CONSTRAINTS DECREASE BY 17.9? SO THE AMERICAN CANAL WAS INCLUDED IN THE CONSTRAINTS SECTION.
SO YOUR CONSTRAINTS IS GONNA BE YOUR ROADWAYS, AMERICAN CANAL, DRAINAGE, DETENTION, THAT KIND OF THING.
SO AS THEY MOVED FORWARD AND STARTED DOING THEIR, UM, PRELIMINARY PLATS, THEY'VE GONE OUT THERE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE ACCURATE OF SURVEY.
UM, AND WITH THAT, THEY'RE GETTING RID OF ALL THOSE ROUNDING ERRORS THAT THEY HAD.
AND PARKLAND IS NOT CONSIDERED CONSTRAINTS, NO PARKLAND WOULD BE CONSIDERED.
UM, THE COMMUNITY ELEMENTS THAT HAS INCREASED AND THEY ARE STILL IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PARKLAND, THEIR OVERALL PARKLAND DEDICATED, UH, PRIVATE PARKLAND DEDICATED HAS NOT BEEN IMPACTED BY, UM, THE MOVE FROM CONCEPT PLAN TO THIS MASTER PLAN REVISION.
UH, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I, I MOVE THAT WE RECOMMEND TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVE THE MASTER PLAN MP 26 DASH 0 0 0 3.
WINFIELD LLOYD P NORTH THIS, SORRY, THIS DOES NOT HAVE TO GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
THIS WILL JUST, THIS WILL STOP AT YOU GUYS.
THEN, AH, CAN I AMEND MY MOTION? UM, I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE MASTER PLAN MP DASH 26 DASH 0 0 0 3.
I DIDN'T CATCH THAT EITHER, SO THANK YOU.
UM, DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.
SO MR. DICKERSON GIVES A SECOND.
[6. Staff Comments]
COMMENTS? YES, I HAVE A, JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS.UM, FIRST OF ALL, JUST WANNA REMIND Y'ALL, UM, AT THE LAST MEETING, Y'ALL UM, TALKED ABOUT THE, Y'ALL RENDERED A RECOMMENDATION ON THE FOOD TRUCK ORDINANCE THAT WILL BE GOING FOR ITS SECOND READING AT TUESDAY CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
ALSO, JUST, THIS IS MORE OF HOUSEKEEPING.
YOU'RE, YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA SEE A FEW MORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA ABOUT WHAT, AS IT RELATES TO ATTENDANCE.
UM, WE WERE REMINDED BY OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UH, NOT CITY ATTORNEY, SORRY, CITY SECRETARY, THAT, UM, THERE ARE SOME CON YOU KNOW, THERE ARE REQUIREMENTS FOR VOLUNTEERS ON THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND THAT THERE IS AN ABSENTEE CRITERIA.
SO THEY SENT IT OUT TO ALL THE BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
SO JUST KIND OF REMINDER THAT, YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSING, UH, LET US KNOW AHEAD OF TIME.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND LIFE HAPPENS IF IT'S EMERGENCY.
YEAH, JUST IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW.
UH, ALSO WE TRY TO SEND OUT, IF WE HAVEN'T MENTIONED IT BEFORE, I'LL REITERATE IT THAT, BECAUSE A LOT OF OUR MEETINGS NOW, SINCE WE DON'T DO PLOTS AND SUCH OF THAT NATURE, AND WHAT YOU SEE NOW IS A LOT OF MAINLY REQUIRED NOTIFICATIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE DO QUORUMS ABOUT THREE WEEKS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO THAT WAY IF WE KNOW WE HAVE AN ISSUE, WE CAN ADJUST ACCORDINGLY AND MAKE SURE OUR APPLICANT KNOWS AS WELL.
DO WHAT, DID YOU MENTION THAT, DID YOU MENTION FUTURE? NOT, NO, I DIDN'T, BUT I CAN.
SO BASICALLY WHAT, WHAT YOU WOULD SEE ON YOUR AGENDA ITEMS IS BASICALLY A REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION FOR AN EXCUSED ABSENCE OF A PARTICULAR BOARD MEMBER BASED ON THE NUMBER OF ABSENCES.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONSECUTIVE AC ABSENCES.
UM, AND THAT THE COMMISSION HAS THE, THE RIGHT TO EITHER APPROVE THAT OR DENY, DENY THOSE ABSENCES ON A, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
SO DON'T MS. FRANK, GO MY, YOU KNOW, AND GENERALLY HOW IT WORKS IS JUST TO MAKE SURE IF, IF IT'S NOT EXCUSED OR IF SOMEONE CAN'T MAKE IT, IT TRIGGERS OTHER ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES WITH THE CITY SO THAT IF SOMEONE CAN'T MAKE IT, WE CAN MAKE SURE WE, YOU KNOW, THE COUNCIL CAN APPOINT SOMEONE WHO, WHO CAN MAKE IT OR, OR THAT SORT OF THING.
WHAT, UH, WHAT CONSTITUTES, UH, AN EXCUSED ABSENCE, A NOTE FROM YOUR DOCTOR OR NOT, NOT DEFINED.
AND, AND I THINK IT WOULD BE, WE CERTAINLY WOULDN'T WANT YOU TO SHARE ANY HIPAA INFORMATION THAT IS NOT NECESSARY.
IT'S JUST GENERALLY SPEAKING, IT'S, IT'S INFORMAL.
SO COMMUNICATE WITH YOUR BOARD MEMBERS.
IF THERE'S A SUFFICIENT REASON, THEN THAT'S FINE.
IT'S NOT MEANT TO PENALIZE ANYONE.
IT'S JUST REALLY MEANT TO, IF YOU'RE TRULY BUSY AND YOU DON'T, YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TIME COMMITMENTS.
WE JUST WOULD LIKE TO OFFER IT TO ANOTHER VOLUNTEER, GENERALLY SPEAKING.
ALRIGHT, ANYTHING ELSE? NO, SIR.
ANY, ANYBODY HAVE ANYTHING WITH NO OTHER BUSINESS? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ADJOURN AT 6 24.