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ALL RIGHT, IT'S UM, SIX O'CLOCK.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH A ROLL CALL OF THE MEMBERS.
ABSENT, UH, JOEL DICKERSON HERE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AT SIX O'CLOCK.
[2. Approval of September 24, 2026 minutes]
WE WILL START WITH A REVIEW OF THE APRIL, UH, WITH THE SEPTEMBER 24TH, 20, 26 MINUTES.WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE MINUTES IF, DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS? IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE THOSE AS SUBMITTED.
CITIZEN COMMUNICATION MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME LASTING NOT LONGER THAN, THAN THREE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM THAT'S NOT CURRENTLY ON THE AGENDA FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
SO THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA.
PLEASE STEP ON UP AND, UH, LET US HEAR WHAT YOU HAVE.
DOESN'T APPEAR ANYBODY HAS ANYTHING.
[4. Public Hearing and Action Items]
AND MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.UM, CHRIS, ARE YOU GONNA PRESENT? YES, SIR.
IT'S, UM, UH, HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND TAKE AND, AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP 26 0 0 0 6 A A PLUS TRANSMISSION SPECIALISTS TO ALLOW AN AUTO REPAIR AND OTHER HEAVY VEHICLE SERVICES USED ON APPROXIMATELY 1.57 ACRES.
ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL, GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY WITH STATE HIGHWAY 96 AND MEADOWLARK LANE WITH THE ADDRESS OF 8 45 WEST LEAGUE CITY PARKWAY.
SO NORMALLY KAITLYN WOULD BE DOING THIS PRESENTATION, BUT SHE DECIDED TO BE SELFISH TODAY AND SHE'S OFF GETTING MARRIED, SO, UM, WE WISH HER THE BEST.
UM, SO THE, UM, APPLICATION TONIGHT IS FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR A TRANSMISSION SHOP.
THIS IS AT THE CORNER OF MEADOWLARK AND LAKE CITY PARKWAY, SOUTHEAST CORNER.
UM, SURROUNDING IT IS A POWER LINE CORRIDOR TO THE SOUTH, FOLLOWED BY SOME HOMES ON MEADOWLARK FURTHER SOUTH.
UM, TO THE EAST IS A BANKING COMMERCIAL TRACT, AND TO THE WEST IS THE BANK AND SOME ANCILLARY PARKING FROM THE BANK THAT'S AT THE CORNER OF WALKER AND LAKE CITY PARKWAY.
SO THIS IS THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
AS YOU KNOW WITH AN SUP, YOU GET A SITE PLAN, LANDSCAPE PLAN AND ELEVATIONS THAT ARE APPROVED AND ADOPTED BY ORDINANCE.
SO IF IT'S ADOPTED BY COUNCIL, THIS IS WHAT WILL BE BUILT.
UM, SO THE SITE PLAN DOES CONSIST OF FIVE SERVICE BAYS.
IT HAS AN ENTRANCE OFF OF LAKE CITY PARKWAY.
THERE'S NO ENTRANCE OR ACCESS FROM MEADOWLARK DRIVE.
UM, THE SITE WILL BE SURROUNDED BY A MASONRY WALL ALONG BOTH LAKE CITY PARKWAY AND MEADOWLARK.
STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING A SIX FOOT MASONRY WALL BE EXTENDED ALONG THE SOUTHERN BOUNDARY, UM, PERPENDICULAR TO MEADOWLARK.
UM, THE SITE WILL CONSIST OF 30 PARKING SPACES.
IF WE LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE PLAN, IT DOES HAVE CONTINUOUS HEDGE ALONG BOTH STREET FRONTAGES AS WELL AS ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, ON THE EAST SIDE, IT DOES HAVE A CONTINUOUS HEDGE ALONG THE PARKING AREA HAS ONE TREE PER 30 LINEAR FEET ALONG BOTH STREET FRONTAGES AS WELL AS FOUR ADDITIONAL TREES ALONG LAKE CITY PARKWAY.
UM, SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ENHANCED STANDARDS THAT IT HAS FOR THE SITE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AS FAR AS THE ELEVATIONS, IT WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ENTIRELY OF MASONRY.
UM, SO THESE ARE JUST SOME VIEWS OF THE BUILDING AND IT'S MOSTLY CMU, UM, STUCCO AND THEN SOME LIMESTONE IN THE OFFICE AREA.
SO THIS IS AN EXHIBIT SHOWING THE DISTANCES FROM CERTAIN PROPERTIES.
UM, ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT, UM, IS THAT ON MEADOWLARK, THAT'S NOT SHOWN ON THIS AERIAL, THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OLDER AERIAL, BUT THERE ARE TWO HOUSES BEING BUILT.
I'M KIND OF, YOU CAN SEE, I'M GONNA WALK AWAY FROM THE MICROPHONE AND POINT, SO YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHERE I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UH, RIGHT HERE, THERE'S TWO HOUSES BEING BUILT, ACTUALLY FINISHED MOVE.
UM, IT'S ABOUT 575 FEET, UM, SOUTH OF THE FACILITY.
SO THE APPLICANT DID DO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD OUTREACH.
UM, WE ASKED THAT HE EXTEND HIS NOTIFICATIONS TO ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALONG MEADOW LARK.
SO THEY ALL GOT NOTIFICATION, UM, OF THE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND THEIR REQUEST.
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THEY ATTEMPTED TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP AT THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETINGS.UM, SO SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS WERE TRAFFIC ALONG MEADOW LARK, SOME DETENTION REQUIREMENTS, FENCING MATERIALS, NOISE, HAZARDOUS MATERIALS, WATER POLLUTION, AS WELL AS HOURS OF OPERATION.
UM, A PETITION WAS ALSO RECEIVED, UM, ON OCTOBER 4TH.
IT WAS AFTER WE SENT THE PACKETS OUT.
SO IT'S NOT IN YOUR PACKET, BUT, UM, FOUR PEOPLE OWNING TWO OF THE PROPERTIES LOCATED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION AREA, SIGNED THE PETITION.
UM, THAT, THAT ARE THE TWO THAT I JUST SHOWED ON THE MAP PREVIOUSLY.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, UM, THE SITE DOES HAVE EXISTING OR WILL HAVE DIRECT ACCESS ONTO LAKE CITY PARKWAY, SO WE'RE LIMITING ANY ACCESS TO MEADOWLARK SHOULD IT BE APPROVED.
UM, THE SITE IS IN PROVIDING SOME ENHANCED SCREENING STANDARDS ALONG BOTH ROADWAYS AS WELL AS, UM, PROVIDING THAT MASONRY WALL WHERE WE'RE RECOMMENDING IT, PROVIDE THE MASONRY WALL ALONG THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, UM, TO FURTHER BUFFER ANY NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM THE RESIDENCE ALONG MEADOWLARK SHOULD IT BE APPROVED.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE LIMITING THE HOURS OF OPERATION TO WHAT THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD BE, UM, OPERATING AT, WHICH IS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO SIX, SATURDAY EIGHT TO ONE, AND THEN SUNDAY THEY WOULD BE CLOSED.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE 10 CONDITIONS, UM, THAT IF YOU CHOOSE TO APPROVE IT, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, AND I AM HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR IF YOU WANT TO GO OVER ANYTHING IN MORE DETAIL.
I KNOW THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE AND, UM, HAS A PRESENTATION THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE AS WELL.
UM, WHAT I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND DO IS OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND THEN CALL FOR THE APPLICANT TO MAKE A PRESENTATION.
UM, I UNDERSTAND IS WHO IS THE APPLICANT? IT, IT, WHAT I'LL HAVE YOU COME UP TO DO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL HEAR FROM OTHER PEOPLE, UH, THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS, ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO, AT, AT, UH, 6 0 7, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME ON UP AND, UH, ADDRESS THE COMMISSION.
AND IF YOU COULD, ON YOUR PRESENTATION, IF YOU COULD KEEP IT TO THREE MINUTES PLEASE.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GIVING EVERYBODY AS THAT AMOUNT OF TIME.
AND SO IF YOU COULD BE BRIEF TO THE POINT, UM, AND, AND JUST HIGHLIGHT THE MAIN POINTS THAT YOU WANT US TO, TO KNOW.
UM, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME AFTERWARDS TO REVIEW, UH, THE INFORMATION AND THE INPUT THAT WE GET, AND WE'LL BE ASKING QUESTIONS OF YOU IF NECESSARY.
BUT IF YOU COULD DO THAT FOR US.
SO IF YOU COULD STATE YOUR NAME OKAY.
UH, MY NAME IS DAVID BLOCKING.
UH, I'M, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, REPRESENTING A PLUS TRANSMISSION, UH, MANAGEMENT INC.
WE'RE A FRANCHISE ORGANIZATION BASED HERE IN HOUSTON.
UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, BUSINESS AND BUILDING WILL BE, UH, A FRANCHISE LICENSEE OF OURS.
MR. CASH IS HERE REPRESENTING THE OWNERSHIP GROUP THAT WILL ACTUALLY BE, UH, CONSTRUCTING THE SITE.
UM, BUT I JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU SORT OF THE LAY OF THE LAND AS TO, UM, OUR OPERATIONS.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE A A, A SMALL FRANCHISE ORGANIZATION.
WE HAVE 17 LOCATIONS ACROSS TEXAS, THE BULK OF WHICH ARE HERE IN HOUSTON.
UM, WE ALWAYS ENDEAVOR TO BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITIES WE SERVED, UH, SERVE, UH, BOTH IN TERMS OF OUR BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND EVEN THE AESTHETICS.
UH, ESPECIALLY, UM, WHEN WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD NEW BUILDINGS.
UH, AS IN THIS CASE, UM, I'D READ THROUGH SOME OF THE CONCERNS AND I WOULD HONESTLY BE CONCERNED MYSELF IF I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT US OR OUR BUSINESS OR OUR OPERATIONS OR REALLY, UH, WHAT WE PLAN ON DOING HERE.
UM, WE DO NOT, WELL, FIRST OFF, UM, WE ARE VERY SPECIALIZED WITHIN THE REALM OF AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
WE FOCUS ON TRANSMISSION REPAIR SERVICES BY AND LARGE, ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY.
OUR VOLUME IS RELATIVELY LOW COMPARED TO NORMAL GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SHOPS BECAUSE THE SPECIALIZED NATURE OF WHAT WE DO.
SO A NUMBER OF THE IMPACT CONCERNS THAT I KIND OF READ THROUGH, UM, WE, WE HAVE FAR LESS IMPACT, UH, THAN A GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SHOP WOULD, UH, WOULD OR A QUICK LUBE CENTER OR THAT TYPE OF THING.
UH, OUR VOLUME IS, IS QUITE LOW.
UM, WE GENERALLY WORK ON ABOUT 22 VEHICLES A WEEK AS OPPOSED TO, UH, A HIGH VOLUME GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE SHOP HAS 22 VEHICLES A DAY RUN THROUGH, AND SOMETIMES EVEN MORE QUICK LUBE CENTERS AND THAT, THAT TYPE OF THING.
UM, BUT, UH, BASICALLY JUST WANTED TO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, LET YOU KNOW THAT, THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS.
UM, BUT WE ARE PRO PROACTIVELY COMMITTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UM, WHEN WE, UH, BUILD A BUILDING AND SET UP OUR OPERATIONS IN A NEW TERRITORY, UM, THAT WE ARE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO BECOMING AN ASSET, UH, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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UM, WE WANNA MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER.WE WANNA MAKE THE COMMUNITY BETTER AGAIN, BOTH IN TERMS OF, UM, OUR ACTUAL BUSINESS OPERATIONS, UH, AND THE WAY WE LOOK AND PRESENT, UH, TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
UH, AND LEAGUE CITY IS NO DIFFERENT.
UH, WE ACTUALLY HAD SENT OVER A SLIDE OF THE LAST SLIDE, UH, A SLIDESHOW OF THE LAST TWO.
UH, DO YOU HAVE THAT MOVIE? THIS WAS THE SLIDESHOW.
UM, THE LAST TWO, UH, BUILDINGS WE BUILT IN PEAR LAND AND ROSENBERG WERE OUR TWO MOST RECENT, UH, UH, UH, LOCATIONS.
UH, PUT TOGETHER A LITTLE SLIDESHOW OF THOSE.
I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE THAT HERE.
UM, KNOW THAT THIS SLIDESHOW IS WHAT WAS LOADED.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A VERY GOOD REPRESENTATION OF, OF WHAT WE BUILD.
UM, AGAIN, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S SORT OF THE QUICK, THE, THE QUICK TWO MINUTE VERSION OF OF, OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO.
THIS IS, THIS IS, UM, OUR NEWEST LOCATION AND THIS RUNS ABOUT TWO MINUTES.
WELL THEN LET, WE'LL, WE'LL PROBABLY GO AHEAD AND CUT IT OFF THEN.
UH, IF WE COULD JUST, BECAUSE WE, WE, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY I UNDERSTAND IS HEARD.
AND IN THE INTEREST OF, OF MOVING, UH, THE ITEMS ALONG.
WE'VE, WE ALSO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION UP HERE THAT WE GET TO REVIEW AND WE'LL HAVE CHANCE TO, LIKE I SAID, ONCE WE GET INPUT FROM, UH, PEOPLE, CITIZENS THAT ARE HERE TO, TO SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC, WE'LL BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
TO GET MORE INFORMATION TO HELP US MAKE OUR DECISION HERE.
BUT, UM, I APPRECIATE YOU COMING IN MM-HMM
AND SOMEBODY MAY HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU LATER, SO OKAY.
I HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET HERE THAT PEOPLE USED, UM, THAT I GUESS WANNA SPEAK ON THIS TOPIC.
HI, MY NAME IS TAMARA GAN CURRY.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING ON MEADOWLARK FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS.
MY HUSBAND AND I, WE WERE MARRIED THERE IN OUR BACKYARD.
I HAVE BEEN LIVING IN LAKE CITY SINCE 1981.
UM, OUR, OUR STREET IS SO SPECIAL.
THERE'S, BEFORE THE TWO NEW HOUSES WERE BUILT, THERE WAS ONLY, UM, SIX HOUSES ON THAT STREET.
WE ALL HAVE PROPERTY, WE ALL ARE VERY PRIDEFUL OF OUR PROPERTY.
WE'RE, WE'RE PRIDEFUL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE'RE VERY HAPPY WHEN THE CREDIT UNION WENT IN.
I KNOW THAT THESE, THESE NICE FOLKS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB OF PRESENTING WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO THE BEST THEY CAN TO SUFFICE US.
HOWEVER, A TRANSMISSION SHOP IS STILL A TRANSMISSION SHOP.
WE SPEAK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA BE AN ENHANCEMENT TO OUR STREET.
AND THAT LOCATION IS NOT IDEAL FOR WHERE IT IS ON NINE SIX.
AND FOR, I DON'T FEEL IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION SHOP THERE.
BUT LAKE CITY, YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, UM, IT SHOULD, SHOULD BE KEPT TO THE BEST INTEREST OF EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
NOT TO SOMEBODY TRYING TO PUT IN A PROFITABLE BUSINESS.
THAT STREET IS A PRIVATE STREET.
PRIVATE MEANING THAT THERE'S, THERE'S ONLY EIGHT HOUSES ON THAT STREET AND TWO BRAND NEW ONES.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S WHERE WE STAND AS A COMMUNITY AND WE'RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT THIS EVEN THOUGH WE RESPECT HIS, UM, ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS TO YOU GUYS.
BUT IT'S, IT'S JUST NOT WHERE WE, WHERE WE WOULD WANT THE STREET TO BE, SO.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, COMMENTS.
IS THAT RIGHT? DO YOU WANT TO COME ON UP? I HAD TO PRINT MINE.
I'M NOT A PUBLIC SPEAKER, GUYS AND I, THIS IS NOT CHAT GBT.
SO, UH, FORGIVE THE ERRORS OR ANY KINDA INCONSISTENCIES IN SPEECH.
UM, CHAIRMAN DOMINGUEZ COMMISSIONERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND PRESENT OUR SIDE.
UM, I WANT YOU TO KNOW WE'RE ALSO NEIGHBORS.
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DON'T LIVE ON THAT AS CROW FLIES.MY WIFE AND I ARE ABOUT 400 YARDS FROM THIS PROPERTY.
I CAN SEE THE PROPOSED SITE FROM MY LIVING ROOM SITTING IN MY CHAIR.
UM, LEMME GET BACK TO MY, TO MY, YES.
MY WIFE KIMBERLY AND I OWN SUBJECT PROPERTY.
WE ARE THE OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE ALSO LIVE AT 2075 PECAN ORCHARD, THE ROAD JUST RIGHT TO THE RIGHT, UM, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 400 YARDS TO THE SOUTHEAST.
WE HAVE DIRECT LINE OF SIGHT FROM OUR LIVING ROOM WINDOW TO THE PROPOSED SITE FROM OUR PROPERTY.
WE CAN ALSO SEE TWO APARTMENT COMPLEXES, A 24 7 SERVICE STATION AND A BANK.
ADD TO THIS, THE GLOVE LIGHTS FROM THE NEARBY SPORTS PLEX AND THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF 18 WHEELERS, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, PEDESTRIAN VEHICLES THROUGHOUT THE DAY, NIGHT, EARLY MORNING HOURS.
AND WE'RE CONSTANTLY REMINDED OF OUR DECISION TO LIVE IN A RAPIDLY GROWING CITY.
JUST A FEW HUNDRED YARDS FROM A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND ONLY THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE FROM MILE 45.
SINCE MOVING OUR HOME, WE'VE ONLY BEEN THERE TWO YEARS.
GRANTED, LIFELONG RESIDENCE OF GALSTON COUNTY.
BEEN IN LEAGUE CITY SINCE NINE ONE.
UM, SINCE MOVING OUR HOME, WE'VE BEEN THERE TWO YEARS.
WE WITNESSED CONTINUED NEARBY GROWTH, INCLUDING THEIR TWO HOMES, UH, BOTH ALLY AND COMMERCIALLY.
HOWEVER, WE DO NOT REGRET OUR REGRET, OUR DECISION TO MOVE.
WE LOVE OUR HOME, OUR NEIGHBORS, THE CONVENIENCE OF NEARBY SERVICES AND OUR REDUCED COMMUTES FOR WORK.
THE SIGHT AND SOUNDS OF GROWTH ARE THE TRADE OFF AND THEY'RE PART AND PARCEL TO LIVING IN A GROWING CITY SUCH AS OURS.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND, THEY DO NOT SAY THIS TO BE INSENSITIVE, COLD OR CALLOUS.
I WOULD ARGUE NO ONE APPRECIATES THE PEACE AND BEAUTY OF NATURAL SURROUNDINGS AS MUCH AS I DO.
HOWEVER, AS MUCH AS I LOVE MY SPACE AND I LOVE MY PEACE, I AM FORCED TO UNDERSTAND THE DELICATE BALANCE OF LIFESTYLE, GROWTH AND PROGRESS.
THIS IS WHY I CONSIDER IT FORTUNATE TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH MR. CASHOLA ON THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
HE'S A SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER WHO'S BUILT A PROVEN SUCCESS, SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS THAT EMPLOYS, UH, AND SERVICES THE NEEDS OF LARGELY BLUE COLLAR WORKING MEN AND WOMEN IN OUR AREA.
HE'S SHOWN A GENUINE EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CONCERNS OF NEARBY, OF NEARBY NEIGHBORS IN THE CITY BY INCORPORATING ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING SCREENING MEASURES AND REDUCING VEHICLE ACCESS TO HIS BUSINESS BY PROVIDING INGRESS EGRESS VIA LAKE CITY PARKWAY ONLY, AND NONE TO VIA MEADOW ARK LANE, THE STREET.
THEY LIVE ON HIS STRUCTURE'S, A LOW HEIGHT CO COMPLIANT FACILITY WITH OPERATING HOURS MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO SIX, SATURDAY, EIGHT TO ONE ENCLOSED ON SUNDAYS.
I BELIEVE THESE ARE IMPORTANT BENEFITS CONSIDERING THE OPTIONS THAT COULD GO ON THIS SITE WITHOUT THE NEED OF A SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
PERHAPS A CORPORATE INTEREST THAT HAS NO DESIRE OR NEED TO WORK WITH OR ACCOMMODATE NEARBY NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS AS TO BUSINESS MODEL, OPERATIONAL HOURS, VISUAL APPEAL, OR TRAFFIC FLOW TO MEADOW LARK.
ARE YOU ALMOST, I'M ON, I GOT MY LAST PARAGRAPH.
I GOT JUST THREE OR ONE MORE SENTENCES FINALLY.
REGARDING, UH, PROPERTY VALUES.
THIS CAME UP QUITE A BIT DURING MEETINGS.
MY WIFE AND I ARE LIFELONG RESIDENTS OF GALVES COUNTY.
AS I SAID, LIVED AND OPERATE, LIVED HERE ALL OUR LIVES OPERATED SUCCESSFUL REAL ESTATE BUSINESS HERE IN LEAGUE CITY.
FOR THE PAST 25 YEARS, WE'VE WATCHED OUR COUNTY AND LEAGUE CITY IN PARTICULAR GROW BOTH RESIDENTIALLY AND COMMERCIALLY BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS OVER THE YEARS.
AND WITH THAT GROWTH CAME INCREASING PROPERTY VALUES.
LEAGUE CITY REMAINS HIGHLY DESIRED BY FAMILIES AND BUSINESSES.
OF COURSE, AS OUR GROWTH CONTINUES OVER TIME, AVAILABLE SPACE DECLINES, WHICH ULTIMATELY DRIVES VALUES HIGHER.
MR. CHAIRMAN, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, I OLY RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL ON SPECIAL USE PERMIT 2 6 0 0 0 6.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
MR. ART, I BELIEVE, UH, THERE'S A, I APOLOGIZE IF I BUTCHER THIS CASHOLA? YES.
HI, MY NAME IS GERALD CASHOLA AND I'M ACTUALLY THE OWNER OF THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION.
IF WE GOT THERE, AND I HAVE SEVERAL, RIGHT NOW I HAVE NINE AND I'VE BEEN IN THE TRANSMISSION BUSINESS HERE LOCALLY IN HOUSTON, UH, BASICALLY ALL MY LIFE FOR ABOUT 50 YEARS NOW.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERN.
I'M NOT HERE TO MAKE IT WORSE FOR THEM, BUT I KNOW WHAT WE DO AND HOW WE BUILD STUFF AND HOW WE TAKE CARE OF OUR STUFF, OUR PRODUCT
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AND OUR LAND.AND I THINK IT WOULD BE GREATLY, MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT I'VE SEEN FOR THE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT HAVE TO COME FRONT OF THIS.
AND SO THAT'S ALL I REALLY HAVE TO SAY.
I UNDERSTAND EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED.
HOPEFULLY IT WILL BE APPROVED, UH, BUT IT WILL BE DONE PROFESSIONALLY AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY.
AND I ALSO HAVE A MR. LEE, BUT I THINK, IS HE THE PRESENTER ORIGINALLY? HE WAS THE PRESENTER ORIGINALLY, YEAH.
DO WE HAVE ANYBODY ELSE, UM, WHO WANTS TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION QUICKLY? YOU HAVE TO GET ABOVE HERE IN REGARDS TO MR. HARDING'S, UH, COMMENTS.
I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THEY OWN THAT PROPERTY AS TO THEIR BEST INTEREST TO SELL THIS PROPERTY TO THIS PERSON.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS PARTICULAR TOPIC? IF NOT, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 21.
UM, IS THERE ANY, AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS FOR THE COMMISSION.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL START WITH MS. ARNOLD, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO ASK, EITHER THE APPLICANT OR CHRIS? UH, JUST ONE QUESTION FOR CHRIS.
UM, HOW LONG HAS THIS PROPERTY BEEN, UM, ZONED GENERAL COMMERCIAL? UM, GOOD QUESTION.
MARK, DO YOU HAVE THAT ANSWER? UM, WE'LL GET, WE'LL GET WITH YOU ON IT.
UM, BUT IT'S, IT HASN'T BEEN REZONED.
SO AT LEAST 2005 I WOULD VENTURE TO SAY SO AT LEAST 20 YEARS.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THIS ZONING HAS BEEN IN PLACE FOR A LONG TIME.
MARK WILL CONFIRM THAT, BUT YES, I BELIEVE SO.
WELL, YOU THINK YOU, I MEAN, YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT.
I MEAN, I DON'T WANNA FIND OUT LATER.
SO YOU, HE HE WILL, HE WILL LET YOU KNOW BEFORE Y'ALL MAKE A DECISION.
NO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ANYBODY OVER HERE? A QUICK QUESTION, CHRIS, CAN YOU REMIND US OF A FEW OF THE OPTIONS FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL THAT DO NOT HAVE TO GET AN SUP? UM, SURE.
UM, GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS THE MOST WIDE VARIETY OF USES IN THE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
UM, THAT ALLOWS THE MOST USES.
UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE ANYTHING FROM OFFICES, ANOTHER, A BANK, UH, LIKE YOU SEE DOWN THE STREET.
YOU COULD HAVE, UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE YOU SEE FURTHER DOWN THE, UM, UPS FACILITY OR FEDEX FACILITY, SOMETHING TO THAT EXTENT.
UM, RESTAURANTS, UM, OFFICE WAREHOUSE, UM, A NUMBER OF USES ARE ALLOWED.
PRETTY MUCH MOST COMMERCIAL USES.
YOU COULD THINK OF LIGHT VEHICLE SERVICE, SO A JIFFY LUBE.
AND AS WE LOOK AT THE AERIAL MAP TO THE IMMEDIATE RIGHT OF THE BUFFER ZONE, ISN'T THAT AN AUTOMOTIVE OR A AUTO STORAGE OR A COMMERCIAL FACILITY? THERE IS A TOW YARD.
UM, JUST TO THE EAST? YES MA'AM.
I DROVE BY BUT I COULDN'T SEE IT ALL.
YEAH, THAT ONE THE, IT'S GOT A BIG FENCE IN FRONT OF IT.
YOU CAN'T SEE WHAT'S BEHIND IT.
AND THE PROPERTY'S BEEN SEW GENERAL COMMERCIAL SINCE 1999.
MARK, IS THERE ANY LIGHT POLLUTION CONCERNS? WHAT, WHAT'S THE EXTERIOR LIGHTING? SURE.
SO OUR ORDINANCE, UM, REQUIRES ALL LIGHTING ON SITE TO BE FULL CUT OFF.
SO THAT MEANS IT HAS TO HAVE A SHIELD ON IT WHERE IF YOU'RE AT THE PLANT OF THE LIGHT, YOU CAN'T SEE THE SOURCE OF IT.
UM, AND THEN IT HAS TO HAVE ZERO LIGHT TRESPASS OUTSIDE THE BOUNDARY OF THE PROPERTY.
SO ANYTHING SOUTH TOWARD THE RESIDENCES OR EAST TOWARD THE RESIDENCES, UM, WOULD BE ZERO LIGHT TRESPASS, ZERO FOOT CANDLE MEASUREMENT AT THE PROPERTY LINE.
THAT WOULD ALL BE REVIEWED AT SITE PLAN PHASE.
WE WOULD REQUIRE A PHOTOMETRIC PLAN SHOWING THAT ZERO LIGHT TRESPASS.
PAM, SO NOW THAT WE KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN, IT'S HAD ITS CURRENT ZONING FOR 27 YEARS, UM, YOU SAY THERE ARE TWO NEW HOUSES THERE.
SO, SO THOSE HOMES WERE BUILT BASICALLY KNOWING THAT THEY HAD COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, UH, ON THIS CORNER, RIGHT? UM, I CAN'T SPECULATE WHAT THEY KNEW, BUT IT WAS IN PLACE.
AND SO IT WOULD'VE BEEN THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW THAT ABOUT THEIR SURROUNDINGS.
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HAVE ANY OTHER, ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT OR CHRIS? ONE MORE.AND THIS IS, UM, TO MS. CURRY.
UM, YOU SAID YOU'VE LIVED THERE FOR 20 YEARS, IS THAT RIGHT? SO WHEN YOU MOVED IN, WERE YOU AWARE THAT THERE WERE COMMERCIAL, UM, PROPERTIES THAT WERE ZONED COMMERCIAL NEAR YOU? WE, THE, THE HEALTH NICE SIX AREA WAS COMMERCIAL.
WE, WHEN THE CREDIT UNION IS MOTION BESIDE THE CREDIT UNION.
IS THE TYPE OF MOTION I GET THAT.
ANYBODY ELSE? IF WE'VE GOT NO OTHER DISCUSSION, THEN UM, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UM, MS. MARSHALL, I MOVE THAT WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUP 26 DASH 0 0 0 6 AS PRESENTED WITH THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
UM, WITH THAT, UH, KEN, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE.
IS THERE A SECOND? OH, I'M SORRY.
I, I'VE MISSED THE LAST TWO MEETINGS, SO I'M A LITTLE RUSTY.
UM, GOT A SECOND BY MS. MORRISON.
UM, UH, MS. ARNOLD, UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE A VOTE NOW.
UH, THOSE AGAINST, THERE ARE NONE AGAINST.
SO, UH, 5 4 5 IN FAVOR AND, UH, NONE AGAINST.
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AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OLD BUSINESS.YOU'RE LOOKING AT ME LIKE I'M DOING SOMETHING.
JUST WANNA MAKE SURE, LIKE I SAID, I'M A LITTLE RUSTY HERE.
UM, OLD BUSINESS, UH, MAKE A RE RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, SUP 25 0 0 1 7 GAS STATION C STORE 1615 HIGHWAY THREE TO ALLOW A VEHICLE FUELING STATION USE ON APPROXIMATELY 1.4 ACRES.
UM, ZONED, UH, GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46 AND STATE HIGHWAY THREE WITH AN ADDRESS OF 1615 STATE HIGHWAY THREE.
UM, THIS, THIS, THIS, UH, PARTICULAR ITEM WAS, UM, TABLED AT THE LAST MEETING.
AND SO WE'RE UP AGAIN TODAY FOR REVIEW AND CONSIDERATION.
UM, IS THE APPLICANT HERE OR IS SOMEBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS? YOU WANT TO, A PRESENTATION YOU WANNA START WITH? YEAH.
HAPPY TO GET MY PRESENTATION FIRST.
I, I, I, I MISSED IT SO I WASN'T SURE HOW FAR WE GOT.
WE DIDN'T DO A PRESENTATION LAST TIME.
THEY JUST REQUEST TO POSTPONE SO THEY CAN GET US SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
SO THIS, UM, PROPERTY'S AT THE CORNER OF HIGHWAY THREE AND 6 46.
THIS IS THE LOCATION OF WHERE A GAS STATION USED TO EXIST, UM, BASED ON THE T STOP WIDENING OF 6 46.
THAT PROJECT, THEY TOOK SOME RIGHT OF WAY FROM THIS PROPERTY AND THE, UM, APPLICANT HAS DEMOLISHED THE PREVIOUS GAS STATION IS REQUESTING TO BUILD A NEW ONE THERE.
UM, SO BEING THAT IT WAS A NONCONFORMING USE, WE HAVE TO GET A SPECIAL USE PERMIT TO REBUILD A GAS STATION IN THE SAME LOCATION.
UM, SO YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN THE SITE PLAN AND AUTO TURN EXHIBIT, UM, AUTO TURN EXHIBITS SHOWS THAT AN 18 WHEELER CAN GET INTO THE PROPERTY AND THEN EXIT THE PROPERTY AFTER, UM, RE UM, FUELING THE, THE GAS TANKS.
UM, AS FAR AS THE SITE PLANE GOES AND PROPOSED ENHANCEMENTS, UM, IT WILL HAVE ENHANCED LANDSCAPING ALONG THE PERIMETER.
UM, THAT INCLUDES A THREE TO FOUR FOOT BERM ALONG BOTH 6 46 AND HIGHWAY THREE, AS WELL AS A BUFFER ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE.
YOU CAN SEE THE ENHANCED, UM, TREE PLANTINGS DOWN THERE AS WELL AS THE SHRUBS ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY.
UM, SO HERE ARE SOME RENDERINGS AGAIN, IT'S, IT'S A HUNDRED PERCENT MASONRY.
BUILDING COLUMNS ARE WRAPPED TO MATCH THE BUILDING.
SO TO SUMMARIZE, UM, THE PROPERTY WAS SITE OF A FORMER GAS STATION, UM, THAT WAS DEMOLISHED EARLIER THIS YEAR.
UM, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, THE SITE WILL HAVE ACCESS FROM HIGHWAY THREE AND 6 46.
THE SITE WILL PROVIDE SOME ENHANCED STANDARDS THAT I MENTIONED, SUCH AS THE LANDSCAPING, THE BERM, AS WELL AS A BACKUP GENERATOR, UM, TO ENSURE THE GAS STATION CAN FUNCTION
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IN THE EVENT THAT POWERS OUT AND THERE'S AN EMERGENCY SITUATION.UM, AND, AND THEN FROM A SURROUNDING GAS STATION STANDPOINT, THERE ARE THREE GAS STATIONS WITHIN ONE MILE ALONG 6 46, PRETTY MUCH CONCENTRATED RIGHT HERE AT THIS INTERSECTION.
UM, SO SHOULD THE REQUEST BE APPROVED, WE HAVE, UM, THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS THAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING.
UM, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL.
UM, SINCE THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA LAST TIME AS A PUBLIC HEARING, GO AHEAD AND HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING.
WITH THAT, UH, THANK YOU CHRIS.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 30.
IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, PLEASE STEP UP AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'M GONNA HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
WITH THAT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 31 AND I WILL OPEN UP TO THE COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE FOR THE APPLICANT OR FOR THE CITY? YEAH, YOU HAVE ONE.
SO WHENEVER IT WAS DEMOED, I MEAN THAT WAS ALL BASE LEVEL.
DID Y'ALL TAKE ALL THE TANKS AND PUMPS AND EVERYTHING ELSE OUT? ORIGINALLY, ACTUALLY TANK.
THEY TOOK 80 FOOT ALONG THE ROAD FRONT THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY, IF YOU, IF YOU COULD, YEAH, YOU GOTTA BE ON YEAH.
WE, WE GOTTA GET YOU OVER HERE AND GET YOU RECORDED.
I'M THE PROPOSED CONTRACTOR FOR, FOR THIS PROJECT.
UH, TEXDOT TOOK APPROXIMATELY 80 LINEAL FOOT FROM THE FRONT OF OUR PROJECT AND THEY DEMOLISHED AND REMOVED THE TANKS PRIOR TO, I BELIEVE CITY PERMISSION ACTUALLY.
UH, AND WE WERE LEFT WITH A NON-FUNCTIONING CONVENIENCE STORE.
AND PER THE CUSTOMER'S REQUEST, WE DID DEMOLISH THE CONVENIENCE STORE, ALL THE PARKING PUMPS, FUEL STATION, AND THE CAR WASH DOWN TO.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ANYONE? IF THERE ARE NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR NO QUESTIONS, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL THAT THEY APPROVE THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT APPLICATION SUP 25 DASH 0 0 1 7, UM, WITH THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? WE HAVE A SECOND.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION BEFORE WE CALL FOR A VOTE? NOT, UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR THE VOTE.
SO FIVE IN FAVOR? NO OPPOSED? UH, THE MOTION CARRIES.
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ITEM NUMBER SIX.STAFF COMMENTS HAD TO GO GET MARK TO REMIND ME OF MY COMMENT.
UM, SO THE COMMENT IS BASED ON THE NEXT P AND Z MEETING, UM, WE, WE HAD TO CALL A SPECIAL MEETING TO GET THE ITEM ON BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MAKE QUORUM ON THE THURSDAY.
SO FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO, UM, CAN ATTEND, IT'S ON THE 19TH, UM, WHICH IS A MONDAY BACK TO OUR OLD TIME.
UM, AND SO IF YOU SAID YOU CAN ATTEND, PLEASE ATTEND OR LET US KNOW IN ADVANCE.
'CAUSE WE'LL HAVE TO CANCEL THE MEETING.
IF NOT, 'CAUSE WE BARELY HAVE A QUORUM WITH FOUR PEOPLE THERE.
UM, SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR ATTENDANCE AND UM, LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU THEN.
UM, IF THERE ARE NO OTHER, NO OTHER BUSINESS, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE TO ADJOURN AT 6 33.