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IN ATTENDANCE IS MICHELLE TOWNSEND AND JANIE SCHWARTZ-SHAW AND TERRY ROBERTS.
[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]
TERRY ROBERTSON. ROBERTS.THE FIRST THING ON THE AGENDA IS TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST ON DECEMBER 21, 2022.
HAS EVERYBODY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO YES. ARE THERE ANY CHANGES? MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
THE OFFICERS SERVE A WHAT IS IT.
TWO YEAR TERM THANK YOU. FOR A TERM OF TWO YEARS.
ARE THERE ANY? I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR TO NOMINATIONS.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE DANIELLE FOR CHAIRMAN.
IS ANYBODY INTERESTED IN IT? NOT EVERYBODY SPEAK AT ONCE.
[LAUGHTER] I'LL DO THE VICE CHAIR. I'D LIKE [INAUDIBLE].
SECOND. THE NOMINEES AS OFFICERS.
WE SHOULD REALLY SWITCH. [LAUGHTER] SO, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A MOTION THAT'S TRUE. AND SECOND.
SEE LIKE I SAID, WE REALLY SHOULD SWITCH.
I. GO AHEAD. I MAKE A MOTION TO NOMINATE DANIELLE FOR CHAIRMAN AND TERRY FOR VICE CHAIRMAN.
SO YOU'LL BE HEARING SOMETHING, I GUESS, FROM COUNCIL REAL SOON SO WE WON'T HAVE A VACANCY.
[PUBLIC HEARINGS AND ACTION ITEMS]
SECTION 21.5-7 FUND PERMITTED AND REGULATED COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL DISTRICTS FOR PROPOSED WALL SIGNAGE BEING THE MAXIMUM AREA AS CALCULATED AS THE ALLOWABLE TOTAL SIGN AREA OF ONE AND A HALF SQUARE FEET OF SIGNAGE FOR [INAUDIBLE] FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 3501 GALAZNIK ROAD ANGLETON, TEXAS, OR THE COUNTY INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT, AS FILED BY GERALD GUSSETT.AND I DO HAVE AS A REQUEST TO SPEAK.
IT'S JUST I FILLED THAT OUT IN CASE I HAVE TO, I GUESS.
BUT I DIDN'T COME HERE. AND FOR THE RECORD, I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST INTRODUCE THE FACTS.
AND THEN IF THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS, WE'LL TRY TO ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANTED THE BOARD TO KNOW THAT SPECIFICALLY THE LOCATION.
3501 GALAZNIK ROAD IT'S LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO USE WHICH IS HOUSTON MOTOR SPORTS IS AN OFF ROAD TYPE FACILITY THAT SALES ARE BRINGS TO THE AREA FROM A REGIONAL PERSPECTIVE THESE OFF ROAD EQUIPMENT THAT WOULD SERVE FORMS IN THE AREA AS WELL AS RECREATIONAL SPORTS BETWEEN HERE AND GALVESTON AS WELL AS THE HOUSTON REGION.
SO THIS COMPANY HAS APPROACHED US WITH A GREAT MARKETING PLAN TO BRING IN SOME GREAT SALES TAX TO THE CITY, AS WELL AS EXPOSURE.
WITH THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION AS YOU SEE WHERE IT'S LOCATED, THERE'S NO DIRECT VISIBILITY ON 288.
BUT THEY'RE USING THAT FRONT SIDE AS WELL AS THE SIDE FACING THE SOUTH FOR THE NEW SIGNAGE.
IT WILL BE WALL SIGNAGE PROPOSED.
I KEEP ROLLING THOSE AND THIS IS BASICALLY THE IMAGE THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO INSTALL IN THE BUILDING.
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WE WERE REQUIRED TO NOTIFY THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS OF THE APPEAL REQUEST, AND WE DID POST IT IN THE NEWSPAPER AS AN ADVERTISEMENT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING SO THAT INDIVIDUALS COULD APPEAR AND SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST.WE'VE GIVEN YOU THE CALCULATIONS IN TERMS OF THE SIGN CODE, WHICH IS KIND OF STRINGENT ON SOME OF THE USES BY THIS NOT BEING RIGHT NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL WE DIDN'T SEE ANY REAL ISSUES WITH IT.
SO THEY WANTED TO UTILIZE THE WALL SIGNAGE TO ACHIEVE THEIR VISIBILITY.
THAT BEING SAID, THOSE ARE THE FACTS OF WHAT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR THE 960 SQUARE FOOT SIGNAGE ON ONE SIDE IN 205 OR SO, SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE.
WE'LL BE GLAD TO ENTERTAIN ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
IT WOULD ONLY ALLOW THEM, AS STATED IN YOUR HEADER, THE ONE AND A HALF SQUARE FOOTAGE OF SIGNAGE FOR THE LINEAR FOR THE FRONTAGE, WHICH WILL ONLY ALLOW THEM 150 SQUARE FEET, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO THEIR OPTION B ACTUALLY SHOWS THE FRONTAGE SIDE THAT WOULD MEET THAT QUALIFICATION, RIGHT? ONLY FOR ONE SIGN.
ONLY FOR THE FRONT RIGHT. YES.
THAT WOULD BE ONLY FOR ONE SIGN.
YES. TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE ALLOWANCE.
SO UNFORTUNATELY, YOU ADD TWO SIGNS TOGETHER.
AS I STATED, IT'S PRETTY STRINGENT.
THEY WOULD TAKE UP THEIR ALLOWANCE ON THE FRONT ON THE ADDRESS SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
WE WOULD NOT OPPOSE THAT IF THAT WOULD BE YOUR DESIRE.
BUT FOR THE SIGNAGE ON THE SIDE, WE WOULD ASK FOR WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.
ONE THING. COME UP IF GERALD YOU WILL COME UP HERE.
JUST TO SAY THE SIGN ON THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING HAS NO REAL VALUE AT THIS TIME.
BUT WITH THIS BUSINESS COMING IN PROMOTING THE AREA, IT COULD INCREASE THE RETAIL VALUE OF THE AREA AND PROPERTY VALUES AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
BUT IT'S JUST TRYING TO GET THAT BUSINESS UP AND RUNNING AND STARTED.
AND I THINK THE SIGN ON THE SIDE OF THE BUILDING WOULD PROMOTE THE SUCCESS OF THE BUSINESS.
THAT'S THE SOUTH SIDE YEAH. WHERE THE CARS ARE PARKED WOULD BE THE FRONT, RIGHT? YES, SIR. YES, SIR.
RIGHT THERE. SO ONE OTHER QUESTION I HAD.
IT IS IN THE CITY LIMIT, RIGHT? YES SIR. I WAS TRYING TO THAT LINE IS AWFUL CLOSE.
YES, THERE'S AN AERIAL MAP, IF YOU DON'T MIND ROLLING, MARIA.
YEAH. IT'S IN THE STAFF REPORT.
I'M SORRY. IT MIGHT BE THE FIRST THE SUMMARY SHEET, WHICH IS THE VERY FIRST SHEET.
KIND OF ROLL UP TOWARD THE STAFF REPORT.
YET THAT PART OF GALAZNIK IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS.
OKAY. MM HMM. AND YOU ONLY HAVE ONE REPLY FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
YES, SIR. AND THEY ACCEPTED IT.
AND THERE ARE NO DIRECT RESIDENTS.
IN FACT, THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH AND EAST IS ACTUALLY IN THE COUNTY.
SO WHAT DO YOU MEAN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS? WELL, YOU GOT THE LETTERS ANGLETON UNDERNEATH THAT.
I JUST WONDER IF THERE'S OTHER LOCATIONS.
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HOUSTON MOTORSPORTS IS. I'M SORRY, GERALD, IF YOU'LL COME UP HERE.SORRY. ALL RIGHT. EVERYTHING'S BEEN RECORDED.
OKAY. THANK YOU. SO WERE WE IN OUR PUBLIC HEARING OR WERE WE? YES. OKAY.
AYE. OH, I DIDN'T GET A SECOND. SECOND.
DID ANYBODY ON THE BOARD HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO GRANT THE VARIANCE REQUESTED WITH THE DETAILS PROVIDED IN THE PACKET.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE OPTING FOR OPTION A.
AND THAT IS OPTION A, RIGHT? WE'RE TALKING. RIGHT YES.
OPPOSED? SO MOVE SO THAT MOTION FOR A VARIANCE HAS BEEN GRANTED TO ACCEPT OPTION A FOR THE ADJUSTMENT IN SIGNAGE FOR HOUSTON MOTORSPORTS.
THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS ALL OF OUR AGENDA.
SO I WILL CLOSE THE MEETING AT 1:16.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.