Sep 03, 2026 Planning & Zoning Commission

WE'RE READY. ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.

[DECLARATION OF A QUORUM AND CALL TO ORDER]

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TODAY IS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER THE 3RD. OUR FIRST ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING HELD ON AUGUST THE 6TH,

[1. Discussion and possible action on the minutes for the Planning and Zoning Commission meeting held on August 6, 2026.]

I WOULD MOVE TO ACCEPT THEM. SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER HESTON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ROBERSON.

IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR INDICATE SO BY SAYING I.

I OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. NEXT ITEM IS DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION ON A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR DC

[2. Discussion and possible action on a Preliminary Plat for DC White Oak Data Center, on 27.27 acres, located at 898 E. CR 341/E. Henderson Rd. within the Angleton ETJ, Brazoria County, Texas (BCAD PID# 558324).]

BCAD PID 558324. MR. SPRIGGS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.

THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR PROPERTY AS STATED HERE AT THE LOCATION ON EAST HENDERSON AS SO NOTED AND POSTED ON THE AGENDA.

THIS PARTICULAR PRELIMINARY PLAT WAS FORWARDED TO STAFF FOR PROCESSING.

WE HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO FORWARD IT TO NOT ONLY THE CITY ENGINEER, BUT OTHERS SUCH AS THE BRAZORIA COUNTY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. WE FORWARDED IT TO THEM AS A COURTESY.

IT IS WITHIN OUR ETJ WHERE WE DO HAVE JURISDICTION OVER THE PLATTING.

OF COURSE, WE DO NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER ZONING PER SE FOR THE PROPERTY.

BUT HOWEVER WE DID REVIEW THE PLAT WE OF COURSE HELD A PRE DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE USE AND WITH THE DEVELOPERS FOR THE PROPERTY WHO ARE PROPOSING A DATA CENTER FOR THE SITE.

IN TERMS OF THE PARTICULARS, IN TERMS OF THIS TYPE OF FACILITY.

THE APPLICANTS ARE AVAILABLE TODAY JUST IN CASE THERE ARE SOME TECHNICAL QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF A A DATA CENTER PER SE. ALSO I'VE GIVEN YOU INFORMATION AND THERE'S BEEN SO MUCH HOOPLA IN THE NEWS IN TERMS OF DATA CENTERS, IN TERMS OF WHERE THE STATE OF TEXAS IS, WHERE THE GOVERNOR IS.

AND I SORT OF GAVE YOU SOME INFORMATION ON THAT.

THERE HAS NOT BEEN A DIRECT BAN ON PROCESSING OF THE DATA CENTERS, BUT BASICALLY THESE ALERTS TO ERCOT AND OTHER FACILITIES TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNS OF DATA CENTERS FROM ME, INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT AND THE LOAD ON FACILITIES.

IN TERMS OF THE PROJECT, WE HAVE THE DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, WHICH WOULD BE THE 192 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.

AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE SOME FORM OF CLOSED LOOP PARTIAL MODULAR SYSTEM.

IN WHICH AS I STATED, HOPEFULLY THEY'LL BE ABLE TO EXPLAIN TO YOU SOME OF THOSE BACKUP SYSTEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE, THE USE, BUT AS YOU KNOW, WITH THESE TYPE OF FACILITIES, THERE ARE COOLING TYPE SYSTEMS THAT ARE MADE TO KEEP THE UNITS COOL AND ALSO TO PROVIDE ENERGY TO THE STRUCTURE. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THAT.

WE ALSO GAVE YOU THE NOTES FROM THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

THEY ALSO NOTED TO THE STAFF AT THE TIME THAT THEY WERE HOPING TO DEVELOP SOME RAPPORT WITH THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES BECAUSE THERE ARE SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT WOULD BE CLOSE TO THE FACILITY AND PROXIMITY.

ALSO, THERE IS AN AN EXAMPLE CITE THAT THEY USE AS AN EXAMPLE IN LAMARCK, AS YOU SAW ON THE IMAGES WITHIN THE REPORT.

THAT TYPE OF FACILITY IN LAMARCK IS MORE OF A MODULAR TYPE SYSTEM, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A LARGE BUILDING AS PROPOSED ON THE SITE HERE IN ANGLETON.

WE FORWARDED, AS I STATED, THE PLAT TO THE CITY ENGINEER, AND HE DID FORWARD THE COMMENTS IN WHICH I LISTED IN IN THE REPORT OR THE SUMMARY. WE FORWARDED THAT BACK TO THE APPLICANT AND THEY HAVE CLEARED ALL OF THE TEXTURAL CONCERNS.

HOWEVER, THERE WAS SOME QUESTION AS TO THE TYPE OF PLAT, AND WE THOUGHT WE HAD MADE IT CLEAR FROM THE START THAT THIS WOULD BE A PRELIMINARY PLAT, WHICH WOULD COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION AS WELL AS CITY COUNCIL, AND THEN IT WOULD GO BEFORE A FINAL PLAT PROCESS AS A FOLLOW UP IN THE FUTURE.

THAT BEING SAID, WE KICKED IT OVER TO THAT PROCESS DUE TO THE SIZE OF THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

WE HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT HENDERSON, AS YOU SEE ON THE DEVELOPMENT PLAT, AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF THE ACCESS TO THE SITE.

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IT'S MORE LIKE A GRAVEL ROAD IN SO MANY WORDS.

AND THEN THERE'S A BLOCKAGE ON YOUR EAST HENDERSON CONNECTION, WHICH WOULD GET YOU OVER TO 35.

SO THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, IN TERMS OF CONSTRUCTION TRAFFIC AND ALSO FACILITY TRAFFIC, THAT WOULD BE A MAJOR CONCERN OF STAFF IN TERMS OF, OKAY, WE SEE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN, BUT THE DRIVEWAYS BASICALLY TERMINATE AT THAT RIGHT OF WAY.

SO IT'S A DESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT. THERE'S NO RIGHT OF WAY THERE.

SO TYPICALLY WITH THESE PLATS WE PREFER TO HAVE PROPER FRONTAGE ALTHOUGH THIS WOULD BE IN BRAZORIA COUNTY.

MY QUESTION TO THE CITY ENGINEER'S OFFICE, I'M SORRY, THE COUNTY ENGINEER'S OFFICE IS WHERE THEY'RE GOING TO REQUIRE THAT ROAD TO BE IMPROVED.

BUT, BUT I THINK BECAUSE IT'S A DESCRIPTIVE EASEMENT, THEY WOULD NOT REQUIRE IT TO BE PAID, BUT THAT WOULD BE A CONCERN, I THINK OF THE CITY ESPECIALLY IF YOU KNOW, SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC ENDS UP GOING TOWARD THE WEST AND THEN WE END UP WITH, AS YOU KNOW, ANY TYPE OF HEAVY TRUCK TRAFFIC HAS BEEN A CONCERN WITH THE CITY, WITH OTHER LARGE DEVELOPMENTS.

OTHER THAN THAT, THE CITY ENGINEER DID CAUTION IF IT BECOMES A PRELIMINARY PLAN PLAT, THEN THAT WOULD BE THE NEED FOR SOME OF THE DRAINAGE AND CONTOURS TO BE PUT ON THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THE DEVELOPERS OR THE ENGINEERS COULD FOLLOW UP AND CORRECT.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, WE TRY TO RAISE ISSUES IN TERMS OF NOISE CONCERNS.

WE KNOW THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN WITH THE CONCERN WITH THESE TYPE OF TYPES OF FACILITIES.

BUT I THINK THAT THE DEVELOPERS OWE IT TO THE NEIGHBORS TO KIND OF EXPLAIN WITH THIS TYPE OF FACILITY, WHAT TYPE OF DECIBEL CONCERNS WOULD WE BE EXPERIENCING IN THE FUTURE AT THE PROPERTY LINES AND WHAT THOSE INTERVALS WOULD BE.

SO THOSE KIND OF IMPACTS, ALTHOUGH WE MAY NOT HAVE A LOT OF DISCRETION ON LIGHTING AND IN SOME OF THE OTHER VARIABLES, BUT THOSE SORT OF CONCERNS ARE ALWAYS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY WOULD BE MINDFUL OF, ESPECIALLY IF SOME OF THIS LAND ENDS UP BEING IN THE CITY AND WE END UP WITH FUTURE COMPLAINTS ON SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME ANSWERS TO THAT.

NOTED IN THE REPORT, THERE'S A TIA TYPICALLY ON THESE TYPE OF LARGE FACILITY WHERE YOU HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC AND ACCESS THAT ARE RAISED. SO WE'RE HOPING THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD RECONSIDER THAT WAIVER REQUEST.

THE CITY ENGINEER DID REQUIRE THAT THEY WOULD COME BACK WITH TO US AND HAVE A SCOPING MEETING.

THAT WAY WE CAN FIGURE OUT IN TERMS OF THEIR NUMBERS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS THAT WAIVER EVEN FEASIBLE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT'S PROBLEMATIC WITH THAT ROAD NOT BEING DEVELOPED.

AND NO ACCESS OFF OF 523 HAS BEEN NOTED, NO IMPROVEMENTS ON 523 IN TERMS OF RADIUSES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE ACCESS OR [INAUDIBLE] LANES OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE EITHER.

I KNOW IT'S A LOT, BUT HOPEFULLY WITH THE SUMMARY REPORT, WE CAN USE THAT AS AN OUTLINE TO KIND OF TACKLE SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.

GRACE, IF YOU WOULD GO MAYBE TOWARD THE END OF THOSE PAGES I WILL SAY THAT ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS, THE BIERI'S DID SUBMIT SOME CONCERNS AND I DON'T HAVE A HARD COPY WITH ME, BUT YOU MIGHT HAVE TO.

I THINK IT'S THE SECOND TO THE LAST PAGE, MAYBE.

ALL THE WAY DOWN. IS THAT THE VERY LAST PAGE? AND I NEED YOU TO GO UP A LITTLE BIT THEN IF IT WAS IN THE LAST PAGE.

AND IF YOU GUYS CAN IDENTIFY IT ON YOUR PAGE.

LET'S SEE WHAT. PAGE 33. PAGE 33 IN THE PACKET.

OKAY. AND ZOOM IN TO THAT. SO WE'RE TOLD THAT THE WATER WILL BE TRUCKED IN.

AND I THINK ONCE WE SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANTS, LET'S FIGURE OUT WHAT THEIR ANGLE IS ON THE WATER.

ARE YOU USING WELLS OR ARE YOU GOING TO TRUCK ALL THE WATER IN? IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE WELLS, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE THE CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR REVIEW.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T TYPICALLY FORWARD, BUT WE, WE WILL FORWARD THE APPLICATION TO I THINK HIS NAME IS MR. WHITE OVER AT THE, AT THAT PARTICULAR CONSERVATION DISTRICT TO MAYBE REVIEW THEIR PLANS AND JUST SEE IF THERE ARE ANY ISSUES WITH, WITH THIS INFORMATION HERE. BUT THIS IS PROVIDING IS THEY OWN THE BIERI FARMS IS WITHIN ONE MILE, AND THEY'RE TAKING WATER OUT OF THE WELLS, AS YOU SEE HERE.

AND THEY ARE APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT. SO THERE WAS SOME CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS RAISED FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

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I'M GOING TO END RIGHT THERE. I ALSO GAVE YOU THE REFERRAL AGENCY UPDATES AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET THOSE BOXES CHECKED OFF.

I THINK THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH SUBMISSION WITH THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT AS OF 7/17.

ALSO TEXDOT IS HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND IS UNDER REVIEW IS WHAT I'M UNDERSTANDING.

AND THEN THERE WAS A KICKOFF MEETING. OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE JUST WAITING ON THOSE COMMENTS.

WE TYPICALLY WOULD RECEIVE A LETTER OF NO OBJECTION.

SO ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT LETTER WE TYPICALLY WOULD KEEP IT WITH THE FILE AS WELL.

THAT'S ALL THAT I HAVE. LIKE I SAID, THE CITY ENGINEER, HE'S ON THE CALL IF WE NEED TO ASK HIM ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN GET HIM ON AUDIBLE. BUT THOSE ARE SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT HE RAISED.

BUT I WILL DEFER TO THE COMMISSION AND MAYBE WE CAN MOVE TOWARDS THE APPLICANT AND THEN FIGURE OUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS THAT NEED TO BE ANSWERED.

AND THEN I'M HERE, OF COURSE, TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

COULD I ASK YOU ONE QUESTION? YES, SIR. JUST TO CLARIFY, BECAUSE IT MAY AFFECT WHICH QUESTIONS I ASK THE APPLICANT.

ON THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS. IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WOULD ALLOW A IS THE REQUEST FOR WAIVER ON THAT SOMETHING THAT COMES BEFORE US OR IS THAT PURELY A CITY COUNCIL QUESTION? SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD BE PUSHED UP TO THE COUNCIL.

I THINK ESPECIALLY IF YOU RAISE MATTERS OF CONCERN THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.

OKAY. AND THEN MAYBE THE APPLICANT HAS SOME OF THOSE ANSWERS IN TERMS OF ACCESS MANAGEMENT, BECAUSE THAT'S ALWAYS A CONCERN. SO, SO OUR CHARGE IS TO SIMPLY CONSIDER THE PRELIMINARY PLAT.

PRELIMINARY PLAT. AND AS YOU KNOW, WE'RE PLANNING WE YOU KNOW, WE SOMETIMES LOOK AT ACCESS EASEMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED AND THOSE ITEMS. SO IF WE CAN KIND OF FOCUS ON THOSE THINGS IN TERMS OF THE ZONING, WE'LL TRY TO STEER AWAY FROM ACTUAL ZONING ISSUES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.

AND THEN I'LL TRY TO GET YOUR ANSWERS. AND, AND AS I WAS PREPARING FOR THIS MEETING, IT APPEARED TO ME THERE WERE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WERE INCOMPLETE RELATED TO THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT. IS THAT CORRECT? THOSE WERE THE RED MARKS.

OKAY. AS I'VE ATTACHED THE CORRECTIVE RESPONSES AND THE CITY ENGINEER HAS GONE THROUGH MOST.

AND AS OF RIGHT NOW, THEY'VE NOT ALL BEEN CLEARED.

THOSE HAVE BEEN CLEARED EXCEPT WITH THE EXCEPTION, AS I STATED, THE TYPE OF PLAT.

AND WE CAN SPEAK WITH THE APPLICANT ABOUT THAT.

BUT AS FAR AS WE'RE CONCERNED IT SHOULD BE A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

OKAY. AND THEN THAT WOULD TRIGGER THEM JUST PLACING CONTOURS, THE CONTOURS ON THE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT THAT COULD BE DONE.

THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE. BUT THE OTHER ISSUES IN TERMS OF DRIVEWAY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE GOING TO IMPROVE THE ROAD FRONTAGE THOSE QUESTIONS I THINK ARE KIND OF PENDING AND UP IN THE AIR. DOES STAFF HAVE A RECOMMENDATION? I WOULD LIKE TO NUMBER ONE, HEAR FROM THE APPLICANTS FIRST AND FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT BOXES WE CAN CHECK OFF TODAY.

OKAY. I THINK THERE ARE SOME PENDING ITEMS THAT ARE NO CONCERN OF MINE THAT MAYBE WE NEED TO SLOW IT DOWN AND GET THOSE THINGS ADDRESSED.

AND THEN MAYBE TODAY WE'LL GET THROUGH MOST OF THEM.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S IF NO ONE HAS ANY OBJECTION, LET'S HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT.

OKAY. IF YOU'LL COME TO THE PODIUM AND STATE YOUR NAME AND RELATIONSHIP TO THE PROJECT, PLEASE.

HI, MY NAME IS LAURA MACE. I AM REPRESENTING THE THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AS THE PLANNING ENGINEERING COMPANY.

SO I HAVE QUESTIONS. I MEAN, I HAVE ANSWERS TO SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PLANNING SOME MORE OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR IN TERMS OF DRAINAGE OR TRAFFIC ANALYSIS. AS MR. OTIS HAS, HAS SAID THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE COORDINATE THE, THE MEETING TO DISCUSS THIS A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PLAT ITSELF, OR I DO HAVE SOME INSIGHTS ON WHAT THE OWNER HAS BEEN DOING UP UNTIL THIS POINT.

HE IS WORKING WITH TWO ENGINEERING FIRMS. SO BY ENGINEERING FIRM RSG ENGINEER IS PRIMARILY HANDLING THE PLATTING PORTION OF THE PROJECT.

SO THE ENGINEERING AS FAR AS LIKE THE TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, THE DRAINAGE, THE OWNER IS WORKING WITH ANOTHER FIRM TO HANDLE THAT.

AND THEY HAVE BEEN SUBMITTING THAT OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE WERE HIRED FOR.

BUT ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE ON THAT. I CAN MAKE A NOTE OF THAT TO GO BACK TO THE OWNER AND TRY TO GET YOU ANSWERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR. I'M SORRY. WHAT WAS YOUR NAME? LAURA. LAURA. ANY QUESTIONS? I'D REALLY LIKE YOU TO GO BACK TO THE OWNER TO TALK TO THE OTHER ENGINEERING FIRM ABOUT THIS TRAFFIC ANALYSIS, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THAT THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE ROAD.

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IT DOES NOT [LAUGHS]. I HAD TO GO LOOK MYSELF BECAUSE THAT WAS MY THOUGHT, TOO.

YEAH. I THINK THERE'S A DEAD END SIGN. IT'S A DEAD END. IT'S GATED.

IT PLAYS HELL WITH US. YEAH, I BET. YEAH. YEAH, WE GOT TO GO DOWN IT.

DO YOU KNOW IF THEY PLAN TO IMPROVE THAT PART OF HENDERSON WHERE THE DRIVEWAYS WILL? THAT PART I AM NOT SURE ON AT THIS TIME. I DO UNDERSTAND FROM THE ANALYSIS WE THE OWNER WORKED WITH THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THE OFFICE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY.

IT WAS, IT WAS EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WOULD BE NO MORE THAN 10 TO 15 PEOPLE.

SO THEY WASN'T EXPECTING A HEAVY TRAFFIC LOAD.

BUT I THINK WITH MORE INFORMATION, LIKE I SAID, I CAN TAKE YOUR QUESTIONS AND THEN GO BACK TO THE OWNER AND SEE IF I CAN GET YOU SOME MORE CLARIFICATION ON THAT. WELL, IF WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE WATER TRUCKED INTO THIS THING BECAUSE IT'S NOT A CLOSED, A PERMANENT CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM, CORRECT. IT WILL HAVE TO GET TOPPED OFF EVERY SO OFTEN.

FROM MY UNDERSTANDING. THAT'S CORRECT. SO WE IT'S NOT JUST A MATTER OF THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRAFFIC DURING CONSTRUCTION, BUT BRINGING IN HEAVY TRUCKS WITH WATER ON A SOMEWHAT REGULAR BASIS, AS WELL AS IF THERE'S AN EMERGENCY OUT HERE NOT HAVING THAT THRUWAY OUT THERE.

THAT HAS SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS FOR US IF IT'S NOT GOING TO BE IMPROVED.

I THINK AT LEAST FOR ME, I DON'T KNOW. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR EVERYONE ELSE.

THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS AS WELL. I HAVE THE ADDITIONAL CONCERN OF.

EVEN IF YOU IMPROVE HENDERSON, YOU'RE STILL DUMPING TRAFFIC ONTO 523, PROBABLY.

AND IF I'M READING THE LETTER CORRECTLY, SOME OF THAT TRAFFIC IS GOING TO BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE INGRESS AND EGRESS AT PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES AND ANYONE, I THINK WHO'S BEEN ON 523, YOU'RE ONLY A MILE FROM THE HIGH SCHOOL IN PEAK TRAFFIC TIMES IS ALREADY A NIGHTMARE. SO I, I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A COMMENT OR A QUESTION, BUT I AM REAL UNCOMFORTABLE WITH WAIVING A TRAFFIC STUDY.

EXACTLY. BECAUSE EVEN THEN YOU'RE COMING OFF RIGHT THERE.

YOU'RE THERE'S THAT OVERPASS THERE TOO. SO NOW YOU'VE GOT VISUALLY VISUAL IMPEDIMENT.

SO I THINK THAT REALLY NEEDS TO BE STUDIED. AND I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF I'M THINKING OF THE RIGHT INTERSECTION HERE.

IT IS NOT A CONTROLLED TRAFFIC LIGHT, IT IS JUST A FLASHING FLASHING LIGHT ON THERE OFF OF.

I DON'T THINK IT'S A FLASHING ANYTHING. I DON'T THINK IT'S CONTROLLED AT ALL. 35 IN HENDERSON, 35 HENDERSON. IT'S A FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT. IT'S FLASHING YELLOW LIGHT.

SO IF YOU GOT ANY SORT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC, THAT'S GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT DURING PEAK HOURS BECAUSE THAT'S A MAIN THOROUGHFARE FOLKS GOING UP TO ALVIN AND SUCH.

YOU'RE RIGHT. BASED ON THE CHECKLIST FOR THE PLANNING APPLICATION WE WENT INTO, I WAS HELPING PREPARE THE APPLICATIONS THAT THIS WAS GOING TO BE A PRELIMINARY PLAT. SO THAT'S HOW I AM COORDINATING THE PROJECT.

SO THE CLIENT HAS BEEN AWARE THAT THE TRAFFIC TIA MAY BE NEEDED.

AND SO THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER PROVIDED THE WAIVER IS AWARE AND IF WE NEED TO PROVIDE ONE WE CAN PROVIDE A DETAILED REPORT.

SO THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT. THIS IS A PRELIMINARY PLAT.

BUT MIND YOU ANYONE COULD BUILD OFF A PRELIMINARY PLAT IF APPROVED, AND THEY SUBMIT THE CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS AND SATISFY ALL DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY.

THEN THEY COULD START BUILDING OFF THAT PRELIMINARY PLAT.

YEAH, I THINK THAT'S A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT CONCERN IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

MY QUESTION WOULD BE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE WILLING TO WAIVE YOUR TIME CLOCK CONSTRAINTS AND PULL THIS BACK TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OF THE COMMISSION AND THEN PERHAPS BRING THIS BACK IN THE NEXT MEETING.

OH, I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THE TIME FRAME.

I UNDERSTAND THAT THE OWNER IS JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER DEVELOPER WOULD LIKE TO GET STARTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THE BEST WAY WE KNOW HOW, SO WE CAN HAVE SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY IN NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.

SO IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU GUYS ARE STRONGLY CONSIDERING, PROPOSE THAT BACK TO THE CLIENT, AND THEN WE JUST WORK FROM THERE. I WOULD HAVE ALSO LIKED TO HEAR, I GUESS, FROM THE ENGINEERING FIRM THAT'S DOING THE DATA CENTER, THE OTHER THINGS, THE ELECTRIC, THE WATER. BECAUSE I THINK MY OTHER QUESTIONS, MY MAIN QUESTIONS WERE TRAFFIC AND THEN POWER AND WATER USAGE RELATED. AND SO IT'S A LITTLE FRUSTRATING THAT THE DEVELOPER DIDN'T SEND YOUR COUNTERPART WITH THE OTHER FIRM WHO COULD HAVE

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THE TIMING WAS A LITTLE BAD. BUT YEAH, CONSTRAINTS.

I KNOW I WAS AVAILABLE FOR IT BECAUSE I DO HAVE OTHER PROJECTS IN THE AREA.

SO I COULD COME AT LEAST TAKE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU GUYS MAY HAVE OR ANY CONCERNS YOU MAY HAVE, AND THEN GO BACK TO THE OWNER TO SEE IF WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE, OR EVEN SET UP A FOLLOW UP MEETING TO HELP ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE THINGS WITH YOU GUYS.

SO I GUESS MY COMMENTS WOULD BE, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE DEVELOPER MEET WITH STAFF TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC, WATER USAGE, POWER USAGE. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT NOISE? WELL, THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO GO NEXT. AND AND GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ISH BEHAVIOR.

MAYBE SOME KIND OF GOOD FAITH SHOWING THAT YOU'VE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND HAVE PROVIDED THEM WITH INFORMATION ON ANTICIPATED DECIBELS FOR NOISE AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE DAY, WHAT THE LIGHTING IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE.

I MEAN, IS THIS, I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU COULD EVER GET ONE OF THESE THINGS, YOU KNOW, DARK SKY CERTIFIED OR WHATEVER, BUT ARE WE, YOU KNOW, SHINING FLOODLIGHTS INTO PEOPLE'S OR IF THERE'LL BE ANY INTERVAL NOISE STUDIES? YEAH. ON AN ANNUAL BASIS OR, YOU KNOW, SOME SOMETIMES FACILITIES DO THOSE.

BUT THAT TYPE OF INFORMATION WE DO NOT KNOW. SO DO WE WANT TO TABLE THIS UNTIL NEXT MONTH? MY FEAR IS IF YOU DON'T HAVE EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO APPROVE THE PRELIMINARY PLAT, THEN IT ENDS UP BEING A DENIAL.

BUT YOU KNOW, TO FOREGO THAT, TO GET MORE INFORMATION, TO MAKE A MORE ASSERTIVE DECISION THAN TABLING IT WOULD BE AN OPTION.

AND BEFORE WE MOVE TO THAT, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR THAT Y'ALL, IT MAY BE BEYOND THE SCOPE OF THIS PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT DOES NOT.

AND IT MAY BE A A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT DOES NOT NECESSARILY HAVE TO MEET ZONING STANDARDS, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CANNOT ADOPT ORDINANCES REGULATING NUISANCES IN WITHIN 5000FT OF CITY LIMITS. AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU COME BACK WITH REAL CLEAR NUMBERS ON BOTH LIGHT AND NOISE. BECAUSE BOTH OF THOSE WOULD FALL SQUARELY IN NUISANCE.

I DON'T THINK THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH ME ASKING THE OWNER TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.

AND LET ME BE SPECIFIC, BECAUSE WE'VE GOTTEN BURNED ON THIS BEFORE.

WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR AN AVERAGE, WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEAK AT EDGE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN BURNED ON AVERAGE BEFORE.

AND WE'VE HAD A LOT OF VERY UPSET RESIDENTS. UNDERSTANDABLY [LAUGHS].

YEAH. YEAH. THIS IS MR. ELLIS HAS EXPLAINED BEFORE THIS IS THEIR SECOND OR SECOND PROJECT, SO IT'S NOT THEIR FIRST TIME AROUND. SO I THINK THAT FOR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE YOUR CONCERNS OVER, THOSE ARE TOTALLY UNDERSTANDABLE. SO I WILL MAKE SURE THAT I COMMUNICATE THOSE MORE FORCEFULLY THAN NEEDED JUST TO MAKE SURE BECAUSE WE, WE, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE PROJECTS IN BRAZORIA COUNTY, THIS IS THE FIRST ONE WITH ANGLETON.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT OUR BEST REPRESENTATION FOR IT, JUST AS AN ENGINEERING FIRM, JUST IN CASE OTHER [INAUDIBLE] COME FORWARD.

SO I WILL DO WHAT I CAN TO COMMUNICATE YOUR CONCERNS, AND THEN WE'LL GET BACK WITH YOU.

AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU, EITHER THE OWNER OR THE OWNER, HAS ANOTHER CONTACT THAT'S HANDLING THE OTHER PORTION OF THE PERMITTING.

COME HERE TODAY TO ANSWER SOME OF THOSE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. YEAH.

ALL RIGHT. THAT WOULD BE MY ESPECIALLY BECAUSE WE'RE DEALING WITH A FACILITY THAT'S BIGGER THAN WALMART. I MEAN, I WAS CURIOUS, SO I WENT AND I LOOKED IT UP. WALMART, ACCORDING TO BCAD, IS 128,000FT².

THIS IS PROPOSED TO BE 192, I BELIEVE. SO THAT'S BIG.

YEAH. I WOULD MOVE TO. NO. ARE YOU READY FOR A MOTION.

I AM READY. I WOULD MOVE TO TABLE THIS UNTIL THE COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS RAISED HERE TODAY HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED WITH STAFF.

AND STAFF CAN REPORT BACK TO US. WE'LL BRING IT BACK THEN.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION TO TABLE BY COMMISSIONER TOWNSEND, ANY.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HESTON. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

WERE THERE ANY COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE? I APOLOGIZE.

I DON'T WANT TO JUST. I DON'T WANT TO IGNORE THAT.

IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, AND I DIDN'T I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW EVERYONE.

SO. ALL RIGHT. YEAH. OKAY. SO BEFORE WE VOTE.

GOING ONCE, GOING TWICE. ALL RIGHT. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT.

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ALL RIGHT, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION INDICATE BY SAYING AYE.

AYE. OPPOSED SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT.

WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT MONTH WITH LOTS OF INFORMATION.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT THANK YOU ALL.

THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ACTUALLY, IT'S BEVERLY HOPKINS.

THAT'S THE BRAZORIA COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.