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Staff presents quarterly development report; commission hears new city engineer and IDM update; multiple plats approved
Summary
Development staff reported quarterly activity (April–June), introduced new city engineer Vincenzo Caraza and previewed Infrastructure Design Manual updates including Atlas 14 stormwater standards; commissioners approved the listed consent plats and minutes.
Development Services presented the quarterly development activity report covering April–June at the Sept. 10 Planning and Zoning Commission meeting, and commissioners received an introduction of the city’s new city engineer and a preview of proposed changes to the Infrastructure Design Manual (IDM).
Development Services staff said predevelopment meetings increased compared with the prior year (staff reported about 30 meetings versus 14 the prior year) and highlighted proposed commercial and residential projects including a sushi restaurant at Township Square, Potbelly at 8225 Highway 6, Lane’s Chicken Fingers at the Old Dairy Queen site on Highway 6, expansion at the Mustang Bayou Water Plant, and continued development in business parks along Beltway 8. Staff reported about 171 new building permits — similar to last year — and noted several apartment projects, relocations and new businesses including Pamela Printing, Karma’s and Swig at Fort Bend Town Center 2. Certificates of occupancy were reported as approximately 11% of permit activity for the quarter.
Assistant City Manager Sashi Kumar introduced Vincenzo Caraza, the new city engineer. Caraza said he will lead the engineering team overseeing capital improvement projects and development activities and described the Infrastructure Design Manual as the document that “establishes criteria for developers and engineers to design public infrastructure within Missouri City.” He told commissioners the IDM, last updated in 2019, will be revised this cycle (roughly every five years) and that major changes will include additional stormwater-detention standards to address Atlas 14 rainfall guidance and traffic-safety improvements; staff and consultants are working with the development community and a final draft will be returned to the commission in upcoming months.
On the consent agenda the commission approved multiple plat applications and final plats as listed in the meeting packet. Items approved on the consent agenda included preliminary plats for CityRise Church, Missouri City Mustang Bayou Water Plant 2 and Sienna sections 77, 82 and 84; final plats for Sienna Section 70 and The Market at Waters Lake; and an amending plat for the St. Catherine Catholic Community Center (as listed in the packet). The commission also approved the minutes of the Aug. 13 meeting.
Commissioners were briefed on upcoming zoning cases and a schedule reset intended to give at least 30 days’ notice to property owners for upcoming zoning hearings; staff said public notices are posted to the city zoning web page and that the commission packet will be available three business days before meetings per state law. Staff also reminded commissioners the comprehensive-plan amendment process and additional zoning cases are being scheduled for future meetings as the calendar is adjusted for end-of-year items.
Ending: Staff asked commissioners to help publicize the second public questionnaire for the comprehensive-plan update; the survey is open through Oct. 10, contains about eight questions and is timed for roughly five minutes. Staff set a goal of 300 responses and offered to meet with HOAs to promote the survey and provide visualization assistance for plan amendments.
