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Amen! This lot size proposal is so important to all of us. A reminder: I have offered to coordinate rides for the 2:30 hearing downtown on this Thursday, the 18th.
Just let me know. Gayle Ramsey Amy & Alistair wrote: HHA topics may be particularly interesting to EMCA homeowners this month. If so, mark your calendars to attend the HHA meeting, on Monday, October 22, 2001! Amy ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael S O'Brien <michael.o.brien3@worldnet.att.net< To: <michael.o.brien3@worldnet.att.net< Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2001 11:18 PM Subject: HHA UPDATE 10-14-01 < HHA UPDATE 10-14-01 < < HHA GENERAL MEETING 10-22-01 < PREVAILING LOT SIZE AMENDMENT---PLANNING COMMISSION 10-18-01 < RICE UNIVERSITY---TROPICAL STORM ALLISON < < HHA GENERAL MEETING < < The next Houston Homeowners Association General Meeting is scheduled for < Monday, October 22, 2001: < < SPEAKER: George Dabney, Mayor's Office < TOPIC: Housing issues, particularly the plans for the forty-acre MDI site < which is an EPA Super Fund < WHERE: First Presbyterian Church, 5300 Main @ Bissonnet < WHEN: Monday, October 22, 2001 < ROOM: Solarium < TIME: 6:00 P.M. < < To find the Solarium---Enter through the Welcome Center at the top of the < circular drive on the side facing the Museum of Fine Arts. A HHA sign will < be on the door. Turn left and proceed about fifty feet and you will be in < the Solarium. < < < PREVAILING LOT SIZE AMENDMENT---PLANNING COMMISSION 10-18-01 < < THE PREVAILING LOT SIZE AMENDMENT TO CHAPTER 42 IS OF CRITICAL IMPORTANCE TO < INNER LOOP NEIGHBORHOODS!!! < < WHAT: Planning Commission Public Hearing < DATE: Thursday, October 18, 2001 < TIME: 2:30 P.M. < WHERE: City Hall Annex Council Chambers, 900 Bagby---Park behind the Annex < and enter < through the parking level doors. As you pass through the metal detectors < turn < left and the Council Chambers are at the end of the short hall. < < When the amended Chapter 42, Development Ordinance, was passed in March, < 1999, the biggest change made was to divide the City into two parts, < suburban-everything outside Loop 610 and urban-everything inside Loop 610. < To create an urban area that was "denser" than the suburban area, the < ordinance provided for smaller setbacks, smaller lot sizes and less < compensating open space in the urban area. < < For those urban neighborhoods who did not have deed restrictions or whose < deed restrictions did not address front setbacks, the amended Chapter 42 < provide the Special Building Line Requirement Area (Section 42-163, SBLRA) < as help. The SBLRA allows neighborhoods to petition the City to maintain < their prevailing front setbacks. < < This proposed Prevailing Lot Size amendment to Chapter 42 will work < basically like the SBLRA. < To review the proposed Prevailing Lot Size amendment please check out the < following address < < <http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/departme/planning/Devp_rel.htm< < < This will get you to the page titled Development Regulations. Scroll down < to the Proposed Prevailing Lot Size Amendment and click on where it says, < "click here to view the proposed amendment". < < WE CAN NOT STRESS HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE URBAN < AREA NEIGHBORHOODS ATTEND AND SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED PREVAILING < LOT SIZE AMENDMENT AT THIS PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING!!! < < < RICE UNIVERSITY---TROPICAL STORM ALLISON < < TROPICAL STORM ALLISON - A BRAYS BAYOU EVENT < < < <What happened, why, and what can be done about future flooding? < < < < <A ONE DAY CONFERENCE AT RICE UNIVERSITY < < < <13 November 2001 < < < <<http://www.rice.edu/flood<; < < < <Tropical Storm Allison formed quickly in the Gulf and arrived in < <Houston on June 5th, 2001 causing serious flooding for several days. < <On June 8-9, 2001, Allison returned with a vengeance to the central < <Houston area, dropping more than 15 inches of rain near lower Brays < <Bayou in just nine hours, and more than 10 inches of rain in three < <hours at the Texas Medical Center. This massive flood event caused < <over $2 billion in damages and flooded thousands of homes along < <Brays Bayou. The damages in Harris County exceeded $5 billion. NOAA < <classified Allison as one of the most damaging U.S. urban floods in < <history. < < < <The one-day conference at Rice University is open to the public, and < <designed to present facts and observations from the Allison flood, < <explain how and why it occurred, and offer ideas on what can be done < <in the future. Conference speakers include representatives of the < <National Weather Service, Harris County, the City of Bellaire, and < <the Texas Medical Center, local academics, consultants, and < <engineers, and local organizations. The conference will focus on < <the Brays Bayou Watershed area < <<http://st-helens.rice.edu/BraysFAS/Watershed_Description.htm<. < <Individuals, organizations, or businesses with property in this area < <would benefit from the important information being discussed at this < <conference. < < < <Seating is limited to 200, so please register early. < <To register or for more information, please visit our web site at < <<http://www.rice.edu/flood<; or www.floodalert.org. < < < <Thank you. < < < <Philip B. Bedient < < < <Herman Brown Professor of Engineering < <Civil and Environmental Engineering < <Rice University < <6100 Main St (MS 317) < <Houston, Tx 77005 < < < <Telephone 713 348-4953 Fax 713 348-5239 < < < Thanks < Mike O'Brien, President < Houston Homeowners Association < 281-496-0752 < 281-496-6896 Fax < michael.o.brien3@worldnet.att.net < ------------------------ Yahoo! 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