02-19-15 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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EXHIBIT A Ensey, Eric From:Terry O'Brien \[tobrien@quala.us.com\] Sent:Friday, February 13, 2015 9:52 AM To:Ensey, Eric Subject:City of La Porte Zone Change Application for Quala (Large Lot Residential to Light Industrial), Address: 11100 La Porte Fwy Attachments:Quala - La Porte Rezoning Meeting Recap 021115.pdf Dear Mr. Ensey: Thank you for taking the time to meet with Dan Langdon and Jim Carlson of Quala, Tony Garcia Jr., and Rene Martinez with SDC Construction Monday, February 9, 2015 regarding our application for a City of La Porte Zone Change from Large Lot Residential to Light Industrial use. We look forward to the Planning & Zoning Commission favorably considering our Zone Change Application at the public hearing scheduled for February 19, 2015, in accordance with the provisions of Section 106 of the City of La Porte Code of Ordinances, and recommending the Rezoning Ordinance to the rd Council meeting. City Council for consideration at the March 23 As we articulated in our Rezoning Application and in Monday’s meeting, Quala seeks to rezone a 6.4 acre undeveloped property (TRS 351 & 352 La Porte outlots) currently owned by Louisiana Chemical Co. LLC, (11100 La Porte Fwy.), which is adjacent to Quala’s leasehold operations located on a 12.74 acre and a 12.87 acre property owned by Louisiana Chemical Equipment Co. which are both zoned Light Industrial. Quala will utilize approximately 5 acres of the 6.4 acre tract for the development of a new parking lot to stage truck containers that Quala currently services. Note, from a historical land use perspective, the 6.4 acre site is land locked and isolated from the Large Lot Zoned Residential properties on N. P Street – bordered to the south and west by a Harris County Flood Control easement and a berm on the north side of the easement -- and should provide an easy transition in being zoned Light Industrial, as the site’s only access is from Old La Porte Road (11100 La Porte Frwy), which is Quala’s main entrance. Quala is highly committed to being a good corporate citizen and to meeting with surrounding neighbors to listen to any concerns they may have with respect to the proposed use. To-date, we have reached out to surrounding property owners within 200 feet of the 6.4 acre parcel and have met with and briefed five homeowners on our plans to develop the parking lot facility -- owners located to the west, south, and southeast of the site. Our meetings have been favorable; with homeowners expressing the desire to see a tree buffer preserved on the perimeter of the property to screen the parking lot, and to have directional lighting installed that illuminates the parking lot only. It is our intent to have the parking facility fully engineered and comply with the City’s development and building codes, which, as you indicated, will require the installation of an 8 foot high boundary fence or an Evergreen hedge that can grow to 8 feet, within two years. Please let us know if there are any other issues that you believe we may need to consider in order to rezone the property and subsequently developing the parking lot to expand our La Porte Quala business operations. Respectfully, 1