11-20-2003 Regular Meeing and Public Hearing of the La Porte Planning and Zoning Commission

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Port of Houston Authority • • Major Development Site Plan Page 4 of 5 Water: Staff is currently working with the POHA on specifying the Utility Extension Agreement to be executed for extension of the waterline to serve the Pre -Check Terminal. The UEA will provide specific stipulations for construction and related documentation of the extension. Additionally, the agreement will allow for potential reimbursement to the Port for any future service connections made by adjacent landowners to the waterline extended under the terms of the UEA.The Port's consultant will prepare and submit engineered plans of the waterline extension for review by the City. Sanitary Sewer: The POHA is studying the feasibility of tying onto an existing sanitary sewer service manhole approximately 185' south of their property and located in the North Brownell Avenue right-of-way. Currently, the PHA's surveyor is preparing to determine the depth of the subject manhole to ascertain if this route will provide the best service to the site. Storm Water: Staff ensured that there will be no overland water runoff or impact to the adjacent properties across North "E" Street right-of-way. Storm water drainage will connect to Harris County existing system located along Barbour's Cut Blvd. Parking & Lighting Plan - The parking lot surface shall be concrete. As per details provided by the developer, the luminaries selected are precision"cut-off' engineered units specifically designed to this project and are not in any way similar to common floodlights. The luminaries design utilizes a maximum lamp output of 400 watts, installed one or twon units per pole. The poles are maximum 16' in height, ensuring no light trespass appears beyond the 20' high sound wall. The plan is in compliance with the conditions stipulated by the City per Special Conditional Use Permit #SCU 03-001. Construction Phasing & Schedule — The proposed project will be constructed in two phases. Phase I is the construction of 20' high sound wall. Whereas, Phase H will consist of site work which includes building, parking lot/lanes, and water main. The development schedule provided by the developer indicates the design work for new sound wall started in September, 2003. The construction phase will begin on July 27, 2004 and approximate completion date will be January, 2005. The construction schedule for phase H indicates December, 2004, an approximate starting date and approximate completion date of December, 2005 for this particular project.