Message-ID: <32784488.1075858965660.JavaMail.evans@thyme> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:31:00 -0700 (PDT) From: gayle@rodgers-ramsey.com To: emca@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: *EMCA* Houston Homeowner's Association Update, 10-14-01 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-From: Gayle Rodgers - Rodgers, Ramsey, Inc. X-To: emca@yahoogroups.com X-cc: X-bcc: X-Folder: \TLOKEY (Non-Privileged)\Deleted Items X-Origin: Lokey-T X-FileName: TLOKEY (Non-Privileged).pst 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 To: 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 > > > > 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 > > > > > > > >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 > >. > >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 > > 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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