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 
> 

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