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I'M GOING TO CALL THE MARCH 8TH, 2023 PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES AND COMMISSIONER ORIAN CANNOT HEAR US AND THEY HAD TO RESTART THE SYSTEM.
IF, IF I CAN CHIME IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, MELISSA RAMIREZ, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR.
SO WE ARE HAVING, UH, MORE THAN JUST THE WEBEX PROBLEMS, THE PROJECTOR AND WHAT WE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO SHOW ON THE SCREEN IS ALSO DOWN.
THE TEAM IN THE AV ROOM IS WORKING ON THAT FEVERISHLY TO SEE HOW WE CAN GET THAT UP AND RUNNING.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE WON'T BE ABLE EVEN TO SHARE ANY OF THE INFORMATION ON YOUR SCREENS IN FRONT OF YOU FOR THE COMMISSIONERS.
SO, UM, WE CAN, UM, WE CAN PROCEED AS MUCH AS WE, YOU WOULD LIKE, UH, MR. CHAIR, IF WE NEED TO PAUSE, WE CAN DO THAT AS WELL.
IS THERE A ESTIMATED TIME FOR IT TO BE FIXED? NOT AT THE MOMENT, BUT WHAT I DO UNDERSTAND IS WE ARE, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO LIVESTREAM AND CAPTURE THE MEETING FOR THE PUBLIC.
UH, WE WON'T JUST, WE WON'T BE ABLE TO SHARE THE DOCUMENTATION ON THE AGENDA.
UM, BUT YOU HAVE ACCESS TO, UH, S A SPEAK UP AND CAN PULL THE AGENDA UP AND WE CAN GO BY INDIVIDUAL ITEM THROUGH, THROUGH THAT MANNER INSTEAD OF STAFF PULLING IT UP AS WELL.
I THINK WE JUST PROCEED UNTIL WE GET TO A POINT WHERE WE CAN'T AND THEN WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME PAPER COPIES OF SOME NON-FORMAL AGENDAS, BUT IT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON THERE SO WE CAN PASS THOSE OUT IF YOU WANNA GO THROUGH THOSE AS WELL.
CONTINUE WITH ROLL CALL PLEASE.
I GUESS, CAN YOU NOTE FOR THE MINUTES THAT, UH, THE COMMISSIONER WAS UNABLE TO RESPOND BUT WAS TRYING TO, UH, COMMISSIONER SIPES HERE.
CAN WE HAVE OUR SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
NEXT ON THE AGENDA IS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
IF YOU'VE SIGNED, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO SPEAK NOW OR WAIT FOR YOUR ITEM TO BE BROUGHT UP, UH, FOR HEARING AND SPEAK AT THAT TIME.
IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO SPEAK BEFORE ANY ITEMS ARE HEARD? ALL RIGHT, SEE NONE.
OUR FIRST AGENDA IS THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
CASES THAT ARE PLACED ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION AND KNOWN AN AUDIENCE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.
ALL CASES WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE UNIFIED MOTION.
IF SOMEONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM, IT WILL BE HEARD ON THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.
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THE SECOND AGENDA IS THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA.UH, CASES THAT ARE PLACED ON THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA WILL BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY PRIOR TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MAKING A MOTION ON THE ITEM.
WE WILL NOW BEGIN THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
SO AS I HAVE IT, EVERYTHING IS ON CONSENT EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTPONED PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND ITEM NUMBER SIX.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WILL TAKE A MOTION ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA, MOVE TO APPROVE THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
UH, STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
UH, MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL.
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UH, NEXT UP IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE.ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE NORTH CENTRAL NORTHWOOD NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOCATED AT 1 2 2 ANNIE STREET.
MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD
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ASSOCIATION IS REQUESTING CONTINUANCE AND OUTSIDE.THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO MARCH 22ND, 2023.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM? IS YOUR MICROPHONE ON NOW? IT IS
UH, AS STAFF MENTIONED, WE ARE REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
WE CONTINUE TO WORK WITH, WITH MONTE VISTA TERRACE, UM, AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS ON THIS PROJECT.
SO WE'D LIKE A LITTLE EXTRA TIME TO DO SO.
IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS OR A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE THE CONTINUANCE? I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MILAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
ELIZABETH STEWART PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER AND RURAL STATE TIER TO AGRIBUSINESS SLASH REMSEY TIER.
LOCATED AT 3,800 SOUTH LOOP 1604.
THERE WERE 25 NOTICES MAILED ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM SUBURBAN TIER AND REAL ESTATE TO AGRIBUSINESS IS REQUESTED IN ORDER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C THREE NA.
C D S GENERAL COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR FARM EQUIPMENT, SALES SERVICE AND SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR OUTSIDE STORAGE.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT TO AGRIBUSINESS RAMSEY TIER IS NOT A COMPATIBLE TRANSITION FOR THE SURROUNDING SUBURBAN TIER LAND USE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE AGRIBUSINESS TIER FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION ALLOWS INDUSTRIAL USES THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PROPERTY IS SUBURBAN TIER, WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING USES ALONG GUS MCCRAE LANE SINCE AGRIBUSINESS TIER IS TOO INTENSE BUT THERE IS SOME EXISTING SPECIALIZED LAND USE IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS REGIONAL CENTER THE LOCATION ALONG THE ARTERIAL OF GUSS MCCRAE LANE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY OF IH 37 AND LOOP 1604 INTERSECTION MAKE REGIONAL CENTER APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
THE REGIONAL CENTER WOULD ALLOW THE PROPOSED C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL WHILE CREATING COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AND LIMITING THE INTENSITY OF FUTURE ALLOWABLE USES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF REGIONAL CENTER.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I BELIEVE THEY WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST.
PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST.
UM, YES WE DO AGREE WITH STAFF'S.
UH, RECOMMENDATION I DO AMEND THAT TO REGIONAL CENTER.
WHAT HAPPENED HERE IS, YOU KNOW, TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN YOUR NORMAL HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER.
THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTSIDE STORAGE.
THEY ALSO SELL ANIMAL FEED, THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE HOME IMPROVEMENT CENTER CLASSIFICATION DIDN'T APPLY.
SO WHEN I LOOKED AT THE MATRIX AND TRIED TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING FOR ON THE ZONING SIDE OF IT, IT LOOKED LIKE A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE CAN GET ALL THOSE USES IN.
BUT IN WORKING WITH STAFF WE CAN DO A C THREE C D SS AND GET ALL THOSE USES IN AND GET THEM IN.
UM, I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, THEY DON'T HAVE A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY, SO IT'S KINDA LIKE YOU HAVE TO WAIT TILL THEY START SENDING IN NOTICES BEFORE YOU KNOW WHO TO CONTACT.
BUT, UM, THE ONLY COMPLAINT I'VE REALLY HEARD SO FAR IS, YOU KNOW, POSSIBLE TRAFFIC, BUT NOT NECESSARILY OPPOSED TO, UH, TO THE UH, TRACTOR SUPPLY STORE.
BUT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE REGIONAL CENTER.
UM, THE PROP PROPERTY WILL, THIS SITE WILL EVENTUALLY HAVE DIRECT ACCESS TO 1604 ONCE THE TWO LOTS TO THE NORTH GET DEVELOPED.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE WE'LL HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF EFFECT ON THE, THE STREET THAT GOES THERE TO THE, TO THE WEST.
BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND I HAVE, UM, WENDY FULTON WITH TRACTOR SUPPLY COMPANY HERE WITH ME TODAY IF YOU HAVE ANY DETAILED QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IF YOU COULD PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS KELLY MCCARTHY AND I LIVE AT 3 7 3 9 PRAIRIE POND IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 6 4.
SO I WAS REALLY COMING HERE TODAY 'CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW AND I FEEL SO SHORT, UM, TO ME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I'M FROM NEW JERSEY SO TEXAS IS DIFFERENT FOR ME.
I TOTALLY FORGOT TO CHANGE MY GLASSES.
I DO APOLOGIZE, BUT I CAN'T SEE.
SO THAT'S WHY I HAVE THESE ON.
BUT, UM, I WAS RUNNING IN HERE BUT UM, I WANNA MAKE THIS MEETING BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT I JUST WANNA SEE WHAT THEY WERE PLANNING ON DOING FOR OUR NEIGHBORS.
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I'M TRYING TO REPRESENT EVERYONE, TRYING TO HELP THEM OUT WITH THE H O A 'CAUSE WE'RE NEW SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON.BUT FROM TALKING TO THEM, THEY'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH US.
I JUST HAVEN'T KNOWN FOR OPPOSED.
THEREFORE IT SEEMS LIKE I LIKE TRACTOR SUPPLY.
I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM BACK FROM NEW JERSEY.
SO I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE LIGHTING, HOW THE TRAFFIC'S GONNA BE, HOW CLOSE THEY'RE GONNA BE TO THE HOUSES AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T WANNA HAVE ANY CRIME OR ANY ISSUES WITH NOISE OR NOT HOW PEOPLE WANNA LIVE WHERE WE LIVE.
SO THOSE ARE OUR MAIN CONCERNS.
SO I NEED TO FIND OUT MORE DETAILS FIRST THOUGH.
SO I JUST CAME HERE TO FIND OUT.
I DIDN'T KNOW IF I HAD TO SPEAK, BUT I'LL DEFINITELY BE AT THE ZONING MEETING.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE WE CAN STILL LIVE IN OUR HOUSES AND STILL HAVE THE BUSINESS IN FRONT OF US.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A PRETTY BIG LAND IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES AND I HAVEN'T HAD ANY GOOD LUCK WITH THE H O A SO FAR AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM, BUT I HAVEN'T HEARD BACK FROM THEM.
WE HAVEN'T EVEN GOT OUR, OUR, UM, GRASS CUT BEHIND OUR FENCES YET.
AND NOW WE HAD A FIRE LAST YEAR THAT CAME THREE FEET FROM MY HOUSE AND UM, THANKFULLY THEY WERE ABLE TO STOP IT BECAUSE I CALLED IT IN.
BUT, UM, THERE IS A FIRE HAZARD THERE, SO, AND WE CAN'T EVEN GET OUR, UM, H O A TO CUT OUR GRASS DOWN.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS MY CONCERN.
SO THAT'S WHERE THIS IS COMING FROM.
SO I'M TRYING TO STEP UP AND SEE WHAT WE NEED TO DO
BRING THE SITE PLAN, YOU KNOW, SHOW 'EM EVERYTHING WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
SO I'LL, I'LL CONTINUE TO DO THAT THROUGH ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND OPEN UP FOR COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START OVER HERE WITH COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
UM, TO RESPOND TO YOUR QUESTION, UH, WE NOT IN THE CAPACITY TO RESPOND TO ALL THE DETAILS YOU ARE ASKING FOR.
I BELIEVE YOU'LL BETTER CONTACT THE CITY STAFF WHO WOULD HAVE MUCH MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CASE AND ALL THE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO, HOW THEY CAN UPLOAD THEIR, SO WE, WE CANNOT ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
THEY WILL HAVE ALL THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UH, THIS QUESTION TO THE STAFF, UH, WITH THE NEW AMENDMENT NOW TO MAKE IT C THREE.
C THREE C DS, WHATEVER HE SAID, WOULD THAT REQUIRE ANY CHANGES TO THE APPLICATION THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT WE HAVE TODAY THAT NEEDS TO BE REVISED ACCORDING TO THAT NEW PROPOSAL? NO, NO.
UH, HE'S, HE'S DONE THAT BY AMENDING TO REGIONAL CENTER.
YOU SAID YOU HAVE TO WAIT, DO YOU HAVE TO WAIT FOR THAT HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION TO BE ESTABLISHED OR WE CAN VOTE ON IT TODAY? UH, NO SIR.
I I WAS JUST SAYING THAT, UM, THEY, IT'S NOT LIKE A REGISTERED NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION WITH THE CITY WHERE THERE'S A NUMBER I CALL AND THEY'RE USED TO HAVING MONTHLY MEETINGS.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE, IT'S A VERY NEW SUBDIVISION, SO THEY'RE STILL TRYING TO GET EVERYTHING ORGANIZED.
WHAT I TOLD HER WAS, YOU KNOW, GET HER AND HER IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT OUR CASE THAT THEY CAN JUST PICK A DATE AND TIME.
I'LL COME OUT THERE AND, AND TALK TO 'EM.
UM, MR. SIPES? YES, IT'S, UH, IT'S A QUESTION TO STAFF, BUT MORE OF AS A RESPONSE TO THE NEIGHBOR.
UM, SINCE THE APPLICANT WILL HAVE TO COME TO ZONING COMMISSION, THEY WILL BE SEEKING A CD CONDITIONAL WHERE CONDITIONS CAN BE PLACED UPON THE PROPERTY FOR DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING AND OTHER THINGS LIKE THAT.
JUST, JUST TO HELP HER UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S STILL SOME THINGS WE CAN DO TO IMPROVE IT.
AND AS PART OF THAT SITE PLAN THERE CAN BE, UH, CONDITIONS THAT ARE PLACED ON THAT REQUEST WHEN IT MOVES FORWARD THROUGH ZONING AND CITY COUNCIL.
COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? NO QUESTIONS.
ANYBODY DOWN AT THE END? NO QUESTION.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS.
SO AT THIS POINT WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
SO ARE YOU, IS YOUR MOTION TO APPROVE THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION? THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, UH, AS AGREED UPON BY BOTH PARTIES.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER MILAM.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR THE AGENDA.
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IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES? MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS WRITTEN? A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE, WHAT WAS IT? MARCH OR FEBRUARY 22ND.SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER.
IS THERE ANY STAFF UPDATES? NOT AS OF RIGHT NOW.
NO, BUT I WILL ALSO, JUST BECAUSE I DID IT FOR ZONING YESTERDAY, IF YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO'S INTERESTED IN SERVING ON THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, PLEASE ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY ONLINE.
WE COULD REALLY USE MEMBERS ON THAT BOARD.
DESPERATELY, NOT IT
THANK, YOU'LL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE TODAY AND FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I'LL, UH, I'LL ASK SOME FOLKS AROUND IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR B L A.
ALL RIGHT, WELL IT IS TWO 20 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.