* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:04] ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY. LEMME KNOW WHEN STAFF IS READY. STAFF IS NOT PAYING ATTENTION. , LEMME KNOW WHEN YOU GUYS ARE READY. ALRIGHT, GEORGE, WE'RE READY. THAT'S OKAY. IT'LL . NEVERMIND. OKAY, IT IS TWO OH FOUR. I'M GONNA CALL THE JANUARY 28TH, 2026. PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER. WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? HERE. COMMISSIONER, LET HERE. COMMISSIONER MILAM. HERE. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE? HERE. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? HERE. COMMISSIONER PROFIT. PRESENT CHAIR. PECK HERE. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. CAN WE GET THE SPANISH ENGLISH INTERPRETER PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. TODAY [Plats  ] WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO AGENDAS. WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, UH, CASES ON THE COMBINED HEARING. UM, CASE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION AND NO ONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. CASES ON THE CONSENT AGENDA WILL BE READ INTO THE RECORD IN ONE UNIFORM MOTION. THE NEXT AGENDA IS AN INDIVIDUAL HEARING AGENDA. THOSE CASES WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY AND UM, THAT'S IT. UM, SO TODAY WE HAVE ON CONSENT EVERYTHING EXCEPT ITEMS FOUR AND SIX. THAT'S CORRECT ON INDIVIDUAL IS THE BALANCE OF THE AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEMS FIVE AND SEVEN WHICH HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN. CORRECT. AND IT SHOULD BE NOTED. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE IS RECUSING FROM ITEMS FIVE, SEVEN, AND NINE AND WILL LEAVE THE ROOM FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO IT'S 2 0 6. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS LEFT THE ROOM. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE, I MOVE. WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER? YES. COMMISSIONER BUS. UM, SORRY. EXCUSE COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. CHAIR PECK? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ITEM FOUR, IT IS 2 0 7 AND COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS REENTERED THE MEETING. I, [Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments  ] GOOD AFTERNOON. ALEXA RATANA PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LOCATED AT 1514 RIGSBY AVENUE. THERE WERE 38 NOTICES MAILED FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET. NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET THERE WERE FIVE IN FAVOR. THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE CELLS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN THAT WAS RECENTLY ADOPTED WITHIN THE LAST FEW YEARS. THE STAKEHOLDERS AND COMMUNITY RESIDENTS PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE FOR THIS AREA TO PERMIT LOWER INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES THAT WOULD SERVICE THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL AREA. STAFF FINDS A PROPOSED LAND USE CLASSIFICATION INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE REQUEST WOULD REMOVE ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONING OPTIONS AND INTRODUCE HIGHER INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES NEXT TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THIS CASE WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY ZONING COMMISSION. THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? ELIZABETH RUSSELL, LAW OFFICE OF ELIZABETH ANN RUSSELL, PLLC 1 0 1 STONEBERG. AND FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO APP SAY WE APPRECIATE BEING, UM, THE CONSIDERATION TO BE RESET MULTIPLE TIMES AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE'VE WORKED THROUGH QUITE A FEW ISSUES WITH ZONING AND THEN MY SCHEDULE AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. UM, THIS REQUEST. I KNOW THAT STAFF IS SAYING THAT IT'S INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S REALLY NOT QUITE ACCURATE. UM, WE PROVIDED SOME PICTURES AS WELL AS VIDEOS OF THIS AREA. UM, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA. IT'S [00:05:01] AT THE CORNER OF ROLAND AND RIGSBY. I HAVE GONE TO A BARBECUE RESTAURANT IN THAT LOCATION FOR PRETTY MUCH MY ENTIRE LIFE. UM, THIS AREA IS ALWAYS BEEN MIXED USE, INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY HAS HAD A YELLOW METAL BUILDING ON IT FOR AT LEAST THROUGH THE GOOGLE LOOK BACK FOR APPROXIMATELY SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS. BUT I THINK ACTUALLY LONGER. UM, IT HAS CONSISTENTLY, AND I APOLOGIZE, WE GOT THESE PHOTOS TO ALEXA VERY LATE, SO THEY'RE NOT THANK YOU FOR TURNING THOSE. UM, THEY ARE NOT, UM, ALWAYS FACING THE RIGHT DIRECTION. BUT THIS AREA HAS, UM, BAIL BONDS, IT HAS TACO AREAS, IT HAS OTHER INDUSTRIAL ITEMS, I'M SORRY, INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES IN THE AREA. AND THERE WAS A RECENT, I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ADDRESS, BUT THERE WAS A RECENT PLAN AMENDMENT FOR ANOTHER INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY WITHIN ABOUT TWO BLOCKS. UM, MY CLIENT IS WANTING TO UTILIZE THE PROPERTY AS IT HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN USED. WE, UM, ALSO RECENTLY WERE MADE AWARE THAT THE CURRENT SETBACK OF THE BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS NOT IN COMPLIANCE WITH MUNICIPAL CODE. SO OUR NEXT STEP AFTER ZONING AND THEN PLANNING IS BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS. UM, MY CLIENT HAS ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THINGS IN THE PROPER MANNER AND THE PROPER METHOD AND IS ASKING TO UTILIZE THIS PROPERTY FOR, UM, USED AUTO PARTS, I'M SORRY, USED CAR SALES. AS YOU CAN SEE THROUGH THESE PHOTOS, THESE, ALL THESE PHOTOS ARE WITHIN TWO BLOCKS. DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET IS A, IT'S ONE OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, UM, FLEET OPERATIONS. UM, IT'S WHERE THEY PARK THE BUSES AND THEY REFUEL. IT'S A VERY LARGE PROPERTY, BUT IT, THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THE ENTIRE TWO BLOCKS, BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT ARE BOTH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL. AND SO THAT IS WHAT I, OR OUR REQUEST IS. I KNOW THAT THERE WAS A, UM, A PLAN CHANGE THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THAT MADE THIS AREA RESIDENTIAL, BUT BEFORE THAT IT WAS COMMERCIAL AND THIS PROPERTY WAS ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, UM, EXERCISES THROUGHOUT THAT TIME. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS. WE'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER BUSTA MONTE, NO QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION. IS THERE ANY, UM, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR OR MAKE READY THAT'S GONNA BE PROPOSED ON THOSE, UH, IN THAT GARAGE? UM, THE ONLY MAKE READY WILL BE OIL CHANGES. NOTHING, UM, MORE EXTENSIVE THAN THAT. UM, THERE WON'T BE ACTUALLY ANY REPAIR DONE OTHER THAN JUST PREPPING THEM FOR SALE WITH OIL CHANGES. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. UM, DOES THE RECENT ZONING APP APPRO CHANGE THAT WAS APPROVED, UH, COVER OIL CHANGES? THIS IS IN THE SATO CREEK WATERSHED. SO THE, THE REQUEST THAT WAS APPROVED FOR C TWO CD FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, UM, THAT WOULD NOT PERMIT OIL CHANGES. IT'S DEF I'M SORRY, JUST SO LONG THAT YOUR CLIENT IS AWARE. WE CAN MAKE MY CLIENT AWARE. IT'S DEFINITELY SOMETHING WE BROUGHT UP DURING THE ZONING HEARING AS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE DOING FOR MAKE READY. IF THAT'S AN ISSUE, THEN WE CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE SURE THAT THAT IS NOT DONE. IF IT'S GONNA BE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BEING ACCEPTED AND NOT ACCEPTED, MY CLIENT IS ABSOLUTELY WILLING TO NOT DO THAT. OKAY, THANK YOU. WELCOME. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER PR UM, NO QUESTIONS. OKAY. , I JUST WONDERED, I SAW THAT THERE YOU'VE GARNERED SOME SUPPORT FROM NEIGHBORS ON THE STREET BEHIND YOU. IS THAT THE THREE PROPERTIES WITH THE CHECK MARKS ON THEM OR ARE THEY THE ONES DIRECTLY BEHIND OR, I DIDN'T PUT THE CHECK MARKS. ARE THOSE THE CHECK MARKS? I LEMME JUST CLARIFY. I APOLOGIZE. THE, UM, OIL, LUBE AND TOMB. SO OIL CHANGES WOULD BE PERMITTED. C TWO. OKAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I DIDN'T PUT THE CHECK MARKS. I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER. I DID NOT PUT THE CHECK MARKS. OKAY. UM, I KNOW THAT THERE WAS QUITE A BIT OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT DURING THE PLANNING HEARING. UM, WE HAD OVER 10 LETTERS AND SUPPORT THE ZONING HEARING SUPPORT, I'M SORRY, ZONING. MY APOLOGIES. UM, DURING THE ZONING HEARING AND UM, THERE HAVE BEEN NEIGHBORS ON EITHER SIDE BEHIND AND OTHER PARTS OF THE BLOCK. MY CLIENT HAS OWNED THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HAS A LOT OF GOOD RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND EVERYONE WANTS TO SEE SOMETHING DONE WITH THE BIG YELLOW BUILDING. [00:10:01] CAN, CAN STAFF ELUCIDATE ABOUT THE THREE GREEN CHECK MARKS? THERE'S FOUR ACTUALLY. SO THE, THE CHECK MARKS AND FOUR GREEN CHECK MARKS? YEAH. SO STAFF IS REQUIRED TO MAIL NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY SEEKING THE PLAN AMENDMENT. A CHECK MARK WOULD INDICATE A PROPERTY OWNER THAT WROTE BACK IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST. OKAY. THAT, THAT ANSWERS THE QUESTION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. I DO NOT HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. DOES ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS OR WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE PLAN AMENDMENT. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM THOU PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. COMMISSIONER PROPHET? YES. CHAIR PECK? YEP. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER SIX. GOOD AFTERNOON. ALEX VERANO PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SOUTHEAST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO REGIONAL CENTER LOCATED AT 3 2 2 ROSCOE DRIVE. THERE WERE 18 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET AND RAINBOW HILLS AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE. THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO REGIONAL CENTER IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO SEE THREE CD GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME OVERSIZED VEHICLE CELL SERVICE AND STORAGE STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED LAND USE CLASSIFICATION INCONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AREA. THE REQUEST WOULD REMOVE ANY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING OPTIONS AND INTRODUCE HIGHER INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES ALONG THE STREET TO AN ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL BLOCK. STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE REQUEST OF MIXED USE CENTER OF WHICH IS ALREADY EXISTING WITHIN PROXIMITY TO THE EAST AND WOULD LIMIT THE INTENSITY OF COMMERCIAL USES PERMITTED. THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? UH, MATTHEW GILBERT WITH ORTIZ MCKNIGHT 1 1 2 EAST PECAN HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. UH, STAFF DID A GREAT JOB, UH, PRESENTING THE CASE. UH, WANT TO SAVE EVERYBODY SOME TIME. UH, WE ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH, UH, STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, UH, FOR MIXED USE CENTER AND I CAN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU MATTHEW. UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? THERE'S NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK SO I'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MILAM, I'LL PASS NO QUESTIONS. NO QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS. NONE, NO QUESTIONS, NO QUESTIONS. ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF MIXED USE CENTER. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT TO APPROVE THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF MIXED USE CENTER. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL. VOTE COMMISSIONER PROFIT? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER SANCHEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ETTE? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. CHAIR PECK? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. IS THERE [Director’s Report  ] A DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY? THERE IS NOT ANY UPDATES ON THE, UM, PLANNING COMMISSION. REAPPOINTMENTS? NOT AS OF YET. UM, I BELIEVE OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER WAS THAT THE APPLICATION WINDOW THAT WE WERE ASKED TO EXTEND MAY CLOSE TODAY. AGAIN, IT IS KIND OF OPEN ALL YEAR, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GONNA START LOOKING AT APPLICATION SOON. SO HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN UPDATE NEXT TIME. OKAY, GREAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UH, THAT WILL BE NO FURTHER BUSINESS. IT IS TWO 18 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.