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GOOD AFTERNOON. WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. WE'VE ESTABLISHED A QUORUM. PLEASE RISE FOR PRAYER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PLEASE BOW YOUR HEADS.
LET US PRAY. BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR MEETING, LET US TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE LORD GOD FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE, WORKING TOGETHER TOWARD THE COMMON GOAL OF ENRICHING OUR CITY AND ALL WHO WORK HERE.
LORD, WE PRAISE YOU AND ASK YOU TO GUIDE US IN THIS MEETING, THAT WE MAY BE UNIFIED IN THE SPIRIT OF MUTUAL RESPECT AND IN THE HEALTHY EXCHANGE OF OUR IDEAS. HELP US TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE GOOD OF ALL OUR COMMUNITY.
AMEN. AMEN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE HAVE A CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, STAFF DID NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AS PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON THE 18TH OF OCTOBER AT 5 P.M.. OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITHIN THE COMMISSION? NO. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO TO READ THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
COMMENT. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED IN THREE MINUTES.
IF A RESIDENT DESIRES TO MAKE A PUBLIC COMMENT, PLEASE NOTIFY THE CHAIRPERSON PRIOR TO THE START OF THE MEETING. A SPOKESPERSON FOR LARGE GROUPS IS REQUIRED.
WE ASK FOR EVERYONE'S COOPERATION IN FOLLOWING THESE PROCEDURES.
WE'RE GOING TO GO OVER ABSENCES. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER MEMBER RODOLFO RUDY RAMIREZ FROM THE OCTOBER 10TH, 2022 REGULAR MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION? SO MOVED. SECOND. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
MOVE ON TO ITEM SEVEN A TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT A 5.821 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING A PORTION OF LOT SEVEN, SECTION 241 TEXAS MEXICAN RAILWAY COMPANY SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 1504 NORTH BUSINESS HIGHWAY 281 UNIT B STAFF.
GOOD EVENING, ALEX GONZALEZ, PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT. SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR A PORTION OF A PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NORTH BUSINESS HIGHWAY 281, APPROXIMATELY 600FT NORTH OF CHAPIN ROAD.
THE TRACT THAT IS BEING REZONED HAS A LOT WIDTH OF 265.58FT, AND A TOTAL LOT AREA OF 5.821 ACRES.
THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT, AND THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REZONE TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT.
THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR MULTIFAMILY USES.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE TO ESTABLISH A NEW MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT
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THIS LOCATION. ADJACENT ZONING INCLUDES COMMERCIAL GENERAL TO THE NORTH AND WEST, RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TO THE EAST, AND RESIDENTIAL, MULTIFAMILY, AND RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH.SURROUNDING LAND CONSISTS OF MIXED USES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL USES, COMMERCIAL USES, INDUSTRIAL USES, AND VACANT LAND.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS FOR GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES.
WE MAILED OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS REQUEST.
ON OCTOBER 18TH, PLANNING STAFF MET WITH CITY OF EDINBURGH DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS TO DISCUSS THE REZONING, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AREA WILL SUPPORT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST BASED ON THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
ALSO, IT DOES GO AGAINST OUR UPDATED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THANK YOU.
AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM. YOU JUST. I'M PREGNANT.
I'M SORRY. OKAY. JUST PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME AT THE PODIUM AND THEN YOU CAN SPEAK.
MA'AM. MY NAME IS ADA VASQUEZ, AND I ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT EAST OF WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING THAT. IT WOULD BE, I GUESS, FIVE RIGHT HERE. IT'S BECAUSE I HAVE FIVE AND PART OF SIX.
SO I DON'T KNOW. IS IT A TOUCH SCREEN? THAT'S RIGHT THERE AS IT IS RIGHT HERE? YES. SO AS IT IS, WE ALREADY I ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT NOW WHERE I BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
I'VE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS, BUT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET I GREW UP, AND, I MEAN, I AM YEARS OLD, BUT OVER 40 YEARS.
AND SO AS THEY KEEP ADDING AND ADDING WE ARE GETTING MORE AND MORE FLOODING.
LIKE THE WATER KEEPS GETTING INTO THE HOUSES, THE SEWER, THE DRAINAGE, ALL OF THAT.
WITH THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROPERTY, WHEN THEY STARTED BUILDING THE APARTMENTS RIGHT HERE ON THIS CORNER AND THEN ALL THE NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS OVER TOWARDS THE EXPRESSWAY AS SOON AS THEY STARTED WITH THAT, IN FACT, WHEN THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF SORRY, IT'S REALLY LOUD WHEN THEY WERE IN THE PROCESS OF CONSTRUCTING I DON'T KNOW, THEY HIT A MAIN LINE AND THE WATER WENT.
THE WATER, LIKE IT RAINED, THE FLOODING.
THE WATER WENT INTO HOUSES THAT IT HAD NEVER GONE BEFORE.
AND I KNOW BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR OVER 40 SOME YEARS.
IF THEY DO THAT, THEY'RE GOING TO ADD MORE PRESSURE OR WHATEVER IT IS INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM, THE FLOODING. I KNOW THAT THE GUIDELINES FOR FOR BUILDING HOUSES AND APARTMENTS, EVEN IF THEY'RE NOT IN A FLOODING ZONE, THEY HAVE TO GO A CERTAIN A CERTAIN HEIGHT ABOVE THE REGULAR ROAD.
AND SO ALL OF THAT OVERSPILL IS GOING TO LEAD INTO A LOT MORE FLOODING FOR THE REST OF US THAT LIVE AROUND. NOW, I KNOW THAT THEY HAVE THEY HAVE A RESTAURANT AT THE FRONT, WHICH IS TREVINO'S RESTAURANT. ACTUALLY, THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST NOT CONCERNS, BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO WHEN WE'RE OUTSIDE.
THE THEIR GREASE TRAP, IT SOMEHOW KEEPS GETTING INTO THE SEWER SYSTEM AND IT SMELLS ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU'RE OUTSIDE ENJOYING, YOU KNOW, THE AFTERNOON, AND IT JUST STARTS SMELLING LIKE SEWER.
IT'S THE DRAINAGE. EVERYTHING IS REALLY, REALLY BAD.
AND THEN TO ADD, ADD A COUPLE MORE 100 PEOPLE AND HOUSES, IT'S JUST GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY BAD FOR THE REST OF US THAT ALREADY LIVE THERE. BACK IN THE DAY WHEN WE HAD WHEN THE HOUSES WERE BUILT, LIKE MY HOUSE THAT I BOUGHT THREE YEARS AGO, IT'S A 1981 HOUSE.
I MEAN, ANY MORE FLOODING AND IT'S GOING TO GET FLOODED.
LIKE IT'S USUALLY LIKE THIS IS THE LEVEL OF MY FOUNDATION.
IT USUALLY WHEN IT GETS FLOODED, IT'LL BE LIKE AN INCH UNDER.
SO IF YOU ADD ALL OF THOSE PROPERTIES, THE REST OF US THAT HAVE NOT HAD FLOODING YET ARE GOING TO START HAVING A LOT MORE FLOODING, BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD HIGHER AND THEY GO OUT TO THE SIDES, AND THAT'S GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO MORE FLOODING FROM US. SO I MEAN, I MOST OF THE PROPERTIES BEHIND THAT ARE ACTUALLY HOMES. ALL THE ONES THAT ARE ON THIS SIDE, ALL THESE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE, THEY'RE ALL HOUSES.
SO ALL OF US ARE GOING TO GET A LOT MORE FLOODING.
NOW, THE MORE PEOPLE THAT YOU BRING IN, THEN WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A LOT OF CITY PATROL AT NIGHT. AND THERE'S A MOBILE HOME PARK AND THEY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT THERE FOR VERY OFTEN.
THEY'RE LIKE, THEY COME, THEY STAY, THEY COME, THEY LEAVE. THEY'RE HERE FOR VERY SHORT AMOUNTS OF TIME.
AND SO THEY BREAK IN. THEY HAD THE KIDS.
THEY HAVE THEY HAVE LIKE TEN YEAR OLDS, EIGHT YEAR OLDS THAT ARE WALKING AROUND AT MIDNIGHT. LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO ADD MORE OF THAT TO AN ALREADY THERE PROBLEM.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU ALL SHOULD TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. LIKE IT'S THE
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SEWAGE, THE FLOODING, AND THE REST OF US THAT LIVE THERE, THAT. AND THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO OTHER THAN BUILD A NEW HOUSE.AND, YOU KNOW, IN ORDER FOR IT NOT TO GET FLOODED WHEN IT RAINS.
BECAUSE I KNOW THE DRAINAGE IS REALLY BAD IN THE IN EDINBURGH PERIOD, BUT IN THAT AREA AND THEN WELL RIGHT HERE BY THE UNIVERSITY IT GETS FLOODED OVER THERE IT GOES, THE WHOLE ROAD GETS COVERED UP.
AND SO ADDING ALL OF THAT WILL ADD TO THE PROBLEM, AT LEAST FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. NOW FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BUILD. WELL YEAH, THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR THEM. BUT THE REST OF US ARE GOING TO BE JUST SITTING THERE IN OUR FLOODED HOUSES, LOOKING AT ALL THE PRETTY HOUSES THAT DON'T GET FLOODED. THANK YOU MA'AM.
THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM NOW.
NO ONE ELSE. I'LL GO AND CLOSE THE FLOOR. COMMISSION. I AGREE WITH STAFF THAT IT'S OUT OF CHARACTER SINCE YOU HAVE A GENERAL COMMERCIAL THERE.
IT'S PRETTY MUCH TREVINO'S RESTAURANT THERE, RIGHT? YEAH. SO IT IS OUT OF CHARACTER.
SO I MOTIONED TO GO WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
I GOT A MOTION TO DENY SECOND.
EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
ITEM SEVEN B, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT A 0.657 ACRE OUT OF THE NORTH, 6.76 ACRES OF LOT 14, SANTA CRUZ GARDENS.
UNIT NUMBER ONE, LOCATED AT 5611 NORTH I-69C STAFF.
BEFORE WE START I DON'T HAVE A CONFLICT OF INTEREST, BUT THE THING IS, I DID DO THE SURVEY, SO I WANTED TO ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTING ON THIS ITEM, SO I'LL BE STEPPING OUT.
STEPH. OKAY. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, APPROXIMATELY 1200 FEET NORTH OF WEST DAVIS ROAD.
THE PROPERTY BEING CONSIDERED FOR THIS ZONING HAS 149.93FT OF FRONTAGE ALONG NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD AND A DEPTH OF 191FT, FOR A TOTAL FLOOR AREA OF 0.6 657 ACRES.
THE REQUESTED ZONING DESIGNATION IS A RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN DISTRICT, WHICH IS INTENDED TO PERMIT A WIDE RANGE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A ZONE CHANGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AT THIS LOCATION.
SURROUNDING ZONING DISTRICTS. WE DO HAVE A COMMERCIAL GENERAL IN ALL DIRECTIONS.
NOW THERE IS SOME RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG THIS AREA.
WE HAVE RESIDENTIAL USES, COMMERCIAL USES, AND VACANT LAND.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS FOR INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE APPLICANT INDICATED THE REASON FOR THE ZONING CHANGE IS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESIDE ON FAMILY PROPERTY AND MAINTAIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FAMILY.
STAFF MAILED A NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS REQUEST.
ON OCTOBER 18TH, PLANNING STAFF MET WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA WILL SUPPORT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THE REQUEST BASED ON ADJACENT ZONING DISTRICTS, AND IT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR UPDATED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IF APPROVED, THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS. THANK YOU.
ALEX WAS ALL OF THIS. THE OTHER HOMES THAT ARE THERE WERE BEFORE ALL THE CHANGES CAME THERE. THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
I'M SORRY. IT WAS BEFORE WE HAD MADE CHANGES TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THEY'VE BEEN GRANDFATHERED IN. YES, THOSE HAVE BEEN THERE.
PREEXISTING. IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
LET ME. SO THERE'S TWO HOMES CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY IN THE REAR.
NOW THOSE ARE CURRENTLY ZONED COMMERCIAL GENERAL.
SO THEY'RE PLANNING ON REZONING THE PORTION IN THE FRONT TO ESTABLISH A NEW HOME THERE.
OKAY. AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. YES.
MY NAME IS DOUGLAS JENKINS, AND MY PARENTS HAVE HAD THAT PROPERTY FOR OVER 55 YEARS. I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS REZONED COMMERCIAL TO BEGIN WITH, BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THAT PROPERTY SINCE BEFORE THE CITY TOOK OVER.
OR I WOULDN'T SAY TOOK OVER, BUT WAS MADE, ADDED TO THE, THE CITY LIMITS. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHY THAT WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL TO BEGIN WITH.
THERE'S NO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY THERE AT ALL.
IT'S STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL, AND I DON'T SEE WHY THERE WOULD BE AN ISSUE WITH MAKING THAT THAT FIRST PART RESIDENTIAL.
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I'D LIKE TO GET IT ALL MADE RESIDENTIAL AGAIN.BUT LIKE I SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHY IT WAS COMMERCIAL TO BEGIN WITH BECAUSE NOBODY REQUESTED IT TO BE THAT WAY.
THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU CAN STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON. NICHOLAS JENKINS.
AND YEAH. LIKE LIKE MY DAD SAID, MY GRANDPARENTS HAVE BEEN THERE FOREVER.
HE GREW UP THERE. I GREW UP THERE.
AND MY GRANDPARENTS ARE ALREADY PUSHING 90.
MY DAD'S GETTING UP INTO HIS 70S.
HAVING TO GO AND, YOU KNOW, HELP OUT WITH MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST RECENTLY SOLD OUR HOUSE TO TO GO, YOU KNOW, TRY TO DO THIS ALL THE SPEAKING WITH PLANNING AND ZONING, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. EVERYTHING THE CORRECT WAY. AND YEAH.
SO, YOU KNOW, I'D, I'D HOPE YOU GUYS COULD YOU KNOW, CONSIDER ME AND MY WIFE, YOU KNOW, GOING AND YOU KNOW, MOVING THERE, CHANGING THE ZONE.
THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NO. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FLOOR COMMISSION. IS IS THERE AS FAR AS THE REST OF THE PROPERTY, IF THEY WERE TO COME IN AND SAY THAT THEY WANTED THE OTHER HOMES THAT WERE ON THERE, WOULD THEY FIND THE SAME KIND OF BACKSTOP IF IF THEY WERE TRYING TO REZONE IT.
RESIDENTIAL IN THE BACK WHERE THE HOMES ALREADY EXIST.
SO CURRENTLY THEY ARE CONSIDERED EXISTING NON-CONFORMING.
SO IF THEY DO WANT TO COME INTO COMPLIANCE, THEY WOULD ALSO NEED TO GO THROUGH THE REZONING PROCESS AND THEY'D RUN AGAINST THE SAME ISSUE.
THANK YOU ALEX. YES. IF YOU WANT TO STEP BACK TO THE PODIUM, SIR, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR AGAIN. SURE.
WHICH ONE DID YOU WANT? THE ONE? YEAH. THIS ONE? YEAH. SO ALL THIS IS ALL RESIDENTIAL AS WELL.
ALL THIS RIGHT HERE, I BELIEVE.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT TOO TOO FAR OFF.
JUST SOMETHING TO, I THINK, MR. JENKINS, WHERE YOU SEE ALL THE RED IS WHAT'S COMMERCIAL.
AND I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE, THERE ARE SOME COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THERE.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOME TRUCKING COMPANIES, AND IT GETS ONLY WHAT I CAN SEE FROM THE AERIAL VIEW. BUT IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SOME TRUCKING COMPANIES AND SOME OTHER BUSINESSES.
AND ALL ALONG THAT THAT CORRIDOR IS, IS WHY IT'S ALL ZONED COMMERCIAL, BECAUSE IT GOES RIGHT UP TO THE TRADE ZONE AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT EXISTS OUT THERE.
YEAH. SORRY. YEAH. WELL, AND IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE AERIAL VIEW, YOU KNOW, ALL THESE ARE ALSO ALL HOUSES.
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE 13 PLOTS BACK HERE.
RIGHT. YOU KNOW, JUST SOMETHING TO CONSIDER.
SO, GUYS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FLOOR. THERE'S ALREADY THREE HOMES THERE.
OR THREE MOBILE HOMES RIGHT IN THAT SAME PROPERTY.
TWO. I'M LOOKING AT THE AERIAL HERE.
I'M ASSUMING SINCE IT'S NOT SUBDIVIDED, YOU HAVE ONE METER FOR THOSE TWO UNITS, RIGHT? A ONE ELECTRIC AND WATER METER.
ELECTRIC METER. YOU HAVE. PROBABLY LIKE A SUBMETER THAT YOU HAVE BUT ONE, ONE BILL THAT COMES IN.
THREE BILLS. BECAUSE, MR. JENKINS, IF I MAY, IF YOU CAN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM, PLEASE. SO WE CAN GET IT ON THE RECORD. YEAH. I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR AGAIN.
WE ACTUALLY HAVE THREE ELECTRIC BILLS.
ONE FOR MY HOUSE, ONE FOR MY PARENTS HOUSE.
AND THEN MY DAD HAS A WORK AREA BEHIND HIS HOUSE THAT HE GETS A SEPARATE BILL FOR ALSO.
SO THE WATER BILL IS ALL ONE BILL, BUT WE HAVE THREE SEPARATE ELECTRIC BILLS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR. NO, I JUST COMMENTS.
OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. THIS I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FLOOR.
THIS IS A HIGHWAY 69 SO OR 281 WHICH IS THIS IS PRIME PROPERTY FOR A COMMERCIAL, AND I THINK THAT'S WHY IT WAS ZONED COMMERCIAL AS WE SEE IT ALL BEING READ.
I MEAN, YOU SEE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL OR COMMERCIAL RATHER ALL ON THE NORTH SIDE AND, AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
THE WHAT HE SAYS IS THERE IS ANOTHER PIECE OF LAND THERE THAT DOES HAVE SOME HOUSES THAT
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WERE PROBABLY THERE BEFORE ALL THIS COMMERCIAL STARTED, MAYBE. AND THE ONLY THING IS THAT COMMERCIAL HAS ALREADY KIND OF CREEPED UP ON, ON THESE HOUSES. AND SINCE IT'S HIGH, IT'S A HIGHWAY.YOU KNOW, I CAN SEE THE FUTURE LAND USE BEING ALL GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
SO THE THE QUESTION IS, IS THEY OWN THIS LAND? THEY'RE ASKING, CAN THEY CONTINUE USING THIS LAND AS RESIDENTIAL? THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT THE REQUEST IS.
BUT JUST ZONE IT FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
IS THAT THE. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE ONLY DISCUSSING THAT PORTION IN THE FRONT. THE PORTION IN THE BACK THAT HAS THE EXISTING HOMES IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED EXISTING NON-CONFORMING.
SO WE WOULD JUST CONSIDER THE PORTION I BELIEVE IT'S ONLY A 0.637 ACRE TRACT.
SO THE IDEA IS TO BUILD A HOUSE ON THAT OR THE YELLOW SQUARE IS.
YES, YES. IT'S IT'S REALLY THAT OUT OF CHARACTER WITH WHAT'S WHAT'S ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I CAN SEE DOING THIS IN THE BACK AND IN THE FRONT, LEAVING IT COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND.
YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION? I WOULD MOTION TO KEEP THE FRONT AS COMMERCIAL, CONSISTENT WITH EVERYTHING.
PERHAPS THEY CAN COME BACK AND LOOK AT DOING THIS, BUT TOWARDS THE BACK. IT JUST MAKES SENSE.
SHOULD WE TABLE FOR FOR FUTURE, FOR MORE DISCUSSION OR JUST MOVE AHEAD? BECAUSE THE WHOLE BACK IS COMMERCIAL, TOO? WELL, WE'RE NOT CONSIDERING THE BACK. THE ONLY THING THAT'S ON THE AGENDA IS JUST ONE LITTLE PIECE. THAT FRONT PIECE.
OKAY, SO THE FRONT SHOULD BE LEFT COMMERCIAL IN MY OPINION.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE A HOUSE HERE AND YOU HAVE ALL THESE BUSINESSES THERE, AND THEN YOU HAVE THE HIGH WEIGHTS. IT'S VERY LOUD.
I KNOW THAT IF YOU GO DOWN NORTH TOWARDS SAN MANUEL, YOU HAVE HOUSES LIKE THAT.
BUT HERE YOU'RE NEAR THE CITY.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD A HOUSE, I WOULD COME BACK AND SAY REZONE MORE THIS YELLOW SQUARE, PUT IT IN THE BACK.
SO I WOULD RECOMMEND AND LEAVE THE FRONT COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS A VERY GOOD PIECE OF LAND.
YOU WANT TO MAKE A MOTION ON THE ITEM IN THE FRONT? I WOULD MOTION TO IF WE COULD MOVE IT, BUT IF WE CAN'T, THEN WE TABLE IT. IT'S EITHER DENY OR APPROVE OR APPROVE.
YEAH, YEAH, I WOULD MOTION TO DENY THE REQUEST.
OKAY, I HAVE A MOTION TO DENY SECOND.
EVERYBODY IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT. A 0.18 ACRE TRACT OF LAND OUT OF LOT ONE, BLOCK EIGHT INFIELD SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 2201 TOURIST DRIVE.
STAFF. THIS REQUEST IS FOR A PORTION OF PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF HOLLYWOOD DRIVE AND TOURIST DRIVE.
THE TRACK THAT IS BEING REZONED HAS A LOT, WITH 186.6FT AND A TOTAL LOT AREA OF 0.18 ACRES. THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, WHICH IS OUR PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT INTENDED TO ACCOMMODATE SINGLE FAMILY USES.
THE REQUESTED ZONING DESIGNATION IS A COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT WHICH IS INTENDED TO PROVIDE SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPPING OPPORTUNITIES AND SERVICES IN AN AREA THAT ARE LARGELY LARGELY RESIDENTIAL IN USE.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE TO ESTABLISH A NEW COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AT THIS LOCATION. ADJACENT ZONING IS RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH, WITH COMMERCIAL, GENERAL AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO THE EAST.
SURROUNDING LAND CONSISTS OF MIXED USES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL USES AND VACANT LAND.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS FOR URBAN USES.
STAFF MAILED OUT NOTIFICATIONS OF THIS REQUEST TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, AND WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST AT THE TIME THE REPORT WAS PREPARED.
TODAY, WE DID RECEIVE A LIST OF NEW COMMENTS IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST.
THEY'VE BEEN ATTACHED. THEY SHOULD BE THERE.
IN YOUR AREA. ON OCTOBER 18TH, PLANNING STAFF MET WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS AND IT WAS DETERMINED INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA WOULD SUPPORT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST BASED ON THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA AND ADJACENT ZONING.
THE WEST SIDE OF TOURIST DRIVE APPEARS TO BE PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL.
ALSO, THE PROPERTY WOULD NOT MEET THE REQUIRED MINIMUM LOT AREA OF 10,000FT² AND WOULD NEED TO REQUEST A VARIANCE. IT ALSO GOES AGAINST OUR UPDATED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. AND CURRENTLY THERE IS SOME STRUCTURES ON ON THIS PROPERTY.
THEY WILL BE DEMOLISHED AND THEY WOULD BE NEW CONSTRUCTION. THANK YOU.
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I'LL GO TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME. IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE.GOOD AFTERNOON, BOARD MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS ALICIA GARCIA AND I'M THE OWNER.
SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO HERE, I'M TRYING TO REZONE THIS FRONT PART FOR OUR REAL ESTATE OFFICE. MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY LIKE, A YEAR AGO. IT'S A LITTLE DETERIORATED. IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE. IT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE EL PATIO CAFE RESTAURANT.
WE HAVE TOWNHOMES RIGHT IN THE FRONT ALSO.
SO I DESIGNED A AN OFFICE SPACE WITH ENOUGH PARKING SPACES.
SO THIS IS THE CORNER RIGHT THERE OF HOLLYWOOD AND TOURIST DRIVE.
SO WHAT? I'M I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ALL HAVE THE THE THE LITTLE PLAT ON THERE WHERE IT SHOWS IT'S GOING TO BE PARKING SPACE AND I'M, I'M PRETTY MUCH WANTING TO MAKE A REAL ESTATE OFFICE THAT'S NESTLED.
OH. THANK YOU. CAN I HOW CAN I HOW CAN I GO BACK TO THE LITTLE PLATS? I JUST OH, THERE IT IS.
ALEX, I I'M SORRY. IT'S BECAUSE I MADE.
OH. SO THIS IS THE THE OFFICE RIGHT HERE THAT I'M THAT I DESIGNED.
I WENT DOOR TO DOOR KNOCKING TO THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH ALL DOWN HOLLYWOOD, ALL DOWN SOUTHLAND, WHICH IS THE ONE IN THE BACK.
I GOT A PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE MAP.
I KNOCKED ON THEIR DOORS. THEY THEY WERE ALL FOR IT BECAUSE IT IS AN OLDER PROPERTY.
AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME ACTIVITY THERE THAT PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE TAKING A LOT OF PRIDE IN THAT AREA TO. TO BRING UP THAT AREA.
I LOVE THAT AREA. I'M FROM EDINBURG ALL MY LIFE.
AND I, I WANT TO CALL IT TOWNHOMES AT EBONY, AND I WANT TO CREATE A REAL ESTATE OFFICE HERE. IT'S A SMALL LITTLE OFFICE.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS WITH THE CITIZENS WAS THAT IT WAS COMMERCIAL, AND THEY'RE LIKE, WE DON'T WANT A BAR OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I SAID, WELL, THERE'S NO SPACE FOR ANY OF THAT.
IF ANYTHING, I'M JUST GOING TO WANT TO DO SOMETHING THERE JUST TO.
AND THAT'S WHY I PUT THE OTHER PICTURES OF, LIKE, OFFICES LIKE THIS ONE WHERE IT'S NESTLED IN THE COMMUNITY AND IT'S PRETTY MUCH JUST FRONTING OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, SOMETHING SMALL, BUT WITH SOME PARKING SPACES.
AND AS WE COULD SEE RIGHT THERE, THE PARKING SPACES I HAVE A NEW ONE THAT I.
I THINK THE NEW ONE WAS HANDED OUT TO THEM, BUT I DON'T THINK WE PUT IT ON THE PRESENTATION. OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. JAIME. IT'S BECAUSE OF THE NEW ONE. BOARD MEMBERS, I YEAH. YES. OH, THAT'S SOME OF THE HOMES THAT I'VE BUILT.
BUT OKAY, IT'S THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. OKAY. YEAH, WE GOT IT. I DESIGNED IT WITH ALL THE GREENERY BECAUSE YOU GOT TO GO BACK TO THE MICROPHONES.
I GOT TO GET IT ON. SO I DESIGNED IT WITH A LOT OF GREENERY AROUND JUST TO BEAUTIFY THAT PART OF TOWN OR THAT AREA RIGHT THERE.
I FEEL MY PROPERTY IS THE ONE THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE OUTDATED.
EVERYBODY ELSE SEEMS TO BE HAVING A LOT OF PRIDE AND OWNERSHIP. WE HAVE A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BEHIND US.
AND THAT'S WHERE EVERYBODY WAS FOR IT.
AND IT'S JUST AN OFFICE THAT'S NESTLED IN THE COMMUNITY.
BASED ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.
I'M VERY INVOLVED. I'M ACTUALLY ONE OF THE CO-CHAIRS FOR THE ZBA. I'M IN EVERY MEETING OF THE GOLF COURSE AND EVERYTHING.
I KNOW ONE OF THE COMPREHENSION PLANS WAS TO BRING IN MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT AND ALSO AFFORDABLE HOMES. SO I DECIDED TO DO SOME TOWNHOMES ALSO, BUT WITH ACTUAL HALLWAYS NOT STUCK TO EACH OTHER, JUST TO GIVE IT MORE FOR PETS AND GREEN SPACES.
AND THAT'S WHY WHEN I DESIGNED THIS PLAT, PLATT.
THESE HOMES RIGHT HERE THAT WE SEE ON THE SCREEN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CREATE, THAT I BUILD. THAT'S ONE OF MY MODEL HOMES.
SO I TOLD THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORS THERE, I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I WANT TO KEEP THAT MID-CENTURY FEEL OF THAT EBONY I WANT TO CALL IT TOWNHOMES AT EBONY.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ALSO MY REAL ESTATE OFFICE AND AN INSURANCE AGENCY OR AN ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON OUR FIRST FLOOR.
IT'S A SMALL OFFICE LIKE YOU ALL SAW ON THE ON THE ON THE LITTLE DESIGN THAT I DID.
AND SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT I'M REQUESTING TODAY IS IF I GET THAT APPROVED, IT'S IT'S A LITTLE TRIANGLE.
SO WHAT WE WERE I WAS BEEN BACK AND FORTH WITH MR. JAIME, AND WHAT I DON'T WANT TO DO IS CREATE KIND OF CONGESTION IN THAT TOURIST DRIVE AND JUST KEEP IT INSIDE, LIKE WE SEE IN OUR IN THE PLAT WHERE PEOPLE COULD ACTUALLY I GAVE IT LIKE 30FT IN THE ENTRANCE FROM HOLLYWOOD TO EXIT INTO TOURIST DRIVE, ALSO ANOTHER 26FT. SO IT'S VERY SPACIOUS AND I FEEL THAT IT'S EVEN SAFER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THAT AREA TO BE ABLE TO SEE BOTH WAYS WHEN THEY'RE LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND JUST CLEAN UP THE AREA A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, JUST MAKE IT MORE OF A WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LIBRARY, WE HAVE THE STADIUM, WE HAVE ALL THAT GOOD STUFF THAT CITY OF EDINBURGH HAS BEEN DOING. SO I FEEL IT'D BE A GOOD ADDITION TO THE CITY.
AND THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO KEEP SOMETHING LIKE THIS WHERE, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WHERE WE JUST RUN OFFICES OUT OF THERE.
AND THAT'S REALLY THE REASON MY WIFE AND I BOUGHT IT WAS TO PUT OUR OFFICE AND PUT SOME,
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SOME TOWNHOMES OR SOME SORT OF LIVING IN THE BACK, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M PROPOSING TODAY.I DID ALSO ON THE DESIGN OF MY BUILDING ON THE RENDERINGS, I HAD A BIG STONE WALL IN THE BACK, JUST TO BE MORE ON THE SAFE SIDE AND CREATE PRIVACY TO THE TOWNHOMES, TO THE OFFICE SPACES THAT ARE GOING TO THE FRONT. SO. YES, SIR, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S IN THIS CASE.
MR. GARZA, THE THE ONLY COMMENT I WOULD MAKE IS THAT IT'S BECAUSE THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, EVERYTHING IS RESIDENTIAL THROUGH THERE AND ADDING COMMERCIAL, WE RUN INTO THE SAME SITUATION THAT IT'S AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WE JUST PASSED, AND IT IS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT WE JUST DENIED NORTH OF TOWN.
AND ONCE IT BECOMES COMMERCIAL AND YOU WERE TO SELL OR, YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU WILL NEVER DO IT, BUT AT SOME POINT YOU SELL, THEN SOMEBODY WITH THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION COULD COME BACK AND PUT A BAR THERE, YOU KNOW, AND ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN.
RIGHT. EXACTLY WHAT THE NEIGHBORS DON'T WANT. AND SO THAT'S THE REASON THAT YOU'RE BUTTING UP AGAINST HOMES THAT CLOSE WITH A COMMERCIAL BUILDING THAT ONCE YOU GET THE.
AND HERE WE'RE JUST I MEAN, WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO BUILD BECAUSE HERE WE'RE JUST DOING THE DESIGNATION AND YOU UNDERSTAND YOU'RE ON THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT. SO YOU SEE THESE THINGS COME TO YOU.
AND YOU KNOW, THE CONFLICT THAT IT HAS, YOU KNOW, WITH THE NEW UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WE JUST PASSED. AND THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT. I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
IT'S A VERY ATTRACTIVE LOOKING PROPERTY.
IT JUST DOESN'T MEET THE CODE.
OKAY. AND I UNDERSTAND CLARIFICATION.
THIS IS THIS IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? OR IS IT COMMERCIAL? YES, SIR. NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. YEAH.
I WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT.
ACROSS THE STREET IS ALL COMMERCIAL.
IS WHAT I'M SEEING HERE? YES, SIR.
WE HAVE TIME. THAT'S THE REASON WHY HE'S WANTING TO PURSUE THAT AND JUST CUT OUT THAT LITTLE PIECE. I UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
I MEAN, THE STAFF WOULDN'T BE DENIED IF IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
THAT WAS A DEAL. I WANT TO SAY IT'S A GREAT IDEA.
I LIKE IT. AS FAR AS IT BEING THAT LOT.
DID YOU BUY THIS PROPERTY? YES, SIR. I BOUGHT IT A YEAR AGO, AND IT'S JUST BEEN DETERIORATING MORE AND MORE. AND I KIND OF DESIGNED IT SINCE I'M THE DESIGNER OF THEM, AND IT JUST CREATES. IT JUST DOESN'T WORK IN THAT LITTLE TRIANGLE.
SO I WAS ABLE TO GET A LITTLE CRAFTY WHERE I EVEN DID THE, THE DUMPSTER, EVERYTHING SUITS.
AND THEN IN THE FOR THE TOWNHOMES, SINCE IT'S, THERE'S GOING TO BE AN OFFICE SPACE. AND I DO UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT, MR. DIAZ. WHERE IN THE FUTURE WE SELL OR SOMETHING.
BUT I KNOW IT WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK TO REZONING TO MAYBE GENERAL ONE OR A DIFFERENT COMMERCIAL SO THEY'RE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT EVEN AT THAT, I WAS TELLING A LOT OF CITIZENS BECAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN THEY HAD WAS, HOW DO WE KNOW THIS? I'M LIKE, THERE'S ONLY EIGHT PARKING SPACES.
IT'S A VERY SMALL BUILDING BETWEEN BOTH BUILDINGS.
IT'S LIKE 1500FT² BETWEEN BOTH OF THEM.
SO IT'S MAINLY JUST FOR OFFICES, LIKE THAT'S WHY WE WANTED IT, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE IN THE BACK END OF TOURIST DRIVE. I RECENTLY JUST PUT ALSO HERE BEHIND THE HEB, MY PERSONAL HOME.
SO I LOVE EDINBURG. I WANT TO SEE IT.
I WANT US TO DO MORE MOVEMENTS LIKE SAN ANTONIO, AUSTIN WHERE WE CREATE MORE WALKABILITY.
I WANT PEOPLE TO BE MORE INVOLVED WITH THE COMMUNITY, LIKE US AS A BUSINESS.
AND I DO KNOW THAT I'M FOLLOWING A LOT OF THAT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH IT.
AND I WAS HOPING THAT THAT'S WHY I WENT DOOR KNOCKING, ALSO BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR WHAT THE CITIZENS HAD TO SAY.
I MET WITH THEM. EVERYBODY'S EXCITED FOR IT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE LIKE ONCE AGAIN, NOW WE'RE MAKING IT MORE SAFER, CLEANER AREA RIGHT THERE FOR PEOPLE TO WALK THROUGH AND FROM BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, THERE'S PEOPLE COMING IN FROM THE MOTEL IN THE FRONT TO THE TO THE I SAID, LOOK, ONCE WE CREATE SOMETHING LIKE THIS, ALL THAT GOES BACK TO THE STREET, LIKE UP TO KLAUSNER, WE'RE GOING TO LEAVE THIS AREA, THE EBONY AREA, AS RESIDENTIAL. BUT I'M THINKING TO MYSELF, I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BE MORE OF AN I GUESS I WANT TO GIVE IT THAT NICE, BIGGER CITY FEEL WHERE WE HAVE THE TREES AND THEN WE HAVE AN OFFICE NESTLED IN THERE.
SO THIS IS A REAL ESTATE OFFICE? YES, SIR. REAL ESTATE OFFICE? YES, SIR. SO I SEE YOUR POINT.
I MEAN, THIS TOURIST DRIVE IS AN OLD STREET WITH THE OLDER HOUSES ON THE ORANGE HERE.
ON THIS MAP. HERE. I THINK I, I THINK I KNOW WHERE IT'S AT.
THIS KIND OF REMINDS ME OF OF 10TH STREET AND KLAUSNER, ROUGHLY WHERE IT USED TO BE.
ALL HOUSES STARTED GROWING INTO COMMERCIAL.
AND YOU ALREADY HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL, BUT IT'S THE REAR PART OF THE COMMERCIAL, NOT THE FRONT PART. BUT IT DOES REMIND ME OF THE 10TH STREET GOING TOWARDS THE COURTHOUSE.
THAT HAS HOUSE COMMERCIAL OFFICES.
IT'S KIND OF WHAT IT REMINDS ME OF.
I'M SURE THAT'S WHY YOU'RE BRINGING THIS UP. IT DOES MAKE A LOT OF SENSE, BUT I THINK WHEN THEY FIRST DESIGNED THESE LOTS WAS TO BUILD HOMES, RIGHT? YES, SIR. AND SO THEN WHAT THE STAFF IS SAYING IS THAT ONE TRIANGLE WOULD BE THE ONLY RED ONE IN ALL THE ORANGE ONES OUT THERE,
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SO. SO IT WOULDN'T BE RED? IT WOULD ACTUALLY BE PINK, WHICH WOULD BE PINK.NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS SUPPOSED TO BE THE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND THE AND THE RESIDENTIAL.
SO I KIND OF LIKE THE I LIKE THE PROJECT.
I THINK IT'S A GOOD TRANSITION.
IT DOESN'T MEET THE FUTURE PLAN, BUT MAYBE THE FUTURE PLAN SHOULD HAVE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT THAT AROUND TOURISTS RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF TOURISTS.
AND THIS WAS ALREADY. THIS WILL REQUIRE A VARIANCE ALSO.
YES. SO AT THIS TIME IT'S NOT MEETING THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FLOOR AREA.
SO IT WOULD REQUIRE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
IT DOESN'T MEET THE SQUARE FOOTAGE. AND I'M IN BETWEEN RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IN DOWNTOWN DISTRICT WE'RE AT 6000FT² FOR THE COMMERCIAL, AND WE'RE CONSIDERED UPTOWN OR MIDTOWN RIGHT THERE.
AND IT'S 10,000. SO I'M AT 7900, WHICH IS VERY SHY OF OF, OF THE THE REQUIREMENT OF IT STILL REQUIRES THE VARIANCE THOUGH.
YES, SIR. I AGREE, MR. LONGORIA. AND I JUST THAT'S WHY I WAS TALKING TO MR. HYMAN. I SAID, YOU KNOW, I JUST FEEL MAYBE LIKE A LITTLE OFFICE SPACE AND NOTHING OUT OF, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LOUD WHERE THE CITIZENS ARE LIKE, HEY, I KIND OF BUILT IT WITH A LOT OF DESIGN CONCEPT BEHIND IT.
THE SAME TOWNHOMES GOING UP IN THE BACK ARE GOING TO HAVE THE SAME CONCEPT AS THE OFFICE, SO IT JUST BLENDS IN REAL NICELY AND IT JUST GIVES A LOT OF PRIDE FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE I'M ALREADY SEEING IT. I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT PART.
BUT I MEAN, COULD YOU ADD MORE TOWNHOMES THERE INSTEAD? I TRIED. AND WE WOULD INTERFERE WITH TOURIST DRIVE BEING A STREET THAT'S KIND OF TRANSITED. AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE HOMES PRETTY MUCH FRONTING.
AND THAT'S WHAT I DIDN'T WANT IN THE SENSE, BECAUSE THEN I'M GOING TO HAVE HOMES.
ISN'T THAT WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE WITH THE WITH THIS BUILDINGS ALSO? I MEAN, YOU'RE GOING TO BE RIGHT THERE ON TOP OF THE STREET, TOO. OH, NOT NECESSARILY, MR. LONGORIA, BECAUSE THE TOWNHOMES, I'M DOING THEM LIKE 40, 30FT OR SO FROM THE ACTUAL STREET.
WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL PART NOW. OH, ISN'T THAT BUILDING GOING TO BE? I MEAN, YOU'RE ONLY GOT A 7900FT² THERE.
SO THOSE TWO BUILDINGS ARE GOING TO PROBABLY BUTT UP AGAINST THE STREET, AREN'T THEY? NO, SIR. ACTUALLY, I CREATED ENOUGH BUFFER SPACE COMPLETELY.
SO THIS IS COMING IN FROM SOUTHLAND, AND THEN THIS IS TOURIST DRIVE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I CREATE ENOUGH BUFFER SPACE WITH GREEN SPACES WHERE MY OFFICE IS NESTLED IN TOWARDS THE BACK, WHERE IT'S KIND OF HIDDEN AWAY.
AND THEN I CREATE A LOT OF THESE PARKING SPACES.
ALTHOUGH I DID ON THE DRIVEWAY OF MY TOWNHOMES, I DID 14FT DRIVEWAYS WITH THE ONE CAR GARAGE, SO IT GIVES US MORE THAN THE TWO VEHICLE ALLOWED.
BUT THAT WAY IN CASE PEOPLE COME AND VISIT IN THE EVENINGS, SINCE THESE ARE JUST OFFICE SPACES, WE'LL HAVE SOME LEFTOVER PARKING FOR PEOPLE TO PARK AND EVEN WALK TO THESE TOWNHOMES.
AND WHEN WE HAVE THE PARADES HERE IN THE CLOSNER STREET, PEOPLE MIGHT COME AND PARK OVER HERE TOO, TO WALK RIGHT THERE.
I MEAN, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF CLEAN IT UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND I WAS KIND OF GOING BACK AND FORTH DESIGNING AND I WAS LIKE, WHAT CAN I PUT IN THERE? I TRIED TOWNHOMES AND I SAID, I DON'T WANT I BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE THING THAT WE DISCUSSED.
I'M LIKE, IF WE DO TOWNHOMES HERE NOW, WE'RE INTERFERING WITH TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT. AND I SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? MAYBE A PARKING SPACE WITH THE DUMPSTER AND THE NICE GREENERY SPACE. I JUST FELT IT WAS SOMETHING.
SO SO YOU HAVE A SO YOU HAVE LOT NUMBER ONE BEHIND THAT TRIANGLE.
TWO IS. YES, SIR. ONE, TWO AND THREE.
THAT'S WHAT I'M SEEING. SO YOU PRETTY MUCH HAVE A LITTLE SUBDIVISION THERE THEY'RE GOING ON. IT'S NOT JUST THE KIND OF CHANGES IT A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE NOW HE'S CREATING A NEW SUBDIVISION WITHIN THE SUB DIVISION.
AND RIGHT NOW I HAVE 14 UNITS THERE.
SO IT'S ALREADY LIKE A BUNCH OF 14 UNITS OR HOUSES 12, 13 EFFICIENCIES AND ONE LITTLE HOUSE IN THE CORNER.
THOSE ARE DEMOLISHING ALL THOSE.
YEAH, STUCCO LOOKING BUILDINGS THAT ARE THERE.
YEAH, YEAH. SO IT ALREADY HAS A BUNCH OF UNITS.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO THE MULTIFAMILY ROUTE BECAUSE I WANT TO CREATE MORE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE. I FEEL THAT WE'RE LEAVING ASIDE THE TEACHER.
AND I JUST, LIKE I SAID, THE CORNER.
I WAS THINKING EVERYTHING INTO CONSIDERATION. JUST SAFETY OF THE AREA, THE VISIBILITY OF THE AREA.
I SAID INSTEAD OF HAVING HOMES, I'LL HAVE A NICE TREES.
AT THE END OF THE DAY, IT'S MAINLY ALL TREES AND PARKING SPACE BECAUSE EVEN THE LITTLE OFFICE, THE FIRST FLOOR IS 600FT².
SO IT'S YOU KNOW, I'M NOT CREATING A PLAZA OR SOMETHING THAT'S INTERRUPTING, DISRUPTING THESE PEOPLE THAT SCIENTISTS HERE, ARE THEY THE ONES WITHIN YOUR OWN, OR ARE THESE PEOPLE FROM.
NO, SIR. ACTUALLY, MR. OLIVARES, I PUT THE ADDRESS.
SO THEY'RE ALL THE NEIGHBORING, LITERALLY, THE PROPERTY IN FRONT. IT'S NOT THE ONES THAT ARE IN YOUR UNITS.
I KNOW, SIR. NO, NO, THOSE ARE ALL THE ADDRESSES WITH THEIR NUMBERS. SO WE CAN REACH OUT TO THEIR THEIR WITHIN THAT SUBDIVISION AS YOU GO INTO.
YES, SIR. ACTUALLY, ALL OF HOLLYWOOD DRIVE AND ALL OF SOUTHLAND DRIVE, I WENT KNOCKING ON ALL THOSE DOORS TO GET THE APPROVAL, MAINLY TO ALSO TO TO CLEAR OUT THE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE SOME PEOPLE WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMERCIAL REGULAR.
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AND I WAS LIKE, LOOK, IT'S GOING TO BE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.IT'S JUST FOR AN OFFICE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NO SPACE FOR ANYTHING ELSE.
AND THAT'S WHEN THEY WERE LIKE, DO IT TO IT.
WE'RE GOOD FOR IT. THAT'S GREAT.
ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT JUST CLEARS.
LIKE I SAID, THESE CORNERS WHERE THERE'S MORE TRAFFIC ON TOURIST, I, I USUALLY TALK TO JAIME WHEN I COME UP WITH THESE THINGS.
I'D LIKE TO HEAR JAIME'S PERSPECTIVE ON THIS, BECAUSE HE'S USUALLY KIND OF LIKES TO WORK THROUGH THOSE GRAY AREAS.
I LIKE I LIKE THIS, I'M FOR IT.
BUT I WANT JAIME TO TELL ME THAT WHAT HIS PERSPECTIVE IS ON THIS.
WELL, WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS, IS A VERY IRREGULAR LOT.
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS, ARE WE GOING TO BUILD SOMETHING ON IT? YES OR NO? BECAUSE WE CAN'T FIT ANOTHER TOWNHOME OR TWO THERE BECAUSE OF THE OF THE RESTRAINTS OF THE LOT.
SO MR. ELISEO BROUGHT US SOME RENDERINGS THIS EVENING, THAT KIND OF SUPPORT, THAT SOMETHING CAN BE BUILT THERE.
BUT I GO BACK TO THE TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WE JUST PASSED AND WE SAID IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT THIS AREA SHOULD REMAIN RESIDENTIAL.
SO I KIND OF HATE TO GO AGAINST THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO EARLY PLAN THAT YOU LOOK FOR THE WHOLE CITY.
CORRECT. AND YOU ZOOMING INTO THIS, IT WASN'T IT WASN'T A SPECIFIC AREA.
IT WAS THE WHOLE CITY, THE WHOLE CITY. SO IT'S NOT LIKE YOU FOCUS ON THIS LOCATION ONLY. EXACTLY.
BUT I SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THERE'S VARIANCES, AND THAT'S WHY WE HAVE SOME VARIANCES TO ALLOW FOR VARIANCES FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. RIGHT. CORRECT. SO AND THAT'S WHY BECAUSE THIS IS AN OLDER EDINBURG.
THIS IS LIKE BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE.
I LIKE WHAT WHAT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING.
IF IT'S POSSIBLE I WOULD LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE VARIANCE THAT NEEDS TO BE THERE'S NO VARIANCES.
SO. OKAY, LET ME SEE. MR. GARCIA, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE COMMENTS? IF NOT. SO I CAN CLOSE THE FLOOR, SIR, AND WE CAN MAKE A MOTION. NO, SIR. THAT WAS WHAT I HAD TO SAY.
THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT, MR. CARSON. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE FLOOR AND THEN WE CAN HAVE A MOTION.
MR.. MR. CHAIRMAN, I DO APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE IN THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD STILL LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS BEFORE WE DO THAT. IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SEVEN C. NO. NO. OKAY, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FLOOR.
THANK YOU. I MOTION TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
I SECOND IT. SECOND. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANYBODY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION TIED, 2 TO 2.
WE CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT.
THIS IS THE SAME ITEM. NO, NO.
IT'S THE. YEAH, A 0.51 ACRE TRACT OF LAND BEING THE WEST 36FT OF LOT ONE, ALL OF LOT TWO, AND THE EAST 39FT OF LOT THREE, BLOCK EIGHT ENFIELD ESTATE SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 102 HOLLYWOOD STREET.
STAFF. SO THIS REQUEST IS FOR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST INTERSECTION OF HOLLYWOOD DRIVE AND TOURIST DRIVE.
THIS GOES HAND IN HAND WITH THE ITEM THAT WE JUST SAW.
THIS IS A PORTION IN THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
CURRENT ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IS RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY, WHICH IS OUR TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
NOW THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE RESIDENTIAL, URBAN AND TOWNHOME DISTRICT, WHICH ALLOWS FOR TOWNHOME DEVELOPMENT.
ADJACENT ZONING DISTRICTS ARE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TO THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTH, WITH COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY TO THE EAST.
SURROUNDING LAND USES CONSIST OF MIXED USES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL USES, COMMERCIAL USES, AND VACANT LAND.
THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PROPERTY IS FOR OUTER URBAN USES.
WE MAILED OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND WE RECEIVED SOME COMMENTS FOR THIS PROJECT AFTER THE REPORT WAS PREPARED ON OCTOBER 18TH.
PLANNING STAFF MET WITH OTHER DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA WOULD SUPPORT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST BASED ON ADJACENT ZONING AND DENSITY, AND IT IS CONSISTENT WITH OUR UPDATED FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THANK YOU.
I'LL GO TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO ADD SOMETHING, MR. GARZA, TO THIS PROPERTY.
SO THESE ARE THE TOWNHOMES THAT I'M.
THEY'RE THREE BEDROOM, TWO AND A HALF BATHS, TOWNHOMES, ONE CAR GARAGE WITH DRIVEWAY FOR TWO CARS.
I DID GO, OF COURSE, BASED ON CITY CODE.
18FT FROM THE FROM THE STREET.
I SOME OF THE BEING THAT THIS IS AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO THIS IS KIND OF LIKE THE CONCEPT, BUT INSTEAD OF DOING THEM STUCK, I DID FOUR FEET FOR PURPOSES OF, YOU KNOW, CUTTING THE YARD AND JUST PEOPLE TO
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FEEL AT HOME AND, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S GOING TO HAVE THE SAME ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN THAT I HAVE AS A, AS A SMALL OFFICE JUST TO PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER. AND I FEEL IT'S GOING TO BRING IN SOMETHING GREAT FOR THAT PART OF TOWN, WHICH IS ALREADY GREAT.I SEE A LOT OF NEW HOMES OR A LOT OF HOMES GETTING REMODELED IN THAT AREA, AND I WANT TO CALL IT THE TOWNHOMES AT EBONY, WHICH IS THE EBONY GOLF COURSE THAT WE HAVE RIGHT THERE.
I WAS ONE OF THE BIG SUPPORTERS FOR THE EBONY GOLF COURSE TO STAY.
I FEEL IT CREATES A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE.
I FEEL THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE FILLED WITH FAMILIES OR YOUNG PROFESSIONALS.
IT'S GOING TO BE TOWNHOMES IN THE 199 TO 230 RANGE.
AND I FEEL THAT WE NEED THIS IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH.
ALSO, JUST TO FILL THAT LITTLE VOID THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW WITH SOME SOME HOMES, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT JUST I DID A WHOLE DESIGN PACKAGE FOR THIS WHOLE AREA.
AND AS WE SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OR ON THE ON THE WEST SIDE, I DID SIX FEET PLUS THE, THE FOUR FEET, TEN FEET AND TEN FEET ACTUALLY FROM THE FENCE LINE. SO I STILL RESPECTED THAT.
I GAVE IT FOUR FOOT HALLWAYS FOR ANYTHING TO TO GO THROUGH THERE, AND THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.
OH THAT'S IT. THE OTHER WORD I WAS GOING TO SAY ABOUT THE CORNER.
IT'S BECAUSE IT'S BEEN BACK AND FORTH JUST, YOU KNOW, THINGS I COULD DO. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I CREATED.
I HOPE YOU GUYS TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.
YEAH. ANYBODY ELSE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FLOOR. COMMISSION. MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. ANYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 70.
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION OF ALCOHOL BEVERAGES EDINBURGH TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION, LOT SEVEN THROUGH 12, BLOCK 214, LOCATED AT 201 NORTH SEVENTH AVENUE.
STEPH. YES. SO WE DO HAVE A REQUEST FROM OUR APPLICANT TO APPLY FOR SPECIAL USE PERMIT ON PREMISE CONSUMPTION FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF NORTH SEVENTH AVENUE.
IT'S THE PARKING LOT THE CITY CURRENTLY USES TO PUT THE VEHICLES.
THEY CURRENTLY USE IT ALSO FOR CITY FOOD TRUCK EVENTS THAT GETS HANDLED BY OUR EDC.
EDC IS THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.
THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING AN OUTDOOR TYPE OF FOOD COURT WITH LEASED AREAS FOR FOOD CONTAINERS, TYPE OF FOOD VENDORS WITH A STAGE.
BUT THEY WILL THEY ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THE MAIN TINY CANTINAS.
WHAT IT'S CALLED. IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT IN THE CENTER, JUST AS IT IS INDICATED HERE ON THE SITE PLAN. AND SO RIGHT NOW, HE DOESN'T KNOW EXACTLY IF IT'S GOING TO BE JUST BEER OR IF IT'S GOING TO BE THE MIXED BEVERAGE TYPE.
HE'S WAITING TO GET THE APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH TABC THE HOURS THAT WE HAVE HERE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY FROM 3 P.M.
TO 10 P.M., THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY FROM 12 P.M.
TO 12 A.M., AND SUNDAY FROM 12 P.M.
TO 10 P.M.. WE STAFF MELODY NOTICED OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO 18 NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES OWNERS ON FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11TH, AND HAVE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
APPROVAL IS APPROVAL OF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT.
IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE ADDITIONAL FOLLOWING CONDITIONS SET BEFORE THE PACKET AND FOR THE RECORD ON PLANNING AND ZONING.
THANK YOU. DO I HAVE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS ON.
YES. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM, PLEASE. NO COMMENTS ARE GOING TO CLOSE THE FLOOR.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY THAT THE CITY USES.
AND THERE'S A VEHICLES FROM THE CITY THAT ARE PARKING THERE.
THIS DOES NOT BELONG TO THE CITY.
NO. THIS IS PART OF THE EDINBURG ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
OH, OKAY. YES, SIR. THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING THIS REQUEST, RIGHT? THEY ARE LEASING OUT TO MR. RAUL CORREA, WHICH IS ALSO OWNER OF CANTINA, AND THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO BE OPERATING THIS PARK. SO IT WON'T BE IT'S GOING TO BE THE EDC.
ALSO, AFTER WE APPROVE THIS OR WE MOVE TO APPROVE WILL THIS, WHERE ARE THEY GOING TO BUILD THEIR. I'M SORRY. SO WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING IS THEY'RE CALLING IT A VAQUERO PARK.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO JUST BECAUSE IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OUR UTRGV.
RIGHT. THEY WANT TO SEE SOMETHING CLOSE TO STUDENTS TO PARK NOW AFTER.
BECAUSE THERE'S SOME PARKING SPACES THERE. YES.
SO THIS AREA IS WITHIN OUR DOWNTOWN.
HOWEVER ONCE, IF IT IS GOING TO BE CONSIDERED A FOOD TRUCK PARK, WE DO REQUIRE CERTAIN PARKING.
SO ALL THAT WOULD HAVE TO COME INTO EFFECT ONCE THEY GO THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMIT OR DEPENDING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO, THEY WOULD COMPLY WITH ANY OF THE
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REQUIREMENTS SET FORTH.BUT CITY CARS OR EDC CARS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PARK THERE ANYMORE, CORRECT? ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE? YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WALK FURTHER. MAYBE.
SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR EVENTS WITH THE CITY, RIGHT? SO SOME OF OUR EVENTS, NOT ALL OF OUR EVENTS ARE THERE.
SOMETIMES WE HAVE THEM, YOU KNOW, WE DO SOME STREET CLOSURES.
WE HAVE THEM. WE HAVE ONE GOING ON RIGHT NOW OVER HERE AT THE PARK FOR THE FALL FESTIVAL.
SO IT JUST DEPENDS. SO IT'LL CONTINUE BEING THE PROPERTY CORRECT.
THEY ARE LEASING. IT'LL STILL BE USED THE WAY WE USE IT BUT WITH MORE FEATURES ON THAT.
OPEN. CORRECT. THEY ARE THEY ARE PROPOSING TO HAVE THE STAGE TO HAVE THAT ENTERTAINMENT OUTDOOR SETUP HAVE THE EVENTS WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE ENHANCED OR A LITTLE BIT MORE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, MORE WELCOMING DEPENDING ON WHAT THIS LEASE IS TO BRING THERE TO THE PARK. OKAY. DO RESIDENTS STILL LIVE ON THE NORTH SIDE AND THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT? SO YES, WE DO HAVE SOME YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE.
BUT OF COURSE THERE'S AN ALLEY RIGHT ONTO TO THE THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY THERE IS AN ALLEY. AND THEN BETWEEN THE ALLEY THERE IS SOME SOME OLDER HOMES.
THERE WAS NO LETTERS AGAINST IT, NO LETTERS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST THIS REQUEST.
SO WHAT HAPPENS NOW? THEY'RE LIKE, DO THEY PLAY MUSIC THERE SOMETIMES OR THEY HAVE A STAGE. SO I KNOW THEY SAID THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A STAGE, BUT WHAT'S. SO IT'S JUST A PARKING LOT NOW.
CORRECT. IT'S JUST A PARKING LOT NOW.
THERE IS A CURRENT STAGE WE HAVE.
SO HERE WHERE THEY'RE PROPOSING THE DOG PARK, WE DO HAVE A STAGE THERE AS WELL, WHERE WE WOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT ENTERTAINMENT IF THEY WERE TO HAVE ANY WEEKEND EVENTS OR WEEKDAY DURING THE WEEK.
AT NIGHT WE DO WHERE THE DOG PARK IS, THERE IS A CURRENT STAGE THERE WHERE IF WE WERE TO HAVE ANY ENTERTAINMENT, IT WAS ALREADY BEING PLAYED THERE.
SO THE STAGE THEY DO AT THE MOMENT, THEY PROPOSE IT MORE ONTO THE WEST SIDE.
AGAIN, DEPENDING IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD IT, IT'S GOING TO BE ASSEMBLED, NOT ASSEMBLED. ALL THAT WOULD COME INTO THE BUILDING PERMIT PART OF THE DO.
AND HAVE THEY HAD ANY TYPE OF MUSIC EVENTS THERE? THEY DO EVENTS PERIODICALLY, MAYBE LIKE ONCE EVERY SIX MONTHS.
HAVE WE EVER HAD ANY NOISE COMPLAINTS BECAUSE IT SAYS THERE THEY CAN BE THERE FROM 12 TO 12 A.M. OR. YEAH. HAVE THEY EVER.
DO WE KNOW IF THEY'VE EVER HAD ANY COMPLAINTS OF NOISE OR.
WE CAN CHECK WITH THE RESIDENTS WITH PD, BUT I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE'VE EVER HAD ANY ISSUES. OKAY. I MEAN, THAT'S KIND OF CONCERNING SINCE IT'S SO CLOSE TO HOMES. YEAH, YEAH. BECAUSE ESPECIALLY I MEAN, IT LOOKS LIKE I MEAN, IT LOOKS NICE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT ATTRACT MORE PEOPLE AND GET LOUDER.
YES. AND WE DO HAVE ALSO A NOISE ORDINANCE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO THEY WOULD HAVE TO BE COMPLIED WITH. YES. OKAY.
OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM ITEMS A AND B, SO MOVED. I'LL SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE, MR. ISABELLE? YOU HAVE NO FURTHER ITEMS. BOARD MEETING TO ADJOURN WOULD BE IN ORDER.
OKAY. GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN.
SO MOVED. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIED. MEETING ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.