THIS TIME, PLEASE STAND BY FOR OFFICER LYNN'S FINAL TRANSMISSION. [00:00:03] SEVEN NINE. GO AHEAD. I CAN SUM UP MY YEARS HERE AS AN EXCITED ROLLER COASTER RIDE. THERE WERE UPS AND DOWNS, BUT JOYS LINGER. OVER. I FEEL LIKE I CAN JUST GET BACK ON. BUT REMEMBER, YOU HAVE. YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF AND LISTEN TO YOUR BODY. LOOK TO YOUR RIGHT. LOOK TO YOUR LEFT. FAMILY. OFFICERS. JAILERS. COMMUNICATIONS. CUSTODIAN. CLERICAL STAFF. VEHICLE MAINTENANCE. WE ALL LIKE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. WE HAVE CERTIFICATION OF PUBLIC NOTICE. YES, SIR. MR. CHAIRMAN, STAFF TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC AS PER THE TEXAS OPEN MEETINGS ACT ON FRIDAY, JUNE THE 6TH AT 5 P.M.. THANK YOU. ANY DISCLOSURE OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH THE COMMISSION. NONE. OKAY. PUBLIC COMMENTS. PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. EVERY 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 ARE ASKING FOR EVERYONE'S COOPERATION IN FOLLOWING THESE PROCEDURES. RIGHT NOW WE GO THROUGH ABSENCES. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER MEMBER VICTOR FROM THE MAY 22ND, 2022 REGULAR MEETING. OKAY. SECOND, EVERYONE IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE'RE ALSO GOING TO CONSIDER THE EXCUSING THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER MEMBER RODOLFO RUDY RAMIREZ FROM THE MAY 22ND, 2020 REGULAR MEETING. I WILL. MAKE A MOTION. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR THE MAY 22ND, 2020 REGULAR MEETING. A MOTION. MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND IT FOR YOUR FAVOR. PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT A, WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE REZONING REQUEST FROM AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT. THE EAST 120FT OF LOTS FIVE, SIX AND SEVEN BLOCK 11 FAYETTEVILLE TOWN SITE SUBDIVISION, LOCATED AT 11 508 NORTH I-69. SEE STAFF. GOOD EVENING. ALEX GONZALEZ THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OVER ON NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD. CURRENTLY THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED AGRICULTURE AND OPEN SPACE DISTRICT. IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY LIMITS IN DECEMBER OF 2013. CURRENTLY WE DO HAVE AN EXISTING HOME AT THIS LOCATION. THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO DEMOLISH THE HOME AND TO BUILD A BRAND NEW HOME WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT SUCH AS THE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. WE SENT OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE RECEIVED NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING REQUEST BASED ON THE EXISTING USES AND THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA. IF APPROVED, THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL OTHER REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'LL GO AND CLOSE THE FLOOR. COMMISSION. RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. ANYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM EIGHT. BE READY TO CONSIDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FROM AUTO URBAN USES TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES. AND THE REZONING REQUEST FOR FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT. ALL OF LOT SIX. KENTON HEIGHTS UNIT NUMBER ONE SUBDIVISION LOCATED AT 1101 EAST CANTON ROAD. STAFF. YES. SO THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON CANTON ROAD. CURRENTLY IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT, WHICH IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. CURRENTLY, THEY ARE PLANNING ON GOING TO COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. WE DID MAIL OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS. WE RECEIVED TWO FOR AND ONE AGAINST AFTER THE REPORT WAS PREPARED. NOTICES WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE BOARD FOR THE NOTICES THAT WERE SUBMITTED AFTER THE REPORT WAS DONE. THE APPLICANT ALSO SUBMITTED A SITE PLAN WHICH IS ALSO AVAILABLE TO YOU THERE AS WELL. ADJACENT ZONING. WE DO HAVE RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY TO THE NORTH WEST, AND WE DO HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTH AND A COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST. WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING REQUEST AND COMP PLAN AMENDMENT BASED ON THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND ADJACENT ZONING. [00:05:02] IF IT IS APPROVED, THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE. NO PUBLIC COMMENTS. I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE FLOOR COMMISSION. MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. I'LL SECOND IT. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM EIGHT C. WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR MOTTO URBAN USES TO MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE REZONING REQUEST FROM RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT. BEING THE SOUTH HALF OF LOT 11 AND THE SOUTH HALF OF LOT 12. BLOCK 98. ORIGINAL TOWN SITE OF EDINBURG, LOCATED AT 221 WEST BEND STREET. STAFF. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED OVER ON VAN WEAKENED NORTH AVENUE. THE PROPERTY HAS APPROXIMATELY 7122FT². CURRENTLY, THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY AND THERE'S AN EXISTING HOME AT THIS LOCATION THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO ESTABLISH A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT THIS LOCATION, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THE RESIDENTIAL MULTIFAMILY ZONING DISTRICT. WE MAILED OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AND RECEIVE NO COMMENTS IN FAVOR OR AGAINST. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL OF THIS REQUEST BASED ON ADJACENT ZONING. THE FUTURE LAND USE. AND AT THIS TIME, IT DOES NOT COMPLY WITH THE MINIMUM LOT STANDARDS FOR A MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT. CURRENTLY, WE DO REQUIRE A MINIMUM LOT AREA OF 8000FT². IF IT IS APPROVED, THEY WILL NEED TO COMPLY WITH ALL REQUIREMENTS DURING THE PERMITTING PROCESS. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO GO AND OPEN THE FLOOR FOR ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS. IF YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE AND STATE YOUR NAME. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS FRED JANOS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WOULD BE MULTIFAMILY BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE A DUPLEX. I KNOW IT'S DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT AREAS. WE'RE TRYING TO BUY WITH EVERYTHING THAT WAS TOLD TO US. AS FAR AS NOT BEING ABLE TO BACK UP TO THE STREET, HAVING THERE'S ADDITIONAL HOUSES AROUND IT THAT HAVE THE SAME DESCRIPTION. BUT IT'S UP TO YOU ALL TO SEE IF WE CAN HELP US OUT. OKAY. AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE TWO STORIES. MR. TWO STORY. AND IT'S GOING TO BE A DUPLEX. SO IT'S GOING TO BE TOWNHOME OR DUPLEX SIDE BY SIDE WITH EVERYBODY BEING ABLE TO TURN AROUND AND FRONT, FRONT EXIT. WE ARE NOT EXITING BACK TO THE, THE 20TH STREETS, AND WE'RE TRYING TO DO IT TO WHERE IT'S ON THE NINTH STREET, NOT ON BANK WEEK. ARE THEY GOING TO BE ATTACHED OR DETACHED? ATTACHED? THEY'RE GOING TO BE ATTACHED. YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR THE GENTLEMAN HERE? THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. WHERE'S THE CLOSEST MULTIFAMILY? YES, WE DO HAVE SOME MULTIFAMILY IN THE AREA. HERE IN THIS AREA OR HERE IN THIS MAP, THE ONES THAT ARE IN ORANGE ARE CURRENTLY MULTIFAMILY UNITS. SO THEY DO HAVE SOME APARTMENTS AT THOSE, AT THOSE LOCATIONS, BUT THEY. SO 8000 SQUARE FOOT LOT. SOME OF THOSE DO AND SOME OF THOSE DON'T. THOSE LOTS WE ARE SEEING QUITE A BIT OF PREEXISTING MULTIFAMILY THAT HAVE BEEN THERE FOR FOR QUITE A WHILE. SO CURRENTLY THOSE ARE CONSIDERED EXISTING NON-CONFORMING. I GUESS A QUESTION TO STAFF FOR ME IS, LET'S SAY WE DO HAVE A MULTIFAMILY AREA WHERE THE LOT DOESN'T MEET THE 8000 SQUARE FOOT REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'S ZONED MULTIFAMILY. DO YOU WORK WITH THE BUILDER TO, I GUESS, SAY, HEY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ONLY FIT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF UNITS ON THE PROPERTY. THEY'RE GRANDFATHERED BECAUSE IT WAS CONVERTED BACK WHEN IT WAS ALLOWED. RIGHT. SOME OF THOSE ISSUES YOU SEE ON THE ON THE MAP THAT ARE ORANGE ARE PRECISELY PREEXISTING ONES THAT PREEXIST OR ARE UDC CHANGE. NOW, IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICATION MENTIONED SIX UNITS. RIGHT NOW HE'S MENTIONING DUPLEX. WHAT WE COULD DO IS WE COULD OFFER THEM TO KEEP IT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND MAYBE DO AN ADU UNIT IN THE BACK, OR YOU GET TWO UNITS INSTEAD OF JUST A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. OKAY. SO THE ORIGINAL APPLICATIONS CALL FOR A SIXTH PLACE, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO FIT ON, NOT GOING TO FIT ON THIS SIZE LOT. CORRECT. THOSE ARE 50 BY 142. [00:10:03] YES. TYPICALLY THOSE IN THAT AREA ARE 50 BY 142. OKAY. DO YOU THINK THE OWNER WOULD WANT TO MAYBE MEET WITH YOU ALL AGAIN, AND THEN MAYBE TABLE THIS ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING, THAT THOSE OPTIONS WERE OFFERED TO HIM AT THE TIME. YES, THEY THEY WERE OFFERED AT THE TIME THAT STAFF MET WITH THE WITH THE APPLICANT, BUT WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH HIM AGAIN. WE COULD WE COULD TABLE IT, MEET WITH THEM. WE DENY IT. DOES HE HAVE ANOTHER OPTION TO COME BACK? IT STILL HAS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. BUT THEN IF CITY COUNCIL DENIES IT, HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT A YEAR BEFORE HE CAN REAPPLY. THANK YOU. OKAY. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE FLOOR AGAIN. DO YOU WANT TO STEP UP TO THE PODIUM AGAIN, SIR? SO TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT WAS TOLD TO US BEFORE WE DECIDED TO MAKE IT INTO A DUPLEX, WE TOLD THE OWNER ABOUT THIS. WE MADE THE NECESSARY CHANGES THAT THAT WERE GIVEN TO US TO TRY TO MODIFY AND TRY TO FIT AND MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING WITH THE TO WORK WITH THE CITY ON THIS ISSUE. THE OWNER DOES OWN THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET. ALSO. HE HAS LIKE SIX UNITS. SO THAT'S THE REASON HE BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY. HE DIDN'T KNOW AND NOBODY TOLD HIM THAT IT WAS REZONE TO SINGLE FAMILY. AND AT THE TIME OF THE PURCHASE. OKAY, SO YOU ARE REPRESENTING THE OWNER. ARE YOU THE CONTRACTOR? ARE YOU? I'M THE CONTRACTOR. OKAY. OKAY. THAT WAY. YEAH. WE'RE CONSIDERING TABLING SO THAT YOU CAN COME BACK TO TO STAFF AND TALK TO THEM AGAIN AND SHOW THEM EXACTLY MAYBE WHAT YOU ALL ARE THINKING OF DOING, AND THEN MAYBE THEY'LL HAVE A DIFFERENT RESULT ONCE, ONCE THEY REVIEW EVERYTHING THAT YOU HAVE AND JUST GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN VOTE ON IT THEN. OKAY. OKAY. WOULD THAT BE OKAY? NO. WE CHANGE IT TO A DUPLEX, AND I HAVE A NEW. YES, MA'AM. YES. YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. THANK YOU SIR. APPRECIATE IT. I'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE FLOOR. SO AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TABLE ITEM EIGHT C. CAN I GET A MOTION. SO MOVED. SECOND. OKAY. EVERYBODY IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. WE HAD CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS NINE A, NINE B AND NINE C. WE HAD A MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA. SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. MR. ACEVEDO. YOU GOT THIS? YEAH. SO, UNDER DIRECTOR'S REPORT, I JUST WANT TO REPORT THREE REZONINGS THAT WERE PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL. THE FIRST ONE WAS FOR 47.98 ACRES AT 2812 EAST DAVIS. THIS WAS A REZONING REQUEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED BY RIO DELTA ENGINEERING. WHO'S HERE IN THE AUDIENCE? GOING FROM RESIDENTIAL SUBURBAN TO RESIDENTIAL PRIMARY. THE LOTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED ARE BETWEEN 6 AND 7000FT², WHICH IS WHAT'S IN THE AREA. SO PNC APPROVED IT. CITY COUNCIL ALSO APPROVED IT. AND THE OTHER ONE WAS 3110. PABLO. THIS WAS AN EXISTING PROPERTY AND IT HAS A SINGLE FAMILY STRUCTURE ALREADY IN IT, BUT IT WAS IN AN AREA THAT WAS ANNEXED BY THE CITY. SO IT'S ZONED AGRICULTURE. SO WHEN HE CAME IN FOR A BUILDING PERMIT TO BUILD A CARPORT, HE HE WAS TOLD HE NEEDED TO GO THROUGH REZONING. AND THEN THE LAST ONE WAS 5.49 ACRES. THIS IS AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF SPRAGUE AND MCCOLL. THIS IS A LARGE DEVELOPMENT. I THINK YOU'RE VERY VOCAL WHEN IT CAME HERE TO PNC LAST TIME. BUT IT WAS APPROVED TO GO COMMERCIAL, AND AS OF NOW, THERE'S NO INTENTIONS OF CHANGING ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE LAST MEETING. OKAY, SO THEY'RE GOING TO COME BACK FOR THE SECOND ONE THAT THEY HAD KIND OF MENTIONED. I'LL NEVER SAY NEVER. NEVER SAY NEVER. YEAH, I GOTCHA, BUT THAT'S ALL I GOT. ANOTHER THING IS THAT THE PLANNING AND ZONING DEPARTMENT IS NOW GOING TO DO THE PRE-CONSTRUCTION CONFERENCES. SO WE INSERTED A CALENDAR AS TO HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING THINGS IN OUR OFFICE, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION. AND THEN FINALLY WE HAD A ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS MEETING LAST MONTH. THAT WAS VERY INTERESTING. I HAD TO DO WITH CARPORTS. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WAS TALKED ABOUT AT THE MEETING WAS THAT THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LUNCHEON, A LUNCH MEETING WITH THE P AND Z BOARD TO DISCUSS THE FUTURE OF CARPORTS. THERE'S A LOT OF THEM OUT THERE IN THE CITY OF EDINBURGH, SO WE NEED TO COME UP WITH SOME RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR CARPORTS. WHETHER WE'RE MORE, MORE FLEXIBLE OR WE JUST KEEP THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE. BUT WE NEED TO TO OFFER SOME OPTIONS. [00:15:01] AND THEY FELT IT WAS A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A JOINT BOARD MEETING AND POSSIBLY INVITE 1 OR 2 COUNCIL MEMBERS SO THAT THEY CAN SIT IN AS WELL. SO WE DON'T HAVE A DATE. I KNOW IT'S SUMMER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT Y'ALL'S SCHEDULES LOOK LIKE, BUT WE'D LIKE TO DO IT IN THE NEXT 2 OR 3 WEEKS, IF POSSIBLE. OKAY. I GUESS MAYBE NEXT WEEK GET US A DATE. SO WE'LL THROW OUT SOME DATES. YEAH, WE'LL SEND YOU GUYS. IT'LL BE A LUNCH, RIGHT? IT'LL BE A LUNCH MEETING. SO 11 TO 1 OR MAYBE 11 TO 1? YEAH. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT. THAT'S ALL I GOT. ALL RIGHT. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. ANY IN FAVOR? PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND. ANY OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES. MEETING ADJOURNED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AT THIS POINT. STARLIGHT PIZZERIA RESTAURANT. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.