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[1. CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFICATION OF A QUORUM]
UH, 6 31.WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 16TH.
UH, INVOCATION AND PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.
MS. DEBORAH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAVE THE INVOCATION? SURE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEAD THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, SIR? NO PRESSURE.
OUR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE JUST, UM, SO THANKFUL TO BE HERE REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE JUST ASK A BLESSING ON, UM, THIS MEETING AND OUR DECISIONS IN THIS MEETING.
AND WE JUST THANK YOU THAT, UM, THAT, UH, PEOPLE FROM THE COMMUNITY CAN COME AND SHARE THEIR THOUGHTS WITH US AND THAT WE HAVE A FORUM IN ORDER TO LISTEN.
WE ASK YOU TO, UH, KEEP YOUR HAND ON OUR HEROES THAT ARE, UH, HERE AND FALLEN AND THE, ALL OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE TAKING CARE OF OUR BORDERS AND OUR, UM, PEOPLE THAT ARE ALL OVER THE, UH, WORLD TAKING CARE OF US THAT WE MAY MEET HERE LIKE THIS.
AND WE ASK THIS IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.
PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC WHICH STANDS? ONE NATION, NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FRAUD.
HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, A PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE, INDIVISIBLE.
[3. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.UH, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING, UH, FROM STAFF TO START? NO.
AND THEN WE'LL GO TO BOARD COMMENTS.
MR. PHIL, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH US TONIGHT? I DON'T THINK SO.
AUDREY? NO, I PERSONALLY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TONIGHT.
WELL, NO, I DON'T HAVE ANYTHING.
I, I WILL JUST SAY THANK YOU, WHOEVER CAME TONIGHT.
GOT COUNCILMAN WITH US TONIGHT AS OUR LIAISON.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL STEP OVER TO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS OF THIS TIME LASTING NOT LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES.
COMMENTS MAY BE GENERAL IN NATURE.
I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY CORRECT.
OTHER THAN THIS ONE, WHICH IS ACTUALLY APPLICABLE TO A AGENDA ITEM, CORRECT? NO.
I'M NOT GONNA BOTHER READING THE REST PARAGRAPH THEN.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, I DO OFFER, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT DID WANT TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT DIDN'T SIGN UP? NO.
[5. CONSENT AGENDA]
AGENDA.THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE CONSIDERED ROUTINE AND WILL BE ENACTED BY ONE MOTION.
THERE WILL NOT BE A SEPARATE DISCUSSION ON THESE ITEMS UNLESS A COMMISSION MEMBER REQUESTS IN WHICH EVENT THE ITEM WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA AND DISCUSSED AFTER THE CONSENT AGENDA.
A CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ON AUGUST 19TH, 2025.
[6. OLD BUSINESS]
BUSINESS CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FROM AUTOCENTRIC COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT TO URBAN TRANSITION ZONING DISTRICT FOR A PARCEL LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 0.459 ACRES.THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PARCEL, 1 6 3 4 0 4, AND REGISTERED ADDRESS OF 35 32 ELM DRIVE AND LEGAL VILLAGE DRIVE ABSTRACT 19 PER AUSTIN SURROUNDING PART OF LOT 1 41 3 DASH ZERO DICKINSON EDITION D 25% UDI.
UH, THAT BEING SAID, WE'RE GONNA OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 36 STAFF PRESENTATION PLEASE.
UH, I THINK Y'ALL ARE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS ADDRESS.
UH, THIS IS AN APPLICATION THAT WE TOOK TO OUR LAST MEETING.
SO THE REASON THAT THIS IS BACK, UH, IS DUE TO TWO THINGS.
UH, THIS ADDRESS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE REQUIRED TO POST PUBLIC NOTICE ON SITE IN THE PAPER AND, UH, AND MAILED NOTICE.
SO WE HAD TWO ISSUES WITH THE POSTING ON SITE.
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UH, IT WAS POSTED ON SITE, HOWEVER, BEFORE THE HEARING DATE FOR A CITY COUNCIL, UH, THE SIGN WENT MISSING.UH, SO, UH, IN INTEREST OF BEING TRANSPARENT AND PROVIDING AS MUCH INFO TO THE PUBLIC AS WE CAN, UH, WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE GOOD FAITH TO TAKE THIS APPLICATION BACK AND ENSURE THAT ALL PUBLIC HEARING REQUIREMENTS WERE MET.
UH, THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THE SPECIFIC TIME AND DATE OF THE MEETINGS WAS NOT POSTED ON THIS SIGN.
UH, THAT HAS BEEN THE SOP HERE IN DICKINSON, YOU KNOW, SINCE BEFORE MY TIME.
UH, HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT, UH, WE HAVE RECTIFIED BOTH OF THOSE AND HAVE, UH, UH, WE ARE NOW TAKING PICTURES WHEN THESE SIGNS ARE POSTED AND THE DAY OF MEETINGS AS WELL AS I HAVE AN AFFIDAVIT THAT I HAVE NOTARIZED, UH, THAT STATES ALL REQUIRED NOTICE HAS BEEN PROVIDED.
UH, SO THANKFULLY I HAD PUBLIC WORKS HELP ME OUT WITH THIS AND THEY PRINTED OUT A NICE, UH, REFLECTIVE STREET SIGN DECAL STICKER WITH THE MEETING TIME AND DATE ON IT.
UH, SO WE WOULD BE USING THOSE GOING FORWARD.
UH, SO THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAD FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
UH, SAME INFORMATION FROM LAST TIME.
UH, YOU KNOW, WE DISCUSSED THAT, UH, THE APPLICANT, UH, HAS, HAS REPRESENTED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO BUILD A DUPLEX ON THIS SITE.
UH, HOWEVER WE ALSO DISCUSSED THAT, THAT ANY DEVELOPMENT THAT IS PERMITTED IN THE URBAN TRANSITIONING ZONE AND DISTRICT WOULD BE ALLOWED IF WE DO CHANGE THE ZONING.
THAT'S IT FOR SAS PRESENTATION.
UH, APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ONE? SO THIS IS THE ONE THAT THOSE GENTLEMEN HAS SIGNED UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THEY HAVE LEFT.
I WAS GONNA LET 'EM TALK DURING SIX B, BUT THAT'S OKAY.
IF THEY COME BACK IN WAVE, I'LL ABSOLUTELY GIVE 'EM THE FLOOR.
UH, THEY HAD REPRESENTED THAT THE APPLICANT HAD A FAMILY EMERGENCY AND WAS NOT ABLE TO MAKE IT TODAY.
UM, NO PUBLIC COMMENTS, OBVIOUSLY.
SO WE WILL ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 39 AND MOVE ON TO ITEM SIX B.
CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FROM AUTOCENTRIC COMMERCIAL ZONING TO URBAN TRANSITION ZONING DISTRICT FOR A PARCEL OF LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 4.459 ACRES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PARCEL, 1 6 3 4 0 4, AND REGISTERED ADDRESS IS 35 32 ELM DRIVE AND LEGAL DRIVE AS ABSTRACT 19 PER IN AUSTIN, UH, SURROUNDING PART OF LOT 1 4 1 3 DASH ZERO DICKINSON, ADDITION D 25% UDI.
I OPEN THE FLOOR TO ANY COMMENTS OR IF ANYBODY WANTS TO JUST MAKE A MOTION, UH, I DO, I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
SO ON LESS THAN HALF AN ACRE, THEY WANNA PUT MORE THAN A DUPLEX THERE.
THEY DID NOT REPRESENT THAT TO ME.
UH, HOWEVER, UH, IF IT FITS WITHIN THE GUIDELINES OF THE EEC, THAT USE WOULD BE PERMITTED.
UH, SO THERE ARE, YOU KNOW, SIZE REQUIREMENTS, UH, FOR A DDU, UH, FOR A DEVELOPMENT THAT IS MORE DENSE THAN A DUPLEX.
UH, SO THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO STAY WITHIN NET TO MAKE THOSE YEAH.
TO GET A LITTLE CLARITY, I THINK I UNDERSTAND, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY IT OUT LOUD, THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
NOTHING IS SAID AND SO WE, WE DEBATED IT, DISCUSSED IT, I THINK WE APPROVED IT LAST TIME IT WAS APPROVED OR IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY PZ.
AND SO THE ONLY THING IS ULTIMATELY WE HAD A TECHNICAL ERROR.
IS THAT A GOOD WORD? THAT THAT WOULD BE CORRECT.
WE'RE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE THOSE FOUR TYPES OF NOTICE.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET ALL FOUR.
MY ONLY QUESTION, AND IT, IT IS IRRELEVANT.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, HAS THIS CAUSED ANY DURESS ON THIS, UH, APPLICANT, UH, MONETARILY? NO.
WE, WE HAVE NOT CHARGED, UH, ANY OTHER FEES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, IT PROBABLY IS MAYBE PUTTING BACK THEIR DEVELOPMENT BY A MONTH OR SO IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE GUNG-HO AND READY TO GO.
UH, BUT I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT FULLY IF I'M, I'M NOT THE APPLICANT.
I WOULD ASK JUST SIMPLY ASKING A LITTLE COURTESY AND LENIENCY TO THEM AS A RESULT OF THIS.
ANYBODY ELSE WILL, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A MOTION.
WOULD, UH, COULD YOU REPEAT IT? I'M SORRY.
I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT.
SO PHIL, SECONDS IT, UH, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? NONE.
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NONE.WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING CONCERNING A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FOR AUTOCENTRIC AC ZONING DISTRICT TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION ZONING DISTRICT FOR A PARCEL OF LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 1.336 ACRES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PARCEL 3 7 5 9 1 3 AND LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF GUM DRIVE AND FM FIVE 17 EAST, LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT.
36, PAGE THREE PARTS OF LOTS, ONE AND THREE AND ALL OF FOUR AND FIVE.
ONE DASH ONE BLOCK SIX TROPICAL GARDENS.
I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 42 AND STAFF PRESENTATION, SIR.
ALRIGHT, SO SAME DEAL WITH THIS ONE.
UH, HOWEVER, BOTH OF OUR PUBLIC HEARING SIGNS, UH, DID EXIST AND CONTINUE TO EXIST ON SITE.
UH, SO WE WERE JUST RECTIFYING THE TECHNICAL ERROR OF A, THE MEETING TIME AND DATE NOT BEING POSTED ON THE SIGN.
UH, SO HERE WE HAVE PICTURE OF THE DATE IT WAS POSTED AND ALSO TODAY'S DATE SHOWING SIGNS ARE EXISTING AND PROVIDING THE REQUIRED NOTICE.
SO THIS ONE, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AS WELL AS P AND Z RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES, SIR.
YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO SAY ANYTHING IF YOU WANT.
UH, APPLICANT HAS SAID NOTHING WAIVED AT US AND, UH, ANYBODY HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT RELATING TO THIS AND WHATSOEVER, SO NO APPLICANT REBUTTAL.
SO I WILL ADJOURN THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 6 43 AND MOVE ON TO ITEM 60.
CONSIDERATION POSSIBLE ACTION CONCERNING MAKING A RECOMMENDATION ON A REQUEST TO AMEND THE OFFICIAL ZONING MAP FROM AUTOCENTRIC COMMERCIAL ZONING TO DISTRICT TO NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION ZONING DISTRICT FOR A PARCEL OF LAND OF APPROXIMATELY 1.336 ACRES.
SUBJECT PROPERTY CONSISTS OF ONE PARCEL 3 7 5 9 1 3 AND LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF GUM DRIVE AND FM FIVE 17 EAST AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS ABSTRACT 36, PAGE THREE PARTS OF LOTS, ONE AND THREE AND ALL OF FOUR AND FIVE, ONE DASH ONE BLOCK SIX OF TROPICAL GARDENS.
UM, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT AGAIN, REMIND ME, UH, YOU HAD, I THINK LAST TIME TALKED ABOUT 'CAUSE THAT WAS A CONCERN.
THE, UM, THAT AREA FLOODS PRETTY WELL AND YOU HAD SOMETHING IN MIND AND HOW TO MITIGATE THAT, I THINK, DIDN'T YOU THAT NOTE THAT THIS PROPERTY SITS UP PRETTY HIGH.
IT ISN'T A FLOOD ZONE, BUT THEY'RE GONNA BE BEACH STYLE HOUSES ON STILTS, SO SHOULDN'T AFFECT ANYTHING.
I FIGURED I REMEMBERED SOMETHING, BUT THANK YOU FOR YES, MA'AM.
ALL RIGHT, MS. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THIS THEN.
ANYBODY WANNA SECOND IT? SECOND.
ANY MORE COMMENTS? ALL WE HAVE A MOTION.
ALL RIGHT, SO THEN WE GO TO NEW
[7. NEW BUSINESS]
BUSINESS ITEM SEVEN.ANYTHING? NO, NO NEW BUSINESS, SIR.
DID, DID WE GET A DATE TO MEET WITH COUNCIL? I WAS GONNA COVER THAT ON ITEM.
MOVING ON TO ITEM EIGHT, FUTURE
[8. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS]
AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCILMAN, YOU HAVE THE FLOOR, SIR.I, UM, I HAVE AN ITEM ON THE NEXT, UH, COUNCIL AGENDA FOR PLANNING AND ZONING TO HAVE A JOINT MEETING WITH THE THE COUNCIL.
AS DISCUSSED IN THE PREVIOUS, UH, UH, PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING, MY RECOMMENDATION IS GOING TO BE, UM, OCTOBER 14TH, WHICH IS THE FIRST COUNCIL MEETING OF THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AT SIX O'CLOCK.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, UM, SUITABLE ENOUGH.
AND THE PURPOSE OF THAT MEETING WAS TO, I GUESS, COMMENCE DISCUSSION ON CHANGES TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
THAT'S THE RECOMMENDED DATE, RIGHT? IT HASN'T BEEN APPROVED BY COUNCIL YET.
NO, IT WAS GONNA BE MY RECOMMENDATION AT THE COUNCIL MEETING AND, UM, I WILL MAKE THAT RECOMMENDATION WITH THAT OBJECTION FROM THIS COMMISSION.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE HAVE ANY CONCERNS? IN FACT, THE 14TH SEEMS LIKE ACTUALLY ONE OF THE BETTER DATES FOR ME.
UH, I'LL KIND OF ADD TO THAT, THE FACT THAT I THINK I'VE BEEN HERE GOING ON TWO YEARS NOW AND I HAVE NOT HAD ONE MEETING WITH COUNCIL YET.
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ALL RIGHT.IS ANYBODY ELSE WE NOW KIND OF SWEPT THROUGH IT.
HAS IT BEEN RELATIVELY QUICKLY? ANY OTHER COMMENTS, CONCERNS, ISSUES? TRAVIS, YOU HAPPY WITH EVERYTHING?
WELL LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT.
THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT.