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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Planning Commission - 08/13/2014 MINUTES REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING City Hall Council Chambers August 13, 2014 5:30 P.M. COMMISSIONERS: STAFF: Philip Ramirez, Chairman Julio Dimas, Interim Assistant Director Curtis Rock, Vice Chairman Development Services Fred Braselton Miguel Saldana, AICP, Senior Planner Jonas Chupe Priscilla Ramirez, Project Manager Carl Crull Annika Gunning, Project Manager Heidi Hovda Joseph Brice, Assistant City Mike Lippincott Attorney Eric Villarreal Linda Williams, Recording Secretary Marsha Williams I. CALL TO ORDER The meeting was called to order at 5:30 p.m. by Chairman Ramirez and a quorum was declared. II. ELECTION OF OFFICERS Miguel Saldana, Development Services, addressed the commission. Mr. Saldana stated the floor was opened for nominations for Chairman. Commissioner Rock nominated Chairman Ramirez to be re-elected as Chairman. There being no other nominations, the nominations were closed. A motion to re-elect Chairman Ramirez as Chairman was made by Commissioner Rock and seconded by Commissioner Braselton. Motion passed. Chairman Ramirez opened the floor for nominations for Vice Chairman. Commissioner Villarreal nominated Commissioner Rock to serve as Vice Chairman. There being no other nominations, the nominations were closed. A motion to approve Commissioner Rock as Vice Chairman was made by Commissioner Villarreal and seconded by Commissioner Lippincott. Motion passed. III. APPROVAL OF ABSENCES None IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. July 30,2014 Meeting Motion to approve Item "1," the July 30, 2014 minutes with one noted correction was made by Commissioner Braselton and seconded by Commissioner Villarreal. Motion passed. Page 2, Item A — New Plats - Minutes read Commissioner Rock seconded the motion approving New Plat Item "2"and the motion was seconded by Vice Chairman Hamilton. Planning Commission Regular Meeting August 13,2014 Page 2 V. PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS—DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION A. PLATS New Plats Miguel Saldana, Development Services, read New Plats Items "2" and "3" into record as shown below. Mr. Saldana stated the plats satisfied all requirements of the Unified Development Code(UDC)and State Law and the Technical Review Committee recommended approval. 2. 0614076-P013(14-22000012) Grange Park(Preliminary— 17.550 Acres) Located south of Amethyst Drive and east of Slough Road. 3. 0714078-NP065(14-21000017) Sun George Village Unit 1, OCL (Final—28.932 Acres) Located north of FM 2444 and west of County Road 41. After Staff's presentation, the floor was opened for comments and discussion by commissioners. There being none, the public hearing was opened with no one coming forward and the public hearing was closed. Chairman Ramirez called for a motion. Motion to approve New Plat Items "2" and "3," as presented by Staff, was made by Commissioner Villarreal and seconded by Vice Chairman Rock. Motion passed. Time Extension Mr. Saldana read Time Extension Item "4" into record as shown below. Mr. Saldana stated the applicant's representative submitted a letter of request for a six-month time extension to allow additional time for the applicant to obtain a signature from one of the property owners. Mr. Saldana stated that based on a discussion with Attorney John Bell, the one owner was not willing to sign. Mr. Saldana continued this was the sixth request for a time extension and Staff recommends denial of the request. 4. 1010082-NP039(10-21000016) Admiral's Row PUD (Final—8.658 Acres) Located north of Sea Way Drive between State Highway 361 and the Gulf of Mexico. After Staff's presentation, the floor was opened for comments and discussion by commissioners. Chairman Ramirez explained for benefit of new commissioners, that this plat has received numerous six-month time extensions and the Commission and Staff have been working to reduce the number of ongoing plats in the system that have not been recorded because of numerous time extensions. Chairman Ramirez asked how many plats were still in the system and Mr. Saldana answered there were eight remaining. Chairman Ramirez continued there are times when a time extension was warranted due to extenuating circumstances, but it should not be ongoing. After Chairman Ramirez' comments concluded, the public hearing was opened with no one coming forward and the public hearing was closed. Chairman Ramirez called for a motion. A motion to deny the request for a six-month time extension for Time Extension Item "4" was made by Commissioner Braselton and seconded by Commissioner Crull. Motion passed. Planning Commission Regular Meeting August 13,2014 Page 3 V. PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS—DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION B. ZONING New Zoning Ms. Priscilla Ramirez, Development Services, addressed the commission. Ms. Ramirez read New Zoning Item "5" into record as shown below. Ms. Ramirez stated the subject property is located within the boundaries of the Southside Area Development Plan and is planned for low density residential uses. Ms. Ramirez continued the proposed change of zonings for both Tracts 1 and 2 were not consistent with the Future Land Use Plan. 5. Case No. 0814-01 —Gladys Mattie Smith Marital Trust, Patricia Peterson Nuss and Chris Ann Peterson Brown: A change of zoning from the"RS-6" Single Family 6 District to the"CN-1" Neighborhood Commercial District on Tract 1 and "RM-3" Multifamily 3 District on Tract 2. Property is described as being 14.24 18 acres out of Lots 23 and 24, Section 28, Flour Bluff and Encinal Farm and Garden Tracts, located south of Williams Drive between Ennis Joslin Road and Paul Jones Avenue. Several aerial views of the subject property were presented. Ms. Ramirez stated the purpose of the request is to allow construction of a student housing development and a retail strip center. The apartment development will consist of 73 individual buildings with a total of 336 bedrooms for student housing, a gym, swimming pool, basketball court and a dog park. Ms. Ramirez continued that in the proposed "CN-1" Neighborhood District, the applicant is proposing to develop a retail strip center. Ms. Ramirez stated five (5) notices were sent to property owners within the 200-foot notification area, two (2)were sent to property owners outside the notification area and no notices were returned in favor or opposition. Ms. Ramirez stated Staff recommended approval of the requested change of zoning from the ""RS-6" Single Family 6 District to the "CN-1" Neighborhood Commercial District on Tract 1 and "RM-3" Multifamily 3 District on Tract 2. After Staff's presentation, the floor was opened for comments and discussion by commissioners. After comments and discussion by commissioners concluded, the public hearing was opened with no coming forward and the public hearing was closed. Chairman Ramirez called for a motion. Motion to approve New Zoning Item "5" for the requested change of zoning from the "RS-6" Single Family 6 District to the "CN-1" Neighborhood Commercial District on Tract 1 and "RM-3" Multifamily 3 District on Tract 2 was made by Commissioner Lippincott and seconded by Commissioner Crull. Motion passed. VI. DIRECTOR'S REPORT Julio Dimas, Interim Assistant Director, addressed the commission. Mr. Dimas gave an update on the new database system Infor the department will be transitioning to in 2015. Mr. Dimas continued the department will no longer be using H.T.E. and more updates will be given on the progress of the conversion and transition to the new system. Mr. Dimas stated the anticipated start-up date is spring 2015. Chairman Ramirez expressed thanks to Ms. Ramirez for a job well done in presenting her zoning case. Planning Commission Regular Meeting August 13,2014 Page 4 V11. ITEMS TO BE SCHEDULED None VIII. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 5:50 p.m. Ju' Dimas,Di- mas, InteriN—Assistant Director Date evelopment Services Department Secretary to Planning Commission i inda illia nda illiams DAte D e I ve Dmel Deve pment Services Depa nt Recording Secretary (K:DevSvcs\Shared\l.PC\2014Minutes\08.13.14PCMinutes)