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• REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING
Council Chambers-City Hall APR 18 2011
March 30,2011
5:30 P.M my SECRE7ARY'S:FRCS
COMMISSIONERS: STAFF:
Rudy Garza,Chairman Johnny Perales,P.E.,Assistant City Manager,
A.Javier Huerta,Vice-Chairman Engineering&Development Services
*Arrived al 5:48p.m• Faryce Goode-Macon,Assistant Director,
James Skrobarczyk Development Services *Arrived at 5:57 p.m•
Johnny R.Martinez Miguel S.Saldafia,AICP,Senior City Planner
Evon J. Kelly *Absent* Wesley Vardeman,City Planner
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John C.Tamez Andrew Dimas,City Planner
Govind Nadkarni *Absent* Deborah Brown,Assistant City Attorney
Mark Mame *Arrived ar5:48pin*
John Taylor Ashley Satterfield,Recording Secretary
John Bell,Legal Consultant
Elena Juarez Buentcllo,Planning Technician
•Anived at 6:45 p.m•
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I. CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order by Chairman Garza at 5:35 p.m.and a quorum was declared.
II. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. March 16,2011
Motion to approve the March 16, 2011 regular Planning Commission minutes was made
by Commissioner Martinez and seconded by Commissioner Adame. Motion passed
unanimously with Vice-Chairman Huerta, Commissioner Nadkami and Commissioner Kelly
absent.
III. PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS
A. PLATS
1. Continued Plats
Andrew Dimas, Development Services, read Continued Plats items "a" and "b" into
record(shown below)and staff recommended approval.
a. 02110016-NPOI4(11.21000008)
Russell Industrial Area,Block 7,Lot IA(Final Replat—6.87
Acres)
Located west of Baldwin Boulevard and north of Agnes Street.
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b. 0311023-P003(11-22000003)
Padre Island-Corpus Christi Coquina Bay,Block 26,Lot 3R
inal Re lat—0.372 Acre)
Located south of Moruga Drive between El Soccorro Loop and
Cozumel Drive.
The public hearing was opened with no one coming forward in favor or in opposition.
The public hearing was closed.
Motion to approve Continued Plats items"a"and"b"was made by Commissioner Tamez
and seconded by Commissioner Martinez. Motion passed unanimously with Vice-Chairman
Huerta,Commissioner Nadkarni and Commissioner Kelly absent.
2. New Plat
Mr. Dimas read New Plat item "a" into record (shown below) and staff recommended
approval.
a. 0311025-NP022(11-21000011)
Johns Industrial Subdivision.Lot 11 (Final—7.042 Acres)
Located between South Navigation Boulevard and Omaha Drive
north of Bear Lane.
The public hearing was opened with no one coming forward in favor or in opposition.
The public hearing was closed.
Motion to approve New Plat item"a"was made by Commissioner Taylor and seconded
by Commissioner Skrobarczyk. Motion passed unanimously with Vice-Chairman Huerta,
Commissioner Nadkarni and Commissioner Kelly absent.
Commissioner Skrobarczyk inquired about a required buffer for Continued Plat item"b"
and Mr. Dimas responded that buffers were not in the Platting Ordinance but the Zoning
Ordinance required a buffer between residential and commercial uses. Commissioner
Skrobarczyk commented on various issues that may arise and Mr. Dimas responded those
issues would be with Code Enforcement. Miguel Salda0a,Development Services,clarified that
the applicant has two(2)front yards.
3. Time Extension
Mr. Dimas read Time Extension item "a" into record(shown below) and recommended
approval of a twelve(12)month time extension.
a. 0308020-NP014
Rodd Field Hospital Tracts(Preliminary—19.307 Acres)
Located east of Rodd Field Road(814 357)between Holly Road
and Wooldridge Road.
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Commissioner Tamez inquired about the reason for the request and Mr.Dimas responded
economical issue were the masons for the applicants time extension request.
The public hearing was opened with no one coming forward in favor or in opposition.
The public hearing was closed.
Motion to approve Time Extension item "a" was made by Commissioner Taylor and
seconded by Commissioner Martinez. Motion passed unanimously with Commissioner
Nadkarni and Commissioner Kelly absent.
B. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEM
A. UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE:ARTICLES I. 10
John Bell,Legal Consultant, described a tentative schedule for the Unified Development
Code and City Council with the first reading on April 12,2011.
A discussion was held on the amendment process.
Commissioner Skrobarczyk inquired about the deletion of the proposed Certificate of
Compliance and Mr. Bell responded the Certification of Occupancy grants the property owner
Unified Development Code compliance.
Vice-Chairman Huerta began a discussion regarding trees and the method of points.After
a brief discussion, a vote was taken to leave the minimum caliper of trees at 2.5 inches.Motion
passed with Chairman Garza, Commissioner Taylor, Commissioner Tamez, Commissioner
Martinez, Commissioner Skrobarczyk and Commissioner Adante in favor. Vice-Chairman
Huerta was in opposition.
In regard to Section 3.2.2.B, Chairman Garza inquired about the procedures for text
amendments.
Commissioner Skrobarczyk inquired about applying the proposed ordinances for mixed
uses and Mr. Bell responded the ordinances would be implemented shortly after passing the
Unified Development Code. Juan Perales, Assistant City Manager, Engineering and
Development Services,commented on additional zoning overlay districts being a more efficient
strategy.
Vice-Chairman Huerta commented on the procedures for text amendments that were
denied and Mr. Bell discussed the Dispute Resolution section of the Unified Development
Code. After a brief discussion,Vice-Chairman Huerta suggested that amendments should go to
the Focus Groups for review and Commissioner Martinez concurred.
Motion to recommend approval of the proposed Unified Development Code was made by
Commissioner Tamez and seconded by Commissioner Taylor. Motion passed unanimously
with Commissioner Nadkami and Commissioner Kelly absent.
Commissioner Taylor inquired about the schedule for the zoning map change and Mr.
Bell responded that a joint meeting would be held between the City Council and the Planning
Commission.
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IV. DIRECTOR'S REPORT
Mr. Saldafta gave the Director's Report.
A. CITY COUNCIL ACTION
4 April 12,2011
1. Case No.0211-OI Acapulco Restaurant,"R-IB' to"B-1"
B. ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA
Commissioner Tamez requested an update on the budget and Mr. Salda0a responded the
budget was currently being revised.
V. ADJOURNMENT
Motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Martinez and seconded by Commissioner
Skrobarczyk. Motion passed unanimously with Commissioner Nadkarni and Commissioner
Kelly absent and meeting was adjourned at 7:08 p.m.
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