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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Planning Commission - 10/29/2008 RECEIVED MINUTES REGULAR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING MAR 0 Connell Chambers-City Hall 5 2009 Wednesday October29,2008 5:30 P.M. CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE • COMMISSIONERS: STAFF: Rudy Cara,Chairman Bob Nix,AICP Assistant City Manager of A.Javier Huerta,Vice-Chairman . Development Services John C.Tamen Johnny Pemles,PB,Deputy Director of Johnny R.Martian Development Services/Special Services James Skrobarczyk Faryoe Goode-Macon,Assistant Director of Bvon J.Kelly Development Services/Pluming David Loeb Miguel SaidaOa,Special Services Lisa Wargo,Senior City Planner ABSENCES: Jay Reining,First Assistant City Attorney Govind Nadkarni Beverly Lang-Priestley,Recording Secretary Mark Adams I. CALL TO ORDER A quorum was declaredand the meeting was called to order at 5:31 p.m. by Chairman Germ. IL APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion for approval of the October 12,2008,minutes was made by Commissioner Tamez and seconded by Commissioner Martinez. Motion passed unanimously with Commissioners Nadkami and Adame being absent. HI. PUBLIC HEARING AGENDA ITEMS A. FIATS 1. Continued Pleb Mr. Miguel Saldafta, Development Services, read New Plats agenda items "a through b" (shown below) into the record, stating these plats are final plats and have been submitted for approval. Mr. SaldaM stated the pita are in compliance with all city regulations and staff recommends approval. a. 0908090-NP072 Westside Industrial Tracts,Block IA,Lots 35-38 (Find Maoist-13.771 Acres) Located west of North Navigation Boulevard and south of Leopard Street. SCANNED Planning Commission Minters) October 29,2008 Page 2 b. 1008097-P020(08-22000006) now Bluff Estates Unit 1,Block CI,Lots 28A-28E (Final Rapist-09788 Acro) Located south of Lakeside Drive and west of Mounts Drive,both north of South Padre Island Drive(PR 22) and east of Waldron Road. Public hearing was opened. Nobody came forward in support or opposition. Public hearing was closed. Motion for approval was made by Commissioner Skrobarczyk and seconded by Commissioner Kelly for approval of the plats. Motion passed unanimously with Commissioners Nadkarni and Adame being absent. 2. New Plats Mr.Saldala read New Plat agenda items"a through e"into the record stating these are final plats and are in compliance with all city regulations. Staff recommends approval. a. 1008099-P021 (08-22000007) Candlewood Annex Tract 1.Lot IA(Final-4.92 Acres) Located north of Holly Road and east of Airline Road. b. 1008105-P023(08-22000009) The Coves at logo Vista Unit I,Block 2,Lots I2B, 13A & 14B(Final Retold-4.954 Acres) Located southwest of Lago Vista Drive,east of South Oso Parkway and south of South Staples Street(FM 2444). c. 1008106-P024(08-22000010) Flour Bluff Estates,Block L,Lots 6A&6B(Final ]teplat-0.465 Acre) Located north of Lakeside Drive and east of Waldron Road. d. 1008107-NP082(08-21000024) Brooklyn.Block 25.Lot IA(Final Replat-030 Acrel Located north of Reef Avenue and west of Oultbreeze Boulevard. Planning Commission Minutes October29,2008 Page 3 e. 1008108-NP083 (08-21000025) West River Place Unit 2.Lot I (Final-0.61 Acre) Located west of Fern Road 1889 and south of Northwest Boulevard(FM 624). Public hearing was opened. Nobody came forward in support or opposition. Public bearing was closed. Motion for approval of the New Plat items was made by Commissioner Tamen and seconded by Commissioner Huerta. Motion passed unanimously with Commissioners Nadkarni and Adame being absent. 3. Time Extension Mr.Saida.a read Time Extension agenda item "a"into the record stating the applicant is requesting a one year time extension. Staffrecommends approval. a. 1007136-NP088 sates•Flato Crossina Unit 2(Preliminary-22.84 Acres) Located east of North Padre Island Drive(SH 358)and north of Bates Drive. Public hearing was opened. Nobody came forward in support or opposition. Public hearing was closed. Motion for approval was made by Commissioner Skrobarzyck and seconded by Commissioner Tamen. Motion passed unanimously with Commissioners Nadkarni and Adams being absent. B. ZONING 1. New Zoning a. Case No.1008-03 WITHDRAWN Willard Hammonds n-A change of zoning from an "A-1" Apartment House District to a "B-4" General Business District resulting in a change of land use from multi-family residential to commercial 6.282 acres out of Lot 3B,Block A,Flour Bluff and Encino'Farm and Garden Tract,located on the south side of McArdle Road and approximately 500 feet east of Rodd Field Road. • . . Planning Commission Minuds October 29,2008 Page 4 Faryce Goode-Macon stated that the applicant had requested that this case be withdrawn. b. Cue No.1008-05 Retinas. Ltd% - A change of zoning from a "FR" Farm-Rural District to an "1-2" Light Industrial District resulting in a change of land use from rural to industrial 42.19 acres out of Lots 7 and 8,Block 2,Nueces River Irrigation Park located on the northwest corner of County Road 69 and County Road 52. Mrs.Goode-Macon stated that the applicant has requested tabling of this case to the November 12 Planning Commission meeting allowing time for the applicant to re-evaluate their development plan. Public hearing was opened. Mrs.Joselyn,Corpus Christi,Texas questioned what the"1-2"Light Industrial District includes. Public hearing was closed. Motion for approval to table case was made by Commissioner Kelly and seconded by Commissioner Loeb. Motion passed unanimously with Commissioners Nadkarni and Adame king absent. IV. BY-LAW SUB-COMMITTEE UPDATE FOR FUTURE MEETING Commissioner Kelly, sub-committee member, stated that the sub-committee will be meeting again on Monday from 3:00 p.m.—5:00 p.m.to review the draft with Bob Payne and other staff members. From that meeting,we should be very close to having a finished product. V. DISCUSSION ITEMS A. Agenda Items-Legal Counsel Jay Reining will discuss Attorney General's Opinion Jay Reining stated that the Attorney General on October 6 issued an opinion on the Tetas Open Meetings Act. This was in response to a request from Senator Wentworth who submitted■ request on behalf of the City of Corpus Christi. This was pettaining to the adequacies of the posting of City Council meetings which is also applies to the other City meetings. Our agendas' have traditionally had items that read "City Manager Report","Upcoming Items", "City Council Comments" which the Attorney General has stated that these generalized items do not provide sufficient notice under the Open Meetings Act for the public. In the future,under these headings there must be a specific Item listed for discussion with the committee discussion adhering to just that item. B. Setting Platmitig Commission Annual Work Program Mts.Goode-Macon stated Bob Nix and I met on this issue as a result of Planning Commission wanting to know bow the items could be placed on the work program for Development Services. Planning Commission Minutes October 29,2008 Page 5 In your packet,you will find work program priorities that Development Services has identified. In addition,we are interested in hearing from the Planning Commission as to areas of concerns for our work program. Mrs. Goode-Macon stated that initially our charge is to keep City Council as a priority and secondly to work those priorities within our department's goals and objectives and your items with our Assistant City Manager. Mr.Nix stated that a couple of additional items that were not included in your packet was the building code update to the 2006 IBC,the update to the 2008 electrical code and the downtown redevelopment issues that we are dealing with. As we discussed the best plan of action,we thought we would prepare a draft work program and then the Planning Commission can suggest additions to the work program which will ultimately relate back to our budget process. C. Unified Development Code Procedure and Schedule Mr.Nix stated that regarding the schedule,we are hoping to get the first reading done in January with the second reading done in early February. We have consulted with Jay and the Interim City Manager regarding finalizing the document and we will be distributing the draft documents in the very near future. Commissioner Loeb stated the importance of how the information is presented i.e.,staff's recommendations and the recommendations of the subcommittees'. Mr.Loeb stated the importance of staff reviewing it from an administrative implementation point of view along with sending it to the administrative group well before the deadline with a follow up meeting to discuss any concerns they may have. Also discussed was the process of amending the UDC when ne"a^'. Mr.Nix stated that staff will want to do annual amendments and maybe a six month amendment the first year. Commissioner Huerta suggested for review by City Council,it would be advisable to • provide a"clean"document and the document that represents all the history, sub-committee changes,etc. D. Residential Wind Energy System Draft Ordinance Lisa Wargo presented a Power Point presentation providing specs and details on the wind energy system. Ms. Wargo stated that within the next month,a presentation will be given regarding the details of the ordinance. In answer to Commissioner Tamez,Ms. Wargo stated the systems installed within the city will be required to meet the building survival speeds. For the towers,they will have crank up, crank down capabilities so when a hurricane storm is approaching,the tower may be reduced. In answer to Commissioner Loeb regarding telecommunications,Mr.Nix stated there is a separate regulation for cell towers, limitation of height, lot restrictions,etc. Planning Commission Minutes October 29,2008 Page 6 VI. DIRECTOR'S REPORT A. FUTURE SCHEDULED MEETINGS November 12, 2008 December 10,2008 January 7,2009 B. CITY COUNCIL ACTION ON ZONING CASES October 21,2008 Case No.0908-02—Martin Hameka—Approved"1-2" District Case No. 0908-03—Brown&Ortiz—Approved "B-3" District C. IDENTIFY ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON NEXT AGENDA Planning Commission By-Laws VII. ADJOURNMENT Motion to adjourn was made by Commissioner Tamez and was seconded by Commissioner Huerta. Meeting adjourned at 6:48 p.m. /". . r e. .6,42, Faryce e- aeon Beve y Lang-itri tldy Assistant irector of Recording Secretary Development Services/Planning H:\PLN-D1R\SHARED\WORD\PLANNING COMMISSION\MINUTES12008\10-29-08MINUTES.DOC