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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Street Maintenance Fee Board Of Appeals - 02/20/2014 MINUTES Street Maintenance Fee Board of Appeals--REGULAR MEETING Thursday, February 20, 2014 City Hall Council Chambers 1201 Leopard, 1st floor Corpus Christi, TX Board Members: Staff: Bill Stein Neomi R. Ramirez, SMF Resolution Officer Robert Gutierrez* Sandra Dominguez, UBO/Recording Secretary Margie Rose Rose Leal-Flores, UBO/Finance Dept. Valerie Gray Adria Schrieber-Garza, Street Dept. Gus Gonzalez ** Veronica Ocanas, Legal Dept. Julian Grant, Legal Dept. *Absent **Arrived at 3:30 p.m. I. Meeting was called to order by Bill Stein, Board Chair at 3:05 p.m. II. Roll Call of Members—Quorum with Bill Stein, Margie Rose and Valerie Gray present—board members absent at role call Robert Gutierrez and Gustavo Gonzalez. III. Review and approval of January 30, 2014 minutes, Board received minutes prior to meeting for their review and Chair called for any changes to minutes. Margie Rose motions to approve minutes Valerie Gray second motion. Vote taken, motion passes to adopt minutes as written without changes. IV. Review draft of Board Rules—Legal Department will present at next meeting. Summary of Draft of Board Rules will include description of type of motions, burden of proof necessary for re-designation, standards and procedural matters that are necessary for a Quasi-Judicial forum. Also, subject matter to follow ordinance, describe authority of the board,type of actions that can be taken. Veronica Ocanas stated that these rules are important but will not prevent board from proceeding with meetings. Valerie Gray motioned to table preliminary board rules presented by Legal Department to next meeting. Margie Rose second motion. Vote taken motion passed to table item until next meeting. V. New Business--Presentation of Appeal Cases—Discussion and Possible Action A. SMF-0004 Corpus Christi Police Officers Association • 3122 Leopard Street 1. Mrs. Ramirez presented case findings and research on the Corpus Christi Police Officers Association (CCPOA)which did not indicate any different usage of property other than what is reflected within the definition for a Lodge/Fraternal Organization. Appellant's website indicates there is rentals of this facility and Organization holds a liquor license for the sale of beer&wine through their concession area. Based on the information provided for the appellant properties staff does not support land use change to appellant's request of single tenant office building and staff recommendation is to remain lodge/fraternal organization. 2. Mr. R. Scott Leeton presented their case that the Police Officers Association. Board was presented with document with rentals for 2012 &2013 this document Page 1 of 3 represents$11,000 rentals per year. Rentals only provide 3%of their budget,they average 60-68 rental per year. They are not in the hall business. They have 4 full time staff members that work there Monday–Friday 8-5 and the main use of building is that of CCPOA a) Discussion by board how often is this building used for organization meetings and or certifications? Police Department get use of building free of charge to support CCPD meetings and trainings. b) Additional concerns by board is to look at the current land use designation Ms. Gray asked to further describe how the appellants activities or functions are that of a single tenant office building. Mr. Leeton spends 99.9%of his time providing administrative support for contract and labor issues for the association and normal business of the CCPOA. Main goal of business is to support membership. The rental of the hall is not the driving force of the building or the car counts to this building. C) Valerie Gray motioned to approve staff recommendation to remain as 591 Lodge/Fraternal Organization, Margie Rose second. Vote taken and appeal to board for change is denied. d) Mr. Leeton asked if there is another step of recourse for appeal. Veronica Ocanas advised next step of recourse is to city council. B. SMF-0005 Goodwill Industries of South Texas, Inc. • 10514 Leopard Street, suite B & 10522 Leopard 1. Mrs. Ramirez presented case findings and research on Goodwill Industries which is located on a property set up as Stonewall Shopping Center but is split into two separate tax appraisal accounts each of which have three (3)separate active utility accounts all of which share a parking lot and access onto and off of property. Based on the information provided for the appellant properties staff does not support land use change to appellant's request of Department Store and staff recommendation is to remain 820 Shopping Center. 2. Ms. Melissa Martinez presented the case for Goodwill Industries. Appraisal district documents show property is owned by separate person which changed to Stonewall shopping Center at a later date. a) Discussion by board based on the pictures for property of 10522 Leopard is there only one tenant as a stand-alone building? Is Goodwill Industries store is attached to the main building which is owned by Mr. Chan with China Bear? Is there a shared parking lot? Mrs. Martinez stated that Goodwill Industries was not planned or managed as a unit with the shopping center. If you look at the building from the front it looks like different buildings but from the back you can see that they are part of the main strip building. They do share the parking lot. b) Gustavo Gonzalez motioned to remain as 820 Shopping Center,Valerie Gray second. Vote taken and appeal to board is denied for change. C. SMF-0006 Red Barn Private School • 2013 Holly Rd. 1. Mrs. Ramirez presented case findings and research on the Red Barn Private School request from appellant which is requesting designation change based on limited peak hour data information for the trip factor of K-8. Based on alternative designation which have been identified by staff—staff recommendation is to change designation to 520—Elementary School but will also support appellants request of 522-Middle School/Junior High School. 2. Mr. Gene Cran presented their case that the Red Barn Private School. They would like to request change based on limited data and would like a combination designation. a) Discussion by board was question to appellant was if they are okay with staff recommendation of 520. Mr. Cran is fine with 520 designation. b) Valerie Gray motioned to approve staff recommendation to change to 520 Page 2 of 3 Elementary School. Margie Rose second. Vote taken and motion passed and appeal change granted. VI. Identify items to be placed on next agenda A. Board Rules from Legal Department VII. Motion to adjourn at 4:03 p.m. Meeting adjourned. Page 3 of 3