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ALL RIGHT. IT IS 130. WE'RE GOING TO CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY ON APPROVAL OF PLATS.
HOWEVER, IT ACTS ONLY AS A RECOMMENDING BOARD TO THE CITY COUNCIL ON MATTERS OF ZONING.
THE DECISIONS OF THIS COMMISSION MAY BE APPEALED TO THE CITY COUNCIL THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE CITY SECRETARY, NO LATER THAN TEN DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THE MEETING. APPEALS MUST BE IN WRITING.
THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM UNDER DISCUSSION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AFTER RECEIVING RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR.
THOSE WISHING TO BE HEARD SHALL APPROACH THE PODIUM.
STATE YOUR NAME AND PURPOSE FOR APPEALING.
EACH SPEAKER IS REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR PRESENTATION TO NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES, AND ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE GRANTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR.
KEVIN, WOULD YOU START US OFF WITH A PRAYER? LORD, WE'RE THANKFUL TO YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TODAY TO COME TOGETHER AND JUST ADVANCE THE THE NEEDS OF OUR CITY AND OUR CITIZENS. WE JUST PRAY FOR WISDOM AND DISCERNMENT AS WE REVIEW THESE ITEMS BEFORE US.
WE PRAY FOR EACH PERSON THAT SPEAKS TODAY, THAT YOU GIVE THEM CLARITY OF THOUGHT, AND THAT YOU'D HELP US TO LISTEN WELL, AND THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THE WISDOM TO MAKE SOUND DECISIONS. THAT AND SOUND RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
WE ASK THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN.
THANK YOU. TWO POINTS OF ORDER.
AS WE GET STARTED, THEY ARE HAVING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO FILMING, SO IF WE NEED TO PAUSE OR ANYTHING, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING'S RUNNING FORWARD. BUT IF WE HAVE AN INTERRUPTION, THEN I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT.
THE SECOND ONE IS ITEM NUMBER TWO.
WE'RE GOING TO MOVE THAT DOWN TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
SO WE WILL TAKE IT AS THE FOURTH OR AS THE FOURTH ITEM THAT WE'LL CONSIDER TODAY.
THE AGENT FOR THAT PARTY IS DELAYED.
AND I GUESS THEY HIT THE ONLY ABILENE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE.
AND THEY'LL THEY'LL BE HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. BUT I DO THINK IT HELPS THE DISCUSSION TO HAVE EVERYBODY PRESENT WHEN POSSIBLE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE,
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WHICH IS THE MINUTES. WE'LL RECEIVE A REPORT AND HOLD A DISCUSSION ON THIS AS EVERY ALL THE COMMISSIONERS HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THE MINUTES IN OUR PACKET. ARE THERE ANY COMMENTS OR ANY EDITS OR CONCERNS.OKAY. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. OR IS THERE ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE MINUTES? AN AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE.
SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'LL TAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE MINUTES.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION. MR. HOUSE, I'LL SECOND. THANK YOU, MISS COKER.
AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL MOVE TO ZONING CASE NUMBER.
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THIS WAS ON OUR AGENDA.RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING, AND TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 29.26 9.26 ACRES OF AGRICULTURE OPEN TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
LOCATED AT 4.9 94X WEST LAKE ROAD.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION. BEING APPROXIMATELY 29.26 ACRES.
KIRA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KIRA VALOIS.
I'M A PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY I'M REPRESENTING CASE Z 20 2526.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 29.26 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURE OPEN TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. LOCATED AT 4994 WEST LAKE ROAD.
HERE WE HAVE THE AERIAL LOCATION MAP.
THE ZONING MAP. HERE WE HAVE SOME OF THE PROPERTY VIEWS AS WELL AS SOME OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY VIEWS.
THESE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN AGRICULTURE.
OPEN. THE PERMITTED USES IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT IN A 200 FOOT BUFFER.
ONE WAS RECEIVED IN FAVOR, TWO WERE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, RESULTING IN 16.52% IN OPPOSITION.
THE REQUEST IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS DENIAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WERE THERE ANY FOLLOW UP ON EITHER THE APPROVAL OR THE TWO DENIAL RECOMMENDATIONS? IT WAS A WE DID A DENIAL FOR THE SURROUNDING USES.
OH, I MEANT ON THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SENT IN THEIR THINGS.
WAS THERE ANYTHING OTHER THAN ANYTHING MORE SPECIFIC? I SAID THERE WASN'T ANYTHING SPECIFIC. OKAY. THEY JUST SENT IT IN FOR DENIAL.
SO ONE. ONE IN FAVOR AND TWO OPPOSED.
YES, SIR. OKAY. COULD YOU GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND INTO WHY THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE DENIAL DUE TO THE SURROUNDING AGRICULTURAL.
IT'S COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY AGRICULTURAL. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KIRA?
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TO ADD TO THAT? THIS IS OUR NEWLY ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.DOES NOT SUPPORT THIS REQUEST.
IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S ADVISABLE TO THIS COMMISSION, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS WELL.
IT CALLS FOR LIGHT AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND SOME OF THE LIGHTEST OF THE RETAIL IS WHAT IT'S CALLING FOR.
SO PER THE PRE LAID OUT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IT DOES NOT SEE THIS DEVELOPING AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THAT IS CORRECT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE? YES, MA'AM. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, IF YOU COULD SHARE YOUR NAME.
4850 NUGENT ROAD IS THE HOME SITE THAT I WANT TO TALK ABOUT.
YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. WELL, I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT OBJECTED TO IT.
THE FARM THAT I HAVE HAS LESS THAN 50 ACRES.
IT HAS A HOME ON IT WHERE MY CHILD AND HER HUSBAND AND MY GRANDCHILD LIVE.
IT'S BEEN IN MY HUSBAND'S FAMILY FOR 110 YEARS.
ON NUGENT ROAD, IT'S AGRICULTURAL.
I AM NOT A WEALTHY PERSON, SO I AM NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO YOU KNOW, FIGHT THIS IF IT'S A DONE DEAL, IT'S A DONE DEAL.
BUT I THINK THAT THERE ARE MANY WRECKS AT THAT POINT.
YOU KNOW, WHERE THE INTERSECTION OF NIECE AND NUGENT ROAD.
IT IS A KILLER. WE DON'T DARE TURN OFF NUGENT ROAD WITHOUT BECAUSE THERE ARE TRUCK TRAFFIC.
IT'S JUST A IT'S A DANGEROUS PLACE.
AND THEN TO ADD SOMETHING ELSE IN THAT AREA, WE HAD A NEIGHBOR THAT WAS KILLED AT THAT CURVE NOT TOO LONG AGO.
AND I JUST QUIT BUILDING FENCES BECAUSE CARS RAN THROUGH THE FENCE.
WE WOULD FIND A CAR IN THE FIELD, YOU KNOW, OR EVIDENCE WHERE IT HAD BEEN.
THAT'S JUST A DANGEROUS CORNER RIGHT THERE.
AND THE VETERAN CEMETERIES DOWN THE WAY, THEY'RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF OLD PEOPLE GOING THE LAKE. THERE'S A LOT OF LAKE TRAFFIC.
AND I NEED THAT TO STAY AGRICULTURAL.
AND THAT'S A COMMUNITY RIGHT DOWN NUGENT ROAD.
IT'S LESS THAN A MILE, BUT IT'S THE OLD NUGENT ROAD AND THERE ARE LIKE SEVEN HOUSES ON IT.
AND SOME OF THEM ARE OWNED BY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT HAVE LIVED THERE A LONG TIME AND SOME ARE OWNED BY PEOPLE THAT NECESSARILY HAVEN'T.
IT'S JUST A LITTLE ROAD THAT KIND OF SNAKES OFF, YOU KNOW? AND IT MIGHT BE NICE IF WE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE HUMANE ABOUT IT.
HE'S. I'M NOT A TV PERSONALITY, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. GOOD JOB.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE? YES, SIR. COULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? JOE COOK.
I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
YOU KNOW, THE TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN OUR STREET. NUGENT ROAD IS WE GET A LOT OF TRAFFIC. WE GET A LOT OF TRASH.
YOU KNOW, THE TRASH TRUCKS RUN UP AND DOWN OUR ROAD IS TERRIBLE. YOU KNOW, THE THE CITY HAS JUST KIND OF LET IT FALL APART.
YOU KNOW, WE TRY TO DRIVE DOWN OUR STREET AND THERE'S POTHOLES LIKE CRAZY. SO TO REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GOING DOWN THAT IF YOU ADD THAT INDUSTRIAL ZONE RIGHT THERE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THE BACKSIDE OF THIS INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX.
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE TRAFFIC. WE'RE GOING TO SEE A LOT MORE JUNK OUT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE THAT WE HAVE TO STARE AT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
AND YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LIVE OUT IN THE COUNTRY, WE'RE KIND OF ENJOYING THE THE PEACE AND NOT HAVING TO STARE AT THAT STUFF EVERY DAY.
SO I, YOU KNOW, I WOULD THINK ABOUT THAT ROAD.
NUGENT ROAD THAT RUNS THROUGH THERE AND THE TRAFFIC AND THE UPKEEP ON THAT.
AND SHE'S RIGHT ABOUT THE WRECKS. YOU KNOW, WE'VE HAD I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY FENCES TORN DOWN OUT THERE, BUT PEOPLE FLY DOWN TO 600, HEAD OUT TO THE LAKE.
THEY WANT TO GET THERE AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT THEY DO. RIGHT. SO REALLY, CONSIDERING THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT EXTRA TRAFFIC, WE ALREADY GOT A WATERCREST HOUSING ADDITION GOING IN ACROSS THE STREET ALSO.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH MORE PEOPLE COME DOWN THERE. AND I'VE GOT THIS CORNER THAT HAS A LOT OF WRECKS.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? I'M COLTON RHODES, THE AGENT FOR THIS REZONING CASE.
I GUESS I WOULD JUST START OFF BY SAYING I'M IN FAVOR OF THIS BECAUSE IT'S NO SECRET THAT
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ABILENE IS GROWING SIGNIFICANTLY BY A LOT OF THE DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT COMING TO TOWN, AND THERE'S A LOT OF REGIONAL AND EVEN FORTUNE 100 COMPANIES THAT NEED A HOME IN ABILENE LONG TERM. AND THE STATE OF THE CURRENT INDUSTRIAL MARKET IN ABILENE IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT FOR WHAT THESE COMPANIES NEED.THIS SITE MAKES A LOT OF SENSE FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
YOU'RE ALMOST EQUIDISTANT COMPARED TO THOSE THE TWO DATA CENTER SITES GOING IN.
AND YOU KNOW, WE'D BE TARGETING REAL HIGH CREDIT TENANTS.
WE'D WANT THIS THING TO BE VERY ESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
I THINK WE COULD KEEP A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT TOWARDS 600, SO IT WOULDN'T BE A NUISANCE TO OTHER FOLKS.
YES, THIS IS IN THE COUNTRY, BUT IT'S ALSO IN THE CITY LIMITS.
AND THERE'S GOING TO BE DEVELOPMENT OUT THIS WAY AT SOME POINT.
AND WE THINK THAT THIS SITE BEING REZONED TO INDUSTRIAL CAN OFFER A LOT OF NEW JOB GROWTH AND A LOT OF TAX REVENUE FOR ABILENE FOR THESE COMPANIES THAT DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO WHO NEED A PERMANENT HOME IN ABILENE.
SO. WHEN YOU MET WITH THE PLANNERS TO BRING THIS BEFORE, AND THEY THEY TOLD YOU THAT THEY WERE GOING TO RECOMMEND DENIAL, DID THEY EXPLAIN EXPLAINED THAT TO YOU. WHY THEY WERE RECOMMENDING THAT THEY DID. YES.
I UNDERSTAND IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE THE NEWLY ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
YES, SIR. OKAY. ANY ANY QUESTIONS? DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER SITE OPTION THAT MIGHT BE MORE SUITABLE WITH COMPREHENSIVE PLANS IN MIND, OR IS THIS YOUR ONLY OPTION AT THE TIME? YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE LOGISTICALLY. THERE ARE SOME OTHER SITES POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE, BUT I THINK WE WOULD EITHER HAVE TO GO THROUGH ANOTHER REZONE PROCESS OR, YOU KNOW, BE LOOKING OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS.
IF IT'S A CURRENTLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL TRACT, THERE'S JUST GENERALLY NOT A LOT THAT ARE LARGE ENOUGH FOR WHAT THESE COMPANIES NEED. AND I THINK THIS SITE OFFERS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR THAT TYPE OF THING AND WILL ALLOW THESE COMPANIES TO, YOU KNOW, FIND A PERMANENT HOME AND HAVE ONE. IS THAT KIND OF THE THE MAIN PROBLEM YOU'RE SEEING WITH THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT'S NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. GENERALLY, YES.
ON THE SITES THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL ARE GENERALLY TOO SMALL FOR WHAT WE KIND OF HAVE PLANNED HERE.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? KEN ROSENBAUM, 2326 WINDHAM COURT.
I'M THE ENGINEER FOR THE FOR THE ROADS ON THIS.
WE'VE GOT SOME SKETCHES HERE OF KIND OF WHAT WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS.
I CAN PASS THESE AROUND IF YOU WANT TO.
SO I GUESS MY FIRST QUESTION WOULD BE I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE THE CONCEPT OF THE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. IS IT LOCKED IN STONE AND YOU CAN'T CAN'T VARY FROM THAT.
AND IF YOU CAN, HOW DO YOU HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WHERE IF THIS WOULD WERE TO MAKE SENSE, HOW DO YOU CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO SOMETHING LIKE THAT? BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, YOU KNOW, FM 600 IS RIGHT AT THE CITY LIMITS LINE. THE THE PROPERTIES THAT BORDER THAT ON THE WEST SIDE THAT THAT ABUT UP AGAINST FM 600 ARE THE BACK OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
THE WEST SIDE OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE THE ARE THE CITY LIMITS.
SO WE'RE RIGHT AT THE CITY LIMITS. WE'RE ALSO AT A NODE OF A STATE HIGHWAY AND NUGENT ROAD OR A COUNTY ROAD, WHICH IF IT WAS IN THE CITY, THIS WOULD BE A GOOD SPOT FOR ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. SO WE THINK IT'S A GOOD SPOT, I GUESS, IN THE AND THE REASON FOR THE DENIAL, THE WAY I UNDERSTAND IT IS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT INTO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
AND BUT IF THIS IS A GOOD SPOT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, I'M NOT I DON'T COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND HOW YOU HOW YOU CHANGE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IF WE ALL ARE IN AGREEMENT. THIS IS A GOOD SPOT FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. HOW FAR IS THIS OFF I-20? I DON'T KNOW, WHAT IS IT? TWO MILES, MAYBE A MILE AND A HALF MILE.
SO I THINK WE PASSED THIS OUT.
YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE CONCEPT. THE ENTRANCES TO IT ARE OFF OF FM 600, NOT OFF OF OFF OF NUGENT ROAD.
AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF THEY ATTACH TO KIND OF A PICTURE OF KIND OF WHAT THE THOUGHT IS ON, ON THE BUILDINGS THAT WOULD BE DEVELOPED IN THERE.
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ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLINT? AGAIN, IT HOW'S FM 600 GOING TO DEVELOP.YOU KNOW, IS IT GOING TO DEVELOP RESIDENTIAL OR IS IT GOING TO DEVELOP COMMERCIALLY? YOU KNOW, AND, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GOT THE SAME ISSUES OUT ON, YOU KNOW, 707. WE'VE HAD THE SAME ISSUES UP AND DOWN BUFFALO GAP ROAD.
SO IT'S KIND OF A IT'S KIND OF A DIFFICULT THING TO SAY.
BUT BUT YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL MEANS, APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND A LOT OF OTHER THINGS, WHICH IS GOING TO ADD A LOT MORE TRAFFIC HERE. SO IF YOU PUT A SUBDIVISION HERE, YOU'RE GOING TO INCREASE A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN THE CORNERS.
SO ANYWAY, WE THINK THIS IS A THIS IS A GOOD USE FOR THIS FOR THIS INTERSECTION.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE THE PLAN DEVELOPMENT THAT'S JUST ON THE SOUTH.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT BASE ZONING IS FOR THAT PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS THAT RETAIL.
RESIDENTIAL IS WHAT'S IN THERE NOW. RESIDENTIAL IS IN THAT. YEAH. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. THANKS. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? ALRIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL SAY WHAT I GET.
I'M GETTING USED TO SAYING, EVERY TIME WE HAVE A CASE WHERE WE HAVE PEOPLE COME UP AND SPEAK ON BOTH SIDES.
THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS JUST A RECOMMENDING BOARD TO CITY COUNCIL. SO LITERALLY, NO MATTER WHAT WE DECIDE, EITHER IN FAVOR OR AGAINST GETS, BUT THE OTHER SIDE CAN APPEAL TO CITY COUNCIL, WHERE THERE WILL BE TWO READINGS AND THE CASE WILL GO BEFORE THEM FOR A FINAL DECISION ON THE MATTER. SO WHETHER YOU LEAVE TODAY FEELING HAPPY WITH YOUR RESULT OR UPSET WITH YOUR RESULT, YOU CAN STILL HAVE ANOTHER AVENUE WHERE THE FINAL DECISION WILL BE MADE.
DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS ON THIS ISSUE. I HAD A QUESTION FOR FOR TIM.
TIM, YOU SAID THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS NEWLY ADDED.
IT'S THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS NEWLY ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL ABOUT TWO AND A HALF, THREE YEARS AGO. RIGHT.
THREE YEARS. THAT WAS ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF LONG PROCESS THAT THEY DREW THAT PLAN UP.
SO WHEN WE GO TO REVIEW CASES SUCH AS THIS ONE SUBMITTED, WE USE THAT AS A GUIDING TOOL TO FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
THIS IS HOW THEY SEE ABILENE DEVELOPING OUT.
DOESN'T MEAN, LIKE CLINT SAID, THAT IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME AND IT CAN BE AMENDED.
IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE SAME ZONING PROCESS AS THIS CASE FOR THE AMENDMENT.
Y'ALL WOULD FIRST SEE IT AND REVIEW IT, AND THEN CITY COUNCIL WOULD REVIEW AND ADOPT THAT AMENDMENT. IF IF SO, BE BUT IT WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED BEFORE THIS COULD GET APPROVED.
IF IF IT GOES THAT ROUTE, THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE AMENDED FIRST. SO SHOULD WE NOT BE HEARING THIS YET? SHOULD WE BE HEARING AN AMENDMENT FIRST? THAT'S WAS KIND OF MY THOUGHT.
AND STANLEY CAN HELP ME WITH THE LEGALITY OF THAT.
BUT I THINK THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD, BUT I DON'T THINK IT'S LEGAL TO APPROVE WITHOUT AMENDING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. FIRST, THE ZONING NEEDS TO BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE COMP PLAN, WHICH IS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL. SO YES, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO TO COUNCIL EITHER PRIOR TO POSSIBLY CONCURRENTLY.
I DO NOT KNOW. I'VE NOT LOOKED AT THAT TO SEE IF IT COULD RUN CONCURRENTLY. THAT'S A POSSIBILITY, BUT IT'S IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY, SO IT COULDN'T EVEN RUN CONCURRENTLY.
WE EXPLAINED TO THE APPLICANT THAT IF YOU KIND OF WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD BEFORE IT WOULD EVEN PASS, IS THEY WOULD NEED TO FILL OUT A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THEN THEY COULD RUN PARALLEL.
BUT OF COURSE THE CONCEPT PLAN WOULD HAVE TO BE HEARD FIRST.
AND IF IT GOT APPROVED, THEN WE COULD TAKE THAT CASE.
ONE THING I'D SAY ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN IS JUST THAT, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS AGO WE WE DIDN'T HAVE LANSING ON OUR RADAR.
WE DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE SEEING IN ABILENE ON OUR RADAR, NECESSARILY. UNDOUBTEDLY, IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SHIFTED AND CHANGED, AS CLINT ALLUDED TO. YOU KNOW, AS I'VE LISTENED TO THE SPEAKERS TODAY, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT KIND OF STOOD OUT TO ME FROM FROM THE RESIDENTIAL PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS AREA, IS THAT FM 600 IS A KIND OF A CHALLENGING STREET FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND SO IT MAKES SENSE TO MAYBE CONSIDER OTHER ALTERNATIVES FOR THIS AREA.
YEAH. JUST TO BE CLEAR, LANAKILA WAS NOT ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE IT WASN'T WITHIN THE CITY.
IT WAS ANNEXED. ANNEXED? YES, SIR. YEAH. I THINK I DON'T WANT TO WASTE EVERYBODY'S TIME.
I WOULD, I WOULD PERSONALLY PREFER TO SEE THIS TABLED OR REMOVED AND THEN BROUGHT BACK
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CONCURRENTLY SO THAT ONE DECISION CAN BE MADE, RATHER THAN HEARING THE SAME THING TWICE AND COMING UP WITH TWO KIND OF NON-PARALLEL TIMELINES. YES, I AGREE, I'M STRUGGLING.WHY WE WOULD VOTE ON THIS EITHER WAY IF THE CONCURRENT COMPREHENSIVE PLAN VOTE IS NOT TAKING PLACE AS ENGINEER, WOULD YOU? IF I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, COULD YOU COME UP AND WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH THAT? SORRY. I'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS YES, BUT THIS CAME IN PRETTY LATE.
AND SO WE JUST SAID LET'S GO AHEAD AND BRING IT ON.
I AND I GUESS I'M PRESSING THE ISSUE BECAUSE I DIDN'T REALIZE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WAS LOCKED IN STONE. I THOUGHT WE WE VOTED ON MULTIPLE THINGS THAT WERE OPPOSITE FROM THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, AND THE STAFF WAS DENIED BECAUSE OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT WE PUSHED A LOT OF THINGS ON TO COUNCIL.
SO MAYBE NOW WITH THE CHANGE IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE AND THE ADOPTION OF THAT, IT'S IT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO GET INTO A LOT OF CHANGING OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, IF THAT'S THE CASE.
YEAH. IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE WE SHOULD HAVE LOOSER GUIDELINES ON THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE IT IT DOES FEEL LIKE TWO ZONING ZONING CASES, ALMOST. YEAH. WHERE I ALWAYS THOUGHT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AS A.
AS A ROUGH GUIDE, ROUGH IDEA OR GUIDE RATHER THAN.
BUT BUT IF THEY'RE SAYING AT LEAST FOR THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY, IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED. IS IT NOT? I MEAN, THAT, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I THINK IT CAME THROUGH THIS COMMISSION BEFORE, AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF OUR WAS OUR, YOU KNOW, THING BEFORE.
SO I GUESS WHAT I'M, I'M, I'M HEARING SOMETHING THAT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT I'VE UNDERSTOOD IT TO BE IN THE PAST. I'LL TELL YOU MY SIX YEARS ON HERE. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE, I'VE KNOWN OF A TIME WHERE WE'VE BEEN ASKED TO HEAR AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BEFORE HEARING A ZONING CASE, SO I WAS ALSO A LITTLE.
BUT BUT IF THAT IS THE CASE, AND IF LEGAL TELLS US THAT AND PLANNING TELLS US THAT, ARE YOU OKAY WITH US TABLING THIS AS AN ISSUE? ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD REQUEST. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE I CLOSE IT? ALL RIGHT.
CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WILL WE, ON ANY TIME WHERE SOMETHING IS OUTSIDE THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WILL WE NEED AMENDMENTS? IS THAT IS THIS NEW OR IS IT JUST THIS IS UNIQUE TO THIS PROPERTY OR IN THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, YOU HAVE THE PRIMARY USE THAT THEY CHOSE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO SOME ALLOWABLE SECONDARY USES.
DISTRICTS I SAY USES THIS DISTRICT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED WITHOUT HAVING TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST DIDN'T FALL WITHIN ANY OF THAT, ANY PRIMARY OR SECONDARY.
SO THAT'S WHY THIS IS DIFFERENT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. TYPICALLY IT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN IT NEEDS TO BE AMENDED.
WHAT I WOULD NORMALLY STUFF INSIDE THE LOOP PROBABLY HAS MULTIPLE SECONDARY YES SIR OPTIONS. AND SO. YES SIR.
WELL, IF WE'RE IN AGREEMENT, I WOULD.
I WOULD SAY IF WE WANT TO SPEAK ON IT A LITTLE BIT, I, I'M WITH KEVIN TO AN EXTENT, AT LEAST FROM WHAT I CAN HEAR.
THIS IS A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I UNDERSTAND THE TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
I'LL TELL YOU, OUR ROLE AS A COMMISSION IS TO LOOK AT LAND USE.
AND THEN IF THE CHANGING LAND USE CREATES A TRAFFIC OR ROAD CONCERN, THEN THAT IS EITHER TXDOT OR CITY THAT IS ASKED TO RESPOND TO THAT, THAT THAT HAPPENS ALMOST EVERY TIME.
AND SO THAT'S KIND OF JUST THE RHYTHM THAT THAT WOULD TAKE IS EVEN IF SOMETHING GOES OPPOSITE OF THE WAY YOU'D LIKE IT TO BE, IT'S NOT THAT THERE'S NOT STILL AVENUES DOWN THE ROAD TO ALLOW ROADS OR TRAFFIC USES TO BE REMEDIED OR FIXED TO HELP BETTER ACCOMMODATE IF SOMETHING IS CHANGED.
WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING BEFORE WE TABLE IT? CAN WE GET A MOTION IN A SECOND TO TO TABLE? AND THEN WE'LL LOOK AT BRINGING THIS ISSUE BACK CONCURRENTLY WITH THE AMENDMENT. ANYONE I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO TABLE KEVIN WITH A MOTION SECOND.
WE WILL TABLE THE ZONING CASE.
NOW, TO KEEP OURSELVES FROM GETTING TOO FAR OUT OF ORDER. AND SINCE THAT ONE TOOK A LITTLE BIT LONGER, WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK UP TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 25, RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM THE OWNERS TO AMEND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT PD DASH 104, SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW FOR MULTIFAMILY ZONING AND TRACK FOR LOCATED ALONG EAST SOUTH 27TH STREET.
ADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND.
I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS CASE IS CASE Z, 20 2525 OWNED BY NJ INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE TERMS OF PD 104 SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW ADDITIONAL MULTIFAMILY USES. THIS IS LOCATED AROUND THE 700 BLOCK OF EAST SOUTH 27TH STREET.
HERE IS AN AERIAL LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE RECENTLY HAD ANOTHER REQUEST SIMILAR TO THIS REQUEST.
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HERE IS A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY.EVERYTHING ADJACENT EXCLUDING FURTHER PROPERTY SOUTH IS IN PD 104.
TO THE NORTH IS ANOTHER PD ALLOWING FOR HOURS 12 TYPE USES SINGLE FAMILY.
FURTHER TO THE EAST IS A PETTY HOME TOWNHOME TYPE OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND THERE'S A FIRE STATION RIGHT THERE AT THE AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF OLDHAM AND 27TH.
HERE ARE SOME SUBJECT PROPERTY VIEWS.
MOST OF THIS LAND ADJACENT IS VACANT.
WITH THE TRAILS AT ABILENE, MULTIFAMILY USE MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT THERE AS WELL. HERE I HAVE SHOWN THE TRACT FOR THAT.
THEY ARE PROPOSING THE NEW MULTIFAMILY USE IN YOU CAN SEE IT'S LABELED AS THE PROPOSED LOCATION OF MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
HERE IS A CONCEPT PLAN SHOWING HOW THEY INTEND TO LAY OUT THE PROPERTY.
ROUGHLY. WE DID SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS.
WE RECEIVED TWO IN OPPOSITION FROM THE OLDHAM OAKS SUBDIVISION, AND THAT RESULTED IN A 2.89% OPPOSITION.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME ON THE TWO THAT WEREN'T IN FAVOR. DID THEY SAY ANYTHING SPECIFIC? NO.
JUST THAT THEY WERE OPPOSED IN BY ALL THE ALL THE PROPERTIES THAT THEY OWNED.
OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? THANK YOU. ADAM. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO DISCUSS ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 25? THAT'S HOW WE WAITED ON YOU.
IF YOU DON'T GET UP TO TALK, HAVE NO CHOICE, RIGHT. TAO FILLINGIM, AGENT FOR THE DEVELOPER.
THANK YOU, BRAD, FOR PUSHING THIS ONE DOWN THE LIST FOR ME.
I WAS RUNNING BEHIND FROM ANOTHER MEETING.
THIS ZONING REQUEST IS TO SUPPORT THE CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRACK.
A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY. THIS PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WAS SPECULATIVE IN NATURE.
WHEN IT WAS PUT INTO PLACE. IT'S BEEN MODIFIED A HANDFUL OF TIMES.
YOU KNOW, WITH THE DIRECTION THAT WE'RE HEADING NOW IN AS IT RELATES TO WHAT WHAT LAND USES ARE APPROPRIATE WITHIN THIS PD? IF WE CAN GO BACK, MAYBE A COUPLE OF SLIDES.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT ABILITY. THERE WE GO. THAT ONE. SO TRACT ONE IS ESSENTIALLY GENERAL COMMERCIAL. AND AGAIN, THIS PD HAS SEEN A NUMBER OF REVISIONS PROBABLY OVER THE LAST 10 TO 15 YEARS.
AND THAT COMMERCIAL LAND USE FRONTS LOOP THROUGH 22 AND EXPRESSWAY TO THE NORTH EAST, SOUTH 27TH IS AN ARTERIAL ROAD, A VERY HIGH VOLUME TRAFFIC ROAD.
OF COURSE. WE HAVE THE FIRE STATION AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER. I BELIEVE TRACK TWO IN THE PD WAS WAS REVISED JUST A FEW MONTHS BACK TO ADD ANOTHER BASE USE TO THAT.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT MULTIFAMILY, IT'S A TRANSITIONAL ZONING, RIGHT? IT IS.
IT'S THE TRANSITION FROM COMMERCIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH, WHICH YOU SEE OLDHAM OAKS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF EAST SOUTH 27TH.
SO FROM MY PERSPECTIVE YOU KNOW, MY PROFESSIONAL OPINION IS THAT MULTIFAMILY IS THE RIGHT ZONING. IT'S THE RIGHT TRANSITIONAL ZONING HERE.
AGAIN, AS THIS AND THERE'S ALREADY A COUPLE OF TRACKS, I BELIEVE THERE'S THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST OF OF WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING TO CHANGE THE BASE ZONING.
AND THEN THERE'S BEEN A MODIFICATION JUST TO THE WEST OF THAT FOR MULTIFAMILY.
AGAIN, FROM MY FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE FROM A LAND USE STANDPOINT. AND IT IT, IT DOES MATCH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS. WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF I CAN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR TIM? THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND. OKAY. SECOND. MITCH DID FIRST.
KEVIN. SECOND. MR. BARNETT? YES. MR. HOUSE. YES. MISS PIPER.
MISS LEWIS. YES. MR.. SYKES? YES. AND MR. BENHAM. YES.
ALL RIGHT. WE'RE BACK IN ORDER.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ZONING CASE 2025, DASH 27, RECEIVE. REPORT. HOLD. DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEARING. TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 0.23 ACRES OF MULTIFAMILY TO MIXED USE. LOCATED AT 1365 SALES SAILS BOULEVARD.
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OH. SORRY. CLARISSA. GO AHEAD.I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE.
TODAY YOU'RE HERE IN KS 20, 2527 PRESENTED BY THE OWNER, ERIKA LUNSFORD. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING APPROXIMATELY 0.25 ACRES FROM MULTIFAMILY TO MIXED USE.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1365 SALES BOULEVARD.
THAT WOULD BE RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF SALES BOULEVARD AND COLLEGE STREET.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED MEDIUM DENSITY WITH MEDIUM DENSITY TO THE EAST AND WEST RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO THE NORTH AND OFFICE TO THE SOUTH.
HERE IS A LIST OF THE ALLOWED USES IN MULTIFAMILY.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE ALLOWED USES IN MIXED USE ZONING.
HERE ARE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS AND SOME OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS, SO WITHIN A 200 FOOT BUFFER WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION.
A CALCULATING OF 5% OF OPPOSITION.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE SURROUNDING USES IN ZONING, GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TODAY IS APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO THE COLLEGE AND THIS REQUEST, IS THIS SLATED FOR A FRATERNITY, OR DO YOU KNOW THE FROM THE APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY THE OWNER? THE PROPOSED USE WOULD BE OF A MEDICAL OFFICE.
MORE LIKE. KIND OF LIKE A WALK IN CLINIC.
WELL, I GUESS IT NEEDS TO BE MIXED USE BECAUSE IT WANTS TO REMAIN PART RESIDENTIAL, SO IT COULDN'T BE A NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE? YES, THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY.
I GUESS I CAN JUST SPILL THE BEANS.
YEAH. OKAY. SO THE OWNER WANTS TO CONTINUE THE RESIDENTIAL USE AND HAVE THE MEDICAL OFFICE AT A LATER TIME.
SHE WANTS TO TAKE FULL ADVANTAGE OF THE MIXED USE ZONING.
SHE DIDN'T SPECIFY THE TIME FRAME OF THAT FOR THIS SPECIFIC USE, BECAUSE IT IS GOING TO BE A NEW USE.
WE WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS.
AND WITH THAT, DEPENDING ON WHERE SHE CHOOSES TO DO THIS NEW USE OUT OF WE'LL DO THE SITE PLAN. WE'LL DO THE THE REVIEW FIGURED OUT WHERE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE REQUIRED IN ANY SCREENING, IF NECESSARY.
ALSO SIGNAGE, IF SHE DESIRES TO DO SO.
BUT THAT THAT WOULD BE TO COME.
THAT'S TODAY. WE'RE JUST HEARING THE ZONING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR? OKAY, SO MY NAME IS SHAWNA WILLIFORD, AND I'M REPRESENTING MCELROY AND COMPANY CPAS. AND WE BASICALLY HOUSE RIGHT NEXT DOOR AT 1369 SALES.
WE DID WRITE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION, BASICALLY JUST STATING OUR CONCERNS.
AND SO I'D BE HAPPY TO PASS THIS AROUND IF Y'ALL WANT TO LOOK AT IT.
IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT, WAS IT I DIDN'T SEE IT IN OUR PACKET.
WAS IT? IT WAS NOT IN OUR PACKET.
SO IT'D BE GREAT IF YOU'D PASS IT. AND THEN WE'LL LEAVE IT AS A PIECE OF FOR THE PACKET.
THANK YOU. YES. SO BASICALLY OUR CONCERN IS WE DO SHARE A PROPERTY LINE.
SO ACCORDING TO MISS LUNSFORD'S WEBSITE, WHICH SHE DOES HAVE A WEBSITE UP, IT EVEN HAS A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN CLICK TO GO AHEAD AND BOOK AN APPOINTMENT, BUT IT'S NOT ACTIVE YET.
HER OUR STATE 5 P.M. IN ONE SPOT TO 2 A.M..
THE OTHER SPOT IN WITHIN HER WEBSITE SAYS 2 P.M.
TO 2 A.M. CASH ONLY WALK IN, NO INSURANCE.
SO OUR CONCERN IS BASICALLY YOU HAVE ALL THE PROPERTIES TO YOUR EAST BUTTERNUT.
AND I'M SURE EVERYBODY KNOWS, YOU KNOW, BUTTERNUT HOUSES A LOT OF UNFORTUNATE PEOPLE. A LOT OF IT SUFFERS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO SUFFER FROM HOMELESSNESS, DRUG ABUSE, ALCOHOL ABUSE.
YOU CAN SEE THOSE THINGS, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IN THE EVENING TIMES WHEN YOU GO THROUGH BUTTERNUT STREET.
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SO WE'RE CONCERNED WITH BEING RIGHT NEXT DOOR, ESPECIALLY FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS.WHAT THAT'S GOING TO BRING IN, THE TYPE OF PEOPLE THAT POSSIBLY MAY BE COMING IN THE EVENING HOURS TO THIS LOCATION.
CASH ONLY. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO REPORT TO A HOSPITAL.
THEY'RE NOT HAVING TO REPORT TO ANOTHER MEDICAL CLINIC.
AND THERE ARE OTHER 24 HOUR CLINICS IN TOWN THAT ARE OPEN.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS THERE IS NO PARKING.
THE WAY 1365 SALES SITS RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF COLLEGE.
THERE'S A SINGLE DRIVEWAY TO THE BACK.
THE GARAGE SITS AT THE VERY BACK OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS ON OUR PROPERTY LINE.
THE OTHER CONCERN IS THEY'RE THERE ON THE CORNER, SO THERE'S JUST PARKING ON COLLEGE STREET.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WE HAVE IS WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO TO THE BEAUTY OF SALES BOULEVARD. OUR OFFICE IS PROFESSIONALLY MAINTAINED AT 1369 SALES.
IT IT HAS IMMACULATE LANDSCAPING.
OUR CLIENTS DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OR ON THE STREET.
WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT WE SHARE ON OUR SOUTH PROPERTY LINE.
WE SHARE WITH EASY PAWN PAWNSHOP.
SO OUR CLIENTS ARE ABLE TO PARK AT THE NORTH EDGE OF THAT WITHOUT ANY DISRUPTION TO SALES.
SO I DON'T SEE A WAY A CLINIC COULD NOT DISRUPT THE PROPERTY FLOW, OR THE BEAUTY OF SALES WITH THE PARKING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO PROBABLY INCUR WITH PATIENTS. THAT BEING SAID, IT IS GOING TO BE IN THE EVENING HOURS, BUT I'M AFRAID IT WOULD BE A DISRUPTION ALSO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON SIGNAGE.
WE'VE BEEN IN OUR LOCATION FIVE YEARS WHEN OUR PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT BY LARRY MCELROY IN 1369 SALES BOULEVARD, LLC, WE DID AN EXTENSIVE RENOVATION.
INTERIOR, EXTERIOR LANDSCAPING.
ON THE SIGNAGE, WE COULD NOT PUT A SIGN WITHIN TEN FEET OF THE SIDEWALK.
YOU CAN FINISH YOUR. SO. OKAY, SO THE SIGNAGE OURS IS ON OUR BUILDING.
SO SO MAIN POINTS ARE THE BEAUTY OF SALES BOULEVARD, THE DISRUPTION OF TRAFFIC AND JUST THE OVERALL BEAUTIFICATION OF SALES BOULEVARD.
AND THEN WHAT? A MEDICAL FACILITY, CASH ONLY UNTIL 2 A.M..
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WOULD BRING IN? POSSIBLY AS FAR AS CRIME, TRESPASSING A SAFETY ISSUE FOR OUR EMPLOYEES IF WE WORK AFTER HOURS DURING TAX SEASON, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF, SINCE IF THIS WAS TO BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, IT'D BE SUBJECT TO A SITE PLAN.
WHAT WOULD BE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON HOURS OF OPERATION OR THINGS LIKE THAT FOR SUCH A SITE PLAN? HONESTLY, I WOULD THINK IF THAT WERE THE CASE I WOULD THINK MORE OF A NORMAL BUSINESS HOUR.
NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, WANTING TO GO A LITTLE BIT PAST NORMAL BUSINESS HOURS, YOU KNOW, 7 OR 8:00 PEOPLE THAT GET OFF WORK LATE, THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT THE 2 A.M.
IS A CONCERN. IT REALLY IT'S A CONCERN.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? HELLO? ALLISON COWLING, I ACTUALLY LIVE AT 2924.
YOU SHUT ME UP. I LIVE AT 2409 SPYGLASS HILL COURT.
ACTUALLY, MY MOM IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THIS HOUSE, AND I SHARE THE CONCERNS ABOUT JUST THE TYPE OF CLIENTELE THAT MIGHT BE ATTRACTED TO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. ALSO, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO POINT OUT ONE PART OF THE APPLICATION BETTER WITH GLASSES, BUT THEY POINTED OR SAID THAT THERE WAS A LAW OFFICE NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY AN ACCOUNTANT OFFICE AND THEN A GAS STATION, A GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET WHICH I FEEL LIKE WOULD MAKE A RETAIL FACILITY OR A MEDICAL FACILITY MAKE MORE SENSE.
BUT ACTUALLY THE GAS STATION IS CATTY CORNER.
SEVERAL DOORS DOWN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET IS A SWEET LITTLE OLD LADY.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THAT IS NOT THE CASE, THAT IT'S NOT THE ONLY SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE RESIDENTIAL AND THE ACCOUNTANT'S OFFICE, SO THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? YES, SIR.
WOULD YOU STATE YOUR NAME, PLEASE? MY NAME IS JAVIER.
WELL, MY WIFE SHE'S A PA WE ARE COMING FROM MIDLAND, SO WE JUST BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY.
WE ARE, YOU KNOW, DOING OUR WORK.
SHE SHE TECHNICALLY WANTS TO OPEN A FACILITY TO TAKE PEOPLE OUT FROM THE E.R.
AND, YOU KNOW, DON'T PAY TAX INSURANCE.
IT'S GOING TO KEEP THE PEOPLE OUT OF THE YARD THAT THEY DON'T NEED TO BE THERE AND PAY MORE
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THAN THEY SUPPOSED TO USING JUST CASH.MY WIFE, SHE'S PREGNANT RIGHT NOW, SO SHE'S TRYING TO GET A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, PART TIME, LOW PEOPLE, LOW PATIENTS DAILY.
HOLD ON, BABY SO I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE HER IDEA BASED ON SAVING MONEY AND, YOU KNOW, TAKE SHE'S SHE'S TRYING TO OPEN LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE.
BUT SHE, SHE'S WILLING TO OPEN DURING THE DAY TO.
SHE'S GREAT. DON'T WORRY ABOUT HER.
OKAY. YOU'RE DOING GOOD. IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE A MEMBERSHIP TO MAKE APPOINTMENTS AND WHAT ELSE? I KNOW THAT PROBABLY IT LOOKS LIKE LIKE THE CUSTOMERS TO COME INTO THE LOCATION.
COULD BE PEOPLE LIKE. BUT I DON'T THINK SO, BECAUSE THEY THEY WANT TO TARGET PEOPLE THAT THEY NEED JUST SMALL THINGS.
I DON'T KNOW, HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT AREA.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING IS DIFFERENT FROM FROM ME.
BUT SHE LAID IT OUT IN HER APPLICATION.
PRETTY DETAILED. OF WHAT? SHE. OH, OKAY.
PERFECT. YEAH. I MEAN, I CAME BECAUSE SHE TOLD ME I'VE BEEN THERE, TOO. GOOD MAN. YEAH, I MEAN, I'M TRYING TO DEFEND HER, BUT I THINK IT'S A GOOD IDEA, HONESTLY.
BUT I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
YOU. WANT ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, SO COULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME? MY NAME IS KATIE FREEMAN.
I WAS MY PARENTS BOUGHT 1360 SALES.
IN WHAT MONTH? I THINK IT WAS SUMMER OF 1986.
THEY BROUGHT ME HOME TO THE HOUSE.
CATTY CORNER. JUST. MY NAME IS KATIE.
HI. I GREW UP IN THAT HOUSE AND I SPLASHED IN PUDDLES.
IT'S TATTOOED ON MY BODY IF Y'ALL WANT TO SEE IT.
IT'S RIGHT HERE. THIS IS 1360 SAYLES BOULEVARD.
WE NEED YOU. WE NEED YOU TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. JUST FOR THE.
IS THERE A CAMERA TO SHOW MY LEG? I DON'T KNOW. OKAY. DO WE HAVE THE LEG? THERE WE. I THINK WE GOT IT. I DID BALLET GROWING UP.
WE GREW UP DOWN THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER.
I'VE KNOWN GARY'S THREE DAUGHTERS MY WHOLE LIFE.
YOU SOLD ME A HOUSE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW IT.
HEY, BRAD. WE MET WHEN I WORKED FOR THE DOUBLETREE.
THAT PROJECT REALLY SCREWED ME OVER.
SO DID THE PARAMOUNT. I'M A FIFTH GENERATION BABYLONIAN.
I WENT TO COOPER. HEY, DO YOU KNOW HOW OUR CONNECTION IS? THE COPELANDS ARE MY BEST FRIENDS.
OKAY. YES. YEAH. MY PARENTS GARDEN IN THAT HOUSE.
WHEN I WAS BORN THERE, IT WAS JUST DIRT.
THEY'VE TURNED IT INTO A GORGEOUS PART OF SALES.
IT'S BEEN THE PLACE THAT I'VE COME HOME TO FOR RESTORATION.
RENOVATION OF MY SOUL, EATING THE FOOD THAT THEY'VE GROWN HAS BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE IN WAYS THAT I CAN'T EVEN LIKE.
I LITERALLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PROJECT YESTERDAY WITH A TEXT FROM MY MOM.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN THIS CAME IN.
I WOULD HAVE VOTED IN OPPOSITION.
HEY, KATE. THE FABRIC OF MY LIFE IS FROM THE FOOD THAT WAS FED TO ME, FROM THAT HOUSE, FROM THE MEDICAL CARE I RECEIVED FROM HENDRICK WHERE I WAS BORN.
AND BRAD, DID YOU KNOW THAT? ME TOO. MY COUSIN WORKS THERE.
AUSTIN COOK. DOES ANYBODY KNOW AUSTIN COOK? KATIE I'M AN ARTIST, TOO.
ARE WE RELATED? THE COOK'S, I DON'T KNOW.
AND WE HAVE ALWAYS OPENED UP OUR HOME, OUR TABLE, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR FAMILY.
TO EVERYONE. THERE'S NOBODY THAT HAS BEEN KEPT AWAY.
NOT A SINGLE PERSON. NOT ONE PERSON.
IF ANYBODY WALKS UP TO MY PARENTS HOUSE AND SAYS,
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CAN I HAVE $20, MY DAD WILL HAND THEM A FUCKING HUNDRED.I COULD KEEP TELLING YOU WHO THAT MAN IS, BUT I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME.
MY MOM. STOP IT. BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME AND YOU DON'T NEED TO HEAR ANYMORE.
YOU PEOPLE KNOW WHO WE ARE AND KNOW WHO OUR FAMILY IS.
NO OPPOSITION? NO. ABSOLUTELY NOT.
NOT WITH THESE. THIS WEBSITE APPOINTMENTS ARE 155 PERIOD.
IF YOU NEED STITCHES, THE PRICE IS 155, PERIOD.
IF YOU HAVE AN EARACHE, THE PRICE IS 155 PERIOD.
IF YOU NEED AN ABSCESS DRAINED THE PRICE IS 155 PERIOD.
IF YOU NEED A STEROID SHOT FOR A MINOR ALLERGIC RASH, THE PRICE IS 155 PERIOD.
THIS COVERS THE COST OF PROCEDURES AND MEDICATIONS.
PERIOD. THERE ARE NO HIDDEN FEES.
YOU WILL NEVER BE CHARGED MORE OR LESS THAN 155 EXCUSE ME.
YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. WOULD YOU NOT TAKE INSURANCE? AND YOU WILL BE PLEASED.
HOW PLEASED YOU DISCOVER HOW STREAMLINED YOUR VISIT WILL BE BECAUSE OF THIS OPERATIONAL DECISION. I MEAN, LET'S THINK OUTSIDE THIS MEDICAL BOX.
I LOVE IT. THE HOURS ARE TERRIFYING FOR MY AGED PARENTS.
THIS IS MY FUTURE. PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND I DON'T FEEL LIKE I NEED TO SAY ANYMORE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. CAN WE GO TO THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION SLIDE? SINCE THIS IS. I'LL ASK TIM THIS.
SINCE THIS IS ASKING FOR MIXED USE, IS THE.
IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE CONDITIONED THAT IT'S SUBJECT TO THE SITE PLAN BECAUSE THAT THAT THAT'S BUILT INTO EVERYTHING.
YEAH. WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING IS ALL ALLOWABLE USES WITHIN THE MIXED USE DISTRICT.
MIXED USE. YES. AND THEN THE SITE PLAN WILL BE A COMBINATION BETWEEN YOU AND THE APPLICANT. THAT'S CORRECT.
I'LL TELL YOU FROM MY POINT OF VIEW THAT THAT TO ME IS THE BIG CONCERN.
IF IT WAS NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE SIMILAR TO NEXT DOOR, IF IT WAS MORE TRADITIONAL HOURS.
EVEN AND I APPRECIATE THE CITIZEN IS LIKE EVEN IF IT WAS GOING A LITTLE BIT LATE BECAUSE SOMETIMES PEOPLE NEED MEDICAL CARE AFTER WORK.
TO ME, THE SITE PLAN IS THE PART THAT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECT OF THIS, NOT EVEN NECESSARILY THE ZONING IMPROVEMENT.
FURTHER DOWN SALES. IT IT HAD BEEN AN IT HAD ALREADY BEEN IN A DIFFERENT ZONING CASE, BUT THE BEAUTY BUS MEDICAL OFFICE THAT WE DID FURTHER DOWN SALES WAS A SIMILAR THING, BUT IT ALSO WAS SUBJECT TO CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE RESTRICTIONS AROUND HOURS. AND SO AND ALSO AROUND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, SIGNAGE, ALL THOSE DIFFERENT THINGS AND PARKING AS WELL.
AND SO I PERSONALLY, FROM A VOTING STANDPOINT, DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH APPROVING THIS FROM A MIXED USE.
HOWEVER, I DO THINK THE SITE PLAN WILL NEED TO BE STRICTER THAN WHAT IS CURRENTLY BEING REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT, AND I WOULD TRUST THE.
THE CITY PLANNERS AS WELL AS COUNCIL OR WHOEVER NEEDS TO APPROVE THAT TO TO BE THAT.
I AGREE 100%. IF THERE'S NOT SOMETHING THAT I'M NOT NECESSARILY AGAINST THERE BEING A MEDICAL OFFICE THERE, BUT THE HOURS IS A BIG PROBLEM AND THE PARKING IS A BIG PROBLEM.
AND THE WAY THAT SALES IS SUCH A GREAT ROAD WHERE PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, THEY SHOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR. THE FRONTAGE, I SHOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, SO BUT THAT'S NOT FOR US TO DECIDE.
CORRECT. OKAY. THAT THAT IS FOR.
SO IF WE APPROVE THIS TO BE MIXED USE, THEN THEY WOULD THEN STILL HAVE TO HAVE RESTRICTIONS, WOULD STILL NEED RESTRICTIONS, THEY WOULD STILL NEED TO WORK WITH THE CITY AND THE PLANNING OFFICE ON THE SITE PLAN, WHICH WOULD HAVE THOSE RESTRICTIONS IN IT.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE THEY'RE WILL THEY'RE WILLING AND OFFERED TO I MEAN, I WOULD SAY CLOSE TO CLOSE TO COLLEGE KIDS HAVING A POP IN CLINIC.
THAT'S CASH ONLY. LIKE, I KIND OF I KIND OF CAN UNDERSTAND THAT CLOSE TO MCMURRAY. JUST FROM A CONCEPTUAL STANDPOINT, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE THE COMMUNITY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. BUT WANTING IT TO I'M NOT SURE WE WOULD APPROVE IT TO BE A 24 HOUR MEDICAL OFFICE.
AND BUT I DO THINK IF IT WAS SOMEBODY COMING IN AND ASKING TO OPEN A LAW OFFICE OR AN ACCOUNTING OFFICE WITH MORE TRADITIONAL HOURS, HOURS OR NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE HOURS, THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD WE WOULD AND WE HAVE APPROVED ALONG ALONG SALES IN THE PAST.
SO THOSE ARE JUST MY THOUGHTS ON IT FROM AN APPLICATION STANDPOINT. AND I JUST HAD THE
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QUESTION ABOUT THE SITE PLAN APPROVAL.YOU KNOW, WHEN I THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IN THE MIDST OF ALL THESE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC HOMES IN A IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT OF ABILENE THINGS THAT THAT MAKE SENSE TO ME ARE THOSE OFFICE USES, AS YOU'VE ALREADY ARTICULATED. BUT, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF THINK OF IT AS A. WOULD THIS BE AN APPROPRIATE HOME OFFICE EFFECTIVELY, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY HOMES AROUND IT? I ABSOLUTELY SEE THE NEED FOR THIS, AND I APPLAUD THE APPLICANT FOR THEIR HEART, FOR THIS COMMUNITY. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE FOR IT.
UNDERSTOOD. I THINK THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS THAT THE THING THAT'S HANGING ME UP ON GOING TILL 2 A.M., THAT THAT SEEMS EXCESSIVE.
REGARDLESS, I UNDERSTAND MY IDEAS OF THAT.
SHE LAID OUT IN HER APPLICATION OF OF FAMILY AND AND THE REASONING BEHIND IT.
BUT I THINK YOU CAN DO THAT SOMEWHAT AFTER HOURS OF GENERAL MEDICAL WITHOUT.
BUT I DON'T IT'S NOT NECESSARILY OUR MAIN EITHER, AND I WOULD AGREE WITH THAT. I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT I THINK THAT 2 A.M.
IS REALLY CRITICAL TO THE NATURE OF THIS BUSINESS.
IT'S MOST OF THE STUPID THINGS THAT I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE THAT HAVE NEEDED EMERGENCY ATTENTION HAPPENED AFTER MIDNIGHT.
SO. I DON'T THINK THAT THIS BUSINESS REALLY IS COMPATIBLE, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. DO WE DECIDE SOMETHING LIKE THAT? NO, THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.
OR EMOTIONS? I'LL JUST TELL YOU, I'M.
I'M PERSONALLY GOING TO VOTE AGAINST IT, BUT I'M NOT NECESSARILY WANTING TO PUT OUT A A MOTION TO DENY. SO AND AS I STATED EARLIER, NO MATTER WHAT WE DECIDE APPROVAL OR AGAINST, WE ARE RECOMMENDING TO CITY COUNCIL WHERE IT WILL BE READ TWICE AND THEY WILL HAVE THE FINAL DECISION. IF THERE ARE NO MOTIONS TO APPROVE, I WILL MAKE A DIFFERENT MOTION.
SO ARE THERE ANY MOTIONS TO APPROVE? THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION TO DENY.
MR.. SECONDS. OKAY. SO IT'S A MOTION TO DENY.
WHAT DO WE NEED TO SAY? SO IT'S NOT CONFUSING THAT WE.
SO IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE VOTING TO DENY, YOU VOTE YES ON THE MOTION.
OKAY. I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE CONFUSING WITH DOUBLE NEGATIVES.
YES. YES. ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION FROM KEVIN TO DENY SECOND BY GARY.
LEWIS. YES. MR.. SYKES? NO. AND MR. BENNETT. NO.
ALL RIGHT. GOING TO ZONING CASE NUMBER OR AGENDA? ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 28.
RECEIVE A REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM THE OWNER. TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 32.55 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURE, OPEN TO MULTIFAMILY AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL, AND TO ONLY GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
LOCATED AT 1755 EAST STANFORD STREET.
ADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND.
I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS IS CASE Z 20, 25, 28. THIS IS OWNED BY RAINY CREEK LP REPRESENTED BY JACOB MARTIN.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 32.55 ACRES FROM GC AND MF TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL. HERE IS AN AERIAL LOCATION MAP OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS THE RAINY CREEK SUBDIVISION.
HERE'S THE EXISTING ZONING MAP.
AS IT'S SHOWN IN OUR OUR ZONING MAP.
THIS PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY REZONED TO MORE REFLECT THIS AS CURRENT BUT OUR ZONING MAP HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED TO SHOW THAT.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A O IN THAT IN A PORTION OF THIS THE OWNER IS PROPOSING HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN AGRICULTURAL OPEN ZONING.
HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN MULTI-FAMILY ZONING.
AND HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
HERE ARE SOME SUBJECT VIEWS OF THE PROPERTY.
OH I APOLOGIZE. THOSE ARE THE INCORRECT PHOTOS.
AND BUT CURRENTLY THIS PROPERTY IS VACANT WITH THE SUPER EIGHT BEING JUST NORTH OF THE PROPERTY. WE DID RECEIVE ONE RESPONSE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.
AND WE HAVE RECEIVED NO OTHER RESPONSES IN RELATION TO THIS REQUEST.
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THIS PROPERTY WAS RECENTLY REZONED TO GC AND MF IN 2021.THIS REQUEST HAS BEEN FOUND CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING. GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC. STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? THANK YOU.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE? TAL FILLINGIM, AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
WE HANDLED THE ZONING REQUEST.
ORIGINALLY IN 2021 MULTIFAMILY AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
OBVIOUSLY, WE FRONT I 20 ON ONE SIDE, AND WE'VE GOT GRIFFITH.
THIS REZONING, IT WAS CONTEMPLATED INITIALLY IN 2020.
WE WENT THROUGH WITH IT IN 2021.
THERE'S BEEN SOME SIGNIFICANT MARKET CHANGES SINCE THEN.
AND THE HOPE BY THE PROPERTY OWNER DEVELOPER IS TO SHIFT INTO MORE OF A GENERAL COMMERCIAL USE FOR THE ENTIRE TRACT, AS OPPOSED TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL TRANSITIONING INTO MULTIFAMILY.
I KNOW THE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE SOUTH.
BUT A COUPLE OF THINGS I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT. YOU KNOW, TO THE SOUTH IS A IS RAINY CREEK.
IT'S IT'S A VERY SIGNIFICANT FLOODPLAIN FLOOD WAY.
HUNDREDS OF FEET AWAY FROM THAT RAINY CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH.
ALSO GRIFFITH ROAD WAS REBUILT FROM EAST NORTH 10TH ALL THE WAY TO THE ENTRANCE OF THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO OUR SOUTH.
AGAIN, SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET. AS A PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, GRIFFITH ROAD WILL BE IMPROVED FROM FROM THAT POINT, ALL THE WAY UP TO I-20.
IT ACTUALLY INTERSECTS STANFORD, THE ACCESS ROAD TO I-20 THERE.
IF YOU'VE SEEN THE PROPERTY, THERE'S A HOTEL THERE NOW.
ANYWAY, THAT ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE ROAD WILL BE IMPROVED.
NO. TRAFFIC IS IS SOMETIMES A CONCERN FOR EVERYONE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. BUT LIKE STAFF.
WE ALSO BELIEVE IT'S APPROPRIATE ZONING AT THIS LOCATION AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. QUESTIONS FOR TAMMY.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY DISCUSSION OR MOTIONS? MOTION. I'M SORRY. OH, I JUST I SAID I'D LOVE TO SEE THAT CLEANED UP AND USED. YES, I MOTION TO APPROVE.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. THE MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND THAT KRISTEN WITH A SECOND.
MR. BARNETT? YES, MR. HOUSE? YES, MISS. PARKER? YES, MR. HALLIBURTON. YES, MR. LEWIS? YES, MISTER? YES, MISTER BEAN? YES. MOTION CARRIES AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.
RECEIVE A REPORT, WHOLE DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 106.76 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY OF SIZE EIGHT TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY OF RS SIX, LOCATED AT THE 6700 BLOCK OF LANTANA AVENUE.
ADAM. GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN.
MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND, PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS IS CASE 20 2529, OWNED BY RED DIRT HOLDINGS, LLC, REPRESENTED BY JACOB MARTIN.
HERE'S A LOCATION MAP KIND OF SHOWING THE AREA PROPOSED TO BE REZONED.
HERE IS A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE AREAS NEARBY.
JUST TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE RS ZONING, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A MINIMUM OF 8000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS.
THE OWNER IS PROPOSING A RS SIX ZONING, WHICH ALLOWS FOR A MINIMUM OF 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. JUST SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY, WE HAVE SOME ZONING WITH SOME SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES AS THE CURRENT USE.
AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES BEING DEVELOPED JUST TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
HERE ARE THE PROPOSED USES IN RESIDENTIAL R-6 ZONING.
IT IS THE SAME AS THE RS ZONING DISTRICT.
SO ONCE AGAIN, THESE ARE INCORRECT PHOTOS.
MY APOLOGIES. HERE ARE WE WE HAVE RECEIVED SEVERAL NOTIFICATIONS RECENTLY.
IN OPPOSITION. AS WELL AS IN FAVOR FOR THIS REQUEST.
SOME SOME ARE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. THE OWNER HAS ALSO RESPONDED IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST. RECENTLY, AS OF FRIDAY, WE RECEIVED ABOUT THREE MORE IN OPPOSITION WITH NO COMMENTS ATTACHED TO THEM.
JUST OPPOSITIONS WE FOUND THAT THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE FOR ME. DID ANYONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED TO IT GIVE ANY DETAIL? NO, I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.
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AND APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY OPPOSITIONS DID YOU RECEIVE? WE RECEIVED FIVE TOTAL IN OPPOSITION.OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN TO THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO DISCUSS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX? CLAYTON, FARRELL JACOB AND MARTIN, AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
AND AS WELL AS THE FUTURE POSSIBLE DEVELOPER.
AS WE NOTED IN THE APPLICATION, THIS PROPERTY IS UNDER CONTRACT RIGHT NOW.
THE PROPERTY OWNER IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE REQUEST BY THE THE BUYER OF THE PROPERTY WHO HAS REQUESTED TO REZONE FROM RSA TO RS SIX.
THE MAP. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE MAP? THE ADJACENT. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE SURROUNDING USE? THERE YOU GO. SO JUST JUST SOUTH OF THE THE LIGHT YELLOW.
THERE IS ADDITIONAL R6 IN THIS AREA.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE THIS MAP. AND THEN THE HARVEST DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS R6 NOT FAR FROM HERE EITHER. THIS WOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF LANTANA AND CONNECTING LANTANA ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND GENERALLY IN LINE WITH THE ORIGINAL PRELIMINARY PLAT FOR THAT TRACT.
THE PROPERTY OWNER LET ME BACK UP.
THE BUYER WHO'S LOOKING AT PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY HAS WORKED WITH THE HOA AND HAS MET WITH THEM ON TO GO THROUGH WHAT THEIR PLANS WOULD BE IF THEY ARE ABLE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY. AND RECOGNIZING THAT THAT IS A HIGH QUALITY DEVELOPMENT, THEY, THEY'RE THEY ARE UNDERSTANDING THAT WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR IS NOT THE SAME THING AS WHAT'S THERE TODAY.
AND THEY'RE THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK IN INTO THEIR LAYOUT, ACCOMMODATIONS OF BUFFERING AND TRANSITIONING DOWN TO THAT RS SIX SIZE AS THEY GET INTO THAT PROPERTY. SO WE BELIEVE IT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT THERE.
I AGREE WITH STAFF THAT IT'S THAT IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AND WE WOULD SEEK YOUR APPROVAL.
I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, IF I CAN.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR KELLY? DO YOU HAVE A. DO YOU HAVE ANY INSIGHT INTO KIND OF TARGETED VALUE OF THESE PROPERTIES? I HAVE NO IDEA. THE, THE CONVERSATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN HAD AND I DON'T THINK THIS IS A SECRET BECAUSE I THINK THEY'VE TOLD THE HOA THIS. IT WOULD BE SIMILAR TO A CARRIAGE HILLS TYPE HOUSE SIZE AND QUALITY.
AND YOU SAID THAT THEIR PLAN IS TO BASICALLY ON THEIR OWN TRANSITION FROM ABOUT 8000 SQUARE FOOT TO TOWARDS 6000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS AS THEY GET DEEPER INTO THE AREA.
THAT'S CORRECT. SO WITH IT BEING SIZE SIX, THEY CAN OBVIOUSLY BUILD LARGER THAN RS SIX.
AND THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT AS THEY CONNECT TO THAT EXISTING TO BOTH OF THOSE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT THEY INTENTIONALLY TRANSITION AND PROVIDE THAT BUFFERING WITH THEIR LAYOUT BECAUSE COMING OFF THE ANTENNA, THOSE ARE BIG ONES.
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU CLAYTON.
THANK YOU GUYS. WOULD ANYBODY ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? HI. MY NAME IS DONNA RUDY, AND I'M ACTUALLY, I ACTUALLY LIVE IN THE SUBDIVISION.
I MOVED THERE IN AUGUST OF 2021, AND I HAVE ATTENDED EVERY HOA MEETING SINCE.
I'VE LIVED THERE. MY DAUGHTER MOVED IN IN 2020, AND I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE'VE EVER BEEN CONTACTED ABOUT THIS HAPPENING, EXCEPT FOR IN LAST YEAR'S MEETING.
SO I ACTUALLY PROBABLY WOULD HAVE OBJECTED AS WELL, BUT I DIDN'T KNOW I WAS NEVER SMELLED ANYTHING OR WHICH WHICH SUBDIVISION YOU SAID IN THIS SUBDIVISION. THE ELM CREEK.
I'M IN THE ELM CREEK SUBDIVISION.
AND SO I DON'T EVEN I WAS NEVER EVEN ABLE TO OBJECT OR APPROVE.
AND I AM IN THE HOA. SO, ARE YOU AN OFFICER IN THE HOA OR ARE YOU JUST ATTEND THE MEETINGS? I'M JUST.
I'M JUST ASKING. OH, NO, I'M NOT AN OFFICER.
SO I JUST ATTEND THE MEETINGS YEARLY.
AND SO AT LAST YEAR'S MEETING IT HAPPENS IN THE FALL.
WE WERE TOLD THAT THERE WERE THEY WERE LOOKING AT DOING THIS.
AND THE WAY THAT IT WAS PROPOSED TO US, IT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS A DONE DEAL, THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE A SAY IN IT.
WERE KIND OF CONFUSED ABOUT THE SITUATION AND THE WAY AND OKAY, THIS IS NOT WORD FOR WORD, OKAY? BECAUSE THIS WAS 8 OR 9 MONTHS AGO, BUT THEY SAID THAT WITH THE WAY THE ECONOMY
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WAS GOING AND STUFF, THAT THE HOUSES WERE NOT BEING BUILT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE, YOU KNOW, LIKE IT WAS OKAY, I AM ON RED YUCCA AND I WAS IN PHASE ONE.THERE'S THREE PHASES IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
AND SO RIGHT AT THAT TIME, ALMOST A YEAR AGO, THEY WERE ONLY IN PHASE TWO.
WELL, NOW ALL OF PHASE TWO HAS BEEN SOLD OUT NOW WHEN THEY'RE IN PHASE THREE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY I WOULD OPPOSE IT, BECAUSE THE REASONS THAT WERE STATED TO US THAT THEY NEEDED TO SELL OFF THAT LAND JUST DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT SHOULD REALLY HAPPEN IN MY OPINION. SO IF, IF I WAS GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPPOSE OR APPROVE IT.
I WOULD OPPOSE IT ON THAT GROUND.
I WALKED THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ALL THE TIME, LIKE THREE MILES EVERY DAY.
WHERE THEY'RE PUTTING UP THAT LAND EVEN WE HAVE IN THAT THOSE TRACKS IN PRICKLY PEAR THERE IS THOSE LOTS ARE EVEN BIGGER THAN THE LOT THAT I HAVE.
AND SO RIGHT ACROSS FROM IT, WHERE THEY'RE OPPOSING THE SMALLER PLOTS, IT'S IT'S I'M SORRY, IT'S, IT'S SMALLER LAND THAN THE BIGGER ONES THAT ARE JUST RIGHT ACROSS FROM IT.
SO IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME TO BUILD A SMALLER HOMES.
AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE HOUSE IS, LIKE THEY SAID, ARE EVEN GOING TO BE DIFFERENT WITH THE GARAGE.
FACE FORWARD AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
I UNDERSTAND THE HOMES ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, BUT THE THE PLOTS ARE SMALLER THEN RIGHT ACROSS FROM IT.
THE HOUSES ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT, SMALLER? IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO ME.
THAT'S THE REASONS I WOULD OPPOSE IT.
THANK YOU. THIS WON'T BE PART OF THAT SUBDIVISION, CORRECT? IT'LL BE A TOTALLY SECOND SEPARATE SUBDIVISION.
OKAY. CLAYTON IS NODDING YES FOR ANYONE WATCHING ON TV.
THANK YOU. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON.
MATTHEW JACKSON. JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON MISS DONNA.
MY WIFE AND I JUST ACTUALLY PURCHASED ONE OF THE LOTS, AND WE WERE BUILDING A HOUSE ON PRICKLY PEAR 6818 PRICKLY PEAR AS OUR ADDRESS.
I DON'T NECESSARILY OPPOSE OR APPROVE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, BUT I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT I'D LIKE TO SHARE.
AND EXCUSE ME. MY MAIN CONCERN IS.
BECAUSE I'M RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER OF LANTANA AND PRICKLY PEAR.
AND OF COURSE, WE ALL KNOW THAT LANTANA WAS GOING TO EVENTUALLY CONNECT ANYWAYS.
THAT'S GOING TO BE A THROUGH STREET.
HOWEVER, I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION THAT ALL OF THAT, THAT ZONED LAND THAT THAT IS BEING ASKED TO BE REZONED WAS GOING TO BE THE R-8 SAME, SAME SUBDIVISION, BASICALLY, OR SAME HOUSING IN THAT SUBDIVISION.
I'M A PART OF THE WYLIE OR THE ELM CREEK AT WYLIE AS WELL.
LIKE THE QUESTION THAT WAS POSED TO I'M SORRY, I FORGOT YOUR NAME. CLAYTON.
WHAT WHAT ARE THE THE HOME VALUES GOING TO BE IN THAT NEW SUBDIVISION? LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOUSE THAT MY WIFE AND I ARE BUILDING? IT'S A 2500 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE ON A 0.43 ACRE LOT.
AND NOW WE'RE MOVING DOWN TO AN R6 LOT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET AND THROUGHOUT THAT ENTIRE NEW SUBDIVISION. SO IT'S I'M JUST I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE I HAVE MY CONCERNS ABOUT THAT.
WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE VALUE OF MY HOUSE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THOSE ARE THOSE ARE MY MAIN CONCERNS.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, I'M I'M ALL FOR FOR MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IN CERTAIN PLACES, YOU KNOW, AS MUCH AS WE CAN GET, ESPECIALLY WITH NOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH INFLATION AND THE STATE OF ECONOMY, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT. BUT I SPECIFICALLY CHOSE THAT SPOT TO BUILD OUR HOUSE FOR MY, MY CHILDREN AND MY WIFE BASED OFF OF THE CURRENT ZONING REGULATIONS AND I BELIEVE CHANGING THOSE TO AN R6.
THAT MAY HAVE HAD A HUGE DETERMINING FACTOR IN MY CHOICE OF WHERE I WAS GOING TO BUILD MY HOUSE. SO THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS, AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE DISCUSS THIS MATTER?
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SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY COMMENTS AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS? I WILL SAY I.I AGREE WITH THE LAST LANDOWNER TO AN EXTENT.
I, I. THIS WAS ALL ZONED RS EIGHT.
AND IF YOU WERE BUYING INTO THE SUBDIVISION EXPECTING IT TO CONTINUE RS EIGHT, I THINK THAT IS DIFFICULT.
I, I APPRECIATE WHAT CLAYTON IS SAYING OF THE POTENTIAL BUYER PLANNING TO TRY TO TRANSITION THAT AS IT MOVES FROM R TO R SIX.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A STARK CHANGE.
THE TOUGH THING FOR US AND FOR PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD JUST BE TAKING THEIR WORD FOR IT, BECAUSE THAT'S MORE OF THE OF WHAT YOU'RE OF WHAT YOU'RE HAVING TO DO.
MY ONLY OTHER CONCERN RELATED IS, I THINK FOR THE MOST PART, IT'S NOT AS BIG OF A DEAL WHEN IT COMES TO RESIDENTIAL, BUT NORMALLY YOU WOULD PUT THE MORE DENSE HOUSING CLOSER TO THE MAIN ROADS VERSUS AT THE BACK OF A SUBDIVISION.
IF YOU WERE JUST PLANNING BUT IT'S TO ME, THESE ARE STILL SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN AN AREA THAT WAS DESIGNED TO HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE LANTANA AVENUE THAT DISAPPEARS AND THEN REAPPEARS BECAUSE IT WAS ALWAYS DESIGNED TO HAVE LANTANA AVENUE THROUGH THERE WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AROUND IT. SO THOSE ARE MY THOSE ARE MY INITIAL THOUGHTS RELATED TO IT.
KNOWING CLAYTON AND JACOB AND MARTIN'S WORK AND THE THE IDEA THAT IT WOULD HOPEFULLY MOVE TO. SO IT'S NOT JUST A DOOR TO DOOR CHANGE, BECAUSE I THINK KRISTEN HAD SAID, YOU KNOW, THOSE ONES RIGHT THERE AT PRICKLY PEAR AND LANTANA ARE ALMOST EVEN BIGGER LOTS THAN OURS BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE STREET CURVES THOSE ARE THOSE ARE PRETTY, THOSE ARE LARGER. AND THEN THE ONES DOWN ON LANTANA, RIO MESA AREA ARE ALL LARGE, ARE PRETTY, ARE PRETTY LARGE, LOTS AND SO FORTH. TO GO FROM LARGER LOTS TO MORE DENSE LOTS.
IF THAT'S NOT WHAT YOU WERE EXPECTING AS A HOMEOWNER OR HOME BUYER COULD BE FRUSTRATED.
SO. SO BASICALLY, IF THEY COULD MAKE THE FRONT THE PARTS THAT KIND OF TOUCH THE OTHER ONES A LITTLE LARGER AND THEN JUST HAVE THE BACK.
BUT I THINK THERE'S A BUNCH OF THIS THAT'S IN A FLOOD TO AM I IS THERE A BUNCH OF FLOOD? OKAY, SO I KNOW THERE'LL PROBABLY BE I DOUBT THEY BUILD ON THAT.
THEY'D PROBABLY BE A BUFFER SOMEWHERE IN THERE.
YEAH, I THINK THEY'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE NEW BUYER POTENTIALLY TO GET IT ALL LAID OUT AND FACTOR IN THE FLOOD AREAS AND WHERE THEY CAN UPGRADE.
BUT I DO THINK THAT ESPECIALLY UP HERE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THEY'RE LOOKING AT I DON'T KNOW, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO TELL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, I THINK OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN TOWN WHERE THERE THERE'S MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR HOMES NEXT DOOR TO 500.
AGREED. I DO LIKE THE IDEA OF TRANSITION.
YEAH. I DON'T THINK IT'S AS DETRIMENTAL TO PROPERTY VALUES AS AS YOU KIND OF THINK, AS YOU JUST EVALUATE THAT MRS SIX VERSUS EIGHT IS NOT A HUGE CHANGE.
YEAH. IT'S NOT. I THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S REASONABLE.
AND I DO THINK THE MARKET DICTATES A LOT OF THIS AS WELL.
SO I WOULD I WOULD SAY IF THERE'S GOING TO BE LIKE THE CARRIAGE HILLS AREA, IF YOU ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH THAT, THOSE, THOSE HOMES ARE, YOU KNOW, UP TO 350.
SO I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S SUPER LOW, YOU KNOW, OUT HOME BUYING. IT'S A WIDE AREA.
SO IT'S JUST GOING TO THIS IS THIS IS A MINIMUM ALLOWED LOT SIZE NOT A YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT GUARANTEEING THAT ANY OF THESE LOTS WILL BE 6000 CORRECT.
OR ANYWHERE NEAR THERE. IN FACT I WOULD ANTICIPATE SEVERAL OF THEM STAYING LARGER.
THAT'S WHAT I ANY MOTIONS ON THIS MATTER.
I'LL SECOND KRISTEN WITH A SECOND.
MR. BARNETT? YES, MR. HAAS, MISS PIPER.
YES, MR. HALLIBURTON? YES, MISS LEWIS? YES, YES. AND MR. BENHAM.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ATTENDED TODAY OPPOSED AGAIN, LIKE THE OTHER PREVIOUS MATTERS, THIS WILL GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR TWO READINGS. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO GO THERE AND EXPRESS YOUR CONCERNS THERE. THEY'LL BE THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS ON THE MATTER.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 30.
RECEIVE A REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION OF PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 99.45 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY. RS SIX LOCATED AT THE 6600 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 277.
TODAY I'M REPRESENTING CASE Z 20 2530, REPRESENTED BY JACOB AND MARTIN.
THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 99.45 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL, OPEN TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY LOCATED ALONG THE 6600 BLOCK OF HIGHWAY 277 SOUTH.
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HERE WE HAVE OUR AERIAL LOCATION MAP.THE ZONING MAP. HERE YOU HAVE SOME OF THE PROPERTY VIEWS.
HERE'S SOME OF THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY VIEWS.
THESE ARE ALL THE PERMITTED USES IN AGRICULTURAL OPEN ZONING.
PERMITTED USES IN RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT IN A 200 FOOT BUFFER.
ONE WAS RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, A 27.58% OPPOSITION.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC. STAFF RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR KYRA? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. THANK YOU.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SEVEN? MY NAME IS TWILA WALDEN, AND WE ARE TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY.
WE'RE EXECUTORS OF THE PROPERTY, AND IT GOES OFF OF REBECCA AND CUTS ACROSS ON AUTUMN SAGE TO 277. AND WE ARE IN OPPOSITION BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THAT OUR FARM HAS BEEN IN THERE FOR 60 YEARS.
THIS PROPERTY NEXT TO YOU WILL BE TO US, WILL BE BUILDING HOMES, AND IT'LL GET MORE TRAFFIC ON AUTUMN STAGE NOW SINCE THAT IS PAVED.
NOW PEOPLE CUT ACROSS FROM 277 TO REBECCA AND THEY DON'T.
THEY DRIVE FAST AND IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE IF THEY BUILD ALL NEW HOMES THERE.
BUT WE REALLY, REALLY WOULD LIKE YOU ALL TO SEE IT, TO KEEP IT AS AGRICULTURE, PLEASE.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. YOU BET. ANYONE ELSE HERE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? TAL FILLINGIM, AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.
OUR ZONING REQUEST IS IS TO SUPPORT A NEW SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ON ON THIS PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, AS A PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, AUTUMN SAGE WILL HAVE TO BE IMPROVED.
EVERYWHERE THAT WE PLAT ADJACENT TO AUTUMN SAGE.
IT WILL BE UPGRADED, AS WELL AS THE UTILITIES, YOU KNOW, AS YOU MOVE FROM DUB RIGHT ON OUR EAST ALL THE WAY TO HIGHWAY 277 ON OUR WEST.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THE TRANSITION OFF DUB, RIGHT? YOU SEE SOME MULTIFAMILY OVER THERE ALREADY ON AUTUMN SAGE.
IT'S GOING TO TREND TOWARDS SINGLE FAMILY.
I DO THINK SOME OF THE HARD INTERSECTIONS AROUND THERE ARE GOING TO END UP BEING A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE.
BUT CERTAINLY WE BELIEVE THAT SINGLE FAMILY IS APPROPRIATE AT THIS LOCATION.
I BELIEVE WE'VE GOT. ABOUT 350 LOTS FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.
BUT WE'VE GOT FOUR CONNECTIONS ONTO THE ADJACENT THOROUGHFARE, TWO OF WHICH ARE ON HIGHWAY 277.
SO WE ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT, AND I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN. ANY QUESTIONS FOR TOWN? THANK YOU, THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS? IT'S GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL SOONER OR LATER.
WE NEED TO. THE BASE. YES IT IS.
YEAH. AND TO ME, IT'S LIKE THE GENTLEMAN THAT CAME LAST MEETING WHO WAS FRUSTRATED ABOUT THE POTENTIAL PATIO HOMES GOING IN NEXT TO HIS ACREAGE.
WHILE I WOULD 100% UNDERSTAND THOSE HOMES ARE STILL NEEDED, AND IT'S AN APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THOSE HOMES TO BE.
AND SO THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD FEEL ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL. SO ANY OTHER COMMENTS, ANY MOTIONS OR SECONDS.
JERRY WITH THE FIRST SECOND ZACH WITH THE SECOND.
MISS COOPER? YES. MR. HALLIBURTON? YES. MISS LEWIS? YES. MR. SYKES? YES. MR. BLAIR? YES. ALL RIGHT. LAST ONE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. ZONING CASE 2025 DASH 31, RECEIVE REPORT. DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEARING.
TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FROM OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 6.53 ACRES FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
LOCATED AT 4325 BERLE HARRIS DRIVE.
CLARISSA. HELLO, MY NAME IS CLARISSA IV.
I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE TODAY HERE IN KC 20 2531 REQUESTED BY THE OWNER, ESCO RANCH, REPRESENTED BY INCORPORATE.
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THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AT 4325 RURAL HARRIS DRIVE. THIS IS THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY.THE PROPERTY IS ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, AS ARE MOST OF THE PROPERTY PROPERTIES SURROUNDING IT. TO THE NORTH AND TO THE SOUTH YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTIES ARE ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THIS WOULD BE THE ALLOWED USES IN HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO DANCE OUT DOWN DOWN ZONE TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, WHICH ACTUALLY ALLOWS MORE ZONING USES.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROPERTY VIEWS, AS LONG AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS AND RECEIVE ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE.
STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS IT? GOOD AFTERNOON.
I'M JONATHAN BAUM WITH THE REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER, AND THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO DO SOME OFFICES HERE.
SO WE'RE ASKING FOR A ZONE CHANGE.
JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. NO ZONING.
SEEMS PRETTY EASY. THANK YOU SIR. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ENTERTAIN A CONVERSATION OR.
THANK YOU. KRISTEN WITH A MOTION.
AND MR.. BURTON. YES. MOTION CARRIES.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
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