IT IS 131. WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. [00:00:03] THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY FOR THE APPROVAL OF PLATS. HOWEVER, IT ACTS ONLY AS A RECOMMENDING BOARD TO CITY COUNCIL ON THE 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 THIS MEETING. ALL APPEALS MUST BE IN WRITING. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THAT'S UNDER CONSIDERATION BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. AFTER RECEIVING RECOGNITION BY THE CHAIR, THOSE WISHING TO BE HEARD SHALL APPROACH THE PODIUM, STATE THEIR NAME AND THEIR PURPOSE FOR APPEARING. EACH SPEAKER IS REQUESTED TO LIMIT THEIR PRESENTATION TO NO MORE THAN THREE MINUTES. ADDITIONAL TIME MAY BE GRANTED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIR. AS WE GET STARTED, I'M GOING TO ASK MR. HALLIBURTON IF HE'LL LEAD US IN OPENING INVOCATION. FATHER, WE'RE THANKFUL FOR THIS DAY AND THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE TO COME TOGETHER TO JUST ADVANCE THE THE NEEDS OF THIS CITY AS WE CONSIDER THESE ZONING OPPORTUNITIES TODAY. I JUST PRAY FOR EVERYONE WHO SPEAKS TO US TO HAVE CLARITY OF THOUGHT, AND WE WOULD LISTEN WELL AND WE WOULD MAKE FAIR AND WISE JUDGMENTS ON ON THE RECOMMENDATIONS WE MAKE TO THE COUNCIL. FATHER, WE JUST PRAY FOR BLESSING OVER THE CITY AND WE PRAY FOR BLESSINGS IN JESUS NAME, AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. WE HAVE EIGHT ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA TODAY, [MINUTES] THE FIRST BEING THE MINUTES FROM OUR PREVIOUS MEETING. COMMISSIONERS HAS EVERYONE HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THESE MINUTES THAT WERE IN OUR PACKET? DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY EDITS OR COMMENTS RELATED TO THAT? WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SEE IF ANYONE ELSE HAS COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING. SEEING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. WE WILL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVING LAST MONTH'S MINUTES SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR ZONING CASES. [ZONING] AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS ZONING CASE 20 2532. RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 20.61 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN SPACE AND MEDIUM DENSITY TO MULTIFAMILY, LOCATED AT THE 400 BLOCK OF JOLLY ROGERS ROAD. CLARISSA. HELLO, MY NAME IS CLARISSA. I AM A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY YOU HAVE KC 20 2532. IT WAS REQUESTED BY THE OWNER, REPRESENTED BY MR. KELLY GOMEZ. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM AGRICULTURAL, OPEN AND MEDIUM DENSITY TO MULTIFAMILY. AND THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF JOLLY ROGERS ROAD AND WEST LAKE ROAD, JUST NORTH OF THE INTERSTATE. AND THIS MAP, YOU CAN SEE HOW THE PROPERTY IS PARTIALLY ZONED MEDIUM DENSITY IN AGRICULTURAL OPEN. THESE ARE THE ALLOWED USES IN AGRICULTURAL OPEN ZONING AND IN MEDIUM DENSITY ZONING. THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE THE PROPERTY TO BE REZONED TO MULTIFAMILY. AND THESE ARE THE ALLOWED USES. BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS AS WELL AS SOME NEIGHBORING VIEWS. WE SEND OUT A NOTIFICATION AND WE DIDN'T RECEIVED ANY IN FAVOR OR 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 LDC. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? THANK YOU. OKAY. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO DISCUSS IT? SEEING NO ONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS OR MOTIONS? I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. YEAH. I'LL SECOND. MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. MR. BARNETT? YES. MR. HOUSE? YES, MISS. KIKER? YES. MR. HALLIBURTON? YES. MISS LEWIS? YES. AND MR. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. ZONING CASE 20 2533. RECEIVE A REPORT, HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON THE REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES FROM MEDIUM DENSITY TO MIXED USE. LOCATED AT 1636 NORTH 20TH STREET, KIRA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KIRA. I'M A PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY I'M REPRESENTING CASE Z 20 2533. THE AGENT IS KATHRYN ARCHITECTS. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES FROM MEDIUM DENSITY TO MIXED USE. LOCATED AT 1636 NORTH 20TH. HERE WE HAVE YOUR AERIAL LOCATION MAP. THE ZONING MAP. HERE ARE SOME OF THE VIEWS FROM THE PROPERTY. AS WELL AS THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY VIEWS. [00:05:05] HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN MEDIUM DENSITY ZONING. PERMITTED USES AND MIXED USE ZONING. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT IN A 200 FOOT 200 FOOT BUFFER, FIVE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, ZERO IN FAVOR, RESULTING IN 11.63% IN OPPOSITION. THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING, THE GENERAL ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. COULD YOU GO BACK TO THE ZONING MAP THAT SHOWED THE THE PROPERTIES? SO THE BULK OF THAT PROPERTY IS ALREADY ZONED MIXED USE. IT'S REALLY JUST THE BACK PART OF THAT. YES, SIR. THEY'RE WANTING TO CLEAN UP THE ZONING AND MAKE IT ALL THE SAME. OKAY. GOT IT. DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT ZONING WAS CHANGED FROM MEDIUM DENSITY TO MIXED USE? DO YOU KNOW? I'M NOT SURE FOR THE REST OF THAT PROPERTY. OH, WELL, OKAY. MAYBE IT MAYBE IT HAS. IT'S JUST IT'S ODD THAT THAT THAT PARTS MIXED USE. I JUST WONDERED IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT'S DONE IN THE LAST 5 OR 6 YEARS. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KYRA? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER THREE. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THIS ITEM? HELLO. MY NAME IS PAM SEITZ, AND I AM A RESIDENT IN THAT AREA. AS KYRA EXPLAINED, THERE ARE FIVE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REZONING. I WOULD FIRST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE MEN OF NEHEMIAH, WHOM IS MAKING THIS, THIS REQUEST THROUGH I THINK I DON'T KNOW WHO THEY SAID WAS DOING IT, BUT ANYWAY WE DO NOT HAVE A PROBLEM WITH WHAT THE MEN OF NEHEMIAH ARE DOING. WE APPLAUD THE FACT THAT THERE ARE PLACES WHERE MEN GETTING OUT OF PRISON CAN GO TO RECEIVE HELP IN ADJUSTING AND REHABBING AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY NEED. SO WE WANT TO MAKE VERY CLEAR TO THE BOARD THAT WE'RE NOT OPPOSING THEM. IT'S JUST THEIR PRESENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE AND I UNDERSTAND HOW THE GRID LOOKS. BUT I'M IF WITH YOUR PERMISSION, I'D LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE 13 HOUSES THAT ARE ON THAT TWO BLOCKS BECAUSE. REALISTIC. WE ALL KNOW IT'S MORE THAN JUST THOSE PEOPLE IN THAT GRID. OF THOSE 13 HOUSES, THERE ARE THREE PEOPLE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD WHO OWN EIGHT OF THOSE PROPERTIES. THE OTHER FIVE ARE ALL RENTALS. SO WE HAVE HOMES THERE FOR OURSELVES, FOR OUR CHILDREN, AND SOMETIMES OUR GRANDCHILDREN. SO WE ARE VERY, VERY INVESTED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE A BLUE COLLAR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WORK VERY HARD AND WE LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS, TOO. OUR COMPLAINT IS NOT NECESSARILY THEM. IT'S THEIR DISREGARD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THEY HAVE SUBJECTED US TO IN THE YEARS THAT THEY'VE BEEN THERE. ALSO, WHILE THEY'RE DOING THIS REQUEST, THEY HAVE EITHER ALREADY OBTAINED OR TRYING TO OBTAIN THE LAST PROPERTY THAT WOULD GIVE THEM THAT ENTIRE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY. AND SO OUR QUESTIONS AND OUR CONCERNS ARE GREATLY ON WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO AFTER THAT? AND WHAT WE FEAR IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD ANOTHER DORMITORY TO BRING IN MORE. SO, AS I SAID, WHAT THEY HAVE DONE TO US, I'VE GOT TO DO THIS QUICKLY. THEY HAVE NO REGARD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ON MONDAY NIGHTS, I HAVE VIDEOS AND PHOTOGRAPHS THAT I CAN SHOW YOU. OUR OUR STREETS ARE JAMMED WITH CARS BECAUSE OF WHATEVER MEETINGS THEY HAVE THAT ARE GOING ON. AND THIS IS EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. THEY'RE RUNNING A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF SORTS OUT OF THAT PROPERTY GOING OVER THE CURB WITH THEIR TRUCKS AND THEIR TRAILERS PULLING INTO OUR DRIVEWAYS AND EVERYTHING, THEY THEY'RE MARCHING. AND I KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST YEAR I'VE HEARD OF THAT. WE QUITE SIMPLY DON'T UNDERSTAND IT. IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY FEEL THEY NEED TO DO AS PART OF THEIR TRAINING, THAT'S FINE. BUT IT GREATLY DISTURBS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. A SHORT BRIEF TO END. IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO SAY. WELL, JUST, YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE GOING AROUND AND THEY'RE PICKING UP TRASH. I'VE SEEN THAT FOR MYSELF AGAIN. THAT'S GREATLY APPRECIATED. AND AND A LOT OF TIMES NEEDED. BUT WHY DO THEY HAVE TO DO IT IN HUGE GROUPS WHERE THEY'RE BLOCKING TRAFFIC? [00:10:01] WHEN I HAVE GOTTEN UP TO GO TO WORK IN THE MORNINGS, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE HAD TO WAIT WHILE THEY MOVED THEIR TRUCKS AND THEIR VANS, AND IN SOME INSTANCES, THE GROUPS OF THEM THAT ARE COMING OUT TO DO THEIR MARCHING AND THEIR CADENCE OR WHATEVER THEY CALL IT, AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS. AND YES, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE TIMES MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE BEEN RIPPED FROM OUR SLEEP. THEY'RE NOT DOING IT AS MUCH ANYMORE. I DON'T KNOW IF I'M JUST MISSING IT OR IF THEY'VE STOPPED. I REALLY DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY JUST DON'T HAVE A VERY CHRISTIAN REGARD TO BE A CHRISTIAN BASED FACILITY. THEY JUST DO NOT HAVE A VERY CHRISTIAN REGARD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO US, AND WE'RE QUITE WORRIED ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PAM. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? MY NAME IS RUBEN RODRIGUEZ. I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I OWN A HOUSE THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS HER HOUSE. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THEY PARK OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET CERTAIN NIGHTS. AND THEN WHEN THEY COME OUT, THEY CONGREGATE RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET. AND YOU'RE TRYING TO PASS. AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT YOU LIKE, YOU KNOW. LIKE I'M AT FAULT FOR TRYING TO GO THROUGH THE STREET I LIVE ON. AND THEY BLOCK, YOU KNOW, BOTH SIDES OF THE ROADS. AND ONLY ONE CAR CAN REALLY GET BY, YOU KNOW? AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S THEM OR WHO, BUT SINCE THAT CAME UP TO INTO HER NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE HAD OR THE CRIME RATE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS RISEN. SO THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN. IF THEY WOULD TEAR DOWN THAT HOUSE AND THAT OTHER VACANT LOT THEY GOT THERE AND MAKE A PARKING LOT, I WOULD HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT. BUT FOR THEM TO COME IN HERE AND TRY TO BUILD ANOTHER FACILITY TO HOUSE MORE MEN, THAT SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED. YOU KNOW. THAT'S MY CONCERN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? I'M ANISSA RODRIGUEZ, THE WIFE OF ROBERT RODRIGUEZ. NEIGHBORHOOD. NOTHING PERSONAL AGAINST LEE. WE LIKE LEE. WE'VE. LEE CAME IN AND CLEANED OUR YARDS AT THE BEGINNING WHEN THEY MOVED IN. THEY PICKED UP TRASH, YOU KNOW, THEY ASKED IF WE NEED ANYTHING DONE AROUND THE HOUSE, BUT THEN THAT STOPPED. AND EVERY TIME THEY HAVE THEIR MEETINGS AND THEY'RE DONE. I'M GUESSING THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO SMOKE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT THEY SMOKE ACROSS THE STREET AND ON PROPERTIES AND LEAVE ALL THE CIGARETTE BUTTS THERE. WATER BOTTLES AND THE GUYS, I GUESS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DRINK ALSO AND SMOKE. SO WHEN THEY GO AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD WALMART AND COME BACK OUT, THEY DRINK AND SMOKE AND TOSS THE STUFF RIGHT THERE IN THE CORNER BEFORE THEY GO BACK UP. AND JUST ALL THIS KIND OF CARS DAUGHTER'S CAR HAS BEEN BROKEN INTO TWICE. MAYBE NOT BROKEN IN. EXCUSE ME? MAYBE SHE FORGETS TO LOCK IT, I DON'T KNOW. AND JUST PEOPLE ROAMING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE SEEN PEOPLE OVERNIGHT WHEN WE COME BACK LATE NIGHT FROM EITHER TAKING CARE OF MY MOTHER IN LAW BEFORE. I'M GUESSING PEOPLE WANTING TO GET IN AND THEY'RE SITTING EDEN IN THE FRONT ON THE CURVES. SOMETIMES THEY DON'T SEEM TO BE IN THEIR RIGHT MIND. OR. AND THEY DANCING THERE. YOU KNOW, THEY COME OUT TO THE STREET. WE DO HAVE TWO VIDEOS OF THAT. AND THAT'S MY CONCERN ON THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? MY NAME IS RICHARD GORDON AND MY WIFE AND I, EVANGELINA. WE LIVE IN THE AREA RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON AT 1941 GRAPE STREET. AND I'VE PASTORED IN THE AREA HERE FOR 25 YEARS. AND ONE OF THE MAIN AIMS THAT I TRY TO LIVE BY IS TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND AND BEING IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR SO LONG I CAN DITTO EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT IT. IT'S BEEN A PEACEFUL COMMUNITY IN THE PAST AND ONE THAT I ENJOYED WALKING IN. AS I WALK AROUND DOWN HENDRICKS HOSPITAL AND COME AROUND. BUT AS OF RECENTLY, I DON'T WALK ANYMORE BECAUSE I'M CONCERNED OF SEVERAL THINGS. MY WIFE AND I KIND OF WRITTEN DOWN OUR COMMENTS, AND I'VE ALSO MAILED IN A COPY OF IT, WHICH SAYS THAT THIS LETTER IS TO VOICE OUR FAMILY'S RESPONSE TO THE SUBJECT, NOTIFICATION OF ZONING CHANGE, [00:15:04] IN MY WIFE'S VIEW. MY SISTER AND I ARE CO-OWNERS OF THIS PROPERTY. CITED IN REFERENCE FOR MY HUSBAND. RICHARD AND I HAVE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS SINCE 2012. OUR FAMILIES ARE OPPOSED TO THE REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. TRAFFIC VOLUME HAS INCREASED TO A LEVEL WHICH PRODUCES UNWANTED CONGESTION ON MONDAY EVENINGS AND FRIDAY MORNINGS. STREET PARKING PLACES ARE NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO NONRESIDENT ATTENDING SPECIAL EVENTS AND FORMATIONS. NUMBER THREE AVAILABLE PARKING SPACES ON THE MEN OF NEHEMIAH PROPERTY ARE OPEN, BUT THE PATRONS THE WORKERS CHOOSE TO PARK ON THE CURBSIDE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF NORTH 20TH. NUMBER FOUR OFTEN MY GATE IS BLOCKED, WHICH HINDERS MY ABILITY TO PULL MY WORK TRUCK OUT AND ROLLING OUT OF THE TRASH CAN SO THAT THE CITY MAY PICK IT UP. MANY TIMES I AM FORCED TO PLACE TRASH MY TRASH CAN 6 TO 8FT INTO THE STREET. WHICH COULD CAUSE A VEHICLE INCIDENT. IT IS OUR FAMILY'S OPINION THAT OUR PROPERTY VALUE WOULD BE IMPACTED IN A NEGATIVE WAY, DUE TO RELATED PERCEPTIONS OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMUNITY DECLINE. THEREFORE, WE OPPOSE THE CHANGE. THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR DESIRE BEFORE ANY ADDITIONAL CONSTRUCTION OR DORMITORIES ARE BUILT. SO THAT'S OUR I MEAN, THAT'S OUR COMMENT. WE AGREE THAT WE CELEBRATE WHAT THE MEN OF NEHEMIAH. NEHEMIAH ARE DOING. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE NOT EVEN ASKED WHEN THE INITIAL FACILITY WAS BUILT. IF SOMEONE HAD ASKED US, WE WOULD HAVE HAD THE SAME COMMENT, BECAUSE THAT PARTICULAR PART OF ABILENE HAS ALWAYS BEEN QUIET AND FOR WHAT HAS HAPPENED. WE'RE KIND OF WE'RE OPPOSED TO IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? YOU KNOW, I LIVE AT THE CORNER OF NORTH 20TH AND BEECH AND OWNED THAT PROPERTY. AND THERE'S A GARAGE APARTMENT BEHIND THAT ALSO OWNED THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR TO ME AT 1617 NORTH 20TH. AND, YOU KNOW, THE THE THE TRAFFIC IS I MEAN, IT'S JUST BEEN NONSTOP. OF COURSE, NOW BEECH STREET IS THE SUPERHIGHWAY, THE BACK END OF WALMART. SO FIRST WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT. BUT NOW NOW NORTH 20TH. I MEAN, I COULD HAVE TOOK A PICTURE BEFORE I LEFT AND SHOWED THERE'S THERE'S ONE OF THEIR NEHEMIAH BUS AND THEY PARK RIGHT BEHIND MY DRIVEWAY EVERY DAY. YOU CAN'T GET IN AND OUT IN THE TRAFFIC. THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR. I'VE HAD TO GO OVER THERE AND SAY, LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE BACK, YOUR TRAILERS IN AND OUT OF THE FENCE LOT THAT THEY HAVE, WHICH THERE ARE NO THEY'RE GOING THEY'RE BACKING OVER THE CURVE AND GETTING THINGS IN AND OUT OF THIS. AND THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE AN APPROACH TO THE PROPERTY. SO THEY'RE GOING OVER THIS THIS CURB. WELL, WHENEVER THEY BACK THESE TRAILERS IN, THEY PULL UP IN MY IN MY YARD AND MAKE TRACKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S WET AND EVERYTHING. AND I SAID, LOOK, MAN, BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT PULLING MY YARD. OH, WELL, I DIDN'T DO IT. YEAH, WELL, I SAW YOU, YOU KNOW, SO I'M POLITE WITH THEM. BUT, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, THE TRAFFIC THAT'S IN AND OUT AND TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT BECAUSE I HAVE 16 FOOT TRAILERS, I'M IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS AND IT IT'S REALLY TOUGH. AND THAT'S THE WAY THAT I'M SEEING THAT ACTUALLY. I KNOW THE GUY THAT RUNS THIS, LEE MORRIS AND MY SON USED TO WORK FOR HIM TEN YEARS AGO, AND AND IT PUT A BAD TASTE IN MY MOUTH THEN BECAUSE HE WASN'T AN HONEST GUY. I DON'T KNOW HOW HE IS NOW. I'M NOT TRYING TO JUDGE HIS CHARACTER, BUT IT JUST WORRIES ME ABOUT WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN THERE BECAUSE THEY BUILT THE GREAT BIG HOUSING UNIT ON THE END. AND WHAT THEY DO IN THAT ONE. BUT MY FEAR IS, IS THAT IT'S JUST GOING TO KEEP BUILDING AND KEEP BUILDING, AND THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE ALL THAT PROPERTY. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS TO OUR PROPERTY? I MEAN, HOW DOES THAT DEGRADE US? YOU KNOW, IT'S BAD ENOUGH WE LIVE IN THE FLIGHT PLAN OF THE HELICOPTER, YOU KNOW, SO WE GET TO HEAR THAT EVERY NIGHT. BUT IT'S JUST IT'S JUST DEGRADING TO THE PROPERTY AND AND BEINGS THAT ARE OWNED, BOTH OF THEM RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ACROSS FROM THIS. AND IT JUST IT'S JUST REALLY TOUGH BECAUSE OF ALL THE, THE EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC THAT'S IN AND OUT. AND LIKE I SAID, THE TRUCKS THEY STORE UP IN THE ROAD, THEY GET OUT, THEY TALK. AND YOU KNOW, SO IT'S JUST JUST AS REUBEN WAS SAYING, [00:20:01] IT'S A TOUGH ONE TO GET TO GET BY ON THIS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S THAT'S WHY I FEEL WOULDN'T BE A GOOD IDEA TO ACTUALLY APPROVE THE ZONING ON THIS ONE BECAUSE OF, OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE DO TAKE CARE OF OUR HOUSES AROUND THERE. AND THAT'S KIND OF A TOUGH ONE. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? MY NAME IS LEE MORRIS. I'M THE FOUNDER OF NEHEMIAH ABILENE. I'M THE ONE THAT PROPOSED THE ZONING REQUEST. FIRST, I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T KNOW IF THESE CONCERNS, AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE. I FEEL LIKE I'VE SERVED YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR FAMILY ON OCCASION. IF I WOULD HAVE KNOWN, WE WOULD HAVE MADE SOME CHANGES. I ACTUALLY LIVE HERE AS WELL. 37 693 AT THE CORNER OF BEACH IN 21ST. IN FACT, THAT CORNER CURVE. I HAVE CAMERAS OUT THERE. IT'S NOT OUR GUYS THROWING THE BEER CANS. TRUST ME, I'VE CHECKED. THE WHOLE GOAL IS TO ADD A PARKING LOT RIGHT THERE. I MEAN, THE PERMIT TO BUILD A DORMITORY DOESN'T EXPAND THE NUMBER OF MEN. THE HOUSE ON THE END, THE BUILDING THAT THEY SAY A HOUSE ON THE END IS ACTUALLY A CLASSROOM AND COUNSELORS OFFICES AND A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN TO FEED THE GUYS THAT ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROGRAM. OVERALL, IT WILL CHANGE THE DYNAMIC AS WE ADD A DORMITORY, WHICH I BELIEVE THE PERMANENT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR. BUT IT WILL ONLY ADD ABOUT 25 MEN. WE DID PURCHASE 3778 WHICH IS THAT QUARTER LOT WE DO OWN THAT. WE CLOSED LAST WEEK. THAT HOUSE WILL BE TORN DOWN, WHICH SHOULD HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA BECAUSE IT'S BEEN A PLACE OF VAGRANTS. THAT'S WHY IT WAS CONDEMNED AND THAT'S WHY WE PURCHASED IT. STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, WE'VE BROUGHT DOWN CRIME OVERALL IN COLLEGE HEIGHTS BY ABOUT 19% FROM THE STUDY THAT WAS DONE ABOUT SEVEN MONTHS AGO. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN AN INCREASE THERE. AND THE OVERALL GOAL KELLY SITES HAD SAID THAT THAT TRAFFIC WAS AN ISSUE TO US ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO. THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WE WANT TO PUT THE PARKING LOT IN. PARKING LOTS HAVE TO BE INSTEAD OF MD. AND SO TO ALLEVIATE THE CONCERNS OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WE WANT TO ADD A PARKING LOT WHERE THAT WHITE HOUSE IS, AND THAT IS THE GOAL. SO ONE THING I'LL SAY IS THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, APPROVED OR NOT, I'LL ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT I HEARD YOU SAY, BECAUSE WE WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR. AND ABSOLUTELY, TEN YEARS AGO, I WAS A DISHONEST MAN. IN FACT, ANYTHING BEFORE 2018? PROBABLY TRUE. BUT I DO LIVE A DIFFERENT LIFE NOW. AND AND I HOPE THAT WE CAN BE A BETTER NEIGHBOR. AND I WISH I WOULD HAVE KNOWN THIS BEFORE. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK YOU. I JUST WANT TO KNOW, COULD YOU COULD YOU COME UP TO THE MIC, JUST FOR THE RECORD AND FOR THE RUBEN RODRIGUEZ AGAIN, I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHEN THAT PERMIT WAS APPROVED TO BUILD THAT OTHER FACILITY BECAUSE NOBODY WAS EVER KNOWN ABOUT IT TILL NOW. JUST NOW, SIR. I HAVEN'T PULLED THE HISTORIC I HAVEN'T PULLED THE HISTORIC RECORD. I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WAS WAS ZONED TO MIXED USE. YES. AT THAT TIME, IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN PERMITTED THAT A DORMITORY IS ALLOWED IN MIXED USE. THAT'S WHY I WAS ASKING THE QUESTION. DURING THE INITIAL THING OF WHEN DID THAT ZONING CHANGE? SO WE NEVER I'VE LIVED IN THAT AREA FOR 42 YEARS, AND I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THAT PROPERTY BEING REZONED FOR. WELL, THERE'S THERE'S THE CHANCE IT'S BEEN MIXED USE FOR 50 YEARS. I MEAN, THERE'S A CHANCE THAT IT COULD BE THAT IT WAS. AND SO WE NEED TO FIND OUT AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, I AIN'T GOT NO PROBLEM WITH IT IF THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD A PARKING LOT, BUT I DO NOT THINK WE NEED ANOTHER FACILITY THERE TO ADD MORE PEOPLE THERE. OKAY. THAT'S MY CONCERN. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? YES, MA'AM. OKAY, I HAVE THE. WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR. WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY YOUR SORRY? WOULD YOU PLEASE. WOULD YOU PLEASE SAY YOUR NAME? OH I'M SORRY. NO. YOU'RE GREAT. MY NAME IS IDA ROCHA. AND I PUT SOMETHING LIKE $30,000 INTO FIXING THAT PROPERTY. IT'S RIGHT ON THE CORNER AND IT LOOKS VERY, VERY NICE NOW. AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS BETTER. BUT HAVING THAT PLACE THERE, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN ADVISED ABOUT IT IN THE FIRST PLACE. I SEE PEOPLE WALKING ALL THE TIME, IN ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT AND DAY. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SMOKING. WE TRY AND KEEP THE KIDS AWAY FROM SMOKING. THE KIDS WANT TO GET OUT FROM SCHOOL. ARE NOW LEERY WHEN THEY'RE WALKING AROUND THERE. AND I'M LEARY FOR THEM. I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE BRINGING MY GRANDCHILDREN OUT IN THE FRONT YARD BECAUSE THERE'S, YOU SEE MEN WALKING BACK AND FORTH, AND YOU SEE THEM HANGING AROUND THE PARKING LOT. THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A HOUSE. [00:25:02] BEFORE THEY THEY TORE DOWN THE HOUSE. EVERYBODY'S PARKING THERE NOW AND ALSO ON THE STREET, AND NOBODY FEELS COMFORTABLE. YOU SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE HANGING AROUND THERE SMOKING, JUST HANGING AROUND. NOBODY WANTS THEIR KIDS IN THE FRONT ANYMORE. AND THE TRAFFIC IS PRETTY BAD. REALLY BAD. YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT, THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ONE MORE THING. YES, SIR. IF YOU'LL COME BACK UP TO THE MICROPHONE. I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS. IT MIGHT NOT BE THE BEST PLATFORM, BUT WE'RE 100% NICOTINE FREE PROPERTY. WE DON'T ALLOW SMOKING ON ANY OF OUR PROPERTY, AND IT'S HEAVILY MONITORED. DO WE EVEN HAVE DIPSTICKS TO TEST FOR NICOTINE FOR THOSE GUYS? AND WE'RE 100% LOCKED DOWN FACILITY UNTIL THEY'VE BEEN THERE SIX MONTHS. AT THAT POINT, THEY BEGIN TO WORK FULL TIME. AND THEN IN TRANSITION, WHENEVER PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET ON GRAPE, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYTHING IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IS ATTRIBUTED TO US. THERE IS A HALFWAY HOUSE, WHICH WE DON'T TAKE MEN DIRECTLY OUT OF PRISON JUST SO THAT'S CLEARED UP. THE GUYS THAT ARE COMING DIRECTLY OUT OF PRISON GO TO HALFWAY HOUSES. WE'RE NOT A HALFWAY HOUSE. SO AND LIKE I SAID, I KNOW IT'S NOT THE PLATFORM. I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS IT, BUT IT'S HELPFUL. BEFORE YOU LEAVE, SAY AGAIN, I GOT A QUESTION. IF YOU WOULD I DON'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A PLAN OF OPERATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ZONING REQUEST. OFTENTIMES, WE'LL HAVE A ZONING REQUEST THAT'S ACCOMPANIED BY A PLAN OF OPERATION. AND WHEN WE APPROVE THE ZONING REQUEST, IT'S SUBJECT TO THAT PLAN. WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO TO PUT TOGETHER A PLAN OF OPERATION THAT MIGHT ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS? ABSOLUTELY. ESPECIALLY THE PARKING, THE TRAFFIC. THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT OF PURCHASING THAT PURCHASING THE CONDEMNED HOUSE. I'D FEEL A LOT BETTER ABOUT JUST NOT TO BE RUDE AND INTERRUPT. BUT WE CAN'T REQUIRE A PLAN OF OPERATION FOR A ZONING CHANGE THAT'S ONLY ASSOCIATED WITH CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS. OKAY, OKAY. NEVER MIND. YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE CLARIFICATION. WOULD WE BE PERMITTED TO PUT A CONDITION THAT. NO, NO CONDITIONS, JUST IT'S JUST A ZONING. STRAIGHT ZONING. OKAY. BUT COULD THEY COULD THEY TAKE IT TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THAT WOULD THEY COULD TALK TO THEM THERE? NO, IT'S STILL STRAIGHT. OKAY. OKAY. BUT BUT IT'S YOUR BUT IT'S YOUR STATEMENT TODAY THAT ON THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY CLOSEST TOWARDS BEACH STREET, THE INTENTION IS NOT TO BUILD ANYTHING. IT IS TO CREATE A, TO CREATE A PARKING LOT THERE TO ADDRESS, TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. WE ALSO IT WILL EXTEND THAT FENCE WHERE THE GUYS COME OUT OF THE TRAILER WHERE THE THE APRON IS, SO THAT WE WON'T BE GOING OVER THE CURB ANYMORE. WE IT JUST TOOK US A YEAR TO CLOSE ON THE HOUSE BECAUSE ALL THE RIGHT OF HEIRSHIP. SO THAT'S WHY IT TOOK US SO LONG WHEN WE DIDN'T, WE COULDN'T EXTEND THE FENCE DOWN TO START USING THAT APRON, AND IT JUST MADE MORE SENSE TO WAIT TO CLOSE ON THE PROPERTY THAN GET A PERMIT AND CUT ANOTHER APRON IN THE CURB AND DISTURB THE FLOW OF OF DRAIN WATER. SO, SO, I MEAN, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS ALL THE CONCERNS, IF I'M BEING HONEST, THE BEST OF MY ABILITY. SO WHATEVER WE WOULD NEED TO DO, I'D BE WILLING TO BET. I'LL TELL Y'ALL WHATEVER WE DECIDE. TODAY WE ARE RECOMMENDING BOARD TO CITY COUNCIL. CARRIES NO WEIGHT. YOU COULD APPEAL IF WE DISAGREED WITH YOU. THE OTHER SIDE CAN COME UP TO CITY COUNCIL WHERE IT WILL BE READ TWICE. THE FIRST TIME WILL JUST BE A READING. THE SECOND TIME WE'LL HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE DIALOG RELATED TO IT. I DO BELIEVE THERE'S OPPORTUNITY ON BOTH SIDES TO HAVE SOME OF THESE CONVERSATIONS IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS BEFORE IT GOES TOWARDS CITY COUNCIL. BECAUSE AGAIN, IT WILL BE MOVING TOWARDS CITY COUNCIL LIKELY. EITHER WAY, IT WOULD JUST BE HOW WE RECOMMEND. AND SO I DO THINK THERE IS A CHANCE FOR CONSTRUCTIVE CONVERSATION, HOPEFULLY THAT THAT HELPS THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS AS WELL. SO SO IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY HAPPEN TODAY, BUT I THINK THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU ALL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER. ALL RIGHT. SEE? YES, MA'AM. JUST BARELY UNDER THE WIRE. I ALMOST CLOSED IT. NO. YOU'RE GOOD. I WANTED TO ADDRESS HIM BACK ON THE SMOKING. MAYBE HE NEEDS TO BE DOING MORE TESTING. LIKE I SAID, NO OFFENSE TO YOU, LEE, BUT I PERSONALLY SEE THE GUYS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY WE HAVE AND THE CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE THERE. YOU CAN GO THERE RIGHT NOW. AND THEY'RE THERE. THEY SMOKE, GO BACK IN. THEY GO ACROSS THE STREET TO SMOKE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH TESTING THEY'RE DOING, BUT IT'S HAPPENING. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. IT DOES SOUND LIKE HE'S OPEN TO HAVING A CONVERSATION ABOUT HELPING WORK THESE OUT. AND THAT'S GOOD. SO. ALL RIGHT, ANYONE ELSE? WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE THE ZONING AGAIN. WE'RE REALLY JUST LOOKING AT THIS PART. THAT'S ORANGE TO BE TURNED BROWN. WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING TO THE PART THAT'S ALREADY BEEN TURNED MIXED USE. [00:30:01] AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW HISTORICALLY WHEN THAT PART HAPPENED. AND THIS IS TO THE COMMISSIONERS AS WELL AS TO ANYONE ON TV OR HERE. I PERSONALLY I'LL TELL Y'ALL, I PRIOR TO HIM GETTING UP AND SPEAKING ABOUT IT BECOMING A PARKING LOT, I HAVE HESITATION ABOUT MIXED USE ENCROACHING MORE INTO RESIDENTIAL. LIKE, I BELIEVE PUTTING ON MY HAT OF THE PEOPLE THAT APPROVED IT INITIALLY HAVING MIXED USE ALONG GRAPE STREET, WHICH IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL LIKE THAT, THAT THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME CONCEPTUALLY, RIGHT? THE MORE IT GOES IN TOWARDS BEACH STREET, WHICH IS A COLLECTOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THOSE SMALLER ROADS. I'M HESITANT FOR THAT. HOWEVER, IF THIS ZONING IS MEANT TO HELP CREATE SOMETHING THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HELP THE CONCERNS OF THE PEOPLE AROUND IT, I AM MORE OPEN TO IT THAN I WAS BEFORE COMING HERE TODAY. SO THAT THAT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE I'M, I'M SITTING AT TODAY. ANY CONVERSATION, ANYTHING THAT Y'ALL THINK THING. ONE THING I'M MINDFUL OF IS THAT PROPERTY 37078. THERE ON THAT CORNER, IT SOUNDS LIKE THAT WILL BE A PART OF THIS AT SOME POINT. YES. AND IT MAY MAKE MORE SENSE FOR THIS TO BE PULLED AND TO COME BACK AS ONE ZONING CASE TO ENCOMPASS THE ENTIRE THING, ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO GET IT ZONED AS A PARKING LOT. THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE AN EASIER SITUATION ONCE THAT PROPERTY, SO THAT YOU OWN THEM BOTH. THAT ACTUALLY MAY BE THE THE SIMPLER THING FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED AND ALSO ALLOW MORE CONVERSATIONS. BUT IF YOU'RE PLANNING ON CONSTRUCTION THAT INVOLVES BOTH PIECES OF PROPERTY, YOU NOW OWN THAT SOUTH PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT ACTUALLY MIGHT BE THE THE RIGHT SOLUTION DOESN'T DOESN'T TAKE AWAY ANY CONVERSATIONS, DOESN'T TAKE AWAY ANY VOTING ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT IT'S AT LEAST LOOKING AT THE PROPERTY IN WHOLE RATHER THAN JUST HALF THE PROPERTY. AND THEN US COMING BACK IN SIX MONTHS AND DISCUSSING THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROPERTY IN SIX MONTHS. SO AND THE OTHER THING I DO WISH WE WERE CONSIDERING A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TODAY IN LIEU OF WHAT WE ARE CONSIDERING. I THINK I WOULD I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE WHEN THAT ADDITIONAL PIECE OF PROPERTY IS ADDED, THAT THIS MIGHT BECOME A CONDITIONAL USE PERMITTED PROPERTY, SUBJECT TO A PLAN OF OPERATION THAT ADDRESSES THE CONCERNS. AND SO THAT'S I MEAN, I'M THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'M SAYING I WOULD LIKE TO SEE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING I HAVE ANY AUTHORITY. AUTHORITY OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT EVEN BE OUT OF LINE TO MAKE THAT SUGGESTION, BUT I WOULD WHAT IS ONE OF THOSE TIMES WHERE SOMETIMES WE ASK THE NEIGHBORS JUST TO TAKE THEIR WORD FOR IT? AND IF YOU HAVE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TEETH BEHIND TAKING YOUR WORD FOR IT. AND SO I GET WHERE YOUR YOUR HEART IS KIND OF BEHIND BEHIND THAT AS A CONCERN. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION. I WANT TO OPEN BACK UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. SIR, COULD I ASK YOU TO. SIR, COULD I ASK YOU TO COME BACK UP? I'M UP? I'M GOING TO REOPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. SORRY. LEE COULD NOT REMEMBER YOUR FIRST NAME. SORRY ABOUT THAT. DOING THIS SECTION. JUST THAT SECTION DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. LEE. THIS PROPERTY ON THE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THE SAME THING WE'RE SEEING. 370737078 Y'ALL JUST PURCHASED, YOU'RE PLANNING TO DEMOLISH IT? I THINK WE ALREADY SUBMITTED TO REZONE. WE HAD THE SIGNATURE AND A NOTARIZED FROM NOTARY NOTARIZED COPY FROM THE PREVIOUS OWNER. BECAUSE WE WERE IN PROCESS OF BUYING IT, I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT BOTH OF THEM WERE ON TODAY. THAT'S. THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING. OKAY. WOULD YOU BE COMFORTABLE WITH US TABLING, TABLING THIS ZONING CASE TO ALLOW YOU TO GET WITH, TO GET WITH PLANNING AND TO COME BACK AND TO FOR US TO LOOK AT BOTH THOSE PROPERTIES AT THE SAME TIME. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK FOR THAT OTHER HALF ANYWAY, IF THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE PLANNING TO PUT A PART OF THE PARKING LOT I HAVE, I HAVE NO ISSUE WITH IT. I JUST I GUESS I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS. SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE LICENSED BY THE STATE AT THAT ADDRESS FOR RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT. SO WE HAVE A STATE LICENSURE ON THE PROPERTY. AND WE'RE ALSO A FAITH BASED GROUP GROUP HOME. SO IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT AND I COULD BE WRONG, BUT THAT CONDITION ON THE PROPERTY, ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT OVERRULES WHETHER WE HAVE TO HAVE IT AS MIXED USE OR NOT. WE WERE JUST TRYING TO CLEAN IT UP. YES, SIR. AND SO I'M FINE WITH TABLING IT AND THEN AND GETTING BACK WITH PLANNING AND FIGURING OUT WHERE WE'RE AT, FOR SURE. I THINK IF WE ARE JUST LOOKING TO CLEAN UP THE ZONING ISSUE, I DO THINK IT WILL BE CLEANER FOR BOTH OF THOSE PIECES OF PROPERTY TO BE TOGETHER. PERFECT. SO IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH TABLING THAT, MAYBE HAVING SOME CONVERSATIONS WITH PLANNING AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORS COMING BACK. IF TO KEVIN'S POINT IF YOU WANTED TO BRING IT AS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT THAT ALLOWED A PARKING LOT RATHER THAN AS A MIXED LIKE THAT COULD BE SOMETHING WHERE YOU COULD HELP SHOW [00:35:01] THE NEIGHBORS THAT, HEY, IT'S GOING TO BE A PARKING LOT. HOWEVER, THAT'S YOUR PREROGATIVE. IF YOU OWN THE PROPERTY, YOU'RE WELCOME TO BRING IT FOR MIXED USE AND THEN IT'LL BE VOTED UP. VOTED DOWN BY COUNCIL. AND SO BUT IF YOU'RE COMFORTABLE WITH US TABLING THIS TODAY AND THEN WE CAN GET BACK TOGETHER WHEN IT'S ALL ONE PROPERTY, AT LEAST IN THE EYES OF THE ZONING FOR SURE. OKAY. DOES DO WE HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH EITHER OF THOSE? I LIKE THAT IDEA BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE WOULD BE MAKING HALF WHAT WE SEE AS ONE THING AND THE OTHER HALF IS NOT. SO YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET. ABSOLUTELY. TIM, DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH US? OKAY. SO JUST WHILE WE'RE ON THE RECORD, I ALSO DO WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THE THE WORK YOU'RE DOING. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. MY HUSBAND HIRES OUT OF THERE ALL THE TIME. SO. ALL RIGHT. THEN THAT WAS A GOOD DISCUSSION, BUT ISSUE THREE IS TABLED. YOU DO NEED A MOTION TO TABLE A MOTION TO TABLE. KEVIN MOTIONS TO TABLE. SECOND. SECONDS. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? NO. OKAY. THE NOTICE FOR NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA. WHEN IT COMES BACK BEFORE US, AS WELL AS ZONING, IT WILL BE NOTICED IN THE SAME WAY THAT IT WAS NOTICED. THIS TIME, THERE WILL BE BOTH THE SIGNS IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, AS WELL AS IF YOU LIVE IN THAT 200 FOOT BARRIER OR BUFFER, YOU WILL GET A LETTER AS WELL, SO YOU'LL KNOW WHAT THAT NEXT DATE IS. MOVING ON TO ZONING. CASE NUMBER FOUR. ZONING CASE 2020 5-34. RECEIVE A REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 2.88 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL EIGHT AND TO GENERAL RETAIL LOCATED AT 6144 BUFFALO GAP ROAD. CLARISSA. HELLO. HELLO ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS CLARISSA IV. BEFORE YOU HAVE KC 20 2534 REPRESENTED BY MR. STEVEN MARKHAM. THE REQUEST IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM RS EIGHT NOW TO GENERAL RETAIL. THIS PROPERTY IS GOING TO BE WITHIN THE BUFFALO CORRIDOR SO THAT IT'S GOING TO REMAIN PROPERTY LOCATION SITS SITS ONE FOUR FOR BUFFALO GAP ROAD. IT IS NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ANTHONY AND BUFFALO GAP ROAD. THIS IS AN IMAGE SHOWING THE ZONING HOW IT'S A PORTION OF IT'S OWN RESIDENTIAL. THE OTHER PORTION IS AGRICULTURAL, OPEN. THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THAT DO SHOW RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY ARE EITHER OWNED BY A CHURCH OR BY SCHOOLS. THESE ARE THE PROPOSED USES IN AGRICULTURAL, OPEN AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING. AND THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING GENERAL RETAIL. THESE ARE ALL THE ALLOWED USES IN GENERAL RETAIL ZONING. THESE ARE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS. WE SEND OUT NOTIFICATIONS TO RECEIVE ZERO IN THE FAVOR AND ZERO IN 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 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL, AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO HAVE ANY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. CLARISSA, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO PUT THERE? A MCDONALD'S. MCDONALD'S. OKAY. ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? OKAY. KRISTEN LIVES CLOSE TO THERE. BILL. SABOR. THE ONE MILE. GOING THE OTHER WAY. SO ANY QUESTIONS FOR CLARISSA? YES. THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A DRIVE THROUGH. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. WE WILL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS. ANYONE CARE TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER FOUR? HI EVERYONE, I'M STEPHEN MARKHAM, SKYLINE CIVIL GROUP. I'M A CIVIL ENGINEER, SO I'M REPRESENTING THE LANDOWNER AND MCDONALD'S ON THIS CASE. SO I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, PROVIDE ANY FEEDBACK, ENJOY THE EXCITEMENT. SO BUT I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR HIM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER. AND MY NAME IS JOEY WILEY ISD. MY QUESTION I'VE SEEN THE DOCUMENT FOR THE ENTRY AND THE EXIT, AND SEEMS TO ME LIKE QUEUING IS THE BIG ISSUE THESE DAYS WITH SCHOOLS AND CHICK FIL A AND MCDONALD'S. AND I HAVEN'T STUDIED IT ENOUGH TO KNOW FOR SURE HOW MANY FOLKS ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO QUEUE TO GO THROUGH THE DRIVE IN. I JUST KNOW THE MCDONALD'S BY THE MALL, THAT THAT LINE GETS PRETTY LONG. [00:40:06] IT'S NOT CHICK FIL A, BUT IT'S IT'S PRETTY EXTENSIVE, BUT AT LEAST IT'S GOING OUT INTO THE MAJOR ROAD, SIR. AT LEAST IT'S NOT GOING BACK INTO THE MAJOR ROAD. AT LEAST IT'S GOING INTO THE MALL. LESS TRAFFIC, LESS SPEED. RIGHT NOW. THAT IS TRUE. YEAH, YEAH. AND AND SO I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THAT QUEUING HOW WHAT THEY'RE EXPECTING. BUT I JUST THAT COULD BE A MAJOR ISSUE AT CERTAIN TIMES IN THE DAY. AND ON FRIDAY NIGHTS IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN UP AND DOWN BUFFALO GAP ROAD ON A FRIDAY NIGHT OR AREN'T. IT'S IT'S A IT'S A MAJOR ISSUE. AND BEING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET WITH FOUR YEAR OLDS, FIVE YEAR OLDS AND UNDER, IT'S JUST THAT TRAFFIC IS JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A CONCERN IF IF ALL THE QUEUING AND EVERYTHING IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. YOU KNOW, I'M NOT OPPOSED TO GETTING MY SENIOR COFFEY ACROSS THE STREET, BUT THAT'S JUST A CONCERN. I MEAN, I KNOW THAT THE THE TAYLOR ELEMENTARY QUEUING WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE, BUT IT THAT QUEUING IS A BIG DEAL. AND THAT'S YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE, WE'VE TRIED TO ADDRESS ON THAT NEW ELEMENTARY AS WELL. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANK YOU MISTER LIGHT. YES, SIR. DO YOU HAVE ANY OBJECTION TO THE THE ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY FOR FOR THIS PURPOSE? IF THAT WERE ADDRESSED. DO YOU HAVE ANY ISSUE WITH THE THE ZONING? I DON'T I'M I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF NEW THINGS IN THE DISTRICT. SO I THINK THERE'S SOME REAL POSITIVES ABOUT IT AS WELL. IT'S JUST OUR CONCERN IS TRAFFIC. UNDERSTANDABLE. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? YES, SIR. HI AGAIN, STEPHEN MARKHAM, SKYLINE CIVIL GROUP. AND I THINK I CAN KIND OF ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE CONCERNS ON QUEUING HERE. SO TXDOT HAS JURISDICTION OF THE DRIVEWAY PERMITS IN THIS LOCATION. AND IT HAS BEEN VERY INTENTLY LOOKED AT. AND WE'VE ACTUALLY DONE A FULL TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS HERE AT THE INTERSECTION. AND THEN WE'VE ALSO ANALYZED TWO DRIVEWAYS PROPOSED. SO AND IT SOUNDS LIKE RILEY HAS SEEN AN EXHIBIT. I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE AN EXHIBIT OF OUR SITE PLAN ATTACHED. WE COULD PULL UP IF WE WANT TO PULL IT UP, THAT WOULD BE FINE AND I CAN EXPLAIN, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY JUST WITH TEXDOT BEFORE THIS MEETING AND FRONTING THE MCDONALD'S. WE HAVE A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT RESTRICTED ACCESS PROPOSED. BUT EVEN THE RIGHT IN IS A CONCERN. AND TEXDOT IS LOOKING AT CLOSING THAT AND ONLY ALLOWING RIGHT OUT RIGHT EXITS. SO THERE WOULD BE NO STACKING POTENTIAL IN THAT DRIVEWAY. ESSENTIALLY IT WOULD BE ONLY EXIT TRAFFIC AND THEN THE STACKING THAT WOULD OCCUR. IF MCDONALD'S WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO GET THAT BUSY, IT WOULD ACTUALLY STACK UP INTO THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE FULL ACCESS DRIVEWAY. BUT THAT WOULD BE MAYBE 40 CARS OR SOMETHING IN THE IN THE DRIVE THROUGH. SO YOU KNOW, MCDONALD'S, THEIR OPERATION IS NOT TO EVER STACK THAT MANY. THEY WANT TO MOVE THEM OUT QUICKLY. SO I REALLY DON'T THINK BASED ON WHAT TXDOT TEX-DOT IS LOOKING AT THAT. WE'LL SEE ANYTHING. GET OUT TO BUFFALO GAP. BECAUSE THEY'RE CONCERNED AS WELL. YOU KNOW, IN PEAK HOURS, THAT LEFT TURN LANE STACKS UP AND THE LEFT TURNS ARE THE CONCERN. SO THAT'S BEING HEAVILY LOOKED AT. AND, AND I BELIEVE WE'RE MITIGATING THAT PROPERLY. AND I DON'T THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A STACKING INTO THE RIGHT OF WAY. WE WANT TO AVOID THAT. SO I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN LEFT TURN OUT OF THERE EVEN NOW. NO, IT'S IT'S UNSAFE. YOU MIGHT BE IN AN ACCIDENT. IT'S ALMOST TOO CLOSE TO ANTHONY. YEAH, YEAH. SO? SO, YOU KNOW, WE WERE ONLY PROPOSING A RIGHT IN, RIGHT OUT FROM THE GET GO, AND MCDONALD'S WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT IF WE CAN. BUT I DON'T EVEN BELIEVE TEX-DOT IS GOING TO ALLOW THAT AT THIS POINT. AFTER MEETING WITH BRYCE OVER THERE EARLIER. SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE BACK MISTER LIGHT'S CONCERNS JUST BASED ON THE TRAFFIC. OH, DEFINITELY. DEFINITELY. YEAH. WE WILL WE'LL MOVE THOSE UP THE CHAIN AND DEFINITELY LOOK AT THAT. BUT I THINK THE LAYOUT THOUGH IT. THERE'S NO WAY FOR THAT TO REALLY OCCUR BASED ON WHERE WHERE WE'RE DRIVING. MAINLY IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY. YEAH. I MEAN, THE ONE THE DRIVEWAY FRONTING MCDONALD'S IS GOING TO BE AN EXIT ONLY. AND MCDONALD'S IS IS KIND OF WEIGHING WHETHER IT'S THE PROJECT IS WORTH IT BASED ON THAT BECAUSE THAT IS A CONVENIENCE ISSUE. BUT AT THIS POINT, THAT'S ALL TEX-DOT IS GOING TO APPROVE US WITH. AND THEN THE FULL ACCESS IS TO THE NORTH PART OF THIS PROPERTY. [00:45:02] AND SO THERE WOULD BE AN ENORMOUS AMOUNT OF SPACE FOR STACKING ON, ON SITE. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NO ONE, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TODAY. THANK YOU, MR. LIGHT, FOR COMING. I THINK THE LAST TIME MR. LIGHT CAME AHEAD WAS WITH A SIMILAR THING, BUT WITH A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALONG HARDWICK AND BASICALLY THE SAME STATEMENT OF WE APPRECIATE GROWTH, HOWEVER, WE WANT TO BE SAFE. AND SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SHARE THAT. ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER OR ANY MOTIONS? I'M COMFORTABLE WITH IT. I'VE DONE A NUMBER OF REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN THIS AREA ON BUFFALO GAP ROAD. I KNOW THAT TEX DOT IS NOT GOING TO JUST LET YOU DO WHATEVER YOU WANT. SO YEAH, I THINK WE'VE HAD A FEW OF THOSE CASES COME BEFORE US WHERE THEY WERE APPROVED. BUT THEN TEX DOT DIDN'T LET THEM HAVE THE CUT IN. THEY HAD TO THEY HAD TO SHARE PARKING LOT JUST TO MAKE SURE IT HAPPENED. SO IS THAT A MOTION I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE? I SECOND. SECOND. OH, WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU ALREADY. WE CAN SPREAD THE LOVE. ALRIGHT, MITCH, WITH THE BARNETT, WITH THE FIRST HOUSE. WITH THE SECOND, MR. BARNETT. YES, MR. HOUSE. YES, MISS KIKER, MR. HALLIBURTON. YES, YES, MISS LEWIS. YES. MR. BYNUM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. ZONING CASE 20 2535. RECEIVE REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION, PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO AMEND THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF A PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. TDD 136. LOCATED AT 1699 SOUTH FIRST STREET. KIRA. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS KIRA. VOICE I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. TODAY I'M REPRESENTING CASE Z 20 2535. APPLICANT IS ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE. THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND PD 136, LOCATED AT 1699 SOUTH FIRST STREET. HERE WE HAVE THE AERIAL LOCATION MAP. THE ZONING MAP. VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. HERE WE HAVE THE VIEWS OF SOME SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT OUT IN A 200 FOOT BUFFER. ONE WAS RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, RESULTING IN A 2.9%. THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE SURROUNDING USES AND ZONING. THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF PD 136 GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THE OBJECTION. WAS THERE ANY STATEMENT RELATED TO IT OR WAS IT JUST A GENERAL OBJECTION? THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PARKING, SAYING THAT THEIR FAMILY HAS LIVED THERE FOR OVER 50 YEARS. THEY'RE NOT PLANNING ON MOVING BECAUSE THE HERITAGE WANTS ALL OUR HOMES FOR PARKING OR WHATEVER. WE'RE AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR KIER? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FIVE. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JANE BEARD, AND I'M PRESIDENT OF ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE, THE PROPERTY OWNER. AND WITH ME IS JULIE HAMMER, OUR ABILENE CITY LIBRARIAN. AND SO GIVING A LITTLE HISTORY ABOUT THE PROPERTY. ALL OF YOU ARE PROBABLY AWARE THAT IT'S THE FORMER ABILENE HIGH, BUILT IN 1923, AND IT WAS ABANDONED BY THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AFTER IT SERVED AS LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL. IT WAS ABANDONED IN 2007. FORTUNATELY FOR ALL OF US, BILL MINNER WAS PRESIDENT OF THE ABILENE PRESERVATION LEAGUE AT THAT POINT, AND HE BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE USES THAT MIGHT BE MADE OF THE PROPERTY. AND IT WAS BILL, TOGETHER WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHO CAME UP WITH A PLAN DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CAMPUS, WHICH IS AN EIGHT ACRE CAMPUS. AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NO PLAN FOR HOW THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE USED. FORTUNATELY, THINGS CHANGED OVER THE LAST 15 OR 16 YEARS, AND NOW WE HAVE A DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY TO HAVE A COMBINATION OF A NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY, AN EVENT CENTER, A SCIENCE CENTER, ALL FOR OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS AN OUTDOOR SPACE. AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE. THE ALTERATION THAT WE'RE ASKING, THE ALTERATION TO THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE, INVOLVES BOTH THE CLOSING OF SOME WINDOWS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING, AS WELL AS ADDING THE POTENTIAL BOOK DROP OR [00:50:02] BOOK RETURN ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING. ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MIGHT ANSWER? QUESTIONS FOR MISS BEARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS PAT ALMAGUER AND I OWN FIRST IMPRESSIONS HAIR SALON, WHICH IS AT 225 PEACH, WHICH WOULD HAVE BEEN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE GYM TO THE OLD LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I'VE OWNED IT SINCE 1997 AND IT'S STILL OPERATIONAL. AND I CAN TELL YOU, I'VE ALWAYS HAD A PROBLEM WITH TRAFFIC. AND I HAVE HEAD IN PARKING RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE SALON. EVEN WHEN LINCOLN WAS THERE, IT WAS A NIGHTMARE TRYING THERE, TRYING TO PICK UP THEIR KIDS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GO TO GYM FUNCTIONS. THEY'RE TRYING TO GO TO ALL KINDS OF THINGS, TO THE POINT THAT I EVEN HAD CARS PICKED UP BY ORDER OF THE ABILENE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT, BECAUSE I HAD PUT SO MANY STICKY NOTES OUT SAYING, PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN FRONT OF MY BUSINESS. AT THAT TIME, MELVIN MARTIN WAS HERE, AND I EVEN GOT A CRAZY LETTER SAYING THAT I WAS GOING TO BE SUED BY THE CITY OF ABILENE. I TOLD MELVIN, HERE'S THE LETTER. AND IF I GET SUED, I'M SUING THE CITY OF ABILENE BECAUSE I'M A SINGLE LADY WITH TWO YOUNG DAUGHTERS. I'M HISPANIC, I'M MINORITY I'VE. IT'S JUST AN 800 SQUARE FOOT BLOCK BUILDING AND I'VE MAINTAINED IT. WE RAISED THE ROOF ON IT AND PUT A HIP ROOF ON IT. I JUST DID BRAND NEW WINDOWS, BRAND NEW SHUTTERS, I MEAN, A GUTTERS. I MEAN, I MAINTAIN MY PROPERTY. IT'S ALWAYS MOWED. MIKE LAWSON FROM THE CITY OF ABILENE. HE PROBABLY KNOWS MY NAME. THEY HAVE ME ON SPEED DIAL. I HAVE HIM ON SPEED DIAL. I CAN SHOW YOU PICTURES OF WHAT THEY DID TO MY TRASH CAN THIS WEEKEND. STACKED FULL THE HOUSES BEHIND US. THERE ARE, I THINK, HABITAT. OR THEY'RE MOVING IT OR DOING SOMETHING. THEY FILLED UP THE TRASH CAN WITH THIS LUMBER AND WOOD AND EVERYTHING. IT'S JUST ALWAYS A PROBLEM. SO I AM DEFINITELY OPPOSED. UNLESS THEY'RE GOING TO OFFER ME QUARTER OF A MILLION TO HALF A MILLION FOR PARKING, I'LL SIGN IT RIGHT NOW. THAT'S I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC, AND DO THEY EVEN HAVE ENOUGH PARKING ON THEIR INITIAL FOOTPRINT? AND WHY ARE THEY GOING OUTSIDE? THE LETTER THAT THEY SENT ME, IT'S I'M RIGHT THERE. WHY IS IT GOING OUTSIDE? THAT IS THAT THAT IS THE MAP OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE NOTIFIED THAT IS NOT AFFECTING LIKE THE THE CIRCLE THAT YOU'RE SEEING. IT'S BEEN IT'S BEEN A, A PUBLIC COMMERCIAL BUILDING FROM THE GET GO ALL THESE YEARS. AND I'VE BEEN IN ABILENE SINCE I WAS 13. I REMEMBER WHEN ALL OF PEACH AND ALL OF GRAPE WAS PAVERS. YES, MA'AM. SO I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND I DON'T OWN JUST THIS ONE PROPERTY. I HAVE FOUR PROPERTIES HERE, AND Y'ALL CAN LOOK AT ALL OF MY PROPERTIES, AND I MAINTAIN ALL OF THEM IF I'M NOT WILLING TO LIVE THERE OR DO BUSINESS THERE. I JUST I DON'T DO THAT SLUMMING THING. YES, MA'AM. SO I'M. I'M OPPOSED. CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION? YES. I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE OBJECTING TO THE PROJECT THAT'S UNDERWAY AND THAT IT'S CREATED SOME INCONVENIENCE FOR YOU WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER TODAY IS THE ADJUSTMENT TO THAT PROJECT TO ALLOW FOR A BOOK DROP, AS WELL AS THE CLOSURE OF SOME WINDOWS. NO, I'M STILL OPPOSED. THEY CAN CLOSE THE WINDOWS, BUT THE BOOK DROP IS GOING TO MAKE TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE, RIGHT ACROSS WHERE I'M WHERE I AM. YES, MA'AM. I JUST WANTED TO OKAY, TO SPECIFY THE QUESTION, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU A HISTORY BECAUSE I AM FAMILIAR WITH THAT PROPERTY AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I'VE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? HEARING NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC. I'M SORRY. ARE YOU COMING UP, SIR? SORRY. MY HUSBAND JOHN. I THOUGHT HE JUST GAVE YOU YOUR NOTES. THAT'S WHAT. THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR. THAT'S WHAT I DO FOR MY WIFE. I JUST LET HER THROUGH. YES, SIR. JOHNNY GARIN. I'M HER HUSBAND. YES, SIR. AND I HAD WRITTEN HER A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT I HAD FOR THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT THAT WAS BEING PROPOSED. SO, AGAIN, I'M JUST HEARING THERE WERE TWO ITEMS FOR THIS. IS THAT RIGHT? FOR THE OVERALL DROP IN WINDOWS. YES, SIR. THE OVERALL PLAN DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT HAS BEEN APPROVED. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS GOING FORWARD. THIS IS AN ADJUSTMENT TO ALLOW A BOOK DROP AS WELL AS THE CLOSURE OF SOME WINDOWS. PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT ON ON RECORD SOMEWHERE WHERE WE CAN READ IT. BECAUSE HOW? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN AND HOW DID IT AFFECT HER PROPERTY? BECAUSE I'M, I'M LOOKING AT ARE THERE NEW REQUIREMENTS GOING TO BE IMPOSED OR ARE THERE [00:55:03] ADDITIONAL TAXES THAT ARE GOING TO HAPPEN? WHAT ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS TO THE PROPERTY ITSELF? ARE WE RESTRICTED? ARE WE GOING TO HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON SELLING THE PROPERTY. SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS LOOKING AT FOR HER. YES, SIR. THAT AFFECT THAT. AND IS THAT RECORD SOMEWHERE? I BELIEVE THE PLANNING OFFICE HAS COPIES OF THE PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT. I WOULD HAVE BET IT WAS FILED SOMEWHERE IN THE 2007 TO 2015 RANGE. MAYBE. TIM. DO YOU KNOW. BUT 2011. 2011. SO THAT WOULD GIVE YOU A COPY OF IT. YEAH, I'D LIKE TO, I WOULD, I WOULD, I WOULD I DO NOT BELIEVE IT CHANGES ANYTHING RELATED TO YOUR PROPERTY. OKAY. AND I WOULD ANTICIPATE SOME IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE ROADS AROUND YOUR PROPERTY, BECAUSE INSTEAD OF IT BEING AN ABANDONED BUILDING, IT'S GOING TO BE AN INHABITED BUILDING. SO IT'S EXCITING TO SEE IT GO UP. I'M EXCITED TO TO SEE THE RENOVATION. I'M EXCITED THAT IT'S GOING THAT FAR. YES, SIR. WE ALWAYS ANTICIPATED THAT BEING, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT BACK UP. AND IT'S IT'S GREAT TO SEE. I THINK IT'S A GREAT THING FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. WE JUST WANT TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, LIKE ONE OF THE OTHER PERSON SAID IN HERE THAT WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE COMPLYING WITH EVERYTHING AND ALL THE ALSO, THE OTHER THING IS THAT WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, DOING SOMETHING WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DOING IN THAT AREA. SO, NO, I THINK YOU'RE YOU'RE IN YOUR RIGHTS TO KEEP OPERATING YOUR BUILDINGS THE WAY THEY HAVE BEEN AS LONG AS WE'RE NOT TEXT ANYMORE, YOU KNOW. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I THINK IT MAY IMPROVE YOUR BUSINESS. MORE CUSTOMERS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. WE ANTICIPATED THAT. SO I STILL HAVE SOME WORK GOING ON ON THE OUTSIDE. MY PLAN, WE WANT TO PROBABLY STUCCO THE OUTSIDE, AND THAT'S WHAT I WAS LOOKING AT. THAT PLANNED DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT IS A RESTRICTION. I KNOW IT'S HISTORICAL. THERE'S A VIEW SHED AROUND THAT AREA. SO, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE NEED TO BRING TO THE CITY WHEN I GO STUCCO. THE BUILDING, THE COLOR IS GOING TO BE SELECTED. I'M NOT SURE, BUT I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF YOUR PROPERTY IS PART OF A HISTORIC OVERLAY WHERE THERE MIGHT BE CONDITIONS. AGAIN, THAT'S A GOOD THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION TO HAVE WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND THERE MAY BE CERTAIN PERMITS THAT YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, MY NAME IS PATRICIA ALMAGUER. MY OTHER CONCERNS ARE I'M ALREADY ZONED LIGHT COMMERCIAL. YES, MA'AM. SO ALREADY I PAY A HIGHER WATER BILL. I'LL PAY A HIGHER ON MY USAGE FOR AT MOST GAS. SO TO MAKE IT GO PPD, IS THAT GOING TO BE INCREASING THAT MORE ALSO, MA'AM, I'LL TELL YOU THAT MAP, I THINK I THINK IT I THINK IT CONFUSED YOU A BIT BECAUSE THE RED LINE AROUND THAT IS SHOWING THE AREA THAT NEEDED TO BE THIS MAP RIGHT HERE IS SHOWING THE AREA THAT NEEDED TO BE NOTIFIED. IT IS NOT CHANGING YOUR ZONING THAT WE'RE ONLY LOOKING AT THE ZONING THAT'S CONNECTED INSIDE THAT STRIPED AREA. OKAY. AND SO YOURS. YOURS WILL STAY WHAT IT IS. IT'S JUST SHOWING THAT, HEY, THERE'S A 200 FOOT BUFFER OF EVERYBODY. WE HAD TO TELL THAT THIS HEARING WAS HAPPENING TODAY, AND THAT'S WHAT THAT OUTSIDE LINE IS. BUT USUALLY WHEN IT GOES BPD, THEY'RE TRYING TO HAVE SOME KIND OF CONTROL OR SOME KIND OF BEAUTIFICATION OR SOME KIND OF SOMETHING, AREN'T THEY? BUT ONLY WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY. THEY CAN'T TELL YOU WHAT TO DO OUTSIDE OF YOUR PROPERTY. IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT ANYTHING. NO, MA'AM. THEY, OTHER THAN WITH THEIR PROPERTY, LIKE FROM THAT CURB ALL THE WAY AROUND. NOT WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT OR PARTICIPATION. YOUR PROPERTY IS STILL YOUR PROPERTY. OKAY. SO THIS DOESN'T CHANGE ANYTHING ON YOUR PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM. BUT I'M STILL AGAINST. YES, MA'AM. HAVING THE BOOK DROPPED THERE. YES, MA'AM. THEY CAN CLOSE WINDOWS, I DON'T CARE. THE BOOK DROPS. YES, MA'AM. AGAIN, IT'S JANE BEARD WITH ABILENE HERITAGE SQUARE. AND I HAVE REALLY GOOD NEWS FOR YOU, BECAUSE MY CHILDREN ATTENDED LINCOLN MIDDLE SCHOOL. AND I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. PICK UP AND DELIVERY TIMES AND HOW YOUR THE STREET IN FRONT OF YOUR SHOP WAS BACKED UP. SO HERE'S THE REALLY GOOD NEWS. THE REALLY GOOD NEWS IS THAT WE HAVE MORE PARKING THAN THE CITY ACTUALLY REQUIRES. THAT IS GOING TO BE ON THE WEST SIDE IN, IN IN ITS PRIOR LIFE, THAT WAS ALL GREEN AREA. THAT WAS AN ATHLETIC FIELD. THERE'S GOING TO BE PARKING IN THE REAR AND PARKING ON THE FRONT WITH A GREEN SPACE IN BETWEEN. THERE'S ALSO GOING TO BE THE THERE'S ADDITIONAL PARKING IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING AND IN THE AREA ON THE EAST WHERE THE BOOK RETURN WILL BE. PEOPLE ACTUALLY HAVE TO ENTER A PARKING LOT TO ACCESS THE BOOK DROP, WHERE THERE WILL ALSO BE ADDITIONAL PARKING. SO THAT MEANS THEY WON'T BE STACKED UP ON THE STREET IN FRONT OF THEIR BUSINESSES. SO THANK YOU. GOOD NEWS FOR YOU. [01:00:01] THANK YOU MA'AM. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT. SEE? NO ONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS OR MOTIONS. A MOTION TO APPROVE. I'LL SECOND. SHANTI FIRST AND KEVIN SECOND. MR. BARNETT? YES, MR. HOUSE? YES, MISS. KIKER? YES, MR. HALLIBURTON. YES, MISS LEWIS? YES. AND MR. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX. ANY CASE 20 2536. RECEIVE A REPORT, DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 5.23 ACRES. AGRICULTURE. OPEN TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL. LOCATED AT 3329 MAPLE STREET. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND. I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS IS A REQUEST FROM 108 REAL ESTATE, REPRESENTED BY JACOB MARTIN. THIS IS TO CHANGE APPROXIMATELY 5.23 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN ZONING TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING. THIS IS LOCATED AT 3329 MAPLE STREET. HERE IS AN AREA LOCATION MAP KIND OF SHOWING THE AREA PROPOSED FOR REZONING. HERE IS A CURRENT ZONING MAP OF THE PROPERTY. THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH EAST NORTHWEST OF THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED HEAVY COMMERCIAL. TO THE SOUTH IS ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND FURTHER TO THE EAST IS ZONED AGRICULTURAL OPEN. AND THEN JUST ACROSS MAPLE TO THE WEST IS ZONED PATIO HOMES. HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN THE AGRICULTURAL OPEN ZONING DISTRICT. HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. HERE ARE SOME SUBJECT VIEWS OF THE PROPERTY. YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING FACILITY WITH SOME PATIO HOMES ACROSS MAPLE AND THEN SOME INDUSTRIAL USES JUST SOUTH OF THE PROPOSED ZONE AREA. WE SENT OUT NOTIFICATIONS. WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY IN FAVOR OR OPPOSED BY THE TIME REQUIRED, TO PLACE THEM IN THIS AGENDA. STAFF HAS FOUND THAT THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURROUNDING USES AND ZONINGS AND GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? OKAY, I KIND OF DO. SO THEY'RE THEY'RE JUST WANTING TO ATTACH. MY SCREEN IS GONE. SO ATTACH THE BACK SIDE. AND THE FRONT SIDE IS ALL THE SAME ZONING. YES. THE FRONT SECTION IS ALREADY HEAVY COMMERCIAL. THEY WANT TO TAKE THIS NEW STRIPE, THIS OOPS UPSIDE DOWN OKLAHOMA LOOKING PART AND TURN IT INTO HEAVY COMMERCIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL RETAIL MATERIALS. DESCRIPTION. IT DOES COUNCIL MATERIALS. IT'S JUST NORTH OF THEM. JUST NORTH OF COTTON MATERIALS. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THAT IS KIND OF LOCATED NORTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, ROUGHLY. OKAY. IT IS TWO SEPARATE LOTS. OH. IT'LL BE TWO SEPARATE LOTS. YES, AND THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REPLANTING. AS OF RIGHT NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN IT UP TO PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS IT? YES, SIR. MY NAME IS ERIC CHAMBERLAIN. I OWN THE PROPERTY JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY. WE ARE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. HAVE BEEN FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH THE ZONING. IT'S AGAIN TRAFFIC. YES, SIR. DEBATE HAS CAUSED A LOT OF TRAFFIC. WE'VE GOT A 20 FOOT DRIVEWAY GOING TO DEBATE WHEN THERE'S SURVEY FOR 40 FOOT STREET. MANY YEARS AGO, MY DAD ON THIS PROPERTY, AND HE SOLD TO THE FRONTAGE TO HARTMAN'S, WHICH IS NOW COWTOWN MATERIALS. THEY SOLD THE NEXT LOT TO HIM AND HE HAD REPLANTED. I DON'T HAVE MY HANDS ON THAT PLAT, SIR. IT'S FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, FOR A STREET TO BE 40 FOOT IN WIDTH WITH A FIVE FOOT UTILITY EASEMENT. I'M BEHIND. CAPTAIN. MATERIALS. SO, WITH ME STILL HAVING A MAPLE STREET ADDRESS, WE HAVE A LOT OF CONFUSION. WITH 911 FIRE DEPARTMENTS PASSED BY. US POLICE HAVE HAD MISSED CALLS UP THERE. IT MAKES NO SENSE FOR ME TO HAVE A MAPLE ADDRESS AT THIS POINT. THAT STREET NEEDS TO BE BUILT THROUGH THERE. IT ALREADY SHOWS ON PLATS SOMEWHERE. I DON'T KNOW WHERE. THE EMERGENCY SITUATION AND THE DANGER IS 50 MILE AN HOUR STREET ON MAPLE STREET NOW. AND THAT 50 MILES AN HOUR WITH THE TERRIBLE APPROACH THEY HAVE IN DEBATE RIGHT NOW. 20 FOOT WIDTH, A BAD DIP. TRAFFIC ALMOST COMES TO A STANDSTILL. TURNING IN. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I HAD A NIECE THAT ENDED RIGHT THERE A WHILE BACK BECAUSE THE CAR IN FRONT OF HER WAS ALMOST A DEAD STOP TO TURN IN THAT REALLY [01:05:05] POOR APPROACH. I'M LOOKING TO HAVE THEM THIS TIME WIDEN THAT STREET, PUT IN AN OFFICIAL STREET, NAME IT. THERE'S A CELL TOWER BETWEEN ME AND COWTOWN. SOMETIMES THEY GET A 911 CALL THE PINGS OFF THAT CELL TOWER, AND THE POLICE WOULD SHOW UP AT MY PLACE. A LOT OF CONFUSION IN THE ADDRESSES. LOTS OF CONFUSION AT THIS POINT WITH COWTOWN MATERIALS IN FRONT OF ME AND CELL PHONE TOWER IN FRONT OF ME. I'M NOT FACING MAPLE. I DON'T HAVE A PROPERTY ON MAPLE, AND NEITHER DOES DBAP. NOW, IF YOU UNDERSTAND, THEY'RE GOING TO DIVIDE THAT DBAP WITH THEIR OTHER BEING SEPARATED FLATS. SO EVEN WITH DBAP, I'VE SEEN AN AMBULANCE THERE A COUPLE OF TIMES. A COUPLE OF TIMES THERE HAVE BEEN FIRE TRUCKS THERE FOR KIDS GETTING HURT. I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH CHILDREN'S ATHLETICS. I LOVE IT ALL ABOUT IT. I'M SURE THAT THOSE AMBULANCES AND FIRE TRUCKS HAVE A PROBLEM LOCATING AT THIS POINT, YOU KNOW? SO JUST FOR THE TRAFFIC FLOW, WHEN THEY'RE ON THAT 20 FOOT WIDE STREET AND THEY HAVE AN EVENT, WE HAVE CARS PARKED ALL THE WAY UP AND DOWN THAT 20 FOOT WIDE STREET. WHICH MEANS IT'S SINGLE FILE, SIR. SO THAT'S MY CONCERN, IS TRAFFIC FLOW AND THE LAND IS THERE. MY DAD GAVE UP 20FT OF LAND BACK IN THE 80S. HAD IT REPLANTED. SO THERE'S A 40 FOOT EASEMENT THERE. I'M SORRY. OKAY. 40 FOOT EASEMENT THERE ALREADY. THE LAND IS THERE. I FEEL LIKE 108 REAL ESTATE INVESTMENTS HAVE THE MEANS TO GO AHEAD AND BUILD A STREET. THE LAND IS ALREADY AVAILABLE. IT'S BEEN SURVEYED TWICE IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS. ONCE BY ME. YES, SIR. AND THE PINS ARE THERE? YES, SIR. I'M JUST ASKING TO BUILD A STREET. WELL, THE DEVELOPERS HERE, MAYBE HE'LL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS SOME OF YOUR CONCERNS. I THINK I THINK HE WAS GETTING UP AT THE SAME TIME AS YOU. SO. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? WE'RE NOT THE DEVELOPER. THE ENGINEER REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPER. SORRY. YEAH. YOU GOT TO GO. GOOD AFTERNOON. TAL FILLINGIM, AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. SO I'LL ADDRESS SOME OF THE ACCESS STUFF. AS I AS I GO THROUGH THIS, YOU KNOW, THE FIRST THING I WANT TO TALK THROUGH IS THE CLASSIFICATION OF ZONING THAT WE PICKED. RIGHT? WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DETERMINATION ON LAND USE. IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED A0, SO IT'S IT'S GOT TO BE REMOVED FROM THAT HOLDING ZONING. DBAT IS THE THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL THAT YOU SEE. THAT'S WHERE DBAT CURRENTLY SITS. THIS THIS PROPERTY IS TO SUPPORT CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT OF, OF A SIMILAR TYPE SERVICE, NOT DBAT, BUT A SIMILAR TYPE SERVICE. THIS PROPERTY, IT IS IN PROCESS OF A REPLAT. THIS BOTH PROPERTIES BOTH D-BAT AND THIS PROPERTY WILL FRONT MAPLE STREET WILL HAVE A MAPLE STREET ADDRESS. THAT'S THE WAY IT WILL BE SET UP. MY CLIENT, 108 REAL ESTATE, DOES OWN CONTINUED PROPERTY TO THE EAST. IF WE WERE LOOKING AT THE REMAINDER OF THAT PROPERTY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT ZONING CLASSIFICATION WE WOULD HAVE GONE FOR, BUT LIKELY WOULD HAVE TRANSITIONED. THIS ONE'S THIS IS A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE IN ALONG MAPLE IN THE SPOT BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT SOME INDUSTRIAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL, BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT SOME PATIO HOME AND RESIDENTIAL ON THE WEST SIDE. YOU KNOW, THIS ONE IS IN PROCESS, SO TO SPEAK. AND SO IT'LL IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT CONTINUES TO TO EXPAND AND GET REZONED. I DO THINK FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRACT, IT WAS I FELT CONFIDENT THAT JUST EXPANDING THE EXISTING HEAVY COMMERCIAL ACROSS THIS ADJACENT TRACT SINCE WE WEREN'T GOING ANY FURTHER WAS APPROPRIATE. I DO THINK IT MAKES SENSE FROM A NEW STANDPOINT, AN ACCESS STANDPOINT, DEVELOPMENT OF THIS TRACT WILL REQUIRE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE PROCESSES THAT THE CITY HAS IN PLACE. IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE SITE PLAN, DRAINAGE PLAN, ALL OF THOSE THINGS. SO ACCESS WILL HAVE TO MEET CITY STANDARDS. FOR FOR THIS PARTICULAR TRACT, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO THAT. I WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THAT PROJECT. BUT I WOULD ASSUME THAT THEY ALSO WENT THROUGH THE SITE PLAN PROCESS AS WELL. BUT CERTAINLY THIS ONE WILL, AS IT CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD. SHOULD WE GET OUR ZONING IN PLACE AND GET THE PLAT APPROVED? THERE SO THAT THAT I THINK YOU SAID UPSIDE DOWN OKLAHOMA. THAT WAS A GOOD DESCRIPTION, BRAD. BUT THAT FINGER THAT COMES OUT TO MAPLE STREET IS ACTUALLY 60 FOOT WIDE. WE MADE THAT 60 FOOT WIDE. THERE WAS AN EXISTING ACCESS EASEMENT THERE. I BELIEVE MAYBE A UTILITY ALSO. BUT WE INCREASED INCREASE THAT TO 60FT. SO THAT IN THE FUTURE, AS THAT TRACK CONTINUED TO DEVELOP IF IT WAS DESIRED TO PUT A PUBLIC ROAD THERE, THEN THEN THAT COULD BE DONE, THAT THEY HAVE THE ROOM TO DO THAT THERE IS NO REQUIREMENT TO, [01:10:01] TO PLACE A CITY STREET ON THIS PROPERTY. IT'S NOT PART OF THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IT IS SIMPLY NOT A REQUIREMENT. NOW, THERE ARE, WE THINK, COULD BE THINGS DONE TO THE PROPERTY, THE REST OF THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST, THAT 108 REAL ESTATE THAT WOULD NECESSITATE A NEED OR A REQUIREMENT, REALLY FOR A PUBLIC ROAD. BUT AS OF THIS NEXT EXPANSION, IT WOULD NOT REQUIRE A PUBLIC ROAD, BUT IT WILL HAVE A IN CASE THAT IS PURSUED DOWN THE DOWN THE ROAD. ANY QUESTIONS FOR TOWN? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? SEEING NO ONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS. SIR, I'LL TELL YOU. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS. I WILL TELL YOU THAT OUR. WE ARE JUST MEANT TO LOOK AT LAND USE WHERE TEX, DOT AND DIFFERENT THINGS WILL WILL WORK ON CUT INS AND ROADS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT. I DO THINK IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO BE HERE FOR THE AGENT, FOR THE DEVELOPER TO HEAR HEAR THOSE THINGS AND. YES, SIR. AND AND THEN ALSO YOUR CONCERNS RELATED TO EMERGENCY SERVICES GOING TO THE WRONG PLACE. I WOULD I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO REACH OUT TO THE CITY TO SEE ABOUT IS THERE ANYTHING LABELING THAT CAN THAT CAN HELP THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A DANGEROUS. YEAH. YEAH. AND THAT THAT WOULD BE TOUGH. YEAH. BUT BUT HOPEFULLY THE CITY COULD HELP WORK WITH YOU TO FIGURE OUT SOME WAY TO HELP DISTINGUISH THAT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER? ANY MOTIONS? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. SECOND. SECOND WAS THAT. YES, MR. HOUSE. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. BARNETT. YES, MR. HOUSE. MISS KIKER, MR. HALLIBURTON. YES, MISS LEWIS? YES. AND MR. BYNUM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ZONING CASE SEVEN, AGENDA ITEM SEVEN. ZONING CASE Z, 2025 DASH 37. RECEIVE REPORT. WHOLE DISCUSSION. PUBLIC HEARING. TAKE ACTION ON REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 44.90 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL, OPEN TO RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL. LOCATED AT 3009 DOUG WRIGHT BOULEVARD AND 3030 TEN BISHOP ROAD. ADAM, GOOD AFTERNOON ONCE AGAIN. MY NAME IS ADAM HOLLAND. I'M A PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF ABILENE. THIS IS A ZONING REQUEST BY LEGACY FUNERAL HOMES, REPRESENTED BY JACOB MARTIN, TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 44.9 ACRES FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THIS IS LOCATED AT 3009 BREITE BOULEVARD. HERE IS A LOCATION MAP SHOWING THE PROPOSED AREAS FOR REZONING. HERE IS A ZONING MAP SHOWING THE EXISTING ZONING OF THE NEARBY PROPERTIES. JUST NORTH OF THIS IS SOME ZONING WITH AGRICULTURAL OPEN. SURROUNDING IT ON TWO SIDES, THE EAST AND THE SOUTH. AND THEN JUST NORTH, THERE IS A PD WHICH ALLOWS FOR LIGHT COMMERCIAL TYPE USES. THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS TO ZONE FROM AGRICULTURAL OPEN HERE THE PERMITTED USES IN AGRICULTURAL OPEN AND HERE ARE THE PERMITTED USES IN GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL RS SIX ZONING. HERE IS THE PROPOSED EXHIBIT THAT HAS BEEN SUPPLIED TO US BY JACOB MARTIN. THEY'RE PROPOSING GENERAL COMMERCIAL ALONG DUBRAY BOULEVARD WITH RS RS6 INWARD TOWARDS BISHOP ROAD. HERE ARE SOME VIEWS OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY AND NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS VACANT. NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES ARE VACANT AS WELL, WITH SOME DEVELOPMENT GOING ON TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY OF DUPLEXES. WE DID RECEIVE ONE NOTIFICATION IN FAVOR, AND ONE ADDITIONAL NOTIFICATION WAS RECEIVED FAIRLY RECENTLY. AS WELL IN FAVOR STAFF FOUND THAT THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SURROUNDING USES AND ZONINGS GENERALLY ACCEPTED PLANNING PRINCIPLES, AND THE CRITERIA FOR APPROVAL IN THE LDC AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR ADAM? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? NO. GO AHEAD. TELL HIM. AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. THIS IS ONLY REQUEST IS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY ALONG THE FRONTAGE ALONG DUB. RIGHT? WE'RE SEEKING GENERAL COMMERCIAL. DUB, RIGHT, IS A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT THOROUGHFARE, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS A LITTLE BIT MORE INTENSE, MAYBE, THAN SOME OF THE ZONINGS IN THE AREA. [01:15:02] BUT I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND YOU GUYS OF SOME ZONING CASES THAT HAVE COME THROUGH RECENTLY JUST TO THE SOUTH. WE HAVE A CUP ON THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH FOR A RV PARK. THAT IS ABOUT ACTUALLY TO GO TO CONSTRUCTION AND THEN DIRECTLY WEST ACROSS DUB, RIGHT, IS MULTIFAMILY THAT WE REZONED AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE LOOKING TO THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF ROADS THAT COME IN OFF OF DUB, RIGHT, TO SERVE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG THAT FRONTAGE OF DUB. RIGHT. THE THE INTENT IS TO KEEP SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR COMMERCIAL TYPE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THAT FRONTAGE. IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF OF A UNIQUE THOROUGHFARE JUST IN TERMS OF THE LAND USES. YOU START GETTING A LITTLE BIT FURTHER NORTH. IT GETS VERY COMMERCIAL AND EVEN SOME INDUSTRIAL. AND THEN AS YOU GO FURTHER SOUTH, YOU GET COMMERCIAL AND THEN SOME RESIDENTIAL AND THEN QUITE A BIT OF UNDEVELOPED LAND. BUT YOU KNOW, WE WERE COMFORTABLE PLACING THAT PARTICULAR ZONING DESIGNATION UPFRONT OR REQUESTING THAT. ANYWAY BECAUSE WE HAVE CONTROL OF THE DESIGN OF BOTH PIECES. SO THERE WILL BE A FAIRLY SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT RUNS BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL. THAT CONVEYS A LOT OF THE DRAINAGE FROM THE SOUTH. WE'VE GOT A BUNCH OF OFFSITE WATER COMING TO US THAT RUNS TO THE NORTH. THAT WILL CREATE JUST A A LAND BUFFER, IF YOU WILL. AND THEN IN ADDITION TO WE'RE CERTAINLY AWARE OF THE BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PLACE IN THE LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE BETWEEN GENERAL COMMERCIAL AND THE RESIDENTIAL. AGAIN, WE HAVE CONTROL OF BOTH FROM A DESIGN PERSPECTIVE, AND THE INTENT IS, IS TO MAKE THAT PALATABLE TO THE TO THE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR TOWN? JUST RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. RIGHT SOUTH OF DYESS. SOUTH OF DYESS. OKAY. VERY. I MEAN, IT'S KIND OF I THINK IT'S RIGHT THERE. IT'S VERY CLOSE. OKAY. YEAH. OKAY. GOT IT. ALL GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I THINK WE ARE READY TO ZONE THIS R-6 RIGHT HERE. YES, MA'AM. MY NAME IS PATRICIA RENFROE, AND MY HUSBAND AND I OWN THE PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH OF R SIX. WE FACE BISHOP ROAD, AND WE UNDERSTAND THE SECTION UP THERE MARKED R SIX WILL BE RESIDENTIAL? YES, MA'AM. SO OUR CONCERN IS BISHOP ROAD RIGHT NOW IS LIKE A FARM TO MARKET ROAD. THERE'S JUST BARBED DITCHES. THERE'S NO DRAINAGE, THERE ARE NO CURBS, THERE'S NO STREET LIGHTING. AND IT GOES DOWN IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY ALL THE WAY SOUTH TO 277. SO ONE OF OUR QUESTIONS IS IF IT'S ZONED RESIDENTIAL, WHAT WILL THE CITY DO ABOUT BISHOP ROAD? WILL THEY MAKE IT A TWO LANE ROAD AND WILL IT EXTEND FROM. I THINK THE NORTH PART IS A MELISSA. MELISSA ROAD ALL THE WAY. AND THEN WILL IT GO SOUTH ON 277 DOWN OR ON BISHOP. DOWN TO 277. WILL ALL THAT BE PAVED? AND BECAUSE IT DOES AFFECT OUR ENTRANCE INTO OUR PROPERTY. THE OTHER THING IS IF THE SECTION ARE SIX IS GOING TO BE RESIDENTIAL. WILL THERE BE AN EASEMENT BETWEEN THE PROPERTY LINE THAT WE SHARE WITH IT ON THE SOUTH, WHERE THERE'LL BE AN EASEMENT, WHERE THEY HAVE A BUFFER ZONE FROM OUR FENCE LINE INTO WHEREVER THE HOUSES ARE BUILT OR WHATEVER IS BUILT THERE. AND IF SO, WILL THAT BE AN ACCESS FOR ALLEYWAY FOR TRASH PICKUP LIKE IT IS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW? WELL, RIGHT NOW THE TRASH IS ON BISHOP ROAD. SO HOW WILL THE TRASH TRUCKS RUN? WILL THEY COME DOWN AND GO INTO THAT PROPERTY? WE JUST WE'RE JUST CONCERNED ABOUT HOW IT WILL AFFECT OUR ENTRANCE TO OUR PROPERTY. YES, MA'AM. AND IF THE DEVELOPER IS GOING TO BRING IS REQUIRED TO CARRY THAT ROAD, THAT DEVELOPMENT, ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 277. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN. WE'RE OPEN TO HEARING. WHAT? YOU KNOW, WHAT THE PLAN IS? IS THERE GOING TO BE MORE THAN ONE ENTRANCE INTO THAT SECTION? AND HOW WILL THAT BE? BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC DEFINITELY WILL INCREASE ON BISHOP ROAD. WELL, MA'AM, I'LL TELL YOU JUST FROM MY LOOKING AT IT RIGHT HERE AGAIN, WE'RE JUST DOING AN INITIAL REZONING POTENTIALLY. [01:20:01] WHERE THEN IT'LL GO TO COUNCIL. IT'S NOT BEEN PLATTED. THEY'VE NOT DONE THE FULL SURVEYS AND EVERYTHING THAT THEY'LL NEED TO DO. THEY COULD TIE IN TO DUB, RIGHT? AND IT COULD NOT TOUCH BISHOP ROAD AT ALL. LIKE DEPENDING ON HOW THEY LAY OUT, HOW THEY LAY OUT THEIR SUBDIVISION. THEY HAVEN'T DONE THAT YET. I WOULD ASSUME IF YOU WERE TO PUT A BUNCH OF HOUSES AND PUT THEM TOWARDS BISHOP ROAD, THAT THERE WOULD BE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT ROAD. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY HAVE BECAUSE TODAY IS REALLY JUST ABOUT IS THIS PLOT OF LAND APPROPRIATE FOR THIS TYPE OF GROWTH? THE REST OF THAT WILL BE DONE IN THE PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE CITY, WITH THE CITY LOOKING AT THEM, MAKING SURE THERE ARE THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF EASEMENTS TO ALLOW TRASH TO GET TO WHERE TRASH NEEDS TO GET TO, TO NOT IMPACT FORMER NEIGHBORS OR OR CURRENT NEIGHBORS AND DIFFERENT THINGS LIKE THAT, AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THEY'RE LAYING OUT, LAYING IT OUT IN A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THEIR FUTURE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD BE HERE. SO. SO ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT THEN WE WILL WE WILL HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THAT IS ACTUALLY REZONED. AND THEN OUR QUESTIONS WE WOULD NEED TO APPLY OUR QUESTIONS. I'LL ALLOW TAO TO COME UP AND ADDRESS IT. I'LL JUST SAY THAT AT LEAST FOR WHAT WE'RE ASKED FOR TODAY, WE WE DO NOT KNOW HOW IT'S PLATTED OR LAID OUT. SO WE DON'T HAVE WE DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR THAT. OUR QUESTION TODAY IS, IS THIS SECTION APPROPRIATE TO BE RESIDENTIAL, WHICH I CAN IMAGINE A SCENARIO, AT LEAST FOR ME, IS ONE COMMISSIONER WHERE? WHERE IT COULD BE THE WAY IT IS FURTHER NORTH WHERE THERE'S RESIDENTIAL SIX AND THEN IS THAT ONE SKINNIER SECTION APPROPRIATE TO BE GENERAL COMMERCIAL? AGAIN, I THINK THAT WOULD BE UP TO US TO DISCUSS AND TALK ABOUT. BUT THE PLATTING AND HOW THOSE STREETS WILL BE LAID OUT, WHERE EACH OF THOSE HOUSES WILL LOOK, WHAT WILL BACK UP TO YOUR HOUSE? WILL IT BE ANOTHER HOUSE WHERE IT'S LIKE A FENCE AND, YOU KNOW, KIND OF LIKE FENCES. AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT'S LAID OUT. AND SO YOU'RE KIND OF ASKING ME TO MAKE A DECISION IF I'M IN FAVOR OF IT, IF I DON'T HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION. I UNDERSTAND, MA'AM, AND THERE'S A CHANCE TO BOND DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS, TOO. LIKE SO. THIS THIS ISN'T THE ONLY CHANCE TO TALK ABOUT IT, REALLY. JUST. BUT WHAT WE'RE ASKED TO DO TODAY IS JUST. IS THIS LAND. COULD YOU IMAGINE A SCENARIO WHERE THIS LAND IS APPROPRIATE TO BE RESIDENTIAL? THAT THAT THAT'S WHAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT BECAUSE IT'S NOT DEVELOPED. BECAUSE THEY COULD BE THERE. SOMETIMES WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT COME BEFORE US AND THEY ARE TRYING TO GET IT REZONED TO POTENTIALLY SELL IT TO SOMEBODY ELSE TO DEVELOP, AND THEY WANT TO TAKE IT THROUGH THE ZONING. AND SO THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT IT'S GOING TO DO BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST SELLING IT ON SPEC OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. AND SO I'M JUST SAYING FOR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TODAY, WE ARE NOT REVIEWING A PLAT OR HOW IT'S GOING TO BE LAID OUT. WE ARE JUST REVIEWING THE LAND. BUT TOR MAY BE ABLE TO ANSWER THAT. THEY MAY BE FURTHER ALONG THAN WHAT WE'VE BEEN HOPING. THAT'S WHY I WAS HOPING THAT WHAT WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SHARE. SO I'LL INVITE HIM BACK. HE DID WAS TALK ABOUT THE COMMERCIAL. YES, MA'AM. AND SO I'D LIKE TO HEAR ABOUT THE RESIDENTIAL, IF YOU CAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO MY CLIENT OWNS THE PROPERTY. YOU SEE THE GRAY PIECE OF PROPERTY FURTHER TO THE EAST TO BISHOP ROAD. HE OWNS THAT PROPERTY AS WELL. IT'S INTENDED TO BE A CONTINUATION OR EXPANSION OF THE CEMETERY TO THE EAST. THERE IS NO INTENT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE CONNECTED BACK TO BISHOP ROAD. SO I THINK CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC. THAT'S NOT AN INTENT NOW. TO YOUR POINT, BRAD, WE HAVEN'T GONE COMPLETELY THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS WITH THE CITY. THEY THEY COULD ASK THAT WE CONNECT IF WE DO CONNECT AND PLOT ADJACENT TO IT, AS ALWAYS, WE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO IMPROVE THE PORTION THAT WE'RE PLATTING ADJACENT TO A BISHOP ROAD. THERE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE A REQUIREMENT TO IMPROVE ALL OF BISHOP ROAD. BUT BUT AGAIN, OUR INTENT IS NOT TO CONNECT. NOW, THAT COULD CHANGE DEPENDING ON THE FEEDBACK WE RECEIVE FROM ENGINEERING AND PLANNING. AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS, THE INTENT IS TO COMPLETELY PULL THAT TRAFFIC BACK OUT TO THE RIGHT. OKAY. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COULD I JUST TALK TO HIM A MOMENT? HE HAS THE HARD OF HEARING AND WHISPERING. SO COULD I JUST SAY SOMETHING TO HIM REAL QUICK BEFORE I ADDRESS? YES, MA'AM. THEY DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE. WE HAVE ANY SAY SO IN THE FUTURE ABOUT ROADS AND THAT SORT OF THING. OR DO YOU DISAPPROVE AT THIS POINT? THAT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN. NOBODY'S GOING TO TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE. OKAY, I CLARIFIED WITH HIM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR INDULGENCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. ANYONE ELSE ON THIS MATTER? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY DISCUSSION AMONG THE COMMISSIONERS? I'M SURPRISED TO SEE AT RS SIX INSTEAD OF MEDIUM DENSITY. [01:25:01] SO, YEAH, I THINK YEAH, I THINK IT'S A NO BRAINER ON MY PART. YEAH. I'M. I'M HAPPY THAT IT'S SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THE GENERAL COMMERCIAL. I CAN TOTALLY SEE WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP IT IF IT NEEDS TO COME BACK AND ADJUST TO SOMETHING ELSE BASED ON. BUT BUT FOR RIGHT NOW FOR THE SIZE OF THAT ROAD. AND IF THAT THEY TRULY ARE TRYING TO STEER EVERYTHING BACK TO RIGHT, THEN TO ME IT MAKES REALLY GOOD SENSE. SO A MOTION TO APPROVE, I THINK IT MAKES SENSE. I SECOND ALL RIGHT, KRISTEN, WITH THE FIRST. SHAUN WITH THE SECOND. ALL RIGHT, MR. BARNETT. YES, MR. HOUSE, MISS KIKER. YES, MR. HALLIBURTON. YES, MISS LEWIS. YES. AND MR. BYNUM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES AND AGAIN, THIS WILL BE GO TO COUNCIL, WHERE IT'LL BE READ TWICE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO TAKE YOUR CONCERNS THERE. THEY WILL BE THE FINAL DECISION MAKERS ON THE MATTER. OUR FINAL AGENDA ITEM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, ZONING CASE 20 2538. RECEIVE A REPORT. HOLD A DISCUSSION AND PUBLIC HEARING TO TAKE ACTION ON A REQUEST FROM THE OWNER TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF APPROXIMATELY 0.48 ACRES FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LOCATED AT 525 SOUTH TREDWAY. CLARISSA, I'M SORRY, WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES. YES. YOU HAD TO WAIT HERE ALL DAY FOR FOR FOR FOR FOR A DOWN ZONING CASE. I APOLOGIZE, SIR. NEXT TIME WE NEXT TIME WE WOULD HAVE. WE WOULD HAVE MOVED YOU UP. I DIDN'T I DIDN'T ANTICIPATE TODAY TAKING AS LONG AS IT HAS. YES, SIR. WELL, WE WE WE DO OUR CASES IN THE ORDER THEY WERE RECEIVED. OH, YES, I KNOW, BUT BUT BUT I HAVE THE PREROGATIVE TO MOVE THEM AROUND IF I WANT TO. SO? SO. YES, MA'AM. GO AHEAD. HELLO. MY NAME IS CLARISSA IVEY. WE HAVE A DOWNTOWN ZONING CASE. Z 20, 25, 38 PROPERTY OWNERS, MR. CODY MORROW AND THE AGENTS ADRIAN GUERRERO. THEY'RE WANTING TO REZONE FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ADDRESSES. 525 SOUTH TREADWAY IS ALONG TREADWAY RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF TREADWAY AND SOUTH SIXTH STREET. IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, AS ARE MOST OF THE LOTS AROUND THE AREA. THEY'RE WANTING TO GO TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. THESE ARE THE USES CURRENTLY ALLOWED. THIS WOULD BE THE PROPOSED ALLOWED USES, WHICH IS CONSIDERABLY MORE. HE. HERE ARE SOME PROPERTY VIEWS. AS WELL AS NEIGHBORING. SORRY. WE SEND OUT NOTICES, WE RECEIVE ZERO IN FAVOR. AND SYRIAN 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 LAND DEVELOPMENT CODE. STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS APPROVAL. I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING TO DO? AUTO SALES. OKAY. AUTO SALES. AUTO SALES? ANY QUESTIONS? NOPE. THANK YOU. CLARISSA. SORRY. WE'LL OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ADDRESS IT? ALL RIGHT. YOU WAITED ALL DAY. YOU MIGHT AS WELL. RIGHT? SO MY NAME IS ADRIAN GUERRERO. I'M THE AGENT FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER. I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF INTRODUCE MYSELF, MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS. I'M BORN AND RAISED IN ABILENE. BEEN IN THE CAR BUSINESS 20 YEARS. AND SO I JUST KIND OF MY DREAM IS TO OPEN UP MY OWN DEALERSHIP AND KIND OF LEAVE MY OWN FOOTPRINT IN THIS TOWN. SO I JUST PLAN ON PUTTING A USED CAR LOT AND, LIKE, AGAIN, I JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF TO ALL Y'ALL, MAKE SURE THERE WAS NO QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS THAT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. THE OTHER GOOD NEWS IS IF YOU EVER WANT TO BE A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSIONER, YOU GOT ALL THE EXPERIENCE YOU EVER NEEDED. YOU'VE HEARD EVERY CASE WE'VE EVER HEARD. YOU SAW THE GAMUT. ALL RIGHT. SEEING NO ONE ELSE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING A MOTION OR DISCUSSION ON THIS MATTER, I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. HALLIBURTON. MR. BARNETT? YES, MR. HOUSE? YES, MISS. KIKER? YES, MR. HALLIBURTON. YES, MISS LEWIS? YES. AND MR. BENHAM. YES. AND THE MOTION CARRIES. ALL RIGHT. WE ARE ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.