Planning & Zoning - Regular Meeting

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Okay. So, we'll start with the roll call. Amalia Benson, David Ramirez, Eliza Vasquez, Ida Rodriguez, David Bettincourt, Rueno Bell.

Thank you. This is a notice of a public meeting of the planning and zoning commission of the city of Brownsville pursuant to chapter 555 title 5 of the Texas government code. The Texas uh open meeting act notice is hereby given that the planning and zoning commission of the city of Brownsville, Texas has scheduled a regular meeting today, Thursday, September 4th of 2025 at 5:30 p.m. in the commission chambers on the second floor of Brownsville City Hall. Old Federal Building located at 101 East Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas 7520. Pursuant to section 5551.127, Texas Government Code, one or more commissioners or employees may attend this meeting remotely using video conference technology. The video and audio feed of the video conferencing equipment can be viewed and heard by the public at the address posted above at the location of this meeting. Uh the information is provided on the agenda. And this uh we initiate with the regular meeting today at 5:30 p.m. with a pledge of allegiance. Do we have updates and comments?

Yes. Uh today's updates and comments are we basically want to introduce uh two new uh members to our team. Mr. Carlos Gera and Mr. Samuel Nunes. Both of them senior planners. Mr. Garder will be assisting us with leading the comprehensive plan and Mr. Samuel Lun will be helping us leading the housing plan. So, uh we're very glad to have them on board and uh any questions that you may have, they're here to help you.

Welcome, gentlemen. Uh, additionally, we would like to point out, and you already got an email, but just as a reminder, there will be a special meeting on September 18th for a project that will be heard regarding a hotel that's being proposed and by Springmart Boulevard. Um, this would be specific to the embassy suites that is being proposed in that area. The next update on the agenda is approval of the minutes for the regular meeting of August 7th of 2025. I'll make a motion to approve. Second.

We have a first and a second motion. All those in favor? I I. All those opposed? Motion carries.

Thank you. Next is presentations. Uh, we have one item downtown renaissance master plan presentation by the planning and redevelopment director and our downtown manager. Uh, good afternoon commission. My name is Daniel Leal, director of planning and redevelopment services and we are I think we're trying to get a PowerPoint ready. But in the meantime erh you know we have started basically this is the first in formal introduction of this renaissance plan downtown renaissance plan to to you all as a planning oversight board that you you are and I want to introduce the team who is going to lead these efforts and basically what the next steps are going to be and the timeline uh and how you can get involved into into this. So the program manager from the city side is uh Mr. Alan Garces. He's the downtown uh manager and we retain the services of Fresen Nichols through a request for proposals and uh Fzen Nichols had plenty of experience in the valley and they are the authors of our unified development code and Katie Admire is the project manager on their side. So Kaitlin is actually going to start the presentation. Thanks, Daniel. Good evening, commissioners. Thank you for having us again. My name is Caitlyn Admire. I'm a project manager with Friezen Nickels. Um, we are the consultant engineering

and planning design firm helping the city with your new downtown Renaissance master plan. So, a little bit about what we're going to talk about today. Going to talk about a little bit why why Brownsville, why why invest in why focus on Brownsville's downtown. We'll talk about some of the activity that's been happening already kind of organically the investment that's been going on. Um we'll talk about the goals, purpose, scope, and timeline of the project. So an overview of the project and what you can expect from the project and a summary of what we've been hearing from the outreach so far from the constituents that have been giving us the feedback on the plan. And yeah, perfect. Thank you. Um so first is the why why downtown? Why are we focusing on downtown? Why think about downtown? Why invest in downtown as the city? So, first and foremost, downtown is the the center of quality of life for most cities. Um, it is that place that if you say, "Meet me in Brownsville," people picture the downtown, right? And through public spaces, placemaking, connectivity to the rest of town, we really are trying to put downtown Brownwood or Brownsville on the path to be this regional destination for arts, culture, tourism, and commerce. So really that heart of not just Brownsville, but actually the region. And in order to do that, we want to look at attracting and reta retaining new businesses, economic vitality strategies and retail recruitment, which is kind of the typical economic development kinds of things you think about, right? But also, we're want to look at the public realm and think about walkability and sustainability and housing diversity for multiple life stages. So, affordable mixed income options in downtown to really bring what we call that 18-hour city um to downtown where we're having people and thriving businesses and vitality happening kind

of all the time. Just that activated that really activated feeling. Um and really what the point is is to strengthen the investments that are already being done, making sure those are successful, increasing their impact, and then setting the city up for additional investment in downtown. Whether that's the city's investment, other public entity investment, or the private sector investments, really creating that environment that people want to invest in long term. And so Alan's going to talk a little about what's been going on.

Commissioners, good afternoon. Nice to see y'all. For those that don't know me, my name is Alan Garces. I'm the downtown manager, as uh Mr. Lead introduced uh me earlier. just wanted to talk to you a little bit about what's happening in downtown, some of the projects that I've been involved with uh in my time here as downtown manager. I did want to share some of the things that we've been doing this past week. As a matter of fact, we just finished our last meeting um with uh stakeholders of the artists, those that uh participate in arts uh in downtown or that are from Brownsville or that just overall uh have some sort of art background and have participated whether in Brownsville or in downtown. We've met with different stakeholders such as property owners and business owners earlier today as well and we've been meeting with different uh members of our community to get their feedback. But what I wanted to share with you on what's been going on downtown is some of the activity we've been seeing um in downtown. Uh yes, when we think of downtown, we do think of the downtown core, Elizabeth, Washington, Adams, etc. But we are also looking at big picture. Um some of the activity is that we worked on recently was the U Brown Museum of Fine Arts, how that ended up transferring over to the city and we did an RFI for that and ultimately um city commission and granted um the the former Museum of Fine Arts to the Midi District and now it's going to become a cultural center and they've been working on that. They actually have been talking to the the building department about submitting permits about a lot of the renovations they're going to be doing. And on the bottom left, you'll see some of the the schematics as to how it's going to look like as you enter the building. Uh the canery is something that we've been working on as well. Uh it's a little bit delayed construction wise, but that's technically going to house the farmers market. We have that every Saturday, but what we're looking at doing now is have an activation Monday through Saturday, not just on the weekends, right? So, that area is uh is being renovated, is being fixed up, and it's going to house not only a farmers market, but local um

uh farmers and going to have a commercial kitchen uh areas for for people to be able to get their groceries as well because as we know, we did lose our HB. We're looking at looking at other options. Um and then the bottom uh middle section there, that Utrgv rendering is uh they recently purchased the former Longoria Elementary from BISD. Uh so that's going to be remodeled into the um fine arts uh department there. So it's very close to the campus. We're very excited about that. We actually met with UTRGV and that's their number one priority for Browns just to get that online and get that running. Um and of course uh the zoo main uh major uh stakeholder within the downtown and they activated their their zipline which is one of the first priority projects that they had when they did their master plan a few years ago. Next slide, please. Of course, we see a lot of the businesses, right, that are coming up. Uh there's a lot of activity. I I don't know if I mentioned this, um but the downtown plan is not just called the downtown plan. It's the downtown renaissance master plan, and that was done really strategically by commission. as we've started to see more activity happening downtown whether those that have been here um like Wesso or we're starting to see more new places to open up like Philip Petite or Pluton or LAR we're starting to see interest in downtown we know that that activity is happening downtown and we're want to capitalize on this momentum right we also not only have bars and restaurants I know that's one of the the more popular um uses that we get downtown but we also get retail like JZD Congrats to them. They scored u a collaboration with Brooks Running and I'm not sure if you're familiar with that, but they were able to design their own shoes uh with Brooks and and sold their their shoes downtown and I I actually went up to Seattle and had a a marathon up there with their with their

collaboration. So that's coming out of downtown and and then just to go back really quick, I I know you guys are familiar with Lamblas and how their chef was able to get nominated for another James Bird award. So again, this is coming out of our local town out of downtown Brown. So, um, so like the reason why I wanted to share with you some of the activity that's happening is because, um, part of my role is to help the business owners downtown. Uh, when they come in looking for how do I start a business or who do I need to talk to or how can you help me with permits or, you know, who do I who if I can't help them, I'll get them with someone who can. So, that's that's it's really exciting to see some of the activity that's going on now, especially as someone whose Browns were born and raised and and who my mom actually had worked downtown when I was younger, right? So getting to see that um since I was like this tall to about right now, it's it's very exciting. It definitely means a lot. I'm very honored to work for my city. Of course, uh the activation of First Friday in downtown. It's it's has been growing. It started in 2019 uh with the the collaboration between business owners that they bootstrapped this initiative. Uh unfortunately, CO shut that down, but the city knew that there was potential there to make something happen. It's gotten to the point where uh we're able to bring even more popular artists, right? We we of course have local talent showcase um in the in the beginning portion of first Friday where they have the band opening now. Um but we used to have a small little stage that we put together and now we're able to have a whole production. And if you look at that that middle uh picture there, that is when we brought the Spasmatics down and that was um over 38,000 people that we were able to bring down downtown for that month. So we where you see anywhere uh for that first Friday, we're seeing activity from 20 2400 to about uh 38 being our highest. Uh so we're tracking that information. We're using that to possibly get more funding for next fiscal year. And um we're just very excited about how

something started from from the business owners putting that together um and being resilient to now teaming up with the city to making this event happen. And we've actually gotten a lot of feedback about First Friday and how um the the business owners, the artists, how they're they're really excited about this and how we can have opportunities to work to together to collaborate to maybe even expand outside of Market Square. Uh but we've been um very fortunate to have something so amazing like this. Um the other fun stuff is is uh the projects themselves where where I work with other departments, city manager's office on projects that involve um buildings or working with the housing authorities such as Hardin. We actually toured the Hardin not too long ago and they're expected to have uh their first residence uh by October, by mid-occtober. So, touring that place is just it's an amazing uh I'm not sure if you guys haven't seen it, but I'll make sure to share some pictures with you guys if you want to see some, but they they've been doing some awesome work and we're very excited to have housing finally in in downtown. We do have a good amount of projects uh that are residential that are housing related, right? We want h we want people here in downtown. So, the the fact that we have um coming online, the Samano coming online, we also have some former apartments that or a motel that are now going to be apartments. and the Cameron Hotels been being uh renovated. So there's there's a lot of opportunities downtown not only for the commercial aspect but for the residential and of course Utrgv did purchase a Majestic uh we are looking uh and working with them on how they can turn that into their performing arts center. on the city side. Uh that was more on the on the public p on the private side. But on the city, some of the some of the projects we recently include uh we worked on was the the new parking stations. Um the city uh renovation uh at Market Square in San Frernando. If you're if you go to Market Square, you will see a building that's that's fenced

in. The city's working on that to to work with um artists and the Browns Historic Association to turn that into a museum. Uh of course, it's super busy downtown. You'll see the scaffolding. You'll see some of this closed streets. You'll see the gravel. Uh we are opening up streets to update our water and wastewater. Uh that that's about a $14.5 million project uh that's currently in process. We hope to finish early next year. Hoping, fingers crossed, because it is I understand it's a pain especially to the business and property owners. Um, and of course we we're still working on Excella and you know working on on a permanent system and and getting new staff members and of course the first Friday and the downtown passport program that we recently launched where we encourage people to move downtown through that passport program scan your QR code you get points you know once you get all these points right you're able to get merchandise uh you know from the city or t-shirt logo just to you know promote that walkability downtown promote our downtown and it's just um I'm just very excited to share with you some of this activity that we've been uh doing downtown myself and along with um our marketing department and commercial visitors bureau working alongside our public works department. It's just uh it's very exciting time to be downtown and I think the downtown renaissance master plan is going to help us create that roadmap create the priorities of what the property owners and business owners all these different types of stakeholders and what they want to see. So let's um bring that together, right? And not hodgepodge different things, but putting together and showing that to to you all to the commission and having those those priorities outlined, right? So I believe that closes it for me. Thank you very much. If you have any questions, we'll be back and I'll come back. Thank you, Olen. So I'm going to dive a little into the goals and intent of this plan. So uh basically these are have been goals set by the city commission and they're going to be rephrased a little b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b

b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b b based on the community input we are just starting to get. But uh we want to have a more intentional and better a more intention and organization around downtown priorities. uh we want to coordinate uh and clarify our downtown investments and because now they fall into different departments and that's normal but uh this plan will realign all those departments and their priorities a cohesive plan that needs together all the unique parts of downtown into a holistic experience you will see do we have the map here I'm not sure if we have the map but it's an extended area study is very big It's going to from international to almost Mexico Boulevard to the south to the highway and basically Palm Street with some extension to central boulevard. So it's a very broad concept of downtown for two reasons because we want to integrate historic neighborhoods that are now becoming downtown and second as Kaen say we are thinking on this downtown to be the downtown of lower valley the lower uh Rio Grande Valley. So, you know, and that's what how we want to market in the future. Actually, we want to harmonize new and old. We have one of the largest stocks in historic uh properties here in Brownsville, but we also want to appeal to younger generations and and investors who want to uh put their offices here. So we have to be careful on how can we harmonize harmonize the two and we want to provide guidance to the CIP planning. These are the capital improvement projects from the city and again promote historic and cultural preservation. So this is kind of the reporting structure or how we are engaging with a

lot of uh people. So the city commission of course is the ultimate voice to approve this plan and erh but before that it will be presented to you the planning and sunning commission as the recommending body. We're working with the city manager's office as well. The project team is as mentioned the people I just introduced. But we are also casting a broad uh net. Uh we will be hosting public events and yeah which these are open to the public whoever shows up. Uh we just meet them on where they are. Not where we want them to be but where they are. We will be having more targeted stakeholder meetings like we've been three days meeting with people h and tomorrow there will be more that's property and business owners community serving nonprofits cultural historic and tourism NPOS city staff and departments local artist higher education institutions and jurisdictional partners like the county or the federal government and we also have a mixed perspective group which is like a representational group of all those uh kind of because it's important to dig into uh things in detail which we can accomplish through the stakeholder meetings but sometimes it's also important to bring different perspectives so people hear from others like the perspective of a business owner may be very different than the one from an artist and we want that uh to ensure that everybody understand every other person's point of view. This is the project timeline about 12 months. The adoption is meant to be yes in in the summer 2026. So we are there in the first planning and zoning commission you can see in September. Uh and we are working in the analysis and and and vision of the plan. Then we will be able to put together some recommendations

err and when we hit the implementation phase so when we have a more of a fuller plan we will be coming back to uh planning and zoning commission and then uh and then the uh city council. Erh you can see that all scatter around the timeline. There are those stakeholder meetings, the design char which is like an intense workshop and and also public events. Uh the public outreach uh is again going to be massive and we want to be deliberate on on making sure that it's everybody's downtown including the people who doesn't live in downtown right now. So we had that kickoff meeting in August 1st at Bik BIC. Erh we'll be going to farmers market the Bronzeville appreciation day at the zoo tomorrow. Actually we'll be going to beer fest in October. We're engaging in tableabling events at UTRGB, TSC and uh UHSP. Well, the health university uh we will definitely be present at the loss muertos first Friday Christmas tree lighting ceremony at Marcus Square char days space fest and other pop-up events in districts one two and three and some of the of those uh events will be hosted with free nichls but others will be carried by by the planning department staff and volunteers. We're recruiting a lot of internal volunteers. So, we want to hear from you. This is when you come to to tell us some some of your feedback and Caitlyn is going to manage that.

All right. So, we're happy to take any general questions that you have for us. I will also point out that this QR code goes to our project website where we do have a live survey open for any of you, anyone in the audience, anyone listening. Please go take our survey. Um the website URL is also btxdowntown renaissance.com. Um so with that again we'll take any questions that you have but also we have these three prompt questions that would be really helpful for us to understand from you guys. What are your expectations or needs as the as a P&Z commissioner for this process? Um how might you define sex uh success of this plan andor process? And what my favorite question always to ask any group is what is the one thing that you would like to see done in downtown Brownsville? If you had a magic wand, you could just do one thing, what would that be?

More parking. Parking in that opinion. Yes. Parking and security. And security. Okay. Yep. We've heard those repeated a lot in our last three days of meetings. Does anybody That would be cool. So, we've been hearing trolleys at every meeting that we've had. So, I'd be surprised. Yeah. Completely unprompted. It has come up in every single stakeholder meeting that we've had has been Did the city not have one back in the day? Did Yeah, it did. Yeah. And so, people are very It's a nostalgic thing, but also a functional thing for mobility.

So, the little bus that's going around downtown and how is that going? What kind of feedback? What kind of use? So that was a that was a great initiative that we were able to launch with with multimodal department. The most feedback that we've been getting is that it's great for the core. But for those that maybe want to explore explore further north maybe like towards the zoo or maybe a little bit more out closer to the expressway they wish they could probably have a bit larger route. um which is something that I'm talking to Genie at at not marketing at multimodal so that we can look at that because right now it's it it looks like a three minute route but if we go a little bit further north we'll probably do like seven to 10 u but it's definitely something that uh we want to continue um the other uh feedback that we're getting is that we're trying to hopefully get it throughout the week but we don't think that's feasible right now based on writer uh share so it looks like right now we're keeping it Thursday through Saturday with the possibility and more than likely to expand it further north.

One concern I had was um when I came downtown, the long line going to Mexico was blocking traffic and that was just I was just stuck there waiting for them to move so I could get through so we could go have dinner. So again, my thing is the parking and the security. I mean, we need to have more security downtown and pick up the lights cuz there was a couple of lights that were out and again that's security. So, those are my two main concerns, enough parking and security for people to walk around and feel safe.

And we've we've heard some good feedback, too, on those kinds of things. People are really interested in seeing like meet the baseline expectations of parking, security, things like that, and then start thinking about the really big ideas um as well. But like you you've got to have that baseline stuff met, right? Um so, yeah, that's something we definitely hear. Another concern I have is if you look at all your photos, they're all adult type features, items, events. How about family oriented type events? I mean, like we have many people who like to come downtown and bring their kids. What's that? What's for them?

Right. So, we are partnering with the parks and recck department to uh join them at events that they're already doing and other areas outside of downtown. So, that's absolutely in the works. Um, this slide was kind of submitted before we could plan with with Sean and Laura at Parks and Rec, but we are planning to go to parks and events and other popups that that they already have. So, we will go to them when they already have something going on. And also, as I mentioned, tomorrow we're going to be the whole day at the zoo. The Christmas celebration is deliberate targeted to to kids. So, so some of those uh events are for kids and actually we're going to have a specific activities for kids like design your ideal downtown or things to draw and uh you know visualize more visual type of engagement with them.

Mhm. I personally would like to see it more walkable and opportunity for us to ride our bikes where it would be safe to ride your bike downtown. I do have two questions. Um, how are we funding First Fridays? How is that being funded now? We we've been given grants through a foundation and training is going on I understand. How is that going?

So, this is a full review of the department. Yes, the Axella training has been going well. I think yes we we had it in the last two weeks and we are having another two events next week and the following week. It's about Axel but also about a software called Gwiz. We will we probably want to present here in this forum as well once that is uh fully implemented. But uh Gwiz what what it does is that it's like an interface a more friendly interface to Axella. So it ask you questions very simple questions and while you're answering those questions it's filling uh that information into Excella. So once you are done pretty much twothirds of the application is already ready. So that became actually live a couple of days ago. H and but we're going to continue to uh train the the public on that.

And how are we publicizing the trainings right now? It was kind of a email. We have email email and direct phone calls to developers realtors is my understanding and you know frequently users of our services. Maybe Martin you can expand on that. I'm going to attend the one on the 12th but someone told me about it. I didn't know that we were having that.

Sure. We were for the past two weeks we've been having sessions both Wednesdays and Thursdays. The Wednesday session is more of a broad and generalized explanation of the new platform or the the new view of the platform because Excel has already existed. However, the view of it or the interface of it has changed. with uh the Thursday session. It was more of a one-on-one um session where uh we divided groups. We divided the day into four different sessions. One for realtors, one for engineers, one for designers, and one for contractors. And we had a pretty good turnout where uh each group went and provided feedback from their own eyes and from their own experience based based on what each group does and what is is specific to them. So that gave us pretty good feedback as to how to tweak it and um that's that's what we've been doing. And so yes, my understanding is we will continue oursel a manager will continue having um these sessions for for the public.

Okay. Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a have a question. Yes, sir.

Um so this is specifically to city staff. Um so where do you see downtown? Where do you see downtown? What do you want to see in downtown besides the presentation? And can we get there and when will it be complete? Because we've been talking about revitalizing downtown brows for years, right? Uh we've been know the city spent and BCIC and God knows who else, engineering companies, consulting companies have spent money on studies and uh here we are again. So when are we going to get there? What what can we expect? So yes, well uh downtown Bransville has already done a lot of progress, right? And not being from downtown uh from Brownsville myself, I can tell you have a pretty good downtown and that was one of the reasons that attract attracted me to to this job because you know I see the potential. It's true that long range plans like this one are called like that because their horizon is really large 10 20 years and it's true that planners tend to believe that everything is is the new bible but truth is that just because you put something in a plan is not going to happen just like that. So what it comes later is a a set of priorities and a search for funding for each of those items and that can take several years. But I do see momentum. Uh the Brownsville is attracting major employers like a SpaceX and the uh liquid natural gas company and the and we are attracting some tourists uh in partnership with South Pad Island as well. The Sue and all other regional uh h magnets are playing their role. So I do see I do see a lot of potential in in downtown. It's going to be a mix of uh

growing pains and again it's hard because it comes uh many instances have to do with private property. You cannot force somebody to develop a property and there's a lot of vacant land or people sitting on land in downtown. So it's I'm not going to promise you anything that is not reasonable. But it's better to aim high, aim for the moon and and aim for Mars and get to the moon that rather than uh you know not having high expectations and not getting anything done, right? For example, affordable housing the affordable housing entities need for their properties to be within uh the boundaries of established plan in order to get funding from HUD. So after this like the Bugambas area will be will be in that position. So they will be better off to apply for HUD money. We don't know if they will be granted or not, but they will never be granted if they're not in a plan. So that's what I mean. It's it's always good to have those hey high expectations uh because it helps pushing you for more funding and more support.

Yeah, I agree with you, Madam Chair, and I think you've seen the progress over the years here in downtown. I remember when I was a little boy walking through here with my with my parents and shopping then things went dormant and now you see a lot of activity all these new businesses coming along which I think are fantastic for the area. So there's some people who want to see this through and get this done. Two of them that I know who are my opinion pioneers paved the way along with city staff is former mayor Tre Mendes and Ramito Gonzalez who have a genuine interest in downtown and beautifying beautifying and revitalizing downtown. So yeah, I I commend the work that you're trying to do. To me, that was kind of when we started a new phase downtown. It's when Dodichi opened, then others followed.

Any other questions? Thank you very much. Thank you very much.

Next, we have items for individual consideration. We have a total of eight items today. The first seven are for the consideration and action to grant a subdivision waiver for Bentree 9 subdivision, Cisnerto's Gonzalez subdivision, LRO subdivision, ooa estate subdivision, Bega state subdivision, Ela Costello section 2 subdivision and RNS subdivision. All of which are located within the extr territorial jurisdiction of city of Bronzeville from the min and they are um requesting a waiver from the municipal platting process to be solely uh proceeding with Cameron County's jurisdiction. Item number eight is a consideration and action to grant a special lighting permit for the upgrade of parking lot illumination facilities for Sunrise Mall and the Sunrise Commons. And this one is located at 2370 Frontage Road, Bronzeville, Texas 78521.

So for the first seven items, um we will request a motion from the commission. The recommendation from staff is to approve the waiverss. I'll make a motion to approve as per staff's recommendation. Second. Second. We have a first and a second motion. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries for items 1 to 7.

All right. So for item number eight, this is the very first time that we do a special lighting permit. Uh as per the UDC, the planning and zoning commission has the authority to grant a special lighting permit similar to a specific use permit that is issued to a property. In this situation, the request uh is being submitted by both the Sunrise Mall and the Sunrise Commons. Uh again, the request is for a special lighting permit. the current zoning for the property's regional center and uh the proposed use which is already established is big big box retail sunrise mall the sunrise commons and these properties are fronting north 7 north north expressway 77 and public boulevard and the project scope is for the replacement of existing parking lot lighting fixtures so to give you a little bit of background the udc review criteria states that the lighting within in any business or any parking lot cannot exceed 3,000 Kelvin uh which Kelvin and we'll get to a slide showing you specifically what that is but it means or measures the temperature or the color of the light and uh the other subsection that we're looking at is the allowed total uh initial lumens per side or heartscaped area and so the code only permits five lumens per square foot of heartscape. And we'll explain to you right now how we get to the calculation based on the area that is being let's say upgraded or or the size of the parking lot that will be uh upgraded in in lighting fixtures. So, as mentioned, uh the planning and zoning commission may grant the permit upon review um for a special lighting

permit that basically in like in this case the request is to exceed the the 3000 Kelvin mark. uh which will mean that the temperature of the light or the color of the light will be a little bit wider or brighter than the threshold that's established by the UDC. So just to give you a little bit of uh technical background uh the lumens basically uh measure the intensity or how bright uh light reflects off of a particular surface. And as you can see on the picture to the left um that is called lumen. It's basically what reflects off of a surface. And then to the right you have the Kelvin that um measures the color of the light. In this particular situation, the um developers or or the um managing staff of the mall and the Sunrise Commons, they're requesting fixtures that will have a color temperature of 5,700 Kelvin. And if you look at the at the um image to the right, um you can see in the range that it would be between the 5,500 and the 6,000 mark. So it would be to a color similar to a white or light blue uh color compared to the 3000 mark that the UDC establishes which is a bit more warm and yellow orange color

lot brighter.

Right. And so this is a proposed the proposed lighting plan that was submitted by um the the developer or the managing body of uh this business. Uh they will be replacing again 1,00 watt metal halite fixtures with LED fixtures producing up to 65,000 lumens each. Uh the Sunrise Mall in total the heartscaped area uh of the parking lot is 57.3 acres. Uh proposed upgrade results in a total reduction of 49% in lumens and 74% in kilowatts. In the Sunrise Commons, the parking lot has a rough area of 14.9 acres and uh the proposed upgrade will result in a total reduction of 71% in lumens and 87% in kilowatts. The upgrade will also provide an average of two foot candles uh of illuminance uh on two foot candles of illuminance on the pavement surface in a cool white temperature of approximately 5,700 Kelvin which is the main request that where they're exceeding that threshold. As for the the luminance, they fall within the parameter. Uh the UDC states no more than five. They're actually proposing two lumens per square per per square foot. All fixtures and optics will be aimed towards the parking surface. This is required by code and they're complying with that uh in their report preventing direct glare except when looking directly at fixtures. And also they will have as per required by code a net link dimming control system which will be installed to control each pole separately. So at the time of closure, these poles will be uh dimmed down to about a 10% capacity. So uh the glare or the brightness of the lights won't be overbearing to uh surrounding

businesses or properties. And this is an image that was provided b as part of the study. And so this is the area at the sunrise mall where the fixtures are going to be replaced. This is the area at the Sunrise Commons, which is to give you more of an idea where Old Navy's at, Marshalls, Ross, etc. So, they're not they're not replacing what's to the right in front of Hobby Lobby and all the way to where? No, because they don't own those properties. Okay.

And this is just a basically a luminance image of of what would be the existing and the resulting And so the proposed upgrade uh as mentioned uh does exceed the amount of Kelvin by 2,700 Kelvin. Again, the threshold on the UDC is 3,000. They're proposing 5,700. And the illuminance of two foot candles or two lumens per square foot does comply with uh what the code states. And again, this is just another image so you have a a good idea as to what that lighting would look like. And based on the proposal, uh, staff does recommend the approval to grant the special lighting permit.

Are there any lit signs there? Lit signs, you know, the advertising signs that we have along the expressway. like pylon signs advertising let's say a business the ones that are electronical that electronic that well there's pylon signs for example at the sunrise comments there's nothing over there right well there there are signs for the stores like Marshalls Ross and etc and also for the mall no I mean those big ones along the expans Oh, you mean like a billboard billboards? No, there's none

on the property on the property or adjacent to the adjacent to that area. I was just So, the closest one is on the on the corner of Pablo 7 Morrison at Galaxy Bowling. Okay. Electronic. What's that? Electronic. An electronic billboard. Yeah, there's there's one right in the corner. Yeah, there's one right there by 802 and right in front of the mall. There's a little plaza. There's one right there. Yeah, it's a huge one. Right next to uh by the Exxon and the um Okay. Yes. But next to the what used to be the Exxon. But but not on the mall property. No,

not on the mall property. Martin, did they um Why the increase? Why do they want to go to 5,000? What? Well, that the applicant is scared.

Yes. Um they can provide additional questions but as per the report it was basically to uh enhance uh security at night just provide a little bit or better illumination. Um and uh it's just a different type of light. One it's a halite based light and this one's going to be LED. And so there's that difference in in illumination. I can see that it would add to security in that area. I'm guessing those cut costs as well, right? Energy. What was that?

The energy costs, the LEDs are more energy efficient.

Good afternoon. I'm Veronica Baka Martinez, marketing director for Sunrise Mall. Um, thank you so much for allowing us to be here and for request uh requesting the support behind this um upgrade that what Sunrise Mall is doing through CVL, our company. We've done about 23 properties using these LED systems. And um, you know, I think the bottom line is it's aesthetic. It's um the safety for our shoppers. Those are the two main uh reasons behind it. Um, I think he covered all the technical issues. Um but this again is uh reducing the lumens the hotspots because of that uh technology behind the LEDs. Um so yeah you have any questions

questions for her. Thank you. Thank you.

Make a motion to close public hearing. Second. We have a first and second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Commission have any other questions? If not, I'll entertain a motion. So move. So move to approve. We have a first and a second motion. All those in favor? I I.

All those opposed? Motion carries. Next we move to public hearings. We have a total of eight items today. The first item is for public hearing and action and ordinance number 235-25-00002. And this is to reszone from agricultural to regional center to allow storage facilities or small warehouses for a 4.75 acre tract of land. more or less out of 47.51 acres out of 216.04 acre tract share one SP to Santo Grant Cameron County, Texas located at 1 New Carman Avenue, Brownville, Texas 78575.

So this request is to zone from agriculture to regional center. The proposed uses uh storage facilities or small warehouses with storefronts. Uh the property owner is the same owner as just to give you a little a bit of reference uh where Tesla's located. So they're looking to build something similar uh where it has like a warehouse component but also a storefront. Uh this is actually the second phase of the project in November. This uh the first phase of the property was annexed and the reasonzoning was approved by both the planning and zoning commission and the city commission. Um the property fronts New Carman Avenue. Uh this is a 200 foot buffer map. There were 64 mailouts and zero written opposition. Uh and as mentioned all along the strip, that's uh what the developer intends uh to to establish to front New Carman Avenue. This is the the zoning map and uh as you can see there's residential single family to the east, agriculture as well to the east and residential estate to the southwest and the request is consistent with the comprehensive plan future land use plan. Staff does recommend the approval to reszone from agriculture to regional center. While we truly appreciate the information that we're getting, I would like to ask that we get one aerial that's kind of zoomed out because it because it's hard to figure out. I'm familiar with the area, but it's hard to figure out exactly where it is.

Sure. So, these are going to be not really storage facilities, but more showroom warehouse to that extent. Yes. Like is it similar to what is established along the expressway? Yeah, it basically storefronts with the warehouse.

Okay. I can get my

So, this is north of 281 and it's west of

Can we put Google Earth? Would we be able to put Google Earth on? Ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. If there's anyone that would like to address this issue, you would come forward. The developer isn't here, right? No. Yes. It's on 281 on the north side but west of the

high school. Um just Veterans High School. There's no one to speak on this. I need a motion to close public. doing. I'll make a motion to close public hearing. Second. We have a first and a second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor?

I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Does the commission have any other questions? You understand where it's at?

Much better. Thank you. Are there going to be Mhm. Martin, do you know since there going to be warehouses what they'll be storing in their ballpark? Retail, I think. Yes, it's retail oriented because the regional center only allows commercial. They won't even be able to store warehouse material. Thank you. So, it doesn't front 281. It's north of 28. North of 281. fronting New Carman. And so their access comes from New Carman. Yes.

Can you go back to the other map? The the not this one. The one you set up. The one that that one right there the presentation that. So all all the this is ware retail warehouse type of of a structure but stores right no feed no feedback what's that no feedback from any no

any further questions if not I'll entertain a motion So move uh to reszone to regional RSC. I second it. We have a first and a second motion to approve. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries.

Thank you. We move to item number two. This is a public hearing and action on ordinance number 235-2025-015 to resume from commercial corridor to residential single family to allow a single family residence for lot C1 block one Rancho Sympatico subdivision Cameron County Texas located at 9275 US highway 281 Bronzeville Texas 78520. Uh so this request is actually a down zone from commercial corridor down to residential single family. The proposed uses a single family residents and it is fronting US highway 281. This is a 200T buffer map. There were 15 mailouts and zero written opposition. And the polygon in red is a pro the subject property that's undergoing the zoning the zoning change. And as you can see the um this is a zoning map. There's commercial corridor within the area or specifically along US highway 281. There's residential single family to the southwest and agriculture to the west. Uh we also have the ETJ to the east. Now this particular property is also part of this uh single family subdivision. However, when it was designed, the the larger lots along the frontage uh were originally destined to be commercial commercial lots. However, the area has well developed into primarily single family um uh residences with a few uh businesses scattered throughout. And so staff does recommend the approval to down zone from commercial corridor to residential single family.

So there is a commercial property on the on the north and the south of this. There's a single family home to the north and there's a commercial property to the south. And across the street or across US Highway 21, the majority is single family. And so they're wanting to build a home there. That is correct. And how big is that lot? Uh that lot is 98 acres. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. If there's anyone in the public that would like to address this issue, if you would come forward,

move to close public hearing. Second. We have a first and a second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Commission have any other questions? Not I will entertain a motion. So move to reszone from commercial corridor to uh residential single family. I'll second that. We have a first and a second motion. All those in favor? I

I. All those opposed. Motion carries. Item number three is a public hearing and action on ordinance number 235-2025-016 to reszone from resident residential estate to residential transition to allow multif family development for a 5.85 85 acre tract of land more or less out of lots 9 and 10 block 308 Elhardin RE subdivision share 10 Espanto Grant Cameron County Texas located at 1000 Medford Avenue Bronzeville Texas 7521.

Uh so this the request for this property is to upone from residential estate to residential transition to accommodate a multif family development. the properties fronting Medford Avenue. This is a 200 foot buffer map. There were 15 mail outs and zero written opposition. And from this image down to the south of Medford, uh there are several duplexes. There are several multif family developments on each of these lots. Um, actually for this particular property, it's a phase two of an already existing subdivision that was reszoned back in 2023 for a multif family development. And you can see the reflection of that reszoning to the east, which is already zoned R3. To the north, we also have res uh regional center and light industrial. And we have uh residential estate to the south. Can you go back to that?

Sure. So is so what's highlighted with the little hashes that is the property line? Yes.

Yes. That was the remainder as they were subdividing um this uh it used to be let's say an overall parcel. I can't remember off the top of my head, but it was a quite large parcel of about 15 acres and it had been uh subdivided slowly to give off to siblings or family members and this was a remnant of it and so this is what came about. It's about 5.85 acres. It really doesn't have much of available area for building. Most of it is a driver socket bit. So, um it's uh the the area where they could potentially build is uh to an extent limited. They won't be it's not going to be an overall very development with a very high density to to put it that way because of the available area to to build. Um however, that's what the developer intends to do. Just because that rasaka's bed is dry now doesn't mean it's always going to be dry,

right? So, they're not going to build within the the Rasaka bed. Um it's is we just pointed out that the net available area is not much less is much less than the 5.85 acres.

So, you said this was phase two. Where is phase one? Have they already constructed phase one? No. So, the the development or or the subdivision, the original subdivision was Coralia family subdivision. They owned all the way to where the R3 is at or actually even further. And they had been, like I said, uh subdividing slowly, piece by piece. And so, this was again the remnant of that uh those previous subdivisions. So realistically, where on this property can they build?

Um towards the back where it where you see the the long access and where it opens up. There's that's a portion right there. And there's also uh the portion by where the re is shown. Is that a drainage ditch that goes through there or what is that? It's possibly a drainage stitch. Yes.

Well, that's going to even Yeah, that'll be less less usable land buildable land because there's easements along that drainage and they're usually 100 ft. Okay. Uh ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. If there's anyone in the public that would like to address this issue, if you'd come forward.

I'll move to close public hearing. We have a first and a second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Does commission have additional questions? What was the purpose of the the zoning change to allow multif family development? Make a motion to approve as per staff's recommendation. I second. We have a first and a second motion. All those in favor? I.

All those opposed? Motion carries.

Item number four is a public hearing and action on ordinance number 2352025-017- S. This is a request for a special use permit in a regional center zoning designation to allow a used car lot for a 0.774 acre tract of land out of a certain 4.751 acre tract of land of block 1 Amelia subdivision share 12 Espiritto Santo Grant Cameron County Texas located at 6738 Northage Road Bronzeville Texas 78575 Five.

Uh so as mentioned the proposed use is for used car lots. Uh the current zoning of the property is regional center but as per the UDC um prior to a text amendment which will we which we will expand on shortly. Uh it required a specific use permit. This property is fronting north frontage road of the expressway. And just to provide some history, um this application actually started since November 1st of 2024. Uh the application or or the lei, the person who leased out the property uh or the 7 acres out of the original parent. They made their first attempt to submit an application on November 1st of last year. the application was incomplete and was tied to an incorrect parcel. At that point in time, they were notified by staff that the application was incomplete. They were provided a detailed list of uh deficiencies and they were notified that they had to correct the record because it was not tied to the to the correct parcel. It was actually a different property. Um after that they made a second attempt to submit a reasonzoning application uh possibly to try and correct that tie or incorrect tie to a different parcel. And that was on November 20th of 2024. At that time the application was once again complete and staff sent out a list of uh deficiencies or documents that were pending for this application. uh following this uh event the application remained dormant. There was

no activity afterwards and by from that time u until March 4th, 2025, city commission as well as P and zoning commission adopted a zon a text amendment to the UDC which restricts used car lots to Pyading Highway in South Boulevard. Following this uh approval of the text amendment, the applicant decided to make a third attempt to submit uh the application and on June 24th the application was opened and was still incomplete. Once again, they were notified that it was incomplete. But the only difference now was that there was a there is a text amendment that prohibits that location to harbor a um used car lot. On July 28th uh 2025, the application was completed and as per the advice of our legal department, they um instructed us to still bring it forward so that a formal denial could be provided. This is the 200 foot buffer map. There were two mail outs and zero in opposition. This is the zoning map. It's the board predominates in the area's regional center. There's also reg residential estate to the east, residential single family and light industrial to the west. And this is the proposed area that was intended to be used as a car lot. Used car lot. This is just south of the uh sports park.

Yes, ma'am. And so uh staff recommended the the denial of the specific use permit uh based on the fact that there's a text amendment in place and no longer allows. However, we still included the typical conditions as we have before in the event that uh the commission decides to consider allowing it to move forward. Any questions? Um, personally I have a concern about unloading of inventory within the property because across the expressway there's a used car lot that's been there a number of years and they don't unload on their property. They're doing it on the frontage road and that area is very busy. I catch them doing that all the time. I don't know how we could monitor that. We don't have the personnel to do that. Uh ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. If there's anyone in the audience that would like to address this issue, if you would come forward.

So move to close public hearing. I second. We have a first and a second to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Make a motion to deny as per staff recommendation. Second. We have a first and a second motion. All those in favor? I.

All those opposed? Motion carries. I feel for the applicant. I know they put a lot of effort into this. Next item number five is a public hearing and action on ordinance number 235-2025-018- S to request a special use permit in re in a regional center zoning designation to allow an outdoor event center party place for lot 4 block one Ernesto Cortez subdivision Cameron County Texas located at 290 FM 500 111 Brownsville, Texas 78575. So the current zoning of this property is regional center and as per the UTC for an outdoor event center or party place a specific use permit is required uh specifically to condition the the property or the development to mitigate any escaping noise or sound generated by the use. Uh the property is fronting FM 511. Uh this is the 200T buffer map. There were seven meotss and zero written opposition. And this is a zoning map. What predominates in the area is regional center. Uh what's And to the south we have residential transition. And as you can see there is a multif family development. uh to the south there are some um single family homes that are a little bit further away or outside of the image but regardless it's within the vicinity. Uh this is the proposed uh site plan. Uh most of the majority of it is or of the uh proposed business is

going to be outdoor uh picnic style tables uh bounce houses in the center and um and bathrooms to to the north side of so similar to a food park. Uh similar without the food truck component, let's say. So, it's just outdoor activities, no food. Well, it's an event center. They're going to be able to bring in food, cater,

have music, etc. And so, staff recommends the denial for the specific use permit to allow an outdoor event center and regional center. Um however if approved we do um have to mention the the conditions to which the property will be subject to and so basically they have to mitigate the sound and they cannot let a certain amount of decibb in this case 60 dB escape from the property line. So because it's an outdoor event hall it's very difficult. However, if um they have a way to mitigate, they can propose it and if approved by the planning and zoning commission and the city commission uh at the time of site review, we staff would also have to review that uh method of mitigation to make sure that uh it's compliant and obviously follow up with um monitoring Can you go back to the photo, please?

Thank you.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. If there's anyone in the audience that would like to address this case, if you'll come forward. So move to close public hearing.

We have a first and a second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Do we have any questions, commissioners? So, so this is closer to the expressway and just east of 803, I believe. Correct. The animal shelter is to the east and the stripes is to the west.

And that is a big current complex there. What is the wish of the commission? So move to deny um the request due to the sound uh close so close proximity to a to a neighborhood because at night they can't control it. So so move to deny. I'll second. We have a first and a second motion. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Madam Chair, I I oppose the motion. I'm sorry. I'm against.

Okay. Let the record show that Mr. Obell opposed. Next uh item number six is a public hearing and action on ordinance number 235-2025-019 to reszone from agriculture to residential single family to allow a single family subdivision for 10.12 acres out of block 174 Hardin subdivision share 27 spanto grant Cameron County Texas located at 2915 Smith Road, Bronzeville, Texas 78526.

Uh, so this request is for a single sub single family subdivision. The current zoning is agriculture. Uh, their request is to upzone to residential single family. The property is fronting Smith Road. This is the 200T buffer map. There were 23 mailouts and zero rent opposition. This property was actually annexed into the city back in 2024. And whenever it was annexed or whenever any property is annexed uh the automatic zoning that it comes with is agriculture. So agriculture zoning does not has a very low density. Um so the the subdivision that they're proposing and that they're actually done building out uh well it does not comply with that uh density requirement that agriculture has. Therefore, a residential single family is required to be able to carry out both the use and uh and the proposed density.

You said that's already been built out. Yes. Yeah. Like streets and utilities. Yes. It's uh single. It's 10 lots in to 12 lots in total. It's uh just one street. It's called Magnolia Estates. They they built it out. the the developer proceeded against uh staff's advice. They decided to move forward with the subdivision prior to uh reszoning. Um therefore they're requesting So when they did that, was it part of the county or had already been annexed into the city? It had already been annexed into the city.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is public hearing. If there's anyone in the audience that'd like to address this case, if you'll come forward,

make a motion to close public hearing. We have a first and a second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Do we have additional questions? So, it's already uh they already put the road and everything you said. Correct. Yes, that is correct. It's completely finished and it's been accepted by the city as well. It's already been accepted by the city. What's that? So, it's already been accepted by the city.

The subdivision. So basically the when we say accepted by the city it means that they've the city has accepted the infrastructure as public and therefore the city takes over to maintain from the point of recording on

I'll make a motion to approve them. I have a comment. Oh just kidding.

I'm sorry. Um, have we run into cases like this before where a developer will go against the wishes of planning and zoning? Unfortunately, there's nothing in the code that prevents them from because they're two separate uh requirement. Zoning is not u subject to platting and platting is not subject to to uh reszoning. We always tell them and we always provide comments uh whenever there's uh the subdivision process. We let them know ahead of time if a property needs to be reszoned. Um sometimes they'll move forward because especially with single family residential subdivisions, they'll move forward because let's say they're in a time crunch. Um, they'll move forward because they feel confident that because it's a very non-invasive use or it's a single family residential subdivision is probably the least invasive use in the zoning book. They feel confident and they just move forward with with um with the subdivision. So legally the developer could go forward.

Right. Right. But and what would happen if we denied the zoning change? So they would have to basically amend the property or the subdivision to comply with the density. So instead of having let's say 20,000 square foot lots, they would need one acre lots. And so half of their lots would be eliminated hypothetically. Well, I certainly wouldn't want to see developers doing this over and over again. It's very rare. This is the second time in my tenure here, but it's sometimes it happens. So, it's rare. What's that? It's rare.

It's very rare. And sometimes they don't do it uh out of maliciously. Yeah. is just that they're not very savvy or they're firsttime developers and it just slips. This is not a first time developer. Uh however, I think it brings up a good point that it's frequent because in other cities it's not allowed altogether. So we may want to revisit the UDC on this point not allowing platting to be recorded prior to Sony. So yeah. Yeah. Any further questions?

Second. We have a first and a sec. Second motion to approve. All those in favor? I I

What can you do? I know. I just don't want to see this become we have we have rules and regulations in place for a reason. I those opposed. Do we have enough? Okay. All right, motion carries.

Next is to item number seven for public hearing and action on ordinance number 235-2025-020 to reszone from a residential transition to commercial corridor to allow a commercial plaza for 5.81 81 acre tract of land comprised of a 2.33 acre tract of land out of block 5 RB Renfro subdivision and a 3.48 48 acre tract of land out of a 5.90 acre tract of land out of an 8 acre tract conveyed to FW Wheeler Cameron County, Texas located at West Ruben M. Torres Boulevard, Bronzeville, Texas 78520.

Uh so the current zoning for this property is residential transition R3. The request is to upzone to commercial corridor for the proposed use of a commercial plaza. The property is fronting West Ruben Torres Boulevard. And actually this property is the remnant of a recent subdivision that was created for a multif family development. Um you probably recall the reasonzoning that we did in and in and the subdivision. Uh this is a 200T buffer map. There were 28 mail outs since there were written opposition and as mentioned they would like to establish a commercial plaza on the buildable area of this property. This is the zoning map. Um there's a mixture of zoning. There's residential transition, residential single family to the north, commercial corridor to the south, and residential suburban to the southeast. and staff uh recommends the approval to reszone from residential transition to commercial corridor.

Can you go back to the previous So, I'm glad to see that this property is going to get developed. It's been vacant for a long time. Um but I know it had a lot of easements. So, where is his buildable area? Well, based on the survey that has been submitted, there weren't many easements.

Okay. Um it they're mainly uh I would say they haven't proposed a site plan but um most of the buildable areas towards the corner the main corner of Laredo and Ren Torres um there is a pretty high bank on the west side of the property. So approximately where that black line shows within the red polygon that were that would be the approximate location of the high bank. So I would say that would be a logical limit.

Ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. If there's anyone in the audience that would like to address this case, if you'll come forward.

So move to close public hearing. I second. We have a first and second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Martin, quick question. It's um the whole property R3 where it says is it the same owner or is it different owners? It used to be the same owner and the owner that is reszoning this property they sold to Madhouse Development who is the developer doing multi the multif family development on the northern portion uh which is going to be senior living. They were well into that development.

So everything that's on the on the hashes, that is the new property line for this reasonzoning only. Correct. Yes. So everything that's within the red polygon and hatched, that's what's being reszoned. Any other questions? Okay. So move to uh accept the reszoning from R3 to commercial corridor. A second. We have a first and a second motion to approve. All those in favor?

I. All those opposed? Motion carries.

We move to our last public hearings item today. Item number eight. This is a public hearing and action on ordinance number 235-2025-021 to reszone from light industrial to residential transition to allow multif family development apartments for lot 3A Bronzeville LTD subdivision Cameron County Texas located at 15 Sam Pearl Boulevard 78520. So, uh, this, uh, property is currently zoned light industrial. Um, once we move forward to the next slide, you will probably remember that it was reszoned to Light Industrial in February. So, the developer has apparently changed his mind in the de based on development trend in the area. And so they're again trying to go from light industrial to residential transition for uh to establish a multif family development. This is a 200T buffer map. There were 39 mil and zero written opposition and there's a single family subdivision to the northwest. Everything else is commercial development. This is the zoning map. To the north again there's traditional neighborhood traditional neighborhood mixed use and regional center uh along Sam Pearl. Uh staff uh recommends the approval to reszone from light industrial to residential transition. Um and just to provide uh some additional feedback or uh reference the the reason why staff is providing or recommending um approval is um based on the proposed development or

future development or improvements along uh this corridor which uh a multif family development would be more in tune with than what is existing at the moment which is export veh vehicle for which is basically what's next door. Yes. So hopefully slowly these will these uses will will start moving away. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a public hearing. If there's anyone in the audience that would like to address this issue, if you would come forward. Make a motion to close public hearing. Second.

We have a first and a second motion to close public hearing. All those in favor? I. All those opposed? Motion carries. Commissioners, do you have additional questions? I'll make a motion to approve as per staff recommendation. Second. We have a first and a second motion to approve. All those in favor? I

I. All those opposed? Motion carries. This concludes our public hearings. Next, we move to one item for board discussion, and this is for the consideration and action to adopt a planning and zoning commission's official calendar for October of 2025 through September of 2026.

Um, so this is the proposed calendar. The meetings remain the same first Thursday of the month. Um there are or could be some variations um on months that have holidays at the beginning uh of the month. So like January or July. So um in this case compared to this year um well this year on July we had to move it by one week but in this next calendar year the the holiday is closer uh at the beginning where it's at the beginning of the following week to where we can still have the meeting. So any questions? Make a motion to approve.

We have a first and a second motion to approve the calendar as as stated. All those in favor? I I. All those opposed? Motion carries. We'll move to adjourn. Second. 70:04 meeting is adjourned. All four second. Thank you.

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