May 31, 2022 Joint City Council/P&amp;Z Meeting

GOOD MORNING.

WE'RE READY TO BEGIN.

OUR CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION JOINT MEETING THAT'S BEEN SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, MAY 31ST, 2022 FOR 10, A M.

AND WE ARE ABOUT SEVEN MINUTES SHY OF THAT.

IT'S ABOUT 10 0 7, ACCORDING TO OUR HOCKEY AND THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

WE ARE IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS LOCATED HERE AT 4 44 FOURTH STREET HERE IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR.

AND AT THIS PARTICULAR JOINT SPECIAL MEETING, THE PUBLIC MAY PARTICIPATE AND ATTEND THE MEETING THROUGH THE MEDIUMS OF A VIDEO CONFERENCE OR TELECONFERENCE.

UM, YOU MAY ACCESS THE MEETING BY DIALING 8 7 7 8 5 3 5 2 4 7 OR 8 8 8 7 8 8 0 0 9 9.

AND YOU WOULD PUT IN THE MEETING ID OF 8 3 4 8 1 0 0 2 8 1 5 AND THE PAST CODE 6 0 4 0 3 6.

AND I'D LIKE TO INFORM YOU THAT IN THIS MEETING, WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY, THAT, AND YOU MAY MAKE A REQUEST FOR SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS THROUGH THE CITY SECRETARY'S OFFICE AT 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.

HOWEVER, THIS MUST BE DONE 24 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.

AND THOSE REQUESTED ACCOMMODATIONS WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU.

AT THIS TIME, WE WILL BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH THE INVOCATION AND WITH THE PLEDGE AND THE ROLL CALL, AND WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COUNCILMAN MARKS.

WOULD YOU DO THAT AS FAR AS PLEASE? AND THEN WE WILL SAY THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND THE ROLL CALL WILL BE CONDUCTED.

PLEASE STAND FATHER GOD.

WE COME TO YOU TODAY, THANKING YOU FOR ALL OF OUR BLESSINGS INDIVIDUALLY AND COLLECTIVELY.

WE ACTUALLY FATHERED THE BNR MYTHS AS WE CONDUCT THE BUSINESS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.

LET US MAKE WISE DECISIONS ON BEHALF OF THE CITIZENS HERE, REPORT OFF, AND WE ASK ALL OF THESE THINGS IN JESUS NAME.

AMEN.

WELL, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN.

NOW JOIN US IN RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

ALL PARTICIPATED IN THE OPENING CEREMONY, CITY SECRETARY, WOULD YOU BE SO KIND AS TO DO THE ROLL CALL TO ESTABLISH THE CORE? MAY YOUR BAR T MAYOR PRO TEM HOMES, COUNCIL MEMBER JONES, COUNCIL MEMBER, KEN LAW, COUNCIL MEMBER MARKS COUNCIL MEMBER, MOSES COUNCIL MEMBER, FRANK.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.

JOHNNY BROWN, KEITH RICHARD, DR.

NOW DO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION PLEASE.

NORTH SIMON, DR.

ROSALYN QUEEN HERE, FERNANDO RAMIREZ.

YOU HAVE A QUORUM OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MAYOR.

THANK YOU SO KINDLY.

AND THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION IN HERE WITH IS ON THIS MORNING.

WE WILL BEGIN

[II. PUBLIC HEARING — 10: 00 A.M.]

THE PUBLIC HEARING AT 10:10 AM IN THE PUBLIC HEARINGS FOR THE PURPOSE OF RECEIVING PUBLIC COMMENTS TO CONSIDER PROPOSED COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ZONING AUTOMATES, INCLUDING CHANGES TO ZONING REGULATIONS AND ZONING DISTRICT BOUNDARIES CHANGES AFFECTING THE HEIGHT NUMBER OF STORIES AND SIZE OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES CHANGES TO THE PERCENTAGE.

IT A PERCENTAGE, EXCUSE ME, OF A LOT THAT MAY BE OCCUPIED CHANGES TO THE SIZE OF YARDS COURTS AT OTHER OPEN SPACES, CHANGES TO POPULATION DENSITY CHANGES TO THE LOCATION AND USE OF BUILDINGS, OTHER STRUCTURES AND LAND FOR BUSINESS INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL, OR OTHER PURPOSES CHANGES TO THE BULK OF BUILDINGS AND CHANGES TO THE CONSTRUCTION RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND RAISING OF BUILDINGS AND OTHER STRUCTURES, INCLUDING IN DESIGNATED

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PLACES AND AREAS OF HISTORICAL CULTURAL, OR ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE AND SIGNIFICANCE AND AMENDING THE CITY OF PORT AUTHOR'S COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO CONFORM TO THE PROPOSED ZONING AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS ADOPTED BY THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.

THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT WWW DOT PORT ARTHUR T X DOT GOB, AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC INSPECTION AT PORT AUTHOR CITY HALL, PUBLIC COMMENTS CAN BE MADE IN WRITING TO THE CITY SECRETARY.

WE ARE NOW READY TO BEGIN OUR PUBLIC HEARING AND YOU ARE INVITED AGAIN TO ATTEND AND YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD AT THIS MEETING FOR INFORMATION YOU'VE MADE CONTACT AGAIN, TO SEE THE SECRETARY'S OFFICE THROUGH EVEN EMAIL@CITYSECRETARYATPORTARTHURTX.GOV, OR YOU MAY CALL 4 0 9 9 8 3 8 1 1 5.

WE WILL NOW BEGIN OUR PUBLIC HEARING, AND THEN I'M GOING TO, OF COURSE, MR. BATON WILL, UH, FINISH OF THE REST OF THE PRESENTATION.

I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SOME INTRODUCTORY REMARKS.

AND, UM, JUST TO KIND OF LET US KNOW WHERE WE HEAR WE AT A PLACE THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN SINCE 1973, NOVEMBER 12TH, 1973.

THIS ORDINANCE WAS, UH, INACTIVE FORMALLY.

AND, UM, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE AFTER MUCH STUDY, AND AS YOU ALL KNOW, BOTH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND THE COUNCIL HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS.

THIS IS A, BASICALLY A REAL REWRITING OUR ZONING ORDINANCE THAT WAS ENACTED ON NOVEMBER 12TH, 1973, UM, WHAT THE PUBLIC HAS HAD.

AND I JUST WANT TO BRIEFLY TOUCH FOR THE RECORD ON THE NOTICE REQUIREMENTS.

WE DID HAVE ALL OF THE NOTICES RUN IN BOTH THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS AND THE BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE.

WE HAD ALL THE INFORMATION ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL, WHICH WAS THE NOTICE THAT YOU READ GIVEN THE PUBLIC, UM, THE, UH, DETAILS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

WE DO HAVE AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF WHAT YOU ALL HAVE A PRINTED OUT COPY.

UH, WE HAVE A PRINTED OUT COPY AS WELL AT THE LIBRARY OF THE NEW CHANGE.

IT'S ABOUT, LET ME GET THE PAGES 147 PAGES WHERE WE ARE REWRITING OUR CURRENT ZONING ORDINANCE.

UM, SO WHAT WAS KIND OF LIKE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO DELETE THE ONE WE HAVE AND PUT IN NEW PROVISIONS.

UM, THE NOTICE THAT YOU STATED JUST NOW EXPLAINED ALL THE THINGS WERE CHANGING.

WE ALSO HAVE ON THE WEBSITE, THE NEW ZONING MAP, UM, BECAUSE THE ZONING MAP ITSELF WILL ALSO CHANGE, UH, EXPLAINING WHERE, UM, YOU KNOW, WHERE CITIZENS CAN GO AND LOOK TO SEE HOW THEIR PROPERTY IS ZONED TO KNOW HOW THEY CAN MOVE FORWARD.

UM, AND AGAIN, THAT IS ON OUR PORT ARTHUR, TX.GOV, AND WE DO HAVE A HARD COPIES AVAILABLE.

UM, AGAIN, IT WAS RAN IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWS, BEAUMONT ENTERPRISE.

SO JUST THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE HAVE MET ALL OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT REQUIREMENTS AS FAR AS NOTICE.

AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO JUST GET ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT, PERIOD IS OVER AND WE ADJOURNED THE MEETING.

WE'LL GIVE YOU SOME OTHER DIRECTION.

WE JUST HAVE, UM, ONE RESOLUTION THAT'S GERMANE TO THIS, AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER RESOLUTION FOR CITY BUSINESS.

UM, AND THAT, WITH THAT BEING SPOKEN, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR EXPERT.

WE MET WITH THE DIRECTOR OF PLEASURE ALLEY, MR. GEORGIA DAVIS, UM, IN REGARDS TO IDENTIFYING THE ZONING DESIGNATIONS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE, UH, FOR THE ISLAND, UM, AS IT CURRENTLY IS.

GOOD MORNING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, PLANNING, ZONING, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND CITY ATTORNEY.

UH, IT'S NOT AFTER VAL SAID, BUT SHE SAID IT'S NOT MUCH LEFT FOR ME TO SAY, CAUSE SHE'S SHE RAN AND SHE DID EVERYTHING, BUT, UH, I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT WE DISCUSSED THE CHANGES THAT WAS MADE AT THE LAST MEETING THAT CONCERNED PLEASURE ISLAND.

AND WE DID PRESENT THEM AT THE LAST PUBLIC WORKSHOP WE HAD AND WE ARE REVIEWING, UH, TO ENSURE THE MAP TO ENSURE THAT, UH, EVERYTHING IS IN ORDER AND THAT, UH, UH, WE HAVE, UH, IT COULD, WE WERE KIND OF WAITING ON THAT, SO IT COULD BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND WE STILL HAVE A FEW MORE, UH, LITTLE THINGS TO TWEAK ON THAT MAP, BUT, UH, IT SHOULD BE READY BY THE TIME THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND PAY HIM.

IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I MISSED? NO.

MR. MADONNA.

THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.

UM, AS MR. BANNON STATED THAT WE DID TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE CONCERNS THAT COUNCIL HAD, UM, REGARDING PLEASURE ISLAND.

UM, WE DID GO OUT THERE.

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AND ALSO FOR FUTURE USES, UM, THE 36 ACRE TRACK.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, PROPOSED, UH, ZONING FOR MIXED USE.

UM, BASED ON AGAIN, WHAT'S CURRENTLY THERE AND THE FUTURE USE OF THE LAND.

UM, FOR THAT 36 ACRES, WE ALSO, UH, TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION PROPERTIES LOCATED, UM, NEAR THE, UH, IS IT THE CAUSEWAY BRIDGE, UM, THAT LEADS TO CAMERON LOUISIANA.

UM, THERE IS A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURES ALONG THAT THOROUGHFARE.

UM, SO WE LOOKED AT ITS CURRENT ZONING, WHICH WAS HEAVY COMMERCIAL, AND WE'RE PROPOSING THAT, THAT BE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UM, TO PROTECT THOSE HOMEOWNERS IN THAT AREA.

UM, OUTSIDE OF THAT, AS MR. BATON STATED, WE ARE AGAIN REVIEWING THE MAP TO MAKE SURE EVEN THE MOST RECENT ZONING CHANGES THAT WERE APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UM, HAVE BEEN AMENDED UPON THE PROPOSED MAP.

SO WHEN IT COMES BACK TO COUNCIL FOR ADOPTION, WE WOULD HAVE COVERED OUR OP ALL OF OUR BASES.

AND THEN WE ALSO DISCUSS CHANGES THE MAKING CERTAIN THAT CERTAIN THINGS LIKE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESSES, GAMING SITES, UH, AND SOMETHING ELSE, THERE WAS A THIRD ONE THAT THOSE WERE ALL, YOU KNOW, PUT IN THE PROPER PLACE WHERE IT WOULDN'T INTERFERE WITH RESIDENTIAL LIFE.

ADDITIONALLY, EVERYTHING JUST FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW IS THAT IT IS STILL SUBJECT TO DEED RESTRICTIONS.

SO THIS DOESN'T OVERRIDE.

IF THEY SEE SOMETHING IN THERE THAT CONCERNS THEM, THAT DOESN'T OVERRIDE DEED RESTRICTION, STEEL STAND, OF COURSE.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE AND THAT'D BE IT.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN TRY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

GREAT.

IN THE ABORTIONS FROM COUNCIL QUESTION, GO AHEAD.

EXCUSE ME.

I'M NOT EVEN SAY WHAT I'M NOT EVEN SAYING WHERE I WAS 73, PROBABLY 12, 11 YEARS OLD.

UH, FROM THE, UH, PUBLIC, UH, THOSE WHO ARE IN THE GALLERY HERE, ANY, UH, REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC AND REMARKS FROM THE PROPERTY, ANY REMARKS FROM THE PUBLIC, OKAY.

FROM THE COUNCIL, COUNCILMAN FRANK.

GOOD MORNING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING TO BRING US UP TO DATE, UH, FROM NOVEMBER, UH, UNTIL 1973 ON TO NOW IS A LONG TIME.

BUT WITH THAT, WE BRING TO THE TABLE, NEW TERMINATE, UH, UH, NEW TERMS. AND SO THESE TERMS OF A AGRICULTURAL DISTRICT, LOW DENSITY, UM, CAN WE END THE MANUAL AS WELL UNTIL WE GET UP TO A PLACE WHERE WE UNDERSTAND THE CHANGES, KIND OF PUT A SHEET SO THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL KNOW EXACTLY OR HAVE A DEFINITION OF WHAT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS, WHAT HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS, SO THAT INDIVIDUALS WILL CLEARLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE TERMS MEAN AND HOW THEY IMPACT THEM.

YES, SIR.

YOU WANT TO ANSWER YES, COUNCIL, MAN, IF YOU, UM, TURN TO PAGE SEVEN OF THE MANUAL, IT DOES PROVIDE AN EQUIVALENCY TABLE, UM, WHICH SHOWS YOU, UM, WHAT SINGLE FAMILY, WHAT WE KNOW IS SINGLE FAMILY CURRENTLY IS, UM, THAT ZONING, ZONING, UM, PROPOSED ZONING, UM, DESIGNATION WOULD BE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTS, RESIDENTIAL AND SO FORTH.

UM, ALSO IN THE, I'M NOT SURE WHAT PAGE, BUT I'LL FIND IT FOR YOU.

UM, WE DO HAVE DEFINITIONS, UM, THAT WOULD ALSO EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE TERMS ARE.

JUST THANK YOU MAYOR, JUST FOR, UM, THE, UM, THANKING FREESE AND NICHOLS.

AGAIN, I KNOW WE SOUND A LITTLE, BUT FOR WHAT THE, AND THE STAFF FOR BRINGING US UP TO DATE, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR THE HARD WORK ALL THE TIME, OUR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, ALL OF THE HARD WORK YOU GUYS HAVE PUT IN TO GETTING US UPDATED.

I THINK NOW OUR, OUR CITY, IT SEEMS TO BE MOVING INTO THE 21ST CENTURY WITH THIS ADOPTION.

IT TOOK A LOT OF TIME FOR FREEZING NICHOLS, ALMOST THREE TO FOUR YEARS TO GET US TO THIS POINT, WORKING WITH STAFF.

AND SO I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS, UM, FOR, FOR GETTING US HERE.

UM, 19 THREE TO HERE IS 49 YEARS AT 49 YEARS, 29 YEARS.

I WAS IN THE 10TH GRADE.

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BUT ANYWAY, UM, TO COME BACK AT, YOU KNOW, AT THIS TIME AND SEE THAT WE HAVE A WORKING DOCUMENT THAT, THAT PEOPLE CAN SAY, PORT ARTHUR IS NOW GETTING WHERE WE NEED TO BE IN CORRELATION WITH OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

AND IN CORRELATION WITH OUR DOWNTOWN PLAN IS JUST, I'M JUST A STATIC TO SEE SOMETHING TRANSPIRED UNDER THIS COUNCIL'S LEADERSHIP.

SO I'M JUST GLAD IT'S IT'S HAPPENING AND IT'S HAPPENED TODAY.

SO THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

AND WE DO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FREESE AND NICHOLS, ALEXIS IN THE BACK OF ONE WAY, ALEXIS CUT HER HAIR.

CUTE GIRL.

BUT ANYWAY, THANK YOU.

UH, I DIDN'T KNOW IF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAD ANY COMMENTS AS WELL.

UH, ANYONE FROM PLANNING AND ZONING, THE DUCT WORK ANYWAY, ANY, ANY ACCOUNTANTS? OKAY.

CAN I ASK ONE MORE QUESTION GO RIGHT IN, UM, ON PAGE 57, THEY TALK ABOUT THE FENCES WALLS AND SCREENINGS IN OUR CITY.

UM, IS IT POSSIBLE, OR DOES OUR ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, DICTATE OR MANDATE WHERE, OR WHAT TYPE OF FENCES CAN BE UTILIZED IN PARTICULAR COMMUNITIES WITHOUT AN HOA? I MEAN, WE DON'T HAVE HOS, BUT IN HOS IT TELLS YOU THAT YOU CAN'T PUT A, YOU KNOW, A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THE HOUSE OR WHATEVER.

AND WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITIES WHERE INDIVIDUALS HAVE PUT CHAIN LINK FENCES IN PLACES WHERE THAT IS NOT THE NORM FOR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, DOES THIS ORDINANCE DO THAT FOR US OR, OR DO WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THAT? CAN ANYONE PUT ANY TYPE OF FENCE THEY WANT AROUND THEIR HOUSE IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITHOUT AN HOA? I DON'T THINK WE DICTATE EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF FENCE THAT THEY COULD HAVE, BUT I THINK THAT IN THE SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS THAT WE PUT OUT IN THE FUTURE, THAT'S COMING UP, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

BUT PAM, I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN'T CAN.

AND THE CURRENT ORDINANCE, WE DO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE TYPES OF MATERIALS THAT AREN'T TO BE USED.

UM, IF YOU LOOK AT, UH, FOR SECTION 4.03, B NUMBER THREE, FENCES SHALL NOT BE CONSTRUCTED OF SHEET METAL, METAL ROOFING, OR SIMILAR MATERIALS.

UH, SO WE DO TIE TRY TO ADDRESS, UM, WHAT CAN'T BE USED.

I WOULD HAVE TO YIELD TO THE LEGAL TEAM ON THIS ONE.

I KNOW THERE WAS A HOUSE BILL THAT WAS, UM, APPROVED, UM, DURING THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION SESSION, EXCUSE ME, THAT SPOKE ABOUT ARCHITECTURAL STANDARDS AND CERTAIN THINGS THAT WE COULD NOT DICTATE, UM, AS IT RELATES TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE.

UM, I SEE MR. SCOTT BOUNDS HAS STOOD AND HE CAN EXPOUND UPON THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN I CAN.

AND THE REASON WHY I ASKED THAT QUESTION, UM, UH, THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL IN OUR, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY PUT A CHAIN LINK FENCE AROUND THE HOUSE AND EVERYBODY WENT TO EPILEPTIC, LOST IT BECAUSE ALL OF THE FENCING WAS PRIVACY FENCING AND THOSE KINDS OF KINDS OF THINGS, YOU KNOW? UH, AND SO, AND IT, AND IT WAS A DETERRENT TO THE, TO THE FACE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TO, YOU KNOW, TO WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

UH, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS LEGAL OR NOT.

THAT THAT'S THE QUESTION.

I DON'T KNOW HOW SPECIFICALLY IT'S ADDRESSED IN YOUR ZONING ORDINANCE.

I'LL, I'LL TALK MORE GENERALLY.

UH, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE HAS BEEN KIND OF INTERFERING WITH LOCAL CONTROL.

SO, UH, THE BILL, UH, WITH REGARD TO, UH, THE LEGISLATURE PASSED A BILL, PROHIBITING CITIES FROM REGULATING MATERIALS AND FACADES OF BUILDINGS BECAUSE OF FENCE IS NOT A BUILDING.

IT'S OUR OPINION THAT YOU CAN REGULATE THE MATERIALS IN A FENCE.

AND SO IT'S FAIRLY COMMON PRACTICE.

AND, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR CITIES THAT, UH, KNOW THEY PERMIT MASONRY FENCES OR REQUIREMENTS OR FRANCES IN CERTAIN AREAS AND OPEN FENCES AND OTHER AREAS.

AND THOSE ARE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO REGULATE, UM, THAT THE LEGISLATURE DID INTERFERE WITH THE ABILITY OF, UH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS TO REGULATE FENCES.

THEY PREEMPTED HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATIONS FROM PROHIBITING, UH, FENCES.

IT WAS, I THINK, PRIMARILY DIRECTED TOWARDS, UH, FENCING MATERIALS AROUND SWIMMING POOLS.

UH, AND SO, UH, THAT IS AN AREA WHERE THE CITY WILL NOW HAVE TO STEP IN, UH, IF IT WANTS TO HELP, WHAT WAS INFORMALLY IN A PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION.

AND I THINK IT HAS THE AUTHORITY TO DO SO.

QUESTIONS? HELLO FROM ANYONE.

ANY OTHER

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AND FROM PUBLIC AGAIN, ANY REMARKS OR QUESTIONS OR DIALOGUE.

PR NUMBER, UH, 2, 2 6 0 5.

UH, WHERE DID YOU ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT SECOND, SECOND IT'S BEEN MOVED IN SECOND THAT WE WERE CLOSED.

THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT BEGAN AT 10 0 7.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS ON IT? I'VE PROCEEDED THERE AT ANY.

UH, WE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, NEAR POSES, AS AVERAGE WAS ON AT THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.

WE WILL NOW HAVE ITEMS OF REQUIRING, UH, INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION AND ACTION.

AND THAT FIRST ONE, I'M SORRY.

MAY I WANTED TO TAKE THESE OUT OF ORDER IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU? OKAY.

I APOLOGIZE.

I HAD THEM NUMBERED WRONG, LIKE FOR ME TO GO WITH 6 0 5.

YES, SIR.

THAT'S MORE CONNECTED TO THEIR PROBLEM.

THE OTHER ONE IS A DIFFERENT SUBJECT

[III.A.2 P. R. No. 22605 — A Resolution Directing The Planning And Zoning Commission To Prepare A Final Report To The City Council As It Pertains To Comprehensive Amendments And Revisions To The City' s Zoning Ordinance And Comprehensive Plan]

IT'S THE RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TO PREPARE A FINAL REPORT TO THE CITY COUNCIL, AS IT PERTAINS TO COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENTS AND REVISIONS TO THE CITY'S ZONING ORDINANCE AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.

MAY I GET A MOTION? UH, COSMIN MARKS MAY GET A SECOND.

COUNCILMAN ALMS. SECOND HAS BEEN MOVED.

AND SECOND THAT WE WOULD ACCEPT PR NUMBER 22, 6 0 5 AS READ.

WE READ IT FOR A QUESTION ON ANY WE'RE READY TO VOTE ALL IN FAVOR, ANY OPPOSES, UH, I'M SORRY.

WE DO.

UM, WELL, WE CAN INSERT THE DATE.

WHAT THEY DO IS WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL LET THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, I DIDN'T MEAN TO I'LL LET Y'ALL FINISH YOUR VOTE AND THEY'LL KNOW THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING AND GO BACK OVER EVERYTHING.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO GIVE YOU A WRITTEN REPORT, BUT WE'LL JUST ASK THEM TO BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS.

WE'LL HAVE TO GIVE YOU A WRITTEN REPORT LOST ON THAT.

YOU ALL, YOU ALL, CAN YOU ALL CONCUR? YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

IT'S JUST THE LAWYER WAS TALKING TO PROBABLY MEET NEXT WEEK THOUGH, TO BE QUITE HONEST.

I THINK IF, IF, IF THAT'S OKAY, THEY CAN MEET NEXT WEEK AND WE PREPARED A WRITTEN REPORT AND THEN WE GIVE IT BACK TO COUNCIL AND THEN WHERE WE'RE AT THE COMPLETION.

GO RIGHT AHEAD.

I'M SORRY.

MA'AM SO WE STILL HAVE ONE MORE STEP THEN.

SO THEY HAVE TO, SO NOW WE'RE DIRECTING THEM TO GIVE US A REPORT AFTER THEY'VE THAT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING, THEY JUST HAVE TO PREPARE A REPORT AND THEY'LL SUBMIT THEIR WRITTEN REPORT.

AND THEN WE'LL BE A REPORT, SAYS WHAT WE SAW JUST ON THEIR FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.

THEY HAVE TO GIVE A FORM OF FIND ANY RECOMMENDATION IN THE FORM OF A WRITTEN REPORT.

SO WE'LL GET THAT MEETING SET RIGHT AWAY AND THEN THEY'LL GIVE US THE WRITTEN REPORT.

WE'LL BRING IT TO YOU ALL.

AND THEN WE'LL BE READY TO GO PUBLIC TO THEM.

YES MA'AM.

I'M SORRY.

AND SO WE DID CARRY THAT AND POKED AT ME THAT I THINK WE DID.

ALL RIGHT.

SO WE'RE READY TO, UH, APPROVE.

AND WE HAVE APPROVED PR NUMBER 22, 6 0 5 WITH THE STIPULATIONS THAT THE COUNTY, I MEAN THE CITY ATTORNEY CITY ATTORNEY MENTIONED

[III.A.1 P. R. No. 22604 — A Resolution Honoring The Victims Of The Tragedy In Uvalde, Texas And Expressing Condolences To The Parents, Families, City Officials And The Entire Community]

NEXT.

WE HAVE PR NUMBER 22, 6 0 4, THE RESOLUTION HONORING THE VICTIMS OF THE TRAGEDY IN YOU VALLEY, TEXAS, AND EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES TO THE PARENTS, FAMILIES, CITY OFFICIALS, AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITIES.

YOU MAY, I GET A MOST FOR APPROVAL.

COUNCILMAN JONES, MAY I GET A SECOND COUNCILMAN MARKS? IT HAS BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED THAT WE WOULD APPROVE A PR NUMBER 22, 6 0 4, AS IT PERTAINS TO THE INCIDENT.

AND YOU VALIDATE TEXAS.

WE'RE READY FOR QUESTION.

COSMIN JONES.

UH, PAUL SEVEN CAME UP.

I COULDN'T CONTROL, BUT YOU KNOW, I WILL QUESTION OUR QUESTION TO GO TO YOUR BELLY.

I THINK BOUNCY IT WASN'T LEGAL, MY RIGHT TO THE ATTORNEY.

I WAS TRYING TO GO TO YOUR VALVE FOR THREE DAYS AND YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE CITY.

SO WITH REGARD TO THE CITY, UH, EXPANDING FUNDS, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO, WE HAD TALKED.

WE, I INFORMED YOU THAT IT WOULD BE, UM, DIFFICULT FOR THE CITY TO DO THAT UNDER THE CURRENT POLICY.

I RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY NOT.

AND THAT'S ALL SHE, I COULDN'T GO TO WANT Y'ALL TO KNOW THE REASON WHY I WASN'T GOING, BECAUSE IT WASN'T LEGAL FOR ME TO GO, BUT IT HADN'T BEEN ILLEGAL.

I WOULD'VE GONE.

WELL, FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF THE CITY FUNDS.

YES.

THAT ONE, A PAIRS AHEAD.

I'LL GO.

I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.