* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:05] GOOD EVENING. I'D LIKE [I. Chairperson’s Opening Remarks] TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE PORT ARTHUR CITY OF PORT ARTHUR PLANNING, COMM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF DECEMBER. THE FIRST 2025 MEETING WILL BE CALLED TO ORDER AT 5:30 PM 'EM, WE WILL, UH, LET THE, THE VISIT OUR VISITORS KNOW. WE'LL OPEN THE MEETING AND GO OVER EACH AGENDA ITEM, WHICH WE ONLY HAVE ONE AGENDA ITEM TODAY ON A REPLAY. WE WILL HAVE AN OPEN MEETING AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU CAN, I'LL ASK AND YOU CAN COME TO THE MIC, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS AND GIVE YOUR QUESTION OR OPINION OR WHATEVER YOU NEED TO SAY. OKAY? AND THEN AFTER WE DO THAT, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE'LL HAVE AN EXECUTIVE SESSION AND AFTER THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO COMMENT ON IT, OKAY? ALRIGHT. AND THANK Y'ALL FOR BEING HERE. DO THIS WEATHER. OKAY, LET'S SEE. LET ME START OFF HERE. ROLL CALL. ROSALYN QUEEN, PRESENT. DWIGHT WAGNER. PRESENT. NORTH SIMON. PRESENT. LET RECORD SHOW. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM APPROVAL OF [IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ] MINUTES. SO MOVED. I SECOND. WE HAVE ONE CORRECTION ON THE MINUTES IF Y'ALL, NO, THAT'S NOT ON THE MINUTES. NO, IT'S NOT RIGHT. NO, NO, IT'S NOT ON THE MINUTES. I'M SORRY. OKAY, MINUTES. MINUTES WILL BE APPROVED AS PRESENTED. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. NONE. NEW [VI. NEW BUSINESS - PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS (INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION) ] BUSINESS. MR. BATTLE, WOULD YOU PLEASE WALK US THROUGH AGAIN, ITEM R 25 DASH 31. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UH, MR. CHAIRMAN AND ME. UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER IS ARTHUR THOMAS III. UH, THE PROPERTY LOCATION IS, UH, 1301 AND 1313 THROUGH 1313 PROCTOR. THE JCA PARCEL NUMBER IS 8 8 8 8 7. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAY REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING, ALL OF LOT SEVEN THROUGH 10 BLOCK. 1, 2, 3. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE NEW TRACK NAME IS SEVEN A ALL TRACK SEVEN A, ALL OF LOT SEVEN THROUGH 10 BLOCK. 1, 2, 3. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE 140 FEET BY 200 UH, FEET, UH, WHICH EQUALS TO 28,000 SQUARE FEET. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 0.6 IS 4 1 8 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL. THE A BUDDING ZONING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL. A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FUTURE LAND USE IS COM IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL. AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLANT IS TO COMBINE FOUR LOTS INTO ONE LOT FOR A NEW BUILDING. THE APPLICATION FOR A REPLANT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND OCTOBER 29TH, 2025. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAY IS TO COMBINE FOUR LOTS INTO ONE, UH, TRACK FOR A NEW BUILDING ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2025. 14. NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PNZ HEARING SCHEDULED FOR. AND THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE A CORRECTION. UH, IT STATES OCTOBER 20TH, 2020, 25. BUT THE CORRECT DATE SHOULD BE DECEMBER 1ST, 2025. TODAY'S DATE. AND THAT'S IT, MR. CHAIRMAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. LARRY. IS ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS, Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? I MEAN IS, I'M JUST TRYING TO VISUALIZE WHERE IS THE 1300 BLOCK OR WHAT IS IT CLOSE TO BEYOND LAMAR? IT'S STILL LAMAR, EAST OF LAMAR ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE, UM, IT'S BY, IT'S LAMAR HARRIS. YEAH, IT'S BY CHARLESTON AND PROCTOR. YES. OKAY. ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR LARRY? ANYONE LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT DR. JOHNNY BROWN HAS JOINED A MEETING AT 5:34 PM ABOUT DR. ANYONE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? ONES WANT TO SPEAK FAR? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FAR? IF YOU WOULD COME TO THE MIC AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS, YOU COULD HAVE STAYED HOME. OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS ELL BLACK AND I LIVE AT, UH, 1829 15TH STREET. BUT THE PROPERTY THAT I OWN IS LOCATED AT 1248 FIFTH STREET. AND THAT WOULD BE THE CORNER OF, WHAT IS IT IN CHARLESTON, FIFTH AND CHARLESTON. SO I'M NOT CERTAIN ABOUT THIS LOT [00:05:01] THAT YOU ALL ARE SPEAKING OF, OF ZONING. I'M TRYING TO GET A CLEARER UNDERSTANDING AS TO, IS IT THE LOT THAT YOU SEE? YOU SAID, UM, PROCTOR REACHING BACK TO THE FIFTH STREET AND FAR WHERE THAT IT'S GOING ACROSS. IT'S GOING ACROSS. IT'S NOT GOING BACK. OH, OKAY. I'M GONNA REACH YOUR STREET. IT'S GOING, IT'S ON PROCTOR. GOING ACROSS CORNER PROCTOR? YES. PROCTOR AND CHARLESTON. PROCTOR AND CHARLESTON. OKAY. YOU HAVE IT THERE, YOU CAN SHOW? YES. OKAY. HERE IS THE PROPERTY. THIS IS CHARLESTON, THIS IS STREET, AND THIS IS THE FIVE DOWN CHARLESTON. AND OKAY. AND THIS PART HERE IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS? YEAH. OKAY. WHERE MY PROPERTY IS, BACKYARD PROPERTY IS. RIGHT. AND THE ONLY REASON YOU RECEIVED THE NOTICE IS THE ONLY REASON YOU RECEIVED THE NOTICE WAS BECAUSE YOU WERE IN 20. YOUR PROPERTY IS WITHIN 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THIS PROPERTY. OKAY. AND WE JUST HAVE TO NOTIFY EVERYONE WHAT THERE'S SOMETHING IS GOING ON HERE. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH PROPERTY. OKAY. WELL THAT'S UNDERSTANDABLE NOW FOR ME, . OKAY. ALRIGHT. I APPRECIATE THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? WISHING TO SPEAK FAR? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK FAR? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST? NO ONE. COME TO THE MIC. HAVE A MOTION TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED AT 5 36. WE'LL GO TO EXECUTIVE SESSION. MR. BATON, WOULD YOU, UH, WE WE'RE COMMISSIONERS. ARE Y'ALL ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANYTHING TO DISCUSS? WELL, DO YOU HAVE A, UH, MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THIS, ACCEPT IT AS I'D LIKE TO MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE APPROVE R 25 DASH 31 SECOND. OKAY. I HAVE A MOTION OF APPROVAL OF DASH CASE NUMBER R 25 DASH 31. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ALL OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. MOVING THAT ALONG. SEE STAFF REPORT. [VII. NEW BUSINESS - NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ] UH, THERE'S NO STAFF REPORT AT THIS TIME. NO STAFF REPORT. THE ONLY THING IS THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON DECEMBER 15TH. IT'S SCHEDULED A MEETING ON DECEMBER 15TH. THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE RESCHEDULED, BUT I DON'T KNOW. SANDY CALLS DECEMBER 15, DECEMBER 15TH. OKAY. ANYTHING ELSE? MOTION FOR ADJOURNMENT. MAKE MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR ADJOURNMENT. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES ADJOURNED. 5 38. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR COMING OUT IN THIS WEATHER. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. 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