[I. Chairperson’s Opening Remarks ]
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530. I KNOW, RIGHT ON TIME. OKAY. READY, GUYS? YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. IT IS NOW 5:30 P.M. MAY 4TH, 2026. THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL. ZULIMA ESCOBIDO. DWIGHT WAGNER, ROSALIND TAVIO. WE NEED TO GET
[IV. APPROVAL OF MINUTES ]
MINUTES APPROVED FROM THE LAST MEETING. HOWEVER, I DID NOT GET IN TO SIGN THE PAPERWORK.THAT'S OKAY. WE WILL HANDLE IT. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. NONE. MOTION PASSES. ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS?
[VI. NEW BUSINESS - PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS (INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION) ]
NO. NONE. NO BUSINESS THAT'S NOT UNFINISHED. ALL RIGHT, THEN WE'RE GOING TO START RIGHT INTO IT. WE HAVE OUR 26-14 REPLAT. THANK YOU. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS BEVERLY IN SAINT JULIEN. THE APPLICANT IS JASON SAINT JULIEN. HE'S A. EXECUTE EXECUTE WITH HEAVY SAID EXECUTOR. THANK YOU.THAT'S WHAT ALL THAT EDUCATION GAVE ME OF BEVERLY HILLS SAINT JULIEN ESTATES PROPERTY LOCATION IS 3705 NINTH AVENUE. THE PARCEL NUMBERS IS FIVE, 16, FIVE, 17 AND 429733. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAT REQUESTING THE FOLLOWING.
A REPLAY OF PARTS OF LOTS FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, BLOCK SEVEN AND LOT SEVEN THROUGH TWO. ALAMO HEIGHTS ADDITION. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE NEW TRACK NAME WILL BE TRACK FIVE, A REPLAT OF PARTS OF LOT FIVE THROUGH EIGHT, BLOCK SEVEN AND LOT SEVEN THROUGH TWO. ALAMO HEIGHTS ADDITION. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT. DIMENSIONS OF MULTI-DIMENSIONAL. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 0.5069 ACRE OF LAND.
CURRENT ZONING IS PLANNED. DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 14. THERE'S NO PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE. ABUTTING ZONING IS. NORTH AND EAST IS PLANNED. DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 14 AND WEST AND SOUTH IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FUTURE LAND USE IS PLANNED. DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT 14 AND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO COMBINE PARTS OF THREE LOTS FOR EXISTING COMMERCIAL. BUILDING. AN APPLICATION FOR A REPLAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND APRIL 8TH. ON TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH, 23 NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER. A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, MAY 4TH, 2026. AND THAT'S IT. COMMISSIONER. OKAY. WE DO PLANNING AND ZONING. PUBLIC HEARINGS. REAL SIMPLE. IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE IN FAVOR OF ANY OF THE ITEMS WE SPEAK ON, YOU MUST APPROACH THE MIC, STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELL US WHAT YOU NEED TO LET US KNOW. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE WHO'S SPEAKING AGAINST WOULD NEED TO DO THE SAME. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE ONE IS THIS AREA WHERE THE FOOD TRUCK IS LOCATED ON NINTH AVENUE, NOT TOO FAR FROM 39TH? YES, BUT THIS IS DOCTOR MESA'S OLD LOCATION, CORRECT? YES. I THINK IT'S A CHURCH NOW. ON ONE SIDE AND A CLINIC ON THE OTHER.
RIGHT? YEAH. AND ALL THEY'RE DOING IS JUST COMBINING. COMBINING BECAUSE IT'S SITTING ON THREE LOTS. AND SO THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT ONE WHOLE LOT. SO THEY COME IN FOR THEIR REPLAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. NEXT WE HAVE Z26-05 ZONING. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. THE IT'S HERTZ INVESTMENT LLC IS THE PROPERTY OWNER. PROPERTY LOCATION IS ON SOUTH OF WEST PORT ARTHUR ROAD AND NORTH OF CARRIE TWIN THOMAS DRIVE. JAKE HAD PARCEL NUMBER 74, 174 AND 74176. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT FOR THE FOLLOWING PART OF LOTS 278, BLOCK 16, ARRANGE N AND PART LOTS ONE AND TWO, BLOCK 17, RANGE N AND LOT TWO. TRACK 21.00. BLOCK 16 RANGE N PALKO ADDITION CITY OF PORT ARTHUR,
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JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 35.77 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS LIGHT. INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. PROPOSED ZONING IS COMMERCIAL. GENERAL DISTRICT. THE ZONING IS NORTH EAST. HEAVY INDUSTRIAL IN THE WEST IS AGRICULTURAL AND THE SOUTH IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FUTURE LAND USES COMMERCIAL. GENERAL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO A COMMERCIAL GENERAL DISTRICT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AN AMUSEMENT COMMERCIAL INDOOR OUTDOOR FACILITY. AN APPLICATION WAS FILED WITH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ON OR AROUND APRIL 8TH, REQUESTING THE ZONING DISTRICT CHANGE FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF AMUSEMENT COMMERCIAL, INDOOR AND OUTDOOR FACILITY. ZONING MAP CHANGE IS A CHANGE OR MODIFICATION TO THE BOUNDARIES OF ANY ZONING DISTRICT WITHIN THE ZONING DISTRICT. MAP ON TUESDAY, APRIL 14TH, 2026, FOUR NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200FT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER. A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, MAY 4TH, 2026. THAT'S IT, COMMISSIONER.
ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. SO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL GENERAL, WHICH IS VERY BROAD. IT SAYS AN AMUSEMENT OR A COMMERCIAL FACILITY. DO WE HAVE MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT IS? YES. WELL, I HAVE THE OWNER HERE. HE CAN GIVE YOU INFORMATION ON, IF YOU LIKE, AND GIVE US WHAT THIS IS ABOUT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT TO REACH THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MY NAME IS JOEL HERNANDEZ, AND MY ADDRESS IS 1915 AVENUE H, NETHERLAND. WELL, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO THERE IS I'M TRYING TO BRING A, LIKE DIFFERENT EVENTS, LIKE SOCCER EVENTS, VOLLEYBALL, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE KIND OF LIKE A PROFESSIONAL THINGS THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DOING OVER THERE. SO WE'RE TRYING TO DO LIKE INDOOR SOCCER. IT'S GOING TO BE, IT'S MORE LIKE A FUTSAL. THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT. AND IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE OUTDOOR FIELDS. WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MAYBE LIKE SIX FIELDS OVER THERE AND MAYBE A FEW. I MEAN, IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE TRYING TO SEE IF WE CAN ADD SOME TENNIS COURTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT, BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP KIDS FROM HERE TO TAKE THEM AND SHOW AROUND AND BRING THEM LIKE DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT PLACES, GIVE THEM DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES, KIND OF HELP THEM OUT WITH SCHOLARSHIPS IF THEY ARE GOOD ON SPORT. WE WANT TO KEEP ACADEMIC AND SPORT PRETTY MUCH AT THE SAME TIME WITH THAT. AND WE HAVE CONNECTIONS WITH DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO ON THAT PART. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE YOU GOT. I MEAN, QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, LIKE THERE'S GOING TO BE KIND OF LIKE A SPORTS ARENA SOMEWHAT. PRETTY MUCH. IT'S NOT AN ARENA, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE MORE LIKE KIND OF LIKE A OUTDOOR FIELDS. IT'S GOING TO HAVE OUTDOOR FIELDS, BUT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF. INDOOR, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO COURTS. IT'S GOING TO BE KIND OF LIKE BASKETBALL COURTS INSIDE. SO AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THEM FOR LIKE A MULTI SPORTS, LIKE MAYBE LIKE INDOOR PICKLEBALL COURTS, LIKE INDOOR BASKETBALL, LIKE INDOOR FUTSAL, BECAUSE ALL THOSE COURTS FITS IN THOSE. SO WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO OF THOSE IN THE BUILDING THAT WE'RE DOING THE INDOOR BUILDING, BECAUSE IT'S 35 ACRES OR 35 ACRES WILL BE RECREATIONAL. YES.
PRETTY MUCH. OKAY. PRETTY MUCH. IT'S GOING TO BE RECREATIONAL. MY QUESTION THIS WILL NOT TURN INTO A FLEA MARKET. NO, NO, NO, THERE'S NO WAY. NO. NO, SIR. I'M GETTING EXCITED. WHENEVER I HEAR ENTERTAINMENT FOR PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS, I GET EXCITED, BUT I'M TRYING TO PICTURE IN MY MIND WHERE THIS IS. WEST PORT ARTHUR ROAD. IS IT NORTH OF 365 OR SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 360? IT'S GOING TO BE NORTH OF 365. OKAY. ON THE LEFT OR RIGHT SIDE. IT'S GOING TO BE IF YOU GO DOWN ON 365, IT'S GOING TO BE YOUR RIGHT SIDE. IT'S RIGHT BEFORE THE CEMETERY. SO THE CEMETERY AND THEN THERE'S SOME LAND AND THEN THERE'S SOME MORE. AND THEN THAT'S THEM ON THAT SAME SIDE, I WOULD SAY ABOUT HALF A MILE BEFORE THE LET'S SEE. YEAH. HALF A MILE BEFORE THE CEMETERY, APPROXIMATELY. YES. IS BETWEEN INDUSTRIAL PARK AND THE CEMETERY WITH A CONCRETE PLAN.
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IS IT JUST RIGHT? RIGHT. PASSAGES RIGHT THERE IN FRONT. WILL THERE BE WILL THERE BE A CHARGE TO ANYONE TO ENTER INTO THIS? YES. THERE'S GOING TO BE A CHARGE ON IT. BUT WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE A NONPROFIT. WE'RE WORKING ON THAT RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE KIDS THAT HAVE A LOT OF ABILITY, THAT'S THE KIDS THAT YOU CAN CHARGE BECAUSE YOU GOT TO TAKE THEM TO A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT, A DIFFERENT LEVEL. BUT EVERYBODY ELSE LIKE RECREATIONAL OR DEVELOPMENT KIDS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO CHARGE THEM BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE COACHES, YOU KNOW, ON THAT ROUTE WITH THEM. IF IT IS APPROVED, WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO START CONSTRUCTION? I MEAN, ANY TIME. I MEAN, WE PRETTY MUCH CLEARED THE LAND ALREADY. WE'RE MOVING SOME DIRT. BUT LIKE I SAID, WE JUST WAITING FOR EVERYTHING TO GET DONE. THAT WAY WE CAN GO AHEAD AND AND GET IT GOING. OUR PLAN WAS TO OPEN BY THE END OF THIS MONTH, BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. SO MAYBE I WILL SAY A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU KNOW, WE WILL HAVE LIKE FEW FIELDS AVAILABLE AND MAYBE THE HOPES THAT INDOOR FACILITY CAN MOVE PRETTY QUICK TOO, BECAUSE WE CAN MAKE IT HAPPENS PRETTY FAST. SO. SO YOU'RE SAYING SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING OUT THERE ALREADY. NO, NO, WE DON'T HAVE ANYTHING THERE. WE CLEARED THE LAND AND WE MOVED DIRT, MOVING DIRT, JUST MOVING DIRT AROUND. THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE'VE BEEN DOING. ALRIGHT, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MR. LARRY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HERNANDEZ. THANK YOU. MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, HAVE THEY MADE A TRIP TO THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT MEETING YET? YES, WE'VE THEY'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN TALKING TO THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HE FIRST STARTED OFF. HE JUST WANTED TO DO A BUILDING TO STORE EQUIPMENT. AND THEN WHEN HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO HAVE THE LARGEST BUILDING, HE TOLD ME HE HAD TO HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM.AND HE DECIDED, WELL, IF I'M GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A SPRINKLER SYSTEM JUST TO STORE THINGS, I MIGHT AS WELL DO SOME SOMETHING ELSE WITH IT. AND THAT'S WHEN HE CAME UP WITH THE IDEA OF DOING THIS ARENA AND, AND EVERYTHING. SO YES, HE'S BEEN WE HAD A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING AND EVERYTHING. SO, SO. I ALMOST FORGOT. BUT OKAY, WITH THE PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING BEING COMPLETED, I'M ALMOST SURE NOW WHAT, WHAT? WELL, I GUESS I NEED TO GO BACK TO MR. HERNANDEZ. WHY NOW? HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THE PROPERTY? WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR. OKAY, SO YOU HAVE HAD IT A WHILE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. MR. LARRY WILL TAKE THE REPLAT FIRST. OKAY. OH, AND I DID FORGET TO ASK QUESTIONS ON THE. WELL, IT REALLY DOESN'T MATTER. BUT ON THE ZONING. HAD THERE BEEN ANY COMPLAINTS? ANY LETTERS? OKAY. THANK YOU. NONE WHATSOEVER. ALL RIGHT. OKAY.
OUR 26-1 FOR REPLAT. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. ANY QUESTIONS? AND THE LAST IS THE ZONING MAP. AMENDMENT Z26-05. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE IT I SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR. I I MOTION PASSES. WE ARE DONE WITH THAT WHICH WAS QUICK IS STILL UNDER 30 MINUTES.
[VII. NEW BUSINESS - NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ]
YEAH. ALL RIGHT. IS THERE ANY NEW BUSINESS. NO NEW BUSINESS THAT I KNOW OF. WELL, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP SOMETHING, IF I MAY. OKAY. I SHARED THIS WITH ARIES. I NOT ONLY AM A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT I'M ALSO ON THE BOARD OF THE PORT ARTHUR TEACHERS CREDIT UNION, AND THEY MEET EVERY THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH. SO WHEN WE HAVE A MEETING ON THE THIRD MONDAY OF THE MONTH, I ALWAYS HAVE TO LEAVE THAT MEETING 30 MINUTES EARLIER TO GET DOWN HERE. AND I WAS WONDERING IF WE COULD AVOID HAVING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING ON THIRD MONDAYS, IF WE COULD HAVE THEM ON FIRST, SECOND OR FOURTH, BUT NOT THIRD? WELL, THAT'S DONE BY ORDINANCE. IT WOULD HAVE TO GO AND BE APPROVED BY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEMBERS. SO WHAT WHAT'S MY FIRST STEP? WELL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT. OKAY. OKAY. HOW IS NORA SIMON DOING? HE'S DOING WELL. I DON'T KNOW WHEN HE'S COMING BACK, BUT HE'S DOING WELL. HE SPOKE TO ARIES AND. OKAY. AND HE'S HE'S JUST RECOVERING FROM HIS ORDEAL, SO. ALRIGHT.[00:15:10]
ANYTHING ELSE? MEMBERS? NO. WELL, MOTION NEEDS TO BE MADE TO CLOSE OUT OUR PUBLIC HEARING.MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN AND I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSES. OKAY.
THANK YOU FOR COMING. 5:45
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.