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CAN GO. GOOD EVENING. THE TIME IS NOW 5:30 P.M. TESTING, TESTING. CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME?
[I. Chairperson’s Opening Remarks ]
CAN YOU ALL HEAR ME? OKAY. THE TIME IS NOW 5:30 P.M. AND THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. THE DATE IS JUNE 15TH, 2026. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE SOMEONE TO CHAIR THE MEETING. COMMISSIONERS, I NOMINATE DOCTOR ROSALIND CHERRY THIS MEETING FOR TODAY. I SECOND. A MOTION MADE AND SECONDED. YES, WE NEED TO VOTE YOU SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I I ANY NO'S. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSED. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS IS OUR PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED TODAY AT 5:30 P.M. IN THE CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM. MEETING. CALLED TO ORDER. ROLL CALL.ZULIMA. ESCOBIDO. PRESENT. ROOSEVELT. PETRIE. PRESENT. ROSALIND. VAIL. PRESENT. WE DO.
LET THE RECORD SHOW. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. YES. YES, MA'AM. FINALLY, BEFORE WE BEGIN INTO
[V. SPECIAL ORDER: Appointment/Election of Co-Chair ]
THE ACTUAL AGENDA, I. I NEED TO AMEND THE ACTUAL AGENDA. WE NEED TO GO AHEAD AND VOTE FOR A CHAIR AND CO-CHAIR FOR THE COMMISSION. SO, COMMISSIONERS, ANY NOMINATIONS FOR THE CHAIR? THAT WAS FOR TODAY. YES. COULD YOU SPEAK LOUDER INTO YOUR MIC? I HAVE A AND I WENT TO THE DOCTOR FOR OUR CHAIRPERSON. CAN WE HAVE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER, CAN WE HAVE CAN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE? I DON'T I KNOW MR. PREACHER. I DON'T KNOW A LOT ABOUT HIM TO SEE IF I WOULD NOMINATE HIM. WELL, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW THE AGENDA STRICTLY.OKAY. SO I NEED A SECOND. ANY SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY NO'S? ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSES. WE DO HAVE A NEW CHAIR. CAN WE DO A CO CHAIR? I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT THAT THIS CHAIR IS THROUGH THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER. YES, SIR. IT'S ONLY THAT THIS IS ONLY ONLY FOR FILLING THE UNEXPIRED TERM THAT'S LEFT ON THIS. SO IT'S NOT A FULL YEAR. IT'S GOING TO EXPIRE IN THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER. YES I DID. IT'S CORRECT TO HAVE THE WE HAVE ELECTIONS AGAIN. THAT IS CORRECT. THIS ELECTION IS JUST THROUGH TILL NOVEMBER. YES, SIR.
AND THEN WE WILL REELECT ONCE MORE IN OCTOBER. WE DO NEED TO DO A CO-CHAIR ALSO. YES, MA'AM.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MR. PETRI. NO. THANK YOU. I WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE MISTER. MY FRIEND. MR. WAGNER. YES. ALL IN FAVOR? ANY SECONDS. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? WE NEED A SECOND. I SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I I ANY NO'S. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSES. DWIGHT WAGNER IS OUR CO CHAIR THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. YOU MAY CONTINUE DOCTOR VILLE.
[VI. UNFINISHED BUSINESS ]
ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS. YES, MA'AM. WE DO HAVE UNFINISHED BUSINESS.AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED. BUT. SO WE WILL TAKE A VOTE ON TODAY.
BUT I WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW FOR OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, MR. ROOSEVELT. PETRI Z 2608 IS A PROJECT, A PROPOSAL, IF YOU WILL, THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN SABINE. AND PROPERTY BE REZONED FROM AGRICULTURAL TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL FOR TWO BATCH PLANTS. THE LAST MEETING, IF YOU READ OVER THE MINUTES IT WAS TABLED DUE TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS FOR THE WILDLIFE. SO WE ARE HERE TO MAKE A VOTE ON THAT ITEM TODAY. OKAY, WE'RE READY TO TAKE A VOTE SINCE THIS WAS TABLED UNTIL TODAY. I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS. YES, SIR. DO THEY HAVE ALL THE PERMITS AND
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ALL THAT STUFF? THEY HAVE EVERYTHING IN ORDER. THE ONLY THING THEY'RE WAITING ON IS JUST THE VOTE FOR THE ZONE CHANGE. SO THEY DO HAVE THEIR TCEQ PERMITS. YES, SIR. THEY HAVE EVERYTHING THAT THEY NEED. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY'RE LACKING IS THE ACTUAL ZONE CHANGE ITSELF. AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY OPERATING ALREADY, JUST NOT ON THAT PROPERTY. ON HOW MANY ACRES THIS THAT THEY'RE OPERATING ON AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW? NO. FOR THE ZONE CHANGE, 15.48 ACRES OF LAND. THE WORD IS THAT THIS IS IN SABINE PASS, WEST OF DARLING ROAD AND NORTH OF SOUTH EIGHTH STREET. IT'S IT'S DEEP, DEEP, DEEP, DEEP PAST SABINE HIGH SCHOOL. IF YOU KEEP GOING PAST THAT FOUR WAY STOP, IT'S ALL THE WAY BACK OFF INTO THERE, AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL, THE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT AND EVERYTHING. WE DID SEND OUT THE LETTERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS. I BELIEVE WE ONLY SENT OUT FIVE AND WE HAD NO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION. OKAY. YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? WE NEED TO VOTE. MAKE A MOTION TO PASS, I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I, I KNOWS. ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSES. ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU[VII. NEW BUSINESS - PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS (INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION) ]
READY? YES, MA'AM. NEW BUSINESS. ALL RIGHT. NEW BUSINESS. Z28-0626. Z 2606. YES, MA'AM.AS OF TODAY, AROUND 3:30 P.M. THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. STEVEN BIRDWELL, DID SEND US AN EMAIL, AND I'LL READ IT FOR THE RECORD. ARIES GOLDEN TRIANGLE PROPERTIES, LLC WILL REQUEST THAT OUR ZONING APPLICATION FOR THE PNC MEETING THIS EVENING BE WITHDRAWN AND NO FURTHER CONSIDERATION BE MADE. HE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO EXPRESS HIS APPRECIATION FOR THE LEVEL OF SERVICE AND ASSISTANCE THAT EACH OF US HAS PROVIDED THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY WELL. SO THE ITEM HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. ALL RIGHT. EVERYONE. THAT PARTICULAR MOTION, THAT PARTICULAR ZONING CHANGE HAS BEEN CANCELED. WITHDRAWN, WITHDRAWN. CANCELED IS OUT. SO NOW WE HAVE. I JUST WANT TO SAY FOR THE RECORD, IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN BECAUSE HE MAY COME BACK WITH A DIFFERENT PROPOSAL. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE YOU ALL AWARE. BUT HE HAS PROMISED THAT HE WILL MEET WITH YOU ALL BEFORE HE MAKES ANY MOVES. BUT HE DID WANT TO EXPRESS HIS GRATITUDE AND THAT HE WAS REALLY AND TRULY TRYING TO SIT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR THEM. SO HE DID WITHDRAW. BUT I HAVE TO BE HONEST, HE MAY BRING BRING IT BACK JUST WITH DIFFERENT PLANS, A DIFFERENT PROJECT. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE USING THE CORRECT LANGUAGE AND THE WORD IS WITHDRAWN. SO IT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. SO IF HE DOES COME BACK, THIS PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN. BUT YES, MA'AM.
THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. OKAY. WE NEVER GOT THE MINUTES APPROVED FROM LAST TIME. YES, MA'AM.
SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSE? ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSES. STAFF REPORT.
[VIII. NEW BUSINESS - NON-PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS ]
STAFF REPORT. IF SO, IT WAS BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION ABOUT BYLAWS TO BE CREATED FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO WE WILL BE CREATING SOME BYLAWS. AND WE WILL ASK FOR YOUR INPUT ONCE WE CREATE THEM. WE WILL SEND THEM TO YOU, AND WE WILL GO FROM THERE TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU LIKE, SOMETHING YOU MAY WANT TO CHANGE, AND IF SO, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS AFTERWARDS. THAT'S IT. AND WE ALSO HAVE A MEETING. WHEN'S THE NEXT ONE? WHAT IS THE NEXT MEETING? JULY 6TH. JULY 6TH. OKAY. OKAY. WE NEED TO ADJOURN.I'D LIKE TO WELCOME NICK. YES. WELCOME, MR. PETER. WELCOME, WELCOME, WELCOME. MR. PETRI.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THOSE THAT DID SHOW UP. THANK ALL OF YOU FOR COMING. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE DON'T GET THIS VERY OFTEN AS A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. SO WE THANK YOU FOR SHOWING UP AS CITIZENS. MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? I. ANY QUESTIONS?
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.