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YOU GOT FIVE, 32 MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. OH, OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS THE PLANNING AND ZONING
[I. CALL TO ORDER]
COMMISSION MEETING FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 5:30 P.M. CITY HALL, FIFTH FLOOR. THANK YOU.DOCTOR. DOCTOR. CIVIL. OKAY. WE CAN START WITH THE INVOCATION. ALL RIGHT. WOULD COMMISSIONER PETRIE PLEASE PRAY? FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS MEETING. WE ASK THAT WE ALL WORK TOGETHER.
IF THE TEAM IS GOOD TO DO THE WORK OF THE PEOPLE. WE ASK FOR THE GUIDANCE AND LEADERSHIP. IN YOUR SON'S NAME. AMEN. AMEN. AMEN. THANKS. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. YES, MA'AM.
ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. YES, MA'AM. ROLL CALL. DOCTOR. ROSALIND. WELL. ROSALIND. TAVIO PRESENT.
DWIGHT WAGNER. ZULIMA. ESCOBIDO. ROOSEVELT. PETRIE. MICHAEL. DIXON. WE DO HAVE A QUORUM CHAIR, LADY. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? NO, MA'AM. THERE IS NO
[VI. CONSENT AGENDA]
UNFINISHED BUSINESS. CONSENT AGENDA. THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION.EVERYBODY'S REVIEWED THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST. ALL RIGHT. SO, ALL IN FAVOR? AYE.
ANY QUESTIONS? MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHTY. NON CONSENT AGENDA. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. DOCTOR.
[VII. NON-CONSENT AGENDA]
CIVIL. YES. P26-05. YES, MA'AM. PLAT NUMBER 26-05. THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO BEAM PILOT SERVICE INCORPORATED. THE APPLICANT IS THE SAME. THE SURVEYORS ARE SOUTH TEXAS SURVEYORS AND ENGINEERS. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 7904 SOUTH FIRST AVENUE. SABINE PASS, JC PARCEL NUMBER 134721. THE REQUEST IS TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A PLAT IN SABINE PASS. THE PLANNING IS ON. THE COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A PLAT FOR THE FOLLOWING. THE PLAT NAME SABINE PILOT SLIP. IT'S A. IT'S AN ACTUAL BOAT SLIP. THE CURRENT LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS PART OF JOHN R BELVILLE, ONE THIRD OF A LEAGUE OF A LEAGUE. ABSTRACT NUMBER 67.CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 6.606.630 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL. THERE IS NO PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE. THE ABUTTING ZONES NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE ALL HEAVY, INDUSTRIAL AND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO DEFINE ONE TRACK FOR BOAT SLIP, UPGRADE AND CONSTRUCTION. AN APPLICATION FOR A MINOR PLAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE. TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 9TH, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO DEFINE ONE TRACK FOR BOAT SLIP UPGRADE CONSTRUCTION ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15TH, 2026, FIVE NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS, AS WELL AS PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER MORE THAN 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PNC PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 5TH, 2026. AND THERE WERE NO LETTERS RETURNED AND THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION. AND THAT'S IT. COMMISSIONERS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. HOW WE DO OUR MEETINGS. IF WE HAVE ANYONE IN HERE WHO IS INTERESTED IN EACH ITEM THAT WE HAVE, YOU MAY FREAKS FEELY FOR THREE MINUTES. NO MORE FOR OR AGAINST THE ITEM. SO ARE THERE ANY INDIVIDUALS I KNOW? NO ONE.
SORRY CHAIR LADY. I DO HAVE SOME DRONE FOOTAGE TAKEN BY A GIS DIVISION. I WANTED YOU ALL TO TAKE A LOOK AT. IN THE AREA. DID YOU HEAR IT? CALLING TO GO OUT TO HIS ROOM AND GET A GOOD SHOT FOR YOU ALL TO WHAT IT WAS LIKE OUT THERE. THANK YOU. THE FIRST SIX ARE THE FIRST AND
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SECOND SIX, VOTE WHERE THE GREEN VOTES ARE. YES. THAT PARTICULAR. BE KUDOS TO OUR GIS DIVISION ON THE FOOTAGE. YES, MA'AM. IS THAT OKAY? DEREK? YES, MA'AM. AND SO YOU CAN GET A ROUNDABOUT VIEW OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE ENTIRE AREA. NOT MUCH. LIKE THE WHERE? THE BOAT BUMPERS AND ALL THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEIR CONSTRUCTION PLANS ARE. I JUST KNOW FOR SURE THEY'RE PLANNING IT FOR THE ACTUAL BOAT SLIP. WHERE THE ROCK IS IS GOING TO BE SOME CONCRETE. SO JUST A ROBOCALL. OH, OKAY. AND THAT'S ALL COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU MA'AM.ANYTHING. WE TRY, WE TRY WHEN WE NEED A GOOD TOPICAL VIEW LIKE THIS ONE. OBVIOUSLY, I TRIED TO GO OUT TO TAKE PICTURES BY THE WATER, AND I'M LIKE, THERE'S NO WAY. SO I DID REQUEST THAT HE DID GO OUT WITH THE WITH THE DRONES OR ANYTHING OVER FIVE ACRES. I DO TRY TO GET HIM TO GO OUT WITH THE DRONE. YES, MA'AM. THAT'S OKAY, SINCE I DON'T KNOW, I HAVE TO ASK THE BODY OF WATER TO. THAT'S TO THE TOP. IS THAT THE GOAL? THAT'S BESIDE THE JETTY.
OH, OKAY. THAT'S COMING UP FROM THE RIGHT. ACROSS FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE. UP TOWARDS ANYWHERE CLOSE. CLOSE FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE. NO, IT'S ON. ON OTHER SIDE. OKAY. AND THAT'S CLOSE TO THE COAST GUARD STATION. OH, YOU KNOW. THE PILOT STATION WAS RIGHT THERE.
SO STEVE HAS A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN. IF YOU DRIVE STRAIGHT THROUGH THERE AND TAKE A RIGHT AND DOWN, TAKE A RIGHT THAT'S RIGHT DOWN THAT ROAD. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S NOT A LOT OF WORK. OKAY.
WE HAVE NOT MADE THE SIX MINUTES CUT OFF, BUT WE REALLY APPRECIATE. YES, MA'AM. THE DRONE FOOTAGE. ABSOLUTELY. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, NOW I'LL MAKE. I'LL MAKE A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS I SECOND IT HAS BEEN MOVED. SECOND, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT? NO. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. FAVOR. OKAY. YOU KNOW, PORT ARTHUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I TRIED. YEAH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. THEY SENT HIM OUT ON ACCIDENT. YEAH. STAFF REPORT.
ANYBODY REPORT? WE HAVE NO OTHER NON CONSENT ITEMS. WE'RE NOT FINISHED, GUYS. OKAY. SORRY.
STAFF REPORT. THERE IS NONE OTHER THAN WE DO HAVE ANOTHER SCHEDULED MEETING FOR OCTOBER 19TH. AND I THINK THAT AGENDA IS PRETTY HEFTY. MAYBE SIX ITEMS. OH AND ALSO WE DO WE DID GET OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS APPROVED FOR SOME ZONING CHANGES AND THAT YOU ALL APPROVED MAYBE TWO MONTHS AGO. THEY HAVE BEEN APPROVED TO GO BEFORE THE COUNCIL FOR OCTOBER 20TH AT 6:00 PM. THAT'S AN SUP FOR CAR LOT AND AN ABANDONMENT OFF OF AUSTIN AVENUE AND NEDERLAND AVENUE. SO THOSE WILL GO BEFORE COUNCIL OCTOBER 20TH. YES. SO REMEMBER YOU TELLING US AT THE LAST MEETING THAT THE VOTING. OH, YOU WEREN'T HERE. I WAS HERE, I THINK, OR MAYBE BOTH OF YOU WHERE HE MENTIONED THAT FOR VOTES, NOT TWO THIRDS ANYMORE FOR COUNCIL. OH. YES, MA'AM. YES, MA'AM. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU ALL. DID YOU SAY WHEN THE NEXT MEETING WOULD BE HELD? YES, SIR. OCTOBER 19TH. SAME TIME, SAME PLACE. OH. I THOUGHT I SAID A BUSY DAY FOR YOU. WAIT, YOU JUST LET ME KNOW? YEAH. IF Y'ALL. IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, THEN YOU JUST LET ME KNOW, OKAY? OKAY. IT'S TIME TO ADJOURN. CAN I GET A MOTION TO ADJOURN? SO MOVED. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MEETING ADJOURNED. AT 540. VERY GOOD MEETING. THANK YOU
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.