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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
IT IS 5:30 P.M. AND MEETING IS BEING CALLED TO ORDER. WOULD COMMISSIONER WAGNER GIVE THE INVOCATION? OKAY. PLEASE STAND. HEAVENLY FATHER, THE CREATOR OF THE UNIVERSE, WE THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR ALLOWING US TO ASSEMBLE TODAY TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS. HELP EACH OF US TO MAKE THE DECISIONS THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN YOUR YOUR PLAN. GOD, JESUS, AND YOUR DIRECTION. HELP US ALL, LORD, TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE NOT HERE FOR US, BUT WE'RE HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN, AMEN. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ROLL CALL. MISSUS ROSALIND SAVILL HERE. SORRY. MR. DWAYNE WAGNER HERE. MISTER ROOSEVELT HERE, MISS LILY ESCOBIDO.
MISTER MICHAEL DIXON. OH, HELLO, COMMISSIONER. NO WORRIES. LET THE RECORD SHOW WE HAVE MISS ESCOBIDO AT 5:31 P.M. YES, MA'AM. AND WE DO HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU. ANY UNFINISHED BUSINESS? NO, MA'AM. CONSENT AGENDA. OH. DO WE HAVE AN EXTRA? OH, OKAY. OKAY. CONSENT AGENDA
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AS FOLLOWS. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. CAN I GET A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? SO I SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? I. I. MINUTES APPROVED. NON CONSENT AGENDA, MISS MILO. YES,[VII. NON-CONSENT AGENDA]
MA'AM. P26-06. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHAIR LADY. CASE NUMBER P26-08. P 26. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, P26-06. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS PORT ARTHUR INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3701 HIGHWAY 73 JCAT. NUMBER 73370. THE REQUEST TYPE IS TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A PLAT IN RANGE H. THE PALCO SUBDIVISION PALCO STANDS FOR PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY. THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A PLAT FOR THE FOLLOWING. THE PROPOSED PLAT NAME IS PLAT OF PAISD CENTERS LOT CENTERS, LOTS ONE AND TWO. THE CURRENT LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS LOTS THREE AND FOUR, BLOCK EIGHT, RANGE H PART OF LOT FIVE AND SIX. BLOCK SEVEN RANGE H PORT ARTHUR LAND COMPANY SUBDIVISION. CITY OF PORT. ARTHUR. JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 22.774 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS NO CHANGE. THE ABUTTING ZONES NORTH, SOUTH, NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE ALL COMMERCIAL RETAIL. THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FUTURE LAND USE WILL REMAIN COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAT IS TO DIVIDE INTO TWO LOTS FOR THE EXISTING STUDENT SERVICES CENTER AND FUTURE PARENT RESOURCE CENTER. AN APPLICATION FOR A PLAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING OFFICE ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAT IS TO DIVIDE INTO TWO LOTS FOR EXISTING STUDENT SERVICES CENTER AND A FUTURE PARENT RESOURCE CENTER. ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2026, FOUR 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 PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2026. AND ALSO COMMISSIONERS, WE DID SEND THE PLAT REQUEST TO OUR ENGINEERING DIVISION. THEY DID GO OVER EVERYTHING AND THEY SAID EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD. AND WE ALSO HAD A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT WITH SOME OF OUR SUBJECT MATTER EXPERTS. SO THEY DID TELL THEM EVERYTHING THEY NEEDED TO DO TO GET THIS PROJECT GOING. SO WE HAVE DOTTED OUR I'S AND CROSS OUR T'S, AND WE'RE HERE TODAY. AND THAT'S ALL. COMMISSIONERS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE GUESTS IN OUR
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AUDIENCE? THE WAY WE DO OUR MEETINGS IS WHEN THE ITEM IS CALLED. ONCE IT'S EXPLAINED, THEN AT THAT POINT, IF YOU NEED TO SPEAK, YOU NEED TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST OR JUST COMMENT AND YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES AT THE PODIUM. GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. OKAY, COMMISSIONERS, YOU SAID NOTHING ON THE PLAT. I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ON THE PLAT. YES, MA'AM. OKAY. THE LAND. IT'S NOT UP THERE. THE LAND THAT THAT IS BEING PLATTED IS THAT ACROSS DIRECTLY FROM THE LIBRARY OVER WHERE BISHOP BYRNE USED TO BE? YES, MA'AM. SO IT'S RIGHT NEXT. IT WILL BE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. SO THE BISHOP BYRNE, OLD BISHOP BYRNE BUILDING. I GUESS THAT'S WHAT IT WAS. IT'S NOW THE STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICES CENTER. SO THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT SAME LAND AND RIGHT NEXT TO IT THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE PARENT RESOURCE CENTER. SO IT'S GOING TO BE ON THAT SAME THAT SAME PROPERTY. SO IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. GO BACK UP FOR ME. VICTORIA, TO THE ACTUAL ZONING DESIGNATION.MAP THE ZONING ONE, GO UP. ONE MORE. THERE WE GO. SEE THAT BIG RED PARCEL RIGHT THERE? YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE STUDENT SERVICES CENTER IS. YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOW OF IT. RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS WHERE THE PARENT RESOURCE CENTER WILL BE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PLANNING THAT LOT. OKAY.
YES, MA'AM. GOT IT. SO IS THAT SERVICE CENTER CONNECTED TO THE BUS DEPARTMENT? YES. THERE ARE.
ALL OF THAT IS TOGETHER. OKAY. OKAY. I'D LIKE TO GET A MOTION. MOTION. MOTION MOVED. APPROVED.
ANY QUESTIONS? WE ARE VOTING ON THE PLAT. ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS PLAT? NONE. ALL IN FAVOR? I AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM. YES, MA'AM. CASE NUMBER R26-28. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS JOSE AND DOSE ALANO. THE SURVEYING COMPANY IS DESHON SURVEY. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 3800 1/25 STREET, JC PARCEL NUMBER 39849. THE REQUEST TYPE IS AN APPROVAL OF A REPLAT IN THE GRIFFING ADDITION, THE NATURE OF THIS REQUEST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAT REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REPLAT OF ALL OF LOTS FOUR THROUGH 16. BLOCK 23 GRIFFIN ADDITION. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE NEW TRACK NAMES WILL BE LOTS 4-8, 4-B AND 4-C. GRIFFIN ADDITION. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE 140FT BY 326.3FT, TOTALING INTO 45,682FT■!S. THE TOTAL ACREAGE S APPROXIMATELY 1.5 ACRES OF LAND.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS COMMERCIAL RETAIL. THE ABUTTING ZONES NORTHEAST, WEST, AND SOUTH ARE ALL COMMERCIAL RETAIL AND THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAT IS TO REPLAT IS. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAT IS TO DIVIDE AND SELL. YEAH. AN APPLICATION FOR A REPLAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS PLAN IS TO DIVIDE AND SELL ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026, 16 NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2026. AND THAT IS ALL. COMMISSIONERS. OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS REPLAT? NONE. COMMISSIONERS, I MOVE APPROVAL OF R26-28. SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYES HAVE IT. NEXT ITEM IS MARLOW. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, CHAIR LADY. OUR 26-29. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS NORRIS G. ROGERS. THE PROPERTY LOCATION. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1924 AND 1938 EIGHTH STREET. JC PARCEL NUMBER 89830 AND 89831. THE REQUEST TYPE IS AN APPROVAL OF A REPLAT IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAT REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING.
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REPLAT OF ALL OF LOTS TWO AND THREE. BLOCK 211 CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS.THE NEW TRACK NAMES TRACK 2-A REPLAT OF ALL OF LOTS TWO AND THREE. BLOCK 211 CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE 100FT BY 140FT, TOTALING INTO 14,000FT■S.
THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 0.3214 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS NO PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE. THE ABUTTING ZONES NORTH AND WEST ARE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. EAST AND SOUTH ARE COMMERCIAL, RETAIL, AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR FUTURE LAND USE WILL REMAIN MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAT IS TO COMBINE TWO LOTS INTO ONE. FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. AN APPLICATION FOR A REPORT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 21ST, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO COMBINE TWO LOTS INTO ONE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026, 23 NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2026. AND THAT'S ALL COMMISSIONERS. AND AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT WE HAVE FORWARDED ALL OF THESE THREE PLATS AND PLATS TO THE ENGINEERING DIVISION FOR FURTHER REVIEW, AND THEY HAVE SEEN NO REASON FOR ANY OPPOSITION FOR ANY OF THE REPORTS AS FAR AS STRUCTURAL OR INFRASTRUCTURE GOES. SO THEY SEE NO ISSUES WITH ANY OF THE PLATS THUS FAR. AND THAT'S IT.
COMMISSIONERS. NOW THIS WAS ON OUR 26-282929. OKAY. I WANT TO MAKE SURE I HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER. OKAY COMMISSIONERS ANY QUESTIONS? NONE NEED A MOTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. ONE SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT ONE. JUST TO BACKTRACK, WE HAVE TO OPEN UP THE FLOOR. I DID, NO ONE WANTED TO SPEAK. OH, I WASN'T SURE IF WE DID, OKAY, I DID, I'M SO SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO THINK I WOULDN'T INVITE THEM UP HERE.
THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT. ALRIGHTY. OUR 26-30, THE PROPERTY OWNER, JUANITA LOPEZ AND R.M. VASQUEZ. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTHEAST OF 25TH STREET AND EAST OF FLORIDA AVENUE. JC PARCEL NUMBER 10986 AND 10987. THE REQUEST TYPE IS AN APPROVAL OF A REPLAT IN THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR. THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAT REQUEST FOR THE FOLLOWING REPLAT OF ALL OF LOTS 12 AND 13, BLOCK FOUR, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE NEW TRACK NAMES TRACKS 12-8, 12-B AND 12-C. REPLAT OF ALL OF LOTS 12 AND 13. BLOCK FOUR.
CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE 150FT BY 224FT, TOTALING INTO 33,600FT■S. THE TOTAL ACREAGE IS 0.7753 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS NO PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE. THE BUDDING ZONES NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE ALL ALSO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAT IS TO DIVIDE TWO LOTS INTO THREE NEW TRACKS. AN APPLICATION FOR A REPLAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026.
THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAY IS TO DIVIDE TWO LOTS INTO THREE NEW TRACKS. ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2026, 20 NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2026. AND THAT'S ALL. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS IN THE AUDIENCE? ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THIS REPLAY? YES.
YES. PLEASE COME. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. HI, I'M RICKY ANTOINE. I RESIDE AT 2801 25TH
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STREET AND WE'RE WANTING TO KNOW. I'M SURE MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE HERE. WHAT IS GOING ON? WHY IS THIS BEING ASKED AND REQUESTED? THIS REPLAT INTO. WHAT'S WE LIKE TO KNOW? WHY? MISS MILO? AS WE STATED BEFORE, LET ME GET BACK TO THE MAIN PAGE. SO THIS IS OUR 2629. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAT IS TO COMBINE TWO LOTS INTO ONE FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITHIN A MEDIUM. NOT THIS ONE. TWO TRACKS INTO TWO, LOTS INTO THREE. AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THE DIMENSIONS. THIS IS 30/30. THIS IS 30. I FLIPPED TOO FAR. OKAY, LET'S GO. OKAY, SO THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO DIVIDE TWO LOTS INTO THREE NEW TRACKS. I'M NOT SURE IF THE DEVELOPER IS HERE, BUT THE THE DISTRICT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN IS ON IS IN A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. THE ONLY THING ALLOWED IN THIS DISTRICT BY RIGHT IS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, NOTHING MORE. WELL, IT'S ALSO THE FAMILY DISTRICT. SO THEY HAVE THE OPTION TO DO TWO OR JUST ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOME. SO THEY CAN EVEN PUT A DUPLEX THERE IF THEY LIKE. BUT IT IS IN A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. NO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY WHATSOEVER CAN BE THERE. HOWEVER, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CAN BE PLACED ON THESE TRACKS BY. RIGHT. SO AS FOR NOW, THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAY IS TO DIVIDE TWO LOTS INTO THREE NEW TRACKS. THEY MAY HAVE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, OR MAYBE DUPLEXES, OR MAYBE TWO STRUCTURES ON ONE LOT. BUT AGAIN, BY RIGHT, THEY CAN ONLY BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON THAT LOT, ON THE LOTS ON THIS TRACK. IS THAT OKAY, OFFICER ANTOINE? NO, MA'AM. OKAY. TELL ME WHAT IT IS. ARE THEY ATTEMPTING TO BUILD THREE HOUSES ON THAT ONE LOT? SO AGAIN, THEY'RE DIVIDING TWO LOTS INTO TWO, INTO THREE INTO THREE. SO THEY CAN BUILD THEY CAN TAKE ALL THREE TRACKS AND PUT ONE HOUSE ON EACH ONE. OR THEY CAN TAKE ALL THREE AND PUT TWO HOUSES ON EACH ONE, OR THEY CAN TAKE ALL THREE AND PUT A DUPLEX ON EACH ONE, NOTHING MORE. IT STOPS AT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ONLY. THEY DID NOT TELL US WHEN THEY PLAN ON DEVELOPING. WE DON'T KNOW. THEY DIDN'T GIVE US THAT INFORMATION, BUT BY RIGHT THEY MEET ALL THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR BY LAW TO DIVIDE THE LAND IN SUCH A WAY.BUT WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO SELL IT OR IF THEY HAVE FUTURE PLANS ON DEVELOPING IT. THEY DID NOT LET US KNOW THAT INFORMATION, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO. BUT WE DO KNOW BY RIGHT AND BY LAW, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DIVIDE THEIR LAND IN A WAY THAT THEY CAN DEVELOP SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OR DUPLEXES OR TWO HOMES ON EACH LOT, RIGHT? YOU STILL LOOK LIKE YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. YES. I FEEL THAT. I PERSONALLY HAVE. OKAY. I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. THE SAME FATHER IN LAW. I KNOW WHAT IT WAS YOU WHATEVER YOU HEARD THAT I HOPE NOT, I CAN'T STOP HIM.
BUT HE WON'T BE ABLE TO. AND THAT WOULD BE. YOU KNOW, THERE'S SEVERAL HOMES ARE PLACED IN OUR NICE LITTLE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. I DO HAVE A PROBLEM. UNDERSTAND? I UNDERSTAND IT. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE AS A COMMISSION CANNOT STOP THE GROWTH FOR ANY HOMES THAT ARE GOING TO BE BUILT ON PROPERTY WHERE THEY'RE ASKING TO SPLIT TWO LOTS INTO THREE.
MY THING, SINCE I KNOW WE CANNOT BLOCK THAT. MY THING WAS, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE TWO, THREE LOTS OUT OF TWO? I MEAN, THEY'RE AWFUL SMALL. YOU KNOW, THAT WAS MY QUESTION. IF I COULD ASK THOSE QUESTIONS, THAT'S WHAT I FELT LIKE. DON'T CRY. YOU'RE GOING TO CRAM ALL OF THESE HOUSES INTO. THE ONE WHERE HE WANT TO MAKE ONE OUT OF TWO. WHAT WHAT WOULD BE THE
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WIDTH OF THREE OUT OF TWO? I COULD GET THAT FOR YOU. YEAH. TWO. TWO LOTS. AND DIVIDING IT INTO THREE THREE NEW TRACKS. IT SHOULD BE THREE NEW TRACKS. ARE THEY GOING TO BE LIKE 50 FOOT EACH? THEY ARE THE MINIMUM SIZE REQUIRED BY LAW. OR THEY MAY HAVE MADE THEM A LITTLE BIGGER.LET'S GO TO BECAUSE I THINK THE MINIMUM IS WHAT, 50FT MINIMUM, RIGHT? IT'S 150 BY 2 TO 4, BUT IT'S 33 SIX SQUARE FEET. YES. IT'S A. 5000. YOU'RE GOING TO BE SMALL THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
LET'S SEE WHAT THEY DID HERE. I FOUND IT. SO IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE DOING 50 FOOT LOTS WHICH IS THE MINIMUM. YEAH. THAT'S 153 LOTS. EXACTLY. YOU'RE TAKING THIS. AND JUST TO EXPLAIN TO YOU WHAT A REPLAT IS, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY TWO LOTS. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE OLD LOT LINE WAS WITH THE DOTTED LINE. SO IT USED TO BE THIS ONE AND THIS ONE. NOW THEY'RE TAKING IT.
THIS IS THE NEW LOT LINE. AND THEY'RE MAKING 3123. SO A REPLAT IS JUST A RECONFIGURATION OF LOT LINES. YOU'RE REDEFINING, IF YOU WILL, WHAT THE LOT LINES ARE AS LONG AS THEY MEET THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT BY LAW. SO THEY'RE TAKING THESE TWO AND THEN MAKING THESE THREE. OKAY. WHAT WOULD OUR OBJECTION OPPOSING? WHAT WOULD OUR OBJECTION OR OPPOSING TO THIS MATTER IF THEY'RE STILL WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE LAW? YOU CAN ANSWER WELL BY RIGHT. AS LONG AS THEY FOLLOWED EVERYTHING WITHIN SECTION. SECTION 2.03 C, AS LONG AS THEY MEET THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BY RIGHT, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT TO THEIR PROPERTY. BY LAW, STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE STATES THAT WE HAVE TO SEND NOTICES TO ANYONE LIVING WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS OF THE PROPERTY, SO THAT YOU ALL CAN BE AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON. BUT AS LONG AS HE MEETS THOSE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS BY RIGHT, BY LAW, HE CAN MOVE FORWARD WITH HIS REPLAY. SO WE CAN TAKE YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD.
BUT AS FAR AS HIM DOING EVERYTHING PROPERLY AND WITHIN THE LAW, HE'S WELL WITHIN HIS RIGHTS. WHAT IS YOU CAN CAN WE ASK HIM? ASK HIM WHAT? WHAT ARE THESE PLANS? THE ONLY THING THEY CAN BUILD ARE, AGAIN, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. I MEAN, IT'S UP TO THEM IF THEY ARE HERE, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO ANSWER, IF JUANITA LOPEZ OR MISS VASQUEZ SAID THEY COULD. I DON'T THINK THEY ARE HERE, BUT THE ONLY. AGAIN, NO COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY CAN TAKE PLACE THERE.
IF THAT'S WHAT YOUR CONCERNS ARE. THE ONLY THING BY LAW THAT WE CANNOT STOP IS THEM FROM BUILDING THEIR RESIDENTIAL HOMES, WHICH THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO. YES, SIR. BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY. IF YOU ARE OPPOSED TO IT, WE CAN ALWAYS TAKE YOUR COMMENTS FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, FEEL FREE TO CALL MY OFFICE ANYTIME. IT'S MY NUMBER IS ON THAT LETTER. YES, SIR. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN THE AUDIENCE? OH, I'M SORRY, I DO HAVE SOME SOME LETTERS REGARDING IF THEY I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE OTHER PEOPLE THAT WANT TO MAKE COMMENTS, MAYBE. OKAY, THIS IS NOT THAT ONE.
NOPE. I THINK MR. WAGNER. YEAH. I JUST HAD A QUESTION ABOUT THE LOCATION, MISS ARIES. I'M LOOKING AT THE MAP. IT'S I'M LOOKING AT MEMORIAL AND 25TH IS THIS PROPERTY BEHIND THE GULF COAST HEALTH CLINIC? YES. FARTHER DOWN THE STREET. OKAY. JUST IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH. I WAS ABOUT TO SAY IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE HIGHWAY FROM THAT IN FRONT OF THAT ABANDONED CHURCH THAT WAS MESSED UP DURING THE STORM. RIGHT BEFORE YOU CROSS OVER THAT HUMP ON 25TH STREET, THE DRAINAGE DITCH, IT'S RIGHT IN THAT AREA. IT'S THAT CHURCH ON THE LEFT COMING FROM MEMORIAL. YES, MA'AM. IT'S ON THE LEFT, BEHIND THAT SHELL STATION NEXT TO THE SHELL STATION. IT'S ON THE SAME STREET. WELL, IF YOU'RE ON 25TH STREET, COMING DOWN FROM SAVANNAH, THIS PROPERTY IS TO THE LEFT, AND SHELL WILL BE FURTHER DOWN TO THE RIGHT. OKAY.
OKAY, COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL IN FAVOR? I NEED TO GET A MOTION. MAKE A MOTION TO PRESENT. I'LL SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION PASSES. ONE MORE CASE.
R2-R26-31. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. R26-31. THE PROPERTY OWNER IS CHARLES AND
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SANDRA DURGAN. THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF DRUMMOND STREET AND WEST OF SHREVEPORT AVENUE. J PARCEL NUMBER 110068. THE REQUEST TYPE APPROVAL OF A REPLAT IN VISTA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION. THE NATURE OF THE REQUEST. THE PLANNING AND ZONING DIVISION IS BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER A REPLAT REQUESTS FOR THE FOLLOWING REPLAT OF ALL OF LOTS 18 THROUGH 21 BLOCK EIGHT VISTA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE NEW TRACKS NAME TRACKS 18-8 AND 18-B REPLAT OF ALL OF LOTS 18 THROUGH 21 BLOCK EIGHT VISTA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION, CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, JEFFERSON COUNTY, TEXAS. THE LOT DIMENSIONS ARE 120FT BY 240FT, TOTALING INTO 28,800FT■!S. THE TOTAL ACREAGE S 0.6596 ACRES OF LAND. THE CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, MEANING ONLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES CAN GO IN THIS DISTRICT BY RIGHT, NOTHING MORE. THE PROPOSED ZONING IS NONE ABUTTING ZONING NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST ARE ALL LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPLAT IS TO COMBINE MULTIPLE LOTS INTO TWO TRACKS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. AN APPLICATION FOR REPLAT WAS SUBMITTED TO THE OFFICE OF PLANNING AND ZONING ON OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2026. THE PURPOSE OF THIS REPORT IS TO COMBINE MULTIPLE LOTS INTO TWO TRACKS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH, 2026, 17 NOTICES WERE MAILED TO ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN A 200 FOOT RADIUS AND PUBLISHED IN THE PORT ARTHUR NEWSPAPER A MINIMUM OF 15 DAYS BEFORE THE PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED FOR TODAY, OCTOBER 19TH, 2026. AND COMMISSIONERS, WE DO HAVE SOME LETTERS OF OPPOSITION THAT I NEED TO READ INTO THE RECORD FOR YOU ALL. OKAY. YES, MA'AM. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. AND MRS. RICHARD. OH, SORRY. THAT'S PAM'S RESPONSE. MY APOLOGIES. GREETINGS. CITY OF PORT ARTHUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES I AM AGAINST AND NOT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED IN THE VISTA VILLAGE COMMUNITY. THE SUBDIVISION IS FINE THE WAY IT IS. I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THIS WAY. JUST A NEIGHBOR. JUST AS NEIGHBORLY AS IT IS. MY APOLOGIES FOR JUST RESPONDING TO THE CERTIFIED LETTER, BUT I JUST RECEIVED THE LETTER ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17TH BECAUSE OF MY WORK PLEASE Y RESPONSE INTO CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU, ESPERANZA J. SPENCER 729 LINCOLN STREET, PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS 776. WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE CHANGES THAT IS WANTING TO BE MADE IN THE VISTA VILLAGE SUBDIVISION. WE DO NOT WANT ANY CHANGES. WE ARE SATISFIED WITH OUR COMMUNITY THE WAY IT IS.THANK YOU IN ADVANCE. DARYL AND BARBARA. RICHARD. THAT'S ALL COMMISSIONERS. OKAY.
COMMISSIONERS, I'M NOT SURE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS. I KNOW THIS IS A REPLAY, BUT I'M NOW GOING TO ASK THE AUDIENCE. YES. IT DOESN'T MATTER. EVERYONE IS GOING TO GET HURT. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING, GOOD EVENING TEXAS.
I'M ALL FOR DEVELOPMENT. DO NOT GET ME WRONG. I AM FOR ANYTHING THAT SEEMS LIKE WHAT I AM AGAINST IS EXISTING IN NEIGHBORHOODS. ALL OF THIS ABOUT YOU CAN DO THIS AND CAN'T DO THIS. FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, NOBODY COMES OUT THERE ANYMORE. NOBODY'S GOING TO COME SEE ME.
IF IT'S A RENTAL PROPERTY, NOBODY'S GOING TO COME SEE IF IT'S ME OR HAVE A MEETING. TIME IS GOING TO GO BY. GROCERIES ARE GOING TO GO UP, GROCERIES ARE NOT GOING TO WORK AS THEY WENT UP. SO THEN WE'RE GOING TO REVIVE AND COME BACK AND WE'RE GOING TO MAKE THE STRUCTURE WORK FOR WHATEVER WE WANT. OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA CITY IS GOING TO PAY ATTENTION AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS IS NOT BEING DONE LIKE IT IS. WE ARE ALREADY NOT OVERBURDENED WITH BEING
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BEING FULLY ALL DAY, EVERY DAY FROM DIFFERENT PEOPLE, RENTING ROOMS, RENTING HOUSES. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON OUT THERE THAT NOBODY. 56 YEARS WE HAVE BEEN HOMESTEADED THAT OUR PROPERTY IS FIVE YEARS OLD. I MOVED THIS OUR HEART IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS GOTTEN 360 DEGREE CHANGE.AND MY VOICE CHANGED. ABSOLUTELY. NOW, CAN I ADAPT TO ANYTHING? ABSOLUTELY. BUT YOUR HOME IS YOUR WORK. IT'S WHERE YOU'RE SAFE AND WHERE YOU'RE COMFORTABLE. WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS THE RENTAL AGREEMENT. YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT VARIOUS PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER, EVERYWHERE, ANYWHERE, THREE WEEKS A YEAR, ONE MONTH, A YEAR, TWO MONTHS, A YEAR LONG. YOU COMMENT AND WHATEVER AND MAKE ALL THESE ARRANGEMENTS. RIGHT NOW, I NEED TO KNOW WHEN FROM THE CITY IS GOING TO COME BACK AND MAKE SURE THAT THIS PROPERTY IS NOT COMMERCIAL FOOD FROM THE CITY IS GOING TO MONITOR ALL THIS. I HEAR ALL THESE LAWS THAT COME ON THE BOOKS WITH THE CITY, ALL DON'T TALK ON GRASS, DON'T DO THIS, DON'T DO THAT. IT LOOKED LIKE A THOROUGHFARE OUT THERE. YOU'LL HAVE THREE, FOUR, FIVE FOOT SPA ACROSS THE FRONT YARD. TRAILER.
CAN'T EVEN GET DOWN THE STREET. TRAILERS ALL ON THE STREET, ALL EVERYWHERE. WHO'S MONITORING THIS STUFF? IF YOU HAVE LAWS AND WE HAVE PROTOCOL ON THE BOOKS, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR FOLLOWING UP ON THIS STUFF, MAKING SURE IT IS DONE? WHEN YOU MAKE THE DECISION OF OPERATION, MAKE YOUR MEALS AND TRAVEL AND GO BACK TO THE MARKET. IT LOOKS LIKE BACKWATER SWAMP. NOTHING. SO WHERE IS THE STANDARD? WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MONITORING ALL OF THIS? YOU CAN SAY THIS, THIS AND THIS TODAY. WHO WILL MONITOR THIS? THE CITY HAS SOMEBODY APPOINTED THAT COMES AROUND AND MAKE SURE OKAY, WE SINGLE FAMILY HOME WHO IS MONITORING THE FACT THAT THIS HAS NOT BEEN. OKAY. NOBODY'S MONITORING THE STUFF THAT'S ON THE BOOKS RIGHT NOW.
CHAIRWOMAN, CAN I MAKE A COMMENT? SURE. I AGREE WITH YOU. I LIVE IN GRIFFIN PARK AND WE HAVE A LOT OF BIG HOMES IN GRIFFIN PARK, AND THEY'RE BEING AIRBNB OUT A LOT. BUT I WOULD TELL YOU, I THINK THE BEST WE DON'T HAVE ANY SAY SO OVER THAT. BUT I TOTALLY AM ON WITH YOU. I THINK THE BEST ONE IS TO CONTACT DISTRICT FOUR, WHICH IS COUNCILWOMAN KAYLA JACOBS, SO THAT SHE CAN BRING THAT TO THE CITY. BECAUSE I DO THINK I UNDERSTAND, I THINK THAT THE LEASES NEED TO BE LONGER BECAUSE WHEN THEY'RE SHORT TERM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE HAVING, LIKE YOU SAID, EVERY DAY IN AND OUT, YOU HAVE 2 OR 3 PEOPLE THE NEXT DAY, SOMEONE ELSE. BUT THAT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS. BUT I TOTALLY AGREE WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. IF THEY'RE NOT THE ONE, YOU KNOW, NO COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL STORES, I GUESS. THAT RESIDENTIAL. AND WHAT IS COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, OR EVEN IF YOU'RE RENTING THE ROOMS, AND I WILL SAY THIS, IT'S NOT COMMERCIAL, BUT I WILL SAY THIS, MY MANAGER, WHO IS NOT HERE RIGHT NOW, AND THE CITY ATTORNEY, AS WELL AS THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, HAVE SAT DOWN WITH A CONSULTANT, AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING A SHORT TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE. IT IS REALLY NEW TO US. WE ARE AWARE OF THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, AND WE HAVE JUST HIRED OUR VERY FIRST ZONING INSPECTOR WHO WILL BE ON TOP OF ALL THAT. HE ALREADY. WE ARE ALREADY AWARE OF SOME THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, BUT THERE IS PROTOCOL WE HAVE TO FOLLOW. WE NEED EVIDENCE. WE HAVE TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT ACCUSING PEOPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING. SO WE CHECK FOR EXTERIOR DOOR ENTRANCES. I AM FAMILIAR WITH SOME PROPERTIES IN THE VISTA VILLAGE AREA BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION, BUT IT'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO BEFORE IT GETS TO THE COURTS. AND ALSO WITH THE DRAFTING OF THIS NEW ORDINANCE, DEPENDING ON THE WAY IT GOES AND WHAT STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE ALLOWS US TO DO.
IT'S ONLY SO MUCH THAT WE CAN DO SO. BUT WE, WE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND YOUR FRUSTRATION. IT IS OUR FRUSTRATION AS WELL BECAUSE THE PARKING HAS BECOME AN ISSUE. WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS THE PARKING, THE PARKING IN THE FRONT YARDS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT I DO THINK THAT THE NEW COUNCIL THAT IS HERE, WE HAVE A LOT OF NEW COUNCIL. ALL OF THEM ARE KIND OF AGAINST THAT. SO I WOULD REALLY PUSH YOUR COUNCILWOMAN TO BRING IT UP AGAIN, BECAUSE COUNCIL SEES IT. ALL OF THEM. WE LIVE HERE AND THEY SEE IT, AND IT JUST NEEDS TO BE PUSHED FURTHER. AND I THINK YOU WOULD HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WOULD VACUUM THAT. BUT WE, WE THEY ARE AWARE, I BELIEVE THEY MEET ONCE A WEEK RIGHT NOW. AND THEY'RE TRYING TO ESTABLISH AN ORDINANCE SPECIFICALLY FOR SHORT TERM RENTALS. AS WE SPEAK. WE HEAR YOU. WE WANT YOU TO KNOW WE DO. THIS HAS COME UP BEFORE. ONLY WE. WE CAN ONLY FOLLOW PROTOCOL. WE HAVE WE HAVE PICTURES. WE HAVE WE, WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN WITHIN THE LAW TO NOT VIOLATE ANYBODY ELSE'S RIGHTS. BUT THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DRAFTING A SHORT TERM RENTAL POLICY.
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HOWEVER, AS FAR AS THIS THIS PROPERTY GOES ITSELF, IT IS TOTALLY DESIGNATED SINGLE FAMILY. THAT'S IT. THEY CAN'T HAVE ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY. UNFORTUNATELY, A SHORT TERM RENTAL IS NOT CONSIDERED COMMERCIAL. AND I DO KNOW MOVING FORWARD, THEY DO PLAN ON CHARGING A CERTAIN TAX FOR IT BECAUSE IT ACCORDING TO WHAT THE LAW STATES, IT'S LEGAL.WE JUST HAVE TO REGULATE IT DIFFERENTLY SO IT WON'T BE A NUISANCE IN THE COMMUNITY. SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF DOING THAT. IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO THE CITY MANAGER, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER OF OPERATIONS. AND LIKE I STATED, OUR BUILDING OFFICIAL, PHILIP VELARDE, THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES MANAGER, LARRY BETTON, THEY ARE 1,000% FULLY AWARE.
OUR INSPECTORS ARE ALL OF THEM. AND WE DO. JB HE'S OUR NEW ZONING INSPECTOR, SO HE WILL BE THE ONE MAKING SURE EVERYONE IS IN COMPLIANCE IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT OR ANYTHING. HE'S VERY ACTIVE IN WHAT HE DOES AND HE WILL MAKE SURE HE GETS TO IT. BUT AS FAR AS THIS PROPERTY, ONLY SINGLE FAMILY IS ALLOWED ONLY. SO IF YOU SEE ANY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, AS WE TELL ANYONE, IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, SAY SOMETHING, AND I PROMISE YOU WE'LL TRY TO GET ON TOP OF IT AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. BUT WE ARE AWARE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE VISTA VILLAGE AREA, AND WE DO HAVE A PAPER TRAIL, AND WE'RE JUST WAITING TO SEE WHERE THE ORDINANCE GOES BECAUSE WE NEED AN ORDINANCE FOR IT. THE THING WITH THIS. CASE IS THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO BUILD. THERE ARE NO HOMES ON THAT LOT YET. AND WHAT THEIR PLANS ARE, BASED ON WHAT I'VE READ AND WHAT MISS MILO IS SAYING, THIS IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING. AND WITH THE ORDINANCE PERSON, MR. JB BROWN, I DON'T SEE HOW THIS WOULD HAPPEN WITHOUT SOMEONE IN THE CITY SEEING IT HAPPEN. IF THERE'S TO BE A NEW ORDINANCE REGARDING AND I DO BELIEVE ONE IS NECESSARY HERE IN THIS CITY BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER CITIES WHO HAVE THEIR OWN. WE'VE NEVER HAD ONE, BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE AS BIG BEFORE EITHER. I DO REMEMBER WHEN VISTA VILLAGE RESIDENTS CAME TO US THE LAST TIME, AND IT WAS BASICALLY ALMOST THE SAME ISSUE. THE PERSON WANTED TO PUT HOMES OVER THERE, DUPLEXES, IT IT IT, RIGHT. IT WAS AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, AND WE'RE HERE TO HEAR YOU OUT. TRY TO EXPLAIN WHAT'S GOING ON TO YOU SO YOU UNDERSTAND YOU CAN GO BACK AND TELL YOUR OTHER NEIGHBORS WHAT YOU FOUND OUT. AND I WAS TOLD THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HERE.
SO IF THEY WANT TO SPEAK, MADAM CHAIR, THANK YOU. WE DO HAVE ORDINANCES ON THE BOOKS IN REFERENCE TO PARKING IN THE YARDS AND PARKING TRAILERS AND VEHICLES ON THE GRASS. THEY CAN ACTUALLY GET CITED OR TOWED. I THEN FOUND A DARLENE. IS THAT DARLENE? I BELIEVE THE PARKING IS PENAL. OKAY, SO THAT WOULD BE THE POLICE. OKAY, QUOTE ME ON THAT. THE LAST I CHECKED, THAT'S THAT WAS A POLICE ISSUE. BUT AS FAR AS PROVIDING THE CORRECT AMOUNT OF PARKING SPACES, AND I DON'T WANT TO GO OFF INTO SHORT TERM RENTALS AND LOSE TRACK OF THE REASON WE'RE REALLY HERE, BUT WE ARE REQUIRING THAT THEY HAVE SOME TYPE OF PARKING IF THEY'RE GOING TO DO A SHORT TERM RENTAL WITHIN THE THE GUIDANCE OF THE STATE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE BEFORE HER CURRENT BEFORE HER CURRENT CONCERN, IF THEY'RE PARKING IN THE GRASS, SHE CAN CALL THE POLICE. ABSOLUTELY. OKAY. YES, SIR. BUT HERE'S MY QUESTION TO YOU. IF EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEES THIS, THIS IS IN THE CITY. IS IT TO PASS AROUND AND MAKE SURE THAT THESE THINGS ARE NOT BEING DONE? WE CAN CREATE ORDINANCES. WE CAN MAKE WE CAN DO ALL THAT STUFF. BUT IF THERE'S NO ENFORCEMENT, WHAT'S THE PURPOSE? SO IF I SEE IT DAILY FOR WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PATROLLING THAT NEIGHBORHOOD TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS STUFF IS BEING FOLLOWED? IF I SEE IT, THE NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET MAYBE NEXT DOOR TO ME IS WHY WHOEVER WANTS TO THE CITY WANTS TO WHAT, WHAT WHAT WHAT ARE THEY DOING? ARE THEY PARKING OR WHERE? WHAT ARE THEY DOING? PARKING EVERYWHERE. ANYTHING. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. MY NEIGHBOR STOPPED IT BECAUSE I CALLED THE POLICE ALL THE TIME. I CALLED THEM AND THEY GO. THEY GO, AND THEY DON'T DO IT ANYMORE. THEY'RE HOME FOR SO LONG. THE POLICEMAN PROMISED TO COME OVER. OKAY, SO THEY WERE JUST SO BAD. SO THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY. YEAH, IT'S ANOTHER TOPIC. YES, I AM JUST SAYING. CAME FROM THE CITY. DON'T FEEL YOU'D HAVE TO REPORT IT. I REPORT IT UNTIL THEY GO.
WHOSE JOB IS IT THEY HAVE TO PASS AND LOOK. HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT SOMETHING IS NOT BEING ENFORCED IF THEY'RE NOT DOING IT? AND THAT'S NOT OUR DEPARTMENT. WE DON'T WE DON'T
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DO THAT. RIGHT? RIGHT. YEAH. WE WOULD HAVE TO DO THE SAME. YEAH, YEAH. BUT I'M JUST SAYING, JUST IN GENERAL, WE UNDERSTAND. YEAH. I TRIED TO DO THE FIRST TIME I'M ON SHIFT BECAUSE I GOT MY MONEY INVESTED IN IT AND WE UNDERSTAND WHAT I NEED TO DO. SO WHO'S GOING TO SAY THEY'RE GOING TO BE PAYING ATTENTION FIVE YEARS FROM NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THEY'RE FOLLOWING PROTOCOL, THE NEIGHBORS SHOULD DO IT. MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS ARE TIRED. A LOT OF THEM ARE AFTER YOU GET TIRED OF, YEAH, I GOT BROKEN SCHOOLS AND BROKE. EVERYBODY IS STILL TRYING TO DO.OKAY, SO AS FAR AS PLANNING AND ZONING GOES, WE DID HIRE AGAIN A ZONING INSPECTOR, MR. JAMES BROWN, AND WE WERE JUST APPROVED FOR A SECOND ONE. THIS PAST BUDGET. SO PLANNING AND ZONING GOES, WE SEE THE NEED TO SEE EVERYTHING. WE SEE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL ISSUE GETTING A LITTLE CRAZY. SO WE WILL HAVE TWO ZONING INSPECTORS. AGAIN, WE JUST HIRED ONE AND HASN'T EVEN BEEN A YEAR. IT'S IT'S NEW FOR US. SO WE WE DO PLAN ON DON'T WE? YEAH. MR. JAMES BROWN I'VE BEEN IN THE FIELD WITH HIM AND HE'S A DOG, SO HE WILL MAKE SURE THINGS HAPPEN. SO. AND AGAIN, I'M SORRY, DID YOU NOT SAY THAT THE OWNERS WERE HERE? SOMEBODY JUST LEFT. THEY JUST IF THAT'S WHO IT IS, I DON'T I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THEM BECAUSE IT'S A HISPANIC NAME.
AND THIS IS NOT A HISPANIC NAME. HISPANIC. I DON'T THINK IT IS OKAY. BUT I, I'M NOT I'M, I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT, BUT A LOT OF WHAT I SEE GOING ON IN THE CITY FROM NOW IS NOT PEOPLE FROM HERE. IT'S PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN THAT'S JUST BUYING UP PROPERTY FROM HARVEY. NO ATTACHMENT, NO CONCERN, NO NOTHING. IT'S ABOUT I'M RUNNING A BUSINESS. I'M TRYING TO DO THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS, THIS, AND I'M RUNNING WITH IT. MA'AM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT, IF IT'S OKAY, MADAM CHAIRMAN. OKAY. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY KNOWLEDGE, THEY HAVE AN INSPECTOR FOR PLANNING AND ZONING. I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD THAT IN THE IN THE EXISTENCE OF PORT ARTHUR. AND FROM WHAT I JUST HEARD, A SECOND HAS BEEN APPROVED. THAT GUY SITTING BEHIND YOU, MR. BROWN, LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. IF HE. LET ME LET ME LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING. THAT BROTHER TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS. NOW I'M JUST GOING TO TELL YOU STRAIGHT. HE JUST LIKE THAT OFFICER SITTING OVER THERE, THEY TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS. SO WHAT I WOULD RECOMMEND, MA'AM. YES. IT GETS TIRESOME TO CONTINUE CALL. BUT DOG GONE IT.
YOU GOT A CALL. IT'S YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S WHERE YOU LIVE. AND YOU GOT PEOPLE COMING IN THAT DOESN'T KNOW OUR RULES. THEY DON'T HAVE ANY, ANY, ANY, ANY HISTORY IN THIS COMMUNITY OR YOUR COMMUNITY. I WOULD ASK FOR THE PHONE NUMBER AND I WOULD CALL WHEN THESE VIOLATIONS HAPPEN. THEY CANNOT PARK IN THE GRASS, I PROMISE YOU. YOU CALL MR. BROWN, HE'S GOING TO TAKE CARE OF IT. I MEAN, I, I PUT MY REPUTATION ON THAT GUY AND I'LL TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE. WITH THE CITY HIRING TWO PEOPLE DOING THAT, I THINK PORT ARTHUR IS TAKING THIS PRETTY SERIOUS. THEY'VE NEVER HAD THAT BEFORE, EVER. AND FOR THIS TO BE HAPPENING AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IT TELLS ME THEY RECOGNIZE THAT THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIX IT. AND THEY SURE GOT THE RIGHT MAN ON IT. I KNOW HIM PERSONALLY, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU, IT MAY NOT BE AS DIFFICULT AS IT HAS BEEN IN THE PAST. JUST DON'T GIVE UP. I'M TELLING YOU, IT'S GOING TO GET BETTER. THANK YOU. ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD? OH, NOT MR. VILLAGE. WELL, HE'S IN THE WHOLE CITY, SO HE COVERS THE WHOLE CITY. IT'S ALWAYS BEEN THE CITY AS FAR AS I'M. DISTRIBUTION, DEAR. REMOVE COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES OUT OF IT. BEFORE THE NEW ORDINANCE, YOU COULD BUILD RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? YOU COULD HAVE. IT COULD BE IN THE SAME AREA. WE PERSONALLY PICK THAT OUT BECAUSE IT DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. WE DON'T WANT ANY NO COMMERCIAL USE IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT. IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. SO WE DID PURPOSELY TAKE THAT OUT. YES, MA'AM. LIKE I SAY, PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORHOODS OR THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND I'M ALL FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT NOT AT THE EXPENSE. YEARS FROM NOW, WHEN YOU CENTRAL MALL WAS BUILT UP WITH APARTMENTS, THEN WHEN IT DIDN'T WORK, WHAT DID IT GO TO? HOUSING? IT HAPPENED. I MEAN, IT'S LIFE. IT HAPPENS. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE AGAINST. THERE'S THE FOLLOW UP AFTER THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU SAY YOU'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING AND THEN THAT DON'T WORK, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN IT BECOMES ALL OF THIS SHOTGUN, RIGHT? THAT'S WHY WE'RE AGAINST IT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU. COME ON BACK HERE. COME ON BACK. I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS TO YOU AND TO THE PANEL AS WELL.
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JUST AS THEY SAID PREVIOUSLY, WE JUST NOW HAVE A ZONING INSPECTOR. AND AS LONG AS I'VE WORKED FOR THE CITY FOR 24 YEARS, THEY'VE NEVER HAD ONE. SO NOW I'M THAT PERSON. AND YEAH, MY REPUTATION PRECEDES ME. I AM A YEAH, I GO OUT THERE AND I DO CRAZY THINGS AND I MAKE THINGS HAPPEN WITH THE WAY THAT THE NEW ORDINANCES ARE COMING OUT, WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET ALL THE PIECES TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY FIT THE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FIT. THE NEW ORDINANCE ABOUT NOT PARKING ON THE FRONT YARD HAS BEEN CHANGED, AND NOW YOU CAN'T PARK ON THE GRASS NOWHERE ON YOUR PROPERTY FRONT, BACK, OR SIDE. OKAY, THAT STIRRED UP A WHOLE BUNCH OF STUFF. THE SHORT TERM RENTALS. WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET OUR HEADS WRAPPED AROUND THAT. I HAD A POLICE OFFICER RIDE ME AROUND THROUGH A CERTAIN AREA OF TOWN, WHICH I WOULD HAVE NEVER GUESSED. AND I'M SEEING ALL OF THESE BRAND NEW, MANY AIR CONDITIONING UNITS PLASTERED ON THE SIDE OF PEOPLE'S STRUCTURES. AND I AM LIKE. BUT THEN I SEE A VERY LARGE UNIT THAT SITS OUT THERE THAT'S SUPPOSED TO COVER THE ENTIRE HOUSE. SO WHAT DO I NEED EXTRA? I SEE EXTRA DOORS ON BUILDINGS AND I AM LOOKING AT, OKAY, THIS IS A DEAD GIVEAWAY AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON. WE SEE THIS NOW. HOW CAN I MOVE FORWARD TO GET IT TO THE POINT WHERE IT'S PROSECUTABLE? THAT'S WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW. THE ORDINANCE HAS TO BE I HAVE TO WRITE A CITATION TO SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE BREAKING THE LAW AGAINST. IT'S NOT THERE YET, BUT WE'RE ALREADY ON TOP OF IT BECAUSE WE SEE IT HAPPENING. HECK, I GOT A GUY THAT HAS A METAL CONTAINER THAT'S TRYING TO SET UP FOR TWO PEOPLE TO PAY RENT AND LIVE IN PROPERTIES.GOT THREE OF THEM. IT'S IT'S. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. AND I'M FINDING REALLY SOMETHING AND I'M FINDING THEM, BUT DON'T, DON'T DON'T DON'T. BUT I ASK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE BECAUSE AGAIN, WE'RE PLAYING CATCH UP RIGHT NOW ON SOMETHING, SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN GOING ON. THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WASN'T PREPARED FOR IT BECAUSE WE NEVER SAW IT HAPPEN BEFORE, YOU KNOW? AND THEN LIKE ALL BEFORE, WE STILL HAD THE BIG PROBLEMS WITH ALL OF THE THE CARS COMING INTO TOWN. AND THEY'RE NOT FROM HERE WORKING AT THE REFINERIES IN OUR CITY.
WHAT DID THEY DO? THEY START PUTTING BUS STATIONS ALL THE WAY OUT ON THE OUTSIDE OF TOWN TO KEEP THE TRAFFIC FROM COMING IN. DID THAT SOLVE THE PROBLEM? BECAUSE WE STILL HAVE A VERY HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IN OUR CITY. BUT ANYWAY, THAT'S ANOTHER TOPIC WE YEAH, WE ARE PLAYING CATCH UP, BUT WHEN WE CATCH UP WITH YOU, WE'RE GOING TO PUT THE NEEDLE ON THE RECORD AND WE'RE GOING TO DANCE. WE GOTTA HURRY UP BECAUSE I'M THERE. OH, I KNOW YOU'RE THERE.
YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE EITHER. NO, YOU AIN'T GOING NOWHERE. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. SO LIKE I SAY, I'M NOT AGAINST DEVELOPMENT. DON'T GET ME WRONG. I'M AGAINST THE THE AFTER EFFECT BECAUSE I IT JUST HAPPENS. IT HAPPENS. AND AND TEN YEARS FROM NOW, NO GOD SPARING. I'M STILL HERE. SO SOME MORE PEOPLE MIGHT BE SITTING UP THERE THAT DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NONE OF THIS. AND I'M GOING TO BE LIKE TEN YEARS AGO, SOMEBODY TOLD ME THIS WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN. AND THAT'S SOMEBODY. AND THAT THAT HAPPENS ALL THE TIME ANYMORE, EITHER BECAUSE I'M ALL THE TIME. AND THE REASON WHY OUR KIDS AND GRANDKIDS AND EVERYBODY DON'T WANT TO LIVE HERE IS BECAUSE OF HOW THINGS NOBODY'S GOING TO GO TO WORK AND COME HOME AND LOOK AT THAT EVERY DAY. SO THIS IS THE POINT THAT WE'RE AT NOW. OUR CITY NEEDS TO BE CLEANED UP. IT NEEDS TO BE STRAIGHTENED UP SO THAT WE CAN FEEL SAFE AND, AND LIVE HERE AND BE HEALTHY. AMEN. THANK YOU. AT THE EXPENSE OF NOBODY ELSE. UNCOMFORT, I NEED TO GO AHEAD AND DO THIS VOTE. I'M LOSING. I THINK SOMEONE ELSE WANTS. OKAY. CAN I HAVE ANOTHER? I KNOW YOU CAN GO. WE'LL STILL HAVE A QUORUM. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MUHAMMAD.
I'M ONE OF THE LAND OWNERS BACK HERE ON DRUMMOND STREET. AND. MY ADDRESS IS IN PALACIOS, TEXAS. SO I'M ONE OF THOSE OUT OF TOWN OWNERS. BUT I GREW UP IN PORT ARTHUR. I HAD AN UNCLE WHO WAS IN THE ORIGINAL VISTA VILLAGE, AND THAT'S HOW I LEARNED ABOUT VISTA VILLAGE.
MAMA AND PAPA GAMBLE IS LIKE, THEY'RE LIKE MY SECOND PARENTS. AND WHEN I LEFT, WHEN I LEFT PORT ARTHUR, I LEFT PORT ARTHUR BECAUSE I JOINED THE NAVY, AND I DID A CAREER IN THE NAVY, 25 YEARS IN THE NAVY. AND WHEN I RETURNED TO PORT ARTHUR, I WAS REALLY CONCERNED BECAUSE BEFORE WE HAD A COMMUNITY ON THE WEST SIDE, MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED ON THE WEST SIDE ON WILFORD STREET
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AND. I WAS CONCERNED THAT, YOU KNOW, DOING A LIFE OF SERVICE THAT I WOULD RETURN TO MY COMMUNITY NO MATTER WHERE I LIVED AT THE TIME, AND, AND TRIED TO BE A POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON MY COMMUNITY. AND SO WHEN THE PROPERTIES I OWNED LOTS 4 TO 14, 15, AND 16 ON DRUMMOND STREET, IT HAS TAKEN ME A FIRST STEP IN 2020. AND IT'S TAKEN ME YEARS TO GET GOOD ENGINEERING PLANS, GOOD SURVEYS. I DON'T HAVE A I DON'T HAVE A PLAN TO REPLANT, BUT I DO HAVE.I ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY ON STREET CORNERS AND IN FRONT OF THAT PROPERTY. THERE'S NO ROAD.
THEY JUST PUT SOME LEFTOVER ASPHALT. BUT THEY'RE ASKING ME TO, TO DEVELOP AND PUT SIDEWALKS IN. AND THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS IN NEW CONSTRUCTION. OF THE, OF THOSE THOSE LOTS THAT I'M PLANNING ON DEVELOPING. I PLAN ON PUTTING 14 AFFORDABLE HOMES HERE. BUT TO GET TO THE POINT WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT HAS TO BE ENGINEERED AND. TALK A LOT. ENGINEERING FOUNDATION GOVERNMENT. SO I THINK MY CONCERN WITH, YOU KNOW, WHEN I RECEIVED THIS LETTER, I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO DRIVE THREE HOURS HERE, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE MY FAMILY LIVES HERE AND I'M ALWAYS HERE. AND THE THE ISSUE THAT I HAVE IS THAT IT'S IT'S ALONG WITH THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, MR. BROWN HAS BEEN ON ME ABOUT GRASS, BUT I HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE DRAINAGE OUT THERE. AND SO WHEN I SEND TRACTORS OUT THERE TO CUT THAT LAND, THEY GET STUCK ALL THE TIME. I MEAN, BIG TRACTORS, BECAUSE THAT'S ALMOST TWO ACRES OF LAND. AND SO. I THINK WHEN. SO WHEN I CONTACTED THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEVEN AND CONTACTED THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR CODE ENFORCEMENT AND ALL OF THAT, I GOT RESPONSES LIKE THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. I SAID, BUT I, BUT I DEEDED THAT PROPERTY OVER TO THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR WHEN I PURCHASED IT TO TO AND FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THE DRAIN SO THAT THE SO THE WATER CAN DRAIN OFF OF THE PROPERTY. SO I KNOW THAT THESE TWO PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN QUESTION TO BE REPLANTED, THEY'VE HAD FILL DIRT PUT ON TOP OF THEM, AND THEY'VE BEEN BUILT UP. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO PUT BACK THERE WHEN THEY WHEN THEY SEPARATE THEM INTO TWO LOTS. BUT THAT IMPACTS THE VALUES OF MY, THE, THE BECAUSE I WAS GOING WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BE 120FT BY 120FT FOR THE FOR THOSE LOTS LIKE WHAT IS IT GOING TO DO TO THE VALUE IN MY TAXATION FOR ALL OF THOSE 14 OTHER 14 LOTS THAT I HAVE IN IN THAT COMMUNITY AND THAT I WANT TO DEVELOP. AND I KNOW YOU HAD BROUGHT UP A COMMENT THAT THERE WAS NO COMMERCIALIZATION, BUT NOT ONE, TWO, THREE HAVE BEEN ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL. THE ONE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MY LOT FOR. SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT. PROPERTY. OKAY, WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU HAD MENTIONED ABOUT NO COMMERCIALIZATION, BUT THESE ARE ZONED COMMERCIAL. THAT'S ON THE CORNER. SO I'M I'M, I'M JUST THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN. I'M JUST SAYING THAT BY MAKING THOSE INTO LARGER LOTS, IT IMPACTS THE TAXATION ON ALL OF MY INDIVIDUAL LOTS. SO THAT'S JUST MY MAIN CONCERN. AND THE FACT THAT THE, THE, THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT AND THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH ABOUT WHO TO PAY FOR IT. WHO, WHO, WHO'S GOING TO MAINTAIN THE THE SWELLS AND THINGS OUT THERE SO THAT. YOU KNOW, SO I'M, I'M ALL WITH THE SISTER HERE ABOUT WHO'S GOING TO WHO'S GOING TO DO THE CODE ENFORCEMENT, WHO'S GOING TO HOLD THE CITY ACCOUNTABLE AND, AND, AND SAY, WHAT IF WE HAVE NEW HOMES COME BACK THERE? OR ARE THEY JUST GOING TO LET THE DRAINAGE DISTRICT NOT MAINTAIN THEIR DRAINAGE DISTRICT SEVEN AND HAVE IT KEEP FLOODING BACK THERE, YOU KNOW, THOSE TYPE OF THINGS? SO THAT'S, THAT'S
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THAT'S LIKE MY CONCERN. I'M GOING TO RAISE THE HOUSES UP, BUT IT'S GOING TO COST MONEY TO DO THAT. AND I, I CAN'T MAKE AFFORDABLE HOMES BACK THERE. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO WITH THOSE TWO LOTS AND WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE THEM INTO DUPLEXES OR WHATEVER THEY HAVE PLANS FOR. BUT THAT'S NOT YOUR CONCERN TODAY. NO, BUT I JUST HAD TO SPEAK UP BECAUSE I CAME HERE AND I RECEIVED A LETTER TOO, BECAUSE I OWN 14 LOTS BACK THERE. HAS YOUR LOTS ZERO EIGHT. NO PROBLEM. THAT WHOLE THAT WHOLE SIDE OF THE BLOCK HAS NOT BEEN RAISED. I THINK THAT'S AN AREA THAT'S REALLY BAD. YEAH, I KNOW. BUT THAT WOULD BE I WOULD POSE SOME QUESTIONS TO DD7 FOR SURE. BECAUSE WE'RE JUST PLANNING AND ZONING. BUT I WILL TELL YOU AGAIN THE THE ZONE IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY FOR SINGLE FAMILIES. YES. CAN YOU TURN THE LAYERS ON VICTORIA. THE PROPERTY LINE LAYERS. IT IS ZONED FOR SINGLE FAMILY. SO THERE CAN'T BE ANY DUPLEXES AT ALL. THE ONLY THING THAT THEY CAN PUT ON THAT LOT OR TWO LOT.I THINK THEY'RE DIVIDING THEM INTO OR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THAT'S ALL. AS FAR AS TAXATION AND THINGS LIKE THAT, THAT WILL BE A JEFFERSON COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT QUESTION. YES, MA'AM.
WE'RE JUST PLANNING AND ZONING. I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE PLANNING AND ZONING, BUT WHEN I TALK TO PEOPLE IN THE CITY, THE RESPONSE THAT I RECEIVED IS THAT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE OR I HAVE NO IDEA. IT'S NOT MY JOB. SO YOU GUYS HAVE YOU'RE ON A COMMISSION, BUT YOU GUYS HAVE SOME TYPE OF YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN THAT'S THE REASON WHY IT'S TAKING SO LONG TO DEVELOP BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SAYING IT'S NOT MY JOB, BUT I'M 30,000 INTO ENGINEERING PLANS AND THAT KIND OF STUFF. YES. AND THAT'S JUST FOR TWO SETS. THAT'S FOR TWO LOTS. AND YOU HAVE 1414. YOU SEE WHAT I'M SAYING? SO I'M I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT MISS BROWN DOES A GREAT JOB. HE TOLD ME, JUST LIKE IF YOU DON'T IF YOU DON'T PUT UP AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE, I WON'T BE ABLE TO SEE.
BUT THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING IS WITH, YOU KNOW, CODE ENFORCEMENT IS NOT WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT IS WITH THE REST OF THE CITY, WORKING WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PROPERTY OWNERS CAN MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES IN, IN A PROPER WAY. AND, AND, AND LIKE YOUR SISTER WAS SAYING ABOUT THE CARS IN THE DRIVEWAYS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. WHO WANTS TO BUILD NEW HOMES WHERE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND PUTTING. AND THIS IS NOT JUST VISTA VILLAGE.
THIS IS ALL OVER THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR BECAUSE I'VE BEEN DRIVING AND MOM ALWAYS LOOKING FOR LAND AND LOOKING FOR THINGS TO REHAB AND THAT KIND OF STUFF, BECAUSE I USED TO WORK WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. AND THAT'S WHAT MOTIVATED ME TO COME BACK TO MY CITY. SO I'M, IT'S JUST TAKING SO LONG TO DO INFILL DEVELOPMENT. EXCUSE ME, MADAM CHAIRMAN. YES, SIR. BUT I'M SURE. ARE YOU SORT OF WORKING LIKE A DEVELOPER? YES. OKAY. SO LET ME JUST SAY, GIVE YOU SOME GOOD ADVICE. WHAT I WOULD DO IS. HAVE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING WITH THE CITY. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE HAVE THAT OR NOT. OKAY. I WOULD SCHEDULE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING, AND AT THAT MEETING YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE EVERY DEPARTMENT HEAD WILL BE THERE. OKAY. EVEN THE EDC WILL BE THERE. AND I HEARD YOU SAY AFFORDABLE HOMES. WELL, THEY GIVE GRANTS FOR AFFORDABLE HOMES, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, THINGS LIKE THAT. AND BUT IF YOU REQUEST TO HAVE A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE FIRE DEPARTMENT, POLICE DEPARTMENT, WATER DEPARTMENT, AND EVERY DEPARTMENT WOULD BE IN THAT MEETING. AND I CAN PRETTY MUCH ASSURE YOU THAT SOMEBODY IN THERE WILL BE ABLE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. AND BUT I THINK THAT TO HAVE SO MANY LOCKS AND YOU'RE DOING DEVELOPMENT. SO I'M SURE MISS MARLOW CAN HELP YOU GET WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE TO, TO GET A PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETING SCHEDULE. SO FOR OUR PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS SPECIFICALLY, WE ONLY DO COMMERCIAL PROJECTS. BUT IF YOU COME IN AND SPEAK WITH THE BUILDING OFFICIAL, HE CAN HELP ASSIST YOU WITH THE WAY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO WITH YOUR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SAY THIS, I DID PULL UP THE ZONING MAP. THAT ENTIRE AREA, THAT PINK IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. I BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF IS THAT ORANGE. THAT'S NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. AND WE HAVE TO ALLOW SOME DISTRICTS TO HAVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES
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BECAUSE THEY CONSIST OF, LET'S SAY, URGENT CARES CAN BE BUILT THERE. THOSE ARE FOR COMMUNITIES. WASH INTERIORS, THINGS THAT A COMMUNITY NEEDS. SO THAT'S WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES IS. SO THAT ENTIRETY RIGHT THERE IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE SPEC OF YELLOW RIGHT. THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. SO YOU CAN HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY, BUT IT'S LIMITED TO WHAT WILL HELP AND ASSIST IN NEIGHBORHOODS. THAT'S WHY THEY CALL IT NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES. BUT AS FAR AS THE STREETS, I WOULD SAY GET WITH ENGINEERING. I WISH I COULD GIVE YOU MORE INFORMATION, BUT I'M AN EXPERT IN PLANNING AND ZONING. I CAME BECAUSE I GOT THE LIST. OKAY. YEAH. AND I PROMISE YOU, IF YOU WANT TO, IF YOU CAN CALL ME, I WILL GET YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE. I WON'T TELL YOU. IT'S ABOVE MY PAY GRADE. OKAY, I PROMISE. MAY I SAY SOMETHING? YES, SIR. TO BOTH SPEAKERS, BUT TO THE LADY WHO JUST FINISHED SPEAKING. I WANT TO COMMEND YOU, FIRST OF ALL FOR HAVING. WELL, I'M GLAD THAT YOU WANT TO INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY WHERE YOU WHERE YOU LIVE, AND I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO GIVE UP. I'M HOPING THAT YOUR CONCERNS WILL BE ADDRESSED. AND JUST LIKE THE SPEAKER BEHIND YOU SAID, I'M FOR PROGRESS IN PORT ARTHUR. I WANT TO SEE US GROW. I WANT TO SEE NEW HOMES. AND LIKE YOU, I DON'T WANT TO SEE TRAILERS AND TRUCKS JUST PARKED EVERYWHERE. I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO GIVE UP, TO KEEP ON PUSHING. I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU WHERE IN VISTA VILLAGE IS THERE PROPERTY FOR 14 ADDITIONAL HOMES? IS IT IN THE BACK AREA? OH, OKAY. OKAY. ON THE OTHER END. BECAUSE WHEN YOU COME IN ON DRUMMOND, YOU TURN FROM. IF YOU CROSS OVER, YOU TURN AND RUN TO THE RIGHT AND YOU GO ALL THE WAY. OKAY. OKAY. YEAH. THE NEWER HOMES ARE BACK THAT WAY, RIGHT? OKAY. SOFTBALL BACK THERE ON BOTH SIDES. THE LAND BACK THERE HAS NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED PRIOR TO THOSE HOUSES THAT ARE DOWN THERE. YES, MA'AM. THEY'RE ALSO A GOOD FOUR FEET OFF THE GROUND. THEY DIDN'T GET BACK THERE, BUT EACH ONE OF THEM BACK THERE, ALL OF THEIR HOMES ARE TO BE EVEN WITH EACH OTHER. OKAY. SO ON THE THOSE HOUSES BACK THERE, ARETHA MOSS, 308 LINKWOOD PORT ARTHUR. NOW.AND MA'AM. HEY, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. I NEGLECTED TO SAY THAT, BUT I, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE. AND TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOOD BACK TO WHAT IT USED TO BE WHEN I WAS, WHEN WE WERE GROWING UP, BECAUSE WE ALL WENT THROUGH TOGETHER. AND YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S. YEAH. OH, THEY, THEY TALKED ABOUT A LONG TIME AGO THAT THE DRUMMOND EXTENSION.
ARETHA MOSS 308 LINKWOOD THEY TALKED A LONG TIME AGO ABOUT THE DRUMMOND EXTENSION. WHEN THEY BUILT THAT EXTENSION, THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BUILD A STREET TO THE LEFT SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE THE LEFT AND THEN ATTACH TO THE EXTENSION ON LEAK WOULD BE PUT HOMES IN THERE ON LINKWOOD END OF THE STREET. BUT WHEN THEY EXTENDED DRUMMOND ALL THE WAY OUT, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE CONCRETED TO THE LEFT SO THAT YOU COULD CONNECT INTO LINKWOOD AND COME OUT. SO IT WOULD BE LIKE A CIRCLE, A CIRCLE. AND ALL THEY DID WAS END UP PUTTING A LITTLE PATCH OF ASPHALT THAT'S BACK THERE THAT AIN'T NEVER MATERIALIZED. AND THAT'S MY POINT ABOUT WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING NOW AND THEN LATER ON, NEW PEOPLE, OLD PEOPLE, DIFFERENT PEOPLE COME IN, THEN ALL THAT FOLLOW UP. YOU SOLD US A LONG TIME AGO. NONE OF THAT MATERIALIZED. HALF THE PEOPLE. HEARD NOTHING. AND IT'S LIKE A MATRIX. YEAH, THAT. YEAH, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN A CURB AND GUTTER STREET THERE A LONG TIME AGO WHEN THEY. THEY ORIGINALLY EXTENDED LINKWOOD WHEN I WAS LITTLE AND GROWING UP, LINKWOOD USED TO STOP AT THE END AND THEN THEY EXTENDED LINKWOOD OUT. IT WAS MANY TEN, 15 YEARS BEFORE THEY EXTENDED DRUM AND LINKWOOD WAS THE FIRST NO, NO. THEY EXTENDED DRUMMOND AND NO ONE BUILT THERE. BUT THEN THEY NEVER BUILT THE STREET BACK THERE. THEY JUST NEVER CAME BACK AND DID IT. WELL, WE NEED TO TAKE A VOTE ON THIS REPLAT. I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY THOSE FOUR LOTS IS RIGHT WHERE THAT ASPHALT IS, WHERE THERE'S ABSENCE OF ROAD CURVE AND CURB AND GUTTER. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I NEED A MOTION. I MOVE APPROVAL OF R26-31. SECOND.
ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION HAS PASSED. OKAY, MISS MILO, NEW BUSINESS. NO NEW BUSINESS,
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MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I DO WANT THE WONDERFUL LADY IN PURPLE AFTER THE MEETING TO LET ME KNOW WHO YOUR RELATIVES WERE ON WELFARE. BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE I LIVE.AND I'LL TALK TO YOU AFTER THE MEETING. I THOUGHT ABOUT I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, AND SHE SAID. AND MY GRANDMOTHER, WHOSE HOME WAS ON NINTH AND HERGOTT. OH YEAH, I KNOW THEM. OH, COMMISSIONERS. MY APOLOGIES. WE DO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING. NOVEMBER 2ND. TWO ITEMS, THAT'S ALL. SEE, I ASK NEW BUSINESS. SHE SAID. NO, NONE. MY APOLOGIES. AT THE END, SHE DECIDES TO TELL US. WE DO HAVE MY APOLOGIES, MADAM CHAIR LADY. OKAY. I NEED TO GET A MOTION TO CLOSE OUR MEETING. I SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. WE ARE DONE.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.