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IS, UH, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14TH.
AND I'D LIKE TO CALL US REGULARLY SCHEDULED PLANNING
[1. Call Meeting To Order]
AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER.NO, I DOWN HERE IN THE CALL HERE, JAMES, HERE, HERE.
[3. Minutes]
THREE, UM, THREE, A MINUTES PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES FROM NOVEMBER 9TH, 2021.LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS PRESENTED.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CHASE, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JAMES.
[4. Citizen Comments]
COMMENTS.UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ANY MEMBERS OF THE, ANY MEMBERS, ANY CITIZENS TO COME AND SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS. WE DO HAVE PUBLIC HEARINGS ON SOME ITEMS THAT IF YOU'D LIKE TO BE ON ANY OTHER ITEM, UH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME UP.
NOW IT IS, WE ASK THAT YOU LIMIT YOUR TIME TO THREE MINUTES AND UM, I'M GOING TO OPEN CITIZEN COMMENTS.
THIS ISN'T COMMAS IS NOW OPEN IS THAT GOOD EVENING DEX ELLISON FOR THE RECORD? UH, RESIDENT JUST WANTED TO COME IN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND BY EXTENSION THE CITY AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE THIS YEAR ON PLANNING, ZONING.
IT'S BEEN A TOUGH YEAR FOR YOU ALL, BUT, UH, IT SHOULD ALWAYS BE ACKNOWLEDGE THE SERVICE AND THE VOLUNTEER TIME THAT YOU ALL GIVE.
AND SO I JUST WANTED TO WISH YOU ALL A HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
WOULD ANYONE ELSE LIKE TO SPEAK DURING CITIZEN COMMENTS? OKAY.
I WILL CLOSE CITIZEN COMMENTS AS IN COMMENTS IS NOW CLOSED.
[A.
The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of Kyle, Texas, will hold two public hearings for the purpose of receiving testimony, comments, and written evidence from the public regarding a comprehensive plan amendment to amend approximately 535 acres of land from ‘Farm District’ to ‘East FM 150 Employment District’ and 42 acres of land to the ‘Regional Node’ for certain parcels located northwest of the intersection of SH-21 and E FM 150. (City of Kyle)
- Public Hearing
UM, ANYTHING WE NEED TO SAY BEFORE WE OPEN THEM? OKAY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
[6. Consent]
SIX, CONSENT AGENDA.WE HAVE ITEMS A THROUGH H MR. CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO PULL ITEM G AND ADD IT TO MAKE IT ITEM SEVEN D OKAY.
IF THERE'S NO OBJECTIONS, WE WILL PULL ITEM G AND UH, MOVE IT, UH, IN THE, OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THE OTHER ITEMS? A THROUGH F AND H MR. CHAIR? YES.
ALTHOUGH I'D MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS A THROUGH F AND ITEM H SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CHASE SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JAMES TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS A THROUGH F AND H.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[A.
Consider a request to construct an approximately 4,416 square foot Denny’s free standing restaurant and site plan for property located at 19020 IH-35, within the I-35 overlay district. (Denny's Restaurant - CUP-21-0031)
]A UH, CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION.CONSIDER REQUESTS TO CONSTRUCT APPROXIMATELY 4,416 SQUARE FOOT DENNY'S FREESTANDING RESTAURANT AND SITE PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 9 0 2 0.
DENNY'S RESTAURANT DOES C U P DASH TWO ONE DASH 0 0 3 1.
UH, BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE A, THE FIRST OF THREE CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS TONIGHT.
UM, WE'LL I CAN SIT FOR THE RECORD SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE CITY OF KYLE.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN AND MAYBE ACTUALLY KIND OF SMALL, UH, BUT THIS IS THE, UM, THE DRY RIVER DISTRICT HAS, IS NOW BEING REFERRED TO, UH, BY THE ENDEAVOR PROJECT.
AND THE BLOCK THERE IN RED IS THE LOCATION
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OF THE DENNY'S.IT'S A TWO, A TWO LOTS OF NORTH OF WHERE THE STARBUCKS IS.
AND A FEW SOUTH OF WHERE THE ASPEN DENTAL IS.
IF YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN 35, YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, BEAR WITH ME JUST A MOMENT.
SO FOR THE MOST PART, THIS PROJECT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE OVERLAY, UM, THE, UH, PLANNING, ZONING COMMISSION, AND THEY DO HAVE Y'ALL.
DO YOU HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO, UH, APPROVE, UH, VARIATIONS TO IT? UM, THEY DID TRY, UM, BUT THE DESIGN DOES ACTUALLY IMPROVE ON WHAT OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS ARE, UH, NAMELY THEY DIDN'T USE CMU.
SO THAT'S KIND OF NICE IN MY PERSONAL OPINION.
SO, UH, BUT THEY DID, UH, DO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THE MINIMUM ON THE STUCCO.
THE 10% RULE IS NOT, IT'S A RULE OF THUMB.
IT'S NOT ACTUALLY BUILT INTO THE CODE, BUT IT DOES SAY DETAILED APPLICATIONS ONLY.
UM, BUT OVERALL, IF YOU INCLUDE THE STUCCO, IT'S MORE THAN 90%.
UM, AND THEY HAVE A MIX OF WOOD ROCK, STUCCO, AND STEEL FOR THE, FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, LET ME SEE IF I CAN FIND THE, LET ME PULL UP THE, THE RENDERINGS HERE, JUST SO THE PUBLIC CAN SEE THEM AS WELL.
SO, UM, THIS IS THE WEST ELEVATION ISN'T THEN GOING DOWN AND YOU GOT THE EAST ELEVATION RIGHT THERE.
AND THEN HERE IS THE, UH, THAT'S ALSO THE WESTERN EAST.
I PULLED THE WRONG ONE ANYWAY.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY CLOSE, UH, ON BOTH THE EAST AND WEST AND THE SOUTH AND THE NORTH.
UM, IT'S A DECENT LOOKING RESTAURANT.
STAFF HAS NO PROBLEMS WITH IT.
WE ASK THAT Y'ALL APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THIS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BECAUSE, AND I'M JUST CURIOUS, IS DENNY'S A INDIVIDUALLY OWNED FRANCHISE OR IS IT A CORPORATE CHAIN WITH MANAGERS? DO YOU KNOW? I DON'T ACTUALLY KNOW THAT QUESTION.
UM, ANYWAY, THEN IT WOULD FALL INTO WHAT I'D LIKE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS INDIVIDUALLY OWNED, BUT, UM, I THINK THE DENNY'S BEING ON THE FOR WHERE HE TRAVELERS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE A DRAW AND WE'LL ADD TO OUR RETAIL SALES AND I FIND THE DRIVE-THRU INTRIGUING.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN A DENNY'S WITH A DRIVE-THROUGH I THOUGHT, OH, I MIGHT EVEN USE THAT AT SOME STRANGE TIME.
SO IT LOOKS LIKE A GOOD PROJECT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF WE ALSO WANT TO ADD? I LOVE THE LANDSCAPING.
YEAH, IT IS BECAUSE IT'S FILLED WITH, UM, A LOT OF LIKE LANTANA AND THINGS WITH A LOT OF POLLINATORS.
SO THAT'S GOING TO BE GREAT TOO.
IT'S IT'S AN, IT'S A NICE PRO.
UH, CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE, WITH A MOTION? I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN A AS WRITTEN.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JAMES SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHASE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[B.
Consider a request to construct an approximately 4,500 square foot free standing restaurant and site plan for property located at 18920 IH-35, within the I-35 overlay district. (Z Tejas - CUP-21-0038)
]ITEM SEVEN B CONSIDER REQUEST TO CONSTRUCT AND APPROXIMATE, ROUGHLY 4,500 SQUARE FOOT FREE STANDING RESTAURANT AND SITE PLAN FOR PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1 8 9 2 0.
I CAN SEND FOR THE RECORD ONCE AGAIN.
UM, AS PREVIOUSLY STATED, THIS IS A 4,500 SQUARE FOOT, APPROXIMATELY SQUARE FOOT, A FREESTANDING RESTAURANT AND SITE PLAN.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A APPROVAL OF THE RENDERINGS AND ELEVATIONS, UH, BUT IT'S A BUILDING THAT CONSISTS OF BOTH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR SERVICE MATERIALS, CONSISTING OF A MIX OF SMOOTH STUCCO, NATURAL COURT AND METAL CORRUGATED METAL PANELS AND BOARD FORM CONCRETE.
IT'S A VERY INTERESTING BUILDING.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, IT DOESN'T QUITE MEET WHAT THE CODE FOR THE DOES.
HOWEVER, FROM AN INTENT STANDPOINT, IT GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND WITHOUT QUESTION.
UM, THIS IS JUST SOUTH OF WHERE THE, UM, THE ASPEN DENTAL IS ON THE FIRST MAIN ENTRANCE AS YOU'RE COMING IN THERE OFF OF THE ENDEAVOR PROJECT.
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UM, WE STAFF DOES BELIEVE IT MEETS THE INTENT OF THE AUTHOR.IF FIVE OVERLAYING, WE DO ASK THAT YOU ALL APPROVE IT, BUT LET ME PULL UP THE RENDERINGS REAL QUICK, THE ELEVATIONS.
SO HERE'S THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE FROM A, AT 35, AS YOU'RE DRIVING DOWN, I HAS A, I'M GOING TO CALL IT A FIN.
UM, BUT IT LOOKS, IT LOOKS REALLY NICE.
UM, HERE IS THE LEFT SIDE ELEVATION.
THIS ONE IS A, IS A LITTLE BIT BARE, BUT IT IS, IT HAS MOSTLY MASONRY.
IF WE INCLUDE THE STUCCO, THIS IS THE SIDE THAT FACES SOUTH.
AND THEN THIS IS THE RIGHT SIDE ELEVATION THAT FACES NORTH AND AS THE OUTDOOR PATIO AND WHAT HAVE YOU.
AND THEN, UH, HERE'S THE REAR ELEVATION AND THERE'S SUPPOSED TO BE A FUTURE, UH, PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE CROSSING THAT, UH, THE CREEK WAY TO WHERE HE CAN WALK OVER TO IT AND YOU'RE WALKING UP RIGHT.
AND BY THE PATIO TO GET INTO THE BUILDING.
SO IT'S, IT'S, IT'S DESIGNED VERY NICELY AND STAFF HAS NO PROBLEM SUPPORTING IT.
UM, AND WE RECOMMEND THAT YOU OFFER YOUR FULL SUPPORT IN THE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? OKAY.
IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE? MR. CHAIR? YES.
MR. JASON, UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS SEVEN B AS PRESENTED SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SHAY, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER JAMES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
[C.
Consider a request to construct two (2) single-story, multi-tenant retail buildings. Each building will be approximately 7,200 square feet located south of FM 1626 and west of Marketplace Avenue within the FM 1626 overlay district. (Kyle Marketplace Section 2, Block A, Lot 2 - CUP-21-0039)
]SEVEN C CONSIDER REQUESTS TO CONSTRUCT TWO SINGLE MULTI-TENANT RETAIL BUILDINGS.
EACH BUILDING WILL BE APPROXIMATELY 7,200 SQUARE FEET LOCATED SOUTH OF FM 16, 26 AND WEST OF MARKETPLACE AVENUE WITHIN THE FM 1626 OVERLAY DISTRICT KYLE MARKETPLACE SECTION TO BLOCK A LOT TOO.
DOES SEUP DASH TWO ONE DASH 0 0 3 9.
UH, WILL I HEARD SOON FOR THE RECORD, UM, AS STATED THERE'S GOING TO BE TWO SINGLE-STORY MULTI-TENANT RETAIL BUILDINGS, UH, EACH APPROXIMATELY 7,200 SQUARE FEET GIVE OR TAKE, UM, WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE INDOOR AND DRIVE THROUGH SERVICE AND MIX A STUCCO, DARK COLOR BRICK AND COMPOSITE WOOD SIDING.
UM, AS YOU CAN PROBABLY SEE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN THERE, UM, THIS IS THE FIRST OF TWO BUILDINGS.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO BE, IF YOU'RE FACING TARGET, IT'S GOING TO BE TO YOUR RIGHT ACROSS MARKETPLACE IN THAT FIELD BETWEEN THE RAILROAD TRACKS SOUTH OF THE BRIDGE OF 1626 AND JUST RIGHT IN THERE.
UM, IT'S GOING TO, IN SOME OF THE RENDERINGS, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A CHIPOTLE, THERE'S ALSO BLACKROCK COFFEE.
SO THEY ALREADY HAVE SOME LYS AND SIGNED SOME LEASES FOR THEM.
AND, UH, THIS SITE WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION THIS COMING YEAR, UM, TO GET TO THAT POINT.
UM, AN INTERESTING FACT ABOUT THE FM 16, 26 OVERLAY IT WAS CREATED, BUT THERE WERE ACTUALLY NO STANDARDS BUILT INTO IT.
SO BY DEFAULT, THE, THESE DESIGNS AND THESE RENDERINGS ARE COMPLIANT AND THEY ALSO EXCEED THE RETAIL SERVICES, ZONING DISTRICT REQUIREMENTS BUILT INTO THE CODE.
SO STAFF HAS NO PROBLEM FROM A CODE PERSPECTIVE, UH, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
AND IT ALSO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND JUST GENERALLY FROM THE INTENT OF WANTING BETTER BUILDINGS IN KYLE.
AND GIVE ME ONE SECOND, I'LL PULL UP THOSE RENDERINGS OR THE ELEVATIONS, IF YOU WILL.
SO THE, AND JUST FOR, FOR Y'ALLS, UM, SO Y'ALL ARE AWARE THE, THE SIGNAGE ON THERE, THAT'S JUST A PLACEHOLDER SIGNAGE.
UH, WE'VE WORKED WITH THIS, UH, THE ARCHITECTURE FIRM BEFORE, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE TOLD US.
SO, UM, THE FRONT ELEVATION IS GOING TO BE FACING, UM, 1626.
THIS IS THE LEFT ELEVATION OVER HERE WITH THE DRIVE THROUGH WINDOW.
AND, UM, YOU CAN SEE THE RENDERINGS RIGHT THERE.
AND THERE'S ADDITIONAL ONES TOO, BUT THEY'RE, UM, THEY'RE VERY NICE.
UH, DO Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? I HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, IS THIS THE AREA THAT WE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE, UH, THAT WE'RE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE MIXED USE AREA THERE IS, WE GOTTA BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT WE TALK ABOUT BASED ON THE AGENDA, BUT GENERALLY, UM, TO THE
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SOUTH OF THERE AND ADJACENT, UM, THERE'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE PROPOSED TO BE SOME VERTICAL MIXED USE.I THINK CITY COUNCIL HAS TO APPROVE AN AGREEMENT THOUGH FIRST, BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE A REALLY NICE AREA.
I APOLOGIZE THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I SHOULD KNOW, BUT, UM, SINCE IT DOES MEET, YOU KNOW, THE REQUIREMENTS, WHAT, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I KNOW, I KNOW WHAT I'M VOTING ON.
W UH, UH, UM, WHY IS THIS UNDER CONSIDERING POSSIBLE ACTION AND NOT UNDER CONSENT? JUST, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE IS.
THAT'S NEVER BEEN ASKED BEFORE, UH, GENERALLY, BUT I WANT TO SAY GENERALLY THE CONDITIONAL USE PROCESS IS IT FALLS UNDER CONSIDER IMPOSSIBLE ACTION GENERALLY.
UM, MOSTLY BECAUSE MOST OF WHAT WE SEE FROM A COMMERCIAL PERSPECTIVE IS ALONG THE EITHER IF I HAVE OVERLAYING THERE'S ACTUAL STANDARDS BUILT INTO IT, THE OTHER OVERLAYS THAT WE HAVE, I DON'T KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND IT.
THEY EX THEY EXTEND BACK TO WITH THE CREATION WITH THE OVERLAY, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, THE FIVE ONLY OVERLAYS THE ONLY ONE THAT EVER HAD ANYTHING FILLED IN FROM THE DESIGN STANDPOINTS.
AND NOW BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE BILL THAT PASSED BACK IN 2018, ANY AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE THAT WE HAD TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL THAT WE'RE NOT VIOLATING STATE LAW.
SO THE, I HAD 35 OVERLAY IS VESTED AT AN OLDER STANDARD BECAUSE IT EXISTED BEFORE THAT.
SO, UM, SO IT WAS A COMPLICATED ANSWER, BUT I DON'T KNOW IF I CLEARED IT UP AT ALL.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION PLEASE, WITH A MOTION? YES.
UH, I MOVED TO APPROVE ITEMS, SEVEN SEAS WRITTEN.
CAN I HAVE A SECOND, PLEASE? SECOND.
IT'S BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER JAMES SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER CHASE.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS MOTION? ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.
NEXT I'M GOING TO PULL BACK, UH, THE CONSENT AGENDA ITEM WE PULLED EARLIER.
ITEM SIX G UM, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM SIX, A G? DO WE JUST MAKE A MOTION? WELL, IF, IF, IF, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS ITEM, YOU DEFINITELY CAN ASK THEM, BUT IF YOU DON'T, THEN I THINK EMOTION WOULD BE THE NEXT STEP.
MR. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE.
IS IT, IS IT SIX G NOW OR NOW? YOU'RE RIGHT.
THE F EMOTION THAT OR THE ITEM? IT USED TO BE SIX G IS NOW 70.
MOTION THAT WE APPROVE ITEM SEVEN D OKAY.
THEN IT HAS BEEN MOVED THAT WE APPROVE KATARA EDITION LOT.
SIX DASH EIGHT DASH FINAL PLAT SUB DASH TWO ONE DASH 0 2 1 7 8,994.
ACRES, THREE LOTS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER.
KALTURA ADDITION IN LOT 6, 7, 8 FINAL PLAT SUB DASH 2 1 0 2 1 7 8 DOT 9, 9 4 ACRES, THREE LOSS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF COOLERS CROSSING AN AGE 35.
HAS IT BEEN IN MOTION? CAN I HAVE A SECOND PLEASE? I'LL SECOND.
IT HAS BEEN MOVED BY COMMISSIONER SIDA.
SECOND, SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER MCCALL.
ANY DISCUSSION ON THE MOTION? OKAY.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THAT NEXT ITEM.
[8. General Discussion]
EIGHT GENERAL DISCUSSION EIGHT, EIGHT DISCUSSION ONLY REGARDING PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS. DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY ITEMS THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE ON FUTURE AGENDAS? MR. CHAIR? YES.SO AT THE LAST MEETING WE DISCUSSED, UH, CHAIR AND VICE-CHAIR NOMINATIONS AND VOTES, AND I MADE THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE HOLD OFF UNTIL THIS MEETING UNTIL WE HAD MORE CLARIFICATION AS TO THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS.
AND IF WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO GET THOSE APPLICANTS AND, UH, AND, AND NEW COMMISSIONERS SEATED ANYTIME SOON.
SO JUST WANTED TO GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
AND THEN WE COULDN'T MAKE A DECISION MOVING FORWARD.
SO ADMINISTRATION ABOVE US ASK, UH, UM, TO ASK US TO HOLD OFF ON CONTACTING THE CURRENT APPLICANTS AND THEY WANT TO DO ANOTHER SOCIAL MEDIA BLAST.
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SO WE'VE ALREADY DONE THAT.WE WANT TO GET, TRY TO GET MORE PEOPLE INTERESTED IN IT AS WELL.
AND SO AT THIS POINT IT'S STILL THE SAME AS IT WAS LAST TIME.
NOW WE DID TRY AND TURN LATE TO NOT MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
WE WERE ACTUALLY WANTING TO GET PEOPLE IN ON THE DAYAS, BUT, UM, IT IS WHAT IT IS.
SO, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT FROM A QUORUM STANDPOINT WITH ONLY FIVE OF Y'ALL IN HERE.
THANK YOU, MEGAN, FOR ARRIVING.
UM, AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE DO WANT TO GENERALLY AVOID.
UM, IT IS NOT HAVING QUORUM, SO, UM, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON IT.
SO, UM, SOMETIME NEXT, NEXT YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR.
SO WHERE WE'RE AT, UM, IF THE COMMISSION WILL ENTERTAIN IT, UM, I'M OKAY WITH MOVING FORWARD AT THE NEXT MEETING, UM, WITH SELECTING, UH, A CHAIR AND VICE CHAIR, IF EVERYBODY AGREES TO HAVE STAFF, BUT THAT ON THE AGENDA, I AGREE AS WELL, I WOULD SAY SO AS WELL.
I THINK WE HAVE, UM, ARE THERE ANY OTHER, UH, ITEMS WE'D LIKE TO SEE ON FUTURE AGENDA, UH, FUTURE KNIVES? UM, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE DESIGN OVERLAY THAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT DOESN'T EXIST IN THAT AREA.
DO WE NEED TO, WAS THERE SOME THING WHY THAT DOESN'T EXIST? COULD YOU CLARIFY THAT? SO THE FM 16, 26 OVERLAY DOES EXIST.
BUT THE WAY I, THE WAY I THERE'S ACTUALLY NO DESIGN REQUIREMENTS BUILT INTO IT THAT EXCEED THOSE THAT ARE OF THE RETAIL SERVICES ZONING DISTRICT.
THEY'RE JUST THAT THE RETAILS ARE RIGHT.
THOSE DESIGN REQUIREMENTS FOR THOSE BUILDINGS OR THE DESIGN OF THOSE BUILDINGS.
EXCEEDS WHAT THE RETAIL SERVICES ZONING DISTRICT IN LIKE SECTION 53, 4 80 SOMETHING OFFHAND.
AND REMEMBER, YES, THEY EXCEEDED EASILY.
CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT VERY, UM, RESTRICTIVE OR, UM, THEY'RE NOT HARD TO BEAT, WE'LL SAY IN THE STANDARD ZONING.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I DON'T PRETEND TO KNOW THE HISTORY BEHIND IT.
I THINK AT ONE POINT IT WAS THE INTENT OF THE CITY OF KYLE PLANNING DEPARTMENT WHEN THEY WERE CREATED TO ONE BY ONE GO THROUGH, UM, AND FILL THOSE WITH CERTAIN DESIGN STANDARDS.
UH, I WANT TO SAY THE PLANNING IS OWN COMMISSIONED TO SOME EXTENT WAS PART OF THAT DISCUSSION.
UH, THERE MIGHT'VE BEEN SOME COMMITTEES AS WELL AT THAT TIME.
UM, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY KNOWLEDGE OF WHY JUST NEVER HAPPENED.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD HAPPEN? THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I BROUGHT UP THE HOUSE BILL FROM 2018, BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF A, KIND OF A GREAT, IT'S A LEGAL QUESTION.
SO WHATEVER WE DO, WE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S NOT VIOLATING STATE LAW BECAUSE STATE LAW, UM, OVERRODE A LOT OF MATERIALS AND DESIGN REQUIREMENTS THAT A LOT OF CITIES HAD AND SO, OR PREEMPTED IT.
UM, BUT THERE'S AN EXCEPTION IN THERE FOR AREAS OF ARCHITECTURAL ARCHITECTURAL SIGNIFICANCE THAT WERE IN EXISTENCE PRIOR TO CREATION OF THE STATE LAW.
AND IT HELPS THAT WE HAD A LOT OF DETAIL OR WE DO HAVE A LOT OF DETAIL FOR THE THREE TO FIVE OVERLAY.
THAT'S VERY CLEAR WHAT WE CAN DO IN THERE WHEN IT COMES TO AND WHAT WE CAN REQUIRE WHEN IT COMES TO ALL THE OTHER OVERLAYS THAT WE HAVE.
IT'S A SHELL THAT WE CREATED IT, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON, AND THEY NEVER MADE IT PAST THAT POINT IN BETWEEN STAFFING LEVELS.
AND JUST GENERALLY IN THEM, HOW BUSY WE ARE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.
IT HASN'T BEEN A PRIORITY FOR STAFF TO, UM, TO BRING THAT FORWARD AND TRY TO GET THAT FILLED BECAUSE I'M KNOWING WHAT I KNOW, JUST BEEN WORKING HERE FOR FIVE AND A HALF YEARS, FIGURING OUT HOW TO MAKE EACH OF THOSE OVERLAYS UNIQUE TO ALL THE OTHER ONES FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT.
I KNOW I'M PERSONALLY NOT UP TO THAT TASK AND IT'S, IT'S GOING TO TAKE IT.
IT'S NOT IMPOSSIBLE AND IT'S WORTH DOING, BUT IT'S, IT IS A IT'S GOING TO BE, IT WOULD BE A LOT TO DO.
UM, SO WE'VE GOT TO ASK LEGAL FIRST, HOW DO WE GET TO, HOW CAN WE UPGRADE THOSE IF YOU WILL? OKAY.
SO DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? OKAY.
THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION PRIOR, LIKE SEVERAL MEETINGS BEFORE WHERE ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS ASKED IF THE OVERLAYS COULD BE EXPANDED AND, AND, AND YOU SAID YOU, WEREN'T SURE YOU WERE GONNA CHECK ON THAT MAYBE, BUT IT, MIGHT'VE NOT, IT'S FINE.
BUT IT'S SOMETHING WE MIGHT WANT TO LOOK AT AS , AS WE,
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YOU KNOW, AS WE SPREAD OUT, I'LL MAKE A NOTE OF IT.UM, YES, MA'AM SPEAKING OF WHICH, UH, UM, ANY CHANGE YET TO THE REBEL OVERLOAD? NO.
THERE'S BEEN A, IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
WE DO NEED TO CHANGE THE NAME.
IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'LL TAKE A PUBLIC HEARING, JUST LIKE ANY ZONING KIND OF DEAL.
CAUSE IT'S IN THE ZONING CODE JUST TO CHANGE THE NAME.
IT SEEMS LIKE IT'D BE A VERY STRAIGHTFORWARD CHANGE, BUT WE'VE, WE'VE HONESTLY HAD OTHER PRIORITIES.
SO I'LL BRING IT UP THOUGH, TO, UM, MY NEW BOSS THAT WE HAVE OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AMBER LEWIS.
[9. Staff Report]
NINE, STAFF REPORT A STEP REPORT BY WILLIAM ATKINSON CITY PLANNER.MY BIGGEST THING WAS THE, UH, THE UPDATE ON THE, UH, GETTING A COUPLE MORE P COMMISSIONERS.
UM, THIS IS THE END OF THE YEAR.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING I'VE DONE AS A COUNCIL MEMBER.
ELLISON ALSO MENTIONED, UM, IT'S BEEN SUPER BUSY, Y'ALL BEEN GREAT.
UM, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE NEW YEAR AHEAD OF US.
AND SO WITH, UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF STUFF COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE SOON, UM, WORKING INTERNALLY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO LEGALLY CODIFY THE VIBE TRAIL SYSTEM AND ALL THE NODAL TYPE DEVELOPMENTS RELATED TO IT.
UM, THERE'S GOING TO BE SEVERAL ANNEXATIONS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE WORKS.
YOU DON'T NECESSARILY SEE THE ANNEXATION SIDE OF THINGS CAUSE I GO STRAIGHT TO COUNCIL, BUT THE, THE ZONING FOLLOWING THAT AND JUST KINDA, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY ALL KNOW ALL THE DETAILS, BUT THEY ARE COMING DOWN THE PIPELINE WITHIN NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.
SO THERE'S A LOT, A LOT OF BIG STUFF COMING.
SO, UM, ALSO, SO I KNOW WE'VE, WE, WE HAVE THE NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, UM, IS THE NEXT STEP, THE I'M SORRY, IS IT PLANNING DIRECTOR OR, UH, UM, IS THAT IN PROCESS? YES, YES I DID.
UM, SO AMBER LEWIS IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.
SHE'S OVER DEVELOPMENT SERVICES GENERALLY.
SO THAT'S PLANNING, PUBLIC WORKS, ENGINEERING AND BUILDING.
UM, AND THEN, SO WE'RE LOOKING, I THINK THERE'S, THERE'S BEEN A FEW APPLICANTS FOR, UH, WELL, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL APPLICANTS FOR PLANNING DIRECTOR, BUT THEY'RE NARROWING IT DOWN FOR PEOPLE THEY WANT TO LOOK AT AND INTERVIEW.
AND THEN, UH, AFTER THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE FOCUSING AND, OR MAYBE AT THE SAME TIME, BUT PROBABLY AFTER WE'RE GOING TO BE, UM, HIRING, LOOKING TO OPEN UP THE APPLICATIONS FOR AN ENTRY-LEVEL PLANNER AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW I'M DOING THE ROLE OF THREE PHYSICIANS AND I NEED SOME WORKLOAD OFF OF ME AND, YOU KNOW, THE ENTRY LEVEL, THERE'LL BE ABLE TO START WINNING WHAT I STARTED LEARNING FIVE AND A HALF YEARS AGO.
UH, MAYBE THEY'LL START DOING, UM, ZONING REVIEW ON, YOU KNOW, SOME LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL PERMITS, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EASIER STUFF.
AND THEN, UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE IT RAN ON THAT TOO.
UM, I DON'T REMEMBER 10 ADJOURNMENT, MR. CHAIR.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO ADJOURN THE MEETING.
CAN I HAVE A SECOND, SECOND? IT'S BEEN MOVED AND SECONDED ALL IN FAVOR.