Planning & Zoning Commission

PLANNING & ZONING COMMISSION Minutes to the June 24, 2014 Meeting Members Present: Mr. Ralph Brown Chair Mr. Eddie Carrillo Secretary Mr. Toby Gross Member Mr. Riley Armstrong Member Mr. David Storey Member Mr. Bruce Gwartney Member Members Absent: Ms. Shirley Childress Vice Chair Council Present: None Staff Present: Mr. Louis Najar City Engineer Mr. Marlin Johnson City Planner Mr. Louis Jaramillo Zoning Administrator Ms. Amber Copeland Zoning Technician Others Present: None CALL TO ORDER Chair Brown called the meeting to order and asked those who wished to speak to sign in. AGENDA Mr. Gross made a motion to approve the agenda as presented. Mr. Gwartney made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. INFORMATION ITEMS There were no information items. MINUTES Mr. Storey made a motion to approve the minutes of the May 27, 2014 meeting. Mr. Carrillo made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. SWEARING IN Chair Brown swore in the audience and Staff. Mr. Armstrong made a motion to waive the reading of the ‘Land Use and Zoning Considerations’ and ‘Finding of Facts’ for the following case. Mr. Gross made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. CASE 14-18: A Designation of a Zoning District for an Existing Planned Unit Development (PUD)- Coca Cola, Lots 1 and 2 of Weathers Summary Plat; known as 3104 South Main Street, The Coca-Cola Company/Owner Mr. Johnson stated the I-1 District designation would be appropriate. He stated it would not meet the Comprehensive Master Plan (CMP) but that he would discuss the CMP at the end of the meeting. MOTION  Mr. Armstrong made a motion to assign a zoning designation of I-1 District in Case 14-18 based on Findings of Facts and Land Use and Zoning Considerations. Mr. Gross made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. Mr. Carrillo made a motion to waive the reading of the ‘Land Use and Zoning Considerations’ and ‘Finding of Facts’ for the following case. Mr. Gross made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. CASE 14-20: A Designation of a Zoning District for an Existing Planned Unit Development (PUD)- East Sky Estates, Lots 1-27 of East Sky Estates, known as 1-6 Jenny Lane and 1-57 East Sky Loop, Lucas and Carla Williams, Robert Jr. and Candise Crow, Byron and Cassie Holloway, Chalmer and Kristine Holloway, Anthony and Ruth D'Arezzo, Gil and Susan Goodman, Van Roy and Deborah Ann Blessing, David and Patricia Hubbard, Steven and Rebecca Determan, Hubbard and Sons, Inc., Jeremy and Karla Crow, Korenek RevocableTrust, Boerio Trust, Jose and Maida Archibeque, Richard and Lydia Gonzales, Krum Land and Cattle Company, LLC., Andrew and Diana Sweet, Joe and Laura D'Arezzo, Randall Miller, George Esquivel, Matthew Lee, Michael Hubbard, Manuel II and Catherin Franco, Mark Austin, Crystal Michele Hester, Dar Burkfield, Ann and Charles Griffin, Velton and Betty Chancey/Owners Mr. Johnson stated Staff had met with residents of the PUD and that Staff supports the residents’ request to assign an underlying R-1 District zoning designation. Mr. Storey asked if the R-3 District setbacks would still apply. Mr. Jaramillo stated the 20’ front yard setbacks and 5’ side yard setbacks for one- and two-story structures set by the development plan would still apply. MOTION Mr. Storey made a motion to assign a zoning designation of R-1 District in Case 14-20 based on Findings of Facts. Mr. Gross made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. Mr. Carrillo made a motion to waive the reading of the ‘Land Use and Zoning Considerations’ and ‘Finding of Facts’ for the following case. Mr. Gwartney made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. CASE 14-21: A Designation of a Zoning District for an Existing Planned Unit Development (PUD)- Spring River Estates, Lot 1 of Fred Pool Subdivision, Lot 1 of Fred Pool Subdivision Summary Replat 2nd Correction, and Lot 2 of Spring River Estates Summary Plat; known as 1000 East College Boulevard, Robert and Pauline Amador/Owners Mr. Johnson stated the recommendation to assign RVP to the western 4.64 acres of the PUD and MHC Districts to the eastern 7.7 acres and that it matched existing uses. Mr. Jaramillo stated the PUD had recently come before the Commission to be modified. Mr. Storey asked for clarification of the acronyms in the case. Mr. Jaramillo stated RVP stands for Recreational Vehicle Park and MHC stands for Mobile Home Community. MOTION Mr. Armstrong made a motion to assign zoning designations of RVP and MHC Districts in Case 14-21 based on Findings of Facts. Mr. Carrillo made the second. The motion passed by a vote of six to zero. Non-Agenda and Public Comments: There were no Non-Agenda or Public Comments. Other Business: Mr. Najar introduced the Ismael Dominguez as a new addition to the City Engineering Department. He stated Mr. Dominguez had worked at the New Mexico Department of 2 Transportation (NMDOT) and had most recently been a private consultant. Mr. Johnson stated the CMP was due to be updated and that the last revision had taken place in 2005. He stated the upcoming budget include a request for $100,000.00 to request a new CMP. He stated he had had several meetings with City Management and Mayor Kintigh to discuss the importance of the CMP to economic development and growth of the City. He stated the Main Street Master Plan was passed in December of 2011 and that not much had been done with it. Mr. Johnson stated he would like to put out RFPs to redo a combination of the CMP, the Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA), and the Wayfinding Plan. He stated consultants would meet to update the plans and determine the best way to put all of the plans into use. Mr. Johnson explained that wayfinding plans create signage to direct the public to points of interest. He stated the MRA had been created but that no action had been taken. He stated MRAs can bring in grants and public/private partnerships which can allow municipalities to enable growth and development. He stated MRAs allow blighted areas to be developed by removing restrictions that can inhibit that. Mr. Storey asked if the area near the railroad tracks just north of East 2nd Street was part of an MRA. Mr. Johnson stated it was and that the boundaries were in place but that no plan had been developed. Mr. Najar stated funding had been given to redo the railroad spike in that MRA. Mr. Johnson stated the RFPs could not happen until the money was in the budget. Mr. Johnson stated a special meeting of the Commission would be held on July 1st at the request of Mayor Kintigh and asked for opinions of those on the Commission regarding special meetings. Chair Brown stated it was the first special meeting he’d seen in his time on the Commission. Mr. Armstrong asked if the meeting would create an issue with prior knowledge of cases and asked if the cases to be heard would relate to later issues. Mr. Johnson stated the cases to be heard would be standalone requests. Mr. Armstrong asked what the reason had been for the meeting and Mr. Johnson stated the applicants had not met the deadline for the regular meeting. Mr. Carrillo asked why the applicants in the zoning designation cases were not appearing to speak about the cases. Mr. Johnson stated the City is the applicant in those cases. Mr. Storey asked if Staff is meeting with residents of the PUDs prior to the Commission hearing the cases. Mr. Jaramillo stated Staff meets with available residents and answers questions via phone calls. Mr. Najar stated Staff discusses concerns with the residents during the meetings and relays them to the Commission. The meeting was adjourned at 7:28 p.m. Chair Ralph Brown Secretary Eddie Carrillo _________________________________ _________________________________ 3