[1. CALL TO ORDER; PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE; ESTABLISHMENT OF QUORUM:]
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OKAY. AT 6:00. AUGUST 19TH, 6 P.M. I'D LIKE TO CALL REGULAR PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING TO ORDER, I BELIEVE WE HAVE A QUORUM. I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND START OFF BY, RECITING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. IF YOU'LL JOIN US, PLEASE. I PLEDGE 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. DO WE HAVE ANY ABSENCES OR. I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT ABSENCES, ACTUALLY, BUT. I THINK EVERYBODY WE DO HAVE, MISTER JOEY AND, MISS FLORES AND MISTER RODRIGUEZ AS EXCUSED. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO.
OKAY SECOND. SECOND. OKAY OKAY. TAKE A VOTE ON A MARY. I CLAUDIA. I CORAL. I MELENDEZ. I AVILA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS OPEN FORUM. WE HAVE NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
OKAY. SO WE'LL GO ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR A, THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION
[4. PUBLIC HEARINGS]
ITEM. AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING POSTPONEMENT OF THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS.CAN YOU HEAR ME? I THINK YES, JUST NOT ON OR I COULDN'T HEAR. IT IS. YEAH. MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, THE. IT'S TOO FAR AWAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME A LITTLE BIT? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THIS THIS ITEM IS GETTING POSTPONED ONE MORE TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE STILL KIND OF NEGOTIATING THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY FROM THE CURRENT OWNERS TO, NEW PROPOSED OWNER. SO THEY'RE STILL KIND OF HASHING THAT OUT. SO I THOUGHT THAT, MR. RUBIO, ACTUALLY, THIS IS WHAT I WAS, THIS IS THE ITEM THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT EARLIER WITH YOU, IT SAYS POSTPONED FROM THE JULY 15TH MEETING. WE DIDN'T HAVE A JULY 15TH MEETING. SO TYPICALLY WHAT I PUT, SIR, IF IT WAS POSTPONED AT THE MEETING, I WOULD PUT POSTPONE AT THE MEETING. YEAH. IN THIS CASE, IT WAS JUST POSTPONED FROM THIS MEETING. OKAY. JUST SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT WE CARRY IT OVER. I SEE. YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? GOTCHA. OKAY SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR IT TO BE POSTPONED ONCE AGAIN, THE APPLICANT. THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING ASKING FOR ANOTHER POSTPONEMENT, UNTIL WE, I GUESS, FINISH NEGOTIATING TO SELL THE PROPERTY. I UNDERSTAND. SO NOT POSTPONED TILL NEXT MEETING, BUT POSTPONE UNTIL NEGOTIATIONS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED WITH STAFF. YES MA'AM. OKAY. SO? DEFINITELY. YES. ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE TO POSTPONE ITEM FOUR A INDEFINITELY. INDEFINITELY DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY LET'S TAKE A VOTE ON I. BARRY, I GARCIA, I MELENDEZ I AVILA I MOTION CARRIES. ITEM NUMBER FOUR B THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND RECOMMENDATION ITEM. THIS IS ON REZONING APPLICATION REQUEST CASE NUMBER R Z R Z 24 0002. TO APPROVE A CHANGE IN ZONE FOR 11 PARCELS OF LAND. APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE SIA GROUP. PARCEL ONE IS GOING FROM R-3 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO C-2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
PARCEL TWO IS GOING FROM R-3 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING SLASH C1 GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO S1 OPEN SPACE ZONING DISTRICT. PARCEL THREE FROM C1 GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO R-3. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ZONING DISTRICT. PARCEL FOUR FROM R-3. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO C1. GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. PARCEL FIVE FROM R-3 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO C-2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. PARCEL SEVEN FROM R-3. SINGLE DWELLING SLASH C1 GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO C2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. PARCEL EIGHT R-3 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO C2. HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. PARCEL NINE FROM R-3. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO S1. OPEN SPACE ZONING
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DISTRICT. PARCEL 11 FROM R-3. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO C2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT. PARCEL 12 FROM C2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO R-3. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING ZONING DISTRICT.PARCEL 13 FROM R-3. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO C2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
PARCELS ONE THROUGH 13 ARE LOCATED ALONG EASTLAKE BOULEVARD FROM DESERT MIST DRIVE TO HORIZON BOULEVARD, AND ARE LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS SITUATED WITHIN TRACTS OF LAND SITUATED IN SECTIONS NUMBER 30, 31 AND 32. BLOCK 78, TOWNSHIP THREE, TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. I THINK THAT IN SOME WATER. THANK YOU.
SO GOOD EVENING, COMMISSIONERS. ART RUBIO. PLANNING DEPARTMENT. SO WHAT WE DID IS WE COMBINED THE CASES INTO THREE CASES. THE 11 LOTS THAT THAT, MISSOULA MENTIONED ARE COMBINED INTO THAT CASE, WHICH IS THE 2402 AND THEN 14 AND 18 ARE TWO, TWO INDIVIDUAL LOTS THAT ARE REZONE AS WELL. SO THE FIRST ONE IS THE 11 LOTS. AND THEN THE TWO ADDITIONAL LOTS. WE REFERENCED THEM AS PARCELS ONE THROUGH 13 AND PARCEL SIX. AND TEN ARE THE ONES THAT ARE SEPARATE, FROM, FROM FROM THIS CONCEPT, BEING PRESENTED TO YOU. SO THESE ARE THE PROPERTIES HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN ARE ALL THE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS THAT ARE IMPORTANT. AND THEN THE BLACK, SURROUNDING THOSE, THOSE LOTS ARE THE BUFFERS FOR NOTIFICATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, EACH ONE WAS INDIVIDUALLY. INDIVIDUALLY. BUFFERED. SO YOU CAN SEE THE AREA THAT WAS NOTIFIED, SO THE PREDOMINANT ZONE IN THE AREA IS R3. THERE ARE SOME C1'S AND C2'S EXISTING IN THE AREA. SO LET ME START WITH THE FIRST ONE HERE. WE'LL ACTUALLY LET YOU KNOW. LET ME GO TO THE AERIAL HERE. THIS IS THE AERIAL IS PRETTY MUCH VACANT. AND IT'S BETTER IF I GO OFF OF THE AIR PLAN, WHICH IS WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. CAN YOU CAN YOU SEE CAN YOU ALL SEE THE AERIAL TWO? YES, SIR. BASED ON THAT. SO WE START WITH PARCEL ONE. RIGHT UP HERE TO THE NORTH. THIS ONE HERE, THAT'S PARCEL ONE THAT IS GOING FROM R3 TO C-2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND THEN WE GO TO PARCEL TWO, WHICH IS THIS LITTLE TINY ONE HERE THAT'S GOING FROM R3 AND C1 TO S1. OPEN SPACE. AND THEN PARCEL 334. IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE BECAUSE THEY'RE LIKE KIND OF TINY. THEY'RE LIKE RIGHT DOWN HERE TO THE OPEN SPACE. AND THEN THIS ONE HERE IS OPEN SPACE. LET ME SEE. SO IT'S 345 IS FROM R3 SINGLE FAMILY TO C2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL. THAT'S PARCEL FIVE. THAT'S, BOTTOM LEFT DOWN HERE.
THIS ONE RIGHT HERE. THAT'S ALSO FINE. AND THEN PARCEL SIX IS THE ONE. THAT'S THE SEPARATE CASE.
I'LL. I'LL COVER THAT ON THE NEXT PIECES. AND THEN PARCEL SEVEN IS ALL THESE TOGETHER. ALL THESE ALL THESE PARTS OVER HERE. AND THEN PARCEL EIGHT IS THIS ONE HERE. PARCEL EIGHT IS GOING FROM R3 TO C2. THIS ONE HERE. PARCEL NINE IS THIS ONE HERE. IT'S GOING FROM R3 TO S1. OPEN SPACE. THIS IS PARCEL TEN. THAT'LL BE COVERED ON THE ON THE OTHER CASE THAT'S COMING FOR YO.
AND THEN PARCEL 11 IS GOING FROM R3 SINGLE FAMILY TO C2 COMMERCIAL. AND THEN PARCEL BY PARCEL 12. IT'S GOING FROM C2 TO R3. SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING AND THEN PARCEL 13 DOWN HERE. I'M SORRY. THIS IS 12 RIGHT HERE. 12? YES, SIR. 12 AND THEN THIS IS 13. 13 TO THE LEFT. AND 13 WAS GOING UP OPEN SPACE. IT'S RIGHT THERE GOING FROM R3 TO. YEAH, THE SPACE. AND THE PARCEL 13 IS GOING FROM R3 TO C2. OKAY I DIDN'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO GO OUT THERE AND TAKE PICTURES, BUT IT'S A IT'S A BIG AREA. IT'S PRETTY MUCH, ALONG ALL ALONG EASTLAKE BOULEVARD, STARTING AT DESERT MIST ALL THE WAY DOWN TO HORIZON BOULEVARD. AND IT'S ON EACH SIDE OF THE ROADWAY THAT THEY'RE DOING THEIR REZONINGS. FROM WHAT I SHOWED YOU ON THE PREVIOUS MAP. LOCATION MAP HERE.
SO THESE ARE ALL THE REZONINGS, LIKE I SAID, LIKE INITIALLY, THE FIRST ONES ARE DOWN HERE. AND THEN IN THE ALTERNATE TO THE EAST SIDE OF ISAAC BOULEVARD, AND IT ENDS. IT ENDS AT BRIGHTON
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ROAD RIGHT TO THE NORTH OF THAT RIGHT THERE. OKAY SO THESE ARE THE SITE PICTURES THAT I'M SORRY I APOLOGIZE AGAIN. I DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO GO TAKE SOME PICTURES. BUT AGAIN, IT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL ALONG THESE SINGLE. MR. RUBIO, COULD YOU GO BACK JUST ONE SLIDE? SURE. THE PARCEL 13.THAT'S THE ONE ALONG HORIZON BOULEVARD. CORRECT. THAT SMALL ONE AT THE BOTTOM? YES. THIS ONE? YES. YES. 13. SO I'M WONDERING FOR THAT ONE, ALL OF THE PROPOSED ZONING OR REZONING SIGNS HAVE BEEN UP. I'VE SEEN SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT ONE. THE SIGN CAN BE SEEN IF YOU'RE ON THE WALKING PATH. I'M WONDERING IF WE HAD A SIDE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF HORIZON BOULEVARD. SO PEOPLE DRIVING BY COULD SEE THOSE. SO THE WAY THE CODE READS IS THEY HAVE TO HAVE THE SIGN ON THEIR PROPERTY, WITHIN THEIR PROPERTY, AND THEN ALL THEY NEED IS THIS ONE SIGN THAT'S, DUAL FACE. SO THEY COULD SEE IT COMING IN AND GOING. SO THERE'S NO DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN IT JUST BEING ON THE PROPERTY AND IT BEING VISIBLE MORE SPECIFICALLY TO VEHICLES. RIGHT, I GUESS WALKING OR VEHICLES, THEY COULD PUT ANOTHER ONE ON THE OTHER SIDE BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE REZONING THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE A LITTLE CONFUSING TO DO THAT. YEAH. SO IT WOULDN'T BE REQUIRED ON THE OTHER SIDE. RIGHT. IT WOULD NOT BE REQUIRED. YES, SIR. WELL, LIKE I SAID, ONLY ON THE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THEY DID COMPLY WITH ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS. OKAY LET'S SEE. SO THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE AREA DOES DESIGNATE, A LOT A LOT OF DIFFERENT DESIGNATIONS. SO THE FIRST ONE HERE WOULD BE LOW DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, MEDIUM DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY, HIGH DENSITY, SINGLE FAMILY. MULTIFAMILY. IN THIS AREA. AND A COMMERCIAL. SO YOU HAVE A MIX OF ALL THOSE.
OKAY. AND THEN THE TO THE SOUTH OF THAT, TO THE SOUTH OF THAT, YOU HAVE IT'S IN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE. YOU HAVE, PUBLIC SPACE. AND THEN ALSO PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AND THOSE, THOSE TWO DID NOT COME TO FRUITION. SO THEIR, THEIR PROPOSALS, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE AGAINST THAT. I MEAN, THEY, IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO, TO TRY TO MAKE THEM DO THAT BECAUSE THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN. I MEAN, THERE'S NO PUBLIC SPACE THERE. THERE'S NO PARKS THERE. BUT THEY DID ADD SOME, SOME OPEN SPACE IN THE AREA. THIS IS THE VISION 2020 THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. YES, SIR. OKAY. YES, SIR. AND THEN THOSE THOSE AREAS, THOSE BIG SQUARES OF THE METRO, THE PROPERTIES ARE. THESE ARE THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS. I'M SORRY. I WAS TRYING TO LINE THEM UP SO YOU COULD SEE THAT IT'S ALONG EASTLAKE. AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING AND PROPOSING THE, THE SUBDIVISIONS, STARTING WITH THE NORTH, IT'S ABOUT 389, 389 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. WE'LL BE SUBMITTING THE SUBDIVISIONS HERE SHORTLY, ON SEPTEMBER. SO NEXT IS Z 2414. THIS IS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY RIGHT OVER HERE. AND I JUST PUT IT INDIVIDUALLY. SO THAT'S GOING FROM R3 TO A-1 FOR. LET ME SEE.
FOR APPROXIMATELY 144 SINGLE, I'M SORRY, 140 144 MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING UNITS. APARTMENTS AND THEN ON THE RIGHT SIDE SCENARIO, PRETTY MUCH VACANT. RIGHT. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO PONDING AREA.
THAT'S THE DETAILED SITE PLAN FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE ON THE ON THE TOP IS THE LANDSCAPING PLAN. AND THEN TO THE BOTTOM IS THE, LIGHTING PLAN AS REQUIRED BY THE CODE. SO YOU ARE REVIEWING THE DETAILED SITE PLAN AS WELL FOR APPROVAL. MR. RUBIO. I HAVE A QUESTION ON THAT ONE SLIDE. IF YOU WANT TO GO BACK TO IT. DO WE KNOW, IS THE BUILDER GOING TO BE NAMED HERE? BECAUSE I BELIEVE, THEY LOOK VERY SIMILAR LIKE TO THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE COMING UP ON EAST LAKE. I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S RELATED OR FOR THE SAME OR NOT, OR DO WE KNOW ANYTHING AT THIS TIME? I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T KNOW IF THE IF THEY WISH TO DISCLOSE OR NOT. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS GWEN GUZMAN AND I WORK FOR HUNTING COMMUNITIES. AND SO THAT MULTI-FAMILY POSSIBLY NOT SOLD IT YET. OKAY BUT BUT WE HAVE BEEN, WORKING WITH, WITH MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPERS THAT DO A REALLY QUALITY PRODUCT SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT ON EAST AND ON THE WEST SIDE AND CIMARRON, IT'S A KIND OF A NOTCH ABOVE NORMAL APARTMENTS AND, AND WE'RE HOPING WE COULD DUPLICATE THAT. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SURE THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THEN AGAIN,
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THE AERIAL ON THE RIGHT SIDE. IT'S PRETTY MUCH VACANT. SITE PLAN AND THEN THE FRONT AND THEN THE NEXT. THE LAST ONE IS ZERO Z 2418. THIS IS A REZONING REQUEST FROM R-3 TO A-1 FOR A TOTAL OF.I BELIEVE IT'S 120 2020. SO, I MEAN, A MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING UNIT. ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS THE AERIAL. AGAIN, IT'S ALL VACANT. IT'S, RIGHT TO THE NORTH WEST OF HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL, THE LEFT SIDE IS THE DETAILED SITE PLAN. AND THEN ON THE RIGHT AGAIN IS THE LANDSCAPING PLAN. PERIOD.
AND THEN TO THE TO THE BOTTOM IS THE, THE LIGHTING PLAN FOR THAT. AND AGAIN, THE COMMISSION IS, REVIEWING THE DETAIL SITE PLAN AS WELL FOR APPROVAL. COULD YOU CLARIFY HERE ON THE PLAN IT HAS GREEN AND PURPLE. ARE THOSE JUST DIFFERENT VARIATIONS OF APARTMENT TYPES? I'M JUST WONDERING WHAT ARE THOSE LABELS RIGHT THERE? THAT'S CORRECT. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
DID YOU WANT TO DID YOU WANT TO BREAK DOWN IF YOU TRY TO. SURE. OKAY SO THANK YOU. MAY BE TOO SMALL FOR. WHATEVER ON THE ON THE SIZES OF THE. YEAH. THE COLOR, THE COLOR CODING. OH, YES. YEAH. I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REALLY SEE IT ON MY. COPY JUST SORRY. HI. GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS WORKING TOGETHER WITH SENIOR GROUP, SO, YEAH, THERE'S JUST A VARIETY OF, OF UNITS, THEY RANGE FROM ABOUT, YOU KNOW, 650FT■!S, 667FT■!S, TO ABOUT 867FT■!S, I'M HOPING IF YU COULD, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER VARIETY OF UNITS. COULD YOU TALK ABOUT VARIETY OF AFFORDABILITY, OR IS THERE ANY PLAN FOR THESE APARTMENTS TO BE LOW INCOME AFFORDABLE UNITS OR, OR TO BE MORE HIGHER END UNITS? YEAH, I CAN SPEAK TO THAT. SO, SO THEY WOULD NOT BE LOW INCOME. THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED A MARKET RATES, BUT IT WOULD BE A SMALLER PRODUCT THAT SOMEBODY MIGHT DESIRE. SO IT'LL YOU'LL ALWAYS BE A LITTLE BIT ABOVE, WHAT YOU MIGHT EXPECT, BUT BUT IT'S, IT WILL NOT BE A SUBSTANDARD TECHNOLOGY WITH RESPECT TO MARKET RATES. AND IN THE FUTURE, WOULD YOU SAY THAT HUNT COMMUNITIES PLANS TO MAYBE INCORPORATE SOME MORE LOW INCOME HOUSING IN THE COMMUNITY FURTHER DOWN THE LINE, OR WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO HEAD IN THAT DIRECTION? I DON'T I DON'T THINK SO. I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE THOUGH, BUT THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. I CAN ALWAYS CHECK AND GET BACK TO YOU. OKAY. THANK YO. AND ONE THING I DID WANT TO ADD, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE TEAL CLINT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ONE OF THE LAYOUTS, YOU KIND OF COULD SEE THAT FROM PARCELS THAT THEY HAVE LOOKED AT AS THEY'RE INTERESTED IN. SO ALL THAT IS TO BE DETERMINED. BUT WE'RE DEFINITELY WORKING WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW. WONDERFUL. THAT'S GREAT. YES THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SIR. THANK YOU SIR. GOOD TO SHOW YOU THAT REPORT. SO I THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT THESE BROWN. SCHOOL SITES AND SO ON. THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS. I CAN SEE THAT CUTTING BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOODS, WE HAVE, LIKE THESE GREEN STRIPS ARE THOSE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS TO MAKE THE NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY FOR STUDENTS WALKING AND COMMUTING TO SCHOOL MORE WALKABLE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SEE THE STRIPS OF GREEN ON THE HIGHER WHAT YOU'RE SEEING ALONG THE ROADWAY. YES. NO NOT ALONG THE ROADWAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES. RIGHT THERE ARE THOSE PEDESTRIAN WALKWAYS? YES. OKAY. AND IN THE CONCEPT PLAN FOR NOW, WE ARE CALLING THE WHOLE PROJECT TRIDENTEA. SO THE GREEN IS WE'RE REALLY HOPING TO HAVE ENOUGH GREEN TRAILS TO ALLOW AND HAVE A CONNECTIVITY THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE AREA, INCLUDING THE SCHOOLS. AND I WANTED TO CLARIFY ON THE CLINT INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, DO WE HAVE ANYTHING IN WRITING IN TERMS OF THEM PROVIDING COMMENT? USUALLY ON OUR STAFF REPORTS, WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM CLINT ISD. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE MULTIPLE EMAILS, BUT I'LL DEFER TO OUR ENGINEER THAT IS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM. YES. SO WE COORDINATED WITH OUR WITH THE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT. WE PROVIDED THE CONCEPT LAYOUTS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE ORIGINALLY HAD IT A LITTLE BIT LAID OUT DIFFERENTLY, THE SITE CLOSER TO, TO THE EXISTING HORIZON, HIGH SCHOOL. THEY PARTICULARLY LIKE THAT THAT PARTICULAR SITE FOR FUTURE EXPANSION OF HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL. AND THEN AS WELL AS THE PARCEL TO THE NORTH, NEAR PASO ELASTICO AND SO ON. SO THERE WAS
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SOME COORDINATION, SOME COORDINATION EFFORTS WITH THEM. AND THEN OBVIOUSLY THE PLAN NOW IS TO, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY CONTINUE THAT DIALOG WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT IT ULTIMATELY STANDS ON. I WANTED TO CLARIFY HOW, OR THUS FAR, HOW INVOLVED HAS CLINT ISD BEEN IN SOME OF THE CONCEPTUAL PLANS THUS FAR? SO WE AT OUR INITIAL PLAN, WE DID COORDINATE THE LAYOUT WITH THEM. THE SITES AS WELL AS FAR AS THE ACREAGE, WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT FOR POTENTIAL, YOU KNOW, HIGH SCHOOL OR ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL. SO THESE PARTICULAR SIZES, THE ACQUISITION HAS BEEN COORDINATED NOT WITH THEM, BUT WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN A FORMAL YOU KNOW, DOCUMENT SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO PROCEED WITH THIS WAY. SO IT'S JUST STILL IN THE COORDINATION EFFORTS. BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, FURTHER ON, WERE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE AFTER RECEIVING COMMENT FROM CISD? JUST, JUST I THINK THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEY WERE LOOKING AT ACQUIRING SOME OF THE LAND FOR THEIR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, LIKE I SAID, THE HEAVY ONE, THE MAJOR ONE WAS THE ONE THE SOUTH PARCEL, ABUTTING HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THEY ARE LOOKING AT POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF THE NINTH GRADE. I THINK OF HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL. SO THEY PARTICULARLY THAT LIKE THAT. OKAY, OKAY. DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION. SO THEY CURRENTLY HAVE NOT MADE ANY PURCHASES AT THE MOMENT. RIGHT NOW IT IS JUST IN THE JUST SPEAKING TERMS AS OF PROPOSED PLANNING. CORRECT. YES. SO WE HAVE RESERVED THOSE AREAS JUST FOR THE MOMENT. JUST OKAY.AT SOME POINT THEY'LL MAKE A DECISION RIGHT ABOUT IT. OKAY SO RIGHT NOW AS OF RIGHT NOW IT'S IT BELONGS TO HUNT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND JUST ONE FOLLOW UP TYPICALLY WHO IS THE STAFF MEMBER AT CISD THAT YOU ALL COORDINATE WITH? IT'S PRIMARILY WE COORDINATE WITH THE CONSTRUCTION SUPERINTENDENT. OKAY OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. TO YOUR POINT ON THAT, WE DID NOTIFY IT, BUT WE DIDN'T GET ANY COMMENTS FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICT. AND SO USUALLY WHEN CISD IS NOTIFIED, IS IT DIRECTED AT A SPECIFIC STAFF MEMBER OR JUST GENERALLY THE IT'S DIRECTED AT THEIR THEY HAVE A CONTACT THERE. I THINK HIS NAME IS ANTHONY BRAVO. OKAY. YES, SIR.
THANK YOU. WE ALSO, LIKE I SAID, WE SEND THE NOTICE ALSO LIKE WHEN WE SEND IT TO THE TO THE RESIDENTS, WE ALSO SEND IT TO SCHOOLS. SO THAT'S THAT'S A STATE REQUIREMENT. I WAS JUST WONDERING BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE THAT ON THE STAFF REPORT. USUALLY WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM ENGINEERING PUBLIC WORKS. AND I HAD ANOTHER FOLLOW UP FOR PUBLIC WORKS, JUST JUST TO GET TO THAT WAS MR. ANTHONY PARKS, CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION.
THAT'S MORE TYPICAL ON THE SUBDIVISIONS THAT THEY DO CHIME IN ON THE ZONING. OKAY. AND I'M JUST WONDERING, I NOTICED WE HAVE A NUMBER OF POCKET PARKS. HAVE WE HAD ANY COMMENT FROM PUBLIC WORKS ABOUT MAINTAINING THOSE PARKS? ANY CHALLENGES WE MIGHT FACE HAVING MORE AS OPPOSED TO RIGHT NOW WE HAVE LESS PARKS, BUT THEY'RE LARGER, SO THEY'RE EASIER TO MAINTAIN.
BUT WE HEARD ANY COMMENT FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON THIS THUS FAR? NO, SIR. BUT I MEAN, I'M SURE THEY'LL THEY'LL, THEY'LL ADJUST FOR WHATEVER COMES UP AS FAR AS ANY DEDICATIONS FROM THE SCHOOLS. OKAY DO WE STILL CURRENTLY HAVE A SKATE, CONTRACT WITH THE PARKS? CORRECT. IT'S OKAY. SO MORE THAN LIKELY THEY WILL BE ASSISTING ON THE UPKEEP. IT MAY HAVE ALREADY BEEN REMOVED. OKAY. THE CONTRACT RENEWAL. PERFECT. THANK YOU. SO MUCH, MR. DAVIS. SO WITH THAT, WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY ADVERSE OR PENDING COMMENTS FROM STAFF AND STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THE ZONE CHIEFS FOR ALL 13 PARCELS TO INCLUDE THE TWO. SEPARATE CASES, SO THE USES THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING ARE COMPATIBLE FOR THAT AREA, BECAUSE WE HAVE MAJOR ARTERIALS FOR THEY'RE PUTTING ALL THESE USES. SO THE COMMERCIAL, THE COMMERCIAL, THE OPEN SPACE, WOULD BE COMPATIBLE BECAUSE IT WILL BE SUPPORTING THAT. SO IT'S ACTUALLY MORE OF A CLEANUP THIS, THESE THESE, REZONING REQUEST. IT'S A CLEAN UP FOR THEIR SUBDIVISIONS THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN SO THAT THEY HAVE THE AMPLE SUPPORT OF COMMERCIAL OPEN SPACE AND ALL THAT FOR THOSE BIGGER SUBDIVISIONS THAT ARE COMPETING. OKAY. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A LOT OF FLIP FLOPPING BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL AND THOSE THAT ARE RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? YES. I WAS NOTICING THAT. SO THEY CAN ACCURATELY THEY CAN ACCURATELY SUPPORT THE SUBDIVISION WHEN YOU BRING IN THAT MANY, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS, OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE BOTH, COMMERCIAL OPEN SPACE AND THE LOT TO SUPPORT IT. OKAY THIS THIS WHAT? WE'RE ABOUT TO TAKE ACTION ON INCLUDES PARCELS EIGHT AND NINE. IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S A, INCLUDING SIX AND TEN. THOSE ARE THE RESILIENCE TO MULTIFAMILY, EXCLUDING SIX AND TEN. WELL, NO, I'LL OPEN ALL 13 OF THEM TO INCLUDE SIX AND TEN TO INCLUDE SIX AND TEN. I PRESENTED THEM SEPARATELY. BUT IT'S ACTION ON
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ALL. ALL 13 PARCELS. OKAY. SIX AND TEN, JUST, POINT OF CLARIFICATION ON THE DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL EIGHT. CAN WE CAN WE IS THERE A WAY TO GO TO THAT, DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL EIGHT, THE ONES THAT YOU THAT WE WERE READING AT THE VERY BEGINNING? WHEN I SAY WE I MEAN, MISS SHAW, PARCEL EIGHT FROM R-3, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TO C-2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.RIGHT. THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF IT IS THE PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION ON THAT ONE. THE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION IS MORE SPECIFICALLY, I THINK IT SAYS SOUTH OF EASTLAKE. WHICH ONE ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? PARTIAL 888. OKAY, I CAN'T READ THE WHOLE LINE. THAT'S A PARTIAL LIST FROM R-3. SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO C-2 HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS PARCEL IS LOCATED SOUTH OF EASTLAKE BOULEVARD AND NORTH OF VERIZON BOULEVARD. OWNED BY HUNT HORIZON CROSSING, LLC AND LEGALLY DESCRIBED AS 11.072 ACRE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN SECTION NUMBER 32, BLOCK 78, TOWNSHIP THREE, TEXAS AND PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, TOWN OF HORIZON CITY, EL PASO COUNTY, TEXAS. OKAY. AND WHERE IS PARTIAL? OKAY, I SEE IT NOW. THIS ONE. ALL RIGHT. OKAY. IT'S KIND OF THE IN BETWEEN OF THE BORDER POLICE. OKAY. I THINK WHAT THREW ME OFF IS THAT, SOUTH OF EASTLAKE AND HORIZON AND, YEAH, I WAS LOOKING AT THE VERY BOTTOM. THAT'S WHAT WAS THROWING ME OFF. OKAY, I PUT THAT AS BECAUSE IT IS. IF YOU SEE EASTLAKE. HERE IT IS. COME TO THE SOUTH OF IT. YEAH, YEAH, I WAS JUST WAY DOWN HERE WHERE HORIZON ACTUALLY INTERSECTS WITH EASTLAKE. I WAS LOOKING FOR IT DOWN HERE. OH. DOWN HERE. YEAH.
SAME THING WITH PARCEL NINE. THEN RIGHT. THAT'S THE SAME DESCRIPTION. IT IS SOUTH OF EASTLAKE. OKAY. AND PARCEL 11. SO OKAY I THINK THAT ONE SAYS NORTH OF HORIZON. YES, SIR.
HORIZON BOULEVARD IS RIGHT NORTH OF HORIZON AND EAST. OKAY, THERE WE GO. GOT IT. OKAY COULD YOU GO TO THE CONCEPT PLAN OF PARCEL EIGHT? I THINK IT'D BE ONE OF THE NEXT SLIDES. SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD ZOOM IN ON PARK FOUR IF THAT'D BE POSSIBLE. IF EVERYONE KNOWS WHERE I'M AT, IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT BENEATH PARCEL EIGHT. PARK FOUR? YES RIGHT. RIGHT THERE. SO WHEN I WAS REVIEWING THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN, WHAT I NOTICED ABOUT PARK FOUR IS THE WAY IT'S DESIGNED THAT THAT PARK WOULD BE DIRECTLY IN THE BACKYARDS OF THOSE SURROUNDING HOUSES, BECAUSE THOSE HOUSES ARE FACING THE STREET. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE IS A WAY MAYBE WE COULD CLEAN THAT UP. I'M JUST WONDERING IF THERE'S ANY SAFETY CONCERNS OF HAVING A PARK DIRECTLY IN SOMEONE'S BACKYARD. CAN I MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT THAT, MR. RUBIO? OKAY, THESE ARE PURELY CONCEPTUAL. THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING BACK TO THE ACTUAL SUBDIVISIONS. THESE ARE LITTLE LATER, THE INITIAL ONE IS GOING TO BE TO THE NORTH OF EASTLAKE. THAT'S GOING TO BE THE VALENCIA, VALENCIA NUMBER ONE. SO THOSE ARE LIKE LATER UNITS. THOSE ARE STILL PROBABLY UNDER THE DESIGN.
CORRECT? RIGHT SO THIS IS JUST A CONCEPT. IT'S NOT IT'S NOT LIKE IN STONE YET. RIGHT OKAY. YEAH.
CORRECT. AND I HAVE TO ADMIT I HAVE NOT NOTICED THAT THAT IT'S BEHIND BEHIND THE BACK. FIND THAT OUT, WE'LL TAKE THAT BACK AND TAKE A CLOSER LOOK, OKAY. YEAH, EXACTLY. BUT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, HAVE WE HAD ISSUES WITH THIS BEFORE WITH THIS KIND OF DESIGN? NO, BUT I CAN ENVISION THAT THAT STUFF'S GETTING LATE AT NIGHT, AND PEOPLE CAN GO HIDE OUT THERE IN THE BACKYARD, IN A PARK, OR IT'S NOT CLEARLY VISIBLE. AND I'M JUST ENVISIONING I'M JUST. YEAH, OKAY. TAKE IT FROM ME, BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE MANY PARKS WHERE THEY'RE BEHIND BACKYARDS OF RESIDENTS AREAS. I'M JUST CURIOUS. YEAH YES. YES WE DO. OKAY THANK YOU. THEY'RE EVERYWHERE. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I JUST WANT TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT. AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE SAFETY MEASURES IN PLACE, AS FAR AS PROPER LIGHTING AND THINGS LIKE THAT, I KNOW THAT WAS ONE OF THE ISSUES. WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY LIGHTING AT OUR IN OUR PREVIOUS PARKS BEFORE WE RENOVATED THOSE. SO, AS LONG AS WE HAVE PROPER LIGHTING TO DETER FROM INDIVIDUALS THAT MAY WANT TO KIND OF HANG OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THAT AREA, HORIZON MESA PARK DOES HAVE A SIMILAR CONCEPT WITH THAT, WHERE WE HAVE IT DIRECTLY BEHIND THE HOMES, WHICH WILL BE THEIR BACKYARD. AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, SELDOM THERE HAVE BEEN SOME INSTANCES WHERE THERE'S, INDIVIDUALS KIND OF COMING BY THERE WHERE IT IS IN THE DARK AREAS WHERE THERE'S SOME TREES HANGING OVER AND, SHRUBBERY AND
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LANDSCAPING, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO I GUESS IF WE'RE MINDFUL OF WHAT TYPE OF LANDSCAPING WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING, WHAT TYPE OF TREES THAT IT WOULD NOT BE SOMETHING THAT COULD SOMEONE CAN EVENTUALLY HIDE BEHIND, YOU KNOW, WHERE IT BECOMES SOME TYPE OF A SAFETY HAZARD. THANK YOU.YES, MA'AM. YEAH. OH, THAT'S GOING TO BE ADDRESSED ALSO AT THE LIKE THE CONSTRUCTION STAGE.
PERFECT. AND ALSO WITH THE SUBDIVISION WHEN THEY COME IN FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS, THE IMPROVEMENT PLANS WHATEVER THAT WOULD BE, WOULD BE GREAT. THANK YOU. MR. RUBIO. SO THEN THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION. AND I CERTAINLY PROMISE FROM THE COMMISSION, I HAD A CLARIFICATION. SO HERE ON THE SCREEN WE HAVE OKAY, NOW YOU'VE GOT ALL FOUR. OKAY, I WAS WONDERING FOR OPTION TWO TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL IS STATED, INCLUDING ANY MODIFICATIONS, COULD YOU KIND OF GO OVER WHAT SOME OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS MIGHT BE, JUST SO WE KNOW WHAT IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE MOTION TO MAKE ON THIS ITEM? YES, SIR. SO IF YOU FEEL THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL LIKE BUFFERS, NOT YOUR TYPICAL SETBACKS, BUT ADDITIONAL TO THAT, OR ACTUAL, LANDSCAPING, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPE THAT YOU WANT, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE HERE THEY'RE PROPOSING QUITE A BIT OF LANDSCAPING, AS A MATTER OF FACT, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING SOME OF THE STUFF THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION, MAYBE SOME MODIFICATIONS, THAT COULD COME IN TO ADD ADDITIONAL LIGHTING TO THE AREA. SO SO IT WOULD BE THOSE, OR IF YOU FEEL THAT YOU WANT TO EXCLUDE USES, THOSE ARE ALL WITHIN YOUR PURVIEW AS FAR AS THAT. BUT IT WOULD BE THE MODIFICATIONS. SO ADDITIONAL SETBACKS, LANDSCAPE BUFFERS. PROHIBITION OF USES, THINGS LIKE THAT THAT YOU FEEL WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, NOT IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE PLANNING.
WE NEED TO MAKE THOSE PHONE APPLICATIONS. SO THOSE THOSE CONDITIONS AND AS THE HEAD OF PLANNING, DO YOU HAVE ANY RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE CONCEPTUAL PLAN? THUS FAR OR ANYTHING WE SHOULD BE LOOKING AT, NO, SIR, BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE GOING TO BE COMING IN WITH A SUBDIVISION. FOR THAT. AND AT THAT TIME WE'RE GOING TO SEE ALL THE PARK REQUIREMENTS AND OFFER THEM TO FRUITION, ALL THOSE REQUIREMENTS IN FRONT OF US. BUT LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS IS MORE OF A CLEANUP. YEAH BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SUPPORT THEIR SUBDIVISION THAT THEY'RE BRINGING IN. THEY DON'T DO THIS, THEN IT'S NOT GOING TO WORK OUT WITH THE DESIGN THAT THEY'RE DOING THAT. SO THEY'RE DOING A DIFFERENT DESIGN FROM WHAT THE INITIALLY CAME IN A FEW YEARS BACK WHEN THEY DID THE INITIAL REZONINGS, I THINK IT WAS 20, 21, 2021, 2021. SO IT'S BEEN QUITE A FEW YEARS. SO IT WOULD CHANGE IT. AND SO JUST TO CLARIFY WHERE, SOLIDIFYING WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING ON THE PARCELS, NOT NECESSARILY THE TECHNICALITIES OF THE PLAN. LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT THE PARKS, THE WAY EVERYTHING'S LAID OUT. THAT'S STILL CONCEPTUAL, RIGHT? WE'RE JUST, ZONING. ZONING IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS. TYPICALLY YOU CAN'T BRING A SUBDIVISION UNLESS YOU HAVE THE ZONING IN PLACE. SO THAT'S WHY THEY SAY MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A ZONING IN PLACE BEFORE THEY SUBMIT THEIR SUBDIVISIONS. OKAY, OKAY. SO IF I UNDERSTOOD YOU CORRECTLY, MR. RUBIO, WHICH WAS I WAS GOING TO BRING UP THE QUESTION, THAT MR. GARCIA BROUGHT UP THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO IS JUST THE BUFFERS. I'M TALKING I'M LOOKING AT THE BIG TICKET ITEMS BETWEEN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 1 AND 2. YES, SIR. IT WOULD BE LIKE THE FIRST ONE WOULD BE LIKE, APPROVAL WITHOUT ANY CONDITIONS. YEAH, OR MODIFICATIONS. MODIFICATIONS. THE SAME. ANY MODIFICATIONS SO THAT IT COULD MEET THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. BUT AS FAR AS THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE MAIN ITEMS ARE THE ONES YOU MENTIONED, THE BUFFERS. I THINK YOU MENTIONED. AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS.
ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, THINGS LIKE THAT. ALL THAT IS PART OF THE VISION 2030. IS THAT CORREC? WELL, IT WOULD BE. IT WOULD BE MODIFICATIONS TO GET IT THERE TO YOUR VISION. 2030. OKAY. IN OTHER WORDS, RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T NEED IT BECAUSE OF ISSUES THAT ARE THERE. AND THEN YOU WANT TO MITIGATE THOSE BY DOING THESE THESE MODIFICATIONS, THESE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS TO IT. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON THIS ITEM, COULD WE JUST BRIEFLY REVIEW ONCE AGAIN PARCELS FIVE EIGHT, 11 AND 13 THAT HAVE BEEN THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO C-2? I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT COMMERCIAL IN PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS ARE PREFERABLY C-1, UNLESS ANYONE HAS ANY SUGGESTIONS OR MAKING SURE WE HAVE APPROPRIATE TYPES OF BUSINESSES NEAR OUR SCHOOLS, I DON'T WANT TO BRING UP THE AREA.
ARE YOU REFERRING TO THE TYPE OF BUSINESS THAT WOULD BE OPENING UP CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL? IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE ASKING? YEAH, JUST MAINLY I THINK IT'D BE, ANY THE PARCEL, RIGHT BY HORIZON HIGH SCHOOL AND THE OTHER SCHOOL ON THE TOP LEFT. SO CURRENTLY YOU ALREADY HAVE, C2'S DOWN HERE, SO
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IT'D JUST BE AN EXTENSION OF THAT. IT'D BE THIS ONE HERE. TO THAT COMMERCIAL. THE OTHER THING IS, LIKE I SAID, IT'S ALREADY ADJACENT TO A MAJOR ARTERIAL. AND TYPICALLY YOU PREFER TO HAVE THE COMMERCIAL USES NEXT TO NATURAL AREA. OKAY AND THEN THE REASON FOR THE C-2 ALSO IS BECAUSE THE C-2 ALLOWS FOR MORE, USES AND STUFF, MORE, COMMERCIAL TYPE USES THAT THE C-1 WOULD NOT LIKE. YEAH OKAY. SO FOR MORE MORE FLEXIBILITY, I SHOULD SAY OKAY. SO THEN THE OTHER ONE WOULD BE THE WELL, ACTUALLY, IT'S A REZONING FROM GOING FROM C-2 TO, TO, OPEN SPACE, OPEN SPACE. THAT SMALL SLIVER THAT'S UP HERE. OKAY. SO I THINK IT IS COMPATIBLE. LIKE I SAID, THE PUBLIC SPACE AND, PUBLIC SPACE AND OPEN SPACE NEVER CAME TO FRUITION IN THAT AREA. SO IT'S REALLY IT WOULDN'T BE REALLY RELEVANT. RIGHT? OKAY. THERE WOULD BE A NEED FOR MODIFICATION TO THE TO THE, TO THE REZONING HERE. AND IT IS COMPATIBLE IF YOU HAVE IT RIGHT NEXT TO THE OTHER, THE C-2. SO YOU HAVE NO RESERVATIONS ABOUT C-2 NEAR THE SCHOOLS, RIGHT? NO. BECAUSE THE INTENSITY OF C-2 IS NOT LIKE, SAY, THE CITY OF EL PASO OR ANYWHERE ELSE. IT'S NOT AS INTENSE. THE USES ARE ARE, NOT AS NOT NOT AS HEAVY. OKAY. YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS WHAT'S ALLOWED IN THE CITY OF EL PASO, THEY HAVE THEY HAVE, LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT ONES HE WANTS TO DO.AND C-4, WHEREAS WE HAVE C1 AND C2, BUT OUR C-2 DOES NOT COMPARE TO THEIR C-4 AT ALL. IT'S, IT'S LIGHTER CONDITIONS, AS WE CALL IT, HEAVY COMMERCIAL. BUT IT'S NOT REALLY THAT THAT INTENSE IN COMMERCIAL USE, IF THAT MAKES SENSE. YEAH. THANK YOU, MR. RUBIO. MR. CAN WE GO BACK TO THE AERIAL OF THE SUBDIVISIONS? SURE, PLEASE. THE YOU MEAN THE CONCEPTUAL OF THE CONCEPTUAL? SORRY. YES. THE CONCEPTUAL. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT I KNOW THE COMMENT THAT YOU HAD MADE ABOUT NOT HAVING ANY OPEN SPACE IN THAT AREA BY THE HIGH SCHOOL, WHAT WHERE WOULD THAT BE? THE ONE RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM. IS THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR AS FAR AS A THE HIGH SCHOOL, THE HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT IS RIGHT THERE. SO THE NEAREST PARK PER SE WOULD BE LIKE PARK THREE AND PARK FOUR. IS THAT REGIONAL ADMINISTRATION WHERE THAT'S PROPOSED FOR I GUESS THE CITY.
RIGHT. YEAH. THAT'S A PROPOSED REGIONAL THAT WE'RE STILL IN THE WORKS OF. OKAY, POSSIBLY DOING OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GREAT. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SUBDIVISION BY RIFTEN STILL IS LACKING SOME OPEN SPACE. SO THIS WOULD BE THE CLOSEST BEFORE I'M SURE THIS WILL BE UP BEFORE THE REGIONAL PARK. I'M HOPING NOT. BUT, IF IT IS, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE NEAREST. SO JUST WE DID COORDINATE THE REGIONAL PARK. PERFECT. YOU KNOW, WITH THE ART AND HISTORIC. THERE'S ALWAYS A GREAT THERE ARE DISCUSSIONS ON OKAY TO LOOK AT THOSE THOSE PERFECT OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
MR. RUBIO, COULD YOU, SO WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR, SELL ME OR NOT SELL ME ON. WHAT'S THE BENEFIT OF THE VISION 2030 VERSUS NOT HAVING IT? PROS AND CONS. NOT HAVING IT. I'M MAKING A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL WITH OPTION ONE. NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION VISION 2030 VERSUS ACCEPTING IT WITH VISION 2030 AS PART OF IT. SO OPTION ONE IS SAYING LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, THE TOP PART THAT I GAVE YOU DOES MEET THE LAND USE DESIGNATION. I MEA, IT IS SET FOR MULTIFAMILY COMMERCIAL USE, THE BOTTOM PART IS THE ONE THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT OFF BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC AND OPEN SPACE. BUT LIKE I SAID, THAT NEVER HAPPENED. YOU KNOW, IT WAS DEVELOPED AT THE TIME AND WE DIDN'T GET THOSE USES THERE. SO IT'S NOT REALLY GOING AGAINST THE LAND USE PART BECAUSE THAT OBVIOUSLY IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. WE DON'T HAVE ANY PARKS THERE OR PUBLIC SPACE THERE. WE HAVE THAT SOMEWHERE ELSE. SO I THINK THAT, OPTION ONE WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE AGAIN, THE FIRST PART DOES SPEAK TO LAND USE. AND THEN THE SECOND PART IS SLIGHTLY OFF, BUT IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED TO MITIGATE NECESSARILY, BECAUSE IT IS COMPATIBLE IN ANY WAY. OKAY.
YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? NO CAN WE HAVE OUR OPTIONS AGAIN ON THE COMPUTER, PLEASE? YES. OKAY. WHAT ELSE DO WE HAVE ANY MOTIONS? WELL, BRIEFLY, ONE MORE
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TIME. MY APOLOGIES. I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE MAKING THE, AGAIN, THE MOST APPROPRIATE ACTION ON THIS ITEM BETWEEN OPTION ONE AND OPTION TWO. WOULD YOU SAY OPTION TWO WOULD JUST PROVIDE MORE, OPTIONS LATER DOWN THE LINE TO MAKE THOSE MODIFICATIONS? IF ANY? I DON'T THINK THEY'RE NECESSARY. I DON'T THINK YOU NEED TO MODIFY THEM. OKAY. LIKE I SAID, BECAUSE THE OTHER ONE IS OBSOLETE. KIND OF. YOU COULD SAY IT'S OBSOLETE BECAUSE IT NEVER HAPPENED. BUT THE TOP PART THEY DID MEET IT, AND AGAIN, IT'S VERY COMPATIBLE. IT'S NOT WHAT'S CALLED A SPOT ZONE. SPOT ZONE IS TYPICALLY WHEN THERE'S NOTHING LIKE IT, AND THEN YOU DECIDE TO PUT A ZONE THAT'S GOING AGAINST ALL THAT. THAT'S TOTALLY NOT WHAT'S HAPPENING. SO IT'S JUST LIKE ADDING MORE COMMERCIAL TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE. OKAY. AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, SO WOULD YOU SAY OPTION TWO IS UNNECESSARY? YES, SIR. I WOULD SAY OPTION ONE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. I IN MY, FOR MY, PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, I WOULD SAY OPTION ONE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE. I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY NEED FOR MODIFICATIONS. ANY CONDITIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT TO MEET THE PLAN. OKAY OKAY. ANY MORE QUESTIONS? DO WE HAVE A MOTION, I MOVED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR REZONING 13 PARCELS AS DETAILED ON THE STAFF REPORT AND PRESENTATION AS PRESENTED. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK. YEAH, I BARRY, I, I, I MELENDEZ I AVILA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. BEFORE WE CONVENE, COULD I BE RECOGNIZED FOR A BRIEF MOMENT? YES. MR. THESE ARE ALL OUR ITEMS CORRECT, OR DO WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS? WELL ACTUALLY, I WAS GOING TO SAY THAT, THE NEXT ITEM IS ACTUALLY, THE, REQUESTED TO WITHDRAW THE CASE. IT'S CONSIDERED ONE OF FEBRUARY 22ND. WE NEED ADDITIONAL TIME TO COMPLETE THE DESIGN, THERE WAS SOME SOME ISSUES THAT WERE POINTED OUT TO THEM. THEY NEED SOME TIME TO ADDRESS THOSE RESULTS. WITH WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE THE FLOOR. WAS THAT PERTAINING TO WHAT WE WERE DISCUSSING? I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE DONE WITH OUR BUSINESS. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER ITEMS WE NEED TO TAKE? GO AHEAD. MR. ACTION ON THIS ITEM. DO WE NEED TO WITHDRAW THIS ITEM FOR. OH YEAH, YOU NEED TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS ONE. RIGHT? THIS WAS ITEM FOR E FOR ECHO. CORRECT. OKAY. AND IT'S, TO POSTPONE. IS THAT WHAT TO WITHDRAW? TO WITHDRAW? THAT'S RIGHT. THEY'LL HAVE TO, LIKE, RESUBMIT. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED. OKAY. DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. LET'S TAKE A VOTE. ON HIGH. VERY HIGH. CLAUDIA. HI, CORA. HI MELENDEZ. HI, AVILA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES.[5. OTHER BUSINESS]
OKAY. ITEM NUMBER FIVE. AND THIS IS, ON THE PLANNING AND ZONING MEETING MINUTES FOR THE REGULAR MEETING HELD ON JUNE 17TH, 2024. EVERYBODY HAD A CHANCE TO READ IT, ALL RIGHT? YES. YES, SIR.YES, SIR. DO WE HAVE MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MEETING MINUTES HELD ON JUNE 17TH, 2024.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND? TAKE A VOTE. HI, BARRY. HI. HI. HI. MELENDEZ ABSTAIN.
AND AVILA. AYE. MOTION CARRIES. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT IS JUST THE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT
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THE NEXT REGULAR MEETING WILL BE ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16TH, 2024, 6 P.M. AND BEFORE ADJOURNMENT.MR. CHAIRMAN, MAY I BE RECOGNIZED? YES, SIR. OKAY DID WE ALREADY GO TO NEW BUSINESS THAT WE THAT WE. KNOW. OKAY, LET'S DO THE OTHER ONE. ALL RIGHT, I'LL MAKE IT. JUST A FEW COMMENTS AS THIS IS MY LAST MEETING. SO AGAIN, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING. FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND ESTEEMED STAFF OF HORIZON CITY. I WANT TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO REFLECT ON MY TENURE AND EXPRESS MY DEEPEST GRATITUDE AS WE CONVENIENT TONIGHT, NOT JUST FOR ANOTHER REGULAR MEETING, BUT TO MARK THE CLOSE OF A TRULY SIGNIFICANT CHAPTER IN MY LIFE.
FOUR YEARS AGO, I SAT IN MY BEDROOM, CONNECTED VIRTUALLY TO WHAT WOULD BE ONE OF THE MOST TRANSFORMATIVE ONLINE MEETINGS OF MY LIFE. AT JUST 18 YEARS OLD, DURING THE PEAK OF A GLOBAL PANDEMIC, COUNCIL MEMBER NOW COMMISSIONER CORRAL MADE THE MOTION THAT LED TO MY UNANIMOUS APPOINTMENT AS THE YOUNGEST COMMISSIONER IN OUR CITY'S HISTORY. THAT MOMENT WAS JUST
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THE BEGINNING. TWO YEARS LATER, IN AUGUST OF 2020, TWO, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMED THEIR TRUST IN ME BY GRANTING ME THE HONOR OF SERVING A SECOND TERM. THESE APPOINTMENTS WERE NOT JUST A REFLECTION OF TRUST, BUT AN INVITATION TO GROW, CONTRIBUTE AND LEARN ALONGSIDE A TEAM OF DEDICATED PUBLIC SERVANTS AND HORIZON CITY. OVER THESE FOUR YEARS, WHILE BALANCING MY RESPONSIBILITIES ON THIS COMMISSION, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO ON A FULL RIDE SCHOLARSHIP. THIS INCLUDED COMPLETING INTERNSHIPS IN BOTH WASHINGTON, DC AND AUSTIN, TEXAS, WHERE I LEARNED THE CHALLENGES OF OUR FEDERAL AND STATE POLICYMAKING PROCESS. THESE EXPERIENCES WERE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION I OBTAINED FROM SERVING HERE ALONGSIDE ALL OF YOU. I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AT THE CONCLUSION OF MY TERM, READY TO BEGIN A NEW CHAPTER WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS INSTITUTE IN WASHINGTON, DC. AS ONE OF ONLY 33 STUDENTS SELECTED NATIONWIDE. THIS OPPORTUNITY IS NOT A DEPARTURE, BUT A CONTINUATION OF A JOURNEY THAT EACH OF YOU HAS HELPED SHAPE TO COMMISSIONER CORRAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INITIAL FAITH IN MY CAPABILITIES TO MR. AVILA, OUR ESTEEMED CHAIRMAN, YOUR GUIDANCE HAS BEEN PIVOTAL IN MY ROLE AS VICE CHAIR OF THIS COMMISSION. TO ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COMMISSION AND OUR DEDICATED MUNICIPAL STAFF, YOUR SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION HAVE MADE MY TENURE HERE NOT ONLY POSSIBLE, BUT PROFOUNDLY IMPACTFUL. SERVING AS THE COMMISSION VICE CHAIRMAN HAS BEEN THE HONOR OF MY LIFE. THE LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP, THE DELIBERATIONS OVER OUR CITY'S LANDSCAPE AND THE SHARED ASPIRATION FOR HORIZON'S FUTURE HAVE INSPIRED ME. WHILE MY NEXT STEPS TAKE ME TO OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, MY COMMITMENT TO OUR COMMUNITY REMAINS STRONG. IT IS MY FULL INTENTION TO RETURN AND CONTINUE TO SERVE THE PEOPLE OF HORIZON CITY, ENSURING OUR COMMUNITY INNOVATES AND GROWS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF OUR SHARED HOME.THANK YOU. HORIZON CITY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND OUR AMAZING MUNICIPAL STAFF FOR YOUR TRUST, YOUR LESSONS AND YOUR UNENDING SUPPORT. HERE'S TO CONTINUED SUCCESS AND TO ALL THAT WE CAN ACHIEVE TOGETHER IN THE YEARS TO COME. THANK YOU ALL. AMEN. THANK YOU. IT WAS AN HONOR HAVING YOU HERE. IT IS, THE NATION'S GAIN THAT YOU'RE GOING UP THERE. OUR LOSS TO SEE YOU GO, WE WILL HOLD YOU TO YOUR WORDS, THAT YOU WILL COME BACK HERE AND HELP US DOWN THE ROAD, I'M SURE I CAN SPEAK FOR EVERYBODY HERE. IT WAS A PLEASURE HAVING YOU, YOU BROUGHT A LOT TO THE TABLE, YOU, ASKED QUESTIONS, PERTINENT QUESTIONS, AND ENSURED THAT, WE WERE BEING FAIR AND MAKING THE RIGHT RECOMMENDATIONS TO CITY COUNCIL. SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID. THANK YOU. MR. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS, MOTION FOR THAT MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE
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