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OKAY. I ACCIDENTALLY UNPLUGGED IT WHILE AGO. WE'LL START AGAIN. IT IS NOW 3:00 PM JULY 6TH,
[1. Call to order and establish a quorum is present.]
2026, AND THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE AMARILLO PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.THE COMMISSION CONSISTS OF SEVEN VOTING MEMBERS, SIX OF WHICH ARE PRESENT TODAY.
CITIZENS WHO DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGARDING ITEMS LISTED ON THE AGENDA AND ITEMS RELATED TO CITY BUSINESS WILL BE RECEIVED AT THIS TIME. THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK SHALL STATE THEIR NAME AND WHETHER THEY LIVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, AND SHALL SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE AND ADDRESS ALL REMARKS AND QUESTIONS TO THE COMMISSION, NOT TO THE CITY STAFF. YOU WILL HAVE A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES TO GIVE YOUR COMMENTS.
YOU MAY ALSO HOLD YOUR COMMENTS UNTIL YOUR SPECIFIC ITEM COMES ON THE AGENDA.
SO ARE THERE IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK NOW? SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM 3.A ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BRADY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR US? NO ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR TODAY.
THANK YOU. ITEM THREE B UPDATES ON CASES FORWARDED TO CITY COUNCIL BY THE P&Z COMMISSION.
[3.B. Updates on cases forwarded to City Council by the Planning and Zoning Commission;]
GOT A COUPLE TODAY TO MENTION. AT THE MEETING NEXT TUESDAY, THE SIXTH STREET PARKING ORDINANCE AMENDMENT WILL BE GOING BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ITS PUBLIC HEARING AND FIRST READING. AND ADDITIONALLY, AT THE MEETING LAST WEEK OR THEIR MOST RECENT MEETING THE TWO REZONINGS FOR SOUTH HAVEN, WHICH WAS THE MANUFACTURED HOME DISTRICT TO RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TWO, THOSE RECEIVED THEIR SECOND AND FINAL READING.SO THOSE ARE CONSIDERED APPROVED NOW. AND THOSE ARE THE ONLY UPDATES I HAVE ON THOSE CASES.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM. THE REGULAR AGENDA 4.A.
[4.A. Consider approval of the minutes from the June 15, 2026 regular meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission.]
CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 15TH, 2026, REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION.THANK YOU FRED. I'LL SECOND. CAN I HAVE A SECOND FROM NOAH? ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AYE. MOTION CARRIES. ITEM 4.B PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF
[4.B. Public Hearing and Consideration of Plat 2026-128-P Quail Creek Addition Unit No. 41 An addition to the City of Amarillo, being a replat of a portion of Lot 103 and all of Lot 104, Block 12, Quail Creek Addition Unit No. 30, in Section 25, Block 9, B.S.& F. Survey, Potter County, Texas. (VICINITY: Baccus Dr. & Reserve Ct.; APPLICANT/S: OJD Engineering, LLC for Brice Graham)]
PLAT 2026-128-P. QUAIL CREEK ADDITION UNIT NUMBER 41.YES, THIS IS A QUAIL CREEK ADDITION, UNIT NUMBER 41.
IT IS A REPLAT OF A PORTION OF LOT 103 AND ALL OF LOT 104, BLOCK 12, QUAIL CREEK ADDITION UNIT 30 AND THE APPLICANT IS OJD ENGINEERING LLC FOR BRICE GRAHAM. AND ESSENTIALLY THEY ARE TAKING TWO UNDEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL LOTS AND COMBINING IT INTO A SINGLE RESIDENTIAL LOT TO CONSTRUCT A NEW HOME ON THE PROPERTY. AND SINCE THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL REPLAT, IT REQUIRES PUBLIC NOTICE AND A PUBLIC HEARING AND IS THE REASON IT'S BEFORE Y'ALL TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY THE CITY AND OUR TYPICAL EXTERNAL UTILITY COMPANIES AND WAS FOUND TO CONFORM WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, EXCEPT FOR CORRECTED ORIGINALS NOT YET BEING RECEIVED PUBLIC NOTICE WISE, WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS AS OF THIS MEETING ON THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU BRADY. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY AT THIS TIME? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM. HEARING AND SEEING NONE AT THIS TIME, COMMISSIONERS WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE. THE REQUEST THAT STAFF RECOMMENDED PENDING THE RETURN OF.
AYE AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. MOVING ON TO ITEM 4.C CONSIDERATION OF PLAT 2026-125-P
[4.C. Consideration of Plat 2026-125-P C.W.C. Enterprises Unit No. 3 An addition to the City of Amarillo, being a replat of Lot 2B & 2C, Block 1, Exxon Addition Unit No. 2, Lot 1, Block 1, C.W.C. Enterprises Unit No. 1, Lot 2, Block 1, C.W.C. Enterprises Unit No. 2 and vacated alley right of way, all in Section 74, Block 2, AB&M Survey, Potter County, Texas. (VICINITY: Interstate 40 & Loop 335/Lakeside Dr.; APPLICANT/S: Foresite Group, LLC for Racetrac, Inc.)]
CWC ENTERPRISES UNIT NUMBER THREE. BRADY. YEAH.SO THIS PLOT IS AN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO, AND IT IS A REPLAT OF LOTS TWO B AND TWO C BLOCK ONE X ON ADDITION UNIT NUMBER TWO, LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, CWC ENTERPRISES UNIT ONE AND LOT TWO, BLOCK ONE, CW ENTERPRISES, UNIT NUMBER TWO, AND PLUS A PORTION OF A VACATED ALLEY. THIS IS LOCATED IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS IN THE AND THE VICINITY OF INTERSTATE 40 AND LAKESIDE DRIVE, AND THE APPLICANT IS FORESITE GROUP LLC FOR RACE TRAC INCORPORATED, AND THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY COMBINING A NUMBER OF PLATTED PROPERTIES AND A VACATED ALLEY
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TO CREATE A SITE FOR A TRUCK STOP AND CONVENIENCE STORE.THE RACETRACK BRAND. MORE SPECIFICALLY, THIS HAS, THIS REQUIRES CONSIDERATION AS IT IS A FINAL PLOT THAT HAD ASSOCIATED PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. I BELIEVE A WATER MAIN EXTENSION THAT WAS NEEDED FOR THIS PROJECT.
AND THAT IS THE REASON IT IS BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY.
IT HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY CITY STAFF AND THE LOCAL UTILITY COMPANIES AND WAS FOUND TO CONFORM WITH THE SUBDIVISION ORDINANCE AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, EXCEPT FOR SURETY NOT YET BEING PROVIDED OR CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS BEING COMPLETED AS OF THE MEETING TODAY AND CORRECTED ORIGINALS NOT YET BEING PROVIDED.
WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL OF THIS PLOT AS PRESENTED WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT CORRECTED ORIGINALS ARE RECEIVED AND THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ARE EITHER CONSTRUCTED OR SURETY PROVIDED FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
THANK YOU. BRADY. COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY AT THIS TIME OR THE STAFF? SEEING NONE, IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS ITEM. HEARING AND SEEING NONE, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION AT THIS TIME.
COMMISSIONERS. THANK YOU DICK. SECOND IS BY LANDON. WAS THAT YOU? SORRY, I WASN'T LOOKING.
ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
AYE. ALL OPPOSED? NO. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. BRADY. ITEM 4.D CONSIDERATION OF VARIANCES ASSOCIATED WITH PRELIMINARY PLAN
[4.D. Consideration of Variance/s Associated with Preliminary Plan 2026-114-PP Caprock Landing This item considers the request for a variance from the requirement to provide alleys for a proposed subdivision and from the requirement that the system of streets designated for a subdivision must connect with streets already dedicated in adjacent subdivisions. The development under consideration for the just mentioned variances is Caprock Landing, approximately 22.28 acres of unplatted land, in Section 107, Block 2, A.B.& M. Survey, Potter County and Randall County,Texas. (VICINITY: SE 29th Ave. & S. Eastern St.; APPLICANT/S: Geospatial Data, Inc. for Christolie Limited)]
2026-114-PP CAPROCK LANDING. YES. SO THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU ALL TODAY IS TO CONSIDER A COUPLE OF VARIANCES ASSOCIATED WITH THE NOTED PRELIMINARY PLAN, SPECIFICALLY A VARIANCE FROM THE REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE ALLEYS FOR A PROPOSED SUBDIVISION, AND FROM THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SYSTEM OF STREETS DESIGNATED FOR A SUBDIVISION MUST CONNECT WITH STREETS ALREADY DEDICATED IN ADJACENT SUBDIVISIONS.THIS IS 22.28 ACRES OF UNPLATTED LAND IN RANDALL COUNTY, TEXAS AND POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS AND IS LOCATED IN THE VICINITY OF SOUTHEAST 29TH AVENUE AND SOUTHEASTERN STREET. AND THE APPLICANT IS GEOSPATIAL DATA INC.
FOR CHRISTOLIE LIMITED. AND AS MENTIONED, THOSE TWO VARIANCES, THE FIRST ONE BEING THE ALLEY WAIVER, WHICH IS 4-6-53B, AND THE OTHER ABOUT CONNECTING TO ADJACENT STREETS, WHICH IS SECTION 4-6-53A9. THOSE ARE THE TWO SPECIFIC CODE SECTIONS.
SO REGARDING CAPROCK LANDING, THIS IS A PROPOSED SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF EASTERN STREET, NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF 29TH AVENUE. AND IT'S PROPOSED TO CONTAIN 130 LOTS THAT ARE TO BE ZONED RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THREE FOR DETACHED HOMES.
AND THIS SECTION OF LAND IS A LITTLE INTERESTING.
IT'S DIVIDED AMONG A VARIETY OF LAND USE AND ZONING OUT THERE.
IN ADDITION, ONE OF THE MAIN CANADIAN RIVER MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY PIPELINES RUN THROUGH THIS SECTION AND ADDITIONALLY PORTIONS OF IT ARE IN THE AIRPORT OVERLAY. SO THIS, SO THE APPLICANT'S TRACT IS AT THE SOUTHWEST WITHIN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SECTION, WHILE THE SOUTHEAST CORRIDOR IS ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALLY.
AND IN THE REMAINDER OF THE SECTION IS THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALONG I-40, ALONG WITH THE PLATTED BUT UNDEVELOPED BEL AIRE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION THERE AT THE NORTHWEST CORNER THAT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON THE MAP THERE, ALL THOSE PLOTTED LOTS.
AND WE'LL DIVE INTO THAT HERE IN A SECOND. THAT AREA WAS PLATTED IN 1951 BUT WAS NEVER CONSTRUCTED.
IT CONTAINS 370 LOTS THAT ARE NOW OWNED BY 161 DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
SO ESSENTIALLY THAT DEVELOPMENT LARGELY FAILED ONCE THE AIR BASE CLOSED.
THE LOTS GET AUCTIONED ONLINE ALL THE TIME. AND NOW THEY'RE OWNED BY A WIDE NUMBER OF PROPERTY OWNERS, WHICH MAKES DEVELOPMENT OF THOSE PRETTY DIFFICULT TO OCCUR.
DIVING INTO THE ALLEYS REAL QUICK. WHEN CONSIDERING A REQUEST FOR NO ALLEYS WE JUST HAVE TO ENSURE THAT ADEQUATE PROVISIONS FOR SERVICES TYPICALLY PROVIDED IN ALLEYS ARE BEING ACCOUNTED FOR. IN THIS CASE, THE UTILITIES WILL BE PROVIDED IN THE RIGHT OF WAYS IN FRONT OF THE LOTS, ALONG WITH ACCESS AND. ADDITIONALLY, WE DID SEND THIS TO OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO ENSURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT COULD BE SERVED WITH CART SERVICE, WHICH THEY STATED THEY HAD THE CAPACITY TO AND DID NOT OBJECT TO SERVING THIS WITH CARTS.
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SO THEY DID TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND BELIEVE THAT THEY HAD THE CAPABILITY TO DO THAT.AND THEN DIVING BACK INTO THAT SECOND VARIANCE.
WE'LL FOCUS IN KIND OF ON THE NORTH END OF THE DEVELOPMENT HERE IN UNIT ONE, YOU CAN SEE ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT PLOT OR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT, WHERE THOSE PLATTED STREETS AND ALLEYS AND LOTS ARE THERE TO THE NORTH IN BEL AIRE, WHERE THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE PROPERTIES HAVE NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED.
REGARDING WHAT THE ORDINANCE SAYS TYPICALLY IT STATES THAT THE SYSTEM OF STREETS DESIGNATED FOR SUBDIVISION, EXCEPT IN UNUSUAL CASES, MUST CONNECT WITH STREETS AND ALLEYS ALREADY DEDICATED AND ADJACENT SUBDIVISIONS, AND THE APPLICANT BELIEVES THAT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE SUCH UNUSUAL CASES, GIVEN THAT THE SUBDIVISION TO THE NORTH.
OVER TIME, IT EXISTED BEFORE THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT FOR SURETY TO BE PROVIDED FOR INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO ESSENTIALLY, WE HAVE A PLATTED SUBDIVISION THAT'S SPLIT UP BETWEEN 161 DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS, AND THE ODDS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET ONE SINGLE PROPERTY OWNER ABLE TO OBTAIN ALL THOSE EVENTUALLY, OR GET THEM ALL TO AGREE ON THE SAME TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT'S PRETTY LOW IN THE APPLICANT'S OPINION.
ADDITIONALLY I'LL MENTION THAT SOME OF THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE EVEN OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
AND FROM WHAT STAFF HAS SEEN OVER THE YEARS IN THAT BEL AIRE AREA, THOSE LOTS JUST GET AUCTIONED ALL THE TIME ONLINE FOR PRETTY LOW VALUES OF MONEY AND PEOPLE BY LOTS, ESSENTIALLY, BUT DON'T REALIZE THEY'RE BUYING IT IN THE MIDDLE OF A SUBDIVISION THAT DOESN'T HAVE UTILITIES, STREETS OR ALLEYS. SO.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHY THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING NOT TO TIE IN TO THOSE ALLEYS AND STREETS TO THE NORTH IS ESSENTIALLY THAT'S A SUBDIVISION THAT WILL LIKELY NEVER BE BUILT IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION. AND I'LL MENTION GOING BACK TO KIND OF THE OVERALL VIEW OF THE SECTION, YOU CAN SEE KIND OF AT THE NORTHEAST AND ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARIES OF THE BEL AIRE AREA, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN COMMERCIAL TRACKS FOR THOSE BUSINESSES ALONG I-40 THAT HAVE ESSENTIALLY BEEN ALLOWED TO PLAT WITHOUT EXTENDING OR CONNECTING IN STREETS TO THOSE TO THE, TO BEL AIRE. SO, SO IN THEIR OPINION, A PRECEDENT FOR WHAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR HAS ALREADY BEEN SET.
SO IT'S KIND OF A UNIQUE AND A MESSY SITUATION.
SO THIS IS JUST ONE OF SEVERAL. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE'LL GO BACK TO THIS MAP.
TYING IN EASTWARD IS ALSO VIEWED AS NOT BEING FEASIBLE BECAUSE ALONG THE EASTERN BOUNDARY HERE.
AND I HIGHLIGHTED IT THERE IN YELLOW AS WELL.
THAT'S THE 99 FOOT WIDE [INAUDIBLE] PIPELINE EASEMENT.
AND THEY HAVE VERY STRICT REGULATIONS ABOUT WHAT CAN BE NEAR OR OVER THE TOP OF THAT EASEMENT.
SO AND IN THAT, AND IN SOME CASES, KRONWALL DOESN'T EVEN THEN ALLOW STUFF TO CROSS THAT EASEMENT.
SO TYING IN BACK TO THE EAST, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THERE'S PLANS TO AND ZONING OUT THERE FOR INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, IT'S HIGHLY UNLIKELY THAT THIS SECTION WOULD EVER DEVELOP IN THE TRADITIONAL SENSE THAT YOU WOULD SEE RESIDENTIAL THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT IT GIVEN THE EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS OUT THERE, ALONG WITH THE COMPLICATIONS OF THE AIRPORT NOISE BOUNDARY OUT THERE AS WELL FURTHER EAST, WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THAT CRIMINAL PIPELINE EASEMENT.
SO THERE'S A VARIETY OF INTERESTING FACTORS OUT HERE THAT THE APPLICANT BELIEVES KIND OF KEEPING HIS DEVELOPMENT MORE ISOLATED IN NATURE AND NOT TYING IN IS MORE APPROPRIATE. AND HONESTLY, THE MORE REALISTIC OPTION GIVEN SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT BARRIERS THAT EXIST OUT THERE.
SO KIND OF CONCLUDE OUR THOUGHTS CONSIDERING THE FACTS ABOVE RELATED TO THIS VARIANCE REQUEST STAFF IS OF THE OPINION THAT IF APPROVED, THE VARIANCES WOULD NOT RESULT IN DETRIMENTAL IMPACTS FOR THE AREA AND ARE READY FOR CONSIDERATION BY THE COMMISSION.
AS YOU ALL ARE JUST CONSIDERING THE TWO VARIANCES TODAY AND NOT THE DEVELOPMENT AS A WHOLE ITSELF.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU BRADY.
COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS FOR BRADY AT THIS TIME? DICK COULD YOU TURN ON YOUR MIC. EXCUSE ME. I'M SORRY.
I THINK IT'S GREAT THAT WE'RE DOING SOME INFIELD DEVELOPMENT. CAN YOU PULL THE MIC CLOSER? SORRY, IT'S NOT PICKING YOU UP. I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE'RE DOING SOME INFIELD DEVELOPMENT. MY QUESTION IS, IS NOT RELATED TO THIS, BUT TO THE DEVELOPMENT NEXT DOOR.
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I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A STATE LAW THAT WE CAN'T APPROVE A PLAT UNLESS THERE'S LEGAL ACCESS TO THE LOT.IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. WHAT DO WE HAVE ANY LIABILITY ABOUT HAVING ALL THESE LOTS WITHOUT LEGAL ACCESS TO THEM? ARE WE TALKING ABOUT BEL AIRE? TO BEL AIRE? YEAH, BEL AIRE TO THE NORTH.
BUT THAT THAT'S A, THAT WHOLE AREA IS JUST KIND OF AN INTERESTING SITUATION.
IT'S JUST NOT CONSTRUCTED. SO. OKAY. THANK YOU.
I HAVE SOME LAND DOWN SOUTH OF TEXAS THAT'S VERY SIMILAR SITUATION.
SO YEAH, I COMPLETELY SYMPATHIZE WITH HOW COMPLEX THAT SITUATION CAN BE, TRYING TO GET EVERYONE, ESPECIALLY IN MY SITUATION, SOME OF THE THE TITLE ISN'T CLEAR ON SOME OF THOSE LOTS.
FRED, COULD YOU TURN ON YOUR MIC? OKAY. YEAH.
CAN YOU TELL ME WHAT KIND OF A STREET IS 29TH STREET? IN TERMS OF LIKE A COLLECTOR VERSUS ARTERIALS? YEAH. RIGHT. I BELIEVE 29TH WOULD PROBABLY BE.
LET ME TAKE A LOOK HERE. IT'S DEFINITELY NOT AN ARTERIAL.
I WOULD SAY 29TH IS PROBABLY YOU COULD PROBABLY CONSIDER IT MAYBE A SMALLER COLLECTOR, PERHAPS BECAUSE IT KIND OF DOES FEED BACK THROUGH THAT SUBDIVISION THERE TO THE WEST AND ALL THE LOCAL STREETS KIND OF TIE INTO IT.
SO YOU COULD POTENTIALLY ARGUE THAT IT FUNCTIONS LIKE A COLLECTOR.
WOULD THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE LOTS PUT ANY EXTRA STRAIN ON 29TH STREET? I DON'T BELIEVE SO, BECAUSE ALL THESE LOTS DIRECTLY FEED ON THE EASTERN STREET.
SO I DON'T BELIEVE. AND GIVEN THE RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER OF LOTS.
AND GIVEN THAT THEY CIRCULATE ESSENTIALLY THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION AND BACK OUT ON THE EASTERN, I DON'T BELIEVE THERE'D BE MUCH OF A IMPACT THE 29TH, IF ANY.
OKAY. AM I CORRECT THAT THAT WOULD BE EVALUATED AS PART OF THE SUBSEQUENT PROCESS FROM FROM WHAT WE'LL HAVE HAPPEN TODAY? CAN WHAT I'LL SAY IS THAT THE INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS WILL GET REVIEWED.
BUT REGARDING TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS, THE CITY OF AMARILLO DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT IN OUR ORDINANCE.
SO TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WOULD NOT BE A PART OF THAT.
OKAY. JOSH. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THE DRAINAGE. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE SLEEPING OUT ON THE EASEMENT.
AND DO YOU HAVE A WAY? ARE YOU CARRYING IT FORWARD OR TAKING IT TO THE [INAUDIBLE]? SO ESSENTIALLY THEY I BELIEVE THEY ARE PROPOSING THE WORK WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO THE EAST THERE.
TIE THEM ACROSS NORTH SOUTH RUNNING EASEMENT, AND I BELIEVE THEY'LL TAKE IT SOUTHWARD TO WHATEVER THE NEXT RIGHT OF WAY IS, I BELIEVE IS THEIR PLAN. AND ONE THING THEY WILL HAVE TO DO ONCE THIS IS APPROVED, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SUBMIT FOR THEIR DRAINAGE REPORT.
AND ULTIMATELY THEY'LL HAVE TO CLEAR THE REGULATIONS OF THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
BUT THAT IS THEIR PLAN IS TO BASICALLY TAKE IT EAST AND THEN SOUTH TO THE TO THE NEXT RIGHT OF WAY.
THANK YOU BRADY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS ITEM.
ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST THE ITEM. BRADY, BEFORE I CALL FOR A MOTION BASED ON JUST THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSION TODAY, IS THERE ANYTHING WE NEED TO KEEP IN? IF WE'RE ASSUMING THAT THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ABOUT LEGAL.
THE QUESTIONS THAT CAME UP ABOUT DRAINAGE. THOSE QUESTIONS WILL ALL BE HEARD SUBSEQUENTLY IF THE PLAT MOVES FORWARD? YES, THOSE WILL ALL BE ITEMS THAT ARE EITHER ADDRESSED ADMINISTRATIVELY WITH STAFF OR ULTIMATELY BEFORE YOU ALL THROUGH THE PROCESSES THAT YOU ALL OVERSEE.
YOUR TURN. YEAH. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE AS PRESENTED ON BOTH MOTIONS.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE A MOTION BY LANDON. I'LL SECOND.
SECOND BY NOAH. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AND RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND.
MOTION APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU.
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OKAY, WE'RE ON ITEM FOUR E, CORRECT? YES. THAT'S CORRECT.[4.E. Public Hearing and Consideration of Rezoning 2026-58-Z Rezoning of Lot 2, Block 1, 66 Village Unit No. 2, an addition to the City of Amarillo, in Section 73, Block 2, A.B.& M. Survey, Potter County, Texas, plus one-half of all bounding streets, alleys, and public ways, to change from Light Industrial District to Light Industrial District with a Specific Use Permit for an Asphalt or Concrete Batching Plant (VICINITY: Triangle Dr. & Lakeside Dr. (Loop 335); APPLICANT/S: (OJD Engineering, LLC for Redline Cattle LLC)]
PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDERATION OF REZONING.ITEM NUMBER 2026-58-Z. BRADY. YES. BEFORE I START, I KNOW THIS IS ONE THAT SOME OF Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR WITH AS THIS WAS AN ITEM THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY POSTPONED, BUT I KNOW THERE WAS A COUPLE OF Y'ALL THAT WEREN'T HERE FOR THAT.
AND ALSO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE NEW, THAT WEREN'T HERE FOR THAT.
WITH THAT THIS IS THE REZONING OF LOT TWO, BLOCK ONE 66, VILLAGE UNIT NUMBER TWO.
THIS IS IN ADDITION TO THE CITY OF AMARILLO. THIS IS IN POTTER COUNTY, TEXAS, PLUS ONE HALF OF ALL BOUNDING STREETS, ALLEYS, AND PUBLIC WAYS. THE CHANGE FROM LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ASPHALT OR CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT.
THIS IS IN THE VICINITY OF TRIANGLE DRIVE AND LAKESIDE DRIVE, AND THE APPLICANT IS OJD ENGINEERING LLC FOR RED LINE CATTLE LLC, AND THIS CASE WAS PREVIOUSLY CONSIDERED ON MAY 18TH AND WAS POSTPONED AT THAT MEETING DUE TO THE COMMISSION'S REQUEST FOR A THIRD PARTY APPRAISAL TO ASSESS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTY VALUES.
AND THEY ARE ONE THAT DEVELOPED THIS PROPERTY WITH AN ASPHALT BATCHING PLANT. AND THE CITY'S ORDINANCE REQUIRES CONSIDERATION OF A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR A BATCHING PLANT IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT. AND THIS IS A REASON FOR THE REQUEST TODAY. REGARDING ADJACENT ZONING, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY IS THE RED RECTANGLE ON THE MAP.
IT IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ALL AROUND IT. AND ADJACENT LAND USES INCLUDE VACANT PROPERTY AND A TRUCKING COMPANY TO THE NORTH PROPERTY ASSOCIATED WITH ANOTHER ASPHALT BATCHING PLANT TO THE SOUTH, VACANT PROPERTY TO THE EAST AND A MANUFACTURED HOME TO THE WEST AND THE CITY.
PLANNED PLACE TYPE IDENTIFIED FOR THIS PROPERTY IS THE MANUFACTURING AND LOGISTICS CATEGORY.
BUT THEY SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS.
THE SITE PLAN WAS FOUND TO BE SATISFACTORY AND TYPICAL OF INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO, WITH THE ADDITION OF LANDSCAPING AND FENCING FOR PORTIONS OF THE SITE.
PRIOR TO A BUILDING PERMIT BEING ALLOWED TO BE ISSUED, THE APPLICANT WILL STILL NEED TO ADDRESS THE NEED FOR A DRAINAGE REPORT, AS NOTED WITHIN THE DOCUMENTS NOTES SECTION, THE DRAINAGE REPORT WILL HAVE TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY ENGINEER PRIOR TO A FULL BUILDING PERMIT BEING ISSUED FOR THE SITE.
GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF AN EXISTING ASPHALT PLANT JUST TO THE EAST OF THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY AND THE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL NATURE OF SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, IT IS STAFF'S OPINION THAT THE PROPOSED USE WOULD BE IN CHARACTER WITH THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT AND LAND USE PATTERNS FOUND WITHIN THIS AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY PLAN PLACE TYPE, AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, WOULD ALSO RECOMMEND INDUSTRIAL TYPE LAND USES AS A POTENTIAL LAND USE WITHIN THAT PLACE TYPE. STAFF ALSO NOTES THAT IN 2022, ANOTHER SPECIFIC USE PERMIT WAS GRANTED FOR A BATCHING PLANT ALONG TRIANGLE DRIVE, APPROXIMATELY 0.3 MILES TO THE WEST OF THE APPLICANT'S PROPERTY AND ON THE MAP ON YOUR SCREEN NOW.
SO JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT. REGARDING THE APPRAISAL REPORT PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, IT WAS THE CONCLUSION OF THE APPRAISER THAT, QUOTE, REZONING THE SITE TO ALLOW FOR A HOT MIX ASPHALT PLANT WILL NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUES OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTY OR OTHER PROPERTY IN THE AREA.
AND WE DID INCLUDE THAT REPORT IN YOUR PACKET THAT WAS SENT OUT REGARDING PUBLIC COMMENT AT THE LAST MEETING, WE DID HAVE ONE SPEAKER THAT WAS IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST THAT EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT HE LIVES IN THE HOME TO THE WEST AND EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT THE THIS REQUEST, IF APPROVED, WOULD HAVE NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO HIS HEALTH AND PROPERTY VALUES.
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WHILE PLANNING STAFF CANNOT INDEPENDENTLY VALIDATE EVERY SIGNATURE, IT APPEARS THE LIST APPEARS TO REPRESENT TWO INDIVIDUALS WHO OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTICE BUFFER. THE OTHER SIGNATURES ARE EITHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE BUFFER OR DO NOT REPRESENT PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.MOVING ON TO THE CONCLUSION STAFF NOTES THAT THE REQUEST WOULD BE IN CHARACTER WITH THE CITY PLAN PLACE TYPE MAP FOR THE AREA AND WOULD BE IN CHARACTER WITH EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING PATTERNS FOUND IN THIS AREA AS A WHOLE.
AND WITH THAT, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU BRADY. COMMISSIONERS DO YOU HAVE ANY ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF AT THIS TIME? ONE QUICK QUESTION I HAD IS SAYS, I GUESS THE ONE TO THE EAST IS AN ASPHALT BATCHING PLANT.
IS THAT TRUE? IS THE ONE TO THE WEST CONCRETE OR ASPHALT OR DO? THE ONE TO THE EAST IS AN ASPHALT PLANT, THE ONE TO THE WEST.
BUT THE ONE IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST IS A J MILLIGAN AND THAT ONE IS AN ASPHALT PLANT.
ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NO PROBLEM. OTHER QUESTIONS OF THE COMMISSIONERS AT THIS TIME? YES. YOU KNOW, MY EYES AREN'T AS GOOD AS DICK.
COULD YOU PULL THE MIC A LITTLE CLOSER? SORRY. MY EYES AREN'T AS GOOD AS EVERYBODY ELSE'S, I DON'T THINK, BUT LOOKING AT THIS SITE PLAN, IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE ASPHALT PORTION OF THE PLAN IS ABOUT 700FT SOUTH OF TRIANGLE DRIVE.
IS THAT CORRECT? WITH THE OFFICE PORTION BEING AT THE FRONT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY, SO WE'RE 700 800FT FROM TRIANGLE DRIVE WITH THE ASPHALT PLAN.
THANKS. BRADY. WHEN WE LAST DISCUSSED THAT, WE WE TALKED ABOUT EMISSIONS AND ALL OF THAT WILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH STATE RESOURCES TO BE APPROVED IF THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT IS GRANTED.
CORRECT? YES. THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO OBTAIN ESSENTIALLY AN OPERATIONAL PERMIT THROUGH TC, TCEQ AND MEET THEIR REGULATIONS BEFORE THEY WOULD BE BE ABLE TO OPERATE.
THANK YOU. OTHER QUESTIONS FOR STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISHES TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS REQUEST? JESSE, IF YOU'LL APPROACH THE MICROPHONE AND STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY.
JESSE ARREDONDO, JD, ENGINEERING. I LIVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
I'M HERE TO BRING YOU GUYS A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS LAND.
IF I CAN SHARE THIS WITH Y'ALL. I'M GONNA NEED MEAN, OKAY.
WE'LL JUST FOLD OVER THIS TOP PAGE LIKE THIS.
JESSE, IF YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND WE'LL CATCH UP SINCE YOU HAVE THREE.
OKAY. YES. ALL RIGHT. SO THE FIRST PAGE, IT IS WHEN THIS LAND AREA WAS REZONED FROM A TO I ONE.
AND YOU CAN TELL IT WAS BACK IN NOVEMBER 27TH, 1978.
SO IT WAS ZONED A WHILE AGO. THE NEXT PAGE IS WARRANTY DEED, WHERE ARTHUR PURCHASED OVER 20.17 ACRES TO WARRANTY. AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THE PLAT 66 VILLAGE UNIT NUMBER TWO, AND ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER IT WAS ARTHUR DICK WHO REPLATTED THIS TO LOT ONE AND LOT TWO, BLOCK ONE.
HE SOLD LOT TWO, BLOCK ONE. ON NEXT PAGE YOU'LL SEE THE PRICE.
APPRAISAL HAS ARTHUR DICK AS THE OWNER OF LOT ONE, BLOCK ONE, AND THEN THE NEXT PRIDE ID.
IT SHOWS WHERE HE CUT OUT A ONE ACRE FOR A HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
OR IF THE BOX IS SHADED, THE USE IS PERMITTED.
AND IF IT'S NOT SHADED, IT IS NOT PERMITTED. IF WE GO TO THE LAST PAGE AS FAR AS THE ZONING.
CHAPTER 14 UNDER LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING WITH A DETACHED OR ATTACHED
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OR TWO FAMILY HOUSING UNITS ARE NOT ALLOWED AND I ONE THEREFORE THE CURRENT LAND USE FOR LOT ONE BLOCK ONE IS NON CONFORMING, NON CONFORMING TO CITY ORDINANCE. ANY QUESTIONS? IS IT GRANDFATHERED IN NON-CONFORMING? WE WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT WHEN THAT STRUCTURE WAS CONSTRUCTED OR PLACED ON THE PROPERTY, BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S A MANUFACTURED HOME. SO WE WOULD HAVE TO DIG INTO WHETHER IT'S LEGAL NON-CONFORMING OR JUST NON-CONFORMING.SO WHERE THAT PROPERTY WASN'T THE SUBJECT OF THE SPECIFIC REQUEST, WE DIDN'T DO ALL THE RESEARCH ON THAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE COULD LOOK INTO REGARDING THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST.
THANK YOU BRADY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESSE.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS REQUEST? YES. MY NAME IS DAVID REEF AND I LIVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO.
DO I NEED DO YOU NEED MY ADDRESS? NO. THANK YOU.
GO AHEAD. DAVID. JUST ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE, SOMEONE ASKED ABOUT THE BATCH PLANT TO THE WEST.
AND THAT IS A CONCRETE PLANT. IT WAS ORIGINALLY EMERALD READYMIX.
AND NOW IT'S SRM. TO THE TO THE EAST, LESS THAN A HALF A MILE IS THE JOLLY MILLIGAN PLANT WHICH IS LESS THAN A HALF A MILE FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. AND IN THAT SAME AREA, THERE'S A PLANT THAT'S LESS THAN A MILE.
IT'S ACTUALLY 0.7 MILES TO THE SOUTH OPERATED BY ADVANTAGE ASPHALT PRODUCTS.
SO THIS AREA, IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THIS KIND OF USE.
THE OTHER THING I'D POINT OUT IS THAT TO TRY TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND APPEASE THE PROPERTY OWNERS WE HAVE AGREED TO PUT IN A SOLID METAL FENCE DOWN THE WEST SIDE TO SEPARATE THIS FACILITY FROM THE THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES TO THE WEST THAT ARE FURTHER WEST.
BUT AS YOU VERY CORRECTLY POINTED OUT THIS PLANT IS GOING TO BE ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY OR ON THE BOTTOM HALF OF THE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY AND CLOSER TO THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY BOUNDARY.
BUT ALSO I WILL ADDRESS THE FACT THAT TCEQ IS, IS VERY INTIMATELY INVOLVED IN THESE THINGS.
AND YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS. IF YOU ASSEMBLE A PLANT THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN MONITORED BY TCEQ, IT'S A LITTLE SIMPLER PROCESS, BUT BASICALLY FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS, THEY'RE CONSTANTLY CHECKING EMISSIONS, AND THEN IT'S AN ANNUAL EVENT THEREAFTER, AND THEY TEST FOR ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT EMISSIONS YOU CAN'T HAVE.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BAG PLANT OR A MATERIAL COLLECTION PLANT.
YOUR EMISSIONS HAVE TO STAY BELOW A CERTAIN LEVEL.
IT'S IT'S IT'S VERY REGULATED, AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.
THANK YOU, MR. REIF. ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THIS REQUEST? AT THIS TIME, THE COMMISSION WILL ENTERTAIN ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS REQUEST.
YES. PLEASE APPROACH THE MICROPHONE, STATE YOUR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY.
MY NAME IS ARTHUR DICK. I LIVE AT 8616 TRIANGLE DRIVE.
AND AS FAR AS THIS CONCERNED, I GOT EVERY PERMIT I NEEDED TO MOVE MY MOBILE HOME ONTO THAT PROPERTY, SO THERE'S NO STIPULATION ON THAT. I WENT AND GOT A BUNCH OF SIGNATURES AND I WAS TOLD THAT NONE OF THESE LIVE IN THE AREA OR WHATEVER.
WE HAVE A MAXIMUM TANK SIGNED A PAPER. WE HAVE MUELLER STEEL SIGNED A PAPER.
MY SON AND THEM, THEY WILL BE COMING OUT THERE AND IF THEY, WE WENT TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY OR SOMETHING, AND THAT BATCH PLANT IS RUNNING, THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD HAVE IT.
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SPOT. I DON'T REALLY THINK THAT THERE'S MY NEIGHBOR, HE SIGNED IT.SO I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S IN THE BEST BEHALF.
ALL THE OTHER BATCH PLANTS ARE HAVE BEEN THERE SINCE BEFORE I MOVED IN THERE.
AND IF I COULD PROBABLY STOP IT FROM GETTING IN THERE AND RUINING MY PROPERTY THEN BECAUSE THAT RIGHT UP THERE IS PROBABLY A HUNDRED, MAYBE 200FT FROM MY BACK DOOR. AND IF THEY START UP THAT ASPHALT PLANT, THAT BATCHING PLANT, IT'S GOING TO BE RIGHT IN MY HOUSE. AND IF THEY START UP RUNNING 12 HOURS A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK, I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO LIVE THERE AND MY PROPERTY VALUE IS GOING TO GO DOWN.
SO I'M JUST SAYING, AND IT'S, IT'S NOT A GOOD THING TO IT CAUSES CANCER.
DID YOU READ THE PAPERWORK THAT I SENT RIGHT HERE FROM OSHA? HEADACHES. IRRITATION IN THE EYES. SKIN REACTIONS.
NAUSEA. DIZZINESS. CHRONIC RESPIRATORY, RESPIRATORY CANCER RISK.
SKIN DAMAGE. SO A PROLONGED SMELLING. AND ON THAT, IT WOULD PROBABLY CAUSE CANCER.
THANK YOU. SIR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU. IS IT YOUR CONTENTION THAT SOME OR ALL OF THE NAMES ON THAT LIST ARE WITHIN 200FT, OR REPRESENT COMPANIES THAT ARE WITHIN 200FT? OR ARE THESE JUST NEIGHBORS? THEY'RE MY NEIGHBOR.
I'D SAY WITHIN 200FT. PRETTY MUCH THE BUSINESS ACROSS THE ROAD IS PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO THAT.
WHERE DID WE COME UP WITH 200FT AS A BARRIER FOR THE SMELL AND THE TOXICNESS? AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR YOUR QUESTION. THE 200FT IS A MATTER OF ORDINANCE, BUT WHAT WE'VE, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ASSESS RIGHT NOW IS NOT THAT THAT WILL BE COVERED BY THE ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCIES THAT WILL APPROVE OR NOT APPROVE THE PLANT IF IT GETS PAST OUR ZONING TODAY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK YOU.
BRADY, DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANTED TO FOLLOW UP? NO, JUST THE THE 200 FOOT REQUIREMENT.
SO THAT THAT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER. IF YOU ALL WERE TO RECOMMEND THIS TO GO ON THE CITY COUNCIL, COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO APPROVE IT WITH A THREE FOURTHS MAJORITY BECAUSE OF THAT, BECAUSE MR. DIKES PROPERTY BY ITSELF REPRESENTS MORE THAN 20% OF THE BUFFER AREA.
SO IF THIS WERE TO BE RECOMMENDED TO THE COUNCIL, THEY WOULD HAVE IF THEY WANTED TO APPROVE IT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE WITH A THREE FOURTHS MAJORITY INSTEAD OF A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MENTION THAT FOR REFERENCE TODAY.
THANK YOU BRADY. THAT'S VERY HELPFUL. AND THANKS FOR CORRECTING THE RECORD ON THE 200FT.
ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK AGAINST THIS REQUEST? YES. MY NAME. MY NAME IS JOSH NELSON. I'M. I WORK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, THERE'S ALREADY A COUPLE BATCH PLANTS IN THE AREA.
I THINK WE DEFINITELY DON'T NEED ANY MORE FOR SURE.
I'VE ALREADY HAD TO MOVE ONE TIME WHEN I HAD A HOUSE IN A KIND OF A SIMILAR SITUATION, AND THE BUSINESS CAME IN, I WAS FORCED TO SELL MY PROPERTY OR HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.
HE ONLY, HE NOT ONLY HAS ONE HOUSE THERE, HE OWNS, WHAT, FIVE, SIX HOUSES DOWN THERE? YEAH. HE, I MEAN, HE HAS A BUNCH OF RENTALS. AND I MEAN, THIS IS GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT HIM.
THE CONCRETE ONE IS ACROSS THE STREET. THAT ONE DOESN'T HAVE ANY SMELL OR ANYTHING TO IT.
THAT, THE ONE THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING, I MEAN, THE WIND, IT'LL BLOW STRAIGHT ACROSS TO OUR PROPERTY.
WE WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR DOORS OPEN.
WE WORK OUTSIDE A LOT OVER THERE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE GOOD FOR THE AREA.
AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST I HATE TO SEE HIM HAVE TO, TO GO THROUGH THAT.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO DEFINITELY AFFECT HIS PROPERTY VALUE.
NO ONE'S GOING TO WANT TO RENT FROM HIM. I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S DEFINITELY NOT GOOD FOR THE AREA.
THANK YOU, MR. NELSON. THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE IN THE AUDIENCE WISHING TO SPEAK ON,
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EITHER FOR OR AGAINST THIS REQUEST BEFORE WE PUSH IT BACK TO THE COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I HAVE A QUICK TWO QUESTIONS FOR DAVID REESE.YES, SIR. YES, DAVID, I'M FRED GRIFFIN, AND I'VE MET YOU BEFORE.
YES, SIR. YOU SAID THERE WERE THERE'S AN AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE A STEEL FENCE.
WOULD THAT BE AROUND THE WHOLE PROPERTY OR JUST WHERE THE ACTUAL WE ARE HOT HOT MIX PLANT WOULD BE.
WE ARE COMMITTING TO DO A SOLID METAL FENCE DOWN THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE WEST PROPERTY LINE.
WE WILL PROBABLY EVENTUALLY ENCLOSE THE WHOLE PROPERTY.
HOW HIGH WOULD THE FENCE BE? DAVID. USUALLY WE DO ABOUT EIGHT FEET.
OKAY. AND THEN, DO THESE PLANTS OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OR JUST? DEPENDS, FROM TCEQ ALLOW THEM TO OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
WE WOULD NOT BE OPERATING SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, BUT THEY BASICALLY ARE.
THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO. THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO, THEY HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THE TYPE OF PERMIT THAT WE WOULD BE APPLYING FOR WOULD ONLY BE DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. DO THESE PLANTS PRODUCE A LOT OF NOISE OR SUBSTANTIAL NOISE? I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE.
THE SMELL IS JUST, YOU KNOW, THE SMELL FROM THE.
THAT SEEMS TO BE THE BIG CONCERN FOR THERE. I'VE BEEN AROUND PLANTS BEFORE AND DON'T SENSE THAT AS MUCH AS AS OUR NEIGHBOR DOES. OKAY. BUT IS IF IT'S NOT THE NOISE, IS IT THE SMELL OR IS IT BOTH? IT COULD BE BOTH. I THINK HE WOULD PROBABLY BE BETTER TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM HIM, IT'S MAINLY THE SMELL. OKAY. THANKS, DAVID. SO TO SUM UP THE REQUEST TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNOW WHAT WE'RE BEING ASKED TO DO, WE'RE BEING ASKED TO CONSIDER REZONING THE SPECIFIED LAND TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE PERMIT FOR AN ASPHALT OR CONCRETE BATCHING PLANT.
THAT IS CORRECT. AND JUST REAL QUICK, I WANT TO BACK UP TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT DEAL.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CLEAR THAT UP REAL QUICK.
JUST FOR THE COMMISSION AND EVERYBODY HERE PRESENT.
SO THANK YOU, BRADY. AND I THINK I UNDERSTOOD YOU TO SAY THAT THE, THE ONE PROPERTY OWNER WHO SPOKE TODAY WILL REPRESENT THAT 20% SO THAT HE HAS MET THAT THRESHOLD. AND, AND THAT REQUIREMENT WILL TRIGGER A THREE FOURTHS VOTE TO APPROVE IT WHEN IT GOES TO THE COUNCIL.
IF IT DOES, YES. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU.
EVERYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? MY NAME IS MAX MORA OWNED MAXIMUM TANK TRANSPORT, AND I GOT ABOUT 25 EMPLOYEES.
THEY'RE WORKING AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE BREATHING THIS STUFF.
I KNOW THEY'RE BREATHING IT, SMELLING IT. WE ALREADY GOT FOUR AROUND US ALREADY WITHIN A MILE.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF COA WOULD LIKE THAT ALSO.
COA IS A BIG RV PLACE, BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK IT'S FAIR FOR US TO HAVE ANOTHER ONE RIGHT THERE.
AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I CAN SAY. I MEAN, I CAN'T SAY VERY MUCH MORE.
THANK YOU SIR. FOR THE RECORD, WOULD YOU PLEASE STATE WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO? PARDON? FOR THE RECORD, WILL YOU PLEASE STATE WHETHER OR NOT YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OF AMARILLO OR NOT? YES, I DO LIVE IN AMARILLO. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, AT THIS TIME WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UNLESS YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE MOTION FOR THE STAFF.
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YES, SIR. I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTED. CAN YOU TURN YOUR MIC ON? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE SUBMITTED BY STAFF. ALL RIGHT.I HAVE A MOTION FROM DICK. DO I HEAR A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. OKAY. NOAH SECOND. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE AND RAISING YOUR RIGHT HAND.
AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
ALL RIGHT. IT LOOKS LIKE THAT CONCLUDES OUR BUSINESS OF THE DAY.
AND AT THIS TIME IT IS 3:46 P.M. AND WE WILL ADJOURN THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND
ZONING COMMISSION.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.