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ALL RIGHT, IT'S, UH,[1. Call to order and roll call of members]
SIX O'CLOCK.WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START WITH A ROLL CALL.
I THINK WE'VE GOT ONE OTHER PERSON THAT'S SUPPOSED TO SHOW UP, BUT WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND GET MOVING WITHOUT THEM.
I DON'T THINK WE NEED 'EM FOR A QUORUM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
UH, FRANK DOMINGUEZ HERE, UH, AND AN ANGE MERTENS IS OUT, AND JOEL DICKERSON IS OUT.
ANGE MAY SHOW UP, SO WE HAVE ENOUGH FOR A QUORUM.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
[2. Approval of February 12, 2026 minutes]
FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS APPROVAL OF THE FEBRUARY 12TH, 20, 26 MINUTES.EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO REVIEW THOSE.
IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS OR CHANGES, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ACCEPT THOSE AS SUBMITTED.
NEXT ITEM IS, UH, NUMBER THREE, CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ARE INVITED TO GIVE COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, NOT LASTING LONGER THAN THREE MINUTES ON ANY TOPIC.
THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE COVERED.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS? THE COMMISSION DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT.
[4. Public Hearing and Action Items]
NUMBER FOUR IS HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AND MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL ON A ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION MAP.26 0 0 0 1 1900 BLOCK OF WYOMING AVENUE TO REZONE APPROXIMATELY 1.79 ACRES FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY, FIVE TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL GENERALLY ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF WYOMING AVENUE, AND FOUR BLOCKS SOUTH OF FARM TO MARKET ROAD 6 46.
AND WE HAVE THE CITY READY TO PRESENT.
I'M VINCE HUSTED WITH, UH, CITY STAFF.
UM, THIS CASE, UH, IS A ZONE CHANGE FROM RSF FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO, UH, CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL.
IT'S ON A PROPERTY THAT'S LOCATED ON THE CITY LIMIT LINE ON, UH, WYOMING AVENUE.
UH, THE INTENT OF THE PROPERTY OR OF THE REZONING IS TO, UM, UH, MAKE IT, UH, UH, LEGAL FOR THIS, UH, CURRENT USE TO, UH, BE AT THIS SITE.
UM, CURRENTLY, UM, PARDON ME, UH, CURRENTLY A YS SOUTH, UH, OWNS THE PROPERTY.
UH, A A YS SOUTH ALSO OWNS THE, UH, PROPERTY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, UH, THAT'S ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, UH, THAT HAS A BOAT STORAGE AREA, AND IT ALSO HAS AN EQUIPMENT STORAGE AREA.
UH, KEEN TRANSPORT, UH, TRANSPORT COMPANY, UH, LOCATED ON, UH, FM 6 46 HAS, UH, LEASED PROPERTY TO EXPAND, UH, THEIR STORAGE AREA, UH, FOR THE STORAGE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT.
UM, THEY HAVE THEIR MAIN PROPERTY ON, UH, 6 46.
UH, PART OF THEIR PROPERTY IS BEING, UH, USED FOR THE EXPANSION OF THE 6 46 RIGHT OF WAY.
SO THEY'RE LOSING SOME, UH, PROPERTY UP THERE, AND THEY WISH TO LEASE THIS, UH, PROPERTY HERE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO, UH, MAKE UP FOR THE PROPERTY THAT'S, UH, UH, BEING LOST TO THE, UH, RIGHT OF WAY, UH, EXPANSION.
UH, THE, UH, PROPERTY ITSELF IS LOCATED IN AN AREA WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, UH, OR ALREADY SOME, UH, UH, SIMILAR STORAGE FACILITIES.
UH, THERE'S BOAT STORAGE TO THE NORTH.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO THE, UH, UH, PROPERTY OWNED BY A YS, UH, UM, SOUTH, AND IT WILL BE COMPATIBLE IN USAGE, UH, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES.
UH, SO EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ON THE CITY LIMIT, THEY'LL SORT OF ACT AS ONE PROPERTY.
UM, BASED ON, UH, UH, THIS REQUEST, UH, APPROVAL OF THIS PROPOSED, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, WOULD NOT CREATE ANY, UH, NONCONFORMANCES WITH, UH, RESPECT TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, AS STATED EARLIER, WYOMING HAS A, UH, MIX OF COMMERCIAL, INDUSTRIAL, AND AGRICULTURAL USES.
UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, REZONING WOULD, UH, BRING THIS, UH, UH, EXISTING USE OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IN
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CON INTO CONFORMANCE WITH THE UDC.UH, HERE'S ANOTHER, UH, UH, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF THE PROPERTY, UH, SHOWING, UH, THE CONFIGURATION OF THE PROPERTY AS IT IS NOW.
UH, THE CG ZONING DOES HAVE A LARGE VARIETY OF, UH, COMMERCIAL USES THAT WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE PLACE ON A PROPERTY.
UH, STAFF FINDS THAT THIS, UH, PROPERTY IS CONSISTENT WITH A COMPREHENSIVE PLANS, A FUTURE LAND USE PLAN.
UH, IT'S, UH, CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING ADJACENT LAND USES ALONG WYOMING AVENUE, AND IT DOES NOT CREATE ANY NON-CONFORMANCES AND STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THIS, UH, REZONING QUEST AND STAFF HAS NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, PHONE CALLS OR CORRESPONDENCES, UH, REGARDING THIS CHANGE.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VINCE.
UM, WITH THAT AT, UH, 6 0 6, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, IS THERE ANYBODY HERE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
UH, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I THINK THERE'S A SIGN IN SHEET UP THERE AS WELL.
MY NAME IS BOB PARKS AND TOGETHER WITH MY WIFE CASSIE DYSON.
WE OWN THE PROPERTY OUT THERE.
WE OWN AMERICAN YACHT SALES AND, UH, WE OWN, UH, UH, SOUTH A-Y-S-L-L-C, SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT ARE ALL KIND OF WRAPPED INTO ONE UMBRELLA THAT, UH, MY WIFE AND I OWN.
UH, WE, UH, ACQUIRED THAT PROPERTY AND ALL THE ADJACENT PROPERTY THERE, UH, BACK IN, UH, ABOUT 19 95, 19 96.
AT THAT TIME, THERE WAS NOTHING OUT THERE OTHER THAN THE LANDFILL WITH A TWO LANE RUT ROAD.
UH, AT, AT THAT TIME WE HAD COMPLETED 18 YEARS, UH, OF BROKERAGE BUSINESS AT SOUTH SHORE HARBOR MARINA.
UH, WHEN I FIRST MOVED INTO SOUTH SHORE IN 1985, THERE WERE NO PIERS, NO BUILDINGS, NO NOTHING.
AND, UH, WE STARTED THERE AND WE WERE THERE FOR 18 YEARS.
UH, WE JUST GOT TOO BIG FOR SOUTH SHORE.
WE, WE, UH, AS A BOAT BUSINESS, WE WERE THE LARGEST BOAT BUSINESS IN TEXAS FOR 14 STRAIGHT YEARS IN A ROW, OPERATING OUTTA THAT COW PASTURE OUT THERE ON THE END OF THE ROAD TO THE DUMP.
UH, WHEN, UH, THE DODD-FRANK BILL WAS PASSED, UH, IT WAS SO DEVASTATING THAT IT PUT US OUTTA BUSINESS ALONG WITH A WHOLE LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE IN AMERICA, AND WE HAD TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND AT THAT TIME, UH, KEEN TRANSPORTATION HAD JUST OPENED THEIR LOT.
UH, I CALLED 'EM UP AND ASKED 'EM IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN HAVING ADDITIONAL LAY DOWN YARD.
WE CUT A DEAL TOGETHER AND, UH, UH, WE IMPROVED THE BACK LOT OUT OF, OUTSIDE OF THE, UH, CITY LIMITS IN THE GALVESTON COUNTY SIDE.
AND, UH, HAVE HAD A NICE, UH, RELATIONSHIP WITH KEEN INDUSTRIES FOR A LOT OF YEARS.
AS THEY WERE LOSING THEIR PROPERTY ON 6 46, THEY REALIZED THAT THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUSINESS BASE HERE IN LAKE CITY.
UM, THEY CAME TO ME AND ASKED ME IF I WOULD IMPROVE THAT LOT.
AND I, AND I SAID, YES, I WOULD, AND I DID NOT KNOWING AT THAT TIME THAT I WAS CREATING A ZONING PROBLEM.
UH, I REALLY DIDN'T KNOW THAT.
UH, I'VE BEEN OUT THERE A LONG, LONG TIME AND JUST REALLY WAS NOT KEENLY AWARE OF IT MENTALLY.
SO I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE HERE TONIGHT.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT WE'RE, UH, GETTING THIS LINED UP THE WAY IT SHOULD BE LINED UP.
UH, I APPRECIATE EACH OF YOU BEING HERE.
UH, I'M A TWO TERM ELECTED OFFICIAL OUTTA HAYES COUNTY, AND I HAVE SAT IN NUMEROUS MEETINGS OF THIS SORT FROM THE CAPITAL TO, UH, LOTS OF OTHER COUNTIES IN, IN, IN TEXAS.
AND, AND OF COURSE, LAKE CITY IS ALWAYS A SOFT SPOT FOR ME.
WE LIVED IN SOUTH SHORE HARBOR FOR A LOT OF YEARS AND, AND, UH, I LOVE THIS CITY.
IT'S A GREAT PLACE AND ALWAYS HAD GOOD ADMINISTRATION.
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SO WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND, AND, UH, HOPE WE CAN PASS THIS TONIGHT.AND I WILL SAY YOU HAVE GREAT DOCUMENTATION ON YOUR APPLICATION.
EVERYTHING IS DOCUMENTED TO IT, TO A T IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? OKAY.
IF YOU WOULD, UH, FILL IN THE SIGN IN SHEET AND THEN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I'M IN THE FACILITY MANAGER THERE AT THAT FACILITY, SO I WANTED TO COME AND BE SUPPORTIVE MR. TO MR. PARKS AS WELL.
JUST SAYING THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO US AND BEING ABLE TO EXTEND THAT PROPERTY TO US AND SORRY, THAT'S PUT US IN THIS SITUATION.
UH, BUT YES, WITH THE 6 46 EXPANSION AND IT HAS CAUSED US TO LOSE SOME SPACE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR MR. PARKS TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SPACE TO US AND CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY FOR THEIR TIME THIS EVENING AND PRE, UH, GIVEN US THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH MR. PARKS IN THAT AREA.
UH, BUT I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK, IS THERE ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COMMISSION? WILL THAT BE IN THE CASE? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AT SIX 11.
UM, AND WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, POLL THE COMMISSIONERS.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY, UH, YES, JAMES, I GOT A QUICK QUESTION.
JUST FROM A CITY STANDPOINT, JUST A FRAME OF REFERENCE.
SO THIS THING WAS ZONED RESIDENTIAL FOR MANY YEARS.
THEY PUT THEIR A LAY DOWN YACHT LOT, UH, OVER THERE, WHICH IS FINE.
UH, AS THEY'RE TRANSITIONING IT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL NOW, OR PROPOSING TO MOVE IT TO GENERAL COMMERCIAL, IS THAT WHEN IT CAME TO THE CITY AND SAID, OH YEAH, BY THE WAY, WE NEED TO CHANGE IT TO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE ONE, THE ROAD IS COMING IN TWO, IT'S NOT REALLY EVEN RESIDENTIAL.
I'M JUST ASKING LIKE FOR THE TIMELINE.
'CAUSE THAT'S BEEN A LAY DOWN YARD FOR, BUT IT'S IN THE COUNTY.
IS THAT THE, IS THAT WHY? CAN YOU PROVIDE A LITTLE COLOR ON THAT? YEAH.
MY UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT, UH, THIS, UH, STARTED WHEN THE, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S, UH, WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS MM-HMM
WAS, UH, CHANGED TO WHAT IT IS NOW, UH, WITH, UH, LAY DOWN YARD.
UH, BECAUSE IN OLD AERIAL PHOTOS, IT'S SHOWING, UH, A LOT OF FORESTED LAND OUT THERE.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO EITHER THE, TO EVENTS WITH THE CITY OR THE APPLICANT? WELL, WITH THAT, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK, DO WE HAVE A MOTION? I MOVE THAT WE, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION MAP 26 0 0 0 1.
UM, THE APPROXIMATE 1.79 ACRES FROM RSF FIVE TO CG GENERAL COMMERCIAL AS RECOMMENDED BY THE CITY.
SO MS. MORRISON HAS MADE A MOTION.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? AND MR. WAPAC HAS MADE THE MOTION FOR THE SECOND.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL FOR A VOTE.
THOSE OPPOSED? NONE IN OPPOSITION.
SO THE MOTION PASSES, THERE ARE NO OTHER AGENDA ITEMS FOR PUBLIC HEARING, SO WE'LL GO TO NUMBER FIVE.
STAFF COMMENTS? ANY STAFF COMMENTS? NO, SIR.
WELL, WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN.