* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] WE CALL MEETING TO ORDER [1. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL] AND ASK NATE TO CALL THE ROLL. BECKY. HERE. MIKE HERE. R HERE? YEP. HERE. AND FOCUSING. UH, JEFF. IT'S, UM, OKAY. IT WAS IN JANUARY. NOT BAD. READY? SINCE WE HAVE A QUORUM, IT'S, UH, AGAIN CALLED THE MEETING ORDER. AND ITEM TWO ON THE AGENDA IS THE CITIZENS COMMENT SECTION AND SAYS, I'M NOT GONNA GET FIRED FOR NOT READING ALL THAT. WE HAVE NO CITIZENS TO COMMENT. THAT'S ON THAT SCRIPT. THAT'S MY VOICE. AND WE'RE GONNA GO TO [3. MINUTES] ITEM THREE A. CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR JANUARY NINE MEETING. AS FOR A MOTION, I MOVE TO APPROVE. SECOND. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? HEARING NONE FAVOR SAY AYE. A OPPOSED, AND THEREFORE, THE MINUTES ARE APPROVED. ALRIGHTY. [a. Conduct a public hearing and consider a request for a special exception from the Unified Land Development Code (ULDC) to encroach four feet into the required ten-foot transition buffer at 1710 North Main Street.] UM, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND CONSIDER A REQUEST FOR A SPECIAL EXCEPTION FROM THE ULDC TO ENCROACH POOR FEED TWO. THEY REQUIRED 10 FOOT TRANSITION BUFFER AT 1710 NORTH NINTH STREET. AND IF I COULD ASK STAFF TO SUMMARIZE THE EXCEPTION FOR US, I'M GONNA STEP UP. YES, MA'AM. I'M GLAD YOU AND, UH, MY NAME IS NUN, THIS CASE FOR ME TODAY. THERE YOU GO. UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY LOCATED WITH 1710 NORTH MAIN AND SOUTH OF, UH, UM, STATE HIGHWAY 1 46 AND NORTH . IT'S ABOUT, UH, 0.23 ACRES. IT HAS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, UH, IT'S ZONE NEXT TO USE, AND IT'S, UH, ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ON EAST SIDE. THIS IS THE, UH, SUBJECT PROPERTY AS YOU, IT HAS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, HAS SOME PARKING LOT IN THE FRONTING OF ME AND A SHED, UH, CONCRETE, UH, PAD THAT WAS USED. THE OTHER IN ALSO, UH, AN OPEN SHED ATTACHED TO THE EXISTING TRUCTURE. THIS IS THE, UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FROM THE CORNER OF NORTH MAIN AND ALBA. THAT'S THE EXISTING, UH, PARKING SPACES IN HERE. AND THIS IS FROM ALVA STREET. I, THIS IS A SURVEY OF THE PROPERTY. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY, THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS A STEP BACK, UH, ABOUT SIX FEET FROM THE, UH, THE PROPERTY TO THE EAST. UH, THIS SHED WAS ENCROACHING ON THE PROPERTY LINES AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE BUILDING LINES. UH, THEY HAVE, UM, A HISTORICAL ENCROACHMENT ON THE, UH, THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. UH, THIS FENCE, THE PROPOSAL IS TO HAVE, UM, THE, UH, TO FIX, UH, SOME SITE, UH, DO SOME SITE IMPROVEMENT, AS WELL AS INTERIOR, UH, REMODELING OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE. SO THE APPLICANT HAS MOVED THE SHED FIVE FEET FROM THE ACTUAL PROPERTY LINE. THEY HAVE, UM, MADE, MADE SOME IMPROVEMENT TO THE CORNER OF ALBERT AND NORTH MAIN. NOW THEY, UH, CLOSED OFF THE ACCESS BEFORE ACCESS FROM ALVA STREET. THEY ARE PROPOSING TO ADD A 10 FOOT WIDE, UH, TRANSITION BUFFER [00:05:01] EXCEPT FOR THIS YELLOW ION OF THE BUILDING, WHICH IS AN EXISTING, UH, STRUCTURE THAT IT'S, IT WAS EXISTED SINCE, UH, 1988 AND IT WAS IN BUSINESS AT THIS TIME. UM, THERE ARE PROPOSALS TO HAVE 13, UH, NEW TREES ON THIS SIDE, AND, UM, ALSO ADDING, UH, WOODEN FENCE ON THE EAST SIDE AND FIX THE, UH, THE ENCROACHMENT THAT EXISTED ON THE SOUTH SIDE AND BRING THE FENCE BACK ON THE PARKING LOT. ALSO, THE FISHING ON THE ASPHALT ON MAIN STREET. AND, UH, STAFF, UH, AGREE WITH THE PROPOSED SPECIAL EXCEPTION THAT IT NEEDS THE INTENT OF THE AND STAFF . AND I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT WHERE EXACTLY IS THE FOUR FEET? SO THE FOUR FEET IS HERE ONLY. IT'S ON THE, UH, NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE BUILDING. IT'S THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHT IN HERE. BECAUSE THIS IS AN EXISTING CONDITION, THE APPLICANT HAS NO, UM, THEY, WE CANNOT REALLY RECONCILE OR REMOVE THE, THE NEW BUILDING. SO THE, THE EXCEPTION IS ONLY FOR THIS PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE THAT OVERLAP WITH THE TRANSITION BUFFER REQUIRED FOR THIS TYPE OF USE. BUT ON THE EAST SIDE AS WELL AS THE SOUTH SIDE, UM, IT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN PAINFUL, QUITE TRANSITION BUFFER REQUIRED. YES. THE QUESTION IS YET FOR STAFF. THANKS VERY MUCH. AND WE'LL OPEN OUR PUBLIC HEARING. UM, AND I'LL READ THE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING, UH, WORDS, PUBLIC HEARINGS, UH, ARE HELD TO GIVE ALL THE INTERESTED PERSONS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK AND BE HEARD. EVERYONE DESIRING TO SPEAK AT TODAY'S HEARING SHOULD HAVE ALREADY SIGNED UP ON THE APPROPRIATE LIST, WHICH I HAVE HERE. UH, THE RULES ALLOW EACH SPEAKER THREE MINUTES TO BEGIN INFORMATION, UM, AND HAVE TWO. UM, WE WOULD ASK THAT Y'ALL COORDINATE AND HAVE ONE SPEAKER FOR THE ENTIRE GROUP. SO IF I MAY CALL ON, UH, JOSE AND TALK AS YOU AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO FOR THREE MINUTES. OKAY. SO WE'RE A COMPANY, HPAC COMPANY. UH, WE ARE, UH, ESTABLISHED ON 2006. UH, WE ARE RIGHT NOW IN TEXAS. SO, UH, THE PLAN, IT'S, UH, BRING MY BUSINESS TO THE . AND, UH, I GOT, UH, I GOT, WE HAVE CUSTOMERS HERE, UH, AND, UH, WE BUY THIS PROPERTY TO, UH, TO, UH, HAVE THE OFFICE AND, UH, THE COMPANY YOU BE. AND, UH, THAT WHAT WE TRY TO, UH, IMPROVE THE, UH, BASICALLY, UH, EXISTING, UH, BUILDING. AND, UH, UH, HOPEFULLY WE CAN, UH, WE WALK OVER WITH THE PROJECT. AND TO THANK YOU MR. HERRA. HI. OKAY. UM, LUIS . I'M THE ARCHITECT ON RECORD FOR THE PROJECT. UH, I'M JUST GONNA MENTION A COUPLE THINGS REAL QUICK. MR. BARRON BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. HE'S A, THE REASON, UH, OWNER HASN'T BEEN THE OWNER FOR, FOR LONG, UH, THE CONDITIONS OF THE BUILDING, PRETTY MUCH WORKING WITH WHAT THE EXISTING CONDITIONS WERE AND, UH, WITH MR. MARONE PROTECTED ME. HIS INTENT WAS VERY CLEAR. WE WANT TO IMPROVE THE CONDITION OF THE BUILDING, WE WANNA IMPROVE THE IMAGE OF THE BUILDING, WE IMPROVE THE IMAGE, UH, TOWARDS THE COMMUNITY, RIGHT? UH, WE ARE DOING OUR BEST TO WORK WITH, UH, THE CITY TO COMPLY WITH THE REGULATIONS AND THE ORDINANCES THAT ARE IN PLACE. UH, MOST OF, UH, THE COMMENTS THAT WE GOT BACK WHEN WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED FOR PERMITS HAVE BEEN, UH, CLARIFIED OR, UH, HAVE BEEN ALREADY ADDRESSED. UH, WE HAD A, A MEETING ERNIE IN THE YEAR WITH MR. RIO AND A COLLEAGUES. [00:10:01] AND, UM, WE HAVE GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE THE, UH, SINGLE ENCROACHMENT ON THAT NORTH EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY OF THE EXISTING BUILDING, WHICH WE CANNOT DO, UH, IS, IS MADE NOT HAVE TO TALK TO YOU AND, AND REQUEST FOR, FOR THIS, UH, CONSIDERATION OF, OF A, OF A SPECIAL EXCEPTION, UH, EXCEPTION, UH, THE METAL SHED THAT WAS ON THE, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. UH, IF THE ONLY REASON WHY IT WAS ENCROACHING INTO THE OTHER PROPERTY WAS BECAUSE THE, THE FENCE LINE WAS MISPLACED, THEN IT WAS FIVE FOOT FROM THE, THAT FENCE LINE. BUT THAT IS, UH, BEING FIXED IF IT HASN'T ALREADY. UM, THE, THE BED FOR THE, FOR THE YARD, IT'S NOT FOR STORAGE. THERE WON'T BE ANY LAY DOWN, UH, LAYING DOWN OF ANY EQUIPMENT BESIDES THE, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE, THE PURPOSE OF MR THE ROAD BEING ABLE TO PUT HIS, UH, VAN O OFF, UH, BUSINESS HOURS AFTER BUSINESS HOURS BEHIND THE FENCE. AND, UM, WHAT WE WERE HOPING THAT THIS IS GONNA, UH, UH, BE IN, IN, IN COMPLIANCE WITH, UH, WITH, UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE AS FAR AS, UH, REGULATIONS AND EXPECTATIONS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU KNOW SPEAKERS, I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, COULD ASK STAFF FOUR CRITERIA TO MEET, BRIEFLY GO OVER THE FOUR CRITERIA AND, AND TELL US WHY YOU ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. DON'T NEED TO GO INTO A LOT OF DETAIL, BUT YEAH. OH, YOU HIT IT. OKAY. I THINK YOU HAVE THE, FOR Y'ALL'S INFORMATION, THERE'S FOUR CRITERIA THAT YOU HAD TO MEET. UM, STAFF HAS ALREADY SAID THEY WANT TO RECOMMEND THE APPROVAL. I JUST LIKE FOR THE RECORD, UH, WHY THEY THINK YOU MET THOSE FOUR CRITERIA. THE FIRST CRITERIA IS TO ENSURE THE SAME GENERAL LANGUAGE CAPABILITY IS THE OTHERWISE APPLICABLE STANDARD. UM, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED IN 1966, AND IT WAS USED FOR AN AUTO SERVICE GARAGE SINCE 1988. AND THAT, UM, SO THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES, UH, ACTUALLY, UH, HAVE BEEN SEEING THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT SINCE C 88 AND THE PROPOSAL OF HAVING A, UH, CONTRACTOR, UH, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR, UH, BUSINESS WITH OUTDOOR STORAGE IS, UM, WITH THE CONDITIONS THAT WAS PUT, UM, FORWARD ON THIS CASE, IT'S GOING TO BE, UH, COMPATIBLE WITH THE, UH, THE PREVIOUS USE AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES, UH, ON THE SIDE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. THE SECOND CRITERIA DOES NOT MATERIALLY ADVERSELY AFFECT ADJACENT USES AND FACTOR OF USES IN THE IMMEDIATE FACILITY DEVELOPMENT. UH, SO THE CONDITION ON HAVING, UH, THIS USE, UH, THE GENERAL CONTRACTOR USE IS OUTDOOR STORAGE, HAVE THIS CONDITION IN UBC, WHICH REQUIRES THE BUFFER OF A MINIMUM OF EIGHT FOOT, UH, WHITE WITH SOME TREE, UH, AND SHR LANDSCAPING. SO ALL OF WHICH THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED EXCEPT, UH, EXCEPT FOR THIS CORNER, UH, AT THE, THE NORTH EAST CORNER OF THE, UH, WHICH AN EXISTING CONDITION THE APPLICANT IS ALSO PROVIDING FOR, UH, A WOODEN FENCE ON THE EAST SIDE AND UTILIZING THE EXISTING WOODEN FENCE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. UH, THEY'RE FIXING, UH, AN EXISTING, UH, ENC ENFORCEMENT FOR YEARS TO, UH, TO DO COMPLIANCE ALSO MOVING THE SHED THAT WAS ON THE SOUTH SIDE AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY LINE. UH, FIVE FEET, THREE COMPONENTS SURGERY. UH, THE THIRD CRITERIA DOES NOT ADVERSELY AFFECT PROPERTY VALUE [00:15:01] IN ANY MATERIAL WAY. UH, FOR THIS, THE APPLICANT IS, UH, IS ACTUALLY, UH, PROPOSING TO, UH, TO SPEND MORE MONEY TO IMPROVE THE EXISTING STRUCTURE INTERNALLY, AS WELL AS THE SITE IMPROVEMENT THAT YOU HAVE SEEN ON THE SITE PLAN WITH RESPECT TO, UH, TRANSITION BUFFER AND, UH, LANDSCAPING AND CLEANING OPTIONS, SOME OF THE, UH, THE HISTORICAL ENFORCEMENT ON THIS PROPERTY. SO IT'S ACTUALLY GOING TO ADD MORE VALUE TO THE EXISTING, UH, UH, CRITERIA. NUMBER FOUR, GENERALLY CONSISTENT WITH THE PURPOSE AND THE INTENT OF INTENT IS TO, UH, PROVIDE FOR, UH, WELFARE AND, UM, AND, UM, HEALTH AND WELFARE, SAFETY AND, AND ORDERLY AND ECONOMICALLY SUSTAINABLE, UH, DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WE, UH, BELIEVE THAT, UH, BY, UH, APPLYING WITH THE CONDITIONS ON THE, OF THIS USE ON UAC, THIS WILL THE INTENT OF A C AND IT'S IN CONSISTENT WITH THE, UM, UM, THE CONDITIONS TYPE OF USE. BOTTOM LINE, ALL FOUR CRITERIA ARE MET. BESIDES THAT HECK OUT OF PROPERTY, BOTH VALUE WISE, AESTHETICALLY GOOD CONCLUSION. ANY QUESTIONS? FOLKS? DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE CRITERIA BEING MET? SEEMS PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO ME. JUST CURIOUS ABOUT WHY THERE'S A TRANSITION BUFFER BEHIND A SIX FOOT TALL FENCE. SIX THREE. TYPICALLY THE TRANSITION BUFFER IS FACING THE ADJOINING PROPERTY, NOT BEHIND THE SIX FOOT FENCE. WHEN YOU'VE DONE THAT BEFORE, IS THAT TO KEEP, WHAT DOES THAT DO BEHIND THE SIX FOOT FENCE? SO IT BECOMES A LIABILITY FOR, FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAINTAIN, UH, IF IT'S, IF IF IT'S REVERSED WITH THE FENCE AND THEN THE, UH, THE TRANSITION BUFFER IS, IS ADJACENT TO THE OTHER, UH, PROPERTY, THEN, UH, BETWEEN THE TWO FENCES, MAYBE IT'LL CONDUCT DIRT. AND I, I, I AGREE WITH THAT. I'M JUST, TYPICALLY WHEN WE SEE THESE TRANSITION BUFFERS, THEY'RE USUALLY LARGER PROPERTIES, YOU KNOW, WHERE YOU'VE GOT 50 FOOT, 75 GET THE TRANSITION, IT'S USUALLY OPEN SPACE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S BEING OCCUPIED. AND THEN THE, THE ADJOINING PROPERTY, IT JUST PUT PUTTING TREES AND SHRUBS ON THE OWNER'S SIDE OF THE FENCE FOR THEM TO MAINTAIN THAT YOU CAN'T SEE FROM THE STREET. I DON'T KNOW WHAT KIND OF IMPROVEMENT THAT DOES, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO TYPES OF BUFFERS. WE HAVE VEGETATIVE BUFFER, WHICH WITH MORE INTENSE USES LIKE WAREHOUSES, UH, OR MORE INTENSE USES, WHICH IS 50 FEET WIDE, UH, VEGETATIVE BUFFER OR OPEN SPACE. BUT IN THIS TYPE OF USE, WE ONLY REQUIRE A TRANSITION BUFFER, WHICH IS SMALLER THAN THE, UH, IT, IT, IT'S OBVIOUSLY SMALLER. I'M NOT, YEAH. AND LIKE I SAID, I, I THINK IT'S GREAT. IT JUST SOME NICE TREES AND SHRUBS IN THEIR BACKYARD IS KIND OF WHAT IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, SO, SO, I MEAN, OBJECTION, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE IT FROM THE STREET. THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA LOOK OUT AND SEE THEIR OWN TREES. RIGHT. OKAY. CAN I JUST POINT TO HOW, IS THERE A MINIMUM ON HOW TALL THE TREES HAVE TO BE? YES, YES. ACTUALLY THE REPORT, UH, STATE HAS THE, ALL THE, UM, THE SPECIFICATION ON THE TREES. UM, IT SAYS IT HAS TO, UM, UH, A 10 FOOT WIDE, UH, BUFFER CONTAINING A ROW OF MODERATE OR, UH, TO FAST GROWING EVERGREEN TREES WITH AN EXPECTED GROWTH TO A MINIMUM HEIGHT OF 16 FEET AND A MINIMUM WIDTH OF 10 FEET AT ITS MATURITY. THANK YOU. AND, UH, BETWEEN TREES IT'S 10 FEET, UM, AT CENTER. SO THAT'S A MORE INTENSE TYPE OF, UH, PLANTING. SO, SO THE TREES WILL EVENTUALLY BE TALLER THAN THAT SIX FOOT FENCE? CORRECT. WHICH IS THE POINT OF THE IMPROVEMENT. YEAH, NO PROPERTY LINE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF. SO JUST LIKE YOU SEE ON SIDEWALKS WHERE YOU GOT TREES AND POWER LINES GROWING IN, YOU KNOW, TREES GROWING IN THE POWER LINES, THEY LOOK PRETTY WHEN YOU PUT 'EM IN, WHEN THEY GROW. THEY'RE, I, I'M, I DON'T HAVE ANY, I'M JUST CURIOUS. IT JUST ONE, ONE OF THE OTHER, THE BACK DOOR. ONE OF THE OTHER REASONS WE HAVE TRANSITION BUFFERS, IT'S NOT JUST FOR VISUAL SCREENING, IT'S ALSO FOR SOUND SCREENING, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO THE ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING HELPS TO ATTENUATE THAT SOUND A LITTLE BIT AS WELL, BECAUSE IT, THERE IS A RESIDENCE TO THE SOUTH [00:20:01] OF THAT FENCE SLIDE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANYTHING FURTHER? QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE, NO EXCEPTION. I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE SPECIAL EXCEPTION AS REQUESTED. SECOND. SECOND FAVOR, SAY AYE. AYE. I GET THOSE. NO EXCEPTION IS GRANTED. THANK YOU GENTLEMEN VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD TO GO IF YOU WANT. THANK YOU. VERY LISTENING IN OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. IN CASE YOU GUYS THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA LEAVE, YOU'RE NOT OH, [a. Receive a report from the Director of Planning and Development.] ITEM FIVE. DIRECTOR. YES. UH, SO MARTIN IS NOT, UH, HERE TODAY, SO I AM STEPPING IN FOR HIM. UH, NOT TOO MUCH TO REPORT UNFORTUNATELY. DO HAVE, UH, TWO, UM, UH, PERSONNEL CHANGES TO ANNOUNCE, UH, FRANKIE, UH, LINDER, HER LAST DAY WITH THE CITY WILL BE THIS THURSDAY. UM, FRANKIE, IF YOU WANT TO SAY WHATEVER YOU WANNA SAY REAL QUICK, , UH, WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND WHAT'S HAPPENING. SURE. YEAH. SO AFTER NEARLY FIVE YEARS WITH BAYTOWN, I'VE DECIDED TO, TO MOVE ON, I'M GOING TO, INTO THE CITY OF BURN, UM, OVER IN HILL COUNTRY TO BE THEIR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR PLANNING. I ENJOYED MY TIME HERE, BUT I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO WINERIES AND . SO COOL. AND IT WAS NOTHING WE OR NAY SAID. OH, IT WAS ALL NAY . YEAH, I HAVE THAT KIND OF STROKE AROUND AND THEN THE OTHER PERSONNEL CHANGE, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, THIS IS THE LAST MEETING THAT AMELIA WAS JOINING US IS, SO AMELIA, YOU WANT TO SHARE WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SHARE. IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE SERVING THE BOARD ADJUSTMENTS, UH, FOR A, A COUPLE OF TOURS WITH THE CITY OF BAYTOWN , UM, IS CULMINATING TO ABOUT THREE YEARS, BUT I'LL BE, UH, HEADING TO THE CITY OF CLEVELAND TO BE THERE. SO FORWARD AND SERVICE AND ATE WITH Y'ALL. CLEVELAND AND YES, CLEVELAND, TEXAS. TEXAS, YES. NOT OHIO. NOT OHIO. FROM WHAT I KNOW ABOUT YOU, YOU'LL DO A GOOD JOB, EMILIO. THANK, THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE HERE, SIR. AND THEN BESIDES THAT, WE ARE BEGINNING TO GET CLOSE TO WRAPPING UP THE, UH, ULDC. UM, SO THERE WILL BE SOME, SOME PUBLIC HEARING THAT YOU ALL WILL, UH, BE HEARING ABOUT HERE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS. UH, THE INTENTION IS HOPEFULLY TO GET THAT APPROVED THROUGH COUNCIL IN JULY, UH, BEFORE THEY, THEY START DOING THEIR, UH, BUDGET. SO, UH, WE'LL, UH, KEEP YOU ALL UP TO DATE ON THAT. UM, NOTHING YOU ALL WILL HAVE TO DO GOING THROUGH THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, BUT STILL WANNA MAKE SURE THAT Y'ALL ARE KEPT ABREAST AS WELL BECAUSE WE'LL BE SEEING VARIANCES AND SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT FROM THE NEW CODE SO WE CAN GO UP TO DATE ON THAT. LIKELY THAT WE'LL HAVE FEWER BECAUSE OF THE CHANGES IN YOUR, THE HOPE IS THAT THERE WILL BE FEWER BECAUSE THERE WILL BE SOME MORE FLEXIBILITY THAT WILL HOPEFULLY BE BUILT INTO THE CODE. UM, SO THE HOPE IS THAT YES, THERE WILL BE FEWER THAT YOU SEE. YEAH, ALTHOUGH IT'S THE CANDY. IT'S THE CANDY. ALRIGHT, WELL THAT IS ALL THAT I HAVE. UM, JUST A HEADS UP, WE, WE ALL DO HAVE A WORK SESSION AFTER THIS AT FOUR 30, SO YOU'RE NOT QUITE READY TO GO HOME YET, BUT WE'LL TRY TO MAKE THE TRAINING QUICK FOR, SO I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO ADJOURN. SO MOVED. THAT GOOD MEMBER? AYE, AJOUR. AND IN TWO MINUTES WE'RE GONNA GET TRAINED. YEAH. OKAY. SPEED TRAINING. , YOU WANNA RUN THE RESTROOM OR ANYTHING? WELL, WHEN I WAS, WHEN I WAS MOVING IT INTO THIS FILE, THERE AREN'T VERY MANY SLIDES. THERE'S NOT A TIME. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.