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MAKE SURE IT'S EVERYTHING THAT I'VE[a. Consider stop control modifications on Harvard Street at Scott Avenue, Harvey Avenue, Live Oak Avenue, and Forrest Avenue.]
BEEN TRYING TO ASK FOR, WHICH I HAVE.I'M EVEN HERE TODAY WITH MY CHILD IN THE BLUE SHIRT, WHO'S LITERALLY IN A CAST AS WE SPEAK BECAUSE HE HAD A KNEE SURGERY LITERALLY A WEEK AND A HALF AGO.
SO I WOULD GREATLY, GREATLY APPRECIATE THESE STOP SIGNS FOR THE SAFETY OF HIM 'CAUSE ALL THESE OTHER SURGERIES ARE POPPING UP WITH HIM TREMENDOUSLY.
AND I ALSO HAVE NEIGHBORS NEXT DOOR WHO HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS OLD THAT ARE ASKING ME QUESTIONS ON HOW TO RAISE A AUTISTIC CHILD ON WHAT TO DO AND WHAT SERVICES THEY CAN GET.
SO WITH Y'ALL'S HELP, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE THE STOP SIGNS.
I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
I'LL SECOND ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS? SO, YES, SIR.
I LIVE OVER IN THAT AREA AND I DRIVE THAT STREET A LOT BACK AND FORTH.
UH, AND IT'S, IT HAS BECOME SORT OF A MINI SPEEDWAY,
IT'S LIKE MORELL DID BEFORE THEY PUT THE STOP SIGN OUT THERE.
UH, AND THE OTHER STREETS ARE STOP SIGN.
BUT THAT ONE PARTICULARLY HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT, UH, IS COMING BOTH DIRECTIONS AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC IMPEDIMENTS TO STOP IF THEY ABSOLUTELY OBSERVE THEM TO STOP THE TRAFFIC.
SO THAT'S AN AREA THAT DEFINITELY NEEDS STOP SIGNS.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? ITEM FOUR A CARRIES.
[b. Consider stop control modifications on Oakwood Street from Harbor Street to Magnolia Street along with the intersection of Cherry Street and Dayton Street.]
B, CONSIDER STOP CONTROL MODIFICATIONS ON OAKWOOD STREET FROM HARBOR STREET TO MAGNOLIA STREET ALONG THE INTERSECTION OF CHERRY STREET AND DAYTON STREET.THANK YOU JUAN FOR SUMMARIZING THIS ITEM.
UH, YEAH, SO THIS IS, UH, ANOTHER ONE WHERE WE RECEIVED A REQUEST FROM A RESIDENT TO ALSO EVALUATE THIS AREA.
UM, THE, IT'S SIMILAR TO THE OTHER EXHIBIT WE LOOKED AT, NOT JUST THE INTERSECTION THAT THEY REQUESTED, BUT ALSO THE ADJACENT AREA.
THE SPECIFIC AREA THEY HAD ASKED FOR WAS OAKWOOD AND CHERRY STREET, UM, WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING ADDING A STOP SIGN FOR ON CHERRY FOR THE NORTH AND SOUTH APPROACH.
UM, AND IN LOOKING AT IT, WE ALSO FELT IT WAS WARRANTED TO HAVE A STOP SIGN ON, UH, HARBOR, UM, APPROACHING FROM OAKWOOD, THEN ON OAKWOOD AND PIN, UH, PINE STREET AND ALSO APPROACHING MAGNOLIA.
UM, AND THE LAST ONE WOULD BE ALL THE WAY ON THE NORTH SIDE, NORTH END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS, UM, THEN AND CHERRY STREET.
WE JUST THINK THAT INDEED WILL MAKE IT MORE CLEAR TO ALL THE DRIVERS IN THE AREA THAT, UH, WHO NEEDS TO STOP AND WHO NEEDS TO GO, UM, AND WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THAT Y'ALL, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL.
I DON'T HAVE A SIGNUP SHEET, SO I'M THINKING NO ONE IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS.
I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU, JUAN, TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE DISCUSSED THIS HERE PROBABLY ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND YOU GUYS MOVED ON IT AND I'M VERY HAPPY TO SEE THAT THIS HAPPENED.
ANY OPPOSED? ANY ABSTENTIONS? THANK YOU.
[a. Consider approving the meeting minutes of the July 15, 2025, Planning and Zoning Commission regular meeting.]
UH, MINUTES OF THE JULY 15TH MEETING.I DON'T SEE COMMISSIONER JANICE ON HERE AS PRESENT OR AT, SHE'S ON HERE.
BUT DON'T WE USUALLY LIST WHO'S ABSENT ALSO? OR IS THAT NOT, WE'RE NOT DOING THAT ANYMORE.
WE USED TO, SO I THINK IF WE HAVE WHO'S PRESENT BY DEFAULT, WE KNOW WHO'S ABSENT.
IT'S, UM, THE SAME WAY THEY DO FOR COUNCIL.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE CHANGED THE FORMAT TO, TO MORE CLOSELY MIMIC, UM, CITY COUNCIL.
DID WE AND LESS WORDS TO READ.
[a. Receive a report from the Planning Director.]
OUR DIRECTOR'S REPORT.WE RECEIVE A REPORT FROM PLANNING DIRECTOR.
UM, SO LAST MONTH, UH, YOU HEARD A FEW ITEMS HERE.
UM, WE HAD THE, UM, REZONE FROM GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL OUT AT NEEDLEPOINT ROAD.
UM, THEY HAD A NEGATIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM THIS BODY AND THEY TOOK THAT TO HEART AND THEY ALSO TOOK TO HEART THAT SOMEONE MENTIONED FROM PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION THAT THEY MIGHT BE AMENABLE TO, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO THEY DECIDED TO WITHDRAW PRIOR TO CITY COUNCIL AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD BE COMING BACK VERY A REC A THAT WILL GET THE JOB DONE FOR THEM.
SO I'M GONNA GO PATH ASSISTANCE ON THAT.
UM, BUT THEY DID SAY THEY'RE NOT IN ANY SUPER HURRY, BUT THEY WERE GONNA BE BACK PRETTY SOON.
UH, WE HAD THE RV PARK ON SHADY HILL.
UM, THAT WAS, UH, THEY ASKED FOR A SPECIAL USE PERMIT THAT WAS DENIED BY COUNSEL.
SO THAT ONE WILL NOT BE MOVING FORWARD IN ANY WAY.
UH, AND THEN WE HAD THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE
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ON MASSEY TOMPKINS AND THE REZONE FROM MR TO GC WAS APPROVED AND THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR THE BATTERY ENERGY STORAGE WAS ALSO APPROVED.UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I AM THAT PARTICULAR DOUBLE APPLICATION AND THE CONFUSION THAT SURROUNDS THAT, UM, REALLY HAS KIND OF MUDDIED THE WATERS.
AND THAT'S BEEN OUR, THAT WAS OUR FIRST TEST OF THE NEW CODE THAT REFERS TO THAT.
SO I'M WORKING ON SOME CHANGES TO THAT CODE THAT WILL BE BEFORE YOU NEXT MONTH.
UM, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON WHY THAT OTHER ONE IS NOT HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE THERE'S JUST TOO MUCH CONFUSION SURROUNDING IT.
I WANNA MAKE SURE EVERYBODY'S CLEAR ON EXACTLY WHAT'S GETTING APPROVED AND HOW IT MOVES FORWARD.
SO ANYWAY, UM, COUPLE OTHER ITEMS. UM, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED A NEW FACE AT THE DE.
UM, THIS IS CALVIN ABRAM, HE IS OUR NEW ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR PLANNING.
THIS IS DAY NUMBER TWO FOR CALVIN, UH, COMING IN FROM ALABAMA.
I AM, I'M GRATEFUL TO BE HERE.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THIS IS NOT A PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION ITEM, BUT I LIKE TO BRAG ON MY TEAM AND, UM, IF YOU ARE AROUND FOR THE BACK TO SCHOOL FAIR THAT WE HELD, UH, TWO SATURDAYS AGO, UH, WAS A, UM, A, A GREAT SUCCESS.
UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, UM, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIVISION OF THE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, TEAM, THEY EVERY YEAR DO THIS BACK TO SCHOOL, UM, FAIR, WHICH IS WHERE WE PROVIDE BACKPACKS AND, UH, SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR AS MANY KIDS AS WE CAN GET DONATIONS FROM, UM, LOCAL BUSINESSES TO COVER.
SO IT DOESN'T COME OUT OF ANY TAX DOLLARS OR GRANTS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
EXXON PROVIDED LIKE 400 BACKPACKS AND ANOTHER COMPANY PROVIDED A BUNCH OF BACKPACKS AND WE WENT OUT.
WE ALSO GOT, I THINK IT WAS EITHER 12 OR $13,000.
UM, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE AWAY OVER 1400, I THINK IT WAS 1,450 BACKPACKS ALONG WITH, UM, FLASH DRIVES AND WIRELESS EARBUDS FOR SOME, UM, ALONG WITH ALL THE SUPPLIES THAT ARE IN THE BACKPACKS, WE GAVE AWAY 380 PAIRS OF SHOES.
UM, THAT DID COME FROM OUR, OUR CDBG GRANTS.
UM, ANOTHER THING WE DO EVERY YEAR, UM, FOR, FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T AFFORD THAT KIND OF STUFF.
SO, UM, WE HAD, UH, WE HAD A LINE AROUND THE BUILDING.
WE HAD A LINE AROUND THE BUILDING FROM THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT CAME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE.
UM, BY THE TIME WE OPENED THE DOORS AT EIGHT O'CLOCK, BY NINE 30, WE HAD CLEARED THAT LINE.
BUT WE STILL HAD PEOPLE SORT OF TRICKLE IN OVER THE NEXT TWO HOURS.
UM, I KNOW WE HAD SOME, A BUNCH OF VENDORS THERE THAT HAD, UH, THAT WERE ADVERTISING THEIR SERVICES FOR, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT SORT OF, UM, SCHOOL AND MEDICAL RELATED.
UM, THERE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE, UM, HAIRCUTS, BUT I THINK THE HAIRCUTS THING DIDN'T PAN OUT.
BUT WE WERE ABLE TO DO, I THINK LIONS CLUB DID, UM, EYE SCREENINGS AND, UM, THE SCHOOL CORPORATION GAVE AWAY A BUNCH OF LUNCHES AND BREAKFASTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO IT, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD EVENT.
AND, UH, I'M TRYING TO STRETCH THIS OUT TO FIVE 30 NOW.
YOU'RE CHEATING THE GAME, SIR.
SO, UM, BUT ANYWAY, SO IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND UH, YEAH, IT GETS BETTER EVERY YEAR.
SO I THINK WE GAVE AWAY LIKE 1200 LAST YEAR, SO, UM, SO VERY PROUD OF MY TEAM.
THE CITY STAFF IS AMAZING ON SO MANY LEVELS.
THE, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STAFF, THOSE THREE LADIES, UM, SHARON AND MONICA AND STEPHANIE ARE WITHOUT THEM, THIS EVENT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AT ALL.
THE, UH, THIS IS PROBABLY MAYBE AN AGENDA ITEM FOR THE NEXT MEETING.
I DON'T REMEMBER, REMEMBER WHAT THE TIMEFRAME WAS ON THE, UH, RELOCATION QUOTE AT AUTO SALVAGE YARD THAT WAS AT DECKER FEEDER ROAD.
IT APPEARS TO ME THAT THEY'RE STILL VERY MUCH IN BUSINESS AND I SEE TRUCKS COMING AND GOING AND CARS MOVING AND THEY'RE FULL OF CARS.
JUST I'M CURIOUS AS TO, SINCE THAT WAS DENIED OF WHAT THEY WERE REQUESTING, CAN I, THE CITY COUNCIL, I'M JUST CURIOUS AS WHAT THE NEXT STEP IS AND WHERE WE STAND ON THAT.
UM, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION AND I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT IT UP.
UH, WE HAVE SPENT A TON OF STAFF HOURS ON THIS TRYING TO FOLLOW UP BECAUSE THAT WENT TO PLANNING AND ZONING IN MAY FOR THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT FOR SALVAGE YARD IN JUNE, I BELIEVE ON THE 12TH.
UH, CITY COUNCIL DENIED THAT SPECIAL USE PERMIT AS YOU MENTIONED.
UM, SO THE OPERATION THAT THEY HAVE THERE HAS CONTINUED.
WE HAVE, WE ARE CURRENTLY IN LITIGATION.
THEY'RE UNDER A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER UNTIL THE 29TH.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN FOR ALMOST A MONTH, I THINK NOW.
IT WAS SINCE SOMETIME IN JULY.
UM, AND WE'VE GONE BACK AND GOTTEN TWO EXTENSIONS
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TO THAT TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER.THERE WAS A TEMPORARY INJUNCTION HEARING ON THE 29TH.
UM, WE AS A CITY, SHORT OF GOING OUT THERE AND CHAINING THE GATE CLOSED, I MEAN WE WE'RE CITING THEM.
YOU GUYS DON'T SEE US OUT THERE, BUT WE'RE OUT THERE EVERY DAY, UM, TAKING PICTURES AND VIDEO OF THEIR OPERATIONS.
WE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE STILL OPERATING.
UM, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS UP TO THE COURT.
SO THE RESTRAINING ORDER WAS FOUND TO CEASE AND DESIST UNTIL THE HEARING.
ALL OPERATIONS THAT AIN'T HAPPENING.
WE, WE HAVE WITNESSED THE SAME.
SO LIKE I SAID, WHAT HAPPENS NEXT IS UP TO THE COURT.
SO YES, WE'RE AWARE AND YES, WE HAVE A LOT OF, OF TIME AND EFFORT INTO THIS AND IT'S NOT EVEN CLOSE TO OVER YET.
HAVING EXHAUSTED ALL AGENDA ITEMS, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 5:27 PM THAT SAYS 5 29.