So we're just gonna hold on just for jump drive.

Good evening.

I will now call to order the December 16th, 2025 Planning and Zoning Commission.

I am Chair Kent Thurston.

Um first on the agenda is the conflict of interest.

Does any member of the commission or any member of city staff have any known conflict of interest with any item on the agenda?

All right, seeing none.

Um we're gonna go on to public participation.

Um we have public participation at this time.

I'd like to invite anyone from the public to come and speak on anything that is not on the agenda under new business.

Um so if you if you are here for one of the items on new business, this is not the time to come up and speak, but this is for things that are not on this new business.

Um if you do have anything, I'll give you two minutes, and we'll start on the left if someone has anything that's not on the new business agenda.

I guess my left, you're right.

And I don't I don't have to swear you in, so go ahead and just state your just state your name and go ahead and my name is Joshua Barella.

Um I'm wanting to uh uh know who I I could speak with uh the city's uh contractors or whatever about uh development there on uh on Spitz Road 58 residential being built.

I just was wanting to see if I could get some kind of uh direction on who I may be able to speak with to see if I can be a part or or find out more about uh getting a part of that project.

On on that project, you can probably uh speak with staff after either after the meeting or when it's uh tomorrow at probably community development area.

That will be through those doors on the other side, and you can get some more information through staff.

Uh what time is that at?

Um say that again.

What time is that at?

Uh when's it opening?

Eight o'clock, eight to five.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

Yep.

Thank you, sir.

Thanks.

And now on the right side, anybody that has any questions.

Come on up.

Uh good evening.

My name's George Pearson.

Uh the city has a very good system set up for the boards and committees for when agendas are posted, an email gets sent out, and so citizens can sign up for that and receive the email.

However, the planning and zoning commission has moved away from that to the same system that city council uses.

And there is no email as part of that.

So maybe for about a year now, I haven't even I haven't been receiving notifications of the meetings because that's what I use as my mechanism.

Um so I wonder as a solution if maybe just every time you move the agenda to the iCompass system that you just post an update to the old system or the email then can go out.

Thank you.

Thank you.

We'll have Steph look into that one.

Anybody else for public participation?

Okay, seeing none, I'm gonna turn this off.

Uh now we're gonna move on to the acceptance of the agenda.

Uh this includes the minutes and items on consent.

Tonight there's none on consent.

Um if in okay, so I guess we can move, but we we need to have a motion and a second uh to accept the agenda with the removal of item six point three in its entirety from the agenda.

Um I'll make a motion to accept tonight's agenda, but remove item six point three.

Mr.

Chair, I'll second that motion.

Okay, do I need to read this note as well?

Before before you uh call the vote.

I just wanted to read the letter that I have here as from the applicant as to the reasoning it says.

Good afternoon.

I ask that the following be read at the P and Z tonight.

On the one hand, you have photographs of an obvious, an obviously mixed use location and letters in support about what's effective in keeping historic neighborhoods vibrant, consistent with the reality that they were developed before zoning restrictions existed.

On the other hand, longtime residents express fears that allow that allowing the same flexibility that exists very nearby for a property that stares at industrial uses will be destroyed, will destroy what both sides want to preserve under no reasonable interpretation of the law.

I am attaching case law for Jane Grider as promised.

I believe that zoning that would allow more flexibility and use, particularly for professional non-retail offices for 249 South Miranda, would be best for the long-term interest of the Alameda district.

As interpreted by staff, the Alameda overlay will continue to undermine the goal of keeping the area vibrant, consistent with reality that it was designed as a mixed-use area and needs flexibility.

But since I plan to sell, I will respect the concerns of my immediate neighbors, particularly Jane Greider and Annie Maxwell, and withdraw the application.