Tempe Development Review Commission Meeting – June 10, 2025
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Tempe Development Review Commission Summary – June 10, 2025
The Tempe Development Review Commission convened on June 10, 2025, at 14:00 UTC (7:00 AM MST). Chair Andy Johnson presided. The commission unanimously approved meeting minutes and a consent agenda comprising multiple routine items, with one commissioner recusing. No public comments were received. One item (5A) was briefly considered for removal due to a modification request but remained on the consent agenda. The meeting adjourned without further discussion.
Consent Calendar
- Items 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2D (meeting minutes, including May 13, 2025, study session and regular meeting minutes) were approved unanimously in two separate motions.
- Items 4A through 4F, 5A, and 6A were approved en bloc as the consent agenda, with Commissioner Richter recusing himself from that vote. The consent agenda passed unanimously.
Public Comments & Testimony
- No members of the public spoke or submitted comment cards.
Discussion Items
- Staff briefly noted that a modification request had been submitted for item 5A (Revelry application), leading the chair to initially pull that item from consent. After clarification that no modification was made, the item remained on the consent agenda. No further discussion occurred on any agenda item.
Key Outcomes
- All votes were unanimous (with Commissioner Richter abstaining on the consent agenda per his recusal).
- The next regular meeting was scheduled for June 24, 2025.
Meeting Transcript
Good evening, everyone. Welcome to the development review commission. I'm Andy Johnson, and tonight is June 10th, 2025. The development review commission is created to hold public meetings and hearings to provide analysis and recommendations to city council regarding general land use policies and applications where the commission has recommendatory power and to render final decisions on specified applications where the commission has final decision making power, including but not limited to all aspects of proposed and future development. The development review commission recognizes that the creation of a desirable environment throughout the city for residents, businesses, and industry is a prime requisite for the interdependence of land values, aesthetics, and good site planning by promoting harmonious, safe, attractive, and compatible development that is therefore considered to be in the best interest of public health, safety, and general welfare. Any person agreed by a final decision of the development review commission may file an appeal to the city council within 14 calendar days after the development review commission has rendered its decision. Development review commission recommendations to city council are not final decisions. Tonight with us on the commission to my far right, Commissioner Stephen Stefan Richter, Commissioner Larry Tom, Vice Chair Michelle Schwartz, and to my left, Commissioner Charles Redman, Commissioner Linda Spears, and Commissioner Barbara Lloyd. From staff this evening, we have Jeff Tamolevich, Ryan Levake, Michelle Dalki, Jacob Payne, Chris Jasper, Whitney Mayfield, Alexander Bosworth, Joanna Barry, and Jason Wolfe. If you are here to speak on an item, please fill out a request card up here near Joanna and submit that to her, and we will get you on our um on our radar. Staff will not be monitoring the web chat box um for our WebEx. So first of all on our agenda, first up is our consideration of meeting minutes. I move to approve uh items two A and two B. Is there a second? Second, the the light was on, so I'll choose Commissioner Redman. Seconded by Commissioner Redman. So all those in favor, please raise your hand. All right, and that passes unanimously. Um next up was item two C and D, which are the May 13th, 2025 study session and regular meeting minutes. Commissioner Redman? I move we approve those. Okay, is there a second? Second. Seconded by Commissioner Richter. All those in favor, please raise your hand. Okay, and that also passes unanimously. Um next up we will have a consent agenda. So during our study session, we reviewed each of the items on the rest of our agenda for the evening and um and added them to our consent agenda. So I will read through each one of these. And if there's someone here tonight wishing to speak on one of these items, please get my attention and we can pull that from the consent agenda. Uh the consent agenda will be voted on um as one and passed as one. And so any of those that are on the consent agenda will be passed this evening. All right, so first is item 4A on the consent agenda. Next is item 4B. Item 4C is next. Item 4D. Item 4E. Item 4F. Item 5A. And item 6A. Okay. So the entirety of our agenda this evening, the remainder of our agenda this evening will be on our consent agenda. And seeing no people wishing to speak on that tonight, we all those will remain on our consent agenda. Okay, so now could I get a motion for the approval of the consent agenda? Commissioner Spears? Oh, hold on. A comment from staff. Yes. On which item? Oh.
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