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All right, I'll go ahead and get this this part started.

Good evening and welcome to the September 15, 2025 meeting of the City of Tuscaloosa Planning and Zoning Commission.

Any written comments sent to staff were forwarded to the Commission directly.

This time I'd like to introduce our staff, Jim Bo Woodson, Deputy City Attorney, Michael Garner, City Engineer, Zach Pons, Director of Planning, Leo DeCoy, Principal Planner.

There are nine members of the Planning Commission, all of them are appointed by the mayor for staggered terms, with the exception of the City Council representative who is appointed by the City Council.

I ask the Commission members to introduce themselves and state the occupation beginning with Ms.

Prince.

Dina Prince, attorney.

Portia Clark, 311 manager.

Tim Harrison, General Crown Director.

Ann Hornsby, attorney.

Raven Howard, Councilwoman.

ADP, retired Bill Wright Business Owner.

There were signup sheets located outside for public comment.

Four speakers are allowed to speak in favor of petition and four speakers are allowed to speak in opposition of a petition.

All speakers will have the maximum of five minutes unless the commission votes to allow a longer time.

The commission will take up the items in order of the final agenda.

The commission will initially receive a presentation from staff as to the details of the agenda item.

Additionally, we may hear certain matters involving the same property, such as an annexation and a zoning matter concurrently, although we will take separate votes on each matter involving the same property.

After the staff presentation, I will call upon the petitioner to present their case.

The petitioner will have a maximum of 10 minutes unless the commission votes to allow a longer time.

At the conclusion of the petition's remarks, we'll then call upon any party in order of sign up who desires to support the petition.

Thereafter, call upon any party who opposes the petition.

When it's your term for comment, please introduce yourself, stating your name and address to the commission.

Provide your remarks.

Any written comments you have been would be included into the record.

After receiving the remarks of those who oppose the petition, the petitioner will have the opportunity to respond to those objections.

Any rebuttal will be limited to two minutes unless commission votes to allow a longer time.

If the petitioner presents any information respond in the response to the objections, the commission will allow those who oppose the petition the opportunity to respond to the new information only.

Any response will be limited to two minutes unless Commission votes to allow a longer time.

During the course of the presentation, you may be interrupted by any member of the commission for a clarification or additional information.

Such interruptions will not reduce your time.

Once the Commission members are satisfied that they have received all relevant information, will then close further discussions by the public, at which time the commission members will discuss and on the matter and then vote.

After the vote, you are free to leave.

These proceedings are being recorded and broadcast live.

All in-person public comments should be made at the podium into the microphone.

Jurisdiction.

Subdivisions located within City of Tusk and City Limits, subdivisions located outside of the city limits, but within the police jurisdiction.

Developments with a special district and approval letters for developments in historic district buffer zones.

As to all remaining agenda matters, including annexations, rezonings, planned developments, and street vacation.

This commission serves as a recommended body to the city council.

In that regard, our decisions are in the form of a recommendation to be presented to the city council, and the city council will make the final decision on those matters.

Subdivision approval requires the affirmative vote of six members of the planning commission.

All matters which are recommendations to the city council require majority vote for an affirmative recommendation.

At this time, I would ask do any members of the commission have any conflicts of interest to any matters before us tonight?

If so, please state for the record.

Having heard none, I would ask staff to confirm on the record that proper notice has been given to all parties and interest as required by law as to all matters before the commission tonight.

It has.

With that, we will begin with approval of the minutes as the planning and zoning commission has received the synopsis of the August 2025 meeting.

I move that we dispense with the reading of the minutes, and unless there are any deletions, additions, or corrections.

All those in favor of the approving approving the minutes of August 2025 say aye.

Aye.

Those opposed, ayes have it.

Good evening, Commission.

Starting off tonight with the consent agenda, we have one item here.

I don't recall if um the person we had sign up tonight was for this one.

Would you mind double checking chair?

Gotcha.

So no public comment on this one.