02.20.18 Regular Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

City Council Meeting Minutes February 20, 2016 John David Carson, spoke in support of Code SMTX and knows Council acknowledges the work that has gone into this 4 year long process. Staff worked diligently on this process and there are major provisions that he has concerns with such as parking and technical things that are far above the Staff recommendations. This is not a perfect document, but a very good document that needs to be adopted without further amendment. Sherwood Bishop, spoke in support of the new Land Development Code. Council, Staff and Citizens have worked hard on this process beginning with the drafting and adoption of the Comprehensive Master Plan. The first implementation meeting was in October of 2014 and lots of City Staff were there to listen to all who came. The current code is outdated and does not provide proper protections within neighborhoods and green space. Please vote yes. Jason Mock, President Chamber of Commerce, spoke in favor of Code SMTX and reiterated items that have been stated before. This creates a variety of Transportation options and providing a walkable City. He asks that the Council approve this and bring this in line with our Comprehensive Master Plan. He encouraged the Council to vote yes. Roland Saucedo, 211 Ebony Street, ask for postponement of Code SMTX because we still do not have a full dais. We do not need to rush Code SMTX, we have been doing this 4 years but we need to get it right. We appreciate the hard work that has been put into the process. If we go back to look at what work was done in 2015 on the Neighborhood Character Studies we will see they were not completed. There is a summary on the City's website, but no documentation of the work and in the caption it states that it was to go back to the Neighborhoods for their revisions and their approval. He understands the floods happened and became a priority. However, If we don't follow everything to full fruition what good is an Ordinance, how will it protect neighborhoods, if there is no follow through. He asked that they look in their heart and do what it right for the citizens. PRESENTATIONS Receive a Staff update and hold discussion regarding the following Spring 2018 Preferred Scenario Amendments, and provide direction to Staff. A) PSA-18-01/ZC-18-01 (Peques Street) Doucet and Associates on behalf of Aurelius LTD :: +/- 6.73 acres located at the 800 Block of Peques Street :: Proposal to change Ciryor San Marcos page2