08-20-20 Regular Meeting of the Planning and Zoning Commission

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HAL LAWLER Chairman DONNA O'CONNER Commissioner At Large A NICK BARRERA Commissioner At Large B TREY KENDRICK Commissioner District 1 RICHARD WARREN Commissioner District 2 Vice Chairman MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE LA PORTE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION August 20, 2020 JAMES WALTER Commissioner District 3 MARK FOLLIS Commissioner District 4 LOU ANN MARTIN Commissioner District 5 CHRISTINA TSCHAPPAT Commissioner District The Planning and Zoning Commission of the City of La Porte met in a regular meeting on Thursday, August 20, 2020, at the City Hall Council Chambers, 604 West Fairmont Parkway, La Porte, Texas, at 6:00 p.m., with the following in attendance: t Commissioners present: Nick Barrera, Richard Warren, Mark Follis, James Walter, Hal Lawler, Donna O'Conner, Christina Tschappat, Trey Kendrick and Lou Ann Martin (Remotely) Commissioners absent: Chairman Lawler City Staff present: Teresa Evans, Planning and Development Director; Ian Clowes, City Planner; Chase Stewart, Planning Technician 1. CALL TO ORDER — Commissioner Kendrick called the meeting to order at 6:01 p.m. 2. ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS: —Chairman Lawler was absent for the meeting. 3. CITIZEN COMMENT (Generally limited to five minutes per person; in accordance with state law, the time may be reduced if there is a high number of speakers or other considerations.) No Comment. 4. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF THE MEETING MINUTES: a. Approve the minutes of the meeting held on July 16, 2020. Commissioner O'Conner moved to approve the meeting minutes: the motion was adopted, 8-0. 5. REPLAT #20-97000006: Open a public hearing on a request for approval of Residential Replat @#20-97000006 by Charles Anders of Bayway Homes Inc. for the proposed Sylvan Beach Enclave Section 1, a 2.11 acre replat located at the 1300 block of Oregon St. and legally described as the south 20.32' of Lots 3 and 30, all of Lots 4-29, in Block 1160, of The Town of La Porte, a Subdivision recorded in Volume 60, Page 112, of the Deed Records of Harris County, La Porte, Texas. Commissioner Warren moved to approve the proposed replat; the motion was adopted 8-0 6. ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS: City Planner Ian Clowes informed the Commission there were no submitted public hearing items for a September 17th Planning and Zoning Commission meeting. 7. BOARD COMMENTS regarding matters appearing on the agenda; recognition of community members, city employees, and upcoming events; inquiry of staff regarding specific factual information or existing policies: a. Commissioner Follis spoke about having the commission be more proactive and would like to start looking at possible areas around the city that could benefit from rezoning. b. Commissioner Martin spoke about real estate/development through -out the City of La Porte from a professional stance outside of the Commission. Page 1 of 2 August 20, 2020, P&Z Commission Meeting Minutes