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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05-01-2025 PZ MinutesCITY OF SEBASTIAN PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY MINUTES MAY 1, 2025 Call to Order — Chair Kautenburg called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. II. Pledge of Allegiance -- was recited by all. III. Roll Call Present: Ms. Lorusso Mr. Carter !� Ms. Kautenburg Ms. Kinchen C Mr. Reno (a) Ms. Geesey m Ms. Matthews O v N cc , v' 0 Absent: Ms. Battles — excused ,0 Mr. Roberts (a) — excused Also Present: g Jennifer Cockcroft, City Attorney Alix Bernard, Community Development Director /7 Dord Bosworth, Community Development Manager .� Jim Mann, Principal Planner r o a Michelle Faulkner, Senior Planner CO N1 `t Joseph Perez, AV Technical Assistant Jeanette Williams, Recording Secretary IV. Announcement and Agenda Modifications Chair Kautenburg announced that Ms. Battles and Mr. Roberts were excused from tonight's meeting and Mr. Reno would be voting in place of Ms. Battles. V. ADDroval of Minutes — Regular Meeting of April 3, 2025 Two corrections were requested to the minutes: On page 4 at the bottom, the third paragraph down at the end, it should be statute and not statue; and on page 2, the second paragraph the title of the Comp Plan should read 2040 instead of 20240. A motion was made by Ms. Geesey and seconded by Ms. Matthews to approve the minutes as amended, which passed with a unanimous voice vote. VI. Local Planning Aaencv (LPA) Public Hearinqs A. Public Hearing — Recommendation to City Council — City of Sebastian 2040 Comprehensive Plan Amendment — Map Series Chair Kautenburg opened the hearing and the City Attorney stated the proposed legislation will amend the 2040 Comprehensive Plan Map Series. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY PAGE 2 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING MAY 1, 2025 The Community Development Director said when the Comprehensive Plan was originally adopted in 2021, the city limits or jurisdictional boundary was much different than it is today. The proposed updated map series includes all of the property that has recently been annexed known as the Graves Brothers property to clearly depict the city boundaries. Mr. Carter said the maps were very clear and informative. Ms. Geesey said she agreed, the maps were very thorough and comprehensive. Mr. Reno said he concurred; the maps provided a lot of information. Mr. Carter asked about how many septic tanks are in the City. The Community Development Director offered to obtain that information. Ms. Kinchen said the map series was very comprehensive. Ms. Lorusso said there has been a lot of work put into updating the maps. Chair Kautenburg said she was concerned with all of the jigs, jags and enclaves. She would prefer to have the City's boundary squared off. She asked if the City was attempting to seek funding from the state and federal government to help with the septic to sewer conversions. The Community Development Director explained that the City was recently awarded a $3.6M grant to assist with eliminating septic tanks and connecting to central sewer. Ms. Kinchen pointed out that on map 83 and 81 the school is noted as Indian River Country High School. There was no public input and Chair Kautenburg closed the hearing. A motion was made by Mr. Carter that was seconded by Ms. Kinchen to recommend to City Council the City of Sebastian 2040 Comprehensive Plan Map Series as contained in the agenda packet. Roll call: Ms. Kinchen - aye Ms. Kautenberg - aye Ms. Matthews - aye Mr. Reno - aye Ms. Geesey - aye Ms. Lorusso - aye Mr. Carter - aye Motion carried. 7-0 VII. Planning and Zoning (P&Z) Commission Quasi -Judicial Hearings - None VIII. Unfinished Business - None IX. New Business The Community Development Director introduced the City's new Principal Planner, Jim Mann, who comes from Indian River County where he worked with the Metropolitan Planning Organization and has a great deal of planning experience. PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION/LOCAL PLANNING AGENCY PAGE 3 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING MAY 1, 2025 X. Adiourn There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Chair Kautenburg at 6:11 p.m.