Based on the context provided in the list of officials and the dialogue within the transcript, here is the formatted version with speaker names added. **Note on Speaker Identification:** While several names mentioned in the transcript (Justin Forney, Commissioner Tyken, Commissioner Hallberg, Commissioner Diagon, and Mr. Lebron) were not on the provided list, they are explicitly named by the Chair during the proceedings. The Chair is identified as Melanie Peters, as she is the designated Chair of the Planning Commission. *** [0:00] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** From the March 28th regular meeting, commissioners, any questions or comments? If none, we'll consider those minutes to be approved. Comments are approved. Next on the agenda: public hearing for Rosa Castro Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezoning 2022-24-117, or actually 2022-24-117, 22nd Street West. Justin Forney, take it away. [0:36] **Justin Forney:** Thank you very much. The request before us is for a Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezoning for the property located on the screen. [0:46] **Justin Forney:** At one point, the Los Margaritas site was fairly small and an expansion was needed. They owned this subject parcel for possible future expansion, but they were able to acquire the property to the south along Vermillion Street that was already zoned commercial, and they expanded their site in that direction, no longer necessitating the expansion of their site into this subject parcel. The future land use map had contemplated this as a possibility, and so this property was shown on the future land use map as a commercial guided use. Now that the site is no longer having that same pressure for redevelopment, the most appropriate use of the property would be residential, as it's been used for, and there's more of this surrounding land uses around it. The future land use map of the Comprehensive Plan shown on the screen shows the properties that are in red are guided as commercial; orange would be medium-density residential, and yellow is low-density residential. [2:34] **Justin Forney:** And the zoning map is quite similar. You can see the properties around it are mostly residential R3, which is the proposal for this rezoning. The number of units that could fit on a property are based on density. Based on the size of the lot being a quarter of an acre, it would allow for two units on this property. The applicants are proposing to develop one duplex on the property. Those other properties that are zoned R3 adjacent to this parcel have small apartment buildings on them; I believe they all have four units in each one of those buildings. [3:20] **Justin Forney:** The use of this site as a commercial site on its own would not allow for a quality development. It would be too small to provide its own parking, stormwater, and landscaping, along with having fairly poor visibility being behind existing businesses on a very, very low-volume street. This is just another aerial photograph of the area. The Vermillion Street corridor plan doesn't identify this site as being an area for focused redevelopment, and also the use of single-family residential and multi-family residential are both allowable uses in this portion of the Vermillion Street corridor. This is a picture of the site before the house was removed—I think it was maybe the week before last—and I've got a couple of pictures of the area. This is just looking down the street; Los Margaritas is on the left and Applebee's on the right. The red arrow is pointing to the location of where the house was located, where the duplex would be proposed. [4:56] **Justin Forney:** And this is from an opposite view looking down the road. You can see it behind that four-unit apartment building, and on the right side of the screen, you can see some more of the apartments on that street. [5:18] **Justin Forney:** We sent a notice to property owners within 350 feet of this request and published it in the paper, and we didn't receive any comments from that notice. Staff is recommending approval of the Comprehensive Plan and the rezoning, subject only to the information that was in the report and provided by the applicant, and that the Comprehensive Plan is amended as part of any approval. So with that, I can stand for any questions or you can hold the public hearing. [6:00] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** Okay, thanks Justin. We have nobody here in person. Do we have anybody on Zoom that you're aware of? [6:03] **Justin Forney:** Nope, nobody on Zoom. [6:05] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** Okay. Nobody here in person, nobody on Zoom, so we'll go ahead and close the public hearing. Commissioners, I'll open up to any questions or comments. Pretty straightforward—I mean, it was a house, it's going to be a house. I mean, that's pretty much what it comes down to. So, okay, well, if no comments, I'll accept a motion. [6:24] **Commissioner Tyken:** I'll make a motion that we recommend approval of a Comprehensive Plan amendment and rezoning at 117 22nd Street West, Rosa Castro, with the following two conditions. [6:42] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** All right. Motion approved [by] Commissioner Tyken. Second, Commissioner Hallberg? Any further discussion? If not, all in favor say "Aye." [6:49] **Commissioners:** Aye. [6:50] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** Opposed? Motion carries. All right. And other business, Justin? [6:52] **Justin Forney:** Um, as far as city council business that applies to Planning Commission, the City Council recently approved the public works garage that was reviewed by the Planning Commission. And that's really it; we don't have any pending applications for the next coming meeting quite yet. [7:21] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** Okay, Justin, thanks. Anyone else have anything? Other business? If not, I'll accept a motion to adjourn. [7:37] **Commissioner Diagon:** [Moves to adjourn]. [7:38] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** All right, Commissioner Diagon. Second? [7:39] **Mr. Lebron:** Second. [7:40] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** All right, Mr. Lebron. All in favor say "Aye." [7:41] **Commissioners:** Aye. [7:43] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** Opposed? That motion carries. We are adjourned. [8:02] **Melanie Peters (Chair):** Thank you.