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Chair Scarborough? Here. Vice Chair Young? Here. Commissioner Gonzales, present. Commissioner Erto? Here. Commissioner Joiner? Here. Commissioner Drake? Here. Commissioner Reed? Here. All here. Thank you. Thank you. Tonight, first, we have public comment for nonagendized items. We actually have one here. I hope I get this right, mister Markham. If you'd like to come up and, speak on your nonagendized item. If you could please, say your name and address before you start your speech. Aloha, Scottsdale. My name is Nora James Markham.
I am from the great blue city of Tempe. This city, we need to step up next year with building more here in Scottsdale. Maybe even making a new city council room for meetings. That would be awesome. As a person with disabilities, I would like to see how we can be innovative with people with disabilities in this city. And where all the rich people can come to look at Scottsdale and see what you guys have done for the disability community.
Hopefully we can step that up next year. The clubs here downtown Scottsdale, I'm not a fan of. We need to do a better job with how we pick selections with clubs here. They need to be fun all night long. Also, we used to have a gay club in Scottsdale, and it was upstairs and a downstairs, but we closed it. So we need DEI and a new gay club in Scottsdale. Please bring one back. I love that for Scottsdale.
But, you know, it's close. So another thing I would like to talk about, you guys are close to Tempe and I hope that you guys make it nice by the city of Tempe, and thank you. Also, the last thing I would like to talk about, sorry for the loss of Charlie Kirk, but I'm just not for making a memorial for Charlie Kirk, even though I respected what he did in politics. But the politics he represented was not godly to me.
And please stop building Mormon churches here and Catholic churches here. Catholics have a history of Nazism, and Mormons are not in the Bible. Mahalo, and thank you for listening to me tonight. Thank you, mister Markham. Mister Curtis, administrative report. Thank you, mister chairman, members of the commission. It was really quick. There's only one meeting in December, and this is it. So enjoy your holidays, after this meeting, and we will, plan on meeting again on January 14. We do have some things, scheduled for that anticipated.
And, we'll be back on our two meeting a month, schedule. So January 14 and then January 28 is what we're anticipating. That's all I have. And then you're aware that, commissioner Drake is telephonically. Thank you. Thank you, mister Curtis. Next, we have, minutes. Do we have any comments or motions regarding the minutes of October 22? Chair Scarborough, I'll make a motion for approval of the 10/22/2025 regular meeting minutes as written. Okay. I'll second that. Okay. We have a motion and a second.
Roll call, please. Chair Scarborough? Yes. Vice chair Young? Yes. Commissioner Gonzales? Yes. Commissioner Ertel? Yes. Commissioner Joiner? Yes. Commissioner Drake? Yes. Commissioner Reed? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Thank you. We have a few items on the consent agenda. I believe, we have one commissioner who would like item three, six a b twenty twenty five roadway abandonment to be, put on the regular agenda. Is that still the case? Okay. Perfect.
So we'll go ahead and move item three to a regular agenda, but we still have two, four, five, and six on the consent agenda. Is there anything else that anybody wants to have moved to regular? K. Seeing nothing. Commissioner Drake, are are you good with the the consent agenda as is? Yes. I am. Okay. Perfect. Then, if I could get a motion for items two, four, five, and six, that would be great. I can do that. Make a motion to approve the no. That's the wrong one. No. Never mind. I shouldn't be doing this. Make a motion to approve the consent agenda, items two, four, five, and six.
Is that enough? Okay, Michael. You do it. I have to call a read off each. You have to read off each. Okay. I make a motion. Is that how we do it? We don't just do one giant consent? Commissioner Rittal, if you'll look at the I did. I did. Make a motion to approve the 2026 planning commission regular meeting calendar. Is that included? Do you have this memo? I do. And that's how it starts. Make a motion. Yeah. That's correct. And then, you down Okay. Yeah.
You just remove three. Right. You remove number, three Yeah. And then you remove the reference to the use permit a little bit lower. You basically reiterate that entire Okay. Make a motion to approve the 2026 planning commission regular meeting calendar and make a motion to approve cases six a b 2025 after finding that the proposal is consistent with in accordance to the adopted general plan and to approve cases. Excuse me, judge Scarborough. I think, because the six a b case was moved to regular Oh, that's wanna
use that Six a b? Okay. That suggested language, then I would suggest, reading that, paragraph Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The second line referencing six a b. This is why you shouldn't have volunteers up here trying to do this. Okay. Let's start over. I see that we've lost the attorney. I guess he gave up on me. Make a motion to approve the 2026 planning commission regular meeting calendar, and to approve cases 3UP2024 number two, twelve UP twenty fifteen number three, and thirty eight u p
twenty eleven number three after finding that the CUP criteria have been met and that the proposed conditional use permits and consist are consistent and conform with the adopted general plan per the attached stipulations. Three days. Time's the charm. That was perfect. Did did we get the calendar in there at the very beginning? We did. Okay. Then we are good. Well done. Well done. Can we have a motion? Do we have a second to this motion? I'll second. Perfect. Commissioner Joiner will second. Second. Oh, he's got okay.
Alright. Let's go ahead and do a roll call vote, please. Chair Scarborough? Yes. Vice chair Young? Yes. Commissioner Gonzales? Yes. Commissioner Hetel? Yes. Commissioner Joiner? Yes. Commissioner Drake? Yes. Commissioner Reed? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Great team effort there. Perfect. Okay. So regular agenda, 06/2025, roadway roadway abandonment at 7617 East Thunderbird. If we could get the staff report or presentation, that'd be great. Good evening, chair Scarborough, vice chair Young, and fellow commissioners.
My name is Bronte Gibson, and I'm here to present case Number 6 A B 2025, Road roadway abandonment at 7617 East Thunderbird. The action requested this evening is for a recommendation to city council regarding a request by owner to abandon a 25 foot roadway easement along the northern property line of a property with existing single family zoning located at 7617 East Thunderbird Road. Here is a context aerial of the site, and here is a and here is a detail aerial.
Here you can see the proposed roadway easement to be abandoned highlighted in red. It is important to note that the adjacent neighbors to the east and west of the subject site have previously received approval for abandonment of the same 25 foot roadway easement on their respective properties. No site access or utilities are impacted by the proposed abandonment. Here is a portion of the legal graphic depicting the roadway easement to be abandoned. Staff received one public comment for this case, which may be found as an attachment to my staff report. This concludes staff presentation. The applicant has not prepared a presentation, but is here to address any questions.
Thank you. Thank you so much. I think, commissioner Gonzales may have a question. Yes. I have a question for staff, first of all. Mhmm. Do you mind pulling up that one diagram that showed that in detail? The legal description? No. The, the actual photo. It showed yes. Exactly. That one. So that establishment, to the I imagine that is to the west. Is what is that building there? Do you remember? Commissioner Gonzales, forgive me. I believe it's a school or a church I'd have to refer to.
Right. Did they they did not do an abandonment there, did they? Are you commissioner Gonzales, are you referring to this? No. I'm talking about the building exactly to the west right there. Oh, forgive me. Yeah. Yes. They did receive an abandonment for this property. It's, the case number is 2AB2021. But then again, to to me, it looks like that building is within that abandonment area. Commissioner Gonzales, I I'm not sure exactly. It I believe it would meet the setbacks required for the R 135 zoning zoning
designation. I would have to refer to their site plan, which I do not have on hand. Okay. So then the all the buildings to the east of it have already abandoned that that that's that, that easement already. Is that correct? Commissioner Gonzales, the property immediately west and immediately to the east have abandoned, the existing roadway easement that this, property is also asking to abandon. Do you know what the reasoning was for that? Commissioner Gonzales, I'd have to refer to those specific case history and case reports, but
I imagine it was relative to remove an encumbrance on the existing parcel, seeing as the roadway easement was not being utilized. Okay. Then, do we know what the utilities are like on that property? Is it closer to the street, or is it within the abandonment area as far as the public utilities? Commissioner Gonzales, there are no public utilities that have rights, identified in the abandonment area. The applicant did reach out to each utility provider to request permission for the abandonment,
and no one no one, requested dedication of a public utility easement. Okay. That's fine. We can just go ahead and move on to the applicant then if he wants to present something. The applicant did not prepare a presentation, but if you have any specific applicant could come up and field a question or two from the commissioners. When you come up, could you state your name and and your address? I think it's obvious what you're asking. When you come up, you could state your name and and your address. I think it's obvious what your address is, but if you could just for the
record, that'd be great. Hi, everybody. My name is Evan Schneider. I'm the owner of the property at 7617 East Thunderbird. As Bronte stated, there's, the two neighbors to the east and west have already abandoned it, so there's, in my opinion, no reason for anybody to have that little tract left. My understanding was that, in the seventies, Thunderbird Road was gonna go through the air park, and, that never happened, so I think that's why. But I also do wanna point out, I actually purchased the house a few months
ago and knocked it over because, the planning, commit or the the, planning group here noted that the property was currently built within the too close to the, 40 foot setback. There's a 40 foot and then another 25. I do wanna point out every other house on the street besides the person of the east and west is illegally built in that, in the, setback. They're all about forty five forty five feet or so, and they need to be
according to the to the city's rules, they need to be, about 60 feet or so back. So, I don't see any reason why you wouldn't wanna improve it, but I'm happy to answer any questions. Okay. So basically, what what's happened because, obviously, it didn't show up with the film or the overhead is that that that building on that structure that you purchased actually is no longer there? Correct. It's dirt right now. Okay. So basically then what happens is if they remove that if they remove that and
abandon that area, you're able to move, a building closer to the street? Yes. 40 feet instead of 65 feet. Right. Is is there, is there do you know and I'm just asking, you know, if you're to your knowledge, is anybody else building something, on that on those, your neighbors or anything? Anybody else? Because this house, just to the east here is a dirt lot that's about to start breaking ground. Okay. So there is redevelopment in that area?
There's lots of redevelopment in this area. This house is pretty new right here. Okay. So what what size is that lot there that you purchased? My lot is 1.32 acres. Okay. Again, I do wanna point out that, every house on this block except for this house and this house is illegally built too close to the street. Right. But but they're they're still existing, in other words. So I'm taking the right steps here like my two neighbors did to do this the proper way. Okay. Is that I believe you said, Epson, that there was no, there was no public
utilities on the on the easement? Commissioner Gonzales, that is correct. Okay. So when when you bring in your electrical, how you bring in your electrical on that to that lot? So this is a very strange lot, and the utilities are actually in the rear. All of them. Did they did they abandon a alleyway or something at at that? No. So so right here where this tennis court is, there's a public utility easement and there's power lines running right here. Oops. Sorry. There's power lines here. There's cable lines. The water, I believe, comes up under the street in the front, but in front
of the easement. Is there sewer in front too on the front? There's no sewer at this house. So they're all septic? Yep. They they will remain septic or is anybody planning on hooking up the sewer at one time? I'm trying to get sewer, but it looks like it may be cost prohibitive. Okay. Very good. Well, thank you for your time, sir. I appreciate it. Thank you. Any other questions or concerns from that group? No. Thank you. We're we're we're good. We appreciate your time. So, yeah, do I have a, any other comments or a motion for item number three six a b twenty twenty five? Mister chairman, I'd like to make a motion to approve case six a b twenty
twenty five after finding that the proposal is consistent with and conforms to the adopted general plan. Fantastic. Do we have a second? I'll second that. Okay. Great. We have a second. Perfect. Can we get a roll call vote, please? Chair Scarborough? Yes. Vice chair Young? Yes. Commissioner Gonzales? Yes. Commissioner Ertel? Yes. Commissioner Joiner? Yes. Commissioner Drake? Yes. Commissioner Reid? Yes. Motion passes. Thank you. Fantastic. That's all we have on the agenda. So with no other business, I'll move for German.
So moved. There it is. Thank you.