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ADMINISTRATIVE PORTIONS OF THE AGENDA.
UH, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL HAVE AN APPLICANT SOON AND WE'LL HAVE NINE AT LEAST.
UH, SO IF EVERYBODY COULD REMEMBER TO DO THE SIGN IN SHEETS, UM, WE'VE DONE IT PHYSICALLY HERE, BUT I THINK ELAINE HAS, UH, EMAILED THEM ALL OF YOU A SIGN IN SHEET.
OUR APPLICANT IS NOT HERE FOR OUR CASE ON THE AGENDA TONIGHT.
SO I'M GOING TO SKIP THE AUDIENCE PORTION OF THE, UH, SCRIPT HERE AND JUST GO TO, UH, ASKING IF THERE'S ANY CITIZENS COMMUNICATION.
I THINK THAT YOUNG LADY IN THE BACK
AND SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO SETS OF MINUTES.
ONE FOR THE TRAINING SESSION AND ONE FOR THE REGULAR MEETING.
UM, ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES FOR EITHER OR BOTH OF THOSE? APPROVE THE MINUTES.
YOU MOTION TO APPROVE? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
OH, I THINK I SHOULD HAVE DONE ROLL CALL IN THERE.
YEAH, THAT'S PROBABLY, OH, GOODNESS.
SEE, MISSED SOMETHING ALREADY.
WE GOTTA KEEP HER ON HER TOES.
SO I AM MELISSA HAWTHORNE FUNCTIONING AS YOUR CHAIR TONIGHT.
GLAD YOU'RE EVERYTHING WORKS TODAY.
I'M HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY CAMERA.
DO I NEED TO MAKE SURE MY CAMERA WORKS BEFORE WE VOTE? YES, MA'AM.
CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY, GREAT.
UH, SO COREY, HOW MANY OF THESE NAMES DO YOU USE? UH, JUST COREY MCCLELLAN.
AND HERE COMES JESSICA, ALMOST JESSICA.
WE CAN SEE YOU LOGGING IN, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE MUTED AND WE CAN'T SEE YOUR CAMERA.
UH, WITH, WITH ONCE, ONCE YOU KIND OF WORK OUT THE BUGS.
WE HAVE NINE, SO WE'LL BE DOING WELL.
UH, MICHAEL'S TRYING TO LOG IN, BUT WEBEX IS MAKING HIM UPDATE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THOSE, THOSE MOMENTS.
SO JESSICA, I'M GONNA COME BACK WHEN I CAN SEE YOU ON THE SCREEN AND WHEN MICHAEL JOINS, UH, RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ENOUGH TO, TO DO, UM, MORE OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS.
[APPROVAL OF MINUTES]
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THAT MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.AND SECOND, ELAINE, DO YOU GET THAT? WHO WAS IT? MADAM CHAIR? JEFFREY BOWEN.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE ROLL, UH, FOR THE VOTING FOR THE MINUTES.
ON THE MINUTES OR NO, THIS IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
WE'RE VOTING ON APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
DID IT WORK? APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? YES.
AND THEN MELISSA HAWTHORNE? YES.
DO WE NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE I'M DONE.
I CAN HEAR YOU THE MINUTE, YES.
UH, COREY MCCLELLAN, IT'S A LITTLE, A BIT OF A DELAY, HOR? YES.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ON LIKE YOUR PHONE AND THE COMPUTER BECAUSE THERE WAS AN ECHO.
I'M GONNA GO BACK NOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE, UH, AS YOU APPEAR TO BE THE PERSON WITH THE CASE ON THE AGENDA, I WOULD LOVE TO GIVE YOU THE OATH TO TESTIFY FOR YOUR TESTIMONY TONIGHT.
UH, DO YOU, DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR OR AFFIRM THAT THE TESTIMONY YOU GIVE TONIGHT WILL BE TRUE AND CORRECT TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE? OKAY, SO JESSICA'S STILL HAVING SOME ISSUES AND BIANCA'S LOGGING IN AND OUT.
SO LET'S SEE, 2, 3, 4, 5, WE HAVE NINE.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND CALL THE CASE
[2. C15-2025-0022 Andrew Sulski 1102 Mason Avenue]
C 1525 C 15 20 25 0 0 2 2 11 0 2 MASON AVENUE, ANDREW SOKI.UM, IF YOU WANNA COME DOWN TO PRESENT YOUR CASE, YOU'LL HAVE FIVE MINUTES.
SHOULD WE GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE? OKAY.
I'M THE HOMEOWNER IN 1102 MASON AVENUE.
UM, ASKING FOR PERMISSION FOR A VARIANCE ON A FENCE, UH, THAT FENCE WOULD BE SIX FEET TALL.
RETAINING WALL IS A VARI HEIGHT.
THIS DOESN'T SEEM TO BE GOING.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE IS MY, UH, SITE RIGHT HERE.
THERE'S A FENCE, OR I'M SORRY, THERE IS A RETAINING WALL BUILT ON THE, IN AN L SHAPE, I GUESS, BETWEEN MY NEIGHBORS AND BETWEEN THE, UH, OR IS THAT THE EASEMENT, UH, OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN? I'M WANTING TO BUILD A SIX FOOT FENCE ON TOP OF THAT.
IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT, UH, THERE'S JUST ANOTHER PICTURE.
SO I UNDERSTAND THERE'S, UH, CERTAIN PERMISSIONS THAT NEED TO BE GIVEN THAT IT'S NOT, UH, SIMPLY A, I THINK IT WAS YOU'RE UP TO AROUND EIGHT FEET OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UH, OR I GUESS IT SAYS MAXIMUM SEVEN FEET.
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AHEAD, HIT THE NEXT ONE.UH, THIS IS WHAT THE FENCE LOOKS LIKE.
AT THE TIME, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT, UH, THERE WAS ANY PERMISSION NEEDED TO BE GRANTED.
UH, SO I DID END UP BUILDING IT AT FIRST, AND NOW I'M ASKING FOR PERMISSION.
IF YOU COULD HIT THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UH, THERE SHOULD BE SOME MORE ANYWAY, UM, IN THE FRONT.
SERIOUSLY, THERE'S ONLY FIVE SLIDES HERE.
WELL, THERE SHOULD BE ABOUT SEVEN ANYWAY.
I GUESS I'LL DESCRIBE IT FOR YOU AS TO WHAT'S GOING ON.
UH, IN THE FRONT THERE IS A RETAINING WALL THAT LEVELS THAT FRONT PROPERTY.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THAT PICTURE, PLEASE.
GO AHEAD AND, UH, CLICK ALL THE WAY TO THE ACTUAL PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS IS WHAT WE WERE LOOKING FOR.
SO IF YOU LOOK, THE RETAINING WALL IS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE SIX FOOT FENCE, UH, THIS LEVELS THE PROPERTY MAKES THE FRONT PROPERTY USABLE.
WITHOUT IT, THERE IS A SLANT THAT MAKES IT SO THERE'S NO ABILITY TO HANG OUT, UM, WITHOUT THE FENCE.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY ZERO PRIVACY.
AND I'M OPEN TO THE ELEMENTS OF THE PEOPLE.
I WANTED TO ADD THAT IN THE MOST RECENT STORM, UH, NOT THE GUADALUPE ONE, THE OTHER ONE, UH, THIS, EVERYTHING HELD UP COMPLETELY FINE.
THERE WAS NO BLOCKAGE OF ANY TYPE.
THERE'S A FRENCH DRAIN INSIDE THIS RETAINING WALL.
UM, ANYWAY, THIS IS FOR PRIVACY INHABITABILITY FOR THE C GRADE.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE TO ADD TO THAT.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE FOR OPPOSITION? DID WE HAVE ANYBODY CALL IN FOR OPPOSITION? NO, MA'AM.
HEARING NONE, UH, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
SO TOMMY OR BIANCA? THERE YOU GO.
YEAH, I NEED YOU TO HAVE YOUR VIDEO ON.
CAN YOU, CAN YOU HEAR ME? CAN YOU SEE ME? YEP.
UH, SOMETIMES TECHNOLOGY IS NOT AS EASY AS WE'D LIKE IT TO BE.
SO WE, UM, WE HAVE ONE BOARD MEMBER WHO'S HAVING CONNECTIVITY ISSUES AND ANOTHER WHO JUST HAD TO GET OUT AND COME BACK IN AND WITHOUT THEIR FACES ON THE SCREEN, WE CAN'T COUNT THEM AS BEING ATTENDING THE MEETING.
AND SO YOU HAVE TO HAVE NINE OUT OF 11 VOTES IN ORDER FOR YOUR VARIANCE TO PASS.
BUT WE HAVE NINE THAT ARE PARTICIPATING BETWEEN US AND THEM.
UM, IF AT ANY POINT YOU PREFER TO HAVE ALL 11, YOU COULD KIND OF MAKE THE HIGH SIGN AND SAY YOU'D LIKE US TO POSTPONE TILL NEXT MONTH.
UH, JUST SO THAT YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE NINE FOR IT TO PASS.
AND SO EVERYBODY HAS TO BE ON BOARD FOR, FOR THAT TO HAPPEN.
SO BOARD MEMBERS DOES ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? I'LL MAKE A, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO POSTPONE IF WE NEED TO MAKE SURE I HAVE A, I HAVE A QUESTION JUST TO CLARIFY.
UM, UH, TO THE APPLICANT, UM, DID YOU, WAS THE RETAINING WALL ALREADY THERE OR DID YOU BUILD THE RETAINING WALL? THE RETAINING WALL, MOST OF THE RETAINING WALL WAS THERE.
UH, I DID CONTINUE THE RETAINING WALL FROM WHERE IT WAS ALREADY BUILT.
SO IT CONTINUES FROM THE SIDE AND INTO THE FRONT, AND THERE WAS
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A, UH, COMPLETE FOOTER, UH, WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.WHEN, WHEN MR. BOWEN, UH, I HAVE A QUESTION, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, SO REALLY THE, THE REASON YOU PUT THE FENCE IN THE FRONT, I GUESS IS UH, 'CAUSE I SEE A TRAILER OUT THERE, IS THAT THE REASON FOR THAT FENCE ACROSS THE FRONT? THAT WASN'T THE ONLY REASON, BUT YES, UH, GIVEN THE CODE, I AM REQUIRED TO HAVE A FENCE IN FRONT OF THE TRAILER IN ORDER TO HAVE THAT TRAILER IN THAT SPOT.
UM, SO I WAS KINDA LOOKING AT YOUR PICTURES AND I LOOKED AT SOME PICTURES ON, UH, GOOGLE MAPS AND WAS KIND OF NOTICING THAT LOOKS LIKE SOME OF THE RETAINING WALL IS KIND OF, THE EXISTING ONE IS KIND OF, IS STARTING TO COME APART WHEN YOU LOOK, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT ON, ON UH, GOOGLE MAPS ON A STREET VIEW.
UM, AND I NOTICED, AND I'M SAYING THIS BECAUSE I NOTICED YOU TALK ABOUT, UH, FOR SAFETY PURPOSE, THE RETENTION WALL.
UH, YOU WERE LOOKING AT, UH, MAINTAINING SOIL STABILIZATION.
THE, THE RETAINING WALL IS FOR THE STABILIZATION.
ARE YOU SAYING THE FENCE IS ALSO, UH, WELL, IT SAYS RETAINING WALL WAS NECESSARY FOR THE SOLUTION OF THE MAINTAIN THE SOIL STABILIZATION.
SO WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PARTS OF THE SOIL STABILIZATION IN THE BACK THAT YOUR OTHER FENCE IS ON NOW? IS THAT GONNA BE PART OF THE CORRECTION? UH, I DON'T KNOW WHICH, UH, WHEN YOU WERE REFERRING TO, WHEN YOU SAY THERE'S FALLEN APART, BECAUSE AT LEAST WITH THE LIMESTONE NO, THE EXISTING CMU WALL OR RETAINING WALL THAT YOUR OTHER FENCE IS SITTING ON, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE EXISTING ONE WAS NOT FALLING OVER BY MY UNDERSTANDING WHATSOEVER.
IT WAS, WELL, NO, THERE'S BLOCK ACTUALLY MISSING IN THE FENCE THAT'S, THAT'S GOING BACK TO THE WEST THAT THE OTHER FENCE IS ON.
SO I'M, I'M CONCERNED 'CAUSE YOU TALK ABOUT STABILIZATION, BUT YET THERE'S PART OF THE CMU WALL RETAINING WALL IS, UH, THERE'S SECTIONS OF IT MISSING ON THE BACK ON THE WEST SIDE ON TO THE FAR END OF THE PROPERTY.
IS IT POSSIBLE WE CAN BRING UP THE PICTURE? UH, MY PROPERTY FACES EAST AND THERE'S A RETAINING WALL THAT CONTINUES ON THE SOUTH END.
THERE'S ALSO, IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR, UH, PLAT, THE WALL THAT IS, UM, THE WALL THAT RUNS BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBOR THAT'S ON THE CORNER, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR RETAINING WALL, CORRECT? THAT IS MY RETAINING WALL, YES.
SO, UH, SO I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IN YOUR NOTE, YOUR LETTER TO US THAT TALKS ABOUT THE STABLE, UH, SOIL STA UH, STABILITY.
AND LIKE I SAID, JUST LOOKING ON GOOGLE MAP, LOOKING AT THE FENCE OR LOOKING AT THAT FROM THE, THE OTHER STREET LOOKING BACK TOWARDS YOUR PLACE, ACROSS THE NEIGHBORS.
THERE'S A GREAT BIG HOLE IN THE CON IN THE CMU WALL.
NOW I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OKAY, SO THAT IS, UH, YEAH, THAT'S THE NON LIMESTONE THAT IS, UH, MADE FROM CINDER BLOCKS.
AND WHEN I PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, IT LOOKED LIKE THAT.
UM, I HAVE BUILT IT, UH, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
THE PERSON WHO ORIGINALLY BUILT IT DID NOT PUT A BACKFILL OF GRAVEL.
THEY PUT A BACKFILL OF SAND AND SAND PLUS WATER IS A LOT HEAVIER THAN TWO INCH GRAVEL.
SO IT HAD NO FRENCH DRAIN WHATSOEVER.
SO WHAT I DID WAS I ACTUALLY CLEANED OUT THAT FRONT AREA WHERE, WHERE THE ORIGINAL FENCE WAS IN THE FRONT.
IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT'S IN THE BACKYARD.
UM, SO WHAT I DID WAS I, I DUG IT OUT AND I FILLED IT IN WITH TWO INCH GRAVEL SO IT WOULDN'T CARRY ALL THAT LOAD, BUT IT IS A SIGNIFICANTLY, UH, DIFFERENT TYPE OF STRUCTURE WHEN YOU HAVE THAT.
IN ADDITION, THE ONES IN THE BACKYARD, UH, THE CINDER BLOCKS WERE NOT FILLED WITH CEMENT AND THEY WERE NOT FILLED FLUSH.
SO IF YOU HAVE EVEN JUST A LITTLE BIT OF GIVE, LIKE IF YOU PUT CINDER BLOCKS WHERE THERE'S AN INCH, THEY DID THAT FOR DRAINAGE.
THERE'S OBVIOUSLY THE PERSON DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY WERE DOING, BUT IF YOU EVEN HAVE THAT G IT ALLOWS IT TO MOVE.
THESE ARE FLUSH WITH MORTAR AND THEN THEY HAVE HOLDS DRILLED IN THEM FOR PROPER DRAINAGE.
SO IT'S, IT IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STRUCTURE.
I, I WASN'T PART OF THAT FIRST STRUCTURE THAT WAS FALLING APART, BUT I WAS 100% PART OF THE SECOND STRUCTURE.
AND YEAH, THIS IS ABOUT AS STIFF AND TOUGH AS YOU CAN POSSIBLY MAKE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER LIMESTONE PORTION THAT GOES IN MY FRONT YARD ON THE SOUTH SIDE IN BETWEEN MY NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE AND MINE, UH, THAT
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STAYED FLUSH.BUT I'M JUST GOING BACK TO YOUR NOTE IN YOUR LETTER THAT SAYS, MY INTENTION IS TO INSTALL A SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE ON TOP OF THIS WALL FOR SAFETY AND PRIVACY.
AND THEN IN YOUR THIRD PARAGRAPH YOU TALK ABOUT THE RETAINING WALL WAS NECESSARY FOR A SOLUTION TO MAINTAIN SOIL STABILIZATION.
SO THE FRONT ONE, YOU MAY HAVE BUILT IT CORRECTLY.
I'M QUESTIONING THE STABILITY AND THE SAFETY ASPECTS OF THE REST OF YOUR FENCE WITH THE AMOUNT OF CINDER BLOCK THAT IS MISSING.
UH, THAT'S GOING TO BE REPLACED VERY SOON.
UM, YEAH, IT, IT WAS NOT STABLE FROM THE BEGINNING.
AS I MENTIONED, IT WAS FILLED WITH SAND INSTEAD OF RIGHT GRAVEL.
YEAH, I, UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH RE RETAINING WALLS AND HOW THEY'RE BUILT.
SO, UM, SO I GUESS YOU'RE HERE BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS A CODE COMPLIANCE ISSUE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
I, I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CODE AND I APOLOGIZE.
WELL, I THAT, I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, HOW I GUESS THIS HAS BEEN, HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN GOING ON? UH, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON IT, I BELIEVE FOR SIX MONTHS.
AND MAY, I'M SORRY, ACTUALLY STRIKE THAT.
I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SINCE I BELIEVE MAY OF LAST YEAR.
UH, SO I'M, I'M TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, UM, SO YOU'RE ASKING FOR A VARIANCE, BUT ACCORDING EVEN TO THE CODE, WE CAN GO TO A SIX FOOT, A SIX FOOT HIGH FENCE.
IS THAT CORRECT? I'M LOOKING, YES.
UH, FOR A SIX FOOT HIGH FENCE ON TOP OF THE RETAINING WALL, WHICH EXCEEDS, FAR, EXCEEDS SIX FEET, I BELIEVE.
WELL, THE, THE FENCE IS ON YOUR SIDE, IS IT NOT? THE FENCE IS ON MY SIDE.
SO THE GROUND LEVEL, UH, STARTS FROM YOUR SIDE, NOT THE OPPOSITE SIDE 'CAUSE THERE'S OTHER FENCES IN THE AREA.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE PLANNING ON STICKING TO SIX FOOT WITH JUST THE FENCE.
UM, AND E EXACTLY HOW YOU'RE DESCRIBING IS HOW I WAS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT AS WELL.
APPARENTLY, UH, ACCORDING TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIKE TO WRITE LETTERS AND POST 'EM ON MY DOOR, THE FENCE PLUS THE WALL, UH, CANNOT EXCEED SIX FEET.
HAVE YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY LETTER FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR REQ, UH, SEEKING HIS APPROVAL OF THE, OF THE HIGHER FENCE? UH, I HAVE TALKED TO MY NEIGHBOR ABOUT IT AND HE SAYS HE'S FINE WITH WHATEVER THE CITY WANTS TO DO.
WELL, THERE, THERE, ACCORDING, EVEN ACCORDING TO THE, UH, TO THE DEFENSE CODE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF LETTER THAT HAS TO BE ON FILE IN ORDER TO, TO GO TALLER.
CORRECT? FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, UH, I SIMPLY NEEDED A LETTER TO DO WHATEVER WAS BETWEEN MY PROPERTY AND HIS.
UM, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE THAT LETTER.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT LETTER YET.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WITH MY NEIGHBOR.
HE VERBALLY WILL APPROVE, BUT HE'S NOT, UM, VERY GOOD AT READING THINGS AND GETS SCARED WHEN IT HAS BIG WORDS AND IF THAT, BUT HE, I MEAN, I COULD PROBABLY GET, I DON'T EVEN KNOW.
IS IS IT POSSIBLE TO GET A VIDEO OF HIM SAYING IT? VICE CHAIR, THIS IS MAGGIE STAN.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S, IF IT'S JUST MY AUDIO, BUT I'M HAVING A REALLY HARD TIME HEARING ANY OF THE MICS IN THE ROOM.
IS THERE SOME, IS THERE A WAY THAT THAT CAN BE TURNED UP? IT'S HAPPENING WITH ME AS WELL, AND ME, IT'S, IT IS KIND OF BREAK IT UP.
UH, WE WILL BE LOOKING AT OUR TECHNICAL GENIUS OVER HERE AND UH, WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT, UH, BIANCA MEDINA AND EZ JOINED THE MEETING.
SO NOW WE HOPE, AND JESSICA COHEN HAS NOW JOINED THE MEETING.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE VICE CHAIR.
NO, I THINK MY QUESTION WAS ON THE, ALONG THE SIMILAR LINES, IF WE HAD A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE FENCE.
'CAUSE IT'S, I BELIEVE THERE'S MORE THAN ONE NEIGHBOR ACCORDING TO THE MAP, RIGHT? THERE'S ONLY ONE.
AND I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION TOO.
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OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY.WOULD I NEED TO GET IT FROM THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY AND RATHER THAN THE PERSON WHO IS LIVING THERE? YES, SIR.
SO, UH, SO I HAVE, UM, MOTION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? UH, JUST TO BE CLEAR.
BUT, UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, IF, IF THERE WERE NO RETAINING WALL AND HE JUST BUILT A FENCE ON HIS PROPERTY, IT WOULD ESSENTIALLY BE THE SAME HEIGHT AS IT IS WITH THIS RETAINING WALL.
SO I DON'T EVEN REALLY SEE THE NEED FOR THE NEIGHBOR FOR THE LETTERS FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
WELL, JUST PUTTING THAT OUT THERE.
IF HE DIDN'T BUILD THE FENCE DIRECTLY ON THE WALL, IF HE STEPPED IT BACK, HE WOULDN'T NEED A VARIANCE AT ALL.
YEAH, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S CLUNKY.
RIGHT? SO THAT'S WHY, THAT'S WHY I THINK IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO GET THE NEIGHBORS.
SO WHO IS THE SECOND TOMMY? IT WAS BOARD MEMBER YATES.
YOU WANNA DO THE FINDINGS? SURE, I CAN DO THE FINDINGS.
SO DO I START, DO I START WITH THE ZONING REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PROPERTY? YES, MA'AM.
THE ZONING REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE PROPERTY DO NOT ALLOW FOR REASONABLE USE BECAUSE, UH, THERE IS AN EXISTING RETAINING WALL, WHICH WHEN COMBINED WITH THE HEIGHT OF THE FENCE EXCEEDS THE SIX FEET.
UM, THE HARDSHIP FOR WHICH THE VARIANCE IS REQUESTED IS UNIQUE IN THAT THE, THE PREEXISTING, UH, RETAINING WALL IS IN EXISTENCE THERE AND NOT IN OTHER PROPERTIES.
AND THE HARDSHIP IS NOT GENERAL TO THE AREA IN WHICH THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED BECAUSE MANY LOTS IN THE AREA ARE LEVEL AND DO NOT REQUIRE RETAINING WALLS.
UM, THE VARIANCE WILL NOT ALTER THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA BECAUSE IT'S, UH, CONSISTENT WITH TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL PRIVACY FENCING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ULTIMATELY IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT THE SAME HEIGHT AS IT WOULD BE WITHOUT THE RETAINING WALL.
UM, AND THEN DO I, WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO SAY? JUST THAT I'M, IT'S A MOTION TO APPROVE.
SO I'M THEN GOING TO CALL THE ROLL.
JESSICA, ARE YOU ABLE TO GET YOUR VIDEO ON? OKAY.
JEFFREY BOWEN, CAN YOU COME BACK TO ME FOR A SECOND? SURE.
UM, FROM WHAT THE APPLICANT SAID, THE NEIGHBOR IS VERBALLY AGREEING.
AND SO IN THAT, WITH THAT, YES, I DO SUPPORT IT.
I DID HAVE A CONCERNS FOR IT, UM, BASED ON WHAT I SAW AND, UH, ON A TRIP THAT WAS OUT THERE TODAY.
UH, BUT, UH, IT, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND APPROVE IT.
OH, I'M GONNA, YOUR, YOUR VIDEO JUST WENT OFF.
I'M HAVING TOO MANY INTERNET CONNECTION PROBLEMS. YES, MA'AM.
YOUR VARIANCE HAS BEEN APPROVED.
UH, WE HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA IF EVERYBODY JUST HAS A LITTLE BIT OF PATIENCE.
[3. Discussion of the June 9, 2025, Board of Adjustment activity report]
BEAUTIFUL ACTIVITY REPORT, WHICH THANK YOU STAFF.I APPRECIATE YOU KEEPING US UP TO DATE ON OUR ACTIVITIES.
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ANYBODY HAVE ANY COMMENTS? AND THEN WE HAVE DISCUSSION[4. Discussion and possible action regarding the Board’s Annual Internal Review Report (July 1, 2024-June 30, 2025) to Council]
AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE BOARD'S ANNUAL INTERNAL REVIEW REPORT, WHICH I'M GONNA GIVE THAT COMPLETELY BACK TO OUR LOVELY CHAIR, JESSICA COHEN.UH, SO I'M GONNA TABLE THAT UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING.
UH, AND WITH THAT, IF ANYBODY HAS ANY ITEMS TO DISCUSS OR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS, AND I AM GOING TO SAY WE ARE ADJOURNED.