The City of Laredo Planning Commission approved multiple staff-recommended items at the meeting, advancing residential and industrial development proposals and authorizing an office for animal-care operations at an existing police station.

Key outcomes (votes at a glance):
- Approved rezoning of approximately 10.8 acres south of Texas Drive and west of Culejo Lane (applicant: HAPO Holdings LLC) from AG (agricultural) to R‑1B (single-family high-density). Staff supported; the applicant’s representative, Wayne Nasser of Forest Engineering, spoke in favor and answered questions.

- Approved rezoning of approximately 3.8 acres west of Bernadette Lane and southwest of Aguero Boulevard (applicant: Aguero Ltd) from AG to R‑2. The applicant did not specify the exact residential product; Forest Engineering’s representative confirmed support.

- Approved rezoning of approximately 4.61 acres south of Bartlett Avenue and east of Arthur Miller Court (owner/applicant: D and J Alexander Investments) converting parcels zoned R‑1 and B‑3 to R‑1B for residential use. The applicant’s representative, Danny De Jherina Jr., spoke in favor; staff supported the request.

- Approved an amendment of an existing conditional use permit at Sierra Vista Police Station (Lot 20, Block 5) to allow an animal-care substation office at 140 Sanseo Loop (owner: City of Laredo; applicant/representative: Lauren Bluestone). The staff report and applicant described the facility as primarily administrative and operational support for animal care; it is not intended to serve as a public shelter, adoption center or boarding facility. The applicant said a modular configuration could include three to four indoor kennels for short on-site holding when staff are present, and that animals would not be kept overnight.

- Approved preliminary consideration of Nearshore Industrial Park Phase 1 (MIBM Industrial Investments; engineer Topside Civil Group LLC). The engineer, Ricardo Villarreal, confirmed a traffic-impact analysis (TIA) had been submitted as part of an earlier annexation and asked that one traffic-safety comment (comment no. 4) be deleted from the staff list because the TIA on file covers the master plan. The commission approved staff recommendation subject to the staff comments with deletion of that traffic comment.

- Approved several replats and final plats on consent, including replat of Lot 1, Block 1 (All Carriers distribution) into Lot 1A (industrial), replat of Lot 1, Block 2 Via San Austin Unit 1 into Bridal Crossing (residential), final plat of Cielo Vista Subdivision Phase 2 (residential), and replat of Lot 2, Block 1 River Hill South Subdivision Phase 1 into Lots 2A and 2B (residential). Planning engineers for the various applicants (Daniel Gomez, Oscar Ramirez and others) addressed staff comments and concurred with conditions.

Most items carried on unanimous voice votes recorded in the transcript as "Aye"; where public hearings were held there was little or no public opposition on the record and staff recommendations were followed.

Why it matters: The approvals move multiple residential and industrial projects forward in Laredo and add an administrative animal-care location for city operations. The animal-care substation was explicitly described as administrative (not a public adoption or boarding facility) and will operate subject to staff presence when animals are on-site.

Actions and next steps: Each approved rezoning and plat will proceed to subsequent permitting and plan-review stages (e.g., CO, final engineering review, site-specific TIA follow-up where required). For the Nearshore Industrial Park the commission specifically accepted the TIA on file for the master plan and removed a staff traffic comment; project engineers may still coordinate subsequent reviews at the one-stop shop permitting stage.

Vote records and public-comment notes are reflected in the commission minutes; individual roll-call names were not consistently read on the public transcript for every motion.