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At the meeting the commission handled several procedural actions before hearing substantive items.
Chair Thurston opened the meeting by disclosing a conflict of interest on agenda item 8.1 and asked that item be removed from the agenda. A motion to accept the agenda with removal of item 8.1 was made, seconded and approved by a 4-0 vote (Commissioners Acosta, Murray, Kaiser and Chair Thurston voted yes).
The commission then voted to postpone agenda items 6.1 and 6.2 indefinitely. Each postponement was moved and seconded separately and each motion passed on recorded unanimous votes.
Before considering the Coyote Run master plan and preliminary plat, the commission made and passed a motion to suspend the rules to hear items 8.3 and 8.4 concurrently. After the joint hearing the commission reinstated the rules and voted separately on 8.3 and 8.4.
The commission also made motions to hear item 8.2 (the cannabis dispensary special-use permit) and later voted to approve it.
Staff announcements at the end of the meeting noted that November and December commission meetings will be moved up a week because of holidays and that staff will return to the commission in October with minor amendments to the Realize Las Cruces development code; Community Development Director Chris Faber said the amendments are "minor tweaks" but that quorum will be important when the commission reviews them.
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