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Planning and Zoning to pick joint-meeting initiative; staff to add agenda item before June deadline
Summary
Commissioners agreed staff will add an agenda item at the next meeting so the commission can decide which project to present at an August joint meeting with the City Council and partner boards; Hampton Road character code, comp-plan implementation and code cleanup were floated as candidate topics.
The City of DeSoto Planning and Zoning Commission agreed to add a formal agenda item at its next meeting to select one project or initiative to present at a quarterly joint meeting in August with City Council, the DeSoto Development Corporation, Parks and Recreation Board, and Cultural Arts Foundation.
Jacqueline Colton, interim director of Development Services, said each board was asked to nominate a single initiative for the August session; staff set a June 20 deadline for submissions. Commissioners discussed whether the item should be handled as an on-agenda discussion or via repeated requests to staff to place topics on a future agenda. They agreed that staff will add a dedicated agenda item at the next meeting to solicit and finalize the commission’s selection.
Potential topics floated during the meeting included Hampton Road character-code implementation and boundary decisions, comprehensive-plan implementation and code cleanup, updating the city’s use/occupancy charts, and a proposed mixed-use concept that has shown a rapid timeline. Commissioner comments emphasized two aims: better cross-board coordination so zoning decisions do not unintentionally conflict with economic development efforts, and targeted code amendments to remove reliance on ad-hoc deviations.
City Attorney Smith reminded commissioners that the zoning commission has authority in the code to review the comprehensive plan and to advise on planning matters, and so bringing initiatives to the joint meeting fits within the commission’s duties. Colton said staff will compile potential topics and background materials to help commissioners decide at the next meeting before the June 20 submission deadline.
The commissioners did not finalize a single topic during the session; staff will place the agenda item on the next Planning and Zoning meeting for formal selection.
