ACTION REGARDING A REQUEST FOR AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE ZONING DESIGNATION FROM B-3 (LOCAL BUSINESS DISTRICT) TO B-4 (SECONDARY AND HIGHWAY BUSINESS DISTRICT) ON PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS RACEWAY ADDITION 2, BLOCK 001, LOT 0001, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE NORTHWESTERN CORNER OF JEFF GORDON DRIVE AND CORONADO ROAD, AND ALSO GENERALLY KNOWN AS 319 JEFF GORDON DRIVE, HARKER HEIGHTS, BELL COUNTY, TEXAS (PROPERTY ID #371062). (PLANNING ADMINISTRATOR) Terry Delano, Harker Heights, TX Commissioner Trisha Ratliff made a motion to recommend approval of Case Z26-07 as read in the caption by the Planning & Zoning Chairman, based on staff’s recommendations and findings. Commissioner Elizabeth McDaniel seconded the motion. Carried unanimously. AGENDA ITEM #VII.1.

Bastiat Liberty & Property Rights Analysis

This motion is scored as EXPANDS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.9/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, measures that increase tax rates or fee schedules, issue new debt or Certificates of Obligation, expand regulatory/zoning restrictions on private land use, or authorize unbudgeted spending expansions reduce an official's Freedom Score when voted YES (and reward dissenting NO votes).