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>> VIAGRAN: ALL RIGHT. THE TIME IS NOW 2:03 AND WE WILL BEGIN ON THURSDAY
JUNE 4, 2026, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO -- >>
>> VERIFY QUORUM. I APOLOGIZE FOR THE INTERRUPTION.
THANK YOU. >> VIAGRAN: THE TIME IS NOW 2:03 P.M. ON THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 2026, AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION IS CALLED TO ORDER. CITY CLERK, PLEASE CALL THE ROLL.
>> CLERK: MAYOR PRO TEM, WE HAVE QUORUM. >> VIAGRAN: GREAT.
FOR THE RECORD, ITEMS 4 AND 5 HAVE BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED OR DISCUSSED TODAY. SO IF YOU CAME AND WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THOSE ITEMS, PLEASE SEE CITY STAFF AFTER THE MEETING. WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO PUBLIC COMMENT. MADAME CLERK, DO WE HAVE A FINALIZED ROLL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT HERE? ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE WILL GO AHEAD AND BEGIN -- YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO DISCUSS THE ITEMS WE WILL BE CONSIDERING TODAY. THAT INCLUDES ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE AND ITEMS ON CONSENT. SO YOU WILL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
JACK FINGER, YOU CAN COME UP TO THE PODIUM. YOU WILL BE SPEAKING ON 9,
1, 2, 3, AND 12. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. >> MADAME MAYOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER AND A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. YEAH. WELL, ONE OF THEM, THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE, IS ITEM NO. 9. IT'S ABOUT PLACING A -- WELL, IT'S ABOUT PLACING THREE DWELLING UNITS, SHOEHORNING THEM IN A LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY OVER IN -- WELL, MADAME MAYOR, IT'S IN YOUR DISTRICT, DISTRICT 3.
AND THE BIG THING ABOUT THIS ONE IS THAT YOU HAVE SO MUCH OPPOSITION TO THIS THING.
I'M JUST REPEATING WHAT I SAW IN ALL THE DOCUMENTS. IT SAYS THAT 29 NOTICES, 10 WERE OPPOSED. THAT'S OVER A THIRD. WHEN YOU GET ANYTHING OVER 5% OR 10%, YOU REALLY HAVE A CONTROVERSY THERE. AND OUTSIDE OF THE 200-FOOT BARRIER WAS AT LEAST 10 PEOPLE COME UP AND SAY WE DON'T WANT THIS EITHER.
MAYBE THEY THINK IT'S JUST TOO DENSE. DO YOU THINK? SO, YES. YOU HAD 5 PEOPLE COME DOWN TO THE ZONING COMMISSION AND SAY NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS. AND THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SAY WE DON'T WANT IT EITHER . THIS IS ALL OVER ON KAYTON AVENUE.
INSTEAD OF JUST CONTINUING THE THING, WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO THE WHOLE DARN THING TODAY, YOU KNOW? NOW, ALSO A FEW OTHER ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION. THIS IS OVER IN DISTRICT 1. MS. KAUR -- I DON'T KNOW WHO IS CARRYING THE [INDISCERNIBLE] BUT YOU HAVE A USED CAR LOT ON BASSE ROAD. LIKE WE NEED ANOTHER USED CAR LOT THERE .
LET'S SEE. GOING BY THE NUMBERS. NO. 3.
ITEM NO. 3. A TATTOO PARLOR. YES, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT BURIED WAY DOWN DEEP IN THERE AND THE WORDING WAS TATTOO PARLOR AND A BODY PIERCING STUDIO. YEAH, THAT'S WHAT YOU HAVE ON ITEM NO. 3.
I WISH Y'ALL WOULD SAY NO TO THAT ONE TOO. AND, OF COURSE, A BODY SHOP OVER ON CALLAGHAN ROAD. THIS IS OVER IN MS.-- I DON'T SEE MS. GAVITO HERE TODAY AND I DON'T KNOW WHO IS DOING THIS FOR HER BUT YOU MAY WANT TO SAY NO TO
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THIS BECAUSE THAT BODY SHOP, MUCH MORE INTENSE THAN THE CAR REPAIR SHOP THERE.THE NOISE AND ALL THE ODORS, THE SMELLS ARE GOING TO REACH OVER TO THE RESIDENCES JUST A BLOCK AWAY. YES, PLEASE LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS.
>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU, JACK. WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT SPEAKER. MARIANA GUANA. ITEM 1 AND 2 THAT'S ON CONSENT. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK? YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
>> HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY HUSBAND AND I ACTUALLY OWN THAT PROPERTY ON 1315 BASSE ROAD. WE ALSO HAVE A CAR LOT ON 1203 BASSE ROAD. SO THIS IS JUST AN EXTENSION OF OUR CURRENT BUSINESS.
HAVING BEEN ON BASSE ROAD FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS, WE HAVE SEEN HOW THIS STREET HAS GROWN. AND A LOT OF THE CAR LOTS THAT STARTED OFF ON SAN PEDRO HAVE BROUGHT ENOUGH BUSINESS FOR CAR LOTS TO MOVE ON TO BASSE.
SO I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING REALLY POSITIVE FOR THE AREA.
IT MAKES IT LOOK CLEANER, HIGHER TAXES. YOU KNOW, WE MAINTAIN NOT ONLY THE STREET BUT THE ENTIRE AREA AND WE HAVE MADE IT OUR BUSINESS AND OUR HOME FOR ABOUT 15 YEARS NOW. AND I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING POSITIVE INSTEAD OF HAVING VACANT LOTS. AND, UNFORTUNATELY, THERE HAS BEEN SOME MENACING AROUND THE AREA. BUT AS THE CAR LOTS CLEAN UP AND WE HAVE CAMERAS.
WE HELP OTHER NEIGHBORS. I KNOW THERE'S THE PRINCE'S STORE RIGHT THERE.
JUST ACROSS THE STREET THERE'S A LITTLE OFFICE THAT HAS ACCOUNTING.
AND SO I THINK THAT IT IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE FOR THE AREA.
AND WE HAVE -- WE'VE BEEN FOLLOWING EVERYTHING THAT HAS BEEN ASKED OF US AND I THINK THE REST OF THE DEALERS IN THAT AREA DO THE SAME AND MAINTAIN A
BETTER-LOOKING BASSE ROAD. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. NEXT SPEAKER FOR CONSENT
ITEM NO. 7. GWENDOLYN VANDERPOOL. >> WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY CONSENT? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? CONSENT.
>> I CAN EXPLAIN IT. SO ESSENTIALLY THE COUNCIL IS GOING TO CONSIDER A BUNCH OF ITEMS AT ONCE. THERE'S NOT NECESSARILY ANY LARGE DISCUSSION ABOUT THEM.
AND SO I THINK YOUR ITEM IS A PART OF THAT CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S WHAT IT MEANS. >> YES, SIR. OKAY.
I'M SORRY. CAN I GET MY TIME? >> I USED YOUR TIME.
THEY'LL GIVE IT BACK TO YOU. I HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE, OBVIOUSLY.
MY NAME IS GWEN VANDERPOOL AND I'M HERE FOR WHATEVER NUMBER IS ON THE AGENDA.
HE IS SAYING THE PROPOSAL THAT THERE WAS NO HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION.
I'M GIVING Y'ALL THAT INFORMATION ABOUT THE EXISTING HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION. SO THERE'S BEEN A PROPOSAL BEING PUT FORWARD TO REZONE IT. AND IT WOULD DRASTICALLY IMPACT THE RESIDENTS OF PALOMA PARK SUBDIVISION AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS . IT WAS CONTRIBUTE TO ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES. AND THIS REZONING, IT WOULD REQUIRE ALSO THE PAVING OF STANISH ROAD AND WEICHOLD ROAD.
SO THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO DO THAT AND DO THE UTILITIES FOR THAT.
ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING, AND FLOODING MITIGATION AS WELL. THERE IS NO EASEMENT ON THE BACK OF THE PROPERTY BETWEEN THE SUBDIVISION AND THIS PROPOSED PROPERTY.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT IF IT WAS DEVELOPED THAT MAYBE A BERM WOULD BE PLACED THERE.
SO YOU WOULD HAVE LIGHT, NOISE POLLUTION MITIGATION THERE AS WELL.
SO AS PROPERTY OWNERS, WE WERE ASKED THAT WHAT WE WOULD LIKE FOR THIS PROPERTY PARCEL TO BE DEVELOPED AS. AND IF IT WOULD NOT BE DONATED TO THE CITY FOR A CITY PARK, THEN PERHAPS SOMETHING LIKE A NURSERY. IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL TO BE DONATED FOR FITNESS TRAILS, JUNGLE GYMS, BENCHES, OR TREES.
IF NOT, THEN PERHAPS A NURSERY. AGAIN, THIS TRULY IS A SITE THAT WILL BE SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES, NOT ONLY TO THE NORTH OF IT BUT ALSO TO THE EAST OF IT AND TO THE WEST OF IT WOULD BE LOOP 1604.
SO THE PALOMA PARK SUBDIVISION WOULD BE SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN ALL OF
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THAT 24/7 ACTIVITY OF ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC, LIGHT, NOISE , TRASH, POLLUTION, AND TRAFFIC. THIS PARCEL OF LAND IS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED AND IT WOULD NEED TO HAVE SOME KIND OF RAIN RUNOFF MITIGATION. I DON'T BELIEVE A FRENCH DRAIN WOULD QUITE CUT IT FOR THIS. I'M THE ONLY HOMEOWNER REPRESENTED BECAUSE IT'S A BRAND-NEW SUBDIVISION AND MOST PEOPLE ARE STILL MOVING IN AND DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE THEIR MAILBOX IS. DESPITE THE MAIL BEING MAILED TO ALL THE PEOPLE WITHIN THE 200 FEET, THEY MAY NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON JUST YET. I JUST ASK THAT Y'ALL RESPECTFULLY CONSIDER THESE THINGS WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR DECISION. THANK YOU.>> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU. NEXT UP ON CONSENT ITEMS 10 AND 11, JASMINE HERRERA.
JASMINE? ALL RIGHT. WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS. ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO JUNE 18, 2026 MEETING IS ITEM NO. 6.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND . ANY DISCUSSION? PLEASE VOTE.
>> KAUR: AYE. >> VIAGRAN: MOTION CARRIES.
NEXT ITEM TO CONTINUE TO THE AUGUST 6TH MEETING IS ITEM NO. 9.
IS THERE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM? >> MOTION TO CONTINUE.
>> VIAGRAN: WE'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND. IS THERE COUNCIL DISCUSSION TO BE HAD ON THIS ITEM? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, WE WILL TAKE A VOTE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO PLEASE VOTE ON ITEM 9.
>> KAUR: AYE. >> VIAGRAN: MOTION CARRIES.
ALL RIGHT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS LISTED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
THE REMAINING ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA. DO ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WISH TO PULL ANY ITEM FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? ALL RIGHT.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA?
>> MUNGIA: MOTION TO APPROVE THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
>> VIAGRAN: I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY CONVERSATION,
DISCUSSION? >> KAUR: I JUST HAVE A QUICK COMMENT.
>> VIAGRAN: COUNCILWOMAN KAUR. >> KAUR: I JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT WE ARE DOING OUR TOD MX-3 AND I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT MY TEAM FOR MAKING
THAT HAPPEN. THANKS, MAYOR PRO TEM. >> VIAGRAN: THANK YOU.
THAT CONCLUDES COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH ARE ITEMS 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, AND 13. PLEASE VOTE.
>> KAUR: AYE. MOTION CARRIES. >> VIAGRAN: THAT CONCLUDES TODAY'S ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION. THE TIME IS NOW 2:17.
* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.