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ALL RIGHT, FOLKS, WE ARE LIVE.
SO WE CAN GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED.
IF WE WANNA GO AHEAD AND START WITH THE, UH, BRIEFING, WE HAVE BARBARA BUFORD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT THAT'S GONNA BE DOING THE PRESENTATION AND A DISCUSSION WITH THE COMMISSION.
PLEASE GET STARTED WITH THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
UM, AS KAT MENTIONED, I'M BARBARA AND COMA BURFORD.
I'M THE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT ADMINISTRATOR FOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UM, OUR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, EDWARD GONZALEZ, WHO'S ALSO ON THIS, UM, WORK SESSION THIS MORNING.
TODAY, I'LL PROVIDE A PRESENTATION ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION REGISTRATION POLICY UPDATE.
I'M NOT ACTUALLY PRESENTING A POLICY, BUT PROVIDING BACKGROUND ON THE POLICY, UM, OUR PROCESS FOR UPDATING IT, AND ALSO OUR TIMELINE FOR UPDATING THE POLICY.
THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTRY WAS ESTABLISHED BY CHAPTER 35, 4 0 8 OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE TO PROVIDE NOTIFICATION TO REGISTERED ASSOCIATIONS FOR ZONING CASES, COMMUNITY PLANS, AND PERIMETER PLANS.
THIS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION POLICY IN 2009, AN INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY THAT WAS INTENDED TO GUIDE N H SS D STAFF TO MAINTAIN A RELEVANT AND ROBUST AND RELIABLE, UM, DATA ABOUT ASSOCIATIONS, AND ALSO TO SOLIDIFY A CONSISTENT AND PREDICTABLE PROCESS FOR REGISTERING ORGANIZATIONS, ORGANIZATIONS, UM, RECEIVING UPDATES, AND ALSO REMOVING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS FROM THE LIST.
THIS POLICY WAS LAST UPDATED IN 2011.
THE U D C ALSO ESTABLISHES REGISTRY REQUIREMENTS AND PROVIDES A DEPARTMENT A DETAILED LIST OF REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION AN ASSOCIATION MUST SUBMIT TO BE REGISTERED.
THESE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE MAP MAPS OF THE ASSOCIATION'S BOUNDARIES, LIST OF THE OFFICERS ADOPTED BYLAWS, AND OTHER INFORMATION SUCH AS MEMBERSHIP SIZE, MEETING LOCATIONS, AND TIMES.
ANOTHER U D C PROVIDES GUIDANCE ON WHAT IS REQUIRED AND WHO MUST BE NOTIFIED.
OUR INTERNAL ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY PROVIDES ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION GUIDANCE, SUCH AS BOUNDARIES AND GEOGRAPHIC SIZE, HOUSING UNIT REQUIREMENTS, ANNUAL REGISTRATION UPDATES, AND, UM, REMOVAL FROM THE REGISTRY, AND A PROCESS TO ADDRESS GRIEVANCES.
TO DATE, UH, THE U D C AND ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY GUIDANCE HAS ALLOWED US TO REGISTER 403 NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOAS AND 45 COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS.
OUR REGISTRATION LIST OF THIS MAGNITUDE DOES NOT GET DEVELOPED WITHOUT SOME ISSUES.
MULTIPLE DEPARTMENTS, OFFICIALS, AND ASSOCIATIONS HAVE SHARED A VARIETY OF ISSUES PLAGUING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTRY WHILE CHAPTER, CHAPTER 35 4 0 8 OF THE U D C DOES NOT SPEAK TO THE ISSUES OF OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES.
THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE POLICY DOES ALLOW FOR OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES BASED ON REGI, THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CONSENTING TO BOUNDARY OVERLAP.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE 16 REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHO HAVE ISSUED SHARE BOUNDARIES OUT OF THE 403 THAT ARE REGISTERED.
IF CONSENT IS NOT OBTAINED BY THE NEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEN THERE'S USUALLY ONLY ONE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PER GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
THEREFORE, THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RECEIVES NOTIFICATIONS WHILE THE OTHER ASSOCIATION HAS THE OPTION OF SIGNING UP OR CONSTANT CONTACT THROUGH D S D AND RECEIVING AGENDA INFORMATION FOR THE REGULATORY BODY MEETINGS.
ADDITIONAL ISSUES THAT WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION PERTAINING TO ELECTIVE OFFICERS OF AN ASSOCIATION NOT LIVING WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
OUR INTERNAL POLICY REQUIRES AT LEAST 51% OF THE ASSOCIATION'S MEMBERSHIP TO RESIDE OR OWN PROPERTY WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES, BUT OUR POLICY DOES NOT ADDRESS REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTED OFFICERS.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING THEIR ORGANIZATION AS THE OFFICIAL ASSOCIATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND AS A RESULT, SOME COMMISSIONERS MAY GIVE MORE WEIGHT TO THEIR COMMENT THAN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
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AT PUBLIC HEARINGS.THE REGISTRY WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE AN ENDORSEMENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ITS POSITION.
SO NOW WE ARE HERE TO OUR TIMELINE.
SO OUR ORIGINAL TIMELINE KICKED OFF WITH BRIEFING THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN FEBRUARY, AND THEN WE COMPLETED BRIEFINGS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT TASK FORCE AND THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION IN FEBRUARY AND EARLY MARCH.
ALL MEETINGS SCHEDULED IN MID-MARCH WITH THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION WERE COUNCIL DUE TO C OVID 19.
AND THIS ALSO INCLUDED OUR COMMUNITY INPUT SESSION SCHEDULED FOR LATE MARCH AND EARLY APRIL.
WE PLAN TO COME BACK TO THIS, THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON THE FEEDBACK RECEIVED AND DISCUSS RECOMMENDATIONS PER OUR NEW TIMELINE.
OUR DEPARTMENT RESUMED THIS PROCESS NOVEMBER 2ND WITH A BRIEFING TO THE CULTURE AND THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
I PROVIDED THIS PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD THIS, THIS SAME PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS ON MONDAY AND ZONING COMMISSION ON TUESDAY.
AND THIS MEETING, UH, WITH YOU WRAPS UP MY MEETINGS WITH REGULATORY BODIES.
OUR COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS WILL BE HELD VIRTUALLY DECEMBER 1ST, SECOND, AND THIRD, AND A SURVEY WILL GO OUT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO COULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE VIRTUAL SESSIONS.
UM, AND THAT WILL, THAT SURVEY WILL BE ISSUED DECEMBER 4TH.
WE WILL RETURN TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE IN JANUARY TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON THE COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS, THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE HAD WITH YOU AND THE SURVEY RESULTS AFTER PRESENTING TO THE COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
WE WILL COME BACK TO ALL REGULATORY BODIES IN JANUARY SLASH FEBRUARY TIMEFRAME TO PRESENT FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS AND SURVEYS.
MY FINAL SLIDE ARE QUESTIONS I WOULD LIKE TO ASK EACH ONE OF YOU.
IT'S IMPORTANT WE RECEIVE YOUR FEEDBACK SO THAT WE CAN SHARE WITH THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE AT THIS TIME.
I'M READY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK YOU HAVE.
I'M GONNA QUICKLY GO THROUGH THESE QUESTIONS.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO USE THE REGISTRY? WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES? SHOULD ONLY ONE ASSOCIATION BE ALLOWED TO REPRESENT A GEOGRAPHIC AREA? SHOULD THERE BE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR OFFICERS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? MEANING, SHOULD THERE BE A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY LIVE WITHIN THE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES OF THEIR ASSOCIATION? WHAT TYPES OF TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES SHOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE ASSOCIATIONS AND REG REGULATORY AGENCIES AND ANY OTHER PROGRAMS THAT YOU MAY THINK WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS? THANK YOU.
READY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE? THIS IS MIKE GARCIA.
WOULD YOU EVER HAVE A, UH, CITYWIDE ASSOCIATION MEETING, UH, TO DISCUSS, UH, CITYWIDE ISSUES TOGETHER? WOULD WE EVER HAVE A CITYWIDE UH, ASSOCIATION MEETING TO DISCUSS LIKE THIS PARTICULAR, LIKE REGARDING THE REGISTRY OR JUST ISSUES IN GENERAL? JUST ISSUES IN GENERAL? YEAH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY, UM, WE WOULD DEFINITELY BE OPEN TO, TO HOSTING THAT, A MEETING TO DISCUSS, DISCUSS SOMETHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, ANY CITYWIDE ISSUES.
UM, IS YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE COMMISSION COMMISSION, UH, INFORMATIONAL, OR IS THERE A REQUESTED ACTION, UM, THAT OR DESIRE FROM ANY COMMISSION? SO IT IS INFORMATIONAL, BUT I AM LOOKING FOR YOUR FEEDBACK REGARDING THESE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE POSED IN THIS LAST SLIDE, SO WE CAN INCORPORATE THAT INTO, YOU KNOW, DEVELOPING, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS.
BUT AS I MENTIONED, WE'RE GONNA GO BACK IN JANUARY TO THE CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, TO SHARE WHAT THE REGULATORY BODIES, YOU KNOW, THEIR FEEDBACK, ANY RECOMMENDATIONS THEY MAY HAVE HAD.
UM, WE WILL ENSURE THAT WE SEND OUT THE INVITATION TO THE VIRTUAL COMMUNITY INPUT SESSIONS.
AGAIN, THIS IS A, YOU KNOW, THESE INPUT SESSIONS ARE, YOU KNOW, UM, ARE CITYWIDE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE INCLUSIVE OF EVERYONE, WHETHER THEY'RE ON THIS REGISTRATION LIST OR NOT, BECAUSE WE DEFINITELY WANNA GET THE FEEDBACK.
BUT, UM, YEAH, YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE NOT, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, I DIDN'T PRESENT THE POLICY.
I'M, I'M PRESENTING THE PROCESS THAT WE'RE GONNA UTILIZE TO UPDATE THE POLICY, SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION, AND THEN KIND OF ALSO LAYING OUT SOME ISSUES THAT HAVE PLAGUED THE, THE REGISTRATION, UM, PRO, UH, THE REGISTRATION AND, AND SOME COMPONENTS OF THE POLICY THAT, THAT HAVE PRESENTED SOME, SOME CHALLENGES.
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AGAIN, I, I WOULD APPRECIATE, UM, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, HEARING PEOPLE'S FEED UP FEEDBACK ABOUT THE QUESTIONS.THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION.
THE, THE QUESTION ABOUT, UH, OFFICERS THAT ARE NOT LIVING IN THE BOUNDARIES ASSOCIATION, DO YOU HAVE KIND OF A GENERAL NUMBER OR PERCENTAGE OF, OF HOW OFTEN THAT'S OCCURRING? ARE THESE MANAGEMENT COMPANIES, IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT WHAT THEY GENERALLY ARE? I, I, I DON'T HAVE A PERCENTAGE NUMBER.
UM, JUST A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND.
UM, THE, SO THAT, THAT QUESTION DOES NOT APPLY TO H O A, WE, WE, WE UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, HOAS ARE MANDATORY AND YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY TECH CODE, YOU KNOW, MANDATES HOW THEY, THEY OPERATE AND FUNCTION.
BUT SOME OF OUR VOLUNTARY, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE PRESENTED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN ISSUE, YOU KNOW, STATING THAT, YOU KNOW, SUB PERSON DOESN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, OWN PROPERTY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF COMMENTING, YOU KNOW, AT A, AT A, YOU KNOW, ZONING OR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, X DEVELOPMENT AND, YOU KNOW, THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, SOME SORT OF WAY ABOUT THAT.
LIKE, WELL, THEY SHOULD LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AGAIN, THIS IS, THERE'S A FINE LINE BECAUSE WE DON'T GET IN, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T, WE'RE NOT INVOLVED IN THE GOVERNANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
YES, WE COLLECT BYLAWS, BUT WE'RE NOT COLLECTING THE BYLAWS TO, TO READ THEM AND THEN SAY, YOU DID NOT DO THIS.
WE COLLECT THEM JUST AS SOURCE DOCUMENTATION THAT THEY ACTUALLY HAVE BYLAWS IN PLACE, AND IT HELPS US, LIKE LEGITIMIZE THAT THERE ARE AN ASSOCIATION, AND AGAIN, THE U D C, UM, REQUIRES US TO COLLECT THAT.
SO THIS, THIS, THAT ISSUE IS, IS SOMETHING WE WANTED TO BE TRANSPARENT ABOUT THAT'S BROUGHT TO OUR, OUR ATTENTION.
UH, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY, UM, AGAIN, A FINE LINE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE ASSOCIATIONS OF EXPRESS, LIKE WE, WE HAVE PEOPLE ON OUR, OUR ASSOCIATION WHO MAY NOT LIVE IN THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST BECAUSE THEY MIGHT OWN A BUSINESS IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE WANT THEM INVOLVED BECAUSE WE SEE THE BUSINESS OWNERS AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THERE'S ALL DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ABOUT WHY THAT MAY BE ALLOWED, BUT WE, WE THOUGHT WE SHOULDN'T INCLUDE IT BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S COME UP, UM, WITH THE VOLUNTARY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
FROM MY, MY PERSPECTIVE, AND, YOU KNOW, HOPE, I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR THE ENTIRE COMMISSION, BUT I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO DELINEATE WHO IS ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AS, AS WE CONSIDER THESE DIFFERENT PLAN AMENDMENTS AND CASES.
IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL, NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO HEAR THE VOICES FROM PEOPLE, UH, FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE CITY OR HAVE SOME SORT OF INTEREST, BUT MAYBE A DISCLOSURE, UH, AS WE GET THESE CASES THAT THE PERSON SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION IS NOT A RESIDENT MIGHT BE HELPFUL IN SOME OF OUR, UH, DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
SO THAT, THAT'S JUST A SUGGESTION FROM MY END.
UH, OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK PRESENTS REALLY AN ISSUE FOR US BECAUSE WE WANT TO ENCAPSULATE, YOU KNOW, ALL THE RESIDENTS IN AN AREA AS WE CONSIDER CASES.
BUT, UH, BUT I DO THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IDENTIFYING WHO ARE THE PEOPLE MOST IMPACTED BY, UH, THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE PRESENTED WITH.
SO MAYBE IDENTIFYING 'EM AS NON-RESIDENTS AS SUCH.
THAT'S ALL, ALL THE, UH, ALL THE, UM, QUESTIONS AND, UH, COMMENTS THAT I HAVE.
I, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PROFIT'S, UH, ASSESSMENT ON THAT.
I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, AND TO ME THE, YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY'RE VOLUNTARY OR NOT, IT SEEMS LIKE THE, THE H O A BYLAWS WOULD SAY THEY HAVE TO BE RESIDENTS BEFORE THEY CAN REPRESENT THE, THE H O A BEFORE ANY COMMISSION OR BOARD OR ANYTHING.
I MEAN, TO ME, THAT'S JUST COMMON SENSE, BUT I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER PROFIT THAT, UH, THERE SHOULD BE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCLOSURE THERE FOR EVERYBODY'S SAKE.
UM, ONE OTHER COMMENT I HAD IS THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD, AND I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION OR SOME TRAINING OR SOME DOCUMENTATION TO THESE HOAS ON WHAT THE INDIVIDUAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND WHATNOT AT THE CITY, WHAT THEIR PURVIEW IS.
'CAUSE WE CONSTANTLY HEAR, YOU KNOW, WE, WE, WE HAVE PEOPLE HERE AT PLANNING COMMISSION THAT COME UP AND START TALKING ABOUT ZONING.
WELL, ZONING ISN'T OUR PURVIEW.
SO WE HAVE TO REMIND THEM THAT, YOU KNOW, HEY, HERE'S OUR PURVIEW.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO.
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT ZONING TODAY.
UM, AND THEY SHOULD, YOU KNOW, THEY, IF YOU'RE A BOARD, IF YOU'RE A BOARD MEMBER OF AN H O A AND, AND, AND YOU'RE HAVING TO, YOU KNOW, TO TO, TO BASICALLY INTERACT WITH COMMISSIONS OR CITY COUNCIL OR ZONING OR WHOEVER, YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU'RE THERE TO DO.
YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT THAT COMMISSION'S RESPONSIBILITIES ARE BEFORE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, UM, UM, ASKING OR, YOU KNOW, ASKING QUESTIONS OR, OR, OR COMMENTING
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ON SOMETHING.SO I THINK SOME EDUCATION, PUBLIC OUTREACH ON WHAT, ON WHAT ALL THE CITY, UH, BOARDS DO WOULD BE GOOD.
JACKSON, ONE, ONE FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU.
UH, YOU MENTIONED EARLIER IN YOUR BRIEF THAT THERE WERE FOUR THREE HOAS, UH, CURRENTLY IN YOUR REGISTRY.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANY VISIBLE TO THE TOTAL NUMBER OF HOAS, INCLUDING THOSE WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED, AND ARE THERE ANY OUTREACH PROGRAMS INFORM THEM THAT REGISTRATION, UM, EXISTS AND, UH, PROVIDE BENEFITS OF REGISTRY? SO THE, THE CURRENT MAKEUP OUT OF THAT 403 NUMBER IS 237 OR HOAS AND 166 ARE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS FAR AS HOW MANY HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UM, THAT ARE IN, YOU KNOW, THAT ARE, THAT ARE IN THE CITY.
UM, THE ROUGH ESTIMATE, AND AGAIN, THIS IS A ROUGH ESTIMATE BASED ON SOME INFORMATION I GOT FROM NEXTDOOR.
SO THERE'S A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND, AND THAT'S A COMBINATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND HOAS.
AND SO WE, WE'VE DONE SOME EFFORTS IN THE PAST TO, TO BLAST OUT, UM, INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, ON SOCIAL MEDIA THROUGH NEXTDOOR, LETTING PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT THE REGISTRY.
UM, WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS OF UPDATING, UM, THE POLICY THREE YEARS AGO, I THINK WE'RE, WE WERE A LITTLE OVER 200, UM, ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE ON OUR LIST.
AND SO WE'VE GROWN THAT LIST TO 403 NOW, AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO GROW IT.
I THINK RIGHT NOW, SINCE OUR FOCUS IS, UM, ON FINALIZING THIS POLICY, UM, IN 2021, UM, WITH ALL THE FEEDBACK AND COMMUNITY INPUT, I THINK WE'LL, WE'LL, UM, ONCE WE GET OVER THIS HURDLE, WE'LL REALLY MAKE SOME EFFORTS TO MARKET MORE AND TRY TO GROW THE LIST.
'CAUSE AGAIN, IT IS A COMMUNICATION TOOL.
YOU KNOW, D S D DEFINITELY USES IT TO COMMUNICATE THEIR NOTIFICATIONS, BUT OUR DEPARTMENT INTERNALLY UTILIZES IT, UM, TO GET INFORMATION OUT NOT ONLY ABOUT OUR DEPARTMENT, BUT JUST ANY INFORMATION WE FEEL IS RELEVANT AND BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THEN ALSO OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, EXTERNAL DEPARTMENTS, UH, EXCUSE ME, EXTERNAL PARTNERS WILL OFTEN CONTACT US FOR THE LIST SO THEY CAN GET INFORMATION OUT TO MAYBE TARGETED NEIGHBORHOODS OR, OR JUST ALL NEIGHBORHOODS IN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THAT BELONG TO THE LIST.
UH, THANK YOU FOR THAT RESPONSE.
UM, ONE FINAL COMMENT AND OR QUESTION, I GUESS, DEPENDING ON HOW TO ADDRESS IT.
UH, WHEN WE SEND OUR NOTIFICATIONS OUT FOR, UH, ITEMS THAT ARE COMING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, DO WE TARGET ONLY THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS WHO ARE LISTED, UH, IN THE REGISTRY, OR DO YOU HAVE ACCESS TO A, A LARGER DATABASE OF, UH, UH, EXISTING, UM, HOAS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WHO ARE NOT ON THE REGISTRY, AND DO THEY RECEIVE THOSE NOTIFICATIONS? SO MY UNDERSTANDING, UM, WITH THE NOTIFICATION PROCESS IS ANY PROPERTY OWNERS AND NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATIONS THAT FALL WITHIN THAT 200 FOOT BUFFER, THAT'S WHO RECEIVES THE NOTIFICATION.
SO IF YOU'RE AN ASSOCIATION THAT ISN'T CAPTURED IN THAT BUFFER, YOU ARE NOT GETTING THE, THE NOTICE.
AND, AND THAT'S BEEN THE CRUX AND THE CONTENTION, UM, AROUND THE, THE REGISTRY.
IF I'M NOT ON THE REGISTRATION, THEN HOW DO I GET NOTIFICATION, UM, ABOUT SAID ZONING CASE THAT'S GOING ON? AND AGAIN, UM, D S D HAS OFFERED OPTIONS OF SIGNING UP TO CONSTANT CONTACT.
YOU KNOW, UH, ANOTHER, ANOTHER, UM, OPTION THAT WE'VE HAD VERY, VERY PRELIMINARY DISCUSSIONS WITH D S D AND I T S D IS CREATING AN OPT-IN NOTIFICATION, UM, SYSTEM.
SO IT ALLOWS FOR AN ASSOCIATION NOT ON OUR LIST, UM, TO OPT IN AND RECEIVE THAT NOTIFICATION.
WE, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE KIND OF DISCUSSED AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY WE'LL RESUME THESE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THAT, WHAT THAT WOULD MEAN AND WHAT THAT WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S ONLY GOING TO THE ASSOCIATION THAT FALLS WITHIN THAT, THAT 200 FOOT BUFFER ALONG WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE, ARE NOTIFIED AS WELL.
I'M GLAD THAT YOU WILL HAVE A WAY TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY WHEN WE HAVE A A, A CASE COMING OUT BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
MANY TIMES WE HEAR PEOPLE SAY, NOBODY TOLD ME, AND I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.
AND I, I HOPE THAT THERE'S A SYSTEM WHERE EVERYBODY WILL GET NOTIFICATION AT THE SAME TIME.
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MIKE GARCIA.UH, BACK IN THE LATE 1970S, UH, I STARTED NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES WITH THE HELP OF A, OF A GRANT FROM THE FORD FOUNDATION.
I WAS WORKING WITH THE MEXICAN AMERICAN UNITY COUNCIL, AND TOGETHER MAYBE THE, THERE WERE EIGHT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THEY WERE ALL IN THE INNER CITY, BUT I'M, I'M REALLY IMPRESSED TO FIND OUT THAT IT HAS SPREAD OUT TO MANY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, AND THEY'RE PROUD TO TAKE, UH, CHARGE OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SERVICE, MR. GARCIA.
UH, SO I HAVE A, A COUPLE COMMENTS.
IT'S ON THE FIRST QUESTION, BARBARA, UH, THE REGISTRY PORTION.
UM, I, I'LL TAKE THIS FIRST FROM MY, UH, MY EMPLOYER'S HAT ON THE BROOKS SIDE, SINCE WE'RE DEVELOPING WHAT IS PRIVATE, UM, THERE'S, THERE'S, WE DO NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE CITY FOR, FOR EVERYTHING, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO AS WE'RE DEVELOPING, OBVIOUSLY OUTREACH IS STILL A BIG PORTION, A BIG ASPECT OF THAT.
AND SO, UM, PART OF MY PROFESSIONAL ROLE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ENGAGING THOSE SURROUNDING, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
AND THERE'S QUITE A FEW IN OUR IMMEDIATE AREA.
I THINK THAT THERE'S ANYWHERE FROM 15 TO 18 THAT I, I TRY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE AT LEAST COMMUNICATE TO WHETHER THEY'RE ENGAGED OR NOT IS IS UP TO THEM.
UM, BUT THAT IS A LOT IN MY MIND, JUST FOR THAT IMMEDIATE AREA.
UH, BUT AGAIN, ALL 15 OR 18, I CAN'T RECALL HOW MANY, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT THERE'S THE TWO OR THREE THAT ARE REALLY ENGAGED.
AND SO THAT KIND OF DRAW, UM, GOES INTO MY, INTO YOUR SECOND QUESTION THAT I DO THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO CONDENSE SOME OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND JUST, UM, I, I DON'T WANT YOU TO NECESSARILY GET RID OF, UM, SOME OF THOSE, THOSE, UM, GROUPS THAT HAVE FORMED.
BUT I THINK CONDENSING, UM, AND GETTING, GETTING, ESPECIALLY THE SMALLER GROUPS, YOU KNOW, TOGETHER, UM, A LITTLE MORE STRATEGICALLY AND, AND NOT OVERLAP AS MUCH WOULD BE BENEFICIAL.
UM, I THINK WHEN YOU HAVE A, A LARGER GROUP WITH DIFFERENT OPINIONS, UM, I THINK IT'S, IT'S A HEALTHY DEBATE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL AT LEAST FOR THE DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS LIKE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND COME TO SOME SORT OF CONSENSUS, UH, RATHER THAN HAVING, UM, SEVERAL DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE JUST CREATED JUST BECAUSE THEY DISAGREE WITH EACH OTHER.
AND SO I THINK PART OF THE, UM, PROCESS IS FOR THEM TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT HEALTHY DEBATE BEFORE THEY GET AND NOT JUST HAVE ANOTHER GROUP.
UH, TO COMMISSIONER PECK'S POINT ON THE THIRD QUESTION, I DO THINK THAT, UM, IN ADDITION JUST TO WHAT THE COMMISSIONS DO OR, OR WHAT OUR PURVIEW IS, I THINK AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROCESS IS EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
AND SO I THINK WE SEE A LOT OF THE SAME CASES WHEN IT COMES TO LIKE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, IF THEY PURCHASE THEIR LOT ON A PARK OR A GOLF COURSE, YOU OFTEN HEAR, AND THEY COME THAT THEY'RE UPSET THAT THEIR PARK ACCESS OR THEIR GOLF ACCESS IS, IS NOW NO LONGER GONNA BE THERE.
UM, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT ITEMS LIKE THAT THAT FREQUENTLY COME TO THESE COMMISSIONS, AND SO INTRODUCING THEM OR JUST WALKING THEM THROUGH THE, THAT TYPE OF PROCESS, I THINK WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL.
UM, AND FOR, FOR THEM TO BE A LITTLE MORE EDUCATED ON, UH, NOT ONLY WHAT THE COMMISSIONS DO, BUT JUST THE OVERALL PROCESS AND, AND HOW DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, UM, IN THE CITY IN DIFFERENT, IN DIFFERENT AREAS.
AND THEN TRAINING, SAME THING.
I, I THINK, UM, THAT'S PART OF, THAT'S PART OF THE TRAINING FOR THEM TO BE A LITTLE MORE FAMILIAR, UM, WITH HOW THE ENTIRE PROCESS GOES, WHAT THE CITY DOES, WHAT THE COUNTY DOES, UM, AND AND BEYOND.
SO HAVING SOME SORT OF ONBOARDING BRIEFING, IF YOU WILL, THAT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE.
UM, I THINK THOSE WERE ALL YOUR QUESTIONS, UH, BUT, BUT, UM, MR. GARCIA DID BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT, ABOUT THE BUFFER, IF SO, FOR ANYTHING.
AND WE DO GET THAT A LOT THAT I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT THE 200 FOOT BUFFER, UM, IS ENOUGH.
UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE COME AND, AND THEY, THEY'RE NOT AWARE.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT 200 FOOT BUFFER, IT'S REALLY NOT A LOT.
AND SO MY RECOMMENDATION MAY BE LOOKING AT EXTENDING THOSE BOUNDARIES AND ALERTING A FEW MORE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
I WANTED TO, UM, PROVIDE, UM, SOME, UM, RESPONSE, LIKE SOME FEEDBACK TO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU HAVE, UH, MENTIONED.
UM, ONE THING, YOU KNOW, TRAINING, WE'VE RECOGNIZED THAT TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS ARE, ARE
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A HUGE NEED FOR THE, THE ASSOCIATIONS.THEY WANT MORE RESOURCES FROM US.
YOU KNOW, D S D HAS THIS GREAT, UM, D UH, D S D ACADEMY WHERE THEY TALK ABOUT THE ZONING, YOU KNOW, ALL, THEY TALK ABOUT ALL THESE, THESE THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, EACH OF THE REGULATORY BODIES DO.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN WHEN YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, YOU GO THROUGH THE ZONING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE PROCESS.
AND WE'VE PARTNERED IN THE PAST, UM, TO, TO, UM, OFFER THAT, THAT CLASS TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
BUT IT REALLY, YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING THE CONVERSATION OF FEEDBACK, WE PROBABLY NEED TO REALLY GROW THAT TO, TO A MUCH LARGER, YOU KNOW, GROUP AND OFFER IT TO EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, THAT IS ON THE LIST.
UM, AND SO WE'LL, WE WILL DEFINITELY, UM, WORK WITH, UM, KAT AND HER TEAM TO, TO REALLY KIND OF TALK THAT THROUGH AND MAKING SURE THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING, UM, THOSE ON THE REGISTRY AND EVEN THOSE WHO AREN'T ON THE REGISTRY AGAIN.
UM, UM, ONE THING I WANTED TO, TO JUST MENTION, UM, WE, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE YEAH, GETS THE SAME WEIGHT, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE VOICING THEIR OPINIONS ON PROJECTS REGARDLESS OF THEIR REGISTRY, IF THEY'RE ON, YOU KNOW, AN NA UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON OUR REGISTRY OR NOT.
AND I THINK THAT OFTEN GETS THAT, THAT'S JUST GOTTEN LOST.
UM, A LOT OF THE ASSOCIATIONS ON THE LIST HAVE, HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, HEY, IF I'M, IF I GET TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT YOU GET TO SHARE BOUNDARIES, I REALLY KIND OF CONTROL YOU NOT BEING ON THIS LIST.
I'M THE ONE THAT THE COMMISSIONERS ARE GONNA PAY ATTENTION TO.
SO THAT PERCEPTION HAS REALLY GROWN, AND WE'VE CONSTANTLY ARE REMINDING THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL FROM GETTING THAT CONSENT TO BE ON THE REGISTRY.
WE HAVE CONSTANTLY REMINDED THEM, NO, ALL THE VOICES ARE WEIGHTED THE SAME.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN, WHEN GOING AND EXPRESSING YOUR OPINIONS ON A PROJECT, IT DOES NOT MATTER THAT YOU'RE ON THE LIST.
BUT THAT'S A VERY HARD PERCEPTION TO FIGHT WHEN THEY FEEL THAT.
AND, AND I, AND I'VE SEEN IT, I'VE WITNESSED, UM, OR ASSOCIATION ON OUR LIST, SAY, I AM THE OFFICIAL RECOGNIZED ASSOCIATION.
AND, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S CONCERNING.
'CAUSE AGAIN, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO SHOW UP TO THESE MEETINGS AND FEEL THAT WHEN THEY, UM, EXPRESS THEIR CONCERNS OR, YOU KNOW, OR SUPPORT OR NOT SUPPORT FOR, UM, WHATEVER'S BEING PRESENTED TO THE COMMISSION, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE BEING HEARD IN AN EQUITABLE WAY AND NOT FEELING LIKE, I'M NOT ON THIS LIST.
SO I, IT DOESN'T, WHAT I'M SAYING DOESN'T MATTER AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
AND, AND I DID MISS ONE POINT, YOU ASKED IF, UH, YOU BEL OR WE BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE RESIDING IN THOSE CERTAIN BOUNDARIES.
UM, I THINK MY PERFECT SCENARIO WOULD BE YES, OR THEY OWN PROPERTY.
UM, BUT I, I ALSO HESITATE, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THAT JUST BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD THAT WE NECESSARILY, UH, HOLD FOR DIFFERENT BOARDS.
AND, UM, WE DO HOLD THAT STANDARD FOR ELECTED POSITIONS.
BUT I THINK THAT WE ALL SEE, UM, SOMETIMES IN THE NEWS THAT EVEN THAT'S NOT A ABIDED BY OR, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME LOOPHOLES AROUND THAT.
AND SO I THINK IDEALLY, IF WE'RE HEARING FROM THE VOICES, IT WOULD BE NICE THAT THEY HAVE SOME SORT OF TIE OR, UM, A DIRECT TIE TO THAT AREA.
UM, BUT AGAIN, AND I, I JUST HESITATE FOR THAT TO BE A MANDATORY DEAL JUST BECAUSE THAT'S NOT THE STANDARD THAT WE HOLD HOLD FOR, UM, OTHER BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS AND ELECTED OFFICIALS.
IS THIS COMMISSIONER, OH, CAN YOU GUYS HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE, UH, OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES AND THE ONE ASSOCIATION PER GEOGRAPHIC AREA.
SO I FEEL LIKE, UM, MORE RECENTLY WE'VE HAD SEVERAL COMMISSION OR SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS COME IN SAYING THAT THEY ARE THE ONES REPRESENTING, AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S REPRESENTING.
SO, UM, I THINK BECAUSE THERE'S BEEN SOME DISSENT WITH, EVEN IN THOSE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, SO MAYBE ANOTHER ONE FORMS. SO, UM, I, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE HAVE THOSE OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES, BUT ALSO, UM, ALLOW MULTIPLE REPRESENTATION BECAUSE, UH, IT DOES PROVIDE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES AND AS THE COMMISSION, IF WE ARE JUST HEARING ONE, BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE WHAT ALL THE RESIDENTS TRULY FEEL, I THINK IT'S GOOD THAT WE HEAR, UM, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT DIFFERING OPINIONS, BUT MAYBE, UH, THERE'S A WAY WE COULD LIMIT IT.
I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OR HOW MUCH OVERLAP YOU ARE EXPERIENCING OR, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S MULTIPLE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE I THINK WOULD BE TOO MANY, BUT MAYBE LIKE TWO OR THREE, LIKE YOU CAN LIMIT IT TO A CERTAIN NUMBER OF REPRESENTATION PER NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL BECAUSE, UM, AGAIN, WE HAVEN'T SEEN A WHOLE LOT OF IT, BUT JUST I THINK MORE RECENTLY, I'M THINKING OF A COUPLE CASES WHERE WE'VE HAD PEOPLE COME IN AND SAY, UM, WELL, THAT'S WHAT THE ASSOCIATION FEELS, BUT WE ARE OF ANOTHER GROUP AND WE THINK COMPLETELY OPPOSITE.
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THINK WE BASED OUR DECISION ON THAT, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER GROUP.BUT ANYWAYS, I JUST THINK IT WOULD BE GOOD TO HAVE, UM, UH, MULTIPLE OPINIONS BEING HEARD.
AND THEN I THINK, UH, I AGREE WITH MY COMMISSIONERS ON MOST OF THE OTHER, UH, QUESTIONS.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, THIS COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
THE, THE, THE N L A I THINK IS GREAT ACTUALLY A GRADUATE OF THAT PROGRAM.
AND THEN AGAIN, AS A NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT, YOU STILL NEED TO GET THE INFORMATION TO THE RESIDENTS.
I MEAN, AGAIN, I THINK THERE ARE SOME, UH, POLITICAL SITUATIONS WHERE THESE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES, KINDA USE THEIR AUTHORITY TO, TO REPRESENT IN FRONT OF THE COMMISSIONS, YOU KNOW, THEIR POSITION WITHOUT TAKING IN CONSIDERATION ALL THE RESIDENTS.
SOME OTHER QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, PLANNING, ZONING, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, THESE ARE ALL KIND OF COMPLICATED ISSUES THAT, THAT THAT NORM THAT AVERAGE CITIZENS PROBABLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE, THE PROCESS.
BUT ARE THERE TOOLS THAT LIKE MAYBE SHORT TUTORIALS OR VIDEOS THAT COULD BE AVAILABLE OUT ON THE DSDS WEBSITE SO THAT, UH, RESIDENTS COULD GO TO, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THERE'S A, A ISSUE IN, UH, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD OR AFFECTING, POSSIBLY AFFECTING THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, THAT THEY BASICALLY EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND WHAT'S INVOLVED.
I MEAN, DO WE HAVE THOSE OR COULD WE PRODUCE THOSE TALKING ABOUT PLANNING, ZONING, ET CETERA.
I THINK THAT WE COULD CERTAINLY LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW BARBARA MENTIONED A COUPLE OTHER ITEMS THAT, THAT D S D HAS DONE IN THE PAST TO TRY TO OFFER ADDITIONAL INFORMATION, WHETHER IT'S THOSE D S D ACADEMIES, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WHILE BACK WE STARTED INCLUDING SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, F A Q DOCUMENTS IN THE MAILED NOTICES JUST TO EXPLAIN A LITTLE MORE OF THE PROCESS.
YOU KNOW, WHY ARE YOU RECEIVING THIS NOTICE, WHAT DOES IT MEAN, WHAT ARE YOUR OPTIONS? UH, BUT WE CAN CERTAINLY LOOK INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? AWESOME.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THOSE, UM, COURSES EXISTED, SO I LEARNED TO DO YOU TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME TODAY AND, UM, LISTENING TO MY PRESENTATION, BUT PROVIDING SOME REALLY GREAT FEEDBACK AND RECOMMENDATIONS THAT, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE WE TAKE BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CULTURAL, CULTURAL, UM, CULTURE AND NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES COUNCIL COMMITTEE.
AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THE INVITATION TO THE VIRTUAL SESSIONS ARE ALSO EXTENDED TO ALL COMMISSIONERS AS WELL.
THANK YOU FOR THIS WHAT LOOKS LIKE A VERY GOOD PROCESS, AND THANK YOU FOR INCLUDING US IN THAT PROCESS.
WE'RE A LITTLE OVER, UM, TIME AND SO WE'LL TRY TO GO THROUGH THIS QUICKLY.
UM, BUT DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE PLATTS ON THE AGENDA? ALRIGHT, UH, DO YOU WANT TO, UH, CHAIR, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND RUN THROUGH THE REST OF THE AGENDA, SEE IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE GET STARTED? SURE.
DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TWO TIME OR THREE TIME EXTENSIONS? I SEE THAT WE, OH NO, THAT'S THE NEXT SECTION.
ANY QUESTIONS ON THE TIME EXTENSIONS? OKAY.
UH, IF STAFF CAN, UM, PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW ON NUMBER 21 THAT, UM, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING A DENIAL ON.
EVERYONE CAN HEAR ME OKAY THIS MORNING.
SO THIS IS PLAN AMENDMENT 67, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR TO GO FROM REGIONAL MIXED USE TO URBAN MIXED USE.
IT ACTUALLY CAME ABOUT AS A RESULT OF THE WAY A REZONING WENT AT A LOCAL, AT A RECENT MEETING, RATHER, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED A DENSITY OF MF 25, WHICH IS ONLY CONSISTENT WITH THE URBAN MIXED USE CATEGORY.
AND, UH, THEY HAD ORIGINALLY PROPOSED AN MF 33, WHICH IS A SLIGHTLY HIGHER DENSITY, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT REGIONAL MIXED USE CENTER.
AND SO SINCE THIS PROPERTY, UH, WELL THIS PLAN WAS JUST ADOPTED BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2019, UH, THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIMARY REASONS THAT, UH, WE DIDN'T SEE IT APPROPRIATE TO NECESSARILY BE MAKING A CHANGE TO THIS PLAN.
WE FEEL THAT REGIONAL MIXED USE IS APPROPRIATE.
IF YOU REFER TO THE MAP, YOU CAN SEE THAT THE ENTIRE AREA IS REGIONAL, UM, REGIONAL MIXED USE.
IN FACT, IT IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE NEW
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SECURITY SERVICE FACILITIES.IT'S THE BIG, UH, KIND OF COMPOUND OVER OFF OF, UH, OFF OF I 10 AND UEX BOULEVARD.
AND SO IT SEEMED COMPLETELY APPROPRIATE AT A DENSITY OF MF 33.
BUT AGAIN, THE ZONING COMMISSION MADE A RECOMMENDATION FOR MF 25, AND SO NOW THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING CONSISTENCY WITH THAT.
UH, THERE WERE 13 NOTICES MAILED.
WE RECEIVED NONE IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
BUT I DO UNDERSTAND FROM LOGAN THAT WE DO HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL TO PLAY DURING THE MEETING TODAY.
AND, AND CHRISTIE, DO THEY HAVE, IS THE APPLICANT WILLING TO ADJUST ACCORDING TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TODAY? YES, THEY ACTUALLY DID AMEND THEIR REQUEST FOR ZONING AND, UM, I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE ON THE LINE TO ADDRESS THEIR COMMENTS TODAY AS WELL.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? CHRISTIE SAID ZONING, BUT YOU MEAN AMENDING THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO MATCH? WELL, THEY AMENDED AT ZONING COMMISSION.
SO YOU KNOW, THE ASSUMPTION IS THAT IF YOU AMENDED ITS ZONING THEN YOU'RE WILLING TO AMEND DEBT PLANNING.
SO I, THAT IS WHAT I, I BELIEVE IS GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I WOULD DEFINITELY WANNA HEAR THAT FROM THE APPLICANT.
CHRISTY, THIS IS, UM, COMMISSIONER CARILLO.
WHAT, WHAT WOULD THEY BE AMENDING TO? SO THEY ORIGINALLY WANTED, IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY REGIONAL, THEY WANT URBAN, BUT WHAT OTHER LAND USE ACCOMMODATES THE MF 25.
THEY NEED THE URBAN MIXED USE.
SO THEY'RE SEEKING IT, BUT STAFF'S RECOMMENDING DENIAL? CORRECT, BECAUSE WE FELT THAT THE WE EXISTING REGIONAL IS APPROPRIATE AND WE FELT THAT THE ORIGINAL REQUEST OF MF 33 IS APPROPRIATE AS WELL FOR THIS AREA.
I MEAN, I BELIEVE THERE'S A COSTCO NEARBY BANK.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF IT, IT'S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL CENTER AND SO WE JUST FELT THAT AGAIN, THIS BEING A NEWER PLAN JUST ADOPTED AT THE END OF LAST YEAR, UH, THAT SEEMS THE MOST APPROPRIATE LAND USE.
SO YOU SAID THAT THEY WERE WILLING TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST FOR PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT UM, THEY'RE WILLING, THEY WANNA GO, THEY WANNA STAY AT REGIONAL MIXED USE? IS THAT WHAT I'M SORRY, I'M JUST NO, I BELIEVE THEY, I BELIEVE THEY ARE DOING THE PLAN AMENDMENT SO THAT THEY CAN REQUEST URBAN MIXED USE TO BE CONSISTENT WITH WHAT THEY AMENDED TO AT ZONING COMMISSION, WHICH WAS MF 25.
I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M NOT FOLLOWING THIS.
SO TO COMMISSIONER CASTILLO'S POINT, UM, CHRISTIE, THAT AMENDMENT WILL BE CONSISTENT AND STAFF WILL APPROVE THAT? NO, WE STILL FEEL THAT.
THE MORE APPROPRIATE LAND USE IS REGIONAL MIXED USE
THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO TAKE REGIONAL MIXED USE.
SO IF WE DENY THEM, THEN THEY, AND THEY, WE, IF WE DENY URBAN MIXED USE AND IT GOES STAYS WITH REGIONAL MIXED USE, THEY HAVE TO GO BACK TO ZONING FOR MF 33.
BUT ZONING DIDN'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
I FEEL LIKE WE'RE, NO, WHAT'LL HAPPEN IS IT'LL JUST MOVE FORWARD TO COUNSEL AS THEY HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL FOR AN AMENDED ZONING REQUEST TO MS 25 FOR THE ZONING CASE AND FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT, IT WOULD JUST SHOW THAT THERE'S A DENIAL FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
COULD, UM, DOES NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE ACCOMMODATE AN MF 25? IT'S A NEWER CATEGORY.
UH, LET ME CHECK ON THAT AND THEN I'LL, I'LL GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT ONE.
SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE IS THAT THE APPLICANT TRIED TO AVOID THE PLAN AMENDMENT BECAUSE THE PLAN IS A NEW PLAN.
SO THEY HAVE, THEY, THEY WENT TO ZONING WITH MF 33, EVEN THOUGH THE PROJECT IS AN, IT MOSTLY SATISFIES THE REQUIREMENTS OF AN MF 25 ZONING, DIDN'T WANT AN MF 33, THAT AREA.
THEY MAY, THEY, THEY SAID THEY WOULD APPROVE MF 25, SO THEY HAD TO CHANGE IT DURING THE MEETING TO AN MF 25.
BUT NOW THAT TRIGGERS THE PLAN AMENDMENT, WHICH NOW D S D WON'T SUPPORT BECAUSE IT'S A NEW PLAN.
SO IT'S A VICIOUS CIRCLE OF DENIALS AND HAVING TO DO STUFF WHICH DOESN'T, WHICH, WHICH DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.
MF 25 IS, AND THEN YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
AN MF 25 IS NOT A PERMITTED ZONING DISTRICT UNDER REGIONAL.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO GO FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT BECAUSE REGIONAL MIXED USE REQUIRES M F 33 DOESN'T
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ALLOW FOR MF 25.SO IN ORDER TO SATISFY THEIR NEW ZONING, WHICH IS MF 25, THEY HAVE TO NOW CHANGE THE PLAN TO URBAN MIXED USE, WHICH THEY NEVER WANTED TO DO IN THE BEGINNING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE HIGHEST DENSITY IN NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE IS MF 18.
SO NO, IT WOULD NOT BE, IT WOULD NOT BE CONSISTENT.
IS THERE ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF OTHER THAN JUST A FLAT OUT DENIAL? THERE'S NO OTHER WAY AROUND IT, AROUND THIS.
WELL, REMEMBER GUYS, THIS IS JUST A STAFF RECOMMENDATION, RIGHT? SO, UH, THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN DO WHAT THEY SEE NECESSARY SEE FIT.
SO THIS IS JUST A STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
WE TELL THIS TO OUR APPLICANTS ALL OF THE TIME, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S SOMETIMES HEARTBURN ABOUT A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, BUT WE, WE SIMPLY WANT TO STAY WITH THE INTEGRITY AND THE GOALS OF THE U T S A AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN AND, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF WORK AND A LOT OF PUBLIC INPUT WENT INTO THAT PROCESS AND IT WAS DETERMINED AT THAT TIME THAT REGIONAL MIXED USE WAS WHAT WAS APPROPRIATE.
AND SO WE REALLY JUST WANNA STAY CONSISTENT WITH, WITH ALL THE PLANNING THAT WENT INTO THAT.
SO REGARDLESS OF THE COMMISSION'S, UM, ACTIONS TODAY, THIS WILL MOVE FORWARD TO COUNCIL WITH EITHER A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE OR TO DENY, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
I'VE RECONNECTED BACK AGAIN, THIS IS MIKE GARCIA.
HELLO, MR. GARCIA, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON NUMBER 21? I'M SORRY, I HAD ONE LAST QUESTION.
I'M, AND I'M SORRY I MISSED OUT AN AIRPLANE FLYING OVER.
UM, SO IS THE APPLICANT OKAY WITH URBAN MIXED USE EVEN THOUGH STAFF IS NOT? YES.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS ON 22 TO 24? I, I SEE THAT THERE WERE COMMENTS ON NUMBER 23 THAT THE, THE THOROUGH FAIR PLAN AMENDMENT, UM, THOSE RESIDENTS, UH, QUESTIONS, ARE THEY BEING ADDRESSED DIRECTLY BY STAFF? YES.
UH, THIS IS OSA, UH, WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UH, WE DID ANSWER ALL THE QUESTIONS AND, UM, SENT THEM BACK TO THE CITIZENS LAST NIGHT, SO, UH, THEY DID RECEIVE, UM, RESPONSES.
ARE WE EXPECTING ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? STAFF? I AM NOT SURE, UH, THE ONLY ONES THAT, UH, WE HAD WAS THE ONES I SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD.
I'M NOT SURE IF THERE'S ANY VOICEMAILS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND THAT WAS THE EMAIL THAT WE JUST RECEIVED THIS MORNING? YEAH.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ITEMS 25 THROUGH 27? OKAY.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS FOR 28 THROUGH 30 OF THE FINAL THREE ITEMS? OKAY.
HEARING NONE, UH, STAFF, I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO INTO THE MEETING.
SO WE WILL, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED HERE.
UH, RIGHT NOW THE ONLY ITEM ON INDIVIDUAL IS ITEM 21, THE PLAN AMENDMENTS, UH, FOR A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND START OFF WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATOR LATER.
[Call to Order]
THANK YOU.IT IS, UH, 9:18 AM AND I WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE MEETING FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, WILL THE SECRETARY PLEASE, UH, CALL, ROLL CALL OR DO ROLL CALL.
PRESENT COMMISSIONER PROFIT HERE.
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HERE.AND NEXT ON THE AGENDA, REMIND ME IS CITIZENS TO BE HEARD? UM, IF YOU CHOOSE, THEY CAN GO AHEAD.
YEAH, I'M, I'M GONNA START OFF JUST BY COVERING OUR MEETING FORMAT AND THEN WE CAN JUMP INTO THAT ITEM.
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF COVID 19, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS HOLDING MEETINGS VIA VIDEO CONFERENCE.
THESE MEETING STANDARDS ARE BASED UPON THE VARIOUS SUSPENDED PROVISIONS OF THE OPEN MEETINGS ACT ISSUED BY THE TEXAS GOVERNOR IN RESPONSE TO CVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN WATCH AND LIST, WATCH AND LISTEN TO THIS MEETING BY VISITING WWW.SANANTONIO.GOV/DSD OR BY CALLING IN FOR AUDIO ONLY AT 2 1 0 2 0 6 5 4 8 3.
TO INCORPORATE PUBLIC COMMENTS, THERE ARE FOUR OPPORTUNITIES.
THESE INCLUDE EMAIL OR MAIL OF COMMENTS, DROPPING OFF COMMENTS, LEAVING VOICEMAIL, OR ASKING TO BE CALLED DURING THE MEETING.
STATEMENTS OR COMMENTS RECEIVED ARE PART OF THE OFFICIAL WRITTEN RECORD FOR ITEMS ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT, STAFF WILL PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, THEY WILL RECEIVE A CALLBACK, UH, FOR THEIR TWO MINUTE COMMENT.
SPANISH INTERPRETERS ARE ON STANDBY AS NEEDED.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT, ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONING.
UH, RIGHT NOW, AS FAR AS VOICEMAILS ARE CONCERNED, THE ONLY VOICEMAIL WE HAVE TO PLAY IS AN ITEM FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, SO WE CAN PLAY THAT WHEN WE GET TO THAT PARTICULAR ITEM.
SO WE HAVE, UH, TWO AGENDAS TODAY, THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA, UM, WHICH INCLUDES EVERY ITEM EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER 21 AND 23.
UH, IT SHOULD BE, UH, EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR ITEM 21.
AND 23 WE WILL PLAY OR, OR READ INTO THE RECORD THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
YEAH, WE, WE CAN, WE CAN PLAY THOSE COMMENTS BEFORE WE, UH, BEFORE WE DO THE MOTION, UH, PROVIDED THAT, UH, YOU WANT TO KEEP IT ON CONSENT.
[Consent Agenda]
AND SO FIRST I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA COMMISSIONER, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.A MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PECK.
STAFF CAN DO THE ROLL CALL PLEASE.
UH, REAL QUICK BEFORE I TAKE THE ROLL CALL, UM, MARCO, CAN WE GO AHEAD AND READ THE COMMENTS THAT WERE SUBMITTED FOR THE MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENTS? YES, I CAN.
AND, UH, THEY ARE, UH, QUESTIONS.
SO I'LL START OFF WITH THE FIRST ONE.
UM, DO I NEED TO READ THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO SUBMITTED COMMENT? ALL RIGHT, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD THEN.
SO, UH, FIRST QUESTION IS, IS THIS PROJECT A DONE DEAL OR JUST A POSSIBLE PROPOSED FUTURE REALIGNMENT? AND IF IT IS A DONE DEAL, WHEN WILL CONSTRUCTION START FLOODING IS A BIG CONCERN FOR OUR PROPERTY.
WHAT STEPS WILL BE TAKEN TO PROTECT OUR HOMES FROM WATER DAMAGE DUE TO CHANGES WITH THE AIRFARE WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGES TO OUR PROPERTY AND HOMES DUE TO THESE CHANGES? OUR PROPERTY HAS A STOCK TANK THAT COLLECTS RUNOFF FROM GREEN ROAD AS WE UNDERSTAND IT.
WHO WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY CHANGES THAT MAY MAKE OUR ABILITY TO NATURALLY REFILL THE TANK? THE TANK IS SIGNIFICANT.
PART OF OUR AGRICULTURAL LIVELIHOOD IS THE DEVELOPER AWARE OF THE HORRIFIC STENCH THAT COMES FROM THE GARDEN DE COMPOST OFF OF 1516.
BEHIND OUR PROPERTY, AS SARAH HAS GIVEN THEM A 30 YEAR LEASE, THE STENCH HAS AFFECTED THE ENJOYMENT OF BEING OUTSIDE WITH OUR FAMILIES.
WE ARE UNABLE TO OPEN OUR HOUSES UP TO FRESH AIR DUE TO THE STRONG ORDERS COMING FROM THE COMPOST.
I'M SURE RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA HAVE COME TO KNOW OF IT AS, AS WELL.
IN WHAT WAYS MIGHT THIS THEIR FAIR AFFECT OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND DAY-TO-DAY AGRICULTURAL OPERATIONS? BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY LOOKS TO BE FURNISHED ROAD.
WILL OUR PROPERTY TAXES CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL TAXES? WILL THERE BE ANY RESTRICTIONS PLACED ON OUR PROPERTY DUE TO THE THOROUGHFARE CHANGES ON THE MAP, THE PROPOSED ROAD STOPS BETWEEN INSURED ROAD AND 1516.
HOW FAR IN THE NEAR FUTURE DO YOU SEE THIS ROAD TO BE COMPLETED? 2 15 16.
WITHIN THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO, THERE HAS BEEN A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN 18 WHEELER TRUCKS AND COMMERCIAL TRUCKS TO INCLUDE CEMENT TRUNKS COMING DOWN SHERIFF ROAD.
THEY HAVE WORN DOWN SEVERAL SPOTS IN OUR ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE A PERSON CAN LOSE CONTROL OF THEIR VEHICLE TO ONGOING TRAFFIC OR THROUGH A FENCE.
WILL THERE BE ANY CHANGES IN NOT HAVING THESE TYPE OF TRUCKS
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TO USE? SURE.ROAD AS A, THEY REFER FROM FM 6 0 4 TO FM 1346 RESPECTIVELY.
AND I'LL READ THE NEXT, UH, COMMENTS.
UH, PLEASE EXPLAIN THE PROCESS FOR GETTING APPROVAL FOR THE NEW ROAD.
WHO IS INVOLVED? WHO APPROVES IT? WHO FUNDS THE CONSTRUCTION? WHO CONSTRUCTS THE ROAD? IF THE CONTRACTOR DOES NOT FOLLOW THROUGH WITH THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY AND THE HOUSING PROJECT IS ABANDONED? WILL THE NEW ROAD CONSTRUCTION STILL BE NECESSARY? WHEN EXACTLY WILL THIS NEW ROAD BE CONSTRUCTED? WILL THE ROAD BE, UH, CONSTRUCTED IN DIFFERENT PHASES? WHAT IS THE GOAL FOR COMPLETION OF THIS ROAD? WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TO THE EXISTING SURE ROAD BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE ROAD? HOW WILL OUR NEIGHBORS ACROSS THE ROAD OF ONE 40 SHE ROAD ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY AND THE ADJOINING PROPERTY TO THE NORTH? IS THERE A MORE PRECISE SURVEY THAT SHOWS HOW MANY ACRES ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS NEW PROPOSED ROAD PERTAINING TO OUR PROPERTY? IS THERE ANY PLANS IN CHANGING THE GRAVES OF OUR PROPERTY AND PREPARATION FOR THIS NEW ROAD PER THE DRAWING PROVIDED THE NEW PROPOSED ROAD DISSECTS OUR PROPERTY AND GATED ENTRANCE? WHAT IS THE SOLUTION FOR THIS? PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH ANY WRITTEN, UH, WITH WRITTEN DETAILED ANSWERS FOR THESE CONCERNS.
WAS THAT ALL MARCO? YEAH, THAT'S IT.
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER PECK.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE ROLL BEFORE WE DO THE ROLL CALL, UH, CAN STAFF JUST FOR THE RECORD, VERIFY THAT THE QUESTIONS FOR THE TWO CITIZENS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ADDRESSED? YES, MA'AM.
UH, THEY WERE ADDRESSED YESTERDAY.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
[21. 20-6083 PLAN AMENDMENT CASE PA-2020-11600067 (Council District 8): A request by Killen, Griffin & Farrimond, PLLC, representative, for approval of a Resolution to amend the UTSA Area Regional Center Plan, a component of the Comprehensive Master Plan for the City, by changing the future land use from “Regional Mixed Use” to “Urban Mixed Use” on 5.861 acres out of NCB 14890, generally located in the 5800 block of UTSA Boulevard. Staff recommends Denial. (Associated Zoning Case Z-2020-10700214) (Lorianne Thennes, Planner 210-207-7945, lorianne.thennes@sanantonio.gov; Development Services Department)]
IF NOW WE WILL HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION FOR THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN.UM, ITEM NUMBER 21 ON THE AGENDA.
THIS IS CHRISTIE FLORES, ZONING MANAGER.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE U T S A AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM REGIONAL MIXED USE TO URBAN MIXED USE GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 5,800 BLOCK OF U T S A BOULEVARD.
THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO URBAN MIXED USE IS TO REZONE TO MS 25.
THE APPLICANT'S ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS MF 33, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE.
THE ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF AN AMENDED REQUEST TO MF 25, WHICH NECESSITATED THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE SA TOMORROW U T S A AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY UNDEVELOPED AND IS CLASSIFIED AS RE REGIONAL MIXED USE.
THIS SITE IS LOCATED ALONG UEX BOULEVARD, NEAR U T S A BOULEVARD AND IH 10 A REGIONAL CENTER AREA.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL.
MADAM CHAIR IS THE APPLICANT ONLINE AND WOULD THEY LIKE TO PROVIDE ANY COMMENTS? IT, YES.
THIS IS ASHLEY FAIRMONT WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT.
UM, I, I'LL GIVE IT JUST A BRIEF PRESENTATION AND, AND I KNOW YOU, YOU ALL SPOKE ABOUT IT IN WORK SESSION, BUT A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND AS AS TO HOW WE GOT, UH, WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
UM, SO I DO HAVE A PRESENTATION IF THAT COULD BE PULLED UP AND WE COULD JUMP TO, TO SLIDE TWO PLEASE.
UH, SO THIS SLIDE HERE IS JUST AN AERIAL OF THE OVERALL AREA.
UM, AS CHRISTY MENTIONED, IT'S ABOUT 5.86 ACRES, THIS LONG SKINNY TRACK ALONG UEX, UH, THAT HAS A LITTLE BIT OF FRONTAGE ON ON U T S A, BUT WE'LL BE ONLY ACCESSED FROM UTECH.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS AERIAL, THERE ARE MULTIPLE OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE AREA AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY ALL TRACKS THAT HAVE C TWO ZONING.
SO THEY'RE ALLOWED A DENSITY OF UP TO MF 33.
SO ALL OF THOSE TRACKS ARE CAPPED AT 33 UNITS PER ACRE.
UH, AND THEN TO THE SOUTHWEST OF THE SITE, YOU SEE A LARGE VACANT PIECE OF LAND THAT IS A, UM, 114 ACRE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH APARTMENTS, HOMES, UH, AND SOME COMMERCIAL THAT THAT SHOULD BE COMING ONLINE AND BEING DEVELOPED HERE IN THE FUTURE.
SO JUMP TO SLIDE, UM, THREE AND THEN THEN FOUR.
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THIS HERE IS, IS JUST AN OVERALL, UM, ZOOMED IN PICTURE OF THE REGIONAL MIXED USE OF THE PLAN.AND AS CHRISTIE MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WE WOULD BE THE ONLY TRACK THAT DIDN'T HAVE THE REGIONAL MIXED USE AND THAT WAS WHY OUR INITIAL ZONING REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY WAS AN MF 33 BECAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL MIXED USE AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE HAD TO AMEND THE PLAN.
UH, STEPPING BACK IN SLIDE FOUR, THIS IS JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ZOOMED OUT, UH, OF THE PLAN IN THE AREA.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE LEFT OF THE TRACK, THAT LIGHT PURPLE COLOR, THERE IS SOME URBAN MIXED USE IN THIS AREA.
UM, NOT, NOT, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NEXT DOOR, BUT IT IS CLOSE BY.
UH, AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT THE URBAN MIXED USE CATEGORY ALLOWS FOR A DENSITY OF UP TO MF 40.
SO ALL OF THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THE AREA, UM, ARE TRACKED OR ALL CONSISTENT WITH URBAN MIXED USE.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS THAT US ASKING FOR MS 25 IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE REGIONAL MIXED USE.
UM, BUT I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THOSE, THOSE APARTMENTS DO FIT IN WITH THAT URBAN MIXED USE CATEGORY.
AND JUMPING TO SLIDE FIVE, SO HERE'S HERE'S THE ZONING MAP AND A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY.
UM, WE REQUESTED THAT MF 33 AND WHEN WE GOT TO ZONING COMMISSION, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMISSIONER FOR THIS DISTRICT ON THE ZONING COMMISSION JUST FELT LIKE 33 UNITS TO THE ACRE WAS A LITTLE BIT DENSE IN HER OPINION, UM, JUST BASED ON THE PROJECTED OTHER APARTMENTS IN THE AREA AND EXISTING APARTMENTS IN THE AREA.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT WAS REQUESTED THAT WE AMEND TO AN M MS 25.
UM, WE FELT LIKE THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST THING TO DO.
IT'S STILL, YOU KNOW, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING FOR THE PROJECT.
UM, AND THEN WE COULD MOVE FORWARD, YOU KNOW, THAT WAY WITH A ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT.
UM, AND, AND IT'S A LITTLE CHALLENGING BECAUSE IF WE HAD STATED MF 33 AND RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION, YOU KNOW, YOU ALL WOULD'VE NEVER SEEN IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, WE WOULDN'T HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND HAVE A RECOMMENDATION OF SUPPORT FROM YOU ALL BECAUSE WE WOULD'VE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN.
SO THEN WE WOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH AN M MS 33 WITH A A ZONING RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
SO IT WAS A LITTLE BIT TRICKY.
UH, SO WE OPTED TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE OUR ZONING REQUEST TO THE M MS 25 AND THEN PROCEED HERE TODAY WITH THIS PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST.
SO THIS IS JUST, UM, AN OVERALL SITE PLAN.
SO YOU CAN SEE KINDA WHAT'S PROPOSED FOR THE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE WILL BE ONE LARGER APARTMENT BUILDING FRONTING ON UEC THREE OR FOUR STORIES.
AND THEN, UH, THE REMAINDER OF THE TRACK WILL BE KIND OF THE HIGHER DENSITY TOWN HOMES ALL FOR LEASE.
SO IT'S A COMBINATION OF PRODUCT, UM, ON THE SITE AND THEN THERE IS A DRAINAGE CHANNEL THAT THAT RUNS THROUGH THE PROPERTY.
SO THIS HASN'T CHANGED WITH THE AMENDMENT TO OUR ZONING REQUEST.
UM, THIS IS STILL THE PLAN, BUT, BUT WE DO HAVE TO REQUEST THIS PLAN AMENDMENT HERE TODAY.
SO, UH, WITH THAT I WILL WRAP UP AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, AFTER THE VOICEMAIL.
SO I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH, UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT HAD LEFT THE VOICEMAIL.
THAT ITEM IS ACTUALLY FOR AN UNRELATED CASE, NOT ON THIS AGENDA.
UH, THEY DID NOT LEAVE A A PLAN AMENDMENT NUMBER.
UH, SO WITH THAT CLARIFICATION, NO VOICEMAILS TO PLAY TODAY.
UM, SO WE WILL TRANSITION TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
I'M GOING TO SWITCH UP THE ORDER, JUST A TADD STARTING WITH THE BOTTOM OF MY SCREEN.
UM, I THINK WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE WORK SESSION.
IT'S JUST, I THINK KIND OF A, A NUANCE IN, UM, THE ZONING AND THE AVAILABLE PLAN AMENDMENTS AND, YOU KNOW, THIS BEING A NEWER, UM, UH, MASTER PLAN, UM, AND PART OF THE SH TOMORROW KIND OF RELUCTANT TO CHANGE, UM, THIS TO URBAN MIXED USE.
UM, I THINK IT'S, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S WELL-PLANNED AND, AND THE USES THAT A JOINT DO SEEM TO MATCH, THEY'RE CONSISTENT WITH REGIONAL MIXED USE.
UM, SO I THINK I'M INCLINED TO, UH, BE IN SUPPORT OF, OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UH, SO I REALLY HAVE NO QUESTIONS, JUST, JUST COMMENTS.
UM, COMMISSIONER GONZALEZ, I, UM, I ACTUALLY, UH, SLIGHTLY DISAGREE WITH MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER PROPHET.
UM, I DO FEEL LIKE THE PLAN AS PRESENTED, UM, ALTHOUGH STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL, IT DOES SEEM TO FIT WITHIN THAT REGION AND WHAT IS AROUND IT.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A RECENT PLAN THAT WAS DEVELOPED
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AND I UNDERSTAND ALSO THAT A LOT OF THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO THESE PLANS AS THEY WERE, UM, GOING THROUGH THE APPROVAL PROCESS.BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING IS THAT FARFETCHED AND THAT OUT OF, UH, SORTS WITH WHAT'S IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN THAT, UM, AREA.
SO I ACTUALLY WOULD, UM, SUGGEST, UH, APPROVING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, UM, JUST, JUST TO COMMENT AND, UM, I GUESS, YOU KNOW, THANK YOU FOR ACCOMMODATING AND I DO FEEL LIKE ZONING KIND OF FORCED OUR HAND, BUT I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S JUST, UM, COMPLETELY OUT OF LINE WITH WHAT THE, WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU APPLICANT FOR YOUR, UH, PRESENTATION.
THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU, UH, TO THE APPLICANT FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, I TOO AM INCLINED TO, UH, VOTE FOR APPROVAL, UH, OF THIS ONE.
I THINK THIS IS FAIRLY CONSISTENT WITH THE OVERARCHING, UH, ZONING AND USE, UH, FOR OTHER AREAS WITHIN THE, UH, THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
UH, I THINK THAT THE, THE TOWN HOMES AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, WILL ADDRESS A, UM, UM, A HOUSING, UH, NEED THAT I KNOW EXISTS AND IS GROWING, UH, RAPIDLY WITHIN THE REGION.
UM, I'M PERSONALLY AT THIS POINT INCLINED THE APPLICANT'S REPORTS.
THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA TO SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S.
UH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, SIR.
UH, I, I THINK IT'S, UH, CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S ALREADY DEVELOPED THERE.
UH, COMMISSIONER BECK? YEAH, UH, JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.
UM, I'VE GOT SOME PRETTY SIGNIFICANT HEARTBURN OVER WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DEAL.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT TRIED TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND GO, TRY NOT TO CHANGE THE PLAN AND GO WITH A ZONING THAT WAS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE, UH, WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE PLAN, BUT GOT SHOT DOWN OR ASKED TO, TO, UH, REDUCE THEIR ZONING TO AN MF 25, WHICH THEN TRIGGERED THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
UM, WHICH THEN STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL BECAUSE, UH, THEN THE PLAN THAT'S THERE NOW WAS IN BASICALLY A NEW PLAN.
UM, AND THEY FELT IT WAS, IT WAS, UH, THE WAY IT SHOULD BE.
SO IT'S A, IT'S A NEVER ENDING DO LOOP OF DENIALS THAT YOU'RE NEVER GONNA GET OUT OF.
SO, YOU KNOW, UM, IN MY OPINION, YOU KNOW, THE, THE PROJECT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH WHAT'S AROUND IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE MF 25 WITHOUT ANY CHANGES TO THE ORIGINAL PROJECT THAT ZONING WANTED.
UM, AND WE CHANGED THIS PLAN ABOUT A MONTH AGO ANYWAY, SO THE PLAN'S ALREADY BEEN CHANGED.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THE, THE FACT THAT IT'S A NEW PLAN REALLY HOLDS ANY WATER ANYMORE.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, UH, FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND, UH, THAT'S ALL I GOT.
UM, I ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MANY OF MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
I, I DO THINK THAT, UM, THIS IS A PERFECT FIT, UM, FOR THIS AREA OF LAND.
UH, YES, THERE'S ALREADY, UH, SEVERAL OTHER APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UM, SIMILAR TO THE DENSITY, UM, IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
UH, AND SO YES, I USUALLY PUT WEIGHT ON A RECENT PLAN AND I'M GLAD TO HAVE A RECENT PLAN.
UM, BUT I DO THINK THAT THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO AMEND, AMEND THIS PARCEL.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, UM, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION COMMISSIONER CREO MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S MOTION.
JACKSON SECOND STAFF DO THE, WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER CARILLO, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE ROLE.
COMMISSIONER PECK? YES, VICE CHAIR GONZALEZ.
AND, AND TO CLARIFY AND TO CLARIFY, IT IS, UH, AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION.
IT IS APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT, NOT APPROVAL OF THE DENIAL,
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CORRECT.IT, IT IS APPROVAL AS REQUESTED BY THE APPLICANT.
ALRIGHT, THAT ITEM IS APPROVED.
I THINK THAT IN THINK THAT EN CONCLUDES OUR AGENDA.
ASIDE FROM THE MINUTES, WE DO NEED TO, WE
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DO NEED TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM THE PREVIOUS MEETING.I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES.
MOTION TO APPROVE COMMISSION IS JACKSON.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER JACKSON.
UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES.
WE DO NOT HAVE A FORMAL DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY, BUT I DID WANNA REMIND EVERYBODY THAT, UH, THE NEXT MEETING IS GONNA BE DECEMBER 16TH.
UH, THAT WAS THE RESCHEDULED MEETING.
THAT ONE, LIKE TODAY, WE'LL START AT, UH, 9:00 AM.
UM, I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE WAS SOME DISCUSSION FROM LAST MEETING ABOUT TRYING TO DO A SORT OF END OF THE YEAR, GET TOGETHER WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.
UH, I CAN REACH OUT AND TRY TO COORDINATE DAYS THAT PERHAPS WORK FOR EVERYBODY.
OUR RECOMMENDATION IS GONNA BE THAT THAT IS A VIRTUAL EVENT, UH, IN LIGHT OF EVERYTHING GOING ON.
UH, SO WE WILL, UH, I'LL GET WORKING ON REACHING OUT TO EVERYONE TO, TO COORDINATE SOMETHING AND MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THAT POSTED ACCORDINGLY.
UH, IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A QUORUM OF THE COMMISSIONERS.
WERE THERE ANY OTHER GREAT, THANK YOU.
I'LL, I'LL STILL BE WAITING ON MY, UH, TACO DELIVERY FOR THE MORNING MEETING.