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THE 10TH AT EXACTLY 2:00 PM I'M CALLING OUR PLANNING COMMISSION LEADING TO ORDER.IF STAFF CAN PLEASE PLAY THE SPANISH INTERPRETER RECORDING.
IF STAFF CAN, UH, PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL.
I, I CAN, I CAN SEE YOU ON THE CAMERA, SIR.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE STILL ON MUTE.
UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, UH, BUSANTE PRESENT.
AND MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ? HERE.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA HERE.
IF S CAN GO OVER THE MEETING FORMAT, PLEASE.
TO PROTECT THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC AND LIMIT THE POTENTIAL SPREAD OF C OVID 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 COVID 19 CRISIS AND ARE IN PLACE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC CAN 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 COMMENT, 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 CONSIDERATION.
FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT.
STAFF WILL PLAY ANY MESSAGES RECEIVED BY VOICEMAIL.
LASTLY, FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE A CALLBACK, WE WILL CALL THEM TO STATE 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 QUESTIONS.
[1. 21-1998 19-11800099: Request by Leslie Ostrander, CHTEX of Texas, Inc, for approval to replat and subdivide a tract of land to establish Valley Ranch Unit 19 Subdivision, generally located northeast of the intersection of Culebra Road and Ranch View West. Staff recommends Approval. (Martha Bernal, Senior Planner, (210) 207-0210, Martha.Bernal@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department)]
HAVE, UH, TWO AGENDAS TODAY.UH, CONSENT AND INDIVIDUAL EVERYTHING, UH, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEMS 3, 4, 6, AND SEVEN WILL BE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
SECOND MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT.
SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HANS.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER PROFIT, A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER HANS FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
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MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ? YES.[6. 21-1961 Appointment of one Planning Commission Member to the Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee for a two year term.]
I OF ORDER IS ITEM, UH, NUMBER SIX TO APPOINT, UH, SOMEONE TO THE PTAC.AND IF I MAY MAKE, IF I CAN NOTATE VICE CHAIR PECK FOR THIS SEAT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? ALRIGHT.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
COMMISSIONER CARRILLO HAYNES? YES.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
CONGRATULATIONS, COMMISSIONER P.
UH, NEXT ON THE AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN,
[7. 21-2098 Appoint at least three members and an alternate member to the Planning Commission Technical Advisory Committee Nominating Committee.]
APPOINTING AT LEAST THREE MEMBERS AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN TECH NOMINATING COMMITTEE.I WILL TAKE SOME NOMINATIONS AT THIS TIME.
CAN YOU, UM, LOGAN, THIS COMMISSIONER PECK, CAN YOU TELL US AGAIN WHO'S ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE? IT'S ME, UH, CONNIE AND CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, I, I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE FOR THE, I I'D NEED TO CONFIRM THE FORMER NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
UM, THEY, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY CARRY OVER ONE TO THE NEXT.
SO WE, WE WOULD NEED AT LEAST COMMISSIONER PECK, UH, COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALEZ, COMMISSIONER CARRILLO, OR COMMISSIONER JACKSON TO BE A MEMBER AS THOSE ARE THE FOUR SITTING MEMBERS, UH, ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
TODAY I'LL NOMINATE, UH, VICE CHAIR PECK AS A MEMBER.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER PECK.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
WE CAN TAKE UP A NOMINATION FOR THE SECOND REGULAR MEMBER OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
THIS IS COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES.
I NOMINATE, UM, CHAIR GONZALEZ.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE NOMINATION OF CHAIR GONZALEZ.
UH, MR. UH, COMMISSIONER JACKSON? YES.
COMMISSIONER CARRILLO HAYES? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER ZUKI APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER, UH, PROPHET? YES.
WE CAN TAKE A NOMINATION FOR THE THIRD AND FINAL REGULAR MEMBER OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, PLEASE.
I'LL NOMINATE, UH, CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
FOR THE NOMINATION OF COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
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YES.LASTLY, WE HAVE A NOMINATION FOR AN ALTERNATE MEMBER.
UH, THIS MEMBER WOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE ABSENCE OF THE, ONE OF THE THREE REGULAR MEMBERS.
IS SOMEONE ALLOWED TO NOMINATE THEMSELVES? THEY ARE.
FOR THE NOMINATION OF COMMISSIONER SIEGEL TO THE ALTERNATE MEMBER FOR THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER ZUKI BEING APPROVED.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? YES.
AND MADAM CHAIR GONZALEZ? YES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR, FOR STEPPING UP IN YOUR WILLINGNESS TO SERVE.
[3. 21-1531 ADDR-SNC-20-12700001: A request by the City of San Antonio World Heritage Office for approval of a resolution to change multiple streets within the World Heritage area including changes to portions of Mission Road, Napier Avenue, Padre Drive, Mission Parkway, Acequia, Ashley Road and Villamain Road, located in Council Districts 3 and 5. Staff recommends Approval (Valerie Rodriguez, Senior Planner, 210-207-0533, Valerie.Huerta-Rodriguez@sanantonio.gov, Development Service Department)]
WE ARE GOING TO HOP BACK TO ITEM, UH, NUMBER THREE, A STREET RENAME.UM, IF STAFF CAN, UM, PLEASE PROVIDE A PRESENTATION.
LET JUST GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE POWERPOINT.
WE'RE HAVING THE WHOLE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY WITH OUR POINT.
THIS IS VALERIE RODRIGUEZ, SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
I'M GONNA BE PRESENTING, UH, THE PRESENTATION FOR THE WORLD HERITAGE STREET NAME CHANGE PROJECT.
UM, I'M ALSO GOING TO FALL IN ON, UH, CALLING POINT
I'M GONNA BE GOING OVER THE APPLICATION AS WELL AS PROCESS AND PROCEDURES AND THE FISCAL IMPACT FOR THIS PROJECT.
COLLEEN, DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS SLIDE FOR THE APPLICATION INFO? YES.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE.
AND, UM, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTING AND MANAGING A WORK PLAN WITHIN THE WORLD HERITAGE AREA.
UM, SHORTLY AFTER WE RECEIVED DESIGNATION, UM, THERE WERE A SERIES OF COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD TO DEVELOP, UH, WORK PLANS AND WHAT THINGS WE NEEDED TO DO TO REALLY, UM, UH, RECEIVED MAXIMUM BE BENEFIT FROM THE DESIGNATION.
ONE OF THOSE AREAS WAS IN SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING, UM, THIS INVOLVED, UH, VISIT SAN ANTONIO, UH, SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THE COMMUNITY, UH, THE PROFESSIONAL TOUR GUIDES.
AND, UH, IN ADDITION TO MORE CLEAR AND CONSISTENT SIGNAGE, WHICH WE HAVE A BOND PACKAGE THAT WE WILL BE, UH, TAKING TO CITY COUNCIL MARCH 18TH.
AND, UH, IMPLEMENTING SIGNAGE WITHIN THE AREA WAS ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WAS TO CHANGE SOME OF THE SURFACE STREET SO THAT WE COULD CREATE A MORE U UH, CONTINUOUS MISSION ROAD AND THAT WOULD ELIMINATE SOME OF THE CONFUSION ALONG THE WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL.
AND SO THIS PART OF THAT PROJECT, UH, TO IMPROVE, UM, THE, THE WAY FINDING TO ALL THE
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AND I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION OF THIS APPLICATION.
SO, PART OF THE STREET NAME, UH, PROPOSALS THAT THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE IS PROPOSING THAT'S LISTED ON HERE.
IT'S A TOTAL OF EIGHT STREET NAME CHANGES AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION.
UM, THIS WILL INCLUDE PORTIONS OF MISSION ROAD TO ROOSEVELT PARK DRIVE, UH, NAPIER AVENUE TO MISSION ROAD, MISSION ROAD TO SAN JOSE DRIVE, RE DRIVE TO MISSION ROAD MISSION PARKWAY TO RIVERFRONT PARKWAY.
ASHLEY ROAD TO ES SPOTTER ROAD, AND V M E A PORTION OF V M E TO MISSION ROAD.
SO THIS APPLICATION WILL, UH, WILL INCLUDE 10 ADDRESS CHANGES AS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED THROUGH THESE STREET NAME CHANGES.
UH, 102 NOTICES WENT OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS.
25 OF THOSE WERE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, 72 RESIDENTIAL, ONE MULTI-FAMILY AND FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WERE NOTIFIED.
THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATIONS WERE MISSION SAN JOSE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH VIA CORONADO AND ROOSEVELT PARK DRIVE TO THE RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE AS PART OF THE STREET NAME CHANGE APPLICATION, THE TECHNICAL REVIEWING AGENCIES THAT ARE LISTED, UM, ONTO ON THE RIGHT OF THE SCREEN.
COMMUNITY MEETINGS THAT WERE HELD, UH, WERE ORGANIZED BY THE WORLD HERITAGE ASSOCIATION, THE FIRST OF WHICH WAS HELD ON JUNE 22ND, 2020 DURING THE WORLD HERITAGE OPEN HOUSE WHERE THEY SHARED, UH, WANTING TO SUBMIT FOR THIS APPLICATION.
IN ADDITION, WE DID HOLD A MEETING WITH THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2020 AND BELOW IS, UM, WHEN THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE ALSO MET WITH, UH, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, AS WELL AS SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE STREET NAME CHANGE PROJECT.
ON DECEMBER 16TH, 2020, I'M SORRY, 2020, WE WENT TO H D R C AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
UH, TODAY WE ARE AT PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTING APPROVAL, AND WE ARE TRYING TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL ON MAY OF 21 TO SEEK APPROVAL FOR THIS PROJECT.
THE FISCAL IMPACT AS PART OF THIS APPLICATION INCLUDES THE APPLICATION FEE AND NOTIFICATION FEE, AS WELL AS THE SIGNAGE FEE ALTOGETHER.
THAT TOTAL IS $4,362 AND 64 CENTS.
AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION.
AND WE DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC.
YES, WE DO ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, I'M SORRY, I MISSED THAT.
IF YOU CAN REPEAT THAT PLEASE.
APPLICATION INCLUDES THE APPLICATION FEE AND NOTIFICATION FEE AS THE SIGN FEE TOGETHER THAT 60, GIVE US JUST A SECOND.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE CALLERS WITH THE DELAYED SCREAMING THE FOLKS ON THE CALL IF YOU CAN, OR PATCH THROUGH FOR LIVE COMMENTS.
UH, MADAM CHAIR, WE DO HAVE TWO LIVE CALLERS.
UH, THE FIRST CALLER IS THERESA IBANEZ.
THERESA, ARE YOU THERE?
AND THEN IF YOU CAN JUST, UH, FOR THE LIVE CALLERS, PLEASE MAKE SURE YOUR COMPUTER AUDIO IS TURNED OFF.
SO WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT, UH, THAT SOUND IN THE BACKGROUND.
WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO, UM, WE'LL START WITH THE VOICEMAILS JUST TO, TO GIVE OUR LIVE CALLERS, UH, MORE, UH, TIME
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TO UNMUTE.UH, BRENDA, WE CAN GO AHEAD AND START WITH YOU.
UH, YOU HAVE, UH, TWO MINUTES FOR YOUR COMMENT.
UH, YOU CAN START WHEN YOU'RE READY.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS ANDAL FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK FOR TWO MINUTES WITH REGARD TO MY, UH, MY THOUGHTS ON, UM, NAMING, RENAMING SOME OF THE STREETS, UH, BEHIND SAN JOSE MISSION.
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME, BRENDA PACHECO.
I'M, UH, MY FAMILY, OUR DIRECT DESCENDANTS OF ONE OF THE FIRST FAMILIES OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH MAKES MY GREAT NEPHEW A 12TH GENERATION SAN ANTONIO BY WAY OF VETERINARY ISLANDERS.
UH, WE ARE ALSO THE LAST FAMILY WHO ACTUALLY LIVED ON WHAT I, CAN YOU HEAR ME AFFECTIONATELY CALL THE, UH, COMPOUND BECAUSE MY FAMILY AND SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS WHO LIVED ON THE PERIMETER OF SAN JOSE BEFORE.
MS. IBANEZ, WE HAVE ANOTHER, UH, CALLER SPEAKING RIGHT NOW.
UH, WE WILL, UH, CALL ON YOU AS SOON AS SHE IS DONE, UH, FOR MS. PACHECO.
UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE YOU A LITTLE EXTRA TIME AS WELL.
SO MY FAMILY AND OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS LIVED, UH, ON THE PERIMETER OF WHAT I, UM, AFFECTIONATELY CALLED, UH, THE COMPOUND TO SAN JOSE BEFORE WE WERE ALL DISPLACED.
UH, WE RECEIVED A LETTER IN, I THINK, EARLY 1971 THAT SAID, UM, UH, MR. SO AND SO, UH, MRS. SO AND SO, WE ARE WRITING TO TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE GOING TO BE, UH, REMOVED FROM YOUR PROPERTY UNDER M N DOMAIN.
AND, UM, YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL US BACK FROM THERE.
THERE WERE THREE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES INVOLVED AT THE TIME.
SO WE READ THE LETTER, MY FATHER AND I, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THERE MUST BE A MISTAKE, BRENDA, BECAUSE DON'T THEY KNOW WE JUST BUILT OUR HOME.
WE KNOCKED DOWN THE
IT'S A YEAR OLD, THERE'S GOT TO BE A MISTAKE.
WELL, OF COURSE THERE WAS NOT.
SO OUR, OUR FAMILY WENT AHEAD AND HIRED AN ATTORNEY, WAS IN LITIGATION FOR MANY YEARS.
LONG STORY SHORT, UH, WE HAD TO MOVE.
THEY SAID, YOU MUST GO WHERE MY HOUSE SAT.
THE VISITOR CENTER IS NOT EVEN WHERE MY HOUSE WAS BEFORE.
AND I BRING ALL THIS UP BECAUSE I CARE ABOUT ALL THINGS SAN JOSE.
UH, ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS AROUND THERE I CARE ABOUT.
SO A VERY WISE MAN WHO WORKS FOR U T S A, HIS NAME'S DR.
WILLIAM DUPONT, WAS DOING A, A STUDY, UH, CALLED EXPLORING HOW THE CITY'S CURRENT GROWTH RATE COULD HAVE AN IMPACT TO NEGATIVE IMPACT.
AND I QUOTE HIM, HE SAYS, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT NOT ONLY HAS A HIGH POTENTIAL TO DISPLACE PEOPLE, IT CAN ALSO DISRUPT LIVING HERITAGE AND DESTROY HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
SO MY ADDRESS, MY ADDRESS HAPPENED TO BE 6 57 11 SAN JOSE DRIVE AT THIS POINT.
NOW, AFTER WE WERE ALL DISPLACED THOSE MANY YEARS AGO, THE ONLY, THE ONLY ADDRESS ADDRESSING ON SAN JOSE IS THE CHURCH ITSELF, AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
SO, UM, HAVING BEEN DISPLACED AND HAVING REMOVED ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT FAMILIES, ALL THAT I HAVE LEFT, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE LEFT IN MY FAMILIES TO SAY THAT WE WORK FORMER RESIDENTS OF SAN JOSE DRIVE.
SO WHEN WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION, UM, THAT A PORTION OF A STREET WOULD BE RENAMED SAN JOSE DRIVE, AND, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY, EXCEPT THAT I KEEP ON HEARING THE WORD WAYFINDING AND IT'S THE GREATER GOOD.
AND I'M SORRY, BUT AT THIS POINT, I JUST CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT THAT BECAUSE THAT WAS THE EXCUSE THEY GAVE US WHEN THEY, THEY MOVED US, MOVED US FROM OUR HOME.
SO, UH, I AM IN OPPOSITION OF RENAMING ANYTHING THAT TO DRIVE AT THIS POINT BECAUSE, UM, THE GOVERNMENT ENTITIES THAT WERE INVOLVED ALREADY CHANGED OUR HISTORY.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S OUTTA RESPECT.
THAT'S THE
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD JUST LEAVE IT AS IT'S, I I'M, I'M DONE WITH CHANGE AROUND THE COMMUNITY OF SAN JOSE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'VE BEEN DEVELOPED AS MUCH AS I THINK THAT WE NEED TO AT THIS POINT.
AND IF YOU COULD JUST LEAVE US ALONE, I THINK THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
I, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, ATTENDING TODAY'S MEETING AND I PROVIDING YOUR COMMENTS.
AND I DO APOLOGIZE FOR THE TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING, SO WAS EVERYONE ABLE TO HEAR ME WITH ALL THOSE DIFFICULTIES? YES, MA'AM.
AND NOW WE HAVE, UH, MS. IBANEZ ONLINE? YES.
CAN YOU HEAR ME, MS. GONZALEZ? YES, MA'AM, WE CAN.
MY NAME IS, UH, THERESA IVANEZ.
I LIVE AT 1438 NAPIER AVENUE, AND I'M HERE TO ADDRESS CASE 21 15 31.
I AM OPPOSING THE RENAMING OF THE FOLLOWING STREETS, NAPIER AVENUE,
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PADRE DRIVE, AND MISSION PARKWAY.THE REASON THAT WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE WANTS TO RENAME STREETS IS TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR TOURISTS TO FIND THE MISSIONS.
YET TOURISTS HAVE FOUND THE MISSIONS FOR YEARS WITHOUT RENAMING OF STREETS.
THE STREETS I MENTIONED ARE STREETS THAT MY NEIGHBORS AND I USE, AND WE WANT THEM TO STAY AS CURRENTLY NAMED TOURISTS CAN USE GOOGLE MAPS AND THE NEW SIGNAGE THAT THE CI THE CITY WILL PUT UP IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SUPPORTED PAST WORLD HERITAGE INITIATIVES IN THE PAST, REZONING, UM, GETTING OUR WORLD HERITAGE CENTERS, SUPPORTING THAT OVER AT THE MISSION MARQUEE, UM, HELPING OUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, HELPING OUT WORLD HERITAGE WITH, UH, THE ART, UH, MAKE AND TAKE, UH, THAT WE FUND FOR THEIR DIFFERENT PROGRAMMING, UM, THAT THEY HAVE YEAR, ALL YEAR, UH, ROUND.
UH, WE'VE ALSO HAVE SEEN A LOT OF CHANGES, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE NEIGHBORS DIDN'T WANT THAT CHANGE.
FOR EXAMPLE, UH, THE STORY AND THE INCIDENT THAT MS. PACHECO JUST SHARED WITH YOU.
UM, AND ALSO THE CLOSING OF SAN JOSE, UH, DRIVE, WHICH THE RESIDENCE ON LITTLE POCKET AREA BEHIND, UH, THE MISSION DID NOT WANT CLOTHES.
THEY USED THAT STREET AND THEY DIDN'T WANT IT CLOSED, BUT IT WAS CLOSED.
UM, I AM ASKING TO RESPECT OUR DESIRE TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS AS THEY ARE CURRENTLY NAMED, AND TO, UM, MAYBE THINK OF ANOTHER WAY OF DOING THE WAY FINDING BETTER SIGNAGE, UM, BETTER ACCESS VIA GOOGLE MAPS.
UM, AND INSTEAD OF FORCING US TO JUST PUT OUR, AS I HEARD SOME OF MY NEIGHBORS SAY, WE'RE BEING FORCED TO PUT OUR PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE ASIDE, BUT OUR PERSONAL INCONVENIENCE IS OUR DAILY LIFE, AND WE DON'T WANNA HAVE TO CHANGE OUR STREETS NAMES.
SO I HOPE AGAIN, THAT, UH, THEY KEEP OUR STREETS, UH, HERE IN THE MISSION SAN JOSE AREA, UH, AS THEY ARE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PROVIDING YOUR COMMENTS, UH, STACKED, DOES THAT CONCLUDE, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT? UH, THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT WAS THE TWO LIVE CALLERS.
WE DO ALSO HAVE TWO VOICEMAILS PLACED IN THE COMMISSION AS WELL.
I LIVE ON 1 4 4 3 NAPIER AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 4.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THE MEETING DUE TO A DISABILITY, BUT I HAVE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE STREET CHANGE ON, UH, NAPIER STREET INTO THE, UH, TO MISSION ROAD.
UH, DUE TO, UH, HAVING TO CHANGE OF, UH, BILL, UH, ID, UH, ACCOUNTS AND IT'S TOO MUCH WORK AND, UH, OVERBEARING ON SOMEONE LIKE ME.
AND I'VE BEEN HERE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND I STRONGLY OPPOSE THIS.
IF YOU CAN PLEASE VOTE IN NOT THAT DIRECTION.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOE VALENCIA HERE TODAY.
WE'RE GONNA PLAY THE ONE OTHER VOICEMAIL HERE.
MY ADDRESS IS 1443 NAPIER 7 8 2 1 4.
AND I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO THE NAME CHANGE OF NAPIER.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE NAME CHANGE.
I PREFER TO KEEP IT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, INCLUDING FINANCIAL, UH, UH, COST.
AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 852-0119.
AGAIN, THIS IS ROBERTO GONZALEZ, 1443 NAPIER.
AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE NAME CHANGE OF THE STREETS.
I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THE NAME CHANGE.
THANK, THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR.
AT THIS TIME, I'LL, I'LL TAKE ANY COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER JACKSON, GO AHEAD.
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QUESTIONS.UH, WERE THERE ANY WRITTEN, UM, COMMUNITY RESPONSES RECEIVED, EITHER IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION? UH, IN ADDITION TO THE, UH, LIVE CALLERS AND THE VOICEMAIL, UH, THERE WERE, UH, WE FORWARDED THOSE OVER TO THE COMMISSION SHORTLY BEFORE THE MEETING MEETING, UH, TO ENSURE WE HAD RECEIVED THEM ALL IN TIME.
WE HAD ONE LETTER OF RECEIVED IN SUPPORT FROM THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, ADDITIONALLY WE HAD COMMUNICATION, UH, FROM SHERRY SCHEMES, UH, THERESA IBANEZ, WHO YOU HEARD SPEAK LIVE, ARMANDO SANTIAGO, UH, AS, UH, AND THEN A, UH, UH, KIND OF AN EMAIL COMMUNICATION AS WELL FROM TERESA EZ TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GROUP.
UH, THOSE FOUR LETTERS WERE IN OPPOSITION.
AND OF THE, UH, UH, THE OTHER THREE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT, UH, WERE INVOLVED WITH MEETINGS, UM, ANY SPEAK UP IN SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION? I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS, UH, THE OTHER TWO, THE OTHER TWO, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
WE ONLY RECEIVED, UH, LETTERS FROM RO, SORRY, ROOSEVELT CLARK, AND THEN MISSION ROAD, THE OTHER TWO VEHICLE CORONADO, UM, I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE OTHER LAST NAME? HOT WELLS.
WE DID NOT HEAR BACK FROM EITHER ONE OF THEM.
UM, SO IT SEEMS LIKE WE HAVE A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO CERTAIN STREET NAMES BEING CHANGED AND NOT SO MUCH OPPOSITION, IN FACT, SUPPORT OF OTHER STREET NAMES BEING CHANGED.
IS IT POSSIBLE TO APPROVE A PART OF THIS PACKAGE AND NOT ALL OF IT? THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF, UH, SOME OF THE SEGMENTS LISTED IN THE PROPOSAL.
UH, THAT IS AN OPTION FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD ALSO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF SOME OF THE PORTIONS, UH, WERE THERE AS AN OUTSTANDING OPPOSITION.
I DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTION, UM, FOR, UM, THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE.
AND, UM, UH, THE QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH ONE OF THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION THAT WE RECEIVED, UH, REGARDING, UM, THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY ALONG THE STREETS.
AND I ACTUALLY DROVE THE STREETS MYSELF TODAY TO KIND OF CHECK 'EM OUT.
AND, UM, THE, THE LETTER OF OPPOSITION STATES THAT WHAT THEY REALLY NEED ARE, UH, PROPER DRAINAGE, SIDEWALKS, PEDESTRIAN AND BICYCLIST SAFETY MEASURES.
IS THAT PART OF THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICER'S EFFORTS REGARDING THIS TRAIL? UM, YES.
COMMISSIONER, UH, SIEGEL, UM, IN THE 2017 BOND, THERE IS 27 MILLION, 25 MILLION OF THAT IS FOR, OR ARE FOR STREETS.
AND OF COURSE, AS PART OF THE 2022 BOND, WE WILL, UH, YOU KNOW, SUPPORT AL FUNDING, UH, FOR INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS.
AND THAT WOULD BE PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY, UM, UH, SIDEWALKS, UH, DRAINAGE, THOSE SORTS OF THINGS.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? MS. COMMISSIONER? PROFIT, UH, COLLEEN, WHAT IS SORT OF THE IMPETUS? I MEAN, IS IT, I HAVE NOT BEEN DOWN THERE, I GUESS LIKE MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER, BUT DO WE, DID WE DO A SURVEY OF MAYBE OUT OF STATE OR OUT OF CITY VISITORS THAT FOUND IT WAS CONFUSING TO FIND THE MISSIONS? UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS DRIVING THIS, THE, THESE NAME CHANGES? SO COMMISSIONER PROFIT, UM, BACK IN, UH, 2015, SHORTLY AFTER WE RECEIVED THE DESIGNATION, UM, COUNCILMAN VIA GRANT HELD A A SERIES OF SYMPOSIA.
ONE OF THEM WAS ABOUT IMPROVING THE VISITOR EXPERIENCE.
AND WHILE WE SAY VISITOR, WE ALSO MEAN THE RESIDENTS THAT VISIT AS WELL.
AND SO, UM, THEY, THEY DROVE THE ROUTE.
AND, AND SO THE VARIOUS ONLINE WAY FINDING, THERE WAS CONFUSION THERE.
UM, THERE WAS OF COURSE CONFUSION.
THERE'S MANY, UH, VARIATIONS OF MISSION ROAD AND PARKWAY, UM, IN THE AREA, AND THAT CAN BE VERY, VERY CONFUSING.
UM, THEY ALSO LOOKED AT SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING.
SO THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY WORKED WITH, UM, CP AND Y DEVELOPED A, UH,
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STUDY WITH ADDICTIONS.AND THESE SYMPOSIA THAT WERE HELD, UH, THE COMMUNITY ATTENDED, INCLUDING RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
AND THESE OCCUR 2015 AND 2016.
AND SO ONE OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS IS TO CREATE A MORE CONTINUOUS MISSION ROAD.
UM, SO THEY'D BE EASIER TO, YOU KNOW, TO, TO DRIVE ALONG THE MISSIONS IN ADDITION TO THE CONSISTENT SIGNAGE AND WAY FINDING.
SO SHORTLY THEREAFTER IN 2016, UM, WE HAD A
THE MAJORITY SUPPORTED THE STREET NAME CHANGES.
UM, IT DID NOT OCCUR AT THAT TIME, UM, BECAUSE, UH, THERE WAS A, UH, A HUGE COST ESTIMATE, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THOSE STREET NAME CHANGES.
SO THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF OUR WORK PLAN.
SO WE REVISITED IT AS PART OF THE SIGNAGE AND WAYFINDING BOND.
UM, SO WE COULD IMPLEMENT EVERYTHING AT ONCE AND FOUND THAT, UM, THAT HAD CHANGED.
AND IN FACT, 10 PROPERTIES WILL HAVE ADDRESS CHANGES.
UM, AND SO, UM, UH, WITH THAT INFORMATION, UM, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND SO, UH, WE DECIDED TO PROCEED WITH THE STREET NAME CHANGES AND DID ANOTHER SURVEY AND, UH, HELD, UH, PRESENTATIONS REGARDING THE, THIS PROPOSED STREET NAME CHANGES.
I MEAN, I, I'M, YOU KNOW, VERY AWARE OF THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MISSIONS AND ITS IMPACT ON THE CITY, UH, YOU KNOW, MEASURING THAT AGAINST, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, A FEW PEOPLE THAT, UH, HAVE, YOU KNOW, VOICED THEIR CONCERNS TODAY.
SO, UH, I'LL, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING SOME ADDITIONAL COMMISSIONER'S, UH, COMMENTS.
BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR THE CALLERS YOU CALLED IN.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? UH, THIS IS MIKE, MIKE GARCIA GARCIA.
UH, MY QUESTION WAS, DID THEY CONTACT THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO, UH, HIS, UH, HISTORICAL CITY? I MEAN, UH, ORGANIZATION COMMISSIONER, UH, GARCIA? IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE A, A TWO SPEAKERS ON MAYBE COMPUTER AUDIO IN ADDITION TO YOUR PHONE.
UH, JUST SO WE CAN HEAR YOUR QUESTION A LITTLE MORE CLEARLY.
CAN WE, CAN WE MUTE ONE OF THOSE? I DIDN'T KNOW I HAD.
NO, I BELIEVE THE QUESTION WAS, UM, IF THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY WERE CONTACTED AND PROVIDED A LETTER OF SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION, CORRECT.
THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY IS, UH, THEY, THEY KNOW ABOUT THIS.
WE WENT TO H D R C AND RECEIVED H D R C, UH, APPROVAL.
UM, THERE WAS NO, UM, LETTER OF, OF, UH, OF, UH, OF NON-SUPPORT.
UM, SO, UM, THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY OPPOSITION FROM THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY.
AND THIS WAS ALREADY PRESENTED TO THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN AND REVIEW COMMISSION.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, MR. GARCIA? OKAY.
UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.
UM, ARE THE 10 PROPERTIES, ARE THEY ONLY ON ONE STREET? ARE THEY ON MULTIPLE STREETS? UH, I THINK THAT MIGHT HELP US OUT.
AND THEN FOR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AFFECTED, UH, WILL THERE BE ANY SUPPORT OR ASSISTANCE? BECAUSE ESSENTIALLY THEY HAVE TO, AS, AS THE CALLER SAID, UH, IT'S LIKE THEY'RE MOVING.
SO THEY HAVE TO, UM, UPDATE ALL THEIR BILLING ADDRESSES, UPDATE ALL THEIR, YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT, THAT REQUIRES AN ADDRESS, THEY HAVE TO UPDATE IT.
AND IF THEY HAVE, IF IT'S A BUSINESS, THEY MIGHT HAVE STATIONARY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED.
UM, YES, UH, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, UM, I, YOU KNOW, I, WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, TO SAY THE LEAST, IT, IT'S, IT, YOU KNOW, REQUIRES WORK.
UM, AND, UM, SO THE ADDRESS CHANGES.
THERE IS ONE COMMERCIAL ON, UH, MISSION PARKWAY, TWO ON MISSION ROAD, AND THIS IS MISSION ROAD.
UM, UH, IT'S A, IT'S A BIT CONFUSING BECAUSE IT, IT DOESN'T GO TO THE LIGHT EXTENSION, THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
I HAVE TWO THAT ARE NAPIER, UM, AND THEN, UH, SOME ON VIA MAIN.
AND SO, YES, UH, WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT HOW CAN WE HELP THE RESIDENTS AND IF THAT IS, UM, LOOKING AT, UH, YOU KNOW, SO SOMETHING
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SO THAT THEY DON'T INCUR COSTS, UM, TO, UH, COMPLETE THOSE, UH, THE CHANGES THAT NEED TO OCCUR.UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT DOING THAT AND ALSO, UM, WORKING WITH SOMEONE SO THAT WE CAN HELP THEM THROUGH THIS PROCESS SO THAT, UM, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY'RE JUST HAVING TO DO ON THEIR OWN.
SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT AS WELL.
'CAUSE WE WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UH, THANK YOU CHAIRMAN GONZALEZ.
YEAH, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE AT THE MISSION ROAD WHERE IT RUNS INTO LONE STAR FROM ROOSEVELT, UM, YOU KNOW, ONCE WAS A THROUGH ROAD ALL THE WAY DOWN MISSION ROAD, AND, AND BECAUSE OF CHANGES OVER TIME, THEY'VE BECOME DISJOINTED.
HOW MANY OF THESE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE STREET NAMES ARE A RESULT OF SORT OF THESE ORGANIC OR OTHER CHANGES THAT OCCURRED TO THE STREETS THAT NOW WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS BY, YOU KNOW, REDUCING THAT CONFUSION? UM, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT'S WHY MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ROOSEVELT PARK STRONGLY SUPPORTS THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THIS, YOU KNOW, VERY SHORT PORTION OF MISSION ROAD AVAILABLE.
BUT ARE THERE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THAT IN THIS PACKAGE OF STREET NAME CHANGES? THANK YOU.
UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTA, UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THAT MISSION WHERE IT'S VERY CONFUSING, IT'S VERY CONFUSING BECAUSE IT USED TO GO AROUND ROOSEVELT PARK AND NOW IT, IT TURNS, UH, THE WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL TURNS IN FRONT OF THE RELAX INN.
UH, THAT'S ONE OF, UM, UH, THERE'S ALSO MISSION ROAD, UM, WHICH IS, UH, SOUTH OF MISSION OF THE MISSION SAN JOSE VISITOR CENTER, WHERE, UM, THE PADRE HAS NOW BECOME THE, UH, MORE DIRECT ROUTE.
IF YOU GO DOWN MISSION ROAD, YOU'RE GONNA END UP ON ROOSEVELT WITHOUT A LIGHT AND EXPECT IT TO MAKE A, A TURN.
UM, THEN, UM, UM, THOSE ARE THE TWO THAT I THINK OF OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD, UM, THAT ARE A RESULT OF THAT.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, I THINK THE SIMILARITY IN SOME NAMES, UM, MISSION PARKWAY, MISSION ROAD, UM, THAT IS ALSO A RESULT OF, OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THINGS KIND OF HAPPENING HAPHAZARDLY OVER TIME.
ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A COUPLE HEARING OR OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
UH, COLLEEN, IF YOU CAN VERIFY, ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GO TO THE SLIDE, UM, THAT LISTS THE ROAD, THE, THE, THE CURRENT ROAD NAMES, AND THEN THE ROAD, THE PROPOSED, HERE WE GO.
SO THE $4,300 OR SO, UH, PER COMMISSIONER CHRIS GARCIA'S QUESTION, UM, DID I HEAR CORRECTLY AND THAT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT, UM, WHERE THAT MONEY IS BEING ALLOCATED, OR IS THAT TOTAL SPECIFICALLY FOR ADDRESS CHANGES? AND WE'RE STILL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF WE'RE GONNA HELP BUSINESSES OR NEIGHBORS EVEN MORE THAN THAT? NO, THAT, THAT AMOUNT IS FOR THE CHANGING THE STREET SIGNS.
THAT'S WHAT THE AMOUNT IS, AND THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'LL COME OUT OF CITY FUNDS.
UM, WE HAVE, WE HAVE DONE AN ANALYSIS BECAUSE THERE ARE 10 ADDRESSES.
UM, WE CAN, WE CAN FUND, UM, THOSE CHANGES BASED UPON THE, THE, WHAT WE THINK IS, UH, AN ESTIMATE, UH, TO, UH, IT, TO, TO COMPLETE THOSE CHANGES.
SO, UM, I WOULD IDENTIFY FUNDING A BUDGET TO FUND THAT, UM, TO HELP WITH THE, ANY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE ADDRESS IF YOU HAVE TO PAY A FEE.
LET ME, UM, THERE'S CERTAIN FEES THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY TO MAKE AN ADDRESS CHANGE.
SO IT, LIKE A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO DO A LETTERHEAD TEMPLATE, UM, YOU MIGHT, AND THEN YOU'D HAVE TO PRINT THAT LETTERHEAD, MAYBE IT'S NEW BUSINESS CARDS, UH, THAT SORT OF THING.
AND SO, UH, WE COULD SET ASIDE, UH, YOU KNOW, A GRANT, A FLAT RATE, UM, THAT COULD HELP WITH THAT.
AND THEN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, WHAT WE HAVE COME UP WITH THE POST OFFICE CHANGES, YOUR, MAKES THE ADDRESS CHANGE AUTOMATICALLY IS WHAT I, I UNDERSTAND, BUT THERE WOULD BE A $11 FEE FOR CHANGING YOUR TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAD TO CHANGE YOUR PERSONAL CHECKS, THERE WOULD BE A FEE FOR THAT.
AND SO WE'VE COME UP WITH COST ESTIMATES.
AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, UM, DO A, YOU KNOW, A GRANT PROCESS AND THEN WORK, WORK TO ASSIST WITH IDENTIFYING WHAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED.
UH, ARE, ARE, ARE WE COMFORTABLE
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AT LEAST COMMITTING TO THE BARE MINIMUM OF THAT, UM, THE ROAD NAME CHANGE OR THE ADDRESS, THE U SS P SS FEE THAT HAPPENS AUTOMATICALLY? LOGAN, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE COST ASSOCIATED ARE, ARE WE OKAY.UM, IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT YOU'RE OKAY, AT LEAST A HUNDRED PERCENT COMMITTING TO THAT ADDRESS CHANGE AND THEN, I MEAN, LETTERHEAD AND ALL OF THAT.
I MEAN, I, I WOULD HOPE THAT Y'ALL LOOK INTO THAT, BUT AT THE BARE MINIMUM, ARE WE COMFORTABLE THAT EACH OF THOSE 10 ADDRESS U S P S FEES WOULD BE INCLUDED IN YOUR BUDGET? YEAH, FOR THE
AND, UH, WHAT IT'S ESTIMATED IS THAT, UH, IS PROBABLY ABOUT $900 PER BUSINESS.
UM, AND THEN FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, IT'D BE ABOUT 135.
SO ABSOLUTELY WE CAN, WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THOSE FOR THE, UH, AND SO THAT WOULD BE, HAVE TO BE PRESENTED AS PART OF COUNT OF THE COUNCIL RECOMMENDATION.
BUT I THINK IF YOU PUT THAT IN YOUR MAYBE A RECOMMENDATION, UM, THEN, UH, WE'LL JUST 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO APPROPRIATE THAT MONEY.
AND LOGAN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF, IF WE AS A BODY ARE ALLOWED TO INCLUDE THAT, OR MAYBE WE CAN INCLUDE IT IN THE MINUTES OR, OR I DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO PROVIDE THAT AS A RECOMMENDATION OR AS A PART OF THE APPROVAL PROCESS.
IT, IT'LL CERTAINLY BE CAPTURED IN THE RECORD OF THE MEETING, BUT THE ITEM BEFORE THE COMMISSION TODAY IS NOT A BUDGETARY ITEM.
IT'S AN ITEM RELATED TO THE STREET CHANGE ITSELF.
AND, UH, ONE MORE QUESTION, UH, UH, COLLEEN OR STAFF.
SO OUT OF THESE ROAD NAMES THAT ARE ON THE SLIDESHOW, UH, WHICH, WHICH OF THESE HAVE OPPOSITION? I BELIEVE IT IS.
BECAUSE IF, IF I HEARD CORRECTLY, THERE WASN'T, UM, AND COMMISSIONER SIEGEL MENTIONED IT THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE AN, UM, OPPOSITION IN, IN, IN ITS ENTIRETY.
WE HAD SOME OPPOSITION TO JUST A COUPLE OF THE ROAD NAMES.
THE, UH, TERRY IS APO, WELL, UH, THERE ARE SEVERAL FOR, UH, TERRY IS NAPIER, UM, AND THERE ARE A COUPLE OTHERS THAT SHE LISTED AS WELL.
BUT, UM, I THINK WE HEARD, WE HEARD FROM TWO RESIDENTS ON NAPIER.
AND, UH, I, I HAVE LIVED IN THE AREA.
I I WAS NOT, UM, BORN OR RAISED IN THE AREA, BUT I'VE LIVED IN THE AREA FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
I'VE WALKED IT, I'VE BIKED IT, I'VE DRIVEN IT, AND I LIVE BY GOOGLE MAPS.
AND I DON'T THINK I'VE SUCCESSFULLY
AND SO, UM, PERSONALLY I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
AND I'M EVEN LOOKING AT A LOT OF THESE MAPS AND HOW ROOSEVELT IS A V, UM, MISSION ROAD AND MISSION PARKWAY.
I DON'T EVEN THINK THAT THOSE, UM, WOULD GET APPROVED BY TODAY'S STANDARDS IF, IF YOU HAD A PARKWAY AND A ROAD RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
AND SO I ABSOLUTELY UNDERSTAND THE CONFUSION, UM, WITH A LOT OF THESE ROADS THAT ARE LISTED.
AND SO I DO SUPPORT, UM, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT.
BUT, UM, COLLEEN, I'LL ASK YOU, UH, ASIDE FROM THE CONFUSION, IF YOU CAN JUST REITERATE, UM, THE OTHER TWO OR THREE REASONS WHY WE FEEL THIS IS NECESSARY.
UM, I, AGAIN, I MEAN IT IS, UM, TO, UH, IMPROVE, UM, UH, THE, UH, DIRECTIONAL INFORMATION TO EACH OF THE MISSIONS.
UM, IT MAY ALSO BE A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE INSTANCE OF MISSION ROAD TO SAN JOSE AND THEN PADRE TO MISSION ROAD BECAUSE THAT ROAD IN PARTICULAR SOUTH OF MISSION, SAN JOSE VISITOR CENTER, IF YOU TAKE MISSION ROAD, WHICH IS LOGICAL THING, IF YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, JUST LOOKING AT STREET SIGNS, YOU'RE GONNA END UP ON ROOSEVELT AND THEN HAVE TO MAKE A TURN ONTO ROOSEVELT TO THEN GET TO THE NEXT MISSION.
WHEREAS IF YOU WOULD'VE GONE ONE STREET OVER, GONE DOWN NAPIER TO PADRE, THAT, WHICH WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE THE MISSION ROAD, YOU WOULD CROSS ROOSEVELT AT A LIGHT, UH, RIGHT BEFORE YOU GOT TO STINSON.
UM, SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, A SAFETY ISSUE AS WELL.
UM, I, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
IT WOULDN'T BE A MEETING IF SOMEONE DIDN'T SAY THAT.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES MY QUESTIONS.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS BEFORE I ASK FOR A MOTION? THIS COMMISSIONER PECK? I DON'T REALLY HAVE A QUESTION, PER SE.
UM, BASICALLY TO, TO, UH, COLLEEN, UM, SO THIS IS A PRETTY CONFUSING ITEM.
UM, YOU KNOW, KINDA READING THROUGH THIS, WHEN I REVIEWED THE AGENDA, IT WAS KIND OF LIKE TRYING TO P PUT A PUZZLE TOGETHER ALMOST.
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AND IT GOT FURTHER CONFUSING, YOU KNOW, WHEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAD THE CALLERS AND THE VOICEMAILS AND YOU'RE TRYING TO SEE WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT'S GOING ON.UM, AND I'M STILL REALLY KIND OF CONFUSED, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THIS IS BEFORE, SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT THE END RESULT SHOULD BE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, MY, MY ADVICE I THINK MAYBE TO YOU IS WHEN YOU GO TO COUNCIL WITH THIS ITEM, UM, IF YOU COULD HAVE A BETTER MAP, BECAUSE, BECAUSE THE MAPS, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN, I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW MANY MAPS IT WAS.
IT WAS SEVEN OR EIGHT MAPS, AND EVEN THE MAPS WERE A LITTLE CONFUSING.
AND I ALMOST GOT TO THE POINT WHERE I WAS GONNA GET OUT THE SCISSORS AND TAPE AND START TAPING EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
'CAUSE, YOU KNOW, JUST TO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT WAS GOING ON, YOU KNOW, I THINK, YOU KNOW, A A KIND OF AN OVERALL MAP SHOWING THE STREET NAMES AND WHAT'S CHANGING TO WHAT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, COLOR CODED OR SOMETHING, JUST TO HELP EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BETTER BECAUSE, UH, IT'S, IT'S A REALLY CONFUSING ITEM THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED.
THANK YOU, UH, COMMISSIONER PECK FOR THAT FEEDBACK.
WE DO HAVE A GRAPHIC, UM, THAT DOES SHOW THAT, AND IT IS COLOR CODED.
UM, SO WE, WE DO HAVE THAT, THAT WAS ON ONE OF THE, IT WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE POWERPOINT, SO, UM, WE'LL DEFINITELY USE THAT IN THE FUTURE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY STATISTICS ON THE INCIDENT THAT IS RELATED TO SAFETY OF VISITORS OF RESIDENTS AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT NAMES ON THOSE STREETS? UM, NO.
UM, UM, I, I COULD PULL THAT INFORMATION, BUT NO, I DO NOT.
'CAUSE THAT QUESTION HASN'T BEEN ASKED PREVIOUSLY.
IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, UH, I WILL TAKE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM, ORIAN.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, I MOVE TO, UH, ACCEPT, UH, ITEM NUMBER, UH, UM, I GUESS IT'S CASE NUMBER 21 DASH 1531.
UH, BUT I'M GONNA SAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NAPIER AVENUE TO MISSION ROAD, COULD I PROPOSE AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION? SURE.
I, I THINK I NEED A SECOND ON THAT MOTION FIRST.
IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, I'LL SECOND IT, BUT I WANNA, CAN I HEAR THE AMENDMENT FIRST? OKAY, NOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE A A SECOND, UH, WE CAN ENTERTAIN AN AMENDMENT TO THAT MOTION.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO, UM, EXCLUDE THE STRETCH OF MISSION TO BE RENAMED SAN JOSE.
CAN YOU REPEAT, REPEAT THAT MOTION TO, UM, AMENDMENT? I DON'T WANT, YOU KNOW, UM, I WANNA CONTINUE IT.
I WOULD LIKE FOR THERE TO BE FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE STAKEHOLDERS.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS A, THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THIS SEGMENT WITH THE EXCEPTION TO CONTINUE CONSIDERATION OF NAPIER TO MISSION AND MISSION TO SAN JOSE.
IS THAT CORRECT? UH, NO, THE, THE NAPIER TO MISSION, I'M TRYING TO PULL IT OUT ALTOGETHER, THE CONTINUANCE, UH, FOR IS FINE FOR THE OTHER ONE FOR MISSION TO SAN JOSE CAN BE PULLED FOR CONTINUANCE.
BUT I'M SAYING DUE TO THE OPPOSITION, JUST TO PULL NAPIER AVENUE OF MISSION ROAD ALTOGETHER, I WOULD ACCEPT THAT.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO CONTINUE THE MISSION TO SAN JOSE PORTION BECAUSE IF, IF THAT PORTION OF MISSION IS NOT RENAMED, THEN WE'RE GONNA HAVE TWO PARALLEL MISSION SEGMENTS.
I WANNA CLARIFY WITH WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE IF THERE'S ANY CONCERNS WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, LOGAN, MAYBE I SHOULD PULL UP THE, THE MAP, BECAUSE THE MISSION ROAD, UM, IS, SO THERE IS A MISSION ROAD SOUTH.
SO LET ME PULL UP, UM, DO YOU HAVE, UH, ON YOUR POWERPOINT, UH, LOGAN, CAN YOU BLOW UP THE, THE LONG MAP WHERE IT SAYS PROPOSED WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL STREET NAMES? YEAH.
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JUST A SECOND? WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PULL IT UP.UM, LOGAN, IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO PULL IT UP, I'LL DO THAT.
IF YOU CAN SHARE, ALLOW ME TO SHARE.
YEAH, COLLEEN, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO SHARE YOUR SCREEN ON THE FORMAT WE HAVE THIS WEBEX ARRANGED FOR.
COLLEEN, DO YOU SEE THAT NOW? OKAY, SO IF YOU'LL GO THROUGH THE TOP, I'LL, I'LL WALK, UH, THROUGH THIS.
UH, SO GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN.
SO ALAMO STREET TURNS INTO ST.
MARY'S, AND THEN THIS IS THE FIRST SECTION THAT COMMISSIONER BUSANTE WAS SPEAKING OF.
IT GOES AROUND ROOSEVELT PARK.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY THE RESULT OF CLOSING A STREET.
AND SO THAT IS PROPOSED THE CHANGE TO ANOTHER NAME, AND THERE'S NO OPPOSITION TO THAT AND GO FURTHER SOUTH.
SO THIS IS THE WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL.
SO HERE IS, I THINK WHERE, UM, SO MISSION ROAD COMES AND HITS ROOSEVELT, AND THEN, UM, YOU MAKE RIGHT HAND TURN.
AND THEN, UH, HERE AT THE VISITOR CENTER IS WHERE YOU, UH, TURN ONTO, UM, UH, SORRY, YOU TURN ON TO, UM, NAPIER, THAT, THAT COLOR, THAT NUMBER TWO, THAT'S, THAT'S NAPIER.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT TO MISSION ROAD.
NUMBER THREE IS THE SAN, WELL, THAT'S CURRENTLY NAMED JOSE, THAT'S CURRENTLY NAMED MISSION ROAD.
AND WE'RE TO CHANGE THAT TO SAN JOSE DRIVE, BECAUSE THAT HITS MILITARY NOT AT A LIGHT.
SO THE WORLD HERITAGE TRAIL WOULD BE THIS PINK SECTION GOING ALONG TO THE YELLOW, AND THEN THE FOUR, UH, THE PURPLE SECTION, I'M SORRY.
UM, SO IT WOULD GO ALONG THERE.
AND THEN, UM, WHAT'S CALLED THE, THE NUMBER FOUR PURPLE, IT'S CALLED, UH, PADRE DRIVE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE CHANGED TO MISSION ROAD, WHERE AT THE LIGHT YOU CROSS MILITARY TO THEN GO ALONG MISSION ROAD AGAIN, IT'S ALREADY NAMED MISSION ROAD.
UM, AND SO THE IDEA AGAIN IS TO CREATE A MORE CONTINUOUS MISSION ROAD SO THAT PEOPLE CAN GET TO THE MISSIONS AND THEN FIND THEIR WAY BACK BY JUST USING STREET SIGNAGE AND THIS RIVERFRONT PARKWAY, THAT'S THE FORMER, THAT WOULD BE THE FORMER MISSION, UH, PARKWAY.
SO DOES THAT, DOES THAT HELP WITH SOME CLARITY? UH, UH, COMMISSIONER ORIAN, UH, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IF YOU WERE TO HOLD THREE AS MISSION ROAD AND NOT CHANGE TWO AND FOUR, WOULDN'T THAT SERVE THE SAME PURPOSE? I'M SORRY, BUT NUMBER THREE IS CURRENTLY CALLED MISSION ROAD.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO CALL IT SAN JOSE DRIVE, AND THAT'S THE ONE WHERE IT HITS MILITARY, NOT AT THE LIGHT.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY, SO THE JOG, RIGHT? SO IT'S ACTUALLY SAFER.
NUMBER TWO IS CALLED NAPIER, CHANGE THAT TO MISSION ROAD.
IT TURNS YOU TURN ONTO PADRE, CHANGE THAT TO MISSION ROAD, AND THEN THERE'S LIGHT RIGHT THERE WHERE YOU CROSS TO GO TO STINSON.
UM, I'M LOOKING, THIS MAP IS VERY HELPFUL.
IT'S MUCH MORE HELPFUL THAN WHAT WE HAD BEFORE.
SO IT LOOKS TO ME THAT, UM, ACCORDING TO THE CURRENT
THEN MISSION ROAD WOULD CONTINUE FROM NAPIER ONTO WHAT IS ALREADY MISSION ROAD IN SEGMENT FOUR.
AND, AND THAT WOULD CORRECT, MAY I ADD THAT, UH, NUMBER,
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UH, THREE IS ALREADY CALLED MISSION ROAD.SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT TO SAN JOSE DRIVE.
BUT IF, IF NAPIER IS NOT, IF NAPIER IS GOING TO REMAIN NAPIER, THEN SAN JOSE DRIVE COULD REMAIN MISSION AND THEN IT WOULD BE CONTINUOUS WITH THE MISSION ROAD THAT'S IN PINK DOWN BELOW.
THE MILITARY, AND IT DOESN'T CONNECT SECURITY SERVICE, FEDERAL CREDIT UNION IN BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR THERE.
I, I MADE THE LEFT, I MADE THE LEFT TURN.
IT'S AN UNSAFE INTERSECTION, RIGHT? AND SO PEOPLE INADVERTENTLY SEE MISSION ROAD AND THEY THINK, OH, I SHOULD GO THAT WAY, BECAUSE THAT'S BEEN THE PATTERN PRIMARILY.
AND THEN THEY END UP ON, ON A
WELL, I'LL WITHDRAW MY AMENDMENT THEN AND TAKE THE ACCEPT, UH, MOTION AS COMMISSIONER ORIAN INITIALLY RECOMMENDED.
IF, IF, IF I, IF I MAY AS WELL, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO CHIME IN THAT HAVING A SITUATION WHERE MISSION ROAD TURNS INTO NAPIER ROAD FOR A SEGMENT BEFORE TURNING BACK INTO MISSION ROAD, UH, IS TYPICALLY SOMETHING WE TRY TO AVOID, UH, DUE TO CONFUSION WITH PUBLIC SAFETY RESPONSE, FIRE DEPARTMENT POLICE.
SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER, UH, THAT PORTION OF NAPIER IF IT WERE TO REMAIN, UH, THE IMPACT THAT COULD HAVE.
YEAH, TO ME, THAT'S A BIG DEAL WITH A BREAK IN THE STREET NAME LIKE THAT, IT CAUSES CONFUSION TO EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
AND COMING FROM A, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT IT FROM A U D C STANDPOINT, WE WOULD NEVER GET A PROJECT APPROVED WITH STREET NAME BREAKS LIKE THAT, THAT WOULD GO AGAINST EVERYTHING THAT, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, STREET NAMING CONVENTIONS KIND OF DICTATE LOGAN, UH, WHEN MISSION ROAD HITS AND SHARES ON ROOSEVELT, HOW IS THAT ANY DIFFERENT? I, I'M, I'M NOT SAYING THAT IT IS ANY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE'VE ALL AGREED THAT TODAY IT'S CONFUSING.
UM, I WOULD, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER, UH, YOU KNOW, NOT PERPETUATING THAT CONFUSION IN THE FUTURE.
WELL, I MEAN, I, I WOULD, I WOULD SAY THAT I ALMOST WANT TO EXCLUDE, I WOULD JUST EXCLUDE TWO AND FOUR THEN, I MEAN, AND JUST HAVE IT BE A SLIGHT JOG ON THE MILITARY BECAUSE YOU'RE ALREADY HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM ON ROOSEVELT.
AND I'M ONLY SAYING THAT BECAUSE OF THE, OF, OF THE OPPOSITION.
I MEAN, IT'S BEEN THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME.
SO I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM REMOVING TWO AND FOUR.
WELL, RIGHT, RIGHT NOW THE MOTION THAT WE HAVE, UH, HAVING HAD COMMISSIONER SIEGEL WITHDRAW HER AMENDMENT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE SEGMENTS WITH THE EXCLUSION OF NAPIER COMMISSION.
UH, THAT COULD BE CONTINUED, THAT COULD BE EXCLUDED, UH, THAT, UH, UP TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
BUT HOW WOULD WE CONTINUE THAT PORTION THAT, THAT NAPIER, WHAT WILL BE THE PROCESS TO DO THAT? TO PUT THAT TO CONTINUANCE? WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER AMENDMENT.
WE, WE COULD GO DOWN AN AMENDMENT TO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE TO CONTINUE THAT PARTICULAR SEGMENT RATHER THAN REMOVE IT.
OR I COULD CHANGE MY MOTION TO, I YOU COULD, YEAH, I MEAN, I'D LIKE TO, I'D LIKE TO EXCLUDE, UH, TWO, THREE, AND FOUR AND JUST KEEP MISSING A SLIGHT JOG ON MILITARY.
AND MAY I ACCEPT THAT IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THAT IS ACCEPTED.
I, I, I CAN SPEAK TO THE PROBLEM WITH THE DANGEROUS INTERSECTION AT WHAT'S CURRENTLY MISSION AND MILITARY WHERE IT JOGS, AND I KNOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A REALLY SLIGHT JOG, BUT MAKING A LEFT TURN THERE WITH MILITARY BEING, I THINK IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY, ISN'T IT? SO MAKING A LEFT TURN THERE IS REALLY DIFFICULT.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF IT WOULD BE POSSIBLE TO HAVE A LIGHT PUT THERE OR OTHER TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE BECAUSE IT'S A STATE HIGHWAY.
SO, I MEAN, IF WE WANT THIS TO BE, UM, YOU KNOW, A PEDESTRIAN TRAIL OR, YOU KNOW, IF WE WANNA INCORPORATE THOSE KIND OF ELEMENTS INTO IT, THEN, THEN THAT'S VERY PROBLEMATIC AT THAT SECTION.
SO THE MOTION ON THE TABLE IS STILL EXCLUDE THE, THE PORTION TWO, RIGHT? THAT'S THE MOTION ON THE TABLE? YES.
AND THERE'S A SECOND TO THAT MOTION, CORRECT? THERE
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IS FROM COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.SO, SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE EITHER, EITHER THERE'S MORE DISCUSSION OR WE HAVE TO RE OR WE HAVE TO REMOVE THAT MOTION FROM THE TABLE OR, OR TAKE A VOTE.
SO IS THERE ANY MORE COMMENTS? COMMENTS ON THAT MOTION? COULD WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT MAY HERE FROM REMOVAL TO, UH, CONTINUANCE? SAY THAT AGAIN CHRIS? UH, CAN WE HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO TAKE FROM REMOVAL TO A C CONTINUANCE? THE, THE AMENDMENT WAS WITHDRAWN BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
WELL, HER WAS DIFFERENT THOUGH.
THAT WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER ORIAN AMENDMENT.
HOW ABOUT I JUST WITHDRAW THE WHOLE MOTION ALTOGETHER BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE SUPPORTED, UH, WHAT I WAS SHOOTING FOR ANYWAY.
I'LL LEAVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE AND MAKE A MOTION.
AND I'M GONNA SAY IT'S, IT, IT IS 3 0 6 AND, UH, CHAIRMAN CHAIRWOMAN GONZALEZ HAD TO LEAVE THE MEETING AND I AM NOW ACTING CHAIR.
UH, THAT BEING THE CASE, WE CAN ENTERTAIN A NEW MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM? MOTION TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT, SECOND COMMISSIONER BUSANTE.
SECOND BACK TO COMMISSIONER BUSANTE.
WOULD STAFF PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL? VOTE YES, SIR.
HANE, UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO? YES.
UH, COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
COMMISSIONER ZUKI APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? NO THANK YOU SIR.
THE MOTION PASSES AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, COLLEEN, THAT MAP THAT YOU BROUGHT UP AT THE END THERE, THE ONE OF THE LITTLE COLORS IN THE NUMBERING, THAT WAS THE MAP THAT I WISH WE WOULD'VE HAD IN OUR PACKET IN THE BEGINNING.
'CAUSE THAT REALLY JUST CLEARED IT UP FOR ME.
THANK YOU FOR THE RECOMMENDATION.
ALRIGHT, SO DONE WITH THAT ONE.
[4. 21-1670 TPV 21-035: Request by Mr. Cody Morris for approval of a tree preservation variance request from Unified Development Code 35-523 (h), “significant trees shall be preserved at eighty (80) percent and heritage trees at one hundred (100) percent preservation within both the 100-year floodplains and environmentally sensitive areas”, generally located South of Pecan Ranch road and North of Anaqua Springs road, West of Toutant Beauregard Road. Staff recommends approval. (Mark Bird, (210) 207-0278, mark.bird@sanantonio.gov, Development Services Department).]
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.UH, COMMISSIONER ORIAN HAS LEFT THE MEETING.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND PULL UP THE STAFF PRESENTATION.
I'M THE ASSISTANT CITY ARBORIST.
I'LL FILL IN FOR MR. MARK BIRD, THE CITY ARBORIST.
HE'S OUT ON LEAVE FOR THE WEEK.
I HAVE A BRIEF OVERVIEW SUMMARY PUT TOGETHER FOR YOU GUYS WHERE THE TREE VARIANCE.
UH, THIS PRO, THIS VARIANCE IS FOR PECAN SPRINGS UNIT TWO.
UH, THE PLAT NUMBER IS 19 DASH 108 0 4 4 2.
AND THE PROJECT 18 NUMBER IS 2 5 5 4 5 2 9.
THE SITE'S GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE, IS LOCATED IN THE E T J JUST NORTH OF PANCO SPRINGS ROAD, JUST, UH, WEST OF CALTA ARD.
UM, Y'ALL FAMILIAR WITH THE SITE? IT'S JUST SOUTH OF DR.
SARAH MCANDREWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
UM, AND THE VARIANCE IS, IS A REQUEST FOR, UH, SECTION 35 5 23, SECTION EIGHT, UH, ABOUT SIGNIFICANT TREES SHALL BE PRESERVED AT 80% PRESERVATION WITHIN BOTH THE HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD PLAINS AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.
AND HERITAGE TREES SHALL BE PRESERVED AT A HUNDRED PERCENT PRESERVATION WITHIN BOTH A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODPLAIN AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.
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THE OWNER IS A TYLER DRS WITH PECAN SPRINGS DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.UH, THE APPLICANT IS CODY MORRIS WITH MATT AND HOOVER ENGINEERING.
THE HARDSHIP IS A SECTION OF THE ROAD GOING THROUGH THE FLOOD PLAIN THIRD AS THE ONLY ENTRANCE BY EXIT, EXIT FROM THE PECAN SPRINGS RESIDENTIAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT REQUIRING REMOVAL OF HERITAGE AND TREES BELOW THE MINIMUM TREE PRESERVATION REQUIREMENT IN THE FLOOD PLAIN.
UH, THE PROPOSED PRESERVATION IS 60% OF SIGNIFICANT CANOPY AND 94.1% OF HERITAGE TREES.
THAT IS EQUAL TO, UH, 19,991 SQUARE FEET OF SIGNIFICANT CANOPY REMOVED AND 51 INCHES OF HERITAGE INCHES REMOVED.
UH, TOTAL, TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF CANOPY IS 50,980 SQUARE FEET AND TOTAL HERITAGE INCHES WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN IS 879.
UH, TOTAL MITIGATION REQUIRED IS 340 INCHES AS A MITIGATION METHOD WILL BE PLANTING IN THE, THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
THERE'LL BE 290 TREES, EXCUSE ME, 290 TREES PLANTED, WHICH EQUATES TO 493 INCHES PLANTED.
IT'S ABOVE THE MITIGATION, MINIMUM MITIGATION REQUIREMENT AT 153 INCHES.
AND THEIR CANOPY, AND EXCUSE ME, AND THEIR CANOPY COVER IS A LITTLE OVER 251,000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS ABOVE THE 38% CANOPY REQUIREMENT.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF HIS VARIANCE.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS ON THIS ONE.
I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL ACTUALLY PULLED THIS ONE ONTO INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION, SO WE'LL START WITH HER.
UM, UH, I'M, I'M LOOKING AT THE TREE PRESERVATION PLAN AND UM, I SEE THAT THE ROAD IS SPLIT IN SEVERAL PLACES TO ACCOMMODATE, UH, TREES THAT ARE ON THE SITE.
AND I WONDER IF THAT OPTION WAS CONSIDERED FOR THESE TWO TREES THAT ARE IN THE FLOODPLAIN THAT ARE GOING TO BE RENEWED OR PROPOSED TO BE RENEWED.
IS THAT FOR STAFF OR FOR THE APPLICANT? WE DO HAVE THE OWNER ON THE LINE.
SO, SO TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, THE, THE ROAD IS SPLIT AS SOON AS I COME OFF THE BRIDGE WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN.
THAT'S WHY I WAS ABLE TO SAVE ONE OF THE HERITAGE TREES.
I'M ACTUALLY DOING A TREE WELL AROUND THAT.
AND THE ROAD IS ABOUT SIX FEET ABOVE THE EXISTING GROUND.
UM, THE FIRST HERITAGE TREE I'M HAVING TO REMOVE IS RIGHT AT THE END OF THE BRIDGE, WHICH IS A FEMA DESIGN CROSSING.
SO I WAS NOT ABLE TO SAVE THAT ONE.
THE SECOND TREE IS THE ONE I WAS ABLE TO DIVIDE THE ROAD AND SAVE.
AND THEN THE SECOND TREE I'M REMOVING, WHICH IS THE THIRD TREE, I HAD TO TAKE THAT OUT BECAUSE THE CANOPY IS NOT VERY HIGH.
AND WITH THE R BEING SIX FEET IN WHEN I HIT THAT BANK OF A BLUFF, THERE WAS NO WAY TO SAVE THAT TREE.
SO ABSOLUTELY, I DID EVERYTHING I COULD.
I WORKED WITH MCNA HOOVER, DID THE TREE PLAN, BUT I WORKED WITH JOE, ME AND ZINO AT N T R WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ITERATIONS TO TRY TO SAVE THESE TREES.
UM, I MEAN THE WHOLE THEME OF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS, IS TREE SAVED UNIT ONE.
I DIDN'T REMOVE A SINGLE HERITAGE TREE.
UNIT TWO, THESE ARE THE ONLY TWO OUT OF 30 HERITAGE TREES I'M REMOVING.
UM, SO YES, THAT, THAT WAS LOOKED INTO.
WHO WOULD OVERSEE THE PLANTING, THE PLANTING OF THE OTHER TREES? IS IT DONE BY THE CITY INSPECTORS OR THE DEVELOPERS? UH, I'LL, I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THIS ONE.
UM, IT, IN THE E T J, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO PULL TREE PERMITS FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL HOUSE, AT WHICH POINT THE CITY INSPECTORS WILL GO OUT AND ENSURE THAT WHAT WAS ON THEIR PLANTING PLAN IS BEING PLANTED AND IN ACCORDANCE, UM, WITH THE APPROVED PLAN MOVING FORWARD, AS WELL AS IN THE CITY WITH THE BUILDING PERMITS THAT HAS ALL DONE AT THE TIME PRIOR TO C OF O WAS ISSUED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? NOT WILL I ENTERTAIN A MOTION?
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MOTION TO APPROVE? HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.IS THAT OKAY? UM, STAFF, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE YES, SIR.
COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES? YES.
COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA? YES.
UH, APPROVED COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER MICHAEL GARCIA? NO.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR THAT ONE.
UH, ALL WE HAVE LEFT IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
UM, ARE, UH, LAST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
ARE THERE ANY CHANGES OR QUESTIONS ON THE MINUTES FROM THE UH, FEBRUARY 24TH MEETING? I BELIEVE WE CAN JUST DO A REGULAR VOTE ON THIS, RIGHT? YEAH, THAT'S FINE.
CAN WE, UH, GET A MOTION? YEAH.
AND A SECOND MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR THE MEDIA MINUTES.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER GARCIA.
AND A SECOND BY, WHO IS THAT? COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
ANY, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.
IS THERE ANY OTHER, UH, INFORMATION FROM STAFF AT THIS POINT IN TIME? WE HAVE NO DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING.
IT IS THREE 17 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.