* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:03] ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IF, UH, COMMISSIONERS WOULD PLEASE TAKE THEIR SEATS. WE ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IF WE COULD HAVE OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT PLEASE. THANK YOU. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, WE ARE UNDER, UH, A MASK MANDATE FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. THE EXCEPTION WILL BE FOR WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING AT THE PODIUM. YOU MAY REMOVE YOUR MASK AT THAT TIME. UH, SO IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MASK, YOU SHOULD WEAR A MASK COVERING YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE THROUGHOUT THIS MEETING. THERE ARE MASKS AVAILABLE THERE AS WELL AS HAND SANITIZER. UH, SO FOR EXAMPLE, YOU, YOU CAN GO GRAB A MASK. , UM, OH, I'M SORRY. YEAH, YEAH. UM, ALRIGHT. MY NAME. THANK YOU SIR. MY NAME IS, UH, MARCO CAN HELP YOU OUT RIGHT OVER THERE. MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMANTE AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT FIVE ZONING COMMISSIONER. [Call to Order] I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION. UH, IN THESE MEETINGS I LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT. COMMISSIONER BARROS, MARCO BARROS. I REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE CHARLES FUENTES REPRESENTING DISTRICT THREE. TAYLOR WATSON, REPRESENTING DISTRICT TWO, MARK WHITE. DISTRICT 10. SUMMER GREAT HOUSE DISTRICT ONE. ROB S SIPES. DISTRICT SEVEN STUDENT KAMIN. DISTRICT FOUR DISTRICT SIX. ALRIGHT. STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU. UH, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER THE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PLEASE REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF IF YOU WOULD. SO BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF. THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER. STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST. PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION. FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST. FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING. YOU WILL BE CALLED AN ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU WILL NOT AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION. YOU'LL BE INFORMED WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTES ARE UP. FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES. THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK. THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS. THANK YOU CHAIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, WE HAVE, UH, A LIST OF POSTPONEMENTS, UH, COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE, A COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO AND INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEMS TODAY. STAFF, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE GO OVER THE POSTPONED AND WITHDRAWED ITEMS AND EXPLAIN WHAT THOSE ARE TO OUR AUDIENCE IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. YES, ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE POSTPONED. WHAT THIS MEANS IS THAT THEY HAVE BEEN PUT IN A HOLD PATTERN AND THEY WILL BE RE NOTIFIED AND REPUBLISHED AND RECENT OUT WHEN THE APPLICANT IS READY TO PROCEED. SO YOU WILL GET A NEW NOTIFICATION FOR THIS. THE PROCESS HAS STOPPED UNTIL THE APPLICANT MOVES IT FORWARD. THE FIRST POSTPONEMENT IS ITEM ONE ENDING IN TWO 18 ON HU ERMAN ROAD. ITEM TWO, ENDING IN ZONING CASE Z 2 51 AT EMPORIA BOULEVARD. ITEM NUMBER NINE 19, EXCUSE ME, [00:05:01] ITEM NUMBER 19 LOCATED AT 1600 BLOCK OF WEST LOOP 1604 NORTH AND ITEM NUMBER 22, ENDING IN 2 5 3 LOCATED OFF OF THE 5,400 BLOCK OF ROGERS ROAD. THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED AT ALL TODAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK TO ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, AS STAFF HAS MENTIONED, THEY WILL NOT BE DISCUSSED TODAY. YOU WILL BE RENO BEFORE THEY COME BACK BEFORE THIS BODY, UH, IF THEY COME BACK TO THIS BODY. UM, ALRIGHT, STAFF, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE, PLEASE. YES, SIR. UM, THERE'S A FEW ITEMS FROM THIS LIST THAT WE WILL NEED TO, UM, REMOVE. WE WILL NEED TO REMOVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE OR PLAY VOICEMAILS PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL ON THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE. COMMISSIONER WATSON, THAT IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST GO AHEAD AND PULL IT FOR INDIVIDUAL AND LISTEN TO THE VOICEMAILS, AN INDIVIDUAL OR JUST PLAY THE VOICEMAILS BEFORE COMBINED? UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PULL IT FOR INDIVIDUAL. OKAY. LET'S PULL NUMBER FIVE FOR INDIVIDUAL, PLEASE. ALL RIGHT. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN HAS A PERSON HERE TO SPEAK. IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SO THEY CAN GIVE THEIR COMMENTS IF YOU WOULD LIKE PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT OR THE COMBINED HEARING. NUMBER ONE AGENDA, ASSUMING THE PROPERTY OWNER IS IN FAVOR, THEY CAN DO SO PRIOR TO THE COMBINED HEARING. UH, I ALSO HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. THERE IS A PERSON HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AS WELL. ONE PERSON. OKAY. UH, IS THAT PERSON IN FAVOR? DO WE KNOW? YES. ARE YOU IN FAVOR, SIR? OKAY, THEN IT WILL REMAIN ON COMBINED. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. JUST DOUBLE CHECKING RIGHT QUICK. I ALSO HAVE ITEM 16, WHICH HAS AN INDIVIDUAL IN THE AUDIENCE, BRADY ALEXANDER HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR. OKAY. UH, MR. ALEXANDER, YOU ARE IN FAVOR? I DO NOT SEE YOU. UH, LET'S KEEP IT UP. MR. ALEXANDER, ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF THE HERMITAGE COURT ISSUE? NOT, NOT QUITE YET, SIR. ARE YOU IN FAVOR OR NOT? YEAH. OKAY, THEN LET'S KEEP IT ON COMBINED. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SIR. OKAY, SO THAT, UH, WRAPS IT UP. LET ME READ THE ONES THAT ARE FOR, UM, COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE. THESE ARE GONNA BE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER 11, 14, 16, 21, 23, 24, AND 25. DOES THAT SOUND CORRECT SIR? IT DOES. THANK YOU. YES. ALRIGHT. UM, ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THOSE ISSUES THAT IS OPPOSED OR THAT ARE, UH, THAT WAS A TERRIBLE CONSTRUCTION? IS ANYONE OPPOSED TO THOSE ITEMS THAT WERE JUST READ INTO THE RECORD? UM, OKAY. WONDERFUL. COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY OTHER ITEM FROM COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE THAT SHOULD BE PULLED? THANK YOU, COMMISSIONERS. NOPE. THANK YOU. STAFF, IF WE COULD READ THE ITEMS [Items 7, 8, 11, 14, 16, 21, & 23 - 25] FOR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD. THANK YOU. COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX A H O D TO R SIX S A H O D WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A MANUFACTURED HOME LOCATED AT 1 46 RENEE AVENUE. THERE WERE 18 NOTICES MAILED. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND AGAIN, THERE IS AN ITEM, UH, A PERSON HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THIS ITEM. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX N C D FIVE A H O D TO R THREE CD N C D FIVE A H O D WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A DUPLEX LOCATED AT 1102 WEST ASHBY PLACE. THERE WERE 22 NOTICES MAILED. TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN O OPPOSITION AND BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM MP C D TO CD C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO PAINT AND BODY REPAIR. ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 8,000 BLOCK OF STATE HIGHWAY 1 51. THERE WERE FIVE NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX TO NC LOCATED AT 63 95 OLD BABCOCK ROAD. THERE WERE 12 NOTICES MAILED, [00:10:01] NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM ALAMO FARMSTEADS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R FOUR C D A H O D WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME PARK TO I D Z ONE A H O D WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 1 38 HERMITAGE COURT. THERE WERE 42 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM HOT WELL'S. MISSION REACH, HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION AND AGAIN, WE DO HAVE AN INDIVIDUAL TO SPEAK IN FAVOR ON THIS ITEM. ITEM 21 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM I TWO TO C THREE. ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. LOCATED AT 3,600 NORTH PANAM EXPRESSWAY. THERE WERE 18 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE TO MF 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. LOCATED AT 73 34 PETRANKO ROAD THERE WERE 11 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM PIPER'S MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM MF 33 C ONE AND C TWO A TO RMM FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. LOCATED AT 72 14 72 18 AND 72 22 BRIAR PLACE. THERE WERE 21 NOTICES MAILED, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. COOL. AND FINALLY ITEM NUMBER 25 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO TWO DWELLING UNITS, TWO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 200 WEST ANSLEY BOULEVARD. THERE WERE 23 NOTICES MAILED. NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MR. CHAIR, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, STAFF, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE SOME, UH, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS CERTAIN ITEMS ON THE COMBINED HEARING. IF WE COULD START WITH ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH I BELIEVE IS MR. COLLIN. THAT'S CORRECT. YOU ARE PRESENT, SIR. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO ADDRESS US, YOU MAY DO SO NOW. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. HE NEEDS A OH, OKAY. UM, IF WE COULD GET INTERPRETATION SERVICES PLEASE. UH, OKAY. OKAY. THIS IS, SORRY, I WANT TO MOVE MY TRAILER. THAT IS ON RENEE. THIS IS, THIS IS THE INTERPRETER SPEAKING, NOT HIS WORDS, BUT HE DOES HAVE HERE, UH, A DRAWING FOR THIS TO SHOW YOU OF WHERE THE TRAILER IS CURRENTLY PLACED AND WHERE HE WANTS TO MOVE IT TO. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA PROJECT IT. SURE. . AND WHAT ELSE DO I NEED TO PRESENT IN ORDER TO RECEIVE PERMITS FOR THIS? SO THIS PROCESS IS THE ZONING PROCESS. OKAY. YOU ARE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA. NO. AND WE CAN HAVE A STAFF MEMBER TALK TO YOU IMMEDIATELY AFTER THIS VOTE. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. VERY THANK YOU MR. COLLEEN. I WILL ASSUME. ALRIGHT. UM, I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM THAT WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON IS NUMBER EIGHT AND WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THAT ITEM. MARK SPIELMAN. MR. SPIELMAN, IF YOU WOULD READ THIS INTO THE RECORD, MR. SPIELMAN, IF YOU'D INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. MARK SPIELMAN AS LIVE AT. THANK YOU SIR. I'M MARK SPIELMAN AT 900 WEST WOODLAWN AVENUE. I'M CO-CHAIRMAN OF, UH, BEACON HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE. [00:15:01] UH, WANTED TO JUST READ THIS INTO THE RECORD ON, UH, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IT SAID, UH, UH, DEAR ZONING COMMISSIONERS BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE. WHOOPS, GOT THE GENERAL MEMBERSHIP OF BEACON HILL, UH, AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO SUPPORT THE APPLICANT FOR THE ZONING CASE REQUEST FOR 1102 WEST ASHBY FROM R SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R SIX CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, WHO REPRESENTS THE APPLICANTS, PRESENTED THE PLAN FOR OUR ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE ON SEPTEMBER 20TH. HE CAME BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON OCTOBER 11TH, PRESENTED THE PLAN AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS. ZD MADE THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO APPROVE THE, UH, PLAN. BECAUSE THE PLAN FIT THE LAND USE FOR THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND A DUPLEX IS APPROPRIATE USE FOR THE EMPTY LOT. WE COMMEND MR. CHRISTENSEN FOR HIS DILIGENCE IN WORKING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR NEIGHBORS TO 1102 WEST ASHBY. WERE NOTIFIED VIA OUR NEWS, UH, LETTER, WHICH IS HAND DELIVERED TO ALL RESIDENTS THE WEEK BEFORE THE GENERAL MEETING AND IS PRINTED IN BOTH ENGLISH AND IN SPANISH. THE PLAN REQUEST WAS FOR THE FRONT PAGE AS WELL AS AN INVITATION TO SEE THE PRESENTATION. BEACON HILL IS CAREFUL TO MAKE ZONING RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON INCLUSION AND TRANSPARENCY. RESPECTFULLY YOURS, CYNTHIA SPIELMAN, PRESIDENT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. SPIELMAN. I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 16. AND MR. ALEXANDER, I BELIEVE YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM. MY NAME IS BRADY ALEXANDER. I RESIDE AT 1 8 3 9 EAST PY IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. 7 8 2 2 3. THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS, IS IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPOSED I D Z ZONING FOR THIS SITE. UH, WE APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPER WORKING WITH US. HE PROVIDED A SITE PLAN, CONTACTED US BEFORE ATTEMPTING A REZONE. WE FLYERED EVERYBODY WITHIN 200 FOOT OF THAT TO GET THEIR INPUT. HE PERSONALLY MET WITH PEOPLE THAT HAD CONCERNS AND EVEN ALLOWED A LADY TO DIG A TREE OUT OF THE PROPERTY THAT HE HAD. UM, SO WE JUST WANTED TO EXPRESS OUR GRATITUDE TO HIM FOR WORKING WITH US. AND, UM, THIS IS APPROPRIATE INFILL WITH THE I D Z. HE NEEDED THAT DUE TO A EASEMENT AND IT BRINGS THE HOUSES CLOSER TO THE STREET. HE'S GONNA HAVE PARKING AND BACK. THEY'RE GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY. UM, FIVE AS I SAW FROM THE LIGHT LAST SITE PLAN. I BELIEVE HE HAD SIX ON THE ONE BEFORE THAT. BUT OUR SUPPORT, OF COURSE, IS CONTINGENT UPON IT BEING SINGLE FAMILY, UM, STRUCTURES. AND WE REAL, REALLY, UM, ENJOYED THIS PROCESS AND I JUST WANTED TO COME UP HERE FOR ONCE AND HAVE SOMETHING, UH, GOOD TO SAY ABOUT A, A PROJECT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. ALEXANDER. UM, MS. FLORES, IS THERE ANYONE ELSE TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEMS ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA? GIVE US 30 SECONDS TO FIND OUT . OF COURSE, THAT IS ALL, SIR. OKAY. AND THERE ARE SOME OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WALKED IN. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, PLEASE GO UP TO THE FRONT, UH, TO YOUR RIGHT AND ADDRESS MS. FLORES WHO WILL TAKE DOWN YOUR NAME AND WHETHER YOU ARE OPPOSED OR IN FAVOR OF AN ITEM. ALRIGHT. UH, THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE HAS BEEN READ INTO THE RECORD. IS THERE A MOTION? MR. CHAIR? THIS IS COMMISSIONER SIPES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER 7 8 11 14 16, 21, 23, 24, AND 25. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SIPES. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. UH, WAS THAT COMMISSIONER FUENTES? THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. AS FOR THE ITEMS READ INTO THE RECORD BY COMMISSIONER SIPES AND A SECOND, UH, FROM COMMISSIONER FUENTES. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COMMERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ROMERO? OH, SORRY, SHE'S NOT HERE. COMMISSIONER ROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS, THEY HAVE BEEN RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY THIS BODY. UH, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND LEAVE [00:20:01] IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS. AND WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT COMBINED HEARING DOCKET, UH, WHICH ARE ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCES, UH, STAFF WHEN WE'RE AT AN APPROPRIATE POINT. IF YOU COULD READ, UH, THOSE ITEMS OFF FOR US PLEASE. THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE [3. ZONING CASE Z202010700203 S ERZD (Council District 8)] FOR CONTINUANCE AGENDA TODAY ARE ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH HAS A NUMBER OF PERSONS HERE TO SPEAK AS WELL AS VOICEMAILS. ITEM NUMBER SIX. ITEM NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER SIX ALSO HAS A, A VOICEMAIL. AND THEN ITEM 10 AND ITEM 17. AND THERE ARE INDIVIDUALS HERE TO SPEAK ON THAT ONE AS WELL. OKAY. UM, SO THESE ARE ALL CONTINUANCES TO NOVEMBER THE SECOND. OKAY. AND STAFF, I BELIEVE THAT THE APPLICANT FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS SEEKING A NOVEMBER 2ND CONTINUANCE AS WELL. SO IF WE COULD ADD THAT ITEM TO, UH, THIS COMBINED HEARING, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN WHO ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS, YOU ARE WELCOME TO SPEAK TODAY ON THESE ITEMS. THEY ARE CURRENTLY SET TO BE CONTINUED TO THE NEXT MEETING NOVEMBER 2ND, BUT YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK TODAY. YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK NEXT TIME IT'S COMES UP. IT'S UP TO YOU WHETHER YOU WANNA SPEAK AT BOTH ONE OR NEITHER. UM, SO STAFF, IF WE COULD READ THOSE ITEMS, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST TAKE 'EM ONE BY ONE SINCE IT SOUNDS LIKE EVERY SINGLE ONE HAS COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, LET'S READ THE FIRST ITEM FOR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO. LET'S CALL IT A CONTINUANCE HEARING. CONTINUANCE HEARING. THANK YOU. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM D R E R Z D TO R P S E RZ D WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM LOCATED AT 3 25 PUE. THERE WERE NINE NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. FOUR RECEIVED AN OPPOSITION A PO, A PETITION FROM A HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET. AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THIS, UH, THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER THE SECOND. MR. CHAIR, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, STAFF, I DO HAVE ONE POINT OF INFORMATION OR ONE QUESTION, UH, WHICH IS, THIS IS AN EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE DISTRICT CASE, UM, SAWS, I PRESUME YOU WILL WANNA WAIT UNTIL THE SUBSTANCE IS TAKEN. YES, I CAN WAIT UNTIL NEXT TIME. THAT'S FINE. THANK YOU MR. BARR. ALRIGHT. UH, IF WE COULD GO AHEAD AND PULL UP YES. YOU RECOGNIZE? YES SIR. MAY I HELP YOU? ARE YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM? I AM. OKAY, WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE YOU IN TURN IF, IF I MAY. ALRIGHT. STAFF, WHO'S THE FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE? MANISH KAUR. UH, MR. KAUR, YOU CAN SPEAK TODAY IF YOU WANT. IF YOU WANNA WAIT TILL NEXT MEETING, THAT'S FINE TOO. YES, I'LL SPEAK TODAY. OKAY. PLEASE COME UP AND THIS DOES NOT FORECLOSE YOU FROM SPEAKING NEXT TIME, MR. KAUR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OKAY. MY, MY NAME IS MANISH KAUR AND I LIVE IN, UH, ON 3 3 1 PUEBLO PINTADO. AND, UH, THANKS FOR REACHING OUT TO US ON THIS CASE. AS IT SEEMED, OUR VOICES WERE, UH, BEING MUTED BY, UH, OUR H O A AND THE TOWER COMPANY. WE LIVE AT 3 3 1 PUEBLO PINTADO. HE LOTUS, AND THIS TOWER WILL BE NOT EVEN BE 200 AND 200 FEET FROM MY BACK PORCH. AND, UH, AND, AND THAT'S WHY I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT AND I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS APPROACHED US BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE A BIG NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT MANY PEOPLE REALLY CARE ABOUT THESE THINGS, BUT PEOPLE WHO ARE REALLY IMPACTED ARE THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE NEAR VICINITY. UH, I DO UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, UH, THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION MAY HAVE APPROVED THIS, BUT THE TRUTH THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE ALMOST IN OUR BACKYARD AND, UH, WE WILL BE THE ONE WHO WILL BE MOST IMPACTED AND, UH, SHOULD HAVE A BIGGER SAY AS WELL, JUST LIKE YOU GUYS HAVE REQUESTED. UH, I ALSO UNDERSTAND THAT EXISTING TRANSMISSION TOWER IS, IS CLOSE BY, BUT THAT DOES NOT, UH, THAT DOES NOT, UH, MEAN THAT WE CAN ADD TO THE UGLINESS OF THE PROPERTY. UH, WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL BACKYARD RIGHT NOW WHERE, BUT THIS TOWER WOULD BE VISIBLE FROM OUR BEDROOM, FROM OUR LIVING ROOM, FROM OUR, UH, DINING AREA, AS WELL AS OBVIOUSLY THE BACK PORCH. WE STRONGLY OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF THIS TOWER AND HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WILL SUPPORT US IN NOT HAVING THIS UGLY AND DOMINANT TOWER IN OUR BACKYARD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MR. KAPO. UH, NEXT STAFF. MARY JANE VILLALOBOS. NO, I'M SORRY, I SKIPPED, I SKIPPED, I SKIPPED [00:25:01] ROBERT M**K DONGLE AND I DIDN'T CATCH THAT NAME, SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REPEAT IT FOR ME AND GIVE YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. UM, BEFORE I START, BY TIME, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF ANY OF YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH VISION ON THE BOARD? I DO HAVE EXTRA COPIES OF MY PRESENTATION IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM. NOPE. UP CLOSE. NOPE. THANK YOU. I THINK WE'RE ALL SET. IF YOU WOULD BEGIN, SIR, MY NAME IS ROBERT LAWRENCE MCGONIGAL. I LIVE AT 9 1 1 4 CORDES JUNCTION, HELOTES, TEXAS. I AM A 2020 GRADUATE OF S F A IN THE FORESTRY PROGRAM. AND I'VE BEEN A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN BEXAR COUNTY FOR FIVE YEARS. THE, I HAD SEVERAL REPORTS THAT I DID TO OUR H O A ON EROSION AND SEVERAL OTHER STRONG INCRIMINATING FACTORS THAT FRANKLY ARE IRRITATING THAT WERE NOT TAKEN UP AND BY OUR H O A. BUT ONE THING I AM VERY PROUD OF AND THAT I'M SKILLED WITH IS WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT. SO USING STATE DATA, I, UH, OH. DID YOU, WERE YOU ABLE TO THROW THIS UP FOR ME? UH, NO. IS THIS YOURS? IS THE PATIENT'S NO, THIS, JUST THROW THIS UP. YEAH, JUST CAN WE JUST, UH, PROJECT THAT PLEASE. THANK YOU. SO I USED STATE DATA TO LOOK AT A WILDFIRE RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THIS PROJECT. AND IT IS FRIGHTENINGLY HIGH IF A SINGLE SPARK GOES OFF FROM A SINGLE WELD THAT CAN, THAT CAN DEFINITELY CAUSE A WILDFIRE IN THIS AREA. WHEN I DID MY HABITAT ASSESSMENT THERE, IT WAS STRONG JUNIPER AND SCRUB OAK, WHICH IS THE SAME MIX THAT THEY HAVE IN CALIFORNIA RIGHT NOW. WHEN P AND G SET OFF A HUGE WILDFIRE THAT KILLED HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE, I ALSO LOOKED FOR AN, UH, DIFFERENT SPECIES THAT IT COULD AFFECT. WE HAVE DIFFERENT SPECIES SUCH AS RACCOONS AND RINGTAIL CATS WHERE THE HUMMING AND NOISE CAN ACTUALLY IRRITATE THEM AND CAUSE THEM TO MOVE AWAY. WE HAVE A JOGGING PATH THROUGH THIS AREA THAT THIS TOWER WOULD INFRINGE UPON AS WELL. I WOULD NOT WANT TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ENJOY NATURE AND WILDLIFE FROM THE PEOPLE THAT PAY TO LIVE HERE. UM, AND I CANNOT STRESS ENOUGH THE RISK FOR CATASTROPHIC WILDFIRE. AND THAT IS THE END OF MY TALK. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MCGONIGAL. THANK YOU. STAFF. WHO'S NEXT? JAIME CAMPOS, UH, CSOS. EXCUSE ME. JAIME CSOS. UH, MR. CSOS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF. GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND THEN LET US KNOW. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. UM, MY NAME IS JAIME. I LIVE AT 3 2 6 SANTA DOMINGO. THIS PROPOSED TOWER WOULD LITERALLY BE IN MY BACKYARD IN 2007. MY WIFE AND I CONSTRUCTED THE HOME THAT OUR, ACTUALLY OUR FINAL AND LAST DREAM HOME AND THE VIEW FROM OUR BACKYARD WAS THE MAIN FOCUS OF THE DESIGN OF OUR HOME. I LITERALLY HAVE AN ENTIRE GLASS WALL THAT FACES MY POOL AND MY BACKYARD THAT NOW WILL BE BRINGING IN THIS TOWER INTO MY HOME. THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE HAS SHOWN NO DIRE NEED FOR THIS TOWER TO GO UP. IT'S 117 FOOT TOWER THAT'S GONNA BE GOING UP. AND IT'S NOT ONLY AFFECTING ME DIRECTLY, BUT IT'S AFFECTING AT LEAST 15 OF MY NEIGHBORS USING BEAR COUNTY, BEAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT VALUATIONS. ALMOST $13 MILLION IN HOME PROPERTY VALUES ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS TOWER. EVEN IF WE USE CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES BY REALTORS WHO HAVE BEEN CONSULTED, THAT 10% OF OUR HOME VALUES MAY BE AFFECTED. THAT'S A HUGE SUM FOR THE CITIZENS OF, OF SAN ANTONIO, OF BEXAR COUNTY, THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL THOSE ENTITIES ARE GONNA BE IMPACTED BY THE DEVALUATION OF OUR HOMES AS A RESULT OF A PROFIT CENTER THAT'S BEING BROUGHT INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY A FOREIGN ENTITY THAT HAS NO SKIN IN OUR GAME, WE HAVE NOTHING TO GAIN BY THIS AND EVERYTHING TO LOSE, AS DOES THE COUNTY AND THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. I CANNOT, I I WILL NOT BE HERE NOVEMBER 2ND. UH, I, I'M, I'M GONNA BE OUT OF THE COUNTRY, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY MY VOICE IS HEARD, BUT WE AS NEIGHBORS HAVE PUT TOGETHER A MEMORANDUM IN OPPOSITION THAT HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CASE MANAGER IN THIS CASE. WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO CONSIDER THE ARGUMENTS THAT ARE CONTAINED THEREIN. 'CAUSE IT REALLY STRIKE AT THE HEART OF WHAT'S [00:30:01] GOING ON HERE. THIS IS A FOREIGN PROFIT CENTER IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S GONNA TAKE OUR VALUE AWAY, NOT ONLY THE VALUE OF OUR HOME BE THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. CAVASSO BERTA KELK, MS. KELK, AND AGAIN, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS, UH, BERTA COOK, AND I LIVE ON 3 3 5 SANTA DOMINGO. AND I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING FOR THIS FIVE G UH, PROJECT. THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE WILL DIRECTLY AFFECT ME AND MY CHILDREN AS WE RECENTLY BUILT THEIR DREAM PLAYGROUND FOR THEM. THIS TOWER WILL BE RIGHT IN FRONT OF US, AND, UM, WE WILL BE MOSTLY LOOKING, UM, AT THIS UNSIGHTLY TOWER. WHILE WE'RE OUTSIDE, WE USUALLY SPEND OUR DAY LOOKING FOR WILD ANIMALS AND ALL SORTS OF BIRD CREATURES. AND AS MR. ROBERT STATED, WE ARE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT OUR ENVIRONMENT, UM, AROUND THAT AREA. IF THIS TOWER, UM, IS ADDED, WILL, IT WILL GREATLY DIMINISH MY RIGHT TO ENJOY THIS BEAUTIFUL VIEW. AND SECOND, AS MR. JAIME, UH, STATED, OUR PROPERTY VALUE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY, SIGNIFICANTLY, UM, BE, UM, AFFECTED BY THIS TOWER. AND FINALLY, EVEN WHEN I UNDERSTAND THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION MAY GIVE LITTLE WEIGHT TO MY HEALTH CONCERNS, PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT AS A HOMESCHOOL MOTHER OF A FOUR YEAR OLD, MY DAUGHTER AND I WILL BE EXPOSED TO THIS TOWER ALL DAY LONG. AND THEREFORE, THE HEALTH IMPACT TO ME IS A CONCERN. SO I DON'T BELIEVE THAT MY CONCERN SHOULD BE DISMISSED OR IGNORED. I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THEIR FAVOR TO DENY THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. HENRY WILKES. MR. WILKES, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S HENRY WILKES. MY WIFE AND I RESIDE AT 3 3 8 SANTA DOMINGO. THREE, I DON'T HAVE THE CHART HERE, BUT 3, 3, 8. JUST LIKE THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SPOKEN, NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE SPOKEN BEFORE IS CONTIGUOUS TO THE AREA THAT THE TOWER IS GONNA BE IN. IN FACT, THE TOWER'S BASE IS GOING TO BE ABOUT 50 FEET, MAYBE 75 FEET FROM MY PROPERTY LINE. IT WON'T BE WITHIN 150 FEET OF THE HOUSE, BUT IT WILL BE WITHIN 50 FEET OF THE PROPERTY LINE IS GOING TO TOTALLY, UH, DOMINATE OUR, OUR VIEW. IT'S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING THAT OUR GUESTS, ANYBODY SEES FROM OUR BACKYARD, FROM OUR HOUSE, FROM OUR DECK, FROM OUR BEDROOMS, FROM, ANYWAY, IT'S GONNA BE THE FIRST THING THAT A POTENTIAL BUYER, NOT THAT WE WANT TO SELL, BUT WE'RE THINKING OF IT IF THIS GOES THROUGH, IS GOING TO SEE WHEN THEY WALK IN, THEY'RE GONNA SAY, WHY WOULD WE WANT TO LIVE SOMEPLACE WHERE THERE'S 170 FOOT TALL TOWER THAT IF IT FALLS OVER, COULD HIT THE HOUSE, COULD HIT SOMEBODY IN THE BACKYARD, COULD DO ANYTHING. WHAT REALLY BOTHERS ME ABOUT THIS IS THERE'S ALREADY A TOWER. THIS REQUEST IS TO PUT A TOWER IN PLACE OF A TOWER THAT'S ON A POWER LINE RIGHT NOW. VERIZON HAS A TOWER ON THERE AND IT'S A FOUR G TOWER. I UNDERSTAND THEY WANNA MAKE IT A FIVE G TOWER, AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE THINGS NICE FOR PEOPLE TO STREAM VIDEOS AND DO ALL THE NICE THINGS THAT WE ALL DO WITH OUR SMARTPHONES AND, AND EVERYTHING. NOW THAT DOES NOT MAKE IT A, A NEED FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR FOR THE COMMUNITY. VERIZON IS NOT THE ONLY CELL PROVIDER IN THAT, IN THAT COMMUNITY. THERE'S, I'M SURE THERE'S AT T THERE'S SPRINT, THERE'S T-MOBILE, THERE'S ALL THESE OTHER THINGS. THERE'S, THERE'S NOT A GLARING NEED TO PUT A VERIZON FIVE G TOWER IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR HOMES. THIS IS STRICTLY FOR BUSINESS. NONE OF THE H O A MEMBERS LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S GOING TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS. THEY'LL NEVER SEE IT. I'M TALKING TO THE BOARD MEMBERS. UH, THEY LIVE IN SONOMA RANCH IS A, IS A VERY BIG AREA. THIS IS GOING, THE TOWER'S GONNA BE IN A, IN A DRAW. IT'S GONNA GO UP 170 FEET. AND UNLESS YOU'RE IN OUR AREA RIGHT THERE, YOU PROBABLY WON'T SEE IT. UH, BUT I GUARANTEE EVERYBODY ELSE WILL. UH, AS FAR AS IT IS, JUST WE WANT TO BE FAIR. WE UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS FOR THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE'S NO GLARING, THERE'S NOT EVEN A SMALL NEED FOR FOR VERIZON [00:35:01] TO DO THIS. THE ONLY REASON IT HAS COME OFF THAT TOWER RIGHT NOW IS BECAUSE C P S DOESN'T WANT IT ON THE TOWER. SO C P S IN THEIR DECISION, OR VERIZON IN THEIR DECISION NOT TO REDU RENEW THEIR LEASE WITH C P S IS MAKING A DECISION THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF US DRASTICALLY. I WISH YOU'D CONSIDER THAT AND DENY THE REQUEST. THANK YOU MR. WILKES. STEPH, IS THAT LAMI? UH, SIR, IF YOU'D INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. MY NAME, EXCUSE ME. MY NAME IS ETTE LAME. I LIVE IN 3 3 9 SANTA DOMINGO. AND, UH, THAT TOWER, UH, SARAH WILL BE EXACTLY BLOCKING A BEAUTIFUL HEALTH VIEW. AND, UM, WE PAID A LOT TO, TO HAVE THAT VIEW FOR MY KIDS AND MY FAMILY. AND EVERY MORNING WE GO OUT AND WE ENJOY THE VIEW. AND BUILDING THAT 175, UH, FOOT TOWER IS COMPLETELY TAKEN AWAY. THE ENJOYMENT OF THE NATURE OF THE AREA AND AFFECTING OUR HEALTH SYSTEM, UH, 24 HOURS, THESE WAVES AND, UH, WILL BE BOMBARDING OUR KIDS AND OUR FAMILIES. AND THERE IS ACTUALLY NO NEED. THERE IS NO NEED FOR IT. THERE IS OTHER TOWERS ARE ALREADY IN THE AREA AND VERIZON IS JUST, UH, UH, WITH THE H O A IGNORING OUR, UH, OUR HOMES VALUES WILL BE DROPPED. AND OUR, ABOVE ALL THE NATURE WE HAVE OF THE AREA, WHICH WE WANT, WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE THIS, SO PLEASE, WE'RE AGAINST, UH, BUILDING THAT TOWER. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU, SIR. MICHAEL BI. MICHAEL BIWA. OKAY, UH, AGAIN, YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY NOVEMBER 2ND TO ADDRESS THIS, UH, COMMISSION SAN COOK, MR. COOK. AND IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. THANK YOU. HELLO. HELLO. MY NAME'S SUN COOK. I LIVE AT, UH, 3 3 5 SANTA DOMINGO. AND, UH, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU HAD THIS MEMORANDUM, UH, RECORDED. AND, UM, I OPPOSE THE TOWER AND, UM, I'M GONNA SEE IT EVERY DAY. AESTHETICALLY IT'S GONNA BE UGLY JUST AS IF I'M LOOKING AT YOU EVERY DAY. AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT TRYING TO LIVE WITH SOMETHING LIKE THAT. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE WITH IT. I'M PRETTY SURE IF IT WAS GOING IN Y'ALL'S BACKYARD OR FRONT YARD, Y'ALL WOULD BE OPPOSING IT TOO, JUST LIKE I AM UP HERE. IT'S, WE'RE GETTING A SHORT END OF THE STICK AND THAT'S NOT RIGHT. YOU KNOW, AS THE BOARD, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT AND ALSO SHOOT THIS REZONING. UM, ANOTHER PIECE OF INFORMATION IS THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, JUST ALL THIS DATA I PULLED UP IS STRAIGHT OFF THE CELLULAR PROVIDER'S WEBSITE. UH, IF YOU LOOK AT VERIZON HERE, OBVIOUSLY, OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE THAT THEY HAVE AMPLE OR SATURATED COVERAGE IN THE EXACT POINT THAT THE, THE COVERAGE I PUT IN IS 3 25 PILLOW OPEN PINTADO. SO OBVIOUSLY YOU SEE ALL THE PINK AND THE RED. THAT'S THE FOUR G AND FIVE G COVERAGE. NOW MOVING ON TO T-MOBILE, OBVIOUSLY THIS STRAIGHT PULLED, UH, OFF THEIR WEBSITE, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S UH, IT'S GONNA BE PINK AND HOT PINK IN COLOR, OBVIOUSLY ONCE AGAIN SATURATED WITH FOUR G AND FIVE G COVERAGE. HERE'S, UH, AT AND T I SHOULDN'T SEE. YEAH, AT AND T YOU, YOU'RE GONNA SEE, UH, BLUE, MOSTLY ALL DARK BLUE. THAT'S GONNA BE, UH, FIVE G COVERAGE, FOUR G COVERAGE. OBVIOUSLY IT'S, IT'S SATURATED WITH THEM AS WELL. AND I'LL GO ON WITH ONE MORE. HERE'S CRICKET WIRELESS, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SEE ALL GREENS. SO ALSO YOU SEE ALL THE MAJOR PLAYERS OUT HERE AND THEY ALL HAVE COVERAGE. THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANOTHER CELL TOWER IN THAT AREA. YOU KNOW, ALL I SEE IS CELL TOWERS GETTING ERECTED, BUT I NEVER SEE ONE REALLY GET DECOMMISSIONED. SO THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN EXTRA TOWER. WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH COVERAGE. AND IF YOU'RE IN MY SHOES, YOU'LL FEEL EXACTLY THE WAY I FEEL. THIS TOWER SHOULD NEVER BE THERE. IT SHOULDN'T BE THERE. AND, UH, THANK YOU. AND ALSO VERY EXTENDED THIS TO NOVEMBER, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS KIND OF A SHORT DEADLINE THAT YOU GAVE US, UH, THE NOTICE ON TUESDAY. THEN WE HAD TO BE HERE NEXT WEEK TUESDAY. SO I'M GLAD THERE'S A CONTINUATION. UM, YOU KNOW, I OPPOSE IT. I STRONGLY OPPOSE IT. ME AND MY NEIGHBORS OPPOSE IT AND I JUST NEED MORE TIME. YOU'LL FIND OUT THERE'LL BE MORE PEOPLE OPPOSING IT. AND IT'S MOSTLY THE PEOPLE IN [00:40:01] OUR AREA. THE COMMUNITY'S LARGE, SO THE PEOPLE THAT PROBABLY WANTED IT LIVE ON THE OUTSKIRTS, WHICH MORE SPEED FOR THEM, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE TO LIVE NEXT TO IT. SO WE GET SHORT IN A STICK AND HOPEFULLY YOU CAN SEE THAT AND, UH, SIGHT IN OUR FAVOR. THANK YOU MR. COOK. AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THE CONTINUANCE HASN'T BEEN GRANTED YET, BUT THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE'RE LOOKING RIGHT NOW. OKAY, MORE TIME THE BETTER FOR ME TO, TO PREPARE MY CASE TO PRESENT TO Y'ALL. WELL, MOST LIKELY IT'LL COME BACK NOVEMBER 2ND. OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. STAFF. STEVE RAMIR OR RAMIREZ? MAYBE RAMIREZ. OKAY. MR. RAMIREZ, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. THANK YOU. I'M STEVEN RAMIREZ, 3 27 PUEBLO PINTADO. AND BASICALLY I CONCUR WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING MY NEIGHBORS HAVE ALREADY SAID. UM, I OPPOSE THE REZONING I FOR THE, ALL OF THE SAME REASONS. UM, BUT I ALSO FEEL LIKE I'M DIRECTLY AFFECTED. MY HOME IS BASICALLY RIGHT BEHIND, RIGHT? WELL, THE TOWER'S GONNA BE RIGHT BEHIND MY HOME ALMOST DIRECTLY. UM, I JUST PUT IN A COUPLE YEARS AGO, HAD A PULL PUT IN, YOU KNOW, THAT'S GONNA BE THE THING STIRRING RIGHT AT ME. UM, AND THERE'S REALLY NOT GONNA BE MUCH I CAN DO TO KIND OF MINIMIZE THAT. UM, THERE'S NOT A TREE THAT I CAN PUT UP THERE THAT'LL GROW FAST ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO COVER A TOWER THAT SIZE. AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT EVERYBODY'S ALREADY SAID AND WHAT'S BEEN STATED IN THE MEMORANDUM, UM, I CONCUR WITH, AND IT'S, YOU KNOW, PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES HERE. UH, PUT YOURSELF IN MY SHOES. AND THAT'S WHAT I THINK SOME, SOME PART OF WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, UH, AS A COMMITTEE IS TO DO THAT. OKAY. NOT JUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF IT, UM, AND THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES WANTING TO GET TO ZONING AND THE MONETARY REASONS OF WHY THEY WANT THAT. I THINK AS YOU KNOW, BEXAR COUNTY RESIDENTS, SAN ANTONIO RESIDENTS, WE DESERVE, UM, THAT CONSIDERATION THAT WE ASK YOU TO GIVE US. UM, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A NEED FOR IT AT THIS TIME. UH, I THINK IF IT WAS NEEDED, IT'D BE SOMETHING DIFFERENT. THIS PRESERVE HAS BEEN THERE AND IT'S JUST, IT'S, I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A START OF JUST A CHAIN OF REQUESTS, UH, TO PUT THESE THINGS UP IN THESE AREAS. AND IF ANYBODY'S BEEN OUT IN THE CALCIUM HILL PARKWAY AREA, BEEN OUT IN THAT AREA, IT'S BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL NATURE. WE DON'T WANNA SEE THAT DIMINISHED. UM, BUT ON MY, ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, I THINK IT'S JUST GOING TO SIGNIFICANTLY DIMINISH MY, UH, ENJOYMENT OF MY PROPERTY, MY KIDS' ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY. LIKE I SAID, I INVESTED BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY IN A POOL, OKAY. UH, THAT I PUT IN JUST A COUPLE YEARS AGO. AND NOW IT'S JUST GONNA, NOW IT'S GONNA BE, WE'RE ENJOYING ANY TIME OUTDOORS. WE'RE GONNA BE STUCK WITH AN EYESORE. I ALSO PUT IN A, A SPORTS COURT FROM MY SON, AND THAT'S GONNA BE EXTREMELY, UH, CLOSE TO HIM. I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY PICTURES OF WHERE MY HOME IS, BUT 3 27 IS RIGHT. BASICALLY YOU CAN, WE'RE TO THE LEFT OF, OF THOSE TREES. THAT'S MY HOME, THAT'S GONNA BE RIGHT BEHIND IT, RIGHT BEHIND MY HOME. UM, AND SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER THAT. UM, I'LL RESERVE THE REST. I MEAN, I DO PLAN ON BEING HERE ON NOVEMBER 2ND, TIME TO CONTINUE TO SPEAK, UH, IF NEED BE. BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I JUST WANNA NOTE THAT I DO OPPOSE. THANK YOU, MR. RAMIREZ. HAKI, V L L PANDO VIO. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS, PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MY NAME IS HAKE VIAL PANDO, AND I LIVE AT 9 1 0 7 LOS SUN MARILLO. WE'RE ACTUALLY IN THE ENCLAVE. I'M A LITTLE FURTHER AWAY. UM, BUT WE MOVE A LOT. AND SO WE ALSO RENT, UM, AND OR SELL OUR HOMES WHEN WE MOVE. WE'RE THE MILITARY. UM, BUT THIS, UH, WE KNOW THAT TOWERS AND OTHER PLACES THAT WE'VE LIVED HAS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACTED PROPERTY VALUES. WHEN WE GO TO, UM, RENT OTHER HOMES, UH, THAT HAS BEEN A POINT OF CONSIDERATION THAT WE'VE BEEN ASKED BY RENTERS, UM, IS, IS THIS SOMETHING PERMANENT? OR WE HAVEN'T HAD THEM NOT RE-RENT WITH US JUST BEING IN THE, THE KIND OF, UH, LESS THAN A MILE RADIUS PROXIMITY THAT, UM, THE REALTORS ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA STATES AFFECTS. WE KNOW THAT IT ACTUALLY DOES AFFECT, WE OWN A HOME THAT IS ACTUALLY ON THE CORNER JUST LIKE SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WHERE IT'S WITHIN THAT 200, UM, METER RADIUS THAT AS THEY'VE NOT, THEY'VE NOT RENTED WITH US. AND THAT HOME, THAT'S A HARD HOME TO RENT. SO WE KNOW THIS IS A POINT OF CONCERN FOR OUR NEIGHBORS. WE ALSO, UM, WE LIKE TO ENJOY OUR ENVIRONMENT. I KNOW THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED A LOT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT CAN BE MENTIONED ENOUGH. I THINK EVERYBODY ENJOYS TEXAS HILL COUNTRY. THAT'S WHY SAN ANTONIO IS JUST SUCH A LOVELY, LOVELY LOCATION. UM, BUT OUTSIDE THE 1604 IS RELATIVELY UNTOUCHED, SO IT'S REALLY NICE TO GO OUT THERE, UH, WANDER AROUND THE WALKING TRAILS, GO FROM NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LIKE WALKING OUR DOG UP ALONG THAT, THIS RESERVE RIGHT HERE. UM, BECAUSE WE CAN JUST TAKE HER OFF THE LEASH FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. SHE CAN RUN AND ENJOY HERSELF, AND THERE'S ALWAYS KIND OF BUTTERFLIES, UM, BIRDS, GRASSHOPPERS, EVERYTHING. UH, BUT WE'VE NOTICED THAT WHEN THESE TOWERS, WHEN AT LEAST THE CELL TOWERS COME IN, [00:45:01] THOSE THINGS TEND TO GO OUT. UH, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THAT. WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ANOTHER SOLUTION. WE KNOW THAT THERE'S LOTS OF SATURATION, AS MR. COOK MENTIONED WITH THE OTHER CELL TOWERS, UM, THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY CREATIVE AND RESILIENT AS A COMMUNITY, AND IT'S POSSIBLE TO FIND A BETTER SOLUTION, EVEN IF IT MEANS JUST KEEPING THE SMALL ONE ON C P S TOWER OR LOOKING FOR SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY FROM FAMILY, UM, COMMUNITIES. THAT WAY WE CAN, UH, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO INFECT OUR ENVIRONMENT. IT IS AN EYESORE. SO AT 9 1 0 7, LISTEN NUMBER, WE DO A OPPOSE. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. THAT'S THE IN AUDIENCE PEOPLE. WE DO HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF VOICEMAILS TO PLAY. UM, I, WELL, I THINK IT'S A COUPLE, BUT I KNOW ONE WAS MANISH KAUR, SO WE, HE'S BEEN HERE IN THE AUDIENCE, SO WE WON'T PLAY THAT ONE, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE FROM IKA KAUR. OKAY. I AM CALLING FROM, UH, HI, THIS IS NA KAPO. UH, I AM CALLING FROM, UH, 3 3 1 P ABLO PINTADO HELOS. UM, I CAN'T FIND MY CASE NUMBER, UM, BUT I'M CALLING REGARDING THE FIVE G TOWER, WHICH IS, UM, PLANNING TO BE IN THE, IN MY BACKYARD ALMOST. UH, SO I'M TOTALLY OPPOSING IT. UM, FOR MANY REASONS, UM, FOR AESTHETIC IN SOME RADIATION. UM, UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, UH, IT DECREASES OUR PROPERTY VALUE. UH, AND IT'S, UH, IT'LL BE REALLY LITERALLY IN MY BACKYARD. SO I AM COMPLETELY OPPOSING THE TOWER. UH, MY NUMBER, MY, MY CELL NUMBER IS 7 0 3 8 6 1 7 0 5 1. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE. UM, OUR DISTRICT EIGHT COMMISSIONER WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND TODAY AND NEITHER WAS OUR MAYOR. ORAL CAN, UH, MY MAYOR, ORAL COMMISSIONER. AND SO COMMISSIONER SIPES HAS, UH, VOLUNTEERED TO SPONSOR THIS CASE. COMMISSIONER SIPES, DO WE WANT, DO WE WANNA MOVE DIRECTLY TO A CONTINUANCE OR DO YOU WANT TO DO QUESTION? I THINKS IN LIGHT OF THE, UM, ABSENCE OF DR. ROME, I WOULD MOVE DIRECTLY TO CONTINUANCE, BUT IT'S UP TO YOU, SIR. ALRIGHT, WELL, FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, I MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 2ND. IS THERE A SECOND? AYE. OKAY. UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE NOVEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONERS. ALRIGHT. I DO WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE. UH, AGAIN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME BACK NOVEMBER 2ND AND ADDRESS THESE ISSUES AGAIN. UM, SO THANK YOU, UH, SEEING NO DISCUSSION. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER SIPES. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMI? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. CHAIR SAMANTHA. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. OKAY, THIS WILL COME BACK NOVEMBER 2ND. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. AND WE, YOU KNOW, WE'LL LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN, EXCEPT FOR YOU MR. CSOS. I KNOW YOU'RE OUT OF THE COUNTRY. ALRIGHT, UH, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM, PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER FOUR [4. (Continued from 09/21/2021) ZONING CASE Z202110700179 (Council District 1):] IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX A H O D TO RMM, FIVE A H O D, LOCATED AT 5 0 6 EAST ASHBY PLACE. THERE WERE 33 NOTICES MAILED, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. AND TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS, OR COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO RMM FIVE AND RMM SIX. HOWEVER, THEY SUPPORT R SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS. THE THIS ITEM IS SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER THE SECOND. MR. CHAIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, BECAUSE THIS IS ON THE CONTINUANCE DOCKET, ARE THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES, SIR. MR. MATTHEW BARS. OKAY, MR. BARS. UH, GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. MATTHEW BARS 5 0 6 EAST ASHBY. I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO SAY TODAY JUST BECAUSE WE'RE PUSHING THIS TO A CONTINUANCE, WHICH WE JUST DECIDED UPON. UH, RIGHT NOW I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO LOOK EACH [00:50:01] OF YOU IN THE EYE AND UNDERSTAND THIS IS THE THIRD CONTINUANCE. UH, BUT THIS IS REALLY AN EXPLORATORY, UH, PURPOSES. I WANT TO GO BACK AND BE ABLE TO LOOK AT WHAT RMM SIX AND R SIX CD, UH, DIFFERENTIATE. UH, IT'S BY NO MEANS A CONSENT THAT I'M GONNA COME BACK AND, AND AGREE TO THE R SIX, BUT I THINK LEARNING, AND THIS HAS BEEN A LEARNING PROCESS FOR THE LAST THREE MONTHS FOR ME, IT FEELS LIKE I'M BACK IN COLLEGE, UH, TO GET THIS DONE. SO I, I JUST WANTED TO SAY I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. I APOLOGIZE ABOUT THE, THE, THE CONTINUANCE, BUT, UH, I WILL DEFINITELY BE BACK AND WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHERE IT GOES THERE. I DID HAVE TWO OTHER COMMENTS OR ONE QUESTION. UH, NUMBER ONE, NOVEMBER 2ND IS ELECTION DAY, SO I'M NOT SURE IF THAT, UH, CHANGES ANYTHING ABOUT THE MEETINGS. UH, BUT HOWEVER, I CANNOT BE HERE. SO I'D, I'D LIKE TO REQUEST IT ACTUALLY BE THE MEETING AFTERWARDS. UH, WE JUST KIND OF TALKED ABOUT THIS A MINUTE AGO AND I HAD TO LOOK AT MY CALENDAR. UH, AND THAT'S IT. JUST, I APPRECIATE IT. AND THAT'S ALL I HAD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MR. BARS. ANYONE ELSE? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. DO I NEED TO STAY TO GET THE YOU DO NOT RIGHT NOW. OKAY. IT'LL BE GOOD FOR FOUR WEEKS OR WHATEVER. WELL, I, I'D WAIT UNTIL THE VOTE HAPPENED. OKAY, PERFECT. THANK YOU SIR. I THOUGHT YOU MEANT AT THE PODIUM. SORRY. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE AND SO COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO YOU. YES. THANK YOU. UM, SO I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE AND JUST QUICKLY, UM, YES, AS, AS INDICATED BY THE APPLICANT, UM, THIS IS OUR THIRD CONTINUANCE, BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME ISSUES BETWEEN THE DEVELOPER AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE CORRECT ZONING GOING FORWARD FOR EVERYBODY SO THAT HE CAN ACCOMPLISH HIS PROJECT AND ALSO THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN BE PROTECTED. SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE UNTIL THE NOVEMBER 16TH MEETING. IS THERE A SECOND. I SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BARTOS. THERE'S A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE NOVEMBER 16TH BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS. UH, DISCUSSION. DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. ROLL CALL, VOTE. NOVEMBER 16TH, CONTINUANCE BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR ANTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 1 52 AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE IS EXCUSING HERSELF BRIEFLY. I WILL NOTE WHEN SHE RETURNS TO THE HEARING, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX, I BELIEVE. YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS [6. (Continued from 10/05/2021) ZONING CASE Z202110700200 (Council District 2)] A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RMM FOUR H A H O D TO C TWO P H A H O D, LOCATED AT 1 0 3 BROWN STREET AND 1403 EAST HOUSTON STREET. THERE WERE 29 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. THREE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. DIGNA WITTY HILL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. THERE WERE TWO NOTICES RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET AND ONE RECEIVED IN SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET. UH, THIS ITEM IS SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER THE SECOND AND WE DO HAVE TWO VOICEMAILS. ALRIGHT, VERY MR. CHAIR. VERY GOOD. UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS LULU FRANCOIS AND I LIVE AT 8 1 7 NOLAN. MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 8 6 7 5 4 1 3 AND I'M CALLING ABOUT ZONING CASE Z 2021 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 200. I'M ASKING IF IS ZONING CASE BE REMOVED FROM TODAY'S AGENDA AND RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. THE DIGNITY WI HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NEVER ASKED THE RESIDENTS TO VOTE ON THIS CASE AND THEIR APPROVAL WAS BASED ON ONE PERSON'S SUPPORT OF IT. MEMBERS OF THE CONCERNED NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS OF DIGNITY HILL BLOCK WALKED THIS PAST WEEKEND AND WE WERE ABLE TO SPEAK TO ALMOST ALL THE HOMEOWNERS THAT LIVE ON DALTON AND MESQUITE. WE THEN REQUESTED THAT MR. BENSON SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT FALL WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY SO THAT THEY COULD REVIEW THEIR PLANS FOR THE VACANT LOTS, WHICH THEY WERE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO. THIS MEETING ISN'T SCHEDULED UNTIL TOMORROW, OCTOBER THE 20TH, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT THIS CASE BE REMOVED FROM THE AGENDA AND SCHEDULED FOR ANOTHER DATE. THANK YOU. AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS RETURNED AT 1 54. YES. THIS IS VALERIE CORTES. I RESIDE AT FIVE ZERO EIGHT LAMAR. MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 222-8227. CALLING IN REGARDS TO ZONING CASE Z 2 0 2 1 1 0 7. I AM CALLING TO OPPOSE THE ZONING REQUEST FROM AN RMM FOUR TWO C DASH TWO P. AGAIN, I AM CALLING TO OPPOSE THIS ZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU. [00:55:04] ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH STEPH. UM, I TOOK A BIG BITE RIGHT BEFOREHAND. THAT WAS A MISTAKE. UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON, IT'S TO YOU. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND MR. BENSON AND THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS CONCERNED NEIGHBORS WITHIN THE DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR COMING TOGETHER TO FIND A SOLUTION TO ENSURE THERE IS ADEQUATE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK ON THE CASE. UM, IN LIGHT OF THE MEETING THAT IS PLANNED TO FACILITATE THAT CONVERSATION TO TOMORROW, UM, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE CASE TO NOVEMBER 2ND. VERY GOOD. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. UH, THERE'S A MOTION FOR CONTINUOUS NOVEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ROLL CALL VOTE. CONTINUOUS TO NOVEMBER 2ND, UH, BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. YES. COMMISSIONER KAMI? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR TUNDE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. OKAY. STAFF. I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10. YES SIR. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST [10. ZONING CASE Z202110700034 CD (Council District 4)] TO REZONE FROM R SIX TO C TWO CD WITH A, WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR ANIMAL AND PET SERVICES. OUTDOOR TRAINING, BOARDING RUNS, PINS AND PADDOCKS PERMITTED WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. LOCATED AT EIGHT 19 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY. THERE WERE 31 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM QUINTANA COMMUNITY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THIS ITEM SEEKS A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER THE SECOND. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. THIS IS A DISTRICT TH UH, FOUR CASE. UH, SO COMMISSIONER HUY TO YOU, I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER KAMATH MOVE. I MOVE THAT THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 BE CONTINUED TO NEXT ZONING BOARD MEETING, WHICH IS NOVEMBER THE SECOND. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUOUS NOVEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. UM, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSION TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER? TO MY RIGHT. I APOLOGIZE FOR MISIDENTIFYING. OUR COMMISSIONERS UHS. MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE. NOVEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BOTTLES? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM FOR CONTINUANCE IS ITEM NUMBER 17. 1515. ITEM NUMBER 15 [15. ZONING CASE Z202110700244 CD (Council District 1)] IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX A H O D AND R SIX UC. FOUR A H O D TO R FIVE CD A H O D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS AND R FIVE CD UC. FOUR A H O D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 2 21 ROSE LANE. THERE WERE 39 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. UH, THIS ITEM IS ALSO A CONTINUANCE FOR NOVEMBER THE SECOND I BELIEVE. MR. CHAIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE TO COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER 15 TO THE NOVEMBER 2ND HEARING. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO NOVEMBER 2ND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE. MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE. NOVEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMIT? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, NOW TO ITEM 17 FOR CONTINUANCE. I HOPE. ITEM NUMBER [17. ZONING CASE Z202110700247 (Council District 1):] 17 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX N C D FIVE A H O D TO M F 18 N C D FIVE A H O D LOCATED AT 10 23 AGIR AVENUE. THERE WERE 23 NOTICES MAILED ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, THREE [01:00:01] RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. UH, THIS ITEM SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER THE SECOND. WE DO HAVE THREE VOICEMAILS AND ONE PERSON IN PERSON TO SPEAK. OKAY. IF WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE PERSON IN PERSON, UH, MR. SPIELMAN, IS THAT YOU? YEAH. UH, YOU CAN ADDRESS US TODAY. YOU CAN COME BACK ON NOVEMBER 2ND. YOU CAN DO BOTH. YEAH. I'LL JUST READ WHAT I'VE, UH, GOT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THANK YOU. MARK SPIELMAN, 900 WEST WOODLAWN. UH, THIS IS A LETTER THAT'S BEEN PREPARED. THIS SAYS DI DEAR ZONING COMMISSIONERS, THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE AS OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING REQUEST. OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN HAS THIS BLOCK OF AGONE DESIGNATED FOR LOWS. END CITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS DEFINED IN OUR PLAN AS ONE TO TWO UNITS. THIS STRETCH OF AGONE BETWEEN SUMMIT AND MAGNOLIAS POPULATED ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN, THE REQUEST TO REZONE TO MF 18 IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE L D R LAND USE AND INCONSISTENT WITH OUR PLAN THAT HAS THE AREA OF HIGHER DENSITY LOCATED AT OUR CORNERS LONG CORRIDORS LIKE BLANCO ROAD AND ON SPECIFIC BLOCKS MF 18 ON THIS HALF ACRE LOT WOULD RESULT IN ALLOWING UP TO 18 UNITS TO CHANGE THIS ZONING TO MF 18 WOULD RESULT IN SPOT ZONING, WHICH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS CURRENTLY TRYING TO CORRECT THROUGH A LARGE AREA REZONING. OUR PLAN ALSO STATES THAT IF A STRUCTURE WAS BUILT AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AND CURRENTLY IS USED AS A MULTI-FAMILY STRUCTURE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HIGHEST PREFERENCES FOR THE HOUSE TO RETURN TO SINGLE FAMILY USE WHEN LOCATED WITHIN A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL CLASSIFICATION. WE HAVE SUPPORTED OTHER PROJECTS FOR HIGHER DENSITY WHEN CONSISTENT WITH OUR PLAN, SUCH AS ANOTHER BEACON HILL CASE BEFORE YOU TODAY AT 1102 WEST ASHBY. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE FOUR NEW TOWNHOUSE GOING UP ON BLANCO ROAD NEARBY 12 TOWNHOUSE PENDING ON THE BLOCK OF 18 800 BLOCK OF MAGNOLIA, WHICH IS ZONED FOR MF UH, 33 AND FORT TOWN HOUSES PENDING AT THE CORNER OF UH, ASHBY AND GRANT. IN ADDITION, WE HAVE SURVEYED THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE WITHIN 200 FEET ALONG AGONE AND THEY'RE OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED TO THIS DENSITY. AGAIN, ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, NEIGHBORS ON AGONE AND BY A VOTE OF THE, UH, COMMITTEE, WE REQUEST THAT YOU OPPOSE THIS, UH, REQUEST. THANK YOU MR. SPIELMAN. UH, IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE. YES, GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS CARL SIMONS CALLING IN AND I LIVE AT 1 0 2 2 AGONE AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2. THAT'S IN THE ALTA VISTA MONTE VISTA AREA. AND THIS IS, MY CALL IS PERTAINING TO NUMBER 17 ZONING CASE NUMBER 2 2 0 2 1 1 0 7 0 0 2 4 7 ABOUT THE, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOME. I'M AGAINST IT. WE DON'T NEED 18, EIGHT OR 18, WHATEVER IT IS, UH, PEOPLE OR RESIDENCES PER ACRE. NO, WE DON'T NEED THAT. SO PLEASE DO NOT. I'M AGAINST IT. I DON'T LIKE IT AND I WANT YOU TO VOTE IT DOWN. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AGAIN, THIS IS CARL T SIMONS, S I M O N S IS MY LAST NAME. I LIVE AT 1 0 2 2 AGNE 7 8 2 1 2. THANK YOU. GOODBYE. HI, MY NAME RENA . I LIVE AT ONE ON, UM, ABOUT NUMBER Z 2 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 7. UM, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD I THE HOUSE ABOUT GO AND I'M FINALLY NOW LIVING IN IT AND I MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT HAS A, UH, QUAINT FEEL. THERE ISN'T TOO MUCH THROUGH TRAFFIC. UM, AND, AND IF YOU'LL HOMEY AND I THINK THE MOST OF THE NEIGHBORS HERE FEEL THE QUITE THE SAME WAY ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT THE, UM, YOU KNOW, SINGLE FAMILY BEACON HILL AREA TO BE CHANGED TO A MULTI-FAMILY, UH, SITUATION. I THINK THAT WOULD DEFINITELY CHANGE THE CHARACTER, UH, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT WOULD STAND OUT FROM THE REST OF THE HOMES AROUND IT. UM, I THINK THIS IS [01:05:01] A TERRIBLE IDEA AND IT OPENS, UH, A GATEWAY FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THE FUTURE, UM, WITH MORE MULTIPLE FAMILY HOMES. SO I THINK THIS IS A TERRIBLE DEAL. UM, BYE-BYE. HELLO, THIS IS ROBERT RICKS AT 10 15 KINNE, UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 248-8989. I'M CALLING CONCERNING THE CASE 2 4 7. UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M COMPLETELY AGAINST IT AND, UH, IF YOU PASS THIS, IT WON'T BE GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT FOR SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T LIVE HERE, I'M AFRAID IT WILL UPSET THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. CONGESTION IS ANOTHER SUBJECT. THERE WON'T BE ENOUGH PARKING. THERE'LL BE PARKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET AS THIS WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHERE ONLY ONE CAR CAN GET DOWN IT. AND, UH, I'M JUST AFRAID OF THIS WHOLE THING. AND, UH, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL TURN IT DOWN, BUT I FEEL YOU THAT IT PROBABLY WON'T. SO, UH, THANKS FOR LISTENING AND I HOPE YOU DO THE RIGHT THING. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. YES. MOTION TO CONTINUE. ITEM NUMBER 17 TO THE NOVEMBER 2ND HEARING. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO THE NOVEMBER 2ND HEARING. ITEM NUMBER 17 BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE. MOTION TO CONTINUE TO NOVEMBER 2ND FOR ITEM NUMBER 17 BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE. YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMAN? YES. YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, SO I BELIEVE WE ARE NOW ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE MORE CONTINUANCE. 18. ONE MORE CONTINUANCE. 18. I APOLOGIZE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S A TWO WEEK CORRECT? MR. SIPES? YES. OKAY. ITEM NUMBER [18. ZONING CASE Z202110700248 (Council District 8)] 18 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE TO M X D LOCATED AT 87 19 WACH ROAD. THERE WERE SEVEN NOTICES MAILED. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION, NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND THIS IS A CONTINUANCE REQUEST TO NOVEMBER THE SECOND. THERE IS NO ONE HERE TO SPEAK AND THERE ARE NO VOICEMAILS. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE BECAUSE COMMISSIONER DR. ROMERO IS NOT PRESENT. IT IS GOING TO COMMISSIONER SIPES. COMMISSIONER SIPES TO YOU SIR. YES. I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS FOR ITEM NUMBER 18. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION. IS THERE A, A SECOND? SECOND . THANK YOU. I'M GONNA GO WITH COMMISSIONER WHITE, UH, 'CAUSE HE WAS STARING AT ME. UM, IT'S ALRIGHT. ANY, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE. NOVEMBER 2ND FOR ITEM NUMBER 18 BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS. COMMISSIONERS. SEEING NONE. THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE. NOVEMBER 2ND FOR ITEM NUMBER 18 BY COMMISSIONER S SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER WHITE ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER S SIPES? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE. AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUNES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. CHAIR. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. OKAY, NOW I THINK I'M SAFE TO SAY WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL, UH, HEARING ITEMS. STAFF, IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR FIRST ITEM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ITEM NUMBER FIVE. [5. (Continued from 10/05/2021) ZONING CASE Z202110700193 CD (Council District 2)] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS IS MARCO MAVI, ZONING PLANNER WITH [01:10:01] UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS LOCATED AT FIVE 19 B STREET. GOING FROM R SIX M L L D THREE MLR TWO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY MARTINDALE MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY, MILITARY LIGHTING REGION TWO, UH, TWO R SIX CD. ALL OVERLAYS WERE REMAINING THE SAME WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DUPLEXES. 10 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT. ONE IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE GARMAN HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE GARMAN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND A FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN. THE REQUESTED R SIX BASED ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? PLEASE COME UP AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR REQUEST FOR REZONING. PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE. UM, MY NAME IS NA HUSSEIN. I LIVE OFF, UM, WINCHESTER WAY 88 15 WINCHESTER WAY, 7 8 2 5 4 4. UM, SO YEAH, WE WERE TRYING TO BUILD A, UM, TWO DUPLEXES ON THIS LOT. UM, FUTURE PLANS IS TO SUBDIVIDE IT, IT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING OF ALL THE OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND. UM, THERE HAS BEEN NEW CONSTRUCTIONS AROUND IN RIGHT DOWN THE STREET. UM, AND THIS IS IN CONSIDERATION WITH EVERYTHING ELSE THAT'S GONE AROUND IT. UM, GOVERNMENT HILL AREA HAS SEEN, UM, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND UM, THIS LAND WAS VACANT AND UM, WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE MOST OF IT. UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, THESE ARE NOT, UM, OUTRAGEOUS NEW CONSTRUCTIONS. THESE ARE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH THE DUPLEXES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PRESENT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT. YEAH. GREAT. THANK YOU MR. HUSSEIN. UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT STAFF AND MR. HUSSEIN, IF YOU WANNA STICK AROUND, YOU MIGHT HAVE A CHANCE FOR REBUTTAL. OKAY, SO I DON'T HAVE ANYONE IN PERSON, BUT I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF VOICEMAILS IT LOOKS LIKE. OKAY. IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE. MY NAME IS, WE HAD A SMALL GROUP OF PEOPLE COME AS A, FROM PASSING OUT OUR FLYERS AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE EFFECT THIS WOULD HAVE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, NONE OF THEM HAD RECEIVED ANY KIND OF NOTICE EXCEPT WHAT WE, WE WERE GIVING 'EM. THE GROUP ESPECIALLY WANTED SOMETHING THAT WOULDN'T DETERIORATE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS MADE UP OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. THE TWO STORIES THAT ARE PROPOSED ARE NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WHAT WOULD BE PERFECT THERE ARE, IT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR NEW ONE STORY, UH, RESIDENCES BUILT ON THIS SAME BLOCK THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY HAPPY WITH. THE DUPLEXES STRANGELY DO NOT, DO NOT FACE B STREET. THEY KIND OF FACE EACH OTHER. THIS IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REPRESENTATIVE SAID SHE BELIEVED SHE COULD ASK FOR ONE MORE POSTPONEMENT AND THIS WOULD BE GOOD IF WE COULD MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND WORK OUT A WIN-WIN SITUATION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR THE DEVELOPER, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE, MEANING THAT THE, THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPS TO THE, UH, TO THE, UH, NEEDS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY, THEY HAVE POTENTIALLY CAN HAVE UP TO 50% DISCOUNT ON THEIR ACCOUNT. SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A WIN-WIN SITUATION. UH, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL, UH, GRANT A POSTPONEMENT SO THAT WE CAN MEET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND, UH, WORK WITH HIM AS WE DO WITH OTHER DEVELOPERS. AND ALSO, UH, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE CRITERIA THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE USED IN ZONING, SUCH AS THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IS IT GOING TO BE, UH, CHANGED OR ALTERED, UH, BY THIS? SO WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BYE-BYE. HELLO, I'M CALLING ON A ZONING CASE, UH, 1 9 3. UH, THIS IS AT FIVE 19 [01:15:01] B STREET, I BELIEVE. AND YES, FIVE 19 B. AND THE, UH, I WOULD JUST REQUEST THAT THE, UH, SITE PLAN FOR THIS CONDITIONAL USE LIST, A HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING, UM, SAYS TWO STORY, BUT A HEIGHT RESTRICTION SUCH AS 28 FEET OR SOMETHING WOULD BE MOST APPRECIATED. AGAIN, THIS IS STEVE , 1 0 5 GREEN STREET IN GOVERNMENT HILL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, MR. HUSSEIN, IF YOU'D LIKE A SHORT REBUTTAL, PLEASE. UM, YEAH, SO WE SPOKE TO MS. ROSEHILL, OR I SPOKE TO MS. ROSEHILL WHO'S, UH, WHO'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT. WHEN, UM, WE WERE KICKING THIS INTO EFFECT, SHE WAS IN FULL SUPPORT. I WAS UN UM, I WAS UNAWARE OF THE CHANGES THAT HAPPENED WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, UH, A NEW PRESIDENT CAME IN WHILE WHILE I WAS ON TRAVEL. UM, THAT BEING SAID, UM, THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING DID COME UP AS AN ISSUE AND IT IS 18 FEET TO, UM, TO THE LIVING AREAS AND, UH, FOUR FEET TO ATTIC SPACES. SO IT IS DEFINITELY WITHIN THE, UM, UH, DEVELOPMENT SPECS OF THE, OF I R C IF I'M CORRECT. YEAH. UM, YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S, THAT'S IT I GUESS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. HUSSEIN. THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE. SO COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU INITIALLY FOR QUESTIONS. UH, MR. HUSSAN, COULD YOU PLEASE COME BACK UP, ? NOT BAD. UH, WHEN YOU WERE DESCRIBING YOUR SITE PLAN AT THE BEGINNING, YOU SAID, UM, SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT OF YOU WANNA DO TWO DUPLEXES WITH FUTURE PLANS TO SUBDIVIDE IT. COULD YOU PLEASE EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT YOU MEANT BY FUTURE SUBDIVIDING IT IN THE FUTURE? UM, SO THERE IS, UM, THERE IS, UH, THE, THE, THE LOT ITSELF IS, UM, TAKES UP TWO, UM, ORIGINAL LOTS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE OLD SAUCE PLAN, THERE IS A, AN ADDRESS AT FIVE 17 AND FIVE 19. SO, WHICH IS WHY, UM, WE WERE GOING WITH THE TWO, UH, DIFFERENT, UH, LOTS. THIS WAS WAY BACK WHEN, UM, I I SPOKE TO SAWS, UH, REPRESENTATIVE AND THEIR TWO SEWER TAPS. SO ONE WAS 5 17, 5 19, 5 17 GOT CUT OFF, SHUT OFF I THINK, UM, NOT SURE WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THOSE TWO DRIVEWAYS, YOU SEE, THOSE ARE NATURAL DRIVEWAYS. UM, I MEAN, NOT NATURAL, BUT THEY WERE, THEY, THEY'VE BEEN THERE, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE THOSE TWO UH, LOTS. SO WE JUST KINDA WANNA BRING IT BACK TO WHAT, WHAT ORIGINALLY WAS. AND UM, YEAH, IF, IF IT, YOU KNOW, HELPS THE CASE OF US MOVING FORWARD WITH THE TWO DUPLEXES, WE WILL SEPARATE THE LOTS. IF NOT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL JUST PROCEED AS IS. UH, THANK YOU. UM, I ALSO WANTED TO UH, ASK ABOUT YOUR LONG-TERM PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY. ARE YOU ENVISIONING THESE BEING RENTAL UNITS OR, UH, ARE YOU PLANNING ON SELLING THEM AS SINGLE FAMILY UNIT? UH, YES MA'AM. UM, THESE ARE, UM, ALL GOING TO BE RENTAL UNITS FOR, FOR THE FORESEEABLE FEATURE? YES MA'AM. UM, AND THEY'LL, THEY WILL BE MANAGED BY OUR IN-HOUSE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY. AND THEN THE LAST QUESTION THAT I HAVE FOR YOU, UM, DID YOU DO ANY ADDITIONAL ATTEMPT TO BLOCK WALK OR REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS WITHIN 200 FEET? UM, ON TOP OF YOUR CONVERSATION WITH, UH, THE, THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT? UM, YES. SO I, I DID WALK WITH, UH, MS. ROSEHILL ACTUALLY. UM, WE, THIS WAS, UM, I WOULD SAY FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, UH, WHEN WE BROUGHT UP THE PLANS WITH MS. ROSEHILL AND, UH, WE DID WALK AROUND, UM, SEEKING FOR, UH, APPROVALS AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE SPOKE TO WERE, YOU KNOW, UH, IN SUPPORT WITH IT. BUT WE DIDN'T GET IT IN WRITING, WE DIDN'T HAVE A PETITION OR ANYTHING. THIS WAS JUST TO KIND OF GET A ROUGH FEEL OF HOW, UM, THE PEOPLE FELT WITH A, WITH A SMALLER DEVELOPMENT LIKE THAT. SO IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT A TOWN HOME. IT'S NOT, YOU KNOW, THREE STORIES OR ANYTHING. THESE ARE 800 SQUARE FOOT, YOU KNOW, TWO STORY HOMES. UH, AND THE, THE, THE WAY WE DESIGNED IT, IT DOESN'T BLOCK, UH, THE VIEW OUT THE ROOF KIND OF SLOPES IN. UM, AND, AND YOU CAN SEE THE CENTER THROUGH THE CENTER PATH IS A CLEAR, CLEAR SIDE SO IT KIND OF SLOPES INWARDS. UM, SO IT DOESN'T BLOCK THE VIEW. WE KIND OF HAVE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AS WELL. I DO APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS AND I THINK THIS IS A VERY THOUGHTFUL DESIGN AND, AND RELATIVELY [01:20:01] IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I COMMEND YOU ON CHOOSING TO DO A CONDITIONAL USE. UM, I WOULD, UM, JUST AS A GENERAL POINT, LIKE TO READ IN THE RECORD, THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN PARTICULAR WITH ENSURING OUTREACH EFFORTS REFLECT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY RATHER THAN SOME PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, SINCE THERE IS, WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF VOICE MESSAGES FROM OTHER NEIGHBORS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HAVING AN ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION ABOUT DESIGN, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE FOR TWO ADDITIONAL WEEKS AND SEE IF WE CAN GET A MEETING WITH THOSE NEIGHBORS BETWEEN NOW AND THEN, UH, JUST SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH YOUR PROJECT AND IT'S ALSO IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT ON. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? ALRIGHT, THERE'S A, A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 2ND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. THAT BEING SAID, WE ARE STILL CURRENTLY IN QUESTION, SO IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, FROM COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, NOW'S THE TIME COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. YES. COMMISSIONER S SIPES. OKAY. THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF, A CLARIFICATION. UM, SO I'M KIND OF UNCLEAR ON, ON, ON THE, THE CASE, THE CONDITIONAL USE WOULD BE A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DUPLEXES, BUT THERE'S BEEN TALK ABOUT DIVIDING THE PROPERTY. SO DOES THAT MAKE A POSSIBILITY OF A TOTAL OF FOUR DUPLEXES ON THIS PROPERTY? IT'S STILL A MAX. I'M SORRY, MECO, GO AHEAD. YOU WANNA TRY? YEAH. SO THEY'RE GONNA BE HELD TO THIS SITE PLAN. ORIGINALLY WHEN THIS WAS ADVERTISED, IT WAS ADVERTISED AS JUST A DUPLEX AND THEY WERE GONNA SUBDIVIDE IT TO HAVE A DUPLEX ON EACH LOT. BUT THEN SINCE THIS HAS BEEN READVERTISED, THIS READVERTISED, THIS DUPLEX OR FOR TWO DUPLEXES AS SHOWN AS A SITE PLAN. SO THEY CAN'T BUILD ANY MORE IN THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THEY SUBDIVIDED. OKAY. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIPES. UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 2ND FOR ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION DISCUSSION. SEEING NONE. MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 2ND OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR ANTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, UH, I BELIEVE THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER [9. (Continued from 10/05/2021) ZONING CASE Z202110700240 (Council District 1 and 5)] NINE. UM, MY NAME IS JOYCE PALMER, SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER NINE, ZONING KC 20 21 1 0 724 LOCATED AT 1720 WEST SALINAS STREET IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM R FOUR TO ID Z TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. AT THE PREVIOUS ZONING COMMISSION MEETING, THE APPLICANT AMENDED THE REQUEST TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS. 26 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT TO PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET. NONE WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR. NONE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE SURROUNDING AREA HAS DENT, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING AND OTHER PROPERTIES ZONED I D Z ARE WITHIN FOUR BLOCKS OF THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND EAST. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND RECONFIRM THAT YOU ARE AMENDING TO I D Z ONE AS STATED. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CANDACE LAUDERDALE. AND UH, DO YOU HAVE A PARTNER WITH ME? SHE'S NOT HERE TODAY, BUT, UM, HER AND I ARE, UH, HOPING TO DO THIS LITTLE PROJECT, UM, FOR THE 1 7 2 0 WEST SALINAS. THERE'S THREE STRUCTURES ON THERE CURRENTLY. UM, BUT THEY'RE DILAPIDATED SO WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THOSE DOWN AND THEN PUT FOUR HOUSES ON THERE. UM, THE PROPERTY SITS BETWEEN TWO STREETS. UH, ONE IS ON SALINAS, THE OTHER ONE IS ON MAEU. SO WE THOUGHT IT'D BE PERFECT TO HAVE TWO HOMES THAT THE ENTRY WOULD BE COMING FROM SALINAS AND THE OTHER TWO FROM MAEU. AND WE DID AMEND FOR I D Z ONE. UM, INITIALLY WE WERE GOING TO HOPE TO DO EIGHT HOMES, BUT WE DECIDED FOUR WOULD BE MORE SUITABLE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. LAUDERDALE. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT STUFF? [01:25:07] YES, I HAVE A RUSSELL LAN, I THINK TO SPEAK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. IT SAYS, SIR, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND YEAH. RUSSELL DEAN FELLON, UH, 24 10 WEST COMMERCE. I'M WITH THE PROSPECT HILL ASSOCIATION, A NEW BOARD MEMBER. SO WE WENT OUT THERE AND WALKED IT, LOOKED AT 'EM. UH, IT FOLLOWS WITH WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO. LITTLE CASITAS, LITTLE TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH. SO WE'RE IN TOTAL SUPPORT OF THIS AND WE WANNA SEE THE CONTINUE. THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. FELON. UM, ALRIGHT. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE AND A DISTRICT FIVE CASE. UH, SO I'M GOING TO DEFER TO COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, UH, FOR QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. UH, ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? LEFT RIGHT. SEEING NONE, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AND MOTION. OKAY, THANKS. UM, SO I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER, WHAT ARE WHAT ITEM NINE. ITEM NUMBER NINE. UM, I HAD ORIGINALLY WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT, BUT WE'VE RECEIVED THAT INFORMATION AND GIVEN THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN SUPPORT AS WELL AS THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED, UM, WE'RE IN FAVOR. SECOND. ALRIGHT. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AS AMENDED. YES. AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT. ACCEPTING. DOES THE SECOND ACCEPT THAT? WE DO. ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. UH, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE? UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR MENTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES THIS AMENDED. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK MS. LAUDERDALE. THANK YOU MR. FILLON. ALRIGHT, NEXT ITEM [12. ZONING CASE Z202110700241 CD (Council District 3)] PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS REBECCA RODRIGUEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR A H O D RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT TO R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS. ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN REMAINING THE SAME. LOCATED AT 8 63 STEVES AVENUE, THERE WERE 35 NOTICES MAILED. ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE, THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE UNITS IS NOT APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY. THERE ARE SEVERAL DUPLEXES FOUND IN THE BLOCK, INCLUDING TO THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST. THUS STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS RATHER THAN THREE UNITS. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? SIR, IF YOU'D COME UP, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ. UH, ADDRESS 8 5 1 STEVES AVENUE. I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF SAN ANTONIO. WE'VE GOT A RICH, UH, LONG TRADITION OF PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF, UH, BEXAR COUNTY. AND MORE SPECIFICALLY, WE OPERATE, UH, PRIMARILY IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE NEAR, UH, EAST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO. OUR ADMIN OFFICES ARE ACTUALLY TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THIS PROPOSED, UM, UM, PROJECT HERE. SO WHEN I TOOK OVER AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SAW THAT WAS LACKING WAS AFFORDABLE RENTAL UNITS FOR OUR ORGANIZATION. SO THIS WAS THE FIRST HOME THAT WE PURCHASED AND, UH, WE RECONFIGURED THE TWO STORY STRUCTURE INTO TWO UNITS. SO IT ALREADY OPERATES AS TWO UNITS. THE FRONT IS A TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH, AND THE REAR, UH, SIDE OF THE BUILDING WAS CONVERTED TO A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH. SO NOW THERE'S A GARAGE SITTING THERE UNUTILIZED. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO IS CREATE A THIRD UNIT. [01:30:01] UM, AS YOU ALL KNOW, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS A CRISIS NOT ONLY IN SAN ANTONIO BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY. UH, WE BELIEVE THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. THIS IS OUR INNOVATIVE SOLUTION TO CREATE YET ANOTHER UNIT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, YOU KNOW, THE, THE OLD, UH, THE OLD CONCEPT OF THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH, ONE CAR GARAGE OR CARPORT NO LONGER IS APPLICABLE TO TO ALL FAMILIES. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE JUST NEED A LITTLE EFFICIENCY APARTMENT OR A ONE BEDROOM. SO WE'RE TRYING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. AND UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THEIR, DO DO THIS HERE AT THIS PROJECT. SO, UH, WE HOPE THAT THE, UH, COMMISSION WILL APPROVE THIS REQUEST AND, UH, I WILL HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. MR. SANCHEZ. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. UH, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. ALRIGHT SIR. SO YOU SAID THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON HAVING THIS UNIT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UH, WHAT STEPS HAVE YOU TAKEN TO ENSURE THAT THIS WILL BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING? UH, HAVE YOU SOUGHT ANY GRANTS, FEDERAL GRANTS? UH, OTHERWISE? WELL WE DO OPERATE OFF OF, UH, FEDERAL GRANTS. UH, BOTH THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND AS A PASS THROUGH THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. UH, THIS PROJECT IN PARTICULAR DOES NOT HAVE ANY FEDERAL DOLLARS ATTACHED TO IT. UM, BUT WE DO TAKE A LOOK AT THE ANNUAL, UH, FAIR MARKET RENT SCHEDULE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT PUTS OUT AND IT'S PER, UM, ZIP CODE. ZIP CODE. SO WE ADHERE TO THAT IN, IN SETTING OUR, OUR RENTS. SO FOR EXAMPLE, THE TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH, UH, WE ARE RIGHT NOW RENTING THAT ONE FOR NINE 50 PER MONTH AND ALL UTILITIES ARE INCLUDED, WHICH IS A GREAT BENEFIT TO UH, TO THE RESIDENT OR THE TENANT. THE UNIT IN THE BACK IS $800 PER MONTH AND WE ANTICIPATE THAT IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO CONVERT THE GARAGE INTO AN EFFICIENCY, WE WILL MOST LIKELY RENT IT FOR ABOUT SIX 50 PER MONTH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. UM, ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UH, STAFF, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. THIS IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO, EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT MY DISTRICT, ODDLY ENOUGH. UM, BUT CURRENTLY IT'S, IT'S BEING USED AS A DUPLEX, IS THAT CORRECT? IS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING? YES, YES. PER THE APPLICANT IT IS BEING USED AS A DUPLEX. OKAY. SO EITHER WAY IT'S, UNLESS THE APPLICANT AS OWNER, WHICH IS A CORPORATION, SO IT PROBABLY CAN'T UNLESS THE APPLICANT LIVES THERE, IT'S ALREADY OUT OF COMPLIANCE. IS THAT CORRECT? WELL IT DOES GO UNDER THE B TWO R FOUR CONVERSION WHERE A DUPLEX IS PERMITTED BY RIGHT. BUT IT DIDN'T MEET THE QUALIFICATIONS. ONE BEING THAT THE HAS TO HAVE A MINIMUM 20 FEET FRONT SETBACK. UM, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE DOING AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS. OKAY. SO THAT OTHERWISE THEY WOULD HAVE TO APPLY FOR A VARIANCE THAT WOULD BRING THE INITIAL, I'M SORRY, THAT WOULD BRING THE CURRENT USE INTO COMPLIANCE? CORRECT. OKAY. AND THEN HE'S STILL SEEKING TO ADD ONE MORE UNIT WITH THE BACK GARAGE? YES SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMERS TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND MOTION. SEEMS AS THOUGH THIS PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY NOT IN COMPLIANCE. UM, I WOULD WANT TO SEE THAT THE PROPERTY, UH, GETS INTO COMPLIANCE, UM, WITH THE ALTERNATE. UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO CONSIDER THAT, UH, THAT ALTERNATIVE. UH, I KNOW THAT IT DOESN'T SUIT WHAT YOU'RE APPLYING FOR, UH, TO GET A TOTAL OF THREE RESIDENCES ON THAT LOT. UM, BUT WITH THE SIZE OF THIS LOT AND UM, YOU KNOW, ALL CURRENT STANDINGS RIGHT NOW, I WOULD MOTION TO DENY. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER 12. IS THERE A SECOND? UH, MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND. YES. STAFF. AND WE JUST NEEDED A CLARIFICATION. IS THAT A DENIAL OF THE [01:35:01] THREE UNITS OR IS THAT ACCEPTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO? THAT THAT WAS ACCEPTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. OKAY. FOR TWO. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME CLARIFICATION, SO I APOLOGIZE. UM, I GUESS I CAN GIVE GUIDANCE, UH, IN THIS CASE. UH, A MOTION FOR TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION I THINK WOULD WORK. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. ALRIGHT. JUST TO HELP, IT'S A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS. OH. AND EVEN I MESSED IT UP, . PERFECT. PERFECT. ALRIGHT, KATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT. UH, I HOPE YOU GOT THAT COMMISSIONER FUENTES 'CAUSE I WAS MAKING JOKES. SO IF THERE IS ANOTHER MOTION, UH, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION. I'D LIKE TO MAKE IT ON MOTION. UM, MOTION FOR, UH, DENIAL WITH THE APPROVAL OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AN ALTERNATE. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL, UM, WITH THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. AND THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL WITH TWO UNITS BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR VICE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. SANCHEZ. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN SPEAK TO UH, YOUR CASE MANAGER. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. [13. ZONING CASE Z202110700242 CD (Council District 3)] MY NAME IS REBECCA RODRIGUEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE A H O D RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT TO R FIVE CD A H O D RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS. ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. LOCATED AT 5 0 3 MABA STREET, THERE WERE 40. THIS MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR TO AND OPPOSITION. THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTERED. THE EXISTING R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED R FIVE CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS IS NOT APPROPRIATE. ZONING AT IT IS OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA. IN ADDITION, THIS WOULD INTRODUCE A NEW PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE PROPERTIES TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ARE ZONED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT, THEY'RE USED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT FOR ITEM NUMBER 13, MR. SANCHEZ, IS IT YOU AGAIN? ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. SO WE MEET AGAIN . SO THANK YOU. UH, AGAIN. UH, NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A LONG, RICH TRADITION OF PROVIDING, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO. AND, UH, WE PICKED UP THIS PROPERTY AND AGAIN, THERE'S AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IN THIS COMMUNITY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. WE LOOK AT EACH PROPERTY, EACH ACQUISITION FROM A DIFFERENT, UH, VIEWPOINT. WE TRY TO BE, WE TRY TO DEVELOP INNOVATIVE APPROACHES SO THAT WE CAN KEEP PROPERTIES AFFORDABLE. EVERYTHING IN SAN ANTONIO IS GOING UP IN PRICE. IT'S BECOMING INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO JUST BUY A HOUSE, EXCUSE ME, RENT IT AND MAKE THE NUMBERS WORK. SO WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS GET CREATIVE. UH, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS PROPERTY, IT'S A CORNER LOT. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM IN THE BACK. WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS CREATE A SECOND UNIT SO THAT THE SINGLE FATHER WHO HAS FIVE KIDS LIVING IN THE FRONT UNIT CAN REMAIN IN THERE AT THE SAME, UH, RENTAL RATE THAT HE'S CURRENTLY PAYING. IF THIS IS DENIED, UNFORTUNATELY THE PROPERTY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR US. WE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE THE RENT, THEREFORE THE CURRENT SINGLE FATHER WITH FIVE KIDS WOULD BE DISPLACED. SO PLEASE HELP US TO HELP THE COMMUNITY BY VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. SANCHEZ. UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE. UH, SO ONCE AGAIN, UH, THIS IS, UH, COMMISSIONER FUENTES [01:40:01] AND TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS, SIR. MR. SANCHEZ, UH, COULD YOU COME UP, SO I SEE ON YOUR SITE PLAN YOU HAVE, UM, ACCESS FOR, UM, VEHICLES IN THE REAR. IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. AND, UH, LET'S SEE, YOU SHOULD HAVE ROOM FOR BOTH UNITS THERE. YES. AND IN, IN, IN ADDITION, SINCE IT'S A CORNER LOT, THERE WOULD BE, UH, ENOUGH PARKING IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE AND ALSO ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE IF ADDITIONAL PARKING WAS NEEDED. AND IS THIS LOT FENCED IN? DO I SEE THAT IN THE, NOT CURRENTLY, BUT WE DO INTEND TO, UH, ALSO ADD A, UH, SIX FOOT WOOD PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER. THANK YOU SIR. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FUENTES, UH, QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF ON THIS ONE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GOING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD FOR TWO UNITS. WE'RE JUST GOING UP ONE UNIT? CORRECT. OKAY. I, I GUESS I'M MAYBE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHY THE PROPOSED USE READING FROM THE STAFF MEMO, THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. THERE AREN'T ANY BONUS UNITS IN THAT AREA. THEY'RE ALL JUST SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. THERE ARE NO DOUBLES OUT THERE. BUT IF THE APPLICANT WAS TO RESIDE IN THE, IN THE PROPERTY, COULD THEY BUILD AN A D U THERE? THERE'S, IS THERE ANYTHING THAT WOULD PREVENT THEM FROM DOING THAT? NO, THEY COULD, THEY COULD, UM, MAKE APPLICATION FOR AN A D D U. MM-HMM. . OKAY. SO THERE'S JUST NO OTHER, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THERE'S NO OTHER UNITS IN THAT AREA WHERE WE HAVE LIKE A CD, RIGHT? WE HAVE THAT HASN'T BEEN ESTABLISHED THERE. THIS WILL ESTABLISH IT IF, IF THERE TWO UNITS ARE ALLOWED THERE, THEN IT WILL ESTABLISH THAT PATTERN IN, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. OKAY. THANKS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER WATSON, UH, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR STAFF. UH, IF AN APPLICANT WAS THE RESIDENT OF THE HOME AND THEY WERE INTERESTED IN HAVING AN A D U, WHAT ZONING WOULD YOU RECOMMEND THAT THEY APPLY FOR? IF THEY ARE A RESIDENT, THEY, THEY WOULD ALREADY HAVE THE CORRECT BASE ZONE. SO THEY, THEY HAVE R FIVE SINGLE FAMILY. THEY WOULD JUST MAKE APPLICATION FOR AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE SETBACKS FOR THAT AND, AND THE SIZE LIMITATION. AND THEN IN THIS CASE, THE REASON THE CONDITIONAL USE IS BEING REQUESTED IS BECAUSE THE APPLICANT IS A CORPORATION, CORRECT? RIGHT. THEY DON'T LIVE THERE. THEY, UH, THEY, THEY WOULD LIKE TWO UNITS FOR INDEPENDENT USE. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND A MOTION. THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE, UM, ANY DOUBLE DWELLINGS OR DUAL UNITS ON, ON ANY OF THE LOTS. I UNDERSTAND THAT AND I UNDERSTAND THE, THIS INDIVIDUAL CASE. UM, BUT I, I WOULD HAVE TO GO WITH THE APPLICANT ON A MOTION TO FOR APPROVAL. UM, SITE PLAN IS, IS CONCISE. UH, I AGREE WITH IT. UM, AND I'M GONNA SETTLE WITH A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BARTOS. UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES FOR ME, UM, I, I'M THINKING I'M LEANING TOWARDS SUPPORTING THE MOTION. UM, AND USUALLY I, I DO NOT LIKE INTRODUCING A NEW USE INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, AND ONE OF MY POINTS THAT I ALWAYS BRING UP IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK ABOUT A CORNER LOT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT ANIMAL. UM, UH, AND SO IN THIS CASE, IF THIS WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK, I WOULD BE AGAINST THE, UM, THE, THE, THE MOTION. BUT SINCE IT'S AT A CORNER, UM, I WILL BE PROBABLY SUPPORTING THE MOTION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIPES. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE. THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER SIPES FOR ITEM NUMBER 13 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. MR. FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER [01:45:01] WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR WITH SAMANTHA? AYE. MOTION PASSES AS APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MR. SANCHEZ. UH, IF YOU WANNA DISCUSS THE PREVIOUS ITEM, YOU CAN MEET WITH YOUR CASE MANAGER NOW. UM, THE NEXT ITEM I [20. ZONING CASE Z202110700250 S (Council District 5)] BELIEVE IS COM. UH, IS ITEM NUMBER 20. IF WE COULD READ THAT INTO THE RECORD. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS RICHARD BIZ DE VASQUEZ, THE ONLY PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS LOCATED AT 30 34 WEST SALINA STREET. REQUEST FROM C TWO M L O O D TWO MLR TWO A H O D COMMERCIAL LAC MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY LIGHTING REGION TWO AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT AND MF 33. ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. TWO C TWO S M L R D TWO E O D COMMERCIAL LACKING MILITARY LANDING OVERLAY LINE REGION TWO AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR CAR WASH. THERE WERE 52 NOTICES SENT OUT ZERO IN FAVOR. 16 OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM PROSPECT HILL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THE EXISTING C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE AREA COULD BENEFIT FROM A LARGE AREA REZONING, ALTHOUGH, ALTHOUGH THE PROPERTIES ARE ZONED MF 33 AND C TWO, THE LOTS ARE DEVELOPED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, SIR, IF YOU'D PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS RENO. YES SIR. UH, MY NAME IS CESAR MARQUEZ. I LIVE AT 35 0 5 BUENA VISTA STREET. AND, UH, I'M, UH, WELL I'M HOPING TO, TO, UH, DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY HERE INTO A HAND CAR WASH. UM, ACTUALLY RIGHT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC I HAD MY PLANS, TWO PLANS, UH, ENGINEER PLANS TO DO TWO, TWO STORY DUPLEXES, WHICH WOULD BE FOUR UNITS. WE KIND OF SCRAPPED THAT GIVEN ALL THIS, UH, PRIZES ON NUMBER. AND, UH, GIVEN TO THE FACT THAT I ATTENDED MS. TER CASTILLO'S LAST MEETING WHERE SHE TALKED DEEPLY OR WIDELY ABOUT, UH, GENTRIFICATION, I BELIEVE. SO I FELT THAT I WOULD BE DOING SUCH THING DEVELOPING THIS FOUR, UH, FOUR TWO BEDROOM UNITS. THREE BEDROOM UNITS WOULD'VE BEEN, UH, $1,500 PLUS PER UNIT. NOBODY COULD AFFORD IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'VE BEEN CLEANING THIS LOT SINCE I'VE OWNED THEM PERSONALLY. UH, I PICK UP FROM BEER BOTTLES TO TO TO NEEDLES. THE AIR IS PRETTY BAD. AND, AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE AN ASSET TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BRING IN EVENTUALLY 20, 25 EMPLOYEES. AND, UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY CASE. I'VE GOT THAT WHOLE LOT. TWO CORNERS, UH, GEN MR. SNIPES, UH, SIPES, UH, JUST MENTIONED. SORRY. UH, AND UM, MAYBE THAT COULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. MARCOS? YES, SIR. MARQUEZ. MARQUEZ. EXCUSE ME. UM, SO APPARENTLY WE'RE ALL GETTING LAST NAMES WRONG. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT TODAY? AND I WANNA CALL YOU WESLEY, BY THE WAY, FROM HERE ON OUT. YES, SIR. UM, WE HAVE RUSSELL LAN. MR. LAN? YES. IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS. YEAH. RUSSELL DEAN LAN 24 10 WEST COMMERCE AND WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I WALKED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO, TO MURRAY STREET, RIGHT ON THE CORNER IS 30 43 WEST SALINAS. OKAY. SO THERE MUST BE A CONFUSION AS FAR AS THE ADDRESSING. UH, RIGHT. CADDY CORNER IS ALREADY A CAR WASH. OKAY. IF YOU GO, UH, AROUND THE CORNER TO COMMERCE STREET, WHICH IS THREE TENTHS OF A MILE, THERE IS A CAR WASH. IF YOU GO ALL THE WAY DOWN ZAMORA, ABOUT FOUR TENTHS OF A MILE, THERE IS ANOTHER CAR WASH. SO I THINK THIS, THIS DOESN'T SUPPORT TO HAVE A FOURTH CAR WASH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WALKING THE NEIGHBORHOOD. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE DON'T GO WASH YOUR CARS ACROSS THE STREET BECAUSE OF THE HOMELESS. AND THEY DON'T WANT TO BE BOTHERED. THEY DON'T WANT TO GO OVER THERE AND HAVE TO PULL OUT MORE MONEY TO WASH YOUR CAR AND GET THE HOMELESS OUT OF THEIR FACE SO THEY'RE NOT IN SUPPORT OF ANOTHER CAR WASH. SO AS FAR AS OUR HOMEOWNERS PROSPECT HILLS ASSOCIATION, WE'RE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FELLON. ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE MARY JANE VILLALOBOS. [01:50:01] ALRIGHT, MS. VILLALOBOS, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHETHER YOU SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS REZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UH, AND MY NAME IS MARY JANE VILLALOBOS, UH, 30 15 WEST TRAVIS. AND I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THIS CAR WASH. AS THIS GENTLEMAN JUST MENTIONED, THERE IS A CAR WASH AT THE END OF THE STREET FROM THE PROPERTY LOCATION OF SALINA'S ON SALOR, ANOTHER ONE ON MURRAY. AND OF COURSE, A QUARTER MILE DOWN ANOTHER CAR WASH. THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HUMBLE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE FAMILIES, MOTHERS IN THE EVENING. AS A MATTER OF FACT, I TOOK A PICTURE BUT I CAN'T SHOW IT TO YOU, BUT DIDN'T COME OUT REALLY GOOD. UH, GOING HOME I SAW A, A MOTHER PUSHING A STROLLER WITH HER CHILDREN IN TOW AND A PET WALKING BEHIND THEM. SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ALL FAMILY ORIENTATED, HUMBLE PEOPLE. THESE ARE FIRST RESPONDERS, THESE PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE OR CAN'T BE HERE TODAY 'CAUSE THEY'RE WORKING. THEY CAN'T JUST TAKE OFF FROM WORK TO COME SPEAK ON SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE AGAINST. THERE WAS A PETITION SIGN AGAINST THIS AND IT, UH, ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS TOOK AN AFTERNOON OFF TO DO THIS. SO THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES. AND PEOPLE BEING AGAINST THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE SUPPORT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT NOT FOR THIS PARTICULAR VENTURE. UH, AGAIN, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE FAMILIES, THE CHILDREN THAT PLAY IN THE STREET. YOU SEE THEM WHEN YOU DRIVE BY IN THE EVENING, CHASING EACH OTHER, RIDING THEIR BIKES, PETS RUNNING AROUND. AND WHEN YOU PARK ON SALINAS, THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE DRIVEWAYS PER SE. PARKING IS ON BOTH SIDES AND THERE'S SINGLE VEHICLES THAT CAN GO THROUGH. SO IT'LL BE A CONGESTION ISSUE AS WELL. SO I'M REALLY CONCERNED MOSTLY FOR THE SAFETY OF THE FAMILIES AND THE NEIGHBORS AND SO FORTH. AND I, I HUMBLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THIS PROPOSAL, UH, FOR BUILDING A CAR WASH ANOTHER ONE WITHIN A THREE CAR WASHES SURROUNDING THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND PROSPECT HILL. AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. MS. S. NEXT WE HAVE BETTY ACEVEDO. MS. ACEVEDO, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHETHER YOU CAN SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS PROJECT. UH, MAY I LEAVE MY MASK ON? YOU MAY. THANK YOU. OKAY. OKAY. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BETTY ACEVEDO AND I LIVE ON, LIVE ON 1 35 HUNTINGTON STREET. AND I'M LIKE R RIGHT. UH, OKAY. MY, MY, UH, MY ANSWER TO THIS IS I'M IN TOTAL OPPOSITION TO, TO THIS, UH, PROJECT OR WHATEVER TRYING TO DO THAT, UH, CAR WASH AS MS. WAS STATED. UM, THERE'S, WE HAVE TWO CAR WASHES, LIKE REALLY SUPER CLOSE. AND AS I WAS, UH, POINTING DOWN HERE ON MY, UH, MESSAGES OR MY, UH, I LOST THEM. I KNOW I'M LOSING TIME . LET ME SEE. OKAY. OKAY. UH, I'VE, I'VE COLLECTED OVER 40% OF SIGNATURES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE IN TOTAL OPPOSITION ALSO AS WELL. AND WE, WE WISH TO KEEP IT AREA RESIDENTIAL 'CAUSE I, I DON'T SEE THAT WE WOULD NEED A CAR WASH IN THE MIDDLE OF HOUSE AS WELL. AND I'M LIKE NEXT DOOR TO THAT, UH, THAT PROPERTY. AND I, I KNOW IT WILL AFFECT IT AT HIS HOUSE. IT HAS PREVIOUSLY AFFECTED ME YEARS BEFORE WITH, UH, OTHER, OTHER, WITH THE OTHER TENANTS, WITH SOMETHING ELSE. ACTUALLY. SHE HAD A COMPLEX OF, OF, SHE LIVED IN A MULTIPLE COMPLEX HOUSE THERE AND SHE RENTED IT OUT. SHE HAD A BUNCH OF CARS. UH, THEY WERE FACING MY FENCE AND ALL OF THAT POLLUTION OF THE CARS EVERY DAY OUT, WE WOULD GET 'EM EVERY DAY. SO IT DID AFFECT ME IN THOSE YEARS. SO, UH, I KNOW HOW, HOW IT IS. AND WE HAVE A GROWING PROBLEM OF TRANSIENT AND ILLEGAL DRUG, UH, OF PEOPLE THERE. THEY HAVE SALES AND EVERY DAY THEY'RE WALKING EVERY DAY THERE AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO CORNER THEMSELVES IN PLACES WHERE THEY CAN SELL. AND DO, I'VE, I'VE SEEN 'EM DOWN, DOWN THE BLOCK. OKAY. UH, THERE'S GONNA BE AN, AN INCREASE OF TRAFFIC ON THE STREET, NOISE POLLUTION. WE ALREADY HAVE BEEN POLLUTED WITH TONS OF TRASH COMING FROM SOUTH SAMO DOWN TO, TO MURRAY. SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, WE ALREADY HAVE CAR WASS. I DON'T THINK THAT'S, UH, APPROPRIATE TO BE THERE IN THAT AREA. THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT IT. , THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. A THANK YOU FERNANDO VILLALOBOS. AND MR. VILLALOBOS, IF YOU WOULD [01:55:01] INTRODUCE YOURSELF. YES. GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHETHER YOU OPPOSE OR SUPPORT FERNANDO VILLALOBOS AT 30 15 WEST TRAVIS. UM, I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THIS UNTIL MY SISTER TOLD ME ABOUT THIS. UH, AS, AS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT, I'M IN AND OUT. AND WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS, IT REALLY GOT ME VERY UPSET BECAUSE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS A VERY HUMBLE NEIGHBORHOOD. LIKE MY SISTER WAS SAYING, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS RUNNING AROUND, PARENTS WITH THEIR KIDS AND STROLLERS AND THINGS OF THAT SORT AS IT IS. LIKE SHE SAID, THERE'S A, A CAR WASH AT THE CORNER OR ACROSS THE STREET FROM SALINAS AND, UH, SALAM ALMORA AND AT THE CORNER OF MURRAY AND WEST COMMERCE. AND, UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S VERY UPSETTING TO THINK THAT SOMEBODY CAN GO INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD OF FAMILIES AND THINK THAT A CAR WASH IS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL TO THEM. THAT'S RIDICULOUS. AND THE GENTLEMAN, I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT SUPPOSEDLY THE GENTLEMAN WENT AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOODS TALKING TO PEOPLE, BUT HE NEVER TALKED TO US, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE WOULD'VE TOLD HIM NO. SO I HUMBLY ASK ALSO THAT YOU PLEASE CONSIDER THIS. IF NOT, PLEASE GO TAKE A WALK OUT THERE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE IT IS RIDICULOUS TO CONSIDER A CAR WASH IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS. SO HUMBLY, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE TURN THIS THING DOWN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. BELOS. ROBERT HERMAN. MR. HERMAN. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S ROBERT HERMAN. I RESIDE AT 31 13 WEST SALINAS. UM, I'M A RENTER. I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THREE YEARS AND I LIKE TO SAY REAL QUICK, I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CIVIC DUTY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T KNOW ANY OF THESE PEOPLE YET. MY LANDLORD, CHARLES PRICE, OWNS FOUR PROPERTIES ON SALINAS. AND YOU MAY HAVE HIS PETITION IN YOUR, UH, THINGS THAT YOU CAN PUT UP THERE. THERE'S, UH, 11 SIGNATURES ON THIS PETITION. EVERYBODY'S AGAINST IT. AND JUST LIKE ALL THE OTHERS SAID, THERE'S THREE CAR WASHES RIGHT THERE AT THE JUNCTION OF SALINAS AND ZA. UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE THERE'S A STATE FARM INSURANCE AND SOMETHING ELSE. IT'S VERY NICE DONE. THE OTHER CAR WASH IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM THAT. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF OF, OF, UH, SALINAS, IT'S A VACANT LOT, WHICH HAS BECOME A HOMELESS CAMP. THEY'VE TRIED TO CLEAR IT OUT A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT YOU KNOW, THEY COME BACK. YOU KNOW, I I'M FEEL BADLY FOR THOSE PEOPLE. I HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN HOMELESS BEFORE, BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD OF, OF FAMILIES, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE SAID. UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING IN THE STREET, UM, WITH THEIR ANIMALS AND THEIR KIDS AND CAR WASHES. UM, I'LL REFERENCE THE ONE ON, UH, NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS OVER THERE TEND TO BRING EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THERE'S, BECAUSE THERE'S TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT, THAT MEANS IT CAN DISGUISE HIGH TRAFFIC FOR THE SALE OF DRUGS. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN SEVERAL SHOOTINGS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OVER THE TIME I'VE LIVED THERE. THE CARWASH IN NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS, SOMEBODY GETS KILLED THERE EVERY COUPLE MONTHS. SO WE DON'T REALLY SEE GANG ACTIVITY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SO MUCH. UM, SO WE'D HOPE THAT DOESN'T COME ABOUT THE, UH, THE LITTER PROBLEM. I'M ONE OF THOSE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT PICK UP LITTER IN THE STREETS. STREETS, UH, EVERY DAY. I DON'T KNOW HOW WHERE IT COMES FROM EXACTLY, BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S, THERE'S A LOT OF IT THAT VACANT LOT WHERE THE HOMELESS CAMP IS, UH, THEY HAVE TO COME IN WITH A TRUCK, YOU KNOW, TO AND LOAD IT WITH THE, ALL THE LITTER AND, AND IT'S MIND-BOGGLING HOW FAST IT ACCUMULATES. AND THEN OF COURSE EVERYBODY ALREADY MENTIONED THE OTHER CAR WASHES. SO THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS ONE LONG BLOCK INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THERE'S ALL AROUND IT ARE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. UH, THANK, THANK YOU MR. HERMAN. YES. THAT'S YOUR TIME. I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, SIR. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, MR. MARQUEZ, YOU GET A SHORT REBUTTAL VERY, VERY QUICK. UH, FIRST, FIRST AND FOREMOST, I DID GO AND SPEAK TO MY VERY NEAR NEIGHBORS AND, UH, AND I SYMPATHIZE WITH THEM. I'M READY TO WITHDRAW MY REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE. I'M, I I'M NOT, BUT I'M READY IF YOU DEEM THIS LIKE UN UNDOABLE, NO HARD FEELINGS. I TOLD THEM, UH, [02:00:01] THAT BEFORE WHATEVER HAP HAPPENS HERE, WE'RE NEIGHBORS AND WE, WE TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER. AND THE, MY PROPERTY IS FULLY FENCED IN. I DO MAINTENANCE ROUTINELY. SO, SO THERE'S, THERE'S STRESS ALL OVER. UH, AND THAT'S THE CASE, BUT THAT'S IT, YOU KNOW, I'M READY TO, YOU KNOW, THROW IN THE, THE TOWEL IF, IF NEED BE. SO DON'T FEEL BAD REGARDLESS. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. WELL THANK YOU MR. MARQUEZ. THANK YOU ALL. I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. YOU BET. THANKS. UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE K, SO THIS IS TO ME, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. UM, LOOK IN LIGHT OF THE STAFF DENIAL IN LIGHT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN LIGHT OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO ARE PRESENT HERE, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT IT'S AN IN INTERIOR LOT FOR A HAND CAR WASH, IT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE USE. UH, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR DENIAL AND I SOW MOVE TO DENY ITEM NUMBER, UH, 20. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT, I'M GOING WITH GREAT HOUSE THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER W . UM, ALRIGHT, WASN'T YOU? YEAH. WHO WAS IT? OH, IT WAS COMMISSIONER FUENTES. I'M SORRY. ALRIGHT. UM, UH, MR. MARQUEZ, AS YOU CAN HEAR FROM YOUR NEIGHBORS, I HOPE YOU DO EXPLORE A RESIDENTIAL USE ON THIS LOT. I THINK THERE ARE LOTS OF GOOD THINGS YOU CAN DO AND WORK WITH THEM TO GET IT. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. ALRIGHT. OH YES, COMMISSIONER HU. THANK YOU. SO, UH, WHEN I HEARD THE NEIGHBORS TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WELL I USED TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WALKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I TOTALLY AGREE THIS IS A HUMBLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THIS DEVELOPMENT JUST DOESN'T FIT. YOU KNOW, WHEN I USED TO WALK TO, UH, DAVID CROCKETT ELEMENTARY, I WOULD NOT EXPECT TO SEE A CAR WASH THERE. WHEN I WALKED TO IRVING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, I WOULD NOT SEE, EXPECT TO SEE A CAR WASH THERE. SO AGAIN, I'M GLAD THE MOTION FOR DENIAL HAS BEEN PUT BEFORE US. THANK YOU. THAT'S GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER. UM, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY ME WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YEP. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER S SIPES? YES. SHERIFF ANTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. SAYS DENIAL. OKAY, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU MR. MARQUEZ. PLEASE, I HOPE YOU DEVELOP THAT PROPERTY AS RESIDENTIAL AND WORK WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS TO FIND A GOOD USE FOR THAT PROPERTY. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONERS, THIS IS USUALLY ABOUT THE TIME. I WOULD TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WE HAVE ONE ITEM LEFT. DO WE WANT TO POWER THROUGH? POWER THROUGH POWER THROUGH. ALRIGHT. UH, STAFF IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM. [26. ZONING CASE Z202110700260 (Council District 10)] ITEM NUMBER 26. IS THAT IT? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM 26 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE A H O D, GENERAL COMMERCIAL AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT TO L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT LOCATED AT 17 0 9 7 NACODOCHES ROAD. THERE WERE 10 NOTICES MAILED NONE IN FAVOR. NONE IN OPPOSITION. NO RESPONSE FROM ROLLING MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS SUBURBAN TIER. THE PROPOSED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE DESIGNATED LAND USE AND WILL ALLOW FOR MORE INDUSTRIAL USES TO THE AREA. THE CURRENT C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE AREA. THE APPLICANT CAN REZONE TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR WAREHOUSE FLEX SPACE TO ALLOW FOR THE INTENDED USE AND BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE DESIGNATION. THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A PLAN AMENDMENT TO SPECIALIZED CENTER PLANNING COMMISSION, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT ON OCTOBER 13TH. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. WEISLER PRESENTATION AND MS. WEISLER NOT TO RUSH YOU, BUT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD NORMALLY TAKE A BREAK ABOUT NOW. . OH YOU COULD TAKE A BREAK. THAT'S ALSO FINE. I DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE ELSE TO BE . UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, SUITE SIX 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. I WILL BE AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE IF WE COULD START WITH THAT ONE. YES, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THIS PROPERTY IS JUST OVER 25 ACRES [02:05:01] LOCATED AT 17 0 9 7 NACODOCHES. WE ARE WITHIN LESS THAN HALF A MILE OF LOOP. 1604. UM, REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO LOOP 1604. UM, YOU CAN SEE ON THIS AERIAL MAP, UM, KIND OF A, A BREAKDOWN OF THE ASSOCIATED USES. UM, AT THE HARD CORNER IS WHAT IS LEFT OF ROLLING OAKS MALL, WHICH IS PRIMARILY BEING USED AS AN AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER. NOW, UM, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF STORES LEFT BUT NOT MUCH. UM, AND THEN THERE IS A LARGE SELF STORAGE UNIT FACILITY, UM, A A FLIGHT INDUSTRIALISM PROPERTY AND THEN US. SO WE HAVE A VERY DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ON THE WEST SIDE OF NACODOCHES. THIS PROPERTY DOES SPAN FROM NACODOCHES ALL THE WAY TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS, WHICH IS THE ONLY SEPARATION BETWEEN US AND ALAMO CEMENT, UH, TO THE FAR WEST. THERE IS, UM, RESIDENTIAL ESTABLISHED ON THE EAST SIDE OF NACODOCHES, BUT NOT HERE ON THE WEST. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A LARGER AERIAL SO YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE OVERVIEW OF THIS AREA ALONG NACODOCHES. AGAIN, WE ARE WITHIN LESS THAN HALF A MILE FROM 1604. UM, AND THERE IS A VERY DIFFERENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN HERE. UM, RIGHT PAST US IS THE HEIRS HALFWAY HOUSE AND THEN IT'S HOLY CROSS, UH, CHURCH AND CEMETERY HERE. UM, SO THE PROPOSED REZONING, UM, WHICH WE'LL GET TO IN JUST A SECOND, UM, IS REALLY THOROUGHLY CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED LAND USE PATTERN ON THIS WESTERN SIDE OF NACODOCHES BETWEEN US AND REALLY ALAMOS CEMENT TO THE WEST. NEXT SLIDE. AS STAFF MENTIONED, UH, REALLY THE BASIS OF THEIR CONCERN WITH THIS APPLICATION IS THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT. UH, WE DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK AND THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. UM, WHILE WE DO UNDERSTAND STAFF'S CONCERN WITH AMENDING THE PLAN, UH, SUBURBAN TIER IN THIS CASE IN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN IS DESIGNED FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES, LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES, NONE OF WHICH ARE REALLY PRESENT, UM, ANYWHERE ON THIS SIDE OF NACODOCHES. UM, AND CERTAINLY NOT WITHIN THIS FIRST HALF MILE. UH, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN LESSENS IN INTENSITY AS YOU MOVE FURTHER NORTH ABOUT A MILE INTO NACODOCHES, HEADED TOWARDS EVAN ROAD, EXCUSE ME, EVANS ROAD, BUT, BUT NOT REALLY ON THIS, THIS FIRST HALF MILE HERE. UM, AND THEN THERE IS SPECIALIZED CENTER, UH, TO OUR FAR WEST AND THEN RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, UM, OVER A HUNDRED ACRES, UM, OF SPECIALIZED CENTER ACROSS THE STREET. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO AS STAFF MENTIONED, WE ARE REQUESTING A REZONING FROM C THREE TO L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UM, STAFF DID MENTION AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THEM THE POTENTIAL TO AVOID A PLAN AMENDMENT, WHICH WE ALWAYS LIKE TO DO IF THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO. HOWEVER, WE HAVE MORE THAN ONE USE, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROPERTY AND YOU CAN ONLY CONDITION DOWN ONE OF THOSE USES. SO, UM, UNFORTUNATELY A CONDITIONAL USE IN THIS CASE IS NOT FEASIBLE FOR THIS PROJECT. UM, SO WE ARE RIGHT HERE, IT'S SHADED IN BLACK. UM, THIS IS THE C THREE PROPERTY. WE HAVE A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO US, UM, AND ARE WORKING WITH THAT PROPERTY. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WORKING ON DEVELOPING THEIR PROPERTY. UM, AND WE WILL ACTUALLY BE SELLING THE REMAINDER ABOUT APPROXIMATELY THE REAR ONE THIRD OF THIS PROPERTY TO THEM FOR THEIR DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO WE'RE KIND OF ACCOMMODATING BOTH USES HERE, UM, IMMEDIATELY TO OUR NORTH, I GUESS IS ALSO SEVERAL PARCEL ZONE C THREE. SO, UM, WHILE WE WOULDN'T NORMALLY LIKE TO AVOID A PLAN AMENDMENT WHEN POSSIBLE, UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T, THAT C TWO BASED ZONING SANDWICH BETWEEN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL I THINK CREATES MORE INCONSISTENCY THAN IT DOES HELP THE SCENARIO. UM, THERE IS AN INTENSITY OF USES OBVIOUSLY RIGHT HERE WITHIN THIS FIRST HALF MILE. UM, AND THAT BUFFER OF INDUSTRIAL USES, YOU CAN SEE I ONE, RIGHT? I ONE I TWO S CORING DISTRICT, ALL REALLY TO OUR IMMEDIATE WEST. UM, THAT'S ALL STILL CONTAINED WITH C THREE BEFORE YOU GET TO THE C TWO, MOVING FURTHER TOWARDS EVANS ROAD. UM, AND THEN THERE IS, UM, AGAIN, THIS, UH, LARGE OVER 100 ACRES OF OF I ONE. UM, AND THAT'S REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THE ROLLING MEADOWS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH THEM, THEY'RE THE NEAREST RESIDENTS, UM, TO THIS PROJECT. WE HAVE NO OPPOSITION FROM THEM, NO NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. WE'LL CONTINUE DISCUSSING WITH THEM AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, BUT NO CONCERNS FROM ROLLING MEADOWS. WE ARE OVER 700 FEET FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE TO THE NEAREST BACK FENCE, UM, IN ROLLING MEADOWS AND THE NEAREST RESIDENT. UM, SO THERE IS NOT A, AN ISSUE WITH, UM, USE ADJACENCY HERE, INTRODUCING INDUSTRIAL NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WE ARE SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL USES AND ZONING. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT KIND OF AERIAL VIEW, UH, FROM KINDA BIRD'S EYE FROM THE HARD CORNER OF NACODOCHES IN 1604 ON THE WEST SIDE WHERE YOU CAN SEE KIND OF THE, THE TRANSITION OF DEVELOPMENT OVER HERE. UM, AND, AND REALLY THE STARK DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT'S GOING ON ON THE WEST SIDE [02:10:01] OF NACODOCHES, UM, BETWEEN US AND ALAMO CEMENT, AND REALLY THE EAST SIDE WHERE ROLLING MEADOWS IS. UM, AND SO THIS IS ROLLING OAKS MALL. WHAT'S LEFT OF THIS, AS I MENTIONED, UH, PRIMARILY BEING USED AS AN AMAZON DISTRIBUTION CENTER. SO THAT KIND OF MORE INTENSE WAREHOUSING INDUSTRIAL USE IS THOROUGHLY ESTABLISHED. THERE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BEING DEVELOPED NEXT DOOR TO US AND WE ARE REQUESTING AN L TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THAT ADJACENT PARCEL AS WELL. LAST SLIDE. UM, YES, SO JUST QUICK RECAP. UM, WHILE THIS PROPERTY IS REALLY NARROW, UM, AS WE MENTIONED IT'S OVER 25 ACRES, BUT THERE'S OVER 300 FEET OF FRONTAGE ON NACODOCHES. NACODOCHES ROAD IS A TDOT RIGHT OF WAY. IT'S A SECONDARY 86 FOOT ARTERIAL, UM, ON THE CITY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN. SO WITHIN HALF A MILE OF 1604, ACTUALLY LESS THAN HALF A MILE OF 1604 ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. UM, THE INTRODUCTION, IT'S REALLY NOT AN INTRODUCTION. THE CONTINUATION OF LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, I IS NOT INAPPROPRIATE BY ANY MEANS. IT'S NOT INCONSISTENT OR INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE, WITH THE ESTABLISHED LAND USE PATTERN. AND AGAIN, WE ARE WELL OVER 700 FEET FROM MANY RESIDENCES. UM, SO NO IMPACT, UM, OR ENCROACHMENT ON, ON A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL OR, OR ANY RESIDENTIAL. UM, ON THIS SIDE, UH, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR THE PROPOSED REZONING TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MS. WEISLER. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR. ALRIGHT. THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE, SO COMMISSIONER WHITE TO YOU. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I WANT TO THANK EMILY. UM, HER TEAM HAS BEEN IN CLOSE CONTACT WITH ME AS WELL AS UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY'S OFFICE OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS REGARDING THIS ONE. UM, I, MY GENERAL OPINION IS THAT THIS IS, UH, UH, AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE THAT FITS IN WITH THE AREA THE PLAN AMENDMENT'S PASSED. UM, AND ALSO I BELIEVE THAT RIGHT ACROSS THAT ROAD THERE, WE, WE APPROVED A, UH, INDUSTRIAL USE, UM, NOT TOO LONG AGO. THAT AGAIN, I THINK SORT OF FITS IN WITH WHAT'S GOING ON HERE. UM, SO, UH, I, I'M GONNA BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT I'LL OPEN IT UP TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER. WHITE QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER BARTOS? YEAH. I ALSO INTEND TO SUPPORT THIS ISSUE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARTOS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER WHITE TO YOU. DISCUSSION AND MOTION. YOU'VE ALREADY DONE THE DISCUSSION, ? YES. UM, HE'S, YOU WILL, DO YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT EVERYTHING I SAID? NO, THANK YOU, BUT GOT IT. BUT I APPRECIATE THE OFFER. GOT IT, GOT IT. UM, WELL, UM, WE ARE READY TO GET OUTTA HERE, APPARENTLY , UH, SO I, UH, EVERYTHING I SAID, UM, I THINK, UH, JUST SAYS MY FEELINGS ON THIS AND SO WE'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. UH, ITEM 26. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER REBATO. UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 26 BY COMMISSIONER WHITE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REBATO. UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS. TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER IS TO MY LEFT. SEEING NONE AGAIN. THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 26 BY COMMISSIONER WHITE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMIT? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER S SIPES? YES. CHAIR ANTE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. OKAY. AND THAT COMPLETES THE NUMBER OF THE ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR CONSIDERATION DAY, BUT WE DO HAVE TWO MORE THINGS ON OUR AGENDA. UH, THE NEXT ITEM TO UH, CONSIDER IS TO DISCUSS AND [27. Discussion and Consideration of Cancellation of the January 4, 2022 Zoning meeting.] CONSIDER THE CANCELLATION OF THE JANUARY 4TH, 2022 ZONING MEETING, UH, STAFF. DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THAT? NO. JUST A BRIEF STATEMENT. UH, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER CONSIDERING, UH, CANCELING THIS MEETING. IT IS RIGHT AFTER THE HOLIDAYS, ALTHOUGH WE'LL BE BACK ON THE OFFICE, IN THE OFFICE ON THIRD. UM, WE KNOW SOME PEOPLE MAY STILL BE ON VACATION AT THAT TIME AND SO REALLY, UH, THAT WOULD MAKE YOUR FIRST MEETING IN JANUARY THE 18TH. OKAY. JANUARY 18TH, 2022. AND THERE ARE NO REGULATORY BURDENS THAT HAVE TO, WE HAVE TO HAVE A MEETING SOMETIME AROUND THERE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT, CORRECT? NO SIR. ALRIGHT. AND IT WOULD MAKE OUR STAFFS LIVES A LOT EASIER TO NOT HAVE THE JANUARY 4TH MEETING, IS THAT CORRECT? CONSIDERING THAT THE CITY WILL BE CLOSED THE TWO WEEKS PRIOR? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO IS THERE A MOTION REGARDING THE POTENTIAL CANCELLATION OF THE JANUARY 4TH MEETING? MOTION TO ACCEPT. TAKE A SECOND. OKAY. UH, THERE'S A MOTION [02:15:01] TO CANCEL THE JANUARY 4TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS. DISCUSSION? NONE. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR VICE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT, THE LAST ITEM ON OUR [28. Consideration and Approval of the October 5, 2021 Zoning Commission Minutes.] AGENDA IS THE CONSIDERATION OF THE MINUTES FROM THE OCTOBER 5TH MEETING. BOY, THIS YEAR'S GONE BY FAST. ALRIGHT. ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS, AMENDMENTS, ANYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO THE OCTOBER 5TH MEETINGS? I'M SORRY, IF I COULD JUST NOTE FOR THE RECORD ON THOSE MINUTES. UM, SO WE HAD EXPERIENCED SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES RELATED TO OUR VOICEMAILS. WE WEREN'T, UH, THEY WEREN'T ACTUALLY, UM, BEING RECEIVED IN OUR INBOXES. WE HAVE A TECHNICAL WAY IN WHICH DOING THAT, IT HAD TO DO WITH, IT TRANSFERRED TO AN ICLOUD. BUT, UM, WHAT WE DID IS WHEN WE DID GET 'EM, WHICH WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER, WE NOTED THEM IN THE RECORD, UM, UH, FOR THE MINUTES, JUST SO THAT WAY WE HAD THEIR NAME AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY WERE OPPOSED OR, OR IN SUPPORT. SO WE ADDED THOSE, THE ONES THAT WE MISSED. AND THERE WERE A TOTAL OF FOUR OR THREE? UH, THAT'S RIGHT. 'CAUSE I WAS TESTING IT WITH MY PHONE NUMBER. UM, SO THERE'S A TOTAL OF THREE THAT YOU'LL NOTE IN THE MINUTES FOR THAT DAY. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, WITH THAT EXPLANATION, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER AMENDMENTS, NOTES, CONCERNS REGARDING THE MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 5TH LEFT? RIGHT. SEEING NONE, IS THERE A MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER SIPES, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE, UH, I'M SORRY, WATSON. EXCUSE ME. I HAVE YOU ON THE BRAIN TODAY. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS. UH, BUT IN ANY EVENT, UM, THIS CAN BE DONE BY ACCLIMATION, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE TIME IS THREE 17 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.