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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD GET READY TO COME TO ORDER.
UM, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH C D C RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS, AND ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE RISE OF THE OMICRON VARIANT, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL ATTENDEES TO WEAR A MASK.
IF YOU NEED A MASK, THERE ARE MASKS AVAILABLE AT THE TABLE 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.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION.
I LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY STARTING WITH THE ZONING, I'M SORRY, BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
MARCO BARROS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE, MARK WHITE, DISTRICT 10 AL ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO, SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE.
ROB SIPES, DISTRICT SEVEN, SIR.
CAME WITH DISTRICT FOUR, KENY, DISTRICT SIX, AND COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
WE DID NOT HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR YOU AND NOW WE ARE SCRAMBLING FOR A TECHNICAL ISSUE.
SHE CAN HEAR US, RIGHT, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR HER NOW SHE CAN HEAR US.
IS HE NOT ON MUTE? COMMISSIONER, YOU CAN HEAR US RIGHT, BUT WE CAN'T HEAR YOU.
AND THEN, UH, WE THINK IT'S AN AUDIO ON OUR SIDE.
THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY AT OUR BOARD MEETING.
MR. CHAIR, CAN I JUST STATE THAT SHE'S PRESENT? UH, YOU MAY, IF SHE DOES NOT COME BACK, THEN LET'S AMEND THAT.
BUT STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
UH, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? UH, PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING IN EARNEST, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF, IF YOU WOULD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE 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, INCLUDES A MAP FOLLOWING THE 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 IN ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER, AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION YOU WILL BE.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT THE 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.
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RIGHT.ARE THERE ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS? THERE ARE NO WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE ITEMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON OUR COMBINED HEARING.
NUMBER ONE, OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING.
I'M SORRY, OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO AND OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEMS, PART ONE AND TWO AND PUT THE, YEP.
WE'RE JUST GONNA TEST AUDIO REAL QUICK FOR, FOR GAIL.
WE ARE STILL EXPERIENCING TECHNICAL TROUBLE.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, COULD YOU TRY ONCE MORE? WE CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE TECHNICAL TROUBLE.
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I WILL GO AHEAD AND COVER THOSE ITEMS FOR YOU.THAT WILL BE ON COMBINED HEARING ONE AND COMBINE HEARING TWO.
THOSE ARE ITEMS 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13.
AND THEN COMBINED HEARING TWO IS GOING TO BE ITEMS EIGHT AND NINE TO CONSIDER CONTINUANCES MR. CHAIR.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF ANYONE HERE IS TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 2, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, OR 13 IN OPPOSITION, NOW IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK UP AND GO TALK TO MS. FLORES OVER THERE.
ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS, IS THERE ANY ITEM, UH, ON THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE OR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE TO AN INDIVIDUAL HEARING PART? COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL? NOPE.
UH, WE'LL TAKE SMA FOUR AT SOME POINT.
ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, CAN WE NOW READ THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD? ALL RIGHT.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE ON COMBINED HEARING.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS CASE ENDING IN 2 4 8, LOCATED OR LOCATED AT 89 OR 87 12 WBA ROAD.
FOUR NOTICES OR SEVEN NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM, UH, C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL TO M X D MIXED USE.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS ZONING CASE ENDING IN 2 8 9 8.
ZERO OPPOSED, THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THIS AREA.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, CASE ENDING IN 2 90 16.
NOTICES MAILED OUT ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I WON GENERAL INDUSTRIAL A H O D TO C THREE GENERAL.
GENERAL COMMERCIAL, A H O D ON 86 0 3 NORTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS ZONING CASE ENDING IN 2 9 5 10.
NOTICES MAILED OUT ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED UNITED HOMEOWNERS IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
IT'S GOING FROM I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL.
ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME AT 7 0 6 AND 7 38 AT AND T CENTER PARKWAY.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS CASE ENDING IN 2 9 6 25.
ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE OAK CREEK COMMUNITY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION GOING FROM C THREE OR C TWO COMMERCIAL AND MF 25 MULTIFAMILY TO MF 25 MULTIFAMILY.
ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1120 NORTH LOOP 1604 OUT OF NUMBER 12 IS CASE ENDING IN 2 9 8.
UH, 28 NOTICES MAILED OUT ZERO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOES NOT OPPOSE GOING FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL AND R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO I D Z TWO.
MEETING INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH THE RIO ONE AND UC.
OVERLAY WITH USAGE PERMITTED FOR C TWO COMMERCIAL AND MF 40 LOCATED
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AT 38 14 BROADWAY AND ONE 15 PERSHING AVENUE.AND ITEM NUMBER 13, CASE ENDING IN 2 9 9 CD 33 NOTICES MAILED OUT.
ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE VANCE JACKSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS ON 11 1 15 VANCE JACKSON ROAD.
UH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, CAN WE DO ONE MORE SOUND CHECK? UH, WE CANNOT HEAR YOU YET.
ALRIGHT, WELL WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT FROM OUR END.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER TWO, NUMBER 6 7 10 11, 12 AND 13.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? WE'LL DO A SECOND.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS AS READ BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
THUMBS UP PLEASE OR THUMBS DOWN FOR THUMBS UP.
WE'LL, WE'LL HAVE HER MAKE A YES OR NO.
UH, SIGNED COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL
NOW WE, WE WILL, WE WILL REMEDY THIS ISSUE.
IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS NOT COMBINED, UM, BUT MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
THE FIRST, UH, ITEM AND COMBINED HEARING TWO IS ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, CASE ENDING IN 2 91.
TWO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE COMANCHE COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TWO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A RECORD SERVICE WITH OUTSIDE STORAGE, SALES AND AUCTIONS.
LOCATED AT 28 0 6 RIGSBY AVENUE, MR. CHAIR.
OH, THEY'RE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO SIR.
UH, THIS WOULD BE AN ITEM FOR COMMISSIONER FUENTES WHO WAS THE DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, TO THIS BODY.
MR. CHAIR, I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE JANUARY 18TH, 2022 MEETING FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, UH, BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REBUTTALS.
ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL? THAT, THAT DIDN'T WORK.
WE, WE MIGHT HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE THUMBS UP.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE.
THE SECOND ITEM ON COMBINE HEARING NUMBER TWO IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, CASE ENDING IN 2 93 S 41.
ONE OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE LAUREN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
S OF TURTLE CREEK TOWN HOME ASSOCIATION IS ON OPPOSITION AND IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE GOING FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C TWO S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC, SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 90 30 WARD BLOCK ROAD AND THEY'RE SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 21ST.
AND, UH, I HAVE BEEN REMISS, WE HAVE A NEW MEMBER OF OUR COMMISSION, UH, OZZY ORTIZ FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
AND SO WE WANNA WELCOME HERE HIM HERE, UH, TO THIS MEETING AND TO, UH, THIS BODY.
AND, UH, YOU HAVE BIG SHOES TO FILL, BUT I'M SURE YOU WILL BE UP TO THE TASK.
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BUT THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.SO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, UH, IT IS TO YOU FOR A MOTION.
I'M RECOMMENDING CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 21ST.
UH, AND THAT IS, YOU'RE MOVING FOR A CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 21ST, CORRECT? YES.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THEN.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO DECEMBER 21ST, UH, BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RE BARROS DISCUSSION.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED AND MOVED UPON, UH, YOU ARE WELCOME TO STAY, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO.
YOUR ITEMS HAVE BEEN RESOLVED WHETHER BY CONTINUANCE OR APPROVAL.
UH, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEM, WHICH I BELIEVE IS ITEM NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ZONING CASE ENDING IN 1 6 9 SS E R Z D.
THEY LOCATED AT THE 3,600 BLOCK OF EAST EVANS ROAD GOING FROM C THREE E R Z D, GENERAL COMMERCIAL EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE TO C TWO SS E RZ D COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR CAR WASH.
FOUR NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ONE IN FAVOR AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, THE EXISTING C THREE E R Z D IS NOT APPROPRIATE ZONING IN FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO E R Z D IS A LESS INTENSE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE ADDITION OF THE SS ALLOWS CONSIDERATION FOR ANY SPEC SPECIFICATION IN RELATION TO THE PROPOSED USE AND ITS LOCATION.
IS SAWS PRESENT FOR THEIR REPORT? MIKE ESCALANTE IS SAS AQUIFER PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT THE 3,600 BLOCK OF EAST EVANS ROAD TO ALLOW FOR AN AUTOMATED CAR WASH FACILITY.
THE SITE IS AN UNDEVELOPED ONE ACRE LOT.
NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS WITHIN A FLOODPLAIN.
AND NO SENSITIVE FEATURES WERE OBER OBSERVED ON SITE NOR NOTED ON FILE.
SAWS IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE REPORT TO INCLUDE 65% PREVIOUS COVER, UH, REUSE OF 80% OF WASH WATER PARTICIPATING IN THE SAWS CONSERVATION WATER SAVER CAR WASH PROGRAM, AND THE USE OF, UH, BIODEGRADABLE DETERGENTS.
UH, MS. FLORES, ARE THERE ANY, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
THIS IS A, UH, DISTRICT NINE CASE COMMISSIONER BARTOS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
I'M JUST READY TO MAKE A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE, UH, COMMISSIONER BOTS TO YOU FOR A MOTION? YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS CASE TEN SEVEN HUNDRED ONE SIX NINE S.
I'D MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UH, BY COMMISSIONER BUTS WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE CONDITIONS.
UH, THIS IS GONNA BE MY QUESTION TO STAFF.
UH, ALTHOUGH HISTORICALLY WE HAVE SAID WITH SAS CONDITIONS, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT IS NOT REQUIRED AS PART OF THE MOTION.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'S ALREADY PART OF THE CASE ITSELF.
VERY GOOD PART OF THE APPLICATION.
ALRIGHT THEN THE MOTION IS SOUND.
AND ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
CAN YOU PLEASE PLAY ONE OF THE VOICEMAILS
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REALLY QUICK? I JUST, IF Y'ALL WOULD BEAR WITH US, WE'RE AGAIN TRYING TO WORK THROUGH SOME TECHNICAL ISSUES.UH, WE ARE GONNA NOT OFFICIALLY GO INTO RECESS, BUT WE WILL ALLOW THEM TO MESS WITH THE THIS IS ANN AL.
I KNOW SHE PROBABLY HAS IT ON.
UH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, CAN YOU TRY ADDRESSING? OKAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, WE ARE TRYING ANOTHER OPTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT NUMBER WE ARE ON AT THIS POINT.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE, UH, FOR THIS BOARD'S CONSIDERATION STAFF, IF YOU WOULD.
UH, LO GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 7,000 BLOCK OF HEMAN ROAD.
FIVE OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE FRIENDS OF THE SAN ANTONIO AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THREE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
17 OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
AND AN ONLINE PETITION OF 523 SIGNATURES AGAINST THE DEVELOPMENT WAS RECEIVED.
REQUESTED FOR, UH, R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AND R 20 RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AND MF 25.
LOW DENSITY RES, LOW DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY TWO MF 18, LIMITED DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT AND R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THE, THE EXISTING R SIX R 20 MF 25 ARE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THE PROPOSED R SIX AND MF 18 ARE ALSO APPROPRIATE, ALLOWING A MODERATE DENSITY AND A MORE UNIFORM APPROACH TO LAND USE AND ZONING IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, IF THE APPLICANT COULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND TELL US ABOUT THE REZONING REQUEST.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TODAY.
MY NAME IS ROB KILLEN, LAW FIRM, KILLEN GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT.
OUR ADDRESS IS 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE, UH, SUITE TWO 50.
WE JUST MOVED SO I'M HAVING TROUBLE REMEMBERING IT.
UH, WE'RE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UH, WE HAVE A PRESENTATION AS BEING PULLED UP, BUT WHILE THE PRESENTATION'S BEING PULLED UP, TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CASE.
UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A NUMBER OF MONTHS AND I WANNA EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION BOTH, UH, STAFF FOR THEIR THOROUGH REVIEW AND THEIR RECOMMENDATION.
I WANT TO THANK, UH, THE, UH, CRESS, ABELLA HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR SUPPORT, AS WELL AS THE FRIENDS OF, UH, SAN ANTONIO NATURAL AREA, WHICH SOME OF YOU MAY RECALL.
USED TO BE THE FRIENDS OF FRIEDRICH PARK.
IT'S THE FRIEDRICH CONSERVANCY.
WANNA THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
AND, AND COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, YOUR PREDECESSOR, UH, COMMISSIONER ROMERO'S NO LONGER WITH US.
SHE'S MOVED ON TO C P S, BUT, UH, COMMISSIONER ROMERO SPENT A LOT OF TIME, UH, WORKING ON THIS CASE AS WE ENGAGED, UH, WITH STAKEHOLDERS.
UH, WE'VE GOT, UH, WE'VE GOT A PRESENTATION UP.
SO, UH, LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO ON TO THE, UH, NEXT SLIDE.
WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS A MIXED, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROJECT, AS YOU SAW A LITTLE BIT IN THE ZONING REQUESTING.
LET'S GO TO THE, UH, ABOUT 21 ACRES, A LITTLE OVER 21 ACRES.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THAT'S A LITTLE BIT CLOSER IN AND I THINK WE'VE GOT A MUCH BETTER SLIDE THAN LET'S, LET'S GO TO THE NEXT ONE.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE TOP HALF OF THE PROPERTY IS ZONED, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, AND WE'RE CHANGING THAT TO MF 18.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THAT LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER TOWARDS THE EAST, THAT'S ALL ZONED MF 25.
AND WE'RE CHANGING THAT TO SINGLE FAMILY.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE MOVING THE MULTI-FAMILY AREA OF THE PROPERTY AWAY FROM THE EXISTING HOUSES AND MOVING IT, UH, FURTHER NORTH.
AND YOU'LL SEE IN, IN, I THINK, THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS GIVES YOU A SENSE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO IF YOU LOOK JUST NORTH OF THE PROPERTY AND A LITTLE HARD TO SEE FOR FOLKS IN THE AUDIENCE ON THE SCREEN WITHOUT SQUINTING, BUT I THINK ON YOUR PERSONAL SCREENS, YOU MAY SEE, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, YOU'VE GOT I 10 OVER THERE, UH, TO THE EAST.
UM, AND YOU'VE GOT HERRIMAN ROAD TO THE WEST ALONG WITH FRIEDRICH PARK.
YOU'VE GOT, UH, COMMERCIALS, SOME MULTIFAMILY, SOME INDUSTRIAL USE TO THE IMMEDIATE EAST.
YOU'VE GOT MULTIFAMILY, AND TO THE SOUTH YOU'VE GOT SINGLE FAMILY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT IN THE HEART OF A MIXTURE OF USES.
COMMERCIAL, MULTI-FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY WHERE IT MAKES SENSE.
I POINT OUT FRIEDRICH PARK AND, UH, CREST ABELLA ON THIS MAP, JUST TO NOTE THAT THAT'S WHERE THE, UH, STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE IN SUPPORT ARE LOCATED.
UH, WE ALSO GOT, I THINK AS MERKO MENTIONED, A
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NUMBER OF LETTERS FROM INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, UH, WHO SENT IN AND SUPPORT, UH, DEVELOPER WENT DOOR TO DOOR, KNOCKED ON DOORS, TALKED TO FOLKS.SO WE HAVE A LOT OF INDIVIDUAL SUPPORTERS AS WELL AS THE, UH, THE CONSERVANCY AND CRESTA BE.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
BUT SO WE HAVE, UH, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
THEY'RE EXECUTED AND RECORDED RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
WE RECORDED THEM, UH, LAST WEEK.
WE HAVE A COPY THAT WE CAN SUBMIT FOR THE, THE RECORD, IN FACT DELAY.
AND LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THAT.
WE'LL LEAVE A COPY FOR THE RECORD, BUT I JUST WANNA GIVE YOU A SUMMARY OF THAT.
I DON'T THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO READ, UH, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
I KNOW WE'VE GOT SOME LAWYERS ON HERE, BUT, UH, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON ANYBODY.
UH, SO PLUS YOU'RE NOT PAYING OUR RATES.
UH, SO WE'RE GONNA LIMIT THE DENSITY TO 300 UNITS.
WE COULD PROBABLY DO A FEW MORE THAN THAT.
UM, BUT I KNOW THE RESTRICTIONS ARE I CAN HERE, I'LL JUST READ OFF YOUR SCREEN.
UH, SO WE GOT 300 UNITS AND CAN YOU ALL SEE THIS ON YOUR INDIVIDUAL SCREENS NOW? BUT YOU CAN SEE GAIL.
UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 35 HOMES ON THE PROPERTY, AND YOU'LL SEE A SITE PLAN ON THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, WE'LL, LET'S, LET'S STAY WITH THE RESTRICTIONS.
UH, WE'LL DEVELOP INTO THE RESTRICTIONS AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEE.
WE HAVE BUFFERS ALONG THE ROAD BECAUSE WE'VE GOT FRIEDRICH RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO WE'VE GOT NATURAL BUFFER LANDSCAPING.
THAT'S OF COURSE WE'LL RETAIN EXISTING VEGETATION.
BUT ANYTHING NEW THAT WE PLANT WILL BE NATIVE NON-INVASIVE SPECIES.
HEIGHT LIMITATION ACROSS THE PROPERTY ARE 35 FEET AND NO OUTDOOR SPEAKERS OR UPWARD LIGHT.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THAT NEXT SLIDE.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT THE, THE SITE PLAN HERE AND THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE A BLOW UP.
LET'S, LET'S STAY ON THIS FOR A FEW MINUTES.
WHAT WE DIDN'T DO, THIS IS WHAT I WISH WE HAD DONE, IS IF THERE, YOU SEE THE VERTICAL LINES RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY, WE SHOULD JUST CALL IT THAT WHOLE AREA GREEN.
YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO ALL THOSE VERTICAL LINES IN THE MIDDLE, THAT'S ALL GREEN SPACE.
AGAIN, IT'S ALL ZONED, UH, SINGLE FAMILY.
WE COULD PUT A LOT MORE HOUSES OUT THERE, BUT AGAIN, WE, WE'VE GOT RESTRICTIVE CABINETS WILL KEEP THAT GREEN SPACE.
SO THE ONLY HOMES ARE THOSE LOTS THAT ARE COMING OFF THAT ROAD THERE TO THE NORTH.
WE'VE GOT, UH, TRADITIONAL MULTIFAMILY.
YOU CAN SCROLL OVER TO, UH, THE WEST.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE MORE OF A, A LOWER DENSITY TOWN HOME KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.
THAT PIECE WILL BE ZONED MULTIFAMILY.
AND THEN LET'S SCROLL BACK TO THE EAST REAL QUICK.
I WANNA SHOW YOU SOMETHING THAT WE THINK IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THAT KINDA LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, IT'S ALL GREEN SPACE.
THAT'S THE AREA THAT'S CURRENTLY DESIGNATED MF 25.
SO THAT'S WHERE APARTMENTS COULD GO AS OF RIGHT TODAY.
BUT IT'LL BE DESIGNATED DEDICATED GREEN SPACE UNDER THE RESTRICTIONS.
LET'S GO AHEAD AND GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
AND THIS IS IMPORTANT, THIS NEXT SLIDE'S.
UH, I THINK BECAUSE WE'VE GOT THE PARK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, AND SO I THINK WE CAN ZOOM IN A LITTLE BIT THERE.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT A 50 FOOT WIDE, A 50 FOOT DEEP BUFFER RIGHT ALONG THE ROAD ON KINDA THE SOUTH SIDE OF THAT ENTRANCE ROAD ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT ENTRANCE ROAD.
IT'S 140 FOOT BUFFER AND YOU SEE THE LITTLE PARKING THERE AND IF YOU SQUINT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT SAYS DOG PARK.
SO, AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE PARKING AREA AND THE DOG PARK IS OUTSIDE THE GATE FOR THE APARTMENTS.
THE IDEA IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS IS ON OUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY, IS THAT THIS WILL BE FOR THE USE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
AND THE REASON THAT'S IMPORTANT, UH, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM FROM FRIEDRICH WASN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TO CITY COUNCIL WHEN WE GO TO COUNCIL.
BUT, UH, PEOPLE, THEY DON'T LIKE PEOPLE WALKING DOGS AT FRIEDRICH PARK BECAUSE THEY WANNA PRESERVE, OBVIOUSLY THEY'VE GOT A LOT OF NATIVE SPECIES THERE.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE.
UH, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE'RE PROVIDING A DOG PARK NEAR FRIEDRICH SO FOLKS CAN BE DIRECTED TO COME OVER HERE, UH, TO WALK THEIR DOGS NEAR FRIEDRICH WITHOUT ACTUALLY GOING ON TO FRIEDRICH PARK.
UH, SO WE'VE GOT THAT LARGE GREEN SPACE AREA OVER THERE AND WE'LL HAVE SIGNAGE AS WELL TO DIRECT PEOPLE TO, TO COME THERE.
AND THAT WILL BE OUTSIDE THE GATE AGAIN FOR EVERYONE'S USE.
SO, SO THAT'S A PROJECT WE'VE ENGAGED WITH A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS.
I KNOW THERE WAS THIS, UH, LAST NIGHT FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS ONLINE PETITION.
I LIVE OUT IN THE AREA, UM, JUST, JUST SLIGHTLY NORTH OF HERE.
AND THERE'S THIS GENERAL SENTIMENT, NO NEW APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT EIGHT, NO NEW APARTMENTS OUT HERE.
WE KNOW THERE'S DEMAND FOR HOUSING.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A ELEMENT OF NIMBYISM AND WE KNOW THAT, YOU KNOW, ANYONE CAN GO ONLINE AND, AND SIGN ONE OF THESE PETITIONS.
WE THINK WE'VE CAN GET PETITIONS.
WE THINK WE'VE ENGAGED WITH THE FOLKS THAT HAVE DIRECT INTEREST IN THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, WE'RE APPRECIATED TO HAVE EVERYONE'S SUPPORT.
AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. LEN, UH, STAFF.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, MA'AM? SOME VOICEMAILS
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TO PLAY.IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.
I'M CALLING REGARD TO CASE NUMBER Z 20 21, 21 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 8.
UM, YOU'RE HAVING ANOTHER ZONING MEETING ABOUT CHANGING THIS TO, UM, HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING FROM A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 30 YEARS AND, UH,
UH, WE GET LOTS OF TRAFFIC COMING FROM WEST OF BABCOCK AND KYLE SEAL USING ERMAN ROAD SOME DAYS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, UH, QUITE RISKY AND TIME CONSUMING TO EVEN TRY TO EXIT FROM OUR DRIVEWAY ONTO ERMAN ROAD.
IF YOU HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TRAFFIC WITH THE APARTMENTS ALREADY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, UM, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY LEAVING US WITHOUT ANY ACCESS TO LEAVE OUR HOME.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE COULD BE STOPLIGHTS PUT FOR EXAMPLE AT KYLE SEAL AND ERMAN, WHICH MIGHT MAKE EXITING TO THE WEST A LITTLE EASIER.
UH, BUT FROM THE EAST IT'S JUST A STRAIGHT DOWNHILL WITH CARS COMING VERY FAST.
UH, IN ANY CASE, UH, I OPPOSE HAVING A HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING HERE UNLESS THE INFRASTRUCTURE, NAMELY WE NEED PAVED SHOULDERS ON THAT ROAD AND OR A TURNING LANE FOR PEOPLE GOING INTO OAK STREET TO PICK UP THEIR CHILDREN FROM SCHOOL.
TRAFFIC GETS BACKED UP IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AND THE ROAD, UH, IS IMPASSABLE ALONG.
NSSA AT SCHOOL PICK UP DROP OFF TIMES.
UM, WE'RE NOT PREPARED TO HAVE A LARGE INFLUX OF MORE MOTOR VEHICLES.
AIR QUALITY ISSUES ARE ALSO A CONCERN AND I'D APPRECIATE YOU NOT ADDING MORE, UH, LAND DENSITY AND CAR DENSITY UNTIL THERE ARE ROADS MEANT TO CARRY THAT LARGER NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I LIVE AT SEVENTY THREE FIFTY ONE HERRIMAN ROAD.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 823-2316.
I'M THE H OH EIGHT PRESIDENT FOR TERRA FALLS, WHICH BORDERS THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING REZONED ON HERMAN.
UH, WE ARE OPPOSED TO THE REZONING TO FM 18 AND WE WOULD BE, WE WOULD APPROVE R SIX R FOUR STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL.
HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICIA LAR LAER.
I HAVE LIVED AT 54 0 3 FIRE STAR TRAIL FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS AND HAVE KEPT MY MANUFACTURED HOME AND PROPERTY WELL MAINTAINED.
I OWN BOTH THE HOME AND LAND MY PROPERTY FACES SOUTH CROSS RANCH ROAD.
I AM CALLING TO OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE CASE 2 88 AS WELL AS THE PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGE CASE 1 0 2 FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE 5,000 BLOCK OF SOUTH.
UM, WERE THERE ANY OTHER, WERE THERE ANY OTHER VOICEMAILS? OKAY, TWO MORE.
IF WE COULD GET THE APPROPRIATE TWO VOICEMAILS, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
ADDRESS IS 8 1 3 0 PONOS RUN AND THIS IS REGARDING B ZONING CASE NUMBER ENDING 0 2 1 8.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER APPROVING THE ZONING REQUEST.
UM, FOR ONE TRAFFIC ON ERMAN MONROE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SUSTAIN THIS POTENTIAL INCREASE IN DENSITY.
AND THERE'S ALREADY THREE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES GOING UP ON KYLE SEAL PARKWAY.
SO THIS IS ALREADY GOING TO INCREASE THE DENSITY IN THE AREA.
UM, NOT ONLY THAT BUT CURRENT WILDLIFE WILL CONTINUE TO BE DISPLACED IN THE AREA.
IT'S UNDERSTOOD THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL TAKE PLACE REGARDLESS.
HOWEVER, IT SHOULD NOT BE DONE WITHOUT CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE CURRENT ENVIRONMENT.
AND THIS POTENTIAL REZONING APPEARS TO MAKE NO SUCH EXAMINATION.
AGAIN, I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO RECONSIDER APPROVING THIS REZONING REQUEST.
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HELLO, MY NAME'S JULIE SIMS AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 7 8 1 4 MAUI, SAN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 5.I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO A CASE ENDING IN 2 1 8.
I AM OPPOSED TO THIS ZONING CHANGE.
REASON BEING IS THERE IS JUST WAY TOO MUCH TRAFFIC GOING DOWN HARM AT THIS TIME AS WELL AS THE UM, THE CROWDEDNESS WITHIN THE AREA.
OUR SCHOOLS ARE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH, MUCH AT CAPACITY.
WE CANNOT TAKE ON ANY MORE STUDENTS.
UM, APARTMENTS TEND TO BRING MORE CRIME.
THEY'RE EASY ACCESS FOR THE, AND ONCE THEY'RE IN THE AREA, THE CRIME WILL, UM, OVERFLOW TO THE EXISTING COMMUNITIES.
I FEEL LIKE THE CITY NEEDS TO DO A BETTER JOB IN, UH, HAVING THE APARTMENTS, A MULTI-FAMILY APARTMENTS BUILT ON EXISTING MULTI-FAMILY ZONING SITES RATHER THAN CHANGING SINGLE UH, ZONING TO UH, TO ACCOMMODATE THEM.
WE DO HAVE PLENTY OF MULTI-FAMILY ZONES ALREADY AND UM, THEREFORE WE SHOULD NOT BE CHANGING THIS ZONING AS WELL.
UH, MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 601-1027.
AND THERE'S NO ONE PRESENT TO SPEAK TO THIS ITEM.
VERY WELL, I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND.
DID YOU SIGN UP MA'AM? I HAVE THE VOICEMAIL, MA'AM.
OKAY, WELL I APOLOGIZE MS. GIBSON, I HOPE YOU GET BETTER SOON.
UH, MR. KILLEN, IF YOU WOULD BRIEF REBUTTAL.
I'M NOT GONNA ADDRESS THE CRIME ISSUE.
IT'S TYPICAL, YOU HEAR THAT IN EVERY ZONING CASE THAT WE HAVE MULTI-FAMILY.
I DO WANNA ADDRESS THE, UH, THE TRAFFIC.
ONE, I'M A LAWYER, I'M NOT A TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
I'M NOT GONNA PRETEND TO BE ONE.
BUT I WANNA, I WANNA POINT OUT THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
WE'RE REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY UNITS AND I THINK, UH, Y'ALL KNOW FROM, FROM THE CASE THAT YOU'VE HEARD SINGLE FAMILY ACTUALLY HAS A HIGHER PEAK HOUR, UH, RATE THAN MULTIFAMILY.
SO WE'RE ACTUALLY REDUCING PEAK HOUR TRIPS BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS ON ERMAN ROAD, I I ABSOLUTELY AGREE.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD BENEFIT ALL I LIVE IN THE AREA, BENEFIT ALL OF US IF THE CITY WOULD LOOK AT THAT COMPREHENSIVELY.
BUT FINALLY, YOU KNOW THAT THIS PROJECT WILL GO THROUGH THE PLATTING AND PERMITTING PROCESS.
AS PART OF THAT PROCESS, WHAT THEY'LL DO IS THEY'LL DO THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY DETERMINATION AND DETERMINE WHERE TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS NEED TO BE MADE.
THOSE IMPROVEMENT WILL BE IMPOSED UPON THE DEVELOPER AS A CONDITION OF PLAID APPROVAL.
SO TRACK TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS CAN ACTUALLY BE FUNDED BECAUSE OF THIS PROJECT.
IF IT REMAINS UNDEVELOPED, THEN YOU DON'T HAVE THOSE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO GO INTO TRAFFIC.
BUT, UH, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THOSE BRIEF POINTS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. KILLEN.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE AND COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, UH, IT IS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, I'M READY FOR MOTION AS WELL.
COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT? YES MA'AM.
UM, SINCE YOU MENTIONED IT, THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, UM, YES MA'AM.
UM, WHO ARE THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT AND IS THERE SCENT? IS THERE CONSENT REQUIRED TO AMEND? THE ANSWER IS, UH, SO WE HAVE TWO SETS OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
ONE WITH THE FRIENDS, WHICH IS THE CONSERVANCY.
SO THEY'RE THE BENEFICIARY OF IT AND OBVIOUSLY THEIR FOCUS IS FRIEDRICH PARK.
SO, SO THE ONES RELATED TO, FOR EXAMPLE, THE NATIVE SPECIES, UH, FOR PLANTINGS, THAT'S FOR THE FRIENDS.
UH, IN TERMS OF THE GREEN SPACE, THE INTERNAL GREEN SPACE THAT IS TO THE BENEFIT OF THE CRESTA BELLA, H O A, WE DID ENGAGE WITH A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUAL HOMEOWNERS, UH, BUT ULTIMATELY WE ENTERED INTO THE AGREEMENT WITH THE H O A.
WE CANNOT AMEND EITHER AGREEMENT WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
ANY QUESTIONS? AND I DID SEE COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL'S HAND AND I AM FERVENTLY HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN HEAR HER.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, CAN YOU
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HEAR ME NOW? 'CAUSE I'M TALKING ON MY PHONE.YES, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
THERE WAS A LOT OF, THERE WAS A LOT OF APPLAUSE AND I APOLOGIZE.
I DON'T THINK YOU COULD SEE IT.
SO, UH, AGAIN, QUESTION FOR APPLICANT.
MR. KELLEN, THANK YOU, UH, FOR ALL OF THE WORK THAT I THINK THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON BEHALF OF YOUR CLIENT AND WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I KNOW, UH, FOR MANY YEARS WE HAVE TRIED TO DO AS MUCH AS WE COULD TO HELP THE SENSITIVE FEATURES THERE IN FREDERICK PARK.
AND I DO BELIEVE, UH, THE GREEN SPACE THAT YOU HAVE AGREED TO ON BEHALF OF CRESTA BELLA AS, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE OTHER SENSITIVE FEATURES, UH, THAT YOU'RE, YOU WILL INCLUDE INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT ARE GONNA BE IMPORTANT AS WE GO ALONG IN THE FUTURE.
BUT I WANTED TO TOUCH BACK, JUST AS A REMINDER, WHEN THIS CASE INITIALLY CAME TO US, I BELIEVE THE DENSITY WAS MUCH HIGHER.
UH, COULD YOU CONFIRM WHAT YOUR INITIAL APPLICATION WAS FOR THEN? BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT'S DROPPED NOW TO MF 18.
THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL? YES, ORIGINALLY WE PROPOSED A MUCH DENSER DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAD ASKED FOR MF 25 INITIALLY AND THEN BROUGHT IT BACK DOWN TO MFT 18, RETOOL THE PLANS AND THEN RETOOLED THEM AGAIN AS A RESULT OF THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WITH CREST ABELLA.
AND, UM, WITH REGARD TO, UM, THE NUMBER OF HOUSES AND TOWN HOMES, CAN YOU TELL ME APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY, UM, UNITS THOSE WILL ENTAIL? SO THERE'LL BE 35, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
I'M GONNA DEFER TO DAVID PARKERSON, DAVID TOWN HOME, THE THE TOWN HOME AREA.
HOW MANY IT'S, AND I'M GONNA INTRODUCE 'EM.
I'M SORRY TO INTRODUCE A NEW PLAYER AT THE END OF THE, UH, THE HEARING.
UH, DAVID PARKERSON, WHO IS THE DEVELOPER, DAVID NUMBER OF THE TOWNHOME AREA.
YEAH, IT'S A CONGLOMERATE U UH, UNIT COUNT OF 300 MAXIMUM, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ZONING IS ALLOWED, UH, ADDITIONAL.
UM, SO AT 300 MAXIMUM UNITS, I'M SORRY I DIDN'T HEAR YOU.
THREE, 300 UNITS OF MAX MULTIFAMILY MAXIMUM WITH 35 UNITS OF SINGLE FAMILY MAXIMUM.
THAT WAS THE LIMITS THAT WERE NEGOTIATED DOWN TO.
YEAH, SO, SO COMMISSIONER MCD, WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND THE TOWN HOMES, THE TOTAL IS 300.
I KNOW I'M LOOKING OVER HERE AND THE CAMERA'S OVER THERE.
AND, UM, WITH THE REGARD TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX AND SOME OF THE COVENANTS, DID THAT INCLUDE, UH, RESTRICTING OUTDOOR SPEAKERS AND NOISE, WHAT HAVE YOU? YES MA'AM.
DEFINITELY THE FOLKS OF FRIEDRICH DID NOT WANT, UH, LOUD MUSIC PUMPING OUT ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, OKAY, WELL AGAIN, I, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS BEEN UNDER DISCUSSION FOR QUITE SOME TIME WITH SEVERAL PEOPLE OUT IN THE AREA AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR, UH, TRYING TO COME WITH A COMPROMISE.
YES, THERE IS A CONTINGENT OF US THAT HATES TO SEE OUR GREEN SPACE LEAVING, BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENT HAS TO HAPPEN AND UH, SO ANYTIME THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AND TRY TO COME UP WITH THESE CONDITIONS THAT WE CAN MAKE SOMEWHAT OF A WIN-WIN FOR BOTH PARTIES, I THINK IS THE BEST.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
I APOLOGIZE COMMISSIONER, I KNOW THAT WAS MORE COMMENTARY THAN QUESTIONS.
EVERYONE GETS A ONE FREE PASS.
AND SIR WE DO HAVE THAT VOICEMAIL WHENEVER YOU'RE READY.
IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAIL NOW.
HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICIA LAR.
PHONE NUMBER TWO ONE ZERO TWO ONE THREE ONE FIVE.
CAN ANYONE HUM A GOOD VERSION OF A GIRL FROM EIMA WHILE WE WAIT? ANYONE? GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS SAGE GIBSON AND I LIVE AT 7 3 5 1 SHERMAN ROAD.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 2 1 8.
ITEM NUMBER THREE ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO START FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM TO PLEASE PULL OUT YOUR PHONE AND GO TO CHANGE.ORG.
HERE YOU WILL FIND THE PETITION FOR THIS CASE.
IF YOU THEN TYPE IN NOMO A T.COM, THAT'S N O M O APT.COM, YOU'LL SEE THE REAL MAP.
FOR THIS REZONING REQUEST, WE HAVE OVER 500 VOTES AND COUNTING
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IN OPPOSITION TO THIS OVERDEVELOPMENT.AND HERE YOU CAN SEE THE NEWS STORIES AND COMMENTS BY THE NEIGHBORS.
I BELIEVE MR. AVI ALSO HAS COPIES OF THE MAP FOR THE BOARD.
HE COULD PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN PLEASE.
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING FRIEDRICH PARK IS THE SOLE OF OUR COMMUNITY AND THERE IS A CRISIS DEVELOPING.
THE FRIEDRICH PARK COMMUNITY IS BECOMING ONE OF THE MOST DENSELY POPULATED THREE BLOCK AREAS IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
THERE ARE FIVE CAR DEALERSHIPS TEST DRIVING AND UNLOADING VEHICLES FROM 18 WHEELERS.
THERE ARE THREE HUGE CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WITH 18 WHEELERS ALL DELIVERING SUPPLIES IN AND OUT AND OFTEN WITH EQUIPMENT THAT REROUTES THE TRAFFIC.
THERE ARE FIVE APARTMENT COMPLEXES AND RETIREMENT FACILITIES AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
SO THE PROBLEM IS THE ROADS HAVE NO SHOULDERS TO PARK ON FOR THE PARK, APARTMENTS OR BUSINESSES.
SO THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENT FOR ANYONE WANTING TO DRIVE THROUGH THIS TINY THREE BLOCK AREA.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, ADDING MORE APARTMENTS TO THIS TINY PARK COMMUNITY WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE.
WE WOULD CONSIDER OUR SIX R FIVE AND R FOUR REASONABLE AND MORE RESPONSIBLE.
OUR COUNCILMAN, MR. PALAZ HAS EVEN GONE ON RECORD SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO PROTECT THIS AREA AND WE AGREE, BUT FOR SOME REASON, AS USUAL, THE STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL AND OUR COMMUNITY WANTS TO KNOW WHY CREATIVE PARK IS IMPORTANT TO THE ENTIRE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, NOT JUST US.
AND THIS WILL ONLY BENEFIT THE DEVELOPER, NOT THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ALRIGHT.
I'M GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO PLAY THAT.
UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION AND IT IS FOR EITHER STAFF OR THE APPLICANT.
UM, WHOEVER CAN GET ME THE ANSWER FASTEST IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE, UH, WHICH IS UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, WHAT IS THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE COULD HAVE AT THIS TIME? 381.
OKAY, SO THIS WOULD IN FACT BE A REDUCTION OF 81 UNITS PER THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
ALRIGHT, UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ TO YOU FOR MOTION AND DISCUSSION.
SECOND THAT AND THE MOTION IS FOR YES TO MOVE.
UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UM, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, YOU WANT A SECOND BITE AT DISCUSSION? I HAD MINE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
UM, ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 40 36 CULEBRA GOING FROM MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FULL SERVICE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
MAILED NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION.
NO RESPONSE FROM LOMA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
CBRA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE WEST SOUTHWEST SECTOR PLAN AND IS LO AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS GENERAL URBAN TIER.
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THE CURRENT MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE AREA.THE PROPOSED C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE AREA, THIS AREA OF CALERA CONSISTS ALMOST ENTIRELY OF COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY USES THE C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS COMMONLY ABOUT RESIDENTIAL USES AND PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
ADDITIONALLY, THE CONDITIONAL USE ALLOWS FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE SALES AS PRESCRIBED IN THE SITE PLAN WITH ADDED CONDITIONS TO MITIGATE POTENTIAL IMPACTS.
STAFF REME STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, UM, IF RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL ZONING, DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING DIRECTED AWAY FROM ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL ZONES, AND AN, UH, A 15 FOOT TYPE B BUFFER TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT AND WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING? YES, MY NAME IS, UH, HAKEEM RDI.
I LIVE AT 8,300 CROSS SPRINGS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 1.
UH, I'VE BEEN, UH, SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT FOR LIKE, UH, 31 YEARS.
UM, PROUD TO BE A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT.
UH, WHENEVER I GO I ALWAYS FEEL HOMESICK AND YOU KNOW, UH, I LOVE SAN ANTONIO.
UH, I DO REAL ESTATE AND I'M AN INVESTOR.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT FOR LIKE CLOSE TO 10 YEARS.
UH, I'VE DONE THE CAR BUSINESS.
I HAVE AN 18 AND 21 YEAR OLD KIDS.
UM, TRY AND LEAVE THEM A LEGACY.
YOU KNOW, I GOT THIS LAND WITH THE PURPOSE.
UH, I LOOKED AT IT, WE GOT C THREE NEXT TO US.
I GOT C TWO, UH, RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE, I GUESS C TWO ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, YOU KNOW, SO I THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WOULD BE A GOOD PROPERTY, UH, YOU KNOW, TO PURCHASE AND, YOU KNOW, HAVE A CAR DEALERSHIP.
UH, THE PROPERTY ON COLLIBRA STREET, UH, LIKE FACING COLLIBRA.
UH, WE WON'T BE DISTURBING ANY RESIDENCE WHATSOEVER.
I'VE BEEN ALWAYS, UH, GOOD TO MY NEIGHBORS.
UH, AS FAR AS I KNOW, LIKE, UH, UH, I WORKED IN ZAMORA AND MINKA STREET, UH, FOR A FEW YEARS AND I HAD, UH, MY NEIGHBORS, UH, A FEW YEARS BACK, LIKE LATER ON AND AFTER I LEFT THAT AREA, OKAY.
I WAS GOING TO BACK IN 1999 TO THE SPURS, UH, YOU KNOW, CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, YOU KNOW, AND I THOUGHT MAYBE DOWNTOWN WOULD BE CROWDED NOW FOR PARKING WHATSOEVER.
I DECIDED, OKAY, I TOLD MY KIDS LET'S STOP AND SEE.
MAYBE WE COULD GET PARKING RIGHT HERE CLOSE BY, YOU KNOW, IT CLOSE THE DOWNTOWN I VISITED MY NEIGHBORS.
THEY WERE FIGHTING, YOU KNOW, FOR ME TO PARK, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING AMONG THEMSELVES FOR ME TO GET PARKING IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.
YOU KNOW THIS HOW GOOD I'VE BEEN TO MY NEIGHBORS ALL THE TIME.
UH, SO BACK TO THIS PROPERTY, OKAY? AS I SAID THIS FACING IN COLLIBRA, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE LIKE A, YOU KNOW, UH, UH, CAR OUT RIGHT THERE.
LEAVE SOME LEGACY FOR MY KIDS AND YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
AND I HOPE WILL BE NO OPPOSITION WHATSOEVER.
UM, STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANYONE PRESENT? NO, SIR.
DO WE HAVE ANY VOICEMAILS? NO, SIR.
THIS IS QUESTIONS FOR, UH, TO ME AND I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF AT THIS POINT.
UH, ONE THING THAT WE FREQUENTLY LOOK AT WHEN WE LOOK AT SOME OF THESE CASES IS THE SATURATION OF SIMILAR BUSINESSES IN THE AREA.
DID THE STAFF LOOK AT THAT IN THIS CASE? UM, I KNOW THAT THERE ARE LIKE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, UM, AND THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS, I GUESS LIKE, THOUGHT THAT THERE WERE TOO MUCH MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
BUT IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA I DIDN'T SEE LIKE THEY WERE PRETTY MUCH FURTHER DOWN THE STREET.
I MEAN LIKE A TIRE BUSINESS I THINK.
BUT, BUT IF YOU INCLUDED TIRE BUSINESSES AND YOU INCLUDED WHEEL SALES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT CHANGE, UH, THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES THAT YOU SAW? I MEAN, I DIDN'T SEE MOTOR VEHICLE SALES
UM, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER.
UM, I, I AM ON YOUR SAME PAGE THERE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO KNOW ABOUT THE SATURATION IN THE AREA.
JUST LOOKING ON GOOGLE MAPS, I CAN SEE BUSINESSES OF SIMILAR NATURE WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
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UM, BUT I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT IF HE'S AVAILABLE.UM, SO TELL ME MORE ABOUT YOUR PLAN OPERATION.
ARE YOU GOING TO BE, UH, 5, 6, 7 DAYS A WEEK OPERATION? PRETTY MUCH.
UH, NORMALLY CAR DEALERSHIPS, I MEAN, UH, THEY TAKE UH, UH, ONE DAY OUT OF THE WEEK, WHICH IS I THINK, UH, SUNDAY IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
UH, YEAH, IT'LL BE, UH, LIMITED HOURS.
WE PROBABLY OPEN FROM 10, UH, TO FIVE OR SIX.
PLUS, UH, WHEN IT COMES LIKE TO PULLING UP PERMITS WHATSOEVER, UH, WHATEVER THE CITY GIVES ME, I'M, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M OPEN FOR IT O OKAY.
AND UM, I GUESS HOW MANY VEHICLES DO YOU PLAN TO KIND OF HAVE? I CAN'T TELL FROM YOUR SIDE PLAN.
WE'RE MEAN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE LIKE F UH, 10 TO 15 VEHICLES, UH, AT THE MOSQUE.
I MEAN, YOU KNOW, UH, I'VE DONE THIS BUSINESS BACK IN UH, 2000, BETWEEN 2000, 2005 I HAD A, A DEALERSHIP RIGHT THERE OFF OF UH, UH, CBRA AND INGRAM, UH, WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL.
BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO GO INTO THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS BACK THEN, WHICH IS, I GOT MUCH BETTER AT IT.
BUT AS I SAID, UH, I GOT MY SONS, THEY GROWING AND THEY MORE INTO THE CAR BUSINESS.
SO MY QUESTIONS ARE, STAFF IS RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS FOR THIS, UH, POTENTIAL REZONING OF AN EIGHT FOOT PRIVACY FENCE, DOWNWARD LIGHTING, A 15 FOOT BUFFER.
I'M ASKING ALSO TO ADD AS CONDITIONS THE, UH, HOURS OF OPERATION.
AND I THINK YOU TOLD ME 10 TO FIVE, IS THAT CORRECT? 10 TO FIVE WILL BE, YES.
SO I WOULD JUST OFFER TO MY COLLEAGUE PERHAPS CONSIDERING THESE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, UH, FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, HOMES THAT DO RESIDE NEAR THIS PROPERTY.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE.
ALRIGHT TO ME FOR DISCUSSION AND A MOTION.
UM, WHILE I UNDERSTAND, UH, MR. FUI THAT YOU WANT TO, UH, CHANGE THIS FOR YOUR SON'S BENEFIT, I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THAT AT THIS POINT, GIVEN THE SATURATION OF WHAT I HAVE SEEN ON CBRA ROAD FOR NOT JUST MOTOR VEHICLE SALES BUT SIMILAR BUSINESSES.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, RIGHT NOW THE ZONING IS MF 33, UM, AS THE CBRA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NOTED IN ITS OPPOSITION LETTER LETTER THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE AT THIS AREA.
IT IS, YOU KNOW, NOT ADJACENT TO, BUT VERY CLOSE TO ST.
MARY'S UNIVERSITY, UH, AND STUDENT HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS SOMETHING THAT WE NEED IN THE CITY BROADLY AS WELL AS IN THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR.
AND SO I MAKE A MOTION, UH, FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR BY ME WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER IS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
AND COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, ANY DISCUSSION? ALRIGHT, I APPRECIATE THE ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, BUT AS YOU KNOW NOW, THEY WERE UNNECESSARY.
UM, AND MR. FUI, I DO WISH YOU THE BEST OF LUCK, BUT THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY ME.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
BEST OF LUCK IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE PLEASE.
I'M A PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MH M L O D THREE M L R TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A TRUCK STOP WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 5,000 BLOCK OF SOUTH CROSS RANCH ROAD.
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NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.THREE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM LAKESIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING MH MANUFACTURED HOUSING DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A TRUCK STOP IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE SUBJECT SITE AS IT IS LOCATED DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO A MANUFACTURING MANUFACTURED HOME COMMUNITY.
ALTHOUGH CERTAIN C TWO COMMERCIAL ZONING AND USES CAN BE APPROPRIATE ADJACENT OR A BUDDING RESIDENTIAL ZONING USES CONDITIONING DOWN.
THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL USE TO A C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN THIS CASE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
THE USE TRUCK STOP IS A USE TYPICALLY ALLOWED BY WRIGHT IN AN I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
EVEN WITH CONDITIONS IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT TO MITIGATE AT THE IMPACTS OF THIS INTENSIVE USE.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
UH, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT ON ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE.
UH, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR REZONING REQUEST.
AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE WE WILL NEED INTERPRETATION SERVICES.
MY NAME IS, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE IS THAT I'M HERE TO REQUEST YOU GUYS THAT YOU COULD HELP ME OUT WITH THE PERMIT BECAUSE WHERE I USED TO RENT OUT THE MAN THERE, UH, SOLD HIS PROPERTY AND I HAVE BEEN RENTING THIS PROPERTY TO HIM FOR 10 YEARS.
I HAVE A SMALL COMPANY I WORK WITH CLARK, WHICH BASICALLY PROVIDES MAINTENANCE TO ALL OF YOUR STREETS HERE.
AND WHEN THIS MAN SAID, WELL, YOU HAVE TO JUST LEAVE BECAUSE I ALREADY SAW THE PROPERTY.
SO I HAVE HAD THAT PROPERTY THERE, WHICH IS BASICALLY VACANT.
AND I WANTED TO LIKE PUT MY, MY MY BUSINESS THERE OR SOMETHING.
INTERPRETER WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT BACK.
DIDN'T SAY BUSINESS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO PLACE MY STUFF THERE BECAUSE IT'S JUST TWO TRAILERS, BASICALLY.
I HAVE TWO CHILDREN AND THEY WANT TRAILERS TOO.
AND THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING YOU, UH, THIS FAVOR TO APPROVE THIS BECAUSE WHERE I USED TO BE RENTING IT WAS, IT WAS, I MEAN IT WASN'T MINE AND I HAD TO DEAL WITH THE RAIN AND THE SUN AND IT WASN'T MINE.
UM, AND SO NOW I'VE ALREADY BEEN LIVING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO FOR 20 YEARS.
I CONSIDER MYSELF A GOOD CITIZEN.
I'VE NEVER GOTTEN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW OR ANYTHING.
UM, AND IF YOU DON'T APPROVE THIS FOR ME, IT WOULD BE VERY HARD ON ME BECAUSE I BASICALLY ALREADY MOVED AND BECAUSE THEY KICKED ME OUT AND SO I MADE THE EXPENSE ALREADY AND I'M ALREADY THERE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANYONE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? NOT IN PERSON, BUT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF VOICEMAILS.
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IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS AT THIS TIME.HELLO, MY NAME IS PATRICIA LAR ZALE.
I HAVE LIVED AT 54 0 3 FIRE STAR TRAIL FOR THE PAST 34 YEARS AND HAVE KEPT MY MANUFACTURED HOME AND PROPERTY WELL MAINTAINED.
MY PROPERTY FACES SOUTH CROSS RANCH ROAD.
I AM CALLING TO OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE CASE 2 88 AS WELL AS THE PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGE CASE 1 0 2 FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE 5,000 BLOCK OF SOUTH CROSS RANCH ROAD.
THIS PROPERTY IS ALREADY BEING UTILIZED IN THE MANNER IN WHICH THESE REQUESTS ARE BEING MADE AND HAVE BEEN FOR MANY, MANY MONTHS.
OVER A YEAR AGO, TREES WERE REMOVED AND THEY BEGAN DIGGING UP THE PROPERTY, LEAVING MANY PILES OF DIRT AND ROCK, ET CETERA.
HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND GRAVEL TRUCKS WERE LEFT OVERNIGHTS ON THE PROPERTY.
SOME, BUT NOT ALL OF THESE PILES WERE HAULED OUT, BUT MANY MORE ARE STILL ON THE PROPERTY AS THEY CONTINUE TO DIG AND PILE UP.
HAS THIS SOIL BEEN TESTED? DOES IT CONTAIN SOMETHING THAT COULD BE HAZARDOUS OR AFFECT THE HEALTH OF THOSE THAT LIVE NEAR THIS PROPERTY? ONE TO THREE MONTHS AGO AN UGLY SHEET, METAL WALL OF VARIOUS COLORS WAS ERECTED THROUGH THE MIDDLE AND THE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
VARIOUS TRUCKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ARE PARKED BEHIND THIS WALL.
IF THIS WALL WAS ERECTED TO HIDE THE TRUCKS, IT IS NOT WORKING.
AS MY PROPERTY FACES AT THIS PROPERTY, THIS HORRIBLE VIEW IS WHAT I GET EVERY TIME I GO OUTSIDE OF MY HOUSE.
I DID PREVIOUSLY SEND AN EMAIL TO MS. RODRIGUEZ REQUESTING EXPLANATION OF THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
I ATTACHED SEVERAL PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS BUSINESS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THREE DIFFERENT MANUFACTURED HOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND DOES NOT BELONG HERE.
SIMPLY PUT, NO BO NO BUSINESS BELONGS IN THIS IDENTIFIED AREA.
THIS BUSINESS WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES, WHICH ARE ALREADY LOW IN THESE AREAS.
THIS BUSINESS IS NOISY, DUSTY, DIRTY AND UGLY.
THESE TRUCKS COME AND GO AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK BEFORE DAYLIGHT AND WELL AFTER DARK WITH ONE RECENTLY RETURNING AFTER 11:11 PM THE ROAD IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO HANDLE THE ADDED WEIGHT THAT THESE TRUCKS CARRY OUT OF HERE.
THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A SINKHOLE TYPE ISSUE IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE WHERE A GOOD CHUNK OF THE ROAD CAVED IN AND LEFT A SIZABLE HOLE IN THE ROAD.
IT WAS PATCHED, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE ON LEVEL AND I FEEL IT IS BEGINNING TO SINK.
ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IF YOU WOULD VOTE NO TO THESE REQUESTS.
WE BELIEVE THAT'S ALL WE HAVE ON THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND MR. CONTRERAS, WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES RAISED BY THAT CALL? UM, WELL I FEEL THAT THAT IS NOT TRUE BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL, CLARK REQUESTED ME TO DUMP THE ASPHALT IN THAT AREA OVER THERE BECAUSE IT WAS SOMETHING THAT CAME FROM THE REPAIR THAT WAS DONE.
AND THAT HASN'T BEEN, UH, VERY LONG AGO.
UM, AND BY NOW WE'RE ONLY WORKING LIKE AT, FROM SIX TO SIX WHEN THE TRUCKS COME BACK AND WE'RE BASICALLY JUST MOVING THREE TRUCKS BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY DRIVERS.
THERE ARE NO DRIVERS THAT WE CAN WORK WITH.
PEOPLE DON'T WANNA WORK RIGHT NOW.
AND SHE SAYS THAT THERE'S, SHE CLAIMS THAT THERE'S THIS ONE PERSON THAT SHE'S SEEN AT NIGHT AND WELL, I HAVE ONE PERSON THAT WORKS WITH ME AS SECURITY BECAUSE FIRST OF ALL THEY, THEY COME AND BREAK IN AT NIGHT AND THEN IT HASN'T BEEN THAT LONG BECAUSE FROM THE MOMENT I MOVED THERE, IT HASN'T EVEN BEEN A MONTH.
AND BESIDES, UH, BEFORE THAT IT WAS JUST LIKE GRASS.
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AND THEN CLARK WASN'T THERE FOR VERY LONG BECAUSE THEY FINISHED THE ROAD AND, AND I BELIEVE THEY DID IT LIKE FOR LIKE A WEEK OR SO.YEAH, THEY, WHEN THEY ARE IN THAT AREA, UM, THEY ASK ME IF THEY CAN BE THERE BECAUSE I, THEY, I WORK WITH THEM AND THE LOT IS EMPTY.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO WE'LL NEED TRANSLATION SERVICES SENIOR.
CAN YOU, UH, PLEASE, UH, CONFIRM WHETHER THERE ARE EXISTING TRAILERS ON THE PROPERTY TODAY? I YOU MENTIONED THEM A COUPLE TIMES, OR THEY'RE, THEY'RE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY NOW? NO, THOSE CONTAINER.
I HAVE TWO CONTAINERS AND, AND THE TRUCKS PARKED ONE AFTER THE OTHER, THE TRUCKS.
WHAT, WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THIS, SINCE THIS WAS A PROPERTY THAT WAS VACANT AND WE HAVE LAID OFF MATERIAL, LAID ON MATERIAL ON THE SOIL SO THAT IT DOESN'T SINK, BUT IT HASN'T BEEN, BEEN FINISHED YET.
BECAUSE WHAT I DO IS THAT WHEN I GET GOOD MATERIAL, I LAY ON GOOD MATERIAL ON THERE.
AND SO I TRY FOR EVERYTHING TO BE DONE CORRECTLY AND I LAY ON THE MATERIAL SO THAT IT DOESN'T SINK BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THIS IS HEAVY MACHINERY.
BUT CONSTRUCTION SO FAR RIGHT NOW, NO.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMERS ON MY LEFT? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT WITH THE TRANSLATOR.
HE IS PRESENT, BUT, UH, THE TRANSLATOR, THE INTERPRETER WILL COME UP, UH, ONCE THE QUESTION'S ASKED BECAUSE OF THE INTERPRETATION OF THE QUESTION GOES THROUGH, UH, THE AUDIO SYSTEM.
COMMISSIONER MCKAY? OKAY, THANK YOU.
UM, SO MY QUESTION IS, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY SOMETHING.
I UNDERSTOOD HIM TO SAY HE WAS LEASING THE LAND AND THE OWNER SAID HE WAS SELLING IT.
SO DID MR. CONTRERAS PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY? SO, OKAY.
AND SO THEN UNFORTUNATELY IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, YOU WEREN'T NOT AWARE THAT THIS TYPE OF LAND USE WAS NOT ALLOWED ON THIS PROPERTY.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? SEEING NONE.
COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND A MOTION.
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WHEN I BOUGHT IT, THE PROPERTY, IT WASN'T FOR THE YARD BECAUSE I DIDN'T NEED IT.GRA UH, ALRIGHT, NOW, COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND A MOTION.
UH, WHILE THERE ARE SOME CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MAKE THIS AN UNFORTUNATE, UM, SITUATION WITH A BUSINESS, UM, THIS IS CURRENTLY ZONED, UM, FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY OTHER MANUFACTURED HOMES, BASICALLY RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS A VERY INTENSE USE, UM, BEING REQUESTED.
UM, TYPICALLY TRUCKING, UH, WOULD BE AN INDUSTRIAL USE.
UM, AND EVEN WITH A CONDITIONAL OPTION UNDER C TWO, I AM, I'M NOT EVEN COMFORTABLE WITH ANY SORT OF COMMERCIAL USE IN THIS AREA.
UM, I'M GOING TO MAKE A MOTION RECOMMENDING, UH, DENIAL.
THIS DOESN'T FIT THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PLAN.
IT'S GONNA CAUSE MANY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
OKAY, I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ AS HE IS OUR NEWFOUND COMMISSIONER.
UM, ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER IS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER IS TO MY RIGHT.
UM, I AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUE FOR THE AREA.
UM, THAT IS AN INTENSE USE AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT SAN RES WAS PERHAPS MISLED OR DID NOT QUITE GET, UH, THE COMMUNICATION HE NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THAT THAT USE WAS NOT ALLOWED.
AND, UM, I, I WISH HIM WELL, UM, ON TRYING TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE THAT WILL WORK WITH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, I DO NOT SUPPORT BRINGING THAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL USE INTO WHAT IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
UM, AND I TOO RES WANT TO JUST SAY, YOU KNOW, I WISH YOU LUCK AND IT IS UNFORTUNATE, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION FOR DENIAL AS WELL.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE.
MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
I'M SORRY, ER, UM, BUT BEST OF LUCK TO YOU IN THE FUTURE.
I'M GOING TO EXCUSE MYSELF FOR ONE SECOND AND TURN THE MEETING OVER TO, UH, VICE CHAIR SIPES.
ALL RIGHT, IF WE CAN CONTINUE WITH ITEM NUMBER 14.
MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 62 0 2 AHERN DRIVE 62 0 2 TO 16 62 11 AND 62 19 ALCON BAY ROAD.
UH, GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO R FOUR RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 25 NOTICES MAILED ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, FIVE IN OPPOSITION, TWO IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
AND THE RANDOLPH HILLS CIVIC CLUB IS OPPOSED.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMUNITY OR SECTOR PLAN.
THEREFORE, A FINDING OF CONSISTENCY IS BASED ON EXISTING AND SURROUNDING ZONING AND USES.
THE CURRENT R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE AREA.
THE PROPOSED RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE AND WOULD ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING TO BE BUILT ON VACANT LOTS.
THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THAT THERE ARE C THREE NA GENERAL COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT USES TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD CREATE AN APPROPRIATE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE COMMERCIAL AND SINGLE FAMILY USES FOUND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
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THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT YOU JUST GIVE US A, YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 2 0 6 BALCOMB AND QUICK HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY.
IT'S BEEN UNDEVELOPED FOR LAST 30 OR 40 YEARS.
UM, AND THE REASON WAS EVERY OF THOSE PROPERTIES, EVERY LOT HAD A DIFFERENT OWNER.
SO IN LAST 15 YEARS OR SO, I KIND OF GOT ABOUT FIVE ACRES TOGETHER AND FINALLY DECIDE TO MOVE THE DEVELOPMENT.
THERE IS NO SEWER, THERE IS NO WATER, THERE IS NO ROADS.
THAT'S WHY IT WAS NEVER DEVELOPED BY THE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, THIS IS MORE, LESS HOW THIS PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE.
AND UM, LAST YEAR I SPENT TALKING WITH THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS AND DEVELOPERS AND EVERYBODY WHO CAN GIMME SOME GOOD ADVICE, WHAT TO DO WITH THIS LAND.
I'M THE OWNER OF ALL, OF ALL THIS PROPERTY AND I LIVE THERE.
AND, UH, WHAT I GOT ADVICE IS THOSE LOTS ARE JUST TOO BIG AND WE NEED MORE SMALL HOUSES ABOUT THIS TYPE AND, UH, MORE AFFORDABLE AND SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BE FOR FIRST TIME BUYERS, WHICH IS, UH, A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG UH, PROFESSIONALS IN THE AREA FROM MEDICAL CENTER AND UH, ARMY BASE.
I'M NOT PLANNING TO DEVELOP ANY RENTAL PROPERTIES THERE.
THERE'LL BE SINGLE INDIVIDUAL LITTLE HOUSES FOR SINGLE FAMILIES OWNED BY THE, BY THE OWNERS.
NOTHING WILL BE DONE AS A FOURPLEX.
IT'S, UH, UH, SINCE I LIVE ON THE PROPERTY, THIS IS, UH, THE CONDITION THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW ON THE PROPERTY SINCE THIS IS, UH, ALL NOTHING BUT THE BUSHES.
WE HAVE, UM, A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE LIVING THERE.
THEY'RE JUST MOVING IN AND OUT.
WE'RE TRYING TO, WITH NEIGHBORS, TRYING TO FIGHT WITH IT.
POLICE COME IN, COMING, UH, THEY LEAVE POLICE, UH, LEAVES, THEY COMING BACK.
BIG DANGER FOR US BECAUSE, UH, THEY'RE USING FIRE.
AND ONCE THIS IS ALL GONNA CATCH IN FIRE, THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD GOES DOWN.
SO MAYBE THIS IS ABOUT TIME TO DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
I KNOW THAT, UH, SINCE I KNOW THIS NEIGHBORHOOD VERY WELL AND I, I'M THERE LIKE FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, PROBABLY WHAT NEIGHBORS DON'T LIKE IS, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC COMING IN, COMING OUT.
I GOT THIS SOLVED BY CREATING A SEPARATE ENTRANCE TO THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, I'M THINKING ABOUT HAVING A LITTLE VILLAGE OR, OR LITTLE COMMUNITY THERE THAT ALL THE NEIGHBORS GONNA BE BASICALLY AND KNOW EACH OTHER.
AND, UH, THIS, SO ENTRANCE WOULD BE FROM, UH, REND BOULEVARD, NOT FROM O'CONNOR.
SO THAT MEANS NONE OF THE TRAFFIC WOULD GO TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S LIKE ON THE TOP OF THIS RED SQUARE RIGHT THERE.
THAT'S WHAT WOULD BE THE, THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY.
AND ALSO I'M PROPOSING, UH, SOME KIND OF A SCREENING, UH, FROM THE NEIGHBORS SINCE THIS IS GONNA LOOK LIKE A, LIKE A, UH, LIKE A LITTLE VILLAGE.
I WAS THINKING TO HAVE IT LIKE, UM, ALSO FENCED.
BUT I WILL DISCUSS THIS WITH THE CITY.
UM, SO THIS IS THE WHOLE IDEA FOR THIS BIG HOUSES.
BIG HOUSES ARE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE AND THERE'S NO, UH, UM, THERE'S NOT RECOMMEND IS NOT RECOMMENDED BY THE REAL ESTATE AGENTS.
SO WHO, WHO, WHO IS ADVISING ME ON THAT? SO THAT WILL BE THE ALL I HAVE FOR NOW AND WE'RE OPEN FOR QUESTIONS AND I HAVE RETURNED AT 2 22.
UM, IN ANY EVENT, UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT STAFF? YES SIR.
WE HAVE SUE EL SUE ELLEN HOKI.
ALRIGHT MA'AM, IF YOU'D COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST WITH PRONUNCIATIONS AND SPELLINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US YOUR POSITION ON THIS REZONING REQUEST.
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TAKE MY MASK OFF OR LEAVE IT ON? CAN YOU MAY, IF YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE DOING THAT.IT'S A LITTLE EASIER TO UNDERSTAND YOU.
UH, MY NAME IS SUE ALLEN HOTCHKISS.
I LIVE AT 64 18 GILDER STREET.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 19 AND A HALF YEARS.
WHEN CHOOSING TO MAKE THIS OUR PLACE TO BUILD AND LIVE, WE MADE IT OUR HOME AND HAVE FOUND IT OVERALL TO BE A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH A FAMILY FEEL TO IT WITHOUT A DOUBT.
UH, THERE IS AN ISSUE I RECOGNIZE, UH, THAT HE HAS JUST SHOWN UP NEAR RANDOLPH BOULEVARD WITH SOME HOMELESS PEOPLE.
UM, I'VE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES NEAR MY HOME.
MY LATE HUSBAND DESIGNED AND BUILT OUR HOME AND WE'VE RAISED OUR FAMILY HERE.
IT'S KIND OF A LITTLE OASIS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CITY.
I LIKE MANY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, RELIED UPON THE ZONING THAT WAS ESTABLISHED MANY YEARS AGO, ALLOWING FOR ONE HOUSE ON A LOT WITH GOOD SIZE PROPERTY IN ACREAGE IN ALLOWING REZONING FROM R SIX TO RMM FOUR.
I BELIEVE IT WILL TAKE VALUE FROM OUR EXISTING HOMEOWNERS AND ALLOCATE IT TO THE PERSON OR PERSON WHO WILL BE BUILDING HOMES AND BUILDINGS.
IT'S CLEAR TO SEE FINANCIAL BENEFIT FOR THEM WHILE CONCURRENTLY REDUCING SOME OF OUR PROPERTY VALUES WITH MORE DENSITY OF HOMES AND LIKELY RENTAL PROPERTIES, WHICH HE SAYS HE'S NOT GONNA DO.
THERE WOULD BE A LOT OF PEOPLE MOVING IN AND OUT.
UH, THESE PEOPLE, IF THEY ARE HAVING RENTAL PROPERTIES, WILL NOT HAVE THE SAME CLAIM IN OWNERSHIP AS THE CURRENT OWNERS HAVE.
UH, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POTENTIAL FOR RUNDOWN HOMES WITH POOR MAINTENANCE, UH, WHICH CONTINUES TO, UM, AFFECT PROPERTY VALUE OF ANYONE LIVING THERE.
UH, THERE'S A LOT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC AND, UH, INDIVIDUALS.
AND SO EVEN THOUGH EARLIER I LISTENED TO AN ATTORNEY TALK ABOUT, UH, SAFETY AND SECURITY NOT BEING AN ISSUE, I BELIEVE IT CAN BE MOVED HERE.
WE WERE AWARE OF THE ZONING THAT ALLOWED FOR ONE HOME ON A LOT.
TURNING MUL, VACANT LOTS INTO MULTI-FAMILY AND SEMI-COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IS NOT AT ALL WHAT WE THOUGHT OF WHEN WE MOVED THERE.
UH, I HAVE BEEN AWARE FOR MANY YEARS THAT PEOPLE COULD BUILD SINGLE FAMILY HOME HOMES AROUND ME AND I WAS OKAY WITH THAT.
UH, IT IS CONCERNING TO SEE A LOT OF SMALLER HOMES IF THEY'RE GONNA BE, UH, SEVERAL IN AN AREA.
UH, AND JUST WONDERING, UM, WHAT THAT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE IN RELATION TO OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
UM, SO HE HAS ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT SOME OF WHAT HE ADDRESSES, IF IT'S ALLOWED TO PASS, SUCH AS MAKING A VILLAGE AND MAKING SURE THAT THERE IS AN INCREASED TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF THINGS WOULD BE CONSIDERED.
BUT IT IS STILL VERY CONCERNING ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUE FOR THE REST OF US.
I JUST ASK FOR YOUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THIS MATTER AND HOPE THAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER ANY POTENTIAL NEGATIVE EFFECT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, AND I THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AND EXPRESS MY CONCERNS.
I AM GONNA BUTCHER THIS ONE FOR SURE.
ALRIGHT SIR, IF YOU'D COME FORWARD, UH, TELL US.
SHE SAID MY NAME IS, BE SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, I HAVE HAD A PROPERTY IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S 62 11, UM, PHILLIPS STREET, WHICH IS ADJACENT TO THIS GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTIES.
AND I HAD, I HAD A LOT NEXT TO IT AT ONE TIME.
HE WANTED TO BUY THAT LOT FROM ME, WHICH I END UP SELLING IT TO A DIFFERENT PERSON.
BUT MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE REASON I'M HERE, IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A LOT, I THINK THE SITUATION SHOULD BE ON BRINGING SEWAGE, WATER, ALL THE OTHER NECESSITIES, SIDEWALKS, THE OTHER THINGS THAT THIS COMMUNITY NEVER DID RECEIVE.
AND IT WAS DEVELOPED YEARS AND YEARS AGO AND IT'S BEEN OVERLOOKED FOR MANY YEARS.
SO IF THIS IS GOING TO BE A CONSIDERATION FOR HIM, THAT IT SHOULD BE CONSIDERATION FOR ALL THE NEIGHBORS, NOT ONLY FOR JUST FOR HIS BENEFIT.
AND IF HE'S CONSIDERING BUILDING, UM, APARTMENTS IN, UH, UH, CONDOMINIUMS. I AGREE WITH THE LADY.
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I THINK THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE VALUE OF OTHER NEIGHBORS.I WOULDN'T BE AS GOOD AS MS. FLORES, BUT THANK YOU.
UH, MR. SALINAS, AS YOU'VE HEARD, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
UM, LEMME BEGIN WITH THE GOOD OF THE ONE OR THE GOOD OF THE MANY.
WE ALL, EVERY ONE OF US HERE WANT TO SEE THE VALUE IN OUR PROPERTY.
WE MOVE INTO NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROTECT AND ADVANCE THAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS A LITTLE BIT FARM COUNTRY AND A LITTLE BIT CITY 'CAUSE IT'S WITHIN THE, WITHIN UM, CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I DID LOOK UP ONE OF THE ADDRESSES.
6 2 0 2, UM, I'M SORRY, NOT 6 2 0 2.
IT'S UM, UH, 6 2 0 2 AHERN DRIVE.
NOW ACCORDING TO WHAT CAME UP ON GOOGLE, I PROBABLY NEED TO DO A LITTLE BETTER LOOKUP.
IT SAYS IT'S LIVE OAK, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT LIVE OAK IS MORE UP ON WISEMAN.
SO I'M NOT SURE ABOUT THAT ADDRESS OR IF LIVE OAKS INVOLVED WITH ANY OF US, BUT KNOW TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IS WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN DONE YEARS AGO BY IMPROVING THE ROADS, SEWER, SIDEWALKS, WATER MAINS, AND CLOSING THE PAPER ROADS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS AREA IS UNDEVELOPED AND AN INVESTMENT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS OVERDUE AND WARRANTED FOR THE TAXPAYER AND CITIZENS THAT MAINTAIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF YOU WANT TO IMPROVE OR ENHANCE THE VALUE, IT ISN'T MULTIFAMILY.
I MEAN LOOK WHERE YOU LIVE RIGHT NOW.
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE DUPLEX OR COMPLEX RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO YOU? OR YOU'LL HAVE PARKS OR WALKING AREAS AND RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
NOW I'VE HEARD ABOUT TRAFFIC ISSUES.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET OUT OF 'CAUSE THERE'S, FOR US GOING SOUTH ONTO O'CONNOR DURING TRAFFIC TIMES, YOU HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND TO TRY TO GET ONTO O'CONNOR.
ANY ADDITIONAL I THINK WILL BE A LIABILITY TO ANYBODY WHO LIVES THERE.
JUST TRYING TO GET OUTTA THERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE AREA IS SATURATED WITH MULTI-FAMILY USE ALREADY ALL AROUND US.
UM, ACROSS O'CONNOR DOWN THE STREET.
IF YOU GO OVER TO KITTY HAWK, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ITS OWN CITY IS GROWING THERE.
I MEAN, SO IN TERMS OF HIGHEST AND BEST USE, THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE, IF YOU EVER WANTED A LARGE LOT WITH A DECENT HOME, DOESN'T HAVE TO BE A BIG HOME.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER AREAS IF YOU WANT TO LIVE THERE AND HAVE WALL TO WALL PEOPLE EVERYWHERE.
UH, THE ISSUE IS FOR THE COMPLETE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST A FEW LOTS.
THE MAIN THING IS THE BENEFIT OF THE ONE DEVELOPER OR THE BENEFIT OF THE MANY.
WE DO HAVE A COUPLE OF VOICEMAILS.
WELL, ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.
ADDRESS IS 6 5 2 4 KING CROWN ONE.
UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (214) 534-6212.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER LAST THREE DIGITS, R 3 0 0.
UM, I OPPOSE THE REZONING, UH, TO GOING INTO A MULTI-FAMILY.
UH, FEW CONCERNS THAT I HAVE ARE, THIS IS ALREADY A UNIQUE COMMUNITY THAT WE'RE IN, UM, AND WE LOVE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
UM, SECONDLY, OUR STREETS ARE DEFINITELY NOT BUILT FOR CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES IN AND OUT OF THE, OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, IT WOULD DEFINITELY DAMAGE OUR STREETS.
UH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE STREETS THAT WILL HOLD UP CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES.
UM, THESE ARE ALREADY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
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THAT WAY FOR PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE NON-RES.UH, I BELIEVE WE HAVE VERY MINIMAL RENTALS IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, CHANGING IT TO A MULTI-FAMILY WILL DEFINITELY GO INTO RENTAL, UH, HOMES.
UM, SO KEEPING IT INTO A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, WOULD BE IDEAL.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO, UH, JUST THE WHOLE WANTING TO CHANGE IT AGAIN, WE OPPOSE, THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN, IN THIS COMMUNITY OR IN THIS HOME AT 6 5 2 4, WHICH IS MYSELF AND LESLIE GUT AND BOTH OF US OPPOSE OF THIS.
UM, DO NOT BELIEVE THIS SHOULD CHANGE INTO A MULTI-FAMILY.
UM, IF ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE GIVE ME A CALL BACK.
MY NUMBER IS AGAIN, 2 1 4 5 3 4 6 2 1 2.
UM, AGAIN, IF WE ALSO NEED TO START A PETITION, UH, GET SIGNATURES IN THE COMMUNITY, I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UH, START THAT UP.
SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF WE NEED TO DO THAT.
HI, MY NAME IS SUE JIMMY SUE FLEMING.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 5 3 4 KINGS CROWN WEST SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 3.
THE CASE NUMBER IS Z LIKE ZEBRA, TWO ZERO TWO ONE TEN SEVEN HUNDRED THREE HUNDRED.
SO IT IS, UH, THE CASES INVOLVED IN CHANGING THE ZONING FROM FAMILY, ONE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO MULTIPLE LIVING.
I AM DEFINITELY AGAINST THIS CHANGE.
I FEEL THAT IT WOULD OFFER MORE, UH, CONSTRUCTION ON OUR SMALL ROADS.
AND THIS IS A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD SO I AM AGAINST IT AND HOPE THAT YOU, YOU CAN USE THIS RECORDING IN YOUR MEETING.
UH, AND SPEAKING OF BUTCHERING NAMES, UH, MR. SAZINSKI, IS THAT CLOSE ENOUGH? UH, YOU HAVE A BRIEF REBUTTAL, SIR.
UH, JUST LIKE I SAID, TWO CONCERNS THAT I KNEW THAT NEIGHBORS WOULD HAVE, UH, SINCE I'M LEAVING THERE.
ALSO, NUMBER ONE, UH, TRAFFIC.
I ADDRESS THIS FROM COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ADDRESS, COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ENTRANCE.
SO NO TRAFFIC, NO CONSTRUCTION WILL BE GOING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.
NUMBER TWO, UM, WE HERE IN EVERYTHING ABOUT, UH, MULTI UH, MULTIFAMILY APARTMENTS, UH, RENTALS.
IT'S FOR ONCE I MIGHT GET IT RIGHT.
OH SIR, IF I MAY ADD YES, BRIEFLY.
UH, WE ALREADY CONSULTED WITH EVERYTHING WITH DISTRICT, UH, 10 COUNCIL PERRY AND WE HAVE A BLESSING ON IT.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE AND I'M GONNA GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME FOR ONCE IT'S COMMISSIONER WHITE.
UM, YEAH, I'LL JUST SAY THAT THE APPLICANT HAS WORKED WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY'S OFFICE ON THIS.
UM, MY GENERAL THOUGHTS ARE THIS, THIS IS GONNA BE A, UH, WHAT I THINK WILL BE A GOOD TRANSITIONAL UM, DEVELOPMENT HERE FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO HEAR IF THEY HAVE ANY.
QUESTIONS COMMERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL? YES, PLEASE.
I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE DENSITY ENTITY OF THIS POTENTIAL CHANGE WHEN THE MAJORITY OF LOTS IN THAT AREA ARE INDEED ARE SIX.
AND IT DOES LOOK LIKE ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE LITTLE COMMUNITIES, UH, MADE UP OF LARGE LOTS.
UM, AND THAT CAN BE APPEALING TO THE BUYERS BY THE WAY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW CURRENT DENSITY, HOW MANY UNITS COULD PROBABLY BUILT BE BUILT AS IS, UH, LOOKS, JUST CHECKING.
DID YOU COPY ME? IT LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 14 UNITS UNDER THE R SIX.
AND THEN WHAT'S THE POTENTIAL DENSITY FOR THIS? UH, R FOUR, WELL THE RMM FOUR IS GONNA REQUIRE A 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOT.
SO IT'S GONNA DEPEND ON THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF EACH OF THOSE LOTS.
BUT BASICALLY WHAT RMM FOUR DOES IS IT'S NOT
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MULTI-FAMILY, BUT IT IS THE ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT SINGLE FAMILY, TWO FAMILY, THREE FAMILY, FOUR FAMILY UNITS.UM, AND SO IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE AN EXACT DENSITY UNLESS THEY HAD A, A PROPOSED PLAN ALREADY.
SINGLE FAMILY TO SINGLE FAMILY SINCE THAT'S WHAT WE BASE THE R SIX HEALTH OF.
SO IF THEY'RE JUST 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOSS, IT'S JUST A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AS HE SHOWED IN THE PICTURE.
APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY UNITS COULD THEY GET IF IT'S SINGLE FAMILY? I'M GONNA HAVE TO SAY THE SAME NUMBER, LIKE 14, BUT LET'S SAY YOU DOUBLED IT, THAT WOULD BE 28 UNITS.
WELL, I MEAN IT SHOULD BE ABOUT A THIRD MORE, UH, IS THE WAY THE MATH SHOULD WORK.
SO YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY FOUR MORE 18.
SOMEWHERE IN THERE IF YOU STUCK WITH SINGLE FAMILY.
BUT HE DOES HAVE THE OPTION TO DO, UM, DUPLEXES, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT WOULD BE A CLARIFICATION FROM THE APPLICANT.
WE WOULD NEED TO SEE WHAT, WHAT STYLE OF UNIT? WELL, NO, I'M ASKING THE, THE ZONING CATEGORY COULD ALLOW DUPLEXES, CORRECT? YES MA'AM.
UM, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
I JUST WANTED TO BE SURE I UNDERSTOOD.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS TO MY LEFT.
VERY WELL TO COMMISSIONER WHITE FOR DISCUSSION AND A MOTION.
WELL I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT FOR, UH, WORKING SO WELL WITH COUNCILMAN PERRY'S OFFICE.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO THANK, UM, ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS WHO, UM, ATTENDED TODAY AS WELL AS THOSE WHO LEFT VOICEMAILS.
UM, YOU KNOW, CHANGE ON, ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
I UNDERSTAND CAN, CAN OFTEN, OFTEN BE DIFFICULT WHENEVER YOU'RE GOING INTO THE, THE UNKNOWN AND, AND STARING AT DEALING WITH CONSTRUCTION AND OTHER SORT OF ISSUES LIKE THAT.
IT, IT'S NEVER, IT'S NEVER COMFORTABLE.
UM, HOWEVER, I, I DID HEAR THAT THE, THE PRIMARY CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS I THINK, UM, HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT MULTIFAMILY, UM, PROPERTIES HERE.
IT'S GONNA BE SINGLE FAMILY, UM, UNITS.
I THINK THAT THIS AREA, AS STAFF MENTIONED, UM, I I IS A GOOD TRANSITIONAL AREA FROM THE, UH, FROM THE HOMES THAT ARE THERE MOVING UP NORTH INTO THE COMMERCIAL, UM, SPACE.
WE ARE SORT OF NEAR MILITARY, UM, BASES HERE.
I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE GOOD SORT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR, FOR MILITARY FAMILIES AND OTHERS.
UM, THAT I, I HEARD THE APPLICANT SAY THESE ARE GONNA BE FOR SALE HOMES.
THESE AREN'T, THESE AREN'T GONNA BE RENTALS.
I THINK THAT ADDRESSED SOME OF THE OTHER CONCERNS, UM, OF THE NEIGHBORS.
AND, UM, AND SO WITH THAT SAID, AND BASED ON, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, UM, I MOVE TO APPROVE, UM, ITEM 14.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 14 BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WHITE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
VERY WELL SEEING NO DISCUSSION.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 14, UH, BY COMMISSIONER WHITE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UH, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS AROUND YOU, UH, AS YOU HEAD TO CITY COUNCIL.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15.
THIS IS A RECUSAL FOR COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
AND, UM, IF, IF Y'ALL WANT TO HAVE A DISCUSSION, PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS LEFT THE HEARING ROOM FOR THE RECORD.
IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15 PLEASE.
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LAND DEVELOPMENT ITEM NUMBER 15 IS ZONING CASE ENDING IN 3 0 6.GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE SEVENTH THOUSAND BLOCK OF SAN PEDRO.
156 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT FOR RECEIPT IN FAVOR.
ONE OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE SHEAR HILLS RIDGEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
A REQUEST FOR R FOUR H O D RE TWO C TWO AND I'M SORRY.
R FOUR H O D AND C TWO A H O D TWO C ONE A H O D.
THE EXISTING R FOUR IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AND THE EXISTING C TWO IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C ONE IS ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA TO ALLOW ACCESS, UH, EXISTS TO THE EXISTENCE C TWO AND C THREE PROPERTY USED STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THIS IS A CITY INITIATED ZONING CASE.
IS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CITY PRESENT TO PRESENT OR ARE YOU IT? I AM IT.
UM, CAN YOU TELL US THE REASON FOR THIS AND THEN, SO IN 1980S, UH, THERE WAS A REZONING ON THIS PROPERTY.
IT WENT TO, UM, OFFICE DISTRICT LATER REZONED TO COMMERCIAL AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
AND THE PROPERTY IN THE NORTH, UH, WEST CORNER, THAT SMALL R FOUR SLIVER WAS LEFT OUT WHILE IT WAS GOING THROUGH THE REZONING AND REPLANTING PROCESS.
AND THE PROPERTY OWNER IS SEEKING TO PLANT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
WHEN WE DISCOVERED THIS, UH, SMALL SLIVER, IT WAS ACTUALLY A LOT BIGGER.
UM, AND THEN WE WERE, WE DISCOVERED THE MAP AND ERROR AND WE KIND OF DID THE RESEARCH AND THIS IS PER THE ORDINANCES IN THE EIGHTIES, HOW IT STANDS RIGHT NOW.
UM, DO WE HAVE CITIZENS TO BE HEARD ON THIS ISSUE OR PEOPLE TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE? YES.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 2 2 BAR CHESTER.
UM, I'M HERE ON, UH, BEHALF OF A NUMBER OF, UH, NEIGHBORS ON BAR CHESTER AND DORSETT, UH, STREETS WHO LIVE IN THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ADJACENT TO THIS L-SHAPED, UH, AREA TO BE REZONED.
I AM ALSO HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SHEER HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, THE AREA TARGETED FOR REZONING, UH, FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL TO, UH, COMMERCIAL HAS, UM, MEDICAL METAL BARRICADES, UM, THERE, UH, BY, UH, BAR CHESTER AND DORSETT SHIELDING BAR CHESTER DORSETT STREET, UH, FROM, UH, THROUGH TRAFFIC, UH, SOME OF WHICH COMES FROM SAN PEDRO AND, UH, SOME FROM THE NORTHVIEW TOWERS, UH, A CONDOMINIUM, UH, BUILDING.
UH, THESE, UH, METAL BARRIERS HAVE BEEN IN PLACE FOR OVER 30 YEARS, UH, TO MAINTAIN THE INTEGRITY AND SAFETY OF, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE CONCERNS, UH, THAT THE CHANGE IN, UH, ZONING, UH, WILL OPEN UP BAR CHESTER AND DOOR SET TO THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM SAN PEDRO.
AND, UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT, OUR AIM IS TO ASSURE THAT, UH, THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
MY NAME IS Z EVELYN SALINAS AND I LIVE AT 6 0 7 BAR CHESTER.
I'M RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF THAT L AND UM, SO I'M RIGHT DORSETT AND BAR.
WHEN I GOT NOTIFIED, UM, THAT THERE WAS TO BE A CHANGE, MY CONCERN WAS IF THERE WAS GONNA BE COMMERCIAL, THEY CALLED IT.
UM, WHAT COMMERCIAL? COMMERCIAL PROPOSED COMM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
WELL RIGHT NOW THOSE, OKAY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE THIS MAP, BUT MY CONCERN WAS
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IF THAT WAS BEING DEVELOPED, THAT COMMERCIAL WAS GONNA BE DEVELOPED AND THAT THERE WOULD BE PARKING FOR THE NEW BUSINESS, WHERE WAS THE PARKING SPACE GOING TO BE DEVELOPED? WAS IT GOING TO AFFECT THAT AREA, WHICH HAS A BARRIER? RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM SAN PEDRO TO BLANCO THROUGH BAR CHESTER OR DORSETT.SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WOULD BE NO THROUGH TRAFFIC FROM SAN PEDRO TO BAR CHESTER IN ORDER TO GET TO BLANCO BECAUSE BAR IS LOCATED BETWEEN BLANCO AND SAN PEDRO.
AND SO THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT FRONT SAN PEDRO, BUT THEY USE SAN PEDRO BAR, CHESTER AND DORSETT ARE USED ONLY BY THE RESIDENTS THERE WHERE WE LIVE.
AND UM, AFTER SPEAKING TO SOMEONE FROM THE ZONING TODAY, THEY SAID THAT THERE COULD BE NO THROUGHWAY BECAUSE IT WAS BAR CHESTER ENDORSED OR RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
SO THERE COULD BE NO DRIVEWAY.
IF THAT IS TRUE, I'M SATISFIED BECAUSE AS IT IS, YOU CAN IMAGINE WHAT IT WOULD BE IF YOU HAD A BUSINESS AND THEY'RE CUTTING THROUGH THERE TO BARER DORSON.
I MEAN, IT WOULD BE TERRIBLE BECAUSE AS IT IS, A LOT OF PEOPLE TAKE, I DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY'RE WORKING, BUT THEY'RE WORKING FROM SOME OTHER PLACE AND THEY CUT THROUGH TEMPS, SAN PEDRO THAS AND THEN THEY CUT THROUGH DORSETT BAR CHESTER TO GET THE BLANCO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE AFFECTED ADVERSELY.
THANK YOU MS. SALINAS, THAT IS YOUR TIME.
UH, MR. RAVI, I'M NOT GONNA GIVE YOU A REBUTTAL, UH, 'CAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, BUT SINCE COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE IS RECUSED, WE ARE GOING TO GO TO COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
AND, UH, JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF.
THIS IS A CITY INITIATED ZONING, BUT IT, IT IS PRIVATELY OWNED PROPERTY.
THE CITY DOES NOT OWN ANY PORTION OF THIS.
THERE'S NO RIGHT OF WAY EASEMENT OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THE CITY DOES NOT OWN ANY OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND SO AS SUCH, WE HAVE NO WAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME OF, UH, GUARANTEEING, IF YOU WILL, THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE THAT STREET RE UH, CUT THROUGH MIGHT BE REQUESTED, BUT IT COULD BE RE REVISITED AT THAT TIME WITH THAT PARTICULAR COUNCIL MEMBER, ET CETERA.
SO, KAT, LET ME GO AHEAD AND CHIME IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO THIS PROPERTY, UH, IS A IRREVOCABLE INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE AFTER THE MAP ERROR, UH, BACK IN 2002.
UH, SO IT'S NOT WIDE ENOUGH TO MEET STREET REQUIREMENTS.
UM, AND THERE A DRIVEWAY CAN BE PERMITTED BECAUSE YOU CAN'T ACCESS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THROUGH RESIDENTIAL LOCAL STREETS.
ALL THIS IS GOING TO DO IS JUST CORRECT THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN USED AS A DRIVEWAY TO THESE BUSINESSES, UH, ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, NOT A CITY ROAD, NOT A CITY DRIVEWAY.
IT'S JUST, YOU KNOW, A DRIVEWAY AREA TO COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO WITH THAT, I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF, UH, ITEM 15 AS AS STATED BY STAFF.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UM, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS BEFORE WE GO TO DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION? NO, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL'S QUESTION ANSWERED MINE, BUT I'M GONNA ASK IT ANYWAY JUST TO HIT THE ISSUE HARDER.
UM, SO IF SOMEONE WANTED TO TIE INTO BAR CHESTER OR DORSETT, WHAT WOULD BE THE PROCESS FOR THEM DOING THAT? SO FOR ONE, THEY'D HAVE TO REQUEST A PERMIT TO GET A DRIVEWAY OR CURB CUT.
UM, SECONDLY, THERE ARE, UH, BARRICADES, UH, BOTH METAL AND, UM, THERE WAS SOME OTHER METAL
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BARRICADES THAT WERE RECENTLY REMOVED PROBABLY BECAUSE OF DRAINAGES.AND MR. HERANDEZ BE BEFORE YOU GO ANY FURTHER, CAN I INTER INTERRUPT YOU FOR A SECOND? AND SO THE PERMIT FOR THE CURB CUT WOULD BE DENIED BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL STREET, CORRECT? CORRECT, YES.
SO THAT FIRST STEP IS DONE? YES.
THEN WE HAVE THE BARRICADE, THEN WE HAVE THE BARRICADES.
UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH PUBLIC WORKS BECAUSE, UM, WE'RE, WE'LL LOOK AT SOME OPTIONS TO PUT BOLLARDS INSTEAD OF THESE STEEL BARRICADES TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT, UM, ISN'T, UH, THAT PRIVATE PROPERTY ISN'T CUT THROUGH BECAUSE IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A DRIVEWAY AND IT'S NOT, IT DOES NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THOSE STREETS TODAY.
I HOPE THAT ADDRESSES MANY OF YOUR ISSUES.
THERE IS A MOTION, MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15 BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
UH, SEEING NO DISCUSSION, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15.
IF WE CAN INDICATE TO COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO COME BACK IN, UH, AND THEN THE TIME IS 2 57.
UH, IS TRADITIONAL FOR US TO TAKE A BREAK AT ABOUT TWO HOURS INTO OUR MEETING AND WE ARE THERE.
UM, SO SINCE WE HAVE THE U D C DISCUSSION COMING UP, WE ARE GONNA STAND IN RECESS FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
UM, SO THE TIME IS 2 58 NOW, APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES.
UH, SO IF COMMISSIONERS CAN RETURN BY 3 0 3, I'D APPRECIATE IT.
THAT IS THE FIVE O'CLOCK THAT WE TALKED ABOUT FOR STANDING IN RECESS.
IF THE COMMISSIONERS COULD RESUME THEIR SEATS, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT.
AND UH, AS A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND AS OFFICIAL LOST AND FOUND COMMISSIONERS, WE FOUND A PHONE IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM.
SO IF THIS IS ANY COMMISSIONER OR STAFF'S PHONE, I WILL NOT READ ANY OF THE TEXT MESSAGES TO IDENTIFY THOSE PERSONS, BUT IT IS HERE.
THE TIME IS 3 0 4 AND COMMISSIONER WATSON JUST RETURNED AND I BELIEVE IT'S HER PHONE.
WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL ON THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL ON THIS ITEM.
WE WILL FIND THE OWNER OF THIS PHONE AT SOME POINT.
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WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16.CAN YOU TELL US WHAT ITEM NUMBER 16 IS? ITEM NUMBER 16, WE'RE SEEKING FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION.
THERE ARE FIVE, UM, AMENDMENTS WITHIN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS.
35 DASH 3 11 35 DASH 3 4 3 0.0 1 35 DASH 4 0 3, AND 35 DASH A 1 0 1.
UM, LET'S GO AHEAD AND DO THE PUBLIC COMMENT AT THIS POINT.
SO IF WE CAN PLAY THE VOICEMAIL.
OH MY, HI, MY NAME IS STEVE STE, 1 0 5 RENO STREET.
I'M CALLING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM 16 COMMISSIONERS.
I ASK YOU CONSIDER SPONSORING AN AMENDMENT TO THE U D C TO RESTRICT GAS STATIONS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
DISTRICT USES SEVERAL CASES IN THE LAST TWO YEARS HAVE BEEN CONTENTIOUS IN REGARD TO ZONING FOR GAS STATIONS ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL ZONE PROPERTY.
I WAS PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN FOUR OF THOSE CASES IN DISTRICT TWO.
THESE CASES CONSUMED A GREAT AMOUNT OF COMMISSIONER AND CITY COUNCIL
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TIME AS WELL AS CITY RESOURCES ONLY TO NOT BE APPROVED.THIS IS A COMPATIBILITY ISSUE.
NEW GAS STATIONS ARE INVARIABLY LARGE AND HIGH VOLUME, WHICH IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF SITUATION THAT IS DANGEROUS FOR RESIDENTS AND SCHOOL CHILDREN NEARBY.
THIS WILL NOT AFFECT ANY EXISTING GAS STATIONS.
ALL EXISTING USES WILL BE GRANDFATHERED FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE OWNERS AS NONCONFORMING UNTIL THE USE CHANGES PERMANENTLY.
LOCAL SMALL GAS STATIONS ARE ROUTINELY DRIVEN OUT OF TOWN BY LARGE, OUT OF TOWN, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL CHAIN STATIONS SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND CITIZENS.
SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT NEED MORE GAS TANKS IN THE GROUND AS WE APPROACH COMPLIANCE WITH THE PARIS ACCORD IN A COUPLE DECADES, SETTING A LIMIT FOR GAS STATIONS WILL AVOID CONTINUANCES AND PROTRACTED DEBATE ONLY TO ARRIVE AT THE SAME CONCLUSION.
THIS COMMISSION DID THAT WALTERS AND I 35 AND FOUR 10 AND NEAR
UM,
SO WE'LL START WITH THE L B C S UH, REMOVAL, WHICH IS THE AMENDMENT TO 35 3 1 1 AND THE TWO TABLES ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IF WE COULD PULL THAT UP AND IF YOU WOULD PLEASE JUST GIVE US THE 45 SECOND SYNOPSIS ON THIS ONE.
NO MORE THAN 45 SECONDS, NO PRESSURE.
FOR THE RESIDENTIAL USE MATRIX, IT'S TO REMOVE THE L B C SS FUNCTION AND L C B S STRUCTURE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT TO MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, UM, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION I TO RECOMMEND THAT THE AMENDMENTS AS STATED ON THE RECORD, TO REMOVE THE L B C S FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE FROM 35 3 11 TABLES.
UH, MOVE FORWARD IN THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
THERE IS A MOTION BY ME AS STATED, I'M GONNA PROBABLY DO IT DIFFERENT WAYS EVERY TIME.
UH, WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UM, YOU CAN DO A VOICE VOTE AND IF WE HEAR A NO, THEN WE'LL DO A ROLL CALL.
SO WE CAN DO THIS BY ACCLIMATION, PRESUMING THAT IT IS UNANIMOUS OR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR PLEASE SAY AYE.
ALRIGHT, I HEARD NO OPPOSE OPPOSITION.
UH, SO THAT MOTION IS UH, THAT MOTION IS APPROVED AND WE ARE GOING FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE I D Z MAJOR AMENDMENT ISSUE.
THIS DEALS WITH THE AMENDMENT TO 35 3 43 0.01.
AGAIN, IF YOU COULD GIVE US A VERY SHORT SYNOPSIS OF THIS ISSUE.
SO FOR 35 3 4 3 0 1, UM, IT'S TO ADD IN, UH, THE SENTENCE ANY INCREASE ABOVE 10% IN THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA SHOWN ON THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.
AND THEN THE NEXT AMENDMENT IS, UH, NUMBER SIX, AN INCREASE ABOVE 50% IN THE TOTAL BUILDABLE AREA SHOWN ON THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.
AND THAT IS AMENDED FROM WHAT WAS PUT FORWARD IN THE NOTICE FOR THIS MEETING, CORRECT? RIGHT.
UH, COMMISSIONER'S DISCUSSIONS ON THIS ITEM? YES.
COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE MAJOR AMENDMENTS FOR, UM, ANY SITE PLANS GREATER THAN ONE ACRE, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE NUMBER 50% BE CHANGED TO 30%.
AND THEN WE'LL DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL? MM-HMM
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JUST TO MAKE SURE YOU SAID 30%.UH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, ANY DISCUSSION? I'M SORRY.
UM, SO BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE COMPLICATED, UM, I MOVE THAT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES BE MADE, OR SORRY, I MOVE THAT THIS BODY RECOMMEND THAT THE FOLLOWING CHANGES BE MADE TO THE U D C AND MOVE FORWARD FOR CONSIDERATION IN THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS.
UH, SPECIFICALLY THAT SECTION 3, 3 5 3 4, 3 0.01 B B SUBSECTION EIGHT, SUBSECTION C SUBSECTION EIGHT, UH, BE AMENDED TO INC TO SAY ANY INCREASE ABOVE 10% IN THE TOTAL FLOOR AREA SHOWN ON THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.
AND AGAIN, B EIGHT D SIX BE AMENDED TO READ ANY INCREASE ABOVE 30% IN THE TOTAL BUILDABLE AREA SHOWN ON THE APPROVED SITE PLAN.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BOTTLES, UH, ONCE AGAIN THERE IS A MOTION TO, UH, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION.
UH, WE CAN GO BY ACCLAMATION IF THERE'S ANY OPPOSITION, WE WILL DO ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO FOR ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF RECOMMENDING THIS, THESE CHANGES GO FORWARD SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
IF WE COULD NOW MOVE ON TO, UH, THE LANDFILL DEVELOPMENT ISSUE.
THE, UH, USE MATRIX, UH, FOR GAS STATIONS.
THIS ONE TO AMEND SECTION 35 DASH THREE 11, THE NON-RESIDENTIAL USE MATRIX FOR CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GASOLINE TO BE PRO WELL TO BE A SPECIFIC USE IN C TWO.
THIS IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE CHANGE TO MAKE CONVENIENCE STORE WITH GAS STATION.
A SPECIFIC USE WITHIN C TWO FOR THE TABLE 3 1 1 NON-RESIDENTIAL USE MATRIX TO RECOMMEND THAT GO FORWARD IN THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS.
THERE'S A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BARROS.
UM, AGAIN, UH, VOICE VOTE BY ACCLAMATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO, UH, FORWARD THIS AMENDMENT SIGNIFY BY SAYING A I AYE.
AND FINALLY, AND FINALLY WE HAVE OUR FINAL AMENDMENT TO DISCUSS TODAY.
ARE THERE TWO MORE? TWO, YEAH, TWO MORE.
UM, SO THIS IS 35 4 0 3 THE NOTICE PROVISIONS.
SO THIS IS TO ADD IN, UM, AN AMENDMENT SENTENCE, AMENDING A ZONING REQUEST TO DECREASE THE DENSITY OF A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, DISTRICT.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS A MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENT TO 35.403 D FOUR B FOUR, UH, ROMAN FOUR BE AMENDED TO ADD AMENDING A ZONING REQUEST TO DECREASE THE DENSITY OF SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER BARTOS SECOND.
ALRIGHT, AGAIN, BY, BY ACCLAMATION, UH, TO MOVE THIS FORWARD IN THE AMENDMENT PROCESS, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
ALRIGHT, WHAT IS OUR LAST ONE SINCE I HAVE NOW GOTTEN CONFUSED? MM-HMM.
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ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.UH, MOVE TO RECOMMEND THE AMENDMENT AS STATED ON THE RECORD TO 35 A 1 0 1.
UH, BE SUBMITTED TO GO FORWARD IN THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS.
COULD YOU TRY AGAIN? WHO? OH, MY WATCH IS TALKING TO ME.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? YOU NEED A SECOND? OH, I DO NEED A SECOND.
SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET AHEAD OF MYSELF SECOND.
IS THERE A SECOND? UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, NOW, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT THIS AMENDMENT GO FORWARD IN THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCE PROCESS SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
PLEASE CONFIRM THAT THOSE ARE ALL THE AMENDMENTS WE HAVE TODAY.
THOSE ARE ALL THE AMENDMENTS WE HAVE FOR TODAY.
OUR FINAL ITEM ON TODAY'S AGENDA IS THE APPROVAL OF OUR MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
BEFORE YOU DO THAT, CAN WE JUST, UM, CLARIFY THE NEXT STEPS FOR THE NEXT MEETING? VERY GOOD.
SO, UM, BASED ON THE DISCUSSION TODAY AT THE WORK SESSION, WE HAVE, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL, UH, POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO AT LEAST DISCUSS DURING THE WORK SESSION AND, UM, MAKE DECISIONS AT THE REGULAR MEETING.
ONE IS TO DISCUSS PARKING IN I D Z PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UM, AS WELL AS LOOKING AT, UM, REQUIRING THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION FIRST BEFORE ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, SO WE'LL BRING YOU, UM, HISTORY, UH, AS WELL AS, UH, SOME TECHNICAL EXPERTS ON PARKING.
WE'LL BRING YOU WHAT WAS PROPOSED BEFORE BECAUSE IT WAS AMENDED AND SPONSORED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION, UM, LAST TIME.
UH, SO, UM, AND, UH, MAYBE SOME OPTIONS, UH, AS OPPOSED TO MAKING IT A REQUIREMENT.
BUT WE'LL TALK ABOUT THOSE TWO.
AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN ORIENTATION THAT WE WANNA DO, UH, FOR, UH, THE NEW COMMISSIONERS BECAUSE WE'VE DONE AN ABBREVIATED ORIENTATION TO AT LEAST GET YOU ACCLIMATED TO THE MEETINGS.
UH, BUT THERE IS A FULL-BLOWN ORIENTATION THAT INCLUDES, UH, PRESENTATIONS FROM O H P PLANNING, UH, DEPARTMENT SAWS.
UM, AND SO THAT TAKES, UH, A COUPLE OF HOURS AND WE WANTED TO DO THAT AT THE LAST MEETING AS WELL.
SO WE'LL START THAT EARLIER FOR, UH, THOSE THAT WANT TO ATTEND, BUT WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE POST IT ON THE AGENDA.
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MOVING ON TO ITEM 17, UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM OUR NOVEMBER 16TH, 2021 MEETING.UH, COMMISSIONERS, ANY ADDITIONS, INUNDATIONS, THAT'S NOT THE RIGHT WORD, UH, CHANGES ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER, TO MY RIGHT.
UH, AND I KNOW THAT COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER WATSON WERE ABSENT.
SO WE WILL DO THIS BY ACCLIMATION, UH, BUT WE WILL HAVE THREE OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THERE IS, UH, IN FAVOR OPPOSED OR ABSTAIN? ACTUALLY, LET'S DO A ROLL CALL.
WE'LL MAKE IT, WE'LL MAKE IT EASIER,
UH, WE'RE GONNA DO A ROLL CALL.
IS THERE A MOTION MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
UM, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FOR NOVEMBER 16TH, UH, BY COMMISSIONER S SIPES WITH A SECOND BY BY.
COMMISSIONER BARROS, ROLL CALL.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION? HEARING NONE THE TIME IS 3 21 AND THIS MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.