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ALRIGHT, I HAVE 1:00 PM GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UH, IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT INTERPRET.
THIS, UH, ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE DO HAVE SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE.
FOR THOSE OF YOU IN NEED OF SPANISH, UH, INTERPRETATION SERVICES, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO US AT THE INTERPRETING INTERPRETER CABIN LOCATED WITH THE RED, UH, CURTAINS RIGHT NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH C D C RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, UM, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE OMICRON VARIANT, WHICH NOW APPARENTLY REPRESENTS ABOUT 73% OF THE INFECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES, UH, WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE ALL ATTENDEES TO WEAR A MASK, UH, IF YOU NEED A MASK, ARE THERE MASKS AVAILABLE? MIRACLE, MR. RAVI, WE DO NOT HAVE THEM, SO IF YOU NEED THEM, HOPEFULLY YOU CAN FIND ONE ELSEWHERE.
UM, ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON AGAIN, MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMANTE AND I'M 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 END SESSION.
ALRIGHT, I'D LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
MARCO BARROS, I REPRESENT DISTRICT NINE, CHARLES FUENTES, DISTRICT THREE.
SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE.
KEN HUEY, DISTRICT SIX AND REMOTELY.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALRIGHT.
PRIOR TO BEGINNING OUR MEETING, WE DO NOW HAVE MASKS SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO SCRAMBLE AROUND IF YOU NEED ONE, THEY WILL BE RIGHT OVER THERE WITH MR. MAVI WHO IS CURRENTLY STANDING AND OPENING THEM.
PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO PLEASE REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN ATTENDANCE, UH, STAFF IF YOU WOULD.
ALRIGHT, SO FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I START THAT, PLEASE FIND A SEAT IF THERE IS NO SEAT, WE HAVE THE WAITING ROOM OUT THERE, UM, THAT HAS THE TV ON.
UH, SO WE, WE CAN'T BLOCK THE DOOR AND, AND WE REALLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE STANDING ON THE SIDES, SO IF YOU CAN FIND A SEAT, IF NOT, YOU'RE, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF COUCHES OUT THE OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND, UM, THE TV'S ON AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO AS SOME CASES, UM, ARE, ARE CONSIDERED, THEN SEATS WILL OPEN UP.
UM, IF YOU'RE OUTSIDE AND WE DO HAVE TWO SEATS IN THE FRONT ROW, IF YOU HAVE AN EMPTY SEAT NEXT TO YOU, WOULD YOU RAISE YOUR HAND? ALRIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A FULL HOUSE.
ALRIGHT, SO FOR, FOR THE REST OF Y'ALL THAT ARE STILL STANDING THERE, IF Y'ALL COULD GO AHEAD AND, AND STAND OUTSIDE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO HEAR EVERYTHING ON THE TV, THE TV'S ON AND YOU'LL HEAR EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON.
ALL RIGHT, 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 FORGE 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 INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION IN ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THE 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
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OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.FOR THOSE THAT WILL 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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THANK YOU SO MUCH.IF WE COULD GO OVER OUR POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS PLEASE? YES SIR.
ITEMS ONE AND TWO ON TODAY'S AGENDA, ITEM NUMBER ONE ENDS IN CASE NUMBER FIVE SIX AND IS LOCATED AT FOUR 19 AND 4 25 SAN PEDRO AVENUE.
AND ITEM NUMBER TWO, ENDING IN ZONING CASE 2 0 7.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 6,400 BLOCK OF DAVALA ROAD.
THESE TWO ITEMS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AT ALL TODAY.
UH, WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE WILL BE NEW NOTICE SENT WHEN THESE ITEMS ARE READY TO BE TAKEN UP.
AND AGAIN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ITEMS ONE AND TWO OR ITEMS ONE AND TWO EXCLUSIVELY, UH, YOU WILL BE NOTICED AGAIN IF THEY EVER COME BACK UP AGAIN OR THAT'S IT.
ALRIGHT, NOW IF WE CAN GO ON TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
THE ITEMS ON THIS AGENDA ARE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER NINE, NUMBER 10, 11, 14 AND 18.
IS THERE ANY COMMISSIONER WHO WOULD LIKE TO PULL ANY ITEM THAT IS CURRENTLY ON COMBINED HEARING? NUMBER ONE, LOOKING TO MY LEFT, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT, LOOKING REMOTELY, SEEING NONE.
IF WE COULD PROCEED WITH COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 67 50 BULL VERDE ROAD THERE WERE FIVE NOTICES MAILED.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM M F A H O D TO C ONE SS A H O D WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A MEDICAL CLINIC, SPECIFICALLY A DENTIST TO BE LOCATED AT 10 15 SHOOK AVENUE.
TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE AND C TWO C D WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME, OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES, SERVICE OR STORAGE, INCLUDING TRUCK REPAIR TO I ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 88 17 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 EAST, THERE WERE FIVE NOTICES MAILED.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM RMM FOUR TO RMM FOUR H L A H O D LOCATED AT 1115 WYOMING STREET.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND THERE IS A VOICE MELT TO PLAY IN SUPPORT PRIOR TO CONSENT APPROVAL.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO AND RMM FOUR TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1286 BANDERA ROAD THERE WERE 23 NOTICES MAILED.
TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM DONALDSON TERRACE OR UNIVERSITY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM I D Z RIO TWO A H O D WITH VARIOUS PERMITTED USES TO I D Z H L RIO TWO A H O D WITH PER WITH VARIOUS PERMITTED USES.
THE INTENTION OF THIS ITEM IS ONLY TO I, UH, TO ADD THE HISTORIC OVERLAY.
THIS IS LOCATED AT 2 2 1 NEWELL STREET.
ALL USES WILL REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THIS IS TO ADD A HISTORIC OVERLAY.
THERE WERE NINE ITEM NINE NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOICEMAIL PLEASE.
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HI, GOOD MORNING.UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO ONE FOUR FIVE THREE FOUR SIX TWO ONE.
YES, THIS IS CARLOS ORTIZ AT 1110 WYOMING STREET IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 7 0 0 3 0 8 IN REFERENCE TO THE ADDRESS OF 1115 WYOMING STREET.
THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED TO BE HISTORIC, UH, PROPERTY LANDMARK BY ALL MEANS ON FORAGE AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
AND I WISH I WOULD CONSIDER BEFORE ALLOWING ANY PERMITS FOR DEMO MODELIZATION OR REMOVING ANY PROPERTY THAT YOU'LL INVESTIGATE THE PRIOR, PRIOR OWNERSHIP AND FOUNDER OF EACH HOME IN THIS AREA.
YOU'RE BREAKING UP THIS AREA REALLY, REALLY, REALLY BAD BY MIXING MODERN WITH ORIGINAL ARCHITECT UH, ZONING, EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO PLEASE BY ALL MEANS, YOU KNOW, GIVE THESE OLD HOUSES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA A LITTLE T L C IN CONSIDERATION BEFORE YOU ALLOW ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA ON THE EAST PART OF DOWNTOWN, JUST AS CLOSE TO THE ALAMODOME AND ON THE SRT OF DOWNTOWN AREA.
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 748-0067.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER VOICEMAIL, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE, MR. CHAIR? THIS IS COMMISSIONER SIPES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ITEMS NUMBER 8 9 10 11 14 AND 18.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS AS READ ON THE RECORD BY COMMISSIONER S SIPES.
COMMISSIONER REBATO FOR THE SECOND.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT? OH, WAS IT COMMISSIONER FUENTES? I APOLOGIZE.
HE JUST HAD THE BODY LANGUAGE FOR IT.
UM, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS AS READ ON THE RECORD BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR CONTINUANCE HEARING.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS SEEKING A CONTINUANCE.
AND SO WE HAVE MOVED THAT OVER TO THE COMBINED HEARING TWO AND THEN ALSO ITEM NUMBER 13, THERE ARE, EVERYBODY IS PRETTY MUCH HERE TO SPEAK FOR THAT ITEM AND SO WE ARE GONNA MOVE THAT TO INDIVIDUAL.
AND SO THE ONLY TWO ITEMS WE HAVE FOR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO CONTINUANCE CONSIDERATION ARE ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND ITEMS NUMBER 17.
UH, WE DO HAVE A VOICEMAIL TO PLAY FOR EACH OF THOSE ITEMS AS WELL.
I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY OF ITEM SIX BEING MOVED TO A CONTINUANCE.
NO, THEY HAVE, THEY'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND STAY ON INDIVIDUAL.
UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S BEGIN WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR
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AND THIS WILL BE A COMBINED HEARING.ARE THEY BOTH GOING TO JANUARY 18TH? YES, SIR.
THEN WE WILL DO BOTH ITEMS TOGETHER PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO TO C TWO S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH LOCATED AT 90 30 WACH ROAD.
THERE WERE 48 NOTICES MAILED, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, 11 RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.
SIX RECEIVED OUTSIDE 200 FEET IN OPPOSITION.
NO RESPONSE FROM LAUREL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE VILLAS OF TURTLE CREEK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
THIS ITEM SEEKS A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX A H O D TO R FOUR A H O D LOCATED AT 88 30 AND 88 80 HEATH CIRCLE DRIVE.
THERE WERE 58 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, THREE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND KINGWOOD HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
THIS ITEM ALSO SEEKS A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY THE 18TH, 2022 AND WE WILL PLAY THE VOICEMAILS.
PLEASE PLAY THE VOICEMAILS FOR FOUR THEN.
PLEASE ANNOUNCE WHEN WE BEGIN THE VOICEMAILS FOR 17, PLEASE.
I'M THE OWNER OF 89 19 ARANSAS BAY.
UH, I ALSO OWN 89 0 7 ARANSAS BAY, WHICH MY SISTER LIVES IN, AND I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 21 DASH 1 0 7 0 2 9 3 SS.
THIS IS REGARDING A, UH, A ZONING CHANGE FROM A COMMERCIAL TO A SPECIAL, UH, ZONING TO ALLOW FOR A PROPERTY NEIGHBORING OUR, UH, COMMUNITY, UH, INTO A CAR WASH.
THERE'S ALREADY FOUR CAR CAR WASHES WITHIN A MILE RADIUS OF OUR COMMUNITY, AND THIS LOT ACTUALLY KIND OF EATS INTO OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS CAR WASH WOULD ACTUALLY RUN, UH, NOT JUST IN THE BACK OF MY HOME, BUT ON THE SIDE, THE ENTIRE SIDE OF MY HOME FROM THE FRONT TO THE BACK.
THERE'S ALSO A NA, ANOTHER NEIGHBOR THAT IT AFFECTS AS WELL.
OUR CONCERN IS, UH, WE'VE EXPERIENCED, UH, FLOODING FROM, UH, OTHER NEIGHBOR, UH, BUSINESSES WHO HAVE, UH, ASPHALTED THEIR PARKING IN THE BACK AND IT'S CAUSED, UH, FOR SOME NEIGHBORS, IT'S CAUSED EXPENSIVE, UH, FOUNDATION WORK.
UH, BUT ALSO THE CONCERN OF THE NOISE OF A CAR WASH RUNNING 24 7 NEXT TO OUR HOMES, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID.
OUR BACKYARDS HAD BECOME VERY, UM, IMPORTANT TO US.
UH, WE ARE HOMEOWNERS, SO IT'S NOT LIKE, UM, UH, WE ARE RENTING AND WE HAVE A LEASE AND WE CAN JUST LEAVE IT.
UH, WE'RE STUCK WITH THIS, UH, OUR HOMES UNTIL, UH, THE DAY WE DIE.
AND, UM, IT WOULD PRETTY MUCH RENDER OUR BACKYARDS USELESS, UH, 24 7 NOISE LIGHTS.
UM, ANY CHEMICALS COMING FROM THE ACTUAL CAR WASH AND JUST BRINGING IN SO MANY PEOPLE WHO COULD JUST HOP OFF THE FREEWAY, UH, INTO OUR BACKYARDS.
UH, THERE'S ONLY A WOODEN SIX FOOT FENCE, UH, AND THAT DOESN'T REALLY DO MUCH AS THE, UH, CAR WASH WOULD SIT HIGHER THAN US AND PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO LOOK INTO OUR, UH, BACKYARDS INTO OUR PROPERTY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, I OPPOSED THIS, UM, ALSO TO, UH, I NEVER EVEN RECEIVED A LETTER.
I'M WITHIN THE 200, UH, FEET OF THE PROPERTY, BUT ONLY ONE NEIGHBOR OUT OF ABOUT 20 PEOPLE I KNEW RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE CITY.
SO WE'RE QUITE ANGRY THAT, UM, IT'S DOWN TO SUCH A LAST MINUTE THING.
UM, WE'RE HEARING THAT THE, UH, HEARING WAS POSTPONED FROM TWO WEEKS AGO AND IT'S TOMORROW AND WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT TWO WEEKS AGO, AND THERE IS DEFINITELY NO INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ONE AS WELL HAPPENING TOMORROW, TUESDAY, UH, THE 21ST.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE HEARING IS STILL HAPPENING OR NOT.
UH, ONLY ONE NEIGHBOR OUT OF, UH, 20, 20, 25 PEOPLE I'VE KNOWN, UH, ENDED UP WITH A LETTER.
OKAY, THAT'S ALL ON ITEM NUMBER, UH, 2 93.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 394-3908, AND MY ADDRESS IS 6 7 0 3 FALLING QUAIL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 OH.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE CASE THAT ENDS IN 0 3 1 6.
AND I'M JUST CALLING TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS WITH THE REZONING.
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UM, THE AREA THAT IS UP FOR REZONING IS DIRECTLY BEHIND MY HOME, AND WE'VE ALREADY IDENTIFIED THIS AREA AT, OR FEMA HAS IDENTIFIED THIS AREA AS A HIGH RISK AREA.WE HAVE ISSUES ALREADY WITH DRAINAGE AND FLOODING, SO IF THAT AREA IS DEVELOPED, I'M SURE THAT'S GOING TO INCREASE EVEN WITH THE CURRENT ZONING.
UM, AND IF IT'S HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, THEN MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WOULD BE AN EVEN BIGGER PROBLEM.
UM, AS IS EVEN WITH SMALL STORMS, WE HAVE ISSUES WITH THE DITCH FILLING VERY QUICKLY.
OUR BACKYARD IS LIKE A MUDSLIDE BECAUSE WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE SLOPE.
UM, IN KINGSWOOD HEIGHTS OFTEN THERE ARE FENCES KNOCKED OVER BY THE RUNOFF, UM, THROUGHOUT THE AREA, AND I PERSONALLY HAVE WITNESSED HIGH WATER RESCUES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THIS AREA.
SO THE, THE FLOODING AND THE IMPACT THAT ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING WOULD HAVE IS A REAL CONCERN FOR US.
UM, ALSO THE TRAFFIC IS A CONCERN.
UM, THE PROPERTY IN, IN DISCUSSION HERE IS DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
DURING BUSY TIMES, THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP EXTENSIVELY.
IT'S HARD TO GET IN AND OUT OF MY STREET AND THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND DURING THE CALM TIMES WE DEAL WITH FEEDERS JUST USING HEAT CIRCLE AS A RACE TRACK AND RUNNING THE STOP SIGNS.
SO MORE HOMES EQUATES TO MORE DRIVERS, MORE CONGESTION AND POTENTIALLY MORE SPEEDERS.
WE ALSO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE ENERGY DEMAND.
UM, DOESN'T SEEM TO BE BE VERY STABLE IN OUR AREA.
AND I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH A CONTRACTOR WHO SAID THAT THERE COULD BE A CONCERN OF HIGH WATER PRESSURE ISSUES WITH THE BUILDING BACK THERE, UM, AND THAT THAT WOULD REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT UPGRADES IN EACH HOME TO DEAL WITH THE HIGH, PRE HIGH WATER PRESSURE.
AND, UM, FINALLY, I GUESS JUST OVERALL COMMENT THAT THE REZONING COULD HAVE DEFINITELY IMPACTED THE PROPERTY VALUE OF OUR HOMES.
SO THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A CONCERN FOR US.
UM, WE HAVE SIGNED A PETITION AND I'VE SPOKEN WITH COMMISSIONER HUGHES.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF I'M SAYING THAT NAME CORRECTLY, I APOLOGIZE, BUT, UH, I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPER WHO HAS ASSURED ME THAT THEY UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERNS AND THEY ARE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS AND I WAS ADVISED THAT THERE WILL BE A CONTINUANCE UNTIL JANUARY.
I'M JUST HOPING THAT, HELLO, THIS IS MARTA MALDONADO.
IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 3 1 6, I RESIDE.
I AM THE HOMEOWNER AT 67 0 7 FOLLOWING QUELL SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 0.
I, UM, AM IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REZONING OF THE PROPERTY AND THE CASE LISTED BEHIND MY YARD.
ALSO, I FEEL THAT YOU GUYS, THE CITY AND THE DEVELOPER ARE SNEAKY AND NOT PROVIDING AMPLE TIME FOR US TO GO AHEAD AND DO OUR RESEARCH.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING.
AND, UM, THIS MEETING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE 21ST ON A TUESDAY, THE WEEK OF A HOLIDAY THAT'S COMING UP.
PHONE NUMBER TWO TEN THREE TWO FOUR SEVEN FIVE THREE SIX.
AND WE ARE TOTALLY DO NOT AGREE WITH THIS REZONING OF MULTIPLE HOUSES.
HELLO, THIS IS ROLAND ROMERO, ADDRESS 67 0 3 FALLEN QUAIL, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE ZERO.
I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 0 3 1 6.
UM, FOR NEW ZONING, I JUST WANTED TO CALL AND, UM, PLEAD MY, MY CASE.
UM, OUR CONCERNS, I LIVE RIGHT BEHIND THE AREA THAT'S GONNA BE REZONED.
UH, OUR CONCERN IS WITH FLOODING.
UM, OUR CONCERN IS GONNA BE WITH, UH, THE TRAFFIC.
OUR PROPERTY VALUE IS GOING DOWN AS WELL FROM ALL THE HOUSES BEING PUT RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
UM, IF YOU CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THE, THE IMPACT IT'S GONNA HAVE ALSO ON THE ENERGY GRID HERE, UH, POWER, THE, ALSO THE WATER.
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WATER PRESSURE.MORE HOUSING WILL CAUSE THE WATER TO EVEN BE LESS, UH, PRESSURE.
UM, UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S IT.
I THINK, UH, UH, I WILL BE THERE AT THE ONE O'CLOCK MEETING TO, TO LISTEN IN.
IS THERE A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS FOUR AND 17? MR. CHAIR, THIS IS COMMISSIONER SIPES.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE JANUARY 18TH, 2022 MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND NUMBER 17.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH FOR ITEMS FOUR AND 17 BY COMMISSIONER SIPES.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH FOR ITEMS FOUR AND 17.
I, SORRY, UM, CHAIR, I DIDN'T CATCH THE SECOND.
THE SECOND WAS BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 8TH, 2022.
I DIDN'T EVEN MENTION THE YEAR.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE ARE MOVING ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING CONSIDERATION AND STAFF.
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A CHANGE, UH, TO OUR ORDER.
WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE WITH ITEM THREE INITIALLY, THEN SEVEN, AND THEN WE ARE GOING TO MOVE 13 TO THE THIRD POSITION.
MY NAME IS ROLAND
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED 9,400 BLOCK OF SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 GOING FROM I ONE TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 16 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE RETURN IN FAVOR, FIVE, RETURN IN OPPOSITION.
THE VILLA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION 21.
WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR OUTSIDE 200 FEET, 362 OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
AND AN ONLINE PETITION IN OPPOSITION OF 683 SIGNATURES.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE STINSON AIRPORT VICINITY LAND USE PLAN, AND IS DESIGNATED LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE EXISTING I ONE IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 33 IS APPROPRIATE AND OFFERS A TRANSITION BETWEEN R SIX AND NP 10 ZONING AND USES IT ALSO PROVIDES AN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING OPTION FOR THE AREA.
STAFF AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO AMEND HIS APPLICATION AND ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COMMISSION.
I RESIDE AT TWO 14 WEST ACADEMY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS IN DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I'D LIKE TO TAKE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY AND WITH PERMISSION OF THE COMMISSION, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ON BEHALF OF MY CLIENT, UH, PROPERTY OWNER, UH, MR. JULIO GONZALEZ AND MYSELF EXTEND OUR CONDOLENCES TO, UH, UH, YOUR CHAIR, UH, MR. JOHN BUSTAMANTE ON THE PASSING OF HIS, UH, BELOVED DAD, UH, ALBERT BUSTAMANTE.
UH, ALSO I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE, UH, FORMER CONGRESSMAN, UH, BUSTAMANTE FOR HIS, UH, SERVICE AS ICONIC LATINO REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE,
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UH, WERE TREMENDOUSLY INDEBTED AND GRATEFUL TO, UH, UH, THE BUSANTE FAMILY FOR HIS SERVICE.UH, I'D LIKE TO, UH, OFFICIALLY AMEND, UH, OUR APPLICATION OR MY APPLICATION, UH, FROM, UH, UH, TO AN MF 33.
I'D LIKE TO, UH, FORMALLY AMEND IT TO AN MF 25, UH, IN LIGHT OF, UH, THE DEVELOPER, UH, UH, AGREEMENT TO DOWNSIZE THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT THAT HE IS PROPOSING.
UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, FROM THE ORIGINAL ACREAGE OF THE PROPERTY, UH, AS A RESULT OF SOME SURVEYS, IT HAS NOW, UH, BEEN DETERMINED THAT THE PARCEL SIZE IS 18.9 ACRES OF THOSE 18.9 ACRES.
UH, ULTIMATELY THERE'S GOING TO BE 16 POINT 11 ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT COULD SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT WHEN EASEMENTS, UH, OR F UH, FACTORED OUT.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE, THERE ARE TWO MAJOR EASEMENT.
ONE IS A SEWER EASEMENT, UH, AND THEN ONE BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SAWS EASEMENT.
UH, THE DEVELOPER, UH, HAS OFFERED A, UH, A SMALL SKETCH OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT HE IS, UH, UH, PLANNING TO DEVELOP.
UH, HE IS PROPOSING A, UH, 15, UH, UNITS OR 15 BUILDINGS, I SHOULD SAY, UH, IN THE PROPOSED, UH, PROPERTY.
NOW, LET ME, UH, POINT OUT THE SEWER EASEMENT AND THE WATER EASEMENT.
UM, I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE, THE SURVEYS ARE NOT COMPLETE.
THEY WILL BE AVAILABLE AND PROVIDED TO CITY STAFF, UH, IMMEDIATELY UPON MY RECEIVING OF THOSE DOCUMENTS.
UH, AND, UH, HOPEFULLY, CERTAINLY WILL BE.
BEFORE WE GO TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF THIS REQUEST, UM, UH, AS I INDICATED, THERE IS GOING TO BE, UH, 15 BUILDINGS, BUILDINGS, A TOTAL OF 381 UNITS.
AND ALSO IN LIGHT OF, UH, DISCUSSION WITH A CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THIS DISTRICT, UH, WE HAVE, UM, UH, RECOGNIZED ALSO THE NEED FOR, UH, OTHER, UH, AMENITIES IN THE AREA.
AS SUCH, UH, WE ARE POTENTIALLY FUTURE, UH, RETAIL GROCERY, UH, UNITS IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY ALONG, UH, FOUR 10 AS WAS INDICATED.
THIS IS A CONTINUOUS, UH, CASE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, ONGOING FOR SOME TIME.
UH, WE'VE TRIED TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I'VE MET WITH THEM.
I'VE ALSO MET WITH, UH, UH, RESIDENTS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND WILL BE MORE DIRECTLY IMPACTED, UH, AS A RESULT OF ANY DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THERE IS NO, UH, ENCROACHMENT OF ANY TYPE, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE PLANNED AMENDMENT, UH, WAS IMPROVED AND SUPPORTED, UH, AND ALSO CITY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, UH, CHANGE IN ZONING AGAIN.
UH, WE PRAY THAT, UH, YOU WILL GRANT OUR REQUEST OF ZONING TO AN MF 25.
MR. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? OLGA MARTINEZ.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M WITH VIE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I'M AT 1522 SAN RAFAEL, 7 8 2 1 4.
WE HAVE NOT MET WITH THE DEVELOPER IS REPRESENTATIVE SINCE FOR THREE MONTHS.
SO WE WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY OF THIS.
I'M GONNA ASK ASPIRIN CONTINUANCE RIGHT OFF THE TOP SO WE CAN GO, UH, THROUGH THIS BECAUSE I DON'T FEEL LIKE ALL THE SURVEYS HAVE BEEN DONE.
UH, BRADY WILL SPEAK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE BIT.
WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM ASANTE, NOT THE DEVELOPERS OR THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT HAVEN'T BEEN IN CONTACT WITH US, LETTING US
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KNOW THAT THEY WANNA BUILD ON 16 POINT 11 ACRES.BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE ASSURANCE REALLY, BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THE PLANS.
WE DON'T KNOW THAT ANYTHING, WHATEVER IS GOING ON ON THE 60 16 POINT 11 ACRES, THAT IS SAYING YOU STILL HAVE 2.8 ACRES, THAT HE IS SAYING THAT HE'S IS NOT BEING DEVELOPED.
AND WE NEED TO GO OVER THIS WITH THE REPRESENTATIVES SO WE CAN FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON THE VEHICLE.
ANOTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE'RE OFFERING AN M F 18.
THEY SAID THEY WANTED 350 APARTMENTS.
WE'RE OFFERING A M F 18 FOR THE TOTAL ACREAGE, ALL OF THE ACREAGE, THE 18.9 ACREAGE ACREAGE THAT THEY'RE SAYING, UH, THAT WOULD GIVE 'EM APPROXIMATELY 340 APARTMENTS.
WE DON'T KNOW REALLY THE ACREAGE BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN GOING BACK AND FORTH 18 ACRES, 23, 24.
WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT ACREAGE.
THAT'S WHY WE NEED TO HAVE ANOTHER MEETING AND ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE'RE AGAINST THE MF 25 UNTIL WE MEET WITH THEM AND GO OVER THIS.
UH, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE OFFERING THE, UH, TOTAL M F 18 ON THE TOTAL ACREAGE.
IF IT'S 18.9 ACREAGE, 340 APARTMENTS CAN BE BUILT.
IF IT'S 20 ACRES, ACRES, BECAUSE WE'RE NOT SURE, UM, UP TO 360 APARTMENTS CAN BE BUILT.
WE HAVE SIGNATURES AND PETITIONS THAT YOU'VE RECEIVED HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED MORE THAN 900 BECAUSE WE WANT THE LAND USE, THE MISSIONS, THE SEIA, WE WANT ALL OF THAT PROTECTED.
WE'RE NOT AGAINST BUILDING, BUT WE LIKE TO BE IN FRONT OF IT.
WE WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY HAVE NOT SHOWED US ANY SITE PLANS.
THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN TOGETHER WITH US IN THREE MONTHS TO SHOW US ANY OF THIS.
AND AS FAR AS THE ACREAGE, ASANTE IS THE ONE THAT SENT ME AN EMAIL LETTING ME KNOW THAT THEY'RE SWITCHING AND THEY'RE DOING THIS AND THAT THEY NEVER REACHED OUT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO RIGHT NOW WE ASK THAT YOU NOT CONSIDER THIS MF 25.
WE ARE ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE SO THEY CAN MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ALL THE AREA THAT'S INVOLVED.
AS FAR AS THE APARTMENTS, WE HAVE PLENTY OF APARTMENTS COMING UP, LIKE LESS THAN A MILE AWAY FROM THIS PLACE.
WE HAVE APARTMENTS RIGHT ACROSS THE RIGHT ACROSS THE EXPRESSWAY.
THE INFRASTRUCTURE'S NOT THERE, BUT WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH THEM.
WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO COMPROMISE.
WE TOLD 'EM THEY COULD HAVE THE 350 APARTMENTS WHEN IT WAS 2020 ACRES, OR NOW IT'S 18 ACRES.
WE'RE STILL WILLING TO COMPROMISE, BUT THEY'RE NOT REACHING OUT TO US.
SO UNTIL WE SEE IT IN PAPER AND WE HAVE THE SURVEYS IN OUR HANDS SO WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM, WE ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE AND WE'RE TOTALLY AGAINST THIS.
I RESIDE AT 1 8 3 9 EAST PYRON 7 8 2 2 3.
REPRESENTING THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE SUPPORT VIA CORONADO IN OPPOSITION TO THIS INAPPROPRIATE ZONING REQUEST.
THROUGHOUT THE LAST THREE MONTHS IN FIVE ZONING HEARINGS, APPLICANT HAS MISREPRESENTED THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY, VARYING FROM 24 TO 15 ACRES.
HOPEFULLY, THIS SUBMISSION OF THE TRUTH WILL CEASE WITH AN ACCURATE AND VERIFIABLE LOT SIZE BEING PRESENTED AT TODAY'S HEARING DOCUMENTED BY A LICENSED SURVEYOR.
OUR COMMUNITY REACHED OUT TO THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE IN OCTOBER TO INFORM THEM OF THIS PROJECT, NOT THE APPLICANT OR THE PURCHASER.
THIS IS A BOUNDARY ISSUE AT THE ASAKIA, AND THAT IS OF THE MAJOR CONCERN ALONG WITH THE, UM, ADJOINING COMMUNITY.
THE SAW SEWER EASEMENT ALLOWS FOR ROADS AND PARKING LOTS, THUS SHOULD NOT BE SUBTRACTED FROM THE TOTAL LOT AREA.
ALSO ON THIS, UM, VISUAL, THEY'VE MISTAKENLY PUT THE WATER EASEMENT AS BEING THE SEWER EASEMENT.
THE SEWER EASEMENT IS THE ONE GOING TO THE 12 O'CLOCK POSITION.
THE WATER EASEMENT IS THE ONE GOING TO THE 11 O'CLOCK POSITION.
I WONDER WHAT OTHER DISCREPANCIES THEY HAVE, UH, FORGOTTEN IN THIS.
OH, THERE'S NO STORMWATER DETENTION BASIN EITHER.
UM, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, A LOT OF THINGS MISSING ON THIS.
OBVIOUSLY, IT WAS DONE IN HASTE.
UH, THE PROPERTY BASICALLY FLOWS TO THE LEFT TOWARD THE ASAKIA AS IT IS THE LOW POINT, JUST FOR REFERENCE.
BUT A ACCURATE SURVEY WOULD INCLUDE MORE THAN WHAT IS WHAT IS ON HERE.
MEANINGLESS CLICHES, EUPHEMISMS AND NON-BINDING VERBAL ASSURANCES.
ONLY FURTHER TO DIMINISH THE PETITIONER'S CREDIBILITY REGARDING THE CLAIM OF BUILDING NO MORE THAN 350 APARTMENTS.
AND THEY HAVE PROVED THAT ONCE AGAIN TODAY BY CLAIMING 3 81.
AT THIS POINT, UM, THIS COMMISSION CAN HOLD THE DEVELOPER ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR CLAIMS AND SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY BY REJECTING THIS UNNECESSARILY DENSE ZONING REQUEST.
UM, THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, IT'S JUST BEEN A BAIT AND SWITCH.
UM, THE DEVELOPER WANTS THE PROPERTY TO BE AS DEVELOPABLE AND AS WORTH AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
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UM, SO HE CAN SELL IT OR DO WHAT HE, WHAT HE WANTS WITH IT.UM, THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT WHEN SOLD OR DEVELOPED BY HIM OR OTHERS, THAT IT WOULD BE KEPT TO THAT, UH, 350 UNITS CURRENTLY AT 18.9, IF THAT IS ACCURATE.
UH, AT 25 BEFORE 72 OR A 35% INCREASE IN WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN REPRESENTING TO THE COMMUNITY, THE CONTINUED MISREPRESENTATION BY THE APPLICANT IS VERY CONCERNING.
UM, AS OLGA STATED, UH, THEY WOULD LIKE A, UH, CONTINUANCE.
UM, THIS APPLICATION SHOULD HAVE BEEN COMPLETE FROM THE BEGINNING AND HAS, UM, DRAWN OUT THIS LONG BECAUSE OF THE APPLICANT'S LACK OF INFORMATION, THE 2.8 ACRES THAT THEY ARE NOW SAYING FOR POTENTIAL, UM, RETAIL, UM, IS, IS A BAD AREA.
THEY, THEY'RE NOT, UH, THEY'RE NOT EVEN GOING FOR A ZONING THERE.
SO WE HAVE NO, NO GUARANTEE AND THEY HAVE NOT, UM, MET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS APPLICATION.
THAT'S ALL I HAVE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK, SIR.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
COULD I, UH, HAVE MR. GALLEGOS? GOOD AFTERNOON, SIR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. I APPRECIATE, UH, THE EFFORT THAT Y'ALL HAVE, UH, PUT FORWARD TO TRY AND GIVE US SOMETHING, UM, ON THE SURVEYS.
DO YOU HAVE A TIMELINE AS TO WHEN THAT SURVEY WOULD BE COMPLETE? SIR, AT THIS POINT, UH, I DO NOT HAVE A, UH, A TIMELINE.
UH, I'M RELYING, UH, ON THE DEVELOPER, UH, TO PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION.
I CAN TELL YOU, UH, BASED ON AN EMAIL THAT I RECEIVED THAT SAYS, UH, DOCUMENTS ARE STILL, UH, IN THE PROCESS OF BEING COMPLETED, THE SURVEYORS TEAM AND THE ENGINEERS WILL FINALIZE THIS BOUNDARIES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE REFLECTING, UH, THE DOCUMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN ENCLOSED.
UM, AND AGAIN, UH, I WISH I COULD PROVIDE YOU WITH A SPECIFIC TIMELINE THAT IS, UH, THE PIECE THAT THE DEVELOPER, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, DEVELOPERS, UH, REPRESENTATIVES, UH, UH, ARE WORKING OUT.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU, UH, OR THE DEVELOPER ALSO HAD A, ANOTHER MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, THAT CORRECT? UH, YES, SIR, WE DID.
AND, UH, BASED ON THAT, UH, THAT MEETING WITH NATIONAL PARKS, AND I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT, YOU KNOW, I INITIALLY, AS A RESULT OF STAFF, CITY STAFF AND, UH, CITY REPRESENTATIVE VIA GRAND'S OFFICE AND REPRESENTATIVE, WE MET WITH THE NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION.
I'VE REACHED OUT TO THEM IN THE PAST.
UH, THIS LATEST MEETING RESULTED IN THAT, UH, UH, NONE OF THE SETBACKS, UM, WILL BE AFFECTED, UH, FROM THEM.
THEY'RE INDICATING THAT, UH, IT'S NOT GOING TO AFFECT OUR DEVELOPMENT'S NOT GONNA AFFECT THAT.
UH, UM, YOU KNOW, THE ASEC UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ALSO THAT, UH, DEIA WAS SOLD TO THE NATIONAL PARKS ASSOCIATION BY MY, UH, MY CLIENT, MR. GONZALEZ.
UH, HE IS A NATIVE TO SOUTH SAN ANTONIO AND HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
UH, HE WAS, UH, FORMER FOUNDER OF, UH, THE SOUTH SIDE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
MR. AND, UH, OWNS OTHER PROPERTIES SURROUNDING THERE.
UH, COULD I HAVE, UH, MS. OLGA? YES.
UM, SO RIGHT NOW, AS THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, THERE'S AN APPROXIMATE 16 POINT 11 ACREAGE, UH, IF WE WERE TO GET THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN WRITING BY A SURVEYOR, UH, WOULD YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT? UH, MF 25? WE WOULD NEED, UM, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THE OTHER 2.8 ACRES.
ALL OF IT IS GONNA BE ZONED MF 25.
SO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT? YOU KNOW, WITH THOSE ACRES YOU CAN BUILD UP TO ANOTHER 70 APARTMENTS.
WHO KNOWS WHAT THEY'RE GONNA DO.
THAT'S WHY I'M SAYING IF THE PETITIONER WOULD MEET WITH US, LET US KNOW.
HONESTLY, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW, 18 ACRES, 16 ACRES, IT'S, IT'S ALL OVER THE BOARD.
YOU KNOW, FIRST WE HAD 20, THEN WE HAD 23, THEN WE HAD 24, AND NOW WE HAVE 16.
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THE SURVEYS NEED TO BE IN.AND, UH, AS FAR AS THE OTHER PROPERTY, THE MF 25 BEING TOTALLY ALL OF IT, UH, MF 25, WE NEED TO KNOW IN WRITING THAT THE OTHER 2.7 ACRES ARE NOT GOING TO BE, UH, DEVELOPED.
WHAT IS HE GONNA DO WITH THAT? SO, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING'S UP IN THE AIR.
YOU KNOW, WE WERE GIVING HIM THE M F 18 ON THE WHOLE ACRES.
IF HE WOULD REACH OUT TO US, WHICH HE HASN'T IN THE THREE MONTHS, UH, WE COULD HAVE TALKED AND FOUND OUT WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.
INSTEAD, I GET AN EMAIL FROM ANTE LETTING US KNOW THAT EVERYTHING CHANGED.
I'M, I'M NOT WITH THE 16 ACRES BEING MF 25, WITHOUT KNOWING WHAT THE OTHER 2.5 UM, ACRES, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE MF 25.
WHAT IF HE DECIDES TO SELL THE PROPERTY AND IT'S ALL MF 25 AND HE DOESN'T EVEN BUILD? THEN WHAT HAPPENS? WE GOTTA PROTECT THE COMMUNITY.
MISSION IS PA MISSION, UH, SAN JUAN AND THE
I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING FROM THE BOARD.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH COMMISSIONERS.
TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS.
UH, PROCEDURALLY, UH, WE HAVE NOW THIS IS 10, I THINK TODAY'S NUMBER SIX OF THE NUMBER OF TIMES THAT WE HAVE HEARD THIS.
IF A CONTINUANCE WERE TO BE GRANTED, THE APPLICANT WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO BEFORE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WITH AN IMPLIED RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO JUST INTERJECT THAT SINCE WE DO NOT HAVE FIELD NOTES OR A SUFFICIENT SURVEY, THAT ITEM WOULD BE HELD UNTIL THOSE THAT IS OBTAINED.
WE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PROCEED FORWARD TO COUNSEL UNTIL WE HAVE THAT.
THAT'S A GOOD, UH, TRANSITION TO MY NEXT QUESTION, WHICH IS WAS WOULD THIS BE CONSIDERED A COMPLETE APPLICATION? YES.
WHEN THEY INITIALLY SUBMITTED, THEY SUBMITTED FOR A LARGER NUMBER THINKING IT, IT ENCOMPASSED THE, IT WAS THEIR BEST GUESSTIMATE AT THAT TIME.
AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT GO OVER THOSE 24 INITIAL ACRES, THEN THEY'LL BE FINE.
UH, IF IT'S UNDER, THEY CAN PROCEED WITH LESS ACREAGE.
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE REQUESTED CHANGE AS AMENDED, THIS IS AN I ONE TO AN MF 25.
IS THERE ANY REQUIREMENT FOR A SITE PLAN? THERE IS NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR A SITE PLAN.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
UH, QUESTION FOR STAFF, BECAUSE I THINK I JUST GOT CONFUSED.
THE, SO THE AMEND THE AMENDMENT IS JUST TO THE MF 25, IT DOES NOT AMEND THE ACREAGE OR DOES THAT INCLUDE THE AMENDMENT TO THE, A REDUCTION OF THE ACREAGE? I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW THAT I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE ASKING.
WELL, I GUESS, UH, THE APPLICANT HAD SAID THAT THE ORIGINAL ACREAGE WAS 18.9.
WELL, NO, THE ACREAGE WAS BEING REDUCED TO 18.9.
IS THAT PART OF THE AMENDMENT THAT WE'RE DOING? YES.
HE HAS ADDED AN AMENDMENT TODAY FOR MF 25 AND HE HAS STATED THAT IT IS 18.97 ACRES.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON COMMERS TO MY LEFT.
I THINK IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE SURVEY AND IF THEY CAN GET THIS TRACK THAT 18.9, IS THERE A WAY TO, TO GET A SURVEY WITHIN THE NEXT FOUR TO SIX WEEKS THAT ACTUALLY SHOWS THE ACTUAL LAYOUT OF THE DEVELOPMENT, MR. GALLEGOS? IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THAT.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT ALL PARTIES WANT TO SEE IS THE ACTUAL SURVEYED DEVELOPMENT SHOWING THE MEETS AND BOUNDS OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
THAT, UH, AGAIN, THAT IS BEING DEVELOPED AS WE SPEAK.
UH, I WISH THAT THAT WAS UNDER MY CONTROLS THAT I COULD HAVE PROVIDED IT FROM DAY ONE.
UH, AGAIN, WITHOUT HAVING THE DEVELOPER HERE, UH, AND, UH, AT THE RISK OF SPEAKING ON HIS BEHALF, IN RESPONSE TO YOUR SPECIFIC QUESTION OF HAVING IT AVAILABLE, UH, IN FOUR WEEKS, UH, I, ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT I WILL CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO THE DEVELOPER AND AGAIN, IMPLORE HIM TO PROVIDE IT WITHIN THAT TIMEFRAME.
LET ME REMIND YOU THAT AS WAS STATED BEFORE, IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL.
FOR CONSIDERATION, THOSE, UH, SPECIFIC SURVEYS NEED TO
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BE, UH, ADDRESSED AND PROVIDED.ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? LAST CALL.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
UH, IT'S MY OPINION THAT THIS CASE DOES NEED TO BE, UH, FULLY ADDRESSED.
UH, THERE HAS BEEN AMPLE TIME TO GET THIS INFORMATION IN.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A LITTLE OVER A FEW MONTHS NOW.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE ALL THE INFORMATION PRESENT FOR THE PUBLIC AND FOR THE PARTIES INTERESTED.
UH, IT WOULD ALSO BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE APPLICANT TO ARRANGE AND ATTEND A MEETING WITH THE PARTIES.
INTERESTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, 'CAUSE OF THAT I HAVE MOVED TO CONTINUE, UH, TO, UH, JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NUMBER THREE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
THAT'S THE PROBLEM WITH BEING REMOTE.
UM, ALRIGHT, UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT, UH, BRIEFLY MYSELF.
UM, I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE APPROVED THIS AT MF 33.
I PROBABLY WOULD'VE APPROVED THIS AT MF 25.
UH, THE QUESTION BEFORE US IS LAND USE.
THE CURRENT LAND USE IS INAPPROPRIATE.
THIS IS A HISTORIC OVERLAY PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO THERE ARE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES TO LOOK AT CONSIDERATIONS THAT ARE BEYOND OUR PURVIEW, SUCH AS WHERE THINGS ARE CITED WITH RESPECT TO THE ASECS, WITH RESPECT TO THE HISTORIC LAND USE OR THE HISTORIC, UH, PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THIS.
BUT LOOKING PURELY AT LAND USE, AGAIN, THIS IS ON FOUR 10, MF 25 IS APPROPRIATE.
I AM GOING TO NOT SUPPORT THE MOTION.
ANYONE ELSE IN LIGHT OF THAT? ALRIGHT, I'LL, YEP.
I SECOND EVERYTHING YOU JUST SAID.
UM, I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AS WELL.
UM, SO I, I WOULD'VE APPROVED IT TO, AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, UM, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
UM, I I I DON'T THINK THIS IS AN IDEAL SITUATION.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, UM, IDEALLY A DEVELOPER, AN APPLICANT WOULD HAVE A LITTLE BETTER IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON, BUT I CAN UNDERSTAND THE DELAYS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
UM, I DO, I DON'T DISAGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BUS DIANTE'S COMMENTS WITH RESPECT TO H D R C HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW.
HOWEVER, H D R C DOES NOT REVIEW THINGS WITH RESPECT, HOME LAND USE, LIKE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON SURROUNDING LANDS AND OTHER, UM, OTHER FACTORS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE REVIEWING.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT JUST SAYING THAT THERE'S ANOTHER CHANCE FOR INPUT, UM, IT TAKES THE PLACE OF OUR COMPLETE REVIEW.
SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS SEEING COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES, YOU, YES, I AM IN AGREEMENT WITH COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
UM, THERE ARE ENOUGH THINGS THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT AT, IN TERMS OF ADVERSE IMPACTS, UM, THAT ARE RELATED TO THIS UNIQUE SITUATION THAT THE APPLICANT NEEDS TO COME PREPARED.
THIS HAS GONE ON AND IT'S A DIFFICULT PIECE OF PROPERTY AND IN A UNIQUE SITUATION, BUT, UM, PREPARED, COME PREPARED.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE? YOU'VE HAD MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO COME WITH A SURVEY IN YOUTH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
SO, UM, IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE ARE, IS LOOKING AT LAND USE AND ADVERSE IMPACTS, WE NEED TO KNOW THAT.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
AND I WOULD SIMPLY REMIND MY COMMISSIONERS THAT IT IS CURRENTLY ZONED I ONE AND COULD BE USED IN THAT MANNER RIGHT NOW.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
THE MOTION IS BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
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APPROVAL TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022.I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY HOLIDAYS.
UM, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
I'M GOING TO EXCUSE MYSELF AND HAND OVER THE MEETING TO COMMISSIONER SIPES.
I WILL RETURN, BUT BRIEFLY I'M GOING TO EXCUSE MYSELF.
MY NAME ISLI MCCANN, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS LOCATED AT FIF 45 22 DEVAL ROAD.
GOING FROM C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C TWO SS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR ANIMAL CLINIC WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SHAVANO RIDGE, H O A OR THE WOODS OF SHAVANO.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS SUBURBAN TIER IN THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN.
THE EXISTING C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR ANIMAL CLINIC IS ALSO APPROPRIATE AND CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE AREA.
THERE ARE C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
AND THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS APPROPRIATE ALONG DESA ROAD, A SECONDARY ARTERIO.
THE S SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION IS FOR REVIEW OF AN ANIMAL CLINIC OVER THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE.
DISTRICT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
DO WE WANNA HEAR SAS FIRST? IS SAS PRESENT? THANK YOU.
MY, MY GUESS ESCALANTE WITH ZA FOR PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION, UH, LOCATED AT 45 22 DEVAL ROAD TO ALLOW FOR A TWO STORY 8,200 SQUARE FOOT ANIMAL CLINIC.
THE SITE IS PARTIALLY DEVELOPED, UH, ON 0.841 ACRES ACRE LOT.
NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS WITHIN A FLOODPLAIN AND NO SENSITIVE FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON SITE NOR NOTED ON FILE.
UH, THE SITE IS BEING TREATED BY AN EXISTING, UH, WATER QUALITY BASIN AT THE, AT THE TIME OF OUR SITE EVALUATION.
IT WAS SHOWN TO BE COMPLIANT, UM, AS SAW AS IT'S RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE REPORT TO INCLUDE 65% PREVIOUS COVER.
UH, NO LONG-TERM OVERNIGHT, UH, KENNELING SHALL BE ALLOWED.
AND IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? IF YOU WOULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
GOOD AFTERNOON ZONING COMMISSIONERS.
KEVIN DENDA, BROWN AND ORTIZ ONE 12 EAST PECAN STREET.
IN LIGHT OF CITY STAFF AND SAUL'S RECOMMENDATION AND SUPPORT, WE WILL FOREGO A FULL PRESENTATION.
HOWEVER, I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS ABOUT OUR REQUEST.
UH, WE ARE REQUESTING TO REZONE FROM C THREE TO C TWO SS FOR A SPECIFIC USE AS AN ANIMAL CLINIC.
UH, THIS SITE IS WHOLLY WITHIN THE CHAU BUSINESS CENTER AND IS SUBJECT TO A MULTITUDE OF RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
UH, IN AUGUST, OUR PROPERTY OWNER ENTERED INTO A VARIANCE WITH THE CHAU BUSINESS CENTER AND THAT VARIANCE WAS APPROVED BY THE PARK FOREST, H O A AND THE WOODS OF SHANO.
UH, THE VARIANCE PROVIDES NO OUTDOOR RUNS, NO OVERNIGHT BOARDING EXCEPT FOR RECOVERY FROM SURGERY AND LIMITS ANIMAL CLINIC TO A SMALL COMPANION TO SMALL COMPANION ANIMALS ONLY.
UH, ALSO WORTH NOTING, ANIMAL CLINIC IS A PERMITTED USE IN BOTH C TWO AND C THREE.
THE SPECIFIC USE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING IS BECAUSE OUR PROPERTY IS WHOLLY LOCATED IN THE E R C D.
UH, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, FIRST I'D LIKE TO LET THE RECORD REPORT REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE OR CHAIR BUSTAMONTE HAS RETURNED.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.
THERE'S NO ONE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK AND THERE ARE NO VOICEMAILS.
THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.
SO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, I'M GONNA MOTION TO APPROVE.
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A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS, IF WE COULD GET A ROLL CALL VOTE.IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION LEFT TO MY RIGHT.
WELL, COMMISSIONER SIPES, AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T SKIP OVER THE APPLICANT AS I DID LAST MEETING.
IS IT OKAY THAT I, UM, FLAG YOUR TIME BACK IN AT 1:59 PM 1 59 IS THE TIME I RETURNED.
AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON, UH, TO ITEM NUMBER 13, UH, 1 0 3 0 7 BELGA DRIVE, ENDING 3 1 1.
MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS LOCATED AT TEN THREE OH SEVEN BELGA DRIVE.
GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TWO R E C D RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FOR UP TO 16 RESIDENTS.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NINE OPPOSED, 19 OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
FARADAY HILLS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
AND A PETITION WAS SUBMITTED IN OPPOSITION WITH 67 SIGNATURES.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE HUBNER LEON CREEK COMMUNITY PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN, THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R E C D RESIDENTIAL ESTATE DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FOR UP TO 16 RESIDENTS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
ASSISTED LIVING FOR UP TO 16 RESIDENTS IS PERMITTED IN AREAS WITH COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY ZONING DESIGNATIONS.
IT WOULD NOT BE APPROPRIATE WITHIN AN AREA THAT IS ENTIRELY SINGLE FAMILY.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY IS PERMITTED TO HAVE AN ASSISTED LIVING HOME WITH UP TO SIX RESIDENTS AS PRESENTLY ZONED.
THIS IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR AN INTERIOR LOT WITHIN A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
ALLOWANCE OF ASSISTED LIVING FOR UP TO 16 RESIDENTS WOULD BE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE AND IF YOU WOULD STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND THEN TELL US ABOUT YOUR REZONING REQUEST.
ALVIN PETERS, UH, I'M THE APPLICANT FOR THIS CASE.
MY, UH, ADDRESS IS 1 0 1 6 STATE HIGHWAY 46 EAST, BERNIE, TEXAS, 7 8 0 0 6.
SO THIS IS AN EXISTING HOME, UM, THAT THE OWNER WANTS TO ADD ONTO.
UH, THE EXISTING HOME IS 2,500 SQUARE FOOT.
SINGLE STORY, UM, BRICK EXTERIOR, UM, A TYPICAL INTERIOR FOR THE OTHER HOUSES ON ON OF THIS AGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE ADDITION WOULD BE SIMILAR, UM, AND THE ADDITION WOULD HAVE THE ADDITION AND THE EXISTING COMBINED WOULD HAVE, UH, ROOMS ASSISTED LIVING ROOMS, A TOTAL OF 16.
UM, AT THIS TIME THOUGH, I'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A CONTINUANCE.
THE OWNER COULDN'T BE HERE TODAY.
SHE'S GOT HER MOTHER OUT SICK.
SHE'S BEEN INVITED TO A MEETING APPARENTLY ON JANUARY 12TH WITH LAURA GARZA, UH, CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND, UH, I BELIEVE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS.
UM, AND THEN SHE'D HAVE MORE TIME TO, UH, TO TALK AND, UM, DISCUSS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND APPARENTLY, UH, OBVIOUSLY THE THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON.
UH, YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE TO HAVE A CHANCE, SHORT CHANCE FOR REBUTTAL AFTER THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND THEN, UH, MR. ORTIZ WILL ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND EVENTUALLY MAKE A MOTION.
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, PUBLIC COMMENT.
AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP AND SPEAK.
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CONTINUANCE, THEN YOU'LL HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY AGAIN SO Y'ALL CAN CONSIDER THAT.UH, MR. FRIEDRICH, HOW YOU DOING? DOING OKAY.
UH, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
UM, WE'D WEREN'T OBVIOUSLY AWARE THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A CONTINUANCE, NOR IS THERE ANY THING THAT THEY COULD DO TO MODIFY THIS APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE MINDS OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT OBVIOUSLY ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE, THE PROPERTY BEING ZONED, UH, TO WHETHER THEY'RE REQUESTING.
I WOULD ASK IF IN YOUR INDULGENCE I COULD ASK EVERYBODY WHO IS HERE ON A TUESDAY PREPARING, PREPARING FOR CHRISTMAS TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF THE OPPOSITION IF EVERYBODY WOULD RAISE THEIR HANDS OR STAND.
THESE ARE ALL THE INDIVIDUALS WHO ACTUALLY CAME TO OPPOSE THIS.
UM, WE DON'T THINK THAT A CONTINUANCE IS NECESSARY.
UH, AND ASK THAT WE GO AHEAD AND MAKE DO AND GET FINISHED WITH THIS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
SIR, WOULD YOU JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD AND YOUR ADDRESS? SURE.
CAROL, LAST NAME FRIEDRICH, UH, 1 0 1 0 4 4 0 BELGA DRIVE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. FRIEDRICK.
I LIVE AT 79 80 NORTH VERDE DRIVE.
WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR 22 YEARS.
WE'VE BOTH TAKEN TIME OFF WORK TO BE HERE TODAY.
I, UH, HAVE A BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING.
SO I DO HAVE A SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND, BUT I ALSO COME FROM A BACKGROUND OF SERVICE.
OTHERS CAN SPEAK OF STATISTICS AND APPROPRIATENESS OF A COMMERCIAL FACILITY IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TO THE SERVICE, NOT KNOWING THE LADY WHO'S GOING TO RUN THAT FACILITY.
AT ONE POINT I HAD TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL FROM OUR HOME RIGHT NEAR HERS.
IT TOOK ME OVER 45 MINUTES TO GET THERE IN AN AMBULANCE.
SO MY CONCERN AS AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IN THAT LITTLE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OUR INFRASTRUCTURE TO HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE MORE PRONE TO FALLS AND BREAKING HIPS, HAVING STROKES, THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT.
THEY'RE HIGH RISK OR THEY WOULDN'T BE IN THAT TYPE OF FACILITY.
THEY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED CLOSER TO THE MEDICAL CENTER WHERE WE DO LIVE.
BUT IT TAKES FOREVER TO GET THERE.
THE TRAFFIC ON BENDERA IS A NIGHTMARE.
AND SO SPEAKING FROM A SIDE OF SERVICE RATHER THAN MY NEEDS, LOOKING AT THEIR NEEDS, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THEY'D BE WELL MET IN THAT AREA.
I THINK THAT SOMEPLACE CLOSER TO THE HOSPITALS WOULD BE BETTER.
I WOULDN'T WANT MY MOTHER TO LIVE IN THE AREA AND MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE THOUGHT THAT AS WE AGE, WE MIGHT NEED TO MOVE OUT OF IT AND MOVE CLOSER.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I WOULD LIKE FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER FROM AN EMOTIONAL SIDE.
OTHERS HAVE STATISTICS, OTHERS HAVE SCIENCE.
BUT I WANTED TO LOOK AT IT AS A NURSE.
AND AS A NURSE I DON'T FEEL THE AREA'S APPROPRIATE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ILL.
ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? WE MIGHT CALL YOU UP IF WE OH, ALRIGHT.
WE APPRECIATE THE PROACTIVITY.
I'M, UH, A HOMEOWNER DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, I HEARD THE GENTLEMAN SPEAK ABOUT TIME BEING GRANTED BEFORE THIS CAME UP A FEW WEEKS AGO.
NO ONE APPROACHED ANY ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS I'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT ANY OF THIS, SO THIS WAS QUITE A SURPRISE TO US.
WE'RE SIMPLY TRYING TO DEAL AS THIS AS HOMEOWNERS.
I'D LIKE TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT CAME TO MY MIND.
MR. MOORE, IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR MASK WHILE YOU'RE SPEAKING.
SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER TO JUST TRYING TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
AND ANYONE YOU CAN REMOVE YOUR MASK IF YOU'RE SPEAKING.
I'M IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH I OPPOSED THIS ZONING CHANGE WHEN I WAS HAND DELIVERED TO MY RESIDENCE.
THE, UH, PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT SITE PLAN.
I WAS QUITE SHOCKED TO SEE HOW ADVANCED IT WAS.
UH, SUMMER HAD INDICATED TO ME SHE MAY HAVE A COPY OF THIS IF WE CAN PRESENT IT UP THERE.
IF NOT, I HAVE A SMALL PHOTOCOPY MAYBE WE CAN PUT UP THERE.
MR. MOORE, WE'LL GET IT UP THERE, BUT IF YOU WANT TO CONTINUE, THAT'S FINE.
WHAT SHOWS TO ME IS THIS'S NOT A SIMPLE ADD-ON TO AN EXISTING HOUSING.
IT'S A COMPLETELY REWORKING OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE TO ALLOW A D A DEVELOPMENTS TO BE PUT IN FOR IN SLAB PLUMBING.
IT ALSO INDICATES THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL NEW CONSTRUCTION AREA OF 3,649 SQUARE FEET, AS WELL AS QUITE AMOUNT OF, UH, FLAT WORK TO BE ADDED.
I DON'T SEE ANYBODY LOOKING OUT THAT'S GONNA IMPACT ME WITH ALL THE STORM WATER RUN ALL COMING DIRECTLY UNDER MY FENCE LINE.
WE HAVE MOST OF THE PROPERTIES ON SEPTIC AND WELL, WE HAVE LITTLE SEWER.
HOW ARE THEY GOING TO MAINTAIN IF
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THEY HAVE TO DO FIRE PROTECTION, HOW ARE THEY GONNA MAINTAIN LARGER AIC GROWTH FIELDS THAT MAY POSSIBLY CONTAMINATE MY WELL FIELD IN THE FUTURE? I JUST FEEL THIS IS BEING FORCED IN IT.UH, ALSO, IT DOES NOT BELONG IN OUR SUBDIVISION.
EVERYBODY'S HAPPY TO BE THERE.
THIS JUST FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T FIT.
I'M KIND OF NEW AT THIS, SO THANKS FOR PUTTING THAT WITH ME.
YOU DID VERY WELL, BUT WE DIDN'T GET YOUR ADDRESS.
IF YOU COULD STATE THAT FOR THE RECORD.
LANNY MOORE, 79 0 7 SOUTH VERDE DRIVE.
AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US SOME TIME HERE TO THE RESIDENTS OF VER THE HILLS.
AND I JUST, I HAVE A QUICK OVERVIEW OF SOME OF THE FACTS.
SOME OF THE NUMBERS, AND THEY'VE PUT UP A MAP THERE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MA'AM, IF YOU WOULD NAME AND ADDRESS, PLEASE.
I'M AT 7 9 7 0 SOUTH VERDE DRIVE, 7 8 2 4 OH.
SO IF YOU TAKE A LOOK UP AT OUR MAP THERE, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK THAT, UH, EVERYONE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY COGNIZANT OF IS THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT.
AND YOU SEE THE ARROW COMING IN HERE FROM THE, FROM THE BOTTOM LEFT OF THE MAP, FROM BANDERA ROAD UP INTO NORTH VERDE.
SO THIS AFFECTS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT JUST THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES THAT WERE, THAT WERE MAILED.
UM, SO ONE OF THE, I THINK AN IMPORTANT FACT IS THAT THERE WAS NO SITE PLAN GIVEN TO ANYONE UNTIL WEDNESDAY OF LAST WEEK, THE 15TH.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE WE'D BEEN TALKING ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK AND THE APPLICANT IS ON FACEBOOK.
AND SO I GUESS THEY REALIZED THAT WE NEEDED TO SEE SOMETHING AND, UM, IT WAS HAND DELIVERED WITHOUT ANY CARD, WITHOUT ANY, UH, IDENTIFICATION OF THE PERSON WITHOUT EVEN GIVING THE RESPECT TO THE HOMEOWNER WITH THEIR NAME ON IT.
THE, UH, APPLICANT WHO SPOKE EARLIER SAID THAT THE HOMEOWNER HAD BEEN INVITED TO A MEETING ON JANUARY 14TH, UM, THAT THAT'S WHY THEY WANTED AN EXTENSION OR THEY WANTED TO, TO MOVE THIS TILL LATER DATE.
WE, UH, DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARY.
THIS MEETING WAS FOR EVERYONE WHO IS OPPOSED.
SHE IS A NEIGHBOR IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THERE AT VER THE HILLS.
SO WE DIDN'T, WE DON'T DENY HER ACCESS TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
BUT THERE AGAIN, I THINK SOMEONE HAS STATED EARLIER, THERE'S NOTHING THAT CAN HAPPEN THAT WILL CHANGE OUR MINDS.
THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES, AS YOU CAN SEE, ARE EITHER APPROXIMATELY AN ACRE OR MORE.
SO THE NUMBER OF HOMES THAT SURROUND THE PROPERTY ARE, ARE FEW THAT WOULD, THAT GOT THIS 200, THE 200 PERIMETER.
THERE WERE NINE RESIDENCES THAT WE THOUGHT, UM, THERE WAS ONE THAT JUST POPPED UP AT 80 21 THAT I DIDN'T REALIZE HAD ALSO BEEN ON THE, ON THE LIST.
WE HAD A DIFFERENT LIST OUT OF THOSE NINE OF, UM, OF THE 10 HOMES.
'CAUSE WE'RE INCLUDING THE VACANT PROPERTY.
NINE OF 10 HOMES ARE ON RECORD ON OUR H O A PETITION SIGNING THAT THEY OPPOSE.
WE HAVE 45 HOMES AND 36 OF THE HOMES, UM, OF, OF THE RESIDENCES ARE ALSO ON RECORD ON OUR PETITION THAT THEY OPPOSE.
SO FOR THIS HOME SURROUNDING, IT'S ABOUT A 90% OPPOSITION.
AND FOR OUR WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE AT ABOUT 80%.
SO I THINK THAT WE AGREE WITH THE STAFF THAT THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE, UM, USE OF THE PROPERTY AS THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL.
AND YOU CAN SEE AGAIN, IT WAS RIGHT AT THE CENTER OF THE PROPERTY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. SALINAS.
MR. STEWART, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS.
I AND MY FAMILY, ALONG WITH TWO HOME BUILDERS BUILT THE HOUSE, THE FIRST HOUSE IN VERDE HILLS IN 1961.
AND MY WIFE AND I STILL OCCUPIED THE HOUSE.
AND WE'RE LOSING, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE LOSING SIGHT OF SMALL COMMUNITIES.
WELL, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN INTRUSION BEFORE WANTING TO BUILD WIND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT WANTED TO BUILD HOMES.
AND THE HOMES THAT HAD BEEN BUILT ORIGINALLY ARE MUCH BETTER THAN I EVER THOUGHT WOULD BE BUILT THERE.
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AND THERE'S NOT A NEED TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY OR, OR, OR A BODY MOVE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.UH, THERE ARE PLACES, YES, THEY HAVE VACANT LAND AND THEY NEED TO, BUT OUR COMMUNITY WAS DEVELOPED IN SUCH A MANNER THAT IT WAS FOR SENIOR FAMILY DWELLING ONLY.
LIKE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, YOU CANNOT ENTER EXCEPT ONE WAY INTO VERDE HILLS, AND THEN YOU EXIT THE SAME WAY THAT YOU CAME IN.
SO IT RESTRICTS THE TRAFFIC FLOW GOING IN NOW PURPOSELY TO KIND OF, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THE IDEA WAS TO SLOW DOWN THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLES COMING IN, AND THEN ALSO TO AID IN A SAFE EXIT OUT OF THE HILLS.
SO BY ADDING ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL ENTITY IN, IT'S GOING TO DISRUPT THAT SMOOTH FLOW OF TRAFFIC THAT WE GENERALLY HAVE IN AND OUT.
SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD MEMBERS ARE GIVING THIS TO EXPRESS OUR OPINION.
BUT, UH, OUT OF, I KNOW MOST THE FOLKS IN VERDE HILLS ACQUIRED MEETING THEM OVER THE YEARS, AND I HAVEN'T MET ANYBODY THAT'S EXCITED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CHANGING THE ZONING.
I HAVE R ALL I CAN SEE HERE IS R CRAWFORD, MR. OR MS. CRAWFORD? MR. CRAWFORD, IF YOU WOULD, AGAIN, NAME AND ADDRESS AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.
I'M ROBERT CRAWFORD AT 79 55 SOUTH VERDE.
UH, I'M IMMEDIATELY ACROSS THE FENCE FROM THE PROPERTY.
I'M ONE OF THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES.
UM, I BELIEVE THE RESIDENT, THE THE PERSON WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN THERE FOR A YEAR AND A HALF OR SO.
I'VE YET TO MEET OR ACCEPT AT A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, WHICH TURNED INTO A SHOUTING MATCH, UM, BY ALL PARTIES, INCLUDING THE APPLICANT.
UH, I'M AGAINST THIS, UH, REZONING BECAUSE OF WHAT IT WILL DO TO, TO MY HOME AND TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE HAVE DEER, WE HAVE CHILDREN ROAMING THE STREET.
WE HAVE PEOPLE RIDING BICYCLES AND SUCH LIKE THAT.
THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS ON THE STREETS, SO THE BICYCLES ARE IN THE STREET, BUT IT'S NOT A HAZARD BECAUSE THERE'S NO TRAFFIC.
UH, IF THIS COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WAS PUT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WOULD COMPLETELY DESTROY ALL OF THAT.
UH, NOT TO MENTION BEING A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, IT'S GOING TO NEED, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL COM COMMERCIAL KITCHEN, COMMERCIAL FIRE ALARM, COMMERCIAL DUMPSTER SERVICE, WHICH MEANS DUMP TRUCKS, DUMPSTER TRASH TRUCKS COMING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
FIRE ALARM SYSTEMS WITH FIRE ALARM DRILLS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, WHICH ARE REQUIRED ACROSS MY FENCE FROM WHERE OUR BEDROOM IS.
UM, A LARGE SEPTIC SYSTEM OR A CITY SEWER CONNECTION, A CITY SEWER CONNECTION WOULD GUT THE STREET AND HAVE TO RUN ALL THE WAY ACROSS NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET TO THE PARK NEARBY.
OR A COMMERCIAL SEPTIC SYSTEM IS GONNA BE RIGHT ACROSS MY FENCE WHERE THE CHILDREN PLAY IN THE BACKYARD.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'D HAVE THE SPRAY FROM THAT, YOU KNOW, WAFTING ACROSS US WITH THE BREEZE.
SO WE GOT SEWER WATER COMING OUR WAY.
UM, THERE'S GONNA BE MEDICAL WASTE JUST GENERATED BY THIS, UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WHICH ALSO HAS TO BE SERVICED BY A PRIVATE OR SEPARATE MEDICAL WASTE, TRASH TRUCK AND MEDIC MEDICAL WASTE PROFESSIONALS.
UM, UH, THERE'S LARGE OAK TREES, UH, DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THE PROPERTY WHERE THE HOUSE IS GONNA BE BUILT.
UM, WE HAVE HAWKS AND OTHER PROTECTED SPECIES LIVING IN OUR TREES.
I DON'T KNOW IF THERE'S ANY IN THOSE PARTICULAR TREES.
UM, MY PROPERTY VALUES ARE, MY TAXES ARE GOING TO GO UP WITH THIS MILLION DOLLAR COMMERCIAL BUILDING ACROSS MY FENCE.
MY PROPERTY VALUES ARE GONNA GO DOWN.
I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO SELL MY HOUSE WHEN YOU LOOK ACROSS THE BACK FENCE AND SEE THIS, THIS THING THERE, UH, WITH THE LIGHTING AND SO ON AND SO FORTH.
SO THOSE ARE MY REASONS THAT I'M AGAINST THIS.
UH, AND I THINK, UH, A LOT OF THE OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE AGAINST IT FOR SIMILAR REASONS AND EVEN MANY I HAVEN'T THOUGHT ABOUT.
SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE AND I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. CRAWFORD.
UM, ARE WE TREATING THIS AS ONE PERSON OR ARE YOU BOTH ONE.
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TELL US YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.I LIVE AT 1 0 5 7 0 BELGA DRIVE.
UM, THE REASON WE OPPOSE THIS, I'VE BEEN, I MOVED INTO THAT AREA 16 YEARS AGO.
THEY LOVE PLAYING IN THE FRONT YARD.
THEY LOVE RIDING AROUND THEIR BIKES.
BUT ONCE THIS STARTS MOVING BACK AND FORTH, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE PARK OPEN AND WE HAD SO MUCH TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT.
PEOPLE WERE FLYING THROUGH THERE 45 MILES AN HOUR INSTEAD OF 2030, YOU KNOW, AND, UM, SHE LIVES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, LIKE TWO HOUSES DOWN.
AND, UM, SHE WAS PRETTY SNEAKY ABOUT IT BECAUSE SHE SAYS THIS WAS HER FIRST PROPERTY, AND ACTUALLY WE FOUND OUT THIS IS HER SECOND PROPERTY THAT SHE'S BUILDING.
HOW DO WE KNOW THAT SHE'S NOT GOING TO BUILD IT AND THEN MOVE ON AND BUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SELL THAT AREA.
AND LIKE, LIKE THEY SAID, OUR PROPERTY TAXES ARE GONNA GO AWAY SKY HIGH, YOU KNOW.
SO THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. CASTANEDA, SERGIO FERNANDEZ, MR. FERNANDEZ, AGAIN, NAME AND ADDRESS, AND TELL US WHAT YOU THINK.
I LIVE AT TEN THREE TEN BELGA DRIVE.
I LIVE DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE HOME.
UM, ONE OF THE, I GUESS ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS AT THE END OF MY DRIVEWAY IS THE END OF THEIR DRIVEWAY.
UH, I'M THE NEWBIE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I HAVE, UH, MY KIDS PLAY IN THE YARD ALL DAY UP AND DOWN THE DRIVEWAY.
LIKE I SAID, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS.
UM, I'M JUST SO EXCITED TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THIS IS KIND OF WHAT I'VE ALWAYS LED TO TAKE MY KIDS.
AND TWO, AND I JUST MOVED THERE THREE YEARS AGO TO GIVE THEM THIS ENVIRONMENT.
AND THEN TWO, COME TO FIND OUT THIS IS GOING ON.
UM, ONE, I'M GLAD THAT I WAS INVITED HERE AND TO BE PART OF YOUR WORLD, 'CAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING NEW TO ME.
UM, I WORKED WITH FOSTER KIDS FOR 22 YEARS, AND NOW I'M CLEANING IN COMMERCIAL KITCHENS, UH, STARTED MY OWN BUSINESS.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO DO AND START HER OWN BUSINESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S ALWAYS LIMITATIONS AND RULES THAT I HAVE TO FOLLOW IN MY GUIDE, AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU GUYS ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THOSE RULES ARE FOLLOWED.
AND SO I KNOW EVERYONE, SHE, SHE, I THINK EVERYTHING I'VE HEARD BEFORE, UH, IN OTHER HEARINGS SINCE I'VE BEEN SITTING HERE IS ALL THESE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, ALL THESE OTHER THINGS GOING ON, NOTHING CLOSE TO WHAT WE HAVE AT VEDA HILLS.
UH, AND TO TRY TO DO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OR THIS KIND OF BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I'D LOVE TO INVITE EVERYONE TO, TO VISIT, UM, JUST TO WAKE UP AND LOOK OUT MY WINDOW AND SEE DEER LAYING IN MY GRASS IS JUST SO AWESOME FOR MY KIDS TO ENJOY THAT.
AND, UM, SO, SO DEFINITELY MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS THE SAFETY.
AS SHE MENTIONED BEFORE, WHEN THE PARK ENTRANCE WAS OPENED, I MEAN, IT WAS, MY KIDS COULD NOT BE OUT THERE ON THE STREET WHATSOEVER.
UH, WE HAD MAILBOXES CRASHED INTO, UH, I MEAN, IT'S JUST, IT WAS JUST DIFFICULT.
AND I KNOW, YOU KNOW, THE POLICE WERE OUT THERE TO TRY TO ASSIST AND SLOW FOLKS DOWN.
UM, BUT AGAIN, IT, THIS IS JUST GONNA BE HAPPENING.
AND AS I, AS I TEACH MY 16 S TO DRIVE AND EXIT OUT MY DRIVEWAY, THEY'RE LOOKING, THEY'RE, I'M GONNA BE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT'S COMING.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A 14 BED FACILITY WITH VISITORS, WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE THAT COMES WITH IT, UH, EMPLOYEES AS WELL.
I MEAN, I, I THINK IT'S, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF A MESS THAT REALLY WASN'T THOUGHT WELL THROUGH.
UM, AND, AND, AND AGAIN, I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION, UM, THAT EVERYTHING I'VE KIND OF MOVED TOWARDS AND, AND, AND WANTED FOR MY KIDS, I HAVE FINALLY FOUND AND WOULD HATE TO PUT THOSE FOLKS AT RISK.
AND ONE THING I DO WANNA SAY TO THE, UH, PETITIONER IS I DO WANT TO THANK HER BECAUSE OF THIS GOING ON.
I'VE GOTTEN TO MEET ALL MY NEIGHBORS EXACTLY.
AND ENJOY, UH, ENJOY THEIR COMPANY AND GETTING TO KNOW EVERYONE.
SO, UH, JUST FOR THE RECORD, THANKS.
AND YOU'RE A BRAVER MAN THAN I, I COULDN'T TEACH TWO KIDS TO DRIVE BACK TO BACK.
I DON'T THINK MY HEART WOULD TAKE IT.
I LIVE AT 1 0 1 9 0 BELGA DRIVE.
AND, UM, I JUST WANNA ADD A LITTLE BIT TO WHAT'S BEEN SAID BEFORE AND EMPHASIZE, UM, UH, THE REASONS WHY WE THINK THIS IS A POOR IDEA.
PRIMARILY BEING THAT THERE'S A SINGLE ENTRY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM BANDERA ROAD.
AND EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A LOOP WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE CHOOSE TO GO EITHER WAY.
SO WITH DELIVERY TRUCKS COMING IN, VISITORS, EMPLOYEES, EVERYTHING, IT'S GONNA BE A DISRUPTION BECAUSE THEY'RE ESSENTIALLY GONNA EITHER GO ALL THE WAY AROUND THE LOOP OR CHOOSE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER, BUT IT'S GONNA AFFECT ALMOST EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH TRAFFIC.
AND WHEN IT RAINS HEAVILY SOUTH
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VERITY, THE BRIDGE ON SOUTH VERITY TENDS TO FLOOD.SO THEN THE NORTH VERITY BRIDGE WOULD BE THE ONLY ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THAT SINGLE ENTRY IS THE REASON WHY MOST OF US CHOSE TO LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE LARGE, QUIET, PRIVATE LOTS, AND IT'S, AND IT'S NOT A THOROUGHFARE EXCEPT FOR THOSE EIGHT MONTHS WHEN THE PARK, UH, WAS BEING, UH, WHEN THE BRIDGE WAS BEING CONSTRUCTED.
UM, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
WE ALREADY PAY, UH, FOR THOSE LARGE LOTS, AND WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN WITH, UM, PROPERTY VALUES WITH A COMMERCIAL, UH, PROPERTY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THIS MIGHT OPEN THE DOOR TO OTHER ZONING CHANGES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE FUTURE.
AND LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER WHITE STEPPED OUT AT 2 26.
UH, MY NAME, NAME IS DOUG DOUGLAS SEAMAN.
I LIVE AT, ALSO LIVE AT 1 0 1 9 0, UH, BELGA DRIVE.
UM, I'LL KEEP MY COMMENTS BRIEF SINCE MY WIFE, UH, SAID THINGS, UH, STATED MOSTLY WHAT I FEEL.
UM, I WAS RELIEVED TO HEAR THAT THE CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES RECOMMENDED DENIAL.
UH, I DO HAVE, OR A DENIALS, I DO HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE, THOUGH.
UM, BUT PERHAPS YOU CAN ANSWER AFTER THE COMMENTS.
UM, SINCE WE DO HAVE SUCH A LARGE REPRESENTATION HERE.
NOW, IF THERE IS, IF THE CONTINUANCE IS GRANTED, DO WE ALL NEED TO KEEP COMING BACK? OR ARE THESE COMMENTS IN THE RECORD FOR GOOD? UH, IF WE'VE MADE COMMENTS NOW AND THEN ONLY A FEW COME BACK NEXT TIME, IS THERE MORE, YOU KNOW, IS THERE A WAITING SYSTEM FOR, UH, BRIEFLY, WE WILL CONSIDER THESE COMMENTS AS PART OF THE RECORD.
THEY WILL REMAIN PART OF THE RECORD.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN ELECT TO COME BACK.
THAT'S A, THAT WAS, THAT WAS A CONCERN.
AND A CONTINUATION JUST FOR EVERYONE'S INFORMATION IS NOT GUARANTEED.
THE MOTION HAS NOT BEEN MADE AND IT'S NOT, IT'S ONE OF BASICALLY THREE POSSIBILITIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. SIMMONS.
I WORK AT AN ASSISTED LIVING AND, UM, I TOOK OFF TODAY.
WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF? THAT'S RIGHT.
UM, MY BACK FENCE IS THE SIDE OF WHERE THIS NEW BUILDING IS GOING TO BE.
UM, MY BEDROOM WILL BE RIGHT THERE, 30 FEET FROM THIS NEW ASSISTED LIVING.
FIRST OF ALL, UM, I'VE WORKED AT ASSISTED LIVING FOR 15 AND A HALF YEARS, SO I KNOW WHAT GOES ON AT AN ASSISTED LIVING.
I DON'T NEED IT TO BE AT HOME TOO RIGHT NOW.
IT'S VERY DISRUPTIVE FOR AN ASSISTED LIVING.
YOU HAVE THE TRASH REMOVAL, YOU HAVE THE FOOD TRUCKS THAT BRING IN THE FOOD.
YOU HAVE THE LAUNDRY TRUCKS THAT PICK UP THE LAUNDRY.
YOU HAVE THE HIPAA, UM, SHREDDING MACHINES THAT COME IN TO SHRED ALL THE THINGS.
YOU HAVE THE MED DESTRUCTION TRUCKS THAT COME INTO DESTRUCT THE MEDICINES.
YOU HAVE THE FIRE TRUCKS THAT COME FULL BLAST RACING DOWN THE STREET, FOLLOWED BY YOUR E M SS.
THEIR LIGHTS ARE ON AT ALL TIMES.
THEIR SIRENS GO OFF ONCE THEY HIT THE HOUSE, BUT THE LIGHTS STAY ON.
MY RESIDENTS COMPLAIN ABOUT THE LIGHTS THAT FLASH THROUGH THEIR WINDOWS, WITH THEIR SHADES DRAWN AND THEIR BLINDS CLOSED.
SO I CAN ONLY IMAGINE WHAT I'M GOING TO SEE AT, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT.
UM, THEY DO HAVE FIRE DRILLS MONTHLY, AND THESE CAN LAST FOR 15 MINUTES.
IT'S A DRILL TO GET THEM OUT OF THE FACILITY SAFELY.
SO THEY HAVE 15 MINUTES OF BLARING SIRENS.
THEY WILL HAVE A MINI BUS, I'M SURE TO, UM, WE HAVE
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OPENINGS AT OUR ASSISTED LIVING.UM, THEY'RE ALL GONNA BE MOWED DOWN.
THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL OAKS A HUNDRED YEARS OLD.
UM, THE WILDLIFE IN THIS SUBDIVISION IS GREAT.
WE HAVE FOXES, WE HAVE POSSUMS, WE HAVE SKUNKS.
UM, WE HAVE THE HAWKS THAT LIVE.
ON MY WAY TO WORK, I HAD TO THANK YOU.
AND, AND THANK YOU FOR NOT TURNING IT INTO AN ADVERTISEMENT.
THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M THANKING YOU.
UH, WE HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL FROM EILEEN.
HELLO, MY NAME IS EILEEN CAMARILLO.
I LIVE AT, UH, 83 11 NORTH
UM, AND MY PHONE NUMBER (210) 602-2948.
I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND, UH, THE MEETING FOR TODAY, BUT I AM OPPOSING, UM, THE, UH, REZONING, UM, OF 1 0 3, 0 7 BELGA DRIVE.
UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
WE DON'T WANT TRAFFIC, WE DON'T WANT ANY OTHER, UM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT REZONING OF ANY KIND.
UM, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST TOTALLY OPPOSING.
I BELIEVE THE NUMBER IS Z TWO, UH, 20 21, 1 0 7, 3 1, 1 C ONE CD.
PLEASE LET US KNOW IF, UH, THERE'S GONNA BE ANY FURTHER MEETINGS SO WE COULD MAKE OTHER ARRANGEMENTS TO ATTEND.
UH, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE OPPOSING, UM, WE ARE IN, UH, OPPOSITION OF, UH, THIS REZONING TO GO INTO EFFECT IN UH, HILLS.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER VOICEMAILS? NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT, SIR.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS A SHORT REBUTTAL, MR. PETERS.
HOW, HOW SHORT? THREE MINUTES.
UM, I WON'T TRY TO, UH, I GUESS RESPOND TO OPERATION TYPE, UH, THE DONOR WOULD NEED TO BE HERE.
UM, I DON'T RUN ASSISTED LIVING, BUT I'LL, I'LL TALK TO A COUPLE THINGS ONLY.
AND, UM, UH, NUMBER ONE, THE STORM WATER.
IF, IF THE OWNER DECIDES TO MOVE FORWARD OR IS ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD, THE PROPERTY BE REPLANTED IN THE STORM WATER ISSUE OR QUESTIONS WOULD BE RESOLVED.
KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS LOT IS APPROACHING TWO ACRES.
THE ADDITION WITH THE EXISTING HOME TO REMAIN WOULD, WOULD REMAIN NEAR THE FRONT OF THE LOT.
WE GOT THE REST OF THE LOT'S DOWNHILL.
WE GOT PLENTY OF ROOM TO TAKE CARE OF THAT, THAT WOULD HAPPEN.
UM, THE FIRE PROTECTION, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN TOLD BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO EXTEND A FIRE LINE TO THE BUILDING.
SO IT'D BE ADDED VALUE TO THE HOMEOWNERS IMMEDIATELY.
ON VE BELGA STREET, A HYDRANT WOULD BE INSTALLED AT THE FRONT OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND OBVIOUSLY THE LINES, WHICH UNDERGROUND FIRE LINES WOULD BE INSTALLED IN THE WATERWAY, IN, IN THE RIGHT OF WAY, THAT'D BE ACCESSIBLE BY, UH, ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.
UM, THE SEPTIC SYSTEM OBVIOUSLY IS AN EXISTING OLDER COMMERCIAL, PROBABLY BUILT IN THE SIXTIES THAT WOULD BE UPGRADED, UH, TO MORE APPROPRIATE AND SAFE, UH, SEPTIC SYSTEM.
UM, GOSH, I WISH THE OWNER WAS HERE BECAUSE I CAN'T TALK ABOUT ALARMS, DUMPSTERS, MEDICAL WASTE, FREQUENCY, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
UH, ONE OTHER THING I CAN TALK ABOUT.
I THINK TWO THINGS, UH, TREES, YEAH,
AND, UH, THE TEMP WOULD BE MADE.
OBVIOUSLY WE'D HAVE TO HIRE A COMMERCIAL, UH, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT TO HELP US WITH THE PLANS.
AND WE WOULD, IT, THE OWNERS PENALIZE CUTTING EVERYTHING DOWN.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE INTENT.
WE WILL SAVE AS MANY AS WE CAN IF WE GOTTA, UH, ROTATE THE ADDITION AROUND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THAT, WE WOULD.
UM, IT'S, UM, IT'S EASY TO, ON EXTERIOR LIGHTINGS, I THINK THAT ONE OF THE COMMENTS WAS, IT'S SO DARK, IT'S SO BRIGHT.
WE CAN TREAT IT AS A DARK SKIES AREA.
EXTERIOR LIGHTS POINT DOWN OR HAVE CUTOFF DEVICES ON 'EM.
UM, I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ALL I CAN ADDRESS.
NOW, KEEP IN MIND ONE FINAL COMMENT.
THIS IS A 16 UNIT, UH, 16 BEDROOM ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
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NOT A APARTMENT BUILDING.IT IS A SMALL, A LOT OF THESE BUILDINGS AND THEY'RE ALL OVER THE CITY, UH, IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
16 UNITS DOESN'T LOOK THAT BIG, UH, FROM A STREET WHEN IT'S SINGLE STORY, NOT TWO STORY.
AND THE LAND IS SLOPING DOWN, HIDDEN BY TREES, ET CETERA.
THERE'S LOTS OF THINGS THAT COULD BE DONE ALONG THE FRONT END, THE PERIMETER TO DISGUISE THE SIZE OR DECREASE, DECREASE APPEARANCE OF THE SIZE.
IF, IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO MOVE FORWARD.
AGAIN, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A CONTINUANCE BE GRANTED.
THE OWNER'S NOT HERE TO REBUT ANY POINTS THAT ARE MADE OR TALK TO ANY POINTS.
AND I THINK SHE'S AT A DISA DISADVANTAGE HERE.
THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IS IN THE HOT SEAT PRETTY MUCH FOR THE ENTIRE DAY, BUT WE ARE GOING TO YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE TIME FOR THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UH, I KNOW IT'S DURING HOLIDAY SEASON, SO FOR Y'ALL TAKING TIME OFF TIME FROM WORK.
SO THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, IT'S JUST KIND OF DIFFICULT, LIKE YOU SAID, WITH THE OWNER NOT BEING HERE SO I CAN ASK THE QUESTIONS THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET ANSWERED.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAYBE MOTION TILL THE 18TH, JUST ONLY 'CAUSE SHE'S NOT HERE, SO WE CAN SPEAK TO HER AND THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY WAY THAT I WOULD PROBABLY MOTION, UM, WE WILL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, UH, IN THAT CASE NOW, DISCUSSION AND MOTION.
SO YEAH, I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO CONTINUE TO THE 18TH OF 2022, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO, UH, JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
IS THERE A SECOND? GOING ONCE SECOND.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE REMAIN QUIET.
WE WILL GET THROUGH THIS ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
UM, THERE'S A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
COMMISSIONER SIPES, I WON'T BE SUPPORTING A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE.
I THINK IT'S KIND OF OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS NOT A GOOD FIT.
UM, AND, UM, MY COLLEAGUES KNOW I ALWAYS LIKE TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY OF WHERE I'VE GROWN UP.
SO, UM, 40 YEARS AGO, THIS WAS BUS ROUTE NUMBER 78, UM, THAT I RODE TO MIDDLE SCHOOL.
AND SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS NEIGHBORHOOD,
UM, AND AS BANDERA ROAD, WE ALL KNOW HAS GROWN UP, UM, THROUGH THE YEARS, UH, I REPRESENT DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH LITERALLY IS ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, WE'VE SEEN MULTIPLE SUBDIVISIONS COME AND BE BUILT.
WE'VE SEEN HOW, UM, UH, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE, HAVE, HAVE GROWN UP AROUND THIS AREA, AND YET THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS STAYED THE SAME.
AND EVERY SATURDAY WHEN I GO OVER TO MY PARENTS FOR DINNER, I AM JUST AMAZED THAT THIS LITTLE AREA STILL EXISTS.
AND, UM, SO I CAN'T SUPPORT A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE AT, AT THIS TIME.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
AND COMMISSIONER BOTTLES, I, UM, SUPPORT COMMISSIONER S SIPES AND I, I WILL NOT SUPPORT THE, THE MOTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER.
SEEING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, UH, THE MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022 IS BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
MOTION, UM, DOES NOT PASS FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
SINCE THE MOTION FAILED, UH, IS THERE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY SOMEONE WHO VOTED AGAINST THE PREVIOUS MOTION? MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION? SECOND.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND
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BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.MOTION PASSES FOR RECONSIDERATION.
ALRIGHT, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION.
WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, BECAUSE I KNOW HE'S GOT THE, HE WAS CONSIDERING THE APPLICANT NOT BEING HERE, BUT I MAKE A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
UM, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION FOR DENIAL.
UM, WHILE I DO TYPICALLY LIKE TO SUPPORT MOTIONS FOR CONTINUANCE, BECAUSE I THINK THAT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT, THAT WE HEAR FROM ALL SIDES.
I THINK IN THIS CASE, CONSIDERING THE CHANGE THAT WOULD BE AFFECTED ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, I DON'T THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE APPROPRIATE UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, I'M USUALLY OF THE MIND, UH, THAT IF A COUPLE EXTRA WEEKS ARE GONNA HELP, UM, TO, TO FLESH SOMETHING LIKE THIS OUT, I USUALLY SUPPORT THAT.
HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, UH, I CANNOT SEE, UH, WHAT IT WOULD BE THAT WOULD CHANGE MY MIND ON THIS ONE.
UH, ALSO WANNA SAY WHAT A, UH, GREAT COMMUNITY, IT SOUNDS LIKE ALL OF YOU, UH, ALL OF YOU HAVE.
AND, AND, AND LIKE THE COMMISSIONER, UH, SAID, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY COMING OUT, UM, AND SORT OF DOING YOUR, YOUR CIVIC DUTY ON THIS ONE.
SO, UM, I, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION TO DENY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER, TO MY RIGHT COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, WITH ADDITIONAL INFORMATION SINCE MY ORIGINAL, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THE HISTORY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE EFFORT OF ALL OF YOU IN THE COMMUNITY TO, UM, COME FORWARD AND DISCUSS THE IMPACT ON YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD OF SUCH A DRAMATIC CHANGE IN LAND USE.
UM, I ORIGINALLY SUPPORTED THE MOTION, UH, PUT FORWARD BY THE DISTRICT EIGHT COMMISSIONER, UM, AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF AN AREA THAT ALSO REALLY STRUCK, SORRY, WE CAN
UM, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION PROVIDED AND JUST THINKING ABOUT THE ADVERSE IMPACTS, UM, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON AND MR. PETERS, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
UM, WELL WE HAVEN'T HAD THE VOTE YET, BUT NOPE.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, UH, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU AND, AND LOOKING PURELY AT THE LAND USE, I HAVE TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE AND COMMISSIONER WHITE AND, UH, MY OTHER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE SPOKEN TO THAT ISSUE.
I JUST DO NOT SEE HOW THIS COULD HAVE BEEN AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE UNDER THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
AND FOR CLARIFICATION, IT WAS COMMISSIONER S SIPES WITH THE MOTION AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH THE SECOND IN MY HASTE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. PETER.
UH, AS YOU NOW KNOW, JANUARY 18TH IS NOT NECESSARY FOR Y'ALL TO RETURN.
GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL IN THE FUTURE.
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GIVE A COUPLE, ACTUALLY, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND TAKE A FIVE MINUTE BREAK RIGHT NOW.
IT'S 2 44 AND WE STAND IN RECESS UNTIL APPROXIMATELY 2 49.
UM, ALL KIDDING ASIDE, THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 2 53.
UM, WE ARE BACK IN SESSION FOR THE, WHAT DAY IS IT? DECEMBER 21ST, 2021.
ZONING, COMMISSION MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE NEXT ITEM.
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WHITE IS NOT HERE CURRENTLY AT 2 53.I'M A PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE H TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS AND ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 6 22 SHERMAN STREET, THERE WERE 42 NOTICES.
MAIL TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
NUITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LOCATED OUTSIDE 200 FEET IS IN SUPPORT.
A GROUP BY THE NAME OF CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY HILL R OPPOSED 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 ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE.
BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1989 THROUGH 2012, THE SURROUNDING AREA HIGH HAD A HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DESIGNATION, WHICH PERMITTED FOR UP TO FOUR UNITS.
THIS RESULTED IN NUMEROUS PROPERTIES IN THE AREA TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE UNIT ON THE LOT, INCLUDING THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY TO THE EAST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THE REQUEST WILL BRING ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPTIONS TO THE DEITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, ALONG WITH A DECREASE OF NUMBER OF VACANT LOTS IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? UH, GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND TELL US ABOUT WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING REQUEST.
UH, MY NAME IS TERRY RICHARDSON.
UH, I ACTUALLY LIVE IN HOUSTON, UH, 45 10 ELLA, UH, 7 7 0 1 8.
UH, I DID, UH, ATTEND HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND COLLEGE HERE.
AND, UH, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN HERE FOR, FOR WELL OVER A HUNDRED YEARS, ALONG QUITE A WHILE.
UM, I AM SEEKING A CONDITIONAL, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS PROPERTY FOR TWO DWELLINGS, UH, BECAUSE, UM, I'D, I'D LIKE TO SEE THE AREA, YOU KNOW, GET RID OF SOME OF THE LOTS, UM, AND HAVE BETTER STREET STREET APPEAL BASICALLY.
SO I HAVE, I HAVE MULTIPLE LOTS, UH, IN, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW.
I, I CURRENTLY BUILD IN HOUSTON AND I'M WANTING TO KIND OF EXPAND BACK HOME.
SO THIS WILL BE MY FIRST, UH, MY FIRST PROJECT HERE.
UM, I'M WANTING, UH, TO ACTUALLY USE THIS AND A FEW OF MY OTHER PROPERTIES TO, UH, MOVE TO MY HOUSTON STREET PROPERTY, WHICH IS, UH, A HALF ACRE.
AND TO DO SOMETHING, UH, SUBSTANTIAL THERE AS KIND OF A GATEWAY TO, UH, DOWN DOWNTOWN.
SO, UH, THIS IS, UH, MY OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP MY, MY, UH, TRADE BASE, UH, GET REACQUAINTED WITH THE, UH, THE COMMUNITY AND THE, UH, THE CITY AS, AS AS WELL.
SO I HAVE, UH, SEVERAL, WELL, NOT SEVERAL, A COUPLE, UH, OPTIONS, UH, FOR WHAT I WANT TO PUT ON ON THIS LOT.
UH, ONE KIND OF A, A, A STOREFRONT LOOK.
THE TWO, UH, KIND OF A A A CAMELBACK TYPE, UH, NEW ORLEANS TOWN, THREE A SHOTGUN, DOUBLE SHOTGUN TYPE THINGS, UH, ALL OF WHICH ARE, ARE, ARE ALREADY PRESENT IN THE DIGNITY HILLS AREA.
SO, UM, I, I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UH, I'M PART OF THE, UH, TEXAS NATIONAL GUARD.
THIS CASE HAS, WAS PREVIOUSLY THROUGH HERE WHERE IT WAS APPROVED.
UH, IT GOT TO CITY COUNCIL AND I WAS DEPLOYED, UH, TO KUWAIT AT THE TIME.
AND SO THEY, THEY PUT IT ON HOLD.
UH, THE SIX MONTHS PASSED AND IT WAS CANCELED.
AND SO NOW I'M, I'M BACK AND I'M HAVING TO START, UH, OVER AGAIN.
UH, SO, UH, WE, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD APPROVAL FROM, UH, THIS LEVEL.
WE HADN'T GOTTEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, IN ADDITION, UH, I'VE, UH, GOT SOME CORRESPONDENCE FROM ED HALL, UH, AT THE, UH, A C R C.
UM, HE HAD A FEW CONCERNS AND WANTED TO WORK WITH ME, UH, TO, UH, RECTIFY THOSE.
SO I I, I'VE REACHED OUT TO HIM SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK AND, UH, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO, TO WORK WITH HIM TO DEVELOP SOMETHING THAT'S, UH, UH, ACCEPTABLE TO THE, UH, HISTORIC, UH, H D R C THERE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. RICHARDSON.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, SIR.
AND YOU WILL GET A SHORT REBUTTAL AFTER THE VOICEMAILS, MR. RICHARDSON.
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IT'S ITEM 2, 2 4.MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 8 6 7 5 4 1 3.
AND I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF ZONING CASE Z DASH 2021 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 2 4 CD.
THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY HILL ARE REQUESTING THAT THE ZONING CASE BE POSTPONED SO THAT WE CAN NOTIFY AND CONSULT WITH THE NEIGHBORS THAT FALL WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPERTY.
AS YOU WELL KNOW, THE DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS NOT COMMUNICATED THIS CASE TO ANYONE WITHIN A 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, AND THEY DON'T MAKE IT A HABIT TO DO SO AND HAVE SPECIFICALLY STATED THAT THEY DO NOT DO THAT.
UM, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THEIR FEEDBACK THAT THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY FEEDBACK PRIOR TO THIS CASE, BEFORE IT BEING OFFICIALLY VOTED ON.
SO WE WOULD ARE RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT YOU POSTPONE THIS CASE UNTIL WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
TONY GRADNEY, TWO 17 CACTUS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 3, CASE NUMBER ZERO, UH, ZEBRA 2 0 2 1 DASH 1 0 7 2 2 4.
CHARLIE DELTA, I AM IN FAVOR, I AM IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
MY BAD ATTITUDE WAS CONTAGIOUS, AT LEAST TO THE COMPUTER.
OH, HELLO, MY NAME IS VALERIE CORTES AND I RESIDE AT 5 0 8 LAMAR STREET.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO ZONING CASE 2021 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 2 4 CD ON 6 22 SHERMAN STREET.
I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE ZONING CASE AND REQUEST THAT IT BE POSTPONED SO THAT SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS THAT FALL WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY OF THIS PROPERTY CAN BE BETTER INFORMED AND THEIR FEEDBACK CAN BE COMMUNICATED TO THE COMMISSION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. RICHARDSON.
A BRIEF REBUTTAL, APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT ALL.
EXCUSE ME, SIR, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE IT ALL.
YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S REALLY NOT, UH, A WHOLE LOT TO BE SAID HERE.
UH, SO WE HAVE, UH, ONE, UH, CALL IN THAT WAS, UH, IN FAVOR AND SUPPORT AND, AND THAT TWO THAT WANT TO, UH, POSTPONE IT, UH, FOR, UH, MORE INFORMATION.
BUT THE INFORMATION, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MORE INFORMATION YOU CAN REALLY GET.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A CONDITIONAL DELL DEVELOPMENT FOR TWO DWELLINGS, UH, THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH HISTORIC, UH, AND, AND MEET THE, THE GUIDELINES OF, OF, OF WHAT, UH, THEY SAY IS, IS APPROPRIATE, UH, MASSING ORIENTATION, UH, HEIGHT, UM, INGRESS, EGRESS, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
SO, UM, THAT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I DON'T THINK THE SCOPE OF WHAT THEY'RE WANTING, UH, THEY'RE GONNA GET ANY MORE OF IT, UH, EVEN IF THEY GET MORE INFORMATION.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU.
I'M SORRY IF WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP.
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THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE.EXCUSE ME, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. RICHARDSON, I'D LIKE TO START BY, THANK YOU FOR COMING, UM, FROM HOUSTON TODAY AND ALSO FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UM, I AM FROM A MILITARY FAMILY AND WORK IN A MILITARY NONPROFIT, SO THAT DOES MEAN A LOT TO ME.
UM, AND I DEEPLY RESPECT YOUR TIME, UM, AND YOUR EFFORT TO, UM, TO REACH OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND, AND COME AND DO THE RIGHT THING HERE.
UM, I WOULD JUST ASK, UM, IN THE PROCESS OF, UM, APPLYING FOR THIS CASE, BOTH THE FIRST APPLICATION AND NOW, WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH EFFORTS DID YOU MAKE TO GET FEEDBACK FROM SURROUNDING RESIDENTS, SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THE 200 FEET RADIUS? AND EXPLAIN YOUR INTENTIONS WITH THIS PROJECT.
UM, WELL, SINCE I'VE BEEN BACK FROM KUWAIT, UH, THE ONLY THING I'VE DONE IS, IS WORK WITH, UH, THE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEMBER FOR THE DISTRICT.
UM, I'VE CALLED, UH, SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, IN THE AREA AND ASKED FOR, UH, THEIR SUPPORT.
UM, ONE, UH, IS, UH, ACTUALLY HE DIDN'T CALL IN, BUT HE, UH, UH, HE SENT A, UM, A SUPPORT, UH, LETTER IN, UH, BERNARD CHAMPION, UH, TO IS, IS IS TO THE, THE LEFT, UM, THE PREVIOUS CASE, UM, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION.
THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING BASICALLY.
SO I DID NOT EXPECT THAT, THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REACH BACK OUT TO, TO, TO ANYONE.
I CAN LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, I HAVE ATTENDED, UH, MULTIPLE DIGNITY HEIGHTS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, UH, PRIOR TO THE FIRST SUBMITTAL, UH, THEY REQUESTED SOME CHANGES TO THE PLANS THAT I HAD, WHICH WERE PRELIMINARY PLANS.
I MADE THOSE CHANGES, UM, PRIOR TO SUBMITTING SO THAT, UM, I DIDN'T PUSH THAT BACK THROUGH THEM AGAIN PRIOR TO SUBMITTING, BUT THEY HAD SEEN IT AND THEY, THEY REQUESTED SOME CHANGES TO BE MADE, WHICH, WHICH I, I, I DID MAKE.
SO A AGAIN, I DON'T, I DON'T SEE WHERE, UH, THE, THE, THE FACADE OR ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL, THE WAY THE PROJECT ACTUALLY LOOKS IS RELEVANT AT, AT THIS POINT.
UM, IT'S ONLY THAT WE WANT TO DO, UH, TWO UNITS THERE WHEN THE PRECEDENCE IS, IS CLEAR THAT THAT IS ALREADY GOING ON.
SO I I I REALLY CAN'T UNDERSTAND, UM, WHY, UH, THEY WOULD WANT A CONTINUANCE TO THIS WHEN IT IT'S, THEY'RE APPROVING IT ELSEWHERE.
SO, UH, I HOPE I'VE ANSWERED YOUR QUESTION.
UM, THAT IS VERY HELPFUL AND I APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF DETAIL YOU SHARED.
UM, I DO NOT HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, DID I HEAR THAT THERE ARE ALREADY MULTIPLE UNITS WITH MULTIPLE, OR SORRY, PROPERTIES WITH MULTIPLE UNITS ON THE STREET OR NEXT DOOR? COULD YOU PLEASE REPEAT? I, I DON'T REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT WAS SAID.
SO BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1989 TO 2012, UM, THIS AREA WAS ACTUALLY ZONED RMM FOUR.
UM, SO THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES IN THE AREA THAT HAVE MORE THAN ONE UNIT.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A MAP THAT WE CAN PUT UP THAT INDICATES, UM, THE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE MORE THAN ONE UNIT AND INCLUDING ONE DIRECTLY TO THE EAST.
AND THEN, UM, ONE MORE ON THAT SAME STREET.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SOME PROPERTIES THAT STILL HAVE THAT, UM, RESIDENTIAL MIX DISTRICT DESIGNATION, SOME RMM FIVE, RMM SIX, BUT THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE THEY WERE ZONED FOR MULTIPLE UNITS.
SO YOU'LL SEE THAT 6 28, WHICH IS DIRECTLY TO THE EAST, THAT ONE HAS TWO UNITS AND THEN FURTHER DOWN THE STREET, 7 0 4 ALSO HAS TWO UNITS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
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UM, STAFF WITH RESPECT TO THE HISTORY, MR. RICHARDSON MENTIONED THAT THIS HAD PREVIOUSLY COME THROUGH ZONING.DO YOU KNOW WHEN THAT WAS OFFHAND? ANYONE OR ALTERNATIVELY MR. RICHARDSON, IF YOU KNOW? UM, IT WAS, UH, AND IF YOU COME ZONING Z 2020, UH, TEN SEVEN ZERO ZERO ONE EIGHT TWO.
SO I BELIEVE IT WAS PROBABLY AUGUST, LIKE JULY OR OR AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
AND THE Z 2020 MEANS 2020, CORRECT? YES.
AND THEN WHENEVER, BECAUSE IT HAD LAPSED, WE WANTED TO BE SURE IT HAD AN UPDATED ITEM NUMBER FOR 2021.
SO THAT BRINGS IT BACK THROUGH THE CYCLE.
UM, AND I THINK I REMEMBER THAT CASE NOW AND IT WAS APPROVED AT THE ZONING COMMISSION LEVEL PREVIOUSLY? YES SIR.
UM, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ME.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, LAST QUESTIONS AND IF NOT TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND PO POSSIBLE MOTION.
I DO NOT HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT WE DEAL WITH LAND USE AND UM, THIS AREA HAS HAD SOME CHANGES IN DE DESIGNATION OVER THE YEARS.
UM, THERE'S A HISTORIC, DEFINITELY HISTORIC FEEL TO THIS COMMUNITY.
UM, WHILE THERE IS AND HAVE BEEN OVER THE YEARS, SOME INTRODUCTION OF ALTERNATIVE KINDS OF NONCONFORMING PROPERTIES, UM, THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A SINGLE FAMILY FEEL AND, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS ZONING PROCESS, ESPECIALLY IN THIS COMMUNITY IS VERY IMPORTANT.
UM, AND SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GETTING COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR THESE CASES, THAT, UM, WHERE THERE'S SOME UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, UH, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT PATTERN HAS CHANGED OVER THE YEARS, UM, IN HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS, MAKING SURE THAT YOU ARE MEETING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RESIDENTS, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION LEADERS, UM, IN A FORMAL PROCESS AND MAKING, UM, AN EFFORT TO GET SUPPORT FROM THE SURROUNDING MOST IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED NEIGHBORS IN 200 FEET IN WRITING OR BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO COME IF THEY CAN, WHICH COMPLETELY RESPECT CAN SOMETIMES BE AN OBSTACLE OR SUBMITTING A VOICEMAIL.
THAT WRITTEN SUPPORT IS REALLY IMPORTANT.
UM, GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS AND MAKING SURE THAT COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE FULLY AWARE OF THE INTENDED CHANGES, UM, EVEN IF THEY, UM, ARE POTENTIALLY, UM, PROMISING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND I DON'T SEE THAT HAVING HAPPENED IN THIS CASE.
I THINK A CONTINUANCE, UM, MAKES SENSE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE FULLY KNOW THAT, UM, YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT THAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
UM, FORTUNATELY THIS DOES ALSO GO THROUGH ANOTHER DESIGN REVIEW PROCESS WITH H D R C, BUT WE DON'T DEAL WITH THAT HERE.
SO MAKING SURE THAT THERE HAS BEEN ACTUAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS LAND USE DESIGNATION FITS WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND THE, THE NEEDS OF THIS COMMUNITY IS REALLY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT THE TWO NEIGHBORHOOD GROUPS, UM, THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN THIS AREA, DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY HILL, WHO USUALLY DO NOT AGREE, BOTH SENT IN LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
UM, SO I WOULD SUGGEST BEFORE, UM, I MAKE A MOTION THAT YOU CONSIDER WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE COUNCIL OFFICE, SETTING A MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS IN 200 FEET BE ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH THEM, UM, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVES TO THE EXTENT THAT THEY WANNA BE INVOLVED, AS WELL AS THE, UH, CONCERNED CITIZENS GROUP SO THAT YOU CAN MAKE SURE EVERYONE IS AWARE OF WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY, THAT YOU CAN COME BACK WITH WRITTEN SUPPORT.
UM, I AM GOING TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS UNTIL JANUARY, WELL, IT'S MORE THAN TWO WEEKS, BUT UNTIL JANUARY 18TH.
UM, OUR NEXT, UM, MEETING DATE IN LIGHT OF THOSE CONCERNS, UM, YOU CAN COME BACK.
UM, BUT IF, YOU KNOW, WE CAN DO THAT MEETING VIRTUALLY.
UM, BUT WE DEFINITELY NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND DO THAT CORRECTLY, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS THERE, UM, IN ORDER FOR ME TO BE ABLE TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
UH, THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
ANYONE COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
BRIEFLY, UM, TO ME, YOU KNOW, TO SOME DEGREE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT AND NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I THINK WE CAN'T IGNORE IS THE NOTICE PROVISION PROVIDED BY THE CITY.
42 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT WITHIN 200 FEET.
THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO WROTE BACK AFFIRMATIVELY IN SUPPORT, ONE OF WHOM CALLED IN.
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UH, AND I BELIEVE HE LIVED WITHIN 200 FEET.SO THERE'S EITHER TWO OR THREE PEOPLE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND THE REMAINDER DID NOT RESPOND IN OPPOSITION.
SO FOR ME, THAT SPEAKS VOLUMES.
UH, I HAVE GONE AROUND AND TRIED TO HUSTLE UP SUPPORT ON ISSUES THAT I'VE HAD WITH MY OWN HOME AND I WAS TOLD BY A LOT OF PEOPLE, WELL, AS LONG AS I DON'T SAY I'M OPPOSED, THAT'S OKAY.
UH, I THINK THAT'S HOW A LOT OF PEOPLE, UH, VIEW THIS PROCESS.
AND IN THIS CASE, NO ONE SPOKE UP IN OPPOSITION.
UM, AND THAT'S WHERE I WILL LEAVE MY COMMENTS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION.
I WAS HAVING SOME CHALLENGES WITH MY MASK.
UM, I, UM, APPRECIATE COMMENTS MADE BY, UM, FELLOW COMMISSIONER, BUT I'M STILL, UM, STEADFAST IN MY MOTION AND, UH, CAN GO AHEAD AND PROCEED.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022 BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
CHAIR BUSTAMONTE? NO, THE MOTION DOES NOT PASS.
IS THERE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY ONE OF THE PREVIOUSLY OPPOSED VOTES? MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
THERE'S A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HUE.
MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, DID YOU HEAR? NO.
RIGHT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, UH, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
ALRIGHT, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UH, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX.
UH, MY NAME'S FORREST WILSON, ZONING PLANNER WITH DE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS, UH, CASE Z 2021.
1 0 7 0 0 2 53 LOCATED IN THE 5,400 BLOCK OF ROGERS ROAD.
IT'S GOING FROM C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 23 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION IS OPPOSED.
UH, THERE WERE TWO, UH, RESPONSES IN
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FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET AND 14 OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE WEST SLASH SOUTHWEST SECTOR PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS THE GENERAL URBAN TIER IN THE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN.
THE REQUESTED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY BASED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE STAFF RECOMMENDS OF APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD COME FORWARD, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, WELL AGAIN, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES AGAIN AND, UH, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US ABOUT THE PROJECT.
ASHLEY FAIRMONT, KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, JUST TO BE CLEAR, WE ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TODAY, UH, TILL JANUARY 18TH.
NORMALLY, WHEN WE'RE CONTEST REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE, I I DON'T MAKE A FULL PRESENTATION AND I WON'T DO THAT TODAY, BUT IN LIGHT OF WHAT'S HAPPENED BEFORE US, I'M A LITTLE HESITANT TO NOT, UM, PRESENT ANYTHING.
SO, DO YOU HAVE MY PRESENTATION? YES.
SO, UM, AS FOREST MENTIONED, THE REQUEST IS FOR MULTIFAMILY, THE MF 33 DESIGNATION.
UM, I DO WANNA NOTE THERE ARE A FEW REPRESENTATIVES FROM MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES HERE PRESENT TODAY.
UM, EMILY FROM OUR OFFICE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THEM AS WELL AS THE OWNER.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THEY'RE OPPOSED, YOU KNOW, THEY, WE MAY NOT MEET ON THIS ONE, WE MAY NOT COME TO AN AGREEMENT, BUT WE WOULD REQUEST THE TIME TO TO TRY TO DO THAT.
UM, THERE WERE ALSO, AS YOU HEARD, SOME NOTICES FROM OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET THAT WERE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION THAT WE JUST LEARNED ABOUT EARLIER TODAY.
SO, UM, WE WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, WE DO FEEL THAT MF 33 IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION.
SO, SO THIS IS THE SITE HERE AT 14 ACRES ON ROGERS ROAD.
UM, ALL OF THIS PROPERTY RIGHT NOW IS ZONE C THREE COMMERCIAL, SO WE HAVE COLLIBRA, UM, THERE WE GO UP TO THE NORTH, UM, YOU KNOW, INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES HERE.
AND THEN, UM, SOME MORE CORPORATE CAMPUSES LOCATED TO THE SOUTH.
AND THEN MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES IS HERE.
UM, ALSO PLANNED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A LARGE VACANT PARCEL RIGHT NOW, BUT COMING IN HERE IS, UM, METHODIST HOSPITAL.
SO WE FEEL THAT WITH THE HOSPITAL COMING IN, THE TRANSITION FROM THAT INTENSE C THREE USE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING, UM, WHICH WE HAVE ALSO TALKED TO THE HOSPITAL ABOUT, WHICH THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE OF AND THE IDEA THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES CAN LIVE CLOSER TO WHERE THEY WORK.
UM, AND THEN TRANSITION FROM THE HOSPITAL TO THE MULTI-FAMILY TO SOME SMALLER TYPE COMMERCIAL USES ALONG ROGERS ROAD, UH, AND THEN INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC.
UH, WE FEEL THOUGH THAT BASED ON WHAT COULD GO ON THIS SITE NOW WITH THE C THREE, THAT THE MULTI-FAMILY IS A BETTER OPTION, UM, THAN WHAT ELSE COULD BE DEVELOPED.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'LL LEAVE IT THERE, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? OKAY, MY NAME IS REBECCA FLORES PEREZ.
I LIVE AT 1 0 3 2 OH MOUNT CROSBY.
UH, WITHIN THE MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES SUBDIVISION, I AM ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OUR H O A MOUNTAIN VIEW NEIGHBORS, UH, COALITION.
A, UM, WE, UM, REALLY LOVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS VERY UNIQUE, IT IS SMALL.
WE ALSO HAVE NO CURVES, OUR SIDEWALKS, AND IT'S LIKE LIVING IN THE COUNTRY.
BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE REALLY THOUGHT PETITIONED THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET IDEAS OF WHAT WE WANNA SEE AROUND US.
AND BASED ON THAT WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF APARTMENTS.
HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT AT THE MOMENT THERE ARE SOME APARTMENTS ON ROGERS ROAD, UM, I WOULD SAY TO THE SOUTH OF US THAT ARE ON 20 ACRES, AND THEY'RE APPROXIMATELY FOUR OVER 400 APARTMENTS ADJACENT TO THOSE APARTMENTS.
THE SUB THE APARTMENT, UH, NAME IS CALLED SYNOVIA, NEXT TO THEM ARE ANOTHER 20 ACRES, WHICH ARE ALREADY ZONED MULTIFAMILY.
AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE ANOTHER 400 APARTMENTS THERE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE STRIP OF ROGERS ROAD BETWEEN WISEMAN AND CULEBRA, THAT WOULD GIVE US 800, AND I'M SPEAKING IN ROUND NUMBERS, 800 APARTMENTS.
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THE 33 MF, 33, IF THEY BUILD MF 33 OR ZONE AND BUILD MORE APARTMENTS, WE'RE LOOKING AT OVER 1300 APARTMENTS WITHIN THAT SMALL STRIP OF ROAD.THIS IS A LOT OF APARTMENTS FOR THAT AND VERY CLOSE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALREADY HAVE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS GETTING IN AND OUTTA THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC ON ROGERS ROAD.
THE DENSITY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR APARTMENT LIVING.
NOW I UNDERSTAND THAT THE HOSPITAL, IT WILL BE THERE AND THAT THEY NEED PLACES TO LIVE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACES FOR THEM TO LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IN THE AREA THAT ARE CLOSE BY IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC, BECAUSE OUR, THE WAY OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD IS SITUATED, WE HAVE PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET FROM, UM, CULEBRA ROAD TO ROGERS ROAD AND THAT HAS REALLY BECOME AN ISSUE IN REGARDS TO TRAFFIC.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OF US HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS, BUT WE MAKE CUTTING IT SHORT.
WE ARE NOT IN FAVOR BECAUSE OF WHAT IT WILL DO TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, MR. STUMP, IF YOU WOULD INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS.
I LIVE AT 56 28 MOUNT HELEN IN MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES.
UM, TO REITERATE WHAT BECKY WAS SAYING, UH, HAVING TO DO WITH TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS PROBABLY THE BEST WAY TO EXAMINE THAT, IS TO DEMONSTRATE A TYPICAL DAY.
UH, I LIVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MOUNT HELEN AND MOUNT BAKER AND BASICALLY THERE ARE THREE, THERE ARE FOUR ENTRANCES INTO MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES.
THREE OF THEM ARE ON ROGERS ROAD AND ONE OF THEM IS ON COLLIBRA ROAD.
AT, ON EVERY DAY, INCLUDING SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS, THERE IS CONGESTION OF TRAFFIC PILING UP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE WANTING TO, TO TRY TO AVOID THE INTERSECTION OF 1604 AND CBRA ROAD, UH, ALAMO RANCH AREA, AND ALSO, UM, TRYING TO AVOID, UH, ROGERS AND COLLIBRA ROAD, THAT INTERSECTION.
UM, THERE'S ALWAYS AN ACCIDENT, UH, SERIOUS AND SOME MINOR, UH, HAPPENING, UH, EVERY DAY IN THIS AREA.
THE, UM, THE PRIMARY PROBLEM THAT WE HAVE IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION IS THE AMOUNT OF NON-RESIDENTS CUTTING THROUGH, UM, USUALLY FROM COLLIBRA ROAD TO AVOID THE LIGHTS AND GOING TO ANY OF OUR THREE EXITS ONTO ROGERS ROAD.
THEY'RE, NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE CAUSING DANGER ON ROGERS ROAD, BUT ALSO THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT, THEY'RE ALREADY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE OF THE DRIVE.
THEY'RE PARENTS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO GET HOME, GET A H E B, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE BY.
AND SO THEY DON'T FOLLOW THE SPEED LIMITS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, EVEN IF THEY WERE POSTED AT 50, THEY'D GO 60.
UM, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE SPEED LIMIT IS.
I MEAN, IT'S 20 OR 30, BUT THEY CERTAINLY DO GO FASTER THAN THAT.
UH, IT'S DANGEROUS FOR US NOW.
AND WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF, LET'S SAY, 500 MORE APARTMENT UNITS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM OUR SUBDIVISION.
IT'S GOING TO GENERATE EVEN MORE CROSS TRAFFIC, UH, COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALL DURING THE DAY AND ALSO DURING THE NIGHT BECAUSE IT IS A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
IT'S NOT A HOTEL, IT'S NOT MEDICAL COMPLEX LIKE WE HAVE, UH, BUILDING TO THE SOUTH OF US.
SO, UM, THAT'S, UH, ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
GILBERT LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY JAN WELLS.
HI, I'M GILBERT LOPEZ AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES COALITION.
MOST PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE, I LIVE AT TEN FIVE FIVE ONE MOUNT BAKER HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR, UH, 20 EASY, 20, 30, 40 YEARS.
PEOPLE DON'T SELL THEIR HOMES THERE.
WHAT THEY DO, THEY HAND THEM DOWN TO THEIR KIDS, AND WE NEVER WANTED SIDEWALKS.
THAT'S WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALWAYS WANTED.
AND SO WE DON'T HAVE SIDEWALKS OR CURVES.
IT'S LIKE BECKY SAID, IT'S A RUSTIC ENVIRONMENT AND THAT'S THE WAY EVERYBODY LIKES IT THERE.
PEOPLE SWARMED THERE TO COME BY.
PROPERTY FROM OUR, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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ROGERS ROAD WAS A DEAD IN THE STREET.THERE WAS PIGS, HOGS, EVERYTHING WAS THERE BEFORE.
HOME DEPOT, H E B, ALL THEM LINGS.
UH, I KNOW DEVELOPMENT HAS TO CONTINUE AND, UH, AND UH, DRIVE ON, BUT I BELIEVE, UH, LIKE WE HAVE SPOKEN ALREADY, SEVERAL OF US THAT, UH, THIS WILL CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC.
WE, IT'S ALREADY HORRENDOUS RIGHT NOW.
UM, LIKE, UH, MIKE SAID, EVERYBODY CUTS THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO AVOID THE COLLIBRA AND ROGERS ROAD.
A STOPLIGHT, I MEAN, HUNDREDS OF CARS, NOT 10, 20 OF THEM HUNDREDS.
UH, MY STOP SIGN, I LIVE ON THE CORNER OF ROGERS ROAD AND MOUNT BAKER.
THE LINE IS ALL THE WAY TO MIKE STUMPS HOUSE.
THAT'S ONE COUNTRY BLOCK, NOT A REGULAR CITY BLOCK.
WE TALKED WITH THESE PEOPLE, UH, UH, THE FIRST TIME WE EXPRESSED, WE LISTENED TO 'EM, WE TOLD 'EM WHAT WE DO.
THEY CAME BACK WITH, UH, UH, PRETTY MUCH KIND OF TO ACCOMMODATE US.
BUT WE JUST DON'T WANT NO APARTMENTS THERE.
UH, FOR THE, FOR, FOR THE, THE BEING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I, I TELL EVERYBODY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD I TAKE, UH, I'M 63 YEARS OLD.
UH, AND MY JOB IS TO TAKE CARE OF ALL THESE PEOPLE, OUR SENIORS FROM CRIME, ANY KIND OF VIOLENCE, TRAFFIC.
AND I, I ALWAYS PUT MYSELF TO THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT I LET THESE PEOPLE KNOW HOW CONCERNED I AM ABOUT THIS.
WE TRIED TO TALK WITH THESE PEOPLE, THE LANDOWNER, AND THEY, UH, WANTED TO DONATE $25,000 TO TREES.
WE TOLD 'EM NO, WE DON'T WANT IT.
WE HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S LUSH WITH TREES.
SO NEXT TIME WE MET, WELL, LET'S JUST JACK IT UP.
DO YOU WANT IT THAT BAD? WE DON'T NEED YOU.
THEY NEED US, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GIVE UP THAT PRIVATE AREA THAT WE HAVE.
WE HAVE HOME DEPOT, H E B, EVERYTHING THERE, MASSIVE TRAFFIC.
AND THERE'S NO WAY ONCE THOSE DEPARTMENTS GO UP, GO UP, THEY WILL NEVER GO DOWN.
IT'LL BE LIKE THE BRONX, NEW YORK STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
THANK YOU, MR. I'M GILBERT LOPEZ.
I LEAVE AT 1 0 3 0 6 MOUNT EVANS.
I LIVE IN ONE OF THE CUL-DE-SACS ON THE OPPOSITE END OF THE, ON THE WEST END OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM ROGERS ROAD.
PEOPLE HAVE OFTEN SAID, WHAT DO YOU CARE? YOU'RE UP ON THE HILL.
BUT I HAVE TO LEAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I HAVE TO COME BACK.
AND ROGERS ROAD IS NOT A STREET.
IT IS A STREET THAT THERE AREN'T QUITE AS MANY WRECKS NOW BECAUSE MICROSOFT'S WORKING AND THEY HAVE BIG TR TRUCKS ENTERING AND EXITING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE HILL.
SO PEOPLE ARE SLOWING DOWN NOW, BUT IT IS AWFUL.
UM, MY SON IS 26 YEARS OLD AND HE DIDN'T WANT TO GET HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE WHEN HE TURNED 16 OR 17 AT 20, HE FINALLY AGREED.
HE SAID, WHY DO I WANNA DRIVE MOM? I LIVE AT 60 0 4 IN COLLIBRA.
AND THOSE PEOPLE JUST COME ZOOMING THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND YES, I'M SURE IF YOU GO AND ASK METHODIST THEIR PERSPECTIVE HOSPITAL, DO THEIR PEOPLE, ARE THEY GONNA NEED SOMEWHERE TO LIVE? YES, THEY ARE.
ONE THING THAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT ALL THOSE APARTMENTS WHEN THEY COME UP AND WE COME DOWN HERE IS WESTOVER HILLS.
THOSE KIDS THAT LIVE IN THOSE APARTMENTS GO TO TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
THOSE ARE NOT THE KIND, THOSE ARE NOT LOCATED WHERE PROFESSIONAL PEOPLE WANT THEIR KIDS GOING TO ROUGH TITLE ONE SCHOOLS.
THE MIDDLE SCHOOL IN THAT AREA IS THE ONLY MIDDLE SCHOOL IN NORTHSIDE THAT REQUIRES UNIFORMS AND THAT WAS PUT IN PLACE BECAUSE OF GANGS IN THE SCHOOL.
THIS IS NOT A PLACE THAT NEEDS A LOT MORE NEIGHBOR, A LOT MORE TRAFFIC, A LOT MORE CONDENSED TRAFFIC.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO THAT DEVELOPING AT ALL.
WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME, UM, REHAB CENTERS.
I'M SURE IF YOU ASK METHODIST, THEY'D SAY, YEAH, THAT'D BE A GREAT PAIRING UP WITH OUR, OUR HOSPITAL, UM,
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NURSING HOME AREAS, PLACES WHERE THEIR CLIENTS COULD GO.THERE'S NOT A HOTEL FOR ANY OF THE HOSPITALS ALONG THERE FOR A LONG WAY.
AND THAT'S A WHOLE DIFFERENT DEMOGRAPHIC.
UM, WE DON'T NEED A BUNCH MORE SCHOOL BUSES MAKING U-TURNS COMING ON AND OFF.
IT IS NOT A GOOD PLACE TO PUT ANOTHER HIGH DENSE TRAFFIC STRUCTURE BUSINESS.
PLEASE DON'T PUT ANOTHER, UM, APARTMENT ON THAT ROAD.
ALRIGHT, MS. FERRIMAN, BRIEF REBUTTAL.
UM, I THINK YOU'VE HEARD, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF COMMENTS, CONCERNS ABOUT TRAFFIC, OBVIOUSLY.
UM, WE BELIEVE, AND WE'VE WORKED WITH OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, THAT MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T, DON'T LIKE TO BELIEVE THE NUMBERS, BUT THE NUMBERS DO COME IN.
IT'S LOWER TRAFFIC THAN IF WE DEVELOPED IT AS SAY, YOU KNOW, A LARGE MEDICAL OFFICE BUILDING OR SOMETHING OF THAT SORT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE OPTIONS THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN TALK MORE ABOUT TRAFFIC IN THE FUTURE AND, YOU KNOW, WOULD INVITE YOU ALL TO, YOU KNOW, CONSIDER THE CONTINUANCE TODAY.
UM, IF NOT, I'D LIKE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
UH, MS. FAIRMAN, UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT SIX CASE COMMISSIONER HU TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, I WANNA THANK THE, THE RESIDENTS OF MOUNTAIN VIEW ACRES FOR COMING AND ALSO, UH, ASHLEY AND EMILY FOR PARTICIPATING IN THIS PROCESS.
AND I KNOW THAT YOU GUYS HAVE MET ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS AND I'VE HEARD ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU TO DO IS TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS AND I'M GOING TO SUPPORT A CONTINUANCE.
'CAUSE AGAIN, I, I THINK THERE COULD BE A SOLUTION, BUT IF WE CAN GET TO A POINT WHERE SAY, HEY, THERE IS NO SOLUTION, THEN WE CAN ALL FEEL GOOD ABOUT HAVING GIVEN A BEST TRY AT IT.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER HU TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND MOTION.
AT THIS TIME I MOVE FOR CONTINUANCE OF, UH, ITEM NUMBER SIX TO THE 18TH OF JANUARY 22ND.
UH, COMMISSIONER HU HAS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE.
WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
UH, AGAIN, MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE TO JANUARY 18TH, 2022.
FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX BY COMMISSIONER, WE, UH, WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE RECORDED YOUR AND, AND MADE OF RECORD, I SUPPOSE IS A BETTER WAY OF SAYING THAT, UH, YOUR OPPOSITION.
BUT THE CONTINUANCE DOES PASS SO YOU CAN ELECT TO COME BACK ON JANUARY 18TH WHEN THIS CASE MAY BE HEARD.
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY NEW YEAR.
UH, WE MAY SEE YOU IN THE NEW YEAR.
UM, ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SINA ZAKO, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES CASE NUMBER Z 2021.
1 0 7 0 0 3 0 9 S IS LOCATED AT 4 6 2 7 WEST COMMERCE GOING FROM C TWO TO C TWO S FOR A CAR WASH WITH ALL OTHER OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 44 NOTICES MAILED ONE PROPERTY OWNER IN FAVOR, ZERO ZERO PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM LAS PALMAS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED CAR WASH DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER BUSINESSES ALONG WEST COMMERCE, THE PROPORTION OF THE PROPERTY ENCROACHES INTO THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ON WILMONT COSTING POTENTIAL HARDSHIP ON RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO SPEAK ON THIS CASE.
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THANK YOU SO MUCH.UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YES.
IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD, TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
UH, MY NAME IS SHAHAN ANI 1 1 1 1 0 ZIMMERMAN LANE, AUSTIN, TEXAS, UH, REQUESTING A REZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS.
UH, NO FORMAL PRESENTATION BUT JUST WANTED TO SHARE A FEW DETAILS ON THE PROJECT.
THIS WILL, THIS WILL BE AN INTENDED CAR WASH WITH STAFF ON SITE DURING ALL OPERATING HOURS.
UH, WE USE WATER-BASED, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY CAR WASH SOAPS AND REUSE UP TO 80% OF OUR WATER.
NO SIMILAR EXPRESS EXTERIOR CAR WASHES WITHIN TWO AND A HALF MILES OF THE PROPERTY.
WE CONSULTED WITH THE NEIGHBORING H O A BOARDS INCLUDING MR. RUSSELL FELON OF PROSPECT HILL AND MS. GLORIA HERNANDEZ OF LAS PALMAS, UH, BOTH H O A SUPPORT THE PROJECT AND I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? RUSSELL FELLON.
MR. FELLON, IF YOU WOULD, HOW YOU DOING? RUSSELL FELLON, 24 10 WEST COMMERCE.
I WANT THE BOARD, THE PROSPECT HILL ASSOCIATION.
UH, HE HAD, UH, CALLED ME AFTER I GOT THE EMAIL.
I RESPONDED WITH HIM AND, AND TOLD HIM THAT I NEEDED TO GO BUY THE PROPERTY, GO LOOK AT IT, AND THEN TALK TO, UH, THE MEMBERS OF THE PROSECUTOR HILL.
WE MET LAST MONTH ON THE 22ND AND I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT HE WANTED TO DO.
THAT IT, THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE A NORMAL CAR WASH, IT WAS GONNA BE SOME FANCY SITUATION LIKE THIS.
AND, AND EVERYBODY WAS IMPRESSED FOR THE FACT OF THE MONEY HE WAS GONNA PUT INTO THIS.
AND, AND HONESTLY, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WANTED SOMETHING LIKE THIS 'CAUSE WE ALL LIKE TO HAVE OUR CARS CLEANED AND DROP OFF AND KIND OF JUST WAIT AND, AND HAVE IT DONE.
AND, UH, THEY WERE IN SUPPORT OF IT AND I'M IN SUPPORT OF IT ALSO.
SO WE TALKED A SECOND TIME AND TOLD HIM THAT WE WOULD, UH, I WOULD BE HERE TO, UH, MAKE MY COMMENTS AND BE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
ANY OTHER, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR.
UM, MR. BADANI, DO YOU WANT ANY REBUTTAL? NO, I DO.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO IT GOES TO ME FOR QUESTIONS, UH, BRIEFLY, STAFF, WE HAVE, UH, THE SITE PLAN UP HERE.
UM, WHAT THIS DOESN'T SHOW IS THAT, WELL NOW LEMME MAKE SURE I'M ORIENT PROPERLY.
TO THE EAST OF THE UPPER PORTION IS A RESIDENTIAL ZONED PROPERTY.
IS THERE ANYTHING THERE OR IS IT A VACANT LOT IF YOU KNOW, OR MR. FELLON OR MR. BADANI, IS THAT A VACANT LOT ON, UH, WILMONT? THERE ARE SOME HOUSES BACK THERE.
SO IN LIGHT OF THAT RESIDENTIAL USE OF BUDDING, UH, C TWO USE, SORRY, GO AHEAD.
THAT, THAT WAS ALWAYS GONNA POINT OUT THE, THE PRIMARY HOUSING IS ALONG WILMOTT ON THE, ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE BLOCK.
AND THEN, UM, THERE ARE SOME HOMES ALSO TO THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY THAT WAS STAFF'S CONCERN.
AND WHY THE, WE DIDN'T SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE DO REALIZE THAT A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES ALONG WEST COMMERCE ARE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
UM, SO IT, IT IS APPROPRIATE ALONG THE FRONT PORTION OF THE PROPERTY, BUT, BUT NOT THE ENTIRE PROPERTY PER SE.
BUT AGAIN, ALONG WILMONT IS, IS THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY? IS THERE A HOUSE THERE? WE COULD PROBABLY DO A GOOGLE MAP JUST TO GIVE YOU A QUICK, I DIDN'T SEE ONE, BUT I JUST WONDERED IF YOU COULD CONFIRM.
BUT ANY EVENT, GIVEN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING OF 3 0 8 WILMONT, UH, WHAT IS THIS SETBACK ON THE SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY? UM, SO FOR C TWOS THAT ABUT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES, UM, THE REQUIRED SETBACK WOULD BE 30 FEET ON THE REAR AND 10 FEET ON THE SIDE.
UM, AND LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, IS THAT 10 FEET REFLECTED IN THE SITE PLAN ON THAT EASTERN BOUNDARY? I THINK ON THIS SIDE, LIKE FIVE, JUST JUST TO THE NORTH THERE UP, YEAH.
ALRIGHT, SO IF THERE'S A CONFLICT BETWEEN THE SETBACKS AND THE SITE PLAN, WHICH WOULD CONTROL STAFF.
SO, UH, THE, THE SETBACK APPLIES TO A BUILDING SETBACK
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AND THEY'RE NOT ACTUALLY GOING TO PUT A BUILDING THERE.UM, BUT WE DO HAVE A BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENT THAT WOULD BE 15 FEET.
AND THEN I AM LOOKING ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THERE IS A 10 FOOT, UM, SETBACK AS WELL AS ACC IT LOOKS LIKE ACCESS EASEMENT.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS AT THIS POINT.
UH, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
UM, THIS IS A CLOSE CASE FOR ME, UM, BUT I HAVE TO AT LEAST TRY TO REMAIN SOMEWHAT CONSISTENT IN MY VIEWS AS TO NOTICE AND OPPOSITION.
UH, WE HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HERE IN FAVOR OF THIS USE AT THIS LOCATION.
WE HAD 44 NOTICES GO OUT AND ONLY ONE IN RESPONSE AGAINST IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A CLOSE AND WE HAVE A REPORT FROM THE APPLICANT, BUT THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ALSO IN FAVOR.
UNFORTUNATELY, WE DID NOT HAVE THAT REFLECTED IN WRITING OR BY A REPRESENTATIVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M VERY NERVOUS ABOUT CAR WASH USES, PARTICULARLY WHEN THEY ABUT RESIDENTIAL USES.
NEVERTHELESS, AND DESPITE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 12 AND I SO MOVE.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE'LL, SECOND.
UH,
UH, COMMISSIONER FUENTES IS A SECOND DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, UH, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY ME OF ITEM NUMBER 12 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.
UM, GOOD LUCK TO YOU AND LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 15.
I ALMOST CALLED 13 AGAIN, BUT THANKFULLY WE'RE NOT DOING THAT.
MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS LOCATED AT 57 21 US HIGHWAY 87 EAST GOING FROM NP 10, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT AND R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 10 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, THREE THREE IN OPPOSITION AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND PUBLIC INSTITUTIONAL IN THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN, THE REQUESTED L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL BASED ZONING DISTRICT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A PLAN AMENDMENT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AT THE DECEMBER 15TH HEARING.
THE EXISTING NP 10 NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT AND R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ARE NOT APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE REQUESTED L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE AREA.
THE PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE ALONG A PRIMARY ARTERIAL AND IN CLOSES PROXIMITY TO LOOP FOUR 10.
ADDITIONALLY, THERE ARE L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL LAND USES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD COME FORWARD, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
MY NAME IS LUIS ESTRADA, THE OWNER OF TRUCK AND TRAILER STORAGE.
I'M AT 51 69 RANDOLPH BOULEVARD.
WE'RE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FOR A REZONING OF FROM RESIDENTIAL TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
WE BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORS.
I BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY AS WELL AS MOST, UH, RETAIL STORES NEARBY.
UH, IF YOU GUYS DRIVE BY FOUR 10 IN, IN RIGSBY, YOU'LL SEE A PARKING LOT OF TRUCKS EVERYWHERE EVERY NIGHT.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE IN THIS BUSINESS AND AND WHAT WE DO IS, IS TO OFFER SECURE
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STORAGE FOR PEOPLE THAT COME IN FROM OUT OF TOWN, FROM OTHER LOCATIONS OR OTHER CITIES, OTHER STATES.UH, EVERYTHING THAT WE WEAR, EVERYTHING THAT WE EAT, OUR CARS, EVERYTHING WITHIN OUR HOME COMES FROM A TRUCK.
SO WHAT DO WE EXPECT AFTER HOURS AFTER THEIR DOWNTIME? THEY ALSO NEED A SAFE PLACE TO PARK.
UH, WE DON'T ONLY JUST CATER TO TRUCKS AND TRAILERS.
WE ALSO SERVICE LANDSCAPERS THAT CAN'T PARK THEIR EQUIPMENT OUTSIDE THEIR HOME.
'CAUSE HOME ASSOCIATION DOESN'T ALLOW IT.
CONS, UH, CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES, SMALL CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES WITH EQUIPMENT, UH, RVS AS WELL AS JUST RESIDENTS THAT HAVE A TRAILER AND THEY CAN'T PARK IT AT THEIR FRONT DOOR OR THEIR GARAGE.
'CAUSE HOME ASSOCIATIONS ALSO DON'T ALLOW IT.
SO WITH THAT, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE TO ANSWER IT.
OH YES, MS. MCCANN, I THINK I MIGHT'VE SAID STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL.
I WAS CURIOUS BUT IT'S GONNA BE QUESTION ONE.
UH, MR. CHER, IF YOU WOULD, UH, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF.
GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US YOUR THOUGHTS.
MY ADDRESS IS 5 7 2 5 US HIGHWAY 87 EAST.
SO, UM, THE USE CASE FOR THIS, UH, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY OUTREACH BY THE, UH, THE PURCHASER, THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION I'VE CIRCLED, UH, AND READ TO THE WEST IS WHERE YOU'RE LOOKING TO REZONE.
UM, ANOTHER, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND THEN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL OWNED BY SKIP'S BODY SHOP.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE AREA, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL FLOODPLAIN.
THERE'S NOTHING THERE AND IT'S FLOODPLAIN SURROUNDING EVERYWHERE.
SO NOW WE'RE LOOKING TO DEVELOP ON THAT.
UM, WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY SORT OF USE CASE.
SO I DID A LITTLE BIT OF MY OWN RESEARCH.
SO THE TRUCKS THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS IS THE EXISTING OPERATION, WHICH IS I ONE, WHICH IS UP IN WINDCREST.
THEY WANNA PARK THIS NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
ALL THOSE TRUCKS YOU SEE AT WALMART, ALL THE TRANSIENTS, EVERYTHING THEY WANNA PUT RIGHT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS.
UH, THERE IS NO DIRECT ACCESS IN BETWEEN THE TWO LOTS IS AN EASEMENT SHARED BY FOUR DIFFERENT OR BY SKIPS.
MR. W, MYSELF, THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOR AND THE MOOSE LODGE.
IT IS A GRAVEL LANE THAT CANNOT HANDLE THIS KIND OF TRAFFIC.
UNDERNEATH THIS GRAVEL LANE IS THE WATER LINES TO THESE EXISTING BUSINESSES, NOT EVEN SURE WHERE.
SO ALL THIS HEAVY FREIGHT IS GONNA END UP BREAKING OUR WATER LINES.
UH, ALSO IF THERE IS NOT SUITABLE ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION LIENS OFF OF HIGHWAY 87 INTO THIS PROPERTY, IT IS A 30 FOOT ACCESS SHARED EASEMENT FOR ALL THIS HEAVY FREIGHT TO GET IN AND OUT OF WITHOUT EVEN ACCELER OR DESAL LENGTHS.
UM, I DON'T SEE HOW MY PROPERTY VALUES ARE GONNA BENEFIT BY PUTTING A 24 7 INDUSTRIAL TRUCK OPERATION NEXT TO IT.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, THE WATER METERS FOR ALL THESE PROPERTIES ARE RIGHT ON THE CORNER OF THE ACCESS OF THAT EASEMENT.
UH, TRUCKS HAVE A HARD TIME NEGOTIATING 30 FOOT TURNING RADIUSES.
UH, I DOUBT THEY'LL BE ABLE TO DO SO HERE.
THEY'RE GONNA RUN RIGHT OVER THE TOP OF OUR WATER METERS ON OUR WATER WATERLINES.
WE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PROVE WHOSE FAULT IT IS.
AND THE OWNER, THE LANDOWNERS WE'RE GONNA END UP FOOTING THE BILL TO TRY TO FIX THIS.
UH, THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS ALL FLOODPLAIN.
SO NOW WE HAVE TO LOOK AT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO ALTER THE FLOODPLAIN IN ORDER TO PUT IN THIS KIND OF OPERATION, WHICH COULD AFFECT HOW THE WATER FLOWS FROM MY PROPERTY FROM THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL.
'CAUSE IT FLOWS THAT DIRECTION.
AS SOON AS THEY START TO BUILD THAT UP, THE WATER IS NO LONGER GOING TO FLOW AND IT'LL BACK UP INTO MINE AND THE OTHERS.
UM, SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS A NON-APPROVAL ON THIS, OR AT LEAST TABLE THIS.
WE HAVEN'T BEEN CONTACTED BY ANYBODY.
THE ONLY WAY I KNOW ABOUT THIS WAS A HAPPEN CHANCE MEETING WITH A POTENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER.
WHEN HE WAS OUT LOOKING AT IT, I WALKED OUT, WHO ARE YOU? AND HE TOLD ME WHO HE WAS AND I WENT OUT AND DID MY OWN RESEARCH.
NONE OF US REALLY KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING, RIGHT? SO HE WANTS TO TAKE, THEY WANT TO TAKE AN INDUSTRIAL TRUCKING OPERATION, PUT IT INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I JUST DON'T SEE HOW THIS IS GOOD FIT AND I AM OUT OF TIME.
ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT STAFF? ALRIGHT, UM, SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE SOME REBUTTAL.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO START BY SAYING THAT IT'S HARD TO REACH THE NEIGHBORS WHEN THE NEIGHBORS DON'T ALLOW YOU.
UH, SO AS HE SAID, THERE'S A A 50 FOOT EASEMENT GOING INTO THIS PROPERTY.
UH, TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT'S ILLEGAL TO BLOCK A, A PUBLIC EASEMENT.
UH, THAT IT, IT SERVES ALL THE NEIGHBORS AROUND THERE.
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A SIGN THAT SAYS YOU CANNOT ENTER.FIRST AND FOREMOST, HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO DO THAT BECAUSE HE DOESN'T OWN THAT EASEMENT COMING UP TO HIS PROPERTY TO VISIT WITH HIM.
HE PULLS RIGHT IN FRONT OF MY CAR, STARTS RECORDING ME TAKING PICTURES.
I GET OFF OF MY VEHICLE, TRY TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.
UH, SO I TOLD HIM I GET, I LEFT HIM A BUSINESS CARD.
I INVITED HIM TO OUR PROPERTY SO HE COULD SEE WHAT WE DO THE WAY THAT WE OPERATED.
AND I LEFT IT AT THAT BECAUSE I KNEW I COULDN'T KEEP GOING WITH THAT CONVERSATION.
UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE'RE NOT A TRUCKING FACILITY.
WE'RE NOT A 24 7, WE'RE NOT A TRUCK STOP.
WE'RE SHORT-TERM, LONG-TERM STORAGE.
AGAIN, IF YOU OWN AN RV, YOU USE IT ONCE A YEAR.
YOU USE IT EVERY OTHER MONTH, ET CETERA.
THEY COME, UH, EITHER EVERY WEEK, EVERY OTHER WEEK, ET CETERA.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING FOR SUPPORT TO REMOVE EVERYTHING, AS HE SAID, FROM THAT WALMART PARKING LOT.
SO WHEN YOU GUYS GO SHOPPING, WHEN UH, WE GO SHOPPING, WE COULD ACTUALLY PARK AND AT BE BLOCKED BY TRUCKS AND HAVE A SAFE PLACE FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT OUR FACILITY, WE'VE BEEN THERE EIGHT YEARS.
WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE REPORT, WE HAVE NOT HAD ONE INCIDENT.
ANY ACCIDENTS, ANY ISSUES BECAUSE WE LIKE TO TAKE PRIDE IN, IN, IN THE WAY WE CONDUCT OURSELVES, OUR BUSINESS AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
UH, WE'VE ENHANCED THAT PROPERTY SIGNIFICANTLY.
WE BELIEVE WE COULD DO THE SAME THING WITH THIS PROPERTY, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT HASN'T BEEN USED IN A VERY LONG TIME.
HE SAYS IT'S FULLY RESIDENTIAL.
THERE'S ONLY ONE RESIDENCE AND THAT'S HIS, THE, THE ONE RIGHT BEFORE HIM.
IT'S A HOUSE THAT I'M NOT SURE WHY THE CITY HASN'T TORN DOWN.
IT'S READY TO FALL ON ITS OWN.
UH, H E B'S RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
THEY'RE GETTING READY TO DO A, A MASSIVE UH, UH, METAL FABRICATION FACILITY ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY.
IT IS ALREADY INDUSTRIAL, IT'S ALREADY COMMERCIAL.
ALL WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS JUST AGAIN, FIND A SAFE PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO STORE THEIR EQUIPMENT WHILE THEY'RE NOT IN USE.
THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE COMMISSIONER WATSON, UH, TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
SO LOOKING AT THIS PROPERTY, AND THE REASON WHY I PULLED IT TO INDIVIDUAL HEARING IS BECAUSE WHILE I UNDERSTAND IT'S ON AN ARTERIAL AND SOME OF THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AROUND THERE, UM, IS GOING IN A MORE COMMERCIAL DIRECTION, UM, I'M KIND OF CONCERNED ABOUT ACCESS BECAUSE OF THIS GRAVEL EASEMENT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THERE'S A RESIDENCE THAT ALSO USES IT.
SO DO YOU HAVE ANY PLANS TO, UM, ADD ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINTS? HOW ARE YOU, WHAT KIND OF TRAFFIC ARE YOU ANTICIPATING BEING ON THAT EASEMENT? I THINK YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HAVE IT BECAUSE I, YOU GUYS PULL IT UP.
SO YES, WE'RE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE EXISTING OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY OWN THE, THE LAUNCH THERE IN THE FRONT ON 87.
THEY'VE ALREADY AGREED TO GIVE US AN EASEMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THEIR PROPERTY, IF THAT WAS TO BE A CASE TO BE.
SO WE HAVE INGRESS AND RESS AND BE ABLE TO HAVE A BETTER FLOW OF TRAFFIC.
AND LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN, I, BECAUSE I'M REMOTE, I CAN'T SEE IT AS CLOSE AS I WOULD LIKE, BUT UM, YOU ARE NOT, I'M NOT SEEING ANYTHING THAT LOOKS IS IT? WELL ON THIS, UH, WELL FOR ME IT'S THE LEFT HAND SIDE WHERE THERE IT SAYS RIGSBY AVENUE HIGHWAY 87.
UM, IN THE FAR LEFT IS THAT THING THAT I SEE TRUCKS GOING BACK AND FORTH INTENDED TO BE AN ADDITIONAL ACCESS POINT.
OKAY, SO THAT STILL HAS TO BE BUILT, RIGHT? YES MA'AM.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UH, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOTION.
UM, THIS CASE HAS BEEN AN INTERESTING ONE TO THINK ABOUT.
UM, BECAUSE IT'S IN AN AREA THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THERE IS A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING AND THERE'S AN EXISTING RESIDENCE, BUT THAT IS UM, RIGHT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF WORKABLE OPTIONS FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, I ACTUALLY DID GO OUT AND DRIVE THIS ONE.
UM, I AM INCLINED TO UM, YOU KNOW, I'M INCLINED TO SUPPORT THE SUPPORT THIS, UM, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE SITE PLAN HAS, UM, HAS ADDITIONAL EASEMENTS INCLUDED, UM, YOU KNOW, OR INGRESS AND EGRESS POINTS.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT YOU CLARIFIED UM, WHAT KIND OF OPERATION IT IS BECAUSE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN MY OTHER CONCERN.
IF IT WAS A HEAVY, UM, INDUSTRIAL TRUCKING OPERATION WHERE YOU WERE LIKE STORING THINGS AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TRUCK TRAFFIC IN AND OUT DURING DAY, UM, THAT WOULD BE INCOMPATIBLE.
EVEN IF THERE IS FEATURE DEVELOPMENT GOING FROM RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS WHAT IT IS NOW UP TO, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL IS A PRETTY BIG JUMP.
UM, BUT I FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, BASED ON WHAT YOU'VE SHARED ABOUT THE INTENSIVE USE OF THE PROPERTY AND THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE RESIDENCE.
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I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA BE CAUSING TOO MUCH ADVERSE IMPACT.UM, SO IN ANY CASE, UM, WITH THAT, I UH, PUT FORWARD A MOTION TO APPROVE.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 15 BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
I WAS LOOKING, I WAS LOOKING BEYOND YOU AND I APOLOGIZE.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON OF ITEM NUMBER 15 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 15 BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1600TH BLOCK OF U T S A BOULEVARD GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT AND C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE SEVEN NOTICES MAILED ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, 20 OPPOSED OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE U T S A AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS URBAN MIXED USE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN.
THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT AND C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ARE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING.
THE SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS OF R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY C ONE LIGHT, INDUSTRI LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT USES.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VARIETY OF USES FOUND ALONG U T SS A BOULEVARD.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL ALLOW FOR A MIXTURE OF MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL USES ON THE PROPERTY.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF THE APPLICANT WILL COME FORWARD, REINTRODUCE THEMSELVES AND TELL US ABOUT THIS REZONING REQUEST.
ASHLEY FAIRMAN KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1, SORRY, NEW ADDRESS REUNION PLACE.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS, UM, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
I THINK WE'RE LAST, SO, UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I THINK THERE'S SOME VOICEMAILS AND AS YOU HEARD, SOME OPPOSITION, UH, COMING FROM OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FEET.
SO, UM, GET TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
MAYBE GO AHEAD AND SKIP TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO, SO THIS IS THE SITE HERE, 3.3 ACRES OR SO ON U T S A BOULEVARD, UM, ON THE SITE I 10.
AND THEN WE HAVE U T S A, OBVIOUSLY SECURITY SERVICE AND ALL THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE AREA.
SO THE SITE RIGHT NOW IS A MIXTURE OF, AS YOU HEARD, SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AND THAT'S REALLY FLOODPLAIN AND FLOODPLAIN BUFFER AREA.
AND THEN A C TWO COMMERCIAL ZONING.
CAN YOU GO TO THAT ONE? SO, SO HERE'S THE ZONING.
NOW THE C TWO I DID WANNA POINT OUT IS THE CONVERSION FROM AN OLD B TWO.
SO, UM, WHEN THE C TWO ZONING CAME INTO EFFECT, THE B TWO ZONING IS AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, USED TO PERMIT MULTIFAMILY.
SO CURRENTLY MULTIFAMILY IS ALREADY PERMITTED ON THE SITE AT 33 UNITS AN ACRE, ABOUT 2.2 ACRES OR SO OF THAT.
SO IT COMES OUT TO ABOUT 72 UNITS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ALLOWED.
UM, WE ARE ASKING FOR THE M X D, UH, AND I'LL EXPLAIN WHY JUST A SECOND.
SO THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS, UM, MOSTLY HOUSING AND THEN WITH SOME GROUND LEVEL COMMERCIAL.
AND, UM, WHAT'S A LITTLE BIT UNIQUE AND I THINK STAFF COULD VERIFY, BUT THE WAY THAT UNITS ARE CALCULATED ARE BY FRONT DOORS.
SO A SINGLE BEDROOM STUDIO UNIT COUNTS AS THE SAME AS A FOUR BEDROOM STUDENT HOUSING TYPE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE, THE PROJECT PROPOSED DOESN'T FIT UNDER THE 72 UNITS THAT ARE ALLOWED ON THE SITE, BUT IT'S OF AN EQUIVALENT SIZE.
UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THE 225 SINGLE BEDROOM UNITS, UH, FOR STUDENT HOUSING.
THE TARGET HERE IS REALLY AN OLDER STUDENT, A GRADUATE STUDENT WHO DOESN'T WANT TO
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LIVE WITH, UM, OTHER PEOPLE.SO, UH, AS MENTIONED, FULLY SECURE BUILDING PARKING GARAGE, UM, NO LARGE GATHERING SPACES.
THERE IS SOME STUDY SPACE, BUT WE, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THE OPPOSITION LETTERS.
THEY INCLUDED CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE.
UM, THE, THE SPACE THAT'S OPEN, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE A CURFEW ON THAT SPACE.
IT CAN'T BE RENTED FOR PARTIES.
THAT'S NOT THE INTENT OF THIS, THIS PROJECT HERE.
UM, ALSO THERE WERE COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, TRASH BEING THROWN OVER BALCONIES OR NOISE, BUT THERE'LL BE NO BALCONIES ON THIS PROJECT, SO THAT SHOULDN'T HAPPEN.
UH, FENCING AROUND THE PROPERTY, AND AGAIN, WALKABLE.
UM, WHEN WE MET WITH THE NEAREST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEY HAD CONCERNS WITH, UM, OTHER BARS IN THE AREA.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE A COMMERCIAL USE THAT WE WOULD PROHIBIT WOULD BE BARS OR LIQUOR STORES.
UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE BUILDING WOULD LAY OUT, THIS IS THE GROUND LEVEL PARKING, I'M NOT GOOD PARKING AND COMMERCIAL.
AND THEN ABOVE THAT THERE'D BE THREE STORIES OF, OF SINGLE UNITS.
SO HERE'S, HERE'S HOW THE BUILDING WOULD LAY OUT ON THE SITE.
THAT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IS, IS HERE AND THAT'S WHERE THE FLOODPLAIN, THE PROPERTY SLOPES DOWN TO THE CREEK PRETTY DRASTICALLY.
UM, SO THIS WOULD REMAIN UNDEVELOPED, UH, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE BUFFERING OF THAT FLOODPLAIN AND THEN IT WOULD BE THE BUILDING.
UM, BUT WE DO FEEL IT'S A GOOD LOCATION FOR THE MIXED USE PROJECT.
SORRY, I THOUGHT THERE WAS MORE SLIDES.
I THINK THERE WERE ALSO CONCERNS ABOUT FIRE CODE ACCESS.
OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH FIRE CODE.
NOTHING CAN BE BUILT HERE IF IT DOESN'T COMPLY.
UM, AND THEN ALSO BUILDING HEIGHT.
I DO WANNA NOTE WITH THE MF 33, THAT'S A HEIGHT OF 45 FEET.
UM, THIS BUILDING THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS 55 FEET, SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT TALLER.
YOU COULD BUILD HOT TALLER THAN 45 WITH THE ADDITIONAL SETBACKS, BUT I, I DON'T HAVE A BUILDING THAT SHOWS THAT.
SO, UM, 55 FEET IS THE HEIGHT REQUEST AND WE ARE ABOUT 550 FEET AT LEAST FROM THE NEAREST RESIDENTIAL HOME.
SO IT'S A PRETTY GOOD DISTANCE.
AND THAT'S ACROSS THE CREEK, ALONG U T S A.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT? YES SIR.
HE'S QUEUING UP THE VOICEMAILS.
MY ADDRESS IS 64 0 7 SIENNA CIRCLE AUBURN RIDGE SUBDIVISION.
AND IT'S IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 4 FOR THE REZONING OF 3.3 ACRES OFF OF U T S A BOULEVARD.
AND I AM OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE REZONING CASE NUMBER Z 20 21 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 4.
LEWIS E LEE LEWIS IS SPELLED L E W I S.
MY WIFE JOE AND I LIVE AT 13 9 38 AMBER CREST IN THE AUBURN RIDGE SUBDIVISION ON U T S A BOULEVARD.
WE ARE CALLING TO OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION ON U T S A BOULEVARD FROM R SIX TO MIXED M X D.
IN ORDER TO MAKE THIS BRIEF, I SUGGEST YOU USE THE LETTER WRITTEN BY MR. CHARLES JEWEL, A HIGHLY RESPECTED AND LONG-TIME RESIDENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IT EXPRESSES VERY CLEARLY THE REASONS FOR OUR OPPOSITION.
I HOPE THIS WILL BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY AND THAT THE, UH, MODIFICATIONS AS DESCRIBED BY MR. JEWEL WILL BE RESPECTED AND IF THE REZONING TAKES PLACE, THOSE MODIFICATIONS WILL BE IN THE DOCUMENTS.
MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN SIX NINE NINE THREE NINE SIX FOUR.
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THANK YOU.ELIZABETH DEVA 65 31 AMBER OAK.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF CASE NUMBER IS THREE DASH 2 0 2 1 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 4.
UH, MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 6 9 4 2 5 0 6.
I LIVE AT 64 10 SIENNA CIRCLE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 4 9.
UH, MY NUMBER IS TWO TEN THREE SEVEN NINE THREE SIX EIGHT FIVE.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO THE CASE NUMBER Z 20 21 3.
I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING PROJECT AND THE BUILDING OF A, A HIGH-RISE APARTMENT COMPLEX.
I LIVE IN THE AUBURN RIDGE SUBDIVISION, WHICH WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE THIS APARTMENT WOULD BE BUILT.
UH, AND I FEEL WE HAVE ALREADY BEEN HAVING FAR TOO MANY HIGH-RISE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT IN OUR SURROUNDING AREA.
AND THESE APARTMENTS ARE IN, IN ALL THE BUILDING THAT'S GOING ON AROUND HERE IS DESTROYING OUR TREES, OUR WALKING TRAILS, ALL OF OUR NATURAL BEAUTY AROUND HERE AND IS JUST CREATING EXCESS TRAFFIC, NOISE AND TRASH.
UM, I'M ALSO CONCERNED THAT UH, MORE CONCRETE AND GLASS THAT'S POURED IN THIS AREA, UH, IS ADJACENT TO A FLOOD ZONE.
UH, AND I'M AFRAID THAT THIS MIGHT CHANGE THE LANDSCAPE OF THIS AREA AND ACTUALLY CREATE POTENTIAL EXPANSION OF FLOODING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I REALLY STRONGLY REQUEST AND ASK THAT YOU PLEASE DON'T LET THIS PROJECT BE ONE MORE EXAMPLE WHERE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO GIVES OUTSIDE DEVELOPERS LARGE TAX BREAKS LEADING SAN ANTONIO WITH LESS TREES, MORE TRAFFIC, NOISE, POLLUTION, AND AN UNPLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING FOR YOUR TIME.
HI, THIS IS FOR CASE NUMBER Z 20 21 1 0 7 0 0 3 1 4.
I LIVE AT 64 19 AMBER OAK IN THE AUBURN RICH COMMUNITY.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE STUDENT HOUSING THAT'S PROPOSED AS PART OF THIS CASE, MAINLY BECAUSE OF HOW TALL THE CONSTRUCTION WILL BE, UM, AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL NOISE DUE TO PARTIES AND EVENTS THAT THE STUDENTS ARE BOUND TO HAVE IN THAT AREA.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 5 2 7 AMBER OAK SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 4 9.
AND UM, I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF THE CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 1 1 0 7 0 3 1 4.
MY CALLBACK NUMBER IS 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 3 6 6.
THE REASONS ARE THE FOLLOWING.
NUMBER ONE, THERE IS TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON, UM, U T S A BOULEVARD.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT SINCE THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY IN OR OUT AND IT DOES NOT HAVE A WHITE.
NUMBER TWO, THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE DRAG RACING OUT IN FRONT AND UM, THAT IS A CONCERN BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW ACCIDENTS, UM, EITHER RUNNING INTO THE MERIDIAN THAT'S OUT THERE OR, UM, ACCIDENTS FROM UH, RACING ON THAT HIGHWAY.
AND NUMBER THREE, UM, MORE APARTMENTS BRINGS MORE, UM, DRUG ACTIVITY.
IN FACT, LAST NIGHT THERE WERE, UM, THERE WAS GUN FIRING, UH, AT TWO 30 IN THE MORNING AND THAT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME EITHER.
SO I AM DESPERATELY OPPOSED TO PUTTING MORE APARTMENTS ON U T SS A BOULEVARD.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. FAIRMAN.
WOULD YOU LIKE A FEW MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL? SURE.
UM, 'CAUSE I THINK, I THINK I ADDRESSED A LOT OF THOSE QUESTIONS, UH, WITH MY PRESENTATION,
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BUT, UM, CAN, SORRY.UM, CAN YOU BACK TO THE AERIAL? THANK YOU.
YEAH, SO I THINK A LOT OF THE CONCERNS ARE COMING OBVIOUSLY FROM AUBURN RIDGE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE BUILDING WILL BE TO THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO, UM, AS I MENTIONED, THE CLOSEST POINT OF THE BUILDING IS APPROXIMATELY 550 FEET FROM THE NEAREST HOME.
SO I, I DON'T THINK NOISE IS GOING TO BE A CONCERN, ESPECIALLY WITH MINIMAL OUTDOOR SPACE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, SO I THINK THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED REGARDING THE HEIGHT.
THERE ARE ARE MULTIPLE APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN THIS AREA THAT ARE ALSO TALL AND OF EQUIVALENT, UM, HEIGHT AND, AND MORE DENSITY.
SO, UM, AGAIN, I THINK IT'S AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR STUDENT HOUSING FOR THE SMALLER UNITS AND I HOPE YOU WILL APPROVE IT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.
UH, SO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, THANKS FOR COMING IN, ASHLEY.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS IF I COULD MAKE A CONDITION OR RECOMMENDATION TO THE DEVELOPER IS THE HEIGHT OF THE STRUCTURE.
IF THERE'S A WAY TO RECOMMEND THEM TO KEEP IT AT 45 FEET INSTEAD OF IT ACCESSING TO 55.
THE CHALLENGE WITH THAT IS THE PARKING.
UM, SO THERE'S A HUNDRED PARKING UNIT SPACES AND IT, IT'S BASICALLY A, A MEZZANINE FLOOR OF PARKING.
SO IT'S A CHALLENGE TO GET THAT MUCH PARKING AND THEN THEY NEED THE THREE LEVELS OF RESIDENTIAL ON TOP.
SO, UM, I, TODAY, I CAN'T SAY THAT WE COULD DO SOMETHING SHORTER THAN 55 FEET, UM, BUT I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA GO OVER THAT.
COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, ARE YOU EXPECTING ANY TAX EXEMPTIONS OR TAX ABATEMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY? NO THANKS.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? YES.
COMMISSIONER WHEAT, UH, ASHLEY IS, WHAT KIND OF RESTRICTIONS DO YOU HAVE TO ENFORCE THAT? UM, THE RESIDENTS OF THESE DEPARTMENTS WILL BE UPPERCLASSMEN AND GRAD STUDENTS.
WE DON'T, THAT'S JUST WHAT, UM, MY CLIENT, GLOBAL STUDENT HOUSING HAS SEEN IN SIMILAR PROJECTS.
UM, EVEN IF IT WAS UNDERGRAD, IT WOULD STILL BE ONLY ONE STUDENT IS ALLOWED PER UNIT, SO YOU CAN'T LEASE, I MEAN THEY'RE, THEY'RE SMALL.
SO THE LEASE IS ONLY IN ONE PER, ONLY ONE PERSON IS ALLOWED IN THE UNIT.
UH, AND THEN ON THE SPACE THAT WAS MENTIONED, UM, THE, SO IF YOU LOOK HERE, THIS IS A FIRST RESIDENTIAL LEVEL.
THIS IS THE ONLY OUTDOOR SPACE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD BE ACCESSIBLE TO RESIDENTS.
UM, AND, AND THAT IS WHAT WOULD HAVE A CURFEW AND A LIMITATION ON, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CAN BE THERE.
NO LOUDSPEAKERS, YOU CAN'T RENT IT OUT FOR A PARTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? ON MY RIGHT? COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, AGAIN, THIS IS DISTRICT EIGHT CASE, SO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR YOU DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOTION.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD JUST, IF I CAN STILL JUST RECOMMEND TO THE DEVELOPER REGARDING IS IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO KEEP IT TO 45 FEET OTHER THAN THAT, THEN I CAN GO AHEAD AND, AND FILE MY MOTION, WHICH YEAH, WE CAN, I'LL TALK TO THEM ABOUT LOOKING AT IT BETWEEN NOW AND COUNCIL IF THERE'S ANY WAY WE CAN REDUCE THE HEIGHT.
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT HE'S GONNA MOVE.
UM, FORGIVE ME COMMISSIONER, I'LL GO AHEAD AND MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 16 BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
COMMISSIONER FUENTES IS THE SECOND DISCUSSION.
UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
UH, WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
UM, THAT WAS OUR LAST ITEM, UH, FOR CONSIDERATION AS TO INDIVIDUAL CASES.
WE DO HAVE TWO MORE ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, WHICH WE WILL TURN TO.
NOW I ALSO MEANT PRESUMPTUOUS, NOT PRESUMPTIVE.
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UM, BUT UH, MOVING ON TO THE U D C AMENDMENTS.COULD WE HAVE STAFF PLEASE PRESENT, UH, THAT ISSUE TO US? NOW WE'RE GONNA PULL THE, SOMETHING BETTER.
SO FOR ITEM NUMBER 19, WE'RE SEEKING APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO SUBMIT PROPOSED UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION BY UPDATING UM, 10 DASH TWO AMENDMENT FOR SECTION 35 DASH 3 43 1 BY ADDING TWO SENTENCES.
UM, NUMBER NINE, ANY REMOVAL OF A REQUIREMENT, RESTRICTION OR PROHIBITION SET FORTH ON A SITE PLAN AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
AND THEN NUMBER SEVEN, ANY REMOVAL OF REQUIREMENT RESTRICTION AND PRO PROHIBITION SET FORTH ON A SITE PLAN AS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
ALRIGHT, UM, I WILL MOVE THAT THE CHANGES TO AMENDMENT TEN TWO AS PRESENTED BY STAFF HERE, WHICH INCLUDE, UH, THE ADDITION OF THE LANGUAGE SPECIFIED TO 35 DASH 3, 43 0.01 B, EIGHT C NINE, AND B EIGHT D SEVEN.
UH, BE FURTHERED FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AS STATED.
AND A SECOND, UH, ANY DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION, DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER WATSON? ALRIGHT, ROLL CALL.
I'M SORRY, BUT I DIDN'T CATCH THAT.
IT WAS, YOU SAID IT KIND OF FAST FINAL RIGHT.
UH, THE MOTION IS TO FORWARD ON THE ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE TO AMENDMENT 10 DASH TWO, UH, WHICH IS A FURTHER AMENDMENT TO U D C SECTION THREE FIVE DASH 3 43 0 1 B EIGHT C NINE AND 3 5 3 4 3 1 B EIGHT D SEVEN.
THE LANGUAGE AS READ ON THE RECORD.
SECOND WAS, UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
DIDN'T FORGET YOUR NAME SO HE WAS OKAY.
CHAIR, I MEAN COMMISSIONER GRID HOUSE.
IS THERE ANYTHING FURTHER ON THIS ITEM FROM STAFF? THAT'S ALL WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
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WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 20, WHICH IS THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM OUR DECEMBER 7TH, 2021 ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.UH, DOES ANY COMMISSION MEMBER HAVE, UH, CHANGE AMENDMENT CORRECTION, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE TO THE MINUTES LEFT RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON? IS, IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION MADE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
IS THERE SECOND? THE MOTION? SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RE BOTTLES.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER WHITE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER RE BOTTLES BY ACCLAMATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL? SAY AYE.
UH, THERE BEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.