* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] IT'S TWO OH FIVE. I'M GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER. CAN WE HAVE THE SPANISH INTERPRETER? PLEASE GO. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IS TO INFORM YOU THAT WE DO HAVE SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR ANYONE NEEDING THESE SERVICES. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO APPROACH THE INTERPRETER'S CABIN LOCATED WHERE THE RED CURTAINS ARE LOCATED AT NEXT TO THE ENTRANCE. THANK YOU. CAN WE GO AHEAD AND GET A, A ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER GARCIA PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL PRESENT. COMMISSIONER ZUKI PRESENT. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ PRESENT. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER PRESENT. COMMISSIONER MILAM MILAM. AND I'M PRESENT MILAM, I'M SORRY. MILAM. COMMISSIONER ORIAN. UH, PRESENT. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE. PRESENT COMM UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE PRESENT. COMMISSIONER PECK, PRESENT VICE CHAIR CARILLO HAYS. PRESENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE HAVE TWO AGENDAS TODAY. OUR FIRST AGENDA IS THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA. CASES THAT ARE PLACED ON THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA ARE CASES WHERE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL PLANNING COMMISSION DOES NOT REQUIRE FURTHER DETAILED DISCUSSION AND FINALLY KNOWN IN THE AUDIENCE. OH, WE'LL WAIT. SOMEONE IN THE AUDIENCE HAS, UH, WE HAVE, SORRY, THE 10 AND 11 ARE ON. OKAY. SO YES. SO THE CONSENT AGENDA. SO EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 10 AND 11, WHICH HAVE BEEN, AND 15, WHICH ARE GONNA BE CONSIDERED ON AN INDIVIDUAL, THE REMAINDER OF THE AGENDA WILL BE HEARD ON CONSENT. AND WE HAVE ALSO ITEMS 8, 9, 12, AND 14 THAT EITHER HAVE BEEN POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWN. OKAY. WE GET A MOTION. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA. SECOND MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER PECK AND A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER GARCIA. AND ROLL CALL PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER. COMMISSIONER MILAM. MILAM MILAM. SORRY. YES. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. COUNCILMAN COURAGE? YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. WHOM? UM, VICE CHAIR CARRILLO HAYES. YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. [Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments  ] SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON TO, UM, ITEM NUMBER 10. AND, UH, WE HAVE CITIZENS TO SET, HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. WELL, STAFF USUALLY DOES. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR AN APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE STINSON AIRPORT VICINITY LAND USE PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE. LOCATED ABOUT THE 9,400 BLOCK OF SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10. THERE WERE 16 NOTICES MAILED ZERO OR RETURN IN FAVOR. THREE IN OPPOSITION. THE ILLA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION. 360 OPPOSED OUTSIDE. 200 FEET ONLINE. PETITION IN OPPOSITION 619 MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE HOT WHEELS MISSION. MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS ALSO IN OPPOSITION. THE APPLICANT SEEKS AN A PLAN AMENDMENT TO MIXED USE LAND USE TO REZONE I D Z TWO. MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT FOR A 380 RESIDENTIAL UNIT. THERE IS SOME MIXED USE LAND TO THE NORTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE. THE PROPOSED MIXED USE WILL PROVIDE A MORE DIVERSE LAND USE TYPE, WHICH CAN INCLUDE A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE AND IDEAL ALONG THE MAJOR HIGHWAY LIKE LOOP FOUR 10 RATHER THAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTION. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THE ACREAGE TO 18.90 ACRES. THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. SO NOW [00:05:01] I'LL CALL THIS CITIZENS AS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UM, YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. SO WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, HOW MANY, WHATEVER YOU WANT. YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES. SO WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD. UM, WE HAVE JOSE GALLEGOS, MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, HONORABLE MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION. MY NAME IS JOSE GALLEGOS. I RESIDE AT TWO 14 WEST ACADEMY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 6 IN DISTRICT FIVE. UH, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. UH, THIS IS AN ITEM THAT, UH, IS A DOWN ZONE, UH, AT APPLICATION. AND, UH, WE BEG YOUR APPROVAL ON THIS PLANNED AMENDMENT, AS WAS INDICATED, HAS BEEN APPROVED, UH, AND RECOMMENDED BY STAFF. UH, AND THIS IS A PROJECT THAT HAS BEEN CONSIDERABLY, UH, BEEN REDUCED FROM ITS ORIGINAL, UH, PLAN PROJECT. WE HAVE, UH, OUR CONSULTANTS AND CO-APPLICANT, UH, PRESENT THAT COULD SPEAK TO THE TECHNICAL END OF, UH, THE APPLICATION. UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS, UH, WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ASSOCIATION NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY THE ONES THAT ARE IMPACTED, UH, UH, AS A RESULT OF THIS, UH, PLANNED AMENDMENT. UH, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE'VE WORKED, UH, AND MET WITH ALL THE, UH, PARTNERS, UH, THAT ARE IMPACTED, UH, AND BELIEVE THAT, THAT WE HAVE TRIED TO ACCOMMODATE AND REMAIN RESPECTFUL OF THE HISTORICAL NATURE AND PROXIMITY TO THIS PROJECT. UH, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS MR. UH, JULIO GONZALEZ, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE, UH, AND, UH, UH, PARTNER WITH, UH, THE WORLD HERITAGE, UH, ORGANIZATION. AND, UH, UH, I BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE APPLICATION SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. UH, AND, UH, AGAIN, WE'VE TRIED TO, UH, REMAIN RESPECTFUL, UH, AND NOT, UH, ENCROACH ON THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. THANK YOU, MR. GILES, UH, OF THE AREA SURROUNDING THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU. I'M SORRY. HE'S THE APPLICANT, SO WE, IF YOU CHOOSE, YOU CAN LET HIM FINISH HIS PRESENTATION. HE DOESN'T, HE'S NOT A SIGNED UP CITIZEN. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. DIDN'T SIGN HE, HE DIDN'T HAVE TO. OKAY, THANK YOU. TELL ME AGAIN. GO AHEAD. YOU CAN CONTINUE SPEAKING, SIR. UH, THAT CONCLUDES IT. I'D LIKE TO PRESENT MICHELLE HEISMAN, WHO'S ALSO A CO-APPLICANT AND, UH, UH, I THINK SHE CAN TALK TO THE TECHNICAL END OF OUR APPLICATION. GOOD AFTERNOON, MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION CHAIR. MY NAME'S MICHELLE HOUSEMAN AND I'M REPRESENTING AS A CO-APPLICANT TO MR. GALLEGOS. I REPRESENTS SABO DEVELOPMENT, WHO'S THE ACTUAL DEVELOPER OF THE PROPOSED, UH, PROJECT. AND MY ADDRESS IS 10,003 NORTHWEST MILITARY HIGHWAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. SO, SO HERE'S THE, THE STATUS OF THE HEARINGS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH OVER THE LAST, UM, SEVERAL MONTHS. SO IN JANUARY WE MET WITH, UM, THE VIA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, MS. MARTINEZ AND BRADY AND HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION. NEXT WE MET WITH THE GEORGIAN PLACE NEIGHBORS. THEY'RE THE ADJACENT, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY PROHIBITING ACCESS TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH THIS I D Z ZONING ON MARCH 4TH, WE HAD A REALLY GOOD MEETING WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, SARAH AND THE MISSION HERITAGE PARTNERS. THERE WAS, UM, WE EXPLAINED THE FACT THAT WE HAD REDUCED THE ACTUAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING CASE BOUNDARIES IN ORDER TO TAKE OUT THE HISTORIC ASAKIA. AND SO THOSE BOUNDARIES HAVE BEEN REDUCED, UM, DOWN TO THAT 18.9 ACRES. AND THEN PLANNING COMMISSION IS THIS WEEK AND ZONING COMMISSION IS NEXT WEEK. AND APRIL 7TH IS COUNCIL AS OF SCHEDULED RIGHT NOW. SO THESE ARE THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PARTNERS THAT WE'VE WORKED WITH OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST BACK IN SEPTEMBER [00:10:01] OF 21 AT ZONING COMMISSION OF DECEMBER 21 WAS FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMISSION, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT AND WE PROCEEDED TO ZONING COMMISSION WITH AN MF 33 ZONING REQUEST. SINCE THAT TIME, UH, MS. HERNANDEZ GAVE US A RECOMMENDATION OF I D Z ZONING, WHICH IS PERMITTED IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF TOWN IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO RESTRICT THE UNITS TO 380 UNITS, PROHIBIT ACCESS TO NATCHEZ TRAIL, WHICH GOES INTO GEORGIAN PLACE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN PERMIT FUTURE OPPORTUNITY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF FOUR 10. AND THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE CHANGED OUR REQUEST TO YOU TO THE MIXED USE DISTRICT VERSUS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE. SO AGAIN, WE REDUCE ACREAGE, UM, FROM OVER 20 ACRES TO 18.9 AND THEN I D Z ZONING WITH THE ZONING SITE PLAN, WHICH WE EXPLAINED TO THE GEORGIAN PLACE NEIGHBORS THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE IT IN CONCRETE WRITING ATTACHED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE, THE 380 UNITS AND THE PROHIBITION OF ACCESS TO NATCHEZ TRAIL. SO YOU'LL SEE THE DIFFERENCES HERE. ON THE LEFT YOU HAVE THE EXHIBIT THAT SHOWS ON THE NORTHERN CORNER, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY WAS ORIGINALLY IN THE ZONING CASE. AND THEN YOU SEE HERE ON THE RIGHT IT HAS BEEN REDUCED. SO THAT'S THE AREA. I'M SORRY. OH, POINTER. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. SO THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, UM, IS ACTUALLY IN SOME OF THE HISTORIC EASEMENTS THAT ARE ALONG THE ASAKIA, WHICH THIS PORTION RIGHT HERE, THE TRIANGLE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO FOUR 10 HAS BEEN REDUCED. SO THERE'S A HISTORIC EASEMENT THAT HAS A 30 FOOT SETBACK FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE ASAKIA. SO NOW NONE OF THAT PORTION OF THE ASAKIA OR THE HISTORIC SETBACKS ARE ALL NOT A PART OF THIS PARTICULAR REQUEST. SO I THINK THAT THE STAFF, UM, WENT OVER THESE OBJECTIVES VERY WELL. SO, UM, FOR THE FIRST OBJECTIVE TO PROTECT THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF RESIDENTS INCLUDING HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE. RIGHT NOW THIS PARTICULAR ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL AND WE FEEL THAT A RESIDENTIAL, UM, ZONING AND A MIXED USE LAND USE WOULD BE MORE APPROPRIATE ADJACENT TO THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'LL ENCOURAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH, ENHANCES THE AIRPORT OPERATIONS AND SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT UPGRADE AND ENHANCE AIR FRONT. COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT IS DECLINING IS CURRENTLY VACANT OR UNDERUTILIZED WITH THE I D Z AND THE MIXED USE. WE HAVE, AGAIN, THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ALONG FOUR 10 AND THEN ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT RESPECTS THE INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL. WE WON'T HAVE ANY OF OUR TRAFFIC, THE, UM, MULTI-FAMILY OR COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC GOING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW SINCE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO RESTRICT IT. SO THIS IS A SITE PLAN. ORIGINALLY, THE MF 33 DISCUSSION WOULD'VE ALLOWED, UM, 660 MULTI-FAMILY UNITS AND IT COULDN'T BE RESTRICTED THROUGH CONVENTIONAL ZONING. SO THE I D Z ALLOWS US TO RESTRICT IT TO A 380 UNIT CAP FOR THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. AND THIS IS THE ZONING SITE PLAN THAT INCLUDES ALL OF THOSE RESTRICTIONS THAT'LL BE ATTACHED TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE. SO THESE ARE THE RESTRICTIONS, UM, USES PERMITTED IN C TWO, WHICH IS I D Z TWO ALLOWS. THE C TWO USES 380 UNITS AND THEN PROHIBITION OF THE ACCESS. SO THE MARCH 4TH MEETING, UM, WENT REALLY WELL. WE HAD I THINK 30 PEOPLE ON OUR CALL. AND, UH, THESE ARE THE REPRESENTATIVES THAT WERE, UM, ON THE CALL AS WELL AS, UM, KATT HERNANDEZ WAS ON THE CALL AS WELL, EXPLAINING AND GOING THROUGH, UM, THE PROCESS TO DATE. SO THESE ARE EXHIBITS THAT BASICALLY SHOW AND WHAT WE SHOWED, UM, ON MARCH 4TH WHERE THIS PORTION OF THE PROPERTY IS TAKEN OUT OF THE ZONING CASE AND THE PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL AS THIS PORTION DOWN TO FOUR 10. SO THAT JUST SHOWS YOU BASICALLY THE ASAKIA AS IT EXISTS TODAY. AND THIS WAS, UM, MS. SUSAN SNOW WITH THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE, UH, SENT OVER, UM, THIS PARTICULAR EXHIBIT CALLED TRACK 1 0 7 11. AND THIS IS NOT RECORDED IN TITLE, IT'S UNCLEAR TITLE, BUT EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT A RECORDED DOCUMENT, WE STILL TOOK IT OUT OF THE ZONING CASE AND THE PLAN AMENDMENT JUST TO HAVE ASSURANCE THAT ALL OF THE HISTORIC EASEMENTS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. SO I'LL SHOW YOU ON THE NEXT SLIDE. THERE'S A SLIVER, THIS VERY SMALL GREEN SLIVER HERE. UM, AS OF LAST WEEK, WE ALSO REMOVED THAT FROM THE ZONING CASE AND PLAN AMENDMENT. SO NO PORTION OF EITHER RECORDED OR UNRECORDED HISTORIC EASEMENTS ARE IN INSIDE OF THE ZONING CASE AND PLAN AMENDMENT. SO THAT IS THE RESULTING ACREAGE. AND THE PURPLE IS ALL THAT YOU WOULD BE VOTING ON TODAY. NOT THE BLUE OR THE RED THAT JUST SHOWS THE STATEMENT. JUST SKIP OVER THAT ONE. SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION. UM, MR. GALLOS AND I AS CO APPLICANTS RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT [00:15:01] AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. [Public Comment] SO WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO THE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, I HAVE MS. OLGA MARTINEZ. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES. MY NAME IS OLGA MARTINEZ. I RESIDE AT 1522 SAN FA. I'M IN DISTRICT THREE. YOU KNOW, AS WE KNOW, THE LAND IS CATEGORIZED IN DISTANCE AND LAND USE PLAN AS LOW DENSITY. THIS WAS DONE THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT OF MORE THAN A HUNDRED RESIDENTS. THE VEHICLE NOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FIRST OFFERED MEDIUM DENSITY AS A COMPROMISE ALLOWING FOR THE 350 APARTMENTS THAT THEY WANTED TO BEGIN WITH. THAT WAS AT THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER WHEN THEY SAID THAT'S ALL THEY WANTED TO DO IS BUILD 350 APARTMENTS, WHICH WAS, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS. A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS DIDN'T WANT IT. I ACTUALLY MET WITH SOME PEOPLE FROM THE GEORGIAN PLACE AND, UH, THEY WERE AGAINST A LOT OF THINGS, BUT THEY'RE WILLING TO COMPROMISE AND WE WERE WILLING TO COMPROMISE WITH THE MEDIUM DENSITY. BUT NOW THE APPLICANT WANTS TO ADD COMMERCIAL AND ASK HIM FOR I D Z. AND OF COURSE, HE'S TELLING US ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING, WHICH WE'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE THE INDUSTRIAL ZONING COMES WITH A LOT OF LIMITATIONS DUE TO THE RESTRICTIONS OF THE ASEC, THE MISSIONS AND THE NEXT DOOR RESIDENTS, UH, CONSIDERING THE LOCATION, THE LIMITED ACCESS, THERE'S ONLY AN ACCESS. THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE NOT GONNA GO THROUGH A COMMUNITY, WHICH IS FINE. BEHIND THERE, THERE'S A SCHOOL WITH A 30 MILE ZONE, AND THAT PROPERTY BACK THERE DOESN'T BELONG TO THEM. BUT IN THE FRONT THERE'S A ONE-WAY ACCESS ROAD GOING TO A SPA MISSION, THAT'S THE ONLY WAY IT'S GOING. YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH A SPOT ROAD, THAT'S THE ONLY ACCESS. AND RIGHT NOW IT'S BLOCKED WITH A BARRIER. SO IT'S ONLY ONE LANE. UM, CONSIDERING THE LOCATION, THE LIMITED ACCESS, THE SECOND EMISSIONS, WE BELIEVE AN I D Z IS EXTREME AND WE DON'T SUPPORT IT. UM, BUT WE DO SUPPORT MEDIUM DENSITY FOR THE APARTMENTS THAT THEY'RE ASKING FOR. THAT'S MY, UH, PRESENTATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU MS. MARTINEZ. UM, NEXT IS BRADY ALEXANDER. MY NAME IS BRADY ALEXANDER. I RESIDE AT 1 8 3 9 EAST PIRON 7 8 2 2 3. REPRESENTING THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WE SUPPORT VIA CORONADO AS THEY ADVOCATE TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY IN LINE WITH THE STINSON LAND USE PLAN. THE CONTINUED ATTEMPT BY THE APPLICANT FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN COMBINATION WITH COMMERCIAL IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR THIS HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT AREA. WE, WE WERE, UH, FOR THIS BOARD SEVEN MONTHS AGO. UH, DURING THAT TIME THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR LOT SIZE CHANGES, MISLEADING AND INACCURATE MAPS OF THE AREA, INCLUDING THE ONE ON THE VIEWER RIGHT NOW SHOWING THE ASAKIA AS PART OF THE, UH, REZONE. SO A LOT OF, UM, STUFF HAS GONE OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, UH, THAT HAS BEEN INACCURATE AND IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MAKE A, UM, A OBJECTIVE DECISION WITH THIS KIND OF, UM, DISCREPANCIES. THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL WAS 350, NOW THEY WANT 380 ALONG WITH COMMERCIAL ZONING. THESE CONTRADICTORY STATEMENTS AND DOCUMENTS BRING INTO QUESTION VALIDITY OF THE APPLICANT'S PAST AND PRESENT ASSERTIONS. BUT I DO BELIEVE THE CURRENT RENDITION IS CORRECT. UM, THEY HAVE ONE GOAL THAT THEY HAVE NEVER WAVERED FROM. THAT IS PROFIT MOTIVE. UM, WITH TOTAL DISREGARD TO THE HI HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AREA, THE, UH, COMMERCIAL ASPECT WILL ADD MORE IMPERVIOUS COVER. NOTHING HAS BEEN DEALT WITH TO DEAL WITH THAT OR THE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES, UH, PARKING OR THE, UM, STORMWATER DETENTION BASIN, ANY OF THAT. ALL OF THE ASAKIA IS DOWNHILL FROM THIS PROPERTY. THIS BOARD'S RECOMMENDATION IS A SIMPLE CHOICE. EITHER RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY PLAN'S INTENT BY DENYING THE INAPPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL ZONING, OR CHOOSE TO UNDERMINE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE COMMUNITY PLANS THROUGH VARIANCES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MR. ALEXANDER. NOW MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS. STARTING AT MY RIGHT, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER ZUKI. UM, CAN I ASK THE STAFF ABOUT, UH, WHO WAS ON OPPOSITION FROM THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATIONS? IT WAS THE THREE THAT WERE NOTED. UM, THERE'S TWO OUTSIDE THE MISSION, MISSION REACH HOT WELLS AND, UM, LEMME GET THERE, BUT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS THE ONE THAT IS WITHIN 200 FEET AND THAT RECEIVED THE NOTICE THE HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION MISSION? CORRECT. THE HOMEOWNERS OP, UH, IS IN OPPOSITION. THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, [00:20:01] THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VIA IS OPPOSED. UM, THERE WERE ALSO TWO OTHERS THAT JOINED THEM THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE NOTIFICATION AREA, AND THAT WAS MISSION SAN JOSE AND HOT WELLS. OH, THE APPLICANT. HAVE YOU MET WITH THOSE ASSOCIATION? YES, SIR. WE HAVE, UH, WE DID CONSIDERABLE, UH, OUTREACH TO THE GEORGIAN PLACE, UH, NEIGHBORS. AND THAT IS THE, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT, RIGHT BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UH, I CONDUCTED TWO MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORS, UH, ONE THAT WAS HOSTED BY ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, MS. GARZA. UH, SO WE DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO THEM, UH, CANVASSED THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UH, RECEIVED, UH, SOME CONCERNS. UH, AND WE TRIED TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS, THE MAJOR CONCERNS THAT THEY WERE INDICATING WAS, UH, TRAFFIC THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD GENERATE THAT HAS BEEN ADDRESSED. UH, AND THAT WAS FOR THE MOST PART THEIR OPPOSITION. BUT IN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE SPECIFIC NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'LL LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION PER SE, AND THEY DO NOT NECESSARILY BELONG TO THE VEDO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE QUESTION OF THE, UM, CITIZEN, ABOUT THE HISTORICAL, DID YOU MEET ALSO WITH THE HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIVES FOR IN THE AREA? AND DO WE HAVE ANY OBJECTIONS FROM FROM THAT? SO, SORRY. SO WE, UM, WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE PAR WITH THE PARKS, UM, GROUP. WE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH, UM, SARAH, AND WE HAD, UH, AN OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WAS INCLUDED IN THAT. THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS INCLUDES, UH, THE PLAT PROCESS AS WELL AS THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS, WHICH THERE THOSE CONCERNS WOULD BE, UH, ADDRESSED. THEIR CONCERNS WERE RELATED TO STORM WATER DRAINAGE, UM, AND A CONSTRUCTION, UH, ADJACENT TO ASSIAS BECAUSE THIS HAS THE HISTORIC OVERLAY, UH, THERE IS A DESIGN COMPONENT THAT WILL BE REVIEWED BY H D R C AND SO THAT WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTROL PLACEMENTS, UH, OF BUILDINGS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP AND RESPECT TO THE ASAKIA. UH, SO, UH, YES, THEY HAVE BEEN A PART OF IT. THERE ARE NO OFFICIAL OBJECTIONS ON THIS. IT WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT THE CONCERNS AND ADDRESSING THOSE CONCERNS. FIRST, WHAT WAS, UH, ADDRESSED IN THE MEETING WITH THEM? PARDON ME? CAN YOU BRIEF US ON WHAT YOU ADDRESSED WITH THEM IN THE MEETING? WELL, UH, THE, THE ACREAGE AND THE FACT THAT WE WERE GONNA BE RESPECTFUL OF, UH, THE, UH, UH, ABUTTING TO THE, UH, TO THE ASEC. SO THAT WAS THE ISSUE THAT WAS, UH, UH, ADDRESSED. OTHER QUESTION. THANKS. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, I HAD A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT ACCESS FROM THE FREEWAY. I UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THE I D Z THERE WON'T BE ACCESS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IS THIS SET FOR AN IN-N-OUT COMING RIGHT OFF THE FREEWAY? IS THAT HOW THE ACCESS IS GONNA BE SET UP? MICHELLE HOUSEMAN? YES, SIR. THAT IS CORRECT. THERE'LL BE TWO ACCESS POINTS OFF OF LOOP FOUR 10. AND SO, AND THOSE WILL BE THE ONLY ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY, ARE THESE CORRECT. 'CAUSE THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE, NOWHERE ELSE TO GO. I GET. THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL. UM, THANK YOU. I'M TRYING TO KIND OF GATHER MY THOUGHTS A LITTLE BIT. IT SEEMS LIKE THE OBJECTIONS THAT WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORS HAD TO BE, HAD TO DO WITH TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED, AND THOSE ARE FROM THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORS TO THE PROPERTY. AND THEN WE HAVE OTHER GROUPS THAT ARE, UM, TIED CULTURALLY TO, UM, OH, AND THEN WE HAVE, UH, SOME OBJECTIONS FROM OTHER STAKEHOLDERS THAT ARE, MAY OR MAY NOT BE DIRECTLY NEIGHBORING THIS PROPERTY. AND, UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY DON'T WANT TO HAVE APARTMENTS ON THIS, UH, LOT AND THEY DON'T WANNA HAVE COMMERCIAL USES ON THIS LOT, BOTH OF WHICH ARE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR A PROPERTY THAT [00:25:01] BORDERS A FREEWAY THAN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS NO OTHER ACCESS THAN THE FREEWAY ACCESS ROAD. SO, UM, I'M TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND WHAT IS ACTUALLY BEING PRESERVED BY, BY THE OBJECTION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT. UM, I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT BEING STATED, AND I GUESS THAT'S NOT A QUESTION, THAT'S A COMMENT. I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS. WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS QUITE A BIT OVER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS. UM, I JUST WANNA REMIND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND OTHERS IN THE ROOM THAT OUR PURVIEW TODAY IS WHETHER THE PROPERTY IS GONNA BE MIXED USE OR NOT. NOT, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING TRAFFIC, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING DRAINAGE, WE'RE NOT DISCUSSING THE SAFETY AS OUR BASIS IS. DOES MIXED USE MAKE SENSE? SO JUST KEEP THAT IN MIND. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER PECK. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER GARCIA? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER MILAM? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? UH, NO QUESTIONS MR. GU? BRIEFLY, MADAM CHAIR, UM, CURRENTLY THIS IS THE LAND USE IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, CORRECT? CORRECT. IS THE STINSON, UH, AIRPORT VICINITY PLAN ONE OF THE PLANS THAT HAS A SPECIFIC DEFINITION OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR DOES IT HAVE A MORE GENERAL ONE? I KNOW THIS HAS COME UP IN THE PAST WHERE YOU, SOME PLANS HAVE VERY SPECIFIC MEANINGS. SURE. AND WHILE I'M, I'M LOOKING FOR THAT, I WILL ALSO MENTION, UM, IT IS NOT ONLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT THERE IS APOR, A VERY SLIGHT SLIVER OF IT, THAT SLIVER OF IT THAT IS PARKS OPEN SPACE AS WELL. AND SO THERE ARE CATEGORIES WITHIN THE STINSON PLAN, UM, AND THOSE ARE OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE STAFF REPORT. SO THERE ARE CATEGORIES FOR LOW DENSITY, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THE HIGHEST IT ALLOWS IS GOING TO BE AN R FOUR, A SINGLE FAMILY. BUT, BUT WHAT I'M GONNA GET AT IS WHAT I THINK I'VE GOTTEN AT PREVIOUSLY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, TYPICALLY, UH, LOW DIS DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS APPROPRIATE OR IS NOT APPROPRIATE NEXT TO A MAJOR ARTERIAL. CORRECT. IN GENERAL, YOU DON'T SEE A LOT OF IN AND OUT FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT, AND IN FOUR 10 IT CAN HAPPEN. IT CAN HAPPEN , BUT FOUR 10 IS MORE THAN A MAJOR ARTERIAL, RIGHT? YES, SIR. OKAY. SO THAT'S WHY STAFF IS SAYING THAT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS INAPPROPRIATE HERE. UH, CORRECT. AND MIXED USE MAKES MUCH MORE SENSE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. COUNCILMAN COURAGE. YES, THANK YOU. I HAD A SIMILAR QUESTION AND, AND I THINK IT'S, HOW LONG AGO WAS THE DESIGNATION LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ASSIGNED TO THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AREA IN THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY? THE, THE STINSON AIRPORT VICINITY PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2009. SO THEN IT'S BEEN 13, 14 YEARS. UH, AND THAT WAS THE DESIGNATION AT THAT TIME? CORRECT. UH, IS THERE, IS THERE AN EXPECTATION THAT THAT IS GOING TO BE REVISITED IN THE CITY'S NEW MASTER PLANNING? UH, AND ACCORDING TO WHAT, UH, MR. BUS JUST MENTIONED, UH, IS THAT NO LONGER PROBABLY AN APPROPRIATE DESIGNATION BECAUSE IT IS RIGHT ALONG I 30, I MEAN ALONG LOOP FOUR 10? YES. IN FACT, UH, THAT IS WHAT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT IS WORKING ON. I DON'T THINK WE HAVE ANY REPRESENTATIVES HERE RIGHT NOW. UH, BUT BASICALLY THEY ARE WORKING ON ALL OF THE SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW PLAN AREAS AND UPDATING THEM WITH, UH, MORE APPROPRIATE LAND USES. SO YES, IT, THIS IS, UH, PHASING OUT AS COMMISSIONER BUSANTE NOTED, IT IS ALONG LOOP FOUR 10, WHICH IS MORE THAN JUST AN ARTERIAL. AND SO YOU DO SEE MORE MIXED USE COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL TYPES ALONG THESE TYPES OF CORRIDORS. OKAY. I, I GUESS I CAN, I CAN SEE THAT ACTION TAKING PLACE IN THE FUTURE, BUT, UH, IF YOU GO ALONG LOOP FOUR 10 ON THE NORTH SIDE, YOU GET MORE THAN TWO OR THREE ACRES BEYOND FOUR 10, AND YOU'VE GOT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS THERE, AND PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. SO I, I GUESS WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT ALL OF THIS PROPERTY WOULD, WOULD CHANGE FROM LOW DENSITY, BUT PROBABLY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE HIGHWAY IS LIKELY TO BE CHANGED. IS THAT MORE, LIKE, MORE LIKELY OR, OR WOULD ALL OF THAT PROPERTY ALL OF A SUDDEN BECOME COMMERCIAL? I, I THINK, UH, THAT'S, IT'S SPECULATIVE, BUT UM, IT'S GOING TO DEPEND ON WHAT THE, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT SEES WHEN THEY DO THEIR SITE VISITS AND WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA AND HOW THE GROWTH IS PROGRESSING. AND [00:30:01] THEN THEY WILL ASSIGN THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE. OH, OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, MY QUESTIONS WERE, WERE ANSWERED WITH, EXCEPT FOR DID I, DID YOU SAY WHEN THIS ING PLAN WAS GOING TO BE, UH, FOR, UM, MODIFICATION OR AMENDMENT? THEY'RE ACTIVELY WORKING ON A LOT OF THE PLANS. I DON'T KNOW THAT THIS ONE IS, UM, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, THERE ARE SOME OTHERS COMING IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS. UM, I CAN DEFINITELY GET AN ANSWER FOR YOU, A MORE DEFINITIVE ANSWER FOR A DIFFERENT MEETING. OKAY. THANK YOU. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION? OKAY. I CAN ENTERTAIN A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THIS ITEM TO, UH, CHANGE THE, UH, LAND USE TO A MIXED USE AS REQUESTED. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ORIEN. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER PECK. WE DO A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE. AYE. COUNCILMAN COURAGE? YES. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. BY CHAIR CARILLO HAYNES? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. UM, ITEM NUMBER 11. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS CORAN HOOPER. I'M A SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. UH, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR THE APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE DOWNTOWN AREA, UH, REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UH, FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL GENERALLY LOCATED AT 5 2 5 PRODO STREET. THERE WERE 16, NO, UM, UH, NOTICES MAILED THREE WERE RECEIVED, UH, RETURNED IN FAVOR AND ONE, UH, WAS RETURNED IN OPPOSITION. THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT, UH, IS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND IS, UH, REQUESTING TO BE REZONED, UH, INITIALLY TO PROPERTY. UH, THE REQUESTED AMENDMENT, UH, IS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, UH, TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, UH, AND THE REQUEST AMENDMENT IS DEEMED TO BE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE, UH, SURROUNDING LAND USES OF THE ENTIRE BLOCK. AND AS, UH, THIS IS PREDOMINANTLY A, UH, COMMU, UH, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. AND THEN FROM THERE, UH, IT IS DEEMED NOT TO BE APPROPRIATE, UH, FROM A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROPOSED ZONING AND LAND USE, UH, ARE DEEMED TWO INTENSIVE, UH, GIVEN THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS LAND USES AND LOCAL STREETS, UH, AND GENERALLY NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE NEWLY ADOPTED DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN. THUS, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND IS ON, UH, PAR TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS, UH, JULIO MARROQUIN WITH, UH, 5 2 5 BRAVO STREET. AND, UH, ORIGINALLY THIS WAS, THE APPLICATION WAS SET FOR A, UM, A C THREE, AND IN ORDER TO WORK WITH A LESS INTENSIVE OPTION, WE DOWNGRADED TO A, UH, C TWO CD. BUT THE, UH, THE, THE PURPOSE FOR THIS REQUEST IS TO BE ABLE TO USE, AS MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY FOR AUTOMOTIVE CELLS. UM, IT USED TO BE THAT, UH, CAR LOTS WHEN ANY ANYONE WAS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SHOPPING FOR A VEHICLE, THAT THAT WAS THE FIRST PLACE THAT THEY WOULD GO TO, TO A, UH, TO A CAR LOT. BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE ANY LONGER WITH INTERNET USAGE. EVERYTHING IS DISPLAYED ONLINE FINANCING, UH, APPLICATIONS, EVERYTHING IS ONLINE. AND I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION JUST TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, UH, I DO NOT GENERATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. SO ESSENTIALLY WHAT I NEED AND WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR IS A, UH, A PLACE WHERE I CAN MEET SAFELY WITH CUSTOMERS, WHERE WE CAN DO THE FINAL EXCHANGE OF THE, UH, OF A SALES PROCESS. AND, UH, THE, THE BUILDING ITSELF, THERE'S NO PLANS TO CHANGE THE, UH, THE BUILDING. THE, THE SITE PLAN SHOWS THAT THE, THE BUILDING HAS A LONG DRIVEWAY, WHICH ALLOWS IN AND [00:35:01] OUT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY. UM, SINCE I ONLY DISPLAY ABOUT SIX VEHICLES, THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THAT. AND, UH, THERE'S, THERE'S SEVERAL PROPERTIES ALONG I 35 SOUTH THAT ARE ALREADY COMMERCIAL. THERE'S C THREE, THERE'S C TWO. SO ESSENTIALLY I'M NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING THAT IS OUT OF THE ORDINARY. THE ONLY THING THAT I'M ASKING FOR IS, UM, A PLACE WHERE, WHERE I CAN WORK. UM, PEOPLE EXPECT TO SEE BUSINESSES ALONGSIDE I I 35, RIGHT BEHIND ME THERE'S A C THREE PROPERTY. UH, NEXT DOOR THERE'S A C TWO. IN, IN FRONT THERE IS A MULTIFAMILY, UH, THAT, UH, AN INVESTOR RENTS OUT AND, UH, AND THERE'S ANOTHER LOT, UH, THAT IS ALSO C THREE. UM, SO, SO THERE'S, THERE'S PLENTY OF BUSINESSES ALONG I 35. BUT, UM, ONE OF THE LAST THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO TALK ON BRIEFLY WAS JUST ABOUT MY NEIGHBORS AND WANTING TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY. I REACHED OUT TO MY NEIGHBORS, I SPOKE WITH THEM, I TOLD 'EM WHAT I WANTED TO DO, AND, UH, ESSENTIALLY WHAT I FOUND IS THAT THEIR CONCERN WAS NOT THAT THE PROPERTY WOULD BE USED FOR BUSINESS, BUT RATHER THE MAINTENANCE AND THE SECURITY OF THE, OF THE PROPERTY AND THE LOCATION. YOU SEE, I USED TO RENT OUT THIS, THIS PROPERTY AS A RESIDENTIAL HOME. AND WHEN THE PROPERTY WAS RENTED, IT WAS NOT MAINTAINED. WHEN IT WAS NOT RENTED, IT WOULD SIT THERE EMPTY. AND AN E A VACANT HOUSE IN ANY COMMUNITY IS, IS NOT GOOD. SO IN LINE WITH THEIR CONCERNS, THIS PROPERTY WILL BE WELL MAINTAINED, SECURED SO THAT TO DETER ANY TYPE OF BAD MOTIVES. AND, UM, AND SO IN FACT, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS THAT IN SPEAKING WITH MY NEIGHBORS, UH, NOT ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT I SPOKE WITH ACTUALLY WERE AGAINST WHAT I WAS DOING. AND THEY ACTUALLY SIGNED A, UH, THEIR SIGNATURE HERE THAT THEY ARE IN LINE OR IN FAVOR FOR REZONING FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. IN LINE WITH WHAT I WAS DOING AT THE END. UH, I JUST WANNA CONCLUDE. BASICALLY WAS SAYING THAT, UH, MY FAMILY AND I, WE ARE, UM, SOME OF THIS INFORMATION IS WE'RE NOT IN TUNE WITH SOME OF THE, THE VERBIAGE WE'RE HARD WORKERS. AND, UM, BASICALLY THIS IS MY, THE WAY THAT I SUPPORT MY FAMILY. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS, UH, FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND, AND IT APPROVING THIS SO THAT I CAN BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY, NOT A LIABILITY. A DENIAL WILL PROBABLY PUT ME ON THE UNEMPLOYMENT LINE. AND SO WHAT I'M ASKING IS JUST FOR YOUR APPROVAL SO THAT I CAN MOVE FORWARD AND BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY AND NOT A LIABILITY. UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF ANYBODY HAS ANYONE. THANK YOU, MR. MEKE. UM, I'LL START ON THE RIGHT AGAIN WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS. UH, COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YES. LOOKING AT THE GOOGLE MAP, UH, TO THE NORTH OF THE, UH, LOT OF THE APPLICANT, WHAT IS THE CURRENT LAND USE? UH, CURRENTLY THAT APPEARS TO BE ALRIGHT. CURRENTLY, UH, THE USE ITSELF APPEARS TO BE AN AUTO, UH, REPAIR SHOP. UM, AND THEN THE USE OF THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD BE A MIXED USE. THE ZONING OF THE ONE NORTH OF THAT LOT IS COMMERCIAL. I BELIEVE THAT THAT MAP WOULD INDICATES THAT IT IS IN FACT A C THREE C THREE, SIR. OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTION. MR. LOPEZ, LOOKING AT THE STAFF PRESENTATION, THE, THE, THE PROPERTY, THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OF THE NORTH SAYS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, RIGHT? CORRECT. SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT IT'S, THAT'S HOW IT'S SET IN. THE PLAN IS THE APPLICANT'S USE, I GUESS THE APPLICANT'S USE ISN'T, CAN'T BE, CAN'T BE OBTAINED WITHIN THE, WITHIN A DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN OR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, WHICH THERE SEEMS TO BE A COUPLE OF IN COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, WHICH IS WHAT THE REQUEST IS TODAY. RIGHT. SO HE ORIGINALLY WAS REQUESTING A C THREE AS HE NOTED IN HIS PRESENTATION, AND HE HAS REDUCED IT DOWN TO A C TWO C D, WHICH THE CONSISTENT LAND USE CATEGORY FOR THAT IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. HOWEVER, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, THE HIGHEST INTENSITY OF COMMERCIAL IT'S GOING TO ALLOW IS A C ONE AND A C A AUTOMOTIVE, UH, SALE. AUTOMOTIVE SALES IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE C THREE DISTRICT, AND SO IT WOULD BE [00:40:01] CONDITIONING DOWN A MUCH MORE INTENSE COMMERCIAL USE INTO A LESSER COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. SO, SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL OPTION WOULDN'T GIVE HIM THE, WOULDN'T GIVE HIM THE OPPORTUNITY HE NEEDED, RIGHT? HE COULD POTENTIALLY, IF HE WANTS TO REDUCE HIS REQUEST EVEN MORE SO HE COULD GO WITH A C ONE CD, WHICH IS A LIGHT COMMERCIAL WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTOMOBILE SALES. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIEGEL. WELL, WHAT WOULD BE, WHAT WOULD THE IMPLICATIONS BE OF THAT, UM, OF THAT C ONE CD? UH, AND THE REASON I ASK IS BECAUSE I'M LOOKING NORTH ACROSS EL DORADO, ALONG THE ACCESS ROAD AND THERE'S A CAR SALES LOT THERE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LAND USE WITH A C TWO N A C D ZONING. YES. YES. AND SO, AND I, WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. AND SO FOR US IN LOOKING AT NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE THAT DOES SHOW THAT THESE ARE SOME LIGHT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE WITHIN THESE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD BLOCKS. UM, AGAIN, THE THE EXISTING BUSINESSES OR EXISTING NON-CONFORMING. AND SO FOR US, IN LOOKING AT THIS ON A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND ALSO IN A ZONING PERSPECTIVE, WHICH ZONING IS A PERPETUITY FOR WHOEVER, UH, UTILIZES THE PROPERTY FROM THIS DAY FORWARD. UM, WE DID NOT WANNA ENCOURAGE FURTHER COMMO COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO ABOUT HOW AN ACCESS ROAD IS APPROPRIATE FOR COMMERCIAL USES AND NOT NECESSARILY SINGLE FAMILY HOME USES. THE LANDFORM IS DIFFERENT HERE BECAUSE, UM, THE, THE LOCAL STREETS DIRECTLY ABUT OR THEY DIRECTLY INTERSECT WITH THE ACCESS ROAD RATHER THAN BEING REMOVED BY AN ARTERIAL OR A COLLECTOR. SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF A PUZZLER. UM, WOULD, IS THE APPLICANT AMENABLE TO DOWN ZONING TO GET INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL INSTEAD OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL? SURE THING. YEAH, WHATEVER. UH, I'M WILLING TO WORK WITH YOUR SUGGESTIONS. UH, IT WAS SUGGESTED TO ME TO DOWNGRADE TO A C TWO C UH, CD, SO THAT'S WHAT I DID. IF YOU'RE MAKING ANOTHER SUGGESTION THAT WOULD ALLOW ME TO WORK, UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO TAKE IT. WELL, I, I GUESS I'M JUST TRYING TO FIND THE COMPROMISE BECAUSE IF WE HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL RIGHT NEXT DOOR, THEN IT SEEMS LIKE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WOULD WORK HERE, BUT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN OPERATE THE BUSINESS THE WAY THAT YOU PLAN TO WITH AN APPROPRIATE ZONING THAT WOULD MATCH UP WITH NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. AND, AND I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO DO THAT. I GUESS THE, WHAT I WOULD NEED IS JUST THE, THE PROPER GUIDANCE, SOMEONE TO TELL ME THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO OPERATE, UH, AUTOMOTIVE SALES OUT OF, UH, THE RECOMMENDATION THAT'S BEING OFFERED. OKAY. IF, IF THE ANSWER IS YES, THEN I'LL BE HAPPY TO DOWNGRADE TO THAT. UM, I MIGHT SUPPORT A CONTINUANCE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS COMPROMISE, UM, RATHER THAN, UM, HAVING TO MAKE A HASTY DECISION TODAY. BUT I, I'LL, I'M NOT MAKING A MOTION RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST GONNA LET MY COMMISSIONER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ASK THEIR QUOTE. THANK YOU. I DON'T HAVE ANY NEW QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM. UH, I KIND OF AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER SIEGEL'S THOUGHTS IS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT COMMERCIAL ALONG FREEWAYS VERSUS RESIDENTIAL AND YOU KNOW, I GUESS IN MY MIND, YOU KNOW, GOOD PLANNING PRINCIPLES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FROM A MAIN HIGHWAY LIKE THAT TO TRANSITION FROM, YOU KNOW, A COMMERCIAL USE INTO A RESIDENTIAL USE AND NOT RESIDENTIAL RIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY. I REALIZE THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY IT IS OVER HERE. NOW THERE'S RESIDENTIAL ON THE FRONTAGE ROADS ALL THROUGH THAT AREA, BUT, UH, UM, IT JUST SEEMS THAT THERE'S, I MEAN, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A COUPLE OF CAR LOTS TO THE NORTH. THERE'S A TACO CABANA TO THE SOUTH RIGHT ON THE HIGHWAY THAT ARE, HAVE ALREADY ENCROACHED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I KNOW IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE, UH, UH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A CONTINUANCE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. ANYWAY, JUST MY THOUGHTS. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL SCHINDLER. IT'S OKAY. IT'S OKAY. UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE, UH, A QUESTION NECESSARILY EXCEPT FOR, UH, IN MY OPINION IT DOESN'T LOOK AS THOUGH IT'S ENCROACHING FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAN IT ALREADY, UM, IS WITH SURROUNDING USES. I ALSO, UM, KIND OF FEEL THE SAME AS, UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, COMMISSIONER GARCIA. I ALSO FEEL THAT'S ENCROACHMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, SO I SUPPORT, UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL'S SUGGESTION. COMMISSIONER MILAM. LIKEWISE, COMMISSIONER ARE IN. OKAY, SO I HAVE, I HAVE SOME COMMENTS AND SOME QUESTIONS. UH, FIRST QUESTION [00:45:01] IS, IS UH, ISN'T IT TRUE THAT A, THAT SOMEONE RESIDING AT HOME CAN SELL CARS AS LONG AS THEY DON'T HAVE MORE THAN LIKE FOUR OR SOMETHING AVAILABLE IN THEIR LOT? ISN'T THERE SOME SORT OF EXCEPTION FOR THAT? ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT LIKE A, LIKE I LIVE AT MY HOME AND I CAN SELL VEHICLES? WELL, WE'VE, WE'VE, I I RECALL OVER THE YEARS, UH, I MEAN THIS IS GOING BACK A LONG TIME, UH, WHERE PEOPLE HAD ASKED FOR, UH, TO DO WHAT'S CONSIDERED CAR SALES, BUT THEY WANTED TO DO MORE THAN THAT MINIMUM EXCEPTION. AND I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME KIND OF AN EXCEPTION. LIKE IF I WANTED TO HAVE FOUR OR FIVE CARS IN MY PROPERTY MARKETED FOR SALE BY OWNER OR SOMETHING, IT WASN'T CLASSIFIED AS A CAR LOT. I DON'T KNOW WHY I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME LOW NUMBER THAT WAS A THRESHOLD IS IT MIGHT BE. SO AS A HOMEOWNER YOU CAN SELL YOUR OWN PRIVATE VEHICLES, THEY JUST HAVE TO HAVE PRINT TAGS. NO, I KNOW, BUT I THOUGHT THERE WAS, I THOUGHT THERE WAS SOME SORT OF THRESHOLD LIMITED. THERE MAY NOT BE. I MEAN, I JUST RECALL, NO, THIS IS A CAR SALES LOT. THERE IS NO MINIMUM MAXIMUM NUMBERS. OKAY. ALL THAT'S GONNA BE BASED ON YOUR OCCUPANCY OF THE BUILDING AND UH, UH, PARKING DIMENSIONS IN ORDER TO PARK IT APPROPRIATELY. MAYBE I'M THINKING OF A STATE LICENSING THING, BUT, UH, IT, IT MIGHT BE THAT. OKAY, SO, UH, AS FAR AS THIS BEING NEXT TO AN, AN INTERSTATE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THE PARTS OF TOWN WHERE TEXDOT CAME IN AND JUST ACQUIRED LAND AND, AND PLOWED RIGHT THROUGH IN A, A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. AND, AND I LOOK AT THAT A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT ON THE SOUTH SIDE WHERE FOUR 10 EXISTS AND YOU HAVE ALL THIS VACANT LAND AROUND IT. UM, YOU KNOW, AND THE OTHER, THE ISSUE I HAVE WITH THIS ONE, THIS LOT BEING POINT 14 ACRES, UM, THE NEIGHBORING HOMEOWNERS DON'T GET THE BENEFIT OF HAVING BUFFERS, UH, INSTALLED AND OTHER THINGS THAT COME WITH HAVING COMMERCIAL NEXT YEAR PROPERTY. UM, AND, AND SO ONE THING I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT IS IF, IF THIS WERE TO PASS IS ON A CD WITH THE ZONING, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO IMPOSE SOME SORT OF CONDITIONS OR SOMETHING? YES, THEY ARE. OKAY. SO, UM, I MEAN I'M NOT OPPOSED TO A CONTINUANCE, I'M ALSO NOT A BIG FAN OF THIS JUST BECAUSE OF THE SMALL LOT SIZE. SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UM, I WOULD SORT OF ALSO ENDORSE, UH, COMMISSIONER OREN'S POSITION, BUT ALSO NOTE THAT THE OTHER ASPECT THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE FOR ME AND I THINK SUPPORTS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL IS NOT JUST A SMALL LOT SIZE, BUT THE SMALL BLOCK HERE WITH O OVERWHELMING RESIDENTIAL USE. SO CHANGING THIS ONE LOT TO A C TWO CD, EVEN WITH THE EXISTING, IS GONNA REALLY CHANGE THE COMPLEXION OF THAT RESIDENTIAL LOT. SO I'M FINE WITH THE, UH, CONTINUANCE, UM, BUT I DO HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THIS AND I DO THINK THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS CORRECT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU COUNCILMAN K. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO CONCUR WITH, UH, THE TWO COMMISSIONERS WHO'VE JUST SPOKEN ON THE FACT THAT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS IMPACTED BY A HIGHWAY AND, UH, IT, IT CHANGED THE, UH, NATURE OF A LOT OF THOSE, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. BUT WHEN WE PUT IN THE HIGHWAY, WE DIDN'T SAY, OKAY, EVERYTHING ON EVERY SIDE OF IT NOW HAS TO BECOME COMMERCIAL, BUT WE ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN, WHICH CHANGES THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALL ALONG THOSE AREAS. UH, I SAW IT HAPPEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVED IN MANY, MANY YEARS AGO. I DON'T WANNA SEE IT HAPPEN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, I RESPECT THE GENTLEMAN'S PROPERTY RIGHTS. UH, BUT YOU DON'T LIVE THERE. IT'S, IT'S A PROPERTY THAT GAINS REVENUE FOR YOU. UH, AND IF THERE'S OTHER WAYS YOU CAN USE THAT PROPERTY TO GAIN REVENUE, UH, I MIGHT BE MORE SUPPORTIVE. BUT TURNING IT INTO A COMMERCIAL VENTURE I THINK WILL JUST LEAD TO MORE COMMERCIALIZATION OF OTHER RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ALONG THAT AREA AND CONTINUE TO CHANGE THE, THE MAKEUP OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I DON'T THINK ANYBODY WHO LIVES AROUND THERE WANTS TO SEE THAT HAPPEN. UH, AND I DON'T WANNA SEE IT HAPPEN. UH, MADAM CHAIR, DO WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR AT THIS TIME? WE DO NOT. OKAY. THEN I WILL MAKE A MOTION AND I WILL MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF THAT THIS BE DENIED. I'LL SECOND THAT. THAT'S A, JUST TO CLARIFY, IT'S A MOTION TO DENY. OKAY, THANK YOU. I, I ACTUALLY HAD A QUESTION, QUESTION FOR STAFF. UM, AS, UH, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL SUGGESTED THE CONTINUANCE AND WAS DISCUSSING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, WOULD NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL STILL REQUIRE A PLAN AMENDMENT? IT WOULD NOT. AND SO WE CAN HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THE APPLICANT AFTER THE MEETING AND, AND IT WOULD STILL ACHIEVE HIS DESIRE TO, UM, I GUESS WOULD THERE BE, OR COULD THERE BE, UH, REQUIREMENTS IN PLACE THAT HE, THE BUILDING THE STRUCTURE, UM, REMAIN INTACT? OR IS THAT NOT WHAT HAPPENS IN THAT PROCESS? SO CHRISTY, LEMME KIND OF CHIME IN. SO WHEN YOU HAVE A COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION [00:50:01] NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION, YOU'RE NOW GONNA TRIGGER, UH, LARGER SETBACKS AND BUFFERS. AND BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THIS PROPERTY, IT'S GONNA LEAD TO A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, UH, REQUEST BECAUSE, UM, THE, THE WIDTH OF THAT PROPERTY, HE PROBABLY AWARE WILL ALREADY HAVE A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE BASED ON THE CHANGE TO THE COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION REGARDLESS OF NEIGHBORHOOD OR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT HE'S TRYING TO DO. ONCE IT CHANGES TO A COMMERCIAL DISTRICT YEP. THEN IT TRIGGERS ALL OF THOSE BUFFERS AND SETBACKS AND HE COULDN'T GET SO, SO IT WOULD GO THROUGH WHATEVER ADJUSTMENT 'CAUSE IT'S A VARIANCE AND IT'S OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND EVERYTHING. OKAY. CORRECT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, HE WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE REZO PROCESS TO A C ONE CD, SO HE STILL HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PUBLIC PROCESS FOR THAT. THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION. CAN I ASK A, A QUICK QUESTION? UH, YOU MENTIONED, UH, B O A IF B O A WERE TO REJECT IT AND IT WOULD'VE BECOME A HOUSE AGAIN, THEN IT WOULD STILL BE A NON-COMPLIANCE 'CAUSE IT JUST BEEN CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL. IS THAT ANOTHER PROBLEM? IT WOULD BECOME A NON-CONFORMING RESIDENCE. OKAY. JUST CHECKING. THANK YOU. OKAY. IF A MOTION, UM, FOR DENIAL BY, UH, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN. UH, CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? NO. COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? NO. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? NO. COMMISSIONER MILAM? NO. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE. AYE. COUNCILMAN COURAGE? AYE. COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. VICE CHAIR CARRILLO. HANES? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR DENIAL. WE'RE ON TO 15. OKAY, I BELIEVE WE'RE NOW ON TO ITEM [Other Items  ] 15. HELLO COMMISSIONERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 15. IT'S DISCUSSION AND ACTION FOR PLANNING COMMISSION TO SPONSOR TWO PROPOSED EXTERNAL U D C AMENDMENTS THAT ARE BEYOND EDITING AND CLARIFYING THE TWO EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS AFFECTING THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS OF THE U D C 35 DASH 3 77 AND 35 DASH 3 97. THE TWO AMENDMENT NUMBER ARE 16 DASH SEVEN AND THE APPLICANT IS STEVE VERTI AND AMENDMENT NUMBER 26 DASH ONE AND THE APPLICANT IS DIT COLE. BOTH APPLICANTS ARE PRESENT FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 16 DASH SEVEN. WE DID RECEIVE 44 WRITTEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT, ZERO IN OPPOSITION. AND FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 26 DASH ONE WE RECEIVED NINE WRITTEN COMMENTS IN SUPPORT AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION. WE DO HAVE 24 VOICEMAILS TO PLAY AS WELL. SHOULD WE START ON THE VOICEMAILS OR LET'S GO AHEAD AND PLAY THE VOICEMAILS? MY NAME IS IRMA FELISE HOFFMAN. MY ADDRESS IS THREE ZERO ONE ONE WHITETAIL DRIVE. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 430-4536. I AM CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE U D C AMENDMENTS 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE. WE DO NOT WANT GAS STATIONS BILLED NEXT TO OUR HOMES, PLAYGROUNDS, OR SCHOOL PLAYGROUNDS. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT ANY POSSIBLE LACK OF GAS LEAKAGES THAT COULD OCCUR OR ANY AIR POLLUTION FROM THE BENZENE FUMES. WE DO NOT WANT ANY CONSTRUCTION CLOSE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS IN ORDER TO PROTECT OUR CHILDREN AND OUR GENERAL NEIGHBORS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE-BYE. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO RA. MY ADDRESS IS 3 1 5 B STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH EIGHT. PHONE NUMBER TWO ONE ZERO THREE THREE SIX EIGHT NINE FIVE. AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES WE'RE GONNA ASK AND, AND HOPE SOMEBODY LISTENS. WE WANT NO GAS STATIONS NEAR SCHOOLS, ESPECIALLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. COME ON, COME ON. FENCE OR NEAR MY HOME. THERE'S A LOT OF PLACES OUT THERE. STOP DOING THAT PLEASE. AGAIN, MY NAME IS ALEJANDRO LA I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE. THANK YOU. [00:55:01] HELLO. I HAVE CALLED EARLIER, BUT I FORGOT. SOMETHING IMPORTANT. I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE. I DON'T WANT ANY GAS STATIONS NEAR SCHOOLS OR HOMES, MY HOME IN THIS CASE. AND, UH, IT'S ITEM 15 AGAIN, I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE AND I'M AGAINST GAS STATIONS NEAR SCHOOLS. IT'S JUST COMMON SENSE. UH, MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA 3 1 5 LEE STREET, ADDRESS, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH EIGHT. MY PHONE NUMBER (210) 336-0895. THANK YOU. MARIA C. GOMEZ 1805 MONTEREY STREET. PLEASE DO WE DO NOT WANT GAS LEAKAGE IN OUR GROUNDWATER OR AIR POLLUTION. STOP CONSTRUCTION OF GAS STATIONS NEAR OUR HOMES, PLAYGROUNDS, OUR SCHOOL YARDS. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS LETICIA SANCHEZ. UH, I RESIDE AT 1710 ZIP CODE SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH SEVEN. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 363-5895. I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION, WHICH REPRESENTS RESIDENCE IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE OF DISTRICT FIVE. WE WANT TO STATE OUR SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15, AMENDMENT 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE OF THE GOALS OF OUR ASSOCIATION IS TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. UH, WE FEEL SAN ANTONIO SHOULD NOT ALLOW THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE INTENSE GAS STATIONS TO BE BUILT IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS FOR THE SAFETY OF THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS. AND BECAUSE THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE LOOK AND CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, WE ASK THAT YOU ALSO SUPPORT AND MOVE AMENDMENT 16 DASH 7 26 IN THE U C PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE. HI, MY NAME IS GREG SMITH. I LIVE AT NINE 18 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE AND I OWN SEVERAL PROPERTIES IN MY BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD. I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM 15, BOTH AMENDMENTS 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE AND WANT THEM TO MOVE ON THROUGH THE PROCESS TO BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION TO THE U D C. I DON'T WANT MASSIVE GAS STATIONS POPPING UP NEXT DOOR TO MY HOUSES AS RUINING MY PROPERTY VALUES. AMERICANS WON'T GIVE UP THEIR SUVS, BUT THEY WILL GIVE UP THEIR INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES FOR ELECTRIC MOTORS WHEN EVERY CAR COMPANY IS SELLING THEM IN A DECADE. SA TOMORROW WILL NOT BE A CITY THAT RUNS ON GAS. WE NEED TO DEVELOP THE CITY FOR THE FUTURE AND START ROLLING, UH, AND START CONTROLLING BETTER WHERE GASOLINE STATIONS GO. IF THE CORNER UP THE STREET IS GOOD, IS A GOOD PLACE FOR A GAS STATION, THEN IT'S A GOOD PLACE TO DESIGN ONE THAT FITS THERE AND FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD. LET'S PLAN BEFORE TOMORROW COMES, PLEASE SPONSOR THE GAS STATION AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS GRACE ROSE GONZALEZ. I LIVE AT 1442 WEST LYNNWOOD AVENUE AND UM, I AM CALLING, UH, FOR, TO SUPPORT, UM, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 AND I DO SUPPORT THE AMENDMENTS 16 THROUGH SEVEN SEVEN AND 26 DASH I MEAN, SORRY, 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT LARGE GAS STATIONS AREN'T REALLY, YOU KNOW, HUGE GAS STATIONS AREN'T BUILT INTO NEIGHBORHOODS AND NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS CLOSE TO CHILDREN. UM, YOU KNOW, UH, THE TRAFFIC AND THE FUMES AND EVERYTHING ELSE ARE NOT BAD OR REALLY BAD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UM, WE WANNA KEEP OUR, UH, FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON OUR INNER CITY CORRIDORS INTACT AND, UM, WE DON'T WANT THEM REPLACED BY BIG, BIG GAS STATIONS. SO, UH, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, PLEASE, UM, SUPPORT THOSE AMENDMENTS AND, UM, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE SAN ANTONIO, UM, BEING VERY COMPREHENSIVE IN TERMS OF, OF, UH, COMPATIBILITY TO NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, IN ZONING AND IN PLANNING. UM, I'M A PAST ZONING COMMISSIONER AND, UH, I THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE THAT, UM, CONTINUITY AND TO KEEP THE FABRIC IN PLACE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS GEMMA KENNEDY. ADDRESS IS 5 0 9 RIVER ROAD [01:00:01] 2 1 0 4 9 3 9 2 4 3. I'M A MEMBER OF THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND A MEMBER OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM 15, WHICH PERTAINS TO AMENDMENT 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE. BOTH THESE AMENDMENTS DEAL WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF NEIGHBORHOODS BY LIMITING THE DISTANCE OF GAS STATION TANKS THAT CAN BE DEVELOPED NEXT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. LIGHTS. EXHAUST TRAFFIC NOISE NEXT TO EXISTING HOMES AND SCHOOL YARDS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO HEALTH PROB PROBLEMS IN BOTH CHILDREN AND ADULTS. ASTHMA IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN OUR COMMUNITY AS WELL AS SLEEP DISRUPTION DUE TO NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION. IT IS TIME THAT SAN ANTONIO FORMULATES A PLAN, AN INCOMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT TO WORK WITH AND NOT AGAINST OUR NEIGHBORHOODS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. MY NAME IS FREDERICA KUSHNER. I LIVE AT 4 0 5 EAST MYRTLE STREET, SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 223-2814. I AM CALLING CONCERNING ITEM NUMBER 15. UH, PLEASE SUPPORT U D C AMENDMENTS 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE WHICH REGULATE, REGULATE GAS STATIONS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS DO NOT ENDANGER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS BY ALLOWING GAS STATIONS TO BE BUILT INSTEAD OF NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES. SAN ANTONIO NEEDS A PLAN FOR FUTURE INCOMPATIBLE INFIELD DEVELOPMENT LIKE GAS STATIONS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. FRANCIA RADMAN THREE 10 ELMHURST 7 8 2 0 9. AGENDA ITEM 15, AMENDMENT 16 SEVEN AMENDMENT 26 1. I SUPPORT BOTH OF THOSE. UM, I LIVE NEAR A GAS STATION, UH, STORE THAT HAS LIGHTS THAT SHINE INTO A PARK AS WELL AS INTO PEOPLE'S HOUSES. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE COMMENTS FROM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT ENFORCE ITS OWN LIGHTING RULES AND PARTICULARLY GAS STATIONS USE LIGHTING IN PLACE OF SIGNS, UH, AND PUT UP HUGE LIGHTS THAT SHINE OUT ONTO DANGEROUSLY, ONTO EXPRESSWAYS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, BLINDING DRIVERS AND WALKERS, THOSE THAT JUST SHOULDN'T HAPPEN. THANK YOU. SIMA COLBIN, 8 1 7 WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15, DEAR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, I CAME TO SAN ANTONIO AFTER HAVING A SUCCESSFUL CAREER IN COMMERCIAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT IN LOS ANGELES. I MANAGE MULTI-TENANT BUSINESS PARKS, SHOPPING CENTERS, INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES, AND MORE. I WORKED WITH CLIENTS ON ALL PHASES OF ACQUISITION, FINANCING, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT. I UNDERSTAND DEVELOPMENT AND THE REAL ESTATE BUSINESS IN SAN ANTONIO. I'VE WORKED FOR 15 YEARS IN NEIGHBORHOODS AND IN THE CITY TO HELP NEGOTIATE THE NEEDS OF BUSINESS, THE ECONOMY, AND PEOPLE I'VE SERVED ON PTAC AND ON SEVERAL CITY WORKING GROUPS AND TASK FORCES. I HAVE SEEN BOTH HOW A WELL THOUGHT OUT AND WELL VETTED INCLUDING COMMUNITY VETTING PROJECT CAN PROCEED THROUGH THE PROCESS AND BRING ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE WIDELY SUPPORTED. I'VE ALSO SEEN HOW THE POWER AND INFLUENCE OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY CAN STIFLE GOOD IDEAS AND RAMROD THROUGH SELF-SERVING INITIATIVES THAT DO NOT HAVE THE COMMUNITY'S BEST INTERESTS IN MIND. JUST YESTERDAY I WAS AT PTAC AND WATCHED MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE WHISPERING AND GIGGLING WHILE A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WAS SPEAKING AND SEVERAL OTHERS WERE ON THEIR PHONES. SO RUDE AND DISMISSIVE, BUT INDICATIVE OF HOW SOME OF THOSE COMMITTEE MEMBERS SEE THEIR ROLE AND THEIR ENTITLEMENT WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHER TYPES OF USES AND ZONING CATEGORIES. GAS STATIONS IN AND OF THEMSELVES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AN INDUSTRIAL USE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THEY SELL THEIR PRODUCT DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC, A COMMERCIAL ZONING IS APPROPRIATE. BUT CHANGES OVER TIME ON THE SIZE AND NATURE OF GAS STATIONS HAVE LED TO THE GAS STATION NO LONGER BEING A NEIGHBORHOOD CONVENIENCE, BUT A HUB FOR COMMUTERS AND TRAVELERS. OF COURSE, THEY ALSO SERVE LOCALS, BUT NOT IN THE WAY THEY USED TO. THE SIZE OF TODAY'S GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORE MODEL IS REALLY ONLY APPROPRIATE IN A C THREE ZONING OR ABOVE. BY ALL ACCOUNTS, GAS STATIONS [01:05:01] SHOULD BE A HELLO, THIS, UM, THIS IS IN SUPPORT OF ITEM 15 AMENDMENT 26 DASH ONE. MY NAME IS CINDY TOWER, SIX 14 EAST CARSON, SAN ANTONIO, SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH EIGHT. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (917) 854-2179. UM, WE ARE, WE WANT THE CITY TO LIMIT GAS STATIONS NEAR SCHOOLS AND HOMES. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS ANITA FRANKLIN. MY ADDRESS IS 4 8 1 1 DEL CREST. THAT'S D E L L C R E S T DRIVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. MY NUMBER 2 1 0 2 3 2 7 4 8 4. I WANT TO GO AHEAD AND MAKE A COMMENT. I DO SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 AS WELL AS THE SUPPORT AMENDMENTS NUMBER 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE. UH, THESE ARE THE AMENDMENTS TO REGULATE GAS STATIONS IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREA. UM, BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOODS DO NOT WANT LARGE INTENSE GAS STATIONS BUILT NEXT TO THEIR YARDS AND SCHOOLS WHERE THEIR CHILDREN ARE PLAYING. UH, WE WANT TO PROTECT FROM THE FUMES AND TRAFFIC, WHICH THE NATIONAL ARE HUGE MEGA TIGHT GAS STATIONS CAN BRING TO A CORNER OF ANY NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WE DON'T WANNA LOSE ANY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES AND WE DON'T WANT THEM REPLACED BY GAS STATION. UH, SAN ANTONIO NEEDS A PLAN FOR FUTURE INCOMPATIBLE INFIELD DEVELOPMENT LIKE THESE GAS STATIONS, AIR POLLUTION LIKE THAT WHICH COMES, UH, WHICH IS BENZENE VENTED FROM NEW GAS STATION DEVELOPMENT MUST BE DISTANCED, MUST BE FAR APART FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. OUR CHILDREN ARE VERY IMPORTANT. CHILD HEALTH SAFETY NEEDS TO BE A HIGHER PRIORITY HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AGAIN, WE DO NOT WANT LARGE INTENSE GAS STATIONS BUILT NEXT TO ANY NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS AND SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN PLAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS MARK SPIELMAN. I LIVE AT 900 WEST WOODLAWN AVENUE. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 396-3689. UH, PLEASE SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM 15, WHICH IS U D C AMENDMENTS 16 DASH SEVEN AND 20 DASH ONE THAT REGULATE GAS STATIONS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UH, NEIGHBORS, UH, DON'T REALLY NEED LARGE INTENSE GAS STATIONS BUILT NEXT TO YARDS AND SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN PLAY. WE WANT TO PROTECT THEM FROM THE FUMES AND TRAFFIC, WHICH THE NATIONAL MEGA GAS STATIONS CAN BRING TO A CORNER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DO NOT WANT OUR FRIENDLY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, IMPACTED BY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES, UH, REPLACED BY GAS STATIONS. UH, PLEASE, UH, SUPPORT THOSE AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NAME IS MARLENE HAWKINS. I LIVE AT 6 0 1 EAST CARSON GOVERNMENT HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, SPEAKING ON AGENDA ITEM 15 AMENDMENTS 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 1. THIS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS THAT YOU SPONSOR TO SEND FORWARD TO PTECH BECAUSE THEY CONCERNED LIFE AND HEALTH OF THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO. WE UNDERSTOOD THE HARMFUL EFFECT OF THE FUMES FROM GAS STATIONS AS WE WORKED TO DISSUADE QT FROM SEEKING TO BUILD IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE STATION WOULD BE JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOMES. THE TOXIC FUMES INCLUDE BENZENE OF CARCINOGEN, ESPECIALLY IN CHILDREN. PEOPLE WITH C O P D, MY CHRONIC BRONCHITIS AND OTHER LUNG DISEASES WOULD BE AFFECTED. THE DISTANCE ASKS FOR IN THESE AMENDMENTS IS CORRECT BASED ON RESEARCH THAT CONCLUDES THAT TOXIC VAPORS HAVE BEEN MEASURED TO BE UP TO 900 FEET AWAY FROM THE STATION. THE NEW ADDITION TO THIS LIST ARE THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS. THE N I H UH, IN THE 1980S CONCLUDED FROM THEIR STUDIES THAT THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE TO BENZENE RECENT RESEARCH IN, IN RECENT RESEARCH [01:10:01] IN 2 18, 20 18, EXCUSE ME, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH FOUND FROM EVENT TYPE STUDY THAT THE EMISSIONS FROM THESE STATIONS ARE 10 TIMES HIGHER THAN THOSE THAT WERE USED TO MAKE THE CURRENT SETBACKS. PLEASE SPONSOR THESE AMENDMENTS AND START THE PROCESS TO PREVENT FUTURE EXPOSURE TO THESE TOXIC FUMES OF SAN ANTONIO CITIZENS. THANK YOU. MONICA MACHUCA 1 1 0 5 SAN FERNANDO I SUPPORT. AGENDA ITEM 15 AMENDMENT 16 DASH SEVEN AMENDMENTS 26 DASH ONE. MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 7 7 7 6 8 1 8. THANK YOU. HI THERE, MY NAME IS NEIL. UM, I LIVE AT 3 0 4 TON POLICE AND I WAS CALLING TO, UM, LEAVE A MESSAGE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO SAY THAT I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15, UM, AND I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26. UM, THE REASON FOR MY CALL AND THE REASON FOR MY SUPPORT IS THAT I, I DON'T WANT LARGE, UM, GAS STATIONS BUILT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, NEXT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS NEXT TO MY, THE SCHOOLS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CHILDREN ARE PLAYING. UM, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THERE'S PROTECTION FROM THE DUNES AND FROM THE TRAFFIC, UM, THAT OFTEN COME WHEN THOSE BIG NATIONAL, UM, HUGE GAS STATIONS COME TO OUR, OUR PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, UM, AND I ALSO, I DO WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR, MY NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES LIKE THE , LIKE THE BARBERSHOP, ALL OF THOSE AREN'T REPLACED BY A GAS STATION. UM, I WANNA URGE THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO PUSH THAT STUDENT ANTONIO HAS A PLAN FOR FUTURE INCOMPATIBLE INFO DEVELOPMENT LIKE GAS STATIONS. UM, AND FOR ALL THOSE REASONS, I, I JUST WANNA REITERATE THAT I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 AND I SUPPORT SPECIFICALLY AMENDMENT 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE. UM, THANKS SO MUCH AND HAVE A GOOD DAY. HELLO, UH, THIS IS RAY MORALES, UH, AT, UH, UH, THREE 10 PA SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH SEVEN, UM, AND MY TELEPHONE NUMBER'S, UH, (210) 727-9215. I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 15 AND UH, I SUPPORT AMENDMENT 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE. UH, WE DO NOT NEED GAS STATIONS NEXT TO OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS, OUR HOMES, OUR YARDS AND SCHOOLS WHERE OUR CHILDREN PLAY AND ARE CONSTANTLY EXPOSED TO TRAFFIC GARBAGE RUNOFF, UH, WITH THE FUMES. WHAT IS WRONG WITH PROVIDING PROTECTION FOR OUR NEIGHBORS AS THESE AMENDMENTS PROPOSED AND DO NOT, AND NOT JUST MAKING THIS A CONVENIENT BUSINESS DECISION? PLEASE SPONSOR AMENDMENT 16 DASH 7 26 DASH ONE SO THAT THE PTAC CAN PROPERLY REVIEW AND LET OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS EVALUATE THE MERIT OF THESE AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS ROSS LAWHEAD. I LIVE AT 59 75 LOCKHILL ROAD 7 8 2 4 0. I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 15 AND SPECIFICALLY AMENDMENT 16, SEVEN AND 26. ONE. LARGE GAS STATIONS COMING IN UNDER THE VERY BROAD C TWO ZONING OR REAL PROBLEM FOR NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, SO MUCH AS ZONED C TWO BECAUSE IT'S SUCH A BROAD CATEGORY THAT THIS ALLOWS THESE GAS STATIONS TO BE PUT IN, IN ALL SORTS OF AREAS AND ARE REQUIRING, UM, ADDITIONAL ACTION AS PER THESE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE EXTREMELY HELPFUL. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS RUBY REECE AND MY ADDRESS IS 25 10 MONTE SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 7 AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 15, AMENDMENT SIX THROUGH SEVEN AMENDMENTS 26 THROUGH ONE. UH, STOP CONSTRUCTION OF GAS STATIONS NEAR, UH, MY HOME PLAYGROUNDS AND SCHOOLYARDS. UH, WE DO NOT WANT GAS LEAKING INTO OUR, UH, GROUNDWATER AND AIR POLLUTION. UM, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS RUBY REESE, 25 10 MONTEREY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND I AM IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 15. THANK YOU. SHEILA MORALES, 2 0 3 MEDFORD DRIVE, 2 1 0 3 8 0 0 0 6 9. I'M CALLING IN SUPPORT OF AGENDA ITEM 15 AND SUPPORT OF AMENDMENTS 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH ONE. TOO MANY GAS STATIONS ARE BEING BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WITHOUT REGARD TO THE INCREASED NOISE, TRAFFIC, TRASH, AND FUMES FROM BENZENE BEING RELEASED NEXT [01:15:01] TO SOMEONE'S HOME. WE NEED PROTECTION FROM FUTURE INCA INCOMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT LIKE GAS STATIONS. PLEASE SPONSOR AMENDMENT 16 DASH SEVEN AND 26 DASH SEVEN SO THAT THEY CAN TECHNICALLY BE EVALUATED FOR THEIR MERIT. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS STACY SWANS AND I LIVE AT 2 0 3 RADIANT IN, UH, 7 8 2 1 8. I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM 15, BOTH AMENDMENT 16, SEVEN AND 26 1. I MOVED TO SAN ANTONIO SIX YEARS AGO BECAUSE IT WAS LIKE A BIG SMALL TOWN, AN EASY PLACE TO LIVE WITH AFFORDABLE HOUSES IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS INSIDE FOUR 10. WHAT I NEED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD IS ONLY A SMALL CONVENIENCE STORE, WHICH IS A COUPLE PUMPS TO REPLACE THE ONE THAT WENT OUT OF BUSINESS. I DO NOT NEED A GIANT GAS STATION THAT IS TOO DANGEROUS TO WALK TO BECAUSE OF ALL THE TRAFFIC THERE. 24 7. PLEASE KEEP THE GOOD PARTS OF SAN ANTONIO AND DON'T LET IT LOOK LIKE HOUSTON OR DALLAS. ASK YOU TO HELP MAINTAIN THE CHARM AND PROTECT MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND OTHER OLDER URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS BY SPONSORING THESE AMENDMENTS TO LIMIT THE LOCATION OF GAS STATIONS ACCORDING TO THEIR SIZE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION AND FOR SPONSORING THESE IMPORTANT AMENDMENTS. HELLO, MY NAME IS SUSAN RICHARDSON. I'M A DISTRICT ONE RESIDENT AND I LIVE IN THE LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD AT ONE 18 CAROLINA STREET. AND I'M CALLING BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I SUPPORT AGENDA ITEM 15 AND I SUPPORT AMENDMENTS 16 SEVEN AND 26 1. I BELIEVE THESE ARE EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS RECOMMENDED BY T N ONE C. UM, I DO NOT WANT LARGE GAS STATIONS BUILT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEAR SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN PLAY OUTSIDE. UM, I'D LIKE TO SEE SOME PROTECTIONS FROM THE FUMES AND TRAFFIC WHICH THE NATIONAL MEGA A GAS STATIONS CAN BRING INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DO NOT WANT NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES REPLACED BY GAS STATIONS, AND I REALLY THINK THAT SAN ANTONIO NEEDS TO DEVELOP A PLAN FOR FUTURE INFILL DEVELOPMENT THAT'S SEVERELY INCOMPATIBLE WITH NEIGHBORHOODS SUCH AS GAS STATIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. BYE-BYE. THERESA IVANIA, PRESIDENT OF MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, 2 1 0 7 2 2 8 6 2 9 14 38 NAPIER AVENUE. PLEASE SUPPORT U D C AMENDMENTS 16 SEVEN AND 26 1, WHICH REGULATE GAS STATIONS IN RESIDENTIAL AREAS BECAUSE NEIGHBORHOODS DO NOT WANT LARGE INTENSE GAS STATIONS BUILT NEXT TO YARDS AND SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN PLAY. WE WANT PROTECTION FROM THE FUMES AND TRAFFIC WHICH THE NATIONAL MEGA GAS STATIONS CAN BRING TO A CORNER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DO NOT WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES REPLACED BY GAS STATION. SAN ANTONIO NEEDS A PLAN FOR FUTURE INCOMPATIBLE INFILL DEVELOPMENT LIKE GAS STATIONS. AIR POLLUTION LIKE THAT FROM BENZENE BENEFIT FROM NEW GAS STATION DEVELOPMENT MUST BE DISTANCED FROM RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. CHILD HEALTH SAFETY NEEDS TO BE HIGH OF A HIGHER PRIORITY. YOU DO NOT WANT LARGE INTENSE GAS STATION BUILT NEXT TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD YARDS AND SCHOOLS WHERE CHILDREN PLAY. THANK YOU. THOSE ARE ALL THE VOICEMAILS WE WE RECEIVED FOR THIS AMENDMENT OR THIS, THIS ITEM. SORRY. THANK YOU. I BELIEVE WE HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO I'LL CALL UM, DORA PEREZ. ACTUALLY, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT THE APPLICANT COME GO FIRST TO PRESENT THEIR AMENDMENT, WHICH WOULD BE STEVE VERTE. OKAY, MR. VERTE, IF YOU CAN PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUM. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS STEVE VERTE, 1 0 5 RENO STREET, A MEMBER OF TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION STEERING COMMITTEE, AND A HOMEOWNER IN THE ORIGINAL 36 SQUARE MILES OF SAN ANTONIO. CONVENIENCE STORES WITH GAS STATIONS HAVE GONE FROM SMALL STORES WITH A COUPLE PUMPS TO LARGE STORES WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN PUMPS ON TWO ACRE LOTS ZONING. DISTRICTS PERMITTING GAS STATIONS NEED TO BE REVIEWED AND UPDATED ACCORDINGLY. SA TOMORROW HAS A SUSTAINABILITY PLAN WHICH PRIORITIZES ECONOMIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY. THE INTENSITY AND COMPATIBILITY OF BUYRIGHT PERMITTED USES WITHIN ZONING DISTRICTS SHOULD ALIGN WITH SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AS WELL AS ECONOMIC. OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SOCIAL ENTITIES THAT DESERVE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THEIR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. GAS STATIONS AFFECT AIR QUALITY NOT ONLY BY THE CHEMICALS VENTED FROM UNDERGROUND TANKS, BUT ALSO TRAFFIC INTENSITY. BECAUSE THESE GAS STATIONS TODAY ARE MUCH LARGER, THEY CREATE A GREATER [01:20:01] CONCENTRATION OF FUMES WHEN WE HAVE OZONE ACTION DAYS IN THIS CITY. THIS IS BECAUSE WE HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF GROUND LEVEL OZONE, OZONE OR SMOG, WHICH IS CREATED BY VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS SUCH AS IN GASOLINE. SA KIDS BREATHE AS A CITY PROGRAM, WHICH TEACHES CHILDREN HOW TO CONTROL ASTHMA. BESIDES TREATING CONDITIONS AFTER THEY DEVELOP, THE CITY SHOULD BE CREATING A SUSTAINABLE LEVEL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY IN ALL NEIGHBORHOODS. C TWO IS UBIQUITOUS. SAN ANTONIO HAS MANY NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY PERMITTED USES WITHIN THE C TWO ZONING DISTRICT, BUT GAS STATION IS NO LONGER ONE OF THEM. THE INTENSIFIED USE OF TODAY'S GAS STATION IS NOT COMPATIBLE THROUGHOUT THE CITY WHERE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED. C TWO. AT THE LAST PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WE HEARD HOW STATE LAW AND NON-CONFORMING USES MUST BE FOLLOWED AND A NON-CONFORMING USE MUST BE REZONED IF IMPROVEMENTS OF MORE THAN 50% OF THE VALUE ARE MADE. IT WAS STATED IN A RECENT P T A MEETING THAT STATE LAW DICTATES THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NON-CONFORMING USES BUT NOT DETERMINATION. STATE LAW DOES NOT CONTROL HOW LONG OR WHAT WAYS CSSA OR ANY OTHER TEXAS CITY ALLOWS USES TO CONTINUE AFTER THEIR CODE CHANGES. A CITY ATTORNEY TOLD ME NON-CONFORMING USES NON-CONFORMING USE IS LARGELY THE RESULT OF CASE LAW. OUR U D C SHOULD STATE CLEARLY HOW WE WANT NON-CONFORMING USES TREATED, NOT WAIT FOR THE JUDICIARY TO DETERMINE LEGISLATION FOR US. SECTION 35 7 9 DOES DOES REQUIRE A SPECIFIC USE ZONING OF A NON-CONFORMING USE. IF THERE IS AN EXPANSION, THERE IS NO MENTION OF IMPROVEMENT VALUE IN THIS SECTION. NO MENTION OF 50% EXPAND IS DEFINED BY WEBSTERS AS AN INCREASE IN NUMBER VOLUME OR EXTENT. IF YOU REPLACE TANKS AND PUMPS AND RENOVATE THE STORE, YOU HAVE NOT EXPANDED BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT INCREASED THE SIZE AND NUMBER. THE INTERPRETATION THAT COST IMPROVEMENT IS AN INDICATOR OF EXPANSION NEEDS MORE TECHNICAL SCRUTINY. PTAC EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT ONCE EXISTING GAS STATIONS BECAME NON-CONFORMING, THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO KEEP UP TO DATE ON ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENTS. HOWEVER, IF WE DEFINE EXPANSION THE WAY THE DICTIONARY DOES, THEN THEY CAN UPDATE AND REPLACE AS MUCH AS THEY WANT WITHOUT ANY NEED TO REZONE. IF WE REALLY WANT TO PROTECT OUR EXISTING LOCAL CONVENIENCE STORES, WE NEED BETTER TOOLS TO MANAGE HOW AND WHERE NEW LARGE GAS STATIONS ARE PERMITTED TO BE BUILT. WHEN ADJACENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES, THEY PUT THOSE SMALL LOCAL GAS STORE GAS STATION STORES OUT OF BUSINESS, JUST DRIVE DOWN NORTH THROUGH BRAUNFELS ON THE EAST SIDE AND SEE ALL THE CLOSED GAS STATION CONVENIENCE STORES. WHEN THE TIER ONE U D C COMMITTEE FORMED A STRATEGY ON DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN GAS STATIONS AND RESIDENTIAL, WE PURPOSELY CHOSE A SIMILAR EXISTING CODE ON HEAD SHOPS. I UNDERSTAND THAT MORE DISCUSSION NEEDS TO BE HAD ON CREATION OF NON-CONFORMING USE. WE ASSUMED AN EXISTING DISTANCE CODE FOR ONE USE WOULD WORK FOR ANOTHER IF THAT WAS A POOR ASSUMPTION. LET'S HEAR THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DISCUSS THAT SECTION. IF WE ARE USING STATE CODE AND CASE LAW AS REASONS WE CANNOT MOVE AN AMENDMENT FOREMAN FORWARD IN THIS PROCESS. LET'S HAVE THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE REVIEW THAT. LET'S ALLOW OUR EXPERTS TO MAKE AN ASSESSMENT ON OUR AMENDMENT BEFORE YOU TODAY. 26 1, WHICH IS IS ALSO BEING HEARD TODAY, PROVIDES A WAY TO DEFINE INTENSITY OF A GAS STATION. P TAC DISCUSSED ACREAGE AS A CUTOFF, WHICH WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE CONSISTENT WITH THE INTENSITY OF USE. GALLONS OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE CAPACITY. CAPACITY IS LOGICAL WAY TO DEFINE INTENSITY OF GAS STATIONS. THIS ALSO DESERVES TECHNICAL CONSIDERATION. EQUITY IS A MAJOR COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S COMMITMENT TO THE PARIS ACCORD AND SUSTAINABILITY. WE SHOULD LEAVE NON GATED URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS DISPA. WE SHOULD NOT LEAVE NON GATED URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED BY USES THAT MAY BE OBSOLETE IN OUR LIFETIME PLANNING. IMPROVEMENTS IN FUTURE LAND USE POLICY SHOULD START HERE AND NOW PLEASE SPONSOR URBAN NEIGHBORS AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE U D C BY SENDING AMENDMENT REQUESTS 16, SEVEN AND 26 1 FORWARD IN THE PROCESS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. VERTI FOR 26 DASH OR 26 DASH ONE. PLEASE COME FORWARD. I DON'T WANNA BUTCHER YOUR NAME. I'M SORRY. MS. COLE. HELLO, MY NAME IS DIA COLE. I AM A PROUD DISTRICT TWO HOMEOWNER AND A PROUD DISTRICT IN SMALL BUSINESS OWNER, UM, NINE-YEAR-OLD AMBER HAGERMAN WAS KIDNAPPED WHILE RIDING HER BICYCLE IN ARLINGTON, TEXAS AND FOUND MURDERED FOUR DAYS LATER. WHY DID HER FATHER LATER PREPARE A SPEECH ASKING HOW THE POLICE COULD BE HELPED BY THE MEDIA TO MORE QUICKLY FIND MISSING CHILDREN? HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT OTHERS TO SUFFER AS HE HAD AND AMBER ALERTS WERE BORN. THIS IS WHY I WROTE THIS AMENDMENT. I DO NOT WANT MORE SAN ANTONIO NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE TO SUFFER. YOU MAY JUST DISMISS THIS COMPARISON AS OVERLY DRAMATIC. I SAW FIRSTHAND HOW CLOSE YOU CAN COME TO HARMFUL DEVELOPMENT ON YOUR SLEEPY DEAD END RESIDENTIAL STREET. [01:25:01] HOW A MEGA GAS STATION DEVELOPMENT MIGHT DEVALUE THE HOME YOU THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIVE IN THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. HOW THE LOSS OF AN ENTIRE BLOCK FULL OF HOMES AND NEIGHBORS COULD BE A DEATH IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HOW NEGATIVE THE IMPACT OF A GAS STATION. THAT IS TOO INTENSE. ABUTTING HOMES, FRONT YARDS, BACKYARDS, PLAYGROUNDS, BASKETBALL COURTS CAN DESTROY QUALITY OF LIFE AND CAUSE NEIGHBORS TO FEEL UNSAFE, UNHEALTHY, AND MOVE AWAY. THESE, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OLDER MULTI-GENERATIONAL WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE CITY WITH SMALL HOUSES ON SMALL STREETS JUST LIKE MINE. THESE ARE NEIGHBORS WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT GENERATIONAL WEALTH IS OR EVEN HOW TO SAY SUCH THINGS IN ENGLISH. NEIGHBORS TRYING TO ENJOY THE REST OF THEIR LIVES IN THE HOMES PASSED DOWN FROM THEIR PARENTS AND THEY TOO HOPE TO LEAVE THEIR KIDS. THEY DIDN'T INVEST THEIR BANKROLL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY INVESTED THEIR HEART AND SOUL BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS. THESE HOUSES, THIS IS ALL SOME PEOPLE HAVE. THIS IS ALL THEY WILL EVER HAVE. MAYBE YOU NEED TO LIVE OR HAVE LIVED IN ONE OF THE OLDER, MARGINALIZED WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOODS TO UNDERSTAND THE ROOTS, UNDERSTAND THE ROOTS, THE ESSENCE AND THE HISTORICAL LEGACY OF THE DIRT THE EXISTING HOMES OCCUPY. IN THESE CASES, UH, NEIGHBORS ASK IF THEY, THE DEVELOPERS CAN DO THAT AND THE ANSWERS WILL VARY. THE ANSWERS MIGHT BE THEY HAVE TO REZONE AND ALL YOU CAN DO IS GET THEM TO MOVE THE DUMPSTERS AND THE LIGHTS AWAY FROM YOUR FENCE LINE. OR THE ANSWER MIGHT BE COME TO ZONING AND SPEAK YOUR PEACE. AND MOST UNFORTUNATELY, THE ANSWER MIGHT BE YES, THEY CAN DO IT. IT'S ALREADY ZONED C TWO. SO A 24 HOUR MEGA GAS STATION CAN BE DEVELOPED AND ERECTED FEET FROM YOUR FRONT DOOR AND YOU HAVE NO SAY IN THE HEALTH, SAFETY AND PEACE OF YOUR STREET, YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOUR KID'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE SAFETY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL AND PARK BAY NEARBY MAY BE COMPROMISED, BUT THE REZONING PROCESS WON'T ACKNOWLEDGE THIS BECAUSE TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION ARE NOT, ARE A JOB OF A SEPARATE PROCESS. THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE IS NOT A UNIFIED CODE IN MANY WAYS. IT IS OFTEN NOT UNIFIED WITH THE PRIMARY GOALS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TELL US ABOUT AND TOUT. IT'S OFTEN NOT UNIFIED WITH EQUITY. THERE'S EVEN FEAR OF USING THE WORD EQUITY IN THE CODE. IT'S NOT UNIFIED WITH AFFORDABILITY BECAUSE TAX INCENTIVES EXPIRE TRUE. THE CITY WILL NOT IMPROVE WITHOUT DEVELOPERS WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR CITY. THE CITY WILL ALSO NOT IMPROVE IF EVERY DEVELOPMENT IS PART OF A NEW AND DIFFERENT PLAN. IN SOME SITUATIONS, THE CITY NEEDS A PLAN THAT PROTECTS EVERYONE. A GAS STATION IS ONE OF THOSE SITUATIONS SEEING THAT THE NUMBER OF UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANKS AND CAPACITY HAS MORE THAN TRIPLED FOR THE AVERAGE GAS STATION. THE CITY SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY. OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE SHOULD CHANGE TO SUPPORT A PROPERLY SIZED GAS STATION IN A PROPER LOCATION. I'VE HEARD REASONS WHY THIS CHANGE JUST WON'T WORK AND THE ONLY COMMITTEE WHO CAN WORK OUT THE TECHNICAL ISSUES TO MOVE MY AMENDMENT FORWARD WILL NOT EVEN GET TO DISCUSS IT IF IT IS NOT SPONSORED BY THIS COMMISSION. HERE TODAY, THIS AMENDMENT PROPOSED A BETTER WAY TO DEFINE INTENSITY OF GAS STATIONS AND THAT IS BY UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK CAPACITY, WHICH IS PUBLIC INFORMATION ALREADY MONITORED BY THE STATE. IF A DISTANCE TABLE BASED ON UNDERGROUND TANK CAPACITY IS PROPERLY APPROACHED, TECHNICALLY THIS WILL AVOID MANY OF THE NON-CONFORMING USE CONCERNS. RECENT CONTROVERSIES IN OUR NEAR DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS OVER PLANNED GAS STATIONS AND C TWO ZONING HIGHLIGHT THIS PROBLEM. THE STATUS QUO IS COSTING DEVELOPERS TIME AND MONEY. THE STATUS QUO IS COSTING NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS AND RESIDENTS MONEY, TIME, AND EFFORT. AND THE STATUS QUO IS COSTING CITY STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL VALUABLE TIME. D S D ALREADY HA ALREADY TENTATIVELY HAS SCHEDULED THIS AMENDMENT REQUEST ON THE APRIL 11TH AGENDA FOR THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. PLEASE ALLOW IT TO STAY THERE AND SPONSOR A TECHNICAL REVIEW OF THIS PROPOSAL TO ZONE FOR APPROPRIATE COMPATIBILITY BETWEEN GAS STATIONS AND NEIGHBORHOODS. I THANK EACH OF YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND YOUR SINCERE CONSIDERATION OF THIS AMENDMENT REQUEST. THANK YOU MS. COLE. UM, NOW CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. WE HAVE DORA ES. HELLO, MY NAME IS DORA ES. I LIVE AT 7 25 SAN MYERS. I LIVE IN THE GOVERNMENT HILL EAST NEIGHBORHOOD. I AM NOT HERE TODAY TO PLEAD A CASE FOR MYSELF. I'M HERE TO ASK YOU TO CONSIDER THESE GAS STATION AMENDMENTS REQUEST. THESE REQUESTS WOULD HELP MULTI-GENERATIONAL SANTON AND URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS ALL OVER THE CITY. THE REZONING PROCESS IS NOT EASY PROCESS FOR ME AND MY NEIGHBORS. WHEN WE RECEIVE ZONING NOTICES FROM THE CITY, WE THINK, WHAT IS THIS? I HOPE I'M NOT IN TROUBLE. WE THINK WE WON'T WASTE MY TIME BECAUSE THEY WILL GET WHAT THEY WANT ANYWAYS. WE THINK WE WILL NEVER WIN. MAYBE SOMETIMES WE GET LUCKY, MAYBE SOMETIMES FROM AN OUTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP TELLS US HOW TO OPPOSE A CASE. MAYBE THEN WE TRY TO SPEAK AT A PUBLIC MEETING. THEN EVEN IF DENIAL [01:30:01] IS RECOMMENDED, IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL AND SOMETIMES GETS APPROVED. HOW CAN WE WHO WERE UNDERSERVED IN THE PAST, TRUST THE CITY WILL DO THE BEST FOR US. HOW WILL NEIGHBORS LEARN THE CITY PROCESS IN JUST A FEW DAYS? HOW WE WOULD BELIEVE THE PROCESS WORKS FOR US WHEN ZONING COMMISSION SAYS IT IS NOT THEIR JOB TO WORRY ABOUT BENZENE FUMES THAT CAUSE CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA. HOW WILL ME AND MY NEIGHBORS FEEL WHEN A NEIGHBORHOOD LOSES AFFORDABLE HOUSES? BECAUSE THE DEVELOPER DEVELOPER FOUND CHEAPER RESIDENTIAL LAND FOR A GAS STATION. HOW WE WILL MARGINALIZE NEIGHBORS GET LASTING PROTECTION AGAINST A GAS STATION NEXT DOOR TO THEIR HOMES? IN EXCHANGE, WE WILL HAVE MORE TRAFFIC ON OUR STREETS, ON UNHEALTHY FUMES IN OUR YARDS. MAYBE WE DO NOT KNOW HOW TO WRITE A CODE THAT LAWYERS APPROVE OF. AND MAYBE WE NEED TO HEAR MORE OF ALL THE REASONS WHY THE CITY CANNOT CHANGE THE CODES FOR TO HELP US. MAYBE WE NEED ENGAGEMENT AFTER PARTICIPATING HERE TODAY. AND MAYBE WE NEED TECHNICAL COMMITTEES TO REVIEW THE IDEA AND EDUCATE US ON HOW THE CITY CODES CAN HELP US. PLEASE ALLOW US TO ENGAGE WITH THE COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS. PLEASE SPONSOR THESE AMENDMENTS TO GO THROUGH THE PROCESS AND LET ME AND MY NEIGHBOR'S VOICES BE HEARD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU MS. PETTUS. NEXT WE HAVE CALEB JAMES. GOOD AFTERNOON. THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING A HOME, SORRY, IS A WALL. CAN YOU SAY YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD? I'M I'M GONNA, UH, CALEB JAMES, 1800 EAST CARSON STREET, 7 8 2 0 8. UH, THE PROCESS OF PURCHASING A HOME IS A LONG AND TEDIOUS AND OVERWHELMING PROCESS. THE PROCESSING OF OWNING A HOME IS EMOTIONAL TO SAY THE LEAST. AS A FIRST TIME HOMEOWNER, I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE DIFFICULTY OF PROTECTING YOUR ASSET WHEN BUYING A HOME. LOOKING AT THE LOCAL TACO SHOP DOWN THE STREET, THERE WAS NO THREAT TO THE VALUE OF MY HOME. HOWEVER, IT SWIFTLY TURNED IN FROM A TACO SHOP TO A NIGHTLY NUISANCE WHEN IT TURNED TO A BEAT BUMPING BAR. MORE SO I WAS INTRODUCED TO THE INCOMPREHENSIVE TEDIOUS AND LONG PROCESS OF A ZONING CHANGE WHEN A GAS STATION WANTED TO MOVE IN. YOU SHOULD REMEMBER US, WE STOOD HERE FOR NEARLY A YEAR MEETING AFTER MEETING ZONING AFTER ZONING, CALLING INTO WORK FOR A DAY OFF SO I CAN STAND UP AGAINST THE SYSTEM. THIS ZONING TRIAL, UH, WITH GOVERNMENT HILL VERSUS JADA AND THE DEVELOPERS OPENED UP MY EYES HOW THE, UH, HOW ZONING DOESN'T PROTECT THE HOMEOWNERS. THESE DEVELOPMENT CODES WERE DESIGNED WHEN YOU CAN GET A LOAF OF BREAD AT YOUR LOCAL TWO PUMP GAS STATION AND IF YOU WANTED A BEER, YOU COULDN'T BUY IT ON A SUNDAY. TIMES HAVE CHANGED. YOUR LOCAL TACO SHOP HAS TURNED INTO A NIGHTLY BAR. COUNTRY BUMPING COUNTRY MUSIC ALL NIGHT LONG AND COUNTRY MUSIC AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE. IT'S GOT A LOT MORE BEAT TO IT. AS DEVELOPERS CLAIM THAT A C THREE IS FOR DENTIST OFFICES. WHEN WE ALL KNOW A C THREE WILL ALLOW A 24 HOUR 16 PUMP PETROL PARK, A 16 PUMP GAS STATION DOES NOT COMPARE TO A DENTIST OFFICE. AS A YOUNG HOMEOWNER, HOMEOWNER, I'VE PERSONALLY SEEN HOW THIS SYSTEM AND THE PROCESS IS STACKED AGAINST THE PEOPLE. WHAT I'M ASKING FOR IS A TRANSPARENT SYSTEM WITH CLEAR CUT GUIDELINES FOR GAS STATIONS. THE WORLD HAS CHANGED, GAS STATIONS HAVE CHANGED, TACO SHOPS HAVE CHANGED INTO BARS AND COUNTRY MUSIC SURE HAS CHANGED IT'S TIME TO CHANGE THE ZONING CODES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. JAMES. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, UH, STARTING WITH COMMISSIONER DKI. UM, YEAH, THANKS FOR THE AUTHORS. AND THE, UM, A GAS STATION TO ME IS A CONVENIENCE STORE, LOST A FUELING STATION. UM, IF THE FUEL STATION IS NOT IN THE FACILITY, I GUESS THERE IS NO PROBLEM HAVING CONVENIENCE STORE TO BE CLOSED BY RESIDENTIAL AREAS 'CAUSE THEY PROVIDE SERVICES FOR BUYING, UH, SUPPLIES. THE QUESTION THAT WE HAVE IN HAND IS, UH, A GAS TANK THAT WITHIN CROSS PROXIMITY TO THE RESIDENTIALS. I DON'T SEE HOW A 1000 FEET WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF POLLUTIONS TO THE GROUNDWATER OR THE AIR POLLUTIONS, UH, CURRENT STANDARD I READ ON HUD TO ALLOW A MINIMUM OF 300 FEET. WOULD YOU EXPAND IT THREE TIMES? MAKES A DIFFERENCE? I DON'T KNOW. MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN RUN THE STUDY TO FIND OUT WHETHER IT'S GONNA AFFECT OR NOT. UH, I'M, I'M IN FAVOR TO MOVE THIS AHEAD TO THE ATTACK TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER. UH, THE INTENTION FOR THIS, UH, PROVISION WAS TO NOT ALLOWING [01:35:01] THE HEAD SHOPS TO BE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY, BUT IF THE GAS STATIONS, WHICH HAS A LICENSE OF A GAS STATION THAT DOES NOT HAVE A FUEL TANK ON THE SITE, WOULD SERVE AS A REGULAR CONVENIENCE STORE TO ME. UH, I'M NOT SURE IF HAVING A GAS STATION SHOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO THIS PROVISION, BUT AGAIN, I WANNA MOVE ON THIS TO THE TAC TO DISCUSS IT FURTHER. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, I DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENTS RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIEGEL. UM, I AGREE IN LARGE PART WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER ZUKI SAID. UM, I DO SUPPORT MOVING THIS FORWARD TO THE TAC NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER, NO COMMENT AT THIS TIME. MR. GARCIA. I SUPPORT MOVING IT ON COMMISSIONER MILAM. LIKEWISE. AND I WANT TO THANK THE TIER ONE NC FOR THEIR ONGOING HARD, HARD WORK. THANKS, MR. UH, I DON'T SUPPORT MOVING THIS ON. UH, I THINK THAT THIS, UH, REQUEST IS REFLECTIVE OF ONE SPECIFIC INSTANCE THAT, UH, PEOPLE DIDN'T NECESSARILY LIKE. AND MAYBE IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED AT A ZONING COMMISSION MEETING. I DON'T KNOW. BUT, UM, I CAN'T, I CAN'T PROMOTE CHANGING THE U D C FOR THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE SOMEBODY'S UPSET ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR THING. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M HEARING FROM ALL THE COMMENTS, THAT THERE'S ONE MEGA GAS STATION BEING REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND IT'S JUST, IT DOESN'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO MOVE IT FORWARD. SECONDLY, UH, I THINK THAT IF THE COMMUNITY REALLY WANTED TO STOP THIS STUFF, UH, MAYBE THEY SHOULD ASK FOR A, AN S DESIGNATION ON THE C TWO FOR A GAS STATION. THAT MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, SO I WAS ON THE ZONING COMMISSION WHEN THE QT ON WALTERS AND 35 CAME BEFORE US. IT DID NOT GO FORWARD. IT WAS NOT RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL. UM, AND THAT CASE DID, YOU KNOW, OPEN OUR EYES TO SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT MR. STIEG HAS SAID, AND HE AND I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT TALKING ABOUT POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE U D C SINCE THAT TIME. AS A RESULT OF THAT, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION DID PROPOSE AND DID SPONSOR AN SS DESIGNATION FOR C TWO FOR GAS STATIONS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW, UH, ANOTHER REVIEW OF GAS STATIONS AND THEIR PROXIMITY TO VARIOUS THINGS. THERE REALLY ARE TWO CASES I THINK, UH, THAT LED TO THAT CHANGE, THAT PROPOSED CHANGE TO THE U D C. UH, IT'S THE QT THAT WAS PLANNED AT WALTERS AND 35 AND THE SHELL STATION THAT WAS PROPOSED AT CAROLINA, FLORIDA AND 37. UH, AND THAT CARE THAT SHELL STATION IN LA VACA DID NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH REZONING. IT WAS A C TWO. AND SO THE SS DESIGNATION, ADDING IT TO A C TWO USE, WHICH IS WHAT ZONING HAS PROPOSED AND IS GOING FORWARD THROUGH THIS AMENDMENT PROCESS, UH, WOULD RESOLVE THAT ISSUE, WOULD ALLOW THE ZONING COMMISSION TO CONTINUE TO DO ITS WORK AND, AND PLACE, YOU KNOW, GAS STATIONS WHERE APPROPRIATE BASED ON, YOU KNOW, THE SPECIAL, THE SPECIFIC USE AND NEIGHBORHOOD INPUT. UH, SO I WILL NOT SUPPORT PUSHING THESE FORWARDS. THERE ARE OTHER ISSUES THAT RAISE CONCERNS. UH, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 26 1, NO, I'VE LOST IT. UM, THERE'S LANGUAGE REGARDING THE SALE. UH, IF YOU GO DOWN PLEASE. UH, EXISTING NON-CONFORMING USE, UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, THE SUPPLEMENTAL USE, WHICH ARE SO LOCATED AT THE TIME OF THE ADDITION OF THIS SECTION, SHALL BE EXEMPT UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD. ZONING GOES WITH THE LAND. UM, AND SO THERE, I BELIEVE, AND CITY ATTORNEY CAN CORRECT ME, THERE WOULD BE A CONCERN REGARDING CHANGING ZONING BASED ON SALE WHEN IN FACT ZONING DOES GO WITH THE LAND. AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS, UH, I DON'T SUPPORT, UH, SPONSORING THESE TWO AMENDMENTS GOING FORWARD. I THINK WE'VE FOUND A SOLUTION AT ZONING. WE'VE SPONSORED THAT SOLUTION. AND SO RESPECTFULLY, THAT'S MY POSITION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MADAM CHAIR. UH, I'D LIKE TO ASK MR. BUSANTE TO HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THE SS DESIGNATION ENTAILS, IF THAT'S ADDED THROUGH THE ZONING COMMISSION, UH, OR THROUGH THE U D C. WOULD THAT, UH, SAY STAY X AMOUNT OF FEET AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OR, OR WHAT? SO AN SS DESIGNATION IS A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION. IT IS A REZONING PROCESS. UM, IT HAS A SITE PLAN COMPONENT IN WHICH, UM, YOU WOULD HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADD, UM, WHERE, LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PLACEMENT OF THE BUILDINGS, THE PLACEMENT OF THE PUMPS, [01:40:01] THINGS LIKE THAT. SCREENING, BUFFERING, SETBACKS. UH, SO ADDING AN SS C TWO IS WHAT IS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO ALLOW THAT, UM, ABILITY TO WORK ON THAT SITE PLAN, WORK ON THAT NEGOTIATIONS. OR AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF COUNCIL DECIDES NO, IT'S NOT, UH, APPROPRIATE, THAT PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS PLAYS INTO IT. SO, UM, AS FAR AS DISTANCE REQUIREMENTS, UH, NO, IT WOULD NOT, AGAIN, IT'S ONLY ABOUT BUFFERING SETBACKS ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF. SURE. OKAY. AND, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE I WOULD DIFFER WITH YOU AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE WAS AND I THINK IT WAS VERY WORTHWHILE. BUT I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BEING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE, WHETHER THERE'S BUSHES OR THERE ISN'T AS MUCH LIGHTING OR WHATEVER MAY BE IN THE WAY OF BUFFERING THAT PROPERTY. UH, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE STILL THE HEALTH ISSUES THAT I THINK ARE A LEGITIMATE CONCERN. HOW CLOSE DO YOU LIVE TO A GAS STATION? ARE YOU TWO OR 300 FEET AWAY? ARE THERE GAS FUMES? IS THERE BENZENE? I THINK IF ANYONE LIVES NEAR A GAS STATION, THEY KNOW THEY DO. AND, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY IS ALWAYS AN ISSUE TOO. AND AROUND A LOT OF THE GAS STATIONS AROUND TOWN, UH, THERE'S CRIME, THERE'S ROBBERY, THERE'S SHOOTINGS, THERE'S CARJACKINGS. WE SEE THIS TOO OFTEN AND I DON'T BLAME THE ORGANIZATIONS, THE THE BUSINESSES, BUT THE FACT IS THOSE OCCUR AND IF YOU'RE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE OR THE CROSS THE STREET, WHEN THOSE THINGS OCCUR, THEY'RE VERY DISCONCERTING TO YOU AND TO THE WELLBEING OF YOUR FAMILY. UH, I SEE IT WHEN I GO INTO THE GAS STATIONS NOW, AGGRESSIVE PANHANDLING, AND YOU'VE GOTTA CALL THE POLICE TO DRIVE PEOPLE AWAY. THEY'RE GOING UP TO EVERYBODY WHO'S GETTING GAS ASKING FOR A DOLLAR OR OR TWO OR WHATEVER. AND WE, I THINK WE'RE ALL VERY AWARE OF WHERE THE, THE, UH, GAS COMBUSTION ENGINE IS HEADING. IT'S HEADING IN THE WAY OF THE DODO BIRD. AND SO SOONER OR LATER, AND I THINK IT'S GONNA BE SOONER RATHER THAN LATER, THERE'S GOING TO BE FEWER AND FEWER GAS COMBUSTION ENGINE ENGINES AND FEWER AND FEWER NEEDS FOR GAS STATIONS. CREATING A NEW GAS STATION NOW IS MAYBE GONNA BE PUTTING IT OUTTA BUSINESS SELLING GAS IN FIVE YEARS OR MAYBE SEVEN. BUT THE TANKS ARE GONNA BE THERE AND THE HEALTH ISSUES ARE GONNA REMAIN UNTIL THAT TIME. AND, UH, I, I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT LIGHTING AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS BEING OPERATING 24 HOURS A DAY AND THE NOISE IT CAN CAUSE. AND AGAIN, PUTTING THIS NEXT TO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD I THINK IS INAPPROPRIATE. AND ALL WE'RE DOING IS ASKING THE P TAC TO LOOK AT THESE THINGS AND TO DECIDE ARE THERE OTHER WAYS OF MITIGATING THESE? NEITHER OF THESE SUGGESTED AMENDMENTS ARE PROBABLY GOING TO GO THROUGH THE WAY THEY WERE WRITTEN, BUT THEY COULD CREATE A BETTER U D C TO MANAGE THESE ISSUES. AND, AND THAT'S WHAT I SUPPORT, UH, THE P TAC HAVING AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONSIDER. AND I KNOW WHAT, WHAT YOU'VE PUT FORWARD MAY ABLE TO INCLUDE HAVING, UH, LAND USE, UH, AROUND THOSE ADDED TO IT. BUT, UH, THIS DIRECTLY ADDS TO THOSE ISSUES. SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT MOVE FORWARD. AND HAVE WE HAD A MOTION ON THIS YET? NO, SIR. WE HAVE NOT. WELL, LUCKY ME, I GET TO A MOVE. I GET TO, UH, MOVE FOR THE SUPPORT OF THESE TWO RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE P T A C FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION FROM COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND A SECOND FROM DR. MILAM. UM, AND I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, UH, OR QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS? OKAY. WE'LL, STAFF PLEASE TAKE A ROLL CALL. COMMISSIONER GARCIA. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER DE ZUKI. YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER ORIEN? NO. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE? NO. COUNCILMAN COURAGE? YES. UM, COMMISSIONER PECK? YES. VICE CHAIR CARILLO. HANES? YES. MO MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. RIGHT. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE [Approval of Minutes  ] ON TO THE MINUTES. DO ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY EDITS ON ANY OF THE MINUTES? MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. I ACTUALLY HAD ONE, UH, QUESTION. UM, AT THE VERY, VERY BOTTOM, THERE'S A STATEMENT THAT SAYS ONE NOTICE RECEIVE IN FAVOR AND ZERO NOTICES RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT'S REFERENCING. MAYBE HE WAS HOLD OVER FROM SOMETHING ELSE. CUT AND PASTE HERE. LAUREN, CAN YOU PULL [01:45:01] UP THE MINUTES? WE CAN LOOK AT IT. COMMISSIONER AND SEE. I ENVISION IT MAY BE TIED TO ONE OF THE EXTERNAL AMENDMENTS THAT, UM, WERE CONSIDERED. WE'RE TRYING TO PICK IT UP EITHER DIGITALLY OR SOMEBODY HAS A HARD COPY. IT IS ON THE LAST PAGE CHAIR. IT'S A LAST PAGE. OKAY. IT'S ON THAT, IT'S ON THE DIGITAL FILE. IF IT'S NOT FOR THE RECORD, THEN I'M FINE WITH THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THE MOTION FROM COMMISSIONER I I ALSO HAVE A CORRECTION TO THE MINUTES, WHICH I EMAILED, UM, EARLIER TODAY. JUST MY NAME IS MISSPELLED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE DOCUMENT. WE, WE WILL CORRECT THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO THE MOTION IS THERE A SECOND. SECOND MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF MINUTES AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER PECK. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. CAN WE DO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. AYE. AND HE OPPOSED ALL MOTION PASSES. DIRECTOR'S REPORT, UH, NO DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY. OKAY. IT IS 3 52 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.