* 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. [00:00:04] GOOD AFTERNOON. WELCOME TO PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR APRIL 13TH, 2022. UH, SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATIONS AVAILABLE. CAN WE PLEASE HAVE THE INTERPRETER ORDER? I. THANK YOU. CAN STAFF PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER GARCIA. HERE. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? HERE. COMMISSIONER JAKI? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? HERE. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? HERE. COMMISSIONER MILAM? HERE. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? HERE. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. HERE. UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYES. PRESENT CHAIR. PROPHET PRESENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. UH, TODAY WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TWO, UM, UH, AGENDAS, A CONSENT AGENDA, AND AN, UH, INDIVIDUAL AGENDA. UM, ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF 1 18 27, WHICH ARE BEING, UH, PULLED FOR RECUSAL AND ITEMS 32, 33 AND 34, UH, FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? YES. AND JUST AS A CLARIFICATION, WE ALSO HAVE A POSTPONEMENTS AND WITHDRAWALS. UH, LET ME, SO ITEM 29 AND 30 ARE POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. AND THEN 31 HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN. THANK YOU. AND AT THIS, AT THIS POINT, I KNOW WE HAVE SOME VOICEMAILS [Public Comment] TO BE PLAYED. CAN WE PLAY THOSE VOICEMAILS PLEASE? YES. MY NAME IS HERBERT BEER. I LIVE AT 43 10 SPARROW. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS OF CASE NUMBER 0 2 6. ON THE REZONING, I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING CHANGE DUE TO THE FACT IT WOULD BRING MORE CRIME TO OUR AREA. IT WOULD ALSO BRING MORE TRAFFIC UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THE NOISE LEVEL WOULD BE MORE, IT WOULD BE MORE NOISE. I AM, AGAIN, MY NAME IS HERBERT MEER. MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 8 3 1 1 2 9 7. AND I AM OPPOSED OF THE REZONING TO BE A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA. THANK YOU. MARTINEZ 1522, SANDRA. ITEM NUMBER 36. THIS IS IN THE BOUNDARY OF THE VEHICLE, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. NO ONE REACHED OUT TO US CITY COUNCIL. DISTRICT THREE SHOULD HAVE AS A COURTESY, THIS COULD BE A GOOD THING CONSIDERING THE LOCATION OF THE PROPERTY, BUT WE WOULD'VE LIKED A SIT DOWN DISCUSSION REGARDING THE DETAILS, IS THAT THE PROJECTS, LAND USE REQUESTS AND EVEN ZONING REQUESTS ARE NOT ALWAYS SHARED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE EXTENS LAND USE PLAN IS BEING AMENDED OVER AND OVER WITHOUT INVOLVING COMMUNITIES. GOOD THINGS ARE COMING TO THE SOUTH SIDE. THE INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS TO COME WITH IT. WHY NOT INCLUDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND WORK TOGETHER? LIKE I SAID, WE'RE NOT AGAINST THIS. IT COULD BE A GOOD THING CONSIDERING THE LOCATION, BUT COMMUNICATION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US. THAT'S WHY WE HAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, NUMBER 36, IS IN THE VEHICLE TO NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND WE RECEIVE NO NOTICES OR ANYTHING FROM OUR DISTRICT, CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT THREE, OR FROM THE CITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU STAFF FOR CLARIFICATION ON THAT LAST VOICEMAIL. UH, I DIDN'T GET THE NAME OF THE NAME OF HER ASSOCIATION. WERE THEY NOT WITHIN THE 200 FEET? I'M IN THE PROCESS OF VERIFYING THAT RIGHT NOW. OKAY, THANK YOU. BUT IT'S VIA CORONADO. [00:05:22] THEY'RE NOT WITHIN THE, THE RADIUS? NO. OKAY. UH, BEFORE WE TAKE, UM, A MOTION, ACTUALLY, DO THESE COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR WANNA PULL ANY ITEMS BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION? HEARING NOW, I, I AM GOING TO KICK OUT COMMISSIONER LOPEZ. WE'LL DO THAT SEPARATELY. YEAH. OKAY. IT IS 2 31 AND COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS LEFT THE MEETING. I WILL, UM, ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER 20. I'M SORRY, EXCEPT FOR THE ITEMS LISTED BEFORE 27 32, 33 AND THREE FOUR. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM, PLEASE TAKE A VOTE. COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES. YES. CHAIR, PROFIT? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. IT IS, UH, 2 32. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS RETURNED AND WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR COMMISSIONER ORIAN TO, TO LEAVE POLITELY . THE TIME IS 2 32. AND COMMISSIONER ORIAN HAS LEFT THE BOARDROOM. I WILL. ANY DISCUSSION? [Variances  ] HEARING NONE. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM 27. SO MOVED. SECOND. SECOND. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM. CAN STAFF PLEASE CONDUCT A VOTE? COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTI. AYE. COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES. YES. CHAIR, PROFIT? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. OKAY, . ALL RIGHT. IT IS 2 33 AND COMMISSIONER ORIAN HAS RETURNED TO THE MEETING. UH, SO WE MOVE ON TO THE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AND WE'LL START WITH, UH, ITEM NUMBER 32. [Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments  ] CAN STAFF PLEASE PROVIDE A PRESENTATION? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 32 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM NATURAL TIER AND COUNTRY TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER. LOCATED AT 16 7 3 5 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY 16. THERE WERE 11 NOTICES MAILED. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION, TWO IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET. AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM NATURAL TIER AND COUNTRY TIER IS REQUESTED IN ORDER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO OUR FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED SUBURBAN SEA OR LAND USE DESIGNATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE GIVEN SURROUNDING LAND USES. ALTHOUGH THE PROPER PROPERTY IS PRIMARILY ABUTTING VACANT LAND. THE SURROUNDING AREA CONTAINS HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WOULD NOT BE COMPATIBLE WITH RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, UM, ME, MS. MS. RU RUDWICK? YES. UH, YOU HAVE THE PARDON ME CHAIR. UH, THE APPLICANT SHOULD PRESENT FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE, UM, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD. YEAH. OKAY. MY APOLOGIES. JAMES. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON. JAMES MCKNIGHT, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN FOR BRIAN ORTIZ. WE ARE HERE, UH, REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT. [00:10:01] UM, I HAVE A PRESENTATION. YEAH, I'M TRYING TO, I'M SORRY. THANK YOU. THERE WE GO. OKAY, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO OVERALL, UH, WE ARE REQUESTING, UH, SUBURBAN TIER. THAT IS THE LAND USE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE REQUESTING HERE. UH, THIS FIRST SLIDE IS JUST TO SHOW AN OVERALL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY. ITS LOCATION ALONG HIGHWAY 16. IT'S JUST SOUTH OF WATSON ROAD NORTH OF US. I WANTED TO LOCATE THE PRESERVED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS ABOUT A 500 ACRE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW. AND TO THE EAST OF US ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY, ALMOST EXACTLY TWO MILES AWAY IS THE TOYOTA PLANT. IT'S JUST OFF THE VIEW, BUT YOU, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THE RED LINE THAT YOU SEE, THAT'S ACTUALLY THE LIMIT FOR CITY LIMITS. SO HALF OF THIS TRACT, OR ABOUT HALF OF THE TRACT IS OUTSIDE OF CITY LIMITS. SO THE OVERALL, FOR THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S 132 ACRES. 54 OF THOSE IS ACTUALLY IN THE E T J. SO THE REQUEST THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS JUST FOR 65 ACRES. THAT IS WITHIN, UM, CITY LIMIT LINE. SO EVERYTHING NORTH OF THAT RED LINE. AND AS I SPOKE ABOUT BEFORE, WE ARE ADJACENT TO THE PRESERVED DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS THE, TO THE NORTHWEST OF US. THE, THE PROPERTY RIGHT HERE, THIS IS A CONSERVATION EASEMENT THAT'S TO THE NORTHWEST OF US. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. HERE'S A VIEW OF THE LAND USE MAP AROUND US. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PRESERVE DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY SUBURBAN TIER. HERE WE ARE A MIX OF A FEW OF THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE WITHIN CITY LIMIT LINES. WE HAVE NATURAL TIER AND COUNTRY TIER, UM, OUT OF THE AREA THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY REQUESTING BE, HAVE THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND THE REZONING, 31 OF THOSE ACRES WE'RE PLANNING TO KEEP AS OPEN SPACE AND YOU CAN WE'LL, WE'LL SHOW THAT, THAT ON THE NEXT, UM, NEXT COUPLE OF SLIDES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS A ZONING MAP, UM, THAT WE PRESENTED LAST WEEK. YOU CAN SEE THAT TO THE NORTHWEST OF US PRESERVED DEVELOPMENT IS ZONED R FIVE. AS IT IS WE'RE ZONED, UH, FARM AND RANCH ACROSS THE STREET. EITHER IT'S OUT OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS OR IT'S RESOURCE PROTECTION. AND UP HERE YOU CAN JUST SEE WHERE THERE'S AN M I ONE THAT'S A MIXED INDUSTRIAL TO THE NORTH OF US. UM, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE WE'RE ADJACENT TO COMMERCIAL TO THE NORTH AND RESIDENTIAL TO OUR NORTHWEST. BUT THERE IS NO INDUSTRIAL ADJACENT TO US OR IN FACT THAT NEAR OUR PROPERTY USES OR ZONING. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS A VIEW OF, UH, I APOLOGIZE THAT IT'S TURNED, IT'S JUST A LITTLE EASIER TO LABEL THE, THE DEVELOPMENT AS WE'RE PROPOSING. SO IT'S OVERALL 445 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BUT ONLY 247 OF THOSE IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR INSIDE CITY LIMITS. UM, INCLUDING 31 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE. AS I SAID HERE, THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE, THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AS PART OF THE PRESERVE, BUT IT ALSO CONNECTS DOWN TO THE MEDINA RIVER, UH, TRAIL SYSTEM. UM, SO OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS 198 HOMES INSIDE CITY LIMITS ABOUT 247. THAT'S A DENSITY OF ABOUT 3.8 UNITS PER ACRE. SO FAIRLY LOW DENSITY, UH, CONSIDERING THE R FIVE LOTS THAT WE, THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. UM, WE HAVE GOOD ACCESS TO ACCESS POINTS ALONG HIGHWAY 16 HERE AND ALSO, UH, NOIA ROAD TO THE SOUTH. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, STAFF IS, IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL THAT IS BASED ON US BEING NEAR OR INAPPROPRIATE NEXT TO INDUSTRIAL LAND USES. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE NOT ACTUALLY NEAR THOSE LAND USES. AND SO WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT REALLY IS LARGER POLICY DISCUSSION ITEMS. SO FROM SA TOMORROW AND OTHER PLANS, AS YOU'LL SEE, THESE ARE THE GUIDING DOCUMENTS THAT WE LOOK AT AS TO AS TO WHETHER OR NOT LAND USES AND ZONING CHANGES ARE APPROPRIATE. SO FROM THE SA TOMORROW PLAN, YOU'LL SEE POPULATION IS AN ISSUE. PROJECTED GROWTH FOR BEXAR COUNTY IS EXPECTED TO ADD UP TO 1.1 MILLION NEW RESIDENTS WITH 500,000 NEW JOBS AND 500,000 NEW DWELLING UNITS BY 2040. SO THIS IS AN IDEA THAT POPULATION IS GROWING AND IT'S, IT'S COMING FAST DENSITY. THERE ISN'T ENOUGH LAND TO CAPTURE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IF DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES UNDER THE SAME DENSITY AND DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS. INCREASING THE AVERAGE DENSITY OF SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP REDUCE SOME OF THE DEMAND FOR LAND. SO FOR, IN OUR CASE, IF WE DEVELOP THE LAND LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY, IT WOULDN'T BE ENOUGH TO CAPTURE THE DENSITY THAT'S COMING, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR R FIVE. FROM THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, AS PART OF SA TOMORROW STRATEGY IS TO WORK WITH PRIVATE EMPLOYERS TO DEVELOP PLANS TO REDUCE TRAVEL DEMAND WITH THE RESULT OF REDUCING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND IMPROVING AIR QUALITY. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR HOMES THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE JOB. THAT'S THE EASIEST WAY TO PUT IT LIVE CLOSE TO WHERE YOU WORK. THAT WAY WE CAN REDUCE VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL. THAT'S ONE OF THE, THE GOALS OF THE SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. THEY EVEN SHOWED VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED PER CAPITA IS, UH, IN 2013 [00:15:01] WAS 22.4. AND THE, THE GOAL BY 2040 IS DOWN TO 16.5. SOME OF THE SECTOR PLAN GOALS, BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TO AMEND TODAY, ENCOURAGE HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING. ITS STRATEGIC NODES. ALSO PROMOTE HERITAGE SOUTH AS AN AREA OF CHOICE FOR PROSPECTIVE HOME BUYERS. SO THOSE ARE BOTH ITEMS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ADDRESS THROUGH INCREASING THE SINGLE FAMILY IN THIS AREA AND ACTUALLY THE CLIMATE ACT ACTION AND ADAPTATION PLAN. SIMILAR GOAL TO REDUCE EMISSIONS. SO WE LOOK TO THESE AGAIN AS THE GUIDING DOCUMENTS ON WHETHER OR NOT WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS APPROPRIATE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THIS IS FROM THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN ITSELF, TALKING ABOUT THE GROWTH. THIS EXPERIENCE SINCE THE 2003 PLAN WAS ADOPTED AND TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING PLAN HAD HAD COME IN, AND THIS PLAN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT WAS ACTUALLY ADOPTED IN 2010. SO THAT'S SEVEN YEARS AFTER THIS HAPPENED. AND THEY, THE PLAN ANTICIPATED THIS KIND OF GROWTH. AND THESE RECENT ENDEAVORS HAVE GENERATED EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENTS, AS WELL AS AWARENESS OF THE REGION. IT'S EXPECTED THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE SECTOR IN THE NEXT FEW YEARS. THE SECTOR PLANNING TEAM AND COMMUNITY ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE CONTINUED INTEREST, FUTURE GROWTH, AND MORE DIVERSE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES IN THE REGION. SO WHAT THIS PLAN IS TELLING US IS THAT THEY'VE ANTICIPATED THAT THAT GROWTH IS COMING AND WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE FOR IT. SO IN ALL OF THESE PLANS, WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU SEE IS, UH, A NEED FOR HOUSING AND GOALS THAT ARE CLEARLY SET FORTH OUR MEETING. WHAT YOU DON'T SEE IN ANY OF THESE IS SOME KIND OF RESTRICTIONS SAYING WE SHOULDN'T HAVE HOUSING IN THIS AREA. THERE IS NO BUFFER DRAWN IN THE U D C IN THE SECTOR PLAN ESSAY TOMORROW. MULTIMODAL LAND USE PLAN, UH, SUSTAINABILITY PLAN. NONE OF THEM POINT TO THESE. SO IF THERE IS A POLICY TO KEEP SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OUT OF THIS AREA, IT'S NOT IN ANY OF THE GUIDING DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE DOCUMENTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT ARE THE ONES THAT I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT, WHICH IS PRIMARILY THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO THIS IS BECAUSE I CAN'T GET A GOOD MAP OF THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN ANY OTHER WAY. I KINDA HAD TO ZOOM IN ON THE ORIGINAL PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2010. THAT'S THE PROPERTY'S LOCATION. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE TOYOTA PLANT HERE. ALL OF THE AREA AROUND IT YOU CAN SEE IS EITHER SOME KIND OF AGRIBUSINESS OR NATURAL TIER. OUR AREA HERE IS ADJACENT TO THE PRESERVE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THAT WAS DONE CHANGED TO SUBURBAN TIER IN 2017. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS ONE WAS CHANGED TO SUBURBAN TIER, UH, THIS LAND MASS, UH, JUST LAST YEAR IN 2021. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND ALL THESE AREAS HAVE CHANGED TO SUBURBAN TIER IN THE MEANTIME. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PLAN HAS CHANGED IN THE LAST 12 YEARS TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THAT IS COMING THIS DIRECTION. BUT IT'S ALL ON THE OTHER SIDE, UH, WEST OF HIGHWAY 16. SO OUR PROPERTY IS SIMPLY AN EXTENSION OF WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN HAPPENING AND WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN APPROVED OVER THESE LAST 12 YEARS. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY JUST IN, IN, UM, JUST A THREE DIMENSIONAL FORM, JUST SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET A BETTER VIEW OF WHERE WE ARE. THIS IS THE AREA THAT'S ACTUALLY WITHIN CITY LIMITS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. AND YOU CAN SEE THERE IS NOT INDUSTRIAL USES THAT ARE SURROUNDING THIS PROPERTY. THERE ARE INDUSTRIAL USES LIKE THE TOYOTA PLANT THAT ARE TWO MILES AWAY, BUT NOT WITHIN, UM, NOT WITHIN OUR PROXIMITY. UM, THERE ARE SEVERAL EXAMPLES OF SAN ANTONIO HAVING INDUSTRIAL USES LIKE LACKLAND NEAR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. AND THOSE INSTANCES THEY WERE ON TOP OF THE PROPERTY. HERE WE ARE AT LEAST TWO MILES AWAY FROM THE CLOSEST INDUSTRIAL USER. SO THAT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE A CONCERN. AND SO OUR MAIN GOAL THEN IS TO LOOK AT THOSE, THOSE GOALS AND THOSE, THOSE POLICY, UH, REQUIREMENTS IN SA TOMORROW AND THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IF YOU APPLY THOSE, THOSE GOALS TO OUR PROPERTY, THIS IS A GROWTH AREA AND THAT WAS ANTICIPATED AS PART OF THAT PLAN. IS IS THE, THE QUOTE THAT I SHOWED YOU. IT'S NOT SURROUNDED BY INDUSTRIAL LAND USES EITHER IN TERMS OF ZONING OR THE USE ITSELF. WE ARE ACTUALLY, IF YOU LOOK AT SOME OF THE, UM, CRITERIA THAT, THAT YOU AS A PLANNING COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT FOR WHETHER OR NOT IT'S AN APPROPRIATE CHANGE, YOU LOOK TO WHETHER OR NOT THIS CONSTITUTES AN OVERALL IMPROVEMENT OR UPHOLDS THE VISION OR THE FUTURE OF THE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN HERE TO SOUTH SECTOR PLAN. AND WHETHER OR NOT THERE IT'S APPROPRIATE CONSIDERED WHAT'S AROUND IT. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAVE SUBURBAN TIER AND SINGLE FAMILY USES DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO US. AND OVERALL, IT, LIKE I SAID, IT MEETS THE GOALS AND, AND UPHOLDS THAT VISION OF THOSE GUIDING DOCUMENTS. AND LIKE I SAID, THAT IS A DIRECT CRITERIA FOR THE DECISION MAKING. SO, UM, THAT [00:20:01] IS THE END OF MY PRESENTATION OTHER THAN TO SAY, UH, I CAN, I'LL RESERVE AND, AND BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, JAMES. THANK YOU. UH, MR. RUDWICK, SORRY ABOUT THE SHUFFLE, BUT YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS. OKAY. MY NAME IS CHRISTY RUDWICK. MY ADDRESS IS 1 6 6 9 5 STATE HIGHWAY 16 SOUTH SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 6 4. MY SIBLINGS AND I INHERITED THIS PROPERTY. WE WERE NOT AWARE OF THE ZONING RESTRICTIONS INFLICTED ON THIS PROPERTY UNTIL WE TRIED TO SELL IT. WITH THE CURRENT ZONING, WE ARE UNABLE TO SELL THE PROPERTY AT ITS FAIR MARKET VALUE. MY FAMILY WAS NEVER MAILED ANY WRITTEN NOTICES FROM THE CITY REGARDING THE ZONING RESTRICTIONS THEY WOULD BE IMPOSING ON THE, ON OUR PROPERTY. NOR DID THE CITY MAKE ANY OFFER TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY AT FAIR MARKET VALUE BEFORE ENTERING A ZONING AGREEMENT WITH TOYOTA. THIS ZONING RESTRICTION HAS ADVERSELY AFFECTED OUR PROPERTY VALUE, OUR INHERITANCE, AND OUR FAMILY HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OR INPUT IN ANY WAY OF IT. THIS PROPERTY IS PART OF THE E T J AND ANNEX SESSION. ANNEX X ANNEXATION POLICY BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO PROMOTE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT, QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING INFRASTRUCTURE, IMPROVED BASIC LIVING STANDARDS AND BASIC CITY SERVICES ARE DESPERATELY NEEDED IN THIS NEW AREA OF THE CITY. IN 2003, THIS PROPERTY AND OTHERS WERE USED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO HELP LURE TOYOTA TO BUILD A PLANT IN SAN ANTONIO. UH, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ENTERED INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH TOYOTA THAT WOULD LAND THAT WOULD KEEP LAND AROUND THE PLANT APPROXIMATELY ZONED AS INDUSTRIAL IN ORDER TO SATISFY TOYOTA'S NEEDS AND CREATE A THREE MILE BUFFER ZONE. ALTHOUGH NOT A RESTRICTION, IT EFFECTIVELY ACTS AS ONE ON COUNTLESS RURAL PROPERTIES, INCLUDING OURS, WHICH THE CITY, UH, DID NOT OWN. ALSO, UH, WE HAVE ZERO INTERNET OUT WHERE WE LIVE, SO WE NEED THIS. IF I, IF I WAS HAD LITTLE KIDS AND I HAD TO, UH, USE THE INTERNET FOR THEIR SCHOOLING, WE'D BE UP A CREEK. SO IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE. . THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MA'AM. AT THIS POINT I'LL TAKE, UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS. I'LL START THERE ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER ORIAN. YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. NONE. THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. HOW MANY QUESTION WAS, WHY DID THE CITY NOT GIVE THEM ANY NOTIFICATIONS PRIOR TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? THEY SEEM TO NOT. I THINK WHAT SHE WAS REFERRING TO WAS INITIALLY WHEN THE WHOLE PROCESS WAS HAPPENING BACK AT ANNEXATION AND, AND THE LAND USE CONTROLS WERE BEING PUT INTO PLACE, I I DON'T THINK SHE WAS REFERRING TO ANYTHING TODAY. AND THEN IF SHE WAS, IF IT WAS FOR TODAY AND THEY OWN THE PROPERTY, THEY, THEY SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION BY MAIL COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYES. NO, NO QUESTIONS. UM, I ACTUALLY MOVE FORWARD THE APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S APPLICATION. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SECOND MOTION FROM, UH, COMMISSIONER HAYES. QUESTION TO THE APPLICANT. GO AHEAD TO THE SLIDE. UH, WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN TO THE PORTION THAT NATURAL TIER? SO THE, THE, THERE'S TWO NATURAL TIER AND COUNTRY MATERIAL ARE BOTH, UH, INCLUDED IN OUR AREA THAT WE'RE CHANGING. AND SO ALL OF THAT WOULD BE SUBURBAN TIER RIGHT NOW. BUT 30 ACRES OF THAT IS AT LEAST 30 ACRES OF IT IS ACTUALLY IN THE FLOOD PLAIN AND IS NOT GONNA BE TOUCHED. SO ALL THE AREA TO THE NORTH, THERE WOULD BE SUBURBAN TIER LAND USE, BUT IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT, IT WOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED. THE NEXT TIER IS NOT GONNA BE DEVELOPED. IT'S GONNA STAY THE WAY IT IS. NO, IT WILL, THE LAND USE WILL CHANGE FROM, FROM NATURAL TIER TWO SUBURBAN TIER. BUT THE LAND ITSELF WOULD NOT BE DEVELOPED, WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING IN THE PRESERVE THAT, THAT SUBURBAN TIER THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, THAT'S A HUNDRED ACRES OF A CONSERVATION EASEMENT. OKAY. UH, HERE'S MY QUESTION. THE NATURAL TIER [00:25:01] IS MADE TO ACCOMMODATE A PATTERN OF A NATURAL DRAINAGE SYSTEM IN ADJACENT PARTS. AND OPEN SPACE PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR ACTIVE AND PASSIVE RECREATION. IF WE, IF WE APPROVE YOUR REQUEST TODAY, THAT PORTION OF THE, OF THE PARCEL, SO, UH, IT'S GONNA BE SUBURBAN TIER, BUT IS IT GONNA BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN NEXT, OR, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT'S GONNA BE EVEN A QUESTION THAT I CAN ASK, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT WILL NOT BE DEVELOPED. NO, IT'LL NOT BE DEVELOPED. NO, SIR. SO WHY YOU INCLUDE IT IN, IN THE APPLICATION THEN? IT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU'RE DOING FIELD NOTES FOR, UH, DESCRIBING A PIECE OF PROPERTY. IF YOU'VE ALREADY DESCRIBED IT FOR A REZONING, YOU JUST INCLUDE IT AS PART OF THE, THE PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL. IT WOULD'VE JUST TAKEN A, A LOT MORE TIME AND EFFORT TO TRY TO CARVE OUT ALL OF THE FLOOD PLAIN AREA. SOMETIMES IT'S JUST AN EASIER, IT'S THE SAME THING AS WHAT HAPPENED ON THE PRESERVE, TO BE HONEST, THAT IT WAS JUST ALL INCLUDED AS ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY BECAUSE IT WAS ALREADY DESCRIBED. BUT THERE ARE OTHER CONTROLS IN PLACE TO KEEP THAT FROM BEING DEVELOPED, SUCH AS THE FLOODPLAIN. SO CAN I CONFIRM WITH THE, WITH THE STAFF, THIS IS GONNA BE STAY THE WAY IT IS, UH, PRESERVING THE NATURE OF THAT, UH, SIDE, EVEN THOUGH HE MIGHT ASK FOR A DIFFERENT LAND USE? ACTUALLY WHAT JAMES STATED WAS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. SO THE, THE, BECAUSE OF THE FIELD NOTES, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY BECOMES SUBURBAN TIER LAND USE. HOWEVER, DURING THE PLATTING PHASE, THE DEVELOPMENT PHASE, THAT'S WHEN IT WILL BE DETERMINED WHAT PARTS WILL REMAIN NATURAL AREAS OR OPEN SPACE AREAS. AND SO THERE, WHAT HE IS SAYING IS THAT THERE IS A PORTION OF THAT THAT WILL REMAIN, UM, NATURAL VEGETATION. BUT IT, IT, AS FAR AS THE REQUEST TODAY, IT'S A CHANGE IN LAND USE. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. CHAIR. DO YOU MIND IF I ASK A, A QUESTION? PLEASE GO AHEAD. OKAY. I I I, THIS IS FOR CLARIFICATION. UH, SO WE, WE HEAR COMMENTARY ABOUT THE WHOLE THING BECOMING SUBURBAN WHEN THIS GETS PLATTED AND THIS REMAINS UNDEVELOPED LAND, IF THEY WANT TO PUT A TRAIL IN THERE TO MEET THEIR PARKLAND REQUIREMENTS, DOES THE AREA THAT THEY'RE USING TO MEET PARKLAND REQUIREMENTS, IS THAT NECESSARY TO BE ZONED R FIVE? OR CAN THAT REMAIN A DIFFERENT ZONING? I'M JUST CURIOUS. PARKS ARE ALLOWED IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. AND I MEAN, LIKE IF WE DIDN'T CHANGE THE, IF WE DIDN'T, IF WE DID, IF WE KEPT IT NATURAL HERE AND THEN IT COULDN'T BE R FIVE WHEN THEY MOVE FORWARD TO PLATING, COULD THEY USE THAT AS, AS PART OF THEIR PARK LAND REQUIREMENTS BY PUTTING IN A TRAIL THAT I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT ZONING, NOT CHANGE THE PARKING LOT, THE ZONING EACH DAY OR, YEAH. AND SO, AND AND I'M ASKING THAT QUESTION 'CAUSE IT PROTECTION. YEAH, IT'S RESOURCE PROTECTION RIGHT NOW. UM, I'M JUST WONDERING. SO OUR FIVE OR, OR EVEN THE, THE CHANGE IN LAND USE WOULD STILL ALLOW POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF PARKLAND. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING. MM-HMM. , JUST TO ANSWER, JUST TO BUILD ON THE QUESTION THAT WAS BROUGHT UP BY MY, MY COLLEAGUE. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER COMMISSIONER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? UM, I HAVE QUESTIONS, UH, FOR STAFF, UM, IN THE MEMO, UH, THE REASONING FOR THE DENIAL IS GIVEN IN PART AS BEING A PROXIMITY TO OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES. UM, WE'VE HEARD FROM THE APPLICANT THAT THOSE INDUSTRIAL USES ARE FAR AWAY AND NOT PROXIMAL TO THE PROPERTY. BUT, UM, CAN I HEAR FROM STAFF WHAT INDUSTRIAL USES THEY'RE SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO? OR IF IT'S THE TOYOTA PLANT, THEN THAT'S IT. IT'S JUST THERE ARE A LOT OF THIS PROPERTY IS, UH, IN THIS AREA IS FARM AND RANCH AND DOES HAVE EXISTING, UM, AGRICULTURAL OR, OR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TYPES OF ACTIVITIES ON IT. AND IT IS ALSO REFERRING IN GENERAL TO THE AREA WHICH DOES HAVE, UM, THE PLANT AS WELL. ANYONE ELSE? OKAY. I THINK THERE WAS A MOTION, UH, FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CHANGE THE, UH, LAND USE TO SUBURBAN TIER MADE BY COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES, OR VICE CHAIR COMMISSIONER HAYNES, AND I BELIEVE THERE'S A SECOND. COMMISSIONER ORIAN. CAN STAFF PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZUKI. APPROVED. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YES. COMMISSIONER BUS. AYE. COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES? YES. CHAIR PROFIT? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 33. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS SUMMER MCCANN PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. [00:30:01] ITEM NUMBER 30, WE'LL HAVE A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW DENSITY MIXED USE. LOCATED AT 44 34 BRADMAN DRIVE. THERE WERE 22 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW DENSITY MIXED USE IS REQUESTED IN ORDER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY. 2 0 1 OFFICE DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED LOW DENSITY MIXED USE IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING USE PATTERN IN THE AREA. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS FRONTING A LOCAL STREET AT THE CORNER OF AN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE AN ENCROACHMENT INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA, EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL USES. CURRENTLY FRONT SOUTH WW WHITE ROAD, A PRIMARY ARTERIAL STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU APPLICANT. JAMES AGAIN, AGAIN, HOPE YOU'RE NOT TIRED OF IT YET. JAMES MCKNIGHT 1 1 2 EAST PECAN FOR BROWN AND ORTIZ. EXCUSE ME. GREAT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, SO THIS IS A, A SMALL PROPERTY. THIS IS A NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UH, A 0.25 ACRE PROPERTY, CURRENTLY ZONED SINGLE FAMILY. AND THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE IS THE OWNER NEXT DOOR TO US. DI DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO US IS A, UM, I THINK IT'S ON THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. YEAH, THIS IS A HYDRAULICS RETAIL SALES STORE. SO, UH, C TWO AND C THREE ZONING THIS PROPERTY. UM, WELL, I'LL, I'LL GET AHEAD OF MYSELF. THIS IS ZONED R FIVE CURRENTLY. AND, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE TO THE SOUTH, THERE WAS A SIMILAR THING THAT HAPPENED. A SIMILAR INSTANCE THAT HAPPENED WITH A TIRE SHOP THAT'S DIRECTLY SOUTH OF US WHERE THEY HAVE REACHED INTO, UH, GRABBED THIS ONE PROPERTY. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE'S THE, THE LAND USE DESCRIPTIONS, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THAT USE. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS LOW DENSITY MIXED USE. SO IN THAT WAY WE'RE ACTUALLY PROV PROVIDING A, WHAT WE BELIEVE IS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THE HIGH DENSITY MIXED USE. WE ACTUALLY THINK IT'S AN, AN EXTREMELY APPROPRIATE LAND USE TO HAVE THAT LOW DENSITY MIXED USE BETWEEN THE TWO LAND USES. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE FACTS ABOUT THE CASE, THIS IS A, A SINGLE STORY RESIDENTIAL AS THEY ARE DOWN THIS STREET. BUT FOR MANY YEARS PRIOR TO OUR CLIENT PURCHASING THIS, IT WAS PURCHASING THIS, IT WAS USED AS WE BELIEVE A HINDU TEMPLE, BUT IT HAD BEEN NON-RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES FOR MANY, MANY YEARS. AND ACTUALLY SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA WERE, UH, THANKFUL FOR US TO, TO PURCHASE IT, TO ASK THAT PLEASE NOT HAVE ANY MORE ON, UM, STREET PARKING BECAUSE THAT, THAT BECAME A PROBLEM ONCE A WEEK FOR PEOPLE PARKING ON THE STREET. OUR CLIENT HAD PURCHASED IT TO USE THIS, USE THE HOUSE AT CURRENTLY AS AN OFFICE FOR, OR AN EXPANDED OFFICE FOR SOME OF THE EMPLOYEES THAT ARE AT THE RETAIL SALES. UM, BUT AT THIS TIME WHAT HE'S LOOKING FOR IS THE ABILITY, THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE FUTURE OFFICES. NOW THE REQUEST OF COURSE IS, IS OH ONE, WHICH IS, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR WITH OH ONE, THE MOST RESTRICTIVE ZONING CATEGORY THAT WE HAVE. IT ALLOWS ESSENTIALLY OFFICES AND NOTHING ELSE. IT HAS A HEIGHT RESTRICTION OF 25 FEET AND IT DOESN'T ALLOW ANY KIND OF, UH, COMMERCIAL USES WITHOUT SOME KIND OF S U P, WHICH WOULD BE ANOTHER REZONING. UM, HE HAS OFFERED AS PART OF THIS TO HAVE, UM, OFF STREET PARKING TO, TO SATISFY SOME OF THE NEIGHBOR'S REQUESTS AND MORE LANDSCAPE IMPROVEMENTS. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. AND IN DOING SO, IN TALKING ABOUT WHAT IT IS THAT, UH, HE HAD PLANNED TO DO WITH THIS PROPERTY, UM, WE HAD REACHED OUT TO THE, THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO US. SO FAR, EVERYONE HAS BEEN IN SUPPORT OF THIS, UM, NOT JUST BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN A GOOD OWNER AND, AND TAKING CARE OF THE PROPERTY, UM, BUT BECAUSE HE'S ACTUALLY IMPROVED THE PROPERTY FROM WHAT IT WAS PRIOR. UM, WHAT HE'S REQUESTING, AGAIN, BACK TO THE OH ONE SMALL OFFICES, NOTHING MORE THAN THAT. AND WE DON'T SEE THAT ACTUALLY AS AN ENCROACHMENT. I KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT THAT STAFF BROUGHT UP, THAT IT CAN BE AN ENCROACHMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. TWO ITEMS ON THAT. ONE IS THAT, AS YOU SAW TO THE SOUTH OF US, THAT HAD ALREADY HAPPENED. A COMMERCIAL USE THAT HAD EXPANDED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR HAS NOT BEEN AN ISSUE. BUT IN OUR CASE, WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY LOOKING TO DO THAT KIND OF ENCROACHMENT BECAUSE WE'RE ONLY LOOKING FOR OH ONE, THE USES THAT HE HAS ON THIS PROPERTY, C TWO AND C THREE. IF HE WANTED TO DO THE EXPANSION, THE, THE FLEXIBILITY THAT HE WANTS, HE WOULD EXPAND ON HIS, ON THIS PROPERTY. THE ONLY THING THAT WOULD BE, THIS WOULD BE USED FOR WOULD BE THE ABILITY TO EXPAND OFFICES. SO IT WOULD STILL BE IN A RELATIVE [00:35:01] CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WOULD NOT BE THIS COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT THAT YOU WOULD SEE ELSEWHERE. AND OF COURSE WE HAVE THOSE ADJACENT OWNERS THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO ABOUT THAT AND HAVE AGREED THAT THEY DON'T FEEL THAT'S AN ENCROACHMENT. UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. JAMES STARTED MY RIGHT COMMISSIONER ZUKI. SO THE PLAN IS TO DO OFFICES AND ADD EMPLOYEES TO BE RESIDENT IN THAT PLACE. UH, SO THIS IS MORE THAN ONE EMPLOYEE'S MORE PARKING. SO WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT THAN THE PREVIOUS CASE WHEN WE HAVE, THE PREVIOUS OWNER USED A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS, RIGHT? SO THAT WAS AN INSTANCE WHERE YOU HAD A USE THAT WAS BRINGING A LOT OF PEOPLE IN AND NEEDING PARKING AND THEY WERE PARKING ON THE STREET. IN THIS CASE, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A FLU, A FEW EMPLOYEES WHERE THE PARKING WOULD BE ON SITE, IT'D BE OFF STREET. SO YOU'RE NOT, THIS ISN'T A USE WHERE YOU HAD IN, IN THE PREVIOUS CASE, I THINK IT WAS 1500 SQUARE FOOT. UM, THAT'S WHAT THEY USED THE BACK OF THE HOUSE FOR, FOR THEIR SERVICES. AND YOU HAD, YOU KNOW, 30 TO 50 PEOPLE. IN OUR CASE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THREE OR FOUR EMPLOYEES AND ALL OF THE PARKING WOULD BE PROVIDED FOR ONSITE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR, OUR CLIENT HAS SPOKEN WITH THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT SAYING, I'LL, I WILL TAKE CARE OF THAT. BUT THIS IS, IT IS, OKAY. STAFF SPOKE ABOUT HAVING THE OPTION OF THE R SIX CONDITIONAL. AND RIGHT NOW THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, COULD BE USED BY OUR CLIENT IF HE USED THE CURRENT STRUCTURE TO HAVE THOSE PEOPLE. BUT HE IS BY HIS OWN ADMISSION, HE SAYS, I'M 75 AND I'M NOT GONNA BE DOING THIS FOR LONG. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT PROPERTY TO HAVE ANOTHER OFFICE AS OPPOSED TO JUST A RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE WITH OFFICES IN IT. BUT THE RESTRICTIONS AS PART OF THE O ONE ZONING WOULD STILL BE THERE JUST BY, BY O ONE ZONING ON ITSELF IS A TYPE OF RESTRICTION TO NOT ALLOW, UH, LARGE BUILDINGS, TALL BUILDINGS AND WOULD NOT HAVE A LOT OF PARKING BECAUSE IT WOULD ONLY BE AN OFFICE. YOU WOULDN'T HAVE, UM, CUSTOMERS COMING TO VISIT. FOR INSTANCE, THE PROPERTY THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY OPERATING ON THE C TWO, THAT IS A RETAIL PROPERTY THAT DOES HAVE PEOPLE COMING IN AND, AND PARKING ON IT. OURS IS AN OFFICE DOESN'T HAVE THAT ISSUE. SO IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFERENT. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, HOW WOULD THE ONSITE PARKING BE ACCOMPLISHED? THERE'S A VERY LARGE TREE IN THE FRONT YARD. THERE'S AN ALLEY. UM, I THINK IT'S AN ALLEY TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST, EAST SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. SO WOULD ALL THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING GO IN THE, WHAT'S THE BACKYARD NOW? SO THE PRIMARY PLACE THAT HE WANTS TO PROVIDE PARKING IS ON HIS OWN SITE ON THE C TWO SITE. THE, UM, THAT LOT ITSELF, THE, THE LOT THAT WE'RE SPEAKING ABOUT WOULD BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE A FEW, UH, PARKING SPOTS, BUT, UM, BECAUSE IT'S ALL ONE PROPERTY, THAT'S ANOTHER OPTION FOR HIM IS SAYING IF THERE WERE ANY ISSUES WITH PARKING, I ROOM ON THIS ON MY SIDE AS WELL. DOES THE C TWO LOT HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THIS ADDITIONAL, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BUILDING THAT'S THERE FOR YOU MEAN IF IT IS SQUARE FOOT OF THE BUILDING AT 44 34? YES. ACCORDING TO OUR CLIENT, YES, HE DOES. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MILO. NO QUESTIONS. VICE CHAIR HANES. SO DID YOU SAY THAT HE DOES NOT INTEND TO, UM, PHYSICALLY INTEGRATE THIS NEW PROPERTY WITH THE EXISTING PROPERTY? SO THE, THE FENCE WILL REMAIN INTACT AND IT'LL BE VIEWED AS A SEPARATE FROM THE STREET VIEW. IT'LL BE A SEPARATE PROPERTY. SO WHAT YOU SEE ON THE STREET RIGHT NOW, THAT'S GONNA REMAIN FOR INDEFINITELY. UM, IF, IF AND WHEN HE DOES, UM, NEED SOME KIND OF EXPANSION, THE EXPANSION HAPPENS ON THE OTHER PROPERTY. THIS MIGHT BE JUST AN OFFICE. SO THERE WOULD STILL BE, UH, YOU'D SEE SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR. IT'D STILL BE A ONE STORY STRUCTURE, BUT IT WOULDN'T, IT WOULDN'T BE INTEGRATED IN THAT, IN THE WAY THAT THE PROPERTY, THE SOUTH OF US DID THEY, YOU KNOW, DREW IN AND, AND HAD THAT BUILDING EXPAND AND, UM, STORAGE AREA EXPAND INTO THERE. THAT'S NOT WHAT'S INTENDED HERE. AND I SAW ON YOUR PRESENTATION ALSO, YOU, UM, HAD HIGHLIGHTED PROPERTIES, UH, IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, UH, WHAT AM I LOOKING WEST AND THEN, AND THE, THE TWO PROPERTIES IN FRONT? NO, WITH THE LITTLE GREEN CIRCLES, THAT ONE THERE. DID YOU ALSO TALK TO THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS ONE? UM, ACTUALLY NOT DIRECTLY BEHIND. UM, WHAT WOULD BE NEXT? DIRECTLY BEHIND 44 30. THIS PROPERTY HERE? YES. NO, WE HAVE, WE DID NOT NOT CONTACT THAT RESIDENT. OKAY. I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THEIR THOUGHTS ON THAT AS WELL. BUT IT'S NEITHER HERE NOR THERE AT THIS POINT. OKAY. UH, NO QUESTIONS. NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. [00:40:01] THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GARCIA. UH, NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER. UM, I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAVE TALKED TO OR IN YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, SPOKE TO MULTIPLE NEIGHBORS, BUT CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, WE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. UM, YEAH, I RECEIVED A FEW PHONE CALLS, BUT NOTHING IN WRITING. NO ONE HAS SUBMITTED ANYTHING IN WRITING. UM, WERE THE PHONE CALLS IN FAVOR, THEY WERE OPPOSED. AND THEN MY NEXT QUESTION IS, UM, WHAT CONSTITUTES A TRANSITIONARY BUFFER AND WHY DOESN'T THIS QUALIFY FOR THAT? I, UM, SO THEY WOULD BE REQUIRED TO DO A 15 FOOT TYPE B LANDSCAPE BUFFER IF THEY DID. UM, BECAUSE THEY'RE A BUDDING THAT R FIVE. UM, BUT THAT'S ONLY FOR LIKE NEW CONSTRUCTION. OKAY. MAYBE I MISSPOKE. I I GUESS I'M REFERRING TO, UH, LIKE TRANSITION INTO, UM, IT'S, AND VERSUS AN ENCROACHMENT, IT SEEMS MORE OF A TRANSITION FROM, UM, HIGH USE. RIGHT? RIGHT. I THINK YOU'RE REFERRING TO LIKE THE LITTLE PAPER STREET THAT'S IN THERE. THERE'S, THERE IS A LITTLE BUFFER IN IN THAT. UM, IS THAT, YOU'RE NODDING YOUR HEAD NO, SO NO. SO, OKAY. SORRY. SO CLARIFY. I KNOW, I THINK I KNOW WHAT SHE'S ASKING, BUT I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE PROPER USE OF WORDS EITHER. IT'S LIKE GOING FROM A HEAVIER USE DOWN TO RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'S, IT'S TRANSITIONING DOWN IN INTENSIVE. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A LAND USE BUFFER GOING FROM A MORE INTENSE USE DOWN TO A LEAST INTENSE USE. YES. THANK YOU. YEAH. SO, UM, IT, IT'S ALL GONNA BE, UM, WE LOOK AT IT BASED ON PLANNING PRINCIPLES. YOU WOULD LOOK AT IT AT IT THE SAME WAY. IT'S JUST GOING TO, UH, BE SUBJECTIVE IN HOW YOU SEE THESE THINGS. HIS ARGUMENT IS THAT IT COULD QUALIFY AS THAT KIND OF, UH, TRANSITION FROM AN INTENSE DOWN TO A LESS INTENSE FOR US. WE DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY. WE SEE IT AS THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK ACROSS FROM RESIDENTIAL USES, RIGHT. ADJACENT TO RESIDENTIAL USES. IT'S JUST REALLY A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION RELATED TO LAND USE TRANSITIONS. GREAT. THANK YOU. SORRY, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ. NONE. COMMISSIONER BUS DEANTE. NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER ORIAN. YEAH, THE QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO THIS, IF, IF THIS ULTIMATELY CHANGES, DON'T THEY INSTANTLY HAVE A 20 FOOT SIDE SETBACK BECAUSE IT'S R FIVE NEXT DOOR TO THEM? IF THEY'RE PURSUING O ONE, DOES THAT AUTOMATICALLY MAKE THIS NON-CONFORMING IF HE INTENDS TO KEEP THE THE, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. YES. AND SO THAT MEANS IF THE BO O A DOESN'T APPROVE SOMETHING, THEN, THEN WHAT? I GUESS IF THEY HAVE ANY PLANS FOR EXPANSION OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT THEY WOULD YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT. THEY HAVE TO GO, GO TO COURT OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THE, THEY'D BASICALLY HAVE TO USE THIS AS A HOUSE. OKAY, BECAUSE I, I, I HEARD THE COMMENT ABOUT THE 50% RENOVATION, BUT UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU, UH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT, CAN YOU ALSO MENTION ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN, UM, THEY ATTEMPT TO GET A C OF O THAT MIGHT BE DIFFERENT THAN WHAT ITS CURRENT USE IS TO HOW THAT AFFECTS AS WELL? SO THE ZONING, IF THE ZONING HAS CHANGED TO A COMMERCIAL OR AN OFFICE DESIGNATION, IT DOES TRIGGER SETBACKS, BUFFERS, LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT. BUT THOSE ARE, IT BECOMES NON-CONFORMING BECAUSE IT CAN'T COMPLY WITH THAT. BUT IT'S ONLY TRIGGERED AS A REQUIREMENT IF RENOVATIONS TO THE BUILDING OR TO THE PROPERTY, UH, EXCEED 50% OR IF, UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING AN EXPANSION OF THAT USE. BUT THEY CAN STILL USE THE BUILDING IN ITS CURRENT SHAPE AND FORM, DO RENOVATIONS LESS THAN 50% AND NOT HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER OR THE SETBACKS. AGAIN, IT'S JUST A NON-CONFORMING STRUCTURE WITHIN A NEW DISTRICT. OKAY. YEAH, I I I, I WAS CURIOUS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU HAVE A C OF O FOR RESIDENTIAL USE AND YOU ATTEMPT TO PULL A C OF O FOR AN OFFICE USE. MM-HMM. DOES THAT, THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY TRIGGER, NO, IT ONLY HAS TO DO WITH IMPROVEMENTS OR EXPANSIONS. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. UH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS. I, I THINK, UM, IT IS A LESS INTENSE USE OF BEING OH ONE, UM, THAT, UH, THERE COULD BE, COULD BE, YOU KNOW, ADDITIONAL, COULD BE ADDITIONALLY HIGHER USES THAN, THAN THAT. UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA KEEP THE STRUCTURE SEPARATE, RIGHT, JAMES? IS THAT CORRECT? SO THE ALLEY THERE, THERE'S NO PLANS TO VACATE OR TRY TO REPL. OKAY. UH, I HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. MOTION TO REJECT THE APPLICATION, [00:45:01] UH, TO ACCEPT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION. MOTION TO, UH, MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER ZUKI. OKAY, I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, CAN PLEASE TAKE A VOTE? COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER DE SUKI? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? NO. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? NO. COMMISSIONER MILAM? NO. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE? NO. UH, COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES, NO CHAIR PROFIT, NO. MOTION FAILS. MOTION TO RECONSIDER. SECOND TO BE CLEAR. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE TO ACCEPT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. SO INITIALLY YOU NEED A MOTION TO RECONSIDER, RIGHT? SO, OKAY. OKAY. IT'S A MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY COMMISSIONER BUS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN. CONDUCT THE VOTE. WHAT'S A, TO RECONSIDER OR TO REDO? TO HAVE TO DO ANOTHER MOTION AFTER RECONSIDERATION. SO, STRICTLY SPEAKING, A MOTION TO RECONSIDER IS ONLY TRULY NECESSARY IF YOU WANT TO MAKE EXACTLY THE SAME MOTION. SO IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE, UH, ANOTHER MOTION TO DENY. SO IT'S STRICTLY SPEAKING, NOT NECESSARY UNDER, UNDER ROBERT'S ROBERT'S RULE. SO YOU COULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITHOUT THE MOTION. THAT'S FINE. CONSIDER THEN, UH, I WITHDRAW MY MOTION. UM, YOU, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION IF THE CHAIR WILL ALLOW ME. OKAY. MOTION IS WITHDRAWN. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL. SO MY QUESTION IS FOR STAFF. UM, I WANT TO KNOW, UM, WHETHER THE APPLICANT CAN ACHIEVE HIS GOALS FOR USING THIS SPACE FOR HIS BUSINESS WITHOUT A PLAN USE AMENDMENT. IS THERE ANOTHER WAY THAT THE PROPERTY CAN BE USED WITHOUT CHANGING THE LAND USE? SO IF THE USE WAS STRICTLY ONE, USE A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, THEY COULD REQUEST A CONDITIONAL USE WITH, UH, THE BASE REMAINING, UH, RESIDENTIAL. SO THAT IS AN OPTION, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE INTENT ON DOING. SO IF WE WERE TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY, AND THEN THE OWNER WHO BY HIS OWN ADMISSION IS 75 AND DOESN'T INTEND TO DO THIS FOREVER, WERE TO SELL THIS PARCEL, UM, THEN THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE, OR THE NEXT PERSON WHO OWNS IT COULD THEN REZONE IT TO BE, UM, A LOT OF OTHER DIFFERENT KINDS OF ZONING. YES, BUT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS TO CHANGE THAT ZONING. SO THE ONLY ZONING THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD REMAIN ON THE PROPERTY IF APPROVED, WOULD BE THE OH ONE DISTRICT. AND SO THEN ALL USES PERMITTED BY RIGHT IN OH ONE WOULD BE PERMITTED BY RIGHT THROUGH CERTIFICATES OF OCCUPANCY CHANGES. BUT IF SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING ELSE MORE INTENSE THAN OH ONE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A REZONING PROCESS. THEY COULD JUST, IF THEY CAN FIT IT IN WITH THE NEW LOW DENSITY MIXED USE. THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE TO DO A PLAN AMENDMENT. BUT IT'S STILL A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS FOR ZONING. SO CAN WE CLARIFY? WE TOOK IT, WE HAD A MOTION FOR ACCEPTING THE CITY'S REQUEST FOR DENIAL. WE TOOK A VOTE AND THAT FAILED. AND IT FAILED. MM-HMM. . SO MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO NOW YOU'RE MAKING A, MAKING I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. IF I DON'T HAVE TO RECONSIDER, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. . SO MOTION FOR COMMISSIONER BUSTANI FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPROVAL OF THE REQUEST FOR ITEM NUMBER, UH, 33 FOR THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. APPLICANT'S REQUEST. SECOND. SECOND. BY COMMISSIONER CARILLO HAYNES, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER GARCIA. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZUKI? NO. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? NO. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. COMMISSIONER CARILLO. HANES. YES. CHAIR PROFIT? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. OKAY. IT IS, UH, THREE 15 AND VICE CHAIR HANES IS LEAVING. HAVE A GREAT DAY ON THE, ON THE, UH, ITEM NUMBER 34. [00:50:16] YOU. YOU'RE GOOD. THEA KOS PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. AB NUMBER 34 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL RE RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE THE NORTHEAST INNER LOOP COMMUNITY PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. LOCATED AT 7 9 7 8 BROADWAY, THERE WERE 84 NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET. OAK PARK NORTHWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST GIVEN ADHERENCE TO CERTAIN CONDITIONS. THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO REZONE TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. ALTHOUGH THE SITE IS LOCATED IN AN INTERSECTION, THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USE DESIGNATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA. RATHER THE EXISTING LAND USE DESIGNATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS MORE APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE SITE'S PROXIMITY TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND ITS USES AS A TRANSITIONARY BUFFER BETWEEN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF BROADWAY, THE EXISTING LAND USE WOULD PERMIT LIGHT COMMERCIAL USES THAT COULD SUPPORT THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL USES A HIGHER INTENSITY LAND USAGE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES THAT COULD POTENTIALLY HINDER THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY. ON SUNSET. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? MAKE A PRESENTATION? YES. JERRY ARDO 1 0 4 0 6 LAZY F TRAIL. AND, UH, MINE'S GONNA BE PRETTY SIMPLE PRESENTATION. AND THE REASON IT'S ALSO IS GONNA BE VERY SIMPLE IS BECAUSE WE'VE SPENT, UH, MANY HOURS WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS AS A PRESENTATION TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND WE HAVE COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT. AND SO AS LIKE STAFF HAD HAD MENTIONED, THEY, UH, WE'RE PUTTING TOGETHER SOME DEEDED RESTRICTIONS ON, UH, OUR REQUEST. WHAT I AM DOING THOUGH, AND LET ME JUST SHOW YOU THE, THE, UH, THE PROPERTY WHERE IT'S, UH, PHYSICALLY LOCATED, IF YOU'LL SEE IT, IS THE, UH, THERE'S THREE CORNERS THAT ARE ZONED, UH, C TWO, WHICH IS, UH, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. WE ARE THE ONLY CORNER WHICH IS ZONED OH ONE. OKAY. AND SO WE'RE AT A MAJOR, UH, THOROUGHFARE, WHICH IS THE CORNER OF BROADWAY. AND, UH, SUNSET IN THAT MAJOR INTERSECTION IS ALSO A DIRECTIONAL LIGHT. SO YOU HAVE, UH, FOUR LANES ON EVERY, UH, EVERY CORNER. SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, RECOGNIZED THAT, SO WE BASICALLY SAID, OKAY, LET'S, FIRST OF ALL, THERE ARE CONCERNS ABOUT ALCOHOL. SO THE AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE MADE IS TO AMEND OUR REQUEST, WHICH WILL BE COMING UP NEXT TUESDAY WHEN WE GO BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION TO CHANGE OUR REQUEST FROM A, UH, C TWO TO A C TWO NA TO ELIMINATE ALCOHOL IN TOTAL. AND THEN FROM THE, UH, ZONING REQUEST THAT WE'RE MAKING, THERE'S A SPECIFIC LIST THAT, UH, MATTER. MATTER OF FACT, THEY'VE HIRED, UM, UH, UH, PATRICK PATRICK, UH, CHRISTENSEN TO CREATE THE, UH, DEEDED RESTRICTIONS THAT, THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING TOGETHER AT THE, UH, AT THE ZONING COMMISSION NEXT WEEK. THE, UH, THE OTHER PART TO THAT IS THAT WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY ITSELF, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THEY HAD SOME CONTROVERSY ON, ON THE PROPERTY THAT IS, UH, ABUTTING THIS ONE. SO WE'RE ALSO ADDING SOME LANGUAGE THAT, UH, WOULD NOT AFFECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT ALL AND PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS THEY WANT IT. AND THAT'S GONNA BE PART OF THE, UH, UH, AGREEMENT THAT WE'VE WORKED OUT WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO THE, UH, PROPERTY ITSELF IS EXISTING AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE. AND, UH, SO IT'S WELL DONE. IT'S VERY NEW. AND A LOT OF THE USES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO PUT IN, UH, IN A BUILDING, UH, LIKE THIS WILL BE, UH, RELATIVELY SMALL BECAUSE IT IS OWNER OCCUPIED. AND DR. UH, BART WILSON IS THE OWNER AND HE IS A ORTHODONTIST. HE, HE OCCUPIES MORE THAN 50% OF THE BUILDING ALREADY. SO THE REMAINDER OF THE BUILDING WILL BE, UH, OTHER TENANTS THAT, UH, WILL BE TRYING TO ATTRACT TO BE ABLE TO GET IN THERE. BUT THE FACT THAT IT IS OWNER OCCUPIED IS, IS, UH, HUGE. IT'S JUST LIKE SOMEONE, UH, INSTEAD OF RENTING A HOUSE, THEY'RE OCCUPYING THEIR OWN HOME. BIG, BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE. SO THOSE ARE REALLY THE MAIN, UH, HIGHLIGHTS OF MY PRESENTATION. THAT BEING THAT, UH, GOING FROM A, [00:55:01] UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO A COMMUNITY, UH, COMMERCIAL MAKES SENSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU GO BACK AND YOU LOOK AT THE OTHER THREE CORNERS WITH A MAJOR STOPLIGHT. AND THEY'RE ALL ZONE C TWO. WE'RE THE ONLY ONES THAT ARE NOT ZONE C TWO, BUT WE'RE ADDING SOME REALLY PROTECTIONS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WE'VE ALL AGREED TO. AND, UH, UH, IT WASN'T EASY 'CAUSE THEY HAD AN, AN EXPERIENCE WITH SOME OTHER FOLKS AND THEY'RE, UH, WE WERE ALL GLAD THAT WE WERE ABLE TO COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT. SO WITH THAT, I WOULD ASK FOR, UH, SUPPORT AND ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL OF OUR REQUEST. THANK YOU, SIR. I'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER ORIAN. YEAH. I'M GONNA BE IN FULL SUPPORT OF THIS. UM, I, I WAS ACTUALLY THE ENGINEER FOR THIS PROJECT FOUR YEARS AGO. I KNOW I, YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT IT. YOU DID A GOOD JOB. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, ONE THING I WANTED TO ADD WAS, UH, THE USES THAT YOU'RE PURSUING APPEARS TO HAVE A MINIMUM REQUIREMENT OF ONE TO 400 PARKING, WHERE WE DESIGNED IT TO BE ONE TO 300. SO THIS IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE LESS INTENSE IF THIS WERE TO MOVE FORWARD. AND I KNOW THAT PLACE HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A FEW YEARS. HE'S BEEN TRYING TO RENT IT OUT, SO THAT'S CORRECT. SO I'LL BE IN SUPPORT. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER BUS DEANTE. NO QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ. NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER GARCIA. COMMISSIONER MILAM? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? NO QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER ZUKI, WOULD YOU HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR SIR? WOULD YOU HAVE ENOUGH PARKING FOR ADDITIONAL TENANTS THAT YOU WANTED TO BRING? UH, YES SIR. AND THAT'S ALSO A FUNCTION OF A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. IN ORDER FOR THAT, A TENANT TO GO IN, THEY HAVE TO MEET THE CITY REQUIREMENTS IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO MOVE IN. SO, UH, THE, THE DENTIST, THE 10, THE DENTIST IS ALREADY OPERATING AND HE EXPECTING CUSTOMERS AND I, I LOOKED AROUND AND I I SEE THERE IS ALREADY ENOUGH PARKING SPOTS FOR HIS BUSINESS. YES. WHEN HE ADD MORE TENANTS NOW, WHERE THEY GONNA GO? RIGHT. WELL, BECAUSE THEY, THEY ONLY HAVE, WHAT'S AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW FROM THE REMAINING PORTION IS APPROXIMATELY 25, UH, 2,500 FEET, WHICH IS NOT VERY MUCH. BUT WHEN, IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET SOME TENANTS IN THERE, THEY WOULD BE NOTHING OF ANY MAGNITUDE, BUT THEY'D BE ABLE TO HAVE A USE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THEM AND, YOU KNOW, WHICH WOULD BE ABLE TO EXPAND AND BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE SPOTS THAT ARE WITHIN THE BUILDING THAT ARE VACANT AND GET 'EM OCCUPIED. OKAY. NO FURTHER QUESTION. ALRIGHT, THANKS. UH, AGAIN, I THINK WITH, UM, THE PARKING CONCERNS ADDRESSED, UM, WITH THE SUPPORT OF OAK PARK, UH, NORTHWOOD, WHICH IS NOT ALWAYS EASY TO GET , UH, THE CHANGE, UH, TO THE C TWO N A, UH, I DON'T FIND ANY REASON TO NOT SUPPORT THIS, BUT I WILL ENTERTAIN THE MOTION. UH, OKAY. OKAY. COMMISSIONER, DO YOU MIND TURN YOUR MICROPHONE ON? I SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST. THANK YOU, SIR. OKAY. MOTION FOR APPLICANT'S. UH, REQUEST FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. I'LL SECOND. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, CAN WE PLEASE CONDUCT THE VOTE? COMMISSIONER GARCIA? YES. COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? YES. COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YES. COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YES. COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? YES. COMMISSIONER MILAM? YES. COMMISSIONER ORIAN? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE. AYE. UM, CHAIR, PROFIT? YES. MOTION PASSES FOR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. UH, MOVE ON TO THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES. ARE THERE ANY EDITS, CORRECTIONS, CHANGES, COMMENTS, HEARING NONE? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM. CAN WE DO A VOICE FOOT VOTE? CAN WE DO ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ANY OPPOSED? I AB I ABSTAIN. DID YOU GET THAT? WHO? I'M STAYING TWIST A MONTH. . I PICKED THE WRONG WEEK TO DO THE UH, UH, UH, VOICE VOTE. UH, IS THERE ANY, UH, REPORTS FROM UH, STAFF? NOPE. NO DIRECTOR'S REPORT TODAY. ALRIGHT. IT IS 3 25. 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.