* 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. [00:00:02] ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING AGENDA. THE TIME IS 2:08 PM ON THIS 21ST DAY OF APRIL, 2022. WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD [ Roll Call  ] YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER KIO HDA. COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL. COUNCIL MEMBER PAL IS HERE VIRTUALLY. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR BERG. HERE. MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, AND GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. UH, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS HERE, UH, THAT I THINK ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED. UH, AND SO I'M, I'M, WE HAVE A CONSENT ZONING AGENDA, AND THEN WE DO ALSO HAVE ONE OR TWO ITEMS THAT'LL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. UH, LET ME READ OFF THE ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONTINUED, UH, AND WITH CONCURRENCE. I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION, UH, TO CONTINUE THOSE ITEMS. WE HAVE ITEM NINE, ITEM 10, ITEM 11, ITEMS 12 AND 13. UH, SO IF, UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE THOSE ITEMS TO MAY 5TH. MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEMS 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 TO MAY 5TH, SECOND. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF THOSE ITEMS AS READ BY COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL, UH, TO MAY 5TH. WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONTINUED. JACK, DO YOU WANNA, THESE WILL BE HEARD ANOTHER TIME. YOU WANNA TAKE YOUR TIME STILL? ALRIGHT, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES. YES, MR. MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD. MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER. YES. ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED. ONE OF THEM, UM, IS IN FACT MOST OF 'EM ARE IN, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN, MISS SANDOVAL'S DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, MS. SANDOVAL, I NOTICED ITEM ONE IN PARTICULAR, ITEM NUMBER 10. I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THAT ONE. IT, AND I'VE LOOKED AT IT NUMBER TIMES OVER THE PAST. IT'S, THIS HAS BEEN CONTINUED, UH, NOT ONCE, BUT, BUT AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES HERE. AND, UH, IT HAS SO MANY RED FLAGS UPON IT. I, THE ON THE SURFACE ONE WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK WHY, WHY IT DOES, JUST DOESN'T GET DISMISSED OUTRIGHT. WHY DON'T YOU JUST SAY, WE DENY THIS, THIS TERRIBLE THING. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY OTHERS THAT SEEM TO KNOW THAT, THAT THERE ARE CONVERSATIONS GOING ON IN THE BACKGROUND ABOUT IT. AND IF THAT'S, UH, IF THAT'S TRUE, WELL THAT'S FINE. I'M GLAD PEOPLE ARE TALKING WITH EACH OTHER ABOUT IT. BUT , IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT, THAT THIS, THAT, I MEAN, WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH THE ZONING STAFF AND THE ZONING COMMISSION SAY NO TO THIS THING, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU HAVE, WHAT IS IT? I MEAN, FOUR NEIGHBOR COUNT, FOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OPPOSING THIS THING, UH, 132 PEOPLE JUST OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET RADIUS SAYING, NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS THING. AND I GUESS THEY AGREED WITH THE STAFF SAYING THAT IT'S TOO DENSE. THE, UH, THE PROPOSAL OF THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IS TOO DENSE FOR OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES SURROUNDING IT HERE. THE, UH, ALSO, WHAT ELSE IS BEING CONTINUED? WELL, THE, UH, THE, THE, THE ITEM NUMBER 11. UH, MY GUESS BIG QUESTION IS THIS, IS IT GOING TO BE, IT'S, SUPPOSE IT'S BEING PROPOSED FOR A, UH, OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES OR MAYBE EVEN MANUFACTURED HOME SALES. UH, DOES THAT MEAN TRA TRA TRAILER PARK HOME SALES OVER HERE ON COLLIBRA ROAD, NOT TOO FAR FROM THE RESIDENCE THERE? UM, WHY, WHY IS THIS BEING CONTINUED INSTEAD OF DENIED OUTRIGHT? YES. UH, ALSO, UH, THE, UH, WHAT IS IT, UH, LOOKING AT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13, THE, UH, OH, THE BIG ONE, THE OVER ON BRAUN ROAD. PEOPLE REALLY, REALLY, THEY REALLY DO TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR, THEIR AREA OUT THERE. AND THEY, I GUESS THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS DO NOT LIKE A MULTI-FAMILY 164 UNIT, UH, A PROJECT BEING BUILT OUT THERE. MRS. SANDOVAL. YEAH. 164 UNITS THERE. UH, ARE THEY TALKING WITH EACH OTHER AS WELL OUT THERE? LET'S SEE. WHY NOT SAY NO TO ALL THESE THINGS NOW? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. ALL RIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND [00:05:01] A SECOND. WE'LL MOVE NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONTINUED. UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CON ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE? HEARING NONE. GO AHEAD AND CALL THE VOTE. AND THESE ARE FOR ITEMS 9, 10, 11, 12, AND 13 TO BE CONTINUED TO MAY 5TH. AYE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'LL WE'LL DO A VOICE VOTE. UM, SO ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALRIGHT. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE NOW TO THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. UH, AS I MENTIONED, WE HAVE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX THAT WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY FOR CONSENT. WE HAVE ITEMS 3, 4, 7, 8, 14, AND 15. ARE THERE ANY OF THOSE ITEMS WE'D LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? IF THERE'S NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE APPROVE THE CONSENT ZONING ITEMS 3 4 7, 8, 14 AND 15. OBJECTION. OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION BY COURAGE, A SECOND BY PERRY FOR, UM, APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA ITEMS 3 4 7 8 14 AND 15. UH, WE DO HAVE, UM, A COUPLE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT WILL BE ON CONSENT. SO LET ME CALL FIRST SHARA UDDI ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. OKAY. UH, MR. UDDI YIELDING YOUR TIME, UH, JACK FINGER. AND THIS IS FOR ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. YES, MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, UH, MR. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, UH, THIS IS ONCE AGAIN IN YOUR DISTRICT AND YOU HAVE A, YOU EVEN MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE, UH, THE, UH, THE, THE BALANCE OF THIS AGENDA, INCLUDING ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. UM, THE, UH, I COULDN'T HELP NOTICING THAT. UH, YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF, QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION ON THIS ONE, UH, OF PEOPLE WHO, UM, WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA. AND THE, I MEAN, YOU HAVE WHEN YOU, IF THERE WERE 28 NOTICES THAT WENT OUT AND SIX CAME BACK IN OPPOSITION, THAT'S 20% OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE RIGHT AROUND THIS PROPOSAL. WHAT IS IT? IT'S FOR, WELL, A, A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHED A, A RESTAURANT, I SUPPOSE. I LOOKED AT THE, THE MAPS ON THESE THINGS AND IT'S PRETTY CLO CLOSE TO A LOT OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS. AND MAYBE THEY DON'T LIKE HAVING A RESTAURANT SO CLOSE TO WHERE THEY LIVE AS RESIDENTS. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, 20, 20% WHEN YOU GET, WHEN YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO GET FIVE OR 10%, THAT'S, THAT'S QUITE, QUITE A BIT OF OPPOSITION. YOU HAD TO, WHAT IS IT? UH, OUTSIDE PFIT, YOU HAD SIX, THESE SIX, SIX SIGNATURES OPPOSING IT. AND THAT'S, UM, IF YOU GET ANY SIGNATURES, UH, FOR THIS AREA OF TOWN IN, IN, JUST AS A HISTORY TELLS US YOU'RE DOING GOOD TO GET TO ANYTHING PAST ONE OR TWO. AND WHEN YOU GET SIX, WELL, THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. THE, UH, ALSO, AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, WHAT IS IT? A, UH, CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY HILL CAME OUT IN OPPOSES. YEAH. YEAH. THAT WHY NOT? UH, JUST GO BY THOSE WHO HAVE TO LIVE AROUND THERE AND SIMPLY SAY, UH, NO TO IT. HMM. YEAH. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. ALRIGHT, UH, WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. LEMME START WITH COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS. THANKS, MAYOR. UH, COUNCILWOMAN, UH, GARCIA COULD NOT BE HERE TODAY, BUT SHE ASKED ME TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, WHICH IS EXCITING. IT'S, UH, IT'S A PROJECT GOING FROM R SIX TO C TWO AND A, UM, APPLICANTS, UH, MET WITH, UH, HER OFFICE, UM, ALONG WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. EVERYBODY'S IN SUPPORT. JBS A IS IN SUPPORT STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL. BUT WHAT'S EXCITING ABOUT THIS FOR THE COUNCILMAN AND FOR ALL OF US IS, UM, THAT THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VERY, VERY FIRST STARBUCKS EVER [00:10:01] IN DISTRICT FOUR. UM, AND SO COUNCILMAN RICHARD GARCIA IS IN CHICAGO AND SHE'S SCOPING OUT STARBUCKS DESIGNS UP THERE. UH, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS WE, UM, ARE GOING TO NEED TO DO IN THE FUTURE IS START CALLING HER ADRIANA MOCA GARCIA. THAT'S IT, MAYOR. THANKS. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER EZ. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ? THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, YES, I'LL SPEAK ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR. UM, MY TEAM WAS ABLE TO MEET WITH THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY WITTY HILL, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, WHICH WAS, WHICH MADE UP AND CONSTITUTED A MAJORITY OF THE OPPOSITION ON THIS CASE. AND BY THE END OF THE MEETING, UM, BASED ON THE UPDATED SITE PLAN AND SOME OF THE LIMITATIONS THAT WERE AGREED UPON, IT WAS AGREED THAT THIS CASE SHOULD MOVE FORWARD. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES STAFF, THE APPLICANT, AND CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIG DIGNITY HILL FOR THEIR COLLABORATION. AND I'M GLAD THAT WE WERE ALL ABLE TO, UM, COME TO THE TABLE AND FIND A SOLUTION THAT WORKS FOR THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. HEARING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. MAYOR, I DID WANNA GO ON RECORD AND JUST MENTION, UH, AGENDA ITEMS ONE AND TWO WERE POSTPONED. OH, YES, I'M SORRY. UH, ITEMS ONE AND TWO WERE POSTPONED AND, AND WE'RE NOT, WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED THAT TODAY'S CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE'RE [Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services.  ] GONNA MOVE NOW TO ITEMS FIVE AND SIX. OH, YOU HAVE FOR PLANNING CALL ON ME. WELL, CAN WE GET THE CAPTION FIRST INTO THE RECORD? ITEMS FIVE AND SIX? YEP. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. UM, UH, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, THE ITEMS ON THE ON THE SCREEN ARE RELATED TO, UM, THE PLAN AMENDMENT REZONING FOR THE BROOKS, UH, AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION. THOSE ARE, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, 2 0 2 2 0.004 IN ZONING CASE Z, UH, 2 22 14, UH, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE. AGAIN, THESE ARE, UM, IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BROOKS AREA, UM, REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, WHICH IS PART OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, THE NOTICES ARE ON THE SCREEN ALONG THE PROPOSED ZONING DISTRICTS, AND I WILL, UM, TURN THE, THE MIC OVER TO THE COUNCILWOMAN. OKAY. BEFORE WE DO THAT, UH, WE GET INTO DISCUSSION. LET ME CALL UP THE ONE CITIZEN WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX. JACK FINGER. YES, SIR. THANKS, RUDY. WELL, MARINE BERGEN, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER ITEM FIVE AND SIX. THESE FALL INTO MS, UM, RIO GRANDES, UH, AREA AS I RECALL. AND SO, YES, UH, MS. RIO GRANDE. I LOOKED AT, UH, THE, UH, THE, I MEAN, THIS IS ONE BEHEMOTH OF A, UH, OF WAS BLOCK OF ZONING CHANGES HERE. YOU KNOW, I MEAN, I I SAID YOUR EYES JUST GLAZE OVER IT AND EVENTUALLY YOU WOULDN'T ACTUALLY FALL ASLEEP ON IT. HERE. I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS IN AGES, BUT, UH, I DID TAKE THE PLUNGE AND, UH, DIG INTO SOME OF THE INFORMATION ON THESE THINGS. AND I, THE MORE I LOOKED AT IT, I, ESPECIALLY THE MAPS, THE MAPS ON, UM, FIVE AND SIX, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE LOOKED AT THE MAPS MI MS. RIO GRANDE, BUT I LOOKED ESPECIALLY AT THEIR, THIS THING, THIS THING IS SO BIG, IT TAKES ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE MAPS JUST TO COVER THE WHOLE THING. AND I LOOKED AT MAP LETTER A, MAP LETTER B, MAP LETTER C, AND AND MAP LETTER E. AND I LOOKED AT THAT AND I SEE IF YOU MAY, PERHAPS ALL OF YOU CAN LOOK AT THOSE, UH, SAME MAPS AS I HAVE. AND IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY, YOU WILL SEE THAT THESE, THESE ARE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL AREAS. EVEN ONE LETTER E I FOUND AN INDUSTRIAL AREA AND THEY'RE HUGGING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES. LET ME REPEAT THAT. THEY ARE HUGGING SINGLE [00:15:01] FAMILY RESIDENCES. MS. VILLAGRAM, I, SO, AND SO MANY INSTANCE ON THESE, IF YOU JUST LOOK AT THESE MAPS, TOO MANY INSTANCE, NUMEROUS INCIDENTS. THERE'S NO BUFFER, NO BUFFER BETWEEN THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS AND THE COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED HERE. IF THEY AREN'T ALREADY THERE. IF THEY'RE ALREADY THERE, ONE NEEDS TO ASK HOW DID THEY GET THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE? NO. UM, IF, IF WE REALLY CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE AND THEIR CONCERNS AND THAT THOSE LIVING SO DARN CLOSE TO THIS, WE WILL ESTABLISH, I MEAN, NOT JUST MAYBE ONE OR TWO AREA DISTANCE OF A LOT, BUT QUITE A FEW, LOTS OF DISTANCE FOR A BUFFER ON FOR THESE THINGS, MS. VILLAGRANDE, RIGHT? I MEAN, I, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO OVERCOME THAT KIND OF CONCERN RIGHT NEXT TO, RIGHT NEXT TO PEOPLE LIVING IN THAT AREA. YOU PUT UP A BIG C TWO C THREE ESTABLISHMENT. IN ONE CASE IT'S MAP E IT'S AN INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL. THANK YOU MR. FINGER. WE COUNCIL MEMBER VIA GRIME. THANK YOU. I WANNA CALL UP CITY STAFF AT THIS TIME, UH, FOR THIS ITEM. YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS AN IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BROOKS, UH, AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN. UM, THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR THESE AREAS CALLS FOR, UM, MODIFICATION THAT IS INTENDED ACTUALLY TO PROVIDE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD STABILIZATION, WHICH IS THE FIRST PHASE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE. UM, SO WITH THAT STAFF, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION, ZONING COMMISSION, UM, I'LL RECOMMEND APPROVAL. UM, FOR THE RECORD, THE PROPERTY OWNER OF APPROXIMATELY 20.7 ACRES OUT OF N C B 1 0 8 7 9, WHICH IS LOCATED IN AREA TWO E ON THE MAPS, UH, IS REQUESTING TO BE ACCEPTED FROM THE REZONING CASE. UM, SO WITH THAT, I WILL, UH, TURN IT OVER TO THE COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU RUDY AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR BRINGING THIS ITEM FORWARD TODAY. THIS IS PHASE TWO OF THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER REZONING THAT WE ARE AT, AND WE STILL HAVE MORE AREAS OF THIS PLAN THAT WILL HAVE THEIR LAND USE UPDATED. UM, THIS WAS LONG AND COMING AND WE ALL KNOW BROOKS AND THAT REGIONAL AREA WAS A FORMER AIR FORCE BASE AND BECAUSE OF THE, UM, CLOSURE, WE HAD TO REDEVELOP IT. AND THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT HAS DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB IN BEING THOUGHTFUL AS WE MOVE FORWARD. UM, I KNOW THAT THE STAFF REACHED OUT TO VARIOUS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN THIS PART OF THE DISTRICT, AND RESIDENTS REACHED OUT TO ME AND MY OFFICES AS WELL. SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION. I MOTION TO APPROVE SAVE AND SAVE AND ACCEPT THE PROPERTY AS DESCRIBED BY STAFF. ALL RIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION BY COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, A SECOND BY CASTILLO. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEMS FIVE AND SIX? ALL RIGHT, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES. ALRIGHT, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA TODAY. THE TIME IS 2:26 PM ON THIS 21ST DAY OF APRIL, 2022, AND OUR ZONING AGENDA IS NOW 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.