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ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TIME IS ONE O'CLOCK.
UM, I'M GOING TO CALL THIS MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO INTO SESSION.
UH, I WILL DO THAT OFFICIALLY IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, COVID IS VERY LOW, BUT IF YOU FEEL LIKE YOU NEED A MASK, WE HAVE SOME FOR YOU HERE.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS, IF YOU'D FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE MASK, THEY'RE RIGHT OVER THERE.
UH, NEXT TO MR. BARR, UM, MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMONTE AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT FIVE ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION.
END THE SESSION, THE TIME IS 1 0 1.
I'D LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSION MEMBERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
CAME WITH DISTRICT FOUR, MARK WHITE, DISTRICT 10, OVA ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO, CHARLES FUENTES, DISTRICT THREE.
SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE.
DISTRICT SIX STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, BEFORE WE GO ANY FURTHER IN THIS MEETING, I DO WANT TO TAKE A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE AND, UM, SAY THANK YOU FOR YEARS OF SERVICE FOR OUR MAYORAL APPOINTED COMMISSIONER, UH, GAIL MCDANIEL AND TO SAY WE WILL MISS YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR WORK ON THIS COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR SETTING A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE FOR ALL OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO HAVE BEEN HERE, HAVE LEARNED FROM YOU, AND LEARNED FROM YOUR GREAT, UH, YOUR GREAT KNOWLEDGE OF THESE ZONING ISSUES AS YOU'VE WORKED ON THEM FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT YEARS APPROXIMATELY.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
WE WILL MISS YOU AND WE WILL MISS YOUR EXPERTISE.
THANK YOU CHAIR, APPRECIATE THAT.
AND UH, THANK YOU AGAIN TO MY COLLEAGUES OUT THERE FOR, UH, YOUR PATIENCE WITH ME AS WE GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE CASES.
AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN INFORMATIVE AND UM, SOMETIMES FRUSTRATING WITH SOME OF THE CASES THAT WE'VE, WE'VE HAD BEFORE US.
BUT, UM, MOVING FORWARD, I WISH EVERYONE THE BEST AND I WANNA THANK STAFF FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT DURING MY TENURE HERE AND I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE LEGAL AND CASE REPRESENTATIVES OUT THERE AS WELL.
IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE WORKING WITH YOU.
WISH YOU ALL THE BEST AS WELL.
ANY COMMISSIONERS, ANYTHING TO ADD? COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YEAH, I JUST WANT TO ADD THAT, UH, ANYTIME I WANTED TO, UH, NOT BE ABLE TO PRESENT FOR THE UH, BOARD HEARING.
ALWAYS RELIED ON GAIL, UH, COMMISSIONER GAIL MCDANIELS TO BACK ME UP ON MY CASES.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS? YES, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
I ALSO WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND FOR ALL OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE.
I'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, BOTH APPEARING BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION PRIOR TO BECOMING A COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS SERVING ON THE COMMISSION.
AND ALSO THANK YOU FOR TAKING ON SOME OF MY CASES WHEN I HAD TO BE RECUSED FROM SOME RATHER UM, CONTROVERSIAL CASES.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, COMMISSIONER HU, COMMISSIONER MCDONALD'S.
I REALLY WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND I HAVE LEARNED LIKE MOST OF THE FOLKS HERE ON THIS DIOCESE, WE'VE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM YOU.
AND ONE THING I DO WANNA POINT OUT IS THAT YOU HAVE THIS KNACK NOT JUST TO LOOK AT JUST LAND USE CASES, BUT YOU ALSO HAVE THIS SNACK TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT AND YOU ASK THOSE REALLY GREAT QUESTIONS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR SERVICE.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU ALL AND AGAIN, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL AND THANK Y'ALL FOR INDULGING US.
UH, IF WE DID IT AT THE END, Y'ALL WOULD ALL BE GONE AND SO WE'D BE TALKING TO AN EMPTY ROOM.
ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON.
UH, IF YOU WOULD, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE
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TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE CORRAL.
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PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW THE MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF IF YOU WOULD, BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN EX INDICATES THE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED IN IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL HEAR A BEEP WHEN THE 30 SECONDS ARE LEFT, YOU WILL HEAR ANOTHER BEEP AND I WILL INFORM YOU THAT THE THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THE SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
UM, AT THIS POINT STAFF IF WE COULD GO OVER OUR UH, WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED OR PULLED ITEMS PLEASE.
THE ITEMS THAT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED AT ALL TODAY ARE ITEMS NUMBER ONE AND TWO.
ITEM ONE IS LOCATED AT 21 1 9 3 LAMB ROAD AND ITEM NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT 10 24 CINCINNATI AVENUE.
THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND WHEN THEY ARE READY TO PROCEED FORWARD, THEY WILL BE REPUBLISHED AND RE NOTIFIED.
YOU WILL RECEIVE A NEW NOTIFICATION AND THEN RIGHT BEFORE WE BEGAN I WAS INFORMED THAT ITEM NUMBER 10 IS MOVING FROM INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TO COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE REQUEST.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF ANYONE IN THE AUDIENCE IS HERE FOR EITHER ITEMS ONE OR TWO ON LAMB OR CINCINNATI, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
YOU CAN GO ABOUT YOUR WAY, ENJOY THE REALLY TERRIBLE WEATHER AND UM, YOU KNOW, HAVE FUN, TAKE A NAP.
UM, BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE HERE FOR OTHER ITEMS, WELCOME.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD NOW, CAN WE READ OR AT LEAST GO OVER RATHER, UH, THE ITEMS ON COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE, WHICH IS OUR CONSENT AGENDA? YES SIR.
ITEMS NUMBER 8 12, 14, 15, 16, AND 17 ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE CONSENT HEARING AGENDA.
COMMISSIONERS, UH, ANY ITEMS AMONGST THOSE THAT WERE JUST READ, UH, TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION OR CONTINUANCE? SEEING NONE.
STAFF, IF WE COULD READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM N P 10 TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR WAREHOUSING ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 90 98 SOUTH INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 35, THERE WERE EIGHT NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX A H O D TO RMM.
SIX A H O D LOCATED AT 1 28 PRINCETON AVENUE.
THERE WERE 33 NOTICES MAILED TO, RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM BEACON HILL.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM N P 10 TO LSS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR TRUCK REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATE GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 5,400 BLOCK OF RIGSBY AVENUE.
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MAILED.FOUR RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM LAKESIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C THREE TO C TWO S WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A PARTY HOUSE RECEPTION HALL MEETING FACILITY LOCATED AT 86 47 WBA ROAD.
THERE WERE 67 NOTICES MAILED NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET AND THERE WAS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 7 86 GILLETTE BOULEVARD THERE WERE 20 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO A H O D AND R SIX A H O D TO C TWO A H O D AND ON 1.195 ACRES AND M F 18 A H O D ON SEVEN ACRES LOCATED AT 1 57 0 2 NACODOCHES ROAD.
THERE WERE 10 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE.
RESPONSE FROM HIGH COUNTRY HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION MR. CHAIR.
BEFORE WE OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A MOTION, UH, THE TWO PEOPLE WHO JUST WALKED IN, UH, CAN WE GET UP THE UH, CONSENT AGENDA PLEASE? THE SUMMARY? ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK TO I 35 PRINCETON AVENUE? UH, RIGSBY, WBA, GILLETTE, OR NACODOCHES? I'M PRINCETON.
YOU'RE HERE ON PRINCETON? YES.
ARE THEY THE APPLICANT? NO, SHE SAID THEY'RE NOT.
DID YOU WANNA SIGN IN TO SPEAK
WELL CAN I ASK A QUESTION? UH, WHY DON'T YOU SPEAK TO MR. AVI REALLY QUICKLY AND WE'LL TAKE A COUPLE OF QUICK BEATS HERE.
UM, ALRIGHT, HOW ABOUT THIS? UM, I AM WILLING TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONSENT ON EVERYTHING BUT 12 IF SOMEONE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THAT MOTION.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER 14.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 8, 14, 15, 16, AND 17.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL OF A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS AS READ BY COMMISSIONER SIPES.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 8 14, 15, 16, AND 17 BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
UM, IN THE MEANTIME LET'S GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS OUR TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE DOCKET, PLEASE.
FOR THIS, UH, COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO, I HAVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER 10, AND NUMBER 13.
AND WE WILL HAVE TO PLAY VOICEMAILS RELATED TO ITEM 13.
IF WE COULD, AND SORRY I DIDN'T SAY THIS, BUT IF YOU WERE HERE FOR ITEMS 8, 14, 15, 16 OR 17, YOU CAN GO ALONG.
THOSE ITEMS HAVE BEEN APPROVED AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, IF WE COULD READ IN ITEM SEVEN, 10 AND 13 INTO THE RECORD AND THEN PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM Q D SS A H O D WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR BLASTING AND ASPHALTIC CONCRETE TO C TWO GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 5,400 BLOCK OF EAST LOOP 1604.
THERE WERE THREE NOTICES MAILED.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION,
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AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY ARE SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO MAY THE 17TH.THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM 10, A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED IN THE 2100 BLOCK OF CATFISH POND, THERE WERE 87 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE IN OPPOSITION.
UM, NO OFFICIAL RESPONSE FROM HUNTER'S POND VILLAGE GREEN H O A, BUT I SUSPECT THAT IS WHY WE'RE DELAYING
UM, SO THIS ITEM IS ALSO REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS TO MAY THE 17TH.
AND FINALLY, ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A LICENSED CHILDCARE FACILITY LOCATED AT 98 31 VILLAGE BRIAR.
THERE WERE 32 NOTICES MAILED, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM HIDDEN MEADOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS TO PLAY IN REFERENCE TO THIS ITEM AND THEY ARE ALSO SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO MAY THE 17TH.
IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.
IS THIS IS JUST FOR REZONING OF 98 31 VILLAGE BRIAR NATURE BEAR ACADEMY.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE CASE OF 2 2 2 1 0 7 8 7 S.
I AM A GRANDPARENT THAT HAVE GRANDCHILDREN THERE.
I DROP OFF AND PICK UP GRANDCHILDREN THERE.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL MY OTHER GRANDDAUGHTER IN, IN, IN THE PROGRAM, BUT AT THIS MOMENT I AM NOT ABLE TO INVOLVE HER IN REGARDS TO NOT HAVING THE, UH, ENOUGH SPACE FOR MORE CHILDREN.
I'M AN EMPLOYEE, A VOLUNTEER, AND A PARENT AT NATURE BEAR ACADEMY LOCATED ON 98 31 VILLAGE BRIAR REZONING WILL HELP WITH EXPANSION AND WILL ALSO ALLOW ME TO RE-ENROLL MY SON AND ENROLL MY NEW NEWBORN.
HI, MY NAME'S CHRISTINA ALVARADO AND I WAS JUST CALLING TO STATE THAT I WAS IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGE FOR CASE NUMBER I BELIEVE EIGHT SEVEN F AND IT IS FOR THE ADDRESS FOR 98 31 VILLAGE BRIAR FOR THE DAYCARE SHOULD BE REZONED.
MY ADDRESS IS 9 2 0 6 WISDOM RIDGE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO FIVE TWO.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 831-5528.
CASE NUMBER IS Z DASH 2 0 2 2 DASH 7 0 0 8 7 S AND I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO NATURE BEAR ACADEMY.
I AM IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING.
I WOULD LIKE HER, SHE'S HELPED MY ME AND MY FAMILY AND I WOULD LIKE HER TO HELP MORE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DEBRA FLORES.
MY ADDRESS IS NINE ONE ONE DARBY BOULEVARD.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 409-3814.
CASE NUMBER IS Z 2 0 2 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 7 S.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO NATURE BEAR ACADEMY.
I AM IN FAVOR OF THEIR EXPANSION TO THE DAYCARE SO THEY CAN HELP MORE COMMUN MORE FAMILIES IN THE COMMUNITY LIKE MINE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ELLIE RNA MAY RODRIGUEZ.
MY NUMBER IS 7 6 0 4 4 2 6 5 5 1.
I'M CALLING FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO SUPPORT MY SISTER'S REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE.
LET ME SEE, I THINK THE ZONING CASE IS Z 20 22 1 0 7 0 0 8 7 S.
I'M IN THE SUPPORT OF ROSEANNE YUPE.
PLEASE APPROVE THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST AND I FEEL LIKE IT WON'T BE ANY HARM TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT WOULD BRING A LOT MORE, UM, GOOD BENEFITS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY HAVE A GARDEN IN THE BACKYARD THAT'S A SPACE FOR KIDS TO LEARN AND GROW AND, AND
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I FEEL LIKE EXPANDING THE DAYCARE WON'T CROWD THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS MUCH AS YOU GUYS THINK.AS THERE'S SCHOOLS AND NEIGHBORHOODS THAT CLOG UP TRAFFIC.
AND THIS IS A SMALL DAYCARE WHERE A DROP OFF IS LESS THAN FIVE, FIVE MINUTES, MAYBE THREE MINUTES THEY GO AND DROP OFF THE KIDS AND OFF THEIR ARE TO WORK OR WHEREVER THEY GOTTA BE.
SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE IT'S UNNECESSARY TO HAVE THIS.
I THANK YOU VERY MUCH AND I'LL BE WAITING TO HEAR FROM MY SISTER, SO PLEASE HELP HER OUT AND SHE'S DOING A GOOD JOB AND I THINK SHE DESERVES THIS AND SO IT DOES TAKE THE SAN ANTONIO.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ERICA RAMIREZ.
I LIVE AT 1 1 8 0 3 MARBA ROAD, APARTMENT 8 0 7.
UM, MY DAUGHTER GOES TO MY DODGERS, GO TO NATURE BEAR ACADEMY.
UM, NATURE BEAR ACADEMY HAS BEEN A VERY BIG HELP TO MY FAMILY.
UM, WE'VE HAD HORRIBLE, HORRIBLE EXPERIENCES LOOKING FOR A DAYCARE IN THE PAST, UM, WHERE MY DAUGHTER WENT TO A DAYCARE WHERE UM, NOT VERY NICE PEOPLE WERE RUNNING IT.
UM, WHEN WE FOUND ACADEMY, NOT ONLY CAN I TAKE MY DAUGHTER AND FEEL SAFE, BUT I CAN TAKE MY YOUNGEST KNOWING SHE DOES NOT TALK.
UM, SHE CAN'T COMMUNICATE WITH ME AND SHE LOVES BEING THERE.
SHE, IT'S IT'S HOME'S THEIR SECOND HOME.
UM, MS. ROSE HAS BEEN SUCH, SUCH A BIG HELP AND SUCH A AWESOME PERSON AND JUST I TRUST HER WITH BOTH MY DAUGHTERS EVERY DAY AND SHE TEACHES THEM SO MUCH.
WITHOUT FINDING H H BAY ACADEMY, I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO HAVE A JOB AND WORK BECAUSE I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF BOTH MY DAUGHTERS.
UM, THEY ARE GREAT IN CURRICULUM SCHEDULED, THEY WORK WITH YOU WHEN IT COMES TO ANYTHING.
SO I HIGHLY RECOMMEND, UM, IF NATURE BEAR ACADEMY DOES BECOME FULL-TIME AND IS ABLE WELL IS ABLE TO EXPAND.
MY YOUNGEST IS ABLE TO GO FULL-TIME AND THAT WOULD HELP ME SO MUCH BECAUSE I WOULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP MORE WORK.
UM, BUT THANK YOU AND I HOPE THAT SHE DOES IS ABLE TO REZONE.
MY NAME IS FRANCISCO BEES RODRIGUEZ.
I LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 11 7 0 2 OAK DEL MEADOW AND I'M CALLING IN FAVOR OF CASE NUMBER 0 8 7 SS.
UM, WITH THE ADDRESS TO THAT IS 98 31 VILLAGE BRIAR AND I'M CALLING IN SUPPORTIVE EXPANSION, UM, OF THIS SMALL LOCAL BUSINESS FOR REASON NUMBER ONE, IT'S A LOCAL BUSINESS AND I SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
TWO, I CURRENTLY HAVE A CHILD ENROLLED THERE AND I'M MORE THAN SATISFIED WITH, WITH THE OPERATIONS AND HOW IT'S RUNNING.
SO I'D LOVE TO SEE IT EXPAND AND I'M ALSO HAVING ANOTHER CHILD THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL AND IN ORDER FOR ME TO DO THAT, THIS COMPANY WOULD NEED TO EXPAND AND I JUST WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE THIS COMPANY EXPAND AND I HOPE THAT IT IS APPROVED FOR REZONING AND I HOPE YOU GUYS APPROVE IT.
HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS IRINA SHAA AND I'M CALLING ABOUT THE CASE Z TWENTY TWENTY TWO TEN SEVEN ZERO ZERO ZERO EIGHT SEVEN S.
UH, IT'S ABOUT REZONING OF OUR DAUGHTER'S DAYCARE AND WE LOVE OUR DAYCARE A LOT.
SHE CHANGED OUR DAUGHTER A LOT.
SHE LOVES GOING THERE AND, UM, WE SUPPORT, UH, OUR DAYCARE AND WE WANT, UH, MORE KIDS TO ATTEND IT AND GET THE CARE THAT WE GET.
I AM, UH, MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 0 3 1 BLUFF CANYON, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 2.
I WAS CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z UH, 2 0 2 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 7 SS.
UH, THIS IS FOR THE REZONING OF NATURE BEAR ACADEMY.
UH, I JUST WANTED TO STATE MY OPINION AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND THEIR, UH, THEIR FACILITY.
UH, MY DAUGHTER IS CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN THEIR ACADEMY.
THEY HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB WITH HER.
UH, WHEN SHE FIRST STARTED GOING THERE, SHE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTIES WITH, UM, SPEAKING AS WELL AS SOCIALIZING WITH OTHER CHILDREN.
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EVERY DAY.THEY DO AN AMAZING JOB WITH HER.
WE'VE SEEN A THOUSAND PERCENT IMPROVEMENT.
I BELIEVE THAT, UH, IF THEY WERE ABLE TO EXPAND, UH, OTHER CHILDREN WOULD BENEFIT FROM THE SAME.
SO I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU GUYS KNOW THAT I AM IN SUPPORT OF THEIR EXPANSION.
IF YOU DO HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS OR YOU WANNA REACH ME, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 834-7757.
AND AGAIN, MY NAME IS JAMES REYES.
ADDRESS, TEN TEN TWO INGRAM ROAD, APARTMENT 42 11, NUMBER 9 5 6 4 7 1 2 4 6 9.
IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z 20 22 10 78 7 S, WHICH IS NATURE BEAR ACADEMY DAYCARE CENTER.
UM, WHEN MY FAMILY FIRST MOVED HERE, WE FIRST PUT OUR SON IN A PINNACLE MONTESSORI SCHOOL.
HE LOST HIS THREE DAYS, THEY IGNORED HIM.
THEY, UM, NOT IGNORED HIM, BUT UM, THEY DIDN'T TAKE CARE OF HIS STUFF LIKE THEY SAID THEY WOULD.
THEY TRIED GIVING US STUFF THAT DIDN'T, UM, TRIED GIVING US STUFF THAT WASN'T HIS QUESTION.
THAT'S WHEN WE SAID IT WASN'T HIS GAVE US ONE OF 'EM COVERED IN PAINT AND DIDN'T TELL US ABOUT IT.
ON HIS LAST AND, UH, THIRD DAY THEY, MY HUSBAND WENT TO PICK HIM UP, FOUND HIM IN THE CORNER WHILE EVERYBODY ELSE WAS DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, SO THAT NIGHT WE PULLED HIM OUT.
WE PAID $500 BASICALLY FOR HIM TO, FOR THEM TO IGNORE HIM IN ENROLLMENT FEES AND AFTER HOUR FEES BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY DON'T DO ANY DAYCARE.
UH, OR THEY GO FROM EIGHT TO TWO, WHICH ISN'T THE, UM, NORMAL AT TIME FOR LIKE A TEACHER LIKE MYSELF AND MY HUSBAND, WHO IS A STATE OFFICER.
I REACHED ON A FACEBOOK GROUP.
ROSE REACHED OUT TO ME, SAID THAT THEY HAD AVAILABILITY.
THEY WERE OPEN FROM SIX SIX, THEY OFFER ORGANIC FOODS AND SO OF ALKALINE WATER, THEY SPEND A LOT OF TIME LEARNING DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS, UM, AND HAVE OUT OUTDOOR PLAYING TIME AND LEARNING ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND THEM.
HE SEEMED INTERESTED AND EVER SINCE THEN, HE'S EXCITED TO GO HANG OUT WITH FRIENDS AND LEARN ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND HIM.
UM, HE HAS FLOURISHED AS A YOUNG MAN AND AS WE CONTINUE TO GROW OUR FAMILY AND ARE EXPECTING IN JULY, WE CAN'T IMAGINE HAVING TO PUT HIM ANYWHERE ELSE, UM, BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED SPACING THAT THEY HAVE.
SO WE HOPE THAT YOU CONSIDER, UM, THE NATURE BEAR ACADEMY'S REQUEST TO EXPAND THEIR DAYCARE SO THAT WE HAVE, WE CAN PLACE BOTH OF OUR CHILD, OUR CHILDREN IN THE SAME PLACE SO THEY CAN GROW AND, UM, LEARN TOGETHER.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
MARTINA ESQUIVEL 2 1 0 3 2 4 3 7 8 2 98 28 VILLAGE BRIAR, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 0.
CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 8 7 SS.
I DO OPPOSE THIS, UM, TRANSITION BECAUSE IT'S VERY CONFUSING AS TO HOW THE TAXES WILL BE IMPACTED.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS IN REGARD TO THE PROPERTY BEING VACANT ON THE WEEKENDS AND TO OPERATE FULLY AS A BUSINESS AND NOT A RESIDENCE.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THE PARKING AS WE ARE A ZERO LOT LINE PROPERTY AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR PARKING IS LIMITED TO EITHER A ONE CAR DRIVEWAY OR GARAGE.
AND WITH ADDITIONAL PERSONS NEEDING TO BE EMPLOYED IN ORDER TO TAKE CARE OF MORE THAN THE 12 CHILDREN, THAT WOULD MEAN MORE CARS PARKED, UH, ON THE STREET OTHER THAN THE RESIDENCE'S VEHICLES.
THE CONCERN IS ALSO IN REGARD TO THE GREENWAY, WHICH IS LOCATED BEHIND HER PROPERTY.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW HOMELESS FOLKS WHO DO USE THOSE GREENWAYS AND IT'S JUST A CONCERN FOR THE PROPERTIES IN GENERAL.
ALL OF THEM THAT ARE ALONG THE GREENWAY, BUT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS WOULD BE, UH, CHILDREN'S, UM, 20, UH, MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
I'M AT 45 85 30 SIXTH STREET, APARTMENT NUMBER TWO, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 9 2 1 1 6.
CALLING IN CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 2 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 7 SS FOR 9 8 3 1 VILLAGE BRIAR STREET.
WE ARE FIGHTING FOR THEM TO KEEP THE DAYCARE FAMILIES ONLY TRYING TO MAKE A MEANS.
IT TAKES ALL BUT FIVE, 10 MINUTES.
TRUST ME, WHEN YOU'RE IN RUSH TO GO TO WORK, YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO HANG OUT OF THE DAYCARE, YOU'RE TRYING TO GET TO WORK.
SAME THING WHEN YOU GET OFF, YOU JUST WANNA GET HOME.
IT IS ACTUALLY A GOOD THING SINCE CHILDCARE IS SUCH A NEEDED THING IN THE BAIRD COUNTY.
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HELLO, MY NAME IS RAMON RODRIGUEZ.MY NUMBER IS 6 1 9 2 1 8 9 3 1 0.
ADDRESS, 1 0 1 7 0 2 OAKDALE MEADOW, TEXAS ZIP CODE 7 8 2 5 4.
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT THE EDU AND EDUCATING OUR COMMUNITY OF THE REZONING OF CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 2 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 0 8 7 S.
I BELIEVE THAT, THAT EVERYBODY DESERVES A CHANCE TO ESTABLISH A BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, TO HELP, YOU KNOW, BE OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
AND I BELIEVE THAT THAT'S WHAT NATURE BEAR ACADEMY IS A, IS A IS ACHIEVING TO ACCOMPLISHES TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO BE A SERVICE TO, YOU KNOW, OUR CHILDREN, OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE.
AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ALLOW, YOU KNOW, CHILDREN OF THE COMMUNITY TO HAVE A PLACE NOT ONLY TO TO BE SUPERVISED, BUT TO LEARN AND GROW.
THERE WILL BE ONE MORE VOICEMAIL, BUT NOT FOR THIS ITEM.
WELL IT'S GOOD TO HEAR SOME CHEERFUL VOICES ON, UH, THE VOICEMAIL, WHETHER IT WAS MS. FLORES OR MS. GARCIA, I DON'T RECALL, BUT, UH OKAY.
UM, IN THAT CASE, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEM SEVEN, 10, AND 13, PLEASE MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE MAY 17TH MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER SEVEN, NUMBER 10, AND NUMBER 13.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH BY COMMISSIONER SIPES FOR ITEM SEVEN, 10, AND 13 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL VOTE.
MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 17TH, PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR FIVE WEEK CONTINUANCE AND THEN WE WILL CIRCLE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 12, PLEASE.
ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE ARE FOR THE COMBINED HEARING THREE, WHICH IS A FIVE WEEK CONTINUANCE REQUEST TO JUNE THE SEVENTH.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R FOUR A H O D TO R FOUR C D A H O D WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 1736 WEST OLMOS DRIVE.
39 NOTICES WERE MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, TWO RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION AND LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 8 0 5 GILLETTE BOULEVARD, THERE WERE 17 NOTICES MAILED, NONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THESE ITEMS ARE BOTH SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO JUNE THE SEVENTH.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE TWO ITEMS? NO, SIR.
IN THAT CASE, THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION WITH RESPECT TO ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE JUNE 7TH MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER FOUR AND FIVE.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE BY COMMISSIONER SIPES TO, UH, JUNE 7TH FOR ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH.
UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT TO MY RIGHT.
MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 7TH, PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
AT THIS POINT WE WILL MOVE BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 12.
IF WE COULD REREAD THAT ITEM INTO THE RECORD.
IT IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT AND WILL BE TREATED AS SUCH.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX A H O D TO RMM, SIX A H O D, LOCATED AT 1 28 PRINCETON AVENUE.
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RECEIVED IN FAVOR.RECEIVED IN FAVOR NOW, UH, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN SUPPORT AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM BEACON HILL.
UM, THIS ITEM 12 IS IN DISTRICT ONE.
COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO YOU FOR A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 12.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 12.
IF YOU WERE PRESENT HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS, ANY OF THE ITEMS WE'VE DISCUSSED ON CONSENT OR FOR CONTINUANCE OR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, YOU CAN GO ALONG YOUR WAY AND WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN AT SOME POINT OR NOT.
UM, WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEMS, BEGINNING WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE.
MARCO MAVI, PLAN COORDINATOR FOR THE ZONING.
UH, NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED AT 13,930 FM 1560 NORTH, GOING FROM C TWO E R Z D TO MF 18 E R Z D 37.
NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ONE IN FAVOR.
17 OPPOSED NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND SEVEN ADDITIONAL OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING C TWO IS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED M F 18 IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
IT PROVIDES SUITABLE TRANSITION TO THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ZONING AND USES IN THE AREA STAFF AND SAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
THE RECOMMENDED IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITATIONS NO MORE THAN 50% AND SAS IS HERE FOR YOU.
MR. BARR, IF YOU COULD PRESENT THE SAS REPORT PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS MIKE BARR WITH THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM RESOURCE PROTECTION DIVISION.
UM, THE TRACT IS CLASSIFIED AS A CATEGORY TWO TRACK.
UH, NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN AND NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WERE DISCOVERED DURING HIS SITE INVESTIGATION.
UH, SAWS IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE SAS REPORT TO INCLUDE 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMIT, UH, FOR THE FIVE ACRE SITE.
UH, MR. MCKNIGHT FOR THE APPLICANT.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, JAMES MCKNIGHT, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN FOR THE APPLICANT TODAY.
UM, IF I HAVE A PRESENTATION OH, THANK YOU.
SO YOU'VE ALREADY SEEN AN OVERVIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS JUST AN AERIAL SO YOU CAN GET A, A SENSE OF WHAT'S AROUND A APARTMENT COMPLEX TO OUR EAST AND THEIR SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD TO OUR WEST.
THERE WAS, IT WAS STATED BEFORE THAT THERE IS NOT A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, IT'S JUST NOT A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS WHY THERE WAS A, A ONE MONTH CONTINUANCE FROM LAST TIME.
SO THIS IS A FIVE ACRE PROPERTY THAT THE, UH, PROPERTY THAT'S ON THE FRONT PART OF THIS TRACT IS STILL STAYING COMMERCIAL.
IT'S C TWO RIGHT NOW IT'S STAYING COMMERCIAL.
AND THERE ARE, UM, AT LEAST THERE IS A, A, UH, DAYCARE PLANNED FOR AT LEAST PART OF THAT PROPERTY.
THIS IS OUTSIDE LOOP 1604, AND AS YOU HEARD BEFORE, STAFF AND SAWS ARE RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'VE GOT MF 18 TO OUR EAST AND YOU'RE SURROUNDED THE REST OF THE SITE BY R SIX.
SO IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL EXCEPT FOR THIS ONE SPOT OF C TWO COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL SEEMS TO BE APPROPRIATE ALONG HOUSEMAN ROAD.
BUT AS FOR THE BACK PART OF THE PROPERTY SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL, WE DON'T FEEL THAT IS APPROPRIATE.
SO OUR REQUESTED REZONING IS TO MF 18.
THAT IS FOR, UH, 42 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THIS IS NOT FOR AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
UM, BUT WHEN YOU'RE, WE WANTED TO DO A GATED PRIVATE COMMUNITY, THE ONLY WAY TO DO THAT IS EITHER THROUGH A PUD OR THROUGH THIS, UH, MF PROCESS.
AND, UH, THE PUD DIDN'T WORK FOR OUR RESTRICTIONS BECAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE SITE THE WAY IT WAS LAID OUT.
SO MF 18 IS WHAT WE'VE CHOSE IN ORDER TO GET THIS SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED, UM, DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE UNDERLYING, UM, NORTH SECTOR PLAN RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS SUBURBAN TIER.
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IS, UM, AN IMPORTANT SLIDE FOR US.THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THESE ARE, LIKE I SAID, 42 SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED HOMES, UM, WITH A, A GATE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THERE'S A, A DRIVE COMING OFF OF HOUSEMAN BOULEVARD.
THERE'S COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AT THE FRONT, AND THEN THIS PRIVATE COMMUNITY WOULD BE IN THE BACK.
AND THESE LOT SIZES ARE, ARE MUCH SMALLER.
AGAIN, THIS IS WHY WE REAR THE GOING THROUGH A PUT OR FOR AN M F 18 THAT ALLOWS US TO A SMALLER LOT SIZE, BUT THE HOMES ARE STILL OF A SIMILAR SIZE.
IT JUST, IT'S LIKE A GARDEN HOME.
AND SO THERE IS, WE FOUND A, A REAL NEED FOR THIS KIND OF PRODUCT WHERE YOU CAN HAVE A DETACHED HOME WITHOUT HAVING THE FULL YARD.
AND THE, WITH THESE 42 UNITS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A, AT A DENSITY OF ABOUT EIGHT UNITS AN ACRE.
IF YOU SEE THE R SIX THAT SURROUND US, THAT IS A MAX OF SEVEN UNITS AN ACRE.
SO THIS IS SHOWN IN THE Y M F 18 AS I DESCRIBED BEFORE.
THAT'S SIMPLY FOR US TO HAVE THAT SMALLER LOT SIZE, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT IT'S, UH, IT ALSO HELPS IN AS A TRANSITION BETWEEN THE M F 18 THAT IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX TO OUR EAST R ZONING AND THEN THE SIX TO SEVEN DWELLING UNITS AN ACRE.
YOU SEE IN THE R SIX, I SAY SIX TO SEVEN BECAUSE THAT'S THE EXISTING, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
IT'S A, A SLIGHTLY HIGHER DENSITY, UM, WHICH IS PART OF WHAT YOU, YOU SEE IN THE SECTOR PLAN FOR SOME OF THE GOALS TO HAVE IN THE HIGHER EDUCATION AREAS TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE, UH, DENSITY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT ALSO AS A PART OF SA TOMORROW, AS YOU'VE HEARD ME HARP ON ABOUT A FEW TIMES, THAT, UH, THE POLICIES GOING FORWARD ARE FOR MORE DENSITY AND IN SOME OF THESE INFILL AREAS AND FOR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF HOUSING PRODUCT.
SO THE, AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD GOES, YOU MAY HAVE SEEN THAT THERE WERE, UM, A LOT OF NEIGHBORHOOD OR RESIDENTS IN THAT AREA THAT SENT IN LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
THOSE WERE ACTUALLY ALL RECEIVED, I BELIEVE THEY WERE ALL RECEIVED PRIOR, OVER A MONTH AGO BEFORE WE GOT TO MEET WITH THEM, WE SCHEDULED A MEETING, WE HAD A MEETING WITH THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THIS IS BAVARIAN FOREST TWO WEEKS AGO ON APRIL 19TH.
AND, UM, I HAVE TO SAY IT, IT STARTED OFF POORLY
UH, THEY WERE NOT, I DON'T THINK THEY KNEW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO, BUT, UM, BY THE END I THINK WE, WE WERE ABLE TO GIVE THEM A LOT MORE INFORMATION AND WE DEFINITELY HEARD SOME OF THOSE RESIDENTS SAY, I WOULD PREFER RESIDENTIAL TO HAVING COMMERCIAL IN MY BACKYARD, WHICH IS A BIG, BIG PART OF THIS.
BUT THE MF 18 ZONING STILL LEAVES IT OPEN AND WE KNOW THAT AND WE JUST DON'T HAVE A PRODUCT WITHIN THE ZONING CATEGORY TO HELP US DO THAT.
WE CAN ENTER INTO A SET OF COVENANTS, A RESTRICTED COVENANTS.
AND I KNOW THIS IS THE ZONING COMMISSION, BUT I, I DO THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE OFFERED TO THEM.
THEY HAD A, A BOARD MEETING LAST WEEK.
THEY HAVEN'T DECIDED ON EVERYTHING YET.
SO THAT'S, THEY'RE STILL WORKING THROUGH THAT.
BUT THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE COMMITTED TO AND THAT IS THE USE RESTRICTION.
THAT'S A BIG PART OF IT, OBVIOUSLY.
THIS IS FOR SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED RESIDENTIAL MAXIMUM OF 50 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THAT LEAVES IT AT ABOUT NINE UNITS AN ACRE.
UM, INCREASED MINIMUM SETBACK RIGHT NOW, THE MINIMUM SETBACK WOULD BE FIVE FEET.
WE HAVEN'T, UM, SETTLED ON THAT YET.
BUT THAT IS, WE'VE OFFERED THAT INCREASED LANDSCAPING THERE, THERE IS NO TYPE B BUFFER YARD REQUIRED NOW, SO WE WOULD PUT THAT IN THERE.
SO THAT WOULD BE INCREASED PLANTING AS A, AS A, IN ADDITION TO LEAVING THE TREES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF TWO STORIES.
SO OBVIOUSLY COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, YOU CAN INCREASE YOUR HEIGHT AS YOU STEP BACK FURTHER AWAY.
THIS WOULD JUST LIMIT IT STRAIGHT TO STORIES ALL THE WAY ACROSS.
AND, UH, DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING JUST BECAUSE WE HEARD A LOT OF, OF, OF CARE ABOUT HOW THE LIGHT MIGHT AFFECT THEIR PROPERTIES.
ALTHOUGH THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCT, SO WE'RE NOT TOO CONCERNED WITH THAT.
AND THEN THE, THE CREATION OF AN H O A AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO AGAIN, THESE ARE ALL OFFERED AND COMMITTED TO, UH, AS PART OF A SET OF RESTRICTED COVENANTS, BUT WE HAVEN'T ACTUALLY DONE THAT YET.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S IT FOR ALL MY SLIDES.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
ALRIGHT, MR. MCKNIGHT, THAT MEANS YOU DON'T GET ANY REBUTTAL.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
ACTUALLY, I DO JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FROM MR. MCKNIGHT.
UM, AND KIND OF GOING BACK TO THE MEETING YOU HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH NOT CONSIDERED ONE, BUT THE ONE THAT'S ADJACENT TO IT, UM, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO TALK ABOUT THESE RESTRICTIONS, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WAS JUST GUARANTEEING THAT THESE PROPERTIES WERE GONNA STAY AS NOT MULTI-FAMILY BUT ACTUALLY, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS FOR SURE, AND I AGREE AS WELL.
I'M ACTUALLY, I HAVE NO MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT ANYMORE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT? YES.
AND THEN COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU COULD NOT DO A PUD BECAUSE
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THE, THE LOT SIZE THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING FOR, NOT THE LOT SIZE.SO THE PUD ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS IS FOR A 20 FOOT PERIMETER SETBACK AND THAT LIMITS STARTS LIMITING HOW MANY UNITS THAT WE CAN PUT IN THERE.
WE ARE PROBABLY GOING TO INCREASE THE, THE SETBACK ON THE PAR PORTION THAT'S NEXT TO R SIX, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA LIMIT IT ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO HAVING TO, WE'D HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO REDUCE THAT.
AND, AND WHAT, WHAT, UH, WHAT APPROXIMATE LOT SIZE ARE YOU LOOKING AT, AT, ON THESE? OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I SHOULD KNOW THAT IT'S, IT'S, UM, I, I SAW IT ON THE THING.
YEAH, IT'S DRAWN ON THE THING AND NOW I'M REMEMBERING THAT I DID NOT MEMORIZE THAT.
CAN, CAN WE ZOOM IN BY ANY CHANCE?
IS THAT 24? SO 2,500 SQUARE FEET.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
UM, AND I THINK WE COVERED MOST OF THIS IN THE BRIEFING, BUT I FORGOT, DID YOU TELL ME THAT THERE'LL BE LIKE A LITTLE POCKET PARK OR SOMETHING IN THERE? RIGHT.
SO IT, YOU CAN SEE IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
WE REMOVED TWO OF THE UNITS IN ORDER TO PUT, UM, MORE OPEN SPACE.
THAT WAS PART OF THE 50% REQUIREMENT WE WERE HAVING TO MEET AS WELL.
SO HOW WILL TITLE D BE? THIS ISN'T GONNA BE LIKE A CONDO, IT'S ON CONDO REGIME.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? UM, MR. MCKNIGHT? I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.
UH, ONE THING WE FREQUENTLY TALK ABOUT, AND ONE OF THE ISSUES RAISED BY SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS WAS TRAFFIC.
UM, SO WHEN WE'RE LOOKING AT SAY, FIVE ACRES OF COMMERCIAL VERSUS UH, THE NUMBER OF UNITS WE HAVE HERE, UH, WHAT IS THE RELATIVE TRAFFIC GENERALLY? SO WE HAVEN'T DONE THE FULL TRAFFIC STUDY, BUT WE'VE DONE THIS SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE.
THE COMPARISON BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL IS DRAMATIC.
IT'S USUALLY AROUND FOUR TIMES LESS TO HAVE, UM, RESIDENTIAL TRAFFIC.
AND IN THIS CASE WE HAVE 42 UNITS.
SO PEAK HOUR TRIPS ARE AROUND 40.
UM, AND ONE OTHER ISSUE THAT ONE OF THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP WAS SOME CONCERN REGARDING ELEVATION AND SORT OF LOOKING DOWN INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES MM-HMM.
BUT YOU CAN SEE THE TOP OF LINES ARE FLOWING LIKE THIS, SO THE DROP IS ESSENTIALLY STRAIGHT BACK AND A LITTLE BIT TO THE EAST.
SO THIS IS NOT A CASE WHERE WE'RE UP HIGH LOOKING DOWN ONTO THE NEIGHBORS AT ALL.
AND I BELIEVE YOU MENTIONED EARLIER ALSO THAT THE COMMERCIAL OF COURSE COULD IN A STAIR STEP FASHION AS YOU GET FURTHER AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL USES BECOME HIGHER THAN TWO STORIES.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION PLEASE.
I'M JUST GONNA HAVE MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS JUST REGARDING THIS AND ALSO TO THE APPLICANT THAT I DO FEEL IT'S IMPORTANT BY THE TIME YOU GET TO COUNCIL, UM, TO CONTINUE TO KEEP THE CO YOU KNOW, COMMUNICATION WITH THE ADJACENT COMMUNITY JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S ON THE SAME PAGE.
UM, OTHER THAN THAT, I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD.
UM, UM, I DO FEEL THAT THIS COMMUNITY, OR ACTUALLY THIS DEVELOPMENT DOES FIT THE AREA.
I DON'T FEEL THAT MORE MULTI-FAMILIES ARE NEEDED IN THIS AREA.
SO THE FACT THAT THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES COMING INTO THIS AREA DO FEEL THAT IT'S NEEDED AND I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
DO YOU WANNA MAKE A MOTION? OH, SORRY.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE.
UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT.
UH, I DO APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, BUT WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
WE DON'T TALK ABOUT RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS.
I'M NOT GONNA SING 'CAUSE I DON'T WANNA SUBJECT THAT TO ANY OF YOU.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
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WATSON? YES.WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, PLEASE.
AND THANK YOU MR. MCKNIGHT TOO.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH STEWART, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 1519 WEST VETTE BOULEVARD, GOING FROM R FOUR TO MF 25 WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE EIGHT NOTICES SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND ONE WAS RECEIVED IN FAVOR OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 25 LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT ADDS MUCH MORE DENSITY TO THE AREA, WHICH IS PRIMARILY ESTABLISHED AS LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY STAFF'S.
ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION OF RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIX DISTRICT IS MORE APPROPRIATE DENSITY AND ALLOWS FOR A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MI RESIDENTIAL MIX.
DISTRICT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT, PLEASE COME UP, INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
YEAH, THE PROJECT, UM, IS LOCATED AT 50 19 WEST VETTE.
UM, WE'RE REQUESTING A, A ZONING FROM R FOUR TO MF 25.
UH, CAN, CAN THE NEXT SLIDE? YEAH.
I PUT TOGETHER A, A QUICK, UH, SLIDE, KINDA SHOWING THE CONTEXT OF, UH, THE PROPERTY.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, RIGHT IN FRONT OF PALOALTO COLLEGE.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, TO OUR, UH, AND THEN TO OUR EAST.
UH, NUMBER TWO, THERE'S, UM, A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX GOING UP 108 UNITS, UH, IN CONSTRUCTION, UM, WITH, UH, TWO STORY AMENITIES.
UM, THERE'S ALSO, RIGHT NOW, UH, CURRENTLY IT'S, IT, IT IS MOSTLY LARGE LOTS, UM, WITH SOME COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST.
NEXT SLIDE ZONING, UM, IS R FOUR WITH, UM, WITH THE GENERAL URBAN TIER, UM, OVERLAY WITH AN MF 33 LED LESS THAN FIVE HUNDRED, OH FIVE HUNDRED AND FOUR FEET AWAY.
UH, THE, UH, SECTOR PLAN, UH, IS GE GENERAL URBAN TIER, WHICH, UM, FALLS WITHIN THE DENSITY THAT WE'RE REQUESTING.
UM, OUR, OUR, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE'RE, WE'RE PLANNING TO DO IS, UH, DUPLEXES, WHICH IS ONE OF THE ALLOWED USES IN, IN THE SECTOR PLAN.
AND THE ZONING DISTRICT THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS ALSO ONE OF FALLS WITHIN THE, UM, UH, SECTOR PLAN IN GENERAL URBAN TIER.
THIS IS A QUICK STREET, STREET VIEW, CURRENTLY VACANT.
UM, SOMETIMES THEY GO AND THROW TRASH THERE, CLEAN IT UP.
AND THIS IS OUR CURRENT, UH, THIS IS OUR SIDE PLAN.
A CONCEPTUAL, BASICALLY 24 DUPLEXES, UH, TWO STORY, 1350, UH, SQUARE FEET, ONE CAR PLUS ONE CAR TANDEM.
SO BASICALLY EVERY, EVERY HOUSE WILL HAVE, UH, TWO CARS, UH, UH, PARKING 27, UH, FOOT PRIVATE STREET, WHICH MEANS ON ONE SIDE OF THE STREET THAT CAN ACTUALLY, UM, IT CAN BE OFF STREET PARKING.
THE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE, WE PLAN ON, UM, UH, MANAGING THE PRO, UH, THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY ENGAGED, UH, HANDFUL OF, UH, UH, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT GROUPS.
UM, THE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO COSTA WASTE MANAGEMENT, UM, TO SEE IF THEY CAN, UH, SERVICE, UH, THE PROPERTY.
IF NOT, WE ALSO ALREADY REACHED OUT TO A COUPLE OF PRIVATE PROVIDERS THAT, UH, WELL, WE WILL,
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WE'LL SERVICE, WE'LL SERVICE IT WITH THE BASICALLY IDENTICAL TO COSA.UM, UM, NO SECONDARY ACCESS IS REQUIRED.
IT'S 125 UNITS AND, UH, UH, NO TRAFFIC STUDIES REQUIRED.
I DO WANNA MENTION THAT WE, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, WE DO HAVE SOME OPEN SPACES THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S JUST A, A QUICK INSPIRATION OF OUR ARCHITECTURE.
UM, DUPLEX, UH, WITH, UH, YOU KNOW, WE WE'RE THINKING OF GOING IN THERE AND MAYBE EVEN FURNISHING SOME OF THEM.
UM, WE'RE THINKING MORE STUDENT HOUSING ADMINISTRATION.
UM, ONE OF THE, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT UH, WE, WE REALLY FEEL, UH, IS GREAT ABOUT THIS PROJECT IS THAT EVERY OTHER, UM, ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE CITY, UM, HAS KIND OF GROWN, UH, UM, SERVICES HAVE GROWN AROUND THEM FROM HOUSING TO, UH, AMENITIES SERVICES.
UH, PALO ALTO LOOKS TO BE LACKING IN THAT SITUATION.
AND I THINK PAULINO FLATS, YOU KNOW, WAS, UH, COMING UP IS GONNA BE A GREAT ADDITION.
AND WE THINK THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE MORE OF A APARTMENT COMPLEX.
WE'RE GONNA BE MORE OF A, YOU KNOW, DUPLEX.
I THINK IT'S, I MEAN, I DID, I DID ALSO MEET WITH THE, UH, UH, PALO ALTO, UM, LEADERSHIP PRESIDENT, DR.
GARZA, AND PRESENTED IT TO THEM.
UH, THEY LIKED THE IDEA OF ALSO, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING FOR THEIR STUDENTS AND, YOU KNOW, ADMINISTRATION.
AND THE LAST SLIDE IS JUST A QUICK, UH, INSPIRATION OF, UH, INTERIOR DESIGN.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE, THE QUESTIONS THAT, UM, LEADERSHIP AND, UH, DISTRICT FOUR, UH, HAD.
IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR CASE COMMISSIONER KAMATH TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, YEAH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
THE, UH, SO PALO ALTO, UH, COLLEGE LEADERSHIP, UH, THE LAST EMAIL THEY SENT, THEY SAID THEY'RE STANDING NEUTRAL ON THIS PROJECT, RIGHT? IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.
WHY ARE THEY STAYING NEUTRAL? IT'LL BE ADVANTAGEOUS FOR THEM, RIGHT? UM, I, I, I WOULDN'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I, FROM THE, WHEN I SPOKE TO THEM, THEY, THEY SEEM SUPPORTED.
THEY'RE, AND YOU KNOW, THROUGHOUT THEIR EMAILS THEY, THEY KEPT SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE, WE LIKE THE PROJECT AND AT THE END SAYS, WE'LL STAY WITH NEUTRAL, BUT WE HOPE ZONING GOES WELL FOR YOU.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
THE UH, OTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, UH, YOU KNOW, THIS LOT, UH, TOUCHES THE, ANOTHER, UH, STREET AT THE BACK.
IT'S NOT A, IS THAT A STREET OR IS IT A UH, IT'S A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
UM, IT, IT'S VACANT FOR A LARGE AMOUNT OF THE, OF THE, OF THOSE LOTS BASICALLY ALMOST THAT, THAT VIEW THE, UM, COULD, COULD WE GET A GOOGLE MAPS OR SATELLITE? ALRIGHT.
I THINK WE'RE WAITING ON THAT, BUT IF WE CAN YEAH, THE UM, UH, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTION I HAVE FOR THE APPLICANT RIGHT NOW.
UH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY STAFF.
WHY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE CITY STAFF, WHAT IS THE ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION? RM FOUR, WHAT, WHAT IS, WHAT WOULD THAT ENTAIL IN THIS IT, IT WOULD ALLOW THEM TO, UM, HAVE SOME DENSITY, BUT NOT THE, NOT NECESSARILY HAVE M UH, MULTIFAMILY.
UH, WE KNOW HISTORICALLY ON THIS STREET FROM THE MF THAT IS LOCATED DOWN THE WAY FROM IT, THAT IT WOULD, IT HAD A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THAT REQUEST.
UM, AND SO, UM, MAYBE NOT THE DENSITY OF A MULTIFAMILY, BUT A RESIDENTIAL MIX, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR ANY COMBINATION OF UNITS.
YOU COULD DO DUPLEX, TRIPLEX, QUADPLEX, UM, IT WOULD JUST REQUIRE A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, WORK ON THE LAYOUT IN ORDER TO, TO POSITION THE HOMES.
WHAT WOULD WOULD BE THE DENSITY WITH THAT? HOW MANY UNITS CAN THEY DO?
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HOW MANY UNITS CAN THEY DO ON RMM FOUR THEN? UM, THEY COULD DO 27 LOTS, 20, 27 LOTS OF, UH, WITH THE DUPLEXES.UH, THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT YOU WANNA DO, ISN'T IT? WE'RE AT 24 DUPLEXES.
THE, THE PROBLEM IS, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE, WE DID LOOK AT HOW IT WORKS OUT WITH GOING INTO THE R FOUR.
YOU HAVE TO BASICALLY MAKE, UH, 4,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS ONCE YOU DO THE, YOU KNOW, ONCE THEN YOU HAVE TO ABIDE BY THE STREET, UM, UH, STANDARDS FOR THE U D C, WHICH IS AT MINIMUM 50.
SO ONCE YOU START INCLUDING ALL THOSE DEALS, THE, THE LOTS START GETTING LONGER.
AND WITH THE INCLUDED SETBACKS OF THE R FOUR 10 IN THE FRONT, 10 IN THE BACK, FIVE ON THE SIDES, YOUR ACTUAL BUILDABLE SQUARE FOOTAGE GETS SMALL.
SO YOU'RE NOW MORE AT MICRO UNITS THAN ACTUAL LIVABLE 1300 SQUARE FOOT UNITS.
SO YOU'RE CUTTING DOWN ON THE USABLE YES, SIR.
YEAH, THERE'S A, BECAUSE NOW YOU, YOU HAVE TO INCLUDE, BECAUSE STANDARD STREET STANDARDS SETBACKS, UH, PER LOT.
UH, THE DENSITY STAYS THE SAME, BUT IT'S JUST THAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE, THE ACTUAL UNIT GETS WAY SMALLER.
RIGHT ON, ON THE MULTIFAMILY, YOU DON'T HAVE THE INTERNAL SETBACKS.
THAT'S WHAT HE'S BASICALLY SAYING.
THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION I HAVE.
I WANT THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS TO, UH, OPINION ON THIS ONE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER KAMATH, UH, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER.
WHAT? YEAH, JUST QUICKLY, UM, THERE WAS NO OPPOSITION TO THIS, IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND YOU SAID THAT THE APARTMENT COMPLEX DOWN, I GUESS 500 FEET AWAY, THEY WERE BEFORE ZONING AT SOME POINT AND THERE WAS A BUNCH OF OPPOSITION.
IT WASN'T A ZONING CASE, IT WAS A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CASE.
UH, AND THERE WAS A, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF OPPOSITION TO IT? YES, SIR.
THE OPPOSITION WAS THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT REQUEST WAS FOR THREE STORIES.
UM, THEY WERE DENIED AND THEY STAYED AT TWO.
SO FOR THIS ONE, THERE'S NOTHING AND THE RM FOUR DOESN'T WORK FOR YOU BECAUSE IT, IT MAKES THE, UH, THE, THE, THE LIVING SPACE TOO SMALL? YES, SIR.
COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
THE, UM, THE PROPERTY THAT'S 500 FEET AWAY, THAT'S THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT'S ZONED IN F 33.
I, I CAN'T PULL UP MY ZONING MAP FOR WHATEVER REASON HERE.
I'M GLAD I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S HAVING THAT PROBLEM.
IS, DOES THAT ONE BACK UP TO M BOULEVARD WHERE IT HAS BEEN IMPROVED OR CAN YOU TELL ME LIKE WHEREABOUTS THAT, OR CAN SOMEONE PULL THAT UP? I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE MAUI LIKE ENDS AT A CERTAIN POINT, RIGHT? THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? YEAH.
LET'S SEE IF THEY HAVE LUCK UP PULLING IT UP ONLINE.
WE JUST HAVE A CAN WE GO UP ONE SLIDE? OH, JUST ONE SLIDE FROM THERE? NO, IT'S TWO, CORRECT? YEAH, BUT I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE EXTENDING JUST A PORTION OF IT.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER? I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT HE JUST SAID.
THAT PLEASE MR. TO, I'M SORRY.
THEY, I, I BELIEVE THEY WILL BE EXTENDING IT JUST A BIT.
UM, I THINK LIKE 50 FEET FOR SOME, SOME EXIT FOR EMERGENCY EXIT OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL, I AM SORRY.
I KNOW YOU SAID THIS BUT I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH.
HOW MANY UNITS ARE YOU PROPOSING? 24 DUPLEXES.
AND THOSE ARE, UM, SORRY, THOSE ARE TWO STORY UNITS? YES MA'AM.
AND THESE ARE ALL GONNA BE FOR RENT? THEY'RE GONNA BE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED BY YES MA'AM.
PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY? YES, MA'AM.
AND, UM, WHAT, SINCE YOU'RE MAYBE TARGETING STUDENT HOUSING IS WHAT I HEARD YOU SAY, WHAT KIND OF RENTAL RATES ARE YOU LOOKING AT? AT THE MOMENT? WE'RE STILL RUNNING, UH, COMPS, BUT WE, WE DO WANNA MAKE SURE IT STAYS ATTAINABLE.
SO, YOU KNOW, THERE'S, UM, YOU KNOW, STUDENTS ADMINISTRATION CAN ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, RENT THESE, RIGHT.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE, THERE'S NOT A LOT THERE SO THERE'S NOT A LOT OF COMPS.
ONCE PALOMINO GOES UP, MAYBE WE'LL HAVE SOME MORE IDEA OF IT, BUT, UM, OUR TARGET AUDIENCE IS DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE THAT ATTEND PALO ALTO.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY RIGHT.
UM, CAN WE GO DOWN ONE SLIDE PLEASE?
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UH, MAYBE ANOTHER SLIDE, THE ONE WITH THE SITE PLAN PLEASE.UM, SO YOU KNOW, THE WAY THE SITE PLAN LOOKS CURRENTLY, IF MALLY BOULEVARD IS EVENTUALLY IMPROVED, THERE CAN BE A POTENTIAL SECOND EXIT HERE.
AND THAT'S GONNA BE MAINTAINED THE, THE, THE POSSIBILITY OF ACCESS IF MALLY IS IMPROVED? YES.
I, I MEAN, IF ONCE THE CITY, UH, I GUESS COMES AND, AND IMPROVES IT, WE, WE CAN DEFINITELY COME BACK AND MAYBE MAKING A CONNECTION THERE.
AND THIS IS A REMARKABLY SKINNY, UH, LOT.
IT'S 131 BY EIGHT 30 AND MOST OF THOSE LOTS ARE VERY SKINNY TOO, VERY LONG.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? SEEING NONE, UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR CASE COMMISSIONER KAMATH TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION.
THE, UH, I STILL, I HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR THE SERIES STAFF ON THIS RMM FOUR.
UH, IF THEY DIVVY UP THIS INTO SMALLER LOTS, UH, DO THEY HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED AS A, UH, ONE SINGLE LOT FOR THE ENTIRE, UH, OR THEY HAVE TO BE SEPARATED EACH LOT? NO, THAT'S THE, YEAH, THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE.
THEY WOULD HAVE SOME SUBDIVISION TO DO.
AND THE REASON THEY PREFER THE MF IS BECAUSE IT TAKES AWAY THE INTERNAL SETBACK REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ARE REQUIRED TO HAVE THE RMM FOUR SETBACKS FOR FRONT REAR INSIGHTS.
OH, BUT WILL THEY HAVE TO AMEND THE LOT INTO SMALLER LOTS? YES.
SO THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE LIKE, UH, WHAT, 24 LOTS? I, I DON'T KNOW IF THE, IF IT, THEY COULD, WOULD ACTUALLY, THE MATH WOULD COME OUT TO THAT.
THAT'S WHAT IT COMES OUT TO BASED ON THE SQUARE.
WE'RE NOT TALKING BUILDABLE AREA, LIKE HE'S TALKING ABOUT, WE'RE TALKING 2.49 ACRES AND THEN TAKING THAT NUMBER AND DOING THE MATH AND DIVIDING BY THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LOT FOR RM FOUR, WHICH IS 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND SO, UH, BASED ON THAT, IT ALLOWS UP TO 24, UH, 27 INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL LOTS PROPERTIES.
THE, UH, THERE'S LOT OF AMENING, THE LARGE, A LOT OF THEM.
UM, IT IS VERY, UH, DIFFICULT FOR ME TO DECIDE ON THIS, BUT WITH THE, UM, RECOMMENDATION OF THIS CITY STAFF AS AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION, UM, I PROPOSED TO DENY THIS APPLICANT FOR THE REZONING TO, UH, TO MAKE THIS MF UM, APPLICANT APPLICATION.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
ANY DISCUSSION TO MY LEFT? COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? I THINK THE THING, UM, THAT I QUESTION ON THIS DEVELOPMENT MOST IS JUST THE SINGLE ACCESS POINT.
UM, AND THE FACT THAT WE JUST HAVE THAT LONG DRIVE THAT GOES DOWN.
I DON'T, THE DENSITY DOESN'T NECESSARILY BOTHER ME, UM, HERE AS MUCH.
AND I THINK THAT GIVEN THE GROWTH IN THIS AREA, THAT, UM, WE DEFINITELY NEED THE HOUSING THERE, BUT I REALLY HAVE A, I STRUGGLE WITH THE SINGLE ACCESS POINT.
I THINK THAT'S KIND OF, I'M HAVING A HARD TIME GETTING OVER THAT.
I MEAN, WE WOULD, YOU KNOW, IF THE, WE DID.
UH, YEAH, I, I'M KIND OF UN UNDECIDED ON, ON THIS ONE.
UM, AS, AS COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE MENTIONED, I, I'M NOT CONCERNED ABOUT THE DENSITY HERE EITHER.
UM, AND YEAH, I, I SEE THE A, YOU KNOW, THE ONE ACCESS POINT AS, AS POTENTIALLY AN ISSUE.
BUT, UM, THIS IS A, THIS IS A, A CLOSE CALL FOR ME.
I, I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE AREA LIKE, LIKE COMMISSIONER KAMATH DOES AND, UH, AS IT IS IN, IN HIS DISTRICT.
BUT, UM, AGAIN, I, I THINK, I THINK THE DENSITY WOULD BE OKAY HERE AND, UM, IT WOULD BE QUITE BURDENSOME ON THE APPLICANT TO, UH, AS HE STATED TO, TO,
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TO GO WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WHITE TO MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
UM, I'M, I'M WITH MY COLLEAGUES.
I, I DO SEE SOME NEED THERE FOR HOUSING IN THAT AREA, BUT THE SINGLE ENTRY POINT IS GIVING ME DIFFICULTY TO SUPPORT THAT.
UM, AND I, AND I ALSO UNDERSTAND STAFF'S SUBJECTIVE AND PURPOSE HERE WITH RECOMMENDING THE RMM FOUR.
I JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WORKS FOR WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO CARVE OUT.
UM, I, I MEAN I ALMOST KIND OF WANNA ASK MY COMMISSIONER IF YOU MIGHT RECONSIDER THE MOTION AND POSSIBLY CONTINUE THE CASE SO THAT THE APPLICANT CAN CONTINUE AND MAYBE HAVE SOME DIALOGUE WITH THE CITY TO SEE, UH, IF THERE'S ANY WAY TO EXPLORE, UM, AN IMPROVEMENT THERE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT THE APPLICANT'S WILLING EITHER, BUT THAT'S JUST MY SUGGESTION.
ALRIGHT, SO WE DO HAVE A MOTION AND SECOND, ALTHOUGH WE WILL POTENTIALLY ENTERTAIN.
UH, WE COULD POTENTIALLY ENTERTAIN ANOTHER MOTION.
SHOULD THIS MOTION FAIL RIGHT NOW BECAUSE WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS MOTION AS IT STANDS.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, I'M SORRY, MY QUESTION'S ACTUALLY FOR STAFF AND JUST, I AGREE WITH, UH, MY COMMISSIONERS.
I DO FEEL THAT THIS AREA DOES NEED MORE HOUSING, BUT REAL, I MEAN, TO BE REALISTIC, IS THERE ANY WAY TO HAVE THAT, I GUESS THE BACKSTREET TO BE, HAVE AN ACCESS FOR THEM, REAL REALISTICALLY, HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE FOR C D TO RESPOND TO THAT, TO EVEN FIX THAT OR EVEN HAVE THERE AN OPTION BEFORE HE GOES TO COUNCIL? YEAH, THAT'S, I MEAN, IT IT'S BASED ON A POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
WE COULD GET TRAFFIC TO LOOK AT IT TENTATIVELY, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE A, A FEASIBLE SOLUTION BY THE TIME IT GOES TO COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
UH, BRIEF DISCUSSION FROM ME, WHICH IS, UM, I DO NOT THINK THAT THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS WORKABLE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, SORT OF AS A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, EVEN THOUGH IT KIND OF HEDGES INTO AESTHETICS.
NOT IDEAL BECAUSE WE WOULD HAVE A PRIVATE ROAD ALONG, I WOULD IMAGINE ONE SIDE OF THIS PROPERTY, THIS VERY NARROW, UH, LONG PROPERTY.
UH, SO I THINK THE MF 25 IS A BETTER SOLUTION.
THE SINGLE ACCESS POINT IS GOING TO BE THE CASE WHETHER WE ACCEPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR THE REQUEST.
AND SO RESPECTFULLY, UH, TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS AND RESPECTFULLY TO COMMISSIONER KAMATH, I AM GOING TO VOTE IN OPPOSITION TO THE CURRENT MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THAT BEING SAID, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION.
THE, UH, CAN I MAKE THAT MOTION? YOU CAN.
UH, I, I MOVE THAT WE, UH, GET A CONTINUANCE ON THIS, UH, FOR TWO WEEKS.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE MAY 17TH HEARING.
I'M GONNA GO WITH COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL AS IT IS HER LAST MEETING.
UM, ALRIGHT, SO ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? YES.
SO I KNOW WE, WE WE, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT HOW RMM FOUR WOULD ALLOW 27.
I KNOW THE APPLICANT, UM, IN, IN MY OPINION CORRECTLY STATED THAT THAT'S KIND OF UNWORKABLE TO GET 27 JUST BY THE, THE WAY THAT YOU WOULD DO ROADS AND EVERYTHING ELSE SETBACKS.
BUT I'M ALSO WONDERING IF OKAY, RMM 20, RMM FOUR WOULD WORK WITH LESS UNITS.
SO YOU WOULD GET IN ORDER IN ORDER TO MAKE RMM FOUR WORK.
IT'S NOT THAT IT'S COMPLETELY UNWORKABLE, IT'S UNWORKABLE AT 27 UNITS COULD BE WORKABLE AT 18 UNITS.
SO I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE CONTINUANCE 'CAUSE THAT COULD BE AN OPTION TO LOOK AT.
UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? YEAH.
COMMISSIONER KAMATH, ANOTHER SUGGESTION
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TO THE APPLICANT IS IF YOU TALK TO YOUR NEIGHBORING THE OWNERS OF THE LOTS, IF YOU ADD, UH, MAYBE ANOTHER LOT TO THIS, IT'LL, UH, IT'LL HELP THE ELEVATE THE SITUATION WHERE THEY DON'T HAVE SUCH A SKINNY, UH, PASS THROUGH FOR THOSE BUILDINGS.YOU KNOW, YOU CAN SPACE THEM OUT WITH THE TWO LOTS.
NOT NEXT TO US, BUT THE ONE NEXT TO THE MF 50, UH, 33.
THE, UH, IT'S FOR SALE, BUT YOU KNOW, THAT'S LIKE 400 FEET AWAY.
WE WOULD'VE TO FIND A WAY TO CONVINCE THE OWNER NEXT TO US.
I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, I, I WILL DEFINITELY LOOK AT THE FOUR DEAL.
UM, ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER WATSON, A COUPLE THINGS THAT WOULD HELP ME, UM, FOR NEXT TIME, UH, SINCE STAFF RECOMMENDATION REFLECTED A HISTORY OF OPPOSITION IN THE AREA, IN ADDITION TO SPEAKING TO THE PALO ALTO LEADERSHIP, IF YOU HAD SOME ADDITIONAL FEEDBACK FROM COMMUNITY OUTREACH FROM YOUR SURROUNDING LOT OWNERS AND NEIGHBORS, SO WE HAD A BETTER FEEL FOR THEIR POSITION ON THIS AND ANY ISSUES THEY HAD, I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, POTENTIALLY SUPPORTING, UM, THIS NEXT TIME.
AND, UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, ECHOING COMMISSIONER S SIPS RECOMMENDATION, IF YOU COULD POTENTIALLY LOOK AT SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, LAYOUTS WITH RMM FOUR THAT WOULD ALSO HELP, UM, TO PERSUADE ME FULLY WHY YOU NEED THE BIG MF 25 REZONES.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? COMMISSIONERS.
SEEING NONE, THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE MAY 17TH HEARING, UH, BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
UH, WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON NOW TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE.
THE TIME IS TWO 17 AND COMMISSIONER WHITE IS STEPPING OUT OF THE HEARING.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MARCO AVI, PLANNING COORDINATOR FOR ZONING.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS LOCATED AT 1351.
1357 SOUTH GENERAL MCMULLIN GOING FROM R SIX M L O D TWO M R ONE, AND A H O D TWO I D Z ONE.
ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN IN THE SAME WITH THESE PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS.
19 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT, ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, 10 OPPOSED.
AND THE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
THE EXISTING R SIX UH, DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA OR OPPOSED I D Z ONE WITH THESE PERMITTED FOR SIX WALL UNITS.
ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA ALONG MAJOR HIGHWAY LAKE SITE HIGHWAY 90.
THE PROPOSED ZONING ALSO PROVIDES TRANSITION FROM THE C TWO AND A TO THE NORTH AND COMPLIMENTS THE MF 33 TO THE WEST.
THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WILL ALSO PROVIDE ANOTHER HOUSING OPTION FOR THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF THE APPLICANT CAN COME FORWARD, PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US YOUR ADDRESS AND, UH, TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
MY ADDRESS IS 3 4 6 PRECIOUS, UH, 7 8 2 3 7.
UH, I, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY PUT THE PICTURE, BUT I I DIDN'T GET A PICTURE.
NO, I AM REZONING IT, UM, TO I D Z.
IF I COULD PUT THE SIX UNITS ON HERE.
I DID GET THE, I KNOW THE PARKING SITUATION WAS A PROBLEM, SO I FIGURED OUT HOW TO BE ABLE TO PARK.
I THINK LIKE ABOUT 15 CARS THERE.
OH, AND I KNOW THEY SAID THE PARKING SITUATION WAS APOLLO.
I DON'T KNOW THESE ARE NEEDED BUT I TOOK PICTURES OF DIFFERENT DAYS, UM, DAYS AND TIMES.
THE DAYS AND TIMES ARE IN THE BED.
MR. HERNANDEZ, YOU CAN ACTUALLY STAFF IF YOU COULD JUST HAND IT UP TO US, WE CAN PASS 'EM ALONG.
OH, HERE'S UH, BETTER PICTURES IF YOU GUYS WANNA SEE THEM.
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I'M NOT TOO SURE WHAT ELSE TO SAY.UH, IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS WE'LL CALL YOU BACK UP AND YOU WILL HAVE A CHANCE FOR A SHORT RE REBUTTAL SHARING.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES SIR.
ALRIGHT, MS. PENA, IF YOU WOULD COME UP, TELL US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND YOUR POSITION ON THIS REZONING REQUEST.
UM, VELMA PENA, 1210 PATTON BOULEVARD.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY 'CAUSE UH, HE DID, WE DID SEE THIS, UH, THESE PICTURES WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GRASP THE PARKING.
UM, I DID ASK ALSO WHAT TYPE OF MATERIAL HE WAS GONNA USE ON THE DRIVEWAYS AND ON THE ENTRANCE.
AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE MANY TIMES.
HE'S NOT THERE EVERY DAY ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO, UH, WE DID HAVE ONE, UM, MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY SAY THAT HE LIKED THE WAY THEY LOOKED.
UH, NO ONE ELSE COMMENT ON THEM BECAUSE THEY'RE JUST AFRAID OF THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GONNA BRING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I DIDN'T GET ANY CHANGES AS FAR AS SOMEBODY TELLING ME, YAY, UH, GO FOR IT.
UH, I DO KNOW WE NEED HOUSING.
I DID ASK THE APPLICANT IF HE COULD REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF UNITS.
UH, MAYBE THAT WOULD ALSO HELP.
HE, HE, UH, DENIED UH, HE DIDN'T WANT TO.
UM, AND SO I ALSO BELIEVE THAT HE CHANGED THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON EACH, UM, BUILDING OR RESIDENT.
AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS NOW.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT, IT IS BIGGER NOW, SO IF THEY'RE BIGGER, IT'S LESS SPACE.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE CARS, HE PUTS I THINK THREE CARS ON EACH AREA SO THEY'RE ALL SMACKED IN THERE, SQUEEZED IN THERE LIKE SAUSAGES.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU
IT'S JUST, UH, THE COMMUNITY JUST IS JUST VERY CONCERNED.
UH, MR. HERNANDEZ, IF YOU'D LIKE A LITTLE REBUTTAL, PLEASE COME BACK TO THAT.
UH, THE ONE THAT LEFT THE VOICEMAIL LAST TIME, EDDIE, HE HAS TWO LOTS.
UM, HE WAS THE ONE THAT AGAINST THAT WAS AGAINST IT.
HE CALLED ME THE OTHER DAY AND SAID THAT HE WAS FOR IT NOW.
WE PLAYED THE VOICEMAILS LAST TIME.
SO WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAY 'EM AGAIN.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. HERNANDEZ.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA SAY IN REBUTTAL? I DID MAKE 'EM A LITTLE BIT BIGGER BECAUSE I THOUGHT ABOUT A WASHER AND DRYER AND WATER HEATER, SO I HAD TO MAKE 'EM A LITTLE TED BIGGER.
UH, SO THEY'RE, IT'S 7 68 NOW.
AND IS THAT THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU SUBMITTED WITH THIS? UM, WITH THIS I D Z APPLICATION? SIR, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU SUBMITTED? YES.
UM, THIS IS, IS THERE ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? I'M SORRY, I THINK WE SORT OF SKIPPED OVER A STEP.
OR AT LEAST A QUESTION FROM ME.
IN THAT CASE, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE UH, CASE.
AND SO IT IS TO ME FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. HERNANDEZ, YOU CAME HERE BEFORE AND I BELIEVE YOU WERE SEEKING UP TO 14 UNITS.
HOW MANY UNITS WERE YOU SEEKING BEFORE? SIX UNITS? SIX UNITS.
UM, BUT YOU WERE SEEKING AN MF 18? YES.
MF 33 AND THEN I DROPPED IT TO MF 18 AND THEN NOW WE'RE, OKAY.
AND NOW WE HAVE AN I D Z TWO AND YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU WILL BE, UH, STUCK WITH THIS SITE PLAN MORE OR LESS? YES.
SHOULD THIS BODY AND THEN THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THIS REQUEST? YES.
UH, NOW YOU SUBMITTED SOME QUESTION, I'M SORRY, YOU SUBMITTED SOME PHOTOS REGARDING PARKING.
UH, CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH THOSE PHOTOS? I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE 'EM IN FRONT OF YOU 'CAUSE THEY'RE GOING UP AND DOWN THE DAIS HERE.
UH, BUT CAN YOU SORT OF TELL US WHAT YOU THINK THOSE PHOTOS SHOULD SHOW? THIS COMMISSION? I JUST WENT EVERY, UH, FOR A WHOLE WEEK.
JUST RANDOM DAYS, RANDOM TIMES.
UH, MONDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, ALL THE WAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
JUST RANDOM TIMES AND RANDOM DAYS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A, A PARKING WARS AND IF THEY HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE PARKING OUTSIDE AND THEY DON'T.
SO WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, UM, THIS IS FOR EXAMPLE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THIS PHOTO.
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ALRIGHT.UM, WHAT IS YOUR INTENTION, UH, WITH THESE PROPERTIES? UH, FOR SALE? FOR LEASE? NO, FOR LEASE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS OPEN IT UP TO YOU.
AND ACTUALLY I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION, BUT THIS IS FOR STAFF.
ONE OF THE ISSUES RAISED HAS BEEN, UM, THAT THIS AREA IS GOING TO BE SUBJECT TO A LARGE AREA REZONING IN THE FUTURE.
DO WE ANTICIPATE, DO WE KNOW WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN? UM, NO.
THEY'RE WORKING ON A DIFFERENT AREA, BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE NEXT, LET'S SAY SIX MONTHS OR SO.
UM, AND WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF A LARGE AREA REZONING? GENERALLY A LARGE AREA REZONING, UH, REQUIRES THAT STAFF TAKE A CITY COUNCIL REQUEST THAT WAS SUBMITTED, UM, FOR AN AREA FOR A SPECIFIED AREA.
SO IT WOULD BE LIKE STREETS THAT ENCOMPASS GENERAL MC, MULLEN PATTON, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, A SPECIFIED AREA.
AND THEN A STAFF, THE LARGE AREA ZONING REZONING TEAM WORKS WITH THEM TO HAVE COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, AND REVIEW ZONING IN THE AREA.
SO, UH, STAFF WILL LOOK AT WHAT IS ON THE GROUND VERSUS HOW THE PROPERTY IS ZONED AND TRY TO GET THAT ZONING TO HOW THE PROPERTY IS BEING USED TODAY.
AND SO IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE THESE TWO, AND I BELIEVE THESE ARE TWO LOTS, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
THE LARGE AREA REZONING IS GOING TO BE A GENERAL REZONING.
AND SO, AND WE KNOW THAT, WE DO KNOW THAT THEY CAN'T BE COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF THE PROXIMITY TO THE HIGHWAY, TO GENERAL MCMULLEN BECAUSE WHEN, UM, MR. HERNANDEZ STARTED THIS PROCESS, HE DID TRY TO GO COMMERCIAL AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DO THAT BECAUSE THERE IS NO ACCESS OTHER THAN FROM PATTON BOULEVARD.
IS THAT TRUE WITH MULTIFAMILY AS WELL? THAT IT CAN'T 'CAUSE YOU NEED ACCESS TO GENERAL MCMULLEN? OH, IT, A RESIDENTIAL ZONE WOULD, WAS A BETTER FIT FOR HIM.
SO HE STARTED OFF WITH MF 33, THEN WENT DOWN TO M 18, AND THEN NOW, UM, PER THE RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE A SITE PLAN SO THAT HE HAS A, A SOLID PLAN THAT HE HAS TO STICK TO, HE'S GONE TO I D Z TOO.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, UM, THIS IS A DIFFICULT CASE.
UM, MR. HERNANDEZ, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU, UH, FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND PROVIDING THIS SITE PLAN, MS. PENA, OF COURSE, I UNDERSTAND THE, THE NEIGHBOR'S, UM, CONCERNS REGARDING PARKING.
I KNOW THAT THERE WERE SOME OTHER ISSUES REGARDING TRASH PICKUP AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SOME OF THOSE, UH, AND NOW I'M GONNA GET IN TROUBLE WITH MY CITY COUNCIL OFFICE, UH, CAN BE TAKEN CARE OF INDEPENDENTLY THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL OFFICE.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, UM, UNDERSTANDING SORT OF THE BALANCING NEEDS HERE.
LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I THINK 15 MIGHT BE A LITTLE TIGHT TO GET EVERYTHING IN THERE, BUT I THINK CERTAINLY, UH, THERE WOULD APPEAR TO BE AT LEAST, UH, 12 PARKING SPOTS HERE, I THINK FAIRLY EASILY THAT, YOU KNOW, ARE SIMILAR TO THE KIND OF PARKING I HAVE AT MY HOUSE THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE TWO CARS RIGHT IN A ROW.
UM, SO THE PARKING SITUATION HAS BEEN ADDRESSED THERE.
I THINK LOCKING YOU INTO THE SITE PLAN WAS VERY IMPORTANT.
AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU CHANGING YOUR REQUEST TO AN I D Z TWO.
UM, AND THIS, I'M SORRY, I HAVE TO CORRECT THAT I D Z ONE, SHE CAME OVER
YES, IT, IT, BOTH OF US CLEARLY CANNOT READ
OH WAIT, CAN I BLAME YOU FOR THIS? SURE.
IS THAT, IS THAT WHAT I CAN DO? OKAY, GOOD.
NO ID Z ONE I I HAD IT WRONG IN MY, I HAD IT WRONG IN MY MIND TOO.
UM, SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THESE TWO PROPERTIES ARE PROBLEMATIC GIVEN THEIR LOCATION THAT, THAT AT THE END OF A DEAD END ON PATENT, THAT THEY ARE REMARKABLY CLOSE TO THE ENTRYWAY TO US 90.
UM, AND SO AS A RESULT, I'M GOING TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED, WHICH IS I D Z ONE, UH, FOR THIS ITEM.
UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, I'M GONNA GO WITH YOU.
UM, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT.
AND I'M SORRY MS. HAVE MISSED SOMETHING.
SO THESE UNITS ARE 768 SQUARE FEET.
WERE THEY TWO BEDROOM OR ONE BEDROOM? TWO BEDROOMS, TWO BEDROOM? MM-HMM.
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IT'S JUST ONE APARTMENT PER UNIT? YES.COMMISSIONER SIPES, I, I THINK THIS IS A, ACTUALLY A REALLY GOOD USE OF, OF I D Z AND THE, THE PARKING IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT, UM, I'M SURE A LOT OF US WHO LIVE IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, THAT'S HOW I PARK AT HOME, IS WHOEVER GETS HOME FIRST PARKS IN FRONT AND WHOEVER PARK GETS HOME LAST IS BEHIND AND MAY HAVE TO MOVE IN THE MORNING.
UM, AND SO I I CONSIDERING ITS LOCATION, I, I THINK THIS IS, I WANNA SALUTE THE APPLICANT FOR, FOR COMING UP WITH A, A SOLUTION I THINK IS ACTUALLY REALLY WELL, WELL DONE.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION WE GET HIGH PRAISE FROM THE ARCHITECT.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? YES.
SO I DO APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT IN PROVIDING HIS, UM, HIS DRAW DRAW LAYOUT HERE.
BUT YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THE PARKING AND I'M THINKING, YEAH, YOUR RESIDENCE WILL BE PARKING ON THE STREET.
UH, THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN GET THREE CARS IN THERE AND HAVE A, AND HAVE A, UH, NOT AN ARGUMENT AMONGST THE, UH, THE, THE RESIDENTS.
SO I'M STILL NOT SURE IF I'M GONNA SUPPORT THIS.
UM, YEAH, SO I, I THINK THAT THIS IS, UH, IN JUST KINDA GOING OFF WHAT YOU SAID, THIS IS A DIFFICULT LOT AND I THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY GOOD USE OF A LOT THAT OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE ANOTHER USE.
UM, I THINK IT'D BE VERY HARD TO BUILD A SINGLE FAMILY HOME OR EVEN A DUPLEX HERE, UM, AND, AND MAKE IT, UM, A GOOD USE OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND I ALSO THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR CODE SAYS, I BELIEVE IT'S ONE AND A HALF PARKING SPACES PER UNIT.
SO I THINK WE'VE MORE SO I THINK WE'VE MORE THAN IF, IF IT WERE NOT I D Z, IF IT WERE JUST LIKE AN MF 18 OR SOMETHING.
SO I THINK THAT THE APPLICANT HAS MORE THAN ACCOMMODATED THE PARKING.
AND YES, THERE MAY BE SOME STREET PARKING, BUT THESE ARE SMALL UNITS, IT'S NOT GOING TO BE PROBABLY LARGE FAMILIES LIVING IN THEM.
SO I THINK THAT REALLY, UM, HE'S DONE THE BEST THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, UH, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER NINE BY ME WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
WE ARE ON TO OUR LAST REQUEST OF THE DAY.
BEST AKA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ARM NUMBER 11 IS LOCATED AT THREE 17 EAST THEO AVENUE.
GOING FROM R FIVE TO I D C TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS.
THERE WERE 15 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN THE 200 FEET AND NO RESPONSE FROM LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING R FIVE IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED I D Z TWO, MEDIUM DENSITY, MEDIUM INTENSITY AND FIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR AGE DWELLING UNITS, INTRODUCES DENSITY NOT ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE AREA.
THE HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING ENCROACHES INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO AN ANSWER.
ANY QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IF THERE'S THE APPLICANT PRESENT, PLEASE COME UP, GIVE US YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND TELL US WHY YOU'RE SEEKING THIS REZONING.
I'M HERE AS THE PROJECT ARCHITECT AND I'M AT 4 1 4 CHADWELL IN 7 8 2 2 8.
UM, IS THIS AN APPROPRIATE TIME TO GIVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO START OFF? YES.
UH, I BROUGHT A SLIDESHOW ALONG, CAN YOU HELP ME PULL IT UP PLEASE? AND I HAVE A, A TOUGH TIME WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING, BUT I'M GONNA DO MY BEST TO CHUG THROUGH, SO I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE IF IT'S A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE.
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I'M NOT SURE, BUT I HAVE A BACKUP FLASH DRIVE.I'M HERE AS A PROJECT ARCHITECT, UM, BUT ALSO MY WIFE AND I OWN THIS PROJECT IN SITE.
UH, IF THIS REQUEST WERE TO BE APPROVED, WE WOULD BE THE DEVELOPER FOR THE PROJECT.
THE FIRST SLIDE IS A QUICK REFERENCE IMAGE THAT'LL GIVE YOU SOME CONTEXT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE TALKING.
WE'RE LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE URBAN LOOP DOWNTOWN AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND THEO STREET.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THAT WE'RE LOCATED JUST ACROSS THE RIVER FROM MISSION CONCEPTION PARK AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER FOUNDATION INSTALLATION, WHICH IS A LOOKOUT POINT.
UM, CAN WE PLEASE SEE THE NEXT SLIDE? SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION.
YOU CAN SEE OUR PROXIMITY TO DOWNTOWN.
THIS IS LOCATED IN THE DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO 2020 NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND WE FEEL THAT THIS IS AN URBAN SITE MORE OR LESS.
WE'RE ALSO AT AN IMPORTANT CONTEXTUAL SHIFT BETWEEN A LOT OF PUBLIC SPACE TO THE EAST AND A LONGSTANDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE WEST WITH LOTS OF VARIED RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER.
CAN WE GET THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? HERE'S A QUICK CONTEXT ON THE BUILDINGS THAT IMMEDIATELY SURROUND OUR SITE.
SO IT'S VERY TYPICAL OF THIS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT LANDLOCKED INLAND SITES ARE VERY MODEST SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY AND RIVER BOUND SITES AS SHOWN IN C AND D ARE VERY LARGE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SITES, APPROXIMATELY THIRTY FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY NINE HUNDRED SQUARE FEET EACH ACCORDING TO B CAD JUST NORTH AND SOUTH.
UH, BOTH OF THOSE ALSO HAVE A D U SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH WE'LL TALK ABOUT A LITTLE LATER.
UH, IMAGE E AT THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER SHOWS YOU THAT RIVER FOUND INSTALLATION AND THE PROMINENCE OF OUR SITE ALONG THE RIVER, THE TRAILS ACROSS RIVER, WHICH GIVES YOU AN EVEN BETTER A VANTAGE OF THE SITE.
SO WE THINK IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT AESTHETICALLY.
UH, SO LET'S TAKE A LOOK QUICK LOOK AT THE BASE CASE SCENARIO OF THIS SITE.
THIS IS A 15,000 FOOT SQUARE R FIVE SITE.
SO PENDING A RE PLATTING, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED ANYWAY, THIS IS ESSENTIALLY THREE CONFORMING R FIVE LOTS.
IF WE FOLLOW THE RECOMMENDED ZONING THERE, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
AND IF WE LOOK TO THE 2020 CENSUS, THAT AVERAGE HOME SIZE IS PROBABLY GONNA BE 2300 SQUARE FEET.
THESE SITES ARE EACH ALSO ENTITLED TO ONE A D U AT 800 SQUARE FEET.
SO IF WE COMBINE ALL THAT AND REFERENCE IT AGAINST OUR TWO CLOSEST REFERENCE POINTS, THE PROPERTIES DIRECTLY NORTH AND SOUTH, UH, THAT CHECKS OUT.
IT SEEMS LIKE THAT'S WHAT WOULD HAPPEN.
UM, SO IF WE TOTAL IT UP THAT'S SIX DWELLING UNITS ON THREE LOTS, WE WOULD END UP WITH A SIDE FACADE ADDRESSING THE RIVER IN A TOTALLY UNINTENTIONAL DESIGN KIND OF WAY.
AT THIS SCALE, THIS IS TYPICALLY A SPEC CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AND THOSE OFTEN COME WITH A LITTLE BIT LESS CONSIDERATE DESIGN.
UM, THIS SCENARIO IS ALSO A HIGH COST SOCIOECONOMIC OUTLIER IN OUR OPINION.
I MEAN, THESE ARE 600,000 SQUARE FOOT OR $600,000 HOMES.
SO WE, SO WE THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THE CONTEXT OF THIS SITE IN MIND THAT WE'RE PART OF A VERY IMPORTANT LINEAR CULTURAL CORRIDOR.
SO, YOU KNOW, THE BUBBLE SURROUNDING OUR SITE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'RE ALSO ALONG THE WORLD HERITAGE PARK AND THE MISSION REACH TRAIL MAP, WE THINK THAT NEEDS TO BE HONORED.
SO IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH OF US IS CONFLUENCE PARK, WHICH IS A WONDERFUL CULTURAL ADDITION JUST SOUTH OF US IS THE NEW BEXAR COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING AND FLANKING OUR SITE IN ALL DIRECTIONS IS A WIDE ARRAY OF VERY LARGE SCALE, AFFORDABLE AND ALSO MARKET RATE HOUSING.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
WE'RE PUTTING FORTH EIGHT DWELLING UNITS, ALL OF WHICH IS RENTAL HOUSING.
WE'VE GOT FIVE TOWN HOMES IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE AND A TRIPLEX IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE SITE.
WE'RE COMMITTING TO 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF CONDITION NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND WE'RE PROVIDING ADEQUATE NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES.
WE'RE NOT OVER PARKING IT AND WE'RE HIDING THAT ALL BEHIND A LANDSCAPING BUFFER IN A SINGLE CURB CUT.
SO IF WE WEIGH THESE TWO OUTCOMES, WE FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PROPOSED IS A MUCH BETTER DESIGN ORIENTED SOLUTION TO THE LEFT THE BASE CASE THAT BASED ON THE CENSUS MEDIAN HOME SIZE AND AN A D U COMES OUT TO 9,400 SQUARE FEET OF TOTAL CONSTRUCTION.
WE'RE PROPOSING 8,000 MAX AND WE FEEL LIKE IT'S EASY TO STEP BACK FROM THERE.
UM, THE FLOOR AREA RATIO TO THE LEFT IS 0.62.
WE'RE LOWER THAN THAT AT 0.53.
THE SCENARIO TO THE LEFT PROVIDES SIX DWELLING UNITS AND WE PROVIDE EIGHT.
AND AS A DWELLING UNIT PER ACRE CALCULATION, OUR TOTALS HIGHER.
BUT AS A TOTAL BUILT VOLUME WE'RE SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER.
AND I THINK MANY COULD AGREE THAT A THREE BEDROOM HOME AND A ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT ARE MUCH DIFFERENT USE INTENSITY.
SO THE TOTAL USE INTENSITY IS PROBABLY EQUIVALENT IN MY MIND.
UM, AND THEN MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE AVERAGE UNIT SIZE TO THE LEFT IS OVER 1500 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS NOT AN ATTAINABLE NEW CONSTRUCTION UNIT.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING A MAXIMUM AVERAGE UNIT SIZE OF A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET, WHICH BY ITS VERY NATURE IS, IS MORE APPROPRIATE WE THINK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
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NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.SO THE FORM RELATED ADVANTAGES TO THE BASE CASE, WE'RE PROPOSING A SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN DRIVEN BY ARCHITECTS.
IT'S NOT A STANDARD R FIVE LOT.
THIS IS NOT AN INBOARD RESIDENTIAL LOT.
UH, WE'RE PROPOSING LESS OVERALL BUILDING MASS THAT RESPECTS THE PUBLIC VIEW CORRIDOR ALONG THE RIVER AND ALSO PRESENTS A SCALE APPROPRIATE FACADE TO THEO STREET WITH ONE RESIDENTIAL FRONT.
UM, OUR PARKING IS ALSO MORE EASILY CONCEALED THAN THE BASE CASE SCENARIO, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THREE DOUBLE IN CURB CUTS, WHICH IS A A TOUGH TRAFFIC SCENARIO.
UH, WE THINK THERE'S A LOT OF SOCIOECONOMIC ADVANTAGES TOO.
UM, WE'RE PROVIDING MIDDLE OF THE ROAD, MISSING MIDDLE RENTAL HOUSING.
I MEAN THIS IS LIKE SQUARELY IN THAT BAND AND IT'S WIDELY REP UNDERREPRESENTED THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
TENANTS DO NOT HAVE THIS OPTION.
UM, THEY'RE ALSO MODEST ATTAINABLE UNIT SIZES.
WE THINK THIS PROPOSES A LOCATION EQUITY COMPONENT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT WHERE THE TENANT COMMUNITY CAN ACCESS A PREMIER SITE AT A REASONABLE SCALE, UH, WHICH YOU KNOW, IS NOT COMMONLY AVAILABLE.
UH, WE ALSO THINK IT'S A BETTER PEDESTRIAN STREET SCAPE, ESPECIALLY ON THE RIVER, WHICH GETS A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC.
SO THIS ALIGNS DIRECTLY WITH A LOT OF THE GOALS THAT WE'VE PROPOSED FOR DOWNTOWN.
I'LL CRUISE THROUGH 'EM REALLY QUICKLY, BUT HAPPY TO COME BACK.
UM, GOAL SIX OF NINE, EMPHASIZE MISSILE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING FOR BOTH TENANTS AND OWNERS HOUSING.
RECOMMENDATION TWO, ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND NEIGHBORHOODS AND TRANSITION AREAS THROUGH CONTEXT SENSITIVE DESIGN AND SMALL SCALE INFILL AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY 2.3 ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL HOUSING BY ALLOWING FOR SMALLER LOTS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND MISSING MIDDLE DENSITY HOUSING TYPES.
OKAY, SO FORM RELATED CONTROLS ARE REALLY IMPORTANT AND THE SA TOMORROW PLAN AND ST STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK PLAN NOTE THIS AS THE BEST ALTERNATIVE METHOD TO FACILITATE THE CONTINUED CREATION OF DIVERSIFIED HOUSING OPTIONS, AS CALLED FOR BY THE SA TOMORROW PLANNING GOAL SIX.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL FITS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE EXISTING SETBACK CONTROLS AND HEIGHT LIMITATIONS.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IF THIS WAS ONE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE WITH THAT FOOTPRINT, IT WOULD BE APPROVABLE TODAY.
SO FROM A FORM STANDPOINT, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING THAT CAN'T BE DONE ALREADY.
THIS IS ALSO ESSENTIALLY AN RMM FIVE PROPOSAL.
ALL OF THE USES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING FALL INTO THAT RMM FIVE TYPOLOGY AND THE CODE REFERENCES ARE THERE, BUT IT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST TIME FOR IT.
SO THESE TWO DIAGRAMS ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.
AND THE QUESTION HERE IS WHY IS I D Z REQUIRED? THE ONLY REASON I D Z IS REQUIRED OF THIS PROPOSAL AND IT'S NOT AN RMM FIVE PROPOSAL REQUEST, IS SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF OUR INTERNAL SITE ACCESS ON THE DIAGRAM TO THE RIGHT.
SO IF ALL THESE FRONTED THEO STREET, THEY'RE CONFIGURED IN A WAY THAT RMM FIVE IS ALLOWABLE AS A USE FROM A USE STANDPOINT, RMM FIVE IS TOTALLY APPROPRIATE.
UM, HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE'VE CONSOLIDATED THAT TRAFFIC ORIENTED, THE BUILDING TOWARDS THE RIVER TO BE A MORE SITE SPECIFIC CONTEXT, WE'RE NO LONGER AN RMM FIVE PROPOSAL.
UH, AND THIS IS ALL KIND OF MINUTIA TO THE IDZ TWO REQUEST.
WE'RE THE PERFECT TEAM TO DO THIS PROJECT ON THIS SITE.
UH, THIS IS OUR LAST PROJECT, ALMOST ENTIRELY THE SAME METRICS AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT ALMOST THE WHOLE DESIGN TEAM.
I'M ALSO A LICENSED REAL ESTATE BROKER IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
SO I'M A LICENSED CONTRACTOR AND WE THINK THAT THIS IS A REALLY DESIRABLE RENTAL ALTERNATIVE 'CAUSE WE'VE GOT A PRETTY STRONG WAIT LIST.
UH, ALSO THIS OFFERS A WIDE VARIETY OF A M I POINTS.
WE'RE TOTALLY UNSUBSIDIZED BUT WE'RE REACHING BELOW THAT 80% THRESHOLD VOLUNTARILY AND WE HAVE A HISTORY OF AIMING TO DO THAT WITHOUT BEING REQUIRED TO.
THESE ARE THE FIRST SOLAR DUPLEXES IN THE C P S SERVICE AREA AND THIS WON A 2020 SA DESIGN AWARD, UH, FROM THE LOCAL A I A NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
AND THIS IS, UH, THE I D Z SITE PLAN AS SUBMITTED.
UH, TOTALLY HAPPY TO GO IN OVER ANYTHING OR ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND WHEN YOU THINK I'LL CALM DOWN.
UH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL TO PLAY.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DIANA THOES.
MY ADDRESS IS ONE OH FIVE WEB STREET PHONE NUMBER, AREA CODE TWO TEN NINE NINE FIVE THIRTY FORTY THREE.
CASE NUMBER ENDING IN THE NUMBER 0 6 9.
I OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THREE 17 E CO AVENUE THAT IS CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING EIGHT FAMILY PLEX UNITS WITH A BUT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO MY PROPERTY.
THAT MEANS THAT A MINIMUM OF EIGHT VEHICLES WOULD ENTER AND EXIT RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO ME DAY
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AND NIGHT.IF THERE WERE TWO DRIVING PEOPLE PER UNIT, THAT WOULD BE 16 VEHICLES ENTERING AND EXITING AT ALL HOURS.
THAT MUCH EXTRA TRAFFIC MAKES IT MORE DANGEROUS FOR DRIVING AND WALKING CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE EVENINGS.
LIGHTS WOULD SHINE INTO BEDROOMS AND OTHER LIVING AREAS.
I AM ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT OUTDOOR LIGHTING ON THE EIGHT UNIT PREMISES.
THAT THAT WOULD INVADE MY PROPERTY.
I OPPOSE THE SPOT ZONING OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA WILL BE NEGATIVELY IMPACTED.
THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO APARTMENTS ON THIS BLOCK.
TAXES WILL BE RAISED CAUSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO BE REDUCED.
FAVORING REZONING WILL CAUSE THIS WILL CAUSE THIS HISPANIC NEIGHBORHOOD TO DISAPPEAR.
ALRIGHT, IS THAT IT? OKAY, COULD AND I'M SORRY I DIDN'T GET THE ADDRESS ON THAT.
WHAT WAS THE ADDRESS ON THAT VOICEMAIL? IT SAID WEST I THOUGHT, BUT, AND I CAN ELABORATE, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DIANA THORES.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 5 WEB STREET WEB WEBB WEBB.
ALRIGHT MR. BOWMAN, YOU WILL HAVE A FEW MINUTES FOR REBUTTAL.
UM, SO JUST TO AS A POINT OF CLARIFICATION, MS. TORRES OWNS THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR AND ALSO THE NEXT TWO PROPERTIES, WHICH ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY RENTALS.
UM, I THINK IT'S WORTH KEEPING THE TRAFFIC COUNTS IN MIND IN THIS CASE.
THIS IS A STREET THAT CROSSES THE RIVER, WHICH ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN, WHICH DRIVES A TON OF TRAFFIC.
AND I WAS LOOKING, UH, DURING SOME EARLIER VOICEMAILS OF THE TRAFFIC COUNTS AND THE TRAFFIC COUNT AT THEO IS MEASURED IN THOUSANDS OF CARS.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING A PEAK HOUR TRIP RATE OF EIGHT.
SO WE'RE, WE HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS TYPE AND CONFIGURATION OF UNIT SO THAT THE PREVIOUS REFERENCE PROJECT, WHICH I KNOW IS KIND OF INAPPROPRIATE TO PRESENT HERE, BUT WE KNOW AT THAT PROJECT 1.1 SPACES PER CAR IS ENTIRELY ADEQUATE.
IT'S THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF PARKING.
SO WHAT'S REQUIRED OF THIS SCENARIO TECHNICALLY IS 10 SPACES AS A, IF IT WERE A CONSOLIDATED PROPOSAL, IT WOULD REQUIRE 12.
WE'RE PROPOSING TO PROVIDE 13 AND THERE'S ALSO A BIKE LANE ON THEO AT THE FRONT PROPERTY LINE, WHICH WE RESPECT AND THINK IS A HUGE ASSET.
SO WE'RE DEFINITELY COMMITTED NOT TO CLOGGING UP THEO, WHICH IS A RELATIVELY PRIMARY STREET, BUT WRONG CLASSIFICATION TO SAY.
UM, AND WE'RE ALSO PROVIDING A SINGLE ACCESS POINT.
SO IF WE GO TO THE BASE CASE AND LOOK AT THREE DRIVEWAYS COMING IN AND OUT ALL AT THE SAME TIME, THAT ALSO PRESENTS A TRAFFIC QUESTION.
AND I THINK EITHER SCENARIO IS WELL WITHIN THE CAPACITY OF OF THEO STREET.
UM, YOU PROBABLY WANNA STAY UP THERE.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE.
UH, COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, SO SIR, UH, AS MS. TORRES UH, BROUGHT UP SOME ISSUES WITH LIGHTING AND UH, GETTING LIGHTING INTO THE ADJACENT LOTS, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, PROPOSITIONS FOR MITIGATING THAT, UH, LIGHTS INTO THE NEAR, UH, NEIGHBORING LOTS? UH, AS FAR AS FENCING, DOWNWARD LIGHTING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, WE THINK DARK SKY IS SUPER IMPORTANT AND THIS IS A, AN ECOLOGICALLY SIGNIFICANT SITE.
SO I THINK IT WOULD BE A BASE ASSUMPTION THAT WE WOULD BE PRETTY RESPECTFUL WITH OUR LIGHTING.
ALSO, KNOWING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PRESENTING TO THE RIVER, THAT'S NOT REALLY OUR PLACE TO BE SHINING IN EITHER DIRECTION.
SO I THINK SAFETY IS SUPER IMPORTANT.
I THINK DOING IT TASTEFULLY IS ALSO SUPER IMPORTANT.
AND IN THE PAST WE'VE HAD A LOT OF GOOD SUCCESS WITH GROUND PLANE LIGHTING, WHICH IS IN A SITE WALL OR, YOU KNOW, 16 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND IS ADEQUATE TO PROVIDE MOST OF THOSE NEEDS WITHOUT INFLUENCING ANYBODY ELSE IN A NEGATIVE WAY.
AND AS FAR AS THE FENCING, UH, TO YOUR NEIGHBORING LOT ON THEO, IS, IS THAT GOING TO BE A SOLID FENCING? UH, I, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING ON, ON THE SITE PLAN THAT DETERMINES THAT.
UM, IT MAY OR MAY NOT BE ANNOTATED, WHICH IS DEFINITELY OUR FAULT.
THE INTENTION WOULD TO BE, WOULD BE TO PROVIDE A LEVEL OF PRIVACY THAT WAS APPROPRIATE WITHOUT BEING OVERBEARING.
SO WE'LL HAVE CARS IN THAT AREA AND WE ABSOLUTELY WANT TO SET THAT FENCE AT A HEIGHT THAT PREVENTS THAT BEING AN INVASIVE ISSUE TO THE NEIGHBORS.
UM, ALONG OUR BACK FRONTAGE, WE'VE GOT AN EIGHT FOOT, I THINK WROUGHT IRON FENCE, WHICH IS, AND TO THE SIDE WE'VE GOT A THREE FOOT CHAIN LINK FENCE.
SO I MEAN WE CAN, WE'RE HAPPY TO COMMIT TO SOMETHING, BUT ABSOLUTELY THE DESIGN INTENTION IS TO PROVIDE A APPROPRIATE RESPECTFUL LEVEL OF PRIVACY.
UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
I MIGHT HAVE A COUPLE MORE AFTER THAT.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS.
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ALRIGHT, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.UH, THIS WENT TO PLANNING LAST WEEK.
WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF PLANNING, UH, PLANNING RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT? ALRIGHT, I WAS THERE.
I JUST WASN'T HERE FOR THE THAT ITEM.
UM, ALRIGHT, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
UM, SO COMMISSIONER FUENTES, SEEING THAT THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET THERE BE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.
UM, TO YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION, UH, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE APPLICANT IF YOU COMMIT TO A, HAVING A SOLID OR SOLID SCREEN FENCE, SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE LIGHTS COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORING, UH, LOTS.
UH, I THINK THAT PLAY IN VERY WELL.
I THINK IT CAN ALSO BE DONE VERY TASTEFULLY FOR, FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I DO APPRECIATE THE CHANGES TO, TO I D Z, UH, TO ALLOW FOR IT TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TOWARDS THE, THE, THE RIVER.
UM, I THINK THAT'S GONNA GO A LONG WAY, UH, FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT WITH, I WOULD LIKE TO MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE, UH, SORRY,
UH, YOU CAN NOTE, I MEAN, IT'S RESIDENTIAL TO RESIDENTIAL.
SO THERE'S NOT A REQUIREMENT PER SE BETWEEN TWO RESIDENTIALLY ZONE PROPERTIES FOR, FOR THE FENCING HEIGHT OR TYPE.
UM, IF HE WANTS TO SEW NICELY NOTED ON HIS SITE PLAN, THAT IS UP TO HIM.
UH, BUT IT CAN BE NOTED ON THE SITE PLAN, BUT IT IS NOT A REQUIREMENT OF, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW THE LOGISTICS OF THIS, BUT WE'RE ABSOLUTELY HAPPY TO COMMIT TO THAT.
WELL, UH, WITH, WITH ALL THAT BEING SAID, AND AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER POINTED OUT TO ME HERE, IT IS NOTED ON THE SITE PLAN.
SO I'LL MOTION TO OR MOVE TO, UH, APPROVE.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11 BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER WHITE AND THEN COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
JUST WANT TO SAY NO, NO REASON TO BE NERVOUS GIVING THESE PRESENTATIONS.
'CAUSE I I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE BETTER PRESENTATIONS WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN UP HERE IN A WHILE.
UM, AGREED YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, COMMEND THE APPLICANT FOR THOUGHTFUL DESIGN.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU SEEM TO APPRECIATE THAT THIS IS AN ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE SITE.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THERE'S, UM, PERMEABLE PARKING, UM, AND, AND DRIVEWAY AND REALLY A THOUGHTFUL DESIGN.
SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS GREAT AND OBVIOUSLY WE NEED HOUSING ESPECIALLY TARGETING THE UNDER 80% A M I.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THAT FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
ALRIGHT, UH, MY BRIEF DISCUSSION.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A PROPERTY THAT IS VERY, VERY CLOSE TO MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I LIVE IN ROOSEVELT PARK, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, A BUDDING, UH, THE MISSION THERE ION.
I THINK YOU'VE DONE A GREAT JOB.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GONNA HAVE TROUBLE AT PLANNING TO BE HONEST BEFORE I LEFT.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
I'M REALLY JUST JEALOUS THAT I NEVER SAW THIS PROPERTY AVAILABLE.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR ITEM NUMBER 11 WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
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MUCH.I BELIEVE THAT ARE, THOSE ARE ALL THE AGENDA ITEMS WE HAVE BESIDES THE APPROVAL OF MINUTES.
UM, ANY CORRECTIONS, AMENDMENTS, AMENDMENTS, TYPOS, ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? COMMISSIONERS.
IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES? THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIPES TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS SUBMITTED.
UH, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? YEAH.
GONNA GIVE IT TO COMMISSIONER MCDANIEL FOR HER LAST WORD.
WE ARE NOT FAILING THE MOTION.
THERE'S THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE AMENDMENT OF THE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER SS SIPES WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
UH, THIS CAN BE BY ACCLAMATION.
ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL SIGNIFY BY SAYING AYE.
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THOSE OPPOSED, SAME SIGN.MOTION CARRIES MINUTES ARE APPROVED.
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UH, IS THERE ANY DIRECTOR'S REPORT FOR THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS? JUST AGAIN AROUND, UH, WELL, OKAY.UH, SO FOR U D C, JUST A REMINDER THAT IN JUNE YOU'RE GONNA HAVE SOME LONGER WORK SESSIONS WHERE THOSE, UH, ANY OF THOSE AMENDMENTS THAT ARE MOVING FORWARD WILL BE PRESENTED FOR A RECOMMENDATION, UM, BY THE ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THEN THOSE WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THEIR JULY MEETING, ONE OF THEIR JULY MEETINGS.
SO, UM, THAT'S ALL AS FAR AS U D C GOES.
BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO, UH, GAIL MCDANIEL.
SHE HAS BEEN AN ASSET AND A BLESSING TO THIS GROUP AND SO WE WILL DEFINITELY MISS HER AND THANK HER FOR HER SERVICE.
THAT WAS A PRETTY GOOD SHORT MEETING CONSIDERING WHAT WE HAD.
THIS MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.
I'M EVEN GONNA MAKE MY THREE 30 THAT I WANTED TO TELL YOU.