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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I THINK WE'RE ABOUT READY TO BEGIN.
IS YOUR MIC WORKING? IT SHOULD BE WORKING, RIGHT? LOUDER.
UH, GOOD MORNING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, IF WE HAVE SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES, COULD WE HEAR FROM THEM FIRST? YES.
UM, BEFORE WE BEGIN IN ACCORDANCE WITH C D C RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, UM, IF YOU WOULD WANT TO WEAR A MASK, WEARING MASK, UH, HOLD ON.
UM, DO WE HAVE EXTRA MASK AVAILABLE IF ANYONE CHOOSES TO? MAYBE NOT.
WE WILL BRING SOME TO THE BOARDROOM.
SO IF YOU WOULD LIKE A MASK, UM, WE WILL HAVE SOME OVER ON THE, THE, UM, YOUR RIGHT SIDE.
UM, SO MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE VICE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL FIRST BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
I REPRESENT DISTRICT NINE, MARK WHITE, DISTRICT 10 O VAL ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE CHARLES FUENTES, DISTRICT THREE.
AND WE DO HAVE OUR CHAIR BUSTAMONTE ON ON, ON JOHN BUSTAMONTE, DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I APOLOGIZE WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT IN A WHILE.
UM,
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND UP FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALL, ALL TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDERGONE INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
UH, PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO GO OVER AND REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE OR NOT STILL GET THERE.
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 OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THAT THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE 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 THE ORDER 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 BE INFORMED THAT THE THREE MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF NINE MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND
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SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
AND IT APPEARS THAT WE HAVE NO POSTPONED, WITHDRAWN, OR OTHER POOLED TYPE OF ITEMS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
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THE, THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE LIST AND I WILL ASK IF THERE'S ANY COMMISSIONER THAT WISHES TO HAVE ANY OF THESE ITEMS PULLED AND, UH, CHAIR BUSANTE.ANY OTHER ITEMS? OKAY, THANK YOU.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP IN OPPOSITION TO THESE THAT WILL NECESS TAKE THEM BEING INVOLVED? NO, NOBODY SIGNED UP TO ANY OF THE, UH, CONSENT ITEMS. OKAY.
COULD WE PLEASE GO OVER THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE ITEMS RIGHT.
JUST ONE SECOND WHILE WE GET THE POWERPOINT UP.
FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER NINE, LOCATED AT TWO 10 WEST HART AND TWO 12 WEST HART.
NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ZERO IN FAVOR OF ZERO OPPOSED AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, NUMBER 10, LOCATED AT 11 4 0 1 WEST AVENUE.
26 NOTICES SEND OUT ZERO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED GREATER HARMONY HILLS AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
GOING FROM C TWO AND C THREE TWO C THREE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS LOCATED AT 4 55 EAST DREXEL 17.
NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ZERO IN FAVOR.
ZERO OPPOSED HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR GOING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD ID WITH THE I D Z OVERLAY.
ITEM NUMBER 12 LOCATED AT 68 35 WEST US HIGHWAY 90 AND 24.
23 RENWICK, UH, 25 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE CABLE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY'RE GOING FROM C THREE TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
NEXT IS ITEM NUMBER 13, LOCATED AT 3 38 NIKA STREET GOING, UH, THE 19 NOTICES MAILED OUT.
ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM UH, GARMAN HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM OH TWO TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
ITEM NUMBER 16, LOCATED AT 13 5 71 WETMORE ROAD.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM R SIX TO C TWO CD WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE ITEM NUMBER 17 IS LOCATED AT THE 2,600 BLOCK OF EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD.
THE HIGHLAND HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT GOING FROM C ONE CD WITH A CONDITION, I'M SORRY, GOING FROM R FOUR TO A C ONE CD.
CD IS FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
ITEM NUMBER 18 LOCATED THE 64 BLOCK OF MARCO PLAINS AND 44 10 GRASSLAND PASS GOING.
UH, 14 NOTICES ARE MAILED OUT.
ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE PECAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
GOING FROM R FOUR AND R FIVE TO R THREE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
ITEM NUMBER 19, LOCATED AT 1 0 3 22 PETRANKO ROAD.
THREE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE PARKS PLACE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION GOING FROM C TWO TO M F 18.
ITEM NUMBER 20, LOCATED AT 7 0 7 ARIAN PARKWAY.
EIGHT NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT.
ZERO OPPOSED AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
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GOING FROM C TWO TO MF 65.ITEM NUMBER 22 IS LOCATED AT THE 10,000 BLOCK OF INGRAM ROAD.
47 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ONE IN SUPPORT.
ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE L
UH, NUMBER 23 LOCATED AT 2200 WA UH, CRESS BELLA GOING, UH, 6 25 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ONE RECEIVED OF SUPPORT, NO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM THE FRIENDS OF SAN ANTONIO.
NATURAL AREAS GOING FROM C TWO AND C THREE TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
ITEM NUMBER 24 IS LOCATED 28, OH SORRY.
ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE MEADOW VILLAGE OR LAKELAND TERRANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM R SIX TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE FOR A CAR WASH WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THE LAST ONE IS ITEM NUMBER 25 LOCATED AT 1200 BLOCK OF DONNA ROAD.
TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM M X D TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS.
I BELIEVE THERE'S A VOICEMAIL ON ONE OF THE ITEMS IF WE CAN HEAR THAT NOW PLEASE.
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 289-8598.
I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 1 5 7.
I WANNA SAY THAT I AM A NEIGHBOR TO THE PROPERTY AND I AM IN FAVOR OF ALLOWING THE ZONING CHANGE TO TAKE PLACE.
ALRIGHT, WAS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENT? YES SIR.
I BELIEVE ANN IS WORKING WITH SOMEONE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF SOMETHING THAT JUST, THAT WAS JUST ON CONSENT.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT OF GOVERNMENT ALLIANCE, UH, ASSOCIATION.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE, UM, ITEM ON AT ONIKA STREET, GOING FROM THE, UH, OFFICE TO THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, ANY OTHER SIGN UP TO SPEAK? NO, SIR.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER? UM, MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, ITEMS NUMBER 9, 10 11 12 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, AND 25.
MR. CHAIR, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
DID HE EVEN GET ME A CHANCE TO ASK? BUT, OKAY.
UM, SEE NOW I HAVE TO SKIP AHEAD.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THESE MOTIONS ON THE MOTION? NO.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER? NONE FROM COMM CHAIR.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE STATED ON THE RECORD, UM, WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS, I BELIEVE.
THAT'S, UH, COMMISSIONER LIA HAN? YES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS, THEY WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AND THANK YOU CHAIR.
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JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT HE IS WITHDRAWING THE CASE.SO ITEM NUMBER TWO LOCATED ON 1736 WITH ALMOST DRIVE WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
SO ITEM NUMBER TWO ON, ON WEST ALMOS DRIVE IS BEING WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
AND IF YOU ARE HERE SIGNED UP OR WERE WISHING TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM, WE WILL NOT HEAR TODAY AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF IT COMES BACK.
IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR CONTINUANCE HEARING, PLEASE.
FIRST ITEM FOR CONTINUANCE IS ITEM NUMBER 14 LOCATED AT 1659 ROMAN STREET.
ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE HARVARD PLACE.
EAST LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM R FOUR TO RMM FOUR.
THE SECOND ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 21 LOCATED ON 1527 HILLCREST DRIVE.
OPPOSED AND NOR RESPONSE FROM THE DONALDSON TERRANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM R FIVE TO MF 18.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS? NO, SIR.
UM, JUST FOR CLARITY, THOSE ARE CONTINUANCES TO AUGUST THE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER? I'D LIKE TO MAKE, MAKE A MOTION FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 2ND.
ANY, ANY DISCUSSION? LEFT, RIGHT.
AND NONE FROM CHAIR BUSTAMONTE.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 2ND MEETING FOR ITEMS 14 AND 21 WITH A SECOND.
AND CAN I HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE.
MOTION WAS BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY, YEAH.
WATSON COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 2ND.
WELL, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION FOR THE FIRST ITEM PLEASE.
UM, ZONING COMMISSIONERS FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE.
UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE FOR AMENDMENT NUMBER 19 DASH ONE.
IT IS RELATED TO THE WEST SIDE CREEK'S WATER QUALITY PROTECTION AREA AND IT WAS SUBMITTED BY THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
WE RECEIVED 48 WRITTEN, UH, PUBLIC, PUBLIC COMMENTS IN SUPPORT AND ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
THIS AMENDMENT, UM, WAS PULLED BECAUSE BOTH STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE EDITS, WHICH THEY ARE ON THE SCREEN.
UM, THE PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE DID APPROVE THE ORIGINAL, UM, SUBMITTED LANGUAGE BACK IN APRIL.
SINCE THEN, UM, O H THE HIS OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AND CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT HAS MADE A FEW EDITS AND THEY'RE ALL IN AGREEMENT WITH THESE PROPOSED EDITS.
UM, BOTH THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND STAFF WITH, UM, PUBLIC WORKS AND THEY CAN, UM, PRESENT ON THE AMENDMENT AND THE PROPOSED EDITS THAT ARE BEING MADE TODAY.
WE COULD HAVE THE PRESENTATION.
I'M THE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL SERVICES AT THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AUTHORITY.
AND, UH, I DID HAVE A PRESENTATION JUST TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW IF
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YOU'D LIKE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT IT.WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE THAT IT'S VERY SHORT? YES.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS FOR THE WEST SIDE CREEK'S WATER QUALITY, UH, PROTECTION AREA.
UH, THIS WILL BE COVERING THE, UH, PROJECT AREA ON WEST SIDE CREEKS TO INCLUDE SAN PEDRO, APACHE AL, AMAZON MARTINEZ ENMOTO.
AND OUR PROPOSED AMENDMENT GOALS IS TO PROVIDE PROTECTION ON THE INVESTMENT THAT WE ARE RECEIVING FROM THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS 75 MILLION.
WE DO HAVE LOCAL MATCHES THAT ADD UP IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT 75 MILLION TOTAL.
UH, THIS WOULD BE, UH, AN OVERLAY THAT WOULD REQUIRE TREATMENT OF STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
IT WOULD PREVENT NEGATIVE IMPACTS TO THE PROJECTS AS WE ARE DOING AN ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION SO THAT WE COULD MAINTAIN A NATURAL HABITAT, MAINTAIN THE SAFETY, AND MAINTAIN THE ACCESS TO THE TRAILS.
WE DID HAVE A LOT OF EXTERNAL COORDINATION THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
WE STARTED BACK IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR AND COORDINATED WITH RESA, UM, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES REPRESENTATIVES, UM, PUBLIC WORKS, UH, WHAT WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED TO THE WEST SIDE CREEKS RESTORATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE.
WE'VE ALSO SPOKEN TO D SEVEN, D FIVE AND D ONE COUNCIL PERSONS.
SOME OF THE KEY POINTS THAT I JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT, THIS WOULD BE ON ALL THE WEST SIDE CREEKS TO ASSIST THE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FROM BEING OVERWHELMED BY, UH, STORMWATER.
AND THE BOUNDARY WOULD BE A HUNDRED FOOT OFFSET FROM THE EXISTING SAN ANTONIO CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT.
THIS WOULD REQUIRE TREATMENT OF ALL STORMWATER RUNOFF FROM NEWLY DEVELOPED OR REDEVELOPED PROPERTIES IN THIS AREA.
IT DOES NOT APPLY TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, IT, WE DO HAVE A LIST OF PROHIBITED USES IN THE U D C AMENDMENT THAT WE ARE PROVIDING.
IF YOU CONTINUE THE CURRENT USE, REGARDLESS OF OWNER BEING TRANSFERRED, YOU ARE, UH, GRANDFATHERED IN AND IT DOES PROVIDE PROVISIONS FOR THE OFFSITE NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE TYPE PROJECTS THROUGH PAID DEVELOPER AGREEMENTS.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S, UM, JUST OF THE PROJECT NOW TO GO OVER THE AMENDMENTS, THERE'S ACTUALLY ONLY TWO THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT.
SO THIS ONE, UM, THIS FIRST ONE WE, UH, HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT CHANGING THAT AND THEN WE SAID, NO, LET'S LEAVE IT THE WAY IT WAS.
SO THAT'S WHY THE YELLOW WAS HIGHLIGHTED, WHAT WAS PROPOSED AND WE AGREED THAT WE'D LEAVE IT OFF.
SO THAT IS NOT CHANGING AT ALL.
THEN THE NEXT ONE WOULD BE IN SECTION B.
SO THIS ONE IS MOVING FORWARD.
THIS IS A NON-CONFORMING USES AND WE HAD A CONVERSATION, UM, WITH, UH, THE C A O AND THERE IS, UH, THE EDITS ARE IN THIS ARTICLE OR IN THIS SECTION ARE PERTAINING TO ARTICLE SEVEN, DIVISION ONE ON NON-CONFORMING USES.
UH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THOSE EDITS ARE FOR.
AND THEN, UH, THE OTHER ONE IS THE TOP OF BANK.
AND SO, UH, WE TYPICALLY PROVIDE MAPS FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ON THE 10 ON THE TOP OF BANK, BUT THEY HAVE THOSE.
AND SO WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS WE ARE SHIFTING THE COORDINATION BACK TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO A QUESTION OF THE DEFINITION FOR TOP TOP OF BANKS.
AND SO WHAT WE HAD IN THERE, WE TOOK THAT OUT AND WE'RE JUST REFERENCING THE EXISTING DEFINITION IN THE U D C IN APPENDIX A.
SO THOSE ARE THE MODIFICATIONS THAT ARE BEING MADE.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? MY LEFT.
I DID HAVE ONE ADDITIONAL EDIT, UM, THAT I HAVE SENT TO STAFF, UH, THAT I WANTED TO PROPOSE.
AND THAT'S ON THE LIST OF PROHIBITED USES.
UH, IF WE GO DOWN TO, UH, 27, THERE'S MY PROPOSED CHANGE.
UH, IT SEEMS WEIRD TO HAVE TRUCK STOP OR LAUNDRY TOGETHER.
UM, SO I PROPOSE BREAKING OUT LAUNDRY INTO DRY CLEANER LAUNDRY OR LAUNDROMAT AS A PROHIBITED USE WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET ON, UH, THIS AMENDMENT.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS? NO.
CAN I GET A MOTION FROM SOMEONE? UH, WE HAVE ONE PERSON WHO WANTS TO COMMENT ON U D C AMENDMENTS IN GENERAL,
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SO THIS WOULD BE A GOOD OPPORTUNITY.COULD WE HAVE THIS ROSE HILL PLEASE? GOOD EVENING.
OH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ROSE HILL, PRESIDENT GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.
I ALSO REPRESENT THE D TWO PRESENCE ROUNDTABLE, WHICH IS 30 NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, DISTRICT TWO, UH, FIRST OF ALL ON I BELIEVE JULY, UM, OF APRIL THE 11TH, UM, 29 DASH ONE.
UM, CHANGING THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGISTRY, UH, REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOODS TO COMMUNITY, UH, WAS DENIED BY THE PLANNING TECHNICAL COMMITTEE.
AND I UNDERSTAND ON JULY 5TH, UM, THAT WAS AUTOMATICALLY, UH, WENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, IT'S NOW HEADED PROBABLY TO THE NEXT PHASE.
MY CONCERN THERE IS, UM, HOW THAT GOT PASSED.
I'M A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED IN OUR ZONING DISTRICT TWO ZONING COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE I'VE FELT THAT THAT REPRESENTING OUR COMMUNITY, THAT DEFINITELY WOULD NOT HAVE GONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, IF THAT DOES PASS, UH, IT'S GONNA BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR YOU.
THE ZONING COMMISSION'S, PLANNING COMMISSIONERS, BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
WHEN YOU HAVE TWO, THREE NEIGHBORHOODS COMING UP HERE, WHO ARE Y'ALL GONNA LISTEN TO? IT'S ALSO GONNA D UH, DAMAGE OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE RIGHT, WE WORK SO MANY, SO HARD, SO LONG TO DEVELOP OUR MASTER PLANS, OUR BYLAWS, WHICH GOVERN THE NEIGHBORHOODS, IT WILL NOT ONLY AFFECT DISTRICT TWO, BUT IT'LL AFFECT ALL 10 DISTRICTS IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THAT'S JUST SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT.
UH, ALSO, THERE WERE TWO OTHER AMENDMENTS.
16 DASH EIGHT AND 16 DASH 10 WERE SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT ALSO.
UM, I THINK THAT, UM, THEY RELATE TO THE SAME THING THROUGH THE REGISTRY.
UM, I, I GUESS WAS CONFUSED BECAUSE SOMETIME BACK IN 2018, THIS IS LIKE DEJAVU COMING BACK UP AGAIN.
UM, EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE NOTIFICATIONS TO ZONING NOTIFICATIONS, WHETHER IT'S DEMOLITION OR WHATEVER GOING THROUGH.
I THINK EVERYBODY SHOULD HAVE THAT RIGHT TO HAVE THAT.
BUT IF SOME OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NOT ATTENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS, THEN THAT'S ON THEM BECAUSE THE PRESIDENTS CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.
WE DO THE BEST THAT WE CAN, BUT SOMETIMES WE DON'T DO ENOUGH.
OR MAYBE THEY THINK WE DON'T DO ENOUGH, BUT WE, WE TRY.
BUT NEEDLESS TO SAY, DIVIDING, DOING, ELIMINATING THE REGISTRY AS IT IS RIGHT NOW AS IT STANDS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD POLICY THAT'S THERE TO PROTECT THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT WERE CREATED MANY, MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.
AND IF WE DO THAT, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK DOWN THE ROAD TO LEGAL ISSUES.
YOU'RE GONNA LOOK DOWN TO HAVING MORE THAN ONE NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION.
YOU'RE GONNA ELIMINATE OUR MASTER PLANS, YOU'RE GONNA ELIMINATE OUR, UH, BYLAWS.
AND THEN WHERE DO WE GO FROM THERE? WE HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO WORK TOGETHER.
AND IF PEOPLE CANNOT WORK TOGETHER, WE'RE IN BIG TROUBLE.
BUT I THINK I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH Y'ALL BECAUSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD, UM, IT DOES AGAIN, DOES NOT JUST AFFECT DISTRICT TWO.
IT AFFECTS EVERY NEIGHBORHOOD IN SAN ANTONIO THAT IS ESTABLISHED, ESPECIALLY IN OUR HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT'S GONNA CREATE BIG PROBLEMS. THANK YOU.
UM, ON SECOND, I DO WANNA CLARIFY THAT 29 DASH ONE WAS NOT REVIEWED BY ZONING COMMISSION.
IT WILL BE REVIEWED AT PLANNING COMMISSION, HOWEVER, JUST FY OKAY.
THAT, THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS.
GONNA, I WAS TRYING TO LOOK THROUGH THE MINUTES REAL QUICK AND SEE, UM, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT RIGHT COMMISSIONER? MR. COMMON? YEAH, I, WHENEVER WE MAKE A MOTION, UM, I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH CHAIR BUSANTE TO, UH, SEPARATE THAT TRUCK INTO THE, A NEW CATEGORY OF DI DRY CLEANER LAUNDRY.
UM, WELL WITHOUT ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UH, COULD I GET A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? SOMEONE MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED AS PRESENTED AS AMENDED IN THE, AS PRESENTED AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE? AND I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? LEFT, RIGHT CHAIR? NO.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED AND PRESENTED.
I'M, I'M NOT SURE, HOWEVER, WHATEVER THE, THE PROPER TERM IS FOR THAT.
COULD I GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
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YES.IF WE COULD HEAR ITEM, I BELIEVE IT'S ITEM NUMBER EIGHT.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH STEWART, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 19,000 BLOCK OF US HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH GOING FROM C THREE TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE SEVEN NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND ONE LETTER OF CONCERN FROM THE GREATER EDWARDS AQUIFER ALLIANCE AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE REQUESTED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND ALLOWS FOR AN ALTERNATIVE HO HOUSING OPTION AS WELL AS ACTS AS A TRA TRANSITIONAL BUFFER BETWEEN HIGHER INTENSITY C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING AND OTHER MORE INTENSE USES.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SAWS RECOMMENDS THE IMPERVIOUS COVER NOT TO EXCEED 60% ON THE APPROXIMATELY 9.32 ACRE SITE.
STAFF AND SAWS RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS IN THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
THIS IS A, AS COMMISSIONER GREY HOUSE REMINDED ME.
UH, WE HEARD KIND OF WHAT Y'ALL WERE PROPOSING, BUT WOULD SAS LIKE TO SPEAK STILL? OKAY.
MIKE, MIKE ESCALANTE WITH SZA FOR PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED NEAR THE SOUTHEAST INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 2 81 AND ENCINO RIO ALLOWING FOR A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT.
CURRENTLY THE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED WITH, UH, NATIVE TREES AND UNDERSTORY.
UH, NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS IN A FLOODPLAIN.
NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON SITE, UH, NOR NOTED ON FILE.
UH, THE SITE IS, IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UM, A CATEGORY ONE, UH, SAWS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE 60% PREVIOUS COVER FOR THE 9.32 ACRE SITE.
IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? HI, GOOD AFTERNOON.
ASHLEY FAIRMAN KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
WE DO HAVE A, A QUICK PRESENTATION, BUT I DON'T THINK THERE'S TOO MUCH TO SHARE ON THIS ONE.
UM, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY ZONED C THREE AND WHERE WE'RE REQUESTING AN MF 33, UM, ZONING, WE ARE AGREEABLE TO ALL OF SAS'S CONDITIONS INCLUDING THE 60% IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UH, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY CATEGORY ONE, SO CURRENTLY ALLOWS FOR A HUNDRED PERCENT, UM, BUT THAT WILL BE REDUCED TO 60 THROUGH THE ZONING CASE.
CAN YOU GO TO THE LAST LINE? SORRY.
AND, AND JUST REAL QUICK, THIS IS A, A CONCEPTUAL SITE PLAN.
UH, THE, THE INTENT IS TO DO PODIUM PARKING WITH BUILDING ON TOP THAT ALLOWS FOR THE LOWER IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UH, AND WE THINK THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION ON 2 81.
UH, I'M, I'M HAPPY TO TALK MORE DETAILS ON THE PROJECT, BUT I'LL, I'LL LEAVE IT IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS.
UM, IS STAFF, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO, SIR.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT WAS THIS NINE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER BARDOS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
YEAH, IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS SITE.
I ACTUALLY VISITED THIS SITE LAST SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR AND BEING A MULTI-FAMILY, UH, PROJECT AND WITH THE REQUIREMENTS
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BY SAUCE, I DON'T HAVE ANY CONCERNS.AND, AND I THINK IT ALSO WILL IMPROVE ACCESS TO A CHURCH THAT THAT WAS ACTUALLY VERY, VERY DIFFICULT TO GET INTO IT.
SO I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR, UH, FOR MORE MULTIFAMILY AND ALSO AS WE DEVELOP THE SECOND LARGEST MEDICAL CENTER BY SONARA.
SO IT'S A WIN-WIN AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UH, OF THE APPLICANT OR MYSELF, LET ME KNOW.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARTOS, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NO.
RIGHT? NO, NONE FROM CHAIR BUSTAMONTE.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BARDOS FOR A MOTION.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AS PRESENTED TODAY WITH THE SOURCE REQUIREMENTS.
SORRY, WHO SECOND I DIDN'T HEAR.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER BOTS WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION LEFT, RIGHT? NONE FROM CHAIR BUSTA MONTE.
COMMISSIONER LIA HOLLAND? YES.
ALRIGHT, UH, BECAUSE WE'RE DOING ITEMS OUT OF ORDER TODAY, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER SIX ON THE LIST.
WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 43 11 BLANCO ROAD.
NORTHMORE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM ESSENTIAL LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
OUTSIDE 200 FEET OWNING TOTAL A TOTAL OF 23 PROPERTIES AND ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THIS IS GOING FROM GOING FROM NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO, UH, C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
THE EXISTING NC IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AR AREA.
WHILE THE PROPOSED BASE ZONING DISTRICT EXISTS ALONG BLANCO ROAD, THE PROPOSED C THREE WOULD INTRODUCE A HIGHER DENSITY ABUTTING THE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
THE REQUEST OF C THREE IS APPROPRIATE ALONG INTERSECTION OF MAJOR ARTERIALS AND THE C TWO WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THE INTERSECTION OR ARTERIAL AND COLLECTION ROADS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT COME FORWARD AND JUST, AND TALK ABOUT YOUR PROJECT PLEASE.
AND IF YOU'D GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? YES.
I'M A RETIRED TEACHER FROM NORTHEAST I S V AND MY SON IS THE ONE THAT IS GONNA TAKE CARE OF THE, HE'S THE ONE THAT'S SPEAK.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY HERE.
WE ARE HERE FOR, UM, 4 0 3 11, UM, BLANC ROAD.
SO, UM, I HAVE SOME, SOME THINGS.
FIRST THING WE ARE, UM, UH, WILLING TO, TO DO THE AMENDMENT, TO GO DOWN TO ASK FOR A C ONE WITH A SPECIAL PERMISSION TO SELL CARS.
SO I HAVE SOME, SOME THINGS HERE TOO I WANNA SHOW YOU.
CAN YOU JUST A LITTLE BIT LIKE TWO SECONDS.
EVERY, SO THAT IS BLANCO ROW AT THE BEGINNING.
UH, I SUPPOSE THIS AT THE BEGINNING WAS TO CONNECT ONE TOWN TO THE REST OF THE TOWNS.
THIS BLANCO ROAD CAME FROM DOWNTOWN TO 46 OUT THE, THE BEAR COUNTY.
IT'S NOT LIKE A SMALL STREET OR, OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, THAT SHOWS HOW, HOW LONG IS, IS, UH, THE, THE
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ROAD.SO RIGHT NOW THAT IS HOW IT LOOKS.
RIGHT NOW IT'S UH, PRETTY MUCH COMMERCIAL, BUT YOU CAN HAVE A HOUSE, UH, CLOSE TO THE MAIN ROAD LIKE, LIKE THAT BECAUSE IT'S PROBABLY LIKE MORE THAN A HUNDRED CARS PASSING EVERY MINUTE.
SO IT'S NO WAY TO KEEP AS A RESIDENTIAL OR, OR THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO FOR THE PERSONS HERE, THEY ARE NOT, UM, FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
HOW YOU GOING TO SHOW? A LITTLE BIT, YOU DISPLAY FAST TOO.
THEY CAN SEE HOW IS LOOKING THE, THE AREA.
SO THEY WOULD SAY, UH, WE HAVE, UM, HEAVY TRUCKS, THAT'S THE EXCUSE.
THEY DON'T RESONATE WITH THEM.
THE, I AM ASKING FOR THE DEALER.
SO THAT IS HOW IT LOOKS ENABLE, UM, RIGHT NOW THE KIND OF BUSINESS THEY HAVE.
SO ALL, UM, ONE MILE SOUTH AND ONE MILE NORTH, UH, CLOSE TO ME.
AND IT'S PROBABLY FROM, UH, I'M TALKING ABOUT HILDEBRAND TO JACKSON KELLER.
MOST OF THE PROPERTIES THEY HAVE C TWO OR C THREE.
SO I, I BRING SOME, UH, SOME THINGS THAT THEY GAVE, THEY GAVE ME HERE AT THE CITY TO SHOW ALL THE SEAS AND CITRUS WE HAVE, UH, NEXT TO, TO OUR PROPERTY.
SO THIS IS NOT LIKE, UH, WE ARE, UH, GOING TO CHANGE.
UH, THE, THE STYLE IS LEAVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR IMPACT SOMETHING BECAUSE ALL THE NEIGHBORS TWO MILES OUT OR TWO MILES NORTH, THEY HAVE C TWO OR C TREES.
SO WE ARE REQUESTING THE AMENDMENT TO SEE ONE WITH A SPECIAL PERMIT TO THE, UH, SELL CARS IN A SMALL, UM, SMALL BUSINESS.
SO THIS IS MY, MY CORNER THAT IS THE ACTUAL PROPERTY.
THAT PROPERTY, IT'S ABANDONED FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS BECAUSE WE CAN GET THAT, UH, PERMISSION, UH, WAS NOT ALLOWED.
SO, UM, THAT, THAT THE THINGS CHANGE RIGHT NOW.
EVERYTHING IS BY INTERNET AND MOST OF, UM, THE PEOPLE CAN BE AVAILABLE TO WORK FROM HOME SOME DAYS A WEEK.
UM, RIGHT NOW WE ARE, THIS IS THE FINAL PROJECT.
SO THIS IS THE, THE UPGRADE WE WANNA DO.
WE ARE APPROVAL IF WE GET THIS, UM, THIS PERMIT TO INVEST 50,000 ON THE PROPERTY AND LOOKS THIS PROPERTY, UH, MUCH, MUCH BETTER THAN, THAN THE PROPERTY IS RIGHT NOW.
SO WE ARE OPEN TO THE, THE THING WE ARE REQUESTING IS A SPECIAL PERMIT.
SO, UM, WE ARE OPEN TO USE, USE THE PARTON BLANC ROAD AND KEEP MORE GREEN AREA.
WE ARE OPEN JUST FOUR DAYS A WEEK IN THE HOURS BETWEEN 11 TO FIVE OR SIX.
SO IT IS NOT LIKE, UM, WE ARE GONNA IMPACT THE AREA.
WE DON'T HAVE TRAFFIC, WE DON'T, UH, HAVE ALL DOORS LIKE RESTAURANTS OR, UH, IT'S, UH, IS, UH, NOISE HERE.
TEXAS D M B REQUIRE FIVE SALES A YEAR, SO TO KEEP THE LICENSE OPEN.
SO THAT MEANS THEY KNOW WE ARE A SMALL BUSINESS, UH, LIKE A AUTO DEALER AND BIG DEALERS LIKE CHEVROLET, THEY HAVE 200 OR 500, I I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY SALES THEY HAVE, BUT THEY, THEY KNOW SMALL BUSINESS, UM, UH, EXISTING.
SO THEY, I THINK WE LIVE ON THE SMALL BUSINESS EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES.
SO THEY RE REQUEST FIVE SALES A YEAR.
SO THAT MEANS WE CAN ENCLOSE THE, THE, UH, OUR BUSINESS.
LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE REALLY, REALLY HIGH INTENSE.
SO OUR SALES, THEY ARE PRETTY MUCH 90% BY INTERNET OR, UH, AT THE AUCTIONS WE HAVE A THIRD PARTY.
THEY, UH, PICK UP THE CARS FROM THE AUCTION, THEY CHECK THE CARS IN CASE THEY NEED TO FIX PAINT OR WHATEVER THEY DO IN ANOTHER PLACE.
AND THE FINAL THING IS A DETAIL.
SO IT'S ANOTHER THIRD PARTY WE, WE USE AND SOMETIMES THEY DELIVER STRAIGHT TO THE CUSTOMERS.
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PART JUST BECAUSE AUSTIN REQUIRE A PHYSICAL ADDRESS.AND UH, WE ALSO NEED, LIKE I TOLD YOU, FIVE SPOTS THAT IS A FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS IS NO WAY TO, WE CAN, UM, GO LIKE, UM, BIGGER, BUT THE SPACE IS NOT LIKE, UH, WE CAN PUT 200 CARS HERE OR, OR DO THIS BUSINESS LIKE, UH, BOTHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE COMPROMISE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE WE ARE LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE LAST 25 YEARS.
UM, ACTUALLY, UM, MY GRANDSONS, THEY ARE HERE
UM, SO I, I KNOW THE NEIGHBORS PRETTY MUCH THEY, THEY, MOST OF THEM THEY SUPPORT.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE DON'T HAVE, UM, OPPOSITIONS HERE ON MY STREET.
WE LIVE A FEW BLOCKS FROM HERE.
SO THAT'S THE REASON WE CAN KEEP THE EYE ON THE BUSINESS.
SO I HAVE RIGHT NOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, I WAS TRYING TO BE IN TOUCH JUST LIKE A LITTLE, UM, THING.
I WAS TRYING TO BE IN TOUCH WITH, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
THE FIRST CALL I DO TO HER, UH, SHE TOLD ME SHE SUPPORT THE, THE COMMERCIAL IN BLANC ROAD.
AFTER THAT I DIDN'T HAVE, UM, COMMUNICATION WITH HER.
AFTER ONE MONTH SHE TOLD ME, UH, THE MOM IS REALLY SICK.
SO I RESPECT THAT I WAS SENDING EMAILS JUST FOR SEND INFORMATION OR TRY TO BE IN TOUCH WITH, WITH THE PRESIDENT.
UH, AT THE END, UH, HER MOM PASSED AWAY, UH, LIKE FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AGO, BUT SHE APPEARS AND SEND AN EMAIL AND SHE SAY IT IS NOT, UH, SUPPORTING THIS.
BUT THEN SHE DO, SHE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS THE PROJECT.
SHE TOLD ME THIS MORNING BECAUSE I CALLED THREE TIMES AFTER I SENT EMAIL, UH, YESTERDAY AND SHE FINALLY ANSWERED THE PHONE AND SHE SAY I'M VERY BUSY, I'M GOING TO WORK.
AND UM, UH, UH, I CAN'T RESPOND THEN, UH, TO YOU RIGHT NOW, BUT SHE SAY I DON'T WANNA ANY KIND OF BUSINESS HERE, SO SHE DOESN'T KNOW.
WE HAVE ALREADY A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, SO, AND IF WE CAN KEEP THE MORTGAGE HERE, BUT IF THIS BY A PARTICULAR PROPERTY IS NOT MAKING MONEY FOR US AND THIS HARD TIMES, WE GONNA CLOSE THE BUSINESS AND WE GONNA RENT THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT MEANS WE CAN RENT THIS PROPERTY FOR A RESTAURANT OR, UM, ANOTHER KIND OF THINGS I THINK IS GOING TO BE MORE HEAVY FOR THE AREA BECAUSE A RESTAURANT, UM, THEY DON'T HAVE HOURS TO OPERATIONS.
THEY HAVE A CUSTOMERS IN AND OUT.
SO THIS BUSINESS IS PRETTY MUCH ORDER CLEAN AND UH, IT'S REGULATED BY, UH, THE STATE.
SO THE STATE TELL US HOW MANY HOURS WE CAN OPEN AND HOW MANY DAYS.
SO THAT IS, UH, A THING IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE ARE NOT HAVING SALES LIKE MIDNIGHT SALES OR, UH, WE DON'T OPEN ON SUNDAYS BECAUSE THE STATE REQUIRE, UH, JUST OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.
WE DON'T OPEN SIX DAYS A WEEK.
BUT THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE STATE LAW.
SO, UM, THE REGULATION FOR US IS, UM, IS BY THE STATE.
SO BESIDE THE, THE CITY, SORRY, BESIDE THE CITY, WE HAVE THE STATE, UM, LOOKING, UH, ON US.
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS IS HOW LOOKS THE CORONER.
IF, IF, IF, UH, COMMISSIONERS HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN CALL YOU UP.
SO IF HE'S AMENDING TO C ONE, IT'S A C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES, NOT A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION.
SO, UM, STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR.
UH, WE HAVE, WE HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK OR RAFAEL VAZQUEZ.
HELLO, HOW YOU DOING? GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, ACTUALLY REPRESENTING THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR, WHICH IS, UM, 8 0 6, UH, WE ARE IN FEBRUARY.
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VERY GOOD IMPACT, A GOOD INVESTMENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.I'VE BEEN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR LIKE 17 YEARS AND I SEE HOW BLANCO HAS BEEN CHANGING AND I THINK CHANGE IS ALWAYS GOOD, SO THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. VASQUEZ.
ALRIGHT, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO TO COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE FOR QUESTIONS.
I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF, UM, IN AMENDING TO C ONE, WOULD THAT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN? YES, IT IS.
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE, DOES THAT CHANGE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? NO, WE'RE STILL RECOMMENDING DENIAL.
UM, WE FEEL THAT IT'S APPROPRIATELY ZONED AS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, ANY QUESTIONS FROM FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? I ACTUALLY DO SOME QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, OR ACTUALLY, I'M NOT SURE IF THESE CAN BE DONE.
ARE THESE PROPOSALS, I GUESS FOR YOUR, UM, LOCATION, SORRY, I'M TRYING TO GET THIS DONE.
ARE YOU GONNA PLANNING TO HAVE A SIGN? WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR LIKE LIGHTING? WHAT'S YOUR PLAN FOR LIKE THE, IS THERE A BUFFER FOR THE BA AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR AROUND THE HOUSES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO YOUR, YOUR CAR DEALERSHIP? OKAY, AT THE TIME IT'S A SMALL BUSINESS.
WE DON'T PLANNING TO PUT A BIG SIGN BECAUSE WE ARE NOT, THE OURSELVES IS NOT IN, IN THE PLACE.
THIS PLACE IS PRETTY MUCH A HEADQUARTERS BECAUSE AUSTIN REQUIRES A PI PHYSICAL LICENSE.
WE CAN'T PUT TOO MANY CARS HERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S PART OF THE, OF THE PROJECT.
WE HAVE SIX SPOTS HERE AND THREE, FOUR CUSTOMERS AND EXTRA HERE JUST IN CASE, JUST FOR SHOW WE HAVE A SPACE FOR CUSTOMERS AND DON'T BA DON'T BOTHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEY GOING TO PARK OUTSIDE.
BUT IF THEY WANT AND CLOSE THIS AND KEEP LIKE GREEN AREA WE USE CAN USE THIS ONE.
WE HAVE ENOUGH SPACE HERE, LIKE 37 FEET, UH, DRIVEWAY ON BLANC ROAD.
SO WE CAN USE, USE THIS PART FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS AND KEEP ALL THIS AS A GREEN AREA.
SO WE DON'T GOING TO USE, UH, LIGHTING, UH, THE SPECIAL PERMIT DON'T LET ALLOWS LIKE MECHANICAL OR SOME THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO WHEN YOU APPROVE THIS, YOU, YOU, YOU CAN, UH, BE SURE MY COMPROMISE TO, TO, TO DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
IF YOU WANT HIGHER FENCE, IF YOU JUST KEEP THE FRONT AS A RESIDENTIAL WITH THE GREEN AREA, UM, I'M OPEN TO DO, THE ONLY THING I WANT IS KEEP WORKING AND, AND PRODUCE.
SO, UM, RESPONDING YOUR QUESTION IS, I GUESS JUST HOW WOULD, SO YOUR BASE OF PER OF BUSINESS IS GONNA BE ONLINE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE ANY TYPE OF SIGNAGE OR ANYTHING SINCE IT'S OFF THE ACCESS ROAD OF, I MEAN, OFF THE MAIN ROAD OF BLANCO, WILL YOU REQUIRE A SIGN? LIKE, UH, PROBABLY 16 INCHES, FOUR INCHES THAT IS ON THE WINDOW AND, UH, OPEN AT THE DOOR.
WE DON'T GOING TO PUT A BIG SIGN OR CLOSE TO THE STREET OR, OR WHATEVER.
SO IT'S JUST STRICTLY AT THE WINDOW.
WE HAVE THREE WINDOWS GOING TO BLANCO AND ONE ON THE SIDE ON BLANCO EITHER.
SO WE ARE PLANNING TO PUT A SMALL, UH, BUSINESS AT THE WINDOW AND, UH, THE OPEN SIGN LIKE THE REGULAR, THEY, THEY SELL.
NO MORE, UH, QUESTIONS FROM ME, CHAIR.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT? YEAH.
COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
SO JUST TO MAKE, MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID EARLIER.
YOU DO NOT INTEND TO DO ANY VEHICLE MAINTENANCE WHATSOEVER? NO OIL CHANGES, NOTHING.
AND ALSO THAT, THAT IS NOT PERMITTED BECAUSE THIS IS A, A STRICTLY PERMISSION TO SELL, UH, CARS.
IT IS NOT FOR MECHANICAL, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
SO IF THE CITY GO OVER THERE AND LOOK THAT THEY GOING TO GIMME A TICKET AND PROBABLY TWO OR THREE TIMES THEY GOING TO REFUSE TO.
SO IT IS NOT NO MECHANIC, NO NOTHING ON THE PLACE.
I, I DON'T SEE HIM ON THE SCREEN TO SEE IF HE HAS ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE FOR MOTION.
I GUESS THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT ON CONSENT.
UM, SO, UM, I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION FOR DENIAL
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FOR THIS CASE.UM, PARTIALLY BECAUSE THE C THREE USE THAT WE'RE BRINGING DOWN, EVEN IF IT WAS TO STAY C ONE, THE C THREE USE THAT WE'RE BRINGING DOWN IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND THE GOALS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH ARE TO REVITALIZE THE AREA AND PROMOTE BUSINESSES THAT ARE RESPECTFUL OF ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
UM, WHILE I, I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT'S, UM, OPERATION AS HE HAS PROPOSED IT, UM, AND THAT IT MAY NOT APPEAR ON ITS FACE TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S NO WAY TO CONTROL WHO ENDS UP WITH THE PROPERTY ZONING'S IN PERPETUITY.
SO WE MAY NOT GET, UM, SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO OPERATE THE PROPERTY IN QUITE THE SAME RESPECTFUL WAY IN THE FUTURE.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S A CONCERN, UM, THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE HERE.
AUTO SALES IS C THREE, WHICH IF, IF WE LOOK AT WHAT THE, THE CODE CURRENTLY SAYS, C THREE SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED.
A C THREE USE SHOULD NOT BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE BRINGING THAT USE IN.
AND THE, THE ZONING DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR ON LAMANDA IS, IS AN R FOUR ZONING.
SO I THINK THAT'S A BIG CONCERN THAT I HAVE.
ALSO, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, AND MANY NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG BLANCO AND SAN PEDRO IN THIS AREA, ALONG BOTH OF THOSE CORRIDORS AS WELL AS DISTRICT ONE IN GENERAL, WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OVER CONCENTRATION OF AUTO RELATED USES.
I THINK WE SEE SOME OF THOSE SAME THINGS IN DISTRICTS FIVE AND DISTRICTS THREE.
UM, AND SO THAT IS A CONCERN THAT THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE EXPRESSED TO ME.
UM, IF YOU TAKE A DRIVE DOWN BLANCO, YOU'LL SEE THERE'S A LOT OF, OF AUTO RELATED USES, SALES MECHANICS, TIRE SHOPS, THESE ARE VERY INTENSE USES THAT ARE LOCATED DIRECTLY NEXT TO RESIDENCES.
AND THAT IS THE REASON THAT THE, WHEN THE PLAN WAS PUT INTO PLACE A FEW YEARS AGO THAT THIS WAS DESIGNATED AS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
AND THAT EXAMPLES OF THINGS THAT ARE PERMITTED IN NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMERCIAL BE FLOWER SHOPS, SMALL RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, OFFICES AND BAKERIES.
SO THIS, IF WE ARE BRINGING THIS USE IN HERE, WE ARE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF THE DIRECTION THAT THE PLAN THAT THE COMMUNITY PUT INTO PLACE WITH LOTS OF THOUGHT AND COMMUNITY INPUT, WE'RE TAKING THAT AWAY FROM WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAID THAT THEY WANTED AND WE'RE GOING IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS FOR, FOR, UH, FOR THE DENIAL AND THE REASON THAT I'M NOT COMFORTABLE SUPPORTING THIS REZONING.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NO COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
NO CHAIR BUSANTE DISCUSSION? NO.
WELL, MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
CAN WE GET A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
THANK YOU MR. THANK YOU FOR THE TIME.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE, IS IT, IS IT ITEM NUMBER THREE? IS THAT THE NEXT ITEM ON THE LIST? OKAY.
MY NAME IS ANN VAN NAVIDA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED AT 1 27 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET AND IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM R SIX TO I D Z THREE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 20 UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
16 NOTICES WERE MAILED, THREE WERE RETURNED.
ZERO OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
TWO WERE RETURNED IN FAVOR WITH ONE IN OPPOSITION.
MEMORIAL HEIGHTS, WESTWOOD SQUARE, AND LOS PUENTES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE ALL IN OPPOSITION.
STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS TWO INTENTS FOR THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA.
WHILE THERE IS SOME EXISTING MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, 20 UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY IS INAPPROPRIATE, GIVING ITS SIZE AND THE LOT AND ITS PLACEMENT ON THE BLOCK.
THERE IS SOME MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE SUBJECT SIDE.
AND THE PROPERTY ALSO FRONTS A SECONDARY ARTERIAL STREET MAKING SOME DENSITY APPROPRIATE FOR THE
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PROPERTY.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION OF I D Z ONE LIMITED INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS.
THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTION, AND I UNDERSTAND THEY WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT COME FORWARD AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR ZONING QUEST.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION AND, UH, CHAIR.
ADDRESS 1 4 2 5 5 BLANCO ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 6 WITH OLIVA SAX GARCIA RIO.
AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF MR. LUIS ALBA AND MR. ROBERTO MARTINEZ, WHO ARE, UH, DEVELOPING THE LOT.
DO YOU HAVE THAT? THERE'S, THERE'S TWO.
AND AS MS, UH, BENEVISTA STATED, UM, MR. DBA AND MR. MARTINEZ, MAYBE WERE A LITTLE AMBITIOUS IN OUR INITIAL APPLICATION IN REQUESTING A 20 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX ON THIS JUST UNDER HALF ACRE LOT.
UH, WE'VE TAKEN, UH, WE'VE COMMUNICATED WITH THE CITY WHO'S BEEN VERY HELPFUL BY THE WAY, ANN AND, UH, MARICO, THEY'VE BEEN VERY HELPFUL.
WE'VE TALKED TO, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND WE'VE TALKED TO THE, THE NEIGHBORS.
AND SO WE ARE AMENDING OUR APPLICATION FROM THE INITIAL REQUEST FOR I D Z THREE AT 20 UNITS TO I D Z ONE WITH USE PERMITTED AT EIGHT UNITS.
AND SO THAT WOULD BE, UH, TWO UNITS MORE THAN WHAT THE ALTERNATIVE REQUEST BY THE CITY.
AND SO IF WE COULD, AND SO THIS IS THE, THIS IS THE PROPERTY.
THIS IS, UH, AND THE ADDRESS IS 1 26 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET.
IT'S BEEN VACANT SINCE AT LEAST 2007.
IF YOU GO BACK ON GOOGLE MAPS, THIS IS HOW IT'S LOOKED.
UH, AND IF YOU GO TO THE, UH, THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AND SO THESE, UH, IMAGES WERE ACTUALLY TAKEN THIS MORNING ON THIS LOT.
AND SO IF YOU GO BACK AND LOOK THROUGH THE YEARS, THERE'S A HISTORY OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THERE, JUST TRASH DUMPING AND ALL THOSE SORTS OF THINGS ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO IMPROVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, IS CLEANING THIS LOT UP AND MAKING THE LAND USEFUL AND BENEFICIAL TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE.
UH, THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN WITH A CONCEPTUALIZED IMAGE OF WHAT THE, THE DUPLEXES WILL LOOK LIKE.
SO OUR INTENT IS TO DEVELOP FOUR DUPLEXES FOR EIGHT TOTAL UNITS ON THIS LOT.
UM, WE WOULD MEET ANY OF ALL, UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENTS, ZONING REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND THAT'S BASED ON THE I D Z ONE.
SO THESE, UH, WE MET ALL, WE, OUR, UH, SITE PLAN MEETS ALL THESE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE I D Z ONE DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO IF WE LOOK AT THE ZONING MAP, UH, THIS PAINTS A PICTURE OF WHAT'S A, APPEARS TO BE A RESIDENTIAL AREA, BUT THIS DOESN'T TELL THE COMPLETE STORY.
IF WE CAN GO TO THE NEXT, WHEN YOU ACTUALLY LOOK ON THE GROUND, IT LOOKS VERY MUCH DIFFERENT.
WE HAVE, UH, OUR EMPTY LOT AND DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH OF THAT IS A, IT'S A CHURCH AT THIS POINT.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT'S ALSO R SIX THAT THEY ARE SEEKING TO CHANGE.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING TO MAIN AMEND THEIRS TO BE.
AND THEN DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET WE HAVE, UH, A DAYCARE.
AND THEN JUST TO THE SIDE OF THAT, THERE'S AN APARTMENT COMPLEX.
UH, ALSO ACROSS THE STREET THERE'S A, UM, THERE'S A RESTAURANT, UH, AN EMPTY LOT AND RESTAURANT.
AND THEN DIRECTLY TO, UH, THE SOUTH WOULD BE, THERE'S TWO RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
UH, WHERE WE DID SPEAK WITH BOTH NEIGHBORS.
WE DID HAVE, UH, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS IS IN FAVOR.
THE OTHER ONE INDICATED SHE WOULD BE IN FAVOR, ALTHOUGH WE WERE, WE WERE UNABLE TO GET HER, UH, SIGNATURE.
THE OTHER LOT IS A CELL PHONE TOWER.
AND THEN DIRECTLY BEHIND IS THIS EARTH DAY MATERIALS.
UH, BASICALLY THEY HAVE LOTS OF, THEY DELIVER SAND AND GRAVEL, LOTS OF TRUCKS.
AND SO WE'VE TALKED TO ALL THESE NEIGHBORS.
AND SO, UH, IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT LINE, SORRY, IF YOU GO BACK, SORRY.
JUST TO GO BACK TO WHAT IT ACTUALLY LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND, UH, THE, THE TOP TWO PHOTOS ARE, ARE FROM THE PROPERTY LOOKING TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT.
AND THE PHOTO IN THE MIDDLE IS, UH, LOOKING AT THE, THE PROPERTY.
SO AGAIN, WHILE THIS LOOKS LIKE A RESIDENTIAL AREA ON THE ZONING MAP, UH, WHEN YOU'RE ACTUALLY THERE AND IN PERSON, IT'S, IT'S FAR FROM RESIDENTIAL.
AND SO AS FAR AS THE NEIGHBORS IN SUPPORT, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THESE ARE THE ADDRESS OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT WE'VE HAD IN SUPPORT.
I BELIEVE ONE OF THE ADDRESSES MAY HAVE BEEN WRONG, BUT WE'VE HAVE FIVE SIGNATURES, UH, FROM THOSE NEIGHBORS.
WE'VE WALKED, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, TALK TO THE NEIGHBORS TO SEE WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WERE SO THAT WE CAN ADDRESS THOSE.
THE BIGGEST ONE WAS REDUCING THE AMOUNT OF UNITS WE WERE REQUESTING.
AND SO, UH, THIS PROPERTY LIES, UH, IT'S PART OF THE
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MOR HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT IT ALSO BORDERS LOS PUENTES AND LOS ES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.UH, WE HAD A SIT DOWN MEETING WITH THEM OR SIT DOWN VIRTUAL MEETING WITH 'EM LAST WEEK TO, UH, YOU KNOW, ADDRESS SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD REGARDING THE PROPERTY AND WHAT THEIR CONCERNS WITH, IN GENERAL WITH THE AREA, IF WE GO ON.
AND SO, UH, THEIR CONCERNS AGAIN WERE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
UH, THEY HAD, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THE CRIME IN THE AREA ABOUT THE TRASH, AND, AND THEY WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD BE A LOW INCOME HOUSING.
AND SO TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS, AGAIN, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE, WE'VE REDUCED THE INITIAL REQUEST AS FAR AS CRIME JUST BY OCCUPYING THAT LOT WITH, UH, OUR DUPLEXES.
WE WOULD KEEP THE HOMELESSNESS OUT OF THERE.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY BEHIND US, MR. JOSE REYES, WHO HAS EARTH DAY MATERIALS, HE SAID HE'S HAD AN ISSUE WITH PEOPLE COMING THROUGH OUR LOT AND, AND COMMITTING CRIMES ON HIS PROPERTY.
AND SO WE WOULD, UH, THAT WOULD REDUCE, UH, THE CRIME AND AS THE TRASH, WE'RE GONNA CLEAN IT UP AND, UH, MAKE SURE, YOU KNOW, WE COMPLY WITH ANY REGULATIONS AS FAR AS THAT ANY DISPOSAL, LOW INCOME HOUSING.
IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION TO USE THIS AS GOVERNMENTAL HOUSING.
BUT, UH, AND, UH, MR. DIABO, ONE OF THE DEVELOPERS ACTUALLY INTENDS ON LIVING THERE, UH, ON THE PROPERTY.
BUT WE WILL KEEP, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE SOME PROTECTIONS IN PLACE SO THAT WE'RE DOING BACKGROUND CHECKS, CREDIT REPORTS, SO THAT WE KNOW WHO'S THERE AND WHO WE'RE BRINGING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO, UH, UNFORTUNATELY, UH, OUR MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS DIDN'T RESULT IN ANY KIND OF AN AGREEMENT.
I STILL BELIEVE WE'VE, WE'VE ADDRESSED THE, THE CONCERNS THAT THEY'VE HAD AND THAT THEY'LL EXPRESS.
AND, UH, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT THE COMMISSION MAY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. RODRIGUEZ.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO.
FIRST ONE IS JOE, CAN I BU FOUR WRONG ITEM.
THEY GAVE THE WRONG, THEY GAVE THE WRONG ITEM.
UM, KAY SPEAR, I'M HER OF 1 0 7 CITY ROAD.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, RICHARD GARCIA, PRESIDENT OF THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, ADDRESS 1 6 6 TESLA DRIVE.
IS THAT ALL YOU NEED? UH, FOR MYSELF, I IDENTIFY MYSELF.
UH, I'VE, I'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE NUMEROUS TIMES.
THIS IS NOT, IT'S PROBABLY WON'T BE MY LAST.
BUT I ALWAYS COME IN HERE ADVOCATING FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
UH, YES, WE DID MEET WITH THE, WITH THE APPLICANTS AND YES, UH, WE'RE AT THE POINT WHERE RIGHT NOW WE HAVE 16, OVER 16 UNITS IN OUR SMALL AREA OF NOTHING BUT MULTI-HOUSING.
WE WANNA, WE WANNA KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS A HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, NOT WITH THIS DUPLEXES.
WE, WE, WE WE'RE OVERWHELMED WITH DUPLEXES AND THAT'S WHY WHEN WE MET WITH THEM, WE TELL 'EM, NO, WE'RE NOT GOING TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOU, WE'RE NOT GOING TO COMPROMISE.
'CAUSE ONCE WE START COMPROMISING, WE START GIVING UP OUR RIGHTS.
WE WANNA KEEP OUR AREA AS A SINGLE HOME R SIX.
AND ALSO, I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, I COME TO YOU, PLEASE YOU TO PLEASE, PLEASE, YOU KNOW, HELP US IN THIS, IN ADVOCATING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH OUR COUNCILWOMAN AND HER STAFF ABOUT ADVOCATING FOR US ON, ON THIS HAND.
AND YES, I KNOW, I KNOW THERE'S, THERE'S ILLEGAL DUMPING THERE, BUT, UH, AT THIS AREA, AND WE HAVE, HAVE BEEN REPORTING IT TO, TO, UH, 3 1 1.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, HERE'S THE CASE NUMBERS.
UH, WE, WE, OUR CONCERN IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM A CHILDCARE CENTER AND THERE'S TWO PRIVATE SCHOOLS NEARBY THERE.
SO WE HAVE, WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING THAT, AND THERE'S THE CASE NUMBERS.
WE RE AND WE KEEP VERY ACTIVE.
WE'RE VERY ACTIVE WITH OUR CO COMPLIANCE OFFICER AND OUR SAFE OFFICER.
IF YOU, YOU CONTACT DENNIS DRUM OR MR. MICHAEL ESTE OR MR. MICHAEL SHANNON, HE TELLS YOU, YES, WE'RE A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE, BUT WE'RE VERY, VERY ACTIVE ALSO.
UH, WE DON'T WANT THIS LANDOWNERS COMING IN EACH OTHER AREA WE'RE TIRED OF.
BECAUSE ONCE THEY LEAVE, GUESS WHO HAS TO PICK UP AFTER THEM.
WE HAVE TO PICK UP AFTER THEM.
YOU MIGHT THINK I'M PARANOID, BUT NO, THIS IS REALITY TO US.
WE ALWAYS KNOW WHEN THEY LEAVE, BECAUSE WE SEE THE ILLEGAL DUMPING, WE SEE THE MATTRESSES, THE FURNITURE ANTS THROWN OUT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
YES, THEY COME AND BRING THEIR PRETTY PICTURES, BUT JUST BECAUSE IT'S GLITTERS DOESN'T MEAN THAT IT'S GOLD.
WHILE WE HAVE TO PICK UP TO THEIR, WHILE WE HAVE TO PICK AFTER THEM.
THE, THIS LAND DEVELOPERS GO BACK TO THEIR HOMES UP IN CHURCH, ALL THE STATES,
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AND DRINK THEIR PERIOD WITH A, WITH A SIP OF WINE.SO SEE YOU LIVE, YOU LEAVE US WITH ALL THIS, ALL THIS, ALL THIS JUNK HERE.
SO WE COME TO YOU ASKING YOU TO PLEASE, PLEASE HELP US BECAUSE THIS IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN NAVIGATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, UM, HOPEFULLY THAT YOU VOTED IN OUR FAVOR BECAUSE OF NOT, I WANT YOU TO GO ON THE RECORD.
PLEASE LET IT GO ON THE RECORD THAT THIS IS GONNA BE THE BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS BECAUSE WE COME HERE ADVOCATING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TELLING YOU WE DON'T WANT THIS.
WE'RE SICK AND TIRED OF LAND DEVELOPERS COMING INTO OUR AREA, PAINTING THESE PRETTY PICTURES.
AND THEN NOTHING EV NOTHING EVER COMES OUT OF IT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, I WILL TELL YOU THAT IT WAS NO YESTERDAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? TERRY KILMER? MR. AVI, I THINK SOME OF THE NAMES YOU'VE UP FOR THE NEXT CASE.
SHE SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, SIR? YES.
UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO PAINT A REAL PRETTY PICTURE OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, UM, I CAN'T YOU, UH, NAME AND ADDRESS.
YOU SHOULD KNOW IT BY NOW, UH, TERRY KILMER LOMA PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I, I'M NOT, WE'RE RIGHT NEXT TO MEMORIAL HEIGHTS.
WHAT DOES R SIX MEAN? SINGLE FAMILY.
AND THIS IS BEING VIOLATED RIGHT AND LEFT.
UH, THE GENTLEMAN THAT, UH, SPOKE ABOUT THE LAND OVER THERE ON 36TH STREET AND SHOWED THE PICTURE OF HOW TRASHY IT IS, IT'S A MESS.
HOW LONG HAS HE OWNED THAT PROPERTY? WHY HASN'T IT CLEANED, BEEN CLEANED BEFORE? HUH? IT'S DIRTY NOW.
I TAKE PITY ON HIM BECAUSE HE JUST GOT A DIRTY LOT AND HE WANTS TO PUT ALL THESE, UH, PLACES FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS GRANTED THE SECOND PLACE IN CRIME IN THE CITY.
I AM WITHIN A MILE FROM THE METHADONE CLINIC.
I AM IN THE, I'M NOT ABLE TO WALK MY NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE CRIME, THE PROSTITUTION, THE DRUGS.
YOU DON'T KNOW, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY, IF YOU DOUBT MY WORD.
AND, AND, AND LIKE I SAID, I AM RIGHT NEXT TO THIS ADDRESS.
WHAT I AM SAYING IS THAT WHAT HAPPENS HERE IS GOING TO HAPPEN, IS HAPPENING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY.
MY GRANDCHILDREN ARE IN DANGER.
THE GENTLEMAN THAT OWNS THE, THE, THE, THE BUSINESS UNCLE WROTE, WROTE ME A LETTER HERE FOR A MAN OF HIS BUS, OF HIS MONEY AND ALL THIS AND THAT TO COME TO ME AND ASK FOR MY HELP.
UH, THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE GOING TO PUT SO MANY UNITS IN THERE.
WE ARE R SIX ONE, UNIT ONE ADDRESS.
IF THEY HAVE AN, UH, A LAND THAT'S 50 FEET WHITE AND 200 FEET DEEP, THEY'RE GONNA PUT 20 UNITS IN THERE.
UHUH, THEY TAKES 25 FEET FOR ENTRANCE, 25 TO EXIT 30.
SIXTH STREET IS A VERY, VERY HEAVILY TRAVEL.
AND IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, MORE SO.
MORE SO BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING INTO SOME OF THESE STREETS WHERE PEOPLE DO NOT ABIDE BY THE LAWS.
AND THEY COULD CARE LESS IF YOU GET IN FRONT OF 'EM OR ON THE SIDE OF, THEY'RE GONNA KICK YOU OFF.
UH, BUT WE HAVE BEEN BLESSED BY THE CITY WITH AN, UH, UH, NUMBER TWO DISTINCTION OF CRIME.
DID, DID YOU PUT IT UP? YES, MA'AM.
IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAIL, PLEASE.
WE ARE THE HOMEOWNERS AT, ON THE 300 BLOCK OF TESLA, CLOSE TO, UH, THE, UM,
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1 26 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET.WE'D LIKE TO VOICE SOME CONCERNS.
WHY WE DO NOT WANT A, UM, APARTMENT OR DUPLEXES IN THE AREA.
THEY WOULD BE VERY PROBLEMATIC.
THERE WOULD BE PEOPLE DUMPING, PEOPLE FIGHTING, PEOPLE PULLING UP, UM, THEIR GUNS AND WEAPONS AND A LOT OF TRASH IN THE AREA.
WE HAVE LIVED IN THIS AREA FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS, WHERE THE HOMEOWNERS, THE HOME IS PAID OFF.
WE HAVE A LOT OF VERY GOOD NEIGHBORS IN OUR AREA.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY THE WAY WE LIVE.
WE'RE VERY HAPPY THE WAY WE ARE HERE.
WE DON'T NEED ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS OR ANY NEW HOMEOWNERS COMING IN AND BUILDING THESE APARTMENTS AND DUPLEXES.
WE CAN BE REACHED AT 2 1 0 4 1 8 9 2 6 4.
IF ANYONE HAS ANY CONCERNS, THEY CAN REACH US AT THAT NUMBER, PLEASE.
WE DON'T WANT DEVELOPERS, LAND DEVELOPERS COMING INTO THIS AREA.
WE LIKE THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS AREA.
RICHARD IS A VERY GOOD PRESIDENT FOR OUR AREA.
HE KEEPS US IN TOUCH WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME.
AND WE INTEND ON STAYING HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.
SO THAT IS OUR CONCERN FOR THIS SITUATION AT THE 1 26 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET AREA FOR THESE LAND DEVELOPERS THAT WANNA COME INTO THE OUR AREA.
ALRIGHT, SO OUR ANSWER IS NO, WE DON'T WANT THAT.
THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
UM, MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL.
SO JUST, UH, TO ADDRESS MS. KILMER FIRST AS FAR AS, UH, CLEANING UP THE LOT.
AND SO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THOSE PHOTOS WERE FROM TODAY.
AND SO THIS IS A SITUATION WHERE WE GO CLEAN IT UP ONE DAY AND THEN A FEW DAYS LATER EVERYTHING'S BACK AGAIN.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES IS THAT AT AND IT'S CURRENT CONDITION, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP IT CLEAN.
IT'S GONNA CONTINUE TO HAPPEN.
WE CAN GO CLEAN IT ONE DAY, BUT SOMETHING WILL CHANGE.
PEOPLE WILL SHOW UP THE NEXT DAY AND WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT OVER AGAIN.
AND SO I UNDERSTAND THEIR CONCERNS WITH THE TRASH AND THE HOMELESSNESS AND ALL THOSE THINGS, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS.
WE'RE TRYING TO PUT THIS LOT TO USE SO THAT IT'S NO LONGER OCCURRING ON THAT LOT.
AND, UH, JUST AS FAR AS WITH MR. GARCIA, WE DID TRY AND TALK TO HIM.
AND AS HE MENTIONED, HE REFUSED TO NEGOTIATE WITH US.
ONE OF HIS REQUIREMENTS WAS FROM MY CLIENTS WAS THAT THEY SPEAK IN ENGLISH, WHICH I TOOK EXCEPTION TO.
AND HE'S JUST OVERALL REFUSAL TO DEAL WITH US.
WE'VE TRIED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
WE'VE WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'VE TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS.
WE'VE, UH, BEEN IN CONSTANT COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITY.
AND, UH, AND THE LAST THING AS FAR AS THE, UH, LOS PUENTES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WE SPOKE WITH MS. HAR JARAMILLO EARLIER THIS MORNING WHO SAID SHE WAS IN FAVOR? I DON'T KNOW IF SHE COMMUNICATED THAT TO THE CITY.
I KNOW, UH, I GUESS MS. AVITA SAID THAT SHE WAS OPPOSED, BUT SPEAKING WITH HER THIS MORNING, SHE SAID SHE WOULD BE IN FAVOR.
SHE DIDN'T APPEAR OR, UH, CALL IN.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO TO OUR CHAIR, BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
UH, TO THE APPLICANT, PLEASE, MR. RODRIGUEZ? YES.
UM, HOW LONG AGO DID YOUR CLIENT PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY? I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE SEVERAL MONTHS, MAYBE, UM, AROUND FIVE MONTHS.
AND DID THEY EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY OF DOING A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE AT THIS LOCATION? OBJECT.
IT JUST, IT, IT, IT REALLY WOULDN'T MAKE SENSE TO USE SUCH A BIG LOT FOR ONE TO DEVELOP ONE HOUSE ON THAT LOT FINANCIALLY.
DO YOU KNOW APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY HOUSES IN THAT AREA SIT ON ABOUT HALF AN ACRE? I, I DON'T, OTHER THAN WHAT'S, WHAT'S IN THE IMAGE? I DON'T KNOW.
AND I, I, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS ONE ON THE CORNER OF 36 AND COMMERCE WAS PREVIOUSLY USED AS A, THEY HAD A TRUNKY COMPANY THAT THEY RAN OUT OF THAT, THAT LARGE LOT.
THE OTHER ONE, I BELIEVE THE OTHER NEIGHBOR, HE USES THE BACK OF HIS LOT FOR STORAGE OF SOME OF HIS BUSINESS.
AND THEN ALL THE OTHER LOTS AROUND ARE, ARE BASICALLY BUSINESSES.
THERE'S, THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE A JUNKYARD.
IT'S NOT, IT'S A, UH, HE DELIVERS RAW MATERIAL.
UM, STAFF, UH, YOU HAVE PROVIDED AN ALTERNATE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF I D Z ONE WITH SIX UNITS.
WHY SIX UNITS? WE LOOKED AT THE I D Z ONE AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LOT, IT'S ABOUT, UM, I THINK 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
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YOU DIVIDE THAT BY THE 6,000, THAT THE SIX THAT IS REQUIRED BY THE R SIX, THAT BREAKS DOWN TO ABOUT THREE HOMES.AND SO WHAT WE LOOKED AT WAS, UH, BECAUSE THERE IS DENSITY IN THE AREA THAT, UM, AND MANY HOMES THAT ARE SUB, IF THESE WERE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE SEPARATE LOTS, THEN THEY COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE TWO UNITS EACH ON EACH LOT.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, WE CAME UP WITH SIX UNITS.
SO THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY INCREASE THE DENSITY OVER R SIX, UM, BECAUSE OF THE, AS OF RIGHT.
ABILITY OF A HOMEOWNER TO HAVE A SECOND STRUCTURE, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? COMMISSIONER BARTOS, UM, I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, IF YOU COULD TELL US YOUR EXPERIENCE BUILDING TOWN HOMES OR APARTMENTS OR OTHER MULTI-USE IN THE, IN SAN ANTONIO OR OTHER CITIES? OKAY.
I'M NOT THE BUILDER, I'M JUST THE REPRESENTATIVE, UH, THE ATTORNEY.
BUT I CAN HAVE, UH, MR. DIABLO COULD COME TALK ABOUT HIS EXPERIENCE IF YOU LIKE.
JUST TO, UH, JUST WANNA KNOW WHERE ELSE THE, THE BUILD, UH, PROPERTIES.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, DO WE NEED A TRANSLATOR TO COME UP? UH, ONE SECOND.
OR JESSICA? UH, MY, MY COMMENT IS THAT YOU REALLY INCREASE YOUR, UH, VISIBILITY AND, AND AWARENESS IF YOU'VE BEEN BUILDING IN OTHER AREAS OF SAN ANTONIO, THAT THE COMMISSIONERS COULD ACTUALLY SEE REAL PROJECTS, NOT, NOT JUST THE FIRST TIME.
CAN WE GET A SPANISH INTERPRETER TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? NO, SHE'S THERE.
WE WERE ADJUSTING THE EQUIPMENT, BUT OLA, JESSICA FALCON, THE D M D CONSTRUCTION ION FALCON PARK IN COMMERCE, TEXAS.
MY NAME IS JESSICA FALCON FROM DMM CONSTRUCTION AND D M D CONSTRUCTIONS.
AND MY ADDRESS IS 88 0 7 FALCON 88 0 7 FALCON PARK.
UM, DU WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE BUILDING, UM, DUPLEXES AND COMMERCIAL IS A LINEAR PROJECT AND IS NOT THE FIRST PROJECT THAT WE HAVE.
WE ARE HELPING MR. JOSE LUIS DE ALBA IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THESE APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES.
THEY ARE NOT RISKING ANYTHING.
WE, THE DEVELOPERS ARE THE ONES WHO ARE IN RISK BECAUSE NO ONE WANTS TO INVEST IN THIS AREA.
NO ONE WANTS TO INVEST THERE BECAUSE THE INSECURITY.
AND WE WANT TO MAKE THE INVESTMENT SO WE CAN IMPROVE THE AREA.
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SO WE, UH, ARE INVESTING IN THIS PROJECT AS A FAMILY.AND OBVIOUSLY IF IT IS A NICE PROJECT, IF THEY, IF THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, IT'S GOING TO ATTRACT BETTER KIND OF PEOPLE.
AND IF YOU DON'T GRANT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS, THE WEST SIDE IS GOING TO KEEP LOOKING THE SAME.
AND WE WANT TO HELP, WE WANNA GROW.
SO WE ARE ASKING YOU TO GRANT US THE OPPORTUNITY.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
UH, COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, HOW MANY UNITS, UH, CAN I D Z ONE HAVE PER ACRE? IT IS, UH, EQUIVALENT TO MF 18.
SO IF YOU TAKE 18 AND MULTIPLY THAT BY THE ACREAGE, IT GIVES THEM APPROXIMATELY EIGHT UNITS.
UM, ALL BACK TO, UH, CHAIR BUS.
UM, THIS IS A CASE THAT, YOU KNOW, HAD IT BEEN 20 UNITS WOULD'VE BEEN AN EASY NO, NO QUESTION OUT THE DOOR.
UM, I APPRECIATE STAFF'S LOGIC REGARDING, UM, HOW THEY GOT TO SIX UNITS.
UH, I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY THE OPTIMAL SOLUTION, HOWEVER, UH, BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T INCREASE ANY OF THE DENSITY.
WHAT WE SEE IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT NOW IS THAT WE NEED 65,000 HOUSING UNITS IN ORDER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
AND WE CAN'T TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY LIKE THIS AND LET IT GO BY.
NO ONE'S MENTIONED THAT IT HASN'T BEEN EMPTY FOR, YOU KNOW, DECADES AT THIS POINT OR A DECADE AND A HALF.
UM, AN R SIX SIMPLY WILL NOT WORK IN THIS LOCATION.
I DON'T THINK ANYONE WILL BUY IT FOR THAT PURPOSE.
UM, AND SO I THINK SOME DEVELOPMENT IS APPROPRIATE.
UH, I NORMALLY TRY NOT TO WADE INTO THIS ISSUE, BUT I'M GOING TO DO IT HERE.
ONCE AGAIN, THERE IS NO REASON TO BESMIRCH INSULT A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN APARTMENTS OR DUPLEXES AND ACCUSE THEM ALL OF BEING CRIMINALS.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING UP HERE TO SAY THAT.
AND IT REALLY IS INFURIATING TO ME.
I BELIEVE I'VE LIVED IN A DUPLEX, I'VE LIVED IN AN APARTMENT, I BELIEVE OTHER COMMISSIONERS HAVE.
I SIMPLY DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW PEOPLE FEEL SO COMFORTABLE TOSSING THAT ACCUSATION AROUND.
AND I'M SORRY I HAVE TO SAY THAT, BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD PROJECT AT EIGHT UNITS.
IT WILL INCREASE DENSITY AND WILL ALLOW MORE HOUSING IN OUR CITY IN THE NEAR WEST SIDE.
AND I THINK THAT OPPORTUNITY SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE.
SO I MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER THREE AS AMENDED I D Z ONE FOR EIGHT UNITS AND DO SO NOW.
COMMISSIONER FUENTES BEAT YOU,
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED TO I D Z ONE WITH EIGHT UNITS, UM, WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMM, I, I LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.
UH, CHAIRMAN BUSANTE, I FULLY AGREE WITH YOU.
THIS IS NOT THE FORUM TO COME AND ATTACK OTHER PEOPLE HERE.
SO I'M FULLY AGREEMENT AND I WILL SUPPORT THIS.
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YES, I ECHO BOTH.UM, CHAIR BRUCE DEANTE AND COMMISSIONER BORIS'S COMMENTS.
UM, SAN ANTONIO ADDED MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER CITY IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
IN THROUGH 20 AND 21 WE ADDED 14,000 NEW RESIDENTS, CHAIR BOOST DIANTE'S, UH, CITATION TO 65,000 UNITS BEING NEEDED.
IT CAME OUT IN THE SAN ANTONIO BUSINESS JOURNAL YESTERDAY.
UM, WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS AND, UM, AND, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT BUILDING A SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON A LOT THIS SIZE IS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE IN THE MARKET THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN RIGHT NOW.
CONSIDERING RISING INTEREST RATES, EXTREME, UM, INFLATION AS WELL AS SUPPLY CHAIN INTERRUPTION, THE COST OF CONSTRUCTION HAS INCREASED BY 60% APPROXIMATELY OVER THE LAST YEAR.
SO IN ORDER FOR DEVELOPMENT TO HAPPEN, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO START BEING A LITTLE MORE OPEN AND A LITTLE MORE CREATIVE.
SO I COMPLETELY AGREE, UH, WITH COMMISSIONER BUS'S COMMENTS AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
ANY COMMENTS? COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT? NO.
MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
UH, COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES.
I THINK IT'S IN THE FRONT OF THE PRESENTATION.
UH, JUST TO COMMENT, DO COMMISSIONER SUMMER HAS TO LEAVE EARLIER OR NOT? OH, YES.
I DON'T WANNA SEND HER OUT OF THE ROOM.
I JUST WANT, AND ACTUALLY, MR. CHAIR, COULD I ASK FOR A QUICK BREAK SINCE THIS IS ONE OF MY ITEMS? UM, I KNOW IT'S A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
UM, WE WILL STAND IN RECESS FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, WELL I THINK WE'RE GONNA, YOU GET READY TO GET BACK INTO SESSION.
UM, THE TIME IS, WHAT IS THAT? 3 46? NO, 2 46.
GOD, IT'S ALMOST ON THE THREE RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, ZONING COMMISSION IS BACK IN SESSION.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS STEPPED OUT OF THE MEETING AND IS RECUSED FOR THIS ITEM.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 1 0 7 RIO CITY ROAD, GOING FROM R FOUR AND MF 33 TO AND I ONE TWO I DZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
COLIN GARDEN'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION AND SEVEN OUTSIDE 200 FEET IS OPPOSED.
THE EXISTING R FOUR AND M 33 ARE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE EXISTING I ONE IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE PROPOSED I D Z ONE WE NEED TO PERMIT FOR SIX RESIDENTIAL UNITS IS AN APPROPRIATE DENSITY FOR THE AREA AND CONSOLIDATES A MIX OF ZONING DESIGNATIONS TO A COHESIVE ZONING DESIGNATION FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT WITH ADHERENCE TO A SITE PLAN.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 3 1 1 0 9 WINDMILL LANE.
AND, UH, ANDY PAT, HE'S THE OWNER.
HE WANTS TO HAVE A WORK WITH YOU.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME COMMISSIONERS.
UM, SO WE ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE REZONING FOR THE, UH, THREE OH STREET PASO CHICO.
UH, INITIALLY WE HAD PROPOSED SIX TOWN HOMES, UH, ON THIS LOT.
UH, IT IS CURRENTLY INDUSTRIAL.
UH, THE PEOPLE THAT WE BOUGHT IT FROM WERE LOOKING TO MAKE IT INTO A, UH, WAREHOUSE SPACE, A WAREHOUSE STORAGE SPACE.
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HAD HEARD FROM THEM THAT THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS, UH, VE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO A, ANY SORT OF STORAGE OR WAREHOUSE SPACE.SO WE THOUGHT IT BEST TO COME IN WITH SOME RESIDENTIAL, UH, SINCE THERE'S RESIDENTIAL ALL ALONG, ALL ALONG THE SIDE ON FRIO AND PASO CHICO AND, UH, SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS.
IF WE CAN GO BACK TO THE, THE RENDERINGS, UM, OF WHAT WE HAD INITIALLY PROPOSED, WHICH WAS, UH, SIX TOWNHOME UNITS.
AND, UH, WE WERE, WE'VE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, THEY'VE SINCE, UH, TOLD US THAT THEY DID NOT WANT THE SIX TOWNHOME UNITS BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DENSITY.
UH, THEY FELT THAT IT WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THOSE ARE THE, THOSE ARE THOSE RIGHT THERE.
UH, WE'VE BUILT SIMILAR UNITS.
IN FACT, WE'RE BUILDING A SIMILAR, UM, SIX UNIT, UH, COMMUNITY OVER ON LAREDO IN SARA SOMO.
UH, I AM A WEST SIDE SAN ANTONIO NATIVE MYSELF.
MY PARENTS WENT TO LANIER HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, I HAVE FAMILY ALL UP AND DOWN, UH, GIMA, MONTEZUMA PENDLETON.
UH, WE'VE SINCE CONCEDED ON THE SIXTH TOWN HOMES, UH, JUST TO KINDA KEEP THE PEACE BECAUSE I FEEL THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING MORE BUSINESS IN THAT WEST SIDE SAN ANTONIO.
UH, SO ONE OF SOME OF THE CONCESSIONS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, WANTED, UH, AND WE'VE AGREED TO WAS TO REDUCE THE, UH, TWO STORE UNITS TO ONE STORE UNITS, UH, AND BRING DOWN THE, UH, THE AMOUNT OF UNITS FROM SIX TO FOUR.
UH, SO NOW THE REVISED SITE PLAN LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
AND THE THIRD PART OF IT WAS THEY WANTED US TO ALSO DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE MORE IN LINE WITH THE, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO WE DO WANNA GET A, UH, A DESIGNER THAT'S GONNA HAVE SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT FIT CLOSER TO WHAT, UH, IS CURRENTLY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I KNOW WE CAN'T EVER, UH, BUILD A HUNDRED YEAR OLD HOMES OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO, BUT, UH, THE TOWN HOMES THAT WE HAD PROPOSED INITIALLY, UH, JUST MAYBE DIDN'T FIT QUITE WITH WHAT THEY WANTED.
UH, SO AGAIN, TWO STORY HAVE GONE TO ONE STORY.
SIX UNITS HAVE GONE TO FOUR UNITS.
UH, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO FIT THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND HOPEFULLY THAT WILL, UH, WILL APPEASE THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, BUT IN MY CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UH, JUST ABOUT FIVE MINUTES AGO, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE STILL GONNA MEET SOME OPPOSITION THERE.
UH, SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET SOME, UH, UH, MAKE SOME TRACTION.
WE MAY HAVE TO ASK FOR ONE MORE CONTINUANCE.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THEY STILL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS AND MY ENGINEER MIGHT HAVE SOME, UH, SOME QUESTIONS TO ANSWER WITH RESPECT TO THE ZONING.
BUT, UH, THIS IS THE NEW SITE PLAN THAT WE PROPOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UH, WE ARE GONNA PUT THESE HOMES FOR SALE ONCE THEY'RE, ONCE THEY'RE BUILT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE HAVE FIVE VOICEMAILS AND THREE PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
YOU WANNA DO THE VOICEMAILS FIRST OR, UH, VOICEMAIL'S FINE FIRST.
I LIVE AT ONE 20 PASO CHICO ALLEY.
AND, UH, I AM AGAINST THE APARTMENT BUILDINGS AT 1 0 7 RIO CITY ROAD BECAUSE IT WILL BE VERY CROWDED AND THERE'LL BE A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND A LOT OF MOVEMENT.
IS THAT ALL? DO YOU WANT A WATER OR, SO MY NAME IS ARLIN BARTOS.
I RESIDE AT 1 0 8 MEIDA STREET.
MY NUMBER IS TWO TEN THREE SEVEN THREE THIRTY NINE SEVENTEEN.
I AM CALLING WITH REGARDS TO 1 0 7 SOUTH RIO.
I AM AGAINST THE BUILDING OF THE APARTMENTS.
I RESIDE WITH MY MOTHER, MARIA CARMEN BARTO.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CARLOS CANTO AND MY ADDRESS IS ONE 12 PASO CHICO.
MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN FIVE ONE ZERO EIGHTY FOUR ZERO FIVE.
AND I'M AGAINST THE APARTMENT BUILDING,
PHONE NUMBER FOUR THREE ZERO FOUR FIVE THREE SIX.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO 1 0 7 SOUTH RIO.
I AM AGAINST THE BUILDING OF APARTMENTS THERE.
IT'S GOING TO CAUSE A TRAFFIC SITUATION FOR THE PEOPLE.
THE MAN WANTS TO SELL THE HOMES AT 250,000 EACH, WHICH IS TOO MUCH FOR THE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA WITH TAXES.
IT'S ALREADY CAUSING, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE TRAFFIC
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PROBLEMS WITH THE TRAINS 'CAUSE WE ARE AT A, UM, THREEWAY, UH, AREA THREE-WAY STOP AREA.SO AGAIN, I AM AGAINST THIS BUILDING OF 1 0 7 SOUTH RIO.
UH, I LIVE ON ONE 12 PASO CHICO ALLEY.
UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE TWO TEN TWO NINE ZERO NINE SIX FIVE TWO.
I AM CALLING ABOUT THE 1 0 7 SOUTH BRI CITY ROAD.
UM, UM, UM, APARTMENT THERE, APARTMENTS THEY WANNA BUILD.
WE ARE VERY, UH, UH, LIVING HERE IN THE, ON THE, ON THE ALLEY.
AND IT'S TOO HARD FOR US TO BE HAVING MORE PEOPLE ON, ON, ON THIS SIDE.
SO I, UH, I DON'T GO FOR THAT.
I'M 81 YEARS OLD AND I CAN BE HAVING ALL THIS.
SO I WANNA THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT.
CAN WE GET HERE? HI, HARRY, Y'ALL, THIS AFTERNOON.
MY MOTHER AND I ARE OWNERS OF 1 0 3 FREO CITY ROAD, WHICH IS DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO THIS PROPERTY, AND CURRENTLY A GAS STATION.
A UH, KIND OF A HISTORICAL GAS STATION SITS ON THAT, ON THAT CORNER.
UM, PREVIOUSLY TWO WEEKS AGO, I HAD, UH, UH, SOME, UH, A SURVEY DONE ON THAT PROPERTY AS WELL AS, UH, UH, KIND OF DREW SOME LINES TO KIND OF SHOW YOU WHAT WAS, UH, WHAT WAS, UH, I GUESS THE PROPERTY THAT'S CURRENTLY, UH, OWNED BY, UM, LONE STAR CAPITAL HOLDING COMPANY.
UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT, UH, UH, LONE STAR CAPITAL IS INTERESTED IN, IN PUTTING IN FOUR PROPERTIES, UH, FOUR HOMES OVER THERE.
AND I'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS, OR WE'VE GOT SOME CONCERNS, UH, STARTING WITH THE FACT THAT WE WERE NEVER EVEN NOTIFIED BY LETTER THAT THIS WAS GONNA TAKE PLACE.
WE NEVER SAW A SIGN PUT OUT THERE, AND WE EVENTUALLY SAW A SIGN THE FRIDAY BEFORE THE LAST MEETING, AND IT WAS PUT OUT THERE AND IT WAS APPROXIMATELY MAYBE 14 BY EIGHT.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE'VE NEVER BEEN NOTIFIED OF THIS, ANY OF THIS, UH, MEETING.
SO, UM, WITH, WITH THAT SAID, I WANT TO, UH, JUST KIND OF RA RACE THROUGH THIS A LITTLE BIT ON SOME OF OUR CONCERNS THAT WE'VE GOT.
IF YOU, UH, LOOK RIGHT NOW OVER ON THAT DIAGRAM RIGHT THERE, YOU'LL SEE OFF TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING RIGHT THERE.
THAT IS, UH, THE PASO CHICO, WHICH IS KIND OF A, ACTUALLY, IT'S AN ALLEY, KIND OF AN ALLEYWAY.
THAT ALLEYWAY, IF YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT THERE'S A FENCE ON ONE SIDE, AND IF WE INTEND, WHICH WE PROBABLY WILL BE FENCING ON OUR SIDE, THEN THAT'S GONNA LEAVE ABOUT 13 FEET, EIGHT INCHES FOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC TO GO UP AND DOWN INTO THAT AREA.
UH, THAT MEANS THAT IF THERE'S A PROBLEM AND THERE AN AMBULANCE NEEDS TO GO UP THERE, YOU HAVE 13 FEET.
IF YOU HAVE A FIRE TRUCK AND YOU GOT A FIRE GOING ON, YOU GOT 13 FEET.
UM, IF YOU LOOK AT, AND I'M GONNA KIND OF THROW THIS, IT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT MORE, MAKE MORE SENSE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THAT PARTICULAR DIAGRAM RIGHT THERE, WHAT I'VE DONE IS I'VE RENAMED THAT BECAUSE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE EVERYBODY THINKS THAT PASO CHICO ALLEY IS PASO CHICO ALLEY.
THAT IS OWNED BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.
IT CURRENTLY CAN BE CLOSED OFF.
AND BECAUSE IT IS OWNED BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD, THAT IS NOT A STREET, THAT IS, THAT, UH, BUTTS UP AGAINST BOTH OF THOSE PROPERTIES, WHICH BRINGS UP SOME OF MY NEXT PROBLEMS THAT I'VE GOT WITH THIS PROPERTY, UH, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, FOR MANY, MANY YEARS.
THERE, UH, WERE TRAINS GOING UP AND DOWN, AND YOU'LL SEE RIGHT THERE, THIS IS A TRAIN MAP.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE TRAIN MAP RIGHT THERE, YOU'LL SEE HOW IT SWINGS OFF OF RE OH, CITY ROAD AND GOES RIGHT DOWN THE SIDE, ACTUALLY ON THE CLOSE SIDE TO 1 0 7 RE OH, CITY ROAD.
AND MY CONCERNS ARE AFTER SPEAKING WITH THREE OH CITY WITH THE RAILROAD COMMISSION.
IF SOMEONE HAS, IF A COMMISSIONER HAS QUESTIONS, THEY CAN CALL YOU BACK UP.
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MA'AM.IS THERE ANY OTHER SPEAKER SIGNED UP? KAY SPEAR.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT 4 53 DRAKE AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE COLLINS GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN I HAVE A COMMENT AFTER THIS IS READ THIS PROPOSED DUPLEX DEVELOPMENT WAS FIRST PRESENTED TO THE ZONING COMMISSION ON MAY 17TH, 2022, BASED ON THE OPPOSITION FROM THE COLLINS GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND A GROUP OF AFFECTED NEIGHBORS THAT EXPRESSED THEIR VERBAL OPPOSITION TO THE BOARD.
THE APPLICANT WAS GRANTED A CONTINUANCE TO ALLOW US TO WORK OUT A MORE ACCEPTABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THE COLLINS GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND A GROUP OF CONCERNED NEIGHBORS MET WITH THE APPLICANT ON MAY 21ST.
WE HAD A GOOD EXCHANGE OF VIEWS AND IDEAS.
THE NEIGHBORS WERE FIRM IN THEIR CONCERNS THAT THIS PROJECT CREATED A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF PEOPLE IN A SMALL AREA AND WOULD CONTRIBUTE TO AN UNSAFE INCREASE IN NOISE AND TRAFFIC AND RECOMMENDED THAT SINGLE FAMILY USES BE CONSIDERED.
AS A RESULT OF THIS MEETING, THE APPLICANT AGREED TO REWORK POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS TO INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY USES AND MEET AND FURTHER DISCUSS WITH THE GROUP.
IN THE ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF JUNE 7TH, THE APPLICANT WAS GRANTED A CONTINUANCE TO CONTINUE WORKING ON IDEAS TO PRESENT TO US.
LATER ON JULY 5TH, THE APPLICANT WAS GRANTED A THIRD CONTINUANCE AND WAS ASKED TO WORK WITH THE RESIDENTS IN AN EMAIL DATED JULY 6TH FROM THE COLLINS GARDENS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE APPLICANT WAS REQUESTED TO SUBMIT HIS PROPOSAL TO ME BY SUNDAY, JULY 10TH, 2022.
WE HAD PLANNED TO BEGIN OUR REVIEW AND SCHEDULE A MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT ON THAT TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY OF THE FOLLOWING WEEK.
THE APPLICANT FAILED TO MEET THIS DEADLINE OR COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN A TELEPHONE CONVERSATION INITIATED BY ONE OF OUR MEMBERS ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 13TH.
HE STATED THAT HE HAD REVISED THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND WOULD SUBMIT HIS REVISED PROPOSAL.
BY THURSDAY, JULY 14TH, THE APPLICANT AGAIN FAILED TO MEET THE PROMISED DEADLINE, NOR DID HE COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE APPLICANT FINALLY SUBMITTED HIS REVISED PROPOSAL ON MONDAY, JULY 18TH, AT SIX O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.
THIS LATE SUBMISSION DID NOT ALLOW FOR AN ADEQUATE REVIEW OR DEVELOPMENT OF ANY VIABLE RECOMMENDATION.
THEREFORE, WE RECOMMEND DENIAL.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT IT HAS BEEN APPROXIMATELY 58 DAYS SINCE OUR FIRST MEETING WITH APPLICANT WHERE HE AGREED TO REWORK POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS AND HE HAS FAILED TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE RESIDENTS.
AND JUST FOR THE RECORD, UH, I KNOW AT THE LAST ZONING MEETING THE COMMISSIONER HAD ASKED THAT WE WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER.
WE HAD NO OBJECTION TO THAT, BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A TWO-WAY COMMUNICATION.
THE DEVELOPER NEEDS TO WORK WITH US.
ALL THE COMMUNICATION HAS BEEN INITIATED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE RESIDENTS.
AND LIKE I SAID, OUR ONLY COMMUNICATION WAS YESTERDAY MORNING AT SIX O'CLOCK.
ANY OTHERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? ALDO SPILLER, DON'T START YET.
I LIVE AT ONE 13 HAZEL, WHICH IS ABOUT 150 FEET FROM WHERE THE PROJECT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE.
I WAS WONDERING IF I CAN SURRENDER MY TIME TO MS. EZ SO YOU CAN SPEAK FOR ME.
IT WOULD'VE HAD TO HAVE BEEN DONE WHEN SHE STARTED SPEAKING.
UH, SO BASICALLY I'M HERE BECAUSE, UH, I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT.
UH, I WAS ACTUALLY BORN, UH, UM, UH, IN THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.
UH, MY FATHER WAS BORN, UH, ABOUT 300 FEET FROM WHERE THAT PROJECT'S GONNA TAKE PLACE.
AND MY GRANDFATHER LIVED ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED.
SO I HAVE AN INVESTMENT ON THIS.
AND, AND THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, UH, I I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, THE, THE, THAT PASO CHICO ALLEY, I'M GONNA TRY AND STICK TO THAT ONE ISSUE.
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PASO CHICO ALLEY, THAT'S, IT'S BEING DESIGNATED.I KNOW IT'S NOT UP THERE, BUT THAT REALLY BELONGS TO THE RAILROAD.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RAILROAD PROPERTY.
THE TRAIN USED TO PASS THROUGH THERE.
I, I USED AS A KID, I USED TO JUMP ON IT AND RIDE IT.
SO I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UM, PEOPLE USE IT.
THEY TRAVEL BACK AND FORTH SIMPLY BECAUSE NOBODY SAYS ANYTHING.
AND, UH, PASO CHICO PASOS, THE ACTUAL PASO CHICO ALLEY RUNS EAST TO WEST, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAP THAT THAT'S A SMALL LITTLE ROAD THAT GOES.
AND THAT'S WHERE ONE 12 PASO CHICO, WHERE MS. CANTU WAS TALKING ABOUT.
WELL, THEY USED TO TRAVEL FROM THERE TO BRUSSELS.
THERE, THERE WAS NO ACCESS, BUT THEN THEY STARTED USING IT AND EVERYBODY STARTED USING IT.
SO AS THIS PROJECT'S BEING DEVELOPED, I, I WAS AGAINST IT BECAUSE THERE'S THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND, AND I'M STILL AGAINST IT BECAUSE I SHOWED UP THINKING THAT WE'RE STILL TALKING ABOUT APARTMENTS.
AND, UH, UH, AND I JUST FOUND OUT THAT NO, IT'S, IT'S CHANGED.
AND SO MY, MY, MY, MY, I GUESS COMMUNICATION WITH THEM, UH, MY, MY TRUST TO THEM, I'M LIKE, I'M, I'M JUST NOT AGAINST IT.
UH, I'M SURE THERE'S MORE STUFF IN THERE, BUT, UH, I, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE, SO THANK YOU.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK.
AND MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST NOTE, UM, I DO SHOW THAT WE DID MAIL, UM, TO A COMPARING BU AT 96 50 DATA POINT DRIVE, SUITE 1 0 4, AND THIS IS INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM BEXAR COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO THAT IS WHERE THEIR LETTER WAS MAILED TO WEEKS AGO.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT STUFF.
UM, THE, RECEIVED THAT DOCUMENTATION AND WE'VE RECEIVED ALL THE OTHER ONES THAT WE'VE RECEIVED.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS A REBUTTAL TIME.
FIRST, LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
I THINK THAT THAT'S, UH, VALID.
UH, BUT I ALSO MUST, UH, MUST ADMIT THAT, UH, FOR ABOUT THE FIRST 30 DAYS OR SO MANY OF MY INVESTORS THAT HAVE, UH, CAPITAL IN THIS PROJECT, UH, WANTED ME TO PUSH FORWARD WITH THE INITIAL SIX TOWN HOMES.
UH, AND THE, UH, UH, INITIAL PROPOSED, UH, SITE PLAN, UH, I REALLY HAD TO CONVINCE THEM OTHERWISE, AGAIN, TO KEEP THE PEACE AND TO, UH, TO CONCEDE TO WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS LOOKING FOR.
SO, UH, PART OF THAT WAS, UH, PURPOSELY NOT COMMUNICATING BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING NEW TO COMMUNICATE TO THEM.
UH, BUT THEN SECONDLY, UM, THEY'VE OPPOSED PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING THAT I'VE INTRODUCED, UH, EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
SO AT THIS POINT, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO, UH, TO HAVE THEM, UH, VOTE IN SOMETHING THAT THEY, THAT WOULD BE FAVORABLE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN FACT, I JUST GOT ANOTHER CODE VIOLATION ON IT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, WE'VE CLEANED THE LOT OUT, UH, PROBABLY HALF A DOZEN TIMES NOW.
UH, WE'VE TAKEN OUT HOMELESS PEOPLE TENTS.
UM, ONE OF THE FIRST VIDEOS THAT I HAVE OF IT, WE PICKED UP A HOME DEPOT BUCKET WITH, UH, PROBABLY A QUARTER FULL OF NEEDLES.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WANNA CLEAN UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK THERE'S A, UH, SOME MISINFORMATION BEING PUT OUT THERE ABOUT SOME APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S DOING THAT AND WHO'S SPREADING THAT, BUT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S SOME, UH, SOME PURPOSE BEHIND IT.
UH, SO WE ARE FOR THE RECORD BUILDING FOUR HOMES, UH, DOWN FROM SIX SINGLE STORY, UH, THAT ARE GONNA BE IN LINE WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO CHAIR BUS DE MONTE.
UM, FIRST QUESTION TO STAFF IS AN EASY ONE.
UM, WHAT IS THIS SET TO GO TO COUNCIL IF WE TAKE ACTION TODAY? AUGUST THE 18TH.
UM, SECOND QUESTION IS HARDER.
SO LOOKING AT THE AREA MAP THAT'S ON DISPLAY RIGHT NOW, ON MY SCREEN THERE IS A PASSAGEWAY OF SOME SORT ALLEY STREET ROAD, UH, LABELED PASO CHICO.
WHAT IS THAT TO STAFF? IT'S LIKELY AN OLD, UM, PAPER STREET.
UM, IT DOES HAVE SIGNAGE ON IT, LIKE FROM THE CITY? NO, NO.
I BELIEVE WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS THE PASO CHICO GOING NORTH TO SOUTH TO THE WEST SIDE PROPERTY NORTH TO SOUTH.
THEY BOTH HAVE SIGNAGE AS PASO CHICO ALLEY FROM THE CITY
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DOES, UM, IT DOES, IT IS PRIVATE PROPERTY.IT'S NOT A RIGHT OF WAY FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
UM, BUT I, I DON'T, I I DID SEE THAT SIGN OVER THERE.
UM, AND, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT DOES LOOK LIKE FROM THE CITY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, THE APPLICANT WOULD NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE ANY ACCESS OR CAN'T ASSUME ANY ACCESS ALONG THE WESTERN BORDER OF THAT PROPERTY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, TO THE APPLICANT, WOULD THE APPLICANT GOTTEN TO THE PODIUM PLEASE? YES.
UM, YOU KNOW, UNDER YOUR CURRENT PLAN, IS THERE ANY NEED FOR ACCESS ON THE NORTH SOUTH PA CHICO? UH, I'D HAVE TO REFER TO MY ENGINEER ON THAT ONE, OR DEFER RATHER.
CAN YOU PUT THIS SO WE, SO WE ARE TALKING ABOUT ON, ON, ON WHICH ONE ARE YOU SAYING, SO I'M TALKING, DO YOU NEED ANY ACCESS ON THE PASO CHICO THAT'S LABELED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE DIAGRAM ON THE SCREEN NOW? NO, NO.
BUT IF YOU, IF YOU, WE CAN ACCESS FROM THE BRUSSELS STREET THROUGH THE PASO CHICO AND WE CAN ACCESS, UH, THERE THE TWO LOTS ON THE, ON THAT ARE BEHIND THE ONES ON THE FRONT.
I DON'T THINK IT'LL BE A PROBLEM BECAUSE WE ARE DIRECTLY, UH, ACCESSING FROM THREE OH CITY ROAD.
UM, SO MR. BUS, MR. BUSANTE, THIS IS A PRELIMINARY SIDE PLAN.
UH, WE'RE HERE FOR A, A CHANGE IN ZONING AND I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE CAN TWEAK THIS ENOUGH TO, TO MAKE IT WORK, THAT'S FINE.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE I D Z, YOU'RE GONNA BE STUCK WITH YOUR SITE PLAN MORE OR LESS ABSENT MINOR AMENDMENT.
UM, SO I DO WANT TO CLARIFY THAT NOW.
I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
I'LL LEAVE IT TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
MAY I DO JUST FOR THE APPLICANT? UH, ONE QUESTION FOR YOU.
YOU, SHE SAID YOU WOULD BE, YOU WOULD CONSIDER SOME CHANGES TO THAT SITE PLAN YOU JUST SHOWED, RIGHT? YES, SIR.
TO ELIMINATE THE ACCESS TO POSSIBLE CHICO ON BOTH SIDES, WHICH MEANS THERE'S TWO CARDS.
CAN SOMEONE PUT THAT UP AGAIN? THERE'S TWO CARS THAT ARE PHASING, I'M SURE.
UM, THAT WOULD BE THE ACCESS TO PASO CHICO, THOSE TWO LAST UNITS.
WOULD YOU CONSIDER EXTENDING, MAYBE MOVING, SWAPPING THOSE AROUND WHERE THEY HAVE ACCESS TO THE, THROUGH RIO CITY ROAD AND ELIMINATING THEM, HAVING ACCESS THROUGH PASO CHICO ON BOTH SIDES? THAT'S A YES SIR.
I I JUST WANNA CAUTION ON THAT, THAT THEY MAY BE, THEY MAY NEED THE ACCESS WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THE TRAFFIC REVIEW WHEN THEY START REALLY LOOKING AT THIS.
SO I WOULD JUST CAUTION THAT ON THAT NORTHERN SIDE FOR ALRIGHT.
MAY, MAY I ADD THAT I, I KNOW THOSE ALLEYWAYS ARE NOT LEGAL ROADWAYS OR STREET.
I MEAN, I'VE SPENT AN HOUR OR TWO THERE JUST LOOKING AT THE TRAFFIC COUNT.
PEOPLE ARE USING THAT UP AND DOWN ALL DAY, EVERY DAY, PARKING MOVING.
UM, SO I, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO IT, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THEY'RE THERE.
AND, UM, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NO.
UM, CAN YOU CLARIFY WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA WITH THE DIAGONAL LINES ACROSS? UH, YES, THE, UH, LADY THAT SPOKE, UH, UH, UH, ORIGINALLY OR INITIALLY, UH, SHE OWNS AN OLD ABANDONED, UH, GAS STATION.
UH, I'VE OFFERED TO MAYBE HELP, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE IT A COMMUNITY COFFEE SHOP OR SOMETHING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW, DO SOMETHING WITH IT.
I KNOW THAT IT'S, UH, IT'S, IT, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
IT'S, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE AND, UH, BUT THAT'S HER BUILDING THAT, THAT'S, THAT'S WHY IT'S TEXT OUT.
AND SO WHAT IS THE INTERACTION BETWEEN THE PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BUILD AND THAT LAND THERE? IS THERE, IS THERE A FENCE? IS IT WHAT YOU JUST, THEY GONNA LOOK AT IT OR WHAT, COULD YOU JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT? IT IT'S OPEN CURRENTLY.
I MEAN, WE, WE'VE, WE'VE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE DOING SOMETHING TOGETHER.
MAYBE WE COULD PUT A DELI, COFFEE SHOP,
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SOMETHING COOL FOR THE COMMUNITY.UM, I THINK SHE HAS HER OWN PLANS FOR IT OR NOT, I'M NOT SURE.
I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS IF YOUR PROPERTIES WERE ON THE LEFT SIDE MM-HMM.
AS IS, IS THAT THE WAY IT'S GONNA LOOK OR? I THINK SHE WOULD PUT A FENCE SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT, HOLD ON MA'AM.
IF YOU CAN WAIT TILL THEY CALL YOU UP, PLEASE.
I JUST, I WANNA HEAR, I BELIEVE SHE'S GONNA PUT A FENCE.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ENTIRELY OPEN RIGHT NOW.
AS, AS YOU SEE IT, THERE IS A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE THERE.
THERE IS A PHYSICAL STRUCTURE.
CAN I THINK YOU GUYS HAD PICTURES OF IT INITIALLY? YEAH, I CAN SEE IT ON THE MAP HERE.
MA'AM, WOULD YOU THAT'S COME UP AND SHARE.
THAT'S, THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE, COMMISSIONER.
WELCOME TO SHARE WHAT YOU WERE GOING TO ADD.
I WAS GOING TO EXPLAIN THAT, UH, THERE IS, UH, UM, IT'S JUST WIDE OPEN THOSE TWO PROPERTIES.
UH, CURRENTLY, UH, THE, UH, PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY A GAS STATION THAT MY GRANDPARENTS BUILT IN THE 1930S AND WE'RE STILL ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AS A GAS STATION OR REPAIRS FOR 18 WHEELERS.
I MEAN, THERE'S SEVERAL DIFFERENT THINGS THAT, THAT COULD BE USED FOR.
UH, UH, MY MOTHER WHO INHERITED THIS FROM HER PARENTS, UH, INHERITED SEVERAL OTHER PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DEVELOPING IN THE AREA AS WELL ACROSS, UH, DOWN BRAES, UH, AS WELL, UH, AS ON FREO CITY ROAD, SOME OTHER PROPERTIES THAT ARE QUITE LARGE PROPERTIES.
SO WE TOO ARE IN THE DEVELOPMENT, UH, STAGES OF TRYING TO DO THIS.
AND I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, PERSON, UH, AS OF SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TRYING TO, UH, UH, PUT TOGETHER UH, THREE PROJECTS THAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING, ONE INCLUDED ON THAT PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.
BUT, UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, FROM WHAT I SAW IN THE PREVIOUS DOCUMENTATION, THEY HAD NO FENCING THAT THEY WERE PUTTING OR ANYTHING, WHICH I FEEL IS NOT VERY GOOD.
PLUS SO MUCH TRAFFIC RIGHT THERE ON FRIO CITY ROAD IS, IS MY CONCERN BECAUSE AT OUR, OUR EXIT WHERE WE'VE GOT AN EXIT ON RIO CITY ROAD, THERE'S ONLY 80 FEET AND THERE'S FOUR DRIVEWAYS, WHICH IS 48 FEET.
AND ONE OF THOSE DRIVEWAYS IS AT THAT INTERSECTION RIGHT THERE AT THAT INTERSECTION.
SO PART OF THE DRIVEWAY IS ON FRIO CITY ROAD AND THE OTHER PART OF THE DRIVEWAY IS ON HAZEL STREET, AND THEN SOME OF 'EM ARE ON HAZEL AND, AND SO IT'S HIGH TRAFFIC THERE.
AND THEN WE'VE GOT TWO EXITS, UH, FOR OUR PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY EXISTS, OR THREE, UH, ON EACH SIDE OF THE GAS STATION, THERE'S, THERE'S ONE PLUS, THEN YOU'VE GOT THIS ALLEYWAY.
SO IT'S JUST NOTHING BUT ENTRANCE.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I'LL ALSO JUST CLARIFY VERY QUICKLY THAT BECAUSE HER PROPERTY IS ZONED I ONE, SHE WILL BE REQUIRED TO HAVE A SIDE SETBACK OF 30 FEET AS WELL AS INSTALL AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE IF SHE DEVELOPS THAT LOT.
I'M SORRY, COULD YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? WHO WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING FOR THE SETBACK? I MS. WAS IT MS. RUMBA THAT WAS JUST UP HERE? YES.
WHAT WAS IT? I YOU'D BE REQUIRED TO INSTALL AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AND YOU WOULD HAVE A 30 FOOT SIDE SETBACK REQUIREMENT BECAUSE YOUR PROPERTY'S INDUSTRIAL AGAINST RESIDENTIAL SETBACK.
I, I SEE IF THE PROPERTY IS REZONED.
UM, I ACTUALLY DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, AND THAT'S ON WHAT, WHAT IS THE MINIMUM SIZE OF A ROAD THAT CAN BE USED? I'M AN ARCHITECT, NOT A CIVIL ENGINEER, SO I DON'T KNOW THIS, BUT I KNOW IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WE HAVE ACCESS TO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX VIA AN ALLEY.
UM, AND IT MAY BE BECAUSE IT'S BEEN THERE FOR 60, 70, 80 YEARS, BUT IT IS IT, I GUESS WHAT I'M ASKING IS, IS THE PLAN THAT, THAT THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED WITH THAT ACCESS VIA AN ALLEY, IS THAT A LEGAL PLAN? IT IS POTENTIALLY A LEGAL PLAN.
UM, AND GENERALLY THOSE ALLEYS ARE ABOUT 30 FEET WIDE, IF NOT A LITTLE BIT BIGGER.
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LOOK AT THAT WHEN THEY REVIEW IT DURING PLAN REVIEW.ANY, UH, ANY UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR THE APPLICANT? KENT? YES, MA'AM.
UH, CAN SITE PLAN PLEASE? CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOUR INTENDED SETBACKS ARE, UM, FOR THIS SITE PLAN AND YEAH, I I WOULD JUST LIKE BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HOW FAR AWAY YOU ARE FROM 10 10 FEET.
5, 5, 5 FEET ON EACH SIDE? YES.
ANY OTHER FINAL ROUND, UH, COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT.
UM, SO YOU HEARD EARLIER THE STAFF SAID THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A FENCE BETWEEN YOUR PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY.
UM, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PUT UP A FENCE RATHER THAN YOUR, UH, FOLKS IN THE ADJACENT PROPERTY? THAT SHOULDN'T BE A PROBLEM, SIR.
AND STAFF? I'M SORRY, DOES THAT NEED TO BE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN? THE FENCING? YES, IT CAN BE INDICATED ON THE SITE PLAN.
UM, CHAIR BUSANTE TO YOU FOR MOTION AND DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, UM, THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UM, SO THIS IS A SOMEWHAT DIFFICULT CASE.
UM, I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I KEEP STRESSING, UM, THROUGHOUT THESE MEETINGS.
AND I, I MEAN IT, I HAVE CONCERNS REGARDING THE PASO CHICO ISSUES, UH, INCLUDING THE ACCESS.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I MENTIONED THE HOUSING CRISIS PREVIOUSLY AND ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY SEEMS TO BE STUCK IN A CATCH 22, RIGHT? THEY CAN PUT SIX UNITS ON THAT ADDRESS SOME OF THE ENTRY AND EXIT ISSUES, UM, FROM FREO CITY ROAD.
OR THEY CAN HAVE ONE STORY HOUSES THAT ARE SINGLE FAMILY, UM, THAT AREN'T TOWNHOUSES.
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF WE SAY NO TO BOTH OF THOSE THINGS, WE END UP WITH NOTHING COMING OUT OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, ALTHOUGH I THINK THE APPLICANT COULD HAVE TRIED A LITTLE HARDER TO GET IN TOUCH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, IT ALSO SEEMS TO ME THAT HE TRIED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THEIR CONCERNS.
UH, AGAIN, LOWERING IT FROM TWO STORIES TO ONE STORY, UM, MAKING IT SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, WE'RE NOT A DESIGN BODY SO WE DON'T DEAL WITH, UH, HOW THINGS LOOK, BUT HE'S MADE THE ASSERTION THAT HE WILL KEEP IT IN, IN KIND WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THERE'S ONE MONTH APPROXIMATELY UNTIL CITY COUNCIL ON THIS PROJECT.
IT'S BEEN BEFORE THIS BODY FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE IT FORWARD TODAY AND SO I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
UM, I MOVE TO RECOMMEND ITEM NUMBER FOUR AS AMENDED.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FOUR AS AMENDED AND I'LL SECOND THAT CHAIR.
I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
ANY, UH, DISCUSSION ON MY LEFT, ON MY RIGHT.
CHAIR BUS DE ANY DISCUSSION? OH, YOU, YOU'VE KIND OF SAID JUST, JUST BRIEFLY.
I THINK THERE ARE THINGS THAT Y'ALL CAN FIX IN THE TIME UNTIL CITY COUNCIL PLEASE.
COULD WE GET A AS AMENDED? COULD WE GET ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
WE, IF WE COULD GET, UH, COMMISSIONER
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GREATHOUSE TO RETURN PLEASE? YES.AND I BELIEVE THAT, UM, CHAIR BUSTAMONTE WAS GONNA DROP OFF AFTER THAT.
SO IF WE COULD NOTE THAT TIME FOR THE RECORD.
YES, IT IS THREE 20 AND COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE OR CHAIR BUSANTE HAS LEFT THE MEETING IF, UH, YEAH.
LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS RETURNED AT THREE 20 AND WE ARE PROCEEDING TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
ALL RIGHT, ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS LOCATED AT 1672 RIGSBY AVENUE GOING FROM R SIX TO R FOUR.
ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME 23 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE PASADENA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR TO SOUTHEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING R SIX IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED RM FOUR IS NOT APPROPRIATE AND WOULD INTRODUCE A HIGHER DENSITY NOT ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE AREA SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
AND USES ARE PRIMARY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STAFF FINDS, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF RMM SIX, WHICH WILL ALLOW NO MORE THAN TWO DWELLING UNITS.
THIS WILL BE MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE DENSITY OF THE AREA AND MINOR STREETS AND STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION AND APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE.
MY ADDRESS IS 8 2 9 DAKOTA STREET.
UM, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR TIME AND SERVICE HERE.
I KNOW ALL TOO WELL, IT'S A LOT OF WORK.
UM, SO YES, MY CLIENT, UH, OWNS A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.
THEY'RE BORN, RAISED, LIVE IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE.
UM, SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THEIR PROPERTIES THAT, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM ARE VERY OLD PROPERTIES THAT ARE RUN DOWN.
THIS ONE HAD PREVIOUSLY, THEY'VE OWNED IT FOR MANY YEARS.
IT WAS I THINK A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE BEFORE.
UH, BUT IT WAS JUST TO THE POINT WHERE IT WAS UNREPAIRABLE FOR THEM TO BE, YOU KNOW, STILL PROFITABLE.
UM, SO WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO DO IS CREATE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT ARE RENTAL PROPERTIES, UH, AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS.
I KNOW OF MAYBE EIGHT OF THEM THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'VE REVIEWED THIS WITH THEM IN GREAT DETAIL ABOUT THE OPTIONS AND WE DECIDED NOT TO GO WITH I D Z BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME NEGATIVE CONNOTATIONS WITH THAT.
IT ALLOWS FOR MAYBE, UH, TOO MUCH LENIENCY.
AND WITH THIS SITE WE CAN DEVELOP THIS PLAN WITH RMM FOUR AND RESPECT ALL THE REQUIRED SETBACKS.
WE CAN PROVIDE MORE PARKING THAN IS REQUIRED BY CODE AND I BELIEVE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL DENSITY OF HOUSING IN THIS AREA THAT'S GREATLY NEEDED WITHOUT DETRACTING FROM OR DISRUPTING THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT IT SETS IN.
SO THIS IS, THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON IN THIS SLIDE, BUT IS THIS A POINTER? YES, SIR.
UH, SO WHAT WE HAVE, IT'S ON RIGSBY AVENUE.
UM, STAFF HAS SAID THAT THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY R SIX DISTRICT AND THAT EVERYTHING IS SINGLE FAMILY AROUND THERE.
AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS HERE, STAFF STATED THAT BOTH PROPERTIES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT ON EITHER SIDE, OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
AND I WANT TO SHOW YOU THAT THERE'S ACTUALLY MUCH MORE DIVERSITY IN THIS AREA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN WHAT IS BEING, UH, PORTRAYED BY STAFF.
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SO SORRY, I'M NO GOOD WITH THIS THING APPARENTLY.UH, SO OVERALL, YES, THERE ARE SOME SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES RIGHT HERE AND SOME RIGHT HERE.
UH, WE HAVE CERA SISTERS OVER HERE.
WE HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, A LARGER ONE OVER HERE.
I GUESS IT'S JUST NOT WORKING.
UM, THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.
ON THE UPPER LEFT IS A TRANSPORTATION FACILITY THAT DOESN'T FRONT TO RIGSBY, I DON'T BELIEVE.
UM, AND THEN CAN YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE? UH, SO IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, SO I HAVE TRIED TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY AT 1672 RIGSBY.
UM, IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST, UH, ISN'T OUR SIX ZONED PROPERTY, BUT IT IS A GOURMET GROCERY RETAIL STORE SELLING MARSHMALLOWS OF SOME KIND.
UM, I HAVEN'T SHOPPED THERE, SO I DON'T KNOW.
UM, IT HAS A STOREFRONT BUILT ON THE FRONT OF IT.
IT PROBABLY WAS BUILT AS A HOUSE ORIGINALLY, BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN CONVERTED AT SOME TIME.
IT COULD POSSIBLY BE SOME KIND OF MIXED USE WHERE THEY LIVE IN THE BACK AND THEY HAVE A SHOP IN THE FRONT, BUT IT CLEARLY HAS A STOREFRONT ON THE FRONT OF IT THAT IS NOT TYPICAL IN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, RIGHT HERE ON THE RIGHT, WHICH IS ANOTHER HOUSE TO THE WEST IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
IT'S A RATHER LARGE LOT AND THEY MAY HAVE SOME VEHICLE STORAGE, BUT IT APPEARS TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE.
SO AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY.
UH, STAFF SAID THAT THIS WAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH, I DON'T KNOW, SOME KIND OF UNIQUE CARPORT AS THEY DESCRIBED IT, BUT, UH, THIS IS SOME KIND OF MECHANIC SHOP OR AUTO SALVAGE SHOP.
UH, IT IN NO WAY APPEARS TO BE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE UNLESS THE PERSON THAT RUNS THE SHOP LIVES IN THAT TRAILER HOME, WHICH IS POSSIBLE.
UM, MY CLIENTS MYSELF, WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH WHAT THE USES ARE THAT ARE GOING ON IN THESE PROPERTIES.
THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS TO MY CLIENT.
UH, BUT WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO PORTRAY IS THAT THIS IS, THERE'S MIXED USES GOING ON IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S NOT SOLELY OUR SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STAFF IS TRYING TO PORTRAY AND USE AS THE BASIS FOR RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
THIS IS JUST LOOKING ACROSS THE STREETS.
YOU GET A BETTER FEEL OF IT THAT TO THE LEFT IS THAT TRANSPORTATION FACILITY.
YOU DON'T REALLY SEE IT FROM THIS STREET.
THEN THESE ARE THOSE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
I DIDN'T GO WALKING INTO THEIR PROPERTY TO SEE THINGS, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK ON GOOGLE EARTH, THEY'RE APPEAR TO BE SOME MAYBE ACCESSORY DWELLINGS.
MAYBE THERE ARE TWO UNITS ON A PROPERTY, MAYBE ONE HAS THREE, BUT THERE'S A MIXTURE.
UM, AT FACE VALUE, THOSE APPEAR TO BE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
FURTHER DOWN, THERE'S A COUPLE MEXICAN RESTAURANTS THAT YOU CAN SEE, MAYBE SOME ORANGE AND A WHITE SIGN THERE.
AND JUST MAYBE A COUPLE HUNDRED FEET FURTHER IS ROLAND AVENUE.
UH, MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, BUS LINES, LOTS OF COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY.
MY CLIENTS AND I ARE PROPOSING TO DO FOUR RESIDENCES.
THESE WOULD BE, UH, FOUR RENT PROPERTIES THAT MY CLIENT WANTS TO HOLD AND RENT FOR THE LONG TERM.
UM, THEY INTEND TO DO AFFORDABLE HOUSING RATES ON ALL OF THEM.
UH, THIS IS NOT A FOR SALE PROPERTY TO FLIP AND MAKE A TON OF PROFIT.
IT IS TO PROVIDE HOUSING THAT IS GREATLY NEEDED AND PROVIDE IT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY THAT THEY LIVE IN, WORK IN AND LOVE.
SO EACH APARTMENT HAS TWO UNITS.
SO WE'RE EXCEEDING THE CODE REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING.
IF IT'S FOUR UNITS, I THINK WE'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE SIX, WE'RE PROVIDING EIGHT.
UM, THESE ARE THREE BEDROOMS AND FOUR BEDROOM APARTMENTS.
THEY'RE INTENDED FOR FAMILIES TO LIVE IN.
UH, THEY'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT TRYING TO CRAM A LOT OF EFFICIENCIES INTO A LOT LIKE WE MIGHT ASK WITH I D Z AND TRY TO MAXIMIZE DENSITY BEYOND WHAT WE BELIEVE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT I, I PERSONALLY DO BELIEVE IN INCREASING DENSITY WHERE IT IS APPROPRIATE.
IF THIS WAS AROUND THE CORNER A QUARTER MILE AWAY, TUCKED INTO THE MIDDLE OF THAT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT FRONTING RIGSBY AVENUE, I WOULD COMPLETELY AGREE WITH STAFF'S CONCERNS.
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IS ON RIGSBY AND I'VE KIND OF SHOWN YOU THE SURROUNDINGS.IT'S, THERE'S SOME MIXED USES, UM, AND SOME DIVERSITY.
SO LET'S PROVIDE MORE DIVERSITY, LET'S PROVIDE MORE HOUSING.
LET'S ALLOW MY CLIENT TO DO WHAT THEY WANNA DO.
IF THEY'RE RESTRICTED TO TWO UNITS AS STAFF IS RECOMMENDING, IT'S PROBABLY NOT VIABLE FOR THEM TO PROCEED WITH BUILDING IN TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION CLIMATE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET THE RETURN ON THEIR PROFORMA AND IT'S JUST SIMPLY NOT WORTH MOVING FORWARD WITH THE PROJECT.
SO I'M RESPECTFULLY ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR THE FOUR UNITS USING AN RM FOUR AND COMPLYING WITH ALL THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, MY CLIENT HAS MET WITH COUNCILWOMAN GERRAN IN THE PAST ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT THAT WAS A FAVORABLE MEETING FROM COUNCILWOMAN.
I HAVE NOTHING IN WRITING UNFORTUNATELY.
UH, BUT BOTH MY CLIENT'S HUSBAND AND WIFE MET WITH HER A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND HAD A GOOD CONVERSATION ABOUT IT.
AND THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THEIR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING TO YOU IN THE FUTURE AS WELL.
UM, SO I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, PLEASE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS A, WE'RE DISTRICT THREE, SO COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR YOU QUESTIONS.
SO WITH THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, I IT'S FOR STAFF, UH, FOR RMM UH, SIX THAT WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO PROCEED WITH THREE UNITS MAX ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND AS YOU STATED THAT, THAT WOULD NOT BE VIABLE FOR YOUR CLIENTS.
UH, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE AT THIS TIME.
OPEN UP TO THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMERS ON MY LEFT.
UM, LOOKING AT THE, UM, THE MAP AS WELL AS THE ZONING MAP, UM, GOOGLE MAPS AS WELL AS THE ZONING MAP, IS THERE ANY, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A, A LARGE VACANT LOT KIND OF BEHIND THIS THAT DOES NOT FRONT ON RIGSBY.
DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW IF THEY HAVE ACCESS TO RIGSBY? 'CAUSE IT APPEARS TO BE LANDLOCKED.
ARE THEY CONNECTED THROUGH, WOULD THEY HAVE LIKE AN EASEMENT OVER YOUR PROPERTY OR YOUR CLIENT'S PROPERTY OR MAYBE THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR? I BELIEVE IT.
I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS A PIECE OF THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR OR IF THERE'S SOME SORT OF EASEMENT PROVIDING THE ACCESS OR IF THERE'S NONE AT ALL.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT GOOGLE EARTH, IT KIND OF APPEARS THAT THERE'S A BEATEN PATH THAT GOES THROUGH THE MARSHMALLOW SALES HOUSE AND GOES ON BACK TO THAT BIG LOT.
BUT IT'S SPECULATION ON MY PART TO SAY WHAT REALLY IS HAPPENING THERE REAL QUICK THERE, UM, AT THAT PROPERTY IN THE REAR IS CONNECTED TO HIS NEIGHBORING PROPERTY, IT'S ALL ONE IRREGULAR SHAPED LOT.
JUST WANTED MAKE SURE THAT WASN'T AN ISSUE.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR MOTION DISCUSSION.
UM, IF I CAN, UM, IF I CAN ADD REAL QUICK, UM, SO IF HE IS GOING WITH THIS SITE PLAN SHOWING THREE STORIES, WE DO HAVE THAT, UM, THAT HIGH RESTRICTION ON THE CODE.
IF YOU'RE BUTTING A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, YOU CANNOT DO MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF STORIES WITHIN THE FIRST 50 FEET.
UM, I DON'T, JUST LOOKING AT THIS REAL QUICK.
I, I BELIEVE HE MIGHT NEED A VARIANCE FOR THIS IF HE'S GOING TO THE FULL THREE STORIES.
MAY I ASK A QUESTION ABOUT THAT? SURE.
UM, SO NEITHER OF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE USED AS SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, HOW DOES THAT PLAY INTO IT? BECAUSE THE IDEA IS THAT THAT CODE IS THERE TO PROTECT A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE ADJACENT TO A PROPERTY BEING DEVELOPED.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THERE'S NOTHING PROTECTING MY CLIENT'S PROPERTY FROM AN AUTO SALVAGE REPAIR DEALER.
YES, I, I UNDERSTAND THE WAY THE CODE WAS WRITTEN.
IT'S WRITTEN FOR BOTH IF IT'S ZONED R SIX OR IF IT'S USED AS A RESIDENTIAL USE.
SO FOR THAT REASON, IT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT TO HAVE NO MORE THAN TWO AND A HALF STORIES, 35 FEET.
WE WOULD EITHER MAKE THE DESIGN WORK FOR THAT REQUIREMENT OR WE WOULD GO FOR THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT VARIANCE, WHICHEVER SEEMS MOST APPROPRIATE.
I'D RATHER NOT GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
I'D RATHER MAKE IT WORK IN THE DESIGN PHASE.
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DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS OVER HOW DENSELY PACKED THIS, THIS PROJECT WOULD BE IN THAT LOT.I, UM, ESPECIALLY KNOWING THAT ON PAPER, THE BUDDING LOTS ARE RESIDENTIAL USES, UM, AND THE DECISION WE MAKE HERE WOULD STAY WITH THAT PROPERTY EVEN IF YOUR CLIENTS DECIDE TO SELL LATER ON.
UM, AND IT'S FOR THAT REASON THAT I WOULD MOTION TO DENY.
SO YOU'RE MOTIONING TO DENY, DENY THE, UH, UH, PROJECT AS IS.
SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL OF THE ITEM BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
WE, UH, DISCUSSION ON MY LEFT.
CAN I ASK, SO THE, THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, DID I SEE THERE WAS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION? YES, SIR.
FOR RMM SIX, WHICH WOULD LEAVE THEM TWO.
AND THE MO THE, THE MOTION WAS TO DENY EVERYTHING.
MOTION COMMISSIONER GREENHOUSE.
UM, I'M NOT GONNA BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, RIGSBY AVENUE IS A LARGE THOROUGHFARE.
UM, AS THE APPLICANT'S POINTED OUT, WE'VE GOT QUITE A FEW COMMERCIAL USES.
THERE'S A CAR WASH DOWN THE STREET.
I MEAN, THIS IS NOT THE INNER PART OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS NOT, UM, THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF COHESIVENESS DESPITE MAYBE WHAT IT, IT APPEARS ACROSS THE STREET WE HAVE I ONE, UM, YOU KNOW, FRANKLY I THINK GIVEN, UM, PUBLIC POLICY, UM, YOU KNOW, FOR PROVIDING FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN THE AREA, UM, WE KNOW THE SOUTH SIDE'S GROWING REALLY QUICKLY.
UM, I THINK THAT, THAT IT'S ACTUALLY A, A VERY APPROPRIATE PLAN.
ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION, UH, ON MY RIGHT? NO.
UH, MOTION IS FOR DENIAL WITH A SECOND, UM, ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER LUGALIA HOLLAND? NO.
ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION HAS FAILED.
SO SOMEONE, IT IS OPEN TO MAKE AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION.
YES, MR. CHAIR, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, APPROVE OF ITEM FIVE.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM FIVE.
AND JUST FOR CLARITY, THAT'S AS THE, AS THE REQUESTED RMM FOUR, NOT THE ALTERNATE RMM SIX, CORRECT? CORRECT.
MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WHITE, UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE.
COMMISSIONER LEGIA HOLLAND? YES.
THANK YOU ALL FOR RIGHT, EVERYTHING.
UM, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM SEVEN.
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AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, YOU'RE LEAVING IS, IS LEAVING THE MEETING.ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS LOCATED AT 1 27 RAINBOW DRIVE, GOING FROM MF 33 TO IDS.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, GOING FROM MF 33 TO I D Z TWO WITH USE OF PERMITTED FOR MF 40, ALL RELAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
14 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ONE RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING MF 33 IS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED I D Z TWO WILL ALLOW MF 40 USES.
IT WOULD ALLOW SLIGHTLY MORE DENSITY TO THE EXISTING MF.
THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS SUITABLE FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND IS CLOSE TO AUSTIN HIGHWAY AND IS ABUTTING EXISTENCE C TWO AND MF 33.
USES OR ZONING STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, MY NAME IS DANIEL ORTIZ, ONE 12 EAST PECAN.
I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPER, N RP.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LONG AFTERNOON ALREADY, SO I'D LIKE TO JUST BRIEFLY, AS BRIEFLY AS POSSIBLE, WALK YOU THROUGH A QUICK POWERPOINT TO, UH, GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON THE PROPOSED REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT.
UM, NEXT SLIDE AFTER THAT, UM, AS THE CASE MANAGER ALREADY MENTIONED, UH, THE PROPERTIES ABOUT 1.7 ACRES THERE OFF OF THE INTERSECTION OF AUSTIN HIGHWAY AND WAYNE AND RAINBOW DRIVE.
UH, EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES IMMEDIATELY ACROSS RAINBOW DRIVE IS A THREE STORY FAIRLY NEW SELF-STORAGE FACILITY IMMEDIATELY TO THE WEST.
SO TO THE LEFT ON THE SCREEN IS EXISTING MULTIFAMILY, ABOUT TWO AND A HALF STORY STRUCTURES, UH, AND THEN IMMEDIATELY TO OUR SOUTH.
SO TOWARD AUSTIN HIGHWAY IS EXISTING COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTER AND COMMERCIAL ZONING.
UM, ULTIMATELY OUR GOAL IS FOR INFILL REDEVELOPMENT.
REZONING THIS PROPERTY FROM ITS EXISTING MF 33 TO THE I D Z FOR MF 40.
UH, HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN HAS 65 UNITS.
SO IN EFFECT, THAT'S 38 UNITS PER ACRE.
QUICK MATH, UH, THAT'S, UH, ULTIMATELY THIS IS, UH, REVOLVING AROUND ADDING FIVE, UH, MORE UNITS TO THE OVERALL, UH, REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, QUITE FRANKLY, NOT ALL OF RAINBOW, BUT SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF RAINBOW ARE IN DESPERATE NEED OF REDEVELOPMENT FROM AUSTIN HIGHWAY TO EISENHOWER OFF THE SCREEN.
AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT WE CAN, UM, BECOME A PART OF THAT REDEVELOPMENT OF THAT STRIP.
UH, QUICKLY, THE PROPOSED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING LAND USE DESIGNATION, WHICH IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
JUST AS A DATA POINT, UH, CONSISTENT, IT WOULD'VE BEEN CONSISTENT WITH UP TO MF 50.
WE ARE NOT REQUESTING MF 50, BUT JUST AS A DATA POINT IN TERMS OF WHAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE COMMUNITY PLAN FOR THIS AREA.
FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT.
SIMILARLY, THE EXISTING ZONING IN THE AREA IS CONSISTENT.
UM, FOR, WITH OUR PROPOSED REZONING TO I D Z, YOU CAN SEE THE YELLOW, NOT ONLY THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, BUT EVERYTHING, OR A LARGE PART OF EVERYTHING AROUND IT IS ALREADY ZONED MF 33.
UH, THE FRONTAGE ALONG, UH, ALONG AUSTIN HIGHWAY IN THE RED IS A COMBINATION OF PRIMARILY C TWO, SOME C THREE.
AND THEN ACTUALLY RECENTLY HERE UP ONTO THE UPPER RIGHT OF THE EXHIBIT, YOU CAN SEE IN BLUE THERE WAS ANOTHER REDEVELOPMENT TO TO I D Z.
SO THE PROPOSED I D Z IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING MF 33 I D Z AND COMMERCIAL.
UH, THAT EXISTING PLAN DESIGNATIONS AND EXISTING ZONING LENDS ITSELF TO A PRETTY SOLID LAND USE TRANSITION AS YOU MOVE BACK FROM AUSTIN HIGHWAY.
SO THE COMMERCIAL ZONING SLASH USES REPRESENTED IN RED.
THEY'RE ON THE EXHIBIT ON THE UPPER LEFT HAND CORNER, UH, FOLLOWED BY THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY EXISTING ZONING AND USES.
THE PROPERTY ITSELF IS OF COURSE HIGHLIGHTED WITH THE STAR.
AND THEN THAT I D Z THAT I MENTIONED JUST A SECOND AGO IN BLUE, UH, ON THAT EXHIBIT.
SO YOU HAVE WHAT THE PROPOSED REZONING WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH IS THAT TRANSITION BACK FROM AUSTIN HIGHWAY COMMERCIAL TO MULTIFAMILY TO EVENTUALLY SINGLE FAMILY AS YOU GO BACK TO EISENHOWER.
AND THEN, UH, WORTH NOTING, UM, THE, THE PICTURES DON'T NECESSARILY GIVE IT JUSTICE, BUT, UM, ON THE BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AGAIN HIGHLIGHTED BY
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THE STAR ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S IS THAT, UH, FAIRLY NEW BUT SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURE.THREE STORY SELF-STORAGE, UH, STRUCTURE THERE ON RAINBOW DRIVE.
THE DEVELOPMENT ITSELF SITE PLAN HERE, UH, UH, ON THE SCREEN, AGAIN, A TOTAL OF 65 TOTAL UNITS, WHICH IN EFFECT IS ROUGHLY FIVE MORE THAN THE EXISTING MF 33 WOULD ALLOW PROPOSED FOUR STORIES FOR REFERENCE.
THE, THE EXISTING MF 33 ALREADY ALLOWS 45 FEET AND HEIGHT.
UM, BUT THE I D Z DOES PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY ON A NUMBER OF THINGS.
SETBACKS BEING VERY IMPORTANT AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SET PLAN.
THIS ALLOWS FOR THE BUILDING TO BE PUSHED BACK AS FAR AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH, CLOSER TO THE COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE.
UH, AND ALSO AS FAR BACK FROM RAINBOW DRIVE AS AS WE POSSIBLY COULD.
A FEW OTHER ASPECTS TO NOTE, UM, TRAFFIC.
UM, IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS, UM, THIS IS, UH, SUPPOSED TO THE TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS.
A FULL T I A IS NOT TRIGGERED BECAUSE IT'S GENERATING LESS THAN 76 PEAK HOUR TRIPS AT, AT ITS PEAK, IT'S GENERATING 37 PEAK HOUR TRIPS.
WE DO UNDERSTAND FROM TALKING TO SOME RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, AND PURELY COINCIDENTALLY, I USED TO LIVE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FOR 10 PLUS YEARS.
WE'D KNOW THAT THERE ARE ISSUES WITH, WITH THE INTERSECTION OF RAINBOW AND AUSTIN HIGHWAY, UH, WITH THE TIMING OF THE SIGNAL, PERHAPS SOME STRIPING THAT'S NECESSARY.
WE ARE FULLY COMMITTED TO BEING PART OF A CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND THEN APPROACHING WHOEVER'S APPROPRIATE CITY STAFF AND THE COUNCIL PERSON'S OFFICE AND OR THE COUNCIL PERSON'S OFFICE TO LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION.
BUT ULTIMATELY THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE A PEAK OF 37, UH, PEAK HOUR TRIPS.
GATING, THERE WILL BE A PERIMETER FENCE, PERIMETER DECORATIVE FENCE AROUND, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WITH AN OPENING WHERE THE VEHICULAR ONE VEHICULAR ACCESS POINT IS ON RAINBOW DRIVE.
BUT THE BUILDING ITSELF WILL BE SECURED WITH KEY CARD ACCESS, PAYING SPECIAL ATTENTION TO LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING, WHICH WE CAN GO INTO MORE DETAIL IF THE COMMISSION LIKES TO DIS WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THAT NEXT EXHIBIT OR NEXT SLIDE.
UM, N R P AS I MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET, IS THE DEVELOPER.
UM, I THINK THEIR EXPERIENCE AND TRACK RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.
THEY ARE PLANNING TO DEVELOP THIS COMMUNITY IN LINE WITH ALL OF THEIR OTHER COMMUNITIES TO HIGHLIGHT.
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, OF COURSE, IT'LL BE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED, FULL-TIME MANAGED BY N R P.
IT WILL HAVE A BUSINESS CENTER, A FITNESS CENTER, A SWIMMING POOL, A CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY ROOM, A PLAYGROUND.
AND THEN, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK N R P UM, IS MOST PROUD OF IS THEIR PROGRAMMING, WHICH WILL ALSO HAPPEN HERE, WHICH WILL HAVE COMPUTER TRAINING, FINANCIAL LITERACY, SUMMER PROGRAMS, AND SO ON AND SO FORTH FOR THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN.
UH, AGAIN, ALL OF THAT WOULD BE HAPPENING AT THIS FACILITY.
UM, THE FACILITY YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN IS NOT, THAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A DIFFERENT COMMUNITY TO BE CLEAR WITH THOSE TYPES OF AMENITIES.
BUT THOSE AMENITIES WILL ALSO BE PRESENT AT THIS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER DEVELOPMENT.
UM, IN SOME COMMISSIONERS, UM, THAT AT THE CORE OF, OF WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR TODAY IS WE THINK A FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD REZONING REQUEST FROM SOMETHING THAT ALREADY ALLOWS MF 33 TO ESSENTIALLY SOMETHING THAT WILL ALLOWS FOR MF 40 SO THAT WE COULD GET THAT, THAT 38 UNITS PER ACRE.
UM, BUT THE, THE BIGGER PICTURE IS THAT IT WOULD ALLOW FOR THE, THIS INFILL SITE TO BE REDEVELOPED, WE THINK APPROPRIATELY, RESPONSIBLY, AND WITH A, UH, PROVEN RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPER, N R P.
SO, UM, WE DID COORDINATE FROM THE OUTSET WITH THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE ABOUT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS TO REACH OUT TO, THERE ARE NONE TO BE CLEAR WITHIN 200 FEET, BUT THEY GAVE US A COUPLE TO REACH OUT TO.
WE REACHED OUT TO THEM, PROVIDED INFORMATION, AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
I WILL TELL YOU NOW, I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF RESIDENTS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
WE LEARNED OF AT LEAST ONE OF THE RESIDENTS, UM, UH, LATE LAST WEEK AND IMMEDIATELY STARTED A CONVERSATION WITH HER.
AND THEN IF THERE WAS A SILVER LINING TO ALL THE CASES TODAY, IT GAVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK IN THE HALL.
AND I THINK WE'VE STARTED TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO CONTINUING TO HAVE THAT DIALOGUE POTENTIALLY IN BETWEEN ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE I THINK WE MADE GOOD PROGRESS.
I WON'T PUT WORDS IN THEIR MOUTH, BUT AGAIN, WE THINK THAT THE LAND USE CASE, THE PURE ZONING OF IT IS FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THERE MAY BE SOME DETAILS AS IS ALMOST ALWAYS THE CASE AROUND THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT THAT WE CAN WORK OUT AND, AND WE'RE COMMITTED TO HAVING THAT CONVERSATION BETWEEN NOW AND CITY COUNCIL.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? I HAVE, UH, KELLY GRS.
I AM A PROPERTY OWNER AND MEMBER OF
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THE WOODBRIDGE, H O A, AT THE CORNER OF RAINBOW DRIVE AND EISENHOWER ROAD.I HAVE GATHERED COMMENTS, UH, AND QUESTIONS FROM MY NEIGHBORS.
WE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS MEETING LAST WEEK AND WE ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT LATE LAST WEEK.
UH, PURE HAPPENSTANCE AS I WAS REPORTING CODE VIOLATIONS AT 1 2 7 RAINBOW, UH, WITH A HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT, LITTER, UH, ALL SORTS OF PROBLEMS THAT I'VE BEEN REPORTING SINCE JANUARY.
SO IT WAS DUMB LUCK THAT I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY NEIGHBOR.
SO I QUICKLY GATHERED, UH, INFORMATION AND QUESTIONS.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH INCLUDES RAINBOW DRIVE, FALLS INTO A LITTLE AREA ADJACENT TO SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
AND, UH, WE ARE NOT WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES AND I WILL BE RESOLVING THAT AND EXTENDING THEIR BOUNDARIES OR JUST FORMING ANOTHER ASSOCIATION, RIGHT? EASY TO DO, UH, MAKING SURE OUR COMMUNITY, AGAIN, RECEIVES TIMELY INFORMATION AND HAS REPRESENTATION AT THE TABLE.
I HAVE A COUPLE COMMENTS ABOUT RAINBOW DRIVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I AGREE WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS NATIONWIDE BY, BUT I WANT TO ENSURE THAT RAINBOW DRIVE AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF SAN ANTONIO CAN, UH, TAKE ON ALL THESE NEW RESIDENTS.
UH, RAINBOW DRIVE IS A THREE BLOCK, TINY LITTLE SIDE STREET, UH, FROM AUSTIN HIGHWAY TO EISENHOWER.
NO POSTED SPEED LIMIT, NO CENTER LINE, NO CURBS, NO CONNECTING SIDEWALK ON EITHER SIDE OF THE STREET.
THE ASPHALT ROAD IS DETERIORATING, DRAINAGE IS QUESTIONABLE.
TWO CITY STREETLIGHTS ON THE ENTIRE THREE BLOCK CORRIDOR, VERY DARK.
THERE'S CURRENTLY A HIGH VOLUME OF TRAFFIC ON RAINBOW.
I HAVE SAT THROUGH THREE LIGHT CHANGES TO GET THROUGH THE INTERSECTION.
THE INTERSECTION GOING SOUTH ON RAINBOW TO TRY TO TURN LEFT NEEDS A LEFT TURN SIGNAL.
THE CROSSWALKS ARE PRACTICALLY NON-EXISTENT AND WE WOULD LOVE A TRAFFIC STUDY TO REFLECT THE ADDITIONAL CARS, UH, FROM THIS COMPLEX.
I KNOW MOST OF THESE ISSUES I'VE JUST LISTED ARE NOT ON THE DEVELOPER.
UH, BUT WE ARE HOPING WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS PROJECT MOVING FORWARD, WE CAN LEVERAGE THE CITY TO WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY TO TAKE THE BASIC, UH, SHABBY INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUILD IT UP TO ACCOMMODATE THESE 65 NEW NEIGHBORS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WE DID GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK EARLIER TODAY, WHICH I WAS GRATEFUL FOR.
UH, AND UNTIL WE SORT OF WITH THE DEVELOPER, UH, HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON A SET OF COVENANTS, UH, RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS MOVING FORWARD SO WE CAN ENSURE, UH, WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS ASKING WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN.
WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE 'CAUSE THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE VERY NICE FOR ANYONE.
BUT, UH, WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR QUESTIONS, LITTER ABATEMENT, UH, FIRE SAFETY SO FIRE TRUCKS CAN GET IN AND OUT.
AND, UM, WE WAS THAT MY TWO MINUTE OR MY THREE MINUTE WARNING? THREE MINUTES.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO NEW MEMBERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS IS A POSITIVE THING MOVING FORWARD, BUT WE NEED TO ENSURE THE BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE TO SUPPORT THE EXISTING COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
ANY OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? RON BARHOP? OKAY.
I'M RON BARHOP, 31 0 2 EISENHOWER ROAD, ALSO A MEMBER OF THE WOODBRIDGE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION COMMUNITY.
UM, WE ARE 40 HOMES WITH 70 HOMEOWNERS.
WE'RE HAVING OUR FIRST COMMUNITY MEETING TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THIS BECAUSE WE HAD SUCH SHORT NOTICE.
I AM ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE BECAUSE IT WOULD BE, UH, WORTHY OF HAVING 30 DAYS TO LOOK OVER AND DISCUSS WITH THE DEVELOPERS WHAT THE COVENANTS MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
SO THAT'S SIMPLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR.
UM, I HAVE NOTHING FURTHER TO ADD.
ANY, WAS THAT THE, THAT'S ALL.
SO THE APPLICANT HAS A CHANCE FOR SHORT REBUTTAL.
UM, I FAILED TO MENTION DURING MY PRESENTATION, SO I'LL DO IT NOW.
UH, DEBORAH GUERRERO WITH N R P IS HERE IN CASE THERE ARE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSION AS WELL AS THE PROJECT ENGINEER.
N B C IS, IS, UH, HERE AS WELL.
SO HAVING MENTIONED THE PROJECT ENGINEER, I THINK, UM, UH, THE KELLY'S COMMENTS WITH REGARD TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE AT, UH, ON RAINBOW AND THE TIMING OF THE SIGNAL, WE'RE HAPPY TO BE A PART OF THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
I THINK SHE SAID ACCURATELY THAT THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT DOESN'T NECESSARILY SHOULDER SOME OR REALLY ANY OF THAT, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO BE PART OF THAT CONVERSATION.
THE PROJECT ENGINEER, AGAIN IS HERE AND CAN SPEAK TO WHAT POTENTIAL IMPROVEMENTS MIGHT HAPPEN IN CONNECTION WITH RAINBOW.
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UM, UH, AND SO WE ARE LOOKING AT THOSE THINGS AND ARE HAPPY TO BE PART OF A LARGER CONVERSATION.UM, THE CIRCUMSTANCES OR THE CONDITIONS OF THE EXISTING LOT, WHICH AGAIN IS UNDEVELOPED, UM, THERE ARE ISSUES.
IT'S, IT HASN'T NECESSARILY BEEN MAINTAINED, UM, BY THE PROPERTY OWNER.
THE DEVELOPER IS NOW WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER TO TRY TO COME UP WITH A MORE REGULAR MAINTENANCE PLAN AND THEY'RE HAVING ISSUES WITH HOMELESS FOLKS.
UM, AND WE'RE GONNA TRY TO WORK ON THAT WITH THE COUNCIL PERSON'S OFFICE, UM, TO TRY TO, TO TRY TO FIX ALL THAT.
UM, THE BIGGER PICTURE BEING REDEVELOPMENT OF COURSE IS THE PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR ALL OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN FINALLY WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST TO MOVE FORWARD.
I THINK THE LAND USE ISSUE ITSELF, WHETHER I D Z FOR MF 40 WITH A SITE PLAN THAT'S ACTUALLY EFFECTIVELY LOWER THAN THAT, UM, NONE OF THAT WOULD CHANGE IF WE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO ABOUT ASPECTS THAT MIGHT BE COVERED IN COVENANTS.
SO LIGHTING, SECURITY, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
I THINK THOSE CAN BE FLESHED OUT BETWEEN ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL.
AND AGAIN, WOULDN'T IMPACT THE REQUEST THAT I WOULD HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.
UM, WHICH WOULD BE I D Z FOR MF 40 WITH THAT 65 UNIT SITE PLAN.
SO WE, WE, I THINK WE HAVE ROUGHLY, I THINK IT'S AUGUST 18TH IS WHEN IT'S PROJECTED TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL.
I THINK THAT GIVES US TIME TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, WHAT COVENANTS MIGHT LOOK LIKE FOR SOME OF THOSE DETAILS AROUND THE BASIC LAND USE.
SO WE WOULD ASK TO MOVE FORWARD.
YEAH, JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I HEARD YOU PROPERLY.
UM, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
UM, YOU ARE NOT ASKING FOR A CONTINUANCE, RIGHT? UM, BECAUSE I UNDERST I IS THAT RIGHT RON? WHAT DO WE WANT? WELL, SO I JUST FEEL LIKE NOT ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN PROPERLY NOTIFIED.
LIKE MY ONLY VENUE TO SHARE WITH MY NEIGHBORS, UH, WAS BY WAY OF NEXTDOOR.COM MM-HMM.
'CAUSE I THINK ONE THING, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT HASN'T BEEN ADDRESSED IS THIS WILL BE A 100% DEVELOPMENT, UH, FOR PEOPLE WITH INCOME, UH, AT 60% BELOW A M I AND PEOPLE DIDN'T, PEOPLE DON'T ALWAYS UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS.
AND SO I THINK EXPLAINING IT'S WORKFORCE HOUSING, IT'S NOT SECTION EIGHT, BUT BECAUSE IT'S A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP, THEY DO HAVE TO SEC, UH, ACCEPT SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.
SO THERE WERE A LOT OF QUESTIONS IN THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THE 100% DENSITY OF LOW INCOME HOUSING THAT EITHER, YOU KNOW, I TRY TO TELL PEOPLE IF YOU WANNA HAVE COMMENTS IN THIS PROCESS, YOU NEED TO BE PART OF THE PROCESS NOW VERSUS AFTER THE FACT.
BUT BECAUSE I ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS MEETING ON THURSDAY LAST WEEK, IT WAS REALLY HARD TO DO COMMUNITY BUILDING AND SHARE THE INFORMATION.
SO I KIND OF FEEL LIKE IT WAS SHORT NOTICE, BUT I DON'T WANNA ALSO, I'VE LIVED NEXT TO A VACANT LOT BEFORE AND IT SUCKS.
YOU HAVE SNAKES, RATS, GOD, IN LOUISIANA WE HAD ALLIGATORS.
UH, SO I'M, I'M PRO DEVELOPMENT AND THE SOONER WE GET THE BALL ROLLING ON THIS, THE SOONER WE WILL HAVE NEW NEIGHBORS AND, UH, THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT AND DRUG NEEDLES AND ALL SORTS OF STUFF WILL BE GONE.
SO, AND, AND I UNDERSTOOD YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK WITH THE DEVELOPER YES.
OVER THE LAST, UM, COUPLE OF HOURS.
AND CITY COUNCIL IS THE MEETING IS, IS ABOUT 30 DAYS FROM NOW.
AND SO ARE YOU COMFORTABLE WITH, UM, USING THOSE NEXT 30 DAYS TO WORK WITH THE DEVELOPER ON SOME OF THESE ISSUES THAT, UM, FRANKLY DON'T DIRECTLY RELATE TO WHAT OUR JOB UP HERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE? RIGHT.
BUT THAT I KNOW THAT ARE IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORS IN THINKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT HERE.
AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I JUST SAW THE MAP THAT SHOWS ALL THOSE ADJACENT PROPERTIES ON RAINBOW ARE ZONED, UH, MULTIFAMILY 33 AS WELL.
I MEAN THAT'S, THAT COULD BE TREMENDOUS GROWTH ON THAT LITTLE TEENY TINY SIDE STREET.
SO, SO YOU, YOU'RE FREE IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS.
AND YOU CAN MAKE THE TIME TO, TO TALK ABSOLUTELY.
WITH THE DEVELOPER AND THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE.
I'M A SCHOOL TEACHER, SO SCHOOL DOESN'T START TILL NEXT MONTH.
WE'LL WORK BECAUSE COUNCILMAN PERRY, WE'LL WORK IT OUT.
COUNCILMAN PERRY, YOU KNOW, TAKES THIS STUFF VERY SERIOUSLY AND HE, HE DOES NOT WANT ANY, ANY, UH, NEIGHBORS TO, UH, TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT WHAT'S COMING.
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BE LOOKING FORWARD TO TALKING TO YOU BECAUSE I'M A CONSTITUENT AND I VOTE.UM, I'M GONNA OPEN IT UP TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS ON MY RIGHT? OH YES.
YOU, I'M ALWAYS WONDERING IF YOU'RE LOOKING PAST ME.
UM, SO STILL NEW TO THE, THE COMMISSION, SO PARDON ME.
REALLY APPRECIATE, UH, YOU COMING OUT AND SHARING.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS THE PERFECT TYPE OF NEIGHBOR THAT YOU WANT TO ENGAGE AND GET ON YOUR SIDE.
AND I'M GLAD THAT YOU MADE SOME TIME TODAY TO CONTACT CAN N R P APPROACH THE STATE, PERHAPS, UH, DEBRA, UH, AND SPEAK ABOUT WHAT YOUR TYPICAL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS LOOK LIKE WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS TYPE OF PROJECT.
AND IF WE ARE GONNA PUT THE BURDEN OF RESPONSIBILITY ON THE RESIDENT TO ACCOMMODATE AND WORK IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS TO BRING THE COMMUNITY ALONG A VERY SUPPORTIVE RESIDENT, I'D LIKE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT YOUR COMMITMENT IS TO THAT PROCESS AS WELL.
UM, COMMISSIONER, WE'RE ABSOLUTELY COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ADDRESS THESE ISSUES, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT KELLY JUST BROUGHT UP, WHICH IS WHO WILL BE LIVING THERE.
I KNOW THAT IT'S NOT A LAND USE ISSUE.
THAT'S A LET'S GET THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMFORTABLE WITH THE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT WILL BE COMING IN, UM, TO THE COMMUNITY.
I'VE BEEN DOING IT MYSELF FOR THE LAST 18 YEARS AND AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, N R P IS COMMITTED TO NOT JUST PLACING A DEVELOPMENT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT TO ACTUALLY INTEGRATING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, AND AS YOU MENTIONED, COMMISSIONER WHITE, UH, COUNCILMAN PERRY WILL MAKE SURE THAT HAPPENS AND HOW WE APPROACH THIS.
WHEN WE INITIALLY, UH, PROPOSED THIS DEVELOPMENT, WE WENT TO THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE AND ASKED WHO DO WE NEED TO VISIT WITH? HE GAVE US NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WERE EVEN OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET OF NOTIFICATION OF WHICH WE, WE, WE DID CONTACT THEM AND, AND, UM, AND THIS PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS NOT REGISTERED WITH THE CITY AS OF YET, BUT WE WERE JUST TELLING KELLY SHE'S GOTTA DO IT EVEN IF SHE WANTS TO BE PART OF THE LARGER NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT ALSO IT'S, UH, IT'S ABOUT 900 FEET AWAY.
SO THAT'S WHY EVEN THOUGH IT WASN'T REGISTERED, EVEN IF IT HAD BEEN, THE CITY WOULD NOT HAVE NOTIFIED THEM.
SO, UM, BUT AGAIN, WE ARE COMMITTED TO SPEAKING WITH ANY RESIDENT THAT LIVES AROUND OUR PROPOSED DEVELOPMENTS AND WE WILL DO SO IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEIGHBOR WHO'S HERE TODAY.
AND I THINK THAT THERE WERE SOME NOTIFICATIONS THAT WERE SENT OUT, UM, THAT, THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE CITY AND I DON'T THINK THAT WE RECEIVED ANY QUESTIONS FROM THEM EITHER, BUT WE'D BE HAPPY AS WELL.
'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE MIGHT BE OTHERS THAT MIGHT TRICKLE IN.
SO I KNOW THIS AREA VERY WELL.
IT IS IN DESPERATE USE OF, OF DEVELOPMENT AND, AND, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT EVERYBODY SAID HERE ABOUT THESE VACANT LOTS.
UM, IT'S JUST BETTER FOR THE COMMUNITY THAT, THAT, THAT THEY'RE NOT VACANT.
UM, I THINK WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE HERE.
UM, STAFF HAS APPROVED OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, AGAIN, WE'RE REALLY JUST TALKING ABOUT ADDING FIVE MORE UNITS THAN, THAN WHAT IT'S ZONED FOR, UM, AT THIS POINT.
UM, WITH, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WANT TO THANK YOU, MA'AM.
THIS, THIS IS TO ME AGAIN WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.
WHEN, WHEN NEIGHBORS AND CITIZENS GET ACTIVE LIKE THIS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT PRODUCES THE BEST RESULTS ON, ON, UH, ON THESE SORTS OF PROJECTS AND ON DEVELOPMENT FOR OUR CITY.
UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UM, REALLY YOUR, YOUR, YOUR ATTITUDE, YOUR PRO DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, BUT YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WORKS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I ALSO WANT TO SAY TO THE DEVELOPER AS, AS WELL AS TO THEIR REPRESENTATIVE, YOU GUYS HAVE A STRONG TRACK RECORD OF DOING THE RIGHT THING.
I'VE SEEN IT SINCE I'VE BEEN A ZONING COMMISSIONER.
UM, I'VE WORKED WITH YOU ALL ON VARIOUS PROJECTS THROUGH COUNCILMAN PERRY'S OFFICE IN THE PAST AND HAVE REALLY NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED IN, IN HOW YOU FOLLOWED THROUGH.
AND SO I ASSUME THAT IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS YOU ALL WILL WORK WITH, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON, UM, MAKING SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S COMFORTABLE BEFORE WE GET TO CITY COUNCIL.
UM, BECAUSE AGAIN,
SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, I MOVE TO APPROVE, UM, ITEM SEVEN.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN.
I'M LOOKING THE WRONG WAY AND I HEAR VOICES.
THERE IS A, A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN BY COMMISSIONER WHITE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
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RIGHT.COMMISSIONER BARROS? HE STEPPED OUT.
ALRIGHT, OUR FINAL INDIVIDUAL ITEM ON THE LIST I HAVE AS NUMBER 15.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS LOCATED AT 4 55 BUNDY STREET.
GOING FROM R FOUR TO M H P ALL RELATED REMAIN THE SAME.
ZERO IN FAVOR TO OPPOSED NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH 200 FEET EXISTING R FOUR IS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED M H P IS ALSO APPROPRIATE FOR THE LOT AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE M H P BAY ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS A MAXIMUM OF 10 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH IS TWO FOR UNITS FOR THIS LOT.
THE PROPOSED M H P WOULD HAVE A DENSITY THAT IS A DENSITY COMPARABLE TO THE EXISTING AND SURROUNDING R FOUR IN THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
I WAS HERE TODAY FOR REZONING, I GUESS IS UNDER VACANT FOR A MOBILE HU HOME FOR MY FATHER.
HE'S CURRENTLY LIVING IN MY RENTAL AND I WANNA GET HIM OUT HIS OWN PLACE TO BE INDEPENDENT AND THEN POSSIBLY LIKE GET ANOTHER UNIT TO RENT FOR INCOME FOR HIMSELF SINCE HE'S NOT ABLE TO WORK.
AND SO I COULD USE MY RENTAL HOUSE TO PROVIDE INCOME FOR MYSELF SINCE I JUST HAD SURGERY RECENTLY AS WELL.
SO JUST TRYING TO A BIGGER FAMILY OVER HERE AND HAVE MY DAD OVER HERE NICE AND OKAY AND SAFE, YOU KNOW, JUST HAVE A HOME FOR HIMSELF.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? NONE.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, I BELIEVE THIS IS YOURS.
UM, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UM, IS THERE AN ALTERNATIVE ZONING BESIDES M H P THAT WOULD ALLOW UM, THE APPLICANT TO PUT THAT SECOND UNIT ON THE PROPERTY WITHOUT IT BEING A MOBILE HOME? NOT A SECOND MANUFACTURED HOME.
UM, CAN YOU PLEASE, UM, PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIKE A MANUFACTURED HOME AND AN RV? UM, I KNOW THE APP, THE APPLICANT IN THEIR PACKET SAID THEY WANTED TO PUT AN RV ON THE PROPERTY AND I JUST WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL RIGHT INFORMATION ON HOW LIKE AN RV VERSUS A MANUFACTURED HOME EXTENS.
YEAH AND UH, WE COMMUNICATED WITH THE APPLICANT 'CAUSE WE SAW THAT ALSO AND LET 'EM KNOW THAT RVS ARE DEFINITELY NOT ALLOWED IN THIS.
UM, A MANUFACTURED HOME IS DEFINED FROM THE HUD UH, I BELIEVE IT'S EIGHT BY RIGHT.
IT'S FROM THE HUD CODE AND SO IT WILL BE, UM, LIKE A MANUFACTURED HOME AND IT WILL HAVE TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS TO GET THROUGH THE BUILDING PERMITTING PROCESS.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE A LITTLE BIT MORE WHAT THE UNIT THAT YOU WANT TO MOVE YOUR FATHER INTO ON YOUR PROPERTY, UM, IS GOING TO BE, ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING A MANUFACTURED HOME SPECIFICALLY OR POTENTIALLY UH, TIMBER FRAME CONSTRUCTION? IT WOULD BE A MANUFACTURED HOME.
AND THEN ONE MORE QUESTION FOR STAFF, JUST TO CONFIRM, THIS WOULD ONLY ALLOW FOR TWO UNITS, EVEN IF EVENTUALLY THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE IS DEMOED AND IT WOULD BE IN SECOND MANUFACTURED HOME, CORRECT? YES.
THE DENSITY IS NO MORE THAN TWO UNITS AND IT DOES ALSO HAVE THE LITTLE SITE PLAN ATTACHED TO IT AS WELL.
ALRIGHT, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NO COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
GONNA ASK ONE QUESTION, SORRY.
REGARDING TO THE APPLICANT ON THE MOBILE HOMES, ARE YOU PLANNING TO HAVE 'EM SKIRTED AND ATTACHED TO THE GROUND AS REAL PROPERTY OR IS IT THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO JUST BE MOVED JUST TO BE MOVED ON SO YOU'RE NEVER GONNA PLAN 'EM PERMANENTLY DOWN TO THE PROPERTY? UM, YES, PROBABLY SO.
SO YOU PERMANENTLY THEM TO LIVE THERE? YES.
YEAH, I WAS GONNA SAY THAT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENTS MM-HMM.
THE ONLY THING THAT, THAT THIS HELPS WITH IS THEY DON'T HAVE TO PLOT THE PROPERTY.
THAT'S WHY THEY WENT WITH THE M H H P ZONING DESIGNATION.
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OKAY.BACK TO COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR A MOTION.
I AND RIGHT AFTER I'VE HUNG UP, YOU MIGHT SAY, I WAS LIKE, I DIDN'T SAY IN MO IN DISCUSSION, BUT SORRY, JUST MAKING SURE.
I'M NOT GONNA LIKE STEAL, YOU KNOW, THE AGENDA.
LIKE I HAVE A TENDENCY TO DO WITH DISCUSSION.
UM, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR THIS.
UM, I PULLED IT TO INDIVIDUAL BECAUSE WE DID HAVE A LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.
UM, THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA WERE CONCERNED ABOUT M H P LEADING TO A LOT HIGHER DENSITY AND A TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UM, PATTERN OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THE COMMUNITY.
UM, AND THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ISSUES WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING AND THINGS LIKE THAT AND I THINK THERE WAS A CONNOTATION THAT M H P MIGHT POTENTIALLY LEAD TO IMPERMANENT RESIDENTS.
UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY WHETHER THERE WAS AN ADDITIONAL OPTION AND MAKE SURE WE HAD ON THE RECORD WHAT M H P REALLY MEANS.
UM, I THINK THIS IS VERY LAUDABLE TO WANNA PROVIDE HOUSING, UM, IN AN INNOVATIVE WAY TO SUPPORT YOUR FAMILY.
UM, AND I THINK IT'S A GOOD PROJECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WOULD JUST ENCOURAGE YOU BETWEEN NOW AND COUNCIL MEETING, UH, TO CONNECT WITH THE DISTRICT TWO OFFICE TO MAKE SURE THAT UM, THEY'RE WORKING WITH YOU TO INFORM THE NEIGHBORS AROUND OF YOUR PLAN.
UH, SO YOU DON'T EXPERIENCE ANY UNEXPECTED CHALLENGES WHEN YOU GET THERE.
UM, BUT I APPRECIATE YOU COMING TODAY AND YOU WAITING FOR SUCH A LONG TIME,
UM, AND UH, THANKS FOR BEING HERE.
UM, AND WITH THAT MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
COMM COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND? YES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU AND GOOD LUCK.
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THE FINAL ITEM THAT WE HAVE IS MINUTES APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES OR ANY COMMENTS ON THE MINUTES? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MI MINUTES FOR JULY.
THE, UH, THE FIFTH, UH, 2022 MEETING.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
UM, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BOTTO, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
I THINK USUALLY WE JUST DO THIS BY ACCLIMATION, RIGHT? SO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
AND ONE ABSTENTION FROM ABSTINE AS WELL.
OH, ANOTHER ONE FROM COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
UH, DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NO, SIR.
UM, THE TIME IS 4 16 17 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION MEETING IS DONE.