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BEFORE WE BEGIN, IN ACCORDANCE WITH C D C RECOMMENDATIONS AND FOR THE SAFETY OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS, WE ENCOURAGE IN ATTENDEES IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO, UH, PLEASE FEEL ENCOURAGED TO WEAR A MASK.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE ANY EXTRAS AVAILABLE IF YOU WANT, BUT LOOKS LIKE NOT, BUT, BUT THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, 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.
BUT TODAY I WILL BE ACTING AS CHAIR.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONERS ON MY FAR LEFT.
MARCO BARROS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE OVAL ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT.
THIS IS SAREN KAMATH FOR DISTRICT FOUR, MARK WHITE, DISTRICT 10.
MICHELLE ALIA, HOLLAND MAYOR, ATTORNEY CHARLES FUENTES, DISTRICT THREE, DISTRICT SIX.
UH, STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
UM, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING? UH, I WOULD LIKE STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.
BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THE 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 AN ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL 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 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.
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POSTPONE OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS? YES, SIR.I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT ITEM NUMBER 17 IS POSTPONED.
THERE WAS A, A, UM, NOTIFICATION ISSUE AND SO WE ARE BRINGING THAT ITEM BACK ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH CONSIDERATION OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE INGRAM HILLS N C D IS POSTPONED AND WE'LL RETURN ON SEPTEMBER THE SIXTH.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE, UM, INGRAM HILLS N CD, THAT ITEM WILL NOT ACTUALLY BE HEARD TODAY.
SO YOU'RE FREE TO ENJOY THE, THE WARM WEATHER OUTSIDE.
UM, STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER THE ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 7, 11, 12, 14, 15,
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AND 16 CURRENTLY FOR INDIVIDUAL.IS THERE, OR DO ANY COMMISSIONERS WISH TO PULL ANY OF THESE ITEMS DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL OR FOR CONTINUANCE? LOOKING ON MY LEFT, SEE, DID YOU INCLUDE 13 ON THAT? SORRY.
PLEASE INCLUDE IT IN INDIVIDUAL.
YOU WANT NUMBER 13 ON INDIVIDUAL? CORRECT.
UM, SO NO COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UM, IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE COMBINED HEARING INTO THE RECORD.
FIRST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, LOCATED AT 3 44 AND 3 56 SPORTS AND BOULEVARD.
ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM C THREE N A C TWO AND R SIX TWO MF 25.
ITEM NUMBER 11, LOCATED AT 11 6 70 IH 10 EAST.
SIX NOTICES WERE RECEIVED WERE MAILED OUT ONE IN RETURN IN FAVOR.
NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM MP 10 AND I ONE TO C TWO.
CD FOR A TRUCK SALE SERVICE, MAINTENANCE AND STORAGE.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS LOCATED AT 71 42 SAN PEDRO.
109 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ONE IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE AND SHEER HILLS, RIDGEVIEW NEIGHBORHOODS AND RIDGEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT GOING FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS FOR A BINGO HALL.
ITEM NUMBER 14 LOCATED AT TWO 30 AND 2 32 CASTANO STREET.
NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT CALLING GUARD, UH, ZERO IN FAVOR OF ZERO OPPOSED.
CALLING GUARDIANS IS IN FAVOR AND LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR GOING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE FOR USE OF PERMITTED FOR THREE UNITS.
ITEM NUMBER 15, LOCATED AT 1917 EL MONTE BOULEVARD.
AND BELLEVUE AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT GOING FROM C ONE TO I D Z ONE WITH USE OF PERMITTED FOR C ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME CONSTRUCTION.
AND THE CONSTRUCTION, I'M SORRY, C ONE AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES CONTRACTOR USES.
AND LAST ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 16, LOCATED AT 1 25 WEST GRAYSON.
ZERO OPPOSED THE TOBIN HILL NE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
IT'S GOING FROM R OR C THREE TO C THREE I D Z WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME CHAIR.
WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS? NOT ON ANY FOR THIS ONE.
UM, SINCE THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR MR. CHAIR? I'LL, UH, MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, ITEMS. UH, 7 11 12 14, 15 AND 16.
IS THERE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER? SECOND.
SO THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS FOR APPROVAL WITH A SECOND BUY.
I'LL GIVE IT TO COMMISSIONER KAMATH.
UM, IS ANY DISCUSSION? LOOK ON MY LEFT.
UM, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEMS. LET'S SEE.
COMMISSIONER LEGIA HOLLAND? YES.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU WERE HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE MOVING ONWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU ARE FREE TO, UH, LEAVE OUR MEETING OR STAY.
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YOU.IF WE CAN NOW, UM, MOVE ON TO OUR CONTINUANCE AGENDA.
CAN YOU, UH, GO TO THE PREVIOUS SHEET? WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 3, 4, 6, AND EIGHT REQUESTING A, UH, CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS, EXCEPT FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 6TH.
UM, THE, UH, APPLICANT FOR NUMBER THREE, ARE YOU HERE IN THE AUDIENCE? ITEM NUMBER THREE.
AND HE'S REQUESTING SIX WEEKS AND NOT FOUR, UH, TWO WEEKS.
UH, SO FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE, LOCATED AT 1527 HILLCREST DRIVE.
ONE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM DONALDSON TERRANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM R FIVE TO M F 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME.
UH, REQUESTING CONTINUANCE TO ZONE OF COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 6TH.
DO WE HAVE ANY, I GUESS WE'RE, SO WE'LL HOLD, WE'LL, WE'LL DO THIS ONE SEPARATELY SINCE IT'S A LONGER CONTINUANCE OR A DIFFERENT CONTINUANCE.
UH, WAS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WELL, THIS WAS ACTUALLY IN MY DISTRICT, SO I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE SEPTEMBER 6TH MEETING.
SO, UM, ANY, ANY DISCUSSION LEFT? RIGHT.
THERE IS A, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY ME WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES, A CONTINUANCE TO EPTEMBER FOR A CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 6TH.
UH, COULD I HAVE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
UM, AND THEN IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE, THE OTHER ITEMS ARE ALL ON FOR THE SAME TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
IF WE COULD HEAR THOSE, PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 2 37 CHICORY AVENUE.
NOTICES ARE MAILED OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR.
EIGHT OPPOSED, TWO OPPOSED OUTSIDE.
DINA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED GOING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINDER SAME WITH USE OF PERMITTED FOR SEVEN UNITS.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 2200 MCCULLOUGH AVENUE.
THE TOBAN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM C TWO AND R SIX TO ID Z TWO.
ALL OVERLAYS REMAIN THE SAME WITH USE OF PERMITTED FOR C TWO AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS LOCATED AT 2 33.
ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM A LOS ANGELES HIGHEST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GOING FROM R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO A C TWO CD WITH A CONDITION USED FOR CONSTRUCTION TRADE CONTRACTORS.
AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON A COUPLE OF THESE, AND THESE ARE REQUESTING TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
IS THE PUBLIC COMMENT VOICEMAIL OR BOTH? IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS, PLEASE FIRST PLAY VOICEMAIL FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND SIX.
UH, UH, MY NAME IS MARY VEERS AND I'M, I'M, UH, GRACIOUSLY WANTING TO LEAVE MY OPPOSITION, OPPOSITION TO, UH, UH, TO THE ZONING CHANGE AT TWO.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 45 CHICKERING.
IT'S, UH, THE CASE 2 37 CHICKERING Z 2 2 2 Y
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1 0 7 0 0 1 3 8.UM, PLEASE, THIS IS DIRECTED TO, UH, OUR SENIOR PLANNER, KELLY SANDERS.
I HOPE YOU TAKE THIS INTO CONSIDERATION AND PLEASE PUT MY NAME DOWN, MARY FEARS AS SOMEONE WHO IS IN, UH, OPPOSITION OF THIS CHANGE.
UH, THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO A SINGLE FAMILY, TO MULTIPLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
I'M GIVING MY NOTICE OF OPPOSITION CASTING MY VOTE FOR OPPOSITION ZONING CHANGE.
YEAH, I'M CALLING FOR
UH, THE CASE NUMBER IS Z 2 0 2 2 107 0 1 8.
WE'RE OPPOSED TO THAT ZONING CHANGE.
WE JUST WANTED TO MAKE OUR OUR VOICE HEARD.
I LIVE AT 2 3 7 EAST FRENCH PLACE AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN EIGHT ZERO SEVEN ZERO NINE SIX NINE.
AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 0 1 6 3 FOR UPZONING AT FRENCH AND MCCULLOUGH.
AND MY MESSAGE IS, UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSION MEMBERS AND MY NEIGHBORS AND FELLOW PLANNERS.
MY NAME IS JASON WYNN AND I LIVE AT 2 3 7 EAST FRENCH PLACE I AM EXCITED OF BY THIS PROPOSED UPZONING AT FRENCH AND MCCULLOUGH.
JANE JACOBS MADE A VERY CONVINCING ARGUMENT THAT RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS SHOULD BE BOOKENDED BY COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE LOTS UNDER CONSIDERATION THAT MCCULLOUGH AND FRENCH ARE AN ISLAND IN A SEA OF RESIDENTIAL AND EDUCATIONAL USES.
LONG TERM, THIS UPZONING WILL DOUBLE THE AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL SPACE AND GRANT VIABILITY TO SYNERGISTIC ENTERPRISES THAT COULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF SIX COMMERCIAL LOTS UNENCUMBERED BY WASTEFUL PARKING.
MCCULLOUGH IS A MAIN PUBLIC TRANSIT ARTERY CONNECTING DOWNTOWN WITH NORTH PARK MALL AND THE AIRPORT.
IT HAS PLENTY OF SOLID COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY DOWN BY SAC AND UPSTREAM, BOTH IN MONTE VISTA AND ALMOST PARK THE STRETCH OF MCCULLOUGH AT FRENCH IS THE MISSING TOOTH IN MCCULLOUGH'S POTENTIAL AS A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
I D Z WAS MADE FOR LOTS JUST LIKE THIS.
LOTS WHOSE PARKING DEPENDENCY HAS PROVEN TO BE BLIGHT.
LET'S RESOLVE THIS BLIGHT AND GRANT THIS ZONING CHANGE.
DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER SIGNED UP? ALRIGHT, FIRST ONE FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS EDWARD FEARS.
YOU CAN EITHER SPEAK NOW, YOU CAN SPEAK LATER.
A CONTINUANCE WILL PROBABLY BE GRANTED OR YOU CAN SPEAK AT BOTH MEETINGS.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK NOW OR, OR THE NEXT MEETING? OH, DO WE GET, WE HAVE A SPANISH TRANSLATOR.
HE WILL WAIT TO GET PRESENT HIS COMMENTS TO THE OTHER DATE.
ANY OTHERS? ALRIGHT, FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX, WE HAVE JOHN HERNANDEZ.
ALL RIGHT, MR. HERNANDEZ AND YOU, IF YOU'D GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
SO I GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'M ESSENTIALLY A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR TO THE PROPERTY AT ISSUE.
AND, UH, UNLIKE THE VOICEMAIL, EVERYONE I'VE SPOKEN TO IS AGAINST IT AND THEY'VE INDICATED THAT OPPOSITION OPENLY.
UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE DEVELOPER HAS ACTUALLY FILED THE SITE PLAN.
AND MY UNDERSTANDING OF THAT SITE PLAN IS THAT THE VOICEMAIL WAS MISTAKEN AS TO THE PROPOSED USE.
UH, SO I'LL BE TALKING TO THAT NEIGHBOR, BUT, UH, MY UNDERSTANDING OF I D Z ZONING IS THAT IT'S A WAY TO GRANT DISCRETIONARY EXCEPTIONS WHEN THERE'S ESSENTIALLY NO OTHER WAY TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
UH, THE CITY CODE HAS A LOT TO SAY ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF I DISEASE ZONING, WHICH I CAN'T REALLY GET INTO IN THE THREE MINUTES I HAVE HERE, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ALL TO REVIEW IT.
IN SUMMARY, IT'S TO PROMOTE HOUSING
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IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS TO PROMOTE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY IN THE INNER CITY AND TO ENHANCE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.THE PROPOSED CHANGE DOES THE OPPOSITE.
THE REQUEST IS TO TAKE THE PROPERTY OUT OF RESIDENTIAL ZONING, WHICH THE CITY DESPERATELY NEEDS, AND TO CREATE YET ANOTHER SELF-STORAGE FACILITY, WHICH THE CITY DOESN'T NEED A STORAGE FACILITY THAT'S NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH LOWERS PROPERTY VALUES AND PROMOTES CRIME.
AND SPEAKING OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW, HOW MANY JOBS DOES A SELF-STORAGE FACILITY CREATE? NOT MANY.
WHAT TYPE OF FOOT TRAFFIC DOES A SELF STORAGE FACILITY CREATE? NOT MANY.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS ENTIRELY SURROUNDED BY HIGH VALUE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS.
IT'S LESS THAN A MILE FROM DOWNTOWN, A BLOCK FROM LAFONDA AND A REALLY SHORT WALK TO THE ST.
AND, UH, THE PEARL, I THINK IT'S PREPOSTEROUS THAT THE DEVELOPER WAS UNABLE TO DEVELOP THE RESIDENTIAL HALF OF HIS PROPERTY UNDER THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL ZONING WHEN IT'S AN ACRE OF PRIME REAL ESTATE IN THE MIDST OF A HISTORIC HOUSING SHORTAGE AND A BOOMING RESIDENTIAL MARKET.
WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON HERE IS THAT THE DEVELOPER BOUGHT TWO PARCELS.
ONE THAT'S COMMERCIAL AND ONE THAT'S RESIDENTIAL AND HE WANTS TO PUT THEM TOGETHER TO CREATE A LARGER COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
BUT THE DEVELOPER BOUGHT THAT PROPERTY KNOWING IT WAS RESIDENTIAL AND THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT.
IT'S NOT THE PURPOSE OF EYE DISEASE ZONING.
SO I'M ASKING YOU NOT TO REWARD THIS COMPLETE DISREGARD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR CITY PLAN BY GIVING HIM THIS SPECIAL EXCEPTION TO THE RULES.
ANY, ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM? THAT'S ALL.
AND ANY OTHER SPEAKERS ON ITEM EIGHT? NONE.
UM, SO IS, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER FOR CONTINUANCES ON THESE ITEMS? YES.
UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS ITEM FOR TWO WEEKS.
WHAT WE'RE, WE'VE GOT ITEMS FOUR, SIX, AND EIGHT.
THEY'RE LOOKING FOR A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE THAT'S YES.
MOTION MADE ON ALL THREE OF THOSE ITEMS FOR TWO WEEK C CONTINUANCE.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
I SAW COMMISSIONER ORTIZ RAISE HIS HAND FIRST.
UM, SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS TO THE AUGUST 16TH.
AM I CORRECT? MEETING FOR ITEMS NUMBER FOUR, SIX AND EIGHT.
A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IN DISCUSSION.
DO A SECOND LEFT IN DISCUSSION.
IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
AND WE MAY SEE YOU IN AGAIN A COUPLE WEEKS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER ONE IS UP FIRST.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ANN BENAVIDES ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER ONE IS LOCATED AT 1827 AND 1 9 0 3 NORTH LOOP 1604 EAST AND IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO M F 65 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 12 TOTAL NOTICES MAILED WITH ONE RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THEIR SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPERTY IS IN PROXIMITY TO THE INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 2 81 AND LOOP 1604, WHERE THERE ARE A MIX OF HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES.
FURTHERMORE, THERE IS ARE AN ALREADY ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN THAT, THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE THE INTENSITY OF THIS RESIDENTIAL REQUEST.
STAFF AND SAS RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE SAS REPORT FIRST PLEASE.
MY ESCALANTE IS, UH, SAS A FOR PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.
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UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED NEAR THE NORTHEAST INTERSECTION OF US HIGHWAY 2 81 AND LOOP 1604, UH, ALLOWING FOR MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT.UM, CURRENTLY THE SITE HAS TWO UNDEVELOPED LOTS IN A THIRD LOT WITH AN EXISTING PARKING LOT.
UH, THE PROJECT IS A CATEGORY ONE SITE.
NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS IN A FLOODPLAIN.
NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON SITE NOR NOTED ON FILE.
SAS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE 75% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE 6.99 ACRE SITE.
THE SITE IS WITHIN THE LEGACY DEVELOPMENT AND WOULD BE ALLOWED A HIGHER IMPERIOUS COVER THAN THE PRORATED AMOUNT OF IMPERIOUS COVER ALLOWED FOR THIS PROJECT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT COME FORWARD AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
HI, ASHLEY FAIRMONT, UH, KE GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, AS STAFF AND, AND MIKE MENTIONED THE PROPOSAL HERE IS FOR MF 65 ZONING TO ALLOW FOR ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS AT THE LEGACY SHOPPING CENTER.
UM, I HAVE A QUICK PRESENT, A QUICK PRESENTATION, UM, BUT IF IT DOESN'T LOAD, THAT'S OKAY TOO.
SO, SO THE LEGACY SHOPPING CENTER, UM, HAS, HAS BEEN AROUND FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AS EVERYONE KNOWS, IT'S AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF 1604 AND 2 81.
UH, AND IT'S A MIX RIGHT NOW OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
UM, HOTEL, UM, RETAIL GYM, MAIN EVENT, ALL THOSE THINGS ARE THERE.
THERE'S ONE ADDITIONAL, BASICALLY PIECE OF BUILD, I'D SAY PROPERTY WITHOUT BUILDING ON IT.
IT'S NOT, UM, SOME OF IT'S PARKING LOT.
SO THE PROPOSAL IS TO TAKE THAT SPACE AND TURN IT INTO ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UM, AT THIS LOCATION, WE THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE MF 65.
IT WOULD BE TWO PHASES, UM, WITH SOME WITH STRUCTURED PARKING, SOME WITH SURFACE PARKING.
I HAVE A SITE PLAN, BUT, UM,
UM, BUT IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE'LL, WE'LL STALL UNTIL WE GET A SITE PLAN, BUT THIS IS A COMMISSIONER, THIS IS A DISTRICT NINE.
SO COMMISSIONER BARDOS FOR, UH, IF YOU COULD GO THROUGH SOME OF THE SLIDES AND THE PICTURES REAL QUICK.
SO, SO HERE'S A, JUST UNDER SEVEN ACRES HERE.
UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE THIS RIGHT NOW IS EXISTING PARKING THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UM, AND THEN THIS IS ADDITIONAL PARKING THAT WILL ALSO SERVE.
SO, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS PARKING THAT WILL SERVE THE PROJECT.
AND THIS IS ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL.
THE NEXT SLIDE, I JUST WANTED TO INCLUDE THIS SO YOU COULD SEE THE OVERALL SHOPPING CENTER AND HOW THIS IS KIND OF REALLY THE LAST PIECE, UM, TO BE DEVELOPED THERE.
SO HERE'S THE, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN.
UM, LIKE I MENTIONED THE TWO PHASES.
SO HERE'S REALLY KIND OF PHASE ONE.
AND THIS WOULD BE THE STRUCTURED PARKING THERE.
AND THIS WILL HAVE, UM, SOME ADDITIONAL SURFACE PARKING.
SO, UM, AS, AS MIKE MENTIONED, IMPERVIOUS COVER RECOMMENDATION IS 75%.
UH, THIS IS A CATEGORY ONE SITE, SO IT'S CURRENTLY AT A HUNDRED AND, AND THERE'S SOME GREEN SPACE IN THIS AT THE 75.
UH, AND SO WE'RE AGREEABLE TO THAT RECOMMENDATION.
COMMISSIONER BARROS, I DUNNO IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M GONNA LET, UH, IF MY, UH, COMMISSIONERS IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AND I'LL MAKE SOME COMMENTS AFTER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
UH, UM, I GUESS THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS.
YEAH, I DON'T, UM, HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, UH, MIXED USE? I THINK IT'S, UH, I, I'VE BEEN LOOKING AT THIS ACTUALLY LOT FOR THIS.
IT'S, IT'S REALLY, UH, MIXED USE, UH, IS NEEDED FOR RESIDENCE RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UM, MANY OF YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THIS AREA OF 2 81 16 0 4
SO THERE'S A LOT OF HOSPITALS AND MEDICAL FACILITIES.
SO WE'RE GOING TO NEED THOSE RESIDENTIAL UNITS FOR A LOT OF THE STAFF THAT IS MOVING CLOSE BY.
SO AT THIS POINT, I WILL MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE AS PRESENTED BY SAS AND CITY STAFF.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL, UM, AS SUBMITTED FOR ITEM ONE BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS WAS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
ANY DISCUSSION? MY LEFT? ANY DISCUSSION ON MY RIGHT? ALRIGHT.
UM, AND, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK THE, UH, ASHLEY.
I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR CLARIFYING
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THE 75% VERSUS THE A HUNDRED PERCENT THAT'S CURRENTLY EXISTING ON THE SITE.UM, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER LEGIA HOLLAND? YES.
WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER TWO.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
JUST ONE
UH, MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, UH, SENIOR PLANNER.
UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R FOUR TO R M FOUR WITH ALL ZONING OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1659 GORMAN STREET.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE HARVARD PLACE.
EAST LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF FOUND, UM, EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
UH, THE PROPOSED USE, I FEEL, IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS, WHICH IS ZONED R FOUR SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT AND LARGELY DEVELOPED RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY UNITS.
UM, THE PROPERTY, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ALREADY PERMITS A DUPLEX, UM, ACCORDING TO U D C SECTION 35 APPENDIX D 1 0 1, WHERE DUPLEXES AND FORMER 1938 B ZONING DISTRICTS ARE, UM, PERMITTED USE FOR ANY TRACT.
SO, UM, LIKE I SAID, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT GIVE US YOUR PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
MARIO BINNEY, UH, A REPRESENTATIVE OF C H R DEVELOPMENT, ROBERT DELGADO, DELGADO ENGINEERING.
UM, I GUESS THE FUTURE LAND USE FOR THIS IS, UH, MEDIUM DENSITY AND THERE'S COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY.
AND, UH, SO WE JUST THINK THAT, UM, THAT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO REZONE THIS FOR OUR M FOUR DUE TO THE MICROPHONE.
THIS IS FUTURE IS, UH, UH, MIDDEN.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, COULD YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT YOU INTEND TO DO WITH THE RMM FOUR ZONING? UM, I WOULD LIKE TO BETTER UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PROJECT ITSELF IS.
UH, THE ATTENTION AND WE'RE IN PROCESS OF KEEPING THE EXISTING RESIDENCE UPDATING IT.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1934, SO IT WAS LITERALLY FALLING APART.
WE WANT TO ADD A DUPLEX ON THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
SO, AND ARE, ARE THERE GOING TO BE LIKE SUBSTANTIAL, COULD YOU JUST LIKE DESCRIBE THE SITE A LITTLE BIT? I MEAN, WITHOUT HAVING ADDITIONAL, LIKE SEEING A SITE PLAN OR A PRESENTATION? IT'S KIND, I, I'M TRYING TO VISUALIZE.
THE, THE SITE IS, UH, SLIGHTLY FLAT.
IT'S GOT A SLOPE, SLIGHT SLOPE TO IT.
UM, IT HAS ONE BIG TREE ON IT THAT, THAT WE INTEND TO SAVE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE CAN ADD A DUPLEX ON THE BACK PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, AND THEN THE FRONT HALF HAS, UH, AN EXISTING HOUSE THAT'S ABOUT A 1900 SQUARE FEET.
UM, SO THE EXISTING HOUSE IS RIGHT HERE.
AND THEN WE PLAN TO DO THE DUPLEX BACK HERE.
UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY INTENTIONS OF RENTING OUT THE DUPLEX PROPERTY OR IS YOUR INTENT TO PUT IT ON THE MARKET AT MARKET RATE? UH, OUR INTENTIONS ARE TO, TO KEEP THE DUPLEX AND RENT IT OUT.
ARE YOU PLANNING ON ACCEPTING SECTION EIGHT HOUSING VOUCHERS OR DOING ANY OTHER, UM, MITIGATION TO KEEP IT AN AFFORDABLE RENTAL?
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ABSOLUTELY.ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR MOTION.
UM, I KNOW THIS CASE HAS BEEN CONTINUED ONCE ALREADY AND WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, I DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, MAKING A MOTION FOR THIS WITHOUT HAVING A LITTLE BIT BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR PROJECT AHEAD OF TIME.
UM, ESPECIALLY SINCE WE HAVE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH MAINTAINING AFFORDABILITY IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN DISTRICT TWO, IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY HELPFUL TO HAVE A SITE PLAN OR A PRESENTATION THAT GIVES US A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF YOUR GOALS WITH THESE PROPERTIES.
UM, WHILE THERE IS A, A HOUSING CRISIS AND CREATING ADDITIONAL AFFORDABLE UNITS IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE, THERE ARE PLENTY OF POSSIBILITIES TO ALSO DISPLACE, UM, INDIVIDUALS IN OUR OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES, UM, WHO MAY NOT ALWAYS HAVE THE RESOURCES OR UNDERSTANDING TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN PUBLIC PROCESSES.
SO I WOULD JUST ADVISE, UM, AS YOU CONTINUE POTENTIALLY ON THIS PROJECT OR OTHERS IN DISTRICT TWO, THAT YOU PREPARE MORE AHEAD OF TIME AND PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION COMING INTO A ZONING CASE THAN YOU DID TODAY.
UM, I, I'M REALLY STRUGGLING TO MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, IN EITHER DIRECTION WITHOUT HAVING MORE TO SEE THOUGH.
I DO APPRECIATE YOU ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS TODAY.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THE IDEA OF POTENTIALLY CONTINUING THE CASE FOR TWO WEEKS.
IF WE DID, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME BACK WITH SOME MORE INFORMATION, UM, SUCH AS PERHAPS, UM, A BASIC SITE PLAN OR, UM, SOME KIND OF ARCHITECTURAL RENDERINGS SO THAT I KNOW WHAT IN FACT YOUR INTENTIONS ARE IN, IN GREATER DETAIL? UM, AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO A LITTLE BIT MORE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, BECAUSE ZONING IS FOREVER
SO JUST RUBBER STAMPING AN RMM FOUR, ESPECIALLY WITH A STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME.
UH, WITH THAT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE CASE FOR TWO WEEKS.
UM, AND I WOULD ASK THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A PRESENTATION, SO I HAVE SOME MORE INFORMATION.
UM, AND, UH, WE'LL GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU.
I, I'M PRETTY SURE I HAVE YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICATION PACKET.
UM, SO WE CAN HAVE A COUPLE CONVERSATIONS AHEAD OF TIME TO BE PREPARED.
SECOND, THAT MOTION DIDN'T EVEN GIMME A CHANCE TO ASK, BUT THAT'S FINE.
UM, THERE IS A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION BY ANY COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT? NONE.
ANY DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, COULD WE HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER LOGIA HOLLAND? YES.
MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
AND BENAVIDEZ ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS LOCATED AT 9 6 1 3 US HIGHWAY 180 1 NORTH AND IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO M H P MANUFAC MANUFACTURED HOUSING PART DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 21 TOTAL NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ONE RETURN IN OPPOSITION AND THEN OUTSIDE 200 FEET THERE WERE TWO RETURN IN FAVOR.
UM, AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA GIVEN ITS PROXIMITY TO THE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL LAND USES AND HIGH INTENSITY ZONING DESIGNATIONS.
THE GOAL FOR LAND USE AND ZONING IN THIS AREA IS JOB CAPTURE AND EMPLOYMENT.
INCREMENTAL LAND USE CHANGES AND REZONINGS ALLOW RESIDENTIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO AREAS PLANNED FOR BUSINESS INNOVATION AND MIXED USES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESIDENT, I MEAN NOT I'M, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION.
PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST.
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SO BASICALLY THE HISTORY OF THIS PROPERTY IS, IT WAS A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK FOR, FOR YEARS.IT WAS CALLED THE FOUR SEASONS.
IT WAS SHUT DOWN BY THE CITY IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS DUE TO, UH, SEPTIC SYSTEM FAILURE.
WHAT'S INTERESTING IS THAT THERE, THERE'S STILL PEOPLE LIVING IN MANUFACTURED HOMES ON THE SITE.
SO THIS IS, UH, NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
UM, WHAT'S INTERESTING, IF YOU DO, UH, THIS IS JUST A SCREENSHOT OF GOOGLE EARTH.
IT STILL SHOWS THE EXISTING MANUFACTURED HOME PARK STREET LAYOUT.
AND THIS IS JUST SOME RESEARCH I DID TO SHOW YOU IN 1983 WHITE PAGES, THE OLD FOUR SEASONS HOLIDAY PARK.
AND THIS IS THE WAY IT LOOKS FROM THE STREET TODAY.
THERE'S THE, THE GATE ENTRANCE, THE OLD SIGN.
THIS IS THE OLD CLUBHOUSE REGISTRATION OFFICE.
UH, THIS IS THE EXISTING POOL STILL THERE.
AND THESE ARE THE TWO MANUFACTURED HOMES THAT ARE THERE.
I DO, UH, HAVE SUPPORT LETTERS FROM THEM FOR THIS REZONING.
THE, THE BUYERS OF THE MANUFACTURED HOME PARK HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM AND PROMISED 'EM THAT THEY CAN STAY THERE, BUT THEY'RE CURRENTLY ON A, A SEPTIC SYSTEM THAT WILL FAIL AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE GOAL HERE IS TO GET THIS PROPERTY, PLAT IT, GET IT UP TO CODE, SUBMIT A MANUFACTURED HOME PARK PLAN LIKE THE CODE REQUIRES AND CONNECT IT TO CITY SERVICES, WATER AND SEWER.
THIS IS JUST, UH, SHOWING YOU THE, SOME RESEARCH I DID ON THE FOUR SEASONS MOBILE HOME PARK, L L C.
THIS IS THE, THE BUYERS AND THEY'RE HERE.
I HAVE DEAN WAR HALF WITH THREE PILLARS COMMUNITIES.
THEY HAVE 50 PARKS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
UM, THEY HAVE THIS UNDER CONTRACT TO PURCHASE, SO THEY DEFINITELY HAVE THE MEANS TO BRING THIS PROPERTY UP TO CODE AND TO GET IT RUNNING AGAIN.
AND THIS IS THE, THE DRAFT PLAN WE HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY IS HOW WE WILL LAY THIS OUT.
IT'S ABOUT 200 MANUFACTURED HOMES.
THERE'S SOME PICTURES OF HOW THEY LAY SOME OF THEIR OTHER PROPERTIES OUT AROUND THE COUNTRY.
NOW THEY WILL DO THIS PROPERTY.
AND THESE ARE THE TWO SUPPORT LETTERS FROM THE FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE.
SO, STAFF'S RECOMMENDING DENIAL BECAUSE THE RECENTLY ADOPTED COMMUNITY PLAN HAS THIS SITE AS, AS EMPLOYMENT DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A SMALL WAREHOUSE FACTORY, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, THE PLAN DID NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EXISTING CONDITIONS ON THE GROUND.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S TWO FAMILIES LIVING THERE TODAY.
UM, WE FEEL THAT, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION AGREED.
I I GOT UNANIMOUS SUPPORT FOR THE, THE PLANNING AMENDMENT COMPONENT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION THAT IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE AN EMPLOYMENT AREA, THE PROXIMITY TO BROOK CITY BASE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING CLOSE TO THOSE FACILITIES.
AND MANUFACTURED HOMES ARE AFFORDABLE OPTIONS FOR SOME FAMILIES THAT CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A, A NEW HOME AT THIS POINT.
UM, SO THAT'S BASICALLY OUR, OUR PRESENTATION.
LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S A, AN OLD HISTORICAL MANUFACTURED HOME PARK THAT FELL OUT OF CODE.
THE, THE, THE, THE OWNERS AT THE TIME IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS COULD NOT AFFORD TO BRING TO FIX THE SEPTIC SYSTEM.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO REBUILD THE PARK, CONNECT IT TO CITY SERVICES, AND BRING IT UP TO CODE AND KEEP THOSE EXISTING FAMILIES THAT ARE THERE.
SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
AND I HAVE THE, THE BUYER DEVELOPERS HERE WITH ME.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
UM, I LIKE THE PRESENTATION
UM, I THINK THAT THE, UH, WELL ACTUALLY I'LL, I'LL, I'LL SAVE MY COMMENTS FOR COMMENTS, BUT THANK YOU PATRICK.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON THE RIGHT? NO COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UM, I I'M VERY INTERESTED IN, UM, BRINGING THIS, UH, PROPERTIES ON ANY CASES, IF WE CAN BRING IT UP TO, UH, CODE WITH CITY COMPLIANCE.
I THINK THAT, UH, THAT IS A VERY, VERY POSITIVE CHANGE.
ESPECIALLY IF THE, UH, APPLICANT WANTS TO SPEND THE MONEY AND DO ALL THE PROPER, UM, CITY PLANTS WITH IT.
I, I ACTUALLY DID HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, THE TWO HOMES THAT ARE ON THERE NOW, ARE THEY GOING TO BE MOVED SOMEHOW OR, OR, OR TO A DIFFERENT LOT BECAUSE CORRECT.
LIKE THE ROADS WERE DIFFERENT.
WE WHERE WE LAY IT OUT AND WE'RE GOING TO, WE'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO THEM ABOUT GETTING 'EM INTO A NEWER MANUFACTURED HOMES.
'CAUSE THE GOAL HERE IS TO HAVE ALL THE MANUFACTURED HOMES BE BRAND NEW.
SO WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON THAT.
UH, MAYBE EVEN EMPLOYING THEM IN SOME SORT OF A MANAGERIAL CAPACITY.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE US SOME TIME TO GET IT PLATTED AND EVERYTHING.
AND, AND THEY'VE BEEN KIND OF KEEPING AN EYE ON THE PROPERTY, UH, ALL THIS TIME.
SO, YOU KNOW, THAT GATE THAT YOU SAW, THEY KEEP IT LOCKED IF THEY DON'T KEEP IT LOCKED.
PEOPLE DUMP REFRIGERATORS AND FURNITURE AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
SO YEAH, WE WILL DEFINITELY WORK WITH THEM AND IF WE CAN'T GET 'EM INTO A NEW MANUFACTURED HOME, WE WILL MOVE THEIR HOME FOR THEM.
BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR A MOTION.
UH, SO JUST WANTED TO STATE THAT IT WAS, UH, SURPRISING TO ME
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AFTER BEEN, UH, THROUGH THAT AREA QUITE A FEW TIMES, UH, JUST LIVED NORTH OF THERE, THAT THERE ACTUALLY SOME PEOPLE STILL LIVING ON THIS, UH, PROPERTY.UH, SO, UH, GIVEN ALL THE FACTS TODAY AND, UH, KNOWING THAT THE CURRENT RESIDENTS AREN'T GOING TO BE DISPLACED AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY GONNA BE WORKED WITH QUITE A BIT, UM, I WOULDN'T MOTION TO, UH, APPROVE THIS CASE.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
WAS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
WE'LL GIVE IT TO COMMISSIONER.
SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
WE, UM, ANY DISCUSSION ON MY LEFT? DISCUSSION ON MY RIGHT.
COMMISSIONER LOGIA HOLLAND? YES.
ARE WE ON NINE, I BELIEVE ITEM NINE.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANN BEA'S ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS LOCATED AT 5 1 1 8 CAMP VERDE DRIVE AND IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, UH, WITH NINE RESIDENTS MAXIMUM.
AND ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
12 RETURNED IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM VALENCIA.
H O A STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND WOULD ADD A LAYER OF INTENSITY THAT IS INAPPROPRIATE FOR A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
GENERALLY, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES FOR MORE THAN SIX RESIDENTS IS PERMITTED IN AREAS WITH COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY ZONING DESIGNATIONS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
ALL GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE OWNER AND BUSINESS OWNER ALSO OF EVERLASTING ARMS ELDER CARE.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
UH, THIS AFTERNOON I AM REQUESTING YOUR CONSIDERATION AND SUPPORT TO RESUME TO REZONE MY PROPERTY FOR THE USE OF NINE BEDS.
THIS WOULD ALLOW US TO SERVE NINE RESIDENTS AT THE TIME, AS WELL AS TYPE B DESIGNATION FOR THOSE THAT MAY, UH, KNOW IT IS TO ALSO AGE IN PLACE, UM, AND NOT HAVE TO TRANSFER OUT TO A HIGHER LEVEL, UM, CARE UNIT AND FACILITY.
I AM CURRENTLY OPERATING MY ELDER CARE BUSINESS AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 2010 IN THAT AREA.
UM, WHEN I ARRIVED FROM SAN, UH, TO SAN ANTONIO FROM CALIFORNIA, I PERSONALLY LIVED IN THE HOME AS A BUSINESS OWNER AND CAREGIVER FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS UNTIL I GOT MARRIED.
AND, UM, I GOT MARRIED TO MY WIFE, WHICH IS ALSO A REGISTERED NURSE, MASTER'S IN NURSING.
AND WE HAVE PARTNERED TOGETHER TO CARE FOR OUR ELDERLY.
WE HAVE DECIDED TO FORMALLY LICENSE, WE HOME WITH THE STATE.
THROUGH THIS PROCESS, WE WILL MAKE A LARGE LIFE SAFETY INVESTMENT WITH A STATE-OF-THE-ART 13 R SPRINKLER SYSTEM WITH THE FIRE PANEL AMONGST OTHER THINGS.
WE HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THIS PROCESS IN 2018 AND WE HAVE A, UH, SAWS MAIN SUPPLY LINE ALREADY INTO THE PROPERTY LINE WITH A FOUR INCH WATER TAP.
AND OUR INVESTMENT WAS NORTH OF 25,000, UM, IN 2018.
THE CURRENT ZONING R SIX DOES NOT STOP US FROM LICENSING OUR HOME WITH THE STATE.
THE ZONING RESTRICTS US TO MAXIMUM SIX RESIDENTS AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.
UH, THE REASONS FOR INCREASING FROM SIX TO NINE RESIDENTS.
UM, IF YOU MAY SHOW SLIDE NUMBER ONE, PLEASE.
UM, THIS, THE PROPERTY DOES ACCOMMODATE, UH, ACCORDING TO THE STATE RE UH, REQUIREMENTS UP TO 12 RESIDENTS.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE NINE RESIDENTS
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WILL HAVE THE BEST OPTIMIZED USE OF THE FLOOR PLAN AND THE DESIGN OF THE HOME.UM, THERE ARE FOUR TYPE B LICENSE FACILITIES IN MY ZIP CODE, NOT ACTUALLY IN MY SUBDIVISION, BUT IN OUR ZIP CODE.
THERE'S FOUR TYPE B LICENSED FACILITIES ALREADY EXISTING AND OVER TOTAL OF BEDS, 54 BEDS IN COMPARISON TO BERNIE.
UH, ZIP CODE 7 8 0 0 6, WHICH OFFERS 292 BEDS FOR A TYPE B RESIDENCE.
IF YOU MAY SHOW SLIDE TWO, I GUESS THIS IS IT HERE.
UM, AND ALSO SLIDE SLIDE THREE.
SO THE FIRST, UM, THE FIRST TWO ARE OWNED BY THE SAME COMPANY, UH, SERENITY OAKS.
THEY ARE TWO LARGE 16 BEDS SIDE BY SIDE FOR ALSO A MEMORY CARE UNIT.
UM, AND THEY ARE NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
SO THERE IS, UM, THE THIRD LICENSED CARE HOME, WHICH ALSO LOOKS SIMILAR TO MINE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS ONE'S SIMILAR TO OUR OWN HOME.
IT IS TUCKED AWAY INSIDE OF A SUBDIVISION AND IT'S JUST UNDER 3000 SQUARE FEET, WHICH THE CITY AND THE STATE, UM, DID ALLOW THEM PERMISSION WITH THE R SIX CD.
CONTINUOUS USE FOR UP TO 12 RESIDENTS.
THEY ARE LICENSED FOR 12 RESIDENTS.
UH, SHOW NUMBER SLIDE, UH, NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE.
THIS IS ALSO THE FOURTH LICENSED CARE HOME WOODCREST HOME FOR SENIOR, UH, CITIZENS.
IT IS CONSIDERED OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS FOR SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT ALSO PART OF LIVE OAK.
WE HAVE MADE EXTENSIVE, UM, ACTUALLY HERE IT IS CONSIDERED THE OUTSIDE THE, THE CITY LIMITS FOR SAN ANTONIO, BUT IT'S PART OF A LIVE OAK AS YOU CAN SEE.
IT'S ALSO TUCKED AWAY INSIDE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SURROUNDING RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE MADE EXTENSIVE UPGRADES TO OUR HOME TO ACCOMMODATE THE ELDERLY AND ENSURE THAT THEY RECEIVE THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE AND FROM OVERSIZED BATHROOMS TO THE SHOWERS AND GERIATRIC TUBS THAT MANY OTHER, UM, CARE HOMES DON'T HAVE CURRENTLY.
ACCORDING TO RESEARCH FROM THE NATIONAL INVESTMENT CENTERS FOR SENIOR HOUSING, UH, ALSO N I C, THE US WILL NEED ALMOST 881,000 NEW UNITS BY 2023, UH, 2030, I'M SORRY, AND 986,000 BY 2040, NEARLY 29,000 US ASSISTED LIVINGS FACILITIES OPERATE IN THE UNITED STATES, HOUSING OVER 1 MILLION RESIDENTS.
TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THIS DELTA REPRESENTS, THE REASON FOR MASSIVE GROWTH, AS YOU ALL KNOW, BABY BOOMERS, UH, 57, UH, 75 YEARS, UH, OLD REPRESENT 29, UH, 21% OF THE POPULATION.
THE POPULATION OF THE OLDER 95 WILL DOUBLE BY 2036 AND WILL TRIPLE BY 2049.
BASED ON THE MARKET DATA ACROSS THE US.
SEVEN OUT OF 10 REQUIRE ASSISTED LIVING CARE IN THEIR LIFETIME.
AND TO TOP IT OFF, SAN ANTONIO WAS RANKED AS THE FASTEST GROWING US CITY IN THE TERMS OF NUMERICAL POPULATION, UH, GROWTH BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022.
ACCORDING TO THE NEW DATA OF THE US CENSUS BUREAU, WE ARE, AND WE HAVE BEEN IN GOOD STANDING WITH THE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
NOT ONCE IN 12 YEARS HAVE WE HAD ANY COMPLAINTS IN OUR OPERATIONS AND HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATED FOR ANY COMPLAINTS, ANY PREPARATION IN PREPARATION TO THIS HEARING.
UH, JUST FOR, UH, A GOOD, A GOOD UNDERSTANDING, WE WANTED TO GO INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND KNOCK ON DOORS AND GET THEIR UNDERSTANDING, UM, OF IF THEY'RE IN FAVOR OR NOT IN FAVOR.
BEFORE WE EVEN, UM, WENT FORWARD TO ASK FOR ZONING, WE DID RECEIVE OVER 13 SIGNATURES FROM THE HOMEOWNERS.
THERE'S ABOUT SEVEN OR EIGHT, UH, RENTAL PROPERTIES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT 13 FROM THEM STATING THAT THEY ARE IN STRONG FAVOR OF THIS REZONING.
AND YESTERDAY WE MET WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN PERRY AND RE HE REVIEWED OUR CASE AND HE'S IN VERY MUCH SUPPORT OF THIS CASE TO MOVE FORWARD.
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YOU.DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE O ONE VOICEMAIL.
IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAIL PLEASE.
I'M CALLING ABOUT, UM, CASE NUMBER Z AS IT ZULU 2022 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 7 5 C AS IN CHARLIE, D AS IN DELTA.
UH, THE ADDRESS IS 51 18 CAMP VERDE DRIVE.
THIS IS A, UH, ZONING THAT'S GOING FROM R SIX A H O D TO R SIX CD A H O D, UM, WHICH IS, UH, CONDITIONAL USE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITH NINE RESIDENTS.
MY ADDRESS IS 51 23 EL CAPITAN, WHICH IS, UH, BEHIND AND ADJACENT TO UM, UH, THE ADDRESS.
I, I WOULD BE AGAINST THIS AND, AND ONLY BECAUSE, UH, I, I ACTUALLY OWN A HOME CARE AGENCY AND I'M SOMEWHAT FAMILIAR WITH ASSISTING LIVING, UH, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
IT HAS UP TO NINE WITH NINE RESIDENTS.
UM, THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD BE FOUR HAVING NINE RESIDENTS IN A HOUSE OF THAT SIZE.
UH, IF IT WAS JUST, UH, A COUPLE RESIDENTS, I, I WOULD BE OKAY WITH ZO, YOU KNOW, REZONING AND GOING TO THAT, BUT MAYBE I MISUNDERSTAND.
UM, BUT IF IT THERE'S ANY MORE THAN I WOULD SAY ONE RESIDENT PER ROOM, UH, I WOULD BE COMPLETELY AGAINST, UH, THE REZONING OF THIS HOME.
UH, YOU CAN REACH ME AT 2 1 0 7 2 2 6 0 9 9.
AGAIN, MY NAME'S JEREMY FARBER, 2 1 0 7 2 2 6 0 9 9.
AND IS THAT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
APPLICANT, YOU HAVE A CHANCE FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL TO THAT.
I BELIEVE HE IS NOT AN IN UNDERSTANDING OF THE ACTUAL ROOM SIZE AND CAPACITY OF THE, OF THE FLOOR PLAN.
AND HE'S A, I THINK HE'S A RENTER.
I THINK HE RENTS HIS HOUSE OUT AND HE HASN'T BEEN AROUND, UM, TO UNDERSTAND AND, AND KNOW WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY DOING.
THIS IS A, LET'S SEE, WHICH WE'RE, UH, DISTRICT OH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WHITE, YOUR CASE.
UM, ARE THEY ALLOWED TO HAVE SIX RESIDENTS RIGHT NOW? YEAH, BY RIGHT.
THEY CAN HAVE UP TO SIX RESIDENTS.
AND THE REASON AGAIN, FOR THE RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, IT'S UH, AN INTERIOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, USUALLY THEY'RE SEEN KIND OF LIKE IN A CORNER LOT, UH, BUT WHEN YOU PUT THIS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT KIND OF CHANGES THE WHOLE, UH, CLASSIFICATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UM, I THINK I'M GONNA BE MAKING A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE, WHICH I CAN EXPLAIN WHEN WE GET TO THAT POINT, BUT UNTIL THEN I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR, UH, QUESTIONS.
UM, I LIKE THIS SAVING ALL THE CONTINUANCES FOR WHEN COMMISSIONER BUS DEANTE GETS BACK.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? COMMISSIONER WATSON? UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU HAD DONE SOME COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND DOOR KNOCKING AND I BELIEVE YOU SAID YOU HAD 13 SIGNATURES.
DO YOU HAVE ANY DOCUMENTED EVIDENCE THAT YOU COULD SHARE WITH US PLEASE? GREAT, THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ON MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE BACK ACTUALLY, OH WAIT, SORRY.
THE, THE LANGUAGE ON THIS SEEMS TO BE ABOUT SUPPORT FOR LICENSING YOUR ELDER CARE BUSINESS.
WHAT WERE YOU ASKING THE RESIDENT TO APPROVE? SO I DID, I DID ACTUALLY GIVE THEM, UM, A LETTER STATING MY INTENTIONS.
SO I DID GO AROUND GIVING THIS LETTER TO THEM AS WELL AND ASKING IF THEY ARE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSE OF WHAT, WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT AND, AND I WOULDN'T WANT TO MAKE YOU PROVE TO ME THAT THOSE DOCUMENTS ARE
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PROVIDED TOGETHER, BUT THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT WHERE THEY'RE SIGNING DOESN'T HAVE LANGUAGE ABOUT RIGHT WHERE THE PROPERTY IS AND, AND THAT THEY ARE SAYING THAT THEY SUPPORT THIS PROPERTY BEING TURNED INTO A LICENSING.YES, I DID FACILITY, I DID GIVE THEM LANGUAGE AS I AM YOUR NEIGHBOR, RIGHT ADJACENT TO YOU.
I'M YOUR NEIGHBOR IN FRONT OF YOU, THE BACK NEIGHBORS, UM, FROM THE OTHER STREET AS WELL.
SO THEY DO KNOW WHERE IS IT THAT I LIVE.
UM, AND THEY SAID, I'VE SEEN YOU AROUND.
I DIDN'T KNOW YOU WERE AN ACTUAL RESIDENTIAL CARE HOME.
WERE ABSOLUTELY IN FAVOR FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
BUT I, I STILL AM POINTING TO THE PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER
UM, AND SOUNDS LIKE, UH, COUNCILMAN, I'M NOT UNDER, I'M PROBABLY NOT UNDERSTANDING YOUR QUESTION.
ALL I'M MAKING VERY CLEAR IS THAT THE DOCUMENT THAT YOU'VE JUST SHOWN US, THAT YOU, THAT IS SUPPORTING THE 13 NEIGHBORS THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF WHAT YOU'RE TALKING TO US TODAY, THE LANGUAGE DOESN'T ALIGN WITH, WITH WHAT YOU'RE, WHAT YOU'RE PRESENTING.
AND SO I WANT TO CONFIRM THAT THE NEIGHBORS WHO SIGNED THIS ACTUALLY SIGNED THIS KNOWING WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING.
THIS LANGUAGE DOESN'T SEEM TO INDICATE THAT, BUT I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOUR COMMISSIONER TO CONFIRM THAT.
UH, IT'S ALSO, YOU HAVE 13, I'M NOT, I'M, I'M STILL NEW HERE, SO TRYING TO UNDERSTAND 13 OUT OF WHAT TOTAL NEIGHBORS I THINK THERE WAS AND IS THERE A 19, UH, I BELIEVE THERE WAS 19 HOMEOWNERS AND ONE DID RESPOND BUT DIDN'T, UH, WANT TO COME TO THE FRONT DOOR.
SHE JUST TALKED THROUGH THE CAMERA AND SHE SAID, I'LL JUST, UH, RECEIVE YOUR LETTER IN THE, IN THE MAIL.
AND SO OUT OF ALL OF THEM, ONLY 13, UM, WERE FOR, AND THERE WERE SOME THAT WERE NOT HOME.
MORE HOMEWORK FOR MY FELLOW COLLEAGUE IN THE DISTRICTS TO CONFIRM WHETHER THE 13 IS ENOUGH AND OF THE 13, THOSE WHO WERE NOT SUPPORT, LIKE WHAT, HOW DO WE KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THAT NUMBER ACTUALLY MEANS? SO CLARIFICATION ON THE DOCUMENT AND WHAT WAS ACTUALLY SHARED WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND UNDERSTANDING THAT.
BUT BEFORE SIGNING THE, THE DOCUMENT, I DID BRIEF THEM WORD FOR WORD I ABSOLUTE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT IS IT THAT THEY'RE SIGNING AND WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE DOING.
SO I DID HAVE FULL, THEY HAD FULL UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS IT THAT THEY WERE SIGNING, WHETHER THE LETTER STATED THAT OR NOT.
SO VERBALLY THEY DID RECEIVE FULL UNDERSTANDING.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR, UH, STAFF, YOU GO BACK AND PUT UP THE SLIDE WITH THE, UH, INTERIOR LAYOUT PLEASE.
SO THANK THANK YOU FOR COMING TODAY.
CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, THE TYPE OF RESIDENTS YOU HAVE IN THIS, UH, FACILITY OR THE AMBULATORY OR YEAH.
SO THE, THE TYPE B DOES PROPOSE AGING IN PLACE, SO THAT MEANS ALL LEVELS OF ACUITY CARE.
SO IT'S NOT A TYPE A WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE TO, ONCE YOU START USING THE WALKER, WE WOULD HAVE TO DISCHARGE YOU.
UM, SO THE TYPE B DOES PROPOSE AGING IN PLACE, UM, ALL THE WAY TO, UM, ALL LEVELS IN HIGH ACUITY OF CARE.
SO OF THE, UH, BEDROOMS THAT YOU HAVE THE ASSIGNED AS TWO RESIDENTS, ARE THOSE, UH, PEOPLE RELATED THOSE? SO, YEAH, SO THE TWO PROPOSED.
SO THE STATE DOES, I DON'T KNOW, I GUESS JUST STOP.
SO THE STATE DOES PROPOSE TWO OCCUPANTS, THREE OCCUPANTS, FOUR OCCUPANTS IN, IN THESE ROOMS. HOWEVER, WE'RE ONLY PROPOSING TWO BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE, OF THE ROOMS. UM, AND THESE ARE MASTER BEDROOMS. SO, UH, THIS IS A MASTER BEDROOM WITH ITS OWN BATHROOM HERE.
THIS IS A LARGER MASTER BEDROOM.
AND THEN OF COURSE THIS IS MORE OF OUR MASTER SUITE, UH, WHICH DOES ALLOW UP TO FOUR BEDS.
WE DON'T BELIEVE IN DOING THAT WITH ANYONE.
SO THESE ARE USUALLY, WE DO GET A LOT OF COUPLES, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON OUR WAITING LIST, UH, WAITING FOR THIS TO PASS AND MOVE FORWARD.
UM, EVEN DURING COVID, OUR PHONES HAVE BEEN JUST OFF THE HOOK, UM, CALLING US TO, UM, BRING IN THE RESIDENTS.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY BECAUSE OF THE ZONING VARIANCE.
SO WE WOULD NEED TO DO THAT FIRST AND ALSO RECEIVE THE LIFE SAFETY CODE, WHICH IS THE, THE SPRINKLERS.
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THAT IT'S ALREADY ALREADY DONE.I DO HAVE THE PLANS FOR THAT IF Y'ALL WANT TO SEE THAT.
UM, FROM THE, FROM THE CITY AND SAWS THAT THEY DID, UM, DO THIS IN 2018.
UM, I DO HAVE A LARGER FILE THAT'S PROBABLY NOT THE BEST.
BUT WE DO, UM, YEAH, THE INTERIOR, UM, AND THE ONES THAT WERE ALREADY, THEY ALREADY RECEIVED THE CD.
UM, FOR THE 12 PATIENTS AND MORE, THEY ARE ALL, ALL THE, ALL THE PERSONAL CARE HOMES ARE ACTUALLY SMALLER THAN MINE.
I AM THE LARGEST AT THE MOMENT.
SO THEY HAVE THE OTHER ONES WERE 2200 SQUARE FEET, 2,400 SQUARE FEET.
ALRIGHT, SO, UM, FINAL CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS.
NONE, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITE TO YOU FOR A MOTION.
UM, I, I WANT TO THANK THE APPLICANT, UM, VERY PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATION AND I KNOW YOU'VE ALSO WORKED WITH, UH, THE COUNCILMAN'S STAFF AND THAT'S MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, I DON'T USUALLY, UM, LIKE DOING THIS BECAUSE THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF ME THAT SAYS, UM, THAT THIS WAS PROPERLY NOTICED AND THERE WAS ONLY, YES SIR.
THERE WAS ONLY ONE, UM, NOTICE IN OPPOSITION.
AND, UM, SO UNDER A LOT OF CIRCUMSTANCES I WOULD, UH, I WOULD JUST MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE OR DENY RIGHT NOW, HOWEVER, UM, I'VE TALKED TO THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE EXTENSIVELY ON THIS.
I KNOW THERE HAS BEEN AN EFFORT TO REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO IS CONTINUE THIS CASE, UM, FOR ANOTHER TWO WEEKS.
AND DURING THESE NEXT TWO WEEKS, I THINK, UM, WITH SOME HELP FROM THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, CAN HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS THAT NEED TO BE HAD.
WE CAN MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S NOT ANY MORE OPPOSITION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN WE CAN COME BACK AND, UM, DO THIS AGAIN.
SO WE DID TRY TO REACH OUT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION.
UM, AND HE BASICALLY VERBALLY TOLD US, WE DO NOT CARE OF WHAT HAPPENS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AT THIS MOMENT.
UM, THEY WERE TOTALLY FOR, IT DIDN'T GIVE US THAT IN WRITING.
OF COURSE IT WAS VERBAL OVER THE PHONE.
UM, AND WE ASKED, CAN YOU PLEASE HAVE YOUR WIFE, WHICH IS THE PRESIDENT, UH, REACH OUT TO US.
SO WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK SINCE THEN.
WE DID, MADE MANY ATTEMPTS, EMAILS, SENT ALL THE LETTERS AND EMAILS TO YES SIR.
THE TREASURER, SECRETARY, ALL OF THEM.
AND THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
AND, UM, MY, MY TAKE IS THAT IN THE NEXT TWO WEEKS, HOPEFULLY YOU'LL, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET THAT IN WRITING.
AND THAT'LL MAKE, UH, EVERYBODY UP HERE FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
SO, UM, WITH THAT SAID, COMMISSIONER SIPES, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NINE, UH, TO THE NEXT MEETING.
THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
UM, YOU GUYS ARE EXCITED ABOUT THIS.
WHO WAS FIRST? WHO WAS FIRST? COMMISSIONER WATSON, I THINK.
ITEM NUMBER NINE FOR TWO WEEKS BY COMMISSIONER WHITE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
COMMISSIONER LEGIA HOLLAND? YES.
ALRIGHT, LET, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 10, I BELIEVE.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANN BEA'S ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 10, LOCATED AT 8 3 9 0 NORTH VERDE DRIVE IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM R SIX TO C ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 14 NOTICES MAILED WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR.
OUTSIDE 200 FEET THERE WERE 38 OPPOSED.
AND VERDE HILL'S, H O A IS AN OPPOSITION.
STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
WHILE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS A BUDDING BENDERA ROAD, IT IS PART OF THE VERDE HILLS SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS COMPRISED ENTIRELY OF LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
TO INTRODUCE THIS ZONING DESIGNATION TO THIS PROPERTY
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WOULD BE TO PERMIT COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE AND PROPERTY OWNERS ARE HERE TO A ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
WE DO HAVE, UM, SOME PACKETS TO SEND OUT JUST SO YOU GUYS HAVE PHOTOS AND A CONCEPT PLAN OF WHAT WE'RE DOING, UH, THAT I'LL END UP TALKING THROUGH AS WELL.
AND CAN YOU PASS THOSE OUT PLEASE? THANK YOU.
I'M WITH SOUTHTOWN ENGINEERING.
I AM A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER, UH, AND I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER HERE TODAY.
UH, OR PROPERTY OWNERS, ELI AND BETSY GALINDO.
SO WE ARE ASKING, UH, FOR, FOR ONE, WE'D LIKE TO AMEND OUR REQUEST, UH, TO CONDITION DOWN THE ZONING FROM A C DASH ONE DOWN TO A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
OUT OF RESPECT TO THE NEIGHBORING COMMUNITY, THE VERDE HILLS SUBDIVISION.
UH, RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY THE PROPERTY IS ZONED, UH, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, WHICH IS R SIX, WHICH ARE LARGE LOTS.
UH, AS MENTIONED, THIS PROPERTY IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS AT THE CORNER AT THE INTERSECTION OF BANDERA ROAD AND NORTH VERDE.
SO WITH THE PRIMARY FRONTAGE REALLY TAKING PLACE ALONG BANDERA ROAD, UM, THERE IS A BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR PLAN, UH, THAT'S ABOUT AN EIGHT MILE STRETCH THAT IS MET WITH SEVERAL STAKEHOLDERS WITHIN THAT EIGHT MILE STRETCH THAT PROPOSES, UH, I MEAN A SLEW OF COMMERCIAL, UM, TYPE PROPERTIES AND COMMERCIAL USES.
AND SO TODAY WE, WE HONESTLY FEEL THAT OUR REQUEST TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY, UH, IS IN CLOSE ALLIANCE WITH THAT CORRIDOR PLAN.
UH, THE PROPERTY IS AN EXISTING HOME, UH, AT ABOUT 3,300 SQUARE FEET.
THERE'S AN EXISTING SHED, UH, THAT'S ON THE PROPERTY, BUT MORE ENCUMBERING ON THE LOT IS A BILLBOARD SIGN, UH, THAT IS THERE, UH, WHICH THE PROPERTY OWNERS DO NOT HAVE RIGHTS TO.
THE EASEMENT WAS SOLD, UH, TO CLEAR CHANNEL, UH, YOU KNOW, AHEAD OF, OF THIS PROPERTY.
ACQUI BEING ACQUIRED BY OUR OWNER.
UM, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, BANDERA ROAD IS, IS A MAJOR ARTERIAL.
UH, THERE IS ROUGHLY 70,000 VEHICLES THAT COME ACROSS, UH, AND ADJACENT TO THIS PROPERTY, WHICH MAKES IT PROHIBITIVE, UH, FOR A RESIDENTIAL USE.
UH, JUST THE ROAD NOISE ALONE, UM, THAT THIS PROPERTY OWNER EXPERIENCES IS SUBSTANTIAL.
AND SO WHAT WE ARE ASKING IS, UH, FOR A COMMERCIAL ZONING THAT IS LIGHT, UH, THAT WOULD SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ACT AS OF A BUFFER TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE SEEING SOME DRAWINGS HERE.
THIS IS FROM THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UH, INITIALLY OUR THOUGHT WAS, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT TO ENCROACH WITHIN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THE IDEA HERE OF, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL ENTERING THIS SINGLE FAMILY HOME, UH, RESIDENCE.
UH, AND SO THAT LINE WORK IS PRETTY MUCH, YOU KNOW, STATING THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD START AFTER THAT PROPERTY.
UH, I KNOW WHEN WE MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO, THEY WERE OPPOSING, UH, TO THAT, UH, SOME OF THEIR MAIN CONCERNS IS THEY DO NOT WANT ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC TO COME THROUGH INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE ABLE TO GET TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND, BUT WE ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SEE IF WE CAN WORK ON A PLAN, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT WOULD HAVE ACCESS FROM BANDERA ROAD VERSUS NORTH VERDE SO WE CAN AVERT THESE FOLKS FROM ENTERING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT AMONG OTHER THINGS WE HAD, WE HAD REQUESTED, UH, AN EXTENSION.
THAT EXTENSION, UH, WAS DENIED.
SO WE DIDN'T HAVE A REAL OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND OUR PLAN.
UH, WE DO HAVE AN AMENDED PLAN THAT WE COULD SHOW TODAY IF, IF, IF THAT WOULD BE DESIRABLE.
UH, BUT WE HOPE THAT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE EVIDENCE HERE, WITH THE FUTURE PLAN OF BANDERA AND WHAT'S HAPPENING ALONG THIS ROADWAY, THE HARDSHIPS THAT THIS OWNER HAS EXPERIENCED, YOU KNOW, LIVING AT THIS PROPERTY, UH, THAT YOU GUYS WOULD BE AMENABLE TO, UH, A LIGHT ZONING DISTRICT OF OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
AND, UH, WE DO, I DO HAVE, UH, SOME, I MEAN, YOU GUYS HAVE THE PHOTOS SO YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF THE BILLBOARD SIGNS SOME OF THE STUFF THAT YOU TYPICALLY DON'T SEE ON A RESIDENTIAL LOT.
UM, AND SO IT JUST COINCIDES, UH, BRINGS IN, I I FEEL THAT OUR REQUEST IS NOT CONTRARY, UH, TO THE OVERALL NETWORKING PLAN THAT'S PLANNED.
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ALRIGHT.NOW, I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW MINUTES.
I'D LIKE TO LET THE PROPERTY OWNERS ALSO SPEAK, UM, AND THEY DO HAVE, UH, SOME ADDITIONAL ITEMS THEY'D LIKE TO ADD TO THE TABLE.
I CAN ANSWER ANYTHING ENGINEERING RELATED OF COURSE, UH, BUT I WANT TO GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO SPEAK AS WELL.
I THINK WE, THEY STILL HAVE SOME TIME.
IF THE PROPERTY OWNERS WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT ON REZONING 83 90 NORTH VERDE.
UH, THE LOTUS ON BANDERA CORRIDOR ON 1.6 ACRES WITH A FRONTAGE AND BANDERA OF 365 FEET AND 179 FEET ALIGNED WITH ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S MOST BEAUTIFUL PARKS OF PEACH NAVAL.
ACROSS FROM US, WE HAVE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS THAT SIT ON LITTLE OVER FIVE ACRES WITH PAVING AND RETAIL SIGNAGE.
WE WANTED TO INCORPORATE A SEMI-PUBLIC SPACE, UM, CREATING A MORE ATTRACTIVE ENVIRONMENT, PRESERVING OPEN SPACE, CONNECTING TO TRAILS AND PARKS TO ENHANCE THE NATURAL FEATURES THE CORRIDOR HAS ALIGNING WITH THE PLANS THE CITY HAS FOR THE CORRIDOR.
MOVING FORWARD, AFTER MEETING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD MEMBERS AND HEARING THEIR CONCERNS, WE HAD TO REVISE OUR PLANS.
THAT'S WHY WE REQUESTED AN EXTENSION TO COME UP WITH A REVISED PLAN THAT COULD ACCOMMODATE THEIR CONCERNS, WHILE ALSO APPEALING TO DEMOGRAPHIC IN THE NORTH PART OF THE CORRIDOR, WHICH IS FASTLY GROWING.
AND ACCORDING TO THE CONDITIONS REPORT OF THE VANDERA PLAN, IT HAS A GROWING DEMOGRAPHIC OF YOUNG ADULTS AND THOSE OVER 55.
BASED ON THIS REPORT, THERE IS ALSO SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC INTEREST IN PARKS, OPEN SPACE, AND BICYCLE PEDESTRIAN ACCOMMODATIONS.
THE CORRIDOR IS DOMINATED BY RETAIL, COMMERCIAL USE, AND OUR REGION LINES UP WITH THE LOW INTENSITY LAND USE THE CITY IS TRYING TO SHIFT TO.
OUR PROPERTY CURRENTLY HAS TWO EASEMENTS, INCLUDING, UM, AT AND T AND CLEAR CHANNEL.
WITH 24 HOUR ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY, WE ARE NOT IN A GATED COMMUNITY.
SO BESIDES THE OVER 70,000 CARS DRIVING NEXT TO THE HOUSE DAILY, WE EXPERIENCE OTHER HARDSHIPS LIKE GRAFFITI ON FENCES, LIGHTING FROM THE BILLBOARD ON THE PROPERTY, LIGHTING FROM BANDERA, ALONG WITH WILDFIRE AND CONSIDERABLE NOISE.
THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES ADJACENT TO THIS LOT IS NOT, UM, DO NOT COMPARE, WILL NOT EXPERIENCE THESE HARDSHIPS AS THEIR LOTS ARE NOT COMPARABLE TO THIS ONE.
AS THE OUTLIER, THIS PROPERTY IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO ACT AS THE BARRIER BETWEEN THE NOR THE COMMUNITY AND THE BANDERA CORRIDOR.
I WOULD LIKE YOUR CONSIDERATION TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS ING SO WE CAN PROPERLY CONTINUE TO SAFEGUARD THESE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WHILE CONNECTING TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, MOVING FORWARD TOWARDS IMPROVING THE LIVES OF THOSE ON THE CORRIDOR.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.
SO I ALSO PREPARE A STATEMENT.
UH, FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS, UH, SAN ANTONIO HAS HAD ONE OF THE LARGEST INFLUXES OF POPULATION IN THE COUNTRY, MAKING IT A TOP 10, UH, YEARS IN A ROW.
SO SAN GROWING EXPONENTIALLY, AND WITH TRAFFIC AND ORGANIZATION.
ACCORDING TO TXDOT, UH, 40 TO 70,000 CARS TRAVELED THROUGH WANDER CORRIDOR EACH DAY.
THE CAR, UH, PROPERTY CURRENTLY SITS, UH, SITS IN A CORNER LOT, 6 365 FEET FRONTAGE WITH WANDER AND ONLY 188 ON THE NORTH VERDE SIDE.
SO, UH, THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF IT IS, UH, SERVES AS A WATER RETENTION, UH, POND FOR A BUSINESS PARK.
UH, THE INCREASED TRAFFIC ON MADERA ROAD THROUGHOUT THE YEARS HAS MADE THE PROPERTY SUSTAINABLE FOR, UH, PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
SOME OF THE HARDSHIPS THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY FACE AS MENTIONED BEFORE, IS RANDOM CARS PARKING ON THE DRIVEWAY, GRAFFITI ON THE FENCE, WILDFIRES, TRASH THROWN FROM THE VAL PARK, UH, TRAILS.
EXCESSIVE NOISE AND LIGHTING FROM WANDER ROSE, A BILLBOARD IN THE BACKYARD WITH 24 HOUR OR ACCESS, UH, BY CLEAR CHANNEL.
AND AT T UH, AS MENTIONED, THE PROPERTY IS NOT SU, UH, SUITABLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS IT DOES NOT SHARE THE BENEFITS OF ONE, UH, OR OF, OF AS SECLUDED NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT CURRENTLY IS SERVING AS A BUFFER BETWEEN MADERA ROAD AND VERDE HILLS, OR PLAN, UH, FOR, UH, FOR, IT'S A MIXED USE NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMERCIAL, COMMERCIAL SEMI-PUBLIC PARK WITH THE CURRENT BUILDINGS USED AS PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, NATIVE GREEN AREAS, TRAILS TWO FOOD BENDING KIOSK, A CONNECTION TO OPPI OP BEACH, NAVAL PARK TRAILS, CARBON NEUTRAL ENERGY USE AND EV CHARGING STATIONS, UH, AND LOW ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON THEIR PARKING LOT MATERIALS.
WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO WALK AND BIKE TO THE PROPERTY AND KEEP THE PARKING LOT ONLY FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICES ON SITE.
I AM PERSONALLY AN ADVOCATE FOR LAND PRESERVATION AND WORKING TOWARDS CURVING CLIMATE CHANGE.
SO ALL THESE ALL, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PROPERTY WILL REFLECT THIS.
UH, WE MET WITH THE VOLUNTARY H O
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A MEMBERS ON FRIDAY, JULY 20TH, AND THE AMERICAN CONCERNS WERE EXTRA TRAFFIC COMING THROUGH NOR VERDE TO, UH, TO PARK ON THE PROPERTY NOISE AND LIGHTING.ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NO DEED RESTRICTIONS OF THESE ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS BY ASSERTING WE WILL FOLLOW ALL EASEMENTS NOISE AND LIGHTING ORDINANCES AND ADD NEW COVENANTS, AS WELL AS ADD PRIVACY FENCES FOR OUR GENESIS, UH, PROPERTIES.
ADDITIONALLY, WE OFFER HELP MOVING THE SIGNAGE, UH, OF THE ENTRANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, GATING THE COMMUNITY IF POSSIBLE, CLO UH, GET CLOSER WATER CONNECTIONS AMONG OTHER THINGS.
UH, OUR PLAN PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THE FUTURE PLANS AND VISION BY SAN ANTONIO CITY FOR THE WANDER ROAD CORRIDOR.
AND, BUT WE WANT TO APPEAL THE BOARD TO APPRO APPROVE OUR NC ZONING PLA PLANS.
BUT IN THE CASE THAT THE BOARD THINKS THIS PLAN IS NOT SUITABLE, UH, WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN WORK WITH US AND SUPPORT US WITH A, A SUITABLE CHAIN OF ZONING.
THE PROPERTY DOES NOT HAVE THE PERKS OF A PRIVATE RESIDENCE AND CANNOT CONTINUE TO BE USED AS ONE.
UH, LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? UH, WE HAVE VOICEMAILS AND, UH, INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
DO YOU WANNA DO, UH, VOICEMAILS FIRST? YES, LET'S HEAR THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.
MY NAME IS LORENZO GONZALEZ LECHUGA.
I LIVE AT 80 93 NORTH BEDA DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4.
I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER Z 2 2 2 7 1 76.
MY WIFE MARLINA, I ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROPOSED REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
IT IS, UH, GOING TO CHANGE AGAIN THE ENVIRONMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY, OUR LITTLE RETIREMENT COMMUNITY.
THERE'S MANY OF US THAT ARE RETIRED AND, UH, WE'VE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND, UH, ENJOYING LIFE NOW.
WE WANNA ENJOY THE FEW YEARS WE MAY HAVE LEFT AND THIS LITTLE NICHE THAT GOD'S HEAVEN.
I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LISTENING TO US, AND I AGAIN, PROPOSE AND ASK FOR OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED, UH, REZONING.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, AND GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
UH, THAT'S ALL THE VOICEMAILS.
UM, SO THE FIRST, UH, PERSON TO SPEAK IS KAREN TWEEL.
AND IF YOU WOULD GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS KAREN TWEEL.
MY FAMILY OWNS 83 10 NORTH VERDE.
DRIVE THE PROPERTY IMMEDIATELY NEXT TO THE ONE IN QUESTION.
TODAY, THE OWNER OF 83 90 IS PLANNING TO LEASE THE HOUSE TO A DENTIST AND A REALTOR.
SO WE'LL HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING ALL DAY LONG, AS IS THE NATURE OF THOSE BUSINESSES.
ON NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, AND HOLIDAYS, THERE'LL BE FOOD KIOSKS OPERATING IN WHAT IS NOW THE BACKYARD, DAYS, NIGHTS, WEEKENDS, AND HOLIDAYS.
WE WON'T HAVE A MOMENT'S PIECE FROM THE NOISE AND CARRYING ON, WHICH IS GOING TO BE IN ADDITION TO THE LIGHTING AND NOISE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE COMING FROM BANDERA ROAD.
AND THE SIGN FOOD KIOSKS WOULD BE SERVING FOOD OUTDOORS.
THERE WILL INEVITABLY BE FOOD WRAPPERS AND CUPS LEFT BEHIND, BLOWING AROUND FOOD WASTE WILL BE IN THE YARD AND IN THE DUMPSTER TO ATTRACT ROACHES, RATS, AND OTHER ANIMALS.
THE STENCH OF WHAT WILL ESSENTIALLY BE A RESTAURANT DUMPSTER WILL BE EVER PRESENT WHEN WE'RE OUTDOORS.
WHEN I'M IN MY VEGETABLE GARDEN, I'LL HEAR THE FLUSHING OF TOILETS IN THE NEW BATHROOM SCHEDULED TO BE INSTALLED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FENCE.
ADDING ADDITIONAL PAVEMENT IN THE FRONT YARD FOR PARKING WILL CAUSE THE FLOODING PROBLEM THAT MY FAMILY ALREADY EXPERIENCES TO WORSEN OVERFLOW PARKING WILL OCCUR ON THE GRASS IN OUR FRONT YARD.
CARS TURNING AROUND ON OUR ASPHALT DRIVEWAY WILL DETERIORATE OUR DRIVEWAY.
THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY THAT WOULD NOT WORSEN MY FAMILY'S QUALITY OF LIFE.
I ASK THAT ANY CHANGE, ANY REQUEST TO CHANGE THE R SIX STATUS, BE DENIED.
UH, LIVE AT AGE 23 NORTH VERDE DRIVE.
WE BUILT THE FIRST HOUSE IN VERDE HILLS, AND I SAID IT ONLY TO SAY THAT, UH, WHEN YOU MOVE INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S JUST STARTING.
YOU EXPECT TO STAY THERE THE REST OF YOUR LIFE AND YOU EXPECT
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FOR TO SEE AND GROW AS A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING SO THAT THE, EVERYBODY CAN INTERACT WITH ONE ANOTHER.UH, THE MAIN CONCERN I HAVE AND SOME OF THE INNER NEIGHBORS HAVE ABOUT THE LOCATION OF THIS FACILITY THAT'S GONNA GO IN IS THAT IT'S AT THE ONLY ENTRANCE TO VERDE HILLS.
FIRE TRUCKS HAVE TO MAKE IT IN THERE.
E M S HAS TO MAKE IT IN THERE.
UH, YOU WE NEED AN ASSESSABLE ENTRANCE AND IT'S THE ONLY ENTRANCE, AND THAT'S AT INTO VERDE HILLS.
SO IF WE'RE GONNA BUILD A, UH, SAY A SMALL PARK WHERE THIS WANTS TO BE ERECTED, THERE IS GONNA INTERFERE WITH THE NORMAL TRAFFIC FLOW TRYING TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT, IT'S NOT, UH, THESE, UH, LET'S SAY RESOLVED YET.
UH, I'VE BEEN ASKING SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PARKING.
WHERE ARE THESE VEHICLES THAT ARE GONNA COME THERE TO FAC THEY USE THE FACILITY THAT'S BEING ERECTED? WHERE ARE THEY GONNA PARK? THERE IS NO PARKING.
UH, THE ROADWAY ITSELF, IT DESIGNED JUST FOR TWO LANES OF TRAFFIC.
IF YOU TRY TO PARK ANYWHERE CLOSE TO, TO WHAT THEY'RE DESIGNING, UH, THE FIRE TRUCKS WILL HAVE TROUBLE GETTING IN AND OUT.
E M SS HAVE TROUBLE GETTING IN AND OUT.
WE HAVE ENOUGH PROBLEMS AS IT IS WITH THE TRAFFIC AND BANDERA ROAD BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE A DIRECT EXIT ON THE BANDERA ROAD, MEANING THAT WE DON'T HAVE A RED LIGHT, A TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICE OR ANY OTHER WAY OF REGULATING THE TRAFFIC.
SO THIS IS JUST GONNA ADD TO THE PROBLEMS WE ALREADY HAVE.
SO ANYWAY, THAT, THAT'S JUST MY OPINION AND, UH, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOU CONSIDERING IT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE NEXT SPEAKER, BOB CRAWFORD.
I'M BOB CRAWFORD AT 79 55, UH, SOUTH BIRDIE DRIVE.
UH, I'M A HOMEOWNER RESIDENT LIVING IN THE VERDE HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M A MEMBER OF THE VERDE HILLS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
UH, I'M AGAINST THE PROPOSAL PROPOSED COMMERCIAL REZONING OF 83 90 NORTH VERDE DRIVE.
UH, I'VE SIGNED A PETITION CONTAINING SIGNATURES OF MOST OF THE HOMEOWNERS IN VERDE HILLS THAT ARE ALSO AGAINST, UH, I'VE SUBMITTED A PRO PROTEST FORM AGAINST THE REZONING ALONG WITH MOST OF MY NEIGHBORS.
UH, MY WIFE WHO IS NOT HERE TODAY HAS ALSO SIGNED A PETITION AND SUBMITTED A PROTEST FORM.
UH, SHE IS AT WORK AND UNABLE TO ATTEND.
UH, I UNDERSTAND THAT 98% OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE SIGNED THE PARTITION AGAINST THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
100% OF THE RESIDENCES WITHIN 200 FEET HAVE SUBMITTED PROTEST FORMS AGAINST THE REZONING.
UM, AND, UH, ALLOWING A COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, ON THE EDGE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, DESTROYS THE PURITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ALLOWING A RETAIL BUSINESS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT CATERS TO A HIGH VOLUME RETAIL ACTIVITY, WHETHER YOU CALL IT FOOD KIOSK OR FOOD TRUCKS OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WHICH IS REALLY NOT VERY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PARK IF YOU'VE BEEN TO THAT PARK.
THE, UM, PUBLIC AREAS OF THE PARK ARE KIND OF DOWN IN THE HEART OF THE PARK.
I RIDE THE TRAILS, I WALK THE TRAILS IN THAT PARK, AND IT'S QUITE A DISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC AREA OF THE PARK TO THIS, UH, HOUSE.
UM, TO SAY THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA MAKE THAT WALK OVER THERE TO GET A TACO OR SOMETHING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, I THINK IS JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
UM, AND PLUS THERE'S GONNA BE A SIGN NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, DRIVE THROUGH TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
'CAUSE PEOPLE, UM, WOULD HAVE TO, IF THEY DIDN'T TURN RIGHT INTO THE TIGHT DRIVEWAY, WHICH IS IMMEDIATELY THERE AT BANDERA ROAD AND, AND SOUTH NORTH VERDE DRIVE, YOU MISS IT.
AND YOU'D HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO TURN AROUND OR PULL INTO SOMEBODY'S YARD TO MAKE A U-TURN OR TO TURN AROUND.
UH, SO THOSE ARE THE REASONS, UH, I VOTE, UM, AGAINST IT.
I, UH, HOPE THAT Y'ALL VOTE FOR THE DENIAL OF, UH, AND I THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO PRESENT MY CONCERNS.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU RICK STAGERS.
I, UH, LIVED IN VERDE HILLS SINCE 1993.
I WAS PAST PRESIDENT OF THE H O A, THE FIRST OWNER
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OF THAT HOUSE.A GUY NAMED MCCARTER HAD, UH, PUSHED IT TO BE COMMERCIAL BACK WHEN WE WERE IN THE COUNTY BEFORE WE GOT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY ON JANUARY 1ST OF 94.
AND, UH, HE ENDED UP SELLING IT TO A LADY WHO STAYED THERE FOR A SHORT PERIOD AND THEN SOLD THE PROPERTY.
AND THEY CONTINUED TO MARKET IT AS A COMMERCIAL POTENTIAL.
I KNOW THAT 'CAUSE I'M A COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONAL, I'VE SOLD A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES ALONG BANDERA ROAD, BUT EVERY PROPERTY THAT I HANDLED ON BANDERA ROAD THAT GOT A ZONING CHANGE WAS NOT PART OF ITS SUBDIVISION.
I, I THINK THIS IS A BAD IDEA.
THESE GUYS HAVE OWNED THE PROPERTY FOR JUST ABOUT A YEAR.
THEY KNEW EVERY CHALLENGE THAT THEY ADDRESSED, THE LIGHT ON THE BILLBOARD, THE ROAD NOISE ON BANDERA, THE GRAFFITI ON THE FENCE, ALL OF THAT WAS THERE WHEN THEY BOUGHT THE PLACE.
SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD THINK THAT IT'S UNBEARABLE TO LIVE THERE.
THEY, MY OPINION, THEY NEVER INTENDED TO LIVE THERE.
THEY WANTED TO CHANGE THE ZONING AND BE ABLE TO MAXIMIZE THE PROPERTY VALUE.
AND, UH, I CANNOT THINK OF A REASON WHY ANYONE WOULD SUPPORT COMMERCIAL ZONING WITHIN A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION.
I LIVE AT 1 0 4 4 0 BELGA DRIVE, WHICH IS PART OF VERDE HILLS.
AND WE'RE HERE AGAIN, ASKING YOU TO HELP US DEFEND OUR LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD AGAINST ANOTHER BUSINESS INCURSION THAT WE'VE HAD TO FEND OFF BEFORE.
UH, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THE APPLICANT HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS ABOUT OWNERSHIP OF PROPERTY BECAUSE HE OWNS A HOUSE A FEW BLOCKS AWAY ON A STREET CALLED CROOKED PATH.
UM, SO HE OWNED THAT HOUSE IN 2018 BEFORE HE PURCHASED THIS ONE IN 2021.
SO, OR, OR TELLING US THAT HE US, THAT HE IS, UM, DISADVANTAGED SOMEHOW, OR, OR HE HAS ISSUES LIVING THERE.
HE KNEW EVERYTHING WAS THERE BEFORE.
AND 'CAUSE HE OWNS A HOUSE IN THE VICINITY AND THAT'S PUBLIC RECORD.
UH, IF HE ALLOWED TO DO THIS, HE, EVERYBODY HAS TO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET TO THE BUSINESSES AND TURN AROUND AND COME BACK OUT AGAIN.
AND, AND WE JUST DON'T NEED THIS KIND OF TRAFFIC AT THE ENTRANCE AND THE REST OF MY NEIGHBORS, EVERYBODY WOULD, WHO'S HERE, PLEASE STAND.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE QUITE REPRESENTED.
IT JUST DESTROYS THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS AT THE FRONT ENTRANCE WHEN YOU FIRST DRIVE IN.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU JUANITA SALINAS.
MY NAME IS JUANITA ALENA SALINAS, AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY HUSBAND JASON WESTER.
WE'RE RESIDENTS OF VERDE HILLS AT 79 70 SOUTH VERDE DRIVE.
I WANNA THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY AND FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR VOICES AND OPPOSITION TO ANY COMMERCIAL USE OF A PROPERTY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN IN VER THE HILLS SINCE 2015.
WHEN WE BUILT OUR HOME, WE WERE WELCOMED BY NEIGHBORS, MANY WHO ARE NOW FRIENDS TO A COMMUNITY.
YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ME USE THIS WORD SEVERAL TIMES IN MY, IN MY FEW MINUTES UP HERE, COMMUNITY, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE ARE.
WE CHOSE VE OF THE HILLS BECAUSE OF THE BEAUTIFUL TREES, THE QUIET SOLITUDE.
AND BECAUSE OF THIS SENSE OF COMMUNITY, A COMMUNITY OF FAMILIES, A SAFE COMMUNITY WHERE KIDS AND ADULTS CAN RIDE THEIR BIKES ON THE STREETS, JUST WALK TO THE PARK.
WE'RE ALSO A COMMUNITY THAT MOBILIZES BECAUSE WE WANNA REMAIN COMMERCIAL FREE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HAS ONLY ONE WAY IN AND OUT THAT HAS BEEN STATED EARLIER, IT'S BEEN HERE SINCE THE SIXTIES, AND THEIR RESIDENTS THAT HAVE BEEN HERE FOR DECADES.
THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 83 90 NORTH VE WHO PURCHASED THE PROPERTY APPROXIMATELY A YEAR AGO, WANTS TO COME IN AND CHANGE WHAT WE'VE WORKED REALLY HARD TO MAINTAIN.
MR. GALINDO, WHO SOME OF THE HOMEOWNERS HAVE MET, SEEMS LIKE A VERY NICE PERSON, BUT HE'S NOT A PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HE DOESN'T LIVE ON THE PROPERTY, HE DOESN'T HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IN MIND.
HE HAS HIS INVESTMENT IN MIND.
WE, THE RESIDENTS KNOW WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A WAY OF LIFE THAT WE WANNA PRESERVE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE DON'T THINK MR. GLINDA UNDERSTANDS.
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WE DON'T WANNA IMPROVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE IN THE CORRIDOR.WE WANNA KEEP OUR LIVES THE WAY WE'VE BEEN WORKING TO PRESERVE IT.
COLLECTIVELY, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT WE WANNA MAINTAIN ALL OF THE RESIDENCES AT LOWDEN RESIDENTIAL AND OUR SIX ZONING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE MAP ABOVE, THERE ARE 44 HOUSEHOLDS TOTAL, EXCLUDING THE PETITIONER AND A VACANT PROPERTY.
41 OF THESE HOUSEHOLDS HAVE SIGNED A PETITION, AND ANOTHER TWO HAVE SENT IN OPPOSITION FORMS TO TODAY'S ZONING CHANGE.
EXCUSE ME, THAT'S 43 OUT OF 44 HOUSEHOLDS.
THAT'S 98% OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ASK THE ZONING COMMISSION TODAY THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE TO RECOMMEND DENIAL FOR ANY CHANGES TO THIS PROPERTY.
ERNESTO VALERO, GOOD AFTERNOON.
UM, AND I DIDN'T LIVE AT 79 10 SOUTH VERDE DRIVE.
MY WIFE AND I BOTH ADAMANTLY OPPOSE, UH, THIS, UH, REZONING OF THIS, UH, PROPERTY.
THE SIMPLE FACT IS THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE OF INCREASED TRAFFIC WHEN THE FRONT, UH, PART OF OP SCHNABEL WAS, UH, CLOSED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND THE BACK, UH, END OF THE GATE TO OP SCHNABEL WAS OPEN THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE WAS TRAFFIC GALORE GOING THROUGH THERE.
NOT ONLY THERE WAS SPEEDING THROUGH THERE, THEY, WITH TOTAL DISRESPECT TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD TO ASK THE, UH, CITY POLICE FOR, UH, SPEED ZONE SIGNS FOR NO PARKING SIGNS.
SO I CAN IMAGINE WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF THIS, UM, PROPERTY IN THE FRONT, UH, OPENS UP A COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESS.
NOT ONLY IS IT GONNA INCREASE THE TRAFFIC GOING IN, WHICH IS THE ONLY, UH, ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO OUR, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY CURBS OR SIDEWALKS.
SO WHEN WE GO OUT FOR A WALK, I SEE BOBBY RIDING HIS BIKE.
I SEE MR. CURTIS WALKING THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ALL OF A LOT OF NEIGHBORS GO OUT AND DO THEIR WALKS IN THE EVENING.
AND IF WE'RE GONNA SEE ALL THIS TRAFFIC COMING IN AND OUT THROUGHOUT THE, THE DAY AND THROUGH ON THE WEEKENDS, THEN IT'S GONNA TOTALLY DISRESPECT DI DISRUPT OUR PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF DEER, UH, RUNNING IN AND OUT THROUGH OUR YARDS.
AND THIS, THIS IS THE TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF BABY FONGS RUNNING AROUND TOO.
THROUGH THERE, UH, THERE'S BEEN REPORTED, UH, POACHERS, DEER POACHERS DRIVING AROUND THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOODS.
I DON'T KNOW, WE'VE REPORTED ALL OF THIS.
ANYWAY, GETTING BACK TO THE REZONING, IT'S JUST, UH, IT'S JUST TOTALLY GONNA BE, UH, DISRUPTING OUR PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARK THE CARS, THE, THE, THESE, UH, PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING TO BE, UM, GOING INTO THIS BUSINESS.
THEY'RE GOING TO GO IN AND EXPLORE OH, WHAT'S OVER THERE.
THEY'RE GONNA SEE THAT THERE'S NO EXIT THROUGH THE BACKSIDE.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO END UP USING OUR DRIVEWAYS AND AND STREETS TO BACK UP AND GO BACK TO THE ONLY, UH, EXIT THERE IS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE OPPOSE TO, UH, THIS, UH, REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU EILEEN CAMARILLO.
HELLO, MY NAME IS EILEEN CAMARILLO.
I LIVE AT 83 11 NORTH VERDE, WHICH IS DIRECTLY RIGHT ACROSS ME AND MY HUSBAND DO DIRECTLY RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE, UM, POTENTIAL REZONING HOME.
UM, BASICALLY JUST TO REINSTATE, YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN A POSITION IN OPPOSITION OF THIS DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S GONNA BE ENDLESS TRAFFIC.
UM, EVERYBODY'S GONNA PILE UP RIGHT IN OUR YARD.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE ONE THAT BUTTS UP RIGHT UP AGAINST HIM, MR. TLE 92 YEAR OLD.
DO YOU THINK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WHEN YOU KNOW CARS ARE PARKED ALL LINED UP, HE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO GET OUTTA HIS HOUSE AND WALK OVER AND ASK SOMEBODY WHOSE, WHOSE CARS ARE THESE, UM, SO THAT THEY CAN MOVE.
SO ALL HE IS IS GOING TO ENHANCE THE NOISE.
THIS IS WHY HE STATES HE CAN'T LIVE THERE AS A RESIDENT.
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THE NOISE IS GONNA BE ENHANCED BY HAVING OPEN FOOD, KIOSK, WHATEVER IT IS THAT HE'S TRYING TO BRING IN.OKAY? IT'S GONNA ENHANCE THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
THE NOISE IS GOING TO BE ENHANCED AS WELL.
SO HOW IS HE, HE, WE MET WITH HIM, UH, A COUPLE OF FRIDAYS AGO AND HE STATED, YOU KNOW, THIS IS HIM AND HIS WIFE'S DREAM.
AWESOME, GREAT, BUT WHY IS HIS DREAM OUR DREAM? WE, WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THAT SAME DREAM.
YOU KNOW, HE'S ONLY LIVED THERE A YEAR.
AGAIN, JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE STATED HE KNEW THIS GOING IN.
HE KNEW THIS WHEN HE PURCHASED THE HOME, THAT IT, AND IT WAS ON HIS LISTING POTENTIAL, UH, REZONING FOR COMMERCIAL.
SO THOSE WERE HIS INTENTIONS FROM THE GET GO.
YOU KNOW, WE WELCOME HIM LIKE WE'VE SAID IN THE PAST AS A RESIDENT, YOU KNOW, BUT YOU'RE MOVING OUT.
YOU'RE MAKING IT INTO A COMMERCIAL ZONING BECAUSE YOU STATE YOU CAN'T LIVE THERE BECAUSE OF THE LIGHTING, BECAUSE OF THE NOISE AND BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
YET HE'S GOING TO ENHANCE THAT EVEN MORE FOR US THAT ARE GONNA LIVE THERE.
WE ARE STUCK WITH THE TRAFFIC, THE NOISE AND EVERYTHING ELSE HE'S GOING TO ENHANCE.
MY NAME IS NO LOPEZ LIVE AT 83 0 5 NORTH VERDE.
WE MOVED OVER TO SAN ANTONIO FROM THE HOUSTON AREA 16 YEARS AGO, LOOKING FOR A PLACE THAT WE COULD SETTLE IN FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES.
IT'S QUIET, NICE LOT OF NATURE.
UM, I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING THAT MY NEIGHBORS HAVE COME UP HERE AND SPOKE ABOUT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO REPEAT EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE SAID.
I THINK THE ONLY THING THAT HAS PROBABLY BEEN LEFT OFF IS, UH, THE TRAFFIC ON BANDERA.
WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE ONE ENTRANCE COMING INTO OUR SUBDIVISION.
THERE'S BEEN WRECKS THERE BEFORE YOU MULTIPLY THE TRAFFIC COMING INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S GONNA BE MORE ACCIDENTS THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE HARDER FOR THE RESIDENTS TO COME IN TO THEIR HOMES.
SO WITH THAT, MY WIFE AND I WE'RE OPPOSED.
AND I'D LIKE TO STATE, WHAT ELSE CAN I REALLY SAY THAT YOU HAVEN'T HEARD TODAY.
UM, WE LOVE OUR SMALL UNDISCOVERED NEIGHBORHOOD, PUTTING A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS AT THE FRONT.
WE PUT A RED FLASHING LIGHT FOR EVERYONE TO COME BACK AND SEE WHAT'S HERE.
WE BRING IN PROPERTY CRIMES, STREET RACING, WHAT THE REST OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS HAVE SAID.
UH, BUT WHAT HE WANTS IS A BAD FIT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S NO WAY YOU CAN COVER THAT UP WITH ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS.
UH, FANTASTIC DREAMS AND HOPES.
I DIDN'T SEE ANY STUDIES HOW THEY'RE GONNA GET ONTO BANDERA ROAD TO ENTER THE PROPERTY TODAY.
TYPICALLY YOU WOULD HAVE THAT READY IF YOU'RE TRYING TO REZONE.
IF THEY REZONE, WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY JUST MOVE AWAY? AND WE'RE STUCK WITH A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE BY THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT COME HERE TODAY.
WE WANT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE WANT THE KIDS TO PLAY IN THE STREETS.
WE DON'T NEED ALL THIS OTHER ACTIVITY.
THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE TO PURCHASE OUR HOMES AND PROPERTIES IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
I CANNOT GIVE IT MY BLESSING TO REONE THIS PROPERTY.
THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT.
THE APPLICANT HAS A CHANCE FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL.
GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS AND THANK YOU VERDE HILLS SUBDIVISION FOR SHOWING UP TODAY.
WE UNDERSTAND, UH, THE OPPOSITION AGAINST THIS ZONING.
UH, THIS PROPERTY, UH, REGARDLESS OF OF THE STATEMENTS MADE TODAY IS ABUTTING BANDERA ROAD, WHICH IS A MAJOR CORRIDOR.
THE PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF THIS IS, UH, SERVING A COMMERCIAL USE.
THERE'S ALREADY COMMERCIAL A ABUTTING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, AN UPTICK OF, OF TRIPS OF 21 PEAK TRIPS.
SO WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A SUBSTANTIAL UPTICK IN TRAFFIC HERE.
WE WANT THE ABILITY TO ADDRESS OUR PLAN AND SEE IF WE CAN TAKE ACCESS FROM BANDERA ROAD INSTEAD SO THAT NO CARS ARE COMING THROUGH NORTH VERDE.
AND WE CAN WORK ON AN AMENABLE PLAN HERE.
UH, IT, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE, UH, IN OUR REGARD
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JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT IS ALONG BANDERA FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROPERTY TO REMAIN, UH, SINGLE-FAMILY RESIDENCE.'CAUSE I, I DON'T KNOW WHO COULD HONESTLY LIVE THERE.
UM, THAT, THAT'S OUR, OUR STATEMENT AND I APPRECIATE Y'ALL'S TIME.
THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE, SO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS FOR STAFF FIRST, UM, STEPH, WHAT, AS FOR THE OWNERS, WHAT OPTIONS DO THEY HAVE? I MEAN, I NOW AS OWNERS, THEY DON'T, I GUESS THEY ONLY HAVE, THEY'RE ONLY ZONED FOR R SIX, SO IT'S USUALLY LIKE A FOSTER HOME, PRIVATE SCHOOLS, SO FORTH.
THAT THEY ONLY OPTIONS THEY HAVE IS AN R SIX OFF THAT STREET.
AND THEN A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, WOULD THE OWNERS BE WILLING TO CONSIDER ANY OF THE OPTIONS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR R SIX SINCE THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE LIVING IN THE PROPERTY, AT LEAST GIVE 'EM AN OPTION FOR ANOTHER BUSINESS.
SO WE'RE LOOKING JUST TO KEEP PROFESSIONAL OFFICES.
SO, UH, REALLY THE, THE ONGOING INSTREAM IS REALLY WANTING TO DO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
UH, WE KNOW WE CAN DO THAT UNDER AN R SIX, BUT WE CAN'T PROPERLY PARK IT.
UM, AND SO REZONING THE PROPERTY WOULD ALLOW US TO ADDRESS ACCESS, ADDRESS PARKING SO THAT IT DOESN'T IMPACT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT WAS STATED TODAY.
UM, CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR PROJECT? WHAT'S THE ACTUAL PRODUCT? DO YOU HAVE ANY, OTHER THAN THE LAYOUT OF JUST THE ILLUSTRATION? SO THE PROPERTY, UH, CONSISTS OF AN EXISTING HOME THAT'S ABOUT 3,300 SQUARE FEET, GIVE OR TAKE.
THE EXISTING STRUCTURE WOULD REMAIN, IT WOULD GO THROUGH THE PERMITTING PROCESS HERE AND DO AN INTERIOR RENOVATION, UH, TO SITUATE IT FOR TWO OFFICE SPACES.
UH, AND THEN THE IDEA WAS TO, SINCE THIS IS SUCH A GREEN AREA AND ADJACENT TO OPI SNAPPLE, WE WANTED TO OPEN IT UP, UH, TO GREEN SPACE AND OFFER, UH, TWO MOBILE FOOD TRUCKS, SO TO SPEAK.
IT'D BE PODS, KIND OF LIKE WHAT YOU SEE AT LARA, UH, WHERE, WHERE FOLKS CAN COME IN AND ENJOY A SNACK.
UM, UH, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, IT'S, IT'S A VERY LIGHT COMMERCIAL IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE.
WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO PUT, YOU KNOW, SOME VALERO GAS STATION OR, UH, SOME CRAZY RETAIL.
UH, BUT THE INTENT IS FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND, AND TO HAVE SOME ABILITY TO, TO OFFER SOME TYPE OF FOOD SERVICE.
HOW LONG HAVE THEY OWNED THE PROPERTY? HAS IT BEEN ONE, BECAUSE I'VE HEARD SOME OF THE RESPONSES BACK THAT THEY'RE NEW OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN DOES THE PROPERTY HAVE ACCESS TO OP ENABLED TRAILS? CURRENTLY? NO.
IT, IT JUST ABUTS, UH, BUT THERE'S NO, UH, SPECIFIC TRAIL, UH, THAT, THAT CONNECTS.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MY COMMISSIONER TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, UH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY A FEW FACTS.
UM, SO I'VE HEARD SOME MENTION OF SPECIFICALLY TRAFFIC, LIGHT AND NOISE AS HARDSHIPS.
THE OWNER CURRENTLY EXPERIENCES, THEY'RE CURRENTLY RESIDING ON THIS PROPERTY AS THEIR PRIMARY RESIDENCE.
THEY'RE NOT, UH, RESIDING ON THE PROPERTY.
THE MASK JUST, UH, MADE THAT HARD TO HEAR.
UM, AND THEN YOU ALSO MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT AN EXTENSION BEING DENIED.
CAN YOU PLEASE EXPAND ON WHAT THAT EXTENSION WAS, WHEN IT WAS REQUESTED, HOW IT WAS DENIED? SURE.
SO WE HAD INITIALLY MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MAYBE TWO WEEKS AGO.
UH, WHERE AT THAT TIME THEY, YOU KNOW, GATHERED TOGETHER, TOLD US THEY WERE IN OPPOSITION.
WE WANTED, BECAUSE OF THAT, WE WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO AMEND OUR PLAN TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WERE MENTIONED, INCLUDING TRAFFIC, NOISE AND LIGHT.
UH, AND SO WHEN WE CAME OUTTA THAT MEETING, WE BRIEFED ANN, UH, WHO'S OUR CASE MANAGER, AND WE ASKED AT THAT TIME, COULD WE EXTEND, UH, THIS SO THAT WE HAVE SOME TIME TO UPDATE OUR PLAN, OUR CONCEPT, AND GIVE IT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TALK THROUGH IT SO THAT WE CAN COME HERE WITH, WITH A LITTLE MORE SUCCESS AND SUPPORT.
UH, BUT WE WEREN'T, UH, AT THAT TIME, UH, ANNE HAD LET US KNOW THAT WE, YOU KNOW, I'VE SUBMITTED YOUR REQUEST, UH, GAVE US SOME NEW DATES.
UH, SHE DID LET US KNOW THAT THERE WOULD BE SOME NEIGHBORS COMING, BUT WE DIDN'T MAKE PLANS TO SHOW BECAUSE WE'VE NEVER SEEN A A, AN EXTENSION DENIED.
SO OUR HANDS WERE KIND OF FORCED.
IT WAS DENIED AND WE DIDN'T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, TO EVEN AMEND THE PLAN, UH, EVEN THOUGH THE, THE OWNER DID PAY SOMEBODY TO AMEND IT.
AND WE DO HAVE A NEW PLAN THAT WE COULD SHOW, BUT THE RESIDENTS HAVEN'T SEEN IT.
UH, BUT WE JUST WERE LOOKING FOR AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT TIME, UH, TO, TO COORDINATE THAT WITH THEM AND SEE IF THIS WOULD BE MORE AMENABLE.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, I CAN CLARIFY THAT IT'S A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS WHAT WAS SCHEDULED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.
HE HAD A PLAN AMENDMENT TO GO FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
HE REQUESTED, OR THE APPLICANT REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE THAT CONTINUANCE WAS NOT GRANTED.
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RECOMMENDED DENIAL OUTRIGHT.THAT, THAT HELPS A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
UH, SO THE, UH, NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, WAS THE BILLBOARD PRESENT ON THE PROPERTY WHEN IT WAS PURCHASED? YES.
UM, YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT MAKING IT A SEMI-PUBLIC SPACE WITH THE GOAL OF CONNECTING IT TO TRAILS AND PARKS.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED OR BEGAN ANY CONVERSATIONS WITH PARKS AND RECREATION THAT WOULD ADDRESS AN ACTUAL CONNECTION TOOP SCHNABEL PARK? BECAUSE IT APPEARS FROM THE PHOTOS, LIKE THERE IS NOT CURRENTLY AN ACTUAL GATEWAY, TRAIL OR PATHWAY CONNECTING THE TWO PROPERTIES? SURE.
WE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY YET.
UH, WE UNDERSTAND THAT IF ZONING WAS GRANTED, WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH, UM, AND COMPLY WITH ALL THE ORDINANCES AND, AND CODE REQUIREMENTS.
AND AT THAT TIME WE COULD BROACH PARKS AND REC AND DISCUSS A POSSIBILITY TO PARTNERSHIP HERE AND TO HAVE A CONNECTION.
UH, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE THE ADJACENT PART? OFOP SCHNABEL? SAY YOU WERE STANDING ON THE PROPERTY LINE.
WHAT, WHAT IS ON THE OP SCHNABEL SIDE TODAY? SO WE DO HAVE SOME PHOTOS THAT ARE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET, UH, THAT SHOWS THAT DIRECT, UH, OVERLOOK OF WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FROM THEIR FENCE.
UH, SO IT'S PRETTY, PRETTY HIGHLY BRUSHED.
UH, SO OF COURSE IT WOULD BE QUITE, UM, A TASK TO COORDINATE A A FEASIBLE TRAIL THROUGH THERE.
UM, ESPECIALLY IF WE NEED TO ADDRESS ACCESSIBILITY AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT IT'S, IT'S A DESIRE OF THE OWNER TO, UH, HAVE THAT ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO EVEN PROPOSE SUCH A THING.
UM, I AM LOOKING AT THIS SITE PLAN THAT YOU INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, I SEE THAT THE EXISTING CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY ON NORTH VERDE IS STILL, OR AT LEAST AT THIS POINT, THE ORIGINAL MAIN ENTRY AND, AND EXIT POINT, WHICH I KNOW YOU'VE ADDRESSED, YOU WOULD HAVE A DESIRE TO POTENTIALLY CHANGE THAT TO PANERA ROAD.
UM, I ALSO ONLY SEE, I THINK SEVEN PARKING SPACES.
UM, COULD YOU PLEASE PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAIL ON WHAT, IF ANY, PARKING MITIGATION PLANS YOU WOULD HAVE, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT YOU CURRENTLY DON'T HAVE ANY POINT OF ACCESS REALLY TO THE PARK, WHICH IS PART OF THE REASON FOR YOUR FOOD PODS AND ALSO, UM, PART OF YOUR CORRIDOR PLAN.
UH, SO THIS ISN'T MY CONCEPT PLAN.
UH, THIS IS NOT HAVE BEEN ENGINEERED IN ANY WAY, BUT THIS WAS PUT TOGETHER BY A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT.
UM, SO AS FAR AS THE PARKING GOES, I BELIEVE THERE'S, UH, MAYBE 13 PARKING SPACES SHOWN IN THAT ROUNDABOUT.
OF COURSE, AS WE GO THROUGH THE SITE PLANNING PROCESS, UH, THE PARKING IN IN WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS AT THIS POINT IS COMING FROM BANDERA AND WOULD, UH, BE A LONG BANDERA IF YOU OPEN UP MY POWERPOINT OR I CAN SHOW YOU THE KIND OF AMENDED PLAN HERE.
YOUR, THE, SO LET HERE GO DOWN, DOWN SHOULD BE THE LAST PAGE I THINK.
SO THIS, WHAT WILL BE ON YOUR SCREEN IS A, A DIFFERENT RENDERING, UM, THAT WE WANTED TO SIT DOWN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND TALK THROUGH.
UH, WE OBVIOUSLY HAVE SOME HURDLES THAT WE NEED TO, UH, CONVERSE WITH TXDOT SINCE TXDOT IS, UH, THE MAINTAINER OF BANDURA ROAD.
UH, BUT WE'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PARKING ISSUE AND BY HAVING THAT MAIN TRAFFIC COME THROUGH BANDERA VERSUS THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF, UH, BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE REMAINING IN THE OFFICE SPACE, IT'S, IT'S NOT A LOT OF SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE REQUIRE A TON OF PARKING.
SO WE FEEL THAT WE COULD MANAGE THAT AND, AND FIT THAT ONTO THE SITE CURRENTLY.
UM, THE OTHER THING THAT I GONNA ASK, LAST QUESTION I PROMISED FOR AN HOUR WAY, IS THAT, UM, IN YOUR OPINION, UH, SINCE YOU KEEP MENTIONING THE BANDERA CORRIDOR PLAN, FROM JUST WHAT YOU KNOW TODAY OFF THE TOP OF YOUR HEAD, IS THIS IN FACT NEAR ANY LIKE, WALKABLE INFRASTRUCTURE SUCH AS SIDEWALKS, UM, OR PUBLIC TRANSIT STOPS? UH, YES.
UH, SO IF ON MY SLIDES, IF WE GO UP, IF YOU NO, NO, THERE IS.
SO THIS GUY, SO ON YOUR SCREEN HERE, IT'S A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT THIS IS THE, UH, CORRIDOR PLAN THAT TDOT HAS BEEN COORDINATING ALSO IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
YOU CAN SEE YOUR EMBLEM UP ON THE, UH, RIGHT HAND CORNER.
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PROPOSES, UH, REALLY A SLEW OF MIXED USE COMMERCIAL, UH, WITH REALLY ONLY TWO SITES THAT ARE RESI, STILL ZONED RESIDENTIAL, INCLUDING OUR PROPERTY OWNER.THERE WILL BE SIDEWALKS AND ALSO IMPROVEMENTS TO THIS ROAD THAT WILL CREATE AN ATMOSPHERE FOR A LOT MORE FOOT TRAFFIC, UM, AND, AND CORONATION THROUGHOUT THIS CORRIDOR.
'CAUSE RIGHT NOW IT DOESN'T EXIST, BUT IT'S COMING.
UH, THAT IS THE FUTURE PLAN, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, THIS IS WHAT'S BEING PRESENTED AND HAS BEEN MET WITH STAKEHOLDERS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
AND THE DENSITY THAT IS COMING TO THIS AREA NEEDS IT.
AND SO WE'RE JUST HOPING TO BE A PARTY TO THAT.
SO JUST ONCE AGAIN, THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS TODAY? NO SIDEWALKS CURRENTLY TODAY, BUT THEY'RE COMING.
AND HOW FAR AWAY WOULD YOU ESTIMATE LIKE THE NEAREST TRANSIT STOP IS, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, FOR OUR CITY, A BUS STOP THAT WOULD THEORETICALLY MAKE THIS A REASONABLE PUBLIC SPACE? UM, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT CURRENT VIA STOPS ARE, ARE HERE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR.
UM, SO I COULDN'T ADDRESS THAT.
THE, THE, THE SECOND PROPOSED PLAN WOULDN'T BE FOR NC OR FOOD POTS AT ALL? IT WILL BE FOR PROVISIONAL OFFICES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING QUESTIONS DURING THIS COMPONENT, SO IF WE HAVE ANY CLARIFICATION, WE WILL ASK.
UH, COMMISSIONER KAMATH, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU.
HAVE, HAVE YOU, UH, HAVE YOU APPROACHED A TEXT DOC TO SEE IF YOU CAN GET ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY FROM BANDERA ROAD? WE HAVE NOT.
UH, OUR INTENT WAS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION, ESPECIALLY COMING OUT OF THAT, UH, MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, ONCE WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THE TRAFFIC WAS A REALLY MAIN COMPONENT DRIVING THIS, UH, WE WANTED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH TDOT, TALK ABOUT ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY SINCE MAJORITY OF THAT FRONTAGE IS ALONG BANDERA AND WE COULD RESTRICT ACCESS ON NORTH VERDE.
UH, BUT WE HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT? JUST, UH, COMMENTS WHENEVER YOU GET TO IT.
QUESTIONS ON MY RIGHT? COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU COMMISSIONER SIPES.
UH, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT.
SO YOU GAVE US THIS SITE PLAN TO LOOK AT AND YOU MENTIONED THE SECOND SITE PLAN.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU ASKING US TO REVIEW? SO, AND I, I APOLOGIZE IF, IF THIS IS CONFUSING.
SO, UM, BECAUSE OUR PLANNING COMMISSION WAS DENIED, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL REZONING AT THIS MEETING.
SO IT WOULD BE THAT FIRST SITE PLAN THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THAT SHOWS ACCESS ALONG NORTH VERDE.
UH, OUR HOPE WAS THAT WE'D HAVE A CONTINUANCE AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK ON THAT PLAN.
AND SO THAT SECOND PLAN THAT YOU SEE WOULD BE MORE OF THE, UH, WHAT WE'D BE ASKING FOR APPROVAL FOR.
BUT TODAY WOULD BE THAT FIRST.
SO IF WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS SITE PLAN MM-HMM.
SO IT'D BE UH, ONE SITE PLAN UP ONE MORE UP, SORRY.
AND THEN YOU WOULD THEN BUILD THE TWO FOOD, UH, KIOSKS AND THEN THE, UH, RESTROOMS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THE, THE SHED, UH, THAT'S THERE, THAT'S SHOWING IS OFFICE THREE IS AN EXISTING STRUCTURE.
UH, SO REALLY THE ONLY NEW COMPONENTS IS A VERY SMALL, UH, FOOD KIOSK THAT YOU SEE THOSE TWO ALONG BANDERA.
AND THEN, UH, THE RESTROOM THAT YOU'RE SEEING NORTH OF THAT, UH, WOULD ONLY BE THE, THE NEW BUILDS PER SE.
SO WITH, HELP ME, HELP ME UNDERSTAND.
SO WITH THIS ACTIVITY OF BUSINESSES, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DEAL WITH THE REFUGE? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, UH, DUMPSTERS, ARE YOU GONNA HAVE CITY GARBAGE? WHATCHA GOING TO DO? SO THESE ARE ALL THINGS THAT WE'D HAVE TO WORK THROUGH UNDER THE SITE PLANNING AND SITE WORK PROCESS TO GET THOSE PERMITS.
UH, BUT IT'S JUST SOMETHING WE HAVEN'T ADDRESSED AT THIS POINT.
I THINK IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO KNOW IF YOU CAN HAVE DUMPSTERS WHERE THOSE DUMPSTERS WOULD BE, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, UH, THESE NEIGHBORS WOULD WANT A DUMPSTER RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
RIGHT? SURE, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT AND UH, IS THE REASON WHY WE WANTED A CONTINUANCE.
SO WE'D HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO TO THINK THROUGH SOME OF THESE ITEMS. THANK YOU.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? MY LEFT, WELL THAT'S LEFT.
I HAVE ONE VERIFICATION FOR YOU.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE WHO WAS ASKED.
UM, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ALSO IS A COMPONENT OF THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR THIS BECAUSE THEY ARE WORKING ON THAT BANDERA CORRIDOR PLAN.
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AND SO IN THEIR COMMENTS THEY INCLUDED THAT.UM, THE ONGOING BANDERA ROAD CORRIDOR ALSO INCLUDES THIS AREA AND RECOMMENDS UPDATING THE FUTURE LAND USE FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ESTATE TO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
SO, UH, EVEN THE PLAN IN THE FUTURE SO FAR FOR THIS AREA IS FOR IT TO REMAIN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD JUST HAVE THE AUDIENCE A LITTLE BIT QUIET DURING THE QUESTIONING.
UM, I DO HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
AND THIS IS PRIMARILY FOR STAFF, UM, ON NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMERCIAL AND SQUARE FOOTAGE MAXIMUMS, I BELIEVE IS IT 5,000, 3000 FOR NEIGHBORHOOD? NOT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
IT'S A 3000 SQUARE FOOT, 3000.
UM, HOWEVER, IF THE BUILDING'S ALREADY EXISTING, IT WOULD JUST BECOME A NON-CONFORMING.
UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON ACTUALLY ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS THAT I WAS GOING TO ASK, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
UM, BACK TO WITHOUT WITH SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS.
BACK TO COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT CAME IN TODAY TO GIVE THEIR, UM, OPINION ALSO THE APPLICANT FOR THEIR PRESENTATION TODAY.
UM, 'CAUSE IF THE PROPERTY WAS ALREADY TEXT AUDIT AND THEY ALREADY HAD AN APPROVAL FOR IT TO BE OFF BANDERA, I COULD UNDERSTAND HOW IT WOULD BE ZONED WHERE IT, IT WOULDN'T BE AFFECTING THE PROPERTY.
ACTUALLY, I DROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD THIS MORNING.
I WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND SEE WHAT, HOW IT LOOKED AND PERSONALLY FROM VISITING IT, UM, I, IT DRIVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN CHANGE THE CHANGE IN THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THIS PROPERTY.
I JUST DON'T SEE THE C ONE ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
AND FOR THOSE REASONS, I UNFORTUNATELY I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS CHANGE AND WILL SUPPORT THE CITY'S RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.
SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
I HEARD COMMISSIONER, WE FIRST, UM, SO THERE IS A MOTION FOR DENIAL AND A SECOND DISCUSSION ON MY LEFT.
UM, MR. MDOS, MR. CHAIR, I CANNOT SUPPORT THIS THE WAY IT'S PRESENTED TODAY.
I THINK THAT, UH, THERE'S JUST TOO MANY UNKNOWNS AND, UH, WITH THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA, UH, I THINK IT NEEDS TO BE STATE RESIDENTIAL.
SO I WILL NOT, UH, BE IN FAVOR OF, UH, I'LL BE IN FAVOR OF DENYING THIS.
UH, DISCUSS, UH, FURTHER DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONER WATSON.
SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT A COUPLE OF THINGS FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
UM, SO WE KEEP HEARING ABOUT THE BANDERA CORRIDOR PLAN FOR ONE, UM, AND ACTUALLY IN THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR DENIAL.
AND ALSO AS CHRISTIE CLARIFIED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY IN THE BANDERA CORRIDOR PLAN, RIGHT NOW, PUBLIC POLICY GOALS STILL HAVE IT BEING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND TO PRESENT A CASE AND APPLY FOR A REZONING THAT KIND OF JUST DISPARAGES THE WORK THAT'S BEEN PUT INTO WHAT THE COMMUNITY HAS ACTUALLY STATED ABOUT A CURRENT CORRIDOR PLAN AND MAP IS REALLY DISINGENUOUS.
UM, WHILE THERE WILL BE ADDITIONAL DENSITY IN THE FUTURE IN SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ALONG THESE CORRIDORS, THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY PARTICULARLY IS NOT WELL SUITED FOR THAT.
AND THAT IS PRETTY CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING OF THIS PROCESS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, I ALSO HEAR A LOT ABOUT CONTINUANCES AND REQUESTING THOSE, YOU HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW SOME OF THESE ISSUES BEFORE YOU APPLIED FOR THE REZONE.
UM, AND YOU COULD HAVE PUT THE WORK IN TO EVEN DOING THE TEXT ON OUTREACH, THE PARKS AND REC OUTREACH, THE AMENDED SITE PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE WAS LIKE A REASONABLE EXIT AND ENTRY PLAN IF THIS WAS SOMETHING YOU REALLY THOUGHT, UM, WAS GOING TO BE A VIABLE OPTION.
UM, AND I ALSO WANNA COMMEND THE NEIGHBORS FOR COMING TODAY AND PRESENTING A VERY STRONG CASE, UM, THAT WAS BASED ON FACTS ON THE GROUND AND REFLECTED THE STAFF REPORT.
I COMMEND YOU FOR DOING YOUR WORK ON THAT AND ALSO BEING WILLING TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT.
UM, I APPRECIATE BOTH YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC PROCESS, BUT ALSO DOING IT IN A VERY ORGANIZED, UM, WAY.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I, I DO REALLY VALUE, UM, SEEING THE COMMUNITY COME FORWARD AND POINTING OUT THE FACTS OF THE CASE.
UH, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, I'LL HAVE FINAL COMMENT.
UM, THIS, THIS PROPERTY, UM, OR THIS AREA OF BANDERA ROAD, UH, DISTRICT SEVEN, WHICH I REPRESENT IS LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, AND, UH, SO I'M FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THE, THE USAGE ON BANDERA GROWING UP OVER HERE.
AND OKAY, I'LL SHARE THE PERSONAL STORY.
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PERSONAL STORY THAT I SHARED LAST TIME AND THEN THAT, THAT THIS, I WAS ON.I TRAVELED VERDE INTO VERDE SUBDIVISION EVERY DAY IN SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE ON OUR BUS SCHOOL, BUS TO SCHOOL.
UM, SO I'M, I'M REALLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THE NEIGHBOR'S CASE ABOUT IT BEING STILL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IS, IS IS PARTICULARLY VALID.
UM, WE, WE'VE HAD OTHER ZONING, IN FACT, I THINK, I THINK IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK WHERE THERE WAS A, A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOOKING TO BE REZONED AND IT SAT ACROSS THE STREET FROM A CHICK-FIL-A AND THE ARGUMENT WAS, WELL IT'S, IT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE CHICK FROM A CHICK-FIL-A.
SO IT'S COMMERCIAL, BUT IT WAS STILL WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S, UH, A SIMILAR CASE TO WHAT WE HAVE HERE.
UM, SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING AS WELL THE, THE MOTION FOR DENIAL.
AND SO WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY, ISN'T IT COMMISSIONER, WE YOU MADE THAT, IS IT, UH, AS AMENDED BY THE APPLICANT? WELL, IT'S FOR DENIAL, SO DOES IT.
HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THE CLARIFICATION BECAUSE THEY HAD ORIGINALLY REQUESTED C ONE, UH, BUT THEY DID AMEND DURING THIS DISCUSSION TO NC.
SO THE DENIAL WOULD BE FOR NC UNLESS SOMEONE UNDERSTANDS THAT DIFFERENTLY.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, YOU'RE, WE STILL HAVE DENIAL AS THAT'S CORRECT? YES.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, UM, WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM.
USUALLY WE TAKE A BREAK AT THREE 10, BUT ARE WE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA TRY AND WE, ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA POWER THROUGH FINAL I THE FINAL ITEM UP FOR CONSIDERATION TODAY IS ITEM 13.
THANK YOU FOR PUTTING IT ON THE, THE SCREEN.
WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND START EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE'S FILING OUT.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH STEWART, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS LOCATED AT FOUR 17 WARREN STREET, GOING FROM R FOUR TO R FIVE CD FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 31 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, THREE RECEIVED OPPOSED, AND FIVE POINTS.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R FIVE CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND ALLOWS FOR A MIX OF HOUSING TYPES.
THE BASE DISTRICT REMAINS RESIDENTIAL AND THE CONDITIONAL USE ALLOWS FOR MORE DENSITY.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS.
IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST.
THIS ONE WE DID A LOT OF WORK ON BEFORE WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION.
UM, THE RE COULD YOU PUT THE, JUST THE, THE UH, THE AERIAL SHOWING THE ZONING AND EVERYTHING? UM, THE REASON WHY WE SUBMITTED THE APPLICATION THE WAY WE DID THE PROPERTY IS JUST UNDER 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT'S LIKE 9,800 AND SOMETHING SQUARE FEET.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD DISTRICT ONE IN SUMMER, WE, WE FIRST THOUGHT ABOUT JUST DOING RMM FIVE.
WHAT'S GOING ON IS THERE'S A, A REALLY NICE HISTORIC LOOKING HOUSE ON THE FRONT.
IT'S GOT 14 FOOT CEILINGS INSIDE, 10 FOOT TALL POCKET DOORS.
WELL, THE OWNER IS RESTORING THAT, BUT THE PROPERTY AS YOU CAN SEE, IS VERY LONG AND FRONT'S ON TWO STREETS.
THERE'S THE WARREN STREET ON THE FRONT.
AND THEN, UH, WELL IF WE CAN GET THIS THING GOING, UTICA STREET, I'M PROBABLY PRONOUNCING THAT WRONG IN THE BACK.
AND SO WORKING WITH EVERYONE, WE DECIDED TO ASK FOR R FIVE CD.
WE PICKED R FIVE BECAUSE THAT WILL STOP SOMEONE FROM RE PLATTING THE LOT INTO TWO LOTS.
IT'LL ALWAYS BE ONE LOT BECAUSE
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WE HAVE LESS THAN 10,000 SQUARE FEET.AND THEN THE CD IS FOR, TO ALLOW A DUPLEX IN THE BACK FRONTING ON UTICA STREET.
AND I BELIEVE WE'RE HERE TODAY, AND Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT SUMMER HAD ASKED FOR A COUPLE OF ADDITIONS TO BE MADE TO THE SITE PLAN.
ONE BEING, UH, A HEIGHT LIMIT FOR THE PROPOSED DUPLEX AT THE REAR OF THE SITE.
AND THEN SHE WANTED A CALCULATION OF IMPERVIOUS COVER.
AND I BELIEVE WE TRADE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO DO THE IMPERVIOUS COVER, BUT WE HAVEN'T QUITE FIGURED THAT OUT YET.
LIKE I SAID, IT CAME IN YESTERDAY, BUT I, UM, COMMIT TO YOU THAT I WILL CORRECT THAT BEFORE WE GO TO COUNSEL, IF YOU HAVE ANY, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DON'T.
AND BASICALLY THIS ITEM WAS PULLED DOWN BECAUSE THEY ARE PROVIDING AN AMENDED SITE PLAN, AND I THINK WE HAVE A COPY OF THAT TO SHOW YOU GUYS.
UM, BASICALLY IT JUST INCLUDES THE, UM, INFORMATION ABOUT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
ARE YOU PUTTING THE SITE PLAN ON THE, SO WHILE THAT'S HAPPENING, I'LL JUST POSE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE NEW SITE PLAN THAT WE RECEIVED AND THANK YOU FOR SENDING US IN.
UM, KNOW THAT THAT WAS, UH, IN REQUEST TO UNDERSTANDING HOW MUCH OF THE PROPERTY, PARTICULARLY FROM A DRIVEWAY HARDSCAPE PERSPECTIVE, UH, IS GOING TO BE CHANGED OR LIMITED.
AND SO WANT TO UNDERSTAND, UH, IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO INDICATE ON THE MAP, ON THE SITE PLAN, UM, WHERE THE HARDSCAPE WILL BE LIMITED TO AND ALSO INDICATE GREEN SPACE.
AND IF, IF THAT IS APPROPRIATE AND WE CAN DO THAT.
UH, IS IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO DO THAT BEFORE, UH, THE COUNCIL MEETING? ABSOLUTELY.
I'LL COMMIT TO YOU THAT WE WILL CALCULATE THAT THIS IS THE BASIC SITE PLAN, JUST A DUPLEX BUILDING AT THE BACK ON UTICA STREET WITH TWO DRIVEWAYS.
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE DRIVEWAY IN FRONT.
WE'LL CALCULATE WHAT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER OF THE EXISTING STRUCTURE IS AND WHAT THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE WILL BE WITH THOSE DRIVEWAYS.
AND WE'LL SUBMIT THAT TO STAFF TO AMEND THE SITE PLAN BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL.
AND THEY'LL BE INDICATED ON THE MAP? CORRECT.
AND THE HARDSCAPE, UH, APPROXIMATIONS ON THE MAP, THOSE ARE, WOULD THAT BE LIMITED TO DRIVEWAY OR CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH? WELL, SO WE'LL DO A CALCULATION OF THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE, THE CONCRETE.
SO IT'LL BE THE, THE, THE THREE DRIVEWAYS, THE TWO STRUCTURES.
UM, I BELIEVE THE SIDEWALK IS NOT, IS IN THE CITY RIGHT OF WAY AND NOT ON THE PROPERTY.
BUT WE'LL DO A CALCULATION OF WHAT THE IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL BE AND, UH, COMMIT TO THAT ON THE SITE PLAN.
ANY COMMENT FROM STEPH? IF YOU SCROLL DOWN A LITTLE BIT ON THE SITE PLAN? THEY DID INCLUDE SOME NUMBERS THERE IN THE MIDDLE.
AND WE'LL, WE'LL RECALCULATE THOSE TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE EVERYTHING CORRECT.
ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENT FROM STAFF? WE'RE GOOD? NO, OTHER THAN, UH, TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF THERE WAS SOME SORT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER ISSUE, THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT TO GET A VARIANCE TO THAT.
SO, UM, WE DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING HERE.
AND THEN THEY'RE OF COURSE WILLING TO INDICATE IT ON THE SITE PLAN, SO IT SHOULD BE COVERED.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
UH, SO I'D LIKE TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONDITION THAT, UH, THAT THE REVISED SITE PLAN INCLUDES GREENSCAPE INDICATION, UM, AND THE HARDSCAPE IS LIMITED AS INDICATED AS WELL.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT, I, I APPRECIATE THE IDEA OF DOING THE R FIVE CD BECAUSE WE HAVE TALKED IN THE PAST OF, WE CHANGED THE ZONING, BUT THEN IT CAN ALWAYS BE REPL IS SPLIT UP.
AND THEN WE'RE, WE'RE, NOW WE HAVE MORE THAN WHAT WE INITIALLY ANTICIPATED.
UM, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL, UH, BY COMMISSIONER LILIA HOLLAND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
COMMISSIONER LILIA HOLLAND? YES.
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ITEM IS MINUTES.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES.
UH, MOTION TO APPROVE IS MADE BY SECOND COMMISSIONER WHITE.
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WE NEED A SECOND.COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND.
WE CAN DO THIS BY ACCLAMATION.
DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT, SIR? NONE, BUT IT'S ONLY THREE 15.
WELL DONE WITH EXCELLENT QUESTIONS, EVERYONE.
SO, UH, THE, I HEREBY ADJOURN THE MEETING AT THREE 17.