Aug 04, 2022 City Council Zoning and Land Use Session

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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

WELCOME TO OUR

[ Roll Call  ]

TIME IS 2:05 PM ON THIS FOURTH DAY OF AUGUST, 2022.

WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER.

MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKAY RODRIGUEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRO HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.

COUNCIL MEMBER BERDA HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AL.

COUNCIL MEMBER BELI.

COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.

HERE.

MAYOR NIERENBERG.

HERE.

MAYOR, WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ALRIGHT, WE'RE UH, GONNA GET STARTED

[Public Hearing and Consideration of the following Adoption and Amendments of the Neighborhood, Community and Perimeter Plans as Components of the Master Plan and Zoning Cases. Plan amendments and Zoning cases presented by Roderick Sanchez, Assistant City Manager; Michael Shannon, Director, Development Services unless otherwise noted.  ]

UH, TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD, WE HAVE ITEM TWO THAT HAS BEEN WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY, AS WELL AS ITEM 15, WHICH HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL BE HEARD AT A LATER DATE.

UM, WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS THAT ARE ARE LISTED FOR CONSENT CONSIDERATION, AND I DO HAVE ITEMS FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ALREADY NOTED.

I'M GONNA READ THOSE OFF AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM CONSENT, I'D LIKE TO HEAR THOSE NOW.

SO THESE ARE THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS TO BE HEARD TODAY.

ITEMS THREE AND FOUR, ITEMS 16, ITEM 17 AND 18 AND ITEM 21.

THERE'S A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE CONSIDERED, UH, AND APPROVED OR DENIED IN CONSENT TODAY.

THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL ITEMS THAT I DIDN'T READ THAT ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED IN MASS TODAY.

SO ARE THERE ANY ITEMS TO PULL FROM, UH, FROM THOSE WHO WERE NOT READ THAT YOU'D LIKE TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY? ALRIGHT, UH, IF THERE ARE NONE, LET ME READ THE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 18TH AND THEN I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS. ITEMS 9, 12 14, 24, 25, AND 26.

ALL OF THOSE ITEMS ARE GOING TO BE CONTINUED TO ITEM EIGHT TO AUGUST 18TH, AND SO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO, UM, CONTINUE THOSE ITEMS. I JUST READ TO AUGUST 18TH.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO CONTINUE ITEMS 9, 12, 14, 24, 25, AND 26 TO AUGUST 18TH SECOND.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF THOSE ITEMS TO AUGUST 18TH.

WE DO HAVE ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM THAT'S GONNA BE CONTINUED TO AUGUST 18TH.

THAT'S ITEM NINE.

UH, LET ME CALL UP ANTHONY ROGERS.

MR. ROGERS, ARE YOU HERE TODAY? I, UM, THIS ITEM'S GONNA BE HEARD AT A LATER DATE.

YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO SPEAK ON IT IF YOU'D LIKE.

IF NOT, UM, YOU CAN WAIVE YOUR TIME.

UM, MY NAME IS DR.

ROGERS.

AND FIRST LET ME THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO DUE PROCESS AND EXPRESSING OUR OPPOSITION.

WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO DO IN PREPARATION OF THE, UH, THE MEETING NEXT AUGUST 18TH, I WOULD LIKE TO LEAVE SOME ITEMS FOR Y'ALL FOR REVIEW.

IS THAT THAT? OKAY.

THANK YOU.

AND, UH, JUST WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M GOING TO BE TALKING WITH THE, UH, DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

UH, WE HAVE A ZOOM SCHEDULED.

UM, I WILL KEEP MY CITY COUNCIL PERSON INFORMED AND THANK YOU FOR, UH, WITHDRAWING IT UNTIL WE GET FURTHER INPUT.

THANK YOU DR.

ROGERS.

ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE ITEMS TO AUGUST 18TH.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL WITH A VOICE VOTE MOTION.

MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, THERE ARE TWO ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, THOSE ARE ITEMS 27 AND 28.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE THOSE TWO ITEMS TO SEPTEMBER 1ST, SECOND.

SECOND.

THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 27 AND 28 TO SEPTEMBER 1ST.

THERE ARE NO CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNCIL MEMBER SAND AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALRIGHT, AND NOW FOR THE CONSENT ZONING ITEMS TO BE APPROVED, UH, TODAY, THAT'S ITEMS 1 5 6 7 8 10 11 13, 19, 20, 22, 23, AND 29.

UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THOSE ITEMS. SECOND,

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UH, AGAIN, WE WILL HEAR THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS IN JUST A MOMENT.

THERE ARE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT.

UH, LET ME CALL UP FIRST.

CYNTHIA SPIELMAN ON ITEM ONE.

YOU'D BE FOLLOWED BY RAFIA DIAZ ON ITEM 19.

GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M CYNTHIA SPIELMAN.

I LIVE AT 900 WEST WOODLAWN IN DISTRICT ONE.

I'M RIGHT READING THIS ON BEHALF OF THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD, BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE ITS SUPPORT OF THE LARGE AREA REZONING AND BEACON HILL AFTER NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE LARGE AREA REZONING COMMITTEE AND DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT, TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS HELD BY D S D FOR THE RESIDENTS AND TWO GENERAL ASSOCIATION MEETINGS.

THE LAST OF WHICH WAS ON MAY 9TH, 2022, WHERE THE MEMBERSHIP VOTED UNANIMOUSLY.

TO SUPPORT THE CRITERIA DEVELOPED BY THE LAR LARGE AREA REZONING COMMITTEE, WE WANNA THANK THE BAHAMA LARGE AREA REZONING COMMITTEE WHO VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE ON THIS PROCESS.

THEY SHOWED COMMITMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND SPENT AN INORDINATE AMOUNT OF TIME AND ENERGY ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.

DANIEL HUBING, WHO SERVED AS A CHAIR, MARK SPIELMAN OL AND CYNTHIA SPIELMAN HAVE DEDICATED, HAVE DECADES OF EXPERIENCE WORKING ON ZONING ISSUES AND COMMITMENT TO BEACON HILLS PROCESS OF TRANSPARENCY AND INCLUSION.

THEY HAVE SPENT MONTHS COMPILING PROPERTY LISTS, RESEARCHING PROPERTIES, PHYSICALLY CHECKING OUT PROPERTIES, TALKING TO RESIDENTS AND PROPERTY OWNERS, ORGANIZING THE PAPERWORK AND WRITING NEWSLETTER ARTICLES, SCHEDULING AND ATTENDING MEETINGS.

WE'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE D S D STAFF FOR WILSON AND ALINA PHILLIPS FOR THEIR PROFESSIONALISM, PATIENCE, AND COMMITMENT THROUGH A SOMETIMES ARDUOUS PROCESS.

RESPECTFULLY, DANIEL HUBING, UM, PRESIDENT OF THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. SPIELMAN.

ALRIGHT, UH, RAFIA DIAZ ON ITEM 19.

REFUGIA DIAZ.

I JUST WANNA THANK ANYBODY IF I WIN THIS.

IT'S OKAY.

I THANK YOU AND IF I DON'T WIN IT, I THANK YOU ANYWAY FOR TAKING YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MS. DIAZ.

OKAY, UH, THAT IS, UM, EVERYONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON CONSENT.

UH, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON OUR CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? HEARING NONE.

THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL AYE.

MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL MOVE ON NOW TO ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.

JOHN.

THANK YOU ION COUNSEL CHRISTIE FLORES, PLANNING MANAGER LAND DEVELOPMENT AND ZONING AT DEL DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER THREE AND FOUR IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE NEAR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A BAR TAVERN WITH COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK, GENERALLY LOCATED AT 10 16 AND 10 24 CINCINNATI AVENUE.

STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.

ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.

HOURS OF AMPLIFIED SOUND OUTDOORS IS LIMITED FROM 4:00 PM TO 12:00 AM TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

THE APPLICANT IS ADDING ADDITIONAL CONDITIONS, NO LIVE MUSIC OUTDOORS AND NO MORE THAN TWO SPEAKERS OUTSIDE, WHICH MUST BE ANGLED DOWNWARD AND FACE THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THEY'RE LIMITED TO 50 WATTS EACH PER SPEAKER.

THERE WERE 20 NOTICES MAILED TO RECEIVED IN FAVOR.

TWO RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.

43 WERE RECEIVE, RECEIVED IN FAVOR AS WELL AS 10 IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FEET.

JEFFERSON FOX RUN AND WOODLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE IN SUPPORT AND THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED A REVISED SITE PLAN FOR THE RECORD.

MR. MAYOR, YOU OKAY.

THANK YOU.

UH, WE HAVE NUMEROUS PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS AND SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND GO INTO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.

AT THIS TIME,

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FIRST PERSON TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER THREE IS YASMINE PARA CODINA AND YASMINE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY ATHENA SANTOS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL, MAYOR, AND COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS YASMINE PARA CODINA.

I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN SAN ANTONIO.

MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, FOR 35 YEARS.

I'M AN ETHNIC STUDIES EDUCATOR AND A PHD STUDENT IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND POLICY WITH A BACKGROUND IN CHICANO STUDIES IN ANTHROPOLOGY.

I'M AN ACTIVE VOTER AND AN INVOLVED COMMUNITY MEMBER, AS SOME OF YOU MAY KNOW.

AND I'M HERE TODAY TO GIVE MY FULL SUPPORT IN THE REZONING REQUEST OF OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE HAS CONTRIBUTED TO NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EFFORTS, INCLUDING THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION PARTNERSHIP, UM, LAST FALL TO FILL A RED DONATION BARREL FOR THE SAN ANTONIO FOOD BANK AND THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL, ANNUAL, UH, BLOCK PARTY THIS PAST SPRING.

THESE ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES HOW THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE MAY BE A SMALL BUSINESS, BUT WITH A BIG HEART.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ARE LUCKY TO HAVE THE THOUGHTFULNESS AND CONNECTION TO THE COMMUNITY'S IDENTITY THAT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE HAS SHOWN.

SO LET'S NOT FORGET THAT OUR DECISION WE MAKE TODAY IMPACTS GENERATIONS TO COME.

FOR EXAMPLE, 20 YEARS AGO IN THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, LA GLORIA, AN ICONIC DANCE HALL WAS DEMOLISHED DESPITE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORS COMING OUT TO PROTECT THE CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT BUILDING.

WHAT STUCK OUT TO ME ON THE DAY AS I WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THIS DEMOLITION, THE BUILDING, UM, WAS BEING DESTROYED, BUT WAS HEARING ALL OF THESE MAGICAL STORIES THAT THE NEIGHBORS WERE SHARING ON THE SIDEWALKS ABOUT DANCING AND LA GLORIA.

THESE STORIES PASSED ON EVEN HALF A CENTURY AFTER, UM, TO THEIR CHILDREN AND TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE FAILED LA GLORIA THAT DAY AND AS A CITY, HOWEVER, WE HAVE A CHANCE YOU ALL HAVE A CHANCE TO, TO SEND A MESSAGE AS A CITY AND AS A COMMUNITY TO OUR NEXT GENERATION.

THAT SAN ANTONIO TRULY BELIEVES THAT CULTURALLY SIGNIFICANT SPACES ARE VALID AND IMPORTANT.

THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE IS CONTINUING THE LEGACY OF CREATING MORE MAGICAL STORIES AND A SAFE CULTURAL SPACE FOR GENERATIONS TO COME.

I KNOW YOU ALL ARE FACING MANY DIFFICULT, TOUGH DECISIONS THESE DAYS, BUT PLEASE, I URGE YOU TO BE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY AND SUPPORT THE REZONING REQUEST OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

OUR DECISIONS TODAY IMPACTS GENERATIONS TO COME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MS. CODINA.

NEXT IS ATHENA.

SANTOS, FOLLOWED BY JAIME LOPEZ.

ATHENA.

SANTOS.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

HELLO CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ATHENA SANTOS AND I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS MY CONCERNS ON THE REZONING OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

MEMORY ISSUES, MOOD CHANGES, HAIR LOSS, AND HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE.

HIGH RISK FOR DIABETES AND WEIGHT GAIN IS JUST A FEW SIDE EFFECTS OF, UH, SLEEP DEPRIVATION.

THE WOODLAWN RESIDENTS IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE HAVE ALL EXPERIENCED THESE SYMPTOMS DUE TO THE LOUD NOISE THAT OCCURS ON A DAILY BASIS.

MANY OF US DREAD NIGHT FALL.

KNOWING ANOTHER SLEEPLESS NIGHT IS AHEAD.

SINCE THE LAST TIME I WAS HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE REZONING OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE, THERE HAS BEEN AN ADDITIONAL 21 CALLS AND IN TOTAL 60 CALLS SINCE AUGUST 21ST, 2021.

PLEASE NOTE, ALL CALLS MADE IN THE LAST 30 DAYS HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE SPEAKERS IN THE PATIO OUTSIDE.

NOT ONLY HAVE CALLS BEEN MADE TO REPORT NOISE DISTURBANCE, BUT THERE WAS A CALL MADE TO REPORT GUNSHOTS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

THERE IS A FAMILY WITH A CHILD THAT LIVES DIRECTLY BEHIND THE BUILDING.

IT'S EXTREMELY ALARMING TO KNOW THIS IS WHAT GOES ON IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE HISTORICAL WOODLAWN LAKE.

REZONING TO THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE IS NOT ONLY, NOT ONLY INCLUDES A SPEAKER OUTSIDE AND PATIO, BUT FOR THE JUKEBOX MUSIC TO BE PLAYED THROUGH THE SPEAKER UNTIL WOODLAWN LAKE CLOSES.

THE REZONING PROPOSAL STATES THE MUSIC WILL STOP AT 12:00 AM SIX DAYS A WEEK.

HOW ARE RESIDENTS SUPPOSED TO BE OKAY WITH MUSIC UNTIL 12:00 AM WHEN WE CAN BARELY SLEEP WITH THE SPEAKER AND PATIO? NOW WITHOUT THE SPEAKER AND PATIO NOW, SORRY.

MANY OF US WORK THE NEXT DAY.

EVEN DURING THE WEEKEND, THE WOODLAWN RESIDENTS ARE DESPERATE FOR THIS REZONING TO NOT PASS WITH THE MUSIC WANTING TO BE PLAYED TILL LATE INTO THE NIGHT, SIX DAYS A WEEK, AND RESIDENTS NEEDING THEIR SLEEP TO WAKE UP.

YOU CAN SEE THIS WILL SOON BECOME A SERIOUS PROBLEM.

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ALSO COMES ALL THE LATE NIGHT NOISE FROM THE PATRONS OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

DUE TO ALCOHOL BEING SERVED, LAOS NOISES TEND TO INCREASE THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.

MANY TIMES WE CAN HEAR YELLING, SCREAMING, AND ARGUING FROM OUR HOMES.

WE LIVE RIGHT OUTSIDE THE BEAUTIFUL WOODLAWN LAKE, AND ONCE NIGHTFALL OCCURS, THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES INTO A TOTAL NIGHTMARE.

THANKFULLY, WITH THE HELP OF MANY NEIGHBORS, WE HAVE ACCUMULATED NUMEROUS SIGNATURES TO SIGN OUR PETITION.

AFTER SPEAKING TO LOCAL RESIDENTS IN FRONT AND BEHIND THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE, NOBODY RECEIVED NOTIFICATIONS OF THE LETTER FROM THE CITY AFTER OBTAINING THE CITY LETTER, NOWHERE ON THE DOCUMENT DID IT STATE ABOUT A SPEAKER AND PATIO GOING BACK UP OR MUSIC BEING PLAYED TILL 12:00 AM SIX DAYS A WEEK.

I'M UNCLEAR HOW THE AVERAGE RESIDENT CAN SIMPLY UNDERSTAND THIS FORM WITH THE TERMS LISTED WITHOUT SOMEONE EXPLAINING IT TO THEM.

NOT ONLY DOES THIS NOISE AFFECT OUR SLEEP, BUT OUR POCKETBOOK IS ALSO BEING DIRECTLY AFFECTED.

SINCE THE PURCHASE OF MY HOME, I'VE HAD TO BUY NOISE REDUCTION CURTAINS FOR MY ENTIRE HOUSE AND CUSTOM MADE WINDOW INSERTS BETWEEN EVERYTHING I'VE SPENT SO FAR, IT COST ME ROUGHLY FIVE TO $6,000.

I'M A HARDWORKING INDIVIDUAL THAT DESERVES TO ENJOY MY HOME IN PEACE AND QUIET.

UNFORTUNATELY, I'M HAVING TO SPEND MY MONEY BECAUSE A BUSINESS IS PLAYING THEIR MUSIC SO LOUD.

TO THE POINT OF MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS, I BEG CITY COUNCIL TO OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. SANTOS.

JAIME LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY ORELIA LOPEZ.

HELLO COUNSEL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE TODAY AND TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE AND IT'S REZONING CONSIDERATIONS.

MY NAME IS JJ LOPEZ.

I AM, UH, A PART OF K R 2 91 0.7 FM AT TRINITY UNIVERSITY.

I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS IN SAN ANTONIO FOR OVER 25 YEARS, AND TODAY I'M HERE IN SUPPORT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE.

I KNOW THAT THIS ZONING HINGES ON A FEW TECHNICALITIES, GUARDING, BROADCASTING OF MUSIC ON THE PATIO.

I KNOW CONFIDENT, I FEEL CONFIDENT IN THE OPERATORS THAT THEY WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS SO THAT EVERYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY IS HAPPY.

I DON'T THINK THIS IS, UH, THAT THIS IS ALL LOST ON JUST A FEW SPEAKERS AND, UH, NOW I'M NOT HERE TO REPRESENT THEM DIRECTLY, BUT I FEEL CONFIDENT THE OPERATORS WILL MAKE SOME ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT WHAT I AM HERE TO TALK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT TODAY IS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER PICTURE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE WHEN WE SUPPORT BUSINESSES LIKE THE LIGHTHOUSE.

AND WE THINK ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS.

SO OFTEN, UM, THE ORGANIZATIONS THAT RE REPRESENT MUSIC, UH, ON A BIG NATIONAL SCALE ARE THESE BIG FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS.

WE THINK OF THE CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER.

WE THINK OF THE TOBIN AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

BUT THERE, UH, THERE'S ANOTHER ASPECT OF THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY AND THE LIGHTHOUSE FILLS THAT THESE SMALLER BUSINESSES THAT ARE WORKING HARD TO PROVIDE, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND SUPPORT LOCAL MUSICIANS.

AND SO THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THESE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS TO ALSO BE A PART OF THIS BIGGER GAME, THIS ECONOMIC SYSTEM, UH, OF ENTERTAINMENT.

ALSO WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FOR COLLABORATION.

I SPENT A DECADE WORKING ON THE EAST SIDE WITH TUCKER'S COZY CORNER, AND WHILE I WAS THERE, WE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH DREAM WEEK AND DREAM VISION.

WE ALSO WORKED WITH THE CARVER COMMUNITY CULTURAL CENTER.

AND I SEE THAT ONCE AGAIN AS AN OPPORTUNITY RIGHT HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OUTREACH WITH WEST SIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO REALLY CELEBRATE OUR COMMUNITY.

AND I KNOW THESE OPERATORS, IT IS IN THEIR MISSION AND THEY WANT TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.

AND I SEE THAT OPPORTUNITY THERE AGAIN.

AND I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT HISTORY.

YASMINA WAS TALKING ABOUT HISTORY.

WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THESE GREAT LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT REPRESENT SAN ANTONIO MUSIC, WE THINK OF ASNE AND SLU.

WE THINK OF THE MIX WHEN WE THINK OF PUNK ROCK MUSIC AND TUCKER'S COZY CORNER, YOU KNOW, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE OLDEST BARS IN TEXAS.

IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1940S.

THIS BAR IS ANOTHER HISTORICAL VENUE THAT I THINK CAN MOVE BEYOND THE STIGMA THAT IT CAUSES PROBLEMS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S THE CASE.

THEY CAN DO REAL GOOD COMMUNITY WORK.

IT DOES NOT HINGE ON A SMALL TECHNICALITY.

I THINK THEY CAN FIX THAT.

AND BECAUSE OF THESE REASONS, I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE TODAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU.

MR. LOPEZ.

O' LOPEZ.

HI, MY NAME IS O LOPEZ.

OKAY, SO, UH, LAST TIME I WAS HERE I READ THE SCRIPT AND I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT TODAY.

I'M JUST GONNA SPEAK FROM THE HEART.

BOTTOM LINE IS, UM, WE HAVEN'T REALLY HAD ANYONE ADVOCATING FOR US AS THE RESIDENTS.

WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO REPRESENTATIVE ANA SANDOVAL.

WE'VE, UH, REACHED OUT TO ANISA AND SHE RESPONDED THE WOODLAWN ASSOCIATION, OBVIOUSLY, UH, IT'S MADE CLEAR THAT THEY'RE NOT, UH, SUPPORTING THE RESIDENTS.

NOW, SOMEONE MENTIONED ABOUT HISTORY AND,

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SO THEY, THEY SIGNED A PETITION THAT THE MUSIC, THAT THE OUTSIDE SPEAKERS IN THE DECK WAS PROBLEMATIC.

ALSO, WE HAVE, UM, IN 2019 WHEN THE LIGHTHOUSE DID OPEN THEIR DOORS, WE GOT, WE WERE, WE WERE CO UH, COEXISTING.

AND UH, BUT AS SOON AS THE SPEAKERS AND THE DECK CAME OUT, THEY BUILT THE DECK.

THEN EVERYTHING CHANGED.

NOW I SEE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE, THAT I SOUND REALLY NICE AND GOOD ABOUT JUST HOW WELL YOU KNOW.

AND IT'S NOT A CHARACTER ASSASSINATION AGAINST UL.

HE'S THE LEASE.

HE IS A REALLY NICE GUY.

BUT THE THING IS THAT WE WERE COEXISTING BEFORE THE DECK AND THE, AND THE SPEAKERS AND EVERYTHING WAS GOING WELL.

IT LOOKED LIKE HIS BUSINESS WAS THRIVING.

OBVIOUSLY HE WAS ABLE TO DONATE, BUT IT CHANGED THE DAY THAT THEY STARTED BRINGING OUT THE SPEAKERS AND THE DECK.

IT STARTED ON A TUESDAY, I RECALL IT WAS A KARAOKE NIGHT.

AND THEN FROM THERE, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, I WOULD LIKE TO TRADE ONE NIGHT WITH ANY OF YOU ALL BECAUSE YOU'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA VOTE OR ANYBODY OUT HERE THAT'S FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE ONE NIGHT IN MY HOME AND I'LL GO SLEEP IN THEIR HOME FOR ONE NIGHT WHEN THIS IS OCCURRING.

IT, IT IS.

WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO BE UNCOMFORTABLE IN MY OWN HOME? WHEN WE WERE COEXISTING AT ONE POINT AND THEN IT SH IT SHIFTED WHEN THE, WHEN THE SPEAKERS AND THE DECK WAS BUILT, THEY WERE DOING WELL.

I GET, IT'S A HISTORICAL AND I HAVE A DEGREE TOO.

I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE I'M JUST, I'M NOT A DISGRUNTLED RESIDENT.

WE, THE MAP THAT Y'ALL PUT UP, WE GOT EVERYONE TO SIGN EXCEPT TWO PEOPLE.

ONE THAT HAD COVID AND ONE THAT WAS VACANT.

LOT THESE PEOPLE.

AND THERE'S NOT A LOT OF RESIDENTS BECAUSE IT'S A BIG PARKING LOT AND THERE'S ONLY ONE CLUB.

LAS SAMRA, THE ASSOCIATION SHUT DOWN TWO BARS IN 2018.

AND, UH, AND, AND THEY LEFT LAS SORE 'CAUSE IT HAD TO BE GRANDFATHERED IN.

NOW LAS SORE CLEANED UP THEIR ACT.

THERE'S MANY, MANY CARS THERE AND YOU DON'T HEAR NOT ONE SOUND.

AND IT'S A BIGGER VENUE THAN THE, THE THAN THE LOUNGE REALLY SHOULD BE CALLED BARR.

'CAUSE THE LOUNGE IS KIND OF, YOU KICK BACK.

BUT THE POINT IS THAT IF I COULD TRADE JUST ONE NIGHT WITH ANY OF YOU ALL OR ANYBODY OUT HERE THAT'S FOR THE BAR, I WOULD SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? YOU MIGHT KNOW WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

WE'RE NOT DISGRUNTLED.

THANK YOU, MS. LOPEZ.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

THANK YOU.

MARGIE SANTOS, FOLLOWED BY J D MORALES.

MARGIE SANTOS.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, WELL, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL, MY NAME IS MARGIE SANTOS AND I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY TO REQUEST THAT YOU VOTE NO TO THE REZONING, UH, CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 0 9 4 CD, SPECIFICALLY CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE REQUESTING THE REZONING OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE, LOCATED AT 10 16 CINCINNATI AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

AND WITHIN THE WOODLAWN LAKE AREA, THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE IS REQUESTING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAVE AN INDOOR SPEAKER OR SPEAKERS.

AND ALSO ADDING AN OUTDOOR PATIO DECK IN FRONT OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT IN DOING SO WOULD BE DEVASTATING TO THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS, ONE, RESIDENTS WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE WERE SENT A NOTICE BACK IN APRIL OF 2022, ONLY TO FIND OUT THE NOTICES WERE SENT TO THE ACTUAL OWNERS AND NOT THE RESIDENTS THAT RESIDE IN THE SURROUNDING AREAS.

AND TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, THE NOTICE NEVER SPECIFIED ADDING A PATIO DECK AND SPEAKERS TO THE EXTERIOR.

IN FACT, THE FORM THAT WAS MAILED IS VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE AVERAGE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND.

TWO, A PETITION WAS SIGNED BY RESIDENTS OPPOSING TO THE REZONING WITHIN THE 200 FEET AND SURROUNDING AREA THREE.

A POLICE REPORT WILL SHOW THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OVER 60 CALLS MADE SINCE AUGUST OF 2021.

SPECIFICALLY EXCESSIVE LOUD MUSIC COMING FROM THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

AND JUST RECENTLY IN JUNE OF 2022, THERE WERE MULTIPLE CALLS THAT WERE MADE REPORTING SHOTS FIRED AND A SHOOTING IN PROGRESS.

AT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE, THERE ARE RESIDENTS INCLUDING CHILDREN DIRECTLY BEHIND THE LOUNGE THAT COULD HAVE BEEN HURT OR WORSE BEEN KILLED.

IMAGINE YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY, YOUR CHILDREN THAT ARE BEING EXPOSED TO THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR AND WITH NO END SIGHT.

SINCE THE LAST MEETING THAT WAS HELD ON JUNE 16TH, 2022, WHEN CITY COUNCIL APPROVED THE CONTINUANCE FROM THE 60 CALLS MADE DUE TO, UH, LOUD EXCESSIVE MUSIC TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, 21 OF THOSE CALLS WERE MADE WERE REPORTED AFTER JUNE THE 16TH OF 2022.

THE EXCESSIVE LOUD MUSIC IS COMING FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE BY ADDING THE OUTSIDE SPEAKERS AND DECK

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I FIND IT VERY DISTURBING THAT MY TAXES ARE BEING USED FOR POLICE OFFICERS HAVING TO GO REQUEST TO TURN DOWN THE MUSIC AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT WHEN THEY SHOULD BE SPENDING THE RESOURCES ON MORE OPPRESSING MATTERS.

DURING THE LAST MEETING HELD BY THE WOODLAND LAKE ASSOCIATION ON JULY THE 26TH OF 2022, THE LESS THE LESSEE OF THE LOUNGE TO DISCUSS THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY RECOMMENDING.

HAVING TWO SPEAKERS INSTEAD OF ONE TO BE INSTALLED BY APPROVING THE REZONING REQUEST IS GOING AGAINST THE WELL OF THE RESIDENTS OF WOODLAWN LAKE.

IMAGINE YOURSELF OR YOUR CHILD TRYING TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S SLEEP.

REST ONLY BE WOKEN UP BY LOUD MUSIC IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT, SPECIFICALLY THE BAKES MUSIC THAT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO TRAVEL WITHIN THE WALLS.

NOW I BEG, UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO TO THE REZONING REQUEST AND ALLOW THE RESIDENTS TO TAKE BACK THEIR PROUD NEIGHBORHOOD AT WOODLAND LAKE.

THEY DO DESERVE TO HAVE A GOOD NIGHT'S REST.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MS. MORALES.

MARTHA LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY JULIAN AGUILAR.

OH, THAT WAS MS. SANTOS.

I'M SORRY.

IT SHOULD BE JD MORALES RIGHT NOW.

THEN FOLLOWED BY MARTHA LOPEZ.

JD MORALES, GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU AND I TO SPEAK TODAY.

MY NAME IS JD MORALES.

I'M THE CURRENT PRESIDENT OF THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, WOODLAWN LAKE, JEFFERSON MONTICELLO, AND BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS HAVE MET WITH THE LIGHTHOUSE INDEPENDENTLY AND HAVE SUBMITTED LETTERS TO SUPPORT REGARDING THE REZONING REQUEST.

THE REZONING REQUEST HAS BEEN AN ONGOING DISCUSSION POINT SINCE POINT SINCE THE FINDING OF THE APPLICATION AT OUR ASSOCIATION MEETINGS AND AS WELL AS DURING OUTSIDE CONVERSATION AMONG ITS RESIDENTS IN WHICH ENABLED ASSOCIATION.

AND 90 TO 95% OF THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ZONING PASSED.

THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE AND ITS OWNERS CONTINUE TO HOLD OPEN CONVERSATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION.

ITS RESIDENTS, CITY COUNCIL, CITY CONTRACTED, NOISE ORDINANCE SPECIALIST, AND THE VENUES, LANDLORDS WHO ARE ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH CODE ENFORCEMENT, SANTA DIEGO PARK AND PARK POLICE DEPARTMENTS, WHICH HAVE FOUND THE LOUNGE TO BE COOPERATIVE AND FOLLOWING CITY CODE AND ITS LAWS.

A REQUEST OF S A P D RECORDS WERE REQUESTED ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION AND WE ARE CURRENTLY WAITING ON THE RETURN.

AS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ASSOCIATION, WE CONSIDER ALL PARTIES INTERESTS AS WE STRIVE TO FIND MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL TERMS WHICH SERVE THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY.

THE ASSOCI ASSOCIATION FEELS THE LOUNGE PROVIDES A CULTURAL AND ART EXPERIENCE TO THE COMMUNITY THROUGH ITS VARIOUS MUSIC, FORMATTING, SPECIAL EVENTS, HOSTING, SORRY, SPECIAL EVENTS, HOSTING OF CYCLING AND RUNNING GROUPS, ALL PRE COVID THAT WOULD NOT BE PRESENT WITHOUT THE VENUE.

THE LOUNGE PARTICIPATED IN THE ASSOCIATION'S HOLIDAY FOOD AND TOY DRIVE AS A DROP OFF LOCATION, WHICH BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE WOODLAWN LAKE PARK AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS MANY SUPPORTERS DID NOT RESIDE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.

FINALLY, ON BEHALF OF THE ASSOCIATION OF THE COMMUNITY, WOODLAND LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING REQUESTS AS STATED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MR. MORALES.

MARTHA LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY JULIAN AGUILAR, MARTHA LOPEZ.

I RATHER JUST, SO, UM, I'M A, UM, COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER AT THE Y W C A.

IT'S A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.

I ORGANIZE A LOT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH EVENTS AND I'M WILLING TO ORGANIZE A BIG ONE.

I EVEN MENTIONED IT IN THE MEETINGS AT THE ASSOCIATION OF WOODLAWN AND HAVE THOSE BIG EVENTS AND PARTNER WITH THEM IF THEY ARE THE ONES ALSO WILLING TO SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY, BUT DURING THE DAY, DURING THE DAY, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, SOMETHING THAT I CAN ENGAGE MY FAMILY.

RIGHT.

OKAY.

LET ME TELL YOU THIS TOO.

UH, TROS, WE ARE NEW TO THIS BARRIO AND I MENTIONED IT TO MS. VAL OR ONE-ON-ONE MEETING AND HER TEAM, UM, TOLD ME THIS ISSUE HAS TO BE TALKING TO MR. BRAVO BECAUSE IT'S DISTRICT ONE, NOT DISTRICT SEVEN.

I SEND THE EMAILS AND I LET THEM KNOW, YOU KNOW, I USE MELATONIN TO SLEEP.

MOST OF THE TIME I'M KINDLY SHAKING ALL THE DAY BECAUSE I CAN'T SLEEP.

I HAVE TO, BESIDES TAKE CARE OF MY ELDERLY MOM.

I HAVE A SIX YEAR OLD THAT I JUST HAD THE NEWS THAT HE ALSO HAS TO GO TO APNEA SLEEPING TEST.

I HAVE THE ORDER FROM THE DOCTOR I HAVE APPROVED RIGHT HERE AND ONE CAN SEE IT.

AND THAT'S KIND OF SAD THAT IF WE ONLY TWO YEARS THERE AND NOW MY SON HAS TO GO THROUGH ANIA, SIR, LOOK, HE HAS TO GO TO SEE THE

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UM, HE'S NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE SPENDING MONEY ON THE AIR PLUGS, WHICH IS NOT WORKING RIGHT NOW.

AND MOST WHEN, WHEN THEY ARE FIGHTING OR SCREAMING TOO LOUD BECAUSE PROBABLY THE ALCOHOL IS ALREADY, UM, MAKING THEM HAPPIER IN THE BAR.

BUT THE, THE SOUNDS AFTER THEY HAVE TO GO AT 12 OR TWO IF YOU SAY, AND THEN THEY START RACING THE CARS BECAUSE THEY ARE.

SO WITH THE ADRENALINE PROBABLY, BUT LEMME TELL YOU, I HAVE TO WAKE UP IN THE MORNING TO GO AND, UM, AND, AND WORK FOR THE COMMUNITY.

LISTEN, AND ALSO KINDA 150 PEOPLE BECAUSE I GO HERE TO THE MEXICAN CONSULATE AND LISTEN THEIR CASES AND, UH, AND, AND HOW CAN WE HELP IN THE COMMUNITY? AND I'M TRYING TO CONCENTRATE BECAUSE I NEED TO KNOW HOW TO SUPPORT THEM.

BUT AT THE SAME TIME, HOW I'M GOING TO SUPPORT MY FAMILY IF I DON'T KEEP MY JOB AND THEN GETTING AN INSURANCE AND THEN KEEP PAYING THE EXPENSES FOR THE TESTINGS OR WHATEVER MY SON NEEDS.

SO THIS IS NOTHING PERSONAL TO THE OWNER OF THE BAR.

I, ONE TIME HIS CAR WAS IN FRONT OF MY CAR, UH, MY HOUSE AND HE KINDLY MAKE TO MOVE, UM, THE CAR FROM ONE OF HIS CLIENTS.

THANK YOU, MS. LOPEZ.

JULIAN AGUILAR, FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.

HELLO AND GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, MY NAME IS JAKE AGUILA AND DURING THE DAY I WORK IN SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR SS A I S D.

UH, IN THE EVENING I HANDLED THE DOOR AND VARIOUS OTHER TASKS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

I WAS AT THE LOUNGE WHEN THE OUTDOOR SPEAKER WAS PRESENT, AND I'VE BEEN AT THE LOUNGE SINCE BEFORE THE DECK WAS REMOVED.

I'M THE FIRST LINE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND OUR VENUE.

AND UNTIL TODAY, I'VE ONLY BEEN A PART OF EVERY ONSITE EFFORT TO KEEP THE LOUNGE BOTH SAFE AND COMPLIANT.

TODAY, HOWEVER, I STAND HERE AWAY FROM MY WORK IN SUPPORT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE REZONING EFFORTS.

20 YEARS AGO, CINCINNATI WAS NOT WHAT IT HAS BECOME.

AND THOUGH THE LAKE HAS ALWAYS REPRESENTED MAYBE SOMETHING DIFFERENT TO SAN ANTONIO RECENTLY, IT HAS BECOME BEACON TO OUT OF TOWNERS, BE THEY MILITARY AS WE KNOW OUR CITY'S MILITARY CITY, U S A OR JUST VACATION GOERS STAYING IN THE BURGEONING AIRBNB BUSINESSES THAT HAVE BEEN POPPING UP IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

I CANNOT ACCURATELY PUT A STATISTIC TO THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM OUT OF TOWN WHO CHOOSE TO VISIT OUR PART OF THE CITY.

BUT OVER THE LAST YEAR, IT HAS SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED.

AND THE BEST PART IS THAT THERE ARE LOUNGE SITS ONLY LIKE 40 OR 50 YARDS FROM A BEAUTIFUL ARCHWAY GLOWING IN NEON WITH THE NAME OF ONE OF THE CITY'S MOST PHILANTHROPIC FAMILIES.

SO WHAT DO I DO? I CHECK IDS AND I GET TO SHARE SOME OF SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORY WHEN THEY ASK WHOSE NAME THAT IS IN RETURN, I GET TO ASK HOW THEY CHOSE THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE OVER DOWNTOWN.

INVARIABLY IT'S FROM VERY HIGH GOOGLE RATINGS, THE SIZE OF OUR QUAINT VENUE, AND A GENERAL DISDAIN FOR LARGE CROWDS AND YOUNG DRUNK PEOPLE EVERY NIGHT.

WE WORK EFFORTLESSLY WITH PARK PD POLICE TO ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR PATRONS.

AND ONE OF OUR GREATEST COMPLIMENTS THAT I RECEIVED FROM PARK PD IS HOW MUCH WE WORK TO KEEP THE PARKING CLEARED IN THE AREAS THAT WERE DESIGNATED.

WE'VE BRIEFLY BANNED PEOPLE AS PUNISHMENT FOR PEELING OUT IN THEIR VEHICLES OVER REVVING MOTORCYCLES.

BUT THE FACT IS THAT CINCINNATI IS A BUSY STREET AND THERE ARE MORE PEOPLE COMING IN AND OUT OF THAT AREA THAN JUST FROM THE BAR ITSELF.

OUR OUTSIDE AREA IS WELL LIT AND IT'S WALKED REGULARLY FOR SAFETY AND CLEANLINESS.

CAMERAS KEEP US ABREAST OF OUR SURROUNDINGS AND COURTESY WALKS ARE AVAILABLE TO GUESTS PARK FURTHER AWAY.

ADDITIONALLY, WE REGULARLY OFFER RIDE SHARE AND NO CHARGE TO GET PATRONS HOME SAFELY.

WE ARE COURTEOUS, WE ARE CONSIDERATE, AND WE'RE COMPLIANT, NOT BECAUSE WE'RE TOLD TO, BUT BECAUSE IT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.

THIS PLACE IS MORE THAN A WATERING HOLE.

IT'S A MULTI-GENERATIONAL GATHERING OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS, MORE LIKE A QUINTE THAN ANY OF THEIR PLACE I'VE BEEN.

PLEASE HELP US TO CONVENE, CONTINUE PROVIDING A GENUINE SERVICE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CITY BY SUPPORTING OUR EFFORT TO REZONE THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU.

MR. AGUILAR, JACK FINGER, UH, MR. MAYOR PRO TEM, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO

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FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.

FINGER.

YES.

UM, MR. BRAVO, THIS ZONING CASE IS IN YOUR, YOUR AREA THERE.

I MUST TELL YOU THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO KNOW JUST HOW OLD A BAR HAS TO BE BEFORE IT'S CONSIDERED HISTORICAL.

HMM.

I MEAN, NOT THAT IT, THAT IN ITSELF WOULD, UH, BE ANYTHING SAVING GRACE FOR IT, BUT I'M JUST, I'M JUST CURIOUS.

I MEAN, UH, I MAYBE IT'S QUAINT AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE IT FOR THAT FACT.

BUT, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, SIR, YOU'LL SEE ALL THE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE AROUND THERE AND WHO WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH ALL THAT LOUD MUSIC, SIR.

UH, THE VERY FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAD, UH, TWO, NOT ONE, BUT TWO GROUPS, TWO STAFFS, THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE ZONING STAFF SAID THIS IS A BAD IDEA.

WHY? WELL, BECAUSE THE, UH, IT'S, WELL, IT'S TOO INTENSE THAT, THAT'S THEIR WORD, THEIR WORDS THAT THE NOISE INTRUDING NEXT TO THE RESIDENCE.

THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT, SIR.

AND I MEAN, DO WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER BAR OR TAVERN ALONG CINCINNATI AVENUE, SIR? I MEAN, COME ON.

I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S BEEN THERE IN THE PAST, BUT DOG GONE.

IT, UH, MAYBE IT'S TIME WE STOOD UP FOR THE CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THAT AREA, YOU KNOW? UH, NOW PLEASE SIR, UM, SAY NO TO THIS ONE TODAY SO THAT PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, I MEAN, THEY ARE THE ONES WHO 30 YEARS HAVE THEY BEEN LIVING THERE MAYBE LONGER? .

THEY ARE THE HISTORIC ONES THERE.

DOES, DOES THEIR LONGEVITY, DOES THEIR HISTORY COUNT FOR ANYTHING? HUH? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. FINGER.

THANK YOU MR. FINGER.

WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO ITEMS, THREE AND FOUR ON OUR AGENDA.

WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THREE WHO HAVE SPOKEN.

NOW ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UH, SANTOS MARTINEZ, FOLLOWED BY JANELLE MARTINEZ.

HELLO, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, MY NAME IS SANTOS MARTINEZ.

I AM A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE AREA.

I AM ALSO A RESIDENT WHO LIVES IN THE AREA.

UM, I DON'T, I'M STANDING HERE BEFORE YOU IN SUPPORT OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

AS A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THE AREA, I KNOW THAT IT IS IMPORTANT TO OUR MICRO ECONOMY TO KEEP PATRONS IN THE WOODLAWN AREA.

AT OUR COFFEE SHOP, WE PARTNER WITH VARIOUS LOCAL AIRBNBS THAT HELP BOOST LOCAL TOURISM.

WE NEED VENUES LIKE THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE TO SUSTAIN AND GROW OUR VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

WE DON'T WANT TO LOSE PATRONS AND SEE MONEY LEAVE OUR MICRO ECONOMY.

THE LIGHTHOUSE HAS A REP REPUTATION OF BEING A VERY GENEROUS DONOR TO LOCAL SCHOOLS, NONPROFITS, AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO HUNDRED HUNDREDS OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN THE DISTRICT, IN DISTRICT ONE AND SEVEN REGARDING THIS MATTER.

UH, AND THE COMMUNITY SUPPORTS IT.

I IMPLORE THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE THE REZONING AND AMENDMENTS TO HELP GROW OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ.

UH, JANELLE MARTINEZ.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNSEL.

UM, MY NAME IS JANELLE MARTINEZ.

I REPRESENT NOT ONLY A SMALL BUSINESS WITHIN WITH MY HUSBAND, BUT WE ARE ALSO RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WITHIN A MILE OF THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

BECAUSE OF THESE TWO FACTORS, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SMALL BUSINESSES SUCCEED AND BRING UP BROADER COMMUNITY TO WOODLAWN AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA.

AS A LOCAL RESIDENT, I WANT TO SEE THE COMMUNITY CONTINUE TO GROW.

IT'S A GREAT FEELING WHEN I CAN DRIVE DOWN OUR STREET TO GATHER WITH OUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

IF YOU LOOK UP THE DEFINITION OF LOUNGE, IT STATES AS A PUBLIC ROOM OR CLUB IN WHICH YOU SIT AND RELAX.

THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT

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IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE IS A BUSINESS WHO IS FOLLOWING CITY GUIDELINES.

I HAVE NEVER FELT UNSAFE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE WHEN I'M THERE, NEVER WITNESSED ANY ALTERCATIONS OR STREET RACING.

I OFTEN RECOMMEND MY COFFEE CLIENTS TO ENJOY THE DIVI DIVERSE AND LIVELY EXPERIENCE THE LIGHTHOUSE OFFERS AS A PROUD LATINA WOMEN BUSINESS OWNER IN THE DECO WOODLAWN AREA ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

I STAND HERE REQUESTING THAT CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE REZONING FOR OUR FELLOW SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AT THE LIGHTHOUSE LUNCH.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. MARTINEZ.

NEXT WE HAVE RENEE ZAMORA.

RENEE ZAMORA, FOLLOWED BY AUGUSTINE ORTIZ.

AGAIN, RENEE ZAMORA.

IF NOT, UH, AUGUSTINE ORTIZ.

OH, I'M SORRY.

MR. ZAMORA.

YES, SIR, GO AHEAD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

UH, GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MY ESTABLISHMENT, THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

MY NAME IS ERNEST AMORA.

I LIVE IN NINE 10 CINCINNATI, AND I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 41 YEARS.

OPENING THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE WAS A FIRST TIME VENTURE FOR ME AND A DREAM COME TRUE.

I NEVER IMAGINED THAT I WOULD OPEN UP A BUSINESS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MUCH LESS BE A PART OF IT, BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY EIGHT DOORS AWAY FROM WHERE I LIVE.

I'M PROUD TO BE FROM THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO.

I'M PROUD OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

I LOVE IT WITH ALL OF MY HEART, AND I WOULD NEVER DO ANYTHING TO BRING IT DOWN, HURT MY NEIGHBORS, OR BE A BAD NEIGHBOR.

SO WHEN THE PROBLEMS AROSE WITH THE OUTDOOR SOUND AND MY ESTABLISHMENT, AND I WAS NOTIFIED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT OF WHAT I WAS DOING WRONG, I IMMEDIATELY WORKED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND FIND A SOLUTION.

I WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH THE CITY CODE ENFORCEMENT S A P D PARK POLICE, AND I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET THE FULL SUPPORT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I ALSO MEET WITH OUR SAFE OFFICER ON A MONTHLY BASIS, WHO CONTINUES TO GIMME POSITIVE FEEDBACK FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

THROUGH THE PROCESS, I'VE ALSO VISITED THREE OTHER OVERLAPPING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, MAINLY TO LET THEM KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE SEVERAL PATRONS OF THE COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD HAD QUESTIONS.

ONCE I TORE DOWN MY PATIO DECKS AND THE BIG YELLOW SIGN REZONING SIGN WENT UP, BUT ALSO TO PRESENT MY PLANS IN THE REZONING CASE AND TO SEE IF I COULD GET THEIR SUPPORT IN DOING SO, I WAS ABLE TO GET THE FULL SUPPORT OF MONTICELLO, JEFFERSON, AND BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS RESPECTIVELY.

I PURCHASED A, A DECIBEL READER TO REGULARLY MONITOR SOUND COMING FROM MY BUSINESS FROM APPROPRIATE AREAS AND EVEN FURTHER AWAY TO MAKE SURE I'M WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE LIMIT OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE.

AND DOING SO.

I'VE ALWAYS RECORDED FOUR TO SEVEN DECIBELS BELOW THE ALLOWABLE ALLOWABLE LIMIT AT NIGHT, WHICH IS 63 DECIBELS.

I'VE MET WITH MR. DON PITTS ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS.

ONE WAS, WHICH ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE BAND PLANE, AND HE TOO AGREED THAT WE WERE DOING IT RIGHT AND WITHIN THE ALLOWABLE LIMIT.

THE PURPOSE OF THE OUTDOOR SPEAKERS ON THE PLANNED AMENDMENT ARE FOR AMBIENT SOUND COMPARABLE TO WHEN A PARTY, LET'S SAY, IS WAITING OUTSIDE OF OLIVE GARDEN FOR THEIR TABLE.

THESE 2 35 WATTS SPEAKERS WILL PLAY MUSIC FROM THE JUKEBOX AND WILL BE CUT OFF AT MIDNIGHT TO COINCIDE WITH PARK HOURS.

THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, AND I HOPE THAT YOU APPROVE THE REZONING APPLICATION FOR THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ADD, UH, ONE THING OR TWO THINGS.

THE DECKS WERE OPEN OR WERE THERE WHEN WE OPENED OUR DOORS.

BEFORE WE OPENED OUR DOORS, WE ACTUALLY GOT OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITH THE DECKS UP.

AND WHEN I WENT TO PLANNING, THERE WAS EIGHT PLANNING COMMISSIONERS.

I GOT SEVEN VOTES OF YES OUT OF EIGHT.

AND WHEN I WENT TO ZONING, I GOT EIGHT VOTE VOTES OF YES, UH, UNANIMOUS WHEN I WENT TO ZONING.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MR. ZAMORA AUGUSTINE ORTIZ.

AUGUSTINE ORTIZ WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MIGUEL TORRES.

GOOD AFTERNOON, CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS AUGUSTINE ORTIZ.

FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, I'VE BEEN THE MARIACHI DIRECTOR AT EDGAR ISLAND POE AND THE SAN ANTONIO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT.

I ALSO SERVE AS THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MY SCHOOL FOR THE SAN ANTONIO TEACHERS UNION, LOCAL 67, AND PART OF THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION.

I DIRECT MY OWN MARIACHI AND I'M A DJ AT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

MY MESSAGE CAN BE SUMMED UP IN ONE WORD THAT WORDS INCLUSIVITY, THE PRACTICE OR POLICY OF PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS TO OPPORTUNITIES AND RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE BE EXCLUDED OR MARGINALIZED.

THIS IS WHAT THE LIGHTHOUSE REPRESENTS TO THE COMMUNITY.

EVERY TIME I HAVE BEEN THERE TO PERFORM WITH MY MARIACHI OR DJ, I'VE SEEN PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS COME TOGETHER TO ENJOY MUSIC AND CULTURE.

IT IS HERE THAT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT VIEWS OR ORIENTATIONS GATHER THEMSELVES IN A RESPECTFUL AND ENJOYABLE

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I HAVE NEVER WITNESSED A FIGHT OR RACING AT THE LIGHT LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE IS A SAFE PLACE AND ONE THAT RESPECTS NOT ONLY THE COMMUNITY, BUT EVERYBODY WHO CHOOSES TO VISIT FROM OUT OF TOWN AND WHO CHOOSES THE LIGHTHOUSE OPPOSED TO DOWNTOWN OR 1604.

THIS IS WHY, ER, THE POLICE SUPPORT THE REZONING EFFORTS, THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE, THE SUPPORT IS ONE OF MUSIC CULTURE AND INCLUSIVITY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU MR. ZAMORE.

NEXT, OR EXCUSE ME, MR. ORTIZ.

NEXT IS MIGUEL TORRES.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNSEL.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING US OUT TODAY.

MY NAME IS MIKE TORRES.

I'M A PROFESSIONAL MUSICIAN FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, FORMERLY WITH A BAND, LITTLE JOY LA FAMILIA AS BASS PLAYER AND VOCALIST.

I RUN A BAND HERE CALLED LA ENTE CINCO OUT OF SAN ANTONIO, AND I ALSO RUN A RECORDING STUDIO ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE AND TO SUPPORT THE REZONING ACT TO CONTINUE TO GROW.

THE CULTURE OF SAN ANTONIO CULTURE IS ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S BIGGEST SOURCES OF PRIDE.

AND THE LIGHTHOUSE IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF THAT CULTURE AND THE DIVERSITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

I STARTED PERFORMING THERE IN 2020, AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I NOTICED AT THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE WAS THE DIVERSITY IN AGE, THE DIVERSITY IN CULTURE, THE DIVERSITY OF ETHNICITY THAT WAS THERE IN ATTENDANCE.

BUT I ALSO NOTICED SOMETHING AS PART OF OUR SHOW.

WE WOULD ASK WHERE PEOPLE WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, IF THERE WAS ANYBODY FROM LANIER, ANYBODY FROM BRACK, ANYBODY FROM ALL THESE HIGH SCHOOLS.

AND IT WAS ALWAYS A RESOUNDING JEFFERSON.

EVERYONE WAS FROM THAT COMMUNITY.

IF THEY WEREN'T VISITING FROM OUT OF TOWN, THEY WERE LIVING IN THAT COMMUNITY.

ATTENDING THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE.

AS WE KNOW, SAN ANTONIO SUPPORT THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE BRINGS QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY PROVIDE NEW MUSIC AND THEY ALSO BRING IN CHICANO ICONS BORN RIGHT HERE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

THEY PROVIDE A SPACE FOR MUSICIANS TO EXPRESS THEIR ART IN FRONT OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

THE MUSICIANS GET TO PLAY WHAT THEY WANT AND THE CROWD GETS TO HEAR THINGS THAT THEY MAY NOT GET TO HEAR ANYWHERE ELSE IN TOWN.

SMALLER VENUES ARE BECOMING FEWER AND FAR BETWEEN, AND WE'RE LOSING THEM ALL THE TIME.

COMPETITION IS INTENSE FOR MUSICIANS IN A PLACE LIKE THE LIGHTHOUSE LOUNGE NEEDS TO EXIST.

AND ON THAT, ON THAT NOTE, ALLOWING THE LIGHTHOUSE TO CHARGE A COVER IS VITAL TO ENSURING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPENSATE ARTISTS A FAIR WAGE, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT IS VERY HARD TO FIND IN THIS CITY AND IN MANY CITIES ACROSS THE NATION.

AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT THE LIGHTHOUSE, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE NOT MAKING THE MONEY, MONEY AT THE DOOR, THEY STILL PROVIDE THAT COMPENSATION FOR THE ARTIST AND THEY STILL BRING THAT MUSIC TO THE COMMUNITY.

IN REGARDS TO THE, TO THE NOISE, THE ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I NOTICED IN MY FIRST PERFORMANCE THERE WAS THAT THE LIGHTHOUSE HIRED A SEPARATE SOUND MAN.

I'VE PLAYED IN VENUES OF ALL SIZES ALL ACROSS TEXAS AND OUTSIDE OF TEXAS.

AND FOR A BAR THAT SIZE OF ANY OF THAT SIZE, IT'S ALMOST UNHEARD OF FOR THEM TO HAVE A SEPARATE MEMBER OF THE STAFF TO MONITOR SOUND.

AND THAT WAS A CREDIT TO MR. EZ CREW.

THEY'RE CONSTANTLY TRYING TO MAKE SURE THAT THE QUALITY OF SOUND FOR THEIR PATRONS AT IT'S HIGHEST, BUT THAT THEY'RE ALSO CONTROLLING THE QUALITY OF SOUND FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.