* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. UH, THE TIME IS 1 0 2. IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE OUR SPANISH INTERPRET INTERPRETATION SERVICES STATEMENT. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JEAN MARIE RINI. I'M THE SPANISH INTERPRETER AND THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, I STILL HAVE MY C D C RECOMMENDATIONS BLURB HERE. SO INSTEAD OF SAYING THAT YOU SHOULD WEAR MASKS, I'M GONNA ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO GET BOOSTERS AS WE ARE EXPECTING A COVID RESURGENCE DURING THIS WINTER. ALRIGHT, MY NAME IS JOHN BUSTAMONTE AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT FIVE ZONING COMMISSIONER. UH, THE TIME IS ONE OH THREE. I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION. UH, I'D LIKE TO DO ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT. MARCO BARROS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE. HI. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS, UH, SO KAMATH, I'M UNDER REPRESENTING DISTRICT FOUR MARK WHITE, DISTRICT 10. TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO, SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE. ROB SIPES, DISTRICT SEVEN. MICHELLE ALIA HOLLAND MAYOR'S APPOINTEE. CHARLES FUENTES FOR DISTRICT THREE. NU DISTRICT SIX. ALRIGHT. STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC IN WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. ALRIGHT, PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, IF THE STAFF COULD PLEASE REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF IF YOU WOULD. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. 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 PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION. FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING. YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED IN TO SPEAK. THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION. YOU WILL HEAR THIS, YOU, YOU WILL HEAR A TIMER WHEN YOUR 30 SECONDS ARE LEFT, YOU WILL ACTUALLY, WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED, YOU WILL HEAR ANOTHER. YOU WILL HEAR THAT YOUR TIME EXPIRED. 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 SIGNED IN TO SPEAK, PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK. THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AS FOR TIME, I WILL ALSO REMIND YOU WHEN YOUR TIME HAS EXPIRED. ALRIGHT, STAFF, DO WE HAVE ANY POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA? ITEM NUMBER ONE IS POSTPONED, UM, FOR CASE NUMBER 1 9 4. ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 7,500 BLOCK OF PERU ROAD. ALRIGHT, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE, SO FORGIVE ME IF I'M FUMBLING A BIT. UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS A POSTPONED ITEM. WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT IT WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. IT ALSO WILL NOT BE HEARD WITHOUT AN ADDITIONAL NOTICE BEING GIVEN. SO IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT ITEM ENDING IN 1 9 4, UH, IN APPROXIMATELY THE 7,500 [00:05:01] BLOCK OF PRU ROAD, YOU CAN GO ON AND HAVE A NICE DAY, ENJOY THE BEAUTIFUL WEATHER AND NOT SIT HERE IN THIS FREEZING ROOM WITH US. BUT, UH, YOU CAN IF YOU WANT. ALRIGHT, UM, STAFF IF YOU WOULD, CAN YOU GO OVER THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE ITEMS AT THIS TIME FOR THE COMBINED HEARING? UM, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, ITEM NUMBER NINE, NUMBER 12, NUMBER 14, NUMBER 15. NO, 12 IS 15. OH, I APOLOGIZE. NUMBER 12 IS MOVED. I APOLOGIZE. UM, NUMBER 15 IS 15 IS ALSO REMOVED. UM, TO INDIVIDUAL WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 16, ITEM NUMBER 17, ITEM NUMBER 19. ITEM ITEM NUMBER 21. ITEM NUMBER 24, ITEM NUMBER 28, ITEM NUMBER 30, ITEM NUMBER 31, ITEM NUMBER 33. AND ITEM NUMBER 34. ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE ITEMS THAT WERE JUST READ ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT, MEANING THAT THEY WILL BE DONE IN A SINGLE MOTION. IF YOU ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, GO TALK TO THE STAFF OVER HERE ON YOUR RIGHT, MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS. UH, ARE THERE ANY ITEMS ON THE CURRENT COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE THAT A COMMISSIONER WOULD LIKE TO BE PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? TO MY LEFT, SEEING NONE TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT, IF WE WOULD, IF YOU WOULD STAFF PLEASE READ IN COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD. ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH ITEM NUMBER FOUR. NO, YOU'RE RIGHT. UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C ONE AND A BAR, UM, AND A BAR TAVERN ON LOCATED AT TWO 20 EAST L CHAPPELLE. UM, THERE WERE, LET'S SEE, THERE WERE 28 NOTICES SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. NEXT ITEM IS NUMBER NINE. ITEM NUMBER NINE. UM, ZONING CHANGE FROM C THREE NA TO I D Z THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT MULTIFAMILY USES INCLUDING APARTMENTS AND OR CONDOMINIUMS NOT TO EXCEED 50 DWELLING UNITS TOTAL LOCATED WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 4 0 0 7 SOUTH FLORES STREET. THERE WERE 37 NOTICES SENT ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM ST. LEO'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I'LL JUST CLARIFY ON ITEM NUMBER NINE, THERE ARE VARIOUS USES IN THAT I D Z THREE FOR ITEM NUMBER 14, WE ARE CHANGING ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2004 MONTEREY STREET, THERE WERE 36 NOTICES SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. AND THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A ZONING CHANGE FROM C TWO AND UM, C TWO U TWO U C TWO TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT HOTEL AND OUTDOOR SPORTS COURT, UM, WITH ALL THE OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 31 0 1 AND 30 15 BROADWAY STREET, THERE WERE 20 NOTICES SENT OUT. TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND MANKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR ON ITEM NUMBER 17. A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO AND M X D MIXED USE TO C TWO. UM, WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 27,000 BLOCK OF THE US HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH, THERE WERE 10 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. [00:10:01] AND THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 19, UM, IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE TO C ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 26 BLOCK OF, OR 2,600 BLOCK OF BLANCO ROAD. THERE WERE 20 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE EDISON AND CENTRAL LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PARKING LOT NON-COMMERCIAL WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT SIX 14 WEST PYRON AVENUE ONE, THERE WERE 23 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGISTERED ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RMM FOUR TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS, ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 200 VINE STREET AND THERE WERE 36 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION. ITEM NUMBER 28 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE TO R SIX WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 25 11 WEST COMMERCE STREET THERE WERE 29 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION AND UM, IN FAVOR FROM PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 30 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE R TO MF 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 45 38 BOLT STREET. 22 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE LOWER SOUTHEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 31 IS ZONING FROM MF 33 TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN MF 18 AND C ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2 0 4 EAST ASHBY PLACE, 42 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. AND TOBIN HILL UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 33. WE HAVE A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO AND C THREE R TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 5,500 BLOCK OF OLD PARASOL ROAD THERE WERE 13 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM PEOPLE ACTIVE IN COMMUNITY EFFORT OR THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION. AND THEN NUMBER 34. A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO MF 25 LOCATED AT 48 23 GUSS ECKERT ROAD. 11 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT. TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND TWO CLARIFICATIONS ON ITEM NUMBER 28 THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO COME UP AND AMEND THEIR REQUEST TO OUR SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS WITH SUBMITTED SITE PLAN. AND ON ITEM 31 THE APPLICANT ALSO WANTS TO SUBMIT AN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE UM, NC ZONING RATHER THAN C ONE. SO WE'LL NEED THOSE AMENDMENTS DONE. ALRIGHT. UH, PRIOR TO THE COMBINED HEARING BEING APPROVED. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MS. FLORES. ALRIGHT, WOULD THE APPLICANT ON ITEM NUMBER 28 PLEASE COME FORWARD. HOW YOU DOING? RUSSELL FELLON, VICE PRESIDENT OF THE PROSPECT HILL ASSOCIATION. WHEN THIS CAME ACROSS TO US, UH, WE NOTICED ORIGINALLY HE HAD DONE THE MF 33. WE RECOMMENDED TO THE APPLICANT TO CHANGE IT FOR A DUPLEX TO AN R SIX. HE AGREED. SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF GETTING THIS THING DONE. OKAY. WELL WAS THAT THE AMENDMENT THAT WE NEEDED TO MAKE? ARE YOU REPRESENTING THE APPLICANT? NO, I, I NEED THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND TELL US ABOUT THE AMENDMENT. AND WOULD YOU REPEAT THE SUBSTANCE OF THE AMENDMENT PLEASE? RIGHT, THE, SO IT'S UH, TO REZONE TO R SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS. [00:15:01] OKAY. SO, UH, ARE YOU UP HERE AMENDING TO R SIX CD FOR TWO UNITS? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS? YES. UH, MATT WALKER. UM, I REPRESENT LONE STAR, UM, LONE STAR CAPITAL HOLDINGS AND, UH, MY, MY PERSONAL ADDRESS? UH, EITHER ONE. OKAY. UH, YEAH. 7 0 5 BROWN THRASHER SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 5 3. GREAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, THAT AMENDMENT IS MADE, UH, THE APPLICANT OR APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE ON 31 PATRICK IF YOU WOULD. GOOD AFTERNOON. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN. THREE 10 SOUTH ST. MARY SUITE 2,700. YES. WE RESPECTFULLY AMEND OUR REQUEST TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED AN MF 18 AND NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER FOR ITEM NUMBER, UH, 28. UH, MR. FELLON, IS THAT MR. FELLON? YES. SO WE ARE IN GOOD SHAPE. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION ON THE ITEMS OF COMBINED HEARING. NUMBER ONE. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER 4 9 14 16 17, 19 21, 24, 28 AS AMENDED 30 31 AS AMENDED. 33 AND 34. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND I'LL TAKE. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE ITEMS AS READ OUT. READ ON THE RECORD BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. ANY DISCUSSION? TO MY LEFT? TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ENTENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LIA HOLLAND? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEMS PASSES. AMENDED. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE ITEMS THAT WERE ON COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN NOW GO ON ABOUT YOUR DAY AND ENJOY THIS LOVELY WEATHER. UH, THE NEXT STEP FOR YOU WILL BE AT CITY COUNCIL AND YOU NEED TO GO THERE WITHIN SIX MONTHS. SO GOOD LUCK TO YOU. MM-HMM , ENJOY THE WEATHER. ALRIGHT, WE'LL GIVE A COUPLE OF MINUTES HERE AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, YOU CAN MOSEY ON OUT ALL. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE IS RECUSED FROM THE NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER 15. UM, LET THE RECORD REFLECT THE TIME IS ONE 20 AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS LEFT THE HEARING ROOM. UH, STAFF IF YOU AGREE TO ITEM NUMBER 15 INTO THE RECORD. OKAY. WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER 15. UM, CHANGE IN ZONING FROM VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS TO, UM, C ONE C TWO, C TWO, NA OH ONE R ONE R TWO R THREE R FOUR, R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO, THREE, OR FOUR DWELLING UNITS. R FIVE R FIVE WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO, THREE, OR FOUR DWELLING UNITS. R SIX. R SIX WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO, THREE OR FOUR DWELLING UNITS. RMM FOUR, RMM FOUR WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. RMM FIVE, RMM SIX AND I D Z ONE FOR WITH USES FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS AND PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH ALL OVERLAY DISTRICTS. REMAINING, UH, THE SAME, IT IS GENERALLY BOUNDED. OH YES, THAT'S RIGHT. GENERALLY BOUNDED BY WEST GRAMERCY PLACE TO THE NORTH SAN PEDRO AVENUE TO THE EAST WEST ASHBY PLACE TO THE SOUTH AND THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD TRACKS TO THE WEST OF RIPLEY AVENUE 700 AND 781. NOTICES WERE SENT, RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED. AND ALTA VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT OR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE? OH WAIT, I GUESS WE DON'T HAVE TO DO THAT. IT, THE APPLICANT IS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND THIS IS A LARGE AREA REZONING. OKAY. SO UNLESS THERE ARE QUESTIONS GOOD ENOUGH, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? NO, SIR. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. UM, COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS ON THIS LARGE AREA? [00:20:01] REZONING TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT FLOOR'S OPEN FOR A MOTION. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 15. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. UM, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 15 BY COMMISSIONER SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER LUGALIA HOLLAND. ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT TO MY RIGHT. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ENTENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONTINUANCE DOCKETS. WOULD SOMEONE PLEASE GET, UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? THE TIME IS 1 23 AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS RETURNED TO THE MEETING. IF WE COULD GO THROUGH, UH, CONTINUANCE HEARING TO NOVEMBER 1ST. CORRECT. SO THIS IS ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE HEARING FOR NOVEMBER. FIRST WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE, UM, WHICH IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO R SIX AND R SIX UC FIVE TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT. ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. THERE WERE 49 NOTICES SENT TWO IN FAVOR. SEVEN OPPOSED TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1527 HILLCREST DRIVE. 16 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE DONALDSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE N P EIGHT I ONE AND C THREE R TO MF 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 5,001 SINCLAIR ROAD THERE WERE 55 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND ONE NOTICE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE 200 FEET AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE JUPE MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FOR ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1823 WEST CRAIG PLACE, 31 NOTICES WERE SENT, ZERO IN FAVOR TO AN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 22. MM-HMM IS A REQUEST AND CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE R TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 300 BLOCK OF SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS. THERE WERE 11 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION. ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1201 KENTUCKY AVENUE, THERE WERE 31 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED AND NO [00:25:01] RESPONSE FROM THE WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 25. UH, CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX. CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS TO R SIX WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL, UH, OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2014 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY 30 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE WOODLAWN LAKE AND JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSO. OH, I'M SORRY. NO RESPONSE FROM WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 29 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO MF 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 8 34 SOUTHWEST 36TH STREET, 24 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE LOS YARDING, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ? MM-HMM . THANK YOU. YOU'RE WELCOME. . AND WE DO HAVE THE TWO VOICEMAILS TO PLAY WITH THESE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE RIGHT NOW, PLEASE. IF CAMERON, THAT'S GONNA BE ITEM 23 AND ITEM 25. NATALIE AND ROLAND S 1210 KENTUCKY AVENUE 2 1 0 4 2 1 9 5 2 9. LAST NUMBERS OF THE CASE ARE 2 6 1. WE OPPOSE THE REQUEST FOR REZONING DAVID MUNOZ. TELEPHONE NUMBER TWO TEN SIX SIX NINE ZERO FOUR TWO THREE TWO ZERO THREE ONE WEST SUMMIT AVENUE. CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 1 0 7 0 0 2 6 3 SPACE CD. UH, I WOULD RATHER STAY WITH, UH, THE ORIGINAL DESIGN OF THE HOME IN THAT AREA BECAUSE I HAVE A CONCERN ON THE IMPACT AND THE FUTURE WITH MORE VEHICLES AND WHATNOT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. VERY GOOD. UH, THESE ITEMS ARE SEEKING A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 1ST. THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR A MOTION. MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCES TO THE, UH, NOVEMBER 1ST MEETING FOR THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEMS NUMBER 5 6, 10, 12 22, 23, 25 AND 29. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, I GOT COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR THE SECOND. UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF THE ITEMS AS READ ON THE RECORD TO NOVEMBER 1ST. THERE IS, UH, BY COMMISSIONER S SIPES, A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. DISCUSSION. COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. NO DISCUSSION. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LIA HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. CHAIR ANTE. AYE. ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE. VERY GOOD. UM, IF YOU WERE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS, YOU CAN NOW GO ON UNLESS YOU HAVE OTHER ITEMS TO ATTEND TO ON THIS AGENDA. UH, WE WILL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS. Y'ALL TAKE CARE. ALRIGHT, UH, NEXT CONTINUANCE HEARING TO THE NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING AS STATED. UM, THIS IS FOR CONTINUANCE HEARING ON NOVEMBER 15TH IS ITEM NUMBER 18, WHICH IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO AND A BAR TAVERN WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT THREE 12 WEST CORTLAND PLACE, THERE WERE NINE NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, SIX OPPOSED. AND THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION SENT A LETTER INDICATING SUPPORT OF THE HISTORICAL DESIGNATION, BUT NO RESPONSE ON THE REZONING REQUEST. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. UM, THERE IS A VOICEMAIL OPPOSED, SO IF WE COULD PLEASE PLAY THAT AT THIS TIME. THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 18. CAMERON. HELLO, THIS IS MARK FORSTER. I'M [00:30:01] THE DIRECTOR OF THE CHRISTIAN STUDENT CENTER, THE CHURCH OF CHRIST STUDENT CENTER AT 3 0 1 WEST DEWEY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2. THIS IS CONCERNING, UH, HEARING CASE 2 4 6, UH, CONCERNING THE, THE, UH, CHANGE OF THE ZONE FOR THE CATHOLIC STUDENT LIFE, UH, CENTER. UH, I AM NOT FOR THE CHANGING OF THE ZONING, I'M SORRY, BUT I THINK THERE'S ENOUGH BARS AND, UH, INSTITUTIONS HERE AT THIS INNER CITY, SAN ANTONIO AREA, SAC AREA THAT SERVES ALCOHOL, UH, THAT, THAT CAN, THAT NEED CAN BE MET WITHOUT CHANGING THIS ONE TOO. IT'S VERY CLOSE TO US AND I'M NOT FOR IT. IF, UH, THEY WANTED TO PERMIT WITHOUT ALCOHOL, I WOULD BE FINE WITH IT. THAT'S MY MESSAGE. AND THANK YOU. (210) 843-6880 IS MY PHONE NUMBER. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. UH, THERE BEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR, MR. CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING FOR ITEM NUMBER 18. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE NOVEMBER 15TH MEETING, UM, BY COMMISSIONER S SIPES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S. TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE, UH, MOTION IS FOR CONTINUANCE. NOVEMBER 15TH, ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. WE ARE MOVING ON NOW TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING ITEMS. WE WILL START WITH ITEM NUMBER TWO. HELLO EVERYONE. MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS ZONING, UH, SENIOR PLANNER WITH ZONING DEPARTMENT. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM R SIX AND C TWO TO MF 25 WITH ALL ZONING OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 23 2 11 US HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH NINE NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ONE NOTICE WAS RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE 200 FEET. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED HOUSING IS A DOWNSIZING IN A SUITABLE TRANSITION TO THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL ZONING IN USES. IT COMPLIES WITH THE PUBLIC POLICY OBJECTIVES OF THE NORTH SECTOR. PLAN TO UTILIZE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS A BUFFER BETWEEN PRINCIPAL AND ARTERIAL ROADWAYS AND OTHER COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND RETAIL USES AND LOWER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HOUSING. STAFF AND SAWS RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND APPLICANT IS PRESENT. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, SAWS COME UP. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MICHAEL BARR WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM. I'M HERE TO PRESENT STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ZONING KZ 20 22 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 8. UH, WE HAVE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT 23 2 11 US HIGHWAY 2 81 NORTH, ALLOWING FOR A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY A FARMSTEAD WITH TWO HOUSES, STORAGE SHEDS AND ONE ACTIVE WELL AND LIVESTOCK. NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WERE DISCOVERED DURING OUR SITE INVESTIGATION. UH, SAS DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO INCLUDE 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMIT FOR THE 18.82 ACRES SITE AND WELLS NO LONGER IN USE. BE ABANDONED AND PROPERLY A PLUG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. BARB. ALRIGHT, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT OR APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE? THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. COMMISSIONERS CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BRANDON ORTIZ, ONE 12 EAST PECAN, SUITE 1360 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT FOR THIS REZONING REQUEST. I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION, UM, BUT I'LL GET GET STARTED WHILE THEY PULL IT UP. UM, AS STAFF AND SAWS INDICATED, THIS IS VERY NORTH ON HIGHWAY, UH, 2 81 JUST NORTH OF STONE OAK. WE'RE ACTUALLY RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THE STONE OAK MASTER PLAN. UM, THERE IS A PLAN AMENDMENT SUBMITTED WITH, ALONG WITH THE REZONING REQUEST OF THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN. IT IS CURRENTLY SUBURBAN TIER AND REGIONAL CENTER. WE'RE REQUESTING AN AMENDMENT TO GENERAL URBAN TIER. IT WAS RECOMMENDED [00:35:01] FOR APPROVAL BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK. UM, AS STAFF STATED, THE CURRENT ZONING IS R SIX AND C TWO. WE ARE REQUESTING MF 25 FOR A MULTI-FAMILY, UM, APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE, UH, ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH SAWS ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER AND THE MILITARY ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THIS CHANGE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO, THERE IS NONE. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. THIS IS AN, UH, DISTRICT NINE CASE COMMISSIONER AB BARTOS. ANY QUESTIONS? UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, SO IF ANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS, UH, HAVE ONE. IF NOT, I'LL MAKE A MOTION. VERY GOOD QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE. COMMISSIONER REBUTS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. UM, AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL ITEM NUMBER TWO, ESPECIALLY WITH THE STRONG SUPPORT FROM STAFF AND SAA APPROVAL. SO, UH, I'LL MAKE AN MOTION FOR APPROVAL. ITEM NUMBER TWO. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO BY COMMISSIONER VATOS. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. A VERY QUIET SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. I DON'T THINK THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT WAS INDICATED OF HIS, UH, HIS INTEREST IN THIS OR SUPPORT OF THIS, BUT THERE WE ARE. ALRIGHT, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. VERY GOOD. MOTIONS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO BY COMMISSIONER BARROS AND SECONDED BY COMMISSIONER WHITE. ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER LEGIA HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. WE'RE GONNA TAKE ONE ITEM OUT OF ORDER HERE VERY QUICKLY. UH, WE DO HAVE AN ITEM ON OUR AGENDA FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE ZONING COMMISSION MEMBER AS AN ALTERNATE MEMBER TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, MR. SPARROW IS HERE TO DISCUSS THAT ITEM, IF YOU WOULD, SIR. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHAIR. UH, LOGAN SPARROW, POLICY ADMINISTRATOR. UH, AS IT WAS JUST MENTIONED, WE ARE SEEKING A APPOINTMENT TO THE ALTERNATE POSITION, UH, FOR THE ZONING COMMISSIONER, UH, TO SERVE ON THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. UH, THIS IS TO FILL THE REMAINDER OF A TWO YEAR TERM. THIS POSITION WILL EXPIRE APRIL 26TH, 2023, AND THEN WE'LL BE BACK BEFORE YOU FOR A PRIMARY AND AN ALTERNATE AT THAT POINT IN TIME. UH, DO WANNA ADVISE THAT THIS IS A COMMITTEE THAT SERVES AS A RECOMMENDING BODY TO THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION, REALLY FOR THREE MAIN THINGS. THE FIRST THAT WE JUST GOT DONE DOING WAS THE CITY'S UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES. UH, SO THE NEXT TIME WE TACKLE THAT UPDATE WILL BE IN 2027. WE SUSPECT, UH, THIS, UH, COMMITTEE ALSO ENTERTAINS, UH, REQUESTS TO MODIFY THE CITY'S MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WHETHER THAT IS DONE HOLISTICALLY AT THE CITY LEVEL OR ON A CASE BY CASE, WHAT WE CALL A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENT BASIS. UH, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A RECOMMENDING BODY TO THE CITY'S PLANNING COMMISSION WITH THE U D C AMENDMENT PROCESS BEHIND US. UH, THIS, THIS GROUP DOESN'T MEET ROUTINELY. UH, I MENTIONED IT IN WORK SESSION. UH, WE MAY HAVE TWO MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENTS IN A MONTH. WE MAY GO 15 MONTHS WITHOUT GETTING A SINGLE ONE. SO CERTAINLY IT IS NOT AS ROUTINE A MEETING AS WHAT YOU'RE USED TO ON THE ZONING COMMISSION AND WOULD ONLY SERVE IN THE ABSENCE OF COMMISSIONER SIPES, UH, AS HE HAS ALREADY, UH, GRACIOUSLY VOLUNTEERED TO SERVE AS THE PRIMARY MEMBER. SO HAPPY TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS, IF NOT, UH, VOLUNTEERS OR A MOTION. THANK YOU, MR. SPARROW. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A NOMINATION AND YOU MAY NOMINATE YOURSELF. IN FACT, PROBABLY PREFERRED TO NOMINATE YOURSELF. MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, I'LL BE HAPPY TO SERVE. UH, VERY GOOD. UH, COMMISSIONER BARTOS, UH, IS NOMINATED FOR THE ALTERNATE POSITION FOR PC TAC. ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NONE. UH, WE CAN DO THIS BY ACCLIMATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR OF COMMISSIONER BARDOS AS THE ALTERNATE SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. VERY GOOD. COMMISSIONER BARDOS, CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE ON TODAY'S AGENDA. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME'S MARK CHAVEZ, ZONING PLANNER RESULTING DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER THREE, IT'S LOCATED AT ONE 14 BUCKINGHAM AVENUE, UH, GOING FROM R FOUR, UM, TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME. 15 NOTICES SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED, UH, [00:40:01] ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSITION. UH, STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS OF NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE EXISTING R FOUR IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. SUBJECT PROPERTY IS GENERALLY ON BUCKINGHAM AVENUE BETWEEN SOUTH PRESA AND IH 10, IH 37 INTERCHANGE AND IS CURRENTLY VACANT EXCEPT FOR A SHED SLASH GARAGE STRUCTURE AND PARTIALLY PAVED AREA. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. UH, APPLICANT IS HERE FOR QUESTIONS. RIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THE APPLICANT WOULD COME FORWARD PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. I AM REED GLENDENNING. I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY WIFE. WE ARE THE OWNERS OF 1 1 4 BUCKINGHAM AND ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER REZONING FROM AN R TWO TO A C TWO OVERFLOW PARKING. WE ARE ALSO THE OWNERS OF 2,700 SOUTH PRESA, THE BIG BUILDING TO THE LEFT ON THAT MAP. DO I HAVE MY NUMBER ONE THERE? 1 1 4 ADJOINS 2,700, UH, PREA, SIR. AND WE THINK IT'S A REASONABLE AND ADVANTAGEOUS, EXCUSE ME, FOR US TO USE THIS LOT. WILL YOU MOVE JUST A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MIC? CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE? YEAH. IT'S HARD TO HEAR. THERE'S A LOT OF, YEAH, I'M LOOKING FOR A NUMBER ONE. THERE WE GO. SO THAT WAS SIMILAR TO WHAT Y'ALL WERE JUST LOOKING AT. UM, 2,700 PREA IS THE LARGE LOT TO THE LEFT OF, OF THE RED LINED OUT 1 1 4 BUCKINGHAM. AND, UM, THIS IS A INTERESTING PROPERTY. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS A CORNERSTONE. IT SITS ON THE CORNER OF IH 37 AND IH 10 IN THE SEVENTH LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY. IT IS HIGHLY VISIBLE COMING AROUND THE CORNER. AND THIS IS ALSO A WELL-KNOWN PROPERTY. WE CONTINUALLY RUN INTO PEOPLE WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH 2,700. IT'S, UM, WELL-KNOWN IS THE MEAT LOCKER, THE TAXIDERMY OR THE BLUE BON. EVERYBODY WE TALK TO IS FAMILIAR WITH IT. IT'S KIND OF A LANDMARK FOR THE CITY DUE TO ITS HISTORY AND POSITION. UM, WE THINK IT, UM, IT, UM, IS SPECIAL. WE DON'T QUITE KNOW WHAT THE ULTIMATE USE FOR THE BUILDING WILL BE. IT COULD BE A MEDICAL OFFICE, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, UM, A RESTAURANT, A GALLERY. WE'VE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE GIVE US IDEAS. WE HAVEN'T BEEN MARRIED TO THAT YET. AND PART OF OUR DECISION ON WHAT ULTIMATELY WILL HAPPEN IS WHAT OUR OPTIONS WILL BE FOR PARKING. AS WITH MOST OF THE SOUTH SIDE, PARKING IS A BIG PROBLEM. THIS RESIDENTIAL LOT AT 1 1 4 BUCKINGHAM HAS NO HOUSE ON IT. THERE HASN'T BEEN A HOUSE ON IT FOR A LONG TIME. IT SEEMS NATURAL THAT IT FALLS INTO THE SCOPE OF THESE TWO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT FACE PREA. UM, LET'S SEE. IF WE TAKE A LOOK AT NUMBER TWO, THAT'S THE VIEW OF THE INTERSTATE BEHIND US. YOU CAN SEE PRESA THERE ON THE FRONT AND THE 1 1 4 ON THE BACK THAT, UH, ABANDONED RESIDENTIAL LOT BACK THERE. IF WE COULD GO TO NUMBER THREE, I THINK IT'S REASONABLE TO ENVISION THIS BUCKINGHAM LOT BEING INCORPORATED INTO, UH, THE PARKING OF, UH, 2,700 BUCKINGHAM, WHICH IS A 7,200 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. AND REASONABLY MORE PARKING WOULD BE ADVANTAGEOUS HERE. UM, ONE MORE. WE CAN SEE HERE THE GRAY AREAS ALONG PRESA AND BUCKINGHAM. THOSE ARE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE ALREADY THERE. THE DRIVEWAY THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FOR 1 1 4 BUCKINGHAM IS JUST FEET AWAY FROM THE DRIVEWAY THAT'S BEHIND 2,700. NOT MUCH REALLY CHANGES HERE. [00:45:01] UM, WE HEARD, UH, LAST TIME THAT I WAS HERE LAST MONTH, THAT UH, THERE WAS SOME OBJECTION FROM NEIGHBORS AND WE VISITED. I WAS ABLE TO VISIT TWO, UH, ONE, UM, DIDN'T COME TO THE DOOR. THE TWO ELDERLY LADIES THAT WE GOT TO TALK TO ARE VERY SWEET. ONE OF 'EM TOLD ME ABOUT HOW SHE'D LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME. SHE HAD LEFT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAME BACK AND WHEN SHE CAME BACK, IT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAD CHANGED AND PEOPLE WERE TAKING HER POTTED PLANTS. THERE WERE HOMELESS PEOPLE HANGING AROUND. THERE WERE PROSTITUTES AND SHE'S PRETTY UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT AND NOT QUITE SURE WHAT IT MEANS TO HAVE THIS PARKING LOT BROUGHT INTO, UH, IN FRONT OF HER THIRD LADY WAS SIMILAR. BASICALLY HER OBJECTION WAS SHE DIDN'T WANNA SEE APARTMENTS BROUGHT INTO THIS BUILDING. SHE DIDN'T WANT TO SEE IT AS A BAR. ARCHITECTURALLY, WE REALLY LIKE THIS BUILDING AND DON'T HAVE ANY INTENTION OF CARVING UP FOUR PIA APARTMENTS UPSTAIRS. IT'S ONE GIANT ROOM WITH ALL THOSE WINDOWS. IT'S, IT'S PRETTY COOL UP THERE. IT'S REALLY A TREASURE FOR SAN ANTONIO THAT NEEDS TO BE RESTORED AND UM, AND MADE USEFUL. AND THIS PARKING LOT IS, IS PART OF THAT. THE IRONY IN OUR EYES OF THE OBJECTION TO THE PARKING LOT, UM, BEING MADE OR BEING USED FOR 2,700 IS I THINK IN THE END IT REALLY MAKES, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORS SAFER AND PRETTIER. UM, AND I DON'T, RIGHT NOW WE REALLY DON'T SEE ANY REAL SERIOUS OBJECTION TO WHY WE WOULDN'T BRING THAT ORPHAN LOT INTO THIS COMMERCIAL, UH, USE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SIR. ALRIGHT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO, THERE IS NOT. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE. SO THIS WILL BE TO ME FOR QUESTIONS. I AM A MEMBER OF THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOARD, BUT I HAVE TAKEN NO ACTION AND RECUSED MYSELF FROM ANY CONSIDERATION OF ZONING MATTERS, INCLUDING THIS ONE. UM, MR. GLENN, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT YOU SAID KIND OF JUMPED OUT AT ME. YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT I'VE HEARD, UH, FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND SOME OTHER PEOPLE IS THAT IF THE ENTRANCE, THE EGRESS AND INGRESS IS FROM SOUTH PERSA, THIS IS LESS OF AN ISSUE. AND WHEN YOU DISCUSSED IT, YOU SAID THAT IT WOULDN'T MAKE ANY REAL CHANGE. UM, BUT I SEE, YOU KNOW, A SINGLE HOUSE WITH TWO CARS IN INGRESS AND EGRESS ON BUCKINGHAM AS SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT FROM 10 15 CARS THAT COULD BE GOING IN THERE. UM, AND SO ESPECIALLY FOR A USE THAT WE DON'T KNOW ABOUT YET. SO WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THAT? MAY I HAVE, UM, IF YOU, I KNOW YOU'RE THE CO-OWNER OF THIS, SO YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME ON HERE. I MIGHT ADD THAT THERE'S ALREADY A DRIVEWAY THAT IS JUST A FEW FEET FROM WHERE A SECOND WOULD BE. NONE OF THAT REALLY CHANGES. IF THERE WERE 15 ADDITIONAL CARS, WILL IT COME OUT THE ONE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE VERSUS WHAT'S JUST A FEW FEET AWAY? OKAY, GO AHEAD. I WOULD, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT, WOULD YOU COME A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE THAT, UM, WE DID NOT KNOW UNTIL THE DAY OF OUR PREVIOUS MEETING THAT THERE WAS ANY OBJECTIONS. WE WOULD'VE HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TALK TO THOSE WOMEN, BUT WE DID NOT KNOW THERE WAS AN OBJECTION. SO I THINK THAT, UM, THERE'S HISTORY WITH THE, WITH THOSE WOMEN AND THIS PROPERTY AND THE PREVIOUS OWNERS AS WELL. UM, ONE OF 'EM WAS GONNA BUY THAT LOT FOR THEMSELVES, THAT RESIDENTIAL LOT FOR THEMSELVES AND WAS SORT OF PROMISED THAT LOT WHEN THEY GOT OLD AND SOLD. THAT DID NOT HAPPEN. THE RESIDENTS DID NOT EVEN KNOW THAT THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN SOLD. OKAY. I'M SORRY MA'AM, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU. I'M ASKING ABOUT THE PARKING RIGHT NOW. OKAY. SO I, THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING THERE AS A MATTER OF THE SAFETY ISSUE. I'M GETTING THERE. ISSUE FOR ZONING. I'M THERE. UM, SO I THINK THERE'S SOME HISTORY. THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING IS THAT THERE IS A HISTORY WITH THEM HAVING SOME OBJECTIONS. AND AGAIN, A HOUSE IN A, IN A COMMERCIAL ENCLAVE LIKE THAT, I THINK WOULD NOT, UH, BE APPROPRIATE. UH, A HOUSE, IT'S A VERY NARROW LOT. IT'S UP AGAINST AN EMBANKMENT BY TXDOT THAT'S NOT ATTRACTIVE AND IT'S GONNA BE UP AGAINST A VERY, HOPEFULLY BUSY, [00:50:01] UH, COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. SO I DON'T THINK A HOUSE THERE WOULD BE A, AN ISSUE. WHY WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SPOKEN TO THE YOUNG, THE OLDER LADIES IS THAT WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSED WITH THEM OPTIONS ON THE EGRESS OF BUCKINGHAM. OKAY. AND HAD MA'AM, I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA INTERRUPT YOU AGAIN. SAU AS THE PRIMARY. THAT'S ALL I WANNA TALK ABOUT. THAT'S IT. SO I'M GONNA ASK A DIFFERENT QUESTION SLIGHTLY, UH, IN, IN VIEW OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE A ZONING COMMISSION AND SO WE CONCERN, CONCERN OURSELVES WITH HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE. UM, I THINK YOU'VE MADE A GOOD ARGUMENT REGARDING THE RESIDENTIAL USE AND HOW THAT WHILE EXISTING PREVIOUSLY IS NOT APPROPRIATE. NOW I THINK STAFF AGREES WITH THAT. UH, BUT WHAT I DO WANNA KNOW IS JUST ABOUT THE INGRESS EGRESS. WOULD Y'ALL BE WILLING TO HAVE THE INGRESS EGRESS FROM PRESA INSTEAD OF YES. BUCKINGHAM? YES. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH THOSE WOMEN FOR, WITH BEFORE THE LAST MEETING. THAT'S OKAY. WE WE'RE, WE'RE BEYOND THAT NOW. WE'RE, WE'RE HERE TODAY IN THIS HEARING. ALRIGHT, STEPH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION. UM, BECAUSE THIS IS A STRAIGHT UP C TWO REZONING, IS THERE ANY OTHER ZONING WE CAN DO THAT WOULD PROVIDE US WITH EITHER A CONDITIONAL USE, SPECIFIC USE THAT WOULD REQUIRE A SITE PLAN HERE SO THAT WE CAN GET SOMETHING ENFORCEABLE? IT DEPENDS ON THE PRIMARY USE OF THE, OF, OF WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING. OKAY. SO Y'ALL'S USE RIGHT NOW IS TO BE A PARKING LOT A BUDDING, THE PRESSA BUILDING, THE BLUE BONNET LODGE, CORRECT? YES. ALRIGHT, SO IF WE DID A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PARKING, WOULD THAT WORK FROM AN R? WHAT IS IT R FOUR OR IT'S AN R FOUR. YES, BUT OKAY. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING THEN IS THAT THIS REQUEST IS PRI IS TO FOR A PARKING LOT, CORRECT? YES. EXCLUSIVELY. SO YOU COULD DO A C ONE CD FOR A PARKING LOT. OKAY. SO, ALRIGHT. WHAT I WOULD SUGGEST TO YOU, AND I'M SORRY WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT THIS IN DETAIL, I KNOW WE'VE MET AT THE MEETINGS, BUT CORRECT. I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS. WOULD YOU JUST SAY, OKAY, SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT IT. UM, ALRIGHT. C TWO OPENS UP A WHOLE LOT OF COMMERCIAL USES. OKAY. UM, THE MAIN ISSUE THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AND ONE THAT I SHARE, UH, FROM A SAFETY PERSPECTIVE IS PUSHING A LOT OF CARS ONTO BUCKINGHAM. I'D PREFER NOT TO DO THAT. I'D PREFER TO HAVE INGRESS AND EGRESS, UH, FOR THIS PROPERTY TO BE USED AS PARKING, UH, FROM SOUTH PRESA. ALRIGHT. SO, UH, IN ORDER TO MAKE THAT ENFORCEABLE AS A ZONING RESTRICTION, I WANT A SITE PLAN IN PLACE. OKAY. IN ORDER TO DO THAT, I NEED A CONDITIONAL USAGE. AND SHE'S GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT A C ONE CD RIGHT NOW. THANK YOU MS. FLORES . UH, RIGHT. SO IT'S GONNA ALLOW, UH, LIGHT COMMERCIAL USES, UM, THE CONDITIONAL USES FOR THE PARKING LOT SPECIFICALLY. AND SO YOU WILL HAVE TO HAVE A SITE PLAN. SO EITHER WAY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU DECIDE TO AMEND YOUR REQUEST TODAY, YOU'LL LIKELY HAVE TO COME BACK AT ANOTHER MEETING FOR A SITE PLAN REVIEW MM-HMM. SO THAT THEY CAN COMPLETE THE SITE PLAN AND SUBMIT IT FOR A REVIEW, RIGHT? MM-HMM. . OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WOULD Y'ALL BE WILLING TO DO THAT AMENDMENT AND THAT WOULD BE TO NOT USE THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY ON BUCKINGHAM? CORRECT. AND, BUT WE COULD STILL USE THE DRIVEWAY BESIDE IT. THAT'S NOT BUCKINGHAM. THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROPERTY. THAT'S NOT PART OF THIS PROPERTY. SO IT'S NOT GERMANE TO OUR NO CONVERSATION TODAY? NO. I WOULD THINK THAT WE COULD FLOW BACK THROUGH THE ONE DRIVEWAY, BUT POSSIBLY, POSSIBLY ALL YOU TO DO IS YES OR NO. YEAH. WELL THAT'S, UH, I WOULD, IS THERE, UM, THERE'S A FOURTH DRAWING HERE IF MAYBE THEY'RE ALMOST THERE. I KNOW. SO THOSE TWO, JUST TO BE CLEAR SIR, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO PLEASE, I'M SORRY, SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE JUST TO BE A LITTLE CLEAR HERE. THE TWO RED DOTS YOU SEE ARE THOSE RED LINES UP THERE WHERE THE EXISTING DRIVEWAYS ARE? AND I JUST GOTTA ASK IS I UNDERSTAND SIR. I'M CONCERNED WITH ONE 14 BUCKINGHAM TODAY. YEAH, THAT IS IT. I DON'T HAVE ANY, THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. AUTHORITY IS 1 1 4 BUCKINGHAM DRIVEWAY. I JUST, IT SEEMS IT FACES ONE HOUSE. MM-HMM. AND IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE IT'S THAT BIG OF A STRETCH TO MOVE, YOU KNOW, TO, TO SAY THAT IT'S OKAY TO GO OUT ONE DRIVEWAY, BUT TO HAVE GONE OUT THAT OTHER ONE, YOU KNOW, CHANGES THE, THE WHOLE PICTURE. IN THIS CASE, WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE RE REZONING OF A SINGLE PROPERTY BUCKINGHAM FLOWS [00:55:01] AROUND BACK TO HIGHLAND. I WOULD LIKE TO LIMIT THAT TRAFFIC. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF CHANGING THIS IS, THIS PROPERTY'S USE AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE SAME CONCERN THAT'S BEEN RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, SO, AND TO BE HONEST, MS. FLORES, THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE. YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY'VE SHOWN US ON THE DRAWINGS IN THEIR PRESENTATION IS PRETTY CLOSE TO WHAT I WOULD WANT. JUST GET RID OF IT, BUT IT DOESN'T MEET THE SITE PLAN REQUIREMENTS AT THIS TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF Y'ALL WANT, YOU CAN COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS WITH A SITE PLAN THAT YOU'D TALK TO STAFF ABOUT. UM, OR WE CAN GO FORWARD TODAY AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. WOW, THAT'S A DRUM ROLL. WELL WE CAN COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, BUT, ALRIGHT. IN THE MEANTIME, WHILE Y'ALL THINKING ABOUT THAT, UH, THOSE ARE THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. UH, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONER'S QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? SEEING NONE TO MY RIGHT? NOPE. ALRIGHT. OKAY. UM, SO I GUESS, YOU KNOW, I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO Y'ALL I SUPPOSE. WE'LL WE GET A COUPLE WEEKS TO YEP. TO WORK ON THIS. YOU CAN THINK ABOUT IT. IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON'T WANNA DO IT, THAT'D BE GREAT. BUT, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, MY CONCERN IS THAT ACCESS ON BUCKINGHAM AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. ALRIGHT. QUESTION AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, UM, JUST AT LOOKING AT THE TABLE, A CD WOULD'VE WORKED BUT IT'S ACTUALLY AN SS A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION. OKAY. SAME DIFFERENCE, BUT YES, IT WILL REQUIRE A SITE PLAN. ALRIGHT, SO I I WOULD RECOMMEND C ONE SS WOULD NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WORK AN NC? NO. OKAY. NO, NO. IT WOULD JUST BE FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT. VERY GOOD. I THINK WHAT I'M GONNA JUST SAY ONE LAST THING. MM-HMM. , I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT ME. WHAT THEY DON'T WANT THESE WOMEN IS CHANGE. MA'AM, I'M SORRY. CAN YOU PLEASE TALK INTO THE MICROPHONE? WHAT THESE WOMEN DON'T WANT IS CHANGED. THEY'RE ELDERLY, RIGHT? THE BUILDING'S BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME AND THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA OBJECT TO PRETTY MUCH ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS. I THINK. I THINK I'VE HEARD THAT OBJECTION. YEAH, I'VE SEEN IT AND I SO IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. SOUTH SIDE IS DEVELOPING SO QUICKLY, IT'S CHANGING SO QUICKLY. AND THANK YOU. PARKING IS AN ISSUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, ALRIGHT. UH, I AM GOING TO MOVE FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS OF ITEM NUMBER THREE. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT. UH, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NUMBER THREE FOR TWO WEEKS BY ME. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. DISCUSSION LEFT RIGHT. ALRIGHT. UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. CHAIR BUSANTE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON. YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE. YES. COMMISSIONER LEGIA HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER GREENHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, WE'RE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN. ANN BEA'S ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS LOCATED AT 3 4 6 COTTONWOOD AVENUE AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM C ONE SS TO C ONE CD WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. THERE WERE 26 NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM ST. LEO'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE CURRENT C ONE S LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C ONE CD LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE IS NOT APPROPRIATE. THE PROPERTY SITS AT THE OPENING OF AN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEREFORE THE SITE IS NOT IDEAL. IT IS NOT AN IDEAL LOCATION FOR A USE WITH THIS LEVEL OF INTENSITY. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. MA'AM, IF YOU'D TELL US ABOUT, UH, YOUR REQUEST, INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS FIRST. HI, MY NAME IS VINNO. I'M THE OWNER OF 3 46. SORRY, CAN YOU HEAR ME? 3 46 COTTONWOOD. UM, AND WE ARE REQUESTING CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO SALES. UM, WE, UH, WE HAVE OTHER PROPERTIES UH, THAT WE'VE USED FOR AUTO CELLS AND WE WERE JUST WONDERING LIKE WHY THERE, WHY THERE WAS A CONCERN FOR IT NOT BEING APPROPRIATE FOR THE AUTO CELLS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? ? [01:00:01] SO WE'VE ACTUALLY GOT, WENT OUT AND SPOKE TO SOME NEIGHBORS AND WE HAD OH, SORRY. SORRY, ONE SECOND. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT THERE IS NOT. OKAY. WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND TELL US WHAT WHAT YOU'VE DONE. WE WENT OUT AND WE SPOKE TO SOME NEIGHBORS AND WE GOT SOME SIGNATURES ON IN APPROVAL OF THE CON THE CONDITION USE. UM, AND SO I, WE, I ACTUALLY DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE PROPERTY AND IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THE PROPERTY IN FRONT OF US IS FOR COMMERCIAL USE AS WELL. SO WE WERE WONDERING WHY OURS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO BE USED FOR FOR THE AUTO SOURCE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, SO THE REASON THAT STAFF HAS SAID, AND THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO I WILL, UH, TAKE QUESTIONS AND ANSWER THIS. THIS IS A PROBLEM UH, THAT ZONING HAS DEALT WITH FREQUENTLY. UH, THESE WERE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT GOT CUT IN HALF BY A NUMBER OF INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS. WE CAN SEE THIS SORT OF IN A LOT OF ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS IN OUR CITY. UM, BUT WHAT I BELIEVE STAFF'S CON CONCERN IS, IS THAT WE DO HAVE THESE ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, THAT FREQUENTLY HAVE PROPERTIES THAT HAVE BEEN USED HISTORICALLY AND CONTINUOUSLY IN RESIDENTIAL WAYS. UM, AND SO BY ALLOWING YOU TO BRING IN A COMMERCIAL USAGE, A FAIRLY INTENSE COMMERCIAL USAGE FOR CAR SALES, UM, THAT IT COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF COMMERCIAL CREEP INTO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES. UM, SO MY, LET ME, I AM THE OWNER OF ANOTHER CAR LOT AND I AM AT 2 41 SOUTH JOHN MCMULLIN AND I HAVE ANOTHER ONE AT 1515 NORTH SOUTH SAM MORA. SO I HAVE TWO SSOS AND THEY'RE BOTH, UH, NEIGHBORING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. SO SINCE MY AUTO, SO CAR LOTS ARE VERY SMALL, THEY'RE REALLY SMALL. I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF, I THINK ONE OF THE CONCERNS WAS THE TRAFFIC GOING IN AND OUT. MY , WE HARDLY HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE AT ONCE. MAYBE WE HAVE AT ONCE LIKE TWO, THREE PEOPLE LOOKING AT CARS, BUT IT'S HARDLY EVER THAT WE GET THAT AMOUNT OF PEOPLE. IT'S USUALLY LIKE ONE PERSON AT A TIME. UM, SO IF YOU KEEP GOING DOWN, UM, FROM WHAT I LOOKED UP, THE PROPERTY THAT IS ACTUALLY ACROSS UH, 3 46 COTTONWOOD IS GOING TO BE USED FOR THAT SAME USE, WHICH WOULD BE AUTO CELLS. SO I WAS WONDERING, UM, AND I KNOW THAT THERE IS A CONCERN FOR THAT USE OF AUTO CELLS, BUT THERE IS ALREADY GONNA BE ONE USE THAT SAME USE ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. OKAY. AND I CAN HELP ADDRESS THAT. AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR BLOCK, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE ZONING MAP, THE BLOCK THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING TO REZONE IN IS ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL. THE ENTIRE BLOCK. YOU CAN SEE ALL THOSE R FOURS, R SIXES. AND SO WHEN YOU PROPOSE A COMMERCIAL USE, YOU'RE STARTING TO ENCROACH ON THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND YOU'RE THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S PROPOSING SOMETHING COMMERCIAL WITHIN THAT BLOCK. NOW THE ONE OF YOU'RE CORRECT, THE ONE TO THE NORTH IS C THREE R RESTRICTED. UM, BUT IT UH, WILL ALLOW A COMMERCIAL USE HOWEVER THAT IS IN A BLOCK, ALL OF ALL ITS OWN. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MS. FLORES. SO THAT'S PART OF THE ANSWER. UM, BUT MS. FLORES, IF YOU WOULD, CAN YOU BRING BACK UP THAT UM, ZONING MAP THAT WE HAD THERE PREVIOUSLY? WHAT IS ACROSS THE STREET AND THIS IS DIRECTED TO STAFF, UH, ON THAT ROSHAMBO WHAT'S ACROSS ON ROSHAMBO FROM THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION? IT'S A VACANT LOT. THERE'S THE VACANT LOT ACROSS AND THEN THE VACANT LOT IN THE MEDIAN. RIGHT. OKAY. I'M I MEANT IN THE MEDIAN THERE. AND THAT'S ZONED I D Z? YES SIR. DO WHEN WAS IT ZONED I D Z? THERE'S NO, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S GONNA BE AN OLD I D Z SO I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE, THE USES PRESCRIBED ARE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. STAFF QUE SAME QUESTION TO YOU THOUGH. I MEAN, I THINK ONE GOOD ARGUMENT FOR ALLOWING THIS CONDITIONAL USE IS RIGHT NOW THERE IS A C ONE WITH A, A SPECIFIC USE DESIGNATION HERE. SO WE HAVE COMMERCIAL EXISTING HERE, IT'S JUST NOT THE COMMERCIAL THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. LET ME ASK YOU, SO RIGHT NOW THIS PROPERTY IS C ONE WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR, I'M SORRY, A SPECIFIC USE, I'VE GOTTEN IT BACKWARDS. A SPECIFIC USE FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT. IS THAT BEING USED FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT AT THIS TIME? UM, I BELIEVE IT'S A C TWO SO NO, JUST WHAT IS THE PROPERTY BEING, LET ME ASK A MORE STRAIGHTFORWARD QUESTION. WHAT IS THE PROPERTY BEING [01:05:01] USED FOR NOW? THERE'S NOTHING THERE. OKAY. VACANT. VACANT LOT. SO NO, NO BUSINESS IS USING IT FOR PARKING, OVERFLOW PARKING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NOT AT THE MOMENT. ALRIGHT. UM, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION WOULD BE? WE, IN MY OTHER BUSINESSES WE'RE OPEN FROM NINE TO SIX. SO NINE TO SIX MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY. MM-HMM WHAT ABOUT SATURDAYS? NINE THROUGH NINE TO SIX. WHAT ABOUT SUNDAYS? WE DON'T OPEN SUNDAYS. DO YOU INTEND TO USE ANY UH, TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, WAVY FLAGS, THE BLOW UP PEOPLE THAT WAVE BACK AND FORTH? NO, WE USUALLY, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN PULL UP MY OTHER ONES, MY OTHER CAR LOTS. I GOTTA DO THE, GOTTA DO THE ARMS THERE AND THAT'S USUALLY HOW MY CAR LOTS LOOK. THEY'RE VERY SIMPLE. NOTHING OUTRAGEOUS. YES. OKAY. MS. FLORES, UH, WE DID RESEARCH THAT I D Z FOR YOU, IT'S USE IS PERMITTED IN OH ONE OFFICE. OKAY. SO THERE IS ACROSS THAT STREET AND I KNOW THERE'S THAT MEDIUM. SO RIGHT BEHIND THAT MEDIUM WHERE MINE IS AT, THERE'S ACTUALLY A RESTAURANT THAT'S ALREADY ON THAT MEDIAN. SO IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S NO, UM, COMMERCIAL USAGE FOR THAT AS WELL BECAUSE THERE IS A RESTAURANT RIGHT THERE, UM, ACROSS FROM THERE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, ARE YOU GONNA DO ANY OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION, ANY SPEAKERS OUTSIDE? NO. ALRIGHT. I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS. UH, COMMISSIONERS. ANY QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT, TO MY RIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES. A QUESTION FOR STAFF. THE, UH, C THREE THAT'S NORTH ON COTTONWOOD, WHEN WAS THAT RECENTLY REZONED TO THAT OR HAS THAT BEEN LIKE THAT FOR A WHILE? UM, I'M NOT POS POSITIVE ABOUT THAT. IT'S, WE CAN LOOK, WE COULD LOOK AT IT FOR YOU, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WAS RECENT. IT'S BEEN THERE. OKAY, THANKS. ALRIGHT. UM, ACTUALLY I DO HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF. I'M SORRY, COMMISSIONER SIPES, ARE YOU? NO, I'M DONE. THANKS. OKAY. UM, THIS IS A COMMERCIAL USAGE ABUTTING A RESIDENTIAL. YES. AND A LOT OF IT HAS TO DO WITH INTENSITY. SO THE CURRENT INTENSITY IS FOR PARKING. UM, NOW TYPICALLY AND TRADITIONALLY AUTO CELLS ARE FOUND IN A C THREE DISTRICT AND BECAUSE OF THAT INTENSITY THAT IS WHY WE RECOMMENDED DENIAL. WELL, WITH A COMMERCIAL TO A RESIDENTIAL, ARE THERE ANY BUFFER REQUIREMENTS? YES SIR, THERE ARE. COULD YOU OUTLINE THOSE PLEASE? IT SHOULD BE A TYPE B BUFFER, CORRECT? ACTUALLY I BELIEVE IT'S UM, A TYPE C 15 FEET. YEAH, THERE WE GO WITH C THREE. OKAY. SO WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THIS NOW TO YOU? UH, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S THIS LOT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 50 FEET, UH, FRONTAGE ON COTTONWOOD. ALRIGHT. DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN IF YOUR ZONING IS APPROVED, YOU'RE STILL GONNA LOSE 15 FEET ON YOUR SOUTH SIDE AND ON YOUR EAST SIDE? I'M AWARE I SUBMITTED MY SIDE PLAN OF MY PROPOSED. OKAY. UM, BUILDING, THIS SEEMS TO HAVE A 10 FOOT BUFFER, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S PROBABLY INDICATING THE, THE, UH, SETBACK REQUIREMENT, BUT IT'LL HAVE A BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENT AS WELL. OKAY. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ALRIGHT, I ACTUALLY DO, UH, CHAIR. YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ REGARDING THE RESIDENTIAL HOUSE FOR STAFF. SO SINCE THIS IS GONNA BE C TWO, CAN WE RECOMMEND A FENCE OR SOME TYPE OF PRIVACY? FOR INSTANCE? THE HOUSE IS ADJACENT TO THE, TO THE LOT. IT'S A REQUIREMENT. OKAY, THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE. AS I'VE MENTIONED, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST DISTRICT FIVE CASE WHERE WE'VE HAD AUTO SALES THERE ON THE SAME STRETCH OF 35. UM, I UNDERSTAND END ENTIRELY WHERE STAFF IS COMING FROM WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. UH, IT LOSES SOME POTENCY FOR ME, HOWEVER, UH, BECAUSE THIS IS ALREADY A COMMERCIAL USAGE, [01:10:01] I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, CAR SALES IS A C THREE USAGE. UM, YOU KNOW, ACROSS COTTONWOOD IS A C THREE USE AS WELL. UM, I KNOW THAT STAFF BELIEVES THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, SORT OF ON AN ISLAND. UH, BUT I THINK SOME OF THE SAME EFFECTS, UH, ARE GONNA BE FELT THERE AS WELL AS WHAT THIS PROPERTY, UM, IN LIGHT OF THE BUFFERS THAT ARE AVAILABLE AND ARE ASSUMED BY THIS. UM, YOU'LL AGREE THAT THE HOURS OF OPERATION AS A CONDITION OF THIS ZONING WOULD BE NINE TO SIX, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, CLOSED SUNDAY, MEANING NO PUBLIC MM-HMM. ACCESS ON SUNDAY. AND YOU WOULD AGREE TO NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE INCLUDING, YOU KNOW, THE WAVY SIGN PEOPLE AND NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION. ALRIGHT, THE, SORRY, THIS IS A, SORRY, THE SIGNAGE. CAN I PUT, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO PUT THE LITTLE FLAGS THAT I HAVE IN MY OTHER CAR LOT. YOU CAN HAVE A PERMANENT SIGNAGE PER THE CITY CODE. YES. . OH, SURE. UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE QUESTION. SORRY, I WAS JUST LOOKING AT THE SITE PLAN. ARE YOU PLANNING ON HAVING THE ENTRANCE BE ON ROSHAMBO OR ON WHAT'S THE OTHER STREET? COTTONWOOD. COTTONWOOD. COTTONWOOD, OKAY. IS THERE ANY WAY FOR THERE TO BE AN ENTRANCE ON ROSHAMBO INSTEAD OF ON COTTONWOOD? SO I PROPOSED THAT, BUT I THINK THAT THEY, UH, THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE, BUT I HAD PROPOSED FOR IT TO BE, UM, AN ENTRANCE ON THE SIDE. BETTER? YEAH. THAT'S, THAT'S A TRAFFIC QUESTION WHEN WE RAN IT THROUGH. IT COULD BE THAT THEY SAID THAT THAT IS NOT A RECOMMENDED ENTRYWAY, BUT WE CAN REVIEW THAT. OKAY. WHY ISN'T THAT OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. NO, THAT WAS A GREAT QUESTION. UM, ALRIGHT. UM, JUST TO ANSWER HER QUESTION, 'CAUSE SHE ASKED ABOUT THE LITTLE FLAGS, THOSE, THE ONE SHE HAS ON HER OTHER SITES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED HERE OKAY. IS WHAT YOU ARE PROPOSING AS PART OF YOUR CONDITION, CORRECT? YEAH. THAT WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED. BUT, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE A SIGN FOR YOUR BUSINESS THAT'S LIMITED TO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER, THREE BY SIX OR SOMETHING? NO, IT, IT'S, UH, IT, SINCE IT, SINCE IT'S A C ONE, IT'LL BE A, A LARGER REQUIREMENT. OKAY. SO YOU CAN, YOU CAN HAVE A SIGN, YOU JUST CAN'T HAVE THE PENANCE, WHICH MEANS ANY FLAGS. OKAY. UM, AGAIN, ANY KIND OF THAT TEMPORARY SIGNAGE. UM, ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UH, AGAIN, I, I FIND THESE CASES VERY DIFFICULT BECAUSE WE CAN'T IGNORE SORT OF WHAT 35 HAS DONE TO SO MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS NOW, UH, WE CAN'T IGNORE SOME OF THE COMMERCIAL IMPACT THAT'S ALREADY PRESENT. AND SO, DESPITE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION, NINE TO SIX, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, CLOSE SUNDAY, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE AND NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFICATION. I MOVE, IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. ALRIGHT, IS THERE, UM, ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT? I'LL COME BACK TO YOU. ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? TO MY RIGHT. ALRIGHT. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE FIRST, THEN COMMISSIONER SIPES. UM, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH, WITH WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, UM, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE WITH HAVING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT THIS IS ESSENTIALLY ON THE FRONTAGE ROAD TO 35. RIGHT. THERE'S AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN, BUT, UM, I THINK IT'S A REALLY DIFFICULT CASE. I WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE WITH AT LEAST GOING FORWARD WITH THE ENTRY BEING PROPOSED ON EMBO VERSUS ON, UM, ON COTTONWOOD. THANK YOU . UM, JUST TO, TO KEEP THAT COMMERCIAL FRONTAGE KIND OF FACING 35 VERSUS GOING OUT ONTO THE RESIDENTIAL STREET. I WOULD ALSO, UM, LIKE TO SEE A LIMITATION ON THE SITE PLAN AS WELL. THAT THE, THE SIGNAGE BE KIND OF LIMITED TO THAT AREA AS WELL. THE, THE KIND OF FRONTING 35 AND NOT IN FRONT OF, UM, THE, THE BUILDING THAT WOULD BE KIND OF FACING THE RESIDENTIAL STREET. SO WITH THOSE TWO CHANGES, I, I WOULD SUPPORT IT. OTHERWISE, I'M, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE THAT, UM, THAT I LIKE THIS GOING FORWARD THAT WAY. ALRIGHT. THAT IS FAIR. COMMISSIONER SIPES, I SHARE, UH, COMMISSIONER GREAT HOUSE'S CONCERNS. UM, SO YES, THIS IS, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED. IT'S ON THE ACCESS ROAD TO 35 [01:15:01] ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE C THREE ACROSS THE, THE STREET. IF THAT WERE RESIDENTIAL, I WOULD, I WOULD BE, UM, AGAINST THIS, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A, UH, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S EVEN NECESSARY ANYMORE, BUT, UH, THAT THERE'D BE, THAT THE LIGHTING BE DOWNWARD FACING AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTIAL HOMES. IS THAT, IS THAT POSSIBLE OR IS THAT JUST NOW WE JUST HAVE THAT AS STANDARD CITY CODE? NO, THAT'S A CONDITION YOU CAN ADD. OKAY. FRIENDLY AMENDMENT FOR THAT. THANK YOU. ACCEPT IT. COMMISSIONER PUENTES? YEP. OKAY. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS. ALRIGHT. THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN WITH THE CONDITIONS AS READ ON THE RECORD AND WITH THE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT. UH, BY ME. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. ROLL CALL, VOTE CHAIR. BUSANTE AYE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LIA HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? NO. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU. I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO THINK ABOUT WHAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS DONE AND AS YOU GO TO CITY COU OR WHAT HAS COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE HAS SAID. AND AS YOU GO TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, YOU SEE IF THOSE CHANGES CAN BE MADE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. GOOD PRESENTATION. YEAH. HELLO. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME'S MARK CHAVEZ ZONING PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. IT'S LOCATED AT 7 0 2 EL MONTE BOULEVARD. GOING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITION OF USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS WITHOUT OVERLAY. STAYING THE SAME. THERE ARE 39 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, 12 OPPOSED. NORTHMORE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR. UM, THE EXISTING R FOUR IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITION OF USE IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE SURROUNDING AREA CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS AND INTRODUCING FOUR UNITS WILL CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEREFORE STAFF RECOMMENDS ALTERNATE DESTINY OF TWO UNITS. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS. UM, STAFF IS AVAILABLE AND DON'T THINK MY APPLICANT IS PRESENT. OH, SHE IS PRESENT. HERE SHE IS. ALRIGHT MA'AM, IF YOU'D COME UP, UM, AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR REZONING REQUEST. HELLO? HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTINA. I'M AT 1 0 8 6 1, UH, VANDEL STREET. UH, I ACTUALLY DID SOME NEIGHBORHOOD CANVASSING AND I DO HAVE, UM, A PETITION FOR SEVERAL RESIDENTS THAT ARE IN FAVOR AS WELL AS WHO I REACHED OUT TO. UM, ONE OF THEM IS RECENTLY DATED AS OF YESTERDAY. UM, THAT DID CHANGE THEIR OPPOSITION WITH A NEW DATE. I MEAN, YEAH, GO AHEAD. UM, WHICH I HAVE THAT ADDRESS SO I CAN LET Y'ALL KNOW WHICH ONE WAS UPDATED. AND THEN, UM, I JUST KIND OF VISITED WITH ALL THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE 200 FEET, UM, KIND OF TO GET SUPPORT FROM THERE AS WELL AS A UPGRADED SITE PLAN. I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, AT 6 39 EL MONTE, I HAVE THEIR SIGNATURE. THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY IN OPPOSITION AND UM, AFTER I EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT THE OWNER HAD PLANNED ON DOING AT THE PROPERTY, UM, THEY WERE OKAY BEING IN FAVOR OF IT AND AS WELL AS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS WELL. SO THERE ISN'T GONNA BE ANY NEW CONSTRUCTION, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. WHAT THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY IS DOING, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE SITE PLAN, IS BASICALLY SUBDIVIDING THE HOUSE DOWN. I KNOW OF ALL THE OPPOSITIONS THAT WERE SUBMITTED, UH, PARKING WAS A PRIMARY CONCERN AS FAR AS HOW PARKING WAS GONNA BE UTILIZED FOR THOSE PROPERTIES. UM, ALL OF THE PARKING IS ACTUALLY SUPPORTED ON SITE, WHICH WAS DONE, UM, BY AN ENGINEER AS WELL. I HAVE A, THE REGULAR PLAN IF Y'ALL NEED THAT, I JUST KIND OF BLEW IT UP SO THE RESIDENTS CAN SEE. UM, MORE PARKING IS ACTUALLY AVAILABLE ON SITE THAN THAT, BUT THAT'S WHAT'S PER CODE TO SUPPORT ALL PARKING FOR ALL FOUR UNITS. AS OF RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY THREE HE'S REQUESTING. UM, BREAK. IT WOULD [01:20:01] BE BROKEN DOWN INTO THREE UNITS AS OF RIGHT NOW WITH THE OPTION TO DO A FOURTH AT A LATER TIME IF NECESSARY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MM-HMM. , UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES. SO WE DO HAVE, UM, MS. APRIL GUAVA. IS SHE HERE MA'AM? IN ATTENDANCE? YEP. IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP, SAY YOUR NAME, YOUR ADDRESS, AND TELL US YOUR OPINION OF THIS PROJECT. HELLO? HELLO, MY NAME IS, UH, APRIL GUAMA. I LIVE AT 7 1 9 LAVERA BOULEVARD. AND, UM, I, UM, MYSELF AND ALSO THE NEIGHBORS, UH, THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO, UH, WE ARE, WE DO NOT WANT THIS FOURPLEX IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE IS NOT, UM, ENOUGH AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ITSELF TO SUPPORT A FOURPLEX. UM, I I WOULD HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. WHERE ARE YOU GONNA PUT ALL THESE CARS FOR A FOURPLEX? UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, THEY'RE ALL SINGLE HOME RESIDENCES. UH, WE DO NOT NEED A FOURPLEX AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S JUST GONNA BRING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOWN. UH, WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE SPACE FOR IT REALLY. IT'S GONNA BE HIGH TRAFFIC, UH, NO PARKING. UM, IT'S ALREADY, UH, SUCH A BIG OBSTRUCTION THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, UM, WE, WE DON'T, WE, WE DO NOT WANT A FOURPLEX. AND UM, I JUST BACK TO THE QUESTION THAT I HAD LAST TIME. UH, FOURPLEXES ARE GREAT BUT THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGNATED AREA. THERE'S TOO MANY PEOPLE HIGH TRAFFIC CARS, THEY NEED TO HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGNATED AREA AND WE'RE ASKING THAT YOU NOT APPROVE THIS REZONING. UM, YEAH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. MARRAMA. ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT, THE APPLICANT, CHRISTINA, IF YOU WANT TO ADDRESS THE PARKING ISSUE AS MENTIONED BEFORE, I KNOW, UH, CITY CODE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT THERE IS ONE POINT, UH, ONE AND A QUARTER PARKINGS PER UNIT. IF I CAN COME OVER HERE REAL QUICK, IT'S KIND OF SUPPORTED ON THERE. THE ACTUAL PLAN IS FOR THIS TO BE ONE UNIT, THIS TO BE ONE UNIT AND THERE'S A DETACHED GARAGE UNDERNEATH HERE THAT'S NOT YET CONVERTED. SO HERE'S ONE, TWO AND THREE WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FOURTH UNDERNEATH, UM, . OH, OKAY. OKAY, THANKS. UM, SO AS YOU CAN SEE, ALL THE PARKING IS SUPPORTED THERE. FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE, THEY'RE ACTUALLY BEING DIVIDED INTO ONE BEDROOM INDIVIDUAL APARTMENTS FOR EACH ONE. UM, MY, MY OWNER DOES HAVE A CONCISE SCREENING POLICY WHERE HE DOESN'T ALLOW MORE THAN TWO PEOPLE PER HOME. I KNOW AS A FOURPLEX PEOPLE SEEING FAMILY, NOT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT EVEN ONE PERSON CAN BE DESIGNATED AS A FAMILY FOR TO UTILIZE A HOME. SO THAT'S KIND OF WHERE WE STAND THERE AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED. AND UNLESS Y'ALL HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, UM, I DO KNOW AS FAR AS WHAT MARK WAS SAYING EARLIER, UH, BEFORE MY CLIENT CHOSE TO PRESENT THIS CASE TO ZONING, WE DID MEET WITH OTHER PLANNERS. SO I KNOW EVERYBODY'S KIND OF A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT AS TO HOW THEY INTERPRET CODE AND WHAT THEY SUGGEST. UM, WE, THEY, THAT STAFF WAS ACTUALLY WHO RECOMMENDED THAT WE GO IN FOR THE R FOUR WITH CD OR FOR AN AMENDMENT TO THE ACTUAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOOSE TO GO, WHY WE CHOSE TO GO THIS ROUTE. UM, IF YOU LOOK BACK IN THE ZONING CODES, THIS ACTUALLY HAS A PREVIOUS, UM, UNDERLAY FOR, IT'S ALREADY APPROVED FOR A DUPLEX. SO, UM, EVEN WITHOUT THE ZONING CHANGE, MY CLIENT COULD STILL OPERATE THIS AS A DUPLEX AS WELL WITHOUT HAVING TO REZONE. BUT HE'S STILL TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, GO THROUGH THE CHECKS AND BALANCES TO GET THE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR WHAT HE'S WISHING TO DO EITHER NOW OR AT A LATER TIME. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADDRESS THAT IF YOU, UM, UH, IT'S OFTEN MISCONSTRUED THAT WHEN UH, PLANNERS ARE GIVING ALL OF THE DIFFERENT SUGGESTIONS AS FAR AS WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A PROPERTY THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF STAFF IN THE ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF EACH CASE. UM, WE SIMPLY GIVE THE APPLICANT ALL OF THEIR OPTIONS AND THEN THEY CAN GO FROM THERE. SHE IS CORRECT IN SAYING THAT THIS UH, PROPERTY BENEFITS FROM THE B TO R FOUR CONVERSION, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A DUPLEX AND THAT IS ALSO SUPPORTIVE OF OUR ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO UNITS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. FLORES. THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER [01:25:01] GREATHOUSE TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. SURE. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THE APPLICANT. UM, IF YOU COULD COME UP, WHAT'S THE CURRENT USE OF THE PROPERTY? THE CURRENT USE RIGHT NOW IT'S VACANT. HE DID PURCHASE IT AS AN INVESTMENT PROPERTY JUST TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING TO THE AREA. UM, HE DID SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR A SHORT-TERM RENTAL FOR ONE OF THOSE UNITS. WHAT HE LIKES TO DO WITH OTHER PROPERTIES THAT HE HAS IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT AREAS, UM, IS THAT HE HAS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL PROPERTY ON THERE AND ADDITIONAL UNITS FOR STAFF THAT HE HAS EITHER ADDRESSING CONCERNS FOR HIS AIRBNBS OR CLEAN UP THAT TYPE OF STUFF FOR OTHER TENANTS WHO ARE THERE. SO HE'S ACTUALLY UTILIZING THAT FOR UTILIZING THE OTHER UNITS MORE THAN LIKELY FOR EMPLOYEES TO MAINTAIN THE S R T. AND THEN THAT WAY HE HAS, HE STILL HAS AVAILABLE SPACE. UM, HE'S NOT FROM HERE, HE'S FROM AUSTIN, SO THAT HE HAS A PLACE TO STAY WITHIN MULTIPLE, UH, PROPERTIES THAT HE OWNS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. OKAY. UM, AND YOU WOULD NOT BE ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES? WE WILL NOT BE ADDING ANY ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES. IT IS JUST TO, UM, GET THE CURRENT ONE PERMITTED. SHOULD HE CHOOSE TO CONVERT THE GARAGE THAT IS DOWNSTAIRS ON THAT THIRD UNIT BECAUSE THAT THIRD UNIT IS ABOVE A GARAGE AT THIS TIME THAT IS NOT IN THE WORKS AT ALL THIS YEAR. POSSIBLY LATER ON DOWN THE YEAR HE'S ACTUALLY TRYING TO UPGRADE THE PROPERTY AND GET IT UP TO CODE BECAUSE PREVIOUS WORK THAT WAS DONE, I THINK WAS DONE WITHOUT CODE. SO WE'RE JUST DOING THE REZONING TO GET EVERYTHING ON THE RIGHT SIDE WITH THE CITY. HOW MANY BEDROOMS WOULD EACH UNIT BE? ONE. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, UH, QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON. UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT HE INTENDED POTENTIALLY TO CONVERT IT TO FOUR UNITS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PURPOSES, BUT ALSO MENTIONED AN S T R AS FAR AS THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS THE PLAN TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY OWNED BY HIM LONG, LONG-TERM AND DESIGN THE ADDITIONAL UNITS SO THAT HE CAN MAINTAIN AFFORDABLE RENTS. ARE YOU LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE ACCEPTING SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS? CAN YOU ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT ON THAT PLAN? HE'S JUST TRYING TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH THE RATES IN THE AREA FOR THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND LOCALITY. HE WILL BE OFFERING ONE UNIT AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL AND THE OTHER TWO IS LONG-TERM RENTALS AS A LONG-TERM INVESTMENT PROPERTY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO YOU, UH, FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION. OKAY. UM, THIS CASE IS, IS HARD. UM, WHICH IS JUST WHAT I'M GONNA START SAYING NOW WITH EVERY SINGLE CASE. . UM, SO I, I DID LOOK AROUND A LITTLE BIT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ACTUALLY ARE A FEW PROPERTIES THAT DO APPEAR TO BE ALREADY OPERATING AS AT LEAST DUPLEXES, UM, IN FACT JUST DOWN THE, THE, THE STREET FROM THIS. UM, SO I THINK THAT GIVEN THAT FACT AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT UM, WE ARE IN A HOUSING CRISIS, WE DO NEED ADDITIONAL UNITS AND I THINK THAT INCREMENTAL DENSIFICATION IS JUST, IS ONE WAY THAT, UM, THAT WE CAN SUPPORT THE CITY'S SHIP, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN. UM, I WOULD ACTUALLY LIKE TO MAKE A, A RECOMMENDATION FOR, UM, TO GO ALONG WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, BUT INSTEAD OF TWO UNITS TO DO THREE UNITS THAT WAY WE ALLOW FOR A DUPLEX PLUS ONE ADDITIONAL UNIT. I DON'T REALLY KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT DOING THAT. YOU, YOU JUST DID AND THEN SO SHE NEEDS TO SEE IF SHE ACCEPTS THAT AMENDMENT. YES, WE DID HAVE THAT. WE DID, I DID HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE OWNER. IF THAT WAS AN OPTION THAT WHAT Y'ALL WOULD ALLOW. WE WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE TO AMEND OUR APPLICATION FOR THREE UNITS TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD WITH CITY COUNCIL IF, IF THERE'S A LIKELIHOOD THAT THE FOUR UNITS WOULDN'T BE APPROVED OF WHILE CANVASSING. THAT'S KIND OF OUR PRIMARY CONCERN, WHICH IS WHY HE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY AS WELL. IS THERE IS EVERY, I WANNA SAY EVERY OTHER PROPERTY ON THAT, UM, BLOCK, AT LEAST ON EL MONTE, BOTH SIDES ON LAVERA AND ON. UM, I BELIEVE THE OTHER STREET IS SAN ANGELO. ALL EVERY UNIT HAS AN A D U SO WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S KIND OF GOING ON THERE. IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS MULTIPLE RESIDENTS PER PROPERTY AND WE'RE JUST DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH CITY REQUIREMENTS. I THINK THAT GIVEN THAT, GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S A CORNER LOT, UM, ALSO THERE IS A GARAGE UNDERNEATH WHERE SHE HAS UNIT THREE. SO THAT WOULD ACTUALLY OPEN UP MORE PARKING. THAT WOULD OPEN UP MORE PARKING. YES. THAT DOES NOT GET, UM, [01:30:01] CONVERTED. SO I THINK THAT GIVEN ALL THOSE THINGS THAT, THAT MITIGATES SOME OF THE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. UM, SO THAT IS MY MOTION FOR, UH, CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE UNITS. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR, UM, APPROVAL AS AMENDED. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THERE'S A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER EIGHT AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LUGA HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, WELL GOOD LUCK. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11 PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S JOSH HORTON WITH THE, UH, SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE FOR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS LOCATED AT 44 27 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD GOING FROM R FIVE TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME. UH, THERE WERE 31 NOTICES MAILED OUT. THREE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED, UH, PECAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS REQUESTING THE CHANGE BE MODIFIED TO A C TWO NA. UH, AND THERE WAS ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT, UH, BOUNDARY STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF, UH, LIKELY INVERSE, UH, ADVERSE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORING LAND. IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. UH, THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE EXISTING R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND, UH, SURROUNDING AREA DUE TO THE SURROUNDING PATTERN OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. UH, THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING C TWO COMMERCIAL AND C TWO AND A COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICTS TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE SURROUNDING OF THE SUBJECT SITE. UH, THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS ALSO SUITED TO THE PROPERTY LOCATION ALONG EAST, UH, SOUTH CROSS STREET, WHICH IS A SECONDARY ARTERIAL STREET. UM, FOR THESE REASONS, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. UM, I'M AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD COME UP, INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, TELL US, UH, YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US ABOUT YOUR REZONING REQUEST. HELLO, MY NAME'S ARLENE SANCHEZ AND ADDRESS IS 44 27 EAST SOUTH CROSS. UH, WE'RE REQUESTING TO GO TO A C TWO SO WE COULD BUILD A RESTAURANT, MEXICAN RESTAURANT. OKAY. THANK YOU MS. SANCHEZ. YOU'RE WELCOME. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? UM, NO ONE IS HERE TO SPEAK, BUT WE DO HAVE A VOICEMAIL. ITEM NUMBER 11. MM-HMM. WHILE WE'RE WAITING FOR THAT VOICEMAIL, I DID WANT TO, UH, REPORT FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND STEPPED OUT AT 2 33 AND RETURNED AT 2 35. THANK YOU. IS IT AS COLD ELSEWHERE IN THIS HEARING ROOM AS IT IS UP HERE? BECAUSE IT IS FREEZING UP. SORRY. WE ARE HAVING CONTROLS THE AIR FREEZING. UH, DON'T WORRY COMMISSIONERS, WE'LL BE GETTING UH, CASE NUMBER 2 4 1. BASICALLY THE UH, BOULEVARD REGARDING, MY NAME IS GEORGE CONTRERAS AND I WAS CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER 2 4 1. UH, THE ADDRESS IS 44 18 VALLEY FIELD STREET IS MY ADDRESS, UH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2. UH, THE ADDRESS THAT IS 4 4 2 7 EAST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD [01:35:01] AND THAT'S THE ADDRESS TO THE, UH, ACTUAL PROPERTY THAT'S TRYING TO BE REZONED. UM, WE'RE THE HOMEOWNER AT 44 18 VALLEY FIELD AND THESE ARE OUR CONCERNS. UH, I HAD SENT THE EMAIL TO UH, JOSHUA ORTON, BUT I HAVE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO HIM AND FIND OUT IF HE RECEIVED IT AND HE HAS NOT, UH, RESPONDED. NOW WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY IS, UH, BASICALLY PLANNED TO BE A RESTAURANT FOR THE REZONING. AND OUR UH, CONCERNS ARE THE INCREASE IN RODENT ROACH LIGHT POPULATION, THE PUTRID AND RIDING SMELLS ASSOCIATED WITH TRASH DUMPSTERS, THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC AND NOISE POLLUTION, THE POSSIBILITY OF LOUD MUSIC PARTIES, THE INCREASE OF STRANGERS, UH, CLOSE IN PROXIMITY TO OUR APARTMENT, I'M SORRY, TO OUR PROPERTY. AND THE POTENTIAL OF DECREASED PROPERTY VALUES DUE TO THE AFOREMENTIONED CONCERNS. UH, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY WE CURRENTLY ENJOY OUR BACKYARD, UH, ESPECIALLY IN THE COOLER MONTHS. WE, UH, HAVE PUT A LOT OF WORK AND MONEY INTO OUR PROPERTY, OUR BACKYARD TO MAKE SURE THAT IT IS COMFORTABLE AND ENJOYABLE. WE HAVE DAUGHTERS, WE HAVE GRANDCHILDREN, AND THE, UH, BASICALLY THE, UH, PROPERTY WILL BE IN CLOSE TO OUR, I'M SORRY, THE RESTAURANT WILL BE CLOSE TO OUR PROPERTY. AND, YOU KNOW, IT IS A CONCERN 'CAUSE THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE AROUND THERE, OBVIOUSLY GOING BACK AND FORTH OR IN AND OUT OF THE RESTAURANT, NO TELLING WHERE THE PARKING LOT'S GONNA BE. AND SO, YES, THAT IS ONE OF OUR CONCERNS. 'CAUSE THERE ARE GONNA BE STRANGERS, UH, BASICALLY IN OUR AREA. UH, SO YES, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS. WE ARE NOT, UH, WE OPPOSE THE CHANGE IN THE, UM, OF THE REZONING AND HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY WILL TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION. I MEAN, WOULD ANYBODY WANT A RESTAURANT BUILT, UH, IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT BEHIND THEIR PROPERTY WITH ALL THESE THINGS THAT COULD POSSIBLY, UH, CAUSE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE? HOPEFULLY WHOEVER VOTES ON THIS WILL ACTUALLY WILL ALSO, UH, LOOK AT IT AS IF THE PROPERTY WAS BEING BUILT RIGHT BEHIND THEIRS AND WOULD THEY HAVE THE SAME CONCERNS. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, I'D LIKE TO HEAR BACK TO MAKE SURE Y'ALL DID RECEIVE THIS MESSAGE. UH, AND ALSO, LIKE I SAID, I NEVER HEARD FROM JOSHUA. I SENT HIM AN EMAIL YESTERDAY BEFORE FOUR O'CLOCK, BUT I'M NOT SURE IF HE RECEIVED IT. UH, SO IF SOMEONE COULD GET BACK TO ME, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 365-7669 AND MY NAME IS GEORGE CONTRERAS. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, THERE IS NONE. ALRIGHT, MS. SANCHEZ, YOU GET A CHANCE TO RESPOND? YES. UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO MENTION, UM, PRETTY SURE HE DOES ENJOY HIS BACKYARD BECAUSE HE'S EXTENDING IT. THIS IS HIS FENCE. HE BUILD A NEW FENCE WITH THE DOOR ACCESS TO MY PROPERTY. YEAH. SO HE IS VERY MUCH ENJOYING HIS YARD. 'CAUSE NOW IT'S A HUGE YARD, UH, TALKING ABOUT PARTIES. HE USES IT AS A PARKING SPACE FOR PARTIES. HE HAS THE GATE RIGHT THERE TO HIS YARD. UH, WHEN I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO THAT NEIGHBOR, I TOLD HIM IF THE TRASH IS A CONCERN, WE COULD PUT IT TO A SIDE, UH, TOWARDS THE FRONT. THAT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE WITH US. HE SAID NO. AND HE HAD, UH, MENTIONED YEARS AGO IF WE COULD LET HIM BORROW THE PROPERTY. UH, WE NEVER ANSWERED A YES OR NO. SO HE BUILT HIS NEW FENCE WITH THE, UH, GATE THERE TO ACCESS. HE DOES, I HAVE SEEN HIM WITH HIS DOGS. THEY GO HAVE THEIR BUSINESS IN MY YARD. SO I MEAN, IF, IF HE WANTS THAT EXTENSION, I MEAN, I'D BE WILLING TO SELL IT TO HIM SO THAT I DON'T HAVE TO PAY TAXES FOR IT. AND, YOU KNOW, HE COULD DO WHATEVER HE'D LIKE WITH IT. UH, ABOUT, UH, PARTIES. UH, FAMILY RESTAURANT DOES NOT HAVE PARTIES. AND IF THERE'S ANY MEETINGS IN THE RESTAURANT, IT'D BE INSIDE, NO NOISE WOULD BE OUTSIDE. WE DO HAVE, UH, ANOTHER BUSINESS THERE IN UM, SOUTH CROSS. WE HAVE, UM, MONTHLY, UM, MAINTENANCE OF THE, HOW DO YOU CALL IT? THE, FOR UH, PEST CONTROL. YES. PEST CONTROL. SO WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH ANY RODENTS OR BUGS OR ANYTHING. YOU HAVE TO BE, EVERYTHING HAS TO BE EXTRA CLEAN WHEN IT'S A RESTAURANT. SO. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MS. SANCHEZ. OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, IF YOU'D STICK AROUND IN CASE THERE ARE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. OKAY, THANKS. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. UH, YES. UH, MS. SANCHEZ? YES SIR. YES SIR. SO, UH, THERE HAS BEEN CON SOME, SOME CONCERN AROUND THE, THE ALCOHOL SALES AND I KNOW WE, WE ADDRESSED THIS LAST, UH, LAST HEARING, UH MM-HMM WHETHER OR NOT YOU'D BE COMFORTABLE, UH, ACCEPTING A NO ALCOHOL ON THE PROPERTY? YES. I MEAN, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER OUR CUSTOMERS, YOU KNOW, AND BE ABLE TO GET [01:40:01] A BEER AND WINE PERMIT. BUT IF THIS IS A HUGE ISSUE, WE COULD GO WITHOUT IT. I MEAN, IF WE COULD PASS IT WITH IT, THAT'D BE GREAT FOR US. 'CAUSE I DO KNOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE TO, YOU KNOW, GO HAVE A DRINK OR TWO WITH THEIR FOOD AND IT'D BE A FAMILY RESTAURANT. IT'S NOT GONNA BE ANYTHING WHERE PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET DRUNK AND HAVE PROBLEMS. WE'VE HAD BUSINESSES WITH THE BEER AND WINE PERMIT BEFORE. WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES, SO. ALRIGHT. AND, AND ONE MORE TIME, UH, WHAT WERE YOUR HOURS OF OPERATION INTERVAL? SIX TO 10. AND THAT'S, UH, EVERY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OR SIX? UH, YES. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. UM, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THE TIME. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY, OH, SORRY. COMMISSIONER HUEY. THANK YOU. MR. CHAIR. UH, WHERE WERE YOU PLANNING TO, UH, LOCATE YOUR DUMPSTERS FOR YOUR BUSINESS? WELL, UM, NOBODY HAS TOLD ME ANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE DUMPSTERS EXCEPT THAT ONE, UM, RESIDENT THAT USES MY PROPERTY AS IS. HE'S THE ONLY PERSON WHO'S MENTIONED ANYTHING ABOUT THAT. SO, I MEAN, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, Y'ALL COULD TELL ME WHERE Y'ALL WANT THEM. OTHERWISE I WOULD PROBABLY PUT IT, YOU KNOW, EITHER TOWARDS THE RIGHT IN THE FRONT, ON THE RIGHT SIDE, OR TOWARDS THE BACK. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. MM-HMM. . ALRIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS TO MY LEFT? SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER FUENTES BACK TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOTION. I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD DENOTE THAT THE, THE PLACEMENT OF THE DUMPSTER ON THIS PROPERTY OR NO? BECAUSE OF THE, NO, SIR. IT'S A OUTRIGHT C TWO. SO AS LONG AS IT'S DEVELOPED TO THE CORRECT SETBACKS, YOU CAN ENCOURAGE HER TO, YOU KNOW, UH, FIND A APPROPRIATE PLACEMENT FOR IT, BUT IT CAN'T BE A REQUIREMENT OF THE ZONING. GOTCHA. THANKS. UM, SO I, I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO, TO LOOK INTO ME, UH, A FAIR MEDIAN, UH, FOR THAT, UH, DUMPSTER JUST TO KEEP EVERYONE APPEASED. UM, BUT AT THIS TIME I'D MOVE TO ACCEPT, UH, THE APPLICATION AS A C TWO WITH, UH, THE NA ADDED. UH, CAN I ALSO, SHE HAS TO AGREE TO THAT. DO YOU AGREE TO A C TO AMEND YOUR APPLICATION TO A C TWO? NA THAT WOULD BE NO ALCOHOL, RIGHT? NO ALCOHOL. UH, IF I DON'T, UH, WHAT, HOW WOULD WE GO ABOUT IT? CAN'T TELL YOU. YOU CAN'T TELL. YOU'D HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS. AND IF I SEE WHAT HAPPENS, IT'S TOO LATE TO GO BACK, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY, SO , HMM. GEE, I DON'T KNOW. THAT'S A TOUGH ONE, BUT I DID WANNA MENTION SOMETHING. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT Y'ALL PUT UP THE, OKAY. YOU WANT YOUR ANSWER? OKAY. UH, MENT I, SO IF I DON'T AGREE AND EVERYTHING GOES BAD FOR ME, CAN I REAPPLY? I MEAN, I'LL HAVE TO PAY AGAIN. I KNOW. DO YOU WANNA ADDRESS THAT STAFF, RIGHT? UM, NO. SO THEY CAN, THEY CAN RE RE RECOMMEND THE, UM, NON-ALCOHOLIC CELLS, BUT IF YOU DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, YOU DON'T WANT, YOU WANNA GO THROUGH WITH THE C TWO. UM, BECAUSE A LOT OF CUSTOMERS REALLY WANT THEIR BEER I UNDERSTAND. WITH THEIR TACOS. SO IF YOU WANT YOUR REQUEST TO BE A C TWO, IT JUST NEEDS TO BE A STRAIGHT C TO YOU. OKAY. UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE ARE A RECOMMENDING BODY, SO LET ME STRESS THAT WE GIVE OUR RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL. CITY COUNCIL IS THE BODY THAT MAKES THE ULTIMATE DECISION. MM-HMM. AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE. ALRIGHT. THEY ARE DENYING THE AMENDMENT TO C TWO AND A. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU MA'AM. OKAY. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU. UM, BUT , UH, UH, I'LL GO, I'LL GO FORWARD WITH A, A STRAIGHT C TWO APPROVAL AS IS. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED FOR ITEM NUMBER 11. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, YOU'RE TOO SLOW. I'M SORRY. UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE BEAT YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, DISCUSSION COMMERS [01:45:01] TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. UM, I WOULD TYPICALLY PROBABLY FAVOR THE, THE NA AS COMMISSIONER, UM, PUENTES, UH, ORIGINALLY SUGGESTED. BUT I DO THINK IF WE LOOK JUST A FEW LOTS OVER, THERE'S JUST STREET C TWO THAT ALSO BACKS UP TO RESIDENTIAL ALL ALONG THERE. SO FOR THAT REASON I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION LEFT? SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED OF ITEM NUMBER 11, UH, BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES AYE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER WEEB. AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSTAMANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES FOR APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. UH, TYPICALLY WE TAKE A BREAK AROUND THE THREE O'CLOCK HOUR. WE ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE EARLIER THAN THAT. UH, I DID ALSO WANNA NOTE THAT AT 2 37, COMMISSIONER BOTTO STEPPED OUT. I BELIEVE BOTTO STEPPED OUT. I BELIEVE HE CAME BACK ABOUT 2 39. SURE, WE'LL GO WITH THAT. UM, SO WE WILL TAKE AN APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTE BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK, WE WILL TAKE ONE ITEM OUT OF ORDER. WE WILL BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER 26 AND THEN GO BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM. SO THE TIME IS 2 49. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE WILL RECONVENE IN APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES. ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE GOING TO RECONVENE THE MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO. MIKE, DID WE LOSE CHRISTIE? OKAY, VERY GOOD. UH, COMMISSIONERS, IF YOU'D PLEASE TAKE YOUR SEATS, I'D APPRECIATE IT. UH, ALRIGHT. THE TIME IS 2 57 AND THIS PUBLIC HEARING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION IS BACK IN SESSION. UH, STAFF, WE ARE WAITING FOR OUR CITY OF SAN ANTONIO LONG JOHNS. WHENEVER THEY ARE AVAILABLE, WE WOULD APPRECIATE THEIR DELIVERY. UM, FLEECE LINE, TIGHT FLEECE LINE TIGHTS, UH, FOR COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND. ALRIGHT, AT THIS TIME IN ALL SERIOUSNESS, UH, WE ARE GOING TO GO, EXCUSE ME, GO TO ITEM NUMBER 26. POSSIBLY. YEAH. OKAY. BEAR WITH ME. 20, GIVE A SECOND. I 26. TRYING TO MAKE SURE. OKAY, WE'RE GONNA GO TO ITEM NUMBER 26 WHERE THERE WERE 22 NOTICES SENT. SIX IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. OKAY. AND THIS IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO C TWO, UM, WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 8 23 FRESNO STREET. UH, THE CAR STOP. I I'VE GOT THE UH, YEAH, SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, THE SUITABILITY AS ZONED IS THAT THE CURRENT R FOUR SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C TWO IS NOT APPROPRIATE. WHILE THE PROPERTY IS A BUDDING AN ARTERIAL STREET, IT IS PART OF AN ESTABLISHED LOW DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. THE PROPOSED THE PROPERTY BENEFITS FROM THE B TWO R FOUR CONVERSION AND THEREFORE COULD ACCOMMODATE A DUPLEX. THIS REQUEST IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS, UH, SPECIFIED BY THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH PROMOTES THE REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION OF EXISTING RESIDENCES AND THE PROTECTION OF NEIGHBORHOODS THROUGH COMPATIBILITY IN INFILL DEVELOPMENT STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? SIR, IF YOU'D INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US YOUR ADDRESS AND TELL US UH, ABOUT YOUR REZONING REQUEST PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS AMIN AND MY FATHER IS HUSAIN ALI. MR. LEE, HE'S THE OWNER AND WE, UM, ARE ASKING TO CHANGE THE PROPERTY FROM [01:50:01] AN R FOUR ZONE TO A C TWO. I DO HAVE A SMALL PRESENTATION, SO THAT'S THE ADDRESS. AND THE GENERAL DEVEL DEVELOPMENTAL PLAN WOULD BE WE ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST AND THERE'S ALREADY A COMMERCIAL BUILDING AND IT IS A C TWO RE, UH, ZONING OF THAT PROPERTY. UM, UH, COULD YOU GO BACK ONE SECOND, SORRY. UM, SO I WANTED TO EXPLAIN THAT THE GENERAL PLAN WAS, UH, WE ACTUALLY PURCHASED 8 2 3, WHICH IS THE LOT OVER TO THE EAST. AND THE BUILDING WOULD BE EXTENDED, UH, WHERE THE BLACK LINES ARE SHOWING, DEPICTING THE FRONT IS WHERE THE PARKING LOT IS. THAT WOULD ALSO GET EXTENDED INTO THAT PROPERTY AS WELL AS THE BUILDING. WE DO OWN THAT LOT RIGHT THERE. SO THE SPACE BETWEEN 8 3 3 AND 8, 2 3, THAT'S VACANT. WE'RE GONNA EXPAND THAT AND THEN PARTIALLY GO INTO 8, 2 3 AS WELL. THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, LIKE STAFF POINTED OUT, UH, THIS ROAD IS FRESNO DRIVE AND THIS IS BLANCO. BOTH ARE ARTERIAL STREETS. UH, SO THEY'RE MORE KIND OF FAVORING, UH, COMMERCIAL STREET WISE RATHER THAN THE RESIDENTIAL. AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE'S HEAVY COMMERCIAL, EVEN SOME INDUSTRIALIZED ZONING ALONG THOSE STREETS. AND UH, WE HAVEN'T DEVELOPED THAT BUILDING IN ALMOST 20 YEARS OR SO THAT WE, WE'VE OWNED IT. SO NOW THAT THEY WERE LOOKING TO, SO WE WERE LOOKING TO PARTIALLY EXPAND A SMALL EXTENSION TO THE BUILDING AS WELL AS THE SPACE PROVIDED. BUT YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT HOW THE STREETS ARE ALSO ARTERIAL BOTH THIS DIRECTION AND THIS DIRECTION, WHICH, UM, SUPPORT A LITTLE MORE COMMERCIALIZED AREA. UH, THIS IS A PICTURE OF A LOT OF THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE AREA THAT I WENT AND TOOK PICTURES THAT YOU CAN SEE THIS BUILDING IS BEING CONSTRUCTED RIGHT ACROSS RIGHT NOW. THERE IS A COLLIBRA MARKET AS WELL AS A MCDONALD'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO THE SCHOOL. THANKS. UH, THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE ROAD. AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NO STREET PARKING. AND I HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE TO GET A GOOD PICTURE SO YOU COULD SEE THE STREET AS THE SPEED AND THE FLOW OF TRAFFIC IS QUITE HEAVY IN THAT PARTICULAR AREA. AND THAT IS FRESNO DRIVE THE STREET THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT. AND THAT'S THE SCHOOL ON THE RIGHT? YEAH. YEAH. UM, SO I WENT AROUND UH, TO SPEAK TO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND AND BEHIND AND THEY WERE ALL SHOWING GREAT SUPPORT. THEY WERE ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED TO SEE, UM, AS THEY, UH, WHAT WOULD BE COMING. 'CAUSE THEY SAID THAT OVERALL THE COMMU, THIS WOULD HELP THE COMMUNITY AS MORE RESOURCES WOULD BE AVAILABLE. 'CAUSE THERE ARE LIKE, UH, A LOT OF RESIDENTIAL ONCE YOU GO TOWARDS THE BACK PAST THE NON TO ARTERIAL STREETS. AND I DID, UH, I KNOW THEY SAID SIX, BUT I WENT AND I SPOKE TO SOME PEOPLE MORE. 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT I WAS UNABLE TO GET IN CONTACT WITH 'CAUSE THEY WERE AT, WEREN'T AT HOME OR THEIR KIDS WERE AND I COULDN'T SPEAK TO THEIR PARENTS. SORRY. AND SO, UM, SOME OF THE SIGNATURES THAT WERE ADDED LATER ON AFTER THE SIX THAT WERE MENTIONED, THEY CAME PAST THE DEADLINE SO I GUESS THEY COULDN'T GET THEM IN. BUT I DO HAVE THE PAPER WITH ME AS WELL AS THE PICTURE RIGHT THERE. YEAH. BUT IT'S, YEAH, IT'S THE SAME PICTURE AS THAT, THE PICTURE THAT'S OVER THERE, UH, AND SHOW SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY AND I WAS PRETTY PLEASED AND HAPPY TO KNOW THAT THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF IT AND EXCITED TO SEE WHAT WAS TO COME. AND THAT'S FOR THE MOST PART, I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER PICTURE THAT SHOWS EXACTLY THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY LIVE, UM, THAT WERE IN SUPPORT AND IT'S VERY RIGHT BEHIND AS WELL AS RIGHT NEXT TO, SO IT'S THE PEOPLE THAT ARE REALLY CLOSE BY THAT ARE IN SUPPORT OF IT. ALRIGHT, WE'LL LOOK FOR THAT. UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT, STEPH? THERE IS NOT. OKAY, VERY GOOD. THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THAT WAS A SURPRISE. UM, . ALRIGHT. UH, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH. YEAH. HEY, GREETINGS, UH, ON THIS EIGHT, UH, 8 2 3. IF YOU GET THIS C TWO, ARE YOU GOING TO BE JOINING THAT LOT TO THE OTHER LOTS? 8 3 7 8, 3 3 AND ALL THAT? UM, YES. IF WE GO BACK TO THE FIRST, UM, YEAH, SO IN HERE, YEAH, SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE [01:55:01] PLANNING TO DO IS EXTEND THAT BUILDING AND WE ALREADY HAVE SOME SPACE THAT'S PART OF C TWO, THAT'S PART OF THE 8 3 7 PROPERTY RIGHT THERE THAT WE HAVEN'T BUILT ON. IT'S VACANT. SO WE'RE GONNA USE THAT. AND THEN IT'S GONNA GO INTO A LITTLE BIT OF THE 8 2 3 AS WELL. AND THEN THE FRONT IS THE, JUST FOR THE PARKING, WHAT IS YOUR PROPOSED, UH, BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THERE? UM, A POSSIBILITY RIGHT NOW WE HAVE IS, UH, A NAIL SALON THAT MY BROTHER'S WIFE OWNS. THAT MIGHT BE AN ADDITIONAL LIKE LOCATION THAT WE COULD BE LOOKING FOR, BUT WE'RE OPEN TO LOOKING AT A COUPLE OF SUGGESTIONS AS WELL. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER HUI. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, FOR THE APPLICANT, CAN YOU TELL ME, ARE YOU PLANNING TO DEMOLISH THE HOUSE ON 8 23? UM, YES, FOR THE MOST PART THAT'S WHAT WE WERE GOING WITH BECAUSE THE HOUSE IS VERY OLD AND UH, THE BASE IS CRACKED AS WELL. SO I WOULDN'T CONSIDER IT A VERY SAFE PLACE FOR A RESIDENT TO, OR FOR THE BUILDING TO STAY UP, YOU KNOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UM, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS BRIEFLY. YES, SIR. UM, STAFF, THIS WAS AT PLANNING LAST WEEK. UM, CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THERE? RIGHT, UM, WELL I THINK THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF THE, THIS PROPERTY, THIS HOME WAS GOING TO BE REMOVED, NOT DEMOLISHED LIKE IT WAS ON PIER AND BEAM, SO IT WAS GONNA BE MOVED AND THAT THE LOT WAS GOING TO BE USED FOR PARKING. AND SO THAT SPRUNG IN THE REQUIREMENT FROM 35 3 84, WHICH SAYS THAT YOU, IF YOU'RE TAKING A HOUSE OFF OF A PROPERTY FOR PRIMARY USE OF A PARKING LOT, THERE ARE A WHOLE BUNCH OF HOOPS YOU HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH IN ORDER TO DO THAT. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE HAD SOME CLARIFICATION ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING. UM, IT LOOKS NOW LIKE FOR WHAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT THEY'RE TRYING TO EXPAND THE PORTION OF THE SHOPPING CENTER AND THEN ALSO INCLUDES SOME PARKING. SO I THINK THAT REGULATION IS NOW NOT AN ISSUE. UM, I DO SEE SOME CONCERNS WITH PLATTING BECAUSE YOU CAN'T, UM, BUILD OVER LOT LINE, BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S HOW I UNDERSTAND IT PRESENTLY. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, YOU KNOW, PREVIOUSLY YOU TALKED ABOUT POSSIBLY MOVING THE HOUSE. HMM. UH, WOULD THAT STILL BE A POSSIBILITY? SO WE WERE LOOKING AT IT, BUT SINCE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SEEN THAT THE, UH, HOUSE IS NOT, IT'S BEEN VERY, BEEN THERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND I GUESS IT WASN'T MAINTAINED VERY WELL THROUGHOUT THAT TIME BY THE PREVIOUS OWNERS. SO, UM, DEMOLITION MIGHT BE THE BETTER IDEA, BUT OBVIOUSLY, UH, WE WERE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK OKAY. WITH THE PLANNING. AND, AND SORRY, THAT'S, CAN I CLARIFY THE PLANNING? THE, SO I WAS, UH, DURING THE PLANNING I TRIED TO EXPLAIN THAT WE WERE GONNA EXTEND THE BUILDING AND EXTEND THE PARKING AS WELL, AND I THINK THEY STUCK ONTO THE PARKING TOO MUCH AND THEY THOUGHT WE WERE JUST LOOKING AT IT FOR THE PARKING. BUT THE BUILDING WILL ALSO BE THE EXTENDED, SO IT'S NOT PRIMARILY JUST PARKING. OKAY. AND YOU UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENT THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO, UH, MOVE THAT BUILDING FROM THE 8 37 INTO THE 8 23, EXPAND THAT BUILDING IN THAT DIRECTION, UH, THAT YOU'LL, YOU'LL MOST LIKELY HAVE TO REPL, BUT THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE CITY PROCESS. UH, COULD YOU REPEAT THAT PLEASE? YOU, YOU HAVE TO REPL THE, REPL THE TWO PROPERTIES TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN BUILD ACROSS THE LOT LINE. OKAY. I I THINK THIS IS, THIS IS, I UNDERSTAND THE REASON I'M ASKING THIS, UM, IS BECAUSE I, I WANT TO BE SURE THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE GONNA BE SOME OTHER STEPS HERE, EVEN IF YOU GET THIS REZONING REQUEST, UH, FROM CITY COUNCIL EVENTUALLY. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THE, THIS IS GONNA BE A COMPLICATED, UH, PROCESS. YOU KNOW, ONE WAY TO AVOID THE REPL WOULD HAVE BEEN TO KEEP THE BUILDING ON THE EXISTING, WHAT'S MARKED HERE AS 8 37, 8 33 PROPERTY UHHUH . UH, BUT IF THE BUILDING GOES OVER INTO 8 23, THERE WILL BE A REPLANTING PROCESS. REPLANTING PROCESS. OKAY. UH, STAFF BACK TO YOU FOR A QUESTION. THERE IS AN ASSOCIATED PLAN AMENDMENT. WHY? BECAUSE IT IS CURRENTLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEY WANT C TWO. AND SO THAT REQUIRES COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL. OKAY. AND THE, UH, EXISTING 8 37 IS CURRENTLY PART OF WHAT PLAN AND WHAT IS THE PLANNING DESIGNATION FOR IT? NORTH CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND IT'S CURRENTLY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. OKAY. AND WOULD THAT, WOULD THAT NEED TO CHANGE [02:00:01] AS WELL IF, IF THEY COMBINE THESE INTO A SINGLE PLATT? I THOUGHT THIS WAS NON-CONFORMING UNDER THE CURRENT PLAN. THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY. SO THEN YOU'LL HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET, UH, DIFFERENT PLAN AMENDMENT. HE'S ALREADY GOT, HE ALREADY HAS THE ZONING FOR THE C TWO, SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO KICK IN A REGULATION FOR THE, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LAND USE. OKAY. OH, FORGET IT. I WAS WRONG. UM, ALRIGHT. UM, OKAY. UH, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATIONS THAT IT MADE A DIFFERENCE TO ME BETWEEN THE TWO WEEKS, UH, AND I THINK IT MADE A DIFFERENCE TO STAFF AS WELL. UH, THOSE WERE MY QUESTIONS. UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? LEFT? RIGHT. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOTION AND THANK YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE FOR THAT BACKGROUND. UM, SO I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 26. UM, AND THE REASON WHY, UM, IS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING NEIGHBORING BUILDING BEING C TWO. THIS IS A, AS HIS PICTURE SHOWED, IT'S A VERY BUSY STREET WITH FOUR LANES. UM, I, I HONESTLY, WHILE I, I DON'T LIKE SEEING HOUSING BEING DEMOLISHED, UM, ESPECIALLY EXISTING HOUSING, EXISTING HOUSING AS THE MOST AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WE HAVE. UM, I DO THINK THAT IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THE ARTERIAL LOCATION, UM, AND UNLIKE THIS CASE IN DISTRICT FIVE WHERE THE TRAFFIC WAS GOING ONTO A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET, THIS IS GOING ONTO A HEAVILY TRAVERSED STREET. SO I HAVE LESS CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. UM, AND ALSO GIVEN THE FACT THAT ACROSS THE STREET WE HAVE THE SCHOOL USE AS WELL, SO THAT'S A MORE INTENSIVE USE. SO FOR THOSE REASONS, UM, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 26 BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OH, I WAS LOOKING THIS WAY. SO COMMISSIONER, WE YOU GOT IT. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A SECOND MOTION FOR APPROVAL. ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS? TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER SIPES, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. UM, I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, UH, UM, MENTIONED ABOUT A SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET, BUT I DON'T SHARE THE , THE JUSTIFICATION THAT THAT'S A MORE INTENSE USE SINCE, UM, MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS THE SAME EXACT THING WITH RESIDENTIAL ACROSS FROM SCHOOLS. UM, BUT THE, MY RATIONALE FOR VOTING, UM, IN APPROVAL IS BECAUSE OF THE ADJACENT USE AND THE BUSYNESS OF THAT STREET, WHICH I GO DOWN QUITE OFTEN. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT DISCUSSION. YEAH, I MEAN, UH, FRESNO'S BEEN BUSY SINCE I'VE BEEN GOING ON IT MY ENTIRE LIFE, SO YEAH. UH, COMMERCIAL MAKES SENSE HERE. ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 26 BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HUI. A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER EZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. I'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I GUESS FOR PLANNING , UM, . HAVE A NICE DAY. ALRIGHT, GOOD LUCK. VERY GOOD. NOW WE WILL RETURN BACK TO ITEM NUMBER 13 PLEASE. ANN BETA'S PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS LOCATED AT 1 3 5 9 0 WATSON ROAD AND IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM N P EIGHT TO R FIVE WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. THERE WERE 11 NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE CURRENT N P A NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND THE PROPOSED R FIVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. THE SUBJECT PROPERLY IS PRIMARILY ABUTTING VACANT PROPERTY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. HOWEVER, THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA ARE ZONED FOR LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL AND LESS DENSITY. THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL ALLOW FOR MORE DENSITY THAN THE CURRENT BASE DISTRICT ALLOWS, WHICH IS INAPPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE ADJACENT MIXED USE AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDS NILE AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. [02:05:01] ALL RIGHT, MR. GRIFFIN, IF YOU WOULD. WELL, THANK Y'ALL. UH, JAMES GRIFFIN. UH, TEN TEN ONE REUNION PLACE, SUITE TWO 50. UM, THIS ONE MAY LOOK A LITTLE FAMILIAR. UM, SO THIS IS 50 ACRES OUT OF A HUNDRED ACRE TOTAL PROJECT, THE OTHER HALF BEING, UH, THAT SAME SIZE SHAPE PROPERTY JUST TO THE NORTH. UM, AND YEAH, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE, THE NEXT ONE THERE. UM, SO THAT'S TWO 50 ACRE TRACKS, UH, OWNED BY THE SAME, SAME FAMILY, UH, BEING PURCHASED BY, UH, THE SAME, UH, LOCAL DEVELOPER, UH, FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECT. THE 50 ACRES TO THE NORTH, UM, WAS ACTUALLY OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS. UM, WE PETITIONED FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, UH, WHICH IS GOING ON. UH, WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROCESS, BUT WE WENT TO ZONING COMMISSION TWO WEEKS AGO. UH, AND IT WAS ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA WITH STAFF RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. UH, ALSO GOING TO R FIVE. UM, FROM O C L TO R FIVE, THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE BEING WE'RE GOING FROM, UH, MP MP EIGHT OR MP 10 TO R FIVE. UM, OTHERWISE IDENTICAL. UM, AGAIN, SINGLE FAMILY PROJECT HERE. UM, YOU GO TO THE NEXT ONE. HERE'S, HERE'S JUST SHOWING A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE AREA. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, DOWN CITY SOUTH. UM, YOU HAVE TWO NEW SCHOOLS THERE, NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, NEW HIGH SCHOOL. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT. YOU KNOW, THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON AS I'M SURE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN HERE. AND YOU HAVE APARTMENTS, YOU HAVE, UH, REALLY BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS AND THE MIDDLE SCHOOL. UH, A PRETTY LARGE KB HOME DEVELOPMENT. UH, AND THAT WAS RECENTLY ZONED R FOUR. UM, AND, UH, LOTS OF OTHER SIMILAR DEVELOPMENT, UM, WHICH I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A, IN A SECOND. GOING ON TO THE, THE NEXT ONE PLEASE. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ZOOMED OUT. UM, KIND OF SHOW WHERE WE ARE AGAIN, CITY SOUTH FOR, FOR LONG TIME IT WAS MOSTLY FARMLAND. UH, AND THEN THE, YOU KNOW, TOYOTA, UH, FACTORY, UH, OFFSCREEN TO THE, TO THE RIGHT, TO THE EAST THERE, UM, WHICH IS LIKELY WHY WE HAVE A RES RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL, UM, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY. UM, BUT, UH, AGAIN, THE AERIAL HERE OUTDATED, UM, BECAUSE THERE'S SO MUCH GROWTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA, UH, OCCURRING LATELY, UH, RECENTLY. UM, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO HERE'S A ZOOMED IN VERSION SHOWN THE MP EIGHT, UH, WHICH THAT MP EIGHT ZONING HAS BEEN THERE SINCE ANNEXATION. UM, IF YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. UM, HERE'S A COUPLE THINGS JUST KIND OF WHY WE'RE SEEKING THE REZONING. UM, WE ARE CONSISTENT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SUBURBAN TIER FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN. UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, THE TRACK RIGHT NEXT DOOR THAT LITERALLY IDENTICAL AS FAR AS OWNERS, DEVELOPERS SIZE, LOCATION, UM, WAS, UH, RECENTLY RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL BY, BY STAFF, BY ZONING COMMISSION. UH, AND IS HEADED TO CITY COUNCIL HERE PRETTY SOON. UM, AND REALLY COMPATIBLE WITH ALL THE SURROUNDING USES. UH, THERE'S ACTUALLY HIGHER DENSITY AGAIN TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST, UM, AND, UH, KIND OF TO THE SOUTH AS WELL. UM, HERE'S, UH, YEP. YEAH, THAT'S PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, SO HERE'S THE, UH, HERITAGE SOUTH SECTOR PLAN. YOU CAN SEE MOST OF IT IS SUBURBAN, KIND OF TOP LEFT THERE. YOU HAVE GENERAL URBAN, WHICH IS MORE, MORE DENSE, MORE INTENSE CIVIC CENTER OBVIOUSLY FOR THE SCHOOLS. UM, AND THEN YOU SEE, YOU KNOW, SUBURBAN TIER, WHAT THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE, UH, INCLUDES SOME MULTIFAMILY, UH, AND RESIDENTIAL, UH, DOWN TO R THREE. UM, OR REALLY THE RMMS, I GUESS WOULD BE MORE, MORE DENSE THAN THAT. UH, AND AGAIN, WE'RE REQUESTING R FIVE HERE. UH, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, SO THERE'S OUR, OUR LAND PLAN. UM, WE HAVE MDPS AND, UH, TIAS SUBMITTED TO THE CITY AS WELL. UM, THE ORIGINAL PLAN FOR THIS WAS, WAS OUR FOUR MORE, LOTS MORE, UH, MORE DENSE DEVELOPMENT. UH, BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH PLANNING STAFF AND, AND, UH, COUNCIL AND, AND OTHERS FOR, UH, A LITTLE OVER A YEAR ON THESE TWO PROPERTIES. UM, WHICH AGAIN INCLUDED ANNEXATION ON HALF OF INCREASED LOT SIZES, UH, ADDED SOME ADDITIONAL PARK LAND AND, AND ENTRY FEATURES, UH, AND HAVE THE SUPPORT OF, UH, PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND, AND OTHERS AS WELL. UM, NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. UH, THAT JUST TO SHOW YOU A PARK BENCH, UM, AND, AND PLAYGROUND AND KIND OF JUST THE, UH, PERIMETER THERE. UM, REALLY WANTED TO FOCUS ON THE ENTRY, ENTRY FEATURES THERE. UH, NEXT ONE PLEASE. [02:10:01] SO HERE'S, UH, HERE, HERE'S A, JUST BRINGING THIS UP. THIS IS WHAT, UH, WAS CITED AS THE REASONS FOR DENIAL. UM, AND AGAIN, I KNOW, YOU KNOW, STAFF'S IN A TRICKY SPOT HERE, BUT, UM, REALLY THE REASONS WERE PROPOSED USE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. UH, AND THE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA ARE ZONED FOR LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL AND LESS DENSITY. UM, AND, AND THAT'LL ALLOW FOR MORE DENSITY THAN THE CURRENT BASE ZONING DISTRICT ALLOWS, WHICH, WHICH IS TRUE. UM, BUT AGAIN, THE M P EIGHT, IT WAS THOSE PROPERTIES WERE GIVEN THAT, UH, TO BASICALLY FARM AG PROPERTIES, UH, AS THEY WERE ANNEXED. UM, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY ZONING TO M P EIGHT FROM ANOTHER DISTRICT. UM, REAL QUICK, THE NEXT, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO, UH, HERE'S JUST SHOWN THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AND, UH, YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTIES ARE LARGE, SO COULDN'T GET THE ZONING TO ACTUALLY SHOW UP WHEN I ZOOMED OUT ENOUGH. BUT, UH, WHAT YOU SEE, THERE ARE RECENT PLATTS, UH, FROM THE ONE STOP MAP. UH, YOU SEE THE WATSON APARTMENTS, THAT'S MF 25. UH, AGAIN, JUST TO OUR NORTH YOU HAVE AN R FOUR SUBDIVISION KB HOMES, UH, AT, AT, UH, A SMALLER LOT SIZE MORE DENSITY. WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR, UH, DOWN THERE WHERE IT SAYS, UH, UH, RANCHO CARLOTTA, UM, UH, THAT IS AN R FIVE SUBDIVISION, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR. YOU ALSO HAVE SOME, UH, MANUFACTURED HOUSING, UH, ZONING, UH, RIGHT THERE, DUREN RANCH, AND THEN KIND OF LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER, UH, YOU HAVE M X D, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL. SO REALLY IS CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. AGAIN, MOST OF THOSE PLATS UP THERE, I MEAN REALLY ALL OF THOSE, THOSE ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION OR RECENTLY COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION. RECENTLY REZONED, RECENTLY ANNEXED, UM, FLIPPING TO THE NEXT ONE, THERE'RE, YEAH, SO THIS IS JUST THE, THE ENDING SLIDE HERE. BUT, UM, UH, AGAIN, IT, UH, CONSISTENT COMPATIBLE WITH, UH, ADJACENT USES, SURROUNDING USES. UH, THE RECENT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, UH, NO, NO NEIGHBORHOODS ESTABLISHED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD YET. UM, MOST OF THE OWNERS ACTUALLY ARE, ARE SURROUNDING OWNERS, ARE STILL RELATIVES OF THESE SAME, UH, SELLERS, UH, OF THIS PROPERTY. UM, SO THAT'S, UH, THAT'S ABOUT IT. UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE, BUT, UH, I DEFINITELY, UH, WOULD, WOULD ASK FOR Y'ALL'S SUPPORT. AND, UM, AGAIN, TO MAKE IT EASY, YOU SUPPORTED IDENTICAL ONE TWO WEEKS AGO. SO, UH, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU MR. GRIFFIN. ALRIGHT, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NOT. ALRIGHT. UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR CASE, SO COMMISSIONER KAMATH TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER TO MY RIGHT. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER KAMATH TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION. UH, JUST WANNA GIVE A BACKGROUND. THIS PROPERTY USED TO BE FARM AND RANCH BY A FAR AND, UH, IN 2014, UH, THIS UNDER THE CITY ORDINANCE, IT WAS, UH, CONVERT, CONVERTED TO NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT AS N P EIGHT, WHICH, UH, PROBABLY SAME AS THE HAS THESE R SIX SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING TYPE OF, UH, USE, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING R FIVE, UH, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION. UH, I BELIEVE THERE WON'T BE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT OTHER THAN R FIVE HAVING MORE THAN N P EIGHT. I THINK IT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE AND ALSO THE J B S A HAS GIVEN NO OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE. SO, UM, ALL SAID, UH, I WOULD, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION, UH, TO R FIVE. I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION. VERY GOOD. THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 13 BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. UM, I APPRECIATE JAMES'S, UH, PRESENTATION AND, AND CONTEXT AND IF YOU HAD EVEN SCROLLED OUT A LITTLE FURTHER, YOU WOULD'VE SEEN, THERE'S EVEN MORE APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. IN FACT, UM, I'VE WORKED ON SEVERAL IN THIS AREA, SO THIS AREA IS REALLY, THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, DEVELOPMENT GOING ON. THERE'S A LOT OF MUCH NEEDED HOUSING THAT'S GONNA SUPPORT, UM, ALL OF THE EMPLOYERS THAT ARE IN THIS AREA. SO, UM, I THINK THIS IS A [02:15:01] GREAT PROJECT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS. TO MY RIGHT, SEEING NONE, I USED TO DRIVE BY THIS AREA A LOT ON MY WAY OUT TO EE TEXAS, UH, BETWEEN HONDO AND CASTROVILLE AND UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS AN AREA OF GREAT GROWTH FOR OUR CITY AND THE MORE HOUSING STOCK WE CAN GET, THE BETTER. SO I TOO WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION. THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 13 BY COMMISSIONER KAMATH WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LEGIA HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES. ALRIGHT, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. UM, I WOULD SAY GOOD LUCK TO YOU, BUT YOU'RE NOT THE APPLICANT. UH, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 20 PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ELIZABETH STEWART, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF PLEASANTON ROAD GOING FROM C TWO AND R SIX TO C THREE SS FOR AUTO PAINT AND BODY WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME. THERE WERE 21 NOTICES SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. THE EXISTING C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT ARE APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE REQUESTED C THREE S GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AUTO PAINT AND BODY IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS TOO INTENSE FOR THE AREA AND FUTURE LAND USE. THE PLEASANTON ROAD CORRIDOR IS INTENDED TO HAVE MORE NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY COMMERCIAL USES AND THIS REQUEST IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THAT OBJECTIVE. THE REQUESTED SS FOR AUTO PAINT AND BODY IS NOT APPROPRIATE ON THE SMALL MIDDLE BLOCK LOT AND AS THE PROPERTY ABUT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND THE NATURE OF THE USE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE CODE ISSUES TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF FINDS EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL STAFF'S AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND I UNDERSTAND THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST AND PRESENT AN AMENDED SITE PLAN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF THE APPLICANT CAN COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF, TELL US YOUR ADDRESS. YES, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ. UH, ADDRESS IS 81 39 MYSTIC CHASE, BERNIE, TEXAS 7 8 0 1 5. LOOK AS A, AS SHE STATED. UM, WE, AT THIS TIME WE WANNA DO AN AMENDMENT TO, UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS CONSISTENT C TWO SLASH CD, UH, GOING FOR AUTO SALES AND SERVICES INSTEAD OF WHAT WAS PROPOSED. UH, SO WITH THAT IN MIND, UM, IT'S UH, IT'S CONSISTENT AND ALSO COMPATIBLE WITH THE, WITH THE REST OF WHAT WE CALL PLEASANTON ROAD, MOST OF THE PROPERTIES SUGGESTING TO IT, UH, TO THE LEFT AND TO THE RIGHT, UH, ARE EITHER C TWO OR C THREE. UH, THE BACK PORTION, UH, TO THE, THE CURRENT ZONING, RIGHT NOW IT'S R SIX C TWO AND THE BACK PORCH IS KIND OF, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S RESIDENTIAL, HOWEVER, IT'S JUST A BIG, BIG, BIG JARRED. SO THEY, THEY WOULD NOT, THEY WOULDN'T BE, IT WOULDN'T BE ADVERSE, SO IT'LL BE JUST A CELLS, UH, I THINK EARLIER WE HAD SOMETHING, UM, TAVEN, AUTO CELLS, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR LESS TO THE EFFECT, UH, WE'RE, WE, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO SET THIS, UH, SO TO HELP THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO HELP THE GROWTH OF THE, OF THE PLEASANTON ROAD. RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NOTHING IN THERE, AS YOU SAID THERE. THERE'S JUST A CAR OUT THERE. THE CARS, UH, , IT'S THE NEXT DOOR. I THINK THEY DO KARATE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT, SO WE WANNA DO THAT. SO FOR ANY QUESTIONS, JUST LET US KNOW, WELCOME TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. MR. RODRIGUEZ. UM, IS THERE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NOT. ALRIGHT. UM, AND JUST TO CLARIFY, STAFF, DO YOU HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MR. RODRIGUEZ IS AMENDING TO? IS IT C TWO? YES. HE SAID HE'S AMENDING TO C TWO CD FOR AUTO SALES FULL SERVICE, WHICH WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE CURRENT LAND USE, WHICH IS MIXED USE. AND IS THAT, UM, YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU. UH, QUESTION FOR STEPH. SO WAS THAT, THAT THAT SPECIAL USE IS NOT INCLUDED, CORRECT. AND CEMENTED? NO, SIR. IT'S, IT'S, HE CHANGED THE REQUEST. HE'S NO LONGER DOING AUTO REPAIR. HE'S JUST DOING AUTO SALES FULL SERVICE. OH, OKAY. AND TO THE APPLICANT, UH, WERE YOU PLANNING ON DOING ANY, UM, AUTO, AUTO BODY PAINTING, ANYTHING LIKE THAT? ANY SPRAY BOOTS? NO. [02:20:01] NO. OKAY. UM, . ALRIGHT. UH, ACTUALLY THAT, THAT COVERS A LOT OF MY QUESTIONS THAT I HAD. UM, NO QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES. COMMISSIONERS, UH, TO MY RIGHT QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE MOTION. UM, I'VE HAD A LOT OF CONCERN AROUND THE AUTOBODY, UH, SPRAYING. WE'D DONE A LOT, UH, HAD A COUPLE OF CASES BEFORE WITH RESIDENTIAL BEING IN VERY CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EXISTING SPRAY BOOTS, UH, OR OPERATIONS. UH, AND THERE'S A LOT OF HEALTH HAZARDS AROUND, UH, THAT, UH, BUT HAVING SEEN PLEASANTON ROAD BEING UP AND DOWN IT, UM, UH, AND IT'S HAS A LOT OF COMMERCIAL USE THERE. UM, WITH THAT I, I'D MOVE TO ACCEPT AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED OF ITEM NUMBER 20. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER HU SECOND. UM, ALRIGHT. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. UM, AGAIN, THIS IS A CASE WHERE WE HEARD IT IN PLANNING. UH, THIS AMENDMENT I THINK IS WELL SOUGHT AS IT WILL, UH, OBVIATE THE NEED FOR A PLANNING AMENDMENT. AND I WISH YOU LUCK IF IT PASSES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING US TODAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 20 AS AMENDED, UH, WHICH IS NOW A C TWO CD, UH, AUTO SALES, UH, FULL SERVICE. AND IT WAS BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HU. ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. VERY GOOD. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS ITEM NUMBER 27. MY WIFE WORKS RIGHT THERE. ANN AVIDA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 27 IS LOCATED AT 1 0 3 2 MORALES STREET AND IS A PROPOSAL TO GO FROM R FOUR TO IDZ TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. THERE WERE 29 NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE CURRENT R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED I D Z TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS IS ALSO APPROPRIATE. IN TERMS OF THE PROPOSED NUMBER OF UNITS, THERE IS I D Z TWO, MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 12 UNITS DOWN TO THE WEST OF THE PROPERTY. THIS PERMITS FOUR DWELLING UNITS ON EACH OF THREE LOTS. SIMILARLY SIZED AND PLACED ALONG MORALE STREET. THE I D Z ONE LIMITED INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE PERMITS MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT AT A MAXIMUM OF 18 UNITS PER ACRE OR AS IN THIS CASE FOUR DWELLING UNITS. THE PRIMARY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THE HEIGHT IN I D Z ONE WOULD ONLY ALLOW FOR 2.5 AND 35 FEET HEIGHT. VERSUS THE FOUR STORIES PERMITTED IN IDZ TWO STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF I D Z ONE LIMITED INTENSITY IN VIL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR UNITS BASED ON THE ACREAGE AND THE UNITS DESIRED. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I UNDERSTAND SHE WOULD LIKE TO AMEND HER REQUEST. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD COME FORWARD, TELL US YOUR NAME, GIVE US YOUR ADDRESS AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE. HI, MY NAME IS PAULA PAULA CRUZ. UM, I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 10 32 MORALES AND I'M VERY NERVOUS. . UM, I'M HERE TO AMEND, UM, FROM, UH, FROM I, UH, TO REQUEST FROM I D Z ONE. I WOULD USE THIS TO PERMIT FOUR FOUR UNITS. UM, I HAVE THE PROPERTY, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE PROPERTY. I'M TRYING TO, UM, UH, WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS A STATE WHERE I CAN PUT WHERE I WANNA PAVE THE PATH FOR MY GRANDKIDS OR WHATEVER. UH, SO THEY CAN BUILD ON TOP OF THE, OF THE, UH, EXISTING, UH, DETACH. SO IF WE BUILD IT, UH, IF I WANNA DO THE DETACHING, THEY WANNA BUILD ON TOP OF IT AS WHERE I'M, I'M TRYING TO PAVE THE, THE AREA FOR THEM. OKAY. MS. CRUZ, JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, YOU'RE AMENDING YOUR REQUEST FROM I DZ TWO TO I D Z ONE WITH USES FOR FOUR RESIDENTIAL UNITS? YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NOT. ALRIGHT. MS. BENAVIDEZ, DID I MESS UP SOMEHOW OR DID I STATE THE PROPER AMENDMENT? ALRIGHT, GOOD. JUST, JUST IN CASE YOU LOOK CONCERNED, WHICH MAKES ME NERVOUS. UM, [02:25:01] ALRIGHT. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO IT IS TO ME IN LIGHT OF THE AMENDMENT, I AM STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THIS DEVELOPMENT PROJECT, UH, TO MY LEFT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS TO MY RIGHT? ALRIGHT. UH, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED OF ITEM NUMBER 27. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. A SECOND. FROM COMMISSIONER FUENTES. UH, ANY DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT COMMISSIONER? TO MY RIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED OF ITEM NUMBER 27 BY ME WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. CHAIR BUSMAN AYE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LU HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. CRUZ. GOOD LUCK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 32. HELLO EVERYONE. UM, KELLY SANDERS, SENIOR PLANNER AGAIN. UM, ITEM NUMBER 32 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO TO I D Z ONE WITH A USE FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL ZONING OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 33 0 5 SOUTH WW WHITE ROAD SEVEN NOTICES WERE SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE PECAN VALLEY. UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS ZONED MF 33 AND THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET IS I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT. VERY GOOD. AND SO, SORRY, EMILY HAD TO STAY THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, BUT WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE VOICEMAIL AND OPPOSITION UHHUH , WHICH IS WHY THE ITEM GOT PULLED. YEAH. ALRIGHT, SO EMILY, IF YOU WOULD, OF COURSE. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. EMILY WEISLER, CAROLYN GRIFFIN, AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE, SUITE TWO 50. UM, I KNOW WE HAVE LOTS OF TIME LEFT, UH, THIS AFTERNOON. UM, SO I'LL TAKE ALL OF THAT. UM, JUST KIDDING, I WON'T. FAIRLY SURE I SAID BRIEFLY. YES, VERY BRIEFLY. UM, SO WE CAN JUST GO TO SLIDE TWO. UM, STAFF MENTIONED THIS PROPERTY'S JUST OVER HALF AN ACRE. UH, FRIENDS ON WW WHITE, RED HAVEN, CHANDLER TO OUR NORTH. UM, YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT ONE. THANK YOU. UM, SO WE ARE AGAIN FRONTING W W Y. IT IS A PRIMARY MATERIAL. A UM, IT IS A TXDOT HIGHWAY 13. UM, SO IT'S A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE, UM, RED HAVEN, CHANDLER, OBVIOUSLY LOCAL STREETS, UM, BUT THERE IS CONSISTENT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE FRONTAGE. UM, AND THEN INCREASED DENSITY AS YOU MOVE FURTHER WEST. UM, AND JUBILEE SAN ANTONIO, THAT'S A, THE NEW CHARTER SCHOOL THERE. SO, UM, A LOT OF DIFFERENT USES IN THIS AREA. IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS IS JUST A GENERAL BETTER OVERVIEW. UM, YOU CAN SEE FOUR 10 ALL THE WAY OVER. UM, WE ARE SOUTH OF SOUTH CROSS. UM, ALSO IN PROXIMITY TO THE LENNAR, THEIA MEADOWS TURS, UM, WHICH IS JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER SOUTH ON WW WHITE. UM, BUT THE PROPERTY NEXT ONE THANK YOU, UM, IS ZONE C TWO. UM, NOT ARGUING THAT THAT IS, UH, INCONSISTENT OR INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING USES. UM, BUT WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, A REZONING TO I D Z ONE FOR THE EIGHT UNITS. UM, THE PROPERTY, THE C TWO IS A CONVERSION OF B TWO, SO WE COULD DO TRADITIONAL APARTMENTS UP TO 33 UNITS AN ACRE. SO, UM, THIS PROPERTY IS APPROPRIATE FOR RESIDENTIAL DENSITY. UM, WE DO HAVE KIND OF A, A MIXED USE OF SOME APARTMENTS, SOME SMALL SINGLE FAMILIES, SOME BUILT TO RENT, UM, IN THE AREA. AND WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING IS THIS SITE PLAN WITH TWO FOURPLEX BUILDINGS. UM, SO NOT SOMETHING WE REALLY HAVE IN THIS AREA. UM, BUT SOMETHING THAT WE ARE ALSO INTRODUCING JUST FURTHER NORTH UP ON BOLT. UM, SAME PROJECT DEVELOPER, UM, JUST ON A SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER SCALE. UM, BUT THIS IS, UM, THE REASON FOR THE I D Z ONE REQUEST, UM, WAS IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR WORK WITH DISTRICT THREE, UM, TO NOT PURSUE A ZONING DISTRICT THAT DID NOT TRIGGER A SITE PLAN. SO WANTED TO LOCK IN THE SITE PLAN, THE ORIENTATION. UM, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT BUFFERING KIND OF ON ALL SIDES. UM, I BELIEVE THE VOICEMAIL YOU ALL WILL HEAR TODAY, UM, IS FROM A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNER JUST IMMEDIATELY TO OUR NORTH. UM, UH, WE DO FEEL THAT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT HERE, UM, WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THE COMMERCIAL USES. UM, THIS IS A PROPERTY THAT IS SET VACANT [02:30:01] FOR, FOR A VERY LONG TIME. UM, AND INTRODUCING SOME LITERALLY EIGHT UNITS, UM, TO THE PROPERTY WILL ONLY SUPPORT THAT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, SHOULD THAT PROPERTY OWNER CHOOSE TO DEVELOP THEIR PROPERTY COMMERCIALLY. SO, UM, WE DO HAVE ONSITE PARKING. WE'RE NOT USING THE I D Z ONE TO WAIVE ALL PARKING REQUIREMENTS. SO WE HAVE, UM, EIGHT TO 12 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS, UH, ALIGNED WITH AN EIGHT UNIT DEVELOPMENT HERE. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UM, AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. IF WE COULD HAVE THAT VOICEMAIL PLEASE. ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS THREE 40 AND COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE IS LEAVING THE MEETING. YES. UH, MY NAME'S CASE. YES. UH, MY NAME'S CASEY ALANI. UH, I'M A NEIGHBOR BEHIND A REZONING REQUEST. I THINK IT'S Z 2 0 2 2 DASH ONE OH SEVEN ZERO ZERO TWO SEVEN ZERO. MY PHONE NUMBER IS NINE SEVEN NINE TWO EIGHT SEVEN FOUR TWO. UH, I'M OPPOSED TO THE REZONING BEHIND ME. I RECEIVED NOTICE ON OCTOBER THE FOURTH AND I RESPONDED WITH A CERTIFIED LETTER TO Y'ALL ON OCTOBER 11TH. BUT AT THIS TIME, KELLY, UH, SANDERS HADN'T RECEIVED MY LETTER YET, SO I DON'T THINK IT'S GOT TO YET. UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH TIME. UH, I WOULD NOT HAVE PURCHASED MY PROPERTY IF I KNOW THAT THERE WAS GONNA BE A ZONING CHANGE. I WENT TO THE CITY SEVERAL TIMES. I PURCHASED MY PROPERTY IN 2020. AND MY CONCERNS ARE THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL AND THE COMMERCIAL. SO IT'S GONNA CREATE CONFLICT WITH THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAD BEEN LIVING ON A C TWO, UH, PROPERTY BEFORE IT WAS REZONED. SO THEY WOULD COMPLAIN THERE'S A BUSINESS BEHIND ME. THE BUSINESS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THEIR FIRST. UH, WE'VE GOT DRAINAGE ISSUES RIGHT NOW. THERE'S A 50 HOME DEVELOPMENT BEING BUILT NEXT TO ME AND BEHIND, UH, THE, THE LOT FOR THE PROPOSED, UH, REZONING. UH, I'M ALREADY HAVING ISSUES, UH, WITH THE DRAINAGE, BUT IT'S NOT FINISHED YET. SO I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW THE FINAL OUTCOME. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD MUCH RAIN. SO I'VE COMPLAINED TO THE CITY AND THAT'S STILL UNRESOLVED. THAT'S IN STORM WATER. UH, ADDITIONALLY THE CONCRETE CHANNEL FOR THE DRAINAGE DITCH, UH, ONE DESIGNED AS REQUIRED BY CITY CODE. UH, I'VE COMPLAINED ON THAT AS I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO HANDLE THEIR DRAINAGE, BUT YOU CAN GO CHECK THAT YOURSELF. SO I THINK THESE EIGHT DWELLING UNITS ON A HALF ACRE IS GONNA BE WAY TOO, UH, MANY, UH, THERE'S A PARKING ISSUE 'CAUSE OF THAT 50 HOME DEVELOPMENT THAT'S IN TEXAS STREET PARKING ON RED HAVEN, UH, BECAUSE THEY'RE GONNA USE A LOT OF IT. NOW THERE'S DRIVEWAYS IN THE STREET. I THINK THAT'S ON THE NORTH SIDE. I ALSO DON'T THINK THE REZONING WOULD BE IN THE SPIRIT OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION. OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. I THINK IT'S TWO 11.004 AND I THINK IT WAS NUMBERS ONE, FIVE AND SIX. I'M GONNA ASK FOR COMPENSATION BY THE CITY IF THE REZONING HAPPENS, UH, ON DIMINISHED VALUE OF MY PROPERTY. 'CAUSE I THINK, UH, CHANGING THE RULES AFTER I'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY IS UNFAIR, MAN. I'M, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, I'M DISAPPOINTED IN THE CITY. UH, ADDITIONALLY, I WAS LOOKING AT YOUR FACT SHEET FOR THE ZONING IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND THE PROCESS AND IT SAYS, UH, BASICALLY THE TECHNICAL STAFF'S GONNA REVIEW AND THEN AFTER THE REVIEW'S DONE, THERE'S A ZONING HEARING. SO I'M CURIOUS, WHY WOULDN'T THE ZONING HARRIS BEFORE ZONING HEARING BE BEFORE THE TECHNICAL REVIEW PROCESS? SO IN MY OPINION, THIS IS PROBABLY JUST GONNA BE A RUBBER STAMP, WHICH I HOPE I'M WRONG. I APPRECIATE, UH, BEING ABLE TO LEAVE THIS MESSAGE AND I HOPE, UH, YOU ALL WILL LET ME KNOW WHAT HAPPENS. I APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT? ALRIGHT, SEEING NONE, MS. WEISLER REBUTTAL? UH, JUST A BRIEF ONE, UM, A COUPLE DIFFERENT THINGS. UM, WE DID RECEIVE THE LETTER, UM, FROM MR. CASEY YESTERDAY. UM, SO YOU KNOW HIS CONTACT INFORMATION. EMILY, IS THE, IS THE BUTTON PUSHED? NO, I TURNED IT OFF. SORRY. UM, , SORRY. LONG DAY, UM, TIME, MS. WEISLER. THAT'S FINE. UM, WE RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM CASEY YESTERDAY. UM, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT, UH, HAVING THAT CONVERSATION WITH HIM. UM, UNDERSTAND THOSE CONCERNS. I CANNOT SPEAK TO DRAINAGE CONCERNS THAT ARE BEING DRIVEN BY THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT, UM, FURTHER DOWN CHANDLER ROAD, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO LOOK INTO THAT. UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE PROVIDING PARKING ON SITE. UM, SO NOT USING THE I D Z TO REMOVE THOSE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. UM, THOSE PARKING SPACES ARE SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN. UM, AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT. BUT AGAIN, WE'LL BE REACHING OUT TO CASEY, [02:35:01] UH, FOLLOWING THIS MEETING NOW THAT WE HAVE HIS CONTACT INFORMATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH MS. WEISLER. THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. UH, SURE. UH, FOR THE APPLICANT, UH, IS THE PROPERTY GOING TO BE GATED IN AT ALL OR IS IT GONNA BE OPEN? NO, IT'S OPEN PARKING. PARKING, YEP. ALL RIGHT. AND, UM, LET'S SEE, IN RESPECTS TO THE DRAINAGE FOR WHAT YOU CAN SPEAK TO, ARE THERE GOING TO BE PLANS TO, TO MITIGATE THAT DRAINAGE? I, I SEE THERE'S ABOUT A FOUR FOOT SLOPE FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY DOWN. MM-HMM. . SO, AND THEN THAT GENTLEMAN'S, PROPERTY'S RIGHT BEHIND THERE. MM-HMM. . SO IT'LL BE STEPS TO YEAH. AND WE'LL WORK THROUGH THAT DURING THE PLATTING STAGE. UM, SO, BUT YES, THOSE ARE, THAT'S AN ANTICIPATED IMPROVEMENT. ALRIGHTY. UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER. UH, ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS TO MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONERS TO MY LEFT. ALRIGHT. SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER FUENTES BACK TO YOU FOR DISCUSSION AND POTENTIAL MOTION. I, UH, I MOVE TO APPROVE. ALRIGHT. THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 32. IS THERE A SECOND? WE'LL, SECOND. ALRIGHT. I DON'T KNOW, COMMISSIONER BOTTLES. I THINK COMMISSIONER WATSON GOT IT TOO. GOD, YOU HAVE TO FINE. IT'S STILL BOTTLES 'CAUSE I SAID IT NOW. SORRY. COMMISSIONER WATSON. UM, ALRIGHT. THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 32 BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS. UH, DISCUSSION. LEFT RIGHT. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER KAMATH? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER WHITE? YES. COMMISSIONER LAG HOLLAND? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES? YES. CHAIR BUSANTE. AYE. ITEM PASSES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. SEE YOU NEXT YEAR. SORRY FOR KEEPING YOU HERE, HERE FOR US AND CONGRATULATIONS MS. WEISLER. ALRIGHT. UM, WE HAVE ONE FINAL ITEM ON OUR AGENDA, UH, WHICH IS THE CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 4TH, 2022 ZONING, COMMISSION MEETING MINUTES. UM, ANY CHANGES? RECOMMENDATIONS? RECOMMENDATIONS? YES. DISCUSSION? YES. COMMISSIONER SIPES. UM, ON THE, THE VERY FIRST ITEM THAT'S LISTED, IT'S UNDER, IT SAYS COMBINED CONSENT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 10. AND THEN IT SAYS THAT, UM, COMMISSIONER, WE MADE A MOTION TO DENY THAT ONE. SHOULD THAT HAVE BEEN MOVED TO INDIVIDUAL, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN UNDER THE CONSENT THEN, RIGHT? CORRECT. IT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN UNDER CONSENT. ALL OF THE APPROVAL, THE CONSENT ITEMS WOULD'VE HAD AN APPROVAL. OKAY. WELL IF WE COULD MAKE, SO WE'LL RELOCATE THAT? YES. OKAY. AND, UM, UNLESS ANYONE ELSE HAS ANY, ANY, ANY OTHER CHANGES. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. UH, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE OCTOBER 4TH MINUTE MEETING. MINUTES AS AMENDED, UM, BY ACCLAMATION. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ALL THOSE OPPOSED SAME SIGN. ANY ABSTENTIONS? ME? UM, I ABSTAIN. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NO. , THAT WAS A LONG TIME. I ACTUALLY GOT FILLED WITH ANXIETY BECAUSE OF THAT. . VERY WELL. THE TIME IS 3 48 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED. YAY. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.