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IT IS 2 0 7 AND UH, WE WELCOME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26TH, 2022.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES? AND I SEE THEY GOT A DOOR BACK THERE.
CAN STAFF PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL MS. CARILLO HAYNES.
MR. ORIAN? HERE, CHAIR, PROFIT.
UH, THE FIRST WILL BE A CONSENT AGENDA AND THEN WE'LL HAVE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS TO CONSIDER.
EVERYTHING, UH, IS ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE, UH, WHICH ARE BEING PULLED FOR PURPOSES OF RECUSAL.
ITEM NUMBER 14, 16, AND 17 AND 13 IS WITHDRAWN.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR CILLO HAYNES.
UH, IT'S TWO 10 AND COMMISSIONER BUSTA HAS LEFT THE MEETING.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS FOUR AND FIVE? SO MOVED.
UH, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN.
[Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments ]
PASSES.IT'S TWO 10 AND COMMISSIONER BUS'S RETURNED.
ELIZABETH STEWART PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO URBAN MIXED USE LOCATED AT 2200 MCCULLOUGH AVENUE.
THERE WERE 49 NOTICES MAILED TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT, AND MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT TO URBAN MIXED
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USE TO REZONE TO IDZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.THE PROPOSED LAND USE WOULD REZONE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO URBAN MIXED USE FOR IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLANS.
OBJECTIVE TO SUPPORT UNIQUE MIXED ACTIVITY AREAS AND ACCOMMODATE GROWTH WHILE PRESERVING DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH PART OF MIDTOWN AND PROVIDING THOUGHTFUL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN USES.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT TO URBAN MIXED USE BRINGS IN POTENTIAL RETAIL AND SERVICE STYLE COMMERCIAL USES TO PROVIDE GOODS AND SERVICES TO RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHIN THE CORRIDOR.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, 10 21 REUNION PLACE, SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, UH, FIRST OF ALL, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PATIENCE ON THIS ONE.
I, I SET A RECORD OF CONTINUANCES, UM, DUNNO IF THAT'S A PROUD RECORD, BUT, UH, THE RECORD NONETHELESS.
UM, REASON BEING I'LL, I'LL KIND OF GET INTO THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
UM, CAN YOU ON WORKING PUSH? OKAY.
UM, UM, HAD A LOT OF WORK TO DO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, UH, AND THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND QUITE HONESTLY, PROBABLY STILL A LITTLE BIT OF WORK, UH, YET TO BE DONE.
UH, WE ARE WITHIN TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, MONTE VISTA'S, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, SO, UH, TWO, YOU KNOW, VERY WELL ORGANIZED AND, AND SOPHISTICATED GROUPS THERE.
UH, THIS PROPERTY, UM, UH, LIKE IT SAYS UP THERE, A LITTLE OVER AN ACRE, ACRE AND A QUARTER, UH, THE MAJORITY OF IT ABOUT AN ACRE, UH, IS ZONED C TWO, UH, WITH THE BACK HALF A ZONED R SIX.
UH, EVEN THOUGH IT'S REALLY A NON-CONFORMING USE, YOU SEE, IT'S ALL PAVEMENT AND PARKING.
SO AN OLD, UH, OFFICE CALL CENTER, UH, BUILDING BUILT IN THE SIXTIES, UH, BEEN VACANT FOR FOR YEARS.
UM, NOT, NOT REALLY, UH, IN, IN SHAPE TO BE REUSED.
AND SO NEEDS A, NEEDS A NEW INJECTION OF LIFE.
UH, WHAT IS BEING PROPOSED HERE IS A CLIMATE CONTROLLED SELF-STORAGE BUILDING, UH, WHICH, UM, WAS, WAS MET WITH SOME, SOME, SOME COMPLAINTS, UH, AT, AT FIRST, UH, GIVEN I THINK A LOT OF, UH, WHAT PEOPLE THINK ABOUT WHEN THEY HEAR, UH, SELF-STORAGE.
UM, ONE THINKING OF THE OLD STYLE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF DRIVE UP, ROLL UP DOORS OUTSIDE, UH, KIND OF, UH, USUALLY SOME, SOME ROUGH FACILITIES, UM, AS OPPOSED TO KIND OF NICER, NEWER, EXTREMELY SECURE, ALL IN ONE BUILDING, CLIMATE CONTROLLED STORAGE.
HERE YOU SEE THE, UH, ZONING, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, ABOUT AN ACRE, A LITTLE JUST A, A HAIR OVER AN ACRE, UH, IS ZONED C TWO C TWO DOES PERMIT SELF-STORAGE USE.
SO, UH, THIS, THE, THE PROPOSED USE IS ALLOWED, UM, IN THAT C TWO AND COULD BE DEVELOPED.
THE REASON, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR REZONING AND A PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, IS TO CLEAN UP REALLY THE R SIX PIECE, UM, AND MAKE A BETTER, UH, MORE EFFICIENT USE OF THE SITE.
UM, ADDING THAT QUARTER OF AN ACRE, UM, ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO, TO PROVIDE MORE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, SEPARATION FROM THE NEIGHBORS.
UH, REALLY JUST MAKE IT A BETTER, BETTER PROJECT, UH, OVERALL.
AND I'LL, I'LL KIND OF GET INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL ON, ON THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE, UH, OKAY, THERE WE GO.
UM, SO THE PLAN, THIS IS FAIRLY RECENTLY ADOPTED, I THINK 2019, UH, WAS THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UH, DESIGNATES OUR ENTIRE PROPERTY, THE C TWO AND THE R SIX PORTION, UH, AS NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.
UM, THAT, UH, AS I THINK Y'ALL JUST HEARD IN WORK SESSION, UH, LOWER INTENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL C ONE, IT'S, IT'S ACTUALLY NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING WE HAVE IN PLACE.
YOU KNOW, AGAIN, WE, UH, R ZONE C TWO ON MOST OF THE SITE HAVE BEEN FOR DECADES AND DECADES.
AB HAS AS, HAVE A LOT OF, UH, THE PROPERTIES UP AND DOWN MACOLA, UM, IN OUR LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL BLOCK STRETCH HERE.
UH, YOU HAVE MOST OF THE PROPERTIES FRONTING ON MACOLA ARE EITHER ZONE C TWO OR MF 33, UH, WHICH IS, WHICH IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE.
UH, SO WE ARE SEEKING A CHANGE TO, UH, THAT URBAN MIXED USE, UH, REALLY TO ALLOW ESSENTIALLY THE SAME ZONING DISTRICT, UH,
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ALTHOUGH WE WILL BE RESTRICTING A LOT OF OTHERWISE ALLOWED C TWO USES.UM, HERE'S JUST ZOOMED OUT A LITTLE BIT, KIND OF SHOWING, UH, THE, THE LIGHTER PURPLE, UH, IS, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, UH, DARKER PURPLE SHOWS, UH, THE URBAN MIXED USE.
UH, SO YOU CAN SEE HOW IT'S KIND OF SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THERE.
UH, SO THESE NEXT TWO SLIDES, LET'S GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY.
UH, THIS IS JUST KIND OF, UH, I THINK, IMPORTANT TO BRING UP, BUT, UM, FAIRLY RECENTLY THERE WAS THIS RULE INTERPRETATION, UH, DETERMINATION, UM, THAT MODIFIED, UH, THE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
UH, REASON I BRING THIS UP IS, UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR I D Z.
UH, REALLY, WE START OUT ASKING FOR I D Z WITH OH ONE USES AND A SELF STORAGE USE.
UM, BUT HAD TO CHANGE THAT, UH, TO I D Z TWO.
THE, THE GRID HERE CHANGED WHAT WAS ALLOWED IN THOSE COMPREHENSIVE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
UH, WHEREAS BEFORE, BASICALLY IT WAS I D Z WAS ALLOWED, UH, IN OUR CURRENT DESIGNATION, GIVEN THE USES WE WERE ASKING FOR.
UM, BUT IT WAS MODIFIED TO, UH, REALLY MAKE EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES A LITTLE BIT MORE RESTRICTIVE AS FAR AS THE CORRESPONDING ZONING.
UM, THE NEXT SLIDE PROBABLY EXPLAINS THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER THAN, THAN I JUST DID.
YOU CAN SEE THE CHANGES THAT WERE MADE, UH, AS A RESULT OF THAT RID, UH, MOVING ON, UM, TO THE NEXT ONE.
SO HERE IS OUR, HERE'S OUR I D Z SITE PLAN.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, USING THAT R SIX PORTION ALLOWS US TO, UH, KIND OF WRAP AROUND, UH, EXTEND IT, UH, A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE EAST.
AND IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SITE PLAN OR NEXT PAGE, PLEASE, UH, THIS HAS A LITTLE BIT LESS DETAIL, BUT SHOWS YOU SOME OF THE IMPORTANT PARTS ABLE TO PROVIDE.
UH, IT, IT RANGES, BUT, UH, BETWEEN ABOUT 14 AND UH, 18 FEET OF NEW LANDSCAPING, UH, WHERE WE ABUT, UM, SOME OF THE RESIDENTIAL IN THE BACK, UH, WE HAVE AT LEAST A 50 FOOT SETBACK TO THE BUILDING AS WELL.
THERE AGAIN, RIGHT NOW IT'S REALLY PAVEMENT THAT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND A FENCE THAT'S NOT IN VERY GOOD SHAPE.
UH, SO, UH, NEW FENCING, NEW LANDSCAPING, SIGNIFICANT LANDSCAPING ON RUSSELL FRENCH AND MCCULLOUGH AS WELL.
UH, ALSO NEW SIDEWALKS, UM, BETTER KIND OF STREET SCAPE EXPERIENCE, WHICH IS, UH, COMPATIBLE AND KIND OF CONSISTENT AND, AND MEETS THE GOALS, UH, OF THE MIDTOWN PLAN.
UM, AND MAYBE WE WILL, IF YOU MAYBE GO BACK, STICK TO THE SITE PLAN.
YOU, YOU, YOU HAD 'EM, YOU HAD 'EM, RIGHT.
UM, I'M, I'M MOVING AROUND HERE.
UM, SO I'M SURE
UM, AND AGAIN, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS WERE NOT CERTAINLY NOT EXCITED, UH, TO SAY THE LEAST ABOUT, UM, SELF-STORAGE, UM, AND THE PROPOSED, UH, CHANGE.
UH, BUT HERE AGAIN, ONE, UH, A BIG FACTOR WAS SELF-STORAGE USE WAS ALLOWED WITHOUT A ZONE CHANGE, WITHOUT A PLAN AMENDMENT CHANGE, AND IT JUST WASN'T GOING TO BE, UH, NEARLY AS AS GOOD OF A, A PROJECT.
UM, THE OTHER PIECE OF THAT, WHICH I MENTIONED A SECOND AGO, UH, A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WE'VE HEARD WERE ABOUT, UH, HEIGHT, SAFETY AND TRAFFIC, AND TAKING THOSE IN REVERSE ORDER, UH, TRAFFIC WISE.
SELF-STORAGE IS, OTHER THAN NOTHING, IS ABOUT THE LOWEST INTENSITY TRAFFIC USE.
UH, THIS FACILITY WILL GENERATE, UH, ON AVERAGE SIX VEHICLE TRIPS PER DAY TOTAL.
NOT, NOT PEAK HOUR TRIPS, BUT TOTAL, UH, MOST OF THOSE BEING ON THE WEEKEND.
UH, SAFETY, UH, THIS TYPE OF FACILITY IS EXTREMELY SAFE AND SECURE.
IT'S ONLY, UH, IT IS NOT OPEN.
UH, WE, WE HEARD A LOT OF FOLKS SAYING, OH, IT'LL BE OPEN 24 7, COMPLETELY UNSECURED, UM, UNMONITORED, WHICH IS NOT THE CASE HERE.
UH, IT'LL BE OPEN, UH, THE HOURS, UH, FOR ACCESS BE 6:00 AM TO 10:00 PM UM, UH, HEAVILY SECURED, MONITORED, GATED, UH, BOTH GETTING INTO THE PROPERTY ITSELF, UH, GETTING INTO THE BUILDING, UH, AND MONITORED CLOSELY INSIDE AS WELL.
UM, AFTER HOURS AND REALLY ANYTIME AFTER DARK, UH, LIGHTS ARE OFF, EVERYTHING'S ON MOTION SENSORS, UH, L E D LIGHTS.
UM, WE HAVE ALSO BEEN WORKING AND NEGOTIATED, UH, A HANDFUL OF RESTRICTIONS WITH, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
KIND OF ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS THAT WILL BE PUT IN PLACE.
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UH, REALLY LIMITATIONS, RESTRICTIONS ON SIGNAGE.UM, NO, NO LIGHTING OF THE SIGNAGE, NO POLE SIGNS, NO MONUMENT SIGNS, JUST ONE SMALL, UH, ON BUILDING SIGN, UH, LIGHTING, BOTH LIGHTING LEVELS AND THE TIMES THEY'LL BE ON THE MOTION SENSORS I MENTIONED, UH, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERS, SETBACKS, UH, HEIGHT.
UM, THE, THE PROPERTY ACTUALLY DROPS ABOUT NINE FEET FROM NORTH TO SOUTH.
UM, AND IF YOU SEE THE BUILDING AS IT IS TODAY, IT'S KIND OF SPLIT LEVEL, SUNKEN DOWN.
UH, WE'LL BE ABLE TO SET THE BUILDING DOWN, UH, AT LEAST SIX FEET DOWN INTO THE GROUND.
UH, SO OUR HEIGHT STARTS THERE, UH, AND WE WILL BE, UH, ACTUALLY A LITTLE LOWER IN HEIGHT THAN THE NEW TOWN HOMES THAT WERE JUST BUILT A FEW YEARS AGO.
UH, RIGHT ACROSS RUSSELL, UM, ABOUT EQUAL TO OR LESS THAN THE NEW GYM FOR THE SAN ANTONIO ACADEMY.
THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE SCHOOL AS WELL.
AND, UH, I, I KNOW I'VE BEEN GOING, GOING ON HERE, SO I'LL TRY TO WRAP IT UP.
UM, NO, AND ACTUALLY THIS NEXT SHOT SHOWS KIND OF A VERSION OF WHAT, WHAT WE'RE NOT GONNA DO.
UH, I DON'T, I DON'T THINK OUR CURRENT RENDERING, WE'VE, UH, CHANGED THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING SEVERAL TIMES BASED ON NEIGHBORHOOD FEEDBACK.
AS FAR AS BUILDING MATERIALS DESIGN, UH, THIS WAS KIND OF A PICTURE OF, OF WHAT NOT TO DO.
UM, THERE'S NOT MUCH LIGHTING ON THE OUTSIDE, BUT THERE'S SO MUCH LIGHTING ON THE INSIDE THAT IT, UH, SERVES AS OUTDOOR LIGHTING, UH, THAT WILL NOT OCCUR AND WILL BE, UH, PROHIBITED, RESTRICTED AGAINST, UH, AS WILL ANY VIEW OF INDIVIDUAL STORAGE DOORS, WHICH YOU SEE HERE.
SO, UH, OUR DESIGN WILL BE SOMEWHAT MORE, UH, IN LINE WITH WHAT YOU SEE ON THE LEFT, UM, BUT REALLY HAS BEEN MODIFIED SEVERAL TIMES.
UH, TRY TO INCORPORATE, UH, DESIGN FEATURES AND, UH, BUILDING MATERIALS THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
REALLY MAKE IT LOW IMPACT, UH, WITH SOME ARTICULATION TO KIND OF BREAK IT UP AS WELL.
AND AGAIN, NO VIEW OF INTERIOR STORAGE, DOORS, LIGHTING, UH, ON AND ON.
SO, UM, I, I WILL STOP THERE, UH, BECAUSE I THINK I'VE TAKEN UP TOO MUCH TIME ALREADY.
BUT, UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS Y'ALL MAY HAVE.
UM, APPRECIATE YOUR, YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS CASE.
IT, I FEEL LIKE MY NATURAL REACTION WOULD BE TO ASK FOR CONTINUANCE AGAIN, BUT, UH, I THINK, I THINK WE'RE READY TO MOVE ON.
I DO UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE, UH, THAT HAD SIGNED UP AND, UM, UH, CERTAINLY WILL TRY TO OR WILL WANT TO SPEAK TO THEM AND, AND TRY TO GET THEM SOME INFORMATION AS WELL.
BUT, UH, AGAIN, THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME.
I LIVE AT TWO ZERO SEVEN EAST RUSSELL PLACE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO ONE ZERO ZERO FOUR TWO TWO FOUR ONE EIGHT TWO.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE CASE ENDING 0 7 6 AT 2200 MCCULLOUGH.
I'D LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY TO URGE A VOTE AGAINST THIS PLAN.
OUR HOME SITS TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THIS LOT.
SO MANY CHANGES MADE HERE WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT US AND OUR NEIGHBORS.
WHEN WE LEARNED THAT A FOUR STORY SOUTH STORAGE FACILITY IS BEING PLANNED HERE, WE BECAME CONCERNED WHEN WE PURCHASED OUR HOME.
WE DID SO ANNOYING THAT THE LOT WAS ZONED WITH HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS.
OUR HOME AND MANY OF OUR NEIGHBOR'S HOMES WERE BUILT AND PURCHASED WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT OUR VIEWS WOULD NOT BE BLOCKED BY ANYTHING ON THIS LOT.
THIS CHANGE THREATENS THAT MANY OF US HAVE ROOFTOP DECKS,
THIS TYPE OF BUILDING ALSO AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ALSO DON'T FIT THE FEEL OF THIS AREA.
IT CONSISTS OF HOUSES AND SCHOOLS WITH SOME SMALL SHOPS AND RESTAURANTS, BUT ENORMOUS SELF STORAGE FACILITY WILL ALSO BE AN EYESORE, WHICH DOES NOTHING TO ELEVATE OR IMPROVE THE AREA, AND IT ISN'T WANTED BY THE RESIDENTS.
THIS BUSINESS IS ALSO, BY ITS NATURE, 24 HOURS.
RESIDENTS HERE CAN EXPECT TO HAVE CARS AND TRUCKS COMING AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT, CREATING INCREASED LIGHT, POLLUTION, NOISE AND ACTIVITY.
THREE SIDES OF THE LOT ARE SURROUNDED BY HOMES, AND EVERYONE HERE WOULD BE GREATLY IMPACTED BY THE ACTIVITY THIS BRINGS.
SELF STORAGE FACILITIES ALSO INVITE CRIME.
IT DOESN'T TAKE MUCH SEARCHING TO FIND NEWS OF BURGLARIES, DRUG ACTIVITY, VANDALISM, AND EVEN HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
THESE TYPES OF BUSINESSES SHOULDN'T EXIST ONLY IF THEY SHOULD BE IN APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS WHERE HOMES AND SCHOOLS AREN'T IMPACTED.
FINALLY, WE BELIEVE TRAFFIC WILL BECOME AN ISSUE.
THE PLANNED INGRESS EGRESS POINTS ARE DIRECTLY NEXT TO HO HOMES ON FRENCH AND RUSSELL PLACE.
THIS WOULD INCREASE TRAFFIC IN THESE AREAS, ESPECIALLY WITH A PLACEMENT OF THESE DRIVEWAYS, BORDER ING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
RUSSELL PLACE IS ESPECIALLY A PROBLEM.
ANYONE WHO'S BEEN DOWN THIS ROAD KNOWS IT'S MORE OF AN ALLEY THAN A STREET.
IT'S NARROW ENOUGH THAT TWO CARS CAN'T PASS EACH OTHER WITHOUT ONE.
MOVING INTO A DRIVEWAY TO LET THE OTHER GO BY THIS STREET IS NOT ONE THAT NEEDS MORE TRAFFIC.
SO, TO SUMMARIZE, A GIANT CELL STORAGE FACILITY IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA.
IT'LL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE NEARBY RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY AS A
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WHOLE.RESIDENTS ARE AGAINST IT, AS ARE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS.
I HOPE YOU'LL JOIN WITH US IN OPPOSITION.
UH, WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN TO BE HEARD, AND, UH, MR. JOHN HERNANDEZ, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
SIR, IF YOU CAN JUST STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD.
I'M AT 2 2 2 EAST RUSSELL PLACE.
UH, I'VE RECEIVED A LOT OF NEW INFORMATION TODAY, AND I GOTTA SAY NONE OF IT WAS IN COOPERATION WITH ME.
UH, EVEN THOUGH I'VE BEEN REGISTERING MY OPPOSITION TO THIS CHANGE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING AT MULTIPLE DIFFERENT MEETINGS, UH, NO ONE EVER CONTACTED ME ABOUT ANY PLAN CHANGES.
AND REALLY IT'S BEEN A CHORE TO FOLLOW UP WITH ALL THE PLAN CHANGES AND CONTINUANCES, UH, TO THE POINT WHERE IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S DESIGNED TO, TO HELP DIFFUSE OPPOSITION IN A WAY THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, HAS IT DIE OUT.
AS FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR AND AGAINST, UH, I'M SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE NOW, FOR MY UNDERSTANDING BEFORE WAS THAT THEY WERE FIRMLY AGAINST, AS WAS THE CITY COUNCILMAN.
UH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE SPOKEN TO FOUR DIFFERENT NEIGHBORS THAT ARE ALL STILL FIRMLY AGAINST AND NONE THAT ARE FOR, AS FOR THE TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSEDLY FOR IT.
UH, I DID A LITTLE BIT OF RESEARCH AND ONE OF THE PERSONS DECLARING THEMSELVES TO BE FOR IT WAS NOT ACTUALLY A RESIDENT, BUT AN EXECUTIVE OF THE, UH, OF THE CURRENT PROPERTY OWNER TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH THE SALE TO THIS DEVELOPER.
AS FOR THE ACTUAL USE, UH, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS COMMISSION IS, UH, SUPPOSED TO EVALUATE THESE PLANS TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT THEY SUPPORT THE OVERARCHING CITY PLAN.
YEAH, AND I WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS USE IS, UH, JUST UNIFORMLY AGAINST EVERY SINGLE GOAL OF THE CITY PLAN.
THE ONLY ONE THAT THEY COULD IDENTIFY, UH, THAT THIS CHANGE WOULD BE, UH, CONGRUENT WITH IS GOAL FOUR, SUPPORT UNIQUE MIXED ACTIVITY AREAS, ACCOMMODATING GROWTH, WHILE PRESERVING DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH PART, PART OF MIDTOWN, AND PROVIDING THOUGHTFUL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN USES.
UH, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THIS IS PLAINLY NOT IN KEEPING WITH THIS GOAL.
IT, IT'S IN NO WAY UNIQUE AND WITHIN THE, UH, SQUARE OF HIGHWAYS THAT, UH, THIS, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD IS ENCOMPASSED BY.
THERE'S NINE SELF STORAGE FACILITIES.
AND I, BY THE WAY, I'VE TAKEN A LOOK AT EACH OF THEM.
AND WITH A VERY FEW EXCEPTIONS, NONE OF THEM ARE ANYWHERE NEAR ANY HOUSES.
THEY'RE ALL COMPLETELY COMMERCIAL TYPE AREAS.
AND JUST OUTSIDE OF THAT SQUARE OF HIGHWAYS, THERE'S FIVE MORE.
NEITHER DOES IT, DOES IT DEVELOP THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UH, WHILE I, I APPRECIATE THAT THERE MAY BE FEWER, UH, TRACK CARS LEAVING THIS FACILITY THAN OTHER, YOU KNOW, ALTERNATIVES AS, UH, STATED BY THE PROPONENT.
UH, IT, THAT CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHTS THAT IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE ANY JOBS WHATSOEVER.
UM, IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE ANYTHING WALKABLE.
IT'S NOT GONNA CREATE ANYTHING UNIQUE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, REALLY.
IT'S JUST GOING TO BE AN EYESORE.
AND WHILE I, AGAIN, SURPRISED TO HEAR THAT THE BUILDING IS NOW GONNA BE A LOWER HEIGHT THAN THE NEIGHBORING BUILDINGS, UH, AS ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, AND IT'S STILL PROPOSED AS A, AS A, UM, FOUR STORY BUILDING THAT WOULD MAKE IT JUST ABOUT THE TALLEST BUILDING BETWEEN THE METHODIST HOSPITAL AND I 35, ALMOST ALL THE WAY UP TO, UH, FOUR 10.
SO IN CONCLUSION, THIS DOES NOT CONFORM WITH THE CITY PLAN.
THE CHANGE IS UNNECESSARY AS STATED BY THE PROPONENT.
HE COULD BUILD A, A SELF-STORAGE UNIT ON THE CURRENTLY C TWO ZONED PROPERTY.
AND THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GO INTO THIS TO SQUEEZE OUT A LITTLE TURNING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INTO COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IN THE CITY WHERE A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY IS DESPERATELY NEEDED.
JAMES, DO YOU, UH, HAVE SOME COMMENTS? DO Y'ALL STILL HAVE THE WAY TO YEAH.
SHINE SOMETHING UP THERE, JUST SO WE HAVE THAT ONE? UH, YES.
UH, UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, APOLOGIZE.
MR. HERNANDEZ, UH, DID NOT COME, COME ACROSS HIS OPPOSITION, BUT CERTAINLY COULD HAVE MISSED IT.
AND, AND DEFINITELY, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH HIM, GIVE HIM MY CONTACT INFO AND, AND, UH, UH, ALL THE INFORMATION WE HAVE AND, AND COMMUNICATE.
UM, AND, AND AGAIN, I THINK WE, UH, YOU KNOW, DO, DO SOLVE SOME WORK, UH, WITH SOME INDIVIDUAL FOLKS TO, TO GET THIS INFORMATION OUT, UM, AND, AND BETTER COMMUNICATE HERE.
UM, A A COUPLE THINGS REAL QUICK.
THE, THE DOTTED LINE IS REALLY WHERE THE FIRST FLOOR STARTS.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IT'D BE SUNKEN DOWN BELOW GROUND.
NOW, STORIES CAN MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS FOR DIFFERENT USES.
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OUR, OUR TOTAL HEIGHT, AGAIN, WILL BE, UH, UNDER 40 FEET, UH, WHICH STILL DOES SOUND, SOUND LARGE, BUT, UH, UH, LOOKING AGAIN AT THE, UH, THOSE TOWN HOMES RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET ON RUSSELL, UH, THEIR ROOFTOP DECK STARTS, UH, AT, UH, ABOUT 42 FEET ABOVE THE STREET GRADE.UH, THEY'RE A LITTLE UPHILL, UH, UPGRADE.
UM, AND THEN THREE STORIES WITH REALLY THREE AND A HALF STORIES.
UM, SO, UH, WE, WE WILL NOT BE HIGHER THAN THOSE BUILDINGS, UH, OR THE ACADEMY GYM ACROSS THE STREET, ALTHOUGH IT'S SET BACK A LITTLE BIT, UH, FURTHER.
AND I, AND THIS WAS A BIG FACTOR, UM, IN THE DISCUSSIONS, ALTHOUGH NEVER REALLY A PLEASANT DISCUSSION, I GUESS, UM, IS AGAIN, THAT IT, THAT IT CAN BE BUILT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING, UH, ACTUALLY AT A HEIGHT.
UM, IT'D BE SET BACK FAR ENOUGH FROM THE MINIMUM REQUIRED SETBACKS AND FROM THE RESIDENTIAL, UH, TO GO UP TO ALMOST 60 FEET.
UH, SO ACTUALLY COULD GET A MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE AND IT WOULD BE A TALLER BUILDING UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.
UM, BUT REALLY WITHOUT, I THINK THOSE ADDED BENEFITS OF THESE RESTRICTIONS, PROTECTIONS, INCREASED BUFFERS, UM, LEAVING THAT R SIX PIECE IN THE BACK, IT WOULD EITHER JUST REMAIN AS THE PARKING LOT IT IS TODAY OR, OR BE SOLD OFF, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL TO REALLY MAKE A MIX.
SO, UM, JUST KIND OF A FEW, FEW OF THOSE POINTS.
UM, AND YEAH, I CAN GO ON, BUT I'LL, I'LL STOP AGAIN.
UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY, ANY QUESTIONS, UH, ANYBODY MAY HAVE.
AND, UH, MY APOLOGIES TO, TO MR. HERNANDEZ AND CERTAINLY WILL, UH, HOPE TO, HOPE TO SPEAK WITH HIM.
I'LL START ON MY RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
IF THE, UH, GIVEN THE CURRENT, UH, ZONING AND LAND USE C TWO COMBINED WITH R SIX, COULD THE APPLICANT START THE PROJECT ON THE AREA THAT'S C TWO WITH A SMALLER SIZE STORAGE FACILITY WITHOUT HAVING TO AMEND THE PLAN? CORRECT.
HE CAN DO THE, UH, USE RIGHT NOW.
UM, OBVIOUSLY HE WON'T HAVE THE I D Z FOR THE REDUCED PARKING OR, UM, HOWEVER, THE C TWO WILL FACILITATE THE SELF-STORAGE RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO I WAS SURPRISED WHEN I READ THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT NOW.
UM, I FOUND THAT THE CONCESSIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE ARE REALLY REASONABLE AND I APPLAUD THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE COMMUNITY AND THE DEVELOPER WORKING TOGETHER, UM, TO TRY TO REACH A COMPROMISE THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO ALL.
UM, SO, SO IF THEY WERE TO BUILD ON THE CURRENTLY ZONED C TWO SITE, DID I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY THAT THEY COULD BUILD MUCH HIGHER THAN, THAN WHAT THEY'RE ACTUALLY PROPOSING TODAY? IT, IT IS POSSIBLE.
SO WHAT THE CODE STATES IN ARTICLE FIVE IS THAT WHILE THE C TWO ZONING DISTRICT CARRIES A MAXIMUM HEIGHT, WHICH I THINK IS 35 FEET, IF YOU GIVE AN EXTRA ONE FOOT OF SETBACK MORE THAN WHAT THE CODE REQUIRES, YOU CAN GET TWO EXTRA FEET OF HEIGHT.
SO FOR, RIGHT, SO FOR EVERY FOOT MORE SETBACK YOU PROVIDE, YOU GET TWO EXTRA FEET OF HEIGHT.
SO THAT MAY RESULT, THAT WOULD RESULT IN SUBSTANTIAL LAYOUT CHANGES.
UH, BUT IT IS THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE TO HAVE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER HEIGHT ON THAT SITE.
MECO, IT'S A 25 FEET IS THE, FOR THE MAXIMUM, GENERALLY FOR THE C TWO DISTRICT.
SO ACTUALLY SET 25, 25 FOR C TWO.
BUT, BUT THE SETBACKS ONLY 15 FEET.
SO IF WE'RE, THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED, I GUESS UNDER THE C TWO OPTION AND, AND SORRY TO JUST JUMP IN, BUT, UM, WE'D BE A LITTLE OVER 50 FEET AWAY, UH, FROM THE PROPERTY LINE.
SO WE'D BE 35 FEET PAST THE SETBACK MINIMUM SETBACKS, SO WE'D GET AN EXTRA REALLY 70 FEET, UM, IN HEIGHT.
VICE CHAIR, HANS, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
SO I, I, I'M WONDERING WHY DID THEY NOT CHOOSE TO DO THAT THEN INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH ALL OF THIS TO JUST SET IT BACK AND BUILD IT UP? 'CAUSE YOU MENTIONED IT WOULD'VE BEEN MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN A, A, A WORSE PRODUCT.
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UM, AND ACTUALLY THE, THE COST WOULD BE ABOUT THE SAME, BUT, UH, MAY, MAYBE THE MOST IMPORTANT PIECE IS IT WOULD'VE REALLY, UH, PROBABLY UPSET, UH, EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT THEY'RE TARGETING AS A, AS A CUSTOMER.UM, BUT, BUT REALLY THE, THE, THE PRIMARY REASON WAS, I GUESS WE WENT IN, WE WENT INTO IT THINKING WE NEEDED A ZONING THAT, UH, IT WAS TOO TIGHT OF A SITE TO, TO DEVELOP UNDER THE C TWO.
UM, AS THEY GOT A LITTLE FURTHER, THEY REALIZED THEY, THEY COULD AND, AND ACTUALLY GET MORE SQUARE FOOTAGE.
UM, BUT IT, IT, IT, IT JUST ALLOWS FOR A BETTER LAYOUT, BETTER PROJECT, UM, BETTER LOOKING BUILDING AND DESIGN FOR, FOR THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND FOR THE DEVELOPER.
SO THE REZONING WOULD BE OPTION ONE.
AND, AND, AND I WILL SAY, YOU KNOW, FULL, FULL DISCLOSURE, I, I DO BELIEVE, OR I KNOW THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD RATHER SEE SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
BUT GIVEN THE REALISTIC OPTIONS AND, AND THE MARKET AND ALL THAT, UM, AND AN EXPANDED SET OF RESTRICTIONS AND, AND CONCESSIONS, UH, THIS IS KIND OF WHERE, WHERE EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER, IF THAT MADE ANY SENSE.
MR. SCHILLING, UM, JUST ONE QUESTION I WAS CURIOUS.
DO, WHAT IS THE SIZE OF THE PORTION OF THE LOT THAT'S CURRENTLY ZONED? R SIX, THAT'S ABOUT A QUARTER OF AN ACRE.
UH, I RECOGNIZE THAT ANYTIME THERE'S A, A PLANNING OR A ZONING CHANGE, NOT EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS GONNA BE PLEASED WITH IT.
UH, BUT WHAT I'VE ALWAYS SAID AS A COUNCIL MEMBER, I'M A NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF GUY.
UH, IF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAD BEEN SAYING NO AND STILL SAID NO, I'D PROBABLY SAY NO.
BUT SINCE THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S RECOGNIZED, UH, THAT THIS IS THE BETTER OPTION OF WHAT OTHER OPTIONS MIGHT COME ALONG AND THEY'RE GONNA BE SUPPORTING, UH, I WILL TOO.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, IF I MAY CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATION OF THIS PROPERTY FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO URBAN MIXED USE.
LEMME GO AHEAD AND GET, UH, OTHER COMMISSIONER'S INPUT, BUT THANK YOU COUNCILMAN.
UM, SO MY COMMENT IS FOR STAFF.
SO IT I D Z TWO, UH, ALLOWS FOUR STORIES, BUT NOTE 11 IN SECTION 35, 3 10 LIMITS THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF A COMMERCIAL, UH, USE WITHIN 50 LINEAR FEET OF A PROPERTY LINE OF A SINGLE FAMILY USE TO BE TWO AND A HALF STORIES.
SO HOW DOES THAT PLAY IN SINCE HEIGHT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HEARING A LOT OF OBJECTION.
I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT SAID THAT THE BUILDING IS SET BACK 50 FEET FROM THE NEAREST USE, SO NO PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE WOULD CORRECT.
ON THE SIDE PLAN, IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS LESS THAN 50 ON THE PART.
THAT'S A LIKE ABUTTING RUSSELL NEXT TO THE, THE RESIDENT THAT WAS OPPOSED.
THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO, WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT WAS PUT OUT THERE.
UM, WHAT WAS THE HEIGHT AGAIN THAT YOU WERE ANTICIPATING HERE WITH THE FOUR STORIES IN FEET? UM, SO THE TOTAL BUILDING HEIGHT, UM, ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY TOP, UH, IS 44 FEET.
UM, BUT WE ARE, WE WILL BE, UH, ABOUT SIX FEET BELOW STREET GRADE.
SO, SO THE STREET GRADE WOULD BE THE SIDEWALK THERE ON MCCULLOUGH? YEP.
SO STANDING, STANDING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PROPERTY ON THE, ON THE NEW SIDEWALK ON MCCULLOUGH, UH, THE BUILDING'S GONNA BE 38 FEET TO ITS HIGHEST POINT OR OR LESS.
UH, I KNOW IT'S, IT'S BEEN A LONG, UH, ROAD TO GET HERE.
UH, BUT THE IMPORTANT THING IS THERE WAS A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS.
I THINK THE CONCESSIONS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AND AGREED TO ARE, ARE REASONABLE.
UM, YOU WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A HUNDRED PERCENT SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WOULD, UH, STRONGLY ENCOURAGE THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM AS YOU GO THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, BUT WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE BY THE COUNCILMAN.
COURAGE DOES, DO I HAVE A SECOND? DO I HAVE AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION AGAIN? WE ALL RIGHT.
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BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MILAM.WE'RE STILL NOT, DO WE HAVE A SECOND ON THE MOTION TO DENY? WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO MAKE A PROPOSAL FOR CONTINUANCE? I CAN, I CAN SUPPORT THAT CONTINUOUS TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORS, ESPECIALLY THOSE WHO ARE IN, UH, DIRECT CONTACT WITH THE LOT THREE PROPERTIES IN THE SOUTH.
ONE PROPERTY ON THE EAST SIDE.
SO, MOTION, UH, FOR CONTINUANCE TO, TO NOVEMBER 16TH BY COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
I WILL SECOND THAT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
MR. ZUKI, I SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF THIS CASE FOR NOVEMBER 16.
COUNCILMAN COURAGE AS OPPOSED TO DOING NOTHING? I'LL VOTE.
AND THANK YOU, UH, FOR COMING TODAY SIR.
I WANNA MOVE TO ITEM 17 AHEAD OF 16.
CAN WE HAVE THIS PRESENTATION PLEASE? I CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
MR. CHAIR AND BEN'S PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO AMEND THIS STINSON AIRPORT VICINITY LAND USE PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
LOCATED AT 9 4 4 6 ESP SPADA ROAD.
THERE WERE 15 NOTICES MAILED WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM VEHICLE CORONADO.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO I D Z ONE LIMITED INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FIVE DWELLING UNITS AND A FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT.
THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS INAPPROPRIATE AND INCONSISTENT WITH THE BUDDING LAND.
THE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES HAVE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS WITH LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY USES THAT ALIGN WITH THIS.
THERE ARE, WHILE THERE IS INDUSTRIAL LAND USE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES, THERE IS AN INTENTIONAL LAND USE BUFFER OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SEPARATING THE TWO.
ADDITIONALLY, ASPA, THE ROAD IS A LOCAL STREET WHICH IS NOT IDEAL FOR PROPERTIES THAT ACCOMMODATE MORE INTENSE LAND USES.
THE APPLICANT COULD AMEND TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FOR LESS INTENSITY AND FOR THEIR PROPOSED PROPOSED USES.
HOWEVER, IT DOES NOT CHANGE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
STAFF DOES NOT SUPPORT COMMERCIAL LAND USE ENCROACHMENT TO ANY DEGREE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT FOR THIS CASE IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO THE 1116 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
IS THE APPLICANT HERE? THEY'RE NOT HERE.
UM, MS. A, YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TODAY OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT? NO, BECAUSE I AGREE WITH DENYING THE CONTINUANCE.
OH, YOU CAN? OR IF WE GO AHEAD PLEASE.
SO I'LL JUST SAY THAT THIS IS AN HISTORIC AREA.
I'M SORRY, IDAA AND YOUR ADDRESS.
5 9 2 2 PEARL PASS SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I WILL SAY THIS IS AN HISTORIC AREA.
IT'S SURROUND THE MISSION SURROUND, UM, THIS ROAD.
THERE ARE A LOT OF BIKERS IN THIS AREA.
UM, TO CREATE A COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AREA OR ANY KIND OF COMMERCIAL WILL INCREASE THE TRAFFIC.
IT WILL, UM, ADVERSELY AFFECT THE WHOLE AESTHETICS OF THAT HISTORIC AREA.
MANY OF THE RESIDENTS, WHICH MAY BE WHY THEY DIDN'T RESPOND, IS THAT, UM, THEY ARE GENERATIONAL RESIDENTS.
THEY'RE, THEY'VE LIVED THERE SINCE AS FATHER WAS ESTABLISHED.
UM, SO, UH, SOME MAY BE, MAY NOT BE FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKERS.
UM, AND, AND SOME MAY BE SO, UM, AND MAYBE THEY JUST DON'T WANNA BE BOTHERED.
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I, I JUST FEEL LIKE TO BRING IN MORE TRAFFIC, UM, ESPECIALLY IN THAT STINSON AIRPORT, UM, IT'S KIND OF A LOW TRAFFIC AREA AS IT IS, UM, GIVEN THE AIRPORT AND ALL AND JUST ALL OF THE AESTHETIC, EVERYTHING THAT'S JUST IN THAT AREA, IT'S JUST NOT MADE FOR COMMERCIAL USE.SO I DISAGREE WITH CHANGING IT TO COMMERCIAL.
THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 16TH, MOVED TO CONTINUE ON NOVEMBER 16TH.
SECOND MOTION, UH, TO MOVE, UH, TO CONTINUE TO NOVEMBER 16TH BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN.
SECOND BY VICE CHAIR CARILLO HAYES.
AND BENAVIDES PLANNER WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE NORTH CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LOCATED AT 8 2 3 FRESNO STREET.
THERE WERE 22 TOTAL NOTICES SENT WITH NINE RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM EDISON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS REQUESTED TO RE ON THE PROPERTY TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO PREVENT THE EXPANSION OF THE RETAIL STRIP, ABUTTING THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST WHILE THE RETAIL STRIP DIRECTLY ABUTS BLANCO ROAD.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ITSELF IS PART OF AN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, THE PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
NORTH CENTRAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PLAN SPECIFIES THE MAINTENANCE OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS BY MEANS OF MAINTAINING INDIVIDUAL PROPERTIES WITH RESIDENTIAL USES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT FOR THIS CASE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN WE PLEASE HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT? YES.
MY NAME IS AMIN ALI AND IT, THE ADDRESS IS 8 2 3 FRESNO.
UM, I ACTUALLY HAVE A PRESENTATION.
I KNOW LAST TIME WE MET, UH, THERE'S A COUPLE OF UNCLEAR THINGS THAT I WANNA CLARIFY AND GIVE BETTER DETAIL OF.
SO, UH, INIT, OUR PLAN TO DEVELOP IS ESSENTIALLY THE BUILDING THAT'S CONNECTED OR TO THE PROPERTY ON THE PROPERTY THAT'S CONNECTED TO THE PROPERTY WE JUST PURCHASED ALREADY CONTAINS A RETAIL STRIP AND WE WERE LOOKING TO EXPAND IT I KNOW LAST AND THEN THE PARKING IN THE FRONT IS SHOWN TO EXPAND AS WELL.
I KNOW LAST TIME I MENTIONED ABOUT THE PARKING AND UH, THEY STUCK TO IT A LOT AND THEY THOUGHT THE PLOT WAS GONNA BE MAINLY JUST FOR PARKING.
BUT THE LAND WE ALREADY HAVE, THERE'S SOME SPACE HERE, BUT WE ARE LOOKING TO EXP EXPAND A LITTLE MORE INTO THAT PROPERTY AS WELL.
SO THAT'S A BETTER REPRESENTATION OF THE PLAN, DEVELOPMENT OF THAT.
UM, ALSO, UH, I'M NOT SURE IF STAFF MENTIONED BUT UH, THIS BLANCO STREET AS WELL AS THIS FRESNO STREET ARE BOTH ARTERIAL STREETS.
UM, THEY HAVE A VERY FAST PACED AND HEAVY TRAFFIC FLOW THAT SUPPORTS THE COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S WHY YOU CAN SEE, UH, HEAVY COMMERCIAL ON THESE STREETS AND EVEN SOME INDUSTRIALIZATION IF YOU INDUSTRIALIZED UH, ZONING IF YOU GO FURTHER DOWN THE STREET.
UM, THESE ARE ALREADY THE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES THAT YOU CAN SEE VISIBLY IN THAT AREA.
UH, THERE'S A BUILDING BEING CONSTRUCTED HERE.
UH, I THINK IT IS A BANK THAT'S BEING MADE.
THERE'S A MCDONALD'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE HOUSE.
THESE ARE PICTURES I'VE TAKEN STANDING AT THE HOUSE.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE'S HEAVY COMMERCIAL ALREADY THAT'S IN THE AREA.
UM, THIS IS THE STREET OF FRESNO.
UM, I HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE TO, FOR THE TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN SO I COULD TAKE A PICTURE.
SO WHERE YOU JUST DIDN'T SEE THE CARS ESSENTIALLY.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S NO STREET PARKING AVAILABLE SO IT'S NOT REALLY SUITED TO HELP UH, A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS THERE THAT ARE LIVING THERE.
UM, THESE ARE ALL THE SIGNATURES THAT I WENT AROUND AND I SPOKE TO ALL THE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE, UM, BEHIND THAT ARE CONNECTED TO THE BUILDING
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AS WELL AS RIGHT NEXT TO US.AND I SPOKE TO THEM AND THEY WERE VERY IN SUPPORT OF IT.
SOME OF THEM ARE EXCITED TO SEE WHAT RESOURCES WOULD BE COMING IN THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE.
AND ALSO LIKE, THEY WERE JUST VERY EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY 'CAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT WOULD DEFINITELY HELP BETTER THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AND PROVIDE MORE RESOURCES AND HELP.
AND THEY WERE SURPRISED HONESTLY, THAT IT WASN'T ALREADY COMMERCIALIZED ON THAT STREET SPECIFICALLY.
NOT NECESSARILY THEIR AREAS, BUT YEAH, THIS MAP SHOWS ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT I HAD SPOKEN TO, THE ONES I TRIED TO GET IN CONTACT WITH, THEY, UH, I WASN'T UNABLE TO.
OR ELSE I THINK THEY WERE VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT.
AND I HOPE THAT CLARIFIES A LITTLE MORE OF WHAT THE PLAN IS.
AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THAT.
I'LL START UH, WITH COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.
WHAT IS THE, IS THE HOUSE HAVE A, Y'ALL OWN THE HOUSE ALREADY? YES, WE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY.
AND IS THE HOUSE IS THERE, IS THERE A TENANT IN THERE RIGHT NOW? NO, THERE'S NO TENANT.
DO Y'ALL USE IT AS PART OF THE BUSINESS CURRENTLY? NO, WE DO NOT.
YEAH, IT'S RECENTLY PURCHASED AND IT HAS, UH, WE CLEANED IT UP A LITTLE BIT, BUT OTHER THAN THAT THERE'S NOTHING GOING ON ON THAT PROPERTY.
AND IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO THE, TO THE COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
YOU SAID LIKE THE PROPERTY IS CONNECTED BUT THE BUILDING IS SEPARATE.
RIGHT? THERE'S SEPARATE BUILDINGS.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE RIGHT NOW.
UH, YOU CAME BEFORE ZONING LAST WEEK, CORRECT? YES.
CAN YOU INFORM THIS COMMISSION? WHAT HAPPENED AT THAT MEETING? UM, I EXPLAINED TO THEM THE SAME PRESENTATION AND DUE TO THE REASONS OF THE ARTERIAL ROADWAYS AND ALREADY HEAVY COMMERCIAL, THEY, UH, PASSED THE PROJECT AS THEY SUPPORTED DUE TO THOSE REASONS.
COMMISSIONER ORIAN? UH, NO QUESTIONS.
JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK WITH THIS, UM, PRESENTATION AND CLARIFYING THAT.
AND THEN WITH THAT I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
I'LL SECOND ANY FURTHER COMMENTS? NO QUESTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, BY VICE CHAIR CARILLO HAYNES FOR APPROVAL OF THE APPLICANT'S, UM, PETITION TO CHANGE, THE USE, LAND USE.
AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
SO ITEM NUMBER 19 WAS INCLUDED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT'S ALREADY BEEN APPROVED.
OH, WELL THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
[Approval of Minutes 18. Consideration and Approval of October 12, 2022, Planning Commission Minutes. ]
LET'S MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES.UM, I WILL, ARE THERE ANY CLARIFICATIONS OR QUESTIONS? UH, AFTER THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE INTRODUCED HIMSELF, I REALIZED THAT HIS NAME IS INCORRECT ON THE MINUTES FROM LAST YEAR.
SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER MILAM.
SECOND BY VICE CHAIR CARILLO HAYNES.
[Director’s Report ]
DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? UH, JUST REAL QUICK, WANNA MENTION, UH, AS A REMINDER, THE NEXT UH, PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS GONNA BE ON NOVEMBER 16TH.[00:50:01]
THAT WILL BE AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING WITH A WORK SESSION TO START AT EIGHT 30.SO A LITTLE BIT EARLIER THAN NORMAL.
I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE AS A REMINDER.
BE IT'LL BE HOT COFFEE, VERY HOT
THERE'LL BE NO TIME FOR IT TO.