Dec 15, 2022 City Council Zoning and Land Use Session

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GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

ABSOLUTELY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

THE TIME IS 2:34 PM ON THIS 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022.

OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS RECONVENED FROM ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION.

NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN.

OUR A SESSION IS NOW ADJOURNED AT 2:34 PM ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2022.

I'LL CALL OUR ZONING AGENDA TO ORDER.

UH, MADAM CLERK, COULD

[ Roll Call  ]

COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.

COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER VARDA.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER SANDOVAL.

HERE.

COUNCIL MEMBER PALAI.

COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.

COUNCIL MEMBER GALLAGHER.

HERE.

MAYOR EHRENBERG.

HERE.

MAYOR.

WE HAVE A QUORUM.

ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYONE TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING MEETING.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

UH,

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

UH, SEVERAL OF THEM ARE, ARE GONNA BE HEARD ON CONSENT.

UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S BEEN POSTPONED, THAT'S ITEM 17 THAT WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.

IT'LL BE HEARD AT A FUTURE DATE.

UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM TO CONTINUE TO JANUARY 19TH.

THAT'S ITEM 24.

AND THEN WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.

ITEM 15 AND ITEM 29.

UM, OTHER THAN THOSE ITEMS, UH, TO BE CONTINUED, UH, AND THE TWO THAT WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY, ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM CONSENT TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY.

IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA AND I'LL JUST READ THOSE NUMBERS THAT ARE ON CONSENT.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, AND 28.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS. MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.

LET ME JUST CHECK, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THERE ARE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE CONSENT.

UM, WE DO.

AND, UM, IRMA HOFFMAN, ARE YOU HERE? UH, MS. HOFFMAN, YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 21 AND 22.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND DO SO? SURE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

UM, GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE.

UH, I AM IRMA HOFFMAN AND I'M A PROUD MEMBER OF THE HISTORIC WEST SIDE RESIDENT ASSOCIATION.

UM, I'M HERE TO, UH, UH, REPRESENT OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND, UH, WELCOME MR. SAM NEY.

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER HE'S HERE TODAY.

HE IS THE, UM, PERSON WHO HAS PURCHASED THE BUILDING AT 1903.

SOUTH BRAZOS.

IS MR. NEY? NO.

OKAY.

UM, SO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WELCOMING MR. NEY.

UH, HE HAS PURCHASED THE BUILDING AT 1903 SOUTH BAR BRAZOS, AND, UM, I WILL SPEAK WITH HIM PERSONALLY, PERSONALLY, MR. NEY, WHEREVER YOU ARE.

UH, WE REGRET THAT YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO ATTEND OUR WEST SIDE CHRISTMAS PARTY TWO DAYS AGO.

UM, ON DECEMBER THE 13TH, THERE WERE OVER 60 NEIGHBORS WAITING TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PLANS FOR A WASHATERIA IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, MR. MCCONNEY, PLEASE REMEMBER THAT OUR NEIGHBORS WILL BE PAYING FOR YOUR SERVICES AND WILL SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR BUSINESS.

SO WE WILL BE WAITING FOR, UH, FOR YOU AND WE WILL BE VISITING YOU AGAIN PERSONALLY AT YOUR CONVENIENCE STORE ON BRAZOS.

TO GIVE YOU ANOTHER PERSONAL INVITATION TO OUR NEXT HISTORIC WEST SIDE MEETING NEXT MONTH IN JANUARY.

UM, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING TO, UH, THERE WAS A U D C AMENDMENT THAT WILL BE, UM, THAT WAS PROPOSED IN PAST WHERE NOW, UM, DEVELOPERS OR ANYONE THAT IS PROPOSING CONSTRUCTION HAS TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS A COURTESY AND A WAY TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UM, SO WE ASK YOU, MR. ANI, PLEASE ATTEND THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANT TO HEAR YOUR PLANS FOR THIS WASHATERIA.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MS. HOFFMAN.

UH, I REALIZE THAT, UH, ITEM NUMBER 15 NEEDS A SUPER MAJORITY.

SO I'M GOING TO LEAVE, UH, THE,

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SO, UM, ITEM 15 IS A DISTRICT THREE ITEM.

LET ME ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM OR GO AHEAD AND, UH, IF YOU CAN PRESENT ITEM 15, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR IT AFTER YOU READ THE THE CAPTION.

THANK YOU.

MAYOR CHRISTIE, FLOODS DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM 15 IS A REQUEST TO REONE FROM C TWO TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 33 0 5.

SOUTH WW WHITE ROAD STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A REVISED SITE PLAN.

THERE ARE SEVEN NOTICES MAILED, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, THREE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM PECAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THIS ITEM DOES REQUIRE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE VOTE.

GREAT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS IN DISTRICT THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND.

ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 15.

WE DO HAVE THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.

UH, I'LL CALL THEM NOW.

I'LL START WITH HERBERT BLUNT.

MR. BLUNT, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CASEY ALANI.

AND THIS IS ON ITEM 15.

THANK YOU.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

THE SUBJECT LAND AT THE CORNER OF W W WHITE ROAD AND RED HAVEN IS A SEEKING SPOT.

ZONING.

A DEVELOPER SEEKS PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO BUILD A DEPARTMENTS INSIDE AN EXISTING AND SUBSTANTIALLY DEVELOPED BUSINESS ZONE.

50 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAVE BEEN BUILT DIRECTLY WEST OF THE PROPERTY AND SOME ARE STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION.

AND THERE'S A SMALL DRAINAGE DITCH THAT SEPARATES THE HOMES FROM THE BUSINESS ZONE OR THE HOMES THAT ARE BEING CONSTRUCTED CONFORMED TO THE EXISTING ZONING PLAN.

IN THIS CASE, A DEVELOPER WISHES TO ALTER THE CITY'S COMPREHENSIVE ZONING PLAN AND PLACE APARTMENTS INSIDE AN EXISTING COMMERCIAL ZONE.

IF YOU APPROVE THE APARTMENTS, THEY WILL BE ENCASED ON THREE SIDES BY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES.

ALL COMMERCIAL PROPERTY OWNERS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSAL.

TWO ARE UNIQUELY SITUATED WITH PROPERTY ABUTTING THE LAND WHERE THE APPLICANT HOPES TO PLACE APARTMENTS VERY CLOSE TO THEIR BORDER.

THESE BUSINESS OWNERS REALIZE THAT NUISANCE COMPLAINTS, CONFLICTS AND USE AND DIMINUTION AND PROPERTY VALUES CAN BE EXPECTED IF APARTMENTS ARE PLACED SO CLOSE TO THEM.

PEOPLE MAKE INVESTMENT DECISIONS IN HOMES AND BUSINESSES WITH THE REASONABLE EXPECTATIONS OF THE CITY WILL ADHERE TO THE EXISTING ZONING PLAN, ALTERING ZONING PLANS PIECEMEAL, EXCEPT WHERE THERE WILL BE SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC BENEFIT IS NOXIOUS AS IT DESTROYS.

INVESTOR CONFIDENCE HARMS THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAS THE UNMISTAKABLE TAINT OF POLITICAL FAVORITISM.

I'M HARD PRESSED TO FIND ANY PUBLIC BENEFIT AND I DO NOT BELIEVE THERE IS ANY SUBSTANTIAL PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THIS CASE.

YOUR WISDOM, INTEGRITY, AND COMMON SENSE IS THE ONLY REAL CHECK IN THE CITY'S ZONING PROCESS.

THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED BLATANT SPOT ZONING.

SUCH ZONING HAS NEVER BEEN FAVORED IN TEXAS.

THE FACT THAT THE CITY IS ABLE TO GRANT SPECIAL TREATMENT FOR THE LIMITED AND SHORT-TERM BENEFIT OF ONE DEVELOPER AT THE LONG-TERM EXPENSE OF OTHERS DOES NOT MAKE IT WISE OR THE JUST THING TO DO IN 1950.

THE TEXAS SUPREME COURT IN THE CASE OF WEAVER VERSUS HAM, DECLARED THAT SPOT ZONING IS GENERALLY CONDEMNED AND THEY CAUTIONED THE POWER TO VARY CONDITIONS OF ZONING.

ORDINANCES SHOULD BE SPARINGLY, EXERCISED, AND SUCH SHOULD BE EXERCISED ONLY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

AND WITH DUE REGARD FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS ACQUIRED UNDER THE ORIGINAL ZONING ORDINANCES 10 YEARS EARLIER IN THE CITY OF WEST UNIVERSITY PLACE, MY TIME HAS EXPIRED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. BLUNT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

CASEY ALANI, MR. ALANI BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK TODAY.

UH, I'M THE NEIGHBOR NEXT TO THE PROPOSED EIGHT DWELLINGS QUOTE, BUT THEY'RE NOT EIGHT DWELLINGS.

THERE ARE EIGHT, UH, WELL ACTUALLY THERE ARE TWO FOURPLEXES, SO THEY'RE GONNA BE EIGHT APARTMENTS.

THEY CALL 'EM EIGHT DWELLINGS.

UH, BASICALLY I MET WITH, UH, CHRIS

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UH, IT'S REALLY, IT'S NOT INFIELD ZONING BECAUSE THAT'S BASICALLY A NEW NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY'VE JUST BUILT 50 HOUSES.

UH, I DON'T HAVE THE MAT, BUT NEXT TO ME THAT, UH, I THINK THE, UH, BOTTOM LOWEST PRICE IS 300,000 AND UP ON THOSE.

AND THEN THERE'S A CRANE COMPANY NEXT DOOR ON THE OTHER SIDE WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME IN AND OUT TO DO THEIR BUSINESS.

AND THEN THERE'S A DENTAL OFFICE AND THEN THERE'S A SCHOOL.

SO OUT OF THE SEVEN NOTICES THE CITY SENT ONE WAS A FIRE DEPARTMENT.

SO I'M NOT GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT.

THAT CITY PROPERTY THREE WERE COMMERCIAL AND WE ALL THREE HAD A PETITION THAT WE DIDN'T WANT IT.

THE SCHOOL, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT CLAIMED THAT THE SCHOOL WAS FOR IT.

BUT I WENT TO THE SCHOOL AND TALKED TO 'EM AND THEY SAID THEY WERE, THEY WEREN'T FOR IT.

THEY DIDN'T, THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT, ABOUT THERE BEING THOSE APARTMENTS THERE.

AND THERE'S ONLY, UH, I DIDN'T GET IN TOUCH WITH A 50 HOUSE DEVELOPER 'CAUSE HE'S NOT GONNA CARRY, JUST WANTS TO SELL US HIS 50 HOUSES.

AND THE ONLY OTHER IS AN INDUSTRIAL HULK CATERPILLAR, WHICH I WAS IN, UH, THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO SEE IF THEY COULD HELP US.

BUT PEACH GROVE, UH, SUBDIVISION IS ALSO THERE.

I THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE OF HUNDRED HOUSES, AND I ACTUALLY THINK I CAN GET EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALMOST A HUNDRED PERCENT TO OPPOSE THIS.

OKAY.

I DON'T WANT TO BE AN UNPLEASANT MAN, BUT BASICALLY THE CITY, I'M, I'M JUST, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING TO ME HOW ALL THIS HAS HAPPENED.

YOU CAN'T TALK TO ANYBODY.

THEY BASICALLY MISREPRESENTING THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

WHY NOT CALL 'EM TWO FOURPLEX INSTEAD OF EIGHT DWELLING UNITS? THE ZONING COMMISSION OR BOARD, I NEVER GOT TO TALK TO THEM.

THEY BASICALLY MUZZLE YOU.

THEY DON'T WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING.

SO SAN ANTONIO'S THE ONLY CITY WHERE YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE AN APPEAL IF YOU BRING UP POINTS FOR THE ZONING, IF YOU'RE OPPOSED.

AND YOU CAN LOOK THAT UP.

AND THEN WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, IT SEEMS TO ME THE CITY COUNCIL WANTS TO MOVE ON AND THEY DON'T, THEY JUST WANT A RUBBER STAMP.

SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS BECAUSE WHAT MORE CAN I DO IF I CAN GET, UH, YOU KNOW, I GET A SUPER MAJORITY.

I CAN PROBABLY GET EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT'S JUST LIKE I'M BEING BULLDOZED OVER ME AND THE NEIGHBORS, THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THE CITY WANTS TO HAVE THIS DONE NO MATTER WHAT.

AND I FIND THAT, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, HIGHLY OFFENSIVE.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO.

IF WE LOSE, IT MIGHT GO ON.

THANK YOU.

I APPRECIATE.

THANK YOU, MR. ALANI.

JACK FINGER, MAYOR BERGEN, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER.

WELL, THIS PARTICULAR ITEM IS IN DISTRICT THREE FOR I BELIEVE, UH, UM, THIS IS, UH, VIA, I BELIEVE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.

UM, THERE, THERE IS A, UH, SOME VERY BIG QUESTIONS THAT ARE BEING ASKED ABOUT THIS, THIS ITEM HERE, YOU KNOW, IT'S REQUESTING AS MANY AS EIGHT DWELLING UNITS.

THAT'S WHAT THE PHRASE IS RIGHT HERE.

EIGHT UNITS I TO BE PLACED ON THIS LOT.

AND I LOOKED THE MAP, UH, FROM THE BACK OF DOCUMENTS THERE AND MS UH, RIO GRANDE.

THIS THING IS, UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S NOT THAT BIG OF A LOT THERE.

I MEAN, EIGHT UNITS.

YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY, YOU'RE TRYING TO, WHAT WE CALL SHOEHORNED RIGHT INTO , THIS LITTLE LOT, EIGHT OF 'EM.

AND, UH, THE GENTLEMAN JUST BEFORE US HAS SAID THAT, YEAH, TO TWO FOURPLEXES OR WHATEVER THAT IS, THAT THAT'S STILL, THAT'S STILL TAKES UP QUITE, QUITE A BIT OF LAND THERE.

THE, UH, BUT I GUESS WHAT REALLY IS, UH, DISCONCERTING ABOUT THIS IS THAT OUT OF ONLY ABOUT SEVEN NOTICES MAILED OUT TO THE SURROUNDING AREA, MS. VILLAGRANDE, UH, ONLY SEVEN NOTICES, AT LEAST ONE OUT OF THOSE SEVENS THAT SAID, NO, THAT'S ABOUT, UH, 14% THAT SAID THIS WAS A BAD IDEA.

WHEN YOU GET ANYTHING OVER FIVE OR 10%, UH, THAT'S STARTING TO BECOME A CONTROVERSY.

AND SO, YEAH, UH, MAY MAYBE THEY, THEY TOO SAID YOU SHOULD NOT BE CRAMMING ALL THESE, THESE UNITS INTO JUST ONE LITTLE PIECE OF PROPERTY.

SO, MS. VRAN, SO MS. VRAN, WE APPRECIATE IT.

IF YOU WOULD, UH, SAY, SAY NO TO THIS INSTEAD

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THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.

OKAY, THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15.

COUNCIL MEMBER VIRON.

THANK YOU, MAYOR.

WE CONTINUED THIS CASE FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.

UH, ALSO TO ALLOW FOR MORE DISCUSSION AND FEEDBACK, I WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORS WHO REACHED OUT TO MY OFFICE AS WELL.

SINCE THEN, MY OFFICE STAFF MET ONSITE WITH THE APPLICANT AND ONE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS THAT IMMEDIATELY ABUTS THIS VACANT PARCEL TO THE NORTH.

AS A RESULT OF THAT MEETING, THE APPLICANT HAS AMENDED THEIR SITE PLAN TO ALLOW FOR MORE SETBACK DISTANCE, NOT TO BE LESS THAN 13.4 FEET.

ALSO, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT A CITY STAFF HAS CONFIRMED THAT THIS PROPERTY RETAINS PREVIOUS B TWO USES.

THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY OUT A, A DENSITY OF 33 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH WOULD MEAN THAT UP TO 17 UNITS COULD BE BUILT ON THIS LOT.

SO THIS SITE PLAN SUBMITTED AS A REQUIREMENT OF I D Z ONE LOCKS THIS DEVELOPMENT INTO A TOTAL OF EIGHT UNITS, WHICH RESULTS IN OVER A 50% REDUCTION, INDEN IN DENSITY.

AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT CITY STAFF INDICATES IN THEIR ANALYSIS REPORT THAT THIS ZONING CHANGE HELPS THE CITY IN FURTHER MEETING THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, ALSO KNOWN AS THE SH THE CHIP THAT THE CITY WE UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED AROUND THIS TIME JUST LAST YEAR.

SO FOR THESE REASONS AT THIS TIME, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.

OKAY.

UH, THERE WAS A MOTION, I BELIEVE IT WAS ALREADY SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA.

SO, UH, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 15? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE OUT.

ALL RIGHT, MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL GO BACK TO OUR CONSENT AGENDA AND THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE FLOOR.

UH, WE'LL CONTINUE WITH, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON OUR CONSENT AGENDA.

UH, WE HEARD FROM MS. HOFFMAN, UM, NOW ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO, WHICH ARE ON CONSENT, JACK FINGER, MR. FINGER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ARLENE SANCHEZ ON ITEM 14.

WELL, MR. NURNBERG, OTHER, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER.

YES.

UM, GIVE THIS STRAIGHT HERE.

UH, ITEMS ONE AND TWO ARE ABOUT ALCOHOL VARIANCES.

A COUPLE OF THEM.

UH, ONE OF 'EM IS IN, UH, MR. BRAVO, YOUR DISTRICT.

ANOTHER ONE IS IN, UH, MR. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ'S DISTRICT.

AND WHO IS NOT IN HIS, SITTING IN HIS SEAT RIGHT NOW, DUNNO WHERE HE IS.

BUT, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, SIR, I THINK YOU WANT TO THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU ALLOW A, A, UH, A, A BUSINESS THAT SELLS ALCOHOL, UH, WITHIN 300 FEET OF THE SCHOOL.

THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

THERE, UH, IT'S THE BOTTOM ELEMENTARY OVER ON SOUTH ALAMO STREET.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE SCHOOL KIDS PLAY THERE.

AND THE, UH, TEXAS ALCOHOLIC, UH, UH, ALCOHOLIC COMMISSION, UH, THINKS THAT, UH, HAVING SOMETHING WITHIN 300 FEET WHERE SCHOOL KIDS PLAY IS ALSO A BAD IDEA.

AND THAT'S WHY THEY, THEY HAVE RULES AGAINST SUCH THINGS.

AND ONLY BY A, EXCUSE ME, ONLY BY, BY A VOTE OF OTHERWISE CAN YOU SAY NO TO IT.

SO, UM, I THINK MAYBE YOU'D WANT TO CONSIDER THAT, SIR AND SAY NO TO THIS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S, UH, CARRYING THIS FOR, FOR MR. MCKEE RIGGERS, BUT, UH, I THINK, UH, JUST KNOW THAT IT ALSO IS A, UH, A BAD IDEA SINCE IT'S 300 FEET OF THE IDEA.

CARVER ACADEMY.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'RE ON EAST COMMERCE STREET.

I'M SORRY HE ISN'T HERE TO, UH, VOTE ON THIS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, WHILE, WHILE I'M HERE, ONE OR TWO OTHER ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, I JUST WANNA BRING YOUR ATTENTION.

UH, THE, THE, UH, I'M NUMBER 21 AND 22, WHICH MS. MS. HOFFMAN, UH, BROUGHT UP EARLIER.

YOU KNOW, THE, UH, THE LAUNDROMAT OWNER, UH, HE MAY HAVE A GOOD REPUTATION, BUT, UH, HE, HE'S CERTAINLY SELLING IT.

UH, IF HE, HE DOESN'T MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, MS. CASTILE, UH, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE NEW RULES GOING INTO EFFECT.

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AND FINALLY, UM, ONE OTHER ONE I WANT TO BRING YOUR ATTENTION, UH, ONCE AGAIN ON THE CONSENT AGENDA IS THE, UH, ONE IN DISTRICT TWO, WHICH MR. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ IS NOT HERE TO HEAR ABOUT.

DON'T KNOW WHO'S, UH, PLANNING ON DOING THIS, BUT, UH, THEY WANT TO BUILD A, A BUILDING THAT'S AROUND OVER 35 FEET HIGH IN THIS AREA.

35 FEET OVER FIVE AS MUCH AS 40 FEET.

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? THANK YOU, MR. FINGER.

ON, UH, ITEM 14.

WE HAVE ARLENE SANCHEZ.

MS. SANCHEZ, YOU'RE GONNA WAIVE YOUR TIME.

OKAY.

ALRIGHT.

UH, THERE IS A MOTION, A SECOND FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.

YOU HEARD THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT? UH, WE'LL START WITH COUNSEL DISCUSSION.

UM, IF YOU CAN SIGNAL ME 'CAUSE I CAN'T SEE MY QUEUE.

COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN.

THANK YOU MARY.

I WANNA HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS. THE FIRST IS ITEM 13.

I'M PROUD TO SUPPORT THE APPROPRIATE REDEVELOPMENT AND REINVESTMENT OF THE TO DOCE BUILDING WITH THIS ITEM.

I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR HOSTING A COMMITTEE MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, A COMMUNITY MEETING A FEW WEEKS AGO, AND FOR ALL THOSE THAT ATTENDED AND HELPED THEIR VOICE, THEIR CONCERNS AND THEIR EXCITEMENT FOR THIS APPROPRIATE REDEVELOPMENT, I WANNA THANK THE FORMER COUNCILWOMAN, REBECCA VRAN, THE MAYOR, UM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON, AND THE PREVIOUS, PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE SITTING HERE TODAY FOR SAVING THE TO-DO BUILDING AND APPROVING THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION STATUS SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO USE IT IN DISTRICT THREE.

AND THEN FOR ITEM 14, I'M DELIGHTED TO, UM, MOVE THIS FORWARD BECAUSE THE SANCHEZ FAMILY IS HERE.

THEY'RE RELOCATING THEIR EXISTING ESTABLISHMENT TO THIS NEW PROPERTY JUST DOWN THE ROAD.

AND THEY, THAT THEY, THEY HAVE PURCHASED AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAKING AN INVESTMENT IN EAST SOUTH CROSS.

SO THIS IS AN EXCITING TIME FOR THEM.

AND I'M ENTERING INTO THE RECORD THIS NOTARIZED LETTER PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT TO GO ALONG WITH TODAY'S ZONING APPROVAL THAT CLARIFIES THE PURPOSE OF THIS REZONING TODAY, UH, IN A, FOR A NEW RESTAURANT THAT WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE AS A FAMILY OWNED LEGACY, SMALL BUSINESS IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 20 YEARS.

SO THANK YOU AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MOVING THESE ITEMS FORWARD.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER GRO.

COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.

THANK YOU.

I WANNA HIGHLIGHT TWO ITEMS. ONE IS LUNA ROSA, THE AT NINE 10 SOUTH ALAMO.

ITEM NUMBER TWO.

UM, HAPPY JUST TO BE SUPPORTING A, A LOCAL RESTAURANT OWNER WHO'S OPENING A PUERTO RICAN RESTAURANT THERE.

UH, MS. UH, IRIS ORLA AND HER FAMILY HAVE WORKED HARD TO GROW THEIR BUSINESS IN DISTRICT THREE, THE, THE ORIGINAL LUNA ROSA.

AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WELCOME THEIR NEW LOCATION IN DISTRICT ONE.

THE OTHER ITEM THREE, ITEM THREE THAT I'M HIGHLIGHTING, FACTORY OF CHAMPIONS AT 8 82 31 BROADWAY.

UH, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH THE APPLICANT, BEN HART ON THIS CASE.

AND, UH, HE WAS BUILDING A PARKING LOT FOR, UM, FOR HIS CUSTOMERS AT HIS SPORTS COMPLEX.

AND, UH, WE SAW THAT, THAT HE WAS PAYING IN $7,800 TO THE TREE MITIGATION FUND.

AND SO WE ENCOURAGED HIM TO FIND SPACES TO PUT MORE TREES ON HIS PROPERTY AND HE WAS ABLE TO, UH, SUBMIT A NEW SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY WITH AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, TO SEE HIM, UH, REDUCE OUR URBAN HEAT ISLAND, UM, WITH HIS NEW, NEW, NEW PROPOSAL AND BE ABLE TO GET MORE TREES IN THERE.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER.

BRAVO, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? ALL RIGHT.

HEARING NONE, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.

UM, YOU HEARD THOSE ITEMS THAT I READ, PLEASE VOTE.

I MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY, WE HAVE TWO OTHER ITEMS, UH, ONE OF WHICH, UH, IS SCHEDULED TO BE CONTINUED TO JANUARY 19TH.

SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON ITEM 24, UH, WHICH AGAIN WILL BE CONTINUED TO JANUARY 19TH.

SO MOVED.

SECOND .

ALRIGHT, THE MOTION WAS TO CONTINUE ITEM 24 TO JANUARY 19TH.

UH, THERE WAS A SECOND.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

OKAY, MOTION CARRIES.

OUR LAST ITEM IS ITEM 29.

YES, OUR LAST ITEM OF 2022 FOR ZONING .

ITEM NUMBER 29 IS A REQUEST TO REZONE FROM C TWO

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STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.

THE APPLICANT HAS ADDED THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.

NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, WIND WAIVERS, PENANCE, BAN, AND OR SNIPE SIGNS.

ONLY ONE FREESTANDING SIGN AND ONE ATTACHED SIGN PER BUILDING IS PERMITTED.

SIGNS WILL COMPLY WITH ANY AND ALL APPLICABLE CITY CODES AND ORDINANCES.

NO SIGNAGE MAY BE LOCATED, PLACED, ADHERE TO ON ANY FENCING.

THERE WILL BE GUARDRAIL FENCING ON THE PORTION OF THE PROPERTY FACING RANDOLPH BOULEVARD AND LANDSCAPING WILL LINE THE PROPERTY ALONG RANDOLPH BOULEVARD AS SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN.

THERE WERE 14 NOTICES MAILED.

TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION, AND NO RESPONSE FROM ROYAL RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU MR. MAYOR.

ALRIGHT, THAT ITEM IS IN DISTRICT 10, COUNCIL MEMBER GALLAGHER.

UM, MAYOR I, UH, MOVE TO APPROVE WITH SITE PLANNING CONDITIONS AS THEY'VE JUST BEEN READ.

SECOND.

OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 29 WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED.

ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES.

ALL RIGHT, THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA TODAY AND THIS YEAR.

UH, TIME IS 3:00 PM ON THE 15TH DAY OF DECEMBER, 2022 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, EVERYBODY.