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WELCOME TO THE, UH, JANUARY 25TH, 2023, REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, CAN WE PLEASE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
CAN YOU PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL? COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? PRESENT.
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WE WILL HAVE TWO AGENDAS TODAY.A CONSENT AGENDA AND ITEMS TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
ALL ITEMS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT TODAY WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF ITEMS. NUMBER 9, 10, 11, AND 12.
IS THAT CORRECT? 9, 10, 11, 12.
AN INDIVIDUAL 9, 10, 11, AND 12? YES, SIR.
UM, THERE ARE, UH, TWO PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 13, WHICH IS GONNA BE ON CONSENT.
WOULD YOU STILL LIKE TO SPEAK? I JUST MYSELF THEN LET YOU KNOW.
I HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU HAVE ANY.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO SPEAK, BUT IT'S, WE'RE LEAVING ON CONSENT, SO, OKAY.
SO, UH, DO, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION BY, UH, COMMISSIONER PECK.
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THANK YOU.UH, WE'LL MOVE TO OUR INDIVIDUAL, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. FIRST WILL BE ITEM NUMBER NINE.
I'M BENAVIDES WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM RURAL STATE TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER AND IS GENERALLY, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 6,500 BLOCK OF CAMP BULLIS ROAD.
THERE WERE 26 NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM FRIENDS OF SAN ANTONIO NATURAL AREAS IN CROWN RIDGE OF TEXAS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR WITH CONDITIONS.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT FROM RURAL ESTATE TIER TO SUBURBAN TIER AND IS REQUESTING THIS IN ORDER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE MID-LEVEL INTENSE COMMERCIAL USES.
WHILE RURAL ESTATES HERE IS AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, SUBURBAN TIER IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTIES TO THE SOUTH OF THE SUBJECT SITE ARE SUBURBAN TIER LAND USE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPERTY FRONTS OF SECONDARY ARTERIAL AND IS SITUATED BETWEEN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE COULD ACCOMMODATE BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES TO SERVE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
IN GENERAL, IT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SUBURBANS HERE DESIGNATION TO FRONT MAJOR ARTERIALS AND IS ALSO GENERALLY MORE APPROPRIATE THAN RURAL ESTATES.
HERE IN AREAS THAT ARE MORE VEHICULAR TRANSIT ORIENTED.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA ARE SIZED TO APPRO APPROPRIATELY BUFFER THE PROPOSED COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS, STATE AFRICA MEN'S APPROVAL.
AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST.
UM, BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE TODAY IS, IS A, A ZONING COMPONENT OF A CHANGE, UM, FROM R SIX AND C THREE ZONING TO C TWO.
AND TO, TO DO THAT WE HAVE TO ASK FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO THE SUBURBAN TIER.
UM, DEALING WITH A LOT OF DIFFERENT PARTIES ON THIS ONE.
UH, PRIMARILY CROWN RIDGE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THEY ARE REPRESENTED BY AN ATTORNEY AND WE ARE WORKING ON A SET OF DEEDED RESTRICTIONS, UH,
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BASICALLY TO KEEP OUT SOME BAD C TWO USES.THEY DON'T WANT ONE OF WHICH BEING, UH, GAS STATION, THEY DON'T WANT ANY BARS, THEY DON'T WANT ANY OUTDOOR MUSIC.
THEY WANNA HAVE A HEIGHT RESTRICTION AND THEY WANNA REQUIRE US TO, UM, REQUEST FROM THE CITY OF RIGHT TURN LANE.
'CAUSE IF, IF YOU'RE COMING FROM THE NORTH INTO THIS PROPERTY, YOU COME DOWN A VERY STEEP HILL.
AND WE'RE, WE'RE COMMITTED TO DO THAT WITH THE ONLY CAVEAT THERE.
WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE CITY TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT APPROVES IT.
UM, SO WHEN THEY SAY THEY'RE IN SUPPORT WITH CONDITIONS, THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
THEY WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GET THESE DEED RESTRICTIONS RECORDED BEFORE WE GO TO COUNCIL, AND WE WILL DO THAT.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I'LL START ON THE RIGHT WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
UH, WHAT IS THE INTENT TO DO WITH THIS SUBURBAN TIER? UM, WE WANT TO BUILD A SMALL OFFICE BUILDING.
UH, CAN YOU GIMME MORE DESCRIPTIONS OF THE COUNTS ON HOW MANY OFFICES? UH, UM, BASICALLY I BELIEVE IT'S ABOUT 20,000 SQUARE FEET, UH, OFFICE BUILDING.
UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR THE C TWO BECAUSE THEY'RE VERSUS JUST AN OFFICE ZONING DESIGNATION BECAUSE, UM, THERE IS ONE MEDICAL CLASSIFICATION THAT DOES, IF YOU HAVE A MEDICAL LABORATORY THAT DOES TESTS, THINGS LIKE THAT, THEY HAVE TO HAVE COMMERCIAL ZONINGS.
SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR THE C TWO.
BUT WE FEEL IT'S, IT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE.
IT WON'T GENERATE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.
IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE GONNA RESTRICT OUT THE BAD COMMERCIAL STUFF WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND I'LL HAVE THEIR SUPPORT BY THE TIME WE GO TO ZONING INTO COUNCIL.
THAT STREET AT, UH, CAMP BULLIS ROAD.
AND THIS IS, SO YOU'RE UP ON THE TOP OF THE HILL HERE AND YOU KIND OF START COMING DOWN.
SO THIS, THIS PROPERTY IS A VERY HIGH, HIGH ALTITUDE AND THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A LITTLE VALLEY RIGHT HERE.
MR. MILAM, YOU JUST, UM, PRECIPITATED THE QUESTION I WAS GONNA ASK, WHICH WAS THE GENTLEMAN WHO, UH, THAT
APPARENTLY HE CAN SEE DOWNTOWN FROM UP THERE, SO WE DON'T WANT TO
MR. BECK, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER, AS I'M, UH, GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU WORKED WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBOR ASSOCIATION TO ACCOMMODATE THE RESTRICTIONS THAT THEY REQUESTED.
MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER PECK AND COMMISSIONER SIEGEL, ONE ON THE SECOND.
UH, ITEM MOVE TO ITEM 10 AND BENAVIDES PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE STINSON AIRPORT VICINITY PLAN FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO MIXED USE AND IS LOCATED AT 3 7 3 0 ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
THERE WERE 36 NOTICES MAILED WITH ONE RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.
AND THERE HAS BEEN NO RESPONSE FROM HARLAND OR MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE FROM COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO MIXED USE IS REQUESTED TO RE THE PROPERTY TO ID Z TWO LIMITED INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH USES PERMITTED IN M H P MANUFACTURED HOUSING PARK DISTRICT COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS AN APPROPRIATE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY.
WHILE THERE IS AN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN PROXIMITY TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, THE PROPERTIES ARE EXISTING NON-CONFORMING.
THE BAY ZONING DISTRICTS RANGE FROM INDUSTRIAL TO MEDIUM LEVEL INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USE, WHICH IS NOT COMPATIBLE FOR RESIDENTIAL INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
FURTHERMORE, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SITUATED ABOUT A MILE NORTH OF STINSON AIRPORT AND THE LAND USE PLAN SPECIFICALLY DISCOURAGES NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF THE STINSON AIRPORT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION, MR. DANIEL? I DO HAVE, THANK YOU.
JAMES MCKNIGHT, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN, UH, WITHROW ORTIZ REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER.
SO A FEW THINGS TO SAY ABOUT THE PROPERTY.
FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANTED TO LOCATE WHERE WE WERE ON THE MAP.
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO START WITH THAT.
AND THIS IS A, A VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S AN UNDEVELOPED PIECE OF PROPERTY, 31 ACRES.
AND ONE THING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE ABOUT HERE IS THAT IT WAS
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BEEN USED AS KIND OF A LANDFILL, REALLY MORE OF A JUNKYARD.THERE'S NOTHING TOXIC IN THERE.
IT'S BEEN THE TWELVE'S BEEN TESTED, BUT IT'S NOT ABLE TO SUPPORT TYPICAL SLAB DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE HAVE TRIED, UH, SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENTS ON COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, BUT IT JUST, THE SOIL WON'T TAKE IT, WHICH IS WHY AT THIS MOMENT WE'RE MOVING TOWARD MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
BUT I'LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE.
SO ONE THING THAT'S ALSO NOT CLEAR IS THAT WHILE WE'RE REQUESTING A PLAN AMENDMENT AND REZONING ON WHAT'S IN BLUE, THE PROPERTY TO THE WEST IS OUR PROPERTY AS WELL.
AND OUR MAIN ACCESS IS OFF OF ROOSEVELT, NOT OFF OF MISSION.
THIS IS A MAP SHOWING THE ZONING.
IT'S CURRENTLY C TWO, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
ALL OF THE EDGE ALONG HARDING AND, UH, MARCH AVENUE, ROOSEVELT AND MISSION, THEY'RE ALL C TWO OR I ONE PROPERTIES.
AGAIN, I'M JUST SHOWING THE ACCESS OUT TO ROOSEVELT.
WE ARE GONNA BE REQUESTING I D Z THAT'S FOR MANUFACTURED HOUSING.
THIS IS A, A ZOOMED OUT PHOTO OF, OF THE, UH, PLAN ITSELF SHOWING ALL OF THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL THAT'S, THAT'S IN THAT AREA.
AND OURS IS OUTLINED IN BLACK.
THE REASON I'M SHOWING THAT, AND TRYING TO ZOOM OUT A LITTLE BIT AS MUCH AS I COULD IN THIS, UM, EXHIBIT ANYWAY, IS JUST TO SHOW THAT A LOT OF THESE GET PAINTED WITH A VERY BROAD BRUSH.
AND I'M GONNA, I'LL GET BACK TO THAT ITEM AS WELL.
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT HOW THEY LAID OUT COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, IT IS A HUGE SWATH, WHICH DOES NOT ALWAYS WORK IN PRACTICALITY WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO DEVELOP IT ACT AS COMMERCIAL.
THIS IS A SITE PLAN FOR OUR PROPOSED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
THE LOTS ARE APPROXIMATELY 4,500 SQUARE FEET, SO THAT'S 233 UNITS OVERALL.
SO THE OVERALL DENSITY IS ABOUT SEVEN UNITS AN ACRE, WHICH MATCHES, UM, THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE AT LEAST TO IMMEDIATELY TO OUR WEST.
SO IT'S VERY SIMILAR TYPE DENSITY THAT YOU WOULD GET FROM A, A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, R FOUR FAMILY, FAMILY, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR DENIAL.
AND I WANTED TO GO THROUGH THOSE POINTS.
THE, THE MAIN FOUR ITEMS THAT STAFF'S REPORT TALKED ABOUT IS FRONTING ON MISSION ROAD IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA OR SHOULD STAY COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL THAT THE PERIMETER PROPERTIES AROUND US, OUR COMMERCIAL, AND THAT'S A PROBLEM FOR US.
AND THAT THE STINSON PLAN DISCOURAGES RESIDENTIAL NORTH OF THE AIRPORT.
SO I, AGAIN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER WHEN YOU'RE DOING THESE KINDS OF PLANS, THEY'RE REGIONAL NATURE, THEY'RE BROAD IN NATURE.
BUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THESE PROPERTIES AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT, YOU WANNA BE MORE SPECIFIC, WE HAVE TO LOOK IN DETAIL A LITTLE FURTHER.
SO THAT'S WHAT I WANNA DO IS ACTUALLY FOCUS IN ON WHAT WE'RE DOING AND NOT JUST THE BROAD BRUSH OF IT'S ALL COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
SO THE FIRST ONE I CAN EASILY DISMISS.
THE MAIN ACCESS IS NOT OFF OF MISSION.
IT'S AC ACTUALLY OFF OF ROOSEVELT.
AND YOU CAN SEE TO THE EAST THERE JUST A, THAT'S REALLY OUR SECONDARY ACCESS.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE FENCED OFF ON MISSION.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, MOST OF THE HOMES ARE NOT GONNA BE COMING INTO AND OUT OF THAT AREA.
SO IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT ALONG AN ARTERIAL, THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL BEING APPROPRIATE THERE.
SO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS APPROPRIATE IN, IN CERTAIN AREAS.
IT'S JUST NOT IN ALL OF THE AREAS, AT LEAST IN THE BROAD AREA THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PLAN.
UH, ONE THING THAT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE ALSO IS THAT THIS PLAN IS 14 YEARS OLD.
NOW, THERE IS A NEW PLAN THAT'S GONNA BE COMING SOON FROM SA TOMORROW, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT, WE'RE NOT THERE YET.
SO THERE ARE SOME OF THE POLICY ITEMS IN HERE THAT MIGHT BE OUTDATED AND ARE COMING AND BEING LOOKED AT AGAIN VERY SOON.
SO STAFF MENTIONED THAT THERE IS RESIDENTIAL IN THE AREA.
THERE ARE RESIDENTIAL LOTS ESTABLISHED EXISTING LOTS TO OUR NORTH OF US, IMMEDIATELY TO OUR NORTH, TO OUR SOUTH, AND TO OUR EAST.
UH, AS I MENTIONED BEFORE, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE SOIL IS, WE CAN'T DEVELOP IT AS A TYPICAL COMMERCIAL OR EVEN TYPICAL RESIDENTIAL.
THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE PATTERNS AROUND US AND THE AIRPORT, YOU CAN SEE THAT MIXED USE AND RESIDENTIAL ARE APPROPRIATE AND USED IN THE AREAS AROUND THE AIRPORT, NOT JUST HERE.
NEXT ITEM THAT STAFF MENTIONED WAS ABOUT THE PERIMETER PROPERTIES.
AND AGAIN, I'LL MENTION THOSE, THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE AROUND US ARE RESIDENTIAL ALREADY.
NOW STAFF MENTIONED THAT THEY ARE NON-CONFORMING, BUT I'D POINT OUT IT DOESN'T REALLY MATTER FOR THOSE HOMES THAT ARE STILL THERE.
THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF HOMES.
YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THE HOMES ALONG THE, THE NORTH OF US, THESE ARE ALL RESIDENTIAL THAT HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED AND, AND BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.
UM, AND ARE, THE WAY NON-CONFORMING WORKS IN SAN ANTONIO IS AS LONG AS THEY STAY RESIDENTIAL, THEY'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
SO I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO, EVEN IF THEY ARE NON-CONFORMING, TO POINT OUT RESIDENTIALS IN THE AREA AS IT IS.
UM, TYPICAL, YOU SEE COMMERCIAL, AND I'LL SHOW IT IN THE NEXT SLIDE AS WELL, BUT YOU SEE COMMERCIAL ALONG THE ROADS.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT OUR PROPERTY, IT'S THIS LARGE RECTANGLE.
WE HAVE COMMERCIAL ALONG THE NORTH, ALONG THE WEST, ALONG THE EAST, EAST AND SOUTH.
WE'VE GOT COMMERCIAL WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE ALONG THE ROADS.
OUR PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY BEHIND THAT.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET THE SAME KIND OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
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CLAMORING TO BE ON 31 ACRES THAT'S BEHIND THE OTHER COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.WHEN YOU HAVE LARGE AREAS OF COMMERCIAL, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE A BIG BOX.
THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THESE LARGE AREAS.
AND YOU CAN SEE IT HERE WHEN YOU HAVE UP AND DOWN THIS CORRIDOR.
YOU'VE GOT, UM, INDUSTRIAL AND, AND COMMERCIAL UP AND DOWN THE ROADS, EVEN ON ROOSEVELT GOING NORTH AND SOUTH.
WHEN YOU HAVE LARGER AREAS SUCH AS THIS ONE, THAT'S WHERE YOU HAVE THE BIG BOX, THE LARGER AREA OF SOUTH OF SOUTHWEST MILITARY, YOU HAVE THE BIG BOX.
BUT OURS IS EXTREMELY UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES.
WHAT YOU HAVE HERE IN THE MIDDLE IS ACTUALLY MORE APPROPRIATE FOR SINGLE FAMILY.
AND WE WERE TRYING TO DEVELOP IT AS A TYPICAL SINGLE FAMILY.
BUT AGAIN, THE THE, UH, SLAB ON GRADE WASN'T GONNA WORK IN THIS AREA.
SO, AND THEN THE BIG ONE, THE TALKING ABOUT STINSON'S POLICY OF DISCOURAGING PRIMARY RESIDENTIAL NORTH OF THE AIRPORT.
ONE THING THAT, THAT I THINK STAFF HAD POINTED OUT EARLIER, BUT IS, IS MADE CLEAR IF YOU READ THE STINSON PLAN.
THE REASON FOR THAT IS NOT FOR SAFETY REASONS, IT'S NOT FOR DANGER REASONS, IT'S FOR NOISE.
AND IT'S THE NOISE OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE THERE WHO ARE SAYING, OH, THERE'S PLANES FLYING OVERHEAD.
THAT IS A POLICY CONCERN, BUT I WOULD ARGUE THERE IS A MORE IMPORTANT POLICY CONCERN HERE.
THESE OTHER GOALS THAT YOU SEE HERE, G C F GOAL FOUR, HOUSING GOALS, THESE ARE ALL GOALS THAT ARE FOUND IN THE ESSAY TOMORROW PLAN THAT ARE GUIDING FOR THE NEW PLAN.
THESE ALL TALK ABOUT DIVERSITY OF HOUSING, SUSTAINABLE INFILL, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS.
DEVELOPMENTS WHERE PEOPLE CAN WALK TO, TO THE, THE SHOPS WHERE THEY MIGHT SHOPS SUCH AS THE WALMART, THAT IF YOU LOOK RIGHT HERE ON THE ENTRANCE TO OUR SUBDIVISION, STRAIGHT UP ROOSEVELT, THERE'S YOUR WALMART RIGHT THERE.
THESE POLICIES ALL ALIGN WITH EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO, PROVIDE THIS DIVERSE HOUSING, ATTAINABLE HOUSING THAT'S NOT THERE NOW.
AND YES, IT'S CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT, BUT THERE'S A RE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL THAT'S ALREADY CLOSER TO THE AIRPORT TO THE WEST OF US.
I DIDN'T HAVE IT ZOOMED OUT HERE, BUT ALL OF THESE, ALL OF THIS OVER HERE IS THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT ARE ACTUALLY JUST WEST OF THE AIRPORT AND ARE CLOSER THAN WE ARE.
SO IT'S NOT DANGEROUS HAVING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE THIS CLOSE TO AN AIRPORT.
YOU SEE IT IN NEXT TO SAN ANTONIO'S AIRPORT AS WELL.
THE, UM, SAN ANTONIO'S AIRPORT HAS, HAS HOMES THAT ARE THAT CLOSE AS WELL.
WE ALSO HAVE POLICIES ABOUT HOUSING.
AND SO I THINK IT COMES DOWN TO A REALLY, A POLICY DECISION OF WHICH ONE WOULD WE RATHER LOOK AT? IT'S DISCOURAGING HOUSING BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE NOISY FOR SOME OF THESE FOLKS THAT THEY MIGHT COMPLAIN OR DO WE TRY TO CREATE THIS DIVERSE HOUSING THAT'S REALLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW? ONE OF THE THINGS I ALSO WANNA POINT OUT IS IN THE STINSON PLAN, YOU CAN SEE THE NOISE CONTOURS THAT THEY LAID OUT, THAT THESE WERE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED, THE NOISE CONTOURS AROUND THE RUNWAYS IN 2013.
AND THOSE NOISE CONTOURS WERE REDUCED.
SO THEY ARE, THIS IS OUR PROPERTY UP HERE AT THE NORTH.
SO WE ARE, THOSE NOISE CONTOURS HAVE ACTUALLY REDUCED AND, AND PULLED FURTHER AWAY FROM US AND SAYS, ACTUALLY BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE, THE AIRPORTS, UM, THE MILITARY'S RETIREMENT OF THE T 37 AIRCRAFT GOING INTO AND OUT OF THERE, THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME NOISE CONTOURS THAT THEY DID WHEN THEY FIRST ADOPTED THIS PLAN IN 2009.
SO YOU'RE DEALING WITH AN AREA THAT ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE AS MUCH NOISE AS THEY DID WHEN THEY FIRST ADOPTED THIS PLAN.
AS FAR AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH, THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT STAFF MENTIONED, BUT I THINK IT'S, IT'S IMPORTANT.
UH, THE COUNCIL WOMAN'S OFFICE HAD ASKED US INITIALLY, PLEASE TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE AREA.
WE, WE REACHED OUT TO THE, UH, THE HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE MET WITH THEM, UM, JANUARY 9TH.
I THINK IT WAS A, IT WAS A DECENT MEETING, BUT WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY FINAL RESOLUTION AS TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION.
UH, WE GOT SOME GOOD QUESTIONS, REQUESTS FOR FENCING AROUND SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SOME OF OUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY.
UM, ULTIMATELY WE'RE GOING BACK TO THEM.
THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE SAID, CAN YOU GO BACK ON FEBRUARY 13TH? DOESN'T LINE UP WITH THE TIMING FOR HERE, BUT YES, WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE WILL BE GOING BACK AND SPECIFICALLY ASKING FOR THAT LETTER OF SUPPORT KNOWING THAT COUNSEL'S IN THE FUTURE.
UM, AND YOU CAN SEE THE LETTER TO THE RIGHT, THE LARGEST PROPERTY OWNER THAT'S NEAR US ARE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE NORTH, HAS, UH, WRITTEN A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
UH, LARGELY THERE'S, THERE WAS HOMELESSNESS IN THE AREA, THERE WAS A JUNK IN THE AREA.
IT'S BEEN UNDEVELOPED FOR A LONG TIME.
AND THIS PROPERTY OWNER IS, FOR ONE, IS AT LEAST WELCOMING THAT.
SO AGAIN, I'M GONNA WRAP THIS UP BY TALKING ABOUT THIS POLICY CHOICE.
ARE WE, ARE WE TALKING ABOUT WHAT'S THE NOISE LEVELS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA LIVE THERE AND ARE AWARE THAT THEY'RE LIVING NEAR THE AIRPORT OR TRYING TO GET SOME, SOME ATTAINABLE AND DIVERSE HOUSING THAT'S, THAT'S WELL NEEDED HERE? UM, AGAIN, MY REQUEST IS FOR MIXED USE FOR THIS AREA AND I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
WE DO HAVE ONE, UH, CITIZEN WHO, UH, WISHES TO SPEAK.
UH, I THINK IT'S, IS IT HELEN THACKER? DID I ME READ THAT NAME WRONG? ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE?
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OKAY.I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER LOPEZ.
UM, YOU KNOW, I GOTTA ADMIT I WAS A LITTLE ON THE FENCE ON THIS ONE, BUT AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, UM, AND HEARING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT THE, YOU KNOW, THE PARTS OF THE PLAN WHICH TALK ABOUT HOUSING, I DO KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE SUB-SERVICE CONDITIONS HERE.
AND IT'S NEVER GONNA WORK FOR COMMERCIAL, WHICH IT'S DESIGNATED FOR.
SO IT'S EITHER GONNA BE A COMPLETELY UNDERUTILIZED PIECE OF LAND LEFT VACANT FOREVER AND EVER, OR A USE WHICH WILL SERVE A PURPOSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I'LL BE IN VOTING IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, THIS ITEM.
MR. MILAN, THANK YOU FOR REALLY EXCELLENT.
UM, REALLY APPRECIATE THE PRESENTATION.
I DO HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS REGARDING THE NOISE ISSUE.
UM, NOISE IS NOT SOLELY A NUISANCE, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY A HEALTH HAZARD AND THERE IS SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT POSSIBLY EXPANDING STINSON FIELDS.
SO IS THAT, OR EXPANDING THE USE OF IT.
UM, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UH, THAT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED AND THOUGHT ABOUT? NO.
AND DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE, UH, THE CURRENT DECIBEL LEVELS THERE ON THE PROPERTY? I DON'T, NO.
THAT HASN'T BEEN DISCUSSED WITH US.
I KNOW THAT, UH, IN, WE'RE IN THE STAGES WHERE WE CAN TALK ABOUT, UH, ADDED, UM, UH, I DON'T KNOW, PRECAUTIONS TO THE HOME ITSELF.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN PUT THINGS IN THE CEILING AND DONE THAT BEFORE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WOULD WORK HERE, BUT IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE LOOKED AT.
BUT AS FAR AS STINSON'S EXPANSION, I DON'T KNOW.
I WASN'T AN UPDATE ON IT, BUT, UH, YEAH.
UM, SO, SO YOU MIGHT, YOU WOULD CONSIDER NOISE ABASEMENT ABATEMENT, UM, WITHIN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE, OR DOES ANYONE GET TO PUT ANY MOBILE HOMES THERE THAT THEY CHOOSE? SO THE, THE PRIMARY FOCUS FOR US IS GONNA BE SELLING THE HOMES THAT WE HAVE AT TO OFFER, WHICH ARE THESE PRETTY HIGH-END, REALLY NICE
UM, BUT IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND HAS THEIR OWN, AS LONG AS IT MEETS THE STANDARDS THAT WE PUT IN PLACE AS MANAGEMENT, THEY CAN USE THAT.
SO MOST, MOST OF 'EM ARE OURS.
I WANNA ECHO COMMISSIONER BY MILS, UM, COMMENT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF THE PRESENTATION.
I FEEL LIKE YOU REALLY LED US THROUGH A LOT OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE PRESENTED.
AND IT MAKES SENSE AND I AGREE THAT, UH, SAN ANTONIO IS IN NEED OF DIVERSE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
UM, AND THAT I THINK THIS DEVELOPMENT WILL HELP THAT.
UM, I ALSO AGREE WITH YOUR ARGUMENT ABOUT, UH, WEIGHING THE OPTIONS OF NOISE VERSUS THE HOUSING OF DIVERSE HOUSING.
UM, I JUST WANNA HAVE TO ASK YOU ONE QUESTION.
HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE AIRPORT FOR ANY MEETING? NO, SIR.
GENERALLY, UM, THE ONLY TIME THAT HAPPENS IS THROUGH J B S A THROUGH THE CITY.
BUT, UM, OUR OFFICE HAS NOT REACHED OUT.
ALRIGHT, WELL I, I AGREE WITH A LOT OF THE COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ALREADY STATED HERE.
UM, THAT, THAT THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL PROBABLY NOT GET DEVELOPED IN AN APPROPRIATE WAY AND THERE IS A NEED, AS HAS BEEN SAID MANY TIMES FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE APPLICANT.
BUT I NEED A MOTION, MR. CHAIR.
UH, WE ACTUALLY DO HAVE TWO CITIZENS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
I BELIEVE THEY SIGNED UP FOR THE WRONG ITEM.
THEY LABELED THE WRONG AGENDA ITEM ON THE, OKAY.
IS IT, UH, THE MULLINS, IT'S MR. AND MRS. MULLINS? YES.
UM, MR. MULLINS, YOU'LL EACH HAVE THREE MINUTES.
IF YOU'LL, UH, STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
UH, NAME IS RON RON MULLINS, JR.
WE ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS AT 7 7 2 3 MISSION ROAD, WHICH IS RIGHT THERE.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT ON THE, THE EDGE, UH, TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, THE NOISE LEVEL.
UH, HELP OUT A LITTLE BIT THERE.
WE'VE LIVED THERE FOR QUITE A NUMBER OF YEARS AND WE DON'T HEAR THE, THE PLANES, WE HEAR THE HELICOPTERS.
THEY DO A LOT OF PRACTICING OUT THERE, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU HEAR MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE AS HELICOPTERS.
NOW, ON THE, ON THE, THE LAND IN QUESTION, UH, WE'VE BEEN THERE, LIKE I SAID, QUITE A WHILE.
YEARS AGO THEY TRIED TO MAKE THAT INTO A, A SECTION EIGHT HOUSING.
THE, UH, THE GUY THAT SUPPOSEDLY HAD BOUGHT IT YEARS BEFORE, UH, WANTED TO PUT SECTION EIGHT HOUSING AND
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THEY SAID NO BECAUSE OF HISTORICAL, IT'S ONLY HISTORICAL ON MISSION ROAD.SO MANY FEET OFF OF MISSION ROAD WAS NOT GONNA BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WAS A MONKEY WRENCH IN THERE OR NOT AT ALL.
UM, MY ONLY CONCERN FOR US IS THAT WE DON'T REALLY CARE TO MOVE.
WE'D LIKE TO STAY WHERE WE'RE AT.
WE'VE BEEN THERE, THERE'S BEEN A BUSINESS THERE ON THAT SITE SINCE 1876 THAT OUR HOUSE WAS BUILT, 1876.
UH, WE'RE PROBABLY ABOUT THE THIRD OR FOURTH OWNER OUT THERE, SO WE REALLY DON'T WANT TO GET UP AND MOVE.
HOPEFULLY, UH, YOU'RE NOT HAVING ANY PLANS FOR US.
WE'VE SEEN OTHER MAPS OF OTHER MEETINGS AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE OUR LITTLE AREA AND PINK SAYS, OH, THIS IS GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF IN THE FUTURE.
WE ALWAYS HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THE FUTURE ON US.
AND SO WE JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE LEFT ALONE.
I'D LOVE JUST BE LEFT, LEFT TO CONTINUE AS WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE LAST 50 YEARS OVER THERE.
I JUST WANNA SAY, JUST WANT A LITTLE SOMETHING THERE JUST TO GREAT.
UH, DID, DID MS. MELIN, DID YOU WANT YEAH, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THAT, THAT THIS, UH, AREA WILL BE LOOKED AT IN THE SA TOMORROW.
I THINK IT WAS PROBABLY BOUGHT UP BY JAMES.
SO WHEN THEY START GETTING TO THAT POINT, THAT'S WHERE YOU, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU'RE ENGAGED, RIGHT.
AND, AND, AND, UH, GO TO THE MET THE MEETINGS.
YOU IN YOUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE BEFORE THEN I WASN'T RETIRED.
SO NOW I CAN COME TO THESE MEETINGS, YOU KNOW,
THE CITY IS ALWAYS TRYING TO SAY, OH, YOU'RE LIVING IN A HISTORICAL, YOU CAN'T DO THIS AND THIS AND THIS, AND ALL THESE LITTLE THINGS HERE.
AND HIS WORLD HERITAGE COMES IN AND TRIES TO CHANGE RULES ON US.
AND, YOU KNOW, IT KINDA GETS IRRITATING ON THIS.
UH, WE JUST WANNA BE KIND OF JUST LEFT THERE, YOU KNOW, UH, WE'RE NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY
SO I, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, ENCOURAGE YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THOSE UPCOMING OH YEAH.
I DON'T REALLY KNOW IF ANYBODY KNOWS, AS KNOWS WHEN THAT PLAN IS.
AS LONG AS WE GET OUR A NOTICE.
WE'LL, WE'LL MAKE DEFINITELY BE HERE.
MUCH APPRECIATE YOUR COMMENTS.
AND MR. CHAIR, THERE SEEMS TO BE ONE MORE CITIZEN SIGNED UP FOR PA 1 21, WHICH IS THIS ITEM, ITEM NUMBER 10.
UH, I CAN'T MAKE OUT THE NAME.
UH, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE HELEN, UH, THAYER OR, OR SOMETHING.
YEAH, I CALLED HER NAME EARLIER.
SO I THINK THAT'S, I THINK THAT'S EVERYBODY.
SO, AND WHEN WE GET TO IT, THERE IS ONE SIGNED UP FOR 12.
UH, DID I, DID WE MAKE MOTION? NO.
UH, WE WILL ASK FOR MOTION ON THIS ITEM.
SO, UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER MILAM TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S, UH, APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL.
AND WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
MY NAME IS CAMERON BLACKMAN, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 5,000 BLOCK OF ROOSEVELT AVENUE, REQUESTING TO AMEND THE STINSON AIRPORT VICINITY PLAN, USE CLASSIFICATION FROM MIXED USE AND LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
THERE WERE 31 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED LOMA.
MISS MISSA HOMEOWNER ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM VIA CORONADO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FOR MIXED USE AND LOW DENSITY DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE IS REQUESTED IN ORDER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A CAR WASH.
THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STINSON AIRPORT ITY PLAN'S.
OBJECTIVE TO CONCENTRATE A MIXED USE NODE AT ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND LOOP FOUR 10 TO SERVE AS A GATEWAY AND PREVENT COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
THE PROPOSED MIXED USED IS APPROPRIATE ALONG ROOSEVELT AVENUE CORRIDOR, WHICH HAS A STOP AS A PRIMARY LAND USE.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT TO MIXED USE IS A COMPATIBLE TRANSITION FOR THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE TO THE WEST OF THE SITE.
AND THE ALREADY EXISTING MIXED USE LAND USE TO THE NORTHEAST, NORTHEAST AND SOUTH STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
I KNOW WE HAVE TWO VOICEMAILS.
MY NAME IS OLGA MARTINEZ VO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT 1522
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RAFAEL STREET, SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE FOUR TWO TEN THREE NINE THREE SIX NINE FOUR FOUR.THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO, UH, PA CASE 0 1 2 2 5,000 BLOCK OF ROOSEVELT AVENUE FROM MIXED USE, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
WE ARE AGAINST THE REMOVAL OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NUMBER ONE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS NEVER CONTACTED AS WE ARE REGISTERED AND ON THE CITY WEBSITE.
NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE NO IDEA OF THE LOCATION, EXACT LOCATION OF THIS PROPERTY.
5,000 BLOCK OF ROOSEVELT DOESN'T TELL US EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.
NUMBER THREE, WHAT IS THE ZONING REQUEST GOING TO BE? SO WITHOUT AN EXACT LOCATION, THE REASON REQUESTING THIS CHANGE, WE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BE NO REASON FOR THE AMENDMENT CHANGE.
THIS ONE POINT 27 ACRES SHOULD STAY MIXED.
THERE IS ALSO ONE GENTLEMAN TO SPEAK.
DID, DID YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL AFTER THE APPLICANT MAKES HIS PRESENTATION? I'M SORRY.
DID YOU WANNA WAIT UNTIL THE APPLICANT MAKES HIS OR HER PRESENTATION BEFORE SPEAKING OR I'LL SPEAK.
READY FOR YOUR PRESENTATION? THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
UH, 1 1 2 EAST PECAN STREET, AND WE'RE HERE FOR THE APPLICANT.
AND, UM, LET'S SEE, OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY.
SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AT 5 5 0 1 9 ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND IT'S A COMMERCIAL PAD SITE, APPROXIMATELY 1.27 ACRES LOCATED IN DISTRICT THREE.
AND IT'S LESS THAN HALF A MILE NORTH OF FOUR 10 ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
SO YOU CAN SEE FROM THE SURROUNDING NIECES HERE ON THE SLIDE, UM, TO THE EAST THERE'S A SALVAGE YARD, UH, TO THEIR NORTH IS VACANT.
COMMERCIAL SOUTH IS AN AUTO ZONE THAT WAS RECENTLY BUILT.
AND TO THE WEST IS A LOMA MESA SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
FOR THE LAND USE, IT'S UNDER THE STINSON AIRPORT VICINITY PLAN, WHICH WAS, UM, WHICH WAS PASSED IN 2009.
UM, AND CURRENTLY IT'S MOSTLY MIXED USE WITH A STRIPE OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF IT, WE'RE REQUESTING A CHANGE TO MAKE IT ALL MIXED USE.
UM, MIXED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE LAND USES LONG ROOSEVELT.
UM, AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN'S GOAL OF CONCENTRATING THE MIXED USE ALONG THE, THE MAJOR ARTERY.
UM, AND IT ALSO WOULD COM ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE, THE ROOSEVELT CORRIDOR.
UM, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT THE REASON WHY WE HAVE THIS LITTLE BIT OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WAS DUE TO A PLAN CHA CHANGE IN, UH, 2014 A PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND IT WAS MEANT TO GO WITH NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND US AS AN ACCESS, A SECONDARY ACCESS ROAD.
WHEN THE SECONDARY ACCESS ROAD WAS ACTUALLY BUILT, IT WAS BUILT ON OUR NORTH PROPERTY LINE.
SO IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A MISALIGNMENT OF WHERE THE, UM, THE ACTUAL USE ENDED UP BEING.
UM, WE ARE ALSO GONNA BE REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING.
UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE C TWO AND R FOUR ON OUR PROPERTY, AND WE WANTED TO CHANGE IT TO ALL C TWO TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING ZONING ALONG ROOSEVELT.
UM, THE PROPERTY, THE, THE PROJECT THAT'S GOING IN ON THE PROPERTY, UH, WILL BE A BUBBLE BATH CAR WASH.
THEY'RE LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED SINCE 2005, AND THEY, THEY WANNA BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UM, THEY UTILIZE SOLAR POWER AT ALL THEIR LOCATIONS.
UM, THEY TRY TO BE AS ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY AS POSSIBLE.
THEY UTILIZE A SYSTEM TO REDUCE THEIR WATER USAGE AND TO FILTER THE WATER THAT'S USED.
AND THEY'RE IN FACT, SAWS WATER SAFER CERTIFIED.
AND THEY'VE ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH, UM, THE LOMA MESA NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT THE LOMA MESA NEIGHBORHOOD.
I BELIEVE THAT WE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE CAN CHECK ON THAT AGAIN, BUT I BELIEVE WE TRIED TO CONTACT THEM.
WE DIDN'T RECEIVE A, A RESPONSE, UM, BUT WE'RE HAPPY TO SPEAK WITH THEM AS WELL.
IN SPEAKING WITH THE LOMA MESA NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WE KNEW THAT THEY HAD SOME CONCERNS ABOUT NOISE
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AND LIGHTING AND, UM, OTHER ISSUES WITH HAVING COMMERCIAL ON ROOSEVELT, BUT ALSO ADJOINING THEIR, THEIR, UH, HOUSING.SO WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR SITE PLAN, AS YOU SEE TO INCLUDE AN EIGHT FOOT WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA ADD AN ADDITIONAL 18 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER IN ADDITION TO THE ALREADY 15 FEET THAT'S REQUIRED BY THE CODE CODE, UM, ON THAT BACK PROPERTY LINE.
UM, THE LO THE VACUUM AREA IS GOING BE LOCATED ALONG ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND AWAY FROM THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, TO REDUCE ANY KIND OF NOISE.
UM, THE DUMPSTER'S BEEN MOVED CLOSER TO ROOSEVELT, AGAIN TO REDUCE ANY NOISE.
UM, THEY'LL HAVE EMPLOYEES ON SITE TO FACILITATE THE OPERATION OF THE, OF THE CAR WASH AND TO PROVIDE SECURITY, AND THEY'RE GONNA ADD A GATE SO THAT IT CAN'T BE USED AFTER HOURS.
THERE WON'T BE PEOPLE COMING IN THERE TRYING TO USE THE VACUUMS AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UM, AND THEY ALSO WANNA CONCENTRATE THE LIGHTING AWAY FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD SO YOU DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH LIGHT SHINING DOWN INTO THE PEOPLE'S YARDS BEHIND YOU.
SO, AS I SAID, THE, THE SITE CHANGE, THE SITE PLAN CHANGES WERE MADE SO THAT THEY COULD BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, BASICALLY, UH, ELIMINATE NOISE, ALLEVIATE THE LIGHT, AND ENHANCE THE SECURITY.
UH, WE KNEW THAT THERE WERE ALSO SOME TRAFFIC CONCERNS.
I KNOW THAT, THAT, THAT HAS COME UP TO STAFF.
UM, AND WE JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT THERE'S ANY TRAFFIC CONCERNS THAT PROCESS IS DONE THROUGH TXDOT BECAUSE ROOSEVELT IS A TXDOT ROAD.
AND, UM, THAT WILL COME LATER IN THE PROCESS IF IT'S NECESSARY TO HAVE ANY TURN LANES OR, OR LIGHTS ADDED TO THAT AREA.
AND HERE'S A PHOTO OF OUR, OF A EXAMPLE OF THE BUBBLE BATH CAR WASH.
UM, IN CONCLUSION, WE, WE THINK THAT IT'S A GOOD USE AND IT'S COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS.
UM, AND WE ASK THAT YOU APPROVE OUR APPLICATION TODAY, AND WE'LL PRESERVE A LITTLE TIME AT THE END IN CASE YOU NEED TO SPEAK WITH US AGAIN.
BUT, UM, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.
MR. FIFE, DID YOU HAVE SOME COMMENTS? IF YOU'LL JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I'M SORRY, IF YOU'LL STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I LIVE AT, UH, 9 3 3 8 MONSANTO, WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE AUTO ZONE.
OUR CONCERN, KB FED US A LINE OF WHEN THEY TOLD US, THEY TOLD US THAT LAND COULD NEVER BE DEVELOPED, THAT WE HAD NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.
THEN WE FOUND OUT ABOUT A YEAR AFTER WE MOVED IN, WE'D BEEN THERE FOUR YEARS.
THEY SAID THEY HAD APPROVED THE AUTO ZONE TO BE PUT IN.
AND WE THOUGHT, WELL, IF THAT'S GONNA HAPPEN, THAT'S NOT GONNA BE THAT BAD.
BUT THEY ENDED UP COMING IN AND BRINGING IN, THEY BUILT THE LAND UP OVER FOUR FEET AND IT SITS ON A LITTLE HILL OVERLOOKING OUR HOUSE.
WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH IS, I, I'VE SEEN THE LA WHAT THE LADY HERE HAS TOLD US, AND I I I, SHE, THEY'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.
THEY'RE TRYING TO DIRECT THE LIGHTING AWAY.
THEY'RE MOVING IT AWAY FROM THE, UH, UH, HOMES AND EVERYTHING.
WAS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE FOR AUTOZONE? BECAUSE AUTOZONE ENDED UP, I I MEAN, WHEN I TELL YOU THIS, IT'S LITERALLY WE, WHEN CARS LEAVE, THE LIGHTS SHINE INTO OUR WINDOWS OVER OUR PRIVACY FENCE.
I'VE SPOKE WITH THE PEOPLE FROM AUTOZONE.
THEY SAID THAT, UH, THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT.
THEY NEVER PUT UP AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE LIKE THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE GOING TO DO, WHICH THEY WOULD HAVE TO PUT IT ON THE HILL THAT THEY BUILT.
UH, IF THEY EVEN DID IT LOW, IT WOULD STILL, WE'D BE IN THE SAME BOAT.
BUT, UH, PEOPLE WAVE TO US WHEN THEY'RE PULLING OUT IN THE DAYTIME, WE'LL BE SITTING OUT ON OUR PORCH AND PEOPLE WILL WAVE TO US.
IT GOES OVER TOP OF OUR PRIVACY FENCE.
AND WHAT WE'RE CONCERNED WITH IS, YOU KNOW, IS ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO ENFORCE STUFF LIKE THIS? LIKE WHAT THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
UH, I SPOKE WITH THE CITY BEFORE WE FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS ALL APPROVED BEFORE WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE.
THEY, THEY LIED TO US BASICALLY SAYING THAT NOTHING COULD EVER BE BUILT THERE.
AND WE'RE BOTH OVER 70, MY WIFE AND I, AND WE WE'RE NOT READY TO MOVE.
BUT THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING AND WE DON'T WANT TO SEE MORE STUFF ADDED ON.
BUT WITH, SHE'S A VERY NICE LADY AND SHE EXPLAINED IT TO ME OUT IN THE HALL AND, YOU KNOW, IT LOOKS LIKE IT WOULD WORK, BUT WHAT I WANNA KNOW IS WHY WASN'T KB HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE SAYING THEY'RE GONNA DO? I MEAN, I HAVE SPOKE WITH THE GENERAL MANAGER, UH, KEVIN FROM AUTOZONE.
AND I'M, I'M NOT SURE WHAT OUR NEXT STEP IS BECAUSE IT'S JUST, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS GONNA MAKE IT WORSE OR BETTER, BUT WE JUST, WE LIVE HERE.
I MEAN, WE'RE, WE'RE HOMEOWNERS AND WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR FOUR YEARS NOW AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THESE CHANGES ARE, ARE COMING IN.
AND AGAIN, IF WE HADN'T BEEN MISLED
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FROM THE BEGINNING, IT WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.WE WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO PLAN FOR IT.
AND NOW, UH, THIS HERE SEEMS MUCH MORE PREFERABLE THAN WHAT AUTO ZONE DID.
I MEAN, THEY BROUGHT IN, I COULDN'T TELL YOU HOW MUCH DIRT THEY BROUGHT IN.
THEY DID IT FOR WEEKS TO, TO BUILD THE LAND UP.
AND THEY WON'T TALK TO ANYBODY ABOUT DOING ANYTHING TO TRY TO STOP.
UH, YOU KNOW, THE LIGHTS, THE NOISE, PEOPLE REPAIR THEIR CARS RIGHT THERE BY THE FENCE.
I MEAN, WE HEAR 'EM CUSSING, WE HEAR 'EM, UH, YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY CAN'T BRING SOMETHING LOOSE.
IT'S, UH, AND WE HAVE A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON THAT, UH, WE'VE HAD TO BRING IN AT TIMES BECAUSE, UH, OF JUST THAT, THAT'S FINE.
AND SO WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST CONCERNED THAT WHAT WE THOUGHT WE HAD, WE FOUND OUT WE DON'T HAVE IT, BUT WE JUST WANT TO TRY TO LIMIT WHAT DAMAGE IS GONNA BE DONE TO OUR, UH, THANK YOU MR. FIFE FOR YOUR, I'M SO SORRY.
UH, YOU KNOW, THIS BODY, YOU KNOW, IS NOT A CODE COMPLIANCE BODY.
SO IF IN RELATION TO THE AUTOZONE PROPERTY, YOU MIGHT DISCUSS WITH CODE.
I, THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT ISSUE YOU MIGHT DISCUSS WITH, YOU KNOW, CODE COMPLIANCE WITH THAT FENCE.
I DID SPEAK, UH, WITH THIS GENTLEMAN HERE AND I'VE GOT HIS CARD WHERE WE CAN CALL TO DISCUSS THAT FURTHER.
AND THEN ANY OTHER, OTHER CONCERNS? IT SOUNDS LIKE THE APPLICANT IS WILLING TO YEAH.
YEAH, AND ONE, THE THING I'LL ADD, THE LIGHTS THEY PUT UP, THEY'RE LIKE 25 FOOT TALL.
THEY'RE ABOUT 10 FOOT FROM OUR HOU THEY, WE HAVE SHADOWS IN OUR BACKYARD AT NIGHT AT YOU CAN GO OUT AT TWO O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND, UH, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S, YOU KNOW, JUST DUSK OUT THERE.
BUT, UH, SO I, I UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT THIS IS A WHOLE DIFFERENT AND IF, IF YOU GUYS WITH WHAT SHE'S SAYING, I, I CAN SEE WHERE IT PROBABLY WOULDN'T BE AN ISSUE.
BUT OF COURSE IT'S NOT BEHIND MY
BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO, TO KIND OF GET THIS ON RECORD, AS YOU KNOW, UH, AND I'M NOT SURE WHY THEY WEREN'T HELD TO THE SAME STANDARDS AS WHAT LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GONNA HOLD THESE PEOPLE TO THANK YOU.
AND HOPEFULLY SOMEBODY WILL FOLLOW UP WITH YOU FROM THE CITY IN REGARDS TO WHETHER THEY'RE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE.
AND I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I WILL, I WILL GET WITH YOU AND WE CAN DISCUSS THIS FURTHER TODAY.
UH, FOR THE ISSUE AT HAND, I'LL START ON THE RIGHT FOR ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
UM, JUST A COMMENT, UM, I'M GLAD THAT THE APPLICANT IS WORKING WITH THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEVELOPER TO ADD THESE ISSUES, WHICH, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE NOT A CODE COMPLIANCE, BUT, UH, RAISING THE DEFENSE MAY ONE THINGS TO BE DONE, I GUESS THAT WILL SOLVE THE WHOLE PROBLEM.
WELL, UM, I'M REALLY GLAD THAT THE CITIZEN CAME TO SPEAK, UM, BECAUSE I, HE RAISED SOME CONCERNS THAT I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT I WOULD HAVE.
SO I SEE THE PLINTH THAT AUTOZONE BUILT, UM, ON THEIR PROPERTY, UH, IN ORDER TO DEVELOP IT.
AND I SEE THE EXISTING ROAD THAT YOUR SITE PLAN IS CONNECTING TO.
AND SO I WONDER, WILL THIS CAR WASH BE BUILT AT THE SAME GRADE LEVEL AS THE AUTO ZONE IS CURRENTLY BUILT? AND IF SO, WHAT DOES AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE MEAN? WILL IT BE BUILT AT THE LEVEL OF THE PROPERTY GRADE PLANE, OR WILL IT BE BUILT AT THE LEVEL OF THE HOMEOWNER'S GRADE PLANE BEHIND YOUR PROPERTY? IT'LL BE BUILT ON WHATEVER GRADE PLANE WE'RE ON.
SO THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF IT IS TO, IS TO SCREEN IT FROM THE PEOPLE BEHIND US SO IT CAN BE BUILT BACK THERE.
WELL, IF, IF THEY DO HAVE TO, THEN, THEN THE, THE FENCE WILL BE, THE FENCE SHOULD BE UP ON THAT LEVEL.
SO I'M NOT SURE, UM, FROM THE ENGINEERS, I HAVEN'T, WE HAVEN'T TALKED TO THE ENGINEERS AS FAR AS WHETHER THEY'RE GOING TO NEED TO DO INFILL.
UM, BUT IF THEY DO, THEN THE, THE FENCE WILL HAVE TO GO WITH THE INFILL.
IF IT'S THE SAME LEVEL AS THE AUTO ZONE, IT'S GONNA BE UP ABOVE THE PRIVACY FENCE THAT WE ALREADY HAVE.
I KNOW YOU'RE GONNA PUT AN EIGHT FOOT IN, BUT WILL THAT BE BUILT AT, WE CAN RAISED UP SECTION ON THE LOWER SECTION.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE JUST SAYING WAS THAT THE NEW FENCE THAT WOULD BE PUT UP WOULD BE PUT UP ON THE HIGHER SECTION.
IF MAYBE YOU CAN DISCUSS THIS WITH THE, THE GENTLEMAN AFTER THE SURE.
STILL MAKE SURE HE'S, HIS CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED.
I REALLY, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
BUT I WOULD SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, OUR PURVIEW TODAY IS THE PLAN AMENDMENT BEFORE US.
AND TO ME, THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT MAKES PERFECT SENSE FOR THE AREA.
NO QUESTIONS, NO QUESTION, BUT I'LL BE SUPPORT OF THE STAFF.
JUST, UH, THE VOICEMAIL MENTIONED NOT, UH, NOT BEING NOTIFIED.
DO, DO YOU REMEMBER WHO THAT CALLER, WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WAS? YEAH, IT WAS VIA CORNELL.
ARE THEY WITHIN THE 200 FOOT NOTIFICATION?
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YES.I, I, I TOO DO NOT HAVE ANY, UH, CONCERNS, UM, WITH THE, THE PLAN.
SO I'LL ASK FOR A MOTION, PLEASE.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER PECK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER.
ELIZABETH STEWART PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE BROOKS, UM, BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM LOWDEN CITY, I'M SO SORRY, FROM LOWDEN CITY RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE LOCATED AT 42 51 CLARK AVENUE.
THERE WERE 34 NOTICES MAILED FOUR RECEIVED IN FAVOR TO RECEIVED AN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM HIGHLAND HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM LOWDEN RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE IN ORDER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT WHILE RM FOUR IS A PERMITTED ZONING CATEGORY UNDER THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE LAND CATEGORY.
IT IS ALSO PERMISSIBLE UNDER THE LESS INTENSE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CLASSIFICATION.
THUS, STAFF RECOMMENDS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN'S.
OBJECTIVE TO SUPPORT NEIGHBORHOOD STABILITY AND A BALANCE OF HOME OWNERSHIP AND RENTAL OPPORTUNITIES.
THE REQUESTED NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE INTERRUPTS A LARGELY RESIDENTIAL AREA BY INTRODUCING THE POTENTIAL FOR COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE OUT OF CHARACTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT TO NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE IS NOT A COMPATIBLE TRANSITION FOR THE R FOUR BASED ZONING DISTRICT TO THE SOUTH AND THE R FOUR AND MF 18 BASED ZONING TO THE NORTH STAFF'S.
ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS A BETTER TRANSITION AND IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA.
ALSO, THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION WILL ADD TO THE AREA BY PRODUCING ADDITIONAL ADDITIONAL DENSITY WHERE APPROPRIATE, ALLOWING FOR DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS AND TYPES IN THE SOUTHEAST SIDE AND PROMOTING INFILL DEVELOPMENT ON AN EXISTING VACANT LOT STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND I UNDERSTAND THEY WOULD LIKE TO AMEND THEIR REQUEST.
OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
DELANEY DEWITT KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, THANK YOU STAFF FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.
WE WILL BE AMENDING OUR QUE REQUEST TO, UM, THEIR RECOMMENDED ALTERNATIVE TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 4 2 5 1 CLARK AVENUE
UM, IT'S NEXT TO JUBILEE, UM, AND AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
AND, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOODS AROUND IT IS HIGHLAND HILLS, THE PROPERTY.
SO JUST TO HAVE A LITTLE HISTORY ON THE PROPERTY, IT UNDERWENT A LARGE AREA REZONING IN APRIL OF 2022.
OUR CLIENT, UM, PUT AN OFFER, UM, TO BUY THE PROPERTY IN EARLY 2022.
UM, IN LATE 2021, THEY STARTED DOING THEIR DUE DILIGENCE AND REALIZED THAT THE PROPERTY WAS MF 33, UM, A GREAT PURCHASE POTENTIAL.
UM, WHILE THEY WERE UNDER CONTRACT, THE PROPERTY WAS UNDERGOING THIS LARGE AREA REZONING.
UM, THE PROPOSED PROPERTY OWNER, UM, NEVER WAS CONTACTED BY THE PREVIOUS OWNER ABOUT THIS, UM, PROPOSED REZONING.
SO THE REZONING TOOK PLACE WITHOUT THE OWNER EVER BEING AWARE OF IT.
UM, THEY CLOSED ON THE PROPERTY IN APRIL OF 2022.
UM, OR NO, THE PROPERTY WAS REZONED IN APRIL OF 2022 AND THEY CLOSED IN MAY OF 2022.
UM, AT THE END OF MAY, THEY SUBMITTED, UM, A MA A MAJOR PLOT TO SAN ANTONIO, UM, FOR A, A DUPLEX RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY, UM, UNDER THE MF 33 ZONING THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY HAD.
UM, SO WE, THEY WEREN'T MADE AWARE OF THIS UNTIL DECEMBER.
SO NOW WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF REQUESTING A REZONING.
UM, THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED R FOUR RESIDENTIAL AND WE ARE ASKING FOR AN RMM FOUR IN LINE WITH THE RMM FOUR REQUEST.
WE ARE ASKING FOR AN AMENDED LAND USE DESIGNATION REQUEST TO THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, AS I DISCUSSED, WE ARE LOCATED NEAR HIGHLAND HILLS.
UM, WE MET WITH HIGHLAND HILLS AND A LOT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEIGHBORS WITHIN 200 FEET LAST SATURDAY.
UM, THEY ALL HAD VERY GREAT THINGS TO SAY.
UM, THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, THE HOMES, UM, TO THE SOUTH, THEY WILL HAVE A BUFFER THAT WILL REMAIN GREEN SPACE.
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AND THEN THE HOUSES TO THE NORTH WILL, NORTH WILL ALSO HAVE GREEN SPACE.UM, THE ENTIRE PROPERTY WILL BE FENCED WITH A WOODEN PRIVACY FENCE, AND THEN THERE WILL BE A PRIVATE STREET THAT ONLY IS ONE WAY IN.
AND THEN THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROPOSED RENDERINGS.
THEY WILL BE FOR SALE DUPLEXES, UM, AND THEY WILL BE WITHIN A P O A.
SO WE BELIEVE THAT THAT WILL HELP KEEP THE, UM, PROPERTY IN GOOD STANDINGS AND MAKE SURE THAT IT ALL STAYS AS GREAT AS WHEN IT WAS BUILT.
AND WITH THAT, I AM HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
BEFORE THAT WE HAVE A AUDI SMITH.
I HAVE PROPERTY, UH, ON THE NORTH SIDE OF, UH, MANY STORAGES AND STUFF.
MY CONCERN IS, UH, THE DUPLEXES, THEY DON'T BLEND IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE GONNA BE WAY OVERPRICED THAT NO REGULAR FAMILY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO AFFORD 'EM.
I WAS UNDER THE ASSUMPTION THEY WERE GONNA, THE LOW DENSITY THEY WERE GONNA HAVE THE HOUSES THAT WERE CLOSER TOGETHER, THAT ONE OR 200,000 THAT PEOPLE COULD AFFORD ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
BUT THOSE AT HALF A MILLION, THEY'RE NOT EVEN IN THE BALLPARK FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SHE'S BEEN VERY NICE AND SO HAS MRS. STEWART.
I'M JUST CONCERNED THAT THEY WON'T BE SUSTAIN SUSTAINABLE AND THAT THEY'LL END UP GOING BROKE OR TRYING TO DO SOMETHING TO KEEP 'EM GOING.
I'VE WATCHED THEM COME IN OVER THE YEARS AND THEY BUILD THEM AND THEY CAN'T MAKE THE MONEY THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO AND THEY GO BROKE.
SOMEBODY ELSE COMES IN, DOES THE SAY THE SAME THING, AND THEY START TO DETERIORATE AND, AND DISARRAY AND THEN IT JUST BECOMES A PROBLEM AREA.
AND THAT'S WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT.
SO, SO I WOULD LIKE IT TO, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE, I'D LOVE TO SEE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THERE INSTEAD OF DUPLEXES.
YOU'RE YOU'RE AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR PROPORTION? YES.
JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT I COULD AS I, I'M A RETIRED FIREFIGHTER.
I WAS THERE FOR 32 YEARS AND I USED TO GO TO THE DUPLEXES AND THEY WERE ALWAYS PROBLEMS, PEOPLE FIGHTING, PARKING SPOTS, WHATEVER.
EVEN SAHA OVER THE YEARS HAD DUPLEXES AND FOURPLEXES GOVERNMENT HOUSING THAT THEY TORE DOWN VICTORIA COURTS, SUTTON HOMES, BECAUSE IT JUST, YOU GET TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THAT AREA AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE PROBLEMS. AND THEN IT JUST CAUSES PROBLEMS FOR EVERYBODY.
SO IN, IN THE, THEY'LL BAIL OUT AND GO BANKRUPT AND THEN THEY JUST BECOME ICEO.
CAN YOU STATE YOUR ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? UH, 41 27 CLARK.
42 27 CLARK, 42 29 CLARK, 41 31 CLARK, I GOT A, I GOT A BUNCH OF ADDRESSES THERE.
AND APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO COME DOWN HERE AND TALK TO US.
I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER PECK? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER MILAN? NO QUESTIONS.
UH, YOU PROPOSE A NEW, A DIFFERENT YES, SIR.
WE PROPOSED, UM, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF THE ALTERNATIVE RE RE RECOMMENDATION FOR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
HOW ABOUT THE CITY WITH THAT PROPOSAL? YES, THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMENDED.
AND TO, TO BE CLEAR, UH, THE PRICES FOR THE TWO UNITS.
THE PRICES FOR THE TWO UNITS, UM, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND HIS CONCERN.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING IT TO BE WITHIN A P O A, UM, THAT WILL HELP, UM, MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY.
UM, I KNOW THAT ALL OF EVERYONE'S AWARE THAT SAN ANTONIO'S IN DIRE NEED OF A DIVERSE HOUSING.
UM, AND WE THINK THAT DUPLEXES ARE A, A GREAT PRODUCT AND WELL MAINTAINED ARE, ARE MUCH NEEDED IN THIS AREA.
SO, AND PROBABLY WILL BE PURCHASED AND THEN RENTED AS I'M ASSUMING.
SO, UH, THEY MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AFFORDABLE.
THAN SOMEBODY BUYING A $500,000 HOUSE.
UH, DOES ANYBODY ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE THE AMENDED, UH, REQUEST.
SECOND MOTION BY COMMISSIONER, UH,
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SIEGEL TO, UH, APPROVE THE AMENDED RECOMMENDATION OF MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.[Approval of Minutes ]
UH, NOW MOVE ON TO THE MINUTES.DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR COMMENTS TO THE LAST MEETING? MINUTES? MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER PECK.
[Director’s Report ]
DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT OR UPDATE? ONLY THING I'D LIKE TO MENTION IS WHAT WE DISCUSSED IN THE, UH, WORK SESSION, UH, GOVERNANCE.MET TODAY FOR THE VACANCIES AND THE REAPPOINTMENTS AND THAT WILL NOW BE GOING TO CITY COUNCIL, I BELIEVE, ON THE 2ND OF FEBRUARY.
UH, WITH NO FURTHER BUSINESS, WE ARE ADJOURNED.