[ Roll Call ]
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THE TIME IS 2:09 PM ON THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023.
WE'LL CALL OUR ZONING AGENDA TO ORDER.
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
[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. ]
EVERYBODY TO OUR ZONING MEETING.I'M GOING TO READ THE ITEMS THAT ARE ON OUR CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
IF THERE ARE ANY OTHERS TO PULL FROM THAT TO HEAR INDIVIDUALLY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW.
AT THAT TIME THE ITEMS TO BE HEARD ON CONSENT ARE 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, AND 26.
ALL THE EITHER ITEMS ARE GOING TO EITHER BE, UH, HEARD INDIVIDUALLY OR CONTINUED.
AND SO LET ME READ YOU THE ONES THAT WILL BE, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW WHAT, LET ME, LET ME TAKE THE CONSENT AGENDA FIRST.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA? CAN WE PULL ITEM 24? MAYOR 24.
AND IT'LL BE FOR CONTINUATION.
ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL OFF OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING.
IF YOU GIMME JUST A MINUTE, LEMME CALL UP FOLKS WHO ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT.
WE HAVE JUST ONE PERSON AND THAT IS ON ITEM NUMBER 15.
MARIA SALIS, ARE YOU HERE, MS. SALIS, IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME FORWARD, YOU'RE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 15 AND IT'S ON, IT'S ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WE'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW.
UH, MAYOR NUREMBERG CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF.
MY NAME IS MARIA SALAS AND I'M A CONSTITUENT OF DISTRICT FIVE.
ON THIS DAY, FEBRUARY 2ND, 2023, I COME TO YOU TO COMMENT ON THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AT THE CORNER OF NORTHWEST 19TH AND THREE STREET.
AS AN IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOR LOCATED TO THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY, ANY CONSTRUCTION OF THAT SIZE WILL DEFINITELY IMPACT ME AND MY RESIDENTS AND MY RESIDENTS.
I STRONGLY DISAGREE WITH THIS PLANNED CONSTRUCTION.
I HAVE NOT SEEN THE PLANS, ALTHOUGH I UNDERSTAND THEY'RE ONLINE.
UH, MS. BLACKMAN, UH, DID RESPOND TO ME, UH, AND SHE DID TELL ME THAT IT IS GOING TO BE TWO STORIES HIGH AND IT WILL FIT UP TO 18 CARS, WHICH IS REALLY INCREDIBLY, UM, I, I CAN'T SEE HOW 18 CARS ARE GOING TO FIT THERE.
THEIR PROPERTY IS NOT THAT BIG, SO IT, IT WILL CONGEST THE, THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD, MY DRIVEWAY AND MAYBE THE OTHER DRIVEWAYS OF THERE.
AND IT WILL IMPACT THE BUS STOP THAT IS RIGHT THERE.
UM, I, I DON'T SEE WHY WE HAVE TO BUILD THAT.
IF THERE'S A AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT WITHIN THREE BLOCKS IN DISTRICT ONE CALLED THE ARTISANS AT THREE APARTMENTS AND IT IS AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THEY HAVE PLENTY OF PARKING.
SO WHY DO THEY NEED TO BUILD A 24 UNIT IN A VERY SMALL SPACE? AND, UH, ACCORDING TO MS. BLACKMAN, IT WILL BE TWO STORIES HIGH.
I CAN'T SEE HOW THAT WILL BE TWO STORIES HIGH.
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO PUT, UH, THE 18 VEHICLES ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND THEN THE 2, 2 4 UNITS 12 ON EACH, ON THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOOR.
'CAUSE THERE'S NO WAY THE 18 CARS CAN FIT IN THAT LITTLE LOT.
UH, AND I HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS THAT REALLY SHOULD BE ANSWERED.
UH, ONE OF THEM WAS THAT WHERE WILL THERE 18 CARS, UH, FIT THERE? HOW WILL THE VEHICLES AFFECT THE BUS STOP DIRECTLY ACROSS THIS PROPOSED APARTMENT COMPLEX? AND I DEPEND ON THE BUS SO THAT BUS STOP SHOULD NOT BE CLOSED BECAUSE OF THOSE, UH, CARS THAT WILL BE BLOCKING IT THERE.
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AND WHAT IS KEEPING THIS APARTMENT COP COMPLEX FROM BEING A SMALLER AMOUNT LIKE 12? DOES IT HAVE TO BE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX? COULD IT BE AN AIRBNB LIKE THE EAST SIDE IS DOING CURRENTLY? COULD IT BE A VRBO SINCE MORE THAN LIKELY THE FOUNDATION OF MY RESIDENCE WILL BE AFFECTED? WILL THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REIMBURSE ME FOR ANY AND ALL DAMAGES TO MY PROPERTY? WILL MY PROPERTY TAXES SKYROCKET SO THAT I WILL HAVE TO BE DISPLACED? WILL MY HOUSE BE DEMOLISHED? THANK YOU MS. S.UH, THAT IS EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE REMAINING ON CONSENT.
I'LL TURN NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? THERE ARE.
HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
I DID JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT AN EXCITING PROJECT ON TODAY'S, UH, CONSENT ITEM.
ITEM FIVE FEATURES AN EXPANSION OF THE HISTORIC M L K HOME ON CACTUS STREET, A HOME OF, UH, DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, WHEN HE WOULD RESIDE, THAT HE WOULD RESIDE IN DURING HIS VISIT VISITS TO SAN ANTONIO.
I THINK I SEE THE OWNER, MS. ALMA SHAVA SHAVAYA.
UH, AND SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING DR.
KING'S LEGACY BY OPENING A PERFORMING ARTS STUDIO FOR EAST SIDE YOUTH, UM, AND COME READING HIS LE HIS LIFE AND ACTIVISM WITH PHOTOS, INFORMATION SIMILAR TO A MUSEUM.
I'M HAPPY TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM AND I'M PROUD OF THE EFFORTS, UH, OF ALMA FOR THE CREATION OF THIS WONDERFUL CENTER ON THE EAST SIDE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? LEMME JUST READ THOSE ITEMS AGAIN.
THESE ARE THE ITEMS WE WILL BE VOTING ON.
ITEM 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 22, 23, 24, 25, AND 26.
24 WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
THERE'S A MOTION, A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA.
HEARING NO FURTHER DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL GO NOW TO, UH, OUR INDIVIDUAL, EXCUSE ME, I'M SORRY.
WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONTINUED TO FEBRUARY 16TH.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEMS 13 AND 21 TO FEBRUARY 16.
ANY DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE? I, I THINK WE'RE HAVING SOME TABLET ISSUES.
UH, WHY DON'T TAKE A VOICE VOTE.
UH, WE HAVE ONE ITEM SCHEDULED FOR CONTINUANCE TO MARCH 2ND.
UH, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM 24 TO MARCH 2ND.
10 0 1 ITEM WILL BE CONTINUED TO, THAT'S ITEM NUMBER 20.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NUMBER 20 TO APRIL 6TH.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.
MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
THIS ITEM ON THIS PORTION OF YOUR AGENDA, THE, UH, UH, AND THIS ZONING CASE FALLS INTO MRS. UH, MS.
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VERDE'S DISTRICT THERE? YES, MA'AM.WELL, THE, UH, THE RED FLAG ON THIS ONE, MS. VERDA, IS THAT THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA BECAUSE IT'S A LITTLE BIT, UH, TOO INTENSE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UM, I MEAN, MY GOODNESS, UH, IT, IT, THEY SAID IT SHOULD REALLY BE IN SOMETHING OF A C THREE INSTEAD OF A C TWO.
SO, UH, YEAH, I MEAN, WE, WE CERTAINLY WA WANT TO HELP OUT OUR VETERANS BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THIS IS GONNA BE LIKE A VETERAN'S HOME, BUT, UH, UH, THERE ARE OTHER PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVE TO LIVE IN THAT AREA.
AND, UH, CONSEQUENTLY I THINK WE SHOULD ABIDE BY THE, THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND PLACES SOMEWHERE ELSE.
ALRIGHT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 20? HEARING NONE.
THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND ON ITEM 20 TO MOVE TO APRIL 6TH, PLEASE.
UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.
WE'LL GO TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS NOW.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 7 0 2 EL MONTE BOULEVARD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION.
ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
39 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED NORTHMORE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE IS ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE.
UH, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK JACK FINGER? YES.
UH, MR. MR. NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, MY NAME IS JACK FINGER.
AND, UH, MR. BRAVO IN THIS DISTRICT, UH, THERE ARE QUITE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO, UH, RESPONDED TO THIS PROPOSAL.
WHY DIDN'T THEY LIKE IT? WELL, UM, WELL, 29% OF THOSE WERE SURROUNDING IT THERE SAID, UH, UH, IT, WELL, IT'S JUST LIKE THE STAFF SAID IT'S A BIT, UH, IT INTRODUCES EXCESS DENSITY TO THEIR AREA.
UH, YOU CAN CUT THAT DOWN TO TWO, THAT'D BE BE APPROPRIATE, BUT, UH, WHEN YOU, YOU GOTTA DRAW THE LINE SOMEWHERE AND, UH, IT REALLY SHOULD BE A TWO.
UH, UH, THIS IS, UH, ALSO I NOTICED THAT THE NORTHWEST, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED IT FOR THOSE, APPARENTLY FOR THOSE VERY SAME REASONS, SIR.
UH, SO YES, I THINK, UM, WHY NOT JUST SIMPLY SAY NO TO THIS AND ASK THE, THE PERSON PROPOSING THIS TO, UH, CUT IT DOWN SO THAT THE PEOPLE LIVING AROUND IT DON'T HAVE TO LIVE WITH THE INTENSITY THAT WILL BE THERE FOR PRACTICALLY FOREVER.
OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO.
MOTION AND SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A LARGE AREA REZONING AND IT WE ARE REZONING FROM VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS TO C 1 2, 3 C THREE AND A A ONE R 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, AND SIX MF 25 R ONE CD R THREE CD R FIVE CD, ALL THE CONDITIONAL USES FOR THE TWO OR THREE DWELLING UNITS OR NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOTS AND R TWO CD, R FOUR, CD AND R SIX CD AND ALL THE CONDITIONAL USES FOR 2 3, 2 OR THREE DWELLING UNITS.
THIS IS GENERALLY BOUNDED BY INTERSTATE 10, WEST OF NORTHEAST, UM, WEST TO THE NORTHEAST, NORTH COLORADO STREET TO THE EAST LEAL STREET AND WEST POPULAR STREET TO THE SOUTH, NORTH HAMILTON AVENUE AND NORTHWEST 19TH STREET TO THE WEST AND COLLIBRA ROAD TO THE NORTH STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
THERE IS AN AMENDMENT TO PROPERTY AT 10 10 NORTH ZAMO STREET, WHICH IS AMENDING TO I ONE.
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1,494 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED WEST END.MOTION TO, UM, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO J JOHN HERDON.
I'M JUST HERE IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO AS AMENDED.
WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR.
AMENDING THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER FROM EMPLOYMENT FLEX TO REGIONAL MIXED USE FROM I ONE C THREE N A AND I D Z WITH VARIOUS USES TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO 1000 DWELLING UNITS AND A BAR IN TAVERN.
GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 200 BLOCK OF WEST JOSEPHINE STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COM ZONING AND PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN AND HAS AMENDED THE REQUEST TO REDUCE THE DWELLING UNITS TO 900 DWELLING UNITS.
NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE IN SUPPORT.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THREE AND FOUR.
JACK FINGER, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
AND, UH, ONCE AGAIN, UH, MR. BRAVO, THIS, UH, THIS CASE.
THERE ARE QUITE A FEW RED FLAGS ON THIS ONE COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS CASES HERE.
YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, WHAT THE PROPOSAL IS HERE, RIGHT THERE ON, ON OUR PAPER HERE, IT SAYS 1000 DWELLING UNITS, 1000 DWELLING UNITS.
AND THAT'S JUST THAT ONE ADDRESS.
I THINK A NEARBY ADDRESS HAS ANOTHER 1000 DWELLING UNITS.
AND IN EACH OF THESE ADDRESSES IT SAYS A BAR, A BAR,
YOU SEE, LIKE, WE REALLY NEED ANOTHER BAR IN THAT AREA, SIR.
WELL, THE, UH, PLANNING COMMITTEE, PLANNING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS BAD FOR THO THOSE REASONS AND SO DID THE, UH, ZONING STAFF THINK IT WAS BAD? THEY SAID THAT BECAUSE OF, YOU KNOW, THE 1000 UNITS SIR HIGH IN, I MEAN, THAT'S PRETTY HIGH INTENSITY, HIGH INTENSITY INFIELD IS OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THOSE ARE THE COMMENTS BY, BY THE STAFF.
UH, WHY DON'T WE LOOK AT THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE EXPERT IN THIS FIELD AND SAY, UH, MAYBE JUST, MAYBE THEY'RE RIGHT.
UH, IS THAT OKAY WITH EVERYBODY ELSE ON THIS? BEHIND THE DI IS THERE 1000 UNITS COMPACTING IN LESS THAN A BLOCK AREA THERE ALONG WITH, WITH THE COMMENSURATE BAR? I MEAN, WHY NOT? WHY NOT TO SAY JUST GET, GET A LITTLE BACKBONE AND SAY NO TO THIS ONE.
UH, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL FOR THIS LOCATION WAS 10 STORIES HIGH, 1000 UNITS.
THE FINAL SITE PLAN HAS REDUCED THE OVERALL PROJECT TO 900 UNITS, UH, WITH A REDUCED HEIGHT OF 50 FEET ALONG NORTH ST.
MARY'S STREET, STEPPING UP TO 78 FEET CLOSER TO THE RIVER WHERE THIS PROJECT ABUT SINGLE, EXISTING, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ON ASHBY.
THE HEIGHT WILL BE LIMITED TO 30 FEET AND THE EXISTING GRADE WILL BE MAINTAINED.
WE HAVE A NEED FOR MORE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO, AND WHILE THERE ARE ONGOING PARKING CHALLENGES IN TOBIN HILL, THIS PROJECT WILL PROVIDE 900 MORE HOUSING UNITS IN ONE OF THE MOST WALKABLE AREAS OF DISTRICT ONE.
I SUPPORT THE COMPROMISES THAT, THAT THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAVE AGREED TO.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE RESIDENTS OF TOBIN HILL AND THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING CLOSELY TOGETHER ON THIS CASE.
IT'S BEEN, UM, IT HAS SUPPORT FROM BOTH THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS NUMBER THREE AND FOUR AS AMENDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
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OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES.ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REZONING FROM R SIX CD WITH CONDITIONAL USES FOR MULTIFAMILY COMPLEX TO C TWO NA CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO REPAIR.
LOCATED AT 2 0 3 WEST BURIN AT BOULEVARD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING.
COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
NO FREESTANDING POLE SIGNAGE, NO L E D OR FLASHING, FLASHING SIGNAGE, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, BANNERS, PENANCE OR PROMOTIONAL FLAGS OR FLYERS.
NO ONSITE AUTOBODY REPAIR AND PAINT PERMITTED OUTDOORS.
NO OUTDOOR, OUTDOOR SPEAKERS PERMITTED.
ALL BUILDINGS SHALL NOT EXCEED 25 FEET IN HEIGHT.
HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL BE LIMITED FROM LIMITED FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ALL EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS MUST PARK ON THE PROPERTY DURING BUSINESS HOURS.
NOTICES MELD FIVE IN FAVOR TO OPPOSE NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THERE IS ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
WE DO HAVE, UH, THREE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER NINE.
MR. RODRIGUEZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY CREST VAUGHN.
UH, I'M JUST CALLING THE NEXT PERSON IN LINE.
I WAS THE FIRST TIME I DO THIS, BUT, UH, THE REASON I'M HERE IS BECAUSE, UH, AND I WAS LATE BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET A NOTICE IN REFERENCE TO THIS REZONING.
UH, THERE WAS ANOTHER REZONING DONE BY THE REZONING IN ANOTHER, IN ANOTHER, UH, MEETING.
AND IT WAS APPROVED WITHOUT ANYBODY TELLING ME AND AT LEAST, AND THE NEIGHBORS, UM, I DON'T, I BELIEVE IN CAPITALISM, BUT IF THIS PERSON, WHOEVER THE OWNER IS, THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL CITATIONS TO CUT THE GRASS ON THAT AREA.
THERE'S NO THERE NOBODY HAS BEEN ACT PROACTIVE TO DO THAT THIS LAST, I HAVE THE PICTURES IN HERE IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE 'EM.
UH, SO BOTTOM LINE IS THAT I DON'T TRUST THIS PERSON TO DO WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO DO.
UH, AND I AGREE WITH, UH, ALSO I TALKED TO THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY AGREED WITH ME.
I DON'T KNOW IF, IF ANYBODY MADE IT, BUT THE ONLY REASON I FOUND OUT IS 'CAUSE I WENT ON THE MINUTES ON THE AGENDA FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND, AND THAT'S HOW I FOUND OUT THIS WAS ON.
MS. VAUGHN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER.
I'M THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THE MISSION OPEN AIR MARKET, WHICH SETS ADJACENT ON BUCHANAN ROAD, UH, BOULEVARD RATHER.
UM, US TWO, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME, WE DIDN'T RECEIVE NOTICE OF THIS HEARING FOR WHEN Y'ALL, WHEN THEY MET DECEMBER 6TH.
WE DID SEE A SIGN THAT WAS KIND OF HIDDEN IN THE BRUSH A LITTLE BIT, WHICH WE TOOK A PICTURE OF AND HAVE A DATE STAMP OF WHEN WE DID SEE THE SIGN.
FINALLY THE OWNER HAD A BRIEF CONVERSATION WITH MR. DOLLY EXPLAINING WHAT HE WAS GOING TO DO.
WE HAVE NOT HAD PROPER TIME TO EVEN VISIT WITH HIM ABOUT ANY OF IT UNTIL TODAY WHEN WE MET JUST NOW BEFORE THE SESSION.
UM, I DID MEET WITH THE OWNER AND I MET WITH HIS COUNSEL.
WE CAME UP TO SOME CERTAIN AGREEMENTS WHERE THEY WOULD NOT BE SOME MORE, UM, I GUESS WHAT CONDITIONS WOULD YOU SAY ARE TO BE PLACED ON THIS IF HE WERE TO COME INTO A AUTO BODY SHOP? BECAUSE THE STAFF THAT ACTUALLY THE ZONING STAFF THAT DID NOT COM RECOMMEND THIS TO COME IN, SAID THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE PAINTING AND FUMES AND GRINDING AND ALL KINDS OF STUFF GOING ON THERE, WHICH WOULD ACTUALLY NOT BE BENEFICIAL TO THE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
UH, SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
SO WE SAID, OKAY, LOOK, YOU DON'T OPEN ON WEDNESDAY.
'CAUSE THAT'S ONE OF OUR BUSIEST DAYS.
NOT TO MENTION TRAFFIC IS A HUGE AIR, AIR OF OUR CONCERN AS WELL.
THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE SAFE CAME OUT AND ADJUSTED OUR TRAFFIC FROM MORRISON TO BULL TO BUCHANAN BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY TRAFFIC ON MORRISON.
THEY MOVED, MOVED US TO BUCHANAN.
SO THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS.
WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH A COMPANY COMING IN.
WE'RE A COMMUNITY-MINDED COMPANY, BUT WE HAVE SOME SERIOUS CONCERNS.
AND I SPOKE WITH EVERYBODY, WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH 'EM, PUT IN SOME NEW CONDITIONS, BUT WE WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO HOLD OFF ON ABSOLUTELY CONFIRMING THIS UNTIL WE GET THOSE CONDITIONS IN WRITING.
AND THEY'RE NOT EVERY, WE DON'T MOVE FORWARD TODAY UNTIL EVERYTHING ELSE IS IN WRITING THAT WE CAN ALL AGREE ON.
JACK FINGER, MAYOR NURENBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
JACK FINGER IS MY NAME AND, UH, BEING A CURMUDGEON IS MY GAME AS THEY SAY.
YOU KNOW, UH, THE CONCERNS THAT THE LADY HAD, UH, MAY HAVE FALL IN LINE WITH WHAT THE, UH, THE ZONING STAFF SAID ABOUT THIS.
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PROPOSAL IS JUST NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ABUTTING THE CAR REPAIR SHOP.I MEAN, THIS IS RIGHT APPARENTLY JUST, JUST RIGHT, RIGHT NEXT TO IT THERE.
I DON'T, AMONG THE CONDITIONS MENTIONED THERE, I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING ABOUT, UH, UH, BUFFERS.
I MEAN, WOULD YOU WANT A CAR REPAIR SHOP JUST BUDDING YOUR, YOUR HOME, YOUR RESIDENCE
I DON'T THINK, UH, THE, THE, THE RESIDENTS WOULD WANT IT THERE.
AND THEY'RE THE ONES, LIKE I SAY, UH, UH, UH, UH, UH, VILLAGRANDE.
UH, I, I DON'T THINK YOU, YOU WOULD WANT ONCE TO SUCH EITHER, BUT, UH, JUST MAYBE THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME, SOME PRIVACY VERSUS THE, UH, THE NOISE AND THE TRAFFIC THAT, THAT WILL BE, THEY'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH WITH THIS, UH, REPAIR SHOP.
UH, ANYWAY, SO, UH, MAYBE ONE OR MAYBE ONE OR MORE OF YOU HA HAVE, UH, CONCERNS ABOUT THIS AND MAYBE EVEN HAVE A CONSCIENCE THERE.
I WANNA THANK THE DISTRICT THREE ZONING COMMISSION, CHARLES FUENTES AND THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH MY OFFICE ON THE SET OF CONDITIONS ADDED ONTO THE REQUEST.
AT THIS TIME, I, I DO HEAR THE CONCERNS AND I'D LIKE TO BRING UP THE REPRESENTATIVE AND, AND THE OWNERS IF THEY'D LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF MRS. VAUGHN AND OUR RESIDENT ABOUT THE, UM, ABOUT THE MAINTAINING OF THE YARD IN THAT AREA.
SO, UH, WE DO HAVE CONDITIONS, AND I DO, I I DO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, ADD IN TERMS OF THAT WEDNESDAY.
SO IF, IF YOU COULD JUST PLEASE ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
YES, I BELIEVE THE CONDITION WE'VE AGREED TO TODAY, THERE WAS CONCERN.
THE FLEA MARKET HAS A BIG EVENT ON EVERY WEDNESDAY, SO WE'VE AGREED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CONDITION THAT, UM, NO CUSTOMERS ON WEDNESDAYS.
ONLY THE EMPLOYEES, THERE'S ONLY ABOUT FOUR EMPLOYEES THERE.
THEY WILL ONLY BE THERE ON WEDNESDAYS WORKING INSIDE THE SHOP.
NO CUSTOMERS COMING AND GOING ON WEDNESDAYS.
AND, AND THERE'S CONFUSION ABOUT PAINT AND BODY.
ALL WE'RE ASKING FOR IS AUTO REPAIR.
IT DOES NOT ALLOW A PAINT AND BODY.
AND, UM, THE CAN, CAN WE GET THAT IN? CAN WE CONTINUE THIS FOR TWO WEEKS AND POSSIBLY GET THAT IN WRITING SO WE CAN ALSO ADDRESS THE, UH, MAINTENANCE OF THE YARD AND ON THE PROPERTY? ABSOLUTELY, NO PROBLEM.
SO I MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CAN CONTINUE THIS TO FEBRUARY 2ND SO WE CAN GET THAT ON, UM, FEBRUARY 16TH.
SO WE CAN GET THAT ON THE FEBRUARY 16TH AND WE CAN, UH, ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT WERE EXPRESS EXPRESSED TODAY.
I'M ACTUALLY THE MANAGEMENT FOR THE COMPANY OF, UH, MR. TORRES DAY.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE WERE TRYING TO RELATE A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA IS NOT THAT WE'RE OPENING A BIG BUSINESS.
WE'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE WITH BIG OLD BUFFERS AND GRINDERS AND EVERYTHING AND MAKING A BUNCH OF NOISE.
THIS FACILITY IS GONNA BE BASICALLY FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT DO BUSINESS WITH US AT OUR OTHER LOCATION ON MILITARY DRIVE.
UH, IF ANYBODY WERE TO SEE OUR LOCATION, HOW NEEDED IS AND EVERYTHING ELSE, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND THE MAN IS VERY CARING ABOUT HIS CUSTOMERS AND, AND TAKES PRIDE IN HIS BUSINESS.
HE HIRES PEOPLE TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING'S IS STANDUP.
UH, MATTER OF FACT, HE EVEN WANTED TO BUY A PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WAS ADJACENT TO ONE OF OUR OTHER LOCATIONS JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE IT WIDER AND MORE CONVENIENT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
THE LOCATION ON BUCHANAN IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK ON OUR OWN VEHICLES SO THAT WE CAN MAKE OUR INVENTORY THAT MUCH MORE ENJOYABLE BY OUR CUSTOMERS.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T, MATTER OF FACT, I'M GONNA SAY WE'RE PROBABLY ONE OF THE ONLY COMPANIES IN THIS BUY HERE PAY HERE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE IN SAN ANTONIO THAT ACTUALLY TAKES CARE OF THE VEHICLES TO MAKE SURE THE CUSTOMERS ARE HAPPY.
UH, WE EVEN TELL OUR CUSTOMERS, LOOK, IF THERE'S EVEN A GIVEN TIME, EVEN AFTER A YEAR THAT YOU'VE BOUGHT A VEHICLE FROM US, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE, WE WILL TAKE CARE OF THE REPAIRS FOR YOU AND CHARGE IT AT A, AT A WHOLESALE PRICE.
AND I'VE SEEN WHERE CUSTOMERS GET PRICES AT A FORD DEALERSHIP TO FIX THEIR VEHICLE, IT'S UPWARDS AROUND 25, 20 $800.
WE'RE ACTUALLY ABLE TO DO THE REPAIRS FOR AROUND $800.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THE CUSTOMER.
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FACILITY THAT'S ON BUCHANAN IS NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE, UH, UH, OPENING UP AND INCONVENIENCING EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.WHAT WE WANNA DO IS JUST HAVE SOME PLACE WHERE IT'S SMALL LOCATED TO WHERE WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT STUFF, GET EVERYTHING OUT, AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY'S HAPPY.
THE CUSTOMERS, I MEAN THE PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BELIEVE ME, THE WAY MR. TORRES DAY IS, HE'S NOT GONNA UPSET ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY THE NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA.
AND I THINK TWO WEEKS WILL GIVE US ENOUGH TIME TO GET THE MESSAGE OUT TO THE NEIGHBORS AND, AND YOUR EXPECTATIONS ON, ON, UH, ON JUST THAT, THAT STOREFRONT KIND OF, UH, LOOK FOR THE, FOR THE YARD AND THE SIDEWALKS AND THE THINGS.
SO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UNDERSTANDING AND WE'LL WE'LL SEE YOU ALL HERE IN TWO WEEKS.
I MAKE A MOTION TO, UM, CONTINUE THIS TO FEBRUARY 16TH.
WAS THERE A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE? UH, FROM KIO HDA, UH, FOR CONTINUING ITEM NINE TO FEBRUARY 16TH.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ALRIGHT, ITEMS 16 AND 17, AMENDING THE PORT OF SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM FLEX EMPLOYMENT MIXED USE TO URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FROM R SIX TO R FOUR, LOCATED AT 29 50 WARE AVENUE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ZERO OPPOSED? THOMPSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS NUMBER 16 AND 17.
UM, ARE WE RECORDING? COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN AS AN AYE.
AMENDING THE NO SOUTH ZAMORA COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL FROM R FIVE TO NC, LOCATED AT EIGHT 15 BRIGHTON AVENUE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
ONE OPPOSED NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THERE ARE 16 IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON 18 AND 19.
JACK FINGER, MAYOR BERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
UH, THIS PARTICULAR CASE IS IN, UH, MS. CASTILLO'S DISTRICT.
UH, MS. CASTILLO, BOTH THE PLANNING STAFF AND THE ZONING STAFF THOUGHT THIS, THIS WAS A VERY BAD IDEA.
WHY? WELL, IN THEIR WORDS, UH, THEY THOUGHT THAT THE HARDWARE STORE WAS JUST, ITS, ITS SITUATION.
THERE WAS JUST REALLY OUT OF CHARACTER WITH THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SOMETHING ABOUT, UH, THIS JUST DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
AND I THINK YOU PROBABLY KNOW THE REASONS WHY BE BETTER THAN MYSELF WHO LIVES QUITE A DISTANCE FROM THERE.
BUT WHEN THE, UH, WHEN TWO, NOT ONE, BUT TWO, UH, UH, DIVISIONS SAY THAT THIS IS WRONG, UH, WHY NOT SIMPLY DENY IT? THANK YOU.
UH, MELISSA, HOW MANY, UH, LETTERS OF SUPPORT WE HAD? UH, 10 IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED? OUT OF THE 24 NOTICES MAILED AND OUTSIDE OF THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY WE HAD 16 IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS NUMBER 18 AND 19.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
THAT IS THE BALANCE OF OUR ZONING AGENDA.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR YOUR PATIENCE.
TIME IS 2:44 PM ON THE SECOND DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2023.
OUR ZONING MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.