* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ Roll Call  ] [00:00:05] GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL ZONING MEETING. TIME IS 2:01 PM ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023. WE'LL CALL OUR MEETING TO ORDER. MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ. PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER GRO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CASTILLO. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER CAB HDA. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER BELI. HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT. COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY. HERE. MAYOR NIERENBERG. HERE. MAYOR. WE HAVE A QUORUM. ALRIGHT, WELCOME EVERYBODY. UM, WE HAVE A CONSENT [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.  ] ZONING AGENDA. WE ALSO HAVE SOME ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE CONTINUED, UH, TO MARCH 2ND, TWO AND 18 ARE OKAY. AND, UM, WE HAVE A FEW ITEMS THAT WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. SO LET ME GO AHEAD AND READ THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO I TO, UH, MARCH 2ND. AND IF WE WANT TO ADD ANY OF THOSE, ANY TO THOSE NUMBERS, LET ME KNOW. UM, THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE GONNA BE CONTINUED FROM OUR AGENDA TO MARCH 2ND. ITEM 1, 2, 9, 14, 17, AND 18. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO, UH, PULL INTO CONTINUE TO MARCH 2ND? IF THERE ARE NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OF THOSE ITEMS TO MARCH 2ND. EXCUSE ME, MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE 17 AND 18 ON THE RECORD FOR CONTINUANCE. DID THAT 17 ADDED. OKAY. 17. YOU DID. OKAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, CAN WE TELL, SO MOVED. MOTION TO CONTINUE. SECOND. OKAY. THERE'S A MOTION TO SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF THOSE ITEMS TO MARCH 2ND. AND LEMME JUST CHECK TO MAKE SURE WE CALL FOLKS WHO ARE SPEAKING ON ANY OF THOSE. I DO HAVE TWO PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE ITEMS. CONTINUING. UM, SO LET ME CALL JACK FINGER ON ITEMS ONE AND TWO. MR. FINGER, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY KAREN WILLIAMS ON ITEM 17. MAYOR NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M. FINGER YES. ON A COUPLE ITEMS I WISH TO ADDRESS TO YOU REGARDING THE, UH, THE CONTINUANCE ON THIS, THESE TWO, UH, ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. AND, UH, THESE, UH, THIS ITEM NUMBER ONE IS ABOUT AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE. AND, UH, THIS IS IN MR. BRAVO'S DISTRICT. YES, MR. BRAVO. I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE NOT GONNA APPROVE THIS TODAY, UH, BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN, UH, 300 FEET OF THE NAL HAWTHORNE ACADEMY, SIR, OVER ON, UH, EAST ASHBY, UH, PLACE. UH, I MEAN, IF IT'S 300 FEET WITHIN WHERE YOU HAVE K KIDS, UH, SCHOOL KIDS ARE RUNNING AROUND PLAYING AND AND SO FORTH, UH, WHY DO WE WANT TO EVEN THINK OF ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES WITHIN JUST ESSENTIALLY JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM THAT PLACE THERE? WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO IT ALL TOGETHER? DO YOU THINK? UH, MR. BRAVO ALSO, UM, ITEM NUMBER TWO, SAME SITUATION THIS TIME IN MR. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ'S, UH, DISTRICT. YES SIR. ALCOHOL VARIANCE IN THIS TIME. THE, UH, UH, THE PROPOSAL IS TO, IS TO SELL ALCOHOL WITHIN THE 300 FEET OF THE CLEAR SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, RIGHT, RIGHT NEAR PREPARING BOTTLES THAT ROAD THERE. SO, UH, I'M GLAD THAT IT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE APPROVED, BUT, UH, WHY NOT JUST SAY NO TO IT IF ONCE AGAIN, IF IT'S RIGHT NEAR RIGHT NEXT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE, WHERE, WHERE SCHOOL KIDS ARE GONNA BE PLAYING, WHY NOT JUST SAY, SAY NO TO THE ALCOHOL SALES ALTOGETHER, WHICH IS WHAT THE STATE, UH, STATE OF TEXAS WARNS US UP, WHICH IS WHY IT HAS THIS, THIS KIND OF, UH, THESE PROTOCOLS HERE, YOU THINK? THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. FI, MR. FINGER KAREN WILLIAMS ON ITEM 17. HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. I UNDERSTAND THAT MY CASE HAS BEEN, UM, IT'S GONNA BE CONTINUED UNTIL MARCH 2ND, BUT I DID WISH TO SPEAK. UH, MY NAME IS KAREN WILLIAMS, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE HERE, UH, REGARDING, AGAIN, THE, [00:05:01] THE CASE, UH, NUMBER Z 20 22 1 0 7 0 3 3 7, WHICH IS THE PLAN AMENDMENT AND ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE ADDRESS OF 2010 WEST LOOP 1604, WHICH SITS DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR RESIDENTIAL HOME ON CARDINAL LANE. AND THE ZIP CODE IS 7 8 2 5 1 7 8 2 5 1 IS THE 63RD MOST POPULATED ZIP CODE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS OUT OF 1,929 ZIP CODES AND STILL GROWING. SO IT IS HUGE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE GROWTH IN SAN ANTONIO IS GOING TO HAPPEN. WHEN I MOVED INTO MY HOME 23 YEARS AGO BEFORE IT WAS ANNEXED INTO THE CITY, THE AREA SURROUNDING MY HOME WAS FULLY, WAS FULL OF UNDEVELOPED PROPERTY. VERY FEW BUSINESSES, MY HUSBAND AND I, ALONG WITH OUR NEIGHBORS, HAVE WITNESSED A TREMENDOUS GROWTH IN OUR AREA, ESPECIALLY ON 1604, THE LAST THING WE AND OUR NEIGHBORS HAD LEFT. AFTER ALL THE HUGE DEVELOPMENTS THAT'S TAKEN PLACE, THERE WAS OUR QUIET STREET AND SERENE QUIETNESS OF OUR BACKYARDS, STILL ENJOYING WHAT'S LEFT OF THE WILDLIFE THAT HADN'T BEEN ACCIDENTALLY KILLED, RUNOFF OR, OR, YOU KNOW, LEFT TO STARVE AND DIE SOMEWHERE BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING TO THE WILDLIFE IN OUR AREA. AFTER THE MANY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. IT MAY NOT SEEM MUCH TO OTHERS, BUT IT'S A LOT TO LOSE FOR OUR BUSY LIVES. THAT WAS A BIT OF OUR ENJOYMENT AND WE WILL MISS IT. HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT ALL THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THOUGH. AFTER THE ZONING CHANGE TO MULTIFAMILY, WHICH IS POSSIBLY GOING TO TAKE PLACE, MY NEIGHBORS AND I WERE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF MULTIFAMILY UNITS WERE GOING TO BE BUILT ON THE PROPERTY BEHIND OUR HOMES. WE WERE ALREADY AWARE OF IMPACT DEVELOPERS AND THE GREEN GATE VILLAGE PROJECT FOR A LUXURY MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY THE HERMOSA VILLAGE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS LOCATED IN AUSTIN, LEANER TEXAS. AND WE'RE WONDERING IF THIS PROJECT WAS GOING TO TAKE PLACE FOR SURE. YESTERDAY. I DID FIND OUT FOR SURE THAT IT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE. UH, MY NEIGHBOR DON DAVIS AND I HAD A ZOOM MEETING, UH, WITH THEIR ATTORNEY, ASHLEY FAIRMONT, THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR IMPACT DEVELOPERS AFTER SHE REACHED OUT TO ME BY EMAIL, MS. FAIRMONT BROUGHT TO US, BROUGHT US UP TO DATE WITH THE PLANS OF THE IMPACT DEVELOPER IN THE GREEN GATE VILLAGE PROJECT TO TAKE PLACE ON THE PROPERTY OF 2010 WEST LOOP 1604. I HAVE SUBMITTED OUR LETTER IN OPPOSITION WITH A CHANGE OF BEING POSSIBLY IN FAVOR OF DEPENDING ON THREE THINGS, UH, FROM IMPACT DEVELOPERS. NUMBER ONE, THE DRAINAGE, WHICH WILL GREATLY IMPACT MY HOME AND MY NEIGHBOR'S HOMES DUE TO THE CITY EASEMENT, WHICH IS ALREADY IMPACT MY HOME. MY HOME IS, IS LEANING BECAUSE OF THE DRAINAGE. UM, BECAME WORSE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WAS ALREADY STARTED UP ON THAT PROPERTY. NUMBER TWO, PROPER FENCING FOR WHICH IT'S A LUXURY MULTI, UM, MULTIFAMILY UNIT. UH, WOOD FENCING DOES NOT SOUND. THEY MENTION THAT WOOD FENCING WOULD GO UP. WOOD FENCING DOES NOT SOUND APPROPRIATE FOR A LUXURY APARTMENT COMPLEX. ALSO, MY NEIGHBORS, AND I'M SORRY, ARE ALSO IN FAVOR OF A, UH, EIGHT FOOT FENCE INSTEAD OF A SET FOOT FENCE. AND I'M ABOUT DONE. AND THREE, THE PRICING FOR THE GREEN GATE VILLAGE UNITS. WE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE PRICING WAS FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S EVERYONE WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS THAT ARE CONTINUED TO MARCH 2ND. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND. AND LET ME READ THOSE FOR THE RECORD AGAIN. UH, THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED, THAT'S 1 2 9 14, 17, AND 18. NO, STOP. IT'S NOT ON OUR SCREEN. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY, MOTION CARRIES. 10. OH. ALRIGHT. THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE GONNA BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY. ITEM 6, 16, 20 AND 21. ARE THERE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? OKAY. IF THERE ARE NONE, THEN I'M GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. AND I DON'T THINK I'LL HAVE TO READ THEM, UH, BUT I WILL, AFTER I GET A MOTION, I MOVE THE CONSENT AGENDA BE APPROVED. OKAY. SECOND, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT ARE GOING TO BE VOTED ON EN MASS. IT'S 3 5, 7 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 19, 22, AND 23. WE DO HAVE SOME FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE. AND, UH, LEMME CALL JACK FINGER ON ITEMS THREE. AND THAT'S IT FOR CONSENT. YES. UH, MAYOR [00:10:01] NURNBERG, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK FINGER AND, UH, AND ITEM NUMBER THREE IS ONCE AGAIN ANOTHER ALCOHOL VARIANCE. AND ONCE AGAIN, UH, MR. MCKEE RODRIGUEZ, IT'S, UH, IN YOUR DISTRICT THERE THIS TIME. IT'S NEXT TO THE, UH, UH, THE, THE HEALY MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL, HEALY MURPHY HIGH SCHOOL. RIGHT? UH, RIGHT NEAR ON BROOK BROOKLYN AVENUE, AS THEY SAY, 300 FEET WITHIN WHERE THE, UH, THE HIGH SCHOOLERS ARE, ARE STUDYING. UM, I WISH, UH, YOU WOULD, UH, SAY NO TO THIS ONE, SIR. UM, WHY DO WE WANT THE INFLUENCE OF THOSE, UH, PURCHASING ALCOHOL RIGHT NEXT TO PRACTICALLY THE NEXT TO A HIGH SCHOOL? HMM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. THAT'S EVERYONE WHO SPE WHO'S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT. IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE. THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. UM, NINE, NINE OH. OKAY. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. NOW I WILL START WITH ITEM SIX. MAYOR, I'D JUST LIKE TO STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. RIGHT? I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. IT'S, UH, ITEM FOUR HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WON'T BE HEARD TODAY. THANK YOU. ZONING. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REZONING FROM R SIX CD TO C TWO NA CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO REPAIR LOCATED AT 2 0 3 WEST BUCHA BOULEVARD. BUCHANAN BOULEVARD. EXCUSE ME. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. NO FREESTANDING POLE SIGNAGE, NO L E D OR FLASHING SIGNAGE, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, BANNERS, PENANCE, OR PROMOTIONAL FLAGS OR FLYERS. NO ONSITE AUTOBODY REPAIR OR PAINTING PERMITTED OUTDOORS. DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING IS REQUIRED. NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND OR SPEAKERS PERMITTED. ALL BUILDINGS SHALL NOT EXCEED 25 FEET IN HEIGHT. HOURS OF OPERATION SHALL BE LIMITED FROM 7:00 AM TO 7:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY WITH NO CUSTOMERS. ON WEDNESDAYS, ALL EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS MUST PARK ON THE PROPERTY DURING BUSINESS HOURS. 20. NOTICES MAILED FOUR IN FAVOR. SEVEN OPPOSED. THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THERE IS ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, ONE IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY. WE DID RECEIVE A PETITION FOR SET WITH SEVEN SIGNATURES FOR THIS CASE. THIS REQUEST EXCEEDS THE 20% OPPOSITION, WHICH WILL REQUIRE EIGHT VOTES TO BE APPROVED. OKAY. UH, THIS ONE HAS TWO FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON IT. UM, ITEM NUMBER SIX, PATRICK CHRISTENSEN. MR. CHRISTENSEN, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JACK FINGER. YES. COUNSEL, PATRICK CHRISTENSEN. THREE 10 SOUTH ST. MARY'S JUST HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN CASE YOU HAVE ANY COUNCILWOMAN. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, JACK FINGER, MAYOR NURNBERG ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER AND, UH, THIS CASE, I BELIEVE IS IN MS, UH, VIA GRANT'S DISTRICT. YES, MA'AM. WELL, LOOKING AT THE, UH, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS, THE, UH, THE RED FLAG HERE IS THAT THE STAFF ZONING STAFF THOUGHT IT WAS A BAD IDEA TRYING TO ESTABLISH AN AUTO REPAIR SHOP, UH, RIGHT THERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I KNOW YOU'RE LOOKING AT, MAYBE LOOKING AT A FEW BUFFERS THERE, BUT, UH, STILL THE, THEY STILL MENTION THE, THE FACT THAT THERE'S NOISE, TRAFFIC AND POLLUTION AND, UH, YES, WITH THE, UM, AS MANY OF THOSE WHO THOUGHT, UM, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, AS THEY SAY OVER 20% SAY, SAYING, UH, THEY DO NOT WANT THIS AS WELL. UH, SINCE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT. THIS, UH, WHY NOT SAY NO TO THIS ONE. MS. VRAN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER VRAN, I, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX WITH MOTION. OH, I'M SORRY. I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. THANK YOU, COUNCILMAN. OKAY, UH, FOR CLARITY, THE MOTION WAS WITH CONDITIONS AND IT HAS BEEN SECONDED. ANY DISCUSSION? YES, [00:15:01] GO AHEAD. UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. WE CONTINUED THIS CASE FROM TWO WEEKS AGO TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME TO MEET AND LISTENED TO THE CONCERNS WITH THE, UH, WITH THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. I WANNA THANK MR. RODRIGUEZ AND MS. VAUGHN WHO EXPRESSED THOSE CONCERNS AND MET WITH ME THIS PAST WEEK. UH, I WANNA THANK MELISSA RAMIREZ AND CHRISTIE FLORES FROM D S D FOR BEING PART OF THAT CONVERSATION. UM, SO THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU, PATRICK, IF YOU COULD COME UP IT, AND IT'S KIND OF TIMELY, IS THE FENCING. WHAT TYPE OF FENCING WILL YOU HAVE AROUND THIS PROPERTY? UH, WOOD SOLID SCREEN FENCING. OKAY. SO, UH, THAT WAS ONE OF THE CONCERNS OF THE, THE NEIGHBORS AND, UH, BE, WE'RE GOING TO WORK ON MAKING SURE THAT THEY GET INFORMED AS THE, UH, AS THE PROJECT PROGRESSES. SO IN REVIEW, UH, THIS IS THE BEST KIND TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT FOR THIS AREA. SO, UM, I, I ASK THAT WE GO AHEAD AND VOTE AND MOVE WITH THE EMOTIONS APPROVED. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. COUNCILS MEMBER ILLA GRANT, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? OKAY. MOTION CARRIES. 10 OH, MOVE NOW TO ITEM 16. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO NA TO C TWO NA CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO SALES LOCATED AT 70 11 WEST PLAZA DRIVE. STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 9:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND CLOSED ON SUNDAY. 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER YARD IS REQUIRED. NO TEMPORARY SIGNS, WIND WAIVERS, PENANCE, BAND BANDIT SIGNS OR SNIPE SIGNS. EIGHT FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND OR USES INGRESS EGRESS FROM WEST PLAZA. ONLY 22 NOTICES MELD ONE IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM CABLE WESTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ALL RIGHT. NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS NUMBER 16. UH, THIS IS IN DISTRICT SIX. COUNCIL MEMBER KEVE H UH, MAYOR, I MOVE TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS. WAS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION ON ITEM 16? OKAY, HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY, ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 10 OH ITEM 20 AND 21. AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20 AND 21 IS AMENDING THE MEDICAL CENTER AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM URBAN MIXED USE TO REGIONAL MIXED USE FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C THREE R LOCATED AT 90 50 EBNER ROAD. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL PLANNING AND ZONING. COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. 18. NOTICES MAILED TWO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED OAKLAND ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. THERE IS ONE PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS 20 AND 21 JACK FINGER, MAYOR NURNBERG ARE THE MEMBERS OF THE SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL. FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME ONCE AGAIN IS JACK M FINGER. AND, UH, FINALLY, UM, ITEMS 2021 COMPANION CASES HERE WHEREBY I PROPOSE A NEED FOR A PROPOSED, UH, PLANNING, UH, CASE CHANGE IS BEING PROPOSED HERE, AND THIS FALLS INTO, UM, UH, MR. PALAZ DISTRICT, UH, DISTRICT EIGHT. YES, MR. PALAZ. UH, I LOOKED AT THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON THIS AND, UH, THE, WELL, WHEN YOU HAVE THE RED FLAG OF THE, UH, PLANNING STAFF SAYING NO, AND THE ZONING STAFF SAYING NO, IT'S WORTH, UH, LOOKING AT AS TO WHY. AND THEY, UH, AND IF, IF ONE LOOKS AT THOSE, UM, COMMENTS, YOU'LL FIND MR. PALAZ THAT, UH, STAFF THOUGHT THAT PUTTING AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE, AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE NEXT TO THIS LITTLE LAUNDRY IS GETTING TO BE JUST A BIT TOO INTENSE, SIR. SO, CONSEQUENTLY, UH, WELL, WHY NOT SAY NO TO THIS ONE SINCE, UH, WELL, THOSE WHO HAVE TO WORK RIGHT NEXT TO THAT PLACE, IT CAN, UH, GET A LITTLE, OH, I DON'T KNOW. UH, HOW SHALL THEY SAY? UH, UNPLEASANT. YEAH. UH, WHY NOT JUST SAY, SAY NO. AT LEAST MR. PAPA, I WOULD ASK YOU TO DO SO IF, IF, IF NO ONE ELSE ON THE COUNCIL WOULD BECAUSE OF, UH, THOSE VERY REASONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. FINGER. COUNCIL MEMBER PALA. THANK YOU, UH, [00:20:01] COLLEAGUES. THIS WAS, UM, MARKED FOR DENIAL. HOWEVER, WE'VE DONE A LOT OF WORK SINCE THEN, UH, WITH CITY STAFF AND WITH ROBERT UCK, WHO REPRESENTS, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNER. THAT WORK INCLUDES, UM, SOME VERY LENGTHY MEETINGS WITH, UM, THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AND THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE SURROUNDING BUSINESSES. UH, WE NOW HAVE CONSENSUS AND, UM, THE, THE MR. THUMB, WHO IS THE APPLICANT IN THIS CASE, UH, MADE SOME CONCESSIONS AND, UH, LEFT A FEW OF HIS WISHES ON THE TABLE, UH, IN ORDER TO REACH THAT CONSENSUS. AND I'M VERY, VERY GRATEFUL FOR HIM, WHICH IS WHY I MOVED TO APPROVE. THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 20 AND 21. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES. 10. OH, OKAY. I THINK THAT'S THE BALANCE OF OUR AGENDA TODAY. TIME IS 2:22 PM ON FEBRUARY 16TH, 2023. WE ARE ADJOURNED. HAVE A GREAT AFTERNOON. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.