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WE WERE GETTING OUR QUORUM TIME IS 2:07 PM ON THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL, 2023.
WE'LL CALL OUR ZONING MEETING TO ORDER.
[ Roll Call ]
MADAM CLERK, COULD YOU READ THE ROLE? COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? HE DOESN'T HAVE THIS ONE.
OH, THEY PUT IT AT THE WRONG DESK.
[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. ]
EVERYONE.JUST FOR, UH, THE RECORD ITEMS 22, 29 AND 30 HAVE BEEN WITHDRAWN, WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
UH, AS OUR USUAL PROTOCOL, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT WILL BE CONTINUED.
WE HAVE ITEM 16 AND 17, 18, 25 AND 31.
THOSE ITEMS WILL BE CONTINUED TO MAY 4TH AND I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION JUST A SECOND.
ITEM 23 IS GONNA BE, UH, CONTINUED TO APRIL 20TH.
THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ARE TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
ITEMS 1, 2, 11, 12, 24 AND 27.
ALL THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I DID NOT READ OFF ARE GONNA BE, UH, CONSIDERED ON CONSENT.
SO AT THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN OR, OR I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER ITEMS TO PULL OFF OF THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
OKAY? IF THERE ARE NONE, THEN I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR ITEM 16 17 18 25 AND 31, WHICH WILL BE CONTINUED TO MAY 4TH.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE OF THOSE ITEMS TO MAY 4TH.
NO CITIZENS HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THOSE PARTICULAR ITEMS. SO WE WILL BEGIN DISCUSSION.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THOSE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED TO MAY 4TH? OKAY, HEARING NONE, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR CONTINUANCE TO MAY 4TH OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 16, 17, 18, 25 AND 31.
OKAY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOICE VOTE ON THAT.
ALRIGHT, ITEM 23 WILL BE CONTINUED TO APRIL 20TH.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT MOVE.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE.
ITEM 23 TO APRIL 20TH, NO ONE HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT ITEM.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
NOW WE WILL CONSIDER OUR CONSENT ZONING ITEMS AND LET ME READ THOSE OUT LOUD.
3 4, 5 6 7 8 9 10 13 AND 14 15, 19, 20, 21, 26, 28, 32, 33, 34, AND 35.
UH, WE DO HAVE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS THAT ARE ON CONSENT, SO I'LL CALL, UH, SPEAKERS IN ORDER.
ON ITEM NUMBER TWO, WE HAVE HECTOR HERNANDEZ.
JUST, UH, THAT'S GONNA BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
WE'LL CALL YOU IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, ON ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ANDREW TEJEDA COME UP.
MR. TEJEDA, YOU CAN SPEAK ON ITEM SEVEN NOW IT'LL BE ON CONSENT AND YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY AMIN M.
APOLOGIZE IF I PRONOUNCE THAT INCORRECTLY.
UM, ANDREW TEJEDA FOR TELA CONSULTING.
I'M STANDING IN FOR MIKO RAMAS WHO HAD SURGERY, UH, YESTERDAY, JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. TEJEDA.
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ON ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY BERTHA CALIENDO.GREETINGS TO THE MAYOR AND, UH, DR.
MY NAME IS AMIN MIR, THE OWNER OF THE LAND AT YUCCA STREET 7 51.
INDEED, ONE OF THE PRIMARY NEEDS OF EVERY NEIGHBOR NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL IS LOCKSMITH SERVICES, WHICH IS MEANT TO PROVIDE MAINTENANCE ON DOOR KEYS AND LOCKS.
IN ADDITION, THE NUMBER OF HOUSES AND APARTMENTS WITH MULTIPLE ROOMS IS GROWING THAN EVER, WHICH IN TURN MAKES THE MOBILE TYPE OF THIS OCCUPATION MORE FACILITATING AND SUPPORTING FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY.
I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE A BASIC BACKGROUND ON MY PROPERTY AND THEN I EXPLAIN THE PURPOSE BEHIND REZONING AND TRANSITIONING THE USAGE OF THE PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL.
FIRST OF ALL, ALL THE BACKGROUND.
MY PURCHASING GOAL OF THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LOCATED ON 7 51 YUCCA STREET WAS PRIMARILY CONSTRUCTING A HOUSE FOR MYSELF TO LIVE IN IT.
HOWEVER, I LEARNED THAT THE LAND ITSELF HAS A TRIANGLE SHAPE AND NOT LARGE ENOUGH FOR CONSTRUCTION OF A PROPER HOUSE.
THEREFORE, IN ORDER TO TAKE A BENEFICIAL APPROACH FOR MYSELF AND THE COMMUNITY, I DECIDED TO HAVE THE PROPERTY UTILIZATION TRANSFERRED FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL SO THAT THE UNIQUE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, SUCH AS THE LOCKSMITH CAN BE SATISFIED AND NEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES WOULD ALSO BE PROVIDED.
BASICALLY, THIS TYPE OF BUSINESS IS DONE THROUGH A MOBILE TRUCK THAT WE PROVIDE, UH, MSMITH SERVICES TO WHOEVER IS, UH, IN OUR ZONE AND IN NEED OF OUR SERVICES.
IN CONCLUSION, THE TRANSITIONING OF THE MENTION LAND TO A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS A DRIVE KEY TO FACILITATE COMMUNITY NEEDS AND IMPROVE THE, UH, CITY, UM, FACILITIES IN GENERAL.
MAYOR BERTHA CALIENDO ON ITEM NUMBER 15, MS. CALLO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY EFRIN GUTIERREZ ON ITEM 19.
GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, I'M MARIA BERTA, CALIENDO 1 9 7 FOR MCCALLY.
AND MY REASON FOR SPEAKING IS I MISSED MY OPPORTUNITY.
THE OTHER MEETING I WAS CALLED OUT OF THE MEETING, THE TRAFFIC IN THE AREA BETWEEN SOUTHWEST MILITARY DRIVE AND BAR LIGHT IS VERY BUSY.
THERE'S A CAR WASH FOR BY THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT THE LINE BACKS UP AND BLOCKS ENTRANCES TO CHICK-FIL-A, IHOP AND OTHER, OTHER BUSINESSES BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS.
NOW, IN MY CASE, ON THE CORNER OF SOUTHWEST MILITARY AND BAR LIGHT, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THEY'RE HOPING TO DO A CAR WASH.
WELL, IF THE TRAFFIC PACKS UP ONTO BAR LIGHT, THERE ARE CHILDREN THAT WALK TO SOUTH END HIGH SCHOOL AND TO PRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND THEY WALK.
AND THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS TO THEM.
THEIR SCHOOL BUS, THEY USE THAT ROUTE.
THERE'S THE US POST OFFICE MAILMEN GO DOWN THAT ROUTE.
WE'RE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE'S TRAFFIC AT A RESTAURANT, CURRENT RESTAURANT THAT BACKS OUT INTO THE STREET AND THE EMPTY LOTS.
THEY'RE BIG TRAILER COMPANIES DELIVERING LUMBER.
C P S COMPANIES, CUSTOMERS THAT THE PARKING LOT GETS FULL 'CAUSE IT'S VERY POPULAR.
IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S ALREADY VERY CONGESTED.
THE CITY USES MY WORKING ALLEY, WELL, NOT JUST MINE PERSONALLY, BEHIND MY HOUSE TO PICK UP TRASH AND OTHER THINGS THAT GO IN ON BAR LIGHT AND THEY EXIT ON THE OTHER STREET.
SO MY CONCERN IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THAT LINE OF BACKUP TRAFFIC FROM A CAR WASH AT SOUTHWEST MILITARY AND BAR LIGHT THAT'S GONNA INTERFERE WITH CHILDREN'S SAFETY AND PEDESTRIANS.
THERE'S PEOPLE THAT ARE IN WHEELCHAIRS THAT GO TO THE RESTAURANT AND THEY'RE, AND THEY GO BY THEMSELVES.
UM, IT'S REALLY ABOUT A, A SAFETY ISSUE.
MR. GUTIERREZ, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY UH, STEVEN CUSHMAN.
I'M SORRY, THE REST ARE ON INDIVIDUAL.
SO YOU'LL BE OUR LAST SPEAKER ON CONSENT AGENDA.
UH, MAYOR, UH, MY NAME'S EREN GUTIERREZ AND I'M SPEAKING UP, UH, AGAINST, UH, THE REZONING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROPERTY ON 5 26 NORTH SAN BERNARDO.
UH, MOST OF YOU ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE BARRIO THAT WE LIVE IN.
I'M PRETTY SURE MISS CASTOR KNOWS WHERE WHEN I FINISHED TALKING ABOUT WHEN
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SAN BERNARDO ENDS RIGHT INTO RIVAS, RIVAS IS RIGHT IN, UH, FRONT OF OR ALONG HOLY CROSS.UH, HOLY CROSS HAS BEEN EXPANDING, WHICH IS NICE.
BUT UH, WHENEVER THEY HAVE EVENTS, THEY BLOCK ALL THE STREET ALONG RIVAS.
AND THEN ON CERTAIN EVENTS WHEN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, UH, PLACE IS THERE ALSO HAS EVENTS, THE CAR PARK ALL ALONG THE STREETS.
'CAUSE ALL THE STREETS END INTO RIVAS, RIGHT ALONG SAN BERNARDO, SAN SANRIO.
AND I WISH SOMEBODY WOULD GO BY THERE AND A LITTER.
THEY'RE ALL LOOSE IN THE, IN THE CAR AND RUN OVER.
WHAT HAPPENS TO MOSES WHEN I CALL, UH, THE ANIMAL SHELTER? THEY SAY WE HAVE NO ROOM FOR THEM NOW.
NOW I AM AFRAID THAT THIS, IF THEY START BUILDING THIS, UH, HOUSE ON LOTS, THE LOTS ARE BUILT FOR ONE HOME.
EVERYBODY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS A ONE HOME OR ONE DWELLING.
YOU'RE GONNA BUILD TWO DWELLING.
THE PEOPLE AT CODE COMPLIANCE TELL ME, WELL, WE APPROVE FOUR PARKING.
I SAY, HOW IN THE HECK CAN YOU PARK FOUR CARS AND BUILD TWO HOUSES IN THOSE LOTS? IT'S RIDICULOUS.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA END UP OUT IN THE STREET AND I KNOW THAT MORE LIKELY THE OWNER DOESN'T REALLY CARE BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIVE THERE.
OUR PROPERTY VALUES ARE GONNA BE GOING UP.
YOU'RE OPENING UP A CAN OF WORMS IN HERE.
YOU OPEN UP A PANDORA'S BOX BECAUSE THERE ARE A LOT OF EMPTY LOTS IN IN, IN THAT PARTICULAR PART OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IF YOU OPEN UP THIS FOR, UH, TWO DWELLINGS IN EVERY LOT THAT THERE'S GONNA BE THERE, UH, OUR PRICES ARE GONNA GO UP, OUR TAXES ARE GONNA GO UP AND WE ARE AFRAID OF THAT.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE WILL GO NOW TO COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
AND SECOND, ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? OH, I'M SORRY.
THERE'S A MOTION I HEAR SECOND.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ZONING AGENDA? ALRIGHT, HEARING NONE.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, COUNCIL MEMBER ROCHA GARCIA, UH, IS PRESENT.
OKAY, WE'LL GO NOW TO OUR INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. START WITH ITEM ONE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A LARGE AREA REZONING AND WE ARE REZONING FROM VARIOUS DISTRICTS TO C THREE I ONE L N C R ONE THROUGH R SIX TO R TWO, CD R THREE, CD R FOUR, CD R FIVE CD, AND R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO, THREE, AND FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
R SIX SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A DAYCARE CENTER AND R M FOUR.
GENERALLY LOCATED BOUNDED BY COLLIBRA ROAD AND INTERSTATE 10 TO THE NORTH RAZZO STREET TO THE EAST, AL STREET TO THE SOUTH, AND CALVERA STREET TO THE WEST.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS AMENDED TO REMOVE 1835 WEST POPLAR AND 6 33 ARBOR PLACE FROM THE REZONING.
ONE IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED WEST END HOPE IN ACTION IS IN SUPPORT.
OKAY, THIS IS IN I, UH, YOU WANT DISTRICT ONE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO.
MOTION TO APPROVE AS AS AMENDED.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER ONE AS AMENDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? MAYOR, DID WE HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? UH, WE DID, BUT I WAS TOLD THAT, UH, MR. GARCIA
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DOES NOT WANT TO SPEAK.MR. GARCIA, ARE YOU HERE? YOU'RE HERE.
YOU DON'T WISH TO SPEAK? OKAY.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM ONE? OKAY, PLEASE VOTE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE A VOICE VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER TWO, LARGE AREA REZONING FROM C TWO C TWO A, C THREE I ONE, MF 33 AND R SIX TO R ONE R FIVE, R SIX R SIX CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO, THREE, AND FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
R 20 L M H P AND C, C ONE AND C TWO NA.
GENERALLY BOUNDED BY SOUTH FLORIDA STREET TO THE EAST WARE BOULEVARD TO THE SOUTH PLEASANTON ROAD TO THE WEST AND WEST HARDING BOULEVARD TO THE NORTH.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH AMENDMENTS TO REMOVE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 68 31 SOUTH FLORIDA STREET AND THERE WERE 524 NOTICES.
AKER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
WE HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER TWO.
I WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT THREE, SPECIFICALLY THE HARLANDALE ACRES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEIR BOARD MEMBERS AND NEIGHBORS WHO ARE, UM, SOME HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
DIAZ AND BOARD MEMBERS WHO ORGANIZED, BECAME A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UM, BROUGHT THIS TO MY COUNCIL DISTRICT AND MADE SURE THAT WE MOVED, UM, IN RECORD SPEED WITH THIS, UH, BECAUSE OF THEIR DEDICATION AND PERSISTENCE.
I CIRCULATED THE C C R LAST YEAR AND THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED THE RESOLUTION JUST LAST SUMMER WHEN WE STARTED THIS LARGE AREA ZONING PROCESS.
WE WERE ORIGINALLY TOLD THAT IT COULD BE YEARS, UH, THAT, THAT THERE WAS THIS PUBLIC PROCESS, BUT WE WERE PERSISTENT.
WE CONTINUED TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND, UM, WITH ACTIVISM AND TRU GHANA HAVE HELPED GET US HERE TODAY IN RECORD TIME FOR THIS TYPE OF REZONING.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, I CONTINUED TO TELL THE STORY THAT A LOT OF THIS PORTION WAS NOT ORIGINALLY PART OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE WERE ANNEXED IN, SO THE ZONING WAS DIFFERENT FROM THE NORTH SIDE AND WE, THEY JUST DIDN'T KNOW.
AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN TODAY IS PEOPLE WANTING TO COME IN AND CHANGE THE, UH, FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHEN THE NEIGHBORS SAY, NO, WE NEED TO LISTEN AND RESPOND.
SO THIS CASE IS ABOUT RIGHT, ZONING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PROP PROPERLY AND CORRECTING THE AREAS OF OLD, OUTDATED AND INTENSE ZONING.
SO WITH THIS TODAY, I, UH, LOOK FORWARD TO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THIS AND I WANT TO HONOR THE AMENDMENT RECOMMENDED BY STAFF FOR A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY ALONG SOUTH FLORES THAT WENT THROUGH THE PUBLIC REZONING PROCESS, UH, IN 2020.
SO WE'LL BE, UH, KEEPING THAT INTACT.
SO AT THIS TIME I'LL MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.
SECOND, RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER TWO AS AMENDED.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING NONE.
ITEM 11 6 24 RIGS B AVENUE STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS ALL LIGHTING DIRECTED DOWNWARD AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND OR USES TYPE B 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER WHERE THE PROPERTY ABUTS RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND OR USES NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, WIND WAIVERS, NIP SIGNS, PENANCE OR BANDIT SIGNS, NO L E D OR FLASHING SIGNAGE, NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND OR SPEAKERS PERMITTED.
15 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE SOUTHEAST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ALRIGHT, UH, NO CITIZEN SIGNED
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UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 11.I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR WORKING WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION AND MY OFFICE ON THESE AMENDMENTS AND THIS SET OF CONDITIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME, I WILL LIKE TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED WITH CONDITIONS.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL.
ITEM NUMBER 11 WITH CONDITIONS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ITEM NUMBER 12, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REZONING FROM C TWO AND R SIX TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES.
FULL SERVICE GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 1900 BLOCK OF PLEASANTON ROAD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING TO C TWO NA.
C D WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE AND WITH THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS.
NO L E D OR FLASHING SIGNAGE, NO OUTDOOR AMPLIFIED SOUND.
SPEAKERS PERMITTED ALL LIGHTING DIRECTED DOWNWARD AND AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND OR USES NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, WIND WAIVERS, SNIP SIGNS, PENANCES OR BANDIT SIGNS, NO FREESTANDING POLE SIGNAGE, ONSITE AUTOBODY PAINT PERMITTED INDOORS, ONLY 21 NOTICES MAILED.
ONE OPPOSED? AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR YOU, MAYOR.
UM, WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 12.
UH, THANK YOU FOR HELPING ME HERE.
JUST ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL.
I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT FOR AMENDING, UH, THIS CASE AND INCLUDING THE NO ALCOHOL RESTRICTIONS AND FOR THE SET OF CONDITIONS.
SO AT THIS TIME I'LL MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED WITH CONDITIONS.
ALL RIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 12 WITH CONDITIONS.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING NONE.
ITEM NUMBER 24 STREET STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR REQUEST TO C TWO N A COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES 30 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR.
LOS J NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY WORKERS COUNSEL IS OPPOSED.
NO ONE ASSIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 24.
UM, ARE YOU GONNA READ IT INTO THE RECORD? TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, MY NAME IS DIONNE YOUNG AND I AM THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMUNITY WORKERS' COUNCIL AND DISTRICT SIX.
THE REASON FOR THIS LETTER IS FOR THE PROPERTY ON 202 50 GUTHRIE STREET AND THE COMMUNITY WORKERS' COUNCIL IS GOING TO DENY ANY TYPE OF BUILDING ON THE PROPERTY.
MR. BITTEN WAS INVITED TO COMMUNITY WORKERS' COUNCIL MEETS GUS WHAT HE WAS TO BUILD ON TWO 50 GUTHRIE THE FIRST TIME MR. BITTEN SHOWED UP WHEN THE COMMUNITY WORKERS MEETING WAS OVER THE SECOND TIME AND THIRD TIME, MR. BITTEN WAS A NO-SHOW.
WE ALSO HAD SEVERAL PHONE CALLS WITH, WITH MR. BITTEN AND ON ONE OF THE LAST PHONE CALLS WE HAD, MR. BITTEN SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO SEND A VIDEO VIA EMAIL OR TEXT SHOWING WHAT THE CONSTRUCTED BUILDING WOULD LOOK LIKE.
MR. BITTEN WAS ALSO ASK IF HE HAD ANY BLUEPRINTS OR PICTURES OF WHAT HE WAS WANTING TO BUILD SO THAT WE C W C COULD LOOK AT THE STRUCTURE THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD.
MR. BITTEN HAD NOTHING TO SHOW AGAIN.
MR. BITTEN SAID THAT HE WANTED TO BUILD A CLASSIC CAR RESTORE BUILDING OR A PROFESSIONAL BUILDING.
WHEN ASKED WHAT THE BUILDING WAS GOING TO LOOK LIKE, MR. BITTEN HAD NO PICTURES, NO BLUEPRINTS, NOTHING TO SHOW TO THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY VOTED FOR A DENIAL ON TWO 50 GUTHRIE STREET.
YOUNG COMMUNITY WORKERS' COUNCIL PRESIDENT.
UM, AS YOU HEARD THE COMMUNITY WORKERS' COUNCIL WITH JUST, UH, THIS, THIS, UH, PROPERTY IS WELL WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES IS AGAINST IT.
UM, THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE APPLICANT.
UM, I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT HIM AS WELL.
SO FOR THAT, UM, REASON I MOVE TO DENY ITEM 24 SECOND.
OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER 24.
ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? OKAY, HEARING
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NONE.ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES FOR DENIAL.
ITEM NUMBER 27 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A REZONING FROM OUR FORD R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 1823 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
31 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, 10 OPPOSED WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
SEVEN IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY AND MONTICELLO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BOTH OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY ARE OPPOSED.
THIS WILL REQUIRE SUPER MAJORITY VOTE.
OKAY, WE HAVE, UH, SEVERAL CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS. UH, ITEM 27.
WE'LL START WITH BIANCA MALDONADO DONDO.
MS. MALDONADO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY JASON VASQUEZ.
JASON WAS GONNA YIELD HIS TIME TO ME.
YOU'RE RECEDING YOUR TIME TO BIANCA.
BIANCA AND I HAVE COPIES OF THE LETTER FOR THE CLERK AND FOR ALSO FOR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR COUNCILWOMAN CASTRO AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I APOLOGIZE FOR MY INABILITY TO ATTEND TODAY'S MEETING AS I HAVE A WORD CONFLICT.
I'VE ASKED BIANCA MALDONADO, THAT'S ME, A MEMBER OF THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND ITS ZONING COMMITTEE TO READ THIS LETTER ON MY BEHALF.
THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION MET WITH THE APPLICANT THREE TIMES TO DISCUSS THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR 1823 WEST CRAIG PLACE IN 2022.
THE DEVELOPER ALTERED THE DESIGN OF THE BUILDING PLANS, THE SITE PLAN, BUT ONLY TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF VARIANCES NEEDED WITH RESPECT TO THE WOODLAWN LAKE CONSERVATION DISTRICT GUIDELINES.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1823 WEST CRAIG IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK AND IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OWNED BY SENIORS.
THE APPLICANT RESPONDED TO WOODLAWN LAKES.
THE, THE APPLICANT RESPONDED TO WOODLAWN LAKES ASSOCIATIONS DENSITY CONCERNS BY STATING THAT THREE DWELLING UNITS WAS NOT ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE AND FOUR DWELLING UNITS WAS THE ONLY OPTION FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT.
THE SITE PLAN AS PRESENTED TODAY FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE IS STILL NOT A VIABLE OPTION AS IT WILL NEED TWO VARIANCES FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR THE WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT GUIDELINES.
NUMBER ONE, THE FRONT SETBACK, AND NUMBER TWO, THE OVERALL WIDTH OF THE PRIMARY STRUCTURE.
WE ALSO EXPRESSED CONCERN FOR THE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER ON THE PROPERTY AND LOT TO LOT DRAINAGE AS OUR COMMUNITY WAS PLATTED BEFORE THERE WERE ANY DRAINAGE REGULATIONS FOR RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
THE ASSOCIATION RECOGNIZES THE NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
HOWEVER, BASED ON THE INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT, WE BELIEVE RENTING A UNIT FOR $2,000 A MONTH FOR ROUGHLY 1500 SQUARE FEET DOES NOT MEET THE DEFINITION OF AFFORDABILITY.
THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION ONLY LEARNED OF COUNCILWOMAN CASTRO'S INTENT TO SUPPORT THE REZONING CASE YESTERDAY, MARCH 5TH AT APPROXIMATELY 6:20 PM AFTER MEETING WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN AND THE DISTRICT SEVEN STAFF ON TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH, 2023, I, ALONG WITH OTHER ASSOCIATIONS, TAKE ON THESE ROLES AS A VOLUNTEER TO HELP PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE RESIDE IN AND LOVE AND HOPE TO OF PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING YOUR SUPPORT.
PLEASE VOTE TO OPPOSE ZONING CASE Z 20 20 22 1 0 7 0 2 4 8.
NO A NO VOTE IS SUPPORTING THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AND OPPOSITION, THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION AND THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS OF JEFFERSON AND MONTICELLO PARK.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF OUR COMMENTS.
JD MORALES, PRESIDENT OF THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, AND I WANTED TO ADD SOME COMMENTS ON THE BACK END OF THIS BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE CASE AND IT WENT THROUGH ZONING AND IT RECEIVED APPROVAL AT ZONING, BUT YOU SEE THE SUPER MAJORITY WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR NEAR NORTHWEST PLAN, WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN 2002, THIS BLOCK WAS DESIGNATED MEDIUM DENSITY AS ITS FUTURE LAND USE.
HOWEVER, WHEN YOU DO A FUTURE LAND USE MAP, YOU DON'T DESIGNATE BY PROPERTY, YOU DESIGNATE BY BLOCK.
AND ON THIS BLOCK AT THE CORNERS OF WEST CRAIG AND ELMENDORF, YOU DO HAVE THAT DENSITY.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND THE REMAINDER OF THE BLOCK, THE SAME HOLDS TRUE FOR THE NEXT BLOCK ON THE EAST SIDE FOR THIS ENTIRE AREA.
AND SO THAT'S WHY THIS DECISION COMES TO YOU AS A COUNCIL MEMBER TO EVALUATE IS IT APPROPRIATE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS IN
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THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.AND IF YOU LOOK, YOU CAN SEE THE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS AND YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE SENIORS WHO RESIDE ON THOSE PROPERTIES.
WE ASKED THE APPLICANT TO LOOK AT THREE DWELLING UNITS.
HE CAME BACK WITH FOUR WAS THE ONLY OPTION.
WE ASKED FOR HOMES WITH ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
WE ASKED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS.
THIS PROPERTY SOLD IN FEBRUARY OF LAST YEAR.
IT WAS ADVERTISED AS A MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTY AND HAD ILLEGALLY FOUR UNITS ON IT, YET ONLY TWO WERE REALLY ACTIVE IN THE PAST 10 YEARS.
AND THEY TOTALED 2100 SQUARE FEET.
THE PROPOSAL TODAY IS GOING FOR DWELLING UNITS UP TO 5,500 SQUARE FEET.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU CAN CONSIDER FOR A CONDITIONAL USE SITE PLAN IS THE AMOUNT OF IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE ENTIRE LOT.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE OF THE BIGGEST DRAINAGE AREAS THAT, UH, HAS A LOT OF CHALLENGES, WOODLAWN LAKE IS ONE OF THOSE AREAS.
THIS PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE LAKE AND IS IN THAT AREA THAT SEES A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF FLASH FLOODING AND WATER THAT COMES DOWN OUR STREETS AND IT'S CONVEYED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THE CONCERN FUNDAMENTALLY IS THE DENSITY ON THIS PROPERTY AND THAT FOUR UNITS IS TOO INTENSES.
AND THERE WAS NEVER A DISCUSSION OF ANYTHING LESS THAN FOUR UNITS FROM THE DEVELOPER.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I ASK THAT YOU VOTE NO ON THIS CASE AND SUPPORT THOSE HOMEOWNERS WHO ARE AROUND THE PROPERTY.
UM, SPECIFICALLY YOU HAVE THE ADJACENT PROPERTY TO THE EAST VOTED US AND IN KNOW THE ONE DIRECTLY TO THE WEST IS A SENIOR.
UM, SHE'S GONNA LET THE HOUSE GO TO, UH, ONE OF A FAMILY MEMBER, BUT SHE CHOSE NOT TO, UH, PROVIDE AN OPINION.
BUT I THINK ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL THINGS WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT EDUCATING RESIDENTS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY, WE RAN INTO A SENIOR WHO DIDN'T HAVE HER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO HER FILING HER HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION.
IT IS HER SENIOR WHO RESIDES ON THAT PROPERTY.
SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN THESE CASES.
THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF OUR COMMENTS.
MR. BANKY, YOU BE FOLLOWED BY RICK SERATO AFTERNOON COUNSEL.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME AND HEARING OUR THOUGHTS.
UM, IN REGARDS TO THE LOT AT 1823 WEST CRAIG, IT IS A DOUBLE LOT.
ESSENTIALLY, WE'RE PUTTING TWO UNITS PER LOT IF YOU LOOK AT IT FROM THAT STANDPOINT.
UH, THERE ARE MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES IN THE AREA.
THERE IS ALSO A SIXPLEX ACROSS THE STREET THAT IS NOT ON THE CORNER, THE NEAR WEST SIDE'S.
FUTURE PLANNED USE MAP STATES THAT THE BLOCK OF WEST CRAIG IS IDENTIFIED AS MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND GOES ON TO STATE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS INCLUDING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, FOURPLEXES, TOWN HOMES, COTTAGE HOUSING, AND ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT WE ARE PROPOSING, A FOURPLEX, ESSENTIALLY TWO DUPLEXES.
UM, WE FEEL THAT IT THEN MATCHES THE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION STATED IN THAT WEST SIDE PLAN OF MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, WE HAVE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON THE IMPERVIOUS COVER.
UM, WE WERE HAPPY TO NEGOTIATE THE DRIVEWAYS TO A CRUSH GRANITE SO THAT THE WATER CAN PERMEATE AND, UH, NOT RUN INTO THE STREET LIKE IT MAY IF IT WAS ALL CONCRETE OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
UM, WE DID HAVE 10 NEIGHBORS SIGNATURES IN FAVOR.
UH, THE LADY TO THE LEFT WHO MS. MALDONADO MENTIONED, UH, THAT WAS GOING TO BE PASSING HER HOME ON, I'VE ALSO SPOKEN WITH, AND SHE SEEMED TO BE IN FAVOR, BUT WAS UNWILLING TO SIGN ANYTHING OR MOVE FORWARD IN THAT MANNER.
UM, WE HAVE HAD MULTIPLE MEETINGS WITH THE WOODLAND LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
MULTIPLE CONTINUANCES ON OUR END HAVE BEEN GRANTED SO THAT THOSE MEETINGS COULD CONTINUE AND BE HELD.
ALTHOUGH WE WEREN'T ABLE TO SEE EYE TO EYE, WE HAVE MADE MANY CHANGES FROM WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED THIS PROCESS.
I HAVE REMOVED THE SECOND STORY ON THE FRONT UNIT BUILDING TWO AND ALSO TOOK AWAY 700 SQUARE FEET FROM THAT UNIT.
BY SHRINKING UNIT TWO, MY VARIANCE THAT I WILL BE NEEDING ON WIDTH HAS GONE DOWN TO SEVEN FEET, EIGHT INCHES AND ON A DOUBLE LOT.
I THINK THAT THAT SHOULD BE FAIRLY REASONABLE.
WE'VE ALSO GONE FROM NINE AND BEDROOMS TO SEVEN AND WE HAVE ALSO ADDED TWO PARKING SPOTS FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT ONSITE COVERED PARKING SPOTS AND A TOTAL OF SEVEN BEDROOMS. SO THERE IS A PARKING SPOT FOR EVERY BEDROOM ONSITE IN THE REAR OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, SOMETHING ELSE I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT IS WE WILL BE KEEPING THE ORIGINAL HOME.
I'M IN CONSTRUCTION AND A HISTORIC HOME SPECIALIST AS A REAL ESTATE AGENT HERE IN TOWN.
KEEPING THAT HOME IS IMPORTANT.
WE ARE BUILDING OUR DEVELOPMENT AROUND THAT ORIGINAL HOME AND I WILL BRING THAT HOME BACK TO LIFE AND MAKE IT WORK ON THE PROJECT.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I UNDERSTAND THE DRAINAGE ISSUES.
I DON'T THINK WITH THE CRUSH GRANITE PROPOSED THAT WE'VE NEGOTIATED, IT SHOULD BE INCREASING ANY WATER FLOW ISSUES.
UM, I DON'T REALLY HAVE ANYTHING ELSE PREPARED.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANYTHING FOR ME, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER.
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YOU.MR. SERATO, YOU'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ROBERT TORRES AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, MY NAME IS RICK SERATO.
I WORK FOR M S A ARCHITECTURE PLUS INTERIORS.
I'VE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE PLANS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING WITH MR. BANKY.
WHEN HE FIRST APPROACHED ME ABOUT DOING A PROJECT IN THE WOODLAWN LAKE AREA, I WAS ACTUALLY VERY EXCITED ABOUT DOING IT.
IT'S A AN AREA THAT I'VE JUST LOVED EVER SINCE I WAS A KID.
YOU KNOW, I, I NEVER LIVED IN THAT PART OF TOWN, BUT IT WAS A PLACE THAT WITH FAMILY MEMBERS I ALWAYS ATTENDED.
UH, SO WHEN THIS OPPORTUNITY CAME UP, I JUMPED ON IT AND REALLY WANTED TO SEE WHAT WAS ACTUALLY HAPPENING THERE.
AND MUCH TO MY DISMAY, WHAT I FOUND WAS, UM, AN AN 1924 HOME THAT STILL MAINTAINED SOME OF ITS BEAUTY.
BUT OVER THE DECADES HAS HAD SOME ADDITIONS TACKED ON ALMOST IN A PIECEMEAL WAY TO CREATE ADDITIONAL LEAVING UNITS, UH, FOR TENANTS, UH, WITH AN ADDITIONAL SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL BUILDING THAT HOUSED A FOURTH TENANT.
SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO WITH THE DESIGN, UH, TO WHICH ROBERT AND I FIRST DISCUSSED, UM, WAS TO CREATE SOMETHING THAT MAINTAINED THE LOOK OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT WE'VE REALLY ACCOMPLISHED.
WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE'VE STARTED WITH THE ORIGINAL BUILDING AND GROWN FROM THERE, UH, MAINTAINING A LOT OF THE ARCHITECTURAL DETAILING THAT WOULD'VE BEEN ORIGINAL TO THIS CRAFTSMAN BUNGALOW STYLE HOME.
UH, WE'VE PROVIDED, AS HE'S INDICATED, FOUR INDIVIDUAL UNITS.
UH, AS HE ALSO STATED, AND I WANTED TO REITERATE, UH, WE KEPT IN TOUCH WITH THE WOODLAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE'VE RESPONDED TO SOME OF THEIR COMMENTS AS BEST THAT WE CAN.
ORIGINALLY, THEY HAD ASKED US TO, UH, REDUCE THE SECOND STORY, WHICH FRONTED THE STREET, AND WE UNDERSTOOD THAT THAT WAS A MASSING CONCERN JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THE LOOK OF, OF THAT STREET, EVEN THOUGH YOU DO HAVE TWO STORY RESIDENCES ON THE BLOCK.
THE OTHER MAJOR CONCERN WAS NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT PARKING.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE CITY GUIDELINES FOR THIS PARTICULAR, UM, LOT AND FOUR UNITS, SIX WOULD BE AN AN ACCEPTABLE, UH, AMOUNT PER THE CITY GUIDELINES.
BUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASKED FOR AT LEAST TWO PER UNIT.
AND SO WE'VE GONE AHEAD AND DONE THAT.
WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY'VE HAD.
AND IN THE END, I I FEEL LIKE WE ARE NOT ONLY MAINTAINING THIS ONCE BEAUTIFUL HOME, BUT ESSENTIALLY GIVING IT A NEW LIFE.
AND AS A TRADITIONALIST AND A SAN ANTONIO PERSON, YOU KNOW, MY HEART REALLY GOES TO THE OLDER PARTS OF THE CITY.
I I LOVE OUR ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE ESSENTIALLY DOING HERE IS CREATING SOMETHING THAT IS JUST GONNA CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD AND TELL A STORY FOR WHOEVER'S LIVING THERE MOVING FORWARD.
AND I, I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL ACCEPT AND AND APPROVE.
UH, THIS IS IN DISTRICT SEVEN COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO.
FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, RESIDENTS WHO HAVE COME TO SPEAK FROM WOODLAWN, JEFFERSON, AND MONTICELLO PARK.
THIS CASE ORIGINATED BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF LAST YEAR, AND THE DISTRICT SEVEN OFFICE ORGANIZED A SERIES OF MEETINGS WITH THE RESIDENTS AND OF THOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND THE DEVELOPER.
AND AS IT'S BEEN POINTED OUT, UM, THE DEVELOPER AGREED TO DO A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT THE, A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAD ASKED FOR.
THEY AGREED TO REDUCE THE FRONT STRUCTURES FROM A TWO STORY STRUCTURE TO A ONE STORY STRUCTURE.
THEY, THAT REDUCED IT, THE FRONT, UH, UNIT OVERALL BY 700 FEET.
THEY REDUCED THE SIDE SETBACKS ON EACH SIDE TO REDUCE THE OVERALL SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPERTY.
THEY DESIGNATED EIGHT VEHICLE PARKING LOTS ON THE BACK PART OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS A CONCERN THE NEIGHBORS HAD ABOUT PARKING IN FRONT.
UH, THEY WILL INSTALL RAIN GUTTERS AND USE CRUSH GRANITE ON THE DRIVEWAYS TO INCREASE THE PERMITABLE GROUND COVER.
IN MY OPINION, THE DEVELOPER IN THIS CASE HAS DONE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE TO PRESERVE, UM, BEAUTIFUL HOME, UM, TO GIVE IT THE NEW LIFE AS WAS STATED.
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I THINK WHAT I OFTEN FIND TOO, UM, TOO MUCH OF IS THAT WE TALK ABOUT THE NEED FOR HOUSING, BUT IN TOO MANY CASES PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO BUILD THAT HOUSING IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.AND I THINK THAT, UM, IT'S DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO AGREE ON SEVERAL OF THESE THINGS AND THE DEVELOPER MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT.
I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE A VERY GOOD SITUATION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, DOES THIS FIT IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PLAN? YES, MA'AM.
AND IT PASSED BOTH OF THE ZONING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN ADD THAT YOU FOUND IN YOUR TIME AT BE? UM, WHAT, WHAT I WILL ADD IS THIS ALSO HAS A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR THE WOODLAWN LAKE AREA, AND IT WOULD STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE DESIGN STANDARDS.
SO THERE'S MANY MORE REGULATIONS THAT THIS PROPERTY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
THE OTHER THING IS THE, UH, PROPOSED ZONING WENT FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH THE ORIGINAL R FOUR, THAT WAS A B TO R FOUR CONVERSION WITH OUR CODE CON, UH, CONVERSIONS THAT OCCURRED IN 2001.
SO BY RIGHT TODAY, THEY COULD SUBDIVIDE THAT LOT AND BUILD TWO, UH, TWO DUPLEXES ON EACH, ON EACH LOT, THEREFORE, UM, GETTING TO THE FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF, UM, THIS ZONING SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 27.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? COUNCIL MEMBER? BRAVO.
CAN I ASK, UH, WILL THE UPDATED SITE PLAN REQUIRE VARIANCE FROM THE WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR THE WIDTH OF THE FRONT STRUCTURE? THERE IS, IF THERE'S A POSSIBILITY THAT HE, HE WILL, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT MENTIONED THAT HE REDUCED THAT EVEN MORE, BUT EVEN AT THAT, HE MAY STILL HAVE TO GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO REQUEST THAT, UH, VARIANCE.
UM, AND THEN DOES THE UPTIGHT UPDATED SITE PLAN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT RE REGARDING IMPERVIOUS COVER? SO IT WILL REFLECT PARKING, BUT IT DOESN'T SPECI SPECIFY HOW MUCH PARKING AND, AND IMPERVIOUS COVER WILL BE THERE.
THE NEXT STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS WILL IDENTIFY THOSE.
SO, WHICH MEANS THAT WHEN WE ARE DOING THOSE REVIEWS, AT THAT TIME, IF IT DOES NOT MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION STANDARDS, THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS TO GET THAT VARIANCE AS WELL.
BUT, SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE OF HOW MUCH IMPERVIOUS COVER THERE WOULD BE AT THIS TIME, AT THIS MOMENT, NO, SIR.
UM, DOES THE SETBACK SHOW ON THE SITE PLAN, DOES THE SETBACK THAT'S SHOWN ON THE SITE PLAN MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT STANDARDS? AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE SITE PLAN HERE, UM, WHICH I BELIEVE HE ALSO, IF WE CAN DO THE OVERHEAD, THERE'S A, HE DID, THE APPLICANT DID REFERENCE THAT THERE WAS A REDUCTION TO THE, OR, UM, MAKING MORE ACCOMMODATIONS FOR THE SETBACK.
SO AT THIS POINT, DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT'S
WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THAT TO ENSURE THAT IF HE IS STILL MEETING THOSE STANDARDS, THEN, THEN THERE'S NO CONCERN FOR HIM TO GO TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS.
BUT IF HE IS ENCROACHING INTO THE SETBACKS, HE WOULD HAVE TO.
SO THIS, UM, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE IT'S SPLIT BETWEEN TWO COUNCIL DISTRICTS.
IT'S ACTUALLY SPLIT BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT SEVEN.
UM, I ACTUALLY LIVE LESS THAN SEVEN BLOCKS AWAY FROM THIS SITE.
AND, UH, AND I SHARE A NEIGHBORHOOD THERE.
AND THAT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ASKED ME TO OPPOSE IT.
THIS, UM, THIS, UH, ZONING CHANGE.
I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I THINK I'VE APPROVED MORE ZONING CASES THAN ANYBODY ON THIS DAIS IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND I'M PROUD OF THAT BECAUSE WE DO NEED DEVELOP INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AT THAT SAME TIME WITH OVER 80 ZONING CASES THAT I'VE ALREADY APPROVED.
I'VE NEVER ONCE GONE AGAINST ONE OF MY NEIGHBORHOODS AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT FACT.
UM, SO I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS.
I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE QUEEN MOTHER
BUT, UM, DO YOU HAVE A MAP SHOWING WHERE THESE, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IN RELATION TO THIS DEVELOPMENT? THE ONES THAT APPROVED IN THOSE THAT ARE AGAINST THIS? UH, WE DON'T HAVE A MAP SHOWING WHERE THE MONTICELLO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THOSE ARE OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, WHICH WE DO HAVE OUR MAP THAT SHOWS THE 200 FOOT
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BOUNDARY.AND HOW FAR ARE THESE NEIGHBORHOOD? OKAY, SO THE, THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE OPPOSED ARE OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY, UH, WOODLAWN LAKE, HOWEVER, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS ALSO OPPOSED, IS WHAT WE HAVE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE, UH, I AGREE WITH, UH, MY COLLEAGUE ABOUT, UH, THIS BEING A LITTLE BIT, UM, DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, AND, AND I'M LOOKING AT THIS ONE.
WE REGULATE EVERYTHING IN THE CITY.
WE EVEN REGULATE ST YOU KNOW, HAVING A NUMBER OF ST IN A, IN A BLOCK.
AND HERE WE HAVE A CASE OF WHERE THE CORNER LOTS ARE OR, UM, UM, RENTAL UNITS AND LOOKS LIKE THIS IS GONNA BE RENTAL UNITS AS WELL.
I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK FOR THE APPLICANT.
WELL, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M JUST ASSUMING, BUT, UH, JUST LOOKING AT THIS, YOU KNOW, AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THOSE NEIGHBORS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THERE.
IT, I HAVE GONE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS PROBABLY 99.9% OF THE TIME BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE GONNA BE LIVING NEXT TO AND DEALING WITH, UM, DEVELOPMENTS IN AND AROUND THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS THAT, YOU KNOW, IT AFFECTS THEM.
IT, IT DIRECTLY AFFECTS THEM AND WHAT, WHAT'S GONNA BE BUILT THERE.
SO I, I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME WITH THIS ONE.
UM, ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I'M ASSUMING ALL THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN THAT AREA ARE AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND LET ME JUST CARRY THIS HONOR FURTHER.
THIS, LET'S SAY THIS GETS APPROVED HERE AND BEFORE IT GOES TO THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS, THEY WON'T LOOK AT ANYTHING UNTIL THE ZONING IS APPROVED.
THE ZONING IS THE FIRST STEP IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS.
UM, THEY WANNA ENSURE LAND USE IS IDENTIFIED FIRST.
AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY HAVE THE ABILITY TO PROCEED.
SO WHAT IF THE, THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS DON'T APPROVE THE DEVELOPMENT IF THE BOARD IS LAID OUT? RIGHT.
IF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENTS DOES NOT APPROVE THE VARIANCE, THE APPLICANT'S GONNA HAVE TO RED DETERMINE THE NEXT STEPS IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, WHICH THEY WOULD EITHER HAVE THE ABILITY TO GO DO THE R FOUR, UM, WHICH THEY COULD STILL SUBDIVIDE THE LOT, IS BIG ENOUGH TO SUBDIVIDE AND SELL OFF AND CREATE TWO INDIVIDUAL LOTS AND PUT DUPLEXES ON EACH LOT.
WELL, UM, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M ALWAYS IN FAVOR OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPERS AND COMING UP WITH COMPROMISES AND, UH, OR DO YOU SEE THAT THIS IS AT A STALEMATE NOW BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE DEVELOPER ON COMING UP WITH, YOU KNOW, A COMPROMISE? OBVIOUSLY THE NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT NOW ARE SAYING THEY STILL OPPOSE THIS, AND THE DEVELOPER HAS GONE AS FAR AS THEY CAN GO TO MEET WHATEVER REQUIREMENTS THE NEIGHBORHOODS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
I THINK THAT QUESTION IS BETTER SUITED FOR THE APPLICANT, SIR.
WELL, LET ME, LET ME, UH, CALL UP, UH, THE APPLICANT AGAIN.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU CAN DO TO ACCOMMODATE THIS? AS BIANCA STATED? UH, WE HAVE STOOD VERY STRONG ON THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET ON THERE.
UM, WE HAVE, WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE COMPROMISED AT EVERY OTHER TURN OTHER THAN UNITS.
I FEEL THAT THAT WAS OUR BIG STRONG POINT THAT WE WANTED TO STAND BEHIND.
UM, AND WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO NEGOTIATE FROM THE CRUSH GRANITE AND IMPERVIOUS, UH, THAT MR. BRAVO BROUGHT UP, UM, TO THE RAIN GUTTERS, TO WE, WE'VE TRIED TO NEGOTIATE AT EVERY, UH, EVERY ANGLE, BUT JUST THAT FOUR UNITS MAKES IT, UH, FINANCIALLY NOT AS FEASIBLE FOR OUR BUSINESS AT THAT POINT.
AND I, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S MORE HERE AT STAKE THAN A BUSINESS.
IT'S PEOPLE'S NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHERE THEY LIVE.
AND, AND I DO UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, BUT LIKE WE SPOKE ABOUT, UH, WE, WE DO FEEL THAT IT FITS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'VE THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED THIS WITH AN EXPERIENCED ARCHITECTURAL FIRM.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE'VE TRIED TO PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD IN ALL CASES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS, THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TOUGH ONES.
UM, YOU KNOW, DO YOU SIDE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT HAVE TO LIVE THERE AND LIVE WITH THIS, THIS, OR DO YOU SIDE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS? AND I, I UNDERSTAND THE INFILL AND ALL THAT STUFF HERE.
POLICIES, TRYING TO GET MORE HOUSING, AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
NOW QUESTIONING WHETHER THIS IS
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REALLY AFFORDABLE OR NOT.BUT, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, I'M FOR THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND DEVELOPERS ALSO, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, I LOOK AT THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO LIVE THERE AND WHAT THEIR WANTS AND DESIRES ARE AND WHAT THEY, UH, ARE APPRECIATIVE OF AND WHAT THEY'RE WILLING TO LIVE WITH IN THOSE AREAS.
UM, WE'LL SEE WHERE THIS GOES.
THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER PERRY.
I, I'LL JUST MAKE A FEW COMMENTS.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF US BEING ABLE TO IMPLEMENT OUR STRATEGY TO PROVIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN ALL PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
AND THE CURRENT LOTS ARE, IT'S A DOUBLE LOT.
SO LEGALLY THERE COULD BE FOUR UNITS IN TOTAL WITH THOSE TWO LOTS.
THE LAR THE LOT IS LARGE ENOUGH TO MAKE DOUBLE LOTS ON THERE.
WELL HERE'S, HERE'S THE CHALLENGE IS IN THE NAME OF, UH, SIMPLY SIDING WITH THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT WANT TO SEE CHANGE, AND I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT.
BUT SIMPLY DOING THAT BELIES THE OVERALL, UM, CHALLENGE HERE, WHICH IS THAT FOUR UNITS WILL GO UP MM-HMM.
BUT IN THE PROCESS OF SUBDIVIDING AND RE PLATTING TO PUT THOSE FOUR UNITS UP, YOU'RE ESSENTIALLY MAKING THAT PROPERTY NOW UNAFFORDABLE.
SO, IN MY OPINION, MUCH LIKE THE COUNCIL MEMBER SAID, IN ORDER FOR US TO ACHIEVE WHAT WE WANT, AND ONE OF THE GREAT AREAS GAP AREAS IN OUR HOUSING STRATEGY IS THE MISSING MIDDLE, BEING ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR FAMILIES, NEWLYWED STARTUP FAMILIES WHO MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD HO TO OWN A HOME, BUT TO LIVE IN AND THRIVE IN AN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD REQUIRE US TO DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO ELIMINATE THE BUREAUCRATIC RED TAPE THAT IN SOME CASES SIMPLY MAKES A HOUSE OR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AFFORDABLE VERSUS NOT AFFORDABLE.
AND THAT'S THE DECISION REALLY THAT WE HAVE HERE TODAY.
IT'S NOT TO, IT'S NOT TO, UH, DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF HOUSING IS GONNA BE ON THIS LOT.
'CAUSE IF, UH, IT'S NOT MR. BANKY, IT'S SOMEBODY ELSE WHO WANTS TO DO BUSINESS THERE, WE'LL PUT THE PROPERTY UP, BUT THEN IT WILL BE UNAFFORDABLE AND WE WILL LOSE OUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADVANCE OUR OVERALL STRATEGY FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UH, RESIDENTS WHO DON'T WANT TO SEE ANY CHANGE BECAUSE WE BUY INTO A PLACE AND WE WANT IT TO BE THAT WAY FOREVER.
BUT IN THIS CASE, THINGS ARE GONNA CHANGE AND WE CAN CHANGE THEM IN, IN, IN AN EFFORT TO HAVE A MORE COMPREHENSIVE MIX OF HOUSING IN A COMMUNITY, AS WE'VE STATED AS A COMMUNITY.
WE WANT, OR WE LOSE OUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THIS IN A THOUGHTFUL MANNER JUST FOR THE PURPOSES OF DENYING A CASE.
AND I CAN'T, I CAN'T MAKE THAT DECISION IN GOOD CONSCIENCE.
SO, UH, I WILL BE APPROVING THIS ITEM.
I'D LIKE TO HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP.
I'D LIKE TO ASK HIM A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS.
THE WAY THE HOUSE IS SITUATED NOW, IS IT IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO LOTS OR IS IT ON ONE? IT, IT WOULD REQUIRE A VARIANCE LEANING OVER THAT 50 FOOT MARK.
AND AS THE HOUSE, THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE THAT WE DO WANT TO KEEP, IT DOES SIT OVER THAT 50 FOOT MARK.
SO, SO YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE A SMALLER LOT.
I'D HAVE TO, AND THEN A LARGER LOT IF IT WAS DIVIDED TO TWO LOTS OR I'D HAVE TO LOSE THAT WHOLE HISTORIC HOME ALTOGETHER, UNFORTUNATELY, WHICH WE, AGAIN, WE DON'T WANT TO DO.
I'M TRYING TO SAVE THAT LOOK AND KEEP THAT AS PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, IS THERE ANYTHING IN YOUR PLANS TO TURN THESE INTO SHORT-TERM RENTALS? NO, SIR.
NOTHING IS IN OUR PLANS TO DO THAT.
WE HAVE MADE NO EFFORTS WITH THE CITY TO APPLY FOR ANY PERMITS OF THAT NATURE.
WE HAVE NOT DONE ANY, AND I DON'T AS THE DEVELOPER HAVE ANY INTENTION OF DOING THAT.
I THINK YOU SAID YOU LIVE NEAR THE COMMUNITY.
I USED TO LIVE DOWN ON THE 1700 BLOCK OF WEST SUMMIT.
THAT'S IN JEFFERSON TERRACE, WHICH WAS ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT SPOKE UP.
I DID LIVE DOWN THERE FOR FOUR YEARS.
ARE YOU DEVELOPING OTHER PROPERTIES IN AND AROUND THAT AREA, IN AND AROUND THAT AREA? NO, WE ARE IN ALAMO HEIGHTS RIGHT NOW.
I'M UP IN NEW BRAUNFELS CANYON LAKE AND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE GULF COAST, SO WE STAY PRETTY BUSY.
AND, UH, YOU ESSENTIALLY HIT ON THE MAJORITY OF THE POINTS I WANTED TO HIT ON WHY I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THIS ITEM.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WHEN WE HAVE THESE TOUGH, TOUGH CONVERSATIONS, I UNDERSTAND WANTING TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE, UH, LEANING ON AND LISTENING TO OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT ULTIMATELY WE WERE ELECTED TO LEAD.
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS ENSURING THAT WE STICK TO PLANS LIKE THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN OF PRODUCING, UM, THAT, UH, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, THAT DEEP AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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I'VE OBSERVED, WHETHER IT'S, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, UM, MARKET RATE HOUSING, THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE OPPOSITION.AND IF WE CONTINUE TO NOT STAND AND STICK TO THOSE VALUES THAT WERE ADOPTED IN THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FIND OURSELVES IN THE SAME POSITION OF LACK OF PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, DEEPLY AFFORDABLE HOUSING, MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, BUT MARKET RATE THAT PRODUCES ITS OWN SELF.
BUT, UM, THE POINT BEING THAT, UM, I'M GOING TO BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM BECAUSE WE DO NEED TO SUPPORT AND PRODUCE THAT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE A MAJORITY RENTER CITY.
AND WE NEED TO DESTIGMATIZE THAT IT'S OKAY TO LIVE NEXT DOOR TO A RENTER.
UM, I'M A RENTER, RIGHT? UM, SO I I, I THINK THERE'S A, A LOT OF CONVERSATION TO BE HAD, AND I THINK ULTIMATELY WE WERE ELECTED TO MAKE THIS A BETTER CITY.
AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS MAKING SURE THAT, UH, FOLKS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY HAVE ACCESS TO SAFE HOUSING.
UM, AND WE CAN'T HAVE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS IF WE'RE GOING TO FAIL, UH, AND SUPPORT THE PRODUCTION OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, BUT WITH A CAVEAT THAT MARKET RATES A WHOLE OTHER BEAST IF IT GETS PUBLIC INCENTIVES, THAT'S A DIFFERENT DEBATE AND ARGUMENT.
BUT ON THIS ITEM, UM, THERE, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC INCENTIVES.
SO, UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS ITEM.
COUNCIL MEMBER CASTRO COUNT, UH, EXCUSE ME.
UH, TALK TO ME ABOUT THE HOUSE THAT Y'ALL, UH, WANT TO SAVE.
UH, SO HOW OLD IS IT? DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING? UH, I WANNA SAY IT'S A 1920S ISH OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
AND, UH, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME.
I'VE ALREADY TAKEN THE INSIDE DOWN TO A SHELL.
THERE'S NOTHING OF ANY, UH, REAL VALUE OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE IN THE HOUSE AT THIS TIME.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY WE'VE BEEN HAVING A LOT OF BREAK-INS LATELY.
I LITERALLY HAVE THE GUYS OVER THERE BOARDING UP THE FRONT WINDOW BECAUSE IT WAS OPEN TODAY.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T WANT THAT TO CONTINUE EITHER.
THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER SESSION PROBABLY IN CONVERSATION THOUGH, SO, OKAY.
UH, I, I DID WANNA POINT THIS OUT BECAUSE I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY, AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT.
WE DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF, UH, DEVELOPERS AND BUILDERS THAT COME IN AND WANT TO SAVE WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
AND I THINK ABOUT, UM, THE PEARL AREA AND I, I WALK AROUND THERE AMIDST THE APARTMENTS AND I SEE THE, THE OLD HOMES THAT PEOPLE ARE JUST HOLDING ONTO.
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE THERE.
SO I, I'M, I'M THANKFUL THAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS BECAUSE WE NEED TO SAVE THOSE HOME AND TELL THOSE STORIES AND EVEN TELL THE STORIES ABOUT WHY THEY WANTED TO BUILD AN EXTRA ROOM HERE AND AN EXTRA ROOM THERE, WHICH IS VERY MUCH THE, UH, SAN ANTONIO WAY
AND I DO AGREE WITH MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUE, UH, AS SHE MENTIONED THAT WE DO HAVE THIS RANGE OF WHAT'S AFFORDABLE AND THAT WE DO NEED TO TALK ABOUT TAKING AWAY THAT STIGMA FROM RENTERS.
AND WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT, UH, THE DEEP AFFORDABILITY.
BUT THESE MAY BE PEOPLE THAT ARE, ARE STILL LIVING AT THE 80, 90% PERCENTILE, UH, BUT CAN'T AFFORD THIS AND, AND WANT TO LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS TODAY.
AND, UM, I ENCOURAGE MY, MY COLLEAGUES AS WE, AS WE MOVE TO, UH, HIT THOSE GOALS FOR HOUSING THAT THEY SUPPORTED ALSO.
COUNCIL MEMBER VERAN, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ITEM NUMBER 27? OKAY.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
NINE TWO, UH, PERRY AND BRAVO DISSENT.
I BELIEVE THAT IS ALL ON OUR AGENDA TODAY.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PATIENCE, EVERYBODY.
THE TIME IS 3:05 PM ON THE SIXTH DAY OF APRIL, 2023, AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.