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MEETINGOH WAIT, WE'RE HERE FOR A MEETING.
UH, IT IS 2:00 PM ON MAY 10TH, 2023.
I'M CALLING THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING COMMISSION TO ORDER.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES? GOOD AFTERNOON,
CAN STAFF PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL MS. FAULKNER? HERE.
UH, WE WILL HAVE TWO AGENDAS TODAY.
UH, THE FIRST BEING A CONSENT AGENDA.
AGENDA WHICH WILL CONSIST OF ALL ITEMS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF NUMBER EIGHT, WHICH IS BEING PULLED FOR RECUSAL.
AND ITEMS NINE AND 11, WHICH WILL BE HEARD ON INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
SO AT THIS TIME, ASK COMMISSIONER LOPEZ TO LEAVE IT'S 2 0 2.
DO WE HAVE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE, UH, CONSENT AGENDA? I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY VICE CHAIR PECK.
COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS RETURNED.
[Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments ]
CAN WE, UH, MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLEASE? ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION AMENDING THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN BY CHANGING THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.LOCATED AT EIGHT 15 EAST GRAYSON STREET.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, SIX IN OPPOSITION, NO RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THEY'VE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE IN OPPOSITION, AND THEY'RE REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 14TH.
WOULD THE APPLICANT WANT TO MAKE THE REQUEST, PLEASE? GOOD AFTERNOON.
EMILY WEISER KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 1 1 REUNION PLACE.
UM, DO WANNA RESPECTFULLY SAY THANK YOU TO THE COMMISSION FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH THIS CASE? UM, WE ARE ACTUALLY MAKING A SIGNIFICANT AMENDMENT TO THE PROJECT, UM, AND MET WITH THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS LAST NIGHT TO DISCUSS THAT.
UM, IT'S A SIGNIFICANT DENSITY REDUCTION, IT'S A HEIGHT REDUCTION, SO, UM, MAJOR PROJECT CHANGES ON THIS CASE.
UM, AND SO WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST JUST A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE, WHICH I BELIEVE IS TO MAY 24TH, NOT JUNE 14TH.
UM, JUST A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE, UM, SO THAT WE CAN FINISH UP COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THIS.
UM, THAT'S A, UH, FOUR WEEKS, 'CAUSE THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION IS TECHNICALLY THE 24TH.
THAT'S WHAT SHE WAS CLARIFYING AT THE PODIUM.
WE WERE DISCUSSING AND I MISSED IT.
ONLY TWO WEEKS TO MAY 24TH, PLEASE.
ANY COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? ANY MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONTINUANCE TO MAY 24TH.
MOTION BY VICE CHAIR PECK TO GRANT THE APPLICANT'S, UM, APPROVAL TO GRANT A CONTINUANCE TO MAY 24TH.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, WHOEVER.
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MS. FAULKNER? YES.MOTION PASSES FOR TWO WEEK CONTINUES.
KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING COORDINATOR.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE MIDTOWN REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO REGIONAL MIXED USE LOCATED AT THREE 10 WEST ASHBY PLACE.
THERE WERE 19 NOTICES MAILED TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET, AND NO RESPONSE FROM TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN RE, UH, AMENDMENT TO REGIONAL MIX USE TO REZONE TO I D Z THREE.
HIGH INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH USES PERMITTED IN C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IN AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE BAR WITH A COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK.
FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENT WITH COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK IN A HOTEL TALLER THAN 35 FEET.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE DEVELOP, UH, SORRY, THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE TO REGIONAL MIXED USE IS REQUESTED IN ORDER TO REZONE THE PROPERTY, UM, TO I D Z THREE AS I MENTIONED.
AND, UM, THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN'S GOAL AND OBJECTIVE TO SUPPORT UNIQUE MIXED ACTIVITY AREAS AND ACCOMMODATE GROWTH WHILE PRESERVING DISTINCT CHARACTERISTICS OF EACH PART OF THE MIDTOWN AND PROVIDING THOUGHTFUL TRANSITIONS BETWEEN USES.
THERE'S A MIXTURE OF NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, URBAN MIXED USE, AND REGIONAL MIXED USE IN THE AREA.
THE UTILIZATION OF THE ENTIRE BLOCK IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH REGIONAL MIXED USE AND WILL ADD A MIXTURE OF COMMERCIAL USES AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE AREA.
THE STAFF, UH, RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
MR. ORTIZ, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS DANIEL ORTIZ WITH ORTIZ MCKNIGHT HERE ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER WESTIN URBAN.
I DO HAVE A SLEW OF PEOPLE HERE WITH ME, WHICH REPRESENTS THE OVERALL CONSULTANT TEAM, WHICH WE CAN GET TO IN A MINUTE IF NECESSARY.
I'LL WALK THROUGH BRIEFLY A PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE AND THEN OF COURSE WE'LL ALL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, AS UH, STAFF ALREADY INDICATED THE PROPERTY'S, UH, LITTLE UNDER TWO ACRES AT AT THREE 10 WEST, WEST ASH ASHBY.
FOR ANYBODY WHO'S GENERALLY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, IT'S A VERY UNIQUE AREA, A MIX OF USES INCLUDING ON THIS PROPERTY SURROUNDING US GREAT HEARTS, TEMPLE, BETHEL, SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE TO THE SOUTH, AND THEN SOME OTHER SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE USES AROUND US CATHOLIC CHARITIES AND SOME COMMERCIAL USES IN SURROUNDING BLOCKS.
UM, THE CURRENT DESIGNATION, UM, IS NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE, UH, WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE SITE'S EXISTING ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS SOME OF THE ZONING, UH, AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SPECIFICALLY, UH, THE PLAN MAXIMUM ALLOWED ZONING FOR NEIGHBORHOOD MIXED USE WOULD BE O ONE AND C ONE, AND AS WAS ALREADY STATED THAT THE PROPERTY ZONING IS CURRENTLY O TWO.
THERE IS ALSO O TWO AND C TWO AROUND US, AND THERE'S ALSO REGIONAL MIXED USE, UH, IMMEDIATELY AROUND US AND, AND, UH, DISPERSED THROUGHOUT, UH, THE SURROUNDING BLOCKS AS WELL.
THIS IS JUST, UH, THE UNDERLYING ZONING AS IT EXISTS TODAY.
I REALIZE THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY THIS BODY'S, UM, PURVIEW, BUT I THINK IT, IT, IT HIGHLIGHTS THE, THE USES, UH, IN THE DES IN THE PLAN THAT ARE IN AND AROUND THE AREA AND WHY THE O TWO IS TRIGGERING US TO, TO REZONE IN THE FIRST PLACE, WHICH WE'LL GET TO HERE IN A SECOND WITH THE UNDERLYING DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS IN TURN TO, UH, TRIGGERING THE REQUESTED PLAN DESIGNATION.
UM, AT THE HEART OF THE PROPOSED REQUEST IS TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY, WHICH WILL TRIGGER REZONING FROM, AND I'M JUST GONNA GO ON THE BASE ZONING DISTRICT HERE BECAUSE THEY'RE A SLEW OF OVERLAYS, INCLUDING HISTORIC, WHICH WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE ANY OF THE OVERLAYS, SO I'LL JUST STICK TO THE BASE ZONING.
CURRENTLY ZONED O TWO, UH, SS AND WE ARE PROPOSING TO REZONE AS STAFF INDICATED TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN, UH, IN C THREE.
THE CORE OF THE REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE TO ALLOW FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WITH AN ENTERTAINMENT VENUE, SOME LIMITED HOTEL ASPECT IN THAT FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT, UH, OR, UH, OF THE VENUE BEING USED, UM, FOR AN ENTERTAINMENT ASPECT LIKE A WEDDING.
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UH, THE BRIDE AND GROUP, FOR EXAMPLE, MIGHT STAY AT THE FACILITY, SO THAT TRIGGERS A SOMEWHAT OF A HOTEL CONCEPT, BUT IT IS NOT A FULLY FUNCTIONING OPENING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC HOTEL.UM, A RESTAURANT, UH, AND SOME SOCIAL CLUB USES SPECIFICALLY, UM, THE PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT WILL ALLOW, WOULD ALLOW FOR RESTORING THE HISTORIC KOR MANSION AND THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, CREATING A, A NEW LOCAL RESTAURANT WITH AN OUTDOOR AND INDOOR DINING SPACE AND PROVIDING A SOCIAL CLUB ASPECT TO SHOWCASE EVERYTHING THAT I'VE JUST LISTED, ALONG WITH A NEW GARDEN PAVILION AND ENHANCEMENTS TO THE SOUTH LAWN AND GARDEN AREA.
EVERYTHING I JUST SAID IS ILLUSTRATED ON THIS SITE PLAN, WHICH WOULD BE LOCKED IN BY THE CORRESPONDING I D Z ZONING.
AND WE CAN COME BACK AND ASK ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS IN A SECOND.
UH, AS I SUSPECT THERE MIGHT BE QUESTIONS.
THIS IS, UM, BRIEFLY, UH, OBVIOUSLY A, A CONCEPTUAL ELEVATION, UH, OF WHAT THE REDEVELOPMENT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
YOU'RE STANDING, UH, LOOKING FROM LOOKING WEST TOWARD THE PROPERTY.
SO STANDING ON LEWIS STREET AND LOOKING TOWARD BELKNAP.
UM, YOU CAN SEE BASICALLY THE PROPERTY IN THE FOREGROUND AND SOME OF THE EXISTING BUILDINGS IN THE BACKGROUND.
UM, FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH AT THIS POINT, UM, THE I D Z, ONE OF THE MANY THINGS THAT LOCKS IN IS HEIGHT.
UH, ON THE SITE PLAN ITSELF, WE HAVE PROPOSED 52 FEET, BUT IN REALITY, NO BUILDING WILL BE HIGHER BY PRIVATE RESTRICTION ANYWAY, UH, THAN THE EXISTING KA HOUSE.
SO THAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST THAT THAT IS HAPPENING ON THE, UH, ON THE PROPERTY ITSELF.
THE, UH, PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT, UM, MEETS A NUMBER OF THE STATED GOLDS IN THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER.
I THINK STAFF HIGHLIGHTED SOME, HIGHLIGHTED SOME IMPORTANT ONES, BUT I'LL JUST, UM, COVER A COUPLE, UH, TO QUOTE FROM THE PLAN ITSELF.
FIRST, PROVIDE DEVELOPMENT WITH A MIX OF USES WHICH ENCOURAGE A VARIETY OF AMENITY RICH PLACES THROUGHOUT THE CITY WITH THE LIVE WORK PLAY BALANCE, THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACHIEVE.
NEXT, AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE, ENCOURAGE INNOVATIVE AND SUSTAINABLE IDEAS TO CONSERVE SAN ANTONIO'S HISTORIC RESOURCES, UH, THAT KALER MANCHIN WILL BE, UH, REDEVELOPED TO ITS PREVIOUS, UM, SIGNIFICANCE AND THEN I DON'T HAVE IT ON THE SCREEN, BUT FROM STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
GOAL NUMBER 10, PURSUE TRANSFORMATIVE PROJECTS, ELEVATE MIDTOWNS AESTHETIC APPEAL, STIMULATE ECONOMIC GROWTH, AND MEET LOCAL NEEDS BY TRANSFORMING VACANT PROPERTIES IN OLDER BUILDINGS THROUGH REUSE, REDEVELOPMENT, OR NEW DEVELOPMENT.
I ALMOST FELT LIKE THAT WAS WRITTEN FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
THIS IS A LOT OF ORANGE ON THE PAGE, BUT IT'S MEANT TO JUST HIGHLIGHT THE EXISTING CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
WE ARE IN THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES AND ADJACENT TO THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BOUNDARIES.
WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THEM EVEN BEFORE FILING AND HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY IN TOUCH WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
WE MET FORMALLY WITH TOBIN HILL ON MARCH 27TH AND FORMALLY WITH MONTE VISTA ON MARCH 29TH.
I KNOW, UH, MONTE VISTA, I THINK STAFF INDICATED THEIR SUPPORT.
TOBIN HILL IS IN SUPPORT OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT AS WELL, AND WE HAVE EMAILS TO THAT EFFECT.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS, UH, INCLUDING ESPECIALLY THE NEXT STEPS WITH THE REZONING HEARING.
UH, NEXT SLIDE, WHICH IS THE FINAL SLIDE.
UH, AGAIN, JUST TO RECAP, UH, WE ARE PROPOSING TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY AS ALREADY DESCRIBED.
THAT IS TRIGGERING A REZONING TO IDZ THREE, WHICH IN TURN IS TRIGGER IS TRIGGERING THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO REGIONAL MIXED USE.
REGIONAL MIXED USE IS NOT, UM, IS NOT A NEW THING IN THIS AREA.
THERE IS REGIONAL MIXED USE IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, UH, AND ALONG, UH, THE BLOCKS, UH, THAT RUN PARALLEL TO US PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH SOME OF THE STATED GOALS.
AND WE HAVE REACHED OUT AND OBTAINED SUPPORT FROM BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS THAT ARE RELEVANT IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA.
AND THEN FINALLY, AS YOU ALREADY HEARD, STAFF IS RECOMMENDING SUPPORT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, I'LL END WITH THIS, THE TEAM, THIS, UH, WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS JUST A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ALL THE, UH, THOUGHT AND DESIGN, UM, THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS PROPOSED REDEVELOPMENT.
I HAVE HERE WITH ME TODAY, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND DEVELOPER, WESTON URBAN, RANDY SMITH, RANDY SMITH, AND HEATH COOVER.
WE HAVE TWO ARCHITECTS, UH, ON THIS PROJECT, UH, BOTH OF WHICH ARE REPRESENTED HERE.
DON AL, DON MCDONALD, AND ANNA NOW WITH FORD, POWELL, CARSON AND TOM CARTER WITH PAP DAWSON.
SO WE HAVE A FULL TEAM TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
WITH THAT, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
ALL STARTING ON THE LEFT, THE COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
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ON THIS SIDE? COULD YOU TELL US JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW THIS, UH, RENOVATION WILL INTERACT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS? UM, I THINK I'LL CALL UP ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS.I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU WOULD WANT COMMISSIONER TO HEAR A LAWYER'S ANSWER TO THAT.
UM, SO CALL THE PROJECT ARCHITECT.
UH, I'M AN ARCHITECT ON THE PROJECT.
I LIVE AND WORK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR OFFICE IS ABOUT TWO BLOCKS FROM THIS LOCATION.
UM, IT'S AN INTERESTING PLACE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE SIX BLOCKS AROUND THIS AREA AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAN PEDRO SPRINGS PARK HAS SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ARCHITECTURE IN THE WHOLE CITY, BUT IT'S, IT'S INTERSPERSED WITH, WITH PARKING LOT AND INSTITUTIONAL, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT HAPPENED IN THE MID TO LATE 20TH CENTURY.
AND SO WE SEE THIS AS NOT JUST A RESTORATION OF THE HOUSE, BUT BUT THE FIRST STEP IN, IN THE, IN THE REVITALIZATION OF THIS WHOLE PART OF TOWN.
UM, IT'S, IT'S, UM, UH, THE, AGAIN, MUCH OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS IN PLACE, BUT, BUT, BUT, UH, IT JUST NEEDS A LITTLE PUSH.
SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT LOCATION AND, UH, WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF, OF BEING ABLE TO WALK DOWN TO, TO THE CARRIAGE HOUSE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE A RESTAURANT AND, UM, AND, AND UTILIZE THE PARK AND GARDEN.
I THINK THE GARDEN IS MAYBE AS IMPORTANT A RESTORATION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A HOUSE.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED MUCH ABOUT THAT, BUT, BUT I THINK THIS IS, UM, A A REALLY SERIOUS WORLD CLASS RESTORATION OF NOT JUST THE HOUSE, BUT BUT, UH, THE GROUNDS AROUND IT AS WELL.
AND THAT'S GOTTA HAVE SOME HUGE IMPACT AROUND, UH, THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, ALL THE NEIGHBORS ARE, ARE EXCITED ABOUT IT, SO, SO WE THINK IT'LL BE A GREAT PROJECT.
UH, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY HOW MANY BUILDINGS YOU'RE GONNA ADD UP TO THAT PLAN.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE APPLYING FOR, FOR HISTORIC TAX CREDITS, STATE TAX CREDITS ON THE PROJECT.
SO, SO WE'RE REALLY, REALLY GOING TO HAVE TO BE QUIET WITH THE ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS.
AND WE'RE PROPOSING TWO BUILDINGS, A KITCHEN SO THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO, UM, INVADE THE HISTORICAL ARCHITECTURE.
WE'RE PROPOSING ONE KITCHEN STRUCTURE THAT'S NESTLED BACK BEHIND THE MAIN HOUSE IN THE LOCATION OF THE ORIGINAL, UM, KILN.
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE HAD A KILN BACK THERE.
AND, UH, AND SO WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO SNEAK THAT IN AS DISCREETLY AS WE CAN.
AND THEN THERE'S A, A, WHAT WE'RE CALLING A GARDEN PAVILION, WHICH IS A, A STRUCTURE, UM, THAT IS ON THE FAR WEST SIDE OF, UH, A BUDDING, UH, A BUDDING BE NAP.
AND, AND IT OVERLOOKS A BIG LAWN.
SO IF YOU'RE ENTERING THE HOUSE FROM THE TRADITIONAL LOCATION OF THE PORT CHE OR FROM LEWIS STREET, UM, UH, THESE STRUCTURES WILL BE VERY SUBORDINATE.
IN FACT, YOU MIGHT, THE INTENT IS THAT YOU DON'T REALLY REGISTER OR SEE THEM UNTIL YOU'VE WALKED AROUND THE CORNER, YOU'RE IN THE LAWN.
AND EVEN THEN WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PROPOSING TO NESTLE THEM BEHIND TREES SO THAT THEY JUST FEEL LIKE THEY'RE PART OF THE GARDEN STRUCTURE AS OPPOSED TO THE MAIN HOUSE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY GIVING, UH, THE, THE, THE PRIMARY FOCUS TO THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AND THE CARRIAGE HOUSE AND THE GARDEN AND TRYING TO GET THESE AS IN AS QUIETLY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
WE'RE ALSO LEAVING THE ORIGINAL GREENHOUSE, WHICH YOU CAN SORT OF SEE BETWEEN THE GARDEN PAVILION AND THE KITCHEN BACK ON THAT BACKSIDE.
UH, IN CASE OF FULL OCCUPANCY AND DURING THE EVENTS, OR YOU'RE GONNA UTILIZE THE PROPERTY FOR PARKING, OR ARE YOU GONNA USE THE EXTERIOR ROADWAYS FOR THE ADDITIONAL PARK? THE, THE, THE, THE IDEA IS, IS IS THERE'S A SEA OF PARKING LOTS AROUND THIS HOUSE, AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY FOR VALET PARKING.
AND, AND THE IDEA IS THAT WE'LL UTILIZE THE EXISTING PARKING, UH, JUST OFF OF ASHBY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE HOUSE FOR, UH, VALET PARKING AND FOR HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBILITY.
AND, AND FOR THE MOST PART, UH, THERE WILL BE VALET PARKING, UH, ON, ON ONE OF THE, THE, THERE, THERE'S, THERE'S THREE OR FOUR CHURCHES THAT, THAT ARE ONLY UTILIZED ON SUNDAYS OR SATURDAYS AND ONE SYNAGOGUE.
AND, AND THEN THERE'S SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE PARKING LOTS AROUND US AS WELL.
SO THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING OPPORTUNITIES, BUT IT'LL MOSTLY BE VALET.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? I DO HAVE A COUPLE BOYS THAT GO TO GREAT HEARTS.
SO VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
AND ALSO YEARS AGO IT WAS AN EVENT SPACE.
I'VE BEEN TO WEDDINGS AND SO IT'S GOOD TO SEE, UH, CREATIVE REUSE AND, UH, WISH YOU GUYS GOOD LUCK ON THE PROJECT.
SO THIS TIME I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
IS THERE EVER AN INTENT TO DEVELOP OR OR TO MAINTAIN THE GREEN
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SPACE OR EVER TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL STRUCTURES? NOT CURRENT, NOT CURRENTLY.AND THEN IN CONNECTION WITH THE CORRESPONDING ZONING, THE SITE, THE SITE PLAN YOU'RE, YOU'RE SEEING ON THE SCREEN IS LOCKED IN.
SO IF, IF THERE WERE EVER A PLAN TO CHANGE THAT AND REDEVELOP THE GREEN SPACE, WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS.
BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT THE HORIZON.
IT'S NOT, IT'S NOT IN THE HORIZON RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT ALSO SPEAKS TO THE NEW BUILDINGS THAT'S LOCKED IN BY THE SITE PLAN AS WELL.
ANYBODY ELSE? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
UM, SO MOVED THAT, THAT, UH, THAT WE ACCEPTED AS, AS PROPOSED.
LOOKS LIKE A, SORRY, I GOT A BIG FROG IN MY THROAT, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE A REALLY BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MILAM, A FROGGY MOTION TO APPROVE.
AND THEN A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
[Approval of Minutes ]
YOU.FINAL ITEM TODAY IS THE MINUTES FROM THE LAST MEETING.
ANY CORRECTIONS OR EDITS? A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER MILAM.
UH, THAT APPROVES I ANY STAFF REPORT?
ALRIGHT, IT'S 2 23 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.