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[ Roll Call ]
ON THURSDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023, AND THE CITY COUNCIL ZONING AND LAND USE SESSION IS NOW CALLED TO ORDER.MADAM CLERK, CAN YOU PLEASE CALL THE ROLE COUNCIL MEMBER BRAVO HERE.
COUNCIL MEMBER MCKEE RODRIGUEZ.
PRESENT, COUNCIL MEMBER MAYOR PRO.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
[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. ]
HAS BEEN POSTPONED AND WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED TODAY.WE HAVE SEVERAL ITEMS TO CONTINUE TO THE AUGUST 3RD MEETING.
CAN I GET A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEMS? WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE.
SO IS THERE ANY COUNSEL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED? IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO CONTINUE ITEMS 8, 9, 10, AND 20 TO AUGUST 3RD, PLEASE VOTE.
AND THEN I MAY, MOTION CARRIES.
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
ITEM 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.
ITEM 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS MY COUNSEL COLLEAGUES WISH TO PULL FROM THE CONSENT TO BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY? I MOVE THE APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
CAN I GET, UH, I GOT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ARE, IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? WE DO HAVE PUBLIC TO SIGN, SIGN, SIGNED UP TO SPEAK UP.
WE WILL START WITH ITEM NUMBER 18, LORRAINE BASS.
UM, AND THEN WE HAVE A TRANSLATION.
JOSEFA MORENO, ARE YOU HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM 25? ALL RIGHT, WE'RE, UH, WE'RE WAITING ON THE TRANSLATOR,
ALL RIGHT, YOU, YOU'LL HAVE, UH, SIX MINUTES.
MY NAME IS JOSE MORENO AND I LIVE IN DISTRICT FIVE.
AND I WANT TO SHARE MY OPINION ABOUT THE ZONING I AM AGAINST BECAUSE I DON'T THINK, UH, THERE IS ENOUGH SPACE TO ALL THOSE PROPERTIES THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON, UH, BUILDING THERE, THERE IN THE BACK OF OUR HOUSES.
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AND MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES OF BRINGING PEOPLE FROM OUTSIDE.YOU DON'T KNOW THE CONSEQUENCES IT IS GOING TO CAUSE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I DO KNOW THEM 'CAUSE I DON'T HAVE SPACE.
BUT IF I HAD IT, I WOULDN'T GIVE IT, GIVE ON IT BECAUSE IT'S VERY DANGEROUS.
NOT EVEN PEOPLE FROM MY FAMILY, I WOULD ADMIT IN THERE, MUCH LESS PEOPLE THAT IS COMING FROM OUTSIDE AND WITH ALL THE DANGER THAT WE ARE LIVING RIGHT NOW, THE VIOLENCE, THE SHOOTINGS, ALL THE BAD THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE STREETS.
I THINK THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE SPACE IN THE BACK IS THAT THEY DON'T HAVE, UH, SOMEONE TO MAINTAIN THE YARD, BUT THEY DON'T HAVE THE PROBLEM OF NEW PEOPLE, PEOPLE WITH BAD IDEAS IN THEIR HEADS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE IT BECAUSE PEOPLE FROM THE STREETS, THEY DON'T KNOW RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING A HOME, THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RAISING A FAMILY OR THEIR KIDS.
I COME FROM A POOR FAMILY, BUT I, AND I ALSO WA WAS UNDOCUMENTED, BUT I STARTED WORKING AND I FIXED MY PAPERS AND ALWAYS STRUGGLED TO, UH, PUT, UH, FOOD IN THE TABLE, WORKING FOR A MINIMUM WAGE, BUT ALWAYS HAD WHERE TO LIVE AND WHAT TO EAT.
THESE PEOPLE DON'T WANT THAT RESPONSIBILITY.
AND I THINK THAT YOU, THAT ARE ALLOWING SOMETHING LIKE THIS TO TAKE PLACE, YOU ARE GOING TO BE THE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE VIOLENCE THAT IT'S COMING TO THIS PART OF THE CITY BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE IT RIGHT NOW, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.
RESPONSIBILITY, AND IT IS GOING TO BE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY BECAUSE YOU ARE THE ONES WHO ARE GIVEN THE PERMIT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE, WE LIVE IN PEACE AND WE DON'T WANT THIS COMING UPON US.
SAN ANTONIO HAS MANY OTHER PLACES OUTSIDE THE CITY WHERE YOU CAN DEVELOP THESE CHARITY PROJECTS.
UH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO MOVE THESE KIND OF PEOPLE THAT YOU DON'T KNOW IN YOUR, IN YOUR BACKYARDS? NO.
WELL, WE HAVE SADE IN MEXICO THAT GOES, I'M INTERPRETING, UH, THE SKINNY DOGS GETS ALL THE FLEECE.
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AND IN OUR POOR NEIGHBORHOODS, YOU ARE MAKING PROJECTS TO HELP, TO HELP OTHER POOR PEOPLE.WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO IS INSIDE MORE VIOLENCE IS WHAT YOU WANT.
CIA, YOU DON'T EVEN, YOU DON'T EVEN, UM, CAN TAKE CARE OF THE VIOLENCE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS BECAUSE WE HAVE VIOLENCE.
OKAY, THAT'S, IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON ITEMS ON CONSENT AGENDA? THERE'S A MOTION IS SECOND TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON CONSENT.
AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 27, 29.
WORKS QUESTION, ARE WE ALLOWED TO SPEAK AS WORKS? CAN I UP AND HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK? MOTION CARRIES.
UH, THE REMAINING ITEMS ARE ON INDIVIDUAL CONSENT, INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION AGENDA ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 4 1 1 EAST EVERGREEN STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, SEVEN OPPOSED.
TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS NOT OPPOSED.
THERE ARE THREE OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
AND THIS ITEM WILL REQUIRE A SUPER MAJORITY VOTE, UM, AS THERE IS 23% OPPOSITION.
DO I HAVE A SECOND? I HAVE, UM, A MOTION AND A SECOND AND I DO HAVE A CITIZEN SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, ALRIGHT, I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
IS THERE ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? COUNCILMAN BRAVO? UH, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THIS, UM, THIS STRUCTURE HAS, UM, BEEN, UM, IT WAS A MANSION THAT WAS DIVIDED INTO SEVEN APARTMENT UNITS.
UH, IT'S GOT SEVEN METERS AND THAT'S HOW IT'S OPERATED SINCE WORLD WAR II.
UM, AND THE, UH, APPLICANT HAS PURCHASED IT AND, UH, IT TURNS OUT IT WAS ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY.
AND SO THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO GO DOWN TO FOUR, FROM SEVEN UNITS DOWN TO FOUR UNITS.
UM, AND SO I WOULD, I ASK FOR EVERYONE'S SUPPORT IN THIS ITEM SO WE CAN GET A SUPER MAJORITY.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REZONING FROM R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING RESIDENTIAL UNITS TO R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 3 41 AND 3 43 AVONDALE AVENUE.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL COUNCIL DISTRICT.
UM, THERE IS ADDED AMENDED, UH, CONDITIONS TO THE SITE PLAN THAT INCLUDE TOTAL OF EIGHT PARKING SPACES AND A SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE ON THE REAR AND SIDE PROPERTY LINES.
31 NOTICES MAILED SEVEN IN FAVOR AND SIX OPPOSED.
WE CONTINUED THIS CASE TWO WEEKS AGO TO ALLOW FOR MORE DIALOGUE AND OUTREACH BETWEEN THE APPLICANT AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AS A RESULT, THIS DEVELOPMENT NOW HAS COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND THERE IS A REDUCTION IN THE OPPOSITION.
ALSO, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP TO THE PODIUM AND ADDRESS SOME ISSUES
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RAISED BY THE NEIGHBORS THAT CONTACTED ME AND MY OFFICE.CAN, CAN YOU BRIEFLY SPEAK ABOUT THE CHANGE IN DENSITY, UH, AND HOW IT'LL BE AN IMPROVEMENT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? SO CURRENTLY HAS, UH, SIX PARKING SPACES AND WE'RE GOING FROM SIX TO EIGHT.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY THE INVESTMENT THAT WE'RE MAKING INTO THIS PROPERTY TO MAKE IT LOOK NICER, THE FENCING, UM, AND YOU KNOW, THE EXTERIOR AND THE INTERIOR AND THE PROPERTY IS FOR LONG-TERM RENTALS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
OH, I, UM, AND THEN, UM, AND LASTLY, YOU'RE ALSO IN AGREEMENT WITH THE SOLID SCREEN FENCE AMENDMENT TODAY, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AT THIS TIME, I WILL GO AHEAD AND MAKE THE FOLLOWING MOTION, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AND AMENDED, UH, SITE PLAN.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REZONING FROM R FORD I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 64 UNITS LOCATED AT 8 35 GILLETTE BOULEVARD.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING TO A 54 UNITS AND SUBMITTED A REVISED SITE PLAN.
THERE'S 34, EXCUSE ME, 32 NOTICES.
NO, YOU'RE READING 24, BUT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING DENY DENIAL.
AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR ONE DWELLING UNIT LOCATED AT TWO 14 EAST LAS CHAPPELLE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION.
ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
NOTICES MAILED THREE IN FAVOR.
LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND THERE IS ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT AND FOLKS LIVING NEXT TO THE PROJECT'S.
I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND THERE.
I DON'T SEE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ISSUE.
ANY COUNCIL DISCUSSION? IF NO, IF NO COUNSEL DISCUSSION, PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A REZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR UP TO 37 DWELLING UNITS, RECREATIONAL FACILITY, NEIGHBORHOOD, AND CHURCH LOCATED AT 39 15 FLAGEL STREET.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
22 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED.
MEMORIAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS ALSO OPPOSED AND THERE WERE 23 OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
I DO HAVE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT THIS IS IN COUNCIL DISTRICT FIVE.
UH, THIS ITEM IS ABOUT THREE AND A HALF YEARS IN THE WORKS.
BEFORE I WAS IN OFFICE AND BEFORE BEING IN OFFICE, I HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE THEN WEST SIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS COALITION WHO WERE HAVING ONGOING CONVERSATIONS WITH THE APPLICANT AROUND THIS PROJECT.
UH, WITH THE ONSET OF THIS PROJECT, THERE WAS A LOT OF CONCERN AROUND, UM, HOW SUPPORT WAS GOING TO BE GAINED, RIGHT? WE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT THERE WERE, UM, QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES OF SIGNING ONTO A PETITION IN EXCHANGE FOR A GIFT BASKET.
UH, MANY NEIGHBORS SIGNED ON NOT KNOWING THAT IT WAS, UM, IN SUPPORT OF A PROJECT, WHICH, UH, LED TO, UM, THE EROSION OF TRUST WITH, UM, DISCUSSING THIS PROJECT.
BUT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, REMAINED OPEN TO HAVING AN OPEN DISCUSSION AND DIALOGUE ABOUT IMPROVEMENTS IN THIS PROPERTY.
UH, BUT CONCERNS, UH, WERE STILL PRESENT, RIGHT? CONCERNS WITH THE VACANT LOT AND, UH, THE LOT NOT BEING MAINTAINED AND OVERGROWN GRASS AND ILLEGAL DUMPING WITH THE VACANT LOT.
UH, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, YESTERDAY WAS A MEETING WHERE A LINK
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WAS SENT 30 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING, UH, WAS SET TO BE HAD.AND, UH, I, I DON'T TAKE WELL TO MY CONSTITUENTS BEING THREATENED, UM, BY, UH, WHAT COULD BE IF THIS ISN'T APPROVED.
UM, AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THREE AND A HALF YEARS IS A LONG TIME WITH COMMUNITY GIVING INPUT AND NOT BEING MET HALFWAY.
UH, SO WITH THAT, I I MOTION TO DENY THIS ITEM.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION TO DENY.
AND A SECOND WE DO HAVE INDIVIDUALS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
MS. SUKO RAMOS MASUKO, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO SEE THEIR TIME TO YOU.
MY NAME IS MITSUKO RAMOS WITH GOVERNMENT RELATIONS GROUP OF TEXAS AND I'M, I REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNER MAREL, UH, RAPHAEL MAREL WITH VERGE OF PRODUCTIONS, L L C.
HE OWNS THE PROPERTY AT 3 9 1 5 LALE STREET, AND WE ARE REQUESTING REZONING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL TO I D Z ONE INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE TO ALLOW A MAXIMUM OF 37 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING UNITS AND A CHURCH.
OH, SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE, HIS NAME IS MR. UH, RAFAEL MAREL, AND HE IS A NATIVE OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND HIS MISSION IS TO, UH, IMPROVE THE COMMUNITY AND DO ITS BEST, YOU KNOW, FOR, UH, THE COMMUNITY DISTRICT, UH, CITYWIDE, BUT ALSO FOR, UH, DISTRICT FIVE.
THE ARCHITECT IS MR. MARCELO MARTINEZ.
HE IS A FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND HE IS WORKED REALLY HARD SINCE 2019 TO AMEND THE, UH, SITE PLAN SEVERAL TIMES AFTER WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL AS FROM THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN BETWEEN, UM, THE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND ESAU SUBSTATION, AND IS ALSO LOCATED NORTH OF EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AT THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY, IT'S A LITTLE OVER THREE ACRES.
THE SURROUNDING ZONING IS ALL R SIX.
YOU HAVE SOME SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE SOUTH, AND YOU ALSO HAVE SOME DUPLEX APARTMENTS TO THE WEST.
UH, THE CURRENT ZONING OF THE LOT R SIX, UM, RIGHT NOW ALLOWS FOR 50 DWELLING UNITS, A CHURCH AND A RECREATION CENTER, UM, AS WELL AS OTHER USES.
BUT IF WE WANTED TO, WE COULD, UM, ACTUALLY BUILD THAT RIGHT NOW.
AND JUST TO CLARIFY, JUST TO CLARIFY, THE R SIX REQUIRES A MINIMUM OF 6,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR 25, UH, LARGER LOTS WITH LARGER HOMES AND THEN 25 ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN THE BACK.
SO THAT WOULD TOTAL 50 TOTAL DWELLING UNITS.
AND WITH THE PARKING, THAT WOULD REQUIRE A MINIMUM OF 50 SPACES FOR 50 VEHICLES.
THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES, AGAIN, YOU HAVE DUPLEX APARTMENTS DOWN THE STREET, YOU HAVE ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT NEXT DOOR.
YOU HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES OFF OF ALSUP AND LA GLORIA, AND YOU HAVE THE SA SUBSTATION THAT'S LOCATED ON THE EAST, I MEAN ON THE WEST SIDE.
UM, BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION OF SA SUBSTATION, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, UM, ON UH, FLAGAL STREET, UM, UNLESS IT'S DURING THE TIME WHERE, UH, PARENTS ARE PICKING UP THEIR KIDS.
CAN I HAVE TIME DEFERRED? UH, UH, WHO, WHO'S GOING TO GIVE UP THEIR TIME? I'VE GOT ANDREA, HEATHER, RICHARD GARCIA, AND RAFAEL.
UH, UH, WILL YOU SEED YOUR TIME ON ANDREW? OKAY.
UH, YOU HAVE THREE MORE MINUTES.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF HAVING I D Z IS TO DEVELOP INFILL LOTS.
UM, AND, UH, MOST RECENTLY IN MARCH, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT WHERE THERE WAS A ARMED GUNMAN WHO WAS ACTUALLY ON THIS LOT AT 3 9 1 5 FLAGAL, UH, STREET, WHO WAS ACTUALLY, UM, YOU KNOW, TARGETING
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KIDS AT THE SCHOOL.UM, THIS JUST HAPPENED TWO MONTHS AGO.
ONE OF THE PARENTS SAW HIM AND CALLED THE POLICE AND IT WAS VERY FRIGHTENING.
UM, YOU CAN WATCH THE NEWS STORY ON KEN'S FIVE.
UM, THE PICTURES UP THERE, YOU SEE IS OF THE STORY OF THE MAN ACTUALLY ON THE LOT BEING ARRESTED.
UM, ONE OF THE UPSET MO MOTHERS.
AND ON THE RIGHT YOU SEE PICTURES OF, UH, DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND, UM, ENCAMPMENTS FROM HOMELESS PEOPLE WHO WERE THERE WHO, UH, ARE FREQUENTLY GOING BACK THERE BY THE CREEK ON THE LOT AND, UM, SHOOTING UP DRUGS.
SO THIS PARTICULAR LOT IS NOT JUST A VACANT LOT THAT IS, UM, A SORE EYE.
IT'S ACTUALLY A VERY DANGEROUS AND SCARY, UM, LOT.
AND IT HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE LAST 40, 50 YEARS BECAUSE, UM, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S GOT HARDSHIPS.
AND THE R SIX ZONING MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DEVELOP BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE 6,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS FOR EACH HOUSE.
UM, I D Z ZONING, I, I THINK YOU MIGHT BE AWARE, HAS THE FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REZONE TO CHANGE THE USE.
WE'RE JUST WANTING TO I D Z ONE TO HAVE THE FLEXIBLE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THE BUILDING PERMIT.
THE HARDSHIPS ARE THE FLOODPLAIN, THE FLOOD ZONE AROUND THE, THE, THE, UH, THE LOT AS YOU CAN SEE IT SURROUNDS IT, WHICH LIMITS OUR ACCESS TO ONE ACCESS POINT.
UM, THIS IS A SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS 37 DWELLING UNITS.
SO AS I STATED EARLIER, THE EXISTING ZONING ALLOWS 50 DWELLING UNITS.
SO WE'RE PROPOSING 37 DWELLING UNITS.
SO REZONING ACTUALLY REDUCES THE, UH, DENSITY, UH, DENSITY.
UM, WE HAVE SOME ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN, I JUST IDEAS THAT WE THREW OUT AND WE ASKED THE HOMEOWNERS TO ALSO, UM, SUGGEST IDEAS TO MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE ONE STORY AND TWO STORY, UM, HOMES.
AND THIS IS AGAIN, UH, JUST TO SHOW THAT IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S MASTER PLAN.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE BETWEEN 836 SQUARE FEET TO 1898 SQUARE FEET.
WE WENT, UH, TO MEET WITH SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS.
WE DID, UM, AT THE END END UP, UH, GETTING A TOTAL OF 14 SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT THAT ARE ON ALSUP AND ON, UM, LA GLORIA.
AND THE, THE PEOPLE THERE ARE DESPERATELY WANTING IT TO BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE IT'S JUST A VERY SCARY LOT.
AND WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2019.
SO WE ARE DESPERATELY ASKING YOU TO PLEASE SUPPORT THIS.
AND IF, UH, IF WE NEED MORE TIME, UH, WE WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH THE COUNCILWOMAN SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET ON HER CALENDAR IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO MEET WITH YOU ALL AS WELL IF, IF WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THE CASE UNTIL AUGUST.
MR. GARCIA, YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES.
UH, RICHARD GARCIA, UH, MEMBER OF MEMORIAL HEIGHTS, UM, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I WAS A PREVIOUS PRESIDENT FOR 25 YEARS.
UH, BUT ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED, JUST TO MAKE GOOD AFTERNOON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, COUNCIL JUAN CASTILLO, UH, I COME AS MYSELF AS A CONSTITUENT AS SENATOR, REGISTERED VOTER.
WE, THE PEOPLE, WE, THE PEOPLE, UH, FIRST OF ALL I WANNA MENTION TO, UH, THAT, UH, WE'RE ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS.
WE HAVE BEEN ADAMANTLY OPPOSED TO THIS.
WE SAID NO, YESTERDAY, WE SAID NO TODAY.
NO, IT'S, NO, THERE IS, IT'S AN ENGLISH AND SPANISH AND IT'S ENGLISH, ENGLISH WORD.
NO, IT'S NO, YOU KNOW, ADAMANTLY UPHOLSTERY FOR VARIOUS REASONS.
ONE IS THAT IT, WE, WE, UH, AS WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, NOT ALL THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS VOTED IN FAVOR OF THIS.
THERE WAS TWO THAT WERE AGAINST IT.
OKAY? AND ALSO, NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THIS AREA, IF YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA ON FLAGGO STREET, THERE IS 900 BLOCK IS THE ENTRANCE EXIT.
AND THERE'S A LOT, THERE'S A LOT.
IT'S GONNA, IT'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC CON AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA BRING IN 37 NEW HOMES.
IT'S GONNA ADD MORE CONGESTION TO THAT TRAFFIC.
AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT WE'RE ALSO CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY AND THE WELLBEING OF OUR, OF THE STUDENTS THAT WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
LIKE I SAY, THIS IS THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT TO THE, TO THE SCHOOL ALSO.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT'S ALSO A FLOODING ZONE.
IT CAUSES A LOT OF FLOODING ZONE.
I CANNOT IMAGINE IF THEY BUILT THIS 37 HOLES, WHERE IS THAT WATER GONNA DRAIN TO? AND ALSO, NO.
ALSO, WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR A TRAFFIC STUDY AND SO FAR THE CITY HAS NOT GIVEN US ONE AND NO ATTENDING.
THAT'S WHAT WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR.
AND THERE'S NO TRAFFIC STUDY AND DON'T THING THAT WE'RE AGAINST HOUSING, WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST RECENTLY WE DID GIVE, UH, PERMISSION FOR, UH, GRANTED PERMISSION FOR A BUSINESS ON WEST COMMERCE STREET AND PLAZA, WHERE THEY BUILT
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A, UH, A, A BUSINESS FOR AN AIR CONDITIONED PLACE AND A AND A AND, AND A BEAUTY SALON AND ALSO NORTHWEST 34TH.WE DID GIVE PERMISSION FOR FOUR UNITS TO BE BUILT THERE.
AND WE KNOW IT'S INEVITABLE, BUT 37 HOMES IS JUST WAY, WAY TOO, TOO MANY.
WHAT THE OWNER HAS FAILED, HAS FAILED TOO.
MENTION IS THAT WAY BACK IN DECEMBER OF 2020, THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO COME KNOCKING ON THE DOORS AROUND FLAGGO STREET, UM, OF SAP AND THEY WERE NICE ENOUGH TO BRING US, YOU KNOW, WHAT THEY WERE BRINGING US HOT CHOCOLATE AND, AND SWEET BREAD
AND, AND IN RETURN THEY WANTED US TO SIGN A PETITION FOR THEM TO BUILD THIS.
UH, AND I MENTIONED THIS TO THE COUNCILWOMAN AND I EMAILED HER RIGHT BEFORE SHE WAS A CANDIDATE.
AND I'M QUOTING HER AND SHE EMAILED HER HER COMMENTS.
SHE SAID, I'M COMING THAT YOU'RE SUPPORTING THE WHEEL OF THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS ASSOCIATION, AS WELL AS THE RESIDENT NEIGHBORING THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE AND, UH, REGARDING THE ZONING CHANGE.
BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE BEEN DOING.
UNDERHAND NATALIE, WE DON'T TRUST THEM.
WE HAVE LITTLE TO NO CONFIDENCE IN THEM.
AND SO WE ASK YOU AGAIN TO PLEASE, PLEASE SUPPORT US IN THE BEST INTEREST OF OUR COMMUNITY BECAUSE AS TO US, WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SAFETY OF THE STUDENTS AND THEY'RE LOOKING AT THE DOLLAR SIGN.
THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING AT, UH, 37 HOMES.
AND RE REMIND YOU THAT BEFORE THAT I THINK THEY WANT YOU TO BUILD MORE THAN 50 HOMES.
AND LIKE I SAID, I, UH, I HAVE MY ME A MEMBER HERE, MS. LETIZIA BODA, WHO'S BEEN A LONGTIME MEMBER OF MEMORIAL HEIGHTS AND LIVES IN THE REST IN THE AREA.
UH, I DO NOT ENVY WHAT YOU GUYS DO HERE.
YOU ALL ARE IN, UM, WHAT WHATEVER HAPPENS TODAY, I STILL WIN.
AND WHEN I SAY I WIN, I SUBMIT THESE PLANS TO THE LORD.
WHATEVER HE WANTS DONE HERE IS WHAT'S GONNA BE DONE HERE AS A BUSINESS PERSON.
I LOOK THROUGH THOSE LENS AND I ASK, NOT JUST IS THIS A PROPERTY OPPORTUNITY? I ASK, WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP BACK? RIGHT? IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT THE MONEY.
IF IT WERE ABOUT THE MONEY, I WOULDN'T TAKE UP SPACE HAVING A CHURCH ON THIS.
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT IS LOOKING AT THE COMMUNITY, LOOKING AT SAN ANTONIO, LOOKING AT THE PLEA FOR MORE HOUSING, MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AND ASKING HOW CAN I MEET, HELP TO MEET THE PHYSICAL NEEDS AND HELP WITH OTHER NEEDS? AND IN MY BOOK, THAT'S SPIRITUAL NEEDS AND THAT'S THE PURPOSE THAT THIS COMMUNITY HAS A COMMUNITY.
AND THIS COMMUNITY HAS A CHURCH.
AND THAT'S THE VISION OF THIS.
THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A PLACE, A LAUNCHING POINT IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE PEOPLE CAN COME AND SERVE MORE.
UM, EITHER IT BE CLOTHING OR FOOD DRIVES OR OTHER.
BUT NO ONE, NO ONE MORE THAN ME WANTS THIS TO ALSO BE OVER FOR FOUR YEARS.
I'VE HAD A TON OF PATIENCE FOR FOUR YEARS.
I'VE HAD A TON OF INVITES IN FOUR YEARS, I'VE BEEN ALLOWED TO SPEAK A TOTAL OF FIVE MINUTES AT ANY OF THEIR MEETINGS THAT THEY'VE POSTED.
THEY'VE HELD MANY, MANY MEETINGS, BUT HAVE KEPT ME OUT.
THEY'VE EVEN ASKED ME TO LEAVE ANYTIME I'VE TRIED TO STOP.
I DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE ZOOM UNTIL MEETING UNTIL 30 MINUTES BEFORE YESTERDAY EITHER.
AND I'M TIRED, BUT I ASK YOU GUYS DO THE RIGHT THING, NOT THE POPULAR THING, NOT WHAT'S POPULAR, WHAT'S RIGHT.
THE CITY HAS SAID, WE HAVE A HOUSING ISSUE.
THERE ARE PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO WANNA OFFER A SOLUTION.
AND WHATEVER YOU VOTE TODAY IS GOING TO, TO REALLY SPEAK INTO THAT AND, AND SUPPORT.
ARE WE SUPPORTING LAND DEVELOPERS OR BUSINESS OWNERS WHEN WE HAVE CALLED THEM TO HELP WITH OUR HOUSING PROBLEM? THAT'S IT.
AGAIN, I, I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AND WHAT YOU ALL DO.
I DO NOT ENVY YOUR POSITION AND I JUST ASK THAT YOU DO THE RIGHT THING AND WHATEVER YOU DECIDE, I SUPPORT YOU.
IS THERE ANY, UH, FURTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION ON THE ITEM? COUNCILMAN CASTILLO? THANK YOU.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO COME UP AND, AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YESTERDAY'S MEETING? UH, AND IF YOU COULD SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, WHAT YOU WERE TOLD IF THIS ITEM WASN'T APPROVED, WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT IN THAT LOT? HELLO? UM, YESTERDAY WE HAD THAT QUICK ZOOM THAT HAPPENED REALLY LAST MINUTE.
SO I KNOW THAT, UM, JUST IN MENTIONING AND DISCUSSION, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT MAYBE LIKE REDUCTION IN HOMES OR CHANGE OF, UM, JUST THE KEEPING IT AT THE R SIX.
SO I KNOW MR.
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UM, AND WE'VE BEEN ENCOUNTERING THINGS LIKE THIS.I, I SUPPORT, I, I DO, I SUPPORT, UM, ADDITIONAL HOUSES AND GROWTH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I ALSO FEEL IT NEEDS TO BE A PARTNERSHIP.
AND I FEEL, UM, NOT I FEEL, BUT I JUST THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A COLLABORATION.
IT REALLY NEEDS TO MAYBE HAVE LIKE A MEDIATOR IN BETWEEN AND FOR IT TO BE GROWTH, BUT GROWTH FOR THE COMMUNITY GROWTH THAT HELPS THE DEVELOPERS, UM, AND REALLY A PARTNERSHIP AND NOT JUST KIND OF WHERE IT'S BEING FORCED ON YOU.
AND, AND I WANTED TO BE SURE I HONE IN ON ONE THING.
THE, THE, UH, AND A GENERAL COMMENT, NOT FOR YOU STEPHANIE
SO I JUST WANNA BE SURE THAT, THAT WE'RE CLEAR THAT THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER COUNCIL DISCUSSION? IF THERE ISN'T ANY OTHER DISCUSSION, THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND TO DENY THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. AND THAT WOULD BE ITEM 24, PLEASE VOTE.
SO A VOTE OF YES MEANS YOU VOTE TO DENY THE ZONING CHANGE.
MOTION CARRIES THE TIME IS NOW 2 42 AND THAT ENDS OUR ZONING ITEM MEETING FOR THURSDAY, THE 15TH DAY OF JUNE, 2023.