* 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. [Work Session 12:30 P. M. Staff briefing regarding case recommendations and other items for consideration on the posted agenda. Commissioners may direct questions to staff regarding items noticed on the posted agenda or regarding City of San Antonio policies or operations in order to elicit a response of specific factual information or a recitation of existing policy pursuant to Section 551.042 of the Texas Government Code.] [00:00:06] GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF WE COULD BEGIN OUR MEETING WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON RECEPTOR. THANK YOU. UM, LET'S SEE. MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER. I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION. THE TIME IS 1:05 PM I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT. UH, MARCO BARRO, DISTRICT NINE, OVA ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO, SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE, EDDIE REYES, DISTRICT FOUR CHARLES FUENTES FOR DISTRICT THREE, KEN HUEY, DISTRICT SIX STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT. A QUORUM. MS. PRESENT, THANK YOU. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING PROCEDURES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF. BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF. THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER. STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST. PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND THE PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION. FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION IN ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING. YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF MR. CHAIR TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION. YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE UP. FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO OTHER PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES. THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK. AND WHEN THAT PERSON IS GOING UP TO SPEAK, YOU MUST STAND AND LET US KNOW THAT YOU ARE YIELDING YOUR TIME TO THEM. THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMITATION ALONG WITH OUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU. STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS. THE FIRST ITEM THAT IS WITHDRAWN TODAY, THIS MEANS THAT IT IS COMPLETELY OUT OF THE CYCLE NOW. THEY WILL HAVE TO REAPPLY AND START OVER IF THEY WISH TO BRING THIS CASE FORWARD IS 41 56 STALL ROAD. IT'S ITEM NUMBER 24 ON THE AGENDA AND IT ENDS IN ZONING CASE NUMBERS 1 3 9. THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THE PROPERTY AT 41 56 STALL ROAD, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AS WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THAT ITEM TODAY AND YOU'LL BE RE NOTIFIED IF ANY ACTION, ANY FUTURE ACTION OCCURS. ALL [Zoning Items  ] RIGHT, STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE COMBINED AGENDA. NUMBER ONE, ITEMS THAT ARE ON THE COMBINED AGENDA HEARING ONE. WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER SIX, NUMBER 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, AND 32. COMMISSIONERS ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD WISH TO PULL TO INDIVIDUAL LOOKING LEFT, [00:05:02] LOOKING RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UH, SEEING NONE IF WE COULD READ THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD. ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR BAR AND OR TAVERN WITHOUT COVER. CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK LOCATED AT 1 1 1 1 5 WARS BLOCK ROAD 176 NOTICES WERE SENT. 10 RECEIVED IN FAVOR. 22 OPPOSED NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET. UH, THREE WERE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO C THREE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2 4 4 3 SOUTHEAST LOOP FOUR. 10 22 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE JUPE MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE TO C THREE SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR TRUCK REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 8,000 SOUTHEAST LOOP. FOUR. TEN SEVEN NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R M FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE TO RMM FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A STUDIO FINE OR PERFORMING ARTS, UM, WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1512 EAST HOUSTON STREET. 36 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM DIGNITY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I APOLOGIZE. NUMBER 15, UM, IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1831 QUINTANA ROAD. 27. NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE QUINTANA COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R M FOUR TO R M FOUR SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR CHILDCARE FACILITY WITH ALL OVERLAYS. TWO REMAIN THE SAME, GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE, IN THE 500 BLOCK OF SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS AVENUE. 39 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO MF 18 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1507 WEST VETTE BOULEVARD. SEVEN NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R 20 TO R 20 CON CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITH UP TO 16 RESIDENTS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 70 95 ERMAN ROAD. 10 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 23 IS A REQUEST AND CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO NA TO C TWO NA CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OFFICE WAREHOUSE FLEX SPACE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 4,600 BLOCK OF NORTH STALL PARK. 28 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. PEPPER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT WITH CONDITIONS. ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE TO I ONE S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR METAL PRODUCTS FABRICATION WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 36 67 GLOBAL WAY NINE NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 28 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MP 10 TO I ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 11 2 2 2 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 EAST EIGHT. NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 30 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RP TO FR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 79 83 NEAL ROAD. EIGHT NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION [00:10:01] WITHIN 200 FEET. ITEM NUMBER 31 IS A REQUEST IN CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 AND C TWO TO I ID Z TWO WITH ALL OVERLAY WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. UM, 55 NOTICES WERE SENT ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY ARE REQUESTING TO AMEND, UM, AT THE PODIUM. AND THEN LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER 32 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO RMM FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2 0 5 OTIS STREET. 31 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND LONE STAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. WE DO HAVE SOME VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS, SIR. OKAY. IF WE COULD, IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE. MY NAME IS SIDNEY HIP ON BEHALF OF THE ELDERS OF THE SHENANDOAH CHURCH OF CHRIST AND ITS MEMBERS AT 1 1 0 2 6 WBA ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. PHONE NUMBER TWO TWO ONE ZERO EIGHT FOUR FOUR SEVEN EIGHT FOUR SIX. WE ARE IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE AT 1 1 1 1 5 WACH ROAD CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 7 1 5 1 1 1 S SEVEN ONE S. WE ARE OPPOSED TO THAT ESTABLISHMENT OF STARTING A, UH, WINE TASTING, UH, BUSINESS THERE. WE DO NOT WANT IT IN THE VICINITY OF THE CHURCH. THANK YOU. UH, YES. HELLO? UH, MY NAME IS VENTURA GONZALEZ AND I AM THE OWNER OF, UM, OFFICE CONDO UNITS, UM, LOCATED AT 11 0 7 11 1 0 7 W PARK ROAD REFERENCE. THIS IS REFERENCING THE, UH, FOLLOWING REFERENCE NUMBER. IT'S Z 20 23 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 7 1 AND IT'S URBAN WINERY AT 11 11 5 W PARK ROAD. UM, THIS CALL IS TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO, UM, THE REZONING OR THE APPROVAL OF THE REZONING BECAUSE, UM, A WINERY, UM, I THINK SHOULD NOT BE AUTHORIZED BEING THAT NEXT DOOR. WE HAVE A BUNCH OF KIDS PLAYING SOCCER AT THE ST. MATTHEW'S FIELD. ALSO A WINERY. THE, THE LOCATION IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THIS BECAUSE THERE IS NO PARKING LIMITED. THE PARKING IS GONNA BE A BIG ISSUE. AND, UM, NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPOSED WINERY, WE HAVE A, A BUSINESS COMPLEX. YOU GOT BUSINESS ON ONE SIDE, UH, EDUCATION, RELIGION, KIDS, PARENTS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. SO I STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THIS SHOULD HAVE NEVER EVEN BEEN APPLIED FOR THE, THE PARTY THAT'S APPLYING FOR THIS. I THINK THEY ARE DISREGARDING THE ENVIRONMENT. AND YOU THERE THIS, UM, THIS REGARDING EVERYTHING. HELLO, THIS IS JEFF HELLER SPEAKING PROPERTY. MY PROPERTY ADDRESS IS ONE THREE ZERO TIPTON. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (512) 256-0317 AND I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 23 DASH 0 7 0 0 1 54. THIS IS A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST WITH A HEARING THIS AFTERNOON. UH, I OWN PROPERTY, THIS PROPERTY NEARBY AND AM CONCERNED THAT THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MIXED USE, PARTICULARLY IN THIS AREA WITH VERY SMALL RESIDENTIAL LOTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO A MASS OF CARS, PEOPLE AND TRASH, WHICH WILL WORSEN THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS IN THE VICINITY. WITH HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING AND DEVELOPMENT COMES MORE PEOPLE, MORE CARS, [00:15:01] MORE TRAFFIC, MORE TRASH AND OVERFLOW PARKING NEEDS SPILLING ONTO ADJACENT STREETS. UH, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS AREA IS ALREADY PRETTY DENSELY DEVELOPED, SO I'M AGAINST THIS ZONING CHANGE THAT WILL HAVE SUCH AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON NEARBY PROPERTIES AND THEIR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EARNEST CONSIDERATION OF MY CONCERNS. AND THEN, UM, WE HAVE MR. CHRISTIAN PESCI HERE TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 16. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN PESH AND MY HOME IS TO THE IMMEDIATE REAR OF 1512 EAST HOUSTON STREET. FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO SAY I APPLAUD THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OWNER FOR ACQUIRING THE APPROPRIATE PERMITS TO REDO THE ROOF AND BUILD THE NEW COVERED REAR DECK. 1512 EAST HOUSTON IS LOOKING FRESH AND NEW AND IT IS A STANDOUT PROPERTY IN THE AREA. THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK THUS FAR. HOWEVER, ON THE SURFACE THIS IS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST SEEMS RATHER INNOCUOUS. HOWEVER, THE TERMS STUDIO AND PERFORMING ARTS MAKE THE CONDITION CONDITIONAL USE RATHER AMBIGUOUS, WHICH CAN BE PROBLEMATIC IN THE FUTURE. IS THE CONDITIONAL USE TIED TO AN NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OR A C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT DESIGNATION? WILL THIS BE A HIGH TRAFFIC EXHIBITION AND PERFORMANCE SPACE? IS THIS A RECORDING STUDIO? WILL THERE BE OUTSIDE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES ON THE RECENTLY COMPLETED COVERED REAR DECK, WHICH ALTHOUGH LEGAL SITS SURPRISINGLY CLOSE TO THE REAR PROPERTY LINE, HOW WILL THE PARKING CONUNDRUM BE HANDLED ON A BLOCK THAT ALREADY SEES THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS LINE TO CAPACITY UPWARDS OF FOUR NIGHTS A WEEK? THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE REAR PROPERTY LINE OF MY HOME IS A BAR WITH AN I D Z C TWO DESIGNATION. WITH NO NC OR C ONE BUFFER ZONE, THERE IS ONLY ONE SUB SUBSIDIZED SHALLOW SHOTGUN LOT BETWEEN THE BAR AND 1512 HOUSTON. IF BOTH PROPERTIES ARE AT CAPACITY FOR EVENTS, THE NOISE AND PARKING DILEMMA WILL BE UNDESERVEDLY COMPOUNDED. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO US TO HELP DEFINE THE INTENT, WHICH LEAVES US IN A STATE OF WONDER. I'M SURE THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS EVERY INTENT TO FOLLOW THE CODE AND THE LAW. THE REAL QUESTION ULTIMATELY IS WHETHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN HANDLE THE BURDEN. OKAY. AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S, THAT'S THE TIME. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANKS. AND THEN WE HAVE MR. LANCE GEERT FOR ITEM NUMBER 21. HELLO? UH, IT'S A PERFECTLY SUNNY DAY OUTSIDE AND YET WE CHOOSE TO BE HERE INSIDE TODAY. UH, MY NAME IS LANCE BERT. I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FRIENDS OF SAN ANTONIO NATURAL AREAS. WE, UM, STRIVE TO PROTECT THE NATURAL PARKS IN THE CITY, INCLUDING FRIEDRICH PARK THAT IS NEAR THE SITE OF ITEM NUMBER 21 AND, UH, MEDINA RIVER NATURAL AREA. UH, WE THANK THE, THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR NOTIFYING US OF UH, DEVELOPMENT IN THESE AREAS. UH, IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, WE'VE REACHED OUT TO THE UH, UH, PERSON WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR, UH, MAKING THIS CLAIM TO THE UH, UH, ZONING COMMISSION AND WE'VE REACHED AN AGREEMENT. THEY'RE GOING TO AGREE TO SIGN COVENANTS THAT, UH, HELP PROTECT THE PLANTS AND ANIMALS OF THE PARK AT FRIEDRICH NATURAL PARK. AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TO ANNOUNCE OUR NON OPPOSITION AND OR AGREEMENT TO THE, UH, ZONING CHANGE. THANK YOU. GREAT, THANK YOU. AND THEN THAT IS IT FOR SPEAKERS AND AS I MENTIONED, UM, ITEM NUMBER 31 JUST NEEDS TO COME UP TO AMEND THEIR, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TO BE REZONED. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN. THREE 10 SOUTH ST. MARY, SUITE 2,700. UM, WE'RE REDUCING THE SIZE OF THE REZONING TO JUST LOTS ONE AND TWO, WHAT'S CURRENTLY COMMERCIAL TO THE I D Z REQUEST. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT. THAT IS IT. THAT IS IT FOR SPEAKERS. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, SEE, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER ON THIS. THESE ITEMS, MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO [00:20:01] APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 6, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31 AS AMENDED. AND 32. I'LL SECOND THAT MR. CHAIRMAN. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY, UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS FOR ITEMS NUMBER 6 12 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31 AS AMENDED, AND 32. ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT. IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEMS PASS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEY WILL NOW BE PASSING ON TO CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDING TO CITY COUNCIL. SO YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE SUNNY WEATHER OUTSIDE. UM, IF WE COULD NOW MOVE ON TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO, I GUESS THE FIRST CONTINUANCE HEARING AND THIS YOU NEED TO LEAVE FOR SOME OF THESE RIGHT ITEMS. UM, REQUESTING CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 1ST, 2023. ITEM NUMBER TWO IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 3 1 1 EAST ASHBY PLACE, 41 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN MONTE VISTA. HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ARE OPPOSED FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2 4 3 MOAMA STREET. 36 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR. FIVE OPPOSED LOW STARTINGS. UM, LOW. HER NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED ONE IN OPPOSITION. ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I D Z WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND MF 50 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND MF 50 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT TWO 18 EAST JOSEPHINE STREET 16 NOTICES WERE SENT. 10 OR ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. ITEM NUMBER 22. ITEM NUMBER 25 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2 4 7 PRINCETON AVENUE. 34 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ITEM NUMBER 29 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR TO R M FOUR WITH ALL RELAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 9 9 2 7 WESTOVER BLUFF. 20 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND WE HAVE RECEIVED, WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE A SPEAKER FOR ONE OF THESE ITEMS. OKAY. AND UM, IF WE COULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT COMMISSIONER NIX HAS JOINED THE MEETING AT 1:25 PM AND THEN IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS FIRST. HI, THIS IS CECILIA OSTRO. I LIVE AT FOUR TWO TWO EASTWOOD AVENUE, TELEPHONE (210) 452-9209. I'M IN OPPOSITION TO 3 1 1 EAST ASHBY. IT'S BEING HEARD TOMORROW AND I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THE SITUATION THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO CHANGE AND I'M IN OPPOSITION. I'M SUPPORTING THE TOBIN HILL ASSOCIATION AND THEY ARE OPPOSING THIS 3 1 1 EAST AS ASHBY REZONING, ET CETERA, ET CETERA. PLEASE, UH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, CALL ME AT (210) 452-9209. THANK YOU. [00:25:01] THIS STATEMENT IS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER TWO AT THREE 11 EAST ASHBY PLACE. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS TONY GARCIA, EAST EAST EDGE AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. I AM CHAIR OF THE ZONING AND CO COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE AS WELL AS BOARD MEMBER OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING APPLICATION FOR THREE 11 EAST ASH REPLACED THE ASSOCIATION, OPPOSES ANY COMMERCIAL CREEP OFF THE MAIN BUSINESS CORRIDORS. THIS APPLICATION IS A CLEAR EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIAL CREEP OFF MCCULLOUGH AVENUE, WHICH CONTINUES TO DESTROY THE RE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. THE ASSOCIATION DOES SUPPORT ITS CURRENT COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USE ALONG THE MAIN BUSINESS CORRIDORS, BUT THIS REQUEST IS AN INTRUSION INTO THIS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. IT ALSO SUBVERTS THE EFFORTS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN BY ELIMINATING MUCH NEEDED HOUSING BY GOING NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL. FURTHERMORE, THE INTRODUCTION OF I D C ONE, WHICH ELIMINATES PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS REQUESTED NC THREE DWELLING UNIT APPLICATION IS PROBLEMATIC. THE MAJORITY OF ZONING EAST AND NORTH OF THIS ADDRESS IS HEAVEN AND MULTI-FAMILY AND RESIDENTIAL ZONING, ELIMINATING PARKING REQUIREMENTS WHILE INCREASING DWELLING UNIT DENSITY WOULD HAVE AT ADVERSE IMPACT ON THIS NEIGHBORHOOD'S PARKING AND TRAFFIC ENVIRONMENT. THEREFORE, THE ASSOCIATION IS CURRENTLY OPPOSED TO THE APPLICATION AS SUBMITTED AND IS REQUESTING A MORE EQUITABLE, A MORE EQUITABLE SOLUTION THAT PROTECTS OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BRENDA . I, UH, LIVE AT 2 2 3 MOREIRA STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 7. UM, THIS IS REGARDING ZONING REZONING CASE Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 9 8 CD UH, REGARDING THE REZONING ON ADDRESS 2 43 INMA STREET. UM, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, I FEEL LIKE I AM NOT TO APPROVE THIS, UH, DUE TO THE FACT OF JUST CRIME TRAFFIC, THIS STREET HAS AN OLDER GENERATION OF PEOPLE LIVING HERE. WE ARE A NICE COMMUNITY. WE DON'T WANT TO SEE IT BOMBARDED, UH, OVER IT. IT, IT'S ALREADY GETS CRAZY SOMETIMES THAT THE TRAFFIC AND THE SPEED BUMPS SOMETIMES DON'T EVEN HELP. BUT WE DO HAVE A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH THAT AND WITH CRIME, UH, ONCE AGAIN, I DID HEAR THAT THERE'S A, A COMMISSION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AN ASSOCIATION THAT THEY, IT WAS A, THAT THEY APPROVE IT OR THEY'RE SPONSORING IT. UH, BUT THEY, NO ONE HAS EVER COME TO US TO, UH, GET THAT APPROVED. SO THEY WENT WITHOUT OUR KNOWLEDGE TO APPROVE SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY AND DID NOT INVOLVE THE COMMUNITY. SO THAT IS A BIG, UH, UH, UH, UH, QUESTION OF CONCERN. UM, ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO GIVE ME A CALL. 2 1 0 4 2 0 0 7 7 2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HAVE A GREAT DAY. AND THEN WE HAVE MS. EMMA JANNIS FOR ITEM NUMBER EIGHT. HI. YES, MY NAME'S EMMA JANNIS AND I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER. OH, CAN YOU HEAR ME? I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER TWO 30 MURMA, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE PROPERTY OF 2 43. AND JUST TO ADD I TO THE VOICEMAIL THAT I JUST HEARD, YES, WE WERE NOT AWARE THAT WE EVEN HAD AN ASSOCIATION THAT EXISTED AND THEY DID MEET LAST MONTH AND THEY PUT IN FAVOR FOR IT AFTER THEY TALKED, I BELIEVE TO THE MANAGER OR CONSULTANT OF THE PROPERTY OWNER. UM, SO I DID REACH OUT TO THE PRESIDENT, UH, THAT WE DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS ASSOCIATION AND I TALKED TO OUR NEIGHBORS WITHIN 600 FEET AND MAJORITY DO NOT WANT THIS DUE TO OUR TRAFFIC. IT IS REALLY BAD. BUT, UM, HE DID SAY HE MAJORITY RULED IN FAVOR IN CONTINGENCY THAT IT WAS A BASICALLY APPROVED BY OUR, THE NEIGHBORHOODS, THE NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA. AND WE DO OPPOSE IT, UM, FOR, FOR FOUR UNITS AT LEAST. UH, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT STREET ALSO OTHER NEIGHBORS IN THE AREA GO THROUGH THAT STREET BECAUSE WE DO HAVE BUSINESSES THERE AND WE DO HAVE A SCHOOL THERE. SO IT, IT IS ALREADY A BUSY STREET AND, AND I'M NOT SURE HOW THEY ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING OR CONCERNS IS THE PARKING. [00:30:01] MOST OF OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE TWO TO THREE CARS THAT ARE ALREADY ALIGNED WITH THE STREET. UM, THE TRASH BINS CONCERNING UH, DUMPSTERS OR HOW MANY WOULD BE. SO IT'S JUST BASICALLY A SAFETY, THE IMPACT FOR OUR SAFETY OF A SHELDON AND WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY THERE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT FOR, UH, SPEAKERS FOR THOSE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, SO, UM, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE ITEMS, MR. CHAIR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE AUGUST 1ST ZONING COMMISSION. HEARING ITEMS 2, 8, 9 25 AND 29. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A, UH, MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS 2 8 9 25 AND 29 TO THE AUGUST 1ST BEATING MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT. UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER PUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER REYES? AYE. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE. OKAY, THANK YOU. WELL, I WAS GONNA SAY I WAS GONNA DO ALL THE ITEMS WITHOUT AND THEN WE'LL DO THE RECUSALS AFTER THAT. OKAY. SO FOR UM, OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 15TH MEETING, WE HAVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR. UM, IT IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 4 1 1 9 WILLARD DRIVE. 10 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE UNIVERSITY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET THEY RECEIVED THREE IN FAVOR AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS OR VOICEMAILS FOR THAT ITEM. AND THAT'S THE ONLY ONE WE'RE GONNA DO FOR THIS ONE. THAT IS THE ONLY YES. ITEM FOR CONTINUANCE TO EIGHT 15. ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM. ALRIGHT, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE. ITEM NUMBER 19 TO THE AUGUST 15TH ZONING. OH, ITEM FOUR, SORRY. I'M SORRY. ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO THE AUGUST 15TH ZONING COMMISSION HEARING. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND, UH, WAS THAT YOU? COMMISSIONER FUENTES? ALRIGHT, UH, THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO THE AUGUST 15TH MEETING. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. UM, ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN TWO WEEKS ON THAT OR FOUR WEEKS ON THAT ITEM. ALRIGHT, FOR OUR NEXT CONTINUANCE ITEM TO SEPTEMBER 5TH, 2023. I AM TOO. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1718 WEST GRAMERCY PLACE, 27 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE RECEIVED OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE JEFFERSON OR WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS. ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 30 DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 3 27 CHECKERING AVENUE. 33 NOTICES WERE SENT. SIX IN FAVOR. FOUR OPPOSED. AND PASADENA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT OUTSIDE. 200 FEET. TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 2 39 MCCULLEY BOLIVAR MCCULLEY BOULEVARD. 32 NOTICES WERE SENT. AID IN FAVOR? ONE OPPOSED HARLANDALE. MCCULLUM NEIGHBORHOOD [00:35:01] ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET? UH, TWO WERE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS OR? YES, THOSE ARE THE THREE ITEMS. WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS TO BE PLAYED AND UM, YEAH, JUST THE VOICEMAILS IF WE CAN HAVE THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE. UH, YES, THIS IS AT, UH, REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 8 CD THE CASE MANAGER IS OLFO GONZALEZ AND I WAS SENDING A EMAIL TO HIM BUT I REALIZED THAT I WAS, I MISSED THE DATE SO I NEEDED TO CALL IN. UH, WITH REGARDS TO THIS ABOVE CASE NUMBER REQUESTING A PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE, I VOTE AGAINST THIS FOR THE LAST 10 TO 12 YEARS. THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, WHETHER IT IS THE DECO DISTRICT, WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD, JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD, OR MONTICELLO DISTRICT HAS BEEN DIGITALLY WORKING ON ATTRACTING TO BRING IN NEW BUSINESSES TO SET ROOTS HERE. HOWEVER, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN VERY SPECIFIC ON THE TYPE OF BUSINESSES WE HOPE TO ATTRACT AND BRING. THESE INCLUDE A BOOKSTORE, AN ART GALLERY, COFFEE TEA SHOP, PASTRY SHOP, A RECORD SHOP WITH JUST OPEN NEW EATERIES, VINTAGE CLOTHING SHOPS, LIVE PERFORMANCE THEATERS, SPACES WHERE NEIGHBORS CAN EASILY WALK TO OR BICYCLE TO AND MEET OTHER NEIGHBORS AND ENJOY YOUR TIME TOGETHER. SHARING A MEAL OR A DIFFERENT TYPE OF NEW AND RELAXING FUN EXPERIENCE. I DON'T THINK THAT BRINGING IN A TAX OFFICE IS THE RIGHT TYPE OF BLEND FOR THIS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AS IT DOES NOT MEAN QUITE THE AMBIENCE AND DESIGNED THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN STRIVING FOR. THERE ARE PLENTY OF PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS OFFICE SPACES FOR LEAST NOT FAR FROM THIS ADDRESS THAT ARE READY AND AVAILABLE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. UM, SYLVIA LONGORIA, 31 11 NORTH URA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 2 1 0 8 2 3 2 3 4 5. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS IRENE EZ. MY ADDRESS IS TWO 30 MCCAULEY SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1. THIS IS IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 1 3 4. I'M CALLING TO PROVIDE MY OPPOSED VOTE TO THE ZONING IN THE AREA. AND UM, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT THE HOUSE IS IN ITS CURRENT DISMAY. THE THE PROPERTY IS IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE CURRENT OWNER. UM, IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR YEARS AND WE HAVE NO CONFIDENCE THAT IN THIS BUILDING AND THIS REZONING OF THE PROPERTY THAT ANY OF THAT WILL CHANGE WITH THE CURRENT OWNER. IT'LL JUST BE AN INVESTMENT INTO A NEW PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT WILL RESULT IN THE SAME CURRENT SITUATION. UM, AN EYESORE A PROBLEM, UM, AN ISSUE WITH THE HOMELESSNESS, UM, IN THE AREA. WE DO NOT SEE THIS AS A SOLUTION. WE SEE THIS AS SOMETHING THAT WILL FUEL, UM, FURTHER ISSUES. SO AGAIN, IRENE BETIS TWO 30 MCCAULEY CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 1 3 4 AND THE VOTE IS OPPOSED AND THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS FOR THOSE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, I'LL WANNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THESE ITEMS MR. CHAIR. I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE SEPTEMBER 5TH ZONING COMMISSION HEARING ITEM FIVE, SEVEN, AND 20. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND I'M GONNA HAVE TO JUST START LOOKING OVER THIS WAY SO I CAN SEE EXACTLY WHO'S DOING THAT. UH, OKAY, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS FIVE, SEVEN, AND 20 TO THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR S SIPES? YES. ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN. THAT'S SIX WEEKS ISN'T IT FROM NOW. AND THEN OUR, UM, AN UH, ITEM THAT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 19TH, 2023. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1 5 8 9 5 SOUTH STATE HIGHWAY 1682. NOTICES WERE SENT. TWO RECEIVED IN [00:40:01] FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH 200 FEET. UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS OR VOICEMAILS ON THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION ON THIS CHAIR. I MOVE THAT ITEM NUMBER ONE BE CONTINUED TO THE HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 19TH. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER REYES TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER ONE TO THE SEPTEMBER 19TH MEETING. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER REYES. AYE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUING. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, LET THE RECORD SHOW THAT AT 1:45 PM COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE IS STEPPING OUT OF THE ROOM AND RECUSING FROM THE NEXT ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 22. THEY ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 1ST, 2023. UM, ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R M FOUR TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT THREE 14 AND THREE 16 MCLEAN STREET. 13 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED. TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE NO VOICEMAILS AND NO ONE HERE IS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT, I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM CHAIR. I MOVE THAT ITEM NUMBER 22. BE MOVED TO THE HEARING ON AUGUST 1ST. ALRIGHT, THERE IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER REYES FOR CONTINUANCE FOR ITEM 22 TO THE AUGUST 1ST MEETING. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. WE HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER REYES. AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE ONE MORE. WE HAVE ONE MORE ITEM, UM, THAT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO AUGUST 15TH, 2023. UM, ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO C THREE ON 5.767 ACRES AND BP ON 8.901 ACRES WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 6,500 BLOCK OF OLD PIERCE SOUL ROAD. 37 NOTICES WERE SENT. FIVE RECEIVED IN FAVOR? TWO OPPOSED. AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. WE DO NOT HAVE ANY SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VOICEMAILS. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM CHAIR. I MOVE THAT ITEM NUMBER 19, BE MOVED TO THE AUGUST 15TH MEETING. OKAY, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER REYES FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 15TH MEETING FOR ITEM NUMBER 19. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER REYES AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE WE ARE DONE WITH THE CONTINUANCES. THERE ARE A LOT THIS TIME. IF WE COULD GET, UM, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WILL UH, NOTE FOR THE RECORD, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE RETURNED TO THE MEETING AT 1:49 PM AND TO ALL OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WERE HERE FOR THOSE CONTINUANCE ITEMS, WE WILL SEE YOU AT ONE OF THE MANY DATES THAT WE APPROVED. UM, I BELIEVE WE ARE READY TO MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING AND I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 10 IS THE FIRST ONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAMERON BLACKMAN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. [00:45:01] ITEM NUMBER 10 IS LOCATED AT 1 7 2 0 3 JONES MALTSBERGER ROAD GOING FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C TWO SS COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR ANIMAL CLINIC WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME. 20 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. THE EXISTING C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C TWO S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR ANIMAL CLINIC IS ALSO APPROPRIATE. THE S SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION IS REQUIRED FOR ANIMAL CLINIC USE WITHIN THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE DISTRICT. THE APPLICANT PROVIDED A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN WHICH INDICATES THE USE OF THE PROPERTY STRUCTURES. ANY MAJOR AMENDMENTS TO THE SITE PLAN WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL ZONING AND PUBLIC CONSIDERATION. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED. C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND SAS IS HERE FOR THEIR PRESENTATION. IF WE COULD HAVE SAS PLEASE. MIKE ESCALANTE WITH SAS AFER PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION. WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR AN ANIMAL CLINIC LOCATED AT UH, 1 7 2 0 3 JONES MALTSBERGER ROAD. THE SITE IS CURRENTLY AN EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING WITH A PARKING AREA. THE SITE IS APPROXIMATELY 0.413 ACRES. NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS IN A FLOODPLAIN. AND NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON SITE NOR NOTED ON FILE. UH, NO NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BEING PROPOSED, THEREFORE THE EXISTING PARISH COVER WILL NOT BE INCREASED. SAS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE SAS REPORT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AARON DAHL. I'M THE OWNER OF THE BUILDING AT, UH, 17 2 0 3 JONES MALTSBERGER. I THINK STAFF DID A EXCELLENT JOB PRESENTING THE CASE. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HERE TO ANSWER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. WHAT? OKAY, GREAT. UM, AND THIS IS A DISTRICT 10 CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER NICKS FOR QUESTIONS? UH, NO. I DON'T HAVE ANY. I KNOW THE, THE SITE, UH, AND THE GIDEON'S, AN EXISTING BUILDING ACCESS IS NOT ON JONES MALBURG, BUT IT COMES OFF THE PRIVATE STREET. UM, I I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I'M READY TO MOVE. ALRIGHT, WELL LET'S SEE. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. NONE. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU. COMMISSIONER NICKS FOR A MOTION. ALRIGHT, UM, FOR ZONING, CASE Z 2 0 2 3 107 0 0 1 1 1 S E R D I MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I RECOMMEND APPROVAL. ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR SECOND. THAT MOTION. ALRIGHT. MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF UH, ITEM NUMBER 10 BY COMMISSIONER NICK SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES. ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT. ALRIGHT. ROLL CALL VOTE. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. CHAIR S SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER THREE I BELIEVE GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. ANNE BEA'S ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED AT 1 2 0 3 CADEN AVENUE AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. THERE WERE 32 NOTICES MAILED WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR. 16 RETURN IN OPPOSITION. HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, THERE WERE FOUR OPPOSED. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LAND IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE CURRENT R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS PROPOSES COMPATIBLE RESIDENTIAL USES BUT AT A DENSITY INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHMENT ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. THE PROPERTY IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO LOCAL STREETS WITH ALLEY ACCESS TO THE REAR PROPERTY LINE. THE PROPERTY IS ALSO SITUATED IN AN AREA WHERE PROPERTIES ARE PERMITTED DUPLEXES BY RIGHT DESPITE THE SINGLE FAMILY ZONING BY MEANS OF THE B TO R FOUR CONVERSION EXCEPTION. [00:50:01] AND THE PROPERTY IS SIZED APPROPRIATELY TO ACCOMMODATE SOME ADDITIONAL DENSITY. STAFF RECOMMENDS R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS. THIS ALLOWS FOR GREATER DENSITY THAN IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED WITH RESPECT TO THE ESTABLISHED F SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL PERMIT THE THREE UNITS AND REQUIRE A SITE PLAN WHICH WILL ADDRESS VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS AND THAT WILL PREVENT EXPANSION OF THE USE. THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THE REQUEST WAS AMENDED TO R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS AT THE LAST ZONING COMMISSION MEETING AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENTING AN AMENDED SITE PLAN. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. HELLO BRONSON GOODELL 1203 CATON AVENUE. UM, WENT OFF OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN BY THE COUNCIL. SO WE ADDED IN THE, UH, SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE AROUND, UM, THE EXTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY THERE AND THEN MOVED THE PARKING AWAY FROM UM, ADELE STREET, UM, OVER INTO OH YES, THANK YOU. UM, SO WE WENT A, AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY THERE WITH THE 12 FOOT FENCING, I MEAN 12 FOOT, SIX FOOT FENCING. AND THEN THE PARKING THAT WE ADDED HERE THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY NOT ON THE LAST SITE PLAN THAT DOES HAVE ALLEY ACCESS, UM, RIGHT THERE TO GO INTO THAT PARKING AREA. SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD MADE THE ADJUSTMENTS FOR. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO. WE HAVE, UM, VARIOUS VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE HAVE A FEW FOLKS HERE TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOICEMAILS FIRST. HELLO, MY NAME IS ABRAM GALLEGOS. MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 4 0 RIGLEY AVENUE AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE REZONING OF 1203 CATON AVENUE AND I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION IN THAT. AGAIN, THIS IS CASE 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. CALLING EXPRESSLY TO JUST VOICE MY CONCERN AGAINST THIS, UH, REZONING FOR THAT 1203 CATON AVENUE ADDRESS. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS ANTONIO ALA. MY ADDRESS 1140 CATON. MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO FOUR ZERO SEVEN ONE ZERO THREE. UH, CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. UH, JUST CALLING ABOUT, UH, I'M STILL IN OPPOSITION OF THE OF THAT PROPERTY. THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M BENNY J B AT 11 3 1 CATON AVENUE AND MY CASE NUMBER IS 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. I AM VOTING NO FOR THE CHANGING OF ZONING UP AT 1203 CATON. I WENT TO A MEETING OPPOSING, I'M STILL OPPOSING THE, THE ZONING. I WENT TO A MEETING THE OTHER NIGHT AND DUST NEVER SHOWED UP AND HE NEVER CONTACTED ME AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, SO I'M VOTING NO FOR THAT. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS BENNY, J B AT THE 1131 CATON AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. THANK. HI, THIS IS CLAUDIA GARCIA. I LIVE AT 1144 KATON AVENUE. I WAS CALLING ABOUT THE ZONING HERE ON MY BLOCK, UM, FOR THE ADDRESS 1203 KAYTON. I AM IN FAVOR FOR THAT FOR THE FOUR UNITS. UM, IF YOU NEED ANY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, JUST GIVE ME A CALL BACK AT (210) 860-6772. AND THE NUMBER ZONING CASE IS 1 0 5 CD. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS CHRISTINA L. RODRIGUEZ. I LIVE AT 1601 HIGHLAND. MY PHONE IS TWO TEN FIVE OH EIGHT EIGHTY THREE EIGHTY SEVEN. CALLING IN REFERENCE TO THE CASE NUM. THE LAST THREE DIGITS IS 1 0 5 REFERENCE TO 1203 CATON AVENUE. I VERY HIGHLY OPPOSE THE REZONING. THIS HAS BEEN A NEIGHBORHOOD FOR MANY YEARS WITH RESIDENTIAL FAMILY, SINGLE FAMILY. I HAVE LIVED HERE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 70 YEARS AND THAT'S THE WAY I WOULD LIKE FOR IT TO REMAIN THE WAY I CAME IN 70 YEARS AGO. PEACEFUL AND QUIET WITH SINGLE FAMILY CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY IT WANTS TO BE REZONED WHEN IT'S NEVER BEEN MORE THAN A SINGLE FAMILY ALREADY OPPOSING OPPOSING IT. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY [00:55:01] NAME IS DANIELLE MARTINEZ. MY ADDRESS IS ONE TWO THREE NINE CATON AVENUE. UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 863-6420. I'M CALLING ABOUT THE CASE NUMBER, UH, ENDING IN 0 1 0 5. IT'S UH, FOR A MULTIFAMILY UH, REZONING. THE ADDRESS OF THE PROPERTY BEING REZONED IS 1 2 0 3 CATON. UM, I AM CALLING 'CAUSE I OPPOSE THIS REZONING OF MULTIFAMILY DENSITY. UM, WE HAVE A LARGE NUMBER OF, UH, MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES AROUND THE AREA, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEXES. UM, AND ADDING ANOTHER PROPERTY INTO OUR SINGLE FAMILY AREA DOESN'T SEEM TO BE THE BEST IDEA FOR SAFETY PURPOSES. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE GIMME A CALL. THANK YOU. HI, THIS IS DENISE MARTIN. I LIVE AT 1211 KATON, K A Y T O N AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGE ON 1203 CATON AVENUE. UM, THE CASE NUMBER, THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE CASE NUMBER ARE 1 0 5. I JUST WANNA EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING ORDINANCE CHANGE TO MULTIFAMILY. I'M OPPOSED TO IT. THANK YOU. YES, THIS IS EDDIE ROHR, R O H R E R. I LIVE AT 1143 CATON. UH, PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO SIX ZERO FOUR FOUR FIVE SIX. I'M CALLING ABOUT THE CASE NUMBER. UH, THE LAST THREE DIGITS IS 1 0 5. UH, I'M OPPOSED TO ANY, UH, CHANGE IN THE ZONING. UH, WE'VE MADE SEVERAL MEETINGS. UH, MR. CADE'S BEEN ADVISED TO MAKE AN EFFORT IN CONTACTING PEOPLE, BUT NO BEEN MADE AT ALL. UH, PARKING SITUATION HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED IN ANY MANNER. UH, I AM OPPOSED. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. HELLO, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LVRA GOMEZ. I RESIDE AT 12 0 4 RBY 7 8 2 1 0. I AM CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. AND THIS IS PERTAINING TO THIS MORNING'S, UH, REZONING HEARING TO THE PROPERTY AT 12 0 3 KATON, K A Y T O N AVENUE. I AM CALLING TO, UH, INFORM THAT I OPPOSE HIS REZONING AND, UM, I DO BELIEVE THAT THREE, UM, RESIDENTIAL RENTALS IS TOO MUCH. IT'S ON A CORNER AND I THINK THAT THE HOUSE HAS A DUPLEX AND I THINK THAT IS SUFFICIENT. WE DON'T WANT TOO MUCH TRAFFIC. THIS IS A CORNER LOCKED AND I JUST DON'T FEEL THAT, UH, THREE RESIDENTS ARE GOOD. IT'LL BE AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 4 2 7 3 5 1 6. I OPPOSE THIS, UH, REZONING. AND AGAIN, THIS IS ELVIRA GOMEZ AT 12 0 4 RIGBY. I HAVE RESIDED HERE OVER 24 YEARS. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS, DON'T HESITATE TO CALL. HELLO, I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. MY NAME IS ERIN GALLEGOS REED. I LIVE AT 1431 STEVES AVENUE. I AM A MEMBER OF HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE OF 1203 CATON. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I SHARE MY STANCE WITH THE ZONING COMMITTEE. [01:00:01] I INITIALLY SPOKE IN PERSON AT THE FIRST HEARING. I LEFT A MESSAGE FOR THE SECOND HEARING, AND I'M DOING SO AGAIN FOR THIS THIRD MEETING. AS I HAVE A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT AND I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS MEETING, I URGE YOU THE ZONING COMMITTEE TO PLEASE SIDE WITH THE LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OF THE AREA, CONSIDER THEIR SAFETY, CONSIDER THE USE OF THE STREETS, WHICH IS ALSO A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE, AND PLEASE DO NOT SIDE WITH THE INVESTORS. THANK YOU. YES, THIS IS, UH, LEROY AND YOLANDA GARCIA. OUR ADDRESS IS 12 0 7 CATON AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 10. WE'RE CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 1 0 5. UH, WE'RE AGAINST THE PROPOSAL OF THE, UM, DUPLEXES AND OUR PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 287-1672. THANK YOU. LORETTA O GALLEGOS, 1 0 4 0 RIGSBY AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO TEN TWO ONE ZERO TWO SIX ZERO SIX SIX ONE THREE. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THIS NUMBER, CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. THE REZONING, UH, PROPOSAL PROPOSAL. UM, I'M, I AM AGAINST IT AND UH, HERE ARE A COUPLE OF REASONS BEFORE I GET CUT OFF. UH, I OPPOSE TO THE REZONING OF THIS PARTICULAR ADDRESS. 1 2 0 3 CATON. UH, FIRST OF ALL, UH, I, I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO MEET THE, THE INVESTOR LAST WEEK, BUT HE DIDN'T SHOW UP TO THE MEETING HELD AT THE BODE PARK LAST WEEK. INSTEAD, HE SENT A REPRESENTATIVE AND THE REPRESENTATIVE WAS, UM, HER PRESENTATION WAS POORLY ADDRESSED TO ALL THE MEMBERS OR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME AND MANY OTHERS, SHE CONFUSED THE MATTERS EVEN MORE SO. UM, BUT NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THAT, IT JUST DIDN'T HELP THE SITUATION. I'M JUST, I'M NOT FOR THE REZONING. I FEEL THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE HAS BEEN COMFORTABLE THE WAY IT IS. I COULD GO AND ON, ON AND ON, BUT I'M CALLING IN TO LET YOU VOICE SO I CAN VOICE MY OPINION AND I COULD BE PUT ON THE BALLOT OR WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU'RE COUNTING TO SHOW THAT I AM AGAINST THE REZONING OF THIS 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS PAUL GARCIA. I LIVE AT 1107 CADEN AVENUE. I WAS CALLING TO SAY THAT I AM IN FAVOR FOR THE FOURPLEX AT 1203 CADEN AVENUE FOURPLEX. THE CASE NUMBER IS 1 0 1 0 5 CD. THANK YOU. THIS IS RICARDO PEREZ FROM 1 2 0 6 CATON AVENUE. I'M CALLING AGAIN TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING AT 1203 CATON, CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. THANK YOU. YES. MY NAME IS RICHARD H. RODRIGUEZ. MY ADDRESS IS 1128 CATON. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 837-5068. I'M CALLING TO REFERENCE TO REZONING OF 1203 CATON, CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. I REALLY OPPOSE CHANGING THAT, UH, FROM A RESIDENTIAL. UH, A LOT OF THINGS DO NOT SOUND RIGHT FROM THAT INDIVIDUAL AND PLUS WE HAVEN'T EVEN MET THE GENTLEMAN AND HE SAID HE'S MET THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SO SOMETHING DOESN'T SOUND RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. MY NAME IS ROBERT GALLEGOS, G A L L E G O S. ADDRESS IS 1 0 4 0 RIGSBY AVENUE SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE ZERO. PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 954-4843. CASE NUMBER IS 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. AND I'M CALLING TO, UM, TO GIVE MY OPINION ON THE REZONING OF 1 2 0 3 CATON AVENUE. I AM AGAINST IT. I AM AGAINST THE REZONING OF 1 2 0 3 CATON AVENUE. THANK YOU. THIS IS RUDOLPH GARZA. I LIVE AT 1202 CATON AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, [01:05:01] SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE ZERO. MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN FOUR ONE THREE SIX SEVEN ONE ONE. I'M OPPOSED TO THE CASE NUMBER ENDING 0 1 0 5, UH, REZONE IN 1203 KAYTON. I'M HAPPY THE WAY WE ARE HERE NOW. I'VE BEEN HERE 43 YEARS AND LIVE VERY HAPPY AND QUIET. I AM AGAINST THIS REZONING TO MAKE IT A TRIPEX OR WHATEVER HE'S AT NOW. WE DON'T KNOW THE EXACT NUMBER, I THINK FROM A PLEX TO A THREE PLEX AND I AM OPPOSED TO IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. BYE-BYE. I AM CALLING IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING FOR THE RESIDENCE LOCATED AT 1 2 0 3 CATON AVENUE. MY NAME IS TERRY PAULOS, T E R I P, LIKE IN PAUL, A L O SS. MY ADDRESS IS 15 0 3 EAST HIGHLAND BOULEVARD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 10. CASE NUMBER FOR THIS IS ONE ZERO SEVEN ZERO ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO FIVE. AND THEN MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN EIGHT THREE FOUR SEVEN SEVEN ZERO THREE. I'M IN OPPOSITION. I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT TO ANOTHER MULTI-FAMILY UNIT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE CASE NUMBER IS 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 5. THANK YOU. AND THEN FOR SPEAKERS, UH, WE HAVE MS. BETH CARR. UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, MY NAME IS BETH CARR AND I LIVE AT NINE 15 HAMMOND AVENUE IN HIGHLAND PARK. I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING CHANGE AT 1203 CATON AVENUE. I AM HERE AS A HIGHLAND PARK RESIDENT SUPPORTING MY NEIGHBORS. I WENT TO MY FIRST REZONING HEARING ON JUNE 20TH, 2023. I WAS SURPRISED THAT I HEARD CASE AFTER CASE WITH NO ONE IN FAVOR OR OPPOSITION AT ALL. SOME CASES HAD ONE PERSON IN FAVOR OR ONE IN OPPOSITION. WHEN THE 1203 CATON AVENUE CASE WAS CALLED, I HEARD 16 LENDERS SENT IN. WITHIN THE 200 FEET, FOUR LETTERS WERE SENT IN OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET, THERE WERE AT LEAST A A DOZEN PHONE CALLS AND SEVERAL RESIDENTS SPOKE, INCLUDING ME, ALL IN OPPOSITION TO THIS REZONING CHANGE. THERE WAS ONLY ONE INDIVIDUAL IN FAVOR AT THAT HEARING THE DEVELOPER, I WAS AGAIN SURPRISED THAT THE REZONING BOARD VOTED FOR A SECOND CONTINUOUS CONTINUANCE WITH SO MANY RESIDENTS IN OPPOSITION. MR. CHARLES FUENTES, THE REZONING COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT THREE, STATED THAT HE HEARD SINGLE FAMILY HOMES MENTIONED QUITE OFTEN AND THAT DIVERSITY WAS GOOD. DIVERSITY IN HOUSING. HIGHLAND PARK ALREADY HAS IT JUST ON HAVEN AVENUE. THERE ARE MANY DUPLEXES AND APARTMENTS. ON THE 500 BLOCK, THERE'S A DUPLEX, A TWO STORY BUILDING WITH EIGHT APARTMENTS. ON THE 600 BLOCK, THERE'S A DUPLEX, A TWO STORY HOUSE WITH FOUR APARTMENTS. ON THE 800 BLOCK, THERE'S A DUPLEX ON THE 900 BLOCK. THERE'S A HOUSE WITH APARTMENT IN BACK ON THE THOUSAND BLOCK. THERE'S A TWO STORY HOUSE WITH FOUR APARTMENTS. I COULD LIST HOUSE AFTER HOUSE WITH THE DUPLEX OR APARTMENTS IN HIGHLAND PARK. AND THEN THERE ARE THERE AND THEN THERE ARE THE AIRBNBS. I JUST HAD A NEIGHBOR CALL ME LAST WEEK ABOUT AN AIRBNB ON THE 1400 BLOCK OF HIGHLAND BOULEVARD BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS PARTIES AND LOUD MUSIC. SLOWLY BUT SURELY OUR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES ARE BEING DEVELOPED. THE DECISION THIS RE RESORTING BOARD MAKES TODAY WILL AFFECT MY NEIGHBORS FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE MR. TOM WETZLER. HI EVERYONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS TOM WETZLER. I RESIDE AT 1311 SLA AVENUE. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT HAD, AS YOU KNOW, A GENERAL MEETING LAST WEEK WHERE IT WAS VOTED TO CONTINUE OUR DECISION TO SAY NO TO THE ZONING CHANGE. AND I'D LIKE TO PRESENT MYSELF HERE TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE AND TO CONTINUE OUR SUPPORT OF, UH, PEOPLE, UH, OUR NEIGHBORS LIVE AROUND THE PROPOSED, UH, SITE FOR ZONING CHANGE CONSIDERATION IS, UH, IT, IT, IT JUST DOESN'T WORK [01:10:01] OUT. ANY QUESTIONS? WE'LL FIND OUT. WE'LL HAVE QUESTIONS FOR YOU MAYBE LATER. OKAY. AFTER EVERYONE SPEAKS, UH, I'LL STAY. OKAY, THANKS. NEXT WE HAVE, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE MS. REBECCA ROHER, YOU ARE GIVING UP YOUR TIME TO MS. RACHEL ROHRER. YES. ALRIGHT, SO MS. ROHER, YOU WILL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, PROBABLY DON'T NEED THE FOUR MINUTES AFTER I WENT OVER MY LITTLE TALK HERE, BUT JUST WANTED TO THANK Y'ALL FOR LISTENING TO MYSELF AND OUR NEIGHBORS THIS AFTERNOON. OH, COULD YOU, COULD YOU, AT OUR LAST REZONE, SORRY, COULD YOU GIVE RACHEL ROAR? THANK YOU. 1100 BLOCK OF CATON AVENUE. THAT'S IT. OKAY. AT OUR LAST REZONING MEETING, COMMISSIONER WATSON TASKED MR. CDE TO DO A COUPLE OF THINGS TO WORK IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND NEIGHBORS TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND TO RESPECT THE PEOPLE OF THE COMMUNITY. LAST WEDNESDAY AT THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS A TIME TO ENGAGE IN A DIALOGUE TO INFORM NEIGHBORS OF HIS PLANS. THIS WAS ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT SINCE HE HAD STATED MANY TIMES THAT WE HAD BEEN MISINFORMED ON HIS PLANS. HE FAILED TO SHOW NO REASON WAS GIVEN, WHY HE DIDN'T ATTEND. HE SENT A REPRESENTATIVE. THIS WAS A SURPRISE AND A DISAPPOINTMENT SINCE THE NEIGHBORS WANTED TO HEAR FROM HIM. HIS REPRESENTATIVE WAS NOT PREPARED TO ANSWER THE COMMUNITY QUESTIONS, NOR DID THEY SHOW ANY PLANS FOR THE PROPERTY. SHE DID SPEAK ABOUT FENCE AND SHE DID SPEAK ABOUT BACK PARKING, BUT NOTHING ELSE. YOU KNOW, WHAT THE FENCE WAS GOING TO BE. THERE WAS NO OTHER INFORMATION AND NO HANDOUTS TO SEE WHAT THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT. MOST IMPORTANTLY, DURING THIS MEETING, WE WERE VOTING TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THE REZONING AFTER HIS PRESENTATION. THIS MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY OVER 30 COMMUNITY MEMBERS. SOME WERE VOTING MEMBERS AND SOME WERE THERE JUST TO HEAR HIS PRESENTATION. THEY LIVED IN THE AREA. THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION FACILITATED THIS MEETING SPECIFICALLY TO ALLOW HIM TIME TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND CLARIFY THE MISINFORMATION. HIS REPRESENTATIVE REFERRED TO HIS PROPERTY ON WEST CAESAR CHAVEZ. WHEN ASKED QUESTIONS ABOUT 1203 CATON, WE WENT TO GO SEE THE PROPERTY AND ARE NOT SURE WHAT HE HAS DONE TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. HE HAS STATED HE WANTS TO GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT SAFER. HOW AND WHAT DOES THIS ENTAIL? IF HE DID, IF HE HAD DONE HIS DUE DILIGENCE FROM THE START AND AFTER BEING INFORMED BY DISTRICT THREE TO CONTACT THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, TO TALK TO THEM AND TO GET A MEETING BETWEEN THE NEIGHBORS, WHICH HE DIDN'T DO. INSTEAD HE PROCEEDED TO PREPARE 1203 FOR FOUR UNITS. HE DID NOT INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF HIS PLANS. FIRST OF ALL, MR. CELA IS A BUSINESSMAN AND HIS FIRST PRIORITY IS A PROPHET. HIS LACK OF INTERACTION WITH MOST NEIGHBORS HAS SHOWN HIS DISREGARD AND HIS REFUSAL TO INTERACT WITH US. WE ARE LIFERS IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND HIS FIRST PRIORITY IS PROFIT. HIS LACK OF INTERACTION WITH MOST NEIGHBORS HAS BEEN HIS DISREGARD FOR US. UH, I'M SORRY. UM, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMITTEE TO PLEASE CONSIDER ALL THE NUMEROUS PHONE CALLS, ALL THE THE FORMS THAT WE SENT IN AND THAT WERE IN OPPOSITION OF REZONING. UM, PLEASE RESPECT THE COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO HEAR THEIR PLEAS AND OPPOSITION OF IT. UM, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE MS. YVETTE MORENO. IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE IN A FUNERAL. I JUST WANTED TO SAY MY NAME'S YTE MORENO AND I LIVE AT 1135 CATON, BEEN THERE FOR, THIS MONTH, WAS COMPLETED 25 YEARS. UM, MR. FUENTES DID SAY LAST MEETING THAT I ATTENDED WAS THAT HE WANTED MORE DIVERSITY IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. COME TO LOOK AT IT AT 1301, I THINK IT'S 1301 IS MONT THE ROSEMONT, UH, OF HIGHLAND PARK APARTMENT COMPLEX. THAT'S 252 UNITS, ALL LOW INCOME HOUSING. HOW MUCH MORE DIVERSITY DO WE NEED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? UH, GOD, YOU HAD TO GET USED TO THOSE WITH THE HELICOPTER FLYING AROUND, THE POLICE SIRENS, ALL THIS STUFF GETTING ADJUSTED TO LOW INCOME HOUSING, WHATEVER, WHATEVER THE SITUATION MAY BE. UH, AS FAR AS THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED, YES, WE DO, WE DO HAVE A LOT [01:15:01] OF ELDERLY, AND YES, WE ARE VERY COMFORTABLE. UH, WE LIKE WE ARE, WE ARE LIFERS. WE'VE BEEN THERE. WE'RE NOT GONNA GO ANYWHERE. THE THING IS THAT Y'ALL DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE DO. AND, UH, MR. CADEL IS IN IT FOR THE BUSINESS. WE'RE IN IT FOR OUR HOMES. WE'VE, WE'VE CREATE, WE'VE, WE'VE BUILT THEM. WE'VE MADE THEM, WE'VE, IT'S OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE TAKE CARE OF ONE ANOTHER. THE OTHER THING IS, I WANTED TO ASK ALL OF Y'ALL, WHAT'S THE PROCESS OF THE CONTINUANCE WHEN IT COMES TO POSTPONING IT FOR ANOTHER DATE? HOW DO WE FIND OUT ABOUT IT? WELL, IT'S, THE CONTINUANCE IS VOTED ON AT THAT MEETING. BUT HOW DID THE OTHER NEIGHBORS FIND OUT ABOUT IT? THAT CALLED IN? THEY WOULD HAVE TO, UH, BE LISTENING ONLINE. THEY CAN LISTEN ONLINE THROUGH OUR LINK, UM, ATTEND THE MEETING AS WELL. AND THEY CAN ALSO CHECK, THEY CAN CHECK WITH THE, UH, CASE MANAGER ON, ON WHAT HAPPENED WITH THE ITEM AT THE MEETING. OKAY. JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW THAT MAJORITY OF THEM AREN'T, AREN'T TECH SAVVY AND THEY'RE JUST CONSIDER OUR AGES. AND I AM A SENIOR, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I AM A SENIOR. IT'S JUST THE FACT THAT WE, IF, IF WE DON'T KNOW THAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE AT A CERTAIN TIME OR WE WEREN'T AT THE LAST MEETING, KNOWING THAT THERE WERE, WE HAD TO BE HERE THIS NEXT MEETING, WE'RE GONNA DWINDLE AND EVENTUALLY HE'LL GET HIS WAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GOOD ONE. RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT FOR, UM, SPEAKERS ON THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT. UH, APP. OKAY. YES, THE APPLICANT. YOU, YOU HAVE A TIME FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL? YES. THANK YOU. JUST, UM, I HAVE HEARD FROM THE, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I'VE WALKED THE STREETS. I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE. UM, THERE WAS SOME THAT CALLED IN IN FAVOR. THEY WERE IN FAVOR BEFORE THE LAST MEETING. UM, BUT AT THE POINT THEY DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO CALL IN. AND SO THROUGH CONVERSATION WITH THEM, UM, I DID HAVE OPPORTUNITY TO GO, UM, AND SPEAK TO OTHER NEIGHBORS. AND WHAT WAS STATED TO ME WAS, OH, YOU'RE THE GENTLEMAN. I WAS LIKE, YES, I AM. YOU HEARD ABOUT IT. AND THEY HAD JUST STATED, OH, WELL, ANOTHER COUPLE CAME AND TOLD US ABOUT IT. BUT I'M, I'M HEARING YOUR INFORMATION. I GAVE 'EM MY PACKET, MY PRESENTATION I SHOWED YOU, UM, FOR THAT, UM, AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THERE WAS EIGHT YESES TO THE PROPERTY. SO NOBODY SAID THAT YET. LET ME JUST STATE THAT THERE WERE EIGHT YESES. AND I DO WANNA THANK MY REPRESENTATIVE THAT DID GO, UM, WHICH IS A MENTOR OF MINE THAT HAS HELPED ME IN THIS PROCESS. UM, SO I DO WANNA THANK HER PUBLICLY BECAUSE SHE TOOK HER TIME TO GO AND TALK ABOUT THIS PROPERTY. UM, LET ME RESTATE AGAIN, THIS IS EXISTING. I'VE ADDED NOTHING. I'VE TAKEN OVER THE PROPERTY AND I HAVE JUST BEAUTIFIED IT FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, SO I'M NOT ADDING ANYTHING. I HAVE HEARD THE CONCERNS OF EVERYONE, AND I AM ADJUSTING TO THE BEST THAT I CAN FOR WHAT I HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE. UM, AND THEN ALSO PROVIDING A CLEAN FACILITY, UM, THAT IS THERE. SO ADDED INSECURITY, LIGHTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. UM, AND SO I AM DOING THE FENCE, THE FENCING THERE. UM, A SIX FOOT PRIVACY FENCE. OBVIOUSLY, I'VE GOTTA LOOK AT COSTS AND EVERYTHING TO GO INTO IT, TO PUT IN, UM, FOR THAT. AND THEN WITH THE PARKING WISE, WE WILL MAKE THE ADJUSTMENTS TO ACCOMMODATE. AND I HAVE OFFERED MY CELL PHONE NUMBER TO EVERYONE. THIS PHONE I HOLD IN MY HAND. EVERYBODY CAN CALL ME IF THEY, I'VE, I'VE GIVEN MY NUMBER OUT AND SAID, IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, CALL ME. IF YOU HAVE CONCERNS, CALL ME. SO I'VE MADE MYSELF AVAILABLE TO THOSE. THE VOICEMAILS I DID HEAR, I DID MEET SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE, UH, MR. RUDOLPH ACROSS THE STREET. I HEARD HIS CONCERNS AND I HEARD FROM HIM AND I COMMUNICATED WITH HIM AND HE SAID HE WAS IN APO OPPOSITION. I SAID, OKAY, HERE'S MY CELL PHONE NUMBER. IF ANYTHING HAPPENS, GIVE ME A CALL. SO I'VE BEEN OPEN AND HONEST WITH EVERYONE. I'VE HIT THE STREETS, I'VE TALKED, I'VE KNOCKED ON DOORS. NOT EVERYBODY COULD ANSWER. UM, BUT THOSE THAT I DID GET TO TALK TO, UM, I DID GET TO EXPLAIN WHO I WAS. SOME OF THEM SAID, I JUST DON'T CARE. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S YOUR, THAT'S YOUR, UM, YOUR STANCE ON THAT. SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE DONE. AND, UM, UH, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE QUESO, COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UH, MR. CADEL. SO ASIDE FROM THE, UH, TWO VOICEMAILS THAT WE RECEIVED, DO YOU HAVE ANY, UH, RECORDED, UH, EVIDENCE OF, OF SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY OR FROM YOUR EFFORTS? UH, WALKING, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY VOICEMAILS OR ANYTHING. I JUST WAS TRYING TO PUSH THEM INTO CALLING ON IN THE VOICEMAILS. GOTCHA. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, THAT, THAT'S ALL FOR RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UH, MR. WEXLER, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. SO, UH, SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BROUGHT UP ARE SECURITY AND JUST THE CHANGE OF THE [01:20:01] NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND IS THAT CORRECT? AMONG OTHERS? AMONG OTHERS? SO THE SECURITY ASPECTS AS JUST A, A REPRESENTATIVE OR BEING IN THE COMMUNITY, DO YOU FEEL THAT THOSE SECURITY ISSUES HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED THROUGH SOME OF THE CHANGES IN THE SITE PLAN THAT WE ARE JUST NOW SEEING? I'M NOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN BY SECURITY MEASURES. SO THERE'S A, THE ADDITION OF THE 12 FOOT FENCE, THE MOVING OF THE PARKING OFF THE STREET, WHICH, UH, ELIMINATES SOME OF THE CONGESTION THAT WOULD BE BASED ON THAT STREET, THE TEMPORARY CONGESTION. WELL, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER. UH, AND MOSTLY WHAT I LISTENED TO IS WHAT'S WHAT, BESIDES LOOKING AT MYSELF AND JUST A PERUSING, UH, I'M LISTENING TO WHAT MY NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS ARE AND ALL OF THE NEIGHBORS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, UH, ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE CHANGES FOR THE VARIETY OF REASONS THAT THEY'VE GIVEN YOU. UH, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH ALL OF THE CYCLES OF, OF URBAN HISTORY. YOU KNOW, FROM, FROM INITIALLY BEING A FAIRLY UPPER CLASS AND COMBINATION UPPER CLASS AND WORKING CLASS NEIGHBORHOOD. A LOT OF RAILROAD WORKERS WERE LIVED THERE INITIALLY, UH, AND SO FORTH. AND WE'VE GONE THROUGH HAVING TO DEAL WITH DRIVE-BYS AND GAGGING ACTIVITY. UH, THAT, YOU KNOW, I'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD NOW FOR 23 YEARS AND HAVE WATCHED NEIGHBORHOOD INVOLVEMENT IN ADDRESSING, TRYING TO ADDRESS SOME OF THOSE CRIME ISSUES. SO WHEN I SEE NEIGHBORS ON THEIR OWN APPROACH US AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ABOUT THEIR CONCERNS, I TAKE 'EM AT THEIR WORD. UH, AND THAT'S, THAT'S BASICALLY ALL I CAN DO TO TRY TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION. I'M NOT A SECURITY EXPERT OR AN ENGINEER. GOTCHA. UH, THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. I'D LIKE TO HEAR FROM MR. BETH CLARK. YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MA'AM. HI. SO ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS WAS THAT THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT COULD BRING IN MORE AIRBNBS OR MORE SHORT TO SHORT TERM RENTALS. IS THAT CORRECT? UM, I, I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE POINT THAT WE ALREADY HAVE DUPLEXES, WE ALREADY HAVE HOUSES THAT JUST ON MY, MY STREET ON HAMMOND AVENUE. UM, 'CAUSE YOU HAD MADE THE STATEMENT THAT YOU HEARD A LOT ABOUT SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. MM-HMM. . AND THAT DIVERSITY WAS GOOD. WELL, WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF DIVERSITY. LIKE THE OTHER, UM, NEIGHBORS SAID, I WAS ALSO GONNA TALK ABOUT THE HUGE APARTMENT COMPLEX AT THE END OF HAMMOND. MM-HMM. AND CLARK, WHICH LIKE SHE SAID, HAS 200 UNITS, WHICH IS RUN BY SAHA. AND SO WE HAVE A VERY DIVERSE NEIGHBORHOOD. TECHNICALLY IT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIGHLAND PARK 'CAUSE IT'S ACROSS CLARK. OUR, OUR BOUNDARIES END AT CLARK. BUT IT'S DEFINITELY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE RESIDENTS DO COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY'RE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. UM, SO THAT WAS MY POINT ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOMES INTO DUPLEXES, INTO APARTMENTS. UM, THERE'S MORE AIRBNBS BEING, UH, THERE WAS, IT'S A L L C WITH THIS AIRBNB AND A, A NEIGHBOR HAD CALLED ME. I'M ON THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, BOARD ASSOCIATION BOARD. AND SHE'S ELDERLY. THERE'S PARTIES THERE. SO, UH, REAL QUICK, UH, ON THE TOPIC OF THIS PROPERTY THAT JUMPED FROM TWO DWELLINGS TO AN ADDITIONAL THIRD DWELLING IS WHAT HAS YOU CONCERNED THAT THAT ADDITIONAL DWELLING THERE, WHICH IS ALREADY TECHNICALLY IN PLACE WOULD ADD TO THE DETRI ? WELL, IT WOULD HAVE, UH, IF YOU HAVE THREE APARTMENTS, YOU HAVE BASE PROBABLY AT LEAST THREE PEOPLE. YOU HAVE, UH, CARS. I, MY NEIGHBOR DECEASED OF ME, IT'S ALSO ZONED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE. BUT THERE'S AN APARTMENT IN THE BACK. THERE'S TWO PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE. THERE'S AT LEAST THREE ADULTS THAT LIVE IN THE FRONT. THEY JUST BUILT A, A, A HUGE ROOM WITH A RESTROOM AND A PORCH THAT LOOKS OVER MY SIX FOOT FENCE INTO MY BACKYARD. I HAVE NO PRIVACY IN THE FRONT. I HAVE NO PRIVACY IN THE BACK. UM, THERE'S AT LEAST TWO TRUCKS AND FOUR CARS. THEY'RE PARKED IN THE STREET. SOMETIMES I HAVE TO GET OUTTA MY CAR WHEN I BACK OUT. SO I CAN SEE, UM, DOWN HAMMOND. SO I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO HAVE, UH, A HOME WHERE MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVE. ALRIGHT. SO THAT'S MY EXPERIENCE AND I DON'T WANT MY NEIGHBORS TO HAVE TO EXPERIENCE, [01:25:01] YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE CARS. T MULTIPLE PEOPLE. YOU DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOUD OR HAVE MUSIC OR, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW. AND THEY'RE USED TO A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU. I HAVE, UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO THE REST OF THE COMMISSION. ALRIGHT. UH, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER? ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, MR. CORDELL, CAN I, CAN I ASK SOME QUESTIONS, PLEASE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. UH, HOW MANY METERS? THERE ARE TWO EXISTING BUILDINGS ON YOUR PROPERTY, RIGHT? YES, SIR. HOW MANY METERS DO YOU HAVE ON THOSE BUILDINGS? RIGHT NOW THERE'S THREE. SO THE, THE PRIMARY HOME, WHICH IS UNIT ONE AND UNIT TWO HAS TWO METERS, AND THEN THE GARAGE UNIT HAS ITS OWN METER. SO HELP ME UNDERSTAND THEN, THE MAIN BUILDING IS ALREADY DIVIDED INTO TWO UNITS ALREADY? YES, SIR. IT'S TWO KITCHENS, TWO BATHROOMS. TWO LIVING ROOMS. OKAY. YES, SIR. THEN THE SECOND BUILDING THAT HAS THE ONE METER. YES SIR. THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT TO DIVIDE INTO TWO SEPARATE DWELLINGS? NO, SIR. IT'S AN EXISTING THIRD UNIT ON THE SECOND FLOOR, THE LOWER GARAGE UNITS. UM, I WAS ASKING TO CONVERT THAT INTO UNITS BECAUSE WITH GARAGES TRYING TO RENT THEM TO PEOPLE, UM, CAN TURN INTO IF THEY'RE NOT WELL MAINTAINED, ISSUES WITH PEOPLE MISUSING THEM. UM, BUT HEARING FROM THE COMMUNITY THAT BECAUSE OF THE DENSITY THEY DID NOT WANT FOUR UNITS, THEN I ASKED TO JUST USE WHAT IS EXISTING. THAT IS THE THREE UNITS THAT WERE ALREADY THERE. OKAY. SO LEAVING THE GARAGE IN PLACE. OKAY. SO THEN YOU'RE ASKING FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS? THREE DWELLING UNITS? YES, SIR. OKAY. THAT'S WHAT I SAW, FOUR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESENTATION. YES, SIR. BUT WE AMENDED THAT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UM, TO GO TO THREE. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES, SIR. END OF YOUR QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER. WE YES, SIR. OKAY, THANKS. UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE QUESTIONS. SORRY IF THIS HAS ALREADY, UM, BEEN ANSWERED, BUT ARE THESE THREE UNITS CURRENTLY OCCUPIED? THEY'RE NOT AT THIS MOMENT. UM, I WANTED TO WAIT FOR ZONING BEFORE I MOVE FORWARD WITH TRYING TO PUT TENANTS IN. OKAY, THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. UM, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, I ACTUALLY, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. WHAT'S THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR HIM FOR THE APPLICANT? IT, IT WAS THE LAST TIME THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR THREE AND HE AMENDED TO THE THREE UNITS. SO PRETTY MUCH NOW STAFF WOULD RECOMMEND APPROVAL? YES. IF THE IS, YES. OKAY, THANK YOU. NO QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. OTHER COMMISSIONER BOTTLES? YEP. DID, DID I MISS, UH, DO WE HAVE PICTURES OF THE ACTUAL RIGHT NOW? YES. DID, DID I MISS THEM? YES. SO THE ACTUALS, SO THIS IS WHAT THE STRUCTURE LOOKS LIKE RIGHT NOW. UM, I WANTED TO KEEP THE ORIGINAL PAINT, BUT YOU CAN SEE THERE'S THE DOOR THAT'S FACING US CURRENTLY. THE WHITE ONE IS UNIT TWO. THE DOOR THAT GOES RIGHT INTO THIS FRONT SIDE HERE IS UNIT ONE. SO THAT IS THE EXISTING THERE. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE A SIDE, IT'S ACROSS THE STREET. AND DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER ONE? I KNOW MY PRESENTATION HAD SOME, MY PRESENTATION DOES HAVE, UM, SOME PICTURES OF THE GARAGE UNITS AS WELL. AND WHILE THEY'RE FINDING THAT, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO STATE AGAIN THAT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN EXISTING. I'VE ADDED NO STRUCTURES, THERE'S NO NEW CONSTRUCTION, NOTHING'S BEEN ADDED. I, SO HERE ON THE, IF YOU STAY THERE, SO RIGHT THERE YOU CAN SEE THE TOP IS WHAT, HOW I GOT IT AND THE CONDITION IT WAS IN. AND THE BOTTOM YOU CAN SEE, UM, JUST THE COSMETIC THINGS THAT WE'VE ADDED TO FIX UP THE PROPERTY. UM, BUT ON THE TOP LEFT HAND SIDE, THAT IS THE SECOND UNIT THERE, UM, WITH THE UPSTAIRS, UM, THAT'S THAT ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT AND THEN THE GARAGE IS BELOW AND THERE'S THE VERIFICATION OF THE THREE METERS AS WELL. SORRY, IF YOU CAN GO BACK TO THE THREE METERS REAL FAST. THERE'S THOSE THREE METERS RIGHT THERE. SO THERE'S THE TWO THERE AND THERE'S THE ONE ON THE GARAGE UNIT ITSELF. AND IF YOU DO NOTICE, UM, I HAVE ADDRESSES FOR CATON AVENUE AND THEN ACTUALLY THE GARAGE IS ADDRESSED AS 5 1 4 ADELE STREET. SO IT HAS ITS SEPARATE ADDRESS AS WELL. OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. NONE. COMMISSIONER WA UH, GREATHOUSE, MY GOSH, SORRY. THAT'S OKAY. SOMEONE WHO'S YOUNGER THAN ME, THAT'S BETTER THAN SOMEONE WHO'S OLDER. . UM, HOW, HOW LARGE IS THE PROPERTY? HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? UM, TOTAL IN ALL OF THEM? 2,700. [01:30:02] THE, SORRY, THE ACTUAL LIKE REAL PROPERTY? THE, THE LAND. THE LAND. OOH. UM, I WOULD'VE TO LOOK AT BCAT AGAIN, I CAN'T REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD. WE HAVE POINT, 0.22, THREE ACRES, UM, ABOUT 9,700 SQUARE FEET. SO ABOUT NINE OVER 9,000 SQUARE FEET. CORRECT. AND, AND QUESTION FOR STAFF, UM, DID I HEAR THAT THIS BENEFITED FROM THE, THE DUPLEX? LIKE THE CONVERSION? IT DOES, YES MA'AM. MM-HMM. THE BETA R FOUR. SO YES, A DUPLEX IS PERMITTED ON THE SITE. SO A QUESTION, COULD YOU REPL THIS PROPERTY INTO TWO LOTS AND HAVE TWO DUPLEXES IF YOU MEET THE SQUARE FOOTAGE? NO, BECAUSE THEY WOULD, IT HAS TO BE THE SAME CONFIGURATION WHEN THEY LOOK AT IT. SO YOU WOULDN'T BENEFIT FROM THE B TWO R FOUR ANYMORE. OKAY. BUT THEORETICALLY YOU COULD HAVE TWO. THIS, THE, THIS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE WHAT IT'S REQUIRED TO BE. YOU COULD HAVE TWO R FOUR LOTS HERE EACH, A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING WITH TWO ADUS. THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND SO WHAT PROB WHAT LIKELY HAPPENED HERE WAS THE DUPLEX WAS THERE 'CAUSE THEY BENEFITED FROM THE, THE CONVERSION AND THEN THEY ADDED THE, YOU COULD SEE IT'S LIKE 460 OR 80 SQUARE FEET. AND SO IT WAS PROBABLY AN ACCESSORY DWELLING, BUT SINCE NOW THE OWNER DOESN'T LIVE THERE, THEY CAN'T UTILIZE IT. RIGHT. BUT FROM, FROM LIKE A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE, YOU KNOW, THE, YOU WOULD MEET THE 4,000 SQUARE FEET AND THEN IF YOU DID HAVE TWO OWNER OCCUPIED, UM, UNITS THERE, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE FOUR SEPARATE DWELLING UNITS ON THAT ONE PIECE OF PROPERTY. YES MA'AM. WITH PLATTING AND PERMITS. YES, CORRECT. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. SO ALL PATIENT PATIENTS, OKAY. UM, SO I HEAR THAT, UH, YOU'RE NOW LOOKING AT THREE DWELLING UNITS, CORRECT? YES SIR. SO STAFF, EVERYTHING I'M SEEING STILL SAYS FOUR DWELLING UNITS. SO DOES THAT MEAN THE APPLICANT HAVE TO AMEND HIS, UH, APPLICATION HERE AT THE PODIUM? AND DOES HE HAVE TO ALSO CHANGE HIS SITE PLAN? THAT IS WHAT HIS SITE PLAN IS. AND IT, IT DOES SAY THE THREE UNITS ON THERE, THAT'S THIS SITE PLAN THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT. SO THE ONE IN YOUR PACKET IS THE OLD ONE AND THE ONE THAT HE'S BROUGHT TO YOU TODAY IS THE NEW ONE AS, AS YOU REQUESTED HIM TO DO AT THE LAST MEETING. OKAY, BECAUSE I'M LOOKING AT WHAT WAS ON THE, UH, WEBSITE AND SO THAT IS THE OLD SITE PLAN? CORRECT. SO IF THIS IS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL, IT'LL BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED TO THREE UNITS. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? LOOKING RIGHT, LOOKING, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, ONE MORE JUST TO STAFF REGARDING THE PARKING. IS THERE A WAY THAT THE SITE PLAN, IS THERE A, CAN HE CHANGE THAT LATER ON OR HOW WOULD THAT WORK ONCE IT'S IN THE SITE PLAN AND IT HAS TO STAY ON THERE WITH THE PARKING IN THE, THROUGH THE ALLEYWAY? CORRECT. SO THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE THEIR PARKING IN THAT, UH, CONFIGURATION. SOMETIMES THEY CAN MOVE IT IF THEY NEED TO A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT'S ALL GONNA HAVE TO BE CONFINED IN WITHIN THE SITE PLAN. IT'S NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO BE, UM, AS HE PROPOSED ORIGINALLY, WHICH WAS BACKING ONTO THE STREET. DE DEL STREET. YES, SIR. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NO MORE QUESTIONS, CHAIR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. UM, I BELIEVE ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD WERE ASKED. SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR A MOTION SAY THIS. WELL, THE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO SEE AND THAT MOST OF THE COMMISSIONERS WANTED TO SEE CHANGED, WERE INCLUDED AND A BIT UPSET AT THE LACK OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OR LACK OF RECORDED COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT. UM, I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF OPPOSITION TO THIS, UH, UH, PROPOSAL. UM, BUT AS IT STANDS, AS THIS PROJECT LOOKS AND WITH THE LOCATION, I DO MOVE TO APPROVE, UM, THIS, UH, PROJECT AS AMENDED AS AMENDED SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. WE DISCUSSION LOOKING RIGHT, COMMISSIONER? WE, SO I AGREE WITH WHAT, UH, COMMISSIONER FUENTES SAID, AND I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO TAKE THE TIME BETWEEN NOW AND BEF BEFORE YOUR CASE GOES TO COUNCIL TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORS, BECAUSE AGAIN, [01:35:01] WHAT THEY'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT IS THE LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS, THE PERCEIVED LACK OF COMMUNICATIONS ON YOUR PART. SO I BELIEVE REACHING OUT WILL GET YOU A LONG WAY. ANY OTHERS? UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THIS CASE, UM, FOR ME IS, IS REALLY DIFFICULT. UM, BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. UM, THE, THE THING THAT I THINK FOR ME IS, IS THE MOST O OBVIOUSLY THE OPPOSITION IS A HUGE ISSUE, RIGHT? AND SO I WOULD ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER WE SAYS ABOUT ENGAGING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY. UM, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, I, I CAN UNDERSTAND THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONCERNED THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND, THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON, THEY DON'T HAVE THAT COMMUNICATION FOR ME. SO I DEFINITELY ECHO THAT. BUT FOR ME, WHAT WHAT IS REALLY CONTROLLING MY DECISION IS THE FACT THAT YOU COULD HAVE UP TO FOUR DWELLING UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY IF YOU WERE TO REPL AND HAVE TWO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH TWO, UM, ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS THERE. SO AS FAR AS FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE AND A DENSITY PERSPECTIVE AND TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING, YOU COULD ALREADY HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DENSITY ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. UM, SO THAT COMBINED WITH PUBLIC POLICY, UM, THAT I TALK ABOUT ALL THE TIME, WHICH IS LACK OF HOUSING AND ESPECIALLY LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO, GIVEN OUR GROWTH, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS AND, AND PROJECTED CONTINUED GROWTH, I THINK THAT THIS, UM, WILL HELP, UH, FURTHER THE, THE COMMUNITY'S, UM, YOU KNOW, HOUSING, UH, SHORTAGE AND, AND THIS WILL, WILL HELP ALLEVIATE THAT. SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE IN SUPPORT. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT COMMENTS. UH, COMMISSIONER NICKS FIRST. FIRST I WANT TO, UM, APPLAUD THE, THE NEIGHBORS WHO CAME. I WAS VERY PLEASED THAT, THAT YOU TOOK TIME. EVEN THOSE THAT CALLED IN. I AM GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION BECAUSE I, I RESPECT THE, THE COMMISSIONER AND KNOWS HE KNOWS MORE ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN I DO. UH, THE OTHER ASPECT IS THAT THERE ARE ALREADY, UM, I SAY THREE UNITS THAT ARE OUT THERE. THE APPLICANT IS NOT GONNA BUILD ANY NEW ONES. UM, BUT AGAIN, THE, THE MAIN THING IS, IS THAT I SUPPORT THE COMMISSIONER THAT'S MORE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA THAN I AM. BUT I DEFINITELY WANT TO APPLAUD EACH ONE OF YOU THAT THAT CAME OUT IN VOICE YOUR CONCERNS. THANK YOU. OKAY. UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT, UH, DECISION FOR ME. UM, I AGREE. I FIRST OF ALL WANNA COMMEND THE NEIGHBORS. UM, I KNOW WE REQUESTED LAST TIME, AND I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED THAT YOU COME PREPARED TO ADDRESS LAND USE CONCERNS AND YOU'VE MADE EXCELLENT ARGUMENTS AND, UM, DID AN OUTSTANDING JOB OF REALLY ADDRESSING WHAT, UM, YOUR LONG-TERM GOALS ARE AND HOW THIS IS GOING TO POTENTIALLY NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE COMMUNITY. UM, FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU ALL SPEAK ABOUT, UM, MAKING SURE THAT THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN REMAINS CONSISTENT, UM, AND ALSO REFLECTS THAT THERE ALREADY IS A DIVERSITY OF HOUSING, UM, IS A MAIN CONCERN. UM, AND ALSO LOOKING AT THE IMPACT ON PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE CHANGES IN THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. UM, AND, UH, YOUR POINTS ARE OUTSTANDING AND WELL MADE ABOUT THE, UH, LACK OF ENGAGEMENT FROM THE APPLICANT. UM, I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED, UM, AS WAS MENTIONED BY SOME OF THE COMMENTS, UM, ENGAGEMENT AND INSTEAD OF SORT OF DEPENDING ON THE APPLICANT, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GAVE YOU MANY OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND VERY, UH, FORMAL ORGANIZED FAIR OPPORTUNITIES TO COME PRESENT YOUR CASE. AND I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DID NOT TAKE THEM UP ON THAT. UM, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE SURE THAT WHAT YOU DO IS DOCUMENTED, UM, AND IS RESPECTFUL OF THE COMMUNITY THAT YOU'RE ENGAGING IN. AND I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT YOU DID NOT DO THAT. UM, FOR ME, THE THING THAT MAY, UM, IMPACT MY DECISION THE MOST IS THAT THE STRUCTURES ARE EXISTING. UM, IF YOU WERE BUILDING A NEW THIRD STRUCTURE, I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS, UM, BECAUSE THAT THIRD STRUCTURE IS THERE ALREADY, THAT DOES CREATE SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR, UM, A REPL AND ADDITIONAL REZONING THAT WOULD DAMAGE, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND VERY MUCH, UM, LEAD TO THE OUTCOMES THAT THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT. UM, WITH THAT THIRD UNIT ALREADY BEING THERE, THIS PROPOSED REZONING, HAVING A SITE PLAN ATTACHED TO IT WILL LIMIT WHOEVER CHOOSES TO BUY THIS PROPERTY AFTER YOU AND YOU IF YOU KEEP IT FOR A LONG TIME TO WHAT YOU'VE PROPOSED, WHICH REFLECTS WHAT'S ALREADY THERE, UM, ESPECIALLY WITH THE PARKING. UM, AND THAT MAY BE WHAT MAKES THE DECISION. I DO NOT WANT TO SEE, UM, UNNECESSARY MULTIFAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY THAT'S DAMAGING TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD'S SAFETY AND DEVELOPMENT. UM, BUT WITH THE THREE STRUCTURES ALREADY BEING THERE, THIS IS I THINK, THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT, UM, THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN AS IS, WHILE STILL PROVIDING HOUSING UNITS AND ALLOWING YOU TO PUT TENANTS IN THERE, UM, THAT MEET PUBLIC POLICY [01:40:01] OBJECTIVES AND REFLECT WHAT ALREADY IS HAPPENING WITH THE THREE METERS ON THE PROPERTY. UM, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO ACTUALLY GO TALK TO THE COMMUNITY IN PERSON. DON'T SEND A REPRESENTATIVE, GO IN PERSON. UM, JUST BEING NICE IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH. UM, YOU NEED TO LIKE TAKE THEM UP ON THE OPPORTUNITY, UM, BUT, AND ALSO JUST WANT TO POINT OUT AND PUT OUT THE NEIGHBOR'S DISPOSAL. UM, AS FAR AS THE AIRBNB CONCERNS, ALSO VERY VALID. UM, THERE IS NO WAY THIS COULD BE USED AS AN AIRBNB WITH EXISTING ORDINANCES RIGHT NOW WITHOUT, UM, GOING THROUGH A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT PROCESS. UM, IF THE OWNER'S NOT OCCUPYING THE PROPERTY, UH, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO MULTIPLE AIRBNBS IN THERE, SO HOLD THEM TO THAT. UM, DON'T TRY AND PULL IT OVER ON THEM EITHER. UM, BUT THE BEST WAY TO NOT RESULT IN THERE BEING FOUR UNITS THAT COULD BE RENTED, WHICH WOULD IN FACT CAUSE ALL OF THE PROBLEMS IN NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, YOU KNOW, BROUGHT FORWARD TODAY, I THINK, UM, MAY IMPACT MY DECISION. I'M STILL NOT FULLY COMMITTED EITHER WAY, UH, BECAUSE I HAVE A LOT OF, I'LL HAVE A LOT OF MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, THE THREE STRUCTURES MAY BE WHAT IT IS FOR ME. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, I LIKE GOING LAST BECAUSE ALL MY COMMISSIONERS ALWAYS HAVE GREAT POINTS AND, UM, BUT UM, I ALSO LIVE IN AN OLD NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE VERY SIMILAR, ACTUALLY VERY SIMILAR, SIMILAR ARCHITECTURE TO, UM, HIGHLAND PARK. UM, AND ONE BLOCK OVER FROM ME, THE NEXT STREET OVER FROM ME, WE HAVE A, WHEN WE MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAD A, UM, THERE WAS A CORNER LOT AND IT HAD THERE METERS AND WE WERE SURPRISED THAT, UH, THE, THE NEW OWNER WAS ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, RENT IT OUT WITH, WITH FOR THREE UNITS. WE WERE LIKE, WELL, I THOUGHT WE COULD ONLY DO DUPLEXES IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. ON, ON, ON THAT STREET. WE HAVE QUADPLEXES AND OTHER APARTMENTS ADJACENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL. AND, UM, BUT IN THAT CASE, UM, IT WAS, AGAIN, IT WAS THE EXISTING NATURE AND THE LONGEVITY OF THAT EXISTING NATURE OF THE THREE UNITS. AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT I'M LOOKING AT HERE AS WELL. UM, IT'S OBVIOUSLY IT'S BEEN A DUPLEX, IT'S, IT'S LEGALLY ABLE TO BE A DUPLEX FOR MANY YEARS. UM, AND THAT THIRD UNIT, YOU SEE THE INTERIOR AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THAT THIRD UNIT HAS BEEN THERE FOR MANY YEARS. UM, LOOKING AT THE, AT THE, THE, THE MILLWORK AND AT THE FLOORING. UM, AND SO FOR ME THAT IS THE, UM, THAT'S KIND OF THE DECIDING FACTOR. UM, IF THIS WERE AN INTERIOR LOT, I WOULD FEEL COMPLETELY DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S ON A CORNER. UM, AND IT'S BEEN IN ESSENCE A THREE UNIT DEVELOPMENT FOR MANY YEARS. UM, THE NEIGHBORS, I WANNA SALUTE THEM BECAUSE WITHOUT YOUR INPUT, THIS WOULD BEFORE UNITS. SO, UM, YOU HAVE DONE WELL TO, TO REDUCE ANY, UH, IMPACT TO WHAT IS THERE CURRENTLY. UH, SO WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES. I THINK COMMISSIONER, WE YOU MADE THE SECOND CORRECT, SO IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL AS AMENDED. AS AMENDED. THANK YOU TO THREE UNITS. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER, WEVE, AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER GREENHOUSE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD, ARE WE GONNA DO ONE MORE ITEM BEFORE THREE O'CLOCK BREAK? ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 11. GOOD AFTERNOON, CAMERON BLACKMAN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 11 IS LOCATED AT 2 2 2 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME. THERE WERE 30 NOTICES SENT OUT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. MEMORIAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION [01:45:01] IS IN FAVOR AND NO RESPONSE FROM LOS PUENTES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT IS NOT APPROPRIATE AND PROVIDES EXCESSIVE DENSITY. THE REQUESTED MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT WOULD PERMIT UP TO 66 UNITS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY EQUALS 87,558 SQUARE FEET. AND WITH THE CURRENT R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY COULD POTENTIALLY BE DIVIDED INTO 14 SEPARATE LOTS, ALLOWING A MAIN DWELLING UNIT ALONG WITH ACCESSORY DETACHED DWELLING UNITS ON EACH LOT, GIVING AN OVERALL DENSITY OF 28 POTENTIAL DWELLING UNITS. THUS, IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA AND SUPPORT THE SA TOMORROW PLAN TO ALLOW HIGHER DENSITIES AND A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES, STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATIVE, AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION OF OF M F 18. THIS WILL ALLOW THE MISSING MIDDLE LEVEL HOUSING LACKING FROM THE AREA STAFF FINDS EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, GREAT. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE TELL US ABOUT YOUR PROJECT. UH, HI. GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS JAVIER YU FROM, UH, ORAIN ENGINEER. UH, LIKE, UH, STAFF MENTIONED, UH, WE'RE TRYING TO REZONE TO MF UH, 33. UH, SHE MENTIONED THAT THIS, UH, COULD GIVE US UP TO 60 UNITS. WE HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE MEMORIAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND CLIENT AND ASSOCIATION HAS AGREED ON DIFFERENT POINTS. THAT'S INCLUDING, UH, ON THIS REZONING HAVING TWO STORY BUILDINGS AND A MAXIMUM OF 45 UNITS. SO IN ORDER TO HAVE 45 UNITS, UH, WE NEED TO KEEP THE MF 33. UH, IF WE DO MF 25, UH, WE GET 44.95, SO THAT'S ALMOST A 45, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE A LITTLE BIT UNDER. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT. UM, WE HAVE A MR. VILLA REAL HERE TO SPEAK. ARE YOU STILL HERE, SIR? MR. VIAL? ALL RIGHT. UM, HE IS NOT HERE, SO WE HAVE TWO VOICEMAILS. ALL RIGHT. IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE. YES. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS AGATA AMI, I RESIDED FORTY SIX OH SEVEN ELIZABETH ALLEN. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 838-3597. I'M CALLING ON CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 1 6. I AM THE PRESIDENT OF LOS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I HAVE CHAIRED, UH, THIS, THIS REQUEST WITH THE MEMBERS OF THE LOS PUENTES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I HAVE RECEIVED NO OPPOSITION. THEREFORE, WE DO SUPPORT THE, UH, ZONE STATE REQUEST, UH, AT 2 22 NORTHWEST 36, UH, AND I BELIEVE THAT WAS FOR 45 UNITS. UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN CALL ME. THANK YOU SO MUCH. BYE-BYE. MY NAME IS LORENZO VIAL. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 860-1078. I LIVE AT 3 3 5 PRECIOUS STREET AND I'M CALLING REGARDING THE CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 1 1 6. THERE ARE, UH, FOUR THINGS THAT I WANTED TO STATE THAT ARE CONCERN, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THIS REQUEST FOR THE ZONE CHANGE. I AM CALLING INOP, UH, IN OPPOSITION OF THE ZONE CHANGE, MAINLY BECAUSE OF DRAINAGE ISSUES, THE DENSITY TRAFFIC CONGESTION THAT WOULD RESULT INADEQUATE EXISTING INADEQUATE SEWAGE LINE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE HISTORICAL OUTCOMES. UM, WHENEVER THERE IS ARE MULTI-FAMILY UNITS THAT ARE BUILT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, NUMBER ONE, THE DRAINAGE ISSUE. THERE IS A DISPLACED RUNOFF FROM COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALONG WEST COMMERCE STREET AND, UM, THEY'RE 56, 15 55, 37, 55, 27, 55 19 WEST COMMERCE. AND THESE, UM, THE RUNOFF FROM THESE PROPERTIES IS HAVING A, A HUGE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADJACENT, UH, TO INCLUDE, UM, THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NEAR, UH, THE, THE PROPERTY IS BEING CONSIDERED FOR REZONING, THE 2, 2 2, UM, 36TH STREET. SO, UM, THIS WATER IS BEING DISPLACED, IS IMPACTING THE PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE 300 BLOCK OF PRECIOUS STREET AND [01:50:01] PARK PLAZA AND PARK SITE, UH, IN PRECIOUS STREET. THERE'S, UM, RUNOFF THAT COALESCES, UM, AT 3 38, 3 42, 3 46 AND THREE 50, AND THERE'S RUNOFF GOING UNDER THE HOMES OF FOUNDATIONS AND THEN WATER PONDS SEVERAL DAYS THEREAFTER. UH, FURTHER I HAVE SPOKEN WITH MANY HOMEOWNERS, UH, UH, ON THE PARK TERRACE AND PARK CLOSET AREA, AND THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE TAKING MEASURES INTO THEIR OWN HANDS AND BUILD. AND THAT IS IT FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM. ALRIGHT, THANKS. UM, THE APPLICANT IF YOU'D LIKE A SHORT REBUTTAL. HELLO? CAN YOU, YEAH, HELLO, MY NAME IS ER MUNOZ. UH, ALSO THE APPLICANT WITH OUR VEIN ENGINEER. UH, I GUESS JUST WANNA REITERATE, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE AN ENGINEERING FIRM. WE HAVE DONE OUR DUE DILIGENCE, YOU KNOW, OWNER BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, UH, I MEAN, NOT TOO LONG AGO WITH THE INTENT OF DOING MULTIFAMILY, UH, RIGHT. UH, SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING THE REZONING. BUT THE PROPERTY WOULD ALSO GO, UH, THROUGH A PLANNING PROCESS AND, YOU KNOW, BUILDING PERMITS, RIGHT? THE PROVIDED, YOU KNOW, WE GET THE ZONING RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE FIRST STEP. UM, NOW REGARDING THE COMMENTS THAT WE JUST HEARD ON THE OPPOSITION DRAINAGE SEWER, RIGHT? I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THROUGH THE BUILDING PROCESS, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MITIGATE DRAINAGE, RIGHT? UH, YOU KNOW, WE UNDERSTAND WE HAVE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO A REPORT, RIGHT? AND THEN HOWEVER WE MITIGATE IS GONNA BE UNDER CITY ORDINANCE. UH, NOW SEWER, SAME DEAL. YOU, I KNOW THERE'S A SEWER LINE, UH, ON THE STREET. SO I MEAN, WE'LL GO THROUGH SAUCE TO GET LIKE, UH, CONNECTIONS, YOU KNOW, COUNTER PERMITS. UH, SO THAT'S ON THE PLANS FOR DURING, UH, PLANNING AND BUILDING PERMITS. NOW, UH, REGARDING THE OPPOSITION FROM THE CITY, UH, I UNDERSTAND, UH, UNDERSTAND, YOU KNOW, AT THE BEGINNING WHEN YOU'RE HERE 33 AND THIS PROPERTY IS ALMOST TWO ACRES, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ACTUALLY 1.9 ACRES, ALMOST 1.9 ACRES. SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT GIVES ABOUT, UH, 60 UNITS, 61 UNITS, RIGHT? BUT WE ALREADY MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AND YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY WANT TO HAVE THEIR OWN, UH, OPINION ON THIS. SO, YOU KNOW, INSTEAD OF DOING, YOU KNOW, THREE STORIES, WE ALREADY KIND OF NEGOTIATED WITH THEM TWO STORIES. UH, AND THEN INSTEAD OF, UH, YOU KNOW, GOING TO 60 UNITS, YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE LIKE A MIDDLE POINT, WHICH IS 45 UNITS, RIGHT? SO, UM, IF THE PROPERTY, OR WHEN THE PROPERTY IS PLOTTED, UH, THE SOUTHWEST, NORTHWEST 36TH STREET IS A MAYOR TROVER, RIGHT? SO WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A RIGHT OF WAY DEDICATION, RIGHT BETWEEN SEVEN AND A HALF TO 15 FEET, RIGHT? SO THAT'S GONNA REDUCE THE ACREAGE ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? TO ABOUT 1.8 ACRES. SO IF YOU MULTIPLY THAT BY 33, THAT'S 59. 25 IS 44 SOME CHANGE, AND 18 IS 32 IS SOME CHANGE, RIGHT? IN ORDER TO GET THE 45, EITHER WE CAN, I GUESS CONTINUE WITH THE 32, THE CONDITIONAL, RIGHT? UH, THAT UP TO 45 UNITS IF THAT'S CAN BE DONE OR SOMETHING SIMILAR, RIGHT? UH, THAT'S WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO DO, UH, YOU KNOW, TO GET IT IN THERE. ALSO, WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, EXPLAIN, UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET THERE'S AN MF 33, RIGHT? I DON'T KNOW IF THEY HAVE, UH, ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, THAT MANY UNITS, BUT IT'S, IT'S, THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, RIGHT? AND, UH, LASTLY, UH, I GUESS WHEN YOU DO APARTMENTS, YOU KNOW, THEY WORK IN A WAY THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE SO MANY UNITS RIGHT? TO, IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK, RIGHT, IN ORDER TO HAVE AN OFFICE IN ORDER TO KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT LIKE A, LIKE A GOOD PROJECT, RIGHT? SO THAT'S ONE OF THE OTHER THINGS, RIGHT? UH, AND IT IT'LL GENERATE TAX MONEY, RIGHT? SO, UH, THAT'S IT FOR NOW. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU GUYS. ALRIGHT, UH, THIS IS, UH, DISTRICT FIVE. UNFORTUNATELY COMMISSIONER BUSMAN IS NOT HERE OR SO COMMISSIONER GREENHOUSE WILL BE HANDLING THIS. UM, YEAH, I JUST, I'LL HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT'S. YES. UM, YOU MENTIONED, OR YOUR PARTNER MENTIONED THAT, UM, THAT YOU GUYS ARE ENTERING INTO A, YOU HAVE SOME HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD REGARDING THAT. SO HOW IS THAT BEING DOCUMENTED? OH, WE HAVE LIKE A, UH, AN EMAIL TRAIL WHERE THE CITY HAS BEEN COPIED. UH, CITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN COPIED ON THE EMAIL TRAIL. YOU KNOW, UH, WE, WE MET WITH THEM, UH, AND THEN THEY TOLD US LIKE SEVEN ITEMS THAT THEY WANTED. UH, ONE OF THEM, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER OF UNITS AND UH, THAT'S, THAT'S IN AN EMAIL TRAIL DOCUMENTED THAT NOW, UH, WE HAVE DONE, I GUESS IT'S US, THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEN CITY COUNCIL OFFICE. UH, SO THAT'S WHY IT'S, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE LIKE A LEGALLY BINDING DOCUMENT THAT MIGHT, MIGHT BE NO, WE DON'T HAVE A LEGALLY WE WOULD TRAVEL WITH THE LAND, NO, BUT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH DOING IT, RIGHT. THAT [01:55:01] WE HAVE TO DO LIKE A, YOU KNOW, LIKE COVENANTS OR SOMETHING WITH THE, WITH THE RESIDENTS OR WITH THE NA THAT THAT'S OKAY. THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE KNOW HOW TO DO. OKAY, THANK YOU. OH, QUESTION FOR STAFF. IS THERE ANY WAY, UH, JUST TRYING TO BE CREATIVE HERE ON THIS PROPERTY, UM, WHAT OTHER ZONING CLASSIFICATIONS COULD THEY DO WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE THE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY'VE MADE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? RIGHT. UH, WE, WE DID THE MATH AS WELL AS HE WAS, UH, TALKING THROUGH IT AND WE DID HEAR THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE VOICEMAIL, UH, WOULD PREFERABLY LIKE 45 UNITS, SO THEY COULD DO AN MF 25, BUT THERE'S NO LIKE A D Z OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT WE COULD DO HERE. WHERE THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD, WHERE THEY WOULD BE TIED TO. I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF, OF ANOTHER WAY TO TIE THIS AND HAVE THIS BE ENFORCEABLE. UM, THE AGREEMENTS THAT THEY'RE MAKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VERSUS DOING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THEY COULD, BUT WE WOULD HAVE, THAT WOULD REQUIRE US TO RESTART THE PROCESS BECAUSE OF I D Z BEING A SPECIAL DISTRICT AND THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE SITE PLAN. OKAY. UM, AND THEN I JUST HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION FOR Y'ALL. UM, UH, AS FAR AS TIMING GOES, UM, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH DOING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE GIVEN THE FACT THAT COMMISSIONER BUS DEANTE IS NOT HERE AND THIS IS NEW INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT COMMUNICATED TO HIM, UM, PREVIOUSLY IS A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE OKAY. FOR YOUR TIMELINE ON THIS PROJECT? SO, SO MEETING AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS, COMING AGAIN IN TWO WEEKS WHEN COMMISSIONER BUSANTE CAN BE HERE, HE'S THE COMMISSIONER FOR THAT DISTRICT. YES, YES, YES. UH, THAT, THAT WILL BE FINE. YOU KNOW, THAT'S, IT'S GONNA BE LIKE, UH, GET THEM INTO ONE, ONE THING THAT I DO WANNA MENTION, UH, WHEN YOU GUYS, I GET CITY STAFF LOOK AT THE ACREAGE, UH, YOU KNOW, THAT ACREAGE THAT YOU SEE IN THERE IS GONNA BE REDUCED, RIGHT? I MEAN, ONCE WE GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS AND WE GO, UH, RIGHT AWAY THE EDUCATION AND, AND THE DEAL WITH THE MF 25, WHICH I MEAN IS ALMOST GOOD. IT'S, IT'S, IT'S 44.95 UNITS, RIGHT? SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE CITY'S GONNA SAY, LOOK, YOU CAN'T DO 45, OR THEY'RE GONNA BE LIKE, OKAY, WE'LL WE'LL GIVE YOU 45, RIGHT? IT IS 45. WE ROUND UP IF IT'S A 0.5 OR ABOVE, THEN WE ROUND UP. OKAY. SO THEN, THEN I GUESS WE'RE LENIENT TO DO AN MF UH, 25 PROVIDED THAT, YOU KNOW, UNDERSTANDING LIKE, UH, YOU KNOW, ONCE WE DO THE PLANNING, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT'S GONNA REQUIRE. IT CAN BE AS LOW AS SEVEN AND A HALF AS HIGH AS 15. SO THAT, THAT, AS LONG AS THAT'S CONSIDERED YOU WE'RE OKAY WITH THAT. OKAY. I I, I PERSONALLY WOULD BE MORE COMFORTABLE IF COMMISSIONER BUSANTE WE'RE HERE TO HEAR THIS AND TO HA YOU KNOW, TO WEIGH IN OKAY. WITH, WITH HIS CONCERNS. SO, UM, I'LL LET EVERYONE ELSE OKAY. ASK QUESTIONS IF THEY WANT TO, AND THEN I'M READY TO MAKE A MOTION. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT. NONE. COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER WATSON, UM, I AM GLAD THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE LIKE CONTRIBUTING TO PROPERTY TAXES IN THE AREA. ARE YOU CONSIDERING, OR HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION? NOT THAT THIS WOULD NECESSARILY SWAY MY DECISION, BUT JUST OUT OF CURIOSITY, ARE YOU LIKE USING ANY TAX INCENTIVES FOR THIS OR DOING ANY AFFORDABLE UNITS OR IS IT ALL GONNA BE MARKET RATE? I, I COULDN'T HEAR YOU. SORRY. OH, UM, SO ARE YOU CONSIDERING TAKING ANY TAX INCENTIVES OR ARE YOU, OR DOING ANY AFFORDABLE COMPONENTS IN THIS OR IS IT ALL GOING TO BE MARKET RATE UNITS? OH NO, THE PLAN IS TO HAVE MARKET RATE. OKAY. UH, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS WHAT WAS ALSO MENTIONED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THEY WANTED TO HAVE MARKET RATE. OKAY. YEAH. YEAH. THANKS. JUST ONE QUESTION, JUST WOULD YOU HAVE A COPY OF THE SITE PLAN IN TWO WEEKS OR WOULD YOU HAVE ANY TYPE OF MAYBE LIKE SOME TYPE OF LAYOUT? WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? WE ACTUALLY HAVE A LAYOUT. UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S BEEN ON THE, I MEAN I HAVE IT HERE. I KNOW YOU GUYS CAN, UM, AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THIS A PRELIMINARY LAYOUT. I MEAN IT'S, IT'S KINDA LIKE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT. I MEAN, I STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALLOWED TWO DRIVEWAYS, YOU KNOW. UM, BUT I MEAN THAT'S THE, THE GENERAL LAYOUT. THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ORTIZ OR NO? NO. ALRIGHT. UH, QUESTIONS ON THE, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE. ALL RIGHT. BACK TO YOU. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. OKAY. I'LL MAKE A MOTION, UH, TO CONTINUE. ITEM NUMBER 11 FOR TWO WEEKS TO THE SEPTEMBER 1ST ZONING COMMISSION HEARING. IS THERE? WHO? SECOND. OKAY. YOU MEAN AUGUST 1ST? SORRY, AUGUST 1ST, YES. ALRIGHT, AND WHO WAS THE SECOND? WAS THAT? OH, COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER BOTTLES. OKAY. ALRIGHT. MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 1ST MEETING BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS, UH, DISCUSSION. LOOKING LEFT, LOOKING RIGHT. UM, ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS, UH, LOOK WHERE YOU'RE PUTTING YOUR DUMPSTER 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S RIGHT UP AGAINST THE RESIDENTIAL BACKYARD. UM, AND WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. [02:00:01] COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS 3 0 5 AND WE WILL BE GOING ON A SHORT FIVE, 10 MINUTE BREAK. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. I THINK I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LEAVE. OKAY. AND WE ARE, I LEFT MY MICROPHONE ON. DANG IT. ALRIGHT, THE TIME IS THREE 17 AND WE ARE BACK. WE ARE ON CASE NUMBER 14. 1414. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAMERON BLACKMAN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 5 8 2 6 SHADOW WAY GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING, THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME 31 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT. FIVE IN FAVOR. FIVE OPPOSED NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND SEVEN IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET. THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT AS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE REQUESTED R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON SEPARATE LOTS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT A DEAD END STREET WITH LIMITED PARKING AND IS NOT OF SUFFICIENT SIZE TO ACCOMMODATE THREE DWELLING UNITS. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OR STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND INTRODUCES A DENSITY NOT ALREADY ESTABLISHED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL PROPERTIES IN THE AREA ARE R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. HI, MY NAME IS SUZANNE ESCOBAR. RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THERE'S A FOUR TO SEVEN YEAR WAITING LIST FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITH SAN ANTONIO HOUSING AUTHORITY. THAT'S 84 MONTHS OR 2,555 DAYS. THIS IS A HOUSING CRISIS. THERE'S 1.48 MILLION PEOPLE LIVING IN SAN ANTONIO. THAT'S WHY THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS. SAN ANTONIO'S THE THIRD FASTEST GROWING CITY IN THE NATION. AND AGAIN, ANOTHER, THAT'S WHY THERE'S A HOUSING CRISIS. THE WAITING WHO WANTS TO WAIT, YOU KNOW, FOUR TO SEVEN YEARS TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE. ON APRIL 21ST, I GOT OUT OF WORK AND WALKED MY NEIGHBORHOOD ON SHADOWY STONE SHIRE AND AROUND WOOD HOLLOW I TALKED WITH NEIGHBORS EXPLAINING ABOUT THE EFFICIENCY PROJECT THAT'S IN THE PROCESS OF BEING BUILT AND HOW IT'S ESPECIALLY, UH, FOR VETERANS THAT HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY. THIS EFFICIENCY UNIT IS ON A LOT THAT IS 5,500 SQUARE FEET AND THE EFFICIENCY UNIT IS 960 SQUARE FEET OF LIVING SPACE. IT WILL HAVE TWO BEDROOMS, TWO BATHROOMS, AND POTENTIALLY FOUR COVERED PARKING SPACES FOR FOUR POTENTIAL TENANTS. I GAVE OUT MY BUSINESS CARD REASSURING NEIGHBORS THAT IF ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED, THEY CAN CALL ME AT WORK OR ON MY CELL PHONE AND I'LL BE THERE QUICKLY TO TAKE CARE OF THE SITUATION. I CALLED THE DISTRICT TWO COUNCIL OFFICE AND WAS TOLD TO GET AT LEAST 10 SIGNATURES OF NEIGHBORS SHOWING SUPPORT BECAUSE OF THE TREMENDOUS POSITIVE RESPONSE I WAS GETTING. I COLLECTED 20 SIGNATURES FROM MY NEIGHBORS, ENCOURAGING ME TO PROCEED WITH THE EFFICIENCY PROJECT. BECAUSE AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS HIGHLY IN NEED, I NEVER HAVE TO WAIT TO REPLACE A TENANT BECAUSE THERE'S A HIGH DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. I RENT, I ONLY RENT TO ADULT RESPECTFUL, HARDWORKING PEOPLE, PEOPLE GOING THROUGH A TRANSITION PERIOD IN THEIR LIVES, A DIVORCE, A SEPARATION, A RELOCATION FROM ANOTHER CITY OR JOB RELOCATION. OVER THE PAST 23 YEARS, I HAVE BEEN A LANDLORD AND I CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT ALL MY TENANTS STAY WITH US FROM TWO TO FIVE AND A HALF [02:05:01] YEARS BECAUSE THEY LIKE THE ACCOMMODATIONS WE PROVIDE FOR THEM AT OUR HOUSES. COMPLETELY FURNISHED BEDROOMS WITH A DESK, TV, A CHEST OF DRAWERS, AND IT'S ALL ALSO ALL BILLS PAID TO INCLUDE ELECTRICITY, WIFI, WATER, AND LAWN SERVICE. I WORK 10 MINUTES AWAY FROM 5 8 2 6 SHADOW AWAY AND I'M THERE EVERY MONTH TO REPLACE AC FILTERS AS NEEDED OR IF THERE'S EVER ANY ISSUES. SO FAR NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. I CHECK ON MY PROPERTIES REGULARLY BECAUSE I LIVE 20 MINUTES, 25 MINUTES AWAY AND I WORK ONLY 10 MINUTES AWAY. I ALSO HAVE MANY STRICT RULES AND REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO LIVE, IN ORDER TO LIVE ON MY PROPERTY. NO DRUGS, NO SMOKING, NO WILD PARTIES AND NO GUESTS. TENANTS ALWAYS RESPECT MY RULES OR THEY MOVE OUT. THERE'S A HUGE DEMAND FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SAN ANTONIO. THE POVERTY RATE TOPS THE LIST OF LARGE METRO AREAS, YET SAN ANTONIO IS STILL THE SAFEST BIG CITY TO LIVE IN IN THE STATE OF TEXAS. THERE'S A NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ALL AROUND RIMAN AND EISENHOWER ROAD CAUSING EVERYONE'S TAXES TO INCREASE SUBSTANTIALLY AND CAUSING THE PRICE OF NEW HOMES TO RISE AS WELL. THEY STARTED 265,000 ON UP. ONE MUST HAVE EXCELLENT CREDIT OR GOOD CREDIT AND HAVE NO CREDIT CARD DEBT. IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR NEW HOMES, APARTMENT RENTS START AT 1,095 TO 1800 AND THAT'S NOT INCLUDING UTILITIES OR THE COST OF LIVING. WHO CAN AFFORD THIS? 95% OF ALL MY TENANTS ARE HARDWORKING VETERANS, RETIRED OR SENIOR CITIZENS, VETERANS WHO HAVE SERVED OUR COUNTRY AND SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES FOR OUR FREEDOMS. THIS IS OUR WAY OF GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY. I'VE BEEN A LANDLORD FOR 23 YEARS PROVIDING COMPLETELY FURNISHED HOMES WITH ALL BILLS PAID IN A BEAUTIFUL, WELL-MAINTAINED HOME. THE ONLY REASON ONE OF MY TENANTS STILL PARKS IN FRONT OF THE STREET BLOCKING THE MAILBOX IS BECAUSE THE PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED. AND I DO NOT WANNA HAVE FIVE VEHICLES PARKED IN THE FRONT OF MY LAWN OF MY HOUSE LIKE MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. THE EFFICIENCY WE ARE REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR IS ON A LOT. THAT'S 5,500 SQUARE FEET. THE EFFICIENCY IS 960 SQUARE FEET. IT HAS TWO BEDROOMS, TWO BATHROOMS, AND A SMALL KITCHEN. THE UNIT IS NOT VISIBLE FROM THE STREET, IT IS NOT OVERSTEPPING OR BLOCKING ANYONE'S FENCE LINE OR EASEMENT BOUNDARIES IF APPROVED, THERE WILL ALSO BE COVERED PARKING WITH FOUR SPACES FOR FOUR FU FOR FUTURE TENANTS. THE SAME DRIVEWAY, EASEMENT, ENTRANCE, IT WILL BE USED, NOTHING WILL BE CHANGED. WE WILL NOT BE BLOCKING ANYONE'S DRIVEWAY. WE WILL NOT BE CHANGING ANY EASEMENT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. ONLY USING WHAT IS ALREADY DESIGNATED FOR OUR DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE. I HAVE A SURVEY TO SHOW Y'ALL THAT. WHERE DO YOU, OKAY, BUT OKAY, SO, SO THIS IS THE EXISTING HOUSE. IT'S 816 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS THE UNIT WE'RE BUILDING. WE'D LIKE TO BUILD. IT'S 960 SQUARE FEET. THIS IS THE COVERED PARKING AREA. IT'S FOR FOUR VEHICLES. THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE YOU CAN SEE CLEARLY. I'M NOT CLOSE TO ANY, THIS IS MY FENCE LINE. ALL THIS AROUND HERE. WE LIVE AT THE END OF THE KDE SAC AND MY TENANTS, SO I HAVE THREE TENANTS RIGHT NOW IN THERE AND ONE PARKS IN THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE. THE OTHER ONE PARKS IN THE PARKING GARAGE AND THE OTHER ONE HAS TO PARK OUT IN THE STREET BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN CITED BY THE CITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES THAT WE CANNOT BE BLOCKING, THAT WE CANNOT PARK IN THE BACKYARD 'CAUSE THAT WE MIGHT BE STEPPING OVER, I DON'T KNOW, POWER LINES OR SOMETHING, BUT THERE'S NOTHING BACK THERE ANYWAY. SO HE'S BEEN HAVING TO BE FORCED TO PARK OUT HERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GET THIS UNTIL WE GET THIS PROJECT, UH, APPROVAL, A PERMIT, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, THE ONLY REASON I HAD STARTED THIS PROJECT WITHOUT EVEN UM, GETTING A PERMIT BEFOREHAND WAS BECAUSE IT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT A [02:10:01] HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD. EVERYONE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS, UH, SOME FORM OF STORAGE SHED OR TWO BUILT, INCLUDING MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR. THEY HAVE TWO OR THREE STORAGE SHEDS IN THEIR BACKYARD AND THEY EVEN HAVE ADDED ONTO THE TOP OF THEIR HOUSE MAKING IT A TWO STORY DWELLING UNIT. I ALSO HAVE, UM, CAN YOU PUT THIS PICTURE UP THERE SO YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE THAT THIS IS MY HOUSE. LOOK AT THIS BIG BACKYARD, ALL THIS SPACE HERE TO BUY A NEW HOUSE. AGAIN, IT'S 265,000 STARTING. AND YOU KNOW, WE JUST, WE, WE ARE PROVIDING A GOOD THING FOR PEOPLE THAT NEED AN AFFORDABLE PLACE TO LIVE. ALL MY HOUSES HERE THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED, ALL SUPPORTED MY PROJECT. THEY ALL AGREED SAYING YES, DO IT. IT'S A GOOD THING THAT I TOLD THEM HOW WE'RE GONNA BE PUTTING COVERED PARKING IN THE BACKYARD. SO IT'S NOT GONNA BE BLOCKING OR INTERVE INTERFERING WITH ANYBODY. THIS IS FOR ADULT HARDWORKING PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT, UH, FOR FAMILIES OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. I, LIKE I SAID, I'VE BEEN A LAND WORK FOR 23 YEARS. MOST OF MY PEOPLE STAY WITH ME FOR TWO TO FIVE AND A HALF YEARS. AND, UM, THAT'S ABOUT IT. THAT'S WHAT I HAVE TO SAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE. UH, MY NAME IS MARTHA WOLF AND I OWN THE PROPERTY AT 58 31. WOULD I OWN THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WITH, UH, CASE Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 27? I AM DIRECTLY OPPOSED TO THIS BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER, HIS ACCESSORY DRILLING UNITS ARE APARTMENT. HE IS TURNING HIS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE INTO A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. HE ADVERTISES ON HOT ADS.COM AND REHO.COM. YOU CAN SEE HIM ADVERTISING HIS ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS APARTMENTS, AN ACCESSORY THAT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR SINGLE FAMILY, UM, ZONING. THIS IS A, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY AND HE'S TURNING HIS PROPERTY INTO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX AND ADVERTISING IT THAT WAY. THAT IS WHY I'M OPPOSED TO THE 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 2 7 CD. I OWN THE PROPERTY DIRECTLY BEHIND HIM. THANK YOU. AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ALL RIGHT. UM, APPLICANT, THE APPLICANT HAS A, YOU HAVE A SHORT REBUTTAL TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE IT. SO AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, THIS IS, UM, BASICALLY LIKE A GUEST HOUSE, A TWO BEDROOM GUEST HOUSE. IT'S ONLY GONNA REQUIRE ONE ADDITIONAL METER. IT, IT'S TWO BEDROOMS, TWO BATH, A SMALL KITCHEN UNIT, 960 SQUARE FEET. AGAIN, BECAUSE THE BACKYARD IS 5,500 SQUARE FEET, IT'S A BIG LOT. THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE TO HAVE COVERED PARKING IN THE BACK. I PLAN ON PUTTING THE BACK, I PLAN ON PUTTING A COVERED PARKING FOR FOUR VEHICLE SPACES BECAUSE THE, YOU KNOW, EACH INDIVIDUAL USUALLY HAS ONE VEHICLE ITSELF. AND THEN THERE'S THREE PEOPLE THAT LIVE INSIDE THE EXISTING PRIMARY HOME. 5 8, 2 6 SHADOW AWAY. ONE PARKS IN THE GARAGE. THE OTHER ONE I HAD TO MAKE THE DRIVEWAY A LITTLE BIT BIGGER SO THAT HE CAN PARK ON THE DRIVEWAY. BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, IT IS AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC. HE HAD BEEN PARKING IN THE BACKYARD, BUT THEN WE GOT CITED BY THE CITY, UM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE A PERMIT. AND SO THEN THEY, THEY DIDN'T ALLOW US TO USE THE BACKYARD ANYMORE FOR PARKING. UM, AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I WOULD'VE, YOU KNOW, GOTTEN PERMITS. BUT EVERYONE IN THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S NOT A HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD. EVERYBODY HAS STORAGE UNITS, YOU KNOW, ONE OR TWO STORAGE FACILITY UNITS BUILT. THERE'S NOBODY ASKED FOR PERMITS TO DO THAT. THEY JUST DID IT NEXT DOOR TO ME. THE LADY PARKED FIVE VEHICLES ON HER FRONT LAWN. I DON'T KNOW HOW SHE GETS APPROVED TO DO THAT, BUT SHE DOES. AND THEN SHE ADDED ON UPSTAIRS TO MAKE IT A TWO STORY HOUSE. ALL THE HOUSES IN THAT AREA ARE ALL ABOUT 800 TO 900 SQUARE FEET. THEY'RE SMALL HOUSES AND THEY'RE ALL SINGLE STORY. AND SO AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN APARTMENT COMPLEX. I'M JUST ADDING LIKE A GUEST HOUSE TO THE BACK BACKYARD AND IT'S GONNA BE JUST A TWO BEDROOM [02:15:01] UNIT. SO THAT'S MY ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR QUESTIONS? YES, I THE APPLICANT. YES, MA'AM. UM, I JUST WANNA CLARIFY A COUPLE OF THINGS FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD YOU SHARE TODAY. UM, FIRST OF ALL, SO JUST TO CONFIRM, THE EXISTING HOUSE HAS THREE TENANTS. ARE THEY ON SEPARATE LEASES? IT'S THREE BED. IT'S A THREE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HOUSE? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. AND SO YOU AND THEY'RE ROOMMATES. THEY'RE ROOMMATES, OKAY. AND YOU DON'T LIVE ON THE PROPERTY. THIS IS NOT YOUR ACTUAL LIKE RESIDENTIAL? I DO NOT LIVE THERE, NO, MA'AM. I HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES AND YOU KNOW, I RENT THEM OUT. I USED TO RENT THEM OUT TO FAMILIES, BUT THE SMALL CHILDREN WOULD DESTROY THE HOUSE. SO I DECIDED, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M JUST GONNA RENT TO WORKING ADULT PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF, YOU KNOW, GOING THROUGH IT. SOME FORM OF TRANSITION PERIOD. MOST OF THEM, 95% OF ALL MY TENANTS ARE ALL MALE. A LOT OF THEM ARE COMING OUT OF THE AIR FORCE NAVY. UH, THEY LOVE BECAUSE IT'S SO CLOSE TO FORD, SAM HOUSTON, RANDOLPH BROOKS, YOU KNOW, AND THEY'RE USED TO SHARING SPACE BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SOLDIERS. UM, SO THE, AS ADDITIONAL CLARIFYING QUESTION, UH, YOU DO NOT ACTUALLY HAVE THE UNIT IN THE BACK COMPLETED YET? NO, MA'AM. IS THAT CORRECT, MA'AM? NO, MA'AM. HAS IT BEEN STARTED AT, IT HAS BEEN STARTED. IT HAD BEEN STARTED. AND AGAIN, YOU KNOW, AND YOU DID THAT WITHOUT PERMITS? I DID THAT WITHOUT PERMITS. AGAIN, BECAUSE IT'S AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD, I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO GET ALL THESE PERMITS AHEAD OF TIME. UM, IT'S NOT A HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD. EVERYBODY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS EXISTING STORAGE UNITS OR TWO. AND THEN, LIKE I SAID, MY, YOU KNOW, ALL MY NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE DONE THINGS TO THEIR HOUSE TO MODIFY, UPGRADE, OR CHANGE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND SO AGAIN, I DID NOT DO THAT. UM, THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. GETTING THAT AND THAT UNIT THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING YES MA'AM. OR IS PARTIALLY CONSTRUCTED IN THE BACK? YES MA'AM. YOU MENTIONED THAT IT'S A GUEST HOUSE, IT'S TWO BEDROOM, BUT IT IS TWO SEPARATE UNITS THAT YOU WILL BE LEASING SEPARATELY, IS THAT CORRECT? IT'S ONE UNIT. IT JUST HAS TWO BEDROOMS. SO WILL THERE BE TWO? SO IS IT ESSENTIALLY SOMETHING YOU'RE LEASING AS TWO APARTMENTS? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. SO THEN IT'S TWO UNITS OF HOUSING, EVEN IF IT'S ONE BUILDING. OKAY. BUT THERE'S NOT GONNA BE LIKE TWO ADDITIONAL METERS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. OKAY. IT'S JUST ONE. SO YOU'RE PLANNING ON USING ONE METER, BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TWO TENANTS? TWO TENANTS, YES MA'AM. OKAY. UM, THE OTHER, UH, QUESTION THAT I HAVE IN TERMS OF, UM, THE COVERED PARKING, HOW ARE YOU PROPOSING ACCESS TO THAT? I DON'T SEE ANY, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU DON'T WANNA CHANGE THE EASEMENT, BUT I'M NOT SURE HOW PEOPLE WOULD GET TO THE . THERE'S PLENTY OF SPACE ON THE SIDE OF THE, SO ARE THEY DRIVING ON GRASS OR, UH, WELL, NO, WE'RE GONNA ADD A CALICHE ENTRANCE RIGHT HERE FROM THE DRIVEWAY RIGHT HERE AND THEN GOES, IT GOES TO THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE AND THEN THERE'S PLENTY OF PARKING RIGHT THERE. OKAY. UM, AND THEN YOU'VE TALKED ABOUT AFFORDABLE UNI UNITS QUITE A BIT. ARE YOU ACTUALLY ACCEPTING SOMETHING LIKE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS, UM, IN TERMS OF KEEPING IT AFFORDABLE? NO MA'AM. NO MA'AM. UH, WHAT RENTS ARE YOU TYPICALLY CHARGING FOR THESE UNITS? SEVEN 50. OKAY, THANK YOU. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. YEAH, AND I WOULD ACCEPT HOUSING, BUT MY, MY, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, MY SENIOR CITIZENS THAT HAVE APPLIED FOR HOUSING, THEY TOLD ME, SUZANNE, THERE'S A FOUR TO SEVEN YEAR WAIT. IT'S LIKE THEY JUST, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T, I I DO UNDERSTAND. I AM A RENTER. . ALRIGHT. UH, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? ANY, NONE. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? YES. COMMISSIONER REES FOR THE APPLICANT. SO I SEE THERE'S A BIG PIPELINE EASEMENT IN YOUR PROPERTY. OKAY. SO THAT PRECLUDES YOU FROM REALLY PUTTING ANYTHING ON THERE. THE STRUCTURE, THE PARKING, UM, SO IT'S, IT LOOKS VERY CROWDED. UM, JUST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE OF THE EASEMENT. THERE'S A HUGE PIPELINE EASEMENT. I'M SORRY, I DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. 'CAUSE I'VE, I GOT THE PLOT, I GOT A SURVEY THAT RIGHT THERE. OKAY. YOU SEE THE DOT LINES? YES. CAN YOU, CAN WE ZOOM IN ON THAT? IT'S CLOSE TO IT BUT IT'S NOT OVERSTEPPING IT. NO, I UNDERSTAND. SO [02:20:01] THAT KIND OF MAKES IT VERY CROWDED BACK THERE. AND THEN THE ACCESS TO THE COVERED PARKING, YOU SAY THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM TO ACCESS IT, BUT I SEE THE CORNER OF THE STRUCTURE OF THE EXISTING HOUSE NEXT TO THE PROPERTY LINE. IS THAT WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING THE TRAFFIC TO GET TO THE BACK? YES. IT'S ON THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE. RIGHT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT DISTANCE IS? IT'S, I THINK IT'S SHOWN ON THERE. YEAH. EIGHT AND A HALF. OKAY. SO THEY ENTER IN THROUGH HERE, THIS IS THE DRIVEWAY. IT SAYS 8.5 AND ON GOOGLE MAPS THERE IS THAT BOX RIGHT THERE, RIGHT AT THE PROPERTY LINE. THAT'S A, THAT'S SOME KIND OF RISER FOR TEMP TELECOMMUNICATIONS. SO THAT IS RIGHT WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING TRAFFIC, RIGHT? YES SIR. WE'RE GONNA, RIGHT HERE IS WHERE WE, WE HAVE PLENTY OF DRIVING SPACE 'CAUSE I, WE, WE CAN, WE'VE BEEN GOING IN AND OUT OF THERE. ABSOLUTELY NO PROBLEM. THERE'S ENOUGH SPACE FOR A VEHICLE TO GO IN AND OUT AND THEN TO PARK HERE IS WHERE WE WANNA PROPOSE THE COVERED PARKING RIGHT THERE. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE. UM, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF AND UM, BECAUSE THE APPLICANT BROUGHT UP THAT, THAT NEIGHBORS HAVE, HAVE BUILT STORAGE SHEDS AND STORAGE UNITS IN THEIR BACKYARD. THERE'S A, YOU CAN GO UP TO I, IS IT 400 SQUARE FEET OR WHAT'S THE SIZE? YOU CAN GO UP TO A CERTAIN SIZE. 300. IT'S 300. SO STORAGE SHEDS COULD BE BUILT WITHOUT NEEDING A PERMIT? THAT IS CORRECT. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AND THAT WAS ALL MY QUESTIONS. BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER WATSON. UH, I AM GOING TO BE MAKING A MOTION TO DENY THIS REQUEST. UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF REASONS. UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS A HOUSING CRISIS. IT DRAMATICALLY IMPACTS DISTRICT TWO. UM, AND I AM A RENTER, SO ALL OF THE STATISTICS SHARED TODAY ARE THINGS I AM INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH. I ALSO AM FROM A MILITARY FAMILY, AND SO I DO UNDERSTAND MANY OF THE NUANCES AND CHALLENGES IN VETERANS TRANSITIONING AND TRYING TO FIND HOUSING. UM, HOWEVER, THERE'S NO WAY TO GUARANTEE THAT SHOULD THIS PROPERTY BE RESOLD, UM, WITH THE PROPOSED, UH, CHANGES THAT IT WOULD MAINTAIN ITS STATUS AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. UM, THERE ISN'T A FORMAL COMMITMENT TO ACCEPT SOMETHING LIKE SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS AND THERE ISN'T REALLY A WAY TO LIKE ACTUALLY MAKE THIS VETERANS ONLY HOUSING, UM, THROUGH ZONING. UH, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF CHALLENGES WITH THE WAY THIS PROPERTY IS LAID OUT. UM, AND THE WAY IT IMPACTS THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PATTERN OF THE COMMUNITY. THIS IS IN A CORNER LOT. THIS IS IN AN URBAN AREA THAT IS, UH, REALLY EQUIPPED OR READY OR NEEDS HIGHER DENSITY. UM, ESPECIALLY WITH BEING AT THE END OF A CUL-DE-SAC. I THINK THIS IS GONNA POSE SOME SIGNIFICANT PARKING AND TRAFFIC CHALLENGES. UM, I DO NOT REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE TRAFFIC FLOW WOULD WORK. UM, GOING BACK TO THE COVERED PARKING. UM, AND THERE WILL BE, UH, A NUMBER OF VEHICLES, UM, EVEN WITH GREAT TENANTS AND COVERED PARKING IN THE BACK. UM, IF YOU'RE NOT LIVING ON THE PROPERTY AS A FAMILY, UM, AS AN OWNER OCCUPANT, UM, OR EVEN SOMEBODY WHO'S, YOU KNOW, LEASING IT AND, AND DOING SOMETHING, ACTUALLY BEING ON THE PROPERTY, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT THAT IS REALLY GOING TO BE TO THE BENEFIT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE THIS. UM, PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED THERE FOR A LONG TIME OR WHO OUR RESIDENTS, UM, HAVE A RIGHT TO PUT STRUCTURES IN THEIR BACKYARD. IF YOU'RE ADDING ONTO YOUR HOUSE, YOU DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH A FORMAL PERMITTING PROCESS. THE FACT THAT THIS PROJECT WAS BEGUN WITHOUT THINKING THROUGH THAT CONCERNS ME. UM, AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE SINCE ZONING RUNS WITH THE LAND APPROVING THIS AND HAVING THAT SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, EVEN IF THE APPLICANT IS A GREAT LANDLORD, WHICH IT SOUNDS LIKE SHE IS, UM, THERE'S NO WAY TO GUARANTEE SOMEONE IN THE FUTURE WOULD HAVE THE SAME CONSIDERATION FOR THE COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS A SMALLER, UM, SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS JUST NOT EQUIPPED FOR THIS KIND OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AND IT DOESN'T MAKE A SUBSTANTIAL ENOUGH IMPACT ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, OR ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS TO REALLY MAKE SENSE HERE. UM, SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE DENYING THE MOTION. UM, AND ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SHARE COMMENTS? ? HOLD ON. HOLD ON. OKAY, SO THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION IS FOR DENIAL WITH THIS BY, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. UH, DISCUSSION LOOKING LEFT, COMMISSIONER, I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE IT DISCUSSION AND I DO, UH, APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT WITH WHAT SHE'S DOING AND MAINTAINING THE PROPERTIES, BUT IT'S JUST HARD FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS JUST FOR THE FACT THAT IT DOES CHANGE THE, THE LAYOUT OF THE COMMUNITY LIVING IN A CUL-DE-SAC. I PERSON LIVE IN A CULDESAC AND I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET IN AND OUT AND I JUST CAN'T SEE HOW YOU'D BE SQUEEZING ANOTHER DRIVEWAY ON THAT SIDE AND NOT, UH, CAUSING AN ISSUE WITH THE NEIGHBORS ADJACENT [02:25:01] TO THE PROPERTY. SO, BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND VOICING YOUR APPLICATION. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, ANY OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. NONE. UM, AND I AGREE WITH THE POINTS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON MADE AND, UM, IT JUST DOESN'T FIT TO, TO, TO BE BLUNT. UM, THE, THE DISTANCE EIGHT AND A HALF FEET, THAT'S NARROWER THAN A STANDARD, UM, UH, PARKING SPACE. SO, AND THAT'S TO A FENCE AND A CORNER OF A HOUSE THAT JUST SEEMS VERY TIGHT, VERY UNUSABLE. UM, AND YEAH, IT'S AT THE, AT THE END OF A, A CUL-DE-SAC. UM, THE, THE PREVIOUS CASE THAT WE HAD EARLIER TODAY, IT WAS ON A CORNER, UM, MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS, SO, YOU KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, UH, APPROVED THAT. SO THIS ONE, IT IS THE LOCATION AND EVERYTHING ABOUT IT JUST MAKES IT REALLY DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH. UM, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER ENTENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, NEXT CASE IS ITEM NUMBER. IS IT 26 THAT I HAVE. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE. GOOD. A GOOD AFTERNOON. ANN BETAS ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 26 IS LOCATED AT 7 1 0 2 NORTH LOOP 1604 EAST AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO LSS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME. THERE WERE 19 NOTICES SENT WITH ONE RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN IN OPPOSITION, AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. THE EXISTING C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA MATCHING THE ABUTTING PROPERTIES IN THEIR BASE ZONING DISTRICT. THE REQUESTED LSS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED L BASE ZONING IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING AND USES. STAFF RECOMMENDS MAINTAINING THE BASE C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND ADDING A CD FOR THE PROPOSED OVERSIZED VEHICLE. STORAGE STAFF FINDS EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. FORGET TO HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. PATRICK CHRISTENSEN, THREE 10 SOUTH ST. MARY'S SUITE 2,700. I'LL BE QUICK. I KNOW Y'ALL ARE HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A WHILE. UH, WE ORIGINALLY FILED L ZONING BECAUSE THE, THE DEVELOPER ALSO OWNS PROPERTY TO THE REAR THAT'S ZONED L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND I ONE INDUSTRIAL. BUT IN TALKING TO STAFF, STAFF RECOMMENDED THE C THREE CD, WE'RE FINE WITH THAT. THERE'S, THERE'S ALREADY A PARKING LOT THERE. WE'RE GOING TO REPAVE IT AND WE NEED THE ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO PARK TRACTOR TRAILER TRUCKS THERE, WHICH IS CONSIDERED OVERSIZED VEHICLES AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. BUT WE'RE FINE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND I'LL FORMALLY AMEND MY REQUEST TO C THREE CD. THANK YOU. HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANKS. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT. ALL. OH, I DIDN'T SEE WHO. OH, COMMISSIONER NICKS. I BELIEVE THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT. UH, YES. AND, AND ACTUALLY I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. AGAIN, I TRY TO DO A LITTLE BIT OF HOMEWORK AHEAD OF TIME AND, UH, IT, MR. CRITCH SAID IT'S ALREADY IS PARKING IT. I DON'T HAVE, I DIDN'T HAVE A PROBLEM NECESSARILY, BUT I GO IT'S BETTER. WELL I KNOW THAT THE GO ALONG WITH ALL RIGHT, GREAT. UM, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE. ALRIGHT. AND, UH, I I JUST HAVE ONE QUESTION OR CLARIFICATION FOR FROM STAFF. THIS WENT BEFORE PLANNING COMMISSION, CORRECT? IT DID AND THEY, UH, RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF HIS AMENDED REQUEST THERE AS WELL. ALRIGHT, THANKS. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER NICKS BACK TO YOU. OKAY, THEN I MOVE FOR, UH, RECOMMENDATION OF [02:30:01] APPROVAL FOR ZONING KZ 2 0 2 3 107 0 0 1 4 2 S AS AMENDED. I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED, UH, BY COMMISSIONER NICKS SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES, UH, DISCUSSION. LOOKING LEFT. SEEING NONE. LOOKING RIGHT. EVERYBODY'S NOT EVEN LOOKING AT ME ANYMORE. UH, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THE FINAL ITEM? OH, DID I EVER FORMALLY MAKE A NOTE THAT COMMISSIONER WATSON DID NOT RETURN AFTER THE BREAK? I AM LIKE REALLY MISSING OUT. I APOLOGIZE. APOLOGIZE. COMMISSIONER WATSON. I APOLOGIZE COMMISSIONER. GREAT. MY GOSH. ALRIGHT, BUT DID I, DID I NOT, DID I MAKE THE OKAY COMMISSIONER YOU SAY YOU DIDN'T BUT IT WAS AFTER THE, IT WAS, SHE, SHE LEFT AT THE BREAK. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE DID NOT RETURN. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I'M GONNA START CALLING US THE CITY OF BERNIE OR SOME MESSING UP CITY NAMES, EVEN STAFF. THANK YOU. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS PRISCILLA ROSALES PINA. I'M A PLANNING MANAGER WITH THE CITY SAN ANTONIO PLANNING DEPARTMENT AND THIS IS ZONING CASE Z 2020 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. IT'S LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE EAST AND WCO ROAD. SO THE ZONING REQUEST IS FROM O C L OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS COMMERCIAL C TWO H A H O D, COMMERCIAL AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT, DISTRICT AND N P 10 A H O D, NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION AIRPORT HAZARDOUS OVERLAY DISTRICT. AND THIS CHANGES TO C TWO CD A H O D COMMERCIAL AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME SLASH OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES SERVICE AND STORAGE. 76 NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET. ONE WAS RETURNED IN FAVOR, 32 WERE RETURNED IN OPPOSITION OR THERE'S 32 VOICEMAILS AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AN AREA THAT'S TRANSITIONING FROM UNDEVELOPED LAND AND OPEN SPACE TO MORE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL AREAS. THERE ARE EXISTING INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES LOCATED TO THE EAST AND WEST OF THE PROPERTY AND THE AREA AND THE AREAS ALONG THE INTERSTATE ARE ALSO ZONED SIMILARLY FOR INTENSE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES, HELPING TO BUFFER MORE RESIDENTIAL AND LIGHT COMMERCIAL USES THAT ARE FURTHER AWAY FROM THE INTERSTATE. BASED ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND USES OF THE AREAS, THE PROPOSED ZONING WOULD NOT HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORING LANDS. THE SITE PLAN PROVIDES, UM, LANDSCAPE BUFFERING THAT WE NEGOTIATED THAT IS, HAS BEEN INCREASED TO 25 FEET GREATER THAN THE REQUIRED 15 FEET ALONG THE PROPERTY LINES THAT ABOVE THE RESIDENTIAL USES, UH, DOWNWARD LIGHTING AND, UH, FULL CUTOFF FEATURES WILL BE ALSO USED TO FURTHER MINIMIZE THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD PROPERTIES. THE PROPOSED OPERATING HOURS OF THIS OPERATIONS ARE FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, 8:00 AM TO 5:00 PM SATURDAY, AND THEY'RE CLOSING SUNDAY. UH, THERE IS NO ASSIGNED ZONING ON THE PROPERTIES LOCATED. THIS IS IN, IN, UM, IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ANNEXATION. SO THERE IS A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS AND IT HAS NO ZONING. AND, UM, THIS REQUEST, IF IT WERE TO BE DENIED AND THE ZONING RE IF THE ZONING REQUEST WOULD TO BE DENIED, THE PROPERTY WILL BE ZONED DR DEVELOPMENT RESERVE ZONING, WHICH ONLY PERMITS R SIX RESIDENTIAL USES. UPON ANNEXATION, THE PROPERTY THAT'S INSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WOULD MAINTAIN THE CURRENTS, UH, COMMERCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED, UM, C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOMES AND OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES SERVICE AND STORAGE ZONING IS THE MOST APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THIS PROPERTY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THE ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE PROPERTIES LOCATED ADJACENT TO THE HIGHWAY AND IN PROXIMITY TO THE MAJOR, THE FIRST, AND IT IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH THE INTERSTATE 10 EAST CORRIDOR PERIMETER PLAN RECOMMENDED RE WHICH RECOMMENDS LOCATING MORE INTENSE USES ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS AND RESIDENTIAL USES TO ACCESS A BUFFER. SO THERE IS INCREASED, UH, BUFFERING IN THE SIDE PLAN AND THERE IS, UH, LANDSCAPING AND, UH, [02:35:01] FENCING ALONG THE, THE PROPERTIES. SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ZONING REQUEST. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT. UH, THANK YOU. I KNOW IT'S BEEN AN EXTREMELY LONG DAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF VOICEMAILS TO LISTEN TO, SO I'M GONNA KEEP THIS AS BRIEF AS I POSSIBLY CAN. UM, IF WE CAN START ON SLIDE TWO. SO JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW AS PRISCILLA STATED, THIS IS, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS OVER 35 AND A HALF ACRES, 16.37, ONE OF WHICH IS CURRENTLY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. UM, SO, AND THAT DONUT HOLE, WHICH I'LL SHOW YOU IN A COUPLE SLIDES, UM, IS ACTUALLY WHAT IS ADJOINING THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO IT'S COMMERCIAL AND NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION ON THE FRONTAGE, UM, ABOUT HALFWAY THROUGH THE PROPERTY AND THEN THIS DONUT HOLE OF PROPERTY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. UM, SO SURROUNDING USES, YOU CAN SEE THE PALOMA RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE SOUTH EAST. UH, AND THEN ALONG THE FRONTAGE HERE JOINING US, THERE'S UH, SEMI-TRUCK SERVICING FOUNDATION REPAIR COMPANY, AND THEN WE ADJOIN BOTH REEL ROAD AND THE I 10 FRONTAGE. JUST ANOTHER EXHIBIT, UH, JUST ANOTHER AERIAL, THIS IS EAST, UM, OF 1604. UM, DEVELOPMENT IS CONTINUING TO TRANSITION, UH, PAST 1604 HERE. SO A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT IS COMING PAST 1604. UM, HOPEFULLY THIS BEING ONE OF THEM. UH, SO THIS DID GO A PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK. IT'S CURRENTLY, UH, DESIGNATED URBAN LIVING IN THE I 10 EAST CORRIDOR PLAN. UH, OUR REQUEST TO PLANNING COMMISSION WAS FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, UM, THAT IS GOING TO ADJOIN THE URBAN LIVING AND THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AS A BUFFER BETWEEN, YOU KNOW, THE INTENSE HIGHWAY FRONTAGE, UM, AND THOSE LESSER INTENSE USES, BUT URBAN LIVING CALLS FOR EVERY MIXED USE DISTRICT. UM, I D Z, UH, FORM BASED ZONING, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO CURRENTLY THE PLAN CURRENTLY CALLS FOR MUCH MORE INTENSITIES THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING THAT DOWN AND CONTROL IT. UM, IN ADDITION, PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THE ANNEXATION IN CONJUNCTION WITH THIS REQUEST LAST WEEK. SO THE ZONING, UM, SO YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THE FRONTAGE WE HAVE THAT KIND OF ODD STRIP OF C TWO AND THEN NP 10. AND THEN YOU CAN SEE THE, UH, DONUT HOLE RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE, UH, THAT IS OUTSIDE SITTING LIMITS. SO THAT'S 16.3 ACRES OUTSIDE SITTING LIMITS. OUR ZONING REQUEST IS FOR C TWO WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES AND STORAGE. THE WAY THE CODE HAS IT CODIFIED IS THAT IT IS OVERSIZED VEHICLE SLASH MANUFACTURED HOUSES. UM, I'LL SHOW YOU IN JUST A SECOND. THERE'S NOTHING RELATED TO MANUFACTURING HOUSING IN THERE, BUT THERE'S NO WAY BASED ON WHETHER THE CODE HAS IT WRITTEN TO SEPARATE THOSE TWO USES. SO THAT IS THE USE. UM, AND THAT IS A REQUEST. UM, AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE SITE PLAN, JUST A LITTLE EXTRA DETAILS ON THAT. UM, BUT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING APPROVAL. AGAIN, THIS IS A TRANSITIONAL AREA. THERE'S A LOT OF HEAVY COMMERCIAL, HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, A LOT OF PROPERTY OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, UM, THAT IS UNREGULATED. UM, AND SO THE, THE COMMERCIAL BASE, THE C TWO BASE IS, IS REALLY THE LEAST INTENSE THAT WE COULD GO TO HERE, UM, IN PROVIDING THAT TRANSITION BETWEEN THE HIGHWAY AND THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PALOMA. UM, IN ADDITION TO SENDING LETTERS, UM, TO OVER 80 INDIVIDUAL PROPERTY OWNERS, WE HAVE BEEN FIELDING EMAILS AND CALLS. UM, I TOOK FOUR OF THEM THIS MORNING, UM, FROM NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS IN THAT COMMUNITY ANSWERING QUESTIONS. UM, ONE OF, ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT HAS VOICED THEIR SUPPORT, UM, I THINK YOU'LL HEAR A VOICEMAIL FROM THEM TODAY, UM, HAS ALSO BEEN ASSISTING WITH, THEY HAVE TWO SMALL FACEBOOK GROUPS, UH, FOR THEIR COMMUNITY. UM, AND FACILITATING INFORMATION, ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS, SENDING ME QUESTIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE POSING AND LETTING ME FACILITATE INFORMATION OUT THERE TO THEM AS WELL. SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSION HERE, A LOT OF CONCERNS, UH, SPECIFICALLY ABOUT PROPERTY VALUATION. UM, THE APPRAISAL DISTRICT WILL NOT COMPARE COMMERCIAL TO RESIDENTIAL. UM, AND SO WE'VE DISCUSSED THAT AT LENGTH. UM, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT BUFFERING, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT DOWNWARD LIGHTING, UM, AND I'LL DETAIL THE BUFFERING IN JUST A MINUTE 'CAUSE IT'S, IT IS MORE THAN JUST THE 25 FEET. UM, BUT TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THE OPERATIONS ARE GONNA FUNCTION, COMPLETE ENCLOSURE OF THOSE SERVICES THERE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. UM, AND SO A LOT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THUS FAR. UM, UNDERSTAND WE HAVE A LOT OF VOICEMAILS TO LISTEN TO TODAY, SO HAPPY TO ADDRESS THOSE. THEN, UH, NEXT SLIDE. SO THIS IS THE SITE PLAN AND AS PRISCILLA MENTIONED, UH, THE C TWO BY RIGHT ONLY REQUIRES A 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. [02:40:01] WE HAVE INCREASED THAT, UH, THROUGH THE SITE PLAN TO A MINIMUM OF 25 FEET. UM, IF YOU CAN SEE WHERE MY POINTER IS, THE ONLY AREA THAT IS REMOTELY CLOSE TO IT'S STILL EXCEEDING 25 FEET IS RIGHT HERE IN THIS, UH, CLOSEST CORNER TO Y SHIELD ROAD. UM, THESE AREAS DOWN HERE WHERE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE FOLKS ON VASQUEZ CIRCLE AND FRANCISCO WAY, UM, SOME OF THEM HAVE EVEN OVER A HUNDRED FEET. THIS IS GOING TO BE FULLY IRRIGATED, LANDSCAPED BUFFERING MAINTAINED BY, BY THE DEVELOPER. UH, IT'S GONNA BE DOGGETT COMPANY. UM, AND I'LL EXPLAIN THAT IN JUST A MINUTE. SO THIS SITE IS PROPOSED TO BE THE SALES SERVICE AND HEADQUARTERS OF DOGGETT, UH, COMPANY. THEY ARE A FREIGHTLINER COMPANY. UM, AND SO THIS IS THEIR 168,000, UH, SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. THAT'S WHERE ALL OF THOSE SERVICES BEING OFFERED ARE GOING TO BE CONTAINED. THOSE WILL BE IN THERE. UM, AND THEN ALL OF THIS IS PARKING. THERE IS A LARGE DETENTION POND, AND THIS, AGAIN, THIS IS A ALMOST 36 ACRE PIECE OF PROPERTY. UM, BUT WE HAVE ORIENTED THE BUILDING, THE LARGEST PORTION OF THE BUILDING. UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE I 10 FRONTAGE, SO IT'S PUSHED ALL THE WAY UP BACK HERE. UM, THIS IS ALL PARKING ALONG THE REAR AND THEN THIS IS ALL EXTENSIVE AND EVERYTHING WITH THOSE DOTS IS LANDSCAPED BUFFERING. UM, WE'RE PLANNING, TALKED WITH SEVERAL NEIGHBORS THAT HAVE SOME TREES, UM, RIGHT BEHIND THEIR HOMES, TALKED TO THEM ABOUT PRESERVING THOSE TREES. WE'RE GONNA BE PRESERVING THE TREES THAT ARE THERE, UM, UNLESS THEY'RE INVASIVE AND WE HAVE TO REMOVE THEM. UM, BUT THOSE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTED AGAIN WITH, WITH THIS FULLY IRRIGATED LANDSCAPE. BUFFERING, UM, NEW PLANTINGS AND ALL OF THAT THERE. UH, THE BUILDING HEIGHT ALSO WITH THIS SITE PLAN. SO C TWO HAS A BUILDING HEIGHT REGULATION IN THE CODE, BUT IF YOU SET THE BUILDING BACK, YOU CAN EXCEED THE BUILDING HEIGHT. UM, THIS LIMITS BUILDING HEIGHT TO 35 FEET, TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY. UH, TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY HOME. UM, SO THERE ARE A MIX OF TWO, ONE AND TWO STORY HOMES AROUND HERE. SO THIS IS A VERY COMPARABLE BUILDING HEIGHT, SO IT'S NOT SOME GIANT LOOMING BUILDING, UM, THAT NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA HAVE TO LOOK AT IN THEIR BACKYARDS. UM, WE WILL HAVE SECURED PERIMETER FENCING AS WELL. SO A LOT OF BUFFERING, A LOT OF SCREENING, UM, AND, AND REALLY LOW BUILDING HEIGHT HERE. UM, AND THE ONLY OTHER THING I WILL MENTION IS YOU CAN SEE THESE LITTLE POCKETS. THERE'S ADDITIONAL LANDSCAPING, UM, IN THOSE PARKING AREAS AS WELL. UM, BUT, UH, REALLY WORKED HARD ON ON DESIGNING THIS SITE WITH THE PALOMA NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, IN CONSIDERATION, MAKING SURE THAT IT WAS AS LEAST INTRUSIVE AS POSSIBLE. SO AGAIN, DOWNWARD LIGHTING, INCREASED BUFFERING, UH, MORE THAN SUFFICIENT PARKING. A LOT OF SCREENING AND, AND BUFFERING ON THIS. UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BIT. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE DESIGN OF, OF THAT DOGGETT BUILDING, UH, DOGGETT FREIGHT LINER. IT'S AN ELITE SUPPORT CERTIFIED DEALERSHIP. UM, THEY WILL HAVE SERVICING, BUT AGAIN, ALL OF THAT WILL BE ENCLOSED IN THE BUILDING. UM, ORIGINALLY IT STARTED WITH 18 EMPLOYEES, NINE OF WHICH WERE TECHNICIANS. UM, THERE WERE ONLY 1500 FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES. UM, THIS IS INTENDED TO BE KIND OF THEIR MAIN HUB HEADQUARTERS, UM, WITH A LOT OF JOB OPPORTUNITY HERE. UM, SO WE'RE, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. UM, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AGAIN, I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF VOICEMAILS TO GET TO, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? JUST VOICEMAILS? JUST VOICEMAILS? ALRIGHT, WE COULD START. HELLO, MY NAME IS ALYSSA AND I LIVE AT 1 0 5 3 5 PABLO , TEXAS. ZIP CODE 7 8 1 0 9. THE CASE NUMBER THAT I'M CALLING ABOUT ENDS IN 1 5 7. I AM CALLING, UM, IN REGARDS TO THE DELTA 18, UH, TO VOICE MY, UM, CONCERN AND PLACE A VOTE OF NO, UM, OR OPPOSITION OF THIS PROJECT. UM, THANK YOU. HELLO, I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 2023 DASH 1 0 7 5 7. I MY NAME IS AMANDA COLLINS AND I LIVE AT TEN SIX SEVEN NINE PABLO WAY. I WANTED TO VOTE, UH, REQUEST THAT A NO. UM, THE INPUT IT FOR ME FOR THE DOG GATE 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP. UM, WE DO NOT WANT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD LIKE TO STAY RESIDENTIAL, UM, AND WE WOULD NOT LIKE OUR AREA REZONED. UM, IF YOU GIVE ME A CALL BACK AT (210) 412-2199 WITH ANY QUESTIONS, [02:45:01] I WOULD APPRECIATE IT. UM, AGAIN, THAT PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 412-2199. HAVE A BLESSED DAY. MY NAME IS AMY ROBLES. MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 2 0 6 MARGARITA LOOP, CONVERSE, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. THE CASE NUMBER IS P AS IN PAPA, A AS IN ALPHA 2 0 2 3 DASH 16 0 4 1 SLASH 3 0 4 1. I OPPOSE THE REZONING FOR, UH, THE DEALERSHIP THAT THEY'RE WISHING TO PUT IN, UM, IN MY BACKYARD. UM, AGAIN, I I AM NOT, UH, FOR THIS, THE REZONING OF DOGGETT TRYING TO REZONE THE PROPERTY THAT IS LOCATED UM, BEHIND THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION. HELLO, MY NAME IS ANTHONY FLORES. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 1 5 7. UH, I LIVE AT TEN SEVEN FOUR SEVEN ROSA LEON LOOP, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. ZIP CODE IS 7 8 1 0 9. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE CASE SAYING WE OPPOSE THE REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE FOR THE TAILGATE TRUCK DEALERSHIP. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS ASHLEY FOSTER CALLING TO SAY NO TO THE DODGE TRUCK DEALERSHIP. THE PHONE NUMBER FOR ME IS (210) 286-6662. I LIVE AT 1 0 4 2 6 MARGARITA LOOP, CONVERSE, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. CASE ENDING IN 1 5 7. AGAIN, MY VOTE WAS NO THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS ASHLEY HERNANDEZ. I LIVE AT 1 0 5 0 8 PENELOPE WAY, CONVERSE 7 8 1 0 9 IN THE PALOMA COMMUNITY. UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (910) 964-7790. I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 1 5 7. AND I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE THE BUILDING OF THE DODGE 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO OPPOSE THE DODGE 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP SURROUNDING OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. HELLO, THIS IS BRINA. I AM THE RESIDENT OF 1 0 5 3 9 DAY GONZALO WAY. I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7, THE 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE BUILT NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I WANTED TO INFORM YOU THAT I AM PART OF THE NO GROUP IN REGARDS TO THIS SETUP. UM, IT'S MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 6 6 1 6 2 0 0. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS CAMMY WAL. I LIVE AT 1 0 7 9 1 PRISONER DRIVE, CONVERSE, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT ONE OH NINE. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (360) 477-2635. I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 7 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. AND I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER A NO VOTE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS CHRIS DEION. UH, MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 4 5 4 MARGARITA LOOP AND THE CASE NUMBER IS UH, 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. CALLING TO REQUEST THE PROPOSAL OF, UH, THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE DOGGETT TRUCK DEALERSHIP. THANK YOU. HI, I'M CALLING ON 0 4 1 AND I OPPOSE THE ZONING IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I LIVE AT 43 0 7 WEST VASQUEZ CIRCLE AND I BELIEVE IT WILL DE IN DECREASE THE VALUE OF MY HOME. AND MY NAME IS CRAIG KPA, K L E M P A. THANK YOU. YES, HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ERIC. UH, I LIVE AT UH, 1 0 6 3 0 EROS DRIVE IN THE PALOMA COMMUNITY. UM, I'M CALLING FOR THE CASE NUMBER 0 1 5 7, UH, ENDING 0 1 5 7. UH, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT I APPROVE [02:50:01] OF THE ZONING. I DO NOT OPPOSE AND I DON'T MIND IF YOU GUYS DO BUILD A DEALERSHIP THERE. I KNOW THE COMMUNITY'S RAISING A LOT OF HELL ABOUT, UM, NOT WANTING IT THERE, BUT I, I COULD CARE LESS TO BE HONEST WITH YOU. UH, THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS GARY EDINBURG. I LIVE AT 1 0 7 0 2 TERROS DRIVE IN CONVERSE, TEXAS. UM, I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. UM, I'M CALLING TO REGISTER MY NO TO THE DOGGETT 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP. UH, I HOPE, UM, THAT THIS IS RECORDED AND, UM, AND THAT, THAT MY NO VOTE IS REGISTERED. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS IRMA CARRERA AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 6 4 6 PABLO WAY CU TEXAS. AND MY NUMBER IS TWO TEN SIX EIGHT FIVE ONE ZERO. I'M SORRY, 1 3 4 3. UM, I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 0 4 1, UM, CASE NUMBER PA 2023 DASH 11 DASH 6,041. THAT'S, UH, THREE ZEROS IN THE MIDDLE AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE DODGE, UH, FREIGHT COMPANY, UH, THAT WANTS TO BUILD A DEALERSHIP THAT WANTS TO BUILD OUTSIDE THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION. UH, I SAY NO TO THAT BECAUSE IT'S NO GOOD BUSINESS FOR US. WE NEED, UH, STORES, WE NEED WALMART, WE NEED A T B, WE NEED FOOD RESTAURANTS TO HELP US. THERE IS A LOT OF TRUCKING ALREADY, UM, ON FOSTER AVENUE ALL THE WAY TO 1604 AND WE DO NOT NEED THAT ANYMORE. SO IF YOU, UH, PLEASE CONSIDER ME, UM, AS A NOTE FOR THIS CASE. THANK YOU. YES, HI THERE. MY NAME IS JAMIE ORGEN. I'M CALLING ON CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. MY PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1 0 4 OH, I'M SORRY, 1 0 4 0 7 FRANCISCO WAY IN CONVERS TEXAS. WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR DOGGETT TRUCK DEALERSHIP. MY PROPERTY LINES UP DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPOSED UH, DEALERSHIP. THIS WOULD CAUSE A DEVALUE IN MY HOME. SAFETY CONCERNS, THE NOISE CONCERNS, YOU NAME IT, THE LIST THAT GOES ON. AGAIN, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. UM, WE ALSO SENT AN EMAIL THE THE YESTERDAY, UH, TO JOYCE WHO'S LISTED ON THE FORM. MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO ONE, UH, 2 4 1 7 3 9 4. AND AGAIN, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION. JOE MO 1 0 7 6 2 GANI DRIVE, ZIP CODE 7 8 1 0 9. UH, THE LAST UH, NUMBERS OF THE CASE ARE 1 1 6 0 0 0 4 1. I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE ANY ZONING CHANGES FOR THAT AREA. THAT AREA IS IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO HAVE BUSINESSES, UH, AND SUCH, BUT IT SHOULD NOT HAVE A HUGE COMMU COMMERCIAL TRUCKING SALES AND SERVICE. IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALSO THE WAY THAT IN IS ZONE NOW, POTENTIALLY WE COULD HAVE RESTAURANTS, RETAIL STORES, AND EVEN ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESSES THERE, WHICH WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE LIVE IN A CITY, NOT A RURAL COMMUNITY, SO A LARGE TRUCKING COMMERCIAL DISNEY BUSINESS WITH SALES AND SERVICE AND THE SMELL OF PETROLEUM DOESN'T FIT WITH THAT. PLEASE DENY THE ZONING CHANGES FOR [02:55:01] THIS PROJECT SO THAT AS A CITY WE CAN MOVE FORWARD. THANK YOU. HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS KARA KEELING AND I'M A RESIDENT AT 1 0 5 6 4 PABLO WAY IN CONVERSE, TEXAS. UM, I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT I OPPOSE THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THE ETT TRUCK DEALERSHIP. UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (570) 903-0424 AND THIS IS CONNECTED TO CASE ENDING IN 1 5 7. AGAIN, I JUST WANNA SAY THAT I AM OPPOSED TO IT. I DON'T THINK THIS IS THE APPROPRIATE PLACE FOR THAT. SO HOPEFULLY THIS SOUNDS SOMETHING. THANK YOU. BYE. HI, MY NAME'S KELSEY ARMSTRONG. MY ADDRESS IS 3 3 8 2, UH, CARDUCCI DRIVE. I'M CALLING ON THE CASE NUMBER, UM, 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. UH, I JUST WANTED TO CALL AND VOTE NO FOR THE DOG AT 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP. IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. HELLO, MY NAME IS KIM RUMLEY. MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 7 9 4 PRISONER DRIVE, CONGRESS, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. CASE NUMBER IS ENDING IN 1 5 7. MY VOTE IS NO. I'M CALLING TO SAY NO TO THE DOG AT 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP. MY NAME'S LINDA MANCHESTER, 1 0 7 WAIT, 1 0 5 0 7 MARGARITA LOOP IN CONVERSE. AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (720) 301-9684. THE CASE NUMBER ENDS IN, WELL, IT'S 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. I WOULD ABSOLUTELY RATHER SEE BUSINESSES LIKE A BEAUTY SALON OR A GROCERY STORE, ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, BUT I'M, I WANNA MAKE MY SELF KNOWN THAT I DO NOT WANT THAT 18 WHEELER DEALERSHIP THERE. IT WILL DECREASE THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS MARISSA MESA AND I'M CALLING FROM ADDRESS TEN FOUR ONE NINE FRANCISCO WAY IN CONGRESS, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. UM, OPPOSING THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THE DOGGETT TRUCK DEALERSHIP CASE. THE LAST NUMBERS OF THE CASE ARE 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. HELLO, MY NAME IS MIGUEL MERRILL AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE INITIATIVE TO, UH, FOR BUSINESS. UH, CASE NUMBER IS CASE NUMBER P A 2 2 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 4 1. AGAIN, MY NAME IS MIGUEL MERRILL. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (806) 438-1237 AND MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 6 7 5 PENELOPE WAY METRO CONGRESS, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. AGAIN, I AM IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING FOR THE TRUCK TRUCKING BUSINESS THAT'S BEING, UH, CONSIDERED TO BE BUILT IN MY AREA. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS MONICA KPA. I LIVE AT 4 3 0 7 WEST VASQUEZ CIRCLE IN CONVERSE, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. I AM CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER LAST THREE DIGITS 0 4 1. AND I AM CALLING TO LET YOU KNOW I STRONGLY, STRONGLY OPPOSED THE ZONE CHANGE. PLEASE RECONSIDER CHANGING THIS ZONE. HELLO, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS URIEL MARTA. I LIVE AT 1 0 7 8 3 PRISONER DRIVE HERE IN CONVERSE. I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 DASH 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. AND THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE DOGGETT TRUCK DEALERSHIP THAT YOU GUYS ARE, UM, LOOKING TO APPROVE. UH, I STRONGLY, UM, WOULD APPRECIATE IF THAT WOULDN'T BE THE CASE. I I WOULD APPRECIATE IF IT WAS, UH, DENIED AND DECLINED. UM, I LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WE'RE EXPECTING OUR FIRST AND JUST THE BUSYNESS OF HAVING SOMETHING LIKE THAT IS, UM, IS JUST NOT WHAT WE HAD SIGNED UP FOR WHEN WE MOVED INTO THIS, UM, SUBDIVISION. SO, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO FURTHER DISCUSS THIS, MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (540) 255-9225. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAVE A GREAT DAY. [03:00:01] BYE-BYE. HI THERE, MY NAME IS NORMA DIAZ. MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO FIVE ONE EIGHT THREE ONE ONE. MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 6 3 0 PENELOPE WAY AND I'M CALLING REGARDS TO THE CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 DASH 0 7 0 1 5 7. UH, I'M CALLING TO SAY NO TO THE DODGE TRUCK DEALERSHIP. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS PAMELA MOLINA. I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 22 3 TAX TEN SEVEN ZERO ZERO ONE FIVE SIX. THIS IS ABOUT THE DODGE, THE DODGER TRUCK DEALERSHIP. I LIVE AT 1 0 5 0 3 DICKENS HOLLOW WAY IN THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION. I DO NOT WANT THIS PROJECT TO GO FORWARD. WE, THE COMMUNITY DOES NOT WANT THIS KIND OF, UM, BUILDING OR CONSTRUCTION TO GO FORWARD. UM, WE REALLY WANNA OPPOSE THIS PROJECT. WE DO NOT WANT THIS ANYWHERE NEAR OUR HOME. UH, YOU CAN CALL ME BACK AT (760) 846-8287. MY EMAIL IS S K Y E P U P P E T@GMAIL.COM. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS PAMELA MOLINA. HI, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS REYNA FOREMAN. I LIVE AT 1 0 5 3 5 ROSALINA LOOP IN CONVERSE, TEXAS. MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (813) 810-9215. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 1 5 7. UM, I WANT MY VOICE TO BE HEARD THAT I REJECT THIS. I DON'T WANT A DEALERSHIP TO BE ABLE TO, UM, BE BUILT IN FRONT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I WOULD PREFER THAT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE CAN KEEP IT, UM, TO RESIDENTIAL AND RETAIL. UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL I HAVE. PLEASE CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. BYE. HI, MY NAME IS RICHARD WHITE, ONE ZERO SEVEN FOUR SEVEN FRANCISCO WAY AND CONVERSE PHONE NUMBER IS (512) 638-5415. I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER THE LAST THREE DIGITS, 1 5 7 RELATING TO, UH, AN APPROVAL FOR A DOGGETT TRUCK DEALERSHIP, UH, OVER HERE NEAR WHERE I LIVE. BUT I JUST WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M OPPOSED TO THAT. UM, IF YOU NEED TO FIND OUT WHY YOU GIVE ME A CALL. THANK YOU. BYE NOW. HELLO, THIS IS RITA MOTA. I AM AT, UH, ADDRESS 1 0 5 0 3 PENELOPE WAY, CONVERSE, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9 IN THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION. I AM CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 2023 DASH 0 7 0 1 5 7 AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT. THE CITY IS, UM, THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR DOGGETT TRUCK DEALERSHIP. WE DO NOT WANT THAT DEALERSHIP IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS THIS OR, YOU KNOW, TALK TO SOMEONE ABOUT IT. UM, YOU CAN CALL ME BACK AT (210) 317-9616. THANK YOU. HI, THIS IS ROBERT JENSEN, 1 0 7 9 2 ROSALINA LOOP, CONVERSE, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. THE DOCKET 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP FOR REZONING IN OUR AREA. I SAY NO TO IT AND REQUEST THAT WE CONTINUE WITH WHAT THE ZONING WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AND THAT WAS ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD, RESTAURANTS, H E B OR SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS SHARON FIELDS ADDRESS, 1 0 3 2 6 FRANCISCO WAY, CONVERSE, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT ONE ZERO NINE AND MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (443) 683-1993. THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO THE CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 1 5 7. WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THANK YOU. YES, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS TONY YANKE. I RESIDE AT 1 0 7 9 4 PERUS DRIVE, CONVERSE, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, TO UH, REGISTER A NO VOTE AGAINST THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN, NO TO THE, TO [03:05:01] THE DOGGETT 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP. CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 7. THANK YOU. YES, MY NAME IS TYRUS SASONE. I LIVE AT 1 0 7 6 2 FRANCISCO WAY. THIS IS IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER PA AS IN PAPA ALPHA 2 0 2 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 4 1. UM, I DO NOT AGREE WITH, UH, HAVING TO BUILD A, UH, MORE TRUCKING, UH, 18 WHEELER TRUCK DEALERSHIP IN FRONT OF MY SUBDIVISION. UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S GONNA CAUSE MORE TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY THAT IT'S, IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UH, INTERSTATE 10 AND IN FRONT OF, YOU KNOW, THE SUBDIVISION. IT'S GONNA COST A LOT OF TRAFFIC. UH, AND I, AND I, I I DON'T, I I DISAGREE WITH IT. UM, I THINK THAT THERE'S ALREADY HIGH ENOUGH, UH, CRIME RATES HAPPENING IN OUR SUBDIVISION AND THIS WILL JUST CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES, YOU KNOW, UH, DUE TO THE FACT THAT IT'S A VEHICLE, IT'S A VEHICLE BUSINESS, UH, DEALERSHIP, IF THERE'S ANY QUESTION, YOU UH, GET BACK TO 3 6 1 9 4 5 6 8 8 4 3. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS VALERIE MAYEN. MY ADDRESS IS TEN FOUR ONE FOUR GONZALO WAY, CONVERSE, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9, AND THE CASE NUMBER IS 2023 DASH 10 70 0 1 57. I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR THE DODGE TRUCK DEALERSHIP AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (830) 513-4488. THANK YOU. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE A CHANCE FOR REBUTTAL? IS THAT ON? YES, UH, THERE IT GOES. UH, JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK POINTS. UM, I DO, I DID HEAR, UM, FROM SEVERAL FOLKS ABOUT WANTING OTHER COMMERCIAL USES, UM, COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT LIKE I MENTIONED, UM, THIS AREA PAST 1604, UM, IS TRANSITIONING IS DEVELOPING, UM, AS, UH, I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, IS OFTEN A, A STRONG DRIVER OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT. UM, SO THIS IS ONE OF THE, IF NOT THE ONLY, UM, SUBDIVISION OUT THERE. UM, AND SO THAT PROGRESS OF COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES RETAIL, UM, WHICH ALL TEND TO BE, UM, I THINK SOME OF THESE USES WE'VE BEEN REQUESTED SEVERAL TIMES FOR A TEXAS ROADHOUSE. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T HAVE ONE TO OFFER TODAY. UM, THOSE WHILE BEING ALSO HIGH TRAFFIC DRIVERS, UM, I THINK ARE ARE COMING, THOSE ARE COMING THIS WAY. UM, PAST 1604. UM, THIS IS A VERY CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT. UH, THIS IS ALMOST, YOU KNOW, 35 AND A HALF ACRES. UM, THAT IS ALL SITE PLAN RESTRICTED UNDER THIS C TWO CONDITIONAL USE. UM, AND THAT IS BUILDING HEIGHT, THAT IS BUFFERING, THAT IS SECURED PERIMETER FENCING, THAT IS BUILDING SIZE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THAT'S PARKING. THOSE ARE ALL THINGS THAT ARE CONTROLLED IN THIS SITE PLAN, UM, THAT OTHERWISE WOULD NOT BE DONE. UM, A, A ZONING CHANGE FOR ANY COHESIVE DEVELOPMENT ON THE 35 ACRES WOULD HAVE TO, WOULD HAVE TO OCCUR WITH THE WAY THAT THE CURRENT ZONING AND THE PIECE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. UM, IS THIS IS AGAIN A HIGH-END DEALERSHIP. THIS IS A CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS, THIS IS THE DOGGETT, UM, BASE, UH, FOR THIS, BUT THE EXTENSIVE BUFFERING, UM, THAT FULLY LANDSCAPE BUFFERING THE SECURE PERIMETER FENCING, DOWNWARD LINING, WE HAVE FULL CUTOFF FIXTURES. UM, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE GOING TO AID IN THE SOUND MITIGATION, THE LIGHT MITIGATION, UM, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT HEAR AND LOOK AT THE I 10 FRONTAGE ALL DAY. SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS ADJACENT TO DISTRICT TWO AND INCLUDE, SO COMMISSIONER WATSON TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. I DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT. I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR [03:10:01] STAFF THOUGH. UM, THE, UH, EXISTING ZONING, UM, WITHIN THAT IS NOT IN THE E T J THAT IS WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS. WHAT ARE THE KINDS OF USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED THERE? YOU GOT IT PRI OR YOU WANT ME TO OKAY, SO RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT IS A ZONE AS COMMERCIAL AND, UM, I CAN'T REMEMBER FROM RESERVATION NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION. SO IT WAS DONE AS PART OF STRIP, UH, ANNEXATIONS YEARS AGO. AND THEN THEY CAME BACK WITH THE I 10 EAST CORRIDOR PLAN, WHICH WANTED, UH, TO DO BUFFERING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION, WHICH THEY KIND OF THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA STAY AS FARM AREAS, BUT IT'S, RIGHT NOW IT'S, IT'S BASICALLY COMMERCIAL FOR THE INTENSITY IS SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF, UH, JUST COMMERCIAL, LIKE COMMERCIAL. BUT UH, THE WHOLE AREA IS, IT IS INDUSTRIAL. THE DOGGETT UH, WAREHOUSE IS, I MEAN OUR HEADQUARTERS, IT'S NOT THE HEADQUARTERS BUT IT'S DOWN THE STREET. SO THIS IS JUST A RELOCATION OF WHAT'S INDUSTRIAL THERE. MOST OF THE, THIS WHOLE, THIS WHOLE AREA NEEDED TO BE REZONED AND WE HAVE NOT REZONED IT. I MEAN AS FAR AS THE CITY, SO IT WAS DONE, THE ZONING WAS DONE MAYBE LIKE 30 YEARS AGO. SO IT DOESN'T REALLY KIND OF, IT'S NOT COMPARABLE WHAT IT SHOULD BE, WHAT'S OUT THERE RIGHT NOW. OKAY. UM, CAN WE TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION OPTIONS ARE THERE? I THINK MOST FAMILIAR WITH B TWO THINGS. COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE KEEPS GOING OUT. OKAY. I'M PRESSING THE BUTTON SO SORRY. THERE YOU GO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING BUT, UM, THE, SINCE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION IS A LITTLE BIT RARE ZONING, CAN WE JUST TALK A LITTLE BIT FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANYBODY, UH, LISTENING AND, AND TO MAKE A GOOD DECISION ABOUT WHAT, WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION? IT'S, UH, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY BASICALLY, BUT THE LOTS HAVE TO BE 8,000 SQUARE FEET 'CAUSE THIS IS AN NP 10, SO IT'S LARGE LOT RESIDENTIAL. OKAY. UM, AND THEN IF THIS RE THIS WERE NOT TO BE REZONED, UM, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN, I KNOW YOU MENTIONED IT A LITTLE BIT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT COULD YOU JUST GO OVER AGAIN AND THAT O C L PIECE THAT'S NOT, THAT'S OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS. WHAT IF THIS DOESN'T GET REZONED? DOES THAT BECOME, WE WOULD HAVE TO BRING BACK THE CASE FOR DEVELOPMENT RES, I MEAN A TEMPORARY INTERIM, UH, ZONING, WHICH IS DR. WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO R SIX. SO IT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE USE IT WOULD BE. OKAY, SO THEN WE WOULD STILL BE LOOKING BASICALLY AT THREE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS OR THE WHOLE BASICALLY YES, CORRECT. YES. OKAY. UM, AND THEN, UH, I THINK THAT'S ACTUALLY ALL MY QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE SOME DISCUSSION, UM, AND POINTS TO MAKE, BUT WE CAN COME TO THOSE LATER. ALRIGHT. OH, AND I JUST NOTE EIGHT, SO THAT'S STILL 10,000 SQUARE FOOT LOTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. YES. COMMISSIONER REYES FOR THE APPLICANT. HAVE YOU OVERLAID THE TX INTERCHANGE ON, ON YOUR SITE PLAN AND HOW'S THAT WORK? UM, I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT. UM, KIMBERLY HORN'S OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER ON THIS AND SO, UM, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY AND TXDOT WE HAVE TWO. UM, WHAT I DO KNOW, UM, IS THAT OUR, OUR TWO PRIMARY ACCESS POINTS OF THIS BEING PRIMARY A, UM, IS ACCESS ROAD ON, UH, FRONTAGE, UNFOR, UH, EXCUSE ME, ON I 10. AND THEN THIS IS OUR PRIMARY SECONDARY, UH, WITH A TERTIARY ONE ON WEAL ROAD. UM, WE HAVE HAD A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS WITH NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE CURRENT CONDITIONS OF WEAL. UM, AND SO WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, UM, AS WELL. UM, YOU CAN'T REALLY SEE IT ON THIS MAP, BUT AT, AT THE BEND OF YAL, UM, IT JUST KINDA STOPS. IT'S REALLY WEIRD. THERE'S NOT A FULL CONNECTION. UM, AND SO WE'RE WORKING WITH THE CITY, THEIR TRAFFIC ENGINEERS AND, AND OURS ON, ON WHAT IMPROVEMENTS LOOK LIKE THERE. UM, AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN HAVE BOTH OF THOSE PRIMARY ACCESS POINTS ON 10, I'M GONNA STAY WITH ACCESS. SO I SEE YOU HAVE TWO DESAL LANES, WHICH IS VERY GOOD. MM-HMM. 'CAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC COMING IN. MM-HMM. ON YOUR TWO PRIMARY ACCESS POINTS, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED, YOU SEE THAT LITTLE CORNER CLIP YOU HAVE ON YAL AND THE FRONTAGE ROAD, UM, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED ACTUALLY IMPROVING YAL ROAD BECAUSE YOU ARE GONNA GENERATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC, A LOT OF TRIPS, LET'S SAY TRIPS, NOT TRAFFIC. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT, UM, KIMBERLY HORN'S WORKING WITH CITY ON IS WHAT THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO WISE HILL ROAD ALSO LOOK LIKE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WORKING THROUGH RIGHT NOW. VERY GOOD. MM-HMM. VERY GOOD. UM, OKAY. TRIPS, YOU HAVE 700 PARKING SPACES, CORRECT? THAT'S A LOT OF, MORE [03:15:01] THAN, IT'S A LOT OF TRIPS. , IT'S UH, YOU KNOW, LIKE THIS SAID, THIS WILL ALSO, UM, HAVE A LOT OF OFFICES INSIDE. UM, THIS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE THE PARKING REQUIRED. UM, SO I THINK THERE'S A, A REALLY FAIR CHANCE, UH, THAT THERE'S A LOT OF PARKING THAT WON'T BE NEEDED. UM, WE CAN ALWAYS SCALE THAT BACK WITH THESE SITE PLANS. YOU CAN INCREASE IT. UM, AND SO, UM, I THINK IT'S BETTER TO OVER PLAN, PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING, THAN TO UNDER PLAN. UM, AND HAVE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A SITE PLAN AND WE NEED MORE PARKING THAN WE'RE REQUIRED, THAN WE'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE PER THE SITE PLAN. AND THEN HAVE TO COME BACK TO YOU ALL FOR THAT KIND OF THING. 'CAUSE INCREASING THAT, UM, UNLESS I'M COMPLETELY WRONG, WOULD BE A MAJOR AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN. AM I CORRECT TO SAY THAT THE, YOU ARE GENERATING MORE COMMUTER TRAFFIC THAN TRUCK TRAFFIC JUST 'CAUSE OF THE NATURE OF THE BUSINESS? CORRECT. YES. THANK YOU. MM-HMM. QUESTION COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UM, EMILY, HOW DOES YOUR CLIENT INTEND TO MITIGATE, UH, NOISE FROM MS? UH, I ASSUME THEY USE PNEUMATIC TOOLS. I'M SO SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. I WOULD ASSUME THAT, UH, YOUR CLIENT WILL BE USING PNEUMATIC TOOLS TO SERVICE THE VEHICLES. HOW WOULD THEY MITIGATE NOISE THAT'S GONNA BE GETTING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD? SO, UM, ALL OF THE SERVICING, UH, WILL BE DONE INSIDE. THERE'S NO OUTSIDE SERVICING THERE. UM, SO THAT'LL BE, I AM NOT A CONSTRUCTION BUILDING ENGINEER, SO I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD THE WALLS. UM, BUT ALL OF THAT WILL BE CONTAINED INSIDE. THERE WILL BE NO SERVICING OUTSIDE OF THE V UM, OUTSIDE OF THIS, THIS IS THE BUILDING. UM, SO EVERYTHING WILL BE CONTAINED INSIDE THE BUILDING. UM, AND THEN THERE IS A LOT OF FOLKS, UH, PARTICULARLY ON FRANCISCO WAY, HAVE TALKED ABOUT THE NOISE OF THE HIGHWAY. UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, ANY DEVELOPMENT HERE IS A LITTLE SCARY. WE COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, SOME PEOPLE BOUGHT THEIR HOMES AND WE'RE TOLD THAT IT COULD NEVER BE ANYTHING. UM, AND WE HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS. IT DOES HAPPEN A LOT. UM, BUT, UH, BETWEEN THE SECURED PERIMETER FENCING AND ALL OF THE LANDSCAPE BUFFERING, SO FOR EXAMPLE, THIS PIECE RIGHT HERE, THESE HOMES, UM, IT'S OVER 200 FEET OF A FULLY LANDSCAPE BUFFERING. THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL NOISE BUFFERING. UM, SO THE NOISE AND THE SOUND, THOSE THINGS WILL BE CONTROLLED THROUGH THE BUFFERING AND THEN ALSO THE FULL ENCLOSURE OF THE SERVICES. AND WHAT ARE THE HOURS OF OPERATIONS FOR THIS FACILITY? YES, I HAVE IT RIGHT HERE. I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I'M NOT STATING THIS INCORRECTLY 'CAUSE THEY'RE, OH, IT'S ON THE SCREEN. . THANK YOU. UH, SO 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, EIGHT TO FIVE ON SATURDAY. ENCLOSED COMPLETELY ON SUNDAY. THOSE ARE THE CURRENT HOURS OF OPERATION. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I GUESS I HAD A QUESTION FOR STAFF, AND THAT IS, WOULD THE OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS PORTION, IS IT REQUIRED TO BE ANNEXED? I MEAN, COULD, COULD A DEVELOPMENT OCCUR WITHIN THAT DONUT HOLE WITHOUT, I MEAN YES. IS THAT MAKING ANY SENSE? RIGHT, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALSO THE COUNTY AND THE CITY FOR BOTH PERMITS. SO, UH, IN THIS CASE, THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE ANNEXATION, SO IT'S DONE UNDER ONLY THE CITY INSTEAD OF HAVING TO GO THROUGH THE TWO DIFFERENT ENTITIES. BUT YES, THEY COULD DEVELOP, SO THEY WOULDN'T, IN THAT CASE THERE WOULD BE NO ZONING AND THERE WOULD BE NO BUFFERING. AND ACTUALLY THEY AGREED TO ALL THE, UM, BUFFERING, ADDITIONAL BUFFERING AND, UH, THOSE, THE FENCING THAT, THAT WE ASKED AND THE DOWNWARD, ALSO THE DOWNWARD LIGHT SKYING. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE. BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR A MOTION DISCUSSION. OKAY. UH, I WAS ORIGINALLY HOPING TO DO TWO WEEKS, BUT I THINK FOUR WEEKS IS PROBABLY BETTER, UM, FOR A CONTINUANCE. UM, AND THAT WILL BE WHAT I AM MAKING A MOTION FOR A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY HAS ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTS PROPERTY TAXES AND WHAT ZONING REGULATIONS IF LIKE IMPACT THEM AND THE DIFFERENT OPTIONS THAT COULD OCCUR. BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH AN UNUSUAL PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT HAS BASICALLY THREE DIFFERENT KINDS OF ZONING RIGHT NOW THAT ALL SORT OF FALL UNDER DIFFERENT, UM, UNIQUE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS. THIS PROPOSED, UH, PROJECT GETS CLOSER TO THEIR DESIRED OUTCOMES THAN SEVERAL ALTERNATIVES. UM, AND ALSO PROVIDES SOME ADDITIONAL POTENTIAL BENEFITS IN THE SENSE THAT IT WOULD RESULT IN IMPROVEMENTS TO WHITEFIELD ROAD. UM, IT [03:20:01] PROVIDES LOCAL JOBS, UM, IT MEETS SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPMENT GOALS AND HAVING THIS HIGH IDENTITY OF PEOPLE WILL LIKELY PROMOTE ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL USES. THIS IS ALSO AN AREA THAT CURRENTLY IS BEING LOOKED AT IN THE FAR EAST PLAN, WHICH IS NOT YET IN PLACE, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS HAPPENING IN OUR DISTRICT AROUND TRYING TO GET ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND RETAIL TYPE USES INTO THIS AREA SO THAT IT DOESN'T BECOME A FULL INDUSTRIAL STRIP, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS INDUSTRIAL ZONING. SO I THINK THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A LOT MORE CONVERSATION TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS MAY MAKE THE MOST SENSE FOR THIS VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF PROPERTY AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE OTHER PRIORITIES THERE, UM, AND MAKE SURE EVERYONE HAS ACCURATE INFORMATION AND THEN HOPEFULLY GET TO AN OUTCOME THAT EVERYONE FEELS MORE COMFORTABLE WITH. UM, HENCE THE REQUEST FOR, UH, THE CONTINUANCE. UM, ALSO WANT TO LOOK A LITTLE BIT INTO THE FACT THAT MOST OF OUR CALLS CAME FROM PEOPLE IN CONVERSE, WHICH THEY ARE IMPACTED, BUT WE KIND OF NEED TO LOOK AT THAT SINCE WE ARE TECHNICALLY REPRESENTING PEOPLE IN SAN ANTONIO. SO THEY'RE IMPACTED BY THE DEVELOPMENT. BUT THAT'S SOMETHING WE'LL WANNA LOOK AT, UM, FROM THE COUNCIL OFFICE PERSPECTIVE AS WELL, IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, SORT OF HOW WE'RE THINKING THROUGH WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION IS. I THINK IT'S JUST A POSTAL ADDRESS THAT'S IN CONVERSE, BUT THEY'RE IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION. YEAH. OKAY. YEAH, IT'S ONE OF THOSE, AGAIN, ONE OF THOSE SORT OF, THIS IS A VERY WEIRD SITUATION, SO, UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT LIKE, THEY UNDERSTAND AND EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE ABOUT HOW THIS IMPACTS THEM AND, UM, WHAT ACTUALLY LIKE ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES COULD BE, UM, AND CAN MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS ONE THAT MAKES SENSE OR NOT. UM, IT IS A PRETTY, UH, CONSIDERED PROPOSAL IN THE SENSE THAT, UM, THE TRAFFIC DESIGN IS REALLY WELL DONE. UM, THE LANDSCAPE AND DESIGN IS REALLY WELL DONE AND THE IMPACT IS REALLY WELL DONE. UM, IF YOU WERE TO PIECEMEAL DEVELOP THIS, I COULD EASILY SEE IT BECOMING SOMETHING THAT IS POTENTIALLY LESS CONDUCIVE AND SUPPORTIVE OF SOME OF THE GOALS AND CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PRESERVING QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, BUT IT IS QUITE SCARY TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE A TRUCKING, UH, FACILITY NEAR A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UM, AGAIN, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR, UM, A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE JUST TO KIND OF WORK THROUGH ALL OF THOSE ISSUES, BE ABLE TO BRING SOME OF THAT INFORMATION AND CONTEXT INTO THE CONVERSATION. UM, AND THEN, UH, WE CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IN AUGUST. ALL RIGHT. MOTION IS FOR A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALRIGHT. MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES DISCUSSION. YEAH, I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION. I THINK THE PROPOSAL TO ME IS JUST, UH, THE BEST, UH, PROPOSAL I'VE SEEN. IT'S A COMPLETE PACKAGE OR I'M NOT GONNA SUPPORT THE, THE MO. ALRIGHT, UH, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT? UM, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION, UM, PRIMARILY BECAUSE I THINK, UM, WITH THE AMOUNT OF VOICEMAILS AND, AND OPPOSITION THAT, UH, I THINK SOME MORE COMMUNICATION CAN OCCUR. UM, I TEND TO AGREE WITH YOU COMMISSIONER BARDOS, THAT THIS IS, IS A, A, UM, GOOD OPTION, BUT, UH, JUST TO ALLOW THAT DISCUSSION TO OCCUR, UM, I THINK IS, IS IS WISE. UM, AND I DO THOUGH WANT TO, UM, AT LEAST, UM, UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SAY IT AND IT'S AT THE END OF THE DAY, UM, BUT, BUT I'M THANKFUL TO THE APPLICANT FOR THE, UM, THE BUFFERING THAT THEY'RE OFFERING. UM, I THINK THAT EX YOU KNOW, THAT PERHAPS IF THE NEIGHBORS ACTUALLY SEE AN ACTUAL DISTANCE MARKED OUT, MAYBE IN THE BACK OF THAT LOT THAT THEY CAN SEE, OH, WELL YOU'VE GOT THIS AMOUNT OF BUFFERING. PERHAPS THAT HELPS THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND WHERE THE LOCATION OF THE, OF THE BUILDING IS VERSUS THEIR HOME. UM, BUT, UM, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE CONTINUANCE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR FOUR WEEKS. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER PUENTES. AYE. COMMISSIONER REYES? NO. COMMISSIONER? WE NO. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? NO. COMMISSIONER BARROS? NO. COMMISSIONER NICKS? NO. CHAIR. SIPES? YES. MOTION FAILS. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION? PERHAPS I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE, [03:25:01] A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, THIS, UH, ITEM. WELL FIRST, FIRST WE HAVE TO HAVE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER. MOTION TO RECONSIDER. ALRIGHT. MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT. MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY COMMISSIONER. WE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ABBADO. UH, ROLL CALL. VOTE ON. MOTION TO RECONSIDER. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER BARROS AYE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ALRIGHT. THERE THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR A MOTION. UH, ALTERNATIVE MOTION BY, EXCEPT FOR COMMISSIONER WATSON. I, I GUESS, UH, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE. UM, ITEM NUMBER 33. ALRIGHT, MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEM 33. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. RIGHT. I WAS LOOKING THIS WAY ACTUALLY THIS TIME. UH, COMMISSIONER NICKS WITH THE SECOND COMMISSIONER BARTOS. THAT WAS YOU THAT MADE THE MOTION CORRECT. ALRIGHT. MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BARROS. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER NICKS ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON. ABSTAIN. COMMISSIONER FUENTES? NO. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER? WE? YES. COMMISSIONER TIZ? YES. CHAIR SIPES. UM, 1, 2, 3. IT COMES DOWN TO ME, DOESN'T IT? UM, ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UH, TRUSTING THAT THE APPLICANT WILL BE GETTING TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN NOW AND COUNCIL. I WILL VOTE YES. MOTION PASSES. AND I WAS JUST GONNA MAKE THE SAME COMMENT. I WAS KIND OF WITH YOU ON THAT JUST AS LONG AS THE COMMUNICATION SINCE THERE WAS SO MANY VOICEMAILS JUST TO BE ADDRESSED. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. UH, [Approval of Minutes  ] MINUTES. IS THERE A MOTION ON APPROVAL OR CORRECTIONS OR ANYTHING ON THE MINUTES? I MOVE TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FROM LAST MEETING. ALRIGHT, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. SECOND. SECOND. ALRIGHT. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. AYE. UM, IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NO, SIR. NOTHING TO REPORT. HOPEFULLY YOU'LL HAVE SOME NEW, UM, MEMBERS AT THE END OF AUGUST. ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE ALL GETTING REPLACED? NO. , NO. JUST FOR THE . JUST FOR ANY VACANCIES OR GAPS WE MIGHT HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT WE WILL END THE MEETING. 4:45 PM. * 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.