* 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  ] [00:00:02] GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN. IF WE COULD BEGIN BY HAVING OUR, UH, SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT. OKAY. UNDERNEATH. YEAH, I'LL GET IT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF ANYONE, UH, WOW. THESE ARE REALLY LOUD TODAY, AREN'T THEY? IF ANYONE WOULD, UH, CARE TO HAVE A A MASK, WE DO HAVE SOME AVAILABLE OVER THERE IN THE BY THE EXIT DOORS. MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER. I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION. THE TIME IS ONE 10. UM, I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL VOTE BY A, A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE, UH, ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, BEGINNING WITH THE ZONING COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT. DISTRICT NINE, UH, MARCO BATTLES. JOHN BUSTAMANTE, DISTRICT FIVE TIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO. SUMMER GRADE HOUSE DISTRICT ONE EDDIE REYES, DISTRICT FOUR. KIM HUI, DISTRICT SIX STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT. A QUORUM IS PRESENT. THANK YOU. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE BEGIN OUR HEARING, I'D LIKE TO ALLOW STAFF, UH, SOME TIME TO GO OVER OUR MEETING PROCEDURES. 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 SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST. PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT. PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR AND OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION. FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST. FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED IN TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST A 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 TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT ON, 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 PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES. THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND MUST INDICATE THAT WHEN THE SPEAKER GOES TO THE PODIUM, THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. THANK YOU IF ALRIGHT, UM, STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER ANY POSTPONE OR WITHDRAWN ITEMS PLEASE. [00:05:01] ITEM NUMBER 11 IS GOING TO BE POSTPONED, UH, LOCATED AT 1827 WEST LAUREL STREET. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THAT PROPERTY ON LAUREL STREET, WEST LAUREL STREET, UH, YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE AS THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF AND WHEN FUTURE ACTION OCCURS. SO THANK YOU. UH, [Zoning Items  ] STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA. ITEMS ON COMBINED AGENDA WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 3, 7, 8, 13, 15, 16, 18, 21 AND 22. ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OF THESE ITEMS, ANY OF THE ITEMS, THIS ONE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT YOU WOULD LIKE TO MOVE? LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE OR LOOKING LEFT, LOOKING RIGHT AND SEEING NONE AS WELL. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD READ THOSE ITEMS INTO THE RECORD PLEASE. ITEM NUMBER THREE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR CD WITH CONDITIONAL USES OR 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 43 MOR STREET, 36 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, FIVE RECEIVED OPPOSED LOS HARDIN'S, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED ONE IN OPPOSITION THREE TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1 2 3 EAST RAMPART DRIVE. 43 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE SHEARER HILLS RIDGEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ONE SECOND. I HAVE, SORRY. ITEM NUMBER 16. WE ARE ACTUALLY GOING TO PULL TO INDIVIDUAL 'CAUSE THEY NEED TO DO A, UM, AMENDMENT AT THE PODIUM. SO ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 4,400 STALL ROAD. 22 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE BRITISH COMMONS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE NORTHERN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS NO OBJECTIONS. ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO PUD MF 18 WITH A 10 FOOT REDUCED PERIMETER SETBACK ALONG SOUTH PRESA STREET AND OLD CORPUS CHRISTI ROAD WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. 10 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. AND LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE TO I ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1400 BLOCK OF NORTH HACKBERRY STREET. 11 NOTICES WERE [00:10:01] SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? I BELIEVE WE DO. AND SO, UM, WE'LL, WE'LL PLAY THOSE VOICEMAILS IN JUST A SECOND, BUT FOR ITEM NUMBER 21, THEY'RE ORIGINALLY ASKING FOR REDUCED PERIMETER SETBACK, BUT THAT IS NO LONGER A REQUEST PART OF THE REQUEST. SO THEY ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO MEET THE PERIMETER SETBACK. JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT AMENDMENT FOR THE RECORD. ALRIGHT, SO WHEN WE TAKE A MOTION, WILL THAT BE AS AMENDED? ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. SO, UH, WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS FOR ITEM NUMBER THREE AND 13 AND 16 AND, UH, IT LOOKS LIKE NO SPEAKERS ARE HERE FOR THOSE ITEMS. UH, POINT OF INFORMATION. MR. CHAIR. UH, SIXTEEN'S BEEN MOVED TO INDIVIDUALS, SO WE DON'T NEED TO LISTEN TO THAT VOICEMAIL NOW. CORRECT? IT IS MOVED TO INDIVIDUALS, SO WE'LL LISTEN TO IT WHEN PERFECT. WE'LL HEAR IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU COMMISSIONER ANTE, IF WE COULD LISTEN TO THE OTHER VOICEMAILS PLEASE. HEY, ABOUT THIS, WE'RE HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE SOUND AND IT'S IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY. YES. MY NAME IS EMMAUS, PROPERTY OWNER OF TWO 30. MORAH. PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 332-0440. THIS IS CONCERNING, UH, REZONING CASE ENDING 0 9 8. UH, REQUEST FOR CONTINGENCY DUE TO THE CONCERNS OF AMOUNT OF UNITS AND ITS IMPACT IN OUR COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE THE LAST ZONING MEETING, THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS NOT REACHED OUT TO MR. ESDA, PRESIDENT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR ANY OF THE RESIDENTS, WHICH WOULD MOST BE, UH, IMPACTED BY THE EXTRA REQUEST I SOLD TO 10 OUT OF THE 18 RESIDENTS THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED. WE OPPOSED 10, UH, 10 OPPOSED AND I WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH OUT TO OTHER RESIDENTS. UH, THE ASSOCIATION DID VOTE IN FAVOR DEPENDENT ON THE SUPPORT OF THOSE RESIDENTS WHO LIVE DIRECTLY AROUND THE PROPERTY. SO WE WANT, UH, AN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE OWNER OR CONSULTANT THAT IS REP REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER. OUR MAIN CONCERN REGARDING THE NEW DEVELOPMENT IS AS A POTENTIAL DANGER, IT POSES TO OUR CHILDREN, DISABLED CHILDREN THAT WE HAVE AROUND ELDERLY WHO NEED TO CROSS THE STREET WITH ADDED, UH, MORE VEHICLES. UH, WE ALREADY HAVE OTHER RESIDENTS IN THE AREA THAT USE MORAH STREET FOR BUSINESSES, SCHOOL AND DAYCARE CENTERS THAT ARE MORAH STREET. UH, THANK YOU. THIS IS SUE SNY. I'M VICE PRESIDENT OF THE OAKLAND ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. I RESIDE AT FIVE SIX FIVE FIVE LOCKHILL ROAD. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 316-1348. WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGE AT 9 6 1 7 HENER ROAD. UH, THE CASE NUMBER IS 1 5 8 CD. UH, WE HAVE MET WITH THE APPLICANT AND EVERYONE AT THE MEETING THAT [00:15:01] WAS, UH, HAD CONCERNS WAS ABLE TO SPEAK AND WE ARE SATISFIED THAT THIS IS THE BEST USE OF THE PROPERTY. SO WE ARE IN SUPPORT OF THIS ZONING CHANGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THAT APPEARS TO BE THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT. THAT IS THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT. UH, WE DO HAVE ONE OTHER AMENDMENT THAT WE NEED TO VERIFY VERY QUICKLY. IT'S, UH, ITEM NUMBER 13, IF THE APPLICANT COULD COME UP FOR HENER ROAD PLEASE. AND WE UNDERSTAND THEY ARE AMENDING THEIR REQUEST TO C TWO NA TO ADD THE NA C D, UH, WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME'S TONY PENON. I'M REPRESENTING THE OWNERS, BUT, UH, ONE OF THE CONS, CONCESSIONS, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT WHEN WE WENT WITH THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP WAS THAT THE NON-ALCOHOLIC, UM, REQUEST BEING, YOU KNOW, SATISFIED AND WE'RE NOT IN OPPOSITION TO THAT AT ALL. IT, IT'S FINE WITH WHAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD, SO THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE, SIR. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER ON THE COMBINED HEARING? MR. CHAIR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. 3 7 8 13 AS AMENDED 15 18 21 AS AMENDED AND 22, THERE'S A MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 3 7 8 13 AS AMENDED 15 18 21 AS AMENDED AND 22 MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS. ANY DISCUSSION? UH, YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE BRIEFLY, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT ON ITEM NUMBER THREE. UH, YOU HEARD THE VOICEMAIL YOU'RE GOING THROUGH TODAY TO GO TO COUNCIL, BUT GO OUT AND REACH OUT TO THOSE PEOPLE, TALK TO 'EM BEFORE THIS GETS TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, WE'RE GONNA LET IT GO THROUGH TODAY, BUT DO GO OUT AND SPEAK TO THOSE NEIGHBORS PLEASE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? ALL RIGHT. MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREENHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER HUI AYE. COMMISSIONER TIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE. AYE. CHAIR S SIPES? YES. ITEMS PASS. THIS IS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THEY WILL NOW BE GOING ON TO CITY COUNCIL. SO YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR AFTERNOON. THANK YOU. UH, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR COMBINED HEARING OR OUR CONTINUANCE HEARING FOR THE AUGUST 15TH MEETING. WE COULD HEAR THOSE ITEMS PLEASE FOR CONTINUANCE HEARING TILL AUGUST 15TH. 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 THREE 11 EAST ASHBY PLACE, 41 NOTICES WERE SENT. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I D Z WITH USE PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND MF 50 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO I D Z 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. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT. ITEM NUMBER SIX, REQUEST AND CHANGE FOR ZONING FROM RMM FOUR TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OF TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT THREE 14 AND THREE 16 MCLEAN STREET. 13 NOTICES WERE SENT. ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, ONE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION. ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FOUR WITH OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 1614 WEST TERRA ALTA DRIVE. 13 NOTICES SENT ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. FIVE. RECEIVED OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE OAK PARK NORTHWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. [00:20:02] AND ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM FR TO M H C WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 14,520 PLEASANTON ROAD. 12 NOTICES WERE SENT. FOUR RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO RECEIVED. OPPOSED AND NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS? WE DO HAVE A VOICEMAIL FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX. THIS IS KATE RMAN, 1 0 7 KING WILLIAMS STREET, 2 1 0 2 2 4 6 1 6 3 REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 6 3 1 4 AND 3 1 6 MCLEAN STREET. THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO OPPOSES THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE FOR THREE 14 AND THREE 16 MCLEAN STREET. THIS ZONING CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FOR THE CREATION OF HIGHER DENSITY DEVELOPMENT WITH FEWER SETBACK REQUIREMENTS AND INTERIOR STREET AND MINIMAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS. THE CURRENT ZONING DESIGNATION ALREADY ALLOWS FOR MULTIPLE UNITS ON THIS LOT. WHILE THE PROPOSED ZONING MAY REFLECT OTHER DESIGNATIONS IN THE AREA, IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS LOCATION. MIDBLOCK SANDWICHED BETWEEN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON EITHER SIDE. THANK YOU. AND THERE IS NO, NO ONE TO SIGN UP FOR THOSE FIVE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND IF WE COULD NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER NICKS JOINED US AT 1:28 PM ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION ON, ON THESE ITEMS, MR. CHAIR? I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE AUGUST 15TH ZONING COMMISSION. HEARING ITEMS 2, 4, 6, 12 AND 20. ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS 2, 4, 6, 12 AND 20 BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT. IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE HI. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. CAN YOU, CAN YOU SEE WHAT'S PICKING UP ANYTHING? AYE. CHAIR, SIPES. YES. ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE AGENDA ITEMS TO BE CONTINUED TO SEPTEMBER 5TH. ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 51 18 VAN. 27 NOTICES WERE SENT. FOUR RECEIVED IN FAVOR. FIVE. RECEIVED OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE. 200 FEET. TWO RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND 144 RECEIVED OPPOSED? COLONIAL HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED. ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I D Z WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS NOT TO EXCEED 76 UNITS PER ACRE. HOTEL AND STUDIO SOUND AND RECORDING TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN RMM FOUR C THREE MULTIFAMILY DWELLINGS NOT TO EXCEED A HUNDRED UNITS PER ACRE AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING. USES LIVE WORK UNITS, BAR, AND OR TAVERN WITH COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK. NIGHTCLUB WITH COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK. ALCOHOL, BEVERAGE MANUFACTURER OR BREWERY HOTEL. TALLER THAN 35 FEET BEVERAGE MANUFACTURED NON-ALCOHOLIC, INCLUDING MANUFACTURING AND PROCESSING ENTERTAINMENT VENUE. OUTDOOR LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WITH AND WITHOUT COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK, NOT INCLUDING FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS AND FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS WITH COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK WITH OR WITHOUT ACCESSORY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. LOCATED AT 500 EAST GRON STREET. 24 NOTICES WERE SENT. FIVE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUTSIDE. 200 FEET. ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE TWO ITEMS? YES, WE DO HAVE, UH, SPEAKERS HERE FOR ITEM NUMBER 10. ALRIGHT. UM, IF, WELL, LET'S CALL IT, IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK, YOU MAY SPEAK NOW. UM, THE ITEM WILL LIKELY BE CONTINUED OR YOU CAN SPEAK NOW AND COME BACK IN A, A MONTH AND SPEAK AGAIN. IT'S UP TO YOU. UM, IF WE COULD CALL OFF THE, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER 10, I HAVE MS. JULIE BARTLETT. I'M GONNA GIVE UP MY TIME. [00:25:09] I DON'T DO THE NEXT ONE ON THE LIST. WHAT ALEJANDRA AL? YES. ALL RIGHT, MS. VIAL. UM, YOU HAVE MS. BARTLETT'S TIME, SO YOU HAVE, UH, FOUR MINUTES. YES. AND IF YOU JUST, UH, RESTATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. THANKS. MY NAME IS ALEJANDRA VIAL AND I LIVE AT 27 19 CASTANET, WHICH IS ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF AWAY FROM, UH, THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. THIS IS A FOURTH TIME THAT, CAN WE HEAR HER? AM I SPEAKING? OH, THERE YOU GO. THERE WE GO. THANK YOU. YOU WANT ME TO REPEAT IT? , YOU HAVE MY NAME. UH, WE, THIS IS A FOURTH TIME THAT WE HAVE BEEN HERE ON THIS CASE. AND AS YOU HEARD, THERE IS OVERWHELMING OBJECTION TO THIS CHANGE OF ZONING. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARE OPERATING THE OFFICE RIGHT NOW, AND THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE AUGUST OF LAST YEAR, A YEAR THEY'VE BEEN OPERATING AS AN OFFICE. THEY HAVE IT ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY HAVE IT ON THEIR PAPERWORK, THEY HAVE IT IN THEIR COMMERCIALS. IT'S THE FLAGRANT DISREGARD OF THE CITY'S ORDINANCES. AND YET, HERE WE COME AND WE COME AND WE SPEAK UP AND IT GETS POSTPONED AND POSTPONED. THE LAST ONE WE CAME TO, THEY SET IT ASIDE AND SAID THEY WERE JUST GONNA PUT IT, UH, LIKE IN POSTPONEMENT OR ABEYANCE, AND THEN IT GOT SET AGAIN FOR, FOR TODAY. SO WE COME OVER HERE AND I AM NOT SURE WHAT A DELAY IS GOING TO DO TO CHANGE ANYTHING, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE REALLY TIRED OF THIS, OF THIS GAME. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE MS. KIM ARIANO FOLLOWED TO BE, UH, FOLLOWED BY MR. DAVID. SHE'S GONNA TAKE MY TIME AS WELL. OKAY. SO, MS. ARIANO? YES. UM, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. OKAY. HELLO, MY NAME IS KIMBERLY ANO. I LIVE AT 27 0 2 CASTANET. UM, AS ALEJANDRA MENTIONED, THIS IS, THIS IS MY THIRD TIME BEING HERE. I DIDN'T MAKE IT THE FIRST TIME, BUT I, I THINK I SPOKE THE FIRST TIME I WAS HERE. UM, APPRECIATE, UH, MS. GREATHOUSE, YOU, YOU KNOW, MAKING NOTE THAT WE ARE BEING HEARD AND WE APPRECIATE THAT, BUT IT IS GETTING TIRING. UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY I FEEL AS THOUGH THAT IS KIND OF WHAT THEY'RE COUNTING ON IS THAT IT IS GETTING TIRING FOR US TO KEEP RETURNING. UM, MY HUSBAND AND I WERE VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE OWN OUR OWN BUSINESS, SO WE ARE ABLE TO BREAK AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY AND COME AND DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS. BUT JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE OVERWHELMING SUPPORT THAT WE HAVE AGAINST THIS ISSUE. UM, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT MY HUSBAND GREW UP IN SINCE HE WAS A BABY, LITERALLY. AND WE LIVE IN THE HOUSE HE GREW UP IN. AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS CHANGING SO MUCH JUST YEAR OVER YEAR. IT IS CHANGING IN NOT A GREAT WAY. THERE IS JUST MORE AND MORE DEVELOPMENT. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT IS A NORMAL THING, UM, IN A GROWING CITY LIKE SAN ANTONIO. BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR STREET HAS BEEN A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A LONG TIME. IT IS STILL A GREAT NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT CHANGES LIKE THIS ARE THINGS THAT DECADE OVER DECADE CREATE A VASTLY DIFFERENT LOOKING NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU KNOW, DECADE OVER DECADE. IF WE, YOU KNOW, LET THIS GO THROUGH, I'M AFRAID THAT YOU'RE GONNA HAVE BUSINESSES TRYING TO BUY UP CORNER LOTS AND GET REZONING DONE. AND BASED ON HOW THIS COMPANY HAS OPERATED, WHERE THEY'RE DISREGARDING CITY ORDINANCES AND REALLY SEEMING TO NOT BE ACTING IN GOOD FAITH, I I DON'T HAVE ANY CONFIDENCE THAT IF WE WERE TO SAY, OKAY, LET'S LET THIS GO THROUGH WITH SOME CONCESSIONS OR SOME LIMITATIONS, I, I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT THEY WOULD ABIDE BY THOSE THINGS. SO I JUST FEEL LIKE IT, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE FIRM ON THIS AND IT'S A NO AND WE NEED TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL. THANK YOU. NEXT I HAVE MR. JIM ROBERTSON, FOLLOWED BY MS. JOANNE FORD. ROBERTSON. ALRIGHT, MR. ROBERTSON, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. I WANT TO THANK THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR HEARING US, US. UM, I AM IN OPPOSITION TO RE I AM IN OPPOSITION TO REZONING THIS PROPERTY. MY NAME IS JIM ROBERTSON. I LIVE AT 1 0 2 1 4 DREAMLAND DRIVE. UM, THIS, THIS, UH, PROPERTY IS SMACK DAB IN A 1.7 MILE CORRIDOR ADVANCE JACKSON THAT IS 100% RESIDENTIAL. THIS HOUSE [00:30:01] WAS PURCHASED BY THIS COMPANY AND BUILT OUT AS AN OFFICE FROM DAY ONE. THIS WASN'T SOMEONE WHO HAS THEIR HOME, HAS THEIR KIDS, THEY HAVE AN ACCOUNTING BUSINESS, THEY DO BOOKKEEPING AND THEY WANNA DO A LITTLE BIT OF EXTRA WORK AND HAVE IT ZONED. THEY'RE, THEY'RE OPERATING THIS AS A, AS A BUSINESS OFFICE. WHEN I GO ON TO COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE, UM, WEBSITES LIKE LOOPNET, THERE IS A LOT OF AVAILABILITY FOR COMMERCIAL, FOR OFFICE SPACE FOR, UM, BILL TO SUIT. THERE IS OFFER OVER OFFER OVER OFFER. IN FACT, THERE WAS OVER 20 AND JUST A 7, 8 2 3 0 ZIP CODE THAT RANGED ANYWHERE FROM TWO THOU OR 200 SQUARE FEET TO MULTIPLE THOUSANDS OF SQUARE FEET, LIKE 20 OR 25,000 SQUARE FEET AVAILABLE. UM, THERE'S NO SHORTAGE ON, ON, UM, BUSINESS SPACE. THERE'S NOT, THERE IS A SHORTAGE ON RESIDENTIAL SPACE. AND I THINK CHANGING THIS SETS A PRECEDENT. IF WE LOOK BACK HOW SAN PEDRO WAS NORTH OF 4, 10, 40 YEARS AGO, IT WAS ALL HOUSES JUST LIKE THIS IS, AND THINGS GRADUALLY CHANGED. AND NOW THAT IS, YOU HAVE A HOUSE AND YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, YOU HAVE A HOUSE, YOU HAVE A BUSINESS. IT'S NOT THE SAME ANYMORE. AND NOTHING AGAINST THIS BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, MAKE YOUR MONEY, DO YOUR BUSINESS. BUT THERE'S A TIME AND PLACE AND THIS ISN'T THE PLACE, THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S NOT AN, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT AN OFFICE AREA, IT'S NOT A BUSINESS AREA, IT'S A RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR. SO I'M IN OPPOSITION TO IT. OKAY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT FOR, UH, SPEAKERS. ALRIGHT. UM, IS THERE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE SEPTEMBER 5TH, UH, ZONING COMMISSION HEARING ITEMS NUMBER 10 AND 17, JUST TO CONFIRM, YOU SAID SEPTEMBER 5TH, RIGHT? THOUGHT I HEARD DECEMBER, SO SEPTEMBER. HOPEFULLY . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT. THERE IS A MOTION FOR, UH, CONTINUANCE FOR ITEMS 10 AND 17 TO THE SEPTEMBER 5TH MEETING. UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE. SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS. UH, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER, LOOKING LEFT? COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE. UM, AND THIS IS PRIMARILY DIRECTED TOWARDS 17. UH, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO CAME AND HAVE COME IN THE PAST TO, TO ADDRESS THIS BODY, AGAIN, WE ARE LISTENING, WE ARE REGISTERING THAT, UM, IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, I'M VOTING FOR THE CONTINUANCE IN PART BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW COUNCIL PERSON AND WANT TO GET THEIR INPUT ON THIS. UM, I THINK IF THAT WERE NOT THE CASE, I WOULD NOT BE VOTING FOR THIS CONTINUANCE AT THIS TIME, BUT I THINK THAT'S WHERE WE ARE. THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. CAN I JUST, YOU ITEM NUMBER 10 OR ITEM NUMBER 17? IT'S 10. I MISSPOKE. 10. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON. I WAS GOING TO MAKE A POINT OF CLARIFICATION SINCE NUMBER 17 IS IN MY DISTRICT AND WE JUST HEARD ABOUT NUMBER 10. UH, BUT I ALSO, IF, IF WE DID NOT HAVE A RECENTLY ELECTED COUNCIL, I WOULD BE, UM, ALIGNED WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE SAID AND WOULD BE READY ON 10 TODAY. BUT I'M SUPPORTING THE CONTINUANCE, UH, FOR TWO MORE WEEKS, I GUESS TILL I GUESS FOUR MORE WEEKS TO THE FIFTH. UM, FOR THAT REASON ONLY. BUT I APPRECIATE YOU ALL COMING OUT AND YOUR COMMENTS OVER THE LAST SET OF HEARINGS WILL BE REMEMBERED ON SEPTEMBER 5TH. GREAT. COMMISSIONER. OH WAIT, ANY OTHERS? COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT. J JUST WANT TO CLARIFY SOMETHING. I, IS THIS THE SECOND TIME THIS ITEM HAS BEEN POSTPONED? THERE'S BEEN MULTIPLE. I, I I DON'T AND JUST I RECOGNIZE SOME IN THE AUDIENCE, SO I I KNOW I'VE SEEN IT A COUPLE. THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS. IT WAS CONTINUED, UM, A COUPLE TIMES AND THEN POSTPONED. SO THIS IS THE SECOND. THIS IS A RESTART FROM THE ORIGINAL ITEM, BUT IT HAD BEEN CONTINUED A FEW TIMES BEFORE IT WAS ULTIMATELY POSTPONED TO RESTART. IS THAT, IS, DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER REBUTTALS? YEAH, I, I THINK THERE'S A LIMIT ON THIS. ISN'T IT THREE TIMES THE LIMIT? UH, BEFORE IT'S, THEY CAN CONTINUE ONE MORE TIME. THEY THEY CAN CONTINUE WHEN ADDITIONAL TIME BECAUSE IT'S A RESTART OF THE ORIGINAL. ALRIGHT, UH, UM, COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, EVERYONE STOLE MY THUNDER, BUT THAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS GONNA SAY. WE HAVE A NEW CITY COUNCIL PERSON IN DISTRICT ONE, AND SO THE REASON THAT, UM, I'M SUPPORTING CONTINUANCE FOR THIS IS TO ALLOW HER TO GET UP TO SPEED, ALLOW HER STAFF TO GET UP TO SPEED AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW, THAT [00:35:01] THEY UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE INS AND OUTS OF THIS CASE. UM, SO IT'S REALLY JUST TO ALLOW THAT EDUCATION PROCESS TO HAPPEN. UM, BUT AGAIN, YOU'RE BEING HEARD, WE'RE TAKING NOTE OF, OF THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN HERE MULTIPLE TIMES AND THAT YOU'RE, UM, THAT YOUR OPPOSITION HAS NOT CHANGED AND HAS, HAS STAYED STEADFAST. ALL RIGHT, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? DISCUSSION? NO. COMMISSIONER RE MR. CHAIRMAN, UH, QUESTION FOR STAFF. SO AFTER WE COME BACK, UH, AND REVIEW THIS CASE AT CONTINUANCE, WHAT ACTIONS, UH, CAN BE TAKEN AT THAT POINT? RIGHT? SO AT THE NEXT MEETING WHEN IT'S HEARD, YOU CAN MAKE A RECOMMENDATION OR THE CASE CAN GET CONTINUED IN ADDITIONAL TIME. UM, IF AFTER THAT TIME, IF IT'S CONTINUED TWICE, THEN THEY CAN, UM, MOVE ON ON THEIR OWN TO CITY COUNCIL. HOWEVER, IT WILL BE A RECOMMENDATION AUTOMATICALLY OF DENIAL. ALRIGHT. AND UM, AS MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS STATED, UM, ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW CITY COUNCIL MEMBER FOR DISTRICT ONE, UM, WOULD I BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS CONTINUANCE? SO WITH THAT, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREENHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? NO. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSTA. AYE. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE. ALL RIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE WILL SEE YOU IN ANOTHER MONTH. BE IN SEPTEMBER. YES. . WE WILL, WE RECOGNIZE YOU. ALL RIGHT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING PLEASE. I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER ONE IS UP FIRST. GOOD AFTERNOON. ANN BETA'S ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER ONE IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 2000 BLOCKS OF EVAN EVANS ROAD AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM RP TO C TWO AND C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME, THERE ARE 76 NOTICES SENT TO, TO RETURN IN FAVOR. 12. RETURN IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE FROM ENCINO PARK NA OR THE VILLAGE AT ENCINO PARK. H O A. THE CURRENT RP RESOURCE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ARE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED C TWO C D S COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE AND SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE IS ALSO APPROPRIATE. THE SURROUNDING AREA ACCOMMODATES OTHER MEDIUM TO HIGH INTENSITY COMMERCIAL LAND USES AND THE PROPERTY IS SIZED IN PLACE TO ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. THREE ZONING MAINTAINS THE BASE ZONING DESIGNATION C TWO AND THE C D S CONDITIONAL USE AND SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION WILL ALLOW CONSIDERATION OF AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE USE OVER THE RECHARGE ZONE WITH THE PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. SASS RECOMMENDS NO MORE THAN 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, SAS REPORT PLEASE. FIRST, MIKE ESCALANTE WITH SAS UH, AQUIFER PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION. UH, WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE, UH, FLEX SPACE LOCATED AT SOUTH EVANS ROAD AND ENCINO COMMONS ROAD INTERSECTION. THE 27.14 ACRE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED WITH NATIVE TREES AND UNDERSTORY. THE EAST, WEST AND SOUTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE IS IN A FLOODPLAIN. TWO FRACTURED, UH, ROCK ZONE. FEATURES WERE NOTED IN THE WESTERN FLOODPLAIN AND ANOTHER FRACTURED ROCK ZONE WAS, WAS OBSERVED IN THE WEST ELM CREEK. ALL THREE SENSITIVE, UH, UH, FEATURES WERE, ARE PRES ARE PRESERVED WITHIN THE FLOODPLAINS. A BUFFER AREA WILL BE PROVIDED ADJACENT TO THE FLOODPLAIN SAWS. RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL THE ENVIRONMENT WITH ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE REPORT TO INCLUDE THE 50% PREVIOUS COVER FOR THE SUBJECT SITE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THAT APPLICANT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BROWN [00:40:01] MCDONALD 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT. FOR ITEM NUMBER ONE, I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION. UH, SO THIS PROPERTY IS IN DISTRICT NINE. YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S RIGHT OFF OF EVANS ROAD AND 2 81. IT IS ROUGHLY, UH, 27 ACRES. UM, AND YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S, UH, SURROUNDED BY, UH, TREES. AND THEN WE DO HAVE HOMES ON THE EAST AND THE SOUTH. THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT IS C TWO AND RP. UM, THE ZONING WILL ALLOW THE OWNER TO DEVELOP MULTIPLE OFFICE WAREHOUSE ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. UM, WE ARE PRESERVING A 13 ACRE BUFFER YOU CAN SEE THERE IN THE GREEN. UM, AND WE AGREE WITH THE 50 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER AND THE SAWS IS ALSO RECOMMENDING A 3.94 ACRE VARIABLE WITH BUFFER AND WE AGREE WITH THAT AS WELL. UM, WE ARE, UH, CURRENTLY WITHIN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN AND WE DO NOT NEED A PLAN AMENDMENT. HERE YOU CAN SEE THE ENTRANCE TO THE PROPERTY. UH, A BRIEF SITE HISTORY. THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP FOR DECADES. MOST OF THE COMMERCIAL SHOPPING CENTERS OFF OF EVANS AND 2 81 WERE FORMERLY OWNED BY THE SAME ENTITY. UM, THIS IS SORT OF THE LAST, UH, POD OF LAND THAT THEY OWN. UM, WE ACTUALLY REZONED THIS PROPERTY BACK IN 2005 TO ALLOW FOR A COMMERCIAL SHOPPING, SHOPPING CENTER PRESERVING THE SAME BUFFER AREA AND SAME ADDITIONAL VARIABLE WITH BUFFER. UM, LITTLE TO NO INTEREST FOR COMMERCIAL RETAIL HAS SURFACED SINCE THAT TIME AND IT HAS BEEN LEFT LARGELY UNTOUCHED. UM, HOWEVER, UH, OVER THE PAST 10 YEARS OR SO, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE, UM, UNHOUSED COMMUNITIES ON THE PROPERTY THAT THE OWNER HAS HAD TO REMOVE MULTIPLE TIMES. UH, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. YOU CAN SEE THE BUFFER I MENTIONED IN BLUE. UM, THAT IS THE FLOODPLAIN AND IT'S ABOUT 13 ACRES. AND THEN THE AREA IN RED, JUST NORTH OF IT THAT HAS THE DETENTION PONDS IS THE VARIABLE WIDTH BUFFER THAT SAWS IS RECOMMENDING. UM, THE FLOODPLAIN ON THE EAST SIDE IS ABOUT 60 FEET IN WIDTH, UM, BUT THE DISTANCE FROM THE HOMES ON THE EAST TO THE ACTUAL BUILDINGS IS ROUGHLY 200 FEET. UM, AND THEN TO THE SOUTH IT'S EVEN GREATER. YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE FLOODPLAIN VARIES, BUT IT'S GENERALLY 60 FEET. BUT, UH, FROM THE, THE FENCE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO THE NEAREST BUILDING, IT'S ABOUT 200 TO 300 FEET. UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE ENCINO PARK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION. WE MET WITH THE BOARD ON JUNE 20TH. THERE WERE NO OBJECTIONS AT THAT TIME AND WE ARE CONTINUING TO COMMUNICATE WITH NEIGHBORS REGARDING THIS PROJECT. WE DID SEND OUT, UH, IN ADDITION TO THE CITY MAIL NOTICE, WE SENT OUT OUR OWN PACKET OF INFORMATION AND HAVE BEEN ANSWERING QUESTIONS. UM, UM, SINCE WE SENT THAT OUT. UM, THE MAJOR CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD OVER THE PAST, UH, COUPLE OF WEEKS IS DRAINAGE YOU SAW ON THE SITE PLAN. WE HAVE ABOUT FIVE OR SIX DETENTION PONDS THAT WILL ADDRESS ANY OF THE FLOW THAT COMES, UH, FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT. UM, WE'VE ALSO HEARD THAT THEY, HOMEOWNERS WERE TOLD THIS WAS A GREEN BELT, UH, BY THE HOME BUILDER. AND THAT THIS, AS I SAID, IT'S BEEN IN THE SAME OWNERSHIP FOR DECADES. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WILL BE DISPLACED WILDLIFE. UM, THERE'S, THERE'S NOT MUCH WE CAN DO ABOUT THAT, BUT YOU KNOW, WE ARE LEAVING THE 13 ACRES OR SO UNTOUCHED WITH TREES AND WHATNOT. UM, AND THEN NOISE AND LIGHTING AGAIN. THERE WILL STILL BE A BUFFER AND LIGHTING WILL BE FACED TOWARDS EBEN ROADS IN OUR DEVELOPMENT PRIMARILY. UM, JUST FOR INFORMATION, THIS WAS IN THE BACKUP DETAILS, BUT YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C TWO FOR THE MOST PART RIGHT NOW. THERE IS THAT, UH, THAT BUT THAT FLOODPLAIN TO OUR SOUTH AND TO OUR EAST. BUT THERE ARE VARIOUS C TWO USES THAT ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED ON THE PROPERTY. AND THIS REZONING WILL TIE THE DEVELOPMENT TO A SITE PLAN AND IF ANY CHANGES WERE MADE TO THAT SITE PLAN FOR THIS USE, WE'D HAVE TO COME BACK BEFORE YOU GUYS. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN. OUR ENGINEER IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS FOR HIM. UM, AND WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO. WE HAVE UM, WE HAVE FIVE VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST PLEASE. HI, I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO THE CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 3 3 C D S E R Z D. THAT IS THE GREEN [00:45:01] BELT ON EVANS ROAD. I'M VERY STRONGLY AGAINST THIS. I JUST MOVED IN THE END OF SEPTEMBER. I MOVED HERE IN THIS HOUSE, NOT BECAUSE OF THE HOUSE BUT BECAUSE OF THE GREEN BELT BEHIND ME. THERE'S ALREADY SO MUCH, UM, TRAFFIC ON EVANS. THIS WOULD MAKE IT A WHOLE LOT WORSE. WE ENJOY THE AGRICULTURE AND THE WILDLIFE IN THE GREEN BELT. I WILL DEFINITELY VOTE AGAINST IT IF I CAN. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS EILEEN GRIEVAN. I LIVE ON 2 0 9 1 5 ENCINO ASH 7 8 2 5 9. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS KATE BOLTE. UM, I'M A RESIDENT OF 2 0 9 1 1 ENCINO ASH SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 5 9. I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 3 DASH ONE ZERO SEVEN ZERO ONE THREE THREE. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (256) 797-0982. I DO NOT SUPPORT THIS CASE NUMBER. UM, THIS WILL AFFECT MY HOUSE AS WELL AS ALL THE HOUSES IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS WILL DROP OUR PROPERTY VALUES TO HAVE THE ONLY GREEN SPACE IN, IN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD REMOVED AND DEVELOPED. AGAIN, I DO NOT STAND FOR THIS CASE. I AM STAUNCHLY AGAINST IT AND I WOULD PLEASE ASK THE COMMITTEE TO STAND WITH ME AND THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO IN THE 7 8 2 5 9 ZIP CODE TO UPHOLD OUR PROPERTY VALUES AND TO ENSURE OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND TO ALSO HAVE US RETAIN THAT GREEN SPACE RIGHT IN OUR BACKYARD. THERE ARE PLENTY OF OTHER WAREHOUSES, STORAGE FACILITIES, OTHER PLACES WITHIN THE CITY AND POSSIBLY OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS WHERE THIS COULD POTENTIALLY BE LOCATED. AGAIN, I DO NOT STAND FOR THIS RESOLUTION AND I WOULD PLEASE ASK YOU TO STAND WITH ME. THANK YOU. HAVE A GREAT DAY. MY NAME IS KEN VOLICE. I'M THE OWNER OF THE HOME AT 2 0 9 1 1 ENCINO ASH IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. MY PHONE NUMBER WHERE I CAN BE REACHED IS 2 5 6 6 1 7 8 4 1 7. I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 3 3. UH, C D S E R D D, UM, FOR NORTH SAN ANTONIO, JUST NORTH OF 1604, EAST OF 2 81. UM, I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT THIS IS A, A ZONING CHANGE TO TRY AND CHANGE FROM A GREEN SPACE TO A, A SPACE WHERE YOU COULD STORE, UM, OR, OR CLOSE STORAGE SPACE. AND I ASK THAT WE STAND AGAINST THIS CHANGE. UH, DO NOT SUPPORT IT HOLISTICALLY, STAND AGAINST IT FOR MULTIPLE REASONS. PART ONE, UM, THERE'S VERY LITTLE GREEN SPACE IN AND AROUND THAT AREA ALREADY. UM, TAKING AWAY THE LITTLE BIT OF TREE COVERAGE AND FOLIAGE THAT'S IN THE AREA OR OR ALLOWING THAT TO CHANGE, UM, WOULD DEGRADE THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF THE AREA TOO. UM, RIGHT NOW THAT PARCEL OF LAND PROVIDES A BIT OF STANDOFF DISTANCE BETWEEN HEAVILY COMMERCIALIZED AREA RIGHT NEXT TO 2 81 AND THREE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UM, HELPS REDUCE THE TRAFFIC AND CREATES A LITTLE BIT OF STANDOFF TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRAVERSE THAT, UH, THE ROAD ON EVANS SAFELY. UM, AND THEN THREE, ANY TYPE OF A CHANGE THAT ZONING THAT WOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION WOULD RESULT IN BASICALLY IN IN IN EYESORE STORAGE SPACE BEING PLACED IN BETWEEN THREE DIFFERENT RESIDENTIAL AREAS. UM, REALLY DEGRADING THE OVERALL AMBIANCE OF THE AREA AND TAKING AWAY, WELL TAKING AWAY NATURAL HABITAT TO KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW STANDS AS A PLACE WHERE LOTS OF ANIMALS ACTUALLY LIVE AND, UM, IN RESIDE. SO AGAIN, STANDING HERE, UM, TO STAND AGAINST THE PROPOSED CHANGE AND I REQUEST THAT I BE INFORMED OF ANY TYPE OF A VOTE AND THE OUTCOME, UH, FOR THE CHANGE I COULD BE REACHED AT 2 5 6 6 1 7 8 4 1 7. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. HI, MY NAME IS KIM COVINGTON. MY ADDRESS IS 2 0 9 0 6 ENCINO S SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 5 9. THE CASE NUMBER, THE LAST THREE NUMBERS, 1, 3 3. IT'S ABOUT BUILDING, BUILDING BEHIND ON THE GREEN BELT BEHIND OUR HOME. [00:50:01] I AM AGAINST IT AND SO IS MY HUS HUSBAND, WHO IS JAMES COVINGTON, WHO LIVES AT THE SAME, WHO RESIDES AT THE SAME ADDRESS. THANK YOU. HELLO, MY NAME IS B ROWLING. I LIVE AT 2 0 9 1 4 ENCINO ASH, THE SUBDIVISION OF AT ENCINO CASE NUMBER Z DASH TWO THREE. REGARDING THE CASE ZONE, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRAFFIC ISSUE AND THE GREENVILLE BEHIND THE 200 FEET PROPERTY. THANK YOU. SO THAT IS IT FOR VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE HAVE MS. ANN VARTO HERE TO SPEAK. HI, THIS IS MY FIRST TIME. SO MY NAME IS ANNA LARDO AND I LIVE AT 2 0 8 3 9 ENCINO ASH, I BOUGHT THAT HOUSE 20 YEARS AGO. WHEN I BUILT THE HOUSE, I WAS TOLD THAT THE THERE WOULD BE 20 ACRES THAT THE HOMEOWNERS OR THE H O A OWNED AND THAT WAS THE ONLY REASON I PICKED THAT LOT 'CAUSE IT WAS ACTUALLY MORE MONEY. BUT WE WANTED THE GREEN BELT. WELL NOW IT'S GOING. I DID TALK TO THE LADY OUT THERE AND SHE DID GIVE ME SOME ASSURANCE, BUT STILL 60 FEET. AND ONCE YOU START TAKING DOWN ALL THAT GREEN STUFF, THE NOISE ON 2 81 IS ALREADY PENETRATING. IT'S GONNA PENETRATE EVEN MORE AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT RIGHT NOW. UM, RIGHT BETWEEN ALL OF THESE HOMES TO PUT THIS UH, BUILDING, UH, SHE DID TELL ME IT'S NOT GONNA BE HIGH, BUT I'M STILL GONNA SEE IT. MY PROPERTY IS AT AN ANGLE GOING DOWN THE FENCE, DOES NOT COVER THE POOL. YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE RIGHT INTO MY HOUSE AND IF THERE ARE LIGHTS I'LL BE SEEING IT AND I'LL PROBABLY BE ONE OF THE CLOSEST AIR UH, HOMES THERE. SO I ASK THAT THEY EITHER MAKE SOME CHANGES OR PLEASE SAY NO. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT, MS. MCDONALD, DO YOU HAVE A SHORT REBUTTAL TIME? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR. I JUST, I I WANNA REITERATE, YOU KNOW, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN UNDER THE SAME OWNERSHIP FOR, FOR DECADES AND IT HAS NEVER BEEN A GREEN BELT. UM, IT, IT'S BEEN ZONED COMMERCIAL SINCE 2005. UM, WE ARE LEAVING AGAIN ABOUT 13 ACRES OF FLOODPLAIN AND THEN WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL BUFFER. UM, WE'RE COMPLYING WITH ALL OF THE LIGHTING OVERLAYS, UM, AND ADHERING TO THE SITE PLAN WITH, WITH THE NECESSARY SETBACKS. SO, UM, I THINK IT'S, WE'RE DEVELOPING THE SITE AS, AS SMART AND AS FRIENDLY AS WE CAN. UM, SO WITH THAT, AGAIN, I, UH, REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT NINE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BOTTLES FOR QUESTIONS. UH, CAROLINE, UM, IF YOU DON'T MIND, WHAT, WHAT'S THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE, UH, BUFFER ZONE AND THE HOMES? UH, IS IT A HUNDRED FEET, 150 FEET? I, I HAVE NO IDEA. YES. UH, SO, UH, I CAN ONLY GIVE YOU APPROXIMATE 'CAUSE THE, THE FLOOD PLAIN DOES EBB AND FLOW, UH, SURROUNDING THE PROPERTY. BUT GENERALLY THE FLOOD PLAIN IS ABOUT 60 FEET WIDE. UM, IF YOU GO TO THE EAST OF OUR SITE PLAN, SO THE RIGHT SIDE, IT'S ROUGHLY 200 FEET TO THE CLOSEST FENCE LINE FROM OUR BUILDING. AND THEN ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IT, YOU KNOW, FROM THE FENCE LINE AGAIN, TWO, OUR BUILDING IS BETWEEN 200, 300 FEET. UM, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL ASK MY COMMISSIONERS IF THEY HAVE SOMETHING AND THEN I GOT A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT, BUT KNOWING THAT THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN, UH, SINCE 2005 I C TWO, SO THEY'VE BEEN JUST WAITING FOR THE RIGHT DEVELOPMENT. BUT I'LL WELCOME YOUR COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? YES, COMMISSIONER WATSON. UH, CAROLINE, I JUST HAVE A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE SITE PLAN. UM, I SEE SEVERAL SPOTS DONATE, UH, SORRY, NOT DONATED, DESIGNATED AS TRUCK LOADING MM-HMM. , UM, WHAT KIND OF TRUCKS WILL THOSE BE AND ARE THERE SPECIFIC HOURS WHERE TRUCK TRAFFIC IS PERMITTED? UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, I CAN'T DEFINITIVELY SAY [00:55:01] WHAT TYPES OF TRUCKS. UM, IT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, JUST A TYPICAL DELIVERY TRUCK. I'M NOT EXPECTING ANY 18 WHEELERS JUST WITH THE TURNING RADIUS THAT THAT'S ON THERE RIGHT NOW. UM, AND WE HAVEN'T DISCUSSED OURS AT THIS TIME. NO FURTHER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, MR. MCDONALD, A QUESTION, SIR, CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON THE, UH, LIGHTING OVERLAY PLEASE? THE LIGHTING OVERLAY? YEAH. UM, I DO BELIEVE UNDER THE OVERLAY THAT ALL OF OUR LIGHTS MUST BE DOWNWARD FACING TO, UH, TO A CERTAIN DEGREE. THANK YOU. YES. COMMISSIONER REYES. QUESTIONS FOR THE ENGINEER? YES SIR. HI. UH, SO WITH THE DETENTION PONDS, THE RUNOFF VELOCITIES WILL NOT INCREASE? THAT'S CORRECT. HOW MANY TRIPS DO YOU KNOW WILL GENERATE THE SITE WILL GENERATE? I HAVE NOT DONE THAT. THAT'LL BE DONE WHEN WE GO THROUGH PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT EACH BUSINESS IS, IS GIVEN A, A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TRIPS. THEY'LL OBVIOUSLY HAVE TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS FOR THE AMOUNT OF TRIPS. UM, AND MOST LIKELY THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO MEET THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE REQUIRED THERE AT THE SIGNAL AT ENCINO PASS OR ENCINO. YEAH, COMMONS. AND HOW MUCH OF THE TREE CANOPIES GOING AWAY? UH, WE'LL MEET THE CITY'S ORDINANCE ABOUT TREE CANOPY REDUCE REDUCING. SO AT THIS POINT, I, I, I CAN'T TELL YOU OTHER THAN ESTIMATING, UH, WE'LL MAINTAIN 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. I ACTUALLY HAVE A, A QUESTION. UM, PROBABLY FOR, UM, THE APPLICANT AND IT MAY GO TO THE ENGINEER, I'M NOT REAL SURE. OKAY. UM, RECOGNIZING THAT, THAT WE'RE EARLY ON IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROJECT, DO YOU ANTICIPATE ANY, UM, LIKE RETAINING WALL SURROUNDING THE, THE SITE THAT'S BEING DEVELOPED? IN OTHER WORDS, IS IT GONNA BE RETAINING WALL AND THEN IT GOES TO THE UM, UH, GREEN SPACE? I'M GONNA DE DEFER TO THE ENGINEER. I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'VE COMPLETED THEIR, I KNOW THEIR FULL ANALYSIS YET. UM, I, I DON'T HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER. UH, WE WILL DO OUR BEST TO MAINTAIN THAT BUFFER AND STAY OUT OF IT. AND IF IT REQUIRES RETAINING WALLS, THEN WE'LL LOOK AT THOSE RETAINING WALL REQUIREMENTS AT THAT TIME. I'M SORRY, THAT'S NOT A VERY SPECIFIC ANSWER. NO, I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE'RE, WE'RE EARLY ON. UM, I GUESS THE SIMPLER QUESTION IS, IS IS THE SITE RELATIVELY FLAT? IT IS. IT IS FAIRLY FLAT, YES. OKAY. UH, THEY, UH, PREVIOUSLY IT HAD, UH, SIGNIFICANT GRADING DONE BY THE OWNER AND THIS WAS IN TWO, IN THE TWO THOUSANDS, SO. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION IS TO UH, STAFF, I SEE THAT THEY ARE IN THE M L O D, SO COULD YOU CONFIRM THAT THAT REQUIRES DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING? THAT IS CORRECT SIR. YES. CAMP BULLIS, UM, IS IN THAT AREA AND SO THEY'LL BE REQUIRED TO DO NOT ONLY DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING, BUT IT HAS CERTAIN LUMENS AND ALL OTHER KINDS OF REQUIREMENTS THEY'LL HAVE TO MEET. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, I THINK THAT'S THE END OF MY QUESTIONS. SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BARTOS FOR, UH, MOTION BASED ON WHAT WE HAVE UH, HEARD. AND UM, I CAN TELL YOU I'VE SPENT SOME TIME WITH THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE, UH, COURAGE AND HIS STAFF ON THIS. KNOWING THAT THIS, UH, PROCESS OR LAND HAS BEEN, UH, CLASSIFIED C TWO SINCE 2005. I ALSO NOT ONLY GET HIS COMMENTS ABOUT IT, UH, APPROVAL FROM CITY STAFF, APPROVAL FROM SAS, UM, AND IT'S PRESERVING, UH, MORE THAN 13 ACRES OF BUFFER ZONE. SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER ONE. ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. IS THERE, THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND. ALRIGHT, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL. UM, DISCUSSION. SORRY, I WAS TRYING TO REMEMBER WHERE I WAS. IF WE COULD HAVE DISCUSSION. UH, COMMISSIONER BOTTLES. DID YOU WANNA START US OFF OR YOU ALREADY DID. PRETTY MUCH SO I ALREADY MADE MY COMMENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. ANY DISCUSSION? SEEING NONE ON MY RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALRIGHT. UM, I DON'T THINK I HAVE ANY DISCUSSION. I WOULD'VE JUST ENCOURAGED THE APPLICANT TO, TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY BEFORE [01:00:01] GOING TO CITY COUNCIL. UM, AND WITH THAT, LET'S HAVE A ROLL CALL. VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON. ABSTAIN. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM, IS IT FIVE NEXT? THANK YOU, . OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAMERON BLACKMAN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS LOCATED AT 2 2 2 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET GOING FROM R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME 30 NOTICES SENT OUT ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED. MEMORIAL HEIGHTS IS NEUTRAL. NO RESPONSE FROM LOS PUENTES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OUTSIDE 200 FEET. THREE IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED? THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS NOT APPROPRIATE AND PROVIDES EXCESSIVE DENSITY. THE REQUESTED MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WOULD PERMIT UP TO 66 UNITS. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY EQUALS 87,552 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 UNIT 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 ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF M F 18. THIS WILL PROVIDE 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 THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD ADD THE APPLICANT PLEASE. HI, GOOD AFTERNOON. UH, MY NAME IS JAVIER YU, REPRESENTING THE, THE CLIENT. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE WERE REQUESTING TO DO A CHANGE OF ZONING TO MF 33. UH, WE SEND A MATIC SIP DISCIPLINE IN THERE. UH, WE HAVE MET WITH THE, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEMORIAL. WE HAVE TALKED, TALKED TO THEM AND THE OWNER HAS AGREED TO DOWNGRADE TO MF 25 IN ORDER TO HAVE, UH, UP TO 45 UNITS IN THERE. UH, THAT IS, THAT IS THE SCHEMATIC, UH, SIP PLAN. UH, THE ENGINEER IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS ON THAT. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S UH, MF 33 ALREADY ACROSS FROM, FROM THIS PROPERTY AND THERE'S ALSO MF 33 AROUND THE, THE BLOCK ON COMMERCE STREET. UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE MET WITH THE, WITH THE ASSOCIATION AND THE NEIGHBORS. UH, WE HAVE, WE KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE IN FAVOR. WE KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE ABOUT THAT ARE OPPOSED. WE HEARD THEM, UH, I KNOW THEY HAVE SOME CONCERNS ABOUT DRAINAGE AND TRAFFIC AND WE'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS AFTER WE HEAR THOSE VOICEMAILS AND, AND THE INFORMATION THEY HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO. WE HAVE A FEW VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. I JUST HAD TO ASK 'CAUSE I'VE GOT TWO FOLKS WHO HAD LEFT A VOICEMAIL THAT HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK. SO MR. FIRST I HAVE MR. LORENZO VIAL. WOULD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK OR HAVE YOUR VOICEMAIL PLAYED? CORRECT? EITHER OR. OKAY. AND THEN ALSO, MR. WILMER, UH, SEN SEN DID YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR VOICEMAIL TO BE PLAYED OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING NOW? SPEAK. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO, UH, YES, IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAILS FIRST. [01:05:40] OKAY. IF YOU COULD, UH, JUST STOP FOR A SECOND SO I CAN NOTE THAT THIS IS FOR ITEM ONE 16 AND SHE SAID THAT SHE'S IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OH, WAS IT THE WRONG, WAS IT THE WRONG ONE? IS IT ITEM FIVE? IT'S ITEM FIVE. IT'S FIVE. NO, IT WAS, IT WAS FOR CASE FIVE. IT WAS RIGHT. YOU SAID 16. NO, IT ONE 16. OH, ZONING CASE . OKAY, GO AHEAD. HELLO, MY NAME IS LORENZO VI. I LIVE AT THREE THREE FIVE PRECIOUS STREET. UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 860-1078. UH, CASE NUMBER IS 1 1 6. AND I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION OF THE APPLICATION TO REZONE THAT PROPERTY, UH, TO AN MF UH, 25. UH, THE FIRST REASON IS THAT I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS LONG BEND, A RESIDENTIAL AREA. UH, THE CURRENT, UH, ADDRESS IS, UH, IS ZONE R SIX THERE AT 2 2 2 30 SIXTH STREET. AND I BELIEVE THAT, UH, BY CHANGING IT TO AN MF 25, IT, UH, DRASTICALLY CHANGES THE, UM, THE CHARACTER OF THE, OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA. SECONDLY, THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY 25 DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE LACKLAND MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY DISTRICT, WHICH, UH, ITS PURPOSE, I BELIEVE IS TO REDUCE THE LIGHT INTENSITY LEVELS AND THE GLARE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, UH, IN THE AREA FOR SAFETY REASONS FOR THE MILITARY. AND SO I THINK THAT IF THEY PUT IN A APARTMENT COMPLEX, RESIDENTS ARE GONNA BE ASKING FOR ADEQUATE LIGHTING FOR SAFETY REASONS AND, AND OTHER REASONS. SO, UH, THERE WILL BE AN INCREASE OF THIS, UM, LIGHT POLLUTION THAT I THINK WOULD HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THIS, UH, PLAN, WHICH IS DESIGNED TO, UM, REDUCE ANY, ANY ISSUES WITH THE, THE TRAINING THAT HAVE AT LAC ONE AND THIRD. UH, IT CREATES THIS NEW MULTIFAMILY ZONING WILL CREATE A HIGH DENSITY ISSUE THAT WOULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH END END, THE END RESULT OFTEN BEING A HIGHER CRIME TRAFFIC ISSUES AND WORSENING OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE. AND SO WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, I BELIEVE THAT, UM, THIS, IT CAUSES, UH, A BROADER ISSUE. THERE'S A BROADER, BROADER ISSUE WITH DRAINAGE AND SO, UM, THE HIGH DENSITY, UH, APARTMENTS WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT WITH THAT. MY NAME IS LORENZO AL. I LIVE AT 3 3 5 PRECIOUS STREET AND I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS MARIA DE JESUS . I LIVE AT THREE 10 PRECIOUS. MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN FOUR THREE TWO ZERO FIVE EIGHT SEVEN. I AM AGAINST, UM, UH, SOMEBODY BUILDING THE APARTMENTS ON 2 2 2 NORTHWEST 36. THANK YOU. OKAY, THIS IS JOHN FRANCO. I'M CALLING A CASE OF ONE ONE SIX. UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN SEVEN SEVEN SEVEN THREE THREE NINE SEVEN. UH, ADDRESS IS THREE 19 PRECIOUS. AND UM, I'M CALLING ABOUT, UH, 22 2 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET. I'M AGAINST IT. AND, UH, THIS IS ABOUT HOUSES, NO APARTMENTS. THANK YOU. UH, YES, UH, GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS RICHARD GARCIA. ADDRESS IS 1 6 6 TESLA DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 8. CONTACT INFORMATION IS 2 1 0 8 2 5 6 1 5 4. IT HAS TO DO WITH ZONING CASE NUMBER 0 1 1 6. THE ADDRESS IS 2 22 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET. UH, REGARDING THIS CASE, UH, MY OPINION IS THAT, UH, BEFORE WE PROCEED WITH THIS ZONING CHANGE, I WOULD SAY THAT IT IS MORE BASICALLY ESSENTIAL. IT'S, IT'S ESSENTIAL AND FOREMOST FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES AND CONCERNS [01:10:01] HAVING TO DO WITH PRECIOUS AND PARKSIDE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE FLOODING ISSUE. UH, I DON'T SEE, UH, I'M NOT AN ENGINEER, BUT IF THIS IS GONNA HAVE AN IMPACT WITH OR THE ZONING CHANGE IS GONNA AFFECT THIS, PLEASE, PLEASE, I SAY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUES PRIMARY FIRST. OKAY. SECOND, IF THIS ZONING CHANGE DOES REQUEST GOES THROUGH, I WOULD SAY FOR IT TO BE A, UM, MF 18, THE MINIMUM APARTMENTS, WE, WE DON'T WANT ANYTHING HUMONGOUS IN OUR AREA, BUT MF 18 WOULD BE SUFFICIENT. THE THIRD POINT THAT I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE IS THAT THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY AT 2 22 NORTHWEST 36TH STREET, HE LIVES IN THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREA. HE, HE IS, HE IS MOVING THE BOUNDARIES. WELL, IT'D BE VERY INTERESTING AS A MEMBER OF MEMORIAL HEIGHTS IF THIS PERSON, THIS OWNER IS GONNA SUPPORT US OR IS HE'S JUST USING US FOR HIS ADVANTAGE. YOU KNOW, HOW HE'S GONNA SUPPORT US IS HE'S GONNA SUPPORT THE MEMORIAL HEIGHTS OR IS HE JUST USING THIS, UH, UH, ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, JUST, UH, TO HAVE THE ZONING CHANGE AS, AS AN ADVANTAGE FOR HIS, HIS FOR HIS OWN OWN BENEFIT. AND ALSO FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY FOR THE ZONING COMMISSIONER, UH, OF, UH, DISTRICT FIVE IN, UH, THAT IN THE PAST WHEN WE'VE HAD ZONING CHANGES, FOR EXAMPLE, REQUESTS, FOR EXAMPLE FLAGGO STREET, HE'S MADE COMMENTS, UH, IN EFFECT, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT QUOTING HIM EXACTLY, BUT HE SAYS THAT MEMORIAL HEIGHTS HAS ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST ZONING THAT VERY RARELY DO, DO WE, DO WE GO FOR THIS? WELL DISTRICT GO AND SHOW DREAMS THAT WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AGAINST GOLD, WE'RE NOT AGAINST CHANGE. SO WE ARE FOR IT. SO I JUST WANT LET, THERE'S ZONING COMMISSIONER, JUST THAT WE'RE THE ONE THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA. WE'RE THE ONES THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES SUCH AS CRIME. ALRIGHT. AND, UM, FOR SPEAKERS, WE HAVE, UM, MR. WILMER, UH, VISA PLEASE. AND AFTER HIM WILL BE MS. NICOLE ORTEGA. OKAY, GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M WILMAR. I LIVE IN 1 38 AND I'M HERE ABOUT THE PROPERTY. UM, AMMA GREEN WITH WHAT THEY WANT TO DO WITH THE APARTMENTS AND THEY THROW A LOT OF TRASH AND, AND THERE'S ALWAYS LIKE A LOT OF TRASH AND IT WILL BE BETTER IF THEY CAN DO SOMETHING TO MAKE IT CLEANER, MAKE IT PUR FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, THIS KIND OF MESS, INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY ARE NECESSARY. I LIVE IN TESLA STREET AND IT'S LIKE A ROLLER COASTER. WE HAVE TO DRIVE OUR TRUCKS, UM, KINDA DIFFERENTLY WHEN WE GO UPHILL AND DOWNHILL. AND I THINK THESE INVESTMENTS ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR THE COMMUNITY. THAT'S EVERYTHING. THANK YOU. AND NEXT, UH, MS. NICOLE ORTEGA ORTEGA. HI, I AM ORTEGA. GOOD AFTERNOON. AND I'M NOT COMING FROM THE SAME ADDRESS. 1 38 DRIVE REZONING. I AM, UM, UH, IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES AND IN THE MAP. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST COMPLEX OF APARTMENTS. UM, BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE AREA AND I DRIVE THROUGH THERE, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT IT'S A HEAVY TRAFFIC AREA. [01:15:14] UM, LIKE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ASKING FOR MORE UNITS AND IT WAS REDUCED TO 45 UNITS. I AM IN FAVOR OF THOSE 45 UNITS. WE HEARD THAT, UH, MAYBE THEY WANTED REDUCE IT MORE. WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT WOULD BE THE ISSUES AND WHY THEY HAVE TO BE REDUCED TO MORE, MORE, LESS THAN 45. WOULD IT BE IN THE TWENTIES, 20 LESS IN 20, OR LESS THAN 20, LIKE, MUCH LESS THAN THE ORIGINAL REQUEST. AND THAT'S IT FOR TODAY. THANK. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, MR. YU? YES. IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CHANCE FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL. OKAY. LIKE WE MENTIONED, UH, LIKE YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW ON, ON THAT, UH, EXHIBIT, THERE'S ALREADY MULTI-FAMILY 33 A ACROSS THE STREET, AND THERE'S ALSO MULTI-FAMILY AT THE CORNER OF 36 AND, AND COMMERCE, UH, WE KNOW, UH, THIS IS A TROUGHER STREET, SO, UH, THIS IS, THIS STREET IS GONNA, IS GONNA GET BUSY. UH, LIKE I SAID, WE KNOW THEY'RE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, TRAFFIC. UH, THIS PROPERTY, IF WE GO WITH THE REZONING, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH PLATING PROCESS AND WE'LL DO, UH, ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE THAT ARE REQUIRING THERE, INCLUDING A, A TRAFFIC ANALYSIS FOR, FOR THIS PROPERTY. UM, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE, THEY'RE WILLING TO, TO DOWNGRADE TO, TO 25. UH, LIKE I TOLD YOU, WE MET WITH THE, WITH THE ASSOCIATION. THE ASSOCIATION WAS IN FAVOR OF GOING TO 45 UNITS INSTEAD OF GOING TO THE MF 33. UH, WE KNOW THERE'S A CONCERN ABOUT DRAINAGE. UH, DURING OUR MEETING WITH D N A, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM, FROM, UH, MS. TERRY, UH, HE WAS THERE. HE SAID THEY ALREADY DID A, A STUDY. THEY KNOW THERE'S A PROBLEM ON, ON PRECIOUS PARK AND, AND PARK, UH, SITE AND PARK PLAZA. UH, THEY KNOW THIS. IS THAT THE DRAINAGE PROBLEM? IT IS NOT DUE TO CITY INFRASTRUCTURE. IT IS DUE TO THE ACTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THAT COMMUNITY WITH WHEN IT WAS ORIGINALLY. SO IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE EMPTY LOT OR WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING TO IT. UH, DURING THE DESIGN, UH, THE ENGINEER WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY DRAINAGE, UH, STUDIES THAT HAS TO BE DONE AND WE, WE CAN GUARANTEE WE'RE NOT GONNA MAKE THIS WORSE. IF NOT, WE'RE GONNA TRY TO MITIGATE AND, AND, AND HELP A LITTLE BIT, AT LEAST TO THE LOTS THAT ARE ON NEXT TO, TO US. SO, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME OR FOR THE ENGINEER. WE WILL SEE. OKAY. SO, ALRIGHT, THIS IS THE DISTRICT, DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, SO FOR THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE FIRST, IF I MAY, UM, SO WHY NOT MF 18? UH, THE, THE REASON THEY WANT TO GO TO MF UH, 25, IT'S, UH, THEY'RE, LIKE THEY SAID, THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THE MOST OUT OF THE PROPERTY AND, AND LIKE I, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE MET WITH, UH, MEMORIAL HEIGHTS AND THEY WERE IN AGREEMENT WITH US TO DO UP TO 45 UNITS, UH, IN IF WE HAVE A LEASE, UH, OFFICE IN, IN PREMISES. UH, DID YOU HAVE THAT SITE PLAN THAT YOU SHOWED PREVIOUSLY? UM, AND STAFF, BECAUSE THIS IS MF 25, THEY WOULD NOT BE HELD TO THIS SITE PLAN, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. RIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, ONE ITEM OF CONCERN GOING FORWARD WOULD BE THE LOCATION OF ANY, UH, GARBAGE UNITS. UH, 'CAUSE THAT IS, YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO THE RESIDENTIAL USES. YES. UH, SO I WOULD ASK YOU TO LOOK AT THAT AS YOU PROCEED. SHOULD YOU PROCEED, UM, IN THIS CASE, UM, I THINK MR. VIAL WHO WAS PRESENT AND LEFT, A VOICEMAIL LEFT, UM, BUT STAFF, I WANTED YOU TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT M L O D TWO AND, AND WHAT THAT REQUIRES [01:20:01] SINCE THAT ISSUE WAS BROUGHT UP. THAT'S ANOTHER MILITARY OVERLAY. THAT ONE'S FOR LACKLAND. AND SO IT HAS THE SAME REQUIREMENTS FOR LIGHTING, UM, TO RESPECT THE OPERATIONS OF THE MILITARY IN THE AREA. SO THEY WILL HAVE TO HAVE DOWNWARD FACING LIGHTING AND CERTAIN SPECS THAT THEY HAVE TO MEET WHEN THEY GET THEIR BUILDING PERMITS. OKAY. AND, AND THAT OVERLAY IS FOR ALL NEW UNITS OR NEW CONSTRUCTION IN THAT AREA? CORRECT. OR WOULD APPLY TO IT? IT, IT'S ANYTHING THAT'S WITHIN THREE TO FIVE MILES OF THE BASE ITSELF. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP FLOODING. UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULD WORK TO MITIGATE THAT, UH, FOR STAFF. YOU KNOW, THE CITY DOES IN FACT REQUIRE THAT ANY CONSTRUCTION HERE WOULD NOT INCREASE FLOODING DUE TO THAT DEVELOPMENT, CORRECT? YES, SIR. OKAY. ALRIGHT. I THINK THOSE ARE ALL OF MY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? NONE COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT. OH, WE'LL GO WITH COMMISSIONER REYES FIRST, YOU'RE PROPOSING TWO ACCESS POINTS. UH, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT YOUR NEIGHBOR'S ACCESS POINTS? DO YOU FEEL THERE'LL BE ANY CONFLICTS WITH, UH, LEFT ENDS, RIGHT OUTS? YES. YES, WE HAVE, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE STILL NEED TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING PROCESS, SO THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, TO MITIGATE DURING THAT PROCESS. BUT YES, WE HAVE, UH, THE LOT, UH, BELOW US. UH, IT IS ALSO A BIG LOT, ALMOST SAME SIZE AS US, AND IT ONLY HAS ONE, ONE, UH, DWELLING UNIT IN THERE AND IT'S ALMOST ALL THE WAY TO THE END. THANK YOU. COMMISSIONER, WE QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIRMAN. UH, FOR THE APPLICANT. REFRESH MY MEMORY, HOW MANY UNITS ARE YOU PLANNING TO PUT IN THE PROPERTY? UH, WITH MF 25, WE CANNOT GO MORE THAN 45, SO AS A MAXIMUM WE CAN GO, UH, LIKE WE STILL NEED TO GET THE ARCHITECT ON BOARD AND SEE IF 45 ARE GONNA BE MANAGEABLE. IF NOT, IT'S, IT'S SOMETHING LESS THAN THAT. SO NO MORE THAN 45. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UM, I THINK ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER, I, I HAVE A COUPLE OF BRIEF QUESTIONS. UM, DO YOU, WHO OWNS THE PROPERTY CURRENTLY? JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY SINCE THAT WAS ALSO RAISED? UM, MR. VINCENT? YES. SENIOR VINCENT? YES. OKAY. JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT. YEAH, AND HE LIVES, HE LIVES A COUPLE OF BLOCKS AWAY FROM THERE, SO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THAT'S IT. ALRIGHT, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE TO YOU FOR A MOTION. UM, SO THIS PROPERTY, YOU KNOW, SEEMS LIKE A GOOD LOCATION FOR SOME MULTIFAMILY HERE. UH, YOU HEARD THE ANALYSIS OF THE CITY STAFF ASKING FOR MF 18. UM, I THINK THAT MIGHT'VE BEEN PREFERABLE, BUT SINCE, UH, THE APPLICANT WENT THROUGH AND GOT AGREEMENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION INITIALLY AT MF 25, UM, THAT WAS THEN DOWNGRADED TO A, A NEUTRALITY POSITION, I SUPPOSE, UH, I THINK THAT MF 25 MIGHT BE APPROPRIATE, WHICH I GUESS LEADS ME TO ONE MORE QUESTION FOR YOU. SORRY. UH, ARE YOU FORMALLY AMENDING TO MF 25 AS YOUR REQUEST? YES. THANK YOU. UM, THIS IS A FOUR LANE ROAD. IT A GOOD THOROUGHFARE BETWEEN ST. MARY'S UNIVERSITY AND PORT SAN ANTONIO. UH, THERE ARE HOUSING NEEDS IN THOSE AREAS, UH, MR. GARCIA'S RIGHT. I TAKE SOME ISSUE WITH MEMORIAL HEIGHTS FREQUENTLY, UM, AS I BELIEVE THEY HAVE APPROVED ON OR SOUGHT APPROVAL ON ONLY ONE ITEM SINCE I'VE BEEN A COMMITTEE COMMISSION MEMBER HERE. UM, AND IN THIS CASE, I THINK, YOU KNOW, WHILE THE ASSOCIATION IS NEUTRAL, THE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE IN FAVOR. AND SO IN LIGHT OF THAT, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT. WAS THAT YOU COMMISSIONER NICKS WITH THE SECOND? SORRY. NO, I, I WAS, I WASN'T LOOKING AT THE TIME. ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED TO MF 25 [01:25:01] BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER. NICKS DISCUSSION LOOKING LEFT, SEEING, OH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, EXCUSE ME. UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. UH, I APPRECIATE THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, MADE A GOOD FAITH EFFORT AND WAS VERY TRANSPARENT IN THEIR INTERACTION AND OUTREACH TO THE COMMUNITY AND SPECIFICALLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. UM, I THINK THE REDUCTION IN UNITS AND THE COMMITMENT TO KEEP THEM AT 45 OR LESS WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING IS A GOOD COMPROMISE. UM, AND THERE'S A BALANCE OF SUPPORT AND, UH, WITH THE HOUSING NEEDS IN THE AREA AND THE EFFECTIVE COMMUNITY OUTREACH, I AM PLEASED TO SUPPORT THIS MOTION. UM, IT ALIGNS WITH SHIP AND SOME OF THE OTHER COMMUNITY NEEDS IN THE AREA. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER IS ON MY RIGHT. NONE. ALRIGHT. IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER ANTE. AYE. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I THINK WE ARE ON NINE. YES. ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER NINE IS, UM, CURRENT ZONING IS C TWO AND THEY'RE PROPOSING A C TWO S WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR BAR AND OR TAVERN WITHOUT A COVER CHARGE, THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK ON LOT SIX BLOCK TWO AND CB 1 16 5 9 7, AND C TWO SS HHL, UH, COMMERCIAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION, UM, FOR ON ONLY 0.0565 ACRES OUT OF THE N C B. UM, THIS APPLICATION FOR THE SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION WAS REVIEWED AND RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL AT OUR LAST MEETING BACK ON OC UH, JULY 18TH. UM, THIS IS BEING REHEARD DUE TO THE ADDITION OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK OVERLAY. UM, 176 NOTICES WERE SENT, EIGHT RECEIVED IN FAVOR, UH, 22 OPPOSED, AND THERE WAS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET. AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, WE RECEIVED THREE IN FAVOR, NO NOISE. UM, STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE A MIX OF O TWO HIGH-RISE OFFICE, DISTRICT C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT, AND MF MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT, WHICH PERMITS HIGHER INTENSE COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USES THAT COORDINATE WITH THE PROPOSED LOCAL WINE BAR. UM, THE PROPOSED APPLICATION FOR THE HL HISTORIC LANDMARK OVERLAY DESIGNATION WILL NOT CHANGE THE BASE ZONING DESIGNATION OR USES. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THE CONDITION THAT, UM, THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 10:00 AM TO 12:00 AM. UM, AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH THAT CONDITION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON. AGAIN, MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS, CAROLINE MCDONALD, BROWN AND MCDONALD 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT, UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE AND AGAIN, AS KELLY SAID, UM, THIS WAS BEFORE YOU LAST MEETING ON JULY 18TH, WHERE IT WAS RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL FOR THE SPECIFIC USE PERMIT. UH, THE DAY AFTER, UH, WE WENT TO H D R C ON THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION WHERE THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THAT REQUEST. SO WE ARE BACK BEFORE YOU TO ADD THAT HL TO THE ZONING CASE. UM, YOU DO YOU HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION JUST TO KIND OF SHOW SOME OF THE FEATURES OF WHY WE ARE DIS UH, DESIGNATING THE ONE OF THE BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK? UM, I SEE SHE HAS IT. OKAY. UH, SO AGAIN, WE CAN GO TO SLIDE THREE PLEASE. OKAY, ONE MORE. THANK YOU. AGAIN, YOU CAN SEE THE ENTIRE PROPERTY IS OUTLINED HERE. UM, THERE IS A SMALL BUILDING AND THE MIDDLE OF, UH, THE C TWO AREA THAT WE ARE DESIGNATED AS A HISTORIC LANDMARK. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. [01:30:01] THIS IS OUR OLD PRESENTATION, BUT KEEP GOING. WE'LL SEE. UM, SO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, DOES HAVE A WINERY IN COLUMBUS, TEXAS AT HIS FAMILY RANCH AND THE WINE WILL MADE OFF SITE AND IMPORTED INTO SAN ANTONIO, UM, AND WHERE 16 WINES ARE IN DEVELOPMENT. NEXT SLIDE. UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE HISTORIC BUILDING, UM, THERE ON THE LEFT THAT, UH, WAS BUILT IN THE 1920S, ORIGINALLY OWNED BY, UH, MR. BELL, WHO WAS A CURATOR OF THE SAN ANTONIO ZOO. YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE LIMESTONE ON THAT BUILDING IS ACTUALLY SIMILAR TO THE LIMESTONE THAT IS AT THE ZOO RIGHT NOW. AGAIN, A AN UP CLOSE PICTURE OF SOME OF THAT LIMESTONE. OUR, OUR CLIENT HAS OWNED THE PROPERTY SINCE 2001 AND HAS MADE, HAS NOT MADE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE OUTSIDE OF, OF THIS BUILDING, UM, BUT HAS DONE SOME INSIDE WORK. NEXT SLIDE AGAIN. UM, IT'LL BE HOPEFULLY A PRIVATE TASTING ROOM, A BUSINESS OFFICE, UM, AND SOME STORAGE. UH, THIS IS OUR TIMELINE. WE, UH, SUBMITTED THE ZONING APPLICATION ON MARCH 10TH. WE'VE HAD SEVERAL MEETINGS WITH THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS INCLUDING ONE ELM PLACE, WHICH IS THE OFFICE COMPLEX DIRECTLY, UH, WEST OF US. UH, WE'VE ALSO MET WITH ST. MATTHEW CHURCH AND WE ALSO HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE CHURCH. WHILE THE CHURCH IS NOT DIRECTLY, UH, ADJACENT TO US. THERE'S SPORTS COMPLEX AREA IS THE PROPERTY TO OUR EAST. UM, WE CONTINUED THE ZONING CASE IN MAY AND THEN POSTPONED IT IN JUNE. UH, THERE WAS A NOTICE ISSUE. UM, AND THEN OF COURSE WE WERE BEFORE YOU, UH, JULY 18TH. UH, WE ARE NEGOTIATING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS WITH ONE ELM PLACE, UH, TO INCLUDE THE HOURS OF OPERATION THAT ARE ON THE SITE PLAN ALREADY, AND THEN PROHIBIT THE, UH, SALE OF LIQUOR AND BEER. NEXT SLIDE AGAIN, UH, SITE PLAN, AND THEN THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS R T A B C LICENSE. YOU CAN SEE IT'S ONLY FOR WINE. AND THEN THE LETTER OF SUPPORT FOR FROM ST. MATTHEW AND I BELIEVE THAT'S IT. UH, BUT WITH THAT I DO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE 0.05 ACRES. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DON'T HAVE ANY VOICEMAILS, BUT WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER. MR. CHRISTOPHER SANCHEZ. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS CHRIS SANCHEZ. I REPRESENT THE POST OAK TOWN HOMES. UH, I WANTED TO ASK KELLY, YOU SAID SOMETHING IN YOUR, UH, YOUR BRIEF THERE, UM, ABOUT A TOWN HOME ASSOCIATION OR THERE'S NO TOWN HOME. CAN YOU RE UH, REPEAT THAT FIRST? UM, NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCI REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION. WELL, THAT WOULD BE POST OAK TOWN HOMES. ISN'T THAT THE, IS IT NOT THE SAME THING? IT'S NOT REGISTERED WITH THE, UM, C COMMUNIC, UM, SORRY. COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT DEPARTMENT. SO IT, IT'S CONSIDERED A CONDO ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS LEGALLY NOTIFIED PER OUR MAILING LIST. SO THE NOTICES WENT OUT FOR THAT, BUT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS, UH, CALLED OUT DURING THE HEARING AS FAR AS NUMBERS, UM, THAT WERE THE ASSOCIATION ITSELF AS, UH, FOR OR AGAINST, REGARDLESS IT IS, UH, MULTIFAMILY, UH, SITUATION. AND, UH, A NEW, UH, QUITE A FEW OF 'EM OF THE FOLKS THAT LIVE THERE, UM, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, THE ALCOHOLIC NATURE OF THIS, OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT. AND, UH, SO I, I JUST WANT THAT TO BE ON RECORD EVEN THOUGH WE MAY NOT BE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT WE SHOULD BE. YOU WERE STILL, AND ANYONE WHO WAS IN THE ASSOCIATION WAS STILL COUNTED OKAY. IF WE RECEIVED A NOTICE FROM THEM, WHETHER THEY WERE FOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST. SO YES, THOSE WERE HAVE ALL BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR. OKAY. WE JUST DO NOT STATE THE CONDO ASSOCIATION BECAUSE IT'S NOT REGISTERED WITH THE CITY, BUT YOU MAY CHECK IN WITH THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO SEE IF THEY'RE, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD REGISTER FOR YOU. OKAY. UM, I'VE HAD OTHER HOMEOWNERS THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT, UH, LOSS OF VALUE, UM, BECAUSE OF THIS ESTABLISHMENT. UH, I GOTTA TELL YOU, I AM PRO BUSINESS. I WANT TO SEE BUSINESSES, I WANNA SEE BUSINESSES SUCCEED. UH, I'VE DRIVEN PAST THIS LOCATION MANY TIMES, SEVERAL TIMES A DAY. AND, [01:35:01] UM, IT'S JUST THAT IT'S LOCATED RIGHT BETWEEN, UH, HOMEOWNERS AND A PARK, UH, THAT DEALS WITH CHILDREN AND ADULTS, YOU KNOW, HAVING GREAT TIME WITH THEIR, FOR BASEBALL OR FOOTBALL. UM, SO THAT IS, THAT IS MY CONCERN. I'VE, UH, ACTUALLY DRIVEN ONTO THE PROPERTY ON A COUPLE OF OCCASIONS, UH, AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO FENCE SEPARATING THE TWO PROPERTIES OF THE PROPERTY, OF THE WINE BAR AND THAT OF THE, OF THE ST. MATTHEWS PARK. SO, UM, I WOULD, UH, I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT A FENCE BE INSTALLED. UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S, WHO'S GONNA PAY FOR THAT, BUT, UH, THAT IS ALL I HAVE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, THAT WAS THE, IT THAT WAS ALL THAT WE HAD FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT? CORRECT. ALRIGHT. MS. MCDONALD, DO YOU WANT A REBUTTAL TIME? UH, YES. THANK YOU. JUST BRIEFLY WANNA HIGHLIGHT THIS IS FOR THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF, OF THE BUILDING. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH ST. MATTHEW CHURCH, UM, AND THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE, OUR REQUEST. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. ITEM NINE, SORRY, I GOTTA LOOK AND SEE WHO'S, WHOSE DISTRICT IS THIS? COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. THAT'S RIGHT. DISTRICT EIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, OKAY, ACTUALLY I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCDONALD. THANK YOU. UM, SO JUST REGARDING SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT MR. SANCHEZ HAD, WOULD THERE BE A PROPOSAL FOR A POSSIBLE FENCE TO BE ADDED TO, TO THE ADJACENT, I GUESS TO SEPARATE THE, THAT'S SOMETHING MAYBE THE APPLICANT WOULD CONSIDER? UH, DEFINITELY CONSIDER ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF THE PROPERTY. I THINK THAT'S ALREADY IN, IN THE WORKS. UM, RIGHT NOW THERE'S NOTHING PLANNED, UH, ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY. OKAY. AND THEN WHAT ABOUT, I HAD SOME, I GUESS, COMMENTS REGARDING AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS. IS THERE GONNA BE AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS ON THE PROPERTY OR AT THIS TIME? NO. NO. WOULD HE BE WILLING TO JUST PUT THAT, I GUESS ON, ON RECORD THAT IT WOULDN'T BE OR SOMETHING OF THAT WOULDN'T, THERE WOULD BE NO AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS ON THE PROPERTY. I CAN GO ON THE RECORD TODAY AND SAY THERE WILL BE NO AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MM-HMM. . UM, NEXT QUESTION IS FOR ACTUALLY STAFF. THE, THE CURRENT ZONING THAT IS CURRENTLY ON THE PROPERTY, WHAT CAN THEY DO RIGHT NOW? WHAT CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE WITH THE CURRENT OWNER? WHAT CAN THEY DO AS FAR AS THE PROPERTY? THE WAY IT'S, UH, THEY CAN DO A NUMBER OF GENERAL RETAIL USES AS WELL AS A RESTAURANT WHICH WOULD BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ALCOHOL SALES. SO TECHNICALLY HE COULD HAVE A FULL BAR THERE IF HE WANTED TO. THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED, YES. OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS. I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONER IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER'S. ON MY LEFT QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE AND MS. MCDONALD FOR YOU, UM, THE SPORTS AND ATHLETIC COMPLEX MM-HMM. THAT BORDERS THIS ON THE EASTERN PORTION. MM-HMM. , THE REASON WHY ST. MATTHEWS IS SO IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE IT IS THE CHURCH MM-HMM. THAT OWNS THAT SPORTS AND ATHLETIC COMPLEX, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. THAT WAS MY QUESTION. OH, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT SEEING OH, OH, SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT. NONE. I DID HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF. STAFF. YOU HAD MENTIONED A DESIRE FOR CONDITIONS ON HOURS OF OPERATION, IF YOU COULD, UH, CORRECT. UM, I ADDED THAT IT WAS MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, 10:00 AM TO 12:00 AM MIDNIGHT AND THAT WAS PART OF THE REQUEST YOU HEARD PREVIOUSLY. OKAY. AND SO, SO, UH, MS. MCDONALD, YOU'RE FINE WITH THOSE? OKAY. YES. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UM, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR A MOTION. THANK YOU CHAIR. UM, LET'S SEE. OKAY, THE, THIS CASE WAS PRESENTED ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO AND WAS PRESENTED TODAY FOR THE ADDITION OF THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION. UM, BUT BEING THAT THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERNS WITH THE APPLICANT, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE OR THE, THE NEIGHBORS, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THIS WAS OUT HURT TO THE PUBLIC SO EVERYBODY CAN HEAR. UM, THE PROPOSAL AND WHAT CAN CURRENTLY BE THERE, UH, THE WAY IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED. UM, I DO BELIEVE THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION WILL ADD SOME ADDITIONAL, UM, AREAS FOR REVIEW FOR, TO PRESERVE THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE BUILDING. AND I WILL, UM, I DO THINK THAT IT WOULD HELP THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS WITH THESE, UH, WHAT THE APPLICANT HAS DONE TODAY TO KIND OF RESTRICT THESE CERTAIN NO FULL LIQUOR, UH, AND SOME OF THE OTHER ADDITIONS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS ADDED IN TODAY'S HEARING. UM, THANK YOU. UM, WITH THAT BEING SAID, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATION WITH CITI TO UH, GO AHEAD AND APPROVE [01:40:01] THIS TODAY. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT. ALRIGHT, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NINE BY COMMISSIONER ORT SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS DISCUSSION. JUST ONE MORE. AND I JUST WANNA ALSO THANK MR. SANCHEZ FOR COMING IN TODAY AND VOICING HIS OPINION AND ALSO THE NEIGHBORS FOR THE EMAILS AND THEN JUST THE GIVING THEIR OPPOSITION AND COMING IN TODAY TO TAKE THEIR TIME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT. UH, COMMISSIONER BUSANTE BRIEFLY. UM, YEAH, THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION, UH, HAS BEEN APPROVED BY H D R C. THAT IS THE PRIMARY THRUST OF TODAY AND CERTAINLY FOR THAT REASON I AM SUPPORTING THIS MOTION, ALTHOUGH I THINK I ALSO SUPPORTED THE PREVIOUS, UH, SS DESIGNATION AS WELL. OKAY, THANK YOU. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT COMMISSION ON, ON MY RIGHT? NONE. ALRIGHT. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER TIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER FUENTES. I'M SORRY. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES. OKAY, THANK YOU. ONE MORE OR EARLIER BREAK. ONE MORE CASE. OKAY, ONE MORE CASE. I BELIEVE WE ARE ON CASE 14. ALRIGHT, I AM 14. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS ADOLFO GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 5 0 6 AND FIVE 10 STYRON STREET GOING FROM RM FOUR TO I D C TWO. MEDIUM INTENSITY INFO DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FIVE DUAL UNITS WITHOUT OTHER OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME. THERE WERE 37 NOTICES SENT OUT, ZERO IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET. THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIX DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED I D Z TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFO DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FIVE DUAL UNITS. IT'S ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING. THE DENSITY PERMITTED IN THE CURRENT RM FOUR BASE ZONING DISTRICT IS A MAXIMUM OF FOUR DWELLING UNITS PER LOT. TOILING A, A TOTAL OF POTENTIAL OF EIGHT DWELLING UNITS. THE REQUESTED FIVE DUALING UNITS PROPOSES LESSER DENSITY THAN THE ALREADY PERMITTED TO OF THE RM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT. THE PROPOSED REZONING ALSO REQUIRES A SITE PLAN WHICH WILL PROVIDE DETAILS OF THE LAYOUT AND LIMIT THE DENSITY TO FIVE UNITS. ANY MAJOR AMENDMENTS TO THE SITE PLAN AFTER REZONING WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBOR LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY, THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. GOOD AFTERNOON, YOUR EXCELLENCES. UM, MY NAME IS EDO TUCKER. I'M THE APPLICANT AND ALSO THE PROPERTY OWNER AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS FROM THE OPPOSITION AND ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW AS THE STAFF HAS ALREADY UH, EXPLAINED, UM, WE COULD HAVE GONE FOR EIGHT UNITS ON THIS LAND, BUT WE'VE DECIDED TO COMBINE THEM. MA'AM, MA'AM, I'M SORRY TO INTERRUPT. DO YOU MIND GETTING A LITTLE CLOSER TO THE MICROPHONE SO WE CAN HEAR YOU BETTER? IS THIS BETTER? YES. OKAY. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, DO I HAVE TO REPEAT OR ARE WE GOOD? I THINK OKAY. IF YOU COULD JUST REPEAT YOUR LAST NAME AGAIN. OH, I UNKA, THAT'S MY NAME. MY LAST NAME IS UNKA. OKAY. UNKA. . INKA. YES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. UH, WHAT I WAS SAYING IS WE DECIDED TO COMBINE THE LOT AND JUST DEVELOP FIVE UNITS, FIVE TOWN HOMES ON THE COMBINED LOT. AND I DO HAVE, UM, SOME PICTURES AND SOME SITE SITELINE ALREADY PROVIDED AND I'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATION WITH THE KING WILLIAMS ASSOCIATION. I'VE HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THEM AND THEY ARE VERY SUPPORTIVE IN THE DESIGN. AND THE LAST DESIGN WE HAVE JUST LAST NIGHT WAS JUST TO HAVE SOME MINOR UPDATES LIKE THE FENCE AND SOME OTHER THINGS ON THE FACADE. SO THERE HASN'T BEEN AN OPPOSITION FROM THEM OTHER THAN THEY'VE BEEN REALLY SUPPORTIVE AND THEY JUST WANT THE DESIGN AND THE DEVELOPMENT BEING KEEPING WITH WHAT THEY HAVE ALREADY WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE BUILDING, I CALL IT A MODERN VICTORIAN DESIGN JUST TO KEEP IT MODERN BUT ALSO MAKE IT RELEVANT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND WE ALREADY HAVE TWO OTHER DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. 1 360 STREET, 1 4, 6 STREET, ONE WITH EVEN BIGGER MASS THAN WHAT WE HAVE. SO WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING RELEVANT TO MAKE THIS COMFORTABLE FOR EVERYONE. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN AN OPPOSITION SAYING THERE WILL BE CRIME COMING INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I DON'T [01:45:01] BELIEVE SO UNLESS THERE RESERVE ANY JUSTIFICATION FOR SOMEONE TO COME INTO THIS REALLY HIGH PRICED NEIGHBORHOOD AND AND BE A NEGATIVE EFFECT. I DON'T THINK SO. AND ALSO IN TERMS OF TRAFFIC, THE DESIGN COMES WITH GARAGES LIKE YOU CAN SEE. SO, UM, THERE, THERE SHOULDN'T BE ANY REASON WHY ANYONE WILL PARK WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR OWN DESIGNATED GARAGE AND THERE'S ALSO SPACE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY FOR THEM TO PACK EXTRA CARS. UM, BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, THIS IS MY COMPANY AND I'M MORE FOCUSED ON PROVIDING AFFORDABLE HOMES AND ALSO TRANSIT ORIENTED HOMES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS. AND UM, I BELIEVE, UM, WE CAN MAKE GOOD USE OF THIS DEVELOPMENT. SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY QUESTION, PLEASE I'M HERE TO ANSWER AND ALSO I'M SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO. WE HAVE UM, WE HAVE A FEW VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. OKAY. WE HAVE THE VOICEMAILS PLAYED FIRST PLEASE. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS JOAN FREAS. MY ADDRESS IS 3 1 2 CEDAR STREET. I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 59. IT'S ABOUT ADDRESS 5 0 6 AND FIVE 10 STEER STREET. UH, I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THIS CHANGE. UM, YOU MAY WANT TO REFER TO THE EMAIL WRITTEN BY JAMES DOER, UH, THAT REALLY HAS ALL GOOD REASONS TO OPPOSE THIS CASE, WHICH I'M IN AGREEMENT WITH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS. MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 3 8 7 1 6 4 7. THANK YOU. MY NAME IS KRISTEN CASEY. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (713) 410-9345. MY ADDRESS IS FOUR 10 MADISON STREET 7 8 2 0 4, WHICH IS IN THE KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M CALLING ABOUT ZONING NUMBER 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 5 9 WHICH IS THE CASE CONSTRUING 4 0 7 CEDAR STREET IN WHICH THE CURRENT OWNER IS TRYING TO REMOVE THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING CODE AND CHANGE IT TO I D V TWO. I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST THAT MOVE. THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS WORKED FOR MANY YEARS TO TRY TO DOWN THOSE ZONE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COMPLETELY RESIDENTIAL AND THIS IS THE OPPOSITE MOVE IN THAT DIRECTION AND ALSO THIS LOT IS CLEARLY NOT A INFA SITUATION. THE LOT ITSELF IS BECAUSE THE PREVIOUS OWNER JUST WRECKED IT WITH THE TEARING UP THE CEMENT AND IS LEFT IT AS AN EYESORE FOR ALL THE REST OF NEIGHBORS. AND I HOPE YOU REJECT AND DO NOT GIVE APPROVAL TO THIS LARGE UNIT AND CHANGE TO THE RESIDENTIAL VOTING. THANK YOU. IT CHANGED TO THE ZONING. THANK YOU. YEAH, GOOD MORNING. THIS IS MICKEY CONRAD. I LIVE AT THREE 10 MADISON. MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN SIX THREE NINE ONE THREE THREE NINE. I'M CALLING REPRESENTING THE KING WILLIAM ASSOCIATION IN REGARDS TO UH, CASE NUMBER, UH, THE LAST THREE DIGITS OR 1 5 9 REGARDING 5 0 6 AND FIVE 10 STEERING. AND WE ARE CALLING, UH, IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING CHANGE. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS NANCY DEAL. I LIVE AT 4 22 ADAM STREET, 7 8 2 1 OH AND THE BAJA KING WILLIAM AREA. I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT I'M AGAINST CHANGING THE ZONING ON THE LOT AT 4 0 7 CEDAR LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE CASE NUMBER ARE 1 5 9. I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST REMOVING THE RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND ALLOWING FIVE UNITS ON THAT VERY, THOSE VERY SMALL TWO LOT PARCEL PLEASE VOTE AGAINST. THANK YOU. THIS IS PEGGY RAMSEY. I LIVE AT 1 3 3 EAST RISHI, UH, IN SAN ANTONIO, SEVEN EIGHT TWO ZERO FOUR. MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 315-1473. I'M RESPONDING TO THE ZONING CASE TOMORROW, ENDING IN THE THREE NUMBERS 4 0 7, UH, ON CEDAR STREET ABOUT, UH, REMOVING RESIDENTIAL ZONING. UM, I'M OPPOSED TO [01:50:01] CHANGING ANY RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO AN I D Z TWO FORMAT. THE RESIDENTIAL NATURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE AND ATTRACTIVE TO OUTSIDERS COMING IN. UM, AND I THINK IT IS, IT WOULD BE HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CHANGE ANYTHING FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING. SO I'M OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL ZONING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE-BYE. HI, THIS IS ROB, R O B BEACH, B E H C H OF 1 0 5 FIRST STREET, 7 8 2 1 OH. UH, 5 1 2 2 9 4 7 3 3 7. UM, CASE NUMBER Z AS IN ZEBRA, 2 0 2 3 7 5 9. AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A VERBAL RECORD OF MY PROTEST IN TRYING TO ACQUIRE ZONING FOR MULTI-UNITS HERE. UM, I CAME HERE BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY AND THE ACQUAINTANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WE'RE RAPIDLY LOSING DUE TO TOO MANY BUSINESSES AND ALREADY A COUPLE OF, UH, MULTI-UNIT, UH, ESTABLISHMENTS HERE. THE TRAFFIC IS GETTING WORSE, THE CONGESTION IS GETTING WORSE, AND THEREFORE THE ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE IS GETTING WORSE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THAT FROM GETTING EVEN MORE CONGESTED THAN IT IS NOW. SO THEREFORE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS REMAIN THIS, UH, A NEIGHBORHOOD OF, UH, ONE UNIT, ONE BUILDING, UH, NOT MULTI TEAM. SO THAT IS ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY ON THAT SUBJECT AND HOPE THIS REACHES WHOEVER IT NEEDS TO TAKE CARE. HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ROSEMARY DANA AND I LIVE AT 3 2 3 CEDAR STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 0. THIS IS REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 1 5 9. UM, I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE NEW, THE NEW ZONING CHANGE REQUEST ON THE PROPERTY OF 5 0 6 AND FIVE 10 TY STREET. I OPPOSE THIS, UM, DUE TO THE, UM, INCREASED TRAFFIC THAT IT'LL BRING. UM, AND ALSO, UH, WE ALREADY HAVE LOTS OF TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA. AND ANOTHER THING IS I, I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT FIVE DWELLINGS ON HALF AN ACRE OF PROPERTY. SO, UM, I DO OPPOSE THIS. UM, I THINK IT IS THE WRONG THING FOR THE KING WILLIAM DISTRICT. UM, MAYBE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WOULD BE BETTER THERE. UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, HAVE A GOOD DAY. UM, WHO HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK? WE HAVE MR. MARK HOGANSON FOLLOWED TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. STEVE. UM, STRAIN. GOOD AFTERNOON. UM, I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE REQUEST BY ION HOMES AND RESORTS, U S A U, SS A L L C THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED FOR 5 0 6 AND FIVE 10 STERN. UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE SEEN AN ELEVATION OF THE PROPOSED, UH, BUILDING THERE PREVIOUSLY ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASIONS. THE H D R C HAS JE REJECTED DEVELOPMENT PROPOSALS ON THIS VERY SAME LAND FROM TWO DIFFERENT DEVELOPERS. UH, ONE OF THE IMAGES THAT YOU SAW SHOWS A UNDERDEVELOPED LOT WITH PILES OF CONCRETE AND GROWING WEEDS AND SO FORTH. THIS IS THE CONDITION THAT IT WAS LEFT IN BY THE LAST, UM, UH, CONTRACTOR WHO ENDED UP SELLING THE PROPERTY BECAUSE HIS PROJECT WAS, UH, REJECTED BY THE H D R C. SO THE PROPOSAL IN FRONT OF THE BOARD TODAY SHOWS FIVE UNITS AND THE H D R C PREVIOUSLY REJECTED PROPOSALS FOR FOUR UNITS, UM, AND ALSO AN INADEQUATE PARKING SCHEME SIMILAR TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY REJECTED. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE I D Z DASH TWO ZONING WAS CREATED TO ENCOURAGE INNER CITY DEVELOPMENT, UM, THE WORDS ON THE WEBSITE, UM, ALSO TO, UH, IMPROVE IMPOVERISHED AREAS OF OUR CITY. OUR KING WILLIAM NEIGHBORHOOD IS NEITHER INNER CITY NOR IMPOVERISHED. THE KING WILLIAM HISTORIC DISTRICT OF SAN ANTONIO IS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF [01:55:01] HISTORIC PLACES. THOSE OF YOU FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA KNOW THAT IT IS A UNIQUE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ITEMS SUCH AS HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS, PARKING REQUIREMENTS, DENSITY, SETBACKS. THESE ARE ALL ADDRESSED IN THE CURRENT R M FOUR ZONING. WHY AGREE TO A ZONING CHANGE? IT DOES NOT SET THE SAME STANDARDS OR ELIMINATES THEM ALTOGETHER IN SOME INSTANCES. LET'S PRESERVE THE QUALITY OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY PULL HOLDING ONTO OUR RMM FOUR ZONING. THANK YOU. AND J SIR, JUST FOR THE RECORD, CAN YOU PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? I'M SORRY. MARK HOGENSON. I LIVE AT 4 0 2 CEDAR, UM, ADJOINING THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION. THANK YOU. UM, NEXT TO BE MR. STEVE, UM, STRAIN AND THEN FOLLOWED TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. DENNIS QUINN. I'LL KEEP THIS SHORT. ALL GOOD THINGS ARE SHORT. UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN. COMMISSIONERS, UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS STEVE STRAIN. I'M A SOMEWHAT NEW RESIDENT TO FOUR 11 CEDAR STREET. AFTER 27 YEARS IN ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY, WE DECIDED TO SETTLE DOWN IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND WE PICKED KING WILLIAM FOR A FEW REASONS. THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF IT, THE FAMILY, THE SENSE OF COMMUNITY, AND THE SENSE OF INCLUSIVENESS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE HAVE THAT NOW. WE HAVE THAT IN THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. YOU HEARD FROM A NUMBER OF FOLKS ONLINE, YOU HEARD FROM MARK, HE COULDN'T HAVE SAID THE HISTORY BETTER. DENNIS IS HERE, KIMBERLY'S HERE, OUR NEIGHBORS ARE HERE. WHAT YOU FIND ON FOUR 11 CEDAR STREET OR ANYWHERE ON CEDAR STREET IS A SENSE OF COMMUNITY. WE COULD HAVE MOVED OUT TO THE SUBURBS WHERE THEY HAVE MULTIFAMILY HOMES, BUT WE CHOSE KING WILLIAM BECAUSE WHEN YOU WALK DOWN THE STREET, YOU KNOW YOUR NEIGHBORS, YOU LOOK OUT FOR YOUR NEIGHBORS AND YOU WELCOME YOUR NEIGHBORS TO LOOK OUT FOR YOU. ADDING THIS MULTI-STORY HOME CHANGES THE FEEL OF OUR COMMUNITY. IT CHANGES THE LOOK OF THE COMMUNITY AND IT CHANGES THE HISTORICAL NATURE OF THE COMMUNITY. WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. UM, AND HONESTLY, WE BOUGHT THE HOME AND I REMEMBER A YEAR AGO DRIVING DOWN THE STREET AND I SAW A FATHER WITH HIS TWO KIDS BEHIND HIM ON BICYCLES. AND I SAID, W WE HAD A THREE-YEAR-OLD AT THE TIME. SHE JUST TURNED FOUR ON MONDAY. AND I SAID, THAT'S THE PLACE WHERE WE NEED TO LIVE. AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SETTLED DOWN IN KING WILLIAM. UH, WE DIDN'T SETTLE DOWN FOR MULTI-FAMILY HOMES TO POP UP JUST ACROSS THE STREET. SO I I WELCOME YOU TO OPPOSE THIS AS ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS DO. THANK YOU. NEXT IS MR. DENNIS QUINN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. JOAN CHEEVER. MY NAME IS DENNIS QUINN. WE, UH, MY WIFE AND I, JOAN CHEEVER, ARE AT TWO 17 CEDAR. I'M GONNA YIELD MY TIME OVER TO HER. MS. CHEEVER, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU HONEY. HELLO COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS JOAN CHEEVER. WE ARE RESIDENTS OF TWO 17 CEDAR STREET AND WE ARE HERE TO VOICE OUR STRONG OPPOSITION TO A REZONING CHANGE REQUEST TO 5 0 6 AND FIVE 10 STEERING STREET. A PREVIOUS OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY MADE AN APPLICATION TO THE HISTORIC AND DESIGN REVIEW COMMISSION AND IT WAS UNANIMOUSLY REJECTED BECAUSE IT DID NOT CONFORM INTO THE SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD. SO WHY IS THIS DEVELOPER GETTING A SECOND BITE AT THE PROVERBIAL DEVELOPMENT APPLE? DO YOU THINK WE ARE ALL ASLEEP ON THIS STREET OR ARE SUFFERING FROM HEAT STROKE? NO, WE ARE AWAKE AND WHILE WE'RE HOT, WE, WE DON'T HAVE HEAT STROKE. WE OBJECT FOR MANY REASONS. THE FIRST OF WHICH IS A LACK OF PARKING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CONSTANT BATTLE WE AS RESIDENTS CONTINUE TO FACE WITH THE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS AND BARS ON ST. MARY'S STREET AND THE OVERFLOW OF PARKING ON STEERING STREET AND EVERY OTHER SIDE STREET OFF CEDAR SUCH OVERFLOW. PARKING, PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET PRESENTS A SAFETY HAZARD FOR WALKERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT DUSK. AND IN THE EVENING, ESPECIALLY WITH THE NUMBER OF CARS AFTER WORK GOING TO THESE ESTABLISHMENTS, THIS DEVELOPER HAS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING, NOR HAS A CITY PROVIDED ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING GARAGES OR SPACES TO TAKE THE STRESS OFF STREET PARKING AND THINK ABOUT ALL THOSE LITTLE KIDS, THE BIKERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE. IT'S REALLY A DANGER ZONE. THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND WE WANNA KEEP IT THAT WAY. TO ALLOW A DEVELOPER TO PUT FIVE UNITS ON A LOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IS ABSURD AND IS CONTRARY TO THE SPIRIT OF THE ZONING LAWS [02:00:01] AND WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON FUTURE, ON FUTURE REHABILITATION OF HISTORIC SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. THE COMBINED LOTS 0.212 ACRES IS A TINY PIECE OF LAND IN WHICH TO CONSTRUCT FIVE DWELLINGS AND WILL HURT THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THIS HISTORIC DISTRICT, WHICH ALL OF US, ITS RESIDENTS HAVE PAINSTAKINGLY TAKEN TIME AND MONEY TO RESTORE THESE HOMES TO THEIR ORIGINAL GRANDEUR. PLEASE DO NOT LET THIS DEVELOPER WRECK THE BEAUTY OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD ALL IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR. IT WOULD BE A TRAVESTY AND A BLIGHT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THE ABOVE STATED REASONS AND MANY OTHERS NOT NAMED. I ASK YOU AGAIN TO VOTE NO AND TO KEEP THIS NEIGHBORHOOD A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD AND HELP ALL OF US, ITS RESIDENTS TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN ITS HISTORIC BEAUTY. WE LOVE LIVING DOWN THERE. WE REALLY DO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. VOTE NO PLEASE. THANK YOU. THAT IS IT FOR, UM, PUBLIC SPEAKING. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, MS. INKA, YOU HAVE A REBUTTAL TIME IF YOU WOULD LIKE. YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE PEOPLE THAT CAME UP. UM, I NOTICED THAT MOST OF YOU ARE FROM CEDAR STREET AND CURRENTLY MAJORITY OF THE MULTIFAMILY YOU HAVE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ACTUALLY ON CEDAR STREET, 1 3 6 CEDAR STREET, 1 4 6 CEDAR STREET AS WELL. UM, I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU FEEL AND HOW YOU MAY FEEL, BUT I'M NOT COMING IN TO WRECK YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M COMING IN TO DEVELOP LAND LIKE YOU'VE SEEN. IT'S DESERTED, IT'S AN ISO LIKE YOU MENTIONED. MA'AM, MA'AM MA'AM, CAN YOU DIRECT YOUR, UM, YOUR COMMENTS TO THE COMMISSION PLEASE? OH, I'M SO SORRY. I WAS JUST TRYING TO, UM, ANSWER THEIR QUESTION. BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING IS WE'RE NOT COMING IN TO DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'RE COMING IN TO MAKE IT BETTER AND THAT'S WHY WE CHOSEN A DESIGN IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S WHY IF YOU'VE LISTENED TO, UM, THE KING WILLIAM ASSOCIATION, THEY'VE BEEN WORKING WITH US TO MAKE SURE THE FACADE, THE DESIGN ISN'T KEEPING. AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT IT CAME UP WITH THEIR SUPPORT AND THEIR APPROVAL ON THIS. SO I'M NOT COMING TO DIRECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I UNDERSTAND WHAT HISTORIC MEANS. I'M FROM A ROYAL FAMILY AND I ALWAYS KEEP IT LIKE THAT. SO I RESPECT THE HISTORIC NATURE OF THE, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE DO EVERYTHING RIGHT. UM, SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY. IF THERE'S ANY MORE QUESTION, PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, THANK YOU STAFF FOR KEEPING ME IN LINE. I SOMETIMES FORGET THINGS, BUT THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE FOR QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. UM, YEAH, I'LL HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, FOR THE APPLICANT. UM, SO YOU MENTIONED THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE KING WILLIAM ASSOCIATION AND WE HEARD THE VOICEMAIL FROM THEM. HAVE YOU REACHED OUT TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE AT ALL TO HAVE AND HAD ANY INTERACTION WITH THE FOLKS AT THE AT THE COUNCIL OFFICE? AT THE COUNCIL? NO, BUT I WILL, I'M WILLING TO, UM, HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERYBODY POSSIBLE. OKAY, THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN LOOKING AT YOUR SITE PLAN, UM, I NOTE ON THERE THAT THERE'S NOT REALLY ANY PARKING THAT'S DESIGNATED. UM, SO ARE YOU PLANNING FOR PARKING ON THIS AND IF SO, HOW MANY SPACES PER UNIT? WE ACTUALLY HAVE, OH, SORRY, THAT'S THE ELEVATION SHOWS MORE IF YOU DON'T MIND. SO EACH OF THE UNIT ACTUALLY HAS A DESIGNATED, UM, GARAGE, WHICH IS ONE PARKING FOR EACH UNIT. THEN ALSO WITHIN THE PARKWAY WE'VE ALSO LEFT SPACES FOR ADDITIONAL PARKING IF NECESSARY. SO EACH UNIT ACTUALLY HAS DESIGNATED PARKING. AND HOW MANY SPACES PER UNIT? UM, FOR THE GARAGE ONE, THEN THE SPACES THEY HAVE ADDITIONAL ONE. AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY ADDITIONAL SPACES WOULD YOU HAVE TOTAL? OH, IN TOTAL FOUR I BELIEVE. OKAY. SO THEN WERE FIVE UNITS PLUS FIVE SPACES PLUS FOUR SPACES? YES. SO NINE SPACES? NINE IN TOTAL FOR FIVE UNITS. FOR FIVE UNITS. OKAY. UM, HOW LARGE ARE THE UNITS GOING TO BE? HOW MANY BEDROOMS, HOW MANY SQUARE FEET? UM, SO THE FOURTH, FOUR OR THREE BEDROOMS AND TWO BATHROOMS AND TWO, I'M SORRY, THREE BEDROOMS, TWO AND OUR BATHROOMS. AND THE LAST ONE BASED ON THE KID WILLIAMS ASSOCIATION REQUEST, WE REDUCED IT TO TWO, TWO BEDROOMS AND TWO AND A HALF AND ALSO REDUCED THE HEIGHT AS WELL. OKAY. UM, I NOTED, UM, ON THE ZONING MAP IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S A REPL HERE. UM, AND IT INVOLVES THREE LOTS, SO IT'S 5 0 2. UM, AND THEN THE TWO LOTS THAT ARE IN QUESTION HERE, [02:05:01] WHAT IS THE USE THAT'S PLANNED FOR 5 0 2? I DO NOT HONE 5 0 2. SO THAT WAS A PREVIOUS PLOT. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE PLOTTING PROCESS TO COMBINE 5 0 6 AND FIVE 10, WHICH IS WHAT WE HONE. PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, AND WHAT ARE YOU PLANNING AS FAR AS THE USE? UM, THESE ARE GONNA BE RENTAL UNITS. IT'S A COMBINATION, SO THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE WENT FOR HIGH DZ SO THAT WE CAN, WE CAN GIVE MULTIPLE FAMILIES OPPORTUNITY TO HONE AND ALSO TO RENT. SO IT'S GONNA BE A COMBINATION OF HOMES FOR RENT AND FOR SALE. AND ARE YOU PLANNING AND I'M PLANNING TO KEEP ONE MYSELF FOR YOUR RENTAL? FOR MYSELF, MY MY FAMILY. FOR YOUR RENTALS, ARE YOU PLANNING THOSE TO BE LONG-TERM RENTALS OR SHORT-TERM RENTALS? OH, LONG-TERM. OKAY. UM, AND THEN MY FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU IS, WOULD YOU BE OKAY WITH A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE? SO COMING BACK IN TWO WEEKS, I DON'T THINK THERE WILL BE AN ISSUE, BUT UM, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY? I THINK THAT, WELL IT'S JUST THE COUNCIL OFFICE HAD EXPRESSED A CONCERN. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY HADN'T HAD ANY OUTREACH FROM YOU. AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THERE'S OPPOSITION FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I JUST WANNA GIVE THEM, AS WE, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE A NEW CITY COUNCIL PERSON IN DISTRICT ONE. OKAY. SO JUST TO GIVE THEIR OFFICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET ENGAGED. OH, ABSOLUTELY. THAT'LL BE FINE. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND THEN I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR STAFF ON THIS. OKAY. UM, SO SHE'S SHOWING THE NINE PARKING SPACES ON HER ELEVATION, BUT IT'S NOT SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN. SO THEN IN ORDER FOR THAT TO BE UM, ACTUALLY ENFORCEABLE, IT WOULD NEED TO BE IN THE SITE PLAN, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND REMIND ME FOR I D Z TWO, ARE WE WAIVE, DOES THAT WAIVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS ENTIRELY? NO, IT ONLY WAIVES IT BY 50%. SO SHE'S ONLY REQUIRED, UH, PER THE 50% TO HAVE FOUR SPACES TOTAL FOR TWO RMM FOUR LOT. WELL IT'S, IF, IF YOU WERE TO, OKAY, I GUESS MY QUESTION SHOULD BE FOR RMM FOUR, FOR TWO RMM FOUR LOTS, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WOULD YOU NEED? FOUR. IF YOU HAD ONE AND A HALF, IF YOU HAD FOUR UNITS ON EACH ONE OF THOSE SIX AND IF YOU HAD FIVE UNITS, WHAT WOULD THE, THE REQUIREMENT BE? UH, EIGHT. IT'S SEVEN AND A HALF, BUT YOU ROUND UP EIGHT. OKAY, SO EIGHT. YOU WOULD NEED EIGHT PARKING SPACES IF IT WAS DEVELOPED AS THE RMM. IF YOU CAN'T DO OUR, YOU CAN'T DO FIVE UNITS IN RM FOUR, YOU CAN ONLY DO FOUR UNITS. THAT'S THE MAX. RIGHT. SO IT WOULD BE EIGHT PARKING SPACES PER LOT BECAUSE I'M TRYING, I'M TRYING TO JUST FIGURE OUT HOW MANY, IF WE WERE TO DEVELOP IT UNDER RMM FOUR, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES WOULD YOU NEED PER UNIT VERSUS HOW MANY PARKING SPACE? THAT'S BETTER QUESTION. IT WOULD BE SIX PER LOT UNDER RMM FOUR, SO THAT WOULD BE 12 TOTAL IF THEY DID FOUR ON ONE LOT AND FOUR ON THE OTHER EIGHT UNITS TOTAL. GOT IT. OKAY. UM, AND THEN AS FAR AS THE HEIGHT, UH, THE HEIGHT THAT THEY HAVE LISTED HERE IS UM, TWO AND A HALF STORIES. SO, AND IT'S 35. OKAY. I GUESS ACTUALLY THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE ONE THAT I LOOKED AT, SO I THINK I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS ON HEIGHT. I'M GOOD. WE'LL JUST ADD, SINCE YOU BROUGHT UP HEIGHT THAT UM, I D Z TWO DOES ALLOW UP TO FOUR STORIES. HOWEVER, UH, WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT WHAT'S ON BOTH SIDES OF IT AND THERE, IF THERE IS EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY, THEY ARE LIMITED AUTOMATICALLY TO TWO AND A HALF STORIES, 35 FEET. OKAY, PERFECT. WELL, AND IT'S ALSO, IT'S ON THE SITE THEN, SO IT IT'LL BE ENFORCEABLE REGARDLESS, CORRECT? YES MA'AM. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. UM, STARTING ON THE RIGHT SIDE, ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT. NONE. COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT. COMMISSIONER NICKS, EXCUSE ME, I'VE GOT A QUESTION IN THE APPLICANT AND IT'S A, A TRAFFIC QUESTION AGAINST YOUR SITE PLAN. AND IF SOMEONE'S ALREADY IN THE GARAGE IN THAT FIRST UNIT AND THEY'RE PARKED IN LIKE YOUR SITE DIAGRAM SHOWS, HOW DO THEY GET TO THE REST OF THE UNITS IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO? SORRY, CAN YOU REPEAT THAT IF YOU DON'T MIND? WELL, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE, I'M LOOKING AT YOUR SITE PLAN AND JUST SHOWING THE WAY IT IS. IF SOMEBODY IN THE SECOND, THIRD, FOURTH, ALL THE WAY DOWN WANTS TO GET INTO THEIR DRIVEWAYS, HOW DO THEY DO IT IF SOMEBODY'S PARKED THERE? OH, THEN THERE'S A GARAGE THERE. THAT CAR IS GOING INTO THE GARAGE, NOT PARKING IN FRONT OF THE GARAGE. IF THEY'VE GOT A VISITOR, SOMEBODY'S IN THE GARAGE AND THEY'RE PARKED JUST LIKE THEY ARE RIGHT THERE. OH THE, HOW DO THEY GET IN THE PARKING SPACE? WE HAVE THE EXTRA PARKING SPACE IS NOT LIKE THAT. UM, SORRY, CAN I POINT [02:10:14] SO THE EXTRA PARKING IS LONG HAIR AND HERE NOT LIKE THAT. SO WE DON'T WANT ANY PICTURE. MA'AM, PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. OH, SORRY. THE EXTRA PARKING IS LONG HAIR, NOT LIKE THAT. NOT VERTICAL BUT HORIZONTAL. OKAY. HOW ARE YOU GONNA ENFORCE THAT? UH, WE WOULD DEFINITELY HAVE ALL THE, JUST SIMILAR TO 1 3 6, LIKE I MENTIONED 1 3 6 SEATER STREET HAS THE SAME LAYOUT AND THE SAME EXTRA PACKING AND ALL THERE ARE NOTICES ON WHERE ALL THE EXTRA PACKING SPACES ARE AND WE'RE GONNA DO THAT. OKAY. WELL I WOULD SUGGESTING PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE GONNA COME BACK AND YOU'RE GONNA ADJUST YOUR SITE PLAN, THAT'S TO INDICATE THAT ON THERE. OH, OKAY. 'CAUSE AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, SOMEONE CAN PARK RIGHT THERE AND NOBODY ELSE CAN GET IN AND THE NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR CONCERN ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING TO PARK IN THE STREET. OKAY. SO IF YOU WANT AN APPROVAL AND SOMEHOW NEED TO SHOW THAT OR INDICATE IT, HOW THAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN CARE OF. OKAY. BECAUSE RIGHT NOW IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BLOCKED. OH, OKAY. WE'LL DEFINITELY DO THAT. ALRIGHT, OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON. UM, I HAVE A QUESTION TO OF CLARIFICATION FOR STAFF. UM, WE HAVE DISCUSSED THE EXISTING RMM FOUR ZONING. UM, COULD YOU JUST CONFIRM HOW MANY UNITS WOULD CURRENTLY BE PERMITTED WITH THE EXISTING RMM FOUR ZONING? YES MA'AM. BOTH OF THOSE LOTS ARE A LITTLE OVER 4,000 SQUARE FEET. AND SO BASED ON THAT THEY, IN THE RMM FOUR, THEY CAN BUILD FOUR UNITS PER LOT FOR A TOTAL OF EIGHT UNITS. THANK YOU. UM, AND THEN IF YOU COULD ALSO CONFIRM, THIS WILL HAVE TO GO TO H D R C, CORRECT? YES MA'AM. THAT'S IN THE, UM, UNDER THE OVERLAY DISTRICT INFORMATION, UH, THE KING WILLIAM HISTORIC DISTRICT IS GOING TO REQUIRE, UH, ENFORCEMENT OF THE BUILDING EXTERIOR DESIGN STANDARDS. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS ACTUALLY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, THAT ACTUALLY ANSWERED MOST OF MY QUESTIONS. THE ONLY OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAD IS, UM, H D R C HAS PURVIEW AT LEAST IN KING WILLIAM OVER EXTERIOR ONLY NOT INTERIOR CHANGES, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. AND THEY CAN ALSO, UH, NOT REGULATE THE USE OF THE PROPERTY, SO THEY CAN'T LIMIT THE NUMBER OF UNITS. OKAY. SO, UM, A LOT OF KING WILLIAM IS RMM FOUR FROM WHAT I BELIEVE. SO SOME OF THOSE CURRENT WHAT APPEAR TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES COULD BE MULTIFAMILY IN ACTUAL USE LEGALLY. CORRECT. NOT MULTIFAMILY, BUT UP TO FOUR UNITS BECAUSE AS STAFF WE DON'T CONSIDER MULTIFAMILY UNTIL IT'S FIVE UNITS. OH, OKAY. SO YOU SAID MULTI-FAMILY, BUT IT'S MIXED RESIDENTIAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS, FOUR TOTAL UNITS. AS LONG AS THEY HAVE THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE LOT, THEY CAN DO THE FOUR UNITS. OKAY. NOW I WOULD CAUTION THAT UNDER THE CURRENT, UM, WE HAVE THE CODE AMENDMENT NOW THAT SAYS THAT IF THE LOT IS A THIRD OF AN ACRE OR LESS, ALL OF THE UNITS HAVE TO BE IN ONE STRUCTURE. ONE STRUCTURE. YES. YES. ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE, ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE AT THIS TIME. BACK TO YOU. OH, I THINK, I THINK I STARTED ON THE RIGHT SIDE. I WAS DIFFERENT THIS TIME FOR SOME REASON. UH, TO YOU COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE FOR A MOTION. GREAT. UM, SO I'LL BE MAKING A MOTION FOR, UM, CONTINUANCE TO THE AUGUST 15TH CASE. UM, AS I STATED EARLIER, JUST TO GIVE THE COUNCIL OFFICE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET, UM, INVOLVED AND GET UP TO SPEED ON THIS. UM, AND, AND I WOULD, UM, REQUEST THAT THE APPLICANT SHOW THE PARKING ON THE SITE PLAN JUST SO THAT THOSE NINE SPACES ARE SHOWN AND THAT THAT IS ENFORCEABLE. SO I WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU WORK TO DO THAT. AND THEN, UM, JUST MAKE SURE THAT YOU REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND I, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON REACHING OUT TO YOU AS WELL, BUT TRY TO CONNECT WITH THEM SO THAT UM, YOU GUYS CAN HAVE CONVERSATIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE'S ENGAGED. ALRIGHT. THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE. DID YOU SAY TWO WEEKS? FOR TWO WEEKS? IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. OKAY. MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. DISCUSSION. LOOKING LEFT. SEEING NONE. LOOKING RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER WE AYE. AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? YES. COMMISSIONER [02:15:01] BARROS. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER BUS? AYE. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. WE'LL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS. UH, THE TIME IS 3 22 ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN NUMERALS AND WE WILL BE TAKING A SHORT 10 MINUTE BREAK. WE WILL BE BACK AFTER THREE 30. ALRIGHT, WE AT THE TIME IS 3 33 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION OF SAN ANTONIO IS BACK IN SESSION. I BELIEVE WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 16. SO PUSH. GOOD AFTERNOON. CAMERON BLACKMAN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 16 IS LOCATED AT 1 4 2 1 AUSTIN STREET GOING FROM I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO IDZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME 25 NOTICES SENT THREE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE IS IN SUPPORT OUTSIDE 200 FEET, TWO IN FAVOR. ONE OPPOSED THE EXISTING I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED IDZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT IS MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE PROPOSED REZONING IS TO ALLOW FOR SHORT-TERM RENTAL AND FOOD TRUCKS ON THE PROPERTY. THE REQUESTED REZONING IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ADJACENT BASED ZONING DISTRICTS OF I D Z TWO IN PHIL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH SIMILAR USES OF C TWO AND MF 33. THE PROPERTY IS BOUND TO A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED WITHOUT FURTHER REZONING. 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. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO AMEND HIS USE FOR IDZ TWO WITH USES IN C TWO AND A SINGLE DWELLING UNIT. AND HE'S EAR ALSO TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. HELLO? HELLO, MY NAME'S AMON, UH, THE APPLICANT FOR, UH, THE ZONING CHANGE FOR 1421 AUSTIN STREET. UM, AND YES, I, I WROTE THIS DOWN SO THAT WAY I DIDN'T FORGET, UH, BUT I AM GOING TO BE ASKING TO AMEND MY REQUEST TO THE USES PERMITTED IN C TWO AND A ONE DWELLING UNIT ONLY. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS? I WE, WE DO HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOICEMAIL PLAYED PLEASE. HELLO, MY NAME IS VALERIE CORTES AND I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF THE GROUP THE CONCERNED CITIZENS OF DIGNITY WITTY HILL REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 2 LOCATED AT 4 20 14 21 AUSTIN STREET. WE DO NOT AGREE WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION TO APPROVE THE REZONING OF 1421 AUSTIN STREET TO I DZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH PERMITTED USES IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT. THIS LOT CURRENTLY HAS A SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE THAT WAS BUILT IN 1918. THIS HISTORIC HOUSE IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND MIRRORS THE OTHER HOUSES ON THE 1400 BLOCK OF AUSTIN STREET, WHICH CONSISTS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES. THE DEVELOPERS AND OR OWNERS PLAN TO BUILD A MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT SURROUNDED BY THREE FOOD TRUCK LOCATIONS WILL SEVERELY DISRUPT THE RESIDENTIAL AND FAMILY INTEGRITY OF THE EXISTING STREET, BOTH ON AUSTIN STREET AND ON JOSEPHINE STREET. IN ADDITION, THERE IS ALREADY HEAVY TRAFFIC BETWEEN AUSTIN STREET AND JOSEPHINE STREET AND BUILDING A MULTIFAMILY UNIT WITH ADDITIONAL FOOD TRUCKS. WE'LL JUST ADD TO THE PARKING CONCERNS FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THIS AREA. THANK YOU. THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT. IF YOU'D LIKE A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THE EMAIL OR VOICEMAIL, SORRY. UM, YES, SO, UH, THE ZONING, UM, THAT, THAT WAS ORIGINALLY [02:20:01] PROPOSED, UM, I THINK WAS MAYBE TAKEN OUTTA CONTEXT, UH, FROM WHAT THE PLANS ARE. UM, IDEALLY THE PLAN IS, UM, IS NOT TO HAVE MULTI-FAMILY ON THERE. UM, THAT'S WHY I'M AMENDING IT TO BE A SINGLE DWELLING. OKAY, THANK YOU. THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, SO COMMISSIONER WATSON, DO YOU FOR QUESTIONS? I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. I DO HAVE A LOT FOR DISCUSSION, SO I'LL OPEN IT UP TO MY OTHER COMMISSIONERS. ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT. ANY QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT QUESTIONS. COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. UH, FOR THE APPLICANT, CAN YOU PLEASE CLARIFY FOR ME WHAT IS IT THAT YOU'RE ASKING FOR NOW? SO JUST TO, TO, TO KEEP THE, UH, THE ONE DWELLING, A ONE DWELLING, UM, UH, USE. I DO NOT, HIS NEW REQUEST IS I D Z TWO. SO THE MAIN, UH, THE SAME THING HE CAME FORWARD WITH, BUT HE'S KEEPING THE C TWO USES AND NOW TAKING OUT THE MF 33 AND STATING ONE DWELLING UNIT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER OR WE, WHAT DO YOU WANT? OKAY. OKAY. UH, BACK TO YOU. I I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. SO, UH, BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER WATSON. OKAY. UH, SO THIS, UH, BLOCK OF AUSTIN STREET IS ALREADY BEING USED FOR PRIMARILY MULTI-FAMILY, UM, INCLUDING IN WHAT CURRENTLY APPEARS TO BE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND SEVERAL OF THE, UH, SINGLE FAMILY APPEARING HOMES FROM THE STREET ARE ALREADY REZONED C TWO FOR WITH PLANNED FUTURE USE FOR UM, BAR AND RESTAURANT. UM, AND THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY WITHIN 200 FEET THAT OWN THOSE PROPERTIES. UM, THIS WHOLE AREA IS BECOMING A RESTAURANT AND, UH, SMALL SCALE NEIGHBORHOOD, COMMERCIAL STYLE ENTERTAINMENT CORRIDOR. UM, YOU WILL HAVE SEEN AND WE'LL SEE IN UPCOMING WEEKS A NUMBER OF CASES RELATED TO THAT. THERE ARE NO EXISTING SHORT-TERM RENTALS ON THIS BLOCK. SO, AND THE HISTORIC HOME WILL BE PRESERVED EVEN IF THIS IS USED FOR C TWO IN THE FUTURE. IT WILL HAVE TO BE WITHIN THIS STRUCTURE AND TO AVOID HAVING TO REZONE AGAIN. UM, EVEN THOUGH THERE ISN'T CURRENTLY GOING TO BE FOOD TRUCKS ON THERE TO PRESERVE THAT FOR THE FUTURE. THAT IS WHY THOSE ARE INCLUDED ON THE SITE PLAN. AND HE DID REACH OUT TO THE GOVERNMENT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND PRESENT. UM, AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY HAVE ALSO BEEN MADE AWARE OF THIS CASE AND WE HAVE MORE SUPPORT THAN OPPOSITION. SO IT FITS INTO THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT PATTERN. UM, IT DOESN'T DETRACT FROM WHAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING ON THE STREET AND THAT HISTORIC HOME IS GOING TO BE PRESERVED AS PER THE SITE PLAN. SO THAT ISN'T GOING, WE'RE NOT GONNA LOSE A HISTORIC STRUCTURE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS HISTORIC HOMES. IT'S JUST GOING TO POTENTIALLY BE REPURPOSED. UM, AND THE IMMEDIATE PLAN IS TO USE IT AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL. AND WE LOOKED IN TO MAKE SURE THERE WERE NO OTHER, UM, PERMITS ISSUED FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS ON THAT BLOCK. SO THEY DID THEIR HOMEWORK. UM, AND IT DOES SUPPORT, UM, THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THAT AREA. WE DO HAVE A STRONG DESIRE FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, ESPECIALLY WITHIN DOWNTOWN CORRIDORS. WE HAVE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE MOVING INTO THE MULTI-FAMILY PROPERTIES THERE AND A LOT OF EXISTING RESIDENTS THAT RELY ON TRANSIT AND WALKABILITY TO GET TO THINGS. IN ORDER TO GET THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, WE DO NEED SOME INCREASED DENSITY TO SUPPORT THAT DEVELOPMENT. SO, UM, OUR OFFICE IS VERY MUCH IN SUPPORT OF THIS AND I'M MAKING A RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED. THANK YOU. I'LL SECOND THAT. AND COMMISSIONER BARTOS. ENTHUSIASTIC SECOND . ALRIGHT. DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT. SEEING NONE. COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. UM, I THINK COMMISSIONER WATSON MADE A LOT OF REALLY GREAT POINTS AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. UM, I DO NOTE THAT THE CURRENT, UH, ZONING IS I ONE, SO THIS IS ACTUALLY DOWN ZONING FOR THAT. AND, UM, IN TOTAL AGREEMENT THIS AREA IS, IS THERE IS NO MORE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL REMAINING ON THIS BLOCK. UM, AND, AND THEN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY, YOU HAVE THE, UM, ALAMO COMMUNITY COLLEGES ACROSS THE STREET. SO IS, THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR THIS AREA AND I DO APPRECIATE THAT THEY ARE MAINTAINING, UM, A DWELLING UNIT THERE. SO YEAH, MY KIDS GREW UP THERE, SO I'VE TRIED TO KEEP IT A HOUSE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. UM, MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY, IT WAS BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS. THAT'S RIGHT. IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES. COMMISSIONER BARROS? YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER ORTIZ. COMMISSIONER NICKS? [02:25:01] YES. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. CHAIR SIPES? YES. ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. THANKS GUYS. ALL RIGHT. UM, ITEM NUMBER 19. GOOD AFTERNOON. MY CAMERON BLACKMAN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES. ITEM NUMBER 19 IS LOCATED AT 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN AVENUE. GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A GIFT SHOP WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME. THERE WERE 80 NOTICES SENT OUT FOR FAVOR FOR OPPOSED MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND TO TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED. 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 A GIFT SHOP IS ALSO APPROPRIATE. THERE ARE A VARIETY OF ZONING DESIGNATIONS ON THE BLOCK WITH LAND USES INCLUDING MULTIFAMILY, RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, RESTAURANT, SALON AND SPA SERVICES AND OFFICE SPACE. THE PROPOSED R FOUR CD MAINTAINS THE BASE RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTS BUT ADDS CONSIDERATION OF THE GIFT SHOP USE. THE REQUESTED CD CONDITIONAL USE REQUIRES A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN AND WITH NON-RESIDENTIAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, THERE ARE STANDARD CONDITION CONDITIONS IMPOSED TO ENSURE THAT THE HOME MAINTAINS ITS RESIDENTIAL APPEARANCE TO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS. THEIR PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA. STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU FOR WE TO HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE. GOOD EVENING. PAUL FLETCHER, 7 45 EAST MULBERRY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2. SIR, CAN YOU JUST MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK? YEAH, THANK YOU. AND WE PROVIDE A LITTLE POWERPOINT. JUST WANTED TO GO THROUGH THAT AND BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AT THE END. UH, FIRST SLIDE. UH, THIS IS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. IT IS NOT GONNA BE TOUCHED OR UNCHANGED. IT'S GONNA MAINTAIN ITS APPEARANCE AS IT IS TODAY. THERE WILL BE NOTHING DIFFERENT EXCEPT WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE THE HOUSE. NEXT SLIDE. JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF THE, THE HOME AND THE ADJACENT PROPERTY. UH, YOU HEARD, UH, STAFF MENTION THAT THIS USE IS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE OF THE SURROUNDING AREAS. I NOTE IN 35 DASH 4 22 E TWO OF THE CODE. WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, UH, THE ZONING COMMISSION SHALL MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO COUNCIL WITH REFERENCE TO USE AND DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS THAT ENSURE COMPATIBILITY. COMPATIBILITY IN THE CONTEXT OF THIS PROVISION REFERS TO COMPATIBILITY OF PROPOSED USE, A GIFT SHOP WITH THE SURROUNDING USES AND ADJACENT ZONING DISTRICTS ADJACENT. LITERALLY TOUCHING US IS A BEAUTY SALON IN AN OFFICE ZONING DISTRICT, A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AS A CONDITIONAL USE IN OUR R FOUR ZONING DISTRICT. NOT QUITE. UH, ALSO TOUCHING US IS A C TWO ZONING, WHICH INCLUDES RETAIL USES SUCH AS A GIFT SHOP. AND THEN NEXT TO US IS AN MF 33 MULTIFAMILY USE. NOW ACROSS THE STREET IT SHOWS YELLOW AS MF 33, BUT THAT'S KEYSTONE SCHOOL. SO IT'S A SCHOOL THAT TAKES UP THE ENTIRE BLOCK. SO THE USES SURROUNDING US ARE RESIDENTIAL OFFICE, A BEAUTY SALON, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, MULTIFAMILY, AND ALL THE C TWO USES THAT EXIST, UH, WITHIN THE CITY'S C TWO CHART. NEXT IS JUST AN AREA SHOWING THE DIFFERENT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES. I'LL NOTE AT THE END OF THE STREET TO THE LEFT ARE C TWO USES ALONG MAIN STREET. THE ARROW DENOTES THE AREA WHERE THE GIFT SHOP WILL BE LOCATED. AGAIN, THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THE STRUCTURE. NEXT, THIS IS THE GIFT SHOP. IT HAS BASICALLY MR. VARNEY IS THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY. HE RELOCATED TO SAN ANTONIO AND ONE AND BOUGHT THIS DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHERE THIS USED TO BE A DOCTOR'S PRACTICE. NOW HE'S TRYING TO CONVERT THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND UTILIZE IT FOR A GIFT SHOP. UH, NEXT SLIDE. MR. VARNEY IS AN AUTHOR OF BROOKS ON HERBS. HE'S A EXPERT IN HERBS AND TRAVELS THE COUNTRY, UH, GIVING SPEECHES AND LECTURES ON HERBS. UH, RIGHT NOW HE CAN HAVE A GIFT SHOP IN HIS HOUSE AS LONG AS HE DOESN'T HAVE [02:30:01] EMPLOYEES, BUT BECAUSE HE TRAVELS, HE NEEDS TO AT LEAST HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE AN EMPLOYEE AND HE CAN HAVE WITH THE CD THIS CONDITIONAL ZONING, HE'LL BE ABLE TO HAVE CUSTOMERS COME IN AND SMELL THE LOTIONS, SMELL THE COLOGNES, FEEL THE LOTIONS, THINGS THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO DO WHEN YOU'RE DOING THIS ONLINE. NEXT SLIDE. WE HAD AND HEARD OPPOSITION ABOUT PARKING. WE DON'T CONTROL WOODLAWN. SO WHAT WE'VE TRIED TO DO IS CREATE MORE PARKING WITHIN AN EXISTING SITE. TO THE LEFT IS THE EXISTING AND TO THE RIGHT IS THE PROPOSED DRIVEWAY. THE NEXT SLIDE WILL BE A BLOW UP. SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE'RE ADDING TWO PARKING SPACES. I THINK STAFF NOTES THAT ONE PARKING SPACE IS REQUIRED FOR THE GIFT SHOP AND IT'S GONNA BE LO THOSE PARKING SPACES, THE NEW ONES ARE GONNA BE OPENED AND LOCATED OFF TO THE LEFT. NEXT SLIDE. THIS IS JUST A, AGAIN, A LITTLE CLOSER LOOK IN CASE YOU NEED IT. ONE MORE. WE'VE RECEIVED CONSENT FROM THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION FOR THE LANDSCAPING AND THE EXPANSION OF THAT PARKING DRIVE TO THE LEFT OF THE HOUSE. SO I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT APPROVAL. THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY APPROVED AND THEN WE WENT BACK TO THE OLD MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN SO WE COULD TRY TO FIND SOME GUIDANCE. 'CAUSE WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF OPPOSITION. WE KNOW BEHIND US IS AN OFFICE, WE KNOW BEHIND US YOU CAN, THERE'S A EATERY, THERE'S BEAUTY SALONS. WELL, WE WENT TO THE MONTE VISTA PLAN AND I GIVE YOU THE SITES WHERE IT'S LOCATED, BUT IT SAYS, HOME OCCUPATIONS WITH ONE OR TWO EMPLOYEES ARE NOT NECESSARILY DETRIMENTAL. AND THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A HOME OFFICE SELLING GIFTS BY AN EXPERT IN HER BIOLOGY, WANTS TO CONDUCT HIS BUSINESS OUT OF HIS OWN HOME. WE ALL CONDUCTED BUSINESSES OUT OF OUR HOMES FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS AND HE WANTS TO CONTINUE OR NOT CONTINUE, BUT START DOING THAT AT THIS NEW HOME THAT HE REPURCHASED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. HE DROVE THROUGH MONTE VISTA, HE WANTED TO RELOCATE THERE. SO HE'S FAMILIAR WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND HE PICKED THIS HOUSE BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION AND BECAUSE OF ITS PAST. WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WE'D ASK FOR THAT YOU SUPPORT THIS APPLICATION AND ALLOW SOMEONE TO JUST SELL SOME LOTION, PERFUME, HERBS AND THEIR BOOKS AT THEIR OWN HOME. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO. WE HAVE, UM, VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS. WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO GO FIRST? VOICEMAILS? I KNOW THERE'S A FEW CORRECT, BUT WE'LL DO VOICEMAILS FIRST. THIS IS ALBERT BELL CLAYTON AND I LIVE IN THE MAYFAIR APARTMENTS 24 20 MCCULLOUGH APARTMENT 2 0 2 HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I'M VOICING MY OPPOSITION TO ITEM 19, UH, REZONING FOR 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. AND, UH, IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT, UH, PUTTING A BUSINESS THERE WOULD BE NUMBER ONE, A PARKING PROBLEM, A HAZARD FAR, UH, EAST WOODLAWN, BUT LEADING BACK INTO MCCULLOUGH AVENUE, IT WOULD BECOME A TERRIBLE TRAFFIC HAZARD. ALSO KEYSTONE CO SCHOOL, IT WOULD INTERFERE WITH STUDENT SAFETY AND WITH THOSE PROBLEMS AND PARKING, I, UH, WANT TO ENTER MY OPPOSITION. THIS IS ITEM 19, UH, 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. THANK YOU. HELLO AND GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ALICIA WEININGER. I LIVE ABOUT THREE HOUSES FROM MR. WILLIAM BARNEY. HIS ADDRESS IS 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN AND MY ADDRESS IS ONE TWENTY SEVEN EAST WOODLAWN. MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN FIVE SEVEN THREE ZERO SEVEN THREE ZERO AND THE CASE NUMBER IS Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 CD. AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE SONY CHANGE REQUEST. I HAVE PREVIOUSLY LEFT A MESSAGE THAT I BELIEVE HAVING A GIFT SHOP HERE IN THE MONTE VISTA AREA WOULD BE A WONDERFUL ATTRACTION THAT GUESTS, UH, WOULD APPRECIATE THE EXPERIENCE DURING THEIR VISIT. I KNOW THAT IN THE STREET BEFORE WOODLAWN MISTO AVENUE, IT HAS A FEW BUSINESS ESTABLISHMENTS THAT ADD BEAUTY TO THE ALREADY ARRAY OF OLDER HOMES HERE IN THIS, UH, RESIDENTIAL AREA. SO I STILL BELIEVE THAT IN THIS HISTORICAL DISTRICT OF MONTEVISTA, PARTICULARLY HERE IN EAST WOODLAWN BETWEEN UH, MCCULLOUGH AND MAINE, IT WOULD BE A PERFECT SPOT [02:35:01] FOR A GIFT SHOP. SO FOR THE OPPORTUNITY OF WISHING MY COMMENT, MY OPINION, ONCE AGAIN, I THANK YOU. HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY. BYE-BYE. BE HELLO? HI, THIS IS ANNETTE VALEJO. I'M AT THREE 30 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO OPPOSING THE ZONING THAT Y'ALL ARE GONNA BE DOING ON WOODLAWN. UM, THERE'S SEVERAL REASONS THAT THAT, THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD PREFER NOT TO HAVE THAT ZONED COMMERCIAL. SO ANYWAYS, THIS IS JUST A MESSAGE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT THE RESIDENCE AT THREE 30 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY, MARK AND ANNETTE VIEJO OPPOSE THE ZONING. PLEASE, PLEASE, UM, TAKE TO HEART, UH, UH, THIS CALL. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. THIS IS BARBARA STEVENS. I LIVE AT TWO 11 WEST SUMMIT AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA. I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 19. THAT ADDRESS IS 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. I OPPOSE THIS ZONING REQUEST AS A MEMBER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE OF MONTE VISTA AND ALSO AS A RESIDENT WHO SUPPORTS THE ZONING THAT IS IN PLACE ALREADY. WE AS A COMMITTEE FOR MONTE VISTA DO NOT SUPPORT ANY ZONING CHANGES IN MONTE VISTA. THANK YOU SO MUCH. MY NAME IS BOBBY STONE. MY HOME ADDRESS IS 2 41 WEST CRAIG PLACE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO. AND I'M CALLING TODAY ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 19. UM, IT IS A REQUEST, UH, FOR 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN, UH, TO TURN THAT INTO SOME TYPE OF A BUSINESS. UH, AND I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS, UM, MY CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND MY LACK OF SUPPORT FOR THAT CHOICE. UM, THIS IS STILL PRIMARILY A, A SINGLE FAMILY HOME NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, WOODLAWNS AN EXTREMELY BUSY STREET WITH LOTS OF BUS TRAFFIC AND OTHER TRAFFIC AND ADDING, UH, RETAIL TO THAT STREET DOES NOT SEEM LIKE IT'S IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, I THINK THAT, UH, THE CITY SHOULD CONTINUE TO WORK AS HARD AS POSSIBLE TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS, CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MONTE VISTA AREA. AND THE WAY THEY CAN BEST DO THAT IS BY NOT APPROVING BUSINESSES, UH, TO BE, UH, STARTED IN PLACES THAT ARE CURRENTLY HOMES. SO, UM, THAT'S IT. UH, THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. TAKE CARE. MY NAME IS CHARLES A. GONZALEZ. I LIVE AT 1 3 4 EAST MULBERRY AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO. PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO ONE NINE SEVEN THREE NINE NINE. I'M CALLING, UH, TO VOICEMAIL, OPPOSITION TO ZONING IN APPLICATION FOR, UH, 1 3 7 WEST WOODLAWN, THE ZONING CASE. HI, MY NAME IS ALINA RO. I LIVE AT 4 2 2 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2. THE I NUMBER I'M CALLING ABOUT IS NUMBER 19 AND I AM AGAINST THE REZONING OF 1 37 WOODLAWN TO A COMMERCIAL GIFT SHOP. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS FRANK LOPEZ, L O P E Z. UH, MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 6 LAUREL HEIGHTS PLACE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2. REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 19, UH, THE ADDRESS IS UH, 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN AVENUE AND I AM CALLING, UH, TO OPPOSE THE ZONING IN THE AREA BECAUSE I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I USE THAT, UH, THOROUGH WAY ON WOODLAWN EVERY DAY, UH, TO GET TO AND FROM WORK. IT'S A VERY NARROW AREA THERE. I CAN'T SEE A BUSINESS EVEN BEING IN THAT AREA FOR WHATEVER REASON. AND, UH, IT'S ALL RESIDENTIAL. ALWAYS HAS BEEN. UH, AGAIN, UH, ANY KIND OF BUSINESS IN THAT AREA WOULD NOT BE SUITABLE. IT'D HAVE TO BE A DESTINATION ONLY AND THERE'S ZERO PARKING. AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A, UH, DANGER TO SOMEBODY EVEN WALKING OR PEDESTRIAN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THERE'S A LOT OF RETAIL SPACE RIGHT THERE UP THE STREET. SO THANK YOU AND, UH, THAT'S MY OPINION OF OPPOSITION FOR THAT THING. BYE-BYE. HI, THIS IS JANICE CLAYTON. I LIVE AT [02:40:01] 24 20 MCCULLOUGH, APARTMENT 2 0 2 SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 2. I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO ITEM 19 SPOT ZONING FOR 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. I AM OPPOSED AS A RESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I OWN TWO PIECES OF PROPERTY IN THIS AREA. I'M OPPOSED TO THE SPOT ZONING AT 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC THAT WILL RESOLVE BECAUSE THAT PIECE OF PROPERTY IS RIGHT ACROSS FROM A SCHOOL AND BECAUSE IT IS, UH, WILL BE A, IT WILL AFFECT THE AESTHETIC VALUES OF THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO PLEASE VOTE NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE-BYE. HELLO, MY NAME IS JEAN BRADY AND I LIVE AT TWO 30 EAST ROSEWOOD IN MONTE VISTA. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE FOR OVER 20 SOME ODD YEARS. I'M OPPOSED TO ITEM 19 ON YOUR AGENDA. WE DO NOT NEED MORE COMMERCIALIZATION ALONG WOOD LOAN. IT IS VERY NARROW, THERE'S VERY LITTLE PARKING AND THERE'S NOT A PLACE FOR A GIFT JOB IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. JOCELYN GESNER, J O C E L Y N, GESSNER, G E S SS N E R 3 4 2 WEST WOODLAWN AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 1 2. ZONING CASE 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 CD AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19. UM, AND IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING TO A DIFFERENT TYPE OF, UM, ZONING, THE AREA THAT THEY WANNA DO THIS IS ALREADY COMPLETELY CONGESTED TRAFFIC-WISE. THERE'S CARS THAT HAVE TO SIT ON THE STREET AND IF YOU ADDED A BUSINESS IN THIS AREA WHERE THERE IS ALSO A SCHOOL ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE MIDDLE, UM, BELTWAY, THIS WOULD CAUSE A JAM TO NO END. AND, UM, I THINK IT, IT'S JUST A REALLY BAD IDEA. IT WOULD CAUSE SO MUCH PROBLEMS AND MAYBE DETRIMENTAL TO THE CHILDREN THAT GO TO SCHOOL THERE AS WELL. UM, YES, I'M IN OPPOSITION. THANK YOU. ZONING CASE NUMBER I AM TALKING ABOUT, UH, ZONING CASE Z UH, Z 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN. MY NAME IS JOHN MCCUSKER AND I LIVE AT 1 1 9 WEST ATCH. I WANT TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO THIS REGISTER REQUEST FOR A LOAN EXCHANGE. HANG ON, HANG ON, HANG ON. HELLO, MY NAME IS RODRIGUEZ. I LIVE AT 2 4 1 WEST CRAIG AND I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 19 AT 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN. AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I OPPOSE THAT THIS BECOME A, A COMMERCIAL, UH, USED BUILDING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. HELLO, MY NAME IS JUDITH LOUISE WARREN. I LIVE AT 2 1 8 WESTWOOD AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (979) 324-1184. I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM 19. UH, THE ZONING CASE IS 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5. CAPITAL C, CAPITAL D. THIS IS IN RELATIONSHIP TO 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN, UM, THAT IS ASKING TO HAVE THEIR ZONING CLASSIFICATION CHANGED FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD. UM, THIS USE FOR A COMMERCIAL GIFT SHOP WOULD REALLY BE DISRUPTIVE. THIS PROPERTY IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A STREET AND IS REALLY QUITE, UM, IT WOULD BE QUITE DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO PARK AND, UH, BRING THIS COMMERCIAL, UM, ESTABLISHMENT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THERE ARE OTHER AREAS THAT, UM, OUR ZONED COMMERCIAL THAT THIS WOULD BE A MORE APPROPRIATE, UM, PLACE FOR THE GIFT SHOP. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR NOTING THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THIS ZONING CHANGE FOR 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. THANK YOU. BYE-BYE. HI, MY NAME IS KRISTEN KELLUM. I AM CALLING ABOUT 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. UH, LAST FOUR DIGITS, SIX FIVE CD AND AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19. UM, I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF [02:45:01] THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC ASSOCIATION AND OPPOSED THIS CHANGE OF ZONING FOR THE REASONS OUTLINED BY, UH, THE BOARD'S LETTER BY TONY GARCIA AND ALSO AS A RESIDENT AT ONE 16 WEST WOODLAWN, WHICH IS JUST UP THE STREET. I TRAVEL THAT ROAD DAILY AND KNOW THAT IT'S ALREADY VERY CONGESTED AND NARROW AND CANNOT SUPPORT A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OF ANY KIND. THAT IS, THAT NOT WHAT WAS INTENDED AND SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED IN ANY WAY. I VEHEMENTLY SUPO, UH, OPPOSE ANY CHANGE IN ZONING. THANK YOU SO MUCH. CALLING REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 19, CASE NUMBER FIVE, CD. UH, THIS IS LINDA DANIELS 1 0 8 WEST FRENCH PLACE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 2 AND I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE IN THIS CASE. UH, MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH ARE OPPOSING THIS ZONING CHANGE. MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 3 8 6 7 9 1 3. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS LYNN BOYD AND I RESIDE AT 1 4 3 EAST AGARITA AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. UH, I CURRENTLY SERVE AS PRESIDENT OF MONTE VISTA HISTORIC ASSOCIATION AND I AM AN, I'M SORRY THAT I'M UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS ZONING HEARING IN PERSON TODAY. I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO CASE 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 CD AGENDA ITEM 19. A COMMERCIAL SHOP IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK, WHICH IS ZONED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE. IN THE INSTANCE OF 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. THIS PORTION OF THE STREET IS QUITE NARROW AND IT'S DIVIDED BY A MEDIAN. MANY OF THE RESIDENCES ON THIS BLOCK DO NOT HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING, SO STREET PARKING IS UTILIZED UP AND DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET AND MEDIAN. THE DENSITY OF PARALLEL PARKING MAKES THIS A DIFFICULT AND DANGEROUS BLOCK TO TRAVERSE. A COMMERCIAL GIFT SHOP SHOULD BE LOCATED IN A COMMERCIAL AREA OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. THIS IS MICHAEL MILL. I LIVE AT 1 1 0 WEST ROSEWOOD IN MONTE VISTA. I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE REZONING REQUEST OF 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. IT'S ITEM NUMBER 19 ON THE AGENDA. THE ZONING CASE IS 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 CD. I'M OPPOSING THE REZONING REQUEST. THANK YOU. YES, HELLO, THIS IS MICHAEL TALL. I LIVE AT 1 46 EAST HOLLYWOOD AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO HERE IN MONTE VISTA. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (707) 592-1881 AND UH, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST CALL IN TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION OF THE ZONING CHANGE FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR C D REGARDING THE PROPERTY 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. UH, ITEM NUMBER 19 IN THE CASE I BELIEVE IS 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 CD. UH, ONCE AGAIN I'D LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE AND UH, I CAN BE REACHED AT THAT NUMBER. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. BYE-BYE. THIS IS PAM THOMAS. I LIVE AT 1 0 8 WEST HOLLYWOOD AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA. I AM CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 19, WHICH IS 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN. I'M OPPOSED TO THE TRANSITION OF THIS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ZONING TO, I'M OPPOSED TO CONVERTING IT TO A COMMERCIAL UH, FACILITY. I DO NOT FEEL THAT IT WOULD BE GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK WHERE THERE ARE HOMES AND I THINK IT WOULD BE DISRUPTFUL, UM, FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR HEARING MY OPINION. HEY, GOOD MORNING. THIS IS DR. CHRISTINA AND PAUL MAYER. WE LIVE AT 2 2 4 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY IN MONTE VISTA AND WE ARE CALLING TO, UH, REGISTER OUR OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 19, WHICH IS THE REZONING REQUEST FOR 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN. AND I JUST THINK THAT MONTE VISTA NEEDS TO KEEP ITS RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER. WE DON'T NEED ANY [02:50:01] MORE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH, UH, PRECEDENT IN THE PAST. CALL ME IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. 2 1 0 3 3 2 7 6 4 6. AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. MY NAME IS PAUL KENON, I LIVE AT FOUR 18 WEST FRENCH PLACE IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL DISTRICT. MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 852-9831. I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO ZONING CASE CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 C D AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN AVENUE. I AM OPPOSED TO THIS APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO R FOUR CONDITIONAL USE FOR A COMMERCIAL GIFT SHOP AND REQUEST THE ZONING COMMISSION DENY THE APPLICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS. A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK. NUMBER TWO, EAST WOODLAWN IS A DIVIDED STREET WITH A LANDSCAPE MEDIAN. EACH WOODLAWN IS ONE OF THE BUSIER STREETS IN MONTE VISTA WITH SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC AND PARKING PROBLEMS ON BOTH SIDES. ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC AND PARKING REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. ADDITIONALLY, BOTH ON THE ON ONSITE AND ON STREET PARKING CREATE TRAFFIC SAFETY HAZARDS IN THE WESTBOUND LANE OF EAST WOODLAWN AVENUE. NUMBER THREE, IN MY OPINION, THE CURRENT R FOURS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS PROPERTY. AND THE REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE TO R FOUR CONDITIONAL USE SHOULD BE DENIED AS THE ADDITIONAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS HISTORIC PROPERTY COULD NOT BE MET WITHOUT DESTROYING THE HISTORIC CONTEXT OF THE STREET AND ADDING AND TO THE HI. UM, MY NAME IS PETER JAMES HUGILL. UH, I LIVE AT 2 1 8 WEST ELLWOOD AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA. UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (979) 777-6509. UH, AND I WISH TO ADDRESS ITEM NUMBER 19, UH, ON THE AGENDA. UH, THE ADDRESS OF WHICH IS AT 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN. UM, THE ZONING CASE IS 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 CD. UM, THESE PEOPLE ARE REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD. UM, THIS IS A HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF A TOTALLY RESIDENTIAL BLOCK, UH, AND UH, TO MAKE IT A COMMERCIAL GIFT SHOP SEEMS TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE. UM, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR ATTENTION. HI, MY NAME IS RACHEL PORTILLO AND I LIVE ON UH, 3 1 5 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2. UM, AND I AM OPPOSED TO ITEM NUMBER, UH, 19, UH, FOR THE ZONING APPLICATION. AGAIN, MY NAME IS RACHEL PORTILLO AND I AM OPPOSED. UH, ROUTE OU 3 3 6 EAST ROSEWOOD. UM, WE'RE OPPOSING THE OPPOSITION OF THE CASE NUMBER NINETEEN ONE THIRTY SEVEN EAST WOODLAWN. UH, PHONE NUMBER (210) 872-1042. THANK YOU. UH, MY NAME IS RICHARD H NOLL, N O L L. THIS HAS TO DO WITH ZONING CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 CD AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19. I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, UH, FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT THE TRAFFIC ON WOODLAWN IS ALREADY CONGESTED. PLUS THE PARKING IS SUCH A MESS THAT, UH, PUTTING ANYTHING ELSE ON THIS PROPERTY AS FAR AS A COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESS WILL ONLY MAKE TRAFFIC, UH, MATTERS WORSE, WORSE, AND INCREASE THE LEVEL OF, UH, LACK OF SAFETY FOR THIS BLOCK. UH, I OPPOSE UH, ITEM NUMBER 19. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. MY NUMBER IS TWO TEN THREE FOUR FOUR ONE FOUR ONE ONE. MY STREET ADDRESS IS 3 3 1 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY 7 8 2 1 2. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, THIS IS RICK SHELL. I'M THE ZONING DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE CHAIR ON BEHALF OF TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, FOUR 30 EAST MISTLETOE AVENUE 7 8 2 1 2. CALLING FOR CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 6 5 FOR 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN AVENUE. WE SUPPORT THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION'S RECOMMENDATION [02:55:01] OF DENIAL FOR REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE. SINCE WE'VE ORDERED THIS PROPERTY, WE WERE ASKED FOR OUR FEEDBACK. LIKE MONTE VISTA, TOBIN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN HAS IDENTIFIED CORRIDORS OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. WE DO NOT SUPPORT CHANGING RESIDENTIAL ZONING TO COMMERCIAL WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES. THIS IS KNOWN AS COMMERCIAL CREEK AND EVERY PROPERTY NEWLY CHANGED THEN BECOMES THE NEW BENCHMARK FOR HOW FAR INTO A RESIDENTIAL ZONE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES CAN GO. IT SETS A PRECEDENT THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS. IF THE APPLICANT WANTS TO OPEN A COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE, WE SUGGEST THEY AVAIL THEMSELVES TO THE MANY PROPERTIES ALREADY AVAILABLE ON THE ALREADY DESIGNATED COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY. THIS CASE WAS HEARD ALREADY LATE LAST YEAR AT ZONING AND WAS RECOMMENDED FOR DENIAL. IT WAS CLEAR WHEN IT WAS CLEAR IT WAS NOT GETTING APPROVAL AT CITY COUNCIL. IT WAS WITHDRAWN. WHEN WE ASKED THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE WHAT HAD CHANGED THIS TIME, THEY DIDN'T REPLY TO US. WE INFERRED THAT NOTHING DIFFERENT IS BEING REQUESTED. THIS TIME WE SUPPORT A DENIAL ONCE AGAIN ON THIS REQUEST. THANK YOU. HI, THIS IS RICK WILSON AT ONE 10 WEST ELSMERE PLACE. I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 19 AT 1 37 EON AND I'M CALLING TO, UM, CONVEY A REQUEST THAT THE ZONING MUST BE DENIED. UH, I JUST DON'T THAT THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IS AN APPROPRIATE ONE FOR A BUSINESS TO OPERATE IN THE MIDDLE OF A CHARMING RESIDENTIAL BLOCK IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I WOULD ASK THAT THE APPLICANT INSTEAD CONSIDER SOME OF THE NATURAL BUSINESS CORRIDORS IN OTHER PARTS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR THAT TYPE OF OPERATION WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS ROBERT BARROWS. THIS HAS TO DO WITH AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN, A ZONING CHANGE REQUEST. UH, I HAVE, I'M A PROPERTY OWNER IN MONTE VISTA, 1 1 5 WEST HOLLYWOOD. AGAIN, MY NAME IS ROBERT BARROWS. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF LAUREL HEIGHTS UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, WHICH IS ALSO LOCATED ON WOODLAWN. AND WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE. I'M FAMILIAR WITH THE UH, NARROW STREET THERE AS WELL AS PARKING ISSUES AND DO NOT THINK A COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IN THAT PARTICULAR LOCATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. BYE. HELLO. I CALLED A MOMENT AGO AND I'M NOT SURE MY MESSAGE GOT THROUGH. IT'S ROSEANNE WHITE. I LIVE AT ONE 16 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT. MY PHONE IS (210) 380-0709. I'M CALLING ABOUT YOUR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19, WHICH IS THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN. I OPPOSE THAT ZONING APPLICATION AT 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. I OPPOSE. THANK YOU. BYE. HI, THIS IS RYAN REE. I APOLOGIZE. MY PHONE CUT OUT DURING MY LAST MESSAGE, BUT I'M CALLING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19. UM, 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN AVENUE. MY ADDRESS IS 2 4 2 WEST LYNNWOOD AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA. AND MY PHONE NUMBER AT FIVE ONE EIGHT THREE TWO SEVEN ONE. AND I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION. I'M NOT OPPOSED TO HOME OCCUPATION AT THE ADDRESS, BUT I DON'T FEEL IT'S APPROPRIATE TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL USE IN THE CENTER OF AN OTHERWISE RESIDENTIAL BLOCK. I THINK IT, UM, IT SETS. HELLO, MY NAME IS SUSAN JOVANOVICH. I LIVE AT 2 0 1 EAST KINGS HIGHWAY IN MONTE VISTA. I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER 19, UH, ADDRESS 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN. UM, THIS IS REGARDING A ZONING CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY TO ALLOW FOR A GIFT SHOP. UM, I'M A RESIDENTIAL APPRAISER AND UM, I DON'T FEEL THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE CHANGE. WE ARE A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD WITH SOME FORMS OF MULTIPLE RES, BUT COMMERCIAL SHOULD STAY WITHIN A COMMERCIAL AREA, NOT WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL ZONE. THERE'S NO NEED FOR THAT. LET'S PRESERVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND KEEP IT SINGLE FAMILY COMMERCIAL USE ON THE EXTERIOR SIDES. THANK YOU. MY PHONE NUMBER IS (831) 566-4448 REGARDING CASE 19, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS CHANGE. HELLO, MY NAME IS TOM CARAM [03:00:01] AND I LIVE AT 24 20 MCCULLOUGH AVENUE. I AM CALLING IN REFERENCE TO THE REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE AT 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN, WHICH IS AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 19. I AM OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE FOR SEVERAL REASONS. NUMBER ONE, IT IS IN A STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. I THINK THE HOMEOWNER SHOULD FIND AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY ZONED COMMERCIAL CON TO CONDUCT THEIR BUSINESS. THERE IS PLENTY NEARBY. NUMBER TWO, THIS IS A NARROW STREET WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC AND VERY LITTLE AVAILABLE PARKING. IT WOULD CREATE A TRAFFIC PROBLEM WITH PATRONS DRIVING AROUND SLOWLY LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO PARK. NUMBER THREE, CHANGING THIS ZONING WOULD OPEN THE DOOR TO OTHER REQUESTS FOR COMMERCIAL USE ON THAT STREET AND WILL CREATE AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS WE HAVE SEEN HAPPEN TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MANY, MANY TIMES IN THE PAST. THANK YOU. HI, THIS IS TONY VAN BUREN. MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 5 SHRINER PLACE SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO. MY PHONE IS (210) 834-1321 AND I'M CALLING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 9 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. I AM THE IMMEDIATE PAST CARE OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION. UM, WE OPPOSED THIS ONCE BEFORE Y'ALL DENIED IT. UM, WE, IT IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH, UM, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY THAT END OF WOODLAWN, UM, IS ESPECIALLY NARROW AND VERY TRAFFICKED. UM, AND IT WOULD JUST REALLY NOT BE END KEEPING WITH THAT STREET AND THAT BLOCK FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. SO I OPPOSE IT AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL AGAIN DENY IT. THANK YOU. HI, MY NAME IS YOLANDA GARCIA. MY ADDRESS IS 3 1 3 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE AND I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 19. UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 639-5639 AND IT'S REFERENCING THE ITEM 19, UH, REGARDING 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN REQUESTING A COMMERCIAL ZONING, UH, APPLICATION. AND I THINK THAT THE APPLICATION WOULD BE, IF THE ZONING REQUEST IS GRANTED, IT WOULD ADVERSELY IMPACT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CHANGE THE WHOLE VIBE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, AND IT WOULD BE CAUSING JUST TOO MUCH TROUBLE AND NEGO IN NAVIGATING THE STREET. THANK YOU. BYE. SO THAT IS IT FOR VOICEMAILS AND I'LL GO INTO SPEAKERS. UM, FIRST WE HAVE MR. CARL TEAGUE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOUR TIME UP TO MS. CECILIA. YES. DIANE VAN PEL. OH, DIANE V ANNE VAN PELT. I APOLOGIZE. YES. UM, MS. VAN PELT, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SPEAK. UM, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES. OH, YOU MUST GET GOOD E GOOD AFTERNOON. I KNOW YOU MUST GET TIRED OF SO MANY VOICEMAILS, BUT WE ARE A PASSIONATE COMMUNITY. UH, I'M VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT OUR PROPERTY. I WROTE NOTES THIS TIME BECAUSE THIS IS MORE IMPORTANT AND TAKES A LITTLE BIT MORE EXPLANATION. UM, YOU HAVE HEARD, HEARD OVER AND OVER AND OVER ABOUT THIS BLOCK OF WOODLAWN BEING VERY CONGESTED. IT IS VERY CONGESTED, BUT THE HOUSE THAT IS IN QUESTION IS BUILT IN 1907. VERY CHARMING HOUSE, UH, VERY REPRESENTATIVE OF MONTE VISTA. AND NOT ONLY IS THE PARKING DIFFICULT, BUT THAT LITTLE BLOCK WITH A MEDIAN STRIP RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE MAKES IT REALLY QUITE TRICKY. LET ME DIGRESS JUST A LITTLE BIT TO SAY THAT THIS GENTLEMAN, MR. VARNEY, BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY ON JULY 19TH, 2022. SO JUST A YEAR AGO, A LITTLE LESS THAN A, A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR AGO WHEN HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY. HE DID NOT ADDRESS A ZONING CHANGE WITH HIS, UM, CONTRACT. HE DID NOT MAKE A CONTINGENT ON A ZONING CHANGE. HE DID NOT REQUEST A ZONING CHANGE. HE DID NOT, UH, LOOK INTO A ZONING CHANGE. OBVIOUSLY THE ZONING CHANGE WAS NOT IMPORTANT TO MR. VARNEY AT THAT TIME. HE PURCHASED HIS HOME AND MUD WOULD ASSUME THAT HE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NO PROBLEM AT ALL TO RUN HIS HERB CANDLE BUSINESS AT A PROPERTY ZONED RESIDENTIAL. [03:05:01] I THINK HE DIDN'T REALLY QUITE UNDERSTAND HOW PASSIONATE MONTE VISTA IS ABOUT MONTE VISTA. UH, I WILL GO ON NOW. UM, RIGHT AFTER HE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY, PRETTY SOON WE SEE LOTS OF MARIO BRAVO SIGNS IN HIS FRONT YARD. MR. VARNEY'S GONNA BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY. HE'S GONNA SUPPORT THE LOCAL, UH, COUNCIL PERSON AND MR. WHEN MR. VARNEY WAS TOLD THAT COUNCILMAN BRAVO WOULD DEFER TO MONTE VISTA ON HIS REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE, MR. VARNEY QUICKLY CHANGED HORSES AND WE SEE SIGNS IN HIS YARD FORS. KERR SIGNS THAT HE PROCEEDED TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISER FOR THE NEW CITY. COUNCILPERSON ONE WOULD ASSUME MS. KERR GAVE MR. VARNEY SOME INDICATION OF SUPPORT. THE APPLICANT WANTS HIS ZONING CHANGE FOR HIS OWN PURPOSES WITH NO THOUGHT TO WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD MEAN TO THE COMMUNITY ITSELF. IT'S VERY SELF-SERVING THAT HE IS PERFECTLY HAPPY TO CHANGE THE FRONT YARD OF 1 3 7 EAST WOODLAWN INTO A PARKING LOT FOR HIS CUSTOMERS IS TO HAVE TOTAL DISREGARD FOR ITS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS. THE ZONING CHANGE, AS YOU ALL KNOW FAR BETTER THAN I DO, IS A PERMANENT EVERLASTING CHANGE. MR. VARNEY'S LIFE COULD CHANGE. I WORK IN REAL ESTATE AND I CAN TELL YOU LIFE CHANGES AND PEOPLE MOVE AND PEOPLE SELL PROPERTIES. THEY MAY BE A YEAR, IT MAY BE TWO YEARS, IT MAY BE FIVE YEARS. AT SOME POINT IN TIME THAT PROPERTY WILL CHANGE HANDS, BUT THE ZONING WILL NOT. WE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE COMMERCIAL CREEP INTO MONTE VISTA, ESPECIALLY ON SUCH A PRECARIOUS, UH, FRAGILE BLOCK. I THANK YOU FOR LISTENING. I HOPE YOU WILL HAVE TAKE TO HEART THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE AT ONE TIME ALREADY DENIED THIS REQUEST. AND CLEARLY MR. VARNEY IS LOOKING FOR CITY COUNCIL TO APPROVE IT. I I STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT YOU LISTEN CAREFULLY. 'CAUSE ALL OF US FROM MONTE VISTA WILL BE, IF IT GOES TO CITY COUNCIL, WE'LL BE THERE TO OPPOSE IT THERE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NEXT WE HAVE MS. CECILIA RA. HI, I'M CECILIA RO OF 3 4 2 WEST WOODLAND AVENUE AND I GIVE MY TWO MINUTES TIME TO MR. TONY GARCIA. THANK YOU. UM, WILL THAT BE THE SAME FOR YOU, MR. UH, RANDY OSRO? NO. I'M GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT. OKAY. NOT LONG, I PROMISE. SO, UM, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND HAVE MR. OSRO GO AHEAD AND DO YOUR TWO MINUTES AND THEN MR. GARCIA CAN GO NEXT FOR FOUR MINUTES. SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, RANDOLPH RO I LIVE AT THREE, UH, 4 22 EAST ROSEWOOD. I WORK AT 3 42 WEST WOODLAWN. SO I DRIVE FROM MY HOUSE, UH, PAST THIS PROPERTY EVERY DAY TO GO TO WORK. AND THEN I DRIVE HOME. AND YOU GUYS MIGHT WONDER WHAT, WHY I WOULD GO TO THIS MUCH TROUBLE FOR THIS. AND I I DO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT, UH, MY NAME, ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS DECIDED SHE WANTED TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS NEXT DOOR TO ME. AND BY OPENING UP THAT BUSINESS, IF SHE HAD BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND SHE WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE OF THIS COMMITTEE, UM, I WOULD'VE HAD TO MOVE. SO I DEEPLY CARE ABOUT PEOPLE TRYING TO OPEN UP BUSINESSES NEXT TO ME. UH, I KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT THE, MAYBE THE FANCIEST BLOCK ON, UH, IN MONTE VISTA AND MAYBE THEIR APARTMENTS, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE FAMILIES. AND I LIVED IN AN APARTMENT TILL I WAS 10. AND I THINK THEY DESERVE NOT TO LIVE BY A BUSINESS. I THINK THEY DESERVE TO LIVE IN A FAMILY RESIDENCE NEXT TO A FAMILY RESIDENCE. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT I'M, UH, VERY PROUD OF MY DAUGHTER FOR CALLING IN AND IT WAS NICE TO HEAR CONGRESSMAN GONZALEZ CALLING IN. UM, THE ONLY THING THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED ON ABOUT, ABOUT THE PARKING, AND I DON'T, I'M NOT SURE YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, IS THAT MOST OF THOSE CARS ARE KEYSTONE KIDS. THEY'RE 16, 17, AND 18. I DRIVE THERE EVERY DAY WHEN I'M GOING HOME. IT IS TERRIFYING TO ME THAT SOME KID'S GONNA OPEN ONE OF THOSE DOORS AND GET IT RIPPED OFF WHEN I'M ON MY WAY HOME. IT IS, IT IS FRIGHTENING. AND THIS IS NO STREET FOR A BUSINESS. NONE. AND I CAN ALSO PROMISE YOU THERE IS MORE RETAIL SPACE AVAILABLE IN THIS TOWN TODAY THAN I CAN REMEMBER. AND I HAVE LIVED IN MONTE VISTA FOR 50 YEARS. THERE IS A TON, TON OF RETAIL SPACE. IF HE WANTS TO OPEN UP A BUSINESS, GREAT. DO IT. THERE ARE GUYS ALL OVER THAT WOULD LOVE TO [03:10:01] RENT SPACE TO THIS GENTLEMAN. THEY WOULD LOVE IT, BUT NOT HERE. PLEASE. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. THANKS. NEXT WE HAVE MR. TONY GARCIA AND YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES. CAN YOU PULL UP THE ZONING MAP? THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME IS TONY GARCIA. I LIVE AT 2 43 EAST SATCH IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT. I'M CURRENTLY A BOARD MEMBER OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND CHAIR. ITS ZONING AND CO COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE. THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. JUST A LITTLE HISTORY, THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS CREATED BY THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH MONTE VISTA VISTA RESIDENCE IN 1988. IT DOES EXIST AND IS REFERENCED IN THE U D C SECTION 35 DASH FOUR 20. THE PLAN REMAINS IN EFFECT AND MAY BE CONSIDERED AS A GUIDE UNLESS IT'S SUPERSEDED BY AN AMENDMENT OR A NEW PLAN. IT IS A QUOTE CODE REQUIREMENT THAT NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS BE UPDATED BY THE CITY EVERY FIVE YEARS. BUT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WAS NEVER UPDATED. IN 2014, THE ASSOCIATION TOOK THE INITIATIVE AND SENT A REQUEST TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT REQUESTING THAT OUR PLAN BE UPDATED. BUT PLANNING SAID NO BECAUSE THE PLAN WAS TO HAVE BEEN INTEGRATED IN THE UPCOMING SUB AREA PLAN. ALMOST 10 YEARS LATER, THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN WILL BE DISSOLVED AND INTEGRATED INTO THE NEAR NORTH SUB AREA PLAN WHEN DISCUSSIONS START IN 2024. THE POINT THAT WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE HERE IS SINCE 1988, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO HAVE FAITH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS THE LIVING DOCUMENT ADVOCATING FOR THE PROTECTION OF RESIDENTIAL USES, WHETHER IT BE SINGLE FAMILY OR MULTIFAMILY, SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT RESIDENTIAL LAND USE SHOULD BE PROTECTED. THAT COMMERCIAL USES SHOULD BE LOCATED ALONG BUSINESS CORRIDORS WITH BUFFER, UH, BUFFER ZONES BETWEEN COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES. THE LAND USE OF THIS PROPERTY IS CLASSIFIED AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE UNDER OUR 2017 LAND USE MAP, THIS RETAIL GIFT SHOT WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A PERMITTED USE IN NC A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL C ONE AND C TWO AN UNDER CONDITIONAL CONDITIONAL ZONING. AND C AND C ONE WOULD BE ALLOWED IN RESIDE RESIDENTIALLY ZONE DISTRICTS. BUT IS IT APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE IMPACT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE SUPPORT? WE SUPPORT HOME OOC OCCUPATION, BUT IT HAS ITS OWN SET OF RULES. WE BELIEVE A RETAIL BUSINESS IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK OF A RESIDENTIAL ZONED AREA. NUMEROUS SINGLE AND MULTI-FAMILY ZONE PROPERTIES ARE LOCATED IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO 1 37 EAST WOODLAWN. A RETAIL SHOP, WHETHER SMALL OR LARGE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS BLOCK WILL CHANGE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE ZONING MAP, WHICH IS VERY CURRENT OVER THE YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN A CONTINUOUS INTRUSION OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL USES IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS OF SOUTH MONTE VISTA. IT HAS ESTIMATED THAT OVER 80% OF THESE CURRENT USES WERE FORMALLY RESIDENTIAL USES. SOME PROPERTIES SUCH AS THOSE ON CRAIG PLACE BETWEEN BELKNAP AND SAN PEDRO ARE INSTITUTIONAL USE THAT'S OPERATING ON THEIR RESIDENTIAL ZONING ALMOST 65% OF THE BLOCK. THIS INCREMENTAL CREEP OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND INSTITUTIONAL USES HAS CREATED A SLOW BUT PAINFUL DEMISE OF THE RESIDENTIAL FACTORY OF MONTE VISTA, ESPECIALLY SOUTH MONTE VISTA. AS A SIDE NOTE, THE R FOUR CD ZONING THAT YOU SEE ARE CONDITIONAL USES FOR ADDITIONAL DWELLING UNITS. A REZONING THAT OCCURRED DURING THE LARGE AREA REZONING OF SEVERAL YEARS AGO. IT IS NOT CONDITIONAL ZONING FOR COMMERCIAL USE. THE ASSOCIATION DOES SUPPORT ITS SMALL BUSINESSES, BUT LET'S KEEP COMMERCIAL CREEP OUT OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AND HAVE THESE BUSINESS OPERATE IN IN THE APPROPRIATE ZONING AREAS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE BELIEVE THE MOST APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THIS RETAIL BUSINESS OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL BUSINESS SHOULD BE LOCATED ALONG MONTE VISTA'S BUSINESS QUARTERS, WHERE PROPERTIES ARE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USE WITH THE APPROPRIATE PARKING. WE FEEL THIS TO BE AN EQUITABLE SOLUTION FOR ALL. WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST A COMMISSION TO DENY THIS APPLICATION AND PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION. AND THEN OUR LAST SPEAKER WOULD BE, UH, MR. ADAM TIERNEY. [03:15:03] HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ADAM NEY. I'M A RESIDENT OF 2 1 1 WEST HOLLYWOOD AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA. UH, I GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. UH, I WENT TO KEYSTONE SCHOOL FOR 11 YEARS UNTIL GRADUATING TWO YEARS AGO. UH, I SUPPORT, UH, THIS ZONING CHANGE. ONE, IT FITS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FOR THE CITY, UH, AS DEMONSTRATED BY THE APPLICANT FOR SUPPLEMENTAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS. UM, AND SECOND, IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE ENCROACHMENT BECAUSE IT'S A CONDITIONAL USE DESIGNATION, UM, WHICH WOULD NOT ALLOW HIGHER INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES TO BE ALLOWED. NUMBER THREE, IT DOES NOT HAVE ANY ADVERSE IMPACT ON NEARBY USES OR ADJACENT RESIDENCES. AND IN TERMS OF A PERSONAL APPEAL, AS SOMEONE WHO'S EXPERIENCED THE MONTE VISTA URBAN FABRIC, UM, AS ONE OF THE YOUTH, MANY OF THE OPPOSING SPEAKERS MENTIONED, UH, COMPASSIONATELY, UM, MUCH OF MY PLEASURE DERIVED FOR IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. NOT JUST FROM, UH, HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS AND PRESERVING OUR UH, HOMES, BUT ALSO FROM THE COMMERCIAL USES GIFT SHOPS. UH, THESE SMALLER STORES PROVIDED A LOT OF BENEFIT TO ME WHEN I WAS A KID. UM, AND I KIND OF STILL AM. UH, SO I KIND OF SUPPORT THIS AS I I I SUPPORT IT AS A RESULT. THANK YOU. AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, MR. FLETCHER, IF YOU WOULD LIKE A SHORT REBUTTAL TIME, I DON'T KNOW THAT I COULD DO ANY BETTER THAN THE PERSONAL TESTIMONY YOU HEARD FROM THE LAST SPEAKER, BUT I WOULD ASK THAT, UH, YOU JUST GO BACK TO THE SLIDE THAT SHOWED THE, THE ZONING DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE, UM, NUMBER ONE, WE'RE TALKING 300 SQUARE FEET. WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE ISN'T GONNA BE TOUCHED. YOU'RE GONNA DRIVE DOWN THAT STREET AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA KNOW THERE'S A GIFT SHOP UNLESS YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT. THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE CAN, UH, DEVELOPMENT CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH WITHIN THE CODE THAT ARE DESIGNED TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN GENERAL. UH, IT WAS ON MY POWERPOINT. YEAH, RIGHT THERE. SO AGAIN, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TOUCHES ON C TWO ZONING. SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ADJACENT USES AND ADJACENT ZONING DISTRICTS AND ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS FOR THAT MATTER, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT C TWO OWNERS, PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, DINING ESTABLISHMENT AND APARTMENT COMPLEX, A SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET, A CONDOMINIUM KITTY CORNER TO THAT AND A BEAUTY SALON JUST KITTY CORNER TO THAT. SO THAT'S THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOT ROWS AND ROWS OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. IN FACT, UM, I THINK OUR CLIENT, MY CLIENTS IS THE ONLY SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THAT LOT. UH, MOST OF THOSE HOMES HAVE BEEN CONVERTED TO CONDITIONAL USE FOR ADDITIONAL UNITS. SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL APARTMENTS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. AND MAYBE THAT CAN BE CLARIFIED. I DID CITE TO THE MONTE VISTA PLAN AND THE MONTE VISTA PLAN SAID, AND YOU CAN GO TO THE SECOND TO LAST LINE, AND THIS WAS BACK IN THE EIGHTIES BEFORE COVID HOME OCCUPATIONS WITH ONE OR TWO EMPLOYEES ARE NOT NECESSARILY DETRIMENTAL TO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE. AND WE, UM, EXPLAINED WHY WE NEED THIS. WE CAN'T HAVE NECESSARILY A HOME OCCUPATION WITHOUT AN EMPLOYEE BECAUSE MR. VARNEY TRAVELS AND HE'D LIKE TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO HAVE A CUSTOMER COME TO HIS HOME, WHICH IS ALSO GOING TO BE AN OFFICE. THE CONCERNS ABOUT PARKING, WE HEARD THAT LOUD AND CLEAR WHEN WE TALKED TO MONTE VISTA. WE WENT TO THE HISTORIC, UH, WE GOT THE DESIGNATION TO CHANGE THAT, UH, TO ALLOW US TO EXTEND THE DRIVEWAY FOR TWO ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACE TO ADDRESS OUR USES AND TO AVOID ANY ADVERSE IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IF YOU COULD GO TO THE AERIAL VIEW, BACK TO SLIDE. UH, MY AERIAL VIEW. YEAH. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO NOTICE THAT MOST OF THESE IN THE BACKYARDS, HERE'S A SUBJECT PROPERTY. ALL THESE DRIVEWAYS, WHEN WE WENT TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO GET OUR DRIVEWAY CHANGED, WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH ALL THE DRIVEWAYS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ALL OF THEM GO ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE LOT EXCEPT FOR OURS. UH, THIS IS THE NEIGHBORS, IT'S ALL CONCRETE IN THE BACK OF THEIR LOT. THIS DRIVEWAY GOES TO THE BACK OF THE LOT. THIS DRIVEWAY GOES THE BACK. I'M NOT SURE WHERE THAT DRIVEWAY IS, BUT OUR DRIVEWAY'S GOING TO BE CONSISTENT WITH ALL THE OTHER DRIVEWAYS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND [03:20:01] WE'RE ONLY DOING THAT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF REALLY NOT TOO MANY OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE OPPOSED, BUT TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE'VE HEARD ABOUT PARKING AND WE'LL HAVE FOUR SPOTS THERE TO BE AVAILABLE, UH, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS THAT COME TO THE FACILITY. WHEN THIS PROPERTY LIFE DOES CHANGE AND WHEN THIS PROPERTY PASSES ON, UH, TO SOME OTHER BUYER OR SOME OTHER OWNER, THEY CAN ONLY DO WHAT WE'VE DONE. AND IF THEY HAVE TO WANNA DO ANYTHING ELSE, IF THEY WANNA EXPAND A SINGLE SQUARE FOOT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND GET PERMISSION TO DO SO. SO IT'S NOT GOING TO BE ANYTHING BIGGER OR LARGER WHEN IT CHANGES HANDS. AS I UNDERSTOOD, UH, PREVIOUSLY MONTE VISTA WAS NOT OPPOSED TO MR. VARNEY OR HIS USE, BUT THEY WERE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT FUTURE USES AND THE FUTURE USES ARE PROTECTED. UM, AND MONTE VISTA IS PROTECTED BY THE CODE AND THE LIMITATIONS ON FUTURE USES AND EXPANSIONS, UH, UNDER THE, UH, CONDITIONAL ZONING. SO I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS Y'ALL MAY HAVE. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. UM, IF I COULD HAVE, UH, THE RECORD REFLECT THAT AT, LET'S SEE, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ LEFT AT THREE 50 AND I BELIEVE COMMISSIONER ABBADO LEFT, CORRECT? YES. BUT I DIDN'T SEE WHAT TIME. I BELIEVE FOUR 10. OKAY. AT FOUR 10. FOUR 10. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THAT LEAVES 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. OKAY, WE'RE GOOD. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS. JUST KIDDING. UM, , I GOT QUESTIONS. NO, NO, NO. I HAVE QUESTIONS. UM, JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT LIGHT HERE. OKAY. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS FOR STAFF. UM, CAN, CAN YOU REM AND AGAIN, I KNOW SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE HERE, BUT SOME OF THE COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT. UM, CAN YOU REMIND US WHEN, UH, WE PREVIOUSLY HEARD THIS CASE AND WHAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION COMING OUT OF ZONING COMMISSION? SURE. UM, IT WAS FIRST SUBMITTED IN AUGUST, 2022. IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ZONING COMMISSION IN OCTOBER, 2022. AND THAT'S WHEN THEY RECEIVED A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, AND UM, I'LL, I'M GONNA PROBABLY GO INTO SOME DISCUSSION AND SOME QUESTIONS THAT I HAD LAST TIME. UM, SO FOR, FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE, REMEMBER WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME, I'M SORRY TO BE REPEATING MYSELF, BUT, UM, I NOTED THAT THE, UM, STAFF RECOMMENDATION NOTES THAT THERE IS NO NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. UM, CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHY IT SAYS THAT WHEN THERE'S CLEARLY A, A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT IS POSTED ON THE WEBSITE AND WHAT IS THE REASONING FOR DSDS NOTATION THAT WE DON'T HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IN MONTE VISTA? RIGHT. SO, UM, THERE ARE PLANS THAT WERE CREATED THAT WE DO LOOK AT FOR CONSISTENCY, BUT THEY ARE NOT ADOPTED AS PART OF THE, THE CODE. AND SO FOR THAT REASON WE JUST LOOK AT THEM FOR CONSISTENCY, BUT WE DON'T STATE THEM IN THE STAFF REPORT. OKAY. UM, AND SO CAN YOU CONFIRM THE TIMING FOR THE NEAR NORTH PLAN? YES. THAT WE'LL HAVE TO LOOK UP. SO IF YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION YOU CAN ASK US WHILE WE'RE PULLING THAT UP. SURE. UM, CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT THE, UM, LAND USES ARE AROUND THAT? BECAUSE I NOTE THAT IN THE, UM, IN THE G I SS MAP, I'M GONNA ASK CAMERON TO GO AHEAD AND COME UP FOR THAT ONE. THAT THERE ARE OBVIOUSLY BEHIND ALONG MISSILE TOE WE HAVE NORTHWEST, UM, AS THE APPLICANT STATED, WE HAVE THE OFFICE USE, WE HAVE THE COMMERCIAL USES AND A SALON. BUT, UM, CAN YOU ALSO TELL US THE CDS THAT ARE ALONG LOCATED ALONG WOODLAWN? WHAT ARE THOSE CONDITIONAL USES FOR? YEAH, SO WE HAVE NORTH OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS R FOUR CD C 2 0 1 CD. THERE'S AN ARMY RECRUITMENT OFFICE, BAKERY AND DANCE SCHOOL. UM, SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY IS MF 33. THERE'S GYM AND A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING TO THE EAST OF THE PROPERTY IS R FOUR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING. WEST OF THE PROPERTY IS MF 33 RESIDENTIAL DWELLING. UM, IF YOU GIVE ME A MOMENT, I CAN IDENT IDENTIFY THE R FOUR CD NORTH OF THE PROPERTY AND I ONE CD NORTH OF THE PROPERTY AS WELL. OKAY. AND I'M WAS ACTUALLY, CAN THE, THE APPLICANT ADDRESSED SOME OF THOSE, BUT I WAS ACTUALLY THE CDS THAT ARE LOCATED ALONG WOODLAWN AVENUE. OKAY. CAN YOU LET US KNOW WHAT THOSE ARE FOR? OKAY. YES, I CAN REPORT BACK TO YOU. OKAY. AND I GUESS IN THE MEANTIME WE CAN GO AHEAD AND I'LL HAVE THE APPLICANT COME UP FOR QUESTIONS. THANKS. UM, CAN YOU TELL US, UM, WHAT, WHAT ALL IS THIS PROPERTY MADE OF? BECAUSE I, I NOTED THAT YOUR SITE [03:25:01] PLAN THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT YOU SHOWED IN YOUR, UM, PRESENTATION WAS MAYBE A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN THE SITE PLAN THAT'S LISTED IN THE, UM, APPLICATION. SO CAN YOU KIND OF GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THIS PROPERTY, ALL THE DIFFERENT USES? SURE. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANNA PULL UP THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS IN YOUR PACKET SO WE CAN SEE. WELL, THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO BEGIN WITH. AS PART OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME TO THE LEFT, YOU'LL SEE WHERE THE PROPOSED GIFT SHOP IS, UH, TO THE, YOU'LL SEE THE, SEE WHERE THE CARS ARE. SO THAT'S THE DRIVEWAY AND THE PARKING. UM, IN THE REAR THERE'S A, UM, WHAT DO YOU CALL IT, THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL THAT'S BEEN PERMITTED BY THE CITY AND THAT'S IN THE REAR. UM, AND THERE'S, I KNOW HE'S PLANTED HERB GARDENS AND TREES AND A LOT OF LANDSCAPING. SO THOSE ARE THE PRIMARY USES THAT ARE OCCURRING ON THE PROPERTY. OKAY. AND CAN YOU TELL ME, IS THERE A SERVICE ALLEY ON THIS PROPERTY BEHIND THE PROPERTY? NO. CORRECT. THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE LITERALLY ADJACENT TO THAT OFFICE WITH THE EATERY, UH, AND THE ARMY RECRUITING FACILITY. SO THEY'RE IN THE BACKYARD. OKAY. AND THEN, UM, ONE MORE QUESTION IS, UM, ON THE PARKING. SO JUST TO UNDERSTAND HOW THIS PARKING IS WORKING, WE ESSENTIALLY HAVE THE TWO TANDEM SPACES NEXT TO THE HOME THAT THOSE ARE THE PROPOSED PARKING AND THEN THERE'S TWO PARKING SPACES THAT ARE ALSO TANDEM IN THE DRIVEWAY. CORRECT. BUT THE TWO THAT ARE NEXT TO THE HOUSE CANNOT BACK DIRECTLY OUT. YOU WOULD HAVE TO, THAT'D HAVE TO BE STACKED. YES. SO IT'S ESSENTIALLY FOUR TANDEM SPACES? CORRECT. UH, THE REASON WHY WE DON'T PARK IN THE BACK IS BECAUSE OF THE HANDICAP ACCESSIBILITY THAT WE HAVE IN THE REAR FOR BOTH THE, UH, GUEST HOUSE AND THE MAIN ENTRANCE. OKAY. SO WE DON'T WANNA DISTURB THE RAMP AND SO FORTH. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR YOU AND I DON'T KNOW IF STAFF'S READY. WE WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT PHASE FOUR MEANS, BUT IT'S COMING IN PHASE FOUR, SO WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT DATE THAT IS FOR THE NEAR NORTHWEST. OKAY. NEAR NORTH. NEAR NORTH RATHER. YEAH. ALRIGHT. DO WE HAVE, UH, QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? COMMISSIONER NICKS? WELL, I, I'M BACK TO PARKING. I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU A QUESTION AND YOU KNOW, THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT THE TWO LOT OR TWO SPACES NEXT TO THE BUILDING. I ASSUME THAT THOSE ARE FOR EMPLOYEES AND THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE? WELL, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, THE ONLY TIME AN, THE VERY FEW TIMES AN EMPLOYEE WOULD BE PRESENT WOULD BECAUSE MR. VARNEY IS NOT THERE. ALRIGHT. SO HE JUST WANTS TO HAVE THE ABILITY, UH, FOR SOMEONE TO BE THERE, UH, WHILE HE'S UNAVAILABLE. UM, YES, IT'S TANDEM PARKING, IT'S STACKED PARKING, SO PEOPLE ARE GONNA HAVE TO MOVE IN ORDER TO GET THAT FIRST CAR OUT. UH, BUT AGAIN, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE WILLING TO DO SO THAT WOODLAWN IS NOT BURDENED, UH, BY THIS, UH, REQUEST. WELL, THE ONLY PROBLEM IS IF THEY HAVE TO MOVE, THEY'VE GOTTA MOVE BACK OUT IN THE STREET JUST LIKE EVERY OTHER PROPERTY . YEAH. BUT THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES OR PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL USES? I'M, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC. SURE. AND, AND WOODLAWN, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A NICE ROAD. UM, AND THERE IS PARKING KEYSTONE KIDS PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET. SURE. UM, AND EVEN THE, THE AERIALS WE'RE LOOKING AT, IT'S, IT'S FULLY PACKED WITH CARS PARKED AGAINST THE CURB. AND I'M JUST CONCERNED PARTICULARLY ON SOMETHING I'M BACKING OUT, YOU KNOW, GRANTED GIFT SHOP'S NOT GONNA GENERATE A LOT OF TRAFFIC. UM, BUT I'M CONCERNED EVEN, YOU KNOW, IF IF YOU GOT TWO OR THREE VEHICLES IN THERE AND THE FIRST ONE OR THE FIRST TWO HAVE TO MOVE TO LET THE OTHER ONES OUT, WHERE ARE THOSE CARS GONNA GO? THEY'RE GONNA GO AROUND THE BLOCK OR IT'S GONNA STOP THERE IN THE STREET TO LET THE OTHER ONES OUT. YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S A CONCERN AND THE NEIGHBORS HAVE THAT CONCERN AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING I'M, I'M ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE USES ARE, EVEN THE RESIDENTIAL I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IF, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOTTA BACK OUT, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE VISITORS OR PARKING, UM, ANY REASON BUT THAT, IT'S A CONCERN THAT I HAVE BECAUSE OF PARKING AND WHAT THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO DO OUT IN THE STREET. WELL THE GOOD THING, UH, IS THAT YOU HEARD THAT WOODLAWN IS A DIVIDED HIGHWAY. SO WHEN YOU ARE BACKING OUT, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA HAVE TO LOOK ONE WAY, UH, FOCUSED PRIMARILY ON THE CARS COMING. SO THAT I THINK WILL ALLEVIATE A LITTLE BIT OF THE, THE BACKING OUT CONCERNS. BUT I UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT THERE IS A CONCERN. UM, BUT LIKE ANY RESIDENT, WE'VE GOTTA COME INSIDE OUR DRIVEWAY AND LEAVE THE DRIVEWAY, BE IT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME [03:30:01] OR SOMEONE COMING TO BUY SOME LOTION. UNDERSTOOD. CONCERNS STILL THERE? YES. THANK YOU. UNDERSTAND. OKAY. AND SO WE FOUND OUT THAT IN PHASE FOUR IT STARTS IN F Y 2024 AND IS NOT ANTICIPATED TO BE COMPLETED UNTIL 2026 BECAUSE IT CONTAINS NOT ONLY, UH, NEAR NORTH, IT CONTAINS WEST NORTHWEST, NEAR NORTHWEST NEAR NORTH, NORTH CENTRAL, NORTH EAST, NEAR NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST. SO, OKAY, THANKS FOR LOOKING THAT UP. THAT, SO WE WERE ABLE TO IDENTIFY FOUR PROPERTIES WITH CONDITIONAL USES ON WEST AND EAST WOODLAWN, OR SORRY, JUST WEST WOODLAWN. UM, THEY WERE ALL REZONED BY LARGE AREA REZONING IN 2020. THE PROPERTY ON 1 21 WEST WOODLAWN IS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE UNITS. THE PROPERTY AT 2 0 2 WEST WOODLAWN IS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS. THE PROPERTY AT 2 4 0 WEST WOODLAWN IS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS. AND THE PROPERTY AT 3 3 9 WEST WOODLAWN IS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE. OKAY. BUT THOSE ARE ON OTHER BLOCKS. THAT WAS ON THE, OKAY. OKAY. YES. THANK YOU. OKAY. ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS ANY MORE ON THE LEFT? NONE. COMMISSIONER REYES. THANK YOU MR. CHAIR. QUESTION FOR MS. BLACKMAN. HI. HELLO. IN YOUR NOTES, IT SAYS THE MINIMUM FOR UNDER PARKING. MM-HMM. MINIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR GIFT SHOP IS ONE SPACE PER 300 SQUARE FEET. SO IF THIS GIFT SHOP IS 328 SQUARE FEET, THAT MEANS THE MINIMUM PARKING IS TWO, ONE. IT WOULD BE, I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE ONE SPACE. UM, ONE SPACE. SO THE MINIMUM IS ONE. AND FOR THE APPLICANT, YOU'RE PROVIDING FOUR. BUT I SEE ON YOUR LAYOUT, IF YOU CAN'T CONTROL YOUR CUSTOMERS, IF ONE OF YOUR CUSTOMERS PARKS IN THE MAIN DRIVEWAY, THE OTHER TWO SPOTS ARE PRETTY MUCH UNUSABLE. CORRECT. THANK YOU, MS. BLACKMAN. AGREED. WE CAN'T CONTROL OUR CUSTOMERS, BUT UH, WE JUST LIKE, YOU CAN'T CONTROL ANYBODY. RIGHT. UM, WE WOULD, IF, UM, I'LL SUGGEST THAT WE COULD PUT SOME PARKING SIGNS TO SAY FOR, UH, THE GIFT SHOP ONLY. FRANKLY, I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE LOCATION OF THE GIFT SHOP COMPARED TO THE, UM, IF YOU COULD SHOW THAT IF SOMEONE NEEDS TO MOVE THEIR CAR, YOU COULD BE OUTSIDE YELLING, SAY, CAN YOU MOVE? YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO YELL. YOU COULD PROBABLY SAY, PLEASE MOVE YOUR CAR. THE PERSON INSIDE'S GONNA HEAR IT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON MY RIGHT? NONE. I DO HAVE, I, SO I GUESS I HAVE LAST QUESTION. I GUESS QUESTION FOR STAFF. I BELIEVE THAT IT WAS STATED, AND YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, THAT, UH, MR. VARNEY COULD CURRENTLY RUN HIS SHOP. THE, THE, THE REASON WE ARE REZONING IS TO ALLOW EMPLOYEES. OH. UM, WELL, SO IT, IT DOESN'T FALL UNDER THE CATEGORY OF A HOME OCCUPATION. AND THAT IS BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE DIRECT ON-PREMISE SALES OR TRANSFER OF GOODS, UH, IF YOU HAVE A HOME OCCUPATION. SO FOR THAT REASON, THEY NEED, UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE GIV GIFT SHOP SO THAT THEY CAN HAVE THE DIRECT SALES. OKAY. SO THAT'S, THAT'S, AND I DON'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY PLAN TO HAVE AS FAR AS EMPLOYEES IF THEY EVEN INTEND TO HAVE EMPLOYEES. SO YOU WOULD NEED TO ASK THE APPLICANT THAT QUESTION. OKAY. NO, I MEAN, I THINK WHAT IT WAS STATED THAT WHEN, WHEN HE WAS TRAVELING IS, WHEN IS THE IDEA BEHIND HAVING EMPLOYEES THERE. OKAY. UM, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE, THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD. SO, BACK TO YOU. OH, ANOTHER QUESTION FROM, SORRY, ONE MORE QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT. AND SO WE KNOW YOU WERE HERE IN OCTOBER. MM-HMM. , WHAT'S CHANGED? WHY ARE WE BACK? WELL, WE TRIED TO GET A CONTINUANCE TO GET ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, AND WE WEREN'T ABLE TO GET ADDITIONAL CONTINUANCE, SO WE WITHDREW. AND IT LOOKS LIKE INSTEAD OF GETTING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL OPPOSITION, BUT THE, UM, SO THAT IS THE REASON WHY WE'RE BACK. OKAY. THANK YOU, . [03:35:01] ALRIGHT, FINAL CALL FOR QUESTIONS. SEEING NONE TO YOU FOR A MOTION. OKAY. UM, SO MOTION, UM, FOR THIS ITEM, NUMBER 19 IS FOR DENIAL. UM, I, I'VE KIND OF GONE, I WENT THROUGH A LOT OF STUFF LAST TIME. I'LL KIND OF TOUCH ON SOME THINGS FROM LAST TIME AND THEN I, I HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL THOUGHTS THIS TIME AROUND. UM, SO I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT, WHAT YOU'RE DOING. UM, AGAIN, I, I'LL PROBABLY LIKE ORDER STUFF FROM YOU ONLINE, LIKE YOUR SHOP LOOKS VERY CUTE AND VERY AWESOME. HOWEVER, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS. UM, AS FOLKS KNOW, I'M EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA. I, I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR. UM, AND I HAPPEN TO RUN DOWN WOODLAWN A LOT, SO I'M EXTREMELY FAMILIAR WITH HOW TRAFFICKED THAT STREET IS. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN RUN OVER ON WOODLAWN A COUPLE OF TIMES. IT'S THE ONLY PLACE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I ALMOST GET RUN OVER. UM, BUT ANYWAYS, UH, YOU KNOW, MY BIGGEST CONCERNS HERE ARE TRAFFIC, AS EVERYONE STATED HERE. UM, UH, THAT ALL OF THE, THE VOICEMAILS THAT WE HEARD, AS WELL AS THE, THE FOLKS WHO CAME AND SPOKE IN PERSON, YOU KNOW, THIS STREET IS EXTREMELY NARROW. IT'S SO NARROW THAT IF THE SIDEWALK IS CLOSED, WHICH IT WAS FOR A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME, WHICH GOES TO MY ALMOST GETTING RUN OVER STORY MM-HMM. , UM, I, I HAD TO RUN INTO THE STREET AND THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR A, A RUNNER TO RUN NEXT TO ALL OF THE PARKED CARS AND CARS TO GO BY. SO THAT IS HOW NARROW THE STREET IS. THERE IS NOT AN INCH OF ROOM FOR TO SPARE HERE. SO IT IS AN EXTREMELY CONGESTED AREA. UM, BECAUSE, AND BECAUSE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW MULTI-FAMILY USES ALONG THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF STREET PARKING BECAUSE THERE'S A LACK OF ONSITE PARKING FOR THOSE, UM, FOR THOSE LOTS. UM, YOU KNOW, AND ONE OF MY CONCERNS WITH THIS PARTICULAR USES IS IT'S NOT JUST THE GIFT SHOP. SO WE ALSO HAVE A SHORT-TERM RENTAL IN THE BACK. SO WHILE, YOU KNOW, THE GIFT SHOP FOLKS MAY BE ABLE TO MOVE THEIR CARS THAT MAYBE THE SHORT-TERM RENTAL PERSON HAS GONE FOR A WALK OR SOMETHING, AND SO THEIR CAR IS BLOCKING SOME AND IT'S JUST THIS, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN REALLY COUNT THIS AS FOUR PARKING SPACES AND, AND IT'S, THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF OVERFLOW PARKING ONTO THE STREET, UM, FOR THIS. SO WE REALLY HAVE THREE USES ON THIS PROPERTY. WE HAVE THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, WE HAVE THE SHORT TERM RENTAL, AND THEN NOW THE RETAIL USE. AND I JUST THINK THAT THAT IS NOT APPROPRIATE. AND, AND IT ACTUALLY IS, YOU KNOW, IT CREATES AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY. AND ALSO IT AFFECTS THE HEALTH, SAFETY, AND WELFARE OF THE COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, THERE'S THE SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET. ANOTHER THING THAT I DIDN'T MENTION LAST TIME THAT CAME UP THIS TIME IS THAT THERE'S NO SERVICE ALLEY. MOST OF THE STREETS IN MONTE VISTA, MOST OF THE BLOCKS IN MONTE VISTA HAVE A SERVICE ALLEY, AND THAT'S WHERE THE GARBAGE IS PICKED UP. THE RECYCLING, UM, THE UTILITIES ARE LOCATED THERE. SO HERE WE DON'T HAVE THAT. AND SO I THINK IF YOU LOOK AT LIKE THE GOOGLE EARTH, YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE'S TRASH CANS ALONG THERE. SO NOT ONLY DO DO WE HAVE TRAFFIC, UH, PARKING, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, SERVICES. SO TRASH PICKUP. UM, AND THAT IS ANOTHER ADDED IMPACT ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET. VERSUS IF WE'RE LOOKING AT MISSILE TOW, WHICH IS THE STREET NORTH OF THIS, WHICH IS WHERE SOME OF THOSE COMMERCIAL USES ARE. MISSILE TOE IS AN EXTREMELY WIDE STREET. IT ACTUALLY HAS BICYCLE LANES, IT HAS PARKING MARKED. IT IS LIKE A HUGE STREET. AND, AND THE NORTH SIDE OF, OF MISSILE TOE DOES, UH, HAS A, THOSE HOMES ALL HAVE AT SERVICE ALLEYS, SO YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR SERVICES OCCURRING ON AT LEAST ONE SIDE OF THE STREET THERE. SO THAT'S WHERE, YOU KNOW, IN, IN TALKING ABOUT THE USES THAT ARE ON THE BACKSIDE OF THIS PROPERTY, IT'S, IT'S A DIFFERENT CONSIDERATION BECAUSE MISSILE TOE IS SO MUCH WIDER. UM, AND ALSO MISSILE TOE HAS FAR LESS LOTS. THIS, UH, WOODLAWN HERE HAS 11 LOTS. MISSILE TOE HAS LIKE SIX. THOSE PROPERTIES ALL HAVE PARKING. THEY ALL HAVE IT. IT'S AMPLE SPACE FOR THE ACTIVITIES THAT ARE OCCURRING ON THOSE PROPERTIES. ANOTHER CONCERN I HAD, WHICH WAS SOMETHING I I SPOKE ON LAST TIME IS THE MIDBLOCK CONCERN. UM, THIS BLOCK FACE IS RESIDENTIAL MULTI-FAMILY AS, UM, AS WE HEARD, UM, IN FACT, IT IS NOT ALL APARTMENTS. UH, 1 21 WESTWOOD OR 1 21 EASTWOOD ONE WAS, UH, CONVERTED FROM A THREE, WHICH IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED FOR THREE UNITS, BUT IT WAS CONVERTED TO A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. THAT'S WHY THE SIDEWALK WAS CLOSED WHEN I HAD TO RUN INTO THE STREET . UM, SO JUST A CONCERN HERE WITH, WITH THE COMMERCIAL CREEP, UM, IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE PATTERNS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT'S POINT ABOUT THE ADJACENT USES FOR CONDITIONAL USES. THAT'S, THAT'S A GREAT POINT. HOWEVER, I THINK IT ALSO GOES TO THE ADDITIONAL CONCERN OF WHEN THIS HAS A COMMERCIAL USE [03:40:01] ON IT, THEN SUDDENLY THE PROPERTIES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO IT NOW THEY'RE GONNA COME AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE NEXT DOOR TO A PROPERTY THAT HAS A COMMERCIAL USE ON IT. SO THAT'S THE DOMINO EFFECT, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHAT WE SEE IN A LOT OF OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS. I KNOW THAT TAYLOR'S DISTRICT, MR. WATSON'S DISTRICT COULD, HAS A LOT OF THE SAME ISSUES. WE SEE THE SAME ISSUES IN, IN, UM, KING WILLIAM AND IN THOSE AREAS AS WELL. SO IT'S JUST A BIG CONCERN. IT'S NOT A HUGE, THIS IS NOT A, A BIG RETAIL OPERATION, BUT IT'S JUST THAT ADDITIONAL DOMINO KIND OF EFFECT. UM, I THINK, UM, TO TOUCH ON THE, ON THE POINT ABOUT THE MONTE VISTA PLAN, SAYING THAT, UH, HAVING A HOME, UM, RETAIL, UH, USE WITH ONE TO TWO EMPLOYEES IS NOT NECESSARILY DETRIMENTAL. I THINK THAT'S KIND OF THE WORD THAT GIVES ME PAUSE, IS THAT NOT THAT IT'S NOT DETRIMENTAL, IT'S NOT NECESSARILY DETRIMENTAL. I THINK THAT MEANS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE THOUGHT, THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH CASE. AND IN THIS CASE, BECAUSE IT IS MID-BLOCK, BECAUSE IT ISN'T AN AREA WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF CONGESTION AND A LOT OF OTHER CONCERNS, UM, I THINK THAT IT'S NOT APPROPRIATE. I DON'T THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT IS DETRIMENTAL IN THIS, IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE. IT MIGHT NOT BE ON MISSILE TOE OR ON A CORNER LOT OR IN ANOTHER AREA. UM, AND, AND ONE MORE POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WITH RESPECT TO COMMERCIAL CREEP IS, UM, THAT IT HAS, IT, IT HAS HAPPENED WITHIN THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UM, NON, AND NOT, THIS IS NOT TO YOUR CASE, BUT TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL CREEP AND MAKING PROPERTIES MORE, UM, MORE ATTRACTIVE TO INVESTORS IS SOMETHING THAT ERODES THE FABRIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. IN ONE EXAMPLE OF THAT OCCURRED TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THIS HOUSE AT 1 47 WOODLAWN, UM, WHEN THAT HOUSE WAS PURCHASED BY INVESTORS AND IT WAS ALLOWED TO COMPLETELY DETERIORATE TO THE POINT OF SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, THERE WAS A FIRE THAT COMPLETELY DESTROYED THAT HISTORIC STRUCTURE. AND IT IS NOW, IT WAS RAISED BY THE, UM, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT EVENING. AND, UM, NOW IT'S A, A VACANT LOSS. SO WE'VE LOST A HISTORIC STRUCTURE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, DUE TO, UM, AN INVESTOR COMING IN AND DISREGARDING THE PRESERVATION OF THE PROPERTY AND NOT TAKING CARE OF IT. SO THESE ARE ALL CONCERNED THINGS THAT, YOU KNOW, I THINK A HISTORIC DISTRICT IS, IS DIFFERENT THAN A LOT OF OTHER AREAS BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THAT KIND OF ADDED, UM, ADDED CONCERN AND, AND ADDED, UM, I DUNNO WHAT THE WORD IS I'M LOOKING FOR, BUT IT'S LIKE THAT IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE COMMUNITY TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROPERTIES ARE WELL PRESERVED AND TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THE ACTIONS TODAY COULD POTENTIALLY, HOW THE, OUR ACTIONS TODAY COULD POTENTIALLY AFFECT, UM, WHERE THESE PROPERTIES GO IN THE FUTURE. ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL. IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND. THERE IS A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. SO DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER WATSON. UM, I AGREE WITH MANY OF THE POINTS THAT COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE MADE. UM, FOR ME, OTHER THAN A SLIGHTLY IMPROVED POWERPOINT, NOTHING HAD SUBSTANTIVELY CHANGED ABOUT THIS CASE. UM, AND THE THING THAT I DO NOT REMEMBER BEING ON THERE LAST TIME THAT I SAW TODAY WAS THE EXCERPT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN. UH, AND ALSO WANT TO UNDERSCORE COMMISSIONER GREAT HOUSE'S POINTS ABOUT HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN IS DEALT WITH IN MONTE VISTA, BUT NOT NECESSARILY NECESSARILY, IT'S LIKE A GOTCHA. UM, I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THE VALUE OF HOME OCCUPATIONS. I AM A CONSULTANT THAT WORKS FROM HOME. I DON'T MEET MY CLIENTS AT MY HOME, UM, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS. AND THERE'S A REASON WHY RETAIL, UH, DOES NOT FALL UNDER QUALIFIED HOME OCCUPATIONS IN THE EXISTING ZONING CODE. UM, ADDITIONALLY, I AM NO STRANGER, UM, OR DISCOURAGER OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AND MULTIFAMILY. UM, I WILL REPRESENT A DISTRICT THAT IS LARGELY IN THE URBAN CORE WHERE WE HAVE A LOT OF UNDERINVESTMENT. MONTE VISTA HAS HISTORIC OVERLAY AND DOES NOT SUFFER FROM A LACK OF INVESTMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK WITH EXISTING TRAFFIC CHALLENGES. THIS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE CONDITIONAL USE. IT'S NOT ADDRESSING ANY OTHER POLICY GOALS OR NEEDS FOR THE CITY OR REFLECTING THE PRIORITIES OF THE COMMUNITY. UM, IT'S NOT PROVIDING ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS, IT'S NOT IN A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR, IT'S NOT ON A CORNER. UM, AND SO THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS WHY THE PARKING PLAN ISN'T PERSUASIVE, NOR ARE THE ARGUMENTS TO ME. AND I WILL, THAT IS WHY I SECOND IT. UM, THE MOTION. ALRIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT. LOOKING RIGHT? UM, I KNOW Y'ALL, I TELL YOU, I REALLY, I, I, YOU KNOW, WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SERVING ON THE ZONING COMMISSION IS HEARING PEOPLE'S [03:45:02] WELL THOUGHT OUT ARGUMENTS. UM, SO THANK Y'ALL. BECAUSE BASICALLY I'M JUST LOOKING THROUGH IT AND IT'S LIKE, OKAY, YOU TOUCHED ON THAT. YOU TOUCHED ON THAT, YOU TOUCHED ON THAT, YOU TOUCHED ON THAT. OKAY, I'M DONE. UM, BUT THE ONLY THING I WOULD SAY IS THAT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION FOR DENIAL AS WELL. AND, UM, PRIMARILY BECAUSE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS OR ONE OF THE VOICEMAILS, SOMEONE MENTIONED A FRAGILE BLOCK. AND, UM, I AVOID WOODLAWN. I'LL GO DOWN TO ASHBY BECAUSE WOODLAWN IS SO CONGESTED. UM, I KNOW WE TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ON, ON, ON PARKING AND THAT YES, WE HAVE TO PULL OUT, YOU KNOW, AS RESIDENTS, HOWEVER, WE ARE AS RESIDENTS, WE'RE MORE FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE TRAFFIC FLOW ON OUR STREET NECESSARILY WORKS. IF YOU'RE A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT AND YOU HAVE UNFAMILIAR VISITORS, THEY DON'T NECESSARILY KNOW EXACTLY HOW THAT STREET FUNCTIONS. UM, SO IT CREATES A LITTLE BIT MORE INHERENT DANGER. UM, AND THIS IS NOT, I THE, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, YOU MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, WOODLAWN IS DIFFERENT THAN MISSILE TOE. YOU MENTIONED THE, THE SIZES OF THE, OF THE LOTS THAT ARE COMMERCIAL ON MISSILE TOE AND THE SIZE OF THE STREET. AND FOR ME THAT'S, THAT IS A BIG, BIG DIFFERENCE. UM, AND SO WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON. UH, A REMINDER THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE SIX VOTES OF SIX AFFIRMATIVE VOTES FOR ANY MOTION TO PASS, EVEN THOUGH THERE'S ONLY HOW MANY ARE HERE? SEVEN. SEVEN HERE. SO IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE. COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE? YES. COMMISSIONER WATSON. YES. COMMISSIONER REYES? YES. COMMISSIONER, WE AYE. COMMISSIONER NICKS? YES. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE. AYE. CHAIR SIPES? YES. MOTION PASSES. ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU. [Approval of Minutes  ] I BELIEVE WE HAVE MINUTES AS OUR FINAL ITEM. ITEM, CORRECT? I THINK SO, YES. OKAY. . SO CAN I HERE ? I THOUGHT, SORRY. ALL. UM, COULD I, COULD I HAVE A, IS IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? COME ON. CAN I MAKE MOTION? YEAH. OKAY. WE'RE MAKING A MOTION. SORRY, . YEAH, WE'RE MAKING A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES. UM, I I, OKAY, I'LL MAKE A MOTION THAT THE, FOR THE APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES SECOND . OKAY. OKAY. CAN WE GET, UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ALRIGHT. IS THERE A ABS OH, THAT'S RIGHT. COMMISSIONER BUSANTE IS ABSTAINING. OH, YOU'RE LUCKY. WE'VE GOT SEVEN PEOPLE. UM, DO WE HAVE A [Director’s Report  ] DIRECTOR'S REPORT? OH, JUST A LITTLE PERSONAL PRIVILEGE FOR, UH, ELIZABETH. THIS IS GONNA BE HER LAST MEETING WITH US. AW. OH, WELL SECOND TO THE LAST I'M UNDERSTANDING NOW, BUT SHE, ELIZABETH, YOU WANNA GET ON THE MIC AND TELL 'EM WHERE YOU'RE GOING AND WHAT YOU'RE DOING? HOW EXCITING THAT IS. SHE'S PROBABLY, THANK YOU, CHRISTIE. UM, , I'M GOING TO MO I'M MOVING TO NEW JERSEY. I'M GOING TO GRAD SCHOOL AT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY. THANK YOU. YAY. SO NOW WHEN YOU SEE OUR ONE MORE MEETING, YOU KNOW. OKAY. THAT'S IT, . ALRIGHT. UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE. I DO WANNA SAY THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT AMENDMENT THAT WAS MADE ABOUT THE MF AND BRINGING DOWN THE INTENSITY OF THE MF THAT WAS SPOT ON. WE HAVE THAT A LOT WHERE APPLICANTS JUST WANNA AMEND. THEY START OUT AT 60 OR 50 OR 40 OR 33 OR WHATEVER, AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO COME DOWN. SO THAT'S A REALLY GOOD U D C AMENDMENT THAT WENT THROUGH FOR EVERYONE. SO, AND I KNOW THAT WAS AN IDEA THAT CAME FROM, FROM THIS GROUP, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. YAY. YES. ALRIGHT. IT WAS, WASN'T IT? WAS IT DR. ROMERO? YEAH, I THINK IT WAS DR. ROMERO. OH YEAH, MAYBE. I THINK THAT WAS HER. ALRIGHT. ALRIGHT, WELL WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN AT 5:07 PM THANK YOU ALL. * 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.