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AND WELCOME TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23RD, 2023.
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION, PLEASE.
STAFF, PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL.
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PRESENT.UH, WE'LL HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA AND AN INDIVIDUAL ITEMS AGENDA.
ALL ITEMS ARE ELIGIBLE, UH, FOR CONSENT WILL BE ENTERED AS ONE, UH, ITEM AND ENACTED ON, ON, ON ONE ITEM.
THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY, AND WE WILL MAKE CONSIDERATION BASED ON EACH ITEM INDIVIDUALLY.
UH, COMMISSIONER ORIAN IS RECUSING FROM ITEM 15, SO IT'S 2 0 1.
AND, UH, HE'S LEAVING THE ROOM.
UM, ALL ITEMS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT EXCEPT FOR ITEMS NUMBER NINE, WHICH HAS BEEN PULLED.
ITEM 17, WHICH SHOULD BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY, 18 INDIVIDUALLY.
DO I HAVE ANY DELIBERATION? IF NOT, DO WANNA MAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MOTION TO ACCEPT.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER UH, ZUKI.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER.
IF WE CAN LET COMMISSIONER ORIAN BACK IN, PLEASE.
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2 0 3 AND COMMISSIONER ORIAN HAS RETURNED.UH, WE WILL MOVE AHEAD TO ITEM, UH, NUMBER 23, WHICH IS A PRESENTATION ON THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 24.
SO, MR. MARTINEZ, MR. SINI, GOOD TO SEE Y'ALL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
I'M THE ASSISTANT BUDGET DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT YOU THE OPERATING SIDE OF THE F Y 24 PROPOSED BUDGET.
OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, UH, RAZZI HUI WILL BE IMMEDIATELY AFTER ME, AND HE'LL PRESENT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUDGET AND AS WELL AS THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR, UH, FOR F Y 24.
WE WILL START OFF ON HOW THE BUDGET WAS DERIVED THIS YEAR, OR WHAT, WHAT THE PROCESS WAS.
UM, CITY COUNCIL, UM, EVERY YEAR BECOMES, UH, COMES UP WITH THEIR PRIORITIES FOR, FOR, UH, THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
AND THIS YEAR WAS NO DIFFERENT.
THE COUNCIL MET ON APRIL 13TH FOR THE, UH, ANNUAL, UH, BUDGET GOAL SETTING SESSION, AND OUT OF THE, UH, BUDGET GOAL SETTING SESSION, UM, THE FOLLOWING WERE, WERE, UH, IDENTIFIED AS, UM, AS PRIORITIES FOR THE COUNCIL.
AND THAT INCLUDED PROPERTY TAX RELIEF, UM, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, HOUSING, EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND COMMUNITY SAVING, UH, SAFETY.
UM, AFTER THE, UH, GOATING SESSION, THE TRIAL BUDGET WAS PRESENTED ON MAY 10TH.
AND IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THAT, UH, A SURVEY, UH, SCIENTIFIC SURVEY THIS YEAR WAS CONDUCTED WITH THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO THAT IDENTIFIED THE, UH, PRIORITIES FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT YOU SEE ON THE, ON THE SCREEN, WHICH INCLUDED HOME HOMELESS OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENTS, STREETS,
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UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, AND POLICE SERVICES.UH, SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE, UH, THE, UH, TOP PRIORITIES FROM RESIDENTS AND THE TOP PRIORITIES FROM CITY COUNCIL KIND OF ALIGN.
THEY WERE KIND OF ONE IN THE SAME AND, AND MIRRORED EACH OTHER.
SO ON A, ON AUGUST 10TH, THE CITY MANAGER PRESENTED THE PROPOSED BUDGET TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL, UM, CITY.
THE TOTAL BUDGET TOTALS 3.7 BILLION THIS YEAR.
UM, OUT OF THAT, UM, THE LARGEST PIECE IS GONNA BE OUR GENERAL FUND, WHICH IS 1.6 BILLION.
UM, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, THIS INCLUDES OUR BASIC SERVICES SUCH AS PUBLIC SAFETY, LIBRARIES, PARKS AND RECREATION, AND OTHER SERVICES.
UM, PUBLIC WORKS IS A BIG PART OF THAT AS WELL.
UM, THE NEXT PIECE OF 1.33 BILLION INCLUDES OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS.
EXAMPLES OF THAT IS OUR AIRPORT OR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND, AS WELL AS OUR DEVELOPMENT SERVICES FUND GRANTS ARE ALSO INCLUDED AS PART OF RESTRICTED FUNDS AS WELL.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, JUST COMING IN AT ABOUT 798 MILLION IS OUR CAPITAL PROGRAM, WHICH INCLUDES PRIMARILY 22 BOND PROJECTS, AS WELL AS AIRPORT PROJECTS, UM, THAT RAZZI WILL GO OVER WHEN HE, WHEN WE GET TO HIS PART OF THE PRESENTATION.
WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND, YOU'LL SEE IT TOTALS $1.6 BILLION.
UM, FIRE AND POLICE MAKE UP THE BIGGEST PART, PUBLIC SAFETY.
THIS INCLUDES PARKS POLICE AS WELL, OF ABOUT NINE HUNDRED, NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY FOUR, UH, MILLION, WHICH IS JUST UNDER 61% OF THE, UH, TOTAL BUDGET.
UM, YOU'LL SEE ON THE OUTER, UH, RING OF THIS PIE CHART.
UM, WE HAVE OUR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES.
SO IN SAN ANTONIO, WE DO HAVE OUR BIG THREE REVENUE SOURCES, WHICH ARE GONNA BE OUR PROPERTY TAX, OUR SALES TAX, OUR C P S, ENERGY REVENUE.
AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE WOULD BE UNDER THE OTHER RESOURCES.
UM, FFY 24 DOES STILL HAVE SOME REMAINING ARPA DOLLARS OF 4.4 MILLION THAT ARE GONNA BE USED AS PART OF THE, THE F Y UH, 24 BUDGET.
UM, THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT, I WON'T GO THROUGH THEM, BUT ALL OF THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE FUNDED BY THE GENERAL FUND ARE LISTED THERE.
AND, UM, INCLUDES LIBRARY HEALTH ARE, WHICH ARE SOME OF THE BIGGER ONES.
SO, KEEPING THE, UM, WHAT WE LEARNED FROM THE COUNCIL PRIORITIES AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY INPUT, WE IDENTIFIED FOUR, UH, KEY FOCUS AREAS THAT THE BUDGET WAS BASED ON, WHICH INCLUDES, UH, PROVIDING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF TO OUR RESIDENTS, KEEPING SAN ANTONIO SAFE, ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IMPROVING CUSTOMER SERVICE FOR OUR, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND CUSTOMERS.
SO THE FIRST AREA THAT WE'LL TALK THAT I'LL TALK ABOUT IS PROPERTY TAX RELIEF.
SO A COUPLE THINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THIS YEAR IS, FIRST OF ALL, UH, BACK IN JUNE, THE COUNCIL APPROVED THE INCREASE IN THE CITY'S HOMESTEAD EXEMPTION GOING FROM 10% TO 20%.
UM, SO THAT WAS INCORPORATED INTO THE PROPOSED BUDGET.
UM, YOU MAY RECALL LAST YEAR, WE DID SOME INCREASES TO THE, UH, SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS.
THE, UM, THE SENIORS EXEMPTION AND THE DISABLED EXEMPTION WE'RE MAINTAINING THAT FOR THE PROPOSED, UH, FFY 24 BUDGET.
SO BOTH OF THOSE EXEMPT EXEMPTIONS WILL REMAIN AT 85,000.
UH, WE STILL CONTINUE THE OVER 65 PROPERTY TAX FREEZE.
UM, AND THEN ONE NEW ITEM THIS YEAR IS WE'RE IMPLEMENTING A SAN ANTONIO VOLUNTEER EXEMPTION FOR SENIORS OR SAVES PROGRAM THAT IS GONNA PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR, UH, RESIDENTS OR SENIOR RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO TO VOLUNTEER AND, UM, HAVE UP TO $400 OF CREDITS EARNED THAT THEY CAN USE TO PAY FOR THE CITY PORTION OF THEIR PROPERTY TAXES FOR 24.
ON THIS SLIDE, YOU'LL SEE HERE HOW THE POP PROPERTY TAXES HAVE CHANGED FROM F Y 23.
SO FOR 24, THE TOTAL TAXABLE VALUE IS $155 BILLION, WHICH IS IN AN INCREASE OF ABOUT 7.4% OR 10.7 BILLION FROM LAST YEAR.
ABOUT 7.7 BILLION OF THIS INCREASE IS DERIVED FROM THE BASE VALUE, ABOUT 5.3% OF IT, UH, THE 7.4, AND THEN THE OTHER 3 BILLION OR 2.1 WOULD BE FROM NEW IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST YEAR.
UM, THE PROPERTY TAX RATE ALSO, UH, WILL EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT REDUCTION.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE, UM, IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE I HAD THAT WE'RE FOREGOING ABOUT 135 MILLION IN REVENUES WITH, WITH A COMBINATION OF THE ALL THE PROPERTY TAX RELIEF THAT THE COUNCIL HAS PASSED, UH, THUS FAR.
ONE OF THE EFFECTS THAT THIS HAS HAD ON RESIDENTS IS WE HAVE SEEN THAT THEIR, UM, THEIR HOMESTEAD TAXABLE VALUE HAS GONE DOWN FROM 23 TO 20 TO 24, UM, BY ABOUT 4% FROM ABOUT 200 AND, EXCUSE ME, FROM ABOUT 214,000 TO ABOUT 206,000 YEAR TO YEAR.
SO THE, UH, EXEMPTIONS AND THE, AND THE LOWER RATES HAVE, HAVE HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO.
NEXT, I'LL GET INTO SOME OF THE ITEMS THAT WE'RE, UH, INCLUDING IN THE PROPOSED BUDGET THAT WE'VE BEEN HIGHLIGHTING, UM, IN THE PRESENTATION AND IN THE TOWN HALLS THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING IN THE COMMUNITY.
UH, THE FIRST UNDER KEEPING SAN ANTONIO SAFE, UM, I'M SURE YOU'VE HEARD IN NEWS AND IN DISCUSSIONS WITH COUNCIL THAT, UM, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS A BIG FOCUS OF THE BUDGET THIS YEAR.
THERE ARE SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS THIS YEAR, UM, TO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT IN THE COMMUNITY IN TERMS OF ANIMAL CARE AND THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE.
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WELL, OVERALL THE ANIMAL A C S BUDGET IS INCREASING TO 26.9 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT 26% HIGHER THAN 23.UM, AGAIN, IT WAS ONE OF THE TOP PRIORITIES FOR COUNCIL AS WELL AS RESIDENTS.
UM, ONE THING TO MENTION AS WE GET INTO SOME OF THESE A C SS IMPROVEMENTS IS IT'S A PHASED APPROACH, IS THEY, THEY HAVE A STRATEGIC PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED THIS YEAR.
SO IT'S GONNA BE OVER A THREE YEAR PERIOD THAT WE'RE GONNA BE PHASING SOME OF THESE.
BUT THE ONES THAT I'M, I'M HIGHLIGHTING TODAY ARE THE ONES THAT'LL TAKE EFFECT IN F Y 24.
UM, SO THIS FIRST ONE IS, UM, 460,000 FOR SEVEN NEW POSITIONS.
THIS AREA TO ADDRESS THE, UH, THE BIKE CASES, UM, WHICH ARE ABOUT $3,500, 3,500 ANNUALLY.
UM, THIS WILL GIVE US, UM, FIVE NEW POSITIONS.
AND THE GOAL HERE IS TO REDUCE THE RESPONSE TIME BY 47% FROM 30 HOURS TO 16 HOURS.
AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, THE GOAL IS TO DECREASE THAT RESPONSE TIME AS WE MOVE INTO FY 25 AND 26, AS WE'RE ABLE TO ADD, ADD ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
UM, THERE'S ALSO TWO NEW POSITIONS TO INCREASE INSPECTIONS FOR DANGER DANGEROUS DOGS COMPLIANCE.
UM, AND THE GOAL THERE IS TO IMPROVE THE, UM, THE COMPLIANCE RATE FROM 55% TO 80%.
ANOTHER AREA OF ANIMAL CARE SERVICES IS WE'RE ADDING 1.1 MILLION FOR EIGHT NEW POSITIONS TO RESPOND TO CRITICAL CALLS THAT ARE RECEIVED THROUGH THE CITY'S 3 1 1 SYSTEM.
UM, THIS WILL NOT ALL ADDRESS ALL CRITICAL CALLS IN THE FIRST YEAR, BUT THE IDEA IS, IS IT'LL PUT A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE OR INCREASE INTO THE NUMBER OF CALLS THAT ARE ANSWERED.
AND AGAIN, AS WE MOVE INTO THE FUTURE YEARS, THE GOAL IS TO GET IT UP TO A HUNDRED PERCENT.
UM, IN 24, WE'RE GONNA BE ADDING EIGHT POSITIONS, AND THE IDEA ADD ADDITIONAL POSITIONS IN 25 AND 26.
UM, THE RESPONSE RATE FOR F Y 24 SHOULD INCREASE FROM 44% TO 64% UNDER THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, THEIR PROPOSED BUDGET IS ABOUT $372 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT A 5% INCREASE FROM THE PRIOR YEAR.
UM, IT INCLUDES 32 NEW FIREFIGHTER AND E E M S POSITIONS.
UM, GOING THERE FROM LEFT TO RIGHT, YOU'LL SEE THAT WE'RE ADDING ONE E M S UNIT WITH 12 PARAMEDICS.
UM, THIS, THIS ONE WILL BE, UH, STATIONED AT FIRE STATION, UH, 40.
ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE DOING IN RESPONSE TO THE CLOSURE OF THE TEXAS VISTA HOSPITAL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, WE'RE ADDING DOLLARS TO, UH, ADD ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR A P E M SS UNIT TO IMPROVE THE COVERAGE IN, IN, UH, SOUTH SAN ANTONIO, SO THAT THE TRANSPORT TIMES, UM, CAN BE MINIMIZED BECAUSE THE, OBVIOUSLY THE E M SS UNITS WILL HAVE TO BE TAKING PATIENTS TO, UH, A HOSPITAL THAT'S A LITTLE BIT FARTHER AWAY.
UM, WE ARE, WE'RE ALSO ASKING SIX, ADDING 16 NEW FIREFIGHTER POSITIONS FOR, UM, EXISTING PROGRAMS FOR OPERATIONAL SUPPORT.
THIS INCLUDES, UH, THE QUARTERMASTER PROGRAM, A FIRE INVESTIGATIONS UNIT, AND A MEDICAL OFFICER UNIT.
UM, THESE ARE EXISTING OPERATIONS, BUT WE'RE ADDING THESE TO ENHANCE THE SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED THROUGH THERE.
WE'RE ALSO ADDING FOUR NEW FIREFIGHTERS AT THE SAN ANTONIO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT TO KEEP UP WITH THE DEMAND.
YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THAT THE TRAFFIC AT THE AIRPORT IS BACK TO WHERE IT WAS PRE COVID, AND THEY'RE ANTICIPATING TO, UH, THEY MAY POSSIBLY BREAK THEIR RECORD THIS YEAR, BUT DEFINITELY IN 24, THE ANTICIPATION IS THEY'LL HAVE THE MOST PASSENGERS THAT THEY'VE EVER HAD IN A GIVEN YEAR.
UM, FINALLY, UNDER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, WE DID ADD DOLLARS TO PROVIDE FOR SIX, UH, EXCUSE ME, 12, UH, SAFE BABY BOXES AT 12 FIRE STATIONS.
AND, UM, WE'RE ALSO ADDING RESOURCES TO MAINTAIN THE O P O PROGRAM CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM.
AS FAR AS, UH, S A P D OR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, THEIR TOTAL BUDGET IS ABOUT 571 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT A 7.8% INCREASE FROM THE, UH, F Y 23 BUDGET.
INCLUDED IN, IN THEIR, UH, ENHANCEMENTS ARE, UH, 105 ADDITIONAL POLICE OFFICER, UNIFORMED POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS.
A HUNDRED OF THE 105 WOULD BE FOR PATROL.
UM, YOU MAY BE AWARE THAT, UM, LAST YEAR THERE WAS A STUDY CONDUCTED BY E T S A TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF OFFICERS THAT WERE, THAT WERE, THAT WOULD BE NEEDED IN THE COMMUNITY.
THE RESULT OF THAT WAS TO TRY TO ADD 360 OFFICERS OVER THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS IS THE FIRST, UH, GROUP OF THAT EFFORT TO ADD THOSE OFFICERS.
UM, THE OTHER FIVE, UH, POLICE OFFICER POSITIONS ARE TO EXPAND CAPACITY AT THE CA AT THE CADET ACADEMY.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, WE ALREADY HAVE FOUR CLASSES, BUT NOW THAT WE'RE ADDING AN ADDITIONAL A HUNDRED OFFICERS, WE'LL NEED TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL CLASS TO THE ACADEMY.
AND THAT'S WHERE THESE FIVE, UH, ADDITIONAL OFFICERS, UH, COME IN.
WE'RE ALSO DOING, UH, THE GOAL IS TO GRADUATE 235 CANDIDATES IN THE FIVE ACADEMY CLASSES IN 24.
UM, WE'RE ALSO INCREASING PAY FOR CADETS FROM ABOUT 48,000 TO 56,000 ANNUALLY TO ATTRACT MORE CADETS INTO THE PROGRAM.
AND THEN THERE ARE ALSO SOME CAPITAL INVESTMENTS IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THERE'S A FITNESS FACILITY FOR ABOUT 1.1 MILLION, AND THEN A TRAILER TO PROVIDE AN EXTRA CLASSROOM DUE TO THE GROWTH THAT WE'RE ANTICIPATING AT THE ACADEMY UNDER QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, AS, AS WE, UH, AS I MENTIONED AT THE BEGINNING, UH, HOMELESS
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OUTREACH AND ENCAMPMENTS WAS THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN OF RESIDENTS AND WAS VERY HIGH ON THE COUNCIL PRIORITY LIST AS WELL.SO WE'RE ADDING $1.4 MILLION IN FOUR, UH, NEW POSITIONS TO ADDRESS, UM, THIS CONCERN.
UM, SO UNDER PREVENTION, UM, WE'RE ADDING TWO NEW POSITIONS, WHICH WOULD BRING THE, THE TOTAL TO FOUR POSITIONS THAT WILL BE, UM, DOING HOMELESS OUTREACH AND REACHING OUT TO THE HOMELESS POPULATION TO PROVIDE SERVICES.
UM, THE GOAL UNDER THAT IS TO DIVERT 300 INDIVIDUALS THAT ARE AT RISK OF, OF HOMELESSNESS.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A DIVERSION FUND THAT, THAT, UM, ASSISTS, UM, RESIDENTS WITH UTILITY AND RENTAL PAYMENTS.
WE'RE DOUBLING THAT BUDGET FROM 200,000 TO 400,000 AS A STEP TO PREVENT PEOPLE FROM BECOMING HOMELESS BY GIVING THEM HOPEFULLY THAT, THAT THOSE LAST DOLLARS THEY NEED TO PREVENT THEM FROM, FROM LOSING THEIR HOME.
UM, WE'RE ALSO INCREASING AWARENESS FOR COLLECTIVE HOMELESS RESPONSE SYSTEM AND, AND ALSO DOING MORE NEIGHBORHOOD ENGAGEMENT, UM, UNDER THE SHELTER, 400 INDIVIDUALS.
UM, WE'RE GONNA LEVERAGE THE LOW BARRIER SHELTER THAT'S CURRENTLY BEING PROVIDED THROUGH ARPA ARPA DOLLARS, UM, AND USE SOME NEW, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING SUCH AS THE TOWN TWIN VILLAGE AND THE HUDSON, AND OTHER HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES THAT COULD BE FUNDED WITH FEDERAL DOLLARS.
AND THEN TO ADDRESS THE ENCAMPMENT, UM, PRIORITY.
UM, CURRENTLY THE CITY'S DOING ABOUT 500, UH, HOMELESS ENCAMPMENT CLEANUPS.
THERE'S RESOURCES THAT ARE BEING ADDED NOT ONLY TO, UM, THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, BUT ALSO THE SOLID WASTE DEPARTMENT TO INCREASE THAT TO BE ABLE TO DO 700, UM, CLEANUPS.
UM, ANNUALLY, WE'RE ALSO, UH, PROVIDING TWO ADDITIONAL OUTREACH POSITIONS.
AND, UM, THE GOAL HERE WITH THESE RESOURCES IS TO ADDRESS HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS WITHIN TWO WEEKS FROM WHEN THEY'RE FIRST
THE BUDGET, UM, HAS $41.2 MILLION, WHICH IS ABOUT $5.3 MILLION MORE THAN 23, AND THAT'S DUE TO ADDITIONAL GRANT DOLLARS THAT THE CITY'S RECEIVING.
IT CONTINUES THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
UM, ALSO INCLUDED IS A $250,000 PUBLIC INFORMATION CAMPAIGN, WHICH IS GONNA HELP INFORM RESIDENTS OF SAN ANTONIO ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS UNDER THE, UH, THE SHIP, THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH WILL FOCUS ON TENANTS RIGHTS, HOMELESSNESS PREVENTION, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AND THE CITY'S FIRST AFFORDABLE HOUSING BOND.
UM, WE ALSO, UH, HAVE DOLLARS IN THE BUDGET, 250,000 TO CONTINUE THE CAMPAIGN SO THAT WE CAN RAISE AWARENESS AND PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES SO RESIDENTS HAVE WHAT THEY NEED, SO THEY CAN EITHER PROTEST PROPERTY EVALUATIONS OR FILE HOMESTEAD EXEMPTIONS SO THEY CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT THE CITY HAS TO OFFER.
THERE'S A COUPLE MORE, UM, ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, ONE OF 'EM UNDER ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO WE'RE ADDING $2 MILLION FOR 14 NEW POSITIONS.
AND THIS IS GONNA FOCUS ON A COUPLE AREAS.
FIRST OF ALL, SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES.
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS YEAR, WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO DO ABOUT 25,000 SPAY NEUTER SURGERIES.
WITH THESE, UH, UH, RESOURCES, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THAT WILL GROW TO 45,000 BETWEEN, UM, THE PARTNER AGENCIES THAT THE A C S USES, AS WELL AS THE IN-HOUSE SURGERIES THAT THEY PERFORM.
UM, THERE'S SOME ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.
UM, AS A BUDGET FOR A C S IS GROWING, THEY NEED MORE OPERATIONAL SUPPORT TO, TO, UH, MANAGE THE CONTRACTS, MANAGE THE ADDITIONAL PEOPLE THAT THEY'RE, THAT THEY'RE GONNA BE HAVING IN THEIR DEPARTMENT AND ANALYZING ADDITIONAL DATA.
UM, UNDER RESCUES, THERE ARE ADDITIONAL DOLLARS TO INCREASE RESCUES BY 1500, FROM 9,500 TO 11,000 ANNUALLY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO INCREASING THE DOLLARS THAT THEY CAN PROVIDE TO PARTNER RESCUE, UH, ORGANIZATIONS TO PULL AN ADOPTABLE ANIMAL.
CURRENTLY THE AVERAGE IS ABOUT $84, AND THIS WOULD INCREASE IT TO ABOUT A $200 AVERAGE PER ANIMAL.
SO THERE'S MORE INCENTIVES FOR OUR RESCUE PARTNERS TO PULL THAT GIVES THEM MORE DOLLARS SO THEY CAN, UH, HOPEFULLY INCREASE CAPACITY AND CARE FOR THE PETS WHILE THEY'RE WORKING ON GETTING THEM ADOPTED.
AND THERE'S ALSO ONE POSITION THAT WILL BE DEDICATED TO DEVELOP A TRANSPORT PLAN TO TRANSPORT AVAILABLE ADOPTABLE ANIMALS, SO OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE THERE'S A NEED, UM, FOR THOSE ANIMALS.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UH, RESOURCES IN THE BUDGET TO INCREASE ON-CAMPUS ADOPTIONS FROM 5,000 TO 6,500.
UH, THIS INCLUDES A POSITION TO DO, UH, BEHAVIORAL ASSESSMENTS WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ANY ANIMAL THAT'S, UH, COMING TO A C S, SO THEY CAN BETTER HELP, UM, EDUCATE THE STAFF AND THE PUBLIC ABOUT ANY CONCERNS THAT THAT COULD BE, UH, DERIVED FROM AN ANIMAL THAT'S UP FOR ADOPTION.
THERE'LL ALSO BE AN ADDITIONAL VET TEAM TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ANIMALS ARE, ARE, UH, EXAMINED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ARRIVAL ON CAMPUS.
METRO HEALTH IS ABOUT A $98.6 MILLION BUDGET, WHICH INCLUDES THE GENERAL FUND AND GRANTS.
UM, SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IN HEALTH IS WE'RE CONTINUING THE S A FOUR PLAN, WHICH IS A FIVE-YEAR PLAN.
THIS WOULD BE F Y 24, WOULD BE YEAR THREE.
AND WE ALREADY HAVE FUNDING FOR THIS, BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING IN THE GENERAL FUND IS, AS A GRANT FUNDING RUNS OUT OVER THE YEARS.
WE'RE SOME, WE'RE SUPPLANTING THAT WITH GENERAL FUND FUNDING.
SO THAT'S WHAT THIS $3.5 MILLION ITEM FOR, UH, S A FOUR REPRESENTS.
UM, JUST TO CONTINUE THAT PROGRAM.
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WE'RE ALSO ADDING SIX NEW POSITIONS FOR TUBERCULOSIS RESPONSE, UM, TO ENHANCE INVESTIGATIONS AND TO, UH, DO SOME, UH, CONTACT TRACING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.UM, AND ALSO WITHIN THE BUDGET FOR HEALTH.
IT CONTINUES A PARTNERSHIP WITH ET HEALTH.
UM, FOR THE, UM, FOR THE ACADEMIC, UH, INSTITUTION THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE COMING ONLINE SOON.
UM, THIS WOULD BE YEAR TWO, AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE IN THE PROCESS OF HIRING STAFF AND GETTING THE FIRST COHORT OF STUDENTS, UH, TO COME IN IN THE FALL.
NEXT FALL FOR THE LI EXCUSE ME, FOR THE LIBRARY.
THE LIBRARY'S ABOUT $54 MILLION.
WE'RE ADDING $6.2 MILLION IN IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LIBRARY.
UM, THERE'S, UH, 541,000 IN NEW LIBRARY MATERIALS THAT WILL BE ADDING TO INCREASE THE, THE, THE NUMBER OF ITEMS THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR CIRCULATION.
UH, NEW ITEMS AS WELL IS INCREASING CIRCULATION BY ABOUT 73,000 ITEMS. WE ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET 125,000 TO, UM, PURCHASE ADDITIONAL MATERIALS FOR THE RE RENOVATED LAS PALMAS BRANCH LIBRARY.
UM, AND THEN WE'RE ALSO DOING SEVERAL, UM, DEFERRED MAINTENANCE PROJECTS AND, UH, CAPITAL PROJECTS AT DIFFERENT LIBRARIES, UM, WHICH TOTAL ABOUT $5.7 MILLION UNDER PARKS AND RECREATION.
UM, COUPLE THINGS TO HIGHLIGHT HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, WE'VE HAD SOME COMPLETED CAPITAL PROJECTS SUCH AS, UM, HEMISPHERE CIVIC PARK WILL BE COMING ONLINE IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
ALAMO PLAZA IS EXPECTED TO COME ONLINE, UH, NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN THERE'S SOME OTHER PARKS THAT ARE PART OF THE, UH, UM, THE FY 17 BOND AND OTHER ACQUISITIONS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS.
SO THERE ARE 11 POSITIONS TO MAINTAIN THOSE FACILITIES.
UM, THE SECOND THING IS, UM, WE'RE ADDING FIVE POSITIONS TO MANAGE AND MAINTAIN THE WHEELY HEIGHT SPORTS COMPLEX MANAGE THAT FACILITY.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT WAS A CONCERN OF SOME RESIDENTS THAT WE HEARD DURING THE TRIAL BUDGET AND, AND IN THE SPRING DURING, DURING THE, THE, UH, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS TO BETTER MAINTAIN OUR CITY CEMETERY.
SO THERE'S SOME DOLLARS IN THE CITY CEMETERY FUND TO DO THAT, TO DO FENCE REPAIR AND TO, UM, CHANGE THE, UM, THE MOWING CYCLE FROM 21 DAYS TO 14 DAYS, WHICH WILL MAKE IT LOOK BETTER.
AND THEN FINALLY, WE ADDED 115, 150,000 TO DO SOME NEIGHBORHOOD PARTNERSHIPS TO ACTIVATE SOME VACANT GREEN SPACES IN OUR COMMUNITY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SMALL BUSINESS.
UM, THE, UH, TOTAL INVESTMENT IS 15 IS 15 MILLION.
UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE IS WE HAVE 500,000 TO CONTINUE THE SMALL BUSINESS CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION PROGRAM, WHICH WILL PROVIDE, UH, STRATEGIES FOR IMPACTED CORRIDORS AND MARKETING AND PROMOTION OF SMALL BUSINESSES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE 500,000 FOR SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
AND THEN 1 MILLION THAT'S, UM, WOULD BE ALLOCATED FOR LIFT FUND THROUGH THE JOURNAL FUND AND ARPA AND OTHER MATCHING FUNDS.
NEW AND F I 23 WAS THE, UH, RESILIENCY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY FUND, WHICH TAKES, UH, MONIES THAT ARE EARNED THROUGH C P S REVENUES AND ALLOCATES THEM TO THIS, THIS NEW FUND, UM, TO DO, UM, RESILIENCY PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COMMUNITY.
SO SOME OF THOSE HAVE STARTED IN 23, BUT SOME FOUR WOULD BE THE FIRST FULL YEAR.
AND SO WE'VE INVESTED OR WE'RE PROPOSED TO INVEST ALMOST $12 MILLION.
AND YOU CAN SEE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING DONE THERE.
2 MILLION FOR URBAN HEAT, AN ISLAND COPAYMENT, WHICH RAZZI MAY TALK ABOUT IN A SECOND.
UM, WE DO HAVE SOME WEATHERIZATION PROGRAMS, SOME GRANTING OPPORTUNITIES.
UM, ANOTHER THING THAT'S BEING DONE IS OFFICE OF SUSTAINABILITY, WHICH IS CURRENTLY FUNDED BY THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FUND, IS PROPOSED TO BE, UM, REORGANIZED INTO THE, UH, WHAT WE CALL THE REESE FUND.
THIS FUND HERE UNDER THE AREA OF CUSTOMER SERVICE.
UM, WE'RE ADDING THREE POSITIONS TO THE THREE ONE ONE CALL CENTER OR CUSTOMER SERVICE, UM, TO TRY TO IMPROVE, UH, COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE CITY AND RESIDENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY ADDRESS OR CALL INTO THREE ONE ONE ARE, UM, ARE TRACKED AND ANSWERED PROPERLY AND CLOSED PROPERLY.
UM, SO THERE'S 158,000 FOR THREE NEW POSITIONS.
UM, SO THEY'LL COMMUNICATE THESE NEW POSITIONS WILL BE KIND OF THAT, UM, THAT GROUP THAT WILL TAKE THOSE, THOSE CALLS THAT ARE STILL KIND OF PENDING AND WORK WITH THE DEPARTMENTS TO FIND OUT WHAT THE RESOLUTION WAS TO THAT, COMMUNICATE TO THE RESIDENTS THEY CAN COMMUNICATE TO DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNICATE TO COUNSEL ON ANY ISSUES THAT MAY ARISE.
ANOTHER NEW PROGRAM IN 23 THAT WILL BE CONTINUING IN 24 IS THE GOOD NEIGHBOR END DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM.
UM, SO THE ENHANCEMENT FOR 24 IS TO ADD FOUR NEW POSITIONS.
SO FOR THE GOOD NEIGHBOR PROGRAM, UM, THIS ADDRESSES, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES WITH 12 FOUR MORE 9 1 1 OR 3 1 1 CALLS WITHIN A THREE MONTH PERIOD.
AND IT, IT INVOLVES SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS TO COME UP WITH AN APPROACH TO DETERMINE WHY THEY'RE CALLING THESE FOR SERVICES SO OFTEN AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PROVIDE THEM THE SERVICES THEY NEED TO REDUCE THOSE CALLS THAT ARE COMING IN.
AND THEN FOR THE DANGEROUS ASSESSMENT RESPONSE TEAM OR THE DART PROGRAM, THIS TARGETS AN AB BATES COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL NUS PROPERTIES, UM, THAT HAVE A HISTORY OF HABITUAL CRIMINAL OR CODE VIOLATIONS
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OF AT LEAST TWO YEARS.SO THERE ARE ADDITIONAL POSITIONS AND RESOURCES THAT ARE ALLOCATED IN THE 24 BUDGET TO ADDRESS THIS.
UM, PART OF THE TEAM INCLUDES LIKE THE CITY MANAGER'S, OFFICE ATTORNEY'S, OFFICE POLICE, FIRE CODE ENFORCEMENT, AND OTHERS.
ANOTHER AREA OF CUSTOMER SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS THAT WE'RE DOING IN 24 WOULD BE AN ENHANCED LIBRARY CARD.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SEVERAL COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, RAISED DURING THE COUNCIL, UH, GOAL SETTING SESSION AND THROUGH THE, IN THE TRIAL BUDGET.
SO IT'S, IT'S NOT A, IT'S NOT A HUGE DOLLAR ASK, BUT IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA IMPACT THE COMMUNITY SIGNIFICANTLY.
'CAUSE WE'LL BE OFFERING THESE LIBRARY CARDS, UH, AT ALL BRANCHES THROUGH THE CITY, AND THEN THEY'LL BE PRODUCED AT THE CENTRAL LIBRARY AND EITHER THEY CAN BE PICKED UP THERE OR THEY'LL BE MAILED TO, TO RESIDENTS.
SO IT'S A ID THAT THE SAN ANTONIO POLICE DEPARTMENT WILL RECOGNIZE.
SO IT HELPS FOLKS THAT, UH, ARE HAVING CHALLENGES WITH AT OBTAINING IDENTIFICATION.
THIS IS ANOTHER AVENUE FOR THEM, AND IT'S NOT IF YOU HAVE A LIBRARY CARD, IT'S NOT LIKE THE SAME LIBRARY CARD YOU'RE HERE, IT'S, IT'S MORE LIKE, YOU KNOW, OUR BADGES, UH, BETTER QUALITY CARD.
SO JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHERE WE'RE AT IN THE PROCESS.
SO AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE DONE THE PROPOSED BUDGET ON AUGUST 10TH.
WE'RE CURRENTLY CONDUCTING NINE COMMUNITY TOWN HALLS.
THERE ARE, UH, TWO LEFT, ONE IS TOMORROW ON DISTRICT TWO, AND THE REMAINING ONE IS SATURDAY IN DISTRICT FOUR.
UM, UH, AS I SPEAK, THERE'S A BUDGET WORK SESSION GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
THOSE ARE CONTINUING ALL THE WAY THROUGH, UH, SEPTEMBER 13TH.
UM, AND THEN, UM, BUT BETWEEN NOW AND SEPTEMBER 13TH, WE WILL HAVE A COUPLE, UH, TAX RATE AND BUDGET HEARING.
THE FIRST ONE IS ON AUGUST 30TH AT 5:00 PM THE SECOND WOULD BE SEPTEMBER 7TH AT 9:00 AM RIGHT BEFORE A SESSION.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 14TH, THE COUNCIL IS, IS ANTICIPATED TO ADOPT A BUDGET FOR F Y 24.
SO THIS CONCLUDES MY PORTION OF THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL HAND IT OVER TO RAZZY TO TALK ABOUT THE CAPITAL PROGRAM.
GOOD AFTERNOON CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE.
I'M RAIO DIRECTOR, CITY ENGINEER FOR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE KEY INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENT IN A 5 24 BUDGET, 2 150 9 MILLION, A LITTLE OVER 9 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD IN 2023.
THIS BUDGET SUSTAINED A LARGE INVESTMENT ON THE STREETS MAINTENANCE ENGINE SIDEWALK AND INCREASE OUR INVESTMENT TO PAYMENT MARKING AND INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
HAVE TO ADVANCE THIS, HAVE TO ADVANCE.
CUT IT FOR F 5 24 STREET MAINTENANCE BUDGET, 160 MILLION FOR 1,458.
PROJECT 102 MILLION IS ALLOCATED BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS AND 40 MILLION BASED ON 2022 BOND FOR F STREET AS ALLOCATED PER DISTRICT BASED ON 50% ON THE CONDITION AND 50% ON THE SIZE OF THE DISTRICT AS SPECIFIED WITH 2022 BOND PROGRAM FOR F 5 23 SS M P 1,290 PROJECT.
95% OF THE PROGRAM WILL BE COMPLETED BY SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR.
AND THE REMAINING 71 PROJECT WILL BE ROLLOVER FOR FY 24.
ON PAYMENT MARKING, WE ARE GOING TO HAVE IN 5 24 5 0.6 MILLION MORE THAN WHAT WE HAD PREVIOUS YEAR.
THIS IS GOING TO ALLOW US, IN THE PAST WE USED TO DO CENTRAL BUSINESSES AND PRIMARY ARTERIAL ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS AND EVERY THING ELSE WE USED TO DO ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS WE HEAR FROM COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY.
SOMETIME OUR PAYMENT MARKET, ESPECIALLY AT NIGHT, IS NOT VISIBLE.
COUNCIL IS GIVING US 5.6 MILLION ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO BE ABLE TO DO ALL OF THIS STRIPING IN CITY OF SAN ENT, ANTONIO, NO MATTER WHAT KIND ROAD WE ARE ONCE EVERY THREE YEARS, THIS SLIDE, SO HISTORICAL INVESTMENT MADE FOR SIDEWALK IN 2000 FROM 2020 20.
MANY OF YOU KNOW WE HAVE A LOT SIDEWALK IN SAN ANTONIO WHERE WE ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT GAP.
THERE IS NO SIDEWALK AND SOME OF OUR SIDEWALK IS REALLY NOT SAFE FOR PEDESTRIAN TO WALK EITHER TOO STEEP, TOO NARROW OR, OR OR BROKEN.
FOR FY 24, WE HAVE 21.5 MILLION OF WHICH 14.5 MILLION WILL BE CONSTRUCTED.
GAP 29 MILE AND 7 MILLION WILL BE USED FOR THE REPAIR OF THE SIDEWALK.
UNTIL TWO YEARS AGO, THE WAY OUR CODE RAISED THIS RESPONSIBILITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNER TO MAINTAIN THE SIDEWALK,
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IF THEY ARE DAMAGED, THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO FIX IT, BUT IT'S REALLY HARD TO EVER TO FIX THE SIDEWALK.THEY HAVE NO CONTROL WHO USES AND HOW USES IT.
TWO YEARS AGO, COUNCIL GAVE US THE FUNDING FOR US TO HAVE ONE CREW TO DO THE REPAIR.
LAST YEAR THEY GAVE US ADDITIONAL CITY CREW.
WE HAVE SO FAR TWO CITY CREW TO MAINTAIN THE, TO START REPAIRING SOME OF THE SIDEWALK.
THIS YEAR WE ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL 6 MILLION, ALTOGETHER 7 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO REPAIR SIDEWALK THROUGHOUT THE COVER.
COMMUNITY NON-SERVICE ALLEY, WE HAVE TWO TYPE OF THE ALLEY IN SAN ANTONIO.
ONE IS SERVICE ALLEY, WHICH IS THE SOLID WASTE USED TO GO USE, DRIVE THOSE AND COLLECT THE TRASH FROM THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THEN WE HAVE A NON-SERVICE ALLEY.
THESE, THOSE ALLEYS SOLID WASTE DOES NOT USE THESE ALLEY.
WE HAVE 3,522 NON-SERVICE ALLEY.
MANY OF THEM IS USED BY UTILITY FOR PROVIDING UTILITY SERVICES, WATER, SEWER OR AT AND T OR OTHER AND SOME OF THEM IS NOT EVEN USED BY THEM.
LAST YEAR WE DID THE ASSESSMENT OF THESE NON-SERVICE ALLEY.
FIRST OF ALL, WE REALLY DID NOT KNOW HOW MANY WE HAVE, WHERE THEY ARE AND WHAT'S THE CONDITION OF THOSE.
WE SPENT SOME TIME AND FUNDING, WE DID ASSESSMENT ON THIS ALLEY AND WE REALIZED WE HAVE 3,522 ALLEY AND WE RATE THEM BETWEEN A IS BEING EXCELLENT CONDITION AND F BEING FAIR CONDITION.
FOR F I 24, WE ARE GETTING 1.35 MILLION TO BE ABLE TO DO AD ALLEYS HAS NO UTILITY AND THEIR IN WORSE CONDITION.
AND FOR F I 25 BUDGET INCLUDES 2.6 MILLION TO ADDRESS 165 ALLEY WITH NO UTILITY.
WE ARE ALSO GOING TO WORK TO CREATE A MAINTENANCE PLAN.
THESE ALLEY WE ARE GOING TO MAINTAIN TO KEEPING GOOD, GOOD CONDITION AND WE WILL BE WORKING WITH UTILITY TO COME UP WITH THE PLAN FOR WHAT TO DO AND HAVE TO DO WITH THOSE ALLEYS HAS UTILITY SERVICES.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THREE KEY TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENT FOR F I 24 AT 2 MILLION TO EXISTING 600 MILLION TO FUND ENHANCED VEHICLE PEDESTRIAN DETECTION AND FOUR INTERSECTION.
HOW MANY TIME YOU HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND THE INTERSECTION AND YOU HAVE A STOP ON THIS STREET TRAFFIC LIGHT AND THERE IS NOTHING ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET.
AND YOU WONDER WHY TRAFFIC LIGHT IS NOT GIVING ME GREEN FOR ME, NOT GIVING ME GREEN FOR ME TO GO THROUGH.
MAJORITY OF OUR TRAFFIC SIGNAL HAS A CAMERA, BUT UNFORTUNATELY SOME OF THEM IS OLD AND DOESN'T FUNCTION.
WE ARE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO START REPLACING SOME OF THOSE OLD CAMERA.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY'RE NOT FUNCTIONING.
SECONDLY, WITH THE NEW TECHNOLOGY A FUNDING TO INSTALL UP 100 RADAR FEEDBACK SIGNING, WE GET A LOT COMPLAINT FROM PUBLIC FOR RIGHT REASON PEOPLE IS SPEEDING.
WE ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ADD TO UP TO 100 RADAR FEEDBACK SIGN SHOWING THE DRIVERS HOW FAST THEY'RE DRIVING AND WE WILL INCLUDE THIS ONE SHORTLY AFTER CANCELING UP APPROVED OUR BUDGET, WE ARE ALSO GETTING ADDITIONAL 142 MILLION TO THE EXISTING 170 MILLION TO UPGRADE AUDIBLE PETS AND CURB RAM.
WITH THE POTENTIAL 40 MILLION FROM TECHSTAR GRANT WE HAVE APPLIED.
IF WE GET THAT GRANT WE WILL BE ABLE TO DO 80 TO AUDI AUDIBLE FUND AND 74 CURB RAMPS.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE CAPITAL BUDGET WE ARE SPENDING ON DRAINAGE SYSTEM.
38.6 MILLION IN 52 DRAINAGE PROJECT 6.2 MILLION FUND SIX PROJECT LISTED ON THIS SLIDE 17 PROJECT UNDER HAZARD MITIGATION ACTION PLAN ARE INCLUDED ON FY 24 C I P 11 PROJECT.
UNDER DESIGN, ONE PROJECT ON PRE-DESIGN AND FIVE PROJECT TO BE INCLUDED AS PART OF 2026 FFY 22 FFY 24 CAPITAL BUDGET BY PROGRAMS 798 MILLION 300 4300, I'M SORRY 439 PROJECT.
THE MAJORITY OF THESE FUNDING AS YOU REALIZE THE AIRPORT AND STREET IS THE LARGEST FUND WE ARE GOING TO SPEND NEXT YEAR.
2022 BOND PROGRAM, 183 PROJECT 1.2 BILLION.
SIX PROPOSITION STREETS, BRIDGES AND SIDEWALK.
472,000,062 PROJECT PARKS 272,000,082.
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PROJECT DRAINAGE IS A 23 PROJECT, 170 MILLION.AND OF COURSE YOU CAN SEE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
FOR FIRST TIME WE HAD 150 MILLION PROJECT MILLION DOLLAR.
UH, WHERE WE ARE ON 2022 BOND PROGRAM, WE HAVE A 17 PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
WE HAVE 21 PROJECT OR 66% UNDER DESIGN, 45 PROJECT AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN.
AND WE HAVE 75% PROJECT EITHER UNDER DESIGN OR UNDERWAY.
AND WE ARE LOOKING TO SUBSTANTIALLY COMPLETE THIS PROJECT BY FY 27.
THIS IS ALSO UP, THAT'S UPDATE ON 2000 BOUND PROGRAM.
WE HAVE FIVE PROJECT HAS 2022 BOUND.
ALSO DURING THE DESIGN AS 2017, WE AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT.
THE FUNDING WE HAD FROM 2017 WASN'T ENOUGH.
WE INCLUDE PART OF 2022 BOUND.
AND THIS PROJECT IS PROBAND, BRACKENRIDGE PARK AND OTHER.
WE ALSO HAVE 2022 AND THIS WILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEXT FEW YEARS.
WE HAVE 12 PROJECT UNDER CONSTRUCTION PER ROAD, BROADWAY, PRESSA ROOSEVELT AND OTHER PROJECT, WHICH THEY WILL BE DONE LATE IN 2024.
THIS IS IN DUB, OUR PRESENTATION.
FREDDY AND I AVAILABLE TO TAKE ANY QUESTION YOU MAY HAVE.
COMMISSIONER FAULKNER, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NOT FOR ME.
YEAH, THANKS ROSIE AND FRED FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH JOB TO REALLY COME UP WITH A PLAN TO DISTRIBUTE THE FUNDS AMONG ALL THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS THE FUNDS WAS NEVER GONNA BE SUFFICIENT TO MEET ALL THE DEMANDS.
UH, I CAN NOTICE THAT IN THE FIRST PRESENTATION THAT THERE IS AN INCREASE IN EVERY PROGRAM THAT WAS OFFERED.
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS INCREASE WAS ONLINE WITH THE PREVIOUS YEARS THAT WE SEE GROWTH IN THE CITY? SO THAT'S, THAT'S, LET'S, LET ME ANSWER PART OF IT.
TIM FREDDY, ON SUMMARY OR MORE THAN OTHER, LIKE WE SPEND MORE MONEY THIS YEAR ON THE ANIMAL CARE BECAUSE WHAT HAPPENED A FEW MONTHS AGO, WE ARE ALSO SPENDING SIGNIFICANTLY MORE ON PAYMENT MARKING.
WE NEVER REALLY DOUBLE OUR BUDGET ON PAYMENT MARKING.
SUDDENLY WE GOT 5 MILLION, MORE THAN 5 MILLION EXTRA.
YEAH, I WOULD SAY IT'S, IT'S UH, IT'S PRETTY CONSISTENT TO WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST FEW YEARS.
UM, THE PAST FEW BUDGETS HAVE INCLUDED THINGS THAT ARE, WE DON'T, I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT CIVILIAN COMPENSATION IS GONNA BE SOMETHING THAT INCREASES ANNUALLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S INFLATIONARY COSTS THAT WE'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING.
UH, FUEL PRICES ARE VERY VOLATILE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN INCREASES IN, IN, UM, INFLATIONARY COSTS FOR THINGS LIKE AUTO PARTS AND BUILDING MAINTENANCE MATERIALS AND OTHER THINGS.
I'M SURE RAZZY HAS A LOT OF STORIES ABOUT HOW THAT'S IMPACTING THE CAPITAL SIDE AS WELL.
BUT WE WE'RE, UM, IT'S NOT UNUSUAL TO SEE OTHER THAN THE COVID YEAR WHERE WE HAD TO MAKE CUTS.
WE, WE SEE A PRETTY, UH, CONSISTENT YEAR TO YEAR INCREASE.
UH, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IS THE CURRENT BUDGET FOR THE HOMELESSNESS PRO PROGRAMS, BUT, UH, WHY THE INCREASE IS MUCH LESS THAN THE OTHER PROGRAMS FOR THIS COMING YEAR.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DOLLARS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED THROUGH THE ARPA AND OTHER GRANT PROGRAMS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY PART OF THE F Y 24 BUDGET.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU DON'T SEE SUCH A HUGE DOLLAR INCREASE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, I THINK THE LOW BARRIER SHELTER ARPA DOLLARS WAS ABOUT 15 AND A HALF MILLION OF MEMORY SERVES.
AND THERE'S OTHER GRANTS THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN RECEIVING TO ADDRESS THAT.
BUT, UM, IT'S KIND OF THE FOCUS FOR 24 HAS BEEN MORE, UM, TO PROVIDE MORE DIRECT SERVICES AND, AND WE NOW HAVE OTHER THINGS LIKE THE LOW BARRIER SHELTER AND OTHER, OTHER, UM, HOUSING OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE NOW THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE IN THE PAST.
SO, UM, IT'S BEEN A CONSISTENT THING THAT THE CITY'S BEEN DOING OVER THE PAST 2, 3, 4 YEARS.
I COULDN'T HEAR EVERYTHING ON THE HOUSING ISSUE, BUT I WAS IMPRESSED WITH THE, UH, ASSISTANT GIVEN TO THE LOW INCOME HOUSING AREAS AND ALSO THE ASSISTANCE TO THE SERVICES TO HELP, UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY'S BEEN IN THE NEWS LOOKING AT WHAT THE DOG ACTIVITIES HAVE DONE TO HUMAN BEINGS.
SO I'M, I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE ASSISTING THAT.
SO I HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS, UM, MOSTLY SOME CLARIFICATION.
SO YOU, YOU'VE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF NON-SERVICE ALLEYS THAT DON'T HAVE UTILITIES.
DOES THE CITY HAVE A PROGRAM TO REACH OUT TO THESE, UH, OWNERS TO TRY TO GET THESE ALLEYS
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CLOSED, TO REMOVE THIS, THIS OBLIGATION AND POSSIBLY GENERATE MORE TAX DOLLARS AS A, AS A WAY TO HELP, UH, CITY EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS? UH, I DON'T KNOW.WE HAVE PROGRAM, BUT THAT'S CROSSING OUR MIND.
THE CONCERN I HAVE IN ORDER TO CLOSE THOSE ALLEY, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THOSE ALLEYS, 10 FOOT, 20 FOOT OR SO WIDE, YOU HAVE TO MOVE THE FENCE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE ALLEY.
EACH SIDE GETS THE HALF OF THE ALLEY.
IF ONE OR TWO PROPERTY OWNERS NOT AGREE, THEN WE JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
SECONDLY IS COST FOR THAT PROPERTY OWNER TO MOVE THE FENCE UNLESS WE DO IT.
THIRDLY, THE I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THEY MAY REJECT BECAUSE THEY VALUE OF THE PROPERTY'S GOING TO INCREASE BY ADDING SOME ADDITIONAL LAND.
THEY MAY HAVE TO EVEN ALSO DO REPLETING.
WE ARE THINKING, WE JUST DON'T KNOW HOW WE ARE GOING TO APPROACH THIS ONE.
'CAUSE WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUE.
I WAS JUST WONDERING JUST, UH, IF THERE WAS LIKE A PETITION OR JUST SOME QUICK WAY THEY COULD DO IT IF THEY EVERY, EVERYBODY AGREED.
UH, THE NEXT QUESTION I HAVE IS, UM, I DID A QUICK SEARCH ON THE, THROUGH THE BUDGET AND THERE'S SOME THINGS THAT ARE REMNANTS FROM THE 20 12 20 15.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THOSE FUNDS? LIKE YOU HAD MENTIONED BRACKEN RIDGE PARK, UH, OR SOME PROJECT FROM 2015 THAT IF IT DOESN'T GET BUILT, IS THERE A POINT WHERE THAT MONEY JUST IS UNAVAILABLE? FIRST OF ALL, BRECKENRIDGE PARK, SINCE WE HAD 22 BOND ALSO, WE ARE COMBINING THOSE.
THE MONEY IS NEVER GOING TO GO AWAY, BUT ANYTIME WE HAVE A PROJECT, IT DOESN'T GET FUNDED.
WE CALL THOSE SAVING AND WE HAVE NUMBER OF THE OPTION.
ONE IS COUNCIL CAN PAY THE BOND EARLY BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE, WE ARE SELLING BOND, WE ARE BASICALLY BORROWING MONEY OR THEY CAN FUND AT THE OTHER PROJECT.
MOST OF THE TIME COUNCIL CHOOSE TO FUND OTHER PROJECT BECAUSE OF THE NEED.
AND THEN, UH, IS THERE ANY CONTINGENCY ALLOWANCES IN ANY OF THESE BUDGETS OR IS THERE LIKE A MASTER CONTINGENCY FUND IF YOU'RE CLOSE AND YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE MONEY OR SOMETHING? IS THERE SOMETHING LIKE THAT BUILT IN? WE, WHEN WE DO COST ESTIMATE FOR THIS BOND, WE DID FOR 22, WE START 20.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE START USUALLY TWO YEARS BEFORE THE BOND.
WE START IN 2020 AND 21 PREPARING THE COST ESTIMATE.
WE USED THE 5% INFLATION FOR FIVE YEARS ON EVERY PROJECT, NO MATTER THEY WERE GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE FOURTH YEAR OR SECOND YEAR.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF COVID, NAVIS COST IS 20% OVER.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING OTHER THAN WHAT THE PROJECT HAVE.
MOST OF THE PROJECT WE DESIGN WHATEVER THE MONEY WE HAVE AVAILABLE, WE DESIGN FOR THE BUDGET.
AND SOMETIME THROUGH THE BUDGET PROCESS WE ASK SHORTFALL AND WE ARE ASKING SOME SHORTFALL THROUGH THIS BUDGET PROCESS FOR FEW OF THE PROJECT.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE LIBRARY CARDS.
DID I HEAR YOU CORRECT THAT SS A P D IS GONNA BE ACCEPTING THE LIBRARY CARD AS AN IDENTIFICATION? YES, SIR.
SO THEY COULD, YOU COULD THEORETICALLY USE THAT TO CONSUME OR PURCHASE ALCOHOL? NO.
SO IT IT'S JUST WITH, WITH THE CITY, RIGHT? SO YOU CAN'T LIKE GO TO THE D M V AND USE THAT AS AN ID.
YOU CAN'T, IT WON'T GET ACCEPTED AT THE AIRPORT THROUGH T SS A, UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE OUT OF THE CITY'S CONTROL.
SO IT'S, IT'S A WAY FOR THEM TO HAVE AN ID WHEN AN OFFICER SAYS, I WAS JUST PROVE YOUR ID, PROVE YOUR IDENTIFICATION, THEY CAN USE THAT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THERE WASN'T GONNA BE A NEW, UH, FAKE ID RING FOR PEOPLE GET AN ALCOHOL WHEN THEY'RE UNDER 21.
ACTUALLY, ONE OF THE PRESENTATION WAS REQUEST, CAN YOU USE THAT ONE TO VOTE? AND THE ANSWER WAS NO, BECAUSE VOTE'S NOT MANAGED BY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
YEAH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER LIP LOPEZ, DON'T, DON'T USE YOUR CARD.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
UM, I SEE THAT COMMISSIONER ORIAN IS TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO
I'VE GOT A 17 YEAR OLD SON, SO I'M, I'M JUST, YOU GOTTA THINK AHEAD, RIGHT? UH, THANK YOU FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT IN THE, IN THIS BUDGET AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SUCH A LARGE UNDERTAKING AND, UH, TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY THE PROPERTY TAX REDUCTIONS MUCH APPRECIATED.
UM, BUT COMMISSIONER OREGON HAD A GOOD POINT ABOUT THE ALLEYS BECAUSE IT IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE THOUGHT ABOUT BEFORE.
YOU KNOW, IF YOU CAN DEVELOP A PROGRAM TO HELP PEOPLE THROUGH THAT FINANCIAL PIECE AND TO GET OVER THE OBSTACLES OF THE VACATION PROCESS, I THINK THAT'D BE HELPFUL.
AND IT'LL REDUCE MONEY IN THE LONG RUN BECAUSE THEN YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEND TAX DOLLARS ON, YOU KNOW, UM, TREATING THESE UNUSED ALLEYS.
SO, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
AND WE, WE DO NEED TO TAKE ACTION ON THIS MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
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YES.UM, WE'LL GET INTO THE INDIVIDUAL OTHER INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, JUST NOTING THAT, UM, OUR TIME LIMIT FOR VOICEMAILS AND PUBLIC, UH, COMMENT WILL
[Comprehensive Master Plan Amendments]
BE TWO MINUTES TODAY.MY NAME IS ADOLFO GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS LOCATED AT 2 3 9 MCCAULEY BOULEVARD.
REQUESTING TO AMEND THE SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LAND USE DESIGNATION, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
THERE WERE 32 NOTICES SENT OUT.
AID IN FAVOR WHEN IN OPPOSITION, HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND TWO IN FAVOR.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE IS NECESSARY TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO I D C ONE LIMITED INTENSITY INFO DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS.
THE EXISTING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CLASSIFICATION IS APPROPRIATE WITH THE ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED MIXED USE CLASSIFICATION IS INTENDED FOR A BLEND OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES IN THE SAME BUILDING OR DE OR DEVELOPMENT AT INCREASED DENSITIES AND IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH CENTRAL PLAN, UH, MIXED USE IS DESIRED ALONG CORRIDORS INCLUDING SOUTH FLORES STREET, UH, AVIOS SOUTHWEST MILIT MILITARY DRIVE, SOUTH P STREET, PLEASANTON ROAD, PROBAND STREET, AND ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SEPARATE FROM, FROM ANY OF THE DESIGNATED CORRIDORS.
INTRODUCING THE PROPOSED DENSITY OF SIX UNITS COULD NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS TO AMEND THE REQUEST TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
BE ABLE TO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
I AM HERE TODAY TO REPRESENT MY BROTHER AND MYSELF AS THE OWNERS OF THE 2 39 MCCAULEY AVENUE.
UH, WHEN THIS CASE WAS FIRST HEARD ON JULY 18TH, MY HUSBAND WAS GIVEN A CONTINUANCE IN ORDER TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO COME UP WITH A DIFFERENT ZONING SOLUTION THAT IS FAVORABLE TO ALL PARTIES.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE REZONING PROCESS.
THE COMMISSION HAD SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE, THE COMMERCIAL ASPECT OF THE PROJECT THAT WE WERE INITIALLY PROPOSING.
UH, WE'RE MAKING A FORMAL REQUEST TODAY TO AMEND THE ZONING REQUEST FROM MIXED USE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL MF 18 TO BE EXACT.
THIS CHANGE IN ZONING REQUEST SHOULD ADDRESS THE CONCERNS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIONING, WHICH IT, WHICH IT COMES WHEN IT COMES TO COMMERCIAL USE.
AND THIS WILL KEEP THE PROPERTY STRICTLY FOR RESIDENTIAL USE ONLY.
ACCORDING TO THE CALCULATIONS FOR MF 18, BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE LOT, WE ARE ALLOWED TO CONSTRUCT UP TO SEVEN APARTMENTS ON THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE'RE REQUESTING PERMISSION TO BUILD ONLY SIX AS WE FEEL SEVEN WOULD BE MAYBE TOO HIGH, TOO MUCH.
OUR VISION FOR THE PROPERTY IS TO BUILD SIX UNITS TO TRY AND HELP SOLVE SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING, HOUSING CRISIS.
AS THERE IS AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE MOVING HERE ANNUALLY WITH NO END IN SIGHT.
UH, WE DO HAVE THE SUPPORT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.
ALL PARKING IS GOING TO BE ON THE PROPERTY AS TO NOT CAUSE ANY STREET CONGESTION AS WE KNOW THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERN.
AND WE ASK FOR YOUR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE, UH, IN OUR VISION TO HELP, TO HELP US MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER AND GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY BY BUILDING NEW RESIDENTIAL UNITS, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO REC RESIDE IN AND BRING BACK THE PRIDE OF THE SOUTH SIDE.
WHAT QUESTIONS DO YOU HAVE FOR UM, I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
I'LL GO AHEAD AND ASK THIS QUESTION.
IS STAFF IN UH, AGREEMENT WITH THE RECOMMENDATION FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL? NO, SIR.
I'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER ORIAN, UH, IS IS THE REASON MOSTLY FOR HERE, WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THE PLAN WAS FROM 2005 AND IT PREDATES I D Z AND THAT IT, IT, SO I D Z WOULD, WOULDN'T REALLY BE INCLUDED IN THE OH FIVE UPDATE.
SO THIS, UH, THE SOUTH CENTRAL COMMUNITY PLAN, UH, THE WAY THAT THEIR, UH, USES LAND USES ARE PRESCRIBED.
THE ONLY DISTRICT YOU CAN USE I D Z IN IS MIXED USE.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL BE SUPPORTING STAFF RECOMMENDATION COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER.
ARE THESE GOING TO BE RENTAL UNITS? YES, MA'AM.
GONNA BE MARKET RATE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING? WE'RE LOOKING AT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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MR. ZUKI, SIX UNITS OVER 0.38 OR 0.4 ACRES? UH, THESE ARE SINGLE FAMILY OR THIS IS LIKE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, HOW THAT WOULD BE SIX UNITS OVER THAT SPACE? UM, WELL WE HAVE TWO PLATFORM.UM, I BELIEVE, UM, NO, UNFORTUNATELY INITIALLY WHEN WE WERE GOING WITH, UM, LIKE THE APARTMENTS, IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE AN L-SHAPE, JUST ONE STORY.
UM, THAT'S WHAT I BELIEVE YOU HAVE.
OR YOU HAD
UM, SO MAYBE FOUR, TWO UNITS ON ONE AND SIDE AND MAYBE ONE ON THE OTHER.
SO IT'D BE A TOTAL OF SIX UNITS.
THIS IS STILL CONSIDERED HIGH DENSITY SIX UNITS OVER THAT.
I THINK THEY SAID IT WAS BIG ENOUGH FOR STAFF FOR THE MF 18.
THAT WOULD BE A HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL MEDIUM IS IF YOU WERE TO GO DUPLEX, UM, LIKE JUST TWO UNITS.
TWO UNITS ON THAT TWO, YEAH, TWO OR THREE UNITS.
BUT AGAIN, BEING MF 18 DENSITY, THAT KICKS IT INTO THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THAT'S THE, THE NEXT CATEGORY FOR AFTER LOAD DENSITY THAT SHE CAN GO FOR.
WELL AGAIN, THEY DO HAVE A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT THAT DOESN'T, THE MF 18 WOULD GO TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
COMMISSIONER, UM, NO QUESTIONS.
THEY WERE ACTUALLY ANSWERED JUST PREVIOUSLY.
COMMISSIONER FAULKNER? NO QUESTIONS.
UM, SO THIS IS AN OLDER PLAN, CORRECT? IN SOME OF THE OTHER PLANS.
WHERE DOES MF SIT IN TERMS OF LAND USE CATEGORIES? IS IT, IS IT IT WOULD BE IN THE URBAN LOW DENSITY MIXED USE.
SO THE HIGHEST PERMITTED USE PERMITTED UNDER LOW DENSITY IS, IS ONE OF THE R DISTRICTS, RIGHT? CORRECT.
THE RES THE BASE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS, WHICH, UH, GOES UP TO WHAT, OR DOWN, I GUESS YOU SHOULD SAY DOWN TO SURE.
R ONE, RIGHT? IF THEY'RE TRYING TO DO MORE CAPACITY.
SO IN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, YOU GET, LET'S SEE, IT'S ALL OF YOUR RSS, R FOUR, R FIVE, R SIX.
SO I DON'T KNOW IF THE MASS SUPPORTS REZONING IT TO AN R A LOWER RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT MIGHT GET THERE, BUT, UM, THAT'S REALLY MORE OF A ZONING ISSUE.
UM, AND STAFF, JUST, I MEAN, JUST TO CLARIFY, UH, SINCE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL'S NOT, UM, SUGGESTED, RECOMMENDED FOR THIS, THE RATIONAL, IS IT THE SAME? YES, SIR.
IT'S PREDOMINANTLY A, A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE AREA AS WELL AS USES IN THE AREA.
UM, IT'S KIND OF A TOUGH DECISION.
I MEAN THE NEIGHBORHOOD SEEMS TO BE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
UM, BUT I WILL, UH, DEFER TO MY COMMISSIONERS FOR A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE, UH, THE APPLICANT'S, UH, REQUEST FOR, UH, MIXED USE.
HIGH DENSITY FOR, FOR THE HIGH DENSITY OR THE MIXED USE? UH, THE MIXED USE.
'CAUSE THEY WANT IDZ ONE, CORRECT? INITIALLY, YES, WE REQUESTED THE IDZ ONE.
WELL THEN, UH, IF, IF, UH, STAFF IS, IF THE ZONING COMMISSION IS GOING FOR A HIGH DENSITY, I'LL, I'LL SUPPORT THAT.
SO I CHANGED MY MOTION FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
SO THERE'S A MOTION FOR ACCEPTING THE APPLICANT'S, UM, REQUEST FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HAVE A SECOND, SECOND, SECOND BY THE COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
ALRIGHT, UM, MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18.
MY NAME IS DFA GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS LOCATED AT 1002 WEST ATCH AVENUE REQUESTING TO AMEND THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
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TO MIXED USE.THERE WERE 35 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR, FIVE OPPOSED BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED AND 10 OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY TO RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE WAS REQUESTED IN ORDER TO REONE THE PROPERTY TO I D Z TWO.
MEDIUM INTENSITY INFO DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED MIXED USE LAND USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
THE SURROUNDING PROPERTIES HAVE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION OF LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS IN THE AREA.
THE PROPOSED MIXED USE WOULD PERMIT A COMBINATION OF COMMERCIAL MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH IS TWO ATTENDS FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LAND USE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW NEIGHBORHOOD APPROPRIATE USES.
THIS WILL ALSO ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO REZONE TO NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO ACCOMMODATE THE FITNESS CENTER AND GYM THAT HAS RECENTLY OCCUPIED THE VACANT BUILDING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.
UH, THE APPLICANT ACCEPTED THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION AT THE PREVIOUS PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON AUGUST 9TH AND IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO, DO YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION TO MAKE? UM, I THINK I DID SEND SOMETHING OVER JUST SO WE COULD, UH OKAY.
IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
AND IT'S, UH, 10 0 2 WEST ATCH.
UH, IF YOU GO TO THE SITE PLAN, THAT'D PROBABLY BE A GOOD PLACE TO START.
SO, UM, THIS IS OUR, OUR BUILDING HERE AND IT'S EXISTING BUILDING.
IT IS A, UM, TILT UP WALL FRAMED CONSTRUCTION, METAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION THAT'S, UH, WAS ZONED R ONE AND CHANGED TO R SIX WITHIN A INCORPORATED WITHIN A MASS ZONING.
AND SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO CONVERT THIS BUILDING TO A, UH, STORAGE, UH, SELF-STORAGE FACILITY.
UM, THE PARKING LOT ON THE RIGHT WILL BE, UM, ELIMINATED AND, UM, BE INFILLED WITH A DWELLING.
UM, IF YOU COULD GO TO THE RENDERINGS, SO WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WHICH IS MORE OF A, UM, KIND OF A MODERN, UM, FEEL TO WHAT'S CURRENTLY GOING ON IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, A LOT OF, UH, FRONT PORCHES AND, AND OVERHANGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, UM, WHAT SIMILARLY TO WHAT IS THERE EXISTING? SO THIS WOULD, THIS RENDERING WOULD MATCH MORE SO WITH THE EXISTING, THE PREVIOUS RENDERING WOULD KIND OF JUST GIVE IT MORE OF A MODERN LOOK, UM, UM, WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ON OUR PREVIOUS MEETING I WAS ASKED TO, UM, KIND OF GO AND, AND, UM, SPEAK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I DID.
I ATTENDED ONE OF THEIR, UM, NIGHTLY MEETINGS.
I CAN'T QUITE REMEMBER WHAT IT WAS.
BUT, UM, UM, I, AND, AND THEN I'VE GONE DOOR TO DOOR AS WELL SPEAKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ON THAT INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
AND SO FOR THE MOST PART, UM, THE, I THINK THERE'S SEEMS TO BE A MISUNDERSTANDING, UM, SPEAKING TO THEM ON A, UH, FRONT PORCH, RIGHT? UH, YOU, YOU, THEY'RE KIND OF ABLE TO GET A BETTER FEEL FOR THE PROJECT AND UNDERSTAND WHAT'S GOING ON.
I DIDN'T HEAR MUCH OPPOSITION AROUND, UM, EITHER THE REC CENTER THAT'S BEING PROPOSED OR, OR THE, UM, DWELLINGS OR STORAGE FACILITY THAT THAT'S TO COME.
I THINK I'VE GOT MAYBE ONE OR TWO FEEDBACK ON THE STORAGE FACILITY THAT DIDN'T QUITE LIKE THE IDEA, BUT, UM, OVERALL IT SEEMED TO BE PERCEIVED PRETTY WELL.
I DO HAVE SOME SIGNATURES HERE WITH FOLKS WHO AGREED TO, UM, UH, WHAT, UH, IS BEING PROPOSED.
AND THEN TO JUST KIND OF GIVE YOU GUYS A BACKSTORY TO, TO SHOW THAT I HAVE ATTEMPTED TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON, ON WHERE WE ARE.
UM, UH, BACK IN MAY I RECEIVED A CALL FROM, UH, CYNTHIA, UH, WHO'S I, UH, REPRESENTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND, UM, SHE MENTIONED SOME ISSUES WITH ZONING.
UM, WE IMMEDIATELY GOT STARTED ON THAT ZONING PRODUCT.
UH, I BELIEVE WE INTENDED TO DO IT ANYWAY, BUT WE SPED UP THE PROCESS BASED ON HER COMMENTS.
UM, ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE, UM, CITY WAS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING THE BUILDING.
UM, SO WE WENT DOWN THAT PATH, REACHED OUT TO OUR CONTACTS AT THE CITY BACK IN MAY ABOUT PURCHASING THAT BUILDING.
AND, UM, ALSO THE COUNCILMAN ABOUT PURCHASING THAT BUILDING AS WELL.
UH, DURING THAT PHONE CALL, ALSO LET CYNTHIA KNOW THAT IF THEY WERE INTERESTED THEY COULD PURCHASE THE BUILDING.
IF, IF THEY WANTED TO SEE SOMETHING ELSE, UM, IF THEY PREFERRED SOMETHING ELSE WITH THE, UM, TO HAPPEN THERE.
SO, UH, WE WENT DOWN THOSE PATHS AND THEN, UM, MID-MAY, I THINK THE CITY GOT BACK TO US OR WE HEARD BACK FROM THE COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE, UM, ORIGINALLY
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REQUESTED A I D Z TWO IN JUNE AFTER HEARING SOME OF THEIR BIG FEEDBACK THAT EVEN THE DWELLINGS, UM, THAT ARE SHOWN THERE WEREN'T ORIGINALLY PART OF THE PROPOSAL.WE ADDED THAT I BELIEVE A WEEK OR TWO AGO AFTER ATTENDING THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND HEARING THE CONCERN FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL, OR THEY WOULD LIKE MORE RESIDENTIAL, UM, IT SEEMS TO SOLVE, UM, MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THEY, UH, PERCEIVED WOULD GO ON WITH THE PROJECT.
UM, SOME OF THOSE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT, UM, FOUR STORY BUILDINGS, UM, OPERA, USING IT AS A LIQUOR STORE, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, THERE, THERE'S NO WAY A LIQUOR STORE WOULD, WOULD BE, UH, ALLOWED HERE.
THERE'S TWO CHURCHES RIGHT THERE ON THE CORNER, T A B C WOULDN'T ALLOW IT.
UM, AND THEN TO CONVERT THAT BUILDING TO A FOUR STORY BUILDING WOULD BE A WHOLE NOTHER PLANNING AND ZONING.
AND, AND, AND SO I'M UNFORTUNATELY TRYING TO BATTLE SOME MIXED, UM, MESSAGES OR MIXED MISUNDERSTANDING WITH THE PROJECT.
AND, UH, SENDING STANDING ON SOMEONE'S FOR FRONT PORCH AT, UH, FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE EVENING IS, IS, IS, IS, YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T WANT ME THERE.
BUT, UM, PATIENT ENOUGH TO HEAR ME OUT AND, AND OVERALL IT, IT WENT PRETTY WELL, I WOULD SAY.
UM, AND SO AS A, UM, ADJUSTMENT TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IS WE STARTED WITH THE C THREE, SPOKE TO THE COUNCILMAN, CAME DOWN TO IDZ TWO, UM, HEARD BACK FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND OUR ZONING COMMISSION.
AND AT A TIME ALL PARTIES HAD AGREED TO THE I, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WITH A CONDITIONAL USE.
UM, WE CAME TO THE COUNCIL WITH THAT, UM, OR SORRY, THIS PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, MEETING WITH THAT IN MIND.
AND, UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT, UM, REQUESTING APPROVAL FOR THAT.
UH, THE BUILDING IS CURRENTLY VACANT.
UM, WE'RE TRYING TO OBTAIN A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO ALLOW IT TO BE USED AS A RECREATION CENTER, UM, UH, DURING THE NEXT, UM, FEW YEARS AS THAT, UM, STORAGE FACILITY COMES INTO PLAY.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES AND ZONING TO ALLOW FOR THAT, UH, CHANGE OF USE, UH, TO A RECREATION CENTER.
BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, UM, IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR, UM, I'D LIKE TO CLEAR THOSE UP OR MAKE SURE THAT EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS THAT, THAT, THAT WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND HAVE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO INCLUDE THEIR, UH, THOUGHTS AND PROCESSES, UH, UH, UH, SORRY, CONCERNS AND ALMOST BY PROCESSING IN INHERENTLY WITH THE, UM, BUILDING ITSELF.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HEARD WAS MAYBE A YEAR AGO OR SOMETIME, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT, UH, THERE WAS AN INCIDENT THAT GOT OUTTA HAND, UM, UH, WITH THE OVERNIGHT PARTY OR SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
AND SO THOSE CONCERNS OF ALCOHOL, FOUR STORY BUILDINGS, OVERNIGHT PARTIES ARE ALMOST SOLVED BY THE USAGE ITSELF.
WHEN IT'S INFILLED WITH A, UM, STORAGE FACILITY, THEY HAVE CERTAIN HOURS, IT'S UNDER LOCK AND KEY, IT'S UNDER SECURITY.
THEY'RE, AND, AND, AND THEN, UM, PARKING ALONG THE STREET, THE PARKING WOULD BE REDUCED DOWN TO SOMEWHERE AROUND SIX OR EIGHT PARKING SPACES.
SO IT'S NOT GONNA HAVE THIS HIGH INTENSIVE USAGE THAT, UM, IT'S HAD PRIOR TO OR, AND A LOT OF THE CONCERNS WITH WHO'S THERE, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH PRIVATE PARTIES AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE WOULD, UH, ESSENTIALLY, UM, GO AWAY.
SO, UM, BUT IT, IT, IT'S DIFFICULT TO CONVEY THAT AND, UM, WITHOUT FULL, WITHOUT SOME OF THEM FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE USES ZONINGS AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE UPDATE AND, AND THE PROGRESS.
WE'RE GOING TO, UM, IF YOU CAN JUST WAIT THERE.
WE'RE GOING TO LISTEN TO SOME VOICEMAILS AND WE HAVE SOME FOLKS THAT ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO WE'LL HEAR FROM THEM FIRST.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE VOICEMAILS.
IS THERE FIVE, I BELIEVE, RIGHT? FIVE, YES.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 889-3125.
I LIVE AT 1 0 1 1 WEST MAGNOLIA IMMEDIATELY BEHIND THE SPORTS SITTER, LOCATED AT 1 0 0 2 ATCH WITHIN 200 FEET OF STATED ADDRESS, I AM AGAINST THE REQUESTED ZONE CHANGE FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE REQUESTED ZONE CHANGE WOULD ALLOW FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN A QUIET RESIDENTIAL AREA WHERE THERE IS NO COMMERCIAL ENDEAVORS.
THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST THE REQUEST THE ZONING, AND THE CITY SHOULDN'T BE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS AGAINST THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
WE DON'T WANT A COMMERCIAL LAND USE IN THE
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MIDDLE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND I DOUBT RESIDENTS IN STONE, OAK WOULD WANT COMMERCIAL ZONING IN THEIR BACKYARD.I LIVE AT 1102 WEST LINWOOD IN BEACON HILL, AND I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO 10 0 2 ATCH.
UM, I AM, UH, ASKING THAT WE CONSIDER THE R SIX ZONING THAT THE BEACON HILLS THAT COMMITTEE VOTED ON AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS ASKED FOR.
WE ASK FOR THIS BECAUSE THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WALKABILITY IS IMPORTANT, WHERE PEOPLE WANT TO GATHER AND HAVE COMMUNITY WITH EACH OTHER WHEN OUTSIDERS, WHICH IS NOT AN OUTSIDER, BUT WHEN PEOPLE COME IN AND ARE NOT SURE OF WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS WORKED ON FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS AND ARE TRYING TO CHANGE THAT, IT GOES AGAINST WHAT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS FOUGHT SO HARD.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THIS AND UH, I ASK THAT ONCE AGAIN, UM, THAT YOU CONSIDER R SIX AS THE ZONING FOR UH, 10 0 2 WEST RESEARCH.
I LIVE AT 10 17 WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE AND I'M CALLING REGARDING AMENDMENT REQUEST PA 20 23 1 1 6 0 0 4 6 FOR 1002 WEST ATCH AVENUE.
THE PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THIS LOCATION TO MIXED USE COMMERCIAL OR EVEN NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ETHNICITY IS SUGGESTING IS AGAINST OUR BEST INTERESTS AS A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IS NOT IN KEEPING WITH
BEACON HILL COMMERCIAL ZONING WILL BE TOO INTENSE FOR THIS LOCATION AND CAUSE INCREASED TRAFFIC ON THE RESIDENTIAL STREETS.
IN ADDITION, AS PART OF THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT IS MEANT TO BE FOCUSED ON THE MAIN CORRIDORS SUCH AS FREDERICKSBURG, WOODLAWN, ET CETERA.
THIS LOCATION IS NOT ON ONE OF THOSE CORRIDORS AND IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE HELD UP OUR END BY ATTEMPTING TO WORK WITH THE APPLICANT AND COME UP WITH A COMPROMISE.
THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED IN THEIR LAST MEETING TO COMPROMISE WITH THE APPLICANT BY VOTING TO KEEP THIS PROPERTY AS LOWDEN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A GYM.
THIS ALLOWS THE APPLICANT TO LEASE AND OPERATE HIS BUSINESS AT HE AS HE HAS ALREADY LEASED THE BUILDING WHILE KEEPING THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD INTACT AND PRESERVING A PERFECTLY GOOD BUILDING THAT HAS BEEN USED AS A GYM ALREADY CHANGING THE ZONING TO ANYTHING THAT R SIX CD WILL BE DETRIMENTAL FOR US AS NEARBY HOMEOWNERS AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.
HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER NINDO AND I LIVE AT 10 11 WEST MAGNOLIA, DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY AT 1002 WEST SATCH.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN FOUR EIGHT EIGHT SIX THREE SEVEN THREE AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE USAGE CHANGE OF THE PROPERTY AT 1002 WEST ATCH.
AS A NEIGHBOR WHO LIVES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, I OPPOSE THE USAGE CHANGE OF THE PROPERTY FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
ONE OF THESE IS THAT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CITY AND WHICH WE WOULD HOPE THE CITY WOULD SUPPORT, IS TO KEEP BUSINESSES ON THE CORRIDORS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON FREDERICKSBURG AND BLANCO, AND NOT ON THE INTERIOR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE WE NEED TO STABILIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOUSING, NOT BUSINESSES.
THE SECOND REASON IS THAT THERE'S NO NEED TO CHANGE IT FROM RESIDENTIAL IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE BUSINESS THAT IS IN PLACE.
NOW, THE EMPIRE VOLLEYBALL CENTER, WHICH WAS PUT INTO PLACE BEFORE ANY USAGE CHANGE HAD BEEN APPROVED, THIS CENTER COULD STILL EXIST WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USAGE AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A GYM CAUSING NO UNDUE HARDSHIP TO THE DEVELOPER.
MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS DO NOT WANT COMMERCIAL LAND USE IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.
AND WE ASK YOU TO SUPPORT THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT IS IN PLACE AND KEEP THIS PROPERTY RESIDENTIAL.
THIS IS KATE RUCKMAN, 1 0 7 KING WILLIAMS STREET, 2 1 0 2 2 4 6 1 6 3.
REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 18 1002 WEST SATCH.
THE CONSERVATION SOCIETY OF SAN ANTONIO SUPPORTS THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND DEVELOPMENT SERVICES DEPARTMENT STAFF IN OPPOSING THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT ZONING CHANGE FOR 1002 WEST SATCH.
THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN FOR THIS AREA SEEKS TO CONTROL COMMERCIAL INTRUSIONS INTO THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT GOES AGAINST THAT PLAN.
A CHANGE FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USE TO MIXED USE IS NOT NECESSARY AND WOULD PERMIT INCOMPATIBLE USE IN THE
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FUTURE ON THESE TWO PARCELS.THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS PROPOSED OUR SIX ZONING WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE GYMNASIUM, WHICH WOULD ALLOW THE APPLICANT'S PROJECT TO PROCEED.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD MET WITH THE DEVELOPER AND VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY AGAINST THIS PROPOSAL TO INTENSIFY COMMERCIAL USE IN THE MIDST OF A QUIET RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE DENY THE REQUEST FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
OKAY, UM, WE'LL START WITH CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
FIRST WOULD BE MS. SPIELMAN REPRESENTING BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
TWO MINUTES, UNLESS SOMEBODY WANTS TO YIELD TIME, I'M NOT SURE THAT I'LL NEED IT, BUT MAY TWO PEOPLE YIELD THAT TIME.
YOUR NAME, SIR? I'M CYNTHIA SPIEL.
LEMME JUST FIND OUT WHO'S ROBERT.
OKAY, SO YOU'LL HAVE SIX, SIX MINUTES.
MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SPIELMAN, I LIVE AT 900 WEST WOODLAWN AND I'M PRESIDENT OF THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, I JUST WANNA CORRECT ONE THING, UM, BY THE OWNER.
UM, IT'S NOT THAT WE DON'T WANT YOU THERE, YOU'RE ALWAYS WELCOME IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS JUST SIMPLY ABOUT THE LAND USE AND ZONING, UM, THAT PEOPLE OBJECT TO.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE, UH, I DO I PRESS HERE PART.
YOU CAN SEE THE PROPERTY, WHICH YOU ALREADY HAVE, AND I'LL TRY TO MOVE THROUGH SOME OF THIS QUICKLY BECAUSE WE WEREN'T AWARE THAT HE'D ALREADY, UM, AGREED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, BUT I THINK THE OTHER PART OF OUR PRESENTATION WILL ADDRESS SOME THINGS THAT EVEN HAVE TO DO WITH THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT, UM, LAND USE DESIGNATIONS COME FROM OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN.
IT WAS DEVELOPED WITH THE BEACON HILL AND ALTA VISTA COMMUNITY IN PARTNERSHIP IN 2000.
WE, UM, WORKED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH D S D.
THE CURRENT LAND USE IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IN OUR PLAN ACCOMMODATE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING WITH UM, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AS WELL AS DUPLEXES.
THE ZONING FOR THIS IS OUR SIX WITH TWO PARCELS TOTALING UP TO SEVEN LOTS.
AND OF COURSE, THE REQUESTED LAND USE IS MIXED.
THIS IS THE AREA SURROUNDING IT IS MOSTLY, WELL IT'S ALL HOUSING, BUT IT'S SINGLE FAMILY AS WELL AS MIDDLE HOUSING.
YOU CAN SEE, UM, A COMPLEX, UH, FOURPLEX RIGHT NEXT TO THE BEAUTIFUL GRACE CATHEDRAL CHURCH, WHICH SITS ACROSS THE STREET.
THIS IS, UM, IT JUST SHOWS YOU HOW IT'S ONLY, UM, SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL, UH, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE.
THE LAND, THE MIXED USE IS TOO INTENSE AND IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT'S LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN.
ALSO, AS WE BEGIN OUR SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS LATER THIS YEAR, THE NEAR NORTH COMMUNITY PLAN WILL CONTINUE TO WORK FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COMPA COMPATIBILITY.
MIXED USE OR ANY COMMERCIAL LAND USE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA COULD IMPEDE THIS WORK BECAUSE LAND USE WORKS BEST FOR US IN CONTIGUOUS AREAS.
BEACON HILL RECENTLY COMPLETED ITS LARGE AREA REZONING PROCESS SO THAT THE USES IN NON-CONFORMING PROPERTIES WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH ITS LAND USE DS WITH DSDS GUIDANCE.
WE USE THE CD, THE CONDITIONAL USE TO DO SO.
WE CHOSE NOT TO REZONE THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE WE NEED THE HOUSING IN OUR COMMUNITY TO MEET THE HOUSING CRISIS AND TO ADD DENSITY TO SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES.
THIS IS OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
YOU CAN SEE THAT, UM, THE ORANGE IS MIDDLE HOUSING, WHICH WE'VE ENCOURAGED ON THE CORRIDORS.
THE YELLOW IS UM, UH, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, PINK, UM, UH, BUSINESS CORRIDORS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT ALL AROUND THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS THE BLUE DOT.
IS, IS RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS CREATE STABILITY PLAN AMENDMENTS SHOULD ONLY BE GRANTED WHEN THERE IS A COMPELLING REASON USING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS A ROADMAP, WE HAVE WORKED FOR ROBUST COMMERCIAL DISTRICT ALONG PARTS OF BLANCO AND FREDERICK BURG ROADS WITH REMARKABLE SUCCESS.
THE RESIDENTIAL AREA IN THE CENTER HAS REMAINED HOUSING.
THAT IS THE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR PLAN HAS CREATED MORE HOUSING AND REVITALIZE COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS, AND THAT SUCCESSFUL BALANCE SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED.
THESE URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS, UNLIKE OUR SUBURBAN COUSINS, ARE FRAGILE ECOSYSTEMS THAT ARE DEPENDENT ON THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS TO HELP STABILIZE THEM.
THIS PLAN AMENDMENT IS OPPOSED BY NEARLY ALL, IF NOT ALL, OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE NEAR AREA, AS WELL AS THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WHO VOTED 63 TO FOUR TO OPPOSE THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
THE MEETING MEETING WAS ATTENDED BY CHRISTIE FLORES, PLANNING MANAGER FOR D S D TO
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CORRECT ANY MISINFORMATION AND TO ANSWER TECHNICAL QUESTIONS AS WELL AS THE OWNER TO SHARE HIS PLAN SO THAT RESIDENTS WERE FULLY AND FACTUALLY INFORMED BEFORE THEY VOTED.THE REQUEST FOR MIXED USE IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN DUE TO INCREASED TRAFFIC ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS THAT ARE ALREADY DEALING WITH SPEEDERS AND INCREASED NOISE, ET CETERA, THAT CAN OFTEN ACCOMPANY A COMMERCIAL AREA.
DSDS RECOMMENDATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LAND USE IS MEANT TO ATTRACT CUSTOMERS FROM SEVERAL NEIGHBORHOODS AND SHOULD BE LOCATED ADJACENT TO RESIDENCES ACCORDING TO THE FUTURE LAND USE DESCRIPTION.
WE BELIEVE THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS BEST ON OUR CORE ON OUR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
BEACON HILL RESIDENTS FEEL THAT DSDS RECOMMENDATION IS INAPPROPRIATE.
WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY THEY WOULD MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT RUNS COUNTER TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT THEY HELP SET UP THE RECOMMENDATION ERODES RESIDENTS TRUST AND NOT ONLY THE PROCESS BUT IN LAND USES THEMSELVES THAT ENSURE THAT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO BUY AND INTO AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'LL RECOMMEND R SIX WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A GYM AT ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS RECOMMENDATION DOES NOT REQUIRE A PLAN AMENDMENT AND WOULD BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE AS WELL AS OUR CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
THE APPLICANT HAS SHOWN THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION POSES NO HARDSHIP AS HE'S ALREADY LEASED THE SPACE TO EMPIRE VOLLEYBALL.
A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS, BUT IF HE WANTS A DIFFERENT UM, CONDITIONAL USE, HE CAN SEEK A ZONING CHANGE AT THAT TIME.
HIS INTENTIONS AS DESCRIBED TO THE ASSOCIATION, SEE MORE OF A WISHLIST THAN CONCRETE PLANS.
HE SEEMS TO BE LOOKING FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE HIS OPTIONS.
IF HE WANTS TO CREATE HOUSING, HE HAS TWO PARCELS AND UP TO SEVEN LOTS TO DO SO WITHOUT A PLAN AMENDMENT TO MAKE A LAND USE CHANGE.
NOW FOR OPTIONAL FUTURE PLANS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT HAPPEN CAN DAMAGE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST SO MANY PROJECTS CHANGE OR FAIL OR OWN SELF FOR WHATEVER REASONS, BUT THE LAND USE STAYS.
WE HAVE A SAYING IN BEACON HILL THAT REMINDS US OF THE PERPETUITY OF ZONING AND LAND USE, WHATEVER THE OWNER'S PLANS, MARRIAGES END, BUT ZONING LASTS FOREVER.
THIS APPLIES TO LAND USE AS WELL.
I'LL GO TO THE LAST ONE PLEASE.
SO PLEASE RESPECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND OUR COMMUNITY.
RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR MIXED USE AND THAT YOU ALSO REJECT DSDS RECOMMENDATION FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL BAHANA RECOMMENDS A UM, ZONING OF R SIX WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR GYM THAT DOES NOT REQUIRE A PLAN AMENDMENT.
SO YOU SAID TWO MINUTES, IS THAT CORRECT? OKAY.
I'M HERE TO SPEAK ABOUT THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT AT 1 0 0 2 WEST ATCH.
MY HOME IS AT 1 0 2 5 WEST ATCH.
I'VE BEEN A NEAR NEIGHBOR OF THIS PROPERTY FOR OVER 15 YEARS.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT THE COMMISSION DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT TO MIXED USE.
I ALSO ASK THAT THE COMMISSION NOT FOLLOW STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THESE LAND USES ARE TOO INTENSIVE FOR A PROPERTY LOCATED DEEP IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, BLOCKS FROM THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT ARE DESIGNATED BY OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN.
THAT SAID, I DO IN FACT SUPPORT COMMERCIAL USE OF THIS PROPERTY.
HOWEVER, WITH THE VERY LIMITED SCOPE, THIS PROPERTY IS UNIQUE THAT IT WAS DEVELOPED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER AND GYM BY A CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE 1980S.
IT HAS OPERATED AS A FOR-PROFIT VOLLEYBALL CLUB FOR MOST OF THE 15 YEARS THAT I'VE LIVED ON THIS STREET WITHOUT PROPER ZONING.
BUT, YOU KNOW, WE'LL GET PAST THAT.
I SUPPORT CONTINUED COMMERCIAL USE FOR THAT SPECIFIC PURPOSE.
THE LAND USE DOES NOT NEED TO CHANGE TO SUPPORT THAT CONTINUED USE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS PROPOSING TO ZONING THAT IT BE REZONED AS R SIX RESIDENTIAL WITH AN ADDED CONDITIONAL USE AS A GYM.
THIS PROPOSED ZONING WILL NOT PRESENT A HARDSHIP FOR THE APPLICANT WHO HAS ALREADY LEASED IT TO A VOLLEYBALL CLUB.
HE STATED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING THAT HE PLANS TO LEASE IT IN THAT CAPACITY FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
SO THIS COMPROMISE IS WIN-WIN.
HE WANTS A GYM, WE SUPPORT HIM HAVING A GYM.
CHANGING THE LAND USE WOULD CREATE A COMMERCIAL ISLAND IN A SEA OF RESIDENTIAL AND OPEN THE DOOR TO BUSINESSES THAT WOULD BE LESS COMPATIBLE.
IN A PERFECT WORLD, THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE HOUSING OR I'M GONNA SAY A CITY COMMUNITY CENTER.
HOWEVER, I RECOGNIZE THAT IT HAS BEEN USED COMMERCIALLY AS A GYM FOR MANY YEARS.
I SUPPORT THAT SPECIFIC CONTINUED USE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE A PLAN AMENDMENT.
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UH, SALLY SEEKER.I DO NEED, UH, ONE PERSON TO SEE TIME.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME MA'AM? WALKER.
MISS, DID YOU SAY WALKER? WALKER? DID YOU SIGN UP TO SPEAK? YES.
OH, IT WAS CROSSED OUT THOUGH ON THE TOP.
SHE'S FIVE UP FROM THE BOTTOM.
ALRIGHT, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 6 0 1 WEST ELLWOOD IN BEACON HILL.
AND I'M HERE TO READ A STATEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE BEACON HILL, UH, AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
DEAR PLANNING COMMISSIONERS BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR MIXED USE AT 1 0 0 2 WEST ATCH.
THE LAND USE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND IT IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THIS PROPERTY SITS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED TO OPPOSE A MIXED USE LAND USE AND INSTEAD VOTED 63 TO FOUR TO SUPPORT A ZONING OF R SIX CD FOR A GYM.
BECAUSE THE OWNER HAS ALREADY LEASED THE, UH, PROPERTY TO EMPIRE VOLLEYBALL.
THIS DOES NOT OPPOSE, DOES NOT POSE ANY UNDUE HARDSHIPS FOR HIM.
THE APPLICANT FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT, THE REGISTERED AGENT OF 1 0 0 2 WEST ATCH, L L C MET WITH THE RESIDENTS OF BEACON HILL AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON AUGUST 14TH, 2023 THAT WAS ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSLETTER THAT IS DELIVERED TO RESIDENTS AND AREA BUSINESSES MONTHLY.
CHRISTIE FLORES, PLANNING MANAGER FOR D S D WAS ON HAND TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO ENSURE THAT WE GAVE OUT CORRECT INFORMATION TO RESIDENTS.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A ZONING CHANGE FROM R SIX TO I D Z TWO FOR USES C THREE TO RENT AS A GYM WITH PLANS IN THREE TO FIVE YEARS AS HE INFORMED US AT THE MEETING TO CONVERT TO, UH, SELF-STORAGE UNITS AND PERHAPS A HOUSE ON THE SIDE.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A PLAN AND AMENDMENT FOR MIXED USE FROM THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USE, UH, LAND USE TO MAKE THIS POSSIBLE.
OUR RECOMMENDATION OF R SIX CD OF R SIX CD FOR JIM DOES NOT REQUIRE A PLAN AMENDMENT.
NO ONE CAN EVER PREDICT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
AND THE SITE CONSISTS OF TWO PARCELS TOTALING SEVEN LOTS, WHICH COULD ALSO BE USED FOR MUCH NEEDED HOUSING.
IF THE APPLICANT DECIDES THAT HE WANTS TO ACTUALLY CREATE SELF SERVICE STORAGE UNITS, HE CAN APPLY FOR DISH, A DIFFERENT CONDITIONAL USE THROUGH THE ZONING PROCESS.
WE OPPOSED THIS LAND CHANGE FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USE TO MIXED USE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT IS TOO INTENSE AND IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA THAT IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
AN INTENSE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN.
A GRASSROOTS DOCUMENT DRAFTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN SEEKS TO CONTROL COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO THE RESIDENTIAL PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE SEEKING TO ENCOURAGE COMMERCIAL INTERESTS ON ITS CORRIDORS OF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD AND BLANCO ROAD.
IT ALSO IMPEDES WORK ON OUR NEAR NORTH COMMUNITY PLAN SUB AREA PLANNING PROCESS LATER THIS YEAR.
AS WE CONTINUE TO WORK FOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL COMPATIBILITY, IT APPEAL IS, IT IS OPPOSED BY MOST, IF NOT ALL, OF THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE NEAR AREA AS WELL AS THE GENERAL BEACON HILL AREA AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AS IT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF THE RESIDENTS, SUCH AS INCREASED TRAFFIC ON RESIDENTIAL STREETS WITH CHILDREN, AND, UH, THE, THAT ARE THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE ALREADY, UH, DEALING WITH SPEEDERS, INCREASED NOISE, ET CETERA, TO TO, TO ALLOW THIS INTENSE COMMERCIAL LAND USE IS A DISSERVICE TO THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE.
IT IS NOT NEEDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THIS PLAN AMENDMENT IS NOT NEEDED BY THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE OPERATING AS A GYM FOR WHICH HIS, HE HAS ALREADY LEASED THE PROPERTY AND THE SIGNAGE IS UP.
PLEASE DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
RESPECTFULLY, THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
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AUDI, I MAY NEED ONE EXTRA MINUTE.JUST SOMEBODY WANNA, YOU, OKAY.
UM, BEFORE I START, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ALL OF BEACON HILL RESIDENTS PLEASE STAND UP THAT HAVE, UH, COME TO ATTEND THIS MEETING.
UH, BEACON HILL IS ONE OF THE FIRST N SUBURBS OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE INNER CITY, AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WAS JUST ABOUT LOST IN THE EIGHTIES AS PEOPLE CAME IN AND BROUGHT UP, BOUGHT UP HOUSING AND CONVERTED HISTORICAL HOMES TO APARTMENTS OR TORE THEM DOWN TO PUT IN MODERN SUBURBAN HOMES.
INSTEAD, WE SLOWLY BEGAN TO WORK WITH THE CITY OVER THE LAST 33 YEARS TO PRESERVE OUR HOUSING STOCK AND BETTER THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
WE STARTED WITH THE MIDTOWN PLAN WITH HELP FROM THE CITY.
UM, WE PLANNED A PLACE THAT WELCOMED BUSINESSES ALONG OUR BUSINESS, CORRIDORS, BLANCO, FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, AND HILDEBRAND.
THESE CORRIDORS HAD FALLEN IN DISREPAIR JUST AS OUR RESIDENTIAL HOUSES HAD.
WE THEN PLANNED WITH THE CITY TO PROTECT THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BY CREATING A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
DOING THIS ALLOWED US TO PROTECT OUR HOUSING STOCK, YET KEEP THE CHARACTER THAT WE LOVE AND THE CHARACTER OF OUR DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVENESS THAT WE PROMOTE.
LOW INCOME, HIGH INCOME TEACHERS, ARTISTS, MUSICIANS, LABORERS, YOUNG AND OLD LIVE IN BEACON HILL.
AND FINALLY, WE JUST HAD A MASS REZONING TO CODIFY THE USES OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO BRING TOGETHER RESIDENTIAL IN ITS PLACE AND BUSINESS IN ITS PLACE SO THAT THE TWO CAN CO COEXIST PROSPEROUSLY.
THIS IS THE SPIRIT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THESE LAWS AND THESE INTENTS THAT WE HAVE NURTURED, BUILT, AND GROWN WITH THE CITY FOR THE PAST 33 YEARS ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
WE HAVE DONE OUR PART THROUGH ORGANIZING, PLANNING, DUE DILIGENCE TOWARD THE FORCES OF CHANGE THAT THREATEN THE PE THIS SPECIAL PLACE IN SAN ANTONIO.
AND WE DO NOT EXPECT OUR CITY DEPARTMENTS TO SPEND THEIR TIME TRYING TO FIND LOOPHOLES FOR INDIVIDUALS OR BUSINESSES TO EXPLOIT JUST BECAUSE THE LAWS THAT WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO DEVELOP ARE NOT MADE TO BE ACTUALLY ALWAYS THE LETTER OF THE LAW OR ONLY THE LETTER OF THE LAW.
THEY'RE MADE TO SHOW THE SPIRIT AND INTENT OF THE LAW.
THIS LAND USE CHANGE DOES NOT MEET THE SPIRIT NOR THE INTENT NOR JUSTICE FOR BEACON HILL.
THIS LAND USE CAN SET A PRECEDENT FOR ALL INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, MONTE VISTA, ALTA VISTA, KING WILLIAM RIVER ROAD, LAVACCA, AND ALL THE OTHERS DO NOT HAVE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ANYWHERE BUT ALONG THEIR BUSINESS CORRIDORS.
PLEASE VOTE AGAINST ANY CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL RESIDENTIAL IN BEACON HILL.
I SPEAK SO LOUD AND I WON'T NEED ANYBODY'S TIME.
I WAS GONNA SEED MY TIME ANYWAY.
MARYANNE VAN S 10 10 WEST AGARITA.
UH, AS YOU'VE HEARD, I ALONG WITH THE REST OF MY NEIGHBORS, WE ALL OPPOSE THE LAND USE IN THE CHANGE FROM THE LOW DENSE RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
WE DID HOLD A MEETING, THE DEVELOPER AND HIS TENANT DID SHOW UP.
WE MADE VERY INFORMED DECISIONS THANKS TO ALL OF THE WORK THAT THESE PEOPLE DO, AND THANKS TO THE CITY PERSON THAT WAS THERE.
I LIKE EVERYTHING THAT STATED THE REASONS WE DON'T WANT THAT LAND.
THE THE MIXED, THE, THE LAND CHANGE USE IS FOR THE REASONS YOU'VE HEARD.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT THE DECISION THAT YOU MAKE TODAY AFFECTS US TODAY AND AFFECTS OUR FUTURE.
SO I ASK RESPECTFULLY THAT SHE PLEASE DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AND LISTEN TO WHAT THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORS HAVE ASKED YOU.
WE'VE SPENT A LOT OF TIME, WE'VE REALLY STUDIED THIS.
WE MADE AN INFORMED DECISION THAT'S THE BEST FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FOR OUR NEIGHBORS, FOR OUR WALKING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOTTA SAY.
CYNTHIA, WAS IT ALLER? THAT WAS CYNTHIA.
I'M JULIET GDL OF 9 27 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE.
AND AFTER ALMOST 30 YEARS IN THE AIR FORCE, WE GET TO SETTLED ANYWHERE, BUT WE CHOSE MILITARY CITY U S A AND MORE SPECIFICALLY,
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WE CHOSE BEACON HILL.THERE'S A SENSE OF COMMUNITY STRUCTURE ORGANIZEE IN THE MIDTOWN PLAN.
AND AS VETERANS, WE LOVE PREDICTABILITY.
WE KNEW MOVING HERE WE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT DUE TO EVERYTHING THAT WAS PUT INTO PLACE WITH ALL OF YOU MANY YEARS AGO, WE OPPOSED THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FROM, UH, 1002 WEST.
WE SAW IT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
THE MIXED USE RECOMMENDATION IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN, WHICH WAS DRAFTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
WE BELIEVE IT IS IMPORTANT TO HONOR THE ESTABLISHED PLAN, WHICH IS INTENDED TO STABILIZE OUR COMMUNITY WITH HOUSING WHILE KEEPING COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ON THE CORRIDOR AND OUT OF THE MID MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL AREAS.
WE BELIEVE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOODS ASSOCIATION RECOMMENDATION FOR AN R SIX WITH A CON CONDITIONAL USE FOR A GYM ACHIEVES THE NEW PROPERTY OWNERS NEAR TERM BUSINESS OBJECTIVES AND IS CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S COLLECTIVE DESIRE TO SECURE THE LOTS FOR HOUSING IN THE FUTURE.
PLEASE KEEP, HELP US KEEP BEACON HILL, THE ORIGINAL QUEEN OF THE SUBURB RESIDENTIAL AND KEEP THE INTEGRITY OF THE MIDTOWN PLAN WE CREATED SO MANY YEARS AGO, INTACT FOR OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
10 20 WEST ATCH, UH, AS A NEIGHBOR, JUST TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE LAND USE CHANGE.
ANYTHING OTHER THAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN THE DEAD CENTER OF BEACON HILL IS INCOMPATIBLE.
IT WILL DAMAGE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WILL NOT SERVE THE INTEREST OF ITS RESIDENTS.
10 0 2 WEST WE SATCH IS SURROUNDED BY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES AND CHURCHES FOR BLOCKS.
THERE ARE QUITE LITERALLY NO COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AT THE CENTER OF BEACON HILL.
ALL BUSINESSES ARE LOCATED ONLY ALONG THE COLLECTOR ROADS, BLANCO, FREDERICKSBURG, AND HILDEBRAND.
LAND USE TO ALLOW COMMERCIAL IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS QUIET, HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT A GOOD FIT.
INCREASED NON-RESIDENT TRAFFIC, NOISE, POLLUTION, COMMERCIAL TRASH COLLECTION AND CONGESTION WILL PERMANENTLY DAMAGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND ITS AMAZING CHARACTER.
THE OWNER OF 10 0 2 WEST ATCH HAS LEASED THE PROPERTY TO A VOLLEYBALL CLUB ILLEGALLY.
HE WANTS THE PROPERTY TO BE SOME SORT OF GYM AND IS OP AS IT HAS BEEN OPERATING THAT WAY.
IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, BEACON HILL RESIDENTS OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED TO KEEP THE LAND USE RESIDENTIAL WITH A CONDITION, A CONDITIONAL USE TO OPERATE THE VOLLEYBALL CLUB.
SO CHANGE IN LAND USE IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE OWNER TO RUN THE BUSINESS THAT HE INTENDS TO.
OUR URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IS VULNERABLE.
WE NEED HELP TO STABILIZE BEACON HILL TO CONTINUE ITS VITALITY AND ENSURE IT'S ONE OF THE BEST AND STRONGEST NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE CITY SHOULD NOT MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OR CHANGES THAT ARE CONTRARY TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND THE RESIDENTS OF BEACON HILL SHOULD NOT BE FORCED TO COMPROMISE.
BEACON HILL IS EASILY ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S BEST NEAR TOWN NEIGHBORHOODS.
THERE'S A TRUE SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT I HAVEN'T EXPERIENCED ANYWHERE ELSE.
I'VE LIVED NEIGHBORS CARE FOR ONE ANOTHER AND LOOK OUT FOR EACH OTHER.
AND WE ALSO LOOK OUT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW IT CAN BEST SERVE THE PRESENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AND HOW IT CAN BE PRESERVED.
ANY LAND USE CHANGE WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AS WELL AS OUR PROPERTY VALUES.
PLEASE VOTE TO DENY THE PROPERTY OWNER'S REQUEST, UM, REQUESTED LAND USE CHANGE.
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME, MS. COLLINS.
I AM CHAIRMAN PROFIT, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING BOARD, UH, FOR THE, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER.
I LIVE AT 9 0 1 WEST MULBERRY, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT A BLOCK OR TWO AWAY FROM THE UH, UH, THE, THE ITEM ON THE AGENDA HERE.
UM, MR. ORGO HAS MENTIONED THAT THERE'S BEEN A MISUNDERSTANDING, UH, BETWEEN HIS DESIRES AND THE DESIRES.
I MUST TELL YOU THAT HAVING OBSERVED EVERYTHING AT THE MEETINGS AND SO FORTH, THAT THE MISUNDERSTANDING IS NOT ON BEACON HILL'S PART.
WE, UH, BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD IS A VERY PLEASANT NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN, A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE FROM ALL, ALL POINTS OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM COMING BY ONCE A MONTH AT TO THE MONTHLY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING ALL ETHNICITIES, ALL RACES.
WHY? BECAUSE WE BELIEVE IN EVERYONE.
WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AS A PLEASANT PLACE TO LIVE.
YOU WOULD WANT TO LIVE IN BEACON HILL IF YOU NEEDED TO RELOCATE
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SOMEWHERE.BUT CONSEQUENTLY WE WANT TO PRESERVE THIS VERY ETHIC, IF YOU WANNA CALL IT THAT.
THIS VERY, UH, SENSE OF, OF NEIGHBORLINESS.
AND TO DO THAT, WE USE YES, THE SAN ANTONIO PLANNING COMMISSION TO HELP US DO THAT.
YOU ARE HERE TO HELP MAKE DECISIONS IN THAT REGARD.
AND CONSEQUENTLY, WE, WE SEE WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.
WE KNOW IT WILL LEAD TO, WELL, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, ENC, COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.
IT'S, IF YOU LOOK AT THAT MAP, IT'S SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENT RESIDENCES.
SO PLEASE FOLLOW OUR, OUR SUGGESTIONS AND, AND KEEP IT AT, IT USED TO BE R ONE BUT AND ONLY GOT FURTHER BECAUSE THERE WAS A CHURCH THERE.
SO ANYWAY, YOU HAVE HEARD FROM OUR, OUR SUGGESTIONS, PLEASE FOLLOW THEM.
I LIVE AT 1 0 0 7 WEST MAGNOLIA, WHICH IS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S THREE LOTS THAT ARE BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
Y'ALL JUST RECOGNIZE, UH, WITNESSED HISTORY BECAUSE JACK FINGER AND I HAVE NEVER GOTTEN UP TO SPEAK AFTER ONE ANOTHER AND HA BEEN ON THE SAME SIDE OF ANYTHING.
SO THAT'S REALLY EXCITING THAT WE GET THAT THIS ISSUE IS WHAT BROUGHT US TOGETHER.
COMMISSIONERS, HERE'S SORT OF THE PROBLEM.
YEARS AGO, THIS WAS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND A CHURCH WAS ABLE TO CIRCUMVENT THE ZONING REGULATIONS AND BUILD WHAT WAS BILLED AS A COMMUNITY CENTER.
THAT ENDED UP NOT BEING, THAT IT ENDED UP BEING RENTED OUT TO A VOLLEYBALL CENTER.
AND THEN WHEN THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED A YEAR AGO, THEY GOT RID OF THE PROPERTY AND NOW WE'RE STUCK WITH THIS SITUATION THAT IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS ONCE BUILT AS A COMMUNITY CENTER, USED AS AN ATHLETIC CENTER, NOW LOOKS LIKE A COMMERCIAL BUILDING.
LET'S JUST MAKE IT A COMMERCIAL BUILDING FOR A COMMERCIAL USE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT BAIT AND SWITCH FEELING IS AT RISK OF HAPPENING.
AND AGAIN, BECAUSE AT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING UP HERE BEFORE YOU TODAY, THE PHOTOGRAPHS THAT YOU SAW SAW THE APPLICANT HAS SAID HE INTENDS TO USE IT FOR YEARS FOR THIS VOLLEYBALL CENTER.
AND YET WHAT'S BEING REQUESTED IS OPENING THE DOOR FOR A COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.
THAT WHAT'S BEING USED TODAY, WHAT'S BEING USED FOR YEARS FROM NOW ENDS UP, AS CYNTHIA SAID, ZONING IS FOREVER OR UH, LAND USE IS FOREVER.
SO EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE IS ON THE SAME PAGE THAT WE DON'T NEED A PLAN THAT THE BUILDING USE CAN CONTINUE TO BE USED AS IT'S BEING USED BY THE APPLICANT TODAY.
YOU'RE ASKED TO SPECULATE AND CHANGE THE NATURE OF WHAT WAS A BUILDING FOR A COMMUNITY CENTER NOW INTO SOMETHING THAT IS A COMMERCIAL USE THAT MIGHT BE USED FOR MANY, MANY DIFFERENT THINGS YEARS DOWN THE ROAD.
IT'S A QUESTION WE DON'T HAVE TO REACH TODAY.
PLEASE DON'T, UH, LEAVE US WITH THAT BAIT AND SWITCH RISK AGAIN THAT WE'VE ALREADY GONE THROUGH.
DENY THE PLAN AND WE WILL WORK WITH HIM SO HE CAN CONTINUE HIS STATED USE FOR THE NEXT THREE TO FIVE YEARS.
OUR FINAL CITIZEN, HAVE YOU HEARD CHANEL? AM I SAYING THAT RIGHT? IS IT TANIA? I DO MY TIME, SO.
ALRIGHT, WE'LL START WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER FAULKNER, NO QUESTIONS, BUT I DO HAVE A STATEMENT THAT I DO APPRECIATE THE LEVEL OF, UM, WITH THE COMMUNITY OF THEM SHOWING UP AND, AND BEING ABLE TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT, THAT COMMENT.
AND COUPLE OF QUESTIONS, UM, PRIMARILY FOR, UH, STAFF.
UM, I JUST WANNA, I GUESS ENSURE THAT THE TIMELINE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING IS, IS, IS CORRECT.
SO THIS ORIGINALLY WAS OWNED BY A CHURCH AND THIS WAS THE GYM WAS BUILT AS PART OF THE CHURCH ORIGINALLY.
AND THEN AT SOME LATER TIME, UM, AND, AND CHURCHES ARE, ARE ALLOWED WITHIN LOWE DENSITY, CORRECT? WELL, CHURCHES ARE ALLOWED IN ANY DISTRICT.
SO WHETHER IT'S RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN ZONED.
UM, IT CONVERTED IN 2001 TO R SIX AND HAS BEEN R SIX SINCE THEN.
AND SO THEN THE, THE CHURCH THEN EVENTUALLY, I'M ASSUMING, SOLD THE PROPERTY? THAT'S CORRECT.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE.
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UH, CONCERN ABOUT THIS AND, UH, I CAN ALSO, I HEARD YOU ABOUT, UH, YOUR PLAN FOR MAKING THE, UH, PARKING SIDE TO THE RIGHT OF THE BUILDING TO BE A DWELLING.AND, UH, THAT'S GONNA TAKE A LOT OF PARKING SPOTS FROM THAT AREA.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU, UH, ON THE PLAN THAT IS SUGGESTED TO KEEP IT AS R SIX AND KEEP THE FUNCTIONS OF THE CHURCH TO BE LEASED OUT TO THE VOLLEYBALL, UH, PROGRAM, HOW YOU THINK ABOUT THAT? UM, I CAN DO THAT UNDER THE R SIX ZONING AS IT IS TODAY WITH USING IT AS A RESIDENTIAL, UH, I'M SORRY, RECREATION CENTER.
WHERE I NEED A BIT OF HELP IS TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE IT AS A, A, UM, STORAGE FACILITY.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO CLARIFY THAT, UM, A RECREATIONAL FACILITY FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PURPOSES AS A NON-PROFIT IS ALLOWED IN AN R SIX DISTRICT BUT NOT AS A FOR-PROFIT.
AND SO AS A RECREATIONAL CENTER FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE OPEN TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS A NOT-FOR-PROFIT ESTABLISHMENT.
THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT IS ALLOWED BY RIGHT IN THE R SIX.
THE ISSUE HERE IS, UM, HE HAS A VOLLEYBALL GROUP THAT IS LEASING THE BUILDING FOR THE USE OF VOLLEYBALL COURTS THAT IS NOT ALLOWED UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING.
AND SO IN ORDER JUST TO CORRECT THAT ISSUE, HE NEEDS THE R SIX CD FOR A SPORTS COURT, AND WE WOULD SAY SPORTS COURT BECAUSE IT'S VOLLEYBALL, UH, SLASH GYM JUST TO COVER ALL OF OUR BASES.
SO THE R SIX FOR A RECREATION CENTER IS FOR PROFIT, IS ACTUALLY WITHIN THE LAND USES OF R SIX.
IT, IT, IT SHOWS, IT STATED THERE.
SO, I'M SORRY SIR, THAT'S NOT ACCURATE INFORMATION.
WE'VE, AND WE'VE TRIED EXPLAINING THAT TO YOU, BUT IT, IT'S, UH, YOU MIND IF I, CAN I SEND YOU THAT? SO NOT THE PULL IT UP UNDER THE CAMERA.
UM, WHAT DO YOU, SO R SIX CD IS AN ACCEPTABLE OPTION FOR THE CITY? YES, IT IS.
IT WOULD WORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING THE VOLLEYBALL COURT, YES.
BUT WHEN HE APPROACHED US, HE INDICATED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO DO NOT ONLY KEEP THE VOLLEYBALL THAT IS OCCURRING THERE, BUT ALSO IN THE FUTURE, POTENTIALLY DO A SELF STORAGE FACILITY.
SO IN ORDER TO HAVE THE LEAST IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY AND HAVE A LAND USE THAT DOES FIT WITH, UH, THE GUIDELINES OF WHAT IS IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LAND USE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN HE COULD REZONE TO A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL LAND USE, WHICH WOULD ALLOW HIM TO DO NOT ONLY THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS, BUT ALSO TO DO THE, UM, THE SELF STORAGE FACILITY.
AND THAT WOULD ALL BE SET IN A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN.
SO HE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DEVIATE FROM THAT.
AND IF HE DID, THEN HE WOULD HAVE TO REZONE AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
OKAY, COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER, NO QUESTIONS.
SO CAN UM, SCHINDLER, YOU, YOU ASKED ME TO GO DOOR TO DOOR AND I WAS KIND, OR SORRY, GET TO KNOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WILL HAVE TO SAY THAT THAT WORKED.
YOU KNOW, I WAS VERY OPPOSED TO DOING THAT BASED ON JUST KIND OF GETTING A BUNCH OF NEGATIVE FEEDBACK AND, UM, DEFINITELY GOT A LOT BETTER FEELING AFTER, UM, SPEAKING MORE SO ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS.
I THINK THAT THAT WORKED OUT QUITE A BIT.
I APPRECIATE THAT YOU TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THE CI MEET WITH THE CITIZENS, UM, AND HEAR THEM OUT MORE THAN JUST IN THIS PUBLIC FORUM.
SO I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS THAT CAME FORWARD TO SPEAK AND DEFEND THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS.
UH, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE YOUNGER, WE WERE ALL WORKING ON NEIGHBORHOOD PLANT, INCLUDING, UH, THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND ALL THE NEIGHBORHOODS THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, PRESENTED THEIR PLANS TO CITY COUNCIL.
AT THE TIME COUNCIL SAID, WE WILL ACCEPT THESE AND CERTIFIED PLANS AND IF THERE'S ANY CHANGES, IT WILL HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE LEADERSHIP.
AND ONCE THEY'RE CHANGED, UH, OR COMMENTED, THEY WOULD COME BACK TO THE STAFF.
SO MY QUESTION TO THE STAFF, AND I'M SURE THERE'VE BEEN FOUR OR FIVE CHANGES IN THE STAFF, AND I DON'T KNOW IF THEY, UH, GO BACK TO THE NOTES MADE BY CITY COUNCIL.
'CAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHEN CITY COUNCIL SAID NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS WILL NOT BE RESPECTED ANYMORE.
BUT I THINK IT IS GOOD THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS TO STAY,
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HAVE THAT STABILITY AND UH, I HOPE THEY CAN MAKE, UH, CITY COUNCIL UNDERSTAND THAT THESE ARE IMPORTANT.AND SOMEONE MENTIONED THAT NEIGHBORHOODS ARE, ARE VERY IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE.
AND I WILL SUPPORT THE, UM, THE PRESENTATION BY THE STAFF IN DENIAL.
UH, BECAUSE I THINK IF ANYTHING, YOU WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO TALK SOME MORE, BUT I THINK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN DONE.
BUT ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY COMMENTS.
SO, UH, MY, MY 2 CENTS ON THIS IS, IS THAT, YOU KNOW, NOWADAYS IF A CHURCH WANTS TO CONSTRUCT SUCH A BUILDING, IT HAS TO BE CONTENTIOUS WITH THIS CHURCH LOT.
IS THAT A CORRECT STATEMENT? YOU MEAN AFFILIATED WITH THE CHURCH AND BY LIKE A BUDDING OF USED CHURCH USE THE SAME LOT A BUDDING? YES.
IT HAS TO BE LIKE THIS, THE, LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN TODAY.
'CAUSE I'VE, I'VE HAD INSTANCES WHERE A CHURCH WANTED TO BUILD A PARKING LOT TO SERVE THEIR CHURCH, BUT IT WAS ON A DIFFERENT LOT AND IT WAS OWNED RESIDENTIAL AND THE CITY SAID YOU CAN'T DO IT, YOU GOTTA REPLANT IT.
SO IN THIS, SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, IF A CHURCH WANTED TO BUY A RESIDENTIAL LOT ACROSS THE STREET, THEY COULDN'T BUILD SUCH A BUILDING WITH THE EX ON AN R SIX, IS THAT CORRECT? NOT WITHOUT HAVING IT FOR THE CAPACITY OF THE USE, UH, FOR THE CHURCH.
SO THEY COULD BUILD IT IF THE CHURCH IS UTILIZING IT FOR A CHURCH FUNCTION? YES.
AND BUT MY EXAMPLE ABOUT A CHURCH PARKING LOT WHERE THE STAFF NO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO ZONE FOR THE PARKING LOT.
SO I JUST, I'M I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE, IS THIS SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN IN THE FUTURE? UH, 'CAUSE TODAY I DIDN'T, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS A A, A CHANGE IN INTERPRETATION BY STAFF OR THIS SORT OF THING WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN BECAUSE I, I WAS A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH THAT.
SO, UM, BUT I, I DID WANT TO, I DID WANT TO ADD THAT IF IT'S BEEN A GYM FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND THE, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OKAY WITH THAT, DID THEY PUT ANYTHING IN WRITING? THIS IS A QUESTION FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION.
DID THEY, IF YOU COULD COME BACK UP PLEASE.
UH, MRS. SPIELMAN, UH, DID Y'ALL ISSUE ANYTHING IN WRITING, SUPPORTING THE CHANGE TO AN R SIX CD? ALLOWING FOR A, A, UH, A GYM? UM, WE HAVE OUR RECORDED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE VOTE IN OUR MINUTES.
I'M SORRY, WHO WAS ASKING? OH, OH, I WAS, YEAH.
AND SO THAT IS OUR RECORD THAT WE SUPPORT BY, UM, 63 TO FOUR, UM, THAT WE WOULD A, A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A GYM WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE'S BOUGHT A PROPERTY AND HE NEEDS TO USE IT AND HE'S ALREADY RENTED IT, SO THIS SHOULDN'T BE A HARDSHIP.
WE'D RATHER HAVE IT HOUSING, BUT WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO WORK BECAUSE THE R SIX CD ALLOWS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL C ONE AND OH ONE, CORRECT? I THINK IT DOES.
SO, OH, THE, THE LAND USE DESIGNATION? NO, NO.
IF, IF, IF YOU'RE R SIX AND YOU WANTED TO PURSUE A CONDITIONAL ZONING, YOU COULD USE IT FOR USES THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED AT A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, A C ONE OR AN OH ONE, I BELIEVE.
AND SO, BUT IT'S ONLY THE ONE USE AND IT HAS TO BE, UH, DESCRIBED.
SO THERE'S A MIRE OF USES, UH, THAT COULD BE PURSUED AT A LATER DATE IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD SUPPORT IT.
COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? NO QUESTIONS.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S IN FRONT OF US TODAY IS, IS THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
SO THE DISCUSSION ABOUT THE ZONING CONDITIONAL USE WILL BE HEARD AT ZONING.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE COOPERATION THAT YOU WENT BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS YOU, AS YOU PROMISED, UM, THAT YOU REACHED A T SOME SORT OF COMPROMISE, WHETHER THAT'S GONNA BE AMICABLE TO ALL SIDES AND WHATEVER THE RESULT OF OUR ACTION IS, IT JUST APPLAUD YOUR EFFORTS AND CERTAINLY THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR, UH, BRIDGING DIFFERENCES,
BUT THIS TIME I'LL REQUEST A MOTION I MOVE TO SUPPORT THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.
I WANNA CLARIFY THAT BECAUSE THERE'S YEAH, IT'S A ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION.
SO IT'S EITHER JUST DENIAL OR, UH, DENIAL.
AND OUR RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL YEAH.
SO I, MY, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE JUST DENIAL.
MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FAULKNER.
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COMMISSIONER FAULKNER.BE NAVITAS ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS LOCATED AT 2 2 6 SHERWOOD DRIVE AND IS A REQUEST TO AMEND THE NEAR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
ONE RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN IN OPPOSITION.
AND LOS LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL CLASSIFICATION WILL INTRODUCE A MORE INTENSE LAND USE THAT IS INCONSISTENT AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN ALONG SHERWOOD DRIVE.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL LAND USES AND COMMERCIAL ZONING DESIGNATIONS ON SHERWOOD, A LOCAL STREET ALL HAVE THE APPEARANCE OF RESIDENCES AND ARE LOCATED CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 10.
AND VAX JENSEN ROAD, WHICH IS A SECONDARY ARTERIAL AND IS WHERE COMMERCIAL USES ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WOULD ALLOW FOR FURTHER COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JAMES MCKNIGHT, MORTIZ MCKNIGHT 1 1 2 EAST PECAN HERE ON BEHALF OF THE OWNER AND APPLICANT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO ALWAYS LIKE TO LOCATE THE PROPERTY FIRST TO LET YOU KNOW WHERE IT IS NEAR I 10.
AND HERE IS A AERIAL OF THE PROPERTY.
IT'S JUST UNDER AN ACRE LOCATED IN LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UH, AS THEY SAID, WE'RE REQUESTING COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TODAY AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE ZONING REC, UH, REQUEST THAT WE'RE MAKING IS FOR C TWO.
AND THE, THE PURPOSE OF THAT IS FOR, AT THIS POINT IS FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT THAT IS FOR A PARKING LOT FOR A LAW FIRM ACROSS THE STREET HERE IS A LOOK AT THE MAKEUP OF THIS STREET OF SHERWOOD DRIVE.
SO YOU'VE GOT 14 LOTS ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHERWOOD DRIVE AND 10 LOTS ON THE NORTH SIDE.
SO YOU GOT 24 LOTS ALTOGETHER.
THREE OF THOSE LOTS ARE RESIDENTIAL.
SO OUT OF THE 14 THAT ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHERWOOD, WE'RE LOOKING AT THREE LOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY RESIDENTIAL.
THE REST ARE ALL COMMERCIAL USES.
THESE ARE LAW OFFICES, HOTEL, UM, YOU KNOW, H V A C CONTRACTOR, OTHER OFFICES, LANDSCAPE BUSINESS, A CHURCH, U S P S FACILITY.
THESE ARE ALL ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHERWOOD.
THE NORTH SIDE IS WHERE YOU SEE THE LAW OFFICES.
THIS IS THE, THE PLAN SHOWING HOW THERE'S KIND OF A MIX ALONG THE SOUTH SIDE OF SHERWOOD STREET OF THIS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ON THE NORTH SIDE, OBVIOUSLY RIGHT ALONG THE HIGHWAY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DESIGNATED AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
THE EAST SIDE STARTED ON THE CORNER AS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, BUT AS YOU'LL SEE, UM, THESE, THIS AREA HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.
SO 2018 THERE WAS A PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THAT LANDSCAPE BUSINESS AND IT WAS REZONED TO C TWO.
UH, I BELIEVE AT THE OTHER END.
UM, THE WEST SIDE, I ACTUALLY DIDN'T GET THE, THE DATE ON THAT ONE.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS 2018 AS WELL.
THERE WAS A PLAN AMENDMENT FOR 2 32 SHERWOOD THAT'S DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO US IN 2023 OF THIS YEAR MARCH.
IT WAS A PLANNING COMMISSION OF JUST THIS YEAR FOR THESE TWO LOTS THAT WERE BOTH, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL TO, UH, CHANGE TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ALSO.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS A VERY CLEAR TREND OF CHANGE ON THIS DRIVE.
HERE'S A ZONING MAP THAT SORT OF MATCHES AND FOLLOWS ALONG WITH WHAT YOU WERE SEEING IN THE, THE LAND USE.
ALL OF THE, MOST OF THOSE LOTS HAVE HAVE TRANSITIONED FROM A C TWO OR A C ONE, BUT A COMMERCIAL USES ALONG, UH, THIS, THIS ROAD INCLUDING DIRECTLY NEXT TO US.
UH, JUST LAST YEAR WAS CHANGED TO OFFICE USES.
AND FOR OUR CONTRACTOR USE, WE ARE REQUESTING A C TWO NA AND THAT'S GONNA BE IMPORTANT
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FOR, UM, MY COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.SO I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY, ABOUT FOUR O'CLOCK.
WHEN WE STARTED THIS CASE SEVERAL WEEKS AGO, I STARTED BY CALLING THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT.
I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WERE IN SUPPORT.
THEY SAID, THIS IS A CHANGING STREET.
WE ALL KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL.
HE SAID, BUT BEFORE I SEND ANYTHING, LET ME TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
HE HELD THE MEETING, CAME BACK TO US AND SAID, THEY'RE NOT OPPOSED, BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE CAN YOU ADD NA TO YOUR ZONING FOR NO ALCOHOL SALES AND CAN YOU SHOW US A, A SITE PLAN OF WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO DO? SURE.
WE TOLD 'EM THAT, UH, SITE PLAN, WE SHOWED HIM A SMALL SITE PLAN SHOWING AN OFFICE, I'M SORRY, A SITE PLAN SHOWING A SMALL OFFICE FOR FUTURE USE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE THAT PLAN YET.
AND AN A SITE PLAN THAT JUST SHOWED PARKING.
AND IN BOTH OF THOSE SITE PLANS, AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS LOT IS VERY DEEP.
UM, WE SHOWED THE BACKSIDE OF THE PROPERTY NOT BEING USED AT ALL.
WE STILL GOT RESIDENTIAL USE TO THE THE EAST OF US.
AND SO THERE ARE SOME RESTRICTIONS THAT ARE ALREADY BUILT INTO THE CODE FOR THAT SIDE OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE'S HEIGHT RESTRICTIONS BUILT IN.
SO I SAID, ALL OF THESE THINGS WILL SHOW YOU THAT APPRO, UH, THAT A PARKING LOT OR EVEN A SMALL OFFICE ARE BOTH APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA.
UH, SEEMED LIKE THAT WOULD WORK AND THAT WE WERE JUST WORKING FOR SOME KIND OF LETTER, EITHER A SUPPORT OR NON OPPOSITION.
EARLIER YESTERDAY WE WERE FINE.
AND THEN AT FOUR O'CLOCK A LETTER CAME IN.
NOW WHY MOVE FORWARD TODAY? WELL, BECAUSE I THINK ONE IS THAT YOU'LL, YOU SEE THAT THEY'VE INVITED US TO, TO TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE USES THEMSELVES.
LIKE WHAT ARE YOU ACTUALLY GONNA DO HERE? I BELIEVE THAT WHAT'S ACTUALLY HAPPENING, AND I TALKED TO THE PRESIDENT AFTERWARDS, WAS THAT A FEW OF THE RESIDENTS IN THE AREA WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS THAT FUTURE USE REALLY GONNA BE.
SO WE HAVE EVERY INTENTION OF WE'RE ALREADY GOING TO CONTINUE OUR ZONING CASE TO, TO BE ON SEPTEMBER 19TH SO THAT WE CAN MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON SEPTEMBER 12TH AND REALLY SHOW THEM THOSE THINGS, WHAT WE CAN DO, LANDSCAPING, FENCING, THE, THE USES THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY ATTENDED.
BUT THOSE ARE ALL ZONING ISSUES, RIGHT? THEY'RE NOT FUTURE LAND USE ISSUES.
AND THAT'S WHY TODAY I STILL THINK THAT THE REQUEST FOR THE, THE CHANGE IN LAND USE IS STILL APPROPRIATE.
BY DEFINITION, THE PLANNING IS A FUTURE LOOKING, UH, QUESTION, RIGHT? WE'RE LOOKING AT THE FUTURE LAND USE.
THAT'S A LONG RANGE PLANNING TOOL.
WELL, YOU CAN SEE FROM THE AMENDMENTS THAT I SHOWED YOU, THE CHANGES ARE HAPPENING ALREADY.
THAT'S WHAT THE FUTURE IS SHOWING IS THAT ALL OF THESE THINGS HAVE CHANGED IN JUST THE LAST YEAR TO BE COMMERCIAL.
SO IN TERMS OF LONG RANGE PLANNING AND WHAT THE FUTURE IS HOLDING, THAT'S COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
THE NOR NEAR NORTH PLAN FOR THE SUB AREA PLAN HAS NOT COME OUT YET.
BUT MY FEELING IS THAT IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA JUST BASED ON WHAT WE'VE SEEN ALREADY.
THE FEARS THAT, THAT I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ACCOMMODATE EASILY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE ALL ZONING ISSUES.
THEY'RE NOT LAND USE, FUTURE LAND USE ISSUES.
UM, AND, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT, I THINK STAFF EVEN BACKS THAT UP AND SOME OF THE REPORTS THAT THEY HAD.
SO THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT REPORTS THAT I'LL, I'LL LOOK AT.
ONE WAS THE STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL ON OURS AND ON THE LOT THAT WAS NEXT TO US.
THAT WAS ULTIMATELY APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND BY, UH, CITY COUNCIL.
BUT THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL FOR THE LOTS THAT WERE, FOR THAT 2023 PLAN AMENDMENT THAT ARE ACTUALLY COMING FURTHER INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OFF OF I 10.
THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND THEY SAID THAT THIS AREA HAS BEEN SLOWLY TRANSITIONING TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL THAT WAS PART OF, OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THIS AREA.
UM, ONE THING ON OUR DENIAL, IT SAYS THAT THIS WOULD ALLOW FURTHER COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.
WELL, AS I SHOWED YOU, WE GOT 14 LOTS ON THIS SIDE AND ONLY THREE OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL.
SO THIS IS NOT A PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.
THERE IS AN APPEARANCE OF RESIDENTIAL IN SOME OF THOSE, BUT APPEARANCE OF RESIDENTIAL IS NOT LAND USE.
ANY, ANY ONE OF THOSE APPEARING RESIDENTIAL HOMES, I MEAN, UH, BUSINESSES COULD CHANGE RIGHT NOW.
THEY COULD DEMOLISH THAT HOUSE SEEMING TO TO BE A HOUSE AND PUT UP A BUSINESS.
SO THE APPEARANCE OF RESIDENTIAL REALLY HAS NO BEARING ON A FUTURE LAND USE IN THIS REQUEST.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA STICK WITH MY REC, I MEAN, UH, MY REQUEST TODAY TO SAY I BELIEVE THAT THE FUTURE LAND USE ON THIS, THE LONG RANGE PLANNING ON THIS IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND THOSE CHANGES HAVE SHOWN THAT.
COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? YEAH, MR. MCKNIGHT, I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.
IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DID IN WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THIS POCKET APPEARS TO BE ONE THAT IS IN A FORM OF TRANSITION, UM, NOT JUST FROM THE RECENT RECENT CHANGES, BUT THE CHANGES BEFORE.
AND ASSUMING THAT YOU'LL CONTINUE WITH THOSE EFFORTS AS YOU MOVE TOWARDS
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A ZONING REQUEST, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS THE TYPE OF NEIGHBORHOOD TRANSITIONS THAT THIS BODY CAN AND SHOULD LOOK AT AND AND APPRECIATE.SO, UM, AGAIN, THOSE, THESE WE'VE, WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN OTHER CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THESE KIND OF HISTORICALLY UNIQUE LOTS, THESE LONG LOTS.
WE JUST HAD ONE TO MEET, YOU KNOW, LAST MEETING ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH THESE LARGE OLDER STYLE RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
AND AS THIS POCKET TRANSITIONS, UM, IT APPEARS LIKE THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE WAY TO ADDRESS THAT FROM A PLANNING PERSPECTIVE.
SO, UM, I'D SUPPORT THIS CHANGE, UM, WITH THE HOPE AND EXPECTATION THAT YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, UH, REMAIN FOCUSED FOR SURE.
WE'VE ALREADY AGREED TO GO TO THE SEPTEMBER 12TH MEETING TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT THAT.
YEAH, UH, I'M, I'M JUST LOOKING AT THE AREA AND SEEING WHAT'S GOING ON THAT THIS DEFINITELY SHOULD BE SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ASK, UH, 'CAUSE THE, THE O TWO PLAN IS AS, AS FOR FORTHCOMING ON THIS, BUT DOES NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ALLOW PROFESSIONAL OFFICES OR COMMUNITY CO COMMERCIAL THE WAY TO GO ON FOR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? IT DOES ALLOW THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, BUT THE, UM, THEY, HE MENTIONED THAT IT'S A PARKING LOT AND THAT'S A C TWO USE.
SO YOU'RE STILL, YOU'RE PURSUING THE MINIMUM INTENT? YES.
YEAH, AND IF WE COULD DO A C ONE CD, I MEAN, I THINK WE'RE TOO FAR ALONG IN THE PROCESS, BUT THAT'S WHY WE STARTED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FIRST.
BUT, UH, WELL YOU'RE MATCHING EVERYONE ELSE, SO.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. GARCIA.
UM, I GUESS I JUST WANNA ECHO, UM, WHAT BOTH OF THEM SAID AND ALSO THAT IT DOES SEEM TO BE, UM, CERTAINLY PRECEDENT HAS BEEN SET IN THE AREA FOR COMMERCIAL USE.
SO IT SEEMS, UM, LIKE A REASONABLE REQUEST.
I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
COMMISSIONER ZUKI? YEAH, NO QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER SIPES? NO QUESTIONS.
I THINK COMMISSIONER FAULKNER LEFT RIGHT? IS SHE OFF THE CALL? OKAY.
UH, I REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
JUST, UH, AGAIN, UM, WHATEVER WE DECIDE TO DO HERE, CONTINUE PLEASE WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THE LETTER WAS PRETTY BRIEF AND I, YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY WAS JUST KIND OF A GENERAL DENIAL, BUT YEAH, THEY DIDN'T GIVE THE REASONS IN THE LETTER, RIGHT.
AND THAT WAS, YEAH, I'M CURIOUS TO KNOW WHY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER HAPPENS, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY'S, JUST ALWAYS OUR, OUR, OUR MANTRA.
SO YEAH, ABSOLUTELY FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UM, ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, UH, DO YOU HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST? UH, UH, FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER ORIAN TO APPROVE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER.
[Approval of Minutes]
THANK YOU.UH, APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES FROM THE AUGUST 9TH, 2023 MEETING.
DOES ANYBODY HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS FOR QUESTIONS RELATED TO THE MINUTES? HEARING NONE.
I'M GONNA ASK FOR A VOICE VOTE.
ANY OPPOSED? SAY NO ONE ABSTENTION.
ANY STAFF OR DIRECTOR REPORT TODAY? NOT TODAY.
IT'S 4 0 3 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.