Sep 05, 2023 Zoning Commission

CHARLES FUENTES FOR DISTRICT THREE.

GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE.

UH, BEFORE , BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF, UM, ANYONE WITH THE RISE OF, OF COVID COMING BACK? UNFORTUNATELY WE DO HAVE MASKS IN THE CORNER OVER HERE, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE ONE.

UM, AND I GUESS THANK YOU .

MY NAME IS ROB SIPSON.

I AM THE DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, ZONING COMMISSIONER, AS WELL AS THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.

I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.

THE TIME IS 1 0 5.

I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.

MARCO BARROS, UH, DISTRICT NINE, JOHN BUSANTE, DISTRICT FIVE.

DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE VO ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT.

JOHN WITT AT DISTRICT 10.

TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.

EDDIE RE IS DISTRICT FOUR.

KEN HUI DISTRICT SIX STAFF IS A ROLL CALL.

IT IS A ROLL CALL IS A QUORUM PRESENT.

A QUORUM IS PRESENT.

UH, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALRIGHT.

PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, UM, I'D LIKE FIRST TO, TO WELCOME A NEW COMMISSIONER TO OUR COMMISSION.

ALRIGHT, AND UH, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO UH, EXTEND OUR THANKS TO, UH, COMMISSIONER OR FORMER, I GUESS COMMISSIONER, UH, GREAT HOUSE FOR HER SERVICE OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS.

UM, STAFF, IF WE COULD REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE PLEASE.

YES, SIR.

BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.

THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION, YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE SEE YOUR CASE MANAGER.

STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.

PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND ANY PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.

PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN EX INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.

FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.

YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK THOSE IN SUPPORT AND THOSE IN OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.

YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT THE TWO MINUTES ARE UP.

FOR THOSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES.

THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK AND MUST YIELD THAT TIME AS THAT PERSON COMES UP TO THE PODIUM.

SO PLEASE RISE AND GIVE YOUR NAME AND LET US KNOW YOUR YIELDING YOUR TIME.

THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE, WITH A TWO MINUTE EXCUSE ME, TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION, COMMISSION QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

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THREE, LOCATED AT 2 39 MCCAULEY BOULEVARD.

STAFF, IF WE, IF WE COULD GO OVER ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS AT THIS TIME PLEASE.

ITEMS FOR, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN POSTPONED ARE, UH, ITEM NUMBER ONE LOCATED AT 51 18 VANCE JACKSON.

ITEM NUMBER TWO, LOCATED AT 2 26 BEETHOVEN AVENUE.

AND ITEM NUMBER

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ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WERE JUST LIST LISTED, UH, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AS THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND YOU'LL BE RE NOTIFIED IF FUTURE ACTION OCCURS.

ALRIGHT, STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA.

ITEMS FOR COMBINED, UH, AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 8 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, AND 21.

ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OF THESE ITEMS THAT YOU WOULD WISH TO POOL TO INDIVIDUAL? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.

UH, STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.

ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RMM FOUR TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR EIGHT DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

LOCATED AT THREE 14 AND THREE 16 MCLEAN STREET.

13 NOTICES WERE SENT.

ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.

AND TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED ONE IN OPPOSITION.

UM, AND THERE WAS AN UPDATED SITE PLAN THAT WAS UPLOADED TO UM, PRIME GOV FOR Y'ALL'S REVIEW.

THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER 11.

UH, REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD I D Z WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

LOCATED AT 1827 WEST LAUREL STREET, 29 NOTICES WERE SENT.

SEVEN RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND WEST END HOPE IN ACTION NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.

ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R THREE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 4,000 BLOCK OF IMOGEN IVY IN THE 4,000 BLOCK OF ARTISAN BELT.

51 NOTICES WERE SENT.

39 RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.

AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.

ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO NA TO C TWO CD I D Z WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR BAR TAVERN WITHOUT COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 1500 BLOCK OF NORTH MAIN AVENUE 18 NOTICES WERE SENT.

ZERO IN FAVOR.

ZERO OPPOSED TOBIN HILL, TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET.

WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR FOR ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C ONE TO I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

LOCATED AT 4 4 0 6 SOUTH PRESA STREET.

32 NOTICES WERE SENT.

ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR.

ZERO OPPOSED.

AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET FOR ITEM NUMBER 18.

A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE AND D TO UH D WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

LOCATED AT 5 26 AND SIX 10 CAMARON STREET, 8 18, 1 24, 1 26 AND 2 0 4 KINGSBURY STREET AND 6 15 6 39 AND SIX 17 NORTH FLORES STREET.

24 NOTICES WERE SENT.

ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO AND C THREE TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS LOCATED AT 2015 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

SIX NOTICES WERE SENT.

ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR.

ZERO OPPOSED.

AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.

AND ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R FIVE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.

GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 6,000 BLOCK OF OLD SKY HARBOR.

19.

NOTICES WERE SENT.

ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR.

ZERO OPPOSED.

AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND THAT IS IT FOR CONSENT ITEMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT

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ON THESE ITEMS? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, SEEING NONE OR WELL, IS THERE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY A COMMISSIONER CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER 11.

NUMBER 19 AND NUMBER 21.

AND I'LL SECOND THAT.

ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS 8 11 12 13, 17, 18, 19 AND 21 BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.

THAT WAS YOU.

UH, ANY DISCUSSION LOOKING LEFT? I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ADD THAT THAT ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS WITH AMENDED SITE PLAN FRIENDLY AMENDMENT ACCEPTED WITH AMEND EIGHT WITH AMENDED SITE PLAN.

SO SEEING NO DISCUSSION, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? YES.

ITEMS PASS.

UH, WE ARE NOW LADIES AND GENTLEMEN IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.

THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ONTO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON.

ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE TO OUR COMBINED HEARING NUMBER TWO, WHICH IS A CONTINUANCE HEARING ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE TO SEPTEMBER 19TH.

ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I D Z.

I'M SORRY, UH, WE'RE JUST DOING THE NUMBER.

SO ITEMS FOR CONTINUANCE TO NINE 19 SEPTEMBER 19TH ARE ITEMS NUMBER NINE, NUMBER 15 AND NUMBER 24.

AND, UM, 16 AND 23.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC CO OR ARE WE GOING TO DO PUBLIC COMMENT STILL? DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS HERE FOR ITEMS, UM, NUMBER 15.

AND, UH, ITEM NUMBER 16.

SO, UM, AGAIN, WE DO HAVE, UH, SPEAKERS FOR ITEM NUMBER 15 AND 16.

COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE, YOU HAD A QUESTION? I BELIEVE THE SPEAKER FOR ITEM NUMBER 16 WILL RESERVE COMMENT.

UM, SO IF WE COULD HAVE THE SPEAKER FOR ITEM NUMBER 15, AND THIS IS ON THE CONTINUANCE AGENDA, SO YOU CAN SPEAK NOW OR HOLD OFF, SPEAK NEXT TIME OR SPEAK AT BOTH? IT'S UP TO YOU.

THAT'S FINE.

SHE'S OUTSIDE.

YEAH, IF, JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.

BUT IF THERE'S A WAY IN THE SITE PLAN, IF WE CAN ALSO ADD A, UH, LANGUAGE THAT RESTRICTS RV ACCESS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS, IF THOSE CONDITIONS ARE MET, THEN WE WILL FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE, UM, SUPPORTING THIS, UH, RE RESOUNDING CHANGE.

IT'S MARCO.

HI, HOSA.

I LIVE AT 6 2 2 DELAWARE STREET.

UH, I'M GLAD THIS IS GETTING CONTINUED.

UM, UH, FRANKLY, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MONTH, UH, FOR CONTINUANCE JUST TO GIVE TIME FOR MYSELF AND MY NEIGHBORS TO REVIEW, UH, WITH THE APPLICANT JUST TO REVIEW WHAT THEY'RE PROPOSING.

UH, WE DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES PERSONALLY IN MY HOUSEHOLD WITH THE USE.

IT'S MORE WITH A SITE PLAN, UH, WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T, UH, TO MY KNOWLEDGE FINALIZED UNTIL LATE LAST WEEK.

WE'VE HAD SLUGGISH COMMUNICATION WITH STAFF TO GET THIS, UH, TO US, BUT I FEEL LIKE WE DO NEED MORE TIME TO JUST TO PROCESS IT AND TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORS, UH, ON WHAT THE CHANGE WOULD MEAN.

UH, I DO WANNA READ AN EMAIL THAT I DID SEND TO STAFF, WHICH KINDA HIGHLIGHTS MY INITIAL CONCERNS.

UM, I AM CONCERNED WITH ADDING RV PARK TO THIS AREA.

THE MAXIMUM WIDTH OF AN RV BY FEDERAL REGULATIONS IS EIGHT AND A HALF FEET, UH, BUT CLO BUT CLOSER TO NINE FEET IF YOU INCLUDE THE SIDE MIRRORS.

UH, WE DO LIVE IN A VERY HISTORIC OLD NEIGHBORHOOD, SO THE STREET WIDTHS ARE PRETTY, UH, NARROW.

UH, THE, THE AVERAGE STREET WIDTH OF INDIANA AND DELAWARE BY BI BIS SEXIST PROPERTY IS ABOUT 25 FEET.

BUT WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ON STREET PARKING AND TRASH PICKUP, WHICH TAKES UP A COMBINED SPACE OF 16 FEET, WHICH LEAVES ABOUT AT NINE FEET, UH, WIGGLE ROOM FOR ANY RV TO NAVIGATE OUR NEIGHBOR STREETS.

UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO ASK STAFF AT THE MOMENT, IF THEY CAN ANSWER THIS IS ONE, UM, IF THE SITE PLAN, IF WE CAN MAKE ADJUSTMENTS THAT INCLUDES, UM, CONSOLIDATING THE DRIVEWAYS TO ONLY FRONT HOGAN STREET AND NOT THE NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS.

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IS THAT THE, THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE.

ALL.

IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER FOR THESE CONTINUANCE ITEMS. CHAIR, I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE SEPTEMBER 19TH HEARING ITEMS NUMBER NINE, NUMBER 15, NUMBER 16, NUMBER 23 AND NUMBER 24.

I SECOND.

ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS 9 15 16, 23 AND 24 TO THE SEPTEMBER 19TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT.

LOOKING RIGHT.

C NONE.

IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER KILLAM? YES.

COMMISSIONER TAPP? YES.

COMMISSIONER ANTE.

CHAIR S SIPES? YES.

ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE.

IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE AGENDA FOR OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE ITEMS. UH, ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

UM, THIS IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 3RD, 2023.

AND WE DO HAVE TWO, UM, SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE ON THIS ITEM.

AND YOU SAID THAT WAS FOR ITEM FOUR? CORRECT.

AND WE ALSO HAVE A VOICEMAIL TO BE PLAYED.

IF WE COULD PLAY THE VOICEMAIL AND THEN HAVE THE SPEAKERS.

IT'S JUST PLAYING ON THE COMPUTER.

LET'S CALL THE SPEAKERS.

UM, WHILE WE GET TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, UH, FIGURED OUT, WE'VE GOT TWO SPEAKERS.

UH, ONE IS, UH, MS. VELMA RESNICK.

AND THEN THE OTHER SPEAKER THAT WE HAVE IS MR. ALLEN HILTON.

AND IT APPEARS THEY HAVE LEFT.

THEY HAVE LEFT.

TRANQUILITY OF HIS HERD JUST SO THAT SOME REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER CAN MAKE MONEY.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO GET TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES FIGURED OUT.

IT SOUNDS LIKE THE VOICEMAILS ARE NOT BEING SET UP TO BE PLAYED ON THE SPEAKERS, SO WE'RE GOING TO GET THAT FIXED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

AND I AM CALLING IN RESPONSE TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 0.

MY NAME IS JEFF MEAD, I LIVE AT 1 6 2 4 0 SAN PEDRO, UH, LOT NUMBER 40.

AND I'M CALLING IN RESPONSE TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 23 DASH 0 7 0 4 6 E RZ D.

THAT'S A REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE AT 15 8 38 SAN PEDRO AVENUE.

I'D LIKE TO SPEAK STRONGLY IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CHANGE.

UM, I CONSIDER THE CHANGE TO BE VERY DETRIMENTAL TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE LOCAL BEER HERD.

WE HAVE A DEER HERD LIVING IN THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN THERE FOR DECADES.

UH, IT'S A WHITE-TAILED DEER HERD, ABOUT 26 TO 30, UH, MEMBERS STRONG AND THEY USE THAT PARTICULAR LOT AS A BREEDING GROUND, A SLEEPING AREA, AND, UH, GENERAL, UM, UH, RECREATION AREA.

AND THEY MOVED THROUGH THAT AREA EVERY DAY, TWICE A DAY, PARTICULARLY AT, UH, EARLY MORNING AND LATE EVENING.

UH, IT JUST SEEMS UNREASONABLE TO ME THAT WE WOULD DISTURB THE, UH,

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BUT IF WE DO THAT RIGHT NOW, IT'S A COMMERCIAL ZONE.

IF, IF IT WERE BUILT UP COMMERCIALLY, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS IT WOULD BE DISTURBING THE AREA FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING CONSTRUCTION.

BUT AFTER CONSTRUCTION, A COMMERCIAL AREA IS PRETTY MUCH NOT BUSY IN THE EVENINGS, SO YOU WOULD SEE VERY LITTLE DISRUPTION.

THE HERD WOULD CONTINUE ITS EVENING MOVEMENT THROUGH THE AREA, WOULD BE ABLE TO SLEEP IN THE AREA.

THAT'S COMPLETELY DIFFERENT FOR A MULTI-FAMILY, UH, LIVING SITUATION WHERE YOU'D HAVE PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND NIGHT.

IT WOULD GENERALLY A LARGER, UH, FACILITY WITH A LOT OF PARKING AROUND IT AND IT WOULD PRETTY MUCH DESTROY THE HERD'S ABILITY TO USE THAT AREA.

IF THAT HAPPENS, THE HERD WILL MOVE INTO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND START EATING EVERYBODY'S PLANTS AND TURN UP THEIR GARDENS AND THAT SORT OF THING.

AND IT WILL ALSO DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAVING, UH, HERD MEMBERS, UM, RUNNING INTO CARS AND STUFF IN THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOODS.

SO I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THE IDEA AND I'M STANDING UP FOR THE DEER HURRY.

AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR.

AND THAT, THAT WAS THE ONLY ITEM THAT WE HAVE ON THE, ON THE SECOND CONTINUANCE? THAT IS CORRECT.

IF WE COULD HAVE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER, PLEASE.

CHAIR.

I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO THE OCTOBER 3RD HEARING.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

SO THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE.

ITEM NUMBER FOUR TO THE OCTOBER 3RD MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT.

LOOKING RIGHT.

SEEING NONE.

IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER TIZ? YES.

ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.

WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING AND I BELIEVE THE FIRST ITEM IS NUMBER FIVE.

IS THAT CORRECT? ALRIGHT, WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.

MY NAME IS CAMERON BLACKMAN, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 4,000 BLOCK OF NORTH LOOP 1604 WEST GOING FROM M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT TO M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT FOR A MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR A CHANGE FROM M F 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO MF 33 MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT FOR 15 ACRES AND R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO R SIX POD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT FOR 31.02 ACRES WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.

102 NOTICES SENT ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.

AND THERE ARE NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN 200 FEET.

THE EXISTING M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPOSED M X D MIXED USE DISTRICT IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR A CHANGE IN PERMITTED USES FROM MF 18.

IT'S MF 33 AND R SIX TO R SIX P.

THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUIRES A SITE PLAN, WHICH WILL PROVIDE LOCATION OF, USES ANY MAJOR AMENDMENTS TO THE SITE PLAN AFTER REZONING WOULD REQUIRE ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATION.

THE REQUEST ALSO PROVIDES MORE HOUSING IN THE AREA, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS.

STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL AS SAS IS HERE TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION.

CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, ALLOWING FOR 39% PREVIOUS COVER FOR THE OVERALL ROGERS RANCH DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

IF WE COULD HAVE SAS REPORT FIRST PLEASE.

MIKE ESCALANTE WAS SAW AS, UH, AQUIFER PROTECTION AND EVALUATION SECTION.

UH, WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT LOCATED NORTH OF NORTHWEST MILITARY HIGHWAY AND NORTH LOOP 1604 WEST INTERSECTION.

THE 237 ACRES SITE IS AN ABANDONED QUARRY WITHIN THE ROGERS RANCH DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

TWO SOLUTION IN LARGE FRACTURED ZONES, UH, PRESERVED IN A FLOODPLAIN NEAR THE, UH, NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF THE SITE.

WERE OBSERVED ON SITE AND NOTED ON FILE.

SAS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS STATED WITHIN THE REPORT TO INCLUDE A PREVIOUS, UH, LEGAL AGREEMENT WITH THE

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IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE, MR. CHAIR COMMISSIONERS CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BROWN MCDONALD 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, SUITE 1385 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT.

UM, I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION, UM, BUT WE DO AGREE WITH STAFF AND WITH SAWS ON THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS.

I DO HAVE AN UPDATED SITE PLAN, UH, THAT NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD.

I'LL HAND TO STAFF RIGHT NOW.

UM, BUT WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY, UH, REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL, UH, FOR OUR REZONING CASE TODAY.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.

THIS IS A DISTRICT NINE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER BARDOS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.

YEAH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

UH, IT'S APPROPRIATE USE OF, UH, MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.

SO BASED ON CITY STAFF AND UH, SOURCE APPROVAL, I'LL MAKE A MOTION FOR ITEM FIVE AND FOR APPROVAL, BUT I'LL WAIT FOR ANY COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.

DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? STARTING ON MY LEFT.

SEEING NONE.

COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

I YOU IDENTIFIED TWO FRACTURED ZONES.

WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE EXACTLY? UPSTREAM, DOWNSTREAM? UH, ACTUALLY, ACTUALLY THEY'RE ALONG THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY.

UM, ACTUALLY IF YOU WANNA SHOW LIKE AN AERIAL, THERE I GO.

IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SEE, BUT ONE, ONE OF 'EM WAS POINTED OUT TO THE LEFT HAND SIDE SENSITIVE FEATURE.

IT'S A LITTLE GREEN STAR WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN AREA.

AND THEN THE OTHER SOLUTION IN LARGE FRACTURE ZONE IS ON THE UPPER RIGHT HAND SIDE WITHIN THE, UH, FLOODPLAIN, UH, AREA.

AND WILL THESE FRACTURED ZONES, UH, YOU WILL RECOMMEND SOME PERMANENT BMPS TO MITIGATE ANY POLLUTANTS OR RUNOFF? WELL, THEY, THEY'RE LOCATED, UH, WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN AREA, WHICH WON'T BE DEVELOPED.

SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY PROTECTED.

BUFFERED THE OVERALL SITE THOUGH? YES, THE, UH, DEVELOPER WILL HAVE TO SUBMIT A WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT PLAN AND, AND THEY'LL REQUIRE THE, UH, TEXAS, TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY TO INSTALL A PERMANENT, UH, UH, BMPS BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES SUCH AS A WATER QUALITY BASIN TO TREAT ANY RUNOFF BEFORE IT, IT DRAINS OUT TOWARDS THE, UH, FLOODPLAIN AREA WHERE, WHERE THOSE FEATURES WOULD BE.

UH, NO PROBLEM.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER REYES.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? RIGHT, LEFT.

BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BOTTLES FOR A MOTION? YEAH, I'LL READ, MADE A MOTION, SO I JUST NEED A SECOND.

, I'LL SECOND.

UM, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER FIVE BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES.

ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT.

LOOKING RIGHT.

SEEING NONE.

IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER TAPP? YES.

IF WE CAN MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX, I BELIEVE.

EXCUSE ME, I WAS JUST, I'M NEW HERE.

I WAS, UM, HOPING THAT I COULD TALK.

SIR, CAN YOU COME OVER? WE'LL HELP YOU.

THE CD CONDITIONAL USE ALLOWS CONSIDERATION FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.

MY NAME IS ADOLFO GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 1718 WEST GRAMERCY GOING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD PRESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH THE DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.

THERE WERE 27 NOTICES SENT OUT.

ZERO IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM JEFFERSON OR WOODLAND LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ONE OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.

THE EXISTING R SIX IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL MAINTAIN THE R SIX BASED ZONING DISTRICT AND

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THE REQUEST WILL LIMIT THE PROPOSED USE TO A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN.

STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY A BUDS PROPERTY ZONE C TWO AND R SIX, AND ITS ADJACENT TO PROPERTY ZONE C TWO.

AND A STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE AND GOOD AFTERNOON.

UH, THIS IS ALBERTO .

UH, WELL I REQUEST, WELL I'M REQUESTING THE CHANGE OF THE SUNNING FOR IS, WELL, I LIVE THERE IS MY HOUSE, BUT I TRYING TO PUT THE, MY OFFICE IS A SMALL OFFICE.

I JUST, UH, ASKING FOR IS LIKE 400 SQUARE FOOT IS JUST FOR ME AND MY ASSISTANT.

UH, AND WHILE IT IS, UH, RIGHT NOW, I, I HAVE THE OFFICE IN ANOTHER PLACE, BUT I, I, I WOULD LIKE, I HAVE TO CHILDREN AND I WOULD LIKE TO, TO BE CLOSE TO THEM AND WORK, UH, CLOSE TO THEM.

SO FOR ME IT COULD BE MORE EASY AND WELL, THE OFFICE OR WHILE THE, THE HOUSE IS, UH, BESIDE OF A PRINTER.

THERE WERE A BOOKKEEPING BESIDE LIKE, UH, FIVE YEARS AGO.

BUT, UH, WELL, HE, I THINK HE PASSED, PASSED AWAY.

AND, UH, THERE IS A RESTAURANT IN THE CORNER, IN THE FRONT IS A, UH, THEY SELL TOOLS AND IN THE OTHER SIDE THERE IS A LOW, A LOW OFFICE ALSO.

SO, WELL, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IT.

, DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE HAVE TWO VOICEMAILS.

PO BOX 1 0 0 3 1 5 7 8 2 0 1.

IF WE COULD HAVE THOSE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.

I, YES.

MY NAME IS BIANCA MALDONADO.

I'M A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE MONTICELLO PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

OFFERING COMMENTS ON BEHALF OF DREA GARZA, PRESIDENT OF M P N A AND OUR NINE MEMBER M P N A BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

CALLING ABOUT ZONING CASE 1 0 7 0 0 3 8 CD 1718 WEST GRAMERCY.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER SIX, THE PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1718 WEST GRAMERCY IS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY'S NEAR NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN, AND WE SUPPORT THE MULTIPLE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE WOODLAWN LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION'S OPPOSITION TO THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN OFFICE ON THIS RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.

WE, ALONG WITH WOODLAWN LAKE AND JEFFERSON, MET WITH THE APPLICANT IN THE SPRING AND SPOKE TO THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS.

AS PART OF OUR DUE DILIGENCE FOR EVALUATING THIS CASE, PLEASE SUPPORT THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS AND THEIR REQUEST TO AGE IN PLACE AND MAINTAINED THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE.

THIS BLOCK HAS SEEN NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND HAS EXISTING ON-STREET PARKING CONCERNS FOR A NON-RESIDENTIAL USE, WHICH THE NEIGHBORS MUST CONTEND WITH TODAY.

PLEASE VOTE TO DENY THIS COMMERCIAL CREEP INTO RESIDENTIAL HOUSING AND MAINTAIN THE EXISTING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF OUR COMMENTS.

MY NAME IS TED RA, THE PRESIDENT FOR THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THE MAILING ADDRESS IS 2123 WEST MULBERRY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.

I'M CALLING ABOUT THE AGENDA NUMBER, ITEM NUMBER SIX, ZONING CASE Z 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 0 38 CD.

THE ADDRESS 7 8 8 WEST GRAMERCY.

THE JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSES THE APPLICATION FOR A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT 1718 WEST GRAMERCY.

THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORS, RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORS ON THE 1700 BLOCK OF WEST GRAMERCY HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERNS WITH ENCROACHMENT OF BUSINESSES OPERATING FRONT OF THEIR HOMES WITH THE EXISTING BUSINESSES.

THE AREA OF CONCERN ARE PARKING AND LATE HOURS OF OPERATIONS ALREADY PRESENT ON THAT BLOCK.

ADDITIONALLY, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING HAS BEEN CONSTRUCTED ON THE 1700 BLOCKS OF THE WEST GRAMERCY IN THE PAST, AND WE SUPPORT THE CONTINUATION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FOR THIS BLOCK.

PLEASE VOTE TO DENY THE PROPOSED ZONING REQUEST.

SO NO, NO SPEAKER SIGNED UP? CORRECT.

THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT,

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UM, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE A SHORT REBUTTAL YES.

TO THE, TO THE COMMENTS MADE BY THE, UH, ON THE VOICEMAILS.

WELL, I, I, I THINK, UH, WHILE THE PLACE, UH, HAVE A PLENTY OF PARKING, UH, IN THE FRONT, ACTUALLY I HAVE LIKE, UH, UH, THREE OR FOUR SPACES IN MY, IN MY GARDEN.

AND, UH, WELL IN THE FRONT IS, UH, ALSO, UH, A LOT OF COMMERCIAL SPACE.

SO I THINK WELL FOR THAT SIDE COULD BE NOT, NOT A BIG PROBLEM.

UH, I, WELL I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S IT.

I, I DON'T KNOW.

WELL, I TALK WITH THE, THE ASSOCIATION, BUT, UH, WELL, I NEVER KNOW THAT IF THEY NEED A LITTLE MORE, UH, THINGS OR SOMETHING, UH, I, I, I DON'T KNOW, BUT, BUT, UH, WELL, I THINK, UH, WELL, UH, WITH THE PARKING IS, IS NO, NO PROBLEM.

? MM-HMM.

UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT SEVEN CASE, SO IT GOES TO ME FOR QUESTIONS.

UM, AND, UH, I GUESS THE, THE, LET'S SEE WHAT QUESTIONS.

I GUESS THE, THE, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, SORRY FOR THE APPLICANT AGAIN.

SORRY, QUESTION FOR YOU, .

YOU MIGHT JUST SIT UP HERE FOR A MINUTE IN CASE ANOTHER COMMISSIONER HAS QUESTIONS.

YEAH, HE'S OKAY.

UM, SO COULD YOU GO OVER, YOU, YOU SAID YOU'RE GONNA HAVE YOURSELF AND AN ASSISTANT, ASSISTANT? MM-HMM.

AND I GUESS THE, THE, AND, AND IT'S FOR WHAT TYPE OF OFFICE? IT'S FOR INCOME TAXES, UM, BOOKKEEPING AND PAYROLL.

UH, I JUST WANTED THAT CLARIFIED JUST TO MAKE SURE.

UM, AND THEN I HAVE AN A, A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

IS IT WHAT TRIGGERING THE, THE, THE ZONING CHANGE IS BECAUSE OF THE PRESENCE OF AN ASSISTANT OR, I MEAN, I KNOW, I MEAN, WE'VE HAD VARIOUS CASES WHERE YOU'VE HAD A PER, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DO BUSINESS WITHIN THEIR OWN HOME.

IS IT BECAUSE ONCE YOU HAVE AN ASSISTANT, THEN YOU NEED RIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE EMPLOYEES OR EVEN WHEN YOU'RE HAVING A FACE-TO-FACE KIND OF BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS.

, UM, QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.

ANY, UH, COMMISSIONER WITT? MY QUESTION, I GUESS IS FOR STAFF.

UM, IS THE ZONING FOR THE WHOLE PROPERTY OR IS IT JUST THE BUILDING IN THE BACK? IT'S, IT'S THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.

PROPERTY.

IT'S A TWO PART.

IF IT, IF HE STOPS VIEWS, DOES IT GO AWAY? NO, SIR.

ZONING IS IN PERPETUITY, SO, UM, IT WILL BE ABLE TO BE USED AS A HOME AND AN OFFICE.

UM, BUT THE SITE PLAN, IF HE'S SPECIFYING THAT THE OFFICE ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING IN THE, IN THE BACK BUILDING, THEN THAT'S WHERE IT WILL HAP WHERE THAT ACTIVITY WILL HAPPEN.

BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT HIS SITE PLAN DOES.

IT'S JUST PART OF THE, HIS OVERALL, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE OF HIS HOME.

UH, ONE MORE PART TO THAT, UH, DOES, IS HE ALLOWED TO DO SIGNAGE AND ADVERTISE? OR IS THAT RESTRICTED OR NO? SO UNDER ITEM NUMBER THREE, UNDER SUITABILITY, THERE ARE STANDARD REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-RESIDENTIAL USES IN RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.

THEY HAVE, THEY CAN HAVE, UM, NO EXTERIOR DISPLAY OR SIGN, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A NAME PLATE NOT EXCEEDING THREE SQUARE FEET.

AND THE, UH, CONSTRUCTION FEATURES OF THE HOUSE HAVE TO KEEP IN CHARACTER WITH THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

AND THE HOURS OF OPERATION ARE RESTRICTED TO 7:00 AM FROM 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.

I'M SEEING NONE.

COMMERS ON MY RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

UH, QUESTION FOR STAFF.

THE PARKING THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE, UH, PROPERTY, IS THAT, UM, PUBLIC STREET PARKING OR IS THAT PRIVATE PARKING? I CAN'T TELL FROM THE MAPS HERE.

YEAH, THIS IS THE, UH, HIDDEN, UH, PARKING THERE.

THERE'S A, UH, RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITH A CD ON IT ACROSS THE STREET, SO IT COULD BE, BUT I DON'T, ARE YOU TALKING ACROSS FROM GRAMERCY OR, UH, THE, LIKE THE ALLEY IN THE BACK? NO, IT'S ON GRAMERCY.

UH, IT'S, UH, WHAT BEHIND, UH, A HARDWARE STORE? IT'S QUITE POSSIBLY THEN A PARKING LOT FOR THOSE, FOR THOSE BUSINESSES IT IS ZONED C TWO, SO IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR A PARKING, PARKING LOT,

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BUT IT'S ON THE STREET.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS WONDERING.

IT WAS PUBLIC PARKING OR PRIVATE PARKING.

THAT'S GONNA BE TOO DIFFICULT FOR US TO DETERMINE, BUT I MEAN, IF THEY'RE PAR PARKING ON THE STREET, IT'S LIKELY ALLOWED UNLESS THERE'S NO PARKING SIGNS IN THE STREET ON THE STREET.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS ON MY LEFT.

WELL, I GUESS I SHOULD LOOK LEFT BEFORE ASKING.

COMMISSION ON MY LEFT.

COMMISSION'S ON MY RIGHT.

ALRIGHT, BACK TO ME FOR A MOTION.

UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A, A, A PRETTY DIFFICULT CASE FOR ME.

UM, AND, UM, THE, THE, THE ISSUES THAT, THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION AS FAR AS, UH, A COMMERCIAL CREEP INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, I UNDERSTAND THAT, UM, AND THAT IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, UM, THOSE OF US WHO LIVE IN OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS SEE QUITE OFTEN.

UM, AND WE'VE HAD QUITE A FEW CASES RECENTLY ABOUT, UM, PROPERTIES IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK BEING CHANGED FROM, UH, STRICTLY RESIDENTIAL TO EITHER A MIX OR, OR STRAIGHT OUT COMMERCIAL.

UM, AND I HAVE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR AND FROM THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS, AND I, I, I FIND THEIR, THEIR, UM, CONCERNS VALID.

UM, WE DO HAVE A, A NEW, UH, TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS, UH, REPLACED, UH, BASICALLY A VACANT PARKING LOT THAT'S ACROSS THE STREET.

UM, AND I DO KNOW THE DESIRE IS TO SEE ADDITIONAL, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.

UM, AND I, WHILE I RESPECT THE, THE APPLICANT'S, UM, IDEAS, IT, IT'S, AND IT'S, AND IT'S FOR ME, FRANKLY, A PRETTY CLOSE CALL.

UM, I WILL BE, UH, MAKING A MOTION FOR DENIAL ON THIS ITEM.

AND SO IF THERE'S A SECOND OR NOT SECOND.

UM, IF WE COULD HAVE, UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT DISCUSSION.

ACTUALLY SEEING THAT THE WAY THE PROPERTY'S SITTING AND BEING THAT IT'S, I DO KIND OF UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, THAT IT'S SITTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BEING THAT THE WIDTH OF THE STREET IS SO WIDE, I DO FEEL THAT THIS, THIS CHANGE IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA BEING THAT THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE NEXT, ACTUALLY I'VE GONE NEXT DOOR TO THE BUSINESS NEXT DOOR AND PURCHASED RUBBER STAMPS FROM THERE FOR, UH, MY COMPANY.

BUT I'VE BEEN IN THIS AREA AND I'VE ACTUALLY GREW UP IN THE AREA AND I THINK THAT THIS CHANGE, UM, DOES FIT THE AREA.

SO I'LL BE, UH, SUPPORTING THE, UH, CHANGE.

ALRIGHT, SO YOU'LL, MY MOTION WAS FOR DENIAL, SO YOU'LL BE NOT I WOULD NOT BE SUPPORTING JUST CLARIFYING.

CLARIFYING.

THANK YOU FOR CLARIFICATION.

UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE, UH, LIKE COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, I THINK GIVEN THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THIS, UH, PROPERTY AND ITS LOCATION AND THE FACT THAT IT'S A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH LIMITED HOURS OF OPERATION AND WILL MOST LIKELY NOT PULL IN A GREAT DEAL OF PUBLIC CONTACT, I'M GOING TO BE JOINING COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IN, UH, THE OPPOSITION TO THE MOTION.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMERS ON MY LEFT.

I NONE COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

SO, YEAH, I'M LOOKING AT, UH, THIS, UH, PROPERTY ALSO, AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU, YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, ENCROACHMENT IN THE MIDDLE OF BLOCK AND SO FORTH, BUT IN THIS PRO WITH THIS PROPERTY, YOU ALREADY HAVE BUSINESSES ACROSS THE STREET FROM THERE.

SO, YOU KNOW, BY RESPECT YOUR, YOUR OPPOSITION TO THIS, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THAT.

UM, WELL THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY ME SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER FUENTES? NO.

COMMISSIONER

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REYES? NO.

COMMISSIONER? WE NO.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? NO.

COMMISSIONER BARROS? NO.

COMMISSIONER TSET? NO.

COMMISSIONER KELLUM? NO.

NO.

MOTION FAILS.

ALRIGHT, SO WITH THAT, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX.

I THINK WE HAVE TO RECONSIDER FIRST.

UM, I MOVE TO RECONSIDER ITEM NUMBER SIX.

COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE AYE.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY COMMISSIONER.

UH, BUSTAMONTE.

I SECOND.

I SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

UH, ROLL CALL.

VOTE ON THAT.

COMMISSIONER FUENTES? AYE.

COMMISSIONER WITT? YES.

SO, UH, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION.

SO NOW MOVE, MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER SIX.

ALRIGHT, I SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE.

ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE AYE.

COMMISSIONER FUENTES? AYE.

COMMISSIONER WATSON ABSTAIN.

COMMISSIONER THIS? YES.

COMMISSIONER TAMP? YES.

CHAIR SIPES? NO.

ITEM PASSES.

ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN PLEASE.

IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S REPORT.

AND BENAVIDES ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS LOCATED AT 3 2 7 CHICKERING AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM R SIX TO IDZ TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.

THERE ARE 33 NOTICES SENT OUT WITH 10 RETURN IN FAVOR FOR RETURN IN OPPOSITION.

PASADENA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, THERE ARE THREE IN FAVOR.

THE EXISTING R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS IN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IN SURROUNDING AREA.

THE REQUESTED I IDZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT, BUT USE IS PERMITTED FOR 30 DWELLING UNITS IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

THE GREATEST DENSITY THAT CAN BE FOUND IN THE AREA IS A SIX UNIT AND A 12 UNIT COMPLEX DEVELOPED APPROPRIATE APPROXIMATELY 20 YEARS AGO.

THE REQUEST BRINGS IN A DENSITY THREE TIMES LARGER THAN EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS APPROXIMATELY 50,181 SQUARE FEET AND WITH THE CURRENT R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING, THE PROPERTY COULD POTENTIALLY BE DIVIDED INTO EIGHT SEPARATE LOTS, ALLOWING A MAIN DWELLING UNIT.

ALLOWING A MAIN DWELLING ALONG WITH AN ACCESSORY DETACHED DWELLING UNIT ON EACH LOT, GIVING AN OVERALL DENSITY OF 16 POTENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.

IN AN EFFORT TO BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, YET SUPPORT THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO REMIT HIGHER DENSITIES IN A VARIETY OF HOUSING TYPES.

STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF I D Z ONE LIMITED INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN M F 18 LIMITED INTENSITY MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT.

THIS WOULD ALLOW 21 UNITS, WHICH IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA.

ADDITIONALLY, WITH STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, A PLAN AMENDMENT WOULD NOT BE NEEDED.

STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

STAFF RECOMMENDS DONELLE WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF I D Z ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR MF 18.

STAFF IS AVAILABLE AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.

ALVIN PETERS, UH, APPLICANT, UH, 1 0 1 6 STATE HIGHWAY 46 EAST, BERNIE, TEXAS.

I DO HAVE THE OWNER WITH ME.

UH, CHRISTIAN HERNANDEZ, IF THERE'S ANY, UH, QUESTIONS? UM, YEAH, AFTER DISCUSSION, UH, LAST WEEK AND A LITTLE BIT THIS MORNING WITH CITY STAFF, WE'D LOVE TO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT WE AMEND THE, UM, ZONING CHANGE FROM I D Z ONE TO I D C TWO WITH, UH, MF 18 USES.

UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE RESIDENTIAL

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IN NATURE.

UM, IT WOULDN'T EXCEED TWO STORIES IN HEIGHT AND, UH, THE OWNER, THE DEVELOPER WOULD AGREE TO, INSTEAD OF ONE LARGE BUILDING, IT'D BE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS TRYING TO SPLIT UP THE MASS ACROSS THE SITE.

UM, THE SITE, YOU KNOW, 51,000 OR 50,181 SQUARE FEET IS BIG.

IT'S NOT, UH, WIDE ACROSS THE, THE PROFILE, UH, THE, THE STREET FRONTAGE ON CHICKERING.

IT'S DEEP.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY I DO HAVE AN EXHIBIT.

LET ME SEE, WHERE CAN WE GO? AND I CAN'T CONTROL IT.

RIGHT.

LET'S SEE.

ZOOM FORWARD.

LET'S SEE IF WE UP WITH THE SITE PLAN.

UM, OKAY.

YES, YES.

OKAY, SO HERE WE ARE.

OKAY, SO THE SITE IS HARD.

YOU DON'T HAVE A POINTER, DO YOU? UM, IS THIS IT? HOW DO I OPERATE IT? THERE SHOULD BE A BUTTON ON THIS RIGHT HERE.

SO HERE'S THE SITE.

UH, AND YOU, I MEAN, JUST YOU CAN SEE THE REALLY TINY, UM, I MEAN HOW DEEP THE LOT IS ABOUT, WHAT IS IT, 500 FEET, ABOUT 400 FEET, AND IT'S BACKED BY A CREEK.

I MEAN, THAT AREA'S NOT GONNA BE DEVELOPED ANYTIME SOON.

UM, ACROSS THE CREEK OR THE DRY CREEK.

IT'S ACTUALLY A CONCRETE CHANNEL IS A CHAPEL.

A UH, THE CERA SISTERS, AND I'M PROBABLY MISPRONOUNCING IT, I APOLOGIZE.

UM, REAL QUIET, UH, COUNTRY ATMOSPHERE.

AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE ON BOARD WITH THIS.

THEY'VE, UH, VOTED TO SUPPORT THIS.

UM, HOW DO YOU DEVELOP THIS? I MEAN, IT'S, IT'S TOUGH FOR A SINGLE FAMILY HOMEOWNER TO BUY THIS, UH, LOT AND PUT A, A HOME ON IT.

I, I BELIEVE THE LOT COST IN EXCESS OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR THE TYPE OF HOUSES, THE SIZE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGES, THE DEMOGRAPHICS.

IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH.

UM, SO WHAT WOULD, WHAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN? , YOU SEE THE VACANT LOTS, WHICH ARE THE, UM, SHADED RECTANGLE AREA.

I MEAN THAT'S GONNA CONTINUE.

THAT'S JUST, UH, WE DON'T KNOW WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT IS GONNA HAPPEN.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, I THINK WE HAD THREE, AT LEAST THREE, MAYBE FOUR MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

WE MET ACROSS THE STREET AT THE PRESIDENT'S HOME ON SATURDAYS.

AND WE WENT OVER, I DON'T KNOW, FIVE, SIX DIFFERENT SCENARIOS.

WE STARTED OUT WITH A LARGE BUILDING AT THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING AT THE FRONT OF THE SITE THAT WAS DENIED.

UM, AND EVENTUALLY THAT'S WHY WE ENDED UP WITH THE, UH, MULTI-BUILDING GROUPING OF TWO STORY STRUCTURES AT THE REAR OF THE SITE.

THE OWNER HAS ALSO HAS ALSO OFFERED A PUBLIC PARK, A SMALL PARK AT THE FRONT OF THE SITE ALONG CHICKEN STREET WITH, UM, YOU KNOW, A KEY TO SOME SORT OF ACCESS ENTRY FOR THE, THE RESIDENTS ON THAT BLOCK.

UM, THERE WILL BE PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THERE, UM, FOR THE KIDS HOPEFULLY THAT COME ALONG WITH THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.

UM, IF, IF IT GOES THIS WAY, THE OWNER IS ALSO TALKING TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ABOUT ELDERLY HOUSING, WHICH THE NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORTS THEIR QUIET RESIDENTIAL TYPE USE.

AND, UM, THERE IS A NEED FOR, UH, VETERAN HOUSING IN THIS AREA.

UM, AND, UH, THE OWNER HAS TALKED TO, UH, THE VETERANS GROUP IN SAN ANTONIO.

I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE OR TWO VOUCHERS AVAILABLE IF THIS IS ALLOWED TO GO FORWARD AND, AND HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO, TO, UM, PROVIDE THESE TYPE, TYPE OF, UH, UNITS FOR, UH, THE VETERANS.

UM, THE OWNER HAS GONE ON RECORD AND SAID HE WOULD NOT DO A SECTION EIGHT HOME AND, UM, IT, IT WOULD BE PROFESSIONALLY MANAGED.

HIS BUSINESS PARTNER, UH, DOES MANAGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.

HE'S NOT GONNA BE, UH, THE OWNER IS LOCAL.

HE'S NOT GONNA, UM, YOU KNOW, MAINTAIN IT FROM ANOTHER CITY.

UM, THE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THE PALLET, UM, ON THE PROJECT AT AT LEAST THREE FINISHED MATERIALS ON THE EXTERIOR TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE DECORATIVE AND COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER HOMES AND TRYING TO BRING THE SCALE DOWN ON THE PROJECT.

UM, SO IT'S, IT'LL BE A MIX OF STONES, STUCCO AND A HEARTY PLANK PRODUCT.

UM, SO I'D LOVE TO SEE ANY QUESTIONS WE'LL FIND OUT.

OKAY, .

DO WE HAVE A, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? I, WELL ACTUALLY I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM, WERE YOU WANTING TO AMEND FROM THE I D Z TWO TO I D Z ONE, ONE ID Z TWO TO I D Z ONE? YES.

UM, WE DO HAVE ONE VOICEMAIL.

MY NAME IS EDWARD RAY FEARS REPRESENTING THE PASADENA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REFERENCE TO 3 27 CHICO RING ZONING CASE 2 0 2 3 DASH

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1 0 7 0 0 0 7 8.

THE ASSOCIATION OVERWHELMINGLY, UM, ENDORSES THE PLAN BY THE ARCHITECT AND THE HOMEOWNER HAS PRESENTED TO US IN, UH, UM, UH, NUMEROUS MEETINGS HELD AT 3 0 4 CHECKERING.

UM, WE, UH, APPRECIATE THE DEVELOPMENT COMING TO THAT AREA AND, UH, FULLY ENDORSE THE PLANS OF THE ARCHITECT AND THE HOMEOWNER WITH THE AMENDMENTS OF, UH, APPENDED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, ZONE COMMISSION.

AGAIN, UH, THANK Y'ALL SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THE COMMISSION THIS AFTERNOON.

EDWARD RAY FEARS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, PASADENA HEIGHTS REFERENCE 3 27 CHECKERING ZONING CASE 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 0 7 8.

ALRIGHT, MR. PETE, UH, WAS THAT, WAS THAT IT, THAT WAS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO NO SPEAKERS EITHER.

IF YOU WANT A CHANCE TO RESPOND TO THAT, UM, I LOVE IT.

YEAH, , I TALKED TO MR. FEARS, UH, YESTERDAY.

I TOLD HIM, UH, WE'RE FURTHER WORKING TO REFINE A PLAN, UH, THAT IS SMALLER IN SCALE, I THINK.

AND WE TALKED TO KELLY, UH, THIS MORNING, UM, ABOUT THAT.

AND WE ARE LIMITED BECAUSE OF THE, UM, THE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AROUND.

IT'S A TWO STORY.

SO, YOU KNOW, UH, I THINK THAT HELPS THE CASE A LITTLE BIT.

UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER FUENTES TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.

JUST A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS.

UM, I APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO GO WITH, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.

I WAS GONNA BE MY PRIMARY QUESTION THERE.

UM, ON, I SEE ON THE PLAN THERE'S 15 UNITS, IS THAT CORRECT? UM, LET ME, LET ME MOVE, UH, LET ME MOVE DOWN.

UH, HOW DO I, HOW DO I CHANGE? OR CAN YOU TOGGLE DOWN? UH, THERE'S ANOTHER PLAN.

UH, OKAY.

OKAY, SO BACK RIGHT HERE.

SO AT A MINIMUM, UH, WHAT IS THIS FOR? THIS WAS, OKAY, THIS WAS 30, NOT THIS ONE.

THERE'S ANOTHER ONE.

UM, NO, NO, NO, I'M SORRY.

LET'S GO BACK.

I MISREAD.

NO ONE MORE RIGHT HERE.

SO THERE'S, UH, TWO MASSING, UM, TWO LARGE, UH, BUILDINGS.

AND EACH BUILDING ON THIS PROPOSAL, WE WERE PROPOSING 30 UNITS, THREE STORY STRUCTURE.

WE'VE REVISED THAT AS, AS AN ALTERNATE AS, UH, DISCUSSED A COUPLE MINUTES AGO, WE WOULD LIMIT IT TO TWO STORIES, WHICH WOULD BE 20 UNITS.

AND UH, OBVIOUSLY THIS SHOWS A LOT OF PARKING.

UH, UH, THAT WOULD BE REDUCED WITH THE REDUCTION OF UNITS, I THINK WOULD DROP DOWN TO 30 PARKING SPACES, UH, REQUIRED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT.

THE, UH, PLAYGROUND IN THE FRONT WOULD REMAIN.

AND, UH, ARE THERE ANY PLANS FOR, FOR LIGHTING OF THIS? PARKING? YEAH, AND, YOU KNOW, UH, THAT WAS A BIG ISSUE.

UM, YOU'LL SEE ON A TOP PLAN, EXISTING SITE PLAN ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE LEFT.

THE HOUSES ARE KIND OF REAL CLOSE TO THE FRONT OF THE STREET.

UM, AND SO THAT'S WHY WE SHOVED THE BUILDINGS IN THE BACK FOR THE TWO STORY.

THE LIGHTING, IT COULD EASILY BE MADE TO BE, YOU KNOW, DOWN LIGHTING, UM, OR CUTOFF LIGHTING.

UH, AND, AND, AND THE PARKING LOT, YOU KNOW, WE RESPECT THAT IT'S GOTTA BE SAFE, BUT WE'VE TALKED TO THE OWNER ABOUT THIS.

IT'D BE A BALLARD SITUATION.

SO LOW LIGHTING AND, UH, QUESTION FOR STAFF, UH, SINCE THE, UH, SINCE HE HAS AMENDED, WILL THAT HAVE TO REFLECT ON THE SITE PLAN? SINCE THE CURRENT SITE PLAN THAT WE HAVE IS SHOWING THREE STORY 15 UNITS, THEY DID GIVE US A NEW SITE PLAN, WHICH WE ARE PRESENTING RIGHT NOW.

OKAY, I GOTCHA.

UM, THAT WAS WHAT I RECEIVED THIS MORNING.

AND IF YOU, UH, SCROLL TO THE NEXT PAGE AND YOU SHOULD SEE A TWO STORY KIND OF STYLE THERE.

UM, SO IF YOU WERE TO MAKE A MOTION, YOU WOULD BE MOTIONING ON THE AMENDMENT.

AMENDMENT AND THE AMENDED SITE PLAN.

EXCELLENT.

UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM ME.

UH, QUESTIONS.

FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE, UH, PLAN VIEW? UM, UH, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE? YES.

IT APPEARS YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A SHARED DRIVEWAY WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR.

UM, WE, THAT MAY BE A MISTAKE ON OUR PART.

I, I DON'T BELIEVE WE DO.

WE WE WOULD HAVE OUR OWN AND WE WOULD IF, IF, IF HIS, I DON'T THINK HIS RIGHT IS RIGHT THERE.

I THINK MY GUYS JUST GOT EXCITED AND THEY EXTENDED IT OVER.

I'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THE STREET VIEW TO BE HONEST WITH YOU.

I JUST GLANCED AT GOOGLE EARTH AND IT IS, IT SHARED.

UH, INTO THE PROPERTY LINE WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE EDGES OF THE PROPERTY LINE.

WELL THEN, THEN IT WOULD BE AN EASY SITUATION TO, UH, CHANGE THE ALIGNMENT OF THE DRIVE TO WHERE IT MOVES,

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RIGHT.

AND, UH, APARTMENTS DO GENERATE A LOT OF TRIPS.

SURE.

SO THAT'D BE SOMETHING TO LOOK AT CURRENTLY.

UH, SHEET FLOW GOES TOWARD THE STREET OR TOWARD THE CREEK.

IT, IT GOES TOWARDS THE CREEK, IT SLOPES DOWN, SO IT'LL CONTINUE AWAY FROM THE STREET.

SO IT'LL CONTINUE TO BE SHEET FLOW AND NOT CONCENTRATED FLOW.

UM, WE'D HAVE TO WORK ON THAT.

I I, I MEAN, WE'D TRY TO, UH, WE'RE NOT GONNA TRY TO ALTER THE SLOPE MUCH.

I MEAN, WOULD IT BE COST EFFECTIVE TO DO THAT? YEAH.

WE'D HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'D BE A CIVIL ENGINEER INVOLVED WHO'D HELP WITH THAT.

RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I RIGHT.

QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.

UM, I GUESS I HAD A, A QUESTION OR TWO.

UM, YOUR, YOUR SECTION VIEW THAT YOU HAD, IS THERE REALLY, HOW, HOW MUCH, HOW MUCH GRADE DIFFERENCE DO YOU HAVE AT, YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M THINK IT'S, IT'S EIGHT FEET MORE OR LESS.

I MEAN, WE'RE GOING THROUGH OLD U SS G SS SURVEYS.

I MEAN, IT'S QUITE A BIT.

AND FOR US THAT WAS NICE BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK, YOU'RE NOT, AND THAT'S THE OTHER REASON WE MOVED THE DEVELOPMENT AWAY FROM THE STREET.

IT'S NOT THIS BIG MASS.

LOOKING BACK AT YOU, IT'S DOWN THE HILL.

IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA APPEAR SMALLER THAN IT IS.

COMMISSIONER FUENTES AYE.

UM, WELL SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR A MOTION.

SO, UH, FIRST I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT I, I APPRECIATE WHAT THE PROPERTY OWNER'S DOING WITH THIS PROJECT IN, UH, APPLYING, UM, THE USE OF APPLYING THIS TO THE USE OF VETERAN HOME HOUSING.

UM, ALSO INCREASING THE DENSITY OF HOUSING, THE DIFFERENT, UH, DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES IN THIS AREA.

SO, UH, I APPRECIATE THAT AND YOU ALL WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AND ALSO, UH, COMING TO THE AGREEMENT OF CITY STAFF'S, UH, ALTERNATE, UH, WITH THAT I WILL MOTION TO APPROVE THE AMENDED SITE PLAN AND THE THIS AS AMENDED.

ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES.

ANY DISCUSSION LOOKING LEFT? NO DISCUSSION, LOOKING RIGHT, NO DISCUSSION.

UM, I, I, I AGREE WITH YOU AND, UH, UH, COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

UM, AND, UH, THE LOCATION OF, OF THE, OF THE UNITS SINCE IT'S STEPPING DOWN, DOES APPEAR TO MATCH, UM, WOULD RESEMBLE MORE OF THE SINGLE STORY CHARACTER OF, OF THAT STREET.

UM, AND THE ONLY THING I WOULD ENCOURAGE THE APPLICANT TO DO MR. PETERS IS, IS TO, BEFORE COUNSEL WORK ON, YOU KNOW, THE, THE LIGHTING AND, AND UM, AS COMMISSIONER REYES STATED, THE, THE DRAINAGE, MAYBE SOME, SOME IDEAS ON THAT.

SO WITH THAT MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES.

ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER WEEB.

COMMISSIONER TIZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE.

ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED.

I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 10 IS THE NEXT ITEM WE'D HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.

WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

MY NAME IS ADOLFO GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER 10 IS LOCATED AT THREE 11 EAST ASHBY PLACE GOING FROM R SIX TO I D Z ONE.

LIMITED INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH YEASTS PERMITTED IN AN NC AND THREE DWELLING UNITS WITHOUT OTHER OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME, THERE ARE 41 NOTICES SENT OUT.

ZERO IN FAVOR.

ONE IMPOSED TOPEN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE IN SUPPORT AND NO RESPONSE FROM MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THE EXISTING R SIX IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPOSED I D C ONE LIMITED INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN NC AND THREE DWELLING UNITS IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO PROPERTY ZONE C THREE R SIX AND MF 33 GIVEN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES ARE LESS INTENSE THAN C ONE USES AND GENERALLY LOCATED WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, THE REPOSE REZONING WOULD SERVE AS A BUFFER BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE MORE INTENSE C THREE USES.

THE REQUEST ALSO PROVIDES MORE HOUSING IN THE AREA WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE STRATEGIC STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.

FOR MORE RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS, STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBOR LANDS.

IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT

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STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS ON AMENDING THE REQUEST TO I A Z ONE, UH, LIMITED INFO DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS AND IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

YOU IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.

EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT.

UM, IF WE COULD JUST SKIP YEAH.

UM, AS STAFF MENTIONED, YES, OUR ORIGINAL ZONING REQUEST, UM, WAS FOR NC USES AND THREE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.

WE ARE HERE TODAY TO AMEND THAT, TO REMOVE THE PERMISSIBILITY OF THOSE NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES.

UM, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ON THIS REQUEST FOR QUITE SOME TIME.

YOU MAY RECALL THIS HAS BEEN ON SEVERAL AGENDAS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

UM, AND, AND WE ARE COMFORTABLE, UM, AND IN AGREEMENT WITH TOBIN HILL TO ALLOW FOR ONLY THREE RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS.

SO THIS PROPERTY AT THREE 11, I'LL JUST GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T EVER TOLD YOU ABOUT THIS PROPERTY BEFORE.

UM, IS, UH, THREE 11 EAST ASHBY.

THIS IS RIGHT OFF THE CORNER.

THIS IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MCCULLOUGH.

SO YOU CAN SEE AT TWENTY ONE HUNDRED AND THREE OH FIVE, BOTH OF THOSE ARE COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES.

UM, THERE'S A MIX OF USES ON THE HARD CORNER OF MCCULLOUGH AND ASHBY.

AND THEN 3 0 5 ASHBY, UM, IS AN EXISTING LAW OFFICE THERE.

UM, SO THERE'S COMMERCIAL, THERE'S MULTIFAMILY TO THE NORTH SINGLE FAMILY.

UM, BUT A EAST ASHBY ESSENTIALLY.

IF WE'RE GONNA SKIP TO THE NEXT SLIDE, ACTUALLY GO A COUPLE MORE.

UM, SO EACH AS EAST ASHBY EXTENDS ESSENTIALLY FROM NORTH ST.

MARY'S ALMOST TO 2 81 ALL THE WAY.

UM, ALMOST TO I 10.

SO IT IS A VERY, VERY LONG, VERY BUSY STREET.

THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MIXED USES ALONG EAST ASHBY.

UM, ACTUALLY FLIP BACK ONE.

UM, BUT IN OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH TOBIN HILL, UM, THEY HAVE, UH, REMAINED COMMITTED TO IT AND WE UNDERSTAND AND RESPECT AND OUR AGREEMENT WITH THAT.

THEIR RESIDENTIAL CORE IS REALLY ON THE EAST SIDE OF ASHBY.

UM, ON THE WEST SIDE, WEST OF MCCULLOUGH IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY.

THERE'S A LOT OF MIX OF USES THERE, BUT ON THIS WEST SIDE, ESSENTIALLY STARTING AT THREE 11 AND MOVING ITSELF EAST, UH, TOWARDS NORTH ST.

MARY'S IS ESSENTIALLY THEIR RESIDENTIAL CORE.

UM, AND WE'RE REALLY APPRECIATIVE OF TOBIN HILL WORKING WITH US, UM, ON ALLOWING FOR AN INCREASE OF DENSITY.

SO WE CAN ADD SOME MORE RESIDENTIAL UNITS HERE, UM, AND MAINTAIN THAT RESIDENTIAL CORE ON THIS EAST SIDE OF ASHBY.

UM, YOU CAN JUST SKIP ALL THE WAY TO THE END.

THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE MIDTOWN REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.

UM, IT'S URBAN LOAD DENSITY, UM, URBAN LOAD DENSITY MIXED USE.

UM, SO THERE'S NOT A PLAN AMENDMENT REQUIRED HERE.

UM, BUT AT THE VERY END THIS IS OUR UPDATED SITE PLAN.

UM, IT IS AN EXISTING, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOME.

UH, WE HAVE PROPOSED A RESIDENTIAL ADDITIONAL UNIT IN THE BACK.

UM, WE'VE BEEN IN DISCUSSIONS WITH TOBIN HILL, UM, SPECIFICALLY ON THE FUNCTIONALITY OF ROSE ALLEY.

IT IS A RIGHT OF WAY IN THE BACK, UM, BUT ITS FUNCTIONALITY IS VERY, VERY LIMITED.

UM, AND SO THAT WAS PART OF OUR DISCUSSION THERE WAS IF WE ARE GOING TO ADD, UM, THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH SPACE FOR, FOR TWO RESIDENTIAL UNITS INSIDE THAT EXISTING STRUCTURE.

IF WE WERE GOING TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL STRUCTURE, UM, IT WOULD BE IN THE REAR.

UM, AND THERE IS SPACE BETWEEN THOSE TWO NEW STRUCTURES ALONG WITH THAT VERY LONG, UH, CONCRETE DRIVEWAY AND CARPORT FOR PARKING ON SITE FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE UNITS.

UM, BUT MADE VERY CLEAR AND COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND TOBIN HILL'S CONCERN WITH HAVING ANY ACCESS IN AND OUT OF ROSE ALLEY HERE.

UM, SO THOSE UNITS WILL COME IN AND OUT.

THOSE RESIDENTS WILL COME IN AND OUT OF ASHBY ALONE.

UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

UM, AGAIN, VERY GRATEFUL TO TOBIN HILL FOR WORKING THIS WITH US, UM, AND THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT.

AND RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT AS WELL.

DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO HAVE, UM, TWO VOICEMAILS TO BE PLAYED AND THERE ARE NO SPEAKERS.

IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.

MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 736-6002.

MY NAME IS KAREN HICKSON.

I LIVE AT 1 1 1 WEST LINWOOD SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE, TWO.

I WAS CALLING TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 6 7.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR AGENDA ITEM TEN FOUR THREE ELEVEN EAST ASHBY PLACE.

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MY NAME IS TONY GARCIA.

I LIVE AT 2 43 EAST ATCH AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

I AM A BOARD MEMBER OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND CHAIR.

ITS ZONING AND CO COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE.

THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT ZONING APPLICATION FOR THREE 11 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

THE ASSOCIATION OPPOSES ANY COMMERCIAL CREEP OFF THE MAIN BUSINESS CORRIDORS.

THIS ZONING APPLICATION FOR NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS AN EXAMPLE OF COMMERCIAL CREEP OFF MCCULLOUGH AVENUE, WHICH CONTINUES TO DEGRADE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE ASSOCIATION WITH SUPPORT MAINTAINING THE R SIX ZONING WITH THREE DWELLING UNITS TO HELP REDUCE THE HOUSING CRISIS THAT SAN SAN ANTONIO IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING.

AGAIN, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THE ZONING COMMISSION TO DENY THIS APPLICATION.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

DID YOU WANT A REBUTTAL TIME? NO, BUT I'M WILLING TO ANSWER, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU ALL.

THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE, SO TO OUR COMMISSIONER, DR.

KLUM, YOUR FIRST QUESTIONS.

SURE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE APPLICANT.

UM, PARKING, SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, THE DRIVEWAY TO THE BACK, IS THAT FOR A SINGLE DIRECTION CAR? DOES THAT FIT CARS COMING IN BOTH DIRECTIONS? IF PEOPLE WERE TO PULL IN, I'M ASSUMING PARKING, UH, IS HAPPENING BETWEEN THE TWO STRUCTURES, CORRECT? YEAH, IT, IT'S, IT'S WIDE ENOUGH FOR A ONE WAY DIRECTION.

WE'RE NOT DOUBLE STACKING CARS.

DOES THAT SEEM TO BE AN ISSUE? IF YOU'RE GONNA HAVE FIVE UNITS, ULTIMATELY WOULD THAT CREATE A PROBLEM IN TERMS OF, UM, ENTERING AND EXITING THE PROPERTY? YEAH, SO, AND THEN THERE WILL ONLY BE THREE UNITS TOTAL.

UM, AND SO, UM, RIGHT NOW EVERYONE IS, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S ONLY A SINGLE FAMILY HOME NOW.

UM, BUT WE'LL BE CREATING IS THERE, OH, THERE IT IS.

SORRY, I WAS LOOKING FOR THIS THING.

SO WE'LL BE CREATING PARKING, UM, RIGHT HERE.

THERE'S AMPLE ROOM, UM, FOR AT LEAST FOUR PARKING SPACES IN THAT AREA TO MAKE SURE.

SO IT WON'T BE IN, CARS CAN GET IN THERE, IT WON'T BE IN THE DRIVEWAY.

THAT WAS ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAD.

UH, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.

ANY QUESTIONS? IS THAT COMMISSIONER BUSANTE? YES.

THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.

UH, MR. GARCIA, GIVEN THAT THEY'VE REMOVED THE NC, IS THIS ACCEPTABLE NOW TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? UH, YES.

UH, IT WOULD BE THE .

PERFECT.

THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, UH, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? YES, YES, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER REYES FOR THE APPLICANT, TELL ME A STORY ABOUT, IS IT ROSE LANE OR ROSE ALLEY? ROSE ALLEY.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S A, IT'S A THROUGH, IT'S A CITY RIGHT OF WAY, I'M ASSUMING.

IS THERE A CONTROL OF ACCESS ON THAT ALLEY CURRENTLY? I'M SORRY.

EITHER ONE.

UM, I IT'S PRETTY NARROW.

YEAH, I MEAN IT'S NARROW.

, IT HAS A STREET SIGN.

IT'S EXTREMELY NARROW.

SO THERE IS A CONTROL OF ACCESS FROM PASCAL TO MCCULLOUGH, I'M ASSUMING.

I'M SURE THEY CAN GET THROUGH.

I WOULD HAVE TO GET TRAFFIC TO ADDRESS WHETHER THAT IS A, YOU KNOW, IT, IT'S, IT IS A RIGHT OF WAY I BELIEVE ON THE BOOKS, BUT WE'D HAVE TO VERIFY.

WELL, WHAT I MEANT IS YOU CAN USE IT TO DRIVE BETWEEN MCCULLOUGH AND PASCAL.

YES, ABSOLUTELY.

BY CONTROL OF ACCESS, I MEANT NO DRIVEWAYS ARE PERMITTED RIGHT IN THAT SEGMENT.

I DON'T KNOW THAT.

I DON'T KNOW IF IT FOR THE ENTIRE RIGHT OF WAY, WE'LL FIND OUT FOR YOU.

YEAH, BUT WE WILL NOT HAVE ANY ACCESS TO ROSE VALLEY.

A SERVICE ALLEY? I MEAN, DO THEY GET ANY TRASH PICKUP OR IS THAT JUST PLAIN UTILITY? SO TRAFFIC FLOW ASSOCIATED WITH AN ALLEY IS TYPICALLY GONNA BE CONSIDERED AT THE PLATTING OR AT THE BUILDING PERMIT LEVEL.

QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

NONE.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS.

UM, AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, COMMISSIONER REYES, IT LOOKS LIKE AS YOU GO DOWN THAT THERE WAS A HOUSE THAT DID HAVE ACCESS OFF OF THAT, BUT IT'S WAY NEAR THE NEXT STREET.

UM, I GUESS THE ONLY QUESTION I GUESS FOR STAFF IS THAT IS, IS ROSELAND, IS THAT

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UM, I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT SAID THERE'S NO ACCESS FROM THEIR PROPERTY TO THE ALLEY, SO THEREFORE THE ACCESS WOULD BE OFF OF, UM, ASHBY ASHBY SO THAT, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE THE PROPOSAL IS AND THEN IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT IS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION REGARDING PARKING OR WHAT HAVE YOU, WE WOULD BE ADDRESSING THAT AT THAT TIME WITH THE APPLICANT.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

UH, COMMISSIONER, WHAT'S THAT QUESTION? I'M LOOKING AT THE ZONING MAP AND IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S SEVEN OR EIGHT PROPERTIES THAT FRONT DIRECTLY ON ROSE LANE THAT THAT'S THEIR ONLY ACCESS.

YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THAT MAY BE, BUT I BELIEVE THE APPLICANT'S SAYING THEY'RE GONNA BE ACCESSING OFF OF ASHBY, SO THE APPLICANT'S GONNA DEEDED RESTRICT IT OR JUST NOT DEVELOP IT TO WHERE YOU CAN HAVE ACCESS.

WE HAVE A, WE HAVE AN ENTIRE UNIT THAT IS SPANNING THE, THE BACK LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY THAT WILL BLOCK PHYSICAL ACCESS.

I MEAN IT, IT IS REALLY NARROW, UM, ON THIS BLOCK.

IT WIDENS AFTER PASCAL.

UM, SO THAT'S WHERE, IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS SCREEN, THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF THOSE UM, UNITS ON THE BACKSIDE OF ASHBY, THOSE HAVE ACCESS THERE.

UM, BUT IT'S A VERY DIFFERENT STORY, PARTICULARLY BEHIND THOSE FIRST THREE LOTS ON ASHBY.

AND IS A, IS SITE PLAN'S REQUIRED FOR I D Z? CORRECT.

SO THAT WOULD, ON THAT IT WOULD KIND OF SHOW THAT THERE'S NO ACCESS.

UM, ANY OTHER FINAL QUESTIONS? SEEING NONE.

OKAY, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER CALLUM FOR A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.

A MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.

IS THERE A SECOND? A SECOND.

MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

UH, DISCUSSION.

LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.

LOOKING RIGHT AND SEEING NONE.

ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER REYES.

COMMISSIONER WE AYE.

COMMISSIONER BARROS.

COMMISSIONER WITTS? YES.

ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED.

ALRIGHT, AND IT APPEARED THAT COMMISSIONER BARTOS LEFT THE MEETING SHALL WE SAY IT? TWO 18.

TWO 18.

THANK YOU FOR CATCHING THAT.

ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT CASE.

ITEM NUMBER 14.

MY NAME IS ADOLFO GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 1002 WEST ATCH GOING FROM R SIX TO N C C D NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A SELF STORAGE FACILITY.

THERE WERE 35 NOTICES SENT OUT.

ZERO IN FAVOR, 11 OPPOSED BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED AND AID ATE IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE 200 FEET.

THE EXISTING R SIX IS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPOSED NC WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A SELF SERVICE STORAGE FACILITY IS ALSO INAPPROPRIATE ZONING.

THE REQUESTED REZONING WOULD PERMIT THE SPORTS COURT THAT HAS RECENTLY OCCUPIED THE VACANT BUILDING.

THE CONDITIONAL USE WOULD ALLOW THE PROPOSED SELF STORAGE, UH, FACILITY IN THE EXISTING BUILDING FOOTPRINT THROUGH A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN.

THE PROPOSED USE CANNOT BE EXPANDED WITHOUT FURTHER PUBLIC PROCESS AND CITY COUNCIL REVIEW.

THE USE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AS IT WOULD UTILIZE AN EXISTING STRUCTURE WHICH COULD REASONABLY BE REPURPOSED FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND SERVICE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.

STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT INTENDS ON AMENDING THE REQUEST TO R SIX CD FOR A GYMNASIUM INDOOR SPORT COURT AND HE'S HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

AND UM, EXISTING BUILDING INTENDED ON UM, USING IT FOR A SELF STORAGE.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.

HOW'S IT GOING? YOU JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR SURE.

EDGAR GUGU REPRESENTING 10 0 2 WEST SATCH AND SO WE ACQUIRED THIS UH, BUILDING, UM, SIX MONTHS AGO OR SO

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UM, WE'VE WORKED THROUGH, UM, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, AND OTHERS TO TRY AND, UH, REACH AN AGREEMENT.

SO WHERE WE ARE TODAY IS, UM, WE INTEND TO UM, TAKE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO UTILIZE THE BUILDING AS A SPORTS FACILITY FOR AS UH, AS RECOMMENDED.

DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE HAVE VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST? YES.

UM, WELL LET ME ASK, I SEE THAT WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.

DID ANY OF THE SPEAKERS, DID YOU LEAVE VOICEMAILS? NO, NONE.

OKAY, GOOD.

LET'S LISTEN TO VOICEMAILS FIRST.

AND I'M SORRY, MY NAME'S ANITA.

UH, RANA, UM, ON A SIDE NOTE, IS THERE SIR, UH, MR. SEAN METCALF IF, ARE YOU STILL HERE MR. METCALF? OKAY, I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM.

YOU CAN PROCEED VIC CALL.

I LIVE AT 9 24 WEST SUMMIT AVENUE AND I'M CALLING REGARDING THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST AT 1 0 0 2.

ASH.

THEY WANT TO CHANGE FROM R SIX TO NC D C AND NOBODY IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WANTS THIS.

I'M QUITE PRETTY SURE AND, UH, WE, WE ALL BELIEVE THEY OUGHT TO OR I THINK WE BELIEVE THAT FOLLOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE DON'T WANT A BUNCH OF BUSINESSES HERE, THERE, AND EVERYWHERE TO LET 'EM STAY ON BLANCO OR FREDERICKSBURG.

MY NAME IS ROBERT OWEN.

I LIVE AT 1 0 1 1 WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO OH ONE.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 889-3125.

MY HOUSE SITS DIRECTLY BEHIND THE SUPPORT CENTER LOCATED AT 1 0 0 2 WEST ATCH WHOSE OWNER IS REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL.

I DO NOT SUPPORT HIS REQUEST.

I DO SUPPORT OUR SIX ZONING WITH CONDITIONAL USE AS A SPORTS COURT OR GYMNASIUM.

EMPIRE VOLLEYBALL CENTER NOW OCCUPIES THE LOCATION BUT HAS NOT STARTED YET DUE TO LEGAL REASONS.

ANY COMMERCIAL ZONING FOR THIS LOCATION COULD POSSIBLY BRING IN BUSINESSES NOT SUITABLE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHATSOEVER.

ALL BUSINESSES IN BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD BE KEPT ALONG THE CORRIDORS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NAMELY FREDERICKSBURG ROAD AND BLANCO ROAD.

THIS STATEMENT IS FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 14 4 1 0 0 2 WEST WASATCH AVENUE.

IT'S SO IMPORTANT FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD AND A COMMUNITY AND HONESTLY THAT COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE AS THE SAN ANTONIO TO STILL HAVE A WALKABLE SPACE TO SEE ONE ANOTHER.

MY NAME IS TONY GARCIA.

I LIVE AT 2 43 EAST ATCH SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE REQUEST FOR NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A STORAGE FACILITY.

THE REQUEST IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION UNDER THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN.

I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION SUPPORT THE DECISION MADE BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH DENIED THE PLAN AMENDMENT BY DENYING THE ZONING REQUEST FOR NC CONDITIONAL USE FOR STORAGE FACILITY.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

HI, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH KORN, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE IN BEACON HILL AT 1102 WEST LINWOOD.

I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO 10 0 2 WEST ATCH.

UM, AND THAT ZONING CASE I AM ASKING THAT WE UM, THAT YOU ALL, UM, ARE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE CHANGE OF AN R SIX ZONING RECHANGE VERSUS, UH, THE POSSIBILITY OF OTHER CHANGES WITH THIS BUILDING.

MY HUSBAND AND I BOUGHT OUR HOUSE DUE TO THE WALKABILITY OF THIS CITY.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF SPACES THAT ACTUALLY HAVE A WALKABILITY, UH, LIKE HIGH WALKABILITY RATING AND BEACON HILL IS ONE OF THEM.

I WALK THIS NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY MORNING AND I WALK THROUGH UM, PLACES WHERE, YOU KNOW, IT MIGHT BE A DIFFICULT, UH, ONE DAY IF THERE IS ALLOWED TO BE A COMMERCIAL SPACE TO HAVE A WALKABLE LIKE LOCATION.

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WALKABILITY, UM, ACTUALLY IS SHOWN TO MINIMIZE FEAR AS WELL AS DECREASE ANY SORT OF CRIME THAT MIGHT HAPPEN.

BEACON HILL IS A WEIRDLY SPECIAL PLACE AND MY HUSBAND AND I MOVED HERE FROM OUT OF STATE AND LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT IT.

SO PLEASE, UM, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE CONSIDER THE R SIX UM, DESIGNATION VERSUS OTHER CHANGES FOR UH, 10 0 2 WEST ATCH.

MY NAME IS JENNIFER NINDO AND I LIVE AT 10 11 WEST MAGNOLIA DIRECTLY BEHIND THE PROPERTY AT 1002 WEST ATCH.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN FOUR EIGHT EIGHT SIX THREE SEVEN THREE AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE ZONING CHANGE OF THE PROPERTY AT 1002 WEST SATCH FROM RESIDENTIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AS A NEIGHBORHOOD WHO LIVES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY, OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD'S PLAN, 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 STREETS WHERE WE NEED TO STABILIZE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH HOUSING NOT BUSINESSES.

WHAT I WOULD SUPPORT IS R SIX ZONING WITH CONDITIONAL USAGE FOR A SPORTS QUARTER GYMNASIUM, WHICH WOULD ACCOMMODATE THE BUSINESS THAT IS IN PLACE NOW.

THE EMPIRE VOLLEYBALL CENTER FROM WHAT WAS COMMUNICATED AT THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING.

THE DEVELOPER HAS ALREADY LEASED THE PROPERTY TO THE EMPIRE VOLLEYBALL CENTER FOR THREE TO FIVE YEARS.

THIS CENTER COULD STILL EXIST WITH RESIDENTIAL ZONING AND A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A GYM CAUSING NO UNDUE HARDSHIP TO THE DEVELOPER.

MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS DO NOT WANT COMMERCIAL ZONING 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.

CELL PHONE IS TWO TEN EIGHT FOUR TWO ZERO EIGHT TWO FIVE.

I AM SPEAKING IN REGARDS TO ZONING CASE 1 7 3.

I LIVE FOUR BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE PROPERTY AT 10 0 2 WEST ATCH.

I AM WRITING TO REQUEST THAT THE ZONING COMMITTEE NOT SUPPORT THE REQUESTED NC DASH CD DESIGNATION.

I ATTENDED THE AUGUST 14TH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING WHERE THIS ISSUE WAS ADDRESSED AND IT IS EVIDENT THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE IS NOT COMPATIBLE AND IT'S TOO INTENSE FOR THE RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT SURROUNDS THIS PROPERTY.

PLEASE DO NOT SUPPORT THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

MY NAME IS JUAN CHAVEZ, I LIVE ON 1109 WEST CRAIG PLACE.

MY NAME IS LINDA CHARLTON, I LIVE AT 1 0 0 1 WEST MAGNOLIA.

I'M CALLING ABOUT THE ZONING 1 0 0 2 WEST ATCH.

I LIVE DIRECTLY BEHIND THAT BUILDING.

UM, THE CASE NUMBER IS 1 7 3 AND I AM OPPOSED TO, THIS IS MARIE RAYNA.

MY ADDRESS IS 10 12 WEST MULBERRY AVENUE.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (512) 970-6195 AND I'M CALLING REGARDING ZONING CASE.

LAST THREE DIGITS 1 7 3 RELATED TO 1002 WEST ATCH.

I'M A NEARBY NEIGHBOR WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION AND I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST FOR SEVERAL REASONS.

UH, THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LOW DENSITY AREA AND IT IS OPPOSED BY THE MAJORITY OF BEACON HILL RESIDENTS LIVING NEARBY.

UH, ADDITIONALLY THE ZONING CHANGE IS NOT NEEDED AS THE APPLICANT CAN CONTINUE TO USE THE PROPERTY FOR THE USE, HE HAS LEASED IT FOR A GYM UNDER THE COMPROMISE THAT THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION VOTED TO SUPPORT.

AND FINALLY, THE REQUEST IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD'S PLAN AND WOULD SET DANGEROUS PRECEDENT TO OTHER ZONING REQUESTS IN THE FUTURE.

FOR THESE REASONS, I OPPOSE THE REQUEST.

IS THIS TYPE OF REZONING WOULD NOT EVEN COME TO THE TABLE IN AN URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING.

MY NAME IS MARY JOHNSON.

I LIVE AT 1 25 WEST RIDGEWOOD COURT COURT.

I'M ON THE BOARD OF THE MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 0 4 6 1 0 0 2 WEST ATCH.

AS A NEIGHBORHOOD LEADER OF ONE OF OUR URBAN CORE NEIGHBORHOODS, I'M IN OPPOSITION OF THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR SELF STORAGE UNITS.

THIS PROPERTY'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT IS AN INAPPROPRIATE PLACE FOR SUCH A LAND USE AND WILL GO AGAINST OUR NEAR NORTH COMMUNITY PLAN FOR THIS AREA.

NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING IS FINE AND THE APPROPRIATE PLACE AND SHOULD BE KEPT TO MAIN THOROUGH AFFAIRS AND NOT HAPPEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AS IT PROPERTY CLEARLY IS.

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE BEEN ENCROACHED ON BY COMMERCIAL AND OTHER INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT THAT THREATEN THE FABRIC AND QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN OUR COMMUNITIES.

THE RECENT MASS AREA REZONINGS WERE MEANT TO BE A BEGINNING TO REMEDY THE MANY NON-CONFORMING AND INCOMPATIBLE ZONINGS THAT ARE DISPERSED WITHIN OUR INNER CITY NEIGHBORHOODS.

MY GUESS

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IT IS INAPPROPRIATE THERE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS VANESSA HAYES.

I LIVE AT 10 29 WEST FCI AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO ZERO ONE AND I'M A CALL CALLING REGARDING CASE Z (202) 317-0173, UM, FOR 1002 WEST AVENUE.

UM, I LIVE ABOUT, UH, TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THIS BUILDING.

UM, AND I WANTED TO SAY THAT I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THE CHANGE TO A, UH, COMMERCIAL USE.

I THINK THAT THE BUILDING SHOULD JUST STAY RESIDENTIAL, SINGLE FAMILY.

IT'S MORE APPROPRIATE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, AND THEN WE CAN ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO OPERATE AS A GYM.

IT'S BEEN A GYM EVER SINCE I MOVED HERE SEVEN YEARS AGO AND I'M FINE WITH IT STAYING THAT WAY.

I JUST DON'T WANT TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF THE BUILDING.

UM, ONCE AGAIN, MY NAME IS VANESSA HAYES.

I LIVE AT 10 29 WEST ATCH AVENUE AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (330) 780-9536.

ALRIGHT, AND NOW ONTO SPEAKERS.

UM, FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS MS. CYNTHIA SPIELMAN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. ROBIN OR ROBIN ROGERS.

AND WHO ARE YOU SEATING YOUR TIME TO? CYNTHIA.

IS ANYBODY ELSE SEATING THEIR TIME TO MSPI? SPIELMAN.

AND YOUR NAME SIR? SHE'S I'LL HEATHER ROSE.

AND SO THAT WILL GIVE YOU SIX MINUTES.

MY NAME IS CYNTHIA SPIELMAN.

I LIVE AT 900 WEST WOODLAWN.

UH, I AM PRESIDENT OF THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS WELL AS CO-CHAIR OF OUR ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE.

UM, I HAD A COOL PRESENTATION, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT I NEED TO SHOW IT TO YOU AND USE ANY MORE OF YOUR PRECIOUS TIME BECAUSE I'M UNDERSTANDING NOW THAT THE APPLICANT HAS AGREED TO OUR COMPROMISE OF R SIX WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A, UM, SPORTS COURT'S GYMNASIUM.

IS THAT CORRECT? AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL BE VOTING ON, IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT'S CORRECT.

STAFF CORRECT.

UM, MAY I ASK WHAT, FROM WHAT OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT OPERATING HOURS ARE SEVEN THROUGH, UM, SIX O'CLOCK, IS THAT CORRECT? YES.

SO WE'D LIKE TO OFFER FURTHER COMPROMISE TO THE OWNER AND WE'RE WILLING TO HAVE THE HOURS BE, UM, SEVEN TO NINE ON, UM, THE WEEKDAYS, SO SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN, UM, 7:00 AM UNTIL 10 ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AS A FURTHER COMPROMISE TO HELP TO HELP THE APPLICANT IN THE, IN THE SPIRIT OF COMPROMISE.

UM, BEACON HILL VOTED TO SUPPORT THE R SIX CONDITIONAL YOUTH SPORTS COURT, UH, GYMNASIUM ON AUGUST 14TH, UM, BY A VOTE OF 59 TO FOUR.

UM, AND WE, WE ALSO NEGOTIATED AND GOT ALL THE NEAR NEIGHBORS TO, UM, TO AGREE TO THE HOURS AS WELL.

I WANT TO COMMEND THE COMMUNITY OF BEACON HILL AND THEIR EFFORTS TO BUILD CONSENSUS ON THIS COMPROMISE.

THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS, AND I'LL BE HONEST, INCLUDING MYSELF, WHO FELT LIKE THIS SHOULD STAY RESIDENTIAL.

PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT ONCE YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT HAS A CONDITION OF USE OR RESIDENTIAL, AS WE SAW IN AN EARLIER CASE THAT YOU, THAT YOU MADE A DECISION ON, ONCE YOU HAVE THAT THERE, THAT IN THE FUTURE IS LIKE, WELL, THERE'S ALREADY A CD THERE, THERE'S ALREADY COMMERCIAL THERE.

AND I WOULD ASK YOU IN THE FUTURE TO TO, TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU MAKE THESE DECISIONS.

UM, AND WE, WE WORKED VERY, VERY HARD, SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS WORKING ON THIS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE A WIN-WIN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL AS THE, UM, APPLICANT.

I'M PROUD OF THE COMMITMENT, UM, THAT OUR NEIGHBORS HAVE FOR THIS.

WHAT IS IT? WEIRDLY SPECIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN.

WOULD ALL THE PEOPLE FROM BEACON HILL PLEASE STAND? THANK YOU.

AND WE WELCOME UM, WE WELCOME YOU TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU IN THE FUTURE.

NEXT I HAVE MR. MARK SPIELMAN.

UH, IT, IT DID TAKE SOME TIME, BUT FOR COMING AROUND TO THIS COMPROMISE THAT WE PROPOSED, UM, I HOPE THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION WILL SEE FIT TO, UH, VOTE WITH US.

AND UM, NEXT MS. KIM, UM, HUBING LING.

SORRY IF I MISPRONOUNCED.

IT'S OKAY.

IT RHYMES WITH BUBBLING .

UM, I AM A NEAR NEIGHBOR.

I LIVE AT 1 0 0 2 WEST ATCH AND I'M JUST GONNA BRIEFLY THANK THE APPLICANT FOR,

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AND I ALSO DO WANNA REITERATE, I AM IN LINE OF SIGHT OF THE BUILDING.

WE DID WORK VERY HARD TO PULL THE NEAR NEIGHBORS TO CONFIRM THAT THEY WERE OKAY WITH THE HOURS.

THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WE RE REALIZED ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SIDE, THAT THIS BEING AN AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAM, HAVING TO END THEIR BUSINESS OPERATIONS AT 6:00 PM WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

SO, UM, AGAIN, I WANNA THANK THE APPLICANT, I WANT TO COMMEND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND I WILL NOT TAKE UP ANY MORE OF YOUR TIME.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. ROSE COHEN BRAUN.

ROSE COHEN BROWN.

SORRY, I, I'D, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR YOUR SERVICE TO THE CITY.

I THINK THAT'S WONDERFUL.

UM, I HAD A WHOLE LONG SPEECH, WELL AT LEAST LESS THAN TWO MINUTES SPEECH ABOUT HOW I WAS AGAINST THE COMMERCIAL ZONING, BUT I'M THROWING THIS OUT NOW.

I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SAY THAT WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT THE APPLICANT HAS DECIDED TO WORK WITH US AND OUR COMPROMISE IN MAKING ALL OF THIS HAPPEN.

OH, COULD WE GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS JUST FOR THE RECORD? SORRY.

ROSE COHEN BROWN .

THE ADDRESS IS 7 3 5 WEST LULL WOOD AVENUE AND I'M IN BEACON HILL.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. SHERRY COLLINS TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. JULIETTE.

UH, GEL.

HI, I'M SHERRY COLLINS, 10 20 WEST ATCH.

UM, I DO HAD A NICE LONG TWO MINUTE SPEECH, UM, BUT LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, JUST REALLY THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR, FOR COMING TO, UM, AGREEMENT WITH US, UM, AND FOR CONSIDERING, UM, KEEPING BEACON HILL, A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK DOWN.

GOOD.

AND, UH, MR. GOODELL GOODELL, WOULD YOU? THANK YOU.

UM, NEXT I HAVE MR. JERRY LOCKEY.

MY NAME IS JERRY LOCKEY.

I'M AT 9 31 WEST WOODLAWN.

I'LL KEEP IT SHORT TOO.

THANK Y'ALL VERY MUCH.

I DO WANNA POINT OUT SOMETHING THAT I'VE NOTICED, UH, THROUGHOUT THIS HEARING, BUT ALSO, UM, AS THE STAFF READS AND TALKS ABOUT DIFFERENT THINGS ON HERE OF, OF THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS AND HOW IT WON'T CAUSE HARM AND STUFF LIKE THAT, UM, I, I THINK THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A LOOK AT THE SPIRIT AND INTENTION OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS THAT WE WORKED WITH STAFF ON, UH, MANY YEARS AGO, WELL, 10 YEARS AGO OR SO.

SAME WITH THE N C D.

THE STAFF HAS BEEN EXCELLENT BY WORKING WITH US, BUT THERE IS ALSO AN, AN INTENT AND SPIRIT TO THESE PLANS.

AND SO NOWHERE IN THESE RECOMMENDATIONS, IT LOOKS TO US LIKE NO ONE LOOKED AT THE MAP.

SO THE MAP SHOWS THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE, THE COMMER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AREAS ALONG BLANCO, HILDEBRAND, FREDERICKSBURG.

AND THAT IS WHERE THOSE ARE ALL WALKABLE TO FROM OUR, FROM OUR HOUSES.

BUT THOSE ARE THE AREAS THAT ARE SET UP NOT ONLY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT PLACES LIKE MONTE VISTA, PLACES LIKE LAVACCA, PLACES LIKE TOBIN HILL THAT HAVE THESE CORRIDORS FOR COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES.

AND, UH, THIS, THIS ISN'T, WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT CREEP HERE.

THIS IS LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THERE WILL BE MORE THINGS COMING UP LIKE THAT.

AND I ALSO WANNA THANK EDGAR, RIGHT, UM, FOR HIS, UH, BEING A ABLE TO COMPROMISE AND ALSO TO LET EDGAR AND ALL OF YOU KNOW THAT THIS IS NOT PERSONAL.

AND THIS IS NOT ABOUT THIS, JUST THIS CASE.

THIS IS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE RESIDENTS THAT WE HAVE TO PROTECT AND THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE FOR, FOR WHAT IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN WE'RE GONE.

AND THAT'S WHAT ZONING KEEPS LASTING.

BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I THANK THE APPLICANT FOR HIS, UH, AMENDMENT.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. SALLY SEEKER AND MS. SEEKER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MR. JUSTIN NICHOLS.

HI THERE.

UM, I ALSO, I'M SALLY SEEKER.

I LIVE AT 6 0 1 WEST ELLWOOD AVENUE IN BEACON HILL, AND I HAD A FOUR MINUTE STATEMENT TO READ ON

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AND WE, WE ARE RECOMMENDING, UH, OUR SEX CD FOR SPORTS COURT GYMNASIUM THAT WOULD OPERATE SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY, 7:00 AM TO 9:00 PM AND FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UNTIL 10:00 PM RESPECTFULLY, THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.

THANK YOU MR. JUSTIN NICHOLS TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. ALEXIS MURDOCH.

JUSTIN NICHOLS, 1 0 0 7 WEST MAGNOLIA.

I'M ONE OF THE THREE LOTS THAT'S RIGHT BEHIND THE UNIT.

UM, I REALLY WANTED EVERYONE TO KEEP TALKING SO WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT INTO THE HEAT, UM, AS SOON.

BUT IT LOOKS LIKE A, AN AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED AND I WANNA WELCOME OUR NEW COMMISSIONER, UH, FROM DISTRICT ONE.

WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD TO HAVE YOU HERE.

THIS WAS A REALLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY PUT A LOT OF WORK IN TO COME TO A CONSENSUS IN LESS THAN 60 DAYS, WHICH IS REALLY RARE.

SO I THINK THERE'S SOME, UH, A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE THERE.

SO I'M JUST GONNA SHUT UP, SAY DITTO AND THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR TIME, .

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MS. ALEXIS MURDOCH, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. JACK FINGER.

I DON'T NEED TO SPEAK NOW THAT THERE'S BEEN A GREAT AGREEMENT.

AND MR. FINGER, MR. CHAIRMAN, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BOARD.

MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER, I LIVE AT 9 0 1 WEST MULBERRY AND, UH, I WELCOME OUR NEW COMMISSIONER AND, UH, I, UH, I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THAT, UH, A COMPROMISE HAS BEEN REACHED ON, ON THIS, UH, SITUATION HERE.

WE, UH, WE ARE EXPECTING THE WORST AND I'M GLAD TO KNOW THAT, UH, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, DECIDED TO SEE, UH, BE THINGS FROM BEACON HILL'S PERSPECTIVE.

YOU KNOW, UM, WE LIVE IN AMERICA, WE PRIDE OURSELVES, WE PROMOTE RUGGED INDIVIDUALISM AND, BUT WHEN RUGGED INDIVIDUALS DECIDE TO LIVE IN A CERTAIN GEOGRAPHICAL AREA, THEY SEE THEIR DIFFERENCES.

THEY SEE THEIR LIKE-MINDEDNESS AND THEY COME TO, THEY IN GOOD FAITH, THEY COME TO AGREEMENTS AS TO WHAT THEY WANT THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD TO LOOK LIKE FOR LIVABILITY.

YES, THEY, UH, UH, AND THEY SAY LET'S ESTABLISH SOMETHING CALLED A NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT.

AND, AND, AND SO THAT OUR, AND BECAUSE BEACON HILL HAS THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE CITY, ALL OVER THE STATE HAVE DECIDED TO MOVE OVER HERE.

YOU GUYS WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN BEACON HILL IF YOU NEEDED TO MOVE SOMEWHERE.

CONSEQUENTLY, WE ARE, WE VALUE CERTAIN THINGS AND WE, UH, VALUE DO NOT VALUE OTHER THINGS.

SO WE'RE THANKFUL THAT, UH, UH, MR. AGU HAS DECIDED TO SEE THINGS FROM OUR PERSPECTIVE.

I DON'T LIVE EXACTLY NEXT TO THAT AREA, SO YOU MIGHT WANT TO LISTEN TO THOSE WHO, UH, ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOURS AND PAY A SPECIAL TION TO THAT.

BUT, AND ALSO I, UH, COPY MR. JERRY LOCKE'S COMMENTS ABOUT THE STAFF.

DOES THE STAFF REALLY AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS REALLY KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO LIVE BY THEIR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS AT TIMES? SOMETIMES I WONDER ABOUT THAT.

SO YES, YOU WILL LISTEN TO THOSE THINGS AS WELL.

AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

SO, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE A CHANCE FOR A REBUT OR NOT CHANCE OPPORTUNITY FOR ANY REBUTTAL? YEAH, I THINK I JUST NEED A UNDER, UM, UNDERSTANDING OF THE HOURS.

UH, I WASN'T AWARE THAT THERE WERE HOURS STIPULATIONS ON WHAT WE WERE DOING THERE.

IT HAS, IT HASN'T BEEN FINE.

UNDER THE, THE WAY THE CODE READS NOW, YOU WOULD ONLY BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD IS RECOMMENDING OR SUGGESTING 7:00 AM TO 9:00 PM AND Y'ALL CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, UH, FROM SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY AND THEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FROM, I'M SORRY, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM THEY'RE GIVING YOU LONGER HOURS.

UNDERSTOOD.

DOES ARE THE, ARE THE, DO THOSE HOURS WORK? SO SUNDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 9:00 PM FRIDAY, SATURDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO 10:00 PM CORRECT? I THINK THAT, I THINK THAT'S FINE.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS ON MY PART.

UH, WELL, OKAY.

WE'LL SEE, UH, COMMISSIONER KETTLE QUESTIONS.

I DO.

SO AM I CORRECT YOU HAVE THIS PROPERTY LEASED ALREADY AND IS THE FOUR LEASE SIGN THAT'S ON THE BUILDING JUST HASN'T BEEN TAKEN DOWN YET? TO, TO SOME DEGREE.

I I, WE, WE MAY, UM, END UP LOSING THAT LEASE AS A RESULT.

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THAT'S ALL ONLY QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU.

QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE, UH, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER, WE, YEAH, MR. CHAIR.

I DIDN'T HEAR WHETHER THE APPLICANT WAS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE HOURS.

UM, I JUST HAVE A, A QUESTION FOR STAFF.

UM, CLARIFICATION.

UM, WITH THE R SIX CD, THIS WILL NOT TRIGGER A PLAN AMENDMENT CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.

THAT IS CORRECT.

WELL THAT IS, AND, AND THEN I GUESS, UM, FOR CLARIFICATION AGAIN, THE HISTORY OF, OF THE FACILITY.

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT BY THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET AND THEN LATER AS PART OF THEIR FACILITIES, WHICH IS WHY IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT AND ALLOWED TO BE BUILT IN RESIDENTIAL.

CORRECT? IT WAS PART OF A TEMP, IT WAS A TEMPLE USE AND IT WAS THEIR COMMUNITY CENTER WHERE THEY DID SPORTS ACTIVITIES AND, UM, THEY MOVED OUT AND, UH, SOLD THE PROPERTY.

AND SO UNSUSPECTED, UNSUSPECTINGLY, HE THOUGHT HE COULD USE IT FOR THE SAME ACTIVITY, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S JUST BECAUSE THE CHURCH USE WAS ALLOWED THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.

SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER CUMAN FOR A MOTION.

I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.

UH, I'LL SECOND THAT.

COMMISSIONER BARROS.

SORRY, COMMISSIONER BARDOS.

UM, DID ANYONE SEE WHAT TIME COMMISSIONER BARROS CAME IN? I DID NOT.

UM, ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS DISCUSSION LOOKING LEFT.

NONE.

OH, OH WAIT, SORRY.

COMMISSIONER WATSON, UM, I WANNA COMMIT THE APPLICANT FOR, UM, WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON A COMPROMISE.

I KNOW THIS WAS A DIFFICULT PROCESS FROM SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I'VE HEARD.

COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE TURNED OFF.

I'M SORRY.

IS THIS BETTER? I'M ALSO LIKE LOSING MY VOICE, SO JUST TELL ME IF, IF YOU CAN'T HEAR ME.

UM, SO I, I COMMEND THE APPLICANT FOR, UM, AGREEING TO THE COMPROMISE.

UM, I KNOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN A FUN PROCESS FROM WHAT I'VE HEARD AND COMPROMISE RARELY IS.

UH, AND I ALSO COMMEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR, UM, DOING SUCH AN OUTSTANDING JOB MAKING A LAND USE CASE FOR, UM, WHY THIS, THE ORIGINAL PROPOSAL DID NOT MAKE SENSE AND, UM, FIGURING OUT A WAY TO TRY AND, AND GET A WIN-WIN OUT OF THIS.

AND YOUR TIME COMING DOWN TODAY.

UM, I JUST WANNA READ SOMETHING FROM THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR THE INITIAL PROPOSAL ABOUT THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

UM, AS SOMEBODY WHO ALSO IS IN AN URBAN COURT DISTRICT WHERE CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION IS AN ONGOING CHALLENGE AND A LOT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT GET PROPOSED ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF RESIDENTIAL BLOCKS, UM, WHERE THERE'S VACANT LOTS THAT ARE EASIER TO REDEVELOP.

UM, A LOT OF OUR URBAN CORE PLANS, LIKE IN THE MIDTOWN PLAN, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVE 0.1, 1.3 THAT WAS SHARED IS ATTRACT NEW NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDLY, LOCALLY OWNED SUSTAINABLE BUSINESSES THAT WILL MEET THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S DAILY NEEDS, BUILD ON OUR BASE OF MOM AND POP BUSINESSES AND BRING NEW VITALITY TO THE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMERCIAL CENTERS.

UM, IT CONTINUOUSLY SURPRISES ME WHEN WE HAVE COMMERCIAL CASES THAT ARE SELF-STORAGE UNITS OR GAS STATIONS THAT DO NOT PROMOTE ENGAGEMENT WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, NOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

THEY DO NOT EMPLOY A LOT OF PEOPLE.

THEY DO NOT PROMOTE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.

THEY DO NOT PROVIDE A PLACE FOR NEIGHBORS TO MEET SOMETHING LIKE A GYM IS A PLACE WHERE COMMUNITY CAN MEET.

IT IS SOMETHING THAT SERVES THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DOES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR CONNECTION FOR VOLUNTEERISM.

UM, THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO PROMOTE ACTUAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT JOBS, SPENDING MONEY IN DOLLARS IN NEIGHBORHOODS.

THESE USES LIKE SELF STORAGE FACILITIES AND GAS STATIONS HAVE ONE TO TWO PEOPLE EMPLOYED THERE AND HAVE LOT LONGER NEGATIVE EFFECTS.

THEY'RE NOT WALKABLE, THEY DO NOT SUPPORT ONGOING DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES FOR THE COMMUNITY.

AND SO I JUST STRONGLY ENCOURAGE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND STAFF AS WE'RE LOOKING AT THESE PLANS.

WE'RE GOING THROUGH MULTIPLE PLANNING PROCESSES DOWN NEAR THE URBAN CORE TO CONSIDER WHAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REALLY IS.

ARE WE PROVIDING SOCIOECONOMIC MOBILITY FOR OUR NEIGHBORS? ARE WE PROMOTING, UM, AFFORDABLE HOUSING? ARE WE ENCOURAGING DENSITY THAT ALLOWS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO BE SUSTAINABLE AND WILL KEEP MOM AND POP BUSINESSES OPEN THE MORE BIG BOX STORES AND UM, NON DAY-TO-DAY FREQUENT HUMAN CONTACT USES THAT ACTUALLY REQUIRE MONEY TO BE SPENT IN COMMUNITIES, THE LESS WE'RE ENCOURAGING THAT AND THE HARDER IT MAKES IT FOR DEVELOPERS TO GET CONSTRUCTION LOANS AND TO DO MIXED USE PROJECTS THAT WE NEED TO PROMOTE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION AND REDEVELOPMENT.

SO I JUST WANTED TO GET THAT ON THE RECORD.

UM, I APPRECIATE, UM, THE COMPROMISE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS AND I WANNA COMMEND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO BRING THESE ISSUES TO LIGHT.

I WELL DONE.

ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? ANY COMMENTS? NONE.

THE APPLICANT AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I ALSO WANNA THANK THE, UH, BOTH

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THIS WAS, UH, A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING THAT WE HAD A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

UM, AND IN A, A, A GOOD WAY.

SO, UM, I WANNA THANK THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR YOUR REALLY OUTSTANDING PRESENTATIONS PRIMARILY AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE DIDN'T GET TO REALLY SEE ALL OF THAT HERE, BUT, UM, THAT'S OKAY.

WE'VE GOT A CASE WITH 50 VOICEMAILS COMING UP.

WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL, WE'LL WE'LL WAIT ON THAT ONE.

UM, UH, BUT, UM, AND I ALSO, AND TO THE APPLICANT THANK YOU AS WELL FOR WORKING WITH THE, WITH THE NEIGHBORS.

SO WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.

AS AMENDED AND WITH THE SPECIFIED HOURS OF OPERATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CORRECTING ME THERE.

UM, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER RUIZ? YES.

COMMISSIONER TAPP? YES.

COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE.

ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED.

UH, QUESTION FOR THE COMMISSIONERS ONE MORE OR DO WE TAKE ONE MORE? ONE MORE.

ONE MORE.

ONE.

UH, THE NEXT CASE ON THE LIST I BELIEVE IS ITEM NUMBER 16.

AM I CORRECT? YES.

IT'S ITEM NUMBER 2016 WAS PUT ON THE CONTINUANCE.

OH, THANK YOU.

SHOULD HAVE MARKED THAT OFF.

ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 20.

NATALIE MEDINA, 33 14 NORTH ST.

MY NAME IS ADOLFO GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM NUMBER 20 IS LOCATED AT 3 3 1 4 NORTH ST.

MARY STREET GOING FROM NNC TO N C C D NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WITH THE CONDITION USE FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT.

THERE WERE 31 NOTICES SENT OUT.

ONE IN FAVOR.

ZERO OPPOSE, UH, NO RESPONSE FROM MILL ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND SEVEN IN FAVOR.

OUTSIDE 200 FEET.

THE EXISTING NC UH, NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPOSED N C C D NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PARKING LOT IS ALSO AN INAPPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPOSED REZONING WILL MAINTAIN THE BAY ZONING DISTRICT WHILE ADDING THE CD CONDITIONAL USE FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT.

THE APPLICANT OWNS THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE ACROSS THE STREET WITH PLANS TO DEVELOP A RETAIL VINTAGE SHOP AND UTILIZE THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FOR PARKING WITH NO ALLOWABLE SPACES ON STREET FOR PARKING.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WOULD MEET A NEED FOR POTENTIAL FUTURE COMMERCIAL GROWTH.

THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL BE BOUND TO A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN THAT CANNOT BE CHANGED WITHOUT FURTHER COUNCIL REVIEW.

STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I WILL JUST SAY THAT RIVER ROAD DID RESPOND, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS CASE POSTPONED OR, OR CONTINUED, UH, SO THAT THEY CAN FURTHER WORK WITH THE APPLICANT.

ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR THAT INFORMATION.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS COLIN BASS.

HOW ARE Y'ALL DOING? THANK Y'ALL FOR SEEING US.

UM, SO AS AFO JUST SAID, UH, WE PURCHASED SOME PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET, 33 0 9, UH, NORTH ST.

IT'S A LITTLE TRIANGULAR SPACE PROPERTY THAT, UM, WE ARE MOVING OUR BUSINESS, UH, FROM BROADWAY TO.

WE'VE BEEN, UM, A LOCAL SMALL BUSINESS FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS IN SAN ANTONIO.

A VINTAGE SHOP AS HE MENTIONED.

UM, WITH OUR SPACE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING TO, THERE WAS A TOTAL OF FOUR SPACES ACROSS THE WAY.

THERE WAS A EMPTY LOT, WHICH WOULD BE 33 14.

UM, WE WANTED TO UM, KIND OF WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE, BEING A SMALL BUSINESS AND, AND IN THE AREA WE'VE SEEN THE ISSUES WITH ST.

MARY'S AND PARKING WITH SMALL BUSINESSES, SOME FRIENDS THAT HAVE SMALL BUSINESSES, BUSINESSES THAT WE KNOW OF PRIOR TO US PURCHASING, UM, THESE LOTS.

33 14 WAS C TWO.

UM, MOST OF THOSE WERE C TWO, BUT IT WAS DOWNGRADED TO NC AND WITH THAT KIND OF MAKES IT LIMITED SPACE.

UM, BUT IT STILL KIND OF WORKED WITHIN OUR PLAN THAT WE THINK THAT'S OKAY, WE CAN MAKE THE PARKING WITH IT.

UM, WE HAVE MET WITH SOME LIAISONS FROM, UM, THE, THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD COM, UH, COMMITTEE THAT, UM, ADVISED US SOME THINGS THAT THEY WANTED.

UM, WHICH THIS WAS KIND OF AN UPDATED

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SITE PLAN.

I DID IT VERY LAST MINUTE BECAUSE THIS MEETING DIDN'T HAPPEN UNTIL VERY RECENTLY.

UM, BUT PRETTY MUCH WHAT IT INCLUDED WAS A 15 FOOT BUFFER BETWEEN, UM, THE BACKSIDE OF THE, THE SPOT AND OUR NEIGHBOR.

AND THERE IS ONE TREE ON THE PROPERTY THAT WE WANTED TO PRESERVE AND DO A LITTLE GARDEN AROUND AND YOU CAN SEE THAT.

AND THAT WAS REALLY KIND OF WHAT THEY WANTED US TO IMPLEMENT.

UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING? UM, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

WE MAY HAVE QUESTIONS IN A MINUTE.

DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.

WE HAVE, UM, SOME VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER SIGNED UP.

IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.

MY NAME IS MIMI QUINTANILLA.

I LIVE AT 1 5 0 OSTROM DRIVE IN THE RIVER ROAD HISTORIC DISTRICT.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 732-6463.

I'M CALLING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, CASE Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 9 4 CD.

THE REQUEST FOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR PARKING LOT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONE.

I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED TO SURFACE PARKING BEING THE PRIMARY USE FOR THIS OR ANY LOTS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE REAL OVERLAY STATES LARGE EXPANSES OF SURFACE PARKING LOTS HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STREET ACTIVITY AND THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE ALLOWING SURFACE PARKING AS A PRIMARY USE CONTRADICTS THE BEST PRACTICE IN URBAN PLANNING PRINCIPLES THAT RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORS HAVE DILIGENTLY PURSUED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR DECADES, ALLOWING A PARKING LOT CONTRADICTS THE RECENT 2020 ZONING CHANGE.

OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WORKED SO HARD TO ACHIEVE SURFACE PARKING IN A LOT UNDER CONDITIONAL USE UNDERMINES THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S DEVELOPMENT DIRECTION THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY BOTH THE REZONING TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND PROVISIONS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN APPROVING A PARKING LOT VIOLATES THE RIO ONE HISTORIC OVERLAY WHICH EXPLICITLY DISCOURAGES DESIGNATING PARKING LOTS AS PRIMARY LAND USES, STATING THAT PARKING LOTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS PRIMARY LAND USE.

THERE IS NO JUSTIFICATION FOR CONDITIONAL USE IN THIS CASE.

THERE ARE OTHER ALTERNATIVE DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS THAT CONFORM TO EXISTING ZONING FRAMEWORKS AND THESE SHOULD BE PRO PROPOSED OR AT THE VERY LEAST DEMONSTRATED TO BE UNFEASIBLE.

BEFORE CONSIDERING A CONDITIONAL USE CHANGE TO THE RECENTLY APPROVED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING, I ASK THE COMMISSION TO VOTE TO POSTPONE CONSIDERATION OF THIS CASE PENDING A COMPLIANT AND COMPATIBLE USE FOR THE PROPERTY.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ZONING CASE ENDING IN 1 9 4 3 3 1 4 NORTH SAINT MARY 7 8 2 1 2.

I AM IN SUPPORT OF, UH, THIS BUSINESS, UH, BECOMING A PARKING OR THIS PARKING LOT, UH, BECOMING A PARKING LOT FOR THIS BUSINESS.

UM, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE ALLOW THEM TO USE THIS AS A PARKING LOT.

UH, IT WILL TAKE THEIR BUSINESS TO GREAT HEIGHTS.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN NINE ONE TWO ONE FOUR FOUR NINE.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA PRATCHETT.

I LIVE AT 7 33 EAST WOODLAWN AVENUE IN THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD.

I'M CALLING TO REQUEST A POSTPONEMENT AND CONTINUANCE OF ZONING CASE Z DASH 2023 DASH 0 0 1 9 4 CD.

I APPRECIATE THAT MR. BASS IS A NEW NEIGHBOR IN RIVER ROAD AND HE'S PLANNING SOME IMPROVEMENTS ON AN AREA THAT CAN USE SOME ATTENTION.

HOWEVER, I HAVE SERIOUS CONCERNS ABOUT PUTTING A SURFACE PARKING LOT ACROSS FROM HIS PROPOSED BUSINESS ON A VERY BUSY ST.

MARY'S STREET.

THIS WILL CREATE BOTH TRAFFIC PROBLEMS AND A BIG SAFETY ISSUE FOR PEDESTRIANS, INCLUDING THE DISABLED USE OF SURFACE PARKING LOT IS GOES AGAINST UH, ZONING, RECENT ZONING CHANGES AND THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.

MOST RECENTLY, THIS LOT WAS REZONED IN SEA.

GIVEN THE APPROVED ZONING, A PARKING LOT IS NOT THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THIS LOT.

THERE ARE MANY OTHER POTENTIAL USES WHICH WOULD FIT WITHIN THE URBAN CHARACTER.

FURTHERMORE, THE RIO OVERLAY OF WHICH IT IS PART STATES THAT LARGE EXPANSES OF SURFACE PARKING LOTS HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STREET ACTIVITY AND THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE.

IN FACT, THIS IS A VIOLATION.

IT WOULD BE A VIOLATION OF THE RIO ONE HISTORIC OVERLAY, WHICH EXPLICITLY DISCOURAGES DESIGNATING PARKING LOTS AS PRIMARY LAND USE IS STATING IN QUOTE PARKING LOTS SHOULD BE AVOIDED AS A PRIMARY LAND USE.

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IT ALSO VIOLATES REAL ONE LANGUAGE BUFFER SETBACKS AND ALLOWABLE STREET EDGE PARKING.

THE U D C SECTION 35 DASH C, EXCUSE ME, 35 DASH 6 71.

BUT I AM MOST CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AND PEDESTRIAN, UH, SAFETY, THE DESIGN OF THIS PARKING LOT ACROSS ST.

UM, HELLO, MY NAME IS PHILLIP PENN.

I LIVE AT TWO ONE, UH OH, I'M SORRY.

I LIVE AT 1 0 9 EATON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 9.

I'M CALLING ABOUT THE ZONING CASE ENDING IN 1 9 4 FOR THE ADDRESS.

3 3 1 4 NORTH ST.

MARY'S 7 8 2 1 2.

NOW I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE PROPERTY BEING REZONED FOR THE USE OF UH, COMMERCE.

UH, A BUNCH OF MY BUDDIES OR OR MY FRIENDS ARE SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS AND THEY ARE TRYING TO REZONE THAT AREA TO BE ABLE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.

AND I SEE NO PROBLEM WITH THAT.

SO IF FOR WHATEVER REASON YOU NEED TO CALL ME BACK, (210) 831-7245.

AGAIN, MY NAME IS PHILLIP KIM AND I LIVE AT 1 0 9 EATON STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 9.

YES, THIS IS SETH TEAL.

UH, I LIVE AT 1 1 3 LINDEL PLACE THAT'S IN RIVER ROAD 7 8 2 1 2.

CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 20 23 7.

UH, THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR 33 14 NORTH ST.

I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I AM IN SUPPORT OF THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE PARKING LOT.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, YOU CAN REACH ME AT 2 1 0 6 6 5 0 6 0 7.

HAVE A GREAT DAY.

RORY SWS 1 0 2 ARMOR.

I'M SPEAKING ON THE ZONING CD CASE FOR USE OF A PARKING LOT FOR 3 3 1 4 NORTH ST.

THE FOLLOWING REASONS TO PROVIDE TIME FOR OUR NEWLY APPOINTED D ONE ZONING COMMISSIONER TO MEET WITH RIVER ROAD RESIDENTS.

I STRONGLY OPPOSE TO THE CONDITIONAL USE ZONING, WHICH WOULD PERMIT A SURFACE PARKING LOT AS THE PRIMARY USE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE RIO ONE FOR THIS, FOR THIS LOT, UH, IT'S THE OVERLAY STATES LARGE EXPANSES OF SURFACE PARKING LOTS HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON STREET ACTIVITY AND THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE ALLOWING SURFACE PARKING AS THE PRIMARY USE CONTRADICTS THIS BEST PRACTICE URBAN PLANNING PRINCIPLE THAT WE HAVE DILIGENTLY PURSUED FOR DECADES IN OUR CITY AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IT'S A CONTRADICTION WITH RECENT, RECENT ZONING CHANGES.

THREE YEARS AGO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE CITY SUCCESSFULLY TRANSITIONED THE ZONING OF THIS LOT FROM C TWO, ALLOWING A PARKING LOT TO NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, WHICH EXPLICITLY PROHIBITS PARKING LOTS, ALLOWING A SURFACE PARKING LOT AT THIS TIME.

UNDERMINES THE PURPOSE OF THIS RECENT ZONING EFFORT.

ITS INCONSISTENCY WITH OUR RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN THAT ARTICULATES A FIRM COMMITMENT TO CONSCIENTIOUS AND DELIBERATE DEVELOPMENT.

THE PRIORITIZES THE WELLBEING OF OUR RESIDENTS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.

AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN STATES FOR NC ZONING, PARKING IS ENCOURAGED IN THE REAR OF BUILDINGS AND SHOULD BE APPROPRIATELY BUFFERED FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL.

USES THE LANDSCAPING SCREENING AND LIGHTING CONTROLS THE APPROVAL OF A SERVICE PARKING LOT AS A PRIMARY USE, DISMISSES THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S LAND USE PLAN, FAILING TO INTEGRATE PARKING IN A MANNER THAT HARMONIZES WITH THE SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT AND RESPECTS THE INTEREST OF ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

IT'S ALSO A VIOLATION OF THE REAR ONE HISTORIC OVERLAY FOR THIS LOT THAT THAT STATES AND IT EXPLICITLY DISCOURAGES PARKING LOTS AS A PRIMARY LAND USE.

PLEASE CONSIDER THE ADVERSE IMPLICATIONS THAT APPROVING THE REZONING REQUEST WOULD HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S, AESTHETICS, LIVABILITY, AND CERTAINLY ITS OVERALL CHARACTER.

OUR RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU DENY THE CONDITIONAL USE REZONING FOR THE PRIMARY USE AS A PARKING LOT UPHOLDING THE RECENT ZONING CHANGES.

ALL RIGHT, AND THAT IS IT FOR VOICEMAILS.

AND THEN WE DO HAVE ONE SPEAKER, UM, MS. BARBARA WITT, UH HOWELL.

BARBARA WHIT HOWELL AND I RESIDE AT ONE OH UH, FIVE MAGNOLIA DRIVE IN THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO, UM, UH, I LIVE IN THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD, RIVER ROAD HISTORIC DISTRICT, AND THE RIO ONE OVERLAY DISTRICT, ALL OF WHICH ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.

I'M REQUESTING THAT THIS CASE, I'M NOT GONNA READ THE NUMBERS.

WE ALL HEARD 'EM BE CONTINUED FOR

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CONCERNING THE CASE TWO, THE APPLICANT, UH, WE'D LIKE THE APPLICANT TO PRODUCE A SUFFICIENT SKETCH PROVIDED TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD THE ZONING COMMISSION AND O H P STAFF ASSIGNED, SHOWING PROPER AND ACCEPTABLE DRAWINGS, UM, WITH THE INTENT OF THE THREE PROPER, UH, REGARDING THE INTENT OF THE THREE PROPERTIES.

AND THEIR PROPOSED USES THE NEED TO ADDRESS ACCESS ISSUES REGARDING PEDESTRIANS USE OF THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT TO SERVE TWO BUSINESSES.

THE OWNERS TARGETING ACROSS ST.

MARY'S WERE THE DANGEROUS HIGH VELOCITY OF, YOU KNOW, DON'T TURN IF RED DON'T TURN.

EVERYBODY JUST GOES THROUGH THAT AND GOES FAST.

ANYWAY.

UH, COMING OFF OF MCALLISTER RIGHT THERE AT ST.

MARY'S NUMBER FOUR, UH, THE APPLICANT, WE'D LIKE THE APPLICANT TO PRODUCE A PLAN, UM, AS TO THE APPROPRIATE MANAGEMENT OF TRASH AND IF THE O OTHER TWO PROPERTIES WILL BE USING A TRASH UM, BIN OVER ON THAT PROPERTY AND ITS EFFECT ON THE NEIGHBORING THE NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE NEXT DOOR.

FIVE ALLOWED TIME FOR THE APPLICANT TO PRODUCE AN APPROPRIATE LANDSCAPE PLAN.

SIX AND APPROPRIATE ACCESS EGRESS PLAN ALSO NEEDED HISTORICALLY ACCESS TO THAT PROPERTY WAS ALSO THE EAST ATCH AND ALSO TO PO.

UH, CONTINUE THIS TO SUPPORT THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATIONS REQUEST TO GIVE THE APPLICANT TIME TO ADDRESS THE WE RIO ONE DISTRICT PROPERTY REQUIREMENTS.

WAS THAT TOO FAST? I TRIED TO GET THE TWO MINUTES.

AND THAT'S ALL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

IF THE APPLICANTS WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL.

AND THEN WE'LL ASK QUESTIONS.

COULD I PUT THIS ON? I THINK YOU HAVE IT.

IF YOU COULD JUST, AND THIS IS A POINTER? YES.

IS THIS RIGHT? YEAH.

JUST SO I CAN KIND OF SEE THIS, THIS WORK.

THERE WE GO.

AND, UM, AND SO YEAH, AND IT'S, IT'S A VACANT LOT.

SO HERE'S THE PROPERTY.

UM, Y'ALL KIND OF SAW THOSE EARLY PHOTOS.

IT CURRENTLY IS JUST A, A DIRT LOT.

IT HAS ONE TREE, BUT IT'S A DIRT LOT.

THESE HERE, UH, WE HAVE TWO OLD HOUSES BOTH FROM THE EARLY 19 HUNDREDS THAT INSTEAD OF GETTING RID OF, WE REMODELED AND RENOVATED.

WHEN WE FIRST TOOK IT OVER, IT WAS GRAFFITI FILLED, UM, FALLEN APART.

THERE WAS A LOT OF DRUG USE.

UM, WE'VE CLEANED THIS UP AREA COMPLETELY.

UM, SO WHAT OUR CONCERN REALLY IS FOR OUR CUSTOMERS, IF WE DON'T HAVE THIS PARKING SPOT, WE SAT HERE AND I DON'T KNOW WHY I CAN'T GET THIS GUY TO WORK.

THERE WE GO.

THE PARKING WOULD BE, STREET PARKING WOULD BE HERE, OF COURSE IT WOULD, WOULD REALLY BOTHER NO ONE BUT WOULD BE HERE.

I TALKED TO THE RESIDENTS HERE, HERE AND THIS OWNER OF THE CD PROPERTY HERE.

MY CONCERN IS THAT THE HOUSES THAT REALLY WOULD BE AFFECTED BY THE STREET PARKING, WHICH OBVIOUSLY WOULD BE HERE, UM, IT WOULD BE PROBLEMATIC.

THESE TWO ARE BOTH, UH, SEVEN 16 AND 1718 ARE BOTH ELDERLY HOMEOWNERS.

I DON'T WANT TO BLOCK THEM.

WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THAT, TALKING ABOUT THE AESTHETIC OF THE COMMUNITY, UM, AND I'VE SPOKEN TO RIVER ROAD ON THE PHONE WITH THIS, BUT WHAT WE'RE WE'RE DOING WITH THAT VACANT DIRT LOT IS WE ARE MAKING IT BETTER.

WE PUT THAT 15 FOOT BUFFER THAT WILL BE A GARDEN SECTION.

WE'RE GONNA PROTECT THAT ONE TREE.

WE'RE GOING TO IMPLEMENT THE SAME FENCING THAT THEY'VE SAID THEY LIKE A LOT ON THE PROPERTY THAT HAS OUR COMMERCIAL AREA, UM, WHERE OUR VINTAGE SHOP WILL BE.

UM, WE'LL IMPLEMENT THAT SAME KIND OF, UM, PROTECTION AS FAR AS, UM, CONCERN ABOUT THE, THE, THE STREET ITSELF THERE.

THERE'S TONS OF BIKERS, UH, WALKERS AND JOGGERS GOING THROUGH THERE DAILY, ALMOST ALL DAY.

WE, WE, WE'VE VISIBLY SEEN, UM, THERE'S MARATHON MARATHONS THAT GET RUN THROUGH THERE AND THERE'S ALSO A STOPLIGHT RIGHT AT THE EDGE OF, UM, THAT OTHER C FOUR PROPERTY.

SO IF NEED BE, PEOPLE COULD GO TO THE STOPLIGHT JUST ACROSS.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING REAL QUICK? UM, AND AS FAR AS THE POSTPONEMENT, UM, JUST TO MAKE A COMMENT ON THAT, WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT, UM, WITH RIVER ROAD SINCE MAY.

UM, AND WE HAVE HAD I THINK FOUR PHONE CALLS SO FAR.

WE'VE TRIED TO HAVE A MEETING, UH, A MEETING HAS NOT BEEN ESTABLISHED.

WE EVEN SPOKE WITH THE LIAISON AT DISTRICT ONE WHO IS IN CHARGE OF RIVER ROAD.

UM, AND HE CALLED, I WANNA SAY TWO TO THREE TIMES TO SET UP A MEETING.

WE'VE BEEN EAGER TO HAVE A MEETING SINCE MAY.

UM, SO HEARING ABOUT A POSTPONEMENT TODAY IS, UM, SURPRISING TO US IN THAT SENSE.

AS WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR A MEETING, WE'VE, UH, GIVEN OUR PHONE NUMBER NOW IN EMAIL AND WITH, UH, TO TWO SEPARATE BOARD MEMBERS AND ALSO TWO, UM, NON-BOARD MEMBER MEMBERS.

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IT HAS NO STRUCTURES ON IT.

I DON'T KNOW THE LAST TIME THAT IT WAS USED FOR, IF IT EVER HAD A STRUCTURE ON IT.

UM, AND AS FAR AS PULLING IN AND OUT, UM, I KNOW THAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD THERE'S A VETERINARIANS RIGHT NEXT TO IT, FOLKS WERE PARKING THERE ALREADY.

INTUITIVELY IT'S NOT ZONED FOR THAT, BUT PEOPLE WERE DOING IT ANYWAYS.

UM, OR WHEN WE DON'T RECALL HEARING ANYTHING ABOUT ACCIDENTS OR ANYTHING HAPPENING IN RELATION TO THAT.

UM, SO YEAH, WE JUST NEED THE DIRT LOT TO BE PARKING.

WE'VE ALSO, IN OUR INITIAL CONVERSATIONS WITH, UH, A BOARD MEMBER FROM RIVER ROAD, WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, IMPERVIOUS SURFACE.

UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS, UH, PERSON FROM DISTRICT ONE AND THE LIAISON AND PUBLIC WORKS AND PRETTY MUCH EVERY DEPARTMENT IN DEVELOPMENT SERVICES TALKING ABOUT HOW DO WE CANNOT USE IMPERVIOUS OR AN IMPERVIOUS SURFACE AND JUST USE SOMETHING, UM, TO GO ALONG WITH SOME LANDSCAPING AND TO JUST, UM, NOT CAUSE ANY, UM, ADDITIONAL FLOODING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

UM, BUT YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH IT.

THIS IS A, ANOTHER DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER KELLUM FOR QUESTIONS.

SO DO Y'ALL HAVE, DO YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR AQUA A CROSSWALK IN THAT AREA AT ALL? WE HAVEN'T GOT ANY FEEDBACK FROM THAT, FROM THE CITY, BUT WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE INTERESTED IN DOING THAT IF THAT WAS A VIABLE OPTION.

AND THE LIGHTING IN THE PARKING LOT.

CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO ME? I'M SORRY.

THE WHAT? THE LIGHTING THAT YOU WOULD HAVE IN THE PARKING LOT.

CAN YOU THE LIGHTING.

THE LIGHTING LIGHT, LIKE ILLUMINATION.

OH, UM, YOU WANT TO SAY THAT? YEAH.

SO WE PLAN TO EITHER PUT, UM, SOLAR OR BATTERY POWER, UM, FLOODLIGHTS AND OTHER LIGHTING, AND I THINK WE WOULD NEED TO DISCUSS FURTHER WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBOR IN TERMS OF BRIGHTNESS, IF HE WOULD PREFER SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR MORE ON ONE SIDE VERSUS THE OTHER.

UM, BUT WE DO HAVE QUITE A FEW OPTIONS FOR HOP IN ON THAT TOO.

GO AHEAD.

AND, AND THEN ALSO, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS WILL BE A DAYTIME PARKING LOT.

YEAH, MORE DAYTIME.

SO, UM, OUR HOURS, UM, FOR OUR SHOP WILL BE PROBABLY 7:00 PM AT, AT THE LATEST.

WE ARE GONNA HAVE WITHIN THAT SPACE, UM, OUR C TWO SPACE, WE'RE GONNA HAVE A BOOKSTORE, A PLANT STORE, UM, AND A FOOD TRUCK AND POSSIBLY A MOBILE BARBERSHOP.

UM, THEIR HOURS MIGHT BE LATER, BUT NO MATTER WHAT THAT, THAT, UM, PARKING LOT WILL BE GATED AND LOCKED BY 9:00 PM TOPS RIGHT NOW.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MAYBE A COUPLE HOURS OF TO COVER FOR LIGHTING NO LATER THAN THAT.

UH, OTHER COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS LOOKING LE COMMISSIONER WHITSETT.

SO Y'ALL OWN TWO OF THE LOTS ACROSS THE STREET? 3, 3, 3 MM-HMM.

SO YOU, WHICH ONE DO YOU NOT OWN? THE VERY CORNER, 33 0 5, IF YOU CAN SEE AN ADDRESS.

33 0 5 JUST HAS THE HIGHWAY, THE HIGHWAY SIGNS AND STUFF LIKE THAT ON IT TO TURN OFF TO GO ON 2 81 OR GO STRAIGHT AND IT'S A SMALLER LITTLE TRIANGLE.

AND ARE YOU GONNA HAVE VERY LIMITED PARKING ON THE SITE OR YOU NO, AT THIS POINT, NO PARKING ON THE ACTUAL SITE.

JUST STREET PARKING.

AND THEN WE WERE HOPING TO USE THIS VACANT LOT AS, UM, PARKING BECAUSE 30.

THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S BETTER.

NEIGHBORHOOD SPACE, IT DOES CREATE A, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE TALK TO RIVER ROAD, THEY KEEP TALKING ABOUT, YOU KNOW, KIND OF CLEANER, CONDENSED SPACES.

3, 3 0 9 HAS THE LARGER HOUSE, WHICH IS WHERE OUR BUSINESS WILL BE.

SIX 30, UM, IS A SMALLER HOUSE.

AND 3, 3 11 IS ALSO A VACANT LOT WHERE WE PLAN TO HAVE EITHER THE MOBILE RETAIL OR MOBILE, UH, FOOD TRUCKS.

AND, UM, AND YEAH, THAT'S, THAT'S OUR PLAN FOR THAT.

AND THEN ACROSS, WE SAT YOU CAN PARK THERE, UM, BUT THAT WOULD NOT BE A PART OF OUR OFF STREET PARKING.

IT WOULD JUST BE PRIMARILY ON 33 14.

COULD YOU NOT PROVIDE THE PARKING ON 33 11 AND HAVE YOUR MOBILE FOOD TRUCK ACROSS THE STREET? WE COULD, HOWEVER, THERE'S NOT AS MUCH ELECTRICAL AND BECAUSE THERE'S PROBABLY NEVER BEEN A STRUCTURE AS FAR AS GETTING ELECTRICAL OVER THERE.

ONE, TWO, AS FAR AS THE RESTROOM GOES, I DON'T KNOW.

SO THEY NEED FLUSHABLE RESTROOMS. UM, SIX 30 WE'LL SERVE THAT.

IT HAS TWO, UH, RESTROOMS THAT ARE GONNA SERVE PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE.

AND, UM, AND 3, 3 0 9 DOES ALSO HAVE A RESTROOM.

BUT AS FAR AS FLUSHABLE RESTROOMS AND HOT WATER GOES, I DON'T KNOW THE DISTANCE, UM, FOR THAT.

IF THAT WOULD BE IN CON IN THE PROPER DISTANCE TO HAVE ACCESS TO IT FOR A FOOD TRUCK OR A MOBILE BARBER.

'CAUSE THEY ALSO NEED WATER.

YEAH, LET ME JUMP IN ON THAT TOO.

UM, JUST TO ADD TO THAT, YEAH, WE'VE TALKED WITH ZONING ABOUT THAT.

UM, IT COULD POSSIBLY BE AN OPTION, BUT, UM, KIND OF JUST TO, UH, JUMP ON WHAT NATALIE JUST SAID, UM, SOME OF THE BIG ISSUES WITH THAT, UM, OUTSIDE OF JUST THE WATER AND ELECTRICAL, I THINK JUST WITHIN THE

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I THINK HAVING THEM ALL TOGETHER NOT ONLY MAKES SENSE FROM A ZONING STANDPOINT, BUT JUST AS AESTHETIC STANDPOINT AS WELL.

I DO THINK, UM, PUTTING IT TO THE OTHER SIDE WOULD, WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

COMMISSIONER WATSON, UM, I AM LOOKING AT YOUR SITE AND, AND I SEE THAT THE ONE THAT YOU INDICATED IS THE ONE YOU INSPECT.

IS ALSO, I'M SORRY, VOICE AND COMMISSIONER.

I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE IS OFF AGAIN.

I'M SORRY.

I IS OFF OF ST.

MARY'S, UM, AND I DON'T SEE ANY DIMENSIONS FOR THAT.

UM, AND I FEEL LIKE THAT WOULD BE A SIGNIFICANT THING TO HAVE ON A COMPLETE SITE PLAN.

UM, I DO ALSO THINK, UH, SOME FURTHER CONVERSATION MIGHT BE NEEDED ABOUT WHAT OPTIONS YOU HAVE FOR INGRESS EGRESS OFF OF SATCH.

HAVE YOU OR, UM, EXPLORED WHAT INGRESS EGRESS OFF ATCH WOULD LOOK LIKE? HAVE YOU TALKED TO NEIGHBORS ABOUT WHETHER THEY WOULD FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH AN EXIT ON THAT STREET? YEAH, SO THE, SO THE MEETING WE HAD WITH THE LIAISONS FROM RIVER ROAD, UM, SORRY TO CUT YOU OFF.

WAS THAT THE END OF YOUR QUESTION? YES.

, UH, THE, THE, THE CONVERSATION WE HAD WITH THE LIAISONS FROM RIVER ROAD THOUGHT THAT PERHAPS, UM, OR NO, FROM RIVER ROAD, UM, THOUGHT THAT THE FLOOD OF FLOOD, IT WOULDN'T BE A LOT OF CARS OBVIOUSLY, BUT OF, UM, CARS GOING TO ATCH WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THE ELDERLY HOMES THERE.

AND IT'S A MUCH SMALLER ROAD NARROW WAY THAN ST.

THE SLOPE FOR ST.

MARY'S RIGHT NOW IS, UM, SOMETHING LIKE, I THINK IT'S 12 FEET, SO IT'S LIKE A SINGLE CAR ENTRANCE.

UM, WE WOULD ALSO LOOK TO EXPAND THAT.

IT'D BE BETTER, I THINK, FOR EVERYONE, IF WE COULD GET THAT TO A DOUBLE.

UM, WHO ARE THE LIAISONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN SPEAKING TO AND HAVE YOU PRESENTED TO LIKE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING? THEY DO HAVE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING.

YEAH, SO A BREAKDOWN OF EVERYTHING THAT'S GONE DOWN IS, UM, OH, MAYBE I COULD I HAVE THAT BACK REAL QUICK.

SO, IN MAY WE RECEIVED A PHONE CALL.

I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM, UM, A MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY AT A CHAIR, A CHAIR, UM, WISHING TO MEET UP AND HAVE A MEETING.

WE WERE VERY OPEN TO THAT BACK IN MAY.

WE SAID, ABSOLUTELY, LET'S GET SOMETHING GOING, UM, AND WE CAN GO OVER THE PLANS OVER THE PHONE.

I GAVE THEM KIND OF A RUNDOWN OF OUR PLANS AS WELL.

I HEARD NOTHING FROM THEM UNTIL, UH, JUNE PASSED.

JULY CAME AROUND.

UM, WE STARTED LOOKING AT GETTING THE, UM, KIND OF PERMITS ROLLING OR, OR REZONING ROLLING WITH THAT PROPERTY.

UM, EMAILED NO RESPONSE.

COME AUGUST 5TH, I GOT A CALL FROM ANOTHER CHAIR, UH, FROM THE BOARD OF RIVER ROAD SAYING THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET AGAIN.

WE SAID, ABSOLUTELY, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PLANNING.

I TOLD THEM OVER THE PHONE WHAT WE WERE DOING.

THEY SAID, UM, THEY WOULD LIKE TO MEET IN PERSON AND SPECIFICALLY GO OVER IT.

WE SAID, OKAY.

AGAIN, NOTHING HAPPENED TILL AUGUST 25TH WHEN BOTH PEOPLE CHAIRS OF THE BOARDS THAT WE TALKED TO, UM, NEITHER SHOWED UP, BUT TWO PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT A PART OF THE BOARD WERE SENT BY THEM, UM, AS A LIAISON TO KIND OF GO OVER THEIR CONCERNS.

WHEN THEY MET WITH US, UM, AGAIN, THEY, THESE THINGS WERE KIND OF, UH, RELAYING TO Y'ALL.

THEY, THEY TOLD US EVERYTHING FROM THE BUFFER TO THE TREE TO THE CONCERN ABOUT THE ENTRANCE, UH, OR EXIT OFF ATCH.

UM, WE IMPLEMENTED THE, OBVIOUSLY IT WAS GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THIS MEETING, SO I IMPLEMENTED IT KIND OF QUICKLY WITH THIS DRAWING.

UM, THE SECOND BOARD MEMBER THAT CALLED ME, CALLED ME BACK AGAIN, UM, ON, I BELIEVE IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER OR VERY END OF AU, UH, AUGUST, ASKING, UM, FOR A, THE NEW SITE PLAN, UH, I SENT TO HER AUGUST 29TH.

I SENT THAT SITE PLAN VIA, UM, TEXT MESSAGE TO HER.

UM, SHE HAD NO RESPONSE TO ME, UM, ABOUT IT, UM, PRO OR CON OR CHANGES, AND THAT'S WHERE WE KIND OF CAME INTO TODAY, AND THAT'S WHERE WE ARE.

UH, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS.

ACTUALLY, NO, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

UM, ON THE ZONING MEMO, UM, I JUST SEE A NOTE ABOUT CODE AND PERMITTING DETAILS AND AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.

COULD YOU JUST EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE BIT? LIKE WAS THERE SOMETHING STARTED THAT WASN'T PERMITTED CORRECTLY, ET CETERA? YES.

SO WE, UM, AT THE PROMPTING OF OUR DIRECTOR HAVE, UM, ADDED A SECTION TO THE STAFF REPORT.

NOW THAT'S CODE AND PERMITTING DETAILS.

AND SO IT TELLS YOU ABOUT ANYTHING THAT, UM, HAS BEEN OPENED ON THE PROPERTY AS FAR AS AN INVESTIGATION OR IF THERE'S A CODE HEARING.

UM, THERE HAVE BEEN PEOPLE USING THE LOT ILLEGALLY FOR PARKING.

UM, NOT THEM PER SE, BUT JUST PEOPLE, WHEN IT RAINS, THEY GO OUT THERE, IT GETS MUDDY, IT'S A DISASTER.

AND SO CODE, WE OPENED A CODE INVESTIGATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR.

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QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

COMMISSIONER, WE, SORRY.

I SAW HIM FIRST.

THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

UH, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU WOULD WANT ADDITIONAL PARKING, I MEAN PARKING FOR YOUR BUSINESS.

PLEASE EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOU WOULD HANDLE THE SAFETY OF YOUR CUSTOMERS, BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE HAVING A PARKING LOT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE BUSINESS THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO BUILD IS GOING TO INVITE YOUR CUSTOMERS TO JAYWALK ACROSS NORTH ST.

MARY'S MM-HMM.

NOW, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW BUSY THAT SECTION OF NORTH ST.

MARY'S IS MM-HMM.

, BUT JUST INVITING YOUR, YOUR CUSTOMERS TO JAYWALK WOULD SEEMED TO ME TO BE A SAFETY ISSUE.

ABSOLUTELY.

IT'S SOMETHING WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT.

UM, AND, AND AGAIN, TO TO DISTRICT ONE'S, UH, QUESTION EARLIER, WE WOULD LOVE TO WORK WITH THE CITY TO GET A CROSSWALK THERE IF THAT WAS POSSIBLE.

UM, BUT OUTSIDE OF THAT, BRECKENRIDGE IS JUST DOWN, UH, WE ATCH THERE, UM, VERY CLOSE.

SO AGAIN, THERE'S ALREADY CONSTANT WALKING, JOGGING, RUNNING MARATHONS, BIKERS GOING THROUGH THERE, AND THAT'S KIND OF WHAT MADE US AT LEAST FEEL A LITTLE BIT MORE AT EASE BECAUSE NOT ONLY IS THAT LIGHT RIGHT THERE, IT'S THE, THE LIGHT IS 20 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY, SO THEY COULD JUST CROSS AT THE LIGHT, BUT EVEN IF THEY DID JUST COME ACROSS, IT'S, IT'S JUST HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND PEOPLE GOING TO THE, UM, TO THE PARKS ALREADY AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

COMMISSIONER REYES, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YES.

UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

I ALSO SHARE THE CONCERN ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY.

, UH, THERE ARE TWO EXISTING CROSSWALKS, UH, ONE NORTH AND ONE SOUTH OF THIS PROPERTY.

UM, MAYBE YOU CAN WORK WITH THE CITY TO ADD A, UH, BLACK ON YELLOW PEDESTRIAN WARNING SIGN.

, UH, IN LIEU OF A CROSSWALK.

CROSSWALKS ARE HARD TO, UH, HARD TO GET IF THEY'RE MIDBLOCK.

SO, UH, IT MAY BE A, A, A PEDESTRIAN WARNING SIGN.

, YOU ALSO HAVE AN EXISTING ACCESS OFF OF NORTH ST.

MARY'S CURRENTLY.

UM, PLEASE LOOK AT MAYBE EXPANDING THAT, THAT DRIVEWAY IF NEEDED FOR, UH, FOR, UH, SAFETY.

, UH, THERE.

SO YOU HAVE A PERMITTED ACCESS POINT NOW.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU MR. ORTIZ.

I HAD SOME QUESTIONS, UM, JUST REGARDING, I KNOW YOU DON'T HAVE A SITE PLAN FOR THE THREE LOTS.

ARE YOU EXPECTING TO HAVE A SITE PLAN BEFORE YOU GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE PARKING SPACE OR FOR THE, THE THREE, I MEAN, YOU SHOWED US, I GUESS THE PICTURE YOU SHOWED US OLDER JUST SHOWED THE PROPERTY ADDRESSES OF EACH ONE.

, BUT YOU REALLY DON'T SHOW US WHAT YOUR EXACTLY, YOUR ULTIMATE FINAL PLAN IS TO DO WITH ALL THREE LOTS.

WELL, THE FINAL PLAN, UH, DO I HAVE IT, THOSE ARE NOT THE SUBJECT OF THIS ZONING.

THEY'RE, IT'S NOT, THEY'RE PROPERLY ZONED.

OH, ARE THEY REALLY THIS? YES.

THEY'RE TRYING TO COMBINE ALL THREE OF THEM.

YEAH, SO THE THREE R ZONE C TWO, WHICH IS GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS THAT WE'RE DOING 3, 3, 1 14 IS NC AND WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE JUST TO USE IT AS PARKING WITH IT.

UM, AND SO I DON'T THINK WE NEED A SITE PLAN.

WE'VE GOTTEN ALL THE PERMITS WE'VE NEEDED.

UM, GOTCHA.

SO I GUESS IT'S JUST A PARKING LOT.

WE'RE JUST TELLING, TRYING TO GIVE YOU THE FULL PICTURE OF WHY WE'RE NOT JUST RANDOMLY PUTTING A PARKING LOT RIGHT HERE.

THEY'RE SO DEVELOPED SERVING.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH READY.

GOTCHA.

NOW THE PARKING LOT IS, THEY'RE GONNA BE FOR AFTER HOURS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE IN THE AIR, IS JUST ONLY FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS? FOR OUR CUSTOMERS ONLY.

UM, AFTER TALKING TO RIVER ROAD, WE FELT IT WOULD BE BETTER.

WE DON'T WANT TO GET LATE NIGHT ST.

MARY'S, UM, YOU KNOW, STRIP CLUB PEOPLE PARKING IN OUR SPOT.

SO WE WILL HAVE A GATE AND OR A LOCK CHAIN AGAIN, THOSE HOURS WILL BE TILL 9:00 PM IT WILL BE MARKED.

OUR CUSTOMERS ONLY.

UM, ALSO JUST JUMPING IN ON THE, THE CODE, UM, ENFORCEMENT ISSUES, UM, THAT, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP EARLIER, THAT WAS PREVIOUS TO US ACTUALLY DOING ANY WORK ON THE SPOT.

UM, THERE IS A, UH, VETERINARY CLINIC RIGHT NEXT TO US AND PRIOR US TO US GETTING THERE.

THEIR CUSTOMERS WERE JUST PARKING ON IT.

UM, AND THAT'S ALSO WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO STOP.

UM, GOTCHA.

LONG TERM, WOULD YOU BE CONSIDERED, UH, MAYBE CONSIDER DOWNWARD LIGHTING AROUND THAT SINCE YOU HAVE A VETERINARIAN AROUND, I GUESS BUS OR PRESIDENTIAL HOUSES THAT ARE ADJACENT TO YOU HAVING THE LIGHTING THAT YOU WOULD ULTIMATELY ADD IN YOUR PARKING LOT FACING DOWNWARD INSTEAD OF AWAY FROM YOUR RESIDENCE? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.

OF COURSE.

A SUSTAINABLE CLOTHING SHOP.

AND COMMISSIONER BOTTLES, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION MORE? UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE SMALL BUSINESS OPERATORS AND I JUST WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT HOW LONG YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN IN BUSINESS.

I WAS, I HAVE A LOT OF RESPECT FOR SMALL BUSINESS OPERATORS, AND THAT'S THE KEY OF THIS CITY.

SO I JUST WANTED TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PLANS AND WHERE YOUR EXPERIENCE IN THE BUSINESS.

UH, YEAH.

SO WE'RE, WE'RE, UM, THE NAME OF OUR BUSINESS IS CALLED GRAY MOON VINTAGE.

UM, WE'RE LOCATED OFF 2202 BROADWAY RIGHT NOW.

WE'VE BEEN IN A, A TRAILER THERE FOR SEVEN YEARS.

WE WON, UM, SIX BEST IN THE CITY AWARDS AND ONE BEST RETAIL SHOP IN TEXAS, UH, AS WELL.

UM, YEAH, WE'RE

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WE MAKE EVERYTHING IN HOUSE.

MY WIFE AND I ARE THE ONLY TWO EMPLOYEES.

UM, WE, UM, I I DO DESIGN STUFF.

WE SCREEN PRINT ON VINTAGE.

UM, OUR SHOP ITSELF IS SUSTAINABLE.

UM, WE CREATE SAFE SPACES.

UM, WE DO LITTLE EVENTS WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY LOCATED AT RIGHT NOW.

UM, YOU WANNA JUMP IN AND YEAH.

SO TO GIVE MORE CLARITY, IF YOU'VE NEVER HEARD OF 2202 BROADWAY, IT'S, UH, BROADWAY NEWS AND IT'S A BUNCH OF MOBILE, UH, RETAIL AND FOOD TRUCKS.

SO THAT'S WHERE OUR EXPERIENCE KIND OF IS TRANSLATING HERE.

UM, WE ARE GONNA ACTUALLY MOVE OUR SHOP INTO 33 0 9, WHICH IS THE LARGER HOUSE.

AND LIKE WE SAID, UM, HAVE ONE OR TWO FOOD TRUCKS, POSSIBLY A BARBER BECAUSE, UM, BROADWAY NEWS IS NO LONGER BECOMING A VIABLE OPTION FOR ALL OF US.

BUT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.

UM, AND YES, SO WE, WE'VE BEEN HERE FOR SEVEN YEARS.

UM, WE HAVE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UM, PRETTY OFTEN, AND WE, THAT'S HOW WE'VE GOTTEN AS MUCH, UM, OR WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO SURVIVE.

C O D ALL THESE THINGS IS THROUGH RELATIONS, THROUGH COMMUNITY EVENTS, THROUGH CREATING COMMUNITY, UM, AND IN, UM, RENOVATING THESE HOUSES INTO A, TO BECOME A A OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN, UM, A REALLY, REALLY SURREAL EXPERIENCE.

LIKE WE'RE, WE'RE VERY EXCITED.

UM, BUT IT'S ALSO DOING THE LOGISTICS OF IT HAS BEEN HARD.

AND THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTING AS MANY INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL TALK TO US.

WE ARE AT DEVELOPMENT SERVICES EVERY DAY, UM, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT, WHAT THE BEST THING TO DO IS.

AND, UM, AND WE'VE BEEN TOLD AS WELL THAT THE SITE PLAN TODAY WOULD NOT NECESSARILY BE FINAL.

IT IS MORE OF, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE A, UH, PARKING LOT OR NOT.

AND THAT THE, ONCE WE GET TO CITY COUNCIL, THAT'S WHEN THINGS START GETTING MORE SOLID.

THAT'S WHY THERE'S NOT LIKE A MEASUREMENT FOR THE APPROACH AND THINGS LIKE THAT.

WE ARE, WE'RE AWARE THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT, UM, MORE COMPLETE BY THE CITY COUNCIL DATE.

UM, BUT AS WE'VE BEEN GIVING YOU THESE TIMELINES WHERE WE'RE, YOU KNOW, WITHIN DAYS BEING TOLD THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE A POSTPONEMENT OR THERE'S MORE QUESTIONS OR THINGS LIKE THAT, WE'RE HAPPY TO ABIDE BY RIO BY ANYTHING THAT ANYONE HAS TO SAY.

WE'VE BEEN HONESTLY REALLY ASKING FOR A MEETING TO JUST GET ANYBODY'S INPUT, WHO WOULD LIKE TO TELL US.

AND, UM, WE HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT QUITE YET.

OH, COMMISSIONER REYES.

I'LL MAKE IT VERY QUICK.

YOU HAVE FOUR FOOT OPEN FENCE IN THE FRONT.

JUST ONE THING, AND, AND I APOLOGIZE IF THIS IS NOT THE PLACE TO SAY IT, BUT ONE THING ABOUT SITE DISTANCE IS ST.

MARY'S, UH, CURVES.

SO BE VERY COGNIZANT OF THE SITE DISTANCE WHERE YOU PUT THAT FENCE.

UH, PEOPLE CAN LOOK OUT AS THEY'RE LEAVING THAT PARKING LOT.

UH, BACK TO YOU, COMMISSIONER LUM FOR A MOTION.

I DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE SAFETY FOR SURE, BUT AS IT STANDS NOW, I VOTE FOR APPROVAL OF THIS.

I'LL SECOND THAT.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.

MOTION IS FOR APPROVALS.

UH, DISCUSSION, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON.

UM, THIS IS GONNA BE ON THE EDGE FOR ME, NOT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK THAT THIS IS POTENTIALLY VIABLE LONG TERM, BUT I THINK YOU STILL HAVE SOME, I THINK YOU STILL HAVE SOME THINKING TO DO, UM, ABOUT THIS, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S VIABLE BOTH FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND SAFETY CONCERNS.

AND ALSO, UM, TO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE NEIGHBORHOOD BUY-IN.

I LIVE IN MANKEY PARK.

I'M JUST OVER THE LINE.

I HAVE SPENT ALL OF THE LAST YEAR WALKING ON ST.

MARY'S, UH, UP MULBERRY TO GET TO CHURCH BECAUSE I HAVE NOT HAD A CAR FOR A YEAR.

SO I'M VERY FAMILIAR WITH PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA AND HAVE ALMOST BEEN HIT MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, TRYING TO, TO DO THAT.

SO, UM, I THINK, UH, COMMISSIONER REYES'S POINT IS WELL TAKEN.

YOU SHOULD PROBABLY LOOK AT AND BE PREPARED BEFORE COUNCIL TO TALK ABOUT SIGHT LINES WITH FENCING.

YOU NEED TO HAVE A MEASUREMENT FOR THE DRIVEWAY.

YOU NEED TO LOOK AT A POINT FOR RESEARCH FOR ACCESS.

I DO KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME CHALLENGES GETTING MEETINGS WITH NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, INDIVIDUALS.

AND I PERSONALLY HAVE HAD SOME CHALLENGES WORKING WITH RIVER ROAD, UM, AS WE'VE BEEN COMING OUT OF COVID.

SO I, I HEAR YOU AND I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU'RE DOING, BUT ALSO LIKE YOU NEED TO HAVE THAT IN-PERSON MEETING BEFORE COUNCIL.

UM, AND YOU NEED TO WORK WITH THE DISTRICT ONE OFFICE IF YOU CAN GET CONTACT WITH THE INAPPROPRIATE REPRESENTATIVE TO GET AN IN-PERSON MEETING SO THAT YOU HAVE THE BUY-IN YOU NEED, AND DON'T GET CAUGHT BY SURPRISE.

UM, BUT AS YOU'RE LIKE PREPARING FOR COUNCIL MEASUREMENTS ON YOUR PARKING SPACES, MEASUREMENTS ON YOUR INGRESS EGRESS, A REASONABLE, REALISTIC, WELL THOUGHT OUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY PLAN AND WORKING WITH THE APPROPRIATE CITY DEPARTMENTS FOR THOSE OPTIONS, IT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY.

UM, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER IS GREAT THAT YOU HAVE THAT 15 FOOT, UM, BUT I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU PUT IN SOME EXAMPLES OF LIKE TREES AND YOU HAVE SOME RENDERINGS, EVEN IF THEY'RE DRAWN OF WHAT KIND OF GARDENING OR OTHER LANDSCAPING IS GOING IN.

AND THEN BLOCK WALK WITHIN THE 200 FEET SO YOU HAVE ACTUAL IN WRITING BUY IN FROM THOSE NEIGHBORS.

UM, I'M HEARING SOME REALLY GOOD THINGS ABOUT LIKE HAVING TALKED TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, HAVING TALKED TO THOSE ELDERLY NEIGHBORS, WANTING THE TRAFFIC NOT TO

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IMPACT THEM.

UM, IT'S HARD TO TAKE IT ON FAITH IF IT'S NOT IN WRITING.

AND SO, UM, WITH A NEW COUNCIL PERSON AND A NEW APPOINTEE ON ZONING, UM, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT I'D RECOMMEND.

UM, I TYPICALLY AM GONNA FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE, UM, THE COMMISSIONER ON CASES LIKE THIS, AS THEY TYPICALLY DO FOR ME AS WELL.

BUT YOU DO HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL THINKING TO DO.

I THINK YOU'RE MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

I'M A BIG FAN OF YOUR BUSINESSES.

I FREQUENT 2202 BROADWAYS.

IT'S IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, BUT, UH, JUST AS YOU'RE EXPLORING THIS NEW VENTURE AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE DOING SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND FOR YOUR BUSINESSES, MAKE SURE YOU ADDRESS THOSE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS AND HAVE ALL OF THE, THE POTENTIAL PITFALLS THOUGHT THROUGH BEFORE YOU GO TO COUNCIL.

ANY OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE? UH, THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

SO I AGREE WITH EVERYTHING COMMISSIONER WATSON SAID.

UM, BUT I THINK THAT LEADS ME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT I CANNOT SUPPORT THE MOTION AT THIS TIME.

I THINK THERE IS ENOUGH, UM, SIGNIFICANT WORK TO BE DONE THAT I THINK A CONTINUANCE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.

I'M NOT SAYING DENIAL, BUT I THINK CONTINUANCE WOULD BE APPROPRIATE AT THIS TIME.

UH, ANY OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITSON? I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BUSANTE ABOUT A CONTINUANCE, JUST TO GET SOME THINGS CLARIFIED AND, ALL RIGHT.

UH, COMMISSIONER, WE THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.

SO, BASED SOLELY ON LAND USE, I COULD GO WITH IT, BUT CONSIDERING THE SAFETY OF THE PEDESTRIANS AND, YOU KNOW, WE CAN PUT CROSSWALKS AND SIGNS, BUT PEOPLE ARE GONNA WALK ACROSS THE STREET, TAKE THE SHORTEST ROUTE, AND BASED ON THAT, I, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE MOTION.

NOW, I WOULD AGREE THAT IF YOU WOULD TAKE SOME TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW YOU WOULD HANDLE THE PEDESTRIAN SAFETY, THEN I WOULD CONSIDER IT.

BUT RIGHT NOW, I JUST CAN'T SUPPORT THE MOTION TO APPROVE.

ALL RIGHT, THANKS.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

COMMISSION ON MY LEFT, NO OTHER COMMENTS? UM, I'LL AGREE.

THIS IS, THIS IS A PRETTY DIFFICULT CASE WHERE, UH, I DO SEE, UH, THAT PERHAPS A, A, A CONTINUANCE WOULD BE, UM, AN ORDER HERE.

BUT RIGHT NOW, THE, THE VOTE, OR SORRY, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL.

WHO MADE THE SECOND? WAS THAT YOU COMMISSIONER BARTOS? YES.

IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER FUENTES? NO.

COMMISSIONER WATSON? NO.

COMMISSIONER BUSANTE? NO.

COMMISSIONER? WE? NO.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? UH, NO.

COMMISSIONER WITT? NO.

IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER? MOTION TO RECONSIDER.

SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.

ROLL CALL.

VOTE ON THAT PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE.

COMMISSIONER ENTENTES.

COMMISSIONER KILLAM? YES.

COMMISSIONER WITTS? YES.

CHAIR S SIPES? YES.

MOTION PASSES.

ALL THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION.

UH, CHAIR.

I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE FOR TWO, YEAH, TWO WEEKS TO THE SEPTEMBER 19TH HEARING.

SECOND.

MOTION IS TO CONTINUE FOR TWO WEEKS BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BUSA MONTE, UH, ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER BUSTA.

COMMISSIONER KLUM? YES.

CHAIR S SIPES? YES.

ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.

ALRIGHT, WE'LL SEE YOU IN A COUPLE WEEKS.

UM, THE TIME IS NOW 3 37.

IF WE COULD TAKE A SHORT FIVE TO 10 MINUTE BREAK.

ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN NUMERALS 3 49 AND WE, THE ZONING COMMISSION IS BACK IN SESSION.

IF WE COULD, UH, ALL HAVE A SEAT AND WE WILL GET BACK TO OUR MEETING.

THE TIME IS

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YEAH, I BELIEVE WE'RE ON ITEM 22, 22.

THE SMALL ITEM.

ITEM 22.

MY NAME IS VINCENT SINO, SENIOR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.

ITEM 22 IS LOCATED AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY GOING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD I D Z WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.

THERE WERE 30 NOTICES SENT OUT.

ONE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED BOTH MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED.

STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS.

IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE R FOUR.

THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA IF APPROVED, THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WILL TAKE PLACE IN THE EXISTING STRUCTURE.

THERE'S AN EXISTING R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, ONLY TWO DOORS DOWN FROM THE PROPERTY AND COMMERCIAL USES AT THE CORNER.

PROPERTIES OF THE BLOCK FACE.

THE REQUEST MAINTAINS THE BASE R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT AND A CD CONDITIONAL USE ALLOWS A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND HOLDS THE DEVELOPMENT TO BE DESCRIBED.

PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN TO INCLUDE BUILDING ADMISSIONS DIMENSIONS AND SQUARE FOOTAGES DEVIATION FROM THE CONSIDERED SITE PLAN CAN WARRANT ADDITIONAL CITY COUNCIL REVIEW.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND APPLICANT IS PRESENT.

IF WE'D HAVE THAT APPLICANT PLEASE.

PERFECT.

THAN WHAT YOU CAN VERY CLEARLY SEE HERE.

EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT.

UM, WE COULD START ON SLIDE TWO PLEASE.

UM, SO THIS PROPERTY, UM, IS 0.169 ACRES, WHICH IS OVER 7,000 SQUARE FEET.

UM, IT IS SURROUNDED BY USES.

UM, THERE IS RESIDENTIAL, THERE'S MULTIFAMILY, MULTIPLE UNITS.

UM, ON THE FRENCH PLACE SIDE THERE IS COMMERCIAL OFFICE.

AND THEN OF COURSE THIS FRONT, UM, ALONG EAST ASHBY.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS A SLIGHTLY ZOOMED OUT AERIAL IMAGE.

UM, YOU CAN SEE MCCULLOUGH TO THE WEST, UM, NORTH, MAIN TO THE EAST.

THIS IS THE MID-BLOCK, UM, CHUNK OF EACH EAST ASHBY.

BETWEEN THOSE TWO, UM, THERE ARE THIS VIEW SHOWS THE VARIETY OF MIXED USES.

UM, SO OBVIOUSLY COMMERCIAL AT THE HARD CORNER, THAT COMMERCIAL COMES IN ACTUALLY FROM BOTH CORNERS OF MCCULLOUGH AND MAINE.

UM, INTO THE MID-BLOCK, THERE IS A MIX OF USES.

UH, JUST ACROSS THE STREET ON ASHBY, YOU CAN SEE MAGNOLIA GARDENS, SEVERAL OFFICES, UM, AND AGAIN MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY IN THIS AREA.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO AGAIN, UH, EAST ASHBY, UH, SPANS FROM NORTH ST.

MARY'S ALL THE WAY ALMOST, UM, TO I 10.

UM, THIS IS A MAJOR ROAD.

UM, THIS TRAVELS RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES, UM, ALL THE WAY ACROSS DISTRICT ONE.

THIS IS A REALLY EXPANSIVE ROAD.

THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY HERE.

UM, IT IS, UH, VERY WALKABLE.

UM, AND THERE'S A LOT OF PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS IN THE AREA.

NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO THIS IS A PROPERTY AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

IT'S EX EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

UM, WE ARE ZONING REQUEST HERE TODAY, UM, WHICH I'LL GET INTO IN JUST A SECOND.

UM, DOES NOT REMOVE THE ABILITY FOR THIS TO MAINTAIN ITS ABILITY TO HAVE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS HERE.

UM, WE ARE NOT CHANGING THE STRUCTURE.

UH, THIS IS, UM, YOU KNOW, FOCUSED ON PRESERVING THAT EXISTING HOME, UM, AND ADDING THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AS AN ADDITIONAL USE ON THE PROPERTY.

SO NOT REMOVING THE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK.

UH, NEXT PHOTO, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.

SO, UM, I'M, I MENTIONED THIS EARLIER, UM, WHEN WE WERE DISCUSSING THREE 11 ASHBY, UM, WHICH ADDS TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS, UM, TO THE, TO THE ASHBY, UH, ROW, THE ASHBY CORRIDOR, UM, FOR RESIDENTIAL HERE.

UM, BUT THE FUNCTIONALITY OF ASHBY EAST OF MCCULLOUGH IS VERY, VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE GROUND IN THE FUNCTIONALITY WEST OF MCCULLOUGH.

UM, SO THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT MORE AMOUNT OF COMMERCIAL OFFICE MIXED USES, MULTIFAMILY SINGLE FAMILY, UM, WEST OF MCCULLOUGH WHERE YOU CAN SEE ALL OF THAT, UM, EVEN NORTH AND SOUTH.

BUT THERE'S A VERY DIFFERENT, UH, LAND USE AND AN ACTUAL PHYSICAL USE IN THE PROPERTIES, UM, THAT IS VERY DIFFERENT WEST OF MCCULLOUGH

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UM, AND WHAT TOBIN HILL REFERRED TO AS THEIR, THEIR RESIDENTIAL CORE EAST OF MCCULLOUGH.

UM, THIS PROPERTY IS IN MONTE VISTA.

UM, OUR REACH, OUR OUTREACH BEGAN TO THEM, UM, IN JULY.

UM, WE'VE REQUESTED MULTIPLE TIMES TO MEET, UM, WE JUST RECEIVED WORD THAT THEY'RE WILLING TO MEET WITH US AND WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DO SO.

I THINK AS WE HAVE SHOWN AT THREE O LESBIAN EAST ASHBY, WHICH HAD MONTHS OF CONTINUANCES AND TWO POSTPONEMENTS, UM, THAT WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY TO DELAY, UM, AND WILLING TO DELAY WHEN WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO SO.

UNFORTUNATELY ON THIS PROPERTY, WE DO NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO DELAY CONSIDERATION TODAY, UM, BUT REMAIN COMMITTED TO OUR REPEATED REQUESTS TO MEET WITH MONTE VISTA.

UM, AND TALK ABOUT THIS PROPERTY AND THE PROPOSED OFFICE USE AND HOW THAT WILL FUNCTION NEXT SITE.

SO THE PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY ZONED R FOUR, THAT H IT'S IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT.

UM, OUR ORIGINAL ZONING REQUEST WAS FOR I D Z ONE WITH PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE.

UM, MONTE VISTA INITIALLY RESPONDED IN OPPOSITION WITH CONCERNS ABOUT REMOVING EXISTING HOUSING STOCK, UM, BY TRANSFERRING BY TRANS, NOT TRANSFERRING, EXCUSE ME, BY REZONING THE PROPERTY TO JUST PROFESSIONAL OFFICE USE.

UM, AND EXPRESSED A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THAT AND WE HEARD THAT AND SO WE REVISED OUR REZONING REQUEST, MADE THEM AWARE OF THAT TO KEEP THE R FOUR BASE IN THERE THAT'LL KEEPS THAT USE OF SINGLE FAMILY ON THE PROPERTY.

UM, THIS HAS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ATTACHED TO THE SITE PLAN AND THOSE PARAMETERS, UM, AS WE'VE HEARD SEVERAL TIMES TODAY, UH, NON-RESIDENTIAL USES AND THE RESIDENTIAL BASE ALSO INCLUDES LIMITED HOURS OF OPERATIONS, THE SITE PLAN, ALL OF THOSE FUNCTIONS THERE.

UM, AND WE'RE, WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH MONTE VISTA ON THIS.

UM, BUT OUR CURRENT ZONING REQUEST IS AN AMENDMENT FOR WHAT WE ORIGINALLY SUBMITTED AND THAT IS IN DIRECT RESPONSE TO MONTE VISTA'S CONCERN WITH LOSING ANY FUNCTION OF THIS PROPERTY, HAVING HOUSING STOCK.

UM, YOU KNOW, WE DID, UM, JUST PROCEED WITH ADDING TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS ON ASHBY.

UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE HONORING MONTE VISTA'S REQUEST TO KEEP THAT HOUSING STOCK OPTION HERE.

UM, BUT I, I DO WANNA BE VERY, VERY CLEAR.

THIS IS A 3000 PLUS SQUARE FOOT HOME FRONTING ON ASHBY, UM, IN A HISTORIC DISTRICT.

UM, THIS IS NOT LOWERCASE OR CAPITAL A AFFORDABLE HOUSING BY ANY MEANS.

UM, AND I DO NOT WANT THAT TO BE MISCONSTRUED OR THROWN OUT THERE.

UM, WE ARE HAPPY AND MORE THAN WILLING TO KEEP THAT HOUSING STOCK AS AN OPTION AND TO KEEP THIS AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE, UM, OPTION.

UM, BUT THIS IS NOT AFFORDABLE HOUSING CURRENTLY OR IN THE FUTURE.

NEXT SLIDE.

SO THIS IS THE, UM, UPDATED CONDITIONAL USE SITE PLAN.

YOU CAN SEE THE EXISTING TWO STORY RESIDENCE, UH, THE REAR, IT SAYS CONCRETE THAT IS JUST PAVED WITH A, WITH A COVERED PARKING, UH, COVERING OVER THAT CONCRETE PAD THERE.

IT'S NOT AN EXISTING STRUCTURE, SO THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PARKING ON SITE.

UM, PART OF THIS, IF WE COULD ACTUALLY GO BACK A FEW SLIDES THAT PERFECT, NO, SORRY.

STATEMENT IS TO PRESERVE THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF THIS COMMUNITY.

UM, SO, AND I'M GONNA SHOW YOU WITH ME THE POINTER AT THE HARD CORNER OF MCCULLOUGH AND EAST ASHBY, UM, IS WHAT IS, UM, BEING REDEVELOPED AS THE ALLEN.

UM, IT WAS ALLEN FLOWERS AND LAURELS.

THE ALLEN IS BEING REDEVELOPED, UM, FOR OFFICE-BASED COMMERCIAL USE THERE.

UM, AND, AND THIS IS THE SAME, THE DEVELOPER, UM, WOULD, UH, IS WORKING WITH US ON THIS PROPERTY AT 1 27.

UM, SO AS FAR AS ADDITIONAL PARKING, OVERFLOW PARKING, UH, FOR THE OFFICE USE, UH, WE CAN FACILITATE COOPERATIVE PARKING WITH THE ALLEN.

UM, THERE IS A, A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT HAPPENING, UM, AT THE HARD CORNER OF, I THINK THIS JUST WENT OUT, I SHOULDN'T LOOK AT IT STRAIGHT AHEAD.

UM, AT MCCULLOUGH AND ASHBY, UM, COBALT CLUB, THE CIRCLE K, THAT STRIP CENTER THERE, THERE'S A LOT OF REDEVELOPMENT HAPPENING THERE.

A LOT OF LONG-TERM VISION AND PLANNING.

UM, A LOT OF CONSIDERATION TOO.

THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS BEEN REQUESTING OVER TIME, MORE, UH, COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES, A LOT OF THAT WILL COME.

UM, PARTICULARLY THINGS LIKE NEW RESTAURANTS, UM, WHEN THERE IS MORE OF A LUNCHTIME CROWD TO SERVE.

UM, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING LIKE THE COBALT CLUB IS NOT PARTICULARLY SUPPORTIVE OF COMMUNITIES LIKE MONTE VISTA AND TOBIN HILL, UM, BUT PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET DRINKS WHEN THEY NEED THEM.

UM, BUT IT, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS COMPREHENSIVELY FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES.

UM, AND PROVIDING OFFICE SPACE AT 1 27 EAST ASPE ALLOWS US TO PRESERVE THAT EXISTING HOUSING STOCK, UM, THROUGH THE R FOUR CONDITIONAL USE, UM, AND MAINTAIN THE PHYSICAL CHARACTER OF MONTE VISTA, WHICH THAT IS PART OF THEIR VISION AND MISSION

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AND WE ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT INTENDING TO TAKE THAT AWAY.

UM, IF YOU CAN SKIP AHEAD A FEW SLIDES PLEASE.

PERFECT.

UM, A COUPLE OTHER THINGS.

UM, THIS FRONT DRIVEWAY HERE, UM, IT'S ABOUT 20 FEET WIDE.

UM, IT WAS RECENTLY BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, THAT THERE IS SOME SORT OF SHARED PARKING THIS DRIVEWAY, THIS 20 FOOT WIDE DRIVEWAY IS ENTIRELY ON 1 27 PROPERTY.

UM, BUT IT'S A VERY WIDE DRIVEWAY AND AS I SAID, WE'LL BE PARKING, UM, IN THE REAR AND THEN ALSO HAVE COOPERATIVE PARKING THERE, FULL SIDEWALKS.

THE NUMBER FIVE LINE RUNS STRAIGHT DOWN, UM, MCCULLOUGH.

SO THERE'S A LOT OF PEDESTRIAN WALKABILITY, UM, A LOT OF PUBLIC TRANSIT OPTIONS HERE.

BUT AS FAR AS COOPERATIVE PARKING WITH THE ADJOINING NEIGHBOR, THERE'S MORE THAN ENOUGH WIDTH OF THIS EXISTING DRIVEWAY.

AND SINCE WE'LL BE PARKING IN THE REAR, UM, THERE WILL BE NO ACCESS ISSUE THERE.

UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO POINT THAT OUT AS WELL.

UM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF VOICEMAILS, UH, TO GET TO, SO I WILL RESERVE MY COMMENTS FOR THEN.

UM, BUT WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT TODAY FOR THE R FOUR CONDITIONAL USE.

AND WE DO HAVE SOME PUBLIC COMMENT, CORRECT? YES, WE HAVE MANY VOICEMAILS THAT WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS HERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.

NOW ANY OF THE SPEAKERS? YOU HAVE NOT.

WE, WE DID HAVE ONE.

UM, MS. RO THAT RIGHT HERE, IT IT, WE DO HAVE A VOICEMAIL FROM.

NOT FOR ME, NOT FOR ME, FOR MY, MY DAUGHTER AND MY, OKAY, THANK YOU.

ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD, UH, START WITH THE VOICEMAILS PLEASE.

ER AT 1 36 WEST.

HELLO, THIS IS ALISON STOCKER, SS T O C K E R AT 1 36 WEST GRAMERCY PLACE IN MONTE VISTA.

7 8 2 1 2.

AND I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING REQUEST AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

ITEM NUMBER 22, AGAIN, I'M OPPOSED TO THE ZONING REQUEST.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ANDREW BARNETT.

I AM AT 2 2 3 WEST AGARITA AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA.

I AM CALLING REGARDING AGENDA ITEM 22, WHICH IS THE REZONING OF 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

UM, I WOULD LIKE TO JUST MAKE A, LEAVE A MESSAGE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS REZONING.

WE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MAINTAINING, UH, THE HISTORICAL DISTRICT OF MONTE VISTA AND KEEPING A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, SO I DO NOT WANT THAT PROPERTY TURNED INTO AN OFFICE BUILDING.

IF YOU WANNA GIVE ME A CALL BACK, I'M AT (469) 438-4484.

MY NAME IS ANN KINZER.

I LIVE AT 1 1 0 WEST ROSEWOOD SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 2 IN MONTE VISTA AND I AM CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING REQUEST FOR CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD.

AND THE STREET ADDRESS FOR THAT ZONING REQUEST IS 1 27 EAST ASHBY AND I DO NOT WANT IT REZONED.

THIS IS ANNE NEWMAN.

I LIVE AT 2 0 3 BUSHNELL IN MONTE VISTA.

UH, MY CELL PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 508-7884 AND I AM CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 22 AT, UH, THE, UH, REZONING OF 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE CHANGE IN THE ZONING.

UM, I THINK IT'S, UH, A BAD PRECEDENT AND I DO NOT THINK IT SHOULD BE REZONED FOR COMMERCIAL USE AND I DO HOPE THAT, UM, MONTE VISTA WILL STAY A HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT BECOME A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AREA.

THANK YOU AGAIN, THIS IS ANN NEWMAN.

ABOUT THE OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST OF REZONING OF 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

MY NAME IS ANNETTE VIEJO.

I'M AT CURRENTLY AT THREE 30 WEST KINGS HIGHWAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 AND TWO.

I AM CALLING

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THE CASE NUMBER IS TEN SEVEN HUNDRED ONE NINETY NINE C AS IN CAT, D AS IN DAVID.

AND THE AGENDA ITEM IS 22 AND I LIVE IN COUNCIL DISTRICT ONE AND I OPPOSE THE REQUEST SIMPLY BECAUSE THIS IS A TRAFFIC PROBLEM FOR OUR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, IT, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS RESIDENTIAL.

IT IS NOT COMMERCIAL.

UM, IT IS, IT WOULD ALSO BE A PROBLEM FOR PARKING, UM, ALONG THE STREETS.

UH, AGAIN, IT IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT COMMERCIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE BLOCK.

UM, THERE ARE PLENTY OF AVAILABLE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES NEARBY ON MCCULLOUGH OFF HEWELL INVESTMENTS IS LOCATED THERE OFF MAIN OFF SAN PEDRO AVENUE.

AND AGAIN, I OPPOSE THIS, UH, THIS ITEM NUMBER TEN SEVEN HUNDRED ONE NINETY NINE C D AGENDA ITEM 22.

MY NAME IS BARBARA STEVENS AND I LIVE AT TWO 11 WEST SUMMIT AVENUE.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 371-7792 AND I AM CALLING ON CASE NUMBER Z 2 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 9 9 C D.

AND I AM OPPOSING THE REZONING.

I AM A MEMBER OF THE MONTE VISTA ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE AND WE'VE HAD A NUMBER OF REQUESTS FOR ZONING CHANGES AND WE ARE NOT SUPPORTING ANY OF THEM.

ONE OF THE REASONS BEING AS MONTE VISTA HAS GONE THROUGH A REZONING THAT WAS, UM, APPROVED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND WE HAVE PLEDGED NOT TO MAKE ANY MORE CHANGES.

WE ARE A HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WE ARE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PRESERVE THE HOMES AND WE HOPE THAT THE PEOPLE ARE, THAT ARE WANTING TO BUY THEM WILL, UH, COME IN AND, UM, DO A RENOVATION THAT SUPPORTS THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.

AGAIN, I OPPOSE THE REZONING FOR THIS CASE.

HELLO, I'M TO MICHIGAN .

THIS IS BERNADETTE FLANNERY.

I LIVE AT 1 28 WEST MAGNOLIA IN THE MONTE VISTA AREA AND I'M OPPOSING, UM, THE UH, UH, PROPOSITION FOR, UM, I GUESS A BUSINESS MOVING IN.

THE CASE NUMBER IS Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 C D LIKE IN DAVID.

IT'S AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY AND I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THAT UH, THAT BUSINESS MOVING IN THERE.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (813) 597-8924.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

UH, MY NAME IS BLAIR MCGRAIN, THAT'S B L A I R.

LAST NAME IS MCGRAIN, M C G R A I N.

AND WE'RE UH, WE JUST MOVED TO THE PROPERTY A MONTH OR TWO AGO.

WE ARE AT 1 4 1 EAST GRAMERCY PLACE, THAT'S 1 4 1 EAST GRAMERCY.

AND UM, IT'S ITEM NUMBER 22, UH, ABOUT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE AND I SUPPORT YOUR OPPOSITION.

JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD.

SO IT SAYS ITEM NUMBER 22, UH, 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

UM, THIS IS OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF OPPOSITION.

UH, I APPRECIATE IT.

THIS IS CAROLYN BECKER CALLING FROM 1 0 1 SHRINER PLACE, SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO.

MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 771-2933.

I'M CALLING REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 C D.

UM, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THAT A CORPORATION IS TRYING TO BUY 1 27 EAST ASHBY CONTINGENT ON REZONING THE PROPERTY.

I'M CALLING AS A RESIDENT OF THIS NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROTEST THIS REZONING.

WE HONESTLY DO NOT NEED ANY MORE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN OUR ZONE.

WE ARE A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT HURTS THE PROPERTY VALUE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY, IT HURTS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE BY INCREASING TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC AND OPENING UP OTHER PROPERTIES TO REZONING.

UM, GIVEN THE NUMBER

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OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT FULLY GONE BACK TO WORK AND MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE IS PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, I REALLY SEE NO REASON WHY THIS PROPERTY NEEDS TO BE REZONED.

WE'RE NOT IN DESPERATE NEED OF OFFICE SPACE.

WE ARE HOWEVER, IN NEED OF MAINTAINING OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE WAY THEY ARE.

UM, I DON'T WANT MY PROPERTY VALUES DAMAGED BECAUSE THE OVERALL NATURE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGES.

SO AGAIN, I AM HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT REZONE THIS PROPERTY.

HELLO, THIS IS CHARLES ROBINSON.

UM, UH, I'M CALLING ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND AMY.

WE OWN THE HOME AT 2 37 WEST ATCH AVENUE THAT'S AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SATCH AND BELKNAP.

UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 863-1036.

THIS IS REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 22, THE ADDRESS, UH, BEING, UH, IN QUESTION BEING 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE, UH, REQUESTING TO ZONE FOR COMMERCIAL.

AND I WILL SAY WE BOUGHT OUR HOUSE IN 2005 AND UM, CONSIDERED AT SOME POINT, UH, AROUND 2012, UH, USING THE THIRD FLOOR AND THE GARAGE APARTMENT AS A HOME OFFICE.

UM, WE HAVE, UH, FOUR EMPLOYEES BESIDES THE TWO OF US AND UH, DISCUSSED THIS WITH UH, MONTE VISTA AND UH, DISCOVERED THE DESIRE TO, UH, SUSTAIN HOMES AND NOT GIVE UP TO COMMERCIAL AND CHANGE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, BEING, UH, REASONABLE CITIZENS.

WE'VE CHOSEN NOT TO DO THAT.

UH, BUT IT WOULD SAVE US A LOT OF MONEY, IT'D BE VERY CONVENIENT.

AND IF YOU GUYS ARE GONNA LET HOUSES START TO GO TO UH, BUSINESSES IN THE MONTE VISTA AREA, THEN UH, WE'LL BE SUBMITTING OUR REQUEST TO DO THE SAME WITH OUR HOUSE ON UH, ON THE CORNER OF ATCH AND BELL MAP.

UM, YEAH, SO THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY MESSAGE.

MY NAME IS DAVID AL, I LIVE AT THREE 30 EAST OF ATCH AVENUE, ZIP CODES SEVEN EIGHTY TWO ONE TWO.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (512) 237-9670.

I'M CALLING REGARDING ITEM NUMBER 22.

I'M AGAINST THE CHANGE OF ZONING FOR 1 27 EAST ASHBY FROM RESIDENTIAL TO PROFESSIONAL OFFICE FOR THE REASONS OF NUMBER ONE, A CHANGE FROM RESIDENTIAL TO NON-RESIDENTIAL USE NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD CREATING A VACANT PROPERTIES WHEN OFFICES CLOSE, INVITING TRANSIENT AND THIEVES TO THE AREA.

B, AN ATMOSPHERE OF ABANDONMENT NOT CONDUCIVE FOR A HEALTHY THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD.

NUMBER TWO, THE HOME AND PROPERTY WAS NOT DESIGNED AS A PROFESSIONAL BUILDING.

CONSEQUENTLY, SUFFICIENT OFF STREET PARKING IS NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS WILL RESULT IN A SLIGHTLY ROW OF VEHICLES PARKED ON THE STREET FURTHER IMPACTING TRAFFIC FLOW.

NUMBER THREE, SAN ANTONIO COVERS AN AREA OF 461 SQUARE MILES MONTE VISTA LESS THAN ONE SQUARE MILE.

THE APPLICANT HAS HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF LOCATIONS TO CHOOSE THAT ARE CURRENTLY ZONED FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS.

IT IS NOT RIGHT AND UNSUPPORTABLE TO ALLOW A BUSINESS TO BE ESTABLISHED THAT WILL DAMAGE A HISTORICAL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OF THE CHOICES AVAILABLE.

LET US TRY TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE ONE SQUARE MILE OUT OF 461 SQUARE MILES FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO APPRECIATE AND ENJOY.

IN DENYING THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.

GOODBYE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS DAVID SMITH, HOME ADDRESS, 100 WEST ROSEWOOD SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 2.

I'M CALLING ABOUT UH, MY OPPOSITION TO THE REQUEST FOR ZONING OF 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE, CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.

I OPPOSE THE REQUEST FOR ZONING BECAUSE THE CHARACTER OF MONTE VISTA, HISTORIC DISTRICT AND NEIGHBORHOOD IS RESIDENTIAL FOR THE ADDRESS.

1 27 EAST ASHBY.

CURRENT ZONING AFFECTED DECEMBER 3RD, 2020 IS FOR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.

THE REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE TO COMMERCIAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICES IS ONE NOT CONSISTENT WITH CURRENT CURRENT RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.

TWO NOT CONSISTENT WITH QUOTE THE RELEVANT GOALS OF THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS STATED IN ZONING COMMISSION'S.

AGENDA MEMORANDUM, PARAGRAPH FIVE AND THREE PRESENTS A PROBLEM OF STREET PARKING SINCE THE REQUESTED I D Z ZONING DOES NOT REQUIRE ON SITE PARKING.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION

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DAVID SMITH, DAVID UNDERWOOD 2 5 5 EAST ROSEWOOD.

CASE NUMBER V 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 1 9 9 C D 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

I AM AGAINST THE REZONING REQUEST CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO OFFICE BUSINESS.

I AM CALLING IN CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3.

I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

MY NAME IS JOHN MCCUSKER, I LIVE AT ONE ONE NINE WEST ATCH.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 828-1850.

I AM CALLING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING.

CHANGE THE HOUSE AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACES ARE BEAUTIFUL, RENOVATED, SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND SHOULD REMAIN A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS MADE A PRIORITY OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN THE CITY CENTER.

THIS PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE REZONED FOR OFFICES.

THE TRAFFIC I S P IS ALREADY A PROBLEM AND PARKING IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT.

I'M OPPOSED TO THIS CHANGE.

HI, MY NAME IS ALINA OTRO.

MY ADDRESS IS 4 2 2 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 585-0447.

I AM AGAINST AGENDA ITEM 22, THE REZONING OF 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

HELLO, MY NAME IS LISA NEGLEY.

I RESIDE AT 3 2 5 WEST LINWOOD IN MONTE VISTA AND I AM CALLING TO OPPOSE THE REZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL FOR ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS.

JOE AND CLAUDIA TODD WHO RESIDE AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

THE ZONING CASE IS 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD AND THE AGENDA ITEM IS 22.

I BELIEVE THAT THIS ZONING REQUEST WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, WELLBEING AND SAFETY OF MONTE VISTA'S RESIDENTS AND VISITORS AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO GO FROM RESIDENTIAL TO COMMERCIAL.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (956) 324-9396 OR MY HOUSE NUMBER TWO TEN EIGHT TWO EIGHT FOUR NINE FOUR TWO.

HELLO CIO RESENDEZ, E P I T A C I O, LAST NAME RESENDEZ, R E S E N D E Z R 4 3 0 EAST HILDEBRAND, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.

AND I'M CALLING ON REFERENCE TO ITEM 22 OPPOSING THE REZONING, UH, FOR ANYTHING ELSE THAT IS UH, OTHER THAN RESIDENTIAL.

UH, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THIS IS GEORGE CHRISTOPHER SCRUGGS WHO LIVES AT 1 3 9 EAST ATCH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.

I'M CALLING REGARDING 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

AGENDA ITEM 22, ZONING CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 CD.

I OPPOSE THIS ATTEMPT TO CREATE AN OFFICE BUILDING IN A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.

UH, I THINK THAT THIS PROPERTY NEEDS TO REMAIN RESIDENTIAL BOTH AS A BUFFER AGAINST THE ENCROACHMENT OF NON-RESIDENTIAL OFFICE SPACE IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA, BUT ALSO BECAUSE OFFICE SPACE REALLY SHOULD BE KEPT IN THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS THAT ARE UH, POT POSSIBLE WITHIN MONTE VISTA.

UH, SECONDLY, UH, THIS DOES VIOLATE THE MOST RECENT REZONING.

THAT WAS ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME AGO.

WE WORKED LONG AND HARD ON THIS AND THIS PROPERTY SHOULD NOT BE REZONED.

UH, I APPRECIATE YOUR, UH, HEARING THIS MESSAGE AND VOICING MY OPPOSITION TO THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS FIVE ONE TWO NINE THREE FOUR SEVEN THREE NINE OH.

MY NAME IS JEAN DRE, I LIVE AT TWO FOUR OH EAST ATCH.

I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 22 AND THAT IS AT 1 2 7 EAST ASCO PLACE.

I THINK IT'S TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE TO HAVE, UH, RETAIL IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL ROCK, ESPECIALLY

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IN THIS PARTICULAR, UH, AREA.

AND A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE JUST WOULD HAVE ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC.

PARKING IS A PROBLEM AND IT WOULD RUIN THE IMPACT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF IT BEING A LOVELY RESIDENTIAL AREA.

SO THIS IS JEAN DRE AND I VOTE AGAINST 1 2 7 EAST DASH B PLACE NUMBER 22.

I'M CALLING TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO THE SUGGESTION IN ITEM NUMBER 22, UH, REZONING THE UM, BUILDING OR THE THE UH, RESIDENCE AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE TO ALLOW FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.

I, UM, I LIVE, MY NAME IS JEANETTE CLARK, J E A N E T T E D L A R K.

AND I LIVE AT 1 31 EAST ELLWOOD AVENUE, UH, IN MONTE VISTA.

I HAVE LIVED AT THIS ADDRESS FOR 45 YEARS, BUT I ALSO GREW UP ABOUT FOUR BLOCKS FROM THE UM, ITEM NUMBER 22 ADDRESS.

I GREW UP ON VALERO STREET, WHICH IS JUST BEHIND THE GREEK ORTHODOX CHURCH AND I LIVED THERE FROM THE TIME I WAS BORN UNTIL I WAS 21 YEARS OLD.

MANY A TIME I HAVE WALKED UP ASHBY TO GO TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT WHAT WAS THEN TRAVIS ELEMENTARY.

I KNOW THAT NEIGHBORHOOD, I KNOW THOSE HOUSES LIVING IN MONTE VISTA ALL THIS TIME AND MANY YEARS AGO, LIVING JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT PUTTING AN OFFICE BUILDING OR PUTTING A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK WITH HOUSES ALL AROUND IT WOULD DO.

HELLO, THIS IS JENNIFER GOODMAN, 1 0 9 WEST GRAMERCY AND I'M TOTALLY AGAINST THE COMMERCIALIZATION OF 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

ITEM NUMBER 22.

MY NAME IS JOHN E. NEWMAN JR.

MY HOME IS TWO OH THREE BUSHNELL AND MY OFFICE PHONE IS (210) 226-0371.

I AM CALLING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONING BECAUSE THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.

IF APPROVED IN THE FUTURE IT WOULD BE DIFFICULT, PROBABLY VERY DIFFICULT OR IMPOSSIBLE TO DENY OTHER APPLICANTS ON THE BLOCK.

GOODBYE.

JOCELYN GESSNER CALLING FROM 3 4 2 WEST WOODLAWN NUMBER 100 CALLING REGARDING ZONING NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD, THE 1 27 EAST ASHBY PROPERTY REZONE.

HAVING ZONING CHANGES FROM RESIDENTIAL INTO A COMMERCIAL USE SHOULD BE ALONG MONTE VISTA'S BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND NOT IN THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

MY NAME IS JUDITH WARREN.

I LIVE AT 2 1 8 WEST ELLWOOD IN SAN ANTONIO, SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (979) 324-1184 AND I'M CALLING WITH REGARD TO THE ZONING REQUEST.

CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD AGENDA ITEM 22.

THIS IS A REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM R FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R FOUR C D I D Z INFIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONING FOR 1 27 EAST ASBY PLACE.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND MOVED INTO MONTE VISTA PARTICULARLY BECAUSE OF THE ZONING, UM, MANAGEMENT THAT HAS BEEN, HAS MADE THAT A GREAT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND I I THINK THAT UM,

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WE REALLY CAN'T HAVE OFFICE CREEP IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA, UM, THAT CAN INCREASE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS AND IT REALLY CHANGES THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, HAVING BEEN ON A ZONING COMMISSION IN ANOTHER CITY, UH, AND VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ZONING AND THINK THAT IT EXISTS IN PERPETUITY AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE UM, FOLLOWED.

THE GUIDELINES REALLY NEED TO BE FOLLOWED BECAUSE ONCE YOU CHANGE A RESIDENTIAL HOME INTO A BUSINESS, UM, YOU HAVE LOST THAT RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER ALTOGETHER.

WE'RE, WE'RE CURRENTLY IN SAN ANTONIO IN THE MIDDLE OF A HOUSING CRISIS AND SO REZONING TO HI, THIS IS JULIE BRYAN.

I LIVE AT 1 1 1 EAST LOW WOOD AVENUE.

I AM CALLING, OH MY, I'M SORRY.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 573-5279.

I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 22 AT 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

I'M EXTREMELY OPPOSED TO REZONING THIS CHANGING UP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURNING IT INTO A COMMERCIAL CREEP IN.

I'M OFFENDED THAT THIS IS CONTINUING TO HAPPEN AND WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO CALL THE ZONING AND PROTEST THESE THINGS THAT ARE ENCROACHING ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, DEVALUING OUR PROPERTY, ET CETERA.

SO I AM OPPOSED.

MY NAME IS KAREN HICKSON.

I LIVE AT 1 1 1 WEST LINWOOD SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 736-6002.

I WAS CALLING TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 C D THANK YOU.

THIS IS KATHY KENNEDY.

I LIVE AT 1 32 WEST MULBERRY.

I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER 0 1 9 9.

I'M OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE IN ZONING AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY WHICH WOULD ALLOW A RESIDENTS TO BE USED AS AN OFFICE SPACE BIT BY BIT.

VARIOUS ENTITIES CONTINUE TO THREATEN THE HISTORICAL CHARACTER OF MONTE VISTA THROUGH CHANGES IN ZONING.

ONCE AGAIN, I AM CALLING TO VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE ANOTHER REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF ANOTHER RESIDENCE.

HI, MY NAME IS KATIE KEATING.

UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (310) 961-7111.

MY HOME ADDRESS IS SEVEN WEST SUMMIT AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 1 2.

I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO UH, AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22 REGARDING 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE AND I WANTED TO STATE MY OPPOSITION TO THIS.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO ONE ZERO SEVEN THREE ONE EIGHT FIVE.

HELLO, THIS IS KIM MINGER.

I'M CALLING ABOUT AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22 AND THIS RELATES TO, UM, THE ADDRESS OF ONE TWO SEVEN EAST ASHBY PLACE.

I OPPOSE THE, UH, CHANGE FOR THIS ITEM BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH TRAFFIC PARKING AND THERE'S ALREADY PLENTY OF ALTERNATE COMMERCIAL SPACE.

SO I DON'T THINK THAT THIS MAKES SENSE FOR THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD.

HI, MY NAME IS LAURA BAUM, B A U C U M 1 26 EAST KINGS HIGHWAY 7 8 2 1 2.

MY CELL NUMBER IS 2 1 0 8 2 7 2 1 9 7.

I AM CALLING FOR AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22 1 27 EAST LEY PLACE, PLACE.

THE ZONING CASE IS 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD.

AGENDA ITEM 22.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER AS BEING AGAINST THIS.

UH, I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE.

AGAIN, I AM IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE FOR AGENDA NU ITEM NUMBER 22.

MY NAME IS LAURA BAUM, 1 26 EAST KINGS HIGHWAY 2 1 0 8 2 7 2 1 9 7.

ITEM NUMBER 22 ON YOUR AGENDA.

HI, THIS IS LISA WEISLER, MY HUSBAND JOHN AND I LIVE, UM, AT 1 0 2 WESTWOOD AVENUE 7 8 2 1 2.

AND WE'RE CALLING REGARDING

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UM, AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

UM, WE ARE COMPLETELY OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE ZONING TO A COMMERCIAL R FOUR C D I D Z.

UM, PROPERTY.

MONTE VISTA HAS MAINTAINED ITS BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL HOMES.

WE'VE LIVED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR 31 YEARS AND I JUST HATE TO SEE THIS CREEP OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, UM, ENTERING THE RESIDENTIAL AREA OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE CALL AT TWO TEN TWO FOUR ONE ZERO FIVE SEVEN FOUR.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS JOHN AND LISA WEISLER, W E I S S L E R.

WE ARE OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE ZONE FOR PROPERTY, UM, AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

I LIVE AT 4 1 4 EAST MULBERRY IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC, UH, DISTRICT.

IT IS NOW TUESDAY MORNING, IT'S ABOUT 9 32 AND I'M CALLING, UM, IN REFERENCE TO ITEM NUMBER 22 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE IS THE LOCATION I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION OF ANY ZONING CHANGE FOR THAT ADDRESS AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

UM, I DO NOT CARE TO SEE IT.

UH, GO FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.

THE R FOUR, UH, CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.

UH, I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME PRESIDENT OVER 30 YEARS IN THIS DISTRICT.

I MOVED HERE BECAUSE I WANTED TO, UH, BE IN A HISTORIC AREA, RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND I WOULD HATE TO SEE IT BEGIN TO CHANGE, UH, SLOWLY.

I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME AREAS OF, UH, COMMERCIAL USE AND THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR A LONG TIME ALONG, UH, MCCULLOUGH MAIN AVENUE AND SAN PEDRO.

AND I THINK THAT'S WHERE THOSE, UH, COMMERCIAL ENTITIES, UH, SHOULD BE AND SHOULD STAY THERE.

SO AGAIN, MY NAME IS LYDIA ALLEGRIA WHITE.

MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 602-8940.

I APPRECIATE THE ABILITY TO CALL AND TO, UM, MAKE MY, UM, UH, MY, UH, MY NOTICE KNOWN IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 22 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS LYNN BOY AND I LIVE AT 1 4 3 EAST AGARITA, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.

I RESIDE IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT, UH, CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC ASSOCIATION.

UH, THIS CALL IS TO REGISTER MY OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

UH, ITEM NUMBER 22 ON THE AGENDA.

UH, THIS IS A GREAT REPRESENTATION OF TURN OF THE CENTURY ARCHITECTURE AND, UH, TO TAKE, UH, RESIDENTIAL HOUSING STOCKS AND TO CHANGE THAT INTO, UH, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE AND INFILL AND DEVELOPMENT ZONING IS, UH, COUNTERINTUITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S GOAL OF PRESERVATION.

UH, MY, MY, UH, INTENT FOR THIS CALL IS TO OPPOSE ANY ZONING CHANGE ON THIS PROPERTY.

THERE'S SHARED DRIVEWAY COMPLICATIONS.

BYE.

HI, MY NAME IS, UH, MARY CATHERINE BROWN AND I LIVE AT 2 58 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE.

AND I'M CALLING, UH, TO JUST VOICE MY OPINION ABOUT REZONING, UH, THE AREA FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, SINGLE FAMILY WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE ON ASHBY.

UH, THIS IS, UH, UH, A, YOU KNOW, A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND IF WE OPEN UP THE DOOR FOR, UH, THIS TO BE CHANGED FROM RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO, UH, PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE, IT'S GOING TO CAUSE ALL SORTS OF TRAFFIC ISSUES.

UM, THIS HAS REALLY BEEN, UM, A PROBLEM IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD A NEIGHBORHOOD AND NOT HAVE BUSINESSES MOVE INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

SO PLEASE, UM, UH, YOU

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KNOW, UH, TAKE DOWN, UM, MY INFORMATION AND THAT I OPPOSE THIS, UH, FOR, UH, THE, UM, ASHBY 1 27 EAST ASHBY, UH, PROPERTY.

UH, THIS IS CASE Z 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 99, UH, CD.

NOW THIS IS JUST, UM, UH, I HAVE, I HAVE STRONG OPINIONS ABOUT THIS.

WE NEED TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND NEIGHBORHOOD.

UH, SO, UH, I OPPOSE THE CHANGE FROM REZONING FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH CONDITIONAL USE OF PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE.

THANK, MY NAME IS MILTON BECK.

I LIVE AT THE FOUR.

MY NAME IS MILTON BECK.

I LIVE AT THE 4 4 6 EAST ROSEWOOD IN MONTE VISTA.

PHONE NUMBER TWO TEN SEVEN THREE TWO SEVEN SIX ONE TWO.

I'M CALLING REGARDING ZONING CASE, UH, NUMBER ENDING IN 1 9 9.

IT'S THE PROPERTY AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

I'D LIKE TO REST FOR MY OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING, ZONING CHANGE.

UH, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HOME AND IT SHOULD BE PRESERVED AS A HOME AND NOT AN OFFICE.

HI.

YES, HI.

THIS IS, UH, NICHOLAS SLOSKY AT ONE 18 EAST MULBERRY AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO.

UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (210) 900-6041.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO VOICE MY, UH, OPPOSITION OF ITEM NUMBER 22, UH, THE COMMERCIAL, UH, REDEVELOPMENT, UH, REQUEST FOR THE PROPERTY THAT ADDS 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

UM, AGAIN, NICHOLAS BOFSKI.

I'M A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AT ONE 18 EAST MULBERRY.

UM, AND AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION, UH, TO ITEM, UH, AGENDA NUMBER 22, UH, THE REDEVELOPMENT REQUEST AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

MY NAME IS PATRICIA C, MIDDLE INITIAL C NICHOLSON, N I C H O L S.

O N I LIVE AT TWO 14 WEST LOWELL AVENUE.

THAT'S IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT.

UM, MY ZIP CODE, IF YOU NEED IT, IS 7 8 2 1 2.

I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO ITEM NUMBER 22.

THAT'S ZONING CASE.

1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 C D I OPPOSE IT.

UM, THE, THE CASE HAS TO DO WITH THE REQUEST TO CHANGE A RESIDENTIAL, UM, BUILDING TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.

UM, MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.

UH, I CERTAINLY WANNA KEEP IT THAT WAY.

THERE IS PLENTY OF COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITIES, UM, AND COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND A VERY SHORT DISTANCE FROM MONTE VISTA.

BUT THE, THE HISTORIC DISTRICT ITSELF, ITSELF IN MY OPINION, SHOULD REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT, UM, WITHOUT COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISES IN ANY PLACE OTHER THAN WHERE COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS ALREADY EXIST.

OKAY, SO I OPPOSE ITEM NUMBER 22.

MY NUMBER IS 2 0 2 2 4 6 5 0 4 4.

UM, AND I THINK I'VE LEFT ALL THE INFORMATION THAT YOU REQUIRE.

BYE.

THIS IS PATRICIA WAGNER, UH, FOUR 30 EAST ROSEWOOD.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 488-7981.

I'M CALLING IN OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING REQUEST FOR 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

UH, THE ZONING CASE IS 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD AGENDA ITEM 22.

UM, CHANGING IT FROM A SINGLE FAMILY TO AN R FOUR CD I D Z I AM AGAINST THE CHANGE.

WEST FRENCH PLACE IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL DISTRICT.

MY NAME IS PAUL KENON.

I LIVE AT FOUR 18

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I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO ZONING CASE 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 C D, LOCATED AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 22.

I'M OPPOSED TO THIS APPLICATION TO CHANGE THE ZONING FROM R FOUR, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO R FOUR CD I D Z CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH INFIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONING AND REQUEST THE ZONING COMMISSION.

DENY THE APPLICATION FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

NUMBER ONE, A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK IN THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL DISTRICT TWO EAST ASHBY IS ONE OF THE BUSIER STREETS ON THE EDGE OF MONTE VISTA TO ADD A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH INCREASE TRAFFIC DANGERS AND HAZARDS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK ON A BUSY STREET, AND WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING PROBLEMS TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY, WHICH WOULD BE OUT OF HISTORIC CONTEXT.

AND THREE, IN MY OPINION, TO ALLOW I D Z ZONING THAT WOULD ALLOW THE ELIMINATION OF ONSITE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY ON A VERY BUSY EAST ASHBY STREET IS NOT APPROPRIATE.

IN MY OPINION, THIS APPLICATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS HISTORICAL DIS PROPERTY AND RECOMMEND THE ZONING COMMISSION DENY THIS APPLICATION.

THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERATION OF MY OPINION AND RECOMMENDATION.

HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS PETER HUGILL.

I LIVE AT 2 1 8 WEST LOWER AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (979) 777-6509.

AND I WISH TO YOU EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO, UH, THE REZONING, UH, OF 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE, WHICH IS THE AGENDA ITEM 22 FOR TUESDAY MEETING.

UM, AND COUPLE OF VERY CLEAR REASONS FOR THIS.

UH, ONE OF THEM IS THAT INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONING A LOT OF DAMAGE TO PARKING.

UM, AND A BUSINESS IS NOT GONNA HELP THAT OR, UM, UN FREQUENTED STREET.

UM, BUT THEN ALSO THE, THE SECOND THING IS WE HAVE A HOUSING CRISIS IN, UH, SAN ANTONIO, UH, AT ALL LEVELS JUST FROM .

UM, AND REMOVING A HOUSE FROM THE HOUSING STOCK, PUTTING IT TO AN OFFICE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A VERY SENSIBLE MOVE.

UM, SO PLEASE EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION AND, UH, I'M SORRY I CANNOT BE AT THE MEETING.

I'M CURRENTLY TRAVELING.

HI, MY NAME IS RACHEL PORTILLO.

MY ADDRESS IS 3 1 5 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.

AND I AM OPPOSED TO CASE NUMBER Z 2023 DASH 7 99.

UH, I AM OPPOSED TO THAT.

OH MY, THIS IS RANDY RO AT 4 2 2 EAST ROSEWOOD.

I'M CALLING ABOUT CASE NUMBER Z 2 23 7 1 9 9 CD, UH, CONCERNING THE PROPERTY AT 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY.

I'M AGAINST THE REZONING REQUEST AND CHAIN TO CHANGE FROM SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE TO OFFICE BUSINESS.

I LIVE AND OFFICE IN MONTE VISTA, AND WE REALLY DON'T NEED ANOTHER OFFICE BUILDING.

AND THIS APPEARS TO BE MORE SPOT ZONING AND, UM, CREEPING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES INTO THE MONTE VISTA AREA.

AND I'M TOTALLY OPPOSED TO ANY, UH, MORE OFFICE OR COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN, UH, THE MONTE VISTA AREA.

BYE.

MY NAME IS REGINA CAMPBELL.

I LIVE AT 1 0 5 WEST ELLWOOD IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN OPPOSITION TO A ZONING ON 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE, CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD AGENDA ITEM 22.

MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 822-5834.

I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST DUMPING A, UM, BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.

HOPE IT WON'T BE DONE.

GOODBYE.

HI, THIS IS RICK WILSON.

I'M, I LIVE AT ONE 10 WEST ELSMERE PLACE IN SAN ANTONIO.

UM, I'M CALLING ABOUT

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1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

LAST THREE DIGIT ZONING CASE 1 9 9.

AGENDA ITEM 22.

I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS, UM, STRONG OPPOSITION TO THE REZONING OF THAT PROPERTY.

AS YOU KNOW, MONTE VISTA IS A WONDERFUL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE DIVERSITY OF HOMES FROM AFFORDABLE HOUSING UP TO, UM, NICE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AND RENTAL AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

IT WOULD BE TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE ZONING TO BE ALLOWED IN THE MIDDLE OF A WONDERFUL RESIDENTIAL BLOCK IN MONTE VISTA.

AND IT CREATES PARKING, UH, CHALLENGES, IT CREATES PERMANENT ZONING, UM, CHANGES TO A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND I STRONGLY, UH, AM IN OPPOSITION.

I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD ITEM NUMBER 22.

I AM OPPOSED TO PUTTING IN A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IN THE MIDDLE OF A MONTE VISTA AIR NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE THAT JUST DOESN'T FIT.

AND, UH, MY NAME IS ROSEMARIE KORSHAN.

I LIVE AT FIVE 10 EAST ATCH AVENUE.

AND AGAIN, I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

PLEASE DO NOT PUT A BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.

YES, THIS IS WADE CALDWELL.

HI, THIS IS RYAN REED, UH, 2 4 2 WESTWOOD AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA IN REFERENCE TO, UH, AGENDA ITEM 22 AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

UM, I'M CALLING OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CHANGE.

THIS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.

UM, WE DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO REZONE COMMERCIAL IN THIS AREA AND BEYOND THAT THE CITY'S FACING, YOU KNOW, EXPECT.

HELLO, UH, THIS, UH, THIS IS TOM ARCHER.

I LIVE AT 1 51 EAST LAW WOOD AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 323-6646.

I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 22.

UM, UH, IN SHORT, I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE ZONING REQUEST FOR, UH, THE PROPERTY AT 1 27 EAST ASHBY FOR ME, I MEAN, BOTTOM LINE IS, IS A, A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE, UH, TO BE PLACED IN THE MIDDLE OF MONTE VISTA'S RESIDENTIAL, UH, BLOCK.

UM, THERE ARE PLENTY OF BUSINESS, UH, BUSINESS CORRIDORS, BUSINESS AREAS FOR OFFICES, BUT WE KEEP SEEING OFFICE CREEP IN, IN MONTE VISTA.

AND IT HAS AN INVERSE, UH, AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON, UH, BY, ON THE ADJOINING PROPERTIES, RESIDE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ALSO INCREASES HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS DURING THE WEEKENDS.

UM, FURTHERMORE, THE, THE RESIDENTIAL, UM, HOME WILL BE LOST FOREVER TO OFFICE SPACE.

AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS HAVING A, A HOUSING CRISIS DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME, TO, TO REZONE TO ALLOW HOMES TO BE REMOVED FROM A A, A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

AND FURTHERMORE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THAT I D Z OR WHATEVER, INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONING, THE ZONING'S GONNA ELIMINATE ONSITE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

AND THAT JUST, I MEAN, IF YOU, IT'S IN OUR STREETS.

UM, ASHBY ESPECIALLY, UM, HAS ALL KINDS OF TRAFFIC, UH, CONGESTION, ET CETERA, TAKING OUT A PRO, UH, UM, UH, PARKING OR NOT REQUIRING PARKING FOR THIS FACILITY IS JUST GONNA CREATE A, A ADDITIONAL, UH, CONGESTION IN A, IN A VERY HIGHLY TRAFFICKED STREET.

UM, AND, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A, UH, A, UH, UH, ZONING THAT, UM, HAS CONDITIONS, BUT WE KNOW VERY WELL ONCE THESE ZONING THINGS TAKE PLACE, THEY'RE PERMANENT.

ANYWAY, I'M CALLING AND I, I DO STRONGLY OPPOSE.

HI, THIS IS TONY VAN BUREN.

I'M AT ONE ONE FIVE SHRINER PLACE.

MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 834-1321, AND I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 22.

I AM OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE ZONING, UM, TO ALLOW AN OFFICE IN OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, I'M OPPOSED TO IT FOR A NUMBER OF REASONS, BUT, UM, THE TRAFFIC AND, UM, THE PARKING SITUATION AS WELL AS TAKING A BEAUTIFUL RESIDENTIAL HOME AND TURNING IT IN, UH, TO OFFICE SPACE IS JUST NOT IN KEEPING WITH THE MONTE VISTA AREA.

SO I AM A POST ITEM NUMBER 22, UH, 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

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I LIVE IN MONTE VISTA AT 1 0 1 EAST KINGS HIGHWAY.

I'M CALLING ON 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

ZONING CASE 1 0 7 0 0 1 9 9 CD.

IT'S AGENDA ITEM 22.

I'M IN OPPOSITION TO THAT ZONING CHANGE.

THERE'S NOT ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THE USE.

THAT'S A BUSY STREET.

UM, AND IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK AND DOES NOT NEED TO BE REZONED AS A I D Z OR ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL USE.

SO ANYWAY, THAT'S, UH, ALL I HAVE.

UH, GOOD MORNING.

MY NAME IS WILLIAM DENNIS.

I LIVE AT TWO TWO SEVEN WEST MULBERRY.

UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 365-0735.

I'M CALLING ABOUT ITEM NUMBER 22.

UH, ADDRESS IS 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY PLACE.

UH, REVIEWED THE STAFF'S, UM, DECISIONS ON THIS AND UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, YOU'RE IN FAVOR OF MAKING THE CHANGE TO INVOLVE COMMERCIAL.

UM, TICKING OFF THOSE ITEMS PROBABLY ARE ALL TRUE.

HOWEVER, IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S GOING AGAINST THE CITY'S SHIP PLAN WHERE THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF, UM, HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO, ESPECIALLY IN THIS AREA.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE I WENT BY AND LOOKED AT.

IT HAS A LOT OF ARCHITECTURAL, UH, FEATURES THAT ARE, I THINK WOULD BE, UH, SOMETHING A FAMILY WOULD ENJOY.

IT'S ALSO SHARING THE SPACE NEXT DOOR, UH, TO A FAMILY.

AND, UM, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE VERY INCONVENIENT FOR THEM TO HAVE SOME COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE NEXT DOOR.

ANYWAY, I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THE LARGER PICTURE AND, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON WITH, UH, THIS PART OF SAN ANTONIO AND, AND NOT, UM, APPROVE THE, THE ADDITION OF THE COMMERCIAL, UM, DESIGNATION FOR THAT HOUSE.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS YOLANDA GARCIA.

I LIVE AT 3 1 3 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE, AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER THAT ENDS IN 1 9 9 C D LOCATED AT, UM, THE SITUATION IS LOCATED 1 27 EAST ASHBY.

I AM NOT IN FAVOR OF THAT AREA BEING REZONED FOR, UH, THE PURPOSES BEING STATED OF THE OFFICE PROFESSIONAL, UH, CARE USE.

UM, THAT IS NOT AN EXCELLENT LOCATION FOR THAT, THAT IS NOT VERY SAFE, AND I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MY OBJECTION NOTED.

THANK YOU, BYEBYE.

OH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 639-5639.

YOLANDA GARCIA, 3 1 3 EAST ROSEWOOD AVENUE.

THAT'S IT OF VOICEMAILS.

ALRIGHT, GREAT.

IT WAS, IT WAS ABOUT, YEAH, 51 MINUTES AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD AS WELL.

NOT BAD AT ALL.

VERY GOOD PRESENTATION, .

ALRIGHT, WE COULD, IF WE COULD, UH, MOVE ON TO SPEAKERS, PLEASE.

UM, FIRST WE HAVE MISS CECILIA OSRO TO BE FOLLOWED BY MISS VICTORIA GERMAN.

I'M CECILIA OSRO OF 4 2 2 EAST ROSEWOOD.

I'M OPPOSED TO REZONING 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY.

IT WOULD, IT SHOULD STAY RESIDENTIAL AND NOT OFFICE USE.

I HAVE BEEN IN THE APARTMENT RENTAL BUSINESS IN MONTE VISTA SINCE 1988, AND, UH, RECENTLY I RECEIVED TWO CALLS FROM PEOPLE THAT WERE LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO LIVE.

AND THESE PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO MOVE BECAUSE CORPORATIONS ARE COMING BY AND PURCHASING THE PROPERTIES, AND ONE OF THEM IS TURNING INTO A B AND B.

SO THEY'RE HAVING TO VACATE, AND THEY WERE LOOKING TO ME TO FIND A PLACE TO LIVE.

I'M, IF YOU ALLOW REZONING THE REST OF THE STREET AT 1 2 70 EAST ASHBY WILL TURN COMMERCIAL AND MONTE VISTA WOULD LOSE MORE RESIDENTIAL HOMES.

IT WOULD BE DETRIMENTAL TO THE NEIGHBORS OF 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY TO HAVE A ZONING CHANGE.

IT WOULD CREATE PARKING AND SAFETY PROBLEMS, WOULD ATTRACT MORE HOMELESS PEOPLE, SUCH AS THE ONES THAT ARE CONTINUOUSLY LIVING IN MY OFFICE, BUILDING THAT I OWN, WHICH IS NOT TOO FAR FROM ASHBY.

UH, FOR EXAMPLE, A FIRE OCCURRED IN OCTOBER, 2021 AND BURNT MY BUILDING DUMPSTER AND MY OFFICE

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ALMOST CAUGHT ON FIRE.

AND THIS FIRE WAS STARTED BY HOMELESS PEOPLE THAT LIGHTED A CIGARETTE AND WERE SLEEPING BY THE DUMPSTER.

IF MY CLEANING CREW HAD NOT SEEN THE FIRE, MY BUILDING WOULD'VE BURNT DOWN.

SO SOMETHING LIKE THIS COULD HAPPEN OVER AT 1 27 EAST ASH, EAST ASHBY, IF IT'S REZONED FOR OFFICE USE.

AND I, I DO, LIKE I SAID, I DO OWN AN OFFICE BUILDING AT 3 4 2 WEST WOODLAWN AND I'VE HAD A VACANCY THERE FOR ONE YEAR AND NOT BEEN ABLE TO LEASE A SPACE.

SO PLEASE, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING.

LET'S KEEP THIS PLACE RESIDENTIAL AND NOT FOR OFFICE USE.

THANK YOU AND GOODBYE.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. VICTORIA GERMAN.

SMALL BUSINESSES SUPPORTED NEIGHBORHOODS GROW.

UM, SO MY NAME IS VICTORIA GERMAN.

I LIVE AT 5 1 5 T PLACE, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS PROPERTY.

UM, MY BACKGROUND IS IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE FINANCE, AND I RECENTLY RETIRED FROM A FORTUNE 50 COMPANY.

UM, MONTE VISTA IS A THRIVING NEIGHBORHOOD PRECISELY BECAUSE THERE ARE FAMILIES AND DWELLINGS OF ALL SIZES, ALL DEMOGRAPHICS, ALL INCOME LEVELS IN ALL AGES.

UH, THERE ARE HOUSES, CONDOS, AND APARTMENTS OF ALL SIZES AND PRICE POINTS.

THIS IS REALLY, REALLY CRITICAL.

A THRIVING COMMUNITY IS VITAL TO A STABLE TAX BASE, AND THAT'S REALLY THE BOTTOM LINE HERE.

NEIGHBORS SPEND MONEY IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT WHEN CORPORATIONS BUY UP PROPERTIES, THEY MAKE SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS AND THEY DISPLACE DWELLERS.

THEY'RE NOT COMMITTED TO THE LOCALE.

SO IF MONTE VISTA IS BOUGHT UP BY CORPORATIONS, THEY'RE DRIVEN BY STOCK PRICE, NOT BY ROOTS AND NOT BY COMMUNITY.

THEY ALSO AFFECT TRAFFIC AND SERVICES DISPROPORTIONATELY.

THERE ARE MANY, MANY VACANCIES DOWNTOWN IN OFFICE BUILDINGS EVERYWHERE, LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE AND WORK IN THEM.

WE HAVE A SHORTAGE OF HOUSING.

IF YOUR GOAL IS TO REVITALIZE THE DOWNTOWN AND SMALL BUSINESSES, MONTE VISTA AND THE SURROUNDING URBAN COMMUNITIES ARE KEY ANCHORS OF HOUSING.

AND, AND THIS HOUSING STOCK HELPS STABILIZE THE DOWNTOWN.

THEN WE CAN CONTINUE WITH LAKE EL CENTRO TO BUILD OUT THE DOWNTOWN.

SO I HOPE YOU'LL CONSIDER THAT I OPPOSE THIS.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE MS. LORRAINE GERMAN.

AND AFTER MS. GERMAN, UM, I HAVE MR. CARL TEAGUE TO BE FOLLOWING.

WELL, I AM LORRAINE GERMAN.

I LIVE AT FIVE 15 BELL KNP PLACE AT THE CORNER OF BELL KNP AND CRAIG, AND I'VE LIVED THERE FOR 42 YEARS.

I HAVE ONE OF THE WONDERFUL ATLEY BEERS HOMES AND, UM, MY FAMILY GREW UP THERE AND MY GRANDCHILDREN HAVE ENJOYED COMING THERE FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.

AND NOW THEY'RE GROWNUPS.

AND, UH, I'M GOING TO BE MERCIFULLY BRIEF , MY GOD, .

UM, BUT I CAN GIVE YOU A LITTLE BACKGROUND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN IN MONTE VISTA FOR SO MANY YEARS AND HAVE WORKED WITH THE MONTE VISTA ASSOCIATION.

I ACTUALLY HELPED WRITE SOME OF THE CHARTER AND, UM, WE MOVED, HAD MOVED HERE FROM RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.

SO THEY WERE WANTING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MY, UH, LONG TIME INTEREST IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION.

UM, I'M NOT ONLY OPPOSED TO THIS, UM, ISSUE, BUT I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED.

THE LAST THING YOU WANT FROM MONTE VISTA IS URBAN FLIGHT.

AND BELIEVE ME, YOU, WE'VE LIVED IN SO MANY PLACES AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FAST URBAN FLIGHT CAN TAKE YOU RIGHT DOWN THE PRIMROSE PATH.

UM, BE VERY CAUTIOUS.

AND THIS IS FOR NOW AND FOR TODAY AND FOR THE FUTURE, AS YOU DECIDE THE FATE OF THESE VARIOUS ISSUES, ZONING ISSUES, BE VERY CAUTIOUS OF CORPORATE, UH, COMMERCIAL, CORPORATE CREEP, UM, THERE ARE MANY NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR, FOR THE PURPOSES THAT THE PETITIONER IS ASKING.

AND, UM, MONTE VISTA IS NOT ONE OF THEM.

I I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THAT YOU DO.

UM, I, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU DO IT TO SIT HERE LIKE ALL DAY AND, AND LISTEN TO ALL THIS.

I, I, I FEEL YOUR PAIN.

, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TO WORK.

ALRIGHT, SO MR. TODD, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.

UM, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MR. JOSEPH TODD TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. CLAUDIA TODD.

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THAT'S MY WIFE .

THEY'RE TALKING, THEY'RE COMMUNICATING.

UH, I JUST WANNA START BY SAYING, HEY, THANK YOU ALL.

I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE.

UM, AND UH, I DID 20 YEARS IN THE ARMY.

I WAS 20 YEARS IN THE ARMY.

I WANTED TO COME TO SAN ANTONIO.

AND MY WIFE SAID, I WANT SOMETHING, SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAN ARMY HOUSING.

SHE WAS IN ARMY HOUSING FOR 20 YEARS AND SHE'S LIKE, AH, I'M DONE WITH IT.

SO SHE SAID, I'M WANT A HISTORIC HOUSE.

SO WE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET, WE FOUND ONE, AND UH, WE FOUND THIS 1 1 2 9.

I'M AT 1 2 9 EAST ASHBY.

IT'S RIGHT THERE.

AND IT SHARES A DRIVEWAY WITH 1 2 7 EAST ASHBY.

UM, AND, AND ONE OF THE THINGS I LIKED ABOUT THE HOUSE WAS PEOPLE ARE ON THE PORCH.

THEY'RE OUTSIDE.

YOU HAVE A NEIGHBORLY FEEL, RIGHT? AND THAT'S WHEN I SAW THAT I CAME OUT TO VISIT THE HOUSE AS WE WERE GONNA RETIRE.

I ENDED UP BUYING THE HOUSE.

WE LOVE IT.

UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I BOUGHT IT, I KNEW I WASN'T GONNA HAVE A GARAGE.

'CAUSE THEY WEREN'T REAL COMMON BACK THEN IN 1915.

THEY WEREN'T COMMON.

BUT I, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I'D HAVE A DRIVEWAY.

BUT NOW I'VE LEARNED I MIGHT NOT HAVE A DRIVEWAY , I GOT A DRIVEWAY.

I EVEN SENT IN THE, UH, THE SURVEY.

SO I THINK I JUST WANNA CORRECT THAT BECAUSE I, I DO HAVE A DRIVEWAY AND I GOT EIGHT FEET.

I GOT EIGHT FEET OF DRIVEWAY THAT GOES PROBABLY 50 FEET.

BUT I THINK WHEN THEY SAID IT'S APPROXIMATELY 20 FEET WIDE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY NOT.

I'VE MEASURED IT.

IT IS EIGHT FEET.

I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THAT.

PLEASE LOOK AT THAT.

I SHARED THAT FOR 16, 17 YEARS.

OH MY GOSH.

YOU HAVE TO STRATEGICALLY PARK JUST TO GET YOUR TRASH AND RECYCLE BINS FROM, FROM THE BACKYARD, OKAY.

TO THE STREET.

IF YOU DON'T PLAN FOR IT, YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO IT.

AND THEN YOU WAIT TILL NEXT TIME, RIGHT? OR YOU MOVE YOUR CARS OUT AND YOU FIGURE IT OUT.

MY POINT IS, THAT'S TIGHT.

YOU SEE THAT TRUCK, THE ONE THAT'S DEEP IN THERE, IF THEY HAD THAT DRIVEWAY, THEY WOULD'VE PARKED A LITTLE BIT CLOSER.

IF THEY HAD A LOT OF SPACE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE PARKED THAT WAY.

I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT, I WANNA CLARIFY THAT RECORD REAL QUICK.

UM, I LOVE MY HOUSE.

I LOVE MY PORCH.

AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA TAKE AWAY MY NEIGHBORS THAT I ALSO LOVE THEIR PORCH.

I MEAN, THEY LOVE IT THERE TOO.

THEY REALLY DON'T WANNA MOVE.

I LOVE MY NEIGHBORS.

AND GUESS WHO SOLD ME THE HOUSE.

MY REALTOR, ROSEMARY SOLD ME THE HOUSE.

HE SOLD IT TO ME.

AND GUESS WHO SHE REPRESENTED? THE SAME PEOPLE THAT, THAT ARE TRYING TO SELL THEIR HOUSE RIGHT NOW.

RIGHT NOW, WHAT I WILL SAY IS THIS, RIGHT? THEY'VE HAD LIKE 40 SHOWINGS, OKAY? AND THEY'VE HAD LIKE ONE OFFER AND THAT ONE OFFER, THAT ONE OFFER WAS LIKE, IT, IT WAS, IT WAS THE ONLY OFFER THEY GOT ON THE TABLE.

AND GOOD FOR THEM.

I CAN'T BLAME THEM.

HEY, I'D PROBABLY WANNA TAKE IT TOO, YOU KNOW, BUT, BUT HERE'S THE THING.

THE PEOPLE THAT SAW IT, THEY SAY THE SAME THING THAT I SEE.

IT'S A BUSY STREET, IT'S NOISY, THERE'S LITTER, THERE'S TRASH, YOU GOT HOMELESS, RIGHT? SO MY, MY THING IS DON'T, DON'T REZONE IT, BUT HOW ABOUT WE AS A COMMUNITY, LIKE POLICE IT UP, FIX IT, MAKE IT DESIRABLE, AND LET'S GET ANOTHER FAMILY IN THERE THAT WANTS IT.

BECAUSE MOST OF THE PEOPLE LOVE THE HOUSE.

EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, OH MY GOD, I LOVE THIS HOUSE.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

OH, BUT, BUT WHAT THEY DID SAY WAS, IT'S ON A NOT DESIRABLE STREET.

SO MAYBE WE CAN WORK ON THAT INSTEAD OF LIKE REZONING AND LOSING SOME OF OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR, OUR GOOD REAL ESTATE FOR THAT.

RIGHT? I WANNA MOVE TO A COUPLE MORE POINTS.

I KNOW I'M KIND OF, I GOT MY WIFE'S TIME A LITTLE BIT, SO I HOPE YOU GIMME A LITTLE LATITUDE AND PLUS I DO LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.

I SHOULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF LATITUDE PERHAPS.

ALRIGHT? UM, THE SHORT DRIVING, IF YOU CAN LOOK AT THE CURB.

OKAY? LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE BACK OUT HERE, SIR, WE HAVE A POINTER THAT CAN HELP YOU.

IF YOU CAN STAY AT THE PODIUM, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.

I, ALRIGHT.

LOOK, WHEN YOU'RE BACKING OUT, DO YOU SEE THESE CURBS RIGHT HERE? IT IS SO EASY TO MESS UP YOUR TIRES, MESS UP YOUR CAR, OKAY? AND, AND MAYBE NOT SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE PARKED.

IF THEY'RE PARKED A LITTLE BIT DOWN THE STREET, YOU DON'T SEE 'EM, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT JUST A FUNKY ISSUE WITH I'VE GOT A SHARED DRIVEWAY, I OWN HALF OF IT.

IT'S MINES, RIGHT? BUT CHECK IT OUT.

IT'S COORDINATED AND THOSE CURBS MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT TO GET IN AND OUT.

AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING IF YOU THINK YOU'RE A GOOD DRIVER, RIGHT? I CHALLENGE YOU TO EITHER BACK UP INTO THE STREET, OKAY? UH, IF YOU'VE GOT VISIBILITY BLOCKED OR, OR MESS AROUND AND MESS WITH YOUR CURB.

ALL RIGHT? I'M GONNA GET ON A COUPLE MORE.

ALRIGHT? UH, COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT TALKED ABOUT IT.

SLEEPING.

WE GOT PEOPLE SLEEPING ON THE PORCHES ALL THE TIME.

ALL RIGHT? UH, THEY HAPPEN ON TRICIA'S HOUSE.

I'M SORRY SIR.

THAT'S TIME.

ALRIGHT, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK THAT, THAT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK, THANK YOU.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. CYNTHIA SPIELMAN.

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TIME GARCIA.

ALRIGHT, UM, MR. GARCIA, UM, TWO FOLKS HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME TO YOU.

SO YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES TO TALK.

MR. GARCIA, FIRST OF ALL, WE WANT TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

IT'S BEEN A RATHER LONG DAY.

WE UNDERSTAND, BUT AT FIRST I WANNA SAY GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.

CHAIRMAN, MY NAME IS TONY GARCIA.

I LIVE AT 2 43 EAST ATCH AVENUE IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.

I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF THE MOUNT OF EAST HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND CHAIR ZONING AND CO COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE.

CAN I, UH, OPEN THE ZONING, THE ZONING APP, PLEASE.

THE MONTE EAST HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED TO THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR 1 27 EAST ASHBY PLACED FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.

A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE OF VISTA'S RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.

THE ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THE MOST APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR ANY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SHOULD BE ALONG MONTE VISTA'S BUSINESS CORRIDORS AND NOT IN OUR RESIDENTIAL AREAS.

COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE CREEP IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS RESIDENTIAL AREA WILL HAVE AN IN ADVERSE IMPACT BY DEVALUING ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES BY INCREASING THE POTENTIAL OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS DURING THE WEEKENDS, WHICH IS ALREADY A PROBLEM ALONG EAST ASHBY PLACE.

THIS ZONING REQUEST IF APPROVED, WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT BY CONTINUING TO DEGRADE THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER ALONG EAST ASHBY.

ZONING EXISTS IN PERPETUITY AND IS USUALLY SOUGHT AT ITS HIGHEST INTENSITY BECAUSE IT'S IS FINANCIALLY ADVANTAGEOUS.

THIS RESIDENTIAL HOME AT 1 27 WILL FOREVER BE LOST TO OFFICE USE REGARDLESS OF ITS CONDITIONAL ZONING.

MONTE VISTA CONTINUES TO LOSE ITS RESIDENTIAL USE TO COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THERE ARE NUMEROUS RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH CONDITIONAL USES THAT HAVE NEVER REVERTED TO RESIDENTIAL USE.

OUR ZONING MAP CLEARLY REFLECTS THIS LOSS OF HOUSING OVER THE YEARS.

AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THE ZONING FOR ONE 15 EAST ASHBY OF R FOUR CD, WHICH IS REFERENCED IN THE CITY'S CASE FILED, OCCURRED DURING MONTE VISTA'S LARGE AREA OF REZONING IN 20 19, 20 20, WHERE ZONING WAS CHANGED TO REFLECT ITS CURRENT USE AND ADDRESS LONG-STANDING ISSUES WITH REZONING.

THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS CURRENTLY IN A HOUSING CRISIS.

REZONING TO AN OFFICE USE DOES NOT INCREASE HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR SAN ANTONIANS AND IS CONTRARY TO THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AND THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, KNOWN AS SHIP, WHOSE GOAL IS TO INCREASE HOUSING PRODUCTION, REHABILITATION PRESERVATION, WHILE PROTECTING AND PROMOTING NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE NEED HOUSING AT ALL LEVELS.

THIS REQUEST ON MANY LEVELS RUNS COUNTER TO NEIGHBORHOOD AND CI.

CITY POLICY OBJECTIVES AS CURRENTLY SUBMITTED, I D Z ZONING WILL ELIMINATE ONSITE PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY.

THIS TWO STORY STRUCTURE OF 3,100 SQUARE FEET GROSS FOOT AREA, IF APPROVED FOR OFFICE USE, WILL INCREASE PARKING AND TRAFFIC DENSITY ALONG A VISITING COLLECTOR STREET, NOT A CORRIDOR, WHICH HAS NUMEROUS RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILIES UNITS.

THIS INCREASED DENSITY, WHICH COULD POSSIBLY BE 10 PARKING REQUIREMENTS, WILL IMPEDE CITY SERVICES, IMPEDE, INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR PROPERTY OWNERS AND RENTERS, AND CREATE AN INCREASED SAFETY HAZARD FOR BIKE RIDERS WHO USE THE BIKE LANE ALONG EAST ASHBY PLACE.

THIS ZONING REQUEST WILL HAVE AN ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY OF RESIDENTS AND VISITORS.

FINALLY, THE REQUESTED CHANGE IN ZONING IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE RELEVANT GOALS OF THE MONTH OF NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, WHICH IS SUBMITTED AS A SUPPORTING DOCUMENT IN THE CITY'S

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CASE FILE.

IN SUMMARY, THE ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THIS ZONING REQUEST WILL ADVERSELY IMPACT THE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE, WELLBEING AND SAFETY OF MONTE VISTA RESIDENTS AND ITS VISITORS.

WE ALSO FIND THAT THE ZONING REQUESTS AND RECOMMENDED APPROVAL IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND CI CITY, THE CITY POLICY OBJECTIVES.

WE APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS OF THE APPLICANTS AND, AND OTHER AREAS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION RESPECTFULLY REQUEST DENIAL OF THE APPLICATION.

YOU HAVE ALSO HEARD THE WISHES OF THE RESIDENTS OF MONTE VISTA TO DENY THE APPLICATION.

WE ASK FOR DENIAL.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

NEXT WE HAVE MS. ANN VAN PELT AND THEN FOLLOWED BY MS. ROSEMARY ROSLING.

HELLO, I'M ANNE VAN PELT.

I LIVE AT 1 1 9 WEST.

WE SATCH WE'RE A PASSIONATE GROUP, AREN'T WE? I MEAN, AN HOUR'S WORTH OF PASSION THAT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR 50 YEARS IN MONTE VISTA.

MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS FORMED STRICTLY TO STAVE THE HOUSING STOCK IN MONTE VISTA.

THIS APPLICATION, UH, IS CERTAINLY UNDERSTOOD.

IT'S A BEAUTIFULLY REDONE HOUSE, SO OF COURSE THIS WOULD MAKE A DESIRABLE OFFICE.

IT CERTAINLY BE HANDSOME PLACE TO HAVE YOUR CLIENTS COME UP TO, BUT IT'S TOTALLY INAPPROPRIATE FOR ASHBY PLACE OR ANY PLACE ELSE WITHIN THIS CORE OF MONTE VISTA.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALREADY BUILDING AN OFFICE SPACE.

THEY COULD USE THAT SPACE RATHER THAN TAKE OVER A HOUSE THAT IS BEAUTIFULLY REDONE AND TO CHANGE IT CHANGES IT FOR THE LIFETIME.

YOU CAN SAY, OH, WELL IT'S ONLY CONDITIONAL AND YOU ALL KNOW BETTER THAN I DO.

THIS IS YOUR JOB.

IT, THE CONDITIONAL USE WILL ALWAYS STAY WITHOUT PROPERTY PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS FINE THEN AND IT'S GONNA BE FINE.

NOW, THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES OF PRESERVATION IN MONTE VISTA BECAUSE OF OUR PASSION.

ALL OF THE HOUSES ON OAKMONT NEXT TO TRINITY UNIVERSITY WERE CHANGE, WANTED TO BE CHANGED TO OFFICE BECAUSE WE WERE SO PASSIONATE.

TRINITY UNIVERSITY CHANGED THEIR MIND AND MAKE, PUT THEM BACK TO OFFICES.

PLEASE LISTEN TO US.

WE ARE NOT DOING THIS BECAUSE IT GAINS US ANYTHING PERSONALLY.

BUT IT GAINS, SAVES A COMMUNITY, WHICH IS THE HEART OF SAN ANTONIO.

WE ARE NOT PRESTIGIOUS, WE ARE LITTLE BITTY HOUSES LIKE MINE.

WE ARE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, I MEAN RENTAL.

WE ARE, UM, JUST A VERY WONDERFUL COHESIVE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE'RE ALL PROUD TO BE PART OF.

AND THAT'S WHERE YOU HEAR IT.

WE WE'RE NOT PAID TO CALL IN AND SAY, PLEASE DON'T DO THIS.

WE ARE CALLING IN AND I'M STANDING HERE NOT BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A JOB, BUT BECAUSE I'M PASSIONATE.

IF THESE PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE ME TO FIND THEM ANOTHER APPROPRIATE PLACE TO HAVE THEIR OFFICE, I'D BE GLAD TO.

MY BUSINESS IS SELLING REAL ESTATE, SO I'D BE HAPPY TO HELP, HELP THEM FIND SOMETHING ELSE.

AND THEN LAST WE HAVE MS. ROSEMARY ROSALY.

MY NAME'S ROSEMARY WRESTLING.

I'VE LIVED IN MONTE VISTA FOR OVER 20 YEARS AND I'VE BEEN IN AND OUTTA MONTE VISTA FOR WHEN I WAS A CHILD BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER LIVED OVER THERE.

AND I HAVE LOTS OF MEMORIES OF IT.

AND MY BIGGEST DREAM WAS TO SEE ALL THESE OLD HOUSES GET RESTORED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, WE'RE THE THIRD LARGEST HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE COUNTRY AND WE HAD ALL THOSE PEOPLE FROM WASHINGTON COME DOWN AND PICK OUT CERTAIN HOUSES TO BE ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

AND LIKE ANNE SAID, WE REALLY ARE A PASSIONATE GROUP AND PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T PASS THIS .

I THINK Y'ALL HAVE GOTTEN THE BIG WORDS.

SO ANYWAY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT, MS. WEISLER, DID YOU WANT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL? I WILL BE SHORT EMPHASIS ON SHORT.

UH, THANK YOU AGAIN, COMMISSIONERS, EMILY WEISLER.

UM, THANK YOU TO EVERYONE FOR BEING HERE.

UM, I KNOW THAT THIS IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT THE COMMUNITY IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT.

UM, HEARD

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A LOT OF COMMENTS TODAY.

UM, AND JUST WANT TO CLARIFY AND PROVIDE SOME, SOME CONTEXT FOR SOME THINGS.

UM, PARTICULARLY MR. TODD IN THE DRIVEWAY DEBACLE.

UM, THERE IS, WITH THIS FUNCTION OF THE OFFICE, UM, AND THE PARKING IN THE REAR THAT WE CAN PROVIDE, UM, WITH THE SITE PLAN AND THIS USE, UM, COULD ALLOW FOR THERE TO BE NO SHARED PARKING SITUATION HERE.

UM, RIGHT ON ASHBY, AND WE CAN PULL ALL VEHICLES IN THERE.

UM, THEY'RE RIGHT THAT THERE WAS ONLY ONE OFFER RECEIVED ON THIS PROPERTY FROM THE CALI'S, UM, TO BUY THIS PROPERTY.

AND THAT IS FOR OUR, OUR CLIENT AT HEADWALL INVESTMENTS, WHO IS DOING THE RE THE RENOVATION, UM, AND REHABILITATION OF THE ALLEN, UH, FOR OFFICE USE.

AND SO THERE WAS NO SUCCESSFUL RESIDENTIAL PURCHASER, UM, FOR THIS PROPERTY.

IT IS BEAUTIFUL.

IT HAS BEEN FULLY PRESERVED, UM, AND REHABILITATED, UM, AND DO BELIEVE THAT, UM, WE ARE PRESERVING THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF, OF EVERYTHING THAT MONTE VISTA STANDS FOR.

UM, THIS HOME, UH, IS BEAUTIFUL.

UM, AND THE CONDITIONAL USE, AS WE WE SAW EARLIER TODAY, IF THERE IS ONE EMPLOYEE, EVEN IF YOU WORK FOR YOURSELF AND YOU HAVE ONE EMPLOYEE, YOU STILL REQUIRE THAT CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE OFFICE.

IT NO LONGER IS A HOME OCCUPATION.

UM, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF SCENARIOS IN WHICH THAT CONDITIONAL USE IS THE, IS THE ONLY FUNCTION FOR ACHIEVING SOME SORT OF OFFICE USE THERE.

UM, THIS IS THE SOUTHERN MOST BOUNDARY OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL DISTRICT.

THERE ARE COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES ALL ALONG ASHBY, ALL ALONG MCCULLOUGH, ALL ALONG HILDEBRAND UP TO SHOOK.

THERE ARE THESE COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS, UM, IN MONTE VISTA.

THIS IS NOT ON WEST LWA, THIS IS NOT IN THE TRUE RESIDENTIAL CORE.

UM, AND, AND WITH ALL DUE RESPECT FOR THAT, WE, WE ARE NOT TRYING TO INVADE MONTE VISTA AND PUT IN A BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RESIDENTIAL CORRIDOR.

WE DO FEEL THAT THIS IS MORE THAN APPROPRIATE FOR A EXTREMELY BUSY STREET THAT IS WEST ASHBY THAT IS FILLED WITH A MIX OF USES, A MIX OF DENSITIES, UM, AND A MIX OF COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE SPACES THERE.

UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS REALLY IS, UM, WE HEARD MONTE VISTA LOUD AND CLEAR, UM, ABOUT MAKING SURE THAT THIS HOUSE DID NOT LOSE ITS ABILITY TO BE A HOUSE.

UM, AND THAT IS WHY WE FULLY AMENDED OUR REZONING REQUEST TO JUST ASK FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE.

UM, SO THAT THE R FOUR BASE, WHAT THEY PUT IN PLACE FOR THIS PROPERTY IS MAINTAINED.

UM, THIS JUST ALLOWS THE ABILITY TO HAVE OFFICE AS WELL AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.

UM, AGAIN, WE ARE PRESERVING THAT PHYSICAL INTEGRITY AND CHARACTER.

THIS IS REHABILITATION, THIS IS ADAPTIVE REUSE.

UM, AND WE DO FEEL THAT WITH THE HOUSING STOCK, UM, AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THIS UNIT, UM, AND, AND THE GROWTH CONTINUED IN THE COMMUNITY, UM, THAT THIS IS SUPPORTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY.

COMMISSIONER KELLUM, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS YEAH.

FOR THE APPLICANT.

UH, JUST A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THE DRIVEWAY.

WHAT I HEAR YOU SAYING IS THAT YOU'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO HAVE USE WITH MR. TODD SO THAT THAT DOES NOT COMPROMISE THEIR ABILITY TO PARK AND, AND ABSOLUTELY HAVE.

I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY GOING TO BE IMPROVING, UH, THE TODD'S PARKING SITUATION AND WE'LL BE PULLING THOSE VEHICLES.

SO WE'RE NOT DOING A SHARED DRIVEWAY SITUATION WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PARKING CAR TO CAR, UM, BUT PULLING THOSE CARS AROUND BACK AND AGAIN, THERE IS COOPERATIVE PARKING OPPORTUNITIES AT 2119 MCCULLOUGH, WHICH IS THE HEAD WALL'S OFFICE.

UM, AND THEN AT THE ALLEN AS WELL, THERE'S AMPLE PARKING HERE.

SO ANY OVERFLOW OF THE OFFICE USE, UH, IT WILL BE MORE THAN SUFFICIENTLY PARKED.

AND I GUESS WHAT I'M HEARING YOU SAYING IS THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE CHARACTER OF THE HOME, YOU'RE CHANGING THE PURPOSE OF THE HOME.

IS THAT CORRECT? CORRECT.

UM, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT LOOKING, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON.

I KNOW WE JUST HEARD A QUESTION ABOUT PARKING, BUT, UM, CAN, IF WE CAN PULL UP THE, WE HAVE IT UP.

I S I'M LOOKING AT THIS SHARED DRIVEWAY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PARKING REVISION IMPROVEMENT YOU'RE SUGGESTING IS POTENTIALLY THAT THERE WILL BE PARKING IN THE BACK AND BECAUSE IT'S GONNA BE COMMERCIAL, THERE'S ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

BUT CAN YOU PLEASE, LIKE EX THIS LINE THAT I'M SEEING BETWEEN THE TWO PROPERTIES, LIKE WHERE THE THREE IS, IS THAT GONNA BECOME FENCING? IS THE DRIVEWAY STILL GONNA TECHNICALLY BE FUNCTIONING AS LIKE THE ACCESS POINT TO THE BACK? IF YOU COULD JUST EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON INGRESS EGRESS AND HOW YOU'RE GONNA GET TO THE BACK, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR ME.

SORRY, I'M, I'M GONNA, UH, TAKE THAT ONE.

I WAS, UH, GETTING, GETTING NANCY.

UH, SO, SO, SO, UH, IT'S BEEN REFERRED TO AS A, AS SHARED DRIVEWAY, BUT REALLY IT'S, IT'S TWO SEPARATE DRIVEWAYS THAT ARE ABUTTING EACH OTHER.

SO YOU HAVE, AND, AND THEY ARE BOTH NARROW AS MR. TODD SAID.

SO HERE'S, HERE'S HIS DRIVEWAY AND THEN HERE'S THE DRIVEWAY

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ON OUR PROPERTY.

NOW THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE LINE ON THE SURVEY, BUT OTHER THAN THAT YOU SAW IT WAS JUST ONE CONTINUOUS, UH, STRETCH OF PAVEMENT.

UM, WHAT, UH, WHAT WHAT EMILY WAS, WAS DESCRIBING IS, IS REALLY, UH, I MEAN SHE SAID IT PERFECTLY A, A SOLUTION FOR THOSE PROBLEMS AND ISSUES THAT HAVE BEEN RAISED WHERE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, HOWEVER MANY FOLKS ARE LIVING IN, IN THESE TWO HOMES, ALL TRYING TO PARK SIDE BY SIDE ON, UH, THESE TWO ADJACENT DRIVEWAYS AND THEN BACKING OUT WITH A BIG CURB.

AND YEAH, BACKING OUT ON ASHBY HAS TO BE TERRIFYING EVERY TIME, GIVEN HOW BUSY IT IS.

UH, OUR PROPERTY, THIS WILL BE JUST A DRIVEWAY, NOT A PARKING DRIVEWAY, UH, ACCESS DRIVEWAY INSTEAD OF A PARKING DRIVEWAY.

UH, IF THOSE ARE TERMS, SO, UH, ACCESS, YOU KNOW, TO OUR PROPERTY COMES IN, YOU'RE PARKING, UH, ALL BACK HERE UNDER THE COVERED PARKING OR WITH SOME NEW SPACES, WHICH ALSO, UH, LE LEAVES, UH, THE TODDS A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, MORE, MORE ROOM ON THEIR DRIVEWAY SO YOU'RE NOT HAVING A CAR ON, ON OUR SIDE OR CARS, UH, ON OUR SIDE TO, TO REALLY MAKE THAT EVEN TIGHTER.

SO AS A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, 'CAUSE I'M NOT SEEING IT ON THE SITE PLAN, ARE YOU THEN GONNA BE EXTEND IS THERI IF IT DOESN'T ALREADY, IF IT'S JUST NOT SHOWN, BUT DOES IT ALREADY EXIST THAT THAT DRIVEWAY GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE BACK OF THE LOT? OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA BE EXTENDED? YOU DON'T SEE IT REFLECTED ON THE SITE PLAN? YEAH, IT GOES BACK THERE A LITTLE BIT.

UM, YEAH, AND IT WILL BE, WILL BE EXTENDED.

SO THERE'S, UM, THERE'S PARKING, UH, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A, A COVERED AREA THAT WILL BE, UH, THAT'S ACTUALLY PERFECT FOR PARKING, UM, PRETTY MUCH AS IT IS.

BUT YEAH, THE, THE SHORT ANSWER IS, UH, IT WILL BE KIND OF RE REDONE, EXTENDED AND MADE.

SO CARS ARE ONLY COMING IN AND OUT OF ASHBY, YOU KNOW, FACE FORWARD.

UM, NOBODY'S HAVING TO BACK OUT THERE.

AND THEN A QUESTION FOR STAFF FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.

WHAT ARE THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS WITH THIS PROPOSED REQUEST? AND DO THEY NEED TO BE REFLECTED ON THE SITE PLAN EXPLICITLY? NORMALLY IT'S A ONE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT.

, THE, UM, YEAH, THE MINIMUM PARKING FOR OFFICE PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS ONE PER 300 SQUARE FEET GROSS FLOOR AREA, AND THE MAXIMUM IS ONE PER 140 SQUARE FEET GROSS FLOOR AREA.

BUT THEY ARE ALSO ASKING FOR AN I D Z OVERLAY, WHICH WAIVES THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS.

UH, RESIDENTIAL? THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD LOOK AT AS PART OF LIKE THE ZONING REQUEST.

I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT TO HAVE THAT IN ADDITION TO A CD THERE IS THE I E Z OVERLAY, SO THANK YOU.

NO QUESTIONS.

ALRIGHT, UH, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.

WITT, THAT COMMISSIONER WITT, DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA HOW MANY PARKING SPACES YOU CAN PROVIDE IN THE BACK? HAVE Y'ALL DONE A SITE LAYOUT FOR THAT? UM, YES.

I, I BELIEVE WE CAN FIT SIX PARKING SPACES THERE IN THE BACK.

UM, AND YEAH, THE, THE PARKING RATIO, GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE, THE HOME WOULD DICTATE MORE PARKING.

THE, THE MARKET CAN ONLY LEASE WHAT, UH, WHAT WE CAN PARK, UM, TO TENANTS AND, AND LIKE EMILY MENTIONED, WE HAVE, UH, A LITTLE OVER 50 SPACES, UM, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF SPACES BEING CREATED, UH, AT THE ALLEN, UM, AS THEY'RE REDOING THAT WITH, WITH COMMON OWNERS AND TWO, TWO LOTS DOWN.

UM, SO THERE'S A PLAN THERE TO KINDA HAVE SOME SHARED PARKING AND THAT PUTS THE PARKING MORE AT THE, THE HARD CORNER OF, OF ASHBY AND MCCULLOUGH.

UM, BUT THE, THE SHORT ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION IS WE, WE CAN, UH, UH, PUT ABOUT SIX SPOTS THERE.

UM, HAPPY TO COMMIT TO THAT ON, ON THE SITE PLAN.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE ADDITIONAL PARKING, UH, TWO LOTS DOWN, UH, AT THE PROJECT THAT'S ALMOST COMPLETE ALMOST.

DO YOU HAVE AN AGREEMENT WITH THEM? IT IT'S THE SAME OWNER.

IT'S, SORRY, YES, SAME OWNER.

UM, SAME OWNER.

AND IT'S, AND IT'S A, IT'S A INDIVIDUAL, I MEAN, AND IT'S, IT'S AN L L C BUT IT'S A INDIVIDUAL THAT OFFICES RIGHT THERE NEXT DOOR AS WELL AND, AND LIVES NEARBY.

IT'S NOT A, NOT A FACELESS CORPORATION COMING IN, UM, REALLY INVESTED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, YEAH, CREATING, TRYING TO CLEAN UP SOME OTHER THINGS AND CREATE A, A, A COHESIVE KIND OF PLAN FOR SOME OF THE, SOME OF THE MISSING OFFICE, THAT SMALL PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.

UM, NOT A BIG OFFICE BUILDING OBVIOUSLY.

ALRIGHT, UM, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER REYES QUESTION FOR STAFF.

IT SAYS ON YOUR REPORT THAT A TRAFFIC IMPACT WORKSHEET WAS SUBMITTED.

YES, THAT'S STANDARD WITH ANY APPLICATION.

THEY PROVIDE A WORKSHEET THAT JUST GIVES THE BASIC, I HAVE A BASIC QUESTION.

USE THE BASIC USE OF THE, UM, OF THE PROPERTY.

THE BASIC QUESTION WOULD BE HOW MANY MORE TRIPS DOES AN OFFICE BUILDING OF THIS SIZE GENERATE OVER,

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RIGHT NOW IT'S JUST LOOKING AT LAND USE AND SURROUNDING ZONING.

AND SO IF THERE ARE ANY KINDS OF DRIVEWAY OR TRAFFIC OR ISSUES OF THAT NATURE, IT'S LOOKED AT ONCE THEY, UH, OBTAIN PERMITTING.

FAIR ENOUGH.

SO FOR THE APPLICANT, HOW MANY TRIPS DO YOU EXPECT TO GENERATE? UM, WELL, WELL THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

I'LL, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER IT.

I GUESS KINDA STARTING WITH A PART OF THAT ANSWER.

SO, UM, YOU KNOW, WITH, WITH A HOME, UM, AND, AND PREVIOUSLY THIS WAS A FAMILY BUT YOU KNOW, FULL, FULL FAMILY.

BUT WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS, YOU KNOW, 3000 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S A LOT OF SPACE.

SO, YOU KNOW, LET'S JUST SAY IT'S FOUR PEOPLE LIVING THERE WITH CARS, THEY'RE ALL LEAVING AT THE SAME TIME.

SO IT MAY BE EQUAL OR LESS TRIPS, BUT THE PEAK HOUR TRIPS FOR RESIDENTIAL, I BELIEVE, UM, IS EXPONENTIALLY MORE THAN IT WOULD BE FOR AN OFFICE SUCH AS THIS BECAUSE FOLKS ARE COMING INTO THE OFFICE AS THEY, AS THEY COME IN.

UM, WHEREAS AGAIN, IF IT'S A FAMILY, YOU GOTTA, YOU GET OUTTA THE HOUSE TO GO TO, THE KIDS ARE GONNA SCHOOL, DRIVING TO SCHOOL, THE, YOU KNOW, PARENTS ARE, ARE LEAVING TO HEAD TO THEIR OFFICE AT THE SAME TIME.

IT'S ALL PEAK HOUR TRIPS AS OPPOSED TO A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, COME AND GO.

EXACTLY.

AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT SAFETY GOT, SO THERE'S PEAK HOURS FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT THEN IT KIND OF, IT'S CONSTANT SHOULD BE MORE LEVEL FOR, FOR A BUSINESS.

SO CAN WE GO TO THE STREET VIEW? UM, THERE'S A PHOTO OF STREET VIEW.

SO ON THE BOTTOM THERE'S, SO I, EXCUSE ME, I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A SAFE LEGAL PARKING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF THAT SOLID WHITE, UH, A BIKE LANE.

THERE IS A BIKE LANE, BUT IT'S, THAT'S ALSO SAFE LEGAL PARKING, UH, BETWEEN THE SIDEWALK AND THE SOLID WHITE.

'CAUSE I SEE IT ALL UP AND DOWN ASHBY CURRENTLY, AND THEN THERE'S A BIKE LANE ADJACENT TO IT.

OH YEAH, I I I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL BIKE LANE.

YEAH, WELL YOU SEE THERE'S A TRAVEL LANE, A BIKE LANE, AND THEN THERE'S LIKE A SHOULDER MM-HMM.

UH, ANOTHER THING REAL QUICK ON THE, ON THE TRAFFIC IMPACT IS, UH, A, A BIG PUSH AND, AND BY, UH, OUR CLIENT WHO'S, WHO'S AGAIN REALLY, REALLY INVESTING IN THIS AREA AND, AND A LOT OF THE THINGS WE'VE HEARD FROM NEIGHBORS AND, AND YOU KNOW, OTHERS OVER THE, CERTAINLY OVER THE PAST COUPLE YEARS IS THE NEED FOR SOME OF THAT MORE NEIGHBORHOOD RETAIL.

UM, AND EMILY MENTIONED THIS EARLIER ON, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HEAR THAT ROOFTOPS DRIVE RETAIL WILL, YOU KNOW, RESIDENCES WILL DRIVE MORE NIGHTTIME RETAIL, THEY'RE GOING OUT TO DINNER AT NIGHT.

THERE'S REALLY A NEED IN THIS I IMMEDIATE AREA FOR SOME DAYTIME PEOPLE.

AND, AND THAT'S A BIG PART OF BRINGING THE OFFICE THERE.

IT'S PUTTING SOME DAYTIME PEOPLE THERE THAT ARE GONNA WALK, WALK TO LUNCH AT A NEW SPOT RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.

UM, AND MAYBE NOT RIGHT NOW AND IT'S 120 DEGREES, BUT THE POINT BEING THERE, THERE IS SO MUCH POTENTIAL AT THIS MAJOR INTERSECTION, UH, AND THE BLOCKS ON EACH SIDE FOR SOME ACTUAL MIXED USE WALKABILITY THAT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO REALLY IS STILL STRUGGLING TO, TO, TO PRODUCE AND, AND REALLY HAVE NEVER HAD.

SO, UM, SORRY THAT WAS A TRAFFIC TRAFFIC RELATED COMMENT, BUT JUST TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE.

UM, OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS? NONE, NO MORE ON MY LEFT.

I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.

SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER LUM FOR A MOTION.

UM, CERTAINLY THE CONCERNS WITH THE DRIVEWAY, I THINK, UM, ARE IMPORTANT.

AND, AND BY ALL MEANS, THE CHARACTER OF THE HOME IS SOMETHING THAT, THAT I THINK IS SOMETHING WE ALL HAVE TO KEEP IN THE FOREFRONT OF OUR THOUGHT.

THAT BEING SAID, I THINK THE ATTENTION THAT YOU'VE PAID TO THE CHARACTER AND, UM, PURPOSE OF THE HOUSE AS WELL AS A CONSIDERATION.

MR. TODD, I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS.

THERE IS A MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.

VOICE ONES THAT RECEIVE, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I COMMISSIONER KELLUM SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.

DISCUSSION.

COMMISSIONER IS ON MY LEFT, ACTUALLY.

I DO.

THANK YOU, CHAIR.

I JUST WANNA MAKE A DISCUSSION.

UH, JUST COMPLIMENT ALL EVERYBODY THAT CAME IN VOICED THEIR OPINIONS AND THEIR IN PERSON.

ALSO THE

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AND JUST FOR THE FACT THAT I DO SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MIXED USE ON THIS STREET.

THE STREET IS FAIRLY LARGE AND I DO SEE, DO, SEE THAT THERE'S A LOT OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE FACING THIS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS MONTE VISTA AND IT'S A SOUTHERN PART OF MONTE VISTA.

I DO SEE, UM, SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR BUSINESS.

LIKE THEY WERE MENTIONING, THE APPLICANT WAS MENTIONING THE BUSINESSES DURING THE DAY.

I DO SEE THAT AS A SUPPORT FOR THE BUSINESSES THAT SOME OF THE AREAS SEES A LOT OF NIGHTLIFE.

AND I DO SEE THAT THE FACT THAT THERE IS A BUSINESS COMING IN, UM, TO SUPPORT THIS AREA, I DO SEE THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE AREA FOR THIS AREA.

ADDITIONAL DIS UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON.

UM, I'LL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION, UH, PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF WHERE THIS BUILDING IS LOCATED ON THE BLOCK.

UM, I'M NOT NECESSARILY PERSUADED THAT SOME OF THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS, UM, THAT ARE POTENTIALLY GONNA BE MITIGATED WITH PARKING, WHICH IS A MAJOR CONCERN FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, ARE GOING TO BE SUSTAINABLY ADDRESSED FOR THE LONG-TERM.

SHOULD THE OWNER SELL THEIR OTHER PROPERTIES WITHOUT A FORMAL PARKING AGREEMENT, I THINK THAT'S, THAT'S TOO MUCH OF A REACH.

UM, I SEE SOME ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE USE IN THIS AREA THAT CURRENTLY IS VACANT, AND SO I DON'T NECESSARILY SEE VESTED BY CREATING AN ADDITIONAL OFFICE USE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE ARE TWO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS.

UM, I DO THINK MIXED USE IN GENERAL IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS AREA, BUT THIS PARTICULAR STRETCH OF BLOCK HAS SEVERAL MULTI-FAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ON IT.

AND, UM, WITH THE SORT OF NEIGHBORING COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, HAVING SOME VACANCY IN THEM, BEING VERY FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, I DON'T SEE THIS BEING AN ADDED VALUE.

AND I AM PERSUADED BY THE ARGUMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT LOSING A HOU PIECE OF HOUSING, UM, IN THIS PARTICULAR AREA OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ON THIS BLOCK WHERE IT'S LOCATED, IS POTENTIALLY GONNA BE DETRIMENTAL IN THE LONG TERM.

UM, I APPRECIATE THE PRESERVATION OF THE PROPERTY, BUT I DON'T THINK, FOR ME, THE PARKING CONCERNS AND THE POTENTIAL IMPACT TO THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS.

UM, AND THIS SECTION WHICH HAS SOME VERY WELL PRESERVED, AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY THAT IS THERE JUST BY VIRTUE OF THE MARKET, IS, COULD POTENTIALLY BE IMPACTED IF THIS PROPERTY GOES.

I CAN SEE IT BECOMING ATTRACTIVE TO, UM, AS TIME PROGRESSES BUYING SOME OF THOSE OTHER MULTIFAMILY THAT ARE PROVIDING NATURALLY OCCURRING AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND RENTAL UNITS.

UM, IF IT WERE ON A CORNER, I MIGHT, I MIGHT THINK DIFFERENTLY.

UM, BUT IT BEING RIGHT WHERE IT IS, I THINK, UH, THE POTENTIAL ENCROACHMENT CONCERNS ARE, ARE VALID IN THIS AREA.

SO THAT IS WHY I'LL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.

UM, AND WITH THAT, SEND IN MY COMMENTS.

UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.

COMMENTS? NONE.

UM, I WILL ALSO NOT BE SUPPORTING, UM, THE MOTION.

UM, I HATE TO SAY IT, I WAS ONE, I I WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO DROVE DOWN ASHBY A LOT AS I PICKED UP MY KIDS FROM HAWTHORNE.

UM, SO I AM REALLY FAMILIAR WITH, WITH THIS, WITH THIS STREET.

UM, BUT MY PRIMARY REASON IS BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK AND AS I SAID ON THE CASE THAT WAS IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S THE MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK AND WE SEE THE SLOW EROSION OF HOMES TO OFFICE USE OR TO OTHER USE.

UM, AND AS ONE OF THE CALLERS SAID, IT'S THAT IT'S THAT BIT BY BIT THAT CHANGES HAPPEN.

IT AND, UM, COMMERCIAL, IF IT WAS ON THE CORNER, DIFFERENT STORY, MIDDLE OF THE BLOCK.

UM, I, I CAN'T, UH, SUPPORT THE MOTION, BUT WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL.

IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.

COMMISSIONER FUENTES? NO.

COMMISSIONER WATSON? NO.

COMMISSIONER? WE? NO.

COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? NO.

COMMISSIONER BUSANTE? NO.

UM, IS THERE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION? MOTION TO RE RECONSIDER.

MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.

MOTION TO RECONSIDER BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER FUENTES AYE.

COMMISSIONER TIZ? NO.

COMMISSIONER WHITSETT? YES.

COMMISSIONER KLUM? YES.

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COMMISSIONER BUSANTE? NO.

MOTION PASSES.

ALRIGHT, SO THE, THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION CHAIR.

I MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THIS REQUEST.

ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.

MOTION IS FOR DENIAL WITH A SECOND.

SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.

UH, ROLL CALL.

COMMISSIONER ORTIZ? NO.

COMMISSIONER BARROS? NO.

COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE? NO.

COMMISSIONER KELLUM? NO.

MOTION PASSES.

I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CORRECTIONS OR APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

UM, DO WE, THAT'S THE LAST OF THE REGULAR ITEMS EXCEPT FOR MINUTES.

I BELIEVE SO.

[Approval of Minutes ]

MOTION TO APPROVE PRIOR MEETINGS.

MINUTES.

A MOTION TO SECOND.

A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES BY COMMISSIONER FU SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES.

UM, DO WE WANNA JUST DO ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

A AYE AYE AYE.

UH, DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NO, SIR.

NOTHING TO REPORT.

ALRIGHT, WELL THE TIME IS NOW 5 35 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED.