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UH, WELCOME TO THE REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2023.
UH, WE NORMALLY DO HAVE SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES, HOWEVER, THE INTERPRETERS ARE RUNNING A BIT LATE, SO IF THERE'S ANYBODY WHO WILL REQUIRE THAT, LET US KNOW, BUT THEY SHOULD BE HERE SHORTLY.
I'LL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT WHEN THEY'RE HERE.
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UH, TODAY WE WILL HAVE, UH, TWO AGENDAS.WE'LL HAVE A CONSENT AGENDA, WHICH WILL WE'LL TAKE ACTION ON ONE VOTE, UM, WITHOUT FURTHER DISCUSSION.
AND TODAY ALL ITEMS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR CONSENT, EXCEPT FOR ITEM 10, WHICH IS POSTPONED 11, WHICH IS WITHDRAWN.
UH, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, AND 19 WILL BE HEARD INDIVIDUALLY.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THE CONSENT ITEMS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS? MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA BY VICE CHAIR PECK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER.
I'M SORRY, WE DID NOT CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL.
I WAS JUST ASKING THAT QUESTION.
CAN WE HAVE THE ROLL CALL? I WAS OUT LAST MEETING.
YOU COULD HAVE INTERRUPTED ME.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE, UM, THE INTERPRETER'S HERE.
SO IF ANYBODY NEEDS SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES IN THAT BACK THERE, THEY'RE AVAILABLE.
COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER PECK HERE.
UH, ITEMS. WE HAD A MOTION IN A SECOND.
YOU CAN TAKE THE VOTE, PLEASE.
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ALRIGHT.WE JUST HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR ITEM 13.
THAT'S PART OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO HEAR.
I DIDN'T HEAR IT, DID I? OH WAIT, SORRY.
UM, IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE HERE.
I JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT THERE'LL BE A LIMIT OF TWO MINUTES FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT AND VOICEMAILS AND JUST SO I CAN INTERRUPT.
UM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 18.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 11TH MEETING.
MOVE TO CONTINUE TO OCTOBER 11TH.
ITEM NUMBER 18 TO THE OCTOBER 11TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER UH, SIEGEL.
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ALRIGHT, GOOD AFTERNOON.MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING COORDINATOR.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FROM APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SA TOMORROW PORT SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 6,500 BLOCK OF OLD PARASOL ROAD.
FIVE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET, AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING A PLAN AMENDMENT TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM OUR SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO BP BUSINESS PARK DISTRICT STAFF FINDS THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL NOT COMPATIBLE TRANSITION ABUTTING THE ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE TO THE NORTH AND WEST.
THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FOR THE PROPERTY IS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING USES ALONG EXCELLENCE DRIVE.
HOWEVER, HIGHER INTENSITY DESIGNATIONS DO EXIST ALONG OLD PARASOL ROAD CORRIDOR, MAKING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR URBAN MIXED USE.
A MORE SUITABLE OPTION WHICH WOULD ALLOW COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES WHILE BALANCING THE SURROUNDING AREA AND LIMITING HIGHER INTENSE USES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF URBAN MIXED USE.
APPLICANT IS REQUESTING TO AMEND THEIR PROPOSAL TO ALIGN WITH STAFF RECOMMENDATION AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONERS CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BROWN AND MCDONALD.
UH, 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT.
UM, AS KELLY STATED, WE DID SUBMIT AN AMENDED APPLICATION LAST WEEK, UH, TO ALIGN WITH STAFF'S PROPOSED RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS URBAN MIXED USE.
UM, I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION JUST TO SHOW THE, THE ALIGNMENT OF OUR PROPERTY WITH SURROUNDING USES.
UM, HERE WE ARE ON OLD PEARSALL ROAD.
UM, FOUR 10 IS TO THE EAST OF US.
YOU CAN SEE THERE'S COMMERCIAL, UH, WAREHOUSING USES TO OUR SOUTH AND TO OUR EAST.
HERE'S A CLOSER, UH, LAND USE MAP.
WE ARE WITHIN THE, UH, PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2019.
UM, YOU CAN SEE THERE IS THE URBAN MIXED USE ACROSS THE STREET FROM US REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TO OUR EAST AND TO OUR SOUTH.
UM, WE ARE PROPOSING, UM, OFFICE WAREHOUSE USE HERE AND THE URBAN MIXED USE ALONG WITH THE C TWO CD CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE WAREHOUSING DOES ALLOW FOR OUR INTENDED USE OF THE PROPERTY.
AGAIN, IT, THE AREA HAS BEEN, UH, MORE DEVELOPED SINCE THIS, THIS AERIAL WAS TAKEN.
SAWS IS, UH, DOES HAVE A REGIONAL CENTER TO OUR WEST AND THERE IS, UH, MULTIFAMILY AND FURTHER COMMERCIAL TO OUR EAST.
WE ARE FULLY, UH, YOU KNOW, ADHERING TO ALL BUILDING STANDARDS, 30 FOOT, UH, BUILDING SETBACK, UH, LANDSCAPE BUFFER FENCING.
THE PROPERTY THERE WILL BE SECURITY AND ADEQUATE PARKING.
SO WITH THAT, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR APPROVAL OF OUR AMENDED APPLICATION TO URBAN MIXED USE.
DO COMMISSIONERS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? HEARING NONE, I'LL, I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION.
MOVE TO, UH, AMEND TO, TO APPROVE THE AMENDED.
SO MOTION TO APPROVE APPLICANT'S REQUEST AS, UH, URBAN MIXED USE.
SECOND BY, UH, BY COMMISSIONER MILAM.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
ANN BETA'S PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST OF, FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SA TOMORROW MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FROM URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO EMPLOYMENT, FLEXED EMPLOYMENT FLEX
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MIXED USE AND IS LOCATED AT 7 2 4 EAST MYRTLE STREET.THERE ARE 2026 NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR.
AND TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY IS IN FAVOR THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM URBAN LOAD DENSITY, RESIDENTIAL AND EMPLOYMENT FLEX MIXED USE IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO I D Z TWO.
MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH USES PERMITTED FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WHILE URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CATEGORY IS APPROPRIATE CONSIDERING THE ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE SURROUNDING AREA ALSO ACCOMMODATES MANY SMALL SCALE CREATIVE ORIENTED BUSINESSES, AS WELL AS LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES AND LIGHT SERVICE USES.
THE REQUEST TO EMPLOYMENT FLEX MIXED USE IS ALSO CONSISTENT WITH LAND USES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, AND WEST OF THE SUBJECT SITE.
THIS DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE AREA IS IN HARMONY WITH THE EMPLOYMENT PLEX MIXED USE CATEGORY AND WILL ENABLE THE APPLICANT TO INTRODUCE INFO HOUSING AT A SCALE APPROPRIATE TO THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL ON THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
CAN WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION PLEASE? COMMISSIONERS? I PRETTY MUCH, I THINK ANN EXPLAINED IT PRETTY WELL.
UH, CAN YOU, UH, JUST, UH, YOUR NAME AND, OH MY, I'M SORRY.
UM, UH, OWNER OF LAKE CREEK RANCH.
THE PROPERTY OWNER, UH, AS I SAID, ANN EXPLAINED IT PRETTY WELL.
OUR GOAL IS TO PUT TWO UNITS, KEEP THE HOUSE THAT FRONTS MYRTLE STREET AND, UH, BUILD TWO THAT FACE PARK STREET.
UH, PARK STREET PRETTY MUCH HAS VERY FEW RESIDENCES.
UH, THE NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR IS COMMERCIAL.
THE RESIDENT ACROSS THE STREET FROM PARK IS A PARKING LOT PLUS WAREHOUSE.
UM, SO WE'RE, UH, WE WORK REAL WELL WITH THE TOBIN HILL ASSOCIATION TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, UH, WORK WITH THEIR APPROVAL.
WE'RE GONNA LISTEN TO SOME COMMENTS AND THEN IF YOU HAVE, YOU'LL HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE REBUTTAL.
I WE HAVE THREE VOICEMAILS IF WE CAN PLAY THOSE PLEASE.
UH, THIS IS ES PENA, UH, WHO LIVES AT SEVEN TWENTY ONE EAST MYRTLE STREET.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 771-8675.
AND I'M, UH, CALLING REGARDING, UH, PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING CASE.
UH, NUMBER PA 20 23 1 1 6 0 0 0 6 1.
AND, UH, I AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BLOCK ARE VERY OPPOSED TO ANY CHANGE TO THE SA TOMORROW MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN FOR THIS BLOCK.
SO WE'RE VERY MUCH IN FAVOR OF KEEPING THE 700 EAST MYRTLE BLOCK, UH, URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL OR R SIX AND OPPOSED ANY KIND OF I D D, UH, CHANGES ON THIS BLOCK, UH, TO EMPLOYMENT SLASH FLEX MIXED USE.
UH, I SEE THIS, UH, BLOCK AS, UH, THE GATEWAY TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAY TO THE WALK.
AND IT'S REALLY, UH, I MOVED HERE BECAUSE I REALLY LIKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL OF THIS STREET.
AND, UH, A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE TOBIN HILL AREA AND PEOPLE STAYING AROUND THE AREA WATCHING THIS BLOCK.
MOTHERS AND STROLLERS, UH, FAMILIES ON THE WEEKENDS WALKING OVER, UH, TO THE RIVER.
AND WE'RE REALLY INVESTED AND INTERESTED IN KEEPING THIS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, UH, I LOVE TO LOOK AT THE, THE MAP AND SEE, UH, THIS LITTLE OASIS OF R SIX, UH, THAT IS PART OF THE SA TOMORROW MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER.
I THINK EAST MYRTLE BLOCK AND PERHAPS ASPE ARE THE ONLY GATEWAYS TO THE, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD GATEWAYS TO THE, UH, RIVERWALK.
AND REALLY IN FAVOR OF THAT, WE OPPOSE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S THREE RESIDENCES THAT ARE BEING PLANNED, UH, FOR SEVEN.
I'M A RESIDENT AT 7 21 EAST MYRTLE, AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO HEARING CASE NUMBER PA 2 0 2 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 6 1.
BASICALLY THE REASON WHY I'M CALLING IS I WOULD LIKE TO PRESERVE OUR BLOCK AS A RESIDENTIAL R SIX.
I BELIEVE IN THE FIVE FAMILIES ON THIS SIDE OF ST.
MARY STREET HAVE NOT HAD A VOICE TO EXPRESS OR OPPOSITION TO THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED AND CONTINUE HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
ONE OF THE REASON IS THAT A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES DID NOT UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM.
A LOT OF THE SYSTEM THAT THAT WE ARE FACING RIGHT NOW, IT'S COMPLICATED.
IT IS NOT AS STRAIGHTFORWARD AS I MIGHT SEE.
SO A LOT OF THESE FAMILIES, THEY JUST DECIDED JUST NOT TO, UH, NOT TO OPPOSE AND JUST TO KIND OF GO WITH THE FLOW AND, AND THAT'S THE REASON WHY WE'VE SEEN THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I'M NOT AN EXPERT IN THIS MATTER EITHER.
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I'M NOT SAYING ANY WAY THAT I KNOW HOW EVERYTHING WORKS, BUT I DO KNOW THAT MY VOICE IS IMPORTANT AND I WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS, TO SHOW MY OPPOSITION TO CHANGING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR THIS STREET.UH, FROM A AN R SIX TO I D C TWO, WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP THIS BLOOD AS LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY.
THAT'S THE WORD SPECIFICALLY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO E EMPHASIZE.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT AS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PARKING IS A BIG CONCERN FOR ME, AS YOU HAVE SEEN WITH ALL THE CONSTRUCTION AND ALL THE, UH, UH, THE DIFFERENT, UH, AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED IN THE AREA WHERE PARKING HAS BECOME AN ISSUE.
AND THIS IS ONE OF MY BIGGEST CONCERNS.
SOMETHING ELSE THAT, UH, UH, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO EMPHASIZE IS THAT THIS BLOCK OR THIS STREET IS THE PATHWAY TO SO MANY FAMILIES WHO WALK WITH THEIR FAMILIES TO THE REAL WORLD AND, AND, AND THE PEARL AREA.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO PROTECT THAT, UH, IF YOU CAN, IF YOU SEE THE OTHER PLACES AND OTHER STREETS WHERE PEOPLE DECIDE NOT TO, NOT TO PASS LAST TIME.
HI, MY NAME IS ERIC SANDBERG AND MY WIFE DEBBIE AND I RESIDE AT 7 31 EAST MYRTLE ACROSS THE STREET FROM 7 24 EAST BARTLE.
I'M CALLING TO REGISTER OUR PROTESTS FOR THE REZONING OF THIS PROPERTY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL CONCERNS ABOUT THIS REZONING RIGHT NOW WE ARE R DASH SIX URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME, WE WERE EXCITED TO LIVE CLOSE TO EVERYTHING, BUT ALSO LIVE ON A STREET THAT HAD A NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL.
WE TRULY LIVE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE MEET OUTSIDE IN THE MORNING AND GREET PEOPLE AS THEY USE OUR STREET AS A GATEWAY TO THE PEARL AND RIVERWALK.
CHANGING THE ZONING TO I D Z WOULD OPEN UP THE POSSIBILITY THAT THIS WOULD, THAT THIS WOULD CHANGE.
FROM WHAT WE UNDERSTAND, THE EMPLOYMENT FLEX MIXED CONNOTATION MEANS THAT THIS PROPERTY COULD BE USED FOR A SMALL BUSINESS AND WOULD ALLOW OTHERS TO SELL THEIR PROPERTIES WHERE OTHER CAPITAL VENTURES WOULD BE ALLOWED.
THIS WOULD DESTROY THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE HAVE NOW AND OPEN THE POSSIBILITY OF OUR STREET BEING LINED WITH SMALL BUSINESSES IN THE FUTURE.
PARKING AVAILABILITY IS ANOTHER CONCERN.
CURRENTLY, THE ARCHITECT FIRM'S PARKING LOT ON THE CORNER OF ST.
MARY'S AT MYRTLE IS ALWAYS FULL AND CARS SPILL OUT ONTO OUR STREET SOMETIMES MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO PULL OUT OF OUR DRIVEWAY.
ADDITIONAL BUSINESSES ON OUR STREET WOULD ADD TO THIS EXISTING PROBLEM.
ON THE SURFACE SURFACE, IT APPEARS THAT THE ZONING REQUEST WILL NOT AFFECT US ON MYRTLE STREET BECAUSE THE ADDITIONAL HOMES THAT MR. GARCIA WANTS TO BUILD WILL BE ON PART.
MR. GARCIA SENT MY WIFE AN EMAIL STATING THAT HE LIVES ELSEWHERE AND IS IN SAN ANTONIO ONLY 40 TO 50% OF THE TIME FOR BUSINESS.
HE SAID HE WILL USE THE EXISTING HOME ON MYRTLE FOR PERSONAL USE.
IT APPEARS THAT THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY AN L L C IN WHICH MR. GARCIA IS LISTED AS MANAGER.
IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT HE IS JUST AN AVERAGE RESIDENTIAL HOMEOWNER.
WHY WOULD HE WANT TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO ALLOW BUSINESSES IF HE TRULY WANT? THAT'S TIME.
UH, WE HAVE SOMEBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM.
UH, LISA GARCIA, IF YOU CAN PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
I LIVE AT 7 3 5 EAST MYRTLE STREET.
I AM ALSO OPPOSED TO THE REZONING OF THAT HOUSE AT 7 2 4 EAST MYRTLE STREET.
UH, WE, MY HUSBAND AND I JUST CONSTRUCTED A HOUSE AND WE MOVED IN IN THIS PAST DECEMBER AND WE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY JUST TO MOVE THERE.
WE ORIGINALLY WERE GONNA PER, WE ACTUALLY OWNED THE LAND ON LOCUST AND WE CHANGED THE DE THE LOCATION FOR OUR HOME TO MYRTLE STREET BECAUSE OF THE FACT IT'S A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEREAS THE OTHER SIDE, IT WAS MORE TOWN HOMES CON WITH A LITTLE BIT OF BUSINESSES AND SO FORTH.
SO WE ACTUALLY CHANGED IT FOR THAT SPECIFIC REASON.
UM, THERE IS, AS THE OTHER RESIDENTS HAVE SAID, THAT THERE ARE, AS A OVER THERE IS AN OVERFLOW OF THE TRAFFIC FROM THE ARCHITECTURAL FIRM ALREADY SPILLING INTO THE STREETS.
THERE'S A FEW HOUSES ON OUR STREETS THAT ARE NOW USING AN AS, UH, AIRBNBS OR BBOS, WHICH ALSO HAS AN ABUNDANCE OF PEOPLE PARKING IN THE STREETS.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL, STILL, WE'RE STILL A LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF ALL THIS BUSINESSES GOING UP AROUND US.
THEY'RE ALSO BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF OUR STREET, MORE APARTMENTS, UH, JUST AROUND THE CORNER FROM MORE APARTMENTS.
SO THE PARKING IS A CONCERN BECAUSE I DID GO THROUGH THAT CONSTRUCTION.
THERE WERE PEOPLE PARKING ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET, EVEN THE CITY, UM, GARBAGE DISPOSAL S SYSTEM, UH, WASTE SYSTEM.
THEY HAD DIFFICULTY GOING THROUGH OUR STREET DURING THE CONSTRUCTION TIMES WITH CARS PARKED ON BOTH SIDES.
THE LADY WAS HONKING HER HORN, PLEASE MOVE BECAUSE SHE CAN'T FIT.
SO HOW ARE WE GONNA GET OUR TRASH PICKED UP IF WE HAVE AN OVER, LIKE AN INCREASED INFLUX OF MORE PARKING THERE?
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AND YES, IT DOES SEEM LIKE IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA, BUT THAT IS A 5,797 SQUARE FOOT LOT.AND I DO HAVE SOME PICTURES ON MY IPAD THAT I COULD SHOW.
IT'S TO GO THE DEVELOPMENT, TO GO UP THE DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE LEFT, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF SPACE LEFT.
SO OBVIOUSLY WITH THE REZONING TO THAT MIXED DEVELOPMENT, I KNOW YOU CAN GO 45 FEET, BUT THAT ALSO DOES CHANGE THE PARKING TO ONLY RESTRICT THEM TO DO ONE PARKING SPACE PER UNIT.
SO WHERE'S EVERYBODY ELSE GONNA BE PARKING? BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE'S GONNA BE MORE THAN ONE CAR PER UNIT.
THERE'S, I TOOK 15 PICTURES AND THAT'S THE BACK OF IT.
SO THAT'S THAT LITTLE PLACE WHERE HE WOULD HAVE TO GO UP.
UM, IS MR. GARCIA THE APPLICANT? DO DO YOU HAVE A I'M GONNA RESPOND TO SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS PLEASE.
ONE THING THAT WAS, UH, AND I, I DID SPEAK TO SOME OF THE OTHER NEIGHBORS AND, AND ONE DID RESEND THE, UM, UM, EMAIL THAT HE HAD SENT AFTER I WAS SPEAKING TO HIM.
I HAD DID SEND EMAILS OUT TO THE INFORMATION THAT I GOT FROM ANNE.
THEY WERE THE ONLY ONES I WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT TO.
UM, ONE THING WAS THAT WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, WE REALLY DIDN'T HAVE A GOOD FEEL WHAT WE WANTED TO DO YET.
WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE WAS DOING.
AND OUR PROPOSAL WAS TO KEEP THE HOUSE IN FRONT SO IT WOULDN'T DISTURB THE NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO PARK STREET.
IT, YOU KNOW, IT WORKED OUT TO WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE'D BE ABLE TO USE PARK STREET AS THE REAR ENTRYWAYS TO THE UNITS IN THE BACK.
UH, PART OF THE HOUSE WILL BE, UH, TAKEN DOWN.
THERE'S, IT'S AN ENCLOSED PORCH AND THERE'S ALSO STORAGE UNIT THAT ALSO WILL BE, UH, REMOVED FROM THE SITE.
YOU KNOW, THE RULES THAT THE CITY HAS SET, ZONING COMMISSION APPROVED IT.
UM, THE LAST ZONING MISSION, MEANING, UM, LIKE I SAID, I TRIED MY BEST TO, YOU KNOW, APPROACH.
THE NEIGHBORS TALKED TO 'EM TO APPROACH TWO DIDN'T.
SO ANY QUESTIONS THAT I MAY BE ABLE TO ASK? I'LL START ON THE LEFT.
COMMISSIONER LOPEZ? NO COMMENT.
UH, COULD, COULD WE SEE THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AGAIN PLEASE? OKAY.
UM, I ALSO WANNA SAY ONE THING.
I LIVE TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS AWAY.
WE DO USE IT FOR, UH, FOR MY PERSONAL USE AND FOR BUSINESS.
THE THREE STORY TOWNHOUSE, IT DOESN'T WORK REAL WELL FOR ME AND MY TWO AND MY WIFE AND MY TWO KIDS.
SO THAT WE WILL PROBABLY END UP MORE THAN LIKELY USING THE HOUSE OURSELVES WHEN WE ARE HERE.
COMMISSIONER, DID YOU HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? SO THANK YOU FOR SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN AGAIN.
UM, I, I KNOW THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T GONE THROUGH ANY OF THE PLAN APPROVAL PROCESSES YET.
YOU'RE JUST AT THE POINT, OR, YOU KNOW, PERMITTING PROCESSES YET PLAN REVIEWED.
YOU'RE JUST AT THE POINT OF GETTING THE LAND USE CORRECT, UM, AMENDMENT.
SO, UM, I DON'T REALLY WANNA ADDRESS ANY OF THOSE DESIGN CONCERNS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO, TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT GOING FORWARD FOR PLAN REVIEW.
BUT, UM, WHAT I WANNA SAY IS THAT, UM, WE DO HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, AND THIS, UM, THIS, THIS WOULD BE A VERY LOW IMPACT, GENTLE INCREASE IN DENSITY ON THIS ONE PROPERTY THAT ACTUALLY THE STREET FACE THAT THESE PROPERTIES WOULD, THAT THESE, UM, ADDITIONS WOULD FACE IS THE BACKYARD FOR ALL OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES.
SO I DON'T, I DON'T FORESEE THERE BEING A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE PARKING ON MYRTLE STREET SPECIFICALLY.
I THINK IT WOULD IMPACT PARK MORE LIKELY.
SO I'M GONNA BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS AMENDMENT.
THANK COMMISSIONER FAULKNER, THIS IS REALLY MORE FOR STAFFING.
'CAUSE WHEN I LOOK AT THE MAP AND, UM, IT LOOKS LIKE THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF THE EMPLOYMENT FLEX MIXED TO USE.
WHAT WAS THE DRIVING DECISION TO APPROVE THIS AND IF THERE'S ANY CONCERN OF IT KIND OF OVERTAKING THIS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL? HONESTLY, UM, STAFF MADE THE RECOMMENDATION BECAUSE THE PORT SAN ANTONIO DOES PROMOTE ADDITIONAL HOUSING NOW FOR FLEX USE EMPLOYMENT, YOU KNOW, THAT DOES PERMIT MORE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
BUT BECAUSE THIS IS STILL RESIDENTIAL PURPOSES, THAT'S WHY WE WERE, UM, RECOMMENDING APPROVAL.
NOW, SAY IF THIS WAS A COMMERCIAL
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DEVELOPMENT, THEN WE'D PROBABLY BE OF CONCERN FOR COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT ON THAT LOT.DOES THIS PREVENT THEM FROM BEING ABLE TO DO THAT ON A FUTURE DATE? UM, THEY WOULD HAVE TO REZONE, THEY WOULD NOT HAVE TO DO A PLAN AMENDMENT, BUT THEY WOULD STILL HAVE TO REZONE BECAUSE WITH THIS ZONING IT'S GOING TO, UM, HAVE ANY DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT MUST, UH, COMPLY TO THIS SITE PLAN.
COMMISSIONER GENDLER? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR PECK? NO QUESTIONS.
MR. MILAM? NO QUESTIONS MR. ZUKI? NO QUESTION MR. SIPES? NO QUESTIONS.
UM, THANK YOU ALL AND GOOD TO HEAR COMMENTS.
I, I WOULD LIKE, UH, JUST FOR A MINUTE, JUST CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR ENGAGEMENT WITH TOPEN HILL COMMUNITY, UH, AND HOW YOU GAINED THEIR SUPPORT? I WAS ABLE TO COMMUNICATE IMMEDIATELY.
MR. SANDERS SENT ME A EMAIL SAYING THAT I NEEDED TO APPROACH THE ASSOCIATION AND I DID THAT DAY.
UM, SPOKE TO THE PRESIDENT AND SPOKE TO THE BOARD AND, UH, EXPLAINED TO HIM IN DETAIL WHAT I WAS GONNA DO.
THEN I SAT DOWN ON A ZOOM MEETING AND SPOKE TO THEIR BOARD AND, UH, ANSWERED QUITE A FEW QUESTIONS.
PROBABLY WAS ON THE MEETING FOR ABOUT 30 TO 40 MINUTES.
THANK YOU FOR THE CITIZENS WHO SHOWED UP AND, AND I ENCOURAGE WHICHEVER WAY WE DECIDE TO GO, THAT YOU CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER, UH, TO, TO, UH, INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BE BE GOOD COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
ALRIGHT, I'M SAYING THAT, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION? SECOND.
MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
UH, CLAYTON WALLACE, PLANNING COORDINATOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE CAMP BOLUS EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION, MILITARY PROTECTION LAND USE PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LOCATED AT 88 10 TONKO TRAIL.
THERE ARE 14 NOTICES SENT OUT, ONE IN FAVOR, FOUR OPPOSED TO OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
17 IN FAVOR AND THREE OPPOSED.
THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO OPERATE AN ADULT CARE FACILITY WITH EIGHT RESIDENTS.
THEIR CURRENT LAND USE ONLY ALLOWS THE PROPERTY TO OPERATE WITH A MAXIMUM OF SIX.
UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS COMPATIBLE WITH OTHER LAND USES IN THE AREA AND A LONG KOA TRAIL.
URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WILL PERMIT A HIGHER DENSITY OF RESIDENTIAL AND MULTI-FAMILY WITH NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL USES.
THERE'S ALREADY AN ESTABLISHED HISTORY OF SIMILAR USES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THIS REQUEST IS ALSO SUITABLE TO THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ENSURE THE FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS ADJACENT TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ARE WELL SUITED TO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AREA.
SAN ANTONIO DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THIS, DOES THE APPLICANT HAVE A PRESENTATION? YES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS MICHAEL MADELINA SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, AS CLAYTON MENTIONED THAT THERE ARE MANY, UH, WELL, TWO THAT I HAVE LOCATED MYSELF IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES.
THE PROPOSED USE OF THIS LAND IS NOT MODIFYING THE CURRENT STRUCTURE BEYOND, UH, A FINISH OUT PERMIT, WHICH WOULD KEEP US UNDER THE EXISTING ROOF LINE.
UM, AND STREET APPEALS, UH, GONNA BE IMPROVED.
UH, THE, UH, AS YOU SEE THAT IT WILL BE, WE WILL ADD ONE MORE APPROACH.
THE THE PLAN IS TO ADD ONE MORE APPROACH AND TO IMPROVE THE EXTERIOR APPEAL OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, WE ARE EXPECTED TO, UH, APPLY COMPLY WITH ALL THE CURRENT LAND, PROPOSED LAND USES AND CURRENT, UH, REQUIRED APPLICATIONS.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FILING ALL THE BUILDING PERMITS AND, AND, UM, EVERYTHING THAT IS INTENDED IS GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS NOW.
UM, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT HAVE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE IS CONCERNS ON, UH, PROPERTY VALUES.
UH, THE FACT THAT THE PROPERTY IS NOT CHANGING,
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UH, YOU KNOW, PHYSICALLY, UH, THERE'S REALLY NO CHANGE IN PROPERTY VALUES.UM, I'VE GOT A BROTHER IN THE AREA WHO HAS, UH, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING BACK AT THE PROPERTY VALUE OF HIS PROPERTY AND THAT OF HIS NEIGHBORS, UM, ALL OF THEM FOLLOWING THE SAME CURVE OF GROWTH, UH, OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS WITH NO CHANGE.
UM, THERE, THERE IS, UH, THE OTHER CONCERN THAT WE, UH, SAW BROUGHT FORWARD WAS, UM, INCREASE IN, UH, STREET USE.
AND AGAIN, UH, USING ANECDOTAL, UH, EVIDENCE THAT THERE WAS RARELY UH, INCREASE.
UH, TYPICALLY FAMILY MEMBERS, UH, THAT ARE, THAT HAVE RELATIVES IN THOSE UNFORTUNATELY, DO TERRIBLY DO NOT COME TO VISIT THEIR RELATIVES.
SO THERE'S REALLY NOT THAT MUCH INCREASE IN, UH, IN LAND USE AND ROAD USE.
UM, OUTSIDE OF, UH, A SOCIAL WORKER ONCE IN A WHILE.
ANY, UM, ANY CAREGIVERS ARE LIVE IN, SO, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT GOING IN AND OUT OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, THERE'S THE PLAN FOR ONE LIVE-IN CAREGIVER.
UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT AS FAR AS THE LAND USE GOES.
AGAIN, WE CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF YOU'LL, UH, WAIT AND WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME, UH, THE RESIDENTS.
UM, STEVE NEWSOM BLOCK, UH, TWO MINUTES.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS STEVE NEWSOME BLATT.
I LIVE AT 88 15 TONKO WITH TRAIL, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET IN ONE HOUSE OVER FROM THE, UH, PROPERTY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
UH, TODAY WE'RE REQUESTING THE ZONING COMMISSION DENY THE CHANGE AS REQUESTED FOR 88 10 TONKA TRAIL.
AS WE FEEL THIS CHANGE IS NOT THE PROPER LAND USE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BY DEFINITION, URBAN LAND, URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL COULD INCLUDE UP TO SEVEN TO 18 UNITS PER ACRE IF THIS CHANGE IS ALLOWED TO HAPPEN.
ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE LANDOWNER OF THIS PROPERTY COULD EASILY REPLACE THE CURRENT STRUCTURE WITH HIGHER DENSITY UNITS, THUS CREATING ADDITIONAL HARDSHIPS ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ADDITIONAL CONCERNS, UH, WE HAVE, UH, THE LOCATION.
THIS HOME IS IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK, UH, NOT, UH, TOTALLY DIFFERENT FROM OTHER, THE OTHER PLACES.
HE'S TALKED ABOUT, UM, IN MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
AND THE INCREASED VOLUME OF TRAFFIC HAS A POTENTIAL TO CREATE AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR THOSE OF US THAT LIVE CLOSE.
CURRENTLY, THERE ARE THREE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES AND ONE MEN'S REHAB HOME WITHIN APPROXIMATELY A QUARTER MILE.
SO FAR THIS YEAR, THERE HAVE BEEN A TOTAL OF 21 E M S CALLS TO ONLY TWO OF THOSE PROPERTIES.
ADDING ADDITIONAL EIGHT TO NINE RESIDENTS WILL ONLY INCREASE THAT ACTIVITY.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE HOUSE WILL HAVE ENOUGH PARKING AS SPECIFIED BY STATE LAW FOR THE AMOUNT OF STAFF AND RESIDENCE.
IT WILL NOT BE, PARKING WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE ON THE STREET DUE TO SEVERAL FACTORS INCLUDING UNDERGROUND WATER LINES, DRAINAGE, DITCHES THAT ARE TOO STEEP AND LIMITED, UH, STREET ACCESS.
UH, WE ASK THAT YOU TABLE THIS PROPOSAL THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HAD SUFFICIENT TIME TO STUDY THE RAMIFICATIONS FURTHER THAT HAS IS NOT POSSIBLE.
WE THEN URGE YOU TO DENY THIS REQUEST AND TO CONSIDER THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE HERE AND WHO WANT TO MAINTAIN A PEACEFUL FAMILY-ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.
IF THIS CHANGE IS ALLOWED TO PASS, THERE WILL FUNDAMENTALLY ALTER THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS ANY NEW REQUESTS FOR SIMILAR CHANGES WILL ALSO HAVE TO BE ALLOWED TO PROCEED.
UH, MIKE PARKS, UH, 88 14 TONK WOOD TRAIL.
MY PROPERTY IS ACTUALLY, UH, RIGHT THERE.
THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH IS 10 FEET FROM THIS PROPERTY, 10 FEET, TWO INCHES, UH, CERTAINLY AS OTHERS HAVE DISCUSSED, IS CERTAIN THIS WILL LIMIT MY ENJOYMENT OF THE PROPERTY TO INCLUDE THE PROPOSED BUSINESS, UH, IS NOT COMPLIMENTARY OR CONSISTENT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NATURE OF INDIVIDUALS COMING INTO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUYING PROPERTY FOR THE SOLE PURPOSE OF PUTTING ELDER CARE FACILITIES OR OTHERS.
THERE ARE THREE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, ALREADY WITHIN A HALF MILE THE APPROVAL OF THIS VARIANCE, UH, HAVING LIVED NEXT DOOR AND KNOWING THE LANDOWNER, THE THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY WELL ON ITS WAY OF BEING MADE COMMERCIAL.
THIS WASN'T, THIS WAS A CASE OF BEING VERY PRESUMPTUOUS THAT THIS COMMITTEE WOULD APPROVE THIS PRIOR
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TO THE ACTUAL APPROVAL.SO A CASE OF ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS RATHER THAN PERMISSION HAS HAPPENED AS I HAVE WATCHED THIS FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS, BE BUILT IN HOPES THAT THIS COMMISSION WOULD APPROVE IT.
I'M JUST ASKING YOU TO ENFORCE THE E T J THAT AS CITY STAFF HAS POINTED OUT CATEGORICALLY, THIS WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED FOR THE INTENDED USE.
RONALDO CERVANTES COMMISSIONER.
SO STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
YEAH, UM, MY NAME IS RONALDO CERVANTES, 2 5 4 0 3 NORTH SADDLE TRAIL.
I SUPPORT THE PROPOSED, UH, LAND USE ON 8 8 1 0 TAWA TRAIL.
I SEE NO GETTING NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'M AWARE OF AT LEAST TWO, UH, SIMILAR, UH, ELDERLY ASSISTED LIVING CENTERS UP THE ROAD.
MY WIFE AND I WALKED THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I JUST, I JUST DON'T SEE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT TO THE AREA.
UH, AS RON DOEN MCKEE, OR R MCKEE.
MY NAME IS R MCKEE OLD COMMISSIONERS.
UM, YOUR ADDRESS ADDRESS IS 89 18 FOREST TRAIL.
I HAVE FOUR CHILDREN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE SOUGHT AFTER BECAUSE OF THE LARGE LIVING.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS AN AMENDMENT, UH, TO, UH, THE MINOR OR LIMITED ABILITY THAT YOU HAVE TO REGULATE THAT AREA.
AND IT IS NOT SOMETHING, BUT I WANT TO PLEAD TO YOU FOR CERTAIN REASONS.
AND THAT IS BECAUSE IT FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGES THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THE ABILITY THAT OTHERS MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME IN THERE AND CHANGE THE DENSITY EVEN MUCH MORE.
UH, THERE'S NO SIDEWALKS IN THIS AREA.
MY CHILDREN WALK, BIKE, PLAY OUTSIDE.
SO TRAFFIC IS AN E M S CONSTANTLY.
I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT A COUPLE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED TODAY BY THE OWNER AND THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OPPOSING IT 'CAUSE I AM MUCH OPPOSED TO IT, IS THAT THIS WAS, HAS A DEEDS AND RESTRICTIONS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN LIFTED OR CHANGED, WHICH STATES THAT IT IS A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
UM, AND THAT IS NOT UP TO YOU, BUT IT IS STATED.
THE OTHER AREAS THAT HAVE THESE BUSINESSES WAS IN SECTION TWO OF THE PLATT, IN WHICH THE DEEDS AND COVENANTS WERE LIFTED AT THAT TIME.
THERE IS NO DEEDS AND RESTRICTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA PLEAD TO YOU FROM FOR THE LAST 50 MINUTES ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION.
NORMALLY ACCORDING TO THE I F C AND THE I B C, WHICH THE CITY HAS ADOPTED, ANY SORT OF FACILITY THAT HAS ELDERLY CARE HAS TO HAVE A SPECIFIC TYPE OF CONSTRUCTION.
THIS IS NOT DONE BECAUSE PERMITS OF WHICH THE APPLICANT ASKED ABOUT OR TOLD YOU ABOUT IS NOT REQUIRED IN THE COUNTY.
THEREFORE, THERE IS NO PERMITS, THERE IS NO INSPECTIONS UNLESS THEY WERE TO DO IT OUTSIDE OF THE REG REGULATORY AREA.
SECONDLY, THE WATER SUPPLY FOR THIS SUBDIVISION DOES NOT HAVE CAPACITY.
T C E Q REQUIRES THAT A SUBDIVISION THAT DOES NOT HAVE CAPACITY FOR SPRINKLER SYSTEMS, WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR A COMMERCIAL BUILDING OR FIRE HYDRANTS IF THEY DO NOT HAVE CAPACITY OR SUFFICIENT FLOW AS THEY BE PAINTED BLACK.
YOU WILL NOTICE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD THAT THEY ARE ALL PAINTED BLACK.
AND LASTLY, SEPTIC SYSTEM, YOU ARE INTRODUCING ADULTS WHICH ARE MUCH MORE IN A USAGE THAT IS GREATER THAN THE CAPACITY ORIGINALLY DESIGNED FOR IT.
THAT'S, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
I RESIDE AT 88 11 TOKA TRAIL RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, FROM, FROM THIS, UM, FROM THIS HOUSE.
UM, I GUESS I'M MORE EMOTIONAL THAN THE OTHER FOLKS.
UH, I, I FEEL THAT THIS WAS APPROACHED IN A VERY NEFARIOUS WAY.
UH, THIS GENTLEMAN CAME IN, HE STARTED, UM, KNOWING FULL WELL WHAT HIS OBJECTIVE WAS, BUT, UM, SEVERAL IN CONVERSATIONS WITH SEVERAL OF THE NEIGHBORS, HE STATED, NO, THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL.
MY FAMILY AND I ARE GONNA LIVE THERE.
AND WE COME TO FIND OUT, AND THE ONLY REASON THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUND OUT IS BECAUSE OF THE SIGN, UH, THAT YOU SEE THERE ON THE PHOTO.
UH, OTHER THAN THAT, WE WOULD NEVER HAVE HAD AN IDEA WHAT WAS GONNA BE HAPPENING.
UH, IT WOULD'VE BEEN, IT WOULD'VE BEEN OVER.
UH, THERE IS NO NOBILITY IN THIS PROJECT.
YES, IT'S A CARE FACILITY, BUT IT'S ALL ABOUT PROFIT.
UM, UH, THESE HOMES HAVE A VERY, VERY HIGH MARGIN.
I'M A FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL ANALYST, SO I, I DEAL WITH, WITH PROFIT MARGINS.
SO, UH, I WANT TO TAKE THE NOBILITY OFF OF THIS AND IT'S STRICTLY PROFIT.
UM, THIS GENTLEMAN SAYS THAT HE'S GONNA BE RESIDING THERE.
AND I VERY SERIOUSLY DOUBT THAT AFTER A YEAR, UH, HE'S GONNA BE RESIDING THERE, WHICH WE, THE NEIGHBORS WILL.
SO, LIKE THE GENTLEMAN BEFORE ME, UM, THIS WILL CHANGE THE INTEGRITY
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OF OUR COMMUNITY.IT'S A SINGLE STREET WITH 10 HOMES WITH 10 HOMES.
AND YOU'VE HEARD FROM THE PEOPLE ALL AROUND ME, IT'S GONNA CHANGE THE INTEGRITY OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND AGAIN, UH, MY STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS IS, UH, THE NEFARIOUS APPROACH THAT THEY, THAT THEY TOOK.
UH, ONE OF THE, THE GENTLEMEN THAT SPOKE ON, ON BEHALF OF, OF, UH, OF THE OWNER SAID THAT, UM, THIS IS GONNA INCREASE THE STREET APPEAL.
WELL, UP TO DATE, THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'VE SEEN.
THIS PHOTO HERE DOES NOT SHOW THE LEFT HAND, THE LEFT SIDE OF THE, OF THE, OF THE BUILDING.
THEY ERECTED A FENCE ALL THE WAY TO THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE, WHICH TOTALLY DESTROYED THE, THE FRONT, UH, THE FRONT YARD APPEAL OF, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THAT FENCE IS ALL THE WAY.
SO IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO LOOK COMMERCIAL.
THAT WAS A, UH, THAT WAS A DRIVEWAY AND NOW THEY'VE CLOSED IT UP.
IT'S ALREADY STARTING TO LOOK LIKE A COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING.
UH, SO, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, UM, HE SAYS THAT HE'S GONNA BE RESIDING THERE.
I DOUBT IT AFTER A YEAR THAT HE'S GONNA BE RESIDING THERE LAST TIME.
UH, I INVITE THE APPLICANT BACK UP TO RESPOND TO THOSE COMMENTS PLEASE.
UM, WHAT THE FIRST, UH, OBJECTION WAS TO PARKING.
IF THERE WAS GONNA BE ENOUGH PARKING.
UH, THE CITY REQUIRED THREE PARKING SPACES.
UH, AS SHOWN IN THE SITE PLAN HERE.
UM, THERE'S THE PROPOSED SECOND APPROACH THAT I SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER.
UM, AND THEN, UH, REGARDING THE FENCE, I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY, UH, REGARDING THE FENCE, UH, YES, UH, VASIL DID, UH, GO THROUGH WITH A FENCE ON THE LEFT SIDE AND THE OTHER NEIGHBOR ON THE RIGHT SIDE PUT A FENCE, UH, SIMILARLY AND BEFORE.
SO I THINK THAT'S, UH, RELATIVELY A MOOT POINT.
UM, AS FAR AS, UH, INSPECTIONS GO, YES, THERE ARE INSPECTIONS.
THE FIRE MARSHAL IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROPOSED LAND USE AND HAS, UH, VOICED HIS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE USED AS SUCH AND WHAT THE REQUIREMENTS FOR, UH, AND WHAT INSPECTIONS WOULD BE PERFORMED.
UM, SO WE'RE WELL AWARE OF THOSE AND FOLLOWING THE, THE PROCESS FOR THAT.
UM, WATER WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, THERE WAS A BACKFLOW TEST DONE ON THE PROPERTY AND THERE'S SUFFICIENT, UH, FLOW TO NOT REQUIRE ONSITE TANKS.
UM, SO THAT'S AGAIN, UH, BEEN TAKEN CARE OF.
UM, AND THEN IT WAS BROUGHT UP WHETHER OR NOT MY FATHER-IN-LAW INTENDS TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY.
YES, HE, IT DOES INTEND TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY ON THAT RIGHT SIDE.
AND I DON'T KNOW THAT WE ACTUALLY HAVE, UH, THE INTERIOR DRAWINGS, BUT HE HAS A, A OWNER'S SUITE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THERE.
UM, UH, YEAH, SO I, I WROTE DOWN NEFARIOUS, BUT THAT, THAT'S, YEAH, THERE'S NO, HE DEFINITELY INTENDS TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY.
AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, I CAN ANSWER THOSE.
ALRIGHT, I'LL START DOWN HERE WITH COMMISSIONER SIPES.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE NEIGHBORS BROUGHT UP SEPTIC SYSTEMS. DO WE KNOW, IS THERE, DOES THIS HAVE CONNECTIONS ONLY TO SEPTIC AND PERHAPS THE YES, IT DOES HAVE ONLY TO SEPTIC.
UH, THE PROPOSED, UH, REQUIREMENT.
THE REQUIREMENT WAS TO ADD ANOTHER TANK.
THERE IS AN EXISTING TANK ON THE PROPERTY AND THERE WOULD BE AN ADDITIONAL ONE ADDED.
AND IT APPEARS FROM THE, THE PHOTOS THAT WE'VE SEEN THAT THERE ARE NO SIDEWALKS IN, IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, AND THE LAST QUESTION FOR STAFF IS THE, THE REASON FOR CHANGING IS NOT TO DENY NECESSARILY THE USE, BUT TO, BUT FOR THE ADDITIONAL RESIDENCE THAT, THAT THE APPLICANT IS ASKING FOR, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS I HAVE.
SO FOR STAFF, AGAIN, THE OTHER TWO, UH, CARE FACILITIES THAT ARE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT IS THEIR ZONING? ARE THERE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALSO, UH, THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT IT, IT'S MOST LIKELY THAT THOSE EXISTED PRIOR TO THE 2019 ADOPTION OF THE CAMPBELL, UH, LAND USE PLAN AND THE E T J M P A AND DID YOU SAY URBAN LOAD DENSITY? CORRECT.
AND JUST AS A REMINDER, THIS IS IN THE COUNTY, SO THERE IS NO ZONING? YES.
IT'S NOT URBAN LOAD DENSITY, IT'S JUST RESIDENTIAL, IT'S NOT URBAN.
CORRECT? IT'S FACILITIES ARE NOT ON URBAN.
SO WHAT, WHAT'S EXISTING NOW, SO THE, THE OTHER FACILITIES ARE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, CORRECT? NOT WHAT'S
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BEING REQUESTED IN THIS CASE.VICE CHAIR PECK, I HAVE NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? NO QUESTIONS MR. FAULKNER? NO QUESTIONS.
SO I JUST WANNA CLARIFY, IF THIS, UH, AMENDMENT REQUEST IS, UM, DENIED, THEN THE APPLICANT WILL STILL BE ABLE TO RUN THIS FACILITY.
THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO SIX? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND IF THIS REQUEST IS APPROVED, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS WILL BE RAISED TO EIGHT.
SO IF IT'S APPROVED, THEY'RE ALLOWED SEVEN AND UP AS THEY'RE, THEY'RE ALLOWED SEVEN MORE THAN SEVEN.
SO THEY'VE REQUESTED IS THE CEILING EIGHT FOR EIGHT? CORRECT.
I I THOUGHT THE CEILING WAS 16.
SO WE ONLY HAVE TWO IN THE U D C.
UH, LEMME JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THE CODE.
BUT YES, WE ARE REQUESTING EIGHT AND THAT IS WHAT THE, WHAT THE PLAN UC IS.
IT IT WOULD BE CAPPED AT 16, BUT ANYWHERE BETWEEN SEVEN AND 16 IS WHERE WE WOULD BE.
IF WE APPROVE THIS REQUEST, I WOULD ASSUME THAT THERE'S SOME STATE FACILITY RE REQUIREMENT THAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD HAVE TO INCREASE PER RESIDENT.
IS THAT, YEAH, UH, RESIDENT IS REQUIRED 100 SQUARE FEET FOR THEIR BEDROOM.
AND AGAIN, WE ARE NOT, WE'RE NOT EXCEEDING THE EXISTING ROOF LINE OF THE PROPERTY.
SO WE'RE NOT ADDING ANY SQUARE FOOTAGE OUTSIDE OF THE OUTSIDE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE IN THAT ROOF LINE.
COMMISSIONER LOPEZ, WELL JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THIS LINE OF QUESTIONING.
SO IF THE CHANGE WERE TO OCCUR AND YOU COULD END UP AT 16, THERE'S NO RULES IN THE COUNTY, I GUESS THERE'S IGNORANCE ABOUT IT THAT WOULD PREVENT YOU FROM ADDING ADDITIONAL SQUARE FOOTAGE TO, TO, TO GET, GET YOU TO 16, THAT WOULD REQUIRE JUST THE STANDARD BUILDING PROCESS FOR A NEW BUILDING.
SO THERE, THERE WOULD BE NO REGULATORY RESTRICTION THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THEM FROM DOING THAT.
I DO HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION ACTUALLY.
ARE YOU AWARE OF THE DEEDED RESTRICTIONS ON THE PROPERTY? UH, I BECAME AWARE OF THEM.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, THAT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE SOMETHING THAT WE, WE'D MOVING FORWARD HAVE TO ADDRESS.
IT WAS, I DON'T BELIEVE IT WAS LIKE PRESENTED AS LIKE A, AT THE TIME OF SALE OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THERE IS NO H O A THERE AND IT WAS NOT LIKE RIGHT.
BUT IT'S FILED WITH THE COUNTY, RIGHT? I AND I SO YOUR TITLE SEARCH SHOULD HAVE TURNED IT UP.
YEAH, AND I, I I, I WAS MADE AWARE OF THAT, UH, EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.
UM, AGAIN, OUR PURVIEW HERE IS LAND USE.
AND A VERY LIMITED, UH, PURVIEW IS THIS IS THE MILITARY OVERLAY IN THE E T J.
UM, SO THINGS LIKE RESTRICTIONS AND UH, UH, FACILITY REQUIREMENTS.
THE, THE FIRE MARSHAL REQUIREMENTS ARE NOT OUR PURVIEW.
IT'S JUST WHETHER THIS IS THE RIGHT USE FOR THE LAND.
UM, SO THAT, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL MAKE OUR DETERMINATION ON.
UM, AGAIN, AS I SAID EARLIER, HOWEVER WE DECIDE TO GO, WE ASK THAT YOU CON CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER AS TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND MAYBE WORK TOGETHER FOR A RESOLUTION.
I'LL ASK MY COMMISSIONERS FOR A MOTION.
IF WE CHANGE TO URBAN LOAD DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, DOES THAT ALSO ALLOW MULTIFAMILY AND NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TYPE USAGE? IT ALLOWS EVERY LAND USE THAT FALLS INTO ANY OF THOSE ZONING CATEGORIES? YES.
I'M MOVED TO DENY THE REQUEST I SECOND.
MOTION TO DENY BY COMMISSIONER, UH, MILAM.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FAULKNER.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16.
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GOOD AFTERNOON.CAMERON BLACKMAN PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS LOCATED AT 2 1 0 9 FITCH STREET.
REQUESTING TO AMEND THE KELLY SOUTH SAN PUEBLO COMMUNITY PLAN.
USE LAND USE CLASSIFICATION FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE.
46 NOTICES SENT 10 IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED NO RESPONSE FROM ANA COMMUNITY AND ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO SALES.
LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
MIXED USE IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE MIXED USE CLASSIFICATION WILL INTRODUCE A MORE INTENSE LAND USE THAT IS INCONSISTENT AND INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE CURRENT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ALONG FITCH STREET.
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MIXED USE LAND USES AND COMMERCIAL ZONING TO THE LEFT OF THE PROPERTY, THEY'RE ESTABLISHED ALONG SOMERSET ROAD, A SECONDARY ARTERIAL WHERE COMMERCIAL USES ARE ALREADY ESTABLISHED.
THE PROPOSED FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION WOULD ALLOW FOR COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO A PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL BLOCK.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, UH, IS THE APPLICANT PRESENT? YEAH.
I AM THE DAUGHTER OF THE PROPERTY OWNER.
I WILL BE TRANSLATING FOR HIM 'CAUSE HE ONLY SPEAKS SPANISH.
BUT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION A FEW ITEMS BEFORE HE SPEAKS.
SO WHEN HE FIRST, UH, PURCHASED THE PROPERTY BACK IN 2008, UM, HE HAD THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE BACK PART OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS FACING BRUNSWICK, UM, WAS COMMERCIAL AT SOME POINT IT GOT CHANGED TO ALL OF IT GOT CHANGED TO RESIDENTIAL.
UM, HIS BUSINESS IS LOCATED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT PROPERTY.
HE CURRENTLY HAS A, AN AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR SHOP AND AN AUTO SALES BUSINESS.
HE'S BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
UM, WE'VE NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH THEIR BUSINESS UNTIL RECENTLY THAT WE WERE MADE AWARE THAT WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE VEHICLES THERE AT THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY BEING USED TO STORE VEHICLES SINCE, UM, THE BUSINESS HAS GROWN OVER THE YEARS.
AND, UM, WE'RE JUST REALLY HERE, UH, SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL FOR, TO CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS AS USUAL.
AND, UM, WE'RE OPEN TO MAKING ANY CHANGES THAT ARE REQUIRED.
WHAT WE INTEND TO DO IS TO GROW OUR BUSINESS TO PROVIDE A BETTER SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE PURPOSES TO SERVE, UH, OUR UH, COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE, UH, UH, SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS.
IF YOU'LL WAIT AND WE'LL BRING YOU BACK UP.
UH, THERE'S A VOICEMAIL TO OKAY.
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YOU CAN.THIS CALL IS IN REFERENCE TO THE CASE NUMBER IN DINA 0 5 5.
MY NAME IS LINDA PORTER TREVINO AND I AM THE NEW OWNER OF 2022 BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 860-4395.
I'M CALLING TOWARDS MY SUPPORT FOR THE REBOUNDING FROM RESIDENTIAL TO MIXED USE OF 2109 DITCH AVENUE, WHICH EXTENDS TO BRUSWICK BOULEVARD.
WE ARE THE CLOSEST NEIGHBOR TO THIS PROPERTY WHERE THE LOT FACING BRUSWICK BOULEVARD HAD BEEN FOUND C THREE FOR MANY YEARS, INCLUDING DURING THE TIME WHEN MY HUSBAND AND I PURCHASED THIS SAME PROPERTY AND LATER SOLD IT TO MR. RUDY GUTIEREZ FOR HIS BUSINESSES.
I INHERITED THIS HOUSE FROM MY MOTHER, IRENE H PORTER, WHO PASSED AWAY IN DECEMBER, 2021.
AND SHE, SHE WAS VERY FOND OF THIS VERY KIND FAMILY.
MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED HERE SINCE JANUARY OF 2016 WHEN I STARTED PROVIDING 24 HOURS CARE FOR MY MOTHER.
LETTERS OF TESTAMENTARY HAVE BEEN GRANTED TO ME UNTIL APRIL 15, BE COMPLETED AND CLEARED.
WE HAVE KNOWN MR. GUTIERREZ AND HIS FAMILY SINCE HE OPENED HIS AUTOMOTIVE BUSINESS ACROSS THE STREET OVER 30 YEARS AGO.
AND THEY HAVE BEEN THE BEST NEIGHBORS ONCE THEY VOTE FOR.
WE GREW UP IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD AND THESE PROPERTIES HAVE BEEN OPERATING AS BUSINESSES BEFORE.
AS FAR BLACK AS WE CAN RECALL.
WE ARE TRULY BLESSED THAT THIS FAMILY HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE DOOR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF THEIR EXCELLENT CHARACTER AND WORK ETHIC.
PLEASE ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE BUILDING THE AMERICAN DREAM IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT TRULY APPRECIATES THEM.
I WILL BE PRESENT AT THE HEARING TODAY, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REACH OUT TO ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION ON THIS PAGE.
AND, AND I KNOW MS. VINNO IS HERE, BUT WE, WE HEARD YOUR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR VOICEMAIL.
UM, ONE MORE PERSON, UH, IS CARLOS MORALES.
IS THAT CARLOS MORALES? HE WROTE DOWN THE WRONG ITEM NUMBER.
OH, HE WAS ACTUALLY A VOICEMAIL FOR 13, NOT 16 WHEN HE SIGNED IN.
HE WROTE, HE WROTE THE WRONG NUMBER DOWN.
UM, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING FURTHER TO, TO ADD? NO, I DO WANNA ADD SOMETHING.
I KNOW, UM, I DID MENTION THAT THE SHOP WAS RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS ADDRESS THAT WE'RE REFERENCING TO.
UM, WE BELIEVE IT'S JUST IN ADDITION TO WHAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE.
WE REALLY ARE NOT MAKING ANY CHANGES TO WHAT'S ALREADY THERE.
SO, LIKE I SAID, WE'RE JUST SEEKING YOUR SUPPORT TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE DOING BUSINESS THERE.
I WILL JUST HANG ON THERE A SECOND.
COMMISSIONER SIPES, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NO QUESTIONS MR. ZUKI? NO QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER MILAN? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER PECK? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? NO QUESTIONS MR. FAULKNER? NO QUESTIONS.
UM, SO, UM, YOU ALL HAVE BEEN USING THIS PROPERTY TO STORE VEHICLES ESSENTIALLY AS AN EXTENSION OF YOUR BUSINESS FOR A WHILE.
I'M CURIOUS WHAT INITIATED THIS PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST? IS THAT A QUESTION FOR ME OR FOR ANYONE? I'LL TAKE YOUR ANSWER.
SO, UH, WE RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT WE WERE UNDER VIOLATION OF, OF PROPERTY USE.
AND, UM, THAT'S WHY WE, WE WERE, WE BECAME AWARE THAT IT WAS ONLY RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE'VE BEEN IN USING THIS PROPERTY ESSENTIALLY FOR OVER 10 YEARS, UM, JUST TO STORE VEHICLES.
BUT LIKE I SAID, THE BUSINESS HAS GROWN, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF VEHICLES THERE RIGHT NOW.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WITH Y'ALL'S CONTINUOUS USE IN THIS CIRCUMSTANCE THAT THESE ARE EXACTLY THE TYPE OF CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE A BODY LIKE THIS CAN MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THE USES THAT ARE USEFUL FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT ARE BENEFITS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
FROM THE VOICEMAIL WE HEARD, IT SOUNDS LIKE Y'ALL ARE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND,
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AND, UM, WHILE IT IS OFTEN THIS BODY'S CONCERN ABOUT THE CREEP FROM URBAN OR RATHER COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS INTO THE RESIDENTIAL WORLD, UM, YOU KNOW, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THIS AMENDMENT CHANGE.'CAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS JUST MAKES ABSOLUTE PERFECT SENSE FOR Y'ALL'S USE AND FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S, YOU KNOW, CURRENT CONCERNS AND FUTURE CONCERNS.
SO THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS BODY.
I'M, I'M HOPING MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS WILL JOIN ME IN THAT.
I, I VERY WELL SAID AND I AGREE WITH WHAT HE SAID.
UH, WE DO RESPECT STAFF AND, AND THEIR OPINIONS, UH, AS IT RELATES TO LAND USE.
BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, IS BENEFICIAL TO THE NE NEIGHBORS.
YOU AND YOU'VE BEEN GOOD NEIGHBORS.
UH, SO I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE APPLICANT AS WELL.
BUT I WILL ASK FOR A MOTION FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS.
I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
SECOND MOTION TO APPROVE APPLICANT'S REQUEST BY VICE CHAIR PECK.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
UM, WE'LL HAVE QUITE A FEW PEOPLE TO SPEAK ON 19.
I'M GONNA TAKE IT JUST A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
UH, WE'LL RE RECONVENE AT THREE 15.
UH, WE'RE GONNA RESTART THE MEETING.
UH, COMMISSIONER LOPEZ HAS LEFT.
I'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 19 PLEASE.
ANN BENAVIDEZ PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT.
SO SERVICES ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND IS LOCATED AT 6 0 7 5 SAWYER ROAD.
THERE WERE 72 NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR FOR RETURN IN OPPOSITION IN THE OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND MEDIUM DENSITY TWO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM R TO R M FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE A RESIDENTIAL MIXED SUBDIVISION.
THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE CATEGORY IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IS LARGELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
HOWEVER, CONSIDERING THE PROPERTY'S PLACEMENT ON THE BORDER OF THE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS APPROPRIATE AS WELL.
THE SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE SIZE AND PLACEMENT OF OTHER MEDIUM TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN THE PLAN.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THIS STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN AND WOULD ADD AN ALTERNATIVE MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TYPE TO THE AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UM, FIRST I JUST WANNA THANK EVERYONE AGAIN FOR COMING OUT TODAY.
UM, WE RECEIVED, UH, A VARIETY OF RESPONSES LATE YESTERDAY, UM, AND HAVE A LOT OF ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS AND, AND CONCERNS.
UM, BUT I, AND I'VE MENTIONED THIS TO A FEW FOLKS HERE, BUT WE'RE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET.
WE ARE IN A VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE WITH THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT IT IS LITERALLY ON THE EDGE OF CITY LIMIT LINES AND WE ARE ADJOINING RESIDENTS IN LEON VALLEY.
SO WE HAVE A, A VERY UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE AND NOT THE SAME, UH, ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE.
THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HERE.
UM, AND AGAIN, JUST, UH, A UNIQUE CIRCUMSTANCE WITH THIS PROPERTY.
UM, BUT THIS PROPERTY, AS STAFF MENTIONED, IS JUST OVER 18 ACRES.
UM, IT IS ADDRESSED AT SAWYER ROAD AND I'LL EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT IN A MINUTE.
BUT WE ARE WEST OF BANDERA AND GRISSOM.
UM, AND AGAIN AT THE EDGE OF CITY LIMIT LINE.
UM, SO THIS IS A LARGER AERIAL VIEW OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE SAWYER ROAD, UM, COMES OFF THE DEAD END OF HENER HERE.
UM, THAT IS A VERY SMALL, ESSENTIALLY PRIVATE DRIVE.
UM, IT'S LESS THAN 27 FEET WIDE.
UM, SO ACCESS, UM, FROM THAT DEAD END OF EBNER ONTO SAWYER ROAD, UM, IS EXTREMELY LIMITED AND ONLY DESIGNED FOR REALLY SINGULAR PERSON USE.
UM, SINGULAR RESIDENT USE THERE ON THIS PROPERTY.
BUT YOU CAN SEE, UM, TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER, WE DO CONNECT THE GRID, LEON CREEK GREENWAY.
UM, AND THERE IS, UM, WE'RE KIND OF SURROUNDED BY ALL RESIDENTIAL.
WE'RE PROPOSING A RESIDENTIAL USE HERE.
UM, BUT IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, YES.
SO, UM, THIS IS JUST A LARGER VIEW.
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YOU CAN SEE BOTH AREAS, UH, SAN ANTONIO ON THE, THE WEST, LEON VALLEY ON THE EAST, KIND OF A MIX OF USES.WE DO HAVE THE TEMPLE PARKS THERE, UM, NORTHSIDE SERVICES, NORTHSIDE, I S D, SOME MORE COMMERCIAL USES.
UM, BUT IF YOU ACTUALLY SKIP ONE MORE.
SO THE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN, WHICH THIS PROPERTY IS IN, IS A VERY UNIQUE PLAN.
IT IS PART, UM, OF THE WEST NORTHWEST COMMUNITY AREA PLAN AS PART OF SA TOMORROW THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADOPTED.
UM, I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO HOW FAR STAFF IS ALONG IN THAT PROCESS, BUT NOTHING PUBLIC THERE.
UM, BUT THE NORTHWEST COMMUNITY PLAN IS, IS VERY UNIQUE IN THE SENSE THAT IT IS DESIGNED AND SERVES AS A GUIDE FOR WHAT IS ON THE INTERIOR OF THE PLAN AREA AND WHAT IS ON THE PERIMETER OF THE PLAN AREA.
SPECIFICALLY CALLS OUT THE INTERIOR SECTION AS BEING PREDOMINANTLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND CALLS OUT IN A VERY UNIQUE WAY, NON-LAW, LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL USES ALONG THE PERIMETER.
UM, AND SO THAT IS HOW, UM, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT IN THIS ARROWHEAD SHAPE, UM, OF THE MAP.
BUT THAT'S WHERE THOSE MIX OF USES COME IN.
UH, MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UM, IS, IS MISSING QUITE FRANKLY.
THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT MISSING MIDDLE, UH, HOUSING STOCK HERE.
UM, BUT IF YOU SWITCH BACK REAL QUICK, SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY, THANK YOU.
SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING IN THIS PLAN, UM, IS THE, THE TRANSITION OF USES, UM, SEE HERE TO THE NORTH THAT DARK BLUE IS BUSINESS PARK USES.
UM, AND YOU'LL SEE HERE WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY ADJOINING INDUSTRIAL, WE HAVE SINGLE FAMILY ADJOINING COMMERCIAL USES, UH, C THREE I ONE VERY INTENSE USES, UM, WHERE THEY ARE LITERALLY BACK TO BACK HERE.
UM, AND THAT'S REALLY, I THINK PART OF THE DESIGN OF THIS PLAN IS TO KEEP THOSE PERIMETER USES INTENSE, UM, WITH THE, THE LOW DENSITY AND THE PERIMETER, EXCUSE ME, AND THE INTERIOR.
UM, BUT THERE IS, THAT IS HOW THE TRANSITION IS.
UM, A MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN OUR OPINION, UM, IS THE LEAST INTENSE TRANSITION.
UM, PARTICULARLY IN THIS PLAN.
THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS, UM, ONE MORE THANK YOU, UH, IS DRIVEN BY OUR REQUEST TO REZONE.
THIS PROPERTY IS ZONED R SIX AGAIN 18 ACRES.
UM, AND WE ARE PROPOSING AN RM FOUR.
UM, THOSE HAVE MINIMUM LOT SIZES OF 4,000 SQUARE FEET.
VERY STANDARD FOR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY.
UM, SOMETHING UNIQUE ABOUT RMM FOUR IS THAT IT ALSO HAS A 65% LOT AREA BUILDING SIZE MAXIMUM.
UH, SO THAT KIND OF GOES INTO PROTECTING THE IMPERVIOUS COVER LIMITATION THERE.
SO WE STILL HAVE AUTOMATICALLY 35% OF THE LOT THAT CANNOT BE COVERED, WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON'T SEE, UM, AS A RESTRICTION IN ZINGING FAMILY, UM, BASED ON THIS PART OF THE CODE.
SO THIS, THIS IS THE PROPERTY.
UM, THIS IS THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A PAIRED HOME COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE A 50 FOOT RIGHT OF WAY, UM, INTERIOR LOTS THERE SOMETHING THAT, UM, HAS COME UP IN, IN COMMENTS THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY.
AND I KNOW AS OF A BIG CONCERN IS DRAINAGE.
THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, UM, PLANNED.
I'M GONNA SEE IF I CAN USE THIS.
SO IN THIS NORTHWEST CORNER, WE HAVE A DETENTION BASIN HERE.
UM, WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING THIS IS A HUNDRED FOOT WIDE BUFFER TO, UH, EXPAND THE EXISTING CHANNEL, EXCUSE ME, EXISTING DRAINAGE CHANNEL.
UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER ANOTHER DETENTION BASIN.
THERE, UH, YOU SEE THESE LARGE BLOCKS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THOSE ARE ALSO OPEN SPACE AND DRAINAGE AREA.
SO THAT ALSO ACCOUNTS FOR TREE PRESERVATION, OPEN GREEN SPACE AND PROVIDES A LOT OF BUFFERING, UM, ALL AROUND THE PROPERTY.
SO THAT ACTUALLY ENDS UP A EQUATING TO OVER SEVEN AND A HALF ACRES THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE DEVELOPED WITH RESIDENTIAL USE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
UM, YES, SO AGAIN, THIS IS, UM, A VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS FAR LEFT HAND CORNER THAT, THAT SHARP TURN ONTO WHAT IS SAWYER ROAD, UM, WHERE EBNER DEAD ENDS HERE, RIGHT? AND AROUND THE CORNER ON GRISTMILL.
UM, IS THIS ACCESS EASEMENT? UM, THIS IS THROUGH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY, AND WE WILL HAVE TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY, UM, FOR, FOR ACCESS THERE AS WELL.
UM, CAN'T ACCESS THE PROPERTY.
UM, PEOPLE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT.
UM, AND THERE ARE CODE REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UM, THAT REQUIRE, UM, ALL SORTS OF PARAMETERS FOR EFFICIENT ACCESS AND SAFE ACCESS.
THOSE ARE ALWAYS TWO TOP PRIORITIES, MAKING SURE PEOPLE CAN GET IN AND OUT, UM, BUT ALSO EMERGENCY VEHICLES CAN GET IN AND OUT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS A REALLY, YOU CAN KIND OF GO BACK A COUPLE SLIDES.
THIS IS A, A REALLY UNIQUE PLAN.
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UM, AND THE MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UM, IS, IS DESIGNED, IT EVEN INCLUDES SOME SINGLE FAMILY USES.UM, IT'S TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL USE, UM, TO PROVIDE THAT MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING TO PROVIDE A LITTLE EXTRA DENSITY.
UM, THIS IS A MINIMALLY DENSE, UM, PROJECT, UM, BUT IT IS DESIGNED TO BE OCCURRING ON THE PERIMETER OF THOSE BOUNDARIES.
UM, AND THAT IS WHAT YOU CAN SEE VERY CLEARLY HERE IN THIS IMAGE.
UM, YOU DON'T SEE IN THESE, IN THESE PREDOMINANTLY INTERIOR SPACES WHERE THAT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS.
UM, WE KNOW THAT WE ARE ADJOINING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, UM, INSIDE CITY LIMITS AND, UM, THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, IN LEON VALLEY, BUT WE FEEL THAT THIS IS MORE THAN APPROPRIATE.
UM, AND IT'S NOT TO SAY THAT LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS NOT CURRENTLY APPROPRIATE, BUT THAT MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS ALSO APPROPRIATE HERE.
I'M IMPROVISED THAT REALLY NECESSARY MISS SUBMITTAL HOUSING THAT WE DO NOT REALLY HAVE IN THE NORTHWEST AREA.
SO HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND THANK YOU.
UH, WE HAVE A VOICE, UH, THREE VOICEMAILS.
I LIVE AT 7 0 0 7 CAGE CODE CIRCLE IN LEON VALLEY.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (210) 863-8564.
I'M CALLING TO GET ABOUT THE PLANNING AMENDMENT CASE.
I'M CALLING BECAUSE I LIVE ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THIS, UH, PLOT OF LAND THAT'S GOING TO BE DISCUSSED.
UH, I BOUGHT MY HOUSE BACK IN 1984.
THE SUBDIVISION DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS PROPERTY, WHICH IS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WAS BUILT IN 1976.
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS LAND WAS EITHER AN OLD FARM OR RANCH THAT HAD BEEN COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY SUBDIVISION BUILT IN SAN ANTONIO AND LEON VALLEY.
AND NOW THE DESCENDANTS WANT TO SELL THEIR PROPERTY AND BUILD MULTI-FAMILY UNITS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS NO ACCESS INTO SAN ANTONIO.
THE ONLY ACCESS IS THROUGH LEON VALLEY STREET.
THAT WOULD DIRECTLY HARM ME IN INCREASED TRAFFIC, INCREASED DENSITY I BOUGHT HERE BECAUSE IT WAS QUIET AND PEACEFUL BACK IN 1984.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AS HAS REMAINED QUIET AND PEACEFUL AND RELATIVELY CRIME-FREE.
WE STILL HAVE WILD ANIMALS THAT ROAM THROUGH OUR PROPERTIES.
WE HAVE DEER, WE HAVE, UH, ROAD RUNNERS, WE HAVE POSSUMS, WE HAVE THE OCCASIONAL SKUNK, BUT IT'S ALL PART OF THE OLD COUNTRY LIVING THAT USED TO BE HERE, AND THAT'S WHY WE BOUGHT THE PROPERTY.
I, HELLO, MY NAME IS TABITHA MERCADO.
I REALIZE THAT THIS MAY NOT BE INTO CONSIDERATION BECAUSE IT IS PAST THE TIME, BUT I DID WANT TO CALL, I PLAN ON BEING AT THE HEARING AS WELL.
THIS IS REGARDING CASE PA 20 23 1 1 6 0 0 0 6 6.
UM, MY ADDRESS IS 6 6 5 5 GRISTMILL STREET.
I'M CALLING JUST TO, UM, REALLY PLEAD WITH YOU GUYS ON NOT CHANGING THE ZONING TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THIS AREA CANNOT SUPPORT THAT KIND OF GROWTH.
THE ROADS, UM, THE STOPLIGHTS, THINGS OF THAT ORDER OVER THERE ARE JUST NOT CONDUCIVE TO THAT KIND OF GROWTH.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION THAT WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT, THAT THERE BE SOME KIND OF GREEN BELT OR EASEMENT THAT IS LEFT BEHIND THE NEIGHBORING ASSOCIATION THAT HAS BEEN THERE AND BEEN ESTABLISHED FOR SO LONG.
ONCE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW THAT THIS HAS PASSED THE TIME, SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS WOULD BE INTO CONSIDERATION, BUT PLEASE HEAR US.
WE ALL CARE ABOUT THIS AND WE DON'T MIND THE GROWTH.
WE JUST WANT THE GROWTH TO BE RIGHT.
I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO, UH, A CASE.
MY NAME IS WARREN D DENNIS JR.
I LIVE AT 6 6 2 7 GR MILL STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 8.
AND I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO CASE NUMBER LAST 3 0 6 6.
IT'S, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR 6 0 7 5 SAWYER ROAD.
I FEEL THAT, UH, THE AREA ISN'T SUITABLE FOR MEDIUM, UH, RESIDENTIAL, UH, DENSITY,
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UH, DWELLINGS.ALRIGHT, I APPRECIATE YOU TAKING THIS MESSAGE.
WE HAVE, UH, SOME PEOPLE HERE TODAY AS WELL.
UH, THE FIRST IS, IS IT? IS IT JEFF JOHNSON? YEAH.
UH, YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY WIFE KATHY AND I LIVE AT 64 27 EBNER LEON VALLEY.
UH, THE PROPERTY, A BUTTS UP AGAINST THE 60 75 SAWYER.
SHE DID SEND YOU A LETTER, I THINK, UH, EMAIL.
HOPEFULLY YOU'VE GOT A COPY OF IT.
I'M GONNA TRY TO JUST LIST OVER IT FAIRLY QUICKLY.
THE THINGS THAT WE THINK WERE IMPORTANT, THE PROPERTY BORDERS ON TIMBER HILL COMMUNITY, BUT IT'S NOT CONSIDERED TO BE PART OF THE EASTERN BOT, UH, BOUNDARY.
UH, DIRECTLY UP THE R ONE LEON VALLEY ZONE, MAKING THE PROPERTY COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE VALLEY HOMES.
UM, VALUED AT 200,000 TO 450,000.
THIS APPEARS THAT DEVELOPMENT IS SIMPLY DROPPED IN THE CENTER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH NO TRANSITION ZONING BECAUSE THE LAND BECAME AVAILABLE.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SPOT ZONING.
UH, THERE ARE FIRE SAFETY ISSUES.
THE STOP DOES NOT, UH, MEET THIS INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE COMMUNITY.
UH, THIS SIZE REQUIRES TWO POINTS OF EXIT AND ENTRANT FOR COMMUNITIES WITH 30 HOMES OR MANDATORY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS FOR EACH HOME.
ALL SAN ANTONIO SERVICES MUST TRAVERSE THROUGH LEANNE VALLEY OLD MILL SUBDIVISION WHERE WE LIVE.
THE CLOSEST FIRE STATION IS 10 15 MINUTES AWAY, POLICE 30 MINUTES AWAY, INCREASING THE DANGER TO OUR CHILDREN AND TO SAFETY OF OUR STREETS.
INCREASED TRAFFIC IMPACT WOULD BE CONSIDERABLE TO THE SAFETY OF OUR CITIZENS AND THE RESULT IN WEAR AND TEAR ON LEON VALLEY INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE LARGE NUMBER OF PROPOSED UNITS WILL HAVE A DRAINAGE ISSUES IT WAS TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
AND PUTTING AN RMM FOUR ZONE IN THE HEART OF THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL DROP THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTIES IN THE VICINITY.
I ADMIT MY PROPERTY AND THOSE IN LEANN VALLEY ALONG GRISTMILL ARE ABOUT THE, UH, EASTERN BODY WILL TAKE THE MOST AND DIRECT IMPACT OF LOSS OF VALUE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. BAKKER HAS A LEGAL RIGHT TO, UH, USE AND PROFIT FROM HIS LAND.
HE MAINTAINED AGRICULTURAL LIMITING TAX LIABILITY OF $500 A YEAR, AND I CAN SEE IT WOULD BE IN THE CITY'S INTEREST TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY AND INCREASE RESULT IN TAX VALUE.
HOWEVER, UH, THIS CAN BE DONE WITHOUT RE RESORTING TO SPOT ZONING FOR A DEVIANT USE OF LAND AND KEEP THE EXISTING LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL THEIR FAMILY HOMES IF SANTA GOES SANTA.
VERONICA CANTU, STATE YOUR ADDRESS.
HI, MY NAME IS VERONICA CANTU.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.
UM, I WANTED TO SPEAK ON CONCERNS REGARDING, UH, STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE IN THIS AREA.
UM, I LIVE AT THE VERY DEAD END OF EBNER ROAD, JUST PAST GRM MILL WHERE THAT TINY ENTRANCE IS.
AND AS MY, UM, AS I CONFIRMED WITH THE LEON VALLEY DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS YESTERDAY, THERE'S NO STORMWATER INFRASTRUCTURE THERE IN PLACE AT OUR, AT OUR DEAD END.
UM, MY NEIGHBORS HERE CAN CONFIRM THAT WHEN WE GET A, A GOOD HARD RAIN, WE HAVE TROUBLE WITH FLOODING IN OUR BACKYARDS BECAUSE WE'RE PITCHED DOWN.
SO WE HAVE A BUDDHIST TEMPLE THAT DRAINS TO OUR BACKYARDS, UH, WHICH LEON VALLEY HAS MITIGATED SOMEWHAT TO CHANNEL THE WATER INTO THE STREET.
UM, BUT THERE IS NOWHERE FOR THAT WATER TO RUN OFF.
SO IT'S, IT TAKES A LITTLE BIT OF TIME FOR THAT TO GO ELSEWHERE.
SO OUR CONCERN IS IF WE'RE ADDING IMPERVIOUS COVER JUST DOWNSTREAM OF US, IT WOULD CREATE THAT DRAINAGE COMPOUND, THAT DRAINAGE PROBLEM THERE FOR US UPSTREAM.
BUT ALSO ON THE CITY SIDE DOWNSTREAM WHERE YOU SEE DEEP SPRING CLEAR WATER PIPE SPRING CHERRY BROOK, THAT SET OF DEAD ENDS THERE.
UM, IF YOU CHECK A FLOODPLAIN MAP, YOU'LL SEE THAT THOSE, THE ENCROACHMENT OF THE FLOODPLAIN ON THOSE THREE PARTICULAR, UH, DEAD ENDS.
SO, YOU KNOW, ADDING IMPERVIOUS COVER WOULD PROBABLY COMPOUND THE ISSUES, THE DRAINAGE ISSUES THERE AS WELL.
WE ARE BETWEEN TWO, UH, CREEK WAYS.
SO I BELIEVE LEON CREEK TO THE WEST AND ER, CREEK.
CREEK TO THE RIGHT OR KINDA RIGHT BETWEEN THERE.
AND I THINK, UH, THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY IS ALREADY TRYING TO WORK TO MITIGATE THE ISSUES THERE ON LEON CREEK, AS YOU SEE BY RAYMOND MKI PARK.
AND THAT'S BEEN ISSUES FOR YEARS, SO WE'D ALSO BE ADDING TO THAT CREEKWAY AND COMPOUNDING THE ISSUES THERE.
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GRISTMILL.UM, WE'VE BEEN RESIDENTS OF LEON VALLEY FOR THE LAST 27 YEARS, YEARS.
WE LIVE AT 6 6 4 7 GRISTMILL ADJACENT TO THE PLANNED AMENDMENT REQUEST PROPERTY.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THE RESIDENTS FROM THE CITIES OF LEON VALLEY IN SAN ANTONIO PRISON AT THIS MEETING AND THOSE WHO HAVE ELECTRONICALLY SUBMITTED THEIR RESPONSES.
I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY SAYING WE BEGIN VERY MINIMAL TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS MEETING.
UH, ONE'S WEEK'S NOTICE, BARE MINIMUM TIME TO PREPARE FOR THIS REQUEST.
WE HAVE MANY CONCERNS ABOUT THE AMENDMENT REQUEST BY REZONING THIS PROPERTY FROM A LOW DENSITY TO MEDIUM DENSITY, IT ENTAILS MULTI LIVING, UH, BUILDING APARTMENTS, DUPLEXES, TRIPLEXES, AND ROWAN TOWN HOMES.
THE REZONING REQUEST DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH THE PROPERTIES THAT'S SURROUNDED ON THE LEON VALLEY AND SAN ANTONIO SIDE.
THE PLAN AMENDMENT REQUEST SEEMS VERY SKETCHY, AT LEAST TO ME.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT COMES WITH BAGGAGE SUCH AS HIGHER CRIME RATES, HIGHER CALL VOLUMES FOR POLICE, INCREASED TRAFFIC, SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, INCREASED NOISE TO AN ALREADY QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, LOSS OF PRIVACY.
MOST OF THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE HARDWORKING FOLKS WHO ALREADY OWN THEIR HOMES OR IN THE PROCESS OF WE ARE NOT OPPOSED TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT AREN'T WHO ARE MINIMALLY SUBSIDIZED AND REFLECT THE CHARACTER OF THE HOMES THAT SURROUND IT WITH LARGER SETBACKS, MITIGATION AND PRESERVING GREEN SPACE, MOISTURE, TEMPERATURE, AND HUMAN ACTIVITY ARE ALL FACTORS THAT WILL AFFECT TILE.
LANDSCAPE CHANGES ARE FORMED FROM THE LEON VALLEY SIDE BACKYARD SLOPE DOWNWARD TOWARD THE PROPERTY OF 60 75.
LAND DEVELOPMENTS CAN BE, CAN LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF HEAT ISLANDS, DOMES OF WARMER AIR OVER URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS THAT ARE CAUSED BY THE LOSS OF TREES AND SHRUBS AND ABSORPTION OF MORE HEAT BY THE PAVEMENT, BUILDINGS AND OTHER SOURCES.
HEAT, UH, HEAT ISLANDS CAN AFFECT LOCAL, REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CLIMATE AS WELL AS AIR QUALITY.
WHAT ASSURANCES AND ALRIGHT, THANK YOU CHRISTINE.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SHOW A PICTURE OF THE SIGN.
UM, CAN YOU PUT THAT UP? UM, I LIVE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE ACCESS ON SAWYER ROAD, AND YOU'LL BE ABLE TO SEE HOW WELL YOU CAN SEE THE NOTICE FOR TODAY.
TRY, IS IT, UM, YOU CAN SEE THAT YOU CAN'T SEE.
SO YOU CAN SEE HERE IT'S BEHIND THE BUSH AND THAT IS FROM MY DRIVEWAY AT THE DEAD END.
IF YOU GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE HERE, UM, THAT IS THE END OF EBNER ROAD, THE DEAD END.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE ONE SIGN IS ALREADY KNOCKED OVER.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S A DEAD END.
AND SO INCREASING TRAFFIC, AND THAT HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES A YEAR.
SO INCREASING THE, THE TRAFFIC TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WILL BE A DETRIMENT TO SAFETY OF CHILDREN WHO LIKE TO PLAY THERE.
UM, PEOPLE WHO I LIKE TO WALK, TAKE MY DOG FOR A WALK.
UM, SO WE JUST HAVE A LOT OF CONCERNS FOR THAT.
UM, WE ARE STRONGLY OPPOSED TO IT DUE TO PROPERTY VALUES THAT WERE MENTIONED.
UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT THAT IT'S A D WILL BE DUPLEXES THAT ARE GOING IN.
IT'S NOT LIMITED TO A DUPLEX WITH THE ZONING, SO THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY WON'T BE QUADPLEXES OR WORSE, UM, FOR US.
SO WE WILL HAVE INCREASED NOISE, INCREASED LIGHT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT AREA THERE IS AN EASEMENT BESIDE OUR HOUSE AND THE DEER GO THROUGH THERE AND TRAVEL.
UM, WHO KNOWS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE DEER WHO ARE ALREADY INJURED THAT COME THROUGH.
UM, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE NAMED TINY TIM.
UM, THERE IS SIGNIFICANT TRAFFIC CONGESTION ALREADY ON BANDERA AND EBNER ROAD AND ALL OF THESE HOUSES GOING OUT.
EBNER ROAD TOWARDS THAT AREA WILL ONLY MAKE THAT WHOLE AREA ALREADY BAD, UM, FOR THAT, UM, SOMETIME.
UH, IS IT ROSE ROSEANNE RODRIGUEZ? DID I SAY THAT RIGHT? YES, YOU DID.
HELLO, MY NAME'S ROSEANNE RODRIGUEZ.
I RESIDE AT 56 42 LOST LANE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
I'M NOT A LEON VALLEY RESIDENT.
UM, IN THE PICTURE WHERE YOU SEE THE TWO LARGE METAL GATES THAT IS ACTUALLY METAL GATE PUT UP BY MY FATHER, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED THERE 26 YEARS AGO, AND THAT WAS DUE TO CRIME IN THE AREA, SO MANY PEOPLE PASS THROUGH OUR EASEMENT.
I DON'T SEE THAT CHANGING WITH MORE PEOPLE LIVING THERE
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AS WELL.UM, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT PRIVACY, CRIME AND TRESPASSING DROPS IN OUR PROPERTY VALUE AS OUR STREET.
SOME OF THESE HOMES ARE A MILLION DOLLAR HOMES, SO WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUES THERE AS WELL.
THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE MY FOREVER HOME.
MY FATHER PASSED AWAY LAST MONTH.
I TAKE CARE OF MY MOTHER STILL IN THE RESIDENCE.
THOSE CHILDREN ARE BORDER THAT EASEMENT BACK THERE WHERE, WHERE DRIVERS COULD COME IN DRUNK DRIVERS COULD GO THROUGH THE WALLS.
THERE'S A WHOLE LOT OF SAFETY CONCERNS REGARDING THAT.
AND PEOPLE WILL LEAVE AND COME WHEREVER THEY FEEL LIKE THEY CAN GET OUT OF.
UM, WATER DRAINAGE IS A CONCERN.
WE, WE BORDER THE WHOLE BACK HALF.
SO IT'S TWO ACRES OF OUR LAND THAT BORDERS ALMOST THE ENTIRE BACK HALF OF THAT LAND.
UH, WATER DRAINAGE IS A CONCERN AS IT RUNS THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TOWARDS THAT PROPERTY.
SO WE HAVE A LARGE CREEK THAT RUNS THROUGH OUR PROPERTY TOWARD THAT PROPERTY, AND IT'S CONCERNED TO WHERE THAT'S GOING TO BE ROUTED AS WELL.
UM, WHERE IT'S ONLY RESIDENTIAL, IT HAS THIS VERY IRREGULAR LAING.
IT'S, IT'S RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF EVERYBODY'S BACKYARD.
SO ESSENTIALLY YOU'RE PUTTING A LARGE FACILITY IN PEOPLE'S BACKYARDS, WHICH STANDS TO MAKE NO SENSE BECAUSE MOST OF THE TIME YOU SEE THAT IN A COMMERCIAL AREA AGAINST A LARGE ROADWAY IS NOT THE CASE HERE.
BUT, UM, AND THE FACT IS, IS THAT THE ENTRANCES ARE LOCATED IN LEON VALLEY, NOT IN SAN ANTONIO.
LEON VALLEY IS GONNA BEAR ALL THE BURDEN OF THE COST OF THE TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION THAT HAS TO GO THROUGH THERE.
IT, THEY WILL SEEM LITTLE TO NO BENEFIT COMING FROM THIS FACILITY AS IT'S SAN ANTONIO, NOT LEON VALLEY.
AND I BELIEVE LEON VALLEY HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED ITS OPPOSITION TO, TO THIS AS WELL, ACCORDING TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND WHAT WAS GIVEN TO ME ALSO.
OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
6 6 1 5 GRISTMILL SAN UH, LEON VALLEY.
I'M NOT A GOOD PUBLIC SPEAKER, SO BEAR WITH ME.
I'M NOT GONNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE.
Y'ALL KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE UPSET ABOUT.
BUT REALLY I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY, IF IT'S NOT BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.
I MEAN, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING SEEMS LIKE A VERY COHESIVE THING FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS ARE HERE FOR THE SAME REASON.
AND WE'RE JUST AFRAID THAT IF YOU CHANGE THE STATUS BEHIND US, THAT SOMEBODY IN THE FUTURE WILL COME IN AND BUILD A, A HIGHER STRUCTURE THAN MAYBE WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING RIGHT NOW.
BUT IF YOU JUST LEAVE IT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCY, WE'RE PERFECTLY HAPPY WITH THAT.
WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO DEVELOPMENT OR, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO PREVENT THIS MAN FROM USING HIS LAND FOR PROFIT.
WE JUST DON'T WANT IT CHANGED FROM S FAMILY.
CAN I HAVE YOUR TIME TODAY? THE REST OF YOUR TIME? DELEGATE.
OH, YOU HAVE TO SAY I DELEGATE TO JUST SAY I YOU CAN'T, YOU CAN'T DO THAT.
DO IT HAS TO BE DONE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
UNDER THE COPY, UH, MICHAEL TURNER SHORTEN THREE MINUTES TO TWO MINUTES.
SO YES, IF YOU HAVE, IF YOU ARE GIVING YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE, YOU NEED TO, THAT PERSON NEEDS TO STAND UP WHEN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK.
MY NAME'S MICHAEL TURNER AND I'M FROM 65 22 AMBLIN STREET.
I'M ON THE OTHER END OF THIS, UH, PIECE OF PROPERTY.
UH, WE EXPERIENCED A TON OF FLOODING DOWN THERE ALREADY WITH IT JUST BEING A, A GREEN BELT.
AND I KNOW THAT THE LADY REPRESENTING THE ORGANIZATION SAID THAT THEY WERE GONNA DO A BUNCH OF FLOOD PLAIN WORK, BUT RIGHT NOW WHEN THERE'S HEAVY RAINS, IT'S FENCE TO FENCE WATER AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO GOES IN THERE ON A REGULAR BASIS AND CLEANS ALL THAT OUT.
SO IT'S, IT'S FLOWING A LOT OF WATER.
MY CONCERN IS IF WE GO WITH THE, UH, THE MIXED, THE MIXED RESIDENTIAL THAT UH, IT'LL JUST INCREASE, IT'LL JUST INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT FLOWS THROUGH.
UH, JUST LIKE MS. WRIGHT SAID, MRS. WRIGHT SAID, I'M NOT OPPOSED AT ALL TO THE SINGLE, THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND, AND I THINK THAT'S GREAT 'CAUSE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS LIKE THAT ON THE SAN ANTONIO SIDE OF IT.
THEY'RE MODEST HOMES AND THEY'RE HARDWORKING PEOPLE AND WE HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH OTHER PEOPLE SHARING OUR JOY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE'RE JUST REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE, UH, POSSIBILITY OF THE LARGER AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE MOVING INTO SMALLER DWELLINGS.
LLOYD ADAMS, STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME'S LLOYD ADAMS. I LIVE AT SEVEN 200 CHERRYBROOK, WHICH IS RIGHT IN MIDDLE OF THAT PROPERTY.
AND BECAUSE OF THE FLOODING AND
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STUFF, IT, THE CREEK DOES COME UP TO THE TOP LEVEL.UM, I'M NOT GONNA SPEAK ABOUT THE OTHER THINGS.
I'M GONNA TAKE SOME, UM, ABOUT THE ANIMALS.
THE ANIMALS THAT ARE, ARE LIVING IN THAT AREA ARE TRAPPED BECAUSE OF ALL THE HOMES THAT ARE IN THAT AREA.
AND THERE'S COYOTES, THERE'S TARANTULAS.
AND BY THE WAY, THE TARANTULA IS BECOMING AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
AND THERE SHOULD BE A STUDY MADE ON THIS LAND BECAUSE THERE'S SOME OTHER PROP, OTHER ANIMALS THAT MIGHT NOT EVEN EXIST IN THIS, UH, A LOTUS AREA.
AND THERE'S ONE THING I WANTED TO SAY.
WE AND WE ARE ALONE AND MAY HAVE MANY AGENCIES, WHICH MEANS THAT WE HAVE NOT ONLY RIGHTS, BUT DUTIES.
HUMANS ARE THE ONLY SPECIES THAT SENSE OF MORALITY, ONLY HUMANS HAVE THE RIGHT, BUT WITH THESE RIGHTS COME RESPONSIBILITIES, THE DUTY OF PROPERTY CARE FOR ANIMALS.
SO IT SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
NICK KELLER, YOU WANT STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS? YES, SIR.
AND I LIVE, UH, AT 65 20 ABILENE STREET ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE WHERE MICHAEL TURNER LIVES.
UM, THE BIGGEST THING HERE IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
I MEAN, HANDS DOWN YOU SHOW THIS BEAUTIFUL PROPERTY THAT THEY WANT TO PUT THERE, BUT EVERYTHING AROUND IT CAN'T SUSTAIN IT.
SO BASICALLY, SEWER, WATER, ELECTRIC, I MEAN, THE POWER THAT WE HAVE THAT RUN TO OUR HOMES IS ONLY 70 AMPS RIGHT NOW, SO IT'S NOT EVEN RATED FOR WHAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT ISN'T GONNA BE.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, IS THE WATER.
I MEAN, UH, YOU'RE GONNA MAKE MORE WATER COMING OFF ALL THIS PROPERTY COMING TOWARDS US.
AND WHAT I SEE AS FAR AS INFRASTRUCTURE ON IT IS WE'RE JUST GONNA MAKE A LITTLE BIT MORE ROOM.
BUT THE CHANNELS THAT CHANNEL THE WATER, THEY'RE NOT ANY BIGGER.
I MEAN, SO MY BACKYARD RIGHT NOW, WHEN IT RAINS OUT, I SEE IT COME THROUGH MY BACKYARD.
AND WE HAVEN'T HAD RAIN FOR A LONG TIME, BUT I'M TALKING THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD.
YOU KNOW, I BASICALLY CAN'T GET FLOOD INSURANCE BECAUSE THEY SAY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE AT.
SO I'M NOT MUCH OF A SPEAKER, BUT, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, I HAVE SIX OTHER SIGNATURES FROM THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTS AROUND ME THAT ALSO SEE THAT SAME PROBLEM.
AND AS FAR AS THE ANIMALS AND WHATNOT THAT ARE AROUND THERE, THAT'S GREAT.
UH, WOULD LIKE TO KEEP IT SINGLE RESIDENTIAL USE JUST BECAUSE OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
SO I'M NOT OPPOSED TO ANYBODY NOT MAKING MONEY.
I JUST THINK WHAT'S FAIR IS FAIR AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE AROUND IT IS MADE FOR SINGLE FAMILY USE.
HI, I'M SANDY MERRILL AND I LIVE AT SEVEN, UM, 7 2 0 1, STILL BOOK STREET.
SO I'M KIND OF ON THE END OF THE PROPERTY.
AND, UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS PLAN AS WELL, UH, TO CHANGE THE ZONING.
RIGHT NOW, MY BACKYARD HAS THIS BEAUTIFUL TREE LINE AND THIS WONDERFUL FIELD.
AND I TELL YOU, WE TAKE A LOT OF ENJOYMENT OUT OF WATCHING THE WILDLIFE AND ENJOYING IT.
AND THERE ARE QUITE A LOT OF INTERESTING CREATURES BACK THERE.
AND I AGREE THAT A STUDY SHOULD BE DOING, UM, DONE ON THIS BECAUSE, UM, THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES OF OWL THAT, UM, BREED BACK THERE.
THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF COYOTES, SOME OF THOSE COYOTES WERE SIED FOUR GENERATIONS BACK BY A MEXICAN RED WOLF, WHICH IS AN ENDANGERED SPECIES.
SO THERE ARE DEFINITELY SOME ISSUES GOING, UM, FORWARD WITH THAT.
AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE PROPERTY VALUES, UM, AS WELL FROM ADDING, YOU KNOW, A HUNDRED MORE THAN A HUNDRED, UM, HOUSES IN THAT AREA.
UM, IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF MONEY FOR A COUPLE PEOPLE, BUT THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS TAKING A HIT.
UM, AND SO I, THIS IS WHY I'M OPPOSING IT.
UM, ALSO THERE'S A SECURITY ISSUE FOR US.
WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT USED TO JUMP THROUGH OVER THE FENCE.
UM, AND I THINK WITH A HUNDRED HOMES BACK THERE, IT'S GONNA HAPPEN EVEN MORE.
THAT'S HOW TINY TIM HAPPENED, ACTUALLY, IF SOMEBODY THREW A CARPET OVER THE FENCE AND A DEER GOT STUCK IN IT AND BROKE ITS LEG.
UM, AND SO WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT.
AND LASTLY, DRAINAGE FOR US IS A BIG PROBLEM BECAUSE THE WATER RUNS, UM, RIGHT DOWN, WE'RE DOWNHILL FROM IT.
AND SO THE WATER RUNS RIGHT DOWN INTO, UM, THE AREA BEHIND
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US.AND, UM, IT HAS OVERFLOWN THE BANKS BEFORE.
WE ALREADY HAVE AN ISSUE WITH 60% IMPERMEABLE.
I MEAN, THAT DIFFERENCE, EVEN IF THEY PUT A FEW RESERVOIRS FROM MOSQUITOES IN THERE, IT'S GONNA BE, IT'S GONNA BE BIG ENOUGH DIFFERENCE THAT OUR HOME WILL FLIP HANDS DOWN.
PLUS IT'S BUILT ON A KARST FOUNDATION.
UM, IS IT POSSIBLE TO SHOW A PICTURE? ABSOLUTELY, IT IS.
UM, MY NAME IS, THANK YOU FOR HEARING FROM, UH, US TODAY.
UH, COMMISSIONER BOARD MEMBERS.
OH, UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, HEARING ME TODAY.
UH, I WROTE THIS FOR FOUR MINUTES.
I'M GONNA AD LIB A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WE'RE AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
THE DRAINAGE AREA TAKES A HARD RIGHT HAND TURN AROUND MY HOUSE.
UM, WATER HAS COME UP WITHIN AN INCH OF THE TOP OF MY FOUNDATION.
YOU BUILD OVER 65% OF THAT FIELD.
I BELIEVE MY HOUSE WILL FLOOD.
I DO BELIEVE, UH, THE PLANNING, UH, FOR DRAINAGE WAS, UH, WELL APPRECIATED.
BUT THE WATER RUNS THROUGH THE 12 FOOT WIDE DRAINAGE THAT'S BEHIND MY HOUSE.
UM, TWO FOOT DEEP WITH LITTLE WHITE CAPS.
I MEAN, IT'S GONNA FILL THOSE POOLS IN NO TIME FLAT.
AND, AND I'M CONCERNED WE'LL, WE'LL FLOOD.
MY OTHER CONCERN IS, UH, CAN, CAN I GO TO THE NEXT PICTURE PLEASE? UH, JUST R M FOUR IS MOSTLY IF YOU GO TO THE SAN ANTONIO G I SS SYSTEM.
UM, IT'S MOSTLY DOWNTOWN AREA AND BOTH TO THE EAST OF THE ALAMO DOME.
THERE'S ALMOST NONE OUTSIDE OF FOUR 10 THAT I CAN FIND.
THE CLOSEST I COULD FIND WAS, UH, EVERS AND CALLAHAN.
EACH OF THOSE BOXES IS A FAMILY DWELLING.
AND COMPARE R SIX, WHICH IS WHAT WE ARE NOW TO WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH R M FOUR.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY WILL DO, BUT THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH R M FOUR.
UM, THE ENTRY IS A BIG PROBLEM.
I THINK YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO TAKE SOMEBODY'S HOUSES AWAY TO MAKE A ROAD TO GET FIRE TRUCKS IN THERE.
UH, UM, I THINK YOUR DEVELOPMENT PLAN IS VERY GOOD AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO LEAVE IT INTACT.
I OPPOSE THE AMENDMENT TO THIS PLAN.
I THINK WE SHOULD STAY LOW DENSITY R SIX ZONING.
GORDON ROBERTS STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS.
UH, I LIVE AT 56 35 LOST LANE.
UM, THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY JUTS UP TO THIS PROPERTY THAT WE'RE DISCUSSING HERE.
I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A PROPERTY IN SAN ANTONIO THAT THE ONLY WAY, BY CHANGING THIS, THE WAY YOU'RE GOING TO CHANGE IT, THE ONLY ACCESS TO GET INTO THIS PROPERTY IS THROUGH LEON VALLEY.
AND SO IT AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN LEON VALLEY.
EVERYBODY THINKS HENER ROAD IS A FOUR-LANE ROAD.
WHEN YOU GET DOWN TO THE END OF IT HERE, IT'S DOWN TO A LITTLE TWO LANE ROAD.
GONNA BE TREMENDOUS TRAFFIC GOING ON HERE.
THE ONLY WAY, AGAIN, TO GETTING DOWN HENER ROAD IS TO GO DOWN BANDERA ROAD.
THEY'VE TALKED FOR 20 YEARS ON BANDERA ROAD.
THEY'VE WANTED TO DO AN OVERPASS ON BANDERA ON BANDERA ROAD.
THEY'VE DECIDED HOLD OFF AGAINST IT BECAUSE IT'S AFFECTED SO MUCH OF THE, UH, COMMERCIAL BUSINESSES THERE ON BANDERA ROAD.
THIS IS GONNA BE ANOTHER FIASCO WITH ALL OF THESE CARS COMING IN THROUGH THERE.
IT'S GONNA AFFECT EMERGENCY CARE.
IT'S GONNA AFFECT, UH, THE, THE TRAFFIC ON BANDERA ROAD.
I JUST DON'T SEE IT'S A VIABLE OPERATION TO PUT THAT MANY PEOPLE IN THAT IN THERE.
IT SHOULD BE AND REMAIN AS A SINGLE FAMILY HOME.
OR STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.
MY NAME IS ART MARTINEZ, NEVADA.
I LIVE AT 1 3 9 4 0 BITTON CITY ROAD.
I'M AN ATTORNEY AND I REPRESENT THE KELS WHO RESIDE AT 65 20 AMBLIN.
UH, AND MYSELF AS A FORMER MAYOR OF A SUBURBAN CITY, I WANTED TO REALLY EMPHASIZE, UH, THE, THE NEED TO COORDINATE WITH LEON VALLEY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THIS PROPERTY'S ONLY IN INGRESS AND EGRESS AS THROUGH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY.
UM, SUBURBAN CITIES DO NOT HAVE THE SAME RESOURCES AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO ACCOMMODATE SOME OF THIS INFRASTRUCTURE.
AND IF THE CITY IS OPPOSED TO IT, I REALLY THINK, UH, YOU NEED TO WORK WITH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY TO WHERE THEY'RE IN AGREEMENT WITH THE IMPACT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON THEIR CITY AS WELL AS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
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CONSIDER THAT, UH, WE'D ASK THAT YOU, UH, AT A MINIMUM POSTPONED TO COORDINATE WITH LEON VALLEY TO GET TO A YES, YES.UM, UH, THE FIRST THING THAT SCREAMS OUT TO ME AS A FORMER MAYOR IS HOW ARE YOU GONNA GET A SAN ANTONIO POLICE OR FIRE TO RESPOND? YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY INTO THIS PROPERTY, OR YOU'RE GONNA BE RELYING UPON LEON VALLEY'S PUBLIC, UH, UH, EMERGENCY SERVICES.
RIGHT? AGAIN, THERE NEEDS TO BE COORDINATION.
THERE NEEDS TO BE, UH, ACCEPTANCE AND, AND, AND, AND IT'S VERY CHALLENGING WHEN YOU'RE A SMALL CITY.
WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING LIKE SAN ANTONIO IMPOSE SOMETHING THAT TO SAN ANTONIO IS A DROP IN THE BUCKET, A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS TO, TO, TO, TO VAUGHN ARMY OR, OR LIAM VALLEY, BIGGER THAN V ARMY, BUT CAN HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THEIR, UH, ABILITY TO, TO SERVICE THE REST OF THEIR COMMUNITY.
UH, AS WELL AS THE FACT THAT PEOPLE HAVE POINTED OUT THAT THEY DON'T RECEIVE ANY TAX BENEFIT OR ANY, ANY, ANY COMPENSATION TO OFFSET OR ACCOMMODATE THESE ADDITIONAL BURDENS.
AGAIN, MY, MY CLIENTS AREN'T OPPOSED TO SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
THAT'S WHAT THIS, THIS, UH, UH, AREA IS ZONED FOR.
UH, WE HEARD STAFF SAY THIS IS ON THE PERIMETER, IT'S ON THE PERIMETER OF SAN ANTONIO'S VIEW.
BUT IF YOU LOOK AT THE REALITY ON THE GROUND AND YOU CONSIDER LEON VALLEY, UH, THIS IS THE CENTER OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, AND SO BY THEIR LOGIC, IF IT, IF IT SHOULD BE ON THE PERIMETER, IT SHOULD BE ON THE, ON THE PERIMETER OF THE ENTIRE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND NOT SQUARE IN THE CENTER AS THIS IS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION, AND ESPECIALLY IF YOUR CONSIDERATION OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
CAN YOU BACK UP PHOTO TO SHOW THE DEAD THERE? STREET? NO.
NO, I THINK IT WAS THE, THE MEETING THAT WAS PROPOSING.
MY NAME IS TZA EMERSON AND I LIVE AT 66 0 6 GRIST MILL.
UM, I WAS, I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS BECAUSE OF A CONCERNED NEIGHBOR.
UM, I DO NOT FALL WITHIN THAT 200 FEET, BUT I'M DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
AND ONE OF THE VIEWS THAT I BELIEVE WAS SHOWN BY THE, I, I DON'T REMEMBER HER NAME, UM, WAS SHOWING THE VIEW FROM MY HOUSE.
AND MY HOUSE LOOKS DIRECTLY DOWN THE DEAD END.
NOT THE ONE THAT THE OTHER NEIGHBOR HAD.
IT WAS ONE OF THE OTHER ACCESS POINTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BOTH OF THOSE DEAD ENDS ARE IN LEON VALLEY, AND THAT ACCESS POINT WOULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THAT COMES THROUGH THAT NEIGHBORHOOD IN FRONT OF MY PROPERTY.
I'VE BEEN LIVING IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD SINCE 1994.
ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE'RE IN THIS PROPERTY IS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED TRAFFIC THAT'S IN THIS AREA.
I AM NOT OPPOSED TO HAVING SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT I AM VERY MUCH OPPOSED TO HAVING THIS ZONING CHANGE.
CAN YOU, WE GOT EVERYBODY IN THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT, UH, STREET THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING OF OPENING UP IS RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE.
UM, AND WE HAVE HAD THE WATER ISSUES.
I, I FEEL LIKE I'VE AL I'M SPEAKING OVER EVERYONE ELSE.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, WE DO HAVE A DRAINAGE ISSUE.
I'VE HAD TIMES IN, IN THE RUNOFF FROM EBNER, COMES AROUND THE CORNER ONTO GRIST MILL AND DOWN THAT AREA IN THAT, THAT END STREET BESIDE MY HOME.
I'VE SEEN TIMES WHEN IT GOES WELL OVER THE CURB FOR THE AMOUNT OF RUNOFF THAT IT TAKES.
UM, I HAVE ISSUES WITH, EXCUSE ME, I HAVE ALLERGIES.
UM, I HAVE ISSUES WITH THE 91 POSSIBLE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS CAN BE PUT OUT THERE, LET ALONE WHAT HAPPENS WITH MULTI-LEVEL, UH, THE, THE MEDIUM DENSITY TYPE.
UH, I FEEL LIKE THAT THE ONLY ENTRANCE SO FAR PUTS THE BURDEN ON LEON VALLEY TO, TO COME TO THE NEEDS BECAUSE
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IF SOMEONE CALLS THE POLICE, LEON VALLEY WILL BE THERE BEFORE ANYONE ELSE.THE SAME WITH FIRE, ALSO, THE, THE, THE PUBLIC, THE ROADWAYS ARE ALL TAKEN CARE OF BY LEON VALLEY WITH NO REMUNERATION AT ALL.
UM, SO, AND, AND I WOULD AGREE THAT THE WILDLIFE IS AN ISSUE THAT, THAT IT'S GREAT TO HAVE, UH, I KNOW IT PROBABLY DOESN'T AFFECT YOUR DECISION MUCH.
IT DOES FOR US BECAUSE IT DOES GIVE US A LOT OF, UH, A PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT MORE TO SAY BEYOND THAT, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT, UH, WE NEED TO, TO REALLY ADDRESS THIS.
AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO DO ANYTHING IN TERMS OF, UH, LOW DENSITY WHERE IT IS.
I DO HAVE SOME ISSUES WITH HOW YOU'RE GONNA GET IT DONE WITH HOW DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO IT.
AND THANK YOU ALL, UH, FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COME OUT TODAY.
THAT MEANS A LOT OF, UH, IN OUR DECISION MAKING.
UM, EMILY, DO YOU HAVE FOLLOW UP COMMENTS? JUST A JUST A QUICK LITTLE WRAP UP.
UM, I KNOW THERE ARE A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT DRY DRAINAGE ACCESS.
THOSE ARE TWO SEPARATE WORDS, DRAINAGE ACCESS, UM, WHAT THOSE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF QUESTIONS TO BE ANSWERED.
THIS IS THE VERY FIRST STAGE IN A, IN A VERY LONG STAGE, UM, IN A VERY LONG PROCESS, UH, OF DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROPERTY WILL HAVE TO BE RE PLATTED.
UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN TIMBER HILL, UM, AND EVEN OLD MILL WERE PLOTTED IN THE SEVENTIES, UM, THE SAN ANTONIO SIDE DID NOT PLOT ANY CONNECTION POINTS TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, I THINK WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS MAP IS A LITTLE MISLEADING.
UM, WHERE LEON CREEK GREENWAY IS, IT LOOKS LIKE A ROAD.
UM, SO A LOT OF THOSE DRAINAGE EASEMENTS ARE, ARE LOOKING LIKE THERE'S CONNECTION POINTS, UM, BUT THERE'S NOT.
UM, AND THAT, THAT IS A BYPRODUCT OF, OF THE PLATTING CIRCUMSTANCES.
UM, THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT PLATTED IT, UM, IS, IS THE, THE OLD MILL PLAT, UM, A ALONG GROSS MILL THAT HAS A PLATTED ACCESS EASEMENT.
UM, AND THAT IS, THAT IS THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS A PLATTED ACCESS THERE.
SO, UM, DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT IS SINGLE FAMILY OR ANYTHING ELSE, UM, IS GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES, UH, THROUGH THE PLATTING AND THE PERMITTING AND THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS IN COORDINATION WITH LEON VALLEY.
UM, WE DO UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO OTHER POINT OF ACCESS TO THIS PROPERTY THROUGH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
I PERSONALLY WISH THERE WAS, UM, THAT WOULD RESOLVE A LOT OF CONCERNS.
UM, BUT THAT IS, IT'S A VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT'S A VERY UNIQUE SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES.
I I WOULD JUST ASK FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE INTENT AND THE GOALS OF THE NORTHWEST PLAN, UM, AS WELL AS THE SHIP GOALS AND THOSE POLICIES.
UM, AND PROVIDING AN OPPORTUNITY, UM, WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE PHYSICALLY DONE, UM, THAT IS THROUGH THE PALLETING AND THE PERMITTING PROCESS, BUT THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE SOME MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING, SOME DIVERSITY OF HOUSING TYPES, UM, IN A, IN A VERY REASONABLE TRANSITION, UM, FROM LOW DENSITY TO MEDIUM DENSITY.
WHERE IN CONTRAST, THROUGHOUT THIS PLAN, THERE ARE VERY SIGNIFICANT TRANSITIONS HERE WITH COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ADJOINING RIGHT BACK UP TO SINGLE FAMILY.
SO, UM, WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, AND AGAIN, WE ARE MORE THAN HAPPY, UM, TO CONTINUE TO MEET AND TO COORDINATE WITH THE RESIDENTS AND OF COURSE THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY AS WELL THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
JUDGE, THIS IS TOUGH BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, I'VE SAID BEFORE TODAY AND MANY TIMES BEFORE THIS, THAT WE DO HAVE A HOUSING SHORTAGE AND PLANS LIKE THIS DO ALIGN WITH THE SHIP.
AND MISSING MIDDLE HOUSING IS A TYPOLOGY THAT WOULD BENEFIT SAN ANTONIO AND THE PEOPLE WHO WANNA LIVE HERE.
UM, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NEIGHBORING RESIDENTS HAVE SOME REALLY VALID CONCERNS AND, UM, THE ACCESS DRAINAGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE REALLY VALID.
UM, I DON'T SUPPOSE THAT THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT HAS BEEN DONE ON THIS PROPERTY YET.
BUT THERE THAT, JUST TO KIND OF SAY IT OUT LOUD, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT IS ONE STEP THAT WOULD BE DONE.
A DRAINAGE, UH, ASSESSMENT IS ONE STEP THAT WOULD BE DONE IN THE PLANNING.
A TRANSPORTATION ASSESSMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES ASSESSMENT ARE THINGS THAT WOULD BE DONE IN, IN THE OVERALL PLANNING PROCESS.
UM, HAVE YOU, UM, CO COORDINATED AT ALL WITH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY YET, OR ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS? SO, UM, THERE WAS A, WE HAVE HAD A CONVERSATION WITH, UH, CITY OFFICIALS LAST WEEK, UM, AND WORKING TO SET UP A MEETING WITH THEIR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, OUR ENGINEER.
UM, I, I DON'T KNOW IF OUR ENGINEER HAS HAD ANY OF THOSE DISCUSSIONS EXTERNALLY OF ME.
PEOPLE HAVE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS WITHOUT ME.
UM, SO, UM, TRYING TO COORDINATE A MEETING WITH ALL OF US.
UM, AND THEN ALSO WE'RE WORKING, UM, WITH LEON VALLEY ADMINISTRATION ON A JOINT EFFORT
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FOR A LARGER COMMUNITY MEETING, UM, AS WELL AS COORDINATING WITH DISTRICT SEVEN.SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP E EVERYBODY INVOLVED HERE WHERE WE CAN.
SO, UM, HAS THE PROPERTY OWNER CONSIDERED DEVELOPING A SINGLE FAMILY, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD OR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS PROPERTY? I CAN'T SPEAK TO THAT.
UM, UH, I, I DON'T KNOW WHAT MR. BAKER HAS OR HAS NOT INTENDED.
UM, SO WE, I DO NOT REPRESENT THE PROPERTY OWNER.
UM, WE REPRESENT THE DEVELOPER, UM, WHO DOES PREDOMINANTLY, UM, BUT REALLY ALL THE PROJECTS I'VE WORKED ON, UM, FOR HIM HAVE BEEN PAIRED HOME PROJECTS.
SO, UM, UH, NO TRIPLEXES, NO APARTMENTS, UM, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
AND WE WE'RE NOT ALLOWED TO DO APARTMENTS UNDER THE ZONING.
UM, BUT THAT IS, THAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT HE DOES.
SO A PAIRED HOME IS A, IS A SINGLE PARTY WALL, IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THEN JUST FOR THE PURPOSE, PURPOSE OF ILLUSTRATION, UM, YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS HOUSING TYPOLOGY BE, WOULD TYPOLOGY WOULD BE LIMITED TO A 65% SITE BUILT AREA MM-HMM.
UH, BUT IF IT WERE A SINGLE FAMILY HOME, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHAT THAT PERCENTAGE LIMITATION WOULD BE? SO, AND THAT'S, YEAH.
UM, SO IN THE CODE, THERE'S A TABLE, UM, SINGLE FAMILY AND STAFF CAN SUPER JUMPING, CORRECT ME IF I'M TOTALLY WRONG.
UM, BUT ON THAT AREA OF BUILDABLE AREA, UM, THE BUILDING LIMITATION MAX PERCENTAGE, UM, IS NOT THERE FOR SINGLE FAMILY WHERE IT IS THERE FOR OTHER ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO YOU OF COURSE HAVE YOUR SETBACKS.
UM, AND, BUT OUTSIDE OF YOUR SETBACKS, HOW MUCH OF YOUR YARD, UM, YOU COVER.
THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE DIFFERENT HOUSING SIZES, UM, THERE.
BUT THE, THE RMM FOUR DOES HAVE A MAXIMUM 65%, INCLUDING SETBACKS THAT, UM, THE BUILDING CAN COVER THE LOT PER LOT.
SO I'M NOT GONNA BELABOR 'CAUSE IT'S PRETTY MUCH SPOT ON OF ALL THE, THE, THE THINGS THAT COMMISSIONER SIEGEL BROUGHT UP.
I, I WILL SAY THAT, THAT IT, IT DOES FROM MY SEAT, SEEM A LITTLE PREEMPTIVE.
I THINK I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN OR WOULD LIKE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE COORDINATION WITH THE COMMUNITY AND WITH LEON VALLEY BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE THAT LIKE THERE'S STILL A LOT OF OPEN-ENDED AS IF THIS IS EVEN A FIT JUST FROM A STRUCTURAL STANDPOINT OR FROM A FUNCTIONALITY STANDPOINT AS WELL AS THOSE ENVIRONMENTAL AND OTHER ASSESSMENTS TO SEE IS, IS WHAT, WHAT THE INTENTION OR WHAT THEY ASK IS REALLY MAKES SENSE.
SO I'LL JUST LEAVE IT WITH THAT AND WE WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO HAVE THOSE CONVERSATIONS.
UM, AND, AND COME BACK AS WELL.
BEFORE YOU ALL, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I'M REALLY CONCERNED TOO ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S GOING TO BE REQUIRED.
AND, YOU KNOW, THE HOUSING IS VERY IMPORTANT AND IT'S NEEDED, BUT YOU KNOW, A HOUSE IS YOUR MOST, YOUR BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN LIFE.
YOU KNOW, SO YOU HAVE TO PROTECT IT.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH YOUR MEETING UHS COMING UP.
I THINK JUST TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT ALL THREE OF THEM SAID IS IT SOUNDS LIKE MAYBE WHAT MIGHT BE BEST IN THIS SITUATION IS A CONTINUANCE.
UM, SO THAT YOU HAVE SOME MORE TIME TO COORDINATE WITH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY AND THE RESIDENTS IN GENERAL.
UM, MAYBE ALSO ON THE BACKEND DETERMINE IF THIS IS EVEN DEVELOPABLE.
'CAUSE IT DOES SOUND LIKE THERE ARE SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUES, UM, THAT IT MIGHT NOT EVEN BE FEASIBLE.
UM, BUT NONETHELESS, I THINK, UM, I WOULD MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, WHICH I DON'T KNOW THE DATE OF, OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
WE WOULD BE ACCEPTING OF THAT.
AND THANKS EVERYBODY THAT SPOKE TODAY.
UM, MY THOUGHTS ON THIS ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, THE PROPOSED LAND USE, YOU KNOW, I THINK STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS, IS SPOT ON.
IT'S, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE PLAN AND IT'S CONSISTENT WITH WHAT'S NEEDED IN, IN, IN THE CITY.
ALL THE OTHER ISSUES, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE THE ISSUES THAT GET, UM, THAT GET VETTED AND THOROUGHLY LOOKED AT ON DOWN THE LINE IN THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, THE TRAFFIC, THE DRAINAGE, ALL THESE THINGS WILL GET LOOKED AT IN EXTENSIVE DETAIL PAST THIS PART OF THE PROCESS.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND THEY, THOSE STUDIES, THE TRAFFIC STUDIES AND THE DRAINAGE STUDIES MAY REVEAL THINGS THAT HAVE TO GET LOOKED AT IN FIXED THAT WILL IMPROVE THE SITUATION IN THE AREA.
I MEAN, WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, I'M AN ENGINEER BY TRADE AND WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT THE PLAN WAS FOR THE DRAINAGE, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS ON THERE THAT WILL HELP THE AREA IN, IN MY MIND, UM, THAT'S JUST BROAD BRUSH.
SO, AND THAT'S NOT LOOKING AT ANY DETAILS.
UM, SO, YOU KNOW, IN MY MIND THAT'S, THAT STUFF GETS TACKLED LATER.
THERE'S A LONG ROAD AHEAD OF THE PROJECT BEFORE IT WOULD EVER GET TO ANY TYPE OF FORMAL APPROVAL OF
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ANYTHING OR CONSTRUCTION FOR THAT MATTER.UM, I WOULD BE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PLAN AMENDMENT AS THE FIRST STEP.
THE REST OF IT IS THE BATTLE FOR ANOTHER DAY.
COMMISSIONER MILER ALWAYS LOVE COMING AFTER COMMISSIONER PECK
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE COMING OUT.
I'VE BEEN ON YOUR SIDE BEFORE AND, AND IT'S, YOU'VE TAKEN YOUR ENTIRE AFTERNOON TO COME HERE.
SO JUST WANNA ECHO THE THANKS THAT OTHER PEOPLE HAVE, HAVE GIVEN YOU FOR COMING OUT AND SPEAKING AND BEING HERE.
AND THANKS TO YOU EMILY, TOO FOR ALWAYS DOING SUCH A GREAT PRESENTATION.
IT FEELS A LITTLE BIT TO ME TO ECHO SOME OF THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS THAT WERE KIND OF PUTTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
UM, WHILE I APPRECIATE WHAT COMMISSIONER PKA SAID, IF WE CHANGE THE LAND USE NOW, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THAT EXISTS IN PERPETUITY.
AND, AND I FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE DOING THAT WITHOUT KNOWING IF IT'S EVEN POSSIBLE.
SO I, I THINK I WOULD FOLLOW COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER AND, UH, REQUEST A CONTINUANCE SO WE CAN FIND SOME MORE ANSWERS.
COMMISSIONER ZUKI, YOU GET TO GO AFTER COMMISSIONER MILAN
UM, IT'S A VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF LAND IN A VERY UNIQUE POSITIONS THAT I HAVEN'T SEEN THAT BEFORE, COMING AT THE EDGE WITH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY TO COME IN HERE WITH ALL THE CITIZENS COMING TO SHARE THEIR CONCERN.
UH, IT'S, UH, IT'S A VERY UNIQUE CASE, AT LEAST FOR ME.
UH, I AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BECK THAT, UH, THE ENGINEERING ASPECT OF IT WILL BE HANDLED AND ALL THE ISSUES THAT THE CITIZEN HAVE SHARED IS GOING TO BE ADDRESSED.
AND IT MIGHT GET THIS TO A BETTER SITUATION.
AND I ALSO AGREE WITH THE REST OF THE COMMISSIONERS THAT I SEE.
THE FACT THAT LEON VALLEY IS NOT ON BOARD WITH THIS, UH, AND THE ONLY ACCESS TO THIS PIECE OF LAND COMES FROM LEON VALLEY AND THE SPOT ON THE COMMENTS ABOUT FACILITY UTILITIES, UH, FIRE, UH, TRASH RECYCLE COLLECTIONS, WELL ALL COMING FROM LEON VALLEY AND THEY ARE NOT ON BOARD WITH IT, IS, UH, IS A SETBACK, AT LEAST FOR MY PERSPECTIVE TO THIS CASE.
AND I WOULD LOVE TO SEE, AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU WANTED TO AGREE WITH THE MOTION FOR CONTINUOUS TO HAVE LEON VALLEY TO DISCUSS THIS FURTHER AND COMING WITH AN AGREEABLE PLAN TO HOW THIS WOULD BE HANDLED, UH, IS SOMETHING I WOULD, I WOULD HAVE TO SUPPORT THAT MOTIONS FOR LEAST FROM MY PERSPECTIVE.
WHAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID,
UM, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO, UH, UM, I, I, I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR INCREASE IN MIDDLE HOUSING AND, UM, 99 OUT OF A HUNDRED TIMES, I WOULD, I WOULD AUTOMATICALLY JUST SUPPORT THAT THIS, THIS IS A, A REAL DELICATE CASE.
AND SO I, IF, IF THERE'S A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE, THAT'S WHAT I WOULD BE SUPPORTING BECAUSE I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME MORE, UM, INFORMATION BECAUSE WITHOUT THAT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND COMFORT, YOU KNOW, MY FIRST INCLINATION IS TO DO THE MINIMUM, YOU KNOW, OF IMPACT.
UM, AND THAT'S I THINK ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
UM, NOT BEATING A DEAD HORSE, BUT I AGREE WITH WHAT A LOT OF THE COMMISSIONERS HAVE SAID, UM, ON ITS FACE.
IF THE LEON VALLEY WASN'T ADJACENT TO IT, YOU'RE RIGHT.
IT'S PERFECT LAND USE IT, IT FILLS THE NEED FOR, FOR MIDDLE HOUSING AS WE KEEP DESCRIBING, UM, ALL THE THINGS ABOUT THE ACCESS, THE DRAINAGE, UM, FIRE, ALL PROTECTION, ALL THAT GETS WORKED OUT OR THE PROJECT DOESN'T GO FORWARD.
UM, BUT HAVING THE COMMUNITY HERE IS CRITICAL BECAUSE YOU GUYS ARE BUYING INTO IT.
AND THE PROCESS IS, IS A LITTLE UNIQUE BECAUSE THE CITY DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG.
UM, IT'S STATE LAW THAT THEY ONLY HAVE TO NOTIFY 200 FEET WITHIN THEIR CITY.
AND IT'S, WE'VE SEEN THIS IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AS WELL.
AND MAYBE WE CAN WRITE OUR LEGISLATORS TO CHANGE THAT, BUT THAT DIDN'T AFFECT WHAT WE HAVE IN FRONT OF US.
BUT, UM, SO I THINK, UH, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER FOR CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 11TH.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO, UH, GRANT CONTINUANCE BY COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER TO OCTOBER 11TH AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ZUKI.
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COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER? YES.MOTION PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE.
SO, YEAH, SO I ENCOURAGE YOU TO, TO DISCUSS IT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE WEEKS AND, UH, WE'LL BE BACK HERE ON OCTOBER 11TH.
UM, MOVING ON TO, UH, THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE TWO SEPARATE MINUTES TO CONSIDER.
FIRST IS THE AUGUST 23RD MEETING.
DO I HAVE ANY CORRECTIONS OR AMENDMENTS TO THOSE? CAN WE TAKE A ROLL CALL? VOTE PLEASE.
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NOW THE MEETINGS FOR, UH, NOW NEXT TO CONSIDER APPROVAL FOR THE MINUTES FROM SEPTEMBER 13TH.ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS COMMENTS AGAIN? IF YOU CAN PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
COMMISSIONER FAULKNER ABSTAIN.
COMMISSIONER SCHINDLER ABSTAIN.
UH, YOUR APPROVAL MINUTES IS PASSED.
UH, IS THERE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? THERE IS NOT.
I, I ACTUALLY WOULD LIKE TO JUST TO MENTION, AND I THINK WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
UM, IT'S NOT NECESSARY FOR Y'ALL TO BE IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING TO MAKE A MOTION OR VOTE, UH, TO SUPPORT THE MINUTES OR APPROVE THE MINUTES.
SO IT'S NOT A REQUIREMENT FOR YOU TO HAVE BEEN AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
I'M JUST MAKING SURE Y'ALL ARE AWARE JUST IN CASE WE'RE IN A SITUATION FORM.
UM, YEAH, IF WE HAVE, UM, QUORUM ISSUES AND WE END UP HAVING A PILE OF MINUTES ON THE AGENDA, SO SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, SO WE CAN ACTUALLY VOTE.
YES, OF COURSE YOU CAN ACTUALLY VOTE IF EVEN IF YOU WERE NOT IN THE PREVIOUS MEETING.
BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE, AND PROBABLY YOU CAN PROBABLY EXPLAIN THIS BETTER THAN I CAN, BUT ALL YOU ARE DOING IS APPROVING THE MINUTES THAT PREVIOUSLY IDENTIFIED WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE MEETING, WHICH IS ALL ON RECORD, BY THE WAY.
'CAUSE THERE, THERE ARE VIDEOS OUT THERE.
YOU CAN BOOTS AND SUSPENDERS AND WATCH THE PREVIOUS MEETING AS WELL.
THIS IS AGREEMENT TO RECOGNIZE WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
THEY'RE FA FASCINATING VIEWING THESE MEETINGS, SO I'M SURE, I'M SURE WE GET SUPER HIGH RATINGS.
I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU MY NETFLIX LOGIN SO YOU CAN HAVE A LITTLE MORE ENTERTAINMENT IN YOUR LIFE.