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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE.
UM, BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH COVID BACK ON THE RISE, IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A A MASK, WE HAVE SOME I BELIEVE AND I ALWAYS FORGET TO ASK BEFORE WE START THE MEETING, BUT YES, WE DO HAVE SOME MASKS AVAILABLE IN THE CORNER OVER THERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE.
MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICE MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION INTO SESSION.
THE TIME IS ONE 14 ISH ACCORDING TO THE ROMAN NUMERALS.
I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
UH, MARCO BARROS, UH, DISTRICT NINE, JOHN BUSTAMONTE, DISTRICT FIVE.
DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE JOHN WITTS AT, UH, DISTRICT 10 TAYLOR WATSON.
JANELLE CHASE MAYORAL CHARLES FUENTES FOR DISTRICT THREE STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE PRIOR
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TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH THE SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND XS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS OPPOSED.
FOLLOWING THE PRESENT, FOLLOWING THE PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED INTO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION IF YOU WILL.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED WHEN YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND YOU MUST INDICATE IT WHEN THAT PERSON GOES UP TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH THE OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
UH, STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS, ITEMS TO ITEMS TO BE POSTPONED.
UM, ITEMS ONE LOCATE GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 20,000 BLOCK OF VERDE ROAD AND ITEM NUMBER FIVE, LOCATED AT 1407 LEO STREET.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PROPERTIES ON BULVERDE ROAD OR ON LEO STREET, YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE AS THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF ANY FUTURE ACTION OCCURS.
UH, STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON
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THE COMBINED AGENDA.ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE COMBINED AGENDA.
UM, ARE ITEMS NUMBER 6 7, 9 15, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, AND 32? UM, IS 25 ON COMBINED? YES.
WE'RE GONNA LEAVE IT ON COMBINED AND WE'LL HAVE THE PERSON WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK COME UP.
'CAUSE I NOTICED IT WAS OFF OF THE SORRY.
THAT'S WHY WE, THAT'S WHY I ALWAYS ASK KEEPING YOU ON YOUR TOES,
ANY OF THESE ITEMS YOU WOULD WISH TO PULL TO INDIVIDUAL HEARING? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
UH, IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE COMBINED HEARING.
NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD FOR ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RMM FOUR TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR SIX DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 0 2 AND 1 0 6 J STREET.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C THREE AND C TWO TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT TWO 10 AND TWO 18 DORY STREET.
AND THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM THE WHEAT.
UM, ACTION GROUP ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R M FOUR TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 28 DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 2 3 AND 2 2 6 TOLEDO STREET AND 1517 WYOMING STREET.
AND DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 12 8 2 4 O'CONNOR ROAD.
NINE OR SEVEN NOTICES WERE SENT.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO P CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR BAR AND OR TAVERN WITHOUT COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 0 1 EAST CARSON STREET.
AND GOVERNMENT HILL ALLIANCE NEIGHBORHOOD HOSTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM NC TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2215 WEST TEJAS TRAIL.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO M X D WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 65 UNITS PER ACRE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 8,000 BLOCK OF FLOYD CURL DRIVE.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX HL HISTORIC LAWN LANDMARK WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1739 WEST SUMMIT AVENUE 30.
RECEIVED IN FAVOR TO OPPOSED JEFFERSON NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE HL WITH A HISTORIC LANDMARK WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT EIGHT 19 FREEMAN DRIVE.
AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM THE WOODLAWN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A REQUEST IN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO
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SS.UM, WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH TO C TWO SS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH FOR A MAJOR SITE PLAN.
AMENDMENT FOR AN INCREASE IN BUILDING FOOTPRINT WITH, UM, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 12 200 BLOCK OF COLLIBRA ROAD.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C ONE TO I D Z TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND GLASS BLOWING STUDIO WITH ALL LOVER LAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 10 14 ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
ZERO OPPOSED ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 25 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1518 KLA KLE VALENCIA.
AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM THE LOS HARDINESS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 27 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO C THREE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 26,000 BLOCK OF BULVERDE ROAD.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN 200 FEET.
AND ITEM NUMBER 32 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM D TO DSS WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR WAREHOUSING WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 0 1 AND 2 0 7 SAN PEDRO AVENUE.
AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM THE DOWNTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON A COUPLE OF THESE ITEMS. ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE PUBLIC COMMENT PLEASE.
WE HAVE VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS OR YES, THEY'RE, CAN WE HEAR THE VOICEMAIL ON ITEM 20 PLEASE? HELLO, MY NAME IS TEDRA 20 50 23 52 WEST MULBERRY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 1.
CALLING ABOUT THE AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 20, ZONING CASE Z 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 2 3 2 HL.
THAT PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 1739 WEST SUMMIT AVENUE.
THE JEFFERS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS THE REQUEST FOR THE OWNERS TO RECEIVE THE HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION.
WE WISH THAT THE APPLICATION'S SUCCESS AND WE ARE THANKFUL FOR PRESERVING THEIR HOME AND IT IS IN THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
ALRIGHT, AND WE DO HAVE TWO SPEAKERS.
ONE IS, UM, MS. CHRISTIANO CIO, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME FOR ITEM NUMBER 18.
YOU'RE WELCOME TO GO UP TO THE PODIUM AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 18.
AND IF YOU JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 1 0 WARBLER WAY, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 1.
AND UM, THIS IS IN REGARDING THE ZONING REQUEST AT 2215 WEST TEJAS TRAIL.
I AM ONE OF THE OWNERS OF THE PINEAPPLE SCHOOL, UM, WHICH IS DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
AND UM, I'M HERE TODAY TO REQUEST A CONTINUANCE.
UM, THE C TWO ZONING CHANGE IN, IN MY OPINION IS CONCERNING BECAUSE OF ALL THE USE, THE USES THAT ARE PERMITTED, UM, ACROSS THE STREET, LIKE I SAID, IS THE SCHOOL.
UM, NEXT DOOR WE HAVE, UH, A C ONE AND I JUST THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FEEL OF THE AREA.
THERE ARE PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOODS THAT BACK UP, UM, BEHIND OUR SCHOOL AND, AND I'D LIKE TO PROTECT THAT.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS WANTING TO BUILD A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING, WHICH, UM, SHOULD BE, UH, I WOULD THINK THERE'S DIFFERENT ZONING OPTIONS THAT WOULD WORK FOR THAT, SUCH AS OH ONE OR OH 1.5.
UM, AND THAT WOULD PROTECT THE AREA FROM FUTURE LIQUOR STORES, GAS STATIONS, RESTAURANTS, ET CETERA.
AND MY APOLOGIES FOR, FOR BEING LATE IN THE PROCESS, BUT ALL I'M REQUESTING
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IS TWO WEEKS TO MEET WITH THE APPLICANT AND HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH A SOLUTION.AND THEN WE HAVE MR. JOSE RAMIREZ FOR ITEM NUMBER 25 AND I BELIEVE HE'LL NEED A, UM, TRANSLATOR, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 8 6 0 0 0 SOUTHWEST.
THIS IS IN RELATION TO THE CASE, UH, 2 38 REQUESTED.
I DON'T AGREE WITH THIS CHANGE.
IMPACT AS A NEIGHBOR, THE CHANGES IN THE RESIDENCE OF THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THIS PERSON IS REQUESTING THE CONSTRUCTION ON THE BACK OF ANOTHER HOUSE OR ANOTHER, UH, BUILDING THIS MODIFICATION CAN IMPACT ME IN THE TERMS OF TAXES IN THE, IN THE SECTION IN THE BACK CONSTRUCTION.
IF WE, WE DON'T HAVE ANY TREES BACK THERE.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, I KNOW COMMI, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IS NOT HERE FOR DISTRICT EIGHT.
MR. CHAIR, IF WE COULD PULL, UM, 18 AND IF I COULD SUGGEST PUTTING THAT ON THE CONTINUANCE DOCKET FOR TWO WEEKS.
AND IS THERE A MOTION FOR THE REMAINING ITEMS CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER 6 7 9 15 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, AND 32.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS FOR THE ITEMS AS READ.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION LOOKING LEFT? UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE? YES.
UM, AND, AND THANK YOU MR. RAMIREZ FOR BEING HERE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE TREES AND THE TAXES.
HOWEVER, AS A RECOMMENDING BODY FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, WE ARE FOCUSING ON WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE LAND USE HERE AND THE ADDITION OF AN A D U, UH, TO THE PROPERTY ON 1518.
CAE VALENCIA IS AN APPROPRIATE USE HERE AND CAN'T ENTIRELY SPEAK TO WHAT IMPACT IT MAY HAVE ON TAXATION, BUT IT SHOULD BE MINIMAL.
AND IN THIS CASE, UH, GIVEN THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO, UM, GIVEN THE 65,000 UNITS THAT WE DO NOT HAVE, I THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO APPROVE THIS CONDITIONAL USE TO ADD BASICALLY AN A D U AT THIS POINT.
UM, AND SO THAT IS WHY, UH, WE'RE MOVING FORWARD, I HOPE ON THAT MATTER TODAY.
BUT THANK YOU MR. RAMIREZ FOR COMING AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERNS, SIR.
UM, ITEM 18, THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THEIR ITEM.
UM, IF WE'D HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
I'M THE AGENT FOR A M P T INVESTMENTS.
UM, I'VE, IN YOUR PACKET, YOU HAVE AN EMAIL THAT I SENT TO MS. PUCCIO ON
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MAY 19 WHEN WE WERE UNDER OPTION PERIOD OF CONTRACT TO PURCHASE THIS PROPERTY.I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND WOULD TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO MEET WITH ME NEXT WEEK AND ALLOW ME TO GET YOUR OPINIONS ON THE PROCESS OF REZONING.
AND WE WOULD LOVE TO LISTEN TO ANY PROPOSALS TO SUPPORT OUR EFFORT.
SHE ASKED IF WE COULD MEET BY PHONE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF MY SIGNATURE AND HER STAFF WOULD NOT GIVE ME HER PHONE NUMBER.
SO WE PROCEEDED ON WITH THE PROCESS THAT THE DISTRICT, UH, EIGHT COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE AND STAFF RECOMMENDED THAT WE DO C TWO FOR REZONING ON THIS PROPERTY FROM NC.
SO WE HAVE FOLLOWED ALL THE PROCEDURES THAT HAVE BEEN ASKED OF US AND WE'VE GONE TO AN ARCHITECT.
THEY'RE NOW GETTING DRAWINGS, WHICH ARE DRAWINGS, WHICH I BELIEVE YOU ALSO HAVE A COPY OF TO GET THIS PROJECT STARTED.
SO I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION INSTEAD OF DELAYING US ANOTHER TWO WEEKS, WE'RE ON A TIMEFRAME THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO KEEP UP AND WE BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING ASKED OF US BY THE CITY STAFF AND EVERYONE THAT WAS INVOLVED THAT WE'VE SPOKEN TO.
ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMISSIONERS WITH QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT? NO.
UM, AND UNFORTUNATELY OUR, UH, DISTRICT A COMMISSIONER IS NOT HERE TODAY, WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE'RE, I GUESS YOU MIGHT SAY PLAIN IT SAFE AND, UM, PROBABLY GOING TO GRANT THE TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
BUT RIGHT NOW THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON, ON THE AGENDA.
IT WAS ALSO FOR THE CONTINUANCE.
WE'RE GONNA HEAR THAT SEPARATELY.
WE'RE HEARING CONTINUANCES SEPARATELY.
SO WE BASICALLY MOVED THAT ITEM OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA TO THE YEAH, THAT'S NOT WHAT I HEARD.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL FOR THE ITEMS AS READ ON THE CONSENT AGENDA BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
UM, AND WE HAD DISCUSSION ON LEFT.
IF WE COULD HAVE A ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING TO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE REST OF THE SLIGHTLY COOLER DAY OUTSIDE.
IF WE COULD NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST, UH, CONTINUANCE HEARING.
THESE ARE FOR ITEMS FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE OCTOBER 17TH MEETING.
UM, SO I WANT TO, USUALLY WE JUST NAME THE NUMBERS ON THESE ITEMS. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE A LITTLE CONFUSING FOR SOME OF THESE, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE MAYBE THAT SIGNED IN TO SPEAK ON CERTAIN ONES.
SO I JUST WANT SOME CL UH, TO ADD SOME CLARIFICATION IF ANYONE IS HERE FOR ITEM 31, WHICH IS ON SAWYER ROAD, 60 75 SAWYER ROAD.
IF YOU TOOK THE TIME TO COME IN AND YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK, YOU'RE STILL WELCOME TO TAKE YOUR TWO MINUTES.
WE ALSO HAVE EIGHT VOICEMAILS TO PLAY FOR THAT ITEM.
SO, UH, JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR YOU.
BUT IT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION TODAY OTHER THAN TO TAKE ACTION FOR A CONTINUANCE.
AND THAT CONTINUANCE WILL BE FOR TWO WEEKS TO OCTOBER 17TH.
AND YOU CAN, AND YOU CAN SPEAK NOW BECAUSE I RECOGNIZE SOME OF, UH, THE NEIGHBORS FROM LEON VALLEY THAT WERE HERE FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING WHERE WE ALSO CONTINUED THE CASE.
UM, YOU CAN SPEAK NOW AND SPEAK IN TWO WEEKS OR YOU CAN SPEAK NOW AND NOT SPEAK IN TWO WEEKS.
OR YOU CAN WAIT AND SPEAK IN TWO WEEKS.
SO ITEMS, UM, FOR OUR CONTINUANCE DOCKET TO OCTOBER 17TH, WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER 10, NUMBER 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 23, 26, 29, AND 31.
AND MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, I I KNOW I JUST REQUESTED THAT 18 BE MOVED TO CONTINUANCE, I'M GONNA ASK THAT IT BE MOVED TO INDIVIDUAL AT THIS TIME.
YEAH, IN LIGHT OF THE COMMENT FROM THE APPLICANT.
WE WILL MOVE 18 TO INDIVIDUAL.
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ON THESE ITEMS? SURE, LET'S START WITH THE, UH, TWO VOICEMAILS ON ITEM 12 AND THEN THE EIGHT VOICEMAILS ON ITEM 31.HELLO, MY NAME IS ANTONIO PAREVE, OWNER OF FOUR THIRTY EIGHT CLOVIS PLACE, PHONE NUMBER (210) 790-8080.
UH, TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS ANTONIO CAR PE PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER AND I AM LEAVING A MESSAGE IN REGARDS TO THE ZONING K Z TWENTY TWENTY THREE TEN SEVEN HUNDRED TWO HUNDRED.
I'M THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 4 38 CLOVIS, WHICH IS A PROPERTY WHICH IS A PROPERTY SITUATED BEHIND 4 37 AARON STREET.
THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION I ADAMANTLY OPPOSED THE ZONING CHANGE FROM R SIX RMM FOUR FOR THIS PROPERTY OF 4 37 AARON STREET.
UH, ONE OF THE REASONS FOR THIS IS ALL THE PROPERTIES WITHIN 200 FEET OF 4 37 ERRAND ARE ZONED R SIX, WHICH IS FOR A SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING.
IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE FOR 4 37 ERRAND TO BE ZONED DIFFERENCE FROM THE REST OF THESE PROPERTIES.
4 37 AARON PLACED DOES NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY, SO, SO HAVE A TWO, THREE, OR FOUR FAMILY DWELLING PLACE.
THERE'S NO PARKING AT THIS AREA, THERE'S NO PUBLIC SIDEWALK ALONG GARNET AS WELL.
UM, SO YEAH, I OPPOSE OF THIS AND RUNNING CHANGE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS, UH, JANIE AAND.
MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 4 2 1 6 4 7 2.
I'M CALLING ABOUT REZONING K Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 2 0 0.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I NEED TO DO.
IF YOU COULD PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION OR IF THIS, UH, PHONE, IF A PHONE CALL SUFFICES, UM, I WOULD APPRECIATE IT AS PUTTING ME AS A NO FOR THE REZONING.
YES, MY NAME IS ARTHUR RIA, 66 47 G.
MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 2 8 8 8 5 2.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO ZONING CASE Z DASH 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 2 4 5.
I, UM, WANTED TO CALL IN TO SAY I STRICTLY OPPOSE THIS, UH, THESE ZONING CHANGE REQUESTS DUE TO THE VEHICULAR ACCESS, INCOMPATIBLE ZONING AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
LIVING ON GRU MILL IS ONE OF THE FEWEST PLACES IN TEXT AND BEXAR COUNTY WHERE YOU CAN STEP OUTTA YOUR FRONT DOOR TO THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE CITY LIFE AND ONLY TO RETURN AND STEP OUT THE BACK DOOR TO THE PEACEFUL SOUNDS OF COUNTRY LIFE, CITIES ARE EXPERIENCING SIGNS OF RAPID ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS BROUGHT BY RAPID URBANIZATION.
PEOPLE WHO SPEND MORE TIME ENJOYING GREEN SPACE AND NATURE ENJOY ENHANCED COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING, ATTENTION AND REDUCTION OF STRESS, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE WHO SUFFER FROM P T S D AND ANXIETY LIKE MYSELF.
THE CONTINUOUS INCREASE IN APPRECIATION AND SUPPORT FOR GREEN SPACE MITIGATE THIS CURRENT HARMFUL DIRECTION AND IMPROVE OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE.
I LIVE AT 66 23 HENER ROAD AND THIS IS IN REGARDS TO ZONING CASE 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 2 4 5.
WE ARE TOTALLY AGAINST THE REZONING OF THIS AREA.
PLEASE, WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANT THE PROBLEMS OF MORE TRAFFIC, CRIME DRAINING PROBLEMS OR MY PROPERTY TO BE DECREASED.
PLEASE DO NOT ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 520-9889.
HI, MY NAME IS HOLLY DAY AND I'M A HOMEOWNER AT 70 34 MILLSTREAM STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE EIGHT.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (512) 529-8610.
I'M CALLING TO OPPOSE THE REZONING REQUEST FOR CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 7 2 4 5.
THIS IS A REQUEST TO CHANGE THE PLOT OF LAND AT 60 75 SAWYER ROAD FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL
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TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING.I'M STRONGLY OPPOSED BASED ON MY CONCERNS ABOUT HOW REZONING WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME, TRAFFIC AND THE ENVIRONMENT IN TERMS OF THE RISK FOR NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME RATES TO RISE.
THIS IS NOT MY AREA OF EXPERTISE, I'M A MEDICAL DOCTOR, BUT I HAVE FOUND SEVERAL SUPPORTING ARTICLES THAT SUPPORT THE COMMON WISDOM THAT CRIME INCREASES IN AREAS WITH HIGHER DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONES.
I'VE EMAILED THESE ARTICLES TO MS. ANNE BENAVIDEZ.
I'M PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST CHILD AND I HAD ENVISIONED RAISING HIM IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEEDLESS TO SAY, THE PROSPECT OF INCREASED CRIME IS DISTURBING TO ME AS MOTHER.
I AM ALSO EXTREMELY WORRIED ABOUT HOW REZONING WILL WORSEN TRAFFIC IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE ONLY ROAD THAT CAN COULD CONNECT THIS PLOT TO THE WIDER CITY IS EBNER ROAD, WHICH WEST OF BANDERA IS A SMALL NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD USED ONLY BY PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE.
AN APARTMENT COMPLEX WOULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE TRAFFIC.
THIS WILL LEAD TO HIGHER COST OF INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE AND INCREASED NOISE AND LOSS OF PRIVACY.
FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE, I'M MOST CONCERNED ABOUT THE INCREASED RISK OF ACCIDENTS.
HIGHER TRAFFIC POSES A THREAT TO THE PEDESTRIANS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY CHILDREN AND PETS.
OLD MILL PARK IS A CHILDREN'S PLAY SCAPE THAT WILL BE DIRECTLY IN THE LINE OF TRAFFIC.
WHEN THESE DWELLINGS ARE CONSTRUCTED, THERE WILL ALSO BE INCREASED RISK OF ACCIDENTS TO VEHICLE.
MY NAME IS KATHY JOHNSON AT 64 27 HAER ROAD, LEON VALLEY, TEXAS 2 1 0 3 5 5 6 7 4 2.
THE ZONING CHANGE THAT WE'RE PROPO THAT'S BEING PROPOSED OH ON CASE Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 2 4 5 IS APPEARS TO BE AN ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS THE NEEDS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN SAN ANTONIO.
I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR SUCH HOUSING, BUT CERTAIN GUIDELINES FOR ITS INCLUSION WITHIN IN A CITY SHOULD BE MET ALSO.
I STRONGLY DISAPPROVE OF THIS ZONING CHANGE FOR THE ADDITIONAL FOLLOWING REASONS, THE PROPERTY IS ON THE BORDER OF THE TIMBER CREEK COMMUNITY, BUT EASTERN BOUNDARY BACKS DIRECTLY UP TO AN R ONE LEON VALLEY ZONE, MAKING THIS PROPERTY COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES VALUED FROM 200 TO 450,000.
THIS DEVELOPMENT SEEMS TO HAVE JUST BEEN DROPPED INTO THE CENTER OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WITH NO TRANSITION ZONING.
THIS IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF SPOT ZONING, WHICH IS AN INCOMPATIBLE USE.
THERE ARE SERIOUS FIRE ISSUES.
THE SITE PLAN DOES NOT MEET THE FIRE CODE, WHICH REQUIRES TWO POINTS OF ENTRY EXIT FOR COMMUNITIES WITH 30 PLUS HOMES.
ALL CITY SAN ANTONIO CITY SERVICE MUST TRANSVERSE THROUGH OUR LEON VALLEY OLD MILL SUBDIVISION.
SAN ANTONIO FIRES ARE APPRO APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 MINUTES AWAY AND POLICE 20 TO 30 MINUTES AWAY INCREASING DANGER ON LEON VALLEY STREETS AND HOMES.
SEEING ALSO THE INCREASED TRAFFIC IMPACT WILL BE CONSIDERABLE WITH CONCERN FOR SAFETY OF CITIZENS AND THE RESULTANT WEAR AND TEAR OF LEON VALLEY INFRASTRUCTURE.
A LARGE NUMBER OF PROPOSED UNITS WILL MAKE DRAINAGE IN ISSUE FOR THE HOUSES IN THE TIMBER CREEK SUBDIVISION NORTH OF THE PROPERTY.
PUTTING AN RMM R FOUR ZONE IN THE HEART OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES WILL DROP THE VALUE OF ALL SURROUNDING PROPERTIES SAN ANTONIO AND LEON VALLEY DRAMATICALLY.
I UNDERSTAND THAT MR. BAKER HAS A LEGAL RIGHT TO BE ABLE TO USE THE LAND, BUT I SEE HOW MY NAME IS KIMBERLY BECKMAN.
UM, MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 445-8152.
MY ADDRESS IS 6 6 4 2 EBNER ROAD IN UH, LEON VALLEY.
I LIVE RIGHT AT THE CORNER OF TIMBER HILL AND EBNER, UH, IT'S ALREADY A VERY BUSY CORNER AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT MR. BAKER HAS SOLD HIS PROPERTY TO CLIFTON MORTON DEVELOPMENT AND BUSINESS SERVICES AND WANTING TO MAKE IT A REZONE TO A, UM, MEDIAN DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LEANING APARTMENTS OR WHAT HAVE YOU.
THIS IS CONCERNING TO ME BECAUSE AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THAT PROPERTY IS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT THE ONLY MEANS OF, UM, TRANSPORTATION TO THAT, UH, AREA IS THROUGH THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY, SPECIFICALLY MY STREET, HE THE ROAD.
AND, UM, I ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF NOISE.
I ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF, OF, UM, OF IT'S JUST VERY BUSY CORNER.
UH, TO ADD TO THAT A BUNCH OF RESIDENTS, UM, IT WOULD JUST INCREASE THE NOISE AND POTENTIAL MORE PROBLEMS. UH, SCHOOL BUSES AND EMERGENCY SERVICES AND UM, JUST NOT REALLY IN FAVOR OF THAT.
UH, I WOULD LIKE MY VOICE TO BE HEARD.
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YOUR CONSIDERATION.HELLO, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE TER.
I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER D DASH 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 2 4 5.
REGARDING THE PROPERTY AT 6 0 7 5 SAWYER, I AM CALLING TO AS A RESIDENT IN THE AREA TO SAY THAT I DISAGREE WITH CHANGING THE ZONING TO MULTIFAMILY, UM, DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE SURROUNDING AREAS ARE ALL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING AT THE TIME.
UM, I'M ALSO CALLING TO SUPPORT THE LETTER SENT BY MELINDA MAURICE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS.
THAT LETTER WAS SENT ON 9 25 23.
SHE'S DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR LEON VALLEY AND REASONS THAT I AM AGAINST IT ARE THE ACCESS, VEHICULAR ACCESS, THERE'S ONE POINT OF ENTRY, UM, AND THEN ALSO ALL OF THOSE CARS FOR THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WOULD HAVE TO EXIT THROUGH HANER AND BANDERA, WHICH IS ALREADY A CONGESTED INTERSECTION.
AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE'S INCOMPATIBLE ZONING DUE TO THE FACT THAT ALL OF THE PROPERTY THAT SURROUNDS THE 6 0 7 5 SAWYER IS ALL CURRENTLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
THE THIRD REASON IS THE EMERGENCY SERVICES WOULD ALL FROM, IT'S A SAN ANTONIO PROPERTY AND THEY WOULD ALL HAVE TO EXIT OR ENTER AND EXIT THROUGH LEON VALLEY.
UM, WHICH WOULD BE DELAYED TIME, UM, FOR REACHING THE RESIDENCE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, AND ALSO IT WOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL BURDEN TO LEON VALLEY.
AND THEN FOURTH IS, UM, CONCERNS REGARDING FLOODING.
CURRENTLY A LOT OF THE PROPERTIES AROUND THAT AREA FLOOD.
AND MR. BAKER, THE GENTLEMAN WHO HAS OWNED THE PROPERTY AT 6 0 7 5 SAWYER FOR YES, GOOD MORNING.
MY ADDRESS IS 7 0 5 5 WEATHERED POST STREET, LEON VALLEY, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE EIGHT.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE ZONING REQUEST LOT P 10 LOT P 10 A LOT P 10 B AND C B 180 6 46.
CASE NUMBER Z 2 MILLION 2 3 107 2 4 5.
CASE NUMBER PA 2 0 3 1 1 6 0 0 0 6 6.
I'VE WRITTEN YOU SEVERAL OTHER OPPOSITIONAL CONCERNS, BUT NOW MY CONCERN IS WHAT ABOUT THE WATER RUNOFF? THE DITCH BESIDE MY HOME FILLS AFTER IT RAIN AND RUNS OFF SLOWLY.
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN YOU DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY? IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING, THIS PROPERTY IS ON A HUNDRED YEAR BLOOD PLAN.
AND WHEN THESE BUILDINGS ARE BUILT AND THIS DEVELOPMENT IS MADE THAT MY, MY PROPERTY BACKS UP TO THIS PROPERTY, THIS FIELD, WHAT WILL HAPPEN? WILL MY YARD BE INUNDATED WITH BLOOD WATER? I'M VERY CONCERNED AND I'M VERY OPPOSED TO THE EXCHANGE AS ARE THE MAJORITY OF MY NEIGHBORS.
PLEASE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR CONSIDERING THIS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS TABITHA MERCADO.
I RESIDE AT 6 6 5 5 GRISTMILL STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE EIGHT.
TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (830) 515-0839.
THIS CALL IS IN REFERENCE TO CASE Z 20 23 1 0 0 7 0 0 2 4 5.
REGARDING THE ZONING CHANGE OF THE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT TO MIXED AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT, UM, I DO KNOW THAT THE ZONING, UM, APPEAL FOR THIS LAND WAS ACTUALLY CONTINUED PUT ON A CONTINUANCE FOR OCTOBER 11TH.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT AFFECTS THIS CASE OR NOT.
HOWEVER, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION AND OPPOSE THIS ZONE CHANGE.
UM, THE GROUND ITSELF DOES NOT SUPPORT THE ZONE CHANGE, THEREFORE THERE SHOULD BE NO NEED TO, UM, CHANGE THE AIRPORT HAZARD AT OVERLAY DISTRICT ZONING.
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IS IT FOR VOICEMAILS AND WE'LL GO INTO PUBLIC SPEAKERS.UM, PLEASE BE AWARE, WE DID RECEIVE ONE VOICEMAIL THAT WE HAD PLAYED.
SO IF YOUR VOICEMAIL WAS PLAYED, YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SPEAK, UH, TODAY, UM, WITH SIGNUP.
UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER 11, I HAVE MS. LINDA TREVINO, MS. TREVINO, LINDA TREVINO, NUMBER 11, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK? OKAY.
AND THEN THE NEXT ITEM, UH, FOR CONTINUANCE.
YES, UH, FOR ITEM NUMBER 12, UH, MS. ROSARIO GONZALEZ.
HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS ROSARIO GONZALEZ.
AARON, UH, I WAS CALLING, I WAS HERE TO, UM, MENTION THE, OR OPPOSE THE PRO THE REZONING FOR PROPERTY ON 4 37.
AARON, I CURRENTLY LIVE ON THAT STREET AND WE ALREADY HAVE A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON DOWN THAT STREET.
IT'S A RESIDENTIAL AREA AND I KNOW RIGHT NOW THAT THE NEW OWNERS ARE TRYING TO MAKE IT INTO A TRIPLEX UH, FACILITY.
WE CURRENTLY HAVE A, A LOCATION RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM, ADJACENT TO THEM AT A 5 0 2 ERRAND AND IT'S ALREADY A TRIPLEX AND WE HAVE A LOT OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY GOING ON.
WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC GOING ON.
UM, AND THAT'S NOT WHAT WE REALLY WANT IN IN OUR COMMUNITY RIGHT NOW.
I'M ALSO HERE WITH THE HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, ALSO WITH THE OPPOSITION OF, OF THE REZONING.
WE HAD A MEETING ON AUGUST THE 22ND OF THIS YEAR AND WE HAD QUITE A BIT OF RESIDENTS SHOW UP, UH, OPPOSING THE, THE REZONING.
UM, SO AGAIN, WE, WE REALLY WOULD LIKE IT CONSIDERED THAT RIGHT NOW IT'S A, A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T NEED IT REZONED TO ADD ADDITIONAL TRIPLEX UH, UH, BUILDINGS TO THAT AREA.
ALRIGHT, AND UM, WE'RE GOING BACK TO MS. LINDA TREVINO.
YOU DO WANNA SPEAK ON ITEM NUMBER 11, SO YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
HI, MY NAME'S LINDA TREVINO, UH, LINDA PORTER TREVINO.
AND WE LIVE ON, UH, MY HUSBAND AND I LIVE ON 2022 BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD.
AND OUR PROPERTY IS ADJACENT TO 2109 FITCH, UH, STREET, WHICH THAT LOT BASICALLY RUNS FROM FITCH AND THEN GOES NORTH TO BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD.
UH, MY MOM USED TO OWN THE HOUSE WHERE WE LIVE NOW AND SHE PASSED AWAY AND LEFT THE HOUSE TO ME.
BUT MY HUSBAND AND I PREVIOUSLY OWNED THAT SAME, UH, LOT IN QUESTION.
WHEN WE BOUGHT IT IN 2000, IT WAS ALREADY ZONED C THREE.
AND THEN WHEN WE SOLD IT TO MR. GUTIERREZ, IT WAS, UH, IT WAS STILL ZONE C THREE IN 2008.
AT ANY RATE, UM, WE SOLD IT TO HIM SO THAT HE COULD EXPAND HIS BUSINESS, WHICH IS ON BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD.
SO THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS MAIN BUSINESS.
THEY'RE FAMILY ORIENTED, THEY'RE AN ASSET TO OUR COMMUNITY AND I REALLY COULD NOT IMAGINE ANYTHING ELSE OR ANYONE ELSE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
UNFORTUNATELY, ABOUT 35 YEARS AGO, I WITNESSED A MURDER RIGHT ON THAT STREET AND THAT'S WHAT, UH, WHY WE ENDED UP PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY.
'CAUSE WE WANTED TO CONTROL WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THERE.
SINCE THEY'VE BEEN THERE, IT HAS JUST BEEN A POSITIVE THING.
THEY HELPED MY MOM WHEN SHE WAS ALONE.
SHE PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 98 JUST A YEAR AGO.
AND SO WE JUST REALLY WANT TO, UH, MAKE SURE THAT, HONESTLY, I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY THE ZONING CHANGED.
HE'S ALWAYS HAD HIS BUSINESS THERE AND IT'S ALWAYS BEEN VACANT AND THIS WOULD HAVE NO EFFECT ON THE PEOPLE ON FIFTH AVENUE OR VERY LITTLE EFFECT BECAUSE THE, THE THRUST OF THE BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY ON BRUNSWICK BOULEVARD.
SO ANYWAY, I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
WE HAVE MS. SIMA COLVIN FOR ITEM NUMBER 26.
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HI, I'M SIMA COLVIN.I'M HERE TO READ JUST A QUICK STATEMENT FROM THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY OPPOSED TO THE REQUEST FOR A ZONING CHANGE FROM C THREE N A S TO IDZ TWO PROPOSED FOR 10 10 WEST ASHBY AS WE ARE STILL WORKING WITH THE OWNER'S ATTORNEY ON A REVISED SITE PLAN THAT WE CAN PRESENT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP.
OUR AGREEMENT WITH MS. WEISLER OWNER'S ATTORNEY IS THAT THEY WILL REQUEST A CONTINUANCE SO THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO COLLABORATE ON A PLAN THAT WORKS FOR BOTH THE DEVELOPER AND THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD AND PRESENT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP.
FOR OUR VOTE, WE SUPPORT THE REQUEST FOR A CONTINUANCE.
NEXT, UM, WE HAVE MR. DWAYNE SULLIVAN FOR ITEM NUMBER 17 AND THEN MR. SULLIVAN TO BE, UM, FOLLOWED BY MR. ESTI ALSO FOR ITEM NUMBER 17.
YES, MY NAME IS DANE SULLIVAN AND UM, I ACTUALLY OWN THE PROPERTY AT 1606 NORTH ALAMO.
UM, I'M REQUESTING A CONTINGENCY PLUS AN IMPACT STUDY REQUESTED BY THE DEVELOPER.
THEY OWN 46 ACRES FROM THAT POINT, FROM BROADWAY ALL THE WAY TO EAST GRAYSON, ALL THE WAY UP PAST AUSTIN, ALL THE WAY DOWN BROADWAY.
SO THIS CONTINUING HIGH DENSITY, THERE'S TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE IN THERE.
THE, THE CASABLANCA STREET THAT COMES FROM THE FREEWAY IS ONE OF THE MAIN ENTRANCES INTO DOWNTOWN SAN ANTONIO.
THIS DEVELOPER KEEPS ASKING FOR MORE HIGH DENSITY.
THERE'S NO, UM, INFRASTRUCTURE.
NORTH ALAMO CANNOT BE DEVELOPED BECAUSE ON OUR PROPERTY THERE'S 125 YEAR OLD HERITAGE OAK TREE.
THAT TREE CANNOT BE TOWERED DOWN.
BYRD WITH THE CITY ARBORIST SAID THAT AS LONG AS YOU KEEP IT HEALTHY, AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
EVEN DURING COVID, WE WEREN'T THERE.
I HAD WATER TRUCKS DUMP WATER ON THE TREE TO KEEP IT ALIVE.
SO I WOULD LIKE BASICALLY TO REQUEST TWO THINGS.
THE CONTINGENCY ON THE PROPERTY, ON THE REZONING.
THERE'S PLUS ASK THE DEVELOPER TO DO A TRAFFIC IMPACT STUDY.
JUST BECAUSE THERE'S, THE TRAFFIC IS HORRIBLE ALREADY.
SOMETIMES THE TRAFFIC IS BACKED UP TO THE EXIT RAMP ON ALAMO.
THAT STREET IS DEDICATED FOR PEOPLE OFF 35 TO COME TO THE ALAMO.
ALSO WOULD LIKE TO, AS YOU GO THROUGH, 'CAUSE Y'ALL JUST APPROVED HIM TO HAVE ANOTHER HIGH DENSITY TWO BLOCKS OVER.
AND IN THAT ASPECT THERE'S STILL NOW NO GREEN SPACE.
WHEN HE FIRST WALKED THE SCHOOL BUSES, HE HAD MY PROPERTY LISTED, HIS ONLY GREEN SPACE.
WE, OUR PROPERTY IS LITERALLY 75% GREEN SPACE.
CHRIS AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
NEXT IS, UH, RENEE, YOU RUSTY.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. VELMA RESNICK FOR ITEM NUMBER 29.
I'M JEANNIE RESNICK AND I LIVE AT 16,240 SAN PEDRO AVENUE.
I'M OPPOSED TO THE ZONING VERY STRONGLY.
THERE'S ABOUT 30 TO 35 DEER THAT I'VE BEEN FEEDING FOR 40 YEARS OUT THERE WHEN UP MORE BUILT IT, THE LOT OUT THERE.
I WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WORKED FOR SAN ANTONIO SAVINGS AND WALKED IT AND CHECKED THE DRAWS THAT WERE DONE.
SOME OF THOSE DEER, I FEEL LIKE I OWE 'EM.
I ALSO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE WATER THAT RUNS OFF IN THE LOT.
I'VE BUILT LITERALLY A DRAINAGE EASEMENT THERE, BRINGING IN ROCKS AND BROKEN CONCRETE TO SUPPORT IT.
THAT DITCH NOW IS ABOUT TWO FEET DEEP IN SOME PLACES ON WHAT THEY PROPOSED FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY, JUST SCRAPING A HOLE IN THE GROUND OR A PLACE, A PLACE TO PUT THE WATER.
RIGHT NEXT TO, AT THE BACK OF MY PROPERTY, THERE IS A BIG DRAINAGE DITCH THAT ELMORE BUILT.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S A FOUR FOOT SEWER, UH, COVER OUT THERE WHERE THEY COME IN AND THEY GO DOWN IT.
I CAN'T SAY STRONGLY ENOUGH ABOUT THE WATER THAT COMES DOWN THROUGH THERE.
MY NEIGHBOR BEHIND ME, HIS SWIMMING POOL FILLED UP A COUPLE TIMES.
HIS BACK PORCH HAD WATER UNDER IT.
AND WHAT WE DID WAS WE BUILT A DRAINAGE IT FROM THE PARK TO THE NEXT STREET OVER DEL NORTE, I BELIEVE IT IS.
ANYWAY, IT RUNS DOWN THROUGH THERE AND IS CHANNELED INTO A BIG CULVERT.
THEY'RE GOING TO PUT A SIX TO AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
AND I DO KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THE WATER IS SO STRONG THAT COMES DOWN THROUGH THERE.
IT'S KNOCKING THE PRIVACY FENCES OVER AND THEY'RE, AND THEY WERE SUPPORTED BY A CHAIN LINK FENCE.
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HAVE 10 SECONDS.AND WE JUST WANNA CLARIFY, WE BELIEVE SHE'S SPEAKING ON AN ITEM THAT WAS IS FOR INDIVIDUAL.
IT'S THE SAS CASE ON INDIVIDUAL ITEM TWO.
DO I HAVE TO REPEAT IT
BUT THERE WILL BE A PRESENTATION, UH, ONCE WE GET TO THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. THANK ALL RIGHT NOW ONTO OUR LAST CONTINUANCE I OR CONTINUANCE FOR OCTOBER 17TH.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 31, THE FIRST WE HAVE SIGNED UP IS MR. JEFF JOHNSON.
DID YOU WANNA SPEAK TODAY OR? SURE.
AND THEN AFTER MR. JOHNSON, IT WILL BE, UM, MR. ROGER MYERS.
YOU PROBABLY HEARD MY WIFE SPEAK, UH, VERY MUCH WHAT SHE SAID.
I BELIEVE IN THAT THIS REZONING TYPE OF THINGS WITH SITUATION IS GONNA PRESENT A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR LEON VALLEY.
NUMBER TWO, THE LAST TIME THAT WE MET HERE WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THEY STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE LAWYER THAT REPRESENTED THESE PEOPLE CONTACT THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY AND TALK ABOUT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE WITH, UH, IMPACT STUDIES, TRAFFIC, DRAINAGE, ET CETERA.
AS OF THIS MORNING I TALKED WITH MELINDA.
NOBODY HAS CONTACTED THEM AT ALL.
AND THAT'S MY BELIEF THAT THIS THING WAS HUSTLED THROUGH.
SO TO COME TO YOU PEOPLE, IT WOULD BE VOTED THROUGH AND WOULD BE STUCK WITH THIS THING.
SO PLEASE, UH, THANK YOU FOR DOING THE CONTINUANCE AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN PUT A KIBOSH ON THIS.
WE HAVE MR. ROGER MYERS AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. DINA.
HELLO, I'M ROGER MYERS AND I'M ABOUT TO MESS YOUR MIC UP.
UM, I LIVE AT 66 11 GRIST MILL, WHICH IS RIGHT OFF OF THE PROPERTY ITSELF ON THE DEAD END, ONE OF THE DEAD END STREETS, UH, THAT THEY'RE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN.
AS A RESIDENT OF LEON VALLEY AND A PROPERTY OWNER IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, PROPOSED FOR A ZONING CHANGE, I WOULD LIKE TO STATE MY OPPOSITION.
MY CONCERNS ARE THE NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY, ITS CITIZENS AND MY PROPERTY.
AT THE PRESENT TIME, THERE ARE ONLY TWO ACCESS POINTS AVAILABLE TO THE PROPERTY UNDER CONSIDERATION.
GRIST MILL IS A RESIDENTIAL STREET AND EBNER ROAD IS A COLLECTOR STREET.
WHILE THE ZONING REMAINS THE SAME OR CHANGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS PROPERTY WITH THESE ACCESS POINTS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT LEON VALLEY.
THE INCREASED TRAFFIC, BOTH DURING DEVELOPMENT AND AFTER RESIDENTS ARE FILLED WILL RESULT IN NOT ONLY INCREASED TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN OLD MILL SUBDIVISION, BUT ALSO THE INCREASED ROAD USAGE WILL BE THE SOLE RESPONSIBLE OR RESPONSIBILITY OF LEON VALLEY TO MAINTAIN WITH NO ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY FROM SAN ANTONIO.
INITIAL RESPONSE FROM E M S FIRE AND POLICE WILL FALL ON LEON VALLEY WHILE SAN ANTONIO RESPONDERS MAKE THEIR WAY THROUGH LEON VALLEY TO GET TO THE EMERGENCY.
ALL OF THIS RESULTS IN AN INCREASE IN COST TO THE CITY OF LEON VALLEY WITH NO REMUNERATION.
THE PROPERTIES IN LEON VALLEY ADJACENT TO THIS PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ARE ZONE SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
THE CHANGE IN ZONING FOR THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS FOR MULTI-FAMILY DWELLINGS.
THIS WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE VALUE OF OUR PROPERTIES DUE TO INCREASED DENSITY AND TRAFFIC FLOW, AND ALSO TO THE POTENTIAL FOR INCREASED TAXES TO COVER THE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ROADS AND EMERGENCY SERVICES.
WHILE THE SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION OBVIOUSLY CAN MAKE THEIR DECISIONS BASED SOLELY ON THEIR, WHAT THEY PERCEIVE TO BE BEST FOR THE CITY, SINCE IT FALLS IN LINE WITH GOALS SET FOR INCREASED HOUSING FOR THEIR CITIZENS, I WOULD HOPE THAT THE CONCERNS OF YOUR NEIGHBORS IN LEON VALLEY WOULD BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. DINA DAUGHTRY, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. JOAN MART.
HELLO, MY NAME IS DINA DOUGHERTY.
I LIVE AT 7 0 0 7 CAGE COVE CIRCLE, WHICH IS ONE BLOCK AWAY FROM THE HENER DEAD END STREET.
THAT IS UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE.
I WANNA STATE UPFRONT THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THIS CHANGE IN ZONING AND IN THE PLANNING, UH, CHANGING THE NORTHWEST CORRIDOR PLANNING AMENDMENT, UH, THAT WAS HELD LAST WEEK, WHICH HAS ALSO BEEN UNDER, UH, CONTINUATION.
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UH, I'VE LIVED IN MY HOME SINCE 1984.I ENJOY A LARGE VARIETY OF FAUNA AND FLORA IN MY BACKYARD, UH, BECAUSE I AM THE END OF THE SUBDIVISION WHERE I, MY HOME IS I HAVE ARMADILLOS, I HAVE POSSUMS, I HAVE SKUNKS, I HAVE FOXES, I HAVE ALL TYPES OF BIRDS THAT I THINK WILL LEAVE THE AREA ONCE ALL THIS CONSTRUCTION STARTS AGAIN BECAUSE THEIR HABITATS ARE GOING TO BE DISRUPTED AND MAY BE DESTROYED.
BUT MY MAJOR CONCERN IS THE TRAFFIC.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS THE RIGHT TO CHANGE THE ZONING OF ANY PLACE THEY WANT.
THIS PARTICULAR PLOT OF LAND IS SPEC DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF TWO LARGE SUBDIVISIONS, ONE IN SAN ANTONIO AND ONE IN LEON VALLEY.
BUT THE ACCESS POINTS ARE ONLY IN LEON VALLEY.
IF THERE COULD BE SOME SORT OF CONSIDERATION WHERE THE INGRESS AND EGRESS ARE CHANGED EITHER BY PAVING OVER EASEMENTS SO THAT TRAFFIC GOES INTO SAN ANTONIO AREA, THAT WOULD SUIT ME.
I WOULD RATHER NOT HAVE A MULTI-FAMILY UNIT RIGHT BEHIND MY SUBDIVISION.
BUT IF IT MUST BE, AT LEAST HAVE THE ACCESS IN SAN ANTONIO, NOT LEON VALLEY.
WE TAKE THE BRUNT OF ALL THE TRAFFIC, WE TAKE ALL THE THE COSTS, AND WE GET NO RETURN EXCEPT LOWERING OUR PROFIT VALUE.
PROPERTY VALUES, INCREASED NOISE, INCREASE ACTIVITY.
I MOVED THERE IN 84 FOR THAT QUIET, I'D LIKE TO HAVE IT WHEN I RETIRE AND WHEN I PASS AWAY.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. JOAN MAROTTE TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. VALERIE FLYNN.
I HAVE LIVED AT 64 34 HENER ROAD FOR 42 YEARS.
I WANT IT TO BE KNOWN THAT I AM IN STRONG OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE OLD MILL SUBDIVISION OF LEON VALLEY WILL BE GREATLY CHANGED IF THIS AMENDMENT IS APPROVED FOR 45 YEARS.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD OF SINGLE FAMILY HOMES HAS ALWAYS BEEN A QUIET AND SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, THIS PROPOSAL WILL CHANGE THAT.
UM, NOT JUST THE TRAFFIC ON EBNER, BUT AT THE, THE BACKUP OF TRAFFIC AT THE INTERSECTION OF HANER AND BANDERA ROAD, WHICH MOST PEOPLE KNOW IS EXTREMELY CONGESTED.
UH, THIS PLAN IS NOT COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY AS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION IS SURROUNDED BY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, BOTH IN LEON VALLEY AND SAN ANTONIO.
AS AN ELDERLY WIDOW, I FEAR THAT MY SAFETY AND WELFARE WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS PLAN AS WELL AS THE VALUE OF MY PROPERTY.
UM, HOW IS THE PROPERTY GOING TO BE PLATTED? IS DRAINAGE BEING CONSIDERED? WILL THE ROADS BE PRIVATE OR PUBLIC? DO WE EVEN KNOW WHAT WILL BE BUILT? UM, HOW MANY UNITS WILL BE BUILT? WILL THERE BE AN H O A? HAVE ANY ASSESSMENTS BEEN DONE REGARDING THE WILD INHABITANTS OF THE WILDLIFE, INHABITANTS OF THE PROPERTY, DRAINAGE ISSUES? UM, THE QUESTION OF THE CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES, EMERGENCY VEHICLES, SCHOOL BUSES.
HOW ARE THEY GONNA GET ONTO THE PROPERTY? MR. BAKER WAS AWARE OF THIS SITUATION OF THE PROPERTY WHEN HE ACQUIRED IT.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS IN SAN ANTONIO, BUT IS OLD MILL THAT IN LEON VALLEY THAT WILL SUFFER FROM THIS PLAN.
I FEAR I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO EVEN GET OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY.
UM, HAVE ANY OF THE CONVENTION BEEN TO THE AREA TO GET THE WHOLE PICTURE WITH THEIR OWN EYES OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT? AND IS THIS PROPERTY IN A FLOOD PLAIN FLOODPLAIN? THANK YOU FOR LISTENING.
UM, NEXT IS MS. VALERIE FLYNN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. JAMES OR MR. JAMES TERRAZAS.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I AM A MEMBER OF THE LEON VALLEY COMMUNITY AND I THANK YOU FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS.
I FEEL REDUNDANT BEING HERE, BUT I HAVE TO TELL YOU WITH SUCH PASSION THAT MY HOME IS MY INVESTMENT FOR MY LIFE AND MY RETIREMENT.
MY HUSBAND AND I CHOSE A HOME THAT WAS MODEST AND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD AFFORD WELL INTO OUR RETIREMENT.
THIS IS NOW GOING TO BE PUT IN DANGER.
MY HOME IS TWO HOUSES IN FOR MR. MYERS.
THAT TRAFFIC, IF ALLOWED ON THAT STREET, COMES IN FRONT OF MY
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HOME.MY ANIMALS, MY GRANDCHILDREN, EVERYONE THAT'S HERE WILL NOW BE PUT IN DANGER.
BUT MY BIGGEST CONCERN IS HOW WILL THAT CONSTRUCTION EVEN BEGIN? THOSE TRUCKS MUST COME THROUGH OUR STREETS.
AND HOW ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THOSE ITEMS IN AND OUT? SO THERE'S A GRAVE DANGER.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TRACTOR TRAILERS WITH DUMP TRUCKS AND WITH EQUIPMENT BACKED UP DOWN THE ENTIRE RESIDENTIAL STREET IN ORDER FOR THEM TO HAVE INGRESS AND EGRESS.
I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO LIVE THERE.
PEOPLE DESERVE A PLACE TO HAVE A HOME.
BUT AGAIN, AS ONE OF THE YOUNG LADIES SAID PRIOR TO THIS, WE CARRY ALL OF THE BURDEN AND NONE OF THE BENEFIT.
AND I WOULD ASK THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO STRONGLY CONSIDER THOSE OPTIONS, TO TAKE THAT TRAFFIC BACK INTO SAN ANTONIO.
UM, FORGIVE ME IF I'M BEING CRASS, BUT MR. BAKER HAS A HOME IN THAT AREA.
THE CITY MAY CONSIDER IMMINENT DOMAIN ON HIS PROPERTY AND LET THEM CREATE AN EGRESS AND EGRESS THERE.
NEXT IS MR. JAMES TERRAZA TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. FLYNN.
I, UH, I LIVE IN MILL, OLD MILL.
HAVEN'T BEEN THERE FOR SINCE 1985.
UH, I'M BETWEEN THE DESIGNATED TWO ENTRIES INTO THE, UH, PROPOSITION 31, UH, SAWYER ROAD, BEING THE LEFT SIDE OR EAST SIDE OF IT.
AND THEN COMING IN OFF OF HE ROAD, MY, MY
I DON'T WANNA BEAT THE DOG TO DEATH ON THIS ISSUE 'CAUSE THEY'VE ALL DONE A WONDERFUL JOB OF EXPRESSING MY VIEWS.
BUT THE ONE THING TOO, CONSIDERING COMING IN FROM HE ROAD BEING THE PRIMARY ENTRANCE INTO THIS, UH, AREA WOULD BE THE SAFETY, UH, THE CHILDREN, OUR, OUR RESIDENTS, MYSELF INCLUDED.
BUT I GOT TO THINKING ABOUT, UH, JUST ON MY LITTLE CUL-DE-SAC, WHICH I'M KIND OF ONE BLOCK OFF OF EBNER AND BACK UP TO SAWYER ROAD.
UH, AND, AND THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF YOUNG FAMILIES WITH A LOT OF YOUNG BABIES OUT THERE.
THEY IN THE FRONT YARD WHATNOT, LET ALONE THE ENTRANCE INTO EXITING AND ENTERING OLD MILL.
BUT, UH, WITH THE INCREASED TRAFFIC COMING IN FROM BANDERA ROAD, WHICH IS ALREADY A ISSUE, UH, THAT WOULD BE INSURMOUNTABLE, UH, WHAT WOULD BE COMING INTO THAT GATED AREA? ONE SOLUTION MIGHT BE TO CONSIDER IF IT'S GOT TO BE, WAS TO, TO REDESIGN AN ENTRANCE IN COMING IN FROM SAN ANTONIO WHERE IT MIGHT BE MORE, MORE APPROPRIATE.
MY PERSONAL OPINION WOULD BE TO DONATE THAT TO THE PARKS AND WILDLIFE AND CREATE A NEW STATE PARK.
MAYBE PUT A LAKE IN THERE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE RECREATIONAL AREA FOR BOTH COMMUNITIES AND SAVE THE WILDLIFE.
BUT THANK YOU, APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
NEXT IS MS. ROSE RODRIGUEZ, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ.
HELLO, MY NAME'S ROSE RODRIGUEZ.
THAT IS A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENCE.
I'M HERE REPRESENTING MY HOME, WHICH MY TWO ACRES BORDERS ALMOST AN ENTIRE QUARTER OF THIS PROPERTY.
ME AND MY HUSBAND HAVE ALREADY BEGAN TALKING ABOUT AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE
UM, I AM CONCERNED FOR EMERGENCY SERVICES SUCH AS POLICE AND MEDICAL AND BEING AN EMERGENCY ROOM CRITICAL CARE FIRST RESPONDER.
I DO KNOW THE IMPACT OF AN AREA THAT IS OVERSATURATED.
WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS MORE CAR ACCIDENTS, MORE PEOPLE INJURED, AND THEN ERS ARE FLOODED.
AND WHEN THE ERS BECOME FLOODED, THAT LEAVES NO ROOM FOR FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE.
AND I'VE SEEN IT BEING A NURSE FOR 14 YEARS.
SO IF YOU GO AND YOU TAKE A DRIVE ON THIS PROPERTY, WHICH I SUGGEST YOU DO, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT'S A SINGLE NARROW ROAD WITH ONLY STOP SIGNS AND SOME REALLY OLD SPEED BUMPS.
IT WOULD NEVER ACCOMMODATE THE TYPE OF POPULATION THAT THEY'RE WANTING TO PUT THERE.
AS A LOT OF NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, WE DON'T, WE WOULD LOVE IT TO STAY THE SAME.
WE DON'T OPPOSE HOUSING THOUGH AS SINGLE FAMILY.
UH, WE'RE WILLING TO ACCOMMODATE, UM, GROWING TRANSITIONS OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND I SUPPORT IT BEING A SAN ANTONIO CITIZEN.
BUT BECAUSE LEON VALLEY'S TAKING ALL OF THIS TAX, THEY'RE NOT GETTING ANY TAX MONEY FROM THIS.
SO SAN ANTONIO IS RECEIVING ALL THE BENEFIT, WHEREAS LEON VALLEY TAXPAYERS ARE NOT.
AND SO, UM, IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO FORMED MEETING WITH LEON VALLEY YET, BUT LEON VALLEY HAS ALREADY SUBMITTED ITS OPPOSITION TO THIS.
UM, AND I'M HOPING THAT THERE'S CONCERNS FOR WILDLIFE.
THERE'S A WILDLIFE, I'M TELLING YOU, THERE'S
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DEER.ALSO A COYOTE DEN ON HIS PROPERTY TARANTULAS, EVEN THOUGH ULAS ARE CREEPY, THEY'RE ALMOST ENDANGERED.
SO I VOTE NO TO THIS AND I HOPE CONSIDERATION IS TAKEN FOR THE SAFETY OF THESE PEOPLE AND FOR THE SAFETY OF THE WILDLIFE AS WELL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. DANIEL RODRIGUEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. RICK SULLIVAN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, MY NAME'S DANIEL RODRIGUEZ, 5 6 4 2 LOST LANE.
THANKS FOR, UH, HEARING US OUT HERE TODAY.
UNFORTUNATELY, MY BUSY SCHEDULE 50 TO A HUNDRED HOURS A WEEK DOESN'T ALLOW ME TO COME TO ALL THE MEETINGS AND STUFF.
SO TODAY I HAD THE CHANCE TO STOP BY.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TELL YOU GUYS MY PERSONAL VIEW AS FAR AS THAT PROPERTY ZONE CHAINS CHANGE GOES.
UM, A LITTLE OVER THREE YEARS AGO, MY WIFE AND I DECIDED TO SELL OUR HOUSE AND, AND INVEST INTO HER FAMILY'S HOUSE, WHICH WAS BOUGHT THERE DECADES AGO.
UM, IT'S PRETTY MUCH A QUARTER ON, UH, BACKED UP ON TO THAT PROPERTY.
AND I UNDERSTAND WE HAVE AN EASEMENT THERE AND CITY'S ALLOWED TO USE IN UTILITIES, WHICH HAS NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM.
BUT, UM, THERE'S LITERALLY A COUPLE OF LINES OF UM, UH, UM, BARB WIRE FENCE THAT'S CURRENTLY IN BETWEEN THERE.
AND WE DO ENJOY WITH OUR TWO TODDLERS WALKING AROUND BACK THERE LOOKING AT DEER AND WILDLIFE AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFF.
AND, AND, UH, I JUST SEE WITH THE REZONING AND ALL THE CONSTRUCTION, EVERYTHING, ALL THAT'S GONNA BE GONE.
SO, UM, IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY SAD FOR, FOR OUR PART, BUT ESPECIALLY WITH ALL THE IN WEST INVESTMENT AND WHATNOT THAT WE PUT INTO THIS PLACE, WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT AS NATURAL AS IT CAN BE.
UM, UH, OF COURSE ALSO BECAUSE OF THE HISTORY MY WIFE HAS WITH, UH, WITH, UH, LEON VALLEY AND WHATNOT, I DO SUPPORT ALL OUR LEON VALLEY NEIGHBORS IN THAT AREA AS WELL.
UM, TRY TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO HELP THEM OUT.
AND HOPEFULLY WITH ALL THE COMMUNICATION WE'VE BEEN DOING AND UH, THE WAY WE'VE BEEN HOLDING TOGETHER ON THIS PART, HOPEFULLY IT'S GONNA BE HEARD AND YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND OUR CONCERN AND, AND TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION.
AND THEN MR. RICK SULLIVAN, PLEASE.
I'VE LIVED ON AMBLIN SINCE 1982 AND ME AND MY FAMILY HAVE SEEN JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING MOTHER NATURE CAN THROW AT US FROM THE 98 FLOOD AND THE 2002 FLOOD, WHICH WERE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOODS.
OH, COULD YOU, IS IT POSSIBLE TO PUT AN OVERLAY? COULD, COULD YOU PUT THAT UP ON THE SCREEN PLEASE? NOT ONCE.
DID THE WATER GET ANYWHERE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH OUR LAWNS? MY MAIN CONCERN WITH THIS PROPERTY IS, AND MY HOPE IS I'VE HEARD IT MENTIONED IT A COUPLE TIMES, THIS ISN'T A LEON VALLEY VERSUS SAN ANTONIO THING.
WE PLAY AT THE PARK ALL THE TIME.
I'M A SAN ANTONIO RESIDENT, BUT EVERYBODY OUTSIDE THAT DOTTED RED LINE HAS NO IDEA WHAT'S GOING ON.
BUT EVERYBODY DOWN THOSE, SORRY.
UH, UH, ANYWAY, EVERYBODY OUTSIDE THE DOTTED LINES GOING TO YOUR WEST ARE UNAWARE OF THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY ARE ALL IN THE G P S, UH, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FLOODPLAIN SURVEY YOU ON, YOU CAN CALL IT UP ON YOUR PHONE RIGHT NOW.
EVERY ONE OF THOSE STREETS IS IN BLUE FOR THE FLOODPLAIN.
I HAVE BEEN DENIED FEMA FLOOD INSURANCE AND I LIVE OUTSIDE.
RIGHT ON THAT FIRST LITTLE HOOK.
CAN YOU TURN IT OFF? OH, MY RESIDENCE IS RIGHT HERE.
I WAS DENIED FEMA, BUT ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE AWARE OF THIS.
I'M NOT SURE HOW MANY HAD A CHANCE TO COME DOWN THERE.
IT'S, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE WORK, BUT THIS STREET, THIS STREET, THIS STREET, THIS STREET ARE ALL GOING TO BE DIRECTLY ADVERSELY, UM, AFFECTED BY THE AMOUNT OF ACREAGE THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PAVING OVER.
IT'S A 18 ACRES AREA THAT RIGHT NOW IS PERMEABLE.
WATER FLOWS EVERY TIME IT RAINS.
INCLUDING THE INCH AND A HALF WE HAD THE OTHER DAY FROM THIS DRAINAGE DITCH, WHICH IS A BASICALLY GRASS LINED, IT'S A LITTLE CONCRETE HERE.
MEETS UP WITH THIS GRASS DITCH BOTH, WHICH RUN? THIS IS ALL LEON VALLEY, THIS IS LEON VALLEY, SAN ANTONIO.
I KNOW I'M CUT OFF, BUT, OKAY.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THE ITEMS ON CONTINUOUS HEARING FOR OCTOBER 17TH.
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CAN I, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN SAY THAT WELL, NEXT, NEXT TIME.UM, ALRIGHT, WELL FIRST I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE NEIGHBORS.
I THINK THIS IS THE MOST PUBLIC COMMENT WE'VE HAD FOR ITEMS ON CONTINUANCE HEARING.
SO, UH, THANK, THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
BUT, UM, DO WE HAVE ANY DISCUSSION ON A, LOOKING TO MY LEFT, LOOKING TO MY RIGHT.
I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR, FOR THE CONTINUANCE FIRST CONTINUOUS AGENDA.
ALRIGHT, LET'S MAKE SURE I DO THIS RIGHT.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS TO THE OCTOBER 17TH HEARING.
NUMBER EIGHT, NUMBER 10, NUMBER 11, NUMBER 12, NUMBER 13.
NUMBER 26, NUMBER 29, AND NUMBER 31.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO, UH, CONTINUE ITEMS. 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 23, 26, 29, 31 TO THE OCTOBER 17TH HEARING MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
AND I'M SURE WE WILL SEE Y'ALL BOTH AT PLANNING AND AT THE NEXT ZONING COMMISSION.
SO THANK Y'ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION.
UM, WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE HEARING FOR ITEMS TO THE NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS UP FOR CONTINUANCE TO NOVEMBER 7TH, 2023.
AND THERE IS, UM, ONE PUBLIC COMMENT.
MR. HERRERA, THE APPLICANT IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU WANTED TO DISCUSS OR WAIT TILL THE NOVEMBER 7TH MEETING.
I'LL JUST WAIT TILL ALL RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THAT ITEM.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER THREE TO NOVEMBER 7TH.
ITEM NUMBER THREE TO NOVEMBER 7TH BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
WE ARE NOW I'LL BRING ALL 50 PEOPLE IN AND TALK ABOUT NATHAN.
MR. CHAIR? UH, YES, THERE IS ONE MORE THING.
UH, WE HAVE SOMEONE SIGNED UP THAT JUST SAYS GENERAL QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO CALL THAT SPEAKER UP.
UH, I'D LIKE TO JUST NOTE THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION IS UNDER NO OBLIGATION TO ANSWER THE QUESTION.
THEY CAN CERTAINLY STATE IT FOR THE RECORD AND STAFF IS MORE THAN HELP.
HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM OUTSIDE TO TALK ABOUT WHATEVER QUESTIONS THEY MAY HAVE.
JUST INTRODUCE YOURSELF PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS RAFAEL CORDOVA.
UM, I HAVE A GENERAL QUESTION, ALTHOUGH IT DOES RELATE TO MANY OF THE CASES, UM, HERE, INCLUDING REZONING, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING ZONES TO MIXED USE AND DEVELOPMENT OF NEW DWELLINGS.
UM, A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT SAN ANTONIO LAGS BEHIND OTHER MAJOR CITIES IN TEXAS AND CONSTRUCTION OF NEW APARTMENTS.
MY MAIN CONCERN IS WHAT IS THE CITY'S SLASH COMMISSIONS PLAN TO ENCOURAGE DEVELOPMENT AND OVERCOME THE BARRIER THAT IS HOMEOWNERS AND MUNICIPALITIES BEING OPPOSED TO REZONING AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
WE, WE WILL, WE HAVE THAT FOR THE RECORD AND WE WILL RESPOND TO MR. CORDOVA.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT.
UM, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING.
I BELIEVE WE'RE GONNA HEAR ITEM NUMBER 31ST.
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HELLO.MARK CHAVEZ ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UH, ITEM NUMBER 30 IS GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF SOUTH ST.
MARY STREET, 2 0 7 ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND 3 0 3 MISSION ROAD GOING FROM I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO I D Z THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THIRD, 35 NOTICES SENT FOUR IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR, IS IN FAVOR NO RESPONSE FROM LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WHEN IN FAVOR, OUTSIDE 200 FEET ZERO OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE EXISTING I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED I D Z THREE HIGH INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C THREE GENERAL COMMERCIAL IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AND CONSTITUTES A DOWN ZONING FROM THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED ZONING PROMOTES SA TOMORROW'S DOWNTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN BY ENCOURAGING ADAPTIVE REUSE OF EXISTING DEVELOPMENTS, CREATING NEW DESTINATIONS FOR CULTURAL AND EN ENTERTAINMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS, ENSURING RESIDENTS AND VISITS HAVE PLACES TO EAT, PLAY, AND EXPERIENCE SAN ANTONIO'S AUTHENTIC CULTURE, PRESERVING THE WORLD HERITAGE AREA AND OTHER HISTORICAL SITES WITH COMPATIBLE GROWTH.
AND ENCOURAGE A MIX OF USES WITH RENOVATED AND NEW BUILDINGS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THAT APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
UM, ASHLEY FAIRMONT KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMONT 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE.
UH, I, I HAVE A, A BRIEF PRESENTATION THAT I'LL GIVE AND THEN HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, SO AS, AS STAFF MENTIONED, THERE'S TWO AND A HALF ACRES OR SO HERE, UM, ON ST.
MARY'S AS IT BECOMES ROOSEVELT, UH, IN DISTRICT FIVE IN ROOSEVELT PARK, UM, ON THE RIVER, UM, TO THE WEST.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE PROPERTY THAT GOES INTO ROOSEVELT PARK, UH, TO THE EAST, AND THEN LAVACCA NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH.
UH, WHAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE IS, IS AN IDZ THREE, UH, FOR COMMERCIAL USES, UM, OFFICE COMMERCIAL ENTERTAINMENT, UM, TO PROVIDE A, A NEW MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY HOUSING, BUT IT DOES HAVE A LOT OF OPTIONS FOR NEIGHBORS TO WALK TO.
UH, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
LET ME JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT ON THE LOCATION.
UH, THE EXISTING ZONING IS INDUSTRIAL, UM, SO TAKING IT OUT OF THAT AND THEN BECOMING COMMERCIAL.
UM, SO, SO HERE'S THE LOCATION OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE, THE PROPERTY IS OWNED BY BACK E DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
THEIR OFFICES ARE CURRENTLY THERE NOW.
UH, THEY WILL REMAIN AND BECOME PART OF THE PROJECT.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER EXISTING STRUCTURES THAT WILL REMAIN AS WELL.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, THIS TRACK HERE OUTLINED IN RED, UM, THEY'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO ACQUIRE RIDE OF WAY FROM UNION PACIFIC HERE TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PARKING FOR THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN THEY ALSO WERE ABLE TO ACQUIRE THIS WALKWAY OVER ST.
UM, AND THEN THIS PIECE FRONTING ON THE RIVER PART OF THE PROJECT AS WELL.
UH, SO IT'S JUST SOME EXISTING PICTURES, UM, GET THROUGH THESE REALLY QUICKLY.
BUT HERE'S THE, THE OVERALL PLAN FOR THE PROJECT.
SO THIS IS THE BACK E DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, EXISTING OFFICE.
UM, THERE'S A HISTORIC BUILDING HERE THAT WILL BE RENOVATED, UM, AND THEN REDONE FOR, YOU KNOW, RETAIL OFFICE, ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL SPACE HERE.
THERE'S AN EXISTING PAVILION THAT'S BEING RENOVATED THAT WILL ALSO, UM, JUST BE COMMUNITY SPACE, UH, A LAWN HERE.
AND THEN ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF ST.
MARY'S, FRONTING ON THE RIVER.
UM, PROPOSED FOR, UM, JUST REALLY COMMUNITIES GATHERING SPACE, BEACH VOLLEYBALL, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'LL BE A COURT HERE AND THEN OTHER SEATING AREAS, CONCESSIONS, UM, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, HERE'S AN OVERALL RENDERING OF, OF WHAT THIS WILL LOOK LIKE.
UH, SO THE, THESE ARE THE CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS.
THEY ARE SCHEDULED TO GO TO H D R C FOR CONCEPTUAL REVIEW IN A FEW WEEKS.
UH, SO DO YOU WANNA POINT THAT OUT THAT THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL CHANGES AFTER THAT, BUT THIS SHOULD GIVE YOU A PRETTY GOOD IDEA OF, OF WHAT THE PROJECT WILL BE.
UM, SOME OF THAT COMMUNITY SPACE THAT I MENTIONED, THE LAWN AREA HERE, AND THEN A LARGE OFFICE SPACE TO THE BACK.
AND I'M GOING TO JUMP THROUGH THESE PRETTY QUICKLY.
UH, AND THEN HERE'S JUST A, A, A PRETTY GOOD RENDERING I THINK OF, UH, YOU
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KNOW, WHAT YOU WILL SEE.MARY STREET ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT, THIS IS THE EXISTING OFFICE, THE EXISTING OFFICE.
UM, AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE LAWN AREA, NEW OFFICE RETAIL SPACE OVER HERE WOULD BE THE BEACH VOLLEYBALL AND COMMUNITY SPACE.
UM, AND THEN THE RIVER WOULD BE ON THE FAR LEFT OF THIS EXHIBIT.
SO WITH, WITH THAT, I'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND WRAP UP, BUT HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS ON THE PROJECT.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE MS. ERIN BENDER HERE TO SPEAK.
I'M JUST HERE FROM THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR COMMENTS AND SUPPORT WAS HEARD FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT WERE POSTED AND SHOWN EARLIER.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL YIELD MY TIME, BUT WE'RE EXCITED TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THIS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT'S IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
DO YOU WANNA REBUTTAL?
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE, SO TO YOU.
COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, MS. FAIRMAN, TO YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING WE'RE SEEING HERE IS YOU HAVE ELECTED TO USE I D Z BASED ZONING.
WHY DID YOU DO THAT? SO, ONE, WE NEEDED A MIXTURE OF THE OFFICE COMMERCIAL, WHICH YOU CAN DO IN C THREE.
BUT WITH THE I D Z, WE HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY OBVIOUSLY ON THE BUFFERING.
UM, IT ALLOWS FOR SOME ADDITIONAL HEIGHT FOR THAT ONE BUILDING THAT'S CLOSEST TO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
AND THEN IT DOES PROVIDE SOME FLEXIBILITY ON THE PARKING.
SO, UM, WITH ALL OF THE USES COMBINED, WE'RE NOT EXACTLY SURE YET WHERE THAT PARKING WILL BE.
UH, IT MAY BE LESS THAN WHAT'S REQUIRED, BUT THAT'S WHY THAT ADDITIONAL PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED AS WELL.
UH, ON ONE OF YOUR SLIDES, UH, TITLED USE LAYOUT, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE FIFTH SLIDE, I BELIEVE.
IF YOU CAN PULL THAT UP PLEASE.
UH, FOR EXAMPLE, YOU'LL SEE A GOOD NUMBER OF EXISTING TREES THERE ALONG SORT OF THE BORDER WITH THE MISSION REACH TRAIL.
ARE THOSE TREES GOING TO REMAIN? THEY'RE GOING TO DO AS BEST AS POSSIBLE TO KEEP THOSE TREES.
THOSE ARE SHOWN ON THIS BECAUSE THIS IS THE PROPOSED, THIS IS WHAT WILL COME.
SO YES, IDEALLY THOSE TREES WILL STAY.
UH, THERE WILL ALSO BE A LANDSCAPE PLAN THAT WILL BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY H D R C WITH THE INTENT OF PLANTING MORE, UM, IN THE PROJECT.
UM, SOME OF THE OTHER EXHIBITS SHOWED QUITE A BIT OF PALM TREES
SO, AND THAT IS, THAT IS THE INTENTION AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, CORRECT? YES.
SO THE ID Z THREE IS NOT HERE TO CLEAR CUT ANY EXISTING TREES? NO, NO, NO.
OR DO ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE? NO, SIR.
UM, I THINK THAT IS ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW.
ALRIGHT, ANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
I, I, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I JUST, UH, I LOVE THIS PROJECT, SO, OKAY.
COMMISSIONER BOTTLES, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
UM, I'LL ASK YOU TO MAYBE LOOK AT DOING ALTERNATIVES TO PALM TREES.
UM, THOSE AREN'T THE BEST STREET TREES.
AND, AND I SAY THAT AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES ON A STREET WHERE EVERY HOUSE HAS TWO PALM TREES IN THE FRONT.
BUT TO YOU, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE, WELL NOW I WANNA TALK ABOUT MY HATRED OF PALM TREES.
UM, BUT I DON'T THINK THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE USE OF OUR TIME.
UM, SO I WANTED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT, UH, DISCUSSED INDIVIDUALLY, UM, BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A WONDERFUL EXAMPLE OF INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS WHAT I D Z THREE IS ABOUT.
BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE WORKED VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ROOSEVELT PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, FROM THE TIME THAT I WAS ON THE BOARD PREVIOUSLY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LISTEN TO SOME OF THESE DISCUSSIONS AS THEY BEGAN THIS PROCESS TOWARDS DEVELOPING THIS.
UM, AND SO THE DEVELOPER DID IT, RIGHT? THEY WERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY ARE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEY WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR OVER A YEAR TO GET INPUT TO HAVE THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD REALLY BUY INTO IT.
UM, YOU KNOW, AND AGAIN, WITH RESPECT TO I D Z THREE IN DISTRICT FIVE, I AM ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR TREES AND ESPECIALLY THE PRESERVATION OF EXISTING TREES, BUT ALSO THE PLANTING OF NEW TREES TO ENSURE THAT, YOU KNOW, THE HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS THAT REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HIT, I'M USING A LOT OF TRIPLE ADJECTIVES HERE, UM, THAT THAT REALLY AFFECT DISTRICT FIVE, UH, ARE ADDRESSED AS WE DEVELOP NEW PROPERTY AS WE SEE AND FAILED.
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AND SO, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS GONNA BE A GREAT GATEWAY, NOT ONLY TO ROOSEVELT PARK, BUT TO THE MISSIONS AS WELL.I MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 30 AS SUBMITTED.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
ANY DISCUSSION? UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON? UH, I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE, UM, TOO MANY OF THE THINGS THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BUSANTE SAID, BUT I WILL, UM, SAY.
THE THING I ALWAYS SAY, THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO A DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IN A COMMUNITY AND YOU WANT TO INVEST THERE, THEN YOU NEED TO BE PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I WANNA COMMEND THE APPLICANT AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORS FOR COMING TOGETHER AND THINKING THROUGH ALL OF THE NECESSARY ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, UM, AND THE PRIORITIES OF BOTH THE DEVELOPER AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WELL AS THE BROADER CITY, UM, GOALS THAT WE HAVE BETWEEN THE DOWNTOWN PLAN, UM, MAKING SURE ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS ARE ADDRESSED, UM, THINKING THROUGH PRESERVING OUR UNIQUE CHARACTER, UM, WITH SOME OF THE HISTORY WE HAVE IN OUR CITY, UM, AND MAKING SURE THE DEVELOPMENT PROPOSED, RESPECTED EXISTING STRUCTURES, PROPERTIES, UM, AND THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHILE ALSO HAVING THOSE ASPIRATIONAL GOALS WE HAVE FOR OUR CITY FOR THE FUTURE.
UM, AS COMPARED TO SOME OTHER CASES WE'VE HAD RECENTLY, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF DOING IT RIGHT.
TALK TO THE COMMUNITY FIRST AND MAKE SURE YOU RECOGNIZE THE COMMUNITY THAT'S THERE AND THEIR PRIORITIES, UM, AND THEN CONTINUE TO WORK TOWARDS THOSE GOALS.
UM, I REALLY COMMEND THE USE OF I D Z THREE HERE.
NOT TO GET WHAT YOU WANT, BUT TO MAKE SURE IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S FOR THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE THAT BENEFITS BOTH THE DEVELOPER, UM, AND THE NEIGHBORS AND THE CITY.
UM, AND SO, UH, JUST WANNA REITERATE, AS ANYONE IS CONSIDERING THOSE SORTS OF DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE FUTURE, THIS IS THE KIND OF MIXED USE PROJECT AND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSET THAT WE NEED.
UM, AND THIS IS A PROJECT WHERE THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS PART OF THE PROCESS RATHER, RATHER THAN ASK TO MAKE CONCESSIONS OR RUBBER STAMP IT LATER.
UM, AND SO WE'D LOVE TO SEE MORE OF THIS.
UM, AND, UH, AGAIN, COMMENDATIONS FOR EVERYONE.
UH, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
UM, I WILL JUST ECHO THOSE COMMENTS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SAID.
UM, AND YES, I D Z THIS IS, THIS IS, THIS IS WHY IT IS WHY THE CITY HAS I D Z, I MEAN C THREE WOULD BE, WOULD OPEN UP THE, THE, THE WHOLE AREA TO, TO SOME THINGS THAT MIGHT NOT BE DESIRED.
AND I D Z ALLOWS A MIX OF ALL KINDS OF USES AND IN INNOVATIVE WAYS, WHICH I BELIEVE THIS ONE ACHIEVES.
IF WE COULD MOVE TO ITEM NUMBER TWO, I BELIEVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CAMERON BLACKMAN ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT 1 5 8 3 8 SAN PEDRO AVENUE GOING FROM C THREE R, GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT AND OH ONE SS OFFICE DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL ATHLETIC FIELDS TO M F 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLY STAYING THE SAME.
52 NOTICES SENT ONE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED.
THERE ARE NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS WITHIN 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING C THREE R GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT AND O ONE S OFFICE DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR COMMERCIAL ATHLETIC FIELDS IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE REQUESTED M F 18 LIMITED DENSITY DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE ZONING.
THERE'S A MIX OF ZONING DESIGNATIONS IN PROXIMITY TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, PROPERTY WHICH ACCOMMODATE MEDIUM TO HIGH COMMERCIAL INTENSITY AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
ADDITIONALLY, THE REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN SHIP, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOUSING TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVALS AND SAS IS HERE TO GIVE THEIR PRESENTATION AS WELL AS THE APPLICANT IS ALSO HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE SASS PRESENTATION PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS MICHAEL BARR WITH THE RESOURCE PROTECTION DIVISION OF THE SAN ANTONIO WATER SYSTEM.
I'M HERE TO PRESENT, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ZONING.
CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 0 46.
UH, WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION FOR A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT LOCATED NORTH OF BROOK HOLLOW AND US 2 81
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NORTH INTERSECTION.UH, THE 3.46 ACRE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED WITH NATIVE TREES.
NO PORTION OF THE SITE IS WITHIN THE FLOODPLAIN AND NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES ARE LOCATED WITHIN ON WITHIN THE SITE.
UH, SAUL'S RECOMMENDATION, SAUL'S RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS STATED WITHIN THIS REPORT TO INCLUDE 50% IMPERVIOUS COVER FOR THE MULTIFAMILY 3.46 ACRE PROJECT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
HI, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
KEVIN DENDA WITH ORTIZ MCKNIGHT, ONE 12 EAST PECAN STREET.
I DO HAVE A BRIEF PRESENTATION TO WALK THROUGH REGARDING OUR REZONING REQUEST.
UH, SO THE SLIDE IN FRONT OF YOU SHOWS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THIS PROPERTY.
AND JUST SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE, THIS IS APPROXIMATELY THREE AND A HALF ACRES LOCATED JUST NORTH OF, UH, HIGHWAY 2 81 APOSTLE DE NORTE, UH, WITH FRONTAGE ON HIGHWAY 2 81.
IT IS THE CURRENT SITE OF A RAINBOW SYSTEMS, UH, RAINBOW PLAY SYSTEMS OF TEXAS.
UH, WE ARE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF SOME COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES, SPECIFICALLY LUCY COOPER'S ICE HOUSE IS TO OUR NORTH.
THE SAN PEDRO MOBILE HOME PARK IS TO OUR NORTH SHADY OAKS RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION TO OUR SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH.
AND THEN ALONG, UM, HIGHWAY 2 81, JUST TO OUR SOUTHWEST THERE IS A CIRCLE K AND A BRICK CHECK.
SO OUR CURRENT REQUEST IS TO REZONE THIS SITE TO THE MF 18 ZONING DISTRICT IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR A 59 UNIT MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND APARTMENT COMPLEX.
BEFORE I JUMP INTO THE ZONING, I DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE CURRENT LAND USE OF THE SITE.
UH, WE ARE WITHIN THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN AND DESIGNATED SUBURBAN TIER.
UH, THE SUBURBAN TIER CONTEMPLATES SMALL AND LARGE TRACKED DETACHED SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.
UM, THE ACTUAL ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE PERMITTED WITHIN THE, UH, SUBURBAN TIER LAND USE ARE LISTED THERE, BUT YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THE MF 18 ZONING DISTRICT IS PERMITTED.
SO NO PLAN AMENDMENT IS NEEDED FOR THIS ZONING REQUEST.
SO, TO OUR ZONING, UH, AS STEPH MENTIONED, THIS SITE IS SPLIT ZONED.
SO THE FRONTAGE THERE IS ZONED C THREE R, WHICH IS THE C THREE IS YOUR MOST INTENSE COMMERCIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
AND THE R LIMITS ALCOHOL CELLS, UM, DOES NOT PROHIBIT ALCOHOL CELLS.
IT JUST DOES NOT ALLOW, UH, ALCOHOL CELLS FOR ONSITE CONSUMPTION.
AND THEN THE REAR OF OUR PROPERTY IS ZONED OH ONE OFFICE.
AND AS I STATED AT THE OUTSET, OUR, OUR, UM, REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM C THREE R AND OH ONE TO MF 18, UH, TO ALLOW FOR A 59 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX.
SO JUMPING INTO THE ACTUAL PROJECT PROJECT WILL BE 59 UNITS CONSISTING OF TWO TOTAL BUILDINGS.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN, THE PROJECTED SITE PLAN FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT.
UH, IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO MAKE OUT, BUT OUR BUILDINGS ARE SITUATED CLOSEST TO HIGHWAY 2 81.
UH, AND THE INGRESS EGRESS, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE, IT IS ON THE NORTHERN PART, UH, WILL BE SOLELY BY WAY OF HIGHWAY 2 81.
UH, WE ARE PROJECTING A MAX HEIGHT OF 35 FEET.
UM, AND THERE WILL BE NO VEHICULAR ACCESS THROUGH SHADY OAKS OR SURROUNDING PROPERTIES.
WE'RE ALSO PROPOSING A SIX FOOT PERIMETER FENCE OF CONCRETE AND STEEL CONSTRUCTION AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.
NOTABLY, UH, THERE WILL BE A BUFFER, IF YOU WILL, ALONG THE EASTERN LOT LINE THAT IS ADJACENT TO THE SHADY OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I KNOW IT'S DIFFICULT TO SEE, BUT IF YOU MEASURE FROM OUR EASTERN LOT LINE TO ROUGHLY THE FRONT OF THAT DETENTION POND THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THAT'S 350 FEET, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL FIELD.
SO THAT WILL BE LEFT NATURAL, UM, IN ITS CURRENT STATE.
BUT WE ARE PROPOSING TO MAKE SOME IMPROVEMENTS DRAINAGE WISE, UM, TO, UM, GET AROUND THE, THE IMPACT OF, OF DRAINAGE THAT IS IN THIS AREA.
UM, SINCE THIS IS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, WE WILL FULLY COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, UH, ORDINANCES, INCLUDING THE MILITARY LIGHTING ORDINANCE, EDWARDS AQUIFER PROTECTION ORDINANCE, THE TREE ORDINANCE, AND NOTABLY THE STORMWATER DESIGN REQUIREMENTS, WHICH INCLUDE THE DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS, UH, WHICH WERE MENTIONED AT THE OUTSET BY ONE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.
SO THIS SLIDE JUST HIGHLIGHTS A FEW OF THE AMENITIES THAT ARE AND SERVICES THAT ARE OFFERED WITH THE PROPOSED PROJECTS.
WE HAVE COMMUNITY AMENITIES SUCH AS BARBECUE STATIONS, BUSINESS CENTERS, FITNESS CENTERS, PICNIC AREAS.
UM, THIS SITE IS IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO RETAIL AND GROCERIES.
SO IT IS A PERFECT SITE FOR A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THIS, UH, SPECIFICALLY UNIT, UNIT AMENITIES WILL ALSO INCLUDE WALK-IN CLOSETS, UH, FULL EQUIPPED KITCHENS, COVERED PATIO AND BALCONY
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AND CABINETRY AND FLOORING.HERE ARE TWO EXAMPLES OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT THE N R P GROUP, THE APPLICANT HAS, UH, COMPLETED IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE LEFT IS THE MARSON, WHICH IS A DISTRICT ONE DEVELOPMENT, UH, LOCATED JUST OFF OF SAN PEDRO ON FRESNO.
AND THE DEVELOPMENT ON THE RIGHT IS THE EMERALD VILLAGE DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT IS LOCATED GENERALLY OFF OF LOOP 1604 AND REDLAND ROAD.
SO TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS EFFORT, WE SUBMITTED OUR ZONING APPLICATION IN FEBRUARY, 2023.
AND AT THAT TIME, SAWS STARTED THEIR ANALYSIS OF THIS SITE BECAUSE IT IS OVER THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
UM, SINCE THAT TIME, WE HAVE ENGAGED IN DISCUSSIONS WITH THE ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS.
SPECIFICALLY WE HAVE MET WITH THE SHADY OAKS BOARD MEMBERS, UH, ON JUNE 2ND AND AUGUST 29TH TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED REZONING.
WE HAVE ALSO MET WITH THE SAN PEDRO MOBILE HOME PARK, UM, ON SEPTEMBER 12TH TO DISCUSS THE REZONING AND PROJECT.
A FEW OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE MENTIONED FROM BOTH SHADY OAKS AND FROM UM, THE SAN PEDRO MOBILE HOME PARK INCLUDE, UH, PLANS FOR DRAINAGE, DENSITY AND HEIGHT VIEW VIEW SHED, UH, TREES AND PLANTING MASS TRANSIT, UM, ALONG HIGHWAY 2 81, IMPERVIOUS COVER AND WILDLIFE.
AND I MENTIONED THOSE BECAUSE I DO WANT TO ADDRESS THEM IN TURN.
UH, SPECIFICALLY WITH DRAINAGE, WE WILL COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S, U D C AND SPECIFICALLY APPENDIX H RELATED TO STORMWATER DESIGN AND DRAINAGE REQUIREMENTS.
BUT WHAT THAT BASICALLY MEANS IS THAT WE CANNOT NEGATIVELY IMPACT DRAINAGE CONDITIONS IN THE AREA.
WE'RE PROPOSING 59 TOTAL UNITS, TWO BUILDINGS, UH, 35 FEET IN HEIGHT.
35 FEET IS WHAT IS PERMITTED IN YOUR TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THINK R FOUR, R FIVE, R SIX, UH, THINK THAT TALKS A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ADJACENT, THE VIEW SHED OF THE ADJACENT RESIDENCES AS WELL.
UH, FENCING AND MATERIAL WE'RE PROPOSING THE SIX FOOT PERIMETER FENCE OF CONCRETE AND STEEL.
UH, A FEW OF THE NEIGHBORS HAVE ASKED IF WE COULD INCREASE THAT FENCE HEIGHT.
WE'RE OPEN TO PETITIONING THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO DO THAT, BUT THAT REQUIRES A ACTUAL VARIANCE FROM THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT.
BUT WE ARE OPEN TO DOING THAT.
UH, I'LL, I'LL SKIP DOWN TO ONE OF THE, TO THE ITEM AT THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST, WHICH IS WILDLIFE.
SOMETHING THAT WE UNDERSTAND AND ARE SYMPATHETIC TO BUT IS HONESTLY OUTSIDE OF OUR CONTROL WITH DEVELOPMENT, ANYTIME YOU HAVE DEVELOPMENT WILDLIFE THAT EXISTS, LIVING ON SITE IS UNDOUBTEDLY GOING TO LEAVE.
WHILE WE ARE SYMPATHETIC TO THAT, IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WE CANNOT STOP.
WHAT WE CAN DO IS PROMISE NOT TO HARM THE WILDLIFE THAT IS EXISTING ON SITE.
UH, BUT UNDOUBTEDLY WHEN THE SITE IS DEVELOPED, IT WILL VACATE THE AREA.
BEFORE LEAVING THIS, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE IN ACTIVE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE SHADY OAKS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION REGARDING, UH, CONCESSIONS THAT I MENTIONED.
UH, SO WE ARE DRAFTING RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS TO LIMIT OUR MAX DENSITY TO 59 UNITS, UM, AGREEMENT TO MEMORIALIZE THE 350 FOOT BUFFER, UH, ALONG THE EASTERN LOT LINE, AND AN AGREEMENT TO USE MATURE NATIVE TREES IN THE PROJECT.
SO OUR OVERALL REQUEST IS TO REZONE THIS THREE AND A HALF ACRE SITE TO MF 18 IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THE 59 UNIT, UH, APARTMENT MULTI-FAMILY PROJECT.
THIS REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN IN THE AREA AND THE ZONING DISTRICTS AND USES THAT ARE IN THE AREA CITY STAFF AND SOSNER IN SUPPORT.
AND OUR NEXT PUBLIC MEETING WOULD BE NOVEMBER 2ND, 2023, WHICH GIVES ADEQUATE TIME TO ENGAGE IN DISCUSSIONS WITH SHADY OAKS AND FINALIZE THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANTS AS WELL AS NEIGHBORS FROM THE SAN PEDRO MOBILE HOME PARK TO FURTHER DRILL DOWN ON CONCERNS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, WITH THAT WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, UH, YOUR CONSENT FOR APPROVAL OF THIS REZONING REQUEST.
UH, WITH ME TODAY IS JASON AGA FROM THE N R P GROUP.
WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
UH, CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO RESERVE TIME FOR REBUTTAL.
DO WE HAVE ANY NEW UNHEARD PUBLIC COMMENT? YES.
UM, AGAIN, FIRST AND FOREMOST MS. RESNICK, I APOLOGIZE, BUT HER COMMENTS ARE FOR THIS ITEM, UM, NEXT TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. ALLEN HILTON.
AND THEN AFTER MR. HILTON, IT WOULD BE MS. JEFF, MR. JEFFREY MEAD.
MY NAME'S ALAN HILTON AND I AM THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD AT SAN PEDRO NORTH.
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HOME PARK.ACTUALLY, IT'S A P IT IS, UH, INDIVIDUAL RESIDENCES ON INDIVIDUALLY OWNED LOTS AND WITH COMMON AREAS.
UH, IT'S BEEN THERE APPROXIMATELY 50 YEARS.
AND WE HAVE, WE'VE, MR. DIAND HAS BEEN VERY GRACIOUS, VERY KIND, BUT WE DO HAVE SOME CONCERNS THAT HAVEN'T BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, FOR A STARTER, THIS IS A, A, IT LITERALLY FROM THE PARK, THE OUTSIDE OF THE PARK, THE FURTHEST MOST AREA OF THE PARK IS LITERALLY FROM HERE TO MR. SIPES, AWAY FROM THE, UH, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT A BUFFER.
UH, I'VE BEEN, I JUST, I'M NOT AWARE OF ONE.
BUT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SITUATIONS WHERE THERE'S, YOU'VE GOT A RESIDENCE, A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT'S BEEN THERE 50 YEARS.
PEOPLE ARE LIVING THERE BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS.
UH, NOW WE'RE GONNA BE IN A SITUATION WHERE REGARDLESS OF THE BEST EFFORTS MADE BY MR. DINDA, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE ISSUES WITH, WITH LIGHTS.
UH, YOU CAN ONLY, IF, IF YOU'RE DEALING WITH A, A MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE LIGHTS IN PARKING LOTS IF NOTHING ELSE.
AND IT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS RIGHT ACROSS, LITERALLY ACROSS A FENCE.
UH, THERE ARE ISSUES WITH DRAINAGE, WHICH WILL BE DISCUSSED LATER.
UM, THE TRAFFIC OFF OF 2 81, UH, WILL BE, WILL BE AFFECTED.
UM, I LIVE IN SAN PEDRO, NORTH MOBILE HOME PARK.
I'M ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, BUT I ALSO LIVE ADJACENT TO WHERE THEY WANT TO PUT IN THIS MO THIS UM, APARTMENT BUILDING.
I WANT TO GIVE YOU THE HUMAN SIDE OF THIS BECAUSE WE GET LOST IN THE, OH, WE'RE GONNA CHANGE FROM THESE NUMBERS TO THOSE NUMBERS.
IT'S GONNA BE THESE, HERE'S THE HUMAN SIDE.
RIGHT NOW, WHEN I GET UP IN THE MORNING, I GO OUT AND AS FAR AWAY AS YOU ARE, SIR, I HAVE DEER.
PEOPLE WOULD PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO SHOOT A 14 POINT BUCK.
I HAVE ONE THAT LEADS HIS HAREM INTO MY YARD AND THEY EAT THERE.
SOME OF THEM EAT LITERALLY OUT OF MY HAND.
I HAVE A CYCLONE FENCE THERE AND THERE'S A LITTLE GATE IN IT.
I HAVE A VIEW OUT THROUGH THE TREES OF THE SUNSET.
WHEN THAT APARTMENT HOUSE GOES IN, I WILL HAVE A SIX FOOT WALL RIGHT WHERE YOU ARE REPLACING MY CYCLONE FENCE THAT FAR AWAY.
AND I WOULD BE LOOKING AT ONE OR MAYBE TWO FLOORS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR BEDROOM WINDOWS INSTEAD OF MY HERD OF DEER.
THAT'S THE HUMAN SIDE OF THIS.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER GIVEN ANY THOUGHT TO THE CONCEPT OF ZONING COMMISSIONS.
ZONING COMMISSIONS ARE UNIQUE TO AMERICA.
THEY DON'T HAVE 'EM ELSEWHERE.
PEOPLE GO IN, THEY SELL LAND, THEY BUY LAND, THEY DEVELOP IT, AND THEY DO WHATEVER THEY WANT WITH IT.
IN AMERICA, WE HAVE ZONING COMMISSIONS TO PREVENT DOING WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH IT.
THE ZONING COMMISSIONS ARE THE LAST BASTION TO PROTECT THE INTEGRITY AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE MOBILE HOME PARK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT IS A 300 SOME.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
DO YOU WANT TO TAKE A SHORT REBUTTAL? THANK YOU CHAIR.
UH, YEAH, THERE ARE A FEW ITEMS THAT I WOULD LIKE TO JUST OFFER A LITTLE MORE CLARITY ON.
UH, SO REGARDING THE SETBACK OF THE DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE NORTHERN LOT LINE, UH, THE REQUIRED SETBACK FOR THAT PORTION WOULD BE FIVE FEET, BUT THERE IS AN EIGHT FOOT ELECTRICAL EASEMENT THERE.
SO THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM EIGHT FOOT SETBACK, UH, BETWEEN OUR PROPERTY AND THE ADJACENT SAN PEDRO MOBILE HOME PARK.
UH, THE LIGHTS, UH, WE ARE WITHIN THE MILITARY LIGHTING OVERLAY DISTRICT, SO WE ARE
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REQUIRED TO USE DOWNWARD LIGHTING WITHIN THIS DEVELOPMENT.UH, SO WE, WE WILL FULLY COMPLY WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S ORDINANCES WHEN IT COMES TO THAT ASPECT AND THE HEIGHT.
UM, AS I MENTIONED DURING MY PRESENTATION, THE HEIGHT OF THE HEIGHT THAT WE ARE REQUESTING, WE'RE NOT REQUESTING A VARIANCE.
UH, WE ARE PERMITTED 35 FEET BY RIGHT.
AND THAT IS WHAT, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT WOULD BE.
THE, UH, APARTMENTS THEMSELVES, THE BUILDINGS WOULD BE SITUATED CLOSEST TO HIGHWAY 2 81, UH, TO NEGATE THE OVERALL IMPACT, UM, ON, UH, THAT THE SAN PEDRO MOBILE HOME PARK MAY SEE FROM OUR DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT NINE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER ROBERTOS TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
DON'T HAVE ANY, UH, QUESTIONS.
I, I'M GONNA LET COMMISSIONERS, UH, ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND I'LL ADD MY COMMENTS TO THE END.
ANY QUESTIONS? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE SETBACK, IS THAT FROM THEIR, THEIR RESIDENCE TO THE FENCE AND THEN HOW FAR TO THE, TO THE BUILDINGS? SO WHEN THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT THEIR SETBACK, YEAH, IT'S FROM THEIR ACTUAL RESIDENCE TO OUR FENCE.
WHEN I'M TALKING ABOUT OUR SETBACK, IT IS FROM OUR PROPERTY LINE TO OUR BUILDING.
SO THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM EIGHT FOOT, UH, BUILDING SETBACK ON, ON OUR SIDE OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
COMMISSIONER BARDOS FOR, UH, MOTION IT.
UM, UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH, UM, COUNCILMAN COURAGE AND STAFF AND DEREK AND CHIEF OF STAFF AND THEY UM, THEY ACTUALLY ARE IN APPROVAL OF THIS AND SINCE, UM, I'LL MAKE IT SHORT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDATION APPROVES THIS, UH, WITH SAUL'S RECOMMENDATIONS ALSO.
SO I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
MOTION IS TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER TWO BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES DISCUSSION.
UM, THE TIME IS NOW THREE O'CLOCK.
ARE WE TAKING OUR FIVE? ALRIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.
THE TIME IS NOW THREE AND WE ARE IN RECESS.
THE TIME IS NOW THREE 12 AND ZONING COMMISSION OF SAN ANTONIO IS BACK IN SESSION.
WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER FOUR, I BELIEVE.
MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING COORDINATOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
UM, ITEM NUMBER FOUR, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 6,500 BLOCK OF OLD PARASOL ROAD.
UM, IT IS REQUESTING A CHANGE FROM R FIVE TO C THREE AND BP WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THERE WERE 37 NOTICES MAILED FOUR IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED AND WITHIN 200 FEET.
AND THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SOUTHWEST I S D UH, IS OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R FIVE IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY IN SURROUNDING AREA AND THE REQUESTED C THREE ON THE 5.767 ACRES ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF EXCELLENCE DRIVE IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING.
THE REQUESTED C THREE BRINGS CONSISTENCY OF ZONING AND PROPERTIES ALONG OLD PARASOL ROAD AND IT WILL ALLOW ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL GOODS AND SERVICES ALONG THE HEAVILY TRAVELED ARTERIAL.
THE REQUESTED BUSINESS PARK ON THE 8.901 ACRES TO THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF EXCELLENCE DRIVE, UH, STAFF DOES NOT FEEL AS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE REQUEST WOULD ALLOW A MIX OF HIGH INTENSE COMMERCIAL OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
UM, IT DOES NOT STAFF FEELS THAT IT DOES NOT PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION AND THE NEARBY COMMERCIAL AND MULTIFAMILY ZONING IN USES.
THEREFORE WE RECOMMEND A C TWO CD, UH, COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR WAREHOUSING, WHICH WILL PROVIDE A BETTER TRANSITION BETWEEN THE INTENDED COMMERCIAL USE AND THE EXISTING R FIVE
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UH, SINGLE FAMILY BORDERING THE PROPERTY.THE UH, C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN ADEQUATE BUFFER TO THE ABUTTING RESIDENTS AND THE CD CONDITIONAL USE CAN BE UTILIZED UM, TO ENSURE PROPER LANDSCAPING BUFFERS SCREENING HOURS OF OPERATION IN ANY NECESSARY CONDITIONS TO FURTHER PROTECT THE NE UH, NEARBY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO, UM, GOING, HAD TAKEN THEIR UH, PLAN TO UM, PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY AMENDED THEIR PLAN AMENDMENT TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF URBAN MIXED USE, WHICH PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH.
UM, AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE REQUESTED C THREE TO THE NORTHEAST SIDE, BUT IS REQUESTING UH, AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF C TWO CD FOR THE SOUTHWEST SECTION.
UM, STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
UM, WE ARE MADE AWARE THAT THE APPLICANT IS GOING TO AMEND THEIR PROPOSAL TO ALIGN WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
UH, COMMISSIONERS CAROLINE MCDONALD WITH BROWN MCDONALD 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT.
I DO HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION BUT AS KELLY MENTIONED, WE DID OFFICIALLY AMEND OUR ZONING APPLICATION, UH, NO LONGER REQUESTING THE BP BUSINESS PARK.
WE ARE REQUESTING C TWO CD, WHICH UH, PROVIDES FOR THE ADEQUATE BUFFERS SETBACKS AND IS IN LINE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
UM, HERE YOU CAN SEE THE TWO PARCELS ARE BISECTED BY UH, EXCELLENCE DRIVE, BUT ARE ON OLD PEARSALL ROAD.
CLOSEST TO THE INTERSECTION WITH LOOP FOUR 10.
HERE'S A ZOOMED OUT AERIAL, YOU COULD SEE FOUR 10 THERE ON THE RIGHT.
OUR SITE, WE HAVE SOME WAREHOUSING TO THE SOUTH, UH, QUICKTRIP AND OTHER COMMERCIAL USES TO THE EAST AND THERE IS A SAW STORAGE TANK FACILITY TO OUR WEST.
UM, AS INDICATED WE ARE REQUESTING C THREE ON THE 5.7 ACRES AND AMENDED OUR REQUEST TO C TWO CD ON THE 8.9 ACRES.
WE ARE WITHIN THE PORT SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER SA TOMORROW PLAN.
UM, AS KELLY INDICATED, WE DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK FOR THAT PARCEL NUMBER ONE THERE IN YELLOW.
AND UH, PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL FOR OUR AMENDED REQUEST FOR URBAN MIXED USE.
WE HAVE BEEN WORKING, UM, DILIGENTLY WITH ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS, SOUTHWEST I S D, THE DISTRICT FOUR OFFICE ON THIS REQUEST.
I BELIEVE WE SUBMITTED THE ZONING APPLICATION IN JUNE AND HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS TO MAKE SURE WE'RE ADDRESSING THE SPECIFIC CONCERNS, UM, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PARCEL NUMBER ONE.
UM, AND SO WE DID AMEND OUR REQUEST.
HERE IS AN AERIAL ZOOMED IN AND HERE IS OUR SITE PLAN.
AND, AND AS AN UPDATE AS OF THIS MORNING, WE ARE RESTRICTING TRUCK ACCESS OFF OF EXCELLENCE DRIVE.
UM, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH SOUTHWEST I H S D, WHICH DOES HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT UP THE STREET OF EXCELLENCE AND THEY WERE, UM, WORRIED ABOUT TRUCK TRAFFIC AT THE SAME TIME THAT STUDENTS AND TEACHERS WERE TRYING TO GET TO SCHOOL.
AND SO WE ARE PROHIBITING TRUCK, UH, ACCESS ON OFF OF EXCELLENCE DRIVE.
UM, WE'LL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THEM AND ADDRESS ANY, ANY CONCERNS THAT THEY HAVE.
YOU CAN SEE THE TWO BUILDINGS ASSOCIATED PARKING LANDSCAPE BUFFER.
THE BUILDINGS ARE ACTUALLY FURTHER THAN THE REQUIRED 30 FOOT STEP BACK LINE.
UM, AND THERE WILL BE FENCING AND SECURITY ON SITE.
SO WITH THAT I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST, UH, YOUR APPROVAL OF OUR AMENDED APPLICATION AND THE, UH, UPDATED STIPULATION ON THE ACCESS TO EXCELLENCE DRIVE.
UM, I'M HERE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND WE DO HAVE COY ARMSTRONG WITH COLLIER'S ENGINEERS TO ADDRESS ANY ENGINEERING QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR CASE AND I AM DO NOT SEE COMMISSIONER REYES.
SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER CHASE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, WITH YOU AMENDING TO STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS.
UH, I'M GONNA START RIGHT AT THIS TIME.
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NONE.AND I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER.
SO, BACK TO YOU FOR MOTION TO APPROVE WITH STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION FOR C THREE, CT TWO CD THE SECOND ALL THE MOTION IS TO APPROVE WITH THE AMENDED AS AS AMENDED TO IT WAS C TWO.
CD C THREE FOR THE UPPER PORTION C THREE FOR THE UPPER PORTION C, C AND C TWO CD FOR THE LOWER PORTION? YES.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
I BELIEVE WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 10, IS THAT CORRECT? ITEM NUMBER 10 WAS ON THE CONTINUANCE DOCKET.
SO WE ARE GOING TO ITEM NUMBER 14.
MY NAME IS ADOLFO GONZALEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 1802 AND 1806 WEST WILDWOOD.
GOING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR C D S RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT AND A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A PARKING LOT AS A PRIMARY USE.
THERE WERE 32 NOTICES SENT OUT.
EIGHT IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R FOUR CD AS RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT AND A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A PARKING LOT AS A PRIMARY USE IS NOT INAPPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE ADJACENT PROPERTIES WHICH SHARE THE SAME BLOCK AS THE SUBJECT PROPERTY ARE ZONED R FOUR WITH ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USES.
THERE ARE COMMERCIAL ZONE PROPERTIES ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BLOCK PHASE LOCATED ALONG WEST AVENUE AND ESTABLISHED COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
ALTHOUGH THE, ALTHOUGH THE PROPOSED REQUEST MAINTAINS THE BASE ZONING OF R FOUR, THE USE WILL NOT BE RESIDENTIAL AND MAY SET PRECEDENCE FOR FUTURE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT THAT COULD BE POTENTIALLY DETRIMENTAL TO THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE AREA.
STAFF FINDS EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R FOUR C D S WOULD REQUIRE THE DEMOLITION OF A RESIDENTIAL DWELLING STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON ZONING COMMISSION, UM, CHAIR COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS ROB KILLEN, LAW FIRM OF KILLEN GRIFFIN IN FAIRMONT.
OUR ADDRESS IS 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE, SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF JESSE SEPULVEDA.
SO, UH, WE'RE REPRESENTING JESSE SEPULVEDA WHO, UH, HAS THIS PROPERTY.
HE IS AN ATTORNEY, HE'S GOT A LAW FIRM.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU PICTURES IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO LOOK AT THIS TITLE PAGE THE REST OF THE TIME, BUT, UH, HE'S GOT THE PROPERTY JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM IT.
IT, AND, UH, HE HAS AN OFFICE CURRENTLY ON SAN PEDRO.
I'D LIKE TO PUT AN OFFICE ON I 10 LAWYERS LIKE BEING ON I 10 FOR SOME REASON.
AND SO, UH, HE'D LIKE THE JOIN IN THAT GROUP.
UH, THE PROPERTY THAT HE HAS, THEY'D LIKE TO PUT THE OFFICE ON IS ZONED, UH, C ONE AND, UH, OFFICE SO IT'S ZONED CORRECTLY.
SO WHAT JESSE DID WAS HE HIRED A LOCAL ARCHITECTURE FIRM, UH, VILLA PARK GUY NAMED MARK NEVILLE.
I'VE WORKED WITH MARK ON OTHER COMMERCIAL PROJECTS.
UH, MARK DID THE BEST HE COULD TO DESIGN A BUILDING ON THAT SITE, BUT IT'S A VERY, VERY TIGHT SITE, AS YOU'LL SEE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.
THERE'S NO WAY TO PUT SUFFICIENT PARKING ON THE SITE FOR THE OFFICE.
THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR PARKING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED AND SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES.
I ALSO WANNA THANK, UH, FIRST OF ALL THANK STAFF FOR THEIR REVIEW.
AND I WANT TO THANK THE NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE, UH, WRITTEN IN SUPPORT, WHO HAVE SENT IN NOTICES, THE EIGHT SENT NOTICES IN SUPPORT.
WE HAVE A COUPLE NEIGHBORS HERE.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA SPEAK, BUT IF YOU COULD JUST WAVE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SPEAK IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
UH, ALSO HERE, UH, IN SUPPORT.
I'M TRYING NOT TO BLIND ANYBODY WITH THIS THING.
UH, SO HERE'S THE PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY WE'RE PROPOSING, UH, FOR THE NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT.
THIS PROPERTY IS WHERE THE LAW OFFICE WILL GO RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
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HERE'S I 10, HERE'S THE I 10 ACCESS ROAD.UH, THIS IS WILDWOOD, THIS IS WEST AVENUE.
UH, THERE'S A CAR DEALERSHIP ACROSS THE WAY.
UH, ALL THE COMMERCIAL OF COURSE HERE.
YOU'LL GET SOME BETTER PICTURES IN JUST A SECOND.
UH, THIS IS JUST A DIFFERENT ANGLE.
AGAIN, HERE'S THE, THE OFFICE THAT GO PARKING LOT.
UH, CHURCH IS RIGHT OVER HERE.
AND THEN THE CAR DEALERSHIP AND THE COLLISION PLACE.
AND AGAIN, ZOOMED OUT JUST A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.
YOU CAN SEE, UH, WHERE WE'RE AT HERE.
UH, SO WHEN JESSE FIRST SUBMITTED THE, UH, ZONING APPLICATION, RIGHT BEFORE HE HIRED US, HE SUBMITTED WITH A REQUEST FOR C ONE.
UH, WE SAID, WELL, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED TO STAFF C ONE'S REALLY NOT APPROPRIATE.
LET'S KEEP THE BASE R FOUR ZONING.
SO WE DID, UH, WHICH MEANS WE DO NOT NEED A PLAN AMENDMENT, SO WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE BASE R FOUR ZONING.
SO THE REFERENCE TO THE PLAN AMENDMENT, I THINK, UH, IN THE AGENDA IS OUTDATED.
AGAIN, THIS IS THE OFFICE PROPERTIES C ONE AND OH TWO, WHICH ALLOWS FOR OFFICE R FOUR.
WE'RE ASKING FOR CONDITIONAL WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR THIS PROPERTY RIGHT HERE.
AND SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION IS SPECIFICALLY FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE EXISTING HOUSE.
AGAIN, THIS IS JUST A ZOOMED OUT ZONING MAP.
SO HERE'S THE, HERE'S THE PARKING LOT, UH, 22 SPACES.
SO HE IS GONNA BUILD A 3,400 SQUARE FOOT OFFICE BUILDING, WHICH MEANS YOU SHOULD HAVE BETWEEN 12 AND 25 PARKING SPACES UNDER THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE.
YOU DON'T WANNA OVER PARK IT, OF COURSE, BUT YOU ALSO DON'T WANT TO UNDER PARK IT.
'CAUSE IF, IF YOU UNDER PARK IT, PEOPLE END UP PARKING ON THE STREETS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IN FRONT OF BUSINESSES, IN FRONT OF PEOPLE'S HOMES.
AND SO THIS PROVIDES, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE APPROPRIATE BUFFERS IS REQUIRED UNDER THE CODE.
AND IT'S THE, UH, YOU'VE GOT PLENTY OF SPACE IN HERE TO PULL VEHICLES IN AND OUT.
UH, SO THIS IS THE PROPERTY ACROSS THE STREET WHERE THE OFFICE IS GONNA GO.
UH, YOU CAN SEE IT'S AN ODDLY SHAPED PIECE OF PROPERTY.
THIS IS BRAD, AND THIS IS WILDWOOD.
IT'S A, IT'S THIS WEIRD TRIANGLE.
AND YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE FIT TWO SPACES ON HERE.
SO IF YOU HAVE LIMITED MOBILITY AND YOU'RE VISITING THE OFFICE, YOU CAN PARK RIGHT UP FRONT.
AND THIS IS A LITTLE BIT BETTER VIEW.
I WANT TO, I WANTED TO USE THIS TO DEMONSTRATE WE'RE NOT BUILDING SOME BIG HUMONGOUS OFFICE.
SO YOU'VE GOT, UH, OFFICES FOR ATTORNEYS, UH, PARALEGALS, UH, SUPPORT STAFF, A CLERK AREA.
YOU'VE GOT A RECEPTION AREA, LOBBY, COUPLE BATHROOMS. SO YOU'VE GOT ENOUGH PARKING FOR EMPLOYEES, ENOUGH PARKING FOR CLIENTS, ENOUGH PARKING FOR PEOPLE, VENDORS WHO DROP THINGS OFF.
WE HAVE A, A GUY WHO BRINGS THE WATER JUG IN EVERY DAY FOR THE WATER COOLER.
THOSE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU WOULD GET AT YOUR TYPICAL OFFICE.
IT'S A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE OFFICES, AS YOU KNOW, UH, IT'S NINE TO FIVE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE PEOPLE THERE LATE AT NIGHT, NOT GONNA BE PEOPLE THERE ON THE WEEKENDS.
IT'S JUST, UH, JUST YOUR TYPICAL PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
UH, SO PARKING LOT AS A PRIMARY USE.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS UNIQUE IN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT WE HAVE TO GET A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR DEMOLITION, ANY OTHER ZONING, ANY OTHER KIND OF USE WHERE WE'RE DOING DEMOLITION.
WE WOULDN'T NEED A SPECIFIC USE RESECTION.
IT'S ONLY BECAUSE WE'RE REMOVING A HOUSE BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME BAD INCIDENTS IN THE PAST WHERE HOUSES WERE, A WHOLE ROW OF HOUSES WERE DEMOLISHED, AND A BIG PARKING LOT WAS PUT IN PARKING LOT THAT SITS EMPTY AND WAS NEVER USED.
SO THAT WAS PUT INTO THE CODE SPECIFICALLY TO PREVENT THAT KIND OF CIRCUMSTANCE.
SO THERE ARE, WHAT IT SAYS IS THE AUTHORIZATION SHALL BE APPROVED IF YOU MEET ONE OF FOUR CRITERIA.
YOU ONLY HAVE TO MEET ONE OF THOSE.
AND THE CRITERIA THAT WE MEET IS THAT THERE ARE NO REASONABLE ALTERNATIVES FOR THE PROPOSED PARKING LOT.
AND I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S, UH, PRESENTATION STAFF DID NOT CITE ANY REASONABLE ALTERNATIVE.
THERE'S NO OTHER PLACE TO PARK.
THE ONLY OTHER OPTION IS PARKING ON THE STREET.
UH, I WANNA TALK ABOUT PARKING.
THE REASON WE HAVE MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM PARKING REQUIREMENTS IN THE U D C, UH, LACK OF ADEQUATE PARKING CAN RESULT IN MOTORIST PARKING IN ADJACENT NEIGHBORHOODS OR BUSINESS AREAS.
THIS IN TURN CAN AFFECT PERCEIVED LIVABILITY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND REDUCE THE ABILITY OF BUSINESSES TO ACCOMMODATE CUSTOMERS.
IT'S GOOD FOR THE BUSINESS, IT'S GOOD FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THAT'S WHY WE MAKE PEOPLE PROVIDE FOR PARKING.
UH, THE OTHER THING TO POINT OUT ARE PROVISIONS IN THE PARKING SECTION OF THE U D C.
IT'S NOT JUST THAT YOU HAVE PARKING SPACES ON YOUR PROPERTY.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE, UH, MINIMUM WIDTH FOR YOUR PARKING STALLS, WHICH IS NINE FEET OF MINIMUM DEPTH, WHICH IS 18 FEET.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE TURNING AREAS.
VEHICLES HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET IN AND OUT SAFELY, WHICH FURTHER CONSTRAINTS OUR ABILITY TO PUT PARKING ON THE SITE WITH THE OFFICE.
IT JUST WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE OTHER THAN THOSE TWO A D A SPACES.
I MENTIONED NEIGHBORHOOD SUPPORT.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE NEIGHBORS HERE.
THEY, THEY, THEY WON'T SPEAK UNLESS YOU WANT THEM TO SPEAK.
UH, BUT, UH, WHAT JESSE DID WAS HE WENT OUT, KNOCKED ON DOORS AND, UH, GOT ALL OF HIS NEIGHBORS OR MOST OF HIS NEIGHBORS TO SIGN A PETITION IN SUPPORT.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT SAYS IN THE PETITION, UH, IT WAS FOR THE REZONING FOR A PARKING LOT
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FOR THE OFFICE BUILDING.SO THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE SIGNING THE PETITION FOR.
AND AGAIN, YOU GOT EIGHT NOTICES IN SUPPORT.
WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE GOT, UH, UNIVERSAL SUPPORT FOR THIS.
UH, I WANNA GIVE YOU SOME SENSE OF THE AREA STAFF AND THEIR COMMENTS TALKED ABOUT, UH, THE, THE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.
SO, UH, THIS PROPERTY IS BETWEEN BRAD AND WEST AVENUE.
SO THIS IS, IF YOU'RE STANDING ON WILDWOOD LOOKING TOWARDS, UH, THE PROPERTY.
UH, THIS IS ON BRAD LOOKING TOWARDS THE PROPERTY AND LOOKING OUT TOWARDS I 10.
THIS IS THE PROPERTY ITSELF THAT THE, THE LAW OFFICE WILL GO INTO.
AND, AND SO FIRST OF ALL, I WANTED TO POINT OUT THAT YOU'VE GOT A SUBSTANDARD SIDEWALK RIGHT HERE.
SO IT IS PART OF THE REDEVELOPMENT.
THIS SIDEWALK WILL BE REDEVELOPED AND IT WILL BE REBUILT TO CURRENT STANDARDS.
UH, AGAIN, THIS IS THE OFFICE PROPERTY.
NOTICE YOU'VE GOT THE UTILITY POLE, THAT FURTHER CONSTRICTS DEVELOPMENT.
THERE'S AN EASEMENT OVER HERE.
UH, YOU'VE GOT THESE PROPERTY OWNERS HERE IN SUPPORT.
UH, AND THEN THE PARKING LOT WOULD BE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
SO YOU'D BE ABLE TO PARK OVER HERE, WALK RIGHT ACROSS.
AND WILDWOOD, UH, A PRETTY QUIET STREET.
UH, ALL YOUR TRAFFIC'S REALLY ON WEST AVENUE AND, AND OVER HERE ON BRAD.
SO, UH, IT'S A NICE EASY WALK, UH, FOR FOLKS COMING ACROSS THE STREET.
AND AGAIN, THIS IS THE, UH, PROPERTY WHERE THE OFFICE WILL GO.
THERE'S A CLASSIC, UH, COLLISION REPAIR OVER THERE.
THE OFFICE ON THE RIGHT WILL BE THE, UH, PARKING LOT.
AND THEN THERE'S THE CAR DEALERSHIP.
AND AGAIN, JUST ANOTHER VIEW OF AN AERIAL, JUST TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF THE GENERAL AREA.
UH, AND THIS IS BRAD AND WILDWOOD AND THIS IS WHERE THE PARKING WOULD GO WITH THAT.
UH, WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
UH, REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TODAY.
I KNOW YOU'VE HAD A LONG MEETING, AGAIN, THE LONGEST, UH, CONTINUANCE HEARING I'VE EVER, EVER SEEN AT ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, BUT I KNOW Y'ALL HAVE A LONG DAY AND, UH, MR. SALVA SEPULVEDA IS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
HE'S WILLING TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M WILLING TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THE COMMISSION MIGHT HAVE THAT.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? NO VOICEMAILS, BUT AS, UM, MR. LIN AND MRS. UM, SPOA ARE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK, BUT I THINK THEY WANNA LEAVE THEIR TIME FOR QUESTIONS OR MAY ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IF THEY MAY HAVE.
I MEAN, I, I THINK MR. KILLEN SUMMARIZED IT VERY WELL.
I MEAN, I, I DID GO OUT INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND, UM, I DIDN'T WANT TO GET A SENSE OR A PULSE FOR WHAT THE, THE NEIGHBORS WERE THINKING.
AND I, I GOT, I, I GOT OVERWHELMING SUPPORT.
I MEAN, THESE PEOPLE, THE MARIA AND MOSES RODRIGUEZ ARE HERE.
AND, UH, EVERYONE I SPOKE TO WAS SUPPORTIVE.
EVERYONE SIGNED THE PETITION THAT WAS HOME.
THERE WERE SOME RESIDENTS WHO WERE NOT HOME.
BUT I, I HAVEN'T GOTTEN ANY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK.
I JUST WANNA PROVIDE PARKING AND HAVE A NICE OFFICE AND, AND BE ABLE TO GET ALONG WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
AND I, I DON'T ANTICIPATE ANY PROBLEMS. ALL I DO IS ALL I'M DOING IS REQUESTING YOUR APPROVAL AND, UH, RESPECTFULLY, I WOULD, I WOULD DO THAT.
I, I THINK IT WOULD MAKE A BIG IMPROVEMENT.
THERE'S, THERE'S A HOUSE THERE.
I, I BOUGHT THAT INITIAL PROPERTY ON, ON WILDWOOD 1807, WHICH IS NOW 1540 OR 54, 22 IH 10.
AND THEN ONE HOUSE BECAME AVAILABLE AND THEN THE SECOND HOUSE BECAME AVAILABLE.
SO I, I THINK IT PROVIDES AMPLE PARKING AND IT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
AND WE'LL JUST ASK YOU TO APPROVE IT, PLEASE.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO YOU, TO YOU COMMISSIONER LUM FOR QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
COMMISSIONER KELM FOR A MOTION.
I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL FOR CONDITIONAL USE NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING.
A MOTION IS FOR, UH, APPROVAL OF HOW, HOW WAS THAT WRITTEN AS A, IT'S A, IT'S A CD ISN'T IT? JUST APPROVAL FOR ITEM 14.
WE HAVE THE CD AND US ALL LISTED OUT.
APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER 14 BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
SECOND BY, WAS THAT YOU COMMISSIONER BOTS? DID YOU SECOND THAT BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES DISCUSSION LOOKING LEFT? OH YEAH.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO COMMEND THE APPLICANT FOR BLOCK WALKING AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOU RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE NEIGHBORS IMMEDIATELY AFFECTED IN 200 FEET.
UM, AS I STATED LAST WEEK AT A SIMILAR HEARING, UM, I SEE THAT STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED DENIAL BECAUSE IT IS POTENTIALLY A CASE OF COMMERCIAL CREEP.
UM, UNLIKE LAST WEEK'S OR LAST HEARING'S CASE, THIS, UM, IS STILL PRIMARILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE CENTER WITH, UM, COMMERCIAL COURT OR, YOU KNOW, COMMERCIAL ZONING.
I JUST CHECKED ONE STOP MAP ALONG BOTH BRAD AND WEST.
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IS, UM, IS WISE HERE.UM, BECAUSE THIS IS SO UNIQUE AND ONE OF THE FEW LOTS ALONG THOSE TWO STREETS THAT IS NOT YET ZONE COMMERCIAL.
UM, I, UH, WE SHALL SEE
UM, I DO BELIEVE THE RESIDENTS MOST IMMEDIATELY IMPACTED, ESPECIALLY AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH THE REGIONAL PLANNING PROCESS AND PEOPLE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT, UM, ENGAGING WITH PUBLIC PARTICIPATION SHOULD BE CENTERED IN THE PROCESS.
AND SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THEM AND THANK YOU, UH, TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR MAKING SURE THAT YOUR VOICES WERE HEARD, UM, AND PARTICIPATING IN THE PROCESS.
UM, SOMETIMES WE DO WANT THINGS AS COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS NECESSARILY FIT WITH THE U D C OR PLANS.
AND SO, UM, IT'S VERY HELPFUL, UH, TO HAVE YOUR VOICES HEARD AND MAKE SURE THIS IS SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE FEELS COMFORTABLE WITH AND WORKS TO THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE.
UH, COMMENTS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
UM, YEAH, I, I, I AM LOOKING AT THIS AND I THINK WHAT, WHAT IS SWAYING ME IS ALSO THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THE APPROVAL FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UM, BECAUSE I, I ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE AN EXTRA LOOK AT WHEN, WHEN COMMERCIAL IS, IS TAKEN AWAY FROM, UH, RESIDENTIAL.
UM, IT'S ALWAYS, YOU ALWAYS WORRY ABOUT THE EDGES OF THE, OF THE RUG UNRAVELING.
UM, BUT BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THE COMMUNITY, UM, SUPPORT, UM, I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
I BELIEVE WE MOVED ITEM 18 DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL, CORRECT? YES.
ANN BENAVIDEZ ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 18 IS LOCATED AT 2 0 2 1 5 TEJAS TRAIL WEST AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE ARE 11 NOTICES SET WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ONE RETURN IN OPPOSITION.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS.
IN RELATION TO THIS NO ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, THE PROPERTY IS IN AN AREA THAT ACCOMMODATES A MIX OF LOW INTENSITY COMMERCIAL USES, AS WELL AS SOME RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE PROPOSED USE ALIGNS WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THEIR SURROUNDING AREA.
THE CURRENT NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS IN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE PROPERTY IS PLACED IN SIZE, ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OFFICE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AT THE INTERSECTION OF A SECONDARY ARTERIAL AND A LOCAL STREET, WHICH IS A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
THE APPLICANT IS SEEKING THE C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO PERMIT A LARGER BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE THAN NC NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
AND C ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WOULD ALLOW STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT BACK UP HERE.
I, OR DID YOU GIVE, DID YOU COMPLETELY GIVE YOUR PRESENTATION EARLIER? I HAVE ANY PRESENTATION I GAVE REBUTTAL.
DO YOU WANT TO GIVE A PRESENTATION? I CAN DO
I'M REPRESENTING, UH, A M P T INVESTMENTS FOR THIS PROPERTY.
I'M NOT AN ATTORNEY, SO YOU'VE GOT, YOU'VE GOT THAT SORT OF GOING FOR ME, THIS IS NOT THAT COMPLICATED OF A, A PROCESS, BUT I AM NEW TO ZONING.
SO, UH, WHERE I'VE PRACTICED FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS, WE DID NOT HAVE ZONING.
SO WHEN I STARTED THIS PROCESS BACK IN OUR OPTION PERIOD FOR PURCHASING THIS PROPERTY, UH, I WENT OVER FIRST TO THE DISTRICT EIGHT OFFICE AND SPOKE WITH, UH, LORI GARZA, WHO REP, UH, IS THE ASSISTANT TO THE, UH, CITY COUNCILMAN.
AND SHE GAVE ME DIRECTION AS TO WHAT I NEEDED TO DO TO GET THE ZONING CHANGED.
UH, BUT SHE ALSO GAVE ME TWO, UH, OF THE NEIGHBORS THAT I NEEDED TO SPEAK WITH, OR MAYBE THAT WAS DOWN AT THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
BUT ANYWAY, I DID SPEAK WITH, UM, THE, THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
AND I DID ALSO REACH OUT TO PINEAPPLE SCHOOL, AS I HAD, UH, ALLUDED TO EARLIER.
AND MY ASSUMPTION WAS THAT, THAT THEY HAD, I HAD HEARD THAT THEY HAD HAD A DIFFICULT
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TIME WITH THEIR, THEIR REZONING.AND I FELT I HAD, UH, THAT LITTLE KINDRED SPIRIT OVER THERE.
THEY KNEW WHAT WE MIGHT GO THROUGH.
SO THEY WERE, UH, JUST GONNA NOT RESPOND AT ALL.
A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE WERE ASKED ABOUT WHILE WE WERE DOING, UH, OUR, OUR THOUGHTS ON, ON DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY WAS ONE, WOULD WE BE KEEPING THE EXISTING STRUCTURE? THAT'S A 1946 RANCH HOUSE IS ABOUT 2,850 SQUARE FEET.
AND WOULD WE BE, UH, KEEPING THE OAK TREES ON THE PROPERTY? AND AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, IT'S YES AND YES TO BOTH OF THOSE QUESTIONS.
THIS IS A VERY, UM, EARLY STAGE, UH, INITIAL DRAWING OF THE PROPERTY.
WE SEE THE CAR THAT IS THE ORIGINAL STRUCTURE OF THE 1946, UH, RANCH HOUSE THAT'S BEING INCORPORATED INTO THE NEW BUILDING.
AND FOR LOOKING AT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WE'RE, UH, PROPOSING, THAT'S, UM, GONNA BE AROUND 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
OBVIOUSLY, C ONE WOULD NOT ACCOMMODATE THAT.
AND ANY OTHER USE OF A OFFICE OR OFFICE ONE, 1.5, IT GIVES YOU THE, UH, THE, THE ABILITY TO GO UP 60 FEET, THAT'D BE SIX STORY MID-RISE BUILDING.
THAT'S NOT WHAT WE ARE INTENDING HERE.
WE ARE INTENDING TO HAVE A COMMERCIAL SPACE.
NOT TO MENTION THE FACT IT WAS MENTIONED.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A SPECS OR A, A TOTAL WINE WANTING TO PURCHASE THIS BUILDING AND HAVE THAT AS A RETAIL ESTABLISHMENT ANYTIME SOON.
BUT IF YOU'LL LOOK AT THE ZONING, UH, PERMIT FOR THE OFFICE SPACE, IT SAYS FOR ANY PERMITTED USE.
SO THAT WOULD BE ALLOWED IN THAT ONE ONE AS WELL.
SO I DON'T THINK THAT THAT WOULD REALLY BE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS BUILDING EITHER.
THERE WILL BE SOME, UH, WHAT OF A STORAGE, UH, IN THE BACK OF THIS BUILDING IF YOU WOULD LOOK FOR, THANK YOU.
THAT SLIDE HERE WHERE YOU SEE THE OVERALL BUILDING, UH, LINE THAT'S GOING BACK, THAT WILL BE IN THE BACK.
YOU'D HAVE SOME ACCESS DOORS TO THAT.
THERE WOULD BE A BIG, UH, PRIVACY FENCE AROUND THE PROPERTY.
THAT WOULD BE FOR SMALL DELIVERIES THAT WOULD BE COMING IN, MAYBE TOOLS OR SOME KIND OF SMALL, UH, UH, PARTS THAT WOULD BE GOING OUT TO A LOCATION.
BUT, YOU KNOW, 95 TO 97% OF EVERYTHING THAT GOES OUT TO THEIR BUILDING, CONTRACTING, UH, SITES GO DIRECTLY TO THE SITES THEMSELVES.
THEY DON'T GO TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE.
SO THAT WOULD ALSO ALLOW FOR SOME ADDITIONAL OFFICE SPACE IN THE BACK IF THE OFFICE CONTINUES TO GROW AT THE PACE THAT THEY'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
ALSO, CURRENTLY, THERE'S THEIR, UH, THEIR CURRENT OFFICE IS ABOUT 3,500 SQUARE FEET.
IT'S ALSO IN DISTRICT EIGHT IS OVER ON COLLEGE OAK DRIVE, WHICH IS BETWEEN LOCKHART, SELMA, AND TRADEWINDS.
SO WE'RE STAYING WITHIN THE DISTRICT EIGHT FOOTPRINT.
AND AGAIN, WHEN I TALKED TO, UH, MS. GARZA AT THE DISTRICT EIGHT OFFICE, SHE HAD, UH, UH, EXPRESSED SOME SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECT AND, AND RECOMMENDED THAT I GO TO THE CITY DEVELOPMENT AND, AND TAKE THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR WHAT THEY RECOMMEND, WHICH IS WHAT I DID 100% IN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENT? I, I BELIEVE IT WAS ONLY THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE PINEAPPLE SCHOOL THAT ORIGINALLY SPOKE WHEN WE WERE, UM, JUST MISS, UM, PUCCIO.
AND I APOLOGIZE, MISPRONOUNCING YOUR LAST NAME.
MISS CHRISTIANA, UM, FROM THE PINEAPPLE SCHOOL ACROSS THE STREET.
AND BUT YOU HAD, SHE HAD ALREADY SPOKEN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE.
UNFORTUNATELY, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ IS NOT HERE.
SO COMMISSIONER CHASE TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
AM I ALLOWED TO ASK IF AFTER THE PRESENTATION, IF, UM, IF THERE'S BEEN ANY CHANGE OF HEART FROM THE PINEAPPLE SCHOOL? YEAH, YOU CAN YOU COME FORWARD PLEASE? SURE.
HAS THERE BEEN ANY CHANGE IN OPINION AFTER A HEARING BASED ON HIS PRESENTATION? UM, NO.
I, I I I I, I DON'T MEAN TO BE IN, UH, DIFFICULT AND AS I SAID EARLIER, I DO APOLOGIZE THAT, THAT THIS IS, UM, LATE IN THE GAME.
BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO ASK FOR TWO WEEKS SO THAT WE CAN SPEAK AND, AND, AND HOPEFULLY COME UP WITH AN AGREEMENT.
I, I WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO BE OUR NEIGHBOR.
I JUST FEEL THAT, OR I WORRY ABOUT THE FUTURE OR THE POSSIBILITIES FOR A FUTURE USE WITH THE C WITH THE C TWO ZONING.
UM, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE VERY REASONABLE AND, AND YES, HE DID CONTACT ME, UM, BACK IN MAY AND IN, IN INSISTED THAT WE MEET.
UM, BUT HE NEVER MENTIONED A C TWO.
AND BASED ON MY ZONING EXPERIENCE WITH THE PINEAPPLE SCHOOL BACK IN 2019, I NEVER WOULD'VE AN OR I NEVER ANTICIPATED, UH, A C TWO BEING EVEN REMOTELY POSSIBLE, UH, BECAUSE THE O WAS, WAS, WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
SO, UM, AND IT WAS JUST A BUSY TIME FOR ME AND I WASN'T ABLE TO RESPOND.
BUT HAD I KNOWN IT WAS FOR C TWO, I MOST
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CERTAINLY WOULD'VE, WOULD'VE MET WITH HIM.UM, CAN YOU RESPOND TO THAT PLEASE? WELL, IN, IN, IN A MINUTE.
IN A MINUTE WE'LL PROBABLY CALL YOU UP.
UM, I HAVE QUESTION FOR STAFF.
UH, BASED ON THE PROPOSED USE, UM, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SHARED WITH US, WHAT OTHER POTENTIAL ZONING CATEGORIES WOULD, UH, BE, WOULD PERMIT THE PROPOSED USE? RIGHT NOW THAT'S LIKE THE BARE MINIMUM.
UM, BUT HE COULD DO AS HE, AS HE MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION OH ONE, AND IF IT WAS JUST SOLELY OFFICE SPACE, UH, WOULD WORK AS WELL AS THE OH 1.5, BUT IT DOESN'T MEET THEIR NEEDS AS FAR AS THE WAY THEY WANNA DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
UM, MS. PIA, IF YOU COULD COME UP PLEASE.
UM, UH, WHEN, WHEN WE, UM, I'M, I'M GONNA ASK YOU, OH, SORRY.
UH, UM, WHAT ARE THE SPECIFIC USES WITHIN, UH, THE C TWO ZONING THAT ARE OF CONCERN TO YOU? UM, THE LIQUOR STORE, UH, GAS STATION, TIRE REPAIR RESTAURANTS.
AND I, I JUST WANNA ADD THAT WE, WHEN WE REZONED THIS, THE PROPERTY AT THE SCHOOL, WE DID OFFICE WITH SPECIAL USE FOR SCHOOL.
UM, THERE WOULD ALSO BE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO ADD SPECIAL USE.
ARE YOU, UM, I, I WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL CLARIFYING APPLICA INFORMATION FROM THE APPLICANT.
IF YOU CAN COME FORWARD PLEASE.
UM, SINCE YOU MENTIONED THIS IS A CONSTRUCTION OFFICE, AND I KNOW YOU TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT IN YOUR PRESENTATION, UM, COULD YOU SPECIFICALLY, UM, SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT, UH, THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT PLANS AND WHY THIS C TWO IS NECESSARY? UM, IS IT SPECIFICALLY FOR USES FOR THE BUSINESS OR IS THERE A PLAN TO HAVE ADDITIONAL TENANTS THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOME OF THESE OTHER USES OVER TIME? NO, THERE'S NO PLANS FOR ANY ADDITIONAL TENANT.
THIS IS SPECIFICALLY FOR A CONSTRUCTION OFFICE.
HE DOES, UH, IT'S A GENERAL CONTRACTOR.
HE DOES, UH, INTERIOR, UH, SHEET ROCK WORK ON MAJOR COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
AND THIS IS HIS MAIN CORPORATE OFFICE.
HE ALSO HAS AN OFFICE IN AUSTIN.
I'M ASSUMING THEN THE INTENSITY OF THE USES TO ALLOW FOR SOME OF THOSE CONSTRUCTION RELATED, THAT IS CORRECT CASES? YES, MA'AM.
COMMISSIONER BARDOS, YOU, YOU HAD A QUESTION? YEP.
SO IF WE APPROVE THIS, THEY STILL HAVE TO WAIT FOUR WEEKS TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL, SO THEY STILL HAVE TIME TO FOUR WEEKS AT LEAST.
IT'S, UH, THE NEXT AVAILABLE MEETING OF COUNCIL IS NOVEMBER 2ND, BUT I THINK THE DEADLINE FOR THESE IS THE SECOND MEETING, OR MIGHT BE NO, IT WOULD, OKAY.
SO THEY STILL HAVE A LOT OF TIME TO TALK, I MEAN, ONCE WE APPROVE TODAY, AT LEAST A MONTH.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE, MR. TUCKER, TO THE APPLICANT, WOULD YOU ACCEPT AN NA PROVISION ON THIS? WE HAD AN NA PROVISION ON IT WHEN WE APPROACHED STAFF AND THEY RECOMMENDED THAT WE NOT PUT THE NA ON.
AS I STATED, WHEN I BEGAN MY PRESENTATION, I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH ZONING.
I CONTACTED MS. PUENTES, UM, CHICO.
UH, STAFF, DID YOU RECOMMEND NOT PUTTING NA I DON'T THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT, I DON'T THINK HE'S TALKING ABOUT US.
THAT, THAT'S ALWAYS AN OPTION.
NA IS AVAILABLE ON THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? SO STAFF, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT NA IS? I KNOW WHAT, I KNOW WHAT NA IS.
AND AGAIN, WE WENT, WOULD, WOULD YOU ACCEPT THAT SIR? YES OR NO? I, I'M GOING BY THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE STAFF THAT TOLD ME TO GO FOR C TWO.
THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE THE NA OFF, THAT IT WASN'T NECESSARY.
AND THAT WAS WHEN I WENT, SIR, SO THE ANSWER'S NO.
MY ORIGINAL MEETING, MR. TUCKER, THE ANSWER IS NO.
UH, QUESTIONS? OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
WE'RE LOOKING AT THE, UH, ORIGINAL APPLICATION.
UH, COMMISSIONER CHASE, YOU HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? OKAY.
SORRY, I MOTION TO, OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
SORRY I WAS
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STEPS AHEAD.UM, A QUESTION FOR STAFF, UM, SINCE THIS INVOLVES A CHANGE IN ZONING, UH, THE, UM, TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE WOULD, WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE TREE PRESERVATION ORDINANCE, CORRECT.
TO FOLLOW ALL THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
YEAH, THE ONLY REASON I ASK IS, I KNOW IS JUST FROM THE RENDERINGS, IT WAS FLAT.
AND SO JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT'S YES, AND WE INTEND TO DO THAT, AS I SAID IN MY PRESENTATION.
UM, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER CHASE.
I AM JUST GOING TO ENCOURAGE, UH, CONTINUED TALK.
I'M GOING TO MOTION TO APPROVE THIS, UM, PASS THIS THROUGH, BUT I DO UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS ABOUT ALCOHOL NEXT TO A, UM, PINEAPPLE SCHOOL WHERE WE HAVE VERY YOUNG CHILDREN AND, UM, THAT'S A VALID CONCERN.
AND, UM, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE, I UNDERSTAND ALSO AS A DEVELOPER NOT WANTING TO RESTRICT WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU'RE COMING TO REZONING.
I DO MOTION TO PASS THIS, UM, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE ALL THE, THE HARD WORK.
YOU'VE CAME OUT HERE, YOU DID GIVE NOTICE AND YOU GAVE AMPLE TIME TO RESPOND.
AND SINCE THAT WAS NOT HASHED OUT BEFORE YOU CAME HERE, I THINK YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO DO THAT.
YOU STILL HAVE TIME TO MEET AND JUST KIND OF GIVE WORD.
I KNOW THERE'S NOTHING MORE THAN YOU CAN DO AT THAT POINT.
IT'S JUST GIVE YOUR HONORABLE WORD THAT YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, GOING TO HAVE ALCOHOL SALES.
IF, IF I MAY, UH, AGAIN, THROUGH THE, THE CONTRACT PROCESS, I WAS ADVISED TO GO C UH, C TWO NA.
AND WHEN I HAD MY INITIAL MEETING WITH THE DEPARTMENT STAFF BEFORE I FILLED OUT MY APPLICATION, THEY ASKED ME WHY I WAS GOING NA.
THEY SAID, IT'S NOT NECESSARY.
YOU GOT OTHER C TWO ALONG THIS AREA.
THAT'S WHY ON MY APPLICATION I SUBMITTED IT IS C TWO.
BUT THAT WAS, THAT'S WHY I HAD TWO MEETINGS WITH THE CHURCH.
THE FIRST TIME I MET WITH THE CHURCH, I TOLD 'EM IT WAS C A N A AND THEN ONCE WE WENT, I TALKED TO THE DEVELOPMENT STAFF AND THEY SAID, YOU SHOULD GO C TWO.
I CALLED THE CHURCH AGAIN BECAUSE I'D ALREADY GIVEN HER MY WORD AND I WANTED TO GO TALK TO THEM AND LET THEM KNOW THAT I HAD BEEN ADVISED TO CHANGE THIS.
AND THEY WERE FINE WITH THE CHANGES BECAUSE THEY HAVE SOME CHANGES GOING ALONG WITH THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, SIR, YOU, YOU CAN AMEND IT AT THE, AT THE PODIUM IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE NA IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T DELAY YOUR PROCESS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, JUST, JUST MAKING YOU AWARE.
IF IT'S NOT, NOT SOMETHING YOU CAN DO TODAY, THAT THAT'S FINE.
BUT JUST MAKE
SO THE MOTION IS OH, OR, OKAY, WELL THE MOTION IS FOR UM, STRAIGHT C TWO.
UM, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
BY COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, UH, DISCUSSION.
THAT'S WHY I LOOKED RIGHT FIRST.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, I AM GOING TO SUPPORT THE MOTION, UH, BECAUSE I THINK YOUR PROJECT, UM, DOES FIT WITH THE OTHER COMMERCIAL ZONING IN THE, UM, AREA, SPECIFICALLY YOUR PROJECT.
UM, I WOULD NOT, UM, ANTICIPATE SOME OF THESE OTHER USES WOULD, WOULD FIT, UM, THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BE THERE.
SO WHILE WE DO APPRECIATE PEOPLE WORKING WITH NEIGHBORHOODS OR CONCERNED PARTIES AND STAKEHOLDERS TO MAKE CONCESSIONS OR DO DO VARIOUS COVENANT AGREEMENTS AND THOSE THINGS, ZONING IS FOREVER.
AND I THINK WE NEED TO KEEP THAT IN MIND AS ZONING COMMISSIONERS.
THE LAND USE FOLLOWS THE PROPERTY AND IT IS, IT IS ALSO THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHT TO DEVELOP.
SO WHEN WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO WOULD LIKE SOMETHING TO NEVER CHANGE, IT IS THE PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHT TO DEVELOP.
UM, SINCE I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT YOU DON'T HAVE THE AUTHORIZATION, UM, BASED ON YOUR ROLE WITH THE PROPERTY TO, UM, AMEND TODAY, UM, THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT BEFORE COUNCIL AND WORKING WITH A DISTRICT EIGHT STAFF.
UM, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ MAY BE INVOLVED WITH THAT PROCESS.
UM, SO BECAUSE OF THE, PARTICULARLY THE ALCOHOL CONCERN, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO WORK WITH, UH, THE ACTUAL PROPERTY OWNER AND WHOEVER ELSE IS INVOLVED, UM, TO SEE IF THEY'D ACCEPT THE C TWO NA, UM, AND, UH, WORK WITH PINEAPPLE SCHOOL SPECIFICALLY ON, ON THOSE ISSUES AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER THINGS THAT YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DO, UM, OR THE OWNER WOULD CONSIDER JUST TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS.
I THINK YOU ARE INTENDING TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
UM, AND THIS THERE ISN'T NECESSARILY A MAJOR CONCERN WITH IT.
OBVIOUSLY YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE BUSINESS, UM, BE SUCCESSFUL.
AND I, I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT MS. PUCCI HAS EXPRESSED.
IT'S JUST THAT THOSE FUTURE LONG-TERM USES, LIKE YOU DON'T NECESSARILY WANT TO, YOU KNOW, AUTO GLASS TINTING ACROSS FROM A SCHOOL, LIQUOR STORES, ET CETERA.
SO, UM, IT'S NOT YOUR PROJECT OR, OR YOU SPECIFICALLY JUST SOME OF THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS, SHOULD THIS BE SOLD OR NOT BE ABLE TO BE DEVELOPED.
UM, SO THE C TWO AND A WOULD PROVIDE SOME EXTRA PROTECTION.
UM, YOU HAVE FOUR WEEKS TO MEET WITH HER, MEET WITH THE COUNCIL STAFF AND AMEND THE REQUEST AS WELL AS, UM, MEET WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY OTHER, UH, AGREEMENT YOU GUYS WANNA COME TO, TO MAKE SURE SOME PROTECTIONS ARE IN PLACE.
UM, AND SO I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT, UM, AND JUST WANNA
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MAKE SURE THAT'S OUT THERE AND ON THE RECORD FOR EVERYONE TO, TO CONSIDER AND, AND UNDERSTAND.BUT I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION TODAY.
ALRIGHT, UH, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
I AM NOT GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION.
I THINK WE HAVE A MISSING, UH, COMMISSIONER WHO I DO NOT BELIEVE HAS GIVEN US ANY INSTRUCTION.
I THINK THE NA IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE DESCRIPTION OF THE USE THAT HAS BEEN, UH, SAID HERE.
UH, I THINK TWO WEEKS IS NOT TOO MUCH TIME TO WAIT TO GET THAT KIND OF INPUT.
UM, AND SO IN LIGHT OF THOSE CONCERNS, I THINK A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE BE, WOULD BE APPROPRIATE.
BUT APPROVAL AT THIS POINT IS TO MY MIND PREMATURE.
ANY OTHER, UH, COMMISSIONER BARDOS? I, I'M GONNA AGREE WITH COMMISSIONER BUSANTE.
I THINK THAT, UM, I WILL VOTE AGAINST IT UNTIL WE GET AN NA FOR AGAINST LIQUOR SALES.
UH, COMMISSIONER LUM, I WOULD AGREE WITH, UM, COMMISSIONER BUSANTE AS WELL.
I, I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE CONCERN AND CERTAINLY A REASONABLE, UM, UM, MEET IN THE MIDDLE.
I DO THINK THOUGH THE TIME PERIOD FOR YOU, I, I KNOW WE'RE ALL BUSY.
WE ALL HAVE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO DO.
I THINK IT'S INCUMBENT UPON YOU TO BE ABLE TO, TO FOLLOW THROUGH IN THAT PROCESS.
AND I THINK YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THAT.
BUT I THINK IT'S NOT ASKING TOO MUCH FOR THE NA FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE SCHOOL.
UM, SO I, I WILL BE NOT SUPPORTING THAT TODAY.
ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT, LOOKING RIGHT? THIS IS A DIFFICULT ONE.
I MEAN, I, I I, I SEE, I SEE BOTH OF, I, I SEE BOTH VIEWPOINTS.
SO RIGHT NOW THE, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS C TWO AND THAT WAS COMMISSIONER CHASE.
YOU MADE THE SECOND, I BELIEVE.
UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER? MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
WHO MADE THE SECOND? I DIDN'T HEAR.
COMMISSIONER WATSON MADE THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER.
ALRIGHT, SO THE MOTION OR WELL NO MOTION.
THE FLOOR IS OPEN FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION BY SOMEONE WHO VOTED.
ALRIGHT, SO IF THERE IS NO MOTION MADE MR. CHAIRMAN, THEN, THEN, THEN THERE WILL, IT'LL BE AN AUTOMATIC TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE.
I'M NOT AVAILABLE IN TWO WEEKS.
OKAY, SO SOMEONE WANNA MAKE, HOW ABOUT THAT? I MOVE FOR A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE.
ALRIGHT, I SECOND
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES DISCUSSION.
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HELLO EVERYONE AGAIN.MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, UH, PLANNING COORDINATOR.
ITEM NUMBER 28, WHICH IS LOCATED AT ONE 19 AND 1 35 WESTLES CHAPPELLE STREET.
UM, THEY ARE REQUESTING TO CHANGE FROM I TWO TO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH AN I D Z OVERLAY.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION DOES NOT OPPOSE CONTINGENT THAT THE APPLICANT COMMITS TO MEETING SAN ANTONIO PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
SO THE EXISTING I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED C TWO DISTRICT IS ALSO, OR WHAT YOU FEEL IS MORE APPROPRIATE ZONING.
UM, IT CONSTITUTES A DOWN ZONING OF THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL ZONING OF THE AREA AND THE LOCATION IS LOCATED IN THE MIDDLE OF MULTIPLE BUS STOPS ALONG NOGO STREET IN SOUTH FLORA STREET MEETING THE CRITERIA FOR TRANSPORTATION AND CONNECTIVITY.
THE LOWER INTENSE ZONING WOULD PROMOTE LONE STAR COMMUNITY'S PLANS, GOALS OF PHASING OUT INDUSTRIAL USES THAT NO LONGER COMPLY WITH THEIR PERFORMANCE STANDARDS AND ATTRACTING OFFICE RETAIL AND SERVICE USES.
AND THEN ALSO REUSING EXISTING BUILDINGS AND SITE REDEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE C TWO COMMERCIAL ZONING OR THE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE C TWO COMMERCIAL ZONING.
UM, BUT WE FEEL THAT WAIVING THE PARKING REQUIREMENT WITH THE I D Z OVERLAY IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THE AREA THAT ALREADY STRUGGLES WITH PARKING AND TRAFFIC DUE TO THE NEARBY KIPP ACADEMY.
AGAIN, STAFF RECOMMENDS A DENIAL WITH A, UM, ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF C TWO.
UM, STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
THIS CASE IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE LAST CASE TWO WEEKS AGO.
OKAY, SO, UH, WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IS MY CLIENT OWNS THE WAREHOUSE HOUSES ON BOTH SIDES OF LA CHAPPELLE STREET.
HE'S HAD A VERY DIFFICULT TIME TRYING TO GET TENANTS.
UM, I TOO IS JUST AS YOU KNOW, IS SUPER INDUSTRIAL, METAL STAMPING MACHINES, THINGS LIKE THAT.
IF HE HAS A TENANT FOR THE WAREHOUSE ON THIS EXHIBIT, YOU KNOW, TO BE REZONED, UH, A A GYMNASIUM OPERATOR OUT OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA WOULD LIKE TO COME IN.
SO WE'VE ASKED FOR A REZONING TO SEE.
TWO, WE ASKED FOR THE I D Z OVERLAY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, AS AN OLD WAREHOUSE BUILT IN THE FORTIES, UM, IT'S GOT VERY LIMITED PARKING.
HOWEVER, WE DO HAVE PARKING AVAILABLE.
I JUST ASKED FOR THE I D Z TO HAVE FOR, SO YOU COULD HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY, UM, FOR SOME OF YOU NEWER COMMISSIONERS.
YOU KNOW, THE I D Z WAS CREATED FOR JUST THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT.
YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT LIKE LAST WEEK YOU'VE GOT OLDER STRUCTURES THAT WERE BUILT DECADES AGO BEFORE WE HAD THE CURRENT PARKING REQUIREMENTS.
AND YOU KNOW, IT, TRYING TO GET THOSE TO WORK WITH.
THE CURRENT CITY PARKING REQUIREMENTS ARE BASICALLY THE SAME FOR STONE OAK JUST, JUST DON'T WORK.
I MEAN, I WISH THE CITY HAD SOME SPECIAL ZONING PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR AREAS INSIDE THE DOWNTOWN FREEWAY LOOP.
'CAUSE THIS PROPERTY'S INSIDE OF THAT, BUT WE DON'T.
SO WE, SO THE CITY CREATED THE I D Z OVERLAY AND THAT, THAT'S WHY WHAT I'M ASKING FOR HERE TODAY, I DO HAVE, MY CLIENT ALSO OWNS, YOU SAW THE, THE, THE PHOTO A SECOND AGO.
THIS IS A PARKING AREA HERE FOR, AND THIS IS WHERE THE GYM WILL BE LOCATED.
AND WE HAVE THIS OVER HERE TOO.
THIS WAS A KIND OF A, A PAD FOR, FOR ELEVATING CARGO TO, TO LOAD ONTO TRUCKS.
SO WE HAVE AN AREA FOR PARKING.
I JUST WANT THE I D Z OVERLAY TO HAVE TO ALLOW US TO HAVE SOME FLEXIBILITY.
AND WHAT'S KIND OF INTERESTING HERE, LA CHAPPELLE DOES CROSS NO ALITOS AS A BRIDGE, BUT IT BASICALLY DEAD ENDS LIKE RIGHT OVER HERE.
SO WE REALLY DON'T HAVE ANY ISSUES WITH KIPP PEOPLE PARKING HERE, BUT WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE PARKING AVAILABLE FOR US.
SO I WOULD JUST ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT THE CASE.
I'LL CONTINUE TO TALK WITH COLLINS GARDEN.
WE HAD SOME CONVERSATIONS THIS MORNING.
I SENT HER THIS EXHIBIT, BUT SHE HASN'T RESPONDED SINCE.
BUT BEFORE WE GO TO COUNSEL, I'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH HER SO SHE UNDERSTANDS THAT WE DO HAVE SOME PARKING.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
IT SEEMS LIKE PATRICK HAS ALREADY COME UP WITH A NEW U D C AMENDMENT FOR THE NEXT ROUND
UH, MR. CHRISTENSEN, UM, YOU KNOW, EARLIER IN ONE OF MY DISTRICT FIVE CASES, I ASKED WHY THEY PICKED, UH, I D Z IN THIS CASE YOU PICKED NOT I D Z BASE ZONING, BUT I D Z OVERLAY.
WHY DID YOU PICK I D Z OVERLAY? YOU KNOW, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GET TO C
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TWO USES, THEY WANT YOU TO GO TO I DZ TWO, WHICH HAS A 50% PARKING REQUIREMENT.YOU KNOW, THESE ARE JUST EXISTING WAREHOUSES.
I THOUGHT THE I D Z OVERLAY, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, WHY IT'S THERE WOULD, WOULD BE SUFFICIENT TO ALLOW HIM TO, TO DO WHAT HE WANTS TO DO.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY CRAZY ZONING LIKE C TWO C THREE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
THESE, THESE WAREHOUSES ARE LARGER THAN 5,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THAT'S WHY WE REQUESTED WHAT WE DID.
BUT, BUT IF YOU WERE TO HAVE PICKED THE I D Z BASE OVERLAY, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD HAVE INCLUDED THAT PROPERTY THAT'S OUTLINED IN RED, I BELIEVE I'M COLORBLIND, UH, THAT I THINK IS OUTLINED IN RED AND, UH, YOU KNOW, INDICATED HOW MANY SPOTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE IN THERE.
IT'S, IT'S, THESE ARE ALL PARCELS.
THEY'RE NOT PLATTED LOTS AND BLOCKS.
SO WE HAVEN'T HAD TO GOTTEN FIELD NOTES.
THE CLIENT DIDN'T HAVE ANY FIELD NOTES FOR THAT.
UM, NOW YOU MENTIONED KIPP PEOPLE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT? WELL, THE, THE KIPP ACADEMY
IT'S LOCATED ACROSS NEW CTOS OVER HERE.
BUT HERE THERE'S A, A LARGE UNDERPASS THAT GOES, STARTS DOWN HERE AND GOES ALL THE WAY INTO THE RAILROAD TRACKS.
THIS ROAD DEAD ENDS INTO KIPP, BUT IT, IT HAS A GATE OVER THERE.
SO THE KIPP PEOPLE, THE, THE PARENTS, THE STUDENTS, THEY GET INTO KIPP FURTHER NORTH OF HERE.
SO THEY'RE NOT PARKING ON OUR SITE.
SORRY, I WANTED A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION FOR THE COMMISSIONERS WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE AREA.
UM, AND I THINK THAT'S BASICALLY ABOUT IT.
UH, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LE COMMISSIONER WATSON.
SORRY, I ALWAYS INSTANTLY LOOK 'CAUSE I, SHE'S GONNA ASK QUESTIONS MOST OF THE TIME.
SO COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, HOW FAR OFF ARE YOU ON THE PARKING, UH, REQUIREMENTS AND VERSUS WHAT YOU'RE PROVIDING? WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, I DON'T KNOW BECAUSE THEY, THE PARKING LOTS ARE NOT STRIPED.
SO I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY PARKING LOTS ARE AVAILABLE.
THEY HAVEN'T HIRED AN ENGINEER TO ACTUALLY GO AND, AND STRIPE IT AND FIGURE OUT HOW MANY CAN FIT IN IN THE PARKING SPACES.
THEY'RE JUST OPEN LOTS RIGHT NOW.
AND THE, THE ONE ON THE, ON THE LEFT TO THE WEST WILL HAVE TO BE PAVED AS KIND OF A GRAVEL AREA RIGHT NOW.
BUT, BUT HE'S WILLING TO DO THAT.
WHAT IS YOUR BUILDING? UH, I, I DON'T HAVE THAT RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S IN THE APPLICATION, BUT, UM, THE WHOLE SPACE IS NOT GONNA BE THE GYM.
I MEAN, HE'S GONNA TAKE A LARGE PART OF IT.
AND THE THING ABOUT THE GYMS ALSO IS MOST OF THEIR CUSTOMERS COME BEFORE 8:00 AM YOU KNOW, TO WORK OUT BEFORE WORK.
AND THE WAREHOUSES THAT ARE THERE, THEY DON'T EVEN OPEN UNTIL EIGHT.
SO I THINK THERE'S SOME SHARED PARKING THAT CAN BE DONE.
SO YOU'RE BEING DRIVEN BY THE SIZE OF THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT DICTATES THE PARKING? CORRECT.
SO THE, THE U D C, I'M SORRY, THE U D C TAKES WHATEVER THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE PROPOSED GYMNASIUM WILL BE.
AND THAT'S WHAT, HOW MANY PARKING SPACES THEY HAVE, THEY'LL HAVE TO HAVE, I THINK WE HAVE ENOUGH.
IT'S JUST NOTHING STRIPED YET.
UM, I WANNA FOLLOW UP ON THE INFORMATION YOU PROVIDED RELATED TO COMMISSIONER BUS'S EARLIER QUESTION ON WHY I D Z OVERLAY VERSUS BASE.
CAN YOU EXPAND A LITTLE BIT ON, UM, THE FIELD NOTES AND THEIR IMPACT ON THIS DECISION JUST FOR CONTEXT? UM, SINCE IT, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ISN'T COMPLETED YET THAT I THINK WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
SO, WELL, IT'S, IT'S THERE BUT IT'S NOT FINISHED OUT.
SO I MEAN, IT'S JUST AN EMPTY, EMPTY WAREHOUSE.
UM, SO ALL THESE ARE PARCELS, THEY'RE NOT PLATTED LOTS AND BLOCKS.
SO WHEN YOU SUBMIT A ZONING APPLICATION, YOU EITHER HAVE TO HAVE PLATTED LOTS AND BLOCKS OR YOU HAVE TO HAVE FIELD NOTES.
THE CLIENT HAD FIELD NOTES FOR THIS HERE.
HE DOES NOT WANNA REZONE THIS BUILDING 'CAUSE HE HAS A, A TENANT THAT ACTUALLY NEEDS INDUSTRIAL ZONING.
BUT THIS SPACE OVER HERE IS EMPTY.
SO, YOU KNOW, THINKING ABOUT, WELL BECAUSE I, I WAS ASKED THE QUESTION WHERE, WHERE CAN YOU PARK THIS THING? AND, AND SO WE CERTAINLY HAVE THIS AREA AND THEN I SPOKE TO THE CLIENT AND HE OWNS THIS AND HE IS LIKE, YEAH, WE CAN USE THAT FOR PARKING TOO.
I'LL GET IT PAVED AND, AND ALL THAT.
BUT IT'S NOT PART OF THE REZONING.
SO WHEN YOU GO IN FOR A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY WITH REGULAR JUST BASE C TWO ZONING, THE CITY IS THE FIRST THING THEY'RE GONNA SAY WHEN YOU GO FOR YOUR C O IS WHERE'S THE PARKING? SO WITH I DZ OVERLAY, WE DON'T HAVE TO NECESSARILY HAVE THAT TO GET THE C OF O, BUT WE CERTAINLY WANNA HAVE IT FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
THERE'S NO PARKING, THEY'RE NOT GONNA WANNA BE A MEMBER.
SO WOULD YOU SAY IT'S FAIR TO, UM, INTERPRET THE CHOICE OF AN I D Z OVERLAY AS TRYING TO MAXIMIZE POTENTIAL USES? THAT MAKES SENSE WHILE ALSO PREVENTING UNNECESSARY OBSTACLES TO, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FAIR.
'CAUSE WE HAVE THE I D Z OVERLAY FOR JUST THIS TYPE OF SITUATION.
YEAH, THE I D Z OVERLAY PREVENTS ANY UNFORESEEN OBSTACLES.
I GUESS THAT COULD COME UP IN THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY PROCESS.
AND JUST BASED ON THE BUILDING SQUARE FOOTAGE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 27,000 SQUARE FEET, THEY WOULD NEED 41 SPACES
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IF HE USED THE ENTIRE BUILDING.I MEAN, IT'S STILL SITE DEVELOPMENT.
I THINK THE MAIN THING I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD AN UNDERSTANDING OF IS THAT THIS ENSURES THAT WHAT IS A POTENTIAL REALLY GREAT USE CAN HAPPEN BECAUSE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY CAN, CAN BE GRANTED WITH THE I D C OVERLAY, WHICH MIGHT NOT BE THE CASE WITH THE C TWO BASED ZONING.
OH YEAH, IT'S HOW BIG IS THE, DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ROUGHLY HOW BIG THE OPEN PARKING SITES ARE? I MEAN, IT'S PRETTY LARGE.
I THINK IT NODES THE CONCRETE PAD IN THERE SO WE CAN TELL YOU HOW BIG IT IS.
YEAH, ASPHALT IS 8,200 SQUARE FEET.
NO, THAT'S JUST THE ONE RIGHT NEXT TO IT.
I WAS TRYING TO DELAY WHILE I DID SOME QUICK SITE ENGINEERING MATH.
SO, UH, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, UH, BRIEF DISCUSSION IF I MAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE ARE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS REGARDING THEY ARE RATHER NARROW.
I, I JOKE THAT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF IN SOME OF THESE OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE MINE, THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR HORSES AND BUGGIES.
WE STILL HAVE THE RINGS ON THE SIDEWALKS WHERE YOU WOULD PUT THE RINGS OF YOUR HORSE.
AND SO THE NEIGHBORHOOD COLLINS GARDEN HAS INDICATED A STRONG CONCERN REGARDING THOSE ISSUES AND, UM, BECAUSE THE OVERLAY DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY REQUIREMENT FOR PARKING.
UM, THAT'S WHY I WANTED TO EXPLORE THAT.
UH, HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE, AND GIVEN THE NON OPPOSITION FROM COLLINS GARDENS, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CASE WHERE I THINK AN OVERLAY COULD BE IMPORTANT.
I, I'D PROBABLY PREFER A BASE IF I COULD GET IT.
UM, BUT GIVEN THE USAGE, GIVEN THE DOWN ZONING, UH, AND SOME OF THE OPEN QUESTIONS, UH, THIS IS WHAT, AS MR. CHRISTENSEN POINTED OUT, I D Z IS FOUR.
AND SO FOR THAT REASON I AM MOVING TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 28.
ALRIGHT, MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BUSTI.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FUENTES.
A DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT.
AND KNOW ANYONE, ANYONE? UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON.
I WILL BE SUPPORTING, UH, COMMISSIONER BUS'S MOTION.
UM, IF WE DID HAVE A LETTER OF OPPOSITION FROM COLLINS GARDEN, THAT WOULD BE A DIFFERENT CASE.
UM, THOUGH I THINK THAT POTENTIALLY, UH, SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS COULD BE ADDRESSED WITH TIME.
UM, BUT SINCE THERE IS NON OPPOSITION, AND THIS IS AN INVENTIVE USE, UM, THAT RESPECTS, YOU KNOW, TRYING TO MAKE THE MOST OF EXISTING PROPERTY AN AWARENESS OF THE AREA, UM, AND INNOVATIVELY LOOKING AT OPTIONS TO MAKE DEVELOPMENT POSSIBLE THAT REFLECTS ONGOING PRIORITIES, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT USE OF I D Z, UM, OPTIONS IN THE OVERLAY IN THIS CASE.
AND SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
UH, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? ANY COMMENT? NONE.
UM, YEAH, I'LL, I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION AS WELL.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS I THAT, THAT I NOTICED DURING STAFF'S PRESENTATION WAS THE NUMBER OF, UH, BUS ROUTES THAT WERE ON THIS, ON THIS, AROUND THIS AREA.
UM, SO, UM, YES, A BUSINESS IS ALWAYS GONNA NEED PARKING FOR THOSE THAT ARE GOING TO, TO DRIVE AND, AND WANT TO DRIVE.
BUT ALSO JUST HAVING, UM, ACCESS TO MASS TRANSIT WILL, WILL HELP ALLEVIATE, UH, HOPEFULLY SOME OF THE PARKING.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE.
COMMISSIONER FUENTES WITH THE SECOND ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER 34 IS ELECTIONS.
UH, VERSE 33, PLEASE WAIT, WHAT? 30 ITEM 33.
DISCUSSION AND CONSIDERATION OF CANCELLATION OF NOVEMBER 21ST.
WE CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 21ST MEETING.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS TO, UH, CANCEL THE NOVEMBER 21ST
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ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.I WAS GONNA SAY FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT THERE'S
PATRICK'S INTERESTED, UH, WE'RE CONTINUING ALL OF PATRICK'S CASES TO THAT MEETING.
UM, CHANCES ARE WE WILL NOT HAVE A VERY GOOD ATTENDANCE BY ANYONE.
UM, BUT THE MOTION IS TO CANCEL THAT BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
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NUMBER 34, NOMINATION AND CONSIDERATION OF VICE CHAIR AND PRO TEM FOR THE ZONING COMMISSION.UM, THIS IS DUE TO, UH, UH, NEW APPOINTMENTS.
UM, SO WOULD SOMEONE LIKE TO PLACE IN, CAN I DO IT? I NOMINATE.
COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR VICE CHAIR.
ANY OTHER, OR DO WE JUST VOTE ON THIS STRAIGHT UP? ACTUALLY, YOU CAN, YOU CAN ADD MORE CANDIDATES.
SO, BUT WE CAN HAVE MORE CANDIDATES, RIGHT? OR DO WE DO, DO WE RIGHT.
WE CAN SEE IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE.
I HAVEN'T HAD TO DO THIS BEFORE.
I'LL NOMINATE, UH, COMMISSIONER PUES.
UH, SO ANY OTHER DOMINATIONS? ALL RIGHT.
HOW ARE WE GONNA DO THIS? ROLL CALL.
VOTE FOR COMMISSIONER WATSON FIRST.
I'D LIKE TO DECLINE, UH, THAT NOMINATION.
ALRIGHT, WELL THAT MAKES IT A LITTLE BIT EASIER.
ALRIGHT, CAN WE JUST DO, CAN WE JUST, EVERYONE SAY AYE TYPE VOTE? YES SIR, YOU CAN.
COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR VICE CHAIR
NOW FOR PRO TIM, JUST FOR THE RECORD, WERE THERE ANY NAYS? OKAY.
I, I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER FUENTES FOR PRO TEMP.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA DECLINE THAT ONE, ARE YOU? NO.
ANY OPPOSITION? ALRIGHT, WELCOME
UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON DOESN'T CONGRATULATIONS TO, CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE.
YEAH, SO WE WILL SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS.
SO I'M, I'M OFF MINUTES, I'M GONNA BE GONE THE NEXT MEETING, SO FOR, SO IF YOU COULD TAKE THAT.
UM, NO, MY BIG, MY BIG CASE IS COMING BACK.
THERE'S NO WAY I CAN TAKE THAT OFF.
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DO WE NEED A MOTION FOR MINUTES? OH YES, SORRY.CAN WE PLEASE MAKE THE CORRECT, MAKE SURE THE CORRECTION'S RIGHT INTO THE RECORD? YES.
UM, SO THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT THAT'S GOING TO BE MADE TO ITEM 1 94 CD FROM THE MEETING.
PREVIOUS MEETING TO NOTE THAT, UM, GEMMA KENNEDY, UH, WAS IN SUPPORT.
THE RIVER ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AS WELL.
ANY OTHER CORRECTIONS TO BE TO THE MINUTES? ALRIGHT, IS THERE, CAN I HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL? PLEASE MOVE TO AS AMENDED AS AMEND.
MOVE TO, TO APPROVE THE MINUTES AS AMENDED.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE TO APPROVE AS AMENDED.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? NO, SIR.
THAT WAS A HECK OF AN AGENDA AND YOU STILL THAT WAS AWESOME.
THE TIME IS NOW FOUR 18 AND THE SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION IS ADJOURNED.