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WELCOME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 6TH, 2019.
COUNCIL MEMBER BROCK HOUSE WILL BE HERE LATER.
COUNCIL MEMBER COURAGE PRESENT.
WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL A SESSION AGENDA.
THE TIME NOW IS 9:14 AM WE'D FIRST BEGIN BY RECOGNIZING OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER PIAS, TO WELCOME OUR INDICATOR.
I'M, UM, I'M EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO MY, MY FRIEND PASTOR NATE SUTTON.
UH, HE'S BEEN THE PASTOR OF OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH, WHICH IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM CODY LIBRARY ON, UH, ON VANCE JACKSON.
ALL OF YOU KNOW IT BECAUSE EVENTUALLY DURING EARLY VOTING, ALL OF US GO SHAKE HANDS THERE AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.
UM, PRIOR TO, UH, BEING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, HE LIVED IN ALASKA IN WASILLA, WHERE HE SERVED AS A PASTOR FOR FIVE YEARS.
PAUL, MINNESOTA, WHERE HE SERVED ON THE FACULTY OF A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL WHERE HE WAS A TEACHER.
NOW HE'S AT OUR SAVIOR OF LUTHERAN CHURCH IN DISTRICT EIGHT.
UM, MR. SUTTON, I'M SORRY, PASTOR SUTTON.
THEY'RE, UH, THE OUTDOORSY TYPE.
THEY LIKE TO GO CAMPING QUITE A BIT.
UM, AND WHEN HE IS NOT HANGING OUT WITH HIS FAMILY, HE'S ALSO THE, UM, SERVES ON THE CHURCH PLANNING BOARD FOR HIS WIDER CHURCH BODY.
OUR SAVIOR LUTHERAN CHURCH SEEKS TO BE AN OASIS FOR THE GOSPEL AND A BRIGHT SHINING LIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY.
THIS MEANS THAT THEY DON'T WANT TO BE THE PEOPLE WHO SAY SOMEONE SHOULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT PROBLEM.
INSTEAD, PASTOR SUTTON AND HIS CONGREGATION WANNA DO WHAT THEY CAN TO BE A PART OF THE SOLUTION TO THE NEEDS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
HEAVENLY FATHER, YOU HAVE MADE US FOR YOURSELF AND OUR HEARTS ARE RESTLESS UNTIL THEY FIND THE REST IN YOU.
HELP US THIS DAY TO REMEMBER THAT OUR IDENTITY, IDENTITY, OUR DEEPEST SENSE OF WHO WE ARE, IS NOT IN OUR PERFORMANCE OR IN OUR BUSYNESS AS A BADGE OF HONOR, NOT IN THE PRAISE OR AFFIRMATION OF OTHERS, NOT IN OUR OWN FEELINGS.
WHETHER IT'S OUR GUILT OR OUR FEARS, OR EVEN OUR PRIDE AS WE COME TO YOU, OUR HEARTS CAN TRULY REST BECAUSE YOU TELL US WE ARE ALREADY WHO WE ARE ALREADY IN CHRIST.
WE ARE GOD'S WORKMANSHIP CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS BECAUSE OF WHO HE IS AND WHAT HE'S DONE.
YOU'VE ALREADY GIVEN US THAT DEEPEST SENSE OF IDENTITY, BUT IN SO DOING, YOU'VE ALSO GIVEN US PURPOSE AS THE VERSE GOES ON, TO SAY, TO DO GOOD WORKS, WHICH YOU PREPARED IN ADVANCE FOR US TO DO.
ONCE WE SEE HOW YOU HAVE LOVED US AND SERVED US AND SACRIFICED FOR US IN JESUS, LEAD US TO LOVE AND SERVE AND SACRIFICE FOR OTHERS.
IT'S WITH THAT IN MIND THAT I THANK YOU FOR OUR NATION, THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUR WONDERFUL CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE FREEDOM AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE HAVE TODAY.
WE ESPECIALLY THANK YOU FOR THESE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVE ON OUR BEHALF, SPECIFICALLY OUR MAYOR, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, AND ALL THEIR STAFF.
BE WITH THEM IN THIS WORK THEY'RE ABOUT TO UNDERTAKE.
BLESS THEIR HEARTS WITH A KEEN THIRST FOR WHAT IS JUST AND RIGHT IN YOUR SITE.
BLESS THEIR EFFORTS WITH CLEAR INSIGHT IN HOW TO BEST SERVE THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THEIR DELIBERATIONS WITH WISDOM AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND THE ABILITY TO WORK TOGETHER EVEN WHEN THERE IS HONEST DISAGREEMENT.
GIVE THEM JOY IN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE YOU AND THE PEOPLE OF SAN ANTONIO.
I PRAY SPECIFICALLY FOR THE AGENDA SET BEFORE THEM TODAY, AS THE PSALMIST SAYS, ESTABLISH THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
YES, ESTABLISH THE WORK OF OUR HANDS.
THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH, PASTOR SUTTON.WE HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TRANSLATION SERVICES, AL OKAY.
AT THIS TIME, OUR FIRST ITEM ON OUR BUSINESS AGENDA TODAY IS THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES FROM MAY 8TH THROUGH NINTH AND THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 9TH.
THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
MINUTES FROM MAY EIGHT AND NINE, PLEASE VOTE.
I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER SALDANA FOR A POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR, AND, UH, IT'S REALLY WITH A LOT OF, UH, PLEASURE AND, AND HONOR THAT I GET TO RECOGNIZE SOMEBODY THAT HAS, UH, BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR LONGER THAN ANY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS OR THE MAYOR AND MANY PEOPLE IN THIS BUILDING.
UH, IT'S SOMEBODY THAT WE ALL WORK WITH, UH, PRETTY CLOSELY HERE AT CITY COUNCIL AND JOINING US IN 2004 WITH HER 15TH ANNIVERSARY TODAY IS OUR CITY CLERK, LETICIA VASIC, CELEBRATING HER 15TH ANNIVERSARY.
SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO, UH, SHOUT OUT A LONG TIME CITY EMPLOYEE DOING IT FROM THE TOP AND, UH, SHE DOES A JOB THAT NOT MANY CAN DO AND WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HER THIS MORNING.
SO A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR CITY CLERK AND THE MACALLAN NATIVE
THANK YOU COUNCILMAN SALIAN, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH LETICIA FOR YOUR MANY GREAT YEARS OF SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND WITH THIS CITY COUNCIL.
UM, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY ITEMS SCHEDULED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION TODAY, SO I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THERE ARE ANY ITEMS FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA FOR WHICH THEY'D LIKE TO PULL FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION.
1415 TOGETHER AND 16 ITEMS. 14, 15 AND 16.
ANY OTHERS? OKAY, HEARING NONE, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THAT'S ALL ITEMS SAVED FOR 14, 15 AND 16.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR THE BALANCE OF THE CONSENT AGENDA.
EVERYONE WHO SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TODAY IS, UH, HAS COME FOR ITEMS THAT ARE FOR NOW INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATIONS.
SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THE CONSENT AGENDA AT THIS TIME.
ITEM 14 IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION 4 3 0 7 EAST EVERGREEN AND A WAIVER OF APPLICATION FEES TOTALING $842 AND 70 CENTS.
FUNDING FOR THE APPLICATION FEES IS AVAILABLE IN THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GENERAL FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2019, ADOPTED BUDGET.
AND ITEM 15 IS A RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN AND A WAIVER OF APPLICATION FEES TOTALING $842 AND 70 CENTS.
FUNDING FOR THE APPLICATION FEES IS AVAILABLE FROM THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION GENERAL FUND, FISCAL YEAR 2019 ADOPTED BUDGET.
OKAY, AND TO CLARIFY, MADAM CLERK, YOU READ THE CAPTIONS FOR BOTH 14 AND 15, SO THE COUNCIL WILL TAKE THOSE UP TOGETHER.
OKAY, COUNCILMAN, UH, TREVINO.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND I WE GOT CITIZENS, I'M SORRY, WE GOT CITIZENS.
UM, WE HAVE THREE CITIZENS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR ITEMS 14 AND 15, SO WE'LL TAKE THEM NOW.
WE'LL START WITH FEDERICA KUSHNER, FOLLOWED BY PATTY ZIONS.
UM, RESPECTFULLY, UH, I HAVE STATEMENTS FROM MY COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, TWO SEPARATE STATEMENTS FOR THOSE TWO SEPARATE, UH, ITEMS. UH, SO I, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE MORE TIME THAN THREE MINUTES IN ORDER TO READ THE STATEMENTS, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
AND ANYTHING YOU DON'T GET TO, WE'LL READ, UH, THE CUR THE CLERK WILL READ IT INTO THE RECORD AS WELL.
YOU HAVE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED.
I'M SPEAKING FOR THE TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
I LIVE AT 4 0 5 EAST MYRTLE STREET IN TOBIN HILL.
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INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR 3 0 0 7 EAST EVERGREEN IS UNDER CONSIDERATION HERE TODAY.THE HOUSE WAS BUILT IN 1910 AND HAS AN INTERESTING HISTORY IN 1919, AFTER THE DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, ROBERT G COLE'S MOTHER, CLARA MOVED HER FAMILY INTO THE HOUSE AT 3 0 7 EAST EVERGREEN.
HER SON GREW UP THERE, GRADUATED FROM A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL, JOINED THE ARMY, WENT TO WEST POINT, BECAME A PARATROOPER, WENT INTO NORMANDY ON D-DAY, 19 44, 75 YEARS AGO.
TODAY WAS CITED TO RECEIVE A MEDAL OF HONOR BECAUSE OF HEROIC ACTIONS, AND DIED A FEW MONTHS LATER IN HOLLAND DEFENDING A BRIDGE FROM THE GERMANS.
HE WAS BURIED IN, IN BEST, THE NETHERLANDS.
IT WAS LEFT FOR CLARA TO RECEIVE ROBERT'S POSTHUMOUS MEDAL AT FORT SAM HOUSTON IN LATE 1944.
LATER, THE HOUSE BECAME THE HEADQUARTERS OF MOJE SUNITA, A CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION FOUNDED IN 1994 FOR WOMEN AND LATINX WITH H I V AIDS.
SINCE THE TIME OF ITS CONSTRUCTION, THE COAL HOUSE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO VERY LITTLE ALTERATION OR ADDITION, PRESERVING ITS CONDITION, MUCH AS IT WAS WHILE THE COAL FAMILY LIVED THERE.
THE HISTORIC BUILDING REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT PART OF SAN ANTONIO'S ANTONIO'S CULTURAL HERITAGE.
OFTEN I HEAR ONE SPECIFIC OBJECTION TO HISTORIC DESIGNATION AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN THERE FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS.
WHY DIDN'T SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT IT SOONER? OUR REPLY IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS HUNDREDS OF BUILDINGS BUILT BEFORE THE 1950S, AND IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO RESEARCH THE HISTORY OF EVERY ONE OF THEM.
THERE ARE MANY HISTORIC SITES IN SAN ANTONIO, WHICH WERE FORGOTTEN AND THEN REDISCOVERED, AND THERE ARE MANY, WHICH TO THE DETRIMENT OF THE CITY NO LONGER EXIST BECAUSE NO ONE SPOKE UP FOR THEM.
THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN SAYS, QUOTE, MIDTOWNS NEIGHBORHOODS WILL CONTINUE TO CONVEY HISTORIC CHARACTER, AND THAT THEY QUOTE, WILL EACH INCLUDE AN ABUNDANCE OF PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, LEARN, AND ENJOY.
YET EACH WILL HAVE A DISTINCT CHARACTER FEATURING AND GROWING FROM LOCAL CULTURE AND LANDSCAPE.
THIS IS VALID AND VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR CITY.
THE LAND USE MAP FOR THE PLAN SHOWS HIGHER DENSITY FOR EASTERN WEST OF THE RESIDENTIAL CORE.
MANY OF THESE PROJECTS HAVE BEEN BUILT OR ARE IN PLANNING TO CARRY THIS PUSH FOR HIGHER DENSITY INTO THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ESPECIALLY IF THE NEIGHBORHOOD MUST BE TORN DOWN TO ACCOMMODATE IT IS UNREASONABLE.
SO THE TOTAL HIDDEN COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION IS RESPECTFULLY, RESPECTFULLY ASKING THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE HOUSE AT 3 0 7 EAST EVERGREEN, THE COAL HOUSE, THE STENSON HOUSE, THAT PLACE OFF EVERGREEN THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN IS A TWO STORY HOUSE ADJACENT TO THE HISTORIC COAL HOUSE.
IT WAS BUILT IN 1910 AS A MULTIPLE RESIDENT APARTMENT BUILDING AND REMAINS SO FOR ITS ENTIRE HISTORY.
THE LONGEST TENANTS WHO WERE ALSO OWNERS WERE WILLIAM HENRY STINSON AND HIS DAUGHTER PEARL STINSON, WHO RESIDED THERE FROM 1926 TO 1955.
LATER, IMPORTANT TENANTS WERE THE MOSTLY ANONYMOUS INDIVIDUALS WHO BETWEEN 1995 AND THIS YEAR, OPENED THEIR DOORS TO NEIGHBORHOOD ARTISTS AND MUSICIANS AND TRANSFORMED THEIR APARTMENT SPACES INTO GRASSROOTS PERFORMANCE AND RECORDING VENUE THAT BECAME KNOWN LOCALLY AS THAT PLACE OFF EVERGREEN.
SINCE THE TIME OF ITS CONSTRUCTION, THE STINSON HOUSE HAS BEEN SUBJECT TO VERY LITTLE ALTERATION OR ADDITION, PRESERVING ITS CONDITION, MUCH AS IT WAS WHILE THE STINSON FAMILY LIVED THERE.
INDEED, THE STINSON HOUSE, LIKE ITS NEIGHBOR, THE COAL HOUSE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR INCLUSION WITHIN THE ADJACENT TOBIN HILL HISTORIC DISTRICT BECAUSE IT POSSESSES THE SAME CHARACTERISTICS AND INTEGRITY AS NEIGHBORING HOUSES ALREADY WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
FURTHERMORE, WE HAVE RECEIVED MANY MESSAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA COMMIT, COMMENTING AGAINST THE DEMOLITION OF THEIR FAVORITE GATHERING AND PERFORMANCE PLACE.
THERE IS WIDESPREAD PUBLIC SUPPORT WITHIN TOBIN HILL, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND ELSEWHERE TO PRESERVE THIS BUILDING AND INTEREST IN REINVESTING IN ITS REVIVAL AS AN ARTISTIC AND EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY SPACE AS ONE DRIVES UP MCCULLOUGH.
BOTH THE HOUSES AT 3 0 7 AND THREE 11 ARE VISIBLE AT THE EAST EVERGREEN INTERSECTION.
THEY ARE PART OF A STREET SCAPE UNIQUE TO TOBIN HILL, A MAJOR STREET LINE WITH BOTH MODERN BUILDINGS AND OLD HOUSES.
A REMINDER THAT THIS IS ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S OLDER NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT PLANS ARE ALREADY UNDERWAY TO BUILD TOWN HOME.
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OVER ONE HALF OF THAT CITY BLOCK DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO HISTORIC SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS BY RETAINING THIS HISTORIC HOUSE FOR REUSE.THE JARRING DIFFERENCE RESULTING FROM THE HEIGHT AND MASSING OF THE NEW BUILDINGS TO BE CONSTRUCTED ON EAST PARK.
AND GILLESPIE CAN BE SOFTENED RETAINING ONE OF THE SIGNATURE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOUR APPROVAL OF THE RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE HOUSE AT THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN WILL GO A LONG WAY IN PRESERVING TOBIN HILL AS ONE OF SAN ANTONIO'S UNIQUE NEIGHBORHOODS.
PATTY ZIONS, FOLLOWED BY LESTER FERGUSON.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I DO HAVE A REQUEST FOR MORE TIME, IF THAT IS APPROPRIATE TO READ BOTH OF MY STATEMENTS ON BOTH PROPERTIES.
YOU SIGNED UP FOR TWO, UH, BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS. PATTY S YES, MAYOR, YOU'LL HAVE SIX MINUTES.
MAYOR PATTY ZIONS, SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY 1 0 7.
KING WILLIAM, THE SAN ANTONIO CONSERVATION SOCIETY SUPPORTS THE RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION OF THE COAL HOUSE LOCATED AT 3 0 7 EAST EVERGREEN.
THE HOUSE CONTRIBUTES ARCHITECTURALLY TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN REMAINS VISUALLY INTACT.
HALF OF THE RESIDENCES ON THIS BLOCK HAVE BEEN LOST TO DEMOLITION, MAKING THIS HOUSE MORE IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE AS A FAMILIAR CORNER FEATURE THAT SIGNALS THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD EAST OF MCCULLOUGH.
IN ADDITION, 3 0 7 EAST EVERGREEN IS SIGNIFICANT AS THE CHILDHOOD HOME OF MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT G. COLE.
LIEUTENANT COLE LIVED IN THIS HOUSE WITH HIS MOTHER FROM 1919 AND UNTIL HE LEFT FOR WEST POINT IN 1935, HE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST MILITARY HONOR FOLLOWING HIS SERVICE DURING THE INVASION OF NORMANDY.
AN EVENT OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE.
BEING HONORED TODAY, LIEUTENANT COLE POSTHUMOUSLY LENT HIS NAME TO NUMEROUS INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING THE JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SAM HOUSTON.
HE HAS ALSO BEEN IMMORTALIZED IN POP CULTURE THROUGH A SERIES OF VIDEO GAMES.
THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT THE COAL HOUSE SHOULD BECOME A LOCAL LANDMARK AND MAYBE ELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES.
IN ADDITION TO HONORING THIS WORLD WAR II HERO, LANDMARK DESIGNATION CAN PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES TO REHABILITATE THIS STRUCTURE RATHER THAN YIELDING ANOTHER VACANT LOT TO EXPENSIVE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
AND I MIGHT ADD THAT TODAY D-DAY WOULD BE THE MOST APPROPRIATE TIME TO HONOR THIS WAR HERO BY LAND POTENTIAL LANDMARKING OF HIS FAMILY HOME.
REGARDING THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN, THE SOCIETY ALSO SUPPORTS THE RESOLUTION INITIATING HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION FOR THE STINSON HOUSE LOCATED AT THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN.
THE HOUSE MAINTAINS THE ARCHITECTURAL INTEGRITY OF ITS ORIGINAL DESIGN AND IS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE QUICKLY DISAPPEARING TURN OF THE 20TH CENTURY HOUSING STOCK OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
ITS LOCATION ALSO NEAR THE CORNER OF MCCULLOUGH PROVIDES A FAMILIAR VISUAL FEATURE THAT SIGNALS THE RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE EAST OF THE COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
MOREOVER, THE STINSON HOUSE SERVES AS A LOCAL INDEPENDENT CULTURAL ARTS VENUE WHERE LOCAL ARTISTS EXHIBITED THEIR WORK AND MUSICIANS BEGAN THEIR CAREERS APTLY NAMED THE PLACE OFF EVERGREEN.
IT SERVED AS A BEACON FOR INDIE CULTURE, JUST BLOCKS FROM THE ST.
MARY'S ENTERTAINMENT CORRIDOR.
FROM 1995 UNTIL JANUARY OF 1919 OR 2019, LANDMARK DESIGNATION COULD PROVIDE TAX INCENTIVES TO RAHI REHABILITATE THE STRUCTURE, RATHER THAN, AGAIN, YIELDING ANOTHER VACANT LOT TO EXPENSIVE NEW CONSTRUCTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE CONS CONSERVATION SOCIETY'S POSITION ON THESE TWO RESIDENCES.
UM, YES, SO I'M THE OWNER OF UM, 3 0 7 AND 3 0 9 3 11
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EAST EVERGREEN.UM, THIS HAS BEEN QUITE A SURPRISE.
I HAVE, UM, WAS NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS, BUT, UM, EXCEPT THROUGH MY ATTORNEY, THAT'S FINE.
AND, UM, I'VE HAD VERY LITTLE TIME TO, UH, PREPARE ANYTHING ABOUT THIS AND, UH, IT'S CAUSED A LOT OF STRESS.
I COULDN'T SLEEP AT ALL LAST NIGHT.
OKAY? AND, UM, BUT I'LL TELL YOU JUST WHAT'S GOING ON WITH ME.
MY, UM, TRIED TO LEASE THESE PLACES FOR OVER TWO YEARS AND PEOPLE DON'T WANT 'EM, AND I HAVE TO LIVE OFF OF THIS.
OKAY? I, UM, THEY WERE NOT CONSIDERED HISTORIC TILL NOW.
AND, UM, I'M GONNA BE REQUIRED TO PAY TAXES, THE INSURANCE, THE UPKEEP, AND THESE ARE WOODEN STRUCTURES AND WOOD EXPOSED WOOD DOESN'T LAST MORE THAN 50 YEARS.
THAT MEANS THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED.
THEY'RE NOT, UM, UM, THEY'RE VERY DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN.
I HAVE TO GO IN THERE CONSTANTLY AND, UM, I DO THE WORK MYSELF 'CAUSE I CANNOT AFFORD TO BRING IN OTHER PEOPLE.
PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO LIVE THERE.
OKAY? I'M ALSO IN THE MIDDLE OF A DIVORCE.
THIS MEANS THAT MY PROPERTY IS, ALL MY ASSETS AND MY SAVINGS AND SO FORTH ARE GONNA BE DIVIDED.
IT'S GOING TO PUT ME IN A VERY DEEP AND DARK PLACE WHERE I CANNOT AFFORD TO MAINTAIN THESE PROPERTIES.
AND, UM, I JUST DUNNO WHERE I'M GONNA BE AT THIS POINT.
MY FUTURE IS BUILT AROUND THESE PROPERTIES.
I WAS HOPING FOR A SALE THAT I COULD CONTINUE ON.
UM, I, UM, DON'T HAVE ANY INSURANCE, UM, DUE TO DIVORCE.
I, UM, DON'T HAVE MUCH SAVINGS.
UH, IT WILL BE, I'LL HAVE TO BASICALLY SELL THIS AT WHATEVER PRICES I CAN OBTAIN.
IT LEAVES ME IN, UM, WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, AND I DON'T, AND AS YOU KNOW, ANY, UH, EVENT CAN, UM, LITERALLY TAKE EVERYTHING AWAY FROM YOU.
OKAY? IT COULD BE JUST A SIMPLE ACCIDENT, BREAK YOUR LEG, WHATEVER, YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING NEXT.
UH, THAT, UM, I QUIT MY TEACHING JOB TO MAKE MY CASE.
I HAD TO COME IN HERE AND, UM, I NEVER DONE THIS BEFORE, SO I WAS TOTALLY IGNORANT ABOUT THIS PROCESS.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT WAS GOING ON.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO DEFEND MYSELF.
AND, UM, NOW I'M WITHOUT, UH, INCOME.
OKAY? UH, I TEACH, UH, PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS AT ST.
PHILIP'S, AND, UH, THAT IS NO LONGER, UM, POSSIBLE.
AND AT MY AGE, 75, THAT'S GONNA BE TOUGH.
ALRIGHT? SO AT THIS TIME, UM, I'LL HAVE NO INCOME BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T WANT TO RENT THESE PLACES.
I'LL BE WITHOUT, UH, UH, MINIMAL INCOME, MAYBE AN ADJUNCT POSITION THAT'S VERY POOR AND THERE'S NO INSURANCE WITH IT.
UM, MY WIFE, UH, AND I, BEFORE THE DIVORCE HAD TALKED ABOUT, UM, MY INSURANCE WITH THE SCHOOL, BUT SHE SAID, NO, GO WITH MY INSURANCE.
AND I DID AND DROP THE SCHOOL INSURANCE.
AND, UM, THAT WAS, I DIDN'T SEE THE DIVORCE COMING, AND SO NOW I'M STUCK.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, A DIVORCE CAN GO HIGHER THAN $50,000.
IF, UM, IT'S CONTESTED, THAT WILL, THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY BAD FOR ME AND FOR HER TOO.
UH, I WILL PROBABLY BE FORCED TO SELL MY BELONGINGS, MY HOUSE, AND, UM, I'M BASICALLY AT, UM, WHAT I, WHATEVER THIS OUTCOME IS.
WE DO HAVE, UH, ONE LETTER THAT WAS SUBMITTED FROM THE TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT WE'D ALSO, UH, PLACED INTO THE RECORD, UH, FOR THE CLERK.
THANK YOU, MAYOR, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THOSE WHO TOOK THE TIME TO COME AND SPEAK ON THESE ITEMS TODAY.
I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE PASSION IN WHICH THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT ONE NEIGHBORHOODS ADVOCATE FOR
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PRESERVATION.IN FACT, WE WERE JUST HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH COUNCILMAN COURAGE AS WE WERE WALKING OVER HERE.
UH, I'M ALSO COMMITTED TO PRESERVING THE NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTER OF DISTRICT ONE, ESPECIALLY IN THE URBAN CORE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE DEVELOPMENT IS SURGING, AS STATED IN MANY OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS AND SA TOMORROW DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE AC ACCOMMODATED ON THE CORRIDORS AND IN COMMERCIAL MIXED USE AREAS AND NOT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORES.
THIS IS SOMETHING I SUPPORT AND I'M COMMITTED TO WORKING TOWARDS, THROUGH A VARIETY OF AVENUES DESIGNED FOR THIS PURPOSE.
THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON 3 0 7 AND THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN ARE SITUATED ON THE COMMERCIAL CORNER OF THE MCCULLOUGH CORRIDOR.
THIS IS AN AREA THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO ACCOMMODATE FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT.
HOWEVER, THE EXISTING STRUCTURES DO HAVE A VALUABLE, DO HAVE VALUABLE HISTORIC MATERIALS WITHIN THEM BEFORE ANY FUTURE INFILL PROJECTS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD.
I ENCOURAGE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO ESTABLISH A SALVAGING PLAN FOR THE, THESE HISTORIC MATERIALS.
I WILL ALSO BE REVIEWING THIS ZONING CHANGE AS A REPLACEMENT PLAN, AND IT SHOULD THEREFORE HAVE A SITE PLAN, WHICH IS SENSITIVE TO THE SURROUNDING BUILDINGS AND STREETSCAPE.
OUR CITY IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPING A DECONSTRUCTION ORDINANCE, WHICH WILL BE A TANGIBLE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY PLAN, AS WELL AS A RESOURCE FOR VALUABLE RESTORATIONS.
I'VE BEEN AN ADVOCATE FOR THIS FOR SOME TIME, AND WOULD EXPECT THAT THIS PROPERTY SHOULD CONFORM TO THAT ORDINANCE.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO WOULD PREFER A DIFFERENT DECISION ON THESE MATTERS, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE THOSE INDIVIDUALS TO CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES AND BRING FORWARD THEIR FINDINGS AND PERSPECTIVES.
REQUESTING REVIEWS OF PROPERTIES MEANS THAT SOMETIMES APPLICATIONS MOVE FORWARD AND SOMETIMES THEY DON'T, AND THAT EACH APPLICATION WILL ALWAYS BE REVIEWED INDIVIDUALLY BY MYSELF AND MY OFFICE WITH CAREFUL CONSIDERATION AND CONCLUSIONS.
UPON CLOSE SCRUTINY, THESE PROPERTIES DO NOT WARRANT LANDMARK STATUS.
THEREFORE, I MOVE TO DENY HISTORIC DESIGNATIONS FOR BOTH 3 0 7 AND THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN ITEMS NUMBER 14 AND 15 SECOND.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR DENIAL OF ITEMS 14 AND 15.
UH, COUNCILMAN, UH, ANDY, UH, MAYOR, TO AVOID CONFUSION, THERE'S NO NEED FOR A MOTION.
COUNCILMAN, YOU SIMPLY RECOMMEND A VOTE NO ON THE LIE.
I I MOTION TO VOTE NO ON ITEMS NUMBER 14 AND 15.
IS THAT NO, A AGAIN, I, THERE'S NO MOTION REQUIRED.
YOU'RE SIMPLY URGING, UH, THE COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON THE RECOMME RECOMMENDATION FOR DESIGNATION.
THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS A RECOMMENDATION TO DESIGNATE IT.
AND SO YOU SIMPLY SAY YOU'RE NOT SUPPORTING THAT, AND YOU WOULD URGE YOUR FELLOW COUNCILMEN NOT TO SUPPORT IT AS WELL.
SO THEREFORE, A VOTE NO IS NO
I URGE MY COUNCIL TO VOTE NO ON ITEM 14 AND 15 THAT WORKED FOR THE CLERK.
UM, AND ANDY, YOU'RE GOOD? OKAY.
SO JUST TO CLARIFY, IS THERE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR? OKAY.
SO DOES THAT, DOES, DOES THAT THERE IS NO MOTION ON THE FLOOR.
COUNCILMAN, YOU'RE SIMPLY VOTING YES OR NO ON THE DESIGNATION.
AGAIN, NO MEANS YOU DON'T GET THE HISTORIC DESIGNATION, BUT TO DO THAT, DON'T YOU NEED A MOTION? NO, YOU DON'T.
NO, YOU DON'T NEED A MOTION TO PUT IT ON FOR CONSIDERATION.
I YOU NEED A MOTION FOR SOMEBODY WHO NEEDS TO MOTION FOR IT AND SOMEBODY HAS TO SECOND IT.
CAN I REPEAT IT? I'M GONNA, I'M GONNA REPEAT MY ORIGINAL MOTION, WHICH WAS, UM, UH, MOTION FOR, UH, I MOVE TO DENY HISTORIC DESIGNATION FOR BOTH 3 0 7 AND THREE 11 EAST EVERGREEN ITEMS NUMBER 14 AND 15 SECOND.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR, UM, DENIAL OF ITEMS 14 AND 15.
UM, WE, WE DID NOT HAVE A STAFF PRESENTATION ON THIS.
UH, SO THE CITY CLERK WANTS SOME CLARIFICATION BECAUSE SHE'S TELLING ME THAT EVERYBODY HAS TO VOTE.
YOU, YOU, ANDY, YOU WERE, YOU WERE REQUESTING THAT PEOPLE VOTE.
NO, BUT MY MOTION IS FOR PEOPLE TO VOTE NOT WITH YOUR MOTION.
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YES.SO TO BE CLEAR, I'M ASKING MY COUNCIL COLLEAGUES TO VOTE YES FOR DENIAL.
OKAY, WELL, UM, NOW THAT WE'RE THOROUGHLY CONFUSED, I, I THINK WE UNDERSTAND THE MOTION.
THE MOTION IS TO DENY THE DESIGNATION OF ITEMS 14 AND 15 TO I TO TWO HOMES ON EVERGREEN STREET.
SO A YES VOTE IS TO DENY THE DESIGNATION.
UH, A NO VOTE WOULD BE TO, UH, SUPPORT THE DESIGNATION.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I HAVE TO SAY THAT, UH, WE DID NOT GET A BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM.
UM, AND, YOU KNOW, FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, I, THERE'S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN HERE.
UH, WITH REGARD TO DESIGNATION, THERE ARE TWO HISTORIC STRUCTURES ON EVERGREEN.
I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW THE COMPELLING REASONS UNDERNEATH BY WHICH A DESIGNATION IS BEING SOUGHT.
UH, OBVIOUSLY, YOU KNOW, DICK COLE'S NAME CERTAINLY RESONATES IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, THE TESTIMONY BY THE PROPERTY OWNER THOUGH, IS ALSO EQUALLY COMPELLING, AND IT, IT, UH, IS DISTURBING TO ME THAT WE DON'T HAVE A PROCESS TO RECTIFY, TO RECONCILE THOSE TWO ISSUES.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A CITY THAT IS GROWING.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED TO ACCOMMODATE THE GROWTH THE BEST WAY WE CAN.
WE ALSO HAVE TO RETAIN OUR CULTURAL AND HISTORIC HERITAGE, OTHERWISE, WE LOSE OUR IDENTITY, WHICH IS OUR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE AS A CITY.
WE CAN BE ANY TOWN U S A IF WE CONTINUE TO GROW THE WAY WE ARE, BUT WE LOSE SIGHT OF THE HERITAGE THAT IS HERE IN THE CITY.
AND I KNOW OUR STAFF, OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS WORK VERY HARD TO STRIKE THAT BALANCE.
UH, THE BALANCE THAT'S LOST TODAY FOR ME THOUGH, IS THE FACT THAT WE HAVE, I THINK, VERY COMPELLING TESTIMONY ON HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, A VERY CLEAR DESCRIPTION OF HOW THAT DESIGNATION WOULD HURT A PROPERTY OWNER.
AND THOSE THINGS NEED TO BE RECONCILED, UH, AWAY FROM THIS DA SO WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF THE DIRECTION COMING IN, UH, BEFORE A VOTE OF THIS NATURE.
SO, UM, YOU KNOW, HAVING, UH, SAT THROUGH THE TESTIMONY, I'M, I'M COMFORTABLE WITH THE COUNCILMAN'S LEAD ON THIS, BUT I, I WILL TELL YOU I'M NOT COMFORTABLE WITH, UH, THE DYNAMICS OF THE SITUATION BEING DECIDED ON THE SPOT RIGHT NOW.
SO, UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND SUPPORT THE COUNCILMAN.
UM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO GET BRIEFED ON ITEMS LIKE THIS, UH, PRIOR TO.
SO, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MOVE FORWARD WITH THE VOTE.
THEIR MOTION WAS TO DENY ITEMS 14 AND 15 DESIGNATION.
SO A YES VOTE IS TO DENY A NO VOTE IS TO DESIGNATE, PLEASE VOTE.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN AS THE COMPONENT OF THE COMPREHENSIVE MASTER PLAN OF THE CITY.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE A PRESENTATION.
GO AHEAD AND SPEAK FIRST AND WE'LL GET THE PRESENTATION.
JACKSON, WELL, MAYOR BERG AND OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR ILLUSTRIOUS SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK MFIN.
THIS ITEM, WHICH YOU'RE GOING TO DO, IS ABOUT APPROVING, APPROVING THE, UH, THE SAN ANTONIO TOMORROW PLAN.
YEAH, I LOOKED AT THE, UH, THE BACKUP DOCUMENTS ON THIS, AND MR. CIO JUST SHOWED THAT THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF IT ALL THERE.
UH, YEAH, IT SAYS, SET TOMORROW, SUB AREA PLANNING, MO MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
I LOOKED PAGED THROUGH, UM, DOZENS, MAYBE HUNDREDS OF PAGES THERE, AND I SAW, I'D LIKE TO SAY THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS.
LITERALLY, I JUST WANNA SHOW YOU MR. AUDIO VISUAL, MAN.
LOOK, LOOK WHAT I FOUND ON PAGE NINE.
SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF IT, THAT YOU'LL SEE THE UNDERLINED AREA THERE.
WHERE THE STAR SAYS, SUPPORT UNIQUE DISTRICT CULTURES AND MIDTOWN, SUCH AS
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER, QUEER
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PLUS CULTURES ON MAIN STREET.PLEASE RETURN THE CAMERA, IF YOU WOULD TO, TO THE PODIUM.
YOU KNOW, GUYS, UH, YOU'RE GONNA SAY, JACK, THERE, YOU GUYS ARE, BY BEING A BUNCH OF FUDDY DUDDIES, JUST CAN'T YOU GUYS GET HIP AND LEARN THAT, THAT IT'S A NEW AGE OUT THERE THAT, UH, WE ARE NOW INCLUSIVE.
WE ARE INCLUDING ALL THE, THE, THE, THE HOMOSEXUAL, NO, NO MORE HOMOSEXUAL JACKETS.
WELL, I'M SORRY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GIVE US FUNNY DUDDIES, AT LEAST OUR DUE ON THIS.
I HELD IN MY HANDS THE, UH, THE CATECHISM OF THE, UH, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH RIGHT HERE.
IT'S, UM, AND Y'ALL, I MEAN, AND PLEASE BEAR IN MIND, WHAT DID WE DO TODAY? WE OPENED OUR MEETING WITH AN INVOCATION TO SUPPOSEDLY A HIGHER POWER.
MANY OF YOU ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL BOASTED ABOUT HOW YOU ARE MEMBERS OF A CHURCH OR GO TO THAT SERVICE OR, OR WHATEVER.
WELL, HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU FROM THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
WHAT DOES IT SAY ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY? YEAH.
I SHOULD SHOW THE UNDERLINED AREA.
MR. BLOW THAT UP A LITTLE BIT THERE.
HOMOSEXUALITY BASING ITSELF ON SACRED SCRIPTURE, WHICH PRESENTS HOMOSEXUAL ACTS AS ACTS OF GRAVE DEPRAVITY.
JACK, YOU GOTTA KEEP IT TO ITEM 16, OR I'LL CUT YOU OFF.
WELL, THAT'S JUST IT, MR. MAYOR, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE APPROVING IS SOMETHING ABOUT THAT IS GRAVE DEPRAVED? YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.
HEY, THAT RHYMES THERE ALSO, UM, MAYBE YOU'D WANT TO AMEND THIS BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
ALSO, UH, IN THIS THING YOU HAVE SOMETHING ABOUT THE, UM, THE TRAFFIC SITUATION.
UH, WHAT IS IT GOING TO, WHAT DOES IT SAY THERE, MR. AUTO VISUAL MAN.
THAT'S THE UNDERLYING AREA OF, OH, SO MANY SCANDALS.
UH, BRIDGETTE, I BELIEVE YOU HAVE A PRESENTATION ON WHAT YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE.
UH, GOOD MORNING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
BRIDGETT WHITE, DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO THE MIDTOWN AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IS THE SECOND OF THE SUB AREA PLANS TO IMPLEMENT THE ESSAY TOMORROW.
UM, THIS PLAN WENT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MAY 8TH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THEY DID, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
UH, THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A CHANGE TO THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN FOR TWO PROPERTIES ON EUCLID AVENUE.
WE DO HAVE A TYPO IN TERMS OF THE PROPERTY NUMBER TWO.
SO WE'VE OUTLINED THAT PARTICULARLY ON THE SCREEN AS IT RELATES, RELATES TO LOTS 28, UM, TO SHOW, TO ENSURE THAT THE CHANGE IS CORRECTLY REFLECTED IN THE RECORD.
THE FULL PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION WITH THE CORRECT LEGAL DESCRIPTION IS NOTED ON THIS SLIDE, AND STAFF DOES CONCUR WITH THIS FULL RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS BEING PRESENTED FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION THIS MORNING.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE COORDINATED WITH YOUR OFFICES ON A REQUESTED LAND USE CATEGORY CHANGE TO PROPERTIES ALONG BROADWAY THAT ARE PART OF A LARGER DEVELOPMENT.
AND THAT REQUESTED CHANGE IS FROM URBAN MIXED USE TO REGIONAL MIXED USE FOR PROPERTIES, GENERALLY BOUNDED BY EAST JOSEPHINE STREET TO THE NORTH AUSTIN STREET, TO THE EAST I 35 NORTH ACCESS ROAD, AND THE I 37 SOUTH ACCESS ROAD TO THE SOUTH AND BROADWAY, CASABLANCA, AND NORTH ALAMO STREET TO THE WEST.
AND STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT RECOMMEND THAT, UM, AMENDMENT AS WELL, AND I CAN ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
UM, AND THANK YOU AND RUDY AND GARRETT, CHRIS, AND THE PLANNING TEAM FOR THEIR HARD WORK ON MOVING SA TOMORROW FORWARD.
I WOULD ALSO BE REMISS IF I DIDN'T THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES WHO WERE INVOLVED IN BRINGING THIS FORWARD.
UH, THE EFFORT WAS NOT EASY AND TOOK CONSIDERABLE TIME, UH, AND AMENDING TO, TO FIND THE RIGHT FIT FOR THE AREA THAT, THAT STRIKES A BALANCE BETWEEN GROWTH AND PRESERVATION BY PUSHING THE DEVELOPMENT TO THE CORRIDORS AND SUGGESTING CONSERVATION OVERLAYS IN THE CORE NEIGHBORHOOD AREAS.
CONCERNS REGARDING TRAFFIC, PEDESTRIAN MOBILITY, HOUSING DIVERSITY AND AFFORDABILITY ARE ALL ADDRESSED BY THIS PLAN.
THIS PLAN ALSO ADVOCATES FOR SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION AND DESIGN.
THESE ARE ALL THINGS I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT.
MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PLAN HIGHLIGHTS THE NEED TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE DIVERSITY OF PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE AREA, SPECIFICALLY THE DIVERSE RESIDENTS OF THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
THE BUSINESSES CENTRALIZED IN MIDTOWN AND THE L G B T Q COMMUNITY, ALL OF WHOM HAVE POPULATED THESE NEAR DOWNTOWN AREAS FOR DECADES.
THEREFORE, I MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER 16.
OKAY, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM 16.
AND I'VE COORDINATED, UH, AN AMENDMENT WITH COUNCILMAN TREVINO AND I HEARD BRIDGET ALSO, UM, UH, GIVE SUPPORT FOR THIS AMENDMENT.
SO I'M GONNA MAKE THAT MOTION NOW TO AMEND, UM, COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S AMENDMENT, UH, TO READ, TO ADD
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THE PROPERTY'S GENERALLY BOUND BY EAST JOSEPHINE STREET TO THE NORTH AUSTIN STREET TO THE EAST, THE I 35 NORTH ACCESS ROAD, AND THE I 37 SOUTH ACCESS ROAD TO THE SOUTH.AND BROADWAY, CASABLANCA AND NORTH ALAMO STREET TO THE WEST SHALL BE DESIGNATED AS REGIONAL MIXED USE ON THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND THAT'S MY AMENDMENT MAYOR.
I ACCEPT THAT FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
UM, ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND, UH, AS AMENDED BY COUNCILMAN HALL.
UH, CLERK HAS THAT IN THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, THAT'S ALL THE ITEMS ON OUR MORNING AGENDA, OUR BUSINESS AGENDA.
IS THERE A CITY MANAGER'S REPORT? UH, YES, SIR.
UH, MAYOR, UH, THIS, THIS WEEKEND IS THE 48TH ANNUAL, UH, ANNUAL TEXAS FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL.
OF COURSE, MANY OF US HAVE BEEN THERE.
IT'S A, UH, CULTURAL EXPERIENCE WITH OVER 250 PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS, UH, AND MORE THAN 40 CULTURAL GROUPS.
UM, THE, UH, THE EVENT INCLUDES SIX STAGES OF MUSIC, ENTERTAINMENT, UH, AUTHENTIC FOOD ITEMS, AND THE SKILLS OF, UH, 60 OVER 60 ARTISANS.
UH, THIS YEAR'S, UH, THIS YEAR, SAN ANTONIO'S CREATIVE CITY OF GASTRONOMY HAS COLLABORATED WITH THE INSTITUTE, UH, OF TEXAN CULTURES TO RECRUIT CELEBRITY AND EXPERT JUDGES.
UH, THE JUDGES WILL BE TASKED WITH SAMPLING A VARIETY OF FOODS, AS WELL AS JUDGING THE OVERALL APPEARANCE OF, OF, UH, OF THE BOOTHS.
UM, FOR SOME STRANGE REASON, I HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE ONE OF THE JUDGES, SO I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT ON, UH, FRIDAY EVENING.
UM, BUT, UH, CERTAINLY A COMMUNITY EVENT THAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT.
UH, NUMBER TWO, I WANTED TO, UH, HIGHLIGHT ONE OF OUR TEAM MEMBERS HERE.
EACH YEAR, THE SAN ANTONIO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CELEBRATES, UH, WOMEN, WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN SAN ANTONIO.
UM, THROUGH, UH, THE TRIBUTE OF, UH, THROUGH THE TRIBUTE TO WOMEN BUSINESS LEADERS AWARD, UH, THE, THE AWARD HONORS INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE EMBODIED, UH, LEADERSHIP QUALITIES, WHICH HAVE DRIVEN, UH, NOT ONLY THEIR PERSONAL SUCCESS, BUT THE SUCCESS OF THOSE AROUND THEM.
UH, THIS YEAR'S LUNCHEON WAS HELD EARLIER THIS WEEK, AND I WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR VERY OWN ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, LORI HOUSTON, WAS, UH, ONE OF THE AWARD WINNERS, UM, UH, SPECIFICALLY UNDER THE PROMISE AWARD.
UH, SO CONGRATULATIONS TO LORI FOR THE, OH, THERE SHE IS.
IT WAS, IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND I'M CERTAINLY PROUD OF, UH, OF LORI'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS.
UH, AND THEN FINALLY, MAYOR, UH, I MENTIONED LAST MONTH THAT, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH MONTH, WE'LL DO A SHORT, QUICK VIDEO, UH, HIGHLIGHTING, UM, UH, A CITY EMPLOYEE, UH, TODAY.
UH, IT'S, UH, JOEY, JOEY OLIVARES, WHO IS, UM, A, UM, RECENTLY, UH, HE, HE'S BEEN WITH THE CITY FOR ABOUT A YEAR, UM, UH, AN ANIMAL, AN ANIMAL CARE OFFICER WITH ANIMAL CARE SERVICES.
SO IF I COULD ASK YOU TO TURN YOUR ATTENTION TO THE VIDEO.
WE'LL, WE'VE GOT A, A NICE CLIP, UH, ABOUT JOEY AND HIS WORK.
I'VE BEEN, UH, WITH THE CITY FOR, UH, ABOUT A YEAR.
I'M AN ANIMAL CARE OFFICER IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AND WE GET CALLS THROUGHOUT THE DAY OF AGGRESSIVE DOGS OR DOGS THAT ARE NEGLECTED.
OFFICER STANDBYS, SS A P D NEEDS HELP WITH, WITH, WITH DOGS AS WELL.
THERE'S NEVER ANYTHING THAT'S REPETITIOUS AT ALL.
AND THERE'S DAYS WHERE I GET YELLED AT AND THERE'S DAYS WHERE I HAVE PEOPLE THANKING ME FOR WHAT I DO.
ONE TIME IT WAS AN ELDERLY WOMAN THAT, THAT LOST HER DOG, HAD BEEN GONE FOR ALMOST A MONTH.
THEY HAD A MICROCHIP, AND I, I WAS ABLE TO GET BACK WITH HER.
I CALLED HER AND SHE WAS SUPER EXCITED THAT I PICKED UP HER DOG.
I TOOK IT BACK TO HER HOUSE AND SHE JUST STARTED CRYING WITH JOY.
WE'RE HERE TO DO A GOOD THING FOR THE CITY TO TAKE THE DOGS OFF THE STREET AND GET 'EM IN BETTER HOMES.
HERE AT A C S IT'S, IT'S NOTHING BUT TEAMWORK.
UH, YOU RELY ON YOUR TEAMMATES, YOU COME TO WORK AND, AND THE PEOPLE HERE GREET YOU AS SOON AS YOU GET HERE.
IT'S A VERY NICE FEELING TO BE COMING IN AND BE GREETED WITH, WITH WARMTH AND, AND HAPPINESS.
THAT'S, UH, THAT'S IT FOR THIS WEEK.
THANK YOU ERIC, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR GREAT CITY STAFF.
UH, WE DO HAVE A 2:00 PM, UH, ZONING AGENDA TODAY, BUT BEFORE WE BREAK FOR THE MORNING, WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE INTO OUR EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM YESTERDAY.
SO THE TIME IS NOW 9:57 AM THE CITY COUNCIL WILL RECONVENE.
ITS IN, IN ITS EXECUTIVE SESSION FROM, CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY, JUNE 5TH.
ALRIGHT, COUNCIL, WE ARE, UH, BACK IN SESSION.
UH, NOW THE TIME, THE TIME IS NOW 2:07 PM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2019, AND THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO WILL NOW RECONVENE AN OPEN SESSION.
NO OFFICIAL ACTION WAS TAKEN IN EXECUTIVE SESSION.
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WE GOT OUR ZONING ITEMS AND THE ITEMS THAT I, I HAVE REMAINING ON CONSENT THUS FAR ARE ITEM 1920 Z ONE, Z TWO, Z THREE Z SIX P TWO Z, EIGHT Z NINE Z, 10 Z 12, Z 14, P FOUR, AND Z 17.THE INDIVIDUAL ITEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PULLED FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION ARE Z FOUR, Z FIVE, P ONE, Z SEVEN, Z 11, Z 13, Z 16 P THREE, AND Z 15.
ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS THAT NEED TO BE PULLED FOR, UH, FROM CONSENT FOR INDIVIDUAL CONSIDERATION? DID YOU SAY 16 Z Z 16? YES, SIR.
ANYTHING ELSE? SO I'LL TAKE A MOTION FOR, UH, CONSENT ZONING ITEMS SECOND.
UH, WE DO HAVE CITIZENS THAT TO BE HEARD ON THESE CONSENT ITEMS. UH, WE'LL START WITH JACK FINGER.
CAN I HAVE A CLARIFICATION REAL QUICK? I WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AND MAKE SURE WE ARE CLARIFYING FOR ITEM NUMBER 20.
IT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED AT 40 45 COMMERCIAL AVENUE.
THE ADVERTISEMENT THAT WENT OUT WAS CORRECT.
THERE WAS A TYPO IN THE BRIEFING MEMO, SO I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AND CORRECT THAT ADDRESS.
THANKS FOR THAT CLARIFICATION ON ITEM 20.
WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR PROTI, OTHER MEMBERS OF OUR SAN ANTONIO CITY COUNCIL.
FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS JACK M.
UPON THIS, UH, PORTION OF THE AGENDA, A FEW ITEMS I WISH TO BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, ITEM NUMBER 20 IS AN ALCOHOL VARIANCE.
AND MRS. UH, MS. RIO GRANDE, THIS IS IN YOUR DISTRICT.
THE IDEA IS THE, THE QUESTION IS, UH, ARE YOU GOING TO ALLOW A ALCOHOL TO BE SOLD WITHIN 300 FEET OF WHERE SCHOOL KIDS PLAY? THIS HAS BEEN A PERENNIAL QUESTION FOR ALL THROUGHOUT THE, THIS COUNCIL AND MANY OTHER COUNCILS BEFOREHAND.
AND, UH, AND EVERY TIME I JUST SEE 'EM SLIDE RIGHT ON THROUGH
I I MEAN, THERE ARE REASONS WHY THE STATE DOES NOT ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES WITHIN 300 FEET OF A SCHOOL.
AND THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN GET AROUND IT IS BY HAVING THE LOCAL ELECTED BODY OFFER A BIG VARIANCE TO IT.
WELL, I'M SORRY, BUT I I REALLY WISH Y'ALL WOULD VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE SCHOOL KIDS JUST ONCE, YOU KNOW.
UH, YEAH, THAT'S ON, THAT'S ON, UH, THE, IN THE HARLANDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
OTHER ITEMS OF WHICH ON THIS PORTION OF THE AGENDA IS, UH, IN COUNCIL DISTRICT, UH, ONE, MR. MR. TREVINO'S DISTRICT.
YOU HAVE A, IN THE, IN THE BEACON HILL AREA THERE, THERE'S A, A, UM, CON CONTRACTOR THAT APPARENTLY WANTS TO PUT TWO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS INTO ONE LOT.
AND, UH, I REALLY WISH, UH, YOU, YOU WOULD, UH, SAY NO TO ONE, ONE OF THESE THINGS ONE DAY, MAYBE TODAY'S THE DAY, WHO KNOWS
BUT FINALLY IN, UH, Z 13, THIS IS IN MR. BROCK HOUSE'S DISTRICT.
HE, HE'S NOT HERE THIS AFTERNOON.
HE, HE'S A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, SO I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GOING TO, UH, UH, DEAL WITH THIS PARTICULAR ONE.
BUT Z 13 IS THE IDEA OF, WELL, LIKE I SAY, SHOEHORNING, SHOEHORNING FOUR UNITS, RESIDENTIAL UNITS INTO ONE LOT.
DOESN'T THAT GET JUST A BIT TOO INTENSE FOLKS? FOUR HOUSES INTO ONE LOT.
I'M SORRY THAT, THAT, UH, W WHERE ARE THE KIDS GONNA PLAY? HMM.
HOW ARE YOU, ARE YOU GOING TO, I CAN JUST IMAGINE THE RESIDENTS ARE TRYING TO, UH, WIGGLE IN AND AROUND THE WALLS OF THE HOUSES THERE AS THEY'RE TR TRYING TO GET OUT TO THEIR CARS, ASSUMING THERE'S EVEN ANY PLACE TO PARK THEIR CARS WITH ALL THAT INTENSITY THERE.
SO YES, WHOEVER'S GONNA DEAL WITH Z 13, I WISH, I REALLY WISH YOU WOULD SAY NO TO IT.
IF YOU, IF YOU CAN'T, YOU JUST POSTPONE IT.
UH, WE'RE GONNA PLAY THE TRANSLATION VIDEO REAL QUICK.
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ALRIGHT.CONTINUE ON WITH UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD, TO BE HEARD ON A COUPLE MORE ITEMS. P TWO AND Z EIGHT ARE BOTH, ARE BOTH STILL ON CONSENT? UH, WE HAVE ROSE HILL SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THAT.
STELLA ASHLEY SHE'LL PASS AS WELL.
RICHARD AL AND HE'LL PASS AS WELL.
AND SO THAT ARE, THAT'S ALL THE FOLKS ON, UM, TO SPEAK ON CONSENT ITEMS AND WE'VE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND, SO WE'RE READY TO VOTE.
ALRIGHT, NOW WE'RE GONNA TAKE UP INDIVIDUAL ITEMS. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THOSE FOLKS WITH CONSENT ITEMS, INDIVIDUAL ITEMS, WE'LL START WITH ITEM Z FOUR Z FOUR FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE LOCATED AT 5 67 CHERRY RIDGE DRIVE.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
21 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED BELLEVUE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
UM, A MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A CONDITION TO ALLOW AN ATTACHED BANNER SIGN NO BIGGER THAN 32 SQUARE FEET ALONG THE WEST FACING FACADE OF THE PROPERTY.
OKAY, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
ALRIGHT, MOTION IS SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION PASSES ITEM Z FIVE Z FIVE FROM MF 33 TO R M FOUR FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED WITHIN THE MONTE VISTA NEIGHBORHOOD, STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL 156 NOTICES MAILED FIVE IN FAVOR.
MONTE VISTA TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT.
COUNCILMAN, I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
UM, PAULA BONDERANT AND SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY FRANK GARCIA.
I LIVE AT 2 0 8 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
IT'S IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF MONTE VISTA.
NOT PART OF THIS NORTHERN THING, BUT I'M STRONGLY IN FAVOR OF THE NORTHERN THING.
AND ONE THING I'M REALLY GOOD AT IS BEING AVERAGE.
UH, SO I REPRESENT THE AVERAGE HOMEOWNER OR BUYER HERE.
AS SUCH, I DON'T UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF ZONING, BUT WHAT I DO KNOW AS I THINK WE ALL CAN AGREE ON, IS WHAT A HOUSE IS AND WHAT A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD IS.
SO WHEN I, MRS. AVERAGE AND BUYING A HOUSE, I LOOK AROUND, I SEE HOUSES, I SEE SOME OF 'EM HAVE MULTIPLE GAS METERS, THAT'S FINE.
BUT SOME YEARS LATER, IF I FIND OUT THAT THE HOUSE NEXT TO ME IS BEING TURNED INTO SOMETHING THAT I WOULD NOT NORMALLY CALL A HOUSE IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AS COULD VERY WELL HAPPEN UNDER CURRENT ZONING, I'M VERY UNHAPPY.
I CALL MY CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND I FUSS.
IT'S VERY UNPLEASANT IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS.
FUNCTIONS SHOULD FOLLOW FORM BECAUSE THE ORIGINAL FUNCTION, FAMILY HOUSING DICTATED THE FORM.
BASICALLY A HOUSE IS A HOUSE, A NEIGHBORHOOD IN NEIGHBORHOOD.
I WANNA THANK DISTRICT ONE AND CITY STAFF VERY MUCH FOR DOING A WONDERFULLY THOROUGH JOB RESEARCHING AND DEVELOPING THIS LARGE AREA REZONING.
I HOPE THAT YOU ALL WILL APPROVE THIS REQUEST AND THAT ONCE YOU GET THIS DONE, MY PART OF MONTE VISTA, THE SOUTHERN PART, AND SOME OTHER PARTS OF TOWN AS WELL.
I KNOW OTHER COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN THIS, UH, CAN GET DONE QUICKLY.
PAULA FRANK GARCIA, FOLLOWED BY TONY GARCIA.
MY FAMILY AND I RESIDE AT ONE 10 WEST FRENCH PLACE, UH, ON THE SOUTHERN PORT OF MONTE VISTA.
UH, WE'VE, WE'VE BEEN THERE SINCE WE RESTORED THIS HOUSE OVER FOUR YEARS AGO.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN DISTRICT ONE ALMOST MY ENTIRE LIFE, AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW COMMITTEE FOR MONTE VISTA.
I SUPPORT COUNCILMAN TREVINO'S, UH, CITY COUNCIL,
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UH, CONSIDERATION REQUEST RECOMMENDING LARGE AREA REZONING TO REFLECT THE CURRENT LAND USE, NOT ONLY IN MONTE VISTA, BUT OTHER, OTHER AREAS THAT, UH, ARE DEEMED APPROPRIATE.UH, BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2017, I WAS PART OF A VOLUNTEER GROUP THAT CREATED AND DISTRIBUTED COLLATERAL TO NOTIFY, UH, EVERY HOUSEHOLD IN MONTE VISTA ABOUT A MEETING.
TO DISSEMINATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE C C R, UH, THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION HELD A MEETING ON OCTOBER 24TH, 2017 AT THE SAN ANTONIO LIBRARY FOUNDATION, UH, ON SHOOK AVENUE IN MONTE VISTA TO INFORM OUR RESIDENTS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF LARGE AREA REZONING TO REFLECT CURRENT LAND USE.
UH, WE HAD OVERWHELMING SUPPORT FROM THE RESIDENTS WHO ATTENDED THE MEETING.
UH, JUST TO RESTATE, I AM IN SUPPORT OF LARGE AREA REZONING TO REFLECT THE CURRENT LAND USE, NOT ONLY WITHIN MONTE VISTA, BUT WHEREVER IT, UH, IS APPROPRIATE.
SO I EAGERLY AWAIT THE COMPLETION OF THIS REZONING EFFORT, ESPECIALLY IN SOUTHERN MONTE VISTA, WHERE WE, MY FAMILY AND I LIVE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR PROAM AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, I'M A, UH, DIRECTOR OF THE BOARD OF, UH, THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION AND ALSO A TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COALITION MEMBER.
THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS CONFIRMS THE SUPPORT FOR THIS LARGE AREA REZONING INITIATIVE FROM MF 33 TO RMM FOUR FOR THE NORTHERN PART OF THE MONTE VISTA HISTORIC DISTRICT.
THE ASSOCIATION BELIEVES THAT PASSAGE OF THIS ZONING CASE IS THE FIRST STEP IN ADDRESSING THE INCONSISTENCIES FOUND BETWEEN THE ZONING CHANGE OF 2001 AND THE CURRENT LAND USE EXISTING IN THIS AND OTHER PARTS OF MONTE VISTA.
THE ASSOCIATION FURTHER BELIEVES THAT PASSAGE OF THIS ZONING CASE WOULD ALSO ADDRESS CERTAIN PERMITTED USES IN DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS THAT ARE ALLOWED UNDER MF 33, BUT NOT COMPATIBLE IN MONTE VISTA'S ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIALLY MIXED AREAS.
PASSAGE WOULD HELP MONTE VISTA UPDATE ITS VERY OLD 1987 NEIGHBORHOOD AND LAND USE PLAN, AND FACILITATE A SENSITIVE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DURING ITS UPCOMING SUB AREA PROCESS PLANNING DISCUSSION WITH THE CITY.
IN ADDITION, THE MONTE VISTA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION REQUESTS THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TO CONTINUE ITS EFFORTS IN COMPLETING THE LARGE AREAS REZONING INITIATIVE FOR ALL OF MONTE VISTA WITH FINAL PRESENTATION TO CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YEARS END, WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE TODAY'S ZONING CASE AS IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT STEP IN FURTHERING THE PROTECTION OF THIS HISTORIC SAN ANTONIO GYM, WHICH WE CALL MONTE VISTA.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
I AM HERE AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE TIER ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
LET ME MAKE SURE I KNOW HOW GOOD.
UM, I'M HERE TO HERE TODAY TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF LARGE SCALE REZONING IN MANY PARTS OF THE CITY.
I'M AWARE THAT, WAIT, NO, HERE WE GO.
SPEAK IN FAVOR, RIGHT? I'M AWARE THAT YOU'RE HERE TO HEAR THE ONE, THE MONO VISTA CASE, BUT MY TESTIMONY IS MORE GENERAL THAN ONE CASE IN FAVOR OF ALL CASES OF REZONING TO ENSURE THAT OUR ZONING CODES REFLECT THE USE OF THE LAND, NOT SOME POTENTIAL FUTURE USE.
THE LIVE DOES NOT NECESSARILY LINE WITH THE CONCEIVED IN MANY PLACES.
LET ME SHOW YOU THREE CASE STUDIES THAT I WANNA, OH, THEY TOOK IT OVER.
WESTWOOD SQUARE, THIS IS A CURRENT ZONING MAP OF WESTWOOD SQUARE.
THE CURRENT, UM, AND IT, WHAT IT INDICATES IS INDUSTRIAL, RESIDENTIAL, AND RED BROWN AND LIGHT BLUE.
AND THEN THE PINK IS WHAT I WANT YOU TO NOTICE IN WHICH IS MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY.
THE NEXT SLIDE IS FROM B, C, A AND THIS, WHAT I'VE DONE HERE IS USING THAT LIGHT GREEN.
THE LIGHT GREEN IS THE CURRENT LAND USE AS INDICATED BY THE COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
AND THOSE ARE A ONES WHICH MEANS THEY'RE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT IN THOSE, IN THOSE PINK AREAS THAT ARE TODAY'S ZONE MULTI-FAMILY, THEY'RE ACTUALLY COMPLETELY COVERED WITH, WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES.
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SLIDE.AND THERE'S THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES FROM THAT AREA AND THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
UM, YET THEY'RE ZONED FOR IT, WHICH MAKES THEM QUITE VULNERABLE.
THE NEXT AREA IS GARDENDALE, ANOTHER OLDER SECTION OF TOWN.
THE, THE, THAT THE PINK MAGENTA COLOR IS MF 33 ZONING.
THE BLUES AND THE REDS ARE VARIOUS KINDS OF RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.
THIS FROM WITH USING BCA DATA SHOWS THAT ALL OF ALL OF THOSE HOUSES ARE ACTUALLY THE CURRENT USE IS SINGLE FAMILY.
AND SOME OF THOSE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSES, AGAIN, OLDER PARTS OF TOWN, BUT VERY VULNERABLE TO CHANGE.
THE CASE THAT YOU'RE HERE TO, YOU'RE HEARING RIGHT NOW IS A SECTION OF MONTE VISTA, THE NORTHERN SET.
THE, THE, THE BROWN AND THE BLUE AGAIN ARE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY LAND USE, BUT THAT MAGENTA PINK IS MULTIFAMILY.
THAT ONE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT BECAUSE THERE'RE, BECAUSE WHEN I PUT ON THE, THE SINGLE FAMILY FROM B C AD, IT DOES CHECKER IN THE, IN, IN THE MULTIFAMILY.
BUT NEXT SLIDE, WHEN WE LOOK CAREFULLY, THOSE, THOSE MULTI-FAMILIES ARE ACTUALLY DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES.
THEY'RE NOT LARGE, LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
AND SO IN THIS AREA, POSSIBLY AN RMM FOUR OR RM CATEGORY MIGHT BE MORE APPROPRIATE.
WHY IS IT LIKE THIS? I HAVE NO IDEA.
SHOULD IT BE LIKE THIS? NO, NOT NECESSARILY.
WHY NOT? FOR LOTS OF REASONS AND MOSTLY JUST BECAUSE WE NEED TO, WE, WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE WHO LIVES HERE NOW AND GIVE THEM THE BENEFITS OF SOME OF, OF SOME CONSISTENCY IN THEIR FUTURE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR SPEAKERS ON Z FIVE.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THAT SPOKE ON, ON BEHALF OF THIS.
UM, DO WE, DID YOU WANT TO, UH, DO A BRIEF PRESENTATION? NO, SIR.
UM, ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO WE SPONSORED A C C R ALONGSIDE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS FACING OUR COMMUNITIES.
AS YOU JUST HEARD REGARDING INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENTS, THERE ARE MANY REASONS AND CAUSES TO THAT INCOMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ZONING IS ONE OF THE, THE LARGEST CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE.
AND TOO MANY TIMES WE HAVE HEARD FROM THE COMMISSIONERS OR TASK FORCE MEMBERS THAT WE JUST NEED TO ADDRESS THE ZONING ISSUES.
THESE INCOMPATI INCOMPATIBILITY ZONED AREAS DON'T JUST AFFECT ADJACENT OWNERS.
THEY AFFECT PROPERTY OWNERS AND PROSPECTIVE BUYERS AS WELL.
WHILE THESE INITIATIVES WERE PENDING, A PROPERTY OWNER PURCHASED ONE OF ONE OF THESE MF 33 PROPERTIES IN MONTE VISTA AND HAS BEEN ATTEMPTING TO DEVELOP IT FOR A USE THAT IS NOT CONFORMING TO ITS LOT OR LOCATION AND HAS FOUND THIS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE.
OF COURSE, HE PURCHASED THE PROPERTY BECAUSE OF ITS ZONING AND HAS COME TO A GREAT FINANCIAL EMOTIONAL COST HIMSELF AND HIS NEIGHBORS AS HE ATTEMPTS TO MEET OTHER CODES AND REGULATIONS IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE USE AS AN OFFICE, WE DID OUR DUE DILIGENCE.
WE SENT, WE SENT OUT MESSAGES, HOSTED MEETINGS, AND POSTED FLYERS.
MY STAFF PERSONALLY BLOCK WALKED TO ALL THE PROPERTIES INCLUDED IN THIS AREA, LEAVING OUR CARDS AND INFORMATIONAL PACKETS.
THEY OBSERVED THE EXISTING CONDITIONS AND IT WAS DILIGENCE THAT AMENDED THE REQUEST FOR FROM R R FIVE TO RMM FOUR.
THERE ARE MANY DUPLEXES AND TRIPLEXES IN THIS AREA.
THERE ARE UNITS WITH REAR ACCESSORY RENTAL PROPERTIES AND MULTIFAMILY BUILDINGS THAT STRADDLE LOT LINES.
ALL OF THE CONCERNED CITIZENS AND PROPERTY OWNERS WE HAVE SPOKEN WITH WOULD BE CONFORMING WITH THE R FOUR CODE.
IT IS THE APPROPRIATE AND COMPATIBLE ZONING DESIGNATION FOR THIS AREA AND A MUCH BETTER FIT FOR FUTURE PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT THAN THE EXISTING MF 33.
THANK YOU AGAIN TO EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TODAY TO SPEAK AND FOR MY COLLEAGUES WHO SUPPORT ME IN THIS EFFORT, I MOTION TO APPROVE THIS ITEM AND LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING THE REST OF THEM COME FORWARD.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND ON ITEM Z FIVE.
ITEM P ONE AND Z SEVEN AMENDING THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLAN FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL FROM R FIVE TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A CONSTRUCTION TRADES CONTRACTOR FACILITY LOCATED AT 2 2 2 2 30 AND THREE 10 CRESTWELL DRIVE.
STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
NO ACCESS TO THE BUSINESSES FROM CRESTWELL DRIVE 15 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER ALONG CRESTWELL DRIVE.
SIX FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE IN THE REAR ABUTTING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
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THIS IS A CASE IN MY DISTRICT.WE WORK CL VERY CLOSELY WITH THE EASTERN TRIANGLE, DAN MARTINEZ AND MANY OTHERS.
AND, UH, I'M GONNA ASK COUNCILMAN VINNO TO MAKE THE MOTION WITH CONDITIONS, UM, THAT STAFF JUST READ FOR ME.
THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TIM AND I MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS AS STATED.
Z 11 IS REZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE AND FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR.
LOCATED AT 73 26 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY STAFFING'S ZONING COMMISSION.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS, HOURS OF OPERATIONS FROM 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, SATURDAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 3:00 PM AND CLOSED ON SUNDAY 21.
NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED.
I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS SPREAD.
OKAY, SO SECOND, SECOND, SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
MOTION CARRIES ITEM Z 13 Z 13 FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR C WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS LOCATED AT 3 34 GLENDALE AVENUE.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS.
44 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
COMMUNITY WORKERS COUNCIL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
AND THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING TO TWO DWELLING UNITS AND HAS SUBMITTED AN AMENDED SITE PLAN.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE, IS THERE A MOTION ON THIS ITEM? I BELIEVE COUNCILMAN PERRY WAS GOING TO MAKE THE, SORRY, COUNCILMAN PERRY.
WHICH ONE ARE WE ON? Z 13, SIR.
THAT'S WHY I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT.
UH, I MOVED TO APPROVE THE ZONING CASE FOR CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO RESIDENTIAL DWELLING UNITS AND THE AMENDED SITE PLAN.
SECOND, THERE'S A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
AMENDING THE NORTH SECTOR PLAN FROM SUBURBAN TIER TO GENERAL URBAN TIER FROM C THREE AND C TWO N A TO MF 33.
GENERALLY LOCATED AT THE 6,800 BLOCK OF NORTHEAST LOOP 1604.
STAFF PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, TWO OPPOSED FOX RUN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT AND THE APPLICANT IS ASKING A CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 20TH.
WE DO HAVE ONE CITIZEN ON P THREE Z 17.
UM, I'M, UH, A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF THE FOX RUN AREA AND, UH, UM, ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING PARTS OF IT WAS, UH, THAT, THAT AREA THAT IS BEING MOVED TO BE, UH, DEVELOPED.
UM, THERE'S A, THERE'S A PLACE FOR OUR ANIMALS, THERE'S A PLACE FOR GREENERY.
UH, ONE OF THE MOST APPEALING THINGS ABOUT OUR CITY IS THAT IT'S NOT A CONCRETE JUNGLE.
AND THERE'S, UH, THERE'S SOME ROOM TO BREATHE, IF YOU WILL.
UM, THIS AREA IS A GOOD BUFFER FROM THE HIGHWAY THAT RUNS, AS, YOU KNOW, LOOP 1604.
IT HELPS MUFFLE THE NOISE AND THE TREES PROVIDE SOME COVER FOR, FOR RESIDENTS AND FOR THE WILD ANIMALS.
UH, IN OUR AREA, THERE'S, UH, PLENTY OF, UM, RETAIL AREAS.
THERE'S PLENTY, PLENTY OF THINGS ALL AROUND US.
THERE'S, THERE'S NO NEED FOR ANY FURTHER DEVELOPMENT IN THAT AREA FROM THE, UH, FROM A RETAIL STANDPOINT.
UH, I MOVE THAT THIS, UH, UH, THAT YOU VOTE AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, LEAVE A LITTLE PLACE FOR OUR ANIMALS.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS TILL THE 20TH OF JUNE.
AND SECOND TO CONTINUE P THREE AND Z SEVEN Z 15.
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MOTION CARRIES OUR FINAL ITEM, Z 16 Z 16.FROM C THREE SS TO C THREE C D S WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTOR FACILITY AND SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR STORAGE.
SHIPPING CONTAINER LOCATED AT TEN SIX NINE EIGHT HILL POINT DRIVE.
RECOMMEND APPROVAL WITH CONDITIONS.
BUSINESS HOURS PERMITTED FROM 8:00 AM TO 6:00 PM DURING THE WEEK DAYS, AND FROM 9:00 AM TO 1:00 PM ON WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS.
A BUFFER YARD OF 15 FEET ALONG THE REAR PROPERTY LINE IS REQUIRED.
AN EIGHT FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE OF BUDDING RESIDENTIAL USES, NO TEMPORARY SIGNAGE, BANNERS, SNIPE SIGNS, PENANCE, AND WIN WAIVERS OR FLAG SIGNS.
ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED.
UH, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH THE RECOMMENDED CONDITIONS.
ALRIGHT, THIS MOTION AND SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
IF THERE'S NOTHING ELSE, COUNCILWOMAN
JUST WANTED TO RECOGNIZE YOU, COUNCIL MEMBER HALL AND COUNCILMAN SALDANA ON YOUR FINAL ZONING MEETING.
IT'S BEEN REAL AND IT'S BEEN FUN.
WE HAVE ONE MORE COUNCIL MEETING NEXT WEEK.
ALRIGHT, THIS MEETING'S NOW ADJOURNED.