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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH SPANISH SERVICES TRANSLATION.
OH MY GOSH, I'M STARTING OFF HORRIBLY TODAY.
SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF WITH THE RISE OF, UH, FLU SEASON AND COVID ONCE AGAIN, WE DO HAVE MASKS IN THE CORNER OVER THERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE.
MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I'M THE CHAIR OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION, 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.
I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
MARCO BARROS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE, JOHN BUSTAMANTE FOR DISTRICT FIVE, ALD ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT.
DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE, JOHN WIT AT DI DISTRICT 10 TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
KEN HUI, DISTRICT SIX STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? I PLEDGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN LIBERTY, LIBERTY JUSTICE ROLL.
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PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE 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 SEE YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN X INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED 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 IN TO SPEAK AND MUST INDICATE IT.
WHEN THAT SPEAKER COMES TO THE PODIUM, THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD GO OVER ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONE ITEMS. ITEM TWO BE POSTPONED IS, UH, ZONING CASE Z 2020 3 1 7 3 4 8 CD LOCATED AT TEN SIX OH ONE NADOS ROAD.
ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PROPERTY AT UH NA ON NACODOCHES ROAD, UH, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AS THAT ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND YOU'LL RE BE, YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF AND WHEN FUTURE ACTION OCCURS.
UH, STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA.
ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 6 8 10 14, 16, 17 AND 18.
AND, UH, MR. CHAIR, THERE HAS BEEN ONE OTHER THAT IS A CHANGE.
ITEM NUMBER 12 CAN BE CONSIDERED ON CONSENT IF YOU SO WISH IT WAS ORIGINALLY A STAFF DENIAL.
STAFF DOES RECOMMEND APPROVAL BECAUSE THE APPLICANT HAS SUBSEQUENTLY REQUESTED, UM, TO ALIGN WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF C ONE CD AND ELIMINATED THE IDZ OVERLAY
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ALL.COMMISSIONER KELLUM, ARE YOU OKAY WITH MOVING THAT BACK? I'LL OKAY WITH THAT, YES.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OF THE ITEMS THAT REMAIN ON THE COMBINED HEARING YOU WISH TO PULL TO INDIVIDUAL? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT AND SEEING NONE.
STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM OUR 20 AND APPLICANT REQUEST TO ADD UM, TO C TWO NA NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 1 3 3 0 SSA DRIVE.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR IN ZERO OPPOSED AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE FRIENDS OF SAN ANTONIO NATURAL AREAS ARE REQUESTING ADDITIONAL CO UH, COVENANTS TO PROTECT FRIEDRICH PARK.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST IN CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO MF POD WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 4,000 BLOCK OF CHANDLER ROAD.
15 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT, ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE PECAN VALLEY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A DUPLEX WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 0 6 WEST OAK ROAD 19 NOTICES WERE SENT, ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR AND ZERO OPPOSED LACKLAND TERRORIST IS OPPOSED.
AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED 24 IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST AND CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C ONE TO C ONE CD IDZ WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR BAR AND OR TAVERN, BUT AS CHRISTIE MENTIONED THAT THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING THEIR PROPOSAL TO REMOVE THIS IDZ.
SO IT'LL JUST BE FOR C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR BARR AND OR TAVERN WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 1 1 4 NORTH, YES.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THE TOBIN HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORT STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION PROVIDED THE APPLICANT INCLUDES THE RESTRICTION OF NO OUTDOOR MUSIC AMPLIFIED OR NON AMPLIFIED, AMPLIFIED ON THE PROPERTY.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS A REQUEST IN CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO RMM FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 2 8 2 2 EARL LANE.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE NORTHERN HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 3 3 3 FAUST AVENUE.
ZERO OPPOSED AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE PROSPECT HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST IN CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 34 15 AND 34 17 RIDGE SMOKE 31 NOTICES WERE SENT.
AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES NOT LOCATED WITHIN A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST AND CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MXD AND UM, YES.
MXD TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 1 6 2 5 OLD CORPUS CHRISTI ROAD.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
OUTSIDE 200 FEET WE RECEIVED ONE IN FAVOR AND UM, WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER HERE ON ONE OF THOSE CASES.
UM, BEFORE WE HEAR THE SPEAKER ITEM NUMBER SIX, YOU SAID THAT THAT'S BEEN AMENDED TO NA TO C
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TWO NA, OR THAT'S CORRECT.IF, DO WE HAVE ANY VOICEMAILS ON ANY OF THESE ITEMS? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY VOICEMAILS, BUT WE DO HAVE A SPEAKER FOR ITEM NUMBER 17.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK ABOUT? SURE.
UM, IT'S A DUPLEX, I'M A REALTOR PROPERTY MANAGER FOR THE PROPERTY.
IT'S SURROUNDED BY SOME TOWN HOMES, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES.
UM, THE WHOLE STREET IS DUPLEXES.
THEY'RE ALL ZONED INCORRECTLY, SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO GET IT ZONED CORRECTLY FOR THE SALE.
AND IF WE COULD GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE, FOR THE RECORD.
AND ADDRESS FOR THE PROPERTY OR FOR THE BUSINESS? FOR THE BUSINESS.
44 0 7 WALHAM ROAD, SUITE 2 0 1.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
UM, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER, MR. CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. NUMBER SIX AS AMENDED.
WE'LL SECOND THAT MOTION FRIENDLY AMENDMENT.
I BELIEVE 15 WAS MISSING ACTION.
15 IS GONNA BE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE.
UM, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL OF ITEMS SIX AS AMENDED 8 10 12 IS AMENDED.
UM, BY COMMISSIONER WATSON, COMMISSIONER BARDOS WITH THE SECOND.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR ANY OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ON TO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE SUNNY WEATHER OUTSIDE.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE NOW GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR, UH, CONTINUANCE HEARING.
AND I BELIEVE WE HAVE TWO ITEMS ON THAT.
THE FIRST ITEM THAT IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE, A THREE WEEK CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 6TH IS ITEM NUMBER TWO, ZONING CASE THAT ENDS IN 2 4 4 CD.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A MOTION MR. CHAIR? I MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER TWO TO THE FEBRUARY 6TH HEARING.
RIGHT? IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND.
I WAS TRYING TO FIND WHERE THAT VOICE CAME FROM.
UM, MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE OF ITEM NUMBER TWO TO THE FEBRUARY 6TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
ITEMS, PA ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 6TH.
I SHOULD HAVE ASKED, DID WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? NO, WE DID NOT.
IF WE COULD PROCEED ON TO THE OTHER CONTINUANCE AND OUR OTHER ITEM REQUESTING A FIVE WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 20TH MEETING.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 15, ENDING IN CASE NUMBER 3 6 2.
ALRIGHT, AND DO WE HAVE, UH, ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THAT ITEM? THERE IS NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
I'D LIKE A MOTION TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER FIFTEENS TO THE FEBRUARY 20TH HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND? WE'LL SECOND THAT.
ITEM 15 TO THE FEBRUARY 20TH MEETING BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS.
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VOTE PLEASE.ITEM PASSES, UH, FOR CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 20TH.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING, BEGINNING WITH ITEM NUMBER THREE, I BELIEVE IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
ANNE BENAVIDEZ ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER THREE IS LOCATED AT 1 5 1 CORTEZ AVENUE AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM R SIX TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 49 NOTICES SENT WITH SEVEN RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN IN OPPOSITION.
ALMA'S NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, THERE WERE 24 IN FAVOR.
STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE CURRENT R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AND THE PROPOSED C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE PROPOSED C TWO C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WOULD PERMIT COMMERCIAL USES INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, WHICH IS LARGELY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR C ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT.
THIS WILL ENABLE THE PROPERTY OWNERS TO CONTINUE USING THE PROPERTY AS IT HAS HA AT AS IT HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY UTILIZED, WHICH IS AS A CONVENIENCE STORE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION WILL LIMIT THE USE OF THE PROPERTY TO LIGHT COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES AND WILL ALSO LIMIT THE BUILDING CONSTRUCTED ON THE PROPERTY TO 5,000 SQUARE FEET WITH AN AGGREGATE OF 15,000 SQUARE FEET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF C ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
GOOD MORNING MEMBERS, UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE, UH, APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR A, UH, REZONING REQUEST FOR A C TWO, UM, TO ALLOW THE ADDITIONAL USE OF THE PROPERTY TO INCLUDE A PACKAGE STORE, WHICH IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS A LIQUOR STORE.
UH, IT'S CURRENTLY OPERATING AS A CONVENIENCE STORE, BUT WHAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO DO IS ESSENTIALLY, UH, USE A PORTION OF THE BUILDING, THE REAR PORTION OF IT.
IT'S ABOUT 700 SQUARE FEET TO UTILIZE IT AS A SMALL, UH, PACKAGE DOOR FOR THE AREA.
UM, I DOES, IT DOES MEET THE REQUIREMENTS TO OPERATE AT THE PACKAGE STORE.
I PHYSICALLY, UH, WENT TO LOOK AT THE LOCATION TO SEE, TO MAKE SURE HE QUALIFIES.
UH, HE DOES, UH, HAVE THE NECESSARY AN AMENITIES FOR THAT FOR A PACKAGE STORE SUCH AS A RESTAURANT FACILITY, UH, THAT WOULD PROBABLY, IT WOULD MEET THE A DA REQUIREMENTS WITH TABC, UH, FRONT DOOR ENTRANCE, UH, FOR CUSTOMERS.
SO ALONG WITH A SIDE ENTRANCE TO ALLOW DELIVERIES, UM, FOR THAT.
OF COURSE, I KNOW THAT, UH, RESTRICTING IT TO A C ONE WOULD NOT ALLOW A PACKAGE DOOR, BUT IF MAYBE THERE WAS A CONDITION OF USE TO DO SO, THEN UH, THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.
UH, BUT THAT'S, UH, THE REQUEST FROM THE APPLICANT.
AND, UH, ALSO TO NOTE THAT THE APPLICANT, UH, THOUGH HE IS FROM THE COUNTRY OF INDIA, HE DOES RESIDE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, IN FACT HE LIVES ON THE 100 BLOCK OF CORTES AND SO THAT, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY MAKES HIM PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH HE'S BEEN THERE FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.
AND SO OF COURSE THAT ALLOWS HIM TO MONITOR THE LOCATION.
UH, HE'S OPERATED THE COMMUNITY STORE PORTION OF IT, UH, FOR WELL OVER ALMOST EIGHT YEARS WITHOUT ANY VIOLATIONS IN REGARDS TO THE SELL OF ALCOHOL TO MINORS OR TOBACCO VIOLATIONS, UH, IN REGARDS TO IN SELLING TO MINORS.
SO THAT'S ESSENTIALLY HIS REQUEST IF GRANTED.
ANY QUESTIONS WE WILL FIND OUT.
ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE ANY, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, AND AS MANY OF THE COMMISSIONERS REMEMBER, THIS WAS A CASE WE HEARD LAST MEETING.
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UM, AND SO STAFF FIRST TO YOU WITH RESPECT TO, UM, THE APPLICANT MENTIONED THAT, YOU KNOW, HE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE WILLING TO ACCEPT A C ONE, WHICH IS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.IF THERE WAS A CD TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF A LIQUOR STORE.
ALLOW FOR THE OPERATION OF A LIQUOR STORE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT'S WHAT THE C TWO IS REQUIRED TO DO.
C TWO WOULD ALLOW IT BY, RIGHT? YES SIR.
SO COULD A CONDITIONAL USE BE USED FOR A LIQUOR STORE IF C ONE CD WERE THE REQUEST? YES, SIR.
UH, BUT THAT WOULD DELAY THE PROCESS BECAUSE HE'LL HAVE TO PROVIDE A SITE PLAN BEFORE YOU CAN CONSIDER HIS REQUEST.
UM, SO MR. GONZALEZ, DO YOU UNDERSTAND THAT? SURE.
UH, DO YOU WANT TO GO AHEAD AND, AND POTENTIALLY CONTINUE THIS CASE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING SO THAT YOU CAN GET THAT SITE PLAN? SO WHAT, WHAT SPECIFICALLY DO YOU NEED AS FAR AS A SITE PLAN? DO YOU NEED IT TO BE DONE BY A, COULD IT BE DONE SIMPLY PROVIDED TO YOU IN A SIMPLE DRAWING OR DO YOU NEED A SPECIFIC UH, IT, IT HAS VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS YOU'D HAVE TO PROVIDE, UM, A SCALED DRAWING THAT HAS OKAY.
THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ALL HOW IT WOULD BREAK OUT.
THE BUILDING WOULD BREAK OUT FOR THE, UM, ALCOHOL SALES PORTION, UM, THAT COULD BE DONE.
THE PAR, THE PARKING SPACES, THE INGRESS EGRESS.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DETAILS THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDED TO THE DOCUMENT.
UM, I WILL NOTE THAT A CONVENIENCE STORE DOES ALLOW ALCOHOL SALES AS PART OF THE CONVENIENCE STORE.
BUT A, A LIQUOR STORE ON ITS OWN, UH, WOULD NOT, WOULD NOT ALLOW, YEP.
YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED IN IN A C ONE.
GIVEN THAT INFORMATION, MR. GONZALEZ, UM, WOULD A CONTINUANCE BE APPROPRIATE TO ALLOW YOU TO AMEND THE REQUEST AND GO FOR A CD? SORRY, C ONE CD FOR LIQUOR STORE? YES.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
QUESTIONS FROM FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, UH, QUESTION FOR THE APPLICANT, UH, SINCE WE ARE CONSIDERING A CONTINUANCE FOR YOU TO HAVE TIME TO PROVIDE THE SITE PLAN, APPROXIMATELY HOW LONG DO YOU THINK YOU WILL NEED? JUST, UH, HONESTLY, IF IT'S NOT, IF IT'S TO SCALE, IF A SAY A SURVEYOR OR ENGINEER'S NOT REQUIRED TO DO SO, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I CAN SIMPLY PUT TOGETHER WITHIN A DAY OR TWO WITH THE SPECIFIC USE, WITH THE SPECIFIC, UH, MEASUREMENTS AND, UM, A LAYOUT OF THE, UH, OF THE PREMISES ESSENTIALLY.
AND MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY JUST BRIEFLY, I'M GOING TO PROPOSE A FOUR WEEK CONTINUANCE 'CAUSE I'M NOT GONNA BE AT THE NEXT MEETING.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE FOR THE MOTION.
WELL, AS I SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS IS STILL A DIFFICULT CASE.
THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF ISSUES HERE THAT I THINK NEED UNDERSTOOD TO BE ADDRESSED.
UM, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO, UH, AT LEAST TELEPHONICALLY MEET WITH THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE.
UH, WE'VE TALKED THROUGH SOME OF THOSE.
UH, AGAIN, THE OVERRIDING CONCERN IS THAT THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF NO ALCOHOL SALES, WHETHER RESTRICTED OR IN A, ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS SURROUNDING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO TO PUT A LIQUOR STORE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT REMAINS A CONCERN.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, SINCE THE APPLICANT'S WILLING TO AMEND TO COME IN LINE WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, I, I WANT TO GIVE THE APPLICANT THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND SO AT THIS TIME, I MOVE, UH, FOR A CONTINUANCE TO FIVE WEEKS TO THE FEBRUARY 20TH.
THE FEBRUARY 20TH MEETING OF THE ZONING COMMISSION.
AND RIGHT BEFORE YOU, YOU TAKE YOUR, YOUR MO YOUR VOTES ON THAT.
IF WE COULD JUST GET CONFIRMATION THAT THE REQUEST IS BEING AMENDED SO THAT WHEN WE BRING IT FORTH NEXT TIME IT WILL BE FOR A C ONE CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A LIQUOR STORE.
MR. GONZALEZ, ARE YOU OFFICIALLY AMENDING TO A C ONE CD WITH CONDITIONAL USE FOR A LIQUOR STORE? THAT IS CORRECT, YES.
THE MOTION IS FOR A CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 20TH MEETING.
MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
OH, BECAUSE I, COMMISSIONER WATSON? YES.
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CHAIR SIPES? YES.MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FOUR.
MY NAME IS JOSEPH FLAS, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 9 5 0 EAST DREXEL AVENUE.
GOING FROM R FOUR TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 23 NOTICES SENT ONE IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED.
HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION OF THE REQUEST.
UH, THERE IS ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET AND TWO IN OPPOSITION.
OUTSIDE STAFF FINDS EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS.
IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS TOO DENSE FOR A PREDOMINANTLY R FOUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 33 MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT IS TOO DENSE AND OUTTA CHARACTER FOR THE AREA.
THEREFORE, OUR STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R FOUR.
WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS, A DENSITY OF FOUR UNITS IS MORE APPROPRIATE THAN SIX UNITS.
UM, STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF ALL FOUR CD A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS.
THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND STAFF IS A, IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
I, UH, I AGREE ON THE, UH, FOUR UNITS.
WE'VE BEEN DRAGGING THIS THING FOR SO LONG ON BEHALF OF US TIME SPAN ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
YOU KNOW, WE WENT FROM ONE THING TO THE OTHER.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? YES, WE DO.
WE HAVE, UM, A SPEAKER SIGNED UP AND, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE AND NO VOICEMAILS.
WE CAN BEGIN WITH THE SPEAKERS.
UM, WE HAVE MS. BETH CARR SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR THIS ITEM.
AND, UH, JUST GIVE US A NAME AND ADDRESS, GET THERE.
UH, MY NAME IS BETH CARR AND MY ADDRESS IS NINE 15 HAMMOND AVENUE.
UH, MY NAME IS BETH CARR AND I AM THE TREASURER OF THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED SIX UNITS AT NINE 50 DREXEL AVENUE.
AND WE, UH, HPNA IS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION FOR ONLY FOUR UNITS.
ANY OTHER SPEAKERS SIGNED UP? THERE ARE NO OTHER NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENT.
WE HAVE A SIMILAR ISSUE HERE THOUGH.
UM, WE WOULD NEED A SITE PLAN IN ORDER FOR A ZONING COMMISSION TO CONSIDER THIS TODAY.
WELL, LET'S FIRST START WITH QUESTIONS.
UM, IN THE ABSENCE OF A DISTRICT THREE ZONING, COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE HAS AGREED TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THIS CASE.
SO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE THANK YOU MR. CHAIR.
UM, FOR THE APPLICANT, PLEASE? YES, SIR.
MR. UM, DO YOU UNDERSTAND, SO IT, IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE YOU'VE AGREED TO THE FOUR UNITS.
HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS AGREED TO THE FOUR UNITS.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY BECAUSE OF THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE, THERE IS A REQUIREMENT FOR A SITE PLAN.
CAN YOU COME BACK WITH A SITE PLAN IN TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS? EXCUSE ME.
THE, UH, THE WAY THE PLAN, THE APAR APARTMENTS ARE GONNA BE HERE SET UP.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE IS, IS, YES SIR.
CAN YOU, DO YOU HAVE ONE CURRENTLY? YEAH, I SURE DO.
I I HAVE TO HAVE SOME PEOPLE, UH, CONTRACTORS MODIFY THE APARTMENTS DUE TO THE FACT THAT WHEN I HIT THE MEETING LAST THURSDAY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, SIR, THEY REQUESTED, SORRY, IF I MAY JUST QUICKLY INTERRUPT YOU, I APOLOGIZE.
UH, CAN YOU HAND IT TO THE STAFF RIGHT NOW AND THEY CAN SHOW IT TO US ON THE SCREEN AND YOU CAN WALK US THROUGH IT.
UM, MR. YEAH, BUSANTE, UH, THERE ARE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO VERIFY.
BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER IT.
WE HAVE TO CHECK FOR ALL THE MINIMUMS. SO EVEN SUBMITTED TODAY WOULDN'T BE SPECIAL.
WOULD NOT SPECIAL BE AT? CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, MR. OLINO, UM, I APPRECIATE THIS AND WE'LL STILL PROBABLY WANNA TAKE A LOOK AT IT, SO IF WE CAN GET IT UP.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION AT THIS POINT WOULD BE, UM, FOR A CONTINUANCE UNTIL THE NEXT MEETING, AND I'M GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU ARE FORMALLY AMENDING, AND I THINK YOU HAVE, BUT I'M GONNA CONFIRM IT.
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AMENDING TO, UH, YOUR APPLICATION TO R FOUR WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS? YES.CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE, SIR? YES, SIR.
UM, IN LIGHT OF THAT, AND GIVEN THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SITE PLAN, AS MS. FLORES JUST POINTED OUT, UM, YOU KNOW, MY RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO CONTINUE THIS UNTIL THE, UH, FEBRUARY 6TH MEETING IN THREE WEEKS.
IS THAT ACCEPTABLE TO YOU? WELL, IT'S JUST THAT THIS THING BEEN DRAINING SO LONG.
I'M GONNA LET YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW.
MM-HMM,
THEY WANTED, THEY WERE SATISFIED.
OF COURSE HE HAD TO DO WITH PROPERTY TAXES.
I DON'T DO, I DON'T DEAL WITH THAT BEN ARRESTED.
I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH AS FAR, AS FAR AS INCREASE OF PROPERTIES OR WHATEVER.
WE WENT THROUGH A MEETING THAT WAS IN NOVEMBER AFTER THAT, THEN THE SITUATION WAS NO LONGER.
THOSE QUESTIONS THAT SENT AN EMAIL WAS THE PARKING SPACE.
WELL, FOR ME TO GO TO A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION TO ME TO GO TO THE NEIGHBORS AND TELL THEM THAT THEY NEED SOMETHING IN WRITING, WHY I'M, MY TENANTS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE PARKED ON THE, ON THE STREET, THE QUESTION TO THEM WAS, CAN THEY ANSWER ME THAT? AND THEY SAID, NO, SEND ME, GIMME SOMETHING WHERE THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY HAS ORDINANCE OR VIOLATIONS OF THE PARKING SPACE.
SO IT, I WAS RIDICULOUS ON MY PART GOING TO NEIGHBORHOODS.
OKAY? WE FINALLY HAD LAST THURSDAY A MEETING AND WE HAD A MEETING AND WE FINALLY, THEY AGREED, OKAY, FOUR UNITS, WE AGREED WITH YOU.
SO I HAD TO GET SOME PEOPLE TO MODIFY MY APARTMENT, SEE HOW WE'RE GONNA DO THE FOUR UNITS.
SO I KIND OF AGREE AFTER LOOKING AT THIS THING, THE THING ABOUT IT IS THE TIME CONSUMING THAT I HAVE SPENT THE BANK CALLING ME SAYING, WHEN ARE YOU GONNA START WITH YOUR PROJECT? WE KEEP BACK AND FORTH.
IF ONE THING, IT'S ANOTHER, IT'S ANOTHER.
IF IT'S NOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, NOW IT'S THE STAFFING.
NOW THE CITY COUNCIL, WE GO ON AND ON.
WE CANNOT GET OUR CARDS TOGETHER AS THIS IS IT.
AND IT'S COSTING ME AS AN INVESTOR A LOT OF MONEY.
'CAUSE I'M PUTTING OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS.
IT'S NOT GONNA, BANK IS CALLING ME AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE PAYING THE MORTGAGE, BUT WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO CONTINUE THE PROJECTS? AND I JUST THINK THAT WE NEED TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, THIS IS, THERE IT IS, WE'RE GONNA MAKE IT INTO FOUR LIKE YOU REQUESTED AND EVERYBODY ELSE, BUT WE CAN'T BE DELAYING MY, MY EXPENSE TAXPAYER'S MONEY, CITY COUNCIL TIME AND ALL THIS, THIS HAS GOTTA PUT A FINAL ON THIS.
BUT WHAT I'M HEARING TODAY, AND, AND WHAT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO, I'M GONNA ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF IN A SECOND, IS HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION HAS SENT A REPRESENTATIVE AND SAID THAT THEY AGREE TO FOUR.
UH, YOU SAID YOU AGREE TO FOUR.
WE ARE IN MY MIND, THIS FAR FROM THE FINISH LINE.
NOW THE ONE THING WE NEED IS UNFORTUNATELY JUST A LITTLE BIT MORE PAPERWORK, BUT THAT'S WHERE WE ARE AND IF WE COME BACK IN THREE WEEKS, WE CAN DO IT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I'LL TELL YOU THAT'S HOW YOU GET YOUR PROJECT DONE.
NOW, STAFF TO YOU QUESTION, WHEN IS THIS CURRENTLY SET FOR CITY COUNCIL? LET'S SEE.
WE'RE IN JANU JANUARY, SO IT WOULD BE THE SECOND MEETING OF FEBRUARY.
WELL, IT WOULD'VE BEEN THE SECOND MEETING OF FEBRUARY.
SO THEN IT JUST PUSHES IT TWO WEEKS TO THE FIRST MEETING OF MARCH.
SO THIS WILL, THIS WILL END UP, YOU KNOW, THREE WEEKS HERE, BUT TWO WEEKS FOR CITY COUNCIL.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, GIVEN HOW FAR YOU'VE COME, AND I APPRECIATE THE FRUSTRATIONS.
UM, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS IS A WAY TO GET YOUR PROJECT DONE, GET IT DONE CLEANLY.
UM, AND, AND SO I WOULD SUGGEST, AND I'M GONNA MOVE FOR A CONTINUANCE BECAUSE WE NEED TO GET THIS PAPERWORK DONE AND GET YOUR PROJECT GOING.
AND, AND WHAT IS PAPERWORK YOU REQUESTED? SO YOU, YOU WILL TALK TO JOSEPH, UH, WHO YOU'VE BEEN TALKING TO.
HE WILL MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE THOSE TI THAT TIME, THOSE THREE WEEKS APPROPRIATELY AND WE SURE.
WE HAVE THE PAPERWORK LINED UP AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS MR. CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER? WHAT'S THAT? I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU, SIR.
JUST, I WAS LOOKING AT THE PHOTOGRAPH.
IS IT ALREADY MULTIPLE UNITS THERE RIGHT NOW? IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S LOTS OF BUILDINGS ON THE PROPERTY.
I'M SORRY, WHAT? ARE THERE ALREADY MULTIPLE UNITS? YES, SIR.
ON HOW MANY? THERE'S UH, 1, 2, 3, THERE'S FOUR BUILDINGS.
AND BASICALLY, UM, IN THOSE FOUR BUILDINGS WE HAVE SIX APARTMENTS BECAUSE SOME BUILDING HAS TWO, TWO UNITS.
SO BASICALLY WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH THEY SAW BETTER THAN I DID, WHICH I THANKED THEM, WAS, UH, OPENING A GAP IN BETWEEN THE APARTMENTS WHERE ONE APARTMENT IS NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
OPEN A DOOR IN BETWEEN IT AND MAKE IT INTO A ONE UNIT INSTEAD OF MAKING IT TWO, TWO ROOMS, MAKE IT INTO A FOUR.
SO IT'S ALL OCCUPIED RIGHT NOW? IT'S
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ALL, YES.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS AS COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? COMMISS ON MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE FOR A MOTION.
AND AGAIN, I APPRECIATE THE APPLICANT'S WORK ON THIS.
I APPRECIATE THE WORK OF THE HIGHLAND PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UM, FOR, UM, RESOLVING THIS AT FOUR UNITS.
UM, AT THIS TIME, GIVEN THE REQUIREMENT OF THE SITE PLAN, I MOVE TO CONTINUE THIS CASE TO THE FEBRUARY 6TH MEETING IN THREE WEEKS WITH THE AMENDMENT FOR, SORRY, R FOUR CD FOR FOUR UNITS CORRECT WITH THE AMENDMENT AS AMENDED FOR R FOUR CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION IS FOR, UH, A CONTINUANCE TO THE FEBRUARY 6TH MEETING, UM, AS AMENDED TO R FOUR CD WITH FOUR FOR FOUR UNITS.
MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
ITEM PASSES AS AMENDED FOR CONTINUANCE TO FEBRUARY 6TH.
THAT'S, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT TIME.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME'S FOREST WILSON, PRINCIPAL PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS LOCATED AT 1 37 UNIVERSITY AVENUE IS GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY RMM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT OH TWO HIGH-RISE OFFICE DISTRICT C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT C3 R, GENERAL COMMERCIAL RESTRICTIVE ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT C3 AND A GENERAL COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT TWO IDZ TWO, MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN MF 40 WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
UM, AND THEN WITH, UH, I WILL BE ADDING AN AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE, UH, REQUEST FOR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE WERE 45 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE OPPOSED? THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS NEUTRAL AND THERE WERE FIVE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
SO THE, THE EXISTING BASE ZONING DISTRICTS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA, GIVEN THE PROPERTY SPLIT INTO SEVERAL ZONING DISTRICTS AND IT WAS REPLANTED TO A SINGLE LOT IN 2015.
THE PROPOSED ID DZ TWO IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA AND CON CONSOLIDATES THE ZONING OF THE PROPERTY AND ALIGNS IT WITH THE EXISTING URBAN MIXED USE LAND USE OF THE NEWLY ADOPTED MIDTOWN REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
THE, UH, INFILL DEVELOPMENT CHARACTERIZED BY THE STR THE STRATEGIC USE OF AVAILABLE SPACE WITHIN EXISTING URBAN AREAS OFFERS A HOST OF BENEFITS, PARTICULARLY WHEN INCORPORATING A MIX OF HOUSING.
THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE WILL PROVIDE AN ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPE TO THE AREA WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OUTLINED IN THE MIDTOWN REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
AND THE PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UM, BY PROVIDING ADDITIONAL HOUSING STOCK TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION.
UM, SO STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL SHACKLEFORD.
WE HAVE PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, UH, THE PRIMARY DEVELOPER FOR THE PROPERTY.
ALRIGHT, IF YOU'D JUST TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROJECT, PLEASE.
UH, OUR PROJECT IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 2.91, UH, TWO ACRES AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE, UH, DOTTED AREA.
THIS USED TO BE A FORMER CHARTER SCHOOL.
UH, THE, THE CURRENT OWNER IS CONTRIBUTING TO THE, THE LAND AND WILL CONTINUE TO OWN OWN OWNERSHIP IN THE, UH, PROJECT, UM, AS THE CONTROLLING LAND INTEREST.
UH, THIS PROJECT, UH, IS AN AFFORDABLE 9% TAX CREDIT PROJECT.
UH, OUR ORIGINAL APPLICATION HAD 130 UNITS.
WE'VE SINCE REDUCED, UH, THIS PROJECT TO HUNDRED 19 UNITS, UM, OF AFFORDABILITY, UH, ON THIS PROJECT.
UH, AND AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, THAT WAS OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST.
UM, AND THIS IS OUR ORIGINAL SITE MAP, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS PRO PROJECT, UH, OR THIS SITE PLAN.
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A TOTAL OF 130 UNITS.UM, AND IT'S A FOUR STORY BUILDING.
AND THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, THIS IS A COMMUNICATION MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HELD, UH, AMONGST, UH, BEACON HILL, OUR DEVELOPER MEETING, AND THEN AS WELL AS THE UPTOWN ASSOCIATION.
THE NEXT MEETING, SORRY, NEXT SLIDE.
THIS IS OUR REVISED SITE PLAN.
THIS CAME ABOUT, UH, A FEW MEETINGS THAT WE PARTICIPATED IN.
UM, WE'VE REDUCED THE UNITS FROM 130 TO 119.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, UH, THE INGRESS EGRESS WAS CLOSER, SORRY.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, PREVIOUS MAP, THIS INGRESS EGRESS WAS LOCATED RIGHT HERE.
A COUPLE OF THE RESIDENTS ASKED IT, REMOVED FROM THAT CURRENT INTERSECTION, MOVED IT FURTHER UP, WHICH WE'VE, UH, UH, COMPLIED TO.
UM, THIS HERE WAS ORIGINALLY GOING TO BE PARKING SPACES, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AND RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED THAT WE NOT HAVE PARKING THERE.
AND SO, UH, YOU CAN SEE HERE THAT SMART HERE IS A PRE-K UH, SO WE'VE DESIGNATED THAT AS A LOADING AND UNLOADING FOR, UH, THE PRE-K.
UM, AGAIN, WE HAVE REDUCED FROM 130 TO 119 UNITS.
THIS IS JUST A ELEVATION PLAN OF WHAT IT COULD LOOK, WHAT IT MIGHT LOOK LIKE.
AGAIN, UH, THIS IS NOT A FINAL CONCEPTUAL UNTIL WE START PERMITTING AND ADHERING TO THE UDC AND THE NDC, UM, THAT'S DEFINED, UH, WITH BEACON HILL.
THEN, UH, WE WON'T HAVE A FINAL DRAFT OF THE ELEVATION.
UH, THIS IS A 9% TAX CREDIT WITH T-D-H-C-A, A JOINT VENTURE WITH, UH, THE LANDOWNER.
WE WILL HAVE PRE-K THAT'S OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC, ABOUT 20 SEATS.
UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, AFFORDABILITY AT THE 30, 50 AND 60% A MI.
AS YOU CAN SEE, EFFICIENCY AT THE 30% A MI IS ABOUT A $402 UNIT APARTMENT.
AND THESE ARE SOME JUST COMMENTS THAT WE'VE NOTICED ON THE BEACON HILL OF FOLKS SAYING THAT, UH, UH, THAT FOLKS, YOU KNOW, ARE LOOKING FOR APARTMENTS THAT ARE AFFORDABLE AND, AND, UM, AND HAD MADE SOME COMMENTS.
AND THEN, UM, I DID GATHER SOME SIGNATURES OF SUPPORT.
AS YOU CAN SEE, WE, I DID WALK THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AT LEAST WITHIN THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY AND, UM, EXPLAINED TO THEM THE PROJECT AND, UH, THESE FOLKS, UH, BOTH BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIAL, UM, FOLKS HAVE SUPPORTED IT AND, AND THE ONES THAT DID NOT OPTED TO NOT SIGN.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE, UH, VOICEMAILS AND THEN WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST.
WERE THERE ANY SPEAKERS THAT LEFT A VOICEMAIL? I'M CHECKING REAL QUICK.
IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST, PLEASE.
WE HAVING ISSUES WITH TECHNICAL ISSUES WITH THE OUTPUT.
UM, IF YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND DO THE SPEAKERS FIRST.
YEAH, WE CAN DO SPEAKERS THEN.
UM, FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS MR. JACK FINGER.
AND HE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MS. HANNAH MENARD.
ALL RIGHT, MR. FINGER, IF YOU'D GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS ONCE YOU GET TO THE PODIUM.
AND JUST TO REMIND, UH, TWO, TWO MINUTES.
IT WAS REVISED TO TWO MINUTES AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING.
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UH, YES.UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, OTHER MEMBERS OF THE OR, MY NAME IS JACK M FINGER.
I LIVE IN THE BEACON HILL AREA.
UH, YES, THERE WERE A COUPLE OF AREA MEETINGS ON THIS, UH, SITUATION.
AND, UM, I ATTENDED, UH, BOTH OF THEM.
AND I DO RECALL A NUMBER OF ISSUES THAT THE ATTENDEES BROUGHT UP.
I THINK IT SEEMED TO BE PRETTY GLOSSED OVER BY, BY THE EARLIER PRESENTER HERE.
UH, THE, UH, PARKING OF COURSE WAS ONE BIG ISSUE, BUT ANOTHER ONE WA WAS THE FACT THAT, UH, AND YES, WE DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE ISSUES WITH RESIDENTIAL, EVEN MULTIFAMILY COULD COMING INTO THE FORE THERE, BUT, BUT, UH, IT'S JUST THAT THE FACTOR OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, THAT'S THE EUPHEMISM FOR IT.
UH, WE KNOW IT AS LOW INCOME HOUSING OR ACTUALLY WHAT IT REALLY IS.
UH, PRESIDENTS OF BEACON HILL HAVE A TAKE PRIDE IN THEIR, THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEY, THEY REALLY DON'T LIKE, UH, THEIR TAX DOLLARS GOING TO HOUSING PROJECTS THAT, UH, ARE SITTING RIGHT, RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF THEIR, THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YES, THAT'S, THAT'S AMONG THE, UH, ISSUES THAT WERE PRESENTED.
AND, UH, QUITE FRANKLY, WE, UH, WE'D, UH, WE SEE TOO MANY, UH, NEGATIVES WITH THIS SITUATION.
UH, I THINK, UH, IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT SOME OF THE, UH, FACTORS THAT WERE PRESENTED, I THINK I SAW IT JUST FLITTED FLITTED OVER THERE ON YOUR, YOUR SCREEN THERE.
YOU'LL SEE WHAT THE ISSUES WERE THAT THE, UH, UH, UH, ATTENDEES BROUGHT UP ABOUT IT.
UM, THE, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT I HAVE TO TELL, TELL YOU.
I, I APPRECIATE IF YOU, IF YOU CAN DENY THIS OUTRIGHT AT THE VERY LEAST, UH, PLEASE, UH, DELAY IT SO THAT MORE PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, CAN HAVE A CHANCE TO APPRISE IT AT OUR REGULAR MEETING.
UM, NEXT, MS. HANNAH MENARD, PLEASE.
MS. MENARD, THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO TALK.
UM, I'M FROM UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
MS. MENARD, DO YOU MIND MOVING THE MICROPHONE CLOSER TO YOUR MOUTH? OH, NO, NOT AT ALL.
I'M USUALLY REALLY LOUD, THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING BACK.
UM, WE NEVER OPPOSE THIS, UM, PROJECT.
HOWEVER, WE DO HA WE HAVE HAD SOME PROBLEMS WITH THE COMMUNICATION THAT DEVELOP THAT THE DEVELOP THE DEVELOPER HAS, UM, UH, BEEN A LITTLE BIT NOT TRANSPARENT WITH US.
UM, HE CAME TO A NOVEMBER MEETING WITH A PIECE OF PAPER AND NOT REALLY SURE HOW MANY STORIES OUR APARTMENTS WAS GONNA BE.
UM, WE ASKED FOR A POSTPONEMENT AND WE GOT IT.
AND THEN WE LET THE DEVELOPER KNOW THAT WE WERE DOING A MEETING IN JANUARY, ON JANUARY 11TH.
THAT WAS THE SOONEST THAT WE COULD BE ABLE TO BE THERE BECAUSE WE DO WALK ALL OF OUR FLYERS.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH COMMUN COMPUTERS AND WITH INTERNET.
AND UH, SO EVERYTHING HAS TO BE WALKED.
AND WE, WE SAID, PLEASE DON'T HAVE A MEETING BEFORE JANUARY 11TH 'CAUSE WE CAN'T GET PREPARED BY UNTIL THEN.
UM, THEY THEN CAME BACK WITH THAT.
THEY WERE GONNA HAVE THEIR OWN MEETING AT A RESTAURANT ON JANUARY 5TH.
UM, THEY DID NOT DO THE DUE DILIGENCE OF THE AMENDMENT ON JANUARY 23, CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE UDC.
UM, HE DID NOT VIOLATE IT TECHNICALLY, BUT IN GOOD FAITH YOU DID.
UM, WE NEEDED A PRESENTATION, JUST LIKE WHAT YOU SAW TODAY.
WE NEVER GOT THAT PRESENTATION.
WE STILL HAVEN'T GOTTEN THAT PRESENTATION.
THIS IS ALL WE WERE ASKING FOR, NOT SOME PIECE OF PAPER HANDED AROUND.
SO IN GOOD FAITH, THIS HAS BEEN A NO GO.
I MEAN, JUST BY THE WAY, IT, THEY HAVE BEEN ACTING WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WHAT REALLY I AM UP HERE TO SAY IS THAT, UM, ON YOUR CRITERIA, YOUR STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, THERE ARE ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORHOOD LANDS AND WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IF PUBLIC WORKS WILL WORK WITH US VERY CLOSELY ON HOW THE, THIS, UH, AREA IS GONNA HANDLE THIS.
WE ONLY HAVE 200 RESIDENCES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE'RE DOUBLING IT NOW.
BUT I, I REALLY NEED TO PUT THAT ON THE RECORD.
THERE WILL BE SOME ADVERSE EFFECTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
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ALRIGHT.AND I THINK WE HAVE VOICEMAILS AVAILABLE.
I'M JUST CALLING IN SUPPORT OF THE ZONING AT 1 37 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
I'M LOOKING TO MOVE DOWNTOWN IN, UM, THE BEACON HILL AREA, BUT I HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN ABLE TO FIND ANYTHING IN MY PRICE RANGE YET.
SO PLEASE VOTE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND APPROVE THE ZONING IN THIS CASE.
HI, MY NAME IS JENNIFER
I'M CALLING TO SAY THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT 'CAUSE LIVING CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN HAS BECOME TOO EXPENSIVE AND WE NEED MORE AFFORDABLE CHOICES.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS MIKE RES AND I HEARD SOMEONE WANTED TO BUILD A NEW, UM, AFFORDABLE APARTMENT COMPLEX AT, UH, I THINK IT'S 1 37 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
I'M CALLING TO SAY I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT IT 'CAUSE LIVING CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN HAS BECOME PRETTY EXPENSIVE.
UH, WOULD DO NEED MORE AFFORDABLE CHOICES.
UM, SO VOTE IN SUPPORT, SO LIKE STRUGGLING INDIVIDUALS AND SENIORS AND STUFF LIKE THAT HAVE A PLACE TO, TO BE A, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO LIVE.
UM, SO I'D WANT TO SAY YES, I'D LIKE TO SUPPORT IT.
HI THERE, MY NAME IS YIAN RAMSEY AND I LIVE IN FORT OH SEVEN CINCINNATI AVENUE.
I'M CALLING REGARDING SUBJECT PROPERTY 1 3 7 UNIVERSITY.
UH, THE CASE IS Z DASH 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 3.
WITH REGARDS TO THIS PROPERTY, UH, STATISTICALLY IN HOST URBAN AREAS, THERE IS A SEVEN TIMES HIGHER PROBLEM INTERACTION RATE BETWEEN APARTMENTS AND HIGH DENSITY DWELLERS THAN THERE IS WITH INDIVIDUAL ALLOTMENT.
HOMEOWNERS TRYING TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER IS CONSIDERABLY HIGHER WHERE COMMUNITY TITLE LIVING IS CONCERNED.
SO THAT WOULD IMPACT, UH, AND WOULD PLAY AN IMPACT ON THIS AREA.
APARTMENT BUILDINGS ARE NOTORIOUS FOR PROVIDING MARGINAL PARKING PROVISIONS FOR TENANTS AND THE OVERFLOW FROM THIS PLUS TENANTS VISITORS PUTS ALL AVAILABLE NEIGHBORHOOD CURBSIDE PARKING UNDER PRESSURE.
PERSONAL PRIVACY FOR HOMEOWNERS ALSO BECOMES AN ISSUE WITH THEIR HOMES BEING OVERLOOKED AT AT ALL TIMES.
CONSIDERING THAT THIS BUILDING IS GOING TO BE, UH, OR IS BEING PROPOSED TO BE FOUR STORIES HIGH, UH, WITH FEW EXCEPTIONS, PROPERTY VALUES WOULD DECREASE BECAUSE OF THE FOOTPRINT, UH, AN APARTMENT BUILDING WOULD IMPOSE ON THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHICH DETRACT FROM THE AMBIANCE OF THE AREA.
FOR THESE REASONS, I OPPOSE THE ZONING FOR THE CLOSETED APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT.
HI, MY NAME IS UH, CARLOS CJO AND I WAS JUST CALLING YOU TO SUPPORT, UM, THE ZONING AT 1 37 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
MY AUNT AND UNCLE ARE ELDERLY AND DO NOT HAVE A CAR AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE NEAR THERE.
UH, BEING THAT PROPERTY ON THE BUS LINE 95 DIRECT ROUTE TO DOWNTOWN, IT'LL BE VERY CONVENIENT FOR THEM.
PLEASE VOTE AND SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT AND APPROVE THIS ZONING CASE.
HAVE A FANTASTIC DAY AND STAY WARM.
HELLO, THIS IS CYNTHIA SPIELMAN.
UM, I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BEACON HILL ZONING AND DESIGN COMMITTEE.
I LIVE AT 900 WESTWOOD LAWN AND THIS IS ABOUT CASE 0 3 0 3 AT 1 37 UNIVERSITY.
WE WANT TO THANK THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS FOR CONTINUING THE ZONING REQUEST FOR THE IDZ TWO MF 40 AT 1 37 UNIVERSITY SO THAT A MORE COMPLETE INFORMATION COULD BE PRESENTED TO THE UPTOWN AND THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THE LAST MEETING, BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION'S ROLE IN THIS WAS TO HELP MAKE SURE THAT RESIDENTS HAD ACCURATE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ZONING REQUEST TO MAKE AN INFORMED CHOICE ABOUT THEIR SUPPORT.
WE FEEL THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE CASE MANAGER FOR WILSON FOR ATTENDING THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING TO HELP ANSWER QUESTIONS AND TO HELP US ENSURE THAT ALL INFORMATION WE PRESENTED WAS ACCURATE ABOUT THIS RELATIVELY COMPLEX ZONING REQUEST.
WE FELT THE APPLICANTS UNFORTUNATELY WERE RELUCTANT TO ENGAGE WITH THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SHOWING UP AT THE FIRST MEETING WOEFULLY UNPREPARED, AND AFTER HOLDING A MEETING AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT, WAS UNWILLING TO COME TO THE SECOND UPTOWN MEETING AFTER BEING ADVISED THAT IT WOULD BE UNWISE NOT TO ATTEND.
THEY CAME BUT WERE UNABLE TO PRESENT FULLY EVEN AFTER THE OFFER TO PUT THEIR SLIDES AT THE END OF OUR PRESENTATION.
I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE AS THE DEVELOPMENT MOVES FORWARD, PARTICULARLY IN ISSUES HAVING TO DO WITH THE NNC D FIVE STANDARDS, THAT THEY WILL BE MORE WILLING TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO CREATE A SUCCESSFUL PROJECT IF THEY ARE SUPPORTED IN THE REQUEST BY CITY COUNCIL AND RECEIVE A NEEDED FUNDING.
HAVING SAID THAT, LET ME NOTE THAT THE APPLICANTS DID MAKE CHANGES TO THEIR SITE PLANS PLAN BASED ON THE RESIDENT'S CONCERN AT THE FIRST MEETING
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FOR WHICH WE ARE APPRECIATIVE.BEACON HILL IS COMMITTED TO A PROCESS THAT IS TRANSPARENT AND INCLUSIVE AND THAT INCLUDES INFORMATION THAT'S ACCURATE AND COMPLETE.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THE TIME TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN.
RESPECTFULLY, CYNTHIA SPILLMAN.
HI, MY NAME IS EMMANUEL ADEMA AND I'M, UH, CALLING TO SUPPORT THE ZONING FOR CASE, UH, ONE THIRTY SEVEN UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 810-8830.
UM, LOOK, MY DAD DOESN'T REALLY HAVE A PLACE TO LIVE AND IN IN THE AREA THERE'S NO, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR HIM EITHER BY RENT OR WHATEVER.
UM, AND YEAH, I'M JUST CALLING TO SUPPORT THIS INITIATIVE SO MY DAD CAN LIVE, UH, CLOSER TO A A, A BUS LINE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA.
SO I'D APPRECIATE THE, UH, THE HELP.
I RESIDE AT 2 0 8 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO SEVEN EIGHT TWO ZERO ONE.
UH, THIS CALL IS IN REGARDS TO CASE ENDING IN 0 3 0 3.
UM, THE ADDRESS OF THE CASE NUMBER IS ONE THREE SEVEN UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (917) 362-3882.
I RESIDE WITHIN 200 FEET OF 1 37 UNIVERSITY AVENUE, LOT 18 BLOCK N CCB 2 0 2 2.
I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THE ZONING APPROVAL, MAINLY BECAUSE THERE IS NOT ENOUGH INFORMATION PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER AND OR
FROM AN INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE STANDPOINT AS IT PERTAINS TO DESIGN THE PLANS FOR STORY HEIGHT OF THE DWELLING UNITS IS A MAJOR CONCERN AND
AS IT PERTAINS TO HEALTH, WHAT ARE THE PLANS ON HOW THE CITY INFRASTRUCTURE WILL BE IMPROVED TO, TO SUPPORT THE CURRENT LOT AT 1 37 UNIVERSITY TO SUPPORT WATER AND SEWAGE TO A HUNDRED UNITS.
CURRENTLY HEAVY PUDDLING ON BRAZOS AND DRAINAGE ISSUES AROUND THE PERIMETER THAT INDICATE INSUFFICIENCIES AS IS TRASH AND TRASH COLLECTION WILL BE A NECESSITY AND CAN BE A HYGIENE AND PEST CONTROL ISSUE.
WHERE WILL THESE COLLECTION POINTS BE LOCATED AS FAR AS SAFETY? HEY, UH, MY NAME'S UH, JIMMY AND I'M CALLING SUPPORTING THIS, UH, ZONING CASE AT, UH, LET'S SEE, WHERE'S THAT ADDRESS AT? OH, AT 1 37 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
UH, MAN, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF FLIPPING DONE AROUND HERE.
YOU KNOW, FLIPPING THESE HOMES, RENOVATING THEM AND THEY ARE GOING FOR A LOT OF MONEY.
FIVE, SIX, $700,000, WHICH WOW IS HUGE FOR MY OLD NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THESE SALES PRICES ARE GONNA CAUSE OUR PROPERTY TAXES TO GO UP.
NOBODY REALLY EVER PAYS ATTENTION TO THAT THOUGH.
ANYWAY, I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT, UM, THIS ZONING CASE AND, AND ALLOWING THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE PLACE.
I THINK IT'LL HELP THE, HELP THE AREA.
HI, MY NAME IS LINDA AND I ATTENDED A MEETING LAST NIGHT AND WE HEARD THAT THIS NEW APARTMENT COMPLEX IS GOING TO HAVE A PRE-K AT THE PROPERTY.
I'M CURRENTLY PREGNANT AND WE'LL BE LOOKING FOR A PRE-K CLOSE TO THAT AREA.
UH, WOULD YOU PLEASE SUPPORT THE ZONING CASE AT 1 3 7 UNIVERSITY AVENUE AVENUE? WE'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
HI, I'M CALLING, UH, MY NAME IS SAMANTHA MAJERA.
I'M CALLING TO SUPPORT THE ZONING CASE FOR 1 37 UNIVERSITY AVENUE.
UM, I'M TRYING TO FIND A PLACE FOR MY FATHER TO LIVE AND I NEED AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, PARTICULARLY IN THIS AREA.
DOESN'T HAVE ANY RENTALS IN THIS AREA WITH AN AFFORDABLE RENT.
SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO SUPPORT THIS CASE AND SO PLEASE PROVIDE SUPPORT WHERE YOU GUYS CAN AND MY FAMILY CAN LIVE CLOSER TO ME AND IT'S CONVENIENT, UM, WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY TOP DOLLAR.
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TO THE BUS LINE.HELLO, MY NAME IS DALLY SEKER.
I LIVE AT 6 0 1 WEST LOW WOOD AVENUE SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE TWO.
AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 416-1723.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST FOR 1 3 7 UNIVERSITY.
IT'S CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 0.
I REQUESTED THE ZONING CHANGE BE DENIED WHILE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING WILL LIKELY BE ADVANTAGEOUS.
THE CHANGE IN ZONING IS PREMATURE BECAUSE THE APPLICANTS ONLY RECENTLY PROVIDED THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITH A SITE PLAN.
IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY COMPLY WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT PLAN.
ALSO, THE APPLICANTS HAVE NOT PROVIDED THE NEIGHBORHOODS, INCLUDING THE NEAR NEIGHBORS WITH ANY RENDERING OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND THEY HAVE NOT OTHERWISE BEEN TRANSPARENT OR COOPERATIVE IN REACHING OUT TO THOSE NEIGHBORS.
FOR THESE REASONS, I ASK THAT YOU DENY THE CURRENT ZONING, UH, ZONING CHANGE APPLICATION AND RECONSIDER A POSSIBLE NEW REQUEST LATER ON FOR A ZONING CHANGE WHEN THE PLANS FOR THE CLAUDETTE AND APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT HAVE MATURED.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL TO THOSE? NO.
THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER KELLUM FOR QUESTIONS? YEAH, I JUST HAVE A QUESTION FOR MS. MENARD.
MS. MENARDS, BERNARD QUESTION.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THE QUESTION? THANK YOU.
SO, UH, DESPITE ALL THE FRUSTRATION THAT APPEARS TO HAVE HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PROCESS, UH, THE UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR OF THIS PROJECT.
IN THE, I I DON'T KNOW HOW TO GET THIS ON THE RECORD, BUT OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T, WE'RE DOUBLING OUR POPULATION AND OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CAN'T EVEN TOLERATE WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.
WE STILL HAVE CLAY SEWER PIPES THAT YOU CAN SMELL.
UH, WE HAVE FLOODING EVERY SINGLE TIME IT RAINS.
AND I'M, I'M AFRAID THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TAKING UP SO MUCH SPACE THAT IT'S GONNA HURT THE DRAINAGE EVEN MORE.
THERE'S NOWHERE FOR THE, FOR THE WATER TO GO.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY COLLECTION BOXES WE DO NOW ON FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, BUT NOWHERE IN OUR COMMUNITY DO WE HAVE ANY COLLECTION BOXES FOR THE WATER DRAINAGE.
UH, IT'S A HUGE ISSUE AND I'M, I NEED TO BE, WE NEED TO MAKE SURE PUBLIC WORKS IS WORKING WITH US TO MAKE THIS PROJECT SUCCESSFUL.
'CAUSE IF IT GOES IN THE WAY IT IS, WE'RE GONNA HAVE 10 TIMES MORE PROBLEMS. SO THE, THE DEVELOPER REALLY NEEDS TO HELP US WITH THIS AND WORK WITH US AND BEING TRANSPARENT FROM NOW ON.
AND MS. FLORES QUESTION THAT WHAT SHE'S TALKING ABOUT IN TERMS OF PUBLIC WORKS IS OUTSIDE OF WHAT WE DO.
IS THAT RIGHT? THAT'S CORRECT.
IT'LL BE, EVERYTHING WILL BE REVIEWED ONCE THE PLANS COME IN FOR PLATTING AND THEN BUILDING AND ALL OF THE SUBSEQUENT PERMITTING, THEY'LL ONLY, SO, AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT TOO.
UM, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THE DEVELOPER, UM, IS TRANSPARENT ABOUT WHAT IS ACTUALLY HAPPENING.
'CAUSE IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A ROUGH ROAD FOR US.
SO HE SENT IT TO ME, UH, THIS AROUND 11 O'CLOCK TODAY.
I FINALLY GOT A RENDERING AND THE SITE PLAN WAS SETBACKS AND THAT'S NOT ACCEPTABLE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER WITT? I GUESS FIRST ONE IS FOR THE CITY ON THE PARKING, WE'VE GOT PARALLEL SPACES AND UNIVERSITY PARALLEL SPACES.
DOES IDZ NOT REQUIRE ANY MINIMUM PARKING AND CAN THEY USE STREET PARKING? I'M, I'M ASSUMING THE PARALLEL MEANS IT'S STREET PARKING.
THE IDZ IS GOING TO ONLY REQUIRE A, IT REDUCES THE PARKING BY 50%.
AND SO THEY'RE ONLY GONNA BE REQUIRED TO HAVE 1.5 SPACES PER UNIT.
SO I'LL, I'LL ADD IT PER UNIT.
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UNITS, SO YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE ALMOST 200 SPACES.THANK YOU FOR, AND I GUESS THE SECOND QUESTION MIGHT BE FOR THE DEVELOPER.
YOU CAN ANSWER ME FROM BACK THERE.
DO YOU HAVE YOUR 9% FINANCING ALREADY LINED UP, READY TO GO? NO, NO.
THE PROCESS HAS ACTUALLY OPENED, UH, RECENTLY.
AND SO, UH, THE, THE 9% TAX CREDIT PRE-OPS HAVE JUST BEEN RELEASED.
AND THEN, UM, THEN THE NEXT PROCESS, I THINK I BELIEVE IS IN MARCH.
AND IF YOU DON'T GET THAT, THEN WHAT HAPPENS? THE ZONING HAS TO BE IN PLACE, UH, IN ORDER TO EVEN JUST QUALIFY, UNDERSTAND WE DON'T GET IT, THEN WE'LL SEEK OTHER, WE ARE COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT, THEN WE'LL SEEK MAYBE A 4% TAX EXEMPT BOND.
UH, THERE'S OTHER FINANCING MECHANISMS, BUT WE'RE COMMITTED TO THIS PROJECT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, UH, FOR STAFF, CAN YOU CLARIFY THE FINAL COUNT ON THIS, PLEASE? ON THE PARKING? YES.
THE FINAL COUNT IN TERMS OF SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION.
AND WHILE, WHILE SHE'S TALLYING THAT UP, UM, WELL HE'S GONNA GIVE YOU THOSE NUMBERS AND THEN HE'S ALSO GOING TO CLARIFY SOME PARKING INFORMATION.
SO, UH, THE FINAL COUNT WAS 45 NOTICES SENT OUT, EIGHT RECEIVED IN FAVOR.
ONE OPPOSED UPTOWN IS IN FAVOR.
THERE WERE FIVE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
AND IN REGARDS TO THE PARKING, SO THERE'S, THEY'RE PROPOSING 119 UNITS, SO THE ONE AND A HALF SPACES PER UNIT, 178 SPACES DIVIDED BY TWO.
SO THEY'D BE REQUIRED TO DO 80, AT LEAST 89 SPACES, BUT THEY'RE PROPOSING 121 SPACES.
UM, I, I DO HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF AND THAT IS, UM, WELL WE TALKED ABOUT IDZ IN REFERENCE TO PARKING.
ARE THERE ANY, UM, OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE ARE ISSUES THAT IDZ TOUCHES SUCH AS DRAINAGE OFF THE SITE, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO, THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO NOT MAKE ANY DRAINAGE WORSE, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
ANY LAST CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS? NONE.
BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER KELLUM FOR A MOTION.
UM, I CERTAINLY APPRECIATE THE FRUSTRATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITH THE, THE WHOLE PROCESS, BUT I THINK THE, THE TANGIBLE BENEFITS THAT WOULD COME FROM THAT, I THINK WOULD, WOULD BE GOOD.
AND SO I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER LUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REBATO.
AND IF I CAN JUST ADD, TO, ADD THE AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE REQUEST FOR THE EIGHT FOOT FENCE FRIENDLY AMENDMENT TO REMOVE THE REQUEST FOR AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE.
UM, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
OKAY, I'M GONNA SUPPORT THE MOTION.
I, I THINK IT'S GREAT TO SEE THESE PROJECTS MOVING FORWARD.
I THINK IT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN REGARDING THE GROWTH.
UM, HOWEVER, YOU KNOW, I CAN SPEAK FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH MY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
YOU KNOW, I THINK WE HAVEN'T SEEN THIS KIND OF GROWTH WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE'VE SEEN THE GROWTH WITHIN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, WHERE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WAS SMALL AND NOW WE'RE AT LEAST DOUBLE THE SIZE.
AND IT'S WONDERFUL TO SEE, TO SEE THE VIBRANCY THAT COMES WITH THAT POPULATION GROWTH.
THAT BEING SAID TO THE DEVELOPER, UM, YOU KNOW, THIS SEEMS LIKE A GREAT PROJECT, BUT IT'S CLEAR FROM ALMOST ALL THE COMMENTS THAT COMMUNICATIONS NEEDS TO OCCUR.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE MOVING BEYOND THE ZONING COMMISSION TODAY, BUT AS YOU GO TO CITY COUNCIL, I WOULD CONTINUE TO TALK TO MS. SPIELMAN, UM, AND THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM UPTOWN, UH, TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE ADDING TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOUR DEVELOPMENT'S GONNA BE A BIG PART AND WE ALL WANT IT TO BE A SUCCESSFUL, BENEFICIAL PART.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
UM, I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THIS, THIS MOTION.
UM, I AM ONE, I AM THANKFUL THAT, THAT THE APPLICANT HAS,
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UM, LISTENED TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERNS AND, UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, MY BIGGEST CONCERN WAS THAT EIGHT FOOT FENCE.I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY YOU'D HAVE AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE AROUND AN URBAN PROPERTY.
BUT ANYWAY, MR. CHAIR, WHAT? OKAY.
CAN I FINISH MY
UM, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL, I'LL COME BACK.
I'LL COME RIGHT BACK TO YOU IN JUST A SECOND.
UM, BUT I, I, I DO WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE SAID ABOUT COMMUNICATION AND TRANSPARENCY.
UM, AND SO I WILL HOPE YOU WILL AGAIN, REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE CITY COUNCIL AND CONTINUE THAT, THAT, UH, DISCUSSION TO THE NEIGHBORS.
I UNDERSTAND THE, YOUR FRUSTRATION WITH HAVING CLAY PIPES FOR SEWER AND THOSE INFRASTRUCTURE PROBLEMS AS OF, SINCE I HAVE THE SAME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD ALONG FREDERICKSBURG ROAD.
UM, BUT THE, THE PROPERTY BY CITY CODE WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO WORSEN ANY, ANY ASPECT AND HOPEFULLY WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT COMES NEW CITY DOLLARS TO IMPROVE, UM, THE SITUATION AS WELL.
SO BEFORE WE DO A ROLL CALL, COMMISSIONER BARDOS, YOU HAD DISCUSSION? YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD MY PERSONAL COMMENTS.
I DO AGREE WITH, UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMANTE.
UH, UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU MISSED THIS ONE, BUT THERE WERE A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, HELPING SENIORS AND THAT COMMENT IN SPANISH WAS ALSO IN FAVOR, UH, IN CASE YOU MISSED THAT ONE.
SO I WILL SUPPORT THIS MOTION, BUT BASICALLY BECAUSE, UH, THERE ARE TOO MANY COMMENTS ABOUT, UH, SENIORS AND FAMILIES AND PARENTS THAT NEEDED TO BE NEAR THEIR KIDS.
SO, UH, I'M IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
ALRIGHT, FINAL CHANCE FOR DISCUSSION.
THANK YOU FOR MENTIONING THAT.
WE WILL BE MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, I BELIEVE.
KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING COORDINATOR.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MXD WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 11 UNITS PER ACRE TO MXD WITH A MAJOR SITE PLAN AMENDMENT TO INCREASE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY TO 23 UNITS PER ACRE AND INCREASE THE TOTAL COMMERCIAL ACREAGE WITHIN THE MXD BOUNDARY.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, NINE OPPOSED.
THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, WE RECEIVED THREE IN FAVOR AND 138 OPPOSED.
UM, THE EXISTING MXD WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 11 UNITS PER ACRE IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING.
AND THEN THE PROPOSED MXD WITH A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 23 UNITS AND INCREASE IN TOTAL COMMERCIAL ACREAGE IS ALSO APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE APPROXIMATE AREA.
THE UM, NEW SITE PLAN INCREASES THE COMMERCIAL AREA FROM 10.04 ACRES TO 10.19 ACRES AND RELOCATES, UM, TO THE, THE COMMERCIAL AREA TO THE SOUTH OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY.
THE MAXIMUM DENSITY FROM THE 2021 MXD SITE PLAN IS 11 UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH PERMITTED, WHICH PERMITS 145 UNITS WITHIN THE 13.14 ACRE AREA.
THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WOULD INCREASE THE DENSITY TO 23 UNITS PER ACRE AND PERMITS UP TO 313 UNITS FOR THE 13.61 ACRE RESIDENTIAL AREA.
THE, UM, PROPERTY, IT BUFFERS AN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO THE WEST FROM THE INTERSECTION BETWEEN TWO STATE HIGHWAYS TO THE RIGHT.
UM, THE PROPOSED HIGHER MULTI-FAMILY DENSITY AND COMMERCIAL USES ARE MORE APPROPRIATE ALONG MAJOR THOROUGH AFFAIRS, UM, WHICH ARE BECOMING BUSIER WITH THE GROWING DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE BROOKS CITY BASE AREA.
UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, JAMES MCKNIGHT ORTIZ MCKNIGHT ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, THE NRP GROUP AND I
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HAVE A PRESENTATION FOR US.YOU CAN GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
OKAY, SO I WANTED TO LOCATE THE PROPERTY FIRST FOR US.
IT'S JUST OUTSIDE THE OFFICIAL BROOKS UH, AREA, BUT IT'S ON GOLIAD ROAD AS A CONNECTOR BETWEEN SOUTHEAST MILITARY AND FOUR 10.
AND IT'S APPROPRIATE THAT YOU, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU SEE THIS SITE IN ITS CONTEXT HERE.
SO THIS IS AT THE INTERSECTION AS STAFF SAID, BETWEEN I 37 AND LOOP FOUR 10.
AGAIN, THAT'S IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION ON THESE, THESE HIGHWAYS.
AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY RESIDENTIAL, THEN IT CHANGED TO COMMERCIAL AND IS NOW, UM, A MIXED USE.
SO THIS IS ALSO A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF THIS CASE.
THIS IS THE LAND PLAN FOR THE BROOKS AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN 2019.
SO THIS AREA WAS DESIGNATED AS A REGIONAL MIXED USE, WHICH IN 2019 AND TODAY, THAT MEANS THAT MF 33 TO MF 65 IS APPROPRIATE.
C ONE TO C3 USES ARE APPROPRIATE AND MIXED USES ARE APPROPRIATE.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE THE THE FUTURE PLAN FOR THIS RECOGNIZE THE GROWTH OF THE BROOKS AREA OF THIS, THE LOCATION NEXT TO THE HIGHWAYS AND DESIGNATED THIS AS A REGIONAL MIXED USE.
THAT'S A PRETTY HEAVY, IT'S ONE OF THE MOST, UH, INTENSE USES THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THE GROUND.
UM, SA TOMORROW HAS A STATED GOAL TO RESPOND TO THE INCOMING RESIDENTIAL AND HOUSING NEEDS, ESPECIALLY WHERE THAT GROWTH IS HAPPENING.
AND WE'RE SEEING THAT IN THAT, IN THAT BROOKS AREA INCREASE THE DENSITY AS WELL.
SO THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING MXD, AND THAT IS WITH A MIX OF C ONE AND C TWO USES, BUT ALSO A DENSITY OF 11 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO WHAT WE'RE REQUESTING IS THE SAME MXDC ONE AND C TWO USES WITH 23 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
SO THIS WAS THE SITE PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED JUST THREE YEARS AGO.
SO THIS WAS WHEN LENNAR HOMES HAD COME IN AND WAS LOOKING TO DO A KIND OF A SINGLE FAMILY PRODUCT IN THIS AREA.
THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING THE 11 UNITS PER ACRE.
AND THE COMMERCIAL WAS ALONG GOLIAD ROAD AND THIS WAS ACHIEVED THROUGH WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE LAYOUT OF THE PLAN, THE DENSITY, EVERYTHING.
WE WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH ALL OF THIS, AND IT EVEN CAME UP WITH A, A SET OF APPROVED COVENANTS ALONG THE WAY.
SO WE'RE CHANGING FROM THAT TO WHAT YOU SEE HERE.
SO THIS IS A LAYOUT SHOWING THAT THE RESIDENTIAL HAS, INSTEAD OF BEING THIS L-SHAPE, HAS JUST MOVED TO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY, UH, AND THE COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY, STILL C ONE AND C TWO USES THERE.
BUT REALLY THE CRUX OF ALL OF THIS, IT'S STILL MXD ZONING.
IT'S 23 UNITS AN ACRE, SO WE'RE GOING FROM 11 TO 23 NOW.
THE REASON WAS BECAUSE LENNAR DID NOT FIND THE MARKET FOR THE HOMES THAT THEY THOUGHT THEY WOULD GET THREE YEARS AGO.
AND NOW THE DENSITY AND THE THE NEED FOR THIS KIND OF APARTMENT HOUSING THAT THE NRP GROUP IS PROPOSING, THAT'S WHAT THE MARKET IS BEARING AT THIS POINT.
AND THIS IS FOR MARKET RATE HOUSING, THIS IS NOT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IT'S MARKET RATE IN THIS AREA AND THERE IS A LACK OF THAT IN THE AREA.
SO NRP REALLY KNOWS THAT MARKET.
SO THEY'RE GOING AFTER THAT 2023 UNITS AN ACRE THERE.
THAT'S THE DENSITY THAT THEY NEED.
THE COMMERCIAL AREA, WE HAVE A PARTNER ALREADY.
WE HAVE NOT FOR THE, THE, THE PAST YEARS I'VE BEEN WORKING ON THE SITE FOR FOUR OR FIVE YEARS.
THERE WASN'T ANYBODY INTERESTED IN THE COMMERCIAL, BUT BROOKS NOW IS INTERESTED IN THAT COMMERCIAL.
SO WE HAVE A DEVELOPER THAT IS WILLING TO TAKE ON THAT RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
WE HAVE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPER THAT'S WILLING TO TAKE THAT ON BECAUSE OF THE NRP GROUP.
SO TOGETHER WE HAVE A REALLY ESTABLISHED PROJECT.
NOW WHAT YOU SEE HERE IS WHAT NRP IS LAID OUT.
THIS IS NOT THE COMMERCIAL LAYOUT FOR BROOKS.
THIS WAS JUST TO SHOW, UH, AS REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT COULD GO IN THE COMMERCIAL AREA AND TO SHOW THE SIZE OF WHAT 10 ACRES OF COMMERCIAL REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
SO THIS IS A VERY LARGE SITE, BUT FOR NRPS CASE, FOR THE, THE, LIKE I SAID, THE CRUX OF THE PROBLEM.
THAT'S THAT 23 UNITS PER ACRE.
SO I THINK THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT IS THE, THE INTERACTION THAT WE'VE HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD THROUGH ALL OF THIS.
YOU HEARD THAT THERE IS, UH, A LARGE NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT HAVE SIGNED UP OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
WE CONTACTED THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP EARLY ON.
AS YOU KNOW, THIS CON THIS LAND USE, UH, ALLOWS UP TO 65 UNITS AN ACRE.
WE STARTED WITH 33 UNITS PER ACRE, AND AFTER DISCUSSION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PRESIDENT FOR MANY MONTHS, WE GOT DOWN TO 23 UNITS AN ACRE ON NOVEMBER 21ST.
WE PRESENTED THAT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS A WHOLE.
THERE'S ABOUT 50 PEOPLE THAT ATTENDED THAT MEETING.
WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH A FULL LIST OF ALL THE QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES THAT WERE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN US ON THE NOVEMBER 28TH.
WE AGREED THAT WE OUT OF A COMMITTEE, SO WE HAD A COMMITTEE MEETING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ABOUT FIVE FOLKS THAT WERE KIND OF THE REPRESENTATIVES FOR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ON DECEMBER 14TH.
AT THAT MEETING, WE REALLY FELT LIKE WE HAD MADE SOME PROGRESS.
WE THOUGHT WE WERE HEADING FORWARD AND, AND COULDN'T COME TO SOME AGREEMENTS.
AND SO WE CONT WE AGREED TO CONTINUE
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THE ZONING COMMISSION HEARING.THAT WAS ON THE 19TH, DECEMBER 19TH.
AT THAT TIME WE SAID, OKAY, WE'LL CONTINUE IT TO THE NEXT ONE TO THIS ONE.
WELL, WE HELD ANOTHER MEETING THAT THE COUNCILWOMAN COULD ATTEND, UH, JUST THIS LAST FRIDAY ON THE 12TH.
AND ANOTHER, A NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP THAT WERE NOT AT THOSE OTHER TWO MEETINGS SHOWED UP AND THE MOOD CHANGED A LITTLE BIT.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU SEE THE PETITION.
THAT PETITION WAS ACTUALLY SIGNED DURING THE MEETING.
AS WE WERE, WERE THERE, WE COULD SEE PEOPLE PASSING IT AROUND AND SIGNING IT.
THE COUNCILWOMAN WAS THERE TO DISCUSS THE TRAFFIC ISSUES BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE FROM WHAT I'VE SHOWN SO FAR, IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE THIS KIND OF DENSITY AND COMMERCIAL IN THE AREA.
SO WHAT'S THE ISSUE? THE ISSUE IS REALLY THE TRAFFIC GOLIAD ROAD HAS A LOT OF TRAFFIC ON IT ALREADY AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA ADD MORE TO IT.
WELL, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THAT'S A PROBLEM, BUT THAT'S NOT NECESSARILY A ZONING PROBLEM.
THAT'S BEING CAUSED BY OTHER DEVELOPERS IN THE AREA.
ANY DEVELOPMENT ON OUR SITE IS GONNA INCREASE THE TRAFFIC, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
IF THAT WERE ALL COMMERCIAL, WHICH IT WAS BEFORE, THAT WOULDN'T CREATE A, A HUGE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC THERE.
WE WANTED TO TALK TO 'EM ABOUT HOW WE COULD FIX IT.
WE'RE COMING TO THE SITE, HOW CAN WE MINIMIZE THIS TRAFFIC? WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE NORTHERN PART OF THE SITE, THE CENTER PART OF THE SITE, AND A LOT OF FOLKS AGREE THAT WOULD BE A HUGE HELP IF WE COULD GET A TRAFFIC LIGHT, BUT THAT'S NOT UP TO US.
AND WE TOLD THEM OVER AND OVER WE WOULD, WE WOULD LOVE THAT WE WELCOME A TRAFFIC LIGHT IF THAT'S WHAT THE STUDY SHOWS.
A TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANT STUDY WAS ISSUED.
WE COULD LOOK AT WHETHER OR NOT A A TRAFFIC LIGHT WAS, WAS WARRANTED THERE, BUT THAT'S NOT UP TO US.
THAT'S WHY THE CITY'S INVOLVEMENT WAS SO IMPORTANT.
THAT'S WHY THE COUNCILWOMAN CAME TO THE MEETING TO TALK TO THE CI, TO TALK TO THE RESIDENTS ABOUT THIS SAYING WE DO NEED HOUSING.
AND WE KNOW THE GOLIAD ROAD IS A PROBLEM.
SHE HAS BEEN ADVOCATING FOR IT.
SHE WILL CONTINUE TO ADVOCATE FOR IT, BUT THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THAT IS THAT YOU NEED THE DEVELOPER ALONG THE WAY.
YOU NEED A GOOD PARTNER TO HELP WITH THAT.
THE COUNCILWOMAN IS COMMITTED TO WORK WITH US ON THAT TO SAY IF YOU PUT THE DEVELOPER IN PLACE, IF YOU PUT THE DEVELOPMENT IN PLACE, THAT'S WHEN YOU SEE THE CHANGES.
IF THAT SITE STAYS AS IT IS, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SEE ANY IMPROVEMENTS TO GOLIAD ROAD, BUT THE DEVELOPER CAN MAKE THOSE CHANGES.
AND SO WE'RE HAPPY TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND AND, AND PUT THE APPROPRIATE DEVELOPMENT THERE TO MAKE EVERYTHING WORK.
UM, UNFORTUNATELY THE NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT WANT TO HEAR ABOUT TRAFFIC, BUT WE STILL ARE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH THEM AND, AND SEEING WHAT ELSE WE CAN DO.
SO I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? UM, I BELIEVE WE HAVE VOICEMAILS, ONLY VOICEMAILS.
HELLO, MY NAME IS LUCY CRUZ AND I LIVE AT 4 21 LEBANON 7 8 2 2 3.
I LIVE IN THE BROOKSIDE SUBDIVISION AND I'M CALLING REGARDING REFERENCE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 3 29.
I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, SAY THAT I AM AGAINST THE REZONING AND RE AND DEVELOPMENT OF, OF THE PROPERTY ON GT ROAD, UH, ACROSS THE ENTRANCE FROM, UH, THE BROOKSIDE SUBDIVISION.
AND, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT IT WOULD BE FEASIBLE FOR THE NEIGHBORS HERE.
AND JUST THE CONGESTION OF THE TRAFFIC THAT WE HAVE GOING ON RIGHT NOW, UH, IS JUST UNPLEASANT TO BE WAITING TO TRY TO GET ON TO GO THAT ROAD FROM THE SUBDIVISION.
SO I CAN IMAGINE IF YOU HAVE APARTMENTS OR WHATEVER WANTS TO BE BUILT THERE, UH, THE TRAFFIC WOULD JUST BE HORRENDOUS.
SO I AM OPPOSED TO THE REZONING AND I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE THAT, UM, ON RECORD.
MY ADDRESS IS 3 0 6 JUNIPER STREET, SAN ANTONIO, SEVEN EIGHT TWO TWO THREE.
AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (713) 202-3408.
THE REFERENCE NUMBER THAT I'M CALLING ABOUT IS Z 2 2 3 DASH 10 70 0 3 29.
AND IT'S CONCERNING THE, UM, REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ON GOLIAD.
UM, WE ARE AGAINST IT ONLY BECAUSE THERE IS ALREADY SO MANY, SO MUCH TRAFFIC GETTING OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, AND VERY CLOSE ACCIDENTS THAT HAVE HAPPENED THAT I'VE WITNESSED.
HI, MY NAME IS CLARISSA DOCKERY.
I'M JUST CALLING IN REFERENCE TO, UM, ISSUE Z 23 DASH 1 0 7 0 DASH 0 3 2 9.
UH, THE REZONING, UM, I JUST WANTED TO CALL TO, UM, LET THEM KNOW THAT I'M AGAINST THE REZONING.
UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 268-5476.
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HELLO, MY NAME IS, UH, KYLE DOCKERY.UH, I LIVE ON 4 1 9 LEBANON SEVEN EIGHT TWO TWO THREE.
UH, PHONE NUMBER (210) 268-4599.
AND I'M CALLING, UM, ABOUT THE PROPOSAL TO REZO PROPERTY ON GO AD UH, TO APARTMENTS AND COMMERCIAL.
THE UH, REFERENCE NUMBER I HAVE IS Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 2 9.
AND UM, I JUST WANT LET IT BE KNOWN THAT I, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS.
UH, I DON'T LIKE THE IDEA AND UM, I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF GO ON RECORD.
UH, I WOULDN'T, I WOULDN'T LIKE APARTMENTS BEING THERE OR, UH, ANY TYPE OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTY AND UM, YOU KNOW, JUST, JUST WANT THAT TO BE KNOWN THAT THAT'S ON MY SIDE.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, MR. MCKNIGHT, WOULD YOU LIKE A SHORT REBUTTAL? I WILL MAKE IT SHORT.
UM, WE KNOW THAT TRAFFIC IS AN ISSUE AND WE ARE TRYING TO SOLVE THAT ISSUE, SO, AND WE'RE HERE TO DO THAT.
UH, ONE THING I COMMENT I'LL MAKE IS WE HAD SUBMITTED A NEW SITE PLAN THAT SHOWED THREE ENTRANCES OFF OFF OF THE PROPERTY INSTEAD OF FIVE.
AND THAT WAS AFTER WORKING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEM TELLING US WE'D REALLY LIKE IT IF YOU COULD CENTRALIZE THE LOCATION.
WE ACTUALLY DID CHANGE OUR PLAN.
THIS IS A, ANOTHER DISTRICT THREE CASE, HOWEVER COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE HAS AGREED TO LEAD DISCUSSION ON THIS ONE.
SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
SO YOU MENTIONED THAT THE CURRENT, UH, MXD, WHICH IS THE SAME ZONING YOU'RE SEEKING HERE? YES, SIR.
UH, HAS 11 RESIDENTIAL UNITS PER ACRE.
WAS THAT STILL APPROXIMATELY THE, UH, 13 OR 14 ACRES THAT YOU WERE LOOKING AT? IT'S ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME.
I THINK IT WAS LISTED AT 13 NINE THERE AND WE'RE LOOKING AT 13 EIGHT, SO YES.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 140 ADDITIONAL UNITS BY COMPARISON BETWEEN THE TWO.
DOES THAT SOUND ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT? IT'S PROBABLY ABOUT 160, YES.
UM, IS THERE PUBLIC TRANSPORT LOCATED ANYWHERE NEAR HERE? I DO BELIEVE THERE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT GOLIAD AND FOUR 10.
I'VE GOT ACTUALLY WE HAVE REPRESENTATIVES FROM N RRP AND BROOKS HERE THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY KNOW THE LOCATIONS.
IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT MIGHT BE AVAILABLE.
UM, AS PER OUR STAFF REPORT, WE DO CALL OUT THAT THERE IS PUBLIC TRANSIT WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE AT THE PRO SUBJECT PROPERTY, WHICH, UM, SERVED ROUTE 32.
THANKS YOU, YOU JUST DON'T WANT ME TO MEET NEW PEOPLE.
KELLY, THAT'S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHY, WHY WAS THE DETERMINATION MADE TO MOVE THE COMMERCIAL FROM THE PREVIOUS MXD TO DOWN GOLIAD HERE? WHAT WAS THE THINKING THERE? THAT HAD TO DO WITH THE, THE LAYOUT FOR APARTMENT COMPLEXES VERSUS THE SINGLE FAMILY.
THAT ONE LENT ITSELF TO A LONGER SKINNIER ROAD.
UM, AND WHEN YOU'RE DOING APARTMENTS YOU NEED A LITTLE MORE COMPACT SPACE.
SO IT WAS JUST A SHIFT TO, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT.
ALRIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR RIGHT NOW.
UH, QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
ARE YOU SURE? COMMISSIONER BARTOS
ALRIGHT, UH, COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
UH, COMMISSIONER REYES, WILL YOU DETERMINE THE PEAK HOURLY TRIPS, UH, FOR THE BEST FIT FOR THE SIGNALS FOR THESE THREE ACCESS POINTS? YES, SIR.
WE'RE THAT A TIA HASN'T BEEN CONDUCTED YET.
WE HAVE TALKED, UH, EXTENSIVELY ABOUT CONDUCTING ONE, BUT FOR SURE WE WILL.
RIGHT, AND THAT WAS, THAT CENTER POINT REALLY WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY, THEY REALLY WANTED TO SEE, ESPECIALLY A, A DESAL LANE COMING IN OFF OF THAT.
WE ALREADY COMMITTED TO DOING THAT TO, TO GET PEOPLE OFF OF THE ROAD GOING NORTH ON GILEAD.
UM, I DID HAVE A TWO QUESTIONS.
UM, FOR THE APPLICANT, IS THERE ANY POSSIBILITY OF ACCESS TO THE ACCESS ROAD OR IS, OR HOW DOES THAT ACTUALLY WOR OR BY THAT, AT THAT POINT THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP SEVERAL TIMES.
IT, IT'S NOT AVAILABLE TO US BECAUSE OF THE, THE, THE LOCATION OF TXDOT RIGHT AWAY BEING THE TRANSITION BETWEEN MM-HMM,
WE'D HAVE TO HAVE A FULL SEPARATE ACCESS ROAD IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
UM, AND THEN THE OTHER, ONLY OTHER QUESTION I HAD, AND THIS CAN EITHER BE, I'M, I'M SURE YOU CAN ANSWER THAT AS WELL, IS STAFF.
UM, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING 23 UNITS PER ACRE, WE'RE TALKING 23 UNITS PER ACRE
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ON THE 13.8 ACRES, NOT 23 UNITS ON THE ENTIRE ACREAGE? THAT'S YES SIR.ALRIGHT, WELL THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAD, UM, EXCEPT I GUESS FOR STAFF.
SO THERE'S ONLY ONE BUS ROUTE THAT Y'ALL FOUND OF A GOAL? THAT'S CORRECT.
I JUST FOUND THAT INTERESTING.
UM, ALRIGHT, UH, TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR A MOTION AND, UH, COMMISSIONER BUSANTE, I'LL JUST NOTE THAT IF YOU'RE ACCEPTING HIS AMENDED SITE PLAN, 'CAUSE THE ONE IN YOUR POCKET, YOUR PACKET HAS FIVE, UM, INGRESS EGRESS AND THE ONE ON SCREEN HAS THREE, IT'LL NEED TO BE AS AMENDED IF YOU'RE ACCEPTING THAT.
UM, YOU KNOW, I'M SOMEWHAT HESITANT OF COURSE, BECAUSE THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE AND I AM THE DISTRICT FIVE COMMISSIONER AND UNFORTUNATELY THAT SEAT IS CURRENTLY OPEN.
UM, NEVERTHELESS, UM, GIVEN THAT THIS ZONING IS NEUTRAL IN LARGE PART, EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS ADDING, UM, MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING IN PLACE OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, UM, I, I THINK THIS LARGELY SEEMS TO BE A GOOD PLAN.
WE HAVE TWO GIANT INTERSTATES THAT COR THAT, UH, INTERSECT NEXT TO THIS LOCATION.
I THINK MOVING THE COMMERCIAL, UH, ESPECIALLY THE C TWO COMMERCIAL CLOSER TO NESTLE INTO THAT INTERSECTION IS APPROPRIATE.
I I CAN UNDERSTAND GOLIAD ROAD, I'VE, I'VE BEEN STUCK ON GOLIAD ROAD BEFORE, MOSTLY NORTH OF HERE, NORTH OF SOUTHEAST MILITARY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, GIVEN THAT THIS IS A PIECE OF PROPERTY, UH, THAT WILL MOST LIKELY BE DEVELOPED NO MATTER WHAT, GIVEN THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD USE IN LIGHT OF ITS LOCATION, UH, I AM GONNA SUPPORT THIS SUBMISSION AS AMENDED.
SO AS A RESULT, MR. CHAIR, AT THIS TIME, I MOVE FOR THE APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AS AMENDED SECOND.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT, COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
UM, COMMISSIONERS, I BELIEVE WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK 10 MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE START THE NEXT CASE.
THE TIME IS TWO 50 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR SAN ANTONIO IS BACK IN SESSION.
UH, LIKE TO MAKE, LIKE TO MAKE A NOTE THAT, UH, COMMISSIONER BARTOS, UH, LEFT THE MEETING AT TWO 40.
IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM, WHICH IS ITEM NUMBER NINE.
YOU HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST IN A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED AN MF 33 C TWO AND A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED IN THE 6,000 BLOCK OF SOUTH PRESA STREET, FOUR NOTICES WERE SENT.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND HOT WELLS MISSION REACH, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
WE RECEIVED SEVEN IN FAVOR AND 83 IN OPPOSITION.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING, UM, IN THE REQUESTED IDZ.
THREE IS ALSO AN APPROPRIATE ZONING.
THE PROPOSED USES OF MULTIFAMILY, COMMERCIAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE EXISTING USES WITHIN PROXIMITY, WHICH INCLUDE
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A HOSPITAL CAMPUS, TEXAS HEALTH DEPARTMENT CENTER, APARTMENT DEVELOPMENTS AND VARIOUS RESTAURANTS, RETAIL AND SERVICES.THE I DZ THREE BASED ZONING DE ZONING DESIGNATION HAS A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN WHICH WILL DETAIL VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS LIKE BUILDING SIZE AND HEIGHT.
UM, AND ANY DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED DOCUMENT COULD REQUIRE ANOTHER PUBLIC PROCESS.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE.
WE HAVE THE APPLICANT'S PRESENTATION, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS DANIEL ORTIZ WITH ORTIZ MCKNIGHT HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER BROOKS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE PROPOSED END USER FOR A PORTION OF THE, OF THE OVERALL PROPERTY SAM MINISTRIES.
I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, AND, UH, INTRODUCE BRIEFLY, UH, THE TEAM THAT'S HERE WITH US, WITH ME TODAY, THEY HAVE HELPED INFORM THIS PROJECT AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL HELP CARRYING IT OUT MOVING FORWARD.
CONNIE GONZALEZ, CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER WITH BROOKS NIKISHA BAKER, THE CEO OF SAM MINISTRIES.
WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF ALMA ARCHITECTS, THE PROJECT ARCHITECT AND SEVERAL REPRESENTATIVES OF NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOUSING SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY NOT PART OF OUR FORMAL TEAM, BUT HAVE HELPED INFORM THE DEVELOPMENT THAT YOU'LL HEAR, UH, ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL HERE SHORTLY.
UM, I'M GONNA BEGIN BY JUST EMPHASIZING A FEW BASIC POINTS THAT, UH, KELLY ALREADY MENTIONED.
UM, FOR CONTEXT, WE'RE TALKING, UH, ABOUT THE PROPERTY THAT'S OBVIOUSLY HIGHLIGHTED ON THE SCREEN, A TOTAL OF 56 ACRES AND DISTRICT THREE IS GENERALLY AT THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF SOUTHEAST MILITARY AND SOUTH PRESA.
IT'S ACROSS SOUTHEAST MILITARY, MILITARY FROM THE OVERALL BROOKS CAMPUS, AND IT'S LARGELY SURROUNDED BY THE STATE HOSPITAL.
THE PROPOSED REZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ALREADY EXISTING LAND USE DESIGNATION IN THE BROOKS AREA REGIONAL CENTER.
SO NO PLAN AMENDMENT, UH, IS TRIGGERED BY THIS PROPOSED REZONING.
THE REZONING REQUEST IN FRONT OF YOU, THE PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY ZONED R FOUR AS IS, UM, A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF PROPERTY AROUND IT, WHICH I'LL GET BACK TO IN A MINUTE.
BUT AS KELLY MENTIONED, UM, PROPOSED REZONING IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN MF 33 C TWO AND A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS.
UH, I THINK IT'S WORTH NOTING THAT IMMEDIATELY TO OUR SOUTH, SO YOU CAN SEE IT KIND OF ON THE SCREEN THERE.
THE YELLOW, UH, IS MF 33 ZONING WITH AN MF THREE, MF 33 ACTUAL USE.
AND THEN IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF THAT IS RED COMMERCIAL ZONING WITH ACTUAL COMMERCIAL ZONING OR USES AS WELL.
ALL AROUND US AND EVERY OTHER DIRECTION, UH, AT LEAST CONTIGUOUS IS HARD FOR ZONING, BUT IT'S BEING USED BY THE STATE HOSPITAL.
SO WE'RE LARGELY SURROUNDED BY THE STATE HOSPITAL TODAY AND FOR THE FORESEEABLE FUTURE.
BOTTOM LINE, THE LAST FEW SLIDES IS TO SHOW THAT WE, THIS IS AN ALREADY EXISTING DEVELOPED AREA THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT, HENCE THE IDZ ZONING REQUEST.
I'LL FOCUS ON THIS FOR THE NEXT FEW SLIDES BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THIS IS WHAT HAS GARDENED THE MOST, UM, QUESTIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS.
SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS, THIS IS THE DEFINITION FROM THE UDCI WON'T GO OVER IT VERBATIM, IT'S A RELATIVELY NEW USE, BUT I WILL HIGHLIGHT, UH, THAT IT'S A USE IN WHICH MULTIPLE STRUCTURES AND RELATED GROUNDS ARE USED TO PROVIDE EITHER INDIVIDUALLY OR THROUGH A COMBINATION OF VARIETY OF USES, MEDICAL SERVICE SCHOOLS, MULTIFAMILY, MULTIFAMILY HOUSING, DAYCARE SERVICES FOR CHILDREN.
NOW, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN IN THE REAL WORLD? HOW DOES THAT ACTUAL UDC DEFINITION COME TO LIFE? UM, SAM MINISTRIES, UM, PUTS IT TO WORK AND IT'S CALLED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, AS I MENTIONED.
UM, THE CEO IS WITH US HERE TODAY.
I IMAGINE YOU MIGHT HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR HER.
SO I WILL NOT GO INTO THIS SLIDE IN A TON OF DETAIL.
UH, BUT SIMPLY POINT OUT, UM, SOME HIGHLIGHTS HERE ABOUT, UH, SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IT'S FOR INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, UM, FOR AT LEAST 12 MONTHS AND ARE DISABLED OR HAVE AT LEAST ONE MEMBER IN THEIR HOUSEHOLD IS DISABLED.
THE PROGRAM PROVIDES RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES ON SITE.
UH, AND JUST LIKE ANY OTHER MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT, THE RESIDENTS ARE SCREENED MUST APPLY FOR AND SIGN A LEASE AND LEASE VIOLATIONS MATTER.
THOSE ARE A HIGHLIGHT WHICH WE CAN COME BACK AND TALK ABOUT IN MORE DETAIL OF WHAT IT IS.
LET ME TELL YOU WHAT IT'S NOT.
IT IS NOT A SHELTER AND IT'S ALSO NOT SERVICES THAT ARE OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC.
SO EVEN IF I WANTED TO, OR ANY, ANYONE ON THIS COMMISSION WANTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE SERVICES THAT ARE ON SITE, YOU COULDN'T TAKE A BUS, YOU COULDN'T WALK UP, YOU COULDN'T TAKE YOUR CAR AND SAY, HEY, I WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE SERVICES.
THE SERVICES THAT ARE ON SITE ARE SPECIFICALLY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT ARE LIVING IN THAT MULTI-FAMILY COMMUNITY.
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NEXT SLIDE.FOR OVERALL CONTEXT, THIS MAY BE REPEAT FOR SOME, BUT NOT ALL.
UM, COUPLE OF YEARS AGO IN 2022, THE VOTERS APPROVED A HISTORIC $150 MILLION FOR HOUSING BONDS.
25 MILLIONS OF 25 MILLION OF THAT WAS SPECIFICALLY EARMARKED FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
IE THE USE WE JUST TALKED ABOUT, UM, OF THAT, THAT WAS EARMARKED $11 MILLION HAS BEEN AWARDED BY THE CITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
NEXT SLIDE, NEXT FEW SLIDES WILL HIGHLIGHT THAT THIS IS, UH, WHERE THIS USE IS ALREADY BEING INCORPORATED IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AND QUITE FRANKLY THAT SAM KNOWS WHAT IT'S DOING.
UM, FIRST THE HUDSON APARTMENTS IN DISTRICT ONE.
IT WAS AN EXISTING COMPLEX THAT WAS PURCHASED, PURCHASED BY SAM MINISTRIES IN 2021.
IT OPENED, UH, IN 2022 FOR PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
NEXT SLIDE TOWN, TWIN VILLAGE AND DISTRICT TWO.
DEVELOPMENT BEGAN IN 2021 AND THE FIRST RESIDENTS MOVED IN IN THE SPRING OF LAST YEAR, 215 UNITS OF THIS TYPE OF HOUSING.
UM, INCIDENTALLY, NHSD OFFERED TO TAKE TOURS OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS, UH, AND SEVERAL RESIDENTS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THIS.
UH, THIS WAS ONE PARTICULAR SITE THAT, UH, COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, UH, TOURED.
UM, 4 25 SAN PEDRO AND DISTRICT ONE.
CONSTRUCTION WILL START LATER THIS YEAR.
IT'LL BE 80 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS ON ONE ACRE, BY THE WAY.
THIS IS PROBABLY, UH, THE MOST IMPORTANT AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE.
IT IS EXACTLY THE PROPOSED USE THAT WE'RE REQUESTING PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND EXACTLY THE ZONING THAT WE'RE REQUESTING IDZ THREE.
SO THIS IS NOT A NOVEL CONCEPT AND IT'S BEING USED AND HAS BEEN VETTED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, BEFORE THIS ONE WAS APPROVED ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
UM, TO GET TO THIS, THIS IS THE PROJECT DESIGNED FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY.
AGAIN, OVERALL ACREAGE, 56 ACRES DIVIDED INTO MULTIPLE PARCELS.
PARCEL ONE AND TWO, WHICH IS TWO IS KIND OF HARD TO SEE THERE, BUT ROUGHLY THOSE ADD UP TO SEVEN ACRES ON GENERALLY THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE EXHIBIT.
UM, THAT IS THE PROPOSED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, UM, BY SAM MINISTRIES, A TOTAL OF 219 UNITS.
UH, 201 ON PARCEL ONE, UH, WHICH I WILL REFER TO FOR GENERAL ADULTS.
AND THEN 18 SEPARATE ON PARCEL TWO, UH, SEPARATED INTENTIONALLY FOR YOUTH.
UH, SPECIFICALLY 18 TO 24 YEAR OLDS THAT ARE, UM, TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM.
AND THEN THE REMAINDER, YOU CAN SEE REALLY THE BULK IN THE INTERIOR OF THE PROPERTY.
ABOUT 25 ACRES IS PLANNED FOR PUBLIC PARK AND OPEN SPACE.
THAT'S ALMOST HALF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THREE SORT OF OUT PARCELS FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THERE ON THE EDGES, WHICH ADD UP ADDS UP TO ANOTHER 24 ACRES.
AGAIN, THOSE FUTURE USES COULD BE THE MF 33, THE COMMERCIAL, UM, POTENTIALLY MORE, UH, PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UH, I'LL PAUSE HERE TO SAY THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, I HAVE YET TO HEAR SOMEONE OPPOSE THE ACTUAL ZONING.
NO ONE'S SAYING IDZ ZONING'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
NO ONE'S SAYING C TWO ZONING'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
NO ONE'S SAYING MF 33 ZONING'S NOT APPROPRIATE.
I'LL EVEN GO AS FAR AS SAYING MAYBE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY THINK PERMANENT SUPPORTING HOUSING IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
IT'S JUST WHAT IT IS AND MAYBE WHY DOES IT BELONG HERE.
UM, SO WITH THAT NEXT SLIDE, UM, NEXT SLIDE IS A SITE PLAN.
UM, ONLY TO SHOW THAT THIS IS HOW, UM, AS THE COMMISSION KNOWS, BUT FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THIS IS HOW THAT PROJECT DESIGN THAT I JUST WALKED YOU THROUGH IS ACTUALLY MEMORIALIZED IN THE SITE PLAN.
SO IT'S NOT JUST A SLIDE ON A POWERPOINT, IT BECOMES PART OF THE BINDING SITE PLAN, UH, ORDINANCE AND IT DICTATES OBVIOUSLY WHAT CAN AND CAN'T HAPPEN ON THIS PROPERTY.
AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, UM, OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WE FILED THIS APPLICATION AT THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER AND HAVE BEEN DILIGENTLY, UH, WORKING, UM, TO TRY TO REACH OUT TO STAKEHOLDERS SINCE THEN.
YOU HAVE THERE A LIST OF EMAIL OUTREACH TO THE HOT WELLS AND MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
TECHNICALLY THIS PROPERTY IS WITHIN THE HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND NEAR, UH, THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
BUT YOU CAN SEE FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, GRANTED THE HOLIDAYS WERE IN THERE THAT WE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT, UM, THE LEADERSHIP OF THOSE ASSOCIATIONS.
WE WERE SCHEDULED TO COME BEFORE YOU IN DECEMBER AND ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE TO TRY TO ALLOW FOR MORE TIME TO GET IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
SINCE THEN, UH, IN DECEMBER, WE MET WITH INDIVIDUAL HOT WELL RESIDENTS, SOME OF WHICH ENDED UP
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TAKING A TOUR OF THE FACILITY.UM, WE ATTENDED, UM, BUT WEREN'T NECESSARILY ALLOWED TO PRESENT, UH, AT THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, UH, ABOUT A WEEK AGO, JANUARY 9TH.
AND THEN WE HELD, WE ORGANIZED AND HELD A COMMUNITY WIDE MEETING THIS PAST SATURDAY.
THAT WAS PRETTY WELL ATTENDED.
THERE WAS ABOUT, UH, NOT COUNTING STAFF AND, AND TEAM MEMBERS.
ABOUT 35, 40 PEOPLE THERE THAT ATTENDED THIS PAST SATURDAY ADDITIONAL OUTREACH.
WE QUITE FRANKLY WILL TALK TO ANYBODY WHO WILL LISTEN TO US AS LONG AS WE GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO.
SO, UH, THERE IS A, UH, LIBRARY ON, UH, A MEETING AT THE MISSION LIBRARY BEING ORGANIZED BY THE COUNTY, UH, SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 23RD.
AND THEN WE DO HAVE, UM, A PRESENTATION SCHEDULED FOR THE HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON JANUARY 30TH, UH, LATER THIS MONTH.
FINALLY, UM, ONGOING, UM, COMMUNITY OUTREACH OR WHAT I WILL DESCRIBE AS COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
WHAT SAM HAS DONE IN A PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT IS INSTITUTED WHAT THEY CALLED A RESIDENCE COUNCIL THAT WAS MADE UP OF RESIDENTS, UH, OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF STAFF AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
WE WOULD PROPOSE TO DO THAT HERE.
SO EVEN BEYOND, IF AND WHEN THE LAND USE IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE AND APPROVED, THERE CONTINUES TO BE A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS OF THIS PARTICULAR MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING, UH, COMMUNITY.
UM, I DO WANT TO NOTE THAT WE ARE, WE DO HAVE LETTERS OF SUPPORT, UM, FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE ACTUALLY TAKEN THE TIME TO LISTEN TO WHAT, UH, THE PROPOSED USE, UM, IS AND WHAT IT ISN'T, UH, AND END WITH THIS.
UM, FROM A PURE LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, THE PROPOSED ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THE BROOKS REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
IT'S CONSISTENT WITH SURROUNDING USES AND SURROUNDING ZONING.
IT'S A WELL, A WELL THOUGHT OUT SITE PLAN.
THIS IS NOT SAM'S FIRST RODEO, SO THE OPERATOR END USER HAS EXPERIENCE IN EXACTLY THIS TYPE OF USE.
UH, WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO, UH, REACH OUT TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS AS YOU SAW, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO.
UM, THERE ARE IMPORTANT POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH I HIGHLIGHTED IN TERMS OF THE CITY'S HOUSING BOND FUNDS.
AND FINALLY, BUT NOT, UH, LEASED STAFF IS RECOMMENDING SUPPORT.
UM, I HAVE A VERY CAPABLE BIG TEAM HERE TO ANSWER AS MANY QUESTIONS AS, AS YOU MIGHT HAVE, AS WELL AS WE CAN.
WE WOULD RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO.
WE HAVE, UM, VOICEMAILS TO BE PLAYED AND THEN WE HAVE SPEAKERS, UH, A COUPLE SPEAKERS TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
ALRIGHT, UH, FOR THE SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE, DID ANYONE LEAVE A VOICEMAIL? I DIDN'T SEE ANY.
IF WE'LL PLAY THE VOICEMAILS FIRST, PLEASE.
YES, MY NAME IS SCIANA CABRAL.
I LIVE AT 1419 EAST KYRON SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE FOUR.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 909-4871.
THE CASE NUMBER THAT I AM CALLING ABOUT IS NUMBER THREE, THE LAST THREE OR 3, 4 7.
I'D LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M VERY MUCH AGAINST THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST THAT YOU WILL BE BRINGING UP ON JANUARY 16TH.
I AM A LITTLE UPSET THAT YOU DID NOT REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT JUST AS YOU KNOW THAT I AM DEFINITELY AGAINST THIS ZONING REQUEST.
HI, THIS IS MICHAEL LEY AND ROY DERA ON THE EAST, UH, PYRON, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, OUR ADDRESS IS 7 0 2 3 SYMPHONY LANE.
UH, WE HAVE JUST BEEN BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION TODAY THAT THERE IS A, UH, ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, UH, IN FRONT OF THE BOARD.
UM, AND IT'S FOR SOMETHING THAT HAS POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACT TO THE OVERALL NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH TRE CORRIDOR THAT THE CITY HAS BEEN PLANNING FOR QUITE SOME TIME TO OVERHAUL WITH ALL OF THESE TAX LEVIES WE'VE ALL VOTED FOR, MAKE IT, UH, OF THE, UH, NATURAL WORLD HERITAGE LOCATION THAT IT BORDERS.
UM, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY THE TIMING OF IT BECAUSE IT SOUNDS AS THOUGH THE DEVELOPERS ARE
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GOING TO REQUEST THE REZONING BEFORE THEY EVEN COME AND TALK TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.I THINK THE NEIGHBORHOOD SHOULD HAVE A CHANCE TO TALK TO THEM, UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO, UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT, THE SETBACKS, THE SECURITY, UH, AND YOU KNOW, AND WHAT IS THIS GOING TO DO TO THE CITY'S PLANS.
WE REALLY HOPE THAT YOU POSTPONE ANY DECISIONS ON THE REZONING AND ALLOW, UH, THE NEIGHBORS TO REALLY GET THE CHANCE TO HEAR DIRECTLY FROM THE DEVELOPERS AND FROM THE CITY ON WHAT THIS MEANS TO, UM, TO THE PLACES THAT WE LIVE, LIVE, WORK, GO TO SCHOOL, AND FRANKLY, THE BEAUTIFUL PARKLAND THAT SURROUNDS ALL OF THOSE.
OUR PHONE NUMBER IS, MINE IS AREA CODE 2 2 8.
YES, MY NAME IS JAMES DEPASQUALE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 367-9104.
MY ADDRESS IS 1607 EAST PYRON ROAD AND I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO, UH, ZONING CASE Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 4 7.
AND I'M JUST VOICING MY OPINION THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT PRESENTED EVERYTHING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE NEED TO KNOW MORE INFORMATION ON THIS, UH, PROPOSAL AND I WOULD THINK THAT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO GET THAT AND ULTIMATELY WE WOULD BE ABLE TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECISION.
BUT AS IT IS RIGHT NOW, I AM OPPOSED TO THIS REQUEST AND I THINK THAT IT WOULD BE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE COUNCIL PERSON IN OUR DISTRICT TO GIVE US A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE FACING WITH THIS SITUATION.
BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD BE VERY GOOD FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK WE NEED MORE, UH, CONSTRUCTIVE STUFF HERE, BUT WE DON'T NEED ANYTHING LIKE THIS FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO IT.
I'M WITH THE VEHICLE NOW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
I RESIDE AT 1522 SANTA FAYETTE, TWO TEN THREE NINE THREE SIX NINE FOUR FOUR.
THIS IS REGARDING CASE 0 3 4 7.
FIRST OF ALL, I MET WITH ROBERT RENA, DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING AND HE REACHED OUT TO ME.
WE MET AT THE HUDSON APARTMENTS ON BLANCO ROAD.
THEY HOUSE HOMELESS AND OTHERS WHO CAN'T AFFORD HOUSING.
HIS PREVIOUS EMAIL READ OF A PROPOSED 200 UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX FOR DEVELOPMENT AT ESA AND CORPUS CHRISTI ROAD ALSO FOR SOME MINISTRIES.
AND THAT WILL BE, UH, UP FOR REZONING MY THOUGHTS.
IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT TO NINE ACRES FROM APPROXIMATELY 50 ACRES AT THAT LOCATION.
BUT THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST IS AN OPEN MF 33 REQUEST, MULTI-FAMILY AND C TWO ON THESE 50 PLUS ACRES.
THE VEHICLE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND MYSELF REQUEST DO NOT APPROVE THIS ZONING REQUEST.
PLEASE DELAY THIS UNTIL THE DEVELOPER OR REPRESENTATIVES PRESENT THE PLANS AND ANSWER QUESTIONS AS TO HOW MUCH ACREAGE IS GONNA BE USED FOR THE APARTMENTS AND CONDITIONAL USE THAT NEEDS APPLIED, IF ANY.
IN REGARDS TO THE TOTAL ACREAGE, THIS MEETING CAN BE AND SHOULD BE SCHEDULED WITH THE HOT WHEELS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THE VEHICLE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WILL ALSO ATTEND.
THIS PROJECT IS HUGE AND NEEDS TO BE DELAYED.
UM, I, UH, I'M, I, WHEN I SAW THE APARTMENTS AT THE HUDSON, UM, I THOUGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, I'M NOT OPPOSED AND I'M NOT FOR THIS PROJECT.
UM, MAYBE IF THEY HAD REACHED OUT AND MET WITH THE, UH, HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THAT IS FOR THAT LOCATION, THINGS WOULD BE DIFFERENT BECAUSE THEY NEED TO, WE ALL NEED TO SEE THE PLANS, WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING UP.
WE NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY AN M MS 33 IS NEEDED.
MY CALLBACK NUMBER IS TWO TEN THREE ZERO NINE FIVE TWO ZERO TWO.
AND I'M CALLING ABOUT, THERE'S ONLY CASE 3 47.
I DON'T KNOW TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS, UH, CASE, BUT I KNOW IT HAS
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TO DO WITH MORE APARTMENTS IN THE AREA.I NEVER HEARD OF ANY ORGANIZATION POSTING A MEETING OR TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHERE OR HOW MANY AND WHO IS WANTING TO BILL THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW IS IT THE MARKET VALLEY APARTMENTS OR IS IT FOR LOW HOUSING? I ASK YOU TO DELAY THIS REQUEST UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO ATTEND AN INFORMATION MEETING.
PLEASE, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THIS AND ATTEND MEETING.
UM, THANK YOU AND YOU HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
I COULD I GET A CALL BACK WITH MORE INFO ABOUT THIS.
AND THEN WE HAVE, UM, A FEW SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
FIRST WE HAVE, UH, ANDREW KUMAR AND MS. ARI.
UM, ARI WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MR. BRADY ALEXANDER.
UH, I'M ONE OF THE RESIDENT OF SAM MINISTRIES PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM.
I'M IN THE PROGRAM FOR ALMOST ONE YEAR AND I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE HOUSING PROGRAM BECAUSE, UH, I'M IN A SITUATION WHERE I DON'T HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB AND I LOST EVERYTHING OVERNIGHT BECAUSE OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BY EDUCATION.
I COME UP WITH THREE DEGREES, ONE MASTER'S AND EVEN THEN I'M IN THE PERMANENT HOUSING PROGRAM.
WHEN THE PEOPLE HEAR THE WORD HOMELESS, THEY HAVE ONE IMAGE, LIKE MAYBE A PERSON WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND HAVING A WALMART OR TARGET TROLLEY AND PUTTING CLOTHES.
AND THE IES HAVE A VERY SERIOUS PROCESS AND THEY TAKE CARE OF EVERY, EACH AND, UH, SINGLE CLIENT.
EVERY WEEK THEY KEEP A CHECK AND EVERY MONTH WE GET TO VISIT LIKE OUR CASE WORKERS.
THEY VIS VISIT OUR PLACES AND AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LEASE AGREEMENT.
ALSO, IT'S NOT JUST THE UH, UH, LIKE, UH, THE LIMITATIONS AND UH, PROCESS WITH THE SALMON MINISTRIES.
WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE LEASE AGREEMENT ALSO.
AND AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN WE ARE GETTING THE PERMANENT HOUSING, WE GET SUPPORT FOR OUR MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH AND OTHER SERVICES WE NEED.
AND I WOULD TELL LIKE IT'S A GOOD SUPPORT FOR PEOPLE LIKE ME WHO LOST THINGS.
UH, IT'S NOT LIKE WE DON'T WANT TO WORK.
THAT'S WHY WE GOT INTO THE SITUATION OF HOMELESSNESS.
THINGS HAPPEN AND GIVING THIS SUPPORT.
GIVE US A CHANCE TO STAND UP AGAIN.
THANK YOU MR. BRADY ALEXANDER AND MR. ALEXANDER WILL BE FOLLOWED BY MS. AMANI, UM, CANADA.
I RESIDE AT 1 8 3 9 EAST PIRON 7 8 2 2 3.
I REPRESENT THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE CANNOT SUPPORT ANY REZONING PROJECT WHERE THE APPLICANT DOES NOT PRESENT AND MEET WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO WE ARE IN OPPOSITION OF THIS.
UM, THE FIRST TIME I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WAS TO COMMISSIONER CALVERT.
UM, ON DECEMBER 1ST, UH, THERE WAS A MISREPRESENTATION, UM, TO THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION NEAREST THIS WAS FOR IT ALSO THAT SAN JOSE WAS FOR IT.
UM, THEY ARE NOT, UH, AS YOU HEAR FROM THE, UM, PEOPLE SPEAKING AND CALLED IN THAT THERE'S A LOT OF MISINFORMATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH HAS NOT OCCURRED IN ANY MEANINGFUL, UM, SUBSTANTIVE WAY.
UM, I HAVE A A PAPER THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT UP AND THAT'S GOING TO, UH, DEAL WITH THE, UH, WEB MEETING THAT THEY CLAIMED WAS, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UH, WE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF THIS AT OUR EMAIL ADDRESS TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING.
THE RECENT MEETING AT THE LIBRARY WAS DONE ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
UM, SEEMS TO BE A COMMON THEME AROUND THE HOLIDAYS, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO TRY TO DO THINGS AS HISTORY AND RECENT EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
UM, GRAPHICALLY ILLUSTRATE PEOPLE ARE GOT OTHER THINGS TO DO.
THEY'RE NOT THINKING, THEY'RE NOT CIVICALLY ENGAGED.
SO THIS HAS BEEN, UM, OBVIOUSLY A PLAN.
I CHECKED OUR EMAILS, UM, PRIMARY, SECONDARY, NO PHONE CALLS WERE RECEIVED TILL AFTER THE, UM, MEETING THAT MR. CALVERT INITIATED WITH THE PETITIONER AND OTHERS.
IT'S UM, THERE'S NOT ANY COMMUNITY OUTREACH OF
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SUBSTANTIVE MEASURE.WE HAVEN'T HAD, UM, A MEETING.
THEY'RE SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH US, WHICH IS GREAT.
THAT'S WHAT WE ASK FOR, BUT HAVE NOT RECEIVED THAT.
AND IT'S, AS YOU HEAR FROM THE PEOPLE THAT CALLED IN, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, QUESTIONS AND, UH, THIS IS A VERY LARGE SITE AS WITH THEIR NUMBERS, UM, THEY HAVE, UH, 335 IN THREE OTHER AREAS, YET THIS COULD BE OVER A THOUSAND AND WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE IN EACH UNIT, UM, THIS WOULD BE THE LARGEST IN TOWN.
UH, IT'S VERY CONCERNING THAT, UH, I LIVE IN A MARGINALIZED POOR AREA.
IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY ZONE WITH PER CAPITA INCOME OF UNDER 1500 A MONTH.
AND ANYTHING THAT IS MORE SECRETORY AND DOES NOT INTEGRATE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS VERY CONCERNING.
WHETHER IT'S THIS ANY KIND OF SUBSIDIZED HOUSING, ET CETERA.
AND THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THE EXISTING AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF AN AREA TO MAKE A SEGREGATED ENCLAVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THE STATE HOSPITAL.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD DOES AS MUCH OR MORE THAN ANY NEIGHBORHOOD IN TOWN DOES FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE MARGINALIZED, DESTITUTE, ET CETERA.
THEY, THEY GO TO THE STATE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY'RE SENT, WHERE A POOR AREA PUTTING MORE POOR PEOPLE IN A POOR AREA.
THAT IS THE DEFINITION OF ECONOMIC SEGREGATION AND IT'S BORDERLINE RACIAL SEGREGATION TOO.
AND IT'S VERY DISGUSTING TO SEE THIS TOWN DO THAT KIND OF PROJECT.
WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT ABOUT MANY THINGS INVOLVING THE IDZ, THE SITE, ET CETERA, AND RECEIVE NOTHING SO FAR.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL GRANT A CONTINUANCE SO WE MAY HAVE A MEANINGFUL COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MEETING.
AND MR. CHAIR, THE EYE IN THE SKY IS NOT WORKING APPROPRIATELY, BUT EVERYONE SHOULD HAVE A DOCUMENT THAT WAS PROVIDED BY THE SPEAKER.
I WORK WITH THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK.
UM, WE ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE LOCATION OF THIS, UM, PROPOSAL.
AND SO WE, I WAS SENT HERE TO UM, LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE WE HAVE NOT, UH, HEARD OF THIS, UM, DESPITE OUR PROXIMITY.
UM, SO I AM NOT HERE TO SAY THAT WE ARE FOR OR AGAINST THIS DEVELOPMENT, BUT MORE FOR, UM, INFORMATION AND TO SEE HOW WE CAN FURTHER TALK, UM, ABOUT THIS PROPOSAL.
WE ARE IN TALKS WITH NRP GROUP AND BROOKS DEVELOPMENT WITH ABOUT ANOTHER, UM, DEVELOPMENT THAT THEY ARE DOING IN THIS AREA.
AND SO I THINK IT WOULD BE, UM, REALLY HELPFUL IF WE HAD MORE TIME TO TALK WITH THEM, UM, TALK ABOUT THE OTHER DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO NOW THIS ONE AND HAVE THOSE SAME MEETINGS, UM, THAT WE'VE ALREADY SET UP WITH THEM TO ALSO TALK ABOUT THIS.
UM, SO THAT IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IS, UM, MORE TIME FOR US TO TALK ABOUT HOW THIS MIGHT AFFECT THE NATIONAL PARK AND THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVE, UM, MISS APRIL GUYANA.
I LIVE ON 1303 RIGS BAY AVENUE.
I AM FROM THE BATTLE WOMEN SHELTER, SAM MINISTRIES A MOTHER OF THREE.
UH, I, IF IT WASN'T FOR THEM, I WOULDN'T HAVE ANY SUPPORT OR ANYBODY TO HELP ME.
I HAVE TWO, TWO CHILDREN THAT ARE DISABLED.
MY, MY OLDEST, SHE'S, SHE'S HAS SCHIZOPHRENIA AND MY YOUNGEST, HE'S NON-VERBAL AUTISTIC.
HIS PLACE HELPED ME BY WITH THROUGH EVERYTHING WHAT OF MY KIDS DEVELOPING MENTAL AND IT'S JUST BEEN A BIG SUPPORT OF MY LIFE AND IT'S CHANGED MY LIFE FOREVER.
I HAVE A PERMANENT HOUSING, WHICH IS, WHICH IS A GREAT HELP.
UM, I JUST CAME HERE TO SUPPORT AND TO THANK THEM FOR EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN, THAT THEY'VE DONE FOR ME.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
MR. ORTIZ, DID YOU WANT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL? YES, YES.
UH, I THINK I HEARD A COUPLE OF THEMES, UH, BIGGEST THAT THERE WAS NO ATTEMPT TO, UH, REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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ASSOCIATION.UM, I WON'T, I WILL SPARE YOU THE DETAILS, BUT WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT WE STAND CONFIDENTLY BEHIND THE SLIDE THAT I PUT UP AND THAT EVERY, AT EVERY DATE THERE IS AN AN ATTEMPT TO REACH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT PERIOD.
UM, IT IS SCHEDULED AT THIS POINT TO GO TO CITY COUNCIL, UM, ON FEBRUARY 15TH.
WHAT WE ARE TOLD IS THAT WHAT WE WILL, WE WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT TO THIS ASSOCIATION ON JANUARY 30TH.
SO WHAT I WOULD ASK PUBLICLY IS THAT WE HOLD THAT DATE JANUARY 30TH, THAT WE ARE ACTUALLY GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT, UM, TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ON THAT DATE AT THAT TIME.
BUT IN TERMS OF THE LAND USE TODAY, THE OTHER THING I HEARD WAS ABOUT THE REMAINDER OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE TWO PARCELS THAT SAM IS PROPOSING TO TO DEVELOP TODAY ARE ABOUT SEVEN ACRES.
IT'S, THAT'S A TOTAL OF 219 UNITS AND THAT'S ALL THAT'S PROGRAMMED AND FUNDED TODAY.
THAT'S ROUGHLY 31 UNITS AN ACRE.
THE REMAINDER OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S DEVELOPABLE, UH, IS 24 ACRES AND THAT WOULD BE ELIGIBLE FOR MULTIFAMILY AND COMMERCIAL USES.
UM, AND, AND THE, THE LARGE PORTION OF THAT PROPERTY IN THE INTERIOR ABOUT 25 ACRES IS OPEN SPACE.
THAT'S ALL LOCKED IN BY THE, BY THE A DZ ZEIT PLAN.
UM, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH ANY STAKEHOLDER THAT WILL GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO MEET WITH THEM.
UM, THIS IS NOT THIS, THIS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING USES USE.
I SUSPECT EVEN AFTER WE HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING, YOU'RE GONNA HEAR THE THEME THAT YOU HEARD TODAY.
UM, THEY JUST DON'T LIKE THE USE THAT SORT OF BOILS DOWN TO THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF USE.
WE ARE NOT ISOLATING IT IN ONE PARTICULAR PART OF TOWN.
UM, YOU SAW THE SLIDES, IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN D ONE, IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING IN D TWO.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, I WON'T SPEAK FOR SAM, BUT I BET IF THEY COULD FIND SITES ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE CITY, UH, THEY'D LOVE TO GO TO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY.
IT'S AN ONGOING EFFORT TO ADDRESS, UH, AN IMPORTANT, UM, NEED SPECIFICALLY FOR THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THEY WERE AT ONE OF THE MEETINGS THAT, THAT WE PRESENTED AT.
BUT REGARDLESS, WE WILL ABSOLUTELY, UH, REACH OUT TO THEM AND MEET WITH THEM, UH, INDIVIDUALLY.
SO, UH, BOTTOM LINE, BACK TO WHERE I STARTED, I, I JUST, UM, I WOULD BE REMISS ON BEHALF OF OUR OVER OVERALL TEAM, NOT NECESSARILY ME, UM, IF I DIDN'T LET THIS COMMISSION KNOW THAT, THAT WE CAN REACH OUT AS OFTEN AS WE POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN IMAGINE.
BUT IF WE'RE NOT GETTING RETURN EMAILS, WE'RE NOT GETTING RETURN PHONE CALLS, UM, WE JUST CAN'T GET IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.
UH, BUT IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT.
UM, IT'S NOT FOR LACK OF EFFORT.
UH, THIS IS A, ONCE AGAIN A DISTRICT THREE CASE.
HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME WE DO NOT HAVE A DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER.
UM, COMMISSIONER BUSANTE HAS AGREED TO LEAD THE DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM.
UM, SO STAFF, LET'S START WITH WHAT I THINK IS SORT OF THE BIGGEST ISSUE.
UH, WE HAVE THE SITE HERE ON THE SCREEN, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT BREAKS DOWN SORT OF THE FLOOD PLAIN, THE FUTURE STATE PARK AND THINGS OF THAT.
IF WE COULD PULL THAT UP PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, SO LOOKING AT THIS SITE PLAN, UM, THIS IS THE SITE PLAN THAT THEY WOULD BE BOUND TO IN THE FUTURE, IS THAT CORRECT? YES, THAT IS CORRECT.
AND I GUESS SORT OF MY QUESTION IS, I SEE SORT OF WHAT I WOULD TYPICALLY CONSIDER A SITE PLAN IN THE TWO PARCELS THAT WE ARE PRIMARILY DISCUSSING TODAY, THE 219 UNITS AND PARCEL ONE AND PARCEL TWO.
UM, BUT WITH RESPECT TO PARCEL FOUR, FIVE AND THREE, WHAT IS THE INDICATION OF THE ACCEPTABLE USES THERE ON THIS SITE PLAN? SO FOR ALL, UM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FOR ALL FIVE PARCELS.
I BELIEVE IT IS SUPPOSED TO INCLUDE THE, UM, MF 33 AND THE C TWO USES.
AND, AND SO THOSE WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO THE APPLICANT SORT OF EITHER WAY FOR, UH, THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE.
ALL LIKE I SAID, ALL FIVE PARCELS ARE GOING TO HAVE THE, THESE PERMITTED USES.
AND THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY BOUND BY ANY, UH, REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY MORE SPECIFICALLY WHICH OF THE USES FOR THOSE THREE PARCELS? THE SITE PLANS, TYPICALLY WE ASK FOR MORE DETAIL WHEN THEY'RE MUCH SMALLER SPACES.
THE ONE ACRE, THIS IS 55 ACRES.
AND SO WE DO NOT NEED TO GET INTO MORE SPECIFIC SPECIFICS ON LIKE BUILDING FOOTPRINTS OR UM, THAT KIND OF ITEMS. MR. ORTIZ, IS THERE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO ADDRESS? I WOULD, I WOULD JUST ADD COMMISSIONER, UH, YES.
I THINK FOR PARCELS ONE AND TWO YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE BEGINNINGS OF A MUCH MORE SPECIFIC,
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UM, SCHEMATIC THERE.PARCELS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE ARE INTENDED TO CAPTURE THAT GENERAL USE AND AREN'T THAT SPECIFIC YET, BUT THEY DO HAVE SOME GENERAL CRITERIA THAT ARE REQUIRED BY THE UDC, SO SETBACKS, HEIGHT THAT OVERALL DENSITY'S THERE.
AND PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANTLY, I KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS, I JUST DON'T WANT IT TO BE LOST.
THAT 25 ACRES IN THE MIDDLE IS NOT BUILDABLE.
IT'S 25 ACRES THAT WE WILL COMMIT TO BE OPEN SPACE AND PUBLIC PARK AREA, WHICH WILL INCLUDE TRAILS, UH, THAT WILL ULTIMATELY CONNECT TO THE CITY'S ALREADY EXISTING TRAILS UNDER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PRESA THROUGH IT.
UH, AND THEN ONE THING BACK TO PARCEL NUMBER ONE, UH, BECAUSE IT IS SORT OF SCHEMATICALLY A LITTLE FURTHER ALONG, UH, IT WILL HAVE BY DESIGN A VIA BUS STOP ON THE SITE DESIGNED INTO, TO DRIVE INTO AND ALSO CONNECT INTO THE SITE THERE OFF OF OLD CORPUS CHRISTI ROAD, UH, AND ALSO CONNECT TO THE MULTI-USE PATH THAT WOULD BE RUNNING IN FRONT OF, UH, THAT PARTICULAR SITE.
SO YES, THERE'S SOME GENERALITY ON THE REMAINING BUILD OUT PARCELS, BUT THERE'S ALSO, UM, SOME ENVELOPES THAT WE HAVE TO, UH, COMPLY WITH MOVING FORWARD.
AND SO WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE, AND WHILE WE HAVE THIS SITE PLAN UP, LET'S TALK ABOUT IT A LITTLE BIT.
WE HAVE PERSA THERE ALONG, WHAT IS THE WESTERN BORDER OF THIS? IT'S THE BOTTOM, BUT IT'S THE WEST, RIGHT? MM-HMM.
WHAT IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF PERSA THERE? DO YOU KNOW? LET ME LOOK AT IT.
UH, IS IT A UNION PACIFIC RIGHT OF WAY? WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE, UM, NATIONAL PARK.
YEAH, THE MISSION PARK IS ACROSS THE STREET, ACROSS PRESA, BUT THERE IS A RAILROAD AS WELL THERE.
I MEAN, I, I DRIVE NEXT TO THE TRAIN.
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD AND THEN THE PARK.
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOW THAT WE HAVE THIS UP, UH, TO THE NORTH AND TO THE EAST OF IT IS THE TEXAS STATE HOSPITAL, CORRECT? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, AND THEN APARTMENTS DIRECTLY TO THE SOUTH OVER OLD CORPUS CHRISTI ROAD, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, NOW I NOTICED MR. ORTIZ, THAT YOU PUT UP, UH, A BROOKS, UH, DURING YOUR PRESENTATION, AND I KNOW MS. CONNIE GONZALEZ IS HERE.
COULD I ASK HER TO COME UP, PLEASE? OF COURSE.
IT'S BECAUSE I DIDN'T GET TO TALK EARLIER.
HUH? YOU KNOW, I MISSED SEEING YOU.
UM, MS. GONZALEZ, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO THE COMMISSION.
CONNIE GONZALEZ, I'M THE CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER FOR BROOKS DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, AND I'VE BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS NOW.
BROOKS, DO THEY OWN THIS PROPERTY? WE DO.
WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY IN ABOUT 2006.
AND TELL US ABOUT BROOKS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION.
WHAT, WHAT DO THEY DO? WHAT IS THEIR GOAL? SURE.
SO WE WERE CREATED ESSENTIALLY FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
OUR MISSION VISION POINT OUT TWO WORDS, AND THAT'S REGIONAL PROSPERITY.
AND SO, ALTHOUGH WE WERE CREATED AND TOOK OVER THE LAND THAT WAS ORIGINALLY OWNED BY THE AIR FORCE BASE, UH, WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED AND RECOGNIZED THAT WE ARE JUST A HUB FOR THE GREATER SOUTHEAST REGION IN THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, UH, TO SERVE AS A HUB FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND SO ATTRACTING JOBS, UM, ATTRACTING BUSINESSES, UH, AND IN TURN WE NEED TO ATTRACT CORE, WE NEED TO ATTRACT QUALITY HOUSING, AMENITIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND SO HOW MUCH, UM, HAS BROOKS DEVELOPMENT SORT OF GENERATED AN ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR THIS AREA OF TOWN THROUGH THEIR INVESTMENTS HERE? SURE.
SO WE'RE 1,308 ACRES ORIGINALLY HOME TO ABOUT 2,700 JOBS WHEN IT WAS AN AIR FORCE BASE.
NOW WE'RE CLOSE TO 5,500 JOBS AND WE'VE EXCEEDED, UH, 2 BILLION IN ECONOMIC IMPACT.
WE'LL HAVE A NEW NUMBER ACTUALLY, UM, BY MARCH OF THIS YEAR.
AND, AND WE HAVE EXCEEDED 1.3 IN DEVELOPMENT WITH ANOTHER HALF A BILLION OF DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS YOU PARTNER WITH SAM MINISTRIES TO, TO WORK ON THIS DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS IT BROOKS DEVELOPMENT'S INTENTION TO, TO SOMEHOW ECONOMICALLY HARM BROOKS DEVELOPMENT OR THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR ANYONE ELSE HERE? ABSOLUTELY NOT.
NOW, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE ARE A HUB.
WE ARE A TOOL IN THE GREATER, UH, DEVELOPMENT FOR NOT ONLY THE REGION, BUT FOR THE GREATER SAN ANTONIO AREA.
AND SO WE RECOGNIZE THAT HOUSING QUALITY HOUSING, UM, A MIX OF TYPES FOR DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO ACHIEVING OUR MISSION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. GONZALEZ.
MR. ORTIZ, I KNOW WE ALSO HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SAM MINISTRIES HERE, IF WE COULD HAVE THEM COME FORWARD.
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GOOD AFTERNOON, MA'AM.UH, WE HAVEN'T HAD THE PLEASURE OF, OF MEETING EACH OTHER BEFORE.
WOULD YOU INTRODUCE YOURSELF, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY.
NIKISHA BAKER, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF SAM MINISTRIES.
ALRIGHT, MS. BAKER, UM, MR. ORTIZ TALKED A LOT ABOUT VARIOUS OTHER LOCATIONS WHERE SAM HAS PROVIDED THESE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
UM, AND, AND THE INTENTION IS TO MAKE THIS A SIMILAR TYPE PROJECT, RIGHT? CORRECT.
SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THOSE OTHER PROJECTS, WHAT KIND OF LEASE RESTRICTIONS AND THINGS LIKE THAT WOULD BE IN INVOLVED IN THOSE PROJECTS? SURE.
SO THERE IS, UM, A 4% TAX CREDIT AT PLAY RELATIVE TO THIS DEVELOPMENT.
SO WE ARE BOUND BY THE, THE, THE LEASE CRITERIA RELATIVE TO THAT 4% TAX CREDIT, WHICH CERTAINLY HAS A TIME LIMIT RELATIVE TO CERTAIN OFFENSES.
I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND GET MY NOTES TO TELL YOU EXACTLY WHICH OFFENSES THOSE ARE, BUT THERE ARE TIME LIMITS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT.
UM, UH, IN TERMS OF CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE, UM, I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT THAT, UH, THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING OPTION IS DESIGNED SO THAT EACH CLIENT HAS THEIR OWN RESIDENTIAL LEASE FOR THEIR UNIT AND THEY ARE BOUND BY THE CRITERIA THAT ARE OUTLINED IN THAT LEASE.
WHICH MEANS THAT IF THEY ARE IN, ARE IN VIOLATION OF THEIR LEASE TERMS FOR ANY REASON, THEY WILL BE GIVEN A LEASE, UH, VIOLATION NOTICE AND FORCED TO COMPLY AS IS STANDARD IN OUR CURRENT, UM, HUDSON APARTMENTS.
UH, IF YOU ARE ISSUED THREE LEASE VIOLATIONS, THEN YOU ARE AT SUBJECT TO BEING EXITED FROM YOUR APARTMENT UNIT, UM, AND ASKED TO RELOCATE TO A DIFFERENT UNIT.
UH, THE IDEA IS THAT WE, IN ADDITION TO PROVIDING CASE MANAGEMENT AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR CLIENTS LIVING IN OUR PROGRAMS, THAT WE HELP THEM TO BECOME GOOD TENANTS AND GOOD NEIGHBORS.
AND SO AS THOSE LEASE VIOLATIONS POTENTIALLY OCCUR, THEIR CASE MANAGERS ARE WORKING WITH THEM TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT LED TO THE LEASE VIOLATION AND POTENTIALLY RECTIFY OR REMEDY THOSE SITUATIONS.
SAM MINISTRIES HAS A 96% HOUSING STABILITY RATE WITH PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CLIENTS, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY PROVIDING ABOUT 250 HOUSEHOLDS WITH THIS, UH, INTERVENTION IN SAN ANTONIO AND BEXAR COUNTY.
MS. BAKER, YOU KNOW, I KNOW THAT THIS IS A QUESTION THAT I THINK HAS BEEN ANSWERED, BUT I I'D LIKE TO HEAR IT FROM YOU AS WELL.
UM, THIS IS NOT A HOMELESS SHELTER.
IT IS NOT, THIS IS NOT SHORT-TERM HOUSING.
WHAT, WHAT APPROXIMATELY, UH, DO YOU ANTICIPATE THE LEASE TERMS WOULD BE? UH, SO FROM A CONTEXTUAL STANDPOINT IN COMMUNITY, WE HAVE A TOTAL OF ABOUT 600 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING UNITS AS AVAILABLE INVENTORY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE TURN OVER LESS THAN 50 OF THOSE UNITS EACH YEAR, AND THAT IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE CLIENTS WHO ARE LIVING IN PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING HAVE A DISABLING HEALTH CONDITION AND WE LOSE THEM TO UNFORTUNATELY DEATH.
WE ALSO LOSE 4% OF THEM TO, UM, BEING EXITED FROM THE PROGRAM FOR A NUMBER OF LEASE VIOLATIONS OR OTHERWISE.
BUT THE LION'S SHARE OF CLIENTS, UH, OF, OF UNITS BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE FOLKS PASS AWAY.
96, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IS AN A PLUS.
YES, WE, WE CONSIDER IT A SUCCESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH MR. ORTIZ, IF I COULD HAVE YOU, AGAIN, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU MADE SOME OUTREACH TO VARIOUS PEOPLE IN YOUR PRESENTATION.
IF WE COULD GET THAT TIMELINE OF YOUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS AND YOUR UPCOMING MEETINGS.
IT'S LIKE, IS THAT POSSIBLE? IT'S ABOUT THREE OR FOUR SLIDES FROM THE END RIGHT THERE.
UM, OKAY, SO YOU HAD THE DECEMBER 19TH MEETING AND I BELIEVE THAT'S THE MEETING, UH, THAT MR. ALEXANDER PROVIDED US WITH THIS HANDOUT.
UH, THAT WAS APPARENTLY GIVEN TO HIM, UH, TWO HOURS AND 20 MINUTES BEFOREHAND.
I, I CAN'T SPEAK TO WHEN HE RECEIVED IT, BUT IT WAS A MEETING WITH HOT WHEEL RESIDENTS AFTER BEING UNSUCCESSFUL IN PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS TRYING TO GET IN FRONT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND SO I'LL EVEN FOLLOW THROUGH ON THAT, THAT SOME OF THE FOLKS THERE ACTUALLY WENT AND TOOK TOUR OF ONE OF THE FACILITIES AND HAVE NOW ISSUED A LETTER OF SUPPORT.
AND SO THAT'S, THAT GETS TO MY QUESTION, UH, THAT VIRTUAL MEETING, HOW MANY PEOPLE SHOWED UP APPROXIMATELY? WE'LL DO 7 0 7 0 1 7
AND WITH RESPECT TO THE JANUARY 9TH MISSION LIBRARY MEETING, UH, WHAT WAS THE APPROXIMATE ATTENDANCE COUNT
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THERE? YEAH, ABOUT 25.AGAIN, WE ASKED FOR TIME TO SPEAK, BUT WE'RE ALLOWED TO ATTEND BUT NOT NECESSARILY SPEAK, SO OKAY.
UM, AND THE OPEN COMMUNITY MEETING ON JANUARY 13TH, UM, I HAND COUNTED THERE WERE PROBABLY 45 TO 50 TOTAL PEOPLE IN THE ROOM AND MAYBE 10 PEOPLE WERE ASSOCIATED WITH THE, WITH THE PROPOSED REZONING AND DEVELOPMENT.
SO ROUGHLY 40 FROM THE COMMUNITY, 30 TO 40, SOMEWHERE IN THAT RANGE.
AND THE NEXT PAGE, IF WE COULD, SOME OF WHICH ALSO, UH, IMMEDIATELY HANDED IN LETTERS OF SUPPORT FOLLOWING THAT MEETING AND THEN FOLLOWED UP WITH THEM SINCE THEN.
AND SO NEXT WEEK AT SIX 30, UH, THERE'S GOING TO BE A MEETING REGARDING THIS ZONING REQUEST AT MISSION LIBRARY.
AND THAT IS A ANOTHER, UH, OVERALL OUTREACH.
ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY'S WELCOME BEING ORGANIZED BY THE COUNTY THIS TIME? THANK YOU MR. ORTIZ.
MR. ALEXANDER, UM, IF I MIGHT CALL YOU UP.
THANK YOU, SIR FOR COMING AND PRESENTING TODAY.
UM, IS THAT WHEN YOUR NEXT MEETING IS JANUARY 30TH AT SIX 30? YES, WE MEET THE LAST TUESDAY OF THE MONTH, 6:30 PM IS SAM MINISTRIES AND MR. ORTIZ GONNA BE ALLOWED TO PRESENT AT THAT MEETING.
WE HAVE PUT THEM TENTATIVELY ON THE SCHEDULE AND, UH, WE CONFIRMED IT THE OTHER DAY, UM, THAT THEY ARE, AND WE CONFIRMED IT.
WE INVITED THEM BACK AT OUR INITIAL MEETING WITH ARRANGED BY MR. CALVERT, AND THAT IS WHAT WE HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR SINCE THE BEGINNING THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS.
MR. VIA QUICK QUESTION TO YOU.
UM, MR. VILLA, UM, WILL A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE COUNCILMAN'S OFFICE BE PRESENT AT THAT JANUARY 30TH HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING? YES, SIR.
IF WE'RE ALLOWED TO, YES, SIR.
I HAVE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
SO ON THE 30TH OF JANUARY, UH, MEETING WITH THE HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, ARE YOU GONNA BE INVITED THE, UH, US PARK SERVICES REPRESENTATIVE TO THAT AS WELL? SO SINCE, I GUESS TECHNICALLY I CAN TELL YOU THIS, OUR COMMITMENT IS TO REACH OUT TO THEM INDEPENDENTLY AND, AND HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM.
I ONLY SAY IT THAT WAY, COMMISSIONER, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT TECHNICALLY OUR MEETING, SO WE'LL BE HOSTS AS WELL, BUT I'M, I'M SURE THEY'RE HERE STILL HERE LISTENING AND OUR, UH, HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THAT AS WELL.
BUT REGARDLESS, WE WILL BE REACHING OUT TO THEM INDEPENDENTLY TO MEET WITH THEM ABOUT THIS, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
UH, STEVE, I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
SO I'M LOOKING AT YOUR SITE PLAN AND I'M HAVING, AND MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME UNDERSTAND BETTER THE MATH HERE.
AND AGAIN, I'M GONNA, I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR ASKING YOU TO DO SOME PUBLIC MATH, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE SHOWING, UH, TOTAL MULTI-FAMILY COMMERCIAL OFFICE IN INDUSTRIAL IS 55.7 PLUS CHANGE ACRES, RIGHT? CORRECT.
AND THEN LATER DOWN, UH, LATER ON DOWN IN THE SLIDE, YOU SHOW A TOTAL BILLABLE AREA OF 30.7 ACRES.
SO WOULD IT BE CORRECT IF I WERE TO ASSUME THAT WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR REQUEST FOR MF 33, THAT THE WORST CASE NUMBER OF UNITS BEING BUILT IS GONNA BE A LITTLE A THOUSAND PLUS CHANGE? IS THAT RIGHT? WHICH NUMBER SHOULD I BE USING? THE 55 OR THE 30 ACRES? NOT THE 55, BECAUSE ROUGHLY 25 OF IT IS OPEN SPACE, PUBLIC SPACE, HIGH, UH, ILLUSTRATED BY THE GREEN.
I'M DOING SOME QUICK MATH MYSELF HERE.
UM, IF YOU WANTED TO USE THE 30 JUST TO BE FOLLOW YOUR, UM, PROCESS.
NO, THOSE ARE YOUR NUMBERS, NOT MY NUMBERS.
IT WOULD BE A NINE 90 TOTAL, THAT WOULD BE THE THEORETICAL POSSIBILITY.
BUT, UM, IN REALITY, THE FIRST TWO PARCELS, WHICH IS ABOUT SEVEN ACRES, ARE ALREADY DESIGNED FOR TWO 19.
THAT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN THE 33.
SO THE REMAINING TRUE BUILDABLE AREA IS 24 ACRES.
AND IF YOU BUILT THAT OUT ENTIRELY
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AT 33 UNITS AN ACRE, WHICH IS UNLIKELY, BUT LET'S JUST SAY THAT THAT WOULD BE 7 92 PLUS THE ORIGINAL 2 1 9 2 19, A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND.UM, SO IN THEORY THAT IS CORRECT.
NO, I WAS JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND, LOOKING AT YOUR SLIDE HERE.
WHAT DID, WHAT WE SHOULD BE CONSIDERING, SO AGAIN, WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS MAXIMUM THAT YOU'RE PLANNING ON WOULD BE SLIGHTLY OVER A THOUSAND UNITS, RIGHT? WOULD IT, WOULD, WOULD, IT WOULD ALLOW IN THEORY, YES, SIR.
AS YOU KNOW, WHEN I SAY THAT, NOT TO AVOID THE QUESTION YES.
IS IT A SHORT ANSWER, IT COULD ALLOW ON PAPER A LITTLE OVER A THOUSAND UNITS ON WHAT'S LEFT TO BE BUILT.
UM, BUT AS YOU KNOW, I THINK, UM, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC, AS YOU GET DOWN INTO DESIGN, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF BUILDING REQUIREMENTS THAT ACTUALLY SHRINK WHAT THE REAL NUMBER ENDS UP BEING.
BUT IN THEORY IT COULD BE OVER A THOUSAND UNITS IF IT WAS ALL BUILT OUT AT MF 33, WHICH IN AND OF ITSELF IS PROBABLY UNLIKELY, BUT RIGHT.
THEORETICALLY THAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER.
BUT YOU, WHAT YOU'RE ASKING US TODAY IS TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THEORETICAL, WHICH IS THE MAXIMUM OF LOWER A THOUSAND UNITS, BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE DETAILS FOR PARCEL FOUR OR PARCEL FIVE OR PARCEL THREE.
I HAVE THE DETAILS THAT IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR IT TO BE EITHER C TWO OR MF 33 BASED ON WHAT'S IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UM, SO WE'D LIKE TO LOCK IN, HENCE THE IDZ PLAN, THE FLEXIBILITY TO HAVE A ZONING TO DEVELOP ALL OF IT TODAY.
UM, SO I DON'T HAVE A SITE SPECIFIC DESIGN FOR PARCEL FIVE, BUT I KNOW THAT IF I CAME BACK, UH, AND ASKED FOR AN INDIVIDUAL ZONING CASE, IT WOULD EITHER BE FOR C TWO OR MF 33 AT THAT POINT.
AND SO RATHER THAN DOING IT PIECEMEAL, UM, THE CODE ALLOWS VIA THE IDZA PROPERTY OWNER LIKE BROOKS TO PUT IN A PLAN UPFRONT AND START DESIGNING IT, UM, UH, TODAY WITH THAT OVERALL CONCEPT IN MIND.
BUT DON'T ID DISEASES REQUIRE MORE DETAILS THAN WHAT YOU'RE DESCRIBING OR WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US HERE TODAY? NO, SIR.
UM, PER SECTION 35 3 43 0 1, UM, WHEN IT'S GREATER THAN AN ACRE, THERE'S ONLY FOUR CRITERIA THEY HAVE TO MEET.
AND BASICALLY THEY HAVE TO TELL US WHAT THE SIZE OF THE BUILDABLE AREA IS AND WHAT THE PRESCRIBED USES ARE.
AND SO THEY'VE DONE THAT AND THEY'VE ALSO, UH, DONE ANOTHER ITEM, WHICH IS TELL US WHAT THE DENSITY PER ACRE WILL BE.
SO THEREFORE I GO BACK TO, RIGHT, UNLESS MY MATH IS COMPLETELY WRONG, THEN WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT OVER A THOUSAND UNITS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT JUST JUST TOLD ME.
THE MAXIMUM BILLABLE, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THE TOTAL, TOTAL BUILDABLE AREA IS 30.7 ACRES.
AND SO WHEN I MULTIPLIED THAT TO UM, 33, IT GAVE ME A LITTLE OVER, APPROXIMATELY OVER A THOUSAND, I THINK IT WAS 1013.
AGAIN, I APPRECIATE YOUR ANSWERS, I'M JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS IT THAT WE'RE TRYING TO CONSIDER HERE, GIVEN THE INFORMATION BEFORE US.
UM, I WOULD ALSO ADD, UH, COMMISSIONER, UM, THAT THE, UH, THE ALTERNATIVE FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, UM, WOULD PROBABLY BE LESS INFORMATION IF I CAME BEFORE YOU ON A PIECE BY CASE BY CASE BASIS.
UM, I WOULDN'T, FOR EXAMPLE, NEED TO LOCK IN ALMOST 25 ACRES OF OPEN SPACE TODAY.
I CAN'T BUILD IT, WHETHER IT'S FLOODPLAIN OR NOT, IT'S GOING TO BE OPEN SPACE OR AMENITIES.
YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I CAME IN ON PARCEL FIVE AND SAID 9.9 ACRES, MF 33, THAT'S ALL I'D HAVE TO SHOW YOU MF 33 FOR 9.9 ACRES.
SO THERE'S A GIVE AND A TAKE NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
THERE'S A THEORETICAL MAXIMUM THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR HERE.
UH, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, WE'RE COMMITTING TO MORE THAN WE WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO COMMIT TO BY GETTING THE OVERALL IDZ IN PLACE TODAY.
ALRIGHT, OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
I HAVE, UH, A COUPLE QUESTIONS.
UM, MR. ORTIZ, I GUESS FIRST ONE IS TO YOU, UM, THE USE FOR A SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS THAT WILL APPLY TO ALL PARCELS IS THAT YES, SIR.
HOWEVER, SOME OF THOSE PARCELS COULD BE DEVELOPED AS OTHER USES BESIDES THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SPECIFICALLY MF 33 OR C TWO USES.
WAS THERE EVER ANY THOUGHT ABOUT LIMITING THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS TWO PARCEL ONE AND PARCEL TWO AND LEAVING THE OTHER USES THE
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FOR OTHER TYPES OF APARTMENTS OR OTHER TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT? I MEAN, WHAT I'M, I'M TRYING TO FIND THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVING THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS FOR ALL THE PARCELS.SO I, I MIGHT ASK BROOKS TO, UM, HELP WITH THIS ANSWER.
UM, BUT YES, WE WENT THROUGH THAT EXERCISE.
UM, FROM A LAND USE PERSPECTIVE, UM, I THINK A PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO LOCK IN THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THEIR OVERALL PROPERTY ON DAY ONE.
THAT'S WHAT THE IDZ PLAN DOES FOR US.
YES, WE HAD ZEROED IN ON PARCEL ONE AND TWO FOR THE SUPPORTIVE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING USE.
IT'S THEORETICALLY POSSIBLE THERE COULD BE MORE, UM, IN THE FUTURE THERE'S NO PROGRAMMING OR FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR IT TO BE CLEAR.
UM, BUT WE DID KNOW WE WANTED MULTIFAMILY OR COMMERCIAL BECAUSE THAT'S APPROPRIATE IN THAT AREA TO BE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE THROUGHOUT THAT.
SO TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE COULD WITH THE OPTIONS FOR ZONING THAT WE HAVE IN THAT PARTICULAR IN THE CODE, UM, WE DECIDED ON IDZ FOR, FOR THE, THE ENTIRETY OF THE PROPERTY, EVEN THOUGH, AGAIN, AS I JUST POINTED OUT, IT REQUIRES COMMITTING TO CERTAIN A LOT MORE THINGS THAT WE MIGHT OTHERWISE HAVE TO NOW IT, IT WAS WORTH THAT EXERCISE.
UM, AND THEN THE, I GUESS THE, THAT LEADS TO A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WOULD IT EVEN BE POSSIBLE TO LIMIT THE SUPPORTIVE HOUSING CAMPUS USE TO PARCEL ONE AND TWO? SEEING AS THAT, MY RATIONALE BEING THAT THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE ARE IN FLUXX, IT'S, IT, IT IS A RECOMMENDATION YOU COULD MAKE.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD, THEY WOULD HAVE TO SHOW IT AND THEN WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA WORK FOR THE, SO WHEN ID Z THREE WAS CREATED, AND ESPECIALLY FOR PROPERTIES THAT WERE LARGER THAN AN ACRE, IT WAS INTENTIONALLY MADE TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE AMBIGUOUS THAN IF YOU WERE DEVELOPING ON A SMALLER PROPERTY WHERE YOU, WE WANTED TO HAVE THOSE SPECIFICS MOVING FORWARD, ESPECIALLY RELATED TO ZONING CASES.
UM, SO IN AREAS LIKE THIS, THEY WERE GIVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY TO SAY, OKAY, HERE'S ALL MY BUILDABLE AREA AND THEN HERE'S MY PARK SPACE.
AND IF THEY CHANGE ANY OF THOSE THINGS, IF THEY INCREASE IT OR THEY DECREASE THE OPEN SPACE, THEN THOSE CREATE MAJOR AMENDMENTS THAT REQUIRE THEM TO COME BACK.
SO, BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION SPECIFICALLY, YES, YOU COULD SUGGEST HAVING IT ON, ON ONE OF THOSE PROPERTIES, HOWEVER, WE DON'T KNOW THAT THAT WILL WORK FOR THEM.
AND WHAT THAT COULD MEAN IS THAT THEY COULD WIND UP IN A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO COME BACK AND ASK FOR A MAJOR AMENDMENT.
BUT MY THOUGHT PROCESS IS A MAJOR AMENDMENT REQUIRES MORE INFORMATION AND MORE COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN FUTURE PLANS.
THAT'S NOT TO GET INTO DISCUSSION.
UM, LET ME SEE MR. CHAIR, IF I COULD JUST FOLLOW UP BRIEFLY.
UM, THE FLEXIBILITY'S KEY, I MEAN THE MULTIFAMILY BROOKS HAS A HISTORY OF SUCCESSFULLY DOING BOTH MARKET RATE AND AFFORDABLE MULTIFAMILY AND SINGLE FAMILY ON THEIR CAMPUS.
THEY'D LIKE TO EXTEND THAT HERE TO INCLUDE THE, THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
YES, PARCELS ONE AND TWO ARE ABSOLUTELY MORE THAN LIKELY, UM, UH, TO BE THE LOCATIONS.
BUT WHAT IF WE END UP TRIGGERING FINDING A FLOOD PLAIN ISSUE AND MOVING IT TO PARCEL FOUR? I MEAN, IT, IT, WE WANTED THE FLEXIBILITY FROM DAY ONE TO IMPLEMENT IT WHERE IT MAKES SENSE FOR THEIR OVERALL PARCEL AND THIS DISTRICT ALLOWS FOR THAT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSANTE FOR A MOTION.
UM, MY HESITANCE HERE IS BUILT AROUND THE FACT THAT THERE IS NO DISTRICT THREE REPRESENTATIVE HERE.
UM, BUT THAT BEING SAID, THIS PROPERTY IS UNIQUE IN MANY WAYS, GIVEN ITS LOCATION.
IT'S UNIQUE THAT IT'S BORDERS, THE TEXAS STATE HOSPITAL, UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS A VERY OLD, UH, MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDER IN THE STATE, UM, AND TAKES UP A GREAT DEAL OF SPACE THERE ALONG SOUTH PERSA.
I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS REGARDING THE FLEXIBILITY, UH, FOR THIS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.
HOWEVER, I I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT WE KEEP IT HERE.
I THINK IT'S CRITICAL THAT SHOULD THIS EXPERIMENT MEET WITH SUCCESS, THAT THEY ARE ALLOWED SAM MINISTRIES
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AND BROOKS DEVELOPMENT BE ALLOWED TO EXPAND.WE HEARD FROM TWO INDIVIDUALS TODAY DURING OUR PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT THIS KIND OF SUPPORTIVE HOUSING MEANS FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES, FOR PEOPLE WITH CHILDREN WHO HAVE SEVERE DISABILITIES, WHO THROUGH THE MISFORTUNES IN LIFE NEED A PLACE TO LIVE.
WE HEARD FROM MS. GONZALEZ HOW THIS IS NOT ABOUT PUNISHMENT OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS IS ABOUT PROVIDING GREATER ACCESS TO OUR COMMUNITIES.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT IS A DRAG ON OUR COMMUNITIES.
WE HEARD FROM MS. BAK, THIS IS NOT A SHELTER.
WE'VE SEEN SIMILAR CASES IN MY OWN DISTRICT, INCLUDING THE YWCA, WHICH WAS SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT HELPING, UH, YOUNG WOMEN WHO WERE TRANSITIONING OUT OF THE FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AND WHO HAVE A TREMENDOUS DIFFICULTY IN MEETING THEIR EVERYDAY NEEDS.
AND I'M REALLY HAPPY TO SEE THAT 18 UNITS IN THIS PROJECT, AT LEAST SO FAR, ARE AIMED AT HELPING SIMILARLY SITUATED INDIVIDUALS.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF THE NEIGHBORS.
UH, I HOPE THAT AS WE LOOK AT, UH, THESE TWO MEETINGS COMING UP ON JANUARY 26TH AND JANUARY 30TH, THAT EVERYONE WILL ATTEND AND ATTEND IN GOOD FAITH.
UH, MR. ORTIZ, MICHELLE, MS. CANADA IS RIGHT THERE.
UM, BUT AT THIS TIME, MR. CHAIR, I MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL AS AMENDED FOR ITEM NUMBER NINE.
THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR THIS ITEM.
A DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER IS ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, I OBVIOUSLY SUPPORT THE MOTION, UH, HAVING SECONDED IT, UM, I WANT TO, UH, COMMEND, UH, EVERYONE INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT.
PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING GETS TO THE ROOT CAUSE OF OUR CHALLENGES FACING AROUND HOUSED COMMUNITY.
AND I THINK HAVING HEARD FROM SEVERAL MEMBERS OF THAT COMMUNITY TODAY, THEIR DIRECT FEEDBACK OF HOW CRITICAL THIS KIND OF HOUSING IS.
UM, ALSO WE'VE BEEN THROUGH A PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS WITH A HOUSING BOND WHERE AS A COMMUNITY WE HAVE COMMITTED TO FUNDING FOR SPECIFICALLY THIS KIND OF PROJECT.
WE'VE COMMITTED AS A COMMUNITY THROUGH A VARIETY OF TASK FORCE INITIATIVES AND EFFORTS OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS TO, UM, A STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.
AND THIS IS THE THIRD ITERATION OF A SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THAT MODEL, WHICH AS A COMMUNITY WE'VE COMMITTED TO, IT'S APPROVED BY COUNCIL.
IT HAD ROBUST PUBLIC SUPPORT AND INPUT PROCESSES.
UM, I'VE BEEN AWARE OF THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT SINCE AT LEAST OCTOBER OF 2023.
UM, AND IN SPITE OF THE FEEDBACK THAT WE'VE HEARD, THAT COMMUNITY DOES NOT UNDERSTAND IT.
MULTIPLE NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS HAVE BEEN AWARE OF THIS PROJECT SINCE AT LEAST OCTOBER, AND THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE OPPORTUNITIES TO ENGAGE WITH IT.
AND THE APPLICANT AND DEVELOPING DEVELOPMENT TEAM HAS SHOWN A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO CONTINUING THAT FEEDBACK.
UH, AND OPPORTUNITY FOR, UM, CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT, UH, THROUGHOUT NOW AND THE TIME THIS IS GONNA GO BEFORE COUNCIL.
UM, ADDITIONALLY WE'VE SEEN SUCCESS WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT TEAM.
UM, IN TERMS OF PROVIDING THIS, WE HAVE TINY TOWN VILLAGE IN MY OWN DISTRICT.
UM, IT HAS BROAD COMMUNITY SUPPORT.
IT HAS DRAMATICALLY STARTED IMPROVING OUR IN-HOUSE SITUATION AS WE ARE DEALING WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS, UM, FACING THE UNHOUSED COMMUNITY IN MY DISTRICT.
THIS IS PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY WAY THAT WE CAN START ADDRESSING THAT PROBLEM.
MOVING ENCAMPMENTS DOES NOT HELP THEIR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT WILL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, I JUST WANNA TOUCH ON A COUPLE OF THINGS.
THE FLEXIBILITY HERE WITH BOTH BEING ABLE TO MOVE THE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING USE TO THE OTHER PARCELS IF NEEDED, UM, HELPS ENSURE THE PROJECT, THE FLEXIBILITY OF THE IDZ THREE THING.
UM, THE WAY THIS IS DESIGNED, UH, ALSO ALLOWS TO MORE OPTIONS FOR FINANCING, UM, AND VIABILITY OF PROJECTS.
THE ADDITIONAL MF 33 AND C TWO USES MEAN THAT THIS IS NOT GONNA BE AN ECONOMICALLY SEGREGATED COMMUNITY.
THOSE MF 33 UNITS CAN BE MARKET RATE.
IT'S THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM IS BROOKS.
SO THEY ALREADY HAVE SHOWN RECORDS OF SUCCESS WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA.
UM, I THINK THE FLEXIBILITY AND THE THOUGHT AND THE COMMITMENT SPECIFICALLY TO PUBLIC PARKS AND STREET SCAPE IMPROVEMENT SPACES, UM, SHOWS A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO, UH, COMMIT TO A DIVERSITY OF USES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AS A WHOLE.
AND CONSIDERING THAT THIS IS SITUATED IN BETWEEN THE NATIONAL PARK, THE COUNTY HOSPITAL, UM, AND SEVERAL OTHER ONGOING
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DEVELOPMENT AREAS, I DON'T SEE THIS AS AN ADVERSE IMPACT ON THE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY AS IT IS PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING AND NOT A SHELTER.UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE ALL THOSE THINGS WERE ON THE RECORD.
THAT'S WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS, UH, PARTICULAR CASE.
UM, AGAIN, CONTINUE DOING COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, AND NEIGHBORS HAVE AS MUCH BURDEN AS THE APPLICANT AND DEVELOPER IN MAKING SURE THAT THEY HAVE A GOOD FAITH, UM, EFFORT IN PARTICIPATING IN THAT PROCESS.
UM, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AWARE OF THIS PROJECT SINCE THE FALL TO REACH YOU.
YOU DO HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO RESPOND AND SHARE INFORMATION WITH YOUR COMMUNITY, UM, AS WELL.
AND JUST WITH THAT, I'LL, I'LL CLOSE AND MR. CHAIR, SINCE THERE'S APPEARS TO BE, I MIGHT HAVE NOT BEEN AS CLEAR AS POSSIBLE, BUT THIS IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED.
I WAS, I WAS KIND OF, I WAS LIKE, I WAS LIKE, OKAY.
DO I, YEAH, REMEMBER WHAT, SORRY, JUST, JUST TO MAKE THAT CLEAR.
AND COMMISSIONER WATSON, WAS THAT YOUR UNDERSTANDING AS WELL? AWESOME.
AND ALSO ONE OTHER CLARIFICATION AS FAR AS THE SITE PLAN GOES, WE, UH, WORK IN COORDINATION WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE ON THE SITE PLANS.
AND SO WE WILL ENSURE THAT BEFORE IT IS PRESENTED TO COUNCIL, THAT IT IS, UH, SUFFICIENT FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, BY CITY COUNCIL.
UH, WE HAD DISCUSSION ON THE LEFT.
ANYONE? UH, COMMISSIONER HUEY.
UH, I THINK IT'S REALLY NEEDED HERE IN THE CITY AND IT'S A REALLY GOOD THING THAT, UH, AND, AND I'VE SEEN THAT, YEAH, THERE, THERE IS GOOD SUCCESS EX EXPERIENCE WITH YOUR APPROACH, BUT, UH, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE MOTION, UH, AT THIS TIME BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION TO PROCEED WITH MAKING THAT DECISION SPECIFICALLY, UM, IF THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HAS NOT BEEN ENGAGED IN THIS CONVERSATION AT THIS POINT.
AND WE ALSO HEAR FROM THE, UH, HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ABOUT, UH, THEIR SEEMINGLY LACK OF INVOLVEMENT THAT WE SHOULD AT LEAST GIVE THEM TWO TO THREE WEEKS TO HAVE THAT CONVERSATION.
BECAUSE AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THEY HAVE TO LIVE THERE.
THEY HAVE TO LIVE WITH THIS DEVELOPMENT.
AND I FEEL LIKE WE'RE RUSHING INTO THIS THING WITHOUT HAVING ALL THE FACTS.
SO AGAIN, UH, WITH RESPECT MY COLLEAGUES, I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THIS MOTION.
UM, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONS ON MY RIGHT.
UH, WHILE THE GOAL OF SAM MINISTRIES IN THIS PROPOSAL ARE ADMIRABLE AND WORTHY OF SUPPORT, UM, IF YOU COULDN'T TELL, IT'S THE UNKNOWNS THAT, THAT, THAT CONCERN ME.
IF WE WERE JUST VOTING ON PARCEL ONE, TWO, EVEN PARCEL THREE AS A WHOLE, THAT, THAT CONTIGUOUS AREA, YOU KNOW, FOR ME, I WOULD HAVE NO ISSUE, UH, VOTING FOR APPROVAL.
BUT IT'S, IT'S THE OTHER PARCELS AND THERE ARE, WELL, MAYBE IN THE FUTURE IT COULD BE THAT, THAT, THAT GIMME PAUSE.
AND I, I FULLY UNDERSTAND THE IDEA BEHIND FLEXIBILITY.
UM, BUT IT'S THAT THE TOTAL PROJECT COULD BE SEVEN ACRES.
UM, AND AT THIS TIME, WE JUST DON'T KNOW.
UM, BUT I HAVE A CONCERN OVER THE POSSIBLE OVERSATURATION OF A SINGULAR PUBLIC HOUSING TYPE IN, IN THE SOUTH SIDE AREA.
UM, THE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS MENTIONED ARE ALL AROUND 200 UNITS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHICH IS ABOUT THE SIZE THAT THAT'S RIGHT NOW BEING PROPOSED.
UM, SO I, I LOOKED AT OTHER PUBLIC HOUSING AROUND SAN ANTONIO AND MOST WERE IN THE 200 TO 300 UNIT RANGE, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS LIKE 250 UNITS.
AND SO THEN I ALSO LOOK AT THE SUCCESS OF THE, THE, I GUESS, WELL, SUCCESS MIGHT BE CONTROVERSIAL, BUT, BUT THE, THE REIMAGINED VICTORIA COURTS AREA, WHICH IS WHERE MY GREAT AUNT LIVED AND WHERE MY MOM LIVED ALONG THAT STREET, OR ACTUALLY RENTED MULTIPLE PLACES IN THAT AREA.
UM, YOU LOOK AT THE AGGREGATE OF THE HOUSING TYPES
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PRESENT IN THAT AREA NOW, INCLUDING THE ONE THAT'S BEING PROPOSED, THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.YOU'VE GOT FAMILY, YOU HAVE SENIOR, UM, MARKET RATE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A TOTAL OF 800 UNITS, YOU KNOW, AND THAT'S WHAT I SEE AND, AND OR ENVISION FOR THIS AREA RIGHT HERE, YOU KNOW, AND THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
GRANTED, IT'S, IT'S FLOODPLAIN.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA DEVELOP ON IT ANYWAY.
UM, BUT IT'S BECAUSE IT'S MIXED IS WHY THAT AREA SUCCEEDS.
AND WHY AT THIS POINT? YOU KNOW, I JUST THINK THAT THE, THE, I JUST SEE THIS AS, AS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT COULD BE MISSED IF WE, IF WE DON'T CAREFULLY DELINEATE THE TYPES OF HOUSING.
UH, MY, MY FEAR IS, IS THAT IT WILL ALL BECOME ONE SINGLE TYPE.
AND AS THE BROOKS REPRESENTATIVE MENTIONED, IT'S THAT MIX OF HOUSING TYPES THAT THAT'S GONNA, THAT'S PREFERRED.
SO I FULLY SUPPORT THE USES OF THE, THE SUPPORTING HOUSING CAMPUS FOR THE 200 UNITS.
IF IT WAS 300 UNITS, 400, THAT, THAT'S GREAT.
BUT I, AT THIS TIME, I CAN'T SUPPORT THE POSSIBILITY THAT THAT'S ALL THIS COULD BE WITHOUT A MIX.
UM, AND SO IT'S THAT, IT'S THAT, THAT IT'S THAT POSSIBILITY.
UM, THAT'S THE REASON THAT, UM, I ALSO CAN'T SUPPORT THIS MOTION.
BUT THAT SAID, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, AND CONTINUE THE DIALOGUE BEFORE CITY COUNCIL PLEASE.
ALRIGHT, WE ARE MOVING ON TO, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHAT ITEM NUMBER 11.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM RMM FOUR TO C TWO PCCD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 2 2 2 7 AND 2 2 3 5 WEST SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD.
FIVE OPPOSED QUINTANA COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED.
AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, WE RECEIVED SIX IN FAVOR AND ONE OPPOSED THE EXISTING RMM FOUR, UM, STAFF DOES NOT FIND AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTIES IS NOT FEASIBLE AS THE PROPERTY IS SURROUNDING BY INTENSE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES THE PROPOSED C TWO P WITH A CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY.
OVER 90% OF THE BLOCK ACCOMMODATES INDUSTRIAL USES, INCLUDING METAL RECYCLING AND AUTO REPAIR.
AND THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST WILL LIMIT THE PERMITTED USE OF THE PROPERTY TO JUST OUTSIDE STORAGE OF TRUCKS, TRAILERS, AND OTHER HEAVY MACHINERY.
THE SITE WILL ALSO BE LIMITED TO THE APPROVED SITE PLAN AND ANY DEVIATION WILL REQUIRE ADDITIONAL REZONING.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH, UM, THE CONDITION THAT A UDC PERMISSIBLE EIGHT FOOT EIGHT FOOT SOLID SCREEN FENCE IS PLACED ALONG THE REAR PROPERTY LINE WITH NO ACCESS EASEMENTS OR GATES BETWEEN THE PROPERTY TO THE NORTH OF 4 4 2 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
AND, UM, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT.
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WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.MATTHEW GILBERT WITH ORTIZ MCKNIGHT, UH, HERE FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER OF 2 2 2 7 AND 2 2 3 5 WEST SOUTH CROSS.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS COMPOSED OF TWO PARCELS, APPROXIMATELY A HALF ACRE IN SIZE.
UM, AS STAFF NOTED, IT'S MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICTS.
UH, SOME OF YOU COMMISSIONERS MAY RECOGNIZE THIS PROPERTY.
A ZONING REQUEST FOR 2 2 3 5 WAS SUBMITTED AND HEARD BEFORE ZONING COMMISSION IN SPRING 2023.
UH, THAT APPLICATION WAS WITHDRAWN BEFORE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, SO THE PROPERTY OWNERS COULD FINALIZE THE ACQUISITION OF 2 2 2 7 AND INCLUDE BOTH PROPERTIES IN A SINGLE APPLICATION.
THERE WERE NUMEROUS CODE VIOLATIONS ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WHEN THIS WAS HEARD IN SPRING 2023.
UH, BUT THOSE WERE REMEDIATED.
UH, BEFORE WE FILED THIS CURRENT APPLICATION, UH, STAFF FOUND THAT THE SUBJECT PROPERTY WAS IN COMPLIANCE WITH ALL CODES IN, UH, NOVEMBER OF 2023 WHEN WE FILED.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY AND WEST SOUTH CROSS, BOTH OF WHICH ARE MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
THE CURRENT REQUEST IS TO REZONE FROM THE EXISTING RM FOUR TO C TWO PCD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE.
THE REQUESTED C TWO PCD WILL ALLOW FOR THE PROPER DEVELOPMENT OF THE PROPERTY AND COMPLIMENT THE VARIOUS, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, THAT SURROUNDED IT.
UH, AS STAFF NOTED, THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL IS NOT APPROPRIATE IN THIS AREA GIVEN, UH, PROXIMITY TO COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
HERE'S A EXPANDED AERIAL OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY SHOWING THOSE VARIOUS INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL, UH, BUSINESSES.
YOU'LL SEE EVERYTHING FROM, UH, USED CAR SALES, UH, TO AUTO BODY SHOPS, METAL RECYCLING ENTITIES, AND WE ACTUALLY HAVE A AIRCRAFT PARTS RETAILER, UH, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM US.
NEXT HERE IS A EXPANDED ZONING MAP, UH, SHOWING THE VARIOUS ZONING DISTRICTS, UH, RANGING FROM ANYTHING FROM C ONE ALL THE WAY UP TO I TWO, WHICH IS THE MOST INTENSE, UH, INDUSTRIAL ZONING DISTRICT.
UM, AS STAFF STATED, UH, THEY FOUND THAT THAT 90% OF THE BLOCK ACCOMMODATES, UH, INDUSTRIAL USES.
AND THAT'S BEFORE, UH, THIS REZONING, UH, IS HOPEFULLY APPROVED.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DESIGNATED AS MIXED USE IN THE, UH, KELLY SOUTH SAN PUEBLO PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2010.
WE INITIALLY, UH, REQUESTED A REZONING TWO C TWO CD, UH, WITH THAT SAME, UH, CONDITIONAL USE, BUT WE AMENDED TO C TWO PCD, UH, IN ORDER TO REMAIN CONSISTENT AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE UNDERLYING LAND USE.
UM, THIS AMENDMENT WAS ALSO REQUESTED BY THE, UH, CANTANA NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, UH, AS THEY WANTED TO REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH, UH, WHAT WAS, UH, EXISTING ON THE GROUND.
UH, WE DID WI MEET WITH, UH, THE ANA NEIGHBORHOOD TWICE, UH, BEFORE SUBMITTAL.
AND WE'VE REMAINED IN OPEN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM SINCE SUBMITTAL.
AS WITH ANY CONDITIONAL USE, UH, SITE PLAN IS REQUIRED.
UH, YOU COULD SEE THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY HERE.
UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS OWN A BUSINESS AT FOUR TWO, NO, SORRY, 4, 4, 2 NEW LAREDO, WHICH IS DIRECTLY NORTH OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THIS CONDITIONAL USE IS NOT AN EXPANSION OF THE BUSINESS AT 4 4 2 NEW LAREDO AS THAT BUSINESS, UH, IS CURRENTLY, UH, NON-CONFORMING MEANING EXPANSION IS NOT PERMITTED.
THE PURPOSE OF THE CONDITIONAL USE IS TO ALLOW FOR THE STORAGE OF EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES ASSOCIATED WITH THE BUSINESS.
UH, THAT INCLUDES, UH, EMPTY CONTAINERS,
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UH, SINGLE STEER AND, UH, FLATBED TOW TRUCKS.UH, WEST SOUTH CROSS HAS APPROXIMATELY 85 FEET OF RIGHT OF WAY, WHICH LEAVES PLENTY OF ROOM, UH, FOR THE, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS TO NAVIGATE THOSE FLATBED TOW TRUCKS WITHOUT IMPEDING TRAFFIC.
UP AND DOWN, UH, WEST SOUTH CROSS, UH, HERE IS OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH MAP.
UM, OUR TEAM BLOCK WALKED AND WE'RE WE'RE ABLE TO OBTAIN NINE SIGNATURES IN SUPPORT.
THOSE ARE REFLECTED, UH, BY THOSE, UH, GREEN CIRCLES.
UH, STAFF DID ALERT US TO TWO PROPERTIES WITHIN 200 FEET, UH, THAT ARE OPPOSED.
AND THOSE ARE, UH, REFLECTED IN RED IN SOME.
THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE THE PROPERTY FROM RM FOUR TO C TWO P CD, UH, FOR USE, UH, FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT AN EXPANSION OF THE EXISTING BUSINESS AT 4 4 2 NEW LAREDO.
UH, THE NON-CONFORMING STATUS, UH, PROHIBITS THAT, UM, THE REQUEST IS APPROPRIATE GIVEN THE SURROUNDING COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL PROPERTIES AND EXISTING RESIDENTIAL IS INAPPROPRIATE AS THE, UH, BLOCK IS PREDOMINANTLY, UH, INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
UH, WITH THAT I WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
UM, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SPEAKERS HERE TOO.
UH, NO VOICEMAILS, BUT WE DO HAVE SPEAKERS.
UM, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I SPEAK, UH, MR. LARRY GARCIA? I BELIEVE, YEAH.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU MR. GARCIA.
AND AFTER MR. GARCIA, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE MISS DIANA, UH, CASTILLO.
I SHOULD YOUR EYE IN, SKY'S NOT WORKING.
UM, THIS IS KIND OF FEELS LIKE THE SAME THING WE WENT OR WENT AROUND LAST TIME.
THEY PURCHASED THESE PROPERTIES KNOWING THEY WERE RESIDENTIAL.
UH, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE LAST PROPERTY THAT THEY PURCHASED TO INCLUDE INTO THIS, THEY DID IT WHILE THEY, UH, YOU KNOW, WERE GOING THROUGH THE PROBLEMS WITH, WITH THE CO COMPLIANCE.
AND THEY WERE TOLD THAT THEY COULDN'T OPERATE THEIR SALVAGE YARD ON A RESIDENTIAL LAND.
SO ALL THEIR PURCHASES WHERE THEY KNEW IT WAS RESIDENTIAL, IT'S BEEN RESIDENTIAL KIND OF FEELS LIKE AN END AROUND, EVEN THOUGH, UH, THEY ARE SAYING THEY'RE NOT GONNA EXPAND THEIR SALVAGE YARD, THEY'RE STILL PUTTING ALL THEIR, THEIR EQUIPMENT AND STUFF ON THAT, UH, PROPERTY.
RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THAT PROPERTY IS WHERE YOU'VE GOT, UM, A RESIDENTIAL HOUSE.
SO STAFF MAY SAY IT'S, IT'S NOT, UH, RECOMMENDED FOR RESIDENTIAL, BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE NEIGHBORS.
SO HOW DOES THAT AFFECT THE NEIGHBORS? UH, WE JUST WOULD LIKE FOR THE RESIDENTS TO STAY RESIDENTS.
I SPOKE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE QUINTON ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENTS, AND THEY KIND OF ASKED ME TO REITERATE THE FACT THAT THEY WANNA KEEP THE RESIDENTIAL LOTS RESIDENTIAL 'CAUSE THERE'S A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THEY'VE GOT PICTURES OF THEIR EQUIPMENT PASSING THROUGH.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. DIANA CASTILLO TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. ELIZABETH RUSSELL.
GOOD AFTERNOON, CHAIRMAN AND COMMISSIONERS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA GIVE YOU, THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK ON BEHALF OF, UH, YOU KNOW, MS. GONZALEZ.
AND I JUST WANNA SPEAK BEFORE YOU KNOW YOU THAT, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT THESE, UH, UH, PROPERTIES AROUND, UH, ALL THIS AREA IS CONSIDERED, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALREADY, THEY'RE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES AS YOU CAN SEE ON THERE.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T SEE WHY THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM NOT TO GET IT APPROVED.
I COME BEFORE YOU'RE IN GOOD FAITH ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER IT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE ALL THESE, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE ALL THIS PLAN, ALL THESE BUSINESSES AROUND, THERE ARE ACTUALLY COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ALREADY.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR SO MANY YEARS.
AND, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO TELL Y'ALL TO CONSIDER, YOU KNOW, UH, REZONING THESE PROPERTIES INTO COMMERCIAL BECAUSE OF THE AREA.
THAT'S A CONSIDERED AREA WHERE MOST OF THE BUSINESS ARE COMMERCIAL AND YOU CAN SEE THE PLAN AND SO FORTH.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE ALL COMMERCIAL AND I DON'T SEE WHY NOT.
IT WOULD BE A PROBLEM TO GET 'EM RE REZONED TO COMMERCIAL.
UH, LIKE I SAID, I'M HERE AS A LULAC REPRESENTATIVE AND, UM, ASKING Y'ALL TO PLEASE TAKE TO CONSIDERATION AND THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THE TIME TO SPEAK.
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THANK YOU.NEXT WILL BE MS. ELIZABETH RUSSELL TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. JERRY ARADONDO.
UM, MY NAME'S ELIZABETH RUSSELL.
I REPRESENT THE NEIGHBOR DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM SOUTH CROSS DANNY'S METAL RECYCLING.
UM, DANNY'S METAL RECYCLING HAS BEEN USING A BACK DRIVEWAY, UM, FOR THEIR COMMERCIAL VEHICLE EXITS FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW.
AND THAT DRIVEWAY IS NOW STARTING TO LINE UP WITH THESE PROPERTIES BECAUSE THE, UM, INDIVIDUAL, THE APPLICANT TODAY HAS CREATED A DRIVEWAY, AGAIN WITHOUT A PERMIT TO ALLOW FOR THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS OF HIS COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
WE WERE HERE ONCE BEFORE AND I WAS HERE BACK IN THE SPRING TO ADDRESS THE NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS, UM, THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY'VE REMEDIED.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS YOU CAN'T REMEDY SOME OF THESE THINGS.
THEY DEMOLISH A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY WITHOUT THE PROPER PERMITS.
YOU CAN'T REMEDY THAT 'CAUSE THE HOUSE HAS ALREADY BEEN DEMOLISHED.
IT'S PARTLY MY VOICE AND I'M LOSING MY VOICE, I APOLOGIZE.
UM, THEY ALSO NEVER GOT THEIR PROPER PERMITS FOR FENCING AND THEY ACTUALLY PAVED OVER THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
THIS ENTIRE PROPERTY HAS ALREADY BEEN USED AS AN EXPANSION.
THEY ARE EXPANDING THEIR BUSINESS AND TO ALLOW, UM, TO CH TO CHANGE THE, UM, THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND TO GIVE THEM AN EXCEPTION WOULD BE TO TRUST THIS PROPERTY OWNER TO FOLLOW RULES THAT WE'VE ALREADY SEEN.
HE HAS JUST NOT REALLY A CLEAR EMPHASIS ON FOLLOWING.
HE DOES WHAT HE WANTS AND THEN HE COMES BACK AND ASKS FOR PERMISSION.
WE RIGHT NOW ARE LOOKING AT A VIOLATION OF WHERE HE'S CREATED A NEW ENTRANCE TO HIS PROPERTY WITHOUT THE THE RIGHT PERMITS.
WE'RE EXPECTING HIM TO BE ABLE TO CREATE THIS EIGHT FOOT FENCE AND KEEP IT IN PLACE.
BUT WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT HIS HISTORY AS A PROPERTY OWNER THAT HE JUST DOES NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO FOLLOW THE RULES AND REQUIREMENTS THAT THE CITY HAS PUT IN PLACE.
SO FOR THOSE REASONS, WE WOULD REQUEST THAT, THAT ONLY YOU DENY THE, UM, COMMERCIAL EXCEPTION, BUT SPECIFICALLY TO NOT ALLOW THE, UM, EXCEPTION FOR THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES.
WE HAVE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS, UM, PROPERTY OWNER'S USE OF THE PROPERTY AND HIS ABILITY TO FOLLOW THE RULES.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. JERRY ARRADONDO TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. VICKI CADE.
AND SO THAT GIVES YOU, UM, FOUR ANCE.
UH, THANK YOU JERRY ARRADONDO, 1 0 4 0 6 FF AND, UH, WITH, UH, AUE INTEREST AND KIND OF PICKING, PIGGYBACKING OFF WHAT, WHAT SHE JUST SAID.
THE REASON WE'RE HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE WAS THAT THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY KNOCKED DOWN THE FENCE AND EXPANDED HIS BUSINESS.
AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW YOU, IS YOUR CAMERAS WORKING NOW? IT'S NOT, BUT WE CAN PASS THEM OUT.
HOW'S THAT? AND THEN, UH, SO THIS IS THEIR OPERATION.
IT'S, IT'S THERE IN, UH, IT ON THE INTERNET.
THIS IS A, UH, IN EFFECT IT'S SCRAPPED METAL YARD.
AND THEN WHEN I DO 'EM ALL, THEN WE'LL PASS 'EM OUT.
AND SO, UH, IT, IT JUST, IT DOES MENTION ALL THE DIFFERENT, UH, MATERIALS THAT THEY, THAT THEY USE FOR THE, UH, RECYCLING, UH, FACILITY.
UH, LAST TIME THEY, WHEN THEY CAME, UH, THEY, THEY HAD ONE PROPERTY, THEY'VE EX THEY ALREADY EXPANDED IT TO THE SECOND PROPERTY.
SO THAT WAY IT, IT'D BE, UH, NOT JUST WHAT THEY PLANNING ON DOING, BUT WHAT THEY'RE PLANNING ON, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
HERE'S THE PAGE RIGHT NOW THAT THEY'VE, UH, IT NOW HAS BOTH THOSE PROPERTIES THAT'S ON THE SCREEN AND, UH, IT SHOWS YOU WHERE THE FENCE IS.
THE FENCE WAS THERE TO BEGIN WITH.
THEY TOOK THE FENCE DOWN, EXPANDED THEIR FACILITY, AND THEREIN LIES WHERE CODE COMPLIANCE CAME IN.
CODE COMPLIANCE CAME IN AND SAID, HEY, WAIT A MINUTE GUYS, YOU CAN'T EXPAND YOUR FACILITY WITHOUT GETTING YOUR ZONING.
AND THAT TRIGGERED, UH, THE ZONING CASE THAT, UH, THAT WAS MENTIONED, UH, EARLIER.
AND WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE TYPE OF MATERIAL, THIS IS THE TYPE OF MATERIAL THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT, STORAGE, STORING TRUCKS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
THESE ARE NOT YOUR STANDARD, UH, TRUCKS.
IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, THESE ARE ALL 18 WHEELERS THAT ARE RIGHT THERE NEXT TO, AND THEY TOOK DOWN A HOUSE TO BEGIN WITH IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THIS.
AND SO THEY'RE HIT WITH SOMETHING LIKE, DON'T QUOTE ME ON THIS, BUT SOMETHING LIKE $30,000 WORTH OF, OF, UH, PENALTIES WHEN THEY WENT TO MUNICIPAL COURT TO, TO DEAL WITH ALL THAT.
HERE'S A PICTURE OF THE TRUCK ITSELF.
OKAY? AND THEN WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE SI THE, UH, FENCE THAT, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HERE'S, HERE'S
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THE HEIGHT OF, OF THOSE TYPES OF VEHICLES, WHICH EXCEED THE HEIGHT OF, OF THE, UH, THE FENCES.AND THEN OF COURSE, HERE ITSELF ARE THE FENCES.
OKAY? NOW THIS IS, THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA COVER 'EM UP AND ALL THAT KINDA STUFF.
ANYWAY, AS, UH, THOSE ARE, THOSE ARE SOME OF THE ABSOLUTE KEY POINTS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR DENIAL TODAY.
BUT THE ONE THING THAT WE, UH, WERE TOLD SPECIFICALLY WAS THAT THE COUNCIL LADY WOULD NOT ALLOW ANY MORE EXPANSIONS OF WHAT WAS ALREADY EXISTED.
SO WHAT THEY DID WAS THEY HAD, UH, THE CITY DID WAS THEY GOT WITH THE STATE SENATOR, WHICH WAS JOSE MENENDEZ AND THE STATE REPRESENTATIVE, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE AND THE MAYOR'S OFFICE.
AND WE HAD A MEETING WHICH WE WERE ALL INVITED TO.
WE HAD A MEETING OF ABOUT 60 PEOPLE THAT ALL SHOWED UP SAYING THAT THE COMMITMENTS MADE WHERE YOU ARE, WHERE YOU'RE AT, NO EXPANSIONS, AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE IN, UH, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODES.
AND SO WE SAID, OKAY, SO WE THEN SHOULDN'T EVEN START TRYING TO EVEN GET EXPANSIONS.
WE SHOULD JUST DEAL WITH WHAT WE HAVE, BUT MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE IN EFFECT, IN COMPLIANT WITH THE CODES BECAUSE THEY SAID, YEAH.
AND, AND ESPECIALLY THE APPLICANT RIGHT NOW TODAY, OKAY.
TOOK DOWN THAT FENCE AND SAID, I'M EXPANDING MY WHOLE FACILITY.
CAN YOU TRUST THAT? WE DON'T KNOW.
'CAUSE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE FOR THOSE OF THE COMMISSIONERS WHO WERE HERE, THE APPLICANT SAID THAT ALL OF Y'ALL WERE CROOKS SPECIFICALLY.
AND UH, IF Y'ALL DON'T REMEMBER THAT, IT'S IN THE MINUTES.
OKAY? AND I KNOW, KNOW, CHRISTIE HAD TO GET UP HERE AND CHRISTIE HAD TO SAY, WE'RE GONNA CALL SECURITY IF YOU DON'T CALM DOWN.
'CAUSE HE WALKED UP HERE AND DID ALL THAT.
AND THAT WAS JUST BAD JUDGMENT, YOU KNOW? SO IF WE CAN'T TRUST HIM ON EVEN SAYING MAYBE WE'RE IN DISAGREEMENT, THEN THE OLD STORY ACTIONS ARE, ARE, UH, SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS.
AND THOSE WERE THE ACTIONS THAT WE HAD TO DEAL WITH.
THAT HE'S, HE'S DEMONSTRATED ALL THIS TIME, THE, UH, THE DE THE VIOLATIONS THAT ACTUALLY EXPANDED HIS FACILITY.
THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL, WHICH, WHEN YOU SAY RESIDENTIAL, WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT RESIDENTIAL.
JERRY, I'M SORRY, YOUR TIME'S UP SIR? FOUR MINUTES? YES, SIR.
UH, YOU SHOULD, IT IS AVAILABLE TO DO RESIDENTIAL.
'CAUSE I KNOW WE, ONE OF MY COMPANIES, WE ACTUALLY DO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ALL OVER TOWN NEXT TO OTHER STUFF.
SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW THAT YES, YOU CAN DO IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTIAL.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE MS. CLAUDIA GONZALEZ, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. TOMMY ATKINSON.
SO TOMMY ATKINSON HAD TO LEAVE TO AN APPOINTMENT THOUGH.
I'M THE OWNER OF, UM, PATON METAL RECYCLING.
SO FIRST OFF, UM, I WANT YOU TO SEE THE BIGGER PICTURE HERE.
EVERYONE KEEPS RELATING MY RECYCLE YARD, WHICH I'M, I'M THE OWNER, WHICH IS ON 4 4 2 RADO HIGHWAY.
THEY KEEP RELATING IT TO 2227 AND 22 2, UM, 35 SOUTH CROSS.
HOWEVER, I KNOW THAT I HAVE NCU RIGHTS, I'M GRANDFATHERED IN.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA LOSE MY NCU RIGHTS AND DROP THE 10 FOOT FENCE THAT I CURRENTLY HAVE FOR EXPANSION.
I KNOW THAT THERE, YOU KNOW, THAT CAN HAPPEN.
THE CITY CODE OFFICERS HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, UM, BECAUSE THE FENCE WAS DOWN AT ONE POINT.
IT'S BEEN UP FOR MONTHS ALREADY.
UM, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY KEEP BRINGING UP THE RECYCLE YARD.
HE, HE DOESN'T OWN THE RECYCLE YARD.
SO ALL HE'S ASKING FOR IS STORAGE, HOWEVER, THEY'RE MENTIONING PICTURES OF BIG RIGS AND BIG TRUCKS.
AND ON HERE IT SPECIFICALLY SAID CONT EMPTY CONTAINERS.
UM, A TOW TRUCK NEVER ON THEIR, DOES IT SAY THE BIG 18 WHEELERS OR THE BIG RIGS? WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANY OF THAT.
HE'S NOT ASKING FOR ANY OF THAT.
THOSE RIGS ARE ON MY TERRITORY, ON MY PROPERTY OFF OF 4 4 2 RADO HIGHWAY.
AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, STORED AT THAT ADDRESS.
HOWEVER, UM, THEY DID MENTION ABOUT DANNY'S RECYCLING
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YARD THAT THE BACKYARD, UM, THAT WE BUILT A DRIVEWAY.UM, AND IT, I GUESS IT CONFLICTS WITH THEIRS.
HOWEVER, TO BEGIN WITH, THEY'RE NOT IN COMPLIANCE TO EVEN BE GOING OUT THROUGH THAT AXIS.
THEIR RECYCLE YARD IS IN THE FRONT ON SOMERSET ROAD, NOT OFF OF SOUTH CROSS.
SO THAT'S IRRELEVANT TO, TO THIS.
SO I JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH ALL I HAD TO SAY.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE A OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL? YES, VERY BRIEFLY.
UM, JUST TO REITERATE, STAFF DID FIND THAT THE PROPERTY WAS IN COMPLIANCE BEFORE WE SUBMITTED THIS REZONING APPLICATION.
WE FELT THAT IMPORTANT TO RESOLVE THESE ISSUES BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH, UH, THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
UM, AGAIN, IT'S NOT AN EXPANSION.
UM, MS. GONZALEZ STATED THAT THEY DO HAVE NON-CONFORMING USE RIGHTS.
UM, STAFF WAS OUT AT THE PROPERTY AND OBSERVED THAT THE RODENT BARRIER IS STILL UP.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT CAN'T BE TAKEN DOWN OR ELSE, UH, THE GONZALEZ'S WOULD LOSE THEIR ABILITY, UH, TO MAINTAIN THEIR BUSINESS AND THEIR LIVELIHOOD.
UM, BUT ALL OF THAT TO SAY WE'RE HERE AT ZONING COMMISSION.
SO I WANTED TO REFOCUS ON ZONING.
UM, C TWO IS, UM, MEDIUM INTENSITY COMMERCIAL AND, UH, THAT'S, UH, DEFINITELY APPROPRIATE FOR THIS INDUSTRIAL BLOCK.
UM, STAFF NOT, NOT ONLY FOUND THAT C TWO IS APPROPRIATE, THEY FOUND THAT RMM FOUR IS INAPPROPRIATE.
UM, LIVING ON AN INDUSTRIAL BLOCK IS NOT, UH, DESIRABLE AND, UM, DEFINITELY NOT FEASIBLE FOR, UH, RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT.
SO TO YOU, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE, UNLESS YOU WANTED TO GIVE IT TO SOMEONE ELSE, SINCE YOU'VE DONE SO MANY OF THIS TODAY, YOU WANNA TAKE IT? NO.
OH, I KIND OF ENJOY NOT HAVING ANY CASES.
UH, LET'S BEGIN WITH THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE.
THE CONDITIONAL USE REQUESTED IS FOR OVERSIZED VEHICLE STORAGE AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE, CORRECT? CORRECT.
SO TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS FROM A ZONING PERSPECTIVE, IF YOU WOULD.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY CAN HAVE ALL C TWO USES PLUS THE USE OF STORAGE OF OVERSIZED VEHICLES AND EQUIPPED, WOULD THAT BE, UH, OVERSIZED VEHICLES THAT ARE SORT OF LADEN OR FULL? LIKE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, IF THERE IS A CONTAINER IS A CONTAINER ON THE BACK OF A TRUCK THAT HAS SCRAP IN IT, WOULD THAT BE ALLOWED TO BE STORED HERE? THAT WOULD BE DEFINITELY PROBABLY TESTING THE LINE FOR, UM, THE SALVAGE YARD MATERIALS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE, UH, SALVAGE YARD.
THIS WOULD SOLELY BE FOR THE STORAGE OF VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT.
AND TO CLARIFY, SALVAGE YARD USES WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
SO STORAGE OF SCRAP PROCESSING OF SCRAP WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.
SO WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE FENCE, UM, MR. GILBERT TO YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, I, BEING THE COMMISSIONER WHO WAS HERE AND, AND WAS ADDRESSED, UM, WE DON'T HAVE TO GO OVER HOW I WAS ADDRESSED OR WHAT WAS SAID.
UM, YOU KNOW, I, I FOUND MS. RUSSELL'S POINTS VERY PERSUASIVE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM OF TRUST HERE.
WE ARE LOOKING AT A ZONING QUESTION, A ZONING QUESTION THAT RUNS THE LAND UNTIL, AS YOU KNOW, IT HAS CHANGED.
UM, SO YOU KNOW, YOU MENTIONED IN YOUR PRESENTATION THAT THE FENCE COULD NOT BE TAKEN DOWN.
TELL CONVINCE ME, GIVE ME A LITTLE BIT MORE.
SO, UH, THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE ON, UH, STAFF'S RADAR.
UH, GIVEN ALL OF THESE VIOLATIONS, STAFF HAS BEEN OUT THERE MULTIPLE TIMES.
UM, THEY NOTICED THAT THE RODENT BARRIER IS THAT KEY, UH, DETERMINATIVE THAT NEEDS TO REMAIN IN PLACE TO SEPARATE THESE TWO, UH, PROPERTIES AND TO, UM, SAVE THE UH, NON-CONFORMING USE RIGHTS, UH, ON THE PRINCIPAL PROPERTY.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, UH, STAFF DID, UH, RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THE CONDITION
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THAT THEY CONSTRUCT.UH, I BELIEVE IT'S AN EIGHT FOOT FENCE, UM, THAT WOULD PROHIBIT ANY SORT OF EASEMENTS OR ACCESS, UH, BETWEEN THOSE TWO PROPERTIES.
AND SO IS THAT CONDITION ACCEPTABLE TO THE APPLICANT? YES, SIR.
STAFF, IS THAT A AMENDMENT THAT HAS TO BE ACCEPTED OR IS IT CAN JUST BE A CONDITION GIVEN THE CONDITIONAL USES, CORRECT.
NO, IT WAS PART OF THE STAFF'S APPROVAL WAS THE RECOMMENDATION OF, OF THAT CONDITION.
SO IF THE ZONING COMMISSION IS GOOD WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION, THEY CAN FOLLOW SUIT.
HOW IS THAT CONDITION ENFORCED? CODE ENFORCEMENT.
AND LET ME BE MORE SPECIFIC THROUGH THE ORDINANCE AS WELL.
IT'S A PROMISE THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MEET THAT REQUIREMENT.
ALRIGHT, MR. GILBERT, WHEN WE LOOK AT SOUTH CROSS TO THE LEFT, UH, LOOKING AT THIS DIAGRAM HERE, THAT'S ONE OF THE TWO RM FOURS THAT IS ON THAT SIDE OF THE BLOCK ON SOUTH CROSS, RIGHT? YES SIR.
UM, BESIDES THESE TWO BUT THE OTHER TWO, UH, IS THAT HOUSE STILL EXISTING? UH, THE LAST TIME I WAS OUT AT THE PROPERTY LAST WEEK IT WAS STILL THERE.
DO YOU KNOW IF SOMEONE LIVES THERE THAT I DO NOT KNOW.
MR. GARCIA, YOU'RE INDICATING YES.
IF I MAY, THERE IS, AS YOU MENTIONED, ONE OTHER RMM FOUR PROPERTY ON THAT BLOCK FACE 2207.
UM, UH, THE GONZALEZ'S WERE ABLE TO OB OBTAIN A SIGNATURE OF SUPPORT FROM THAT PROPERTY OWNER AND I DON'T BELIEVE IT'S ACTUALLY USED AS A HOUSE THAT MAY BE USED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COMMERCIAL BUSINESS.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME, MR. GILBERT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
MR. CHAIR, UH, FOR THE APPLICANT ON YOUR SITE PLAN, YOUR TWO DRIVEWAYS, WHAT, WHAT WILL BE THE MATERIAL CONSTRUCTED FOR THOSE DRIVEWAYS? UH, I'M SORRY.
WHEN WILL THE MATERIAL BE CONSTRUCTED? THE MATERIAL, THE, IS IT BASE? IS IT SEAL COAT, CONCRETE? CEMENT.
SO CONCRETE DRIVEWAYS, HAVE YOU CONSIDERED 'CAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE SITE TO MAKE IT ONE WAY IN ONE WAY OUT? IS THERE ENOUGH CIRCULATION INSIDE THE SITE BECAUSE THAT IMPROVES SAFETY? UH, INITIALLY WHEN WE APPROACHED THE CANTANA NEIGHBORHOOD GROUP, WE, UH, ONLY SHOWED A SINGLE ACCESS POINT AND THEY BROUGHT UP, UH, UH, CIRCULATION ISSUES.
SO THAT WAS ONE OF THE REASONS WE ADDED IN THAT SECOND INGRESS EGRESS POINT.
BUT QUICK QUESTION, AND AGAIN, YOU'RE NOT BOUND TO THIS, BUT WOULD IT MAKE SENSE TO YOU 'CAUSE OF THE SIZE OF THE SITE AND THE INTERNAL CIRCULATION TO MAKE IT ONE WAY IN, ONE WAY OUT? FOR SAFETY REASONS? I THINK THAT COULD BE ACHIEVED.
THE PROPERTY IS, UH, ABOUT A HALF ACRE IN SIZE, UH, MAKING, UH, PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE, UH, VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT TO GET OUT, UH, IF THERE WAS A SINGULAR ACCESS POINT.
AND COMMISSIONER, THIS IS MELISSA RAMIREZ.
I JUST WANTED TO GO ON RECORD AND JUST SAY, UM, THOSE DISCUSSIONS CAN HAPPEN HERE, BUT WHEN THE TRAFFIC, UM, PLANS ARE SUBMITTED, THOSE WILL BE REVIEWED AND AS LONG AS ENGINEERING, UH, TRAFFIC IS SAFE, IS SAFE, THEN WE WOULD BE SUPPORTING SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
BUT WE WOULD BE REVIEWING THAT IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR UH, REGULATIONS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
ACTUALLY, A QUESTION FOR STAFF COULD REFRESH MY MEMORY.
THIS CASE CAME BACK TO US LIKE THEY WERE SAYING BACK IN MARCH.
AND THEN THE SUPPORT AT THAT TIME WITH THE CITY WAS NOT, IT WAS A DENIAL BECAUSE IT WAS A DENIAL.
IT WAS IDZ THREE AND THE USES WERE, UH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND OVERSIZED STORAGE.
AND SO NOW HE'S AMENDING HIS PLANTS.
IT'S GONE DOWN TO A C TWO P WITH A CONDITIONAL USE.
WHICH C TWO'S, UH, P IS LESS INTENSE THAN I, DZ THREE, WHICH WAS WHAT HE WAS REQUESTING.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSANTE FOR A MOTION.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS A HARD CASE.
UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MADE THIS A CLOSE CASE THE LAST TIME WAS, YOU KNOW, IT IS HARD TO SEE RESIDENTIAL HERE.
UH, YOU KNOW, I TAKE MS. RUSSELL'S POINT THAT WE CAN'T GO BACK TO THE STATUS QUO, UH, STATUS QUO ANTI WHEN, UH, A HOUSE WAS THERE THAT IS GONE.
UM, AND THAT IT WAS UN PERMANENTED DEMOLITION WEIGHS HEAVILY ON MY MIND.
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UM, BUT THE REALIZATION I CAME TO NOW, AND I TAKE ALL OF YOUR OPPOSITION TO THIS IS, UM, MS. GONZALEZ POINTED OUT THIS PUTS THE NON-CONFORMING USE AT RISK.I THINK THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE COMMERCIAL PROPERTY.
I DON'T THINK NECESSARILY RESIDENTIAL IS APPROPRIATE HERE.
THE OVERSIZED STORAGE IS NOT IDEAL AS A CONDITIONAL USE.
UH, BUT MS. GONZALEZ INTO THE APPLICANT, I'M LOOKING AT FIVE OR SIX PEOPLE IN THIS AUDIENCE WHO ARE GOING TO BE WATCHING.
AND MS. GONZALEZ, I'M PRESUMING THAT'S YOUR LIVELIHOOD.
YOU SAID IT WAS YOUR LIVELIHOOD.
YOU SAID YOU DON'T WANT TO PUT IT AT RISK.
WE DON'T, DON'T PUT IT AT RISK.
UM, SO IN LIGHT OF THAT, AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO MOVE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER 11 WITH THE CONDITION THAT THERE IS A SOLID SCREEN FENCE, EIGHT FEET HIGH, NO GATES, NO ACCESS ALONG THE REAR, ALONG THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY PARALLEL TO SOUTH CROSS.
THERE IS A MOTION WITH CONDITIONS SECOND.
ALRIGHT, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH CONDITIONS BY COMMISSIONER BUS BUS MONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REYES.
UM, I WILL BE SUPPORTING THIS BUT I WILL NOT BE SUPPORTING THE WAY, I GUESS THE WAY THE APPLICANT AND THIS THE WAY, I GUESS THE WAY ABOUT IT, I WOULD PROBABLY WOULD RECOMMEND FOR THE APPLICANT TO CONTINUE COMMUNICATION WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
THAT WAY THEY COULD BUILD A BETTER RELATIONSHIP.
'CAUSE I, I GUESS THE FACT THAT THE WAY I WANTED IT BACK, THE WAY IT WENT FROM MARCH TO TODAY, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS KIND OF GETTING THE, HOW DID I SAY IT THEN? THE, THE CARRIAGE BEFORE THE HORSE AND THEN NOW YOU WERE ABLE TO KIND OF COMPLETE THAT BUT KIND OF GETTING A SLAP ON THE HAND, EVEN THOUGH NOW AS FAR AS THE ZONING PERSPECTIVE, IT DOES FIT THE ZONING CONFORMING OF IT.
BUT THAT'D BE THE ONLY REASON.
UH, OTHER DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT.
AND I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH YOU.
AND, UM, I, I, THE REASON I'LL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION IS BECAUSE I KIND OF LOOK BACK IF THIS WAS A FRESH CASE TWO YEARS AGO OR SO, YOU KNOW, WOULD WE LOOK AT THAT PROPERTY AND SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, THIS PROBABLY COULD BE GOING THIS, THIS IS A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY WITH STORAGE.
AND SO THAT IS THE, IT'S, IT'S NOT WHAT HAS HAPPENED, BUT WHAT, WHAT IT'S, UM, SUITABILITY THAT IT HAD BEFOREHAND.
IS THIS OUR FINAL ITEM? ITEM NUMBER 13.
ANN BETA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS LOCATED AT 1246 WAVERLY AVENUE AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM R FOUR TO RMM FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 33 NOTICES SENT WITH NINE RETURNED IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN IN OPPOSITION AND WOODLAWN LAKE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE CURRENT R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AND THE PROPOSED RM FOUR RESIDENTIAL MIXED DISTRICT IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
WHILE THE PROPERTY IS PLACED IN SIZE TO ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE ADDITIONAL RESIDENTIAL DENSITY, IT IS PART OF A WELL-ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT COULD BE ACHIEVED WITH THE CD CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE TO FOUR UNITS, WHICH WOULD REQUIRE A PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN AND REGULATE THE PERMITTED DENSITY.
THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES DIVERSE HOUSING OPTIONS FOR ALL INCOME LEVELS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE
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FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS.THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
AND I WILL JUST ADD WHILE THE APPLICANT IS, IS COMING TO THE PODIUM, THAT UM, IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT IF YOU, YOU DO PREFER STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OR IF THE APPLICANT AMENDS TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, AGAIN, WE WILL HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT SITE PLAN.
UH, SITE PLAN NEEDS TO BE SUBMITTED PRIOR TO ZONING CONSIDERATION.
HI, I'M BRANDON KING, KATE, 1246 WAVERLEY AVENUE.
UM, BEFORE I TALK ABOUT THE, UH, THE SURVEY OF MY PROPERTY, I KIND OF WANTED TO POINT OUT, UM, THE SURROUNDING AREA.
UM, I KNOW WE CAN'T PUT IT UP ON THE SCREEN, BUT JUST IF YOU LOOK AT THE COLORS, UM, IT'S A PRETTY DIVERSE AREA.
AND, UH, THERE ARE COMMERCIAL USES A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY NORTH OF ME, UM, A COUPLE BLOCKS.
UM, NORTHWEST OF ME THERE IS A HIGH DENSITY MOLD MF 33, UH, THREE BLOCKS AWAY.
UM, SO THERE'S A, THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN THIS AREA AND, UH, ESPECIALLY MY PROPERTY, MY PROPERTY IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST IN THAT AREA.
UM, IT'S, UM, A LITTLE OVER A THIRD OF AN ACRE AND IT HAS MOST, IT HAS THREE UNITS THAT WERE EXISTING WHEN I PURCHASED IT.
AND THEY ARE ON ONE SIDE OF THE PROPERTY AND THERE ARE THREE ACCESS POINTS TO THE PROPERTY.
UM, THERE'S A PARKING LOT HERE, PARKING LOT HERE, AND THEN ONE HERE.
AND YOU CAN TELL THAT THERE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A HOUSE OR A PROPERTY HERE.
AND SO WHEN I BOUGHT THIS PROPERTY, I THOUGHT IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO, UM, BRING IN HIGH QUALITY HOUSING TO THIS AREA.
THE AREA IS KIND OF ON THE DECLINE AND IT'S STARTING TO COME BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
AND SO I WANTED TO CONTRIBUTE TO THAT.
UM, SO THE FIRST PART OF THAT PROCESS WAS TO RENOVATE THE EXISTING THREE UNITS ON THERE.
UM, SO I, I TRIED TO GET A, UM, A NON-CONFORMING USE PERMIT, UH, FOR MULTI-FAMILY FOR THE EXISTING THREE, UH, UNITS, BUT I WAS DENIED.
UM, AND THEY DID SUGGEST THAT I APPLY FOR REZONING TO MIXED RESIDENTIAL ZONING DISTRICT, UM, SENIOR PLANNER AND PRINCIPAL PLANNER BACK THEN.
UH, SO THAT'S WHAT I HAVE FINALLY SAVED UP FOR.
AND I'M HERE TO TRY TO DO, UM, I DON'T HAVE, YOU KNOW, NEARLY THE MEANS TO DEVELOP THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROPERTY LIKE I WOULD LIKE TO IN THE FUTURE.
UM, BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO GET, UM, THIS THIRD UNIT, UM, LEGALIZED AS A DWELLING.
I, I GUESS WHEN THEY BUILT IT, THEY, THEY, UM, PERMITTED AS STORAGE.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO GET THAT DONE.
AND THEN, UM, I KNOW THAT IN THE FUTURE I'LL HAVE TO COME UP WITH SITE PLANS AND PLATING, UH, FOR THIS SECOND PART OF THE PROPERTY, UH, I, I PROPOSE MAYBE WE COULD COMPROMISE IF, IF RMM FOUR IS NOT AGREEABLE, WE COULD DO LIKE RMM FIVE THAT WOULD GIVE ME, MY THREE UNITS WOULD BE IN COMPLIANCE AND THEN WE WOULD TAKE THE NEXT STEP, UH, WHENEVER I'M ABLE TO DO SOMETHING WITH THE OTHER HALF OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT UH, IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S PLENTY OF EXTRA USE FOR IT.
AND I, I DID SOME WALKING AROUND THE BLOCK AND I GOT, YOU KNOW, NINE PEOPLE THAT WERE APPROVED AND NOBODY DISAPPROVED AND I CONTACTED THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THEY WERE ALL FOR IT.
SO, YOU KNOW, I WANT TO IMPROVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT.
SO DO YOU COMMISSIONER CALLUM FOR QUESTIONS? NO, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, JUST A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WHAT IS THE ALTERNATE, UH, I GUESS THE ALT ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION YOU'RE HAVING FOR IT? IT'S TO DO THE BASE DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE TO PROVIDE THE, JUST THE THREE UNITS.
UM, BUT THE OTHER PART OF THIS IS THAT, UM, IT REQUIRES A PLAN AMENDMENT TO MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL FOR ANY RM DISTRICT AND THERE REALLY ISN'T ANY MEDIUM DENSITY IN THAT AREA.
SO, UM, IT WOULD BE PREFERABLE IF THEY STAYED WITHIN THE CURRENT LAND USE, WHICH IS, UH, URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND THEN JUST DID THE CONDITIONAL USE, THEN YOU'RE NOT CHANGING, UH, THE BASE DISTRICT.
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NO MORE QUESTIONS.ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSION ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER REYES, MR. CHAIR FOR THE APPLICANT YOU HAVE THREE ACCESS POINTS OR THREE DRIVEWAYS? YES SIR.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THE, UH, NEED FOR A PLAN AMENDMENT IF, UM, THE REQUESTED ZONING THE RM FOUR WERE TO BE SELECTED.
CORRECT? THIS WAS, THIS WAS HELD THE, THE PLAN, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID LOOK AT THE, UH, PROPOSAL TO CHANGE THE PLAN TO MEDIUM DENSITY.
AND WHAT WAS THE RESULT OF THAT? THE RECOMMENDATION WAS DENIAL.
SO SAY THE ZONING COMMISSION SAYS, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'RE FINE WITH THE APPLICANT'S PROPOSAL FOR RMM FOUR, BUT PLANNING COMMISSION HAS SAID, HAS DENIED THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
WHAT, WHAT HAPPENS? SO YOU COULD CERTAINLY MAKE THAT THAT RECOMMENDATION TO RMM FIVE.
THEY STILL NEED THE PLAN AMENDMENT, SO IT WOULD JUST MOVE FORWARD WITH A RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO COUNSEL.
BUT THEY WOULD OF COURSE BE AWARE THAT THEY WOULD NEED THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO BE APPROVED IF THEY SELECT THE RMM FIVE.
AND THEN THE ALTERNATIVE IS TO GO WITH, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF A CD OF, OF R FOUR CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE UNITS OR? THAT'S CORRECT.
AND, AND, AND IT WOULD REQUIRE A SITE PLAN AND HE ALREADY DOES HAVE A PRETTY GOOD FOOTPRINT THAT HE COULD, THAT HE COULD WORK ON TO PROVIDE THAT.
ALRIGHT, UH, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER KELLUM FOR A MOTION.
UH, I MAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BASED ON THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE SUPPORT AND SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
I SECOND COMMISSIONER REYES WITH A SECOND DISCUSSION.
SO WOULD THE APPLICANT BE TAKING, IS HE TAKING HIS APP AT CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE IT OR IS THAT WHAT THE PLAN IS? HE WOULD GO TAKE A SITE PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL? NO, NO, NO.
THIS IS A, HE'S OUTRIGHT SAYING THAT HE'S MAKING A MOTION TO APPROVE RMM FOUR AS IS.
OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSION ON MY LEFT? NONE.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
UM, GUESS WHAT? I WAS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION ONE WEEK.
UM, AND I WILL SAY USUALLY I WOULD STICK WITH THAT.
UM, AND, AND I DO BELIEVE THAT, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, THE, THE, THE CD IS, IS, IS, IS BETTER.
UM, BUT MY INSISTENCE ON THAT IS NOT FIRM BECAUSE YOU HAVE DONE OUTREACH AND THE, THE WOOD ON LAKE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION HAS VOICED SUPPORT FOR THE CHANGE.
SO, UM, I'M NOT REAL SURE WHAT I'M GONNA, WHAT I'M GONNA DO
ALRIGHT, SO WE HAVE MORE COMMENTS THAT HAS BROUGHT UP COMMISSIONER, UH, BUSTAMONTE YOU FIRST.
SO, YOU KNOW, I I I DO WANT THE APPLICANT TO BE VERY AWARE, UM, THAT THIS IS A STRATEGY BUT IT'S A RISKY ONE THAT THERE IS THE CHANCE THAT CITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT THIS AND SAYS, BOY PLANNING SAID NOPE, WE DON'T WANT IT, WHICH WOULD THEREFORE FORECLOSE THE RMM FOUR OR RMM FIVE.
UM, AND SO AS LONG AS YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT WHILE YOU HAVE A CLEANER PATH, SHOULD YOU TAKE THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION THAT WOULD NOT REQUIRE THIS CONFLICT WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S MY ONLY COMMENT, BUT I BE, I BELIEVE WHAT I BELIEVE WHAT
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THERE WOULD BE THAT TWO WEEK DELAY OR THREE WEEK DELAY PERHAPS.
UH, SOME OF US AREN'T GAMBLERS.
HOW ABOUT THAT? COMMISSIONER WATSON? I AM INCREDIBLY SURPRISED BASED ON PLANNING COMMISSION'S TYPICAL TRAJECTORY THAT
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THEY DID NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL ON THIS IN SPITE OF STAFF RESERVATIONS.UM, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THAT THERE WAS OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THAT THE, THE REASON THAT WE ARE REQUESTING THIS REZONING IS AS AN ALTERNATIVE RECOMMENDATION FROM A PREVIOUS PROCESS THAT IS TRYING TO BRING EXISTING STRUCTURES INTO COMPLIANCE.
SO ONE OF THE ASPECTS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IN ADDITION TO CREATING NEW HOUSING TYPES AND LOOKING AT ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS LIKE ADUS, IS THAT WE PRESERVE EXISTING HOUSING STOCK.
UM, AND THIS PROJECT AND REQUEST DOES THAT IN ADDITION TO HAVING SUPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY, UM, IT IS WITHIN AN AREA THAT HAS DIVERSE USE TYPES EVEN THOUGH THE IMMEDIATE PROPERTIES ARE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL AND ALL OF THE SINGLE FAM, WELL THE EXCEPTION OF ONE, THE MAJORITY OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THIS HAVE SUPPORTED THIS AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND IT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER LOT THAN THE OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IN THE AREA.
SO I DON'T SEE THIS AS POTENTIALLY CAUSING A TEARDROP ISSUE, UM, WHERE YOU WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING THIS BECAUSE OF THIS BEING, SETTING A PRECEDENT, WHICH OCCASIONALLY IS A CONCERN.
SO, UM, FOR ALL THOSE REASONS I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
UM, I BELIEVE THE, THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S RATIONALE WAS THAT THE LOT COULD BE SPLIT IN HALF AND THEREFORE BE FOUR AND FOUR.
I THINK THAT'S WHAT KELLY'S NODDING HER HEAD.
AND I DON'T REMEMBER HOW CLOSE THE VOTE WAS TO BE HONEST.
BUT ANYWAY, SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS SUBMITTED BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
COMMISSIONER REYES, WERE YOU THE SECOND? YES.
COMMISSIONER REYES WITH THE SECOND, UH, ROLL CALL VOTE PLEASE.
I'M GONNA THROW A WRENCH INTO IT AND VOTE AGAINST I THINK HOW, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER HOW I VOTED ON PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT I'LL VOTE.
UH, GOOD LUCK AT CITY COUNCIL.
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BELIEVE ARE UP NEXT.SO IS THERE A MOTION OR IS THERE, ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? ALRIGHT, NO ONE'S SAYING ANYTHING.
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES, MR. CHAIR TO APPROVE THE MINUTES I'VE SUBMITTED? ALRIGHT, MOTION TO APPROVE BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE SECOND.
COMMISSIONER REYES WITH A SECOND.
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DIRECTOR'S REPORT? JUST ONE TINY LITTLE THING.I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THE TWO NEW STAFF MEMBERS.
YOU HAVE MISS ALEXA SITTING UP FRONT RIGHT HERE.
AND BACK HERE WE HAVE MS. SAMANTHA BENAVIDES.
SO, AND THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW OFFICIALLY JOSEPH LAOS WAS ON BOA, BUT NOW HE'S WITH US ON ZONING, SO LEARNING A NEW SKILL,
SO VINCENT TREVINO AND HE'S A SENIOR UNDER KELLY, SO HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS WHEN SHE'S NOT AVAILABLE.
THIS IS A MUCH MORE FUN COMMISSION,
SO, AND TYPICALLY WE GET DONE BEFORE FIVE.
AND USUALLY SHORTER, WHICH IS AS SHORT AS SAY, NOT AS SHORT AS PLANNING, BUT, BUT THAT'S FINE.
ALRIGHT, SO, UH, THE TIME IS 4 55 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.
I THINK THE KEY IS HAVE, HAVE ITEMS RIGHT.