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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, UM, WE ARE HOPEFULLY COMING TO THE END OF FLU SEASON AND COVD SEASON, BUT IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE A MASK, I BELIEVE WE STILL HAVE SOME AVAILABLE OVER HERE IN THE CORNER IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE.
UH, MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER AND I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULAR 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.
GOOD AFTERNOON, MARCO BARROS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE, JOHN BUSTAMONTE, DISTRICT FIVE, VAL ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT, JOHN WHITSETT, DISTRICT 10, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
EDDIE REYES, DISTRICT FOUR, KEN HUE, DISTRICT SIX.
THE STAFF IS A QUORUM PRESENT.
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD IN THE INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.
WITH LIBERTY JUSTICE, ALL PRIOR TO COMMENCING
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OUR HEARING.I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE.
BEFORE I BEGIN, PLEASE TURN YOUR PHONES, UM, VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH 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 IN 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 THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU'RE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED WHEN YOUR THREE 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 NINE MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED IN TO SPEAK AND MUST INDICATE THAT THEY ARE YIELDING THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER.
AT THAT TIME THAT THAT SPEAKER MOVES TO THE PODIUM, THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
UH, STAFF IF WE COULD GO OVER ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS. ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR POSTPONEMENT AND WITHDRAWAL AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY ARE ITEMS NUMBER ONE, UH, LOCATED AT 1 1 1 3 0 SOUTH IH 35.
ITEM NUMBER THREE, LOCATED AT 1 33 HICKMAN STREET.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, LOCATED AT 2 0 3 DRAKE AVENUE AND ITEM NUMBER EIGHT, LOCATED AT 28 15 EAST HOUSTON STREET.
AS STATED, THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES THAT WERE READ, UM, YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AS YOU WILL.
WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THOSE ITEMS TODAY AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF ANY FUTURE ACTION OCCURS.
UH, STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER THE LIST OF THE LIST OF THE ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE HAVE ON THE COMBINED AGENDA.
NUMBER ONE, ITEMS NUMBER 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 AND 16.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OF THESE ITEMS YOU
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WISH TO PULL? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE.ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.
FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR STORAGE OUTSIDE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 7 0 7 VANCE JACKSON ROAD.
15 NOTICES WERE SENT, ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE FROM THE LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS A REQUEST IN A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OF ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 5 5 5 PASO HONDO.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE JEFFERSON HEIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO RM SIX WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT THREE 20 RIDDLE STREET.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I ONE TO C3 NA.
LOCATED AT 1 2 4 0 0 NETWORK BOULEVARD.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I TWO TO C ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
UM, WITH AN AMENDED PROPERTY BOUNDARY OF 0.057 ACRES OUT OF NEW CITY BLOCK 1 1 1 7 6 LOCATED AT 1223 MARCH AVENUE.
AND HARLANDALE MCCOLLUM NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR FOR ITEM NUMBER 14.
UH, REQUESTING A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO MF 33 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 12,000 BLOCK OF LOOP.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO OH, I'M SORRY.
NUMBER 15 IS WE'RE REMOVING THAT.
UM, ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PROFESSIONAL OFFICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THREE RECEIVED IN FAVOR? ONE OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
UM, JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, YOU SAID ITEM NUMBER 12 HAS AN AMENDED SITE BOUNDARY? IS THAT WHAT YOU SAID? CORRECT.
UM, THEY ORIGINALLY, UM, IT WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED FOR THE ENTIRE LOT, BUT THEY ARE ONLY WANTING TO, UM, CHANGE THE ZONING FOR A SMALL SECTION WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
THE MAP SHOULD SHOW, UM, HOW IT'S SET UP.
IT'S A SMALL BLOCK WITHIN THE ENTIRE PROPERTY.
SO THE, JUST TO GIVE YOU A CLARIFICATION, IT'S 1.975 ACRES WAS THE WHOLE THING THAT MOVED FORWARD, BUT THEY ARE AMENDING THAT TO ONLY INCLUDE 0.057, WHICH IS A SMALL SECTION FOR A TELECOM, UH, FOR A MONOPOLE.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THESE ITEMS? WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THESE ITEMS. NO VOICEMAILS EITHER.
UM, WITH NONE, IS THERE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER ON THIS ITEM? THESE ITEMS? MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. NUMBER SEVEN.
NUMBER 12 WITH THE AMENDED BOUNDARY AS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7 9 10, 11, 12 WITH THE AMENDED SITE BOUNDARY.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
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YES.LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE, IF YOU FOR ANY OF THOSE ITEMS, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ONTO CITY COUNCIL AND YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE REST OF THIS RECORD HIGH DAY.
UM, AND IF YOU HAVE NOT VOTED YET, GO VOTE IN THE PRIMARY.
AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONTINUANCE AGENDA.
SO WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE OR REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS TO THE MARCH 19TH, UH, 2024 MEETINGS.
ITEM NUMBER TWO AND ITEM NUMBER 15, WE DO HAVE VOICEMAILS FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAILS, PLEASE.
I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO CASE Z DASH 2 0 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 1 8 4 ERZD ON KYLE SEAL PARKWAY.
I'VE LIVED AT 1 7 0 7 1 SONOMA RIDGE SINCE 2013, AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 630-9550.
WELL, HERE WE ARE AGAIN DISCUSSING ANOTHER REZONING REQUEST ON KYLE SEAL PARKWAY.
BACK IN NOVEMBER, I WAS AT YOUR MEETING DISCUSSING MY CONCERNS FOR ANOTHER REZONING PROJECT, LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE AWAY FROM THIS ONE.
WE HAD SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS REGARDING THAT PROJECT AND HERE WE ARE WITH ANOTHER ONE THAT'S JUST GONNA AMPLIFY ANY OF THE CONCERNS OR, OR, YOU KNOW, THE ALL OF KYLE SEAL.
OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS, THERE HAVE BEEN FOUR APARTMENT COMPLEXES BUILT ALONG THIS ONE MILE STRETCH OF KYLE SEAL PARKWAY.
THESE INCLUDE VISTA COLLINA, THE VIEW, SONOMA VERDE RESERVE, SONOMA VERDE AND ABO LATA.
THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OTHER LARGE SCALE APARTMENTS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING PLANNED, WHICH I'M SURE YOUR BOARD HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THAN ME.
HOWEVER, I CAN SEE THE, THE LOTS ALREADY BEING CLEARED AND GOING UP FOR SALE.
NOTABLY, DESPITE ALL THESE APARTMENTS BEING BUILT, THERE HAVE BEEN NO UPDATES TO KYLES SEAL ROAD, THE WATER SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, OR THE INTERNET.
FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH KYLES SEAL PARKWAY, IT IS A WINDING AND SCENIC ROAD WITH TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION.
AS SUCH, THERE ARE MANY CYCLISTS WHO ENJOY THE ROAD AND UNFORTUNATELY, MANY YOUNG DRIVERS WHO USE IT AS A RACEWAY, THERE ARE MANY BLINDED TURNS THAT MAKE ENTERING AND EXITING ON KYLE FIELD.
DANGEROUS ARE ALSO LARGE SECTIONS OF THE ROAD THAT ARE NOT WELL MAINTAINED.
AND AS SUCH, ALTHOUGH IT IS A TWO-LANE ROAD, ANY OTHER DIRECTION, OFTENTIMES THERE ARE SOME SECTIONS WHERE IT JUST BECOMES ONE ROAD, ONE LANE BECAUSE ONLY ONE LANE CAN BE USED.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO TAKE A, A DRIVE UP AND DOWN IT JUST TO SEE WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I KNOW THESE DEVELOPERS WILL SAY THAT TRAFFIC STUDIES HAVE BEEN DONE.
HOWEVER, I'M CONCERNED THAT ANY TRAFFIC STUDY IS NOT TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE, UH, THE CURRENT, UH, APARTMENTS THAT ARE BEING BUILT AND THE ONES THAT ARE BUILT THAT ARE ONLY AT MAYBE HALF CAPACITY.
KYLE FIELD IS ALSO MAINTAINED PARTIALLY BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AND PARTIALLY BY BEXAR COUNTY.
BUT PULLING ANY DATA ABOUT ANY ACCIDENTS NEEDS TO CONSIDER THAT THESE DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS MAY HAVE RESPONDED.
AND SO YOU CAN'T JUST PULL DATA FROM ONE.
THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT ALSO APPEARS TO BE IN THE EDWARDS AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
I HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IMPACT THIS MAY HAVE ON THE ECOSYSTEM AND OUR OVERALL WATER SUPPLY FOR ALL OF SAN ANTONIO, ALL OF SOUTH.
UH, OVERALL, I UNDERSTAND THAT GROWTH NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
I HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIVE ON CREW ROAD AND THEY HAVE COMMENTED THAT THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED IN SEVERAL YEARS BACK.
ALL I ASK IS THAT THE, I KNOW GROWTH NEEDS TO HAPPEN.
ALL I ASK IS THAT LET'S SPREAD IT OUT.
UH, I LIVE AT 86 18 EL PUEBLO PEAK.
UH, I'M NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS, BUT I AM A HALF A MO HALF THE STREET AWAY.
AND EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL VOTE ON AFFECTS ME IN MY AREA.
THIS IS CASE NUMBER Z AS IN ZEBRA, 2 0 2 3 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 8 4.
E AS IN EDWARD, R AS IN ROBERT, Z AS IN ZEBRA, D AS IN DAVE.
BUT, UM, I'M CALLING BECAUSE, UM, I OBVIOUSLY DO NOT WANT, UH, ANOTHER, UH, MULTIFAMILY, UH, RESIDENCE.
I'M AFRAID THAT IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR, UM, EDWARDS, UH, AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
THERE'S BEEN PLENTY OF OF BUILDINGS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT RECENTLY.
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RIGHT, RIGHT ON THE EDGE OF KYLE SEAL PARKWAY, AND THEY JUST GO STRAIGHT DOWN AND THEY PUT TONS AND TONS AND TONS OF FILL TO MAKE THIS A FLAT SURFACE.AND I'M SURE THIS NEW COMPANY'S GONNA HAVE TO DO THE SAME THING.
ALSO, THE DEVELOPER, UH, HAS A POSITIVE MONETARY GAIN.
HOWEVER, THOSE OF US, YOU KNOW, THIS ISN'T LEGAL.
IT'S UNFAIR TO THE REST OF US TAXPAYERS WHO MAY HAVE TO PAY THE PRICE OF LONG TERM AND ENDLESS TAXATION FOR POSSIBLE CPS AND SAW INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, NEW SCHOOLS, STREET REPAIRS, TRAFFIC, STREET LIGHTING, NEW POLICE OFFICERS, MAYBE A NEW CITY FIRE STATION, ON AND ON.
THAT'S NOT WHY WE MOVED OUT HERE.
SO I APPRECIATE EVERYTHING THAT Y'ALL DO.
UM, COMPLEX BUILT, UH, UH, IT, I FEEL LIKE IT'S ANOTHER THREAT TO OUR AQUIFER, UH, AND WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING A, UM, INVESTIGATION, UH, TO SEE IF THIS IS GONNA BE HARMFUL TO OUR AQUIFER.
AND I CAN'T FIND AN AQUIFER
UM, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS ALSO, UM, ALLOWING, TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF OUR AQUIFER IN TIMES OF MORE AND MORE PEOPLE.
WE'RE LOSING THE AQUIFER GROUND.
I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WE'VE LOST SOME ALREADY BECAUSE OF THE OTHER BUILDINGS THAT WERE BUILT.
SO WE NEED TO KEEP OUR HILL COUNTRY BEAUTIFUL, SUPPORT THE WILDLIFE WHO WERE HERE FIRST.
THIS IS WHY WE MOVED OUT TO THE COUNTRY AND WE WOULD APPRECIATE IT KIND OF STAYING THAT WAY AND NOT BEING BUILT UP LIKE THE CITY, ESPECIALLY AT THE BURDEN FINANCIAL BEING ON RESIDENTS, UH, WHO PAY TAXES, UH, AND OWN PROPERTY.
UH, APPRECIATE ALL THAT Y'ALL DO.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE TWO TEN EIGHT FOUR SIX SEVEN FIVE FOUR ONE.
UM, DON'T WANT THE, THE NEW BUILDING, UH, WORRIED ABOUT THE AQUIFER.
UM, AND WOULD APPRECIATE Y'ALL DOING, UH, MULTIPLE STUDIES TO MAKE SURE FROM DIFFERENT COMPANIES, AGENCIES TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, IT'S IS NOT HARMING BECAUSE I HAVE A FEELING THE OTHER ONES DID.
HEY, CRISFIELD, MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 818-2604.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 7 0 7 1 SONOMA RIDGE.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE SINCE, UH, 2013.
UM, I LIVE ON KYLE SEAL BOULEVARD.
UH, THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER D 20 23, 1 0 7 0 0 1 8 4 ERZD.
AND I WANTED TO BRING UP MY CONCERNS ON THIS BUILD ON THIS REZONING FOR MULTIFAMILY.
UM, SOME OF MY CONCERNS ARE THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY DONE, ESPECIALLY WITH THE COMPLETED WITH THE LAND BEING OVER THE EDWARD AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
UM, I'D ALSO BE INTERESTED IN KNOWING THE IMPACT ON THE WATER SUPPLY FROM SAWS VIA THE SINGLE 12 INCH PIPES FLYING WATER TO THIS ENTIRE REGION, WHICH WE'RE ALWAYS LOSING PRESSURE WITH EVERY NEW APARTMENT BUILD, UM, THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN THIS AREA.
WE ALSO LOST COMPLETE PRESSURE AND WE'RE OUT OF WATER FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE DAYS DURING THE FREEZE OF, UH, FEBRUARY TWO YEARS AGO, MAYBE THREE YEARS AGO, UH, DUE TO BEING ON THIS HILL.
SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? IF WE'RE ADDING EVEN MORE RESIDENTS TO THE ZONE, WHAT IS SAS GONNA DO ABOUT IT? WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED TRAFFIC, NOT ONLY DOING DUE TO THE RESIDENTS CARS, BUT ALSO ALL OF THE ADDITIONAL CARS TO SUPPORT THOSE RESIDENTS.
UM, THERE IS ROAD SAFETY ISSUES SUCH AS SPEEDING ISSUES, ROAD QUALITY POTHOLES, UNEVEN PAVEMENT, LACK OF SIDEWALKS, BLIND TURNS AND LIMITED VISIBILITY TO TURN, EXIT THE SUBDIVISION.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE A CONCERN ON THE LOCAL RESOURCES SUCH AS SCHOOLS, THE BUSES, FIRE DEPARTMENTS, AND POLICE.
I ALSO HAVE CONCERN ON THE LIGHT POLLUTION FOR THESE NEW BUILDS.
EVEN THOUGH WE ARE IN A DARK SKY MILITARY LIGHTING REGION, IT IS NEVER ENFORCED, WAS EVIDENCED BY THE CEDAR CREEK GOLF COURSE, CLUBHOUSE LIGHTS AND THE NEW ENTRY LIGHTS ON THE NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN VISTA KALINA APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT ARE, UM, OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND STILL REMAIN ON EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE FOUR BRAND NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES THAT HAVE EVEN YET TO BE OCCUPIED THAT WILL ALREADY CONTRIBUTE TO EVERYTHING I'VE ALREADY MENTIONED.
UH, PLUS THERE'S ALREADY A CASE THAT YOU JUST REVIEWED, REVIEWED BACK IN NOVEMBER THAT'S BEING PLANNED FOR THIS AREA RIGHT ACROSS FROM MY, UH, SUBDIVISION.
UM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THAT ONE EITHER.
UM, SO DURING THESE BUILD THERE'S BEEN NO UPDATES TO THE ROAD WATER SYSTEM, ELECTRICITY OR INTERNET.
UM, ALSO LIKE TO UNDERSTAND IF
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THERE'S ANY PLANS TO MAYBE PUT A PARK IN THIS REGION INSTEAD OF PUTTING MORE HOMES.UM, THERE'S SOME GREAT TRAILS, UH, PUTTING IN A PARK IN THIS REGION INSTEAD.
AND REALLY JUST WANTED TO SAY THIS SELECTION YEAR, STEVEN JONES.
UH, 4 0 4 4 0 1 6 7 2 1 1 7 1 5 6 TURIN RIDGE, UH, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 5 5 SONOMA MESA.
I'VE LIVED HERE ALMOST SIX YEARS.
UH, THE CASE NUMBER OR MENTIONED THE CASE NUMBER IS, UH, Z AS IN ZEBRA, 2023 DASH 1 0 7 0 1 8 4.
E AS IN ECHO, R AS IN RALLY, Z AS IN ZEBRA, D AS IN DYNAMITE.
UH, JUST WANNA LEAVE A MESSAGE, UH, ABOUT, UH, THE, UH, POSSIBILITY OF REUSE OF LAND NEAR ME, NEAR OUR, OUR PLACE.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE FOR AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STUDY, UH, SINCE THIS IS OVER THE AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
UH, WHAT ABOUT THE IMPACT TO THE WATER SUPPLY? I KNOW SAW IS TALKING ABOUT OVERUSE OF WATER.
UM, TRAFFIC TRAFFIC'S A BIG ONE.
WE ALREADY HAVE EXCESSIVE TRAFFIC.
HOW IS THIS GONNA IMPACT, UH, OF COURSE, ROAD SAFETY? UM, IT IS INCLUDED IN THAT, UH, SUCH AS.
AND THEN THINGS LIKE LOCAL RESOURCES, HOW GONNA IMPACT POOL, BUSES, FIRE DEPARTMENT, UM, THEN THE LIGHT POLLUTION.
UH, I KNOW IN THE HILL CENTER WE TRY TO KEEP THAT TO A MINIMUM.
AND THEN CERTAINLY, UH, WE'VE HAD FOUR NEW APARTMENT COMPLEXES BUILT JUST IN THE LAST TWO YEARS.
UH, THOSE PLUS THE OPPORTUNITY WE HAVE, UM, AROUND THE TRAILS HERE.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE A, A PARK, UH, SOME SORT OF, UM, PLACE WHERE FAMILIES AND PEOPLE COULD, COULD, YOU KNOW, HAVE A PICNIC LUNCH OR GO ON THE DIFFERENT VARIOUS TRAILS AS OPPOSED TO MAKING THIS MORE, UH, APARTMENT OR CONDO TYPE LIVING.
THIS
CALLING REGARDING THE CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 0 1 8 4 ERZD.
UM, WE ARE CONTINUALLY GET SURPRISED WITH THE AMOUNT OF REZONING THAT'S HAPPENING, UH, ALREADY FOUR, PROBABLY FOUR TO FIVE HAVE BEEN, UH, OF THE, UH, LANDS.
THERE HAS BEEN REZONED FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO MULTI-FAMILY AND HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN SPITE OF OPPOSITION.
AND THIS TIME I WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THIS IS CLOSE TO, OR IN FACT IN THE, IN THE EDWARDS EQU FIRE RECHARGE ZONE, UH, THIS, UM, THIS LATEST REZONING.
I MEAN, HOW MANY, HOW MANY APARTMENTS DO YOU NEED? ALL IN ONE PLACE ALREADY.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SHOCKING THIS TIME ON EDWARDS AQUIFER, I WOULD THINK WE WOULD BE EXTREMELY CAUTIOUS.
UM, EVEN IF, I MEAN, WE WOULD ZONING SHOULDN'T EVEN ALLOW, UH, CHANGES ANYTHING CLOSE TO OUR WATERS, UH, SUPPLY.
I MEAN, YEAH, THIS, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST SURPRISING WITH, WITH WHAT ISSUES WE HAVE THAT BESIDES ALL, BESIDES THE TRAFFIC ISSUES, WE WILL HAVE THE SCHOOLS.
UM, AND THAT, AND THAT ROAD THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO ALREADY HAVE BEEN.
UM, AND WITH THE MULTIPLE REZONING APPROVED, UH, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, IT'S JUST, JUST, YOU JUST KEEP ADDING, YOU JUST ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE.
IT'S JUST A MATTER OF, UM, ANYHOW, UH, COMPLETELY AGAINST THIS.
UH, I'M SHOCKED THAT THIS WOULD JUST PASS THROUGH EVEN THE CITY.
UM, REGARDLESS OF KNOW WE ARE, WE ARE, WE'RE TOUCHING, GETTING CLOSE TO OUR WATER SUPPLY.
IT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST BIZARRE.
THAT'S ALL THE PUBLIC COMMENT WE HAVE.
UM, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER ON THOSE, ON THESE TWO ITEMS? MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS NUMBER TWO AND NUMBER 15 TO THE MARCH 19TH HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO, UH, CONTINUE ITEMS TWO AND 15 TO THE MARCH 19TH
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MEETING.UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARROS DISCUSSION, LOOKING LEFT, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
UM, ITEMS PASSED FOR CONTINUANCE TWO WEEKS.
IF WE COULD NOW MOVE ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING.
I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS UP.
FIRST, IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
VINCENT TREO, SENIOR PLANNER, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM FOUR IS LOCATED AT 55 0 6 WALHAM ROAD, GOING FROM C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO C TWO PS COMMERCIAL PEDESTRIAN WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A CAR WASH WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 11 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR INSIDE OF 200 FEET, THREE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET, EIGHT OPPOSED ALL OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
AND CAMELOT NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN THE CAMELOT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY PARAMETER PLAN AND IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS LOW DENSITY MIXED USE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE COMPONENT OF THE PLAN.
THE REQUESTED C TWO P BASED ZONING DISTRICT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
STATS DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NAME LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA AND THE EXISTING C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C TWO PS COMMERCIAL PEDESTRIAN DISTRICT WITH A SPECIFIC USE FOR AUTHORIZATION FOR CALL WASH IS ALSO APPROPRIATE AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SURROUNDED BY COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS.
THEREFORE, THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE BUDDING USES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
MY NAME'S RUSSELL NELSON WITH LONE STAR BUILDERS.
UM, VINCENT, THANK YOU FOR THAT, UM, SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT.
UH, I WAS HERE TWO WEEKS AGO AND THIS WAS CONTINUED, SO I JUST WANTED TO, UH, SPEND A MINUTE TO REALLY ADDRESS THE, THE CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN BROUGHT UP.
UH, I KNOW THAT'S IMPORTANT TO YOU ESPECIALLY.
UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE ONE OF THE FASTEST GROWING CAR WASHES IN THE COUNTRY AND WE DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY.
UH, THE CONCERNS THAT COME UP AROUND US, WE DON'T TRY TO AVOID 'EM.
IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO US.
UH, SINCE THE LAST MEETING, UH, I WAS SENT THE LETTERS OF OPPOSITION, SO I, I NOW KNOW WHAT THE CONCERNS ARE.
UM, I'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING CLOSELY, UH, WITH THE, UH, CAMELOT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
UH, WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT, EMAILING AND EVEN EVEN TEXTING, UM, TRYING TO REALLY MAKE SURE THAT ALL QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND, AND CONCERN OF THE LETTERS, UH, THAT I SAW THAT WERE SENT TO ME, UH, THAT WERE REALLY FIVE CONCERNS.
AND I WANTED TO JUST TOUCH ON THOSE REALLY QUICKLY BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE IMPORTANT.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, UM, SEVERAL OF THEM MENTIONED TOO MANY CAR WASHES.
UM, SO WE, WE ANALYZE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF SITES AND ONE OF OUR MAIN, UM, CRITERIA FOR, UH, A SITE IS THE POPULATION, AVERAGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PER CAR WASH WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS.
AND 15,000 PEOPLE PER CAR WASH IS, IS GOOD.
UH, THIS ONE HAS ABOUT 50% MORE THAN THAT, IT'S 20.
WITH, EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF THIS CAR WASH, IT WOULD BE 22,600 PEOPLE PER CAR WASH.
SO FOR US IT'S, THIS IS A RELATIVELY VERY LOW DENSELY CAR WASH DENSE AREA.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, HONESTLY, I THINK COMPETITION'S GOOD.
UM, AND THAT'S COMING FROM ME AND THAT JUST MEANS MORE WORK FOR US.
BUT I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR THE CITY.
AND, UH, AND THE, AND THE NEIGHBORS AND THE, AND THE CUSTOMERS THAT COME, THE CAR WASH DOWN THE STREET, IF WE COME IN, THEY, THEY CAN'T HAVE A DIRTY SITE, AN UNMAINTAINED SITE.
THEY CAN'T PROVIDE A POOR SERVICE.
AS THE NEWCOMER, WE HAVE TO HAVE THE BEST SERVICE, THE BEST QUALITY, THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SITE AT THE, THE BEST PRICE.
AND I, SO I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN AND, AND WE'RE CONFIDENT WE CAN COME IN AND PROVIDE A, A BEAUTIFUL AND, AND GREAT EXPERIENCE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE I WANTED TO TOUCH ON WAS TRAFFIC.
UM, THIS, THIS ONE I LOVE TALKING ABOUT BECAUSE THIS MEANS THAT PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED.
THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE CAR WASH, WHICH WE, WE AGREE.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE FROM THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE GONNA, THEY'RE GONNA COME TO THIS CAR WASH.
UM, BUT THIS SITE IS ABOUT TWICE THE SIZE OF OUR AVERAGE SITE.
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ALL OF OUR SITES TO COMPLETELY CONTAIN ALL OF OUR OWN TRAFFIC.WE, AND THAT'S THE STACKING, THAT'S THE NUMBER OF VACUUM STALLS WE HAVE.
THIS ONE, WE HAVE ABOUT TWO TO THREE TIMES AS MUCH STACKING ABOUT DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF VACUUM STALLS.
UM, THE DRIVEWAYS ARE LONGER THE ENTRANCE AND EXITS TO THE TUNNEL OR LONGER.
WE WILL CONTAIN, CONTAIN EVERYTHING, UM, ON THIS SITE.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, ACCESS IS, I TOUCHED ON THIS A LITTLE BIT TWO WEEKS AGO, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS ACCESS ON WALLUM IS VERY CLOSE TO THIS ACCESS.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S, THAT'S NOT IDEAL.
IT'S ALSO ON A, ON THE ROAD, THE SIZE OF WALLS, THEM, THAT'S PRETTY CLOSE TO THE INTERSECTION.
WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THAT ACCESS DOWN.
THAT'S GONNA IMPROVE SAFETY TREMENDOUSLY.
THERE'S ALSO TWO ACCESSES ON MID CROWN.
UH, WE'RE CLOSING DOWN THIS, THIS LOWER ONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S IDEAL TO HAVE ACCESSES LINE UP WITH ACCESSES ACROSS THE STREET.
IT REDUCES CONFLICTS WITH, WITH, UH, OTHER NEIGHBORING BUSINESSES.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA JUST REMOVE THIS ACCESS, THIS REMAINING ACCESS LINES UP WITH THIS ACCESS ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS, WHICH IS GREAT.
AND THEN WE HAVE THIS, THIS ACCESS DOWN HERE, WHICH IS JUST EXIT ONLY.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE MAKING THIS AN ACTUAL, ACTUALLY A SAFER SITE THAN, THAN WHAT'S EVEN REQUIRED.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE TAKING IT DOWN FROM FOUR ACCESSES TO REALLY ONE AND A HALF.
UM, SO THAT, SO THAT'LL INCREASE SAFETY A LOT.
ANOTHER CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP WAS WITH SCHOOL KIDS.
I KNOW WALHAM IS THE, IS THE BOUNDARY FOR THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, BUT I THINK MAYBE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL IS THE ENTIRE AREA.
BUT OUR, OUR BUSY TIMES ARE AFTER FIVE O'CLOCK ON THE WEEKDAYS, THAT'S WHEN MOST PEOPLE COME WASH THEIR CAR AND SATURDAYS.
AND SO IT REALLY DOESN'T COINCIDE WITH WHEN KIDS WOULD BE WALKING TO AND FROM SCHOOL.
UM, THE, UM, THE NEXT ISSUE IS CRIME AND VAGRANT.
UM, REALLY THE BEST YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A VACANT SITE.
THE BEST WAY TO ADDRESS THAT IS TO DEVELOP IT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, WE, WE HAVE EMPLOYEES ON SITE AT ALL TIMES DURING OPERATING HOURS.
THIS ISN'T A SELF-SERVE CAR WASH.
UM, THIS WILL BE BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED, WELL MAINTAINED.
WE KNOW IT'S GOTTA BE A A, A CLASS, A PROJECT, UH, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS.
AND WITH THAT IT REDUCES, UH, CRIME AND, AND VAGRANT ACTIVITY.
WE ALSO, WE, WE LOCK DOWN THE TUNNEL.
WE SECURE THE BUILDING EVERY NIGHT.
WE, WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME OF OUR LIGHTING TURNS OFF AT NIGHT, BUT WE HAVE SECURITY LIGHTING THAT STAYS ON 24 7.
WE ALSO HAVE CAMERAS, UH, THAT ARE ON SITE.
SO I THINK DEVELOPING THIS SITE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A LOT OF THESE AND WE HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE AND THAT WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE, THE CRIME IN THIS AREA.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST TWO HERE ARE QUICK.
UM, ONE WAS REMODELING THIS TO THE EXTENT THAT IT WOULD ELIMINATE FUTURE USES.
UM, I DON'T SAY I DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT VERY WELL.
WE GO IN AND COMPLETELY DEMO BUILDINGS ALL THE TIME AND BUILD A CAR WASH.
UM, BUT THIS IS NOT A QUICK FLIP TO US.
WE'RE, WE'RE NOT JUST GONNA BUILD THIS AND THEN MOVE ON.
UM, WE ARE, WE ARE PROVEN TO BE VERY SUCCESSFUL.
WE PLAN TO HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS HERE AND PLAN TO BE HERE A LONG TIME.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T PLAN ON THIS BEING A VACANT LOT ANYTIME SOON.
UM, AND THEN THE LAST CONCERN THAT WAS BROUGHT UP, UH, WAS WATER RESTRICTIONS WE'RE IN A STAGE THREE WATER RESTRICTION.
I ACTUALLY CALLED THE BAYER COUNTY WATER CONTROL AND IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT TO CONFIRM THIS.
AND THEY SAID, WE'RE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO COMING OUT OF THAT AND GRADUATING TO STAGE STAGE TWO.
AND SO I LOOKED AT THE REQUIREMENTS AND I TALKED TO THE, THE GAL ON THE PHONE.
UM, STAGE THREE WATER RESTRICTIONS, UM, PROHIBIT WASHING YOUR CAR EXCEPT AT A COMMERCIAL FACILITY THAT RECYCLES YOUR WATER.
AND QUICK QUACK CAME FROM VERY DROUGHT SENSITIVE AREAS.
WE'RE IN THE SOUTHERN ARID PORTIONS OF UTAH.
WE'RE ALL OVER THE, THE VALLEY, THE PHOENIX, ARIZONA VALLEY.
UM, WE'RE, WE'RE ALL OVER CALIFORNIA, THE SACRAMENTO, SO THEY'VE KIND OF BEEN ON THE FOREFRONT OF WATER CONSERVATION.
AND WE RECLAIM MOST OF OUR WATER.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY GONNA BE A GREAT SERVICE TO, TO THE PEOPLE THERE WHO SHOULDN'T BE WASHING THEIR CAR IN THEIR DRIVEWAY THAT USES MORE THAN A HUNDRED GALLONS PER CAR.
WE USE A LITTLE MORE THAN A SHOWER.
SO, UM, THOSE WERE THE CONCERNS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP.
ONE, ONE LAST THING I DID WANT TO, TO MENTION, WE ARE PART OF THE CAMELOT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, UM, IN 2004, THE PLAN, UM, AT LEAST THAT'S, THAT'S THE VERSION I SAW.
AND, AND IN THE, IN THE FIRST COUPLE PAGES, IT KIND OF SUMMARIZES THE PURPOSE OF THE PLAN AND, AND, AND WHY IT'S IMPORTANT AND SOME OF THE KEY ASPECTS.
I WANNA PULL OUT ONE SENTENCE OF THAT.
IT SAYS, DUE TO THE NUMBER OF VACANT AND DECLINING BUSINESSES IN AND AROUND CAMELOT ONE PLAN BOUNDARY, AN ASSESSMENT OF COMMERCIAL INCENTIVE OPTIONS IS RECOMMENDED TO ASSIST IN REVITALIZATION.
IN 2010, THE PLAN WAS UPDATED AGAIN, IN THE SUMMARY PAGES IN THE BEGINNING, IT, IT PULLS OUT, COMMERCIAL USES HAVE MODERATELY DECREASED, THUS INCREASING THE AMOUNT OF VACANT LOTS, PARTICULARLY ALONG WALLS AND ROAD.
THIS AREA HAS BEEN WANTING REVITALIZATION AND, AND WE'RE HERE NOW READY
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TO GO IN AND TAKE ON THIS VACANT BUILDING AND MAKE IT A, A NICE, UM, YOU KNOW, A NICE NEW CAR WASH.AND IN THE END OF THE DAY, WE JUST WANNA CLEAN CARS.
WE BUILD WHERE WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LOT OF BUSINESS, A LOT OF SUPPORT.
AND THOSE PEOPLE ARE RIGHT THERE IN THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'RE GONNA BE VERY BUSY AND IT'S PEOPLE THAT LIVE RIGHT THERE WHO ARE IN SUPPORT OF THE CAR WASH.
SO I WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER APPROVING THIS CASE.
THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR OH, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE DO.
IF YOU WOULD GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AGAIN ONCE YOU GET TO PODIUM.
UH, LADIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD.
I LIVE AT 52 10 PRINCE VAL IN THE CAMELOT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I'VE LIVED THERE THE LAST 23 YEARS IN A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOME WITH MY WIFE AND FOUR CHILDREN.
WELL EMPTY NESTERS NOW MOSTLY.
UH, SO MY COMMENTS WILL ECHO MR. NELSON'S LARGELY, BUT I'VE DEVELOPED THEM INDEPENDENT, EXCUSE ME, INDEPENDENTLY.
SO BEING ON NEXTDOOR.COM AND TALKING TO MY NEIGHBORS, TALKING TO TO MY FRIENDS, I'VE NOT SEEN ANY OTHER CONCERNS IN THE FOUR OR THE FIVE THAT HE MENTIONED.
NUMBER ONE, TOO MANY CAR WASHES.
WELL THAT'S, I I DO NOT THINK THAT'S A, THAT'S A VALID REASON.
AND I DO THINK THE COMPETITION WILL IMPROVE SERVICE AND PRICING TO CUSTOMERS.
I THINK THEY WILL ALSO COMPETE WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THEIR CAR WASHES, WHICH WILL BENEFIT THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCREASE IN TRAFFIC.
SO, UM, THE CAMELO ONE AREA, NEIGHBORHOOD AND SOUTH OF WALDEN ROAD AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEX IS VERY DENSE, DENSELY POPULATED, MUCH MORE SO THAN WINDCREST.
AND THE TWO CAR WASHES IN WINDCREST LOCATED TO THE WEST OF US AND TO THE EAST OF US.
I THINK MOST OF THEIR BUSINESS COMES FROM SOUTH OF WALDEN ROAD.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD, EAST VILLAGE PARK VILLAGE, AND THE APARTMENT COMPLEXES.
SO THIS IS TRAFFIC THAT IS ALREADY DRIVING NORTH.
CAN YOU ANSWER YOUR POINTER? OH, THERE'S A LASER POINT.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE TRAFFIC COMING UP HERE AND THEN TURNING RIGHT TO GO TO THE CAR WASH IN WINDCREST.
AND THEN OVER HERE, UH, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE WEST IS RAYON.
SO WE ALSO HAVE TRAFFIC COMING UP FOR AVON.
SO THAT TRAFFIC IS ALREADY EXISTENT AND THEY'RE GOING TO THOSE DESTINATION CAR WASHES.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL WILL KEEP, UH, TAX REVENUE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO AS THE OTHER TWO DESTINATION CAR WASHES ALREADY IN WINDCREST.
SO I'M IN FAVOR OF THAT REGARDING THE MIDDLE SCHOOLERS.
SO ED WHITE MIDDLE SCHOOL IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF MID CROWN.
SO IF THESE KIDS HAVE TO CROSS FOUR LANES OF TRAFFIC ON WALLSON ROAD DOING 40 MILES AN HOUR, I DON'T THINK TWO DRIVEWAYS ON THE OTHER SIDE WILL HAVE ANY IMPACT WHATSOEVER.
I THINK MR. NELSON ADDRESSED THAT PRETTY WELL.
THIS IS A, EXCUSE ME, THIS IS ALREADY A VACANT BUILDING, SO WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON THERE.
I DO KNOW THE AREA PRETTY WELL HAVING LIVED THERE.
I THREW PAPERS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE SEVENTIES, EARLY SEVENTIES, THE EXPRESS NEWS, UM, AT 4:00 AM AND IT WAS PRETTY QUIET, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF MORE SECLUDED AREAS BACK HERE WHERE, YOU KNOW, ANY ILLICIT ACTIVITY CAN TAKE PLACE AND A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AWAY FROM, FROM, UH, POLICE EYES.
UH, LASTLY, THE ORIGINAL BUILDING WILL BE KEPT AND I THINK THAT'S A GOOD ENVIRONMENTAL OPTION AND SO I'M VERY PLEASED TO BE IN SUPPORT OF IT.
UM, WAS THAT THE EXTENT OF OUR PUBLIC COMMENT? CORRECT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE A SHORT REBUTTAL OR NO.
UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, DO YOU WITH QUESTIONS? MR. NOGGLE, COULD YOU PLEASE COME BACK UP? SORRY I DIDN'T, UH, HAVE A CHANCE TO KEEP YOU UP HERE BEFORE YOU WENT AND SAT BACK DOWN.
UM, COULD YOU PLEASE SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, YOUR, YOUR PROCESS IN CAMELOT? ONE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AS A WHOLE REVIEWING ZONING CASES? RIGHT.
SO I AM THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE CAMELOT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT I'M SPEAKING FOR MYSELF.
WE DID, UH, THE CURRENT BOARD, UM, HAS ASKED YEARS AGO TO BE RELEASED FROM THEIR DUTIES SO THAT THEY COULD ATTEND TO THEIR FAMILIES SO THEY COULD TRAVEL.
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SO, UM, WE HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FEEL THE NEW BOARD.SO THE CURRENT BOARD DECLINED TO VOTE ON THIS.
THEY SAID LET'S JUST ALLOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO SPEAK.
SO WE DO HAVE SOME INTEREST IN THE BOARD FROM MORE MEMBERS.
AND, UM, I JUST ASKED THEM TO, I SENT THEM ALL THE INFORMATION I HAD AND THEN I ASKED THEM TO MAKE THEIR DECISION AND THEN EMAIL MR. TREVINO.
SO THAT IS THE EXTENT OF MY INVOLVEMENT.
BUT I, I HAVE BEEN INTERIM PRESIDENT SINCE OCTOBER WHEN OUR FORMER PRESIDENT PASSED AWAY.
I WAS ALSO PRESIDENT FROM 2014 TO APPROXIMATELY 2018.
UM, AND CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT WHETHER OR NOT A MEETING WAS HELD WITH COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE THAT WAS PUBLICLY NOTICED? YES.
WE HAD A, WE HAD A, UH, WE MASS MAIL THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD OF ALL 848 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
UH, MR. DEL BROOKS FROM DISTRICT TWO STAFF WAS THERE AND HE HEARD COMMENTS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ANY QUESTIONS? NONE COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS EITHER.
SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR A MOTION.
UM, I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THIS IS FOR CAR WASHES.
PROBABLY GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BEST DESIGNED ONES.
UM, I APPRECIATE THE VERY ROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS THAT MR. NOGGLE IN A DIFFICULT POSITION AS WELL AS MR. NELSON HAVE DONE.
I APPRECIATE THE THOUGHTFULNESS ABOUT THE TRAFFIC FLOW AND PATTERN.
UM, ULTIMATELY ON THE END OF THE DAY, WE DID HAVE, UH, FROM THOSE COMMUNITY PROCESSES HAVE CONTINUED TO HEAR MOSTLY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE AND DO HAVE MORE LETTERS IN OPPOSITION THAN IN SUPPORT THAT HAVE COME IN.
UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, IN THE CAMELOT ONE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AS WELL AS MOST NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS, UM, AND, AND AREA REGIONAL PLANS IN OUR DISTRICT, UM, THERE IS AN OVERWHELMING DESIRE FOR, UM, ACTIVITIES THAT DO REVITALIZE CORRIDORS.
UM, AND THAT DO PROVIDE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL, UM, THAT DO MAKE DISTRICT TWO A PLACE TO GO TO, NOT A PLACE TO PASS THROUGH.
AND SO OVERWHELMINGLY, UM, WE HEAR FROM COMMUNITY THAT THIS TYPE OF USE IS NOT ONE THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
UM, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY THREE TO FOUR CAR WASHES IN A NEARBY AREA.
AND WHILE UH, THE MARKET RESEARCH THAT MR. NELSON SHARED DOES SHOW THAT IT'S PROBABLY A SUSTAINABLE, VIABLE BUSINESS, THERE IS CONCERN ABOUT THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PATTERN LONG TERM AND WHAT OTHER KINDS OF DEVELOPMENT IT'LL PRIORITIZE AND, AND PROMOTE, UM, FROM NEIGHBORS.
AND THAT'S THE BIGGEST REASON PEOPLE HAVE OPPOSED IT.
SO, UH, DUE TO THAT OPPOSITION, I CAN'T SUPPORT IT.
I KNOW THE COUNCILMAN HAS CONCERNS ABOUT THIS STILL, UM, IN SPITE OF THE VERY OUTSTANDING EFFORT YOU'VE PUT INTO TO, I'M SORRY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, UM, AND THE OVERALL MERITS OF THE PLAN ON ITS OWN, IT'S JUST A USE THAT, UH, DISTRICT TWO DOESN'T WANNA SEE.
SO, UM, THAT'LL BE MAKING A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
UM, I REALIZE I MAY NOT HAVE SUPPORT, BUT, UH, THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE WE STAND, SO.
UM, I HAVE A ACTUAL CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF AS CHAIR.
CAN I MAKE SECONDS OR IS IT OH, SO I CAN YES SIR, YOU CAN.
WELL, LET ME ASK, IS THERE A SECOND? IF NOT, I WILL SECOND THE MOTION.
UH, DISCUSSION COMMISSION ON MY LEFT.
YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND, UH, NEIGHBOR'S CONCERNS WRIT LARGE.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I WILL BE OPPOSING THE MOTION IS BECAUSE TOO OFTEN, AND ODDLY ENOUGH, WE SEE THIS FREQUENTLY WITH CVS STORES.
WE SEE ABANDONED STOREFRONTS IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND THOSE ABANDONED STOREFRONTS BECOME HAVENS FOR ANY NUMBER OF ACTIVITIES THAT WE DO NOT WANT TO OCCUR IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AMONGST OUR NEIGHBORS.
UM, AND IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THE WORK FOR OUTREACH, GIVEN SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED, GIVEN THE PRESENCE OF THE INTERIM PRESIDENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I THINK I HAVE TO CONSIDER WHAT IS BEFORE US IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
AND FOR THAT REASON, I WILL BE OPPOSING THIS MOTION.
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ALL RIGHT.ANY OTHERS? ON MY LEFT? ON MY RIGHT.
UM, I WILL LET YOU KNOW WHY I SECONDED THE MOTION.
AND I, I, I, I AGREE THERE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVE OUTREACH MUCH MORE THAN WE'VE SEEN WITH OTHER PROJECTS.
UM, AND, UH, THE CONCERN THAT I HAD WAS BASED ON ONE OF THE LETTERS WE RECEIVED FROM A RESIDENT WHERE THE RESIDENT STATED THAT, UH, A VACANT CVS CAN BECOME A MULTITUDE OF DIFFERENT, UM, STORES.
OR, OR, OR, AND ONCE THIS TURNS INTO A CAR WASH, IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS GONNA BE A CAR WASH.
AND IF IT GOES VACANT, WELL THEN YOU HAVE A VACANT CAR WASH.
AND I THINK OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THIS NEW FIRM CAME IN, STARTED BUILDING A BUNCH OF CAR WASHES, BUILT A CAR WASH IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THEN LEFT.
AND THAT THING HAS BEEN VACANT FOR OVER A YEAR.
WE'VE HAD MUCH WORSE ISSUES WHERE THEY'VE NOW HAD TO FENCE COMPLETELY AROUND.
AND THE PROBLEM IS, IS IT'S VERY HARD TO TURN THAT INTO SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, AND SO BASICALLY THAT ONE LETTER FROM, FROM A, UH, UH, A NEIGHBOR ACTUALLY, UH, IMPACTED MY, MY DECISION MAKING.
SO WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL, MOTION MADE BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA? NO.
UM, I WON'T SAY THAT THAT WAS A SURPRISE, UM, BUT THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR ANOTHER MOTION TO RECONSIDER TO OH, THANK YOU.
IS THERE A MOTION TO RECONSIDER? UH, MR. CHAIR? I MOVE TO RECONSIDER.
A MOTION MADE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER BUSANTE TO RECONSIDER.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL SECOND THAT.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
MOTION PASSES FOR RECONSIDERATION.
MOTION PASSES FOR RECONSIDERATION.
IS THERE ANOTHER MOTION FROM THE FLOOR OR FROM A COMMISSIONER? MR. CHAIR, I'LL MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
UM, CASE, UH, FOUR FOR THE CAR WASH.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
IS THAT OKAY?
IT WAS LIKE, I WAS LIKE, MAN, IT SOUNDED LIKE I SAW, I SAW COMMISSIONER ORTIZ'S MOUTH MOVING AND I HEAR VOICES OVER HERE.
COMMISSIONER REYES WITH THE SECOND, UH, DISCUSSION.
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CHAIR SIPES? NO.IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER FIVE.
MY NAME IS KELLY SANDERS, PLANNING COORDINATOR WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED AT 4 21 NORTH MEDINA STREET AND 1232 WEST MARTIN STREET AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM I TWO TO IDZ TO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 48 DWELLING UNITS AND IN A C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THERE WERE 13 NOTICES SENT, ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSED AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET, THERE WERE SIX IN OPPOSITION.
THE CURRENT I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
WHILE THERE ARE SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SUBJECT AREA, THE I TWO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS GENERALLY RESERVED FOR AREAS THAT ACCOMMODATE THE HIGHEST INTENSITY INDUSTRIAL USES THE PROP, THE PROPOSED IDZ TWO, MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR 48 DWELLING UNITS AND USES PERMITTED IN C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE PROPERTY GIVEN ITS SIZE AND PLACEMENT WITHIN THE AREA.
THE PROPOSED IDZ TWO LIMITS THE DENSITY AND DESIGN TO A SUBMITTED SITE PLAN AND THE PROPOSED REZONING REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES DIVERSIFIED HOUSING TYPES TO MEET THE GROWING HOUSING NEEDS OF THE CITY.
AND AT ALL INCOME LEVELS, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS MICHAEL SHACKLEFORD WITH PARTNERS IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND AMERICAN AGAPE FOUNDATION.
I APOLOGIZE, I I DIDN'T REALIZE TWO WEEKS AGO THAT THIS, THIS WAS ON THE AGENDA ITEM AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT BEING HERE.
UM, I ALSO COMMUNICATED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS, MET WITH THEM, WE SENT AN EMAIL, NEVER RECEIVED ANYTHING IN WRITING, WHETHER THEY WERE OPPOSED OR NOT.
SO THIS HAS COME TO A SURPRISE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD CONTINUE OR MEET WITH THEM ONE MORE TIME.
I JUST, I HATE TO MOVE FORWARD ON A PROJECT.
UM, BUT I'LL GIVE SOME DETAILS ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
THIS IS A PROJECT, UH, IT'S A TAX CREDIT.
UM, IT RECEIVED A, AN INDUCEMENT FROM BEXAR COUNTY H HOW, UH, FINANCE CORPORATION.
IT'S 48 UNITS, UH, UH, SERVING AS A LOWEST 30% TO 80% A MI.
THIS IS A SENIOR PROJECT OF 50 YEARS AND OLDER.
UH, SO IN ABOUT THREE YEARS I'LL BE ABLE TO AGE QUALIFY, BUT NOT INCOME QUALIFY.
SO, UM, MAYBE SOME OF Y'ALL WILL BE ABLE TO, UH, RESIDE THERE.
UH, BUT THIS IS A GREAT PROJECT.
IT'S A HISTORICAL BUILDING, THE NATIONAL GROCER BUILDING.
IT'S NEXT TO THE SCOBY BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF NORTH MEDINA.
AND, UM, UH, RIO, UH, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT, UH, WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON.
IT WAS ORIGINALLY A 9% DIDN'T SCORE SO WELL.
UH, SO WE DID LOOK AT OTHER FUNDING SOURCES AVAILABLE AND, UH, THE TEXAS BOND REVIEW BOARD, UH, DOES HAVE, UH, AVAILABLE FUNDING AND WE, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE, UH, APPLYING FOR AND SUBMITTED.
BUT IN ORDER TO PROCEED, WE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THIS CORRECT ZONING IN PLACE.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? THERE'S NO PUBLIC COMMENT.
COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO TO YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
MR. SCHACKER? SHACKLEFORD, IF I COULD? YES.
UM, THE REASON THIS WASN'T ON CONSENT IS BECAUSE OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
AS YOU HEARD FROM OUR PREVIOUS CASE.
UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS SOMETHING THAT'S CRITICALLY IMPORTANT, I THINK.
SO IF YOU WOULD, UH, COULD YOU TELL ME WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH YOU HAVE DONE? SURE.
WE, UH, WE PLACED, UH, SIGNS ON THE PROPERTY.
WE'VE ACTUALLY ALSO MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, I BELIEVE THAT WAS IN JANUARY.
UM, AND WE ACTUALLY MET, UH, AT ONE OF THE LOCAL RESTAURANTS OFF RIO ROAD.
UH, WE, WE HAD ABOUT 15 ATTENDEES, IF, IF THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, IN, UH, BEING INVOLVED IN A PREVIOUS CASE ALONG, UH, FREO AND EAST HOUSTON.
THEY PREVIOUSLY SUPPORTED AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT THAT I WAS INVOLVED IN.
UM, AND THEY, THIS HAS REALLY COME TO A SURPRISE THAT THEY WERE OPPOSING THIS, THIS IS A SENIOR, THERE IS ANOTHER SENIOR PROJECT OFF THE, OFF THE CORNER OF RIO.
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THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS COMPLETELY 100% OCCUPIED.WE KNOW, UM, IN CASE STUDIES THAT WE'VE DONE IN THIS AREA, THERE'S A NEED FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING SPECIFICALLY IN SENIORS BECAUSE IT'S A OLDER, UH, COMMUNITY.
IT'S, IT'S IN THE OUTSKIRT OR IT'S WITHIN DOWNTOWN, BUT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE WEST SIDE.
UM, AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE, WE HAVE LOOKED AT THIS PROJECT AS A SENIOR COMMUNITY.
IT'S NOT A GENERAL POPULATION PROJECT.
UM, HAVE YOU CONTACTED THE DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE? YES, WE HAVE.
WE'VE MET WITH THEM SEVERAL TIMES.
AND LET ME ASK YOU, WHEN YOU HAD THIS JANUARY MEETING, WAS THAT AT PICO DE GALLO? IT WAS AT PICO DE GALLO.
UM, I WILL TELL YOU, THAT PROBABLY WASN'T THE BEST SCENARIO BECAUSE OF, I'M GONNA TELL YOU THAT WASN'T, IT WASN'T.
AND, AND I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO MEET WITH THEM AGAIN.
WE, SO HERE'S, HERE'S WHAT I'M GONNA ASK.
UM, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CONTACT THE DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE.
UH, HAVE A MEETING COORDINATED THROUGH THE DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE.
AND IDEALLY IN A PLACE WHERE IT'S NOT QUITE SO LOUD.
UH, I THINK THOSE ARE ALL MY QUESTIONS, MR. CHAIR.
ALTHOUGH YOU COULD MEET UPSTAIRS IN PICO TOCAYO, IT'S NOT AS WE TRIED THAT.
I MEAN, I WAS JUST, I DIDN'T EXPECT IT.
IT'S, EVERYBODY SAID IT WAS APPROPRIATE.
AND THEN IT JUST WENT OFF THE HANDLE AND I COULDN'T KEEP WITH, WITH THE TUNE, SO.
FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UM, CAN YOU PLEASE SHARE DETAILS OF HOW YOU PROVIDED OUTREACH AND GAVE NOTICE OF THIS MEETING THAT HAPPENED? UH, WE, WE AGAIN PLACED SIGNS ACROSS AND WE ACTUALLY SPOKE TO THE GARDENDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT, UM, WHO'VE I'VE ALWAYS HAD GOOD COMMUNICATION WITH AND EMAILED THEM.
AND THEY SAID THEY'LL, THEY'LL ALL BE THERE, WE'LL NOTIFY OUR BOARD AND SAID, GREAT.
AND, UM, I MEAN, WE HAD A GOOD TURNOUT CONSIDERING, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS THE LOUDEST THAT DO SHOW UP.
THE SILENT MAJORITY WHO'S USUALLY IN SPORT NEVER SHOWS UP, THEY'LL OH.
AND SO, UM, UH, I DID REACH OUT TO THEM.
QUESTIONS? OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? SEEING NONE COMMISSION ON MY RIGHT.
I DON'T OH, UH, AS FAR AS THE SENIOR HOUSING COMPONENT SURE.
IS THAT, HOW, HOW, HOW DO YOU LOCK IN A SENIOR HOUSING THAT, THAT IT'S EXCLUSIVELY FOR SENIORS? HOW IS THAT DONE? UM, THAT'S, SO THIS PROJECT WE'RE ANTICIPATING FUNDING THROUGH T-D-H-C-A.
UM, IT'S, IT'S JUST ONE OF THE REQUIREMENTS, JUST LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU HAVE STUDENT HOUSING, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S MARKETED TOWARDS STUDENTS AND, UH, EVEN GENERAL POPULATION, YOU HAVE A REQUIREMENT TWO AND A HALF TIMES YOUR RENT OR THREE TIMES RIGHT.
DURING THE PROCESS WHEN WE VERIFY, UH, THE PERSON, IF THEY'RE NOT OF AGE OF 50, THEN THEY DON'T MEET THE MINIMUM QUALIFICATION.
HUD ALLOWS YOU TO, TO, TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE SPECIFIED IN A SPECIFIC, UM, UH, DEMOGRAPHIC.
AND WE'VE IDENTIFIED THAT PROJECT AS A SENIOR COMMUNITY.
UH, ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HOUSING OR SOMETHING OR NO, I'M JUST KIDDING.
UM, SO BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR A MOTION.
UM, WE CONTINUED THIS CASE FROM THE LAST WEEK.
UM, MY CONCERNS REGARDING THIS CASE, AS I HOPE YOU GOT ACROSS THIS TIME, YES.
IS THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND THE NEED TO HAVE GOOD COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE THE USUAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROJECT REGARDING TAXATION, REGARDING TRANSPORTATION, UH, REGARDING, YOU KNOW, SORT OF THE USUAL ISSUES THAT WE SEE.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, YOU KNOW, GIVEN THE NATURE OF THIS PROJECT, GIVEN THE TARGET POPULATION, THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES IN GETTING SENIOR HOUSING FOR LOW INCOME INDIVIDUALS, I DO WANT THIS PROJECT TO MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL.
BUT IT IS A CLOSE THING FOR ME BECAUSE THE AMOUNT OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WAS INSUFFICIENT.
AND THAT IS ALWAYS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.
IF YOU'RE HAVING A MEETING AND YOU CAN'T TALK, CALL ME.
I WILL SET UP A MEETING, CALL THE DISTRICT OFFICE, THEY WILL SET UP A MEETING.
IF SOMETHING BREAKS DOWN, WE WILL INSERT OURSELF TO MAKE SURE THE COMMUNITY KNOWS WHAT'S GOING ON, EVEN IF THEY OPPOSE IT.
UM, BUT IN THIS CASE, GIVEN THE UNIQUENESS OF THE PROJECT, THE REUSE ASPECTS, I CANNOT HOLD IT BACK, UH, BASED ON THE INSUFFICIENT
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COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BUT I EXPECT IT TO BE CURED.SO THAT BEING SAID, I MOVE FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM NUMBER SIX.
IS THERE A SECOND? I'LL BE HAPPY TO SECOND THAT ALL.
UH, MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS.
IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT? COMMISSIONER WATSON? UM, I JUST WANNA REITERATE, COMMISSIONER, I THINK YOUR MICROPHONE WENT OUT.
YOU NEED TO BRING THE COMMUNITY WITH YOU, ESPECIALLY ON A PROJECT THAT IS SO CRITICAL FOR PROVIDING HOUSING, UM, IN AREAS THAT ARE STRUGGLING TO GET COMFORTABLE WITH THE LEVEL OF GROWTH THAT WE'RE HAVING IN THE CITY WHERE THERE IS DISTRUST WITH THE PROCESS BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT BEEN SERVED WELL AND HAVE NOT BEEN COMMUNICATED WITH, WITH RESPECT IN THE PAST.
UM, I AM VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE GOALS OF THIS PROJECT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND HOW CHALLENGING GETTING THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT DONE IS, AND I APPRECIATE THAT YOU, UM, ARE PROVIDING THESE HOUSING UNITS.
BUT I AM GOING TO DOUBLE DOWN ON COMMISSIONER BUSMAN'S REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP THOSE COMMITMENTS THAT YOU MADE TO HIM FOR COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
YOU NEED TO BE IN PLACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE.
YOU NEED TO GO BEYOND JUST TALKING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT.
AND IF YOU CANNOT GET IT DONE, THE DISTRICT FIVE OFFICE WILL ABSOLUTELY HELP YOU, AS WILL MOST OF THE URBAN CORE DISTRICT NEIGHBORHOODS.
UM, AND SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO THAT.
UM, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
WE ARE GONNA MOVE TO ITEM 17 RIGHT NOW, SO IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
ANN VANDA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS LOCATED AT 5 3 0 EAST SUNSHINE DRIVE AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM R FIVE CD TO R FIVE CD WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
IT'S JUST R FIVE TO R FIVE CD.
THERE WERE 12 NOTICES SENT WITH ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ONE RETURN IN OPPOSITION AND NO RESPONSE WITH DONALDSON TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR SUNSHINE ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA, WHICH IS PREDOMINANTLY LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE CURRENT R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA, AS IS THE R FIVE, THE PROPOSED R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS.
THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED ON A CORNER LOT IN A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD RETAIN THE SINGLE FAMILY BASED ZONING WHILE ALLOWING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS.
THE DENSITY PROPOSAL ALIGNS WITH THE EXISTING CONTEXT AND THE STRUCTURE THAT WILL ACCOMMODATE THE THREE UNITS IS ALREADY EXISTING.
THE PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN WOULD PREVENT EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND WOULD ENSURE ADEQUATE PARKING IS AVAILABLE FOR THE THREE DWELLING UNITS.
DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED DOCUMENT COULD POTENTIALLY WARRANT ADDITIONAL COUNCIL CONSIDERATION.
FURTHERMORE, THE REQUEST ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF ADDITIONAL AND ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE'D HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS OLGA ADA FROM TABBADA REAL ESTATE.
UH, I'M THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY LOCATED IN FIVE 30 EAST SUNSHINE DRIVE.
UM, THE, THIS, UH, IT'S A SINGLE FAMILY.
I'M SORRY, IT'S, THIS PROPERTY IS REGISTERED IN THE CITY AS A SINGLE FAMILY, R FIVE.
AND I KINDLY, I'M KINDLY REQUESTING AN, UH, ADDITIONAL UNIT TO THE PROPERTY CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE UNITS.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU SAID IT'S TWO ADDITIONAL UNITS.
IT'S JUST ONE ADDITIONAL UNIT.
AS YOU CAN SEE IN MY, UM, SIDE PLAN, THE, THE PROPERTY, IT'S VERY WIDE.
AND THE, DO YOU HAVE THE, THE POINTER, UH, THE LEFT UNIT, IT'S, IT'S A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH.
I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHAT FELL.
THE MIDDLE UNIT'S A THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH.
AND THE ADDITIONAL UNIT WE WANNA ADD IS, WAS THE, THE, A VERY LARGE FAMILY
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ROOM AND A GARAGE, A TWO CAR GARAGE.SO WHAT PRETTY MUCH WHAT WE WANNA DO IS JUST DIVIDE THE LARGEST UNIT INTO TWO AND ADD, UH, ONE DRIVEWAY.
THE UNIT WE ARE PROPOSING TO ADD, IT'S GONNA BE A VERY SMALL UNIT, LIKE AN EFFICIENCY WITH ONE BATH AND, AND ONE BATH BEDROOM.
SO, UM, WE KNOW THERE IS ONE NEIGHBOR WHO ACTUALLY RIDE US AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC.
UM, WE TALKED TO THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT IN THE CITY AND THAT'S WHY WE ARE RECOMMENDING ADDING A DRIVEWAY FOR THE MIDDLE UNIT.
SO EVERY UNIT WILL HAVE A TWO CAR DRIVEWAY, UH, AND WE WOULD NOT HAVE THE ISSUE OF HAVING CARS PARKED IN THE SIDE OF THE STREET.
UH, THE OTHER ISSUE HE WAS CONCERNED ABOUT WAS THE, AS A, YOU KNOW, HAVING A MULTIFAMILY UNIT IN THE AREA.
UM, WE MADE THE RESEARCH AROUND THE AREA AND THERE ARE OTHER, UH, MULTIFAMILIES IN THE SAME STREET CLOSE BY.
SO, UM, I DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S A BIG ISSUE BECAUSE WE ARE JUST DIVIDING ONE BIG UNIT INTO TWO, WHICH WOULD NOT ADD MORE.
UH, UH, THE CAPACITY WOULD NOT CHANGE.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS IN A MINUTE.
DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO NOT.
ALRIGHT, SO THIS IS A DISTRICT SEVEN CASE, SO GUESS WHAT? I GET TO ASK THE QUESTIONS.
UM, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU'VE HEARD THE THEME THROUGHOUT TODAY, UM, AND IT'S BEEN ON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AND SO LET ME ASK HOW, HOW YOU REACHED OUT TO EAST SUNSHINE OR SUNSHINE STATES.
I REACHED OUT TO THE, UH, PRESIDENT OF, OF THE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION LIKE THREE TIMES.
UM, RIGHT NOW, UH, IT, IT'S ZONED SINGLE FAMILY, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S TWO UNITS.
IT'S A DUPLEX THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IT'S A DUPLEX? MM-HMM.
UM, SO I GUESS A QUESTION FOR STAFF WAS, WAS, WAS IT CONVERTED WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE? I MEAN, OF THE, OF, OF THE CITY? I MEAN, OR WAS IT, I DON'T, I DON'T BELIEVE THIS, THIS FELL UNDER THE, THE B TO RESIDENTIAL CONVERSION BONUS.
DID IT? SO RIGHT NOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S FUNCTIONING AS A DUPLEX, BUT IT'S, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONED AS SINGLE FAMILY, I THINK IS HOW I IT IS ZONED, UM, R FIVE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
DOES NOT BENEFIT FROM THE B TWO R FOUR CONVERSION.
IT WOULD'VE NEEDED TO BE R FOUR AND SO LIKELY IT, IT IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, BUT IT MAY HAVE HAD JUST AN ADDITIONAL UNIT.
UM, I'M GONNA SHARE MY CONCERNS.
LET, LET ME OPEN IT UP TO OTHER QUESTIONS FIRST.
ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WELL IT COMES BACK TO ME.
UM, WHAT I'M GONNA ASK FOR RIGHT NOW IS A, UH, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE.
SO IF YOU COULD GET WITH THE DISTRICT SEVEN STAFF, THEY CAN GET WITH, UH, SUNSHINE STATES AND SET UP A MEETING SO THAT, SO THAT YOU CAN GO OVER THAT.
UM, WHAT I HEARD FROM, UH, SUNSHINE STATES AND, AND I SHARE THEIR CONCERNS WAS THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, GOING FROM WHAT WAS A SINGLE FAMILY TO, TO THREE UNITS.
UM, UH, PERSONALLY I HAVE CONCERNS WITH THREE DRIVE DRIVEWAYS.
UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT THE, THE, UM, THE ARE CONCERNS FOR OFF STREET PARKING SINCE YOU'RE CLOSE TO AN INTERSECTION.
UM, BUT FOR RIGHT NOW I'M GOING TO TO MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE FOR TWO WEEKS.
I THINK THAT THAT'S ENOUGH TIME, UM, AND ASK YOU TO, UH, GET WITH DISTRICT SEVEN STAFF, SET UP A MEETING AND THEN WE WILL COME BACK AND, AND, AND LOOK AT IT IN A, A COUPLE WEEKS.
SO, MOTION TO CONTINUE TO THE WAS MARCH 19TH.
CAN I MAKE A CLARIFICATION? UM, SURE.
I JUST WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW ON THE DRIVEWAYS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE ALREADY TWO, SO WE'RE JUST ADDING ONE MORE.
JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE YOU YES.
UM, SO, UH, MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE
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FOR TWO WEEKS BY ME.I GUESS NOW WOULD BE THE APPROPRIATE TIME TO FOR DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
ALRIGHT, ITEM NUMBER 13, YOU'D HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE.
ANN BONAVITA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS LOCATED AT 4 2 1 1 HONEYCOMB DRIVE AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM R SIX CD TO R SIX CD WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 19 NOTICES SENT WITH THREE RETURN IN FAVOR, 11 RETURN IN OPPOSITION.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET OUTSIDE THE 200 FOOT BOUNDARY.
THERE WERE 27 IN FAVOR AND 19 OPPOSED.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS.
IN RELATION TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE CURRENT R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPOSED R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITH MORE THAN NO MORE THAN 16 RESIDENTS IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
WHILE THE PROPERTY IS SITUATED IN A PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL AREA, THERE ARE EXISTING COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE SPACES ACROSS THE STREET AND DOWN THE ROAD THAT SHARE THE SAME BLOCK.
THE PROPOSAL WOULD ENABLE THE PROPERTY TO ACCOMMODATE A COMMERCIAL USE IN LIEU OF THE CURRENT COMMERCIAL CONDITIONAL USE ASSIGNED TO THE PROPERTY.
THE CD PORTION OF THE REQUEST PRESCRIBES A SITE PLAN THAT WILL ADDRESS DEVELOPMENT ASPECTS SUCH AS BUILDING SIZE, HEIGHT, AND PLACEMENT, AS WELL AS THE LAYOUT OF THE PARKING DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED PLAN COULD POTENTIALLY WARRANT ADDITIONAL COUNSEL CONSIDERATION.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HIT THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
UH, I'VE GOT A PRESENTATION I THINK THAT SHE'S GONNA PULL UP HERE IN A SECOND.
AGAIN, APPRECIATE THE TIME COMMISSIONERS.
UM, I WANTED TO PUT A PRESENTATION TOGETHER TO KIND OF GO OVER THE, SOME OF THE HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY, UM, THE CONCERNS THAT WERE PRESENTED, AND THEN WHAT WE'VE KIND OF DONE TO TRY AND, UH, DO SOME OUTREACH TO MITIGATE SOME OF THOSE CONCERNS.
SO, A BIT OF HISTORY ON THIS PROPERTY.
THIS IS ACTUALLY A, A UTILITY PLAN FROM SAWS WITH AN AS-BUILT DRAWING FOR THE CURRENT SEWER SYSTEM.
YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL INTENT OF THE PROPERTY WAS ACTUALLY FOUR SEPARATE TRACKS FOR SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
THERE'S AN EXISTING TRACK, UH, EXISTING HOME THAT WAS ON LOT SEVEN, UH, BUT LATER REMOVED IN 1991, RELOCATED TO DISTRICT ONE.
AND SO SINCE THEN FOR 33 YEARS, THE LOT HAS BEEN A HUNDRED PERCENT VACANT.
THIS IS AN AS-BUILT DRAWING OF THE UTILITY PLANS FROM SAWS, UM, THAT SHOWS THE WATER MAIN SYSTEM, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORING AREA.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE, THE LOT IS CURRENTLY LANDLOCKED TO ESSENTIALLY ONE RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
UM, I THINK OVER THE YEARS THIS PROPERTY HAS EXCHANGED HANDS BETWEEN SEVEN AND EIGHT DIFFERENT PROPERTY OWNERS.
AND THE REASON BEING FOR SOMEBODY WANTED TO DO SOMETHING WITH THIS RESIDENCE, BUT ONE, THE LAND COST IS SO EXPENSIVE THAT IT DOESN'T WARRANT A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
AND TWO ESTIMATES THAT I HAD GATHERED PER SAS WAS A MAIN EXTENSION TO ACTUALLY DIVIDE THE PROPERTY LIKE IT WAS ORIGINALLY INTENDED TO, WOULD BE BETWEEN 110 AND $150,000 IN UTILITY COSTS THAT ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT UNDERGROUND.
ONLY THEN WOULD YOU ACTUALLY REALISTICALLY BE ABLE TO PUT MULTIPLE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON THE, THE PROPERTY.
SO BACK IN 2013, THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THAT TIME HAD GOTTEN THE CONDITIONAL USE APPROVED THROUGH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES, UH, ZONING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE.
SO RESIDENTIAL IN NATURE, BUT USED FOR COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE.
AND SO THAT CD PASSED BACK IN 2013.
NOTHING WAS EVER BUILT AND IT REMAINED VACANT AND SINCE THEN, SO
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OUR CURRENT SITE PLAN THAT WE CAME UP WITH, UM, HAS ACTUALLY SPENT A LOT OF TIME, WE'VE CONSULTED DIFFERENT ENGINEERS WITH HOW WE CAN COME UP WITH A PLAN THAT CONFORMS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.OUR SETBACK LINE FOR OUR, OUR RESIDENCE IS ACTUALLY IN LINE WITH THE NEIGHBORS.
SO WE'RE NOT UP AGAINST THE STREET THAT WOULD BE TYPICAL OR CONFORMING TO MORE COMMERCIAL SETTING.
WE WANTED TO TRY AND KEEP THIS AS RESIDENTIAL AS POSSIBLE.
UM, IN PLANNING FOR PARKING, THE UH, UDC ACTUALLY CALLS OUT THAT YOU SHOULD HAVE 0.3 PARKING SPACES PER RESIDENT, PLUS ONE FOR STAFF, FOR EACH ADDITIONAL STAFF.
SO WE CAME UP WITH A CALCULATION FROM A TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS THAT SHOWS, UH, 6.8 SPACES WERE REQUIRED AND THAT WOULD BE SUFFICIENT.
WE ACTUALLY PROVIDED NINE WITH THE ABILITY TO ACTUALLY DO UP TO 14 OR 15, BUT AGAIN, WE DON'T WANNA OVERDO IT TO TRY AND KEEP THIS AS RESIDENTIAL AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN THE WAY THAT WE DESIGNED THE DRIVEWAY WAS TO ACTUALLY KEEP AS MUCH OF THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE BARRIER AGAINST THE STREETS, UM, MAINTAINING THE NATURAL PRESERVATION OF THE PROPERTY AND LARGE OAKS THAT ARE NEARING BOTH RUSTIC LANE AND HONEYCOMB DRIVE.
AND ALSO UTILIZING ON THAT BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER, THE EXISTING DRIVEWAY THAT'S ALREADY ON THE PROPERTY.
SO WHEN WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, WE ACTUALLY, UM, WE'RE ADVISED BY OUR ZONING DIRECTOR FOR DISTRICT EIGHT TO TRY AND REACH OUT EARLY.
AND SO ESSENTIALLY TWO DAYS AFTER WE APPLIED FOR ZONING, MY WIFE AND I ACTUALLY PUT A LETTER TOGETHER AND HAND MAILED EVERY SINGLE NEIGHBOR ASKING FOR FEEDBACK, GIVING THEM OUR INFORMATION, OUR EMAIL ADDRESS, OUR PHONE NUMBER, AND IT WAS ESSENTIALLY RADIO SILENCE UP UNTIL ABOUT FIVE DAYS BEFORE THIS HEARING.
UM, IN REVIEWING THE RESPONSES FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN WORKING WITH ANNE AND LAURA GARZA AND TALKING TO MR. ORTIZ YESTERDAY, UM, WHAT WE FOUND WAS THE FEEDBACK THAT WE KIND OF SAW WAS APPARENT WAS ONE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD DOESN'T WANT ANYTHING COMMERCIAL RELATED ON THE PROPERTY OR EVEN NEAR THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE CONCERNS WAS A POSSIBLE DECREASE IN PROPERTY VALUES, THINKING THAT THIS WOULD NEGATIVELY AFFECT THEIR HOMES.
UH, NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION CAME UP, POSSIBLE INCREASE OF TRAFFIC AND THEN WANTING TO KEEP THE NEIGHBORHOOD QUIET AND AS IS.
AND SO I THINK IN OUR REQUEST, WE ACTUALLY ANSWER THOSE AS MORE OF A SOLUTION TO, UH, WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING OVER WHAT THE PROPERTY IS ALREADY ALLOWED BY THE CITY TO DO.
AS IT STANDS, UH, THE ADDITION, THE PROPOSED BUILDING WOULD BE A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE MATCHING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO SINGLE STORY HELM, UM, RANCH STYLE IN NATURE.
I PUT JUST A, A PRELIMINARY ELEVATION VIEW DOWN AT THE BOTTOM.
THE NATURE OF THE HOME WOULDN'T ACTUALLY BE A COMPARABLE FOR ANY LICENSED APPRAISER HAD YOU COME IN AND ASSESS THE PROPERTY FOR THE NEIGHBOR.
UM, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF EXPERIENCE THIS, I'M A PRODUCING A MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATOR AND HAVE MY OWN MORTGAGE LENDING COMPANY.
UH, I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE A COMPARABLE TO A SINGLE FAMILY HOME WITH THREE BEDS AND TWO BATHS.
UM, AS FOR NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, THE PEOPLE THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO SERVE ARE SENIORS.
SO THEY WOULD BE AGED ANYWHERE FROM 80 TO 99 YEARS OLD, WOULDN'T BE, UH, HAVING THEIR OWN VEHICLE.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO LIVE DAILY LIVES, UM, IN A QUIET, PEACEFUL RESIDENTIAL SETTING.
UM, THIS AIMS FOR A NEED THAT RESIDENTS THAT DON'T WANT TO BE IN AN INSTITUTION WHEN THEY LOOK OUT THEIR WINDOW AND SEE A PARKING LOT AND STREETLIGHTS AND LAMPPOSTS AND ACCESS ROADS, THIS IS AN ALTERNATIVE WHERE THEY CAN LIVE IN A QUIET RESIDENTIAL SETTING.
SO THE VERY, THE VERY REQUEST OF OR CONCERN OF NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, ACTUALLY AN IS ANSWERED BY SERVING SENIORS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR AS WELL.
UM, TYPICAL VEHICLE COUNT, VEHICLE COUNT FROM OUR TRAFFIC IMPACT ANALYSIS WITH THE ENGINEER IS A PEAK OF FOUR.
UM, AND TYPICALLY ABOUT ONE IN THE EVENING.
SO OUR CONDITIONAL USE MAINTAINS THE WISHES OF A QUIET SETTING WITHOUT LARGE AMOUNTS OF TRAFFIC LIKE A COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE WOULD ENTAIL.
SO DIVING A LITTLE BIT DEEPER INTO ACTUAL TRAFFIC, 'CAUSE I THINK THAT WAS PROBABLY THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN, UM, WAS WITH A COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY APPROVED, THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC ACTUALLY WOULD BE EXCEEDINGLY MORE THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE FOR BOTH PARKING AND STRUCTURE ON A ON A LOT IS TYPICALLY ANYWHERE FROM 80 TO 95% IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE.
UM, THE OVERFLOW OF TRAFFIC INTO THE STREET TYPICALLY WOULD OBSTRUCT NEIGHBORS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE GONNA SEE ON THE NEIGHBORING, UH, COMMERCIAL LOT THAT'S ON HUBER OFF OF HONEYCOMB.
AND THEN, UH, PARKING SPACES YOU CAN SEE ON THE PICTURE NEXT AFTER THIS SLIDE ACTUALLY SHOWS IT GOING INTO CITY EASEMENT AS WELL.
WITH THE RESIDENTIAL ASSISTED LIVING, UM, STAFF AND VISITOR PARKING ARE TYPICALLY WHAT YOU'LL SEE IN A GIVEN DAY.
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NINE TOTAL PARKING SPOTS AND OPEN TO, TO DESIGNING MORE IF NEEDED.UM, EVERYTHING IS CONTAINED ON THE PROPERTY.
THE TYPICAL VEHICLE COUNT ON ANY GIVEN DAY WOULD BE BETWEEN TWO AND FOUR.
UM, AND LIKE I SAID, THE PEAK ESTIMATE WAS FOUR CARS AND ANY OF THE TRAFFIC THAT DOES HAPPEN, UH, SHOWING SOME PICTURES IN THE NEXT SLIDES, YOU'LL ACTUALLY SEE THAT IT DOESN'T ACTUALLY AFFECT ANY OF THE NEIGHBORS, UH, BLOCKS IN BECAUSE OF HOW CLOSE WE ARE TO THE MAIN ROAD.
SO HERE'S JUST A, A BIRD'S EYE VIEW OF WHERE THE PROPERTY IS.
YOU CAN SEE WE'RE ROUGHLY 300 FEET FROM HUEBNER ROAD AND 320 FEET FROM VANCE JACKSON.
SO THIS IS ON THE HINGES OF A NEIGHBORHOOD BEFORE YOU REALLY DIVE INTO ALL OF THE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL HOMES AND CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE MAIN ROAD WHERE YOU'RE NOT OBSTRUCTING LOTS OF RESIDENTS, BUT ALSO FAR ENOUGH AWAY WHERE YOU CAN STILL HAVE A RESIDENTIAL FEEL, UH, SURROUNDING ZONING.
SO THIS IS JUST LIKE A, A MAP OF WHERE OUR SUBJECT PROPERTY IS AND WHERE THE ZONING IS FOR ALL OF THE NEIGHBORING UM, PROPERTIES.
I DO WANNA MAKE A CORRECTION WHERE IT DOES SAY SA ISD MUSIC SCHOOL.
THAT'S ONE LOT OVER WHERE IT SAYS C TWO NA, UH, THAT IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, BUT EVERYTHING ELSE IS COMMERCIAL IN NATURE.
ANYTHING IN RED YOU CAN SEE IS EITHER C TWO OR CONDITIONAL USE FOR COMMERCIAL.
THE ONE DOWN BELOW YOU CAN SEE IT'S A A SCIENTOLOGY CHURCH READING ROOM DOWN BELOW ON THE CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
AND THEN YOU HAVE HOBBY MIDDLE SCHOOL JUST ACROSS THE STREET FROM VANCE JACKSON.
SO THIS IS A, ACTUALLY A STREET VIEW FROM HONEYCOMB DRIVE, WHICH IS JUST ABOUT A HUNDRED FEET, UH, WEST OF THE PROPERTY WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE COMMERCIAL OFFICE SPACE THAT IS FACING HUEBNER ROAD HAS OVER 30 CARS AND A DUMPSTER ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, WHEREAS, UH, THE SAME EXACT STREET VIEW FROM OUR PROPERTY HAS YIELDS AN EXISTING DRIVEWAY, UM, AND ALSO A BUFFER OF LANDSCAPE AND OAKS ON THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY.
AND I'M NOT GONNA TURN BACK TO THE SITE PLAN FOR SAKE OF TIME, BUT YOU CAN SEE THAT WHERE WE'RE PROPOSING WE HAVE WITH EASEMENT OVER AN ACRE WITHOUT EASEMENT, WE'RE AT 0.88 ACRES.
SO AT 7,900 SQUARE FEET, OUR IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE IS ABOUT 20%, UH, FROM THE STRUCTURE.
SO THERE'S ACTUALLY A LOT OF ROOM ON THIS PROPERTY TO SET BACK INTO THE, THE ACTUAL PROPERTY AND NOT BE UP AGAINST THE STREET.
SO I, I ACTUALLY TOOK, UH, WENT AROUND TOWN AND LOOKED AT OTHER SMALL ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES THAT ARE ZONED FOUR 16 RESIDENTS ON A WEEKDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY TO SEE WHAT THEIR TRAFFIC SITUATION LOOKED LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE THIS ONE HAS FOUR CARS PRESENT.
THIS ONE HAS FOUR CARS PRESENT AND THIS ONE HAS THREE CARS PRESENT.
AND SO I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THAT ALL OF THESE STRUCTURES ALSO LOOK LIKE A HOME IN NATURE.
SO JUST TO WRAP UP, 'CAUSE I KNOW I'M SHORT ON TIME.
UM, SITE PLAN WAS REALLY CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT.
THE DSD ACTUALLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND SAID THIS WAS IN LINE WITH, UM, HIGHEST AND BEST USE FOR THE PROPERTY.
I THINK IT'S A REALLY CRUCIAL THING THAT WE CAN DO TO HAVE COMMUNITY INTEGRATION FOR SENIORS IN A RESIDENTIAL SETTING.
UM, A LARGE SINGLE FAMILY HOME ON THIS PROPERTY WOULD ACTUALLY GO FOR PROBABLY EXCESS OF A MILLION DOLLARS BECAUSE THE LAND COST ALONE IS OVER $300,000.
SO BY TRYING TO HONOR THE WISHES OF A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE, YOU'D ACTUALLY BEGIN GENTRIFICATION OF THE NEIGHBORING SINGLE FAMILY HOMES BECAUSE THOSE HOUSES ARE NOT ON PAR WITH A MILLION DOLLARS PLUS.
UM, AND JUST ONE FINISHING COMMENT.
AFTER GOING THROUGH THE RESPONSES, ABOUT 25 TO 30% OF THE OPPOSITION VOTES WERE VACANT LAND, SO DUPLICATE VOTES OF, UH, EXISTING PROPERTY OWNERS.
I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION.
DO WE HAVE A PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP AND THEN WE HAVE MULTIPLE VOICEMAILS.
UM, FOR THE SPEAKERS IN THE AUDIENCE, UM, DID ANY OF YOU LEAVE A VOICEMAIL? WE HAVE TWO, YEAH.
MR. AND MRS. UM, BLATT, WOULD Y'ALL WANT TO SPEAK HERE OR HAVE YOUR VOICEMAIL PLAYED HERE? YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK HERE? OKAY.
SO WE WILL NOT PLAY THEIR VOICEMAIL.
WELL IF WE COULD START, MR. CHAIR.
WOULD YOU ENTERTAIN TAKING AS VERY SMALL BREAKS THAT I CAN FOCUS ON THE, UH, DISCUSSIONS.
LIKE JUST A FIVE MINUTE, FIVE MINUTE BREAK? YES.
ALRIGHT, WELL, WE WILL TAKE A SHORT FIVE TO SEVEN MINUTE BREAK.
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ZONING COMMISSION OF CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS BACK IN SESSION.THE TIME IS 2 35 AND WE WERE ON PUBLIC COMMENT.
I BELIEVE WE WERE DOING VOICEMAILS FIRST.
HONOR, MY ADDRESS IS ONE ONE SEVEN SIX THREE ORINGER LANE.
MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 854-0114.
AND I'M CALLING REGARDING, UH, CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 1 2.
AND ON BEHALF OF MY HUSBAND, DANIEL AND MYSELF, UH, WE WANT TO OBJECT TO THE REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING.
THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THE WOODLAND MANOR NEIGHBORHOOD, A COMMERCIAL BUSINESS WITH A 24 HOUR A DAY OPERATION IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IF IT IS SO WONDERFUL, WHY DON'T THE PEOPLE REQUESTING THIS CHANGE PUT IT NEXT TO THEIR HOUSE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD? YEARS AGO, THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOUGHT A CHANGE IN ZONING.
WHEN A HOUSE WAS REMOVED FROM THAT PROPERTY AND SOMEONE WANTED TO BUILD AN OFFICE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD AGREED TO BEND, BUT ONLY FOR A MODIFIED PLAN, LESS PARKING SPACES AND THE RESIDENCE WITH AN OFFICE.
THE ZONING THAT IS ON THE PROPERTY TODAY, OTHER PEOPLE HAVE BOUGHT LOTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND BUILT A HOUSE FOLLOWING THE RULES AND BECOMING PART OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
SO ON BEHALF OF ME AND MY HUSBAND, WE ASK YOU TO REJECT THIS REQUEST TO CHANGE THE ZONING IN ORDER TO LEAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD INTACT.
I RESIDE AT 42 10 MOONLIGHT WAY.
UH, ZONING CASE IS TO BE HEARD ON THE FIFTH, UH, AT 1:00 PM UH, ZONING CASE NUMBER 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 2.
UH, I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION, UH, TO THE REZONING REQUEST.
UM, I'D LIKE THE THE BOARD TO RECOGNIZE THAT THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED FOR R SIX, UH, CO OR CD, WHICH IS FOR OFFICE.
AND THE PROPOSED USE OR CHANGE TO, UM, UH, MULTI, OR EXCUSE ME, AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR UP TO 16 RESIDENTS, UH, DOES NOT FIT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE, THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY, UH, WOULD UNDOUBTEDLY, UH, PROVIDE, UH, A, A SAFETY RISK TO THE RESIDENTS AND THE PEDESTRIANS IN THE AREA, UH, AS IT WOULD PROVIDE OR REQUIRE OR, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, UH, PRESENT MORE TRAFFIC, UH, TO THAT AREA.
BUT WITH RESPECT TO THE EXISTING NO, UH, ZONING IT HAS NOW AND THE OTHER ZONE PROPERTIES IN THE AREA, ALTHOUGH THEY ARE ZONED FOR OFFICE IN, IN THE MEDIA AREA, THERE'S THREE PARTICULAR PROPERTIES THAT ARE REAL CLOSE, CLOSER TO VANCE JACKSON, UH, THAT ARE ZONED FOR OFFICE.
THOSE PARTICULAR, UH, FACILITIES WERE HOMES.
IF YOU LOOK AT THOSE, UH, THOSE FACILITIES, THEY LOOK LIKE HOMES, BUT THEY HAVE A BUSINESS IN IT.
ONE'S A CHURCH, ONE WAS A LAW OFFICE, ONE WAS, I'M NOT SURE WHAT IT WAS USED FOR, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE A HOME.
AND SO THE CHARACTER OF THIS NEW FACILITY WOULD BE TOTALLY DIFFERENT, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO A A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE.
SO THE, THE, THE PROPOSED FACILITY DOES NOT FIT WITH THE CURRENT CHARACTER, UH, OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, UH, IT DOESN'T EVEN FIT WITH THE EXISTING COMMERCIAL OR, OR OFFICE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
THIS, THESE ZONING CHANGES PROBABLY WERE DONE YEARS AND YEARS AGO, OR THESE, THESE PARTICULAR OFFICES WERE IN FACT PROBABLY RESIDENCES THAT WERE CONVERTED TO COMMERCIAL OR OFFICE USE.
AND THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE HERE AT 42 11 HONEYCOMB DOES NOT EVEN FIT WITH THE CHARACTER OF THOSE PARTICULAR OFFICES.
THIS WOULD BE A MULTI-FAMILY, MULTI-STORY OR A SIGNIFICANT HIGHER PROPERTY, UH, WITH 16 FIRST 16 RESIDENTS.
AND DOES THAT CHARACTER OR THAT FACILITY DOES NOT EVEN MATCH WITH ANY OR OTHER, UM, FACILITIES IN THE, I'D LIKE TO THE, THE COMMISSION OR THE BOARD TO REJECT THIS APPLICATION.
UH, IT DOES NOT MEET WITH THE, THE, THE, AGAIN, THE CHARACTER THAT MOORE ENO 42 22 HONEYCOMB DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 3 0 2 1 0 3 8 5 4 2 2 4.
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CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 2 CD.I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE REQUESTED ZONING CHANGE FOR 42 11 HONEYCOMB DRIVE.
MY OBJECTION IS BASED ON THE, THE 20 FOOT TALL COMMERCIAL BUILDING PROPOSED THE INCREASE OF PAVEMENT PROPOSED THAT MAY RESULT IN A REDUCTION OF PROPERTY VALUES HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCREASE THE TRAFFIC, THE LIGHT POLLUTION, AND THE NOISE POLLUTION, THE ENCROACHMENT OF COMMERCIAL FACILITIES IN OUR VERY SMALL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THAT THE ZONING CHANGE FOR THAT PROPERTY OPENS THE WAY FOR OTHER USES OF THE LAND SHOULD THE BUSINESS FAIL OR THERE BE A CHANGE IN OWNERSHIP? MY, I HAVE LIVED ON THIS PROPERTY SINCE 1976 AND SEEN MANY CHANGES IN THIS AREA.
MY BIGGEST PERSONAL CONCERN IS THE PARKING PROBLEM IN THE 4,200 BLOCK OF HONEYCOMB DRIVE.
AS MORE BUSINESSES HAVE BUILT ALONG EBNER ROAD, UH, THE, THERE'S A DENTAL OFFICE THAT IS, UH, DOWN IN THE NEXT BLOCK.
THE, THE PEOPLE, THE CUSTOMERS AND THE STAFF FROM THAT BUILDING OFTEN FILL UP BOTH SIDES OF THE BLOCK OF 4,200, OCCASIONALLY BLOCKING MY MAILBOX.
THE, AND IN THE PROPOSED NINE PARKING SLOTS FOR THE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, DO NOT PROVIDE ADEQUATE PARKING FOR THE NUMBER OF STAFF AND VISITORS THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD BE USING THAT FACILITY.
UH, I, SO I STRONGLY OPPOSE THAT ZONING CHANGE.
GARZA, I LIVE AT 4 1 2 3 SANDSTONE STREET, 7 8 2 3 0.
I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A BUILDING PROPOSED, UH, PROPOSAL FOR 42 11 HONEYCOMB, WHICH IS JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM MY HOUSE FOR AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
UH, I JUST WANNA PUT IN MY 2 CENTS THAT I AM OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, THIS BUILDING, UH, OH, I'M SORRY.
CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 2.
SO I JUST WANNA PUT IN MY VOTE AGAINST, UH, THE PROPOSED ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AT 42 11 HONEYCOMB.
MY NUMBER'S 2 1 0 9 1 2 9 0 8 3.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z DASH 2 24 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 2.
I AM OPPOSED TO THE CHANGE IN ZONING FOR 42 11 HONEYCOMB STREET, TWO EIGHT R SIX CD ZONE.
AGAIN, I AM OPPOSED TO THE REQUESTED ZONE CHANGE FOR 42 11 42 19 HONEYCOMB.
IF YOUR REASONS I AM OPPOSED ARE THE INCREASE IN TRAFFIC, THE LACK OF PARKING THAT WILL COME, IF THAT WILL BECOME FARTHER PROBLEMATIC ON HONEYCOMB STREET AND RUSTIC AND THE LIGHT AND NOISE AND POLLUTION EXPECTED FROM A BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY AS MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR.
AND THERE ALSO WILL BE PROBABLY BE BLOCKING MY MAILBOX.
THIS IS MARY ROMO, TWO TEN SIX NINE NINE ONE TWO FIVE ZERO.
I LIVE AT 27 RUSTIC BEND IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, SEVEN EIGHT TWO THREE ZERO.
MY CELL PHONE IS (210) 859-5033.
UH, THE CASE NUMBER THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, UH, TALKING ABOUT IS NUMBER 20 24 1 0 7 0 0 0 1 2
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CD.UH, THE, THERE'S A PLANNED, UH, THERE'S PLANNING FOR, UH, UH, CHANGING THE, UH, 20 42 11 HONEYCOMB IN ORDER FOR THE NEW OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY TO BUILD AND OPERATE AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
UH, THE REASON FOR OPPOSITION FOLLOWS INCREASED TRAFFIC AND NOISE.
WE'LL HAVE MORE GOV, MORE GARBAGE TRUCKS, MORE DELIVERY TRUCKS, MORE AMBULANCES, MORE STAFF, UH, MORE VISITORS.
UH, AND THE, THE REAL WORRY FOR ME IS THAT A HOBBY MIDDLE SCHOOL IS VERY CLOSE TO THE, TO THE PARTICULAR, UH, AREA AND, UH, THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
AND, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, AS WELL AS THE STOOL, THE, THE STUDENTS USE.
UM, OUR, OUR STREETS, UM, RUSTIC BEND, RUSTIC, UH, LANE AND, UH, HONEYCOMB TO WALK TO SCHOOL.
AND, UH, I THINK IT WOULD, WOULD BE INCREASE THE DANGER, UH, FOR STUDENTS.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT ADULTS ALSO WALK THEIR PETS AND, UH, WALK FOR EXERCISE.
THE SECOND THING THAT I'M REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IS THE RECHARGE ZONE FOR EDWARDS AQUIFER.
IT'S ALSO CLOSE TO THE PROPERTY.
A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CEMENT WILL HAVE TO BE POURED FOR THE PROPOSED STRUCTURE, PLUS DRIVEWAYS AND PARKING.
AS WE KNOW, CEMENT DOES NOT ALLOW RAINWATER TO MOVE THROUGH, UH, TO RECHARGE THE WATER IN THE AQUIFER.
WITH OUR HOT SUMMERS, WE NEED TO CAPTURE EVERY DROP OF WATER THAT IS POSSIBLE.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS LIGHT POLLUTION, LIGHT FOR SAFETY, AND SEEING AT NIGHT PRODUCE HEAVY BEAMS INTO DARK SKIES.
CAMP BULLAS STATES THAT LIGHT GREATLY AFFECTS NIGHT TRAINING OF TROOPS, QUIET AND FRIENDLY.
MANY OF THE PEOPLE ARE RETIRED AND OWN THEIR OWN HOMES.
THIS PRO PROPOSED FACILITY WILL LOWER THE, THE PROPERTY VALUE AND CHANGE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, SO THAT'S IT FOR VOICEMAILS.
AND SO FOR OUR FIRST SPEAKER, UM, WE HAVE MS. SHERRY BARON BLATT.
AND I KNOW THAT MR. JAN, UM, SHANNON BERGER HAS GIVEN UP HIS TIME FOR MS. UM, BARON BLATT.
SO YOU WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES, AND AS Y'ALL COME TO SPEAK TO THE, THIS IS AMAZING.
THIS IS ABSOLUTELY FASCINATING.
I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
I LIVE AT 34 RUSTIC BEND ACROSS THE STREET.
CAN YOU PULL YOUR MICROPHONE DOWN JUST A LITTLE BIT? THANK YOU.
MY NAME IS SHERRY BARON BLATT.
I LIVE AT 34 RUSTIC BEND ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION.
MY MOM WAS IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR THE LAST SIX MONTHS OF HER LIFE.
SHE, SHE PASSED AWAY A FEW MONTHS AGO.
THERE'S NO DOUBT THE CARE THERE SHE RECEIVED WAS WONDERFUL.
AND THE RELIEF TO OUR FAMILY THAT SHE WAS WELL CARED FOR.
I VISITED HER FOUR HOURS EVERY SINGLE DAY, EVERY DAY.
I SAW THE AMBULANCES ARRIVE SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK.
I COULDN'T GET INTO PARKING LOTS BECAUSE DELIVERY VANS WERE BLOCKING THE DRIVEWAY.
DUE TO THE HIGH TURNOVER OF STAFF, I OFTEN HAD TO BE INTRODUCED TO SOMEONE NEW, ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS.
THIS NEW FACILITY WOULD BE NO DIFFERENT.
EMS CALLS, DELIVERY VANS, HIGH STAFF TURNOVER.
COMMERCIAL DUMPSTERS BEING SERVICED IN THE EARLY MORNINGS ARE THINGS THAT SIMPLY CANNOT BE AVOIDED.
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR THE HOMELESS POPULATION THAT FREQUENTS OUR AREA TO FIND OUT THAT EVERY DAY THREE MEALS ARE BEING PREPARED AND THE LEFTOVERS ARE SITTING IN THE DUMPSTERS WAITING TO BE TAKEN NOT TOO LONG.
I ALSO, I ALSO FIND THE BUSINESS HISTORY OF BEN AND MICHELLE, AND I'M SORRY, I DO NOT KNOW HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME.
THEY HAVE SEVERAL PROPERTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN DUE TO TAX FORFEITURE.
THE MOST RECENT B-N-B-L-L-C WAS, WAS CLOSED ON FEBRUARY 23RD, 2024.
THIS INFORMATION WAS SOURCED FROM OPEN CORPUS.COM AND BEXAR COUNTY RECORDS.
I STRONGLY BELIEVE THIS IS NOT THE RIGHT NEIGHBORHOOD FOR THIS VENTURE.
NOR DOES THEIR HISTORY LEAD US TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE LIKELY TO OVERCOME THE ENORMOUS CHALLENGES IN MEETING THE CLAIMS THEY MAKE.
THAT IT WOULD NOT CHANGE THE CHARACTER
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OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NOR RESULT IN ANY IMPACT TO OUR PROPERTY VALUES.ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES ARE VERY NECESSARY.
TO THAT END, THERE ARE AREAS OF TOWN ALREADY ZONED FOR SUCH BUSINESSES, AND THEY ARE NOT 8,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE MIDST OF A VERY SMALL RESIDENTIAL ENCLAVE.
WE HAVE EACH OTHER'S PHONE NUMBERS ON OUR SPEED DIALS.
WE CHAT OVER FENCES AND KNOW THE NAMES OF THE PETS THAT WE WALK.
WE ADORE OUR SMALL COMMUNITY AND WORK HARD TO MAKE IT SAFE, COMFORTABLE, AND FRIENDLY.
I DOUBT THE DEVELOPERS CAN ADD TO THE WARMTH AND THE CHARM OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY NOT EVEN CHOOSING TO LIVE ON SITE.
THIS IS JUST ANOTHER BUSINESS TO THEM.
AND IF IT FAILS, THEY CAN WALK AWAY FROM THE TURMOIL THEY HAVE CREATED.
I'M SPEAKING, I'M TAKING THE MINUTES FROM JAN, BUT ACTUALLY WHAT I'M SPEAKING IS COMING FROM LARISSA O'BRIEN, WHO LIVES AT 30 RUSTIC BEND.
LARISSA IS A FEDERAL AGENT AND WORKS FOR HOMELAND SECURITY, AND SHE'S GOT LOTS OF GOOD INFORMATION.
UM, I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT SHE SAID.
UM, THE DEVELOPERS HAVE A RECENT HISTORY OF CORPORATE MISMANAGEMENT RESULTING IN THE DISSOLUTION OF MULTIPLE COMPANIES RELATED TO SENIOR ENLISTED.
WITHIN THE PAST TWO YEARS WHILE RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, WE FIND THE EXTENDED FAMILY HAS OWNED OVER A DOZEN PROPERTIES AND COMPANIES RELATED TO SENIOR LIVING DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT, BOTH IN TEXAS AND OREGON.
WE THEREFORE ATTEMPTED TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT COMPANIES THAT BENJAMIN AND MICHELLE PERSONALLY STARTED AND RAN HERE IN TEXAS.
TEXAS SENIOR PLACEMENT INCORPORATED IN FRISCO, TEXAS IN 2020.
HARTWOOD ASSISTED LIVING INCORPORATED IN SAN ANTONIO 2019, AND BMB INCORPORATED.
UH, 2022 OF THE THREE, ONLY HARTWOOD ASSISTED LIVING HAS ANY LINKS PUBLISHED ONLINE TO ANYTHING RESEMBLING A COMPANY SITE.
THE OTHER LINKS AND OTHER THINGS THAT WERE THERE HAVE A, THEY HAVE A TWITTER ACCOUNT.
HARTWOOD LIVING ARE ADVERTISING THEIR COMPANY ON SITE.
I'M SORRY, I MISSED THE LINE THERE.
HOWEVER, THE SITE APPEARS TO BE DEFUNCT.
AMONG FURTHER INVESTIGATION, WE FIND HARTWOOD ASSISTED LIVING LLC AND TEXAS SENIOR PLACEMENT LLC HAD BOTH BEEN SHUT DOWN ON 24 JUNE 22 DUE TO TAX FORFEITURES.
LIKEWISE, B AND BLLC WAS SHUT DOWN LAST MONTH, 23 FEBRUARY, 2024.
ALL DATA REFERENCED ABOVE WAS SOURCED FROM OPEN CORPORATES.COM AND BEXAR COUNTY RECORDS.
WE FIND THE HISTORY PROBLEMATIC.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NOT TAKEN DOWN ADVERTISEMENT LINKS IN NEARLY TWO YEARS IS VERY DISHEARTENING AS WELL AS MULTIPLE TAX FORFEITURES.
THIS DOES NOT FILL US WITH ANY CONFIDENCE FOR THE SUCCESS OF THIS VENTURE.
THE ONE THING THAT WOULD BE GUARANTEED TO DAMAGE THIS COMMUNITY EVEN MORE THAN THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION WOULD BE IF THIS BUILDING WERE TO BE ABANDONED AND LEAVING US OPEN TO AN EVEN MORE, AN EVEN MORE DISRUPTIVE COMMUN COMPANY WHO WOULD TAKE OVER THE PROPERTY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MS. TAMMY LACKEY.
HI, UH, MY NAME IS TAMMY LACKEY.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN THE LOT RIGHT BEHIND THIS ONE SINCE, UH, DECEMBER OF 1996.
UM, MY, SOME OF MY CON I'M OPPOSED TO THIS, UH, SOME THIS STRUCTURE.
UH, SOME OF MY COMMENTS THAT I'D LIKE TO ADD, UH, THAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT ARE, UM, THAT, UH, IT'S BEING REQUESTED FOR A RESIDENCY YET.
UH, THEY'RE REQUESTING THAT AT LEAST 16 PEOPLE LIVE IN THIS FACILITY.
UM, THAT'S IN MY MIND NOT A RESIDENCE.
UH, WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SIMILAR BUSINESSES OWNED BY, UM, THIS FAMILY AND YOU LOOK AT THEIR WEBSITES, UM, ONE OF THEM IS PECAN VIEWS.
IT'S CLEARLY LISTED AS A BUSINESS, NOT A RESIDENCE.
UM, THAT IS, UM, MATT'S, UM, MATT'S BROTHER THAT HAS THE, THE LOT OFF OF PEMBROKE ROAD.
UM, ANOTHER CONCERN THAT I HAVE IS TRASH.
UM, WHEN, WHEN YOU HAVE A FACILITY WITH 16 ELDERLY PEOPLE LIVING IN IT, UM, THE FOOD REQUIRED THAT THEY WON'T EAT, UM, THE FIVE EMPLOYEES THAT IS GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO TAKE CARE OF THESE PEOPLE.
AND I CAME UP WITH THE NUMBER FIVE TO ONE, UH, USING THE RATIO OFF OF THE PECAN VIEWS.
THEY HAVE A THREE TO ONE RATIO, UH, EMPLOYEE TO RESIDENT RATIO.
SO THAT'S WHERE I CAME UP WITH THE FIVE EMPLOYEES.
SO, SO THEY'RE LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST 21 PEOPLE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
UM, IN THIS FACILITY, UH, THAT'S THE
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TRASH CAN THAT YOU SEE UP THERE WON'T BE, YOU KNOW, YOUR GENERAL TWO TRASH CANS THAT YOU GET FOR A HOUSEHOLD.IT'S, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE A DUMPSTER.
UH, THE SAME DUMPSTER THAT HE SHOWED IN THE MEDICAL FACILITY, UH, WOULD BE RIGHT NEXT TO MY, MY DRIVEWAY THAT I GO OUT EVERY DAY.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF WILDLIFE IN THE ANIMAL IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THEY'D BE DIGGING THROUGH THESE TRASH CANS AND UM, YOU KNOW, I WOULDN'T, I'M SURE YOU WOULDN'T WANT A DUMPSTER RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR DRIVEWAY.
UM, TRAFFIC GENERATED BY THIS.
LIKE I SAID, EVEN WITH THE, UH, THE FIVE EMPLOYEES, THERE'S GONNA BE A MINIMUM OF FIVE CARS.
UH, IF THE RESIDENTS HAVE NO VISITORS AT ALL, UM, USING THE SAME RATIO THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER.
UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE, UM, THE HOUSE, THE HOUSE USED, THE, THE LOT USED TO HAVE A, LIKE A 1200 SQUARE FOOT HOUSE ON IT.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THE FACILITY THAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT ADDING, UH, THEY'RE ADDING AN 8,100 FOOT SQUARE FOOT BUSINESS, UH, 6,700 FOOT SQUARE FOOT DRIVEWAY WITH SIDEWALKS.
UM, THE WATER RUNOFF AND NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE AQUIFER.
UM, THIS IS A VERY ROLLING HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE WATER RUNOFF IS GOING TO WASH OUT THE SIDES OF THE ROADS THERE.
WE'RE ALL DOWNHILL FROM THIS LOT, SO THEY'RE GONNA COVER SO MUCH OF THE GROUND.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE UM, ALEXANDRA GAELIC.
UH, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA TOUCH ON THE PERSONAL SLANDER THERE 'CAUSE THOSE WERE OUTRAGEOUS.
BUT I CAN SPEAK FROM PECAN VIEWS.
SO THE STAFFING RA STAFFING RATIO OF ONE TO FIVE IS BECAUSE I ONLY HAVE FIVE TO SIX PEOPLE.
SO NATURALLY
AND I CAN TELL YOU GUYS THAT WE ALL HAVE VERY SUCCESSFUL ASSISTED LIVINGS.
UM, OUR PARENTS IMMIGRATED TO AMERICA, SO THEY DID ASSISTED LIVING IN THEIR HOMES IN OREGON AND WE GREW UP IN THIS.
UM, AND THIS IS WHAT WE KNOW AND DO.
I HAVE MY OWN ASSISTED LIVING.
IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE BY IT RIGHT NOW AND IT IS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THERE MIGHT BE ONE CAR THERE.
I, I, I REALLY SINCERELY GUYS ASK YOU TO DRIVE BY IT.
IT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A BUSINESS.
THE REASON WHY WE BUILD THEM LIKE HOMES IS TO MATCH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALSO FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND DIGNITY FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT WE TAKE ON.
UM, SINCE ASSISTED LIVING IS BECOMING MORE POPULAR, ESPECIALLY A SMALL SETTING, UM, THE REASON BEING IS BECAUSE IT FEELS MORE HOMELIKE.
UM, IT'S MORE IN A NEIGHBORHOOD SETTING.
I WORK WITH DEMENTIA PATIENTS.
UM, PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S, THEY GET VERY, VERY CONFUSED.
UM, IF THERE'S A LOT OF IN AND OUT TRAFFIC, RIGHT? WE DON'T WANT THAT
WE WANT TO MAKE IT AS COMFORTABLE AND HOMELIKE AS POSSIBLE FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UM, I KNOW BEN IS GOING TO BE WORKING WITH UM, SA SALSA TO HELP MAKE THE HOME STRUCTURE MORE, UM, ACCOMMODATING FOR THE DISABILITIES.
UM, I KNOW THE STRUCTURE IS GONNA BE, SEEMS FAIRLY LARGE, BUT IT'S ONLY 16 PEOPLE.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN BATHROOMS TO PRESERVE DIGNITY OF LIFE.
UM, AND THIS IS AGAIN TO UM, HELP OUR AGING POPULATION WHO'VE LIVED IN SAN ANTONIO.
ALL THEIR LIVES HAVE WORKED AND LIVED HERE.
AS FOR MYSELF, I CAN TELL YOU THAT WE'VE HAD MANY, MANY PLACEMENTS THAT ARE LOCAL.
I CANNOT ACCEPT ANY MORE 'CAUSE I AM CAPPED WHERE I AM.
HOWEVER, BEFORE THIS MEETING EVEN STARTED, I HAD A CALL IF WE COULD TAKE ANY RESPITE CARE.
UM, THERE IS A DEMAND, A NEED
THERE ARE OTHER SMALL ASSISTED LIVINGS AND IN TEXAS I NEED TO REMIND THAT A SMALL ASSISTED LIVING IS ANYTHING UNDER 16 AND BELOW.
SO BY TEXAS CODES, THAT IS A SMALL ASSISTED LIVING.
UM, THERE ARE PLENTY IN RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS BECAUSE IT IS MORE OF A RESIDENTIAL OPERATION.
UM, IT'S NOT GONNA BE THIS HEAVY TRAFFICKED AREA.
LAST TIME I CALLED AN AMBULANCE AT MY FACILITY WAS A YEAR AGO BECAUSE OUR PATIENTS ARE STABLE WITH PREDICTABLE CONDITIONS.
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YOU.UM, NEXT WE HAVE MR. DANIEL GALLIC.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE MR. BRAD BARON BLATT.
I LIVE AT 34 RUSTIC BEND DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM 42 11 HONEYCOMB AND I OPPOSED THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
WE LIVE IN A VERY SMALL, VERY SMALL QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD ENCOMPASSING ONLY 12 SQUARE BLOCKS.
YOU CAN SEE IT OUTLINED THERE IN BLACK.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAYOUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND GOOGLE MAPS WHERE THAT CAME FROM, IT'S BOUNDED BY EBNER VANCE JACKSON OR SINGER AND SLEEPY HOLLOW ROADS.
THE RED MARK, THE TEARDROP IS THE PROPOSED FACILITY.
AS YOU CAN SEE, IT IS CLOSER TO THE CENTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAN IT IS THE FRINGE.
MANY OF THE STREETS IN THE AREA DON'T EVEN HAVE CURBS GIVING THE AREA A RUSTIC RURAL FEEL.
MANY OF THE OLDER HOMES ARE SMALL AND SET ON LARGE LOTS WITH ABUNDANT TREES, ADDING THE CHARM AND AMBIENCE AMBIANCE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR OWN HOME IS A MODEST 1,654 SQUARE FEET.
THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO US IS 2322 SQUARE FEET.
IN FACT, OF THE 10 RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE PROPOSED PROPERTY, THE AVERAGE SIZE IS LESS THAN 2000 SQUARE FEET BASED ON FIGURES READILY AVAILABLE ON THE ZILLOW WEBSITE.
WHERE I GOT THIS, ACCORDING TO THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, THE STRUCTURE THEY WANT TO BUILD IS 8,150 SQUARE FEET.
THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN FOUR TIMES THE AVERAGE SIZE OF THE HOME IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IN ADDITION, THEY WANT TO PAVE ANOTHER 6,750 SQUARE FEET, THREE TIMES THE AVERAGE FOOTPRINT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THREE TIDES OF THE HOMES FOOTPRINT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY'RE PROPOSING TO BUILD AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY ON THE PROPERTY.
THERE ARE MANY AREAS OF THE CITY THAT WOULD BE MUCH MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THIS KIND OF BUSINESS.
ONES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED FOR SUCH A FACILITY.
ONES WHERE 8,000 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS ARE NOT UNCO NOT UNCOMMON.
AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS ARE ALREADY WELL ESTABLISHED FOR BUSINESSES.
ONES WHERE COMMERCIAL TRASH PICKUP FOR DUMPSTERS IS ALREADY COMMON.
LOCATIONS THAT DO NOT ENCROACH INTO A SMALL RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE PROPOSAL ALLOWS FOR UP TO 16 RESIDENTS WITH STAFF PRESENT THAT WOULD BE MORE THAN 20 PEOPLE ON THE PROPERTY.
ADD IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF RESIDENTS TO DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENTS, SHOPPING DESTINATIONS AND OTHER TRIPS, VISITORS DELIVERY VEHICLES, COMMERCIAL REFUSE TRUCKS, REPAIRMEN, AMBULANCES, ET CETERA.
AND YOU HAVE A BUSTLING BUSINESS.
AGAIN, NOT APPROPRIATE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE MEMBERS OF THE ZONING COMMISSION TO DENY THE APPLICATION TO REZONE THE PROPERTY.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. CHRISTIE TREVINO, PLEASE.
MY NAME IS CHRISTIE TREVINO AND I LIVE AT 42 19 HONEYCOMB STREET.
WE ARE TO THE LEFT OF THIS PROPOSED FACILITY AND I AM REQUESTING THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE THIS.
I'M DEFINITELY IN OPPOSITION AND I SECOND ALL OF MY NEIGHBOR'S OPPOSITIONS TO THIS PROPERTY.
UM, THERE ARE A LOT OF REASONS, BUT I'LL JUST NAME A FEW.
UM, THE FIRST ONE, AGAIN, THIS BUSINESS IS RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THERE ARE OTHER BUSINESSES THAT ARE THERE, BUT THEY ARE ON VANCE JACKSON OR HUEBNER.
AND THE CHURCH THAT WE HAVE THAT'S IN THE LITTLE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE LITTLE VACANT HOME THAT WE THINK A REALTOR BOUGHT, THEY MAYBE HAVE LIKE TWO CARS THERE.
THERE'S NOT A LOT OF ACTIVITY THAT GOES ON THERE.
UM, THE MAJOR BUSINESSES THAT WE DO SEE ON HUEBNER AND VANCE JACKSON, THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF TRAFFIC.
THE BUSINESS THAT IS TO OUR RIGHT IS A LARGE BUILDING.
WE HAVE A LOT OF CARS THAT PARK ON OUR STREET.
THEY PARK IN FRONT OF OUR MAILBOX.
THE MAILMAN TELLS US ALL THE TIME, DO YOU WANT ME TO GIVE YOU SOME LETTERS SO THAT YOU CAN PUT ON THESE CARS? BECAUSE IT'S SUCH AN INCONVENIENCE FOR BOTH OUR HOUSE AND THEN JUDY ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, THERE IS SO MUCH PARKING ON OUR STREET THAT WE'VE ALSO HAD BREAK-INS.
UM, ALL OF US PARK IN OUR DRIVEWAYS OBVIOUSLY.
UM, BUT THERE ARE BREAK-INS THAT WE SEE FOR THE CARS THAT ARE PARKING THERE.
AND WE KNOW THAT IT'S COMING FROM THESE TWO BUSINESSES ON THE CORNER AND THE DENTAL OFFICE AROUND THE CORNER AS WELL ON EBNER.
SO HAVING ANOTHER FACILITY THERE IS JUST GONNA INCREASE WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON HONEYCOMB DRIVE.
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THAT WALK THEIR DOGS.WE HAVE TWO, UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT WALK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR EXERCISE.
UM, I THINK I HEARD MAYBE ON THE VOICEMAIL THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS THAT GO THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE HAVE THE MUSIC SCHOOL RIGHT THERE.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDDOS THAT COME THROUGH TO DO THEIR PRIVATE MUSIC LESSONS AFTER SCHOOL.
UM, SO TRAFFIC, THE PROPOSED PARKING, I ANTICIPATE THAT OBVIOUSLY TO BE THE ISSUE AGAIN AS WELL.
UM, THE NOISE AND LIGHT POLLUTION, CONSIDERING THAT WE'RE GONNA BE RIGHT NEXT TO THEM.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAYOUT OF THIS, I'M NOT SEEING ANY ADDITIONAL TREES THAT ARE BEING ADDED.
AND I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE GONNA NEED THAT TO ALLEVIATE THE INCREASED NOISE AND POLLUTION AND INCREASED LIGHT POLLUTION THAT'S GONNA BE THERE.
LASTLY, THE VISUAL LOOK OF THIS FACILITY.
WE'RE TALKING 8,150 SQUARE FEET AND THEN 25 FEET TALL.
THAT'S GREATLY LARGER THAN ANY OF THE HOMES THAT ARE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, ESPECIALLY THE ONES THAT ARE SURROUNDING THIS.
WE LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THE AQUIFER RECHARGE ZONE.
WE NEED ALL THE WATER WE CAN GET.
HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE NOT ALLOWED TO WATER OUR GRASS IN THIS CITY? SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 14,900 SQUARE FEET OF IMPERVIOUS COVER THAT REALLY DOESN'T FIT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH WHAT WE SEE.
WE'RE A VERY FORESTED, HEAVY, NATURAL FEEL.
EVERYBODY HAS CHAIN LINK FENCES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE CAN SEE ALL OF THE, UM, NEIGHBORS AND ANIMALS.
AND SO I REALLY JUST DON'T THINK THAT THE AESTHETIC OF THIS LARGE COMPOUND REALLY FITS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND I REALLY HOPE YOU OPPOSE THIS.
AND LAST WE HAVE MISS NORMA BALINSKI.
I'M NORMA MALKI AND I LIVE AT 42 19 HONEYCOMB.
UM, EVERYTHING HAS PRETTY MUCH BEEN, UH, SAID, BUT I JUST WANNA SAY THE THINGS THAT BOTHER ME THE MOST IS THE PARKING.
UM, THIS, FIRST OF ALL, THIS PLACE IS HUGE.
IT'S NOT GONNA FIT IN WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN, OUR HOUSES ARE SO SMALL AND THIS IS GONNA TAKE THE WHOLE AREA AND THE PARKING, YOU KNOW, 16 PEOPLE, HE SAYS IT'S FOR ELDERLY, STARTING WITH 80.
I HAVE SO MANY FRIENDS THAT ARE IN THEIR EIGHTIES AND THEY ALL DRIVE.
SO, I MEAN, HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT NONE OF THESE PEOPLE DRIVE AND THEN ALL THE DELIVERIES AND THE MEDICAL AND IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST GONNA BE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC.
SO ON OUR RIGHT HAND SIDE, IT'S A, IT'S A, IT'S A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY, BUT THEY FACE HENER, BUT THEY PARK ON OUR STREET.
AND WHAT THEY DO IS THEY PARK ON BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.
SO WHEN WE COME HOME, I CAN BARELY DRIVE THROUGH AND I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL THAT I DON'T HIT THESE CARS.
AND IT'S LIKE, HOW IS THAT MY FAULT THAT I CAN'T EVEN GET INTO MY OWN HOUSE BECAUSE OF ALL THESE CARS? AND THEN IT, NOW IT'S GONNA BE ON BOTH SIDES.
YOU KNOW? AND THEN I'M SORRY, BUT I MEAN, IF WE WANNA SELL WHO'S, WHO'S GONNA WANNA BUY A HOUSE BETWEEN TWO PROPERTIES, I MEAN TWO, TWO BUSINESSES, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST PLEASE DON'T AGREE.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE A OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL? THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS.
I, I DON'T WANT TO TRY AND TAKE TOO MUCH OF YOUR GUYS' TIME.
UM, THE SLANDEROUS REMARKS ONE I THINK IS ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGEOUS AND INSULTING ON A PERSONAL LEVEL.
NO ONE HAS EVER TALKED TO US ABOUT ANY OF THESE ACCUSATIONS, SO I'M NOT GONNA GET INTO THAT.
'CAUSE TODAY'S CASE IS ABOUT ZONING, IT'S NOT ABOUT PERSONAL ATTACKS.
SECONDLY, THE PARKING SITUATION, WHICH IS PROBABLY THE MOST CURRENT, UH, ISSUE THAT WE'RE SEEING BECAUSE OF THE NEIGHBORING COMMERCIAL BUSINESS THAT FACES HUBNER.
UM, I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ON THE SITE PLAN THAT YOU HAVE WITH EASEMENT ACCESS, THAT CAN ALSO BE PARKING OVER AN ACRE OF SPACE WHERE YOU CAN ADD ADDITIONAL PARKING.
SO PARKING ON THE STREET WOULD ACTUALLY NEVER REALISTICALLY OCCUR HERE WITH THIS BEING A RESIDENCE.
DUMPSTERS OR GARBAGE DELIVERY WOULD BE IN LIEU OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL WEEKLY DELIVERIES.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY OUT OF CYCLE, UM, TRIPS HERE.
AS FOR THE, THE IMPERVIOUS COVERAGE IN REGARDS TO THE AQUIFER, UM, RIGHT NOW IT IS A VACANT LOT, BUT AT SOME POINT FOR THE LAST 33 YEARS IT'S BEEN VACANT.
AND SO AT SOME POINT FROM NOW UNTIL THE END OF TIME, SOMETHING'S GONNA HAVE TO HAVE TO HAPPEN TO THIS PROPERTY.
NOW IF THERE IS THIS MUCH OPPOSITION TO HAVE HAVING ANYTHING DONE TO THE PROPERTY AT ALL, I WOULD QUESTION WHY THE LOCAL COMMUNITY HASN'T BANDED TOGETHER TO PURCHASE IT BECAUSE IT'S EXCHANGED SO MANY DIFFERENT HANDS.
UM, AS FOR OUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE, I GREW UP
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IN A SENIOR CARE HOME.MY PARENTS TOOK CARE OF ASSISTED LIVING OF SENIORS FROM WHEN I WAS A BABY, UH, ALL THE WAY UNTIL I WAS IN ADULTHOOD AND GRADUATED COLLEGE WITH AN ENGINEERING DEGREE.
BOTH OF MY BROTHERS, INCLUDING MY SISTER, OUR ENTIRE FAMILY SERVES SENIOR RESIDENTS.
SO THEY ARE, THEY ARE CORRECT IN THAT OUR EXTENDED FAMILY DOES THIS.
AND BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT OUR PARENTS TAUGHT US TO DO, WAS TO TAKE CARE OF SENIORS AND TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU USUALLY PUT IN AN INSTITUTION.
IN REGARDS TO NURSING FACILITIES, THERE'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ASSISTED LIVING.
THE REASON THAT THEY WOULD BE IN THIS HOME IS BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DRIVE.
THEY NEED ASSISTANCE WITH DAILY ACTIVITIES.
YOU ARE NOT GONNA BE HAVING SOMEBODY HERE THAT IS A HUNDRED PERCENT INDEPENDENT LIVING IN A FACILITY THAT NEEDS ASSISTANCE.
SO I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COMMISSIONERS.
THIS IS A DISTRICT EIGHT CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR QUESTIONS.
IF YOU CAN JUST COME BACK TO, UH, BEN, TO THE, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
I'M GONNA TRY TO ADDRESS SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS I HAVE FOR YOU.
UH, CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT YOUR PARKING AND LIGHTING AROUND THE PROPERTY? SO LIGHTING WOULD BE IN LIEU OF ANY RESIDENTIAL STRUCTURE, UH, YOU'D HAVE PROBABLY A LIGHT NEAR THE FRONT DOOR, A LIGHT NEAR THE BACK DOOR.
AND THAT'S THE EXTENT OF WHAT WE WOULD HAVE.
WE HAD THOUGHT THE IDEA OF HAVING LIGHTING ON THE SOFFIT AROUND THE STRUCTURE, BUT IF THAT ISN'T TOO IMPERVIOUS AND WE WANT TO TRY AND BE AS ACCOMMODATING AS POSSIBLE TO THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD, THEN THAT'S NOT A NECESSITY.
IF WE WANNA LIMIT TO TWO EXTERIOR LIGHTS, I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
IF WE WANT TO HAVE NO LIGHTING OUTSIDE OF A FRONT DOOR LIGHT, THAT'S OKAY WITH US.
SO I WANT TO TRY AND WORK WITH OUR COMMUNITY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO TRY AND MAKE SOMETHING THAT LOOKS COMMERCIAL IN NATURE.
ALL OF THE EXAMPLES THAT WE SET IN PLACE ALL LOOK LIKE HOMES.
YES, THEY ARE LARGER THAN A REGULAR HOME, BUT IN TERMS OF ASSISTED LIVING FACILITIES THAT CAN SERVE UP TO SIX RESIDENTS, THEY CAN BE IN A REGULAR HOME SETTING ANYWHERE IN THE CITY WITHOUT ANY PERMISSION.
UM, THE, THE MAIN REQUEST THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO IS TO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL ASSISTED LIVING THAT'S REGULATED, LICENSED AND AUDITED BY BOTH THE STATE, THE COUNTY, AND LOCAL HEALTH OFFICIALS.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, HOMES IN THE COMMUNITY THAT OPERATE, UH, ASSISTED LIVINGS WITH THREE RESIDENTS OR LESS, AND THOSE ARE A HUNDRED PERCENT UNREGULATED.
SO YOU ACTUALLY HAVE SENIOR RESIDENTS THAT GO INTO THESE RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE NOT, UM, AUDITED OR, OR ADMINISTRATED IN ANY FORM.
ALSO, UM, CAN YOU TELL ME, UH, WHAT'S GONNA BE, I HEARD A VOICEMAIL REGARDING THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING.
WHAT COULD YOU CONFIRM THE HEIGHT OF THE BUILDING THAT YOU'RE PLANNING TO? SO THE, THE HIGHEST CEILING HEIGHT THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRUCTURE.
WE HAVE 10 FOOT CEILINGS AND THIS IS A SINGLE STORY HOME WITH A SHINGLE ROOF WITH A 12 OF 12 TWO PITCH.
SO I'M NOT SURE WHERE THIS 25 FOOT, UM, CAME FROM, BUT OUR STRUCTURE IS, I THINK AT THE RIDGE LINE OF THE MIDDLE OF THE BUILDING IS I BELIEVE 18 TO 19 FEET.
AND THEN CAN YOU, I CAN CLARIFY THAT ON THE SITE PLAN, IT DOES SAY THAT THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS 25.75 FEET.
IS CONSISTENT WITH LIKE A ONE STORY.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE EMPLOYEES? THEY'RE GONNA HAVE MORNING SHIFTS, EVENING SHIFTS.
WHAT'S THE PLAN FOR THESE EMPLOYEES THAT YOU PLAN TO HAVE THERE? SO IN EMPLOYEE WISE, YOU'LL HAVE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE CAREGIVERS BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7:00 AM AND 5:00 PM AND YOU'LL HAVE APPROXIMATELY ONE EMPLOYEE FROM THE HOURS OF 5:00 PM TO 7:00 AM THE, THERE'S AN ADJACENT STREET CALLED, I THINK IT'S RUSTIC.
AND SO ARE YOU PLANNING TO, WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE OR PROJECT BASED? THERE'S NO ONE COULD WALK THERE FROM THE SCHOOL OR EVEN TRAFFIC.
UM, AS I DROVE BY THE ROAD, UH, YESTERDAY I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE AND LET A CAR GO BY.
SO HOW WERE YOU PLANNING TO ADDRESS THAT? WE WERE, WE WERE PLANNING TO KEEP IT AS IS BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S CONFORMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE THE SIDEWALKS CURRENTLY STOP AT HONEYCOMB AND UH, GO INTO RUSTIC LANE AS YOU, UH, NEAR VANCE JACKSON.
IF WE, IF THERE'S A REQUEST TO PUT SIDEWALKS, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO.
AND THEN ANOTHER MEETING, UM, REGARDING THE, HAVE YOU HAD A MEETING WITH SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS AT LEAST KIND OF LET THEM KNOW WHAT YOUR PLAN TO DEVELOP BEFORE YOU PURCHASED OR HAVE YOU DONE IT AFTER YOU PURCHASED? NO, IT WAS AFTER WE PURCHASED.
SO AFTER WE PURCHASED IS WHEN WE SUBMITTED FOR OUR ZONING APPLICATION.
AND IMMEDIATELY TWO OR THREE DAYS AFTER WE HAD SUBMITTED, WE HAD SENT OUT A NOTICE TO ALL
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OF THE NEIGHBORS.THIS IS A, A VERY UNIQUE PART OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE THERE'S NO HOA AND THERE'S NO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
SO IT IS LITERALLY JUST PRIVATE RESIDENCES.
UM, WE TRIED TO GIVE ALL OF OUR INFORMATION, MY INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE ON THE INTERNET.
I'M A LICENSED MOR MORTGAGE ORIGINATOR AND FEDERALLY, UM, AUDITED FROM A COMPLIANCE AND INTEGRITY STANDPOINT, WHICH IS WHY I SAID THE SLANDEROUS REMARKS ARE OUTRAGEOUS BECAUSE I HAVE CONSTANT BACKGROUND CHECKS WITH MY LINE OF WORK.
YOU CAN LOOK UP MY INFORMATION.
I HAVE TWO CELL PHONE NUMBERS, THREE EMAIL ADDRESSES ONLINE AND WE'VE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO ACTUALLY REACH OUT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND COMMUNITY.
WE'VE ANSWERED THE FEW PHONE CALLS THAT HAVE COME BACK AND THE EMAILS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED, WE'VE ALWAYS REPLIED WITHIN ONE HOUR.
I MAY COME BACK TO YOU IN A LITTLE BIT.
UH, WITH THE CURRENT ZONING, WHAT IS THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE RESIDENCE IN THE FACILITY? LIKE THE CURRENT ZONING BECAUSE IT'S R SIX CD, BUT COULD THEY TECHNICALLY HAVE, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO CODE TWO ZONING, COULD THEY MAKE, WHAT'S THE MAX? I GUESS THEY COULD HAVE RESIDENTS IN THERE.
IS IT EIGHT? THERE'S NOT REALLY A, YEAH, THERE'S NOT REALLY A MAXIMUM FOR A RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.
IT'S PROTECTED BY LAW AS FAR AS IF YOU'RE, YOU HAVE A LARGE FAMILY, YOU COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE SIX STATE PEOPLE IN THE, IN THE HOUSEHOLD, UH, CONDITIONAL USE FOR OFFICE.
BUT I, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TRYING TO SEE IF THEY HAVE.
SO THE CONDITIONAL USE IS FOR AN OFFICE SO THAT IT COULD ACTUALLY BE A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
YEAH, BUT THEY COULD NOT, NOT PUT EIGHT EIGHT, THEY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO PUT EIGHT PEOPLE IN THERE AS AN ASSISTED LIVING IF THEY IT WELL, IF THEY, UM, ACCORDING TO THE RESIDENTIAL USE MATRIX, SO THEIR BASE ZONING IS OUR SIX, THEY WOULD BE PERMITTED AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WITH SIX OR FEWER RESIDENTS.
AND THEN ANOTHER QUESTION ON THE APPLICATION REFLECTS LOT 12, BUT ON THERE THERE'S TWO LOTS.
IS IT SIX AND 12? SO THE APPLICATION IS FOR BOTH LOTS OR THEY'VE ALREADY, HE MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT LANDLOCK.
DOES THAT MEAN THAT BOTH LOTS ARE LOCKED INTO ONE LOT NUMBER? WE'LL VERIFY THAT WHILE YOU'RE OKAY.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO GO AHEAD AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE.
ALRIGHT, UM, QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
OH, COMMISSIONER TSET, I GUESS THIS IS FOR STAFF.
UM, UNDER THE PREVIOUS ZONING APPROVAL FOR OFFICE USE, HOW BIG OF OFFICE BUILDING COULD THEY BUILD? AND I GUESS WITH THAT DID THEY GET A SPECIFIC SITE PLAN APPROVAL THAT IT HAS TO BE BUILT THAT WAY? OR YOU COULD COME IN AND BUILD ANY KIND OF OFFICE YOU WANT? RIGHT.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT HAD A, A REZONING IN 2013.
THERE WOULD BE A CORRESPONDING SITE PLAN.
WE'LL ALSO CHECK THE MEASUREMENT OF THAT FOR YOU.
BUT IT IS FOR A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
AND AS YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT IS IN A RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT THAT IS NOT A RESIDENTIAL USE HAS THE PROVISIONS OF IT STILL MUST LOOK LIKE A HOME.
THE HOURS OF OPERATION CAN ONLY BE 7:00 AM TO 6:00 PM AND UH, THE ONE OTHER IS THE SIGNAGE.
THEY CAN ONLY HAVE BASICALLY LIKE A NAME PLATE FOR SIGNAGE.
SO IT HAS TO MAINTAIN THE CHARACTER OF BEING A HOME.
BUT IT COULD BE TWO STORIES OR, BUT YES.
SO, UH, WE WILL CHECK THE FOOTPRINT, UH, THE MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR YOU.
BUT IN ESSENCE, WHEN THEY SUBMITTED THAT, THEY, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT ONLY LIVE THERE AS AN R SIX, BUT THEY COULD ALSO OPERATE A PROFESSIONAL OFFICE.
UM, WE WERE JUST, ANN WAS ABLE TO PULL UP THE ORDINANCE AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THE SITE PLAN IS ON THERE.
AND THEN AS FOR THE LOTS, UM, IT, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS RECENTLY RE PLATTED, SO IT'S ALL ONE LOT.
YOU SAVED ME ON MY OTHER QUESTION ABOUT RE PLATTING.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
AND THANK YOU FOR THAT BECAUSE UH, IF IT WAS NOT REPLANTED, YOU COULD NOT BUILD IT 'CAUSE YOU'RE GOING OVER A LOT LINE, BUT, BUT LET'S GO.
COMM COMMISSIONER REYES, YOU HAVE QUESTIONS? YES.
SO ARE WE JUST SOUTH OF THE RECHARGE ZONE? YES SIR.
THIS IS NOT WITHIN THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE.
UH, COUPLE CLARIFYING QUESTIONS FOR THE APPLICANT, PLEASE.
ON YOUR SITE PLAN, YOU SHOWED A WALLED AREA FOR TRASH BINS, SO YOU WON'T BE USING A DUMPSTER.
JUST CAN USE A NUMBER OF TRASH BINS.
WE COULD DO EITHER OR WHATEVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD REPAIRS.
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AND IF IT WERE A DUMPSTER, HOW WOULD, UH, YOUR DUMPSTER SERVICE, UM, ACCESS IT? SO ON RUSTIC LANE, YOU ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE A SIDEWALK, AND THAT'S LEVEL WITH THE STREET.SO IN THAT TOP RIGHT CORNER WHERE IT'S CURRENTLY PROPOSED, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE IT PULL OUT DIRECTLY, DIRECTLY INTO THE STREET OR IF THERE'S, UM, A BETTER LOCATION OR USE.
WE, I MEAN WE'RE OPEN TO ANY SUGGESTIONS.
AND UH, LAST QUESTION IS, UH, SO YOUR RESIDENTS HAVE, I WOULD ASSUME, REGULAR APPOINTMENTS, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND SO FORTH, RIGHT? UM, NOT, I WOULDN'T SAY WEEKLY.
IF, IF THEY ARE IN A, IN A POSITION WHERE THEY NEED SUPERVISED NURSING CARE, THEY WOULD BE RELOCATED TO A NURSING FACILITY, WHICH IS VERY DISTINCTLY DIFFERENT.
BUT JUST FOR, YOU KNOW, ROUTINE MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, ROUTINE MAYBE, I'D SAY MONTHLY, UH, CHECK-INS, THE AVERAGE RESIDENT LEAVES THE FACILITY PROBABLY ONCE EVERY THREE TO SIX WEEKS.
AND WHEN THEY DO THAT, DO YOU TRANSPORT THEM YOURSELF OR DO YOU USE VIATRAN OR AMBULANCE SERVICE FOR THAT? IT WOULD USUALLY TYPICALLY BE PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION.
SO A DAUGHTER OR A SON WOULD TYPICALLY PICK THEM UP.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR STAFF AND THAT IS, UM, REGARDING, UH, ACTUALLY, YEAH, I GUESS STAFF COULD, COULD CONFIRM, UM, PECAN VIEWS WAS BROUGHT UP AT 69 60 PEMBROKE, I BELIEVE THEY CAME FOR A REZONING A YEAR OR TWO AGO.
IS THAT CORRECT OR DO YOU KNOW? WE'LL PUT IN THE ADDRESS.
OKAY, WE'LL CHECK THAT FOR YOU.
ANYTHING ELSE? UM, AND I GUESS THIS IS A, THIS IS A QUESTION FOR EITHER THE APPLICANT OR, UH, OR MS. ALEXANDRA, I'M SORRY, I CAN'T REMEMBER YOUR LAST NAME.
UM, THE PECAN VIEWS, THAT'S A SIX RESIDENT HOME? THAT'S CORRECT, YEAH.
I BELIEVE THAT THAT ZONING CASE DID COME IN EARLY LAST YEAR.
STAFF RECOMMENDED DENIAL BECAUSE IT WAS TOO FAR INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD AND I BELIEVE, UH, ZONING ASKED FOR A CONTINUANCE.
AN APPLICATION WAS EVENTUALLY WITHDRAWN.
WE ACTUALLY DID SOME RESEARCH IN THE LAST 11 YEARS OF CD CASES FOR ASSISTED LIVINGS ABOVE SIX, BUT BELOW 16 THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A SINGLE CASE WHERE, UH, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL AND ZONING.
OUR CITY COUNCIL HAS DENIED THE REQUEST EITHER.
I KNOW EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT, BUT WE'VE TRIED TO DO OUR RESEARCH TO SEE IF THIS IS IN FACT A REASONABLE REQUEST.
UM, ALRIGHT, ANY FINAL QUESTIONS? ALRIGHT, UH, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR A MOTION.
I'D LIKE TO THANK ALL THE APPLICANTS OR THE APPLICANT AND EVERYBODY THAT CAME INTO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS THAT CAME IN TODAY TO GIVE VOICE THEIR OPINION.
THE EMAILS THAT I GOT AS WELL, SORRY, I'M LOSING MY VOICE.
UM, BUT THIS IS A VERY DIFFICULT CASE BEING THAT THE CURRENT ZONING R SIX CD FOR A PROFESSIONAL BUILDING AND TO AN R SIX CD TO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR 16, UH, RESIDENTS.
UM, PERSONALLY DRIVING INTO THE AREA, UH, HAS, HAS A FEEL OF A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD SURROUNDED BY TREES AND WITH TWO MAJOR STREETS RUNNING, UH, A BLOCK OR TWO, WHICH IS HENER ADVANCED JACKSON, LIKE THE APPLICANT SAID.
UM, ONE OF THE STREETS ADJACENT IS ONE OF THE, UH, HAS, IS A ONE-WAY HEADS YOU STRAIGHT TOWARDS HOBBY MIDDLE SCHOOL, BUT THERE'S NO WALKWAY FOR THOSE STUDENTS.
AND I SAW THE STUDENTS WALKING BACK, LIKE YOU SAID, THEY'RE WALKING IN THE STREET, WALKING INSIDE THE STREET.
NOW I KNOW THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CASE, BUT IT'S INTUITIVE WITH THE TRAFFIC ISSUE THAT YOU'RE WERE, UH, EXPRESSING.
UM, AND I CAN SEE THAT BEING A CONCERN WITH THE TRA TRANSPORT VEHICLES THAT POSSIBLY COMING IN, FIRST RESPONDERS HAVING TO RESPOND TO ANY TIME AT ANY TIME OF THE DAY AND BEING IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY.
UM, IT, IT IS A GREAT ADDITION TO THE COMMUNITY AND THAT, BUT, BUT THE RAISING, UM, THE AGING RESIDENTS AROUND THE AREA, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, ASSISTING LIVING, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY FOR SIX RESIDENTS OR LESS FITS THE CHARACTER OF THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO SUPPORT A FACILITY THAT, UH, IS CLOSE TO 8,000 SQUARE FEET IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, I DON'T LIVE TOO FAR FROM THE AREA, SO I KNOW, UM, AND I KIND OF WANNA PRESERVE THESE NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND THERE'S CERTAIN NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN ANTONIO THAT, THAT HAVE THAT SAME FEEL.
WE'VE HAD SOME IN DISTRICT SEVEN, UM, SOME IN DISTRICT FIVE, AND WE WANT TO KIND OF, KIND OF STILL MAINTAIN THESE AREAS FOR THE RESIDENTS.
UM, AND ANOTHER THING THAT WE'VE BEEN KIND OF EMBARKING ON TODAY WAS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN THIS, IN THIS, UH, SESSION.AND I FEEL THAT IF MAYBE THAT WOULD'VE BEEN VOICED BEFORE THE PURCHASE OR DURING THE PURCHASE, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BETTER, UH, OUTCOME.
UM, BUT WITH THAT, IT'S HARD FOR ME TO SUPPORT THIS AND I'M GONNA BE RECOMMENDING DENIAL.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR DENIALS THERE.
AND THAT IS THAT, YES, THERE WAS A, A SIMILAR CASE, UM, IN, IN MY DISTRICT OF DISTRICT SEVEN, AND IN THAT CASE THERE WAS EXISTING ASSISTED LIVING FOR SIX INDIVIDUALS.
UM, THE DESIRE WAS TO INCREASE THAT, AND THE CASE WITH WAS WITHDRAWN BECAUSE THERE WAS TREMENDOUS, UH, PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO IT.
UM, AND I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THAT PROPERTY SAT ON ONE ACRE.
THIS PROPERTY IS 0.8 ACRES, SO ROUGHLY THE SAME.
AND IT WAS FELT THAT INCREASING IT TO THE GREATER THAN SIX, UH, NUMBER WAS GOING TO CREATE A BUSINESS IN THE MIDDLE OF A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THAT SIX WAS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE EVEN AS STAFF SAID WHEN IT WAS, UM, WITH THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE AS A, UM, OFFICE, IT STILL MUST LOOK LIKE A HOME.
UM, 8,000 SQUARE FOOT BECOMES OUTSIDE THE RANGE OF LOOKING LIKE A HOME.
SO I WILL BE SUPPORTING THE, UM, MOTION FOR DENIAL.
SO, MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
OH, DID HE, DID HE LEAVE? HE DID LEAVE.
UM, COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, THIS IS TO DENY, RIGHT? YES.
WELL, YEAH, IT, IT'S, IT'S IT THE MOTION FOR HOLD ON.
ALRIGHT, WELL THANK YOU ALL FOR WHO, WHO CAME OUT? UM, SO WHAT DO WE HAVE LEFT?
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NOMINATIONS.YOU KNOW, IT'S GREAT THAT WE WAITED UNTIL, UNTIL WE HAD PRIMARY VOTE.
SO DO Y'ALL STAFF WANNA RUN IT? OR, OR HOW DOES THIS DO IT HOWEVER YOU LIKE? IF YOU WANT ME TO RUN IT, I'LL RUN IT.
DO WE HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR CHAIR, FOR ZONING COMMISSION? I NOMINATE, UH, CHAIR S SIPES FOR CHAIR.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NONE.
UH, BY ACCLIMATION YOU MAY SAY AYE OR NAY.
WE WON'T, WE WON'T HAVE STORY TIME.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF STORIES I COULD TELL.
DO WE HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? I NOMINATE, UH, VICE, UH, VICE CHAIR WATSON.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS? HEARING NONE.
UH, DO WE HAVE NOMINATIONS FOR PRO TEM? I NOMINATE COMMISSIONER HUEY.
ANY SECOND? OTHER NOMINATIONS? SECOND.
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NOMINATIONS? HEARING NONE BY ACCLIMATION.CONGRATULATIONS PRO TE WE ALRIGHT, THAT IS IT.
DO WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? OH WAIT, WE'VE A MINUTES.
WE STILL GOT A DO MINUTES, DON'T WE? DANG IT.
JUST GET ELECTED AND FORGET ALL CORRECT PROCEDURE.
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IS THERE, IS THERE UH, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR CORRECTIONS TO THE MINUTES? MOTION TO APPROVE.COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND.
ALRIGHT, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE WITH A SECOND.
AND WITH THAT IT IS 3 32 AND THE COMMISSION, THE ZONING COMMISSION OF SAN ANTONIO IS HEREBY ADJOURN.