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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVICES STATEMENT, PLEASE.
UH, BEFORE WE BEGIN, IF UH, ANYONE HAS A COLD OR WOULD, UH, OR WOULD LIKE A MASK, WE DO STILL HAVE SOME AVAILABLE OVER IN THE CORNER, SO PLEASE GO OVER THERE IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE.
UM, MY NAME IS ROB SIPES AND I AM THE CHAIR OF THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, AS WELL AS THE DISTRICT SEVEN ZONING COMMISSIONER.
I HEREBY CALL THIS REGULARLY NOTICED MEETING OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO ZONING COMMISSION IN 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.
JOHN BUSANTE, DISTRICT FIVE, OVAL ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT.
DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE, JOHN WITT, DISTRICT 10 TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
EDDIE REYES, DISTRICT FOUR
WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
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PRIOR TO COMMENCING OUR HEARING, I WOULD LIKE OUR STAFF TO REVIEW OUR MEETING FORMAT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE STAFF.BEFORE I BEGIN, TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
AND 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 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 OPPOSED.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST FOR THOSE THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING.
YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR 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 YIELD THAT TIME.
WHEN THE SPEAKER GOES 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.
STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWN AGENDA.
THERE ARE TWO ITEMS THAT WILL BE WITHDRAWN.
FIRST IS ITEM NUMBER ONE LOCATED AT 1920, OR I'M SORRY, 1 9 2 2 0 BLANCO ROAD.
AND THE SECOND IS ITEM NUMBER 21 LOCATED AT 4 0 9 BLAINE STREET.
AGAIN, THESE TWO ITEMS ARE WITHDRAWN AND WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY.
UH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THE PROPERTY AT, UM, ON BLANCO AND THE PROPERTY ON BLAINE STREET AS MENTIONED, YOU, THOSE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY AND YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE, UM, AS AND AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED IF AND WHEN ANY FUTURE ACTION OCCURS.
UM, STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS NOW ON THE COMBINED AGENDA.
ITEMS TO BE ON THE COMBINED AGENDA ARE ITEMS NUMBER 5, 7, 8, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17, AND 18.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONERS, ANY OF THESE ITEMS YOU WISH TO
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PULL TO INDIVIDUAL? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD PLEASE READ THE COMBINED HEARING AGENDA NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FIVE TO R FIVE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT FIVE 30 EAST SUNSHINE DRIVE, 12 NOTICES WERE SENT, ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED AND NO RESPONSE FROM DONALDSON TERRACE OR SUNSHINE ESTATES NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C ONE TO C TWO WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING TO C TWO NADI OR COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES LOCATED AT 32 67 ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE.
ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A REQUEST AND CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX AND C TWO TO C3 WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
THE APPLICANT IS AMENDING TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE LOCATED AT 13 OR 1 3 5 2 5 WETMORE ROAD.
THERE IS A SITE PLAN THAT WAS GIVEN TO Y'ALL.
UM, THE THERE WERE 10 NOTICES SENT.
THREE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 10 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR A CATERING SHOP WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 3 0 7 FARGO AVENUE, 32 NOTICES WERE SENT.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE COLISEUM.
WILLOW PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 12 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR TO C ONE CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES FULL SERVICE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1704 WEST AVENUE, 39 NOTICES WERE SENT.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE LOS ANGELES HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 13 IS A REQUEST FOR ZONING CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO C TWO NA CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PARKING AND OR STORAGE LONG TERM WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 5 2 4 ALTITUDE ROAD DRIVE.
ZERO RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND LACKLAND TERRACE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 15 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO NA TO IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 9 0 3 SOUTH PINE STREET, 38 NOTICES WERE SENT.
ZERO OPPOSED DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO MHC WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.
AND THEN LASTLY, ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM MF 33 TO I ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TWO REMAIN THE SAME, GENERALLY LOCATED IN THE 11,800 BLOCK OF TECHCOM DRIVE.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT A SPEAKER FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN.
SO WE JUST HAVE ONE SPEAKER, NO VOICEMAILS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE SPEAKER PLEASE, MS. JANE HENRY? UH, YES, JUST A MOMENT PLEASE.
AND IF YOU WOULD JUST STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS IS 5 22 EAST DIXON AVENUE.
AND, UM, I'M PRESIDENT OF THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND I'M HERE, UM, TO ASK FOR A CONTINUANCE OF THIS CASE, UM, BECAUSE WE NEED MORE TIME TO CONSIDER ALL ASPECTS INVOLVED.
UM, THE, UM, THE ARCHITECT AND THE REPRESENTATIVE OF COMMUNICA, THE APPLICANTS, UH, JUST CAME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETING LAST TUESDAY.
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AND, UM, WE'RE COMING UP WITH MORE QUESTIONS AND MORE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO CONSIDER BEFORE WE, WE WANT TO, UM, BE IN TOTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE CHANGE AND FEEL COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT ABOUT IT, OR WE WANT TO HAVE REALLY GOOD REASONS FOR OPPOSING IT AND SUGGESTING ALTERNATIVES.UM, ONE, UM, ONE ASPECT TO CONSIDER IS THAT THIS IS A C THEY'RE ASKING FOR A C TWO ZONING WITHIN IN A MID-BLOCK.
UM, PROPERTY C TWO IS USUALLY GIVEN TO IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GIVEN TO, UH, IN, UH, PROPERTIES, BUSINESSES AT INTERSECTIONS.
UM, FOR INSTANCE, THE, THE PIZZA HUT, WHICH IS ON THE CORNER THERE OF BONNER AND ROOSEVELT IS OPERATING WITH A C ONE.
AND, UM, THE PROPERTY AT, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF BONNER AT ROOSEVELT IS CURRENTLY OWNED BY, UM, THE GARCIA BROTHERS AND IT IS A C TWO, IT'S UNDEVELOPED SO FAR.
UM, BUT BETWEEN THE PIZZA HUT AND ALL THE WAY UP TO WHITE STREET, THERE ARE ONLY C ONES.
UH, AND THEN, SO THIS C TWO IN THE MIDDLE OF A BLOCK RAISES SOME QUESTIONS, UH, AND WOULD SET PRECEDENTS.
UH, AND IT IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MISSION SAN JOSE.
YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE MISSION FROM THAT LOCATION, FROM MOST OF THOSE LOCATIONS BETWEEN BONNER AND ALL THE WAY UP.
AND ONE THING WE WANT TO CONSIDER IS, UM, GOAL NUMBER FOUR FROM THE MISSION HISTORIC DESIGN MANUAL.
UM, GOAL NUMBER FOUR IS TO ENHANCE LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE WITH WITHIN THE MISSION HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER AREA BY STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS, SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES, REINFORCING SOCIAL, UM, INSTITUTIONS FACILITATING PHYSICAL AND COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS.
UM, AND, UM, THE GOAL IS TO, UH, STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, NOT TO DISPLACE IT.
UH, THIS IS A FUNDAMENTAL TO THE IDEA OF THE WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND ITS RECOGNITION OF THE CITY'S INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
UM, SO TO HAVE A COMMUNICARE IS NOT EXACTLY A, UM, A LOCAL BUSINESS.
UM, BUT THANK, THANK YOU, MA'AM.
IS THAT ALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT? THAT IS ALL FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONSENT AGENDA.
UM, DOES ANYONE WISH TO PULL THAT ITEM OR, OR TO LEAVE THAT ITEM ON CONSENT? I'M LOOKING, I BELIEVE, UM, STAFF, ANYONE IS, ANY COMMISSIONER IS AVAILABLE TO PULL AN ITEM EVEN IF IT THAT'S NOT THEIR DISTRICT, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.
UM, ANY COMMISSIONER LOOKING LEFT? UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO THE MAY 7TH HEARING.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN TO THE MAY 7TH HEARING.
IS THERE A SECOND? THERE'S A SECOND.
ON MOVING TO AS A CONTINUANCE.
ALRIGHT, THE MOTION TO CONTINUE.
ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, ROLL CALL, VOTE PLEASE.
IS THERE A MOTION ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS ON THE COMBINED ON THE CONSENT AGENDA? MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS ON CONSENT.
ITEM NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER EIGHT.
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18.AND I BELIEVE ONE OF THOSE IS AMENDED.
IS THERE SECOND? ALRIGHT, THERE IS A, UH, MOTION TO APPROVE ITEMS NUMBER FIVE, NUMBER EIGHT AS AMENDED.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY, I WANNA SAY COMMISSIONER BARROS, BUT HE'S NOT HERE.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? LOOKING LEFT.
SO FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT ARE HERE, FOR THOSE CASES, THOSE WILL NOW BE, OR THOSE ITEMS, THOSE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOU ARE FREE TO ENJOY THE REST OF THIS GLOOMY, RAINY DAY OUTSIDE.
WE WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ONTO OUR CONTINUANCE AGENDA ITEMS THAT WE HAVE FOR CONTIN ARE THREE WEEK CONTINUANCE TO MAY 7TH ARE ITEMS NUMBER THREE, NINE, AND 19.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THOSE ITEMS? WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THERE A MOTION, MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS NUMBER THREE, NUMBER NINE AND NUMBER 19 TO THE MAY 7TH HEARING.
THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS THREE, NINE AND 19 TO THE MAY 7TH MEETING.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BUSANTE, UH, DISCUSSION.
WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN THREE WEEKS.
ALRIGHT, MOVING ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING.
I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER TWO IS THE FIRST ONE.
IF WE COULD HAVE STAFF'S PRESENTATION PLEASE.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BEEZ, SONY PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER TWO IS LOCATED AT 1 5 9 2 6 UNIVERSITY OAKS GOING FROM C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO LS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 20 NOTICES SENT OUT.
THERE IS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS.
IN RELATION TO THE, TO THE ZONING CHANGE REQUEST, THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE C3, GENERAL COMMERCIAL L LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, AND R SIX SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS.
THE CURRENT C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED LS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR LABORATORY RESEARCH AND TESTING IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE PROPERTY IS IN AN AREA THAT ACCOMMODATES OTHER COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES, INCLUDING WAREHOUSING AND OFFICE SPACE.
THE PRESCRIBED SITE PLAN WOULD PREVENT EXPANSION OF THE BUILDING FOOTPRINT AND WOULD ENSURE ADEQUATE PARKING IS AVAILABLE FOR THE THREE DWELLING.
UH, DEVIATION FROM THE APPROVED DOCUMENT COULD POTENTIALLY WARRANT ADDITIONAL COUNSEL CONSIDERATION.
THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, AND I BELIEVE THIS IS A-E-Z-R-D CASE, SO IF WE COULD HAVE SAS REPORT FIRST.
THANKS, MIKE ESCALANTE SANTO WATER SYSTEM.
UH, WE REVIEWED THE ZONING APPLICATION LOCATED AT, UH, 15 9 2 6, UH, UNIVERSITY OAK, ALLOWING FOR A RESEARCH AND TESTING LAB ON
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0.984 ACRE LOT.THE SITE IS CURRENTLY OPERATING AS AN OFFICE WAREHOUSE WITH AN ASSOCIATED UH, PARKING AREA.
NO SENSITIVE GEOLOGIC FEATURES WERE OBSERVED ON SITE, NOR IS THE SITE LOCATED IN A FLOODPLAIN.
SAW STAFF VISITED THE EXISTING FACILITY ON SEPTEMBER 13TH, 2023 TO OBSERVE CURRENT OPERATIONS AND VIEW FIRSTHAND THE RESEARCH AND TESTING PRACTICES THAT WILL BE CONDUCTED IN THE NEW LAB FACILITY.
NO NEW CONSTRUCTION IS BEING PROPOSED, THEREFORE THE EXISTING 64% PREVIOUS COVER WILL NOT BE INCREASED ON SITE.
SAWS RECOMMENDS APPROVAL WITH ALL THE ENVIRONMENTAL RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THE REPORT TO INCLUDE NO OUTSIDE STORAGE OF ANY FLUIDS OR CONTAINERS.
A SPILL KIT SHALL BE ON SITE TO CONTAIN ANY ACCIDENTAL SPILLS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
UH, THANK YOU MR. CHAIRMAN OF BILL KAUFMAN.
UM, THE KAUFMAN GROUP ON HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
YOU KNOW, I WAS JUST THINKING AS YOU GET OLDER, YOU GET SHORTER.
I, MY DEPTH PERCEPTION, I FEEL LIKE I'M GETTING CLOSER AND CLOSER
I'LL TRY TO, UH, GO THROUGH THIS.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A CLICKER, DO I? UM, DISA POINTER, BUT THE POWERPOINT, I DON'T THINK.
UM, THE, MY CLIENT, HELIOS TECHNOLOGIES HAS BEEN IN THE SITE FOR SINCE 2018.
AND THEY'RE AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY.
UH, THIS FACILITY IS WHAT THEY CALL AN INNOVATION LAB AND IT'S NO MANUFACTURING.
UM, UH, IT'S JUST TESTING, UH, SMALL AMOUNTS, UH, OF TESTING.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE DOING ELECTRONIC CONTROLS.
THE, THE SECOND BULLET'S INCORRECT.
THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY DOING HYDRAULIC CONTROLS, BUT THEY WOULD LIKE TO.
AND IN ORDER TO DO THAT OVER THE RECHARGE, WE HAD TO COME AND GET, GO TO AN L ZONING.
BUT, UM, AS THE LAST SLIDE MENTIONS, UH, THE LIMITED TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT TESTING, THERE'LL BE NO MANUFACTURING, NO STORAGE, OUTSIDE STORAGE OR ANYTHING ELSE.
IS THE SAWS REPORT, UM, INDICATED THAT THE BUILDING'S NOT GONNA GET BIGGER.
IT'S THE SAME BUILDING THAT'S BEEN THERE FOR EIGHT YEARS.
UH, THIS IS JUST, UH, TECHNOLOGY.
THEY ARE, BECAUSE THEY'RE AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY AND THEY'RE VERY EXPERIENCED, THEY ADHERE TO ALL SORTS OF SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
THEY, THEY'RE GOVERNED BY LOCAL, STATE AND FEDERAL RULES, UH, VERY SEVERELY.
AND, UM, AND THIS REALLY, THIS SLIDE JUST TALKS ABOUT, UH, THAT I THINK THE KEY POINT IS THE, THE BULLET POINT THAT TALKS ABOUT ANY HYDRAULIC FUEL WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO BARRELS.
AND, UM, AND HOW IT'S STORED IS, WAS ADDRESSED BY SAWS.
IT'S GOTTA BE IN A CATCHMENT AREA THAT THERE CAN'T BE ANY SPILLS OR ANYTHING ELSE.
UH, WE NEED TO GO TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL WITH SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A RESEARCH AND TESTING FACILITY WITHIN THE EDWARDS RECHARGE ZONE.
UM, IF YOU LISTEN TO THE SAS REPORT, THEY, THE INSPECTION WAS IN SEPTEMBER AND WE'RE IN APRIL.
SO FOR EIGHT MONTHS, UH, WE'VE BEEN CIRCLING TALKING TO NEIGHBORS, TALKING TO THE, UH, SAS AND OTHERS.
AND, UH, PLEASED TO SAY THAT IN THE FINAL ANALYSIS, STAFF HAS RECOMMENDED APPROVAL.
THE SAS REPORT RECOMMENDED APPROVAL JOINT BASE.
SAN ANTONIO DIDN'T OBJECT REALLY, THE AIR FORCE DID NOT OBJECT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, THEY, UH, THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T SEND IT IN SUPPORT, BUT THEY'RE NOT GONNA OPPOSE IT.
AND SO THAT'S ALWAYS FEELS GOOD WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPLICANT, UH, THAT, THAT MEETS EVERYBODY'S CRITERIA.
UH, THIS IS AN AERIAL SHOWING THE SITE, UH, THAT WE'RE REZONING.
YOU CAN SEE THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE RIGHT, WHICH ACTUALLY IS AT A LOWER ELEVATION.
EVERYTHING TO THE LEFT, TO THE, UH, IS OF THE SCREEN IS INDUSTRIAL PARK.
THE, UH, NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE THE ZONING, UM, THE ZONING OF OUR SITE, WHICH IS DELINEATED IN BLUE, I THINK.
AND THE SITE ABOVE IT WAS, WE ACTUALLY DID THE ZONING ON THAT A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING FOR ZONING, SAME ZONING AS THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR.
UH, THIS IS JUST THE SITE PLAN WHERE WE'RE REQUIRED TO, UH, UNDER THE CODE TO SUBMIT AS PART OF OUR ZONING CASE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT NEXT YEAR, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME BUILDING, UH, WITH SOME INTERIOR FINISH OUT IMPROVEMENTS, UH, PARKINGS TO THE FRONT AND, UH, IT'S GATED AND PRETTY SECURE.
AND THE NEXT FOUR SLIDES ARE JUST DIFFERENT PICTURES OF THE ELEVATION.
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CAN KIND OF GO THROUGH THESE AND, UH, YOU CAN SEE THE SITE ON THAT, THE SITE TO THE, I'LL CALL IT TO THE RIGHT OR SOUTH NOW FOR INDUSTRIAL USE.SO IN SUMMARY, UM, NO MANUFACTURING, VERY LIMITED USE OF HYDRAULIC FUEL FOR TESTING.
UH, SAWS IS REQUIRED AND I ASSUME THEIR REPORT WILL BE PART OF THE ZONING CASE, UH, WHAT THEY REQUIRE.
AND, UH, WITH THAT WE WILL STAND DOWN AND ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ABOUT THIS PROJECT.
IF NOT, I'LL SIT DOWN AND LISTEN TO THE DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? PUBLIC COMMENT? NO SIR.
UM, WE DON'T HAVE A VOICEMAIL.
IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAIL PLEASE.
FOUR SIX THROUGH NINE GREEN OAKS WOODS.
PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 219-0671.
THE LAST NUMBERS OF THE CASE IS 3 5 5 S-E-R-Z-D.
YES, I LIKE TO INFORM EVERYBODY SINCE I'M DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS BUILDING, IT AFFECTS ME DRASTICALLY.
UM, MY BIGGEST THING IS, UM, NOT SO UPSET ABOUT THE REZONING EXCEPT FOR THE NOISE AND POSSIBILITY POLLUTING THAT EDWARDS AQUIFER.
UM, IN 20 2007, ALL THESE PROPERTIES WERE PROPERTIES WERE RE RESTRICTED AND HAD A COVENANT GUIDELINES OF WHAT THEY COULD AND COULD NOT DO ONTO THE PROPERTY.
UNFORTUNATELY, HE'S FOLLOWING 'EM, ESPECIALLY THE NEXT ONE BESIDE THEM WHO IS BUILDING NOW? I WOULD LIKE FOR MAKE SURE THAT OUR COVENANTS THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE BACK IN 2007 ARE FOLLOWED WITH A MINIMUM 100 FOOT SETBACK, WHICH IS ALREADY DONE.
THEY NEVER PUT THE 75 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER, UH, THAT WAS REQUIRED.
100 FOOT BUILDING SETBACK, THE BERM, THE BERM IS MY MAIN THING.
LEAVING THE BERM ALONE, THE BERM ALONG THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY LINE WILL BE MAINTAINED IN ITS CORRECT CONDITION AND WILL NOT BE REMOVED.
ALL LIGHTING WILL BE DIRECTED DOWNWARD AND AWAY FROM ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.
WELL, UNFORTUNATELY THAT LIGHT'S BEEN PUT UP SINCE ALMOST DAY ONE THAT'S ON THAT BUILDING AND IT FACES MY HOME, IT KEEPS ME UP AT NIGHT.
AND SO I HAD TO PUT BLACKOUT CURTAINS ON THE BACK OF MY HOUSE THAT I'VE NEVER HAD BEFORE BECAUSE THOSE ARE BEDROOMS BACK THERE.
IF WE'RE GONNA CHANGE THINGS, WE NEED TO BE RESPECTFUL TO THE PEOPLE WHO ARE AROUND US AND THE THINGS THAT ARE AROUND US AND FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES THAT WERE PUT IN PLACE FROM DAY ONE.
THAT'S THE ONLY VOICEMAIL WE HAVE.
I DON'T HAVE ANYONE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I NOTICED SOMEONE RAISED THEIR HAND THOUGH.
WHERE WAS I SUPPOSED TO SIGN OUT ON THIS SHEET? DO YOU NEED TO SIGN IN TO SPEAK? AND THIS IS FOR THE ITEM LOCATED AT UNIVERSITY OAK.
UM, WE'RE GONNA CALL MR. TOTH WHILE THIS OTHER GENTLEMAN SIGNS IN TO SPEAK.
IF YOU JUST GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE.
MY NAME IS JAMES TOTH AT 46 18 BLACK OAK WOODS.
UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK HELIO FOR THEIR, UH, OPENNESS AND, AND, UM, GIVEN THIS AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE FOR, UH, THIS REZONING.
UH, AGAIN, MY ONLY CONCERN AS AS VOICE ON THE VOICEMAIL WAS THE NOISE LEVEL THAT WAS COMING OUT.
I SPOKE WITH ELIAS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
THEY HAD INDICATED THAT, UM, VARY OR ABSOLUTELY NO NOISE OR THEY CAN GUARANTEE NO, NO, NO NOISE.
BUT, UM, I JUST WANT TO GO ON THE RECORD IS THAT I WOULD EXPECT THAT THE NOISE THAT IS COMING FROM THE BUILDING IS NOT
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NOISE THAT'S GOING TO GO ON FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME.OR IS IT A PITCH LEVEL THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR, UH, KIDS, ESPECIALLY MY WIFE.
SO, UM, UH, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, NOISE REGULATIONS, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE THE BUILDING ARE TOTALLY SUPPORTED BY THIS, THIS CHANGE.
AND DID WE HAVE ANOTHER, HE SIGNED IN TO SPEAK FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, MR. KAUFMAN, DID YOU WANT AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A SHORT REBUTTAL? WELL, UH, YES SIR.
UM, I COULDN'T UNDERSTAND ALL OF THE CALL.
I THINK THERE, THE CALLER MAY BE SLIGHTLY CONFUSED.
UM, THERE'S, THEY DON'T WORK AT NIGHT.
THERE'S NO LIGHT SHINING FROM THIS BUILDING TO ANYWHERE ELSE.
THEY, THEY'RE INTO THEIR DAYS FIVE 30 OR SIX O'CLOCK.
SO, UM, I CAN'T REALLY SPEAK TO WHAT SHE, HER, WHAT SHE WAS EXPERIENCING.
AND OF COURSE ON THE DEED RESTRICTIONS IS YOU WELL KNOW THAT NOTHING THE CITY DOES IN THE ZONING CASE AFFECTS THE DEED RESTRICTIONS.
IF THEY'RE THERE, THEN THEY'RE ENFORCEABLE OR, OR NOT.
SO, UH, WITH THAT WE'D ASK YOUR SUPPORT, UH, FOR OUR ZONING CASE.
THIS IS A DISTRICT A EIGHT CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO SEE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE.
UH, MR. KAUFMAN, BRIEFLY IF I MAY, UM, ONE THING THAT WAS RAISED IN THE CALL WAS, UH, AN EXISTING BERM ON THE PROPERTY.
NOW YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE BUILDING OR THE SETUP HERE.
THIS IS SIMPLY TO ALLOW DIFFERENT OPERATIONS WITHIN THE BUILDING, CORRECT.
ADDITIONAL OPERATIONS WITHIN THE BUILDING, BUT WE'RE NOT TOUCHING THE BERM OR ANYTHING ELSE.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
COMM, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER ORTIZ FOR A MOTION.
UM, I THANK THE APPLICANT AND OF COURSE MR. KAUFMAN FOR COMING IN PRESENTATION AS WELL AS MR. JAMES COMING IN, UH, VOICING YOUR OPINION.
UM, THIS ZONING CHANGE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE, UM, FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION AND I'LL BE SUPPORTING SAS AND STAFF RECOMMENDATION FOR APPROVAL FOR ITEM NUMBER TWO.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL.
THERE IS A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF ITEM TWO BY COMMISSIONER ORTIZ WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITSETT.
UM, ANY DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
UM, I BELIEVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS NEXT ON THE LIST.
MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR IS LOCATED AT 2 0 3 DRAKE AVENUE.
GOING FROM R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY TO R THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 38 NOTICES SENT OUT.
COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION AND 16 OPPOSED OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R FIVE RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS IN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED R THREE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSES TO REPL THE PROPERTIES INTO TWO LOTS WITH ONE HOME PER LOT, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY SEEN IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
ADDITIONALLY, THE PROPOSAL IS CONSISTENT WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, WHICH ENCOURAGES THE DEVELOPMENT OF ALTERNATE HOUSING TYPES TO ACCOMMODATE THE CITY'S GROWING POPULATION AT ALL INCOME LEVELS.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
I'M THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, WE ARE, WE'RE
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TRYING TO GET R THREE.UH, AT THE BEGINNING WE STARTED WITH THE IDC TWO IF I'M NOT DRUNK.
AND THEN WE TALKED TO THEM AND HEARING THEM OUT AND, UM, WORKING WITH THEM, WE DECIDED TO GO INTO OUR, INTO AN R THREE, WHICH IS TWO PROPERTIES.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH THEM.
UH, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO WORK WITH THEM.
UH, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY NICE SO FAR.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT IT, I'M OPEN FOR YOUR QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO.
WE HAVE SPEAKERS AND VOICEMAILS.
WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR FIRST? ALRIGHT, UH, FOR THE SPEAKERS, DID ANY OF YOU LEAVE A MESSAGE THAT'S FOR A VOICEMAIL.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOICEMAILS FIRST PLEASE.
I'M CALLING ABOUT ZONING CASE 3 5 7 FOR THE 2 0 3 DRAKE ADDRESS.
I'M CALLING BECAUSE I AM OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE ZONING.
IT IS GOING TO SET A PRECEDENT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE IS ALREADY A LOT ON PAST BOULEVARD, WHICH IS REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE AS WELL.
THEY'RE REQUESTING A ZONING CHANGE BECAUSE THIS LOT IS CHANGING.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT HAPPENS, UNFORTUNATELY ANNOUNCEMENTS ARE HAPPENING AND SO I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN RERECORD THIS, BUT I JUST WANNA SHARE THAT I AM OPPOSED TO CHANGING THE ZONING.
THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DOES NOT NEED TO BE CHANGED FROM HOW IT EXISTS.
WE WANNA KEEP COS GUARDING NEIGHBORHOOD ZONED THE WAY IT IS NOT WELCOMING IN NEW DEVELOPERS.
WE'RE GONNA START PICKING OFF LOTS HOUSE BY HOUSE AND CHANGING THE WAY THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS.
MORA, I LIVE AT ONE 19 DRAKE AND I'M CALLING WITH REGARD TO CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 5 7.
AND I AM AGAINST THE REZONING OF THE PROPERTY ON THE CORNER OF THE 200 BLOCK OF DRAKE AVENUE.
IF ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN CALL ME AT TWO ONE ZERO TWO TWO THREE TWO ONE EIGHT SEVEN NINE.
MY ADDRESS IS TWO 30 DRAKE AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO ZERO FOUR.
PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE TWO TEN THREE NINE SIX NINETEEN EIGHTY ONE.
UH, WANT TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION TO THE R THREE ZONING.
UM, CASE NUMBER, THE LAST FOUR DIGITS, R 0 3 5 7.
UH, AND AGAIN, I AM IN OPPOSITION AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE YOU NEED TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME, PLEASE DO SO AFTER SAME NUMBER LISTED ABOVE.
I LIVE AT ONE 30 DRAKE AVENUE AND MY PHONE NUMBER IS TWO TEN TWO FIVE ONE SIX TWO FIVE TWO.
I WAS CALLING IN THE REFERENCE NUMBER 3 5 7 2 2 0 3 DRAKE AVENUE.
I AM AGAINST ANY ZONING CHANGE.
I'M 81 YEARS OLD, RESIDING AT 5 0 3 DRAKE AVENUE SINCE 1943.
UH, MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 271-9139.
CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 3 1 0 7 0 0 3 5 7.
UH, IN REFERENCE TO UH, R THREE, MY, UH, I SAY NO TO THE ZONING.
THE LOT IS TOO SMALL TO ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
TO RE IT WOULD REDUCE, UH, THE FRONT AND SIDE SETBACKS AND IT WILL ALTER THE CHARACTER OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS NOT LIKE A GRANNY FLAT OR MOTHER-IN-LAW HOUSE.
NEEDED TO ACCOMMODATE AGING PARENTS.
IT'S MORE TO MAKE MONEY ON A TINY SPACE SO NO TWO OR THREE DEVELOPERS NEED TO CONTROL GROWTH SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE THE POWER, WATER, AND INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED ON EXISTING HOMES.
AND UH, I'M JUST HERE CALLING YOU ABOUT THE, UH, R THREE OLD OR SOMEWHAT.
THE LAST CASE NUMBERS ARE 3 5 7.
UH, I WANNA JUST SAY NO TO R THREE.
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MY NAME'S YOLANDA GUTIERREZ.UM, I LIVE ON 2 2 2 CUMBERLAND ROAD, UH, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 0 4.
UM, MY CELL NUMBER IS 2 1 0 2 1 9 9 6 9 2.
AND I AM CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z 20 23 1 0 7 0 3 5 7 IN REGARDS TO 2 0 3 DRAKE AVENUE.
UM, I WILL BE EMAILING, UM, I WILL BE SENDING AN EMAIL ON THIS, UM, AS WELL, BUT I JUST WANTED TO, UH, LEAVE A MESSAGE TO, UM, LET THE ZONING COMMISSION KNOW.
I AM A HUNDRED PERCENT AGAINST THE REZONING FROM R FIVE TO R THREE FOR 2 0 3 DRAKE, UM, MANY OF THESE NEIGHBORS, UM, HAVE LIVED HERE A VERY LONG TIME AND HAVE PASSED ON THEIR HOMES, UH, TO THE NEXT GENERATION.
AND I BELIEVE WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO WITH 2 0 3 DRAKE, UH, WILL NOT LEND TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND DEFINITELY NOT LEND TO, UM, NOT HAVE INCREASED PROPERTY TAXES.
SO AGAIN, I JUST WANTED MY VOICE TO BE HEARD.
I AM AGAINST THE R FIVE TO R THREE ZONING FOR 2 0 3 DRAKE AVENUE.
AND NOW WE'LL GO ON TO SPEAKERS.
UH, FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE IS MR. ROBERT COLAR AND IT LOOKS LIKE, UH, MS. OLGA IS GIVING UP HIS TWO TIMES, SO HE WILL HAVE SIX MINUTES TO SPEAK.
I URGE DENIAL OF A ZONING CHANGE AT 2 0 3 DRAKE AVENUE.
A MAJOR CONCERN IS THAT A CHANGE FROM R FIVE WOULD INTRODUCE A PATTERN FOR FUTURE DRAKE AVENUE DEVELOPMENT THAT IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING CHARACTERISTICS OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
A PATTERN THAT WOULD BE DIFFERENT FROM THE R FIVE CHARACTERISTICS THAT HAVE EXISTED ON DRAKE SINCE THE 18 HUNDREDS.
THERE IS NO PROPERTY ON DRAKE, CUMBERLAND, OR NORTH PARK THAT HAS EVER BEEN REZONED FROM R FIVE TO R THREE.
THROUGHOUT HISTORY, SAN ANTONIO'S HOUSING SITUATION HAS GONE THROUGH CYCLES OF BOOM AND CRISIS.
WE WERE PART OF THE NATIONAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING SHORTAGES OF THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS AND OF THE 1970S.
PROBABLY THE GREATEST AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS IN OUR MILITARY FRIENDLY CITY WAS AFTER WORLD WARI AND THE KOREAN CONFLICT WHEN THE RETURNING GIS AND THEIR GROWING FAMILIES EXPERIENCED GREAT HARDSHIP IN SEEKING HOMES WITHIN THE PRICE RANGE, MANAGING THESE CHALLENGING ISSUES.
THROUGH ALL OF THESE YEARS, OUR CITY LEADERS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN PROVIDING SUSTAINABLE HOUSING FOR ALL SAN ANTONIOS THROUGH ALL OF THESE CYCLES.
AND THEY MANAGED THIS SUCCESS WHILE CONSISTENTLY REMAINING TRUE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S R FIVE ZONING.
THERE WAS NO SPLITTING OF R FIVE LOTS ON DRAKE AVENUE DURING ANY PREVIOUS CYCLE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS.
WE ARE ASKING THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP TO ALSO REMAIN TRUE TO OUR EXISTING R FIVE ZONING AND SAY NO TO R THREE AT 2 0 3.
DRAKE, OUR CURRENT OUTLOOK FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING IS ENCOURAGING.
YOUR LEADERSHIP IS ALREADY GUIDING US OUT OF THIS CRISIS CYCLE PER THE JANUARY 4TH, 2024 EDITION OF THE SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS NEWS BUSINESS SECTION REPORT ON SAN ANTONIO HOUSING.
WHILE THESE NUMBERS MAY NOT BE GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE IN THIS ROOM, THEY DO REPRESENT A CALMING EFFECT IS IN MOTION.
THE EXPRESS NEWS REPORTS THAT A HOME THAT THEY PROJECT A HOME SALES PRICE DECRE DECREASE OF 9.4% IN 2024.
THEY ALSO PROJECT 2024 AREA HOME SALES WILL DECREASE BY 10.1%.
THIS WILL MOVE SAN ANTONIO FROM THE UNTENABLE NATIONAL 13TH HOTTEST MARKET IN 2023 TO BECOME A HEALTHY, MORE SUSTAINABLE SECOND COOLEST MARKET IN 2024.
THESE FORECASTS, WHICH ARE ATTRIBUTED TO REALTOR.COM AND ZILLOW RESEARCH RESULTS ARE FURTHER INDICATION THAT DRASTIC MEASURES SUCH AS SPLITTING THE LOT AT 2 0 3 DRAKE IS UNNECESSARY.
R FIVE HAS SHOWN TO BE A WORKABLE SOLUTION FOR ADDRESSING AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
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WE URGE YOU TO NOT SET AN R THREE EXAMPLE AT 2 0 3 DRAKE THAT DEVELOPERS WILL USE TO JUSTIFY THEIR FUTURE ATTEMPTS AT DENSIFICATION OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.NEXT WE HAVE MS. LINDA RAMIREZ.
THANK YOU FOR, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME COME UP HERE AND TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY LOVELY NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, I LIVE, UH, MY ADDRESS, UH, AT 2 0 2 DRAKE.
I'M DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET OF THIS PROPOSED SITE FOR REZONING.
UH, IN FEBRUARY WHEN I FIRST GOT MY NOTICE, I REALIZED THAT THERE WAS A CIRCLE THAT ONLY IN CASE A COUPLE HOUSES TO THE LEFT AND A COUPLE TO THE RIGHT.
AND I THOUGHT, WOW, THAT'S NOT MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD CONSISTS OF THE STREET BEHIND ME, STREETS AHEAD OF ME.
SO I STARTED TO TALK TO SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE COMING DOWN OUR WAY.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED.
UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY NEIGHBORS THAT LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD RIGHT NOW.
UM, I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I GET SOMETHING IN THE MAIL SAYING, I'LL BUY YOUR HOUSE TODAY.
YOU'LL HAVE, UH, CASH IN YOUR HANDS 24 HOURS.
I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THAT, YOU KNOW,
OUR ZONE FIVE HAS WORKED FOR US.
THE HOUSES ARE DIFFERENT IN, UH, DESIGN AND FLOOR PLAN, BUT THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER.
IT'S A HOUSE, IT'S A NEIGHBORHOOD YOU ACTUALLY DON'T SEE ANYMORE.
THERE'S A PORCH WHERE PEOPLE CAN SIT OUT IN THE EVENINGS.
UM, IT'S A, IT HAS A NICE LAND WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE IN THE BACK TO PUT GRANDMA BACK THERE OR YOUR GRADUATING STUDENT FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
UM, THE HOUSES THERE ARE BUILT VERY WELL TO SUSTAIN THIS LONGEVITY.
AND THE PEOPLE THAT STAY THERE, STAY THERE BECAUSE WE LOVE IT.
YOU, YOU DON'T FIND TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE NEW.
WE ARE GETTING SOME NEW NEIGHBORS THAT NOW HAVE, UM, BOUGHT IN BECAUSE PEOPLE HAVE PASSED AWAY.
'CAUSE THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS GETTING OLDER, BUT THEY'VE REMAINED IN THE SAME HOUSE.
THEY'VE GUTTED OUT THE HOUSES AND MADE 'EM BEAUTIFUL.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE LOOKING AT MAGAZINES, BUT THE HOUSE ITSELF REMAINS THE SAME.
AND SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
YOU CAN COME IN AND FILL WHAT YOU NEED AND THAT, THAT LAND HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR AS LONG AS I'VE BEEN.
AND IT, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY THERE, BUT SOMETHING THAT'S COHESIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE NEIGHBORS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE RIGHT, THE TAXES INCREASES AND HOW FAST A PACE IT WILL INCREASE IF WE ALLOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT WILL SET PRESIDENTS FOR OTHER INVESTORS TO COME IN.
AND LIKE I SAY, WE DO HAVE A LOT OF ELDERLY NEIGHBORS AND IT'S SCARY FOR A LOT OF US THAT ARE THERE.
IF, UM, YOU PUT THAT CHECK IN FRONT OF AN ELDERLY PERSON, EVENTUALLY THEY MIGHT TAKE IT AND YOU'RE GONNA WAKE UP NEXT TO TWO HOUSES IN YOUR, UH, RIGHT NEXT TO YOUR PROPERTY THAT ARE BUILDING RIGHT UP TO YOUR PROPERTY LINE.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S A SCARY THOUGHT TO THINK I HAD ONE HOUSE NEXT DOOR TO ME, NOW I'VE GOT TWO HOUSES.
AND JUST TO CHANGE THE WHOLE DYNAMICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO LIVE IN.
WE'RE COMFORTABLE AND I JUST HOPE YOU TAKE OUR CONCERNS TO YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS TIME.
AND THAT IS IT FOR, UM, PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE A OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT OR REBUT, UM, I UNDERSTAND AND I HEAR THEM, THEIR CONCERNS TAXES WISE.
UH, IT'S NOT UNDER OUR CONTROL.
I MEAN, THAT'S SOME, A CONCERN IT SHOULD BRING TO THE CITY RATHER THAN RATHER UM, HIT US ON THE IDEA OF US BUILDING TWO HOUSES.
I LIVE BY 1604 AND THE 1604 IS GROWING.
BUT I, I MEAN, UH, THE LAST DAY I WENT DRIVING AND I GOT A FLAT TIRE BECAUSE THERE WAS LIKE A BUMP.
AND STILL THINGS THAT GET US SCARED SOMETIMES MAKE MAKE US GROW LIKE THE STREET.
I MEAN IT'S DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT'S CONSTRUCTION, BUT WHEN IT'S FINISHED IT'S GONNA BE A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE.
IT'S GONNA BE EASIER TO MOVE AROUND.
WELL, WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO NOWADAYS IS JUST BUILD SOMETHING MORE AFFORDABLE FOR PEOPLE.
UM, WHEN WE WERE UNDER MEETING, THEY BROUGHT UP THE CONCERN, UH, THAT THE HOUSES WERE TOO EXPENSIVE THAT THEY WEREN'T SELLING.
SO, UH, BY DIVIDING THE PLOT INTO TWO PIECES, WERE ABLE TO MAKE A HOUSE MORE AFFORDABLE.
IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BUILD A ONE ONE LOT
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HOUSE IN THAT HUGE LOT, WHICH IS 6,500 SQUARE FEET, UH, THERE'S NOT THAT MANY PEOPLE THAT MAY BE ABLE TO BUY IT BECAUSE IT'S IN DOWNTOWN AREA.AND, UH, WE HAVE BEEN DRIVING AROUND THERE AND MANY OF THE, OF THE LOTS NEAR THERE, NOT, MAYBE NOT ON COLLINS GARDEN, BUT VERY NEAR THEY, THERE ARE FEW EYE DISEASE AND THERE ARE FEW ARE TREES AND MAYBE NOT EXACTLY THERE.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S A REALLY SMALL PIECE OF LAND.
UM, UH, I MEAN THE PLACE IS BEAUTIFUL.
WE DON'T WANNA IMPACT THEM AND WE DON'T WANNA SCARE THEM OFF, UH, TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH.
BUT, UH, WE, OUR INTENTIONS ARE GOOD.
I MEAN, WE REALLY WANT TO BUILD SOMETHING NICE, UH, SOMETHING GOOD, SOMETHING AFFORDABLE.
UM, BUT I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND AND I RESPECT YOUR ADDITION WHEN IT'S A MOMENT TO COME.
UH, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING GARDEN ASSOCIATION FOR THEIR TIME TOO.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSMAN FOR QUESTIONS.
THANK YOU MR. ASIZ, BEFORE YOU SIT BACK DOWN, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
PRIMARILY ONE THING THAT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP IS THIS IDEA OF AFFORDABILITY.
IT WAS BROUGHT UP BY THE CALLERS AS WELL AS YOU.
UM, WHAT IS THE APPROXIMATE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT THAT YOU'RE GONNA SEEK ON THESE? WELL, THE PROPERTY PRICE WITH THE HOUSE WHERE, WHERE OUR HEAT POINT WOULD BE BETWEEN TWO 80 TO THREE 20.
HOW MANY SQUARE FEET ARE YOU EXPECTING FOR THE HOUSE? THIS PROPERTY? YEAH, LIKE THE HOUSE.
I MEAN I'M JUST BOLD BUT IT'S CALLED HERE.
UM, YOU KNOW ONE THING THAT WAS RAISED BY A NUMBER OF THE INDIVIDUALS HERE YES.
BEING WHAT THE PATTERN IS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD? YES.
UM, WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO ACCEPT R FIVE CD? NO.
IF I MIGHT ASK A QUESTION, IS R FIVE CD IN THE RANGE HERE? IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE? YEAH, I DON'T THINK IT IS.
UM, AT THIS POINT I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT QUESTIONS.
UM, THIS IS WHEN I MISS COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE 'CAUSE SHE GOES THROUGH AND OUTLINES THE VARIOUS FACTORS, UM, THAT WE AS A ZONING COMMISSION SHOULD CONSIDER.
CAN I, CAN I CONTINUE? MM-HMM.
UM, YOU KNOW, COLLINS GARDEN IS A LONGSTANDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MY GODFATHER LIVED FOR DECADES.
IT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE MY SISTER'S GODFATHER LIVED FOR DECADES.
UM, IMPORTANTLY, THE PATTERN IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IS CONSISTENTLY R FIVE.
UM, I UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS OF HOUSING IN OUR CITY.
AS A GENERAL RULE, I WANT TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF UNITS.
UNFORTUNATELY IN THIS CASE, I THINK THERE IS A WAY TO GET TWO UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY.
THERE'S A WAY USING THE EXISTING ZONING TO GET TWO UNITS ON THIS PROPERTY, UH, THAT WOULD NOT DISTURB THIS LONGSTANDING PATTERN.
AND I KNOW PEOPLE WANNA TALK ABOUT PRECEDENT, BUT I PREFER PATTERN.
UH, BECAUSE WE ARE NOT A PRESIDENTIAL BODY.
WE'RE NOT BOUND BY ANY PREVIOUS DECISIONS.
UH, BUT PATTERNS ARE IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE PATTERNS ARE SOMETHING THAT AS A ZONING COMMISSION WE NEED TO CONSIDER AND THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE THE PATTERNS OF USE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD? AND HERE, AS WE HEARD FROM THE 10 PEOPLE WHO EITHER SHOWED UP OR LEFT VOICEMAILS, UH, THERE ARE GREAT CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PATTERN AND IT'S SHOWN ON THE ONE-STOP GIS MAP.
THERE IS NOT ANYTHING BUT R FIVE HERE.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THE STAFF MADE
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THAT RECOMMENDATION, BUT AT THIS POINT I MOVE FOR DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR.THERE IS A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
OKAY, SO I'M NOT GONNA DO AS GOOD A JOB AS COMMISSIONER GREATHOUSE, BUT I'M GONNA TRY, UM, THE, IF WE JUST, SO THE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT QUESTION WAS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ATTAINABILITY OR AFFORDABILITY, IF YOU HAD THE MAXIMUM PRICE POINT THAT WAS SUGGESTED AND THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE, YOU ARE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE AVERAGE PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT IN SAN ANTONIO.
SO THAT'S NOT ATTAINABLE OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE DIVERSE HOUSING TYPES.
UM, IT IS, THERE ARE CERTAIN PLACES THAT ACCOMMODATE THAT.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS IN ADDITION TO CREATING ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS THAT'S IMPORTANT IN ADDRESSING THE AFFORDABILITY CRISIS IS MAKING SURE THAT YOU'RE NOT CAUSING UNNECESSARY DISPLACEMENT IN THE PROCESS.
AND BY SPLITTING AN EXISTING R FIVE LOT INTO TWO SEPARATE LOTS, MY BIGGEST ISSUE HERE IS NOT THAT THERE'S TWO UNITS, IT'S THAT THERE'S NOW GONNA BE A REPL WHERE YOU'RE HAVING TWO LOTS IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT NORMALLY HAS SINGLE FAMILY LOTS.
IF YOU PUT A MULTI-FAMILY DUPLEX ON THAT, PROBABLY NOT AS MUCH OF AN ISSUE.
BY CREATING THESE TWO LOTS ON AN EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY LOT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS PRI PRIMARILY SINGLE FAMILY LOTS, YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE IT MORE ATTRACTIVE FOR INVESTORS.
NOT LOCALLY OWNED FOLKS, NOT FOLKS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT ADUS THINGS THAT ARE MITIGATED MITIGATION STRATEGIES THAT WILL PREVENT DISPLACEMENT TO HAPPEN.
UM, THAT MEANS THAT YOU NOW HAVE POTENTIALLY TWO ON ONE EXISTING LOT.
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR THAT HAS NOT, YOU KNOW, JUST ANOTHER HOUSE THAT'S THE SAME PRICE POINT, BUT TWO HOMES AVAILABLE FOR TWO 80 TO THREE 20.
IF YOU'RE AN INVESTOR AND YOU NEED A RETURN, THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD STRATEGY THAT'S NOT GONNA PROMOTE ADDITIONAL MIXED FAMILY HOUSING.
UM, IT'S NOT GONNA PRO, YOU KNOW, PRO PROMOTE, PROMOTE, UM, MISSING MIDDLE, THAT'S GONNA PROMOTE THINGS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY ABOVE THE PRICE POINT.
THIS IS AN OLDER NEIGHBORHOOD WITH OLDER FOLKS THAT'S GONNA CAUSE DISPLACEMENT FOR FOLKS ON A FIXED INCOME THAT'S GONNA PROMOTE PROPERTY TAX RATES MORE QUICKLY THAN NECESSARY.
THAT'S ABOVE THE RATE OF INFLATION.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE GONNA CAUSE DISPLACEMENT.
UM, I THINK THERE'S WAYS TO DO, UH, TWO UNITS ON LOTS LIKE THIS AND TO DO INFILL THAT ARE, UM, GONNA PROMOTE, UM, YOU KNOW, NEIGHBORHOODS, PROMOTE PEOPLE STAYING AND THEN PROMOTE AGING IN PLACE.
UM, MAKE THINGS ATTAINABLE FOR FOLKS THAT ARE IN COLLEGE, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING TO BE FIRST TIME OWNERS, FOR FOLKS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR DIFFERENT RENTAL PRICE POINTS, PROVIDING MORE OPTIONS FOR THE MARKET.
THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF THING THAT DOES THAT.
UM, THIS PERSON ALSO ISN'T LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT'S A RED FLAG TO ME AS WELL.
UM, SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNS.
UM, YEAH, I THINK THOSE ARE MY BIGGEST, MY BIGGEST PRICE, MY BIGGEST I YES POINTS ON THIS ONE.
UH, COMMISSION'S ON MY RIGHT DISCUSSION.
UM, I AGREE WITH BOTH, UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE AND COMMISSIONER WATSON.
UM, IN FACT WE HAD A CASE EARLIER, IT WAS ON CONSENT, BUT IT WAS IN MY DISTRICT AND ACTUALLY ADJACENT TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE CORNER LOT.
AND IT WAS NOT ABOUT SPLITTING THE, UH, THE LOT INTO MULTIPLE HOUSES, BUT IT WAS ABOUT, UM, MAKING IT A TRIPLEX.
SO YOU INCREASED DENSITY BUT IN A MORE SENSITIVE MANNER.
AND UH, SO I WILL ALSO BE SUPPORTING THE MOTION.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER SIX PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER SIX IS LOCATED IN THE GENERAL 7 0 8 FREDERICKSBURG GOING FROM C3 N, A GENERAL COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT AND O2 HIGH RISE OFFICE DISTRICT TO IDZ THREE HIGH INTENSITY IN FIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TATTOO PARLOR AND BAR TAVERN WITH ALL OVERLAY STAIN THE SAME.
THERE WERE 37 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ZERO IN FAVOR, THREE OPPOSED BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR
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AND UPTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION GAVE NO RESPONSE AND ZERO OPPOSED OUTSIDE 200 FEET.THE EXISTING C3 NA, GENERAL COMMERCIAL NON-ALCOHOLIC SALES DISTRICT NO TWO HIGH RISE OFFICE DISTRICT ARE APPROPRIATE ZONINGS FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED IDZ THREE HIGH INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TATTOO PARLOR AND BAR SLASH TAVERN IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED WITHIN A CORRIDOR AS IS DESIRED PER THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN.
THE CURRENT ZONING IS ADEQUATE TO ACCOMMODATE GENERAL COMMERCIAL USES RETAIL SHOPS AND THE PROPOSED TATTOO PARLOR.
THE PROPERTIES WITHIN THIS CORRIDOR, HOWEVER, DO NOT PERMIT ALCOHOL CELLS AS DESIGNATED WITH THE NA NON-ALCOHOLIC CELLS OVERLAY.
THUS THE ONLY USE THE APPLICANT CANNOT CURRENTLY UTILIZE PER THE CURRENT ZONING IS A BAR SLASH TAVERN.
THE ELIMINATION OF THE NA NON-ALCOHOLIC CELLS PORTION OF THE CURRENT BASE ZONING FOR THE USE OF A BAR SLASH TAVERN WOULD BE CONTRADICTORY TO PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS ALONG THE CORRIDOR.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL AND THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AS I UNDERSTAND, AMEND THEIR REQUEST.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE DO YOU AND YOU CAN JUST START ON SLIDE TWO.
THIS IS SOMEONE'S PHONE, I DUNNO.
EMILY WEISLER WITH KILLING GRIFFIN AND FAIRMAN 1 0 1 0 1 REUNION PLACE SUITE TWO 50 HERE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT.
SO THE STAFF MENTIONED THIS PROPERTY IS ADDRESSED AT 7 0 8 FREDERICKSBURG.
YOU CAN SEE IT'S A, UM, FRONTING IMMEDIATELY ON FREDERICKSBURG.
WE HAVE VEHICULAR ACCESS ON WEST ASHBY.
UM, THIS IS A FULLY DEVELOPED EXISTING COMMERCIAL MIXED USE BUILDING, UM, BUILT IN 1928.
UM, THE PURPOSE OF THE REZONING IS TO CLEAN UP THE EXISTING ZONING, WHICH HALF OF IT IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING USES, UM, AS WELL AS, AS STAFF MENTIONED ALLOWED FOR A BAR TAVERN, BUT REALLY, UM, RESTRUCTURE THE TENANT MIX HERE FOR THIS BUILDING.
UM, SO THE EXISTING TENANTS RIGHT NOW THERE ARE, UM, THERE'S ONE COUPLE FAIRLY NEW ONES, UM, SINCE OWNERSHIP HAS CHANGED, UM, AND SOME HOLDOVERS, UM, FROM PREVIOUS OWNERSHIP.
UM, SO FRIENDS OF SOUND RECORDING STUDIO IS THEIR HONEY GROVE STUDIO THAT IS THE EXISTING TATTOO PARLOR.
UM, IT'S A HIGH-END TATTOO PARLOR.
THEY TAKE ONE TO TWO, UM, APPOINTMENTS A DAY.
JUMPSTART PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, UM, AS WELL AS RECORDING STUDIO.
UM, SO THIS PORTION OF FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, WE ARE SURROUNDED BY VARIOUS COMMERCIAL USES.
WE HAVE THE LARGE COLOR TONE, PAINT STORE, BARBERSHOP, TIRE SHOP, RESTAURANTS, RETAIL, UM, IMMEDIATELY TO OUR EAST IS A NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT AS WELL.
UM, THERE IS SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND THEN FURTHER TO THE EAST.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S SOME PLACES OF WORSHIP.
WE ARE CATTYCORNER FROM, UH, ST.
ANNE'S, UH, PRIMARILY THEIR GYMNASIUM RIGHT ACROSS FREDERICKSBURG FROM US.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A CHURCH TO OUR SOUTH, UM, FROM WEST ASHBY.
YOU CAN SEE WHERE THIS LOCATION IS ALONG FREDERICKSBURG.
WE ARE JUST TWO BLOCKS, TWO BLOCKS TO EAST IS BLANCO ROAD.
TWO BLOCKS TO OUR WEST IS I 10.
WE'RE KIND OF RIGHT SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE.
UM, FREDERICKSBURG IS A PRIMARILY PRIMARY THOROUGHFARE.
THIS IS A MAJOR COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR.
UM, AND UM, A FOCUS OF BEACON HILL HAS BEEN THE REVITALIZATION ALONG THEIR COMMERCIAL CORRIDORS.
UM, BLANCO ROAD IS A FABULOUS EXAMPLE.
FREDERICKSBURG ROAD IS ALSO HIGH ON THEIR PRIORITY LIST.
UM, AND THIS IS REALLY A HOPEFUL PROJECT TO KIND OF SPUR ON THAT REVITALIZATION AND GET NEW TENANTS IN THESE EXISTING BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS ON FREDERICKSBURG.
UM, THIS IS JUST ANOTHER ANGLE.
ANN'S, UM, RED BUILDING ON THE LEFT.
UM, YOU CAN SEE OUR ACCESS, OUR VEHICULAR ACCESS IN THE EXISTING PARKING IN THE REAR OF THE BUILDING.
THERE ARE 10 EXISTING SPACES LOCATED AT THE SITE PLAN AND A SECOND, BUT YOU CAN SEE COLOR TONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
UM, THE MARTINEZ BARBARA COA TAMALES AT THE FRENCH AND FREDERICKSBURG CORNER.
SO THIS JUST GIVES YOU A BETTER IDEA OF OF THAT COMMERCIAL COMPATIBILITY RIGHT HERE.
SO CONSTRUCTION ON FREDERICKSBURG HAS BEEN COMPLETED.
UM, THESE ARE OLD STREET IMAGE VIEWS.
UM, CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED HERE.
UM, BUT THERE IS STILL A LOT OF OPPORTUNITY, UM, FOR REVITALIZATION HERE ALONG THIS CORRIDOR, ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN MADE.
UM, SO THIS AT THE BOTTOM IMAGE, YOU CAN SEE THE FRONT, THE ENTIRE FRONT OF THE BUILDING, ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUAL SUITES.
UM, WE HAVE JUMPSTART CLOSER TO THE FAR LEFT, UM, FRIENDS OF SOUND ON THE FAR RIGHT.
HONEY'S GROVE IS IN THERE AS WELL.
UM, CENTRAL PROPERTIES IS ALSO ESTABLISHING A SMALL OFFICE IN THIS BUILDING.
UM, SO THIS, UM, WITH THOSE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS ALONG FREDERICKSBURG
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ROAD TOO.UM, AND THE ORIENTATION OF THIS BUILDING FRONTING RIGHT UP ON FREDERICKSBURG.
THERE IS AN INHERENT WALKABILITY.
UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS SUPER IMPORTANT TO THE PROPERTY OWNER, UM, AS WELL AS TO THE COMMUNITY AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO, UM, NOT ONLY PRESERVE BUT ENHANCE WITH THE TENANT MIX.
SO AS I MENTIONED, PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED C3 AND A.
UM, AND THEN THERE'S A DECENT PORTION OF THE SITE, ALMOST HALF THAT IS ZONED O2 THAT IS HIGH-RISE OFFICE.
THAT O2 IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE.
UM, HIGH-RISE OFFICE IS NOT IN PLAY HERE.
UM, IT'S QUITE FRANKLY NOT EVEN A GOOD BUFFER, UM, TO THE ADJOINING NON-COMMERCIAL PARKING LOT.
UM, THAT O2 BY SEX PART OF THE BUILDING AND ALSO CUTS INTO SOME OF THE PARKING.
SO WE WANT TO CLEAN UP, UM, SO THAT THIS ENTIRE PLOTTED PARCEL HAS ONE CONSISTENT ZONING DESIGNATION WITH WHAT IS ON THE GROUND.
UM, OUR ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS THE IDZ THREE WITH C TWO USES THE BAR AND THE TAVERN.
OUR AMENDED REQUEST BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A REDUCTION OF OVERALL INTENSITY TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO AND R.
THAT'S A NOISE RESTRICTION OVERLAY THAT PROHIBITS SPEAKERS OUTDOOR LIVE MUSIC.
UM, AND THEN THE TATTOO PARLOR J EXISTS AND THE BAR TAVERN.
AND I'LL SHOW YOU SOME NOTES ON THE SITE PLAN ABOUT THAT.
THIS HAS BEEN OVER THREE MONTHS OF EXTENSIVE WORK WITH BEACON HILL, WITH ST.
ANNE'S, A LOT OF COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS AND ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.
UM, THERE WERE MEETINGS PRIOR TO FILING.
THERE WERE A LOT OF MEETINGS AFTER FILING.
THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY, REALLY EXTENSIVE, UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS AND I KNOW THERE IT'S REPRESENTATIVE FROM ST.
SO, UM, WANT TO THANK BOTH OF THOSE WOMEN, UM, AND REALLY THESE COMMUNITIES FOR THEIR PATIENTS AND ENGAGEMENT ON THIS.
UM, BUT THE AMENDED REQUEST IS KIND OF THE CULMINATION OF ADDRESSING ALL OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO ADDRESS AND COME TO TERMS WITH, UM, SO THAT EVERYBODY COULD COEXIST HERE.
SO THIS IS THE AMENDED SITE PLAN.
NOTHING PHYSICALLY HAS CHANGED.
THIS IS AGAIN, FULLY BUILT SITE.
UM, YOU MIGHT HAVE TO TURN THE PAGE AROUND TO ORIENT YOURSELF.
UM, BUT THERE IS AN ADDITIONAL LIMITATION ON THE BAR SIZE THAT WAS A PRIMARY FOCUS.
THERE WERE FOUR PRIMARY FOCUSES WITH BEACON HILL AND ON ALL OF OUR STAKEHOLDERS, WHICH AS THE EXISTING NUMBER OF PARKING.
THE IDZ BASE ALLOWS FOR A 50% REDUCTION, BUT THERE WAS NO INTEREST IN AN IDZ OVERLAY.
UM, BUT OF COURSE ANY ADDITIONAL PARKING NEEDED TO MEET CITY CODE REQUIREMENT, UM, WHETHER IT'S A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT OR ANY SORT OF OTHER PARKING ADJUSTMENT, UM, THAT COMES LATER ON.
BUT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE PARKING AND I'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
UM, SO MAKING SURE THAT WE HAD SUFFICIENT PARKING ON SITE, UM, AND, AND PLANS TO ADDRESS ADDITIONAL PARKING LATER.
UM, THE SIZE OF THE BAR, UM, IT ORIGINALLY STARTED AS A PROPOSAL OF 4,200 SQUARE FEET.
THIS IS ALMOST A 10,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING.
WE CAME IN AT 4,200 SQUARE FEET.
WE REDUCED THAT TO 36 AND THEN WE REDUCED IT AGAIN TO 2,500.
AND THAT WAS THE, UM, VOTE THAT BEACON HILLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOOK IN SUPPORT OF THE 2,500 MAXIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE.
UM, AND WE HAVE ALSO AGREED TO CLOSE THE BAR AT MIDNIGHT.
SO HOURS OF OPERATION, SITE PLAN LIMITATIONS THERE.
UM, THOSE ARE THINGS ALL ADDED IN HERE.
UM, BUT YOU CAN SEE THIS IS FULLY EXISTING.
UM, THERE'S NOTHING ELSE ADDITIONAL, NO ADDITIONAL BUILDING HEIGHT.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANY PORT, ANY STRUCTURAL PART OF THE BUILDING HERE.
UM, JUST REAL QUICK, THIS IS THAT TENANT MIX.
SO YOU CAN SEE WE'RE FRIENDS OF SOUND BRAN SANKEY, THAT'S A, A RECORDING STUDIO THERE.
TATTOO PARLOR, CENTRO JUMPSTART.
AND, AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ONE FUNCTIONAL 1700 PLUS SQUARE FOOT VACANT SPOT.
UM, AND THAT WAS PART OF THE DISCUSSION OF WHAT THAT SCALED APPROPRIATE SIZE OF THE BAR FOR THIS BUILDING AND FOR THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE COULD REASONABLY PUT IN ONE OF OUR VACANT SPACES, UM, WITH POTENTIAL SMALL ROOM TO GROW, BUT AGAIN, SOMETHING THAT WAS REASONABLY SCALED, UM, FOR THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND ALSO FOR THE BUILDING ITSELF.
THIS DID GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION LAST WEEK.
THERE IS A SMALL 10% PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THAT IS DESIGNATED MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND THAT DOESN'T MATCH ANYTHING.
UM, SO THERE WAS A REQUEST BEFORE A PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE PROPERTY TO BE ALL MIXED USE.
PART OF OUR AMENDED ZONING REQUEST TO THE IDZ TWO AND THE C TWO NR USES IS THAT BRINGS IN EVEN MORE CONSISTENCY TO THE MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN, UM, FOR THE MIXED USE DISTRICT.
SO THAT LEVELS OUT THE CONSISTENCY AND THE INTENSITY OF THE COMMERCIAL USES ON THIS SITE, MORE ALIGNED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN AND PLANNING COMMISSION DID RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
SO AS MENTIONED, THIS HAS BEEN MONTHS AND MONTHS WITH BEACON HILL, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE MARCH 11TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING, THIS WAS THE
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SUPPORT LETTER ISSUED FROM BEACON HILL FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT.WE HAVE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
WE HAVE KIND OF PARCELED THIS ONE THROUGH THE PROCESS.
UM, SO THIS WAS THEIR SUPPORT LETTER FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND THEN, UM, THEY ALSO ISSUED AS A RESULT OF OUR MOST RECENT MEETING WITH THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND FINAL DISCUSSIONS ON WHAT THE AMENDED ZONING REQUEST WOULD LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS THEIR, UM, BEAUTIFUL SUPPORT LETTER.
AGAIN, REALLY WANT TO THANK EVERYONE THAT HAS BEEN INVOLVED.
THIS HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY INVOLVED.
UM, AND WE'RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF EVERYONE'S TIME HERE.
SO THOSE ARE THE SUPPORT LETTERS, UM, ON BEHALF OF BAHANA.
UM, AND I WILL WRAP IT UP TO SPARE YOU ALL.
UM, SO AGAIN, OUR REQUEST IS C3 AND A AND OH TWO.
CURRENTLY WE ARE AMENDING TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO NR TATTOO PARLOR AND A BAR TAVERN WITH THIS AMENDED SITE PLAN ON RECORD.
UM, AND WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT TODAY.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE, UM, A VOICEMAIL AND THEN WE HAVE A COUPLE SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
ALRIGHT, DID UH, ANY OF THE SPEAKERS LEAVE A VOICEMAIL? APPEARS NOT.
SO IF WE COULD HAVE THE VOICEMAIL FIRST, ACTUALLY, OR MS. UM, I DID MS. COLVIN, DID YOU WANNA SPEAK HERE OR DID YOU WANT THE VOICEMAIL PLAYED? I'M JUST HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.
SO WE'LL PLAY YOUR VOICEMAIL AND THEN, ALL RIGHT.
SEVEN WEST MAGNOLIA AVENUE ON BEHALF OF THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION CASE NUMBER ENDING IN 0 2 7 FOR 7 0 8 FREDERICKSBURG ROAD.
DEAR D ONE, REPRESENTATIVE DR.
KELLUM AND COMMISSIONERS THE BEACON HILL AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AT A REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING VOTED BY A LARGE MARGIN TO SUPPORT THE ZONING REQUEST FOR IDD THREE WITH USES IN C TWO NR TATTOO PARLOR AND A SPECIFIC USE AUTHORIZATION FOR A BAR TAVERN WITH A LIMITATION FOR SQUARE FOOTAGE.
WE VOTED TO LIMIT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR THE BAR TO 2,500 SQUARE FEET.
THIS WAS AGREED UPON BY THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE.
EMILY CHRISTIAN, WHO REPRESENTS THE OWNER AND PROPERTY OWNER, COLIN NEWTON, MET WITH BEACON HILL ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE, INCLUDING A NEAR NEIGHBOR, REPRESENTATIVES FROM THE TWO NEIGHBORING CHURCHES, AND ANOTHER BUSINESS THREE TIMES OVER THREE MONTHS TO COME TO A MUTUALLY AGREEABLE PLAN FOR THE PROPERTY.
WE HAD FOUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE ORIGINAL REQUEST OF I DZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO TATTOO PARLOR AND BAR TAVERN.
WHILE WE FELT THE SMALL BAR WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO BRING SOME NIGHTLIFE TO THE CORRIDOR, WE HAD FOUR SPECIFIC CONCERNS, ONE HOURS OF OPERATION FOR THE BAR.
OUR RECOMMENDATION LIMITS THE HOURS TO MIDNIGHT WITH THE SPECIFIC USE TWO NOISE.
THE NR DESIGNATION ALLOWS US TO SPECIFY THAT THERE WILL BE NO AMPLIFIED MUSIC ON THE PROPERTY, THREE PARKING EVEN WITH THE IDZ PARKING RELIEF OF 50%.
THE APPLICANT WILL NEED TO FIND OFFSITE PARKING AND PRESENT AN AGREEMENT TO THE CITY BEFORE OPENING A BAR FOUR SQUARE FOOTAGE.
WE ARE LIMITING THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE BARS TO A TOTAL OF 2 2500 SQUARE FEET THROUGH THE SITE PLAN REQUIRED BY THE I DZ DESIGNATION.
ALL OF THESE CONDITIONS WERE AGREED UPON BY THE APPLICANT.
THESE CONDITIONS ENCOURAGE A COMMERCIAL REVITALIZATION TO THE FREDERICKSBURG CORRIDOR IN A WAY THAT WE HOPE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE NEAR RESIDENTS, THE TWO CHURCHES AND THE SCHOOL.
ON APRIL 15TH, MS. WEISLER NOTIFIED US THAT THE ZONING REQUEST HAD CHANGED.
DUE TO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FROM DSD, THEY ARE NOW SEEKING IDC TWO WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO AND R BAR, TAVERN AND TATTOO PARLOR WITH THE UPDATED SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THE 2,500 SQUARE FOOT LIMITATION AND HOURS OF OPERATION ENDING AT MIDNIGHT FOR THE BAR.
BECAUSE THERE IS NO TIME TO GO BACK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FOR A NEW VOTE.
OUR RECOMMENDATION STANDS, HOWEVER, WE ARE ALWAYS SUPPORTIVE OF DOWN ZONING, THE IDZ THREE TO IDZ TWO, AND IF THE NEW REQUEST ADDRESSES ALL THE ISSUES ABOVE HOURS, AMPLIFIED MUSIC, SQUARE FOOTAGE AND PARKING, WE HAVE NO REASON TO ASK FOR ANOTHER CONTINUANCE OR TO OPPOSE THE AMENDED REQUEST.
RESPECTFULLY, CYNTHIA SPIELMAN ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE CHAIR.
THAT'S IT FOR VOICEMAIL AND THEN WE'LL GO ON TO SPEAKERS.
FIRST WE HAVE MR. JACK FINGER SIGNED UP.
JACK, IF YOU COULD, JACK, IF YOU COULD HAND THOSE TO STAFF.
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MR. CHAIR.OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION FOR THE RECORD.
I LIVE AT 9 0 1 WEST MULBERRY, AND I DO LIVE IN THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, DO YOU REALLY NEED ALCOHOL SALES AND A TATTOO PARLOR TO REVITALIZE A CORRIDOR, A TATTOO PARLOR AND ALCOHOL SALES? THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE.
YOU KNOW, THERE ARE OTHER BIG RED FLAGS TO THIS WHOLE PROPOSAL.
THE CITY'S PLANNING STAFF THOUGHT THERE, THIS WAS A BAD IDEA.
IF YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THEIR PAPERS, THEY THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.
I REPEAT COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT.
YOUR VERY OWN ZONING STAFF THINKS THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA FOR ALL THE HIGHLIGHTED REASONS YOU SEE ON THE, UH, THE PAPER JUST HANDED OUT THE ADVERSARIAL EFFECTS UPON THE, UH, UH, THE NEARBY RESIDENCES.
AND ALSO THEY ALSO MENTIONED ABOUT THE FACT THAT NON-ALCOHOL, THE, THE REMOVAL OF THE NON-ALCOHOL DESIGNATION WILL, UH, BE CONTRADICTORY TO, TO THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE, OF THE AREA THERE.
THE, UH, BUT THEN THE TEXAS ALCOHOL BEVERAGE COMMISSION, IT DOESN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THIS IS HAPPENING WITHIN 300 FEET OF A SCHOOL OR CHURCH 300 FEET.
THIS IS, THIS IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM NOT ONE, BUT TWO CHURCHES.
IN FACT, A THIRD ONE IS GOING TO BE TR TRANSITIONING TO TO, TO ONE OF THOSE.
AND THE SCHOOL THAT'S BEING LEASED OVER AT THE, UH, ACROSS THE STREET FROM ONE OF THOSE CHURCHES AS WELL.
IT SPECIFICALLY SAYS IT DOES NOT WANT KIDS TO BE WALKING BACK AND FORTH IN AN UNSAFE ENVIRONMENT.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THIS RESTRICTION.
THE, UH, AND, AND FOR THE CHURCHES, WELL, WE ARE NOT TOTALLY AGAINST ALCOHOL SALES PER SE.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ALCOHOL SALES JUST TWO BLOCKS AWAY AT A BAR AND OVER ON BLANCO AND ALONG WITH SALES AT NEARBY, UH, UH, CONVENIENCE STORES.
THE, THE, THE FACT THAT, UH, BUT ALSO I, MAYBE THE BIGGEST SITUATION IS THE PARKING.
THERE'S ONLY A, A HANDFUL OF SPACES BEHIND THOSE, THOSE BUILDINGS THERE WHERE ARE GOING, THE, THE PATRONS GONNA BE PRESSED TO PARK RIGHT IN THE NEARBY CHURCH PARKING LOTS.
AND YES, THEY DO HAVE ACTIVITIES IN THE EVENING.
THE SCHOOL WILL HAVE ACTIVITIES IN THE EVENING FOR ITS SCHOOL KIDS.
THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE BIG CONFLICTS.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GO THROUGH ALL THAT? I MEAN, I'M SORRY.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO SAY NO TO THIS.
NEXT TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. CHERYL TEKA.
I LIVE AT 1104 WEST CRAIG PLACE.
UH, MY HOUSE IS JUST A COUPLE OF BLOCKS FROM 7 0 8 FREDERICKSBURG ROAD.
I HAVE LIVED IN BEACON HILL FOR ABOUT 40 YEARS.
ANNE FOR ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
I'M ALSO A PAST PRESIDENT OF BEACON HILL, PAST BOARD MEMBER, UH, PAST OFFICER.
AND MS. WEISLER HAS BEEN VERY, UH, DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF COMMUNICATING WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SHE'S GIVEN US A LOT OF INFORMATION.
SHE AND I AND FATHER RICARDO, THE CURRENT, UH, PASTOR AT ST.
ANNE MET, UH, JUST A FEW DAYS AGO.
AND THERE ARE PROBLEMS WITH VACANT BUILDINGS THAT I, AS A, A RESIDENT UNDERSTAND.
UM, AND I GUESS THE THE ONE POINT THAT FATHER WOULD LIKE ME TO COMMUNICATE TO YOU ALL THIS AFTERNOON IS THAT EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE DONE AN EXCELLENT JOB OF KEEPING US INFORMED AND RESPONDING TO OUR CONCERNS, WE STILL HAVE TWO VERY BIG CONCERNS.
AND THE NUMBER ONE CONCERN IS SAFETY.
UH, MR. FINGER MENTIONED THAT AT, AND YOU PROBABLY SAW THE BIG RED BUILDING IN THE DIAGRAM, WHICH IS ST.
ANNE'S GYM, WHICH IS RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS STRIP.
UM, I TALKED TO FATHER ABOUT THE ACTIVITIES THAT TAKE PLACE AT ST.
AND EVERY SINGLE NIGHT WE HAVE CHILDREN.
WE HAVE, UH, CYO GAMES, CYO PRACTICES.
WE HAVE YOUTH COMMITTEE MEETINGS THAT ARE THERE TILL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT EVERY SINGLE NIGHT.
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UM, WE ALSO HAVE THE, NOW THESE ARE LITTLE KIDS WHERE THEIR PARENTS ARE GOING TO BE PICKING THEM UP.WE ALSO HAVE TEENAGERS IN THE YOUTH GROUP WHO ARE TEENAGERS.
SO THEY'RE GOING TO BE THERE DURING THE HOURS OF OPERATION OF THE PROPOSED BAR IN TAVERN.
WE DON'T REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH, WITH PARKING, UM, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH TRAFFIC.
AND THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN OUR CONCERN, AND THAT IS STILL OUR CONCERN.
SO THAT REALLY WE, WE DON'T WANT CHILDREN AT RISK.
UM, THEY'RE THERE EVERY NIGHT DURING THE HOURS OF OPERATION.
AND FATHER JUST WANTED ME TO, UH, EXPRESS THAT CONCERN TO YOU THIS AFTERNOON.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALL RIGHT, MS. WEISLER, WOULD YOU LIKE A OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL? JUST, JUST VERY, VERY BRIEFLY.
UM, SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT EXTENSIVELY, UM, WITH BEACON HILL RESIDENTS, UM, ALL OF THE STAKEHOLDERS KINDA INVOLVED, UM, IS THAT ZONING AT A VERY FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL ALLOWS A USE, YES OR NO, IS A USE ALLOWED TO OPERATE ON THAT PROPERTY? THINGS LIKE PARKING, CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY, TABC, LICENSING, ALL OF THOSE COME INTO PLAY AS TO THE OPERATION AND FUNCTIONALITY OF THOSE PERMITTED USES.
THIS IS VERY, VERY MUCH THE FIRST STEP IN A VERY, VERY LONG SERIES OF STEPS FOR THE PROPERTY.
UM, WHETHER OR NOT A BAR IS ALLOWED TO OPERATE IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN IF A BAR CAN OPERATE.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT INTO YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UM, WE DO, AND WE HAVE SCALED THIS BACK SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, WE HAVE OUR ADDED THOSE HOURS OF LIMITATION, UM, AND REALLY TRIED TO MAKE THIS AS MINIMALLY IMPACTFUL AS POSSIBLE.
WE CANNOT ALWAYS CONTROL, UM, HOW PEOPLE PARK OR HOW, YOU KNOW, HUMAN BEINGS BEHAVE.
UM, BUT THINGS LIKE PARKING, FINDING ADDITIONAL PARKING, A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY HAS TO BE ON FILE IF UTILIZED, THAT HAS TO BE WITHIN 600 FEET OF A PROPERTY.
UM, THOSE ALL ARE THINGS THAT COME BEFORE ANYONE IS ON THE PROPERTY SELLING, SERVING, OR CONSUMING ALCOHOL.
SO, UM, ALL OF THOSE LAYERS ARE HERE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY WITH ST.
ANN'S, UM, BOTH AT A CITY AND STATE LEVEL, IS THAT ADDITIONAL OVERSIGHT.
UM, BUT AGAIN, THE REQUEST BEFORE YOU, UM, AS AMENDED TODAY, UM, DO RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
UH, THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE CASE.
SO YOU COMM TO YOU COMMISSIONER LUM FOR QUESTIONS.
MS. WEER, UH, THE REST OF THE TENANTS IN THE BUILDING ARE FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT, IS THAT RIGHT? YES.
AND THE CHURCH SANIA, I THINK THAT'S CERTAINLY A CONCERN FOR MOST PEOPLE.
UM, BUT YOU SAID THAT OVERALL, WAS IT JUST CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD ABOUT THE SAFETY AND OVERALL WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT? YEAH, SO THAT WAS BASED ON MY, MY LAST MEETING WE MET WITH FATHER ANNE AND CHERYL LAST WEEK, UM, I'M SORRY, FATHER RICARDO OF ST.
UM, EXTENSIVELY ABOUT THE PROCESS, THE OVERSIGHT, ALL OF THE PERMITTING, ALL OF THOSE DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT COME INTO PLAY.
I KNOW THAT THERE ARE SEVERAL THINGS, AS WITH ANY CASE, AS WITH ANY PROJECT THAT ARE STILL TO BE DETERMINED, AND THAT IS WHY THERE ARE ADDITIONAL STEPS AND ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS, ADDITIONAL PERMITTING, ALL OF THAT OVERSIGHT, UM, COMES IN DUE TIME.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ON WHERE THAT ADDITIONAL PARKING IS COMING.
UM, AND IF WE DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES TO OPERATE, WE CAN'T OPERATE.
SO, UM, THERE ARE THOSE, UM, THINGS IN PLACE AND WE DID HAVE THAT VERY LENGTHY DISCUSSION LAST WEEK.
QUESTIONS, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE HAD HIS HEAD ON FIRST.
I DO HAVE A QUICK QUESTION AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR POINT THAT, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS ALLOWED BY ZONING IS NOT NECESSARILY WHAT WILL BE ALLOWED IN THE END.
UM, JUST OUTTA CURIOSITY, THERE DOES APPEAR TO BE A PARKING LOT RIGHT BEHIND THE PROPERTY.
IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE, UH, TO THE EAST? SO WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT A COOPERATIVE PARKING AGREEMENT, THIS COOPER, YOU, YOU'RE REFERRING TO THIS YES.
SO, UM, THAT RIGHT NOW IS GATED.
UM, IT IS OWNED BY THE CHURCH ACROSS WEST ASHBY.
UM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN, UM, MUCH INTEREST IN THAT BEING A, A COOPERATIVE PARKING SOLUTION.
UM, BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF CONVERSATIONS ONGOING WITH A COUPLE OTHER, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE FOR, FOR SURROUNDING PROPERTY FOR PARKING.
THANK YOU FOR INDULGING MY CURIOSITY.
ALRIGHT, QUESTION, UH, COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, I GUESS MY FIRST IS FOR THE STAFF.
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UH, WHAT IS THE TECHNICAL PARKING PARKING REQUIREMENT FOR THE PROPERTY? THE TOTAL NUMBER OF SPACES? OH, IT, IT IS IN, ITS, THEY'RE ONLY REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 50% OF WHAT'S REQUIRED.SO WHAT IS REQUIRED? 50%? WE CAN'T TELL YOU THE NUMBER OF SPACES UNTIL THEY ACTUALLY SUBMIT IF IT IS A BAR OR YOU ON THE WHOLE BUILDING OR JUST ON EACH, THE ENTIRE BUILDING, SIR.
SO 10 IS OBVIOUSLY NOT GONNA BE ENOUGH FROM WHAT THEY'RE SAYING.
I I'M NOT SURE SIR, BECAUSE 10 SPACES, SO JUST TO GIVE ESTIMATES, UH, IF YOU HAVE A BAR LOUNGE, THE MINIMUM IS ONE SPACE PER HUNDRED SQUARE FEET OF THE GROSS FLOOR.
SO THE, OUR TRAFFIC, UH, TEAM WOULD BE LOOKING AT THE GROSS FLOOR OF EACH OF THESE TENANT SPACES AND DESIGNATING BASED OFF OF THE USE.
SO AGAIN, UH, BAR LOUNGE IS A HUNDRED SQUARE FEET.
UM, AND WITH THIS BEING 2,500 SQUARE FEET, THAT WOULD BE 25 PARKING SPACES IN HALF, 12 AND A HALF, CORRECT? WE HAVE 10.
AND THAT IS NOT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE OTHER TENANTS IN THE SPACE.
UM, AND THERE ADDITIONAL PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS WELL? YEAH, THE, UM, TYPICAL, TYPICAL, UH, RETAIL KIND OF USES ARE TYPICALLY ONE SPACE, UM, ONE SPACE PER 300 SQUARE FEET.
SO IF ANOTHER TENANT SPACE IS ONLY 1200 SQUARE FEET, THEY WOULD ONLY BE NE THEY WOULD BE NECESSARY A MINIMUM OF FOUR SPACES AND HALF OF THAT TOO.
UH, SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS IF YOU CAN'T MAKE A DEAL TO GET PARKING, YOUR USE GOES AWAY.
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PRO, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO PARK IT.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO, UM, LET US OCCUPY AND SELL A SPACE FOR SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE, UM, WE HAVEN'T MET THE CODE ON IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.
AND THEN I GUESS A FINAL COMMENT, I I JUST IN READING THE ZONING STAFF'S, UH, DEAL ON PROPERTY HISTORY APPEARS THIS HAS NEVER HAD ALCOHOL USE ON THIS PROPERTY FROM THE BEGINNING 'CAUSE IT WAS RESIDENCE AND IT'S ALWAYS HAD SOME TYPE, SOME FORM OF RESTRICTION AGAINST IT.
I'M ASSUMING THAT'S PROBABLY BECAUSE OF THE CHURCH IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT, UM, THAT ORIGINAL RE OR THE REZONING IN 1997 WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA REZONING.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU PROBABLY SEE THAT STRIP ALONG, UM, FREDERICKSBURG ROAD WITH THE NA, SO, CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS, UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, UM, CAN YOU PLEASE EXPAND ON WHAT OUTREACH YOU DID WITH SCHOOLS, UM, IN THE AREA? I KNOW YOU TALKED ABOUT CHURCHES AND WE HAVE SAINT ANN'S RIGHT HERE, BUT JUST FOR CONTEXT, UM, WE HAVE NOT HAD ANY, I HAVE NOT HAD ANY, UM, CONVERSATIONS WITH THE SCHOOL.
THE PROPERTY OWNER HAS HAD TON OF CONVERSATIONS WITH A, A LOT OF DIFFERENT FOLKS, UM, KIND OF SURROUNDING OUR PROPERTY.
SO THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF ENGAGEMENT.
AND AGAIN, SHOULD THERE BE TABC LICENSING, UM, THAT WOULD BE PART OF, PART OF THAT ENGAGEMENT AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN MS. COLVIN, CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP
CAN YOU PLEASE JUST WALK THROUGH WHAT THE LAND USE PROCESS IS FOR BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? UM, SO WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT HAPPENED? SURE.
SO WE DO HAVE A ZONING AND URBAN DESIGN COMMITTEE, AND TYPICALLY WE, THE CITY WILL DIRECT AN APPLICANT TO US AND WE WILL MEET WITH THE APPLICANT AND TRY TO VET THE PROJECT, ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT WE THINK, UM, ARE IMPORTANT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND, UM, ONCE WE FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE THAT AND WE HAVE AN AGREEMENT, THEN WE ARE READY TO BRING IT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
WE HAVE A NEWSLETTER THAT IS HAND DELIVERED EVERY MONTH, 2200 HOUSEHOLDS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND THE ZONING CASE IS ADVERTISED ON THE FRONT OF THAT AS PART OF THE AGENDA.
SO IT GOES OUT, UM, TO THE NEW ON THE NEWSLETTER.
AND THEN, UM, AT OUR MEETING, THE APPLICANT, UH, IS PRESENT AND THE ZONING COMMITTEE DOES A PRESENTATION.
SO WE HAD A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION FOR THE MEMBERS THAT ARE THERE.
THE, UM, MS. WEISLER WAS ALSO THERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A Q AND A AND THEN THERE'S A VOTE, AND THEN THE LETTER THAT WE WRITE IS BASED ON THE VOTE AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
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QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.UM, AS FOR THE YES, YES MA'AM.
JUST A REAL SIMPLE QUICK QUESTION.
UM, WHY DID YOU GUYS WAS JUST BASED ON SOLELY ON THE VOTING TO APPROVE DUE TO SUPPORT THE, UH, ENDEAVOR? SO AGAIN, THE, THE COMMITTEE ITSELF MET WITH MS. WEISLER AND, UM, MR. NEWTON THREE TIMES BEFORE WE TOOK IT TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
SO WE, PART OF WHAT DROVE OUR DECISION WAS IN OUR MIDTOWN NEIGHBORHOODS PLAN, IT DOES TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TRYING TO REVITALIZE THAT CORRIDOR.
AND EVEN THOUGH IN 1996 THERE MAY HAVE BEEN THIS LARGE AREA RE ZONING THAT DESIGNATED THE ENTIRE CORRIDOR AS NA, UM, WE'RE THINKING THAT WE MIGHT NEED TO UPDATE THAT AND THAT THIS WOULD BE AN OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS SUPER IMPORTANT TO US, HOWEVER, TO ADDRESS THOSE CONCERNS.
UM, AND IN ADDITION TO THE PARKING, THE SIZE LIMITATION OF THE BAR TAVERN USE, WE DO RECOGNIZE THAT REMOVING THE NA DOES OPEN UP OTHER ALCOHOL RELATED USES ON THE BUILDING.
BUT WE DID OUR MOST IMPORTANT CONCERN WAS TO LIMIT THE SPACE OF THE BAR AND THEN ALSO LIMITING THE HOURS TO CLOSING AT MIDNIGHT AND TALKING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE TOBIN HILL LEAD, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD, THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD NOTICED THAT THERE'S A DIFFERENCE IN CLIENTELE THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE LEAVING THE BARS AT MIDNIGHT VERSUS THOSE THAT ARE GOING FROM MIDNIGHT TO TWO.
AND SO WE FELT THAT THAT WOULD ALSO HELP.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS? ON MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER CALLUM FOR A MOTION.
WELL, I APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK, WORK MS. WASHINGTON THAT YOU'VE DONE WITH THE PEKIN HILL AREA.
THEY'VE ALWAYS SEEMED TO DO A REALLY GREAT JOB IN TRYING TO FIND A COMPROMISE THAT WORKS BOTH FOR REVITALIZATION AND PRESERVATION OF THE, OF THE CHARACTER OF THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH I APPRECIATE.
THIS SEEMS TO BE QUITE A PROCESS FOR Y'ALL.
I'M GLAD THAT CHURCHES ON BOARD, I THINK THEIR CONCERNS ARE, ARE CERTAINLY VALID.
AND I HOPE IN THE PROCESS I WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION FOR SURE.
I THINK FOR ME, I MEAN THE BUILDING'S BEAUTIFUL, THE, THE REST OF THE TENANTS WANT OR ARE OKAY WITH, WITH HAVING, UH, THIS BAR TAVERN THERE.
AND SO I'VE MOVED, UM, TO APPROVE THIS MOTION.
THERE'S A, A MOTION FOR APPROVAL WITH A SECOND AND THAT'S AS AMENDED.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED BY COMMISSIONER LUM WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.
SO I'M JUST GONNA WALK THROUGH WHY I'M SUPPORTING THIS MOTION IN SPITE ACCOMMODATION OF DENIAL.
UH, FIRST, THERE HAS BEEN AN EXCELLENT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS, UM, BOTH WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS THE MOST TRANSPARENT, I WOULD SAY, NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN SAN ANTONIO WITH A RESIDENTS.
UM, THERE'S A SPECIFICALLY A REASON WHY I ASK THEM TO OUTLINE, UM, THE PROCESS THAT THEY USE.
IN ADDITION TO HAVING A COMMITTED ZONING AND LAND USE COMMITTEE, THEY SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, REGISTERED OR NOT.
UH, MEMBERS ARE NOT THROUGH THEIR HAND DELIVERY OF THE NEWSLETTERS AND THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTES.
SO IN ADDITION TO THE TECHNICAL RECOMMENDATION AND EXPERTISE THAT CAN MITIGATE AND PUT TOGETHER A GOOD PROPOSAL, YOU ALSO HAVE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, UM, HAVING A FAIR OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE, EVEN IF THERE ARE SOME IN OPPOSITION.
THE MAJORITY DID SUPPORT THIS, AND IT'S A VERY FAIR PROCESS.
AND THEY ALSO WENT TO THE EFFORT OF ENGAGING WITH OTHER TENANTS, OTHER FOLKS ON THE CORRIDOR AND THE CHURCHES IN THE AREA.
UM, AND HAVE THOUGHT THROUGH WHAT OTHER PERMITTING PROCESSES WILL BE REQUIRED AND HOW THAT WILL IMPACT, UM, OTHER FOLKS SUCH AS SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
UM, THIS IS A PROJECT THAT REVITALIZES A CORRIDOR THAT FITS THE DEVELOPMENT PATTERN.
THE SURROUNDING, UH, USES OF C3 A AND C TWO A, UM, FIT WITH A PROPOSAL.
UM, IT ALSO FACILITATES FUTURE CORRIDOR DEVELOPMENT BY PUTTING TOGETHER, UM, AND MAKING CONSISTENT ZONING ON A BUILDING THAT SHARES TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF ZONING.
HAVING ONE IS GONNA BE BETTER OVERALL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND BY REDUCING FROM THE I DZ THREE TO IZ IDZ TWO, UM, YOU HAVE, UH, A COMPROMISE ON THE PARKING AND I THINK THAT'S MORE APPROPRIATE AND IN SCALE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THE OTHER THING ABOUT AN IDZ AS OPPOSED TO JUST GENERAL COMMERCIAL ZONING, UM, IS THAT THERE ARE CONDITIONS IN PLACE, THE SITE PLAN, UM, AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT CAN BE INCLUDED THERE THAT REFLECT THE COMPROMISE, PROVIDE PROTECTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO FOR WHATEVER REASON, THIS DOESN'T PAN OUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR SURROUNDING COMMUNITY, UH, FOLKS AND STAKEHOLDERS ARE NOT GONNA BE IMPACTED, UH, BY A POTENTIALLY NEGATIVE USE.
UM, SO THAT PROVIDES A LEVEL OF PROTECTION THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR THIS TO BE CONSIDERED.
UM, AND IT ALSO REFLECTS THE MIDTOWN PLAN PLANNING PROCESS.
I WAS PART OF THAT AS A MICKEY PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION RESIDENT, UH, RECORDER REVITALIZATION IS PART OF THAT.
UH, WE ADVOCATED FOR NEIGHBORHOOD PLANS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE APPENDICES, UM, TO THAT PLAN.
AND, UH, THE WAY THAT THE COMMUNITY ENGAGED
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WITH THIS PROCESS REFLECTS OUR DESIRE FOR A MIXED USE LIFE ON THE STREET TYPE OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT THAT IS APPROPRIATE FOR THE SCALE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS.AND THIS PROCESS MADE SURE THAT AC THEY ACCOMMODATED THAT AND DID THAT WELL.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, UM, THERE ARE, UH, THERE IS A HOLISTIC APPROACH HERE THAT I THINK IS IMPORTANT.
UM, AND IN GENERAL, UM, I THINK THE FACT THAT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS, UM, HAVE TO BE MET ALSO PROVIDES THAT ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF PROTECTION.
IF YOU CAN'T PARK IT, YOU CAN'T OPEN.
UM, AND SO I THINK THAT CONCERN IS ADDRESSED THROUGH THAT.
UM, I THINK THAT COVERS EVERYTHING AND WHY I THINK THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING PROPOSAL.
AND, UM, I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO TAKE NOTES ON THIS PROCESS.
THIS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
UM, WORK WITH THE COMMUNITY AHEAD OF TIME, MAKE SURE IT FITS WITH THE SCALE OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT THIS IS THE TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT THAT BENEFITS EVERYONE.
UM, AND IS, IS A PATH FORWARD FOR THE FUTURE AND FOR WHAT WE'D LIKE TO SEE FOR OUR CITY.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S ON MY RIGHT.
NONE, NO ONE WANTS TO FOLLOW UP.
YOU KNOW, AND, AND I AGREE WITH WHAT COMMISSIONER WATSON HAS SAID.
UM, UH, AS A RESIDENT ON THE, UM, FREDERICKSBURG ROAD CORRIDOR OR MYSELF, BUT A LITTLE BIT NORTHWEST IN THE DECO AREA, UM, WE'VE SEEN SIMILAR, UM, PROJECTS BEING PROPOSED AND ONE WE'VE IN THE PAST WE'VE OPPOSED A PROJECT BECAUSE THERE WAS NO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO DO ANY SORT OF, UM, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
UM, AND THEN ANOTHER ONE, WHICH WAS FOR A TATTOO PARLOR WE APPROVED BECAUSE THEY DID SIGNIFICANT ENGAGEMENT AND, AND, UM, WORKED WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO COME UP WITH, UH, RESTRICTIONS.
AND SO, UM, I WANT TO ECHO WHAT COMMISSIONER WATSON SAID.
UM, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IS IMPORTANT AND I THINK FOR ME IT'S THE, THE BUY-IN OF THE BEACON HILL NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH IS VERY, VERY WELL KNOWN AS FAR AS THEIR, UM, UH, ENGAGEMENT WITH, WITH, WITH, UH, WITH, UH, COMMERCIAL AND PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS AMENDED.
ANN BENAVIDEZ ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS LOCATED AT 2 3 9 PEABODY AVENUE AND IS A REQUEST TO GO FROM R SIX TO R SIX CD WITH ALL OVERLAYS REMAINING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 25 NOTICES THAT WAS ZERO RETURN IN FAVOR, ZERO RETURN IN OPPOSITION, AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM QUINTANA.
COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION STAFF DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, BUT THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS OUT OF CHARACTER AT THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THE CURRENT R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA AND THE PROPOSED R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT.
BUT THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS SITUATED MID-BLOCK AND AMONGST OTHER SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES SIMILAR IN SIZE, THE PROPERTY FRONTS OF LOCAL STREET WITH NO ALLEY ACCESS AT THE REAR, THE PROPERTY IS NOT PLACED OR SIZED TO ADEQUATELY ACCOMMODATE THE PROPOSED UNITS OR THE SIX REQUIRED PARKING SPACES.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR R SIX CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS.
THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION SUPPORTS ADDITIONAL HOUSING STOCK AND ALIGNS WITH THE GOALS OF THE STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, BUT ADD A DENSITY MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE SURROUNDING AREA.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION AND THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, AMEND THE REQUEST.
IF WE'D HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
HOW YOU DOING COMMITTEE? UH, OUR FIRM REPRESENTS BOTH THE SELLER, WHICH IS HERE, SERENA, AND THEN MYSELF, THE BUYER.
UM, THE REASON FOR THE PLAN IS IT'S CURRENTLY ALL WE'RE ASKING IS THAT WE KEEP THE CONDITION THE WAY THAT IT IS AND WE'RE NOT TO MAKE ANY CHANGES THERE.
THE PROPERTY'S CURRENTLY BEING USED WITH FOUR UNITS.
THE WAY THE SITE PLAN IS DRAWN OUT HERE IS AN, AN ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF HOW THE PLAN IS.
THE MIDDLE UNIT IN THE, IN THE CENTER, WHICH SAYS A TWO BEDROOM, ONE BATH IS IN FACT THE ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH ON ONE SIDE, A STUDIO APARTMENT ON THE OTHER WITH ONE BATH.
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THE EXISTING METAL SHED IN THE REAR IS ACTUALLY A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH AS WELL, WHICH THE BUYER PLANS TO OCCUPY THE MAYHEM IN THE FRONT.THERE'S ACTUALLY SEVEN PARKING SPACES ON THE PROPERTY, THREE IN THE FRONT, TWO IN THE MIDDLE, TWO IN THE REAR THAT ARE ALREADY ALL IN PLACE.
THE EASEMENT ROAD WOULD BE THE ACCESS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON THE LEFT THAT WOULD BE IN AND OUT.
THERE'S NO EGRESS, THERE'S NO BLOCKS.
UM, THERE'S NO NEED FOR AN ALLEYWAY AS THERE'S NO WAY TO EXPAND.
IF YOU GO BEHIND THE PROPERTY, IT ACTUALLY GOES TO NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY.
UM, SO THERE'D BE NO REASON NEXT TO THE REAR BEHIND US.
THERE'S A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THAT CURRENTLY SITS ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, SHE MENTIONED THAT THERE'S NOT EXISTING PROPERTIES, WHETHER THEY'VE BEEN PERMITTED OR NOT.
THERE'S IN FACT 80 THAT HAVE SOLD IN THE LAST SEVEN YEARS THAT ALL HAVE MULTIFAMILY PROPERTIES ON THEM THAT HAVE SOLD ON OUR MLS 40 OF WHICH WERE FOUR UNITS OR MORE.
SO IT'S NOT CONSISTENT OR UNREAL TO HAVE FOUR UNITS IN THIS PROPERTY.
MOST OF THESE FAMILIES IN THIS AREA ARE MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING BECAUSE THEY'RE MAINLY LATINOS IN THIS PARTICULAR PROPERTY IN DISTRICT FOUR, WE'VE SEEN IT MORE THAN EVER AS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY HAS BECOME OUT OF REACH THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO BUILD THIS.
SO THIS PARTICULAR FAMILY THAT HAS THIS HAS BEEN, THEIR ENTIRE FAMILY HAS LIVED IN THE PROPERTY.
THE NEW BUYER WHO'S BUYING IT PLANS ON MAKING IT THEIR FAMILY HOME WITH MULTIPLE PEOPLE LIVING IN THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
HE PLANS ON MAKING NO CHANGES TO THE EXISTING DWELLING AS IT SITS CURRENTLY.
KEEPING THE ONE ONE, THE ONE ONE, THE ONE ONE IN THE REAR, AND THEN KEEPING THE EXISTING HOUSE IN THE FRONT.
UM, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT, NO.
THIS IS A DISTRICT FOUR CASE, SO COMMISSIONER REYES TO YOU FOR CON FOR QUESTIONS.
THE QUESTION YOU SAID THERE'S ALREADY HOW MANY PARKING SPACES THERE? THERE'S SEVEN CURRENTLY.
THERE'S THREE IN THE FRONT THAT, THAT, THAT CONCRETE THAT YOU SEE THERE.
SO THERE'S THREE CARS THAT CAN FIT IN THE FRONT.
WHERE YOU SEE HERE, THERE'S THREE SPACES IN THIS AREA.
THIS CONCRETE ACTUALLY EXPANDS FURTHER OUT.
SO IT'LL BE ONE, TWO, AND THREE.
AND THEN THERE'S TWO HERE IN THE REAR THAT GO THIS WAY.
AND THEN THERE'S TWO HERE THAT GO UNDERNEATH THIS 20 FOOT PORCH.
SO PORCH, PORCH AND THE CAR SLIDE IN HERE AND THEN SLIDE DOWN HERE AND THEN THREE IN HERE IN THE FRONT.
NOT TO MENTION THE STREET PARKING, WHICH WOULDN'T EVEN BE NEEDED AS THOSE ARE ONE ONE.
SO THERE'S NO, WE ASSUME TENANTS WOULD ONLY HAVE ONE VEHICLE AT MAXIMUM CONSIDERING IT'S A ONE FAMILY HOUSEHOLD IN A ONE BEDROOM.
BUT THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY IN AND ONE WAY OUT 'CAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE THAT IS CORRECT.
SO THIS WOULD BE THE EASEMENT ROAD IF YOU WILL.
IF IT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE SPLIT, THIS WOULD BE THE EASEMENT IN AND OUT.
SO AS THE CARS WERE, THEY WOULD TURN IN HERE NOT BLOCKING THIS EASEMENT ROAD BECAUSE THERE'S AMPLE SPACE BETWEEN THE PROPERTY TO MOVE THE CARS IN HERE IN THE REAR.
AND THEN HERE THEY WOULD TURN INTO THE RIGHT SO THEY WOULDN'T BE BLOCKING THE ROAD.
THEY WOULD COME IN THROUGH THE GATE, THEY WOULD MAKE THEIR RIGHT AND THEY WOULD PARK THEIR VEHICLES THERE.
WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO GO DOWN THE TWO UNITS? THE ISSUE WOULD BE THE COST THAT THESE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA DON'T HAVE A LOT OF MONEY TO GO AND CONVERT RECONVERT THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER 20 YEARS TO MAKE THIS PROPERTY INTO THIS MULTI-GENERATIONAL LIVING SITUATION.
TO RE TO READJUST IT WOULD MAKE THEM HAVE TO SPEND MONEY TO CONVERT THE MIDDLE DWELLING INTO A TWO BEDROOM, TWO BATH, CONVERT THE REAR ONE AND TAKE IT COMPLETELY OUT TO, IN ORDER TO CONVERT THIS TO A TWO UNIT PROPERTY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSION ON MY LEFT QUESTIONS.
SO I THINK I GRASPED THIS, BUT JUST TO CONFIRM, THESE ARE ALL EXISTING STRUCTURES ON THE PROPERTY? THAT IS CORRECT.
SO, UH, THIS WAS THIS RESOUNDING PRIMARILY FOR COMPLIANCE PURPOSES? THAT IS CORRECT.
THE BUYER WHO WAS BUYING, IT'S A VETERAN AND WHEN THE APPRAISER WENT OUT THEY NOTATED THAT THESE PROPERTIES WEREN'T PERMITTED AND SO THEREFORE WAS FLAGGED, PUSHED US THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
IT'S BEEN FIVE MONTHS, THE FAMILY JUST WANTS TO GET IN.
SHE, HIS WIFE'S A TRAVELING NURSE, HE'S A DISABLED VETERAN, THEY JUST WANNA GET INTO THEIR HOME AND WE'VE JUST BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS TO GET IT ALL COMPLETED FOR YOU GUYS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
SO YOU SAID THIS IS MULTI-GENERATIONAL.
SO NONE OF THESE UNITS PRIOR TO THIS WERE RENTED OUT? CORRECT? NOT UP UNTIL RECENTLY.
THE OWNER, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, AND SERENA CAN CONFIRM 'CAUSE SHE WORKS FOR PEER BUSINESS SELLER, UM, OWNS A CONSTRUCTION COMPANY.
SO HIS FAMILY OR HIS, ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES DOES LIVE IN ONE OF THE UNITS.
AND THEN THE REST HAS BEEN SISTER, MOM KIDS AS TIME INTO THE MOM PASSED.
UM, THE APPROVAL OF THE ZONING WOULD ALLOW MULTIPLE UNITS TO BE RENTED OUT, CORRECT? I MEAN YOU COULD HAVE LIKE, LIKE LIKE CURRENTLY WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITUATION THAT SEEMS WHERE WE HAD A A BASICALLY ONE FAMILY LIVE ON THE PROPERTY, BUT REZONING YOU COULD HAVE MULTIPLE RENTAL PROPERTIES.
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BE DIFFERENT FROM YOUR TYPICAL LIKE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT JUST BECAUSE IT APPEARS THAT THE OWNER WOULD NOT HAVE TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.SO AGAIN IT WOULD, WHAT THEY'RE REQUESTING IS FOR THREE SEPARATE UNITS.
WITHOUT OWNER LIVING ON THE PROPERTY.
UM, ALRIGHT, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOME FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
UM, COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT FOLLOW UP QUESTIONS.
I GUESS IF THEY LIVE ON THE PROPERTY THEN THEY HAVE THREE SEPARATE ADUS, IS THAT OR THAT'S ALL CONSIDERED ONE? NOPE.
ONE A DUA RESIDENTIAL YOU'RE ONLY PERMITTED ONE.
SO THEY COULD ONLY RENT ONE OR THEY'D HAVE TO RENT ALL THREE TO THE SAME PERSON OR NO SIR, YOU ONLY GET TWO TOTAL UNITS.
ONE FOR THE PRIMARY RESIDENCE WHERE THE OWNER LIVES AND ONE ACCESSORY DWELLING.
SO THE OTHER TWO THEY'D HAVE TO SHUT DOWN OR CORRECT.
THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE TO REZONE FOR THE ADDITIONAL UNITS.
UH, COMMISSIONER WATSON, UM, DO THESE ALL HAVE SEPARATE METERS OR THEY'RE NOT CURRENTLY? SO THAT WOULD BE THE INTENT.
ONCE WE GET THIS APPROVED, THE CURRENT OWNER, LIKE I SAID, MIGRATED HERE, LIKE THIS COMMENT FOR THIS AREA IN PARTICULAR, THEY'RE SUGGESTING THAT THIS IS NOT COMMON FOR THE AREA.
COMMON WOULD INTERPRET THAT IT'S NOT BEING DONE.
THERE'S SEVEN PARTICULAR PROPERTIES ON THE SAME STREET THAT ARE ALREADY THIS WAY.
I'M NOT GONNA GO AND FLAG THEIR ADDRESSES AS WE'RE NOT TRYING TO SEND A STRIKER TEAM.
WHAT I'M SAYING IS THIS IS IN FACT MORE COMMON AS OUR TEAM HAS DONE AMPLE AMOUNT OF BUSINESS IN THIS AREA.
WE'RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOOKS.
UM, THEY'RE JUST NOT GOING THROUGH THE PROPER CHANNELS TO DO IT 'CAUSE OUTTA FEAR.
AND THEN ONE OTHER QUESTION FOR STAFF, UH, JUST FOR CONTEXT FOR EVERYONE, UH, THE CURRENT SDR ORDINANCE DOES APPLY, CORRECT? ALWAYS YES.
SO, BUT AT THE SAME TIME YOU CANNOT REZONE FOUR ST.
SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE, SO BASICALLY WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT THERE'S NO WAY THAT ALL THREE OF THESE COULD BECOME AN AIRBNB, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UH, FINAL ROUND QUESTIONS ON MY LEFT.
OH, OH NOW COMMISSIONER, UH, HOLD ON.
LET, LET'S GO TO COMMISSIONER HUEY FOR QUESTIONS AND THEN BACK TO YOU.
UH, FOR THE APPLICANT, HELP ME UNDERSTAND WHAT THREE UNITS ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? YOU INCLUDING THE EXISTING METAL SHED AS ONE OF YOUR UNITS? YES.
SO THERE IS, THE MIDDLE UNIT HAS TWO UNITS, UM, AND THE ONE IN THE BACK THAT SAYS METAL SHED, IT'S ACTUALLY A UNIT AS WELL.
AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE IS A UNIT, UH, METAL SHED.
SO THERE IS THREE UNITS IN THE BACK AND THEN THERE'S THE MAIN HOME.
THERE'S A ONE BEDROOM, UM, ONE BATH HERE AND THERE'S A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HERE AND THERE'S A ONE BEDROOM, ONE BATH HERE.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE MAIN HOME HERE.
SO HOW MANY STRUCTURES ARE YOU, ARE YOU LOOKING AT? THERE'S THREE STRUCTURES AND FOUR UNITS SPLIT.
THE MIDDLE ONE IS THE, THE MIDDLE ONE IS SPLIT AND THEN THERE'S UH, ONE UNIT HERE, TWO HERE, AND THEN THERE'S ONE HERE.
OKAY, I UNDERSTAND THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOUR UNITS.
YOU AMENDED TO THREE AND YOU'RE SHOWING FIVE.
SO THERE'S TWO IN THE MIDDLE, ONE IN THE REAR, THAT IS THREE ADDITIONAL UNITS AND THEN THE PRIMARY HOME IS IN THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY MAKING IT FOUR TOTAL UNITS.
WE ACTUALLY WENT IN REQUESTING TO KEEP IT ON THE CONDITIONAL USE WAS JUST TO LEAVE IT THE WAY THAT IT WAS WITHOUT MAKING ANY CHANGES.
WE'RE SAYING LEAVE IT TO THE EXISTING FOUR UNITS TO AVOID ANY EXPENSES, ANY COSTS, AND ALLOW THE NEW BUYER TO TAKE IT OVER WITH THE APPROVAL USE OF THE CONDITIONAL USE TO LEAVE IT THE WAY THAT IT'S BEEN USED GOING HIGHER BACK IS GONE.
SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA KEEP YOUR REQUEST AT FOUR.
WE'RE GONNA KEEP IT TO LEAVE IT THE WAY THAT IT IS, WHICH IS FOUR UNITS IN ORDER TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO GET THE CLOSING PROCESS DONE FOR THE NEW BUYER WHO WOULD LIKE TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND ALLOW THE SELLER TO NOT HAVE TO EXCEED ANY NEW COSTS TO MAKE ANY CHANGES TO ADJUST THE PROPERTY TO SOMETHING DIFFERENT THAT WOULD MAKE IT LESS VALUABLE THAN IT CURRENTLY IS.
AND I WANT ANN TO KIND OF DISCUSS SHE'S THE CASE MANAGER.
ANN, CAN YOU BRING UP, WHAT'S THE CONVERSATION? 'CAUSE IT SEEMS THERE'S DISCONNECT ON WHAT WAS INITIALLY PROPOSED AND WHAT IS REQUESTED FOR POSSIBLE AMENDMENT.
SO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS AND I HAD BEEN WORKING WITH THE APPLICANT, MS. SERENA OR THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CASE.
UM, WE HAD KIND OF GONE OVER THAT STAFF WAS FEELING LIKE FOUR UNITS WOULD BE TWO INTENSE FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
AND WE HAVE IT IN WRITING THAT THEY AGREED TO AMEND DOWN TO THREE UNITS AND THAT'S WHERE THIS AMENDED SITE PLAN CAME FROM.
THE FROM IS LISTED AS OUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY AND THE PROPOSED IS R SIX CD FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS.
THAT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING COMING INTO THIS MEETING.
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THE APPLICANT STILL WANTS, WANTS TO GO BACK AND SAY FOR FOUR UNITS, IS THAT, IS THAT ALL WE'RE PROPOSING IS TO, FOR THE CONDITIONAL USE IS TO LEAVE IT THE WAY THERE WAS, WE COULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY APPLIED FOR A VARIANCE, WHICH IS A LOT HARDER TO GET.IT WAS JUST EASIER TO GET A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE PROPERTY TO STAY THE EXACT WAY THAT IT IS CURRENTLY AND MAKING NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY.
WELL MOSTLY THE, THE SAME WAY.
UM, I MEAN IT'S CURRENTLY BASICALLY A MULTI-GENERATIONAL HOME.
UM, WHICH IS, WHICH IS COMMON.
COMMISSIONER REYES TO YOU FOR NO MORE, NO MORE QUESTIONS.
NO MORE QUESTIONS TO YOU FOR MOTION.
WELL ACTUALLY WE DO HAVE A GENTLEMAN, UM, MR. JUSTIN BROWN THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK IF HE CAN OH, I'M SORRY.
DID I COMPLETELY NO, NO, NO, NO.
SIR, CAN YOU SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE PLEASE? I'M SORRY.
IT TOOK ME MANY YEARS JUST TO CONVINCE HER TO MOVE TO TEXAS SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE I'VE LIVED HERE OFF AND ON ABOUT FIVE, 10 YEARS.
THE WAY THAT IT'S SET UP NOW IS WHAT WE'D LIKE TO LEAVE IT AS.
THE MIDDLE STRUCTURE IS A VERY SMALL STUDIO AND A ONE BEDROOM.
THE FRONT HOUSE WE DON'T PLAN ON TOUCHING AT ALL.
THE BACK STRUCTURE, WHICH IS LABELED AS THE SHED IS A ONE ONE AND A SHED.
WE PLAN ON REMODELING THAT FOR OUR FAMILY HOME AND THEN POSSIBLY REMODELING THE INTERIOR OF THAT MIDDLE STRUCTURE.
OTHER THAN THAT, WE DON'T PLAN ON TOUCHING THE PROPERTY.
MY WIFE TRAVELS ABOUT 10 TO 11 MONTHS A YEAR.
SO AS FAR AS PARKING IS CONCERNED, WE WOULDN'T EVEN BE THERE FOR 90% OF THE YEAR.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME? ALRIGHT AND OH COMMISSIONER BUSANTE QUESTION.
YEAH, SO NOW I DO HAVE A QUESTION.
OKAY, SO THIS IS, NO, SO THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN? THIS IS THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN THAT WAS POSTED ONLINE.
THE FRONT HOUSE WOULD POTENTIALLY BE A DUPLEX, CORRECT? THIS IS FOR FOUR UNITS.
UM, BECAUSE THE WAY I WAS HEARING IT WAS THAT WHAT IS MARKED AS UNIT THREE WAS TWO UNITS.
WHICH, WHAT IS CORRECT? UNIT STATED UNIT THREE IS TWO UNITS.
SIR, CAN YOU GO TO THE PODIUM? UNIT THREE IS TWO UNITS.
SO IT, IT HAS ONE BATHROOM FOR TWO UNITS? NO, NO.
EACH ONE HAS ITS OWN RESTROOM.
SO ARE WE TALKING ABOUT FIVE UNITS THEN? NO SIR.
SO THE FRONT ONE IS LABELED AS A DUPLEX, THAT'S ACTUALLY A SINGLE FAMILY? CORRECT.
THREE BEDROOMS, TWO BATHS, MAIN HOUSE.
THE SECOND ONE THAT'S LABELED AS UNIT THREE WOULD BE I GUESS CONSIDERED A DUPLEX ONE AND ONE.
AS FAR AS BATHROOMS AND KITCHEN, EACH ONE AND EACH ONE IS ONE, ONE.
KITCHEN NETS AND ALL OF THEM FULL LOST THOSE REFRIGERATORS.
THE BACK ONE LABELED AS UNIT FOUR IS A ONE ONE, BUT THEN A VERY LARGE MAJORITY OF THAT SQUARE IS ACTUALLY A STORAGE.
THAT'S WHAT WE INTEND TO RESIDE IN AND TURN THAT INTO OUR FAMILY HOME.
OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THE CLARIFICATION 'CAUSE I WAS QUITE CONFUSED.
YES, BUT IT'S STILL NOT COMPLETELY CLARIFIED BECAUSE THEY HAVE BROUGHT US A SITE PLAN THAT IS REVISED WITH A REVISED REQUEST.
SO IF THIS IS NOT ACTUALLY THE SITE PLAN THAT IS MOVING FORWARD AND IT STILL NEEDS FURTHER CLARIFICATION, THEN IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S STILL A BIT OF A DISCONNECT HERE.
ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONER WATSON.
SO A FOLLOW UP QUESTION FOR STAFF, THE ACTUAL ZONING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE REQUESTED FOR THE FOUR UNITS TO BE PERMITTED PROBABLY HAS TO BE R SIX CD FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
IS THAT PERMITTED? THAT IS WHAT'S THE REQUEST IS.
IT HAS THREE ON THE SITE PLAN, THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING
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THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE ORIGINALLY MOVING FORWARD WITH.
AND THAT IS WHY THE SITE PLAN THAT IS IN THERE, THE ONE THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW IS FOR FOUR UNITS.
BUT THEN TODAY WE GAVE YOU THE REVISED SITE PLAN THAT WE GOT FROM THEM FOR THREE UNITS, WHICH
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APPARENTLY HAS A DIFFERENT LAYOUT FROM THIS ONE.UM, FINAL SET OF QUESTIONS? ANYONE? ANYONE? ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU.
SO THE ORIGINAL REQUEST WAS FOUR, WHICH WAS IN THE PLAN, THE STAFF REPORT, WHICH WAS FOR DENIAL.
NOW TODAY WE GET A SITE PLAN THAT SHOWS THREE, BUT THEN NOW WE'RE BACK TO FOUR ACCORDING TO THEM.
THAT'S WHAT IT APPEARS TO BE HAPPENING? YES.
I'M GONNA MOVE FOR DENIAL BECAUSE OF THE LOT SIZE, THE LOT LOCATION IS MIDBLOCK AND I SEE ISSUES WITH THE PARKING AND I THINK THE DENSITY IS TOO GREAT FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, YOU SAY THERE'S EVIDENCE OF OTHER LOTS HAVING DENSE USE, BUT THE STAFF REPORT DID NOT SHOW THAT EVIDENCE AND FOR THOSE REASONS I'M GONNA RECOMMEND, I'M GONNA MAKE A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA WITH COMM.
REVISE THAT MOTION FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER REYES WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER HENO HOSA.
ALRIGHT, DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER'S.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER'S ON MY LEFT.
UM, I WILL AGREE WITH, I AGREE WITH THE, THE, THE MOTION, UM, FOUR UNITS I THINK WAS TOO MUCH.
THREE UNITS MIGHT HAVE WORKED.
MY CONCERN IS THAT IT WASN'T JUST AS IS GOING FROM WHAT'S ON THE GROUND RIGHT NOW.
IT'S GOING FROM FOUR UNITS THAT WERE USED BY A SINGLE FAMILY TO FOUR UNITS WITH ONE OF THEM BEING LARGER BECAUSE THE SHED PART, THE STORAGE PART WAS GOING AWAY.
SO YOU'RE ADDING ADDITIONAL SPACE AND POSSIBLE OF DIFFERENT, UM, YOU KNOW, RENTAL UNITS MOVED INTO THE MIX.
UM, WHICH ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER JUST DIDN'T QUITE WORK IN MY OPINION.
BUT THE MOTION IS FOR THE MOTION IS FOR DENIAL.
UM, IT IS JUST AFTER THREE O'CLOCK.
ARE WE UP FOR A SMALL BREAK? YES.
UM, THE TIME IS 3 0 2 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION WILL ADJOURN FOR OR BE IN RECESS.
I'M SORRY FOR ABOUT FIVE TO 10 MINUTES.
THE TIME IS NOW THREE 15 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS BACK IN SESSION.
I BELIEVE WE ARE ON ITEM NUMBER 14.
SO IF WE'D HAVE STAFF'S REPORT PLEASE.
MY NAME IS ALEXA RATANA ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 14 IS LOCATED AT 2 0 3 OBREGON STREET.
GOING FROM R THREE CD, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO IDZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 49 NOTICES SENT OUT.
AND COLLINS GARDEN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION AND THERE'S NO RESPONSE OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET.
THE EXISTING R THREE CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO UNITS IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED I DZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS IS NOT BECAUSE THE MINIMUM SQUARE FOOTAGE FOR R THREE BASE ZONING DISTRICT IS 3000 SQUARE FEET.
AND FOR I DZ TWO BASE ZONING DISTRICT IS 1002 50 SQUARE FEET.
THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING THE REZONING TO DIVIDE THE EXISTING 3080 SQUARE FOOT LAW INTO TWO.
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THE DENSITY OF TWO UNITS IS PERMITTED WITH THE EXISTING ZONING, BUT THERE IS NO IDZ BASE ZONING WITHIN 500 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF MAINTAINS KEEPING THE EXISTING R THREE BASE ZONING DISTRICT A MORE APPROPRIATE CHOICE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.STAFF RECOMMENDS DENY WHEN THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE'D HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. CHAIRMAN.
ADDRESS IS 1 2 1 1 9 STONY POND, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 7.
UH, UH,
UH, WE'RE REQUESTING, UH, THIS PROPERTY TO BE REZO TO IDC TWO BECAUSE THAT'S THE CURRENT, UH, ONLY ZONING THAT ALLOW US TO HAVE TWO PROPERTIES WITHIN, WITHIN THIS LOT THAT IS 3000 SQUARE FEET AND BE ABLE TO REPL IT INTO TWO UH, PROPERTIES.
AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THE, THE HOUSES ARE IN CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, THE ORIGINAL, UH, DESIGN FOR THIS WAS TO DO A DUPLEX IN THE LOT, BUT WE WENT, WE WENT THROUGH THE COMMUNITY AND WE SAW THAT THERE WERE NO DUPLEXES AROUND.
SO WE THOUGHT OF DOING SINGLE DETACHED HOMES WITHIN THE PROPERTY AS IT WAS ALLOWED, UH, IN, IN THE CURRENT ZONING THAT WE HAVE.
SO NOW TO MAINTAIN WHAT THE CURRENT NEIGHBORHOOD HAS AND HAS ONE UNIT PER LOT, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEKING THIS, UH, REZONING TO IDC TWO IN ORDER FOR US TO REPL THE PROPERTY INTO TWO PROPERTIES AND HAVE ONE UNIT SITTING ON THE PARTICULAR LOT.
UH, I, WE UNDERSTAND THERE'S NO IDCS AROUND, BUT IT, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE ZONING MAP, THERE IS MULTIFAMILY WITHIN ABOUT 500 FEET FROM THE PROPERTY AND THERE IS ALSO INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL WITHIN 500 FEET.
UH, WE WANT, WE TRY, WE'RE TRYING TO SEPARATE THE, THE LOT INTO TWO SO WE CAN, SO WE CAN GIVE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO BUY THE PROPERTY INSTEAD OF ONLY GIVING OPPORTUNITY TO INVESTORS THAT HAVE TO COME AND BUY THE WHOLE, THE WHOLE LOT AND TWO PROPERTIES AND THEN HAVE TO RENT IT.
SO THIS WAY, UH, WE WILL, WE'LL, GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY FOR FAMILIES TO BE ABLE TO BUY ONE OF THE HOMES AND AS I SAID, KEEP ONE UNIT PER LOT, UH, WE, WE KEEP IN MIND THAT BY ASKING IDC, UH, IT'S GONNA STICK TO THE, TO THE SITE PLAN THAT WE'RE SHOWING.
SO IF IN THE FUTURE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME BACK AND, AND ASK FOR, FOR APPROVAL ON THAT.
UH, UM, I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT TO, TO BE IN COMMUNICATION WITH, WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WHICH I TRIED.
I HAVE EMAILS HERE THAT I SENT TO MRS. SPEARS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE COLLINS, UH, GARDENS ASSOCIATION AND ALSO TO MR. ACOSTA THAT APPARENTLY HE'S THE ONE THAT DEALS WITH THE ZONING CASES.
UNFORTUNATELY, NEVER HEARD BACK FROM THEM.
UH, I I SAW THAT THEY, THEY HAD A, A NEIGHBORHOOD COMMUNITY, UH, MEETING LAST WEEK AND WE, WE DIDN'T GET INVITED TO, TO PRESENT OUR CASE.
UH, I WANNA EMPHASIZE, I UNDERSTAND THAT STAFF IS RECOMMENDING DENIAL BECAUSE IT'S, IT IS GONNA TURN TO MID DENSITY AND THAT IS WHAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS AFRAID OF, BUT OF RIGHT NOW HAVING TWO UNITS IN ONE LOT, IT'S ALREADY MIDDEN.
UH, ALSO, UH, I WANT TO, UH, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE ABOUT THE MISCOMMUNICATION AND MISUNDERSTANDING THAT HAPPENED ON LAST, UH, WEEK PLANNING COMMISSIONING WHERE THERE WERE TWO MOTIONS.
AND ON BOTH MOTIONS WE HAD THE MAJORITY OF VOTES.
UNFORTUNATELY, BECAUSE IT WAS ONLY SEVEN MEMBERS PRESENTED IN THE MEETING, WE GOT FOUR VOTES AGAINST THREE BOTH TIMES.
AND WE, WE, WE WERE SENT HOME WITH AN APPROVAL AND THEN LA LATER THAT DAY WE GOT AN EMAIL SAYING THAT, OH, IT WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE, UH, BASED ON CODE WE NEED TO GET FIVE VOTES NO MATTER HOW MANY, UH, COMMISSIONERS ARE PRESENT.
SO THAT'S WHY THE, THE CASE, UH, MOVE FORWARD AS NO ACTION.
BUT I WANNA EMPHASIZE THAT WE HAD, UH, WE HAD THE MAJORITY OF VOTES ON THAT MEETING, ON, ON THE TWO MOTIONS THAT WERE PRESENTED.
SO JUST TO, UM, FOLLOW UP WITH THAT, HE IS CORRECT, IT WENT TO PLANNING COMMISSION AND DUE TO, UH, CODE THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE FIVE TO MOTION OR FIVE, A MAJORITY CONSIDERED A MAJORITY TO TAKE ACTION.
AND BECAUSE THEY ONLY HAD FOUR VERSUS THREE, UM, FOR THE PLAN AMENDMENT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION COULD NOT TAKE ACTION AND DUE TO CODE THAT WOULD BE TAKEN TO CITY COUNCIL AS A
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RECOMMENDATION OF DENIAL.I, I HAVE ALSO BEEN IN TOUCH WITH, UH, MR. UH, DEREK TOKI FROM, FROM COUNCIL FIVE AND HE WAS TRYING TO HELP US OUT AND, AND HAVE COMMUNICATION WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT APPARENTLY THAT COULD NEVER HAPPEN.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT? WE DO.
WE HAVE A, UM, SPEAKER, MR. EDGAR MUNOZ.
I'M A, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, MY ADDRESS IS 42 10 APPLE TREE WOODS.
AND, UH, I GUESS THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE CLARIFICATION ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION, RIGHT? I MEAN THERE WERE ACTUALLY LIKE THREE, I GUESS THREE MOTIONS, RIGHT? THE FIRST ONE FOR DENIAL, UH, WHICH, UH, I GUESS IT DIDN'T PASS.
IT WAS 4 0 3, THE SECOND ONE FOR APPROVAL, WHICH IT, I GUESS IT WAS FOUR TO THREE AGAIN, AND THEN THE, THE THIRD ONE FOR REINSTATEMENT, RIGHT? SO I GUESS NONE OF THAT MATTER BECAUSE, UH, I GUESS UH, FIVE WERE NEEDED.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE, YOU KNOW, DO WANNA I GUESS BRING THAT UP A LOT.
UH, NOW, UH, NOW BRINGING UP THE, I GUESS THE, THE ZONING, RIGHT? THE, IS, IT'S KIND OF LIKE THE, THE, I GUESS THE WAY WE WANNA BRING IT UP, RIGHT, NOT RIGHT NOW IS IT'S A 3,100 SQUARE FEET LOT, RIGHT? UH, I GUESS WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN THIS LIKE, UH, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, RIGHT? UH, BUT LIKE, THE WAY WE WANT TO OPEN THIS, THIS HOUSING IS, IS JUST FOR EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, JUST REGULAR PEOPLE.
NOT, NOT, NOT FOR JUST LIKE INVESTORS, RIGHT? SO, UH, IDC TWO, UH, TO OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THE ONLY, UH, I GUESS THE ONLY SCENARIO THAT COULD OPEN, UH, YOU KNOW, THE AVAILABILITY TO REPL THE PROPERTY, RIGHT? UH, INTO TWO LOTS ON THIS SCENARIO, RIGHT? SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE LIKE EVERYTHING SEPARATE LIKE, YOU KNOW, SERVICES SEPARATE, UH, INDIVIDUAL LOTS.
UH, SO YOU KNOW, THE TWO HOUSES ARE, YOU KNOW, TOTALLY SEPARATE, RIGHT? UH, IF THERE WAS ANOTHER SCENARIO, RIGHT, LIKE, UH, THAT WE CAN HAVE LIKE, YOU KNOW, LIKE THE, THE HOUSE IS SEPARATED.
I MEAN, WE'LL GO FOR IT, BUT THERE, THERE'S NOT RIGHT? UH, NOW DENSITY, YES.
I MEAN I KNOW THE WAY, UH, IT IS, IT IS SET LIKE, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW IT'S R THREE, RIGHT? THAT'S, UH, I GUESS LOW DENSITY AND THEN, YOU KNOW, IDC TWO BY DEFINITION IS MEDIUM DENSITY.
UH, BUT BY, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING THAT IS NOT BEING SAID IN THERE, IT'S UH, R THREE CONDITIONAL FOR TWO HOMES, RIGHT? SO TWO HOMES IN 3,100 SQUARE FEET, THAT'S MEDIUM DENSITY, RIGHT? SO IT'S NOT LIKE WE'RE NOT CHANGING THAT.
WE'RE NOT TRYING TO DO SOMETHING, UH, I GUESS LIKE FULL THE SYSTEM OR SOMETHING.
IT'S JUST LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE CANNOT DIVIDE, RIGHT? SO, YOU KNOW, THAT'S THE WHOLE THING, YOU KNOW, FOR THE CHANGE OF ZONING THAT WE WANT TO DO.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I MEAN IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I MEAN WE'LL BE OPEN.
I KNOW THE REPRESENTATIVE IS THE ONE THAT CAN ANSWER, BUT I MEAN I'M ALSO OPEN FOR, FOR QUESTIONS.
THE DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, STAFF, IF YOU COULD, UH, JUST GIVE ME, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE THE FULL HISTORY OF THE ZONING CHANGES FOR THIS PROPERTY IN THE MEMO.
WHEN WAS THIS PROPERTY CHANGED TO R THREE CD? IT WAS REZONED ON DECEMBER 15TH, 2022.
MR. MUNOZ OR MR. YU, IF I COULD TALK TO YOU PLEASE.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, THIS MIGHT BE TO MR. MUNOZ, BUT WERE Y'ALL INVOLVED IN THAT REZONING REQUEST? YES.
SO MY QUESTION TO YOU THEN IS WHAT HAS CHANGED? OKAY, ON THE ORIGINAL REZONING CASE, UH, WE TRY TO GO FOR IDC ONE 'CAUSE THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM, UH, SONY.
SO WE, WE PUT THAT, UH, WE, WE ASKED FOR THAT, FOR THAT REZONING.
SO WHEN WE GOT OUR, OUR, OUR A STAFF MEMBER THAT IT WAS ANN, UH, WE WERE MENTIONED THAT IDC ONE WAS NOT GONNA WORK.
SO EITHER WE COULD DO IDC TWO OR, OR OUR R FOUR, KEEP IT R FOUR WITH CONDITION R FOUR UNITS.
SO I HAVE, I HAVE THE EMAIL THREAD HERE PRINTED OUT IF YOU, IF YOU GUYS WANT TO WANNA SEE IT.
UH, WE, THEY TOLD US, LIKE BASED ON, ON THE ORIGINAL SITE PLAN THAT WE WERE GONNA DO A DUPLEX, WE WERE GOOD WITH DOING R FOUR WITH A CONDITION OF TWO UNITS.
SO WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT AND THEN ABOUT A DAY OR TWO DAYS BEFORE OUR ZONING CASE, WE GET AN EMAIL AND SAY LIKE, OH, WE GOT INTO A HICCUP.
YOUR, YOUR, YOUR LOT IS 3000 SQUARE FEET, SO IT CANNOT BE R FOUR, IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE R THREE WE CONDITIONING
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UNITS.SO WE'RE GONNA POSTPONE YOUR MEETING, WE'RE GONNA MOVE IT ANOTHER WEEK.
AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SEND THE INFORMATION OUT AGAIN TO DO R THREE WITH CONDITIONING.
BUT WE WERE NEVER AGAINST DOING IDC OR IDC TWO.
THE THING, IT'S, THAT WAS THE RECOMMENDATION FROM THE CITY.
AND THEY SAID LIKE, OKAY, WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA FOLLOW UP THAT.
SO NOW THAT WE, INSTEAD OF DOING THE DUPLEX, WE DECIDED TO DO TWO SINGLE RESIDENCE.
'CAUSE IT'S WHAT, IT'S AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
ROSS DETACH HOMES INSTEAD OF DUPLEXES.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE NOW TO IDC IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO SPLIT THE PROPERTY.
AND LIKE I SAID, IDC TWO IS THE, IS THE ONLY ZONING AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT.
AND THEN AFTER THAT BE ABLE TO REPL.
WE UNDERSTAND IDC TWO GIVES, UH, DIFFERENT TYPE OF USES, BUT IT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S GONNA BE USED TO THAT.
'CAUSE WE'RE, IT'S GONNA BE ATTACHED TO THE, TO THE DISCIPLINE THAT WE PRESENTED.
AND IT'S WHAT IT'S ALREADY BUILT THERE.
THE HOUSES ARE ABOUT, ARE ABOUT TWO, THREE WEEKS TO BE COMPLETED.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
OTHER COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
CAN YOU HELP ME CLARIFY SOMETHING? YES.
SO YOU WERE PROCEEDING WITH A, UM, CONDITIONAL, UH, R THREE YES.
FOR A DUPLEX, BUT IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION YOU'RE BUILDING TWO SEPARATE UNITS.
IS THAT, WHAT WOULD YOU NO, THE CONDI, THE R THREE CONDITIONING WAS FOR TWO UNITS, NOT FOR A DUPLEX.
IF IT, IF THE PROPERTY WAS RM THEN IT WOULD HAVE TO BE A DUPLEX 'CAUSE IT HAS TO BE ATTACHED, BUT IT'S R THREE WITH A, WITH A CONDITIONAL USE OF TWO UNITS.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TWO UNITS RIGHT THERE.
BUT THE STAFF RECOMMENDED THE R THREE CAN DUPLEX OR TWO UNITS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
SEEING MR. CHAIR OVER HERE? ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
ACTUALLY, THIS QUESTION WAS FOR CITY STAFF, UM, THAT IDZ TWO, COULD THEY ADD A CONDITIONAL USE OF THE IDZ TWO? NO SIR.
SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE FOR A MOTION.
JUST ONE MORE CLARIFICATION JUST FOR EVERYONE.
SO IDZ IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WHICH IS THE LAND USE FOR THE PROPERTY, WHICH IS WHY IDZ HAS NOT BEEN, UM, RECOMMENDED BY STAFF FOR APPROVAL OF, EVEN IF HE WANTED TWO UNITS UNDER IDZ, HE WOULD HAVE TO HAVE A PLAN AMENDMENT.
AND SO WE WOULD RECOMMEND DENIAL OF THAT BECAUSE WE DO NOT WANNA CHANGE THE UNDERLYING LAND USE FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
UM, OKAY, SO WE SEE A LOT OF COMMONALITY IN MY TWO CASES TODAY.
WE HAVE AN EXISTING PATTERN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE HAVE AN END UNIT, UM, AND WE HAVE THE DESIRE TO BUILD TWO UNITS ON IT, TWO BUILDINGS.
UH, AND HERE'S THE WRINKLE WITH THIS ONE FOR ME.
AND, AND MR. MUNOZ, YOU BROUGHT IT UP, YOU KNOW THAT, THAT IT, YOU WEREN'T TRYING TO PLAY A GAME HERE AND I'M GONNA BELIEVE YOU.
I I THINK THAT YOUR INTENT WAS TO AVOID THAT, BUT WHAT I'M CONCERNED ABOUT IS, IS THAT IF WE WERE TO APPROVE THIS FOR AN IDZ TWO AGAINST THE PLAN, WITHOUT A PLANNING RE AMENDMENT RECOMMENDATION FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND GIVEN THE RECENT DECEMBER, 2022 R THREE CD, UM, THAT ENOUGH PEOPLE WOULD FIGURE OUT THAT THEY CAN SORT OF GAIN THE SYSTEM HERE.
UM, AND SO FOR THAT REASON, I'M GOING TO RECOMMEND DENIAL OF ITEM NUMBER FOUR AND I SOW MOVE SECOND.
RIGHT? THERE IS A MOTION AND A SECOND DISCUSSION.
OH, COMMISSIONER MARTIN, MIKE, JUST A QUESTION AGAIN FOR STAFF.
SO IN THIS SITUATION WHERE IT'S ALREADY BUILT, WHAT WOULD BE THE R THREE CD WOULD BE THE ONLY SCENARIO FOR THEM TO GET THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE FROM LAST YEAR? SO, RIGHT.
SO THEY, THEY GET THE TWO UNITS, THEY CAN CONSTRUCT TWO UNITS.
IN FACT, THERE'S TWO UNITS ALREADY GOING IN ON THE GROUND NOW
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THEY JUST WANNA SEP SEPARATE THE PROPERTIES TO SELL THEM OFF INDIVIDUALLY.DISCUSSION COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
NONE DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
ALRIGHT, MOTION IS FOR DENIAL BY COMMISSIONER BUS MONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
WE ARE NOW MOVING ON TO ITEM NUMBER 16.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BENAVIDEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS LOCATED AT 2 0 6 VIRGINIA BOULEVARD.
GOING FROM I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT TO C ONE LIKE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAY STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 28 NOTICES SENT OUT.
FIVE OPPOSED DENVER HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND NO RESPONSES OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED CHANGE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED.
I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT WITH PREDOMINANTLY RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE EXISTING I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE ZONING AS WELL, EVEN THOUGH SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ZONED.
I ONE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT, THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IS PRIMARILY A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
THE ZONING REQUEST TO THE PROPOSED C ONE LIGHT COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS A DOWN ZONING FROM THE EXISTED EXISTING ZONING.
BUT STAFF SUGGESTS AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF MF 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT TO KEEP CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL USE.
THE MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WILL STILL ACCOMMODATE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST FOR ASSISTED LIVING BOARDING HOME FACILITY OR COMMUNITY HOME, BUT PREVENT COMMERCIAL ENCROACHMENT INTO THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION OF THE STREET.
KEEPING THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES BORDERING THE RAILWAY EAST OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF MF 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT, PLEASE.
UH, SO I MEAN SHE PRETTY MUCH COVERED EVERYTHING AS FAR AS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
THE PROPERTY PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED AS AN I ONE.
UH, WE HAVE A NON-CONFORMING USE, UH, UH, ZONING PERMIT ON THE, ON THE PROPERTY AS IT SITS RIGHT NOW.
UH, IT IS A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE USING IT FOR.
UH, WE'RE BASICALLY GOING FROM SINGLE FAMILY, UH, AS A RENTAL PURPOSE TO, UH, ZONING, UH, REQUEST.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT WHAT SHE'S PROVIDING US WITH IT IS AS AN ALTERNATE WITH WORK.
UM, THE PURPOSE IS, UH, FOR SUPERVISED INDEPENDENT LIVING.
SO IT'S A SIL BOARDING HOME, UH, FOR EXTENDED, UH, FOSTER CARE PROGRAM, BASICALLY WITH THE, UH, DEPARTMENT OF THE FAMILY OF PROTECTIVE SERVICES.
SO WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, KIDS THAT ARE AGED OUT OF THE FOSTER SYSTEM, BASICALLY 18 TO THE AGE OF ABOUT 23 YEARS OLD.
UH, AND IT IS A SUPERVISED, UH, FACILITY AND, UH, EVERYONE THAT'S, UH, IN THE FACILITY, UH, WILL BE EITHER WORKING IN SOME SKILLED TRADE, UH, TYPE SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT OR GOING TO COLLEGE.
UH, AND WE'RE PROVIDING A SAFE SUPERVISED MEANS OF, UH, HOUSING WHILE THEY'RE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS OF GOING THROUGH SCHOOL TO PROVIDE, UH, TO PROVIDE THEMSELVES WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE PRODUCT PRODUCTIVE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY.
SO, UM, BASICALLY JUST HELPING TO IMPROVE THEIR PERSONAL GROWTH, UH, BUILD A A GOOD LIFE FOR THEMSELVES, EDUCATE 'EM AND, UH, CREATE, UH, JOB SKILLS FOR 'EM TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED, UH, IN LIFE.
SO THE PROGRAM, IT EMPOWERS YOUNG ADULTS WHILE PROVIDING A SAFE ENVIRONMENT.
UH, WHILE THEY'RE PRO PURSU PURSUING THIS, UH, CONTINUED EDUCATION.
UH, WE'VE ALREADY SAT DOWN WITH, UH, THE BOARD, UH, DENVER, UH, HOA FOR DENVER HEIGHTS.
THEY DO SUPPORT US, AS YOU SAID, AUBREY LEWIS.
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UH, WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO GET, UH, GET AN APPROVAL TO BE ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD OR COME UP WITH SOME MEANS OF BEING ABLE TO MAKE THIS WORK, UH, FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY.AND THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THE PROPERTY WHATSOEVER.
IT'S ALREADY, UH, BEEN BROUGHT UP TO CODE, EVERYTHING'S PERMITTED AND, UH, THERE WILL BE NO, NO CHANGES TO THE, TO THE, UH, PHYSICAL STRUCTURE ITSELF.
IF I COULD GET YOUR NAME, I'M SORRY.
UH, DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT TWO CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR QUESTIONS.
MR. ISLES, IF YOU DON'T MIND COMING BACK UP, I JUST HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR YOU.
UM, HAVE YOU APPROACHED DISTRICT TWO OFFICE OR ANYONE ON STAFF ABOUT THE ZONING EXCHANGE OR HAD ANY MEETINGS WITH ANYONE FROM THE COUNCIL TEAM? WELL, AS FAR AS THE COUNCIL TEAM, WE HAVE NOT HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SIT DOWN WITH THE COUNCIL TEAM YET.
WE WANTED TO COME HERE FIRST, UH, SIT DOWN WITH YOU GUYS, UH, WE'LL HAVE THIS MEETING WITH YOU GUYS.
WE'VE ALREADY, LIKE I SAID, SPOKEN WITH, UM, THE HOA, THEY ACTUALLY SUGGESTED WE COME TO YOU GUYS FIRST AND THEN GO TO THE COUNCILMAN.
UH, BUT THEY'RE IN AGREEANCE WITH US PROCEEDING.
UM, WHEN YOU MET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, WAS IT JUST THE BOARD OR WAS THERE A BROADER COMMUNITY MEETING? UH, JUST THE BOARD.
AND DID YOU DO ANY CANVASSING OR BLOCK WALKING WITHIN YOUR IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS WITHIN 200 FEET IN THE NOTICE AREA? WELL, I MEAN IT, SO THE NEIGHBOR, THE AREA THAT WE'RE IN WE'RE ACTUALLY LOCATED RIGHT DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR TO REESE BROTHERS BARBECUE.
AND THEN THERE'S AN INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ON THE OTHER SIDE AND REESE BROTHERS BARBECUE WRAPS AROUND THE BACK.
SO IT'S MORE OF A COMMERCIAL CON TYPE OF AREA.
THERE'S ONLY A FEW HOUSES DOWN THE STREET, UM, WHERE WE'RE LOCATED AT.
UH, BUT AS FAR AS THE PEOPLE NEXT DOOR, THEY KNOW WHAT WE'RE LOOKING TO DO.
UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA PUT US PAST TWO, 200 FEET.
ALL QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.
COMMISSIONER OSA QUESTIONS FOR STAFF? UM, MAYBE I'M JUST A LITTLE COMPUTER NON SAVVY, BUT I'M TRYING TO FIND THE, THE HOUSE ON GOOGLE MAPS, BUT THE ONE THAT'S SHOWING ON THE SCREEN SAYS IT'S 2 0 4 ON THE EVEN SIDE OF THE STREET.
AM I JUST OFF? ANN, DO YOU WANNA PICK UP, PULL UP GOOGLE FOR THEM REAL QUICK JUST SO WE CAN SEE WHAT, WHAT, WHAT THE HOUSE IS? YEAH, AND IT'S BEEN FULLY RENOVATED SO IT'S UH, LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT NOW.
YEAH, IT PROBABLY LOOKS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE PHOTOS UNLESS YOU ACTUALLY DROVE BY AND UH, GOT SOME PHOTOS OF IT WITHIN THE LAST MAYBE TWO YEARS BECAUSE YOU SAID IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE, THAT BARBECUE PLACE.
YEAH, SO REESE'S BROTHER'S BARBECUE'S ENTRANCE WHERE THEY HAVE THEIR ACTUAL ENTRANCE IS ON THE CORNER.
THEY'VE ACTUALLY PURCHASED THE PROPERTY NEXT DOOR AS WELL.
AND I THINK THAT THEY'RE USING THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR AS SOME KIND OF SEATING ARRANGEMENT FOR THEIR RESTAURANT.
I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THEY'RE DOING JUST YET 'CAUSE THEY'RE, THEY'RE STILL IN RENOVATION AND I HAVE THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR.
IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THAT ANYMORE.
YEAH, THAT'S THE, THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS NOW.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS ON MY RIGHT? NONE.
MR. RYLES, UM, STAFF HAS MADE A RECOMMENDATION, AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR, UH, MF 18.
DO YOU ACCEPT THAT? I'M NOT AWARE OF EXACTLY WHAT MF 18 IS.
SO IF IT COVERS WHAT IT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING TO ACCOMPLISH AND I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH IT WHATSOEVER.
LET ME, LET ME ASK STAFF THIS QUESTION THEN.
STAFF, WHY ARE YOU MAKING A RECOMMENDATION OF, OF MF 18? BECAUSE IT WOULD ALLOW THE ASSISTED LIVING THAT HE IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH, UH, WHILE MAINTAINING, UM, THE CONSISTENCY WITH THE LAND USE IN, IN THE AREA.
WE'LL ACCEPT THAT THAT'S NOT A PROBLEM.
SO YOU ARE OFFICIALLY AMENDING YOUR REQUEST TO MF 18 SOUNDS? YES.
UM, SEEING AS THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS TO YOU COMMISSIONER WATSON FOR A A MOTION? ABSOLUTELY.
SO, UM, TYPICALLY JUST FOR REFERENCE FOR DISTRICT TWO, YOU SHOULD COME TALK TO THE OFFICE BEFORE YOU TALK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OR AROUND THE SAME TIME,
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UH, BECAUSE YOU WILL PROBABLY HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO WORK OUT BETWEEN NOW AND CITY COUNCIL TO GET, UH, COUNCIL STAFF ON BOARD AND AWARE OF THIS.UM, IT'S A BIT UNUSUAL TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORT SOMETHING WHEN WE HAVE THIS MUCH OPPOSITION AND LOOKING AT THE REASONS WHY NEIGHBORS WERE NOT IN SUPPORT OF THIS.
UM, A LOT OF THE THINGS THAT WERE MENTIONED WERE NOT VIABLE, UH, FOR THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT.
UM, CONSIDERING THE EXISTING STRUCTURES THERE, YOU'RE TAKING CARE OF IT, YOU'RE PROVIDING A NEED THAT WE DEFINITELY HAVE IN THE DISTRICT AND THE COMMUNITY.
UM, I THINK THIS ALIGNS WITH OVERALL DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES FOR DISTRICT TWO.
UM, IT'S NOT CHANGING THE STRUCTURE AND THIS IS A COMPLIANCE REQUEST.
SO I AM GONNA MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT THE AMENDED REQUEST FOR MF 18, WHICH I THINK YOU THINK IS A BETTER FIT.
UM, I WILL DEFINITELY, UH, FOLLOW UP WITH YOU DIRECTLY AND CONNECT YOU WITH THE COUNCIL OFFICE.
UM, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT WE HOST A COMMUNITY MEETING BEFORE, NOT JUST THE DENVER HEIGHTS BOARD, BUT WITH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS, UM, SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO DO.
UM, I DON'T ANTICIPATE A LOT OF OPPOSITION.
I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT WHY WE, WE GOT THOSE REQUESTS, BUT, UM, THE MF 18 SHOULD, SHOULD WORK.
UM, AND, UM, I WILL DEFINITELY MAKE SURE THAT THAT HAPPENS.
UM, IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION FROM COMMISSIONERS, UM, I'M OPEN TO THAT, BUT I'M GONNA MAKE A A, A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE THE MF 18 AMENDMENT REQUEST.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.
THERE'S A MOTION TO APPROVE THE MF, THE AMENDED REQUEST TO MF 18, UH, BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE DISCUSSION COMMISSION ON MY LEFT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ON MY RIGHT.
MY NAME IS SAMANTHA BENAVIDEZ, ZONING PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS LOCATED AT ONE 10 WEBB.
GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO R FOUR C-D-I-D-Z RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE OVERLAY DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
THERE WERE 22 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE OPPOSED? THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND THERE WAS ONE IN FAVOR OUTSIDE OF 200 FEET.
STAFF DOES NOT FIND, DOES FIND EVIDENCE OF LIKELY ADVERSE IMPACTS ON NEIGHBORING LANDS IN RELATION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST.
THE PROPOSED USE IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE ESTABLISHED DEVELOPMENT PATTERN OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.
THEIR SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE ESTABLISHED ARE FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY ZONING DISTRICT AND USES THE CURRENT R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED ARE FOUR CD IDZ RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY INFIELD DEVELOPMENT ZONE DISTRICT WITH A CON CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
THE PROPOSED DENSITY OF FOUR DWELLING UNITS IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE DENSITY IN THE AREA AND WOULD INTRODUCED A HIGHER DENSITY THAT IS NOT ESTABLISHED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STAFF RECOMMENDS TWO DWELLING UNITS SINCE THERE ARE EXISTING TWO UNIT DEVELOPMENTS WITHIN PROXIMITY.
AND THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED DENSITY OF TWO DWELLING UNITS BY SECTION 35 DASH D 1 0 1 J DUPLEXES IN FORMER 1938 B ZONING DISTRICT.
ADDITIONALLY, THE IDZ OVERLAY TO WAVE PARKING IS ALSO FOUND TO BE UNSUITABLE.
WEB STREET IS A LOCAL RESIDENTIAL STREET WHICH IS AFFECTED DUE TO ITS LOCATION FROM THE BUSY ARTERIAL SOUTH PRESTA STREET.
THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC FROM THE ADJOINING BUSINESSES LIMITS THE PARKING OPTIONS FOR THE ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES.
SO TO WAIVE REQUIRED PARKING WOULD FURTHER STRAIN PARKING ALONG THE STREET.
STAFF RECOMMENDS DENIAL WITH AN ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION FOR OUR FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR TWO DWELLING UNITS AND REMOVING THE IDZ INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE OVERLAY.
THE REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HEAR FROM THE REPRESENTATIVE PLEASE.
UH, MATTHEW GILBERT WITH ORTIZ MCKNIGHT.
1 1 2 EAST PECAN HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANTS.
UH, THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IT'S LOCATED AT ONE 10 WEBB IS ABOUT 7,000, UH, SQUARE FEET IN SIZE.
UM, IMPORTANTLY THERE ARE FOUR EXISTING CPS UTILITY METERS
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ON THE PROPERTY AS IT IS.AND WE'RE IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF SINGLE FAMILY, MULTI-FAMILY, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL USES.
THIS REQUEST IS FOR REZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR C-D-I-D-Z WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
UH, THE REQUEST WOULD BRING, UH, THE EXISTING USE INTO CONFORMANCE AND ALLOW FOR THE REHABILITATION AND ENLARGEMENT OF THE EXISTING RESIDENCE.
THIS REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING IMPLEMENTATION PLAN, UH, BY EXPANDING HOUSING OPTIONS, UH, TO THE COMMUNITY.
HERE YOU HAVE A, UH, ZOOMED OUT ZONING MAP JUST TO SHOW THAT VARIETY OF, UH, ZONING DISTRICTS.
UH, YOU COULD SEE EVERYTHING FROM I ONE TO MF 33, UH, SOME ID ZS THROWN IN THERE AND SINGLE FAMILY.
THIS PROJECT WOULD BRING QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, TO AN AREA THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS IT.
UH, THIS IS SECTION EIGHT HOUSING.
UM, THE APPLICANT WOULD WORK WITH OPPORTUNITY HOME.
UH, TENANTS WOULD HAVE TO, UH, MEET FINANCIAL QUALIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO OBTAIN, UH, SECTION EIGHT VOUCHERS.
AND, UH, THE CITY WOULD ACTUALLY INSPECT THE PROPERTY, UH, UPON COMPLETION OF THE, UH, THE REHAB.
OUR, UH, PLAN IS TO REHAB, UH, THE, AND EXPAND THE EXISTING, UH, RESIDENCE.
UH, AGAIN, THE CITY WOULD, UM, INSPECT THIS RESIDENCE BEFORE, UH, ANY RESIDENCE ACTUALLY OCCUPY IT.
UH, WE'RE PLANNING FOR FOUR EFFICIENT EFFICIENCY UNITS, UH, EACH ABOUT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
AND EACH UNIT HAS, UH, THREE BEDS AND TWO BATHROOMS. OUR TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC ARE THOSE THAT MAKE, UH, $20,000 OR LESS.
UH, THOSE WHO RECEIVE DISABILITY, UH, BENEFITS AND SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS.
HERE IS OUR SITE PLAN AND A STREET VIEW OF THE 20 FOOT REAR ALLEYWAY.
UM, SINCE THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE REQUEST, WE DID HAVE TO SUBMIT THIS SITE PLAN TO, UH, DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
WE ARE REQUESTING THE IDZ OVERLAY, UH, NOT TO COMPLETELY WAVE PARKING, BUT ACTUALLY TO REDUCE IT, UH, THE FOUR UNITS WOULD REQUIRE SIX PARKING SPACES.
WE'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE THAT TO FOUR PARKING SPACES.
IT WOULD BE A SINGLE SPACE PER UNIT.
UH, TENANTS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THIS PARKING, UH, THROUGH THAT UNIMPROVED, UH, 20 FOOT ALLEYWAY.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS BUDGETED FUNDS TO ACTUALLY IMPROVE AND UPGRADE THAT ALLEYWAY, UH, IN ORDER FOR RESIDENTS TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS PARKING THAT WAY.
WE DID, UH, GO OUT BLOCK WALK.
UH, COMMUNITY OUTREACH IS IMPORTANT TO US.
UM, WE, WE RECEIVED NINE LETTERS OF SUPPORT AND WE WERE JUST NOTIFIED OF THAT ONE OPPOSITION FROM 1 0 5 WEBB, UH, EARLIER TODAY.
UM, THE LETTERS THAT WE PROVIDED TO, UH, THESE RESIDENTS WERE BOTH IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH, UH, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THE RESIDENTS KNEW EXACTLY UH, WHAT WE HAD PLANNED FOR THE PROPERTY.
HERE YOU'LL SEE A PROJECT, UH, PREVIOUSLY COMPLETED BY THE APPLICANT.
UH, THIS ONE'S OVER IN TOBIN HILL.
UM, ALTHOUGH THIS IS SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT AFFORDABILITY STANDARDS, IT'S A REPRESENTATIVE OF WHAT, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO DO WITH THE PROPERTY.
HERE'S A VIEW OF THAT TOBIN HILL PROPERTY'S KITCHEN BEFORE IT WAS RENOVATED AND AFTERWARDS.
AND SOME A REQUEST IS, UH, FOR REZONING FROM, UH, R FOUR TO R FOUR C-D-I-D-Z WITH A CONDITIONAL USE, UH, FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS.
THE PROPERTY HAS HISTORICALLY, UH, BEEN USED, UH, FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS, UH, AS EVIDENCED BY THE, UM, EXISTING, UH, FOUR CPS UTILITY METERS.
AND LIKE COMMISSIONER SIPES SAID EARLIER, UM, WE'RE AIMING TO INCREASE THE DENSITY WHILE STILL BEING, UH, SENSITIVE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, PRESERVING THE PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE WHILE STILL EXPANDING UH, HOUSING CHOICES, UH, WHICH IS IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S STRATEGIC HOUSING PLAN.
UH, AND WITH THAT I WILL MAKE MYSELF AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.
DO WE HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM? WE DO.
WE HAVE, UM, A COUPLE VOICEMAILS.
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TORRES, I'M THE OWNER OF ONE OH FIVE WEBB.MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE TWO TEN NINE NINE FIVE THREE ZERO FOUR THREE.
I'M CALLING REGARDING ONE 10 WEBB STREET, CASE NUMBER Z 20 24 1 0 7 64 CD.
I'M IN OPPOSITION AGAINST THE ZONING.
THERE IS NO DRIVEWAY FOR FOUR FAMILIES TO PARK.
THE ONLY PARKING WOULD BE FOR THREE VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ONE 10 WEBB.
IT WOULD CREATE CONGESTION, MORE GARBAGE AND DRINKING CONTAINERS WILL BE THROWN IN NEIGHBOR'S YARDS WHEN THEY HAVE PARTIES OR GET TOGETHERS.
CRIME WILL INCREASE IN THE AREA ALSO.
SO AGAIN, UM, TOTALLY OPPOSED SLASH AGAINST THE ZONING.
UH, YES, UH, MY NAME IS HECTOR RODRIGUEZ AND I HAVE A HOME AT 1 0 3 WEST AND I'M OPPOSED POST OF THE PROPOSED LOANING CHANGE ON ONE 10 WEBB STREET.
UH, BECAUSE THIS IS LIKE A DEAD END STREET AND THERE'S A LOT OF CARS ALL THE TIME GOING UP AND DOWN AND THERE'S NO PLACE TO PARK, UH, AS IT IS RIGHT NOW.
AND THAT'S ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERN.
UH, I'M SORRY, THE CASE IS, UH, UH, 64 CD.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
WOULD THE APPLICANT, MR. GILBERT, WOULD YOU LIKE A CHANCE FOR A REBUTTAL TO THOSE VOICEMAILS? VERY BRIEFLY.
UM, AS ONE OF THE CALLERS MENTIONED, THIS IS A UNIQUE PROPERTY.
THERE ACTUALLY ISN'T A FRONT DRIVEWAY OR ANY FRONT PARKING, UH, WHICH IS WHY WE WOULD UTILIZE THAT EXISTING, UM, ALLEYWAY, UH, FOR PARKING.
UM, ALTHOUGH WE HAVE THE IDZ OVERLAY, WE'RE STILL GONNA PROPOSE, UH, FOUR SPACES WILL BE TIED TO THAT THROUGH THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE SITE PLAN.
UM, THE SIZE OF THE UNIT, ABOUT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET AND THE PROSPECTIVE TENANTS WILL ACTUALLY LIMIT HOW MANY VEHICLES WOULD BE ON THE PROPERTY.
WE DON'T IMAGINE, UH, SINGLE UNIT WOULD HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, VEHICLES, ESPECIALLY SINCE THE PROPERTY IS WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF PUBLIC TRANSIT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER, HE KNOW FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, AS WE ALL KNOW, THAT STREET IS A DEAD END STREET AND, AND THE ALLEYWAY IS ALSO A DEAD END STREET OR ALLEY.
UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THE OWNER WANTS TO MAKE, IS THAT GOING TO BE PAVED? I MEAN CEMENT AND WHO'S GOING TO, IS HE HE, HE OR SHE WILLING TO DO THE UPKEEP FOR THAT? UH, SHE IS WILLING TO, UH, SHE'S BUDGETED FUNDS, UH, FOR THE IMPROVEMENTS.
MY UNDERSTANDING IT IS, UH, THAT IT'LL BE, UH, SOME SORT OF ASPHALT AND OR CONCRETE, WHICHEVER ONE WOULD BE MORE, UH, BENEFICIAL TO THE ENVIRONMENT AND TO, UH, SUSTAINABILITY.
UM, AS FOR UPKEEP, I'M NOT SURE IT IS, UM, A PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S HER PROPERTY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
UH, BUT AS IT IS, THERE ARE, WE'VE HEARD FROM SOME, UH, NEIGHBORS, THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, VANDALISM, DUMPING, UH, HOMELESSNESS ENCAMPMENTS AND STUFF LIKE THAT IN THE ALLEYWAY.
AND WE THINK, UH, IMPROVING IT WOULD HELP, UH, WITH SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.
SO QUESTION FOR STAFF AND THEN I'LL COME BACK, UH, STAFF FOR THE ALLEYWAY SINCE IT'S, I MEAN, WE SEE THE PICTURE THERE IS THAT, I'VE NEVER HEARD THAT BEFORE, BUT, YOU KNOW, IS THAT SOMETHING AN OWNER COULD DO IS FIX THE ALLEYWAY FROM BEHIND THEIR HOUSE ALL THE WAY TO WHERE DOES IT, WHERE DOES IT GO OUT TO? IT'S NOT PRESA, RIGHT? NO, THERE'S A, ANOTHER NORTH, SOUTH STREET.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ACTUALLY LABELED.
IS THAT PERMITABLE? IT WOULD BE A REQUIREMENT FOR THEM TO IMPROVE THE ALLEYWAY FOR THE APPLICANT TO IMPROVE THE ALLEYWAY IF THEY'RE GOING TO UTILIZE IT FOR ACCESS AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO MEET THE CITY STANDARDS.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT FOR FUTURE UPKEEP? I MEAN 10 YEARS, 20 YEARS, 15 YEARS FROM NOW, IF SOMETHING HAPPENS, OF COURSE I'M ASSUMING THE OTHER RESIDENTS NEXT DOOR OR EVEN THE RESIDENT, IF THEY, IF THERE'S AN ISSUE, THEY WOULD CONTACT THE CITY.
BUT I MEAN, I'M ASSUMING THEY'RE GONNA SAY IT'S A, IT'S NOT A PRIVATE ROAD, BUT IT'S GONNA BE, HOW DOES THAT WORK WITHOUT LOOKING AT THE UM, PLAT, UM, SEEING JUST AN AERIAL, UM, WE WOULD MAKE SURE THAT IT IS PLATTED AS AN ALLEYWAY OR PUBLIC RIGHT OF WAY.
AND THEN AFTER THE PROJECT IS COMPLETE, THE CITY WOULD TAKE OVER MAINTENANCE FOR THAT.
UH, IS THERE ANYTHING LESS THAN FOUR UNITS THAT WOULD BE NOT A DEAL BREAKER
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OR WOULD THAT BE A DEAL BREAKER IF IT'S GONNA BE APPROVED FOR LESS THAN FOUR UNITS? UH, I DO THINK IT WOULD BE A DEAL BREAKER.UH, THE REASON WE'RE NOT GOING WITH STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, ONE OF THE REASONS IS, UH, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING, UH, TWO UNITS, UH, WHICH WE CAN ALREADY DO ACCORDING TO STAFF.
UH, AS IS, UM, THE FOUR UNITS, AGAIN, IT HAS THOSE EXISTING, UH, CPS UTILITY METERS.
UM, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PROVIDE, UM, A QUALITY AFFORDABLE HOUSING STOCK.
UH, SO DROPPING THAT ONE UNIT, I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WOULD WORK WITH THE FINANCES, BUT WE WOULD LOSE OUT ON THAT, UH, ONE AFFORDABLE UNIT.
AND IF DENIED, WOULD THIS BECOME A SHORT-TERM RENTAL, UH, PROPERTY IF THE NUMBERS DO WORK? UH, RIGHT NOW IT'S VACANT.
UH, THERE WERE MULTIPLE, UH, FAMILIES LIVING IN THERE, SO I'M NOT SURE OF WHAT THE CONDITION IS LIKE INSIDE FOR A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE WHERE YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THAT SHORT TERM RENTAL.
AND THAT WAS MY LAST QUESTION IS WHAT IS IT CURRENTLY? IT'S NOT OCCUPIED? CORRECT.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS FOR NOW, CHAIR.
UH, QUESTIONS COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
SEEING NONE, COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER ORTIZ QUESTION FOR CITY STAFF.
THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE FOUR METERS THERE, HOW WERE THEY ALLOWED TO DO THAT IF THE HOUSE IS ONLY ENOUGH FOR DUPLEX? UM, I BELIEVE THERE WAS A TIME THAT CPS WAS ABLE TO, UM, INSTALL METERS WITHOUT PROPER ADDRESSING.
UM, AND SO OVER TIME, NOW THAT THEY RECOM THEY REQUIRE THE ADDRESS AND THAT'S WHERE DSD COMES IN LOOKING AT THE ZONING.
SO I BELIEVE THEY WERE MOST LIKELY INSTALLED AT A TIME THAT ZONING WAS NOT CHECKED.
THIS CASE THEY HAVE TO GO BACK, THEY WOULD ACTUALLY REMOVE THE TWO METERS AND MAKE IT BACK TO TWO METERS ONCE WHATEVER HAPPENS WITH THIS CASE.
THAT WOULD, WELL THEY WOULD, I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY WOULD NECESSARILY REMOVE THEM, BUT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO USE THE TWO UNITS.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT.
UM, MR. GILBERT, CAN YOU HELP ME, UH, CLARIFY SOMETHING ON YOUR SITE PLAN? CAN YOU BRING THAT UP PLEASE? STAFF? THANK YOU.
SO IT SHOWS EXISTING 2200 SQUARE FEET AND THEN PROPOSED 2000 SQUARE FEET.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THERE'S AN EXISTING RESIDENCE ON THE PROPERTY.
IT'S ABOUT 2200 SQUARE FEET, UH, IN SIZE.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO REHABILITATE THAT EXISTING RESIDENCE AND ACTUALLY ENLARGE IT IN ORDER TO ALLOW FOR THOSE, UH, 1000 SQUARE FOOT EFFICIENCY AFFORDABLE UNITS.
SO THEN THE TOTAL SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BE 4,200 SQUARE FEET? CORRECT.
UH, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER HENO ALSO FOR A MOTION.
UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION OF DENIAL.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S A MOTION FOR DENIAL.
IS THERE A SECOND? OKAY, LAST CHANCE.
IS THERE A SECOND FOR DENIAL? I'M NOT SEEING ANY.
SO MOTION FAILS FOR LACK OF A SECOND.
SO THE FLOOR IS NOW OPEN FOR AN ALTERNATIVE MOTION AND IF NO MOTION IS MADE CORRECT, IT'LL COME BACK IN TWO WEEKS, RIGHT? AS A AUTOMATIC? THAT IS CORRECT.
THREE WEEKS TO BE MORE ACCURATE.
SO FLOOR IS OPEN FOR AN ADDITIONAL MOTION.
THERE'S A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM.
MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
DISCUSSION LOOKING RIGHT, JUST KNOWN.
WELL JUST BY DISCUSSION REAL QUICK ON THIS ONE REGARDING THE, SO IF THIS WOULD GO THROUGH THEN THE, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO COME BACK AND STILL HAVE TO WORK WITH THAT ALLEYWAY AFTER THE APPLICANT WOULD CLEAN IT UP AND MAKE IT UP AND IT WOULD TAKE OVER.
THAT WAS THE CONFIRMATION ON THAT? THAT THAT'S CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSION ON MY LEFT.
UM, I, UH, SECONDED THIS, UH, ALTERNATIVE MOTION.
FEW REASONS THAT I JUST WANNA UNIQUE CASE.
UM, THE CD UH, I THINK DOES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PROTECTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, WHILE PROVIDING A HOUSING TYPE THAT IS UNIQUE, IT IS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO DEVELOP SECTION EIGHT HOUSING, ESPECIALLY A QUALITY PRODUCT.
UM, AND I THINK THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS INNOVATIVE AND DOES MORE THAN SOME OF
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THE OTHER THINGS THAT WE HAVE HEARD THAT SAY, HEY, IT'S ALIGNED WITH SHIP.THIS ABSOLUTELY ALIGNS WITH SHIP.
UM, AND THEY'VE DONE, UM, A GOOD JOB OF CONSIDERING THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, WITH THE IDZ PARKING OVERLAY.
UH, YOU STILL HAVE PARKING REQUIREMENTS MET, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THE PARKING WITHOUT GOING THROUGH CITY CODE.
SO THAT'S GONNA PROTECT AND COVER THAT ASPECT OF IT.
AND IT'S ALSO IN YOUR PUBLIC TRANSIT.
SO, UM, BEING AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNIT, UM, BEING WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF TRANSIT I THINK IS ALSO IMPORTANT.
UH, NOT EVERYBODY'S NECESSARILY GONNA HAVE A CAR THAT LIVES THERE, THEIR EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS, SO IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THERE WILL BE TWO CARS PER UH, UNIT.
AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, THINKING HOLISTICALLY ABOUT HOW HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION WORKS TOGETHER, I THINK THAT'S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
UM, FOR THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION IN DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THEY ALSO DID THEIR HOMEWORK ON THIS IN ADDITION TO MAKING SURE IT WAS AVAILABLE FOR SECTION EIGHT AND WAS A QUALITY PRODUCT.
THEY'RE WORKING WITH A TRUSTED PROVIDER OPPORTUNITY HOME TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S, THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET AND THEY BLOCK WALKED.
SO THE COMMUNITY OVERALL DOES SUPPORT THIS IN THE AREA.
UM, WHEN YOU HAVE COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR ALTERNATIVE HOUSING TYPES, ESPECIALLY ONES THAT GENUINELY MEET THE MISSING MIDDLE REQUIREMENT OR ARE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, I THINK IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT IF THE COMMUNITY FEELS THIS FITS THEIR DEVELOPMENT PATTERN, THAT WE SUPPORT THAT.
UM, AND SO FOR THOSE REASONS I'M SUPPORTING DR.
KELLUM'S, UM, ALTERNATIVE MOTION AND WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, MY OTHER FELLOW COMMISSIONERS TO DO THE SAME.
ALRIGHT, ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
COMMISSIONERS ON MY COMMISSIONER.
UH, WAS THERE A POSITIVE OR SUPPORT FOR THIS? MAYBE I MISSED THAT.
WAS THERE SUPPORT FOR THIS, UH, ENDEAVOR BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S NO LONGER A, UH, RIVERSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION? SO WE MAILED OUT 22 NOTICES.
EIGHT WERE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE IN OPPOSITION.
THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
AND I JUST NEED A CLARIFICATION BECAUSE I THINK COMMISSIONER WATSON SAID THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, THE, SORRY IF I CONFUSE ANYTHING.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHEN I MENTIONED THE ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION, BUT I WAS LIKE THINGS, I THINK THE ALTERNATE MOTION IS WHAT I THINK I SAID.
YEAH, SO MY SPECIFIC LANGUAGE, YEAH.
OH, AND THERE'S THE AMENDED SITE PLAN.
SO THAT'S WHAT IT'S OH, AS AMENDED.
THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL AS A, WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN, UH, BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL WITH THE AMENDED SITE PLAN BY COMMISSIONER KELLUM WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WATSON.
AND WE ACTUALLY, WE FAILED TO PLAY A FEW VOICEMAILS FOR ONE OF OUR CONTINUED ITEMS, SO WE JUST WANT TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY PLEASE.
SO CAN WE PLEASE THEY, HER ITEM NINE THAT IS CONTINUED OFF OF SANDMEYER.
WE HAVE THREE VOICEMAILS IF THEY CAN BE PLAYED REAL QUICK PLEASE.
IN REGARDS TO THE 3 0 5 SANDMEYER REZONING APPLICATION, MY NAME IS TETTE COLE.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT HILL TOMORROW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
WE JUST COMMUNICATED TODAY WITH A NEW PROPERTY OWNER AT 3 0 1 SANDMEYER JUST NEXT DOOR TO THE 3 0 5 PROPERTY.
SHE WANTS TO REPAIR HER SMALL ONE STORY HOME AND LET HER SON LIVE THERE.
SHE'S CONCERNED LIKE MANY OTHER NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PARKING.
SHE HAS VERY LITTLE STREET PARKING IN FRONT OF HER HOUSE DUE TO THE STOP SIGN AS IT IS NOW, THE STREET PARKING IS REALLY TIGHT AND NEARING THE END OF SANDMEYER AT THE STOP SIGN.
IT'S A BOTTLENECK WHERE OFTEN IT'S DOWN TO JUST ONE PASSABLE LANE.
SHE AND OTHER NEAR, NEAR NEIGHBORS WOULD LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE SITUATION OF THIS REZONING MUCH BETTER.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT STYLE OR HEIGHT HOME MIGHT, MIGHT BE BUILT.
SINCE THE SITE PLAN ONLY LIMITS THE FIRST FLOOR AREA, IT WOULD BE TWO, IT COULD BE TWO AND A HALF STORIES.
THE 3 0 1 HOMEOWNER KNOWS THEY HAD TO, UH, STOP WORK ORDER AT THE 3 0 5 PROPERTY AND THAT'S WHY THEY HAD TO REZONE.
BUT A LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN.
UM, UNTIL THOSE QUESTIONS ARE ANSWERED AND DISCUSSED WITH THE APPLICANT, THE NEIGHBORS REMAIN IN OPPOSITION.
PLEASE DO NOT APPROVE THIS CONDITIONAL
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ZONING TODAY.I'M AT THREE 12 SANDMEYER STREET.
UM, I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THE 3 0 5 SANDMEYER REZONING CASE.
I LIVE ALMOST ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE 3 0 5 SANDMEYER PROPERTY.
AND MY ISSUES IS STREET PARKING.
I FEEL LIKE NEW DWELLINGS BECOME MORE PROBLEMS TO AN ALREADY CONGESTED AND OVERCROWDED STREET.
PARKING ON THIS STREET IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT.
THIS IS MY MAIN ISSUE, SO PLEASE TAKE CONSIDERATION OF MY VOTE OF NO THANK YOU.
HI, MY NAME IS STEVE STEIG, 1 0 5 RENO STREET.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER OF GOVERNMENT HEALTH TOMORROW COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION.
WE ARE OPPOSED TO THIS CONDITIONAL USE ZONING.
UM, AT 3 0 5 SANDMEYER WE ARE AWARE OF AT LEAST TWO OPPOSITION LETTERS RETURNED BY PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 200 FEET.
THE SITE PLAN WAS REVISED YESTERDAY, BUT SPACES PROPOSED DO NOT SEEM READILY ACCESSIBLE.
IT REQUIRES DOUBLE PARKING ON A NEIGHBORHOOD LEVEL.
THIS SEEMS EXCESSIVE FOR THIS BLOCK PHASE.
THIS IS A BLOCK FACE OF EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY PROPERTIES.
ONE OF THEM THREE 11 SANDMEYER IS ALREADY A CONDITIONAL USE FOR THE FORD DWELLINGS.
THIS 3 0 5 SANDMEYER LOT COULD ALREADY HAVE TWO DWELLINGS UNDER THE A DU ORDINANCE.
AND THEN THE BLOCK WOULD INCLUDE ANOTHER RESIDENT PROPERTY OWNER RATHER THAN TWO MORE RENTALS.
ALTHOUGH RENTERS ARE A VALUABLE ELEMENT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PERSONAL CHARACTER OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS PRESERVED WHEN A REASONABLE PERCENTAGE OF HOMESTEADERS TO RAINERS IS SUSTAINED.
ONE FOURTH OF THE BLOCK FACE BEING CONDITIONAL USE, ZONED FOR FOUR X TO DWELLING SEEMS EXCESSIVE.
WE WOULD PREFER TO SEE THIS LOT DEVELOPED ONLY AS ALLOWED BY RIGHT UNDER THE CURRENT SINGLE FAMILY ZONING.
PLEASE CONSIDER SUSTAINING THIS BLOCK FACE AND DENYING THIS REQUEST.
AND JUST, JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE TO CLARIFY BECAUSE WE'RE PLAYING NOTICE, UM, VOICEMAILS AFTER THE MOTION WAS MADE, DOES ANYBODY NEED TO CHANGE THE MOTION OR RECONSIDER FOR THE CONTINUANCE PLEASE? LEMME KNOW.
SO IT'LL STAY CONTINUED TO THE MAY 7TH MEETING.
[Approval of Minutes ]
THE LAST ITEM IS APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION OR HEAR ANY CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS.
MR. CHAIR, I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
ALRIGHT, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER REYES TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE.
UH, POINT OF PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
UM, A MEMBER OF OUR STAFF WHO HAS BEEN WITH US FOR QUITE SOME TIME IS MOVING ON AND GOING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
SO ANN BETAS, WHO'S BEEN WITH US FOR ABOUT TWO YEARS HERE AT THE ZONING COMMISSION IS STAYING WITH THE CITY.
SO I WANTED TO WISH HER WELL AS A COMMISSION AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK AND TO EMBARRASS YOU A LITTLE BIT.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL OUR STAFF.
NO, ON THE RECORD, I WILL JUST SAY SHE WILL BE MISSED AND I ALREADY TOLD HER WHENEVER SHE'S READY TO COME BACK, WE'LL BE HERE
[Director’s Report ]
WE HAVE A DIRECTOR'S REPORT? WE ARE ON A MISSION TO FIND THOSE WHITE ENVELOPES FOR YOU GUYS.UH, THEY CHANGED THE WAY THEY DELIVER MAIL HERE.
AND SO WE ARE PRETTY POSITIVE.
THEY'RE PROBABLY JUST MISPLACED ON IN SOMEONE ELSE'S BOX OR, AND SO WE ARE SEARCHING FOR THEM AND AS SOON AS I KNOW ANYTHING, WE'LL BE SURE TO SEND YOU A MESSAGE SO SOMEONE'S WHERE YOU CAN PICK THEM UP.
SOMEONE'S GONNA HAVE A REALLY GOOD FIESTA WITH ALL THOSE WRISTBANDS, RIGHT?
AND WITH THAT, THE TIME IS, OH MY GOSH.
IT'S LIKE AFTER FOUR FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.
WELL, IT IS FOUR 12 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION OF SAN ANTONIO IS ADJOURNED.