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GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH OUR SPANISH LANGUAGE SERVICES.
SORRY, SPANISH TRANSLATION SERVES A STATEMENT, PLEASE.
IF ANYONE WOULD LIKE A MASK, IF THEY HAVE A COLD OR SOMETHING ELSE.
WE DO HAVE SOME, SINCE WE ARE PRETTY CROWDED TODAY, WE DO HAVE SOME OVER IN THE CORNER, SO PLEASE, IF YOU WOULD LIKE ONE, YOU COULD GO OVER AND VISIT ONE OF THE STAFF MEMBERS OVER THERE.
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 INTO SESSION.
AND I APOLOGIZE SINCE THE TIME IS 1 15 15, I'D LIKE TO DO A ROLL CALL BY ALLOWING THE ZONING COMMISSIONERS TO INTRODUCE THEMSELVES, STARTING WITH THE COMMISSIONER ON MY FAR LEFT.
MARCO BARROS, UH, REPRESENTING DISTRICT NINE, JOHN BUSTAMANTE, DISTRICT FIVE WITH VAL ORTIZ, DISTRICT EIGHT.
DANIEL KELLUM, DISTRICT ONE, TAYLOR WATSON, DISTRICT TWO.
JANELLE CHASE MO GEORGE HOSA, DISTRICT THREE.
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UH, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RU FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? ALLEGIANCE TWO, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STAND ONE NATION UNDER GOD WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
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, PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR PHONES OR TURN YOUR PHONES ON VIBRATE OR TURN THEM OFF.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS AN 11 MEMBER BODY APPOINTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS ON ZONING CASES UPON RECEIVING A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE COMMISSION.
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATION TO FORWARD YOUR CASE TO CITY COUNCIL.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS PROCEDURE, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CASE MANAGER.
STAFF WILL BEGIN EACH CASE WITH A SORT SHORT PRESENTATION OF THE REQUEST.
PART OF THE PRESENTATION INCLUDES A MAP THAT SHOWS THE AREA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR REZONING AND PROPERTY WITHIN 200 FEET OF THE SUBJECT.
PROPERTY CHECK MARKS INDICATE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST AND AN EX INDICATES THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS IN OPPOSITION.
FOLLOWING THIS PRESENTATION AND ANY QUESTIONS BY THE COMMISSION, THE APPLICANT WILL PRESENT THEIR REQUEST.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK FOR OR AGAINST THE PROPOSED REZONING, YOU WILL BE CALLED IN THE ORDER THAT YOU ASSIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THOSE IN SUPPORT AND OPPOSITION WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO MINUTES PER SPEAKER AND YOU ARE NOT OBLIGATED TO UTILIZE THE MAXIMUM TIME LIMITATION.
YOU WILL BE INFORMED THAT THE TWO MINUTES ARE UP.
FOR THOSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO GIVE THEIR TIME TO A SPEAKER, THAT SPEAKER WILL BE ALLOWED A MAXIMUM OF TWO PEOPLE GIVING THEIR TIME FOR A TOTAL OF SIX MINUTES.
THOSE GIVING UP THEIR TIME MUST BE PRESENT AND SIGNED INTO SPEAK AND MUST ANNOUNCE WHEN THAT SPEAKER IS GOING UP TO THE PODIUM THAT THEY ARE YIELDING THEIR TIME.
THE APPLICANT WILL THEN BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR REBUTTAL LIMITED TO ONE SPEAKER WITH A TWO MINUTE TIME LIMIT ALONG WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS COMMISSION QUESTIONS.
STAFF, IF WE COULD GO OVER ANY WITHDRAWN OR POSTPONED ITEMS PLEASE.
ITEMS THAT WILL BE POSTPONED OR WITHDRAWN.
ITEM NUMBER ONE, LOCATED AT 1606 EAST CARSON STREET.
ITEM NUMBER TWO WITH IS, WHICH IS WITHDRAWN, LOCATED AT 1802 POPPY PEAK ITEM NUMBER THREE, WHICH IS POSTPONED LOCATED AT 10 19 PEREZ STREET.
ITEM NUMBER FOUR, WHICH IS ALSO POSTPONED, LOCATED AT 93 71 INTERSTATE 35 SOUTH.
AND ITEM NUMBER 13 POSTPONED LOCATED AT FOUR 20 EIDS AVENUE.
THESE ITEMS WILL NOT BE HEARD TODAY, SO IF YOU HAD SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THEM, WE WILL NOT, UM, CALL FOR IT.
UM, YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED, UM, ONCE THEY ARE SCHEDULED AGAIN.
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ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.UM, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES AS, AS WAS MENTIONED, YOU'RE FREE TO LEAVE AS WE WILL NOT BE HEARING THOSE TODAY AND YOU WILL BE RE NOTIFIED, SENT A NEW NOTICE WHEN AND IF THE PROPERTIES, UM, ARE COMING BACK.
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UM, STAFF, IF WE COULD PLEASE GO OVER THE LIST OF ITEMS ON THE COMBINED AGENDA FOR CONSENT ITEMS ON THE COMBINED CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, AND 23.ANY OF THESE ITEMS YOU WISH TO PULL TO THE INDIVIDUAL HEARING? LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD READ THE COMBINED HEARING NUMBER ONE INTO THE RECORD PLEASE.
ITEM NUMBER 16 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO TO C TWO CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MOTOR VEHICLE SALES WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 71 5 0 NEW LAREDO HIGHWAY 23 NOTICES WERE SENT.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 17 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R SIX TO IDZ ONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR THREE DWELLING UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 2 4 PRINCETON AVENUE, 34 NOTICES WERE SENT.
RECEIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE UPTOWN OR BEACON HILL AREA.
NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS ITEM NUMBER 18 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C3 NA AND IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED IN C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BAR TAVERN WITHOUT COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK.
MICRO BREWERY WINERY WITH BOTTLING, TIMESHARES OR CORPORATE APARTMENT, HOTEL STUDIO, SOUND AND RECORDING CLUB, PRIVATE OFFICE WAREHOUSE, FLEX SPACE AND MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS NOT TO EXCEED 325 UNITS TO IDZ THREE WITH USES PERMITTED AND C TWO COMMERCIAL DISTRICT BAR SLASH TAVERN WITHOUT COVER CHARGE THREE OR MORE DAYS PER WEEK.
MICRO BREWERY WINERY WITH BOTTLING, TIMESHARES OR CORPORATE APARTMENT, HOTEL.
STUDIO SOUND AND RECORDING CLUB, PRIVATE OFFICE WAREHOUSE, FLEX SPACE AND MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS NOT TO EXCEED 325 UNITS LOCATED, OR I'M SORRY, WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1301 AND 1311 EAST ELMIRA STREET, EIGHT 13 EAST MYRTLE STREET, EIGHT 18 EAST LOCUST STREET AND 1212 TO 1218 EAST EUCLID STREET.
ZERO OPPOSED TOBIN HILL COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND SOJO COMMONS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION ARE IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 19 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR TO R FOUR CD WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 7 2 7 STONEWALL AVENUE.
AND TIARA LINDA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR.
ITEM NUMBER 20 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM C TWO AND C3 TO I ONE WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 8 8 1 0 INTERSTATE HIGHWAY 10 EAST EIGHT.
AND THERE WAS NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION WITHIN 200 FEET.
ITEM NUMBER 21 IS A REQUEST AND CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R FOUR AND R FIVE TO IDZ TWO WITH USES PERMITTED FOR STUDIO FINE OR PERFORMING ARTS WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 8 0 2 OF LATTE DRIVE.
ZERO OPPOSED SHEER HILLS RIDGEVIEW NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN FAVOR AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE SAN ANTONIO TEXAS DISTRICT ONE RESIDENCE ASSOCIATION.
ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM L AND C3 TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 1 7 1 0 3 NACODOCHES ROAD.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED.
AND THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM THE NORTHEAST NEIGHBORHOOD ALLIANCE AND OUTSIDE 200 FEET.
THE ROLLING MEADOWS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION HAS NO OBJECTION.
UM, FOR THIS ITEM, THEY ARE AMENDING THE BOUNDARIES,
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UM, FROM 88.979 ACRES OUT OF NCB 1 6 5 8 4 AND NCB 1 7 6 5 8 TO ADD A SAVE AND ACCEPT 0.037 ACRES OUT OF NCB 1 6 5 8 4.SO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS DECREASING AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER 22.
AND OUR FINAL ITEM 23, A REQUEST FOR A CHANGE IN ZONING FROM I TWO TO R FOUR WITH ALL OVERLAYS TO REMAIN THE SAME.
LOCATED AT 7 1 1 LARRY STREET.
ONE RECEIVED IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED.
AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE HARVARD PLACED EAST LAWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND WE DO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE, DO WE HAVE VOICEMAILS OR SPEAKERS OR BOTH? WE DO HAVE BOTH.
WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL FOR ITEM NUMBER 21 AND A SPEAKER FOR ITEM 20.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE VOICEMAIL FIRST PLEASE.
THIS IS CHARLES URI, 1 34 METALWOOD LANE, SEVEN EIGHT TWO ONE SIX.
I'M CALLING, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 822-9054.
I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO ZONING CASE Z 2 0 24 DASH 1 0 7 AND THE LAST NUMBERS ARE 0 0 0 9 2.
AND IT'S FOR 8 0 2 ALAY DRIVE.
AND, UH, I AM IN FAVOR OF THE REZONING.
I LIVE VERY CLOSE TO IT AND, UH, SOUNDS LIKE A LOGICAL CHANGE.
AND, UH, I HAD ALSO MENTIONED THAT, UH, KELLY SAUNDERS' PHONE IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THROUGH.
IT'S A DEAD END LOOP AND SHE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT HER PHONE NUMBER.
UH, IT'S ALL STACKED AND THE, THERE'S NO OPERATOR DEFAULT THAT IT FALLS TO AND IT HANGS UP ON YOU AUTOMATICALLY.
UH, GOOD LUCK WITH THE REZONING.
ALRIGHT, AND WE HAD A, A SPEAKER AS WELL FOR THE, ANOTHER ITEM.
UM, WE HAVE A MR. ULI ULYSSES, UM, NOGUERA FOR ITEM 20.
SO YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES, SIR.
AND IF YOU CAN STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS PLEASE WHEN YOU GET TO THE PODIUM, SIR, IN THE MICROPHONE.
ALEXA, CAN YOU MAKE THE MICROPHONE? TURN ON THE MICROPHONE PLEASE.
NO, UH, THE INDUSTRY IS PUSHING ME OUT.
I HAVE SOME ANIMALS AND CHICKENS AND ALL THAT.
SO WHAT, UH, I EXPECT TO HAVE TO GET OUT OF THERE BECAUSE I AM SURROUNDED COMPLETELY.
SO WHAT DO I EXPECT FOR THE FUTURE? I HAVE TO GET OUT THERE OR EXACTLY THE PLANNING.
AND I THINK IF THE CASE MANAGER FOR THAT CASE, AND I DON'T KNOW, I DIDN'T SEE WHO THAT WAS.
UH, SHE, IF, IF, IF, IF THEY COULD TALK WITH YOU, MAYBE EXPLAIN WHAT, WHAT, WHAT, UH, WELL PRE, PREVIOUSLY I WAS, UH, THE CITY PLANT AND NOW IT IS REPLANNING AGAIN BECAUSE IT HAS A DIFFERENT FORMS OF THE NEXT EX PROPERTY OWNER WANTS TO MAKE THE INDUSTRY.
SO I AM COMPLETELY SURROUNDED.
SO WHAT DO I EXPECT FROM TO DO IN THE FUTURE? DO I NEED TO SELL OR RENT OR LEASE OR, EXACTLY.
THAT'S WHAT I JUST WENT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN HERE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE THAT OFTEN.
UM, WELL YOU STILL HAVE SOME TIME, BUT NO, I, I I, I DON'T, I HAVE TO WAIT.
I DON'T, I'M NOT, UH, IN FAVOR OR AGAINST, JUST WANTED MORE INFORMATION ON WHAT IT MEANS.
WHAT EXACTLY WHAT IS OKAY, CHAIR.
THEY, THEY WILL RIGHT HERE, SIR.
RIGHT? BRONTE WILL TAKE YOU OUT THIS WAY.
AND WAS THAT THE END OF OUR PUBLIC
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COMMENT? THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.ALRIGHT, WELL I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FROM A COMMISSIONER ON, ON THE AGENDA.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS. ITEM NUMBER 16.
ITEM NUMBER 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 WITH THE AMENDED BOUNDARIES IS READ INTO THE RECORD.
ALRIGHT, I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
YOU GOTTA WAIT UNTIL I ASK FIRST.
ALRIGHT, SO THERE WAS A MOTION TO, TO APPROVE ITEM 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 WITH THE AMENDED BOUNDARIES.
AND 23 MOTION WAS MADE BY COMMISSIONER, UH, WATSON WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER REBATO, UM, DISCUSSION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IF YOU ARE HERE FOR THOSE PROPERTIES, THOSE YOU ARE FREE TO LEAVE AS WELL AS THOSE ITEMS WILL NOW BE PROCEEDING ON TO CITY COUNCIL.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST CONTINUANCE HEARING, PLEASE.
ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTING A TWO WEEK CONTINUANCE TO THE JUNE 4TH MEETING.
WE HAVE ITEMS NUMBER 7, 8, 12, AND 14.
AND WE DO HAVE SPEAKER SIGN FOR SEVEN AND THEN VOICEMAILS FOR SEVEN AND 12.
ALRIGHT, IF WE COULD HEAR THE, THE VOICEMAILS FIRST PLEASE.
COMMISSIONER, WE HAVE THE SPEAKERSHIP FOR MIGHT HAVE SEVEN AND WE, ALRIGHT, SO IT'S GONNA BE RYAN HARDEN, TIFFANY ESCAMILLA, AND JOHN.
SO THOSE SPEAKERS WERE, ARE ELECTING NOT TO, SO MS. TIFFANY ESCAMIA IS NOT GOING TO SPEAK.
SO THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE SIGNED UP FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, JUST CONFIRMATION FOR THOSE WHO SIGNED UP, CAN YOU LET US KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOOD? OKAY.
AND SO THEN WE'LL HEAR THE VOICEMAILS FIRST.
OH FIVE FOUR OH PABLO WAY, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 1 0 9.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO, IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER Z ZEBRA 2 0 2 1 0 7 0 0
I'M CALLING CONCERNING THE ZONING ISSUE THAT'S GOING ON THAT IS PROPOSED TO BE GOING ON.
I KNOW THE IMPORTANCE OF, UH, MY FAMILY WITHIN THE TRUCKING BUSINESS.
HOWEVER, I'M OPPOSED TO THIS BEING SO CLOSE TO OUR COMMUNITY.
I'M IN THE MEDICAL FIELD, I WORK, UH, NIGHT SHIFT.
I, UH, CHOSE TO NAME IT FOR THE, THE QUIETNESS OF IT, SMALL FEEL OF IT, THE LOW, UM, TRAFFIC AREA AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THIS, UM, INDUSTRY BEING SO CLOSE RIGHT HERE COULD POSE AN ISSUE TO, UH, MY, OUR COMFORT, OUR SAFETY AND BEING THAT IF THIS WERE TO GO THROUGH A POTENTIAL, UH, MOVING IS, IS, IS ON THE TOP OF MY LIST.
AND, UM, I ONCE AGAIN, I FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT GO THROUGH BECAUSE WE HAVE FAMILIES HERE, CHILDREN HERE, AND WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, ENOUGH, UM, NOISE AND TRAFFIC AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND THE GENTLEMAN FROM THE COMPANY, DOGGETT MENTIONED ON THE VIDEO THAT NOISE AND TRAFFIC WOULD NOT BE AN ISSUE.
HOW CAN THEY GUARANTEE THAT? I KNOW THAT THE DIESEL AND THINGS LIKE THAT ARE A PART OF THIS INDUSTRY.
SO ONCE AGAIN, HOW CAN, HOW CAN, UM, THEY GUARANTEE THAT THOSE WON'T BE AN ISSUE FOR US AFTER THIS, UH, COMPANY COMES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO ONCE AGAIN, I'M, UM, A REP.
SO WE JUST HAD ONE VOICEMAIL ON THAT ITEM CORRECT
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FOR ITEM NUMBER SEVEN, BUT WE HAVE FOUR VOICEMAILS FOR ITEM 12.SPRING WATCH, 7 8 2 4 7 2 1 0 4 1 4 4 1 6 1.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER 0 4 7.
I LIVE IN THE SPRING CREEK FOREST NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY CLOSE TO WHERE THEY ARE, UH, ATTEMPTING TO PLACE THE LOW INCOME APARTMENTS.
IT'S A VERY SMALL NARROW AREA.
THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF NEW APARTMENT BUILDINGS ALL SURROUNDING THIS AREA.
MANY OF THEM ARE INCOME ADJUSTED.
EVERY LITTLE TINY PATCH OF GREEN IN THIS AREA IS DISAPPEARING.
I JUST DON'T SEE ANY REASON IT BACKS UP DIRECTLY TO HOMES.
I THINK THAT THE, THE PERSONS THAT HAVE LIVED HERE FOR UP TO 40 YEARS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED.
OH, AND ANOTHER THING LET'S, UM, LET'S CONCERN OURSELVES WITH SEX OFFENDERS.
RIGHT NEXT TO THE DAYCARE, THERE'S A DAYCARE CENTER RIGHT THERE.
VERY, VERY BUSY DAYCARE CENTER.
AND I'D LIKE TO SEE HOW YOU'RE GONNA KEEP SEX OFFENDERS OUT OF THAT, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX.
AVOID ADDRESS 5 7 2 2 SPRING SPUR IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
I AM OPPOSED TO THIS FOR THE VERY REASON THAT OUR CHURCH IS 600 FEET FROM THIS AREA.
I WOULD ASK YOU TO WALK AROUND AND LOOK AT THE APARTMENTS.
WE'VE MADE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS.
WE'VE HAD OUR FENCES TORE DOWN, GARBAGE THROWN IN OUR, THEY USE OUR PARKING LOT, THEY SPEND OIL OVER THERE, THEY'VE BROKEN INTO THE CHURCH, THEY'VE STOLEN STUFF FROM OUR BUSES.
WE DO NOT NEED ANY MORE PEOPLE IN THIS AREA THAT ARE PAYING RENT AND NOT TAKING CARE OF THEIR AREAS.
PEOPLE WHO DON'T PAY RENT, DON'T TAKE CARE OF ANYTHING.
LOOK AT THE APARTMENTS ACROSS THE STREET THAT WILL TELL YOU EXACTLY HOW MUCH MONEY THEY PUT IN BALCONIES FALLING DOWN GARBAGE A MONTH OF THE THE PLACE AND THEY GO KEEP THROWING IT INTO OUR AREA.
SECOND OF ALL, THIS IS A VERY POOR PLACE TO PUT THIS.
OUR CHURCH HAS HAD SEVERAL AREAS WHERE THE GROUND IS SHIFTING, RAISING, UH, THE, THIS GOT A SURVEY OF THE GROUND AND YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT THE ENGINEERS WILL TELL YOU IT'S A VERY POOR PLACE TO BUILD SOMETHING OF THAT NATURE.
SO WITH THOSE IN MIND, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON, YOU'RE GONNA LOWER THE PROPERTY VALUE.
I HOPE THAT YOU'RE PREPARED TO PAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROPERTY THAT KNOW AND PROPERTY THAT'S IN TWO YEARS THAT WOULD HAVE LOST OVER 20% OF THEIR VALUE.
THIS IS ALBA, P-H-A-L-B HENDERSON, H-E-N-D-E-R-O-N.
MY ADDRESS IS 5 8 1 8 SPRING VALLEY, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 4 7.
THE CASE NUMBER I'M CALLING ABOUT IS ZERO FOUR SEVEN.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (714) 329-2251.
AFTER ATTENDING THE MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH PART OF THE BUILDERS GROUP AND STUFF AND OUR UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBER I HAD COME SAID, I DON'T WANT IT FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECORDING AND I STILL OPPOSE THIS.
THEIR NUMBERS ARE NOT BASED ON FACTS, THEY'RE BASED ON COMPOSITES OF, UH, DIFFERENT AREAS.
THEY DON'T TAKE INTO EFFECT THE TRAFFIC ON THIS SPECIFIC PART OF CHES, THE COMINGS AND GOINGS.
THEY DON'T TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THESE SPECIFIC CRIME AREAS ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE THEY'RE PLANNING.
AND IT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME AREAS ON IN OUR AREA.
IT'S IN THE RED ACTUALLY, SO I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD REALLY PUT YOUR HEADS TOGETHER AND GET SOME DECENT INPUT FROM THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
IF YOU LOOK ON, UH, SPOT CRIME, THAT'S ONE OF THE HIGHEST CRIME AREAS DOWN
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THERE.I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW.
I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN DALLAS AND I'M BACK TO TEXAS.
THIS IS WHERE I'D LIKE TO DIE.
I REMEMBER SAN ANTONIO THE WAY IT USED TO BE.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO GROW INSIDE THE ALREADY EXISTING CITY.
IT'S RUINING ALL ITS BIG CONSTRUCTION IS RUINING THE GREENLANDS, EVERYTHING.
IT'S NOT THE TEXAS SAN ANTONIO.
STATING MY OPPOSITION TO CASE 0 4 7.
I RESIDE AT 1 5 0 1 8 SPRING STAR STREET, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
MY PHONE NUMBER'S (210) 202-6467.
AGAIN, THAT'S MY OPPOSITION TO CASE 0 4 7.
THE REZONING PROPOSITION FOR A LOW INCOME APARTMENT COMPLEX ON NACODOCHES ROAD.
AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE CONTINUANCE ITEMS WE HAD.
I THOUGHT WE STILL HAD TWO SPEAKERS THOUGH.
THEY JUST, THEY SAID THEY DID NOT WANNA SPEAK.
NO, I THOUGHT THERE WERE LIKE FOUR SPEAKERS AND TWO DECIDED NOT TO SPEAK, BUT, OKAY, I GOTCHA.
THERE WERE TWO SPEAKERS AND GOT IT.
ALRIGHT, I WILL CHANGE A MOTION ON THE CONTINUANCE AGENDA.
MR. CHAIR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEM 7, 8, 12, AND 14 TO THE JUNE 4TH HEARING.
I'LL BE HAPPY TO SECOND THE MOTION
I WASN'T EVEN GONNA ASK AND SEE IF YOU WERE GONNA WAIT.
THE, THERE IS A MOTION TO CONTINUE.
ITEM 7, 8, 12, AND 14 TO THE JUNE 4TH MEETING.
UH, MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
ITEMS PASS FOR CONTINUANCE UNTIL JUNE 14TH OR JUNE 4TH.
WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
IF WE COULD MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND CONTINUANCE HEARING.
FOR ITEMS THAT ARE REQUESTING A CONTINUANCE FOR FOUR WEEKS TO THE JUNE 18TH MEETING ARE ITEMS NUMBER 10 AND 15 AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT FOR THOSE TWO ITEMS. ALRIGHT, DO WE HAVE A MOTION FOR THOSE ITEMS? MR. CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS NUMBER 10 AND 15 TO THE JUNE 18TH HEARING.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A, A MOTION TO CONTINUE ITEMS 10 AND 15 TO THE JUNE 18TH MEETING.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER WATSON WITH THE SECOND BY COMMISSIONER WHITSETT DISCUSSION.
ITEM PASSED THIS FOR CONTINUANCE UNTIL JUNE THE 18TH.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN A MONTH.
ALRIGHT, WE WILL NOW BE MOVING ON TO OUR INDIVIDUAL HEARING.
UM, RECOGNIZING THAT THERE ARE QUITE A FEW VOICEMAILS AND SPEAKERS SIGNED UP FOR ITEMS FIVE AND SIX, WE ARE GOING TO JUMP AHEAD REAL QUICK AND TAKE ITEM NINE FIRST.
ALEX RATANA PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER NINE IS LOCATED AT 2 5 9 TAF BOULEVARD.
GOING FROM R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO IDZ TWO.
MEDIUM INTENSITY INFIELD DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 32 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ONE OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
PALM HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION OF FOUR UNITS BUT SUPPORTS TWO UNITS OUTSIDE 200 FEET, ONE IS IN OPPOSITION.
THE EXISTING R FOUR RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT IS IN AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED IDZ TWO MEDIUM INTENSITY INFILL DEVELOPMENT ZONE WITH USES PERMITTED FOR FOUR DWELLING UNITS IS NOT WHILE THE PROPOSED DENSITY IS PRESENT IN THE AREA.
THE REQUESTED IDZ TWO BASE ZONING DISTRICT IS NOT.
THE DESIRED DENSITY CAN BE ACHIEVED BY KEEPING
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THE EXISTING R FOUR BASE ZONING DISTRICT WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS, A MORE APPROPRIATE OPTION FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.THE CASE WAS HEARD AT PLANNING COMMISSION ON APRIL 24TH, 2024, WHERE THE APPLICANT CONFIRMED THAT THEY WERE AMENDING THE REQUEST IN ALIGNMENT WITH STAFF'S ALTERNATE RECOMMENDATION OF R FOUR CD RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE FOR FOUR UNITS.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THE APPLICANT PLEASE.
HELLO? YES, UH, MY NAME IS MANUEL GRETE AND THE PROPERTY OWNER 2 59 TAFT.
I HAVE, UH, SOME OTHER PROPERTIES AROUND IT AND I TRYING TO SELL IT.
I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, AND, UH, FOR FUTURE, YOU KNOW, LIKE, UH, RENTAL, RENTAL PROPERTIES.
I HAVE LIKE FIVE OR SIX AROUND THE AREA AND UH, I'M TRYING TO JUST KEEP IT, YOU KNOW, LIKE CITY COATS AND, UH, IF, IF THE BAR ALLOWS ME, I WOULD LIKE TO DO LIKE TWO BUILDINGS, VERY NICE ONE IN FRONT OF THE, UH, TAFT BOULEVARD, LIKE A HOUSE.
AND THE OTHER SIDE WILL BE LIKE THE GARLAND, LIKE ANOTHER BUILDING WITH THE PROPER, YOU KNOW, CITY COLS.
IF THE BAR ALLOWS ME, YOU KNOW, I WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE MY PROJECT.
UM, THIS IS A DISTRICT FIVE CASE, SO COMMISSIONER BUSANTE FOR YOU FOR QUESTIONS.
WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENT.
YEAH, MR. GTE, WHEN WE WERE LAST HERE, UM, YOU AND I DISCUSSED A NEW SITE PLAN TO REFLECT WHAT, AH, THERE WE GO.
SO YOU HAVE ALREADY AMENDED YOUR APPLICATION TO BE R FOUR CD FOR FOUR UNITS, CORRECT? CORRECT.
AND YOU'RE AMENDING YOUR SITE PLAN TODAY TO USE THE SITE PLAN AS REFLECTED ON THE SCREEN, CORRECT? CORRECT.
UM, NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALRIGHT, QUESTIONS, FELLOW COMMISSIONERS LOOKING ON MY LEFT, NO QUESTIONS.
LOOKING ON MY RIGHT, NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER BUSMAN FOR A MOTION.
UM, I KNOW THAT THERE IS SOME NEIGHBORHOOD OPPOSITION INCLUDING THE PALM HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND TWO INDIVIDUALS, ONE WITHIN 200 FEET AND ONE WITHOUT.
UM, THAT BEING SAID, GIVEN THIS LOT ITS LOCATION, BOTH IN ITS PROXIMITY TO, TO HIGHWAY 90 AS WELL AS IT BEING A CORNER LOT, I THINK THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION OF FOUR UNITS IS APPROPRIATE AS LONG AS THIS SITE PLAN IS USED.
THE, THE SINGLE MONOLITH SITE PLAN THAT WAS PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED, UH, DID NOT FIT IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, MADE IT LOOK LIKE A DIFFERENT, PERHAPS DENSER, UH, USE.
AND SO AT THIS POINT I MU MOVE TO APPROVE ITEM NINE AS AMENDED TWICE.
ALRIGHT, THERE IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM NINE WITH THE NEW SITE PLAN, UH, BY COMMISSIONER BUSTAMONTE WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARDOS DISCUSSION.
LOOKING LEFT, SEEING NONE, LOOKING RIGHT, SEEING NONE.
UH, THE CORNER LOT IN NEIGHBORHOODS ALWAYS CHANGE OF MY VIEW ON, ON, ON DENSITY AND I ALSO BELIEVE THAT THIS WOULD BE AN APPROPRIATE USE AT THAT LOCATION.
SO THE MOTION IS FOR APPROVAL.
IF WE COULD MOVE QUICKLY TO ITEM NUMBER 11.
ALEXA ROTANA PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 11 IS LOCATED AT 3,400 MISSION ROAD GOING FROM C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO MF 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITH ALL OVERLAYS STAYING THE SAME.
THERE WERE 21 NOTICES SENT OUT.
ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET HOT WELL'S MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST AND MISSION.
SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET, SEVEN ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE EXISTING C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT IS AN APPROPRIATE ZONING FOR THE PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.
THE PROPOSED MF 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTI-FAMILY DISTRICT IS ALSO APPROPRIATE.
THE ZONING REQUEST WOULD RESULT IN A DOWN ZONING RESULTING IN A LESS INTENSE BASE ZONING DISTRICT FOR THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE LESS INTENT ZONING DESIGNATION IS SUITABLE FOR THE AREA GIVEN THAT SURROUNDING PROPERTIES ARE R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY.
THE PROPOSED MF 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT IS ABLE TO ACT AS A BUFFER FROM THE MORE INTENSE
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C3 GENERAL COMMERCIAL DISTRICT TO THE R SIX RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT PREVENTING ENCROACHMENT OF COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES INTO RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.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'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IF WE COULD HAVE THAT APPLICANT PLEASE.
UH, KEN BROWN, 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, SUITE 1385 WITH BROWN AND MCDONALD.
UM, DO YOU HAVE IT? OH, IT'S THERE.
WHICH BUTTON WE CAN JUST PRESS? UH OH.
I'M HERE ON BE SORRY ABOUT THAT.
UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT, UM, STAFF SUMMED UP THE LAND USE ARGUMENTS PRETTY WELL.
UM, THIS IS A DOWN ZONING, UH, FROM C3, UH, TO MF 18.
UH, IT IS FOR OUR SENIOR HOUSING, UM, COMMUNITY OF 88 UNITS.
UM, I'M GONNA GO TO, WE STARTED THIS PROCESS PROBABLY BACK IN JANUARY.
UH, WENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL PERSON AND COUNCIL TO GET A RES RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT PER THE PROJECT.
AND WE DID, UH, AS PART OF THAT PROJECT, WE HAD TO MEET WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UM, WE ARE IN THE HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND THAT'S WHO WE MET WITH FIRST.
AND THEY ARE SUPPORTIVE AND THEY HAVE A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND I THINK THERE'S A REPRESENTATIVE FROM THEIR, UH, FROM THEIR, UH, ASSOCIATION HERE TODAY.
UM, I AM GOING TO GO FORWARD AND THAT'S NOT WORKING.
SO ONE OF THE ISSUES WA WERE THE MISSIONS AND, UH, THE MISSION PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT, IF YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN AROUND LONG ENOUGH, UH, IT WAS PUT IN PLACE, UH, AS PART OF THE UNESCO UH, WORLD HERITAGE, UH, DEAL.
AND ORIGINALLY THIS WAS A THOUSAND FEET, UH, OVERLAY DISTRICT FROM THE MISSIONS.
IN 2015, THEY EXTENDED IT TO 1500 FEET.
I JUST, I JUST WANTED TO SHOW YOU, WE ARE DEFINITELY OUTSIDE OF THE ORIGINAL, BUT WE'RE OUTSIDE OF THE UPDATED AND AMENDED, UH, OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UM, THIS IS WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING FOR IT TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE REASON WHY IT ISN'T COMPLETELY FINISHED OUT IS BECAUSE WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE PART OF THE PROPERTY AS A BUFFER.
UH, OR, AND, AND WE MAY DO SINGLE FAMILY, UH, UH, ONE STORIES, UM, BUT IN NO CASE WILL BE OVER THREE STORIES ON THIS PROPERTY.
UM, IF YOU'LL REMEMBER FROM THE AERIAL, UH, ON THE BACKSIDE OF US IS PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE STATE AND CREATES A NATURAL BUFFER.
WE DON'T, WE DON'T ABUT, UH, ANY OCCUPIED PROPERTY EXCEPT FOR THE SELLER, WHICH IS, UH, A MINI STORAGE, UH, PROPERTY NEXT TO US.
UM, SO WE DID APPLY FOR TAX CREDITS AND 9% HOUSING TAX CREDITS FROM T-D-H-C-A.
AND THAT'S WHEN WE HAD TO GET THE, THE RESOLUTION IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR FROM FROM COUNCIL.
UH, THIS IS A LIST OF THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD WITH BOTH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UH, AS I SAID, ORIGINALLY WE MET WITH THE HOT WELLS.
UH, WE THEN, UH, BEGAN MEETING WITH THE SECOND NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MISSION SAN JOSE.
UM, AND THAT HAS BEEN INTERESTING TO SAY THE LEAST.
UH, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME SORT OF TURF WAR.
UH, BUT A WEEK AGO WE DID HAVE A THIRD OR FOURTH MEETING WITH THEM.
UH, THEY VOTED, UH, TO SUPPORT, UH, THEN THEY HAD A EMERGENCY MEETING OVER THE WEEKEND AND I GUESS THEY GOT THEIR VOTES TOGETHER.
ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE NOT IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT THEY ARE ACROSS THE STREET AND THAT'S WHY WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM.
UM, THEY DID SEND, UH, A LETTER OF OPPOSITION.
IT HAS A NUMBER OF INACCURACIES IN IT, AND SO I'M GONNA SAVE MY TIME TO ADDRESS THAT IN THE, UM, REBUTTAL.
UH, SO, UH, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
AS I SAID, THIS IS A DOWN ZONING FROM C3, UH, TO MF 18.
UH, WE'RE PROPOSING 88 UNITS FOR SENIOR HOUSING.
I THINK THIS IS A FIRST, I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER WORKED ON A SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT THAT ANYONE OPPOSED, AND I DON'T EXACTLY KNOW WHY, BUT I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT.
UH, I, ONCE AGAIN, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT AND IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, THE APPLICANT, UH, THE DEVELOPER IS HERE ALSO.
AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM, I BELIEVE THAT IS CORRECT.
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ALL RIGHT.I WAS LOOKING, MAKING SURE IF WE HAD ANY VOICEMAILS.
UH, FIRST SPEAKER WE HAVE MS. JANE HENRY, MS. HENRY, AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES, PLEASE.
DID YOU WANNA GIVE UP YOUR TIME, MA'AM? OKAY.
SO THAT'LL GIVE YOU FOUR MINUTES.
I'M PRESIDENT OF MISSIONS SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
AND, UH, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS OPPOSING, UM, THIS ZONING CHANGE REQUEST AND FOR, UM, LOW INCOME HOUSING HERE AT THIS LOCATION.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY HAS FIVE LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS BUILT BETWEEN 1970 AND 2007.
WE HAVE ENOUGH, THERE ARE NOT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BOUNDARIES, BUT CLOSE BY ARE THREE SENIOR RESIDENTS, LOUIS CHATHAM APARTMENTS ON SOUTH FLORES.
NEW NEW BRAUNFELS UNION, UNION PINES ON PLEASANTON.
UH, AND IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, WE HAVE THE WINDSOR MISSION PARKS, UH, MISSION OAKS NURSING HOME.
UM, OUR, THE CENSUS TRACT IN WHICH THIS, UM, THIS, THIS, UH, PARCEL IS LOCATED SINCE THIS TRACK 1508 HAS A GENERAL POVERTY RATE OF 60%.
UH, AND UM, WITH A SENIOR POVERTY RATE OF ONLY 4%.
IT HAS A POPULATION OF AROUND 2,800 PEOPLE, UH, BECAUSE IT'S LOW, UM, LOW POPULATION DENSITY BECAUSE A LARGE PART OF IT IS TAKEN UP BY THE MISSION AND BY CITY AND COUNTY AND FEDERAL PARK LANDS, UH, THE PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS ON ROOSEVELT, UH, A ACROSS ROOSEVELT.
THE, UM, HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THERE, IT'S A, UH, THAT IS CENSUS TRACK 1509 WITH A POPULATION OF ALMOST 7,000.
UH, BUT THE SENIOR POVERTY RATE IS 32%.
AND A LARGE PART OF THAT IS DUE TO PEOPLE, UM, AGING IN PLACE.
THEY OWN THEIR HOMES, THEY'RE PAID FOR, THEIR PROPERTY TAXES ARE MINUSCULE.
UM, THEY HAVE MANY NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, SERVICES AVAILABLE AND, UH, MEDICARE, MEDICAID, THEY'RE DOING FINE WHERE THEY ARE.
THEY'RE NOT GOING TO COME AND LIVE AT THIS PLACE.
IT'LL BE TOO EXPENSIVE EVEN FOR THEM.
UM, I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING FINE AS THEY ARE.
UH, AGAIN, I WOULD QUOTE FROM GOAL NUMBER FOUR AT PAGE 10 OF THE MISSION HISTORIC DESIGN.
ENHANCE LOCAL QUALITY OF LIFE WITHIN THE MISSION HISTORIC DISTRICT AND WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER AREA.
BY STRENGTHENING NEIGHBORHOODS, SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESSES AND COMMUNITY IN GENERAL, TRANSFORMATION OF THE MISSION HISTORIC DISTRICT MUST STRENGTHEN AND ENHANCE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, NOT DISPLACE IT.
THIS IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE IDEA OF WORLD HERITAGE SITE AND ITS RECOGNITION OF THE CITY'S INDIGENOUS CULTURE.
THIS, UM, THIS PROPERTY WILL NOT BE UTILIZED HARDLY BY, UH, SENIORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
UM, THEREFORE DISPLACING WELL THERE, THEY WILL HAVE OTHER PEOPLE MOVING IN.
WE KNOW THAT THE, UH, UH, RISE RESIDENTIAL AND SONOMA ADVISORS ARE INVOLVED IN, UH, DEVELOPING OR, UH, MANAGING THE MISSION.
UH, THE CHAMPION MISSION DEL RIO APARTMENTS SENIOR, UH, NOT SENIOR LOW INCOME HOUSING ON VFW BOULEVARD AND, UM, RIVERSIDE DRIVE.
UM, THERE, THERE ARE POLICE CALLS THERE ALL THE TIME.
THE LOCAL PROPERTY, UH, NEARBY PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, REPORT HEARING GUNSHOTS THERE ALL THE TIME.
THEIR, UH, DUMPSTERS ARE OVERFLOWING WITH GARBAGE AND THEIR, UM, UH, ABANDONED FURNITURE.
ONE IS, UH, ONE OF THOSE DUMPSTERS IS RIGHT NEXT TO, UH, A BIG VACANT AREA, BIG VACANT LOT, UM, ON, ON THE EMBANKMENTS OF THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER AND THE, UM, PADRE PARK AND THE MISSION TRAILS PARK.
THE GARBAGE BAGS FLOW DOWN THERE ALL THE TIME.
THERE'S A, AS FAR AS THESE PEOPLE, THE, THE WAY THEY MAINTAIN THEIR BUILDINGS, UM, THERE HAS BEEN A HOLE CUT IN THE WROUGHT IRON FENCE THERE FOR OVER A YEAR, HAS NEVER BEEN REPAIRED.
HOMELESS PE IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE DUMPSTER.
DUMPSTERS AND HOMELESS GO IN AND DRAG FURNITURE OUT OF THERE AND SET UP CAMP NEXT DOOR.
WE DO NOT WANT THIS NEAR ANYWHERE, NEAR MISSION SAN JOSE.
AND IT IS LIKE A TWO MINUTE WALK FROM THIS PROPERTY TO THE MISSION.
THIS DOES NOT BELONG IN THIS AREA.
WE DON'T SUPPORT THIS ZONING CHANGE AND WE OPPOSE THIS PROJECT.
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DO YOU HAVE MY GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.I LIVE IN THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1438 NAPIER AVENUE.
UH, 0 3 1 TO CHANGE THE ZONING AT 3,400 MISSION ROAD FROM C3 TO MF 18.
I WANNA GIVE YOU A HISTORY OF OUR COMMITMENT TO NOT SUPPORTING PROJECTS LIKE THIS ONE THAT ARE TOO CLOSE TO MISSION SAN JOSE.
IN 2005, THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED A LOW INCOME MULTIFAMILY PROJECT AT THIS SAME ADDRESS BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING FOUR LOW INCOME APARTMENTS WITHIN THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, BOUNDARY, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE BY ONE MILE, ALL THE EXISTING APARTMENTS APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER AND NEAR MISSION SAN JOSE BY ONE TO THREE BLOCKS.
THESE APARTMENTS WERE BUILT PRIOR TO THE MISSIONS BECOMING NATIONAL PARKS, AND, UH, FROM BEING DESIGNATED AS RURAL HERITAGE SITES.
IN 2006, 2009 AND 2012, THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED APARTMENTS ON THE NOW MISSION MARQUEE PLAZA AGAIN, BECAUSE THE PROJECTS WERE LOW INCOME APARTMENTS AND TWO CLOSE TO MISSION SAN JOSE.
IN 2015, THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION OPPOSED A ZONING CHANGE OF A PRO OF A PROPERTY DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM MISSION SAN JOSE'S VISITOR CENTER FROM C3 TO MF 33.
AND AGAIN AT THAT SAME ADDRESS IN 2017 AND 2019, BECAUSE OF THE PROJECT'S PROXIMITY TO MISSION SAN JOSE, WE COLLECTED OVER 4,000 SIGNATURES OPPOSING THE APARTMENTS AT THIS ADDRESS WITH MANY OF THOSE SIGNATURES FROM PEOPLE FROM LATIN AMERICA, ASIA, EUROPE.
IN 2017, THE WORLD HERITAGE OFFICE WORKED ON A LARGE AREA REZONING AND LAND USE CHANGE TO DOWN ZONE COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES ON ROOSEVELT AVENUE AND PROPERTIES NEAR THE MISSION FROM C3 TO C ONE.
THIS ACTION WAS BEGUN AS A RESPONSE TO, OH, I'M SORRY.
MY HUSBAND WAS GOING TO GIVE ME HIS TIME.
YOU WANNA GIVE YOUR TWO MORE TIME? TWO MORE MINUTES, YES.
OKAY, TWO MORE MINUTES PLEASE.
THIS ACTION WAS BEGUN AS A RESPONSE TO RESIDENTS WITHIN THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHO WERE CONCERNED WITH A LARGE NUMBER OF C3 PROPERTIES, MOTELS, TIRE SHOPS, AND VACANT LOTS.
AND WANTED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO OPPOSE OR SUPPORT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
AND AS A WAY TO PROTECT MISSIONS FROM HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
IN 2021, THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTED A LARGE MIXED USE PROJECT ON THE CORNERS OF SOUTH CROSS BOULEVARD AND ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
THE ASSOCIATION SUPPORTED IT BECAUSE IT'S ALMOST ONE MILE AWAY FROM MISSION.
SAN JOSE WILL BE MARKET VALUE APARTMENTS AND WILL MOTIVATE AN ECONOMIC BOOST TO ROOSEVELT AVENUE, A MAIN CORRIDOR THAT HAS A LARGE NUMBER OF VACANT LOTS.
I HAVE BEEN ATTENDING THE SHMR MEETINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY PLAN SINCE 2017, AND HAVE VOICED THAT PROPERTIES NEAR MISSION SAN JOSE CONTINUE TO STAY PARKS, OPEN SPACE, LOW DENSITY, OR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
THE DEVELOPERS OF TODAY'S CASE DID MEET WITH THE HOMEOWNERS OF NAPIER AVENUE, BUT THEY DIDN'T CONVINCE US THAT THIS WAS THE RIGHT PROJECT.
THE PRO THE PROPERTY IS A BLOCK AWAY FROM MISSIONS SAN JOSE ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE NATIONAL PARK PROPERTY.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OUTSIDE OF THE PROTECTIVE VIEW, SHED, IT'S STILL TOO CLOSE TO MISSION SAN JOSE.
SINCE THE DE DESIGNATION, WE HAVE, UH, DEFENDED MISSION SAN JOSE FROM DEVELOPMENT AND HAVE PROMOTE AND, AND FROM DEVELOPMENT THAT PROMOTED HIGH DENSITY MULTIFAMILY HOUSING NEAR ITS GROUNDS, BELIEVING THAT IT'S ENCROACHING ON THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE OF ITS WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION AND THAT HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT IS DETRIMENTAL TO THE HISTORIC VALUE OF OUR MISSION AND TO OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE HELP MY COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY CONTINUE TO PROTECT MISSION SAN JOSE FROM HIGH DEVELOPMENT.
HELP US CONTINUE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
NEXT TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. BRODY ALEXANDER, PLEASE.
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MY NAME IS BRADY ALEXANDER.I RESIDE AT 1839 EAST PYRON 7 8 2 2 3.
I REPRESENT THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION AS DETERMINED BY OUR MEMBERS THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORS ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS ALL ASPECTS OF ZONING REQUEST Z DASH 2 24 7 3.
THE APPLICANT HAS ADDRESSED ALL MEMBERS CONCERNED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS IF NEEDED.
THIS IS APPROPRIATE INFILL THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE EXISTING RESIDENTS.
AND AS ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AS WE STRIVE FOR VERDANT AND COHESIVE INTEGRATED SOCIETY IN OUR AREA, THE PROPERTY HAS LOW DENSITY.
I THINK IT WAS LAST CENTURY OR LAST DECADE, THE LAST TIME WE HAD A DEVELOPER IN OUR AREA FOR A MULTIFAMILY PROPERTY, NOT ASK FOR TAX DEFERMENT.
THIS WILL GIVE BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY, OUR SCHOOLS, ET CETERA, AND PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.
THAT IS ONE OF OUR REQUIREMENTS IN OUR, IN OUR AREA FOR APPROPRIATE INFILL AND GOOD NEIGHBORS.
ALTHOUGH COMPLETELY OUT OF THE MANI MISSION PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT, THIS PROJECT WOULD MEET THE REQUIREMENTS IF IT WAS THREE TIMES CLOSER AT 500 FOOT AWAY.
DUE TO THE LOW HEIGHT OF IT, IT IS COHESIVE WITH THE AREA.
AND ALTHOUGH COMPLETELY WITHIN THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AREA, WE DO CARE ABOUT WHAT IS DOWN THE STREET IN VIEW, ET CETERA.
AND THIS PROJECT TAKES THAT INTO ACCOUNT.
THESE DEVELOPERS HAVE WORKED WITH US, WHICH IS A VERY RARE THING.
THIS IS UNCOMMON FOR OUR ASSOCIATION TO GET UP HERE AND SUPPORT A PROJECT.
MOST DEVELOPERS DO NOT WORK WITH US, IGNORE THE COMMUNITY, AND ALL THEY CARE ABOUT IS THEIR BOTTOM LINE.
THESE HAVE GONE THE EXTRA MILE ON THAT.
WE ARE THANKFUL THIS DEVELOPER IS WILLING TO INVEST IN OUR AREA.
AFTER ALL OF THE RECENT DISINVESTMENT AND FURTHER DEGRADING OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AREA THROUGH TAX EXEMPT AND OTHER SHELTER TYPE PROJECTS, WE ASK THAT YOU SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN OUR REQUEST FOR THIS REZONING TO PASS.
AND LAST, UH, WE HAVE MS. ROSEMARY.
GOOD AFTERNOON, ROSEMARY AND GANO.
ZUNIGA, YOU REMEMBER ME FROM THE LAST TIME.
UM, I AM A DESCENDANT OF PEDRO, EIGHTH GENERATION DESCENDANT RUA, THE MISSION.
I HAVE A GREAT, GREAT UNCLE THAT WAS BORN IN THE GRANARY.
SO MY DESCENDANTS ACTUALLY ONCE LIVED ON THE LANDS AROUND THE MISSIONS AND HAD HOMES, AND OF COURSE GOT DISPLACED BECAUSE ONCE IT BECAME THE NATIONAL PARK AND, AND EVERYTHING ALONG THE WAY, UH, ONE TIME MY ANCESTORS LOANED ALL THE LAND ALL THE WAY DOWN THE RIVER.
I AM ALSO, I MOVED BACK TO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONTINUE THE LEGACY OF MY FATHER, ROBERTO ANO, SOME OF YOU KNOW HIM, A GREAT ADVOCATE FOR THE SOUTH SIDE, BORN AND RAISED ON THE WEST SIDE, BUT MARRIED A SOUTH SIDE WOMAN.
AND THEY THOUGHT HE WAS A SOUTH SIDER BECAUSE OF HIS PASSION TO ENHANCE AND, AND, AND, AND BEAUTIFY THE NEIGHBORHOOD BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE FOR CHILDREN THAT HE KNEW.
'CAUSE HE GREW UP POOR AS WELL, LIVING ON THIS AREA, KNOWING THAT THESE CHILDREN, IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE LIBRARY IN THEIR BACKYARD, THE GYM IN THEIR BACK, THE YMCA, THAT THEY WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO THIS.
AND BY THE WAY, THAT IS ONE OF THE HIGHEST VISITED LIBRARIES IN SAN ANTONIO SATELLITE LIBRARIES.
AND THERE'S STILL ROOM FOR EXPANSION.
THIS, I'M ALL ABOUT CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM.
AS YOU KNOW, YOU REMEMBER, I 31 YEARS IN THE MILITARY, I'VE TRAVELED A LOT OF PLACES IN THE WORLD.
I'VE EVEN, UH, FOR PERSONAL TRAVEL, WORLD HERITAGE LOCATIONS.
AND WHEN I'VE TRAVELED THEM, I NOW, BECAUSE NOW WE'RE A WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION, IN MY MIND, I HAVE A VISION OF WHAT I SEE AND WHAT MY DAD WANTED TO HAVE HAPPEN WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THOSE OF YOU KNOW THAT AT CO CONCEPTION, WE NOW HAVE THE PILGRIMAGE ROUTE, THE THAT IS ESTABLISHED AND ITS STARTS AT CO.
AND YOU CAN WALK AROUND MISSION ROAD, GO ACROSS THE STREET TO SAN JOSE, TAKE THE WALK DOWN THE PADRE TO, UH, SAN JUAN AND TO HIS SPA.
WELL, PEOPLE LIKE ME SOMETIMES DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN THAT WAY.
SO I'M GONNA GO WALKING ACROSS MISSION ROAD, CONTINUE ACROSS THE STREET.
I DON'T WANNA SEE MORE APARTMENTS THERE, BUT THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TO SEE WHAT WE HAVE THERE, THERE'S, THERE ARE MORE POSSIBILITIES FOR ANOTHER ORGANIZATION OR A BUSINESS TO PAY TAXES TO DALE, ISD BECAUSE OUR SCHOOL DISTRICT IS POOR, THAT SOMEBODY'S GONNA PAY THEIR EQUAL SHARE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND THE SCHOOL THAT I GRADUATED
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FROM.AND THAT IS, AND THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEM 11.
MR. BROWN, YOU HAVE A, WHERE DID HE GO? THERE HE IS.
ACTUALLY, THERE WAS A VOICEMAIL, SO IF WE CAN PLAY IT VERY QUICKLY, I APOLOGIZE.
ULA, I AM THE OWNER OF HAROLD'S ART AND FRAMING, 27 43 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 4.
UH, THIS WOULD BE CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT THREE, AND THIS IS REGARDING CASE NUMBER 0 4 3.
REGARDING THE 3,400 MISSION ROAD PROJECT.
I DO WANT TO STATE THAT I VEHEMENTLY OPPOSE TO, TO THIS, UM, PROJECT AS IT IS A, UH, ISSUE FINDING VERY LATE IN THE GAME THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPER IS RELYING ON, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING TO DEVELOP THIS PROJECT.
UH, WE AS A NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ARE OPPOSED.
I DO WANNA STATE ALSO THAT WE HAVE VERY LARGE LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS ALONG THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER LEADING UP TO THAT SAME MISSION, SAN JOSE.
THIS IS, UH, A LACK OF, UH, RESPECT FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, WE ARE CURRENTLY DEALING WITH A HUGE DELAY IN THE REDEVELOPMENT OF THE ROOSEVELT CORRIDOR, CONNECTING THE MISSIONS TO BE SADDLED WITH LOW INCOME HOUSING AT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S REQUEST AND MAJOR PUSH BY THE MAYOR, CURRENT MAYOR.
I, AGAIN, STATE THAT THIS AREA NEEDS TO BE RESPECTED AND WE DO NOT NEED THE CITY PUSHING THEIR AGENDA ON ANY.
THAT IS IT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
IS THAT MINE DOESN'T LOOK FAMILIAR? UH, WELL, I, I DON'T EVEN THINK I CAN.
UM, I THINK I SHOWED ON THE, THE PREVIOUS SLIDE THAT WE ARE ABOUT 2000 FEET AWAY.
I THINK A LOT OF THE CASES THAT THEY WERE REFERENCING WERE VERY CLOSE, UH, TO MISSION SAN JOSE.
UH, I, I DO NOT BELIEVE WE ARE.
IF YOU CAN, CAN YOU GO BACK TO THE ORIGINAL SLIDE WITH THE YELLOW STAR ON IT? UM, REAL QUICKLY TO ANSWER SOME OF THE THINGS, UH, WHO LIVES IN OUR APARTMENTS IS NOT A LAND USE CONCERN.
UH, I MEAN, YOU CAN BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT AND WE ARE TOO.
UH, BUT IT IS NOT A LAND USE ISSUE.
ALSO, THEY MENTIONED A, AN APARTMENT COMPLEX, UH, THAT WE WERE THE MANAGERS OR OWNERS OF.
WE NEVER HAD OWNERSHIP IN THAT PROJECT, NOR DID WE.
I JUST WANNA SHOW OUR, OUR SIDE IS THE STAR AND IS THIS POINT? YES.
SO THE MISSIONS, UH, WALLACE RE REPRESENT THE, UH, DEVELOPER OF SONOMA HOUSING ADVISORS.
UH, MISSION SAN JOSE IS ABOUT RIGHT HERE.
UH, OUR PROPERTY WHERE THE STAR IS AGAIN, THE VIEW SHED ENDS ABOUT RIGHT HERE, THE CIRCLE WILL SHOW IT A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
WE ARE OUTSIDE THE VIEW SHED, UH, WHILE WE ARE UNDER THE, UM, HRDZ, I THINK IT'S WHAT IT IS.
HISTORIC RE I DON'T KNOW THE ACRONYMS OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
UH, SO WE WILL HAVE TO ABIDE BY SOME DESIGN CODES, UM, WHICH WE ARE ADAMANTLY GOING TO.
UM, BUT WE ARE OUTSIDE THE VIEW SHED, SO I'LL LET KEN TALK.
UM, SO I'M GONNA GO THROUGH, SO WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THE OVERLAY.
UH, IT IS GONNA BE SOMEWHERE BETWEEN ONE AND THREE STORIES.
I THINK ONE OF THE PINTS THAT ONE OF THE OPPOSITION I THINK WAS MAKING FOR US IS THAT THEY HAD A MISSION WITHIN THE LAST THREE YEARS TO DOWN ZONE C3 PROPERTIES AROUND THE MI UH, AROUND THE MISSION.
UH, SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHAT WE'RE DOING AND A SIX STORY HOTEL WOULD BE, UH, AS AN IMPACT TO MISSION SAN JOSE, BUT I THINK OURS IS MUCH LESS OF AN IMPACT.
UM, THIS IS THE APARTMENT COMPLEX THAT SAYS THAT THEY SAY WE HAVE AN OWNERSHIP
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INTEREST IN A MANAGEMENT.I, I GUESS I WOULDN'T MIND TAKING CREDIT FOR IT.
IT IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE AND THOSE WERE TAKEN YESTERDAY.
SO, BUT WE DON'T, UH, I JUST WANT TO BE CLEAR, UH, I'M ADDRESSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT THEY SAID AND IN THEIR LETTER, UH, THAT, THAT IS THE DIVIDING LINE BETWEEN THE TWO.
IF YOU'LL REMEMBER, WE HAVE, UH, BEHIND US, UH, PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE STATE.
UH, BEYOND THAT IS NAPIER DRIVE.
WE'RE ONE OF THE, UH, PERSONS IN OP OPPOSITION, UH, SPOKE.
THEY'RE 250 FEET AWAY AND HAVE THAT, WHAT I WOULD SAY WOULD PROBABLY BE THE BEST OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE A GREEN BELT BECAUSE IT IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND AND BY THE STATE.
SO, UH, I THINK WE FIT IN HERE.
WE FIT IN WITH THE LAND USE PLAN, WE FIT IN WITH THE GOALS OF THE CITY AND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
UM, AND, UH, I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE CASE, SO TO YOU COMMISSIONER OSA FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, I GUESS I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND A STATEMENT.
UM, CITY STAFF, JUST REMIND ME HERE, IT'S CURRENTLY ZONE C3.
SO IF A BAR, TAVERN, INDOOR THEATER, UH, ART GALLERY, UH, OFFICE USE, UM, OTHER FACILITIES MOVE IN, THEY DO NOT HAVE TO GET ANY KIND OF ZONING REQUESTS OR PERMISSION, RIGHT? THEY CAN JUST BUILD IF THEY FIT WITHIN THAT C3.
AND THEN I HAVE A QUESTION FOR HOT WELLS.
UM, MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD, MR. ALEXANDER, YOU GUYS TOOK A VOTE DURING THE GENERAL, UH, MEETING AND EVERYTHING TALKED, DISCUSSED AND, AND IT'S WITHIN Y'ALL'S, UH, BOUNDARIES, CORRECT? YES.
AFTER PRESENTATION FROM THE, UM, APPLICANT, UM, WE, WE TOOK A VOTE AND WE ARE, UH, IN FAVOR AND WE'LL SUPPORT THIS REZONING REQUEST.
UH, AND I HAVE ONE QUESTION FOR, UH, MS UH, HENRY.
AND, AND THE ONE QUESTION WOULD BE, WHAT DO YOU WANNA SEE IN THAT SPACE? WELL, WE HAVE HAD SOME SUGGESTIONS, SOME TALK ABOUT THAT, BUT NOT ENOUGH.
RIGHT NOW, IT'S JUST BEEN ABOUT ZONING AND THIS PROJECT.
BUT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I THINK I MENTIONED EARLIER, A BOUTIQUE HOTEL.
UM, A LOW RISE BOUTIQUE, BOUTIQUE HOTEL, UM, OR A, A SINGLE, SINGLE HOME DEVELOPMENT QUALITY.
WE WANT QUALITY DEVELOP NEAR DEVELOPMENT NEAR THE MISSION.
AND SOMETHING THAT WOULD STIMULATE OUR, UH, OUR GENERAL, OUR LOCAL ECONOMY AND STIMULATE THEIR MANY VACANT, UM, BUSINESS PROPERTIES ON, UH, ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THEM DEVELOPED, BUT THEY NEED, UH, THEY NEED TO SEE, UH, THEY'RE NOT, BUSINESSES ARE NOT ATTRACTED BY LOW INCOME, UH, PROPERTIES, AREAS.
UM, I, AGAIN, THIS IS JUST MY PERSONAL OPINION, BUT UH, I MEAN THAT WORD LOW INCOME GETS THROWN AROUND A LOT.
UH, I'VE BEEN HERE IN SAN ANTONIO MY WHOLE LIFE.
UM, AND UH, MAYBE 'CAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD TO GO ANYWHERE ELSE, BUT I'VE LIVED ON SOUTHEAST THOUSAND DOLLARS.
YEAH, YOU THINK THE RANGE INCOME, I'M, THERE'S AN A MI, BUT LET ME, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE COMMISSION IS SPEAKING.
SO, UM, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, PROBABLY I, I'M ASSUMING YOU GUYS DON'T WANNA SEE A BAR OR SOMETHING, GO INTO THAT AREA, BUT RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY IT'S ZONE AT THREE, UH, C3, I THINK DOWN ZONING IT IS, IS IS THE BEST FOR THAT AREA BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LOCKING IN, UH, NOT LOCKING IN, BUT KIND OF GIVING US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A, WELL, THE DOWN ZONING, RIGHT? WHAT WE DON'T, WE DON'T WANNA SEE.
I MEAN, ME PERSONALLY, I'M FROM THE SOUTHEAST SIDE SAN ANTONIO AND I DON'T WANNA SEE A BAR THERE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
UM, BUT THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT I HAVE NOW I'M OPEN UP FOR QUESTIONS.
UM, QUESTIONS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY RIGHT.
UH, I HAVE A COUPLE QUESTIONS FOR, UH, KEN.
SO YOU SAID THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX IS, UH, TARGETING, UH, SENIOR CITIZENS 88 UNITS.
UH, BUT I'M LOOKING AT YOUR PROJECT ELEVATIONS AND YOU ARE, YOU'RE LOOKING AT TWO STORY AND THREE STORY STRUCTURES.
HOW, WHAT, WHAT PLANS DO YOU HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE SENIORS THAT ARE
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MOBILITY IMPAIRED AND CAN'T MAKE UP THE TWO STORIES? THIS IS WHAT DOES.SO I'M GONNA LET HIM ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONER HUEY.
UM, SO WE CAME TO THE COMMISSION TWO MONTHS BACK.
UH, YOU ASKED THE SIMILAR QUESTION ON COLLIBRA.
ALL OF OUR APARTMENTS ARE, ANY SENIOR FACILITY ABOVE TWO STORIES IS, UH, ELEVATOR EQUIPPED.
SO IT HAS ELEVATORS IN EVERY BUILDING.
UM, THERE'S A DA REQUIREMENTS THAT COME WITH, UM, REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE.
ESSENTIALLY, UH, 6% OF THE PROPERTY WILL BE A DA ACCESSIBLE AND THAT'S 6% PER FLOOR PLAN.
SO 6% OF THE STUDIOS, 6% OF THE ONE BEDROOMS AND 6% OF THE TWO BEDROOMS. A MAJORITY OF THIS PROPERTY IS ABOUT 72 OF THE UNITS, UM, GIVE OR TAKE ARE ONE BEDROOMS AND ABOUT EIGHT ARE TWO BEDROOMS. SO THIS IS A, WE'RE WE'RE TRYING TO DESIGN SOMETHING.
THOSE WERE EXAMPLE ELEVATIONS FROM PREVIOUS PROJECTS WE'VE DONE.
UM, THAT WILL NOT BE WHAT WILL ACTUALLY BE BUILT ON THAT PROPERTY.
THAT WAS JUST AN EXAMPLE WE GAVE OUT DURING THE MAILER.
UM, OBVIOUSLY NOW THAT WE'VE GONE A LITTLE BIT FARTHER, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S A, UH, HISTORIC OVERLAY THAT WE HAVE TO DESIGN TO THAT STANDARD.
SO THE CLADDING PACKAGE WILL BE DIFFERENT.
AND JUST GENERAL CONSENSUS, THE ENTIRE PROJECT WILL PROBABLY BE BETTER A, IT WILL BE A BETTER DESIGN LAYOUT AND IT WON'T BE THE THREE, TWO SPLITS.
UM, WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH THAT PROCESS.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART IT WILL BE CATERED TO SENIOR CITIZENS.
AND SO SIMILAR TO THE QUESTION I ASKED ON THE COLLIBRA DEVELOPMENT.
WHAT, UH, CAN YOU DESCRIBE THE SECURITY MEASURES YOU'RE GOING TO INCORPORATE INTO THIS DEVELOPMENT? SO IT IS SUITABLE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS.
SO, UH, SIMILAR TO COLLIBRA, IT WILL HAVE EIGHT, EIGHT FOOT WROUGHT IRON FENCES, UM, SECURITY CAMERAS.
UH, IT'LL HAVE A GATED ACCESS.
UM, THERE'LL BE A WALKING TRAIL WITHIN THE PROPERTY.
UH, A GOOD THING ABOUT THIS PROPERTY, IT'S FIVE AND A HALF ACRES.
WE'RE PRETTY MUCH BUILDING REALLY LOW DENSITY ABOUT MF 18, WHICH ACTUALLY LESS THAN MF 18.
UM, SO WE HAVE A LOT OF GREEN SPACE, BUT WITH THAT GREEN SPACE, YOU KNOW, THERE IT COMES DARKNESS.
SO YOU WILL, WE WILL HAVE THE PROPERTY LIT, UM, AND JUST A LOT OF GREEN SPACE AND JUST IN GENERAL IT'LL, WE, WE HAVE REALLY GOOD SECURITY ON THE PROPERTY 'CAUSE WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO FEEL SAFE.
DO WE WANNA GO? LET ME, LET ME, LET ME HAVE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FIRST, THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO YOU FOR THE FINAL ROUND.
UH, COMMISSIONER WHITSETT QUESTION, UH, HAVE Y'ALL ALREADY BOUGHT THE PROPERTY OR IS THIS SUBJECT TO THE ZONING BEING APPROVED, SUBJECT TO THE ZONING BEING APPROVED? SO IF WE APPROVE IT, YOU CLOSE ON IT AND SOMETHING HAPPENS, SOMEBODY ELSE DOESN'T HAVE TO BUILD A SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, CORRECT.
I GUESS IT WOULD BE MF 18, BUT THAT'S PRETTY LOW DENSITY.
SO, UM, THE FACT IS YOU CAN BUILD ABOUT M CLOSE TO MF 18 FOR SINGLE FAMILY HOMES IN TERMS OF DENSITY PER ACRE.
SO IT'S NOT A WIN-WIN, BUT IT'S NOT A LOSE LOSE EITHER.
COMMISSIONER ANTE, UM, THIS QUESTION IS FOR STAFF.
SO THIS MULTIFAMILY DEVELOPMENT WOULD HAVE TO GO BEFORE HDRC FOR DESIGN? THAT IS CORRECT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMERS ON MY LEFT.
UM, JUST A, I HAD A CLARIFICATION QUESTION FOR STAFF AND IT'S BEEN BROUGHT UP ABOUT, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING.
HOWEVER, WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT WHO CAN LIVE THERE, WHETHER IT BE SENIORS OR OR NOT.
WE ARE LOOKING AT ONLY WHETHER IT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE FOR MF 18 APARTMENTS.
SO IT COULD BE, SAY THAT THE DEAL FELL THROUGH, IT COULD STILL BE APARTMENTS FIXED RATE OR MIXED MARKET RATE, SORRY.
OR IT MIGHT NOT, IT'S ALL THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ZONING.
ANYTHING THAT IS PERMITTED BY WRIGHT IN THE MF 18 ZONING DISTRICT.
UH, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, YOU HAD ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS? YEAH, I JUST HAVE TO WARN LIKE, I GUESS WHAT COMMISSIONER WENT HAD, BUT HE, YOU ANSWERED IT.
UH, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST HERE FOR ZONING.
I WAS THINKING ABOUT THE OTHER, SORRY, I'M FROM THE SOUTH SIDE.
UM, BUT I THINK IT'S A GREAT ZONING FOR, FOR US, FOR AS A COMMUNITY BECAUSE IT DOWNGRADES IT, RIGHT? WE'RE NOT GONNA GET THAT BAR, YOU KNOW, NOW THIS IS GONNA GO IN THERE.
THAT COULD HAVE GONE IN THERE AS A C3.
SO THAT'S WHY I'LL BE VOTING IN SUPPORT FOR THIS.
I THINK THAT LAST CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, BACK TO YOU COMMISSIONER OSA FOR A MOTION.
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I'D LIKE TO MOTION UHD APPROVAL OF THE, UH, ZONING CHANGE TO MF 18.IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND THAT MR. CHAIR.
A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA WITH A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BARTOS.
DISCUSSION COMMISSIONER ON MY LEFT.
UM, I UNDERSTAND AND I EMPATHIZE WITH THE CONCERNS OF THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, LIKE COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA, WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO FOR ME IS THIS IS C3.
IT COULD BE AUTO REPAIR, IT COULD BE MUFFLER REPAIR, IT COULD BE ANY OF THE USES THAT WE GENERALLY DO NOT WANT TO SEE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROBABLY DON'T WANNA SEE IN OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS IN PARTICULAR.
UM, AND SO AS A RESULT, YOU KNOW, THAT IS THE OVERRIDING CONCERN DOWN ZONING FROM THIS INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USE TO A MULTIFAMILY, UM, IS BENEFICIAL TO MY MIND AND THAT'S WHAT'S GUIDING MY VOTE AND MY SUPPORT.
UM, ADDITIONALLY, YOU KNOW, I THINK A LOT CAN BE DONE WHEN IT COMES TO, UM, THE HDRC AND THE FURTHER DESIGN ELEMENTS, UH, THAT THIS PROPERTY WILL HAVE TO GO TO BECAUSE IT IS WITHIN THE RIO FIVE OVERLAY.
COMMENTS? FELLOW COMMISSIONERS ON MY LEFT? NONE.
UM, I SHARE COMMISSIONER BUSTA MONTE'S, UM, VIEWPOINT.
UM, IT MIGHT BE ONE THING IF THIS WAS R SIX GOING UP TO MF 18, BUT THIS IS A C3 GOING TO DOWN TO RESIDENTIAL ZONING.
UM, AND, UH, I DROVE BY THIS SITE ON SUNDAY AFTER EATING AT NICHES, OF COURSE, AND I LOOKED, AND I'D MUCH RATHER SEE APARTMENTS THAN THE, UM, WHAT'S ACROSS THE STREET, WHICH IS I BELIEVE, UH, STORAGE UNITS.
UM, AND SO TO ME, WHEN, WHEN I WAS ON THE, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, WHEN WE WERE DOING REZONING OR NOT REZONING, WE WERE DOING UDC AMENDMENTS, WE LOOKED AT INCREASING THE, UH, VIEW SHED.
AND AT ONE POINT IT WAS LARGER AND IT WAS INTENTIONALLY DECREASED WITH SUPPORT TO THE AREA, THE, A SMALLER INCREASE, I SHOULD SAY.
SO ORIGINALLY IT WAS, IT, IT WAS GONNA BE LARGER AND IT WAS LIKE, NO, REALLY THE VIEW SHED ONLY NEEDS TO BE THIS DISTANCE AND THIS IS OUTSIDE OF THAT VIEW SHED.
SO FOR ALL THE REASONS THAT HAVE BEEN MENTIONED BY COMMISSIONER HINOJOSA AND ANTE, I, I SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS WELL.
COMMISSIONER MONTE SIGNALING PERSONAL PRIVILEGE.
CAN WE TAKE A QUICK BREAK TO, ALL RIGHT, WE'LL SWITCH OUT.
WE'RE GONNA TAKE A QUICK FIVE MINUTE BREAK BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE LONGER CASES.
ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE TIME IS TWO 40 AND THE ZONING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS BACK IN SESSION.
I NEED TO HIT THE HAMMER LOUDER.
UM, SO IF WE COULD BEGIN WITH ITEM NUMBER FIVE, PLEASE.
UH, MR. CHAIRMAN, IF, IF IT'S ALL RIGHT WITH YOU, WE CAN COVER ITEMS FIVE AND ITEM SIX COLLECTIVELY, THAT WOULD BE AWESOME.
UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS.
I AM THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
UH, THE NEXT TWO ITEMS ARE CONSIDERATION OF THE CREATION OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ICOD ONE, UH, WHICH WOULD ENCOMPASS A TWO MILE AREA SURROUNDING THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT.
BEFORE I BEGIN, I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A STATEMENT FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE REGARDING THE NOTICE THAT THEY RECEIVED IN THE MAIL.
I'M GONNA STEP TO THE SIDE A LITTLE BIT SO I CAN FACE YOU ALL.
UM, FOR THOSE RESIDENTS THAT RECEIVED THIS NOTIFICATION THAT YOU NOW SEE ON THE SCREEN, UM, PLEASE NOTE THAT THE LANGUAGE INCLUDED IN THE SCREEN IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE LANGUAGE FULLY AND ACCURATELY REFLECTS THE INTENT OF THIS REZONING CASE.
WE APOLOGIZE IF YOU FOUND THE LANGUAGE ALARMING.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO MAKE THE DECISION WHEN TO
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INCLUDE THIS TEXT ON A REZONING NOTICE.SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE, MAKE YOU ALL AWARE THAT THIS IS REQUIRED STATE LANGUAGE FOR THE, FOR THIS PARTICULAR REZONING CASE, IT WAS NOT THE CHOICE OF THE CITY TO PLACE IT.
I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST, SPEAK ON WHAT THE ICOD IS AND WHY IT IS IMPORTANT.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A NUMBER OF CURRENT OVERLAY DISTRICTS IN OUR ZONING TOOLBOX TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY IN SPECIFIC AREAS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
SOME EXAMPLES OF THESE INCLUDE THE AIRPORT HAZARD OVERLAY DISTRICT, AND THE VARIOUS MILITARY PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICTS.
THE ICOD IS AN ORDINANCE THAT WILL PROTECT THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY LIMITING THE ENCROACHMENT OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES INTO ESTABLISHED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES ARE MORE LIKELY TO INCLUDE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS COMPONENTS AND TO GENERATE HIGH VOLUMES OF FREIGHT TRAFFIC.
FURTHER, WE KNOW THAT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES ARE IMPORTANT TO THE DIVERSITY OF THE ECONOMIC BASE OF SAN ANTONIO.
THUS A PURPOSEFUL AND ORDERLY TRANSITION OF USES SURROUNDING HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS OFFERS MULTIPLE LEVELS OF PROTECTION, SUCH AS PROTECTING PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BY MINIMIZING THE POTENTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACTS BY OPERATIONS FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES AND ENSURING THE ECONOMIC VITALITY OF IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES BY LIMITING USES THAT WOULD INTERFERE WITH THE OPERATION OF EXISTING OR PLANNED HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE ICOD ONE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO EXTEND TWO MILES FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT, WOULD BE THE FIRST APPLICATION OF THE ICOD.
ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE THE TWO ZONES.
ZONE A, WHICH EXTENDS ONE MILE FROM THE PERIMETER OF THE MANUFACTURING PLANT WOULD ALLOW INDUSTRIAL USES.
ZONE B EXTENDS TO AN ADDITIONAL ONE MILE, UH, TO PROVIDE A TRANSITION THAT WOULD ALLOW BOTH INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES.
BOTH ZONES, HOWEVER, WOULD NOT PERMIT RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AS THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WAS CREATED.
THERE WAS A FOCUS ON BALANCING THE NEED TO LIMIT FUTURE RESIDENTIAL AND LOCAL RETAIL DEVELOPMENT WHILE PRESERVING THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES AND PLAN PROJECTS IN THE AREA.
ON THE SCREEN ARE SEVERAL EXCEPTIONS THAT WERE DEVELOPED TO ADDRESS THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF AN OVERLAY DISTRICT.
THERE ARE MANY EXAMPLES FOR THE NEED OF ENSURING AN ORDERLY TRANSITION OF USES SURROUNDING HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS.
ON THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE EXAMPLES FROM OUR COMMUNITY, EXAMPLES THAT DEMONSTRATE THE NEED TO PROTECT PEOPLE AND PROPERTY.
IT'S A FUNDAMENTAL LAND USE AND ZONING PRACTICE TO DISCOURAGE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES FROM LOCATING WITHIN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO EACH OTHER.
SO TAKING A STEP BACK, IT'S IMPORTANT TO DISCUSS WHERE THE CONCEPT OF THE ICOD CAME FROM.
THE CITY'S ADOPTED COMPREHENSIVE PLAN SA TOMORROW RECOMMENDED GUIDING FUTURE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN 13 EMPLOYMENT CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THESE EMPLOYMENT CENTERS ARE AREAS THAT HAVE OR ARE PROJECTED TO HAVE 15,000 OR MORE JOBS BY THE YEAR 2041.
SUCH EMPLOYMENT CENTER IS THE AREA NEAR TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO.
UPON ADOPTION OF THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE PLAN AND I QUOTE, TO COORDINATE AND GUIDE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS FOR THE LONG RANGE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY THAT WILL PROMOTE THE PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE FOR ALL CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THIS PARTICULAR PLAN AND AREA BEGAN IN 2019, THOUGH COVID DID IMPACT THE, THE TIMELINE FOR ADOPTION STAFF UTILIZED THAT ADDITIONAL TIME TO DEVELOP PLAN CONTENT AND TO CONTINUE TO MEET WITH STAKEHOLDERS VIRTUALLY IN ALL THE, THE DEPARTMENT MET WITH THE PLANNING TEAM 17 TIMES WITH MANY OTHER COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS ALSO OCCURRING DURING THIS PROCESS.
THE DRAFT LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS DEMONSTRATE THAT APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS HAVE BEEN AN IMPORTANT TOPIC OF DISCUSSION BY THIS PLANNING TEAM AND THE COMMUNITY.
SINCE EARLY 2019, THOUGH THROUGH THIS PROCESS, GUIDING PRINCIPLES FOR DEVELOPMENT ON THE SOUTH SIDE WERE DEVELOPED TO PROVIDE TRANSITIONAL LAND USES AND MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA.
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OVERLAY DISTRICT AND I QUOTE TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS WAS IDENTIFIED AS AN IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITY.
DURING THE PLANNING PROCESS FOR THE TEXAS A AND M AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, THE DEPARTMENT HAS MAILED OVER 13,000 NOTICES TO PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL AS TO TENANTS AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
UH, THE NUMBER OF PROPERTY PROPERTIES AFFECTED TOTAL 2,843.
THE OTHER APPROXIMATE 11,000 PROPERTIES ARE MAILING ADDRESSES AND TENANTS ALONG POSTAL ROUTES.
BECAUSE WE HAD TO ADD NONCONFORMING LANGUAGE TO THE, TO THE NOTIFICATION, WE HAD TO MAIL TO AN EXTENDED POSTAL ROUTE IN ORDER TO MEET THE STATE'S REQUIREMENTS.
YOU CAN SEE THE ESTABLISHED POSTAL ROUTE MAPS ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THE PROJECT TIMELINE IS ALSO INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE, WHICH INCLUDES THIS PUBLIC HEARING.
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UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEMS NUMBER FIVE AND SIX AND FORWARDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.AND WITH THAT, MR. CHAIRMAN, UM, I WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, WHEN YOU CALL ME UP.
AND WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT ON THIS ITEM.
SO IF WE COULD HEAR SPEAKERS FIRST AND THEN THAT WAY WE WILL HEAR VOICEMAILS AFTERWARDS.
FIRST WE HAVE MS. PATTY GIBBONS.
AND ARE WE STILL AT TWO MINUTES? YES.
UM, FOR THOSE WHO DUNNO, ME, I'M PATTY GIBBONS.
I'M FORMER ZONING COMMISSIONER AND I'M THE PRESIDENT OF GREATER HARMONY HILLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
WE'RE ABOUT 20 HI, 2200 HOMES, 45,000 VOTES.
I WAS PART OF THE OVERLAY OF THE, UH, WORLD HERITAGE IN 2018.
THEY'RE SIMILAR IN THAT YOU HAVE PROPERTIES TODAY AND THEY'RE ALL SITTING BEHIND ME.
I'VE, UH, BEEN 30 YEARS A LAND DEVELOPER, LAND SURVEYING COMPANY WITH MY HUSBAND.
WE'VE WORKED ON 4,000 DREAMS, PEOPLE WHO HAVE LAND, PEOPLE WHO HAVE AMBITIONS AND IDEAS AND INNOVATIONS AND CREATIVITY.
EVERYBODY HAS IT WHEN YOU OWN LAND, NOT JUST TOYOTA.
SO THE LAND TODAY THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING IS, DO YOU TAKE ONE PERSON'S BIG PROJECT AND OVERLAY IT OVER EVERYBODY ELSE'S LITTLE PROJECTS? SOME OF 'EM NOT SO LITTLE.
THE GENTLEMAN I SAT NEXT TO BACK HERE WAS 102 ACRES THAT HE IS OWNED FOR 60 YEARS.
SO I THINK THAT YOU HAVE TO CONSIDER THAT IT'S A VERY BIG CASE THAT YOU HAVE TODAY.
YOU'RE DEALING WITH FIFTH AMENDMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS.
YOU'RE TRYING TO USE ZONING IN AN IMMINENT DOMAIN PURPOSE.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT CALLED IMMINENT DOMAIN.
IT CAN, IT IS ACTUALLY GOING TO DO THAT BECAUSE YOU'LL BE O OVERLAYING AND DOWN ZONING AND THAT'S GOING TO STRAP EVERYBODY ON WHATEVER THEIR DREAM WAS.
WHATEVER THEIR INVESTMENT IS TODAY WILL STOP.
SO I DO THINK THAT YOU SHOULD CONSIDER SLOWING IT DOWN, WHICH WE DID WHEN WE CONSIDERED THE MISSION.
WE SLOWED IT DOWN THE PROCESS.
WE WENT OUT AND VISITED THE SITES, WE VISITED THE LANDOWNERS.
WE TRIED TO HEAR WHAT WAS GOING ON TO EVERY A HUNDRED AND THIRTY EIGHT THIRTY PROPERTIES NEED TO BE OVERLAID.
DOES EVERY 2,800 PROPERTIES NEED TO BE OVERLAID HERE TODAY? HAVE YOU MET THEM? HAVE YOU CONSIDERED THEM? I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE THE TIME TO DO THAT AND SLOW THE PROCESS DOWN.
IT WAS NICE TO SEE YOU ALL AGAIN.
AND JUST TO, JUST TO KIND OF KEEP TIME, SINCE EVERY, WE DO HAVE OVER 50 PEOPLE HERE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO IF WE COULD PLEASE MINIMIZE, UM, CLAPPING.
UM, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, PLEASE, IF YOU DO HAVE YOUR PHONE OFF OR PHONE, PLEASE TURN 'EM OFF OR PUT 'EM ON VIBRATE.
AND THEN LASTLY, JUST TO REMIND EVERYONE, IF YOU DID SIGN UP TO SPEAK AND YOU WANNA GIVE YOUR TIME TO SOMEONE, PLEASE LET US KNOW WHEN THAT PERSON IS GOING UP TO SPEAK.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP.
NEXT ONE WE HAVE, UH, ABER ESCOBIDO.
ALL RIGHT, NEXT, UM, WE HAVE MR. GABRIEL CHAVEZ.
WE'LL, IF THEY COME IN WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE HEARD.
AND YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, PLEASE.
AND IF Y'ALL WOULD GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME UP TO SPEAK, PLEASE FOR THE RECORD.
HOW ARE Y'ALL? MY NAME IS IDA A MARTINEZ, AND I LIVE AT 5 7 5 FM 25 37.
AND I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE, UH, OUR PROPERTY OWNERS OUT THERE ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS OVERLAY.
UH, I GUESS, UH, ONE OF THE QUESTIONS WAS, UH, ARE WE IN THE ETJ DISTRICT IN THAT AREA? AND, UM, WE ALSO ARE THINKING ABOUT ALL THE ISSUES THAT ARE GONNA COME WITH THE OVERLAY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE ACREAGE THAT YOU BOUGHT TO IMPROVE AND THEN TO HAND, UH, OVER
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TO YOUR CHILDREN OR TO SUBDIVIDE WHEN, WHEN THEY GOT, OR WHEN WE WERE NOT HERE ANYMORE, THEY GOT OLDER AND THEN THAT WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE AT THAT TIME.I ALSO WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT WHERE I LIVE, I HAVE A POLICE AND FIRE POLICE RESPOND WITHIN THREE TO FIVE MINUTES.
AND AS I UNDERSTAND IT, THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS A HARD TIME FINDING PLACES OUT THERE AND A FIRE.
UM, ALSO THE, THE, THE ZONING IN MY AREA IS OUTTA CITY LIMITS.
AND IF THIS HAPPENS, OUR ZONING WILL BE INDUSTRIAL.
AND I REALLY, MY HUSBAND AND I ARE REALLY AGAINST IT.
AND WE JUST WOULD LIKE YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT, UM, WITH THE CHANGES, IF THE CHANGES HAPPEN IN THAT AREA, THEN WHAT ARE ARE WE GONNA HAVE? WHAT ARE WE GONNA HAVE AND WHAT IS IT GONNA DO FOR US AND IMPROVING OUR PROPERTIES.
UH, ALSO THE SERVICES THAT, THAT, UH, WE HAVE OUT THERE ARE LIMITED AND WE ENJOY OUR PRIVACY AND WE ENJOY THE TIME THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE WITHOUT ANY INTERRUPTION FROM THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
UH, TAXES, WE PLAY ENOUGH TAXES OUT THERE AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT OUR TAXES WILL GO UP AND, UH, UH, IN A TREMENDOUS RATE AS I UNDERSTAND IT.
SO WITH THAT BEING SAID, I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU ALL TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE HAPPY AS WE ARE IN, IN THE AREA THAT WE LIVE IN, AND WE'D LIKE TO KEEP IT THAT WAY.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MR. ANTONIO OROCO.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE MR. DAVID TREVINO.
I GIVE MY CONTACT TO SOMEBODY ELSE.
OKAY, SO MR. TREVINO, YOU'RE GONNA GIVE YOUR TIME.
DO YOU HAVE A PERSON SPECIFICALLY THAT YOU WANNA GIVE IT TO? ALL RIGHT.
UM, I'LL GIVE THAT LOOKS LIKE MR. FOX WANTS TO ACCEPT THAT.
UM, I'LL GET TO YOU AND WE'LL, OKAY, MR. ESTRADA, YOU'LL HAVE FOUR MINUTES.
I'M THE ATTORNEY FOR MR. ESTRADA.
MY CLIENT OWNS AN 11.2 ACRE PROPERTY ON THE VERY EASTERN END OF ZONE A IN OTHER WORDS, THAT BLUE, UH, UH, PIECE OF, UH, DESIGNATION WITH THE RED AROUND IT.
ON THE VERY EASTERN END, HE OWNS 11.2 UH, ACRES OF PROPERTY.
HE'S ALREADY STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF A BARN DOMINION THERE.
AND SO ONE OF OUR MAJOR CONCERNS, UH, AND I DO AGREE WITH THE FIRST SPEAKER, THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY AN ATTEMPT THROUGH ZONING TO, TO, UH, UH, CREATE AN EMINENT DOMAIN OF THESE PROPERTIES.
BUT THAT BEING AS IT IS, UH, WE'RE CONCERNED THAT, THAT MY CLIENT IS GRANDFATHERED IN AND THAT HE'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO BUILD HIS BARNDOMINIUM AND TO COMPLETE IT AND THEN TO LIVE ON THE PROPERTY AS A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
UH, THAT'S OUR MAJOR CONCERN IN THIS MATTER.
AND I WOULD ASK THAT IF, UH, IF YOU DO GO FORWARD WITH THIS PROPOSAL, THAT YOU WOULD AT LEAST GRANDFATHER THOSE, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS IN THAT HAVE STARTED CONSTRUCTION ON THEIR, UH, ON THEIR PROPERTIES AND ALLOW THEM TO USE THEIR PROPERTIES, UH, AS THE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THAT THEY CHOSE TO USE THEM FOR.
UM, NEXT I HAVE MS. ELDA MORALES.
NEXT I HAVE, UH, GABRIELLE, CALIFORNIA.
AND IF YOU COULD PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS AND YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK, SIR.
I'M ERIC HERE, RODRIGUEZ, I LIVE AT 37 50 FEST ROAD.
I BUILT MY HOME APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO.
AND I'M NOT IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, REZONING.
UM, THE ONLY THING I DO HAVE TO SAY IS WHEN WE BRING THINGS UP, IS THERE GONNA BE REBUTTAL? ARE THERE, THESE JUST GONNA BE RECORDED AND NOT ANSWERED.
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TAKING NOTES, SO WE'LL, YOU MAY BE CALLED BACK UP FOR QUESTIONS IF A COMMISSIONER WISHES TO, TO ASK A QUESTION ON AN ITEM.MR. CHAIR, BEFORE MR. ALFARO STARTS, WHEN YOU COME UP, PLEASE REALLY CLEARLY SAY YOUR ADDRESS, BECAUSE THAT COULD LEAD TO BETTER QUESTIONS FROM US.
SO, LIKE MR. RODRIGUEZ, I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THE NAME OF THE ROAD THAT YOU'RE ON.
THAT'S FEST ROAD FOX SHARK ECHO.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU COMMISSIONER.
I LIVE AT 9 1 9 LEE TREVINO IN THE MISSION DE LAGO NEIGHBORHOOD.
UH, MY CONCERN IS THAT I'M AGAINST THIS BECAUSE I DON'T BELIEVE THAT THERE'S ANY, UH, THIS WILL ENABLE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL JUST TO MOVE INTO THE RESIDENTIAL OR, OR ENCROACH INTO THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS WITHOUT ANY, UH, SET OR ESTABLISHED, UH, OVERVIEW OR, OR, OR ANYTHING TO PREVENT US FROM BEING EXPOSED TO, UH, UH, ANY HAZARDOUS OR CONTAMINANTS AND WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION ALSO TO THE ENVIRONMENT AS WELL IN THE AREA, WHICH INCLUDES THE, UH, THE LAKES AND THE RIVERS IN THE AREA TOO.
UM, SO JUST, UM, MY CONCERN IS FOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE RESIDENTS AND ALSO THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS THAT ARE BEING ESTABLISHED IN THE AREA AS WELL AS THE ENVIRONMENT.
SO FOR, FOR THOSE REASONS, I'M AGAINST THIS AT THIS TIME.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. EDUARDO ALVARADO OR ALVARADO.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. ASHLEY STALL.
MR. CHAIR, CAN I MAKE A RECOMMENDATION FOR STAFF ON SOMETHING? YES.
UM, COULD WE POSSIBLY HAVE THE NEXT PERSON, LIKE IN A HOT SEAT OR STANDING IN A CERTAIN AREA? I MIGHT GO A LITTLE FASTER.
SO MR. RICKY RODRIGUEZ, AND THEN FO FOLLOWING HIM WILL BE MS. PATRICIA.
YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK, SIR.
SO, UH, I LIVE AT 1 6 7 8 0 PLEASANTON ROAD.
UM, I'M JUST INSIDE THE BLUE, BUT I'M IN THE BUFFER NOW FOR SURE.
NOW, IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE, ARE WE GONNA GET CITY TAX NOW? DOES ANYBODY KNOW? HOW'S THIS WORK? I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT SURE.
DOES ANYBODY, ANYBODY GOT AN ANSWER? I GUESS COULD WE GET A, 'CAUSE THIS IS THE SECOND QUESTION ON, ON CLARIFYING YES.
IMPACTS ON THE, THOSE THAT LIVE OUTSIDE THE CITY IN THE A TJ.
HOW, HOW IS THERE, CAN YOU, BECAUSE I'M COUNTY RIGHT NOW GONNA IMPACT THEM.
UM, SO IF YOU LIVE WITHIN THE COUNTY, YOU ARE NOT WITHIN THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
THIS DOESN'T CHANGE YOUR STATUS.
YOU WILL CONTINUE TO REMAIN IN THE COUNTY.
THE REASON WHY YOU WOULD'VE RECEIVED A NOTICE IS BECAUSE WE HAD TO SEND NOTIFICATION TO FOLKS ALONG POSTAL ROUTES.
SO GIVEN THAT FOLKS THAT ARE OUTSIDE OF THE CITY LIMITS ALSO RECEIVED NOTICES THAT THERE ARE CHANGING CONDITIONS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY, HAVING SAID THAT, IT DOES NOT CHANGE THE CONDITIONS ON YOUR SPECIFIC PROPERTY AND YOU'LL REMAIN IN THE COUNTY IF YOU LIVE, IF YOU RESIDE IN THE COUNTY TODAY.
ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M STILL AGAINST THE REZONING,
I MEAN, SERIOUSLY, BECAUSE WE GOT TOYOTA THERE.
I, I'VE BEEN WHERE I LIVE, UH, 47 YEARS.
UM, I GOT MY GRANDKIDS, NOW I'M RAISING THEM.
UH, AND I LIKE FOR THEM TO HAVE MY PROPERTY AND I JUST, BECAUSE OF A BIG COMPANY, THEY'RE DOING THAT.
AND I, I JUST THINK IT'S ALL WRONG.
YOU KNOW, IF THAT WAS THE CASE, THEY SHOULD HAVE, IF THEY WANT, THEY CAN BUY MY PROPERTY.
THEY GIMME ENOUGH MONEY AND THEY CAN HAVE THE WHOLE DAMN THING
I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY I FEEL.
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I'M SICK OF WHAT'S GOING ON CONSTANTLY.EVERYBODY'S ALWAYS TRYING TO GET THEIR, UH, HAND IN MY POCKET.
AND I'M OVER HERE JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.
I'M GONNA RETIRE PRETTY SOON, SO I AIN'T GOT MUCH LEFT.
AND, UH,
AND AGAIN, UM, AFTER MS. HANNAH, WE WILL HAVE MR. LEONARDO RAJA OFF.
UM, I ACTUALLY WORK AT THE ARCHITECTURE OFFICE JUST ACROSS THE STREET.
UH, I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF SEPTIMUS RANCHES OF FAMILY TRUST.
UH, SEPTIMUS RANCHES OWNS A 33 AND A HALF ACRE TRACT PROPERTY ID.
LEGAL DESCRIPTION, CB 4 180 1 P DASH 2D AAVS 4 65.
THAT WILL BE IN ZONE A OF THE INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT.
I'M A FIFTH GENERATION TEXAN AND A DESCENDANT OF A FAMILY AND RANCH STARTED BY JOHN WATSON IN 1884.
UM, OUR PROPERTY HAS BEEN CONTINUOUSLY RANCHED BY MY FAMILY FOR, UH, OVER 125 YEARS.
UM, I'M A BENEFICIARY OF THE SEPTUS RANCH TRUST AND I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF MARGARET WATSON CON, MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO IS 91 YEARS OLD AND UNABLE TO ATTEND THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SHE IS THE GENERAL PARTNER AND TRUSTEE OF THE TRUST.
SEPTIMUS RANCHES IS OPPOSED TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ZONING OVERLAY DISTRICT FOR THE FOLLOWING REASONS.
ONE, THE OVERLAY DISTRICT WILL NEGATIVELY AFFECT THE PROPERTY VALUE AND EFFECTIVELY REPRESENTS A PUBLIC TAKING WITHOUT TRUST COMPENSATION.
SEPTIMUS RANCH WILL USE ALL LEGAL, LEGAL MEANS TO SEEK FINANCIAL RESTITUTION FOR LOST VALUE IF THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT IS INSTITUTED.
TWO, THE PROPERTY WAS INTENDED TO BE USED FOR FAMILY RESIDENTIAL USE AND DIVIDED INTO NINE EQUAL PARCELS TO ALLOW EACH FAMILY MEMBER THE OPTION OF CONSTRUCTION OF A RESIDENCE.
THIS WILL NOT BE ALLOWED UNDER THIS INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT AGAIN, TAKING WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
UH, THREE SIST RANCHES HAS A STANDING SUBSTANTIAL OFFER TO PURCHASE THE, THE PROPERTY AFFECTED.
THIS OFFER WILL BE AFFECTED OR COULD BE WITHDRAWN SHOULD THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT BE APPROVED FOR ADEQUATE NOTICE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN TO SEPTUS RANCH.
WE ONLY FOUND OUT DUE TO OUR NE NEIGHBORS TELLING US ABOUT THE HEARING AT CHURCH ON SUNDAY.
WE DID NOT RECEIVE THE PUBLIC NOTICE BECAUSE THE ADDRESS FOR SEPTIMA RANCHES IS INCORRECT.
FOR THESE REASONS, SEPTUS RANCH OPPOSE THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE LEONARDO OV AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. BENJAMIN HAMILTON FER.
UM, AND SAME FOR YOU, MR. HAMILTON.
SO, I'M SORRY, THE NAME FER FERIN.
I'M SORRY IF ANYONE TIME, I'M NOT SURE.
SO JUST, JUST SO YOU'RE AWARE, IF YOU'RE GIVING TIME, YOU CAN ONLY GIVE UP.
TWO PEOPLE CAN GIVE UP THEIR TIME.
SO AGAIN, UH, YOU TWO GENTLEMEN HAVE GIVEN YOUR TIME TO HIM, SO HE'LL HAVE SORRY.
MY NAME IS FERIN RAUL, 1901 NORWAY MILITARY DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
I OWN A PROPERTY IN THE SOUTH SIDE, THE NICEST MASTER PLAN DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS CALLED THE PRESERVE AT MEDINA RIVER.
IT IS MY HOPE THAT TOGETHER WE CAN STEER THE COURSE OF OUR SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY TOWARDS JUSTICE AND FURNISH FOR EVERY LAND OWNER, NOT JUST ONE TOYOTA.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HOUSING AND RENTAL PRICES ARE UP ALL THE TIME HIGH IN OUR GREAT CITY.
AND TODAY, THE SOUTH SIDE IS ONE OF THE FEW PLACES WHERE RESIDENTS CAN STILL AFFORD TO BUY AND RENT.
AND YET WE ARE HERE TODAY TO DISCUSS LOCKING THIS UP.
ACCORDING TO THE TEXAS A AND M TOYOTA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN THAT IS IN THE WORKS STATES THAT ONLY 2% OF THE LAND AREA IS USED FOR RESIDENCE AND LESS THAN 1% IS USED FOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES.
58% OF THE WORKERS IN THIS AREA COMMUTE DAILY BETWEEN 10 AND 24 MILES.
WHY KILL DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOMES AND APARTMENTS? THERE ARE, UH, CAN YOU PUT MY, THERE ARE OVER 1000 LOAN OWNERS IN THE PROPOSED AREA THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS NEW ZONING PROPOSAL, AND IT TROUBLES ME DEEPLY THAT SO LITTLE TIME AND EFFORT WAS GIVEN TO GATHER THEIR INPUT BEFORE PUSHING FORWARD WITH THAT RECOMMENDATION.
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THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO SENT OUT OVER 13,000 NOTICES ABOUT TODAY'S MEETING BASED ON INFORMATION FROM OUR POST POSTAL SERVICES DATA, BUT THEY WON'T RECEIVE UNTIL MAY 13TH BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE IMPACTED.FOR COMPARISON, THE MILITARY LIGHTING OVERDALE OVERLAY HAD MORE THAN A YEAR OF PUBLIC INPUT, HAVE MORE THAN FOUR GENERAL MEETINGS, FIVE TAX BOARD MEETINGS, AND THREE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
NOW I MUST ASK, HOW MANY PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD BEFORE FILING THIS PUBLIC HEARING? HOW MANY OF THE LANDOWNERS WERE ABLE TO ATTEND AND SPEAK THEIR MINDS PRIOR TO THIS MEETING? I WAS NEVER INVITED TO ANY OF THOSE MEETINGS.
AS I STATED BEFORE, IT WAS ONLY EIGHT DAYS AGO THAT PEOPLE WERE NOTIFIED FOR THE FIRST TIME ABOUT THIS ZONING HEARING.
AND YET HERE WE STAND IN FRONT OF THE ZONING COMMISSION.
IS THIS ENOUGH TIME TO GET NECESSARY INFORMATION TO MAKE RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL? AS PART OF MY POWER PRESENTATION THAT SHOULD COME UP, YOU'LL SEE THAT A MAP DOESN'T JUST SHOW PARCELS OF LAND.
IT REPRESENTS THE LIVELIHOODS OF OVER A THOUSAND FAMILIES.
WE ALL DESERVE MORE THAN OUR REPRESENTATIVES.
WE DESERVE TO BE HEARD AND THE CITY HAS GIVEN US NO VOICE.
HAVING CLOSE A THOUSAND ADDRESSES AND NAMES FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT RECEIVE THIS NOTICE, IT WAS ONLY CONFUSING AND MISINFORMATION ENCLOSED.
YOU CAN ALSO SEE AN EMAIL FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR APOLOGIZING FOR THE MISINFORMATION THAT WAS SENT OUT YESTERDAY.
LET ME GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES THAT HAPPENED.
ONE RESIDENT CAME TO SEE ONE OF MY FRIENDS THAT IS IN APPLEWHITE.
HE CAME TO SEE HIM AND SAY, I RECEIVED THE NOTICE.
ARE THEY GONNA TAKE MY HOUSE AND GIVE IT TO THE WORKERS OF TOYOTA? THEN I SAW ANOTHER LADY AT THE GAS STATION ON HIGHWAY 16 AND WATSON ROAD.
SHE WAS WITH THIS NOTICE AND AS NOSY IMI APPROACH HER AND SAY, WHAT'S GOING ON? SHE SAID, THEY'RE GONNA RAISE MY HOUSE AND CONVERT IT TO COMMERCIAL.
SO WHY DO WE REQUEST EXACTLY TWO MILES AROUND TOYOTA? WHY NOT TWO MILES TO THE NORTH OR ONE MILE TO THE SOUTH? THE ENTIRE AREA HAS BIG DIFFERENCES IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TRANSIT DEPENDING ON WHICH DIRECTION YOU ARE SITUATED.
FOR EXAMPLE, TWO MILES TO THE SOUTH OF TOYOTA PLANT HAS NO UTILITIES.
TWO MILES TO THE WEST IS COMPLETELY LOADED WITH EXTRA CAPACITY IN ROOM TO GROW.
WAS THERE A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE DISTANCE AND REASON OF THIS? ARE WE HERE TO LEGITIMIZE THE STAR AGREEMENT SIGNED 20 YEARS AGO, O WAS THERE A STUDY FOR THE THREE MILES WITH THE S AGREEMENT BACK THEN, THIS REDUCTION DOESN'T MERELY CHANGE GEOGRAPHIC BOUNDARIES.
IT SHIFTS THE BOUNDARIES OF FURNACE AND OPPORTUNITY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WILL TOYOTA PICK UP AND LEAVE, LEAVE THIS PLACE.
IF THEY DON'T GET AWAY WITH THIS, THEY WILL PRODUCE LESS CAR OR HAVE LESS EARNINGS IMPACTED.
ONE DAY AGO, WHAT A COINCIDENCE IT IS, THEY ANNOUNCED THAT THE NEW EXPANSION, IT'S ALWAYS EXPANSION, ARE WELCOME.
THEY GOT FROM US $133 MILLION ON 2006 WITH INCENTIVES, AND NOW THEY'RE GETTING MORE.
WHY DON'T THEY FOCUS ON BUILDING GREAT CARS AND STOP HINDERING OUR DEVELOPMENTS.
TOYOTA IS STRIVING IN PROFIT AT THE COST.
AT THE COST OF LANDOWNERS AND DEVELOPERS, THE ISSUE TRANSCENDS ECONOMIC GROWTH.
OUR CORE PRINCIPLE AS WE DEVELOP IT IS ABOUT ENSURING THAT EVERYONE, REGARDLESS OF THEIR ECONOMIC STATUS, HAS THE SAME OPPORTUNITIES.
FURTHERMORE, THE IMPLICATION FOR PROPERTY VIOLENCE ARE DIRE.
HOW CAN THOSE LOOKING TO AFFORD HOUSING ON THE SOUTH SIDE BE IGNORED SO EASILY AND THOSE LOOKING TO DEVELOP FUTURE HOUSING PROJECTS BE PUSHED ASIDE? WHY WILL IT HAPPEN TO ALL THE INVESTORS WHO PUT MONEY INTO DEVELOPMENT AND NOW SEE THEIR VALUES DIMINISH AS THE AREA LOCK BECAUSE OF CORPORATE INTERESTS? AND WHAT OTHER COMPANIES LIKE NAVISTAR, LET ME JUST FINISH LIKE THIS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY SHAME, SHAME, SHAME ON US IF WE DON'T TAKE THE TIME TO GET THIS RIGHT.
SHAME ON THE ELECTED COUNCIL PEOPLE AND WOMEN THAT ARE TURNING THE BLIND EYE TO THE PEOPLE THAT THEY REPRESENT.
SHAME TO OUR CITY MANAGERS TO TRY TO PULL A FAST ONE ON YOUR, YOUR COMMISSION.
SHAME ON ANY ONE OF US THAT THINKS THAT
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CORPORATE INTEREST SHOULD BECOME BEFORE WILL BANK CITIZENS.THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. DOROTHY ROFF, AND THEN TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. DAVID, UH, PRICHARD.
OKAY, MR. RICHARD, YOU HAVE FOUR MINUTES, PLEASE.
GOOD AFTERNOON LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I RESIDE AT 43 GRANBERG CIRCLE IN DISTRICT 10.
UH, THIS IS MY FIRST APPEARANCE EVER BEFORE THE ZONING COMMISSION.
AND I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR 50 YEARS.
THIS IS A TRAVESTY CONDUCTED BY THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IN A BACK ROOM WITH TOYOTA.
TOYOTA IS THE ONE WHO IS BEHIND THIS, ALONG WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
BUT THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE TODAY IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CAN AND SHOULD DO BETTER.
THEY'RE TRYING TO RUSH THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT THROUGH THE COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH.
I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION SIMPLY DEFER THIS FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS.
GIVE THESE PEOPLE AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR THEIR CONCERNS.
THIS WAS RUSHED INTO, AND I'LL JUST TELL YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THIS IS NOT TRANSPARENT.
THIS IS NOT THOUGHT OUT AND IT'S NOT A FULLY VETTED PROPOSAL.
THERE WAS NO PLANNING COMMISSION INVOLVEMENT AS FAR AS I I CAN TELL, NO REVIEW BY THE TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, THIS WHOLE PROCESS WAS STARTED IN MARCH.
HOW OFTEN DO YOU HAVE PEOPLE LIKE THIS SHOWING UP AT YOUR ZONING COMMISSION MEETINGS? NOT VERY OFTEN.
THIS PROPOSAL WILL BAN FUTURE RESIDENTIAL, BOTH SINGLE FAMILY AND MULTIFAMILY WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE PERIMETER OF WHAT? OF TOYOTA.
NOW TOYOTA IS A GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN.
SO ARE ALL THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE AND SO ARE ALL THE OTHER 13,000 PEOPLE THAT ARE AFFECTED BY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO TODAY.
NOW, I RESPECTFULLY ASKED THIS COMMISSION, WHERE DOES THE TWO MILE BAN COME FROM? WHO THOUGHT THAT UP? HAVE YOU SEEN ANY STUDY, ANY ENGINEERING STUDY, ANY TRAFFIC STUDY, ANY ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY, ANY KIND OF STUDY, SCIENTIFIC STUDY WHATSOEVER TO SAY TOYOTA NEEDS A TWO MILE BUFFER ZONE.
20 YEARS AGO THEY NEEDED THREE MILES.
BUT IT'S FUNNY, IF YOU GO TO, UH, LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA WHERE THERE'S A TOYOTA PLANT IN LONG BEACH, THEY DON'T HAVE THREE MILES.
OR SOMEHOW THE CITIZENS OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA DIFFERENT FROM THE CITIZENS OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
TOYOTA HAS 14 MANUFACTURING PLANTS IN THIS COUNTRY.
DON'T YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAD A SCIENTIFIC STUDY TO TELL EACH OF YOU WHY WE NEED TWO MILES, THEY'D HAVE IT LAID OUT FOR YOU.
AND IF YOU'VE SEEN IT, I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T.
IF THERE'S HARD SCIENTIFIC E EVIDENCE AS TO WHY A TWO OR THREE MILE BUFFER ZONE WAS REALLY NEEDED, I BELIEVE YOU WOULD REALLY SEE IT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE RESPECTFULLY ASK, RESPECTFULLY ASK THAT YOU DEFER DECISIONS ON THIS PROPOSAL FOR AT LEAST 90 DAYS.
BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE ABOUT IT, WE ARE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED TO THIS.
NEXT WE HAVE, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MR. STANTON BUCKALEW, PLEASE.
UH, WE'RE REAL CLOSE TO THE LEON CREEK BORDER THERE.
UM, I'LL BE REAL HONEST, WE'VE ALL SEEN WHERE CORPORATE COMPANIES COME IN AND THEY BUY WHAT THEY NEED TO MAKE HAPPEN.
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COME HERE, PAYROLL'S CHEAPER, SCIENTIFIC FAST.Y'ALL SEE WHO I WORK FOR, RIGHT? I COMMUTE 50 MILES A DAY, BUT THAT'S MY HOME.
I GREW UP THERE, BEEN THERE 40 YEARS.
NOW YOU'RE GONNA LIMIT WHAT MY VALUE IS AND INCREASE THE TAXES.
TOYOTA WANTS TO BUFFER IT ON TO GET THE CHECKBOOK OUT AND THEY CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
THEY CAN BUILD THEIR OWN MOAT AND I'LL USE Y'ALL TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IF ANYBODY QUESTIONS IT, YEAH, WE'RE OPPOSED OF IT AS A FAMILY.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. EARNEST, UH, CHAON FOLLOWED MR. EARNEST CHAON TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. FERNANDO HERNANDEZ.
MY NAME IS ERNEST
AND BECAUSE OF WHAT'S HAPPENING, I WISH I HAD NEVER BOUGHT THE PLACE.
UH, MY BROTHER AND I AND OUR FAMILIES HAVE BEEN CONTROLLED FOR 10 YEARS BY THE CITY.
I HAD A KNEE OPERATION, A BACK OPERATION, THREE HERNEY OPERATIONS.
WE MADE AN ATTEMPT TO SELL ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO AND NOBODY WANTED THE PLACE 'CAUSE IT WAS CONTROLLED.
AND, UH, IT IS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT FOR, FOR ME, FOR OUR FAMILY.
I'M 85 YEARS OLD, MY BROTHER IS 90 YEARS OLD.
AND WE REALIZE THAT WE HAVE TO, WE PROBABLY WILL HAVE TO SELL THE PLACE.
AND IF THEY CONTROL IT, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN WE SELL IT? WHO'S GONNA BUY IT? IT IS DIFFICULT.
AND, AND WE'RE SUPPOSED TO FARM AND, AND TO RAISE CATTLE AND, AND TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE GAG EXEMPTION GOING.
AND AT 85 AND 90, HOW IN THE WORLD CAN, CAN WE GO OUT THERE AND GET ON THE TRACTOR AND, AND WORK THE FIELDS? IT'S DIFFICULT.
YOU BEGIN BECAUSE OF THERE, WE KNOW WE HAVE TO FARM AND WE CAN'T, IN A WAY, WE, WE REALIZE THAT WE BEGIN TO FEEL LIKE, LIKE THEY DO IN CHINA.
UM, I HATE TO SAY THAT, AND I DON'T MEAN TO TO INSULT YOU, BUT THIS IS THE WAY THAT I FEEL.
AND I'M HOPING THAT THEY ALLOW A DEVELOPMENT ON OUR, ON OUR PROPERTY AND THEY, THEY, THEY DON'T CONTROL IT.
I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M OPPOSED TO IT BECAUSE OF THAT REASON.
AND I, I'M HOPING THAT, UM, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO YOUR PARENTS.
YOU, IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO YOUR PARENTS.
WHAT HAPPENED TO US? AND I'M NOT AGAINST TOYOTA.
BUT THE CITY SHOULD HAVE DONE SOMETHING FOR US ALONG THE WAY INSTEAD OF JUST CONTROLLING US.
AND, AND WE ARE AFRAID THAT THEY WON'T BE.
AND WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO? AND THEY STILL WANT US TO, TO FORM IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
SO THANKS FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
NEXT WE HAVE HERNANDO HERNANDEZ.
AND THEN FOLLOWING MR. HERNANDEZ, I HAVE MR. NORTO CHAVEZ.
MR. HERNANDEZ IS, UM, ROBERTO CHAVEZ HERE.
SIR, IF YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES PLEASE.
AND THEN FOLLOWING HIM WILL BE MS. ADA JIMENEZ.
MY NAME IS NOBERTO CHAVEZ AND I LIVE AT 1 6 3 6 7 LAREDO ROAD.
AND I'D LIKE TO START BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
UM, AS ALREADY SPOKEN BEFORE, OUR FAMILY'S BEEN IN THE AREA THAT WE LIVE IN, PROBABLY FOR OVER A HUNDRED AND SOMETHING YEARS, MAYBE 150 MAYBE, WHATEVER IT IS.
MY MOTHER WAS BORN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT I LIVE IN CURRENTLY.
WE OWN PROPERTIES IN THE AREA AS WELL BESIDES WHERE WE LIVE.
UM, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT, LIKE THE OTHER FOLKS ALREADY SPOKE IS YOU ARE NOT GIVEN ENOUGH TIME, FOLKS, WHOEVER, WHOEVER AGENDA THIS IS OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN COMMISSIONED TO DO THIS JOB.
I'VE SAT IN YOUR, IN YOUR SEATS BEFORE AS BEING COMMISSIONED TO, TO DIFFERENT COMMISSIONS AND HAVING TO HEAR THIS THING.
ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU, THE
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DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE WILL HAVE A GRAND EFFECT ON EVERYBODY.AND NOT ONLY THAT, IF YOU DON'T THINK YOUR CONSCIENCE WILL COME BACK TO VISIT YOU ON CERTAIN THINGS THAT YOU SAY, I PROMISE YOU IT WILL.
AND I SAT ON DIFFERENT BOARDS PROBABLY FOR AT LEAST 14 TO 15 YEARS.
AND THERE'S NOT A DAY THAT GOES BY THAT YOU, YOU QUESTION YOURSELF.
IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE ANY KIND OF CONSCIENCE, YOU QUESTION YOURSELF.
AND I KNOW I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO SPEAK, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK A FEW QUESTIONS.
UM, WHAT YOU GUYS ARE OR WHAT THEY PLAN ON DOING.
AND ONE OF THEM IS, IS WHAT IS THIS, WHAT IS THE CITY'S MASTER'S PLAN? AND, UH, WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? RIGHT? WHAT ZONING IS ALREADY IN PLACE? WHAT ZONING DO YOU GUYS ALREADY HAVE, HAVE HAVE YOU GUYS DONE AS ALREADY STATED BEFORE, UH, ON THE TRAFFIC? HAVE Y'ALL DONE ANY ANALYSIS ON THIS? UM, WHAT IS THE REASONING FOR THE CHANGES FOR THIS ZONING CHANGE? YOU KNOW, UH, THE OTHER IS, UH, WHAT COMPANIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN APPROVED FOR THIS ZONING AND WHAT COMPANIES ARE IN TALKS WITH THE CITY AND TOYOTA AND WHOEVER THE POWERS THAT BE.
UM, WHAT SCHOOLS ARE PROPOSED FOR THIS AREA.
YOU KNOW, HAVE YOU THOUGHT ABOUT OUR KIDDOS? I DON'T HEAR ANYBODY TALKING ABOUT KIDS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THIS OR THE ELDERLY.
JUST, HEY, WE GOT AN OVERLAY GOING ON.
UM, ANYHOW, FOLKS, THANK YOU FOR, FOR THE TIME THAT YOU'VE, UH, ALLOWED ME TO SPEAK.
AND, UM, WE WOULD JUST LIKE MORE TIME AS A GENTLEMAN TO SAY, I DON'T THINK 90 DAYS IS ENOUGH.
I THINK WE NEED MUCH MORE TIME TO BE ABLE TO, TO DIGEST THIS AND TO, FOR THESE FOLKS BEHIND ME TO BE ABLE TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEY THEMSELVES GET EDUCATED AS TO ALL OF US AS TO HOW THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT OUR FUTURE.
THANK YOU MR. NEXT WE HAVE MS. ADA JIMENEZ TO BE FOLLOWED BY MR. JAMES HILL.
UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME SPEAK.
UM, BUT I'M AGAINST, UM, THE ZONING THAT'S, UH, SORRY, MS. JIMENEZ, CAN YOU GIVE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS PLEASE? OH, THANK YOU.
UH, IT'S ADA JIMENEZ AND IT'S 1 6 8 4 0 STATE HIGHWAY 16 SOUTH LOT NUMBER 10, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2, UH, 7 8 2 6 4.
AND, UM, I'M AGAINST IT BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE ALL HUMAN.
IF IT HAPPENED TO ANY OF US, UM, EVEN YOU UP HERE THAT ARE SITTING UP HERE, HOW WOULD YOU FEEL? UM, YOU DON'T KNOW IF YOU HAVE, UM, NO ONE KNOWS IF THERE'S, IF THERE'S PEOPLE THAT HAVE MONEY TO BE ABLE TO JUST GET UP AND MOVE OUT.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT EVERYBODY'S, EVERYBODY'S FINANCIAL STATUS.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THEIR EMOTIONAL STATUS.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, ABOUT THEIR CAPABILITIES.
WE HAVE TO THINK ABOUT OUR CHILDREN.
WE'VE, I'VE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD OF SAN ANTONIO BECAUSE I WAS BORN AND RAISED HERE.
AND, UM, AND WE NEED TO STAND OUR GROUND EVEN FOR, FOR THE CI THE CITIZENS OF, UM, OF SAN ANTONIO.
WE CAN'T LET A COMPANY COME IN AND TAKE OVER.
UM, YES, THEY ARE IN OUR LOCATION AND I'M NOT FAR.
I'M FIVE MINUTES AWAY FROM TOYOTA.
UM, AND I'M JUST, I'M JUST WANTING US TO GO AHEAD AND THINK ABOUT EVERYONE THAT'S BEHIND US AND THOSE THAT COULDN'T COME, THOSE THAT HAVE TO GO TO WORK AND, UH, CAN'T STAND UP FOR THEMSELVES.
PLEASE, PLEASE THINK ABOUT, ABOUT OUR FAMILIES AND LET US BE PROUD OF SAN ANTONIO STAND SHOWING THAT WE STAND UP FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
NEXT WE HAVE MR. JAMES HILL TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. LAURIE.
CHARLES AFTERNOON, JAMES HILL.
I SPELL CAL KILO UNIFORM CHARLIE HOTEL, ALPHA ROMEO PASS.
COMMON SPELLING INSIDE OF MISSION DE LAGO.
I DON'T NEED ANY OF THIS STUFF COMING IN, GETTING ENCROACHED ON THERE.
THERE'S A FUEL FARM RIGHT DOWN THE ROAD FROM MISSION DE LAGO.
ANY OF YOU KNOW THAT IF THIS GETS APPROVED, MORE STUFF LIKE THAT CAN COME IN AND THERE COULD BE AN EXPLOSION AND CAUSE HAZARD HAZMAT SPILL.
AND THERE'S A SCHOOL LOCATED INSIDE A MISSION DE LAGO AS WELL THAT CAN ENDANGER KIDS.
AND MY SON WAS BORN TWO YEARS PREMATURE.
I DON'T NEED ANY MORE COMPANIES COMING IN AND ABUSING THE AREAS OUT THERE.
AND THIS NOTICE HAD ME AND MY WIFE TERRIFIED THAT WE'RE PROBABLY STILL GONNA GET FORCED OUT, OUT AND FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE.
IT WAS A VIPER PIT TRYING TO GET A HOUSE HERE THAT WAS AFFORDABLE FOR MY PAY.
IF THIS HAPPENS, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE VALUE OF THE HOUSE? CAN I SELL IN THE FUTURE AND BE ABLE TO MOVE AND RELOCATE SOMEWHERE ELSE IN SAN ANTONIO OR IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IN TEXAS? I AM ORIGINALLY FROM CALIFORNIA.
I CAN'T EVEN AFFORD TO GO BACK THERE AND LIVE AROUND MY FAMILY.
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THIS WAS THE CHEAPEST PLACE I COULD FIND.I HIGHLY RECOMMEND YOU TO FURTHER EVALUATION ON THIS AND HEAR MORE FROM US CITIZENS HOW YOU HAVE MY TIME.
NEXT WE HAVE, UH, MS. LAURIE CHARLES TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. PRISCILLA CERVANTES, MS. CHARLES.
NEXT, UM, WE HAVE MS. PRISCILLA CERVANTES.
AND, UM, AFTER HER WILL BE MR. UM, BETH ENGLISH, PLEASE.
I LIVE ON 1 8 3 80 SOUTH JET ROAD AND I AM AGAINST THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF RURAL AREA IN OUR AREA, AND WHEN TOYOTA CAME, THEY HAD PROMISED THAT THEY WERE GONNA TRY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY, AND NOW THEY WANNA DO THIS.
WE HAVE A LOT OF SCHOOLS THAT ARE POPPING UP SOUTHWEST SCHOOL AND DIFFERENT SCHOOLS IN THE AREA, AND WE DON'T NEED MORE CONGESTION.
LIKE WE'VE BEEN THERE OVER 30 YEARS AND TOYOTA PROMISED THAT MORE INDUSTRIAL WASN'T COMING AND IT'S ALL OVER.
IT'S RIGHT ACROSS FROM TOYOTA.
UH, MORE BUSINESSES ARE COMING IN, TAKING OVER OUR SPACE.
I MEAN, THERE'S SOME LAND AND THERE'S A LOT OF CATTLE, AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS INTENDED TO BE.
AND NOW THEY'RE MAKING MORE INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS AND IT'S NOT RIGHT.
IT, THERE'S A LOT OF CITIZENS HERE THAT BEEN, HAVE BEEN IN THEIR PLACES OVER 30, 40 YEARS.
AND IT'S NOT FAIR TO US THAT WE HAD AN ENVISION OF LEAVING OUR LAND TO OUR KIDS AND OUR GRANDKIDS.
AND NOW LOOK, IT'S JUST GONNA BE OVERPOPULATED.
THEY ALLOWED A, A SUBDIVISION RIGHT THERE BY, UM, HIGHWAY 16 AND 1604, INSIDE 1604.
AND THERE'S NOT EVEN FRONTAGE.
THERE'S NOT EVEN TRA I MEAN, ENOUGH ROAD FRONTAGE.
THERE'S LITERALLY LIKE LITTLE SPACES EVEN RIGHT THERE ON JET ROAD WHERE I LIVE TOYOTA, WHEN THEY LET OUT FOR, UH, LUNCH AND STUFF.
THEY'RE LIKE THIS RACING AGAINST JUST TO GET TO THE BILL MILLERS DOWN THE STREET.
IT'S LIKE, REALLY? HOW ARE YOU GONNA MAKE MORE INDUSTRIAL AREAS WHEN THERE'S NO ROAD FRONTAGE? THERE'S, THERE'S NO, UM, SECURITY, THERE'S NOTHING.
IT'S LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT MORE CONGESTED THAN IT IS.
WHEN TOYOTA PROMISED THAT THEY WERE GONNA MAKE IT RULE, LEAVE IT RULE.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. BETH ENGLISH INSTEAD, AND SHE WILL BE FOLLOWED BY, UM, ASHLEY AND FINO RAMOS, PLEASE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS BETH ENGLISH.
I LIVE AT 1 95 NEAL ROAD, AND I'M REPRESENTING MY FAMILY FROM 180 1 NEIL, ONE EIGHTY NINE, ONE NINETY TWO, THREE TEN FOUR THIRTY.
WE HAVE 160 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF NE AND 160 ACRES ON THE SOUTH.
WE RAISE CATTLE, WE PLAN TO LIVE THERE, AND OUR CHILDREN WOULD LIVE THERE AND MY GRANDCHILDREN WOULD LIVE THERE.
MY CONCERN IS I FEEL LIKE THIS HAS BEEN RUSHED.
MR. PRITCHARD COVERED MOST OF THAT.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS.
LIKE ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS ON MY ROAD.
I USED TO GET NINE PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN MY ROAD.
THEY WERE THE NINE PEOPLE THAT LIVED ON OUR ROAD YESTERDAY FROM FIVE O'CLOCK TO SIX O'CLOCK.
I COUNTED 72 CARS GOING DOWN IN FRONT OF MY ROAD AND THEY WEREN'T DOING THE 30 MILES AN HOUR.
WE HAVE TWO CURVES THAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY AT 20.
WE HAD AN ACCIDENT AGAIN LAST NIGHT.
I FEEL LIKE A LOT OF THIS IS HAPPENING BECAUSE YOU'RE IN A RUSH.
WE HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH STUDIES.
WE HAVEN'T TALKED ABOUT WHERE ALL THE TRAFFIC'S GONNA GO.
WHERE ARE THESE PEOPLE GONNA GO? I OH, THAT.
THE OTHER THING, I HAVE 18 WHEELERS NOW GOING DOWN MY ROAD AND THERE'S NO PLACE THEY'RE GOING OTHER THAN TOYOTA.
SO I JUST FEEL LIKE IF Y'ALL WOULD LOOK AT THE STUDY, SPEND A LITTLE MORE TIME, HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTION AND ANSWERS.
ALL I'VE HEARD IS EVERYBODY GETS UP AND HAS THEIR SPIEL, BUT NONE OF THE ANSWERS HAVE BEEN HEARD.
WHEN DO WE GET TO ASK A QUESTION AND HAVE YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, I APPRECIATE IT.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. ASHLEY AND FINO RAMOS PRESS AND YOUR NAME, SIR? MY NAME JOHN STALLINGS.
WELL, YOU CAN GIVE THAT WHEN YOU'RE IN THE, AT THE CODY, PLEASE.
MY ADDRESS, 1 5, 1 3 3 RY COVE, VAUGHN, OMNI, TEXAS.
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OKAY, FIRST OF ALL, BEFORE I GET STARTED, I'M AGAINST THIS.THE REASON I'M AGAINST THIS IS BECAUSE, FIRST OF ALL, I CAME FROM A LOW INCOME HOME IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
SO FINALLY WE GOT CHANCE TO GET OUR CREDIT OVER 700, AND WE MOVED OVER HERE IN VON ARMIE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO.
SO NOW WE'VE EXPERIENCED THE AMERICAN DREAM LIKE A LOT OF OUR FELS BACK HERE.
BUT NOW WE GOT A TOYOTA BEAST COMING IN, TRYING TO TAKE OUR DREAM AWAY.
AND LIKE I SAID, THEN THE OTHER THING IS I WANNA LET YOU KNOW THAT I'M A VETERAN.
I SERVE IN THE NAVY FOR FOUR YEARS, DEPARTMENT OF NAVY, 12 YEARS, THE FORCE THREE.
BUT I WAS OVER IN JAPAN, AND I KNOW THE CULTURAL AND MINDSET, THE PHILOSOPHY, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE OF JAPANESE, OF THE JAPANESE, UH, GOLD AFTER WORLD WAR II.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY WANTED TO DO IS TO COME BACK, NOT TO FEED US IN A DIFFERENT WAY, NOT IN WAR, BUT IN BUSINESS.
THEY WANNA COME UP AND BUY OUR AMERICAN PROPERTY.
SO WE NEED TO KEEP OUR EYES OPEN IN A WORLD WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO.
IT MAY BE THE GENERATION OF THOSE PEOPLE, BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE OUR PROPERTY AND STEAL AMERICA RIGHT UNDERNEATH OUR OWN HOUSE.
AND THE OTHER THING IS, I CAME DOWN WITH CANCER AND WE TALK ABOUT THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL HAZMAT THAT COULD AFFECT OUR FAMILY AND OUR CHILDREN.
I JUST CAME UP WITH, I HAD CANCER, MAN.
I PAN HAD CANCER AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
I WAS STAGE FOUR JUST TO BE HERE TODAY.
AND I DON'T WANT THIS TO HAPPEN TO OUR CHILDREN.
SO WE JUST HAVE TO STAND UP AND PUT PEOPLE OVER PROFIT AND THE LOVE OF MONEY, THE ROOT TO ALL EVIL.
LET US NOT BE GUILTY OF LOVING MONEY MORE THAN PEOPLE.
UM, NEXT WE HAVE, AND I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCE THIS, MS. ELDA MORALES ILLA LIA, UM, OFF OF APPLEWHITE.
DO WE HAVE A MR. JOSE ALSO OFF OF APPLEWHITE? ALL RIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE MR. FERNANDO MURANO, ALSO OFF APPLEWHITE.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. KATHLEEN NICHOLS.
MY SHE'S GIVING HER TIME TO HER SON IT SOUNDS LIKE.
ARE YOU GIVING? OKAY, MS. NICHOLS, YOU'RE GIVING YOUR TIME TO MR. ANDREW NICHOLS? YES.
MR. NICHOLS, WHO FOLLOWS? MR. NICHOLS? WE HAVE MELISSA NICHOLS.
DID DID YOU ALSO NEED, I'LL JUST USE THE SIX MINUTES.
BUT YOU ARE SEATING YOUR TIME TO YOUR SON, SO YOUR SON WILL BE SPEAKING.
UH, MY NAME IS ANDREW NICHOLAS, UM, HERE ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY.
UM, WE HAVE PROPERTY AT 13 8 9 7 FM 1937, WHICH IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE TWO MILE, UM, BUFFER ZONE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THIS LAND HAS BEEN IN OUR PROPERTY FOR OVER 80 YEARS, SEVEN YEARS.
UM, AND YOU KNOW, WE, OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS WE HAVE BEEN SELLING TO DEVELOPERS MOSTLY FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING TO SUPPORT THE CITY'S NEED FOR THAT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I FIRST RECEIVED THIS NOTICE A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN VERY DIFFICULT TO GET AHOLD OF THE CASE MANAGER TO UNDERSTAND, UM, HOW THEY DETERMINE WHAT THIS TWO MILE BUFFER WAS, WHERE IT CAME FROM.
UM, YOU KNOW, IN, IN SELLING OUR PROPERTY A FEW YEARS AGO AND TALKING TO DEVELOPERS, A START RIGHT AGREEMENT WAS A REAL, UM, PROBLEM FOR THEM.
UM, NO ONE REALLY KNEW THE BACKGROUND.
NO ONE UNDERSTAND WHERE THE THREE MILE RADIUS CAME FROM.
UM, AND LOOKING AT THIS MAP THAT WE RECEIVED A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, UM, ON ITS FACE, THIS LOOKS LIKE A REVISED VERSION OF THE STARBRITE AGREEMENT.
UM, JUST SLIMMED DOWN FROM A THREE MILE RADIUS TO A TWO MILE RADIUS.
UM, AND TALKING TO MR. SOLIS, UM, BEFORE THIS MEETING, THERE WAS A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS I POSED TO HIM THAT WERE, UH, UNANSWERED.
UM, MOSTLY REGARDING, UH, HOW THIS BUFFER ZONE WAS DETERMINED.
UM, WHY IT WAS EXACTLY A TWO MILE RADIUS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF TOYOTA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, AND HEALTH REASONS FOR DRAFTING A TWO MILE RADIUS.
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AND YOU GO THROUGH THE HISTORY OF THE STARBRITE AGREEMENT THAT WAS ORIGINALLY THREE MILES, WELL, GUESS WHAT'S INSIDE THAT THREE MILES TO YOU IS THE A AND M CAMPUS.OKAY? UM, YOU KNOW, IN 30 YEARS THAT A AND M CAMPUS WILL PROBABLY BE THE SIZE OF UTSA AT THE RATE THAT THE CITY IS GROWING AND THE, UM, JUST THE POPULATION DENSITY OF, OF THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
NOW, YOU KNOW, A AND M CAMPUS IS ALLOWING ALL THIS DEVELOPMENT BETWEEN IT AND FOUR 10, AND ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE CAMPUS, THERE'LL BE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENTS, ADDITIONAL BUILDINGS TO THE CAMPUS.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, WHEN I SAW THE PRESENTATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, UM, WHERE PUBLIC SAFETY WAS, UM, THE PRIMARY CONCERN FOR INSTALLING THIS INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, I HAD A CHUCKLE.
UM, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, GENERALLY LIVING IN SOUTH TEXAS, THE BLEND, THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE SOUTH.
GUESS WHAT'S TO THE NORTH IS THE A AND M CAMPUS.
SO IS PUBLIC SAFETY REALLY THE, THE MAIN REASON BEHIND THIS IN INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY DISTRICT, UH, I FIND IT VERY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IS WHEN THERE'S NO, BEEN NOT GIVEN ANY CONCRETE STUDY AS TO HOW THE PERIMETER WAS DRAFTED.
UM, YOU KNOW, OUR PROPERTY IS, UM, FRONTAGE ROAD ON 2 81.
UM, 2 81 GOES NORTH AND SOUTH.
THERE IS NO EAST AND WEST ROADS THAT WOULD IMPACT TOYOTA, BUT YET WE'RE STILL IN THIS OVERLAY DISTRICT.
AND, AND SO I, I POSED THAT QUESTION TO THE CITY PLANNERS OUT THERE AND, YOU KNOW, THEY CAN'T GIVE ME AN ANSWER AS TO WHY OUR PROPERTY IS WITHIN THAT ZONE ON THE EDGE OF THE TWO MILE RADIUS, UH, EXCEPT THAT IT FALLS WITHIN THE TWO MILE RADIUS.
WELL, THAT'S GREAT, BUT WHAT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT ON OUR PROPERTY IS GONNA IMPACT TOYOTA AND AS, AS THE THE ROADS HAVE HAVE CURRENTLY BEEN BUILT, IT DOES NOT APPEAR THAT ANY, UH, FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, WHETHER IT'S RE RESIDENTIAL OR COMMERCIAL, WOULD HAVE ANY PACT ON TOYOTA.
UM, SINCE WE WERE ON THAT AT THE, THE CUSP OF THAT TWO MILE RADIUS.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE ALL QUESTIONS THAT THE CITY PLANNING AGENTS CANNOT ANSWER.
AND TO ME, THAT JUST BAFFLES ME.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM AS FAR AS THE TWO MILE RADIUS? YOU KNOW, WHY IS IT TWO MILE RADIUS ALL AROUND, UM, THE TOYOTA PLANT? AND ON ITS FACE, IT, IT, IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE THIS IS CONTRACT ZONING TO SOME EXTENT.
UM, AND, AND WITHOUT FURTHER EXPLANATION OR ANY SORT OF FURTHER, UM, GUIDANCE ISSUED BY THE CITY, I, I FIND IT VERY DIFFICULT THAT IT'S ANYTHING BUT THAT.
UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, I, I KNOW AS A, AS A COMMISSIONERS, YOU CAN'T ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT I ASK TO, TO THE CITY PLANNING, UM, FOLKS TO ANSWER SO THAT IT GIVES CLARITY TO ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE, YOU KNOW, AND, AND NO ONE KNOWS, LIKE I SAID, THIS IS THE FIRST THAT I'VE HEARD OF THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'VE OWNED THIS LAND FOR 70 YEARS.
THE MAILING ADDRESS HAS BEEN THE SAME ADDRESS FOR 50 YEARS, BUT YET THIS IS THE FIRST WE'VE HEARD ABOUT IT AND THEY'VE TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS FLYERS SENT MONTHS AGO ABOUT THIS AND, AND NOTHING, YOU KNOW, FOR MANY OF US, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'VE HEARD ABOUT THAT, UH, ABOUT THIS PLAN.
AND THEN THEY'RE EXPECTING YOU TO, UM, PASS SOME SORT OF RESOLUTION SO THAT IT GOES IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL NEXT MONTH TO BE VOTE ON.
WELL, THAT SEEMS PRETTY RUSHED IF YOU ASK ME ON TOP OF THE CITY.
I THINK THEY'RE VOTING TODAY ON, IN, ON AN INCENTIVE PACKAGE FOR TOYOTA'S FIF $500 MILLION, UH, PLANT EXPANSION.
SO MY QUESTION TO Y'ALL IS, IS HOW, HOW MUCH INFLUENCE DOES TOYOTA HAVE ON ALL THIS? UM, ON, ON THE FACE, IT, IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT.
AND, AND YOU KNOW, FOR MOST OF THESE PEOPLE OUT HERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE WORKED ALL THEIR LIFE TO AFFORD TO BUY THE PROPERTY ON, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, WHICH HAS HISTORICALLY BEEN OVERLOOKED, YOU KNOW, BY MANY PEOPLE.
NOT ONLY ON THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT JUST THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO.
AND NOW THAT DEVELOPMENT IS FINALLY GETTING OUT, UM, TO THAT PART OF TOWN.
YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE, ARE, ARE OLDER AND PROBABLY AT, YOU KNOW, RETIREMENT AGE AND, AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND, AND THEY'RE GONNA WANNA SELL THIS PROPERTY FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE.
AND SO ARE YOU GONNA HOLD THESE PEOPLE BACK IN REALIZING THAT DREAM AND THEIR FAMILY'S DREAM FOR SELLING THAT LAND FOR THE HIGHEST AND BEST USE? I, I MEAN FOR MANY OF 'EM, IF YOU'VE EVER DRIVEN DOWN THERE, IT'S A SAD, SAD STATE TO SEE HOW THESE PEOPLE LIVE.
UM, AND, AND YOU KNOW, TO ME IT'S JUST LIKE, HOW CAN WE CONTINUE TO HOLD THESE PEOPLE BACK AND NOT LET THEM MOVE FORWARD? AND SO THAT'S ALL I GOTTA SAY.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, I HAVE A MR. JOSE JIMENEZ PEREZ.
DID YOU LEAVE A VOICEMAIL BY CHANCE? OH, HE IS NOT HERE.
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ALL RIGHT.IF YOU COULD PLEASE COME TO THE PODIUMS SIGNED UP ALREADY.
I HAD TO LEAVE TO PICK UP MY DAUGHTER, SO I JUST GOT BACK.
SO I MISSED THE WHOLE MEETING.
SO I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I JUST WANNA KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN MY PROPERTY.
IS IT THE HIGHWAY IN THE 16 IN THE FRONT, OR IS IT MY BACKYARD? WHAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN AWAY? AND I THINK IT WITH, YOU'LL HAVE TO GET WITH THE CASE MANAGER WITH YOUR SPECIFIC ADDRESS.
UM, ONE OF THE, ONE OF THE ANSWERS THAT WAS GIVEN WAS IF YOU'RE IN THE COUNTY BUT NOT IN THE CITY, THEN IT DOESN'T AFFECT YOU.
AND, AND MR. CHAIR, IF WE CAN GET HER FULL NAME AND ADDRESS.
AIDA ANO 18 3 9 4 STATE HIGHWAY 16 SOUTH.
BUT DO YOU KNOW, ARE YOU WITHIN THE CITY LIMITS THEMSELVES OR, I HAVE MY LETTER RIGHT HERE.
AND, AND, AND THOSE LETTERS WERE, UM, I DON'T EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW TO READ IT, SO, YEAH.
AND NO, AND, AND, AND I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND.
SO WHAT'S THE QUESTION? SO, Y KNOW, MY MOTHER-IN-LAW RECEIVED THAT SAME LETTER AND CALLED ME AND I'M LIKE, DON'T.
AND THEN, SO I KNOW THE CONFUSION, SO I UNDERSTAND THAT.
UM, I WOULD GET WITH THE CASE MANAGER.
IF YOU'RE WITHIN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THEN YES, THIS HAS SOME EFFECT.
SO ARE THEY GONNA BUY US OUT? NO.
NO, BUT THEY'RE GONNA TAKE THE LAND.
IT'S, IT'S AN OVERLAY, WHICH MEANS IT'S, THERE'S CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS.
UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE ACTUALLY HAVE OUR STAFF HERE WHO WILL BE HAPPY TO DISCUSS IT WITH HER.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MS. DEBBIE RODRIGUEZ.
S AND WHO'S NEXT, FOLLOWED BY, FOLLOWED BY MS. SANDERS.
UM, SO MY NAME IS DEBBIE RODRIGUEZ.
UH, I OWN A LITTLE FARM THERE.
I'VE LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE.
UM, WE ACTUALLY LEASE A LOT OF OUR LAND AROUND US TO CONTINUE OUR LITTLE FARM BUSINESS.
UM, WHAT I HEARD EARLIER IS WE ARE NOT, WE ARE NOT IN THE CITY LIMITS.
SO I'M THINKING, NOW THIS DOESN'T AFFECT ME BECAUSE I AM, BUT I DON'T WANT SOMETHING TO CHANGE EITHER.
'CAUSE I, LIKE, AS OTHER PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN, I LIKE THINGS THE WAY TO STAY THE SAME THE WAY THEY ARE.
RIGHT? IF I WANNA BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE, I WANNA BUILD ANOTHER HOUSE.
AND TO PUT MY EQUIPMENT IN, I WANNA BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
AND IT SOUNDS LIKE IF FOR SOME REASON IN THE FUTURE MY LITTLE AREA BECAME CITY, UH, I WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO WHAT I WANT TO DO.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? UM, ANYWAY, SO MY CONCERNS ARE TAXES.
YOU KNOW, WILL I BE ABLE TO KEEP MY LITTLE FARM EXEMPTION? UM, WILL, UM, THAT CHANGE IF WE EVER WERE TO BE ANNEXED AND BECOME CITY? UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WOULD I BE ABLE TO BUILD WHATEVER I WANT ON MY LITTLE PIECE OF LAND BECAUSE I'M NOT IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW.
AND THEN FINALLY, UH, AS THEY WERE SPEAKING ABOUT HEAVY EQUIPMENT AND INDUSTRIAL AROUND US, I MEAN, I LIVE ON A LITTLE CLEAN FARM WITH OUR BREATHE CLEAN AIR, AND WE ALL WANNA CONTINUE TO BREATHE CLEAN AIR AND NOT HAVE THE ADDED TRAFFIC AND ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
THAT'LL BE COMING DOWN MY LITTLE ROAD WHERE, LIKE THEY WERE SAYING PLEASANTON ROAD.
SO I'M ON THE FM, 2 5, 3 7 LEADS TO PLEASANTON ROAD.
PEOPLE DRIVE DOWN THERE 50, 60 MILES AN HOUR.
IT'S A VERY SMALL ROAD WITH BIG POTHOLES.
AS SOME OF YOU GUYS KNOW, IT'S NOT PREPARED FOR ANY KIND OF INDUSTRIAL, BIG TRUCKS COMING THROUGH THERE.
UM, AND THEN ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE HAVE 2 81 WHERE THEY'VE BUILT A LOT OF, UH, INDUSTRIAL THINGS.
IF YOU TRY TO GO TO TOWN AT THREE OR FOUR OR FIVE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON, UM, YOU CAN'T GET THROUGH THERE.
YOU ARE GONNA WAIT 45 MINUTES IN TRAFFIC, RIGHT? YEAH.
UM, SO ANYWAY, THOSE ARE MY CONCERNS.
NEXT WE HAVE, UM, CRUZ SARAH SOS FOLLOWED TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. IRMA, SINO CRUZ OFF OF APPLEWHITE, AND THEN FOLLOWED TO BE, TO BE FOLLOWED BY MS. IRMA SINO OFF OF BRENDA, ELAINE STREET.
ALL RIGHT, IS THERE CRYSTAL TINO FOLLOWED BY LAURA VIGA.
I WANNA SEE TO THAT GENTLEMAN.
SO I ACTUALLY DIDN'T RECEIVE THE LETTER, BUT I WAS SUPPOSED TO, I'M WITHIN THIS AREA.
I FOUND OUT FROM MY NEIGHBOR WHO'S ALSO HERE, AND MY MOM SPOKE EARLIER.
SHE'S JUST A MILE AWAY FROM THE LAND THAT I PURCHASED.
AND, UM, SHE'S ABOUT A MILE FROM TOYOTA RIGHT
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NOW.SO TOYOTA'S ALREADY TAKEN ENOUGH.
WE HAVE DRIVERS FROM TOYOTA ZOOMING THROUGH OUR ROAD AT HIGH RATES OF SPEED.
ONE DRIVER ALREADY KILLING OUR DOG.
DON'T LET THEM TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHT TO BUILD OUR DREAM HOME, PASS OUR LAND TO OUR CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN.
WE PURCHASED LAND JUST A FEW MONTHS AGO WITH THE IDEA AND HOPE OF LIVING THE COUNTRY LIFE, RAISING OUR CHILDREN AWAY FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE, CHAOS OF THE CITY.
AND NOW YOU'RE TELLING ME WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
THERE IS ENOUGH HATRED GOING ON IN THE WORLD.
DON'T TAKE AWAY OUR PEACE OF MIND.
THESE MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR COMPANIES CAN PICK UP AND MOVE TO ANY LOCATION WITHIN OUR COUNTRY.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE INHERITED THIS LAND, THEIR HOMES AND CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE ANYWHERE ELSE.
THE CITY IS SUPPOSED TO SUPPORT THE TAXPAYERS, CITIZENS IN SAN ANTONIO, NOT TOYOTA.
I WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR OUR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
I'M AWARE OF THE IMPACT TOYOTA IS ALREADY DOING TO OUR HEALTH.
LET'S NOT CAUSE MORE HEALTH ISSUES AMONG US.
I'M SURE YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH DUPONT AND, AND TEFLON, CORRECT? OR NOW TOYOTA.
ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE, UM, MR. DAVID GALO AND WHENEVER YOU WANT.
NEXT WE HAVE MS. MONIQUE GARZA.
IS THERE AN EDDIE MATA? DO WE HAVE A MS. MARIA MATA? WE HAVE A MR. JIM BALL RIDGE.
NEXT I HAVE A MS. CYNTHIA PALMER.
NEXT WE HAVE A DIA MONTE PALMER.
AND, UM, WE HAVE MR. LORENZO RA.
AND, UM, MS. VINA, GA OR VGA GAVE YOU HER TIME.
AND THEN MR. GALO, IF, IF YOU WANNA USE HIS TIME AS WELL, SIX MINUTES.
I GREW UP ON 1 0 7, 6 3 PLEASANTON ROAD.
FAMILY OWNS PROPERTY FURTHER DOWN.
'CAUSE MY FATHER'S WORDS IN SPANISH WHERE YOU HAVE TO FIGHT FOR YOUR INHERITANCE, RIGHT? MY FAMILY'S BEEN THERE FOR 80 YEARS, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE.
FATHER'S AND GRANDFATHER STARTED AS A DAIRY FARMER.
I'M HERE TO STAND UP FOR THAT.
ONE COMPANY SHOULD NOT OVERRIDE THE DREAMS OF THE REST OF THE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.
ONE LITTLE THING THAT I NOTED ON THE LETTER MY FATHER SHOWED ME, WAS IT 1:00 PM ON A TUESDAY? KNOWING THE MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WORK AND HAVE A LIFE.
IT'S KIND OF FUNNY TO ME THAT WE DECIDED TO START A MEETING THAT THIS MAGNITUDE AND THIS IMPORTANCE AT A TIME WHERE PEOPLE ARE BUSY WORKING, PROVIDING FOR THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR LIFE, I MEAN, IS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO ANSWER WHY IT'S DONE THAT WAY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE SOMEBODY'S ABOUT TO GET ROBBED.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE PEOPLE BEHIND ME ARE ABOUT TO GET ROBBED.
I'M NOT THE MOST CORDIAL OF PEOPLE, BUT I'M TRYING REALLY HARD NOT TO TELL YOU WHAT I REALLY THINK.
I WANT YOU GUYS TO PUT YOURSELVES IN THE SHOES OF THE PEOPLE HERE.
IF THIS WAS YOUR INHERITANCE, YOUR LIFE, YOUR DREAMS, EVERYTHING YOU WORKED FOR, WHY, WHY WOULD WE ALLOW ONE COMPANY TO DICTATE THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE? I SHAKE HERE BECAUSE I'M FRUSTRATED WITH THE FACT THAT A CITY IS OWNED BY ONE BUSINESS.
AND THE LIVES OF THESE PEOPLE FOR THE LAST 10, 15 YEARS HAS BEEN DICTATED BY EVERYTHING TOYOTA DOES GREAT.
BUSINESS IS GREAT OPPORTUNITY IS GREAT FOR THIS TOWN.
AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF THE SOUTH SIDE IS FINALLY GROWING AND DOING BETTER THAN IT EVER HAS.
WHY ARE WE TRYING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM PEOPLE AND KEEP THAT, KEEP THEM DOWN? SEEMS LIKE ALL THE OTHER PARTS OF THIS SAN ANTONIO CITY HAVE MANAGED TO IMPROVE THEIR THEMSELVES GROW AND PROSPER.
AND THE SOUTH SIDE REMAINS THE SAME.
WE TALK ABOUT LIPSTICK ON A PIG.
SOUTH SIDE CONTINUES TO GET MADE OVER.
WE PAINT A FEW BUILDINGS, WE DO THIS, BUT IT DOESN'T IMPROVE.
AND NOW WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE.
AND WE'RE BEING HELD BACK BY BUSINESS THAT DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE, BUT CARES ABOUT ITS PROFITS AND ITSELF.
AND WHEN WE RUSH SOMETHING OF THIS MAGNITUDE, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO PUSH THE AGENDA OF SOMEBODY ELSE AND NOT THE PEOPLE THAT WE REPRESENT.
AND YOU AS PEOPLE HERE ON THIS BOARD ARE PART OF THAT.
YOU GUYS HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE COME FROM, I CAME FROM A BACKGROUND OF AGRICULTURE, MY RANCHED AND FORMED THAT LAND LIKE MANY OTHERS HERE.
AND THERE'S MANY MORE THAT WANT TO COME IN AND ENJOY THAT LIFE.
BUT WE'RE TAKING THAT AND KEEPING
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THEM FROM ACHIEVING THOSE DREAMS. AND WHEN WE DO THAT, WE'RE SAYING, YOU DON'T MATTER.BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT.
THE WAY OF LIFE FOR US HAS BEEN GOING AWAY.
MY FAMILY'S NO LONGER HAS THE DAIRY.
WE NO LONGER HAVE THAT BUSINESS OR THAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE STILL FARM AND RANCH, AND MY FATHER AND UNCLE ARE 81 AND 82 YEARS OLD, HOLDING ONTO SOMETHING THAT IS GOING AWAY FOR THAT PART OF TOWN.
THEIR INVESTMENT, THEIR TIME, THEIR BLOOD AND SWEAT SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THROUGH ME, THROUGH MY BROTHER, THROUGH MY SISTERS, MY COUSINS.
AND JUST LIKE US, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE HERE IN THIS BUILDING.
THEY'RE HERE BECAUSE IT MATTERS AND IT'S IMPORTANT.
AND THEY'RE NOT BEING HEARD BY ANYONE FOR MULTIPLE YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT TOYOTA, TOYOTA, TOYOTA.
SO WHY DO WE CONTINUE TO NOT LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE WE NEED TO ALLOW? WE NEED TO, WE'RE TELLING YOU NO, WE DON'T WANT THIS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ON THIS BOARD CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WANT.
YOU CAN CHOOSE TO VOTE IT, BUT UNDERSTAND THAT EVERYBODY HERE IS IMPORTANT.
EVERYBODY'S LIFE HERE IS IMPORTANT.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY'VE WORKED FOR IS IMPORTANT.
SO PLEASE TAKE THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND PLEASE GIVE US MORE TIME TO UNDERSTAND WHAT'S TRYING TO GO ON.
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS.
AND IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S BEING RUSHED ON PURPOSE.
SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE UP MY TIME.
I WASN'T PLANNING ON TALKING, BUT THAT'S SEMI PEACE.
AND THEN LAST WE HAVE MR. DAVID ESTRADA.
I LIVE IN 2 2, 2 38 PLEASANTON ROAD.
AND I WANT TO, I I JUST WANNA SAY, I JUST GOT MY NOTICE TWO DAYS AGO.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH TIME FOR US TO PREPARE OR EVEN THINK ABOUT IT OR CALL OR, AND THAT'S, THAT HAPPENS IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES.
IT DOESN'T HAVE NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN HERE.
AND THIS IS, WE'RE GETTING RAILROADED.
MY KIN FOLK, THE MAJORITY OF KINFOLK, WHERE WE LIVE, WE COME FROM, FROM DESCENDANTS THAT CAME FROM THE CANARY ISLANDS.
WE'VE GOT MEXICAN HERITAGE, BUT WE ORIGINALLY CAME FROM THE CANARY ISLAND.
THOSE PEOPLE HAVE HISTORY GOING BACK TO THE LAND, THE SPANISH LAND GRANT.
I STILL KNOW DESCENDANTS OF PEOPLE THAT, THAT CAME FROM THE, THE SPANISH LAND GRANT.
NOW EVERYTHING FLOWS DOWNHILL.
WHEN THE RAINS, THE WATER GOES DOWN, THERE IS TWO, TWO DAYS LATER, IT SPONGES.
MITCHELL LAKE, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS KNOW MITCHELL LAKE.
IT WAS THE, UH, THE DUMP FOR MANY YEARS.
IT WAS THE DUMP AND LAN DUMPED A LOT OF THEIR CHEMICALS THERE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.
POWER PLANT IN BRO AND CAVERAS, THEY OPENED THEIR SMOKE STACKS WHEN THEY BURNED THE CARBON AND IT COVERS A 500 MILE RADIUS.
NOW WE'VE AFFECTED, WE ARE GETTING, WE'RE GETTING SCREWED IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
YEAH, WE'RE GETTING BOMBARDED ALL KINDS OF WAY.
I'M RETIRED MILITARY, I'VE RETIRED AND I WORK.
I RAISE COWS, HOGS, GOATS AND FARM.
WE PUT IN 15 HOURS, 18 HOURS A DAY, AND WE BARELY PAY OUR TAXES.
DIDN'T IT SOUND GOOD? BUT YOU KNOW, I DIDN'T BENEFIT FROM IT.
SO IF YOU COULD FINISH, PLEASE GIMME TWO MINUTES.
WE DID GIVE YOU 10 MIN TWO MINUTES.
WHAT I'M TELLING YOU GUYS, DON'T SELL YOUR SOULS.
DON'T SELL YOUR SOULS DON'T SELL US.
HOW CHEAP EVERYBODY LOOKS AT THE SOUTH SIDE AND THEY SAY THOSE GUYS ARE POOR.
ALRIGHT, SIR, THANK FOR YOUR COMMENT.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE MR. MANUEL CERVANTES, PLEASE.
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RUDE.UH, I'M ARRESTED HERE IN SAN ANTONIO.
MY, MY ADDRESS IS 1 6 1 9 5 LAREDO ROAD.
HE HAS 10 ACRES DOWN IN, UH, ON PLATON ROAD.
BUT BEFORE HE WAS PLEASANTON, NOW IT'S LAREDO ROAD BECAUSE THEY EXPANDED ROAD, BUT HE BOUGHT 10 ACRES.
OKAY? MY DAD WORKED REAL HARD.
HE WAS A ROOFER, AND HE FELL OFF THE ROOF AND BROKE HIS SHOULDER.
THE DOCTOR SAID, YOU GOTTA BE OUT FOR 10 DAYS.
HE TOOK THAT SLIM OUT AND WENT OUT TO WORK.
HE SAID, I CAN'T MAKE NO MONEY.
SO HE PAID FOR THE TAXES, HE PAID FOR THE LAND.
I JUST LOST MY DAD THREE YEARS AGO.
AND WE HAVE A, UH, WE, UM, WE HAVE THAT LAND, THE 10 ACRES THAT I'M TAKING OVER AND HAVE, WE HAVE 10 KIDS, BUT WE'RE LITTLE KIDS.
THAT'S ONE ACRE FOR EVERYBODY.
BUT GUESS WHAT? TOYOTA CAME IN AND THEY SAID, YOU CAN ONLY HAVE THREE HOUSES.
YOU CANNOT DEVELOP ANYTHING MORE.
BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THERE IS A POWERHOUSE.
SO NOW WHAT? THREE OF US CAN LIVE THERE? SEVEN OF US HAD TO MOVE OUT.
THE POWERHOUSES ARE COMING IN, THOSE BIG COMPANIES ARE COMING IN, BUT THEY DON'T TAKE CONSIDERATION OF US.
WE ARE THE ONES THAT WORK HARD.
WE TRYING TO LIVE HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, ESPECIALLY IN THE SOUTH SIDE.
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO THESE POWERHOUSES COMPANIES THAT WANT TO TAKE OVER, GUESS WHAT? WE CAN'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
BUT YES, LIKE THIS, GENTLEMEN, I GOT THREE DAYS THAT I RECEIVED THIS.
GUESS WHAT? MY WORK HAS YOU GIVE, YOU HAVE TO GIVE US TWO WEEKS IN ADVANCE THAT YOU'RE GONNA MISS.
I HAVE TO CALL HIM, SAY, BECAUSE GUESS WHAT, I'M GONNA GET WRITTEN UP ANYWAY BECAUSE I NEED TO BE HERE AND TELL YOU, SAY WHAT I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS, UH, EXPANSION, ABOUT THIS TOYOTA.
BUT JUST THINK, CONSIDER ABOUT US.
THAT WILL WORK EXTRA HARD FOR THIS LAND THAT WE HAVE FOR ALL THESE PEOPLE THAT I'M ABOUT TO RETIRE TO.
AND WHAT AM I GONNA DO IF ALL THESE THINGS COME ALONG? I REALLY WANT YOU TO THINK ABOUT THAT.
AND THAT IS IT FOR SPEAKERS SIGNED UP.
SO NOW WE CAN LISTEN TO VOICEMAILS.
MR. CHAIR, I I HAVE A QUESTION.
IT, OKAY, MR. COMMISSIONER BARROS, UM, HAVE TO LISTEN TO ALL THE VOICEMAILS.
IF SOMEONE MAKES A MOTION AND DELAYS THIS FOR 30, 60, OR 90 DAYS, WE, THEY, THEY CAN BE PRESERVED AND LISTEN.
IS THAT CORRECT? I DO NOT KNOW IF WE CAN DEFER LISTENING, BUT THAT, THAT OF COURSE IS A, IF THERE IS A MOTION THAT'S APPROVED TO DELAY, MAKE A MOTION.
MOTION AND JUST TO BE SURE THERE'S NOBODY HERE THAT SIGNED UP THAT WE DID NOT CALL.
OKAY, MR. CHAIR, THERE'S NOT A MOTION ON THE TABLE TO DISCUSS A CONTINUANCE.
SO, YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, THE VOICEMAILS SHOULD BE HEARD AND ALSO WE, WE WILL CHIME IN, UH, WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE THAT THE, UM, PROCESS OF THE HEARING IS LAID OUT IN THE UDC AND IN THE CODE, AND IT REQUIRES PUBLIC, PUBLIC HEARING PORTION, THE, THE, UH, CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
BEFORE YOU ALL TAKE UP THE QUESTION IN FRONT OF THE BODY.
ALRIGHT, SO WE WILL HEAR VOICEMAILS AND HOW MANY, HOW, HOW MANY VOICEMAILS DO WE HAVE? WE HAD 20 VOICEMAILS.
OKAY, LET'S, UH, LET'S GO THEN MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AND I, I'LL BE READY TO MAKE A MOTION AFTER THAT.
UH, MY NAME IS JUSTICE CHAVEZ.
I LIVE AT 1 0 0 EY MILL, UH, SANTA ANTONIO, DETECTIVE 7 8 2 2 4.
I JUSTICE MOVED WITH DAVITA COMMUNITY HERE BY TE SAN ANTONIO.
UM, I AM INTERESTED IN COMMENTING REGARDING THE ICOD, UH, PLAN THAT'S, UH, JUST BEEN SHARED WITH US.
UM, WHILE I AGREE THAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE AN INDUSTRIAL, A, A ROBUST INDUSTRIAL, UM, UH, JUST AREA WITHIN OUR CITY.
I KNOW, I KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO THE ECONOMIC GROWTH, OUR CITY.
I THINK HAVING SUCH, UH, STRICT RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT'S BE ZONED FOR THESE AREAS, UM, IS ULTIMATELY GONNA BE A MISTAKE.
I THINK THERE IS A, UH, TRENDING OF, LIKE GROWTH IN GENERAL IS TRENDING UPWARD IN THIS AREA.
AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALLOW FOR MULTIPLE, UM, DIFFERENT TYPES OF, UH, BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTIAL
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AREAS TO GROW HERE IN ORDER TO GROW.THE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE ARE BRINGING MONEY INTO THIS DISTRICT.
UM, I WOULD RECOMMEND MAYBE, YOU KNOW, ALLOW, YOU KNOW, EITHER PERMITTING MORE THINGS OR MAYBE RESTRICTING THE, OR TIGHTENING THE RESTRICTION ZONE A LITTLE BIT MORE.
UM, OR FINDING WAYS TO KIND OF CREATE MORE OF COMMERCIAL RETAIL, UH, RESIDENTIAL GROWTH IN THE AREAS NEARBY SO THAT GROWTH CONTINUES TO BE EXERCISED HERE.
UM, AND THEN ALSO MAYBE MAKING SURE THAT THE PEOPLE, THE RESIDENTS WHO HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE ARE STILL ABLE TO AFFORD LIVING HERE.
UM, NOW WITH REGARDS TO THE IDOD, I'M SURE THERE'S A RATIONALE BEHIND IT, BUT I THINK RIGHT NOW THE RESTRICTIONS SEEM A LITTLE, MY NAME IS EDNA ERRA.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 9 2 2 5, THE HEATHER ROAD LOT THREE AND FOUR.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 255-0309 IN REFERENCE TO ZONING.
AND I AM IN OPPOSITION OF THIS.
THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE THREE MINUTES LONG.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW.
PLEASE TO BE THREE MINUTES LONG.
I OWN 2 0 1 0 9 TRU ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 6 4.
AND I AM CALLING, UH, TO EXPRESS MY OPPOSITION TO THE ZONING CASE.
I HAVE A LITTLE LESS UNDER 40 ACRES OF LAND, UH, RIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE TOYOTA PLANT ON THE SUBSIDE.
AND, UM, THE NEW OVERLAY DISTRICT IS, UH, ENCROACHING ON THE NORTH SECTION OF MY PROPERTY, WHICH IS NOT GONNA ENABLE ME, UM, TO REZONE SOME OF THIS FOR DEVELOPMENT AND, UM, CAUSING MY LAND TO LOSE, UH, SUBSTANTIAL VALUE AS I HAVE A LITTLE BIT UNDER, UH, 40 ACRES.
HI, MY NAME IS SHA
UM, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (848) 219-1678, UH, AM, UM, UH, PUBLIC SIDE FOR THE ZONING.
SO PLEASE, IF YOU GUYS WILL, UM, HELP US.
MY NAME IS JOE BUSTOS, B-U-S-T-O-S.
ADDRESS IS 2 2 6 9 2 TROMPO ROAD, SAN ANTONIO 7 8 2 6 4.
THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE CASE IS 1 0 9 AND I DISAPPROVE NEGATIVE DISAPPROVE.
MY NUMBER TWO TEN THREE EIGHTY THREE TWENTY FIVE EIGHTEEN.
1 6 8 8 6 TENON ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1 DASH 9 6 5 9 2 1 3 1 3 2 1 8 8.
UH, IN OPPOSITION OF THE SAN ONLY FOR CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 4 DASH 7 0 0 9.
UH, DO NOT APPRECIATE I GUESS THIS LETTER OF POSSIBLY LOSING THE RIGHT TO CONTINUE USING THE PROPERTY FOR ITS CURRENT USE.
LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE CASE NUMBER ARE 1 0 9.
AND I WAS JUST CALLING TO LEAVE A MESSAGE, UM, THAT I OPPOSED TO THE ZONING CHANGES, UM, FOR INDUSTRIAL TO BE IN OUR AREA BECAUSE THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE, TOO MANY RESIDENTS OUT HERE THAT CAN, UH, THAT ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED AND I WILL BE ATTENDING.
HELLO, THIS IS CALYPSO CARLISLE.
I'M A RESIDENT AT THE, UH, RIVERBEND APARTMENTS.
I AM, UH, LEAVING THIS VOICEMAIL REGARDING THE, UH, CASE 1 0 9 FOR THE ZONING COMMISSION.
UM, I'M A SMALL BUSINESS OWNER IN THIS COMMUNITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT THE AMOUNT, UH, OF LAND THAT IS TRYING TO BE MADE FOR AN INDUSTRIAL PARK, UM, IS FAR TOO GREAT TO BE PUT IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, RIGHT NEXT TO THE INDUSTRIAL
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PARK LOCATION, WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO DO IS A SMALL BUSINESS, A PLACE TO SHOOT.IT IS A SHOOTING RANGE, UM, THAT, UH, IS VERY NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART.
MY HUSBAND GOES THERE AND HE, UM, GOT HIS LICENSE TO CARRY THERE.
IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE IN THE COMMUNITY.
AND THEN RIGHT ABOVE THE, UM, PLACE WHERE THE INDUSTRIAL PARK LOCATION IS TRYING TO BE BUILT, UM, IS THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO, UH, UNIVERSITY CAMPUS.
AND, UH, JUST AS A, AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN, UM, AND CONCERNED A BUSINESS OWNER, UM, IN THE AREA OF SMALL BUSINESS, I, I CANNOT, UM, IN GOOD CONSCIENCE, UM, HAVE SOMEBODY WHO IS JUST BUILDING A, AN INDUSTRIAL PARK TO PUT MORE CONCRETE, UH, NEXT TO AN ALREADY SATURATED AREA WITH A TOYOTA PLANT AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
UM, PUT ANOTHER, HAVE A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON IN AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY HEAVILY UNCONSTRUCTED WITH ROADS AND SUCH.
UH, THE ROAD JUST TO GET TO A PLACE TO SHOOT IS IN SUCH IS ESSENTIALLY GRAVEL.
UH, AND IF THERE WAS TO BE PUT AN INDUSTRIAL PARK, UH, IN THERE, ESPECIALLY, UH, SOMEWHERE RIGHT NEXT TO THE TOYOTA PLANT, UM, IT WOULD BE HORRENDOUS TRAFFIC FOR ANYBODY LIVING ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND LIKE I SAID, UM, I'M ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
I RUN A BUSINESS ON THE SOUTH SIDE.
AND, UM, THIS IS JUST SOMETHING THAT I, I, UM, I FEEL THE NEED TO LEAVE THIS MESSAGE, UH, BECAUSE I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS IS OKAY.
THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE IN THIS SMALL BUS IN THIS AREA THAT ARE RUNNING SMALL BUSINESSES.
THIS LINDA VI, I LIVE AT 16 8 4 0 STATE HIGHWAY 16 LOT SEVEN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 6 4.
UM, THE LAST THREE OF THE CASE NUMBER ARE 1 0 9.
AND, UM, I WANT TO LEAVE A MESSAGE IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, ZONING.
UH, I DON'T, I DO NOT WANT THE ZONING TO CHANGE.
I BOUGHT MY PROPERTY MANY YEARS AGO AND SINCE THEN WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY PROBLEMS. UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF AGRICULTURAL ANIMALS.
UM, IT'S HELPED MY CHILDREN, UM, THAT HAVE SPECIAL NEEDS, UH, LEARN ABOUT, YOU KNOW, CARING FOR ANIMALS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE MOVED OUT HERE FOR A PURPOSE AND, UM, WE DO NOT WANT THAT TO CHANGE.
WE PAY EVERYTHING THAT IS REQUIRED FOR US TO PAY.
SO WE, UM, WANT TO STAY THE SAME AND NOT CHANGE.
UM, TAXPAYERS FOR BEXAR COUNTY, UM, WANT TO KEEP EVERYTHING THE SAME.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONSTRUCTION GOING ON, LOT OF NEW HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, UM, AND IT'S TAKEN AWAY.
WE'VE BEEN THE OUTSKIRTS FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AND WE WANT TO STAY IN THE OUTSKIRTS.
UH, WE DON'T WANT ANY MORE COMPANIES TO COME AND FACTORIES NEXT TO US.
UH, A LOT OF ROOM INSIDE OF, UM, SAN ANTONIO THAT CAN BE BUILT.
IT DOESN'T HAVE TO EXTEND TO WHERE WE LIVE.
UM, BEFORE YOU START REACHING OUT, UM, THE OUTSKIRTS, YOU SHOULD STILL KEEP HOLDING.
WHERE, WHERE THERE'S ROOM IN SAN ANTONIO.
WE DON'T WANT TO PAY MORE TAXES.
WE'RE ALREADY PAYING A LOT OF TAXES AND PAYERS.
WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT WE WANT OUR ON OUR LAND AGAINST IT.
MY NAME IS PATRICIA MACIAS AT 1 9 2 2 5, THE HEATHER ROAD, LOT SIX SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 2 1.
UH, THE, UM, ZONING PACE NUMBER IS 1 0 9.
HELLO, MY NAME IS RAYMOND FORD.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE PROPERTY AT TEN FIVE THREE ZERO STATE HIGHWAY 16 SOUTH.
UH, MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 687-2130 AND THIS IS CONCERNING, UH, COMMISSION CASE 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 9.
I AM TENTATIVELY OPPOSED TO THE ZONING CHANGE, UH, WITH REGARDS TO MY PROPERTY, HOWEVER IT IS BECAUSE I AM UN I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT MY PROPERTY FALLS WITHIN THE AFFECTED AREA.
I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO GET AN, AN ANSWER FROM THE ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, ALL OF MY CALLS HAVE BEEN LEFT UNANSWERED.
ALL MY VOICEMAILS HAVE BEEN LEFT UNANSWERED, AND THEREFORE I AM CURRENTLY OPPOSED TO THE ZONING CHANGE.
UM, I WILL CHANGE MY OPPOSITION IF MY PROPERTY IS NOT IN, UH, THE ZONE.
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UH, HEARING ME MY, UH, OPPOSITION AND, UM, THAT'S IT.HI, MY NAME IS REBECCA RODRIGUEZ.
I LIVE AT 1 6 7 8 0 PLEASANTON ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, 7 8 2 2 1.
UM, CALLING IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 4 1 7 0 1 9.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE NEW ZONING YOU'RE PLANNING FOR TOYOTA.
I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEIR ZONING IS GOING TO AFFECT EVERYBODY WHO HAS LIVED HERE FOR YEARS.
WHY DOES ONE BIG COMPANY GET TO DETERMINE WHO HAS TO CHANGE THEIR WAY OF LIVING AS IT IS? THE MORE THE CITY REACHES OUT, THE LESS THE ROAD WORK IS DONE.
OUR ROAD COMING DOWN PLEASANTON ROAD IS ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE SINCE SAN ANTONIO TOOK OVER WHEN BEAR COUNTY WAS THERE.
THE ROAD WAS FINE, BUT WE, IF WE CONTINUE TO ALLOW THESE BIG COMPANIES TO REACH OUT AND GRAB AND GRAB AND GRAB OUR, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT EVERYONE.
AND THERE'S SO MANY ELDERLY THAT LIVE OUT HERE THAT THEY CAN'T CHANGE THE WAY THEY LIVE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ROSA HOLLINGSWORTH.
MY ZONING CASE IS THE LAST THREE OF MY ZONING CASE IS 1 0 9.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 1 3 6 9 TRUMBO ROAD AND WE ARE VOTING NO IN OPPOSITION TO THIS ZONING CHANGE.
HI, MY NAME IS SARAH PELT PETERS.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 846-9670.
MY ADDRESS IS 2 2 0 6 BUR OAK RIDGE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 4 8.
AND I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE REZONING HEARING FOR A CASE ENDING IN 1 0 9.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT I'M A NATIVE SAN ANTONIO.
I'M A LOCAL BUSINESS OWNER, AND NOW I AM THE THIRD GENERATION TO PROTEST THE CITY'S REZONING OF PROPERTY ALONG THE MEDINA RIVER.
UM, THIS LEGACY IS NOT BY CHOICE, BUT BY IMPERATIVE.
IT BEGAN IN THE 1980S WITH THE APPLE RIGHT RESERVOIR FORCING MY GRANDMOTHER AND OTHERS FROM LAND THAT HAD BEEN IN FAMILIES FOR A HUNDRED YEARS OR MORE.
IT CONTINUED WITH MY MOTHER AND FATHER'S EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE LAND WHEN THE RESERVOIR PROJECT WAS ABANDONED.
AND NOW I FIND MYSELF HERE ADVOCATING FOR THE CITY TO BREAK THE CYCLE OF REPEATED NEGLECT AND PRIORITIZATION OF CORPORATE SUCCESS AND CIVIC ACTION OVER ITS CITIZENS AND THEIR OWN RIGHT TO SUCCEED.
UM, IF I'VE LEARNED ANYTHING BY EXPERIENCING OVER 30 YEARS OF WITNESSING OTHERS, UH, ADVOCATE TO THE CITY TO ALLOW PROPERTY OWNERS THE RIGHT TO, UH, ENJOY ALL OF THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF, UH, BUILDING UP THEIR PROPERTY, OF DEVELOPING IT, OF SELLING IT, OR OF MAINTAINING IT AS THEIR PRIMARY PLACE OF RESIDENCE.
IT'S THAT OFTEN IT SEEMS THE CITY DOES NOT CONSIDER THE RAMIFICATION OF WHAT THEY PROPOSE.
UM, ANOTHER THING I'VE OBSERVED IS INEVITABLY IT FURTHER DELIS OPPORTUNITIES FOR RURAL AND LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SOUTH SIDE RESIDENTS.
UM, I WATCHED MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOME BE CUT IN HALF AND MOVED ACROSS NEAL ROAD AND I NOW SEE YES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CINDY RAY STALIN.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 5 1 3 3 SILVER TREE CLOSED IN BON ARMY, TEXAS 7 8 0 7 3.
AND I HAVE, AND I AM OPPOSED OF ZONING CHANGES.
I DO NOT WANT MY HOME TO BE DEPRECIATED.
MY NUMBER IS 2 1 0 4 7 3 83 2 1.
AGAIN, STALLING, I LIVE AT 1 5 1 3 3 SILVERTREE COLE IN DAWN ARMY, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT ZERO SEVEN THREE.
PHONE NUMBER TWO ZERO FOUR SEVEN THREE EIGHTY THREE SIXTY ONE.
AND AGAIN, I, I DO NOT AGREE WITH THE CHANGING, UM, OF ZONING BECAUSE I DO NOT WANT MY PROPERTY TO BE DEPRECIATED.
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Z 2 0 2 4 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 9, I'M CALLING TO EXPRESS MY STRONGER POSITION TO THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGE, WHICH ENTITLES APPLYING THE INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT TO THE EXISTING ZONING DISTRICT.IS APPARENT TO ME THAT WHOEVER REQUESTED A SEWING CHANGE WASN'T THINKING ABOUT THE OVERALL WELLBEING OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT HIGHLY LIKELY INSTILLING THEIR OWN BANK ACCOUNT.
PEOPLE HAVE LIVED IN THE AMBER STREET AREA FOR DECADES GOING UP TO A FOURTH GENERATION OF SAN ANTONIO.
IT IS AN INSULT TO THINK THAT A BUSINESS HAS THE RIGHT AND THE AUDACITY TO REQUEST A CHANGE THAT WILL RESULT IN PEOPLE BEING KICKED OUT OF THE HOMES.
OBVIOUSLY THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT HIRED SUCH INCOMPETENT ZONING DEVELOPERS THAT COULDN'T LOOK AHEAD AND STRUCTURE THE PROPER ZONING OVERLAY FOR FUTURE GROWTH OF THE CITY AND THE RESIDENTS.
YOU HAVE JUST HAVE TO BEND OVER AND TAKE IT ON THE BACK.
UNFORTUNATELY, I TRUST THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS GENTLEMEN AND PEOPLE OF ETHICS AND NOT WOMEN OF ILL REPUTATION THAT WOULD SELL THEMSELVES.
UNFORTUNATELY, I'M OLD AND SICK AND I CAN'T BE THERE, BUT, BUT I STILL HAVE THE STRENGTH AND THE COURAGE TO SPEAK UP THE PHONE AND CALL OUT THIS ABUSE.
I BET IF THIS CHANGE WAS SUSPECTING ONE OF THE COMMISSIONER'S NEIGHBORHOOD THINGS WERE DIFFERENT.
SO I INVITE ALL COMMISSIONERS TO STAND IN OUR SHOES, DO THE RIGHT THING AND VOTE.
I LEFT THE MESSAGE A COUPLE MINUTES AGO.
I DIDN'T REALIZE YOU NEED MY ADDRESS.
ADDRESS IS TWO 1-810-APPLEWHITE ROAD 7 8 2 6 4.
CASE NUMBER 2 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 9.
MY ADDRESS IS 72 6 4 ZIP CODE AND I DO NOW WANT THIS AGENDA FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT ZONING COMMISSION.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 9 2 2 5, THE HEATHER ROAD LOT EIGHT.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 459-2074.
THIS IS IN REFERENCE TO ZONING CASE ENDING IN 1 0 9.
HELLO, THIS IS MRS. DAVID BENAVIDES.
I'M CALLING IN REGARD TO CASE NUMBER Z 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 0 7 0 0 1 0 9 BY HAVE VARIOUS POINTS.
FIRST OF ALL, THERE WAS A LATE DELIVERY OF THIS NOTICE FRIDAY, MAY 17TH WHEN THE MEETING IS BEING HELD TUESDAY, MAY 21ST.
SECONDLY, THE WHOLE EXPLANATION ON THIS NOTICE IS VERY UNCLEAR.
THIS ZONING NOTICE IS VAGUE, IT'S NOT GOOD.
AND BOTTOM LINE, IT DOES NOT EXPLAIN WHY THIS ZONING IS BEING CHANGED.
THIRDLY, AND POSSIBLY MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL, IF THIS ZONING CHANGE INVOLVES POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY POSSIBLE LEAKAGE TO WATER AFFECTING SO MANY THINGS SUCH AS CROPS, FARM ANIMALS, AND DOMESTIC ANIMALS, ESPECIALLY THE RESIDENTS OF THE AREA HUMAN BEINGS, POSSIBLY BABIES THAT WILL BE BORN IN THE FUTURE.
SO WHAT WE RECOMMEND, MY HUSBAND, DAVID BENAVIDES AND MYSELF, YOLANDA BENAVIDES, IS TO EXTEND THIS DEADLINE TO MAKE A DECISION AS TO THIS ZONING CHANGE.
MORE THAN ONE MEETING SHOULD BE SCHEDULED.
BE ADDRESS 4 1 2 PEACEFUL LANE REGARDING CASE NUMBER Z 2 24
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DASH ONE ZERO SEVEN ZERO ZERO ONE ZERO NINE.I WOULD LIKE A REPLY AND I WOULD WANT THIS TO BE STATED AT THE MEETING SINCE MY HUSBAND HAS AN URGENT OUT OF TOWN DOC.
AND THAT IS IT FOR THE VOICEMAILS PUBLIC COMMENT.
ALRIGHT? USUALLY AT THIS TIME THE APPLICANT HAS A OPPORTUNITY FOR A REBUTTAL.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS, BUT YEAH.
UH, COMMISSIONER, WELL, I I I WOULD WANNA SAY THIS NECESSARILY REBUTTAL.
I'LL, UH, DO MY BEST TO TRY TO ANSWER SOME OF THE QUESTIONS.
AND, UM, I DO WANNA SAY, UH, WITHOUT ANY, WITH, YOU KNOW, WITH NO ONE, YOU KNOW, AS CERTAIN AS POSSIBLE THAT EXISTING RESIDENCES ARE, THERE'S AN EXCEPTION BUILT INTO THE CODE FOR FOLKS THAT LIVE IN EXISTING RESIDENCES TODAY.
THAT'S ONE OF THE VERY FIRST EXCEPTIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW.
UM, SORRY, YOU GET CLOSER TO MIKE.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME HEARING YOU.
UM, THAT EXISTING RESIDENCES THAT THERE IS A PROVISION ALREADY PROVIDED WITHIN THE I-C-I-C-O-D FOR FOLKS THAT, THAT HAVE AN EXISTING RESIDENCE, UH, INCLUDING AN EXCEPTION FOR EXISTING, UH, LEGAL PROJECTS, PROJECTS THAT HAVE THE ZONING ALREADY TO CONDUCT A USE, UH, IN THIS AREA.
UH, WE'RE CREATING A PROCESS RIGHT NOW TO ALLOW THEM TO ENSURE THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO, TO CONTINUE CONDUCTING, UH, THAT RESIDENTIAL PROJECT.
UM, IF ANYBODY LIVES IN THE COUNTY, SIMPLY PUT, THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU.
THE, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO ZONE IN TEXAS, IN THE COUNTY.
THUS, THIS PROJECT, THIS PROJECT DOES NOT APPLY TO FOLKS WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY.
UM, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS, EXCUSE ME, ABOUT NOTIFICATION AND HOW SOME FOLKS MAY HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE.
WHILE OTHERS MAY NOT HAVE, WE USE THE SAME PROCESS THAT IS USED FOR ANY OTHER ZONING PROCESS, WHICH IS UTILIZING THE ADDRESSES FOR THE CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE BAYER APPRAISAL DISTRICT.
SO THAT WE DID USE THE, THE SAME STANDARD NOTIFICATION PROCESS THAT IS USED FOR EVERY PROCESSES THAT YOU SEE, UH, WITHIN THIS COMMISSION.
UM, THERE WAS ONE STATEMENT MADE THAT THE PLANNING DIRECTOR OF THE CITY, UH, MADE AN, UH, SOME SORT OF A STATEMENT OF APOLOGY OF SOME SORT.
WE ARE NOT AWARE OF WHAT THAT WAS.
IT WAS STATED IN A POWERPOINT.
UM, OUR DIRECTOR'S HERE AND WE
SO I JUST WANTED TO BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
UM, THERE WAS ALSO SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT CAN BE DONE WITH THE LAND THAT IS, THAT IS OUT THERE NOW.
AND A GOOD PORTION OF THE LAND THAT IS NEAR THE TEXAS A, I'M SORRY, THE TOYOTA MANUFACTURING PLANT IS ALREADY ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
IT IS ZONED MI ONE RESIDENCES CURRENTLY CAN'T BE BUILT ACTUALLY ON MANY OF OR ON THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ZONED MI ONE NOW.
UM, SO THE POINT, UH, UH, THAT WAS MADE ABOUT HOW RESIDENCES, UH, FOLKS ARE LOOKING TO DEVELOP RESIDENCES WITHIN THOSE PARTICULAR AREAS, THE ZONING CURRENTLY DOESN'T ALLOW IT TODAY.
UM, ASIDE FROM THAT, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE ARE TOO MANY OTHER POINTS TO BE MADE OTHER THAN, YOU KNOW, THERE WERE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT MADE, UH, SOME GOOD POINTS, I THINK ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE THAT THEY HAVE TODAY IN THIS AREA RELATED TO THE IMPACT OF LARGE SCALE BUSINESS AND INDUSTRIAL IN THIS AREA.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE HEARD ABOUT TRAFFIC, WE HEARD ABOUT FREIGHT TRAFFIC, WE HEARD ABOUT THE CONGESTION, WE HEARD ABOUT THE NOISE.
THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT POTENTIAL FUTURE RESIDENCES HAVING TO DEAL WITH, BUT IN A MUCH LARGER SCALE.
SO THE ICOD ISN'T SOMETHING THAT WE AS STAFF CREATED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
AGAIN, I THINK THAT PART OF A SLIDE THAT I HAD HERE SHOWED THAT THIS ACTUALLY WAS PART OF A DISCUSSION BACK IN 20, UH, 2019.
THE PLANNING TEAM FOR THE TEXAS A AND M AREA REGIONAL CENTER MET ON MAY THE EIGHTH, 2019 TO DISCUSS, UH, SOME, YOU KNOW, VARIOUS TOPICS THAT WERE IMPORTANT RELATED TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HOUSING, LAND USE.
AND ONE OF THE OTHER ISSUES THAT CAME UP WAS THE IDEA THAT WHERE DID THREE MILES COME FROM? AND YES, WE ALL RECOGNIZE THAT THREE MILES IS THIS NUMBER THAT IS WITHIN THE STAR BREAD AGREEMENT.
SO THAT'S NOT A SURPRISE, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN STATE THAT NOW.
IT IS, BUT IT IS FOR AN ENHANCED LOOK AT THE LAND USE AND ZONING WITHIN THIS AREA SO THAT WE
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CAN ENSURE THAT THERE ARE COMPATIBLE USES AND TRANSITIONS OUT IN THIS COMMUNITY.THAT'S SIMPLY PUT, THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ZONING AND LAND USE FOR RESIDENTIAL USES HASN'T OCCURRED.
THIS, THIS COMMISSION AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAVE ALL APPROVED RESIDENTIAL USES IN SOME AREAS IN THIS COMMUNITY.
UH, WE HAVE MAPPED ACTUALLY SOME OF THESE AREAS AND THERE, THERE ARE ALMOST 30 REZONING AND LAND USE PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN APPROVED IN THIS AREA OVER THE LAST FIVE TO EIGHT YEARS.
SO TO STATE THAT ANYONE THAT THE CITY HAS DELEGATED OUR AUTHORITY TO DO ANYTHING JUST IS NOT TRUE.
SO ASIDE FROM THAT, UM, I WILL PAUSE AND SEE IF MR. UH, CHAIRMAN, IF THERE'S A MOTION, UH, FOR THIS ITEM AND, UH, I WILL STAY FOR ANY QUESTIONS RELATED TO THAT.
ALRIGHT, WELL THIS IS A DISTRICT THREE AND FOUR CASE, SO COMMISSIONER OSA, COMMISSIONER REYES, I'D LIKE TO ASK A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FIRST.
JUST SO WE CAN GET SOME CLARIFICATION, UH, FOR THE AUDIENCE HERE, OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS HERE, HOW MANY OF YOU GUYS DO NOT LIVE IN SAN ANTONIO? YOU'RE IN BEXAR COUNTY, SO JUST MAKE THIS CLEAR.
RIGHT? NOTHING APPLIES TO THEM.
IT'S JUST LIKE A MONTH AGO, A WEEK AGO.
NOTHING'S GONNA BE CHANGING FOR THEM, STATUS QUO FOR THEM WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY.
AND SO, SORRY, I'M GONNA TURN, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. CHAIR, I'M GONNA TURN THAT WAY I CAN FACE THE PUBLIC.
SO THE REASON WHY IF YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTY YOU RECEIVED A NOTICE IS BECAUSE AGAIN, THE STATE OF TEXAS HAS LANGUAGE THAT REQUIRES THAT WE PLACE WITH THE NOTIFICATION, UH, SHOULD A PROPERTY POTENTIALLY BE PROPOSED FOR NON-CONFORMING USE, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS IF SOMETHING MAY BE GRANDFATHERED AS THE RESULT OF A ZONING CASE, THEN WE HAVE TO PLACE SPECIFIC LANGUAGE IN THE NOTICE.
AND WE HAVE TO ENSURE THAT NOT ONLY PROPERTY OWNERS RECEIVE THAT NOTICE, BUT THAT ALSO TENANTS ALONG THOSE AREAS RECEIVE A NOTICE.
THAT'S REALLY DIFFICULT FOR US TO DETERMINE IF A TENANT, WHAT THE ADDRESS OF A TENANT COULD BE BECAUSE THAT'S NOT IN THE BAYER APPRAISAL DISTRICT, WHICH IS WHERE WE WOULD PULL OUR NOTIFICATION LIST FROM OUR ADDRESSES AND SO FORTH, ADDRESSES, NAMES, ADDRESSES, ET CETERA.
SO WE USE ALL OF THE ADDRESSES THAT ARE WITHIN THE POSTAL ROUTE.
SO IN DOING THAT, THAT MEANS THAT WE ARE EXPANDING THAT NOTIFICATION AREA SUBSTANTIALLY.
SO THOUGH TYPICALLY WE WOULD PROBABLY SEND OUT FOR THIS CASE ABOUT 3000 NOTICES OR SO, BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT WE HAD TO NOTIFY EVERYBODY WITHIN THE POSTAL ROUTE, WE HAD TO SEND OUT TO APPROXIMATELY TO OVER 13,000 PEOPLE.
SO I JUST WANTED TO AT LEAST GET THAT, GET THAT INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSER.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT FOR THE RECORD THAT THAT'S, THAT'S THE REASON WHY MANY PEOPLE WHO ARE, WHO ARE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS RECEIVED A NOTICE, BUT THE ONLY RECEIVED IS FOUR DAYS AGO.
AND, UH, ANOTHER QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU IS, UM, IF THIS HAS CONTINUED TODAY, DOES THAT IMPACT, UM, TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER PLAN ADOPTION AT ALL? THERE'S NO.
COMMISSIONER REYES, MR. CHAIR, I AM PREPARED TO MAKE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THIS CASE, BUT HOWEVER, I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO YOU IF YOU WANT TO ALLOW THE OTHER COMMISSIONERS FOR QUESTIONS.
BUT MY QUESTIONS ARE THE SAME QUESTIONS THAT EVERYONE HERE HAS IS THE TWO MILES ARBITRARY TRAFFIC STUDIES FOR THE TRUCK TRAFFIC, UH, EVIDENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS PROPO OR POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS AS THE REPORT SAYS, UH, THOSE ARE THE TYPE OF QUESTIONS I HAVE THE SAME QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT, UM, I'LL DEFER TO YOU, MR. CHAIR.
ALRIGHT, WE, LET'S DO, LET'S DO A, A FIRST ROUND OF SHORT QUESTIONS.
OKAY? WE'RE GONNA TAKE TWO MINUTES FOR EACH OF US TO ASK QUESTIONS AND THEN WE'LL DECIDE AND THEN WE'LL SEE IF WE HAVE OTHER ADDITIONAL ROUNDS.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? YES, I HOPE SO.
COMMISSIONER HUEY, I BELIEVE YOU WERE.
I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP A QUESTION THAT WAS ASKED EARLIER.
UH, YOU SAID THAT, UH, THOSE RESIDENTS, THOSE PROPERTIES THAT ARE NOT IN THE CITY BUT IN THE COUNTY ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE ICORP.
SO DOES THAT MEAN IN THE FUTURE IF THESE PROPERTIES GET ANNEXED IN THE CITY, THAT THE THE ICORP THEN APPLIES TO THEM OR DOES NOT APPLY? APPLY CITY OF SAN ANTONIO IS NOT AND DOESN'T HAVE AN ANNEXATION PLAN RIGHT NOW.
THAT WOULD INCLUDE ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES IN, WITHIN SOME, A LOT OF THIS AREA.
THERE IS, UM, ONE ADDITIONAL AREA WITHIN THE SOUTH SIDE THAT IS ON OUR, ON OUR BOOKS.
WE CAN BRIEF THE COMMISSION AT A FUTURE DATE SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THE ACTUAL BOUNDARIES.
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SHOULD, UM, PROPERTIES BE WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE TWO MILE AREA, THEN WE WOULD APPLY THE OVERLAY DISTRICT AT THAT TIME.BUT THAT WOULD BE UPON ANNEXATION IF THE CITY WERE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN ANNEXATION PROCESS.
SO JUST, JUST SO I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU JUST SAID, RIGHT, IT'S EVEN IF THEY'RE IN THE, IF THEY'RE IN THE COUNTY, HIGH COURT DOES NOT APPLY TO THEM.
BUT IN THE FUTURE, IF THOSE PROPERTIES ARE ANNEXED, THE DENIED COURT WOULD APPLY.
IF A PROPERTY WERE TO BE ANNEXED AND IT IS WITHIN THE TWO MILE AREA, THEN THE ZONING CASE WOULD INCLUDE THE THAT OVERLAY DISTRICT? CORRECT.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER CHASE, DID YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? NONE, NONE AT THIS MOMENT.
ALRIGHT, STARTING FROM THE END, UH, QUESTIONS FAR LEFT? I, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS SO I, I GOTTA TELL YOU.
I'D RATHER WAIT FOR A MOTION TO DELAY THIS FOR 30 DAYS.
I'D RATHER WAIT FOR A MOTION LIKE THAT.
SO I, I'LL I'LL MAKE A MOTION.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
UH, COMMISSIONER BUSTA MONTE, I WILL RESERVE MY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ, SAME COMMISSIONER.
I HAVE LOTS OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M RESERVING.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, I WILL ASK A QUESTION.
UM, BESIDES THE BRIEFING AT OUR WORK SESSION, WHICH IS INFORMATION FOR US MM-HMM,
I KNOW YOU'VE MENTIONED THIS, THIS IS NOT DIRECTLY RELATED NECESSARILY TO THE, NECESSARILY TO THIS PROPOSAL, THOUGH IT INFORMED THE RECOMMENDATIONS, BUT IF YOU COULD PROV COULD PROVIDE A COMPLETE OVERVIEW OF YOUR PUBLIC INPUT PROCESS, UM, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
UM, WE ARE USED TO, FOR SIMILARLY SIGNIFICANT AND IMPACTFUL PROJECTS SUCH AS LARGE AREA REZONINGS AND UDC AMENDMENTS HAVING MONTHS OF PROCESSES.
AND SO IF YOU COULD, I KNOW YOU HAVE THE TIMELINE HERE, COULD EXPLAIN THE RATIONALE BEHIND THIS AND IF THERE WAS ANY OTHER ATTEMPTS, UM, MADE AND HOW THIS WAS INITIATED THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR US.
SO AGAIN, THE, THIS, THIS TOPIC FIRST CAME UP THIS IDEA OF COMPATIBLE LAND USE PLANNING SPECIFICALLY AROUND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS SINCE THE START OF THE TEXAS A M AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN PROCESS, WHICH WAS IN 2019.
UM, SO WE HAVE BEEN DISCUSSING THIS VERY TOPIC AS PART OF THE LAND USE RECOMMENDATION SINCE THAT TIME.
UH, WHEN IT COMES TO THE, UM, INDUSTRIAL COMPATIBILITY OVERLAY DISTRICT, WE HAVE ACTUALLY BEEN WORKING ACTIVELY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF COMPATIBLE LAND USE AROUND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
WHILE AT THE SAME TIME, UM, TRYING TO PROVIDE MORE FLEXIBILITY IN THE SOUTH SIDE FOR DEVELOPMENT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S THIS PERCEPTION THAT YOU CANNOT DEVELOP ANYWHERE IN THE SOUTH SIDE AND PARTICULARLY WITHIN THREE MILES OF TOYOTA.
WE BELIEVE THAT, THAT THAT'S A LITTLE BIT TOO ARBITRARY OF A STATEMENT.
AND WE THINK THAT WITHIN THE, THE TWO TO THREE MILE AREA THERE, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE'VE HAD THESE DISCUSSIONS AT THE PLANNING TEAM SINCE, UH, LATE LAST YEAR.
UH, WE CON ONCE WE, UH, HAD A, A DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING TEAM ABOUT MOVING FORWARD WITH A, AN OVERLAY DISTRICT THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR DEVELOPMENT, WE CONDUCTED OPEN HOUSES.
WE ACTUALLY CONDUCTED ONE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE FOR FOLKS THAT WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON ON APRIL THE 20.
ON, ON APRIL THE 23RD, WE CONDUCTED AN IN-PERSON OPEN HOUSE ON APRIL THE 30TH.
AND, AND, AND NOTIFICATIONS WERE SENT UTILIZING THE, THE, THE ADDRESSES.
HELLO EVERY GENTLEMEN, LADIES, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, LET LET HIM, LET, LET HIM FINISH.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE LET HIM SPEAK.
THE, THE ADDRESSES AS THEY'RE LISTED IN BCA FOR ALL AFFECTED PROPERTIES.
UM, SO THERE WERE FOLKS THERE, SO NOTICES DID GO, DID GET MAILED OUT.
UH, WE DID HAVE FOLKS THAT ARE, UM, THAT ATTENDED ALSO VIRTUALLY AS WELL.
UM, SO ALL OF THAT WAS DONE PRIOR TO THE, THE, THE ZONING COMMISSION BRIEFING.
UH, A COUPLE QUICK FOLLOW-UPS.
WHEN YOU'RE SAYING WE'VE HAD DISCUSSIONS, UH, ABOUT THIS FOR SOME TIME WITH THE WE THAT YOU WERE SURE SPECIFICALLY THE PLANNING TEAM HAS DEVELOPED THE, THE, THE PLANNING TEAM THAT WAS ORGANIZED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEXAS A AND AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
WHAT WAS THAT PLANNING? WHO'S COMPOSED OR A PART OF THAT PLANNING? I CAN PROVIDE A LIST.
UH, IT'S ACTUALLY A LARGER GROUP.
WHAT KIND OF STAKEHOLDERS BESIDES CITY STAFF, WERE OTHER STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED? SURE.
HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT THAT? CITY STAFF PARTICIPATION ACTUALLY IS FAIRLY MINIMAL.
IT'S PRIMARILY, UH, COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS, FOLKS THAT REPRESENT KEY IN KEY INSTITUTIONS WITHIN THE, WITHIN THE COMMUNITY LIKE TEXAS A AND M, UM, PROPERTY OWNERS PARTICIPATE
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IN THAT.UM, SOMEBODY ACTUALLY MENTIONED TOYOTA.
TOYOTA IS ACTUALLY NOT A MEMBER OF THE PLANNING TEAM FOR THE TEXAS A AND M.
EVERY REGIONAL CENTER PLAN, UH, A LIST WOULD BE HELPFUL WHEN YOU CAN PROVIDE IT.
AND THEN MY LAST QUESTION PERTAINING TO THIS IS HOW SPECIFICALLY DID YOU MARKET BOTH THE VIRTUAL OPEN HOUSE AND IN PERSON? I KNOW YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE THERE, BUT I WOULD LIKE SOME ADDITIONAL DETAILS OF COURSE.
YEAH, WE ABSOLUTELY CAN SEND THAT TO THE COMMISSION.
NO DIRECT MAILS DISCUSS BEYOND YES.
A DIRECT MAILER ACTUALLY WAS MAILED TO EVERY PROPERTY, COULD DO ANY OTHER KIND OF MARKETING THROUGH, FOR EXAMPLE, THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWSLETTERS THAT GO TO NEIGHBORHOODS USING SOCIAL MEDIA, UH, ON NEXTDOOR.
ALL OF THOSE OPTIONS ARE AVAILABLE.
AND DO YOU ENSURE THAT YOU GET ADDITIONAL EXPOSURE? NOT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BECAUSE THERE AREN'T NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION THAT ARE REGISTERED WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO OUT HERE.
UM, THERE WAS A DIRECT MAILER TO EVERY AFFECTED PROPERTY OWNER AND UH, WE PLACED IT ON OUR WEBSITE THAT WE USED, THE CHANNELS THAT WE HAD AVAILABLE TO US.
AND HOW FAR IN ADVANCE DID YOU SEND OUT THAT DIRECT MAILER? UM, AT LEAST THREE WEEKS PRIOR BECAUSE WE TRY TO GIVE AT LEAST THREE WEEKS NOTICE, IF NOT SOMETIMES A LITTLE MORE.
BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU VERY SPECIFIC DE UH, TIMELINES AND WE CAN GIVE YOU THE NOTIFICATION AS IT THAT WAS SENT OUT.
THAT TRUE, THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL.
WE, WE, WE, WE HEAR YOUR CONCERNS.
UM, I HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, BUT I'M GONNA LIMIT THEM TO ONE THAT I THINK IS PROBABLY MOST APPLICABLE TO, UH, MOST OF THE RESIDENTS THAT I HEARD.
AND THAT IS THE EFFECT ON EXISTING RESIDENTIAL LOTS.
AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE IT SAYS IN THE, IN THE, IN YOUR PRESENTATION OR WELL, IN THE DRAFT LANGUAGE, UM, EXISTING RESIDENCES MAY BE REPAIRED, ENLARGED PROVIDING THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IS NOT INCREASED.
THE LAW IS NOT SUBDIVIDED IN ALL APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THIS DISTRICT ARE MET.
UM, MY CONCERN PRIMARILY IS WITH NUMBER THREE.
WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN? DOES THAT MEAN THAT THE OTHER USES THAT ARE LISTED AS PROHIBITED, SUCH AS STR SUCH AS MAYBE AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT, A UH, ASSISTED LIVING OR, UM, CHILDCARE THINGS THAT RIGHT NOW ARE ALLOWED WITHIN RESIDENTIAL? THOSE WOULD BE PROHIBITED.
THOSE WOULD BE PROHIBITED BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE TYPES OF USES THAT WE ARE TRYING TO ENSURE, UH, THAT THAT WOULD BE IMPACTED BY AN BY NEIGHBORING INDUSTRIAL USE AND THE TYPES OF, OF, OF NUISANCES THAT THEY CAN CAUSE.
UH, SO WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT THE, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENCES THAT ARE LIVING WITHIN THE, UH, AN AREA OF A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
BUT FOR EXISTING RESIDENCES, FOR EXISTING, THOSE ARE, THOSE HAVE, UH, AN EXEMPTION, AN EXCEPTION IN THE, IN THE ORDINANCE, BUT THEY HAVE AN EXEMPTION.
SO, SO RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SAY OPEN UP AN ASSISTED LIVING WITHIN YOUR RESIDENCE OR A CERTAIN LOW NUMBER? UH, NO, NO, NO BECAUSE, UH, WE'RE, IT'S NOT RECOMMENDING THE, NOT NECESSARILY THE, THE CHANGE OF USE TO GO FROM A RESIDENCE TO AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY IS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT USE OF THE PROPERTY AND IT WOULD NOT BE RECOMMENDED TO, TO BRING ADDITIONAL PEOPLE NEAR A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE.
SO WE'RE, WE'RE ASKING AS PART OF THIS PROCESS THAT OKAY KNOW THAT THERE NOT BE AN EXPANSION OR A CHANGE OF USE FOR USE NO CHANGE OF RESIDENTIAL? CORRECT.
SO WHAT ABOUT AN STR? WOULD AN STR BE PROHIBITED THEN FOR AN EXISTING RESIDENCE? YES.
SO I CAN, THAT WOULD BE A RESIDENCE OR A RESIDENCE BASED BUSINESS? NONE NONETHELESS YOU'RE BRINGING PEOPLE TO A PARTICULAR AREA WHERE WE'RE TRYING TO LIMIT THE IMPACT OF ON FOLKS THAT, THAT MAY BE GOING THAT AREA.
AND THEN, SO I THINK I'M GETTING THAT IT, IT'S JUST A LITTLE UNCLEAR AS TO EXACTLY IT SAYS, BECAUSE I THINK WHEN YOU SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE IMPACTED, THEY DO KIND OF STILL HAVE IMPACTS AS FAR AS SOME OF THE USES THAT THEY LIKE I CAN DO IN STR IN MY HOUSE.
BUT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THEY COULD NOT, THAT WOULD BE A RESIDENCE BASED BUSINESS AND RESIDENCE BASED BUSINESSES ARE PART OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO LIMIT, LIMIT WITHIN THIS PARTICULAR OKAY.
AND WHAT ABOUT AN ACCESSORY DWELLING UNIT? IS THAT CONSIDERED AN ADDITIONAL YES.
BECAUSE THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL RESIDENCE THAT YOU'RE PLACING ONTO THE PROPERTY? YES SIR.
SO THEY WOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO DO THAT? THAT'S MY YES SIR.
UM, THAT'S THE MAIN, I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS.
UM,
UM, I COULDN'T READ IT ON THE SCREEN SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAID.
UM, YEAH, I'M HAPPY TO GET THE, A COPY OF THE POWER SO WE CAN SEE.
AND I THINK IT WAS JUST A CLARIFICATION TO BE HONEST.
UM, SO COMMISSIONER YOUSO, COMMISSIONER REYES,
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MR. CHAIR, ALTHOUGH I ALSO HEARD A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT NOTIFICATION.SURE, NO, WE UNDERSTAND THAT, THAT, SO IN ADDITION TO THE MOTION TO CONTINUE, I'LL ALSO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO HAVE ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE.
AND ALSO TO HAVE THE NEXT, THE HEARING AFTER 5:00 PM SO THEN MY MOTION WILL BE TO HAVE ANOTHER OPEN HOUSE.
THE NEXT HEARING WILL BE IN EIGHT WEEKS, CONTINUOUS FOR EIGHT WEEKS.
I THINK THAT THAT'LL BE TWO MONTHS.
AND SO IF I MAY JUMP IN REALLY QUICKLY.
SO THE COMMISSION CANNOT DIRECT CITY STAFF, HOWEVER, IT IS DEFINITELY NOTED AND YOU CAN HIGHLY RECOMMEND AND YOU WILL FOLLOW UP AT THE NEXT MEETING AS TO WHETHER THAT HAPPENED.
BUT THE MOTION SHOULD NOT DIRECT STAFF NO DIRECTION.
SO THE MOTION IS TO CONTINUE THIS CASE FOR EIGHT WEEKS AND HAVE THE MEETING AFTER 5:00 PM I WOULD RECOMMEND WE IDENTIFY A DATE, SIR, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
IS THAT I'LL SECOND THAT MOTION.
IS THAT THE DATE OF OUR NORMAL JULY MEETING? THAT IS CORRECT.
AND CAN WE DO A TIME CERTAIN, ARE WE ALLOWED TO SET A TIME CERTAIN OF, AND AND TO BE CLEAR, A FRIENDLY AMENDMENT THAT IS FOR THIS, THE TIME CERTAIN IS FOR THIS ITEM SPECIFICALLY THAT WE WILL HAVE OUR NORMAL HEARING STARTING AT 1:00 PM AS REGULARLY NOTICED? THAT'S CORRECT.
BUT THIS ITEM WILL BE HEARD STARTING AT 5:00 PM GOOD POINT.
AND DO YOU ACCEPT? YES, I ACCEPT.
ALRIGHT, MOTION IS TO CONTINUE FOR EIGHT WEEKS TIME CERTAIN BE BEGIN OF THIS CASE AT 5:00 PM YES.
MOTION BY COMMISSIONER REYES, SECOND BY COMMISSIONER BOTTLES WITH YOU.
AND, AND WITH A RECOMMENDATION THAT THE, THAT THE CITY CONDUCT A COMMUNITY MEETING SLASH OPEN HOUSE YES.
UM, ALRIGHT, ANY DISCUSSION? SHORT DISCUSSION? OH, WE GOT SHORT DISCUSSION.
COMMISSIONER MR. MANGO, BRIEFLY, CITY I STRONGLY, URGENTLY, STRENUOUSLY REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WANT YOU TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT HERE.
SO JUST WANTED TO ADD THAT COMMISSIONER AND, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, COMMUNITY MEETING, CORRECT.
MR. CHAIR? I, I COMPLETELY AGREE WITH, UM, CHAIRMAN BUSMAN OR THE COMMISSIONER BUSMAN AND IT SHOULD BE IN A, IN A PLACE NEAR THE FACILITY, EITHER SCHOOL OR NEAR TEXAS A AND M OR SOMEWHERE.
AND, AND, AND, AND JUST JUST TO COMMENT ON THAT, EVERY, ANYTIME THAT WE CONDUCT A COMMUNITY MEETING OR OR PUBLIC MEETING, WE, WE CONDUCTED IN OR AS CLOSE TO THAT COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.
THE OPEN HOUSE THAT WE CONDUCTED THIS LAST TIME WAS ACTUALLY AT, AT PALO ALTO COLLEGE.
UM, COMMISSIONER
THANKS FOR EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT AND ASKING QUESTIONS.
UM, THE CITY ATTORNEYS INSISTED I RECUSE MYSELF BECAUSE I ASKED TOO MANY QUESTIONS AND COMMUNICATED WITH CITY COUNCIL AND OTHERS ON STAFF.
UH, IN LIGHT OF THAT AND BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO CREATE ANY ISSUES ABOUT THIS VOTE SPECIFICALLY, UM, I'M GOING TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM VOTING ON THE, UH, WHETHER IT GETS DELAYED OR NOT.
AND, UM, REGARDLESS OF MY RIGHTS TO SPEAK OUT.
CHAIR, COMM, COMMISSIONER SIPES.
JUST TO CLARIFY, THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE DID NOT DEMAND THAT COMMISSIONER WHITSETT, UH, RECUSE HIMSELF.
AND UH, WE WOULD LIKE A CLARIFICATION ON IS HE RECUSING HIMSELF OR IS HE ABSTAINING IN THE VOTE BECAUSE THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.
IF HE'S RECUSING, THEN HE WOULD NEED TO REMOVE HIMSELF FROM THE ROOM.
IF HE IS JUST GONNA ABSTAIN FROM THE VOTE, THEN THAT IS FINE.
HE CAN REMAIN AND THAT WOULD BE NOTED IN THE RECORD.
I'M GONNA ABT FROM THE VOTE AND Y'ALL INSISTED YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T DEMAND, BUT IT WAS A STRONG INSISTENCE.
COMMISSIONER WATSON, I HAVE QUITE A FEW COMMENTS.
I'M GONNA RESERVE SOME OF THEM FOR 60 DAYS, BUT THERE ARE A KEY, A FEW KEY THINGS THAT I'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT AS WE ARE PLANNING FOR, UM, THIS, UH, ADDITIONAL PUBLIC INPUT THAT WE'VE REQUESTED, WHICH I ALSO HIGHLY RECOMMEND, UM, AND COMMEND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS FOR ENCOURAGING.
UH, THE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION THAT WE SHOULD BE ASKING AND
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THE THINGS THAT HAVE THIS IMPACT IS WHO ARE WE DEVELOPING FOR, UM, WHICH CONTINUES TO BE ABSENT IN INDUSTRIAL ZONING CASES IN PARTICULAR, WE SEE IT ALL THE TIME IN DISTRICT TWO, AND I THINK IT, THERE IS A LOT OF EVIDENCE IN HOW LIMITED THE PUBLIC INPUT HERE, UH, WAS IN THIS PROCESS, THAT WE DID NOT DO THAT IN THIS CASE.UM, SO AS YOU'RE PREPARING FOR THIS PUBLIC INPUT MEETING, UM, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE YOU TO USE ALL CHANNELS BEYOND DIRECT MAILING TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.
THERE IS A COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT NEWSLETTER THAT GOES OUT TO RESIDENTS, PERIOD.
NOT JUST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS VIA EMAIL THAT IS AVAILABLE.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS A DIGITAL DIVIDE IMPACT, UM, AS WELL AS DIFFICULTY GETTING RELIABLE POSTAL SERVICE.
SO EVERY SINGLE CHANNEL, WHETHER IT BE DIGITAL IN PERSON, UTILIZING THE COUNCIL OFFICE, UTILIZING COMMISSIONERS TO MAKE SURE THIS IS HEARD AND HEARD.
AND NOT JUST LIKE A WEEK IN ADVANCE, BUT PEOPLE HAVE AMPLE TIME TO PLAN.
THIS IS A WORKING CLASS COMMUNITY.
GOING TO MEETINGS IN GENERAL IS DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY INFLUENCE, UM, ARE IMPACTED OR INFLUENCED BY WORK SCHEDULES.
UM, AND IN GENERAL, I WOULD SAY I'M NOT REAL IMPRESSED WITH HOW LITTLE THOUGHT WAS PUT INTO REACHING OUT.
AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS A COMMUNITY HAD QUESTIONS HERE WHERE THEY WERE ASKING ABOUT THE PROCESS FOR IMPACTS ON THINGS LIKE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL USES, UM, ET CETERA.
AND WE ARE THINKING ABOUT A PROCESS FOR THAT.
YOU SHOULD HAVE EVERY PROCESS THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THIS PARTICULAR REZONING AND OVERLAY DISTRICT THOUGHT THROUGH AND BE PREPARED TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND MAKE AMENDMENTS BY THE TIME THAT PUBLIC INPUT MEETING HAPPENS.
YOU SHOULD NOT BE ASKING THIS COMMISSIONER ANY OTHER POLICYMAKING BODY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION TO CITY COUNCIL WITHOUT THINKING THROUGH HOW IT'LL BE IMPLEMENTED.
UM, THOSE ARE VALID QUESTIONS, WHETHER YOU LIVE IN THE CITY OR YOU LIVE IN THE COUNTY.
IF YOU'RE IN THIS DISTRICT, EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE A LONG-TERM IMPACT ON YOU AND THE RESIDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW AND TO ASK QUESTIONS IN A PUBLIC FORUM TO MAKE SURE THEIR CONCERNS ARE HEARD AND ADDRESSED AND ARE PART OF WHATEVER POLICY IS PROPOSED, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE ASKING US AS REPRESENTATIVES OF COMMUNITY TO MAKE A RECOMMENDATION THAT WILL IMPACT THEM FOR THE LONG TERM.
SO PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU CONSIDER EVERY ASPECT OF THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND YOU'RE PREPARED TO ANSWER ANY AND ALL QUESTIONS IN A PUBLIC FORUM AND OURS BECAUSE THERE WILL BE MANY, UH, BY THE TIME THIS COMES TO US IN JULY.
UM, AND I'LL CLOSE MY COMMENTS THERE.
YOU DON'T EVEN GIVE ME A CHANCE TO SPEAK AT ALL,
NO, BECAUSE WE'RE GONNA LOSE A FEW MORE COMMISSIONERS.
NO, COMMISSIONER WATSON SAID IT SAID IT SAID IT.
WELL, UM, AGAIN, I WOULD, I WOULD STRONGLY URGE TO LOOK AT THE DIRECT IMPACTS TO EXISTING RESIDENCES AND HOW THAT THEY ARE EXACTLY IMPACTED COMPARED TO WHAT A PERSON THAT LIVES OFF OF.
UH, WELL FREDERICKSBURG ROAD, FOR EXAMPLE, COMPARED TO OVER IN MISSION DE LAGO.
UM, ALSO THE IMPACT TO A AND M AND, AND ON ANY EXPANSION.
THE VOTE, THE MOTION IS FOR MR. CHAIR.
CAN I JUST MAKE ONE, ONE STATEMENT REAL QUICK? UH, THE FACILITY, WE HAVE THE MEETING OR IF YOU GUYS HAVE THE MEETING, WE'RE NOT TELLING YOU WHAT TO DO, BUT IF YOU HAVE THE MEETING, MAKE SURE IT'S A LARGE ENOUGH PLACE.
I MEAN, I'D LOVE TO BE A LITTLE FLY ON THE WALL SINCE I REP, UH, REPRESENT DISTRICT THREE.
I'D LOVE TO BE THERE JUST TO BE, SEE HOW IT GOES.
WE, WE WILL WORK WITH THE ALTER ENSURE THERE ISN'T THE QUORUM PRESENT
OTHERWISE WE NEED TO POST IF YOU WANT TO HAVE MORE THAN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF COMMISSIONERS THERE.
WHAT, UM, MR. CHAIRMAN, WE'LL, WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOU.
'CAUSE I KNOW YOU'LL HAVE PROBABLY AT LEAST TWO, MAYBE THREE, MAYBE FOUR.
SO, UM, MOTIONS FOR AN EIGHT WEEK CONTINUANCE WITH A TIME CERTAIN AT 5:00 PM ROLL CALL.
AFTER 5:00 PM 'CAUSE OF TRAFFIC.
ALRIGHT, SO TIME CERTAIN 6:00 PM UM, ROLL CALL, VOTE.
THERE HAS A WAIT, SORRY, SORRY.
SO THE SECOND NEEDS TO AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT.
DO YOU AGREE TO THE AMENDMENT FOR 6:00 PM CERTAIN? YEAH.
COMMISSIONER BUSANTE LEFT AT 4:45 PM COMMISSIONER, WE AYE.
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COMMISSIONER WHATSUP ABSTAIN.ITEM PASSES FOR CONTINUANCE AS AMENDED.
WE WILL SEE Y'ALL IN A COUPLE MONTHS.
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WAIT, HOLD ON, HOLD ON.WE, WE STILL HAVE THE MINUTES.
WE, WE HAVE STILL HAVE MINUTES TO APPROVE AND PLEASE KNOW WE ORDERED DINNER FOR Y'ALL.
IF BEFORE YOU LEAVE, IF YOU DON'T MIND STOPPING IN AND GETTING SOME DINNER, WE WOULD REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR, OR ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS TO BE HAD ONTO THE MINUTE TO THE MINUTES OR CHAIR? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR THE MINUTES.
MINUTES BY, UH, COMMISSIONER ORTIZ.
WHO WAS THAT? COMMISSIONER REYES WITH A SECOND.
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