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WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 22ND, 2024.
WE HAVE QUITE IN A TURNOUT TODAY, SO I'M GLAD YOU GUYS ARE ENGAGED IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT, UH, PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE LIMITED TO TWO MINUTES TODAY.
CA CAN WE HAVE, PLEASE HAVE INFORMATION REGARDING SPANISH LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION SERVICES? WITNESS.
UH, CAN PLEASE CONDUCT THE ROLL CALL, PLEASE? COMMISSIONER PECK.
ALRIGHT, UH, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THE, UH, OUR ELECTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION OFFICERS FOR THIS YEAR.
I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO LOGAN SPARROW.
UH, THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA TODAY, UH, IS THE ELECTION O OF OFFICERS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 35 8 0 7 B ONE.
UH, JUST AS A REMINDER FOR THE COMMISSION AND THE PUBLIC, UH, THE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, AND THE, THE OFFICERS SHALL SERVE A TERM OF ONE YEAR.
UH, HOWEVER, THE CHAIR CANNOT SERVE MORE THAN TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS.
SO STARTING WITH CHAIR, I WILL ACCEPT NOMINATIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR THE NEXT CHAIR.
AND THEN WE'LL HAVE A VOTE FOR THE PERSONS NOMINATED.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CHAIR? HEARING NONE.
CAN I GET A NOMINATION FOR VICE CHAIR OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION? I'LL NOMINATE MATT PROFIT SECOND.
ANY OTHER NOMINATIONS FOR VICE CHAIR? HEARING NONE.
AND FINALLY, PRO TEM OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
CAN I GET A NOMINATION? NOMINATE MEREDITH SIEGEL.
CONGRATULATIONS OR CONDOLENCES TO ALL
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MOVE ON.OUR FIRST ITEM IS THE CONSENT AGENDA.
THE CONSENT AGENDA IS ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA EXCEPT FOR ITEMS 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 29, AND 30.
DOES THAT MATCH WHAT STAFF HAS? I SAID 24 30 OH MINUTES.
34 IN MINUTES? THAT IS CORRECT.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON WITH ACTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND IS THERE A VOICEMAIL ON NUMBER NINE ALSO? YES.
SO WE'LL START WITH THE VOICEMAILS IN REGARD TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.
CASE NUMBER 22 DASH 1 1 8 0 0 7 4 8 REGARDING THE REPLANTING OF LOT 15 BLOCK SEVEN, COUNTRY BEND, UNIT THREE.
THIS IS SHIRLEY FERGUSON, A RESIDENT OF COUNTRY BEND SUBDIVISION FOR 29 PLUS YEARS.
MY ADDRESS IS TWO SEVEN FIVE TWO TWO AUTUMN GLEN.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (830) 981-2485.
THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION OF MY PROPERTY IS CB 4 6 8 3 A BLOCK FIVE, LOT 15 COUNTRY BEND, UNIT THREE.
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REPLANTING OF LOT 15 BLOCK SEVEN, COUNTRY BEND UNIT THREE.THE PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD WILL UNDOUBTEDLY HAVE A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON OUR ESTABLISHED COUNTRY BEING SUBDIVISION.
I FORGOT TO ASK, DOES STAFF HAVE A PRESENTATION ON THIS OR SHOULD WE JUST ROLL WITH, UH, COMMENTS? I CAN READ IT IN IF YOU'D LIKE ME TO.
ITEM NUMBER NINE, PLAT NUMBER 22 DASH 18 0 0 7 4 8.
WINDSONG SUBDIVISION IS A REQUEST BY STEVEN COFF, FELDER C AND D BERNIE STAGE LLC FOR APPROVAL TO REPL AND SUBDIVIDE ATTRACTIVE LAND TO ESTABLISH WINDSONG SUBDIVISION GENERALLY LOCATED NORTHEAST OF THE BERNIE STAGE ROAD AND BERNIE FOREST ROAD STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL.
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COMMENT.WE HAVE SEVERAL PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UH, FIRST IS PEGGY LEWIS, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD AND YOU WILL HAVE TWO MINUTES.
HELLO, I AM PEGGY LEWIS, RESIDENT OF COUNTRY BEND ADDRESS 2 7 1 1 4 BERNIE FOREST, 29 PLUS YEAR RESIDENT.
I HAVE PROPERTY THAT WILL DIRECTLY BE, UM, ADJACENT TO THIS NEW SUBDIVISION.
YOU DID THE RECORDING OF ONE OF OUR RESIDENTS.
THERE'S ALSO SEVERAL EMAILS THAT WOULD GO INTO THE MAIN CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, THE FLOODING, POSSIBLE FLOODING, UH, TRAFFIC, UH, SAFETY.
UM, THERE WERE NUMEROUS LISTS, BUT MY ONE QUESTION IS, IS THAT IN OUR CURRENT COVENANT FOR COUNTRY BIN, AND I'M GONNA ASSUME THERE'S COVENANTS FOR THIS NEW SUBDIVISION AS WELL, THAT WE HAVE NOT BEEN PRIVY TO THAT STATES THAT ANY DWELLING THAT'S PUT ON THE PROPERTY THAT BACKS UP TO MY PROPERTY MUST BE A MINIMUM OF 30,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO I'M WONDERING DOES THIS APPLY TO THIS NEW SUBDIVISION? UH, WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
YOU WILL HAVE TO DISCUSS WITH STAFF.
I, I I WILL SAY THAT ANY CODES, COVENANTS AND RESTRICTIONS ARE PRIVATE AGREEMENTS BETWEEN PRIVATE PARTIES AND THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO CANNOT LEGALLY ENFORCE PRIVATE RESTRICTIONS.
SO WE HAVE NO SAY SO AS TO THE SIZE OF THE PROPERTY THAT'S GOING IN BEHIND US.
I'M SAYING THAT THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO HAS NO REGULATORY ABILITY TO ENFORCE THOSE PRIVATE RESTRICTIONS.
UH, NEXT IS P AND VICKI ORES NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
DO YOU HAVE TWO MINUTES, PETE AND VICKI, OR? OUR ADDRESS IS 9 7 2 2 BERNIE HAYES.
AND, UH, WE LIVE IN KIND OF A UNIQUE HOUSE IN COUNTRY BEND, WHEREAS IT SITS ON A HILL AND IT'S, THERE'S A PANORAMIC VIEW AND IT'S JUST WAS ALL QUIET TREES.
EVERYTHING WAS JUST PEACEFUL AND WE WANTED TO RETIRE THERE.
HE'S BEEN RETIRED FOR A BIT AND I JUST RETIRED AND ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THIS COMMOTION AND NOW WE HAVE EVERYTHING EXPOSED.
I MEAN, IT JUST WAS LIKE HORRIBLE THAT WE HAD TO LOOK AND WATCH ALL THE TREES BEING TORN OUT.
THAT HOUSE WAS, THAT WAS NEXT TO US.
YOU COULD BARELY SEE THE ROOF.
NOW EVERYTHING IS EXPOSED ON THE ONE SIDE OF OUR PROPERTY.
SO IT'S, IT'S A TOTAL DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERE IN THE BACK.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT HOUSE THAT'S ACTUALLY ON THE LAND THAT THIS SUBDIVISION IS BE GONNA BE BUILT.
WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S GONNA BE TURNED INTO A CLUBHOUSE WITH A POOL AND A BUNCH OF NOISE.
AND THE DEER HAVE BEEN ALL DISRUPTED.
UM, WE, IT JUST, IT JUST REALLY SHOOK US TO OUR CORE TO SEE THE TRANQUILITY, THE PEACEFULNESS OF WHAT WE, WE BOUGHT THIS HOUSE THREE YEARS AGO TO RETIRE THERE.
WE HAVE IT FOR SALE NOW BECAUSE OF THIS SITUATION AND WE HAVEN'T EVEN BEEN ABLE TO SELL IT.
AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL HOME BECAUSE
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THE WHOLE TRANQUILITY AND THE PIECE OF IT HAS BEEN RUINED.UM, I DON'T KNOW IF THE DEER WILL STILL COME AROUND.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WHEN THEY START BUILDING THOSE HOUSES.
I, I, I, I CAN'T EVEN, YOU KNOW, IT JUST, THAT'S HOW UPSET WE ARE.
AND SO WE'RE SELLING OUR HOUSE, THE HOUSE.
WE, WE HAVE A, A MOM AND POP ORGANIZATION.
WE OWN A COMPANY, A SWIM POOL COMPANY FOR 30 YEARS IN HELLO TO TEXAS.
AND WE'VE DONE A LOT OF PERMITS HERE AND COME HERE.
MY HUSBAND, EVERYONE KNEW HIM.
AND, UH, WE STILL OWN THE COMPANY, BUT WE'VE RETIRED FROM IT.
AND WE WERE GONNA SIT AND WE WERE GONNA BE HAVE THAT PIECE.
AND THAT'S THE WHOLE REASON WE BOUGHT THAT HOUSE.
AND NOW WE CAN'T EVEN SELL IT FOR WHAT WE BOUGHT IT FOR.
AND THAT'S NOT, AND CONSTRUCTION HASN'T EVEN STARTED
YEAH, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF NOISE WITH THE TRACTORS, BUT WHEN THEY START, YOU KNOW, THE HAMMERS AND ALL THAT, GET OUT THERE, WE'RE NEVER GONNA SELL THAT HOUSE.
ONE OF THE MAIN QUESTIONS WE HAVE IS IN REGARDS TO THAT ONE HOUSE THAT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND OUR HOUSE.
IT'S A VERY, VERY LARGE HOME, VERY LARGE HOME.
UH, ALMOST A, I THINK IT'S SWIMMING, THREE STORY SWIMMING POOL.
IT'S GOT A BIG SATELLITE DISH.
WE WANT TO, WE WANNA FIND OUT WHETHER THAT HOUSE IS GONNA BE RAISED, WHETHER IT'S, WHETHER THE DEVELOPER'S GONNA MOVE INTO THAT HOUSE, WHETHER IT'S GONNA BE CONVERTED INTO A COMMUNITY, UH, UH, CLUBHOUSE.
UH, AND IF SO, IS THERE GONNA BE A POOL? IS IT GONNA BE RIGHT BETWEEN THE HOUSE AND OUR HOUSE? THERE'S SO MANY QUESTIONS, UH, THAT I KNOW THAT WE'LL HAVE TO ANSWER TO.
ANY PROSPECTIVE BUYER THAT'S WILLING TO BUY OUR HOUSE.
UH, WE LISTED THE HOUSE A WEEK BEFORE THEY STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION.
AND I MEAN, ONE DAY WE JUST CAME IN AND ALL THESE TREES THAT SHIELDED US FROM THIS HOUSE AND, AND THIS OPEN LAND WERE GONE.
AND WE ARE JUST, UH, VERY, VERY UPSET BECAUSE NOW IT'S REALLY AFFECTING US SELLING OUR PROPERTY.
AND, UH, BUT WE HAVE TO RELAY THAT INFORMATION TO PROSPECTIVE BUYER AS TO WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO THAT PARTICULAR BUILDING THAT'S DIRECTLY BEHIND US.
AND THAT'S ALL WE NEED TO KNOW.
ALRIGHT, WHEN ARE WE GONNA FIND OUT WHAT'S HAPPENED TO THE HOUSE THERE, MR. CHAIR? WE CAN HAVE STAFF STEP OUT, UH, AFTER, UM, IF THEY WANNA STEP OUT INTO THE HALLWAY AND HELP ANSWER ALL OF THE QUESTIONS.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US COME HERE AND CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR NEW POSTS.
I LIVE AT, UH, 2 7 5 1 0 BERNIE MIST.
SO I'M NOT DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PROPERTY, BUT WE'RE UP ON A HILL AND FROM OUR UPSTAIRS WE CAN SEE THE WHOLE DEVELOPMENT.
SO I SUBMITTED A LETTER, YOU GUYS SHOULD HAVE IT.
A COUPLE OF POINTS I WANNA ITERATE THERE.
IT'S A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO I WAS HERE FOR A DISCUSSION SIMILAR TO THIS ABOUT CITY OF SAN ANTONIO TAKING OVER CONTROL OF THIS AREA.
AND WE HAD TWO OPTIONS IN THE BOAT.
SAN ANTONIO PROVIDES ALL THESE SERVICES.
THE OTHER WAS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF GROWTH, WHICH IS WHAT THIS DISCUSSION IS ABOUT.
AND AT THAT MEETING, THE PURPOSE OF SAN ANTONIO, TAKING THIS OVER WAS TO LI LIMIT HIGH DENSITY OR NOT ALLOW HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN THIS AREA DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF CAMP BULLIS.
YOU GUYS HAD CHARTS AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT SHOWED THIS IS THE AREA WHERE WE WANNA LIMIT HIGH DENSITY GROWTH.
OKAY? SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY ABOUT IS HIGH DENSITY GROWTH.
'CAUSE WHAT THESE GUYS ARE PLOTTING NOW IS DEFINITELY HIGH DENSITY GROWTH.
UM, SECOND POINT IS THE DEVELOPER'S SHOWN A COMPLETE LACK OF RESPECT FOR SCENIC OAKS.
BASICALLY, THEY'VE COME IN AND THEY'VE STRIPPED ALL THE OAKS OUT OF THE AREA.
NOW I HAVE A PICTURE, WHICH I'LL GIVE YOU OF WHAT IT USED TO LOOK LIKE.
UM, I CAN ONLY DRAW ONE LINE ON IT ACCURATELY BECAUSE THAT LINE IS THE, IS THE UTILITY BETWEEN THE CUTS BETWEEN COUNTRY BEND AND THIS AREA ON ONE SIDE.
UM, SO THEY'VE COME IN AND MOWED EVERYTHING DOWN.
AND I, I BELIEVE THAT THE, THAT THE DEVELOPER UNDERSTOOD, UNDERSTOOD THE INTENT FOR LOAD DENSITY GROWTH, STARTED THE DEVELOPMENT, AND NOW THEY'RE BACK HERE TO TRY TO REPLANT THIS AREA TO SKIRT.
UM, YOU KNOW WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS FOR? I THINK THERE'S TWO OF US, RIGHT? I'M STEPHANIE WRIGHT.
CAN I HAVE TWO MORE MINUTES? DID YOU SIGN IN
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TO SPEAK? I DID NOT.THE LAST THING I WANT TO PROVIDE IS THIS, WHICH YOU CAN HAND THESE TO ALL OF THEM.
IT'S UM, LEMME SHOW IT TO HIM.
THIS IS WHAT THE CURRENT LOOKS LIKE.
UH, NEXT PERSON IS NELDA HOWARD.
LIVE AT 2 7 1 2 2 BERNIE FOREST.
OUR HOME IS ADJACENT TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT'S UNDERWAY.
SO IT IS AFFECTING US DIRECTLY.
THEY ARE DIRECTLY INTO OUR BACKYARD.
SO ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE IS BACK IN SEPTEMBER WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, THEY WERE PROPOSING 80 HOME SITES ON THE 40 PLUS ACRES.
AND SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND NOW IT HAS GONE TO 150 HOMES.
THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT.
AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH DENSITY.
THIS IS DEFINITELY HIGH DENSITY.
WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PLAT, THERE ARE GOING TO BE FOUR AND A HALF HOMES BEHIND US, WHERE BEFORE OBVIOUSLY IT WAS ALL, UM, AGRICULTURAL.
WE HAD GOATS AND COWS AND ROOSTERS AND SUCH.
BUT BECAUSE OF THAT AND THE HIGH DENSITY THAT IS GOING TO TAKE PLACE, IT'S GOING TO AFFECT OUR WATER PRESSURE, OUR SEWAGE, OUR TRAFFIC.
BERNIE STAGE DOES NOT ACCOMMODATE FOR THAT MUCH MORE TRAFFIC.
SO WE'RE VERY, VERY CONCERNED.
IS THIS GOING TO INCREASE CRIME? HOPEFULLY NOT.
BUT IT'S ALSO GOING TO, UH, PRODUCE LIGHT POLLUTION THAT WE DON'T HAVE RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE MOVED OUT INTO THE COUNTRY, IS SO THAT WE COULD HAVE THOSE BEAUTIFUL SKYLIGHTS AT NIGHT.
SO WE ARE MISSING OUT, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT, OR WE WOULD LIKE TO FIND OUT WHAT CHANGED FROM SEPTEMBER TO NOW WHERE THE HOUSES HAVE MORE THAN DOUBLED IN THE AMOUNT THAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY STATED.
AND I WANTED TO JUST MENTION THAT WHILE THE QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES FOR ALL OF US, OF COURSE, ARE DEVASTATING, VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT THIS WOULD BE RECOMMENDED FOR APPROVAL.
I'LL ALSO POINT OUT THAT THE DENSITY OF BRINGING THIS MANY HOUSES IN, AND I SAY THIS AS AN INFANTRY COMBAT VETERAN OF TWO WARS, THE DENSITY OF THESE HOUSES AND WHERE WE ARE IS VERY LIKELY TO PUSH CAMP BULLIS OUT OF ITS ABILITY TO CONDUCT TONIGHT OPERATIONS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
NEXT UP IS ANN FESTER MAKER AND FENCER MAKER.
GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M ANNE MAKER AND THIS IS MARY MAKER COMING OVER HERE.
UM, WE ARE AT, UM, 2 6 8 7 9 2 7 3 7 5 AND 2 7 4 8 7 BERNIE STAGE ROAD.
WE ARE THE MAVERICK RANCH, ROMY FARM.
UM, WE ARE LESS THAN 200 FEET ACROSS THE STREET.
THE ROAD FROM THIS DEVELOPMENT DIRECTLY ACROSS, UH, THE MAVERICK RANCH FROM ME.
FARM IS THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES DISTRICT.
IT IS A NATIVE TEXAS AND ENDANGERED SPECIES, UH, HABITAT PRESERVE.
AND IT IS NOW COVERED BY A CONSERVATION EASEMENT IN PERPETUITY.
CONSERVATION EASEMENTS, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW ABOUT THEM, UH, ARE OR ARE SUCH AS THE, THE OWNER DEEDS TO A LAND TRUST.
THEIR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND YOUR DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS ARE WORTH SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 60 AND 80% OF THE VALUE OF YOUR LAND.
WE DONATED THAT TO A LAND TRUST.
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WE MADE A HUGE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT TO THIS PLACE, THIS AREA, BECAUSE WE LOVE IT.IT HAS BEEN IN OUR FAMILY 117 YEARS.
AND, UM, OUR FAMILY WANTED THIS, IT WANTED TO PRESERVE THE WILDLIFE.
IT HAS AN INCREDIBLE HISTORY AND, UH, ALL OF THAT, NOT WITHSTANDING, I'M GONNA TALK TO YOU ABOUT MONEY BECAUSE THAT SEEMS TO BE WHAT ALL OF THIS IS ALWAYS PREMISED AND PREFACED ON.
WE MADE A HUGE FINANCIAL DONATION AND A HUGE FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.
UM, WE DO NOT SEE ANY SAFEGUARDS WHATSOEVER IN THESE PLANS TO KEEP THE MAJOR RUNOFF AND A MAJOR FLOODING HITTING OUR PROPERTY, HITTING OUR SPRINGS, WHICH ARE DIRECTLY ACROSS THE ROAD AND GOING INTO THE CREEK AND DOING MAJOR DAMAGE TO THIS PROPERTY THAT WE HAVE SPENT AN UNGODLY AMOUNT OF MONEY TO PRESERVE.
AND MARY HAS, I'M DONATING MY TWO MINUTES.
UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEIR ROAD, IT'S A SLOPE THAT GOES RIGHT INTO OUR PROPERTY ACROSS THE ROAD.
YOU CAN ALREADY SEE THE DUST AND THE DIRT COMING OUT OF THE PROPERTY GOING INTO OUR PROPERTY.
SO WE MADE A COMMITMENT, BUT WE DON'T SEE ANY COMMITMENT FROM ANYONE ELSE TO HELP US UPHOLD WHAT WE DID FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
WHERE ARE THE SAFEGUARDS TO PREVENT MAJOR RUNOFF, PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES, WHICH WE DO NOT USE ON OUR PROPERTY AND NEVER HAVE FROM HITTING OUR PROPERTY AND DOING THE DAMAGE THAT WE HAVE GONE OUT OF OUR WAY TO PREVENT.
WE HAVE SET THIS LAND ASIDE FOR PERPETUITY.
IT IS FOR YOUR CLEAN AIR AND YOUR CLEAN WATER.
WHAT WILL YOU DO? CAN YOU DO SOMETHING FOR US TO PROTECT US, TO PROTECT OUR PROPERTY? UH, FINANCIALLY, I THINK WE HAVE MADE THE BIGGEST COMMITMENT HERE AND WE WENT OUT ON THE LINE TO DO IT.
PROTECTING THE LAND OF THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT AND STANDING UP FOR IT THROUGH EIGHT IMMINENT DOMAIN FIGHTS OVER 35 YEARS.
WE ASK THAT YOU DENY THIS PERMIT FOR REPLANTING UNTIL SAFEGUARDS ARE IN PLACE TO PROTECT OUR COMMITMENT AND OUR PROPERTY.
OKAY, NEXT UP WE HAVE MARGARET, UH, GUERRERO.
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
MARGARET GRECO, 7 0 6 WEST LINWOOD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 2 1 2.
AND NO, I'M NOT 200 FEET AWAY FROM THIS PLACE, BUT IT AFFECTS ME AS WELL AS IT AFFECTS EVERYONE IN SAN ANTONIO IN SURROUNDING REGIONS.
THE CATASTROPHE THAT IS UNFOLDING IN THAT AREA DOES NOT STOP WITH THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBORS, ALTHOUGH I REALLY FEEL FOR YOU GUYS, IT GOES WAY BEYOND THAT AND BEYOND GENERATIONS.
THAT IS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO TELL YOU WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS.
THERE'S A LOT WRONG WITH THIS.
IN FACT, THERE'S NOTHING RIGHT ABOUT IT AT ALL.
WHAT I'M GONNA ASK YOU GUYS TO DO IS TO SPEND THE REST OF MY TIME AND TELL ME HOW YOU ARE GOING TO SAFEGUARD THE FENCE TO MAKERS RANCH FROM BEING FLOODED.
BECAUSE I'VE LOOKED AT THE PLANS, IT DOESN'T CUT IT AND IT DOESN'T TAKE IN CLIMATE CHANGE AND FURTHER DEVELOPMENT.
AND TELL ME HOW GONNA SAFEGUARD 150 FAMILIES FROM NOT HAVING WATER IN THE FUTURE? SO THE TIME IS TICKING PEOPLE.
IS THAT THE EXTENT OF YOUR COMMENTS? NO, I'M WAITING FOR YOU GUYS TO COMMENT, TO ANSWER MY QUESTION.
WELL, THAT IS THE QUESTION YOU CAN ASK STAFF ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT IS THAT SO YOU DON'T KNOW? OH, WE KNOW, BUT THAT'S A CONVERSATION YOU CAN HAVE WITH STAFF.
IS THAT THE NO, I'LL MAKE ANOTHER COMMENT.
THIS SHOULD BE YOUR OBLIGATION.
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT ALL LANDOWNERS.
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FENCE TO MAKERS AND EVERYBODY ELSE.THIS IS A SLUM THAT'S ABOUT TO GO DOWN.
WHY ARE YOU LETTING IT HAPPEN? THAT'S THE QUESTION.
AND MAYBE THAT SHOULD BE THE QUESTION.
WHY ARE YOU LETTING IT HAPPEN? YOU'VE GOT OH, IT'S TIME.
I GUESS WE'LL HAVE TO TAKE OUR OWN IDEA ABOUT WHAT THAT QUESTION IS.
GOOD AFTERNOON, UH, COMMISSIONERS.
AND, UH, OUR ADDRESS IS 2 7 5 0 1 BERNIE CAVE.
UM, OUR PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT, UM, TO THE NEW SUBDIVISION.
WE JOIN EVERYBODY IN THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE, UM, AESTHETICS AND THE WILDLIFE, AND YOU CAN'T IMAGINE THE NOISE AND ALL OF THAT.
AND WHEN WE BOUGHT THIS LAND MORE THAN 30 YEARS AGO, WE DID IT WITH A SPECIFIC INTENT OF HAVING SOME PLACE THAT WAS SAFE AND SECURE.
SO MY PRIMARY FOCUS THAT HASN'T BEEN TOUCHED ON YET IS THE SAFETY AND SECURITY, PARTICULARLY WITH THE HIGH NUMBER OF HO HOMES NOW, UM, THAT ARE PROJECTED AT 150.
THERE IS NO FENCING ALONG MY PROPERTY AND SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE'S BECAUSE WE'VE NOT HAD THE NEED OF IT.
AS YOU SEE ON THE MAP, YOU KNOW, ALL OF THE HOUSES AROUND US.
IT'S LIKE WE HAD THIS BEAUTIFUL PASTURE LAND, WE DIDN'T HAVE TO HAVE SECURITY.
NOW LOOKING AT ALL OF THE, AT ALL OF THE EASEMENTS THAT ARE THERE, UM, THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED AND THE WAY THEY'LL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR HOMES, UM, THAT BECOMES A REALLY HUGE CONCERN FOR US.
UM, WITH THE, THE LENGTH OF THE PROPERTY.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WOULD SECURITY SYSTEMS BE ALL THAT.
AND WE HAVE JUST UNDER TWO ACRES, 1.6, TWO THREE ACRES OF PROPERTY THAT NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT.
NOT JUST, UM, STRANGERS AND, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO WILL HAVE ACCESS TO OUR PROPERTY THAT WOULD NEVER HAVE IT NOW.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THE TEENAGE KIDS.
I DON'T KNOW IF, AND I WOULDN'T SAY THIS ABOUT ANY OF YOU, BUT I WAS ONE OF THOSE KIDS ONCE, AND I KNOW KIDS LOOK FOR A PLACE TO GO.
WELL, MY HUSBAND HAS BUILT A BEAUTIFUL AREA FOR US.
WE HAVE TRAILS AND BENCHES AND ALL OF THOSE KINDS OF THINGS, AND NOW WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OTHER PEOPLE CAMPING OUT AND ALL OF THAT.
SO THE MITIGATIONS THAT WE'RE REQUESTING ARE TO AT LEAST MINIMIZE THE NUMBER OF LOTS AND HAVE THAT'S TIME HAVE HALF.
SO, UM, REDUCE THAT AND THEN SECURED.
THAT IS ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON NUMBER NINE.
THERE'S A PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON EITHER A ITEM THREE OR A SEVEN.
I CAN'T READ IT, BUT A MAXINE BATTLE.
IS THERE A MAXINE BATTLE? SHE'S NOT, YES.
I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF HER.
UM, ADDRESS IS 1 3 9 1 5 WILDCAT LAYER.
AND THE PROPERTY IS DIRECTLY ADJACENT TO THE PLATTED DRAINAGE.
AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE ALREADY IS PUT, LIKE EVERYONE ELSE HAS SAID, WIPED OUT ALL THE TREES, CHANGED THE LAND, CHANGE THE ANIMALS.
BUT WHAT THEY'VE ALSO DONE IS THEY'VE PUT A 10 FOOT, UM, WALL.
WE'RE GUESSING THAT'S WHERE THE RETAINING STUFF IS GOING TO BE, BUT THAT'S NOW ALL COMING DIRECTLY INTO HER PROPERTY.
THE WATER HAS BEEN RESHIFTED AND RE AIMED AND COMING DIRECTLY INTO HER PROPERTY NOW.
SO NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE PROBLEM OF THE LACK OF PEACE AND QUIET AND LOOKING AT A PASTURE, BUT IT IS, UM, A SAFETY CONCERN FOR DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE BUSES AND THE MUD.
THE MUD HAS BEEN UP TO SIX INCHES DEEP COMING IN THERE INTO THE ROAD NOW.
SO THAT IS OUR LARGEST CONCERN IS WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH THIS AND WHY IS THIS BEING ALLOWED TO COME INTO HER PROPERTY? AND I MEAN, I GUESS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH IT? ANYTHING ELSE THE KIDS CLIMBING ON? OH, AND THE SAFETY OF THE 10 FOOT WALL AS WELL.
UM, WE'RE JUST VERY CONCERNED IF THIS IS A PARK OR IF THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD, WHAT'S GOING TO BE KEEPING THE KIDS OFF THIS 10 FOOT WALL FALL.
I MEAN, IT IS A DANGEROUS, DANGEROUS LOOKING WALL AND TO
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DIRECT WATER OR SLUDGE.ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TODAY.
OKAY, THAT'S ALL THE FOLKS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, BOTH WERE PLATS, UM, FOR THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLKS HERE IN ATTENDANCE TODAY.
THOSE OF YOU THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK AND THOSE OF YOU THAT DIDN'T AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT STATE LAW SAYS THAT IF A PLAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY VARIANCES AND MEETS ALL ASPECTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO APPROVE THE PLAT BY LAW AS A PLANNING COMMISSION BODY.
SO I'M GONNA ASK STAFF, DOES PLAT ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND NUMBER NINE MEET ALL ASPECTS OF THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THERE ARE NO VARIANCES? YES, THEY DO.
AND I'LL TELL YOU THAT ALL THESE PLATS HAVE GONE THROUGH A MONTHS, MONTHS, MONTHS LONG REVIEW PROCESS OF ENGINEERING, DRAINAGE, ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, AND ALL THOSE THINGS MORE THAN YOU COULD DESCRIBE IN TWO MINUTES.
SO, UM, JUST WANNA PUT THAT OUT THERE FOR THE RECORD.
SO WHAT HAPPENED? OKAY, AND MR. CHAIR, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, YES MA'AM.
IF MAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND, UH, WE CAN STEP OUTSIDE ONCE THIS ITEM HAS BEEN HEARD AND WE CAN STEP OUTSIDE AND TALK TO ALL OF THE RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR THAT, MELISSA? YES, SIR.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE WILL TAKE A MOTION ON THE CONSENT AGENDA, VOTE, MOVE TO APPROVE.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER BY VICE CHAIR PROFIT, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM.
BUT I WOULD WANT, WANT TO EXTEND THE GRATITUDE AND THE TIME THAT PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN OUT TO SPEAK ON, ON BEHALF OF, OF THE, THE PLAT THAT, UM, THAT YOU GUYS CAME FOR.
COUNCILWOMAN VEA HUBBARD BERTA.
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WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 22.ALEXA RATANA PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 22 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE SOUTH CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY PLAN FROM PARKS OPEN SPACE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
LOCATED AT 3,400 MISSION ROAD.
THERE WERE 21 NOTICES MAILED ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN SUPPORT OF THE REQUEST AND MISSION.
SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS IN OPPOSITION OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET, EIGHT ARE IN OPPOSITION.
THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT FROM PARKS OPEN SPACE TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IS REQUESTED TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO MF 18 LIMITED DENSITY MULTIFAMILY DISTRICT WITHIN THE SOUTH CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY.
PLAN GUIDING PRINCIPLES REQUEST THAT DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS PROVIDE A MULTITUDE OF HOUSING CHOICES AND, AND EFFICIENT INFRASTRUCTURE.
THE REQUESTED LAND USE WOULD ALIGN WITH THESE PRINCIPLES BY PERMITTING MORE DENSE HOUSING SURROUNDING LAND USE IS PARKS, OPEN SPACE, COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL AND REGIONAL COMMERCIAL MAKING THE PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL APPROPRIATE TO THE AREA AS A TRANSITION TO THE LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH AND IDEAL FOR A DENSER HOUSING LAND USE.
THIS ITEM WAS HEARD AT ZONING COMMISSION ON MAY 21ST, 2024.
STAFF AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMEND APPROVAL.
THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM? KEN BROWN, UH, BROWN AND MCDONALD? UH, 100 NORTHEAST LOOP FOUR 10, SUITE 1385 ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.
UH, PUTTING, UH, PRESENTATION TOGETHER? ANYONE? UH, THE DOWN BUTTON RIGHT HERE.
SO, UM, AS STAFF, UH, MENTIONED, WE, UH, WERE AT ZONING COMMISSION YESTERDAY.
UM, WE'RE ASKING THAT, UH, WE AMEND THE, THE PLAN WHICH WAS ADOPTED IN I THINK 2005.
UH, THEY PUT A DESIGNATION ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY FOR PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
UH, BUT THE PROPERTY IS ZONED C3.
SO THE ZONING, UH, WE'RE REQUESTING MF 18 FOR SENIOR HOUSING.
AND SO WE HAD TO AMEND THE PLAN TO BE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING THAT WE WERE REQUESTING.
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GOING TO, SO, UM, THE STAR IS WHERE OUR PROPERTY IS.UM, THE ISSUE OF MISSION SAN JOSE, UH, WILL PROBABLY COME UP, UH, WITH SPEAKERS AND THAT THE OTHER STAR IS WHERE, WHERE MISSION SAN JOSE IS.
UM, AS I SAID, IT IS CURRENTLY PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
UH, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION THAT WE'RE ASKING FOR IS MF 18, AND WE'RE ACTUALLY BELOW THAT.
UH, WE'RE LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY.
UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'RE IN AN AREA WHERE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE IS ACTUALLY BEHIND US.
THERE'S PROPERTY OWNED BY THE CITY AND THE STATE.
UH, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AND REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
THERE, THERE'S A WALMART BANKS, UM, CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, BINGO, BINGO PARLOR, THINGS LIKE THAT.
UH, RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM US, WHICH WOULD BE GOOD FOR OUR RESIDENTS.
UH, THIS IS WHAT THE PROPERTY LOOKS LIKE.
YOU CAN SEE THE SHOPPING CENTER ACROSS THE STREET BEHIND US IS, IS OPEN SPACE AND, AND WILL REMAIN OPEN SPACE BECAUSE IT IS OWNED BY THE CITY AND OR THE STATE.
UM, THIS IS THE MISSION PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT.
UM, AND THE CENTER POINT OF THAT IS, UH, MISSION SAN JOSE.
UH, IT IS CURRENTLY 1500 FEET, UM, OF, OF A CIRCLE.
IT WAS AMENDED, UH, THE LAST TIME THE UDC AMENDED IT FOR THOSE ON THE COMMITTEE.
UH, WE ARE OUTSIDE OF THAT, UH, OVERLAY AND PROTECTION, UH, DISTRICT.
UH, WE DO HAVE DESIGN CRITERIA, UH, FOR OUR PROPERTY THAT WE WILL ADHERE TO.
UM, SO THIS IS A MAP OF, UH, THE TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
IF, IF YOU ARE IN THE WORK SESSION, UH, HOT WELLS MISSION, UH, REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN WHICH OUR PROPERTY IS WITHIN THEIR BOUNDARIES.
UM, THERE IS A MESSAGE, UH, VOICEMAIL IN SUPPORT AND A LETTER IN SUPPORT.
UM, WE STARTED WORKING WITH THEM IN JANUARY TO EXPLAIN WHAT WE'RE DOING, WHICH IS, AS I SAID, AN 88 UNIT, UH, SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT.
UH, ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET IS THE MISSION, SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THEY'RE IN OPPOSITION AND I'LL LET THEM TELL YOU WHY.
UH, THIS IS JUST A LIST OF WHEN WE STARTED AND THE VARIOUS MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD, UH, WITH THE, THE TWO NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATIONS.
UH, THIS IS THE EMAIL, UH, AND, UH, THE SPEAKER WILL, UM, SPEAK AS TO WHY THEY ARE SUPPORTING IT.
THE HOT WELLS NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
UM, I, COMMISSIONER, I MEAN, UH, CHAIRMAN, UM, WOULD YOU ALLOW ME, UM, 'CAUSE I HAVEN'T BEEN UP HERE THAT LONG.
UH, A TWO MINUTE REBUTTAL AFTER THE SPEAKERS.
UM, SO FOR THE REASONS THAT I'VE STATED, UH, WE, WE BELIEVE THAT AMENDING THE PLAN TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO ALLOW THIS SENIOR, UH, UH, COMMUNITY IS A BETTER FIT, UH, THAN THE C3.
THAT ZONING DISTRICT, WHICH IS INCONSISTENT WITH THE PARKS AND OPEN SPACE LAND USE DESIGNATION, THE C3 HAS BEEN THERE FOR QUITE SOME TIME FOR SOME REASON.
UH, THE PLAN WAS DONE AND THEY PUT PARKS AND OPEN SPACE ON A C3 ZONING DISTRICT AS THE ZONING COMMISSIONER FOR DISTRICT THREE YESTERDAY SAID, WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE MUFFLER SHOPS AND CAR REPAIR AND, AND, UM, CAR LOTS.
AND SO THAT IS THE REASON THEY UNANIMOUSLY SUPPORTED THE ZONING CASE YESTERDAY.
AND FOR THOSE REASONS, THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE ZONING AND THE PLAN, WE WOULD RE WE WOULD REQUEST THAT YOU AMEND THE PLAN TO ALLOW US TO DEVELOP A LOW DENSITY MULTIFAMILY SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I KNOW THIS IS A LAND USE PLAN AMENDMENT.
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING ON THE SIDE, THE OWNER IS HERE.
UH, AND I RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
UM, WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THE FIRST ONE VOICE VOICEMAIL.
OH, IS THERE A VOICEMAIL? OKAY, WE HEAR THE VOICEMAILS.
MY ADDRESS IS ONE ZERO FIVE ZERO THREE PABLO WAY.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (661) 904-4235.
I'M CALLING REGARDING, UH, CASE NUMBER PA 2 0 2 4 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 WOLD ROAD.
I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION
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ON THIS.I THINK THE REZONING IS A BAD IDEA.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT NEEDS TO BE KEPT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT A TRUCK COMPANY OR MECHANICS, OR DEFINITELY NOT ANY TRUCK DEALERSHIPS.
SO I OPPOSE THE DOGGETT PROJECT CHANGING THE ZONING.
MY NAME IS BRADY ALEXANDER I'S AT 1839 EAST PYRON SEVEN EIGHT TWO TWO THREE.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (210) 416-7964.
I REPRESENT THE HOT WELLS MISSION REACH NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION SUPPORTS ITEM PA 20 24 1 1 6 0 0 0 1 4.
THIS PROJECT IS COHESIVE WITH OUR VISION FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT IS APPROPRIATE INFILL THAT DOES NOT DISPLACE EXISTING RESIDENTS AND IS ALSO PAYS ITS FAIR SHARE IN TAXES.
IT ALSO TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE AREA AND THAT THE LOW DENSITY IS APPROPRIATE FOR THIS SITE.
WE HOPE THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AND ITS EFFORTS TO HAVE THIS, UH, MR. CHAIR, JUST TO CLARIFY, THAT FIRST VOICE MESSAGE WAS FOR ITEM NUMBER 23, NOT 22.
IS THERE ANY MORE FOR 22? THAT'S IT.
FIRST PERSON SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON ITEM 22 IS ARMANDO SANTIAGO.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
AND, UH, MY WIFE AND I, WE ARE THE ONLY RESIDENTS THAT LIVE BEHIND THIS, UH, PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.
AND WE OPPOSE IT FOR MANY REASONS, WHICH I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO TELL YOU IN TWO MINUTES.
UH, BUT, BUT IT SEEMS THAT, UM, I'M NOT TRYING TO BE FUNNY, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THE TOYOTA PLANT HAS MORE PROTECTION THAN 300 YEARS OF THE SAN ANTONIO MISSIONS THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO PROTECT FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS THAT WE'VE LIVED THERE.
AND WE'VE STOPPED DEVELOPMENT THERE MANY TIMES.
UM, AND ALSO MISSION ROAD, LET'S NOT FORGET WHY IT'S CALLED MISSION ROAD.
MISSION ROAD IS PART OF THE TEJAS CAMINO REAL, WHICH CONNECTED ALL THE MISSIONS AND BROUGHT PEOPLE FROM MEXICO TO TEXAS, THE EAST COAST IN LOUISIANA.
AND WE WANT TO PUT THIS TYPE OF HOUSING OR ANYTHING ON THAT ROAD IS JUST, SOUNDS RIDICULOUS.
AND WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH ALL OF THEM.
THEY BUILD THESE THINGS, THEY SELL 'EM TO SOMEONE ELSE, THEY GET MISMANAGED.
AND THEN IT JUST TURNS INTO, I DON'T WANNA SAY IT, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND, AND YESTERDAY I WAS REALLY HURT THAT ALL THE COMMISSIONERS THAT SAT HERE, THEY ALL APPROVED IT.
AND NOT ONE OF THEM ASKED MY WIFE A QUESTION ON WHY SHE OPPOSED IT.
NOT ONE, NOT EVEN THE DISTRICT THREE COMMISSIONER WHO, WHO I WAS THINKING THAT HE WAS HERE TO SUPPORT US, BUT HE WAS THE ONE THAT ACTUALLY RAN WITH LET'S APPROVE THIS.
AND I FEEL FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WERE HERE JUST BEFORE US, BECAUSE WE CAN'T LET OUTSIDERS COME IN HERE AND CHANGE THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE HISTORY OF OUR LAND.
IT'S JUST NOT, NOT NOT THE WAY IT IS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE CITIES OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AROUND OUR COUNTRY, THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD PARKS AND OPEN OPEN PARKS IN ALL OUR CITIES BECAUSE OF THE HIGH DENSITY THAT'S HAPPENING.
LOOK AT THE PEARL, LOOK AT DOWNTOWN.
THE TEMPERATURES ARE CHANGING.
YOU COME TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S COOLER.
SO PLEASE TAKE THAT IN MIND AND I APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
MY NAME IS TERESA AND I LIVE IN THE MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AT 1438 AVENUE.
I DO NOT SUPPORT THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CHANGE THE LAND USE FROM PARKS OPEN SPACE TO HIGH DENSITY AT 3 3400 MISSION ROAD.
I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH YESTERDAY'S ZONING COMMISSION'S VOTE TO CHANGE THE ZONING TO MF 18.
SO IF THIS COMMISSION VOTES TO CHANGE THE LAND USE TO WHAT THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING, I WOULD ASK YOU TO AMEND IT
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TO URBAN LOW DENSITY OR MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.BOTH OF THOSE, UH, ZONING CODES ALLOW MF 18.
I ALSO WANT TO CORRECT SOME INFORMATION.
I HAD A, A PICTURE TO SHOW NO, I SENT IT TO ALEXA.
I ALSO WANT TO CORRECT SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE VIEW SHED OR PROTECTION OVERLAY DISTRICT'S M PODS AND THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER AREA THAT I HEARD AT YESTERDAY'S ZONING COMMISSION MEETING.
THE WORLD HERITAGE BUFFER AREA COVERS A LARGE AREA FROM THE ALAMO TWO MISSION IS BAVA.
THE VIEW SHEDS OR M PODS FOR EACH MISSION ARE WITHIN THE RURAL HERITAGE BUFFER AREA.
THE VIEW SHED OR M PODS PROTECT THE VIEW AND VISTA OF EACH MISSION BY LIMITING THE HEIGHT OF STRUCTURES, BUILDINGS LIKE BUILDINGS AND SIGNS AND UTILITY TOWERS.
AND THIS WAS CREATED BY THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION TO PROTECT THESE IMPORTANT COMMUNITY TREASURES.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD HAS DEFENDED MISSION SAN JOSE FROM DEVELOPMENT THAT PROMOTED HIGH DENSITY, BELIEVING THAT IT WAS ENCROACHING ON THE OUTSTANDING UNIVERSAL VALUE OF THE MISSION AND TO OUR HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD.
PLEASE HELP MY COMMUNITY PROTECT MISSION SAN JOSE FROM HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT NEAR ITS GROUNDS.
AND TO OUR COMMUNITY'S GOAL OF BALANCING FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
HELP US TO CONTINUE TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT OUR UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
I'M PRISA CABRAL AND I GIVE MY TWO MINUTES TO JANE HENRY.
I'M GONNA GIVE JANE HENRY, UH, ROSEMARY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
I'M GONNA GIVE HER MY TWO MINUTES AS WELL.
YOU WERE ROSEMARY, YOU SAID ROSEMARY? UH, ANO.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
I'M PRESIDENT OF MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, AND UM, WE ARE IN OPPOSITION ADDRESS, OH, SORRY.
I LIVE, UM, IN A, UH, SUBDIVISION BUILT IN THE FIFTIES, RIGHT ACROSS ROOSEVELT, JUST TO THE EAST OF, OF THIS AREA.
UH, THAT WAS THE LAST SINGLE FAMILY HOME THAT WAS DEVELOPED, THAT WAS BUILT IN THIS AREA SINCE, SINCE 1954.
UM, SINCE THEN WE'VE HAD MANY LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS BUILT BETWEEN ABOUT 1970 TO 2007.
UM, IN 2005, AROUND 2005, THE SANCO THEATER WHO OPERATED, OWNED AND OPERATED THE THREE OR FOUR SCREEN, UM, MISSION, UH, MISSION DRIVE IN, UM, SOLD OR DONATED THE LAND TO THE CITY, UM, WHO WANTED TO BUILD ANOTHER HOUSING, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECT THERE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AT THE TIME FOUGHT AGAINST THAT AND, UM, INSTEAD DEVELOPED IT AS A FABULOUS, INCREDIBLE ASSET IN THE CITY WITH THE MISSION LIBRARY, A-Y-M-C-A AND OPEN AIR, UH, GREEN SPACE FOR, UM, OUTDOOR MOVIES.
UH, HUGE, UH, GREEN FIELDS BETWEEN THERE AND, AND THE MISSION WITH BEAUTIFUL VIEWS OF, UH, MISSION SAN JOSE.
UM, AND SOON THERE WILL BE A SWIMMING POOL THERE.
THOSE ARE THE AMENITIES THAT ALL THOSE LOW INCOME HOUSING PROJECTS NEEDED AND BENEFIT FROM GREATLY.
AND WE ARE PROUD THAT WE CAN OFFER THEM THAT IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE WAS ANOTHER, UM, UH, LOW, LOW-INCOME HOUSING DEVELOPMENT BUILT AT BFW AND THE SAN ANTONIO RIVER ON RIVERSIDE IN 2007.
UM, AND THEY ALSO HAVE THE BENEFIT OF THE RIVER TRAILS AND ALL THE AMENITIES.
WE HAVE ENOUGH LOW-INCOME HOUSING IN MISSION SAN JOSE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA AND THE MISSION, UM,
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THE MISSION DISTRICT, THE BUFFER ZONE THAT TERRY WAS FRA, UH, THE MISSION DISTRICT.UM, WE CANNOT REALLY ACCOMMODATE ANOTHER LOW-INCOME HOUSING PROJECT IN THIS AREA, ESPECIALLY DOWN THERE WHERE THIS VULNERABLE POP POPULATION OF SENIORS WOULD BE ISOLATED.
THEY WOULD BE FACING, HE TALKS ABOUT A WALMART ACROSS THE STREET.
THE WALMART IS NOT ACROSS THE STREET.
IT'S NOT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF MISSION ROAD.
IT'S ACROSS ROOSEVELT, UH, I'M SORRY, SOUTHEAST MILITARY DRIVE.
IT'S THE COURT OF MILITARY AND ROOSEVELT.
WHAT THEY SEE, THE RETAIL THAT THEY HAVE ACCESS TO, THEY WOULD HAVE TO, THE RETAIL PROPERTY THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THEM IS BLOCKED OFF BY A FENCE ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH SOUTHEAST MILITARY TO HUIZAR.
AND THEY HAVE A VIEW OF THE BACK END OF RETAIL PROPERTY THAT THEY CAN'T ACCESS FROM THERE.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT, OUR CODE ENFORCEMENT, UM, ARE ARE OVERWHELMED ALREADY IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WITH CALLS AND RESPONSIBILITIES.
UM, WE CAN'T AFFORD ANOTHER, UM, LOW INCOME PROJECT TO LOOK AFTER.
THEIR LEASE IS GOING TO ALLOW RESIDENTS TO HAVE GUESTS OF UP TO TWO WEEKS, UH, UM, 14 DAYS CONSECUTIVELY.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS LEAVE FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS AND COME BACK FOR ANOTHER 14 DAYS.
AND WE HAVE HEARD COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER SENIOR COMMUNITIES IN THE AREA, ESPECIALLY ON, UM, SOUTH NEW BRAUNFELS OF, UM, RELATIVES MOVING IN WITH THE SENIORS WHO HAVE LEASES.
SO THEY REALLY HAVE NO WAY TO CONTROL THIS.
UM, WE JUST DON'T THINK THE PROPERTY WILL, WE'RE AFRAID THE PROPERTY WON'T BE WELL MAINTAINED AND WELL, UH, MANAGED.
IT'S STEPS AWAY FROM MISSION SAN JOSE.
IT'S ON THE 300 YEAR OLD MISSION ROAD CONNECTING ALL THE MISSIONS OF OUR CITY.
IT'S A WORLD, IT'S ON A WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATED SITE.
UM, WE NEED, IF ANYTHING HAPPENS THERE, IT NEEDS TO BE BEAUTIFULLY, UH, AND RESPECTFULLY MAINTAINED, AS DOES THE CURRENT, UH, OWNER, THE MISSION STORAGE, THEIR, THEIR, THE ARCHITECTURE OF THEIR OFFICE IS, IS BEAUTIFUL.
UM, IT'S BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED BY THE, UH, PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED ON THE PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS.
THE LOT THAT THEY WANT TO, THAT THEY WANT TO PURCHASE, UM, IS BEAUTIFULLY LANDSCAPED.
IT'S A LABOR OF LOVE BY THE GUY WHO LIVES THERE EVERY DAY.
THEY LOVE AND RESPECT THE MISSION AREA AND WE LOVE THEM FOR THAT.
AND WE WANT, IF ANY FURTHER COMMERCIAL USE IS HERE, WE WANT IT TO BE, WE WANT TO HAVE SOME SAY IN IT.
WORLD HERITAGE ORG ORGANIZATION AND THE OFFICE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION WORKED WITH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO REZONE ALL OF ROOSEVELT AVENUE.
BETWEEN, UM, BETWEEN NAPIER AND I BELIEVE SOUTH CROSS, UM, MAYBE FURTHER UP CLOSE TO SOUTH CROSS FROM SEA DOWN.
THEY DOWNGRADED DOWN ZONED EVERYTHING TO C ONE.
ANYTHING THAT WAS C TWO ABOVE THAT WAS GRANDFATHERED IN.
SO THEY HAVE TO APPLY TO REZONE.
UH, ANY NEW BUSINESS, UH, HAS TO REZONE, WHICH WE, WE JUST APPROVED SOMETHING FROM A C ONE TO A C ONE S, NOT A C TWO AS REQUESTED, BECAUSE WE WANT TO HAVE CONTROL OVER THE KIND OF BUSINESSES THAT COME INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH IS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE.
AND, UH, AS A 300 YEAR OLD COMMUNITY, WE WANT TO, TO DIGNIFY AND TO PRESERVE AND TO ENHANCE.
AND WE WANT BUSINESSES THERE THAT WILL, UM, ENHANCE THE, UM, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, SERVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND SERVE TOURISTS AS WELL WHO COME.
THAT IS EVERYBODY THAT SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
SO WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
AND, UH, WHILE MR. BROWN, UH, ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, JUST REAL QUICKLY, WE'RE GONNA BE HERE A WHILE.
UM, AS SHE SAID, ONE OF THE GOALS, UM, UNDER THE WORLD HERITAGE DESIGNATION WAS TO DOWNSIZE C3 PROPERTIES.
UH, WE'RE NOT IN THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
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THAT MAP.UH, WE ARE IN THE DESIGN STANDARD AREA, WHICH WE WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
UM, UH, AS I SAID, THERE ISN'T ANOTHER DISTRICT LAND USE DESIGNATION THAT ALLOWS MF 18.
IT'S, IT SAYS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, BUT WE ARE AT ABOUT 16 UNITS PER ACRE, 88 UNITS.
UH, AND, UH, I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR SUPPORT.
WE'LL OPEN UP TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS EITHER, COUNCILWOMAN.
UM, APPRECIATE THE, THE COMMENTS FROM THE COMMUNITY.
UH, OBVIOUSLY THE, THE MISSIONS ARE IMPORTANT TO THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, BUT AGAIN, OUR PURVIEW IS, UH, LAND USE AND, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT WHAT'S SURROUNDING THIS AREA.
UM, IF DONE APPROPRIATELY, I THINK THAT, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, WOULD BE A GOOD OPTION.
UM, AT C3, YOU COULD HAVE ALL KINDS OF DIFFERENT USES.
UM, AND, AND PART OF, UH, OUR PLANS IS TO PROMOTE, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR THE CITY.
SO, UM, I DO RESPECT THAT PEOPLE WANT GOOD QUALITY PROPERTY IN THEIR AREA, AND I'M HOPEFUL THAT THE, IF THIS GOES THROUGH, THAT THE APPLICANT WILL WORK, CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE NEIGHBORHOODS TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, THAT THEY'RE GOOD NEIGHBORS AND RESPECTFUL OF, OF THE MISSIONS.
COMMISSIONER MILAM, UH, I ECHO COMMISSIONER PROFIT'S, UH, VICE CHAIR PROFIT'S COMMENTS, BUT I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, MS. IBANEZ COMMENTED THAT SHE THOUGHT IT WAS POSSIBLE THAT THERE WAS A LOWER DESIGNATION.
IS THAT THE CASE OR IS NOT? THAT IS NOT THE CASE.
UM, FOR THIS PLAN, WE HAVE TO USE WHAT IS EXISTING, WHAT IS RECORDED, WHICH IS THE SOUTH CENTRAL SAN ANTONIO COMMUNITY PLAN.
AND SADLY, AS, UM, IT WAS STATED, THE LOW DENSITY AND THE MEDIUM DENSITY, THEY DO NOT PERMIT MULTIFAMILY USES ONLY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
NOW, THIS IS SLATED LATER ON WITH AN ESSAY TOMORROW, AND THAT MAY CHANGE.
UM, BUT AGAIN, WE HAVE TO UTILIZE ONLY WHAT IS ADOPTED AND NOT WHAT IS TO COME IN THE FUTURE.
I HAVE NO QUESTIONS, MYSELF ON.
MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? IF NOT, WE WILL TAKE A MOTION.
I MOVE TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UM, COMMISSIONER, UM, SIEGEL, SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
COUNCILWOMAN GABRIELLE VENA? NO.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO ITEM NUMBER 23 AND WE'RE GOING TO HEAR ITEM NUMBER 27 AT THE SAME TIME.
GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS.
MY NAME IS JOSHUA JASKY, SENIOR PLANNER WITH THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
TODAY I AM GONNA BE DOING A JOINT PRESENTATION ON ITEM NUMBER 23 AND ITEM NUMBER 27.
IT'S A PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT AND ASSOCIATED VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION CASE.
SO BEGINNING WITH ITEM 23 IS A PLAN AMENDMENT.
THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WOLD ROAD AND I 10 EAST.
AND IN RELATION TO THE PLAN AMENDMENT, PORTION FIVE WERE RECEIVED IN
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FAVOR WITH FIVE IN OPPOSITION.THERE'S NO REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IN THE, IN THE NOTIFICATION AREA.
HOWEVER, THERE, THERE IS A NEIGHBORHOOD KNOWN AS PALOMA, UH, ADJACENT TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.
THE ADOPTED LAND USE IS CURRENTLY URBAN LIVING AND THAT COMES FROM THE I 10 EAST CORRIDOR PLAN.
THE PROPOSED LAND USE REQUEST IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
SO WITHIN THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, UH, LAND USE CLASSIFICATION, UH, THERE ARE OFFICES SERVICES, RETAIL USES OF MODERATE INTENSITY.
AND THESE AS ACCORDING TO THE PLAN, CAN SERVE AS AN APPROPRIATE BUFFER BETWEEN LOW, MEDIUM, HIGH, AND RESIDENTIAL USES, MORE SPECIFICALLY BETWEEN AN ARTERIAL AND A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY.
COMMERCIAL IS A FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY, AGAIN, FROM THE I 10 EAST CORRIDOR PLAN, UM, THAT IS MORE CONSISTENT WITH THE CATEGORIES AND ZONING DISTRICTS OF THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WHICH ARE OH ONE, C ONE AND C TWO.
THE EXISTING AND SURROUNDING AREA IS URBAN LIVING, SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL.
AND, UH, IF YOU COULD GO BACK ONE MORE.
AND REGIONAL COMMERCIAL IN THE RED THERE.
SO THESE ARE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY FACING NORTH, WHICH IS I 10 EAST TO THE EAST, THE SOUTH, AND THE WEST.
SO MOVING ON TO ITEM 27, WHICH IS A REQUEST FOR VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION.
THIS SUBJECT PROPERTY THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT IN REGARDS TO ANNEXATION IS APPROXIMATELY 16 POINT, UH, THREE SEVEN ACRES.
THE ACTUAL PROPERTY IS, UH, BETWEEN THAT NOTED ON THE MAP AND I 10 EAST.
BETWEEN THE HIGHLIGHTED SECTION OF THE MAP HERE, THERE ARE THREE OR TWO ZONING DISTRICTS, WHICH IS C TWO DIRECTLY ABUTTING THE, UH, I 10 EAST CORRIDOR AND P 10.
AND THEN THE OUT OF CITY LIMITS PORTION, THE OUT CITY LIMITS PORTION WAS NOT ANNEXED INTO THE CITY BECAUSE IT HAD AN EXISTING DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT ON THE PROPERTY.
THAT DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT, AGAIN, IS SUBJECT TO ANNEXATION AS THE PROPERTY OWNER IS INTENDING TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
THE PROPERTY OWNER AND APPLICANT IS SEEKING TO REDEVELOP THE PROPERTY FOR A FREIGHT LINER SALES AND SERVICING, WHICH WILL REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE FOR MANUFACTURED HOME, OVERSIZED VEHICLE SALES, SERVICE, AND STORAGE.
THE ASSOCIATED ZONING CASE IS ON SCREEN AND IT WAS CONTINUED AT YESTERDAY'S ZONING COMMISSION TO JUNE 4TH.
SO AS PART OF ANY VOLUNTARY ANNEXATION, STATE LAW REQUIRES THAT WE INCLUDE A SERVICE AGREEMENT.
THE SERVICE AGREEMENT OUTLINES THE SCOPE OF CITY SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED TO THE SUBJECT PROPERTY, AND, UH, INCLUDES THINGS ON HOW WE CAN HANDLE POLICE, FIRE, SOLID WASTE RECYCLING STREETS, AND THE LIKE.
THE CURRENT ANNEXATION SCHEDULE, UH, BEGINS HERE TODAY, MAY 22ND WITH THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.
AGAIN, WE'VE CONTINUED THE JUNE 4TH FOR THE ZONING COMMISSION HEARING WITH THE TARGET DATE FOR COUNSEL AT JUNE 20TH, AND THE ORDINANCE WOULD BE EFFECTIVE A MONTH THEREAFTER ON JULY 20TH.
STACK RECOMMENDS APPROVAL FOR ITEMS 23 AND 27.
IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT BOTH THE APPLICANT AND, UH, OTHER FOLKS HAVE SIGNED UP TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE PRESENTATIONS.
BUT I AM OF COURSE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS YOU SEE FIT.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM? KEN BROWN? UH, 100 NORTHEAST OF FOUR 10, SUITE 1365, UH, REPRESENTING APPLICANT WITH BROWN AND MCDONALD BUTTONS.
UM, VERY UNIQUE PIECE OF PROPERTY.
I KNOW THERE WERE QUESTIONS, UH, DURING THE WORK SESSION, AND THAT'S WHY I WANTED THESE TWO ITEMS TO BE TAKEN TOGETHER BECAUSE ALMOST HALF OF THE PROPERTY IN THE DOTTED LINE IS OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.
UH, AND THAT MEANS THERE IS NO ZONING.
I, I KNOW WE'RE NOT HERE FOR ZONING.
UH, BUT THAT MEANS, UH, THERE IS NO ZONING DESIGNATION AND THERE CAN'T BE A ZONING DESIGNATION UNLESS YOU BRING IT INTO THE CITY.
AND THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEKING TO VOLUNTARILY, UH, PETITION FOR ANNEXATION.
UH, I THINK, YOU KNOW, UNDER, OR IF YOU DON'T UNDER CURRENT ANNEXATION LAWS, UM, THERE WOULD BE NO WAY TO ANNEX THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT OUR CONSENT UNDER THE DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, ON TWO SIDES, THERE IS A SINGLE FAMILY
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RESIDENTIAL, UM, COMMUNITY.UM, THE INVERTED TRIANGLE, UH, TO THE LEFT IS ZONED I, ONE THAT IS OUR PROPERTY TWO.
UM, THE USE, UH, IS AN INDUSTRIAL USE RIGHT NEXT TO US.
UM, AND ON THE OTHER SIDE IS THE SINGLE FAMILY AND THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE HERE AND REPRESENTED.
UM, THE PLAN WAS ADOPTED ABOUT 16 YEARS AGO.
UM, AND THIS AREA HAS CHANGED A LOT IN THAT TIME.
UM, ESPECIALLY THE ADDITIONS TO IH 10 AND THE ONGOING CONSTRUCTION OUT THERE.
UH, THE EXPANSION AND THERE'S GOING TO BE A, A, I THINK AN INGRESS, UH, LAYING ONTO IH 10, RIGHT, RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR PROPERTY.
UH, AS I SAID, WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, DESIGNATED AS IMID LIVING.
I BELIEVE THAT WAS GIVEN AS A STRIP ALONG IH 10, 16 OR 18 YEARS AGO AS A PLACEHOLDER.
UH, AND, UH, AS DEVELOPMENT HAS OCCURRED, UH, IT HAS BECOME A COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL, UH, CORRIDOR IN THAT AREA.
WE ARE ASKING FOR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, WHICH ALLOWS C TWO ZONING AS THE MOST INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL USE, UH, FOR OUR PROPERTY.
UM, ONCE AGAIN, THE STAR IS OUR PROPERTY.
UM, WE ARE JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF 1604 AND 10, WHICH IS A MAJOR, UH, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL NODE THAT, THAT IS WHAT THE RED DESIGNATES, UH, URBAN LIVING IS.
I'M COLORBLIND, SO I'M GONNA SAY PURPLE OR RED, NO PURPLE OR BLUE OR SOMETHING.
UH, BUT IT'S THE COLOR WHERE OUR, OUR YELLOW STAR IS.
UM, AS I SAID, UH, I BELIEVE THAT WAS GIVEN, UH, AS A PLACEHOLDER.
BUT AS THE, AS THAT QUARTER HAS BECOME MORE COMMERCIALIZED AND INDUSTRIALIZED, UH, WE ARE SEEKING TO HAVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN, UH, THAT IS THE INTERSECTION.
I DON'T KNOW HOW WE GOT THAT FAR.
SO, UH, AS I SAID, WE'VE HAD, WELL WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS MEETINGS WITH THE NEIGHBORS AND THEY ARE NOT INTERESTED IN THE ZONING CHANGE THAT WE ARE REQUESTING.
THAT IS THE CONDITIONAL FOR THE SALES OF, UH, TRUCKS AND SERVICE OF TRUCKS.
UH, THIS HAS COME BEFORE YOU, BEFORE SOME OF YOU MAY HAVE BEEN ON, UH, THE COMMISSION.
UH, YOU APPROVED THE AMENDMENT TO THE PLAN, YOU APPROVED THE ANNEXATION.
UH, THE ZONING WAS APPROVED AT ZONING, GOT TO COUNCIL, AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER WAS NOT SUPPORTIVE.
AND IT WAS PULLED, WE ASKED THE COUNCIL MEMBER TO, UH, BE ABLE TO RESUBMIT IT, WHICH WE HAVE DONE.
WE HAVE NO ASSURANCES THAT HE IS GOING TO APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL ZONING.
UH, AND, AND IF HE DOESN'T, THAT'S OKAY, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS AGAIN.
IT'S NOT OKAY, UH,
SO WE DO WANT IT TO GET ANNEXED BECAUSE WE DON'T THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE TO HAVE A DONUT HOLE OF, OF NON, NON ZONED PROPERTY RIGHT NEXT TO A NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND SO WE DO WANT IT TO GET ANNEXED AND WE DO WANT AN APPROPRIATE, UH, LAND USE DESIGNATION.
AND THAT IS WHAT WE ASK FOR IS COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
AND AS, AS STAFF SAID, IT PROVIDES FOR OFFICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, RETAIL USES, AND GROCERY STORES IN EVERY MEETING THAT WE HAVE HAD WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THAT IS, THAT IS WHAT THEY SAID THEY WANT THERE.
EVERY ONE OF THEM HAS SAID THEY WANT COMMERCIAL STUFF THERE OR OFFICE OR A GROCERY STORE.
AND SO, AS I SAID, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER DOESN'T APPROVE THE CONDITIONAL, WE STILL WANT THE, THE, THE, THE B UH, THE C TWO BECAUSE WE BELIEVE GIVEN THAT CORRIDOR AND THE FRONTAGE ON IH 10, THAT IS AN APPROPRIATE USE.
WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CURRENT URBAN LIVING, UH, IT IS APPROPRIATE IF YOU GO THROUGH THE DEFINITION, IT'S PLACES THAT ARE PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT FRIENDLY.
UH, COMMERCIAL CENTERS WITH MIXED USE TRANSIT ORIENTED DISTRICTS AND TOWN CENTERS, UH, WITH AN EMPHASIS ON, UM, CIVIC SPACES AND CIVIC BUILDINGS.
THAT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN THERE.
THAT THAT'S NOT AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THAT.
IT IS SOMEWHERE, IT'S JUST NOT HERE.
AND SO THAT'S WHY WE ARE ASKING FOR THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
AS I SAID, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL ONLY ALLOWS C TWO.
THAT IS THE MOST INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT THAT THERE IS.
UM, I ONCE AGAIN, ALRIGHT, UM, THERE WERE, THERE ARE SEVERAL, UH, EXAMPLES OF, OF THIS TYPE OF, UH, TRANSITION BETWEEN, AND THE
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YELLOW IS SINGLE FAMILY.THE RED IS, IS IN THIS CASE, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
BUT THE COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS DESIGNED TO ACT AS A BUFFER BETWEEN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND SOMETHING MORE INTENSIVE.
IN THIS CASE, IT'S THE HIGHWAY.
SO, UH, THAT IS WHY STAFF IS RECOMMENDING IT.
UM, THE, UH, PROPERTY, WE ARE THE TRIANGLE AGAIN IN THE MIDDLE THAT IS NOT COLORED.
AS I SAID ON OUR LEFT, UH, OR WEST IS, IS I ONE PROPERTY AND I ONE USES ON OUR RIGHT IS THE DEVELOPMENT THAT THE APARTMENTS THAT ARE OPPOSING US, UM, UH, RECEIVED AN MXD DISTRICT.
UH, AND WHAT THAT IS, IS ALMOST 32 ACRES OF MF 33, WHICH IS ABOUT A THOUSAND USE, UH, UNITS.
AND IN FRONT OF THEM, WHICH IS ODD THAT THEY'RE OPPOSING US IN FRONT OF THEM IS 20 ACRES OF C3.
UM, THEY CAN OPPOSE THE CONDITIONAL FOR OUR PARTICULAR USE.
BUT ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE HERE TODAY ABOUT A LAND USE PLAN, A DESIGNATION, AND WE'RE ASKING FOR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
UM, THIS IS THE PART OF IT THAT IS THE ANNEXATION THAT'S OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, UH, NOT SUBJECT TO ZONING.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE PETITIONING FOR THE ANNEXATION.
UM, THESE ARE THE MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD.
I, I, I DON'T THINK ANYONE WOULD DENY THAT WE'VE BEEN OUT THERE PLENTY OF TIMES.
UM, THIS IS A PICTURE FROM OUR PROPERTY, UH, TAKEN THIS MORNING.
I JUST WANTED YOU TO BE CLEAR AS YOU CAN BARELY SEE 'EM, BUT THE APARTMENTS ARE ON THE HORIZON.
UH, AND THERE'S A SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD BETWEEN OUR TRACK AND THOSE APARTMENTS.
UH, THEY CAN TELL YOU THEIR OWN FEARS OR CONCERNS, UH, BUT WE'RE JUST NOT THAT CLOSE TO 'EM.
AND THIS IS THEIR VIEW OF US, UH, TAKEN FROM THEIR PROPERTY.
UM, AND I, I MEAN, YOU CAN SEE THE INDUSTRIAL USE ON THE OTHER SIDE.
UM, WE'RE ASKING FOR THIS BODY TO APPROVE A LAND USE DESIGNATION OF COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL WITH THE MOST INTENSIVE COMMERCIAL DISTRICT OF C TWO.
UM, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM.
WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITIZENS TO BE HEARD.
I LIVE AT 1 0 6 3 1 ROSALINA LOOP IN CONVERSE, TEXAS.
UH, THE MY PHONE NUMBER IS AREA CODE (210) 980-1613.
I'M CALLING ABOUT THE, UH, CASE NUMBER ENDING IN, UH, 0 2 2.
UM, I'M CALLING TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF DOGGETT BUILDING ON THAT PLOT OF LAND.
UH, I'VE WEIGHED A LOT OF THE EVIDENCE AND I'VE WEIGHED A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT INFORMATION THAT'S GOING OUT.
UH, MOST OF THE INFORMATION THAT IS COMING FROM PEOPLE LIKE JOE MOST AND OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY IS MISLEADING.
AND, UH, I HATE TO SAY IT, BUT DOWN I WRITE LIES AND DECEIT.
UH, ACTUALLY, UH, GOING UP AFTER ONE OF THE MEETINGS I VIEWED ON THE VIDEO, I ACTUALLY REACHED OUT TO SOME OF THE DOGGETT PERSONNEL, ESPECIALLY ANDRE, DEON DE DEON, I'M SORRY I'M MESSING UP HIS LAST NAME.
BUT, UH, HE GAVE ME PERTINENT INFORMATION.
I, I TALKED TO HIM FOR A WHILE, AND WHEN THEY HAD THE NEXT MEETINGS AND EVEN WHEN THEY HAD THE, UH, REPORTER COME OUT, UH, SHE WAS KIND OF SURPRISED THAT SHE KNEW I KNEW HIS NAME AND THAT I ACTUALLY SPOKE TO HIM.
SO IT WAS JUST A LOT OF INFORMATION THAT WAS NOT PUT OUT CORRECTLY.
AND EVEN WHEN THE INFORMATION IS PUT OUT, THERE'S A GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WON'T PUT OUT THE CORRECT INFORMATION AND STILL CONTINUE TO DECEIVE THE, UH, POPULACE OF THE COMMUNITY.
SO I THINK DOGGETT HAS PUT FORTH A GREAT EFFORT AND, AND CLOSING, IF THE, UH, APARTMENT COMPLEX COLUMBIA APARTMENT IS THERE TO SPEAK, I, I SHOULD, I REALLY THINK THEY DO NOT HAVE A LEG TO STAND ON.
ONE, THEY HAVE OVERGROWTH IN THEIR OWN, UH, PLACE OF RESIDENCE, AND IT LOOKS LIKE I CAN DO SAFARI HUNTING BACK THERE.
AND THEY BUTT UP AGAINST NEIGHBORHOODS ON PALOMA WAY, AND THEY HAVEN'T, UH, ADJUSTED FOR TRASH THAT'S GONNA BE TRASHCANS IS GONNA BE PUT THERE.
OR THE FACT THAT PEOPLE THAT IN THE SECOND AND THIRD FLOORS CAN NOW LOOK IN MY NEIGHBOR'S BACKYARD AND IN THE BACK OF THEIR BEDROOM HOUSES.
LIKE I SAID, I FAVOR THEM BUILDING AND I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE JUDGED BY MISINFORMATION AND LIES.
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YOU.AND YOU GUYS HAVE A GREAT DAY.
I AM AT, UH, 1 0 5 0 3 PINELLA D WAY, UM, CONGRESS, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9.
I'M CALLING YOU IN REGARDS TO CASE NUMBER PA 20 24 1 1 6 0 0 0 22 AT 4 1 1 OH LEE COLE ROAD.
I'M CALLING IN REGARDS TO THE, UM, CHANGE IN ZONING REQUEST BY DOGGETT.
AND I WANT TO PUT IN MY NOTICE THAT I AM TOTALLY AGAINST THIS.
UM, THEY WILL BE BRINGING IN, UM, ALL KINDS OF, OF TRAFFIC AND WE'VE, YOU KNOW, WE'VE GONE TO THE MEETINGS BEFORE, AND I AM, I AM AGAINST THIS.
IT'S GOING TO BE BAD FOR THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, FOR THE PEDESTRIANS, FOR THE STUDENTS, FOR THE BUSES, FOR THE WORKERS THAT COME IN OFF THE HIGHWAY.
I, I, I DON'T WANT IT HERE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE NEED SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO BE, UM, TO HELP THIS NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOP INTO A MORE RESIDENTIAL PLACE, NOT COMMERCIAL.
THAT'S NOT WHAT I MOVED HERE FOR SIX YEARS AGO WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOME, THAT WAS NOT WHAT I FELT THIS NEIGHBORHOOD NEEDED WAS I WANTED TO GET OUT OF THE COMMERCIAL AREA AND I WANTED TO LIVE IN A COUNTRY AREA, YOU KNOW, SOMEPLACE WHERE WE WOULD FEEL LIKE HOME.
HAVING AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY LIKE DOGGETT IS NOT GONNA BRING THAT FEEL HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE OUR HOMES, OUR, OUR VALUES OF OUR HOMES ARE GOING TO BE, UM, IMPACTED.
AND, AND I FEEL LIKE FOR EVERYBODY THAT HAS PUT THEIR EFFORT INTO KEEPING THIS NEIGHBORHOOD PEACEFUL, UM, IT'S GOING TO BE DESTROYED BY HAVING.HERE.
SO AGAIN, UM, I'M JUST VOICING MY CONCERNS AND VOICING THAT WE ARE AGAINST THIS, AND I HOPE YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION EVERYTHING THAT EVERYONE TELLS YOU TODAY.
I LIVE AT 1 0 7 1 9 ROSA LOOP AND THE SUBDIVISION OF PALOMA.
THIS IS REGARDING CASE NUMBER PA 2 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 2.
REGARDING THE DOGGETT FREIGHT LINER CONSTRUCTION, UM, THAT IS SCHEDULED OR TRYING TO BE SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT, UM, NEXT TO OUR COMMUNITY ON WHITE GOLD.
MY MESSAGE IS THAT I AM A OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE NEW TRUCK SITE.
UM, I BELIEVE THAT IT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR COMMUNITY DOES NOT NEED.
IT'S NOT BENEFICIAL, AND IT WILL ONLY DEGRADE THE LOOK OF OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE IT HARDER FOR RESALE IN THE FUTURE.
I'M WITH PALOMA SAN ANTONIO, LLC, THE OWNERS OF PALOMA LUXURY APARTMENT HOMES, LOCATED AT 43 98 WEST VASQUEZ CIRCLE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9.
I'M CALLING IN REFERENCE TO CASE NUMBER 0 2 2 GOOD AFTERNOON COM COMMISSIONERS.
MY PARTNER AND I ARE THE DEVELOPERS OF PALOMA LUXURY APARTMENTS, LOCATED DIRECTLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM DOGGETT FREIGHTLINERS PROPOSED FACILITY AND 220 FEET FROM THEIR PROPERTY LINE.
OUR COMMUNITY IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION ON 13 ACRES AND WILL CONSIST OF 264 MARKET RATE APARTMENT HOMES, WHICH WILL BE AMONG THE NICEST GARDEN APARTMENTS IN ALL OF SAN ANTONIO.
SINCE 2015, MY GROUP HAS DEVELOPED THREE LUXURY COMMUNITIES IN SAN ANTONIO CONSISTING OF ALMOST 800 HOMES, AND PALOMA IS THE NICEST OF ALL THREE.
OUR COMMUNITY IS AT THE VERY FRONT OF THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION AND WOULD OVERLOOK DOG IS PROPOSED 35 ACRE FACILITY.
OUR APARTMENT BUILDINGS ARE THREE STORIES, AND OUR RESIDENCE WOULD LOOK DIRECTLY DOWN INTO THEIR SERVICE AREA AT THEIR 168,000 SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND THEIR 743 PARKING STALLS FULL OF TRAILERS AND 18 WHEELERS.
WE BELIEVE THIS FACILITY WOULD DEVASTATE THE VALUE OF OUR APARTMENTS AND ALL HOMES WITHIN THE PALOMA COMMUNITY.
WE PURCHASED OUR LAND, WHICH WAS ALREADY APPROPRIATELY ZONED FOR OUR DEVELOPMENT FROM THE MASTER PLAN DEVELOPER WHO IS ALSO STRONGLY OPPOSED TO THIS CASE.
WE ARE SHOCKED BY THIS APPLICATION CONSIDERING DOGGETT OWNS AN ALTERNATIVE SITE NEARBY, WHICH IS APPROPRIATELY ZONED FOR THEIR PROPOSED USE AND IS NOT TOUCHING ANY HOMES.
THEY HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS THEIR BACKUP PLAN IF THEIR APPLICATION IS TO BE DENIED BY YOUR COMMISSION.
WE CHOSE THIS LOCATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THERE WAS AN URBAN LIVING OVERLAY, WHICH WOULD PROTECT OUR INVESTMENT FROM A FACILITY LIKE DOGGETT'S.
OUR INVESTORS HAVE SPENT TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
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ON OUR COMMUNITY AND TRUST THAT THE CITY WOULD UPHOLD THE OVERLAY AND ZONING BUFFERS THAT PROTECT THE RESIDENTS LIVING IN PALOMA.FOR THAT TO NOW CHANGE WOULD BE AN INJUSTICE TO ALL RESIDENTS WHO HAVE CHOSEN TO PURCHASE HOMES HERE, MANY OF WHOM ARE MILITARY VETERANS.
FOUR OF THE TOP 10 HOME BUILDERS IN AMERICA HAD THE SAME TRUST WHEN THEY BUILT AND SOLD HUNDREDS OF HOMES IN THIS COMMUNITY WHERE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS NOW LIVE.
THERE ARE OTHER RESIDENTIAL TRACKS STILL TO BE DEVELOPED WITHIN THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION, AND WE BELIEVE DOGGETT'S FACILITY WOULD DISCOURAGE THOSE FROM EVER BEING BUILT OUT.
AS SUCH, WE STRONGLY OPPOSE APPROVAL OF THIS CASE AND APPRECIATE THE COMMISSIONERS THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION TO DENY IT.
MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 7 6 2 GIA CONNEY DRIVE, ZIP CODE SEVEN EIGHT ONE ZERO NINE.
CASE NUMBER TA DASH 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 1 6 0 0 2 2.
I'M CALLING AN OPPOSITION OF THIS BECAUSE PALOMA, WHICH IS MY NEIGHBORHOOD I LIVE IN, IS VERY LARGE.
WE HAVE 1,344 HOMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER LARGE NEIGHBORHOODS NEXT TO US AND BEHIND US AS WELL AS MANY OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS ARE SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT.
THIS AREA WILL BE A VERY LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREA AND WE WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE AT LEAST 10,000 HOMES WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT IS BEING BUILT ALONG GREEN ROAD, ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE AWAY.
SO AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS A VERY, VERY LARGE RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND IT IS NOT APPROPRIATE FOR A LARGE 18 WHEELER SALES SERVICE DEALERSHIP TO BE BUILT HERE.
THE LAND WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN FRONT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS ZONED MP 10 DIRECTLY BEHIND US, AND THEN C TWO ALONG THE I 10 ACCESS ROAD, THE LAND THAT THE DOG HIT PEOPLE ON ONCE.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CHELSEA BOLEY.
MY ADDRESS IS ONE ZERO FIVE ZERO THREE PABLO WAY.
MY PHONE NUMBER IS (661) 904-4235.
I'M CALLING REGARDING, UH, CASE NUMBER PA 2 0 2 4 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 2 4 1 1 0 WOL ROAD.
I'M CALLING TO VOICE MY OPPOSITION ON THIS.
I THINK THE REZONING IS A BAD IDEA.
THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT NEEDS TO BE KEPT AS A NEIGHBORHOOD, NOT A TRUCK COMPANY OR MECHANICS, OR DEFINITELY NOT ANY TRUCK DEALERSHIPS.
SO I OPPOSE THE DOGGETT PROJECT, CHANGING THE ZONING.
I REPRESENT THE OWNERSHIP GROUP AT 4 3 9 9 SHARP PAT DRIVE AT 10 AND A HALF ACRES WITHIN THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION.
I WAS CALLING ABOUT PLANNING CASE NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH 1 1 6 0 0 0 2 2, LOCATED AT 4 1 1 0 WOLD ROAD.
I WAS CALLING IN OPPOSITION OF THAT.
UM, I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS, UM, OF THIS INDUSTRIAL TRUCK FACILITY, UM, WILL SEVERELY IMPACT OUR VALUE AND THE VALUE OF THE NEIGHBORING HOMEOWNERS.
UH, IT ALSO AFFECT THE FUTURE QUALITY OF RESIDENTS IN THIS SUBDIVISION.
UM, I THINK THAT THIS, UH, THIS CHANGES THE, UH, OVERALL INTENT OF THE AREA.
WHEN WE PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY, UM, WE WERE UNDER THE IMPRESSION BASED ON THE MASTER LAND USE PLAN AND ZONING THAT THIS WAS GONNA BE A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AND SO WE BELIEVE THAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT WOULD DISCOURAGE INVESTMENT IN THE AREA.
UM, IT WOULD DISCOURAGE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS WELL AS INTEGRATION OF AMENITIES
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IN THE AREA.UM, THEIR SITE PLAN ALSO CALLS FOR A LOT OF PARKING SPACES FOR TRAILERS AND RVS, AND BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT THIS BACKS UP TO, UM, WE FEEL THAT THE DENSITY, UH, AND THE INTENSITY OF THAT AREA WOULD NOT FIT WITH THE CURRENT RESIDENTIAL USES, UH, THAT ARE LOCATED ADJACENT AND WITHIN A SHORT RADIUS.
ALL RIGHT, I THINK THAT'S ALL THE VOICEMAILS.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE FOLKS THAT ARE HERE AND SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, YOU'LL HAVE TWO MINUTES COMMISSIONERS.
I LIVE AT 1 0 3 3 9 FRANCISCO WAY, AND, UM, MY RESIDENCE, UH, MY PROPERTY BACK, UH, FENCE LINE BORDERS, THAT PROPERTY, UH, RIGHT THERE THAT IS ASKING FOR THE, IS ASKING FOR THE LAND USE, UH, CHANGE OR I DON'T KNOW THE PROPER DEFINITIONS, BUT, UM, I CAME TO, UH, LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT I'M IN OPPOSITION TO, UH, THIS CHANGE AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE REASONS WHY.
ONE IS A LAY PERSON AND JUST JOE HOMEOWNER WHO'S GONNA HAVE, UH, A DEVELOPMENT IN MY, UH, PURVIEW AND IN MY BACK.
I UNDERSTAND, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, AND THIS PROPERTY AND THE VALUE OF IT.
UM, WHAT I'M NOT UNDERSTANDING IS THE USE OF THIS PARTICULAR APPLICANT AND WHAT THEY'RE ASKING YOU ALL TO APPROVE FOR THE USE OF THIS PROPERTY.
UM, COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL AS YOU, IF YOU READ, UM, WHICH I KNOW YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF, BUT INCLUDES OFFICES, PROFESSIONAL SERVICES, RETAIL USES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO BICYCLISTS, PEDESTRIANS, AND LINKED TRANSIT FACILITIES.
UM, THIS, THIS APPLICANT WILL NOT HAVE ANY OF THAT.
THERE'S NOT GONNA BE PEDESTRIANS IN THERE, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE ANY BICYCLISTS, UH, TRANSIT I'M COMPLETELY UNAWARE OF.
SO, UM, I'M JUST NOT UNDERSTANDING HOW THE INDUSTRIAL USE CAN COME AND ASK FOR ONE PARTICULAR, UM, LAND USE, UH, NAME AND THEN GO AND, AND ASK FOR A CHANGE TO THAT.
BUT, UM, WITH ALL THAT SAID, THEY HAVE A SECOND BACKUP PROPERTY THAT IS ZONED CORRECTLY.
SO THAT'S MY OTHER PART OF THIS IS, IS, UM, HOW COMMITTED ARE THEY TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTIAL HOMES THAT ARE BEHIND THEM WHEN THEY ALREADY HAVE A BACKUP IN CASE YOU ALL DO NOT MOVE FORWARD.
SO, UM, AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THIS COMMUNITY, UH, THERE'LL BE NOISE INCREASE, THERE'LL BE TRAFFIC INCREASE, AND YOU ALL HAVE THE ABILITY TO SHAPE I 10 EAST AND IT'S 1604 TO MAKE IT SOMETHING THAT BENEFITS THE RESIDENTS FOR THAT AREA THAT HAVE GONE THERE VERSUS, UM, JUST MOVING AC COMPANY THAT FROM DOWN THE STREET.
OKAY, NEXT IS BILL KAUFMAN, AND I BELIEVE BILL, UH, YOU HAD THREE PEOPLE DONATE THEIR TIME TO YOU, AND I JUST WANNA HEAR, UH, SO BRIAN GRU, DO YOU DONATE YOUR TIME? OKAY.
JOHN MANNING DONATED YOUR TIME.
AND RUDY GARZA, I'M ASSUMING YOU DONATED YOUR TIME.
SO YOU WILL HAVE EIGHT MINUTES THERE.
AND THIS IS THE POWERPOINT? YES.
STATE YOUR, STATE, YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.
I'M BILL KAUFMAN WITH THE KAUFMAN GROUP ON THIS CASE, UH, HERE REPRESENTING THE PALOMA LUXURY APARTMENTS.
YOU HEARD FROM MY CLIENT ON THE VOICEMAIL.
FIRST OF ALL, LET ME, UH, APOLOGIZE FOR JOE MOST.
YOU HEARD HER MESSAGE AS WELL.
SHE'S, SHE GOT CUT OFF, BUT SHE'S PRESIDENT OF THE HOA.
SHE'S WORKED VERY HARD, UH, TALKING TO HER NEIGHBORS ABOUT THIS CASE.
SHE HAD A DOCTOR, SOME DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT SHE HAD TO GO TO, BUT SHE APOLOGIZED.
I'M GLAD SHE WAS ABLE TO, UH, CALL IN.
SECONDLY, UH, OUR NOTICE COUNT WAS 22 IN OPPOSITION, AND FOR SOME REASON THERE'S A GLITCH BETWEEN WHAT WAS SENT
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IN OR WHAT WE SENT IN.AND, UM, AGAIN, JUST FOR THE RECORD, UM, DOGGETT IS A, IN THE, AS THEY SAID IS IN THE, THERE YOU GO.
UM, FIRST, UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO AMEND THE PLANT, OKAY? AND, UH, BEFORE WE GET TO THAT, DOGGETT IS CLEARLY, HAS BEEN OUTLINED, IS IN THE FREIGHT SALES.
NEW AND USED IS IN THE REPAIRS, IS IN THE STORAGE.
YOU'LL SEE SOME VIVID PHOTOS IN A BIT.
THEY ALSO MENTIONED THIS IS THEIR SECOND BITE AT THE APPLE, ACTUALLY, THIRD BITE THEY TRIED A YEAR AGO TO DO IT.
SAME COUNCILMAN IS STILL IN OFFICE.
THEY'RE TRYING AGAIN, UH, IT'S 32 ACRES WITHIN THE IH 10 EAST PERIMETER PLAN.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THAT PLAN.
UM, WHAT YOU SEE UP ON THE SCREEN IS I TOOK EX LAST NIGHT FROM THE PLAN, AND I REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ADOPTED.
AND THE REASON IS BECAUSE WHEN YOU DID A CASE ON THE EAST SIDE, 10 OR 15 YEARS AGO, 10 YEARS AGO, WE CONSTANTLY HEARD THAT ALL YOU DO ON THE EAST SIDE IS DUMP INDUSTRIAL.
IF YOU GO OUT I 10 FROM SAN ANTONIO, YOU'VE ALL DONE IT GOING TO HOUSTON, IT'S PROLIFERATED WITH TRUCKS, UH, FREIGHT SALES AND FREIGHT REPAIRS, AND IT'S REALLY JUNKY.
AND SO THE IDEA WAS TO GET AHEAD OF THE GAME, IT WASN'T BY ACCIDENT, IT WASN'T A PLACEHOLDER, BUT PROTECT I 10 GOING OUT, YOU COULDN'T DO, YOU COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF WHAT WAS ALREADY INSIDE FOUR 10, BUT YOU COULD PROTECT IT IN THE FUTURE.
AND THAT'S WHY THE PLAN WAS DONE.
AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE SUMMARY ON PAGE 11 WAS TO ADDRESS HEAVY TRACKING, UH, HEAVY TRUCKING BUSINESSES.
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID, THAT IT WASN'T BY ACCIDENT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE TRYING TO AVOID.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SECOND BULLET, THEY WANTED A DI DIVERSITY OF USES OTHER THAN INDUSTRIAL.
THAT WAS THE MAIN CAUSE OF THAT PLANT.
AND THEY USED, FOR EXAMPLE, FREIGHT TRUCKING.
UM, THE, AND FINALLY THEY WANTED TO PROMOTE ATTRACTIVE AND COHESIVE DEVELOPMENTS ALONG I 10.
WE'LL SEE IN A MOMENT THE PICTURES OF THEIR CURRENT OPERATIONS.
AND I'LL LET YOU FORM YOUR OWN JUDGEMENTS ABOUT HOW ATTRACTIVE AND COHESIVE THEIR DEVELOPMENT IS.
UH, THIS, YOU CAN'T SEE VERY WELL, I APOLOGIZE, BUT IF YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LINE ALONG I I 10, THIS IS WHAT THEY CALL FINGER ANNEXATION.
AND THIS IS WHEN THE CITY SAYS, HEY, WE GOTTA PROTECT I 10 OR SOME QUARTER FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE DON'T WANT TO ANNEX ALL OF IT.
WE'LL JUST ANNEX ALONG THE HIGHWAY AND THAT WAY WE CAN ZONE IT AND PROTECT IT UNTIL WE ANNEX ALL OF IT.
AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THEY DID.
UM, THE RED IS, UH, I'M COLORBLIND TOO.
KEN AND I SHARE SOMETHING, UH, BUT I THINK IT'S RED IS C TWO.
WHAT IS THAT? THAT'S SINGLE FAMILY.
THIS IS ANOTHER PICTURE, A LITTLE CLOSER SHOWING IT.
YOU CAN SEE THE C TWO, UH, ALONG THE HIGHWAY.
YOU SEE THE MP 10 WAS, IS RESIDENTIAL.
I THINK THIS, UH, THEY HAVE ANOTHER PIECE THEY'VE TALKED ABOUT.
DOG AT THE SAME COMPANY ALREADY OWNS ANOTHER PIECE THAT'S ALREADY INDUS UH, ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
NOW, UM, THEY'RE ASKING TWO THINGS.
ONE, CHANGE THE RULES, CHANGE THE USE.
I'LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.
WE HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO THE ANNEXATION.
SO REMEMBER THERE'S TWO CASES YOU'RE HEARING AT ONCE.
WE HAVE NO OPPOSITION TO THE ANNEXATION.
IT SHOULD BE ANNEXED FOR PROTECTION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT WE HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THEIR PROPOSED, UH, USE PLAN.
UM, WHAT IS URBAN LIVING? JUST LOOK AT THE FIRST SENTENCE.
I THINK IT'S REFERENCED SOMEWHERE ELSE.
URBAN LIVING IS THE CURRENT DESIGNATION UNDER THE PLAN, AND IT'S LOOKING FOR CENTRALIZED COMMERCIAL AREAS THAT PROMOTE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND ARE PEDESTRIAN AND TRANSIT FRIENDLY.
I THINK THE LAST GENTLEMAN MENTIONED THAT THIS IS WHAT THEY WANT TO GO TO ON ITS SURFACE.
MUSIC STORES, SHOE STORES, MEDICAL OFFICES, GROCERY STORES.
THE SECOND, THE SECOND ITEM, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE, UH, LOCATED ALONG ARTERIALS.
OKAY? AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE THIRD ITEM, THIS IS THE PLAN, THE CURRENT PLAN FOR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
IT'S TO BE AN APPROPRIATE BUFFER BETWEEN DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESIDENTIAL
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USES.YOU'LL SEE IN THIS CASE, IT DOES NOTHING IN THAT REGARD.
UH, THE, THIS SLIDE JUST MERELY SHOWS LOT A, WHICH IS THE ONE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TODAY.
AND THEIR OTHER SITE, LOT B, WHICH IS ALREADY IN DO, UH, ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
UM, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT ONE INDUSTRIAL SITE WITH A ZONING CASE, WHICH ASK ASKS FOR CONDITIONAL DISTRICT ALLOWING THEIR FREIGHT OPERATIONS.
IT'S REALLY LIKE THE CAMEL PUTTING THEIR NOSE UNDER THE TENT.
OKAY? THEY'RE GONNA COME BACK FOR A THIRD CASE, SAY, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY GOT TWO.
WHY NOT THREE? WE'VE GOT THREE.
WHY NOT FOUR? AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THESE PLANS ARE DESIGNED TO, UH, TO PREVENT.
NOW, THERE WAS SOME MENTION ABOUT WHERE ARE THE HOUSES AND YOU KNOW, AS YOU NOTICE, THEIR FIRST SLIDE DIDN'T SHOW ANY HOUSES.
THERE WAS A QUESTION FROM COMMISSIONER FAULKNER IN THE EARLIER, WHAT ABOUT THE HOUSES? OH, THERE'S NO HOUSES.
THAT'S THEIR SITE SURROUNDED BY HOUSES IN THE LUXURY HOMES.
I, WHEN I HEARD THAT, I THOUGHT THEY HAD THE WRONG SLIDE UP, BUT THEY'RE THERE CLEARLY.
UH, IT'S SURROUNDED BY RESIDENTIAL NOW, UH, HERE'S ANOTHER VIEW OF IT FROM THE HIGHWAY.
UH, THIS IS PALOMA, UH, RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY.
IS THAT THE EIGHT MINUTES? YES.
OKAY, SO WHERE AM I? SIX MINUTES, SIX MORE.
THERE'S 1,344, THERE'S 1,344 HOUSES.
AND SO ANY SUGGESTION THAT THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF HOUSES IS WRONG, WE UN WE UNDERSTAND OVER 200 HAVE RESPONDED OUTSIDE THE 200 FEET OPPOSITION AS MENTIONED.
UM, LET'S SEE IF I CAN DO THIS.
THERE WERE, UH, KEN SHOWED SOME PHOTOS FROM THIS MORNING.
AS YOU SEE THEIR SITE ABUTS THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
YOU WOULD'VE BEEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THERE WERE NO HOUSES.
YOU CAN'T EVEN SEE THE HOUSES.
THIS GENTLEMAN THAT JUST GOT UP SAID, MY FENCE BACKS UP TO IT.
SO CLEARLY THEY HAVE A VESTED INTEREST, UM, IN THEIR SITE PLAN.
THEY SAY THERE'S 743 PARKING SPACES FOR TRAILERS, AND THAT'S A LOT.
LET'S LOOK A LITTLE DEEPER AT DOGGETT.
WHAT IS THIS? THIS IS THEIR CURRENT LOCATION, ABOUT TWO OR THREE MILES, I THINK FROM THE, FROM OUR LOCA, THE LOCATION WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU KNOW, I WAS TAUGHT IF IT LOOKS LIKE SMELLS LIKE AND ACTS LIKE AN INDUSTRIAL USE.
WE'LL SHOW SOME MORE PICTURES.
UH, THIS SHOWS THE, SOME OF THE PROPERTIES SURROUNDING IT, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME.
IT'S ABOUT AS UGLY AS IT GETS JUST STORAGE OF CONTAINERS AND DEBRIS.
UH, HERE'S, THIS IS THEIR FACILITY.
I'LL GO THROUGH THESE QUICKLY JUST TO GIVE YOU IDEA WHAT THESE NEIGHBORS ARE GONNA LOOK AT.
AND THIS IS A BIG PICTURE SHOWING SURROUNDING THERE AT THE TOP.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? THIS PLAN WAS ADOPTED TO PREVENT EXACTLY THIS CASE.
SO THAT WAS TOTAL OF EIGHT MINUTES.
CAN I GET ANOTHER MINUTE TO NO, THAT'S ACTUALLY, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A CAP OF SIX, SO YOU GOT TWO EXTRA MINUTES.
SO I THINK I DO HAVE, WE, I HAVE TWO EXTRA MINUTES.
WELL, I'M SORRY IF YOU, I DO HAVE A FEW COMMENTS I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO ASK ME TO COME BACK UP LATER, I'D BE HAPPY TO DO THAT.
OKAY, NEXT ON THE LIST IS TIFFANY ESCAMIA, WHEN MY NAME IS TIFFANY ESCAMILLA AND I AM AT 43 98 WEST VASQUEZ CIRCLE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 7 8 1 0 9.
MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED TRUCKING FACILITY IN THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION.
I HAVE THE HONOR AND PLEASURE TO MANAGE PALOMA LUXURY APARTMENTS.
AND AS A MEMBER OF THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, I HAVE PERSONALLY MET AND GONE TO 700 OF THE 1,344 HOMES IN THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION.
SPEAKING WITH RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, PALOMA IS
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A BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY.PEOPLE COME HERE TO LIVE FOR THE GORGEOUS SCENERY, THE FAMILY FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE, AND THE PEACE AND QUIET THAT PALOMA OFFERS.
I'M HERE TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED TRUCKING FACILITY.
OUR RESIDENTS KNOW THAT THIS POSES SIGNIFICANT RISKS AND CHA CHALLENGES TO OUR COMMUNITY.
IN MY JOB ON THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, I HAVE HEARD FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA ABOUT WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO THEM AND WHAT CONCERNS THEM.
AND I'M HERE TODAY CARRYING THOSE CONCERNS FORWARD TO YOU.
OUR RESIDENTS WANT A PEACEFUL RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT.
BIG RIGS DO NOT BELONG IN BACKYARDS.
OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY QUIET ENCLAVE FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE AND A SAFE PLACE FOR THEIR CHILDREN TO PLAY.
BIG RIGS DON'T BELONG ON THE STREETS OR IN OUR BACKYARDS.
OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY BEAUTIFUL AESTHETICS.
A BIG RA BIG RIG SERVICE FACILITY.
AND JUNKYARD IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY SHOULD HAVE TO SEE OR SMELL.
OUR RESIDENTS ENJOY THEIR REST WHEN THEY ARE HOME.
AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY WITH LIGHT SPEAKERS, TRUCK ENGINES STARTING AND STOPPING AND BUSINESS BEING CONDUCTED AT ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
OUR RESIDENTS WANT A SENSE OF SECURITY WITH THE BIGGEST INVESTMENT, THE VALUE OF THEIR HOMES, THE VALUES OF MY PROPERTY.
CHANGING THE ZONING WILL ALLOW AN INDUSTRIAL FACILITY PULLING THE RUGS OUT FROM UNDER OUR FEET, THEIR FEET.
IT WILL AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES AND THE OVERALL QUALITY OF THE LIFESTYLE IN THE PALOMA SUBDIVISION.
ANOTHER NOTE, COMMISSIONERS WITH ALL OF THE RESIDENT, UH, WITH ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS, WHILE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS DESERVE ALL OF THESE THINGS, MEMBERS OF PALOMA.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
IS THERE, RYAN HARDEN? HE, HE CALLED IN.
YEAH, HE, HE WAS A VOICEMAIL I HAD, I HAD HIS TIME.
YEAH, YOU SHOULD KIND OF KNOW THAT ONE.
UM, IT IS, MY ADDRESS IS 1 0 6 3 5 DE GONZALO WAY.
UM, I LIVE CLOSER TO THE PARK, UH, DOWN ONE OF THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE.
MY PROBLEM IS, ONE, THEY'VE ALREADY TRASHED OUT ONE FACILITY.
I DON'T WANT AN EPA SITE NEXT TO ME.
UM, THAT ONE THAT THEY ALREADY HAVE WILL BECOME A SUPERFUND SITE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT IT AND, UH, THEY'RE GONNA, THEY, THEY HAVE NO ANSWERS FOR US.
EVERY MEETING WITH THEM IS LIKE A FIGHT TO TRY AND GET THEM TO GIVE US ANY ANSWERS.
THEY WON'T NAIL DOWN ANY INFORMATION.
THEY BASICALLY TOLD US THEY'RE GONNA SHUT DOWN EVERY CENTURY TREE.
THEY TOLD US THAT THEY WILL NOT DO A BUFFER.
UM, THEY DID SAY WE'D GET A PRETTY WALL.
THAT WAS THE ONLY THING THAT WE COULD GET WITH THEIR ATTORNEY TO AGREE ON.
UM, BUT THEY COULDN'T GIVE US ANY OTHER INFORMATION.
UM, THEY WILL NOT GIVE US THEIR POLICIES ON ANY OF THEIR EPA STANDARDS, ANY OF THEIR STANDARDS FOR ANYTHING OP AND PROCEDURES.
THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TIME THEY CLOSE.
SO WE'RE LOOKING AT 24 7 WELCOME.
UH, LIGHT POLLUTION, GROUND WATER, FLOODING, YOU NAME IT.
WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT ALREADY WE'VE GOT PEOPLE CUTTING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ALREADY WITH THEIR 18 WHEELERS.
WE'RE GONNA BE CONSTANT TRAFFIC.
IT IS A WONDERFUL WAY TO GET THROUGH.
WE HAVE A BRAND NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIGHT BEHIND US ON EARTH.
UM, YOU GUYS WANNA PUT ANOTHER EPA SITE RIGHT NEXT TO AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? CONGRATULATIONS.
GOOD JOB FOR YOUR GRANDCHILDREN.
UM, WE HAVE, EVERY SINGLE AREA AROUND HERE IS GOING TO BE DEVELOPED INTO A HOME OR LIGHT COMMERCIAL LOOSE.
THEY CANNOT GUARANTEE US THAT THEY CAN GET, BASICALLY IT'S GONNA BE EAPS SITE.
THEY'VE ALREADY TRASHED OUT EVERYTHING.
THEY LOWER HOME VALUES, THEY LOWERED THE TAX BASE.
YOU CAN LOOK AT HOUSTON, YOU CAN LOOK AT THEIR OTHER SITES.
THAT'S THE END OF THE PEOPLE SIGN UP TO SPEAK.
SO WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I THINK KEN BROWN WANTED ANOTHER MINUTE.
WHO SAYS THERE'S NO HUMOR IN LAND USE? UM, I SWEAR TO GOODNESS WE DON'T GO OUT THERE WITH NO ANSWERS, BUT WHO CARES? THIS IS A, THIS IS NOT A ZONING CASE.
I'M GONNA TAKE LESS THAN 30 SECONDS.
URBAN LIVING ALLOWS C3 AND MF 33.
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URBAN LIVING, YOU CAN DO MXD.THEIR PROJECT IS MF 33 AND C3 OF, OF, UH, 20 ACRES OF C3.
WE CAN'T DO C3 IN, IN COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
THE HIGHEST WE CAN DO IS C TWO.
I KNOW THE APARTMENTS ARE SO CONCERNED.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE SO CONCERNED THAT THEY PUT THREE STORY BALCONIES FACING THEIR BACKYARD.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT THEY CAN SEE OUR PROPERTY.
WELL, THEY HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH THE SUBDIVISION.
IT, IT, IT, THIS ISN'T THE ZONING CASE.
ALL THOSE ARGUMENTS WILL WORK AGAINST US, UH, WITH THE ZONING COMMISSIONER AND THE COUNCIL MEMBER.
THIS IS OUR SECOND TIME TO GO TO COUNCIL.
IF, IF THE COUNCIL MEMBER DENIES THE CONDITIONAL, WE WANT THE UNDERLYING C TWO BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT, THAT'S WHAT BELONGS THERE.
WE ARE ON AN INTERSTATE WITH I ONE AND C3 ON EITHER SIDE OF US.
UH, WE'RE ASKING FOR C TWO AND WE'RE LIMITED TO C TWO.
UNDER URBAN LIVING, YOU CAN HAVE C3 AND MX 33, UH, MF 33.
THIS IS THE MORE APPROPRIATE CATEGORY.
THEY'RE ALL ZONING ARGUMENTS AND I CAN ANSWER EVERY ONE OF 'EM.
UH, AND I WILL AS ZONING COMMISSION.
BUT IF YOU WANNA PROTECT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR IS LOCAL SORT OF, I MEAN, WE ARE RIGHT NEXT TO THE INTERSECTION OF 1604 AND IH 10.
NOT THOROUGHFARES ARE OUR TERRA ARTERIES.
UH, WE ARE LIMITING OURSELVES TO, TO C TWO.
THAT'S THE MOST APPROPRIATE USE AT THAT LOCATION.
UH, AND THAT'S WHAT COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL IS FOR.
UH, COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS WE'LL START ON THE RIGHT WITH COMMISSIONER SIPES.
JUST A CLARIFICATION FROM STAFF THAT WHAT, UH, WHAT MR. BROWN SAID.
HE SAID, SO IN URBAN LIVING, A C3 USE IS ALLOWED AND MF 33, IS THAT, IS THAT CORRECT? UH, THAT WOULD BE FROM THE I 10 EAST PLAN.
IF YOU COULD GIMME A SECOND TO GET TO THAT.
YEAH, I WAS TRYING TO FIND IT REALLY QUICK.
YEAH, THERE QUICK ENOUGH BEFORE IT WAS MY TURN TO ASK QUESTIONS.
UH, ARE, SO FROM THE I 10 EAST PERIMETER PLAN, THE RELATED ZONING DISTRICTS ARE A LITTLE TRICKY.
UM, IT'S SEDATED PLAN, BUT THE ZONING DISTRICTS MENTIONED IN THAT SPECIFIC PLAN ARE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT, T-O-D-M-X-D, UD AND FORM-BASED ZONING DISTRICTS.
SO WITHIN THE UDC, THOSE ARE SORT OF RELATIVE.
UM, IT'S NOT THE SAME WAY THAT WE LOOK AT ZONING DISTRICTS OF THE SA TOMORROW AND CURRENT ZONING DISTRICTS.
THEY ARE MORE OPEN TO INTERPRETATION, UM, SO TO SPEAK.
I DON'T KNOW IF SOMEBODY FROM DSD HAS ANYTHING TO ADD TO THAT.
NO, NOTHING FROM DSD JUST GIVE YOU THE EXAMPLE OF, OF THEIR PROJECT.
THEIR PROJECT IS ZONE MX MX D AND THERE'S C3, UH, 20 ACRES OF C3 AS THE UNDERLYING BASE DISTRICT AND THEIRS IS MF 33.
SO, OKAY, I'LL, I'LL CHIME IN TO SAY THIS.
IF MXD IS A CONSISTENT ZONING CATEGORY, WHEN YOU ESTABLISH AN MXD ZONING DISTRICT THAT IS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL SIMULTANEOUS TO THE CREATION OF A SITE PLAN, THAT SITE PLAN HAS TO CALL OUT WHAT DISTRICTS WOULD BE, UH, INCLUDED WITHIN THAT MXD.
IT COULD INCLUDE C3 USES, IT CAN INCLUDE INDUSTRIAL USES.
IT JUST HAS TO INCLUDE A MIX OF USES.
IT HAS TO HAVE A RESIDENTIAL AND A NON-RESIDENTIAL COMPONENT.
I THINK THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS.
I THINK I HAD MY QUESTION ANSWERED.
I I JUST, SO QUESTION FOR STAFF.
SO THE PART THAT'S IN THE CITY IS A MIX OF, I KNOW THIS IS A LAND USE, BUT C TWO AND MP 10, UM, ARE THOSE PERMITTED IN UNDER THE URBAN LIVING? LIKE ARE THEY NON-CONFORMING USES? SO NP 10 IS GENERALLY ASSIGNED TO A PROPERTY AFTER ANNEXATION ALMOST AS A PLACEHOLDER SO TO SPEAK.
UM, IT'S CONSISTENT WITH R FOUR, RIGHT?
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YEAH.BUT THE C TWO PIECE THAT'S ALONG 10, THE C TWO PIECE WAS PART OF THE I 10 EAST ANNEXATION.
SO DOES THAT FIT INTO URBAN LIVING IS MY QUESTION? I GUESS.
NP 10 IN MOST PLANS WOULD BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH A RESIDENTIAL ESTATE.
AND NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION 10 10 CORRESPONDS TO A MINIMUM LOT SIZE OF 10,000 SQUARE FEET.
SO THAT'S, IT'S SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER THAN A TRADITIONAL SINGLE FAMILY TRACT.
BUT THE SEAT, MY QUESTION IS, IS THIS COMMERCIAL USE, WOULD THAT, IS THAT CONFORMING TO THE URBAN LIVING NOW AGAIN, UH, JOSH, I THINK YOU JUST READ FROM THE PLAN.
THAT IS CONSISTENT WITH URBAN LIVING.
AGAIN, THE PLAN IS VERY VAGUE IN THAT SENSE.
UM, IT DOESN'T CALL OUT SPECIFIC ZONING DISTRICTS AS WE CURRENTLY DO.
AND THIS TYPE OF USE IS ONLY PERMITTED WITH THE CONDITIONAL USE.
DOES THAT MAKE A MORE INTENSIVE USE THAN C TWO? I'M SORRY, COULD YOU REPHRASE THE QUESTION? WELL, IS IT MORE INTENSIVE THAN, THAN C TWO? I MEAN, WE SAW EXAMPLES, UH, ABOUT GROCERY STORES AND, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SHOPS.
SO THIS SPECIFIC USE REQUIRES THAT CONDITIONAL USE FOR THAT REASON.
WELL I THINK I'LL YOU THE REST OF THE QUESTIONS FOR MAKING DECISION.
COMMISSIONER FAULKNER QUESTION, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE I UNDERSTAND.
WHAT YOU WERE SAYING EARLIER IS WITH URBAN LIVING, THERE'S, THEY CAN STILL DO COMMERCIAL, BUT THEY'VE GOTTA HAVE A MIX BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND NON-RESIDENTIAL, WHEREAS IF WE DID COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE THAT REQUIREMENT AND THEY WOULD HAVE THE FLEXIBILITY TO, TO DO ALL NON-COM OR ALL NON-RESIDENTIAL.
IF, YEAH, IF THE PROPERTY WERE ZONED TO MXD, WHICH IT IS NOT, IT IS, UH, MXD IS A CONSISTENT ZONING DISTRICT WITHIN THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORY.
IF IT WERE ZONED MXD, THAT WOULD CERTAINLY ALLOW INTENSE COMMERCIAL AND OR INDUSTRIAL USES, SO LONG AS IT WAS INCLUDED WITH A COMPONENT OF RESIDENTIAL LAND USE AS WELL.
IF THIS ITEM IS APPROVED AND THE ZONING IS APPROVED, EVEN LET'S ASSUME WITHOUT THE CONDITIONAL USE, IT WOULD ALLOW THE ENTIRE TRACK TO BE USED FOR COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL PURPOSES, WHICH WOULD HAVE A ZONING DISTRICT AS INTENSE AS C TWO.
BUT THAT'S UNDER COMMUNITY CO COMMERCIAL.
COMMISSIONER ETTE? NO QUESTIONS.
COUNCILWOMAN ER, NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER SIEGEL? NO QUESTIONS.
CAN I ASK ONE FOLLOW UP QUESTION? SURE.
SO IF THE PLAN THAT WAS AMENDED TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL, IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ZONING IS WHAT ARE THE DISTRICTS WITHIN? IS THERE RESIDENTIAL WITHIN THE COMMUNITY? COMMERCIAL DISTRICTS NOT SPECIFICALLY CALLED OUT.
IT WOULD BE OH ONE, SORRY, ONE SECOND.
COULD YOU BRING THAT ONE BACK UP? YEAH.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS? ALL RIGHT.
I JUST WANT TO, UH, I DON'T HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.
MY QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED.
UM, JUST REMIND, THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK ABOUT ZONING AND IT'S OFTEN CONFUSING WHEN WE'RE HEARING ZONING ARGUMENTS MIXED WITH LAND USE ARGUMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
UM, JUST REMEMBER OUR PURVIEW ON AT LEAST THE, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT TODAY IS FOR, UH, THE CHANGE FROM URBAN LIVING TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.
IT'S NOT A ZONING CHANGE THAT'S HANDLED AT ZONING COMMISSION, AS KEN SAID AND OTHERS HAVE SAID.
SO, UM, WITH THAT WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY, WELL, LET'S, LET'S, LET'S, BEFORE WE DO THAT, WE'RE GONNA TAKE TWO MOTIONS ON THIS.
WE'RE GONNA DO THE PLAN AMENDMENT FIRST, AND WE'LL DO THE ANNEXATION SECOND.
SO LET'S, FIRST, LET'S TAKE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL OR DENIAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION BY, UH, COUNCILWOMAN HDA FOR APPROVAL OF THE PLAN AMENDMENT.
WELL, WE HAVE A LOT OF SECONDS.
I HEARD COUNCILMAN PROFIT FIRST.
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YES.NOW WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION ON THE ITEM NUMBER 27, THE ANNEXATION MOVE TO APPROVE.
WE HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL BY COMMISSIONER PROFIT SECOND.
SECOND BY COMMISSIONER MILAM, DO ROLL CALL VOTE.
COUNCILWOMAN GABRIEL VARDA? YES.
WE WILL TAKE A 10 MINUTE RECESS.
GET BACK TO BUSINESS ITEM NUMBER 24.
UH, CLAYTON WALLACE PLANNING TO COORDINATE WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
ITEM NUMBER 24 IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE LACKLAND EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION MILITARY PROTECTION AREA LAND USE PLAN FROM RESIDENTIAL ESTATE TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL LOCATED AT 1 2 0 2 0 PETRANKO ROAD.
THERE ARE 16 NOTICES MAILED ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO OPPOSED WITHIN 200 FEET.
THE COOL CREST NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION ISN'T A REGISTERED NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION BUT IS IN SUPPORT OF THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL TO ALLOW FOR AUTO SLASH LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR SHOP.
UH, THE APPLICANT SEEKS THE PLAN AMENDMENT, UM, FOR THE AUTO LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR SHOP.
A PROPOSED REGIONAL COMMERCIAL IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH OTHER LAND USES IN THE AREA.
REGIONAL COMMERCIAL PERMITS THE HIGHEST INTENSITY COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES.
THE REGIONAL COMMERCIAL LAND USE CATEGORIES APPLY TO LAND USE LAND USES WITH A REGIONAL DRAW AND INCLUDE AUTOMOTIVE SALES, BIG BOX RETAILERS, SHOPPING MALLS AND MOVIE THEATERS.
IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICANT SEEKS TO EXPAND AN EXISTING NONCONFORMING AUTO AND LIGHT TRUCK REPAIR SHOP THAT IS ADJACENT TO LARGE LOT SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS.
WITHOUT ANY MEANINGFUL SEPARATION, STAFF DOES NOT FIND THE REQUEST TO ADHERE TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES OF THE ADOPTED PLAN.
GENERALLY, REGIONAL COMMERCIAL LAND USERS ARE SITUATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO MAJOR HIGHWAYS OR A MAJOR HIGHWAY IN A PRIMARY ARTERIAL.
THE REQUEST IS ALSO NOT SUITABLE TO THE GOALS OF THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE LAND USE CLASSIFICATIONS ADJACENT TO MILITARY INSTALLATIONS ARE WELL SUITED TO THE GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE AREA JOINT BATES JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO HAVING REVIEWED FOR CONDITIONS DETRIMENTAL TO THEIR ONGOING MISSION DOES NOT OBJECT TO THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT.
THE APPLICANT AND APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE ARE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THE APPLICANT, UH, WANTING PURPOSE PODIUM PRESS GOOD TO GO.
COMMISSIONERS NUCLEUS ARCHITECTURE HERE FOR, UH, THE APPLICANT OF PETCO AUTOMOTIVE.
UH, WE ARE HERE TO STATE PETCO AUTOMOTIVE HAS BEEN HERE FOR THE LAST 30, 30 PLUS YEARS.
THIS IS A FAMILY RUN BUSINESS.
IT IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL BUSINESS.
IT IS A BUSINESS THAT ALSO HAS BEEN A PILLAR TO THE COMMUNITY OF COOL CREST HOA.
AND THEN THEY SUPPORT THE, UH, PLAN AMENDMENT TO MODIFY AND BE ABLE TO EXPAND THIS FACILITY.
OBVIOUSLY THIS FACILITY HAS BEEN EXPANDING OVER, UH, THE 30 YEARS SINCE 1995 AND THE LAST EXPANSION WAS DONE IN 2015 PRIOR TO THIS BEING AN ISSUE.
UH, WE ALSO HAVE OBVIOUSLY RECEIVED SUPPORT FROM THE MILITARY AND THEY HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THIS, WHICH IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF WHY WE ARE HERE TODAY.
WE BELIEVE THAT NOT ONLY PETRANKO AUTOMOTIVE IS SUITED FOR THIS AREA, PETRANKO ROAD IS A VERY COMMERCIAL AND HIGHLY DEVELOPED FACIL AREA THAT WE CAN SEE SELF STORAGE, WE CAN SEE OTHER, UH, USED CAR LOTS AND A FACILITY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO JUST ACROSS THE, THE ROAD FROM US.
UM, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT DOESN'T MAKE POTENTIAL SENSE FOR TO HAVE THIS AS AN ESTATE RESIDENTIAL.
WE BELIEVE THIS IS MORE OF A REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
WE ARE OPEN TO ANSWER ANY SPECIFIC QUESTIONS OF MY, MYSELF, MY ENGINEER AND THE OWNER ARE HERE FOR ANYTHING OF THE SORT.
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ALL WE HAVE.UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON, I'M GONNA STATE FOR THE RECORD THAT AT 4 0 2 COMMISSIONER ETTE LEFT THE MEETING.
COMMISSIONER ETTE AND COUNCIL AND COUNCILWOMAN HIA.
UH, THERE IS NOBODY SIGNED UP TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA? UH, NO QUESTIONS.
UH, IT SEEMS THAT, UH, THE, THE REASON FOR THIS, UH, ITEM 'CAUSE IT'S THE MILITARY OVERLAY, BUT THEY'RE EXPANDING.
IS THAT WHAT'S TRIGGERED THE REQUEST FOR THE YES.
I MEAN IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALL COMMERCIAL USE IN THIS AREA.
COMMISSIONER MILAM NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER ZUKI? NO QUESTION.
COMMISSIONER SIPES? NO QUESTIONS.
AT THIS TIME WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION MOVE TO APPROVE APPLICANT'S REQUEST TO CHANGE THE PLAN AMENDMENT TO REGIONAL COMMERCIAL.
SECOND, WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.
TO APPROVE THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL.
YOU'RE GOING ONCE I KNOW THIS IS JUST A CONTINUANCE.
YEAH, THIS IS A CONTINUANCE TO WHAT DATE? JUNE 26TH.
I THINK THAT'S FIVE WEEKS ACTUALLY OUT FROM THE DAY TO JUNE 26TH.
UH, SO WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR A CONTINUANCE TILL JUNE 26TH.
THERE IS PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK TO YOU STILL WANT A SPEAK OR DO YOU WANNA WAIT TILL JUNE 26TH? YOU WANNA SPEAK NOW? OKAY.
I HOPE YOU'ALL HAVE PATIENCE FOR ME 'CAUSE I'VE NEVER DONE THIS.
WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL NEIGHBORHOOD STREET.
THIS PERSON COMES IN ALL OF A SUDDEN WITH DIFFERENT TRUCKS AND EVERYTHING AND WE'RE WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON.
WELL, EVENTUALLY HE CAME AND INTRODUCED HIMSELF AND HE TELLS ME WHAT'S WHAT.
AND I'M LIKE, WE DON'T WANT THAT HERE.
WE DON'T WANT A COMMERCIAL DOWN OUR RESIDENCE ON RICE ROAD.
'CAUSE WE HAVE A NARROW STREET.
WE HAD TO STOP AND WAIT FOR THEIR TRUCKS TO GET OUT, THEIR TRUCKS TO GET IN.
WE HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AT THE END.
I'M SORRY, I'M GONNA GET IN AT THE END OF WW WHITE AND RICE ROAD.
THANK GOD THAT THEY HAVEN'T HAD TO COME DOWN AND WAIT UNTIL THEY MOVE THEIR TRUCKS.
MY SON ONE TIME GOT OUT THE TRUCK TO TELL THE GUYS, GET OUT OF THE WAY.
WHEN HE GOT OUTTA THAT TRUCK, THEY SAW HIM.
ANOTHER PERSON THAT'S GONNA COME UP TO TALK SHARON, SHE HAS TO TURN AROUND.
WHAT IF IT'S AN EMERGENCY AND WE CAN'T GET THROUGH? YEAH, WE CAN GO THE OTHER WAY, BUT BY THE TIME WE GET TO THE HOSPITAL, COME ON.
MY THING IS WE DON'T WANT A COMMERCIAL.
WE HAVE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE THAT WE ALL CARE FOR EACH OTHER.
I CAN GO TO SOMEBODY'S HOUSE AND ASK
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FOR A CUP OF SUGAR.I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OPPOSED TO IT OR SEND VOICEMAILS, BUT I DO KNOW ONE LADY THAT'S HERE, SHE SEES BURNING STUFF AND WE'RE LIKE, WHAT IS THIS? I KNEW Y'ALL WERE GONNA DO THAT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO A CRAZY PERSON.
OKAY, NEXT PERSON IS LIONEL FURY.
I'M LIONEL FURY, 1311 RICE ROAD, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
MY FAMILY HAS LIVED ON RICE ROAD FOR 50 YEARS.
YOU SHARING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL, UH, TRAFFICKING, THAT'S ONE THING.
YOU RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM EACH OTHER.
SO YOU WANT US TO REASON YOU WANT TO REZONE AS OPPOSED TO RESIDENTIAL THAT HAS BEEN THERE.
AND YOU USE THIS LOW DENSITY POPULATION RIGHT THERE.
EVERYTHING IS ON AN ACRE AT THE LEAST AN ACRE.
SO PEOPLE OWN ACREAGE FOR 50 YEARS.
IT'S GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT SAME LOW DENSITY AT THAT SAME LEVEL OF PEOPLE THAT'S HAVE ALWAYS, ALWAYS HAD IT 50 YEARS.
SECOND OF ALL, TRUCKS AND TRAILERS DO NOT ENTER CHANGE WITH ONE ANOTHER.
THE STREETS ARE NARROW TRAFFICKING WITH A RESIDENTIAL, UH, UH, VEHICLE AND A, UH, COMMERCIAL TRUCKING, YOU CAN'T TURN AROUND AND GO BACK AND FORTH AMONG ONE ANOTHER IN THAT RESPECT.
I THINK THAT, UH, A GENERATION IS 40 YEARS.
THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES, 40 YEARS.
SO THE NEXT 40 YEARS BEYOND ME, MY CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE GOING TO OWN WHAT WE OWN.
I'M TOTALLY OPPOSED TO THIS REZONING.
AND LIKE IT SAID, IT'S BEAUTIFUL THE WAY IT IS AND IT'S TAKEN CARE OF.
AND TAXPAYERS ARE MAKING THEIR TAX PAYMENTS EVERY YEAR AND OPPOSING AND GOING UP AND DOWN ON IT AND SO FORTH.
THE FEW PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE TAKING CARE OF IT.
UH, NEXT UP IS VICTOR DELGADO CHAIR.
I JUST WANTED TO READ IN THE RECORD THAT IT IS 4 22 AND COMMISSIONER PROFIT HAD TO LEAVE THE ROOM.
I AM, I JUST PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ABOUT A LITTLE OVER A YEAR.
THE ADDRESS IS, UH, 1255 RICE ROAD.
AND UH, I JUST PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ABOUT A YEAR AND FOUR MONTHS AGO.
AND, UH, THE REASON I BOUGHT IT IS BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION.
IT'S BIG AND UH, FOR SOMEBODY TO COME OVER AND, AND, UH, TRY TO MAKE IT A COMMERCIAL PROPERTY IS, IS OPPOSING BECAUSE I I WENT THROUGH THIS MATTER OR THROUGH THIS ISSUE, UH, 10 YEARS AGO AT ANOTHER PROPERTY AND THE, THE PROPERTY VALUE WENT DOWN.
IT WAS AT THAT, THAT PROPERTY WAS AT 450,000.
NOW IT'S WORTH, UH, ABOUT $75,000 LESS.
SO FOR ME TO, THE, THE REASON I DON'T WANT IT, UH, I DON'T WANT THAT COMMERCIAL PROPERTY THERE IS BECAUSE IT COULD HAPPEN THE SAME WAY TOO.
AND THE PROPERTY MIGHT GO DOWN.
THE, THE, THE PROPERTY VALUE IS GONNA GO DOWN.
THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING US TO SPEAK ON THIS.
THIS IS MY WIFE, ELIZA HILLIER.
I'M YIELDING MY TWO MINUTES TO HIM.
UM, THIS PROPERTY IS, IT SITS ON A NICE, BEAUTIFUL ACRE, BUT AT THE SAME TIME IT'S RESIDENTIAL.
THAT'S WHERE IT GETS THE NAME RICE ROAD FROM.
BUT, UM, OUR CONCERNS ARE THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE'VE SEEN ACTUALLY HAPPEN WITH OUR OWN EYES.
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OUR NEIGHBORS SPOKE ABOUT THE EMERGENCY VEHICLES THAT TRY TO GET THROUGH THERE.I HAVE SEEN THEM HAVE TO YIELD AND WAIT FOR THE OPERATION OF THE TRUCKS AND TRAILERS THAT GO IN AND OUT.
'CAUSE THEY CAN'T MANEUVER IT VERY WELL ON THAT NARROW STREET.
ALONG WITH THAT, UH, IT STARTS VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, GOES WAY INTO THE NIGHT.
WE'VE HAD TWO FAILED DRAINAGE PROJECTS ON THAT STREET, WHICH, UH, REST IN PEACE MR. MARTINEZ WAS, WAS, UH, ADAMANT ABOUT GETTING THINGS TAKEN CARE OF AND TAKEN CARE OF THE WHOLE WHOLE STREET ACTUALLY.
UH, ALSO WE'VE, UH, WITNESSED HAZARDOUS MATERIALS BEING DUMPED ON THIS LOT JUST TO TRY TO SOLIDIFY THE, THE, UH, THE EARTH, THE, THE GARDEN PRODUCTS AND AND STUFF.
IT WAS A FARM PREVIOUS TO THAT, A PECAN ORCHARD.
AND THEY DUMPED A BUNCH OF WASTE MATERIALS ON IT, TRYING TO GET THE GROUND SOLID ENOUGH TRUCKS GETTING STUCK ALL THE TIME.
UH, POOR DRAINAGE ON THAT STREET.
AND IT'S ALWAYS JUST BEEN BACKING UP THE NEIGHBORS, THE NEIGHBORS HAVE BEEN PUTTING UP WITH IT FOR A WHILE THINKING IT WAS A TEMPORARY THING, BUT IT'S JUST SEEMS TO GET WORSE AND WORSE.
UH, ALONG WITH THAT PORTA-POTTIES GOING AND COMING, HEAVY TRUCKS SLINGING MUD UP AND DOWN THE ROADS.
BUT ANOTHER THING IS JUST THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE HINDRANCE THAT HAS CAUSED THE OPERATION OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE AMBULANCES THAT GO BACK AND FORTH TO AN ASSISTED LIVING ON THE CORNER.
UH, WE'VE WITNESSED THIS PERSONALLY.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE WRECKED THEIR OWN FENCE LINE MULTIPLE TIMES.
UH, JUST LAST WEEK THEY FLOODED THE STREET, HIT SOME PIPE IN THE YARD.
UH, THEY, THEY'VE TRIED TO MANAGE IT, BUT, UH, THIS, IT, IT, IT LOOKS SO OUT OF PLACE.
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF A, A MILE LONG STREET AND THEY'RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE THAT HAVE RESIDENTS THAT ARE USED TO DOING SOMETHING FOR SO LONG, HAVING TO MAKE DECISIONS GO THIS WAY OR THAT WAY, OR, OR THEY ONLY HAVE ONE WAY, WHICH IS TOTALLY, UH, OPPOSITE OF WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO GO.
IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THEY COULD COME IN AND BE A GOOD NE THEY'RE NOT GOOD NEIGHBORS.
THEY'RE NOT, THEY CAN'T EVEN ASSIMILATE TO THE LIFESTYLE THAT'S ALREADY THERE.
THEY'VE, THEY'VE CAUSED US ALL KIND OF, UH, JUST INCONVENIENCES.
BUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE IS JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
THAT IS EVERYBODY THAT HAS SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
UM, THE APPLICANT HAS REQUESTED A CONTINUANCE TO THE JUNE, WHAT WAS IT, 2020 SIXTH.
SO AT THIS TIME WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR CONTINUANCE OR CAN WE ASK THAT THE REASON FOR CONTINUANCE IS YOU SURE CAN.
WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE CONTINUANCE? YEAH, WHY DO WE HAVE CONTINUE? THE APPLICANTS IS HERE.
YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE REASON FOR THE CONTINUANCE.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO APPROACH THE PODIUM AND EXPLAIN PLEASE APPROACH THE PODIUM APPROACH.
PODIUM THE WHAT, WHAT AFTERNOON? MY NAME IS DIEGO BOEZ.
UM, I AM ACTUALLY ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE.
6,000 BRIGHTWOOD AVENUE, MIDLAND, TEXAS 7 9 7 0 7.
UM, THIS PROPERTY WAS BOUGHT BY MY PAST LAST YEAR AND WE ALSO HAVE A BUSINESS HERE IN, IN SAN ANTONIO BUILDING FIBER OPTICS.
AND WHERE WE'RE LOOKING THERE, UH, WHAT THEY SAYING IS RIGHT.
THERE IS TOO MANY THINGS THERE THAT BOTHER ME ALL THE, THE NEIGHBOR.
BUT WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IS TO HAVE A, TO COME PARK OR STRETCH OUR TRUCKS, NOT EQUIPMENT.
THAT'S, I SAY TO THEM WHEN I APPROACH THEM.
AND ALSO WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION, THAT'S WHAT OUR GOAL, JUST TO HAVE A SPACE TO PARK OUR TRUCKS KNOW TO HAVE THE OPERATION THAT WE ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW.
SO WE HAVE, ARE WE HEARING TODAY? ARE WE HEARING IT TODAY OR WE CONTINUE IT? WE CAN CONTINUE.
WE CAN, WE CAN HEAR IT TODAY IF HE WANTS TO HEAR IT TODAY.
DO YOU WANT, DO YOU NEED TO FINISH YOUR PRESENTATION? EXCUSE ME.
IF WE'RE GONNA HEAR IT TODAY, I, I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF SPEAK MA'AM.
I WOULD RECOMMEND THAT IF THE APPLICANT IS AGREEING TO HAVE THE HEARING TODAY, THAT WE GIVE THE STAFF PRESENTATION SO THAT THE COMMISSION HAS STAFF'S POSITION ON THIS REQUEST AS WELL.
SO SIR, IF YOU CAN TAKE A SEAT, WE'RE GONNA GIVE THE STAFF PRESENTATION AND THEN YOU CAN COME BACK UP FOR YOUR REPORT.
GOOD AFTERNOON AT EZ CEDAR PLANNER WITH DEVELOPMENT SERVICES.
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IS A REQUEST FOR APPROVAL OF A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE EASTERN TRIANGLE COMMUNITY PLANT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL.THERE WERE 20 NOTICES MAILED OUT ZERO IN FAVOR AND ZERO POST WITHIN 200 FEET WERE RETURNED.
THERE WAS NO RESPONSE FROM THE DEL CREST AREA NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION.
THE APPLICANT SEEKS A PLAN AMENDMENT FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL TO REZONE THE PROPERTY TO C TWO CD COMMERCIAL DISTRICT WITH A CONDITIONAL USE FOR PARKING AND OR STORAGE.
GIVEN THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL SINGLE FAMILY USES, THE PROPOSED PLAN AMENDMENT IS NOT AN APPROPRIATE COMMON LAND USE PRACTICE RECOMMENDS THAT HIGH INTENSE CITY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL USES ARE REMOVED TO REDUCE THE IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL LAND USES WITHIN PROXIMITY.
INTRODUCING THE PROPOSED COMMUNITY TO COMMERCIAL LAND USES OUT OF CHARACTER WITH AN ESTABLISHED SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE APPLICANT IS HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH TO PODIUM.
UM, THIS IS A DRAWING THAT ON THE RIGHT HAND IN THE LEFT HAND IS THE PROPERTY THAT WE ALREADY HAVE THERE.
AND IN THE RIGHT HAND, THAT'S OUR PROPOSAL TO HAVE THAT PARKING LOT.
I THINK OVER HERE JUST TO BUILD OR TO HAVE THE, OR TO HAVE THIS PARKING LOT WITH ALL FAULT OR CONCRETE, UH, TO, WE CAN ALLOW BETWEEN 20 AND 25 TRUCKS SIMILAR THAN F1 150.
NO BIG TRUCKS, NO TRAILERS, NO UM, EQUIPMENTS THERE JUST ONLY TO HAVE OUR TRUCK STORE.
I KNOW THAT ALL THESE OPERATION ARE MAKING, THEY BOTHER ALL THE NEIGHBORS OVER THERE.
UM, THAT'S GOING TO AVOID THAT TOO TO THEM.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S OUR, OUR OBJECTIVE OVER HERE.
OKAY, WELL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
WE'LL START ON THE LEFT WITH COMMISSIONER SIEGEL.
COMMISSIONER GARCIA, I HAVE A QUESTION FOR STAFF.
WAS THE NOISE CONSIDERED IN, IN PARKING THESE VEHICLES AND MOVING THEM OUT? BECAUSE I KNOW THEY WORK OUT EARLY IN THE MORNING AND LATE AT NIGHT.
CAN I, SHE LEFT THE VOICEMAIL.
IS THERE ANY WAY GOT INJURED? YOU ADDRESS THIS FIRST.
WAS THERE A VOICEMAIL? THERE WAS ONE VOICEMAIL.
OKAY, WE'LL GET TO THAT IN A SECOND.
THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION WOULD, BASED ON THE INAPPROPRIATE NATURE OF THE COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY, COMMERCIAL COMMUNITY COMMERCIAL REZONE IN A LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA, THE NOISE WAS NOT CONSIDERED IN THAT DECISION.
I, I, I WANT TO ADD ONE THING AS WELL.
THE SITE PLAN THAT HAS BEEN PRESENTED, EVEN IF THIS PLAN AMENDMENT AND ASSOCIATED REZONING CASE WERE APPROVED, THAT WOULD NOT BE A COMPLIANT SITE PLAN THAT DOESN'T PROVIDE FOR THE APPROPRIATE FENCING SCREENING BUFFERING.
SO, I, I JUST WANNA MAKE SURE THE COMMISSION UNDERSTANDS THAT THE SITE PLAN ON THE SCREEN IS NOT WHAT WOULD BE PERMITTED EVEN IF THIS WERE APPROVED.
THANKS FOR CLARIFYING THAT, LOGAN.
WE'LL CONTINUE WITH COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER, WE WE'LL GET TO THE VOICEMAIL AFTER WE'RE ALREADY STARTING THIS AGAIN.
COMMISSIONER PROPHET? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER MILAN? NO QUESTIONS.
COMMISSIONER SIPES? NO QUESTION.
MY ADDRESS IS 5 0 1 1 BENHAM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS SEVEN EIGHT TWO TWO ZERO.
MY TELEPHONE NUMBER IS (210) 427-3837.
THE LAST THREE DIGITS OF THE CASE NUMBER ARE 0 3 7.
AND I'M JUST CALLING TO SAY THAT I DO OPPOSE THE PROPERTY AT 1240 RICE ROAD BEING, UH, REZONED INTO COMMERCIAL.
ALTHOUGH I BELIEVE IT'S BEEN USED OF COMMERCIAL FOR THE PAST SEVEN OR EIGHT MONTHS.
UM, I DON'T SEE HOW YOU CAN GO INTO THE MIDDLE OF A ALREADY WELL-ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOOD AND BRING IN ALL THIS HEAVY EQUIPMENT.
AND IT STARTS AT 5:00 AM IN THE MORNING AND SOMETIMES GOES UNTIL WAY PAST DARK AT NIGHT.
UH, ONE NIGHT IT WAS LIKE 10 30 AT NIGHT AND IT'S JUST CONSTANT NOISE, ENOUGH TO WAKE YOU UP.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS THAT IS BEING DUMPED BEHIND MY PROPERTY,
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STRAIGHT BEHIND MY PROPERTY.UH, IT SMELLS AND IT JUST PULLS THERE.
AND, UM, THE MOSQUITOES ARE GETTING REALLY BAD ALSO AT THIS TIME OF YEAR.
SO I AM NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THAT IS.
I DO HAVE AUDIO AND VIDEO OF ALL OF THIS THAT I'VE TAKEN.
UM, I JUST DON'T SEE, OTHER THAN MAYBE PERSONAL GAIN, WHY YOU WOULD BRING A BUSINESS LIKE THAT INTO THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
I WOULD HOPE THAT THIS WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO LET HAPPEN.
THANK YOU ANY FURTHER? COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER ZUKI, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION? YES.
UH, IT, IT DOES SEEM THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME ACTIVITIES GOING ON IN THIS, UH, LAND, UH, UH, REGARDLESS IF WE VOTE ON THIS, UH, UH, HOW THE COMPLIANCE WOULD BE ACTED ACCORDINGLY THERE.
BUT IT DOES SEEM THAT, UH, THIS SHOULDN'T BE OPERATED EVEN BEFORE THIS CASE HAS BEEN APPROACHED TO US.
YEAH, THERE ARE ONGOING CODE ENFORCEMENT CASES ON THIS PROPERTY.
THAT THAT REALLY IS THE CODE ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY IS REALLY WHAT LED TO THE APPLICATION BEING SUBMITTED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMISSIONERS? I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION TO DENY THE APPLICANT'S REQUEST.
AND A SECOND, UH, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME TODAY TO COME DOWN HERE AND SIT THIS LONG FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
ITEM NUMBER 29, AND FOR THE RECORD, I BELIEVE IT IS 4 36 AND COMMISSIONER PROFIT IS LEAVING THE MEETING YOU.
ITEM 29, DO I ADVANCE IT MYSELF? DO I? YEAH, YOU CAN JUST HIT THE DOWN BUTTON RIGHT HERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S, IT SHOULD BE LIKE AN, YEAH, I, I HAVE IT ON THE THUMB DRIVE.
MR. CHAIR, IF I MAY, WHILE WE'RE PULLING UP THAT PRESENTATION, UH, WE CAN JUMP TO THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ITEM IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET THAT OUTTA THE WAY.
UM, SO JUST REAL QUICK REFRESHER FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION HERE.
UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOMINATING A NOMINATING COMMITTEE TO REVIEW APPLICANTS FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
THAT TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR REVIEWING CHANGES TO THE CODE, ESPECIALLY OUR EVERY FIVE YEAR UDC CODE AMENDMENT CYCLE, AS WELL AS REQUESTS FOR MAJOR THOROUGHFARE PLAN AMENDMENTS.
UH, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 16 POSITIONS ON THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT HAVE EXPIRED.
UH, WE STARTED, UH, WE OPENED UP A, A WINDOW FOR FOLKS TO APPLY OR REAPPLY TO THOSE POSITIONS BACK ON, UH, MAY 8TH, THAT
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WILL STAY OPEN UNTIL JUNE 10TH.UH, AS IS KIND OF OUR TYPICAL PRACTICE, WE START BY REACHING OUT TO THE EXPIRED MEMBERS, ENCOURAGING THEM TO REAPPLY IF THEY'RE SO INTERESTED.
AND WE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED A HANDFUL OF FOLKS THAT ARE APPLYING OR REAPPLYING.
UM, THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE CONSISTS OF THREE PRIMARY MEMBERS AND ONE ALTERNATE MEMBER THAT WOULD SERVE ONLY IF A PRIMARY MEMBER IS UNABLE TO ATTEND.
UM, THE PURPOSE AGAIN IS TO REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND IF DETERMINED TO BE APPROPRIATE BY THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE, UH, HOLD INTERVIEWS OF THESE POTENTIAL APPLICANTS.
UM, WE ORGANIZE THOSE VIRTUALLY.
UH, WE, WE USE WEBEX THAT WAY YOU CAN DO IT FROM, YOU KNOW, YOUR, YOUR HOMES, YOUR OFFICES.
UM, THIS DOESN'T SO MUCH REQUIRE A NOMINATION LIKE THE ELECTION OF THE CHAIRS.
WE CAN TAKE VOLUNTEERS OR VOLUNTOLD, SO WE'RE NOT PICKY.
I'LL SIT ON THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE.
AND CAN I GET AN ALTERNATE THAT WOULD SERVE FAULKNER? OKAY.
I HAVE HIS PRIMARY MEMBERS, COMMISSIONER SIEGEL MILAM AND PECK.
AND AN A ALTERNATIVE COMMISSIONER FAULKNER.
ARE WE READY FOR ITEM 29? OKAY, THANK YOU.
GOOD AFTERNOON PLANNING COMMISSION.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT ON THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
THIS IS THE 11TH SUB AREA PLAN TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR ADOPTION AS IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER IS CIRCLED ON THE MAP AS ONE OF 13 REGIONAL CENTERS IDENTIFIED BY THE SA TOMORROW.
REGIONAL CENTERS ARE MAJOR ACTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT AREAS THAT CONTAIN AT LEAST 15,000 JOBS.
THE A AND M AREA REGIONAL CENTER IS LOCATED BETWEEN SOUTH LOOP FOUR 10 AND 1604 ON THE CITY SOUTH SIDE.
IT IS LO IT IS PRIMARILY LOCATED IN CITY COUNCIL.
DISTRICT THREE WITH A SMALL PORTION IN DISTRICT FOUR FOCUSING IN MAJOR STREETS THAT FORM THE BOUNDARY ARE SOUTH LOOP FOUR 10 IN THE NORTH PLEASANTON ROAD IN THE EAST NEIL ROAD IN THE SOUTH, AND APPLEWHITE AND SAR, SOUTH ZAMORA IN THE WEST.
KEY LANDMARKS IN THE AREA ARE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY, THE VITA SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT UNIVERSITY PALO ALTO, UM, HOSPITAL CAMPUS, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING, THE MEDINA RIVER GREENWAY, AND THE LAND HERITAGE INSTITUTE.
FOR EACH OF THE SUB AREA PLANS, THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BRINGS TOGETHER A PLANNING TEAM CONSISTING OF AREA RESIDENTS, EMPLOYERS, AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS TO GUIDE PLAN DEVELOPMENT.
THE DEPARTMENT CONDUCTED A TOTAL OF 17 PLANNING TEAM MEETINGS TO GATHER INFORMATION ON THE ASSETS, CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES SPECIFIC TO THIS PLAN AREA, UM, AS WELL AS TO DEVELOP A GUIDING VISION AND SET OF GOALS FOR THE AREA.
THE DEPARTMENT ALSO HOSTED A TOTAL OF FOUR PUBLIC COMMUNITY MEETINGS TO GATHER FEEDBACK AND INPUT AT VARIOUS POINTS THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS.
IN ADDITION TO THESE SCHEDULED MEETINGS, THE DEPARTMENT, UM, ALSO SOLICITED FEEDBACK THROUGH ONLINE AND HARD COPY QUESTIONNAIRES AND ENGAGED THE PUBLIC BY MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE AT POP-UP EVENTS AND CO-LOCATING AT EVENTS HELD BY OTHER STAKEHOLDER GROUPS IN THE AREA.
A PROJECT WEBSITE WAS ALSO CREATED TO SHARE MEETING MATERIALS AND SUMMARIES AND TO, UM, AND DRAFT PLAN CONTENT.
ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN DEVELOPING THE PLAN WAS TO ESTABLISH A SHARED VISION FOR THE COMMUNITY.
THE PLANNING TEAM WORKED TOGETHER WITH INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO DRAFT A VISION STATEMENT, WHICH WAS THEN REVIEWED BY THE COMMUNITY AT THE FIRST PLANNING TEAM MEETING.
THIS VISION STATEMENT LAYS THE FOUNDATION FOR THE GOALS, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND STRATEGIES FOUND THROUGHOUT THE PLAN.
IMPORTANT THEMES THE COMMUNITY WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT IN THEIR VISION ARE BALANCING GROWTH WITH THE PRESERVATION AND CELEBRATION OF THE AREA'S GREEN SPACE AND HERITAGE, PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND SUPPORTING TARGET INDUSTRIES SUCH AS EDUCATION, MANUFACTURING, TECHNOLOGY, AND HEALTHCARE, WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO AN EDUCATED WORKFORCE.
GOALS ARE THE MORE SPECIFIC TARGETS THAT HELP TO ACHIEVE THE COMMUNITY'S VISION.
THESE GOALS WERE ALSO DEVELOPED BY THE PLANNING TEAM BASED ON INPUT FROM RESIDENTS AND COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS.
THEY WERE FURTHER REFINED WITH FEEDBACK RECEIVED AT THE SECOND COMMUNITY MEETING THE TEXAS A AND M AND SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLANS GOALS
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RELATE TO SUSTAINABLE GROWTH THAT BALANCES DEVELOPMENT WITH PROTECTION AND CELEBRATION OF ITS NATURAL ASSETS.OTHER KEY GOALS INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT SUPPORTS CURRENT AND FUTURE RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYERS, LEVERAGING THE GROWTH OF A AND M UNIVERSITY TOYOTA AND OTHER EMPLOYERS TO ATTRACT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNITY SERVING BUSINESSES AND PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC CONNECTIVITY WITH THE LARGER SAN ANTONIO AREA.
TOGETHER, THE COMMUNITY VISION AND GOALS INFORM ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOUND THROUGHOUT THE REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
THE REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IDENTIFIES NUMEROUS RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES THAT HELP ACHIEVE THE VISION AND GOALS.
UM, THESE WERE ORGANIZED INTO SIX MAIN TOPIC AREAS, WHICH ARE LAND USE, MOBILITY, AMENITIES IN PUBLIC SPACE, HOUSING, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND FOCUS AREAS.
AND WE REFER TO THIS BUNDLE OF TOPICS AS THE PLAN FRAMEWORK.
PLAN FRAMEWORK RECOMMENDATIONS CAN INCLUDE PHYSICAL INTERVENTIONS, POLICIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS.
THERE'S ALMOST A TOTAL OF 100 RECOMMENDATIONS AND, UM, STRATEGIES WITHIN THE PLAN.
SO ON THE NEXT SLIDES, I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE THAT WERE, WERE CONSIDERED THE HIGHEST PRIORITY BY THE COMMUNITY, STARTING WITH LAND USE.
UM, THIS IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP FOR THE REGIONAL CENTER, UM, PICTURED WITH THE SAN ANTONIO ADOPTED FUTURE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
THE TEAL AND PURPLE AREAS IN THE NORTH INDICATE MIXED COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES.
THE ORANGE AND YELLOW AREAS ARE LOW DENSITY AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE RED AREAS ARE COMMERCIAL ONLY AND THE PINK AREAS, BOTH THE LIGHT AND THE DARK INDICATE AND INDUSTRIAL USES THE GREEN AREAS.
UM, BOTH THE LIGHT AND THE DARK INDICATE, UM, PARKS AND OPEN SPACE OR AGRICULTURAL USES.
KEY THEMES THAT ARE CAPTURED IN THE LAND USE GOALS ARE ENCOURAGING DENSITY AND MIXED USES, AND THE NORTH OF THE PLAN AREA AROUND THE TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CAMPUS, AND PROVIDING FOR APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THOSE RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS IN THE NORTH WITH THE INDUSTRIAL USES IN THE SOUTH, AND ALSO PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE AREA'S, NATURAL ASSETS AND THE ENVIRONMENT.
MOBILITY REFERS TO THE ABILITY ABILITY OF ALL USERS TO MOVE EFFICIENTLY AROUND THE CITY, INCLUDING AUTO FREIGHT, PEDESTRIAN TRANSIT, BIKE OR MICRO MOBILITY.
THIS MAP SHOWS THE TYPE AND LOCATION OF MOBILITY IMPROVEMENTS THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THE AREA.
THE COLORED LINES INDICATE THE PRIORITY MODE OF TRAVEL, THE DARK.
UM, THE DARKER BLACK AND BROWN LINES INDICATE AUTO AND FREIGHT AND CORRESPOND TO AREAS THAT HANDLE OR ANTICIPATED TO HANDLE HIGH VOLUMES OF TRAFFIC.
THE ORANGE INDICATES BALANCE MULTIMODAL AND CORRESPONDS TO AREAS OF RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
AND THE GREEN CORRESPONDS TO EXISTING GREENWAYS AND DESIRED GREENWAY CONNECTIONS.
UM, OTHER ELEMENTS THAT ARE SHOWN INCLUDE INTERSECTION ENHANCEMENTS WITH THE THE SQUARES AND GATEWAY ENHANCEMENTS, UM, AS DESIGNATED BY THE THE ORANGE HATCHINGS.
AS THESE MOBILITY CONNECTIONS ARE DESIGNED AND BUILT, A KEY PRIORITY WAS TO ENSURE THAT ALL USERS HAD SAFE, COMFORTABLE, AND EFFICIENT OPTIONS FOR TRAVEL.
THIS CAN PARTIALLY BE ACHIEVED WITH ATTENTION TO EAST WEST CONNECTIVITY THAT MEETS GROWTH DEMANDS.
MULTIMODAL CROSSINGS AND STREETS DESIGNED USING GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE ELEMENTS THAT PROVIDE SHADE AND MANAGE STORMWATER RUNOFF.
AMENITIES ARE ELEMENTS THAT IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND MAKE AN AREA AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND PLAY AGAIN, THE COMMUNITY WAS EMPHATIC ABOUT PROTECTING AND EXPANDING THE EXISTING, EXISTING GREEN AREAS AND TRAIL CONNECTIONS ON THE MAP.
IMPROVED ELEMENTS INCLUDE USING FLOODPLAIN AREAS TO EXPAND AND CONNECT TRAILS.
ADDITION OF TRAIL HEADS, SOCIAL GATHERING AREAS, UM, AND GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE FEATURES.
GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE HELPS REDUCE STORM WATER RUNOFF.
ELEMENTS CAN INCLUDE PERMEABLE SURFACES AND VEGETATIVE FEATURES LIKE NATIVE TREES AND PLANTS, AMENITIES AND PUBLIC SPACE PRIORITIES FOCUSED ON PROACTIVELY IDENTIFYING TRAIL CONNECTIONS BETWEEN THE AREA'S, EXISTING ASSETS SUCH AS THE UNIVERSITY AND THE MEDINA RIVER GREENWAY IN ORDER TO INTEGRATE ROUTES INTO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
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UH, THE SECOND PIECE OF THIS IS THE FUNDING ASPECT.EARLY PLANNING ALLOWS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING SOURCES.
THE REGIONAL CENTER CURRENTLY HAS A SMALL BUT ACTIVELY GROWING SUPPLY OF HOUSING OPTIONS.
HOUSING GROWTH IS CONCENTRATED IN THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE PLAN AREA IN THE VITA SAN ANTONIO DEVELOPMENT.
THE REGIONAL CENTER HAS A WIDE SPECTRUM OF HOUSING NEEDS FROM STUDENTS TO EMPLOYEES AT THE UNIVERSITIES AND GROWING INDUSTRIAL HUBS.
WITH THIS IN MIND, THE COMMUNITY HIGHLIGHTED AS PRIORITIES, THE DESIRE FOR HIGHER DENSITY AND MIXED USE HOUSING OPTIONS NORTH AND EAST OF THE TEXAS UNIVERSITY, UM, A AND M CAMPUS.
AND UNDERSTANDING THE WATER, SEWER, AND ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO ATTRACT HOUSING PROVIDERS.
THE COMMUNITY ALSO HIGHLIGHTED PROACTIVELY WORKING WITH UTILITY PROVIDERS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT ARE CURRENTLY IMPEDING INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION.
UM, THESE INCLUDE RAILROAD CROSSING, HIGH PRESSURE, GAS LINE FLOODPLAINS, AND SOME ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS.
UM, COMMON THEMES AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECHO THOSE OF HOUSING.
THE COMMUNITY IS SUPPORTIVE OF THE AREA'S MAJOR EMPLOYERS AND HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS AND WANTS GROWTH TO TAKE PLACE IN A WAY THAT CONTINUES TO ATTRACT A DIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES.
TO THAT END KEY, UM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES RELATE TO INTENTIONAL COORDINATION WITH THE AREA'S MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT FUTURE GROWTH, PUBLIC INVESTMENT AND COMMUNITY LAND USE PRIORITIES ARE IN ALIGNMENT.
THE FINAL PLAN SECTION IS FOCUS AREAS.
FOCUS AREAS ARE SITES OR CORRIDORS THAT HAVE BEEN BEEN IDENTIFIED BY THE COMMUNITY AS PLACES THAT COULD BENEFIT FROM TARGETED, COORDINATED IMPROVEMENTS RELATED TO THE TOPICS THAT WE'VE JUST DISCUSSED.
THEY CAN BE PLACES THAT THE COMMUNITY WANTS TO SEE DEVELOPED, PRESERVED, OR ENHANCED WITH A COMBINATION OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INVESTMENT.
THERE WERE THREE FOCUS AREAS DESIGNATED FOR THE A AND M REGIONAL CENTER.
UM, THE FIRST FOCUS AREA IS JAGUAR PARKWAY AND UNIVERSITY WAY, WHICH IS NORTH OF, UM, TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY.
THE SECOND ONE IS JAGUAR PARKWAY EAST.
AND THE THIRD ONE PICTURED IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLAN AREA IS PLEASANTON ROAD AND THE MEDINA RIVER GREENWAY.
FOR EACH FOCUS AREA, THE COMMUNITY WAS ASKED TO IDENTIFY SPECIFIC ELEMENTS THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE.
THESE CAN INCLUDE INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, MOBILITY CONNECTIONS, OR SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS.
THE MIDDLE GRAPHIC WITH THE THE OVAL SHAPE, UM, SHOWS KEY ELEMENTS THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN FOCUS AREA ONE.
UM, SOME OF THESE ARE GREENWAY TRAIL CONNECTIONS.
MULTI-USE TRAIL CONNECTIONS AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT NORTH OF THE CAMPUS AND A LONG UNIVERSITY WAY.
AND THE BOTTOM ILLUSTRATION IS THE RESULT OF A VISUAL VISUALIZATION EXERCISE TO DEMONSTRATE HOW THESE IMPROVEMENTS COULD LOOK IF LAYERED TOGETHER.
IMPLEMENTATION PRIORITIES FOR FOCUS AREAS INCLUDE COORDINATION WITH APPROPRIATE TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS, CREATION OF ZONING DISTRICTS TO SUPPORT MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND COORDINATION WITH DEVELOPERS ON DESIRED LAND USE AND URBAN FORUM ELEMENTS.
THE A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN PROPOSE PROPOSES A MIDTERM VISION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR SMART AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH OVER THE NEXT 10 YEARS.
ALL RECOMMENDATIONS AND THEIR RELATED STRATEGIES ARE LISTED BY TOPIC IN THE IMPLEMENTATION SECTION OF THE PLAN.
THE IMPLE IMPLEMENTATION MATRIX PICTURE HERE IS A WAY FOR THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO MONITOR PROGRESS ON IMPLEMENTATION OVER TIME.
THIS IS THE PROJECTED ADOPTION SCHEDULE FOR THE TEXAS A AND M REGIONAL CENTER PLAN.
A DRAFT, A PUBLIC DRAFT WAS RELEASED IN DECEMBER OF 2023, AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE DRAFT, WHICH CONTAINS EDITS BASED ON PUBLIC FEEDBACK, WAS RELEASED ON MAY THE SECOND.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS BRIEFED ON MAY THE EIGHTH, AND THE PLAN WENT TO THE PLANNING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE ON MAY THE 20TH, WHICH WAS MONDAY.
UM, TODAY IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING.
UM, THE REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IS SCHEDULED FOR CITY COUNCIL CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION ON JUNE THE 20TH.
STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF A RES OF A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN TO CITY COUNCIL TO BECOME A COMPONENT OF THE CITY'S
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SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.THE FULL A AND M REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IS AVAILABLE ON THE PROJECT WEBSITE AND WAS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT ON TODAY'S AGENDA.
AND THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE HAPPY TO TAKE QUESTIONS.
WE HAVE A FEW PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO SPEAK.
THIS PLAN SHOULD BE NAMED NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD.
FERIN RAJ, 1901 MILITARY DRIVE, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS.
THIS PLAN THAT WAS PRESENTED TODAY SHOULD BE NAMED STAR AGREEMENT PHASE TWO.
I'M HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YESTERDAY AT THE ZONING COMMISSION, AN OVERLAY REQUEST BY THE CITY FOR A TWO MILE RADIOS FROM THE PERIMETER OF TOYOTA WAS STABLE FOR EIGHT WEEKS BECAUSE THE COMMISSION ASKED THAT THE CITY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH INFORMATION.
AND THERE WAS A LOT OF QUESTIONS.
WERE 150 PEOPLE OUT HERE ASKING QUESTIONS WITH THERE WERE NOT ANSWER THIS.
THE CITY WANTS TO CONNECT FOR THE JUNE 20TH GOING TO THE COUNCIL.
THE ZONING COMMISSION IS NOT GOING TO THE COUNCIL ON JUNE 20TH.
AND THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO TELL THIS IF IT'S POSSIBLE.
LET ME GIVE YOU SOME EXAMPLES.
AND IF THIS CAN BE PROJECTED, I'LL APPRECIATE.
3.1 IN THE STRATEGY WHERE THEIR POINT HERE, THERE'S IN THE REGULATORY AND POLICY, THEY ASK FOR AN OVERLAY OF TWO MILES.
AND THIS IS AROUND THE PERIMETER OF TOYOTA.
AGAIN, THIS IS ONLY PROJECTING TOYOTA.
THIS PLAN IS PROTECTING TOYOTA.
THEY PUT THE NAME TEXAS A AND M, BUT THIS IS PROTECTING TOYOTA WITH THIS OVERLAY.
THEY'RE KILLING RESIDENTIAL AND AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT.
THIS IS PLAN B OR PLAN C OF THE OVERLAY.
PRESENTED YESTERDAY TO THE ZONING COMMISSION.
AND THIS TRIED TO CIRCUMVENT THE STAR AGREEMENT THAT WAS SIGNED 20 YEARS AGO.
THEY CLAIM IN THIS OVERLAY THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO IMPOSE ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND TRAFFIC ISSUES.
IF THERE IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE HERE.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE RESIDENTS KNOW ABOUT THIS.
THE TEXAS A AND M STUDENTS KNOW ABOUT ANY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM THROUGH THE COMPANIES THAT ARE AROUND THERE.
THEY KNOW ABOUT WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO THE, OUR ENVIRONMENT FOR TRAFFIC.
THERE'S 58% OF THE WORKERS IN THIS AREA THAT COMMUTE 10 TO 24 MILES EVERY DAY.
THERE'S NOT ENOUGH DEVELOPMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, LESS FOR AFFORDABLE DEVELOPMENT TODAY.
PLAN IS CONFUSING AND THE GOAL IS TO PROTECT AGAIN, TOYOTA.
THEY'RE TRYING TO PATCH THE STAR AGREEMENT AND TO CONCEAL THE OVERLAY DISTRICT.
I RESPECTFULLY ASK THE COMMISSION TO CONTINUE THIS ISSUE AND MATCH IT WITH THE ZONING COMMISSION.
'CAUSE THEY'RE NOT GOING ON JUNE 20.
THEY'LL BE HEARING THIS OVERLAY ON JULY 16.
THAT'S WHY I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE CONTINUATION.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO REALLY PROTECT THE 1000 PLUS OWNERS AND DEVELOPERS, AND NOT ONLY TO PROTECT ONE OWNER, WHICH GOES BY THE NAME TOYOTA.
I REALLY THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, AND I'LL BE ABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT HERE.
COMING UP WE HAVE DAVID TREVINO.
LIVE AT 5 96 MAMAN ROAD, WHICH IS THE, UH, MAIN ARTERY BETWEEN, UH, PLEASANTON ROAD AND, UH, APPLEWHITE THERE SOUTH OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, I'VE BEEN PERSONALLY INVOLVED IN THIS TEXAS A AND M PLANNING, UH, SINCE THE BEGINNING, SINCE I GUESS 20 18, 20 19.
MY LIST IS, MY NAME IS ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE PLANNING TEAM.
I WAS, MY PROPERTY IS 25 ACRES.
WE HAVE ABOUT 350 FEET OF ROAD FRONTAGE ON IRONMAN.
WE HAVE DIRECT ACCESS FROM MARMAN ROAD TO THE LEON CREEK PRESERVE OR BORDER, THE A HUNDRED ACRE TEXAS A AND M, UH, TRACKED.
UH, THIS ON THE COMANCHE CREEK, WHICH IS WAS MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WAS COMANCHE, WHICH IS KIND OF A LITTLE SERENDIPITY THERE.
UH, WE WANTED TO BE AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE
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MOBILITY FRAMEWORK IDENTIFIED IN THIS PLAN.UH, BY PROVIDING ACCESS FROM ARMON ROAD TO THE, UH, UH, RESEARCH AREA, WHICH IS GONNA BE ALONG THAT HUNDRED, THAT 104 ACRES THAT, UH, TEXAS A AND M OWNS.
WE WANTED TO CREATE A VERY UNIQUE, UH, DEVELOPMENT USING, UH, THE BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE, UH, ZONING OPTION IN WITHIN THIS PLAN.
UH, WE WANNA DO A MIXED RETAIL COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL WITH, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICE SPACES, EVENT SPACES, COMMUNITY GARDENS, AND SPACES FOR LEARNING.
ALL THESE IDEAS WE HAD BASED ON THIS PLAN, ALL THESE UNIQUE SUSTAINABLE PLANS CANNOT BE DEVELOPED.
IF WE HAVE, UH, WE ARE PUT WITH THIS PLAN CONNECTED TO THAT, UH, OVERLAY, INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY, IT SHOOTS ALL MY PLANS OUT OF THE WATER.
THERE'S NO WAY WE CAN DO IT, UH, AS WE WANTED TO.
AND TO ME TO PUT INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, INDUSTRIAL BUSINESSES ON MY PROPERTY JUST NORTH OF THE RIVER, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
I WANT TO DO GREEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, NOT INDUSTRIAL.
I WANNA MAY PROVIDE SOME HOUSING AND ON THE FRONT AND MAYBE SOME, UH, SMALL BUSINESSES AND A PUBLIC TRAIL AND PUBLIC ACCESS, COMMUNITY GARDENS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND I DON'T HAVE ANY OF THOSE FREEDOMS BECAUSE OF THIS OVERLAY.
I CAN NO LONGER SUPPORT THIS PLAN.
AND I KNOW ALL OF MY NEIGHBORS DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PLAN 'CAUSE OF THIS INDUSTRIAL OVERLAY.
THIS IS CONTRACT ZONING AND I WILL NOT SUPPORT IT.
THERE'S A, UM, POWERPOINT, IF Y'ALL COULD OPEN IT UP.
I SENT IT TO KELLY AND SHE ACKNOWLEDGED SHE GOT IT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S CALLED? YES SIR.
UH, IF YOU COULD MOVE TO THE NEXT MAP.
UH, THANK Y'ALL FOR, UH, LISTENING TO ME TODAY.
AND, UH, AS DISCLOSURE, I AM A MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION ZONING COMMISSION.
UH, I WAS AT THE MEETING YESTERDAY AND, UH, THE COMMISSION DID UNANIMOUSLY VOTE TO SUSPEND THIS, UH, FOR SEVERAL REASONS.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, LACK OF, UH, PUBLIC INPUT, UH, PRIOR TO LACK OF TRANSPARENCY FROM THE STAFF.
UH, JUST LACK OF FULL DISCLOSURE AND LACK OF INFORMATION.
WE NEVER WERE GIVEN THIS 127 PAGE REPORT, UH, THAT WAS PRODUCED AND THAT Y'ALL ARE LOOKING TO APPROVE TODAY.
THAT WOULD'VE HELPED IN AN MAKING A FAIR AND, UH, OPEN DECISION.
SO AS A RESULT OF THAT, AND LISTENING TO THE A HUNDRED PLUS PEOPLE WHO EITHER CALLED IN OR SHOWED UP AND WHO SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
AND, UH, SO CONSEQUENTLY, AS HE MENTIONED, THERE'S AN 80 DAY, UH, TO JULY 16TH.
THERE'S GONNA BE A PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND HEARING AT SIX O'CLOCK DOWN IN THAT AREA TO MEET WITH PEOPLE, TO LISTEN TO 'EM.
IT WILL NOT BE A COMMISSION HEARING.
UM, AND SO I DON'T KNOW WHEN IT WILL BE RECONSIDERED BY THE ZONING COMMISSION, BUT IT IS AN OVERLAY.
UH, WE, AS YOU SEE THAT OUTLINE OUT THERE, THERE'S THE TEXAS A AND M THAT OVERLAY THAT THEY TALK ABOUT, UH, EXTENDS ALL THE WAY OUT THERE.
AND THOSE ARE ALL THE KINDS OF PROPERTIES THAT ARE IMPACTED.
IF YOU COULD GO TO THE NEXT SLIDE, I THINK, UH, 3.1.
IT TALKS ABOUT IMPLEMENT AND OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT THAT WASN'T ADDRESSED BY THE WOMAN WHO JUST SPOKE.
UH, YES, THERE, UH, SPECIFICALLY IT SAYS, UH, THEY GUIDING PRINCIPLES AMEND TO, UH, SET THIS UP TWO MILES FROM, UH TOYOTA, ONE MILE FROM TOYOTA.
UH, AND THAT THE CITY WILL USE ITS BEST EFFORTS TO STOP ESSENTIALLY RESIDENTIAL.
AND THEN ONCE THIS GETS ADOPTED, UH, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO COME TO A PLAN AMENDMENT AND IT SHOULD BE COORDINATED WITH WHAT ZONING ULTIMATELY DOES.
AND MR. CHAIR, IF I CAN JUST CLARIFY.
UM, IT WAS HEARD AT ZONING COMMISSION YESTERDAY, AND IT WAS NOT THE PLAN, IT WAS THE ZONING CASE, UH, TIED TO THIS.
UM, HOWEVER, UM, THIS, IT WAS, IT WAS CONTINUED TO A JULY 16TH MEETING AND IT WAS IDENTIFIED AT AS, AS A TIME CERTAIN FOR THIS ITEM AT 6:00 PM UM, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION OF HOLD HOLDING A, UM,
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PUBLIC MEETING.UM, MS. BRIDGET, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANTED TO ADD? SORRY ABOUT THAT.
I'M BRIDGET WHITE, DIRECTOR OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT.
SO THE SA TOMORROW SA, THE TEXAS A AND M SA, UH, SAN ANTONIO AREA REGIONAL CENTER PLAN IS SEPARATE.
UM, THEN THE OVERLAY THAT THE ZONING COMMISSION IS CONSIDERING.
SO THESE PLANS ARE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SA TOMORROW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT WAS ADOPTED IN 2016.
IT IS OVER IT, IT REALLY IS A GUIDING DOCUMENT.
SO ONCE THIS PLAN IS ADOPTED, THESE STRATEGIES IN HERE LOOK AT HOW THINGS, HOW IT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED.
SO IF THIS PLAN IS ADOPTED, THE ZONING, IF ZONING COMMISSION WERE TO MOVE FORWARD AND NOT, UH, APPROVE THE OVERLAY, THE OVERLAY WOULD NEVER BE IN PLACE BECAUSE IT'S NOT, UM, IT WOULDN'T BE ADOPTED BY CITY COUN BY CITY COUNCIL.
SO IN THE PLAN, IT'S A GUIDING PRINCIPLE TO LOOK AT THE BALANCE BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND UM, INDUSTRIAL.
BUT WE'RE ALSO SAYING ONE WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING AN OVERLAY.
IF COUNCIL DOES CREATE THAT OVERLAY, YES, THEN, THEN IT'S IN PLACE.
IF THEY DON'T, THEN THE OVERLAY WOULD NOT BE IN PLACE EVEN THOUGH THE PLAN IS ADOPTED.
SO ADOPTING THE PLAN DOESN'T CREATE THE OVERLAY.
HOW DOES THE PLAN ADDRESS, DOES THE PLAN ADDRESS THE OVERLAY IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM? YES, IT DOES.
LIKE, LIKE HOW INTERTWINED ARE THEY, I GUESS IS MY QUESTION? CAN I ADDRESS THAT? SHOULD SHE, I BELIEVE THEY'RE ASKING STAFF.
SO UNDER THE LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS, WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND SO ONE OF THEM IS TO LOOK AT, UM, GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
AND SO LAND USE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE, DOES STATE IMPLEMENT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS DESCRIBED IN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE SECTION OF THE MAP RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT ADJACENT TO HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS SUCH AS TOYOTA, TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER.
SO A FEW OF THE STRATEGIES IDENTIFIED IS TO IMPLEMENT A STRATEGY.
SO IN ALL OF OUR PLANS, WE HAVE THE VISION, WE HAVE THE GOALS, AND WE HAVE STRATEGIES OF HOW TO DO THAT.
AND SO ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO IMPLEMENT THE OVERLAY.
THE PLAN GETS ADOPTED, DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE OVERLAY AUTOMATICALLY BECOMES ADOPTED.
THAT'S A SEPARATE PROCESS THAT GOES TO THE ZONING COMMISSION BECAUSE IT'S THE ZONING OVERLAY.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SO, AND DOESN'T ADDRESS ANY OF THE ONE MILE, TWO MILE, IT'S, IT'S LISTED UNDER GUIDING PRINCIPLES.
SO WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT LAND USE, UM, AND IF YOU COULD PUT UP THE MAP FOR ME, YES, THAT MIGHT HELP THE FUTURE.
AND SO IN THE TEXAS A AND M PLAN, AND THIS IS THE PLAN THAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY, THIS MAP IS THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND SO YOU CAN SEE IN THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP, THE PINK AREAS ARE DESIGNATED OR ARE PROPOSED TO BE DESIGNATED AS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
SO YES, THAT BIG DARKER AREA IS THE TOYOTA AREA.
THAT'S THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL FOR THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STRATEGIES, THE RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO LOOK AT HOW YOU HAVE THAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TRANSITION BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
THIS IS NOT A ZONING MAP AT ALL.
LAND USE PLANS, JUST HAVE THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
ONE WAY TO LOOK AT IMPLEMENTING THIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT AN OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT.
SO THIS IS WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO AND YOU HAVE A NUMBER OF WAYS TO GET THERE.
ONE WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WOULD BE TO, IM IMPLEMENT AN OVERLAY.
SO THAT'S A SEPARATE PROCESS THAT GOES THROUGH THE ZONING COMMISSION.
SO YOU ADOPT THE PLAN AND THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LAND USE STRATEGIES AS WE'VE IDENTIFIED.
SO PROPERTIES ALONG JAGUAR PARKWAY PROPERTY ALONG MARMAN, UM, AND THEN AND FACILITATE WATERSHED PROTECTION.
SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LAND USE STRATEGIES OR SAY LAND USE RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE PLAN.
THE ONE THAT'S, THAT'S SPECIFIC TO THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES HAS THAT SPECIFIC STRATEGY.
CAN YOU GO TO THAT SECTION THAT TALKS ABOUT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES? OH YEAH.
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USE, SO THE LAND USE RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE IN THE, IN THE DOCUMENT ITSELF IS ON PAGE 24.YOU WANT ME TO PUT IT ON THE DOCUMENT? YEAH.
CAN YOU PUT IT ON THE SCREEN? THE DOCUMENT ON THE DOCK CAM ON THE DOCK.
YOU HAVE TO READ IT, RIGHT? OH, WHERE IS IT? IT'S OVER HERE.
OH, I BELIEVE THIS IS ALSO WITHIN, UM, IT SHOULD BE WITHIN THE ITEM ONLINE.
THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO SECTIONS.
SO INDUSTRIAL MS. BRIDGET, WE CAN GIVE YOU A MICROPHONE SO YOU CAN OH YEAH.
SO EACH PLAN LISTS OUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE PLAN FRAMEWORK.
I DON'T THINK YOUR MICROPHONE IS ON.
SO AS HEATHER MENTIONED, EACH, EACH PLAN HAS A PLAN FRAMEWORK, AND THESE ARE ALL LAND USE PLANS.
SO IN THIS PARTICULAR SECTION OF THE PLAN, WE HAVE LAND USE AND WE TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE LAND USE.
SO UNDER HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, THE PLANT IS THE ONLY AREA DESIGNATED AS THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER.
AND THE PLANT IS, IS BORDERED BY LEON CREEK.
AND WE DESCRIBE THE LOCATION AND THEN WE INCLUDE A NUMBER OF GUIDING PRINCIPLES INCLUDED TO CREATE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER, THE PLAN AND OTHER HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES.
AND THEN WE LIST OUT, UM, ITEMS ONE AND THEN ALSO NUMBER TWO.
SO AS IT RELATES TO THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL FUTURE LAND USE IN THE REGIONAL CENTER.
THEN WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THOSE LAND USES, WHEN YOU GO TO RECOMMENDATION NUMBER THREE, YOU IM, YOU CAN IMPLEMENT THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO ENSURE, ENSURE APPROPRIATE TRANSITIONS BETWEEN THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AREAS WITHIN THE REGIONAL CENTER.
ONE WAY YOU CAN GO ABOUT DOING THAT WOULD BE TO CREATE AN OVERLAY.
SO THE PLAN LISTS OUT A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT RELATE TO LAND USE FOR THE ENTIRE AREA.
THIS SPECIFIC RECOMMENDATION DOES RELATE TO THAT HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE.
AND THEN THERE'S A STRATEGY THAT RELATES TO IMPLEMENTING AN OVERLAY.
AND MS. BRIDGE, THAT PROCESS IS A SEPARATE PROCESS.
I APOLOGIZE, IT IS NOW ON THE SCREEN.
SO THAT'S, THERE ARE TWO SEPARATE PROCESSES.
SO ADOPTING THE PLAN IS FOR THIS ENTIRE AREA, WHICH IS 15.1 SQUARE MILES.
SO THE ENTIRE AREA OF THE TEXAS A AND M SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL CENTER IS 7,000, ABOUT 7,240, 40 ACRES.
SO A ZONING HERD, I GUESS IT WAS YESTERDAY WAS NOT THIS PLAN, IT WAS THE OVER, IT WAS THE OVERLAY, THE OVER.
UM, AND YES, SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEING REFERRED TO TODAY.
AND SO THE OVERLAY IS A SEPARATE PROCESS.
IT'S ZONING, IT WAS CONTINUED TO THE JULY MEETING THAT IS SEPARATE THAN THE PLAN.
WHAT, UM, WHAT FEEDBACK HAVE YOU HAD FROM STAKEHOLDERS, YOU KNOW, VIA YOUR PUBLIC MEETINGS OR, OR STAKEHOLDER, YOU KNOW, OUTREACH AND THINGS LIKE THAT ON THE, UH, EXCLUSION OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INSIDE THAT? WELL, YOU KNOW, WITHIN THE ONE MILE AND THE TWO MILE IN TERMS OF THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES AS FAR AS THE PLAN? YEAH.
'CAUSE IT SAYS THERE THAT RESIDENTIAL IS NOT APPROPRIATE INSIDE OF TWO, WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE TOYOTA PLANT.
WHAT, WHAT FEEDBACK HAVE YOU GOTTEN FROM THE STAKEHOLDERS ON IT? AND IT ALSO SAYS THAT LIMITED COMMERCIAL USES THAT SUPPORT AGRICULTURE OR INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITY MAY BE APPROPRIATE WITHIN ONE MILE.
AND I DON'T SEE HOW THAT WOULD SUPPORT PARKS AND OPEN SPACES.
I HAVE THE LARGER MASTER, THE TWO MILES NEVER INVITED.
UM, TO, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOUT, UM, PUBLIC SUPPORT AND PUBLIC FEEDBACK, UM, WE HAVE HAD A TOTAL OF FOUR, UM, COMMUNITY MEETINGS WHERE THE ENTIRE PLAN AREA WAS INVITED TO ATTEND, THE LAST OF WHICH WAS THIS FEBRUARY, SO FEBRUARY OF 2024.
UM, THEY SAW ALL OF THOSE RECOMMENDATION
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OR THE RECOMMENDATIONS, WELL, ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES FOR THE LAND USE SECTION, WHICH DID INCLUDE THE, THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES PORTION.AND, UM, IT WAS INCLUDED ON THE PRIORITY RECOMMENDATIONS TOO FOR THE PLAN.
UM, WE HEARD POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT THE LAND USE PORTION OF THE PLAN, UM, WHICH DOES INCLUDE ALREADY A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL IN, UM, THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PLAN AREA, AS MENTIONED WITH TOYOTA AND UM, OTHER INDUSTRIAL USES IN THERE.
WE DID HEAR FAVORABLE THINGS ABOUT THAT AND CONCENTRATING THE RESIDENTIAL AND MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT UP BY, UM, THE UNIVERSITY OR NORTH OF THE UNIVERSITY.
AND ONE THING I'LL, I'M SORRY.
ONE THING I'LL ALSO ADD IS IN THE BACK OF THE DOCUMENT, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE DO BEFORE ANY PLANNING PROCESS IS TO STATE EXISTING CONDITIONS.
SO IN MAY OF 2019 WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT LAND USE, IT WAS NOTED THAT YES, THERE IS, UM, WHEN YOU LOOK AT LAND USE AND LOOKING AT RESIDENTIAL, YOU HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT TOYOTA IS A, AS A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE.
SO THAT WAS ACTUALLY POINTED OUT IN THAT PLANNING TEAM DISCUSSION IN MAY OF 2019.
AND THAT GRAPH IS ACTUALLY IN THE DOCUMENT IN THE, UM, EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT.
AND I'M, YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY SAID OVER, I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, I MEAN, I'M JUST, I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S A SIGNIFICANT CHUNK OF INDUSTRIAL, WHETHER IT BE HEAVY OR LIGHT.
AND I'M JUST, AND I HEAR YOU ON THE MIXED, LIKE THE RESIDENTIAL AND PARKS AND OPEN SPACE.
I JUST, I'M CURIOUS WHAT THE FEEDBACK WAS ON THE BALANCE OF ALL THIS.
WELL, THE MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY, UM, OF PARCELS NOW IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL IN THE AREA.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING ALREADY, A LOT OF IT IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
UM, SO WHEN WE LOOKED AT THE FUTURE LAND USE, AND IN TALKING WITH VARIOUS STAKEHOLDERS, IF YOU COULD PULL THAT MAP, SORRY, WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT, UM, OWNERSHIP.
AND SO THE LIGHTER PINK IS THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
UM, THE TOYOTA SITE IS THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, ALL THE GREEN AT THE BOTTOM IS THE LAND HERITAGE.
SO ALL OF THAT IS AG AND OPEN SPACE.
SO WE DESIGNATED THAT OPEN SPACE.
AS YOU SEE IN GREEN, THE KIND OF PURPLEY COLOR IS THE, IS THE CITY STATE, UH, FEDERAL DESIGNATION.
THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE UNIVERSITY AND THEIR OWNERSHIP THERE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE THOSE TWO SPACES IN THE MIDDLE.
THEY'RE ON THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
IT SAYS IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO TRANSITION SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREAS TO BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE OVERLAY.
WHY WOULD WE NOT DO IT NOW? I'M SORRY.
FOR THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, IT SAYS IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO TRANSITION SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREAS BETWEEN JAGUAR AND
WE'RE HAVING ALL KINDS OF FUN HERE.
UM, SO IT SAYS AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OVERLAY ZONING, THAT IT MAY BE, IT MAY BE APPROPRIATE TO, TO TRANSITION FROM LINE INDUSTRIAL TO BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE.
WHY NOT NOW WHY NOT TRANSITION? WELL, IT'S SAYING IT IS, WHY WOULD, WHAT ARE YOU, WHAT PAGE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? UH, PAGE 26 OF THE PD OKAY.
THE BOOK, THERE'RE DIFFERENT SECTIONS ON THIS PAGE.
YEAH, IT'S THE, OKAY, WHAT PAGE IS THAT? BECAUSE MY PAGE 22 GOT IT.
THE PDFS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THE PDFS ARE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
IN THE PAGE 22, 22, IT SAYS INDUSTRIAL AREAS IN BLUE BOLD.
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I'M GONNA HAVE TO, 'CAUSE ON MY PAGES I'M NOT SEEING THAT FOR SOME REASON IT'S ACTUALLY PAGE 24 OF THE PDF, BUT NUMBERED 22 ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.WE MAY HAVE A, YEAH, LET ME SEE.
TO TRANSITION SOMEONE, UH, SO WE CAN'T NE WELL WE CAN'T DO ANY TRANSITIONING NOW BECAUSE THE, RIGHT NOW THE, THIS PARTICULAR LAND USE IS NOT IN PLACE.
SO, UH, ONCE THE PLAN IS ADOPTED, THEN WE'LL BE, WE'RE ABLE TO APPLY THESE PARTICULAR LAND USES ON THIS AREA.
AND SO OVERLAYS THOUGH, AND SO DEPENDING UPON, AND I, I DON'T, WE DON'T HAVE THE OVERLAY LINES IN THE PLAN BECAUSE THAT'S A ZONING.
SO DEPENDING UPON WHERE THOSE LINES WOULD FALL, AND DEPENDING UPON THE ZONING THAT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE, UM, BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE, THEN THAT'S WHERE THE TRANSITION WOULD OCCUR.
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL NOW BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT IS.
AND THEN IF, THEN IF WE HAVE, SORRY, I'M, MAYBE I'M MISSING SOMETHING.
SO RIGHT NOW, SO RIGHT NOW THE ZONING WHAT'S ON THE GROUND IS NOT THIS, THIS IS A FUTURE LAND USE MAP.
SO IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT THE ZONING THAT'S ALLOWED IN FUTURE LAND USE, SO FOR EXAMPLE, AN EMPLOYEE, UM, THE BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE, THERE ARE DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS THAT ARE ALLOWED INCLUDING RM FORM, UH, MULTIFAMILY 1825 OFFICE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL.
AND SO THERE ARE A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS ALLOWED.
SO DEPENDING UPON WHERE THAT LINE FALLS, THAT'S WHERE THE APPROPRIATE USES WOULD OCCUR.
SO IT'S DIFFICULT TO PUT, UH, TO PUT THE ZONING IN IF THE OVERLAY IS NOT.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? IS SO WE NEED AN OVERLAY OVERLAY? IS THAT, BUT THAT'S IF THAT WERE TO OCCUR.
SO THE PLAN LOOKS AT THE ENTIRE AREA.
YEAH, I THINK WE'RE STILL ANSWERING QUESTIONS.
YOU'VE HAD YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK.
DOES THIS WORK OR, I'M GETTING CONFUSED.
I I MEAN I, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE TWO SEPARATE THINGS.
I, IT JUST SEEMS LIKE I I, AND MAYBE I'M BEING DENSE ON IT, WHEREAS IF IT'S, IF IT'S DEPENDENT ON THE OVERLAY, BUT IF, IF THE OVERLAY DOESN'T HAPPEN, THEN IT'S STILL GONNA BE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AND IT'S NOT, AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE OPEN FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF USE.
IF THE LAND USE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, YOU CAN INCLUDE A NUMBER OF ZONINGS PERMITTED ZONING DISTRICTS IN THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE CATEGORY AS LI ONE, M1, UH, MMI ONE AND BP.
SO THERE, SO THERE'S DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS IN EACH OF THE LAND USE CATEGORIES.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, IN THE BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE, THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTIAL AND SOME OFFICE AND INDUSTRIAL QUESTION.
SO CAN I, CAN I ASK A REALLY BASIC QUESTION? SURE.
IS THERE SOME NECESSITY FOR AN OVERLAY? WHY WOULD THERE BE AN OVERLAY AUTOMATICALLY ASSUMED IN THE, UH, THE LAND USE DOCUMENT? PRIMARILY BECAUSE THE BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE DOES ALLOW SOME RESIDENTIAL CAN, CAN I THE BUSINESS INNOVATION MIXED USE CATEGORY, LAND USE CATEGORY ALLOWS BOTH.
AND THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO ADD IS THIS IS A, A, A PART OF THE TYPICAL BUS, UH, PROCESS THAT WE HAVE, RIGHT? WHEN WE'RE PROCESSING PLAN AMENDMENTS OR, UM, CREATING A PLAN AND THEN TAKING ZONING TO CITY COUNCIL, THE PLANS COME TO PLANNING COMMISSION FOR CONSIDERATION.
THIS IS THE CREATION OF THE PLAN.
YOU ALWAYS SEE PLAN AMENDMENTS WHEN AN APPLICANT IS COMING IN TO TRY AND CHANGE A PORTION OF THE PLAN.
AND THEN YOU SEE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL ORDER OR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR DENIAL.
ONCE THAT'S DONE AND THE ZONING CASE IS HEARD BY, UH,
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ZONING COMMISSION, BOTH OF THOSE ITEMS MOVE FORWARD TO CITY COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION.THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE.
THIS IS THE PIECE THAT IS HEARD BY PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE ZONING OVERLAY IS HEARD BY, UM, ZONING COMMISSION.
I, I DON'T THINK THAT ACTUALLY ADDRESSES MY QUESTION AT ALL.
MY, MY QUESTION, BUT IS WHY, YOU KNOW, WHAT DOES A OVERLAY HAVE TO DO WITH THE PLAN? AND IT, THIS PLAN ASSUMES THERE'S GONNA BE AN OVERLAY.
IT SAYS SO IN IT, IN A NUMBER OF PLACES, BUT THIS IS ABOUT THE LAND USE.
WHY IS THERE A DISCUSSION OF AN OVERLAY IN IT THEN? THERE SHOULDN'T BE.
THAT IS NOT WHAT'S BEFORE THIS COMMISSION.
THAT GOES TO THE ZONING COMMISSION.
THIS LAND USE SETS OUT THE ENTIRE LAND USE THE GOALS, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES, THE EMPLOYMENT ISSUES.
THIS IS A, A REGIONAL CENTER, AND THAT IS A SMALL PIECE OF IT THAT REALLY IS NOT WHAT'S BEFORE YOU TODAY WHETHER TO ADOPT IT OR NOT.
AND I THINK WHAT YOUR QUESTION IS, IS IT SAYS THERE UNDER THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES IS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN OVERLAY ZONING DISTRICT.
SO, SO YOU HAVE THE PLAN, WHICH IS THE LAND USE, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, YOU HAVE THE LAND USE AND THEN YOU HAVE YOUR ZONING.
ONE WAY TO IMPLEMENT WHAT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS GUIDING PRINCIPLES WOULD BE TO LOOK AT HAVING AN OVERLAY.
SO THE PLAN, THE, IT'S THE PLAN, IT'S THE PLAN FOR THE ENTIRE AREA, THE ENTIRE TEXAS, UM, A AND M SAN ANTONIO AREA.
SO WE'VE IDENTIFIED, BASED UPON THE FACT THAT THIS IS A HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USE BASED ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE RESIDENCES THERE.
BUT WE ALSO UNDERSTAND FROM, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TRANSITIONING FROM HEAVY INDUSTRIAL TO RESIDENTIAL AND WHAT'S ON THE NORTH, LOOKING AT HAVING SOME SORT OF TRANSITION BETWEEN THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL AND RESIDENTIAL.
ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO HAVE AN OVERLAY THAT IS A SEPARATE PROCESS.
SO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR PLAN AND YOU DO THINGS RELATED TO YOUR LAND USE, YOUR AMENITIES, UM, YOUR FOCUS AREAS, YOUR HOUSING, YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND THE ZONING OVERLAY IS SEPARATE.
THAT IS ONE WAY TO LOOK AT HOW YOU CAN ADDRESS THE NEED TO SEPARATE YOUR RESIDENTIAL AND YOUR HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.
WELL, I'M SORRY, I'M STILL REALLY CONFUSED ABOUT THIS.
AND THE PICTURE THAT WE SAW OF WHERE THE OVERLAY WOULD GO, THERE'S ALREADY A FAIR AMOUNT OF RESIDENTIAL WITHIN THAT.
I THINK RIGHT NEXT TO THE NAVISTAR PLAN AT THE INDUSTRIAL.
WHAT'S ON YOUR AGENDA TODAY IS THE PLAN.
BUT I CAN'T VOTE FOR IT IF I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT AND I DON'T, I GUESS, I GUESS, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I SEE IS THAT THE RECOMMENDATION IS FOR ONE MILE AND TWO MILE FROM THE PERIMETER.
AND YET THE PLAN, WHICH, WHICH INCLUDES AREAS OF THAT ARE IN THE, THAT ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE, FROM THIS TEXAS A AND M LAND USE AREA.
I WOULD'VE THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE KIND OF THE SAME, THAT IF YOU'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS WITHIN THIS PLAN, YOU'RE MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AREAS THAT ARE EXCLUDED FROM THIS PLAN, BUT YOU'RE RECOMMENDING CHANGES OUTSIDE OF THE PLAN, IF THAT MAKES ANY SENSE.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RESIDENTIAL AREAS LIKE ON 2 81, UM, SPECIFICALLY MISSION DE LAGO.
BUT, BUT IT'S, SO THAT'S WITHIN A GUIDING PRINCIPLE IN THIS PLAN TO LIMIT RESIDENTIAL USE IS NOT APPROPRIATE.
BUT THAT'S, THAT'S LISTED AS A GUIDING PRINCIPLE, BUT YET THAT AREA IS EXCLUDED FROM THIS PLAN.
IT SEEMS KIND OF, EITHER YOU HAVE ALL OF IT WITHIN THE PLAN OR YOU LIMIT THAT THE, THE OVERLAY THAT THIS PLAN IS RECOMMENDING TO THE PLAN AREA.
AND I DON'T KNOW IF I MADE ANY SENSE WHATSOEVER BECAUSE I NO, I, I UNDERSTAND.
I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING.
SO THE BOUNDARIES OF THE TEXAS A AND M IS THIS SPECIFIC BOUNDARY, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE OVERLAY IS LARGER THAN THAT.
SO, SO THERE'S, IT MAY, THERE MAY SEEM TO BE A DISCONNECT.
SO NO, I DO UNDER UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE SAYING, BUT THIS IS ONE OF 13.
THE BOUNDARIES FOR THE REGIONAL CENTERS WAS IDENTIFIED THROUGHOUT THE PLANNING PROCESS AND IN THE COMP PLAN IN 2016.
SO THIS IS THE BOUNDARY FOR THE TEXAS A AND M, UH, REGIONAL CENTER.
WE DO HAVE SUB AREAS ON EITHER SIDE,
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SO WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT PLANNING PROCESS FOR PHASES FOUR PHASES OFF THREE AND FIVE.UM, IF I COULD, UM, MAKE SURE THAT I'M UNDERSTANDING CORRECTLY TO ME WHAT THIS PARAGRAPH THAT WE KEEP REFERRING TO ABOUT LIGHT INDUSTRIAL DESIGNATION, ALLOWING FOR A MIX.
AND THEN AFTER ADOPTION, THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME OF THE AREAS THAT ARE CURRENTLY DESIGNATED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO TRANSITION TO, UM, RESIDENTIAL BASED ON AN OVERLAY.
THAT WOULD BE A SEPARATE DOCUMENT AND THAT WOULD ALLOW A WIDER RANGE OF USES IN SOME OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AREA.
CAN YOU SAY THAT AGAIN? I'M SORRY.
WHAT I'M READING IS THAT THIS PARAGRAPH IS SAYING THAT THE OVERLAY, THE POTENTIAL OF FUTURE OVERLAY MM-HMM
CURRENTLY IN THIS PLAN, NOT CURRENTLY TODAY.
AND MS. BRIDGET, I CAN TRY IT.
THAT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTING OVERLAY, WHICH IS NOT ON THE AGENDA TODAY, RIGHT? TODAY IS THE PLAN.
THAT A, THAT IS WHAT I WAS TRYING TO, I'M THE CREATION OF THE PLAN.
SO THE, THE LAND USE DOESN'T AFFECT THE ZONING NOW.
SO RIGHT NOW THERE A MAJORITY OF THE AREA IS ZONED INDUSTRIAL.
SO THE FUTURE LAND USE WOULD DESIGNATE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATIONS WITH APPROPRIATE ZONING PER, PER, PER THAT DESIGNATION ZONING.
IF THIS IS APPROVED BY COUNCIL, THEN THIS WOULD BE THE DOCUMENT THAT OUR STAFF WOULD EVALUATE WHEN AN APPLICATION IS COMING IN TO ENSURE THAT THE PROPOSED ZONING OR THAT PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS LAND USE.
SO THE OVERLAY ASIDE, SO PUT THAT OVER THERE.
SO WE HAVE THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE.
SO THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL LAND USE ALLOWS YOU TO HAVE FOUR DIFFERENT, ALLOWS FOUR DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS.
IF THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL, YOU HAVE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, LIKE SIX DIFFERENT ZONING DISTRICTS UNDER THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL LAND USE.
SO THOSE ZONING DISTRICTS WOULD BE ALLOWED PER THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE FUTURE LAND USE IN THIS PLAN.
MR CHAIR, SO JUST LOOKING AT LAND USE AND THE ZONING DISTRICTS ALLOWED WITHIN THAT LAND USE, HOW MANY TRACKS ARE IN THAT AREA THAT ARE ZONED RESIDENTIAL THAT ARE GONNA BE, HAVE THEIR ZONING CHANGED WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT? THAT IS NOT, THIS IS THE LAND USE PLAN.
SO WE DON'T, IT'S NOT BASED ON ZONING, THIS IS JUST LAND USE DESIGNATION.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING ZONING, WE JUST HAVE THE LAND USE DESIGNATION.
BUT IT LEADS UP TO THAT, RIGHT? BECAUSE YOU'RE, YOU'RE IDENTIFYING IT AS INDUSTRIAL, THE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS INDUSTRIAL.
BUT THEN YOU GO ON TO SAY THAT THE WAY TO ACHIEVE THAT IS THE ZONING OVERLAY, RIGHT? ONE WAY TO ADDRESS THE GUIDING PRINCIPLES WOULD BE TO IMPLEMENT AN OVERLAY, WHICH IS THE PROPOSAL FOR NOT US, BUT THE ZONING.
THAT'S A TOTALLY SEPARATE PROPOSAL.
MR. CHAIR, CAN I PROPOSE THAT WE POSTPONE FURTHER DISCUSS, POSTPONE FURTHER DISCUSSION TILL WE'VE ALL HAD A CHANCE TO READ THIS DOCUMENT? I MEAN, THAT CAN BE A MOTION.
WE DON'T, THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.
I MOVE THAT WE POSTPONE FURTHER DISCUSSION.
MAY I SECOND? MAY I RECOMMEND A RECOMMENDATION FOR A CONTINUANCE? 'CAUSE A POSTPONEMENT YOU'RE NOT PUTTING IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA.
I'M SORRY MS. BRIDGET, JUNE 4TH.
UM, ENTIRELY UP TO YOU IF YOU WANNA PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION AND IT, LET ME JUST CONFIRM, LET ME JUST CONFIRM.
IT WOULD BE JUNE 12TH WOULD BE THE NEXT PLANNING COMMISSION? YES MA'AM.
I, I WOULD, I PROPOSED TO POSTPONE IT FOR FOUR WEEKS, UM, TO OR TO THE, THE FOLLOWING.
SO, UM, PLANNING TO CONTINUE THE ITEM MEETING.
SO THAT WOULD BE THE, UH, CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 26TH.
WE HAVE A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE ITEM TILL JUNE 26TH BY COMMISSIONER MILAM AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FAULKNER.
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YES.CAN I ASK A QUESTION OF STAFF? WAIT, WELL, AND MY FELLOW COMMISSIONERS, WOULD IT BE PRUDENT OR A GOOD IDEA TO HAVE A WORK SESSION ON THIS? YES, WE CAN BRIEF YOU AGAIN IN WORK SESSION.
WELL MAYBE A SEPARATE WORK SESSION OR ONE THAT STARTS EARLIER THAN THE ONE 30.
THERE'S GONNA BE BARRAGE OF QUESTIONS IF I'M NOT.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE, WE CAN DO THE WORK SESSION FOR JUNE 12TH 20 AND THEN, OH, THE JUNE 12TH MEETING.
SO THAT WAY YOU HAVE TIME TO GET KIND GOT IT.
GET THOSE QUESTIONS OUT AND THEN IT WOULD GO TO PLANNING COMMISSION ON THE 26TH.
DOES THAT WORK? WE'LL, WE'LL CONFIRM THAT TIMELINE WITH, UM, THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND CONFIRM THAT THAT WILL WORK.
IF NOT, WE CAN DO IT ALL IN ONE MEETING.
UM, AND WE CAN FEED YOU AND BRING YOU IN EARLY.
I THINK THAT SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD PLAN.
ONE OF THOSE WILL WORK OUT, ONE OF THOSE WILL WORK OUT AND WE'LL COORDINATE WITH YOU TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE AWARE OF IT BEFORE WE PUT IT ON ANY AGENDA.
WELL WE HAVE FINALLY MADE IT TO THE MINUTES.
WE HAVE A VOICEMAIL IN THE MINUTES.
THERE WAS A VOICEMAIL FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA THAT WAS NOT PLAYED IN.
SO WE WANNA PLAY THAT INTO THE RECORD REALLY QUICK BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO MINUTES.
I'M A BOARD MEMBER FOR GOVERNMENT HILL TOMORROW.
I ATTENDED TWO OF THESE SIDE PLAN TEAM MEETINGS AND ONE OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS.
WHEN THIS BEGAN OVER FIVE YEARS AGO, I WAS IGNORANT OF THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS THEN SINCE I HAVE BECOME INVOLVED AND COMMENTED AT MANY COMMISSION AND COUNCIL MEETINGS ON CASES AND UDC AMENDMENTS, SOME OF WHICH I SUBMITTED.
BOTH GARRETT AND CHANDRY WORKED HARD AND DID A GREAT JOB OF COMPILING THIS PLAN.
COMPROMISES ARE MADE ON A REGULAR BASIS IN DEVELOPMENT WHEN DIFFERING OPINIONS EXIST FROM, AND SOME OF THIS PLAN IS A COMPROMISE.
INEVITABLE, INEVITABLE GROWTH AND THE ECONOMICS OF PROFITABILITY FOR DEVELOPERS TELL US WE NEED MORE DENSITY IN URBAN AREAS.
HOMESTEADING PROPERTY OWNERS LIVING IN PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE INVESTED A GREAT DEAL IN THEIR PROPERTY AND NOT JUST ECONOMICALLY, THEY HAVE INVESTED THEIR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN AND THEIR HOMES AND THEIR IMMEDIATE SURROUNDINGS.
THIS PLAN INCLUDES NO LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.
THE LOWEST DENSITY IS URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL URBAN LOW DENSITY ALLOWS UP TO MF 18.
MANY OF MY NEIGHBORS, WHICH CONSIST OF MULTI-GENERATIONAL FAMILIES LIVING IN THEIR PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS HOUSES WOULD BE VE VEHEMENTLY OPPOSED.
YOU ARE TELLING THEM THAT THE PLAN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT HAS BEEN PREDOMINANTLY SINGLE FAMILY FOR A CENTURY IS TO ALLOW 18 UNITS ACRE FOR ANY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE COMPROMISE WAS HERE.
I'M NOT SURE WHO WAS ARGUING FOR HIGHER THAN 18 UNITS PER AC ACRE ON THESE CURRENTLY ALL SINGLE FAMILY BLOCK FACES.
I SAY ALL THIS TO REMIND THIS COMMISSION THAT WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE A REASONABLE CHANGE TO A PLAN IN THE MOMENT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT THOSE WHO LIVE AND BREATHE, THE CONSEQUENCES OF INCREASING DENSITY ON A DAILY BASIS ALREADY COMPROMISED ON.
I SAY THIS BECAUSE THIS COMMISSION HAS APPROVED CHANGES TO ESSAY TOMORROW PLANS ALREADY, ONE OF WHICH WAS A CHANGE FROM URBAN LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL IN THE MIDTOWN PLAN.
JUSTIFICATION FROM THE DIOCESE INCLUDED THE ARGUMENT THAT A LARGE PROPERTY OF LOW DENSITY NEARBY WOULD ALLOW APPROXIMATELY THE SAME NUMBER OF BUILDINGS AS THE PROPOSED SMALLER PROPERTY OF LOW DENSITY.
THIS USE OF THE WORD DENSITY REMINDS ONE OF THE LINES FROM PRINCESS BRIDE.
I DO NOT THINK IT MEANS WHAT YOU THINK IT MEANS.
DENSITY CALCULATIONS ARE IRRESPECTIVE OF PROPERTY SIZE AND IT IS CONTAGIOUS.
MY ASK IS THAT YOU PROTECT THIS PLAN AND THAT YOU DEFAULT.
MR. CHAIR, I THINK WE MS. BRIDGET WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A REQUEST, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UM, I'D LIKE TO, UH, REQUEST OF THE COMMISSION THAT YOU CONSIDER A BRIEFING AND A HEARING, A HEARING ON JUNE 12TH, TWO WEEKS PRIOR.
SO THE, THE FIRST MEETING IN JUNE, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.
SO IF, IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE COMMISSION WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN, WE WOULD HAVE TO RECONSIDER THE TAKE A VOTE TO RECONSIDER THE ITEM AND THEN, UM, RECONSIDER THE CONTINUANCE TO JUNE 12TH.
I'M SORRY, BUT I DIDN'T HEAR WHAT MS. WHITE SAID.
SHE'S ASKING FOR THE COMMISSION TO CONSIDER.
UM, HEARING THE ITEM AT THE JUNE 12TH MEETING AND NOT THE JUNE 22ND MEETING.
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OTHER WORDS, THE NEXT SCHEDULED MEETING IS JUNE 12TH.THAT'S WHEN WE WOULD HEAR THE ITEM.
WE WOULD DO A WORK SESSION BRIEFING.
WE WOULD FEED YOU AND THEN YOU WOULD, UH, CONSIDER THE ITEM IN THAT MEETING.
SO WHAT WE'LL HAVE TO DO IS TAKE A MOTION TO RESCIND OUR PREVIOUS ACTION, RECONSIDER AND RECONSIDER OUR PREVIOUS ACTION.
SO AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE'LL CONSIDER A MOTION TO RECONSIDER OUR PREVIOUS ACTION ON I MOVE TO RECONSIDER OUR PREVIOUS ACTION OF CONTINUING THIS ITEM TO JUNE 26TH.
WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND TO RECONSIDER OUR ACTION ON ITEM NUMBER, WHAT WAS IT? 30 29 ON ITEM NUMBER 29.
UH, PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO NOW IF, IF ONE COMMISSIONER WANTS TO SUBMIT A MOTION TO CONTINUE TO JUNE 12TH TODAY.
NOW WE NEED A MOTION, WELL, ANOTHER MOTION FOR SOMETHING.
I ACTUALLY HAVE A QUICK QUESTION.
AM I ABLE TO, BECAUSE I'LL BE OUT.
AM I ABLE TO ZOOM IN ON THE 12TH OR DO I JUST OF COURSE.
I'M MOVE THAT WE CONTINUE THIS ITEM TO JUNE 12TH.
WE HAVE A MOTION BY COMMISSIONER SIEGEL TO CONTINUE ITEM NUMBER 29 UNTIL THE JUNE 12TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
WE HAVE A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER GARCIA.
WILL PLEASE DO A ROLL CALL VOTE.
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IF WE HAVE ANY VOICEMAILS ON THE MINUTES, I'M LEAVINGANY OPPOSED? IS THERE A STAFF, UH, REPORT? JUST FOR THE RECORD, THIS IS THE LONGEST MEETING THAT, UM, SINCE YOU'VE BEEN CHAIR THAT YOU'VE HAD TO OVERSEE.
I GUESS I DIDN'T BREAK THE RECORD TODAY.
THAT MEANS LIKE SHORT MEETING.
I THINK THERE WAS ONLY ONE MEETING THAT I CAN REMEMBER THAT WAS LONGER AND THAT WAS THE ALAMO ONE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE WANNA BRING THAT ONE UP.
YEAH, WE DON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.
IT IS 5 42 AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.